The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-17 00:00:00

ilia .'per, lIIE NAVY. Our Po - ctsmouith correspondent has renewed his inquiries bat° th e condition of the naval cadets on board the. Britannia training ship at Portsmouth, and also of those who have been admitted into llaslar hospital. At the date of our last report on this subject (the 10th inst.) no deaths had occurred; but since then two hare taken place, one from measles and the other (Mr. Kirwin, son of the Dean of _ _ Limerick) ) from fever. 22 cadets remain in Haslar Hospital , 18 of whom are, or have been, suffering from measles, and the remaining four from low fever. The dila medical authorities at Haslar have held a medical survey on board the ship, and strictly ex amined her in every part, even to analysing the w ater from her pump-well. They report that no local cause exists on board to account for the dis eases which have exhibited themselves, and. that they must have been imported into the ship. The report also states that no ship could be in a more perfectly sanitary condition, every part being clean, well ventilated, and dry. The report concludes by declining to recommend that the cadets and boys on board should be dispersed at an earlier period than usual., unless the sickness takes a more decided turn, tb.ere being every appearance of its strength being subdued. Since this report has been forwarded the sickness has considerably abated, the last fever case admitted into Hasler Hospital from the ship beJing 14 days since. As will be seen, however, the cases of measles have been more numerous, and the death of Mr. Kirwin from fever only took place yes terday. We are assured, however, on the best medical authority at the port, that both measles and fever are daily diminishing. There are now only two boys on board the :Britannia who have not already, at some period of their lives, had the measles. Three only of the novices belonging to the ship are in hos pital. Both measles and fever have, as we before stated, been to some extent of late prevalent in Portsmouth and its neighbourhood, and doubtless, but for the sanitary stat e o f the Britan nia and her cleanly, well-ventilated decks, referred to in the medical report, and for which all credit is due to her eaters, the sickness on board might have spread to a much greater extent. It may be necessary to state that the Britannia is not only a "cadet," but also a " novice" training ship, and that while there are only about 180 of the former class at present on board, there are 300 of the latter class. The number of cadets on board in the spring will be greatly in creased, and it has now become a serious question, and one which doubtless has received due attention from t'ne Admiralty, whether it is not imperatively necessary at once to separate the two classes, which ougb.t never to have been placed in any numbers on boar d any one vessel. The two most urgent points bearing on this cadet and novice question are—first, t'ne question in a sanitary view ; and secondly, in a `scholastic one. The first few will doubt ; the second 'will be more seriously battled for, but any person who has been on board the Britannia during study hours aft and gun-drill forward, will readily endorse the opinion now shared in by many, that the rough drill of the novices ought not to be carried on in the same ship with the study of the naval cadet. The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander B. C, Pim, has returned to Portsmouth from the westward. - The Insmortalite, 51, screw, in the first-class steam reserve at Portsmouth, will be commissioned at that port this morning by Capt. George Hancock. The Euryalus, 51, screw, Capt. Tarleton, C. 8., is discharging stores alongside Portsmouth yard, and is expected to pay off on Monday. She will after wards be taken into the ship basin. Capt. Tarleton is spoken of as likely to succeed to the command of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert on Captain Denman obtaining his flag. The screw despatch gunveisels Cormorant, 5, and Linnet, 5, 200-horse power, fitting in the basin at Chatham for the second-class steam reserve, will be iindocked this day, and. proceed to join the reserve steam ordinary. The hired transport, Norwood, taken up for the embarkation of Capt. Mercer's Battery for New Zealand, yesterday went down to Woolwich, and commenced shipping the cases of Armstrong guns (carefully packed two in each case and well se cured), as well as the cases of shot, shell, waggons, gun-carriages, and stores. The Himalaya, screw steamship, Captain I. Sec combe, returned to Spithead during the night of Thursday, from her successful search for the Royal squadron, again justifying the motto inscribed on her binnacle, " Facts non verba." She will embark the following troops at Portsmouth on the 20th inst., for conveyance to Kingstown—viz., 2d Battalion 17th Foot, 2 officers and 141 men ; 2d Battalion, 21st Foot, 4 officers and 150 men ; 96th Foot, 45 men ; City of Dublin Militia Artillery, for disembodi ment, 16 officers, 403 men, 2 officers' wives, 19 sol diers' wives, 62 children, and 2 horses. The Sultana, intended for the transport of the military train to Hong Kong, still lies off in the stream awaiting further instructions. The cases of hospital stores shipped at Woolwich on her arrival were yesterday disembarked and returned to the dispensary. Her cargo, consisting of 700 tons of war materials will, it is stated, likewise be returned to store. His Netherlands Majesty's frigate, Admiral Was senaar, 45 guns, Capt. Van Voss, from Malta and Lisbon for Holland, put into Plymouth Sound on Thursday. On the night of the 12th inst., about 8 p.m., she came into collision with a barque,whicli struck her bows and carried away her bowsprit. The frigate was at the time under can vas only, all sails being reefed. Th e am i. dent occurred in lat. 49 50 N., long. 12 43 E., about 60 Dutch miles S.E. of Scilly ; and the barque is supposed to be Dutch. The Wassenaar experienced strong winds from the south-east. Her Judder is defective ; she was appointed to go up Hamoaze yesterday, and be repaired in the Devonport dock yard. She has discharged her powder for that purpose. Th 3 screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Capt. A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., which arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thursday afternoon, left Queenstown on the Bth inst., and experienced strong easterly winds during the passage. She spoke on the 11th the Susan Ann, of London, from Quebec, for London, short of provisions, and supplied her with a cask of bread and one of pork. The Sanspareil brought from the hospital at Queenstown supernumeraries and boys belonging to the fleet. Sh e sa l u t e d th e fl ag o f th e Port Admiral, which was acknowledged by the Im pregnable. The screw steam gunvessel Violet, Lieut. and Com mander E. C. Batty, having been very suc cessful in raising men at Gloucester, retur ne d on Tuesday t o head-quarters at Pembroke, w h ere s h e is likely to make a short stay to receiv e en t r i es f or the naval reset : . The lighter Sinbad,J. Moore, ma s t er , sa il e d f rom Plymouth Yesterday for Chatham and W oo l w i c h, and the lighter Tortois e , yf li, Hoskings, master, for Pembroke. It is reported at Plymouthet that the screw steam ship Hero, 90, will be from the Sound to on Haleavemoazeof absence.t , and tha Commander Seymour w ill go The newly-formed corps of artillery volunteers assembled yesterday in the Devonport Dockyard, to pay their first instalment to wards the" • unitor which will cost £ 4 12 s. each suit. m, The provisions placed on board the screw stea m frigate Orlando, 50 , for te m p or ary service in t h e Channel, will be transferred to the screw stea m corvette Jason, 21, now preparing for commi ss i on at Plymouth. The screw steam sloop Petrel, 11, was placed i n No. 3 dock in Devonport Dockyard on Thursday to be coppered. - "A court-martial was to be held this day at Ply mouth, for trying a seaman belonging to the St. George, who refused to holystone the deck of that ship when required. Commander Seymour, of the Hero, will preside. The screw steam frigate Ariadne, Capt. E. W. Vansittart, is under orders to leave Plymouth for Portsmouth. The Royal Commissioners, assembled in the De vonport Dockyard on the subject of expenditure, attended yesterday at the pay-table, and afterwards went to the lieyham Steam yard. The gunboats Steady and Delight were put out of No. 3 dock in Reyham Steamyard yesterday. 