The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-02 00:00:00

rERICA. 7HE (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, AUGUST 15. My recent letters have so often expressed the be lief that M , Clellan's new base of operations at Har rison's Landing was unsafe and untenable, and that be was silently taking measures to evacuate the position, that I by no means share the surprise of the people of New York, who learn this morning for the first time that he has commenced the with drawal of his force towards Williamsburgh, to pro tect the city of Washington. The movement is a wise one. Had he remained where he was three weeks longer, fever and stench, bad water and bad food, heat and discouragement, would have spared the Confederates the trouble of defeating him. Yet in the face of even so sir e - snificant a confession error and present weakness, the Northern past press continue to brae; as lustily as ever. To read the papers of this morning one would think that Rich mond bad ar.tually been taken, that the 3 00,000 vo lunteers ) ',iad enrolled themselves without bounty money, out of pure patriotism and superabundant plu a-ad u that there was no necessity for a compulsory unpopular dra ug h t, and that in less than Mr. SF, ward's 90 days there was certain to be an end of !the war and a reconstruction of the Union. The real situation is very different. Unable to capture Richmond, the Federals are compelled to defend Washington. The voluntary enlistments have been stimulated by the fear of the conscrip tion and the augmented bounty money (in one town in Rh o d e I sland amounting to as much as 500 man), dollars per but not to such an extent as to have filled up t h e numbers required by the tim e originally fixed in the President's proclamation, The time expired this day, and has been extended to the Ist of Paeptember. The mercenaries who feel disposed to - e nlist in the old regiments will thus have another fortnight in which to make up their minds, and rece' a ee their money. The draught continues to grow disfavour, and coming into operation simul tane,ously with the taxgatherer will sorely try the patience as well as the loyalty of millions who have never yet publicly uttered what Mr. Stanton and "Mr. Seward consider to have thought i t never be treasnn, but who m a y and so certain to resisted in the Western as in the Middle States in New , and, i n d eed, everywhere except 2 ngland, that it is doubtful whether the Presid'ent will not back out of it on the plea that the rdolunt eer i n der : g is sufficient, an un t rut h that will eive nobody on this side of the Atlantic. The pre rrliura on gold, which was temporarily checked by the non•arrival from England of American securities ordered for immediate sale, has again begun to rise, and now stands at 16 per cent. Silver has nearly disappeared from circulation, postage stamps —too many of them old ones already used, from which the marks of transit through the post office have been cleverly obliterated—d o all the duty of a minor currency The most valuable coins handled by the people are the one cent of nickel, and the 3 cent Piece, of alloyed silver. Pere:led. ies, i The habea s corpus i s sus- Every one's liberty i s at the mercy of sr dnformers, and extortioners. The will of Mr. Lincoln is law; as is that of Mr. Seward and Mr. Stanton, provided the President does not object, whieda he never does; and the country is defacto a' IrAre despotism, with the mere form and semblance a freedom that has ceased in reality to exist. New York is under martial law, the Superintendent of Police having been appointed Special Provost Marshal, to prevent citizens from travelling or aliens from leaving the country without passports, and also to arrest all persons who by word or d ee d dis the arm courage enlistments, and to give men the c h o i ce of yor Fe.rt Lafayette. Foreign trade is al most wholly at an end, and neither the people nor the Government know what to think or what to do to make things better. And while this, broadly stated, is the condition of thra North, what is that of the South? Perilous, no doubt, but full of hope for the Southern people. Um -recognised as it is, it has succeeded in making itself a nation. Isolation from the outer world in all things except in :sympathy, combined with fanati cism, intense love of country, and enormous suffer ing, have welded it into adamantine unity. It has been baptized in fire and blood, and stands before the great commonwealth of Christendom heroic and undaunted, an object of admiration even to three fourths of its late fellow-citizens who are in arms to resist its independence. The North offers no such spectacle. It is not a nation, and it is not united.. The immigrants from Europe who added so largely to its wealth and power refuse to fight for it. Its own people would rather do battle for it vicariously than personally. It is split up into irre. concilable factions, each clamouring for the other's blood. Fort M'Henry, near Baltimore, is receiving political prisoners at the rate of 25 per day. The abolitionists of New England hurl toul epithets of treason against such men as Mr. Vallandigham of Ohio, Mr. Wickliffe of Kentucky, and Mr. Fer nando Wood, of New York ; and continually urge the sorely bewildered President to consign them, and all who agree with them, to Fort Lafayette or the gallows. Ou the other hand, the once moderate and constitutional Democrats call upon the Govern ment to stop the tongues of such preachers of dis union as Mr. Wendell Phillips, Mr. Horace Gree ley, and the Rev. Dr. Cheever, and not to be afraid of using the hangman's rope if no other instrumen tality can be m ade so readily available. Both par ties pretend to love the Union, but love something else better ; both applaud every act of arbitrary power, however atrocious provided only that it be exercised against a political opponent. Like the ducks and geese in the Fool's Paradise of the fairy story, who run about with knives and forks in their beaks, crying aloud Come kill m e, and eat me," the people of the North run after their Go vernment, ready-t russed and bandaged, and im plore it to destroy and feast upon the public liberty. Authority w ars w i th authority, and every crotchet monger in high place either assumes to set his crotchet abov e th e Constitution and the law, make the Federal su b servient to the local g or to ment. The Presid en t o bj ects to ar overn c m black men, and alls for a drau g ht of 300,000 eitizens—meaning white men. Governor Andrews, of Massachusetts, who is quite as much of a rebel as President Davi s , replies that his State shall provide the proper con tingent, but that they shall be citizens irrespective of colour, and that black men and white men shad serve in hi s armies on an equal footing. General Hunter, a man of similar opinions, has ' organised a negro brigade in North Carolina against orders, and the result has been that four-fifths of his black warriors have run ty way into slavery to their old masters, rather than endure the discipline of military life under such hard taskmasters as the Yankees; and that those who rellaain been so persec u t e d b y their white fello have w-soldie„ - ivho thini it a di sgrace to serve with than; - hat the philanthropic and disobedient General ha s resolved to disband the corps and trust wholly to white men for the future. Illinois, by a populor vote of three against one, has decreed that no black man shall come within its limits ; and, br a vote of seven against one, that no black man - already admitted to, or born on its soil, shall be considered a citizen, or exercise any political or municipal function. The President has received a deputation of free negroes at Washington; told ahem plainly that they are an inferior race; that ,heir presence in the land makes the whites uncom tortable and unhappy ; that he, and everyone else who has a white skin, would be very much obliged to them if they would forthwith extirpate them selves to Central America, and that he will provide the funds for the purpose, if they will but go quickly, and take their wiv es an d c hi ldren along w ith them. General Butl er , at N ew Orleans, has o rdered Gene_ ral Phelps, his s ub or di nate, ao employ escaped slave si n