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I trust, hereafter, to have full opportunities of collecting details of negro fidelity under trying eir 2 umstances during this war; for the present it will be enough to state that not one of those prophecies which we have all believed and been deluded by in England with regard to the weak spot of slavery festering at the heart of the South has found one tittle of realisation. Women and children without one adult white male have constantly lived in the voiceless solitudes of the South surrounded by negroes; in no instance known to me has anything but the greatest loyalty and affection been evinced. Again and again the slaves have fled from the Yankee army into the swamp to escape from com pulsory freedom, and there is abundant evidence that if a being so morally weak and nerveless as the African could be made to fight for anything, he would fight for slavery much rather than for liberty. President Davis's slaves all escaped into the swamp when his plantation was devastated by the Federals rather than 'accept the manumission which was eagerly proffered, not because the Federala love the slaves, but because they hate Jefferson Davis. It seems to me that half an hour in Richmond would satisfy the, most rabid Unionist of his own is regarded with hearty disappointment upon both sides. The generals in command—Generals Bragg and Buell—are universally condemned by their re spective parties. General Buell has been deposed by the Federals, in favour of General Rosecrans. Loud murmurs are heard in this city against Gen. Bragg. That an abler successor would be very de- sirable cannot be denied, but where he can be found (iHAPLIN'S Ii OTEL ._) AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GRACECHTIRCII-STREET,', LONDON. E:rn ort, combined with moderate charges, will be found al On Saturday the Agricultural Hall at Islington presented a scene which indicates the close ap proach of the Great Metropolitan Cattle Show of 1862, and the arrangements, under the direction of Mr. B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, the hon. secretary, on behalf of the Smithfield Club, and Mr. Samuel Sidney, secretary for the company, were progress- laY , Ir -- sbY and this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 3s. per Day. Bed Rooms, ls. CA. and Is. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. ing rapidly towards completion. The eastern facade, facing Islington• green, is now so far completed as to have the scaffolding removed from it, and the avenue, which is - t 0 cqnnect it with the main building, but which for the present year will be of a temporary character, will be finished in a few days, and will be brilliantly illuminated, the eastern frontage having on it, in gas jets, the words " Agricultural Hall—Cattle Shaw," There will be no such illumination at the gtand entrance, but there is in course of erection a large number of gas lamps, so that the approaches may be thoroughly and properly lighted. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking will find superior accommodation and moderate arges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON FIOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. AMUSEMENTS. ::~. (IANTERBURY HALL. GRAND SELECTIONS from VERDI'S " SIMON BOCWANEGRA," MACFARREN'S CANTATA " MAY DAY," LOCKE'S MUSIC of " MACI3ETH," and Mr. BENNETT GILBERT'S NEW OPERETTA, "A NIGHT IN FAIRY LAND." Conducted by Mr. JONGHMANS, Full Band and Chorus. . e n, arl° 4ish - THE SOUTH AFRICAN nIREGATION and iNvEsTMtNT COMPANY (Limited), To be incorpoi ated under the Co NY Act, 1862,which specially limits the liability of each Shareholder to the amount of his Shares. 4 al'ital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. (Power ,0 _nerease.) First issue 10,000 shares. irni'Deposit on application £1 per Share, and a further pay ,eer.:stiaarXe,lapne(ri ,S:litre on allotment. Calls" not to exceed £2 oree P:lonths' interval between each Call. GI not ti ded inten ded call up more than £lO per Share. Joh n B ar _ DIRECTORS. d o , ' IY, :Esq.. Merchant (Barry and Nephews), Lon- James Africa, , C ape Town, Director of the London and South ph Bank. G ra , 'lack, Esq., (Black and Co.), Merchant, London, Ai„ nant's Town, and Port Elizabeth. v4ander Croll, Esq (Alexander Uroll and Co.),Merchant, k ,L. endon and Port Elizabeth. "(lured Jarvis, Esq , London (late Chairman of the Com ee ercial Bank, P ort Elizabeth). L urY . She rrnan, Esq., Merchant (Levicks and Sherman), J °neon and Cape Town. °.,seph Mosenthal Esti ';Merchant (Mosenthal and Co.), London, p , ' , '" 11 Joh n p , ort Elizabeta, and Cape Town. L aterson,Er,sq. ( T :'atersor.,Kemp, and Co.), Merchant, A ‘ii ,orridd oßna,naknoclf ‘, l2 a , r p i , a t i 8 1 s G o o u o t d h o A f f H ri o c p a e : Director of the Stan. ,n iStewut. Esq., Merchant (Stewart and Co.), Liver- Is'6°:.,'!t'Al Port Elizabeth. L o , ~' an der 80, Esq., merchant (Van derßyl and Co.), 414 cm, Cape Town, and Port Elizabeth. Th e BANKEIiS. Allia nce Bank of London and Liverpool, Lothbur London, an d The Albany, Liverpool. y, SOLICITORS. k essrs. Fl ux /)1 e , ,, and Argles, Mincing-lane, London. B a waits. ' I L J. and J . Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street, London. TEMPO,RA.RV OFFICES. No. 27, Moorgate-street, London. SPE . CT an U d irrigationpisu'rebsilltiaoebtliatehdAfrleaanPßlnvestment Company with view to aid in the furtherance of those in,. 01 utidertaki-ngs in the South African Colonies, includ. b' w b? e, aPe Of Good Hope, British Kaffraria, and Natal, regutinitl their resources may bo more fully developed ; the most , e : l ng in the opini on o f t h e Directors, certain to prove Th •atisfactory to th ose w h o embark their capital. Ob jects Company's operat i ons will embrace three main 1S ,t. 2That of a Land and Irrigation Company. itn,That of a Public Works (more especially a Light ta",,l'aving, and Water Company) ; and ii-I That of a Trust, Loan, and Investment Company. je ot , • h a t 3 seemed wise to the Directors to combine these ob . b a le , p atri sadMnpany, since, while all are entirely corn ' lierv ai f t I nerit ) the heavy expenses...al-offices,- -maces,-directions, and , p, 8 for bevlrate cotnpanies will then by be avoided. Irrigation;l7,3lh.ilei7ernoeeuttihrigAtfhreicawnants and Investment Company, A t s ' ) B Y ia t a h r e a S orth to most keenly felt at the present . African Colonies, cannot fail to realise 1/108: a Land ders ample returns upon the capital. ~,, , and Irrigation Company it will enter Upon . a sou i Pr "'"isulg field of operations. Lirge tracts of fertile th along the rivers, din the great karma or plains of , ;i country 13 ~ are to be ' and at very low prices, which, oars rrig•afi,..._ "'ot Wo'eks, in dams, tanke, or water leadings from tieg,,'l4ay be converted, by no great outlay, into proper retti-lanY times their origi-aal value. The Government ills for 1860 of the value of landed estates in these colonies show that where by private enterprise irrigation va l 4 B have been constructed on farms, the enhancement of 11 -11 : ~.has beep from five to tenfold; and as such results faci e „,'een• aehieved by private enterprise, yet more sada or?,V7 r esults may be looked for where labour is more ii,`"Bed and scientific skill is brought to bear. t 0 l e - c a l