The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-22 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, AUG. 8. The " monster" meetings at New York, Chicago, Milwaukie, Boston, and other cities having failed to give any appreciable impetus to the voluntary war movement, a more imposing meeting was sum moned in Washington, at which it was announced that the President himself would speak. It was hold on Wednesday afternoon, in the East Capitol square. The papers report that " spirited resolu tions" with "the right ring in them" were passed amid the " unbounded enthusiasm of the people." One journal describes the number as "immense," but ventures upon no precise estimate ; a second is of opinion that there must have been at least 10,000 people present ; while a third declares "that 10,000 ears" listened to the speeches of the distinguished orators. This last is a mode of putti ng t h e case which would reduce the audience to 5,000. This is probably a correct estimate of the number, and was a very large audience for a hot afternoon in the sweltering streets of the national capital. The Pre sident made a short s,peech,which was neither vigor ous, patriotic, n(;r to the purpose. The gist of it was that there was no quarrel between General . M'Clellan and Mr. Stanton ; that both of them wished to be successful, and that if either of them, and more especially Mr. Stanton, had committed any errors, he (Mr. Lincoln) was responsible. A few eloquent words, inciting the people to enrol themselves in the national army, might have had a powerful effect at such a time ; but Mr. Lincoln's dignity, or prudence, or modesty,or timidity,or some other quality of his mind, forbade or prevented the utterance, and his presence at the meeting was, in c onsequence,of no more value than that of a dummy. And, as regards the question of responsibility, it is beginning to force itself upon the popular mind that the President makes himself responsible for too much, and that his undoubted honesty and singleness of purpose are not sufficient to inspire the army or the country with the assurance of vic tory. But if the President's speech was flat and tame, the same condemnation cannot be passed on the speech of Mr. Wendell Phillips in another place and on another occasion. Anything more vio lent it is scarcely possible to imagine; and anything more daring in a time of civil war was never per petrated in any country by a sane man who valued his life or liberty. In reading the speech, which was delivered at Abington, in Massachusetts, in celebration of the emancipation of the slaves in the' British West Indies, it is scarcely possible to avoid coming to the conclusion that the speaker's object was to force the Government to prosecute him. He declared that there was no fear that Richmond would be taken; that M'Clellan was not the man to do it ; that it would be better the South should be let go than that another life should be lost in prolonging the war upon the present detestable policy; that the President was a tor toise and a turtle; that England ought to recog nise the Southern Confederacy ; that Mr. Lincoln might be honest, but that he had neither fore thought nor foresight ; that he was a first-rate second-rate man ; that he was a mere convenience; that he was a broomstick that the people ought to take hold of and sweep slavery out of the land with ; that he was without a backbone; that he could not say "No ! " that the Union ought to be dissolved, and the corner-atone of a new one laid, on which should be engraven for ever the words "Equality, i n a political sense, for every man who is born into the world ; " that M'Clellan was never known to decide anything ; that his failing in this respect was notorious at Chicago, where he was a railroad offi cial ; that he was a " do-nothing ; " and that he could have taken Richmond on five separate occa sions had he pleased. All these sharp hits, and many others of almost equal bitterness, were inter spersed through his speech, and people have been 'asking each other in the streets what Mr. Seward or Mr. Stanton will do under the circumstances. The inquiry is not at all unreasonable, the more espe cially as since the speech was published the editors and proprietors of the Union and Patriot, a journal published at Harrisburg, the State capital of Penn sylvania, have been arrested by order of the War Department for pilotiog pi:wards illseuuraging en listments. And does not Mr. Wendell Phillips dis courage enlistments? To imprison a few obscure editors in an obscure town, to compel the poor painter Gregory to take his choice of Fort Lafayette or the battlefield for such very mild treason as he vented under the influence of whisky, or to prose cute Mr. Gordon and his sons for the indiscreet expression of his Southern sympathies, and to per mit Mr. Phillips, without the stimulus of whisky or the excuse of social and confidential intercourse, to address such words to a large audience, for the purpose of having them reported and reproduced in every part of the country, is certainly not even handed injustice. Mr. Phillips, according to the statements of those who know him, is anxious to do battle with the Government on the question of slavery or no slavery ; but there is very little chance that he will be gratified with a public prosecution. He may be sent without trial to Fort Lafayette or Fort M'Henry, to share the fate of General Stone, who has been in durance for nearly a twelvemonth, for no crime of which he is conscious; but this is not what the great Abolitionist wishes. He wants a public trial ; but, as the public trial of a man of his mark would stir up the Churches and the tea.. tables of New England to a pitch of fury that would be inconvenient just now, Mr. Phillips's martyr dom, if it be resolved upon, will doubtless be in flicted sub szlentio. Though the speeches at the Washington war meeting were not of the calibre of Mr. Phillips's, the ten resolutions unanimously carried were as violent as even Mr. Phillips could have wished. The first was to the effect that the citizens of Wash ington and the district of Columbia would 13 _ r _ ° _" 211 te the war un til th e i r h omes an d c i t i es were reduced to ashes, their fields made deso late, and the whole country converted into a desert. The remai n i ng nine approved the confiscation of rebel property, the execution or perpetual exile of all traitors, N orth or South, and more especially of the expulsion of all sympathizers with the rebellion, male or female, who infested the city of Wa9'ling ton. Altogether, as reported orted in the papers, it was a great meeting, and very " unanimous ;" and the re solutions were of the choicest , 'buncombe" that the war has produced; but as men are wanted to fight, and not to talk or to listen to talki ng _ its value can only be estimated by the number of volunteers ex cited to the fighting or enlisting p o i nt by the reso lutions and speeches. Ten resolutions w ere passed, and if each did not produce at least lo recr u i ts it can scarcely be said by the most enthusiastic patriot that the meeting fulfilled the hope or the promise of its originators. New York during the lut three days has been in an unpleasant fever. The excitement among all classes except the negroes, who are not affected by the conscription, has bee n h ar d to b ea r at any time , and especially in the dog-days. Such of the native born Americans as are hale and hearty, and clearly within the limits prescribed by the law, are re signed to the infliction of paying for substitutes if the lot falls upon them ; but the large class to whom money is an object, and who are sufficiently super annuated in appearance to look as if they ought to be exempt from service, have rushed to the City Hall in numbers that, tf they were soldiers, might inlke MiClellan's eyes glisten with pleasure, but which, as they are only skulkers, might cause his lip to curl with a very different feeling. Chronic rheumatism, heart disease, tendency to apoplexy, spinal complaints, consumption, and many other well-known diseases have suddenly assumed very aggravated forms, and the surgeons of the