chopping wood, in, putting down timber, in digging trenches, an d , di ng th e ot h er are so capable. G enera l hard work of which they comply, declaring that he' i s Phelp s h as re fused to c not ' a nigger , a l rty • • " and that i f the negroes ei•, army at are to b e employed in the all they must be_ and treated m all respects armed lik e the white men, in the ear n , manner. General Butler has repri manded him for his breach of discipline, and General Phelps has resigned his command. Butler has refused to acceptte resignation in face of the enemy, and New Orleans, which longs for an op portunity to be rid of both and all their host, looks on with delighted 'wonde r at the s pectacle of t heir disagreement, and hails the day of delivers ante as close at hand. General M'Cle an would conduct the war on the principles of a gentleman and a Christian; and would take not sing for the needs of his army from the unhap y population{ among whom he is encamped without paying for it; and is denounced by the Abolitionists as a trai tor, a sham General, a digger and trencher, a man of the spade, to whom the sword is either unfamiliar or obje c ti ona b le. Gen. Pope acts on the contrary principle —would treat the unfortunate people through whose country he passes like a pestilence as Napoleon treated the Russians in 1812; would make the war support the war, take what he wants wherever he can get it, only paying for it on proof of the loyalty of the owner, corroborated by his oath. Pope is, in like manner, denounced as furiously as M'Clellan, but by the opposite party. Add to this list of Northern antagonisms, that a war of races is fast growing up between the Irish labourers and the negroes in New York and throughout the west ; that the questions of strikes and Wages and the growth of pauperism, so long supposed to be pecu liar to the Old World, have produced serious riots in more than one city of the Union during the last week; and the social disunity of the Federals will be evident to all who care to see and understand the truth. Nor are these, numerous as they are, the sole symptoms of the chaos of Northern interests, pas sions, and opinions that underlies all the brag and " buncombe " of the press. The officers of the Fede ral army are publicly denounced as drunk and in efficient by the War Secretary, and the Volunteers, though tempted by 100 dollars, refuse to serve under them. Even a Brigadier-General was seen to be " gloriously " drunk at the recent battle of Malvern heights, and has since been cashiered. At this moment the police of New York and other large cities are publicly employed in capturing commis sioned officers at five dollars a piece ; and yester day they arrested one colonel, one captain, several lieutenants, and a number ofsergeanis and corporals. Surely this is a picture presented to the mind's eye which will hardly realise the idea of a harmonious union, settled purpose, high aims, or exalted patriotism in the North. At a public meeting held in the suburb of Hoboken the night before last, one of the speakers called for a " master mind, to understand the nation and to lead it to victory." There were loud cheers of course —expressive of thepopular sympathy with the want of greatness in military as well as in civil life—which is so plain as to strike everybody ; —but it will be long before there is any other answer to the call than cheers, or derision—or of expectation. There is no master mind in the North ; —unless, perhaps, it be the master mind of some unknown subaltern, who will yet open the oyster with his sword, and gulp up the fat and lazy free dom that slumbers in the shell. General Sickles, whom all admit to be a fighting General, and who is always either found or thrust into the post of danger, looked round him at the same meeting on the stalwart audience that applauded his eloquence, and exclaimed, " There are enough able-bodied men here to form a regiment ; will none of you go ?" There was no reply. Later in the evening one man, 50 years of age, excited by the fiery words of another orator, volunteered to enlist; but no one imitated his example, even although a judge pre sent, who thought Mr. Wendell Philipps ought to be muzzled in Fort Lafayette, offered, if 10 Volun teers would step to the platform, to give them each 10 dollars in addition to the regular bounties. He pleaded in vain. The voice of the charmer had no effect. The rustle of his green backs (not the chink of his gold, for gold chinks no longer in America, except in bank parlours, where it is a commodity, like tea at a grocer's) was not more effective than his spoken eloquence, and the Hoboken meeting produced but the one solitary volunteer-50 years of age, whom nobody knew, and who probably changed his mind before the morning. The gather ing was otherwise remarkable for a little incident quite in accordance with the spirit of the day. The judge already mentioned (Whiting) having con demned the mode in which the Government carried on the war, was arrested as a traitor on the plat form by an over zealous lieutenant-colonel out re cruiting, on the charge of discouraging enlistments. It does not appear from the published reports that the lieutenant-colonel actually carried off the judge to prison, and, as it was the same judge who afterwards promised 10 dole. each to 10 Volunteers, who never appeared to claim them, it may be presumed that the patriotic offer condoned or neutralized the previous offence, and that Fort Lafayette is not yet to be honoured by his presence. But the judge must look well to him self for the future. Both Fort Lafayette and Fort Warren are receiving an accession of inmates, and his turn may come. Neither of these twin Bastilles (and it is a pity that the great name of such a champion of liberty as General Lafayette should be desecrated by be stowal upon the ugly prison in New York Harbour) is so hermetically sealed against the world as to prevent a cry of anguish from being heard outside. One young man, son of a former Governor of Mary land, lies in Fort Lafayette in solitary confinement and in chains ; and not even his mother is allowed to see him. His offence was the endeavour in the disguise of a woman, to cut adrift a Federal gun boat in the York River ; a great crime, no doubt, in the eyes of his captors and one that may deserve death ; but that surely does not deserve the punish ment of life in chains, darkness, and total seclusion from the face of man ? The complaint of another unfortunate, transferred from Fort Lafayette to Fort Warren, has reached me -and need n o t say h ow —and in the story, which is based on o ffi c i al docu ments my possession, I forward, to t e ll as briefly as is consistent with clearness. It may suffi ce to des ti afford the /19 peopl e of England 800 little id ea o f t h e despotism which this country is for the present content to endure without social convulsion. On the 13th of September, 1862, Mr. W. H. Wi n d er , a gentlem an of P hiladelphia, was arrested at his own house by telegraphic Simon Cameronorder fr om t h e Hon. , then Minister of War, and con veyed first to Fort Lafayette and subsequently to F or t -Warren. Immediately on his arrest, for his offi ce , d es k s, chests, boxes, &c. Was assig, were b ro k en open, and all his which no causened, over and r ansacked, in the hope or manuscripts and paper s , a collection of 30 years, were turned under the pretext of findin g treasonable matter. Garbl e d ex t ra cts from som e o f these, which per verted his real meaning for want of the context, Were publi s h e d in the Phil a d e l phia newspapers. The sa nc ti ty o f m y private correspondence," says " Mr , Winder I Was violated and malignantly calumniated by the publication of pretended contents of letters thus I seized. Other parties were also grievously slan dered by statements of falsely alleged contents, and I Was debarred from all opportunity of contradict ing th e i nfamous publications. Even portraits that prdsb en ha e "srPA slander me." Mr. Winder being entirely ignorant of his arrest, any at th a t r m ud. havin been informed of State would newspaper s , li ke g ii:terybcdy else, that the rough the o t f h the causes Secretary rectly from a prisone l' r to t , any complaint coming di pay no attention to