Vill';Cerepany will not only purchase lands with a view ',ale after the construction of irrigation works, but axe con.racts fo rt the construction of like works upon t eiz eirtinient and prive lands. It is known to be in co.n trodlHation in next session of the Colonial Parliament to in pe uee a bill to facilitate the construction of a series of G-9- aulltriellt tanks, and to secure on the capital employed in Of e af . '''C'l.kB On Government land a Government guarantee A_ east 6 per cent. per annum. A fri B 4 Public Works Company for the towns of South 1t t o , ea the prospect is equally inviting. There is scarcely te e "4,4 magnitude which is not now prepared to offer t at liberal and remunerative terms to this Company, to gee/lie to it a constituted Water and Gas Company; and port Elizabcth (now the commercial capital of all il,outh seleria Africa), can'sed a Bill to be introduced into last Pro 11 of the Colonial Parliament, charging the whole ts,( l,: j( e lo rty of the town for £BO,OOO, to guarantee at least The eel' annum on outlay for works for water supply. Irectors feel that the present is a most favouralV u e b E o - Worittety for the establishment of a Compan for to o oh , ?MI they confidently anticipate that thq y will be able Elt,„—JteM arrangements with the authorities at . Po t rt C Eat, „ h e th to become its Lighting, Paving, and 11( a er ta ° o , - ,v a llY, so as to ensure a most favourable commence be -' of business and facilitate future operations. It may itia,,,7,e4tioned that in towns where, by authority of local 1a,,7, leipalilies, water-Works have been constructed, they „ - "e proved i, urces of very large profits on the capital ''vest S o e, and the only Gas Company in operation in I)4lltti:lfrica pays annual dividends varying from 15 to 20 1 jt kfil a Tru s t C ompany a very considerable and profitable ines s cat.. be dine. It will be in position to offer very %pie security to constituents and the f o ll ow i ng statement of Felling pri ces o f Shares in existing Trust Companies will c how what may be done under this head .......________ Name of Company. t on , 4,;"0f Executors ration for Administ er i ng e ,,!states .I,citerat Estate, &e., t Elizabeth Guardian and Paid up. SellingPrice £ s. d. --- i — f -- ; . : - I. 1( 0 0 0 350 0 0 187 10 0 375 0 0 200 0 0 252 0 0 110 0 1 310 0 Nts f a Loan and Investment Company it cannot fail to show txtet,e.oy risults. Money may be invested to almost any rit y, ' 0 ni firt or preference mortgages, of the amplestsecu • Nt Ei; : I land, d property in the South African Colonies, at lag, a 14,3'ing from 6 to 12 per cent. per annum, thus yield -48 it ,u,;rge lirofit over the cost of money in England , and b 11 b, ebe b.t , the object of the Directors to raise money , on 4 1ppli e e,res of the Company or otherwise, to be specially ''f Plied ‘ o I° ans on such first mortgages, it becomes matter_ key I,e'ileulation that the profits to be made by the Com 111 14; '' this department of its business will be highly re .44erraanti v e. I'letieei,gcnients are in progress for the immediate com- - 14, 1 ent of the business of the Company in all its de t ,!Enti: ll tst and the Directors will give their especial a - :te o r w e - ;• w the selection of efficient and well-qualified ma 'ke 6.era Will b taken inthe Articles of Association for 4jek 41'.1.1.Poratione witlathis Company of existing Compa -4s tbl e cbieet in South Africa. pa,lzeratial wimp is established at the urgent request of k ''Y 1 0 a colonists, who are prepared to invest in the Cora r allot considerable extent, 2,000 shares will be reserved Are),Seh Il lent in South Africa. • Provisio pa l ina ry ex n has been made by the Directors for the will eurethe Company against tlihllecl ti7sealitlYrtsioui:Wenllsevaesr. in . the nature of promotion money,. Of the`Qtreh e s of Association will contain a clause giving bi olders the power to fix, year by year, the amount trlhe he senors' remuneration. 1,,, '111 ch of , ''' office of the Company will be in London, but Solt"11cloa B oar and local committees, under . the control f the h .ard, will be established in the chief towns of itS3l• l' , l4 . her t,,,-‘Oll for Flares to be made in the following form, „,, po." the B rokers or to the Secretary of the Company. ' 0 ti t , 1 , 4 , 4 OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. —Lr,..tors of the South African Irrigation and In. . t Oeatieroe_ vest ment Company (Limited). 0 _ Q in , be! )--- Raving paid to your Bankers the sum . f Shares in Cabev.,deposit of X 1 pwr Share CI, tatob "n lPany, I hereby request that you will allot me le th e Arj r ,' and I agree (according to theform prescribed mayZr' na ies of Association) to accept such shares, or any Ik)illeibvefolalnay allo . t me, and to execute the Articles i u e o ,;" v",,tia required ; and I request that my name ' l otted , °II the Register of Shareholders for the Shares Name in full Residence .. , Profession of Business I \ - -......„ ........_____ Date !Y It.,S p, 0 EID 0 N? CAI 4 i ,.,,4 • at is it ? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. AD , 7 ] ,4 - Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MlNE liilliik, , rll and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, .0.1J4,2, r wires, and without operation. One set lasts a c-0:31116oind 'WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and .. ATION. 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The agricultural implements, direct from the Exhibition, are coming in rapidly, and being depo sited at the respective stands which have been as signed to them') and there is a peculiar feature con nected with their arrangemet4 which will be exceed ingly acceptable to the public. In the first place, all the stands for the exhibition of seeds, roots, and agricultural produce are being erected with their bucks to the walls of the building, with an avenue between them and the implements,.which will oc cupy the centre, leaving another avenue between them and the outside railings of the galleries, thus affording to visitors an uninterrupted view from the latter of the show-yard and the cattle and other specimens from which, it will be recollected, they were completely shut out at Biker-street. Messrs. Gibbs and Co., seedsmen to the Royal Agricultural Society of England, have already commenced the erection of their stand for the exhibition of cereals, seeds, kc., and the space appears to be nearly double that supplied to them in Baker-street. It is situate immediately adjoining the eastern staircase in the southern gallery ; whilst Messrs. Skewing, of Liverpool; Lawson and Co., Thos. Gibbs and Co., Carter and Co., seedsmen to the Queen ; the well known Benj. Edgington, and others, are erecting stands of a more than ordinary neatness in various parts of the galleries. Messrs. Clayton, Shuttle. worth, and Co., Burgess and Key, Wedlake and Co., and other makers of steam engines, thrashing and reaping machines, and the other larger and more weighty specimens of agricultural implements, are taking up their stations under the galleries, as, in accordance with a rule which had been laid down, no single machine is to be permitted in the galle ries above the weight of two tons, and all over that weight must go below. A very elegant clock is being put up at the wes tern of the grand area, and the arrangements for