The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-17 00:00:00

The launch of the line-of-battle ship Anson took place on Saturday from the slip on which she was constructed at Woolwich amid the acclamations of some 10,000 persons. Long before the appointed time for the admission of the public the gates were thronged to such a degree that a thoroughfare had to beformed by two lines of the police so as to render a passage for those who were furnished with tickets in any manner attainable, and those only were ad mitted who were so provided until 20 minutes before 1 o'clock, at which time the great gates were thrown open to the general public. A literal torrent of human beings then rushed headlong forward towards the great square, at the northern side of which the building shed of the Anson is situated. The reserved sea t s were already well filled, and about 600 well dressed persons of both sexes had mounted to the s hip's deck by special tickets. The flagshipFisgard, together with the Vivid, Princess Alice, and other ships in the offing, had each their allotment of visitors, and a number of river steamers, crowded with passengers, had taken up their berths in available positions. The ships were all decked out with coloured bunting, and the Fisgard and the Venus (training ship of the Marine Society) were ornamented from stem to stern, and from the mainmasthead to the water's edge. The Royal Marine band, together with that of the Dockyard Artillery, played agreeably during the interval preceding the launch, and by the admirable arrangements of the police force the most perfect order was preserved throughout. At 20 minutes after one Lady Sydney, who had con sented to perform the important ceremony of chris tening (by the unavoidable absence of H.R.H. the Princess Mary of Cambridge), dashed the bottl e o f champagne with successful force against the bows of the ship, giving her a good " God speed," which was announced to the vast crowd by a shout of voices from those of the immediate spectators. A few minutes afterwards a crack betokened her being about to move. The cry of "she's off" immediately followed, when the huzzas for a moment completely drowned the sounds of the two bands, which had s imultaneously struck up the National Anthem, followed by " Rule Britannia," and the right noble Anson glided slowly and majestically down her well greased ways, taking the water in a most satis factory and splendid style, clearing herself of every stick of her cradle to perfection. Making her way up the river stern foremost, ropes were thrown out to the powerful steamtugs Monkey, Bustler, and Widgeon, by which means she was brought down and moored alongside the Hebe hulk. This morning at noon she will be taken in tow as above named, and will be conveyed to Sheerness in charge of Mr. Hall, commanding the steam reserve branch at Woolwich, to be fitted out for service. During the proceedings a number of the light-fingered gentry from London were found plying their avocations on the pockets of the unwary spectators. A body of .the police in plain clothes under the superinten dence of Chief Inspector Forbes, having been dis tributed in every direction, no less than ten young fellows, averaging about 22 years of age, and who were caught in the very act of rifling pockets by the detectives and others, were marched in irons to the town cells. To the credit and vigilance of the police it should be stated that not a single com plaint of any loss was reported beyond the disco very of watches and money found in the hands of those who were secured. After the launch the dock yard brigade of artillery marched in a body to Welling, and partook of refreshments provided by the officers of the corps. The Duke of Somerset held a levee at the Admi ralty-house, in Portsmouth dockyard, on Saturday. The Lords of the Admiralty afterwards returned to London. The men in the dockyard were granted on Saturday the usual half-holiday allowed on the occasions of their lordships' annual inspection. The gun and mortar vessels which are lying in Yantlet Creek, adjoining Chatham Dockyard, are undergoing examination by a party of shipwrights from that establishment, in order that any defects may be made good. The further, however, the survey of the vessels is carried the more rotten they are ascertained to be. In order to arrest the decay of the timbers the exterior planking of most of the boats has been removed, to admit of the beams and timbers being ventilated, but a very cursory inspection of the numerous vessels under examination leaves no doubt whatever that even in their present condition few, if any, of them will ever be fit for the service for which they were built at such great cost. In several the timbers of which they are constructed may be picked with the nail, leaving no doubt what ever that faulty timber was used in the construc tion. The shipwrights have received instructions to make good any defects that may be discovered during the examination. The Bulwark, 91, and the Undaunted, 51, screw steamers, building at Chatham, are progressing very fast, and all efforts are making to have both those vessels completed and launched early in the ensuing year. The following vessels are now fitting at Chatham for the second division of the steam reserve at that port :—The Orpheus, 21, 400 horse-power ; the Racehorse, 4, 200 horsepower ; the Cormorant, 4, 200 horse-power ; the Linnet, 2, 60 horse-power, and the Pigeon, 2, 60 horse-power. The screw steamship St. George, 91, Capt. the Hon. Francis Egerton, left Plymouth Sound on Saturday, under steam, fur Spithead. The St. George, 91, screw, Capt. Hon. Francis Egerton, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the westward, and exchanged salutes with the Victory, flagship of the Commander-in -Chief. The Avon, paddle, sailed from Portsmouth yes terday morning for Devonport. The screw line-of battle ship Donegal, 101, Capt. Henry Broadhead, from the Channel fleet, arrived at Plymouth under steam on Saturday, with her steering apparatus damaged. The screw steam line-of-battle-ship Mars, 80, Capt. J. L. Strange, from the Channel fleet, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning saluted the flag of the Com mander-in-Chief, Sir A. Fanshawe, K.C.8., which was acknowledged by the Impregnable. The de fects of the Mars are to be made good, and she is to