onl" he wo u ld not J counsel on a prisoner', 1, 1'4 liteations m a d e b y paid treat them as prejudicial t o ~1, but that h e would vation of the offence— ~,,r ot " 1 ° ekso, and a/ i aggra e Mr S sth of December, requesting t o kr; eseard on the his acouseres on what charge was the n ames of permission to go to Washington to me c e o t7t fined, 4" it might be. Mr. Seward replied by wh,tevtr offering his release if he would take the oath of elle 1 Mr. Winder declined on the ground that hisdoie. so would lead to the inference that he had been he of some crime or offence unspecified, and that he had been pardoned on promise of better behaviour for the future. Mr. Seward on a subsequent occa sion, renewed the offer; but Mr. Winder's objection beinr, radical, applied to all tests or conditions which might be supposed to admit that he had done any thing inconsistent with the character of a true Ame rican and a loyal citizen, and he declined the second time. Thus the matter rested for five months, until the 22d of February, 1862, when Mr, Winder wrot e to Mr. Ca meron, setting forth that he had been five months in p r i son w i thout process or form of law; that if any c h arge of crime were to be brought against him he was ready to meet it, and that if there were none he demanded his unconditional re lease. Mr. Cameron being in no hurry to reply, Mr. Winder wrote to him again on the 15th of March, and received the following answer : " Lochiel, March 24,1862. " Sir,—You surprise me by saying in your letter of the 15th inst., received to-day, that it was by my order you were taken from Philadelphia to Fort Lafayette and placed in confinement, &c. I knew nothing of your arrest until I saw the fact stated in the newspapers, and, being at the time closely engaged in thidischarge of my official duties, neglected to inquire into 'the case, presuming, however, that it was done by order of the State Department which had charge of such cases as I presumed yours to be,—Very respectfully, , "SIMON CAMERON. " W. a Iririder, Esq." To this document Mr. Winder replied as follows : "Fort Warren, March 30. " Sir,--I have to th an k you for your prompt reply to my request for information as to the cause which induced you to issue an order for my transfer to Fort Lafayette. Your letter confirms me in my supposition that your name had been used without your knowledge, or inadvertently signed to a paper without heeding its contents. It was obtained somehow through the district attorney. I give you a copy of the document by authority of which Colonel Burke took charge of me, and placed me in Fort Lafayette : " Philadelphia, Sept. 13. " ' Dear Sir,—Permit me to introduce to you my deputy, Mr. Starkey, who carries with him Mr. Winder, to be deli vered to your custody per order of the Secretary of War.— Very respectfully your obedient servant, " Wm. MILLWARD, United States Marshal. " To Lieut.-Col. Martin Burke, Commanding at Fort Hamilton. " ' I am Sir, yours very respectfully, " To the H on . Si mon Cameron, Lochiel, H. WINDER. near Harrisburg." On the afternoon of the same day, Mr. Winder wrote a second letter to Mr. Cameron, enclosing him a copy of the telegraphic despatch purporting to be signed by himself and addressed to Mr. Coffey, the District Attorney of Philadelphia, ordering his arrest and transference to Fort Lafayette. Mr. Cameron promptly replied in the following terms : " ochiel, April 2, 1862. "Sir,--I have encl ose d your letter of the 31st, received to-day, to the Secretary of State, and disavowed all know ledge of your arrest, with a request for your release, if you have been held by my direction.—Very respectfully, "To Mr. W. 11. Winder," " SIMON CAMERON. Mr. Seward refused to order the release unless upon the previous terms of taking the oath of alle giance, and transferred the case to Gen. Dix and Judge Pierpnint, the Commissioners appointed by the War Department for the examination of politi cal prisoners. From these gentlemen Mr. Winder learnt for the first time that his offence was " his correspondence with various parties and his writings for the newspapers," and by them he was promised to beset at liberty on parole and on taking the oath of allegiance. Mr. Winder denied that his corre spondence or writings were treasonable, disloyal, or illegal; demanded, if they were thought so by the Government, to be brought to trial in due form and course of law, that he might have an opportunity of defending himself, and declined to take the oath as a necessary preliminary to his demand for jus tice. His correspondence with the Commissioners is dated in the beginning of May last, since which time more than three months have elapsed. He is still in Fort Warren a close prisoner. Mr. Winder's case is but one of hundreds, but the state of public security and political morality which it discloses might well make Americans reflect on the unhappy position of their once great and free Republic. They may not be aware of it themselves, but the Northern people have already lost their own liberties in the futile attempt to destroy those of their Southern brethren —and, worse than all, perhaps, to people who love the " almighty dollar" so much, they have not lost their liberties gratis, but have already incurred debts to the extent of a thousand million dollars by the process, and will incur as much more in another twelve months, unless they renounce the idea of subjugation, and come to terms with a people whom they never can subdue. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Y, ►t. 1. The September General Sessions of the Peace for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning, at Clerkenwell, before Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, pre siding for the Assistant-Judge ; Mr. Payne, deputy ; and the following justices :—Mr. Dixon, Mr. Mar tin, Mr, Kepp, Dr. Bateman, Mr. Rigg, Mr. Good hart, Mr. J. D. Fletcher, Mr. Summers, Mr. Prance, Mr. Miles, and Mr. Charles White. The learned Sergeant delivered the charge to the grand jury. The calendar for this session is very light, there being only 36 prisoners for trial, in consequence of the heavy list of business last week. There were 32 cases of felony and 4 of misdemeanour. Wm. Bishop, 30, described as a billiard marker, was indicted for stealing a purse, containing Bs. 6d. in money and 100 postage stamps, from the person of Lucy Ayling. Mr. Gent prosecuted ; Mr. Besley was counsel for the prisoner. The case for the prosecution was that the prisoner some months ago went to a shop kept by Mr.Ayling, 493, Oxford-street, where photographs were sold, and while looking at some picked Mrs. Ayling's pocket, and making some excuse went away. Some time after he called again, and was recognised by Mrs, Ayling as the man who took her purse; but he said he had never been there before. Mr, Besley addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that, upon all principles of law and jus tice, the prisoner could not be convicted upon such evidence of so serious a charge. There was a mis take as to identity. The learned Judge very carefully summed up, and the jury found the rrisouer not guilty. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. Payne.) Joseph Small was indicted for an assault upon a warrant-officer of the Hammersmith Police -court named Acres. Mr. Gresham prosecuted ; Mr. Pater was for the defence. This case arose out of domestic matters of an un pleasant nature, and the prosecutor went to execute a warrant upon the defendant in the middle of the night. The prosecutor did not say who he was, or in what capacity he visited the house; but flourishes a stick, according to the case for the defence, and then an assault was no doubt committed. The defence set up by Mr. Pater was in effect justifiable, and the jury adopting that view found a verdict of not guilty. A number of ordinary eases were disposed of. POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE.--S'ept. 1. -40--- ---- CL ERK E NWE Lt . GROSS ASSAULT. AT TEMPTED MURDER OF A POLICE-CONSTABLE.