The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-14 00:00:00

CALCUTTA, CIIINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have ad vices and papers from Calcutta to June 9 ; Madras, J une 15 ; Hong Kong, May 26; Melbourne, May 26 ; Sydney, May 21; Adelaide, May 26. The Calcutta papers add nothing to the intelli gence received by the last Bombay mail They allude to the rumours of disaffection in the North- West provinces, but like the Bombay journals, think that with due precaution there is no real cause of alarm. The following are the remarks of the Ben gal Hurkaru : "We have already alluded to the fact that an uneasy feeling has gradually been developed in the North. West, and every day it is becoming more defined. We have failed, in common with others, to trace these sinister rumours to any legitimate source. Some attribute them to the threatened advance of Persia upon Herat, and suppose that this would be the signal for a general rising among the disaffected. Others, again, maintain that fana tics travelling about the country are slowly but surely disseminating the seeds of insurrection— and in this view we in a great measure concur. We do not think there is any real ground for alarm, but at the same time we are disposed to the belief that our rulers s h ou ld exerc i se re doubled vigilance, for the simple reason that dis affection is known to exist to a considerable ex tent. Thousands, since the mutiny, have subsisted upon the loot then obtained, and exist in the hope ' that 'something may turn up.' These men in the large cities are more or less dangerous, as affording willing tools for the disaffected to work upon. The Persian difficulty would have been eagerly availed of by this class as promising some remote chance of future complications, but for the present we have nothing to fear from this point. An insurrection, or mutiny, or what you please to term it, would find us in a very different position now as compared with 1857. We have twice the number of European troops ; the native army, the real source of danger no longer exists to an extent to make it dangerous ; railways would enable troops to be concentrated at any given point within a very short time, and numerous disadvantages under which we laboured in 1857 no longer exist. To be prepared for any emergency is unquestionably the duty of the state, and we have reason to know that our resources were nevermore thoroughly efficient than at the present time. " The loss of the ship Blue Jacket, outwardbound for Madras, is reported this morning. The cargo consisted of rice and sundries. No particulars have yet been received beyond the fact that the ship is totally lost, and the crew saved." CHINA. The interest in the news i;Om China is confined to the proceedings of the rebels. The following extracts are from the China Trade Report of May 26 : "Ningpo has been wrested from the Taepings by a combined British and French naval force, and restored to the Imperialists. This event took place on the 10th inst. " The result of the capture of Ningpo is by no means satisfactory. The trade which was being transacted there in rice and opium is jeopardised ; the hopes that existed of silks and teas finding an outlet there being also at an end. The rebels have only retired a few miles in the interior, so that unless an allied force be left to protect the place, the Taepings will certainly attack and recapture it. " As for affairs at Shanghae—the powers of en durance and vitality of the Taepings in that vicinity are wonderful. On the 12th inst., the important stronghold of Tsingpoo, a walled city about 25 miles from Shanghae, was wrested from them by the allied force. The casualties reported on the part of the assailants amount to one marine killed and one wounded. The same tactics were followed as those practised on previous occasions. Consi derable booty fell to the captors, including 100,000 pls. of rice, supposed to have been received from Ningpo. About 2,000 prisoners were taken. " The next assault upon the Taepings, however, showed a very different result, and proved a for cible indication of the gigantic and extensive mea sures which the insurgents had determined on. It would seem that, after the capture of Tsingpoo, the allied force proceeded to attack the rebels at a position which they had taken up en the opposite side of the river to Shanghae, and about 23 miles off. This attack was made on the 17th inst. The Taepings allowed the allies to bombard their works without replying. The allies, fancying the enemy had, as usual, evacuated the post, advanced to the assault. The Taepings must have kept in ambus cade, for when the attacking party had approached near enough they opened a tremendous fire, killing and wounding many officers and men. Admiral Protet, the French naval commander-in-chief, was amongst the killed. His body was brought to Shanghae on the 18th inst. The fear is that the affair is serious, as much secrecy is observed. It is known, however, that the allies ultimately carried the post with heavy loss to the Taepings, and that another rebel camp hard by was being menaced, and would be forthwith bombarded, &c. " The most singular and important feature in the case has now to be narrated. Notwithstand ing the repeated and sanguinary reverses which the Taepings have sustained at the hands of the allies, and the apparent futility of their attempts to cope with artillery in the field, so far from being disheartened, they have displayed the utmost energy to repair their defeats. Chung Whang, their principal general, who was most probably with the main body of the army near Hangchow or Soochow, sent down largo reinforcements to Shanghae, and suddenly overran the districts where from the allies had but a few weeks previously ejected the rebels. The unfortunate inhabitants had again to undergo the calamities attendant upon a visitation of the incensed marauders. Fire and desolation again marked the path of the Taepings. The People flew in thousands to the banks of the river, houselesa and destitute, in the hope of ob taining me ans of escape. In one district it is stated that a continuous line of fire extended ten miles. The 'I aepings a p p earea in heavy force in several places at once, d r i ving the Imperialists before them like chaff before the 'wind. They attacked several of the places wherefrom the allies had ejected them, and certainly carried su c h as they attacked, except ing wa ll ed City ing the im of Kanding, the cap ture of which formed the leading lemma) of the opera tions of the alliesadvisedlastrc. The pos session of this place being important, several hun dred sepoys were placed there to a ss i st the Impe rial garrison. The Taepings soon drove 'n e Imperialists, and laid siege to t he p lace reinforce_ meats were sent from Shanghae both of British and Indian troops. The intelligence is k ept a profound secret, as i s usual w hen it is adver se, but the belief, amounting almost to a certainty, is that 700 British troops were surrounded at Kah ding, and are short of ammunition. An armed boat was sent with supplies, but was cut off and captured by the Taepings. " The precise position of the allied force does not appear. At Shanghae apprehensions are again felt for the safety of the city and the settlement. Taep ing hordes have approached within five miles from the city. Artillery will have to be sent to Kanding. It is known that no more expeditions are to be equipped and that the allied force will simply pro het Shanghae until the expected reinforcements shall arrive, and that the Taepings will remain un disputed masters of the country near Shanghae. Ningpo will be a sad source of weakness, and the Yang-tsze trade placed in imminent jeopardy. It is known that Soochow is the base of the Taeping move m ents on Shanghae, and that their numbers there a re l eg i on. " There is still an absence of reliable news regard ing the operations of the Yee hand ,g• -tsze. The advises to have all a strong I mper ial bias. These state that the . Taepings have sustained several defeats in the neighbourhood of N an ki n ; no particulars are given The insurgent le 'dere, on the oth er h an d, proclaim that th e y h ave gained important victories. The Imperialists have certainly taken a fort f ro short distance f rom Nankin. Them the