lighting are now also completed. Upon this point it would appear that, with a desire to show off to advantage the really beautiful roof of the central avenue, the gaseliers, of which there are 14 large ones (seven on each side) bearing sprays consisting of 14 lights each, have only been lowered to within about 10 or 12 feet of the level of the flooring of the galleries, which raise them so high above the ground of the basement where the cattle will be plat -d, as to render the light, which they would give were they alone employed, scarcely sufficient ; but all de fect, if there were any upon this point, has been ob viated by attaching a second circlet to the tubes which run from the galleries at intervals, and by erecting on every alternate standard which holds the iron work of the cattle and sheep pens, a spray of six gas batswings, which, while it affords ample light, gives the whole building a very pleasing effect. The general arrangement leaves nothing to be de sired, and as a matter of accommodation to the visitors, the Agricultural Hail Company have se cured the services of a numerous and efficient staff of commissionaires ; a post letter-box, lavatories, and accommodation of every description is afforded The waiting-rooms for ladies are fitted up in a most comfortable and convenient manner, whilst those for gentlemen are not less so; and the refreshment de partments have also engaged the study of those who have had the arrangements under their care for general convenience and comfort. Amongst other novelties, a place has been assigned at the Islington-green entrance for the exhibition by Messrs Aubert and Linton of their piping bull finch, which attracted so much notice at the Inter national Exhibition, and which they have under taken shall amuse the visitors for the benefit of the Lancashire Operatives Fund. The last day for the reception of implements will be Wednesday first, and Friday night, at 12 o'clock, will be the last hour at which specimens of cattle or other live stock will be received. The stewards will make their award on Saturday, and about eight o'clock on Saturday evening the building will be opened for a private view to the members of the club, the public press, &c. Monday, the Bth, the show will be opened to the public as a ss. day, and on the four following days at the ordinary charge of ls., finally closing on Friday evening. ~, PRINCIPAL ARTISTVi. Miss RUSSELL, Miss TOWNLEY. Sig. Tivoli, Mr. Green, Mr, Raynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. The Comic by UNSWORTII (the Original Stump Orator, "OR ANY OTHER MAN"), in conjunction with Eugene, Du'ey, and Little Bob, forming the greatest Comic Quartet in London. Also, the following Comic Favourites:—Miss Georgina Smithson, Messrs. E. Ittarshal; Hollingsworth, and Arthur Lloyd, and the surprising Performance of " THE ETOILE FAMILY." T H E 0 X F OR P, 6, OXFORD STREET. • Re-appearance of Unsworth (the original of "Or any other marL")—The Colleen Bawn, by Miss Caroline Parkes.— En2-ene, the great Burlesque Prima Donna.—Arena and Angelica, the Neapolitan Minstrels.—W. Randall and A. B. Hollingsworth,—Mr. T. Maclagan's Entertainment.—Drew Dean's Solos on the Flute.—: orate Pas Seul, by Henri —ln addition to varied high-class I:austral attractions, consisting of Selections from Verdi's "N a b uco " an d "Ii Corsaro," Donizetti's " Don Sebastien, " Auber's "La Circassienne," and Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., &c., by Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Messrs. Bernardi, Greene, Finish, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans, Admission, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, Is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE AND AMPHITHEATRE. OLMAR EVERY EVENING. Les Freres Conrade on the Low Rope (without balancing pole). —Les 'etites Monstres. —The Olympic Wonders—Pas Seul by Lord Dromedary. -Mrs. Bryan, Wieland, Woodman, itc. —Grand Musical Entertainment of Sixty Performers. First appearance of the celebrated Talliotts on Monday next, Bth December. A itovLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-st ree t, - Haymarket —GRAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— t pen every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the clebrated nand of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal ornet-a-Piston, M. Boum OURT.—The new Imperial Qua- Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will t , e played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above stablishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission U.—Manager, M. Grenet. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL: Miss Anna Hiles (her 2nd appearance), Mrs. Aynsley Cooke, Miss Susan vyne : Messrs. W. 11. Weiss, H. Corri, St. Albyn, E. Dussek, and W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Dcors open at half -past 7—Commence at S. THEATRE-RU) A 1 . HAY MARKET. Lessee Mr. J R. Itnekstone. TITIS EVENING, at 7, A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Messrs. Farren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss E. Romer. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (294th time UR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck -tone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Farle, entitled DUCK HUNTING: Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, Mr. W, Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss C. Hill. To conclude with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. NEW THEATRE.-R0 VAL, ADELPHI, Proprietor rn Manager, Mr. B. Webster. t rEIS EVENING, THE GREEN RUSHES. Messr.. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billingt on, Sefton, Stephenson, Eburne, Romer. Illtchenson, Aldridge; Miss Avonia Jones, Miss Woolgar Mrs. Millington, Mrs. lEf. Lewis, and Mrs. Stoker, To comude with A TICXET OF LEAVE : Messrs..?. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stephenson, and Mrs. Billington. Commence at 7. ROYAL PR TICCFSS'S THEATRE. I .aPpee and Manager. Mr Lindn , THIS EVENING, the Farce of A.S.S. : Mr. Fitzjames and Mr. Henderson. After which, at half-pest 7, the new Drama by John Oxen• ford, Esq., entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Geo. Vining; Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. B. White. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. Mr. H. Vezin, Mr. IL Roxby ; Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss M. Jones. 1.1) ()YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 5 Sole Leme and Manaaer—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 327th Night of the , ontinuous run of "Peep o'Day." ' HIS r V ENING. the new Comedietta, IT MUST BE TRUE, 'TWA S TN THE PAPERS. Walter Lacy, J. Robins ; Mrs. Weston, Miss Weston, and Miss L. Thompson. Followed by PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. vValter Lsey, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, 'nd Edmund Falconer Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara eston. 