—A r espectably-attired man, with a large profusion of beard and moustache, who gave the name of Charl ton Dive, aged 31, a clerk in the employ of Mr. Rydon, the extensive btiekmaker of Ball's-pond, residing at 0, Paradise -terrace, Milton-road, Stoke Newington, was charged before Mr. Barker with committing a felonious assault on Mary Ann Faint, aged 14 years ; residing in College-row, Elder-walk, Islington. Owing to the peculiar facts connected with the case, the court was crowded. Mr. Wontn.er, Jun., of Bucklersbury, attended for the defendant, and Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting officer of the A ssoc i ate Institute for the Protection of Women, attended to watch the case. Mary Ann Faint, of No. 1, College-row, Elder walk, a tell girl, looking much older, said—l was H years of age on the 22d of last month. On Fri day evening, between eight and nine, I was return -1 ing home from Highbury New Park, through Ry don's brick fields, and there were a little girl and boy with me. It was quite dark, and I was in suited by the prisoner. Before that the little boy called out, " Look at that man looking about in the bricks." I turned round, and said I could not s ee any man. At that moment two men came u p to me, and one of them put a white handker chief round my throat. The prisoner spoke to me first . , he being one of the two men. He said to me, ~ Wh e re are you going P" an d I said, " I am going hoe H e said, " Y ou come here ;" and he said to hisli3 companion, " Clark, ru n a f ter the others who h wa r." The p r i soner then tied a hand kerchief over have ru n a j ra y mouth, and h e sa id , " You come here " and I went a short distance w ith hi m. H© said, , ,, Y ou Wait here," and I said, " N o ." H e laid hol(1 of both m y hands very tightly and kept them 4 " 1 In a few . Th e witness then deposed ule N ' e 'Y much indeed. that th ' threw her down, and then co.m '' prisoner mitted.the offence of vvhic. l i he was charged, having been wi th her about a her got up and ran ness then quarter of an hour. The wit priso h Proceeded—The dl walk, and ar y away. giddy got up I could v ay, I was so w was ver 1 went out Of n 2 J self, and giddy. I - n a few minutes I came to Inl saw the ligh ts and I followed d and some people, them. I did not them. I stayed say anythin g to but on the railway b ridge for about five not seeing an/thing like either of the men I went father, away home. I did not tell my mother or my as r was afraid. I told my mother that I had not TIE SUN, 'LONDON, TUESDAY -IEVENING, Witness—l think he intended to murder me. I should have been under the train had I not been stopped by the poles of the telegraph. I was bruised, That man had on a light cap. The man I had in custody was about six feet high, and had on a light grey coat. (The prisoner is about five feet seven or eight, and is dressed in a black suit.) Mr. Barker—Are you certain that the man you had in custody was attired in a grey suit ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Barker—And that is the man who the boys said was one of the men who attacked the com. plainant ? Witness—Yes. The complainant was recalled, and stated that the man who assaulted her had a beard and mou stache_ He kissed her several times. Mr. Barker (to the constable)—Had the man you had in custody a beard and moustache ? Witness—He had no moustache, but he had a large beard and whiskers. The Constable continued—From information I received I went to Eydon's brick-fields and saw the foreman. He consented to come to the station to answer the charge, and the prisoner said he would go with him, and if be was detained he would be bail for him. He went to the station, and prisoner was detained, because the witnesses positively identified him. I have since searched the prisoner's lodgings, and could not find any men's clothes of a light description. Mr. Barker inquired if either the prisoner or the foreman answered the description of the man who threw him over the pailings of the North London Railway, Witness—No, decidedly not. Mr. Wontner said he had refrained from cross examining the witnesses at any length, and he should not occupy the magistrate's time by making a lengthened speech. All he could say was, that the witnesses were mistaken, and he should most clearly prove an alibi. Several witnesses were called, who proved that they had known the prisoner for ten or twelve years, and that he bore a highly respectable cha racter. They never knew him to wear a light suit, and they accounted for him on Friday evening last from half-past seven, when he left his employ, till the time he went to bed, viz., between 11 and 12, he having a few friends at his house. Mr. Barker said it appeared to him as clear as the sun at noon day that the witnesses were mis taken in the identity of the prisoner. He should discharge the prisoner, and he might say that he left the dock without a stain upon his character. IMPORTANT QUESTION UNDER THE BASTARDY LAWS.—Henry Thurlow, wholesale and retail pro vision merchant, 2, Blackmoor-street, Clare-market, was summoned to show cause why he should not be adjudged the father of a bastard child, to which Jane Elliott, of 8, James-street, Islington, had given birth. Mr. Thomas Wakeling, solicitor, of Great Percy street, Clerkenwell, attended for the prosecution; and a gentleman, whose name did not transpire, for the defendant. The complainant stated that she had cohabited with the defendant as his wife in Henry -street. At that time she was married, and her husband was alive. Her husband left her in 1856, and went to New York, and she had not seen him since, and now believed that he was dead. She had had other children by the defendant besides the one which she now wished the magistrate to make an order on the defendant to help to support, but they were dead. The defendant had paid several sums of money to wards the support of this child, which was born i❑ 1860, but having lately married he had discontinued his payments, hence the present summons. The solicitor for the defendant said he did not wish to raise any question or to make any defence, but would at once consent to an order. The magistrate remarked that the complainant being a married woman he must see whether he could make an order that could be acted upon. Mr. Wakeling said there were several cases on the point. He was entitled to an order if he could prove non-access. The aunt of the complainant's husband said that her (complainant's) husband left her and went to America. She was certain he was dead. She was also certain that he was not in this country whilst the complainant was cohabiting with the defendant. The Magistrate, having looked into the books, said he found that the order could be made out, and describe the complainant " as the wife of A. 8., a single woman." He should make an order for 2s. 6d. per week and costs. William Henry Lomax, of 14, Princes-street, Bedford-row, was summoned by Elizabeth Bethon, of 25, Leigh street, St. Pancras, to show cause why he should not contribute towards the support of her illegitimate child, of which she alleged him to be the father. The case was clearly proved, and it was stated that, on one occasion when he had only paid is. 6d. for the support of the chiidhew r haatsat m asked how he he would like t o k eep t h e child for said he should not like to do it, but if hew as com pelled, he would throw himself into the Thames. The usual order of 2s. 6d. per week and costs were made. CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—WiIIiam Canning, a very old man, was charged with cutting and wounding Ann Hayes, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The poor woman presented a sad spectacle, her face being covered with surgical plasters. She said that she went to the prisoner to ask him for some money that he owed her, when he, without any provocation, struck her with some sharp instrument, and inflicted the injuries she now had upon her. Police sergeant Lock, 21 N, handed in the follow ing medical certificate Caledonian-road Police-station, Aug. 31,1862. " This is to certify that I was this morning called to attend Ann Hayes, at the above station. I found her suffering from a wound extending obliquely from above the corner of the nose through the upper lip, which must have been produced by some sharp instrument. " THos. H. AIITCHELL, Surgeon." The prisoner, in defence, denied the charge. Mr. Barker remanded the prisoner for a few days. MARYLE B ONE.—RUFFIANLY OUTRAGE UPON Two LADIES.