2'h© following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. T. Denham and Lieut. S. MacDougall, to the Jason ; Lieut. A. E. Dupuis, Lieut. R. Wells, Lieut. H. Austin, and Lieut. E. Poulden, to the Immortalits ; Lieut. IL T. Boger, to the Algiers ; Lieut. J. T. Swann, to the Harrier; C. G. Johnston, master, to the Im mortalite; J. Waye, master, to the Jason ; J. S. Eaton, mate, to the Harrier ; C. J. I)oxat and C. R. Smith, midshipmen, to the Immortalite ; h. Petley, master's assistant, to the Immortalite; A. C. Dennys, master's assistant, to the Jason ; W, Vincent, acting third class engineer, to the Cam berland, as supernumerary; H. G. Barlow, pay master additional, to the Formidable ; George W. Anderson, paymP;ster, to the Immortalite ; and IL W. Warwick, paymaster, to the Jason. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief has made the following appointments : Second Capt. H. J. Alderson to be Assist.-Super intendent of Experiments at Shoeburyness, vice Lyons, appointed Assist.-Inspector of Artillery at Woolwich; Lieut. T. C. Price, of the 15th brigade, to be Acting-Adjt. and Quartermaster at the School of Gunnery, vice Alderson ; Lieut. M'Murray, of the Boast Brigade, has been removed from Bun crana to Carlisle Castle, where he will do duty until further orders ; and Lieut. Wieown has been ordered to Weymouth. Veterinary -Surgeon Anderson has been nominated to proceed to New Zealand to join Capt. Mercer's battery, and will take his departure on the 20th inst., via Egypt. Lieut.-Col. Middleton, C. 8., has embarked for the Mauritius to assume the command of the Royal Artillery at that station, in the room of Col. Cock burn, who will return to England. Lieut. H. M. Moorsom is transferred from No. 6 battery, 12th brigade, to No. 1 battery, 4th brigade. Lieut. J. H. Wilmer, of the 11th brigade, is raised to increased pay therein, vice Traill, deceased, The undermentioned lieutenants, who obtained their commissions on the Ist, announced in a gene ral regimental order, are to be posted to batteries as annexed :—W. H. Wright, sth brigade, 2d bat tery, Gibraltar; Arthur Warry, sth brigade, Bth battery, Gibraltar; C. Kirkwood, Ist brigade, 3d battery, Woolwich ; J. A. Kelso, 14th brigade, 4th battery, India; J. E. Toiler, 3d brigade, 2d battery, Guernsey ; Henry Knollys, 10th brigade, 7th bat tery, Isle of Wight; William Alexander Day, Ist brigade, 7th battery, Woolwich ; Spencer Gardiner, 3d brigade, 7th battery, Plymouth ; H. R. Y. Browne, 6th brigade, 3d battery, Malta ; E. G. B. Gattey, Ist brigade, 2d battery, Woolwich; J. T. Greenfield, 12th brigade, 7th battery, Cape of Good Hope ; C. W. Thomson, 3d brigade, sth bat tery, Plymouth ; F. W. Nind, 15th brigade, Ist battery, Gosport ; F. W. Carey, 15th brigade, 3d battery, Gosport; F. H. E. Day, 6th brigade, Ist battery, Malta; W. H. M. Duthie, 10th brigade, 6th battery, Portsmouth ; P. Lewis, 15th brigade, 4th battery, Gosport; A. H. Maclean, 3d brigade, Bth battery, Plymouth ; G. C. Parlby, 6th brigade, 10th battery, Corfu ; A. B. Davies, 7th brigade, Ist battery, Jamaica ; and E. Woolcombe, 3d brigade, 4th battery, Plymouth. Such of the before-men tioned officers as are posted to batteries at home stations will join them on Jan. Ist next. Those for the Mediterranean stations will hold themselves in readiness to embark about the 4th of that month, on which subject a future communication will be made to each of them; and the remainder will join at Woolwich en Jan. Ist for duty until passages are provided for them to their respective destinations. Assist.-Surg. H. Peacock, M.D., one of the staff surgeons at Chatham dockyard, has been superan nuated from that establishment by order of the Admiralty, after 17 years' service. Yesterday a Board of the Commissioners of Chel sea Hospital was held at the invalid depot, St. Mary's barracks, Chatham, when a number of non commissioned officers and men of various regiments who were found to be unfit for further service were ordered to be discharged on Thursday next, each man being awarded a pension according to his period of service. The Hon. Artillery Company mustered at their headquarters in Finsbury, yesterday, to march out, under command of Major Robinson, with a troop of Horse Artillery, under command of Capt. Jay, and the Foot Artillery, under the command of Captain Blockley, accompanied by their band, and left the barracks at two o'clock, and marched through Moorgate-street, Cannon-street, and the Strand; thence through Pall-mall, up Regent-street, and to Lord's cricket-ground, where they halted for half an hour. They then returned through Oxford street, Holborn, and at Barbican, to their quarters. The precision of their march and the soldierlike bearing of the men excited the admiration of the officers at the different military clubs, and excited great attention from the populace, who followed them in great numbers throughout the march. The character and discipline of the whole corps reflected the greatest credit on the Adjutant, Capt. Potts. One of Dr. Normandy's newly-invented conden sers for ship's use was yesterday received at Wool wich, for fitment on board her Majesty's 21-gun screw steam corvette Barossa, at Woolwich. From experiments which have been carefully gone through, by order of the Board of Admiralty, under the supervision of Mr. Hall, commanding her Ma jesty's steam reserve at Woolwich, the abovtnamed condenser was found to distil water, otherwise unfit for use, in the most effectual marner, and in com peting with Grant's apparatus for the same purpose was proved incllculably superior. Accordingly a Grant's condenser, recently fitted, at a cost of about £BO, on board the Barossa, is now ordered to be removed and to be replaced by Dr. Normandy's apparatus. The Barrosa is ordered to be placed in the 2d class steam reserve at that port until brought forward for commission. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT CALL i U. A letter from Callao in the Panama Star and _Herald, received by the arrival of the West India mail at Southampton, gives the following particu lars of a dreadful accident which occurred on the 10th alt.:--" Yesterday a most frightful accident occurred in the dry dock at San Lorenzo, involving the entire loss of the Peruvian frigate Callao (Au perimac), and almost the entire destruction of the dock, and a fearful loss of life. The particulars of this lamentable affair are, as far as I can gather, as follows :—lt having been advisable to dock the ship in order to examine her copper and ether trifling things, the engineer of the dock was asked if she could be taken on with her battery, provi sions, and crew on board; his opinion was that the dock could not raise her with that weight; conse quently, her guns were landed, yards sent down, and topgallant masts struck, retaining her provi sions, magazine, and crew on board, and in this state she entered the dock at half-past 10 a.m. There, was a very large concourse of persons went over to witness the operation. The Government steamer Ucayali conveyed the President, Minister of War, and a large number of invited guests. Upon. the arrival of the President the vessel began to enter the dock, and was soon placed in