The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-07 00:00:00

CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Great Eastern, which left New York on the afternoon of the 26th, has arrived. An official bulletin was issued by the President on the 11th, assigning Major-General H. W. Hal leck to the command of the whole of the land force, as General-in-Chief, and ordering him to Washing ton. On the 23d the General had a conference with the President, Generals Pope and Burnside being present. Great repugnance to dranghting for soldiers was expressed in official circles. On the 25th General Halleck left Washington for General M'Clellan's head-quarters. Ex-President Martin Van Buren died on the 24th ult. at his residence at Lindenwold, in the 79th year of his age. The following official document respecting the new tax law had been issued : " By authority of a joint resolution of the Congress of the United States, approved on the 17th day of July inst., notice is hereby given that the let day of September next is fixed and determined upon as the day on which the ' Act to provide internal revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the p u bli c debt ' shall be put into prac tical operation; and any act or thing which in said Act is required to be don e on or before the Ist day of July or August, in the year 1862, shall be done on or before the Ist day of September, 1862, and all parts of said Act having reference to said dates of the Ist days of July and August, 1862, shall be taken and construed as having reference to the Ist day o f September, 1862. Collectors and assessors will be appointed, and whatever other things may be neces sary to put the Act into practical operation will be done before the date fixed by this notice." Orders had been transmitted to the Charlestown, Massachusetts, Navy-yard, for the construction of an iron-clad battery, which, from its peculiar model, is unquestionably designed for harbour defence. It will be 240 ft, long, 53ft. beam over all, and 11ft. deep. It is required to draw 12ft., and to register 1,300 tons. Her upper deck will be flush like that of the Monitor, neither bulwarks nor rail rising above it. This deck will consist of 6in. oak planks, with lain. of iron plating outside of that. Her iron mail on the outside of the hall will be Sin. thick. The following arrangements had been made re specting the carrying out of the new Tax Bill :- 17- Governor Ramsey, of Minnesota, and others, had an interview with Secretary Chase this morning (the 25th) on the subject of the Tax Bill. It was decided that for Min nesota and other small States there shall be but one asses sor for the State, and a collector for each district. In the larger States, excepting probably in cities, each district will have an assessor and collector. All the applications are now being considered, and the appointments will be wmouneed before the dose of next month. The Commis sioner of Internal Revenue, Mr. Boutwell, with the ap proval of the Secretary of the Treasury, in order that the Act of Congress of the 17th of July inst. may be carried into effect more speedily, to-day submitted the following propositions for the consideration of the Postmaster-Gene ral, who has considered and adopted them, namely— " 1. That the Post-office Department furnish the Trea sury Department with such p os tage stamps as may be necessary for currency ; that Department paying to the Pont-office Department the net costs thereof. " 2. That the arrangement shall cease at the option of either party, or when the Treasury Department is prepared to issue its own stamps as currency. "3. The stamps to be so prepared that they can be dis tinguished easily from the ordinary postage-stamps. "4. The stamps to be redeemed by the Treasury Depart ment, as contemplated by the Act of July 17, 1862. "5. Such stamps to be received by the Post -office De partment for postage, and to be at all times exchangeable for ordinary postage-stamps. " Arrangements will be immediately made to carry the above propositions into effect." On the 25th a meeting of citizens took place at Philadelphia, at which 45,000 dole. were subscribed towards raising ten regiments. No person sub scribed less than 1,000 dols., and some subscribed as high as 3,900 dols. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company had offered to contribute 50,000 dole. to provide for bounties to volunteers. Numerous meetings had taken place in the different States, at which subscriptions were made in aid of enlistments. General Pope had promulgated the following order respecting disloyal persons in Virginia " GENERAL ORDER No. 11. " Headquarters of the Army of Virginia, July 23. " Commanders of army corps, divisions, brigades, and detached commands will proceed immediately to arrest all disloyal male citizens within their lines or within their reach in their respective stations. Such as are willing to take the oath of allegiance to the United States, and will furnish sufficient security for its observance, shall be per mitted to remain at their homes, and pursue in good faith their accustomed avocations. Those who refuse shall be conducted to the South, beyond the extrema pickets of this army, and be notified that if found again anywhere within our lines, or at any point in the rear, they will be consi dered spies, and subjected to the extreme rigour of military law, If any person, having taken the oath of allegiance as above specified, shall be found to have violated it, he shall be shot, and his property seized and applied to the public use. All communication with any person whatever living within the lines of the enemy is positively prohibited, ex cept through the military authorities, and in the manner specified by military law, and any person concerned in writing, or in carrying letters or messages in any other way, will be considered and treated as a spy within the lines of the United States' army. "By command of Major-General Pope, "GEORG RUGGLES, Colonel, Assistant-Adjutant General, and Chief of the Staff." The General had also ordered the seizure of all horses and mules not absolutely needed by the in habitants of the surrounding country. Stores also were to be seized. In a despatch dated the 24th General Pope announces that General King with a body of Federal cavalry defeated the Confederate cavalry on the 23d, near Carmel Church, on the telegraph road from Fredericksburg to Richmond. He subsequently defeated another body of cavalry. General Pope had prohibited the placing of guard over private houses or private property. Advices of the 20th from Vicksburg report that the bombardment was still proceeding without much effect. The canal was completed, but the water would not be let in until the river rose. Advices from Key West of the 18th ult. state that her Majesty's ships Landrail and Rinaldo had arrived, and were taking in coal from the British bark Adventurer. The prize schooner Julia, Miele Mcse, and the William had been brought into port. The schooner Will o' the Wisp had been released. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The /Vet o York Slapping and Commercial List of the 26th reTiewe the position of financial affairs as follows : "Afar better feeli ng i and the recent Prevalent in financial and com mercial circles, ins ert deep despondency under w hich the nation rested rsed d cgs gra duall y supee by b uoyanc y and confidence. The that the urgen t necessity of a, m ore B apparent. The fact gorous prosecution of the war for the Union has at length: l at the National Capitol, and has me e fully appreciated energy into the War Department, i g , f ',e a wed vigour and tt ante, and that it is so regarded by cei rLmount import and business men of every calling, isab tu r d Z l .l , _ m a erchants, the history of the past few days. The ann o y la n Major-General Halleck has been appointe Chief of the entire land forces of the United StateurZa-M -very general satisfaction, and it is believed that he nee t t la the war will be pr osecu t e d with a view only of sp ee 4 overthrowing the rebellion. The great apparent want of unity and energy in the War Department, which has been so painfully manifest in the past several months, it ishoped and believed, has finally been brought to a termination by the timely and judicious appointment of GeneralHalleck to the supreme command, the