be provisioned and stored for foreign service in the Mediterranean. The gunboat Trinculo, built under contract by Mr. Joseph Banks, at Queen Anne's-yard, Ply mouth, was launched on Saturday evening. Her construction was superintended by Mr. Godfrey, of the Devonport Royal dockyard. Dimensions— Length between perpendiculars, 1 20 ft ; ditto over all, 126 ft ; ditto keel for tonnage, 106 ft ; breadth for ditto, 21ft 10in; ditto, extreme, 22 ft ; depth, 9ft 6in ; 268 tons; 60-horse power; draught of water, 7ft Din. The Government establishments at Plym outh were closed on Saturday afternoon, and the artisans and labourers granted a half-holiday according to Admiralty order. THE ARMY. Hu Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief is expected to land at Portsmouth from her Majesty's steamer Black Eagle, - on his return to London from visiting the Channel Islands. It is expected that his Royal Highness will avail himself of the opportunity to inspect the troops in the garrison. A troop of the 10th Hussars will march from Aldershott for Ipswich to-morrow (Tuesday), and another, also for Ipswich, on Wednesday. A third troop will leave f or Northampton to-morrow, a fourth for Norwich on Wednesday, and the re mainder,with head -quarters, for the same city, on Thursday. With regard to the contemplated extension of the camp at Colchester, it appears that the tenant of the Abbey Farm is about to retire from the occupa tion, and give it up to the Government authorities. Staff Assist.-Surg. Casley, having arrived at thi s station, will relieve Staff Assist.-Burg. Bro wn ( who hag gone to the 18th), and will be. at tached to th e 1 0th b a t ta li on. The number of bvalzds who have arrived at the camp from Chatham is 36. A detachment of the Ist battalion of the Bth (King' s OWE) Regiment arrived in Portsmouth yesterday f rom Chatham, and joined head-quarters at Gosport. The detachment consisted of 5 officers, 332 men, 20 women, and 30 children. The hired transport Donald M'Kay, Capt. Chas. Pryce, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from the Mauritius with troops, consisting of the 61st Regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Col. Rainey, three non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Artillery, 53 non-commissioned officers and privates, women and children, of the Royal En gineers, and 16 military invalids of various corps. The 61st Regiment comprised—Officers—Lieut.- Col. Rainey, in command; Major Redmond ; Brevet-Majors Gordon and Burnside ; Capts. M'Donongh, Thurston, and Sloman ; Lieuts. Hut ton, Griffiths, Boileau, Murphy, Casement, Ramsey, Sewell, and Fane ; Ensigns Hamilton, Nugent, Ness, Atkinson, Cockle, Borton, and Frazer ; Pay master W. Dowler ; Quartermaster J. Dowler ; Assist.-Surgs. Hoyte and Mackinnon ; ladies, families of offieers—Mrs. Burnside and two child ren, Mrs. Sloman and one child, Mrs. Thurston, Mrs. W. Dowler, Mrs. J. Dowler, Mrs. M'Do nough, and Mrs. Frazer and two children; Assist.- Commissary Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, and one child non-commissioned officers, 77 ; privates and drum mers, 590 ; women, 29 ; and children, 34. Private passengers, Mr. and Master Scott, from St. Helena. The Donald M'Kay sailed from the Mauritius on the 20th of June, and from St. Helena on the 30th, of July. She made the Cape land in nine days from the Mauritius, and was afterwards 14 days from Cape Recife to the Cape of Good Hope. After rounding the Cape she had very light and variable winds until reaching St. Helena. From 15 to 48 deg. north she experienced nothing but easterly winds, and was driven into 452 deg. W. longitude. She caught the first of the present S.W. winds on the 12th inst. In the Channel the weather was very thick and dirty. She passed an immense number of vessels of all nations on the voyage home wards, and Captain Pryce reports that during the period of a somewhat considerable experience at sea he never before saw so large a number during a single voyage. Twelve deaths have oc curred since the troops were embarked at the Mauritius, but these were from diseases not con tracted on hoard the ship. The immense space of the vessel's decks and their ample ventilation ren der her a splendid troopship for a long voyage. Orders have been received for the troops to be landed at Portsmouth dockyard this morning at daybreak. The 61st Regiment will proceed by rail way to Plymouth, the Royal Artillery and Engi neers to Woolwich, and the invalids to Chatham. The Runnymede hired transport arrived at Spit head yesterday morning from Hongkong and St. Helena, sailing from the last named port the same day as the Donald M'Kay, which, .as will be seen above, arrived at Spithead on the previous day. The Runnymede has 141 naval invalids on board (no military) who will be landed from the ship and transferred to the Victory flagship ; those cases which may require such treatment will be sent to the Royal Naval Hospital at Hasler. The follow ing officers have arrived in the ship :—Mr. Bowen, Master, R.N., Admiralty Agent, Dr. Carr, R.N., and Assist.-Surgeon Bartlett, R,N., in charge of invalids; Lieuts. Smith, Gilbert, and Kellett, R.N., and two warrant officers. The screw steam troopship Megsera, 6, Comman der J. Hunt, from Portsmouth on Thursday, ar rived at Plymouth en Saturday with the Durham Militia Artillery, supernumeraries, and some of the artillerymen's wives, upwards of 600 souls. The Megaara went into Hamoaze and took up a berth near the Devonport dockyard, but the troops were landed by the steamtug Zephyr at the Royal Wil liam Victualling-yard, and marched to their quar ters in the Raglan Barracks, Mount Wise ; they are commanded by Col. Hall. The Megmra left Plymouth on Saturday evening. We have to record the death of Major-Gen. Sir M. Creagh, K.H., who died at Boulogne on Friday morning last. The deceased officer entered the army in 1802, and had seen much active service in India, Africa, and the West Indies. The following is a summary of his military services :—Served in the expedition under Sir David Baird against the Cape of Good Hope ; was wounded in the action of the Blue Bourg. In 1810 accompanied the expedition (as brigade major) which sailed from Madras against the French islands ; desperately wounded by a can non shot, which carried away a part of hi; left shoulder and killed six of his men, at the attack of the batteries before St. Denis, Isle of Bourbon ; was thanked in general orders and favourably mentioned in the despatches. In 1817 and 1818 served, in the command of the 86th flank companies, during the Alahratta and Pindarree wars in India. In 1818 served in the Kandyan country, interior of Ceylon, during that harassing war, in command of the flank companies off` the 86th and other detachments, receiving the repeated thanks of Gen. Sir K. Brow n rigg for his services in the enemy's country. For 10 years he was lieut.