—An ill-conditioned-looking young fellow, who gave the name of William Townsend, was placed in the dock charged with the following attempt at highway robbery with violence. Mrs. Jane Mould deposed—l reside at Boulogne, but at the present time I am on a visit to my daughter at No. 7, St. George's-square, Regent's park. La s t F r id ay evening Iwent in company with my daughter to German Reed's entertain ment. After it was over we went on our return home in an omnibus as far as the Adelaide, near Chalk Farm. When we got out I asked the con ductor how long it would be before the next vehicle would be up, as I expected my two sons by it, they having gone to a theatre. After taking out my watch to look at the tim e , I s aid I would go on home and send the servant for them. Myself and my daughter proceeded on, and as I was on the rail. way bridge I noticed a man following us on the opposite side of the road. I noticed him more par ticularly under a lamp, and the prisoner resembles been in the brick-fields. I was afterwards sent for to go to the station to identify a man, and I then told my mother and father all about it. The man who was then in custody was not the man who had insulted me in the brick-field. Cross-exomined—Th e man who insulted me was attired in a light suit. He spoke to me, and I told him my name and address. He first said he would give me in custody, but he did not say what for. I had never seen the man before. John Heins, a boy about nine years of age, said—l was with the last witness in Rydon's brick fields about half-past eight on Friday night. I saw that gentleman (meaning the prisoner) popping his head up and down behind the bricks. I told Polly and then I ran away. It was quite dark, there being no lamps there. I ran first; Polly ran after me and hallooed and screamed, and then the pri soner ran after Polly, I turned round and saw the prisoner put his hand over her mouth and chuck her down on her back. I saw him put a white handkerchief over tier mouth, and heard him say to the other man, " Clark, fetch that boy." The prisoner then blew a whistle. I was only a few yards from the prisoner when he spoke to Polly, but I was further off when I saw him throw her down. It was quite dark at the time. I ran away and told the police. The prisoner was dressed in a light suit and had on a dark billycock hat. lam certain the prisoner is the man although I never saw him before. Police•constable Peet, 415 A, said—About half past nine on Friday night I was on duty in the Lower -road, Islington, and went with the previous witness to Rydon's brick-fields. I found some other constables there, and we searched the field and found a man lying behind the bricks dressed in a white smockfrock. He was taken into cus tody, but he was not detained as the boy said he was not the man. I went further into the field and saw a man behind some bricks. He was sur rounded by a number of boys with sticks, who said if he attempted to move they would kill him. I took that man into custody, told him the charge, and he said he knew nothing about it. It was very dark. I took him by the side of the railway, hav ing hold of him, when the prisoner gave a sudden jerk, made use of bad language, and endeavoured to jump over the palings of the railway. I did not leave my hold of him, and we both hung over the railings together. He broke away from me, and threw me down th e ra il wa y b an k just as a train was passing at full speed. Mr. Barker—What do you think was his inten tion ? SEPTEVIBER 2, 1862. The last witness's dress was produced, and bore undoubtedly marks of the owner having been roughly handled. John Enwright, 395 S, stated—On Friday night last, about a quarter to eleven, I was on duty, and when I got in front of the Adelside public-house I saw the prisoner smoking a pipe, a short one. I then proceeded round my beat, and heard screams of " Murder" and "Police." I went to the spot, and saw the ladies, who were greatly excited, and the elderly lady gave me a description of the man. She described him as a bull -head look ing man, wearing a darkly coloured green coat (a description answering the prisoner as he stood at the bar). The following day I went out in plain clothes, in company of Sergeant Leveret, 7 S, and at night time on Saturday evening went to outside the Adelaide, where we saw the prisoner, and took him into custody on the present charge. Mr. Mansfield asked if there was any one present who had seen the prisoner about the place men tioned at the time. Sergeant Leveret said the barman could speak as to prisoner entering the house just before the time the robbery took place. Mr. Yardley said that that was most important, and remanded the prisoner for a week. LAMBETH.--11013EERY AT A PRAYER MEET MG.—John King, alias Bray, a notorious thief, was charged before Mr. Elliott with picking the pocket of Mrs. Mary Clark, the wife of a milkman, of a florin, at a prayer meeting. The prosecutrix deposed that on the evening before she attended a prayer meeting, at the York ' road Chapel, and in the course of the service she felt the prisoner'] hand in her pocket, and his with drawing it. She in consequence examined her pocket, and found that he had taken a florin and two penny-pieces, which, with a sovereign, she had safe a few minutes before, and she charged the pri soner with robbing her. He denied it, and asked her to allow him to pass by, but she refused, and kept him until he was taken by a constable. Police-Tonstable 179 L said that on searching the prisoner he fotaid that he had got the thieves' pockets with the bottoms out, so as to be able to pass the hand through them, and he also found th e florin -piece and t wo penny-pieces on his person. The prisoner stoutly denied the charge f saying the money was his own s and was remanded for the at tendance of the constable vrho had had him in cus tody for several offences similar to the present. ASSAULT ON THE CRYSTAL PALACE PLATFORM.— Mr. Henry Ewen, described as a gentleman of for tune, residing at North Lodge, Park-road, Regent's Park, appeared to answer a summons taken out against him by Mr. William Miller, an attorney at law, charging him with an assault. Mr. Metcalfe, the barrister, attended on behalf of the complainant, and Mr. F. H. Lewis for the de fendant. The case occupied some time in hearing, but the short facts were these :—On the evening of the 22d of last month the complainant, with Mrs. Miller and a little boy of five years old, and the defendant, with Mrs. Ewen and child ; and accompanied by Miss Rogers and a Mr. Litcoffe i were on the Crystal Palace platform, awaiting the arrival of a train to take them to town. At length a train arrived, and Mr. Miller observing a first-class carriage empty, approached with the intention of getting into it. Mr. Ewen ha ring previously laid hold of the handle of the carriage, kept possession of it until his party came up and admitted them to the exclusion of Mr. Miller and his little boy, and though Mrs. Miller had managed to get in, she returned on seeing the defendant striking her husband. Mr. Miller, an noyed at being prevented from getting into the train by the defendant, called him a 6 fool and a black guard," upon which the latter struck at him and hii him one slight blow on the left jaw. The result was that Mr. Miller was unable to go by the train, and was left behind ; but having obtained the name and address of Mr. Ewen he took out the present sum mons against him. For the defendant it was alleged that the com plainant had pushed Miss Rogers rudely from the earriage ; and after hearing the parties at some length, Mr. Elliott observed that it was quite clear the defendant had no right to take possession of the carriage in the way he had done to the exclusion of the complainant and his wife and child, and it was equally Clear that the complainant was wrong in making use of the offensive expressions, and there fore there Fere faults on both sides. It was equally clear that an assault had been committed by the de fendant, which could not be justified, and for that assault he must pay a penalty of 205., or in default 20 days' imprisonment. The penalty and expenses were at once paid. ihim. As my daughter was so ver y ti m id I did not tell her my suspicions, but q u i c k ene d our pace to , wards