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This year's exhibition of cattle, sheep, and poultry, at Bingley-hall, will be opened on Monday to what is called the "private view." The show has gained so gradually upon that of Smithfield, that so far from being merely second to that time-honoured exhibition, this is at least on a par with it; and this year's show is in every respect equal, and in some rather superior to any which have pre ceded it. For instance, the number of entries for cattle is 131, which is, we believe, the largest, with one exception, in any year since the show was eats blished. Since last year an important change has taken place in the arrangements at Bingley-hall ; spacious as the area of the building is, it has been found inadequate, and especially so since the determination of the council to admit agricul tural implements. Last year a small space was devoted to that purpose, but the applications for it being much larger than could possibly be spared, the council determined to in crease their space by the erection of a gallery at one end of the building. This has been done with g rand effect, and it is this year filled with a fine collection of roots of excellent growth for the season, especially as regards the mangolds, of which there are some very magnificent specimens. The alteration to which reference has been made has left such a space to be set apart for the implement department Hi as ,eoin t w o ga p r r d oduce a very fine collection, the principal exhibitors Messrs.and s an ,of Bedford and Sims, ie a roaf. Clayton, Ipswich; Shuttle worth, u t t l Messrs. e. worth, and Co., of Lincoln; Messrs. Garrett and Sons, of Saxmundhem ; Messrs. Hornby and Sons, of Grantham ; LtMoaehwsyser,,s. Richmond and Chandle, of Manchester ; Mr. thanwilla hadiuwhaiticubhet 0 1 8 u Bury St. St . Edmunds; and sev e r al Messrs, believe that and the applications for Birmingham,ace in this others, department ent were larger tural implements ectnaonuenaeloactrullsapted upon, and the rent for allotments eluded at futur e e ' : hc y: bTiiseosoe. may There with are o il r o e m some proprietyarticles bexhi bited ex .. be classed amongst " agricul- In another respect the pursuits. p a a n r d t the far space articles moreoccupied closely b e e fa o r nn m e o ct r e e d ments of previous years. council have altered the arrange doubt, it resolved to admit theVith the very best intentions,no soon after three o'clock this that time in the midst of their their duties ; than of persons in closer proximity to those gentlemen e, thews aa rs dt perhaps eo e ri iii r s e a s p u ds l quiteu t t w i was s tcon venient poerrfocromns.isteAnirt.wjletrhemthiae to keep the judges free causeh referred to, and I.lr.eorms oafltlheemcohuanrrcailaadmideutthefrirambetshte esaatrisefacytory one; a modifi no means certain probably theu w ew ith ar s ra u u cc g e e s m s e ; nt but s we cation of the rule for future years niayurender it so. heifers bul locks show itself is a great success ; awPilt)hr °P r ia agriculturalt e : ia:ienn i t s y a , doubt there have been occasional instances in which a betters animal has been shown in a Hereford class than is now to bese hall ; but as a class entire, it is the opinionenofinthi3ingleY that there never was a finer display, The Ilerefe Judges locks are splendid animals, and the short-horn near perlection as possible. The prize in class 1 is as areas specimen of the Hereford breed ; its girth behind the shoul ders is 9 feet 4 inches ; the exhibitor, who its also the breeder, is Mr. John Hatcher , of Marwood Grange, near Bri s t o l This animal also took Mr, ha'. prize. The Hereford after, which took the first prize in class 2 also obtained the Pre sident's prize for the best animal, shown by an exhibitor who was also the breeder. This was Mr. George Pitt, Chadnor-court, Dilwyn, near Leominster. In class 3 (cows) to the animal which gained the first prize was also awarded the £2O, as the best Hereford in the yard. Class 7, for short-horn cows, was a very fine class, not an inferior ani mal in it ; the winner of the first prize was also awarded the £2O extra as the best short-horn exhibited, and the gold medal. For this distinction there was a formidable compe titor in Mr. Swinnerton's short-horn ox, which obtained the first prize in class 5, and which gained a prize in I 3 ingley-hall last year, and was also the second best ani mal exhibited on that occasii , n. Class S, short-horn heifers —No lees than 16 animals were shown, Mr. Robert Ten nant, of Scarcroft, near Leeds, taking the first prize. The Devon classes were rather better filled than usual. To the winner of the first prize for animals exceeding three years and three months old was also awarded the extra £2O; the exhibitor was Mr. W. Smith, of Southernhay, near Exeter. In the class for Devon steers not exceeding three years and three months old the second prize was awarded to an animal exhibited by Major-Gen. the Hon. A. N. Hood, his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort being the breeder. In the class for Devon cows the first prize was withheld. In class ~16, for pure breeds (except Scotch and Welsh) and cross breeds, the prize and gold medal, as the beet animal in the yard, was awarded to Mr. James Stewart, of New Market, Aberdeen, to whom was also awarded the prize of the Inn keepers' Cup. • The Scotch breeds were well represented. The first prize in class 18 (oxen or steers) was awarded to Mr. James Stewart, of New Market, Aberdeen. To this animal was also awarded the extra £2O the best Scotch breed shown, but there was a very fermi • ' for this; a hei fersfiewn by Major enton ton, which obtained the prize in class 19. The Welsh breeds were poorly represented as to numbers, and in the extra classes there was no entry. The competition in all the classes was very great, as was evidenced by the number of times the judges had the animals out; also by the lateness of the hour—past seven o'clock—before the labours of the judges of cattle had concluded. The commendations wore numerous. The sheep pens were well filled. Of Shropahires and long wools the display was probably the finest ever seen at this exhibition. South Downs were not quite so good as usual. The pigs will bear comparison with any previous exhi bition here, and it has always been first rate in that depart. ment. The Berkshire breed maintained its ascendancy. Of poultry there is a magnificent display, every species of domestic fowl being represented. There is also a good col lection of pigeons. 711 E SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. (From the Times Correspondent.) RICHMOND, Nov. 5. It is very obvious that the next 30 days are to be momentously eventful in the history of this war. It is probable that the last and most desperate effort of the North, made simultaneously by an army somewhere in the neighbourhood of the position now occupied by Gen. M'Ctellan, by another ad vancing from Suffolk, by another under Gen. Rose crans in the West, by another advancing along the Mississippi River, and finally sustained by naval attacks upon Vicksburg, Charleston, and Mobile, and, perhaps, elsewhere, will fall like an avalanche upon the Southern States and strain every joint in their harness. They are fully alive to the danger, and confidently prepared to meet it. It is idle to expect that they will not meet with reverses ; but one thing alone may be incontrovertibly asserted, they will never be subdued and never brought back into the Union. It is of very little moment to assert that Richmond will never fall, although such is my confident belief; but no man with eyes and ears open can doubt that the