-col. of the 86th Foot, viz., from Feb., 1832 to 1842, when he was appointed to the 11th Foot, a command he held up to 1845, in which year he exchanged to half•pay unattached. In 1832 he was made a Knight of the Royal Hano verian Guelphic Order, and created a Knight Bachelor of William IV. The late general's com missions bore date as follows :—Ensign, May 9, 1802 ; lieut., Feb. 28, 1804 ; capt., Nov. 25, 1809 ; major, Oct. 24, 1821 ; lieut.- col., Dec. 31, 1830; col., Nov. 9, 1846 ; and major-gen., June 20, 1854. On the death of Lieut.-Gen. G. C. Falconer in January last the gallant deceased was appointed col. of the 73d Regiment, which becomes at the disposal o the Commander-in-Chief by his death. IRE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. On Saturday afternoon Colonel M'Murdo, C. 8., ~nspector-General of Volunteers, reviewed the Lon don Rifle Brigade in Hyde Park, in the presence of some thousands of people. The regiment, to the number of upwards of 700, mustered at 3 o'clock in the quadrangle of Christ's Hospital, under the com mand of Lieut.-Colonel Hicks, and thence marched to the ground, preceded by their two fine bands, by way of Holborn and Oxford street, entering the park at the Marble-arch. The other officers in com mand were Lieut.-Colonel Close, late of the 90th Light Infantry ; Major (Alderman) Rose, Captain Ewens, Adjutant, late of the 60th Rifles; Captain Pawson, adjutantof the first battalion, and Captain Smith, adjutant of the second battalion, and late of the 30th Regiment. Among the subaltern officers present were Lieuts. J. Davies-Sewell, Finch, Hop kinson, Maclachlan, and Bainbridge ; and'Ensigns Hanson, Pinkney, C. Hopkinson, Stretton, Worth, Towse, and Valiance, together with Surgeon May and Assistant-Surgeon Probert. The in spection took place on the northern side of the park, in the open plateau fronting Park-lane, where the Queen on a recent occasion reviewed the Volun teer Corps.under circumstances which will long be memorable. The ground was kept by the Queen's (Westminster) Volunteers, a remarkably smart body of men, of whom about 500 were present, attended by their band, under the command of Major R usse ll , a relat i ve o f L or d J. R usse ll , and Major Mayne. As Colonel M'Murdo rode upon the ground the brigade wheeled into line to receive him and presented arms. The day was fine, the men presented an imposing appearance, and the spectacle was interesting and picturesque. The colonel, accompanied by Lieut.-Colonel Hicks, rode slowly along the front and rear ranks, minutely inspecting the men, and eccasionally asking ques tions of the officers. This ceremony over, the ranks were closed, the brigade * reformed into open column, and then marched past the inspector general to the music of the bands, first at quick time at wheeling and quarter distance, and then at " the double quick." The precision and stateliness of their marching were so conspicuous as to strike even the experienced eye of Col. M'Murdo and to elicit fre quent expressions of admiration from him addressed to those about him, as well as cheers from th e crowd. The brigade afterwards executed a series of spirited evolutions, including the formation of squares to receive cavalry, wheeling again into open column, then counter-marching by divisions round the centre. Then ensued some smart skirmishing and file-firing, the brigade while this was going on being scattered over the ground, but disposed in accordance With military tactics, and finally deploy ing into line and finishing the ceremony at dusk with a grand volley. Col. M'Murdo, before taking his departure; spoke some spirited words of compli ment and encouragement to the colonel in com mand of the brigade and the rest of the officers and men, addressing them as " Soldiers and Vo lunteers." He expressed the pleasure with which he had witnessed their soldierlike bearing and 'promptitude, rapidity and steadiness of movement, laying special emphasis on the latter quality, which he said equalled, if it did not surpass, any thing he had seen in that re spect, many as had been his opportunities for in specting Volunteer Corps in different parts of the country. Turning to the officers present, he com plimented them upon the unmistakeable indica tions of efficiency and smartness they had evinced, remarking that it was the duty, and ought to be the pride and the ambition of officers of Volunteer Corps to render themselves in all respects worthy to command soldiers such as they, composed as they were, like the rest of the Volunteers throughout the country, of the very elite of a great people, prompted at a critical time by the lofty and generous im pulses of loyalty and patriotism. He was under stood to dwell kindly for a moment on the paucity of officers in attendance in comparison with the numerical strength of the brigade, and to express a hope that that want would eventually be rectified by the exercise of good feeling on their part. He regretted that some difficulties had for a while re tarded their target practice, but these once re moved, as he trusted they speedily would be, and, judging from the marked aptitude and proficiency they had attained in their military duties, they would eventually, should ever the necessity arise, be fit to occupy the post of danger, and conse quently of honour, in the line of battle. The colo nel then rode off the ground, amid the cheers of the brigade and the crowd. The ceremony was alone marred by accidents to two members of the brigade, one of whom, Private Wilkins, of the F company, sustained an injury in the right ear, though not serious, we believe, by the accidental explosion of his rifle ; and Private Sampson of the I company, had the fore finger of his right hand badly wounded from a similar casualty. The Bromley, Beckenham, and Chislehurst