St. George's-square. We proceeded along till we came to a place with grass growing, and which I thought to be a field, very dark, and being bounded on one side by a wall. As we got to a corner of the wall the man sud denly jumped out and made a grasp at me, which I evaded, and ran off screaming " Murder" and " Police," towards some houses, when I was caught by some ladies who came out from one of the houses. The place where the man came upon us is a very lonely spot. Mr. Yardley—ls this the man that you saw fol lowing you P Witness—l think it is. Mr. Yardley—Are you sure that prisoner is the , I man ? Witness—To the best of my belief he is. When he missed me he seized my daughter and threw her down and rifled heir. Mr. Yardley—Was he taken into custody at the time ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Yardley—When did you see this man P . Witness—At the station-house, where I was sent for, and asked if I could see any one there that I had seen before. I pointed out the prisoner from a great many other men. Prisoner—l am innocent of this. It is not me., Isabella Mould said—l am daughter of the last witness. Last Friday night we were returning home together, and as we got to a lonely spot I was seized by a man, and he took me up in his arms and threw me down with very great violence on the ground, and much bruised and cut me. He then put his foot on me, and turned my pockets out and rifled about my belt. I could not see the features or dress of the party, because the hat which I wore he knocked over my face and eyes. I was picked up in a fainting state. LONDON BREAD. Tho Medical Times and Gazette says:--The Times this week has contained an absurd letter complaining of London bread. It would not be worth notice were it not that it is evidently a masked battery, an indirect puff, of that " aerated bread " which, after having been industriousl:i puffed,by mer cenary writers, disappeared from sight, an d men late has been nursed into notice again. to t e he beat est a market, of sense, th a t th e b est L on d on b a ke rs g pay the best price, buy the best flour , taneods and mak wants ethebe e st f pos siblethe bread in that form which the tastes London public require. As physicians, we know that if we require for a sickly or dyspeptic patient any bread of unusual excellency, we have only to send to Spiki ng , or Duer or Stewart, or Bonthron, not to mention a score of other well-known names, and either our patients will find every kind of roll and luxurious petit pain that can be made from wheat ripened under the suns of America or the South and East of Europe. Having made it a special point to exa mine bread from many parts of England and Scotland side by side with London bread, we can assert that the latter is better than any and made of better flour. If any Londoner wish for French or German bread he can easily get it. The bakers in the Soho, orFrenchquartier, will supply him daily with the long crusty loaves so familiar on the other side of the Channel. If any one chooses to deal with dirty people, who make their bread in dirty holes underground, that is his pleasure ; but good bread is to be had by anyone who chooses it and likes to pay the price. The bread-making machine of Stevens is to our knowledge successful. It makes better bread and yields more. We have heard the increased yield estimated at 3 per cent, by one who was not prejudiced in its favour. But this turns out bread ; a good, well-fer mented, wholesome, sapid bread, not the trustless lumps of baked dough which we used to have under the nam e " aerated.' We believe that the Dauglish patent is being worked at Islington with prospects of greater success than of yore, and shall be glad if it gives us more or better bread. But it must stand the " proof of the pudding," or fail. THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY SPECIAL SERVICES. —The special services in the nave of Westminster Abbey were brought to a close last Sunday evening, th e R ev. James Russell Woodford, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, vicar of Kempsford, Gloucestershire, bei ng . the preacher. Amongst the dignita r i es w h o h ave taken part in the services are the Bishops of London, Oxford, Glouc es t er Colombo, Frederickton, a n d St. A n d rew ' s, Dew Rook, an d Canon n Dale. In addition to the ordinary special service there have been two f or the benefit z. 4 foreign er s, the sermon on the first occasio n b e i ng preached by the Rev. Dr. Francis Jeune, Master of Pembroke College and Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and th e secon d by the Rev. Dr. Jeremie, Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, and Sub-dean of Lincoln. [Anv-E nxismENT.}-11 0 11 0waye Ointment and Pills.— To the Hopeless.—These potent remedies haveclaims para mount to all oth er medicines or Application for the cure of ulcers, sores, wounds , and skin diseases generally. A most remarkable instance of the curative virtues possessed by Holloway's remedies has recently been forwarded by a needle-maker at Studley whose body and legs were sorely afflicted by He got worse under the best surgical treatment but was nial ignant - ' leers. u soon eased and shortly cured by these hears Lid purifying preparations. They closed the wounds and cleansed the system. One solitary trial is sufficient to prove to the most sceptical the superior value of Holloway's medicaments, which rouse, excite, quicken, and s ti mu l a te the feeble nerves and languid laroulation. _ . ,the ship made the voyage to Africa and back in safety, as he (Captain O'Connor) had resolved not to carry out the nefarious instructions of the prisonef. In this case Mr. Raffles declined to interfere, partly because he was not satisfied with the evi dence, and partly because he doubted whether he had any jurisdiction in the case. VICTIMISING AN EMIGRANT John Marshall, alias Davies, was charged at the Liverpool Police-court on Saturday with having de frativied Richard James, an intending emigrant, of £lBO i n h ;overeigns, by the old dodge of " ringing the change The prosecutor (who in app earance ,'" is a much sharper fellow than this affair has p rove d him to be) intended go : - Jig to New Zeala n d, an d purpose at the beginning came to Liverpool for that of August. On the 7th of that month he was on board the ship Champion of the Seas, then lying in the Coburg Dock, when he met the prisoner, who managed to engage him in conversation, and they then left the vessel and started off for a walk through the town. In the course of their perambulations they called at several public-houses, and at one of them a second man made his appearance, introduced him self, and the three had some drink together. This " gentleman," pretending to be a perfect stranger to Marshall, commenced talking about money matters, and informed his newly-found friends that he had recently come into possession of a large property — several thousands a-year —and was consequently very free with his money. Having invited his com panions into another public house, he produce n d t o w!? d rom a ld womanp urs es, s i any the h n e g s h t e r e h e a t s d , p a u n rdc has he:o d n t s h id e e m re t them o f an Marshall, and placed a sovereign in excellent descriptio n . He presented . " for luck,"one to the man an d at prisoner's request gave one also, containing a sovereign, to Mr. James, advising them both to keep their money in these purses, and then said he, "it would be safe." Th e p rosecutor , at t hi s stage of the proceedings, proved himself to be remark ably verdant. He produced his money (XlBO in gold, and no troublesome notes with the numbers known, perhaps), and the prisoner kindly under took to place it in the purse for him. This was done very nicely, and a purse filled with " Cali fornia sovereigns," or " jacks," was handed to James in the place of his hard-earned gold. Easy, unsuspecting, confiding fellow, he put the purse and the contents into his pocket with- / out examination, and theithree worthies resumed their peregrinations. Soon after they had .lone so, however, the inheritor of the immense estate pro posed that as they had had so much drink they should now " have something to eat," suggesting beefsteaks as something they would relish_ He