announcement of which has re sulted in a healthy reaction in the public mind, and a con sequent equally manifest improvement in the financial affairs here and elsewhere. The situation of affairs iu Eastern Virginia is regarded as decidedly more hopeful than at any time for many months, and now, more than ever, it is be lieved that the fate of the rebellion will be speedily sealed by the defeat of the Confederate army on the Peninsula and the fall of Richmond. It is becoming more and more evi dent that in order to effectually prevent the much-dreaded foreign interference in American affairs the Government must make it manifest that it is determined that the war shall soon be ended, and that the interest of other countries shall not be made to much finger suffer to the disastrous extent that they now suffer by any dilatoriness of th e United States' Government ; and the events of the past few days afford evidence that the authorities at Washington are acting on this assumption. Therefore, ,notwithstanding the continued clamour the British f capitalists are becomi ng more confident that there will be no intervention, unless it shall be demonstrated, that the 0 Wil ex istenc e , that thte u isnot capable of ma i n t a i n ing its nitecl States must inevitably be divided, and the North an d as a permanent alyia So lo uth for ever separated. In asmuchrekon as among things oam n bi of the country is hardly that the war is to be presecuud e; i and as the promises are vigour and determination to satisfy t tuture with sufficient ad vocates of that policy, fears of foreign i3l m . most' strenuous b dissipated, and th e t i asi rvent_on are gra- Wall-street and other money marts is be„,,,_ t of things in • —..g correspond ingly brighter, "The improvement 111 everything Pertaini Ng to mous., tart' and Government affairs has had a most depressing effect on the market for gold, and the speculators are just b eg inning to experience the effect of the adverse current, w hi c h has set in so strong since our las , and which bids fair to work ruin among some of them who have been buying up everything in the shape of specie, with a view of so controlling the market as to f ~c e its fictitious valuation to a much higher point than it I as yet attained. The premiums on gold and silver have declined from 4 to 6 per cent. since our last, though quotation at the close were little better than nominal. Large amounts of gold have changed hands, and large sales were effected yester day as low as llf per cent. prem. against 20 to 201 per cent. prem. on Tuesday last. The high prices paid for gold have drawn immense amounts hero ft om all directions, and to this fact, probably, the reaction is attributable. The amount in the banks is fast increasing. " Foreign exchange was completely unsettled by the great decline in gold, and drawers of sterling would scarcely name a price at which they would sell, Sterling, 126 to 129. Business has been light. " In trade circles there has been less general activity, the disturbance in specie and exchange having restricted busi ness considerably. In view of the large decline in those commodities, most articles of merchandise are held with less firmness—and some articles which were previously very firm, with an upward tendency, are a shade easier. Bread stuffs have, for the mast part, been active for export, and advancing, but the decline in gold and sterling exchange occasitned a considerable reduction in prices yesterday, when there was legal eagerness to buy, and a more general desire to realise. The public have been notified by District Attorney Hall, that on and after Aug. 1, on which day the Anti-Shinplaster Law of the United States goes into effect, they will prosecute every person who may issue shinplasters or other promises to pay. A telegram received last evening from Washington states that an arrangement has been made by which the Post-office Department will furnish stamps for currency, redeemable by the Treasury Depart ment. " Trade in domestic dry goods is less active, owing to the extreme rates which are demanded, and the downward tendency in raw cotton. Nearly all descriptions are held firmly, however, and high prices and enormous profits are still the order of the day. 211 E NAVE The Duke of Somerset and the other members of the Board of Admiralty who arrived at Portsmouth from London on Tuesday landed from the Royal yacht Osborne, lying in the harbour, at 10 a.m. yesterday. Their Lordships first proceeded to the office of the Hon. Geo. Grey, Admiral Superinten dent, where they were met by Rear-Admiral Robin son, Controller of the Navy, and Rear-Admiral Lord C.Paget,Secretary to the Board, who had arrived from London to join their colleagues. After transacting the ordinary routine business at the Admiral Super intendent's office, their lordships proceeded, at 11.30 a.m., to make their annual perambulation and inspection of the dockyard. They first visited the ropery and new boathouse; thence they proceeded to the watering island, where a cursory inspection was made of the new dining-rooms, erected for the accommodation of the workmen of the yard. The new jetty here, with its 600 ft. length, fitted with powerful hydraulic machinery, but minus depth of water for ships to lie alongside, did not, however, attract much of their lordships' attention. From the watering island the Board next paid a hurried visit to the Sultan target ship, lying alongside the south jetty of the yard, and receiving 4k-inch plates from three of the most famous manufacturers of armour-plates in England—the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company, Messrs. Brown, of Sheffield, and Messrs. Beale, of Parkgate Works—for future experimental firing under Capt. Hewlett's direc tion. The Royal Sovereign shield ship was next visited, but their stay here, which was expected to have been of some duration, from the magnitude of the interests at stake, scarcely lasted 10 minutes. From what passed, however, it was understood that their lordships had determined to adopt the greater part of the suggestions made by Capt Coles for rendering the Royal Sovereign an efficient ship, and that they had also determined to give her towers and shields capable of mounting the largest descrip tion of gun which may be forged for her use. The smithery was next visited, where some excellent samples of iron forged in the dockyard were in spected by their lordships. The objects of the forgings inspected by their lordships yesterd&y ap pears to have been to show that a better quality of iron for armour-plate manufacture could be pro duced in the dockyards than could possibly be pro duced by private manufacturers. This, however, is a question between the Admiralty and private firms, and will be sure to find its proper level. The iron exhibited yesterday was tested against Shropshire cold-blast pigs, and proved to be of a very satis factory nature, exhibiting great strength and tough ness, From the smithery their lordships next pro ceeding along the line of building slips, giving a hurried look at the Royal Alfred, now ready for being set up on her blocks to receive her false keel, and also ready to receive her lower tires of armour plates, as a plated 34-gun frigate. Passing along the north end of the yard, the Psyche, paddle yacht, said to be fitted for their Lordships' use, with engines of 250-horse power, by Messrs. John Penn and Son, and reported ready for her trial trip to-morrow, was next visited, and here their Lordships made the longest stay of any point in the yard. No. 11 dock, the new dock now in course of construction by Messrs. Smith, of Pimlico, was next visited. There Mr. G. Smith, in answer to an inquiry put to him by one of the members, stated that the entire work would be accomplished in 20 months if the entire sum of money required for the purpose of completing it was available. Suppos ing, however, the dock to be completed in the 20 months, and the bill of costs paid, an entrance to the dock would then be required to be created, for at present there is none. Leaving the dock, and passing by the huge piles of timber at the north east part of the yard, their Lordships next ascended the round tower of the Frederick Battery, whence an extensive view was obtained of the mud lands in the direction in which it is proposed to extend the steam-basin, jetty, and dock