corps, under the command of Captain Satterthwaite, were inspected on Tuesday by Col. Luard, who expressed his approval of their progress. Among the privates present was Mr. William Dent, the eminent mer chant, and a member of the Indian Council. This gentleman, by his support of the movement and his constant attendance at drill, has afforded an ex cellent example to the inhabitants of the district. The 7th Surrey Rifles, under the command of Major Beresford, paraded at Newington Sessions House on Saturday. The corps, headed by their band, pro ceeded to Peckham, where they were joined by the 10th Surrey (Bermondsey), under Captain Glover. The two corps marched home together to the ex cellent music of the 3d Surrey Militia. The 7th continues steadily increasing its mustering roll. A prize rifle will shortly be competed for. A marksman's badge of cross muskets, to be worn on the left sleeve, has been presented to three privates in the Colchester Corps. Mr. Taylor (who recently won a prize cap in Wyvenhoe-park), Mr. Cole, and Mr. Fenning, all three gentlemen having made the requisite number of points in the regula tion practice to entitle them to the rank of marks men. An effort is being made to form another company of volunteers in Colchester, and about £lOO has been subscribed for the purpose. The prizes competed for by the Great Yarmouth Volunteers a few days ago were distributed by the Mayor on Friday evening at the Town-hall. Mr. Bly won the ladies' challenge cup, valued at £3O; Mr. H. Fenner, the borough members' prize of £10; Mr. Scott, a cup, valued at £5; and Mr. Leman, a Turner rifle. Of 31 Volunteers who competed for the challenge cup, 16 obtained such a number of points as would have entitled them if they had been in the regular army to rank as marksmen, and to receive id. per day extra pay. Captain Storey, of the Ist Company, Ist Battalion of Royal Arsenal Volunteers, who also held au ap pointment as master of the gun factories at Wool wich, died on Thursday morning last at his resi dence, Maxey-road, Plumstead. Being much re spected both in his civil and military capacity, it was determined that he should be buried with mili tary honours, and accordingly a large body of Vo lunteers belonging to his and the neighbouring corps assembled at the Arsenal at 4 o'clock on Sa c turday, and proceeded to the residence of the de ceased officer. The coffin, with his cap and sword upon it, was thereupon placed upon a gun drawn by four horses, and was preceded by a firing party of 100 Volunteer riflemen and the three bands of the Arsenal, six captains of Volunteers officiating as pallbearers. It was followed by the whole of the Royal Arsenal Volunteers and several bodies from neighbouring places, in all about 2,000, to the cemetery belonging to the Woolwich parish, in Wickham-lane, the " Dead March" being played as the cortege proceeded on its way: As soon as the service had been read three volleys were fired over the grave, and the usual military forms peculiar to occasions of the kind were gone through, after which the Volunteers marched home. A parade and drill of the Workman's Volunteer Brigade, now numbering close upon 500 men, took place on Saturday evening, from 6 to 8 o'clock, in the Guildhall, kindly accorded by the permission of the Lord Mayor. Upwards of 400 belonging to the corps, including the band, were present. Cap tain Norton, one of the council, inspected the bat- talion, in the absence of General Beatson, and do clared his astonishment and gratification at the bearing of the men, and the progress made by them in so short a time. After the inspection Mr. Richards, the major elect, took the command of the battalion, which marched round in quick time, saluting the veteran officer who had inspected the troops. Captain Norton then addressed them in a few patriotic ants pi actioal Arntenees. Mr. J. A. Nicholay, one of the council, also addressed the men. He did so as a friend of the people, and said that the Government ought to be proud of such an exhibition of martial spirit and such conduct as he had witnessed that evening. He said that the working men had homes, and hearths, and wives, and children to defend, as well as any other rank of men. It was all nonsense and very mistaken to say that they were not to be intrusted with arms. The battalion then marched, headed by the band playing, from the Guildhall to their head-quarters in Great Tower-street, in perfect order, where they dismissed from the parade. 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Though the weather is a trite and hacknied sub ject of discussion, the peculiar circumstances of the present time afford ample justification for dwelling upon it, even at the risk of being deemed prolix by those—and they must be few—who take no interest in its effect upon the crops. We had yesterday as forbidding and hopeless a climate as ever alarmed the classes whose sole existence depends upon favourable weather, and the indications of its con tinuance were very marked ; but happily for once the indications proved false, and this day has been as fine a one as need be. Even the cold rain and chilling blast of yesterday were not general, or at least not of the severity in the southern and western counties to suspend farming operations. I have been informed by persons who have travelled by the Great Southern and Western and Midland Great Western lines that reaping is general ; and I am happy to learn that the gale of yesterday morning has proved far less injurious t o th e r i pe corn than I feared it would. The gale in the Channel blew with extreme violence, and delayed the Holyhead boats several hours on their passage to Kingstown. Even on Thursday, when we had scarcely experienced any storm here, it blew so hard that the paddle-boxes and boats of the new steamer Leinster were carried away, and she has to lay up at Holyhead for repairs. This mishap will not, however, I believe, delay the beginning of the improved postal service, which, I am told by people connected with the Post-office, will take place on the Ist of next month. THE CURRAGH. The camp yesterday was really a sad spectacle. The sentries kept close in their boxes and the officers to their quarters. No one faced the gale who could avoid it. Still the "huts" looked comfortable, and the smoke from the various apertures looked pleas ing, and the