city have done a lucrative business during the week in cer tifying to the facts. Gentlemen who last Friday were well pleased to pass for 35, or 40 at the utmost, are th is Frid a y dissatisfied to ho thought less than 47 or 48. Many tiowini , beards that glos4 black before the proclamation, became wa y or white the night afterwards, for grief, it is to be charitably supposed, at the perils and sor rows of the Republic. A new branch of business has been improvised to accommodate these and other citizens who have no stomach for the fight, and no love for the salt pork, bad water, and perils of the camp; and the avenues of the City Ball are crowded by sham attorneys, called " shysters," in the American 'vernacular, who instruct applicants how and where to procure printed forms of exemp tion papers, and how to fill them up, charging fees, varying from 25c. to a couple of dollars, according to the personal appearance or presumed wealth or inexperience of the applicants. And women, not quite so patriotic as those of the Sluth, have ap peared among the crowd in lieu of their husbands, to claim exemption for them, on the ground that they are incurable drunkards, and therefore in eligible and unfit to serve—an allegation of which the truth or the falsehood must be equally un acceptable to the Federal Government. Among the Irish population the trouble and per plexity have been much greater than among the Americans. The office of the British Consul has been encumbered from morning to night by Celtic multitudes desirous of protection, on the plea that they are still British subjects, who have never renounced their nationality. General Meagher has been doing his utmost by means of really eloquent speeches to reclaim these wandering sheep to the Hiberno-American fold, but without any signal success. The Irish might, perhaps, be induced to fight against England and France, or in any other war that could be called a foreign aggres sion against the United States, but they seem to have a strong, if not invincible, reluctance to fight against the South, or to be mixed up any further in hostilities, the ultimate results of which may be the emancipation of the negroes. It may be taken for certain that the Irish, as a body, will in all cases where they have not been duly naturalised, or have voted in the political or municipal eleetions of this country, fall back upon their British nationality. The circumstances are peculiar, and if the British Government were only half as unfriendly to the Federal Government as the United States were to Great Britain during the Crimean war, when they expelled the British Ambassador from Washington for an alleged breach of the Enlist ment Act, the two nations would be involved in hostilities at a very early date from the enforcement of the draught; and is not only those Irish who are legally British subjects, but those who are naturalised citizens of the United States, who object to other participation in the war than the payment of taxes towards its prosecution. Hundreds have either gone already, or are preparing to go, to Canada, to avoid service in the Federal army, and not only Canada, but Australia presents itself to their minds as a preferable abode to the United States under existing circumstances ; and to such an extent has the feeling spread among them that the few shipping offices in this city which have direct communication with Australia are unable to offer even deck accommodation to the numbers of intending pas The Germans are as alert, though not quite so angry, as the Irish ; and the consular offices of such States as the German Confederation as have agents in this city are thronged by people, to whom the privilege of American citizenship has no present charms, and will not have until the war is con cluded. But, as the conscription is not so much of a novelty to the Germans as to the Irish or the Americans, they do not inveigh against it as un constitutional or arbitrary. They merely seem to think it unnecessary, and refuse to conform to it, even though the penalty should be their voluntary expatriation to British America. Among the Ger mans who have not applied for exemption papers the prospect of promotion from the ranks which is promised in the proclamation is the point of attrac tion, and doubtless this class, well disposed to war as a trade, will make haste to enrol themselves in the volunteer army during the seven days of grace that yet remain to those who are covetous of bounty money. It may cause surprise in England, but creates none here, where everybody knows the political as well as transitory nature of every appointment made in the Post-office and the Custom-house, and, indeed, in every department of the public service, to learn that every clerk in the first of those esta blishments has been officially called upon to sub scribe to a bounty fund for recruits. As the penalty of non-compliance—well understood, though not expressed —was dismissal, 5,000 dollars were in one day subscribed at the Post•office, only one person refusing. Doubtless this solitary indepen dent will have learnt before this' that indepen dence is a luxury which he was unwise to afford himself. Nor is this the only turn of the offi cial screw round the necks of these unhappy persons. Turn the second, which may prove more excruciating than the first, has made them sorrowfully aware that, although the law exempts them from personal service in the army, the Post master " expects that before the 15th inst. they will each of them procure the enlistment of at least one man," and that the will " return the circular notify ing them of the fact back again to the office with the name of the person enrolled, certified to by some proper recruiting officer." The authorities of the Customhouse are urged to adopt the same course with their still more numerous employes, and no doubt they will comply, if they have not already done so. Thus every clerk in the Go vernmen t ser vice in New York will be compelled to become a recruiting officer for the next week, or risk the loss of his situation. And if he fail in persuading a volunteer—which he is very likely to do—and fail at the same time in persuading the tyrannical Post master that he did his best under the circumstances, the best course for the poor clerk to pursue, if he be sound of wind and limb, and of the proper age, will be to resign his place, turn volunteer himself, and pocket the bounty money. But if ho is above the age, or physically incapacitated, his case will he hard indeed, and one not at all calculated to inspire him with increased love for the free institutions under which it is his privilege to be persecuted. The screw has also been put on the police force, but, as they are fine, strapping fellows, 6ft. high every man of them, and well paid for doing little, except helping ladies into and out of omnibuses in Broadway, and firing revolvers at drunken men who attempt to escape from their custody, they are entitled to much sympathy. They number 2,300 men, and have been officially called upon, in a printed circular issued by the President of the Police Board, "to bear a portion of the public bur den, either by going into the field themselves, or contributing to the support of those who do." If they volunteer to fight, their places in the police are to be kept vacant for them until the war is over or they are honourably discharged. If they will not, or cannot, endure the glory and hardship of the camp, they are " invited" (commanded) to con • tribute on next payday, according to a prescribed scale varying with their rank, from 8 dole. to 20 doll. each. Surely the Government does not ima gine that it will make the war popular by means like these! And, if the war be not popular, can it last for three months ? op t he as regards popularity, what is to be thought that comes from the Great W es t, w hi c h ha t s t t riWS e e _. armies 1,11 If f itherto do main feeder of the Federal the West does not res p on d t o th e ca ll, or recon c i le than it ; w lf to th e d raug ht w i t h morn will hereYork and th e m iddl e St a t es , t i gncs ; us t eitherbe State ym toms at St. Louis, p volution i