The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-11 00:00:00

WE NAVY. VALETTA, Sept. Sept. s.—The following movements have taken place among the ships of the Mediter ranean fleet within the last fortnight :—The Magi cienne, 16, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, arrived at Malta on the 24th of August from the PiTiellS. The Prince of of Admi Leiningral en is now senior officer here in the absence Codrington, who has left for Italy for a few days. The Alacrity, 4, Commander K. E. Baird, left port on the 23d ult. for Corfu, and returned on the 30th. She left there on the 28th the Marlborough, 131 otea.ship of Admiral Martin), and the Algiers, 89, c e pt. E. B. Rice. The Q ueen, 76, Ca p t. F. C. Hillyar, Piraeus, had left Corfu for the Pirus, to re lieve the Exmouth, 86, Capt. J. A. Paynter, arrived there under steam on the 23d ult. The Exmouth left the Piraeus on the 25th ult., taking with her supernumeraries, 1 officer, Mr. Beresford Scott, paymaster of the Queen, 3 seamen of that ship, and 2 seamen of the Scylla, invalided, and a few hospital cases for Malta. She arrived at Malta on the 29th, and, after embarking the commander, officers, and crew of the Pantaloon, naval and mili tary invalids, and time-expired men, in all nearly 30 supernumeraries, resumed her voyage on the 3d inst. for Gibraltar and England, to be paid off. The Scylla, 22, Capt. R. Lambert, was at the ewes on the 25th ult , , and the Trident , 3, Com. Balfour, at Patras. The Mars , 80, Ca p t. J. N. Strange, which was expecting to be sent home, her time of service having expired, has not yet received orders, and it is thought likely s h e well be kept in t h e Mediterranean for some time to c ome. The Edgar, 90, Capt. the Hon. F. A . Foley (flagship of Rear- Admiral S. C. Dares, C. 8. ), and the Liffey, 56, are expected out here a bout the end of this month. Th e Shannon, capt. 0. J. Jones, has already left Spithead to join Admiral Martin's fleet. It is reported, ev'th what truth 1 do not know, that our present naval force in the Mediterranean will be considerably reinforced shortly. There are now only five line-of-battle ships out here ; not very long ago there were ten ; but, to make up for this deficiency, we have an additional num ber of frigates, sloops, and smaller vessels. The Mars, 80; the Icarus, 11, Capt. Salmon, V.C. ; the Firebrand, 6, Coro. Piers; the Wanderer, 4, Com. Seymour ; and the Surprise, 4, Com. Whyte, are on the coast of Syria ; the Gannet, 11, Corn. the Hon. M. Nelson, is at Constantinople ; and the Weser, 6, Com. Johnstone, and the Cockatrice, 3, Lieut.-Com. R. M. Gilison, are on the Danube. Besides, there are in the Levant the surveying vessels, Medina, Lieut. Wilkinson (Capt. Spratt, C. 8., of this ship, being invalided), and the Fire fly, Corn. Mansell. At Naples we have the London, 86, Capt. H. Chads ; the Neptune, 86, Capt. G. T. Hornby ; and the Amphion, 36, Capt. A. C. Gordon, which last vessel has only recently been despatched there ; and the Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock, is at Messina. A court-martial was held at Naples a few days ago on Lieut. Craven, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Neptune, for drunken ness ; the result of which was that he should be dismissed his ship, and placed at the bottom of the list for two years. The Foxhound, 4, under the temporary command of Lieut. Doughty, Com. the Hon. A. Hobart being absent on leave, left Malta on the 31st ult. for Corfu, and is expected back with the next mail in a day or two. The Pelican, 17, Com. P. Brock, arrived from Naples and Messina on the 2d inst., and, after making good some defects, will proceed to join the Admiral at Corfu. The Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, and the Procris, 2, Lieut. Com. the Hon. J. Vivian, are at Gibraltar, and the Boxer and Growler, tenders to the Hibernia, receiving ship, are here. Mr. F. Lucas, paymaster, of the Firebrand, arrived here a few days ago, invalided, and proceeded home in the Exmouth. Mr. Moore, assistant-paymaster of the 'Wanderer, has been appointed temporarily to supply the vacancy. It is with much regret I have to report the death of another officer of this garrison—the third within the last four months. Assistant-Staff-Surgeon John Adrien expired on the 22d ult., leaving a widow and young family. Mr. Adrian served on the Medical Staff in the Crimean war, and subsequently in the Ist battalion 22d Regiment, from which he was trans ferred to the Staff, and he remained in charge of Forest Hospital till the time of his death. The Viceroy of Egypt left Toulon on the 31st ult. in his steam yacht Faid Gehaad, for Constantinople, and by the French packet we hear of his having passed through the Straits of Messina on the 2d inst. The screw frigate Sayah Bahri, which left Toulon in company with and attendant on the yacht, called in at Malta for coals and provisions on the 4th inst., and resumed her voyage to-day for a rendezvous in the Dardanelles, to await telegraphic orders from his Highness. lam happy to say the Viceroy's health had somewhat improved, although not suffi ciently so to relieve entirely the anxieties of his me dical attendants. The Royal Oak was yesterday launched in presence of a vast concourse of spectators. The arrangements for the accommodation of visitors were somewhat different from those on pr evious occasions, the enor mous wooden galleries running down each side of I I the dock, completely shutting out all view of the ceremony, excepting to the favoured few, being dis pensed with. The only special arrangement was the erection of a gallery at the head of the slip, in which about 1,000 privileged persons, to whom admission bad been accorded by ticket, were seated. The en tire hull was painted a dull metal colour, which, with armour encasing her sides, gave her a most reessive and formidable appearance. The Royal Oak has been built in the short space of little more than 12 months, but notwithstanding the speed with which she has been constructed every portion of the vessel is built in an unusually sub stantial manner to sustain the tremendous weight to be placed on her. The following figures show her principal dimensions, tonnage, &c. : Ft. in. Extreme length over all 277 ° 0 Length between perpendiculars .. 273 Length of keel for tonnage .. 232 Sk Extreme breadth, to outside of armour plates 58 6 Breadth moulded •• •• 56 5 Breadth for tonnage .. • • .. 57 3 Depth in hold .. • • • . 19 10 Burden in tons .. .. 4,055 5894 Tonnage, as per Merchant Shipping Act ..3,502 Deduct for engine-room ..1,120 Her propelling power will consist of a pair of 1,000 horse power (nominal) engines, by Messrs. Manda lay, Sun, and Field. Already three tiers of plates have been bolted on to her port and starboard b ides, but three additional rows will be given her, l bw carrying the plates from her g u nwalo to a dis tance of Mt. below her load water line. Each plate 'll i u cbes iti thickness, and. wei g hs on 'an average 80ew t h These will cover the ves sel to within about 4 „ ft . o r her stem and stern, when theyw , illawtchotrahe rence tapering oft to 3 inches in thickness s a e rn and bows, excep tin g under thebuttock re the plates Up to the only be 21. inches thick. preeent time the number of armour-plates bolted to her sides is 70, tile number required for the ent i re vessel being about 300. Each k plate is bo i lted to in a backing of teak and oa, of 4inches thickness, thus giving a solid thickness of ,28 inches to the ship's broadsides. The bolts and nuts under water, as well as those to within a short distance of the load water line, are all galvanised. The upper deck is entirely encased with plate iron, the portions in the most exposed part being covered with 5-Bths inch iron, and in the other parts I and a inch, the whole firmly rivetted and bolted together, and covered with the ordinary planking secured to the iron beams by nets and