flag floating above the general's quar ters looked cheerful. Yet there was nothing of "camp life" there but the " huts"and the "situation." The most dismal-looking scene of all was that to the left of the main road, where the 14th Light Dra goons have been all but submerged, the tents having been erected on a swamp, without the precaution of building a raft as a foundation. Notwithstanding, all, however, the camp appeared calm, though storm was prevalent. The previous dry dusty days had opened the lea surface, and the incessant rain, therefore, left few of its traces behind ; indeed, it was considered preferable to the simoom which had swept the camp for a week previously. The head quarters of several regiments have received march ing orders, but it is thought that the inclement state of the weather will induce the general to countermand them for a few days. MUNSTER FLAX IMPROVING SOCIETY. ' The following letter, announcing Government aid to this society, has been addressed to its chairman : "Dublin Castle, Sept. 6, 1860. " Sir,—Referring to your letter of the 10th ult., and former correspondence, I am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to acquaint you that his Excel lency has received a communication from the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury stating that their lordships apprehend that the operations of the Monster Flax Improvement Society will not be confined to the counties in which the funds of the re-productive loan fund are administered by the board under the 2d section of the act 11th and 12th Vict., cap. 115; and as they entertain the opinion that the expenses connected with the formation of the society will be fairly chargeable in a propor tionate manner amongst the whole of the counties to which its operations extend, their lordships do not think that it will be expedient to sanction the applicatien of any portion of the reproductive loan fund towards such expenses, but, in accordance with his Excellency's recommendation, they have given directions for the issue of the sum of £268 4s. in aid of the general working expenses of the society, to be expended in the following proportions, viz. : —County of Cork, £BO ; Tipperary, £6O ; Limerick, £42 14s. Bd. ; Clare, £42 14s. Bd. ; Kerry, £42 14s. Bd. Their lordships repeat that it is not to be inferred that they will sanction any further issue from the fund on account of the society. His Excel lency desires to impress upon the president of the society the necessity of confining the above grants strictly within the prescribed limits. The pay master of civil services has been instructed to remit the money to Anthony Perrier, Esq., of Lotamore, Cork, treasurer of the society, as requested in your letter of the 12th of December last. " I have the honour to be, sir, your obed. servt. " THOMAS A. LARCOM. " Lieut.-Colonel Beamish." THE ANTI-NATIONAL SWORD. The Londonderry Standard exposes a flagrant piece of dishonesty perpetrated by the swordsmen, in connection with the inscription upon the M'Mahon trinket, about which such a fuss has been made here by a few restless malcontents. It will be recollected that the Emperor of the French au-1 thorised the M'Mahon to accept the bauble, and that the marshal himself agreed to receive it, on the express condition that nothing political should be involved or signified in the gift, or testimonial, as the donors prefer calling it. On that condition the weapon was prepared, and the deputation per mitted to bear it into the camp at Chalons. "'That this pledge was not kept," says the Warder," and that both the Emperor and M'Mahon were deceived, are sufficiently seen in the circumstance of Mr. John Mitchell being brought down as a member of the deputation. This was manifestly intended as an insult to her Majesty." It was, of course, and a greater insult still, as well as a more flagrant breach of the conditions imposed by the marshal and his master, was the allusion to " oppressed" Ireland engraved on the blade ; but the worst of all is the perversion of the, inscription in the Irish lan guage, which purports to be a translation of the French, but has, the Londonderry 'Standard says, quite a different meaning and significance. The French inscription means—" Oppressed Ireland. to the brave soldier, Patrick Maurice de M'Mahon, Marshal of France, Duke of Magenta, descendant of her ancient kings." The Irish means, according to the above quoted authority, " Oppressed Ireland to her valiant champion, Patrick Murchadh M'Mahon, Marshal of France, Duke of Magenta, beloved heir of her ancient kings." This version is very different from the other, but the accuracy of this reading is disputed, or rather broadly denied. THE HARVEST. weather experienced since the beginning of the week. Reaping has been proceeding vigorously in all parts of the country, and, with the exception of wheat, the greater part of the white crops has already fallen before the sickle, and secured under " thack and rape." The wheat is slowly being reaped, but it will require another three weeks at least before it is all secured in the barn-yard.— Courier. The front is also much scorched and blistered, and one or two of the ancient carved wooden monuments have been completely burned off the wall at the eastern side of the grand organ. The cushions and hassacs in most parts of the ancient chapel have also been greatly damaged by water, and have been obliged to be taken from the respective seats, but it is hoped they will not be irretrievably damaged, and that by drying and dressing they may be in a fit condition to be used again at Divine Service. It is hardly necessary to state that Divine Ser vice was suspended yesterday, but it is in contem plation to call a meeting of the inhabitants in a day or two, and to make application to Royalty for as sistance, which no doubt will be granted, so that there is strong ground for concluding that, in the course of a few weeks, if not restored to its primi tive state, it will be so far repaired as to be able to be used again for public worship. One very fortunate circumstance is, that large and lofty as the chapel was, it had no galleries ; if it had there is not a shadow of doubt entertained by those competent to form an accurate opinion, that the flames would have quickly entered the windows of the bell tower, and have traversed the galleries and• roof until this splendid place would have been reduced, including the remains of some of our great est men in science and literature of past centuries, to ashes. B ER wicx.