n the N Peace with the South or a re ()tut. Th s in Missour i, wh ere the ate Militia was called out by th e Governor, were ominous a still more startling incident of . mischief. To-day electric telegraph from e t recorded by the together o-ianitr°' to the Plea,,ant effect . that a were killed resist Missouri, had erow bound 0 u o n f d themselvescitizens to ist the con scription; that a collision had them and the State troops, who were ordered to dis perse their meeting; and that several on both sides. There was alread y disaffection enough in Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentu c k y to call for the presence of an army of 100,000 in ea c h of these States to enforce loyalty to the Union at the bayonet's point ; and it certainly (lid not require such an element of ill-will as the conscription to increase the unfriendliness of the people. If pre sent appearances in those States are n ot deceptive, all the men that the Government is likely to pro cure from the combined operation of the bounty and the draught will not be too many to retain them in allegiance. And all this time both M'Clellan and Butler are in urgent need of reinforcements. Butler's position is believed to be peculiarly critical. Guerilla bands are everywhere increasing on the Border. The South has silently constructed half-a-dozen war ships as _;.~.. r - THE SIIN, LONDON, VIUD v EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1862. formidable as the Merrimac. The North is alarmed for its naval as well as its military supremacy. Not a cent of taxation has been collected ; and, though the President believes that Halleck may not be a great General, he tolerates him as the best that can be got. Such, in few words, is the present situa tion. Perhaps before I write again a battle in Virginia may have changed the pattern in the kaleidoscope. ASSIZE IN7ELLIGENC,E. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LIVERPOOL, Aug. 21. (Before Mr. Baron Wilde.) CROWN COURT. THE MANCHESTER MURDER CAFE-TRIAL OF TAYLOR AND HIS WIFE. William Robert Taylor, 37, Martha Anne Taylor, 25, indicted for the murder of Mr. Evan Meller, at morn ing. At an early hour the court was densely crowded, Manchester, t c h h e es na te o r s , t o a n b t s h or e b l in 6 g th May, were tried this interest was manifested in the case. Mr. Monk, Q.C., with whom were Mr. Sowler and Mr. Holkar, were engaged for the prosecution ; a nd Mr. Overend, Q.C., for the female, and Mr. Pope for the male prisoner. Both prisoners pleaded not guilty. Mr.Monk,in opening the case for the prosecution, stated the facts as follows :—Mr. Evan Meller, the deceased, was in partnership with one of his sons as an estate agent in Manchester, and in an extensive and respectable way of business. Among other persons the deceased was the agent for Mr. Dunn, a very near relative to one of the members for Lan cashire. About the end of October, 1861, the male prisoner took from the deceased a house and shop in Britannia-buildings, Strangeways, Manchester, of which he remained in possession until the unfortu nate occurrence into which they were now inquir ing. On the 16th of May Wm. Meller, a younger son of the deceased, who was employed in the office of his father, arrived at their place of business in Lower King-street, about 9 o'clock, a little before his father. He had scarcely arrived when Taylor came in, accompanied by his wife. Taylor inquired for Mr, Meller, and was told he had not yet arrived, but was expected in half an hour. Now the premises occupied by the Meliers were situated on the second floor, and the lower rooms were occupied, amongst other tenants, by a Mr. Leatherbrow. Meller's offices consisted of a general and private office, and an ante-room partitioned from the general office. At the time the Taylors entered no one was in the office but young Wm. Meller, and having learned that Mr. Meller, sen., was not in, the prisoners took seats in such positions that the male prisoner could command a view of the entrance to the premises, and the female of the private and general offices, which were approached by the ante-room. A few minutes elapsed, when young Meller heard his father's voice, and saw him enter and close the door of the general office. He heard him say " Good morning, Mr. Taylor,"and this was followed almost immediately by the exclamation, " Oh, Mr. Tay lor !" upon which young Meller turned and saw his father in the grasp of the male prisoner, who at that time seemed to have clenched in his hand some thing which Wm. Meller could not see, but with which the prisoner appeared to be striking at his father's breast. With a natural impulse, William Meller proceeded towards his father, but the mo ment he did so the female prisoner presented a re volver, and young Meller then rushed back again into the office, where he was before, and attempted to fasten the door. Nobody, however, followed him. Throwing up the window, he gave an alarm, and in a short time, hearing a report of fire-arms on the staircase, he again came out of the office, and found his father lying upon the landing of the first floor —(the attack had taken place on the second floor) —in a state of insensibility, In the meantime it appeared that Mr. Leatherbrow, from his office be low, had beard the noise as of some person falling, and came out to see what was the matter. Observ ing Mr. Meller lying upon the landing he called to Hooley, one of his servants, who came and raised the deceased's head. While Hooley was in this at titude, with his wrist near Mr. Meller's head, the male prisoner was observed to come from behind and fire a revolver, which wounded Hooley either in the wrist or on the knee. Hooley then let Meller fall down, and he himself staggered away, propping himself against the wall. As he was thus proceed ing it would be shown by the evidence that both the prisoners very composedly and coolly recommended him to the Infirmary and seek medical assistance. Now about this time a person named Pankhurst, who was passing, entered the building and found Hooley and Leatherbrow and the male prisoner standing a step or two above them on the stairs. About the same moment, or immediately after wards, William Meller rushed down the stairs, and was proceeding to ills father, when a pistol was levelled at him by the prisoner. Pankhurst put up his hand and said, " Good God, what would you do?" and young Meller ran behind some of the per sons present. The prisoner said, "He has ruined me and my children." Pankhurst put his hand to Meller after the shot, and found that the pulse, which was throbbing before, had ceased. Meller was removed at once in a coach to the Infirmary, and it then appeared that he had received no fewer than 11 stabs in different parts of the body, and that there was also a wound which might have been received by falling, making 12 in all. Of the 11 stabs, one had penetrated the heart, another had taken effect about the chest, and the others were of such a kind as to be immediately fatal. When the police arrived the female prisoner was walking about on the ground floor, and the male prisoner still held the revolver in his hand. About the time of his arrest the prisoner exclaimed of his own ac cord, " Thank God, my work's done !" and on another occasion that " Mr. Meller had murdered his children." Upon the prisoner were also found a bullet and mould, a powder-flask, some percus sion caps, and a sheet of paper, such as is frequently used for knives, and behind a sideboard on the landing where the attack on Mr. Meller had taken place was found a knife which seemed intended to fit that sheath. The knife was wet and bloody. Mr. Monk said he should further prove that the woman who was employed to clean the pre mises was there some half hour previously, and that no knife was there then. It would also be proved that on the previous day the prisoner purchased a revolver and bullet-mould, the same as those found upon him, from a Mr. Jones. The revolver was an old-fashioned one of six chambers, in which the whole of the bar rels, and not merely the chambers, revolved. One of the barrels was found to be discharged, and the other