Taepings a of the occupancy f advantage taken t.sia fort, was to seize a number of foreign owned native tr o t end Her Majesty' s appropriate the cargoes. gun boat Banterer actually left her station off Nankin and seized a large number of the Imperialist war vessels at this fort. By last a'' vices these were all made fast to the gun boat, and held to enforce the restoration of the pro perty. There is no alleged illegality in the matter, and it is needless to add that if the Taepings had been the aggressors they would have forthwith been shelled. " The rebels are commencing to retaliate upon foreigners. They have several times fired upon steamers plying between Shanghae and Hankow, but as yet no injury has been sustained. A feeling of uneasiness prevails lest the coming crop of silk should be either destroyed or arrested by the Tae pings in its transit. " Large supplies of new season's Congous have by this time reached Foo-chow and Hankow. No ap prehensions are for the moment entertained of the action of the Taepings interfering with this branch of trade. " Affairs at Japan are rather more satisfactory ; a decree had been issued limiting the Chinese trading community at Nagasaki to 300. Business both at that port and at Kanagawa had improved. A singular political movement is reported. The Bonin Islands, which it is said have been nominally British for 30 years, have been suddenly taken pos session of by the Japanese. The step has probably been suggested by the Russians, whose mysterious footing about the Corea and the North of the Japan group, is now exciting the curiosity of the British Government, who are urging the favoured nation clause as an equivalent to the postponement of the ports under the treaty." COMMERCIAL. TEAS. Although the season for black teas may be said to be over, by reason of the entire supply being exhausted, still it will be observed that the stocks of green remain unsold at Kewkiang, Shanghae, and Canton. The new Congous have commenced to arrive at Foo-chow and Bankow, and by this time must have reached in quantity. There is an active competition for them, and rates have opened high. The quality is ascertained to be very fine ; but although no reliable data exists for ascertaining the probable quantity, there is no reason to anticipate a short supply. Energetic measures are being adopted to send these teas to London speedily. RAW SILK. SHAlWlTAE.—Transactions are on a limited scale, and purchasers prefer waiting for more extensive operations in the new racolta. Settlements for the fortnight are esti mated at 2,000 bales, making the total 72,000 bales, and showing a comparative decrease of ab ou t 10,000 b a l es. Th e arrivals have kept pace with the deliveries; stock, there fore, is still 1,600 bales. COTTON. The native article continues to be shipped south in quan tity, and no improvement can be looked for in foreign im ported until this source of supply shall cease or fall off. The Canton market continues very dull. The sales during the fortnight are reported at 430 bales Bombay, =bales Mad ras and 1,400 bales Shanghae, leaving the unsold stock in the packhouses, 11,050 bales Bombay, 3,575 bales Madras, 1,475 bales Bengal, and 6,000 bales Shanghae. The ,last quotations are—Bombay and Madras, taels 10 to taels 12 2 ; Bengal, taels 10 to taels 11 2 ; Shanghae; taels 11 to taels 11 4. The Hong Kong market is dull. Sales of Shanghae are made by retail at 14 50 dols to 17 50 dols. AUSTRALIA. The Australian papers by this mail are unusually barren of intelligence. Neither from Melbourne nor Sydney does there come the news of any stirring poli tical event. Even the favourite occupation of our colo nists, a change of Ministry appears for the present at a discount among them. " The only excitement that appears to exist in Sydney is (says the Sydney Herald), directed to the forthcoming ses sion of Parliament, which is to be opened on Tuesday next. The approaching session is looked forward to with less interest and con cern than any previous one since the introduction of responsible government. The questions relating to the land and the Chinese, which have afforded for some years past convenient party cries, are now settled, and the trading politicians have not yet succeeded in getting up another agitation." The same paper adds :—" The increasing influence of localism in directing the choice of the electors, and also the conduct of their representatives in Parlia ment, is one of the most striking features of the de velopment of our political system. There is a grow ing disposition amongst both members and consti tuents to give up the discussion of abstract political questions as unprofitable, and to devote their atten tion to the practical furtherance of local interests, The absence of any general demand for further con stitutional changes leaves the people—those espe cially who reside in the more remote districts—free to agitate for local demands ; and the test of a mem ber's excellence is now becoming the influence he can bring to bear on the Government towards satis fying those demands." At Melbourne a case of privilege between the Assembly and the Argus had been the chief topic of political interest. Mr. Dill, the publisher of the -Argus, having been committed to the custody of the sergeant-at-arms for a libel, appealed to the judges, who were unanimously of opinion that the libel in question was " a contempt for which the house had authority to commit." Mr. Dill then served the Speaker with notice of an action for false imprison ment, and the whole case will have to be reargued before the Privy Council. Two rival education bills had been brought before the Assembly—the one by Mr. Heales, and the other by Mr. O'Shannassy. The former is the national, and the latter the denominational idea expanded into a formal measure of law. The second reading of Mr. Heales' bill was carried by 35 votes to 23. Mr. O'Shannassy's was rejected by 29 votes to 21. This is not a defeat of the ministry, as the question cf education is an " open" one in the cabinet. It will not, therefore, lead to any political crisis . The vote for immigration had been passed. The amount to be set apart this year is £120,000, of which £65,000 are to be expended in introducing persons nominated by friends or relatives in the colony ; and £40,000 for the introduction of single females and persons nominated in the United Kingdom. NEW ZEALAND. According to Auckland news of the 7th May, via Melbourne : " There is no fear of any immediate recommence ment of hostilities. Sir George is evidently not going to fight at all, or only when it suits him. His real intentions are probably not known to a single human being; he is a remarkably self-contained man. But the presumption is raised that sooner or later he will strike a vigorous blow, when he thinks the time has arrived for doing so. Meanwhile he is endeavouring to show the friendly natives how considerately the English authorities are disposed to deal with them. " Sir George has left Auckland on a lengthened trip to the southern provinces. After calling at visit iiNapier he proceeded to Wellington, at which place it e was located on the departure of last intelligence. bur t jltateted that he will then come to Otago, and y. „,,end.the neighbouring province of Canter .rl 1 / 1 11 then proceed to Wellington in time to open the s em i ° t l which it is at len The Otago th determined to hold th ere on ily e 2 6 th June." g xia " The weekly es 2m " 8 have es, of May 17, says : dwindled down from 11,000 to 12 , 000 ounc es to between ou nces ; and it is hardly expected 3,000 and 4,000 su stained during the winter month, that these can be s about to ths, which threaten to be severe. " The Chariot of F a m e was noti ce d As New with sail on the loth May direct Bank London,of Il tfor 15,000 ounces of gold for the South Wales. That was the fir s t shi pment of any quan tity direct from Otago to London. " The quantity of gold bro.ught down by escort from the several goldfields for the 21 weeks of th e present year has amounted to 618,230 ounces, against 727,275 ounces for corresponding period of last year. During the last month a good deal of rain has fallen, and the returns from the diggings have lately shown some signs of improvement. Still the rainfall has not yet be e n satisfy the