fall of Richmond will bring Mr. Lincoln not one whit nearer to the restoration of his supremacy over the 800,000 square miles which are lust to him s.nd his successors for ever. Gen, Lee is in Richmond, and has been here for the last three days, but returns to-day to his post. A portion of his army is falling back towards Gor donsville, in the neighbourhood of which place Gen, Longstreet's corps d'armee is already posted, having crossed over to the east of the Blue Ridge. General Jackson and a considerable force still protect Win chester and the valley behind it; but th e w h o l e h o a c n ca d si t o o n b d e e r m a a p e id d l . y c T on h - e c a e r danger is (as has long been expected)from the South. nratyraitsedon R sufficiently iehm h e e n l d d i i n f A very considerable force of Federals is assembling at Suffolk. They already number from 30,000 to 40,000, and are constantly being increased. Their obvious design is to seize Weldon, and thus inter cept Richmond from its chief link of connection with the South, and then to advance upon it from the South, while M'Clellan makes a simultaneous attack from the North. Gee. Lee's difficulties are obvious. If Richmond was off his shoulders he would soon give Gen, IVPClellan and his army enough to do on the Potomac, but with the im mense facilities of water carriage commanded by the North, an enormous Federal force can at any moment be thrown into Suffolk, and before any thing like an equal force can be assembled to meet them the railroad can be cut at Weldon, Richmond isolated from Charleston, and an attempt made to turn the flank of Drewry's Bluff and attack from the southern side. Gen. Lee must keep his large and finely appointed army -_I mean finely appointed in comparison with its condition on many previous occasions —within reach of Richmond, and can ven ture upon no aggressive operations against Gen. appearder in:lmn M'Clell an ' s army (which under other circumstances may tthe e F eal troops would be gr ea tl y rel i shed both by Gen. Lee and his inferi ors ), b ecause of the prc section which he is forced to ext en d to Richmond. The entht,rbouwtndiinmtionisshuefs. Nine -tenths danger of rapidly as th e t rue state of affairs is considered. Suf folk are green recruits, and the experience of this war has reversed such precedents as Waterloo, and shown that en the Federal side raw recruits are worthless. There is good reason to think, if well officered, they would fight decently, but the raw officers have always set the most pernicious example to their troops. There have of course been indivi dual exceptions, but generally speaking the officers, as soon as they are brought under fire, have been the very first to throw down their arms and demo ralise their inexperienced troops by setting an ex ample of flight. There is not much danger to Richmond from twice 40,000 of such troops, unless Gen. M'Clellan reinforces them with some more experienced officers and men, who will raise their tone. If he does this he will greatly weaken his own army and set Gen. Lee free to act entirely against the assailants of Richmond from the South, while Gen. Jackson will be fully a match for Gen. M'Clellan in the North. Again, in reference to the attacks upon Charleston and Mobile, it may confi dently be asserted that General Butler's reign at New Orleans will make the resistance at every other seaboard city savagely desperate, and that, instead of inspiring terror, as be has hoped and in tended, he has inspired only such loathing and aversion as have not been known on earth since the days of the Duke of Alva. And these are the people among whom the Union—a Union not only of interest but of affection—is to arise again ! And these are the people whom Mr. Cassius M. Clay and other Northern !spokesmen believe would combine with their oppressors and join heart and soul in a war against unoffending Eng:and, which has earnestly striven to offend neither and to tread the difficult path of justice towards each. It shows how little the true state of the South is as yet known and appreciated by the North. It is interesting to observe how much more reti cent and guarded the Southern pre ss , w h o ll y acre strained by censorship or supervision, is than the muzzled and stifled journals of the North. General Lee has been in this town for thiee days, and every body in the streets has known it; not a word to that effect has appeared in print. Possibly it might be useful to General M'Clellan to be aware of this fact, and the instinct of a people whose affections are in their cause is a truer guide to discerning where silence is desirable than the surveillance of Mr. Stanton and his myrmidons. In the annals of civi• lized warfare such harmony in support of a war has never been approached. The women are a never failing source of wonder and admiration to the stranger, and next to the women in earnestness are society of President Davis, and any faith in the restoration of the Union nominally survived, the only inference would be that the Union was either knave or fool, In a former letter from the North I expressed the opinion that Mr. Davis was the ablest living American ; that impression is more than con firmed by intercourse with him. The President is one of those calm, firm, undemonstrative men, in clining to reticence, but if interested easily led on to animated conversation, who belong to a type which, strange to say, seems to abound in the South, and is at variance with the imputed impulsiveness of these children of the sun. In many interviews with Northern men of rank it has never been my fortune to encounter one whose mind was not made in the same mould with that of his fellows, who had not travelled along the same macadamised road of learning along which, though pursuing it to diffe rent lengths, the 20,000,000 of the North undeviat ingly advance. An interview with President Davis reveals to you an American with striking originality, whose mind has made its own road as it journeyed, who has thoughtfully profited by its own experi ences,and got beyond the set phrases and the primers which circumscribe vigour and reach of thought. Each word is slow, weighty, and luminous, the coun tenance and voice agreeable and convincing, the mouth one of the firmest that ever were set in mor tal head. The President looks spare and worn, but speaks cheerfully of his health. There is nothing to justify the repeated allegations of Northern papers that he is physically at his last gasp. A month in the Confederacy has taught me what a tremendous power, beyond the unanimous resis tance of the inhabitants, the North is contending against in the vast dimensions of the area it is striving to subdue. I have hitherto but grazed the edges of the great State of Virginia, but in order to do this day after day has been spent in the saddle, hundreds of miles have been ridden, and a notion of the difficulty of advancing an army has been gained from the experience of a single horseman seeking food and shelter for his horse and himself. From Gen. Lee's advanced posts four days (three in the saddle and one on the railroad) are required for the journey to Richmond, though the distance is less than 200 miles. But the rocky roads of the Blue Ridge make 30 miles on horseback a good day's journey. As for food and forage, it is almost as difficult to procure