five were loaded. When taken to the police office the prisoner took from some part of his per son three keys, and said, That opens such and such a bedroom, and if you will go there you will find something. The officers, when they went to the house, found it in a state of great disorder, the walls and doors and chimney-pieces having been much injured and disfigured. A stone slab had been re moved from one of the chimney-pieces, and laid upon the floor, and upon that slab were placed the heads of three children, who had ceased to live. The children were washed and " laid out," each being dressed in a clean man's shirt, and round the neck, waist, and wrist of each being tied a piece of black ribbon. Upon the breast of each child was pinned a piece of paper with the following inscription :-•••• We are six, but one at Harpurhey lies; thither our bodies take. Meller and Son are our cruel mur derers, but God and our loving parents will avenge us. Love rules here : we are all going to one sis ter to part no more." That writing was in the hand of the male prisoner. On the other side of the paper was written the name of each child. " Mary Hannah Taylor, 12 years of age; Hannah Maria Taylor, 8 years of age ; William Robert Taylor, 5 years of age," Upon th e b o dy of th e y ounger child was an other piece of paper upon which was written, "Mel ler our sister slew through gross neglect." After alluding to some minor points in connection with Taylor's selling some clothes belonging to Taylor's children and his wife, Mr. Monk came to consider the question of motive. The prisoners were evi dently intensely imbued with a desire to revenge the wrongs and injuries which they believed they had sustained at Mr. Meller's hands. They were unprepared at Christmas, 1861, to pay the rent which was due for the premises in Britannia-build ings, and they were threatened with a distress. But still the rent was not paid, nor was it paid until after an occurrence of a very painful kind, which he (the learned counsel) would now detail. On the Sunday before the 24th January an explo sion of a water boiler took place upon the premises, which caused the death of one of Taylor's children. Before the explosion Taylor had complained to Mr. Meller of the leakage in the pipes, and Meller gave instructions for the usual repairs, but the prisoner attributed the explosion to the negligence of Mr. Meller, though the latter said it was Taylor's own fault, and he therefore refused to give the prisoner compensation. Another grievance which the pri soner nourished against Meller was connected with a dispute as to the value and removal of some fix tures. There were also two other sources of corn plaint. On the 3d February, a distress was put into the prisoner's premises, and the goods were taken away. There was little to seize, and the goods did not realise the amount of the rent, but the prisoner was not considered by Mellor an eligible tenant, and another distress was instituted. It was intimated, however, to the prisoner, tbat if he would leave the place, he might take anything that belonged to him. All these circumstances seemed to have excited a very angry feeling towards Meller in Taylor's mind, and to this feeling the acts of violence which had been detailed were attributed by the prosecution. Dwelling upon the points which associated the female prisoner with the crime, the learned counsel said it would be for the jury to say whether the appearaneo which the children presented indicated rather the care and attention of a female than a male hand. _ Mr. Wm. Galloway Meller, the son of the de ceased, was then examined, and corroborated the statement of the learn e d counse l i n it s principal point. Mr. Joseph Peacock Letherbrow, wine merchant ; Hoole, the cellarman ; Mr. Henry Pankhurst, auc tioneer ; M r. W . Heath, house surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, and some other witnesses having also been examined, the caoe for the -Crown was com pleted. Mr. Pope addressed the jury on behalf of the male prisoner; and at great length contended that he was not conscious at the time of his committing the act imputed to him of its awful nature, Mr. Overend, Q.C., on behalf of the female pri soner, made an eirnest and eloquent appeal to the jury to say that his client had gone to the place without knowledge of her husband's intention, and had not been a participator in his acts. The learned Judge having summed up the evidence with great minuteness, The Jury retired, and after a brief absence re turned into court. The court had become so crowded that they could with difficulty force their way to their seats, and intense suspense was depicted upon b-the faces of all the spectators in court. The Jury found the female prisoner Not Guilty, but the male prisoner was found Guilty of murder. He did not appear in the least discomposed. The learned Judge then assumed the black cap, and passed sentence in the following terms :—Pri soner at the bar, the jury have found you guilty of this most barbarous murder. Acting under a sense of supposed injury, you have wreaked your ven geance upon a man who was only the innocent in strument, and not in any way the cause of your trou ble. You must have been aware, when you took that man's life, that you did so at the forfeit of your own. I have no desire to enlarge upon the enormity and the wickedness of such an act. You stand there an example to those who see you of the vehemence of bad passions nurtured and fostered till they have impelled you to this most bloody deed. May your sentence be a warning to others. Let me entreat you to apply your remaining hours to make your peace with Heaven, for assuredly you have much to do. The learned Judge then completed the sentence in the usual form, and the prisoner was removed. IHE NAVY. The Admiralty paddlewheel yacht Osborn, Capt. Bower, arrived in the Mersey on Wednesday morn ing, having on board three of the Lords of the Ad miralty, who proceeded at once to visit the ship building and engine works of Messrs. Laird Brothers, at Birkenhead, where they inspected the iron-cased frigate Agincourt, of 7,000 tons, and the troopship Orontes, of 3,000 tons, now building at that establishment for her Majesty's service. They also made a minute inspection of the graving docks, and other parts of these works. Their Lordships then proceeded to inspect the Birkenhead Dock works accompanied by Mr. Laird, M.P. ; they first visited the Morpeth and Egerton Docks, and the Low-water basin ; then proceeded to the upper end of the great float, to see the new graving-docks, returning down the Wallasey side to the new iron bridge and chain -testing ma chine, cros sed to Liver pool,ti calling the up w o rkso n t h of the Merseye Mayor at the i o wh r h d, afterelLo proceeded Steel and Iron Company, over which they were taken by Mr. Clay, and shown the armour plates for the iron-plated ship Agincourt, which are being made at that establishment, several shafts for engines of the largest class, and other descriptions o f manufacture in iron for which these works are famous. After leaving these works they proceeded to the Osborne, which vessel is to be got ready at Portsmouth for ea • rrying the Royal Family to the Continent. One of their Lordships, we are in formed, proceeded to Scotland, another to London ; Mr. Whitbread remaining on board their Lordships' yacht. This is, we believe, the first official visit of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Mersey on their annual tour of inspection. About 500 tons weight of armour plating for the sides of the Caledonia were yesterday landed at Woolwich Dockyard from the factory of Mr. Brown of Sheffield, together with one sample slab of ,iron 7 feet in length, 4 feet broad, and 4 inches thick, manufactured at the Thames Ironworks at Black wall, to be tested at Shoeburyness for target practice. A huge floating baattery is in course of construction at Woolwich, to carry a number of 110-pounder Armstrong guns, for the purpose of the experiments at sea. The floating battery Trusty, fitted with Capt. Coles'e cupola, and destined for experiments with the 300-pounder Armstrong gun, to