screws. She will carry her entire armament, with the exception of a 11.0-pounder Armstrong at her s tew and stern, on her main deck, the portholes b e ing unusually small, their height being 3ft. 10in., a nd width 2ft. Tier embrasures, however, are so f or med that the guns will have a play of 32 deg. in each directing, thus working in a radius of 64 The main and lower decks will be ventilated Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard. on :Let improved system, the invention of C ap t a i n FAushasve, It is intended to sheath the bottom of the Royal Oak with a new description of metal, or rather combina tion of metals, according to the plan proposed by M. Mogle, chief officer of the metal mills at Chatham dockyard, under whose superintendence the sheath ing will be applied. Unlike the other large screw glamors, the screw well is done away with in the GFg• case of the Royal Oak, by which additional strength is imparted to the stern. This will prevent the screw propeller being lifted to the upper deck when the vessel is at sea, but arrangements are made whereby the screw can be raised to th main deck. The launch was appointed to take pi: ce at a quar ter before two o'clock, by which hour Miss Fan shawe, the daughter of Capt. Fanshawe, Superin tendent of the Dockyard, having been conducted to the bows of the ship, the stem of which was orna mented with a large bough of oak, dashed the bottle of wine against her bows, and immediately after severed the silken cord which held the last log shore. Contrary to general expectation, however, the Royal Oak, like the Mersey, the last vessel built on the same slip, obstinately refused to move. This arose probably from too many blocks having been left under her, the calculation being that her enormous weight would render this precaution necessary. About a quarter of an hour, therefore, was spent in removing the extra blocks; after which three powerful hydraulic presses, one of which was placed under her forefoot, and the others at each of her bilgeways, were brought into requi sition ; and at two o'clock the huge vessel glided easily down the launching-ways into the harbour, 1 amid the cheers of the spectators, the band playing " Rule Britannia." Her draught of water when afloat was found to be 19ft. bin. aft, and 13ft. bin. forward. During the afternoon she was taken in tow by three steamers, and berthed alongside the Chatham hulk in the harbour, where she will today commence taking in her iron masts, boilers, and other heavy portions of her machinery, in order to be ready to save the next spring tide in a fortnight, when she will be floated into the third dock, the entrance to which had been widened to receive her, in order to be fitted for sea with the greatest pos sible despatch. The Bulwark, 91 guns, about half completed at Chatham, will be the , next vessel to be armour-plated after a plan proposed by Mr. Lang, the Master Shipwright. The crew of the screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Capt. G. Parker, in Plymouth Sound, were in spected yesterday by Port Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.B. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Dr. W. Smith, surgeon super intendent of the merchant convict ship ; R. Evans, assist.-sung. additional to the Victory ; J. W, Wat son, supernumerary in the Indus, confirmed as se cond-class assist.-engineer ; G. B. Blackwell, super numerary in the Cumberland, confirmed as second class assist.-engineer ; T. B. Jordan and J. T. Morgan, acting second-class assist.-engineers to the Asia, as supernumeraries. IHE ARMY. His Serene Highness the Prince of Waldeck and suite yesterday inspected the manufacturing departments of Woolwich Arsenal. The Prince entered the establishment at half-past 11 a.m., and remained until five o'clock, the greater part of the time being occupied in witnessing the manufacture of the Armstrong gun. His Serene Highness was formally received by the officials in full uniform, according to instructions to that effect from the Secretary of State for War. It was yesterday stated in Woolwich Arsenal that the great reduction which has commenced in the establishment will amount to a total of 6,000 persons. The dischargeE are ordered to be carried out at the rate of 150 hands per week, from each department, and will be continued until the esta blishment is reduced to about 4,000 men. At the close of the financial year the gun factories, labora- tory, and carriage departments were employiag upwards o f 3,000 hands each, and the grand total of the establishment was at that time about 13,000. The large amount of stores now in hand continues to increase, and the mechanics, who are mostly em ployed at piecework, have worked themselves down to one week in three, and are gradually leaving of their own accord. About 500 men and boys were dismissed last week, and a similar number have re ceived notice of dismissal for the present week. This includes the weekly discharge from the whole of the departments. I The detachment of the sth Lancers, under the command of Major Slade and Capt. Massey, ordered to Ipswich arrived at the barracks there on Tues day. It numbers 180 men and 153 horses. TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER, (From the Memphis Bulletin, Aug. 22.) On Wednesday, the steamboat Acacia, com manded by Captain Malvern, left this port for Helena. Her cabin was crowded with passengers, estimated at about 150 persons. They were most of them soldiers on their return to their regiments at Helena. There were six ladies, stated to be the wives of officers among them. There were about 75 tons of freight aboard ; most of it consisted of sutler's goods. At 12 o'clock the pilot on duty Lieut. Hampton, left the wheel, which was then taken by V. Maconley, the other pilot. The night was not clear, what the pilots call " gray ;" there was some starlight, but not bright. At half-past one o'clock—on Thursday morning of course—as the boat was passing Grand Cut Off, which is sixty miles below this city, she struck a snag, so that the end of the snag caught a plank in the hull, twenty feet from the bow, ripping it off from end to end. The water, of course, rushed into the hold with extreme rapidity, and in five minutes from the time of striking the boat keeled over and com- pletely capsized. The skylight, as the raised portion of the hurricane deck is called, parted from the rest, and, with the " texas," or pilot house and the atate rooms connected with it, floated. The hull completely capsized, and in doing so glided from the shoal where the accident took place, and sunk in deep water. So rapidly did all this take place, the shock—the rush of water into the hull below—the rolling overboard of the chimneys above—the riving of parting timbers, as the hurri cane deck separated from the cabin, and this at a Itime when nearly every ten an t o f th e ill-f a t e d b oa t was in deep sleep, that there was no o pp o rtunity I for one to help another. Those who were on the hurricane deek heard agonising cries, heart-rending exclamations, and vain calls for help from those Then they and th e res t were a ll s t rugg li ng W aves that surged w ildl y roun d the spot vibnehl theoe r w e . t h 0 capsized boat was swa ll owe d up. ° seve nty-five person s , per i s h ed. One white one-half,the passengers, it is esti ma t e d t h a t a t l eas t woman an d a coloured ' chamb erma id were saved • five ladies were carried down wh en th e b o i ler deck broke from the bull, and the hurrican e d ec k f rom that. Such of t he survivors as we h ave seen saw nothing of the ladies. They probably, in their wild fright, made some attempt to dress from the suggestions of instinctive modesty, and those few moments were fatal. The captain, clerk, and cr ew , with the exception perhaps of some of the deck hands and the ne e ro cook, got safely to land. The survivors speak with admiration of the conduct of the engineer, Tom