miners." The Vienna Gazette, in repeating the declaration that the Austrian Ambassador at Rome is instructed to negotiate the revision of the Concordat with the Holy See, states that the delay which has occurred in their negotia tions must be atributed to the anxiety created at Rome, by Russial. recognition of the Kingdom of Italy. THE ' SUN LONDON, MONDAY EVENING JULY 14, 1862. SWF TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION IN THE WESTMINSTER BRIDGE-ROAD, LAMBETH. ESTIMATED DAMAGE, £150,000. The most extensive conflagration that has oc curred in the metropolis since the memorable one in Tooley-street, in June last year, broke out about half-past three o'clock yesterday morning, and was not entirely extinguished at a late hour in the afternoon. The property destroyed is very great, and for several hours much excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood, as it was erroneously stated that several persons had perished in the flames. While police-constable Simpson, No. 60, and Sergeant Letty of the L division, were on duty in the Westminster-road, they had their attention directed to the back portion of the premises belong ing to Mr. Murray, known as the Sun Tavern, situate in a narrow thoroughfare termed Mason street, running out of the Westminster-road, an d adjoining the well-known floor-cloth manufactory of Messrs. Goatley and Charley (late Buckley) and the various shops forming Lambeth House, the pro perty of Mr. Harvey. A great many lofty houses of business also adjoined the factory in the main road, and several dozen other buildings flanked the premises, which ran behind the houses in Mason street, the Upper-marsh, Frederick's -place, and one or two other narrow turnings. The officers at once sounded an alarm, and having aroused the inmates of the tavern an inspection of the back part of the building was made, when the police found that the skittle-alley was burning with great fury. An at tempt was made, with the aid of buckets of water, to keep the fire confined to that part of the premises, when, to the no small astonishment of those present, they discovered that the carpenters' workshops, forming a portion of the floor-cloth factory were also on fire. It then became quite clear that a conflagra tion of great extent would follow. Messengers were thereforeßoydaisl Society 's patched escapessundryand directions engine f s. or the aid of the Before one engine had time to arrive the flames had taken possession of every portion of the factory, which is easily accounted for from the inflammable articles kept in the place. The buildings stood upon two acres of ground—one portion being 240 feet long, with 40 feet in addition at the side. The front and ground floor warehouse was 30 feet long and 40 feet wide. There were 65 " frames" of about 20 feet each, then stretched a number of workshops, ranging in one direction 105 feet, and in another 60 feet. In addition to the above were the printing houses, the atmospheric drying build ings, the bin houses and tanks, as well as the gene ral stores. In one of the last named were £1,500 worth of white lead colour, and it was only the previous day that an immense number of carboys of turpentine had been purchased and housed in the premises, as well as a similar quan tity of oils such as are used in the trade. The moment the spirits of turpentine became ignited explosions followed in rapid succession, and the flames then seized simultaneously upon the pre mises of Mr. Midgley, licensed victualler, those of Mr. Harvey and Co., forming six houses in the road, also on those of Mr. Ward, hosier, No. 35 ; those of Mr. Cox, staymaker, No. 37 ; Mr. Owen, a draper; the wholesale tea warehouse of Messrs. Hawley, and many other houses. The Royal Society's escape from the Female Or phan Asylum was quickly in attendance, when Con ductor Sell raised his machine in front of one of the blazing houses for the purpose of rescuing the in mates, and with the aid of Police•sergeant No. 8 L, he managed to get the parties out, but whilst look ing to see if any had been left behind he became hemmed in himself. Fortunately Tordoff, another conductor, came up with the society's escape from the Blackfriars-road station, and succeeded in rescuing his comrade ; but the ladder was destroyed by the fire. Superintendent Beckerson and Walker, of the L and N divisions of police, and Inspector Young, of the L, and Acting Inspector Young, of the A divi sion, with a strong muster of constables and ser jeants, were early upon the ground, and succeeded in rescuing several persons from the houses in the surrounding narrow streets. The engines of the London Brigade from the Waterloo-road were in attendance in a very brief period, closely followed by Lieutenant Beckerson with two engines from Hodges' Distillery. The parish engines came next, and then the more dis tant brigade engines came literally speaking flying along from Southwark-bridge-road, Watling street, King-street, Golden-square, Chandos-street, including two land steam engines, by Shand and Mason. The last-named force was under the per sonal superintendence of Captain Shaw, his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, Foreman Henderson, J. Gerrard, Swanton, Mr. Charles White, of the County Fire Office, and Mr. Hayes, of the Mercan tile Fire Office. Fortunately, under the direction of Mr. Phipps, the secretary of the Lambeth Company, fire-plugs were drawn in all directions, and copious streams of water were obtained sufficient to feed the engines, both steam and manual. For some time after the engines had been got to work the flames appeared to assume a more formid able appearance than at the beginning of the con flagration, owing to the water falling amongst the turpentine and oils, and scattering the same about, and there being six vats of oil in the place, each about six feet high. A person named Benjamin Butt, who had charge of the keys, upon seeing how the fire was progress ing, opened the gate, and succeeded in getting out two of the horses from the stable, and some were extricated from Messrs. Harvey's stables, but one fine animal, worth 50 guineas, was burned to death. The scene at one time, not only in the Westmin ster-bridge-road, but the bye-streets, was such as can with difficulty be described. In Messrs. Har vey's premises were sleeping about 60 males and females, and to get that large number out was a work of - no little difficulty. The foreman of the establishment having unlocked the various entranc3 doors, the shopmen and female attendants came rushing down in terrible confusion, some of the latter in their night-dresses only, and others but partially dressed. The females, not knowing where to go, took shelter under the archway leading to the Great Necropolis, where tea and coffee were provided for them. The whole of the back portion of Messrs. Harvey's immense buildings were then in a blaze, and so was the lofty tavern of Mr. Midgley—and in the course of a short time the side wall of Messrs. Hawley's tea warehouse, with the roof, fell in, and exposed to view the property . Chests of tea, loaves of sugar, and fruit of the best description, having been totally destroyed by the action of fire, and large sheets of cartridge paper in a thorough state of ignition, were drifted about the neighbourhood, some over St. George's Church, in the Borough, a distance of nearly half a mile, and some fell upon the sun-blind belonging to Mr. Levy, a clothier in the Lower Marsh, setting it on fire. Fortunately a few buckets of water pre vented the flames from rushing into the shop, otherwise another fearful fire must have taken place, at a time when many of the engines were working at the other fire. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, if he had been a regular fireman, could not have expressed a greater desire or have shown more zeal in assisting Capt. Shaw and the firemen by running out the hose, and even helping with canvas buckets of water to get the fire extinguished in the dwellings of several poor families living in the adjoining streets. The two land steam engines did wonders, for each had two lines of hose attached, one on either side of the machines, and threw steady columns of water from each, which fell through the entiro length of the immense factory. In fact, so great was the force of the water distributed by the steam p o wer, that some of the brick partition walls were knocked do wn as if b at t er i ng - rams h a d b e en used (certainl y, som e o f th e wa ll s were o n ly 41 inches in thick ness, such an just half a brick), which of course could prove no s effectualfi.re;inbaardrdieirtiotno it t h m e a v y io b l e en st c a e te o d as a Cause for th e spreading so extensive so furiously that the carpenters' workshops, whic • k were in such close proximity with the skittle -alley, stood upon poles or planks, and the flames, as a natural consequence from the quarter the wind Was in, would be blown through the supports and ignit e t h e workshops. In ' these rcll were the men s working tools, some chests of which were worth from £7O to £BO each ; all have been destroyed, and as far as can be learned none of the owners were ineured. The firemen, although exposed to imminent dan ger by' the falling of walls and timbers, scorched by the intense heat, and severely injured by the heated flying ashes, never relaxed in their exertions. At one period it was feared that the flames would get as far as the railway bridge which crosses the road, and as a protection a number of men were sent upon the line with pails of water to cool it, and if unable, to forward the necessary news to have the approaching trains stopped before they reached the spo t . back Fortunately, givenportion y owing to the admirable direc tions Capt. Shaw, the fire was cut off at the of Messrs. Harvey's premises, but b still the main body of flame continued to rage for several hours afterwards, and even as late as six o'clock last evening there still remained a great mass of smouldering embers beneath the debris. As to the cause of the misfortune nothing posi tive is known, but from the statement made by the waiter at the Sun Tavern, it appears that three gen tlemen were on the previous night playing in the subscription alley at skittles until half-past eleven o'clock. To follow out their play they were accom modated with three candles, and the question natu rally arises whether or not some of the sparks had fallen from one of the candles amongst the stuffing of the butt of the skittle board, and smouldered until it broke out into a flame. The landlord states that he closed the house at 12 o'clock, when he ex perienced not the least smell of fire, and that he knew nothing of the outbreak until aroused by the police, when upon rushing down stairs he found the long room of his premises and the small yard so full of black smoke that be was unable to tell which was first on fire. No drying stoves were used in the factory ; the only means of drying and seasoning the floorcloth was by the atmosphere. There was but one chan delier in the premises, and that was in the counting house, which had not been lighted since last winter, and there had been no fire in any grate during the same period. It therefore appears impossible that the outbreak began at Messrs. Godley and Char ley's. The loss to this firm alone will be very serious, for they had a more than average stock, having taken advantage of the present state of the market, which was expected to alter very materially in price, to lay in surplus goods. The firm was in sured in ten of the principal fire•offices, each for £2,000, making the whole of the insurances on that .property only £20,000. Messrs. Harvey's loss must be enormous, as the water has gone from the top to the bottom of the extensive buildings, independent of which the fire has entered most, if not all, of the rooms at the back, and burned out the windows, melted the lead flats of the great showroom, burned portions of the roof, and so great was the heat that valuable look ing glasses and costly articles of vertu have been rendered worthless, whilst the injury done by water to their stock of silks, satins, and other light goods, must be of a serious character, but still the salvage will realise some thousand pounds. Not so with Messrs. Ward, the hosiers, for they have lost the whole of their stock in trade, furniture, and other effects ; and Messrs. Hawley, the wholesale tea merchants, &c., have every portion of their front warehouse and the valuable contents consumed; and Mr. Midgley, the publican, has the whole of his tavern from the first floor burned out, and the roof off. Many thousand persons lined the road during the progress of the fire until late in the evening, but the arrangements made by the police to keep the populace out of danger were perfect. Ropes were passed across the wide thoroughfare guarded by constables, and no one was allowed to pass the bar rier unless belonging to some of the buildings. The following is a copy of Captain Shaw's OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE DAMAGES. " Messrs. Goatley and Charley (late Buckley), No. 39, Westminster-road, Lambeth, floor• cloth manufacturers.— Premises burnt down, and contents destroyed. Insured in the Phoenix, Globe, Royal, Sun, Mercantile, and other offices. " Messrs. Harvey and Co., Nos. 41 to 47, Westminster road, drapers and silk mercers.—Back front of premises very severely damaged by fire ; windows burnt out, and stock and furniture seriously injured by heat, water, and smoke. Contents insured in the Leeds, the Sun, the Union, the Imperial, the Manchester, the Alliance, and the Royal Fire-offices. " Mr. A. Ward, hosier and outfitter, No. 35, Westmins ter-road.—Back house burnt out and front warehouse very severely damaged by fire. The •contents insured in the Westm!nster Fire-office. "Messrs. Hawley, wholesale tea dealers and grocers, Na 38, Westminster-road.—Front warehouse burnt down and back warehouse very seriously damaged by fire, water, &c. Insurances unknown. " J. Midgley, licensed victualler, sigill The Sun; land lords, Messrs. Goding and Co., the brewers.—Contents in sured in the County Fire Office, the building unknown, Timber building, used as skittle ground, 30 feet by 10 feet, burned down, and contents damaged by removal. The fire originated in this building. Mr. Kay, slater, No. 6, Upper Iklarsh ; landlords, Messrs. Harvey and Co.—Back front severely damaged by fire, and contents by water and removal. Insured in the West of England Fire-office. " Messrs. Harvey and Co., stables in Upper Marsh.— Back windows burned out and roof severely damaged. In surance unknown. " Mr. William Bull, baker, No. 8, Upper Marsh.—Back windows burned out, and timber building at the back of dwelling destroyed. Contents not insured, and building unknown at present. "Mr. J. White, basketmaker, No. 9, Upper Marsh—Back front of premises burned out, and shed buildings severely damaged by fire, &c. Contents insured in the Phoenix Fire-office, the building unknown. "Mr. Powell, hairdresser, No. 10, - Upper Marsh.— Back front of premises severely burnt. Contents insured in the Phoenix Fire-office. " Mr. Shead, shell-fishmonger, No. 11, Upper Marsh.— Back windows burned out, and furnitnro damaged by breakage and water. Contents insured in the Phoenix Fire office ; building unknown at present. " No. 12 in Upper Marsh, let out in tenements.—Back windows burnt out, and furniture damaged by breakage and water. Uninsured. " Messrs. Harvey and Knight, floor-cloth makers, No. 13, Ditto.—Factory about 90 feet long and 180 wide burnt down, and sheds adjoining destroyed; dwelling ;severely damaged by fire. Insurances unknown. "No. 14, Ditto, let out in tenements.-13ack front burnt, and furniture damaged by hasty removal and water. Not insured, " No. 15, Ditto, let out in tenements to poor families.— Roof burnt off and back front severely damaged by fire. The contents were uninsured ; the building unknown whether or not insured. "E. Calloway, newsvendor, No. 16, Upper Marsh.— Back front damaged by fire, and contents damaged by water and removal. Insured in the Phoenix. " No. 18, Ditto, let out in tenements.--Similar damage. Uninsured, " Ditto, W. Haddick, private.—Furiliture greatly da maged. Insured in the Sun. - . . Nos. 11 and 12, Heathfield-place, gason-street, let out in tenements.—Contents not insured ; building unknown. Front windows burned out, and contents damaged by water and removal. " Nos. 13, 14, 16, and 17, let out in tenements.