fire a 150-pounder cylinder, still remains in basin at Woolwich, under a protest of Capt. Coles, as not having been fitted in accordance with his design, nor under his supervision. The iron frigate Resistance, 18, 600-horse power, Capt. Chamberlain, still remains at the Nore,where she is being completed for sea, the fitting out of this vessel having already occupied nearly three months. During the last few days increased energy has been used by those employed on board to have her com pleted and ready for sea, but it seems probable that it will be some days yet before she can take her de parture from the Nore. Like her sister ship the Defence, the Resistance is described as a most un comfortable ship, the berths of the men being always damp, from the oozing of the water through the iron. This, perhaps, might be in a manner re medied by means being adopted for obtaining in creased ventilation between the decks. The Fire Queen, steam yacht, Master-Commander Paul, sailed from Spithead at 8 a.m. yesterday for the Channel Islands, with Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce, who, accompanied by his flag officer, has left Portsmouth to make his annual tour of inspection. The Black Prince, 40, screw iron frigate, Capt. Wainwright, went out of Portsmouth harbour yes terday morning and anchored at Spithead, saluting the flag of the Commander-in Chief as she rounded the Spit buoy. It had been feared, owing to the unusual slackness of the tides, that there would not be sufficient water for the ship to leave the harbour, but by the skilful management of the captain and pilot she was passed out through the harbour chan nel in perfect safety. She has begun to take in her powder and shell, and if the weather proves favour able will commence her trials of speed on Monday next. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—James W. Ashton, acting second master, additional, to the Fisgard ; Frederick T. Robins, paymaster, additional, to the F.xcellent ; John E. Marlton, assist.-paymaster, to the Formid able ; F. North and C. H. Collings, assist.-paymas ter, additional, to the Rattlesnake. 7HE ARMY. A regimental order was yesterday issued to the Royal Artillery in garrison at Woolwich, from the Deputy Adjutant-General at the Horse Guards, announcing that gratuities amounting to £9lO will shortly be distributed among 131 non-com missioned officers and men of the regiment, who will also receive good conduct medals for long and meritorious services. The 22d company of Royal Engineers stationed at head-quarters, Chatham, has been augmented to its proper strength of 100 non- commissioned officers and men from the depot companies at the Royal Engineer establishment, preparatory to its quitting England for China, where it will relieve the Bth company duty at Hongkong, Previous to its de parture from Chatham the 22d company, in con junction also with the 26th company of Royal Engineers will go through a course of rifle instruc tion at the new rifle range. In cmsequence of the highly satisfactory result of the three days' inspection of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, by Major-General Stransham, the Inspector General, previous to his quitting the garrison, requested Col. Lemon, C. 8., the commandant of the division, to release the non commissioned officers and men from all drills during the remainder of the week, and to grant them three days' ho]yday—a request which was at once com plied with. Major-General Stransham left Chat ham yesterday morning, to proceed on his tour of inspection of the other divisions of Royal Marines. Orders were yesterday received at the head quarters of the Royal Engineer Establishment, Chatham, for the wives and families of those non commissioned officers and men of the 4th and 15th companies of the Royal Engineers, despatched a few months since to Canada, to embark next week to join their husbands, the Government having chartered a vessel to convey them to Canada. Since the reduction of the standard to 5 feet 51 inches for growing lads, and 5 feet 7 inches for recruits above 20 years of age, recruiting for the Royal Marines has proceeded very briskly, and at the present rate the several divisions will shortly be up to their required strength. NEAPOLITAN SUPERSTITION.—As might be ex pected, ignorance, prejudice, and superstition, darken the minds of the Neapolitans to a lamentable degree. In the land of Sen Gennaro, the saints are worshipped with extra vagant devotion, varied at times with downright abuse when they do not perform all that is required of them. The fisherman will not put to sea should a gust of wind quench the light of the oil-lamp burning before the Madonna of the house ; the lazzarone pauses in unreasoning dread at the door of the wine•shop, if a dog and a cat are fighting there together ; and all classes stand in awe of the Evil Eye. The last named superstition is one of the most widely to be trans d t i i ff o u n s . ed m in e i t a h t e world. It is found in the extreme north of Europe, and among the Oriental races, as readers of Beck ford's Vathek are aware; but in Naples it is extremely preva lent.. Even the educated believe in this occult and malignant which cum in : 1( 1 J;tiu xt ene e ; and those who have the unlucky credit of exer -1 git are universally shunned. The power is thought mated in some families from generation to genera tion• Ferdinand, with the weakness of mind ono, no matte r h: . ; a ! id . in this suPersttL""l'3panies cruelty, was a firm believer refused to receive at the palace any je h tt lgh his rank, who had the reputa are called. One da tion of being , ball at h a o t 4 re, UR these Suspected persons a prince who was popularly accused of to a royal at Casert a . vi ol Eye got admission and, as the kin g was E veryone ta fled from his pre sence;to him, a chandelier T % fastenings, and se almost over their heads fell from a ft was of course never allowed to come an unfortunate prince injured some of the gu s t s• ar the court again, and was even shunned by his most • n timate friends.— " the Year Round." verely 11111111 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA OVERLAND TRANSIT COMPANY. Mr. James Henson, the secretary to the British Columbia Overland Transit Company, appeared yesterday in discharge of his recognisances before Alderman Finnis, at the Guildhall, to answer the charge of obtaining a sum of £42 under false pre tences, with intent to cheat and defraud Wm. Hy. Isaac Collingwood. Mr. H. Harris, of Moorgate-streei - , conducted the prosecution on behalf of the unfortunate emigrants. Mr. Pearce, instructed by Mr. Ellis, appeared for the defence. Mr. F. H. Lewis attended for Col. Sleigh. Mr. Whitehouse for the Hon. F. H. F. Berke ley, M.P. Mr. Mardon for Mr. H. L. Hime, the agent in Canada for this company, and Mr. Collette (Prichard and Collette, the solicitors for this company), fcr a director named H. Edge cumbe Nicholls, who it was stated did not deny his responsibility. In answer to a letter from the latter firm, ad dressed to one of the newspapers, denying having appeared for the defence, our reporter begs to state that Mr. Collette not only instructed Mr. Philbrick throughout the inquiry on the last occasion, but held consultations with the defendant, communi cated the results to counsel, suggested questions in cross-examination, and at one time during the in quiry took his seat by the side of Mr. Phi[brick on the bench, according to the usual practice with at torneys instructing counsel on important matters. Mr. Lewis said Col. Sleigh's name had been men tioned on the last occasion as that of the gentleman who had received the whole of the funds of the company, and it was therefore due to him that he should be allowed to give an explanation. Alderman Finnis said Col. Sleigh was not before the Court at present, and he therefore thought that any explanation which might be necessary would come better at the conclusion of the case. Mr. Pearce said there was no doubt that an of fence had been committed, and, as the alderman had very properly stated, it was his province to find out and punish the offender. It was also the duty of the