her pro• per position, the pumps were set to;work, everything up to the present moment went well. The keel of the frigate took the chocks of the platform, and she began to ascend out of the water ; after some time the engineer noticed that the after sections of the dock were rising much quicker than the forward ones, the extra weight of her anchors and chains being the cause of this. As soon as the sections were again level all the pumps were again started, and presently four of the upright stanchions of the (the Callao br o k e — t hi s was, h owever, deemed of no im p.ortance, as everything else w a s go i ng o n we ll an d the ou frigate coming ou t o f th e wa t er ; s h e was now six feet a a l le hasbaov e hera deep keel bearings, e her keel in the t aboutchocks I and a very flat floor), but owin g chocks did not act as any supp or t w h a t ever on h er bilge, thetherefore ship was simply balanced upon her keel, an d so lo that positio n she w ng as as she f could be kept s t ea dy i n ; but her crew were o n board constantly movingsa e from one side to the other, the ship being already topheav • this caused her to give one or two s li g h t rolls, and y then over on her starboa r d b eam ; atthe en she pit c h e d the three masts snapp e d a b out half w se a cond su_rge the deck; her starboard port s b e i ng Open e y he u r p a f i r d o l m y filled with water; and here bega n a scene of horror impossible impossible to describe. The water was filled with men and women, wounded, dying, all screaming for, help. Boats were promptly sent to their assist ance, or the loss of life would have been still more fearful. Of the number who were below at the time very few escaped, and their cries for help were terrible, but that which was most heart• rending was the poor sick in the hospital, who THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1860. _____. - - • helpless With, diseate, conld do nought but scream rot that help which none could render them. Up to the present time of writing it is not known how many have been lost, but it cannot fall short of 150. The wounded that could be removed who did not require amputation were brought over to Callao the test remaining on the island. Th'e number of broken heads, arms, and legs is great. Captain Kerr, of the English ship Golconda, lowered his boats and did good service 'in saving some 30 or 40 libes. The Callao was a fine 54-grin frigate, and she was a splendid speci men of naval architecture. She was about six years old—the vessel is a total loss, being entirely under water; the dock may also be considered as done for, it having failed as a commercial specula tion, and the present disaster may be considered as the last of the Callao dry dock." ACCIDENT ON THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY. FURTHER PARTICULARS. ATHERSTONE, FRIDAY EVENING. From information we have been enabled to ob. tain from the officials and others with whom our reporter has come in contact, and which from the excitement which prevails, is necessarily of a very imperfect character, it appears that a cattle train from Holyrood was proceeding along the line on the way to Peterborough, and about two o'clock this morning the driver was in the act of shunt ing on to a siding situated on the down line, and about a quarter of a mile above Atherstone, in order to allow the Scotch mail, which was then due, to pass, when, before the goods carriages were clear of the main line, the mail train came up at tremen dous speed. A fearful collision ensued. Four of the hind carriages of the cattle train were shivered to pieces in a moment, the fragments being strewn about in every direction. The engine and tender of the passenger train were also completely smashed, and were thrown over into the ditch, the massive coupling chains being snapped asunder as though they were of the thickness of mere wire. The scene which the , line presented immediately after the collision was most harrowing. The line was strewn on both the up" and down rails with the fragments—portions of the broken carriages were lying about literally in splinters, together with the carcases of a number of bullocks, which had been crushed to death. On removing some portion of the fragments, the bodies of no less than nine persons were recovered, nearly all of whom were quite dead, the others only surviving a short time. It appears that most of the deceased were drovers in charge of the cattle, who were in the break at the end of the train, and, it is believed, were asleep at the time of the collision. The break was one of the carriages which were broken to pieces, and there is no doubt most of the poor fellows were killed on the spot, their injuries being of a truly awful character. It is a most providential circumstance that none of the passengers in the mail train sustained any injury, with the exception of a few bruises, and, doubtless, a severe shaking. We are enabled posi tively to state that none were so seriously injured as to be unable to proceed on their journey when the line could be cleared. The fireman attached to the engine connected with the mei', train, the only servant of the com pany who lost his life, was at first supposed to have escaped; but as he was not to be found, a further search was instituted, and the body was eventually got out from under the engine and tender, together with the carcase of a bullock, both bodies being nearly roasted by the fire of the engine, and dread fully scalded by the hot water. The exact nature of the injuries received by the deceased men has not yet been ascertained. Their names are John Macdonald, Edward Macdonald, James Tallons, John Tallons, Jas. Hickey, Andrew Darby, Alam, and one person, whose name is unknown. All the foregoing were drovers, and were in the break at the time of the collision. The name of the fireman is James Cherry. The following are the injured and the nature of their injuries :—Patrick Fay, 34, cattle owner, of King's County, Ireland—contusion of face and left breast and fracture o leg, not dangerous ; Thomas Cconing, about 60, cattle drover—severe scalp wound, with concussion of the brain and probable fracture of the skull, also fracture of ribs, not likely to recover ; William Hill, 24, Post-office clerk, connected with the mail train—severely shaken ; George Smith, 23, also Post-office clerk, connected with the mail train-severely shaken; Mr. Bowker, Post-office clerk—slight concussion o" the brain and generally shaken. Several other persons were also severely shaken, but ware able to proceed on their journey. Mr. Oliver Pemberton, surgeon to the General Hospital, Birmingham, and several other gentle men, particularly Mr. Fox, of Atherstone, were unremitting in heir attention to the sufferers. In addition 4- 1 the damage done to the property of the company above stated, three other cattle trucks were much broken, as well as the van in which the Post office clerks were engaged in sort , ing letters. About 29 beasts were killed or so injured as to render the immediate slaughter ne cessary. The accident is supposed to have arisen from the driver of the mail train not having observed the signals. The chief signal is so p 1 aced that supposing he had, seen it there would not have been time to avoid a collision, the siding on which the cattle train was being shunted being situated round a curve of the line, so that the latter train could hardly have been visible to the driver un',l he had approached within a short distance. The signal-man avers that he put on the auxiliary signal about a quarter of a mile further down the line. Whether this be so or not will doubtless be a mat' er of inquiry at the in quest. In any case gross carelessness must have been committed, either by the engine -driver or the signal man. It is most certain that the train was being driven at a very rapid rate at the time of the colli sion. It is also a matter for inquiry why the cattle train was not detained at Tamworth, to which sta tion the advan-e of the mail train was doubtless telegraphed, instead of being allowed to proceed without sufficient time to get safely shunted on to the siding at Athers' one. Mr. Cawkwell, the traffic manager of the company, together with other officials, inspected the scene of the accident in the course of the day, as did Mr. Alfred Carter, the coroner for the district, and we have no doubt a strict inquiry will be instituted. A numbe.: of railway labourers were employed during the morning in clearing the line and remov ing the fragments on to the embankment, both the up and down lines being reopened for traffic by about 10 o'clock. Among the passengers, we understood, were the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, who were of course very much frightened by the occurrence, though we are informed that such was the instantaneous na ture of the shock that the passengers were unaware that anything half so serious had happened. (OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.) A serious accident occurred near Atherstone, on the Trent Valley Railway, by the mail train from Scotland corning in collision with a cattle train standing at the Atherstone Station. The engine of the.mnil train was thrown off the line, and stoker was killed, and seven cattle drovers in the cattle train were also killed. The Post-office clerks on duty in the travelling post office were injured by the concession, but the engine-driver and the few passengers who were in the mail train escaped without injury. Both lines were blocked for a time, but the up-line was speedily cleared, and the train, with its passengers, reached London at a quarter before 10 o'clock. 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Carden, charged with unlawfully concealing goods, to the value of £l2OO and upwards, within three months of his bank- ruptcy;:with intent to cheat and defraud his credi Mr. Best, barrister, appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Van San dau, for the prosecution, said—l have the honour to attend before you, on the part of the assignees of two bankrupts, named Lewis Robert Poole and Samuel Bryan, who carried on an extensive business at Northampton as boot and shoe manufacturers ; and it will be my duty, in making the charge against the bankrupt at the bar, to lay before you evidence of the concealment of goods to an immense amount. It will also be my duty in the course of this important investigation to bring under your notice certain facts which will undoubt edly implicate others besides the bankrupt, and against whom charges will be preferred of con spiracy, perjury, fraud, and, in fact, every offence known to the bankruptcy laws of this country. The evidence I shall adduce will be of the utmost importance to the commercial world, and it will materially affect the present system of managing property in bankruptcy, and show that even where accountants of the highest eminence are employed their reports upon the position of estates in bank ruptcy are not to be relied upon, and that the accoun tants themselves can lend their countenance even to complicity in the frauds practised by dishonest bank rupts upon their creditors. I shall show, sir, that the bankrupt now before youfailed on the 13th August last ; that he applied a few days previously to a highly respectable firm for an advance in money, stating that they owed £9,000, and that their assets would realise £7,000; but, although urged by the bankrupt, the firm I have referred to de clined to make any advance while the bankrupt's firm was in such a state of insolvency. In con sequence of this refusal the bankrupt's affairs were, 'on the 15th of August, placed in the hands of the accountants, whose reputation, from their high po sition, was above suspicion, and on the same day a circular was issued by them announcing the failure of Poole and Bryan, of Northampton ; but they omitted to send any one to take an account of the bankrupt's property until the 17th, the con sequence of which was a large amount of property was removed in the interval by the bankrupt Poole ; for it was only fair to state that Mr. Bryan was in no way implicated in these frauds, by which means the whole of that property was ir retrievably lost to the estate. On the 17th of August the accountants sent down a clerk to Northampton, who remained there till the 22d, to which period goods in very large quantities were daily removed from the bankrupt's premises with the connivance and, I have no hesitation in saying, the complicity of the accountants' clerk. You will find by the evidence on this point that the ac countants' clerk cautioned the carman, after he had started with one load of goods, that he was being watched, and told him to take a circuitous route with the goods, so as to lead the watchers a long chase. I will not anticipate the evidence further, as my object is to obtain a remand, in order that I may spread my net wider, so as to include all who are in any way implicated in the extraor dinary conspiracy which the evidence will disclose. I will therefore proceed to call my witnesses, but before doing so I may mention that of the goods that were fraudulently removed we have re covered a portion to the value of £1,200. Thomas Beard said—l was carman in the em ploy of the bankrupts, and left their service on the 20th of August last. On the 13th of that month the manufactory was closed, and all the men discharged except James Woodford, one of the carpenters, and me. After they were all gone, Poole directed me to go into the shoe-room and assist him with packing some trunks with Wel lington, Blucher, and spring-side boots. I did so, and we packed ten large trunks, and then, by Poole's orders, we loaded them into the van, and took them to the house of a Mr. Peirce, an auctioneer, of Cas tilian-street, Northampton, where they were de posited in the back kitchen. When we returned in the afternoon, Poole directed me to go to Earl's Barton, about seven miles from Northampton, and ask Mr. Stone, his agent, for all the work he had got ready. I took the van with me, and brought back a large hamper of boots, shoes, and other goods. Poole then told me to take these goods to Mr. Chap man, at Kingsthorpe, and I took them the same evening, and Mr. Chapman put them into his coach house. On my return I told Poole what I had done, and he then said he would want me to go to London on the following morning, the 14th of August. He directed me to go to the warehouse in New Oxford street, and gave me money to pay the expenses of my journey up. I came to London the next morn ing, and when I got to the warehouse I saw Mr. Poole talking with a gentleman, and he motioned to me to stand aside awile, and I did so. They then went into the shop and I waited till the gentleman came out and went away, when Poole came across the road to me and told me to go into the shop and ask for Mr. Wilcoxon's goods. I did so, and I then saw the foreman whisper to Poole, and he after wards turned to me and said if I would bring my truck at two o'clock in the afternoon the goods should be ready. I returned at that hour, and Poole assisted in putting aheavy hamper intothe truck, and I took it to Mr. Wilcoxon's shop in King William-street, London-bridge. I returned to the warehouse at about eight o'clock at night, and saw there Poole and Mr. Bryan. The former told me to hire a van, and I engaged one in Drury-lane to be at the warehouse by six o'clock on the following morn ing. When I returned both the bankrupts were stillrthere, and Poole told me to go down stairs and help the shopman to carry a lot of hampers of goods out of the kitchen into the passage of the shop. There were seven or eight hampers, and all of them full. I slept there that night, but the bankrupts went away and returned the next morn ing about six o'clock. That was the 15th of Aug. I then loaded the van with the hampers which had been brought up from the kitchen, and by Poole's orders I took them to the shop of Mr. Tozer, in King William-street, London-bridge. We arrived there about eight o'clock, and I found Mr. Bryan there before me. He assisted Mr. Tozer's foreman in taking the hampers down stairs. When I came back with the empty van Poole directed me to hire a truck, and afterwards said he was going to send a large hamper of goods to Northampton, and told me to take the hamper to the nearest book ing-office for that purpose. I took the hamper to Chaplin and Horne's, in High Holborn, and saw that it was directed to Mr. Clarke, of Newland, Northampton, whom I knew to have been acting as foreman to Mr. Chapman, of Kingsthorpe. On mp return Poole told me that he was going down to Northampton, and that I was to follow him by the next train, and go to his private house, at 17, St. George's-street. I reached there between five and six o'clock the same evening and saw there Poole, Mr. Thomas Chapman, of Kingsthorpe, and Mr. Ventris, the clerk from Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., the accountants. In the presence of the others Poole gave me the keys of the factory, and Chapman gave me orders to go there and pack a lot of goods. He told me to pack a let of trunks with boots of different kinds, and Poole directed me to get WoOdford to assist me in packing them. Poole and Chapman afterwards came to the factory, and the latter told me to load the van, and take the seven or eight hampers we had packed to his house at Kingsthorpe, but not to go through the tollgate, which was the nearest way. We went along the Kettering-road, which was three miles out of our course, and found Chapman waiting to receive the goods, which we accordingly left. I returned that night and told Poole what I had done with the goods, and on the morning of the next day (Thursday, Aug. 16) I went again to the factory, where I found Poole, Chapman, Vent ris, and Woodford. Poole ordered Woodford and Ito go into the shoe-room and assist him and Chapman in packing some goods. We packed a great many 'trunks that day—l should think as many as 20. The goods consisted of b sots and shoes and mate rials for making them. Ventris was present all the time, but did not assist. We then loaded the van and a light spring cart with the trunks, and according to Chapman's orders we left them at his house at Kingsthorpe, and they were deposited in the coach-house as before. Ventris was present, and saw us start with the goods from the factory at 12 o'clock at night. When we reached Northamp ton on our return, Poole said he was going to Lon don on the next morning, which was Friday, Aug. 17, and that he wanted Woodford and I to be at his house the following evening. I saw them on their return by the late train on Friday night, and Poole then told us to be at the factory the follow ing morning—Aug. 18. We went there as directed, in the morning, and, shortly after, Mr. Peirce, the auctioneer, came in, and we were ordered by Poole to weigh some bales of leather. We did so, and Mr. Peirce took the account of it. Chapman and Ventris were present during the weighing, There were 13 bales of soleing leather called " butts" which we took to Mr. Peirce's warehouse, accord ing to Poole's directions, in Dychurch-lane. Ventris also took an account of the weight of the goods, , after which he went back to Mr. Peirce 's office and • drew some money upon them to pay the workpeople their wages. All the work that was brought in was paidlor up till 4 o'clock. When all the workpeople had gone, Poole opened the warehouse, and ordered us to remove all the goods brought in that day into the warehouse, to get trunks, and pack them. We packed six or seven trunks and several large bags with the goods in the presence of Ventrie and Poole. Tne bags contained a quantity of loose leather, which Poole said should be sold, and the money divided between Woodford and I. He then told us to take the goods to Mr. Peirce's warehouse; and we had only proceeded through Bayford-street and across the market-square, when Ventris, who heard Poole's orders, came after us, and told us we were being watched. Mr. Best here objected, and said—The statement made by any one in the absence of the prisoner can not be accepted as evidence against him. Mr. Van Sandau—The evidence this witness is about to give is most material ; it is part of the res fiesta of the whole case. Sir R. W. Carden—l think that in an inquiry of such great importance the court ought to have the fullest information, and as what Ventris said can not prejudice the bankrupt, I shall hear what the witness was about to state. Mr. Van Sandau—lt will save the court time if I state at once that I intend charging the bank rupt with conspiring, with some of the parties whose names have been mentioned, so that what they have said and done will be evidence against the bank rupt, having already shown them acting in concert with him for one common purpose. Witness resumed—Ventris told me I was being watched, and that I had better give them a good chase. I therefore passed Dychurch-lane, and hav ing made a great circuit, I brought the goods back to Poole's, and put them into his stable. On Sun day morning, about nine o'clock, Poole sent for us, and told us to go to Chapman's, at Kingsthorpe. We went there about six o'clock in the evening, and remained in the kitchen until about eleven o'clock, when Chapman came to us and said he had hired a barn of a neighbour to put his horse into, but that he wanted to shift all the trunks from his own coach-house into this barn. He told me to take up a trunk, and he would guide me to the barn, and I did so. We carried all the trunks thither ; there were not less than 26 or 27 trunks and two large hampers. It was two o'clock in the morning when we lett, and Chapman told us to go back to Poole's house, which we did, and found the back door upon the latch. We entered, and found a man named Billingham asleep on the sofa. We awoke him, and he then told us he was going to have the goods which were in the stable in his care, and that all he wanted me to do was to drive, as he did not know how, and to take the goods wherever he directed me. This was at three o'clock in the morning of Monday, the 20th of August. We loaded the goods which were in the six or seven trunks we placed in the stable on Saturday night, and the five bags of leather, which was to be sold for ourselves; and Billingham and I went with them to Hartwell, about six miles from North ampton, as he said he wanted to take them a round about way, and he knew a carrier at that place who would bring back the goods to Northampton for him. At Hartwell we put the goods into the carrier's cart, and then returned to Northampton with the empty van, followed by the carrier with the goods, but on our arrival we found the carrier had got there before us and delivered the goods at Billingham's house, as he had been directed—that is, the goods were in his cart in the Red Lion yard, opposite Billingham's house. I told Poole the same day where we had been, and that the carrier had brought the goods back to Billingham's, but he made no reply. Cross-examined—l have been about two years in Mr. Poole's employ, and was never employed before to lift goods in the way I have described. I know a person named Jamieson in the bank rupt's employ, who was sent out to Weedon out of the " road" (way). I also know a man named Balls, who never came to the warehouse after the 13th, except for his wages on the 18th. I was kept to look aster the horses. I made no note of the conversation I had with Poole but I put down all the dates from day to day. I did so because I be gan to see that things were going wrong, and I thought I might be called on to say what I knew. The leather was removed on two occasions publicly in open day. I only know Mr. Dawson, Mr. Poole's solicitor, as being solicitor to a loan office, of which I obtained a loan. I never to'd him what I have now stated about these transactions. I gave infor mation to Mr. Newton, of Northampton, and Mr. Dennis, a solicitor, of what I knew, I was at Mr. Dawson's office on one occasion, and I signed a paper there, but I did not know what it contained. I went there by Mr4Poole's (Faders, and Mr. Daw son questioned me. He was writing all the time I was giving my answers. I know a gentleman of the name of Cooke, of Walsall, to my sorrow ; but he was not present at Mr. Dawson's office. Mr. Best—l will read to you the statement you have signed :—I recollect on the 11th of July last receiving orders from Mr. Poole to carry some trunks from the warehouse to Mr. Chapman's at Kingsthorpe. I remember seeing on the afternoon of that day a gentleman, I believe Mr. Cooke, of Walsa'l, in conversation with Mr. Poole, and. I un derstood at the time that be was purchasing a large quantity of shoes. I accordingly loaded one van with the trunks and conveyed them to Kingsthorpe, and delivered them there to Mr. Chapman, and Chapman sent a receipt which I handed to Poole. I did not count the number of trunks; but I think there were about 26." Now, tell me, did you make these statements at Mr. Dawson's office ? Witness—No, sir; it is all fake. I never said anything of the kind as having occureed in the month of July. I told the number of trunks I took in August ; but I said nothing whatever about July. Ido not know that an action at law is pending about these goods; but I did hear that Mr. Cooke was going to enter an action against the assignees for them. Cooke and Jamieson were not at Mr. Dawson's office. Poole sent me on the Ist of October to Mr. Cooke, at Wal sal to go into his employ, but I never commenced work for him. I left on the 3d, and went to Bir mingham, and then returned to Northampton. The first person I spoke to on these matters was Mr. Newton, the assignee. I went to Mr. Newton be cause Poole has behaved to rue in such a rascally manner, and thrown my family into the workhouse at Derby. He wanted me to swear falsely for him, and that was the reason of my being examined at Mr. Dawson's office ; but I had determined to speak the truth. I never threatened to serve Poole out it he did not give £2O ; but he has threatened to shoot me for turnng against him and speaking the truth. I was never in a railway carriage with Chapman and a man named Barwell. I never Said in their presence that unless Poole would give me £2O I would go round to the other side. I know Young, one of Poole's carpenters, but I never made such a statement to him. He told me that if I did not get £lO from Poole for the manner in which he had served me and my family I should be to blame. Sir R. W. Carden—You had a right to expect to be well paid for working so hard for so many days. Witness—Young was sent to watch me, to see that I did not go to the creditors, while Johnson, the father of Poole's housekeeper, went up to London to inform Poole that I had returned to Northampton. Young followed me about, and never left me for a whole day and night. Poole' told Woodford and I to take an old van and sell it. We did so, and got 30s. for it, 2s. for our selves, but we gave the whole of it to Poole, who gave us 16s. each, and said that would go towards paying us for our extra time. That was on the 15th of August, and Woodford gave the pur chaser a receipt for the money, and by Poole's direc tions he dated the receipt a month earlier, so as to make it appear that the van was soldin July. Poole arranged with Barwell to send my furniture to Walsall, and I found it was to be forwarded in the name of Wm. Gann ; and Mr. Cooke was telegraphed to receive it in that name instead of my own. I never tried to sell the bags of leather which have since been seized by the assignees. I have seen Woodford this morning, but I have not talked the matter over with him, as he knows nearly as much as I do. I told Woodford that Poole had promised to give me the whole of the money that the leather might sell for; and Woodford then told me that Poole had promised him the same, end that I was to go without. (Laughter.) Poole wanted to get us both out of the way; but I found I was working for a deceit'ul mas'er. Sir R. W. Carden—Was this document which Me. Best has read to you now read over to you before you signed it, or anything like it ? Witness—No, sir; nothing of any kind was read to me. others. Slr R. W. Carden—This paper and the witness's previous observation about the double promise made by his master tend to show the nature of these transactions. He had been induced to sign a docu ment which was not only not read over to him, but it was not even dated to show when it was prepared. Mr. Van Sandau—A paper got up by the attor ney for the purposes of deception and fraud. Mr. Dawson most strenuously and indignantly denied the imputation. Mr. Van Sandau—We have now had four hours of this examination, sir, and I therefore propose to adjourn the case to an early day, as I have a couple of witnesses here from Northampton. Sir R. W. Carden—And I have all the ordinary business of the day to dispose of yet. Mr. Best—With regard to bail, sir. Sir It. W. Carden—Bail! Certainly not. should never be able to hold up my hea d again in the City of London if I took bail in a case of such magnitude and great public importance after the evidence which I have heard here to-day. The witness has given his evidence in a remarkably straightforward manner. I never heard a clearer statement in my life. The bankrupt was then remanded till Saturday (this day) for the purpose merely of taking the evidence of the Northampton witnesses, in order that they may not be kept unnecessarily in London ; after which Mr. Van Sandau applied for warrants rer the apprehension of several persons as accom plices of the bankrupt ; but we omit the names, lest publication should interfere with and frustrate the ends of justice. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AUTUMN MEETING. FRIDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for two-yr-olds; the winner to be sold for a,50. Three furlongs. Mr. Hughes's Parole, 7st (Mitchell) 1 Mr. Simpson's Everlasting, 7st 121 b (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Jackson's Jackall, 7st (Madden) 3 Sloth also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Jackal', 3to 1 agst Parole, sto 1 agst any other (offered). Parole made all the running, and won easily by a length and a half ; a head between the second and third, bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 55 sovs. Selling Stakes, a Handicap Plate of 25 sovs ; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Byrn's Yafa filly, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (E. Taylor) 1 Mr. Angell's Vouralak, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (Perry) 2 Mr. T. Dawson's Sister to Horace, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Buck) 3 Be".ting-7 to 4 on Vouralak, 5 to 2 agst each of the Won by a head, throe lengths between the second and third: The winner was bought in for 41 sovs. Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added. One mile and a quarfer. Mr. Prenter's Lustre, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Taylor) 1 Mr. Barber's Prince of Orange,. aged, 7st (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Buriowe's Nimrod, 4 yrs, Bst (Prior) 3 Estella and Gaylad also ran. Betting-6 to 4 on Lustre, 5 to 2 agst Prince of Orange. Won by half a length, bad third. Scurry Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; optional sell- ing weights, &c. Half a mile. Mr. Hughes's - Chantress, 5 yrs (£2O), 7st 111 b (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Wantage's Athens, 3 yrs (£2O), Est 101 b.. (Bottom) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Sloth, 2 yrs (£2O), Est 111 b (Beach) 3 Betting-3 to lon Chantress, 4to 1 agst Athens. Won by two lengths, a bad third. The winner was bought in for 50 sous. Nursery Handicap Plateof 25 sous. Five furlongs. Mr. Wilson's Venison, Est 121 b (Bottom) 1 Mr. Harrison's Lady Ripon, Bst 41b ( dullock) 2 Mr. Lincoln's Duplicity, Bst (Taylor) 3 The following also ran :—Kelpie, Calliope colt, Belleisle, and The Duke. Betting-5 to 2 agst Lady Ripon, 3to 1 agst Venison, 4 to 1 agst The Duke, 6 to 1 agst Duplicity. Won by a head ; bad third. Handicap of 5 sovs each. Half a mile. Mr. Payne's Gwellyan, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Parsons) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Fractious, aged, 7st 21b (Bray) 2 Mr. Burbridge's Woman in Red, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Little) 3 The following also ran :—Tiara, New Brighton, Rom sey, Grand Master, Lady Ripon, Sheffield, and Spanish Fly. Betting—Even on Fractious, 5 to 1 agst Tiara, 8 to 1 agst Gwellyan, 10 to 1 each agst Lady Ripon, Woman in Red, and Spanish Fly. Won by a length ; a head between the second and third ; Tiara a good fourth ; Sheffield fifth. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, s i ft. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Merry's Lord of the Manor, 4 yrs (L 100), Bst llb (Custance) w o Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the Fund), with 20 added% the winner to be sold for £5O. One mile and a half, over five flights of hurdles. Mr. W. Jones's Yorkshire Miss, 4 yrs Bst 101 b (W. White) 1 Mr. W. Wray's Secret Treasure, 4 yrs, 9st .... (Haigh) 2 Mr. Swindell's Pactolus, 5 yrs, lOst (Palmer) 3 Spiteful Dick and Catherine also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Spiteful Dick, 2to 1 agst York shire Miss. Won by four lengths ; a bad third. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Dundee (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Diophantus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) 25 to 1 agst Diciator (taken) 25 to 1 agst Big Ben (taken) 33 to 1 agst Nautilus (taken) 33 to 1 agst Folkestone (taken) 40 to 1 agst Rambler (offered) 50 to 1 agst Invader (offered) No betting on any other event. THE LEAMINGTON H CHA WEIGHTS FOR THE GRAND C UNT CLUB STEEPLE .SES. DPEN STEEPLECHASE. Four st lb The Huntsman ll 10 Emperor, by Game boy ll 2 Bridegroom ..... 10 12 The Dane lO 10 Franc Picard Jealousy Tumbler .. lO 0 Topsy ... Tattler Norma st lb Athlete Marmion WeDark . The Curate Medora 9 7 Killigrew Premier 9 5 King Will;am Tomboy 8 12 The Rover Resu7gam 8 10 HANDICAF HURDLE RACE. Two miles. Age st lb The Dane . 4 11 0 Jealousy Romeo a 10 10 Pactolus Norma 4 9 12 Harry . 10 Estalta a 9 10 Marmon 6 9 7 Grillade . a 9 7 Topsy Royalty a 9 6 THE WELTER Cur. Oa Age st lb Lovett Timandra Sooths +yer Man-at-Arms 3 10 8 Pi man .. 3 10 5 Prince of Orange a 10 4 Vixen Age st lb St. Mark 9 6 Conductor King William F by Collingwood —Buttress by Defender - 5 9 0 Tomboy ... 8 12 Catheine 4 810 Bannockburn 8 10 Mary Stuart 3 810 Mayfield ..... 3 810 Le mile and three-quarters. Age at lb Greek 4 10 2 Pactolus Grills de Sailor Ipswich Ii esurgam 3 812 PUGILISM. SAM HURST AND THE CHAMPION'S BELT. We have received a letter from Mr. Hyde acknowledging the receipt of the stakes and the Champion's Belt, for Sam Hurst, the Ir 'ant Champion. They are to be handed over to him on Monday night at the Commercial Inn : Staley bridge. The ceremony would have been performed earlier, but the belt was not received until Thursday morning. It is to be hoped Sam will be able to raise a few pounds among his friends for his less fortunate antagonist, whose career is now at an end, and that, too, without any savings to pro vide for him in after life. With recerence to the belt, we are happy to say that it was restored to us on Wednesday last by Tom Sayers, though not without manifest reluctance, Tom stated that he could not continue his engagement with Messrs. Howes and Cushing, who were paying him £55 a week, without it; and he thought it hard, after having defendfd,it so long, that he could not have the use of it for a short period. We told him that he Fad voluntarily agreed to surrender it, and that he must be content with his new belt, wnere i upon he informed us that this was not in his pos.- session, being still retained by Mr. Morris for the balance due upon it. It seems hard that this should be the case, but it would have been harder to have deprived Hurst of what was justly his own. We have at present in hand £2l towards redeeming the two new belts; but the sum required is £lO5, and it remains to be seen whether the American f:icnds of Tom and the English friends of his late opponent will contribute the neczssaly amount to fur nish the balance. From inquiries we have instituted we learn that some persons who represent themse lves as frierids of Tom, but who are in reality his enemies, had been trying to persuade him to stick to the old belt regardless of conse all the quences, and that had it not been for the exertions o . f those who really found his money and iranaged everything for he would probably him clur:ng his career as Champion, 'have been led away by the evil counsels of these . parasites, whose aim one would suppose must be urg t; h d i o m h t ' o m abar harm they can. We would siron.glY don such adviser , , and in all business matters, at any rate, consult with those who all along have shown that they have his true interests at heart. We shall be glad t o receive contributions towards th e redemption of the new belts.— , 13e11' s Life. [IN hen Sayers and Heenan entered into the en gagement wltl~ bin. Morris, isitwasaspeculation undertake n a t th e i r presentationown risk. ,i of the make-believe b e lt s was a piece of tomfoolery, emanating irpm the wisdom of Mr. Wilk e s, to the en d that Heenan should t a k e h ome a belt with him. Bu t Mr. Morris was too s h arp a practitioner bauble in pay f or i t : h e i s r i c h let him far s r thayeeCrshwamanptiosnish ble , and has detain e d th e b elts as a seem ity. eno ugh. The public cis no way concerned in the matter. --En. SUN.] MRBENSON'S WATCHES,--"We have seen several watches from this well-known firm, and can speak with confidence of their exquisite workmanship and artistic finish. They k ee p time with very great precision, and have been de clared by competent judges to be well worth the money. 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To all travellers subjected to variable climates, different diets, an i necessarily irregular habits, these peerless pills will prove a boon. Neither time nor temperature produce any dete rioration of their ingredients. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. THE BISHOP OF DOWN AND CONNOR AND HIS CLERGY. At a numerous meeting of the clergy of the united dioceses of Down and Connor and Dromore, assembled after " Conference," on Tuesday, the 13th of November, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : Resolved,—That we cannot separate without giving expression to our deepest disapproval of, and regret at, the riotous conduct manifested at the intended religious meeting in the Music-hall, last evening, of which the Lord Bishop of the diocess was officially the chairman. That we further regret that any minister of the United Church of England and Ireland, and espe cially a beneficed clergyman of the united diocess, could be induced to occupy the chair which the Lord Bishop bad been compelled to resign, thus apparently affording his sanction to the turbulent proceedings which had previously taken place. " That, without expressing any opinion respect ing matters irrelevant to the immediate object of the proposed meeting, we hereby declare our solemn determination, under the Divine blessing, to uphold, by every lawful means in our power, the dignity of the episcopal office in the united diocess, and, accordingly have recommended his lordship to postpone the other religious meetings which bad been advertised for this week. " JAMES SMITH, Archdeacon of Connor, Chairman." These resolutions were submitted to his lordship, who replied as follows : " My Dear and Rev. Brethren—Though I did not require this expression of your feelings to as sure me of your sympathy and respect, in reference to the outrage to which I was so lately subjected, yet I am deeply thankful to you for presenting me with those resolutions, as they are a permanent and official record of your reprobation of the disgrace ful scene we recently witnessed, of your sorrow that a brother should be found so forgetful of his character and station as to stamp by his official act his sanction of its turbulent proceedings, and of your determination, under the Divine blessing, to uphold the dignity and the authority of that office with which I am invested. Among the many pain ful recollections which the late meeting recalls, I look back with shame and sorrow when I call to mind that the time selected for the perpetration of what bore, at least, the semblance of an Orange outrage was the very time when our Church was about to hold a series of religious meetings, and that the perpetrators of it were those who, while they claimed the name of Protestants, showed by their conduct how little they were influenced by the Scriptural doctrines of their faith, or reflecte d its holy teaching in their lives. R. DOWN." ANOTHER RIBAND MURDER. (From a Correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail.) LETTERKENNY, THURSDAY NIGHT. I have just learned that James Murray, a servant of Mr. Adair, who had been missing since Tuesday, was found murdered at Glenveigh yesterday. _ _ No details or assigned motives have been received. Marks of violence were found on the body, but the post mortem examination had not been made up at the time this despatch left. The coroner has just been sent for. (From the Londonderry Sentinel.) LONDONDERRY, FRIDAY. Mr. James Murray, a land steward to Mr. M. G. Adair, of Glenveigh, Letterkenny, it is feared, has fallen a victim to Ribandism. He left his cottage on Tuesday morning to look after his master's estate, and had travelled about a mile and a half when he met his father. The police have been scouring the. country from the first suspicion that Murray had been made away with, but their search proved in effectual until yesterday morning, when his body was discovered at :the foot of a precipice, at the distance from his home mentioned above. The body bore marks sufficient to prove that he met his death by violence. As yet no trace of the assassins has been discovered. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 16. There was a fair attendance;of the town and country trade at this morning's market, but we had only a limited busi ness in wheat, which mai be quoted at ld to 2d per 100 lb lower since Tuesday. Flour was still inactive, and may be noted 6d per barrel under late rates. Oats in moderate request at about late rates, but oatmeal was difficult to move, although offe-ed at a decline. Barley, beans, and peas without material alteration. For Indian corn there was a decidedly better demand, and a fair business was re ported at 6d per qr advance. WAKEFIELD—Nov. 16. The supplies of wheat were fair, but the trade was of nominal character. Good old and fine dry new met a dul demand at the rates of Friday last. Other kinds were almost unsaleable, although lower prices would be taken. Choice parcels of barley found buyers at previous prices, but business generally dull. Beans and peas were firm, and oats and shelling unchanged. —Noa. 16. the corn market to-day, at EXETE A dull business was done last week's prices : Wti white 8s Od to 8s 6d I Barley. . 4 s 6 d to 6 s Od Ditto red 7s 6d to 8s Od Oats ....... 3s 3d to 3s 6d New white wheat. 7s 9d 0 8; ; red, 6s 9d to 78. Flour, fine, 46s to 475; seconds, 445 to 45s per sack. CAT £LE. There was a fair attendance of dealers at the market, but a small supply. Fat bee,f,p score, lOs tolls6d Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 6/d Pork carcases,do lOs to llsOd Wethers, .. 61d to 7d Sheep, per lb. Od to —d Fat calves, d 0.... 7d to-1 Rough fat, 4id per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 16. We have had a dull market this week, and the few trans actions reported. which are chiefly in Barbadoes, have been at rather lower prices. Refiners' produce, however, con tinues to experience a fair demand, at about former rates. Rum in short supply, and wasted. COAL MARKET—Nov. 16. irrices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. e. d. Walls:End. Craghead Hartley-- 20 17 0 8 . d. West Hartley. 6 Buddle'sWest Hartley 17 9 Hetton .. 22 0 South HartlepoeL• ••• • 20 6 ..... 23 0 25 ; sold, 24 . Ca m rw ai a t y mg and Duffryn Walls End. Brgddyll's Hetton 21 0 Ships at marker THE MAILS. MAILS DI/E. Ceylon,. and Mauritius 8:c..: , (71a South .. .. Nov. 18. Australia, a m pto n) . . (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. .. Nov. —. .. .. Dec. 5. Bahamas and ir (via. New York).. .. Nov. 22. Good GalwalB. Canada, &c. \ via y) .... .. Nov.. B u Brazile n o s a n .A d y l : C es .l3 : l ‘7 l : a en n r t d a e s China, penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Nov. 18. Do. (via. Marseilles) Nev. 18. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. .. Nov. 13. In di a (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. .. .. .. Dec.. 2. (via Southampton) Nov. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Nov. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Nov. 19. Lisbon .. Nov. 21. Cuba and Mexic9 .. .. .. .. .. Nov. 28. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Nov. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Nov. 19. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. .. .. .. Nov. 21 . United States, California, &c. .. .. .. Nov. 22 . Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Dec. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Nov. —. BIRTHS. CARTER.—On the 16th inst., at 43, Gloucester-street,War wick-square, Pimlico, the wife of G. W. L. Plumptre Carter, Esq., of a son. COPLANP.—On the 15th inst., at Maisonette, Claygate, near Esher, Srrrey, the wife of Patrick Copland, Esq., of a son. GRIDLEY.—On the 15th irst.. at 49, Wilton-crescent, Bel grave-square, the ulfe of H. Gillet Gridley, Esq., bar lister, of a son. MARRIAGES. BARTON—WHAITES. — On the 15th inst., at Rougham, Norfolk, George, the only son of the late Samuel Barton, Esq., of Old Broad-street, to Eliza, elder daughter of Mr. Whaites, of Rougham. STORER ---IVILLouGHBY.— On the 15th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Anthony Morris Storer, Esq. of Purley-park, Berks, to Cicely Barr, daughter of J. P. Willoughby, Esq., of 18, Westbourne-terrace. DEATHS• BRIGHT.—On the 13th inst., at Great Malvern, Richard Bright, Esq., aged 73. COTTRELL.—At Hadley, Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., aged 53. CARTWRIGHT.—On the 15th inst., at Flore H ouse , Nor thamptonshire, Mary An ne, the wife of Major-General Cartwright. KELLY'.—On the 15th inst., Mr. John Kelly, of 15, Gower ' place, Euston-square, aged 52. MORRIS.—On the 14th inst., at 18, Alexander-squa re , 14th ed 45 ag . inst., at H ouns l ow, R o b t. Molloy Esq., M.D., BLom oy p . t_on o , Williamt George Morns, Esq., aged 60. mo RADGLIFFE.—On the .. 14th inst., a t Hit c hi n P r i ory, Sey mour .Walter Delme Radcliffe, Commander R.N., eldest s on of Frederick P. D. Radcliffe, Esq., aged 27. 4 0NDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN( of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Jflice, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, io the octtntY of Middlesex, Saturday, November lif, 1860. ,~