—Roofs partially burned off and fronts severely dam ag ed by fire and water. The whole of these sufferers were uninsured. "No. 15, Ditto, l e t ou t i n tenements. — Back windows burned out and roof off. Uninsured. " No. 2e, Garden-court, H. Mason, private.—Not in sured, Roof of building burned off. "No. 3, Ditto, B. Butt—House burned down. Unin sured. " No. 4, Ditto, D. Stonham.—Not insured. Roof off, and rest of house and contents severely damaged by fire, water, and removal. N o . 8, Ditto, Messrs.Goatley and Co., private.—House of six rooms very severely damaged by fire, tFee. Contents and building insured in the Sun Fire-office. "No. 65, Bridge-road.--J. Merry, private, contents and building insured in the Unity Fire-office. Front of build ing scotched, and contents damaged by water, & c . "No. 66, Ditto.—J. Fetcher, harness-Maker; contents and building insured in the Phoenix Fire-office. Similar damage. "No. 67, Ditto.—W. H. Cates, zinc - Worker ; f ro nt of premises damaged by fire, &c. Insured in the General Fire-office. " Mr. T. Byworth, beer-shop-keeper, No. 28, Upper Marsh.—Front scorched. Uninsured." During the afternoon several other fires occurred from the embers falling down the chimneys some distance off, but they were in ea3h case extinguished before much da mage was done. At nine o'clock at night the firemen were still actively engaged in throwing water upon the ruins, for as the dusk of the evening set in large heaps of fire could be seen raging in different parts of the immense rains. Colonel Mackenzie, who has returned home from Canada, has been offered an appointment abroad. which he has not accepted. It has been stated, indeed, that Corfu was suggested to him, but it would not be very becoming to bury an officer of such experience and value in the lonian. Islands. He would do very well nearer home,--,Aran?/ and Aravy Gazette. LATV INTELLIGENCE. -July 12. COURT OF QUEENS' BENCH. ,Before Mr. Justice Wightman and a Common Jury.) SEWELL V. TQPHAM.-SEDUCTION. This was an action for seduction. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Serjeant Parry and Mr. Lumley Smith were counsel for the plaintiff. Mr. G. Denman, Q.C.. was counsel for the defendant. The plaintiff is the widow of an army accoutre ment-maker, and the defendant is a medical man, practising at Derby ; and the action was for com pensation for the loss of her daughter's service, a young girl of nineteen years of age, through her seduction by the defendant. The defendant had known the plaintiff's son, and first became ac quainted with her daughter at his house. Before that he apparently was paying his addresses to Juliana, the plaintiff's eldest daughter, but nothing came of it. He paid the daughter Marian, the girl seduced, marked attention at her brother's house, and afterwards seduced her at the Surrey Gardens. Marion Sewell deposed—Previous to June, 1860, I was living with my mother, who is a widow in Albany-road, Old Kent•road. My father died two years azo last January. He was an army accoutre ment-maker. I first made the defendant's acquaint ance in July, 1860. I was nineteen last November. I was leaving my brother's house in Brunswick street, when he took me for my sister Juliana. The latter end of November, 1860, I met him at my brother's house. My mother, a younger sister, two brothers, and two gentlemen were there. He sat by me and talked to me a great deal that evening, and he expressed sorrow at my eldest sister's absence. They used to walk out together frequently. I left my brother's house about twelve o'clock to go home. He wanted to kiss me for my sister, and asked would I return it for her. He kissed me in the passage and also when we got to the doorstep. On Monday evening, the 6th of May, 1861, I went to the Surrey Gardens with Mrs. Simpson, a lady friend lodging in my mother's house, and there met my younger sister, who had gone earlier. I met the defendant there about half-past seven in the ball-room. I had a short conversation with him, and he said he would meet me again when the danc ing commenced. At 9 o'clock he came to the dancing platform in company with a friend, Mr. Walker, who had been with him at my brother's house. At the defendant's request I walked with them about the gardens for about three-quarters of an hour. We then sat down, and Walker left. Defendant told him he did not want him, and told him to go back with his friends. After he had been gone some time he came back again, and the defendant offered him brandy and water to leave. He went away, and I continued sitting on one of the seats with defendant in a secluded part nt the garden. After Walker had left defendant commenced taking liberties with me, and afterwards had intercourse with me. He said I should not leave the gardens until I had yielded to him. He said nothing particular, but I knew what he meant. He said, "If I got into trouble he would get me out of it, and if I was a good girl he would make me his wife." It was about a quarter to twelve o'clock when I returned to Mrs. Simpson in the ball-room. The defendant would not allow me to leave bim earlier. Mrs. Simpson was very angry at my having left her. On the 3d February, 1862, I was confined of a child. I wrote to the de fendant three times and informed him of my condi tion. (In the first letter she requested him not to say anything to her sister " Jully," and that she had something to communicate to him when she saw him. The second letter stated that she must see him, and to that she received an answer appointing to meet her in the evening at seven o'clock at the top of Brunswick-street. Before receiving that letter she wrote stating that she was in the family way. He did not keep his appointment.) This was the first time I ever had been to the Surrey or any other gardens. I only had one intercourse with him. Cross-examined—My sister Fanny saw him kiss me, and told my mother of it. I told him to be quiet, but he kissed me a second time. I did not tell my mother of it. I did not call out when he kissed me (laughter). I have not been to a theatre for four years. Ido not visit dancing places. We sat on the grass on a slope underneath a tree, and afterwards we went under a tent for shelter, and it was there the connection took place. The gardens were very crowded. Other witnesses were called in support of the plaintiff's case. Mr. Denman said that the defence was that the defendant never had connection with the plaintiff's daughter. it was more case of affiliation than seduction, but there was wanting the necessary corroborative evidence required in both cases. There was no pretence for saying that the defendant ever paid his addresses to the sister, and all the acquaint ance he bad with Juliana was of the same free-and easy character with regard to kissing that appeared to exist between him and the plaintiff's daughter Marian. The meeting between them at the gardens was accidental, and although the defendant went to the gardens for an immoral purpose he did not carry it out with the plaintiff's daughter. The defendant at that time was ab0ut ... 21 years of age. The Defendant was called.—He said—l am a medical student at Guy's Hospital. My first acquaint ance with Marian arose in this way. I was walking with a friend down Brunswick-street, in the Bo rough, when a man opened the door of one of the houses and invited us in. We went in and found several females there, and there was singing and music and conviviality going on. Plaintiff and her daughter were there. I saw her in the passage when leaving. and I kissed her there and on the door-step. Mr. Denman—Did she resist at all ? Defendant—Oh, dear, no. (Laughter.) Mr. Denman—Not more than was convenient to you ? Defendant—She made no resistance at all. I never spoke to her again till I met her by accident i n the gardens. Spoke to me first in the gardens, and she or her lady friend first touched me on the shoulder. I did not take liberties with her that night. I kissed her once or twice. (Laughter.) Mr. Denman—Don't you call that a liberty ? Defendant—The gardens were very crowded, and there was no opportunity of my having intercourse with her. I intended to have done so. I did not make the promise stated by the plaintiff's daughter. I did not ask her in direct terms to submit, but I said something to that effect. I have not the least idea what part of the gardens it was. It was my intention if I had had an opportunity, but the gar dens were too much crowded. Cross-examined—l never spoke to the brother be fore or since he invited us into his house in Bruns wick-street. I have seen " Juliana" frequently in Brunswick-street and Trinity-square, Southwark. I never took her to the Surrey-gardens. The learned counsel having addressed the jury for their respective clients, The learned judge summed up, and The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, £2O. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) DAVIES V. SMITII.-ASSAULT. The plaintiff, Mr. Charles Davies, a builder, at Cubitt's Town, IVlillwall, Poplar, brought this action against Mr. Edward Tyrrell Smith, the lessee of Cremorne Gardens, for assault in having given him into the custody of a police-constable, and taken to the police-station. The defendant pleased not guilty. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Joseph Browne were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Henry James for the defendant. In the early part of the present year the plaintiff was employed by the defendant to erect a hall and concert-room at Cremorne, and some bill transac tions arose between them in respect of the money due for the work. On the 24th of May last the defendant gave the plaintiff into custody in the gardens on a charge of stealir.g two bills of ex change for £250 each under the circumstances detailed in the following evidence : The plaintiff said he received a bill for £250 f rom Mr. Smith, and got it discounted by a Mr. Morri s Mares, to whom th e defendant introduced him. When it became due the defendant asked him to get it renewed, but Mr. Mares wanted £27 for re newing it for two months, and he w en t t o th e de fendant and told him that he could get a bill dis counted by a Mr. Goodchild for a small e r sum . The defendant asked him if he co u ld ge t ano th er bill di scou nted for his friend Mr. Ab ra h ams , an d the plaintiff said he could. Two bills for £250 each were then drawn and accepted by Mr. Smith, and the.plaintiff wcnt,in company with Mr. Hayes, Mr. secretary, to Mr. G oo d c hild, w ho raised objections to discounting them on account of the speculative character of Mr. Smith's business, and wanted some other security. The plaintiff then agreed to give him the security of some houses, and on a subsequent day ( a S atur d a y), and before the security had bee ncompleted, Mr. Goodchild ad vanced him upon the bilis £l5O, and also £lOO in respect of some private transactions of his own. On the same afternoon ho went to Cremorne and tendered the £l5O to the defendant, but the defen dant refused t o take it, and said, " It's a swindle altogether, and I'll lock you up and all the parties concerned." The defendant de manded back the bills, and the plaintiff wrote to Mr. Go o d c hild, w ho lived in the neighbourhood, to the effect that the matter could not be carried through, and that he would call for the bills on Monday, and sent the letter by a messenger. After wards the defendant gave him into custody, and the defendant and Mr. Hayes followed him to the police-station, where, on giving him a written un dertaking that he would deliver up the bills on Monday he was released from him. On Monday the plaintiff obtained the bills from Mr. Goodchild, and handed them to Mr. Hayes. Cross-examined—The defendant and myself are prosecuting parties for conspiracy in obtaining bills to the amount of £2,000. That occurred before this transaction. Hayes did not tell me that be must have the two bills of exchange back or the money. Mr. Chambers said if Mr. Smith came into court to give evidence he would consider what course he would take as to the plaintiff's other witnesses. Mr. Henry James said he was surprised to hear that observation, as his learned friend knew that the defendant was in a dying state, and could not, therefore, appear in Court. Mr. Chambers—That is only a paltry excuse. Cross-examination resumed—No charge was written at the police-station. After I had signed the undertaking, I went back to Cremoine at six o'clock to meet Goodchild, but I did not have any drink at Smith's expense. The defence was that the bills were entrusted to the plaintiff upon the express condition that he should not part with them unless he got the money. Mr. Gay, senior surgeon of the Great Northern Hospital, said he saw the defendant on Thursday, when he was suffering from a severe attack of gas tric fever mixed with gout. He was not in a fit state to be in court or to be examined at all. The illness might end in a severe form of typhus fever. Mr. Hayes, the defendant's secretary, said--I saw Mr. Smith about the bills, and he said, " I will have no bother respecting them. I gave the bills to you, and unless I get them back, or the money, I will give you into custody." I told the plaintiff the pre. dicament I was in, and that I should have to res.ign my situation if the bills were not forthcoming Afterwards Smith came up, and pointing me out to a policeman, said, " Take that man into custody. I gave him some bills, and he has not brought them back." I said if Smith gave me into costody I should give Davies into custody. We all four went to the station house, the policeman walking in advance. At the station Smith repeated the circumstances, but pointed to me and not to the plaintiff. I said that if the plaintiff would give an undertaking to deliver up the bills on Monday there would be no more bother, that Smith would be satisfied, and I would not give him into custody. The undertaking was given, and we all left the station. Mr. Baron Bramwell, in summing up, said there was no pretence for saying that the plaintiff stole the bills. The transaction was a remarkable one and involved very conflicting statements ; but it was clear that though the plaintiff found his way to the police-station, no charge was actually entered in the book. The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, gave a verdict for the defendant. THE ENGAGEMENT AT CHARLESTON. We copy the following letter from ,the New York World of the 28th June:— " June 16. "A sad, sad day. I will attempt the weary task of tell ing you some of its details of misery. As it is impossible to give a historical narrative of the engagement before the offi cial returns are in, I shall aim simply to relate what took place under my own sight, or under such circumstances as to render me peculiarly conversant with it. The troops, exhausted by many nights of fatigue or picket duty, had lain down, anticipating a few hours of rest, when, at about half-past nine on Sunday evening, orders were re ceived by all the forces of the command to be in line of march at lon the following morning. Accordingly, soon after 12 the camps were all in motion ; the regiments formed separately, then took their places in order, the Bth Michi gan having the right, the 7th Connecticut next, then the 28th Massachusetts. These three regiments composed the brigade under the command of Colonel Fenton, of the Bth Michigan. Not long after 1 the brigade was in motion, under a pretty brisk rain, which lasted an hour or more. The troops proceeded, about north-easterly, along a pretty fair road through a large marsh. Although this causeway had been exposed to the fire of the enemy's batteries on previous days, we passed it to-day unmolested. Perhaps three-quarters of a mile beyond this causeway is, or was, a farmhouse, with a couple of outbuildings and a row of negro houses. This was a picket station of the enemy, and as our advance reached it a number of shots were fired, wounding two of the Bth Michigan. Two of the picket were captured, and in the course of the day three more, among them a lieutenant. At this house the surgeons established ,themselves, and made all prac tical preparation for their sad but merciful work. Beyond the house lay two extensive cotton fields, with the ridges running perpendicular to our line of march. By the time the advance reached this house the reports of cannon were heard, and shells passed over the men. When the rear of the second regiment was passing the house there could be heard ahead the sound of musketry mingled with cheer ing, and soon the roar of cannen. Animated by th 3 sound and urged on by their officers, the men hastened forward at a double-quick step. This movement