defendant to assist that object, both for his own sake and the ends of justice. The defendant was merely a salaried clerk, and although he could not call Col. Sleigh to prove his engagement as such, he was in a position to prove that the defen dant was only a clerk, that he received a salary of .D 2 per week in that capacity, and that his duties were confined to the ordinary routine of an office such as the one in question. He would prove that the offices were taken by Col. Sleigh, and in his name ; and although that person did not in any way appear in the company's prospectus, he would show that every farthing of the money received from the gentlemen complaining was paid over to Col. Sleigh, and that the whole scheme was, from first to last, Col. Sleigh's own speculation. He would even prove that, on the closing of the com pany's offices, an intimate friend of Col. Sleigh's removed the books of the company; and, on the same day a bank in the Haymarket, another of the colonel's speculations, was shut up, and his private residence at St. John's-wood deserted. He would also trace the books into the possession of Colonel Sleigh, and he submitted, if he proved these facts, and showed that the only delinquent was Colonel Sleigh, that there would be an end of the charge against his client, who had filled a respectable posi tion in the employ of a railway company for 9 years prior to his unfortunate connexion with Col. Sleigh. Alderman Finnis said it was quite clear that Col. Sleigh could not have carried out this fraud by him self. The defendant was in the office to answer in quiries, and must therefore have seen the letters complaining of the fraudulent use of gentlemen's names as directors, and consequently must have been aware of the fraud that was being perpetrated. Those letters were addressed to the secretary, who appeared to have replied to them all by stating that other gentlemen had been elected as directors in their places, and/ it was therefore important that Colonel Sleigh should be called, in order to relieve the defendant from the criminal charge. Mr. Pearce said every exertion had been made by the defendant and others to find Colonel Sleigh. Mr. Harris said the only intelligence he could offer was that the colonel's bank in the Haymarket stopped on the day following the hearing of this case last week. _ Alderman Finnis said that perhaps was a fortu nate circumstance for many persons. At all events if the evidence offered by Mr. Pearce was forth coming, he would direct proceedings to issue to bring Colonel Sleigh before him. Mr. Harris said he had some further evidence, and called _ _ Richard Spyer, a clerk in the Joint-Stock Com panies Registration Office, who said he had searched the registry, and ascertained that the British Columbia Overland Transit Company had never been registered either with or without the word " 'or the word " company." It had not been registered in any shape. Wm. Gypson, a clerk in the Bank of London (described as one of the bankers of the company), said that no account had been opened' at that bank in the name of the British Columbia Overland Transit Company. Their bank was mentioned in the prospectus, but the manager gave directions not to receive their account. An amount was offered in the company's name, but the party was referred to Robarts, Lubbock, and Co. Edmund Champion, clerk to Itobarts, Lubbock, and Co., said there was an entry in their books of the name of the British Columbia Overland Transit Company, but without the word "limited." A EIMI Of £2 was paid in by applicant for shares, but the account was never opened. They had no resolution of the company with regard to the account upon which to act. Alderman Finnis said he must have the name of the person who was to draw the cheques. Mr. Harris said he had been assured by Sir J. Lubbock that nu arrangements had been made for drawing cheques on the part of the British Co lumbia Overland Transit Company_ The witness here left the court to make inquiry at the bank, and upon his return said a gentleman called in the first instance to ask the firm if they would take the account, at the same tim e s h ow i ng a list of directors. Mr. Ellis said he would take the aceount on the strength of those names, and the gentleman went away, but it was expected that some of the directors would have call e d an d s i gne d the signature - book, without which the account could not be opened nor any money be drawn out. No one called for that purpose, consequently the account was never properly opened and the £2 had never been drawn out. Mr. James Hay ward said, in consequence of an advertisement he saw in the papers with regard to the British Columbia Overland Transit Company, i n April last, he wrote to the company and received a letter from Colonel Sleigh in reply. Alderman Finnis asked what business witness was.__ Witness—He Was what was called " through agent" for the company. He went out with the passengers and had since returned. The following was the letter he received from Colonel Sleigh : British Columbia Overland Transit Company, t‘ 6, Copth a ll -court, Throgmorton-street, E .C. The manager will be happy to sea Mr. Hayward with reference to his application of the 12th inst., if he calls at the office between t we l ve and one to - morrow , T ues d ay. " May 19." Mr. Harris remarked that Colonel Sleigh's name was not to the letter, and asked witness if he went to the office in consequence of that letter. Mr. Pearce said he would not take any objection to the course pursued by Mr. Harris, as he was moat anxious, on behalf of his client and furtherance of the ends of justice, to elicit the fullest investiga tion possible. Alderman Finnic said that was the only proper mode of conducting an inquiry of this kind for the benefit of all parties. Witness—He afterwards went to the office and saw Colonel Sleigh ; he saw him several times, but always alone. He also saw the defendant busily engaged with three or four clerks in the other office. His interviews with Colonel Sleigh resulted in his receiving an appointment from the company to accompany the expedition to British Columbia, at a salary of £lO a month, and one dollar per day for provisions on arrival at Montreal. That ap pointment was signed by defendant as secretary of the company. Mr. Pearce said the letter of appointment com menced with the words, "I am instructed." Wit ness received four receipts in blank for passage money from Colonel Sleigh on the 29th of May, and on the same day he received written instructions from the defeudant as to the proposed route and his conduct on the journey, in providing for the con veyance and comfort of the passengers, and conclud ing with a strict injunction to draw £5 extra from a passenger who had paid for a second-class and re ceived by mistake a first-class berth, and not under any circumstances to show his written instructions to any of the passengers. Two passengers joined the party at Quebec, and witness filled up two of the blank receipts, and gave them for two sums of £26 each. Col. Sleigh told him he would draw out instruc tions in writing for him, and when he received them he believed they were bona fide, and that he would I I be supplied with the means to carry them out. When he arrived at Quebec he placed himself in communication with Major Shrapnel, the barrack master. He telegraphed to him from Quebec. Mr. Pearce submitted this could not have any bearing upon the charge. Alderman Finnis said he thought the court was ,bound to hear anything in connexion with witness's instructions received from the defendant. Witness—Major Shrapnel advised him to tele graph to Mr. Hime, the company's agent at St. Paul's, stating the number of passengers and the weight of provisions, and he did so, as well as from Montreal and Detroit, until they got to St. Paul's, where they met Mr. Hime, who introduced witness to Messrs. Burbank and Co., the proprietors of the North-Western Express and Minnesota Stage Com pany. Mr. Hime asked him how much money he had, as he had made all the arrangements for the purpose of paying the fare to Fort Garry. Witness told him he had none, and said he