Baldwin, who stood faithfully .at his post until the waters had co vered the work- Ing_parts of the engine. The pilot Hampton was asleep a t the moment of strikin g ; h e rushed from his room, shouted out some hasty instructions to the other p ilot at the wheel, w h en he found the boat keeling the chimneys falling. until He slid along the decir he was caught by the n ov i er and the chimneys. So held, sleeve by the guy of or e of o ed, he was carried down in to the water, and fa r d was carried beneath i ro n, when his struggles re t w h n e . as it appears to him, he s . u rfaee with the sinking t the sleeve from the guy, and he reached the surface and contrived to get upon the hurricane deck. On ol' • s deck others ma naged to crawl, or were dragged on. by those already there; oth ers seize d floating boles, bales, and broken pieces of wreck, and were thin sup. ported above water. The pilot arid some others ashore at Mrs. Br. K ent's landing. Thatgot showed them hospitable kindness. Somet. lady time after the accident the W. H. 13 , despatch boat, came down and picked up a number of the survivors and took them to Helena. Of course we know not who they were. The Conway, on her trip up, rescued a number; she met the skylight hurricane deck floating twenty-miles below the spot of the wreck, and five persons clinging to it, whom she took off; others were reneed from the water. Fiom 75 to 80 , it is doubted, sunk beneath the waters, TILE SUN, LONDON, TIIMISDAY EVENING, SEPTEIVIBER 11, 1862 '1 HE DECIMAL SYSTEM OF TVEIGH7S AND NBA SU RES. The report of the select committee appointed to consider the practicability of adopting a simple and uniform system of weights and measures is pub lished. The following recore .mendations are laid before the house, together with a great mass of evi dence and tabular appendices ; :- 1. That the use of the met ric system be rendered legal. No compulsory meas'dres should be resorted to until they are sanctioned by the general convic tic n of the public, 2. That a Department of Weights and Measures i be established in connexion.with the Board of Trade. It would thus become subordinate to the Govern ment and responsible to Parliament. To it should be entrusted the conservation and verification of the standards, the superintendence of inspectors, and the general duties incident to such a depart ment. It should also take such measures as may from time to time promote the use and extend the knowledge of the metric system in the departments of Government and among the people. ;3. The government should sanction the use of the metric system (together with our present one) in the levying of the customs duties ; thus familiar ising it among our merchants and manufacturers, and giving facilities to foreign traders in their de mlings with this country. Its use, combined with that of our own system in government contracts, bats also been suggested. 4. The matric system should form one of the sub jects of examination in the competitive examina tions of the civil service. 5. The gramme should be used as a weight for foreign letters and books at the Post-office. 6. The Committee of Council on Education should require the metric system to be taught (as might easily be done by means of tables and diagrams) in all schools receiving grants of public money. - 7. In the public statistics of the country quanti- ties should be expressed in terms of the metric spa tem in juxta-position with those of our own, as suggested by the International Statistical Congress. 8. In private bills before parliament the use of the metric system should be allowed. 9. The only weights and measures in use should be the metric and imperial, until the metric has been generally adopted. 10. The proviso in the sth and 6th Wm. IV., chap. 63, clause 6, allowing the use of " local and customary measures" in cases where the vessel em ployed "is not represented as containing any amount of imperial measure or of any fixed local or customary measure heretofore in 11.5. e," should be repealed, as giving facilities to evade the statute. 11. The department which it is proposed to ap point should make an annual report to parliament. THE SHEEP PDX ORDERS IN COUNCIL, :From the London Gazette Extraordinary of last night.: At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 10th day of September, 1832, by the Lords of her Ma jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Present Duke of Somerset, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Chas. Wood, Bart. Whereas by an act passed in the session of Parliament, held in the eleventh and twelfth years of her Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act to prevent, until the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and to the end of the then session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals" (which act has since been extended and continued in force until the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty - three, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament), after reciting that " a contagious or infectious disorder known or described as the sheep pox or variola ovine, now prevails among the sheep in some parts of the United Kingdom, and it is ne- cessary to take measures to prevent such disorder from spreading ;" it was and is enacted (amongst other things) as follows, namely :—" In case any sheep or lambs infected with or labouring under the said disorder, or any disorder of the like nature be exposed or offered for sale, or be brought or at tempted to be brought for the purpose of being so exposed or offered for sale in any market, fair, or other open or public place where other animals are commonly exposed for sale, then in any such case it shall be lawful for any clerk or inspector or other officer of such fair or market, or for any constable or policeman, or for any other person authorised by the mayor, or by any two justices of the peace having jurisdiction in the place, or for any per son authorised or appointed by her Majesty in Council, to seize the same, and to report such seizure to the mayor or any justice of the peace having jurisdiction in the place; and it shall be lawful for such mayor or justice either to restore the same, or to cause the same, together with any pens, hurdles, troughs, litter, hay, straw, or other articles which he may judge likely to have been infected thereby, to be forthwith destroyed or otherwise disposed of in such manner as he shall deem proper, or as may be directed in manner here inafter provided ; and any person bringing or at tempting to bring any sheep, lambs, oxen, bulls, cows, calves, or other horned cattle, into any such market, fair, or open or public place as aforesaid, knowing such sheep, lambs, or cattle to be infected with or labouring under either of such disorders as aforesaid, shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay for each and every such offence a sum not ex ceeding £20." And whereas in and by the said act it was and is further enacted as follows, that is to say : " If any person turn out, keep, or depasturo any sheep or lambs infected with or labouring under the said disorder, in or upon any forest, chase, wood, moor, marsh, heath, common, waste land, open field, roadside, or other undivided or unenclosed land, such person shall, on conviction thereof, for feit and pay any sum not exceeding £20." And whereas in and by the said act it was and is further enacted (for the more effectually prevent ing the spreading of contagious or infectious disease) as follows, that is to say : " It shall be lawful for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, from time to time to make such orders and regulations as to them may seem necessary for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the removal to or from sash parts or places as they may desig nate in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, swine, or other animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other