—We have been favoured with another week of excellent weather, there having been in the course of that period not a single shower of rain, while the atmosphere has been clear, with a powerful sunshine at the period of noonday. But the mornings and evenings have been cold, excep tions which have been considerable drawbacks to the otherwise favourable weather. The harvest has consequently progressed as rapidly as possible, and the corn cut down is now the greater portion of the crop.—Berwick Advertiser. AYRSHIRE.-With a few more dry days, a con siderable proportion of the earliest wheat and oats will be secured in the lower districts of Ayrshire, and hopes are entertained that the quality will be pretty good. But a great proportion of our cereal crops are so late that the general quality, however steady the weather may be, must be inferior.—Ayr Advertiser. GALASHIELS.—We are now in the very midst of harvest operations in this neighbourhood, and we are glad to report that the weather has been highly favourable and dry since our last, although a little more sunshine is desirable.—Border Advertiser. ELGIN.—The Courier reports :—" A good deal of the crop in this neighbourhood is now cut down, and the latter portion have made considerable ad vancement during the last fortnight." ABERDEEN.—The Free Frets says :—" A great proportion of the barley has been reaped, and on Wednesday (the early part of which was fine both for winning and ripening) a good deal of the earlier cut was carried. The cutting of oats has been going on for some days past in the earlier districts, but oat harvest will not be general till the middle or end of next week. The crop is in general bulky, but no reliable opinion Gan be formed of the yield or weight of the grain till thrashing commence. Po tatoes continue in the main free from disease in this locality." Great praise is due to the firemen, and also the police, under Mr. Superintendent Durkin, for re moving and taking charge of the communion plate, as well as for keeping the doors closed. • An immense number of persons applied during the morning for permission to enter the chapel to see the amount of damage done, but Mr. Durkin and also Mr. Fogo very properly refused to allow any one to enter unless they had business to tran sact in connection with the sacred edifice. For the gratification of our readers at a distance, it ought to be stated that not one of the beautifully sculptured monuments at the north end of the chapel has received the slightest injury, except by smoke and water, and they can be cleaned at little expense, but those onward, at the side of the Royal organ, have been consumed, not to vestige being left behind. INTE RNEss.—Although very cold, the weather has been favourable to the progress of the harvest until Wednesday evening. A serious storm of wind and rain then commenced about eight o'clock, and continued to rage with great violence through out the whole of the night and morning. The rain has now ceased, and the wind has lulled, but things look cheerless enough overhead. A large portion of the grain crops in the Highlands has been cut and partially secured uuder more favourable cir cumstances, and in better condition, than could have been expected.— Courier. TILE WITHDRAWAL OF THE FRENCH MINISTER FROM TURIN. The announcement of the withdrawal of the French Minister from Turin naturally perplexed Europe with the fear of new complications. The Emperor of the French is such a subtle player that the lookers-on draw a long breath when any unex pected move discovers some new opening in his game. A feeling of uncomfortable suspense and apprehen sion always follows. Napoleon and Victor Emma nuel had beaten the coverts of Piedmont and Lom bardy together. Napoleon had afterwards kept the passes for his weaker comrade, while he stretched away over a great deal of ground beyond the fron tier of their common manor. While Victor Emma - nuel drove the Duchies, walked over Tuscany, and Yesterday (Sunday) morning, between six and followed his game into the Romagna, Napoleon pre seven o'clock, a most disastrous fire—which quickly tended not to see what his friend was about, but reduced to ruins the splendid organ presented by kept watch at a distance. Even when his enterpris his late Majesty George IV.—happened in that ing friend sent his dogs into the standing corn, venerable edifice, the Savoy Chapel Royal, situate keeping close by to secure the game as soon as it was in Savoy-street, between the houses in the Strand driven out, Napoleon winked hard and would not and Waterloo-bridge. This t acred. place is, with see how very irregular such conduct was. Suddenly, the exception of the Abbey, the oldest ecclesiasti- however, a double shot is heard across the little cal building in the city of Westminster. It appears stream of the Tronto and on the road to Ancona. It that about 20 minutes past six o'clock Sergeant was not a much greater trespass than had been be- Burcher, 2 F division, had his attention directed to fore ventured and tacitly approved—although M. the chapel by seeing smoke issuing from the roof Grandguillot would not persuade us that this was a and also through the windows, which had been left cause of desaceord between the two companions. open. Knowing that the Rev. H. White, the The Romagnas, where Victor Emmanuel had hunted chaplain, had entered the chapel at five o'clock to as openly as Earl Percy upon the Cheviots, were dress the communion table, he at once became ap- just as much off the proper beat and belonged to preheneive that there were some doubts as to the the same proprietor. Yet this report seems to safety of the rev, gentleman. He at once opened have suddenly wounded the conscience of the ono of the doors, but finding the fire was progress- old comrade who watched and guarded. Napo ing, he very judiciously closed it again, and sent leon was shocked and angry that Victor Emma for the fire escapes, brigade, and parish engines, nuel should have poached upon this particular and in a short space of time the parish engines of farm, and made demonstrations of calling together the various precincts attended, two of the Royal his dogs and keepers and going off in dudgeon, Society's