across the cottonridges was terribly exhausting to men already weary, and they reached the field of action half worn out. Meanwhile, the Bth Michigan, advancing, had found just beyond the second field a large, well-constructed work, well armed with guns, some of them of large size, and manned by a large body of rebels. They advanced heroically upon the left flank of the work (on our right) ; as soon as they came within short range, not more than 200 yards from the ram parts, the enemy commenced a terrible fire of grape-shot, canister, and musketry. Despite this the noble Michigan troops pressed their way forward, and some of them suc ceeded in climbing up some 15 or 20 feet to the top of the rampart ; but here they were met by a frightful fire from rifle-pits, with which the inside of the work was crowded. It was impossible for them to remain. Already the ramparts were piled with their dead, and they unwillingly recoiled. By this time the 7th Connecticut had come into the field, had formed in battalion front, still marching at double quick time across the ridges. The line was formed with the centre opposite the right angle of the enemy's work (on our left-hand, of course), with the design of attacking that flank of the work; but as the regiment advanced the left of the line came unexpectedly upon a ravine, or bank, which slopes off into a morass. Unable to advance straightforward, the left necessarily crowded upon the middle and right, forcing them out under the fire of the enemy's guns, as well as throwing the line into some confu sion. When the line had got within perhaps 200 yards of the work the enemy's guns opened with an infernal hail of grape, canister, and musketry, which seemed to mow the men down in winnows. They advanced, however, till the colours stood within probably 100 or 120 yards of the work. The men by this time were using their guns briskly, and were firing, as they advanced, at the gunners on the para pets. A good many advanced far beyond the colours, and some reached the moat of the work, and from what shelter they could gain behind the ridges of the field they continued to fire, The line, however, withered under the destructive fire. The men, worn with previous fatigue, were exhausted with the rapid run for a mile, or more across the ridged ground. They had not the physical energy to press forward and scale tho work. The line fell back for about 160 yards, and there was completely re-formed, dressing on the colours. The order was then received to march to the right and at tempt the work on the left angle. So the line was formed under the continued fire I have spoken of, and the regiment was marched by the left flank (the companies keeping nobly together) right along the face of the enemy's work. At this point of time the order was received to retire beyond the first ditch and await orders there. This was done, and the regiment remained behind this cover, shot and shell falling all about them for some minutes. Meanwhile the 28th Mas sachusetts had advanced towards the work, but had broken, nor can I speak from personal observation of their further movements. The 79th New York also had made a most gallant charge upon the works, but the most despe rate valour was unavailing, and they, too, had to retire. The Bth Michigan, 7th Connecticut, and 79th New York were now in line in the ditch just spoken of. The order was now given by the general in command that the men should retreat to the next field, where was the shelter of a thick hedge surmounting a wall or ridge of earth. As the order was obeyed it was touching and morally beautiful to see the efforts made to remove the wounded and dis abled, at a time when all were exposed without shelter to the fire of the battery. Here might be seen two Michi gan men, themselves wounded, with a wounded Connecti cut man leaning on them, and here the 79th New York and 7th Connecticut uniting in bearing off two Michiganders. It was at this point that I saw a soldier, whom I after wards discovered to be Private Scott, Company I, 79th New York, carrying in his arms a wounded man of another regiment. I saw some of the 79th lingering behind, re luctant to retreat, firing over the ridge at the fort, all un availing, as the effort was at the distance of probably 600 or 700 yards, with the enemy sheltered by their works. The regiments retreated to the second ditch, for the most part in good order, though with numbers sadly thinned. Two pieces of the First Connecticut Light Battery ba d 11 " 1 been playing from behind this same hedge, prcbabltlytoob. pro ducing some relief to the infantry. It was difficu lt works, servo any marked effect of the fire though the shots were delivered with"- oint out of rapidity. Hamilton's battery, accuracy and sight on our left, had been at wor k,frow a as P had also the a 's division, on our battery put up by General S cven on the works, right, a few days ago, which played t when ever it could do so without the r and the yard about it risk of destroying our own forces. By this time the hosp ita l whic h how can I describe presented a spectacle .th blood, stand in the pathway on blanket a a bleeding form h S e tr r e e tc c h om er e s, fo d u r r i lies a lieutenant with a great wound in his on the grass apeshot, from whom the life is ebbing; thigh from a 'gr close by him, a man withriflea ball in his back ; and, near PmPeinng brwinging by, another with a ball through his shoulders ; the grass plot is covered with just such scenes, and off, in the corner of the yard, is a blanket spread out, revealing the outline of a human form; we need not lift the covering, for we ]mow instinctively that it hides a corpse. On the grass are -thou) whom wounds cigar do PA good, or do AOt ellooll rage an immediate rperatior.. Within doors are the sur geons. The floor ea. d the tables are covered with blood,. In a corner lies an art n ; on the floor two surgeons aro am putating the arm of a "orpor al, who is mercifully insensible from chloroform. In t he next room is a man of stalwart form and noble stature. His right hand is shot through by a rifle ball, and the b ones are protruding. His coat is; drenched with blood. His right shoulder is torn all to pieces by a grape shot. . By an almost superhuman effort ha rifles to his feet, with the help of others, and leaning on a fello w-soldier, staggers t oward the ambulance. In the outbuildings are other su .ch scenes. I have heard of the horrors of the battlefiel I, but these are nothing to the horrors of the hospital. The glare and excitement is ae sent ; the nakedness of w. tr is revealed. To return to the battle. N.lt only atter the .attack on the front of the work, a Brig at le, consisting of the 3 d N ew Hampshire s o h of ti ti aria cornpanie sof the 3 d Rhode Island, ha moved forward 1. "em our left to attack some works on the right of the enemy, which w. 3re either a part of the m ain work or were smaller - works p. at up to prevent it from being flanked. The regime uts stru, ggled through a part of the morass, a-rd pushed on under a fire of sharpshooters in the thickets beyond. Dislod, sing ti 're sharpshooters they moved towards the works, and, ur Eder au •ch cover as they could gain, picked off the gunners. in way they kept the guns silenced for some 30 mimit whvn field-pieces fro in the woods in the rear of the works begs ra to attack them. They found it impossible to hold their pos. 'lion against these, and. after sending, without aye l, to entree. t that they might b e supported, or that a piece 1 'rem Hamill.. in's battery might be sent to their aid, they w ere forced to .retire with a loss which attested the valour t, hey had displayb‘d, and th e odds they had encountered. Lot us return to Steve:la's division. After remaining a little while under the cover the'first ridge, the troops were ord,ern d out in front of it. They 1.9 y a little while in this exposed 1 . 