hoped Mr. Hime had plenty, but that gentleman said he had none, although he had been expecting remittances for the last six weeks. Witness then applied to Burbank and Co. to take the passengers on to Fort Garry and Red River, and offer ed them drafts on the company. (The witness here produced a letter from Burbank and Co., acknowledging that Mr_ Hime and Mr. Hayward had done all in their power to for ward the passen gers by Burbank's expresses to Fort Garry, Red itiver settlement, and had failed only for want of the funds which were to have been remitted for that purpose by the company. Burbank and Co. refused to accept drafts either on Major Shrapnel or the company. Alderman Finnis said in Burbank's letter the company was termed the " Transportation Com pany," a much more appropriate title under all the circumstances. Witness said if he had received sufficient funds he could have taken the passengers on, but he would not attempt to take them across the Rocky Moun tains without a proper supply of provisions and conveyance. Major Shrapnel advised him to draw on him at 60 days' sight, but he told him no one would take the drafts. Witness then came back to England to see where the hitch was, and found the office in Copthall-court closed. He then tried to see Colonel Sleigh, at the West-end Bank, and there get his address. He found the bank closed. That was on the day after the first hearing of this case. Mr. Lewis said he had no locus standi he was aware, but it was not evidence that the witness was deposing to. Alderman Finnis said that Colonel Sleigh was not here, and if Mr. Pearce did not object he would not hear any objection from any other quarter. Mr. Harris here produced the cheque paid by Mr. Collingwood for his passage, and said he had traced it to Colonel Sleigh's Haymarket Bank, in stead of the company's offices. Alderman Finnis said that was important, as it would tend to show in what manner the money re ceived from these unfortunate passengers was dis posed of. Witness cross-examined—He saw Mr. Henson and Mr. Walker (both present) at the company's offices, but he always asked to see the manager. He considered Colonel Sleigh as such. He treated with no one else. Re-examined—He received only £lO as board money from Colonel Sleigh. He had not received any of his salary. There was about £25 due to him for money out of pocket, independent of wages. When he returned he went to St. John's-wood, and found Colonel Sleigh's house and furniture had been sold off. Mr. W. S. Simonds, a clerk in the office of the Times newspaper, produced an advertisement of the prospectus of the British Columbia Overland Transit Company, which appeared on the sth of April last, and the original of a letter signed by the defendant, which appeared in the l imes of the 23d of May last, to the following effect, as far as it refers to the present inquiry : " Sir,—l have just read with considerable surprise, and I may add with indignation, a letter under the sobliquet of Canada West,' containing a tissue of errors so manifest that I claim your invariable desire to show fair play by the early insertion of the following statement relating to this route, and the operations of the company referred to. . . As to the time occupied by such a journey Canada West' proves at the very outset that his calculations are based upon thorough ignorance. . . . His other calculations are equally erroneous. As to going through the passes' with waggons, no one ever suggested such an idea. Our passengers will go on pack horses, through the Rocky Moun • tains into British Columbia. . In conclusion, we are only doing by co-operative agency that which hundreds of persons have done by individual enterprise, viz., we have organised a passenger traffic along a route well understood, and which presents no difficulties except those conjured up in the minds of such disinterested individuals as CANADA WEST.—I am, sir, your obedient servant, " JAMES HENSON, Secretary, "British Columbia Overland. Transit Co.'s Offices, 6, Copthall-court, Throgmorton-street, E.C." Mr. Pearce admitted that the signature to the letter produced was in defendant's handwriting. The body of the letter'was written by a clerk named Walker, a son of one of tne directors. Mr. Martin, chief clerk, inquired if there were any receipts for money paid after 23d May. Mr. Harris said there were. There was one fur £42, paid by John Martin on the 26th ; one for £42, paid by Thompson on the 27th ; one for £42, paid by Goddard on the 26th ; several on the 23d May, and one on the 29th for £42, paid by Benjamin Moore. That was about the last payment made, ex cept the money paid by two of the passengers to Hayward, at Quebec. He was not prepared with any further evidence at present. If the defendant had acted bona fide, it was for the directors to come forward and relieve him from his responsibility. Mr. Pearce said the specific charge against the defendant was for obtaining money under false pre tences, and consequently anything in the shape of letters in the Times, or remarks in the money article of that journal, could not be received as evidence of a false pretence said to have been already commit ted. He had addressed the court at the opening of the examination, and was now prepared to call his witnesses. Alderman Finnis said since this case had been opened another name had been brought under the notice of the Court, and he therefore thought he should now ask Mr. Harris what course he proposed adopting. It was clear that several others were mixed up in these matters, and as it was equally clear that a gross fraud had been committed, he thought it Lis duty to suggest an adjournment at the present stage, in order to afford an opportunity of getting hold of Col. Sleigh. Mr. Harris said perhaps Mr. Lewis would under take to produce Col. Sleigh. (Derisive laughter.) Mr. Lewis said he was prepared to show by many ways that neither Mr. Henson nor Col. Sleigh were responsible, in a criminal sense, in this matter. The civil liability of Col. Sleigh he was ready to admit ; but no indictment for false pretences would lie against them upon a contract partly carried out. Alaerman Finnis took a contrary view. He said there was evidence of the false pretence in the ad vertisement of the names of gentlemen as directors without their consent. The parties who had been defrauded were, many of them, now many thousands of miles away from their homes without the means of returning, and it was therefore his duty as a ma gistrate to give those persons all the assistance in his power_ It would, however, simplify the matter if Mr. Lewis would produce his client, Col. Sleigh. Mr. Pearce said notwithstanding what Mr. Lewis had stated he would prove all he had alleged, and that the whole of the money paid by the passengers was handed over to Col. Sleigh, and that not one farthing went into Henson's pocket. Mr. Harris said there were half a dozen that if of the passengers present who would tell the Court in connec they had heard the name of Col Sle i gh gh would have pion with this company they never Sleigh i t w was had not parted with a penny. Mr. Pearc® said if the so-called obtained such an unenviab le been to be be wondered at that he s hou ld nam e. It was have known where notoriety, Col. ous of concealing his he Col. Sleigh was, but was for the p resen t b eyon d W d Bank , h e West-en d an, the jurisdiction of t he English law. Wi t h regar d to the cheque prod u ced on th e would prove that that bank was Col. Sleigh's specu lation, an d the endorsement in his o wn h an dw r iti ng. Alderman Finnicsaid it appeared that some of the directors of the British Columbia Overland Transit Company were also directors of the West end Bank, which Mr. Harris had denominated a swindle, and he likewise observed that Messrs. Prichard and Collette were the tiolicitors to both undertakings. The whole question at present before the Court was, whether the defendant Henson had lent himself to this fraud. It was not a question of one £42, but of 31 £42, and where the money had gone to. The evidence certainly was that the defendant had been in league with Colonel Sleigh, to the extent