escapes, and the brigade engines —two leaving his companion to the wild mercy of the an from Chandos-street Station, and others from King- cient owners of these wide free warrens. It was street, Golden-square, Crown-street,Watling-street, a formal quarrel—division, severance of interests, Holborn, Waterloo-road, Southwark-bridge-road, and renunciation of all companionship. " Mere dis and many other depots. The fire-escape conduc- accord," says M. Grandguillot, " was now changed tors, upon arriving, were advised by the police not into complete disavowal." What did it mean, and to again open the doors, as it would be the means, where would it end ? Was the adventurous poacher if they did, of cawing the fire to extend. to be left to reckon alone for all his irregularities ? Having received that information, they did not Was his game bag to be emptied and himself attempt to open the doors or windows, and much smartly fined ? and were the ancient rights to be property was thereby saved which must otherwise re-established upon every foot of land over which have been consumed. he had carried his unlawful gun P If so, what was The Rev. H. White, the chaplain, had had the the consideration for which France had so su dd en ly communion-table dressed out w ith th e plate, wine, returned to a reverence for the old franchises of and bread for the early sacrament to take place at free warren, and had so suddenly renounced her 8 o'clock in the morning. The fires were then complicity in this great European poaching party ? lighted in the furnaces for warming the chapel, and There were perilous possibilities in this last specu when Mr. White left, a little after 6 o'clock, he did lation which set the world wondering, and it was a not detect the least appearance of smoke or the smell kind act to hasten M. Grandguillot's pen, and to of fire, and he left the chapel feeling fully confident formulate an assurance that when France with that all was perfectly safe. A short time after that draws her Minister from the capital of Sardinia she gentleman had left, the sergeant above alluded to is by no means in earnest anger. It is welcome in saw the first appearance of the fire, and in the course formation that " a disavowal is far from meaning of a few minutes Mr. Superintendent Durkin, of the a rupture ;" and that France only means what a F division, and Inspector Felton arrived with a body lady means by a gentle tap of her fan, or what a of police. Mr. Durkin gave instructions for the disinterested passer-by means when he sees a ruddy communion plate to be removed by some of his urchin up a tree in an orchard and calls him a officers to a place of safety. This was accomplished daring young scamp and walks on. This diplomatic by Sergeant Butt, 13 F, Cox 4, and Sergeant Rogers demonstration is a simple sacrifice to propriety. 17. The plate and wine having been conveyed to a Her friend was shooting indecently near to the place of safety, during that time the fire continued proprietor's manor-house, and France was bound to to spread, and at length the whole organ, bellows, appear scandalised, but they are just as good pipes, and beautiful appointments, :became enve- friends as ever; and, as to the game which they loped iu flame. From that valuable Royal gift the bagged when in company, France is ready to main flames extended to the magnificent roof—one which taro its possession in spite of Squire Hapsburg and is not surpassed in grandeur except by that of the all his game laws. Chapel Royal at Whitehall. The fire next seized We believe that for once M. Grandguillot is upon some of the stalls at the side of the organ, and well informed as to the immediate intentions of his two or three were quickly in flames. master. For the present, at least, Napoleon 111. At this conjuncture, nothing short of the destruc- is satisfied to let the revolution in Italy flow or ebb tion of the whole of the venerable structure could as its mood may sway it, so that it does not be apprehended ; but the firemen under Mr. Fogo, trench upon the fixed precincts of that Holy the foreman, and sundry engineers, including Paul City where the Head of one of the largest sects of Girard, Perryer, Wilkinson, Holloway, and several Christians sits enthroned beside the mouldering others, a good supply of the New River Company's glories of Heathendom, and awaits the slow advance water having been obtained, went to work of those pestilential influences which must some in their usual praiseworthy and intrepid manner, day make the Quirinal as entirely a museum as but as the water was thrown upon the great is the Via Sacra. The Emperor considers it indis organ, the barrels continued to burst like the pensable that this matter should be left to the ope di-charge of small fire-arms. The men, how- ration of Nature. Remembering that other great ever, nothing daunted, kept to their work, nzetropoles have been peacefully blotted out by ad although the flames were raging over their heads, vancing sands, and observing that Rome, if left but they were unable to get the fire subdued alone to the inertness of an ecclesiastical rule, must until the roof was destroyed at the south end of the at no very distant time be as quietly s tifl e d by Such has been the rapidity o f h arvest work dur chapel, ` the beautiful org an near l y d es t roye d , some miasma, he sees no reason t o se t re li g i ous f renz i es ing the last fortnight, that fully two-thirds of the - of the pews totally destroyed, and several severely flaming in order to contend for a place which Na wheat crop have now been carried. Another ten damaged by fire, and the rest of the extensive edifice ture herself seems to have destined for a vast mau damaged by wa t er an d h ea t. soleum of dominion. S o that this city and its port days of fine weather will ne ar l y complete the har vest in this country. In Scotland large quantities The origin of the fire has been traced to the over- are left untouched the Emperor will only gravely of produce have been secured in reference to the ood condition, heating of the stove used for w arm i ng th e c h ape l . s h a k e hi s head at anyt hi ng i n reason t h at may b e and the accounts from thence in re At present it is i m p oss ibl e t o ascerta i n w h et h er or d one outs i de it. If we are we ll i nformed, the Em potato crop are very fav oura bl e . T he growth a not the building was insured. peror has good reason for this non-interfering po pears to be unusually large, and of excellent qua- least I' No one, without having seen them, c ou ld foam the hey. When the Emperor was at Nice all that ha s ot lity. The demand for wheat, an d nearly all her conception of the beauty of the internal deeora- since happened at Naples could be as clearly fore kinds of produce, has been much restricted, and tions of ceiling, and the splendid monuments. His seen as it can now be told. That Garibaldi would prices generally have had a droo ing tendenc Royal Highness the Prince C onsor t, w h o pa i d a a b sor b t h e S out h o f I ta l y w i thout effective resist y. In Ireland the bulk of th e cropps has been carried, visit after the recent alte ra ti ons an d d ecorat i ons mace h a d b ecome lik e a future fact in the calendar. were made, expressed the greatest admiration. As to Naples the course of events was easy ; Naples but our advises state that disease is general amongst the potatoes. The corn trade has been devoid of On the western external wall is a large slab, on would be absorbed quietly into the kingdom of which is the following inscription : Italy. But when Garibaldi advanced to the Roman animation, and prices generally have had a droop ing tend e n c y. Very f ew s hi pments have been " This chapel wa s re p a i re d an d i mproved at the S tates, as a few days later he certainly would, the to England. expense of his Maje s ty Ki ng G eorge IV . i n t h e year case wou ld b e muc h a l tered. There would be divi madelB26 and 1830." s i ons o fi counse l s. M o d erate men would advocate Throughout the north of E urope h arvest work is The following can no t f a il t o b e rea d w i t h i nterest, mo d erate revo l ut i on, b ut there would certainly be progressing steadily ; b u t most accounts agree in showing the many reminiscences connected with the found a party of fanatical Unitarians who would stating that the yield of the new wheat is only sacred edifice, obtained from authenti c sour ces ;____ insist upon going through with their scheme of moderate. The trade for most articles has fallen off, and price s h ave no t b een supported. Letters The proceedings publi s h e d b y th e A rc h aeo l og i cal un it y . It was no secret that insurrections had Society of London and Middl esex s t a t e th at H enry a l rea d y b een p l anned in the city of Rome. A from Americ a con ti nue t o con fi rm the statements previously tra nsm itt e d, th a t t h e y i eld of the crops 111. granted it to Peter of Sav o y, from whom it Mazzini party was again arising unde r the appre took its name. He was un c l e t o Queen Elean or , hension of Rome being left alone. There was some generally is very larg e . I mmense quant i ties of and the grant was singular, being all the houses on probability that the small French garrison might wheat, maize, and flour continue to be shipped to the Thames where thi s b u ildi ng stood, on conditi on be ov er p owere d , and a Red Republican Govern this country.—Economist. of rendering to th e E xc h equer th ree b ar b e d arrows. ment, such as that of Mazzini, Saffi, and Avezzana, HAMPSHIRE.—The continued fi ne wea th er dur- The history of the palace states that, in the year again established. All this was stated to the ing the past week has enabled the farmers to push on their harvest operations with increased vigour. 1381, Wat Tyler, Jack Straw, and William Wran French Emperor at Nice by Cialdini and Farini, Of the quality of the grain the accounts con tinue to be most favourable, and the general plundered the Borough of Southwark, broke open and he was induced to believe that Garibaldi the Marsh alsea and King's Bench, and induced the might either of his own accord take the extreme opinion, with which actual examination to some ex- prisoners to join them to effect the destruction of Unitarian policy, or might be forced into it by tent agrees, is that the yield will excee d t h at of last the Savoy Palace, o r cas tl e , as it was t h en called. his followers and by the populace of Rome. year, and the weight and q u ality near l y equal. The e They alleged that th e i r on l y o bj ect was to punish It was made plain to him, also, that the only traitors of the realm." The Duke of Lancaster course open to defeat the intentions of the having been pointed out as one of the most obnoxi- potato crop is, we fear, much injured ; here and there a glimpse of hope appears in reports of par- ous on account of his then recent quarrels with the army should anticipate the arrival of the Garibaldi tialefreedom from blight, but that much damage is the Savoy, which, in external and internal elegance, citizens, they ran with one accord to his palace at levies, and occupy in force that part of the Papal Mazzini party 'would be that the Sardinian dene there can be no doubt, though not up to the extent reported. The turnips, swedes, and man- surpassed all others in the kingdom except the informed that under the pressure of these represen gold wurtzel are looking well. The plants are thin Kin 's al They wouldnot then allow single tt . the Emperor acknowledged the difficulty indiv g idu p al to enrich himself with the jewels, plate, Palaces. States which the French do not garrison. We are ions and healthy, but blackened. It will require a pro of his tracted continuation of fine growing weather to l disapprove them altogether, and the palatine residence to the or other valuables there found, but they consigned intimated that, while he . must . grave y both own position and that of Sardinia, and give a weight of roots equal to that of last ear.—y Rants Independent. they must sume were thrown into the -river Thames. One of flames, and such things as the flames could not con- ing State, the circumstances were so exceptional so irregular an act as the invasion of a nerghbour- YORKSHIRE.—The weather has been all that P - their party, however, could not resist the tempta could be desired this week for the harvest, and rev that he would not actively interfere to prevent it. tion of taking a piece of valuable plate, which he . France, therefore, disapproves, but does not oppose, ing has been carried on with great vigour. The placed in his bosom ; but being detected, his come She leaves Sardinia alone to take the