1 )osition and then were order ' to advance to the cover of the ditch nearest the fort, in. ord. Iv to be able to defend, if necessary, the Connecticut B attery, which was advanced to the same point. Jui it as tho battery was unlimbering, a shell struck one of the hc ,reee turd seemed absolutely to turn It im inside out. The bat tell e s lntinued to fire for an hour perhaps, using chiefly Scht se projectile. Some attempts at the gunners on the we 'rk wel 'e made by the men with their ,rifles, but I presume wir`h little effect. By this time it was evident that the day w lost btlyond redeeming, and the worui was given for the ba to tery to retire. As soon as this was safely out of the wane the troops" were commanded to retreat, removing all the; dead and -;\ rounded so tar as this could be effected. The troops retir. Id for the most part in good order. I saw the 7th Connect, eut halt to dress and correct the alignment within, win '1:1 5 , 1,000 yards of the battery, and then re tire with a wrel,l-preserved battalion front, ,as if on parade. the day was utter 'ly lost. It only remained to' get away the dead and woundec; as far as possible, and to remove the arms that had been thresN'll down by the wounded, or drel , Pe d from the hands of th e dying. Two surgeons ol one of the regiments, with the hor.lyital orderly, followed by men •weith stretchers, traversed the Jeld of battle, venturing to within rifle range of the fort. They were not molested i "rem tike fort, but a 6.pounder from one of the flank earti‘worl ks threw a shot near them. The troops then retired. G. mer al Stevens was among the last to leave the field. The h,' %no was fired, I suppose, because we had been &el upon ft Sera it. The e,tiemy were seen for the first time during the lei coming out of the works, and picking up the dead a act wounded up, qn the field, apparently with care. In Jot Ik ing back upon the morning's work, there was but one fe ture on which we could look with anything but the bittere st regret. That wos the heroic bravery displayed by th o troops with hardly FA n exception. I say hardly, forl ought,, I think, to except t. 11 .1 46th New York. I have no doubt that these countrym ell of the great Frederick are indivi dually brave, to reckl.wlsness, but there is an utter want of morale, a disorganization among them that renders them. utterly useless on any c. ritical occasion. Losing their heads, they discharged their g 'aria among eur own men. They ran by dozens from the field, uncontrolled by appeals or threats. The magnitude of the loss attests the severity of the encounter and the bra.very of our men. There were engaged Stevens's Division. of six regiments, two regiments of Williams's Brigade, and two batteries. The regiments did not carry into action; more than from 550 to 600 men each. The two batteries nun rber perhaps 200 men." COUNTRY .41ARKE1 - YORK. —SA.TDRDA.Y. The show of wheat to-&-ty was rather limited, but the. last week's prices were fully supported. Barley inactive. Oats rather short in supply, at, an advance on last week. Wheat, red Ss to 68s Oats.... 22s,to 265 White do .60s to 64a Beans 40s to 445 Barley .32s to 335 , Peas ....—s to .--' 8 Malt, 64s to 66s per qr.; ,rye, 34s per qr ; flour, 40s to 42s per sack. LEICESTER—SA .TURDAY. The supply of wheat to-day at market was moderate, farmers obtained the prices of last week. The demand very quiet :—White, 56s to 62s ; red, 48s to 58s per 36 Bt. ; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley was in limited de mand—grinding, 29s to 325; malting, 36s to 40s per gr.; oats, 22s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans were a quiet sal e--• new, 40s to 43s ; . old, 38s to 44s per 38 stone. IVORWICH—SA.TURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, but a thin at tendance of buyers, and the sales effected were at then ties of lekat wock. White wheat ..59s to 633 1 Red wheat.. 56s to 580 Malting barley....4os to 41s 1 Chevalier barley...37s to 4'.00 New do .. ....—s to —s Oats. 253 to 300 Flour, 39s Od to 39s 6d per sack from the miller. NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. A. a. I SA. n, • At our market this morning the show of wheat wait small, with an inactive business, at barely the extreme rates of last week. A small supply of barley, at former prices• —White wheat to-day, from 58s to 645; red, 50s to 600. Barley—malting, 36s to 42s ; grinding, 30s to 325. Oats healthy, at 30s to Ms, old ; 24s to 27s new. Beans were sold at 46s to 50s per qr. Flour, 41s to 445. NO RTHAM P TON—SATURDAY. There was a poor show of wheat to-day, at late rates- Best wheat, Ms to 61s ; seconds, 62s to 595. Malting barley scarca, at late prices—malting sorts, 38s to ns; grinding .30s to Ms per qr. Oats quoted at 24s to 3.1 3 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to 455; peas, 37s to 40s. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Auslralia and Mauritius, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 1 3 * Liritail and Cape Verds, by British packet. July 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singopore, via Southampton July 2. via Marseilles July 13. Falkland Islands . .. . •. July 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton July —. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon,. via Southampton July 2. -- via Marseilles July 13.. India (Bombay), via Southampton July --.— via Marseilles.. July —. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Adon, via South ampton July —.— via Mart cilles July 5. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet July 3. by U.S. oacket by Canadian packet July 2. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe... July 10. Bahamas, via New York .. July 3. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 June 28. California, and British Columbia.. By the death of Major-General B. F. D. Wilson, the following promotions will take place :—Col. Ainslie, half-pay, 14th Light Dragoons, to be Major-General; Lieut.-Col. A. N. Campbell, 48th Regiment, to be Colonel; Major C. F. T. Daniell, Major of Brigade at Corfu, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; and i Captain F. E. Soren, 90th Light I n fantry, to be Major in the Army.—Army and Nall Gazette. ADVERTISEMENT.—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment. — Nature's Monitor.—Pain is the indicator of some disorder or disease and should never be neglected, for the pain of to-day may prove the agony of to-morrow. Holloway's medicaments stand pre-eminently forward, and are every where commended for quickly removing all maladies when the least uneasiness has discovered their seat and kind. These remedies so purify the blood and regul a te its cifcula tion that every organ acts perfectly, and every secretion is natural,—which is health, and may be secu red b y ever y invalid at a trifling outlay. The purpose of Holloway's. remedies is to mitigate suffering, abolish pap) and ex tinguish disease, and that they nobly e ffect this object one trial will well convince the most sceptic,al. BIRTHS• CHADS.—On the 10th inst., at Ryde View, s out h, at Hants, the wife of Major William J. Clods, 64th Regt., of a daughter. KENT.—On the 13th inst., at les .K 1, t Camp E d sq., barrister- a t-law, Kensing ton, the wife of W. Charen, of a son. °n the 10th inst.. at 16, D ean ' s Yard, West minster, ife of H. Milner, E sq ., of a son. the w p A GET•—On. the 9 th inst., Lady Alf re d P aget, o f a daug hter. R L EY.—On the 12 th inst., at Fort ress - terrace, Kentish • i uwn , tho wife of Cromwell V. Varley, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. COLLARD—DR/iNE.---On the 10th inst., at Herne, Sidney Sayer Collard, Esq., of Broomfield, to Fannie, the only daughter,of Wm. Denne, Esq., of Reculvers, Kent. FLEMING—TYNDALL,--011 the 3d inst., at Marylebone, Robert Tennant Fleming, Esq., of Lloyd's, London, to Annie, the second daughter of the late Rev.W. Tyndall, M.A., rector of Kilmactigue. DEATHS. BEDFORD. —On the 4th inst., at Paris, suddenly, John E. Bedford, Esq., aged 56. GILMORE.—On the 7th inst., suddenly, at his residence, Arklow House, Ramsgate Captain John Gilmore, R.N., aged 69. GRA.YGOOSE.—On the 11th inst,, at 24, Euston-road, Mrs. of Mary Graygose, wid w of Mr. W. Graygoose, formerly Wansteado, Essex, aged 81. HAZELDINE.—On the 11th inst., at his residence, Angle field, Godstone, Surrey, Geo. Hazeldine, aged 63. KIA LLMARK.—On the 10th inst., at Ealing, Alfred Wm. Kiallmark, Esq.. aged 51. YOUNG.—On the 18th May, at Simla, Colonel K. Young, 0 .13., Judge-Advocate-General of the Bombay Army. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office N 0.1 1 2, strand, in the Precinct;of the Savoy, in the County of M iddlesex,—Mouday, July 1i 186 Z.