as in Central Africa. It is into this country, rendered additionally inaccessible by the destruction of the railroad from Harper's Ferry to Winchester, and of more than 30 miles of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, that the clamour of the North will probably compel Gen. M'Clellan, keeping open vastly extended lines of communica tion, to advance upon an enemy which will fall back as he approaches, and fight him exactly in the posi tion which best suits the views of Gen. Lee. If an advance had been made by General M'Clellan any time during the last month, there is excellent reason to think that it would have immediately been countered by a corresponding advance of General Lee into Maryland. But now that the Potomac is daily rising, and the fords are, generally speaking, impassable for artillery, fresh tactics are required, and General M'Clel lan's advance will be responded to, not by a corre sponding advance into Maryland, but by a retreat into the heart of Virginia. The confidence gene rally entertained here that if General M'Clellan should advance it will be to his ruin is based upon the fact that no such army as that now commanded by General Lee has ever been in the field to oppose him since the birth of the Confederacy. Whenever the history of this war is fully written, the world will be aghast at the disparity of forces with which battle after battle has been won by Southern gene rals, and especially by General Jackson. Perhaps no greater instance of daring is recorded in civi lised warfare than that exhibited when, at the end of last August, General Jackson threw himself at the head of 18,000 men behind General Pope's vast host, and gained decided successes, to be converted, when General Longstreet joined General Jackson, into headlong routs. The same confident self-re liance was displayed when General Lee, at the head of not more than 35,000 men, preferred to fight the battle of Sharpsburg rather than retreat without a battle, as he might have done. The best commen tary upon the Maryland campaign is found in the two facts that Harper's Ferry, with 12,000 men and an untold number of guns and abundant muni tions of war, fell almost without costing a life into the hands of its assailants, and that seven weeks have this day elapsed since the battle of Sharps burg without any serious attempt being made by General M'Clellan to provoke another battle. Perhaps there is no spot in the Valley of Virginia which tells its tale of the desolations of war more forcibly than the junction of the two forks of the Shenandoah river, in the immediate neighbourhood of Front Royal. The beautiful and abounding river, of which one branch runs along either side of the bluff mountain of Massanutten, until the two come together at its north-eastern base, rushes rapidly over the limestone rocks of its channel and was once traversed by three bridges, whereof one carried the Manassas Gap Railroad over the trunk stream, and the other two spanned the two forks before their junction, and carried the mountain road from Front Royal to Winchester. The forlorn and mutilated piers in the centre of the stream are now the sole relics of what once must have been noble bridges. Everywhere along this mountain road the ravages of war are more clearly perceptible than between Staunton and Winchester. Every farmer has his story of horses and kine stolen by the Yankees, and cornfields and forage devoured by both armies. But such is the wealth of nature here that after two brief years of peace the whole face of the valley would smile as of yore, and little visible l evidence of the shock of men would remain to tell the tale. I n a s h or t time the two forks of the ,i nandoah will scarcely be forlahlo, and th by toads the forces at Winchester mnst he sustain General higher up the valley. Reports representtic at Berlin and com munication between the forces at Gordonesd, M'Clellan as threatening to a i d de va of the Blue Ridge. Lovettsville, on the eastern s s even though the It will be obviously dangerpoen Potomacwestwestern slope !n a I. deep, for him to have ileand o E B. Stuart on the General Jackson and General ßidge ; but in any case b e ever so s. P2_ . from Lovettsville to he will find it " a far cry" f this quarter would be Richmond. Any advance rom . it not simultaneously laughed at in this city were Suffolk sustained by a threatened advance from and Petersburg. It would appear that the campaign in Kentucky % the Blue it is difficult to say. Perhaps the greatest satisfac tion would be felt if General Joe Johnston were ap pointed in General Bragg's place, but, although General Johnston is here, and appears to have won derfudy recovered from his wounds, it is doubtful if his health is strong enough yet to enable him to take the field. The presence of so many of the leading generals in Richmond at this moment is significant. In reference to Kentucky it is idle to deny that there has been more disappointment here at her disloyalty to the South than at the apathy of Maryland. It is considered incredible that a State whose interests and senti ments all gravitate southwards should still cling to the Union, when the Union is hopeless and discredited, and should, in a vain effort after neutrality, subject her fields to devastation at the hands of both armies. The condition of Kentucky, if the war lasts next year, will be appalling. o n t , other hand, if she had heartily thrown in her this autumn with the South it is doubtful wb (1 4 any attempt to carry the war farther woul , '•VLia been made by the North. But in Xiiituely and Maryland material ccnsideratioas, wealth and com fort, have outweighed all other influences. In the first it will be seen whether a less shortsighted policy, though more hazardous at the outset, would not eventually have proved much safer; in the second it must be remembered that scarce enough encouragement was extended to the first effort of the Confederacy in Maryland's behalf to justify any similar attempt in the future. It is hard to expect that a State which, like Virginia, has borne the heat and burden of the war, which has laid bare her bosom to the smiter and submitted to sacrifices hardly paralleled on earth, should look with patience upon the lukewarm zeal of other rioh and powerful States, and accept their lip service as equal to her heart's blood. In the annals of the Old Dominion there will be no loftier page than that which tells how month after month the war which established the independence of the South was fought on her willing soil, how Lee and Jackson and Stuart and a hundred others were among her chosen sons, and how upon every battlefield rivers of the best blood of Virginia were freely shed rather than abandon the title to independence which finds its expression in her fierce motto of " Sac Semper Tyrannis." But if, as is asserted, the efforts of Gen. Bragg in Kentucky have resulted only in the capture of a large amount of plunder, it is believed that his army, now falling back into Tennessee, will be able to give a good account of Nashville, and to rescue that unhappy city from the miseries of Federal do mination, of which it has drained the cup to the dregs. For a long time past it has been the policy of the Confederates to intercept all supplies from entering the city, and thus to starve out the Fede ral garrison, consisting, it is said, of 7,000 men. This policy has been met by foraging parties on the part of the Federals, thrown out on every side of Nashville, by which every living animal and every thing of value has been ruthlessly seized, and Southern exasperation has been bitterly kindled against the Yankees of Nashville, who, in addition to seizing all manner of supplies, are said to have possessed themselves of jewels, ornaments, and silk dresses to an enormous extent. All these incidents have grievously inflamed the Confederates against them, and it seems probable that, although baffled in Kentucky, General Bragg's army or a small por tion of it will make short work with the garrison at Nashville, and either compel them to a surrender, such as took place at Harper's Ferry, or to a pre cipitate flight. It is strange it should be fancied that heightr thea c e a gt of the tenure of such cities as Nashville and New Or leans by tyrants like Butler should be calculated to awaken sentiments of affection in hearts estranged. Upon a recent day, no less than 15,000 persons went to a place in New Orleans, appointed by General Butler, and solemnly swore that they were enemies to the United States, and registered their property for him to work his will upon. In one respect there need be little anxiety enter tained in Europe about the pompous proclamation in which President Lincoln announces that after the Ist of January next all slaves in the states then in rebellion shall be set free. From the very first dawn of this war that proclamation has been prao tically enforced. There remains no power to en force it in January, 1863, which was not invoked and employed in January, 1862. Wherever the United States' forces have been quartered during this war the eager desire of officers and men ap pears to have been to " run off" the slave popula tion. Again and again rations have been served out to large bodies of runaway negroes ; for instance there were 2,000 runaways lately assembled and fed by the Federal Government at Harper's Ferry. This circumstance only renders more certain the original impression entertained with respect to this procla mation, that it was esteemed as of no importance on this continent, and was put forth only to catch English and French approbation. But in the South such is the exasperation against the Yankee, so low is the estimate of his acts and intentions that it is almost universally believed that the un fortunate African runaway will be secretly sold by the Federal Government in Cuba. In confirmation of this theory it is remarked that a crippled, or aged, or useless negro is never tempted into freedom by the Federal troops. But it must be confessed that the very lowest estimates of Yankee morality are justified by the experiences of this war. As an amusing instance of the popular Southern creed as to the mingled canting hypocrisy and knavery of the Yankee, it is asserted that in the wallet of a Federal soldier recently killed in the Poca taligo, near Charleston, was discovered the 70th Psalm, neatly written out in the soldiers own fight at hand, and wrapped in a five-dollar Confederate note, which proved to be counterfeit. It is remarked, after the experience of eighteen . months of warfare, that the smooth bore rifil6esstgenhe rally preferred by the Southern believe in long shots, and seldom fire At this dis tance hundred yards of their enernyifie • d musket is to tance the constant tendency of ther assertede that in the Enfield or Springfield The Confederatessiduinetil d w o o ith n t i o n t throw its ball too high. It i e s sof the musket balls battles around this town from 6ft. to Oft. of from 3ft. to Oft. above reeaunnda,vewrahgereehaesigthhet Federal bullets range at a a question that the vast majority of the and sir e t d o b i life in Southerni n the T here is not a high above their opponents' fired by the Confederates Federal bullets g Southerner from his earliest boyhood The heads. t exception, been accustomed to has, almost without saddle. The value of these two accomplishments cannot be over estimated in such a war as this. At this moment rumours have reached us that Gen. M'Clellan is to ) wa y to Gen. Hooker. That such may bo the give Generals. Gen. Hooker is known to be brave aid rash, qualities which were also possessed by Gen. Pope. With such an army as that of Gen. M'Clellan rash ness is almost portain to lead to crushing disaster. It is most creditable to the Confederacy to remark how, under all the pressure of their circumstances, public liberty hay never been sacrilied, the Habeas Corpus Act never suspended. As an c t a li s e e "isse of f ardently firearms de in stance, I may mention that there are two journals published daily in this town, which animadvert upon the President and his Cabinet, and upon the Governor of Virginia, in language which could scarcely be surpassed by the New York Herald. It has been held better to put up with the inconve nience of their strictures, and with the apparent manifestations of dissension thus exhibited to the North, than to suppress or interfere with the free idom of the press. Bat one effect of this tolerance yet transpired as to the opening of this line of railway. The repeated delays and postponements which have taken place in the matter have led to some very unfavourable com ments as to the condition of the line. Mr. Fowler, the engineer, in his last report to the directors,. stated most confidently that everything wculd he ready for the opening by the Ist of October lest. The bursting of the Fleet Sewer was assigned as a cause of delay, and when all the damage occasioned by this accident had been repaired, a further cause for postponeMent was found in the necessity for arranging or adapting the system of working the signals. 'Then it was found that the earrieges which had been buili. for the railway were too wide, end that the (lours could not in consequence he opened in the tunnel. They were, in fact, made some ten inches wider than the ordinary carriages of the Great Western Railway. This blunder has, we be lieve, been now rectified by reducing the width of the carriages. One reason for not opening the line was, however, put forward, which, unlike any of those already mentioned, had really no foundation, viz., that the delay was occasioned by difficulties in terposed by the Great Western Railway, who had undertaken to work the line. So far from this being the case, the Great Western Company have been prepared at, any time, within the last three months, ~dertake the working of the railway, and no •t -- whatever can be attributed to them in this respect. The Great Wesi;lrn Company are prepared to abide by, and to carry out the working arrange ments in the fairest and most h t pourable manner. Among the rumours which have been current dur ing the last week, as to the cause of delay, are some of a very grave nature. It was stated that the works connected with the new Fleet sewer were not sufficiently strong, th a t a very large portion of the bank of the cutting near the Sessions House, Clerkenwel, had given way, and that the recon struction of a large part of the retaining wall i n some other parts near the line of the sewer would be necessary. This last report, we are glad to learn, has been considerably exaggerated. There is a portion of the line between the station and the mouth of the Coppice-row tunnel, the retaining wall of which had not been built up in brickwork. It was a part at which the branch line to run under Smith- field was to diverge, and here the bank was kept up only by a short wall and some piling. A portion of the earth slipped, but it was only to a trifling extent, and scarcely sufficient to interfere with the lifie on the permanent way. There are other reports of an unsatisfactory nature as to the coneition of some part of the brickwork in the tunnel, but we are un able to ascertain whether there is any fouridation for this report. It is impossible to say with cer tainty when the line will be opened for traffic, No day for the official inspection has yet been named. The directors of the Great Western Company have done all in their power to complete the arrange ments, the station masters and guards and porters are appointed, and the answer now given to all in quiries on the subject is that the opening day will not be delayed beyond the middle of the month. CHARGE OF MURDER TN THE VIC 7 ORM DOCK-ROAD. ____,__________ A considerable degree of excitement has prevailed during the last few days in the vicinity of the Vic toria Docks, in consequence of a report Sf a brutal murder on the person of Arthur Merton, aged 21 years. a porter at the Tidal Basin Station of the North Woolwich line of the Great Eastern Railway, by a number of mariners alleged to be long to the screw collier steam-ship James Dixon, the property of Messrs. Cory and Sons, coal merch ants. It appeared that the deceased went into the Victoria Dock Hotel on Monday night last, and after leaving that place he was attacked by a number of sailors in a drunken condition, who maltreated him and his companion, whom they kicked, and after leaving deceased in an insensible state, he was dis covered by the police, who removed him ; but de ceased never rallied, and died on the following morn ing at eleven o'clock. The Coroner for the district, Mr. C. C. Lewis, opened an inquiry at the Victoria Dock Hotel, Vic toria Dock-road, Essex, u on the body of deceased, and after the identity was proved on Wednesday the proceedings were adjourned until Saturday morning at eleven o'clock, when the following im portant evidence was adduced : Edward Lowe stated that be knew the deceased, and he went to the Dock House Tavern on the night in question with Thomas Dyson. They re mained there until half-past eleven o'clock, when they left. Dyson and witness walked on, when they saw Mitchell and other sailors, who struck him and Dyson. He then saw Mitchell run after Dyson, exclaiming, " I have done for one, and I will do for another." Mitchell then approached witness and struck him. Witness saw the deceased lying on the ground and heard a man named Hewett say, " Go it George, give it to the —." At the police sta tion Mitchell offered witness money not to appear to press the charge. Thomas Dyson, railway porter, deposed that he and deceased left duty at five minutes to ten o'clock that night, and repaired to the Dock House Tavern, and, after remaining there until 20 minutes to 12, they proceeded on their way home ; but just after they left Mitchell struck witness, exclaiming, " I know you." Witness replied, " If you do know me you need not strike me." Shortly afterwards he saw deceased lying on the ground. The police were called, and deceased was taken home. Witness re mained with him all night, but he never recovered his senses or his speech, and expired next morning. James Wallis, a police-officer in the service of the Great Eastern Railway Company, said that on Mon day night, shortly before 11 o'clock, he was alarmed by a cry of " Police !" He proceeded to the spot from whence the sound issued, and found deceased upon the ground lying by the side of a lamp-post. Mitchell was by the deceased, and witness distinctly saw him kick the deceased twice on the head as he lay upon the ground. Witness was only about 10 or 12 yards from him, and clearly saw Mitchell use his foot. When Mitchell was in the act of kicking de ceased, the man Hewett said, " Let the have it, George." When witness r eac h e d d ecease d he was quite insensible. Witness assisted in carrying de ceased home, and he was quite insensible until death. Mr. J. Morris, surgeon, stated that he was called to the deceased, and made a post mortem examina tion of the body, in conjunction with Dr. Mugliston. The immediate cause of death was effusion of blood on the surface of the brain, produced by fracture of the skull and rupture of the bloodvessels of the brain, which must have been produced by a violent fall or blow. He did not believe the injuries were received accidentally. After some remarks from the learned coroner he suggested another adjournment, as several important witnesses were absent on board the James Dixon, which would be in the docks again in a week's time. The proceedings were accordingly adjourned. The two men, Mitchell and Hewett , were brought up at Ilford Petty Sessions, on Saturday, before a full bench of county magistrates, on the charge of causing the deceas e d' s d eat h ; b ut after the exami nation of several witnesses, the prisoners were re manded for a week, and were again conveyed to Il ford Gaol. THE LONDON COAL TRADE.—A scheme by which it is proposed to substitute the present drops of the Great Northern Railway, with a much more advantageous plan for sacking, is now engaging the attention of the leading colliery owners of South Yorkshire, inasmuch as its adop tion would be at tended with many advantages to them. By the authority of the directors of the South Yorkshire Rail way a model of the plan has been exhibited at their offices, Hallgate, Doncaster, and on Saturday last several of the directors and the officials inspected it. Mr. Plimsoll, a gentleman intimately connected with the coal trade, ex plained its working, and it seems that the fall of coatis from the waggons is now so great as to cause a deterioration in value in some kinds of coal of at least 14 or 15 per cent., but the proposal now made would reduce it to only three or four, and in the case of other descriptions still lower. It is intended that each quality shall occupy a particular line of railway, and the delivery will he direct from the trucks to the sacks down a screen separated in the middle, by which means the filling will take place in two sacks at once. As each truck is emptied it will, by means of an easily revolv ing turntable, run under a shed to a line set apart for empty waggons, and thus much of the inconvenience that now arises would be obviated. The delivery could go on from waggons on each line, and when emptied be readily re-' moved. The colliery managers and proprietors have ex pressed their approval of the scheme, one of the chief ad vantages of which would be that waggons would not be de tained in London by a fluctuating demand, but could be emptied and sent off,and all kinds of coal would be alm os t delivered to the consumer in the same state as when loaded th e breakage w hi ch occurs at all the at the pits, railway depots in London being avoided. H .0 0 IoV , 3 c133' , ,cam 3C 131 ' ridg e bee,,,,, 1i glis 11l ove r Were ) 61 3 )1 3 10' loo re still r. it 2. 11 ' 10. of f ' il of tlie 00 0, 0 10 . IV' Ffi e t o !J•t $ ie6l3 gal' 10 1 ' co . t °° ' 4 014 ocht M r°l rilt r [j j'St tY of