parts of any ani mals, or of hay, straw, fodder, or other articles likely to propagate infection ; and also for the purpose of purifying any yard, stable, outhouse, or other place, or any wag gons, carts, carriages, or other vehicles ; and also for the purpose of directing how any animals dying in a diseased state, or any animals, or other things, seized under the provisions of this act, are to be disposed of; and also for the purpose of causing notices to be given of the appearance of any dis order among sheep, cattle, or other animals, and to make any other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving effectto the provisions of this act,and again to revoke, alter, or vary any such orders or regula tions; and a ll prov i s i ons f or any o f th e purposes aforesaid, in any such order or orders contained, shad halldbhienaevgne against i t n h s e er l i t k e d e t 1 f l e o i r ns c a e tmh a ei n s s d haa e cl f effect ra a ne s da c i ha f i al the eer s ys a eo m rn y e s offen offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £2O, 1 or such smaller sum as the said Lords or others of her Majesty's Privy Council may in any case by such (seder direct." And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder, known or described as the sheep pox, or variola ovine, now prevails among the sheep iu some parts o f the Unified Kingdom, and it...is expedient to take measures for preventing such disorder from spread ing, now, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's cise of the powers so vested in them , as aforesaid, Privy Counci l do hereby, in purenanee and exer m-1.:- and ordain the several orders and regulations following; that is to say— It shall not be lawful for any person to remove following, all lying and being any sh e ep or lambs to or f rom an y or either of the parish es or tythings in the County of Wilts, and near to the town of Devizes, that is to say, Devi- Hort on sheep o r , Bishop's Canniugs, - Alleannings, Etehil 1, , - hamPton, and Allington, or to drive or conduct an . , the pariohes or tythings of' lambs through or by way . •1 , f such parishes Or tythings, or any or either of then], unless the person so removing, driving, or conducting such sheep or lambs shall first have obtained a certificate, in writing, signed by some person who may have been authorised by two or more justices of the said county of Wilts, to seize sheep or lambs infected with or labouring under the said disorders, under the Ist section of the said act, that such re moval, driving, or conducting may take place with out danger of spreading the said disease. All sheep and lambs dying in any of the stages of the said disease, wheresoever such death or deaths shall or may occur, shall forthwith be buried by the person or persons in whose possession such sheep or lambs may be at the time of death, with their skins on, in pits of not less than five feet in depth, and the carcases so buried shall be covered with quicklime. All sheds and places whatsoever, and allrrailway trucks and other vehicles which may or shall have been used or occupied by sheep or iambs affected by the said disease, shall forthwith, after having been so used, be thoroughly cleansed with water, and immediately afterwards purified with chloride of lime by the person or persons in possession of such sheds, places, trucks, and vehicles respectively. Every person in possession of any sheep or lambs in or amongst which the said disease shall manifest itself, shall forthwith give notice in writing of the fact to the chief constable or superintendent of police of the county or borough in which such sheep or lambs may be. And it is further ordered that this order shall continue in force for three calendar months from and after the date hereof. ARTHUR HELPS. HORRIBLE FRATRICIDE IN CARMAR- 11LENSHIRE. LLANELLY, TUESDAY. On Sunday afternoon the village of Llanon was hrown into a state of considerable excitement, caused by the announcement that a young man named Llewellan Edwards, son of a respectable farmer at Dwrcla.wdd-fach, had shot his brother, Sommcrsley Edwards. The police immediately went in search, and succeeded the same afternoon in apprehending the alleged murderer at a place called Pontardulais ; and, having conveyed him to the lock-up of this town, he was brought up yesterday and examined before Mr. G. 11. Rees and Mr. R. G. Thomas, jun., two of the magistrates for Carmar- thenshire. The Town-hall was densely crowded when the prisoner, a gentlemanly-looking young man, dressed in naval uniform, was charged with the crime of wilful murder. His age was stated to be 21. The magistrates having first considered it expedient to retire into a private room, they proceeded to ex amine the witnesses in the prisoner's presence. Police-constable James John deposed that he had apprehended the prisoner. On informing him that he was charged with having shot his brother, he replied, "It is true. I have shot my brother." On the way to Llanelly he said he had been commanded to do it by the Lord. On searching him nothing was found except a pocket-handkerchief and a tobacco-pouch. David Price, another police-constable , also sta tioned at Poetardulais, stated that on going to the farmhouse, where the murder had been committed, on Sunday evening, he found the door locked, and that until he mentioned who he was he was unable to obtain admittance. When he went in he asked to see the deceased, and the body was shown to him. It was in the front room, lying on a board. The de ceased had been shot in the head. There were cuts on the upper part of the forehead. The whole of the brains were gone, and the scalp had been cut off. He inquired how the murder had been committed, when a hook was brought by some person in the house, and on it was part of the brains. It was a farmer of the name of Michael who brought him the hook, any who told him at the same time that he had found it in the deceased's hand. Witness was of opinion that the wounds upon the deceased could not have been self-inflicted, and that they could not have been produced by falling upon any sharp substance. On examining the yard he found a good deal of blood and brains, and also a part of the scalp. More of the brains were scattered about the walk. 'Witness made inquiry as to whether any gun had been dis covered, but was unable to obtain any intelligence on that subject. He had heard, however, that the prisoner was seen with a gun in his possession about a quarter of a mile from the farmhouse. The murder was committed about three o'clock in the afternoon, and witness had not yet ascertained whether anyone had witnessed the deed. The prisoner, having been duly cautioned, made the following statement :—My father is a solicitor at Daventry, in Northamptonshire, and is now living there. He took a farm in Llanon, called Dwrclawdd-facb, in November last, where my mother and brother resided. My sister is married to a clergyman, named Edward Montford, of Fore mark-hall, near Derby. My father is now at Daventry. On the 27th of July last I was getting up at seven in the morning, to join some young men, when two angels appeared to me, and asked me if I knew what day of the week it was ? It was Sunday. I then remained in my bed chamber for six weeks. Yesterday I received a communi cation from the Lord to shoot my brother, who had broken every commandment. I found the gun loaded in the kitchen, prepared for me. It was a double-barrelled gun. I found my brother in the yard with a sickle in his hand. I raised the gun. He said he was my only brother. I obeyed the Lord's command. I did not tell him that I was going to shoot him. I was about six feet from him. He put his hand to his head. I fired, and he fell dead. I did not touch him with the sickle. Nobody but the Lord was present when I shot him. I have been a master's assistant in the navy. lam twenty one years of age, and retired from the navy about three years ago. I