of aiding and assisting him in obtain ing the money from these parties. The secretary was put forward as James Henson, Esq., to make a. show, and it now transpired that the secretary was a clerk at £2 per week. If the defendant was merely the dupe of Colo:lel Sleigh, he could give very valuable information with regard to the pro ceedings of this company, and so assist the unfor tunate persons who had been defrauded, a nd clear himself from the criminal charge. Mr. Martin said the charge might assume the form of that of conspiracy to defraud. Alderman Finnis said that was precisely his view of the case, for which reason he suggested a remand. In the meantime he should like to know how many of these parties were out in Canada, and what state they were in. Mr. Harris said about twenty of them had been dispersed, and others were not able to g et awa y . Same who had money heli;ed to keep ethers, a nd some who went out as gen!.l eme n have gone to work in the lead mines as labovrers. Alderman Finnis said, under stole circumstances, the attention of Government should be drawn to those parties and the hardships they were` enduring. Mr. Collingwood said he had app lie to the Colonial Office, and been told it was no business of theirs. Alderman Finnis said, then, as a magistrate, he would make it his duty to communicate with the Secretary of State on the subject, in order that something might be done to meet the necessit'es of the parties and mitigate their distress, as t heir position in such a country would be one of itx tremity when the winter closed in. Mr. Harris said these unfortunate people were camped out in a wild district, and that appeared to have been part of the scheme, for they were carried safely through the civilised and inhabited portion of the route, and abandoned as soon as they entered upon the wild part of the country. Alderman Finnis said as soon as Mr. Harris could ascertain the exact state of the parties left behind, a proper representation of the facts should be for warded to the Secretary of State. The case was then adjourned, and the defendant admitted to bail in his own recognisances in £lOO, as before. GOUN2.RY 111ARAL1A3. • ------ - MANCHESTER—Atm. 21. A fair attendance to-day. A. few samples of new Eng lish wheat were exhibited, condition and quality irregttlar, and most part of it remained unsold at the close. Foreign. in moderate demand, at Id to 2d per cental dearer. Fresh, made flour 6d per sack higher, and inferior sorts neglected, but held for former prices. Oats and oatmeal brought ex- , treme rates. Indian corn was the turn in favour of sellers. Beans maintained the currencies of this day week. BIRMINGHAM-AUG. 21. There was a limited supply of English wheat from the farmers to-day, and the trade was flat. Last week's rates were about realised. Foreign was sold at late rates. Barley maintained its value. Beans, peas, and oats held for late currencies. PLYMOUTH_AUG. 19. White, 58s to 60s ; red, 568 to 688 p er qr • French, 60a to 62s ; aerican,_ 52s to 56s ; Spanish, —8 ' to —s ; Rus sian, 60s to 625. Barley at previous rates-3 48 to 38e Per qr for malting ; grinding, 278 to 29s ; oats, 24s t 0278; and beans, —s to —s ; flour, 42s to 42s 6d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—AIio. 20. A small supply of country wheat to-day, which sold at fully the prices of this day week. Barley scarce. Oats a heavy sal. Wheat on e the top 3s Od up .average Os 8d up. Barley on the top 4s Od up ....average 2s 8d UP. Oats on the top Os 6d up .. average 18 ld down. Beans on the top is Od up... ..... ..average 2s 6d up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ..... ... 612 qrs Sold 449 qrs Barley... lO3 qrs Sold 79 qrs Oats 2,050 qrs Sold 446 qrs Beans 2 qrs Sold 2 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 49s Od ; extras, 47s Od ; households, 38s 6d ; shop, 36s 6d. CORK—AvG. 20. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, —s Od to —s Od ; white, 22s Od to —s Od; barley 140 6d to —s Od ; oats, 13s 3d to 13s 7d. DERBY SMITHFIELD--Ava. 19. A short show of fat beasts to-day ; the best quality was scarce, the greater part being only of the middling sort. The supply of fat and store sheep was large, and lambs less. A large supply of fat pigs. Fat and store calves about the average Beet 6O to 7d Veal 6d to 6id Mutton ...... .61d to 7d Pork Lamb Bd to Bfd Rough fat, 48 6d per stone. Hides, 3d to 4id ; calf skins, 5d to 6d. PLATINUM AT THE EXHIBITION.—Then there were two big vessels of platinum ; the one an alembic (what an old alchemist's word 1), and the other a boiler for rectifying sulphuric acid, and worth £465 without the tubes. Platinum is essentially the chemist's metal, and the moat useful that he has. Fire does not melt it, unless at the moat outrageous and almost unattainable ferocity; air and water do not touch it ; it can be heated to a white heat and and still retain its polish ; and the only acid that dissolves it, is the nitro-muriatic. What the analytical world did when it was not so, no one now can understand. Plati num is rarely found in masses, °1:17.y in grains or spangles. for the most part not so large as linseed, sometimes as large as hempseed, and sometimes, but very rarely, as big as peas. But there have been tremendous giants —just one or two—to show what platinum can do if it likes. The largest bit seen hitherto is in this very Eastern, Annexe of ours. It is an irregular mass about a footlong and from five to six inches deep, weighing 3,200 oz., or 200 lbs.. Up to the advent of this metallic son of Anak, the prize piece was one of 21 lbs. weight, brought from the Ural Mountains, and now in the famous Demidoff cabinet; then there was another, over 11 lbs., also found in the Ural Mountains in the year 1827; and one in the Royal Museum at Madrid, larger than a turkey's egg, and brought from the gold mine of Condoto, at Choco, in Peru ; and another from the same place, weighing more than two oz. avord' poise, which Humboldt presented to the cabinet of Berlin. All these were mighty in their day, when compared to the linseed and hempseed of ordinary growths; but what are they now in the presence of a leviathan weighing 200 lbs.? Platinum—a minor silver, from " plata," which means sil ver, according to the Spaniards—is found principally in the company of gold, and when first brought to Europe in 1748 was called white gold, in recognition of the many noble properties, which seem to make it akin to the royal metal. For it is so malleable that it can be beaten into leaves thin enough to be blown about and floated anywhere by the breath—just like gold leaf; and it is so ductile (I am ob liged to use these hard words, but I don't like them) that Dr. Wollaston made a wire of it no larger in diameter than the 2,000 th part of an inch ; while its tenacity is proved by the fact that a wire, 1-18th of an inch in diameter, can sup port a weight of 3611b5. So, after all, it has a right to be called white gold, and of royal standing in the metallio world.—Dickens's "All the Year Round." [ADVERTISEMENT.] -Holloway's Pills.--Fever, In• fluenza, Bronchitis.— In our cold and changeable climate. 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HEATHCOTE.—On the 21st inst., the Rev. W. B. Heath cote, M.A., rector of Compton Basset, Wilts, and Pre centor of Salisbury Cathedral, aged 49. HAMPER. —On the 20th inst., Mr. Wm. Hamper, of 56, T hreadneedle -street, aged 52. MA CDONELL.—On the 2d inst., at Dun Edin, New Zea land, Alexander Ranaldson Macdonnell, Esq., of Glen Barry and Clanranald. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tua SUN Office No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the . Coung of 31,iddlesea.—Friday, August 22, 186 A EMI= Pra pulsii and g ink* ti rope edit differs St. Ba and I which about G. J( 22, Ru LIFE Thi shatte excess ral cat case if stilt& This marry the mg Succ thirst. Dr. struct and w on ree, and C( A 114 Just in n scut ler Pei CURTI INT btruct Early CHI! of Mai Folliei Donor The eases, Lottot Ci C u S hould ad M A GI eh little whim o!fi ag, Londc Linn EMI Men titan, Alal Imp ralog MI MIN tact li CH( each. PR RAT failm dress, JO T H 1