accommodation of the dockyard. The plans now before the Admiralty for this purpose, by a gentleman connected with the Board, we know to be comprehensive, and of an economical character also, considering the amount they will afford to our iron fleet. Return ing to the southern portion of the yard, their Lordships next called on board the Himalaya lying in No. 10 (the new double) dock, and on board the Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., dismantling alongside the sheer jetty and expected to pay out of commission on Tuesday next. On leaving the Mersey their Lordships proceeded on board the Osborne to luncheon, at the conclusion of which they again landed at the dockyard, visited the Black Prince, and afterwards inspected, at the Admiral Super intendent's office, the plan proposed by Com mander Noddall, R.N., of the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard, for economising the water space of the harbour for the purpose of affording addi tional jetty room for berthing of ships in connection with the dockyard. The matter was argued pro and Cousages in presence of th e B oar d, an d o ld cus t oms an d were urged by many of the dockyard offi mendafioo ca r iousZ and us ei ga bast th e a d op ti on o f t hi s very econom i ca l plan, which has also for its recom meet the vanat it can be at once mad e ava il a bl e t o ralty will be o . f the service. We trust the Admi uided by their own unbiassed judg ment in the matfett% yeahchant,no, t After inspecting Commaner tVhievi/dlrpefastdthedrellleAreona, Prußsia:l4 Noddall's plans atid a il l oc et e n ed b e a d rk o e n d a o n board c ruised thewn a salute from the teoei guns 0 t: r e d w frigate, in pass ships returned to Portsmouth in the evening, and vet ing through Spithead. The; e entertained • Bruce, th e Naval Commander in-Chief at the p ort at dinner by featsrVice -Admiral Sir of the Seamen and Marine Orphan Schools and wards attended the ba ll g iven in aid of th e F emale Home. To-day their Lordshi ps will inspect the tines, th e new M ar ine Artillery Barr acks at E ast _ ney, &C., and in the evening ente rtain the head s of departments to dinner. During the visit of their Lordships to th e i ron f r i ga t e Black Prince, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, accompa nied by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., Governor of Portsm outh, also pa id a v i s it on board, and afterwards visited the Itoyal Sovereign, shield ship, and other objects of interest in the dockyard. The screw steam gunvesael Racehorse, 4, from Sheerness for the East Indie s , arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, and proceeded int o H amoaze to h a ve defects made good. The following appointments Were made yesterday THE SUN, LONDON, THU'RSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1862.' at the Admiralty :—Robert J. C. Grant, master, to the Argus ; T. B. Purchas, surgeon, to the Argus ; J. Brown, chief engineer to the Asia, for the Prince of Wales; J. Barnett, supernumerary in the Fisgard, promoted to acting first-class assist. -engineer ; S. M'Bean, acting assist.•surg. to the Argus ; T. H. Flood, master's assistant, to the Himalaya; and R. Harboard, assistant-clerk, to the Meander. The force of Royal Artillery at Warley barracks near Brentwood, continues to be gradually reduced. During the past week two draughts—one consisting of 105 gunners, under the command of Capt Bayley, and the other of 10 non-commissioned officers and 135 gunners—have left en route for India. THE GREAT UMBRELLA QUESTION. The dispute in reference to the fee on deposit of umbrellas and walking-sticks was settled yesterday by a decision in the Brompton County Court. Capt. Garnham, a season ticket holder, after a controversy with the Commissioners on the subject, gave them notice of his intention to refuse payment of the penny, and accordingly he did so on the 14th ult. His umbrella was, therefore, detained, and Captain Garnham thereupon entered a plaint to recover the sum namely, 10s. th e va l ue o f th e um brella, of 315 lla, with £2 2s. damages, and 3s. costs. Mr. Roberts appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine for the commissioners. Evidence having been given of the facts, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine contended that the com missioners had a right to make regulations exclud ing walking-sticks and umbrellas from the picture gallery ; and if, for the convenience of the public, they appointed persons to receive those articles from visitors, they had a right to charge for their ser vices, notice having been given by them that such charge would be made. Mr. Adolphus, the judge, wished to know whether the learned gentleman contended that in this case the commissioners had merely a lien on the umbrella, or whether they said they had a right of forfeiture? Mr. Sergeant Ballantine only maintained that there was a lien. His Honour—ln that case where was the evi dence of the contract out of which this lien arose ? Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said that as the gallant captain had elected this mode of trying his right, he had in fact entered into a contract to pay the money. He might, for instance, have attempted to enter with his umbrella, and on being prevented he might have brought an action for a nominal assault. Mr. Roberts, on the other hand, contended that as his client had given the commissioners formal notice that he would not pay the penny, he had clearly not entered into any contract to do so. Mr. Adolphus said there could be no question that the commissioners had a right to make regula tions for the admission of the public into the pic ture gallery; and if they had not excluded sticks and umbrellas, they would be inexcusable in omit ting an obvious precaution for the protection from possible injury of property which had been placed at their disposal by the kindness of its owners, and which no money could restore. That being so, it was clearly a great accommodation to the public to provide for the safe custody of sticks and umbrellas ; and it was a service which the commissioners could not, and which he should say the public did not as a body expect them to perform' gratis. It did not appear to him that there was any compulsion on the visitors ; for it was perfectly optional to them whether they availed themselves of the arrangement or not. It might be perfectly true that other accommodation might not be easy to find; but still he should say that a gentleman who went about bristling with the ideas he entertained of his rights and privileges, might be able to dispense with the commissioners' servant if he chose. When it was the custom to give the box-keepers at Covent-garden or Drury-lane theatre sixpence for taking charge of a stick or umbrella, there was once a penurious or eccentric old gentleman who used to take his umbrella to the nearest pawnbroker's. He used to pawn it for 55., and he then managed to have it kept for him five hours at a very much less rate than 6d. He (the learned judge) was of opinion that when a person left his umbrella with the com missioners' servant, he entered into an implied con tract to pay the penny ; but in the present case where the plaintiff had expressly given notice that he would not pay, it could not be held that he made such a contract as could give the commissioners a lien on the umbrella. He must therefore order them either to return it, or to pay the plaintiff 10s. As to the damages, he supposed it would not be respect ful to give them at a farthing, and so he would say a shilling. Captain Garnham observed that his object had been to obtain a decision on the point. The effect of this judgment is substantially in favour of the commissioners. If a person does not give notice that he will not pay, he is liable to have his stick or umbrella detained till the penny is forthcoming. If he does, the commissioners are entitled to refuse to receive the stick or umbrella, and to exclude the bearer of it from the picture gallery while it retains in his possession. Western Railway Company's police, said that the prisoner was on duty at the station on the evening in question, and he ought not to have left without the permission of witness until 12 o'clock. When witness saw him in custody on the present charge, ho told him of the disgrace he had brought on them, when he declared that he never had a ring. Charles White, a porter at the Waterloo station, said that on the evening of the 18th of June he saw Rfchards with a diamond ring on his finger, set with two cameos. He showed it to witness, and said it was worth £3O. Witness saw Richards take a bag to the cloak-room. - Elizabeth Sarah Bird, attendant at the waiting room of the Waterloo Station, said that on the same evening Richards showed her a ring. It was a gold ring, set with two cameos and diamonds. He told her it was worth £3O, that aman had given it to him, and if he did not come for it he should stick to it. He then left the station, saying that he had paid another man is. 6d. for doing his duty. The jury then found. them guilty. The court sentenced each to 12 months' hard labour. _ M r. Best, specially retained, with Mr, Eyre Lloyd, prosecuted ; Mr. Lilley defended Richards, and M r . Thomson lir hicher. (Before Thomas Tilson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.) Joseph Gondono, 13, whose connexions are highly respectable, surrendered to take his trial for unlaw fully causing to be administered to Ruth Glynn a certain drug called cantharides, so as thereby to cause her grievous bodily harm. Mr. Robinson prosecuted; and Mr. Thomson, in structed by Mr. Herring, defended the accused youth. The prosecutrix, who appeared to be very un well, said she was thirteen years of age. On the 10th ultimo she went to Richmond with a school to have a feast. The defendant was there with other boys, and they mixed together in the course of the day. A lad named Chapman came up to her and gave her a tart, saying that it was sent by Gondono. She ate it, and a little while afterm ards defendant came up to her and asked her how she felt. She told him that she was not well, when he made use of improper conversation towards her, threw her on the ground and took liberties with her. Afterwards, in the presence of her sister, he said he knew what was the matter with her ; and on her sister asking him, he pulled out a paper, and showed ner some flies which he said he had put in the tart while they were at tea. Edward Chapman, 16, said that he was with Gondono on the day in question, and he gave him two tarts to give to the prosecutrix and her sister. He did not know that there was anything of a hurtful nature in them. On the way home in the train Ruth Glynn was so bad that she had to be held down to prevent her jumping out of the win dow. George Russell, 13, said that Gondono gave him 2d. when at Richmond, and told him to go to a chemist's and buy some Spanish flies. Witness did so, and gave them to him. Witness also bought four tarts and gave two to the prisoner. Edward Moore, another lad, said he heard the defendant say on Sunday that he should put Spanish flies in some cakes for the girls. Mr. Morton, chemist, Richmond, said he recol lected selling some Spanish flies to Russell. He only gave him three, and had no idea that he was going to put them in anything. Mr. Thomson made a very powerful appeal to the jury, but they returned a verdict of guilty. The Deputy-Chairman postponed passing sen tence, to ascertain the result of the girl's illness. The prisoner was bailed out by his friends. Jane Mayor, 41, a singular and malicious-looking woman, was indicted for unlawfully and maliciously committing damage to a plate-glass window, worth .£2O, the property of Mr. Tring, hosier, High street, Southwark. It appeared from the evidence of Edward Savage, assistant to the prosecutor, that on Saturday even ing week he was at tending the shop, when he heard a smashing of the plate-glass front. He immediately rushed out and seized hold of the prisoner's hand, just as she was in the act of breaking another large square. She resisted very much, but an officer came up, and took from her a pound weight, which she had fastened in one corner of her shawl, with which she had committed the damage. The prisoner made a most rambling statement, full of falsehoods, and the jury found her guilty. It was then proved that 10 months ago she was tried and sentenced to eight eight months' impri sonment at these sessions for smashing Mr. Tring's plate glass, of the value of £5O. The Deputy-Chairman sentenced her to sixteen months' hard labour. ADMIRALTY WASTE. The following letter has been addressed by Mr. J. Scott Russell to a contemporary : In the recent discussions which have taken place on this subject in both Houses of Parliament and in your own columns, I have been made responsible both for certain statements which I accept and for some which I have not made. As the subject which these statements concern must form the topic of continuous public discussion, and lead to serieus action also, I beg leave to state precisely some of the data for su3h discussion. The statement I make is that since the efficiency of iron armour ships became practically established by experienc , , our Admiralty have expended on the material of the navy in our dockyards 30 millions, and that nearly the whole of this has been expended on combustible wooden ships, known ti be useless as engines of war, and proved to be untenable against horizontal shell fire. The accusation I make against the Duke of Somerset is that, even since the inauguration of an iron armour fleet by his predecessors in office, he has wasted 12 millions, which might have produced us now a fleet of 20 Warriors, without increasing the ordinary expenses of the navy ; and I. assert that we have now only two iron-plated ships possessing the requisites of high speed, capacity for a long voyage, fine seagoing qualities, along with heavy shot-proof armour, and that for the good qualities of these ships none of the merit is due to the Duke of Somerset or his Admiralty. These are the facts. Two replies have been given in Parliament to this accusation. His Grace replies for the Admi ralty, as recorded in the Times of July 26, by recounting the difficulties which attend the build ing of iron ships, his ignorance of what it is best to build, the advice which he receives from and the discord among those he consults, and (appalling fact !) that, instead of applying the money appropriated to building a fleet to that purpose, he is at the present moment building no fleet at all, but " ten or twelve different kinds of iron plated ships,—different sizes, and different forms of vessels "—in short, on mere heterogene ous experiments, made in the hope that some ' thing will turn up which may be of use as an iron-plated vessel. A well-balanced fleet, there fore, of similar and equal vessels capable of co operation is nowhere. The second reply, by Lord Clarence Paget, in the Times *of the 2d of August, is that "We had 19 iron plated ships;" and then he recants his statement of fact by substituting the prophecy "or would have very soon." When he said so he must have known that we had not 19 iron-plated ships ; he must have known we had only two effective and two more ineffective ones, and that when he said " very soon," he meant some time in the year 1864. Such are the only two replies which have been given to my statements, and they leave the matter exactly as I have stated it. To sum up the accusation I make against his Grace and his Admiralty concisely and in the manner best capable of refutation, I beg to put it in the following form : , 1. I accuse his Grace of having expended in three years 12 millions of money on the materiel of the navy without having given us our navy. 2. I assert that, by a wise and timely economy, and following up the initiative which had been taken before he came into office, he could have pro vided by this year, 1862, a fleet of 20 Warriors. 3. I accuse him of gross waste of public money in having spent on timber and timber ships the mil lions which were wanted for iron ships. His only excuse is, that he didn't know what kind of iron ships to build. I answer that he did know what kind of wooden ships not to build ; and I say it is no answer to my accusation of waste of money to say that he was waiting to see what sort of iron ship would turn up. I accuse him, therefore, while waiting for the best, of deliberately expending the money upon the worst. To sum up, I admit that his Grace did not, as he said, know how to spend his 12 millions advan • tageously for the country ; but I assert that it was palpably his duty, and certainly for the benefit of the country, in his state of vacillation and hesita tion, to have saved the 12 millions. Had he saved the money he did not know how to expend, he would have saved the chief of his Administration much of the trouble and danger into which he has brought the Government of Lord Palmerston by a course of official incompetence manifested at a critical moment when the nation was in want of firmness, knowledge, and administrative capacity of a high order, to give direction and force to the revolution in naval construction and naval tactics which the improvements of modern artillery and the inventions of modern science have rendered inevitable. EXTRAORDINARY EXPLOSION OF GUN POWDER AND RIFLE AMMUNITION. HEREFORD, WEDNESDAY. Yesterday morning about 4 o'clock the inhabi- tants of the town of Kington were thrown into a dreadful state of alarm by a loud report and the forcing in of doors and windows. The universal impression was that an earthquake had taken place, and as the inhabitants in almost a state of nudity rushed out into the streets, the falling of tiles, flying timbers, window fronts, and shutters served to con firm the impression. The first effects of fright over, the cry of "Fire" was raised from the Oxford Arms Hotel, and on proceeding thither it appeared that a building some 50 or 60 yards in the rear of it, occu pied as a depot for gunpowder used in the blasting of rocks in the neighbourhood, and for the keeping of the ammunition of the Radnor Rifle Corps, had been blown up, and the adjoining buildings, stables, and ricks of fodder were on fire. It would be almost impossible to picture the state of wreck into which the building itself has been blown, as scarcely a vestige, even to the stone floor ing, remains, and the destruction of windows, door ways, roofs, chimneys, &c., in different parts of the town is scarcely less extraordinary. From a per sonal visit of your correspondent to the town shortly after the explosion he gleaned that about 14 or 15 barrels of blasting powder, a quantity of Dartford cannister, and several thousand of blank and ball cartridges were lodged in this building, which took fire, it is supposed by a quantity of unslacked lime igniting some ricks of hay, the heat from which communicated with the said building. That, how ever, is only surmise. The whole of the windows of the Post-office were forced in and a hole cut out of the roof, the debris not falling into the room below, but being carried away. At the Mitre, the whole of the windows and doors of which are demolished, a servant was thrown out of bed and tumbled down stairs, near the head of which she was sleeping. A daughter of a shoe maker in the High-street was also thrown out of bed, the bed-post near to the window being actually broken off near to the mattress on which she was g. The ball cartridges flew about in all di rections, and it is truly marvellous that no life has b lost. The explosion was distinctly heard throughout the Radnorshire valleys for many miles and is all directi ons. LAbv,„.,,,,, t .- --- - - - - Unsolicited s . .fm"T.7—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Exeter, i n a let i,slony.—Mr. Rippon, hair-dresser, of wife had b eena -- dated July Ist, 1862, writes :—" My legs. After tryntrat sufferer for several years from bad together to no p nr Z e nY different applications for months medicaments, and I do' as a 18417 me You may publish tlits strongly recommended your yourself for th e a lte.you we feel most thankful to her and M y w ife is now able to takV a v ` vv e n sure they have effected. le,f four or five miles with comfort. may be the means of nLytucing oth ' e t e r r 7 and I only hope it to us." Such testmoulals ars irr e f uts 4 , blessing, indeed, p rove rerer s t o use your a d m i ra ble remedies, which have SURREY SESSIONS, Aug 6. NEW COURT. (Before J. E. Johnson, Esq.) Thomas Richards, 27, a fine-looking man, lately in the service of the South-Western Railway Com pany as a policeman, and George Whicher, 28, de scribed as a clerk, were indicted for stealing a dia mond ring, worth £5O, the property of Alcide Henri Maubut. The latter prisoner was alsocharged with being concerned in robbing him of a valuable gold watch under very extraordinary circumstances. The prosecutor, a young French gentleman, said he was an artist, residing for the present at Clap ham. About half-past four in the afternoon of the 18th of June last, he went to the Waterloo Station for the purpose of proceeding to Havre via South ampton. He had his luggage with him, and a small travelling bag swinging from his shoulders, which he kept locked. On his arrival at the sta tion he saw the prisoner Richards dressed in police clothing, and he told him where he wanted to go. Richards said he could not go that day—but he would if a boat did not go from the South-Eastern Station that evening. He took witness's luggage, I however, into the cloak-room and booked it, and considering that he had been very kind to him he asked him if he would partake of a glass of ale. Richar6s replied that he would, and they quitted the station and entered the Victoria Tavern, next the theatre, where they had some ale, when Richards introduced Whicher to him as his brother. Richards then said to him, " Why did you not leave your bag with your luggage." Witness took:it from his shoulder, unlocked it to take something out, and having locked it again, he handed it to Richards to take to the station. At that time he knew his diamond ring was in the bag. It had two cameos mounted in silver and studded with diamonds. While Richards was gone Whicher asked him to drink some ginger beer with him. He tasted it, and finding it nasty handed it back to him. He then sat down, when a man rushed in and spoke something to Whicher, at the same time asking what time it was. Witness took out his watch to tell him when the fellow snatched it, broke it off the ring, and bolted out of the house with it. He ran out immediately, but the man was gone. He, how ever, saw Whicher, and was inclined to knock him down, as h e mus t h ave h a d somet hi ng to do w ith the robbery. Witness went with Police-constable hisY e a b ng ag o inh L is t p o r t e h s e e n W e a , t e w r l h o e o- n s t he e t i o m n i , s saendd hisexa m r i i n n e , which which he valued at £5O. He never gave that to Richards, neither was he in the least under the in fluence of liquor. In cross - examination by Mr. Lilley, prosecutor said he saw Mr. Towers, the landlord of the public house, and his barman, when he entered, and Richards recommended him to leave his watch with them, but he declined to do so, believing he was in y. , landlord of the Victoria Ta- company. Richards did not come back after t a king his ba g awa honest mr . Frank Towe rs vern, said he r eco ll ecte d the pr i son ers and th e pro secutor coming into his house about half-past 5 in the afternoon. Th e l atter h a d a leather ba g s l ung from his shoulders, and Richards asked him why he had not left it with his luggage. The prosecutor unlocked the bag, felt in who it, relocked it, and handed o took it away. it to Richards, Some time after that he heard that some man had rushed in and stolen the prosecutor's watch. The prosecutor and Whicher left then, and about half-past 8 Richards came in and said, " You have done a nice thing for me, I shall lose my situation." Chas. Nicholls, th e b arman, reco llected the parties coming in, and Ri c h ar d s l eav i ng with the bag. A man with a felt hat came in and asked the gentle man the time, and as he was telling him the man rushed out again, and then he was told the watch had been stolen. e, prosecutor was perfectly sober. Robert Young, 51 L, said that on the evening in question he was on duty at the Tower-street police station when the prosecutor told him he had been robbed of his watch at the Victoria Tavern. Wit ness afterwards went to the Waterloo station and saw the prisoners together. They then went to the cloak room, and the prosecutor unlocked his bag and missed his diamond ring. On discovering that he went to look after the prisoners, but they bad gone. Witness returned to the public-house, and picked up the ring of the watch, and after that he apprehended Richard s , an d w h en t o ld that he was charged with stealing a diamond ring from a gen tleman's travelling bag he denied it, and declar ed that he never had such a thing. Witness search ed hi m , a nd among a b unc h o f k eys h e found a key, th a t unlocked the prosecutor's bag: Witness did _ not apprehend Whi c h er unt il t h e 14th of July. fir. Thos. Ben to the superintendent of the south - - - -- POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-Aug. 6. BOW-STREET.—DARING ROBBERY IN A DWELLING-HOUSE BY A FOREIGNER.—Fritz Tuell, a native of Prussia, was charged with:l entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Roberts, photographer, Charing-cross, and stealing from the bedroom of Mrs. Roberts, a gold bracelet and a silver French coin, together worth £5 10s. The prisoner being unable to speak a word of Englisl, police-constable Reimers, 595 .A, was sworn to interpret. This cfficer is a German, but speaks English with perfect ease and accuracy. Mrs. Lavinia Edith Roberts deposed—Last night, between seven and eight o'clock, I went up stairs to my bedroom on the third [floor, and I found the prisoner in the room. He was standing close against the door. 1 asked him who he was, and what he wanted- He replied in German that he could not speak English, and did not under stand me. Mr. Henry—Do you know German ? Mrs. Roberts —Enough to understand what he said, but not enough to speak to him in German. He went down stairs, and I followed him. A gen tleman who was in the drawing-room, hearing me speaking to some one on the stairs, came out upon the landing, intercepted the prisoner, and detained him while a policeman was sent for. He dropped the bracelet, chain, and coin on the stairs. Upon returning to the room I found several articles of clothing had been disturbed from the drawers, and thrown on the floor. Policeman Killiek, 511 A, deposed that he was sent for to take the prisoner into custody. A gen tleman was detaining him on the stairs. The chain blacelet and coin were lying at his feet. Reimers translated the evidence to the prisoner, who declined to c ross- examine the witness, and pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing the bracelet, chain, and coin, but said he knew nothing about the clothes. He stated that he was a nailmaker, and had left Prussia nine days back to come to London in search of work, and arrived there on Monday night. He admitted that he had not done any work for three years, during which period he had been travelling from place to place in his own country. Mr. Ilenry—What has he don e w ith hi s p asspor t? Reimers (after asking the prisoner)—He says he sold it. Mr. Henry—He cannot have done that. Reimers—l am sorry to say that it is a very common thing. There are a good many foreign thieves in this country, and when one of them wants to go to his own country he buys a passport from some one newly arrived—taking care that the de scription answers. He then returns to his own country and pretends that he has only been in England a few days, and that the passport is his own. Ido not say that the prisoner is a thief, or that he has knowingly sold his passport to a thief, for I have no knowledge of him. But I know that there is such a system. Mr. Henry—Of course, if he sold his passport he ust have known it was bought for a bad purpose. Tell him he must know that he had no right to sell his passport. This observation having been translated to the priSoner, he said he knew very well it was wrong. Mr. Henry having intimated his intention of send ing the prisoner for trial, Mr. Roberts said it would be inconvenient for him to attend; he was going abroad. do not want you, b u t M rs. Mr. Henry—We Roberts must attend. Mr. Roberts—She is going with m e . Mr. Henry—Really the case must go for trial. It is much too important to be dealt with summa rily. The prisoner, though he says he has only been one day in London, is daring enough to enter a house, go up to the third floor, and steal valuable property from a room. He must decidedly be tried at the sessions for stealing i n a dwelling-house be yond the value of £5. The witnesses were accordingly bound over to prosecute. Mr. Henry desired Reimers to in form the pri soner he wished that if to communicate with any friends in Prussia, especiall y any ono who could g i v e him a character, ev er y f ac ility would be afforded him. The prisoner replied that it was not of the slightest use , as nobody could say any good of him. H e was committed for trial. CLERKENWEL L. BY A EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLE MENTS QUAICER.—Joseph Claridge, a respect ably-attired yo ung man, belong i ng t o th e Society of Friends, described as a collecting clerk, residing at Gloucester-place Cowley-road, Brixton, was charged with embezaling? several sums of money belonging to his employers, Messrs. Hubbard, Wheeler, and Co., bedding manufacturers, of 25, George's-row, St. Luke's The priso ner was em ployed by the p rosecu t ors a t a liberal salary in March last, and from the evidence it appeared th at b e began to embezzl e th e money o f the firm early in the following month. What he had d one w it h the mone y did not appear, but from the present inquiries it had been discovered that this prisoner was a defaulter to the extent of nearly £5O. It was the prisoner's duty to account for the money he received on the morning after he had received it. The prisoner, finding that the prosecutors were about to give him into custody, handed to them a threatening letter, of which the following is a copy— " Gentlemen,—l have tocautionyou respecting your own liability if lam given in charge. This is written by the advice of my friends. "JOSEPH CLARIDGE. "July 29, 1862." When Sergeant Evans, G 22, took the prisoner into custody, the prisoner said he should decline to say anything. On searching him a copy of the above letter was found in his pocket-book. The prisoner said he should reserve his defence. Mr. Barker fully committed the prisoner to the Middlesex Sessions for trial. ASSAULTING A FEMALE.—STRANGE STORY.— A fashionably-attired man, with a profusion of beard and moustache, and wearing glasses, of the name of John Connoll, residing at 6, Carburton-street, was charged with unlawfully assaulting and beating Martha King, under the following circumstances : The complainant who was showily attired, stated that she resided at 6, Liverpool-street, King's-cross, The defendant was " her friend," and she had known him for some time. He has been living with her as " a friend" from Friday until Tuesday. On Tuesday evening he got up from the sofa, and in a loud voice, saia, "I shall be off;" and with out, any provocation struck her twice on the head and pushed her on the sofa. He then struck her on the breast. Whilst she was lying on the sofa he tore her morning wrapper, and tore into shreds every article she had on, even to her under-cloth ing. He said she should not treat him so, or serve him so. She did not know what took place in the scuffle. She might have broken his spectacles. Sarah Redman said she was servant: at the above house, and waited upon Miss King. On the even ing in question, hearing a scuffle in her apartments, she went up and found Miss King lying on the sofa in an exhausted state, and her garments very much torn. The defendant was leaning over her, and, as the witness entered the room, he said to com plainant, " Keep quiet, and I will not strike you again." The defendant had been staying with the complainant only a few days. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said he was an independent gentleman, and lately a ser geant-major in the 3d Light Dragoon& He had known the complainant for some time, and last Friday he met her at the Holborn Casino, and after some conversation he paid for supper, and then went home with her. He stayed with her as de scribed by the complainant, purchasing for her gloves and ribbons, and taking her to Gravesend and other places, One evening, whilst he was at Miss King's residence in Liverpool-street, she in troduced to his company another of her male " friends," and that very much annoyed him. Mr. Barker asked the defendant if he did not think it would be better for him to settle the mat ter with the complainant outside the court. The defendant replied in:the negative, and said he wanted to have nothing to say to her. Miss King said she did not wish to hurt the de fendant. All that she wanted was to be paid for the clothes the defendant had destroyed. The damage he had done amounted to about £3. The Defendant—Why, the morning wrapper you had on, I purchased for you, as well as most of the other articles. Miss King—lt is mean to speak about what you purchased and gave to me. Mr. Barker said, as the complainant wanted the value of her clothes, he thought the best course would be for him to refuse to adjudicate, and allow her to go to the county court, where both parties could be heard on oath. The complainant, who said she should adopt that course, then left the court. MARYLEBONE.—A man of military appear ance, named J. T. Harrington, was brought up from the House of Detention for re-examination, on the charge of having attempted to murder by shooting John Gilbert, a cabman, and police-constable Pink, plain clothes officer, 85 D. Mr. Lewis, junior, appeared for the prisoner. The case seemed to create a considerable degree of interest, as the court was crowded. It will be recollected from the evidence which took place on the previous occasion that the prisoner struck the horse of a cabman named Peniston with an axe or ehopper, which he drew from his vehicle ; that he fired a pistol twice at Gilbert, who pursued him ; that he also fired a pistol in his house at the police officer; and he afterwards gave Peniston, the cabman, without being asked, £73 for the damage done to his horse. Wm. Christmas now deposed that he resided in Princes•street, Leicester-square, and worked as a gunsmith. The prisoner bought the pistols on Sa turday afternoon last, and gave £34. A rifle was purchased at the same time by him. There were four dozen bullets when the case was sent home. The triggers will go down at the slightest touch. There are 46 bullets in the case now. The hole in the wall has the appearance of being made by a bullet. Mr. Mansfield—Did the prisoner make any pecu liar remarks ? Witness—None at all. They are duelling pistols. Cannot say whether the mark on the wad produced is from the bullet or not. By the advice of Mr. Lewis prisoner reserved his defence, and was committed for trial. Mr. Lewis made an application for bail, bat Mr. Mansfield told him he must apply to the judge at chambers. Prisoner, who seemed a good deal excited during the inquiry, was th en conveyed a wa y i n a ca b. Previous to his going from the bar he said he found the gaol accommodation at Clerkenwell very good, but he wanted to have a few more l uxur i es allowed him. He wished it to be entered on the minutes that he struck the horse to be brought here to prove his sanity. LORD HUNTINGTOWER FINED FOR SMOKING IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. At Rugby Lord Huntingtower was charged by the Lon don and North-Western Railway Company with smoking in a first-class railway carriage. The defendant said—As regards smoking, I plead guilty; but I should like the representatives of the railway company to find the clause prohibiting smoking in a railway carriage. Mr. Cleather read the clause. The defendant—l plead guilty to the charge, but I am desirous to call attention of the magis trates to the spleen with which this miserable case has been trumped up. I feel I ought to do this in mitigation of the fine. This summons would not have been taken out against me if I had not commenced an action against the railway company. The smoking took place on July Ist ; on July 3d the solicitor of the railway company received a letter from my solicitor ; on July 17th I caused a writ to be taken out against the railway company in the Court of Exchequer; and it was not till 12 days after this that the railway com pany made an application against me for smoking. If I had offended against their bylaws, why, I ask, were not pro ceedings commenced against me at once, instead of wait ing for a month ? Besides this, I have to complain that a special officer was sent from Rugby to London to serve the summons, and this officer had spent two days enjoying himself under the pretext that he could not find me, when my town residence is well known. A host of witnesses have also been brought a great distance to prove that which I not only admitted, but never denied. I also desire to state that the smoking did not take place within this district, and I am entirely at a loss to know why the case was brought here, when it might have been brought in the metropolitan district, unless it was to put me to all the ex pense in their power.—Mr. Cleather, for the Company, said : A person, named Allen, got into the compartment of a first-class carriage, where Lord Huntingtower was sit ting. They had some conversation respecting smoking. Mr. Allen objected to it, and Loretllnntingtower.did not smoke till after the train left Rugby. Mr. Allen objected to it, when Lord Huntingtower replied, " I am perfectly aware of the penalty. I shall smoke and pay the fine." In stead of the company attempting to victimise his lord ship, they had acted with the greatest forbearance in not expelling him from the carriage; and when the train did stop, Mr. Allen complained to the guard ; and, although the defendant was personally known, his address was not known, and when:asked for it he refused to give it. As to the delay in getting the summons, it was not till after the 11th of July that the company was aware of his lordship's address. I deny that the officer who served the summons spent two days in London for his own pleasure ; and, so far from the company acting with any vindictive spirit, they desired to let the public know that a nobleman ought to be made to respect the laws of the company.—Lord Hunting tower said he did not object to anything the company's soli citor had said, except that the smoking did not take place in the Rugby district.—The Bench inflicted a fine of 40s. and costs, amounting in all to £l2 lls.—His lordship paid the money. STEALING RABBITS.--At the New Bailey, on Monday, Peter Hardman, a farmer's son, of Stretford, was charged with stealing three tame rabbits, the werepropert kepty of James Taylor, of Lowstock-farm. The rabbits the defence, on a small island, in a field pond. Mr. Pope, f or but sub admitted that the prisoner had taken w t the ee rabbits, caught running mitted that they were wild ones, and id. The field in which were about the field, and not on the I they were caught adjoined th e ifarm held by the prison er ' s father, and the charge arose o ut of some ill-f ee li ng .--- Witnesses were called t o prove that the rabbit s were t ame , and that the prisoner took them from the island. He was committed for trial. R beco me popular.—The News, Bankers' Journal, c . l [The REALL Y S u ynnion. - It is an excellent dinner wine, and bids fair to alludes to th e X eres Comida Sherry, portedtin exclusively by the Vi n t age Wine Com p any, 14, a s b u ry-street, near N ew Oxford-street. 18s. and 20C per doital i fiaMPle§ 11, 4; two dozen carriage Um] --- WRECK OF THE VALLEYETELD% ______...-. On the night o f the 14th of June, while the barque I r e' leyfield, Captain Llurton, from Liverpool for Cape TcA 12 .. was entering the ba)7 at that pla.ce, she struck on the reef of rocks near the Green P oint Li g hthouse, and II ithin a quay' ter of an hour became a total wrecic. It appears that at the time of entering the bay heavy sea running . the weather was thick and ha z y . a i n s h on , e. About half-past sin the after noon they sighted land, an d between 6 and 7 o'clock th e y saw dimly a light on their sr, farboard hand, which was th at of the Green Point Lighthoui le, but they thought it to be a ' good distance off. The vessel was standin g E.S.E., with all sail set, and there were two men on the look out. T he first indication of their proximity to land was the sound of the breakers, of which the look out at once informed the captain. The helm was then pat hand up, and the yards backed, but the vessel at the sam e moment struck, inune" diately after which the mainmast bfave w ey, followed by the mizenmast, at which moment the ctaptain was washed over board, while in the act of committing his little son to the care of the steward. As socn as the vessel struck she leaned over on her beams, and the maizimast gave way with a cr ash. It . now became a matter of life and death with them, and the means of escape were scant and hopeless. Information, however, reached the Castle about half-Pest 7, and the mortar apparatus was sent out , f or the purpose of communicating with the wreck. Capt. Wilson despatched the boat's crew with coils of whale line, &c... and hastened to the scene of the wreck, where he found iNwo of the sea men had succeeded in getting on shore, four others follow . ing shortly afterwards by means of the long boat and fore mast. There were still some men clinging to a portion 0 f the wreck, which was entangled among the rocks. Their cries could be distinctly beard, but, owing to the darknessr the party on shore could not see the exact spot where they were. A fire was burning, and kept up close to the water's edge, which enabled them at intervals to distinguish their position. The mortars having arrived in charge of Lieuts. Tollen and Lyons, R.A., they endeavoured to throw line over where the men were, but could not succeed. Mean while Capt. Spence came up and stated that a small dingy which he had got from Three-Anchor Bay was available. Seeing that nothing could be done with the mortar and line, they hnd the boat launched over the rocks into a gala where the water was comparatively smooth. The tide fall ing, there were a number of volunteers to go off, but those selected were Mr. John Roe, master boatman, Capt. Shep herd, and Thos.liazisen. They bent on a good whale line to the stern of the boat, and launched her, the drawback as sisting them out; the.y got to the place where the men were, and pulled into the boat John Hodges, second officer, John Smette, and J. F i Tunter, carpenter. The parties on shore in charge of the be at line assisted in hauling her apt and the rescued men we - Ire at once taken to the light house in an exhausted sta, te, where every assistance was rendered them by numerous gentlemen who were there. It is sad to think that amid all the horrors of the night there were to be seen those w,ho, regardless of all decency, did not hesitate to lend them selves to the meanest and basest of acts, and were to be se en pilfering the washings' up of the beach, robbing, perhaps, , those who sat in misery around them. About 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon , the bodies of the dead were interred. They had all been washed ashore on the beach betwee n the scene of the wreck and the breakwater, and they we. re laid out in coffins in the dead-room of the old Somerset Hospital. The list of the drowned is as follows :—Ca o tain Barton, who belongs to Whitehaven ; William Fah '. first officer, of Liverpool ; John Williams, seaman, of Portsmouth; Samuel Lloyd, seaman, of Liverpool ; Henry Bi'lla.‘'dY) seaman a Port O'Ferry ; George Morris, seaman, of Liv erpool; John Williams, seaman, of Swansea ; William Smith, seaman, of Halifax; and William Carus, of Blackburn, an apprentice, who was on his first voyage. The survivors are :---John Hodges, second mate ; James Hunter, carpenter ; Richard Hamilton, steward; Duncan Campbell, cook; William Elliot, Michael Visthick, James O'Donnel, James Burton, the captain's son, and John Smith. The captain's son and the rest of the survivors (altogether nine in number) were present, before the bodies were *closed up in the coffins, and were evidently deeply touched by the sad fate of their late comrades. The funeral procession started from the hospital a few minutes after four o'clock. At the request of the men, the coffins containing the body of Or captain was covered with an ensign, and carried on their shoulders to the burying-place. The bodies of the eight seamen, conveyed in two vans, then followed. The bodies of the officers and seamen were interred together in one grave, and the remains of Captain Burton on a soparate piece of ground. The portions of the wreck and cargo strewn along the Green Point beach were collected and sold on Tuesday by public auction, near the lighthouse. A very large crowd assembled on the spot at 2 o'clock, and there was good competition at the sale. Mr. Jones was the auctioneer, and knocked down the wreck and cargo to the highest bidder (Mr. Henry Glynn) for £1,500. CO UN2IZY MARKL2 S. J.• NEWARK.--WEDNESDAY. Around here the harvest prospects are very satisfactori• The wheat crop is daily improving, and the oats cutting is commenced. Barley looks well. White wheat new, 56s to 61s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 30 0 Red do. s2s to 57s Oats, old, .. 24s to 290 Old white s6s to 608 New do —s to -- 0 Red do. 51s to 56s 1 Beans.. 40s to 440 Barley, malting.... 36s to 40s 1 Beans, new —s to -- 8 Peas, ....40s to 42s HULL—TUESDAY. To-day's corn market was fairly supplied with wheat, and prices at about the same as last week. Wheat .... Old white.... per qr. —s Od to —s Od Old red . ~ New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb , 4c. old white 55s Od to 60s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 5OB Od to 558 Od St. Petersburg and Riga, ld sos Od to 52s Od Barley.... English malting 348 Od to 37s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 33s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 368 Od Grinding 3os Od to 31s Od Oats English, new Archangel and Riga, per st ool2}d to 13a Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 0813 Swedish and Danish oBl2}d to Osle l Beans ....English, old, per qr. New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick. 4OB Od to 42s Od Egyptian . . 38s Od to 40s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares .... Spring —a Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing • 4OB Od to 528 Od Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 0 0 to £9 5 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 DUBLIN-TUESDAY. The market dull to-day, owing to Mark-lane yesterday being without any alteration in value. A few samples of new here on show. Oats and barley appeared of very far quality. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d' Wheat, white.. 30 0t034 0 Beans.. .240t0 27 0 Do., red 27 0t032 0 Bere Do., new .... oto 0 Rapeseed Barley Oats Do., black l3 oto 15 0 Indian corn .. 30 6to 31 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aus*.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton . . Aug. 18 ' via Marseilles . Aug. 12. .3razil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. 4 . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Aug. 1 „ 8 ' via Marseilles Aug. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. lr India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 18 ' India (Bombay), via Southamp vi o a n Aug. 14. via Marseilles Marseilles Aug. 1 2 . Aug. 8 . Lisbon Aug. 4 ., Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 1 4. via Marseilles Aug. 8 . Newfoundland ..Aug. 6. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet .. Aug. 6. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Aug. 6. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug. 10. Bahamas, via New York Aug. 28. Mexico Aug. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I A u g, 13. California, and British Columbia.. BIRTHS. Ascot.—On the 4th inst., at Forest hill, Mrs. Josh, Arch, of a son. CIIRTIS.—On the sth i nst., at 3, Courtland-ter race , The Mall, Kensington, Mrs. Philip Curtis, of a daughter. FLOPERe—On th e 4th inst., at Morecambe, near Lan' caster, the 'lon. Mrs. Wm. Flower, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ADDINGTON—MUNDY.---011 'the sth inst., at Cotmanh a i parish church,. Derby, Major the Hon. Charles Johrl Addington, third son of Viscount Sidmouth, to NOY,' s econd daughter of A. M. Mundy, Esq., o f siiiply Sall' Derby. RITCRIE-KYNASTON.--02. the sth inst., at St. AlPh e g e ' Greenwich, Robert Ritchi e , E sq., of Beaufort -buildings? London, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of J. KYl ialli. ton, Esq., Groom's-hill, Greenwich. DEATHS. CRANE.—On the 4th inst., at Melville Hospital, W. gi Lodge, Swanscombe, Kent, Mr. .—lda Crane, Esq., R.N., late of H,M.S. Colossus. GRIFFIN.—On the sth inst, at at his residence, Coombe aged 42. , Mr. Chas. Grin, ROPKINS.—On the 4th inst. Maria Helen, widow of 01 late Henry Hopkins, s "Stock Exchange, sge en., of the 77. e, LAMPRELL.—On the 3d inst., at Little Bradley-plac e' Suffolk, Charles Lamprell, Esq., aged 78• h i nidt STARLSCHMIDT.—On the sth inst., F. J. Stall bour' Esq., of Lower Thames-street, city, and Coldhar lane, Camberwell, aged 40. *Wu, SAIITH..—O n the sth inst ., at Clifton Villa, Br_ .. 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