had been wounded in 1859 by the son of a clergyman, named Nicholas Dewys, in South America. I was on board the ship Wasp, sloop-of-war. He (Dewys) fired a revolver pistol at me, thinking it was not loaded. The ball entered my right groin. I had an attack of epilepsy from the effcts of the wound, and was invalided in coa -1 sequence, and left the navy. This statement the prisoner signed with a firm I hand. He afterwards wrote a letter to his mother to lend him some clothing ; and he expressed a wish to be released from custody. The examination was adjc,urned until a future day, when Dr. Thomas, of Llanelly, and other medi cal gentlemen, will give evidence as to the prisoners' state of mind. Meanwhile, he has been committed to Carmarthen gaol, on his own confession, on the charge of murder. HORRID MURDER A 7 Trig' PORTLAND CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT. An inquest was, on Tuesday, held at the Portland convict establishment, before Mr, F. C. Steggall, on the body of Charles Evans, aged 39, the master shoemaker, and a warder in the prison. It appeared that it is usual for the convicts to eat their meals separately in their several cells. Their dinners are given them in a can, and after they are locked, a knife, for the purpose of enabling them to cut their meat, is placed under each of their doors. After they have been locked up an hour their cans and knives are collected. On Mon da y the one o'clock bell was rung as usual, when Warder Evans, the deceased, took three of the convicts to collect the cans and knives in No. 1 Ward, E Hall. They had collected from four or five wards when they ca me to that where a c onvict of the name of Alfred Preedy was confined. The warder unlocked the door, and Preedy presented himself with his can and knife, but instead of placing his can in the tray which two of the convicts were taking round to receive it, he dropped it on the floor. The third convict who was with the warder then held out his hand for the knife, when Preedy pushed him on ono side, seized the warder by the neck with his left arm, and with the knife in his right hand cut a deep gash under the warder's right ear, sever ie g the jugular vein, the carotid artery, and the great nerve of the neck. The two convicts carrying the tray immediately seized him, and compelled him to let go his hold of Evans and to drop the knife. They both said that when the knife was in Evans's ne ck, Preedy moved his hand as if he was twisting the knife round. Evans, when released, ran forward several rm a ry, paces, wherea Tl d h was v m l a d t o e w l y nto a room expired. rea son ea-. be assigned w hy the act was committed. None of the witness - es examined had ever heard that any dispute or altercation had taken place between No in o the i infirmary, deceased and his murderer. Preedy, who is 21 years of age, was, we understand, formerly a drum mer in the 84th Regiment, but at Christmas, 1859, was sentenced to 3 years' penal servitude for lar ceny, and had consequently only between 3 and 4 months longer to serve. Evans, the deceased, had been a warder at Portland 8 veers, and was greatly respnied, not only by the officers of the prison, but also by the well - conducted convicts. He has left a widow and three c hild ren. The jury, having heard the evidence, returned eL verdict of wilful murder against Preedy, and the coroner issued his warrant for his committal toDor cheeter fir trial. _ --- TUE LATE D UTIIERLAND. — Th e uKE 6F S.= me morial church to th e late Duke o f S u therland, at St. George, Shropshire, will be co nsecra t e d by the Bish o p of Lichfield ...., on Friday, the 10 t h of Octo b er . The church, which is situate on a hill can be seen for many wiles in ever y di rection, POLICE IMELLIGENCE.—Sept. 10. CLEBKENWELL.—DISGRACEFUL AND CRIMI NAL ASSAULT BY AN OLD MAN.—John Buckley, a dirty-looking old man, who described himself as a labourer, residing at Portpool-lane, St. Andrew's, was charged with violently assaulting Elizabeth Burke under the following circumstances: — Mr. T. Wakeling. solicitor, appeared for the pri soner ; and Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting officer of the Associate Institute for the Protection of Women, prosecuted. Elizabeth Burke said—l live at No. 5, Portpool lane, Holborn. lam fifteen years of age. I have been at place at 2, Half Moon-court, where the prisoner lodges, and I know him. On the 22d ult., between ten and eleven in the morning, I was in the parlour sitting on a chair; he, too, was in the room. He came behind me, took hold of me, and threw me on the floor. The witness then proceeded to detail the facts of the assault, which left no doubt but that the offence was committed. In cross-examination the witness stated that she screamed, but no one came to her assistance. She fetched an errand for the prisoner, and then went home and told her mother. Mr. Taylor, surgeon, of 59, St. John-street-road, having proved that he examined the girl, Police-constable William Stockwell, 110 G, said that he took the prisoner into custody. When he told him the charge he said, " So help me God, I never did it." Mr. Wakeling contended that the case was not made out, but said, as the magistrate had expressed his determination to send the case for trial, his client would reserve his defence. Mr. Barker fully committed the prisoner to New gate for trial, and refused bail. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THROUGH DISTRESS. — Charlotte Randall, a woman who has been at work in a dust-yard, was charged with attempting to commit s uicide in the Regent's Canal. From the evidence of one of the witnesses, of the name of Shepherd, it appeared that yesterday the defendant came to the dust-yard and complained of the harsh manner in which she had been treated at the workhouse, she at the same time stating that she had been kept lying on the pavement. She had a fit come on her, and she went and threw herself into the eanal. She was got out, and she then filled her apron with iron, and said she was so tired of her life in consequence of the harsh conduct of the work house officials, that she. determined to kill herself. The defendant was not fit to be out in the streets at large, as she was subject to fits. She ought to be in the workhouse, but they would not keep her there. Mr. Barker inquired if the defendant had been to the workhouse. The defendant said that she had, but they would not admit her. They said that she was an impos tor, and was not subject to fits. That was simply . Vecause the night or two that she was in the work house she had not hid a fit. The gate-porter re fused to admit her to the workhouse. She had laid on the stones for four nights. Mr. Barker remanded the prisoner for the atten dance of the workhouse authorities, and in the course of the day Mr. Clark, the relieving overseer of St. Pancras, attended, end said be had not pre viously heard anything of the case. He would at once take her to the workhouse and make the neces sary inquiries about her. Mr. Barker said that would be the best course to adopt, and allowed the defendant to be taken to the workhouse. SOUTHWARK. —EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF STEALING A BILL OF EXCHANGE FOR £2OO.—A. tall, respectable -looking man, named Henry John son, alias W. H. Norrington, alias W. H. Morton, who described himself as an agent residing in Prior-street, Greenwich, was placed in the dock before Mr. Burcham, charged with stealing a bill of exhange for £2OO, the property of Henry William Hayes. The presecutor said he was agent to a gentleman named Clark, for whom he had to pay at times large sums of money. About a month ago he had a bill of exchange accepted by Mr. Clark for £2OO, which he was requested to get discounted for the purpose of paying off several accounts. Shortly after the bill was drawn the p r isoner was intro duced to him in the city as a discounter, and, believ ing he was a respectable man, he asked him if he could get the bill for £2 OO disc ounted. The prisoner said he could, and, after examining the bill, put it into his pocket, promising either to return it or the money in a few days. The prisoner then ]eft him with the bill, and he never saw anything more of him until he gave information to the police. Mr. Burcham asked where the bill was. Witness replied that he could not exactly say, but he believed that the prisoner had negotiated it and converted the proceeds to his own use. In fact he had been informed that the prisoner had raised money on it. Mr. Burcham asked if he had ever had any pre vious money transactions with the prisoner. Witness replied in the negative, but when intro duced to the prisoner he believed him to be a re spectable man, and thought that the bill was safe. Since then he had received information that he was a bad character, and that be had appropriated sums of money to his own use, the proceeds of bills of exchange entrusted to him. Mr. Alex. Bishop said he had known the prisoner 10 or 12 years. He was sorry to say that he was a bad character. He generally represented himself to be a bill discounter. In 1850 he was convicted for fraudulently obtaining money the property of the widow of the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Onslow. Mr. Burcham--What address has the prisoner given ? Witness -. No. 13, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. Mr. Burcham asked what profession 'witness fol lowed. Witness replied that he was a clergyman of the Church of England. Other evidence was gone into, implicating the names of our leading nobility, and Mr. Burcham remanded the accused until Monday next. WORSHIP-STREET.—MORE INDECENT As • SAULTS UPON CHILDREN.—A dissipated-looking young fellow, who gave the name of Thomas Hand, was placed at the bar before Mr. Leigh charged with having committed a series of indecent assaults upon four young girls of the respective ages of 9, 12, 13, and 9 years. Caroline Coates, the eldest, and her sister, and Emily Hurren and her younger sister, all deposed that they were playing on Hackney- downs, at the hour of mid-day, when the prisoner first accosted them, and having coaxed them by all sorts of pro mises into a retired part of the downs, he there commenced a course of conduct toward them too in decent and disgusting to be described. Their evi dence was however conclusive as to the fact that the prisoner had committed a criminal assault upon each of them. Geo. Wright, a bricklayer, proved having watched the prisoner at various parts of the downs with the children, and the commission of grossly indecent acts with them. Witness spoke to him about it, and he replied, " Can't I do what I like with my own cousins ?" Witness, however, took him to Inspector Stacey ; and the gir ls, when questioned, gave such testimony as justified the present charge. Mr. Williamson su rgeon, of Mildmay-park, said he had examined tile children and found that con siderable injuries had been inflicted upon the sisters Hurren, but those upon the sisters Coates were not of so serious a character. Inspector Stacey said when he received the pri soner from the witness Wright he (prisoner) admit ted he was guity of the charges preferred against him. Mr. Leigh ordered the prisoner for trial. WESTMINSTER,—Ester Harmes, a young woman 21 years of age, servant to Capt. Balfourd, 8, Oakley-street, Chelsea, was charged with attempt ing to commit suicide under the following circum- ' stances. James Pells, horse-hair dresser, 7, Ann-street, Globe-fields, Mile-end, said he and some other young men had been out on the river for a row on Tuesday, and were returning about 8 in the evening when they put in near Cremorne Gardens to get some refreshment, and on rowing to the stairs there observed the prisoner standing upon the edge of them. As he and his companions rowed up she jumped into the water, e non which he folio need her and dragged her out. When he had placed her in safety upon the bank she began to cry, and a police man coming up a few minutes afterwards, took her into custody. Prisoner, a young woman of prepossessing ap pearance, who was in tears, said she was extremely sorry for what she clone. Mr. Arnold said he should remand her till Tues day next, not so much with a view to her being punished, but because he was sure the chaplain of the House of Detention would put her in a much better frame of mind than she appeared to be at present. After the poor girl's removal to the cells, Inspector Tarleton, V division, said he had been speaking with t h e girl's master with a view to his receiving her b ac k i nto hi s service , but he did no t seem disposed to do so; the poor girl was an orphan, without, he understood, a s i n gle relative living, and he was fearful she would be thrown upon the streets. The master observed take her b ac k , as h o se b e did not think it right to I a s afraid she would make an other attempt upon her life. Mr. Arnold did not think turning her out of her situation was calculated to make her less prone to repeat the offence. He hoped Capt. Balfourd would Collsitier the m atter. Inspector Tarleton said he hoped her rnp,§ter would receive her back, as she bore an extremely ( good character in every respect. It appeared that 1 for some time past she had been keeping company with a young maa to whom she was very much at tached, and who had suddenly, without any cause, written to her breaking off all further intercourse between them. Nothing improper had occurred, but she had taken this very much to heart, and it had so affected her as to lead her to the commission of this crime. He repeated that this poor young creature was without a single friend in the world to whom she could confide her troubles, and if she were, on coming out of prison, to be thrown upon her own resource, it was not difficult to understand what the result must be. The mother of the young man, however, had very kindly offered to take the girl home until she could find another situation , in the event of her master declining still to receive her back. Mr. Arnold requested the woman in question to be in attendance next Tuesday, and hoped the pri soner's master would alter his determination by that time. S YsTEmATic PLUNDER OF SHOPKEEPERS.--TWO well-dressed girls, named Phoebe Elizabeth Willis and Elizabeth Lisburn, who have been previously convicted,';were re-examined charged with the fol- lowing robberies : Mr. Warrand attended to prosecute on behalf of the association for the Prosecution of Shoplifters, &c., and Mr. Lewis, jun., defended the prisoners. It appeared froth the evidence that on the inst. the prisoners entered the shop of Harvey, Nicholl, and Co., 10, Lowndes-terrace, Knights bridge, and asked to be shown some silk dresses. The assistant, Eli Brown, had reason to suspect that they were dishonest persons, and turning his back to get them a particular dress they pointed out, on returning he missed a roll of silk, and called the attention of Mr. Carruthers, one of the firm, to the circumstance, upon which that gentleman called them into the counting-house,during their progress ' to which a roll containing 751- yards of lavender silk, value £l7, was observed to fall on the floor from under the dress of Willis, who, Brown ob served, had a , large slit measuring about 8 inches long in the front of her dress. Prisoners were then given into custody, and remanded, alleging that there was a mistake somewhere. On their being brought up again several assis tants from large houses were present who strongly suspected them of having visited their employers' establishments ; and a second case was preferred against them, in which it appeared, from the testi mony of William Arnold, that on the 20th of De cember last the prisoners and another woman went to Stagg and Mantle's, in Leicester-square, where Willis wanted a plaid shawl, similar to one orn by Lisburn. They had not one of that pattern, upon which they selected a shawl valued at £7 155., and paying a deposit of 18s. upon it, left, stating that they would call again next day and take the shawl, if the assistant (Arnold) could not get such a one as they wanted, Arnold, however, also had his suspicions of them, and followed them into a public-house, and thence to Broad-street, Bloomsbury, where he lost sight of them. The as sistant's ingenuity was now somewhat remarkable, for going next morning to the public-house, he exa mined the sweepings of the passage, just as the ser vant was about to throw them in the dust-hole, and there he found the bill he had given them on part pur chasing the shawl torn to pieces, and with it two tickets with his employer's marks on,and on examin ing the goods in the shop two shawls were miss ing, corresponding with the tickets, of the respec tive value of £3 9s. 6d. and 19s. 9d. Mr. Lewis did not weaken the case by his cross . examination, and the prisoners were remanded, previous to their being committed for trial. THAMES.—DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER A BROTHER-IN-LAW.—John Clay was charged with committing a murderous assault upon his brother - in-law. The inquiry excited considerable interest, and Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, of Arbour-street, conducted the prosecution. The learned gentleman, in opening the case, said that his client, as would be seen by the wound upon his head and the bandages that had been used to stop the blood, had been frightfully cut by the prisoner at the bar, the husband of the prosecutor's sister. From the instructions he had received there is not the shadow of a doubt that had not his client been a more powerful man than the prisoner he must have been murdered. Notwithstanding the mur derous assault committed upon his client, out of feeling for his sister, he did not wish to press the case too severely. He should therefore call the prosecutor to give his evidence, without taking up any further time of the magistrate. Mr. Henry Howard was then sworn, and stated that he had been staying at the house of the pri soner's wife, witness's sister, for some time, as a protection to the house, as her husband did not live with her. Mr. Young—What was the name of the house P Witness—The house was termed Colchester House and was situated at Poplar. Mr. Young—How came you to be in the house ? Witness—At my sister's particular request. Mr. Young—Explain to the magistrate whether you were sleeping in the house last night, and, if so, what took place. The prosecutor said that he was sleeping in the second floor, over his sister's bedroom, and about 1 o'clock that morning he was alarmed by a loud noise at his bedroom-door, when, in an instant, the prisoner smashed in one of the panels of his bed room-door, and, having entered through the aper ture with a cutlass in hand, he inflicted the wound which he bore upon his head, and which his wor ship could plainly see. Mr. Young—Was the prisoner drunk or sober at the time do you know ? Witness—He was sober. Mr. Young —Was it at your sister's particular request that you slept iu the house ? Witness—lt was for a protection to her. Mr. Young—How did you first know that the prisoner was in the house ? Let me first ask you if he resided there ? Prosecutor—He did not reside in Colchester House, but somewhere at West Ham, and my first knowledge of the prisoner having entered the house was by hearing a scuffling and cries of " Murder !" I think, and directly afterwards the door of my bedroom was split asunder and the pri soner entered with the cutlass in hand and com menced cutting at me. Mr. Young —What did you next do ? Witness—l got out of bed and closed with the prisoner, and both fell, and at last I found myself bleeding on the landing. Mr. Young—Did he attempt to make more than one attack on you ? Witness—l think he did, as I found the flooring out on the landing, as if the weapon had been directed with great force against my head, and having missed my head, had entered in the flooring of the landing. The prisoner said that he would admit the assault, and he would ask the prosecutor whether he had forbidden him to enter the house ? The prosecutor said that such was the case, but at his sister's request he felt bound to go to the place as a protection towards her. He (witness) had never been separated trom his wife for getting drunk. His wife never refused to live with him on account of his getting repeatedly drunk. John Sergeant, police-officer 56 K, said that between twelve and one o'clock, whilst on duty, he heard cries of murder proceeding from Colchester House, Poplar. He went into the house and saw the prisoner and the prosecutor struggling together. He separated them, and took the accused into custody. Mr. Young—Did the prisoner say anything when you took him into custody ? The constable said yes ; he said he had only done what a man had a perfect right to do in his own house. Mr. Young said ho should like it to be distinctly known, alter what the prisoner had stated, that any man had a right to do as he had done in his own house, when it should he stated that he did not re side there. Mr. Matthew Brownfield, divisional surgeon to the Poplar subdivision of the K police, of 3, Escott place, East India-road, said that at a quarter past one in the morning he was called upon to attend the prosecutor, whom he found bleeding and suffering from an incised wound on the temple, two inches in length, and the bone was injured. The wound had divided the temporal artery, which caused a great loss of blood. Witness dressed the wound. Mrs Selfe— Was the wound of a dangerous nature? Witness —I should say it was. The prisoner, although duly cautioned by the ma gistrate, in extenuation of his crime, persisted in m aking a long rambling statement, in which he stated that at the death of his wife's father a deal of enmity had existed between the prosecutor - and himself. At his death the sons celled in an auc tioneer and sold ever thin off w i t h out co nsulting him or his wif e . After that they had the North Woolwich Plate Glass Works, which ended by their being burned down. They got £6OO insurance money, and he had never received anythingfrom that day t the present. He had forbidden prose cutor to enter his house, for which he paid £45 pee year, but by living in his wife's house he had no rent to pay, and upon his going to his house he ordered him to leave, and he went into his room to turn him out, and bringing him down stairs he went to get his clothes, and as he insisted upon it, he told him if he did not go down he would kill him, I and he struck him with the sword. Fully committed to Newgate for trial. Mr. Bishop, the Englishman arrested for con veying Bourbonist communications between Naples and Bone, has been. sentenced to 10 years' -LDPAi 24. .9unieut, THE HOP PLANTATIONS. (Iron the Kentish Gazette.) EAST KENT.— Picking commenced in several districts in this division Ok' the county on Thursday - and Friday, and yesterday it avt.'s pretty general. The prevalence of mould has induced many planters to commence earlier, per haps, than they would .otherwise have done. In the neigh bourhood of Canterbury t.he hops in many gardens come down much lighter than was anticpat ed, but there are a few grounds likely to yield good crops. The opinion of several extensive planters is that the produce of this district is likely to be such an averaisce as would before the repeal have represented a duty' of from £140,000 to £150,000. Others think it would :not be so much. Our Ashford correspondent, writing yesterday, says :—" The hops continue to look well in this neighbourhood, and though the mould and rust have made the.'r appearance in many grounds it has not seriously affected any. Picking has generally commenced. A heavy crop is expected in. this district, and it is anxiously looked forward to, as the grounds here have been unfortunate for the last two seasons."