generously offered to " stand " the steaks, gave Mr. James a half-crown, and despatched him to purchase them, it being arranged that Marshall and his wealthy friend should await his return in the street. The prosecutor willingly un ' dertook the commission, but, on returning with the steaks to the spot where he expected to find his late companions, he discovered they had vanished. He very soon made a still more important discovery —that instead of a pocketful of gold he had nothing but worthless brass. information of the swindle was given to the police, and the prisoner was ap prehended in Manchester by Detecti ve S m i th. When the latter first seized Marshall he struck the officer on the side of the head, tripped up his heels, threw him down, and attempted to make his escape, but knocked him down an d secure d h i m. As the detective mtbi was bringing him to Liverpool, Mar shall apologised for assaulting him, saying, " You know, Smith, when a man's right for 15 years, you can't expect but what he'll do the best he can for himself." He subsequently remarked, "I hope I shan't be tried before the recorder, for he's such a hot 'un." Marshall had been remanded in the hope that the police would get hold of his accom plice, but they have not yet been able to do so, and the prisoner was committed for trial.— Liverpoo Mercury. The National Zeitung prints an interesting letter recounting the exploits of the London Alpine Club during the last two weeks of July. The club hr.s so far been very successful this year. Its operations have been mostly con fined to the mountains about Grindelwald. Three peaks, that had never before been tredden by human foot, have just beep ascended by different parties of Englishmen, viz., Jungraujoch, on July 20, by five Englishmen ; Viescher horn, on the 23d, by two Englishmen; and Viescherjoch, on the 30th, by four Englishmen. In addition to these ascents, a great many mountains which have only been ascended two or three times were also visited by the same gentlemen during the same period. Among these were the Jungtrau, Eicher, thoWetterhorn, Schreckhorn, and se v e ra l other equally formidable. ALLEGED WILFUL DESTRUCTION OF SHIPS. At the Liverpool Police-court yesterday morning, Geo. Ruxton, described as a shipowner, was brought up charged with having, along with others, been an accessory before the fact f rau d u l ently to cause the destruction of the ship Roscoe, by burning her. Mr. Lushington, instructed by Messrs. Lowndes, Bates, Lowndes, and Robinson, conducted the pro secution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. H. Forshaw. The prisoner was owner of the ship Roscoe, and had been previously in the corn and ship-bread trade. Thos. Jamieson was part owner of the ship, and also had the command of the vessel. The Roscoe was loaded with coals at Cardiff; for Smyrna, and the prisoner told Jamieson that, as the ship was well insured he was either to knock the ship's Ibrains out, or if that could not be accomplished he was to set fire to her. For the purpose of more effectually carrying out this object, three barrels of rum and two barrels of brandy were put on board at the instance of Ruxton. When the vessel was within 18 miles of Smyrna and about four miles from land, she was set on fire at the instigation of the prisoner: Thos. Jamieson was the first witness. He had been in the habit of getting ship bread from the prisoner for ships under his command for several years prior to 1856. In that year he, at the sugges tion of the prisoner, became part owner of the Roscoe along with him, and witness was appointed captain of her. When he went the first voyage in her the prisoner told him if she became leaky he was not to take her into port, but to let her go down, as otherwise they would all be ruined. On a second voyage, which was to Miramichi, he was not to let her go wrong, as she could not be in sured unless at a high premium. On the third voy age she was laden with coals from Cardiff for Smyrna; but prior to that she wa s t a k en i n t o th e graving dock and caulked and sheathed with zinc, as the prisoner said to the witness, that she might present a good face to the underwriters. This being done, the prisoner said to witness, as he was about to start on the voyage, "Now we have a good thing on be sure you knock her brains out ; and if you cannot do that set her on fire ; there is plenty of rum and brandy on board to burn her." About midnight on the 3d March of that year (1857) the witness took several bottles of turpentine out of about two gallons which had been put on board by the prisoner to aid the brandy and rum in burning. Having taken the turpentine he smeared some of the spare sails in the fore hold with it, and set it on fire. The fire spread rapidly and the crew and the captain took to the boats, and the ship was burned. On witness's arrival in England Ruxton congratu lated him on the success with which he had man aged the matter. Llewellyn James was second mate of the Roscoe in the voyage in which she was lost. Just as they were leaving Liverpool the prisoner and the captain were in the cabin, and witness overheard the pri soner say to the captain, " Now, be sure you put the fire well into the brandy, that it may burn well, and that will be all right, and you will be all right." As the prisoner was leaving the ship, at the Bell Buoy, he said to the captain, "Now, Jamieson, everything is all right, and I hope you will be soon back." On the night in question the captain took the witness and the first mate into his cabin and gave them some grog, and from some circumstances which then took place witness suspected that the ship was to be set on fire that night, and he soon after packed up his clothes. Soon after twelve o'clock he saw the captain come up from the fore hold, and in a short time after the fire broke out. The crew and captain took to the boats, and the ship was destroyed. Samuel Wallace Bickley, a corn dealer, who had had frequent dealings with the prisoner, who was in his debt, said that on pressing him for money the prisoner told him that the Roscoe had gone to sea, and that he had given instructions to Jamieson to knock her brains out, and as she was insured he would get money from the insurance company, and Ihe did not care what became of the crew. Conver sations of this kind occurred at different times, and when he received intimation that the Roscoe was burned he (Ruxton) was quite delighted, and said so ; saying that now he (prisoner) should get money, and be able to square off. The prisoner on several occasions told witness that he hoped the ship would go to the bottom, as he should then get plenty of money. The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes on this charge. A second charge was for having incited a Captain John O'Connor to cause the destruction of the ship Montrose, of which the prisoner was owner. While the ship was lying in the outer roads of Cardiff the prisoner said to O'Connor he was not to bring back the ship on any account, adding that if he (O'Connor) would scuttle her he would give him £lOO and the command of another ship. This took place in May, 1861, in the Mount Stuart Hotel, at Cardiff, an EMPTY LONDON It is our lot to labour in a quarter of the great wen call( 3 f / London which is never empty; where the traffic of t. be streets is never lightened, and the crowd is never dimi a ished. Oddly enough, this very quarter is the 'heart of • London—the ancient metropolis—and it is only the 8 üburba —the districts that were once regarded as the corn atry— which are ever empty, the town is always full. By some law of attraction, dependent in some measures upon the harvest, country visitors flock up to London at the same moment that fashionable Londoners take flight for the country; and our closely-packed population is seldom allowed an extension of breathing space. This year the International Exhibition has ?fad its expected effect upon our visitors; and the floating population of a hundred, thousand foreigners and countryml'n t multiplied at least o are always elbow ing us in our s t reets an d s h ow -pl aces ,- three old. The places of entertainment Ire crowded night after night with unmistakable provineit, , l visitors in white hats and shooting -coats. In the early days of." the week all the omnibuses are full, or seem to be flowing in ove direction; an the cabs are engaged, and half the cabmen .tot? independent • to take " single fares ;" the eating-housee are• always filled with hungry parties, whose demands render the steadiest waiters uncivil to old and tried customers. The , beat seats are always taken on board the river steamboats;; the best beds are always engaged at the best and worst ho,tel s. Old Londoners who have lived to d es pi se h a lf the ma teke r i es which are put forward es amusements, fi n d th en fselv, es sud denly treated as " young men from the co un t r y"- -bee koned into mock auction-rooms, and pestered with hand-Dills. about stuffed monsters, that are only fit to amuse the gaping rus tics at a fair. This is empty London in August, 18 62; this is that town which a few fashionable loungers regard ..as a. desert when the conventional hour arrives for them to , be take themselves to the country. Ludgate-hill is still blocked —London-bridge is still the most sorely-tried thoroughfar .e in the world; it is still a feat requiring a combination o f nerve, agility, and quick eyesight to get safely fro m the Bank across to the Mansion-house, or to pass from t he end of Cannon-street to the beginning of Tower-st,eet. How clumsily this feat may be performed may be tfeen when little family groups of visitors from the Eat tern Counties are hopelessly scattered in the road or ruthlea'slY divided—father from child, husband froo wife—by hur'r'y ing cabs and waggons.—City Press. COUNTRY MARK.L.i COLCHESTER—Aua. 30. Ihe supply of wheat to-day at market was pt 'etty liberal, mostly new, and prices were about 2s per qr lo* Ter. Barley, beans, and peas as of late. Wheat, white 56s 66s Beans, Mazagan..3Bs 4'Os red 50s 60s middle & small.3Bs 44-s Barley Oats GLOUCESTER-AUG, 30, To-day there was a good supply of wheat as . , market, most of which was of the new crop, and brought .52s to 1,14 s for red and 56s per 396 lbs, for white, being a decline of .is to 2s from last week. Foreign wheat was extremqy dull, ,and prices nominal. Barley and beans firm. Oats dull. CHELMSFORD—Aim. 29. The supply of wheat was pretty fair, and the trade flat, at a decline of 2s to 3s upon last week's prices. Spring cm .11 was at about former prices, but a dull trade. Wheat, old white 44s 60s new —3 old red 49g Ns new —s Barley 30s 390 Chevalier 3os 42s Grinding ..24s 32s Malt.... Chevalier . 64s 69s Oats 22s 298 Yeas, Partridge.... 37s 41s White 34s 42s Boiling Dun ..36s 403 Ditto new .. —s —8 Beans, Tick, old ..35s 398 new..-8 --s :Harrow Ticks ..35s 40s new..-8 —s Mazagan .......34s 33s KIRKCALDY FRAIN-AD G. 30. A moderate show of wheat and oats to , day, and two parcels of barley. A slow trade, at a decline of is to 2s pot qr on wheat and 6d to is on oats. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....sos Od 32s Od 28s Od Second ..54s 6d 348 6d I 26s Od Third ....605.0d --8 Od 30s 6d COAL MARKET. irrioes of Coal per Ton at the close of the mar kt 'l. a. d. Wylam ..16 0 , Walls End. West Wylam 14 9 South Kelloe.. 1.5 9 Byass's Bebside West 1K elloe 1 5 9 Hartley ..1 5. 3 1 Cassop .. lb 9 Carway and Duff:7nFramwellgate l5 3 I Malting 23 0 Tunstall Do. Anthracite.. 21 01 Trimdon Hartlepool ..16 .0 Carr's Hartley l5 3' Hartlepool.. l6 0 Lambert's West Hart- , Caradoc l5 9 ley 15 0 Heugh Ha 11.... ...... 15 3' Cowpen Hartley 15 3 South Hartlepool...." 15 3 Eden Main 15 3 Trimdon Thornley.... 14 9 ti, alker Primrose .....12 3 Hatton. .. ....... 16 9 Craighead Steam 13 6, Braddyll's Hett0n.....16 0 Walls End. Keiper Grange.... ..15 3 Wharncliffe 15 0 , South Hetton ..16 9 Ships at market, 102; sold, 72. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. E. d. Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Sept. 18. via Marseilles ...Sept. 12. Falkland Islands.. Gibraltar, via Southampton ....... India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 3. via Marseilles Sept. 18. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Sept. 14. via Marseilles Sept. 8. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 14. Newfoundland via Marseilles Sept. 8. ... 3. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 11. by U.S. packet.... b CanaS,. 5. W.C. of Africa, M a d e i ra , and Te y neriffedian packet. Sco ept t. 10. Bahamas, via New York s a p, t. 23. Mexico.. All California, and British of West Indies, Colluu incmbia ding . Chili, Peru, Se - " nt' 13. ...... The city of Quebec has a population of 60,000,, Montreal 85,000, and Toronto 52,000. These places are; situated on the British side of the American lakes. On the younger United cities Sta t e States h s a i n d e theofabove, the ove, lakesviz., there Chicagoa r e with th 150,000 i n h a bit an t s , inh a bit an t s , Detroit with 70,000, and Buff a l o - w ith 8 0,000. MEXICAN BRIGANDS.—Recen t l e t ters from Mexico , have mentioned the case of a M. Destagne, a French mer chant. The facts, as disclosed by his deposition and the evidence taken before the legation, are as follows :•—" On the 19th June he started for the Venta de Cordova, a short distance from the city of Mexico, when of a sudden he was surrounded by armed men belonging to the corps of Cue. liar, a government general. They seized him, bandaged his ey and carried him off to the mountains, where he remained a prisoner, without shelter, exposed to the rain and cold.. They then, with a pistol at his breast, compelled him to write to his wife, requiring her to pay to his order the sum of 2,000 dols. His wife, suspecting some deceit, refused to pay the order. From that moment he was submitted to the most frightful treatment. On the 24th of June, with his eyes still bandaged, he was lodged in a wretched hover,. exposed to all the inclemencies of the weather, kept almost without food, and threatened constantly with death. They declared they would shoot him unless he laid down 5,000 dollars. On the 25th he was taken to another part of the mountain, where he was kept without shelter, half starved, and nearly naked. Several times did they take him out to be shot, making him kneel down and firing at him with blank cartridges. These barbarities were continued for 22 days ; his sufferings were so intense that he felt he could not survive them much longer ; he again wrote to his wife, informing her of the awful position in which he stood." The Prussian Minister, with his usual energy, at once took up the case, and his release was at last obtained upon payment of 500 dollars. When he returned home his family scarcely recognised him ; his limbs were swollen, his sight nearly gone, and his nervous system so shattered that for some time it became a question whether he would ever recover. BIRTHS. BARTTELOT.—On the 30th ult., at Hilliers, Petworth, the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Barttelot, M.P., of a daugh ter. EVANS.—On the Ist inst., at Wimbledon, the wife of W. David Evans, Esq., of Lincoln's -inn, barrister-at-law, of a son. TURNER.—On the 30th ult., at Streatham-hill, Mrs. H. Turner, of a son. MARRIAGES. PINDER—HOPRINS.—On the 30th ult,, at Nuffield, th e Rev. North Pinder, M.A., rect or o f G reys, to Prances Jane, eldest daughter of th e R ev . T. W . Hopkins, rector of Nuffield, Oxfordshire. WAKEFORD—WICKS.—On the 30th ult., at St. Michael's, William Wakeford, Esq., of Brixtoa, to Lucy, youngest daughter of the late S amue l Wicks, Esq., o f St o well. DEATHS. BECKINGHAM.—On the 31st ult., at 13, Stamford-street, suddenly, James Beekingham, Esq. BIGLAND.—On the 30th ult., (lark s R a lph, only su legrviv inge, son o f e 53, the late Si r R alph Bigland, of Het aid's Col a BOYD.—On the 28th Ult., at 17, Abingdon-street, West muster, Mr. EWA. Boyd, aged 57- ELLWOOD.---OU the 31st ult., at Norwood, Mr. H. Elwood, Andrew Grehan, Esq., aged 58. Esq., for 50 years senior proprie • GREHAN.—On the 27th ult., at 7, Arundel-street, Strand, tor of the York Mary's' Bootham, HARGROVE. On the 29 8 th ge ul d t 7 ., 7. at St. M York, Wm. Hargrove, SHAW.—On the 29th ult., at Pownall Hall, Cheshire, H. Herald newspaper, aged 74. Shaw, Esq.) ag ed 71' I:orrooN: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlese&—Tuesday, September 2, 1862., TI And Wel A rote lifts 1 3'd 1 7. P Wit Dec( Seen To Gun: