The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-22 00:00:00

THE SUN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1859. The dreadful explosion of that water-jacket of the paddle funnel on board the Great Eastern seems to be echoed back just now very remarkably and very frightfully by a variety of similar fatal catastrophes. It is like—what is sometimes notice able—the periodical epidemic of suicides. Or like —what is also sometimes noticeable—the occa sional contagion of inhuman murders, whether by personal violence or by secret poisoning. It seems inexplicable this simultaneous blowing up of boiler after boiler, of one steam engine after another—the noise of these deplorable casualties coming upon us by a sort of choral 'detonation. There were six unfortunate firemen, we all know (and in the man ner we all know), scalded to death the other day on board the Great Eastern either off Hastings or off Dungeness—another poor fellow (also fearfully scalded) being driven in terror over the side of the giant vessel, beaten into a state of insensibility by the revolving paddlewheel, and washed away beyond recovery in the waters of the Channel. Hardly have the public generally got over the first shock of this most lamentable intelligence the Great Eastern is still lying off Portland, in one compartment at least seriously damaged, and actually yet in the midst of undergoing £5,000 worth of repairs—when whirr-clang-boom ! cff the coast, near Shirehampton, there is a little steam tug (the Fury of Bristol) " literally blown to atoms" by some unaccountable explosion ! While another appalling accident of a like kind takes place upon the very same afternoon (yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, the 21st of September), by the explo sion, no less incomprehensible in its way, of a little four-horse steam engine in the midst of a sheep fair at Lewes, a fair in which farm implements and machina in actual operation are exhibited for the inspection of the assembled agriculturists. In both of these lamentable accidents yesterday several persons were instantaneously killed, and others frightfully mutilated. As to the steam-tug 'Fury, that, as we have already stated, was abso lutely shivered " to atoms " by the explosion. Fortunately for himself the Captain chanced at the time to be on board another vessel hard by (the Ant) at the moment of the fatal occurrence. The engineer is "missing " no doubt destroyed. The fireman also " missing " —he also, no doubt, having perished. The mate, by a marvellous freak of good fortune, is picked up on a fragment of the wreck, compara tively uninjured. A stripling of sixteen (completing the little crew of five souls) having been, mean while, blown on board, the Ant—where, as we have seen, the captain of the Fury happened to be at the time of the explosion. And from the Ant, on to the deck of which the poor boy has been blown, we are not surprised to find, from the report, that "he has since been conveyed, in a very precarious state, to the Bristolßoyal Infirmary." When we have collected together all the particulars of the accident, we can only learn at the end of all, that—the thing is done —and that nobody can account for it. Nobody, in this instance, even can conjecture how the explo sion could possibly have happened. It is pretty much the same in regard to the other more fatal, and if possible more bewildering occur rence--viz., that fearful steam-engine explosion at Lew es , during the local sheep fair, while the farmers and the farm labourers were standing about there in groups exercising the farming-machines and the agricultural implements • . While they are thus standing there, and looking about them, we read in the reporter's vivid account of the catas trophe "The e n gineer was attending the engine, and gettin g it in readiness to work a chaff cutting machine,. and was altering its level, w hen suddenly there was a tre mendous re port, said by bystande rs t o greatly ex ceed that of the largest of the cannons at the Artil lery Militia Depot." And the writer,thes , pun adds "Instantly the engine rose from the ground amidst a cloud of steam and smoke, ashes and water, and dashed a distance of above 30 yards in the direc tion of the sheep pens, when it struck the ground, and whirling over, was forced with terrific violence for a further space of ten yards, finally alighting in a corner of a pen of sheep." Then comes the list of the killed and wounded—all in the twinkling of an eye either blown into eternity or horribly mangled as by the detonation of an infernal machine. The engineer," we read, "was lying near the engine, in a lifeless'condition. Near him were three other men in a similar state, others were thrown down and more or less injured and contused. The engine in its impetnous course had swept all before it, crushing everything in its progress, and in addition to the unfortunate men whose lives have fallen a sacrifice, a colt, which was being exhibited for sale by the son of the owner, was struck, and the animal as well as the young man killed. There were also two sheep killed and several others injured, the boiler part of the engine having fallen on them." As evidence of the terrific violence of the explosion, it is said that " large pieces of iron" were scatterd about in all directions, some of them as far as a quarter of a mile from the actual scene of the calamity. Of course, down at Lewes , and again down by Shirehampton, we shall have coroners' inquests sitting to inquire into the cause of these explosions. And if the jurors emulate their Dorsetshire compatriots down at that recent inquiry upon the 'Crowner's 'Quest at Weymouth, we shall have verdicts deciding—what we already know perfectly well—that so-and-so perished in the one instance by the bursting of a steam-engine at Lewes Sheep Fair, and that such-a-one was destroyed in the other instance by the explosion of the steam-tug in Kingroad. It becomes a matter of serious anxiety, however, to the general community to examine a little more searchingly into the veritable cause of accidents so fatal and of such frightfully rapid recurrence. Are we not "going a-head" a little too fast sometimes P Are we not "getting the steam up" a little too reck lessly ? The "pace" attained in the onward March of Civilisation—it ought to be called the onward Rush of Civilisation—is, no doubt, very fine, very exhilirating : but is it not now and then just a trifle too rash—whirling away at odd moments into a very Dance of Death ? It would be well at any rate to pause and see whe ther rational precautionary measures might not be taken to prevent if possible repetition after re petition thus frequently of these disastrous catas trophes. Measures of precaution let us say, for example, that should include among them more stringent inquiries as to the qualifications of those entrusted with the management of steam•engines of all kinds—locomotive or stationary. If ever there were a case in which a whole band of men had nobly earned the Victoria Cross, it is that of the survivors of the 350 who were precipi tated headlong as a storming•party on the Chinese forts at the mouth of the Peiho. Whether the 'whole proceedings were well or ill advised, and the strategy good or bad, we think all who have read the accounts will agree that nothing in the Crimean or Italian campaigns, or the Indian mutiny, can have surpassed in cool bravery, and in undaunted execution of an almost impossible duty, the beha viour of these 350. We have the accounts of sur viving eye-witnesses—surviving, when out of the little band 64 officers and men were killed, and 252 wounded—only thirty-four uninjured, and that by what seemed a miracle. From the moment they left the ships' sides the conflict with water, mud, and cannon balls com menced. Encumbered with ladders and weapons, they leaped out into water four feet deep, wetting their rifles and ammunition, and leaving them little but their cold steel to rely on. They had more than the third of a mile to pass over before they could reach the forts, and 200 yards they had to walk before the water became only knee deep. At length, delayed by the adhesive mud and the water, they succeeded in reaching the first ditch. It would seem that by this time they had lost, while slowly struggling along under a cross fire, nearly one-third of their number; all the ladder-party had been killed but two, and many of the ladders smashed by round shot ; but after an hour's deadly struggle with the elements of nature and the shot of the enemy, there stood the remnant of the 350 on the brink of the first ditch, to combat the 300 cannon, and perhaps the 20,000 Tartars of the Empire of China; and had they had nothing but men to con tend with, they would have driven the 20,000 from the walls. But now their colonel sounds the advance—they leap down intothe; ditch instead of finding it knee deep, they are out of their depth in mud and water. Some swam for their lives—somehow,—such as are not shot down get across. Pushing onward,—still knee-deep in%iud, they reach the second ditch ; it is diy—but, the mud is soft, it takes an hour, under fire, to get across it. The narrator was almost smothered in its mud, it was at least 80 yards from the wall, and the officers, distinguished by the colour of their clothes, are picked off by rffienaen, wherever they come from. And now the mud ditch lies before them, not fifty yards from the walls. Three ladders only remain ! Their rifles were wet, and would not go off; with nothing but swords or bayonets to fight with, it were useless for fewer than three to mount the wall at once. A few, by the help of the ladders, got over this last ditch, but too many pressed for ward, and the ladders broke ! And there they were, the enemy picking them off at leisure, only -35 yards off. Their ladders broken, their powder wet, before them rand full of spikes, and a diet:aux de frise under the walls, and their two superior officers badly wounded—they had done all that men could do, and now there was nothing for it but to retreat, and a retreat it was. No Xenophon will describe it; but nothing recorded in the Anabasis outdoes this work of kind, cool, soldierly courage. They would not leave them wounded. For an hour and a half they had to protect the return of the wounded through all the perils they had faced in coming; and they helped their wounded to the boats under a fire, to -which an officer who had been in the Redan told them that the fire there was not to be compared. Thus fought ber MAJESTY'S troops at the Peiho. We again ask is there an individual who survives that murderous day, who ought not to wear in future the Victoria Cross ? Balaklava and the Redan wore but a rush forwar . d amid a hail of artillery, but at the Peiho the dreadful mud, water, and ditches, infinitely more depressing than any fire— though this was fast and furious, a feu d'enfer, as GORTSCIXAKOFF would say were the most deadly enemies. Had it been a land run of 700 yards, in a few minutes not a Tartar would have stood to his guns. Let, then, these brave troops have their due. Let their reward show that England's Sovereign will not coolly look on such service. Let other forlorn hopes know that they do not die or dare death in an unhonoured service. Dispute with brave admirals, if need be, the merit of their places, but give to brave men the reward of bravery. Let every English soldier know that not success, but duty bravely done shall never miss its reward. The more fortune denies to merit, the more let Justice reward it ! The Duke and Duchess of Montrose and family have left Belgrave• square for Buchanan Castle, N. 8., for the winter. The Duke and Duchess of Buceleueh have left town for Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, to entertain a succession of visitors. The Earl and Countess of Devon are passing the autumn at Powdexhana Castle, Devonshire. On the 13 th inst. , at Castle F or b es, t h e - Countess of Granard was deli vered o f acisizstill-born. recovered from Wea the are s during th e race week at gra tified to state the countess is progressing_ favourably. effects Lord of his e accident o u c r c t i en e a n y t a ha t Bognor Go)dwood. THE RAI'IIL4RICET THEATRE. MISS AMY SEDGWICK. The lovers of good old English comedy have the prospect before them—if they so please—of a treat this very evening. For to-night, for the first time upon the London boards, Miss Amy Sedgwick im personates the character of Miss Dorilion in Mrs. Inchbald's celebrated comedy of "Wives as they Were and Maids as they Are." Our accomplished and popular actress is certainly just now bent upon giving us a taste of her versatility. Her reward can hardly fail to be—judging from the recent effect of her Rosalind—an increase of her popularity proportioned to this widening display of her ac complishments. CLARA NOVELLO AND BOBRANL (CRYSTAL PALACE-YESTERDAY.) Madame Clara Novello made her last appearance in England (previous to her departure for the Con tinent) at the Crystal Palace, yesterday afternoon ; and her interpretation of Medelssohn's inspired aria, " Hear ye, Israel," produced an impression on her audience that few of our vocalists could hope to imitate. Her execution of Benedict's rondo, "Prendi per me," was as perfect a gem of brilliant vocalisation as it has ever been our lot to listen to, and, but for the length and arduousness of the task, would have been redemanded. Her naive rendering of the Jacobite air (which she substituted for " The beating of my own heart ") was rapturously re demanded. Mr. Borrani made his first appearane3 at the Crystal Palace, and sang his song, "Ths heart bowed down," as he alone can sing it. The fall power and flexibility of his rich bass voice was, however, more fully displayed in Ros sini's grand aria " Sorgete," which was as faultless in execution as his ce...aam'Brx"vi.°`linit''_Novello-- a greater compliment it would be difficult to pay. " The Wolf" (though in our opinion too dramatic for a concert room) was a most charming perform ance, full of expression. We hope to hear this favourite artiste on the stage—English or Italian, n'importe which. We should prefer the latter. We have to thank the spirited management of the Crystal Palace Company for adding Mr. Bor rani's name to their repertoire, thus largely adding to the pleasure of the public, for whom they thus provided a rich musical treat. LATEST NEWS. The following telegram have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : BOULOGNE, SEPT. 21. The members of the deputation from the Na tional Assembly of the Romagna to the King of Sardinia have been named. The deputation is composed of Count Bentivoglio, Count Gozzadini, Marquis Tanari, Count Salvoni, M. Laderchi, M. Scarabelli, Vice-President; and M. Mareschotti, Secretary to the National Assembly. BERNE, SEPT. 22. The Sardinian Government has addressed a cir cular to the Great Powers denying the report of the cession of Savoy to France, and declaring such reports to be entirely devoid of foundation. 1. BERNE, SEPT. 21. Advices received from Zurich announce the arrival of a courier from Vienna, with instructions to draw Hp the instrument for the treaty of peace, and the document for the cession of Lombardy to Sardinia. No allusion is made to the Duchies. It is hoped that the treaty of peace will be signed in a few days. BIARRITZ, SEPT. 21. It is asserted that the King of the Belgians, Prince Richard Metternich, and Count Walewski, will prolong their stay here until. the departure of the Imperial Court, which will take place towards the end of the month. TURIN, SEPT. 21. Prince Poniatowski left Florence to-day for Biarritz. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition) says : " Judging from the tone of French diplomacy, my impression is that the negotiations now geing on at Biarritz will end in the 31oniteur publishing a note in which the people of Central Italy will be solemnly invited again to receive their Sovereigns under pro mise of reforms. This done, Franee may consider that she has washed her hands of the Italian ques tion, and the 50,000 French troops in all probability will return home. The Emperor no doubt is sadly puzzled to know what to do. His sympathy is with the Italians—with the people of Italy in fact. I am assured, on high authority, that he has not in any may modified a desire, so often expressed, to improve the political condition of the peninsula. But he is perhaps the only friend of Italy at the Biarritz Conference. As it has been again asserted in some. Belgian paper (and therefore, as a matter of course, reproduced in certain English journals) that the Emperor has yet some lingerin g idea about placin g Prince Napoleon in Central Italy, I can assure you his Majesty never had, nor has he now, any such desires. He has always acted on his conviction of Italy for the Italians. For such he made war, and in such a spirit he would, if he could, I am con• vinced, complete the treaty of peace. Whatever may be the result of the. Biarritz meeting the Ita lians of Central Italy should depend on their own swords as their only guarantee. FRAN CE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. BOURSE, Sept. 21.—The market was dull at the opening, but afterwards recovered. Threes have been done at from 68f. 85c. to 68f. 95c. ; Mobilier, 782 f. 50c. to 790 f.; Austrian, 542 f. 50c. to 545 f. ; Lombard, 546 f. 25c. (ex. div.) to 551 f. 25c.; Lyons, 777 f. 50c. to 782 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,375 f. to 1,380 f. The following were the last quotations : If per Cents. 95 10 Do. end month 3 per Cents 69 Do. end month 69 5 Bank Shams. 2BOO ors it Mobilier .. 795 Do. Account ..... 797 50 Credit Foncier 41 . — Piedmontoso (5) Roman B4 50 Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt 44 B.LILWA.YS. Cash. Account. Orleans - Northern . 922 50 923 75 New ditto BlO 810 Lyons and Mediterranean BB5 885 Geneva 520 .. 520 Southern Western 5BO .. 682 50 Eastern Sardinian 412 50 .. Austrian Lombard .. ... 551 25 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 1210. ; money, 25f 10e.; three months, paper, 24f. 971 e.; money, 21f. 921 c. SUTTEE IN INDLL The Commercial Gazette, of Aug. 9, publishes the following :-- " We published some days ago an account of the suttee in the Hissar district, and the steps which had been taken to punish those concerned in the affair. The following has been sent us for insertion and we give it below, but a good deal is repetition. " Intimation of a suttee having taken place near Hansee in June last, having appeared in several of the local newspapers, the following authentic ac count of the same and the punishment awarded to the'participators in this serious crime, is published for general information. " On the 19th June, 1859, Jhullum Choomar, of Koonghur, died a natural death. His widow Nun noo was then very anxious to be burnt with his corpse, but was restrained by the village community and seemingly acquiesced in their advice. " On the 21st June, or two days after Jhullum's death, a rumour spread through the village at dawn that Nunnoo had received an inspiration, and was about to become a suttee. Her deceased husband's uncle, Koora, her nearest connection in tLe N assisted with the other Choomars connected with her, particularly distinguished themselves in the work to which the whole village swarmed, each Choomar fetched wood, and assisted in preparing the pile. " Before, however, these preparations were com pleted, the Lumberdars of the village depatched .Babur,' the village clauraha, to report the circum stance at the Bullecalee chowkee. Bahur now states that he fell ill on the road, and did not re cover till evening, when he returned to the village without going to the chowkee. " Shortly after sunrise Nunnoo (the suttee) issued from the hamlet and proceeded to the pyre. The entire body of villagers, whether Choomars, Jats, or Bunnias, poured libations of ghee, and placed cocoa-nuts on the pyre. Nunnoo ascended it of her own free will, and against the remonstrances of the people generally, but these remonstrances had been partially silenced at an early hour by a threat to curse any one who attempted to prevent her im molation, and the villagers seeing there was no help for it, gave hearty assistance to the suttee. Thus Nunnoo was immolated, assembled crowds looking on. " All therefore more or less aided and abetted in a crime which they knew to be heinous. " The Lumberdars, men of superior caste, might have prevented the suttee, but failed to do so ; the village chowheedars gave information, and the dauraha did not, as he was ordered, report the sut tee to the nearest police chowkee. The whole case has been carefully investigated by the civil autho rities at Ilissar, and the followinc , are the results as reported by the commissioner of division. " Five Choomars, who were most active in pre paring the wood for the pyre, have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour in irons. "Five of the Lumbndars, whose bounden duty it was to prevent the perpetration of the suttee, to a similar term of imprisonment. " Nineteen others who were ciders and abettors in the crime, though in ikless degree, have been sen tenced to imprisonment with-labour in irons for five years. "'The dauraha who failed to report the crime to the police has been sentenced to two years' labour in irons ; ay.d, lastly, a fine of 500 rupees has beep levied on the corporate community of the village. " These sentences will be proclaimed in every village in the Ilissar division, in order that the con sequences of aiding in a crime so atrocious may be clearly made known to the people, and that beads of villages be specially warned that they will be punished to the utmost limit of the law if they fail to present sutte... ,6 The dismissal of Dowlut Ram, thanandar of Hansee, and Peer Buxsh Khan, jetnadar of the Chowkce Bulecalee, and of every individual police man attached to the thanah of llausee lies also been directed." THE GREAT EASTERN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l observe in the Times of to-day letters from "A Passenger. Shareholder" and from " Spec• tator," pretending to contradict my evidence and Mr. Dixon's regarding the part I took, and the part I did not take, in the management of the paddle wheel engines; and I find another from a Mr. Dil lon, of a previous date. I frankly admit that I communicated probably 100 messages, in the course of the voyage, from the bridge to the paddle-engine room. I as readily admit that my chief assistant was in the paddle-engine room, giving all the assistance in his power to carry the orders I transmitted into effect. _ I equally admit that my son Norman assisted me in transmitting some of those messages, and that he counted for me the strokes of the engines, and reported to me every five minutes their condition and speed. It is perfectly true that at one time the screw engines went faster than the paddle-wheel engines, and at another time the paddle-engines faster than the screw. _ _ But all your correspondents have omitted to state (what they could equally have stated if they were competent witnesses and wished to be just), that I transmitted the same number of orders in the same manner to the screw-engines which were not made by me, and where no engineer of mine was assisting. The fact is I merely worked the telegraph, and transmitted the necessary instructions to both engines from the pilot and captain, in such a man ner as would best give effect to their wishes, and cause the vessel to perform the evolutions they desired. But is it just or fair to argue from such circum stance that I was in responsible charge of the work ing of both sets of engines ? lam sure Mr. Blake will not say I was responsible for his engines be cause I concerted telegraphic arrangements with him. I may further state that I did not go into either engine•room, and I could not even see the paddle engines work from where I stood. My engines, and, as I imagine, those of Messrs. Watt and Co., were in the hands of -the Company's engineers serving under the ship's articles. Out of 170 persons, ser vants of the Company, employed on the engines and boilers, only four were appointed by the Company on my recommendation, and an equal number on Messrs. Watt and Co.'s recommendation. Had the paddle-engines remained my property; had they been worked on my responsibility ; had the trial trip been in any degree mine—l should have taken upon myself the entire and absolute control of the whole paddle-wheel and boiler de partment, and should not have permitted any one to touch either engines or boilers who had not been absolutely appointed by me, and been solely re ponsible to me. As it was, the Company refused my offer to recommend to them competent persons for the entire staff of the paddle-wheel engines and boilers, and only accepted my recommendation for the appointMent of their four first engineers. The management of the engines and boilers being, thus placed in the_hand4 of the Company's own ser vants, all I could &io was to render the utmost assistance in my power, as every maker of engines, naturally would do, when he had the opportunity, in a work of extraordinary magnitnde.--d remain, sir, your obedient servant, Weymouth, Sept. 20. J. SCOTT RUSSELL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Mr. Wm. Patterson, jun., has claimed for his father the merit of being the designer of the Great Western and Great Britain, and it is beyond dispute that the lines were his ; and, perhaps, it would have been nearer the mark had your notice stated that the Great Western and Great Britain were emanations of Mr. Brunel's genius. I was the managing director "of the company which built both ships, Mr. Patterson, a friend of my own, having been pointed out by me to Mr. Brunel as a man of talent and above prejudice, and one more than any other man I knew likely to carry out his intentions, views, or whatever term best suits the occasion, if design does not fit. Mr. Patterson drew the lines ; Mr. Brunel, Mr. Guppy, and myself, often sat over them ; Mr. Patterson got instructions and mace his own calculations accurately; Mr. Brunel made his also often by my side. The company built their own ships, Mr. Patterson superintending the building of them. Mr. Brunel advised the directors, and having the responsibility of the engines, aided Mr. Patterson, if that term is better approved -by his son, in his praiseworthy effort in upholding that which I think requires no effort—his father's fame. That as a ship-builder is established,' and I have always thought, and still believe, he was proud in being called upon to assist Mr. Brunel. Of this I am quite certain, had Patterson died and Brunel lived, the latter would have been the first to bear testimlny to the share the former had in the con struction of both vessels.—Your obedient servant, Chelsea, Sept. 21. C. CLA XTON. SCENES FROM TILE REVIVALS IN ULSTER, The northern papers are chiefly occupied with reports of the religious revivals in progress through the province of Ulster. - A few extracts are sub- joined:— " GARvAmi.--The work of revival is still progressing favourably in this locality. The weekly congregational meeting, held in the Rev. J. B. Rentoul's church on Thurs day, the Bth inst., was intended to be commemorative of God's goodness to the district for the last three months. In reviewing the work during this period, Mr. Renton' stated that, though he found it impossible after some weeks to keep an accurate register of the awakened, owinc , to the great variety of public meetings held by the converts b themselves, and also to the fact that multitudes, were brought under the influences of the work apart from public meetings altogether, yet ho had kept as accurate an' account of the results •of the meetings held by himself as possible. They were as follows :--The cases of bodily prostration, or otherwise visibly awakened to a sense of sin, were 175; of these, 85 belonged to his own congregation, 40 to First G4rvagh, under Rev. Mr. Millar; 21 were Episcopalians; 5 Lelonged to Rev. Mr Thompson, of the Free Church ; and the remainder to Aghadowey and Moneydig Presbyterian Churches, or otherwise unconnected with any congregation. " COLERAINE.—Some marvellous instances of conversion after conviction and prostrating are still oceurring ; but they do not now elicit such an extraordinary amount of joyful wonder as a first, though they differ in no way from those' which marked the commencement of tho movement. On Wednesday evening a young man of dissipated habits, whose deserted wife and children were left ou more than one occa sion to the cold cares of the world, was suddenly arrested in the midst of a drunken orgie, and foreed to cry out in strong agony and remorse for sin. Like one who has now become strong in the Lord, this young man was almost insensible with drink, and staggered with a drunken compaion in a race for more of the accursed thing,' when ho was pros trated. In an instant sobriety of thought, followed by the usual symp`oms of an awakened conscience, visited him, and after long hours of wrestling prayer he professed to have found peace. He has since been at our various prayer meetings, and evinces a desire to bo made acquainted with spiritual thing " BALLYMENA.—The work of religious reformation in this town and neighbourhood is proceeding with persistent ac tivity of action, and warrantable hope of an abiding influence upon the people. k New cases of impression' occurred at Divine service in all the Evangelical churches of Ballymena on Sunday last, and fresh impulse has been given to the good work by the proceedings at an open-air meeting held in Linen Hall (ma:ket- place) , on the fallowing - Tuesday. This meeting excited unusual interest, in coxsequence of an announcement that it would conclude the out-door services for the present season. Seats for the accommodation of about 2,000 people had been provided in the open air, but the entire assemblage doubled that number. In the course of the proceedings we observed that several persons, of both sexes, were affected •to tears ; and a number of them were assisted from the meeting, pr were obliged to retire to some of the neighbouring offices; evidently in greet weakness of body and agitation of mind. Some cases of ' prostration' ensued, wherein the parties gave utterance to the usual ex pressions of penitence and supplications for mercy ; and we noticed that a female, of advanced age, had fallen silently upon the ground, her features, for a considerable interval, presenting all the appearance of ordinary death. " CASTLEDERG.—Prayer meetings aro established throughout the whole, country every evening. The Roman Catholic population are still hostile to this religious move ment. On last Friday, September 2, while the Rev. Mr. Dawson, from Strabane, was preaching the everlasting GoSpel of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to perishing sinners in an open space, in no way in terfering with the public thoroughfare of the town, a large and lawless mob congregated, and shouted and yelled, and threw stones at the preacher. Some of the congregation were much hurt. They attempted to rush in on the preacher, but were prevented by some of the hearers and by the constabulary, who acted in a most praiseworthy manlier. Mr. Scott, the local magistrate, said. to the preacher that it would be better for him to leave off; he did so shortly afterwards, but was followed by a disorderly mob; who shouted and threw stones at him, and attacked the h ous e whore he stopped, by throwing stones, which broke part of the signboard." • DR. HUMPHREYS.—The Boston (Tottrnal says : Some two or three months since it was announced in the papers throughout the couxtry that an Englishman, named Edward It. Humphreys had .suddenly left his native land for this country, in company with a woman other than his lawful wife, and that he took with.him funds to the amount of £-10,000, the property of other personS. The sufferers by his rascality subsequently despatched a messenger in pur suit, who traced the defaulter to various places in this country and Canada, until at length the messenger learnt that he was in this city, or the immediate vicinity. Con stable Calder traced him to Cambridge and back to this city, and learnt of sevetal houses, public and private, where Humphreys had represented that he boarded, but on in quiry he found that no such man had beenthere. Continuing his search, Mr. Calder finally found and arrested Hum phreys yesterday afternoon at No. 17, Harrison-avenue, arid committed him to gaol to await examination in the police-cc-art. Previous to conveying him to gaol, Hum phreYs requested the privilege of writing a note or two to his friends, and, the request being granted, he addressed notes to the Hon. Edward Everett, and Professor Long fellow, desiring them to - call at Suffolk County Gaol and bail him out. tipon being asked if he knew Mr. Everett. he replied, No, but I hay 6 a letter to him.' Just before being placed in his cell he asked Mr. Gaoler Bartlett if he could be allowed his wine and cigars, and was politely an swered 'No, Sir, this is a temperance 4ouse and smoking is strictly forbidden,' , ROYAL ENGLISH (OPi.ERA, COVENT-GARDEN. - - Under the management of Miss LOUISA. PYNE and 31r. W. HARRISON, will Open for the Season on MONDAY, Oct. 3d. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Murray. Stage Manager Mr. B. Stirling. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe,W. Farren, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers Mrs. B. White, Mr.. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitiwilliam. , And HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. NE T H WTHEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. This splendid New Theatre, replete with every comfort, WILL OPEN for the Season on MONDAY, Sept. 26, 1859. ADELPHI DRAMA, COMEDY, FARCE, and BUR LESQUE, and ADELPHI EFFECTS ! ! I—On which occa sion Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. David Fisher (his first appearance at this theatre), Mr. Paul Bedford, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Henrietta Simms, A r m., &c., will appear. The performances will consist of a DRAMA (2cl time), of the highly successful piece of ONE TOUCH OF NATURE ; a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., called LOVE AND HUNGER ; and the popular Burlesque of THE BABES IN THE WOOD. The Box-office will be opened on Thursday, Sept. 22, and every day after, from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Hiss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. And TO PAREN CS AND GUARDIANS. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock: CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con certs). the extraor-inary Violin Performances of the cele tsated Infant DiaILEPIERBid FAMILY, and the usual Vocal Come: t. _ Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection - from Meyer beer's new opera of DINNORA. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 22. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 52—Lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BARo3tETER-29.70. WIND, South-Westerly; fresh, with fine sunshiny weather HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Oh. 12m.—Afternoon, 10h. 2m. To-Moußwv-Morning, 10h. 50m.—Afternoon, 11h. 30m. • ) • • 7„ „.„, 4 -4ra -p— - . s 7 , • tireu 31() uyT-S—rk ' • • TIIVc SUN, I FLONDON, TRURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1859.' WYLD'S FORTS ON THE PEIHO. Another startling proof has been given of Mr. Wyld's extraordinary promptitude. Scarcely have we recovered from the first surprise of the disas trous news received from China when there comes fluttering to us from our great geographer's estab lishment, or from one of his many establishments — from Charing-cross, or the Royal Exchange, or the Great Globe in Leicester-square—a little timely " Sketch of the Attack on the Forts at the Entrance of the Peiho River." That attack took place on the 25th of June, 1859. News of it did not reach this ceuntryuntil September had some time commenced. And this, for one sufficient reason, namely, that the breadth of the globe, or at any rate the width of the whole hemisphere in tervenes between the scene of the atrocity and our selves. And that intervening space has yet to be trailed across by the wires of the telegraph—bring ing the ends of the earth, as it will assuredly in time, into instantaneous communication. Well— September has already begun when the news reaches us from the Peiho river. And here, on Thursday, the 22d of September—thanks to Mr. Wyld's energy, and skill, and speed in manipulation—here is an accurate " Sketch" of the relative situation of the Chinese forts and the English gunboats—the Chi nese coloured Yellow, the British Bed, the French Green, and the Americans White. Here is the bar rier of "strong iron stakes." Yonder is the dotted line of chain cable (blown up). Here is the Plover indicated at the spot where it was " Burnt"—here the Cormorant where it was " Sunk"—here the Starling "in the mud, disabled." There, on either side of the shallow current of the Peiho, are the dreadful mud banks, " dry at low water." Yonder is the First Ditch—yonder the Second Ditch—and beyond that again the terrible range of the " very hoary guns" of the Chinese Batteries. At a glance we take in the whole catastrophe. Again we thank Mr. Wyld. The Sketch is most timely and there fore most acceptable. EXPLOSION OF A STEAM TUG. SHIREHAMPTON, IVEDNESDAY EVENING. This afternoon, about half-past four, a terrible explosion occurred in Kingroad, by which some lives have been lost and several men have been seriously if not fatally injured. The name of the ill-fated vessel was the Fury tug, of Bristol, and at the time of the explosion she was lying alongside the bark Ant, bound for Quebec. The captain of the Fury, George Hopes, was on board the Ant when the accident occurred, and is unable to assign any cause for it. The tug was literally blown to atoms. The crew were five in number. The fireman, John Case, 52, is missing; a boy named George Rogers, 10, was blown on board the Ant, and has since been removed in a very precarious state to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. The mate, name unknown, was picked up on a piece of the floating wreck, comparatively uninjured. The engineer, James Jones, 55, is missing, and there is little doubt that he has perished. . . _ . A collision occured at Sandbed Point, in the river Avon, this morning, between the firefly, Wexford steampacket and the Monkey steam tug, by which the latter was sunk. The crew was rescued. Viscount Glcntworth, who has been on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Limerick at Sherborne House, Limerick, has joined the Rifle Brigade, preparatory to em barking for Malta. Viscount and Viscountess Campden have arrived at Mount Stewart, county Down, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry. Viscount Falkland has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. left London on Tuesday afternoon, for .Wilton House, Wilts. DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL JOHN BRENTON.—We have to record the death of the above gallant veteran, which occurred at Ryde, on Saturday, in the 77th year of his age. The deceased Admiral was mate of the Caesar in the actions fought off Algesiras and in the Straits in 1801, and was Acting-Commander in charge of a division of gunboats at the defence of Riga, and in an expedition against Mettau, in 1812. He became Captain in 1822, Rear-Admiral in 1852, and Vice-Admiral (Retired) January, 1858. The Prince Regent of Prussia continues at Baden and in that neighbourhood. Engagements made by him with regard to the permanent bridges on the Rhine will render the presence of his royal highness there for some time a matter of necessity; and a family reunion is to be held at Baden on flte 30th inst., on the occasion of the birth clay of the Princess of Prussia. The Prince Regent, the Prince and Princess Frederick William, and all the other members of the royal family who can conveniently attend are expected to make their appearance. THE CANADIAN MAILS.—The Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's screw steamer Hungarian, sailed from the Mersey at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Quebec and Montreal, with the Canadian mails, 152 pas sengers, and a large cargo of merchandise. ENORMOUS OVERLAND MAlL.—Threo months since the heaviest overland mail that was ever despatched to the East consisted of 186 boxes. This number, however, was much exceeded on Monday night, for no less than 204 boxes were shipped on board the mail packet at Dover, and were conveyed to Calais en route to India, China, the Mau ritius, and Australia. THE PACKET CONTRACT COMMITTEE.—The report of this Committee, published yesterday, contains incidental evidence on the question of the competition to be expected next year between the East Kent and the South-Eastern lines for the traffic to Dover. The South-Eastern Com pany represent that, although the East Kent will save 11 miles, it cannot effect much saving of time, owing to bad gradients and. other causes. On the other hand, it is shown that the reduction of fares is likely to be considerable, the first class price of the . East Kent, according to their Act, being 15s. 9d., while on the South-Eastern it is 225. With regard to the mails, the Post-office authorities appear disposed to avid binding themselves by any contract for a term, and to keep the power of selecting whichever line may ultimately prove best able to perform the service. Supposing the two lines to act in harmony instead of opposition, there can be little doubt the natural facilities of the East Kent might be much more powerfully developed than is otherwise likely to be the ease ; but it is asserted that no serious attempts at I.lnalgamation have been made, and that the various reports circulated on the subject have been merely for stock-jol.bing purposes. Nevertheless the manager of the South-Eastern Company seems constrained to admit that such a result is "eventually inevitable?' Meanwhile the latter company are supposed to entertain a wish to encourage a postal route through Folkestone in preference to Dover, but although they admit that this would strengthen them in any ulti mate rivalry with the East Kent, thoy do not promote it specially with that view. Among other arrangements con templated is the erection of a pier at Folkestone, which, at the 6=ll cost of £15,090, would meet the requirements of tl2O packets in all states of the tide. LA TV IXTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.) BARNET COUNTY COURT. SINGULAR HORSE CASE-NASH V. WEBB. This was an action to recover £9—X6 paid to defendant for a horse, and £3 various expenses incurred through the purchase of the same. Mr. Simpson appeared for the plaintiff, who is a rag merchant of Holloway, and Mr. Beard for defendant, a farmer, of Highwood-hill, Barnet. , - According to plaintiff's testimony and that of his wit nesses, it appeared that on the 24th of August he paid 10s. deposit on a horse in possession of defendant. The horse was tried and found all right, and defendant warranted it sound. On the 31st August the balance, £5 10s., waspaid, and on the Ist September it was discovered that tho horse was lame. Defendant refused to return the money, and hence the present action. For the defence it was insisted that the horse was really in the same state now as when purchased, and was in reality only gifted with a "stiff leg." Mr. Beard created considerable merriment in court by asking how it could be expected that a£6 horse would be warranted. Why, if he had only four pins, or wooden legs, he'd fetch £3 at Atcherleys. Defendant was called, and said he did not warrant the horse. The horse was just the same at the present time as when purchased. After some conflicting evidence, and the summing up of the judge, the jury found for the dgfendant, and his Honour granted full costs. Mr. Simpson then applied for a new trial. Mr. Beard was heard in opposition, and contended that this verdict ought to be accepted by the parties. It was a case peculiarly for the jury, and it was not feasible that any one would warrant a £6 horse. His Honour confessed that he was hardly satisfied with the verdict; at the same time he advised plaintiff that the cost of a new trial would be very heavy. After consulting his client, Mr. Simpson pressed for a new trial, which was granted upon plaintiff paying the costs of Mr. Beard's opposition to the application. ANOTHER HORSE CASE-MASON V. HARKINS. This was a new trial, and the action arose out of a horse transaction. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, instructed by Mr. Buchanan, ap peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Codd for the defendant. It appeared that plaintiff had purchased a pony of defen dant, and upon the point of warranty some very hard swear ing was prevalent on each side. Plaintiff declared he had two warranties—certainly verbal ones—but most full and satisfactory. When hetook the pony home he found out that it was a "roarer." After evidence had been called in support of this state ment, defendant declared that he told plaintiff the pony had a cough, and that he would only warrant the poney alive out of his (defendant's) hands into those of the plaintiff. After a most energetic address by Mr. Atkinson, his Honour summed up, and the jury found for the defendant again, IVIIITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Forster.) KELL V. SKIRROW AND OTHERS.-IMPORTANT TO PURCHASERS OF HOUSE PROPERTY. This was an action to recover £4 12s. 6d., under circum stances of immense importance to purchasers of house pro • perty. Mr. Angell, for plaintiff, stated—On the 24th June last Messrs. Rushforth and Jarvis sold by auction a certain lot, consisting of some houses in Red Lion Court. This lot was purchased by plaintiff through her agent, Fr. Salmon, and the present action was brought to recover rents received by the agent of the vendor up to the 22d July. Now it must be understood that some of the tenants in the houses in question had fallen into arrears with their rents, and the vendor's agent in receiving rents up the 22d July had thought proper to apply the various sums to the back rents. Some of the tenants knowing the property to have changed hands somewhat demurred to paying the vendor's agent, but their scruples were speedily dissipated by the re-assurances of that gentleman. Mr. Angell then called a clerk to the auctioneers to prove the conditions of sale. Mr. Page, for the defendants, asked if there was not a written contract lately signed, and upon being answered in the affirmative, objected to the blank conditions being put in. Mr. Angell produced the deed between the parties duly executed, and contended that the words " sold by auction" in such deed would enable him to give evidence of the con ditions of sale without the production of the contract, His Honour decided that the contract must be produced. Mr. Angell then called upon the clerk to the auctioneers to produce the contract, and Mr. Page then objected to the document, as it was not stamped. Mr. Angell expected the objection, and if his Honour would entrust him with it ho would speedily get it stamped. lie considered it to be the duty of the auctioneers to have it stamped. Witness—lndeed it is not. They did not have the money for it. Mr. Angell—Well, I will sec if I cannot save the penalty T shall bring an action against your masters. After a somewhat desultory argument, Mr. Angell said, your Honour will perceive that the con tract, as it is called, is only signed on behalf of the vendee— the vendor has not signed it all. Surely that document is not worth anything here ? His Honour—Does Mr. Page think this document one binding on the vendor, seeing that it is not signed by him or on his behalf ? Mr. Page—Yes. It either is or is not a contract, and, if it is a contract, must be taken with all its consequences. His Honour confessed himself in doubt, and would take time to consider, as to the power of the document. He must adjourn the case to a future day. Mr. Angell—l ask your Honour to make it two months, to give me time to bring an action against Messrs. Rush forth and Jarvis in reference to stamping the paper. His Honour, by the consent of all parties, adjourned the case till December next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY MANSION-HOUSE. i INDECENT ASSAULT.—Robert Co3per was charged with ndecently assaulting Mrs. Mary Ann Comfort, in an Glil nibus running from the Borough to Cornhill, about half past 7 o'clock last night, by putting his hand round her back and underneath her, and when sho rose to get out he put his haild up her clothes, when she slapped his face. On the arrival of the omnibus in Bishopsgate-street, her hus band, who was waiting for her, was told of the assault, and prisoner was given in custody. These facts were sworn to by the wife and husband. The prisoner offered an apology at the station, which was refused. Mrs. Comfort said that she was not sure that she could establish the charge against him. - Mr. Lewis, senior (of the firm of Lewis and Lewis, soli citors), defended the prisoner, and contended that the charge was not proved—that the probability was that the witness was mistaken, and that the assault never was com mitted by the prisoner, who is a respectable married man, and called a witness who had known him 25 years to prove it. Several other gentlemen were also called who had known him upwards of 20 years, and knew him as a highly re spectable man. The prisoner said that he had his bag and umbrella in his hand, and in going out of the omnibus the umbrella might have touched her. Mrs. Comfort was re-called, and denied it was accidental, but wilful. The Lord Mayor considered the assault proved, and fined the defendant £•2. • MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BRUTAL ASSAULT BY A CABMAN.—William Grimmond, a• cab driver, was charged before Mr. Bingham with as saulting Wm. James, of 13, Smith-square, Westminster; another driver, by striking him in the eye a severe blow with his whip, and also causing a severe wound on his cheek. The complainant, whose face was covered with a ban dage, and who said he had been very ill for some time, stated that while passing the prisoner the previous night, both being on their cabs, the prisoner made use of grossly in sulting language towards him; and as he had repeatedly insulted him in a similar manner, he, said he would take a summons out against him, upon which he struck him a severe blow with his whip in the eye, blinding it for a time. He ,(complainant) then got off his cab, and on - his doing ,so the prisoner struck him three or four severe blows in the face with his fist, and on his (complainant) trying to prevent him further assaulting him, ho stooped down and threw him on his back, stunning him from the effects of the fail, and not con tent with that, struck him several times while on the ground, covering him with blood. The prisoner then got on hiscab and drove off furiously, but was stopped by a constable and taken into custody, and he (complainant) went to the Charing-cross Hospital, and had his wounds dressed. The constable having corroborated the above the prisoner said that he didn't cause the injuries, but that the corn • plainant fell against his wheel and did it himself. Remanded for the production of further evidence. A VISIT TO WHITEWALL ROUSE.—Just as We had finished breakfast, a whole troop of horses, carefully clothed, and each of them ridden by a smart, dapper-lock ing lad, followed each other in sinee file, pass " 3d our bay window, on their way to the exercise ground, Langton \Vold," ns it is called ; it really was a beautiful sight, and my friend knew nearlyall the horses as they passed, though occasionally assisted by Mrs. Scott and her daughter. We were soon summoned by our host to accompany him in his four-wheeled carriage up the steep bill which led to Lang ton Weld, the private property of 7..lnjer Norcliffe, to whom every horse pays an annual toll f ur the use of the grou n d ; and as John Scott has an averag e of about 70 horses, a nd there are other trainers ,as we ll, I'anson, Peck, Shepherd, and Cunningham, who use the ground, this piece of moor :and must pay the Major a comfortable rent. There is also a gallop,- or track, made of tan, which is used for exercise when the ground becomes very hard, to prevent concussion; is about a mile and a half in length, with a c i rcu l ar t rac k it the commencement, so that by going round the circle A lien horses are sweated, 7,1 m they gallop ..hat distance can be extended, when requi re d, as i s th e ease four or live iullos,—Once a Treec. CR L COURT.-( THIS DA OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) Mr. John Niool, of George -yard, Lombard -street , this mor n in g surr e n dered Loan indictment, charging that he did on the 24th of August last, being bailee of a certain r ty war rant for delivery of 148 chaldrons of co als, the propeof Henry Hunter and another, unlawfully convert the war rant to his own use, and thereby did feloniously steal, take, and carry away the same, contrary to the statute s 20 and 21 Viet, c. 54, sec. 4, commonly known as the Fraudulent Tra M ders' Act. r. Gilrard appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Poland for the defence. The case has already been fully reported in The SO the when the summons was heard before the L ord May at Mansion House. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ROBBING A SEAMAN. William French and Elizabeth French were indicted with robbing a seaman, named Wadley, of £l9 10s., aPe tal whistle, and a tobacco box. William Wadley, the prosecutor, said h e was the t h e 23d ptain of a brig called the Wakefield, of Sunderland. On the of August he was walking in the neighbourhood of docks looking for a lodging, when he met the female, an asked her if she could direct him to a lodging. S h e said if he liked to accept her home as it was he might rest there WI the morning. He went home with her, and there he Was shown into a room in which there was a bed on tho As they were going up stairs he heard did the female Pr i " soner speak to some person, but he not 'Lek! He asked any particular notice of the circumsta nce. even t the woman to call him at six o'clock, i n the of his not waking, which she promised to do. About half-past 3 o'clock he awoke, and finding things a ll right he went again to sleep, but on the fe male waking him in the morning he found his pocket had b e en cut openhim, a his money gone. He accused the woman of robbing hin t, which she denied, and called her husband, the male Se soner, and they both ordered him to qu it the p lace. Il refuse to do so until the premises were searched, and the nude prisoner said he would go and get a policeman. On the constable's arrival the male prisoner was not to be foun d ' he having effected his escape by the back yard. The house was searched, butnothing was found with the exception e piece of calico which exactly corresponded i n shape end siz The w histle to that cut from the trousers of the prosecutor. produced was his property. He recollected see safe g th e female prisoner in • the room when his money was sin his pocket. Police-constable Gilbert said he apprehen ded the wain prisoner three days after the robbery in a co ffee shop. On first the table before him there was a bundle, when ha at denied the bundle was his property, but he afterwttrds said it was. Ho found the whistle, which the proscutor ide his fied as his property, and which was in his pocket with money when he went to sleep, in that bundle. The father-in-law of the male prisoner said—Two Ws after the robbery the male prisoner came to . him id a state sp a t e of intoxication do , and asked him to take ca re of four reigns for him. He at first refused to have anything. tohe with it, but eventually the money was left with h im. prisoner had married one of his daughters, but the female wee.. not that person. He (prisoner) had deser t e d his wife, and for a number of years he (witness) had brought up the chi:dren. On being called upon for their defence, the male Prison er denied all knowledge of the robbery; and th e female prisoner said the man must have lost his money befo re he meth The jury, after a short deliberation, found both prnero guilty. The Recorder sentenced the male priso ner to nine, en prisonment.d. the female to twelve, months' im • se e o e o m r e c d re c a o t in ur p o i A young woman, named Sophia Potbury, pleaded guilty to an indictment for conioaling the birth of her child. The b p e r i o n s g tra c t a ed ll . ed upon to receive sentence, The Recorder sentenced her to be imprisoned for one month. on ntyONCEALmENT OF BIRTH. WATCR ROBBERY. a watch , the Joseph Percival was indicted with stealing property of Mr. John Acton, coffeehouse-keeper,ShiP-alle/' • Wellclose-square. From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor Wen out of his house to quell a disturbance, and while d°ill het. s 17 the prisoner snatched his watch out of his waistcoat poc The jury found the prisoner guilty, and tho Reo rder sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. Robert Draine, 30, coat trimmer, was ind icted f irkteal ing a watch from the person of Charles Mella rd, w vl°- lence. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been playing bagatelle with some persons, amongst whim W ag the prosecutor. On leaving, the prisoner struck the prose cutor a violent blow on the head, and then stole his watc h ' Mr. 'Metcalfe, who appeared for the prisoner, in his Oa r°B to the jury, urged that there had, in fact, been no robbery at all committed. The prisoner had, unfortunately for himself, taken part in a quarrel, and it was during th a , disturbance that the prosecutor got knocked down and ler his watch. He reminded the jury that it was impossib e the prisoner could have inflicted such a blow without of weapon of some kind, and yet no instrumsnt capable or producing injury had been found. A witness was called on behalf of the prisoner, but in answer to a question from Mr. Cooper, who appeared for the prosecutor, he said that, two years ago , the prisoner had been charged with robbing his father, but the ma& tratcs discharged him. The jury found him guilty, and in passing senten ce ' Mr. Justice Hill said it would be idle to sentence the prisoner to a short term of imprisonment. He h ad evi dently got into bad company, and it would be a merciful act to take him away from them for some time. He thereforo sentenced him to four years' penal servitude. BURGLARY BY A SOLDIER. William Hawthorn, a private in the Royal A r tillery, w s9 indicted with stealing a quantity of whisky, t he property of Richard Turner. The prosecutor stated that he kept a public louse Woolwich. On the night previous to the robbery, the 2flth of August, the whisky was safe in the cellar, but nott morning when he was called up the flap of the cellar wa s found to have been forced and the liquor stolen. A police constable met the prisoner after the robbery, and found Oro bottles of whisky in his possession, which the prosecutor identified as his property. The jury found the prisoner guilty. A corporal of the Royal Artillery said the prisoner WO under his charge as a court-martial prisoner. Sentence deferred. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 41s 1 1 ,d n ; barley, 358 3d; oats, 21s 7d; rye, 30s 6d ; beans, 4d; and peas, 38s Ed. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 43s 6 n d A barley, 32s lld ; oats, 24s 2d ; rye, 31s 7d • beans, 435 "' peas, 37s 11d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 112, 236 barley, 14,870 ; oats, 10,881; rye, 720; beans, 4,866; Pe as r . 1,462 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. About an average supply of beasts was on offer in to" . day's market, but the general condition of the stock dv: kith inferior. All breeds met a dull inquiry, but, c om p Monday, no quotable change took place in prices. SheePP Dion the show of which was moderate, m oved off slowly, at day's decline in value. The few calves in the mar ke! sola steadily, and in some instances prices were a shade higl2o3 lcu. .' The pork trade ruled steady, at full currencies; but nu cows commanded very little attention. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 2 8 2 10 Second quality do. 3 0 3 2 Prime largo oxen 3 6 4 2 , Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 0 3 2 Second quality do. 3 4 4 0 0. d. 0 d , P r ime crs-wool do. 4 2 4 4 Pme. S' thdown do. 4 8 5 L a rge crse. calves 3 4 4 6 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 S Large hogs ...... 3 0 2 Small porkers .... 3 8 4 and quarter .old store pier Suckling calves, 13s to 22s 19s to 235. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs ..... 8,000 Calves Pigs 3OO FOREIGN SUPPLY. 300 , Beasts Sheep Calves Pi g s ...- HAY MARKETS. Smrrurtrv.—Meadow bay, £2 100 to £4 4s • clover, £3 lOs to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 4s to .£1 lOs per load. Trade dull. CUBERLAND.-310ftdOW hay, 12 12s to £4 4s; clove?, M £3 lOs to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £l, 10s pe r lead. A slow trade. W lrlTE clrArEt.—hay, Meadow l2 lOs to £ 4 4s; cloves £3 12s to £5 Ss ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per I ° ach Trade rather heavy. MEAT MARKE TS. NEWGATE AND LEADINHALL.—The supplies of M— are good, and the trade is somewhat heavy, 14 lows t--Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d •, mutton, 3s Od t o 4s 4 d lamb, Os . 0d to Os Od ; veal, 38 8d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3 s S cl to 4s Ed per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Sept. 21.—Prime beasts and sheep were in moderate request, at full prices. All other stock was:. off heavily, and the uotationsdrooping tendency • Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton 3s Gd to 45 10d ; lgT o. Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s ; and pork, 3$ " 4s 6d per Sibs. to sink the offal. vet"' M ROFORD, Sept. 21. —The trade gene rally was inactive to-day, on lower terms :—Beef, f r6n i 3s 4d t o 4 ? 8(.1 3 mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; veal , 3s 6d to 48 4cl; W ir / 10 , 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs ; milc h cows, £l4 Os to ,LlB r o ld store p i g s each ; suckling calves, 13 s to 18s ; quarte, 17s to 23s each. KEW GATIDENs.L-The royal palace dens and new arboretum will close for the season on or about the 30th inst. An American aloe is now in flower in the Botanical-gardens. pleasure-gar- u h G o; 0: Al