—A correspondent, writing of the - Winghant dis trict, says "Hop picking has commenced, and I believe they come down quite equal to the expectation of the planters. The samples will be very good, where there is not much mould, which does not appear to increase around here." WEST KENT.—Picking has commenced in e:everal parishes, and will probably become general in a d.ay or two. The weather has been favourable during the week, and the hops appear to have improved in condition. The complaints of mould aro very numerous, and generally the yield will be less than was at one time expected. In a few parishes there will be good crops. Pickers have arrived in large numbers. SUSSEL—The reports from this country are generally more favourable than from either the West or Mid Kent district. Picking has:commenced in many parishes, and the yield in not a few instances is reported to be all that the planters could wish. This is particularly the case in the neighbourhood of Rye. THE FARNHAM DISTRICT.—P.cking commenced on Thursday. The hops have lately grown but very slowly, and some of the grounds are in a precarious state; the crop must be a short one, and will not nearly come up to our anticipations a fortnight ago. We do not remember a more partial produce for many years past. GO UN2.RI , mAREL.2 S. NEWARK-WEDNESDAY. Our market was tolerably supplied with wheat, and we had a steady trade at late prices. Oats active, but un altered in price. Beans were scarce. Barley in fair de mand, and nothing passing in peas. White wheat new, 58s to 60s Barley, grinding.. 30s to 32s Red do. sss to 58s Oats, old, .. 2Bs to 32s Old white 6OB to 64s New do 24s to 27s Red do. 56s to 60s 1 Beans. 42s to 45s Barley, malting... . 35s to 42s 1 Beans, new —s to —s Peas, ....39s to 40s BOSTON-WEDNESDAY. To-day's corn market was poorly supplied with wheat, and good samples were firm ; inferior rather in favour of buyers. Barley was a very small show, and met a slow sale. Beans scarce, at about the same rates as of late. White wheat ..... 57s to 62s I Barley 33s to 37s Red s4s to 60s. I Oats, new, 225 to 29s Beans ...42s to 46s I Peas 40s to 50s HULL—TUESDAY. A moderate supply of English new wheat on offer to-day, but only a Sew samples of old. The demand was steady, and last week's currencies were made. Foreign very quiet. Beans in tolerable demand, at last week's prices. Wheat.... Old white....pe- qr :60s Od to 62s Od Old red New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb , ke. old white 58s Od to 63s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and Riga, old sos Od to 52s Od Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 37s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 33s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish '348 Od to 36s Od Grinding 2Bs Od to 31s Od Oats English, new Archangel and Riga, per st osl2lcl to 13d Friesland and Dutch ' osl3d to 03130 Swedish and Danish Osl2ld to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr 4ss Od to 46s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick Egyptian 3ss Od to 36s Od Peas ..Foreign breakers . 36s Od tc 38s Od Grinding 3Bs Od tc 41s Od Tares ....Spring —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing ... 4os Od to 52s Od Linseed cakes (Hull) £3 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 COAL MARKET. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Wylam ..16 0 I Walls End. Ellison Main Steam...l4 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 23 0 Do. Anthracite 21 0 Holywell ..16 0 Walker Primrose 12 0 West Wylam 16 0 Lambert's West Hart- Kelloe Hartlepool. l6 6 South Hardepool 15 Hetton .. l7 3 South Hetton 17 3 Haswell l7 3 Cassop l6 0 South Kelloe.. 16 0 Heugh Hall 15 6 Thorpe .. ..15 0 Braddyll's Hetton 15 Ships at market, 47; sold. 33. ley 16 0 Eden Main 16 9 FOREIGN MAIL TACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 12. ,draail and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 12. Falkland Islands Oct. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton Sept. 14. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 14. via Marseilles Sept, 8. Lisbon Oct. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 14. via Marseilles Sept. S. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Sept. 11. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Sept. 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept 10. Bahamas, via New York .............. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Sept. 13. C a lif or nia, and British C01umbia............ KANGAROO-LAND —SMALL TORMENTORS.—The sufferings of "new hands," from this class of tormentors, and even worse, are soon mitigated by habit, and in a little while they learn to tolerate, and even forget their " inevit able presence." There is a sand-fly, no bigger than a pin's head, which selects the eye-lids as the point of attack, causing them to swell so as completely to close the eyes. This affliction, temporary only, is technically called "blight" by the colonists. In addition to these, the bugs are there a gigantic and pre-eminently bloodthirsty race; and the fleas, it is wholly impossible to expel entirely from a house by any amount of care and cleanliness. " I have seen," he says, "the ground alive with them, in the Bush, on sandy soil, far away from any habitation." The colo nial receipt for getting them out of blankets is to spread them near an ant's nest, " the inhabitants of which will soon clear them of every trace of fleas, returning them selves to their nest about sunset." These ants, too, are in immense variety as well as numbers, and are themselves no mean contributors to the sum of misery that awaits the travellers in the Bush from the insect tribe. One of the worst of these is a small black ant, the most vindictive of the race, which works with nippers and sting, inserting the latter where the pincers have made a wound. Another, still more diminutive and offensive, spoils all provisions it can reach by the peculiarly disgusting smell and taste it communicates.—Dublin University Magazine. BIRTIIS. DAWSON.—On the 9th inst., Mary Jane, the wife of W. H. Dawson, Esq., of 8, St. Mark's-square, Regent's park, of a son. RAGLAN.—On the 9th inst., at 58, Rutland-gate, the Lady Raglan, of a son. Ross.—At Esher, Mrs. Ross, of a son. SHORE,—On the 7th inst., at Farnsfield Hall, Notts, the wife of Harrington Shore, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. DOEILING--HAYNE.—On the 10th inst., at Saint James's, Paddington, J. W. Doering, Esq., Captain 6th Dragoon Guards, eldest son of E. Doering, Esq., of The Hurst, Sarrey, to Juanita Pauline Charlotte, only daughter of John _Rayne, Esq., of Gloucester-square, Hyde-park. - - - HODGSON—THORNTON.—On the 10th instant, at Saint Matthew's, Brixton, Barnard Beckett, second son of E. Hodgson, Esq., of Tulse•hill and Chancery-lane, to Margaret, younger daughter of Thomas Thornton, Esq., of Brixton-hill, and Old Swan-wharf. DEATHS. COBBETT.—On the 9th inst., at Southgate, Wm. Cobbett, Esq., aged 75. FROST.—On the sth inst., at Hull, Charles Frost, Esq. / aged 81. JACKSON.—On the 10th inst., John Henry Jac k son, Esq., of 51, Fl ee t s t ree t, an d Ri c hmond, aged 51. MAGNus.—On the Bth inst., at Dover-street, Manchester, Louis Magnus, Esq., aged 79. OuvE.—On the 9th inst., at Bromley, John Olive, Esq., aged 86. He served in the great victory on the glorious Ist of June, under Lord Howe. SYmoNDs,—On the Bth i n st., Mr. Thomas Symonds, of Leadenhall-market, a nd 22, Nortonfolgate, aged 27. STAFFORD.—On the 9th inst., the Rev. Robert Stafford, M.A., Oxon, late c urate of Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, aged 33, LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, o f N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at Tax Sux Office No. 112, St r and, ~0 i n the Precinct of the Savoy, i n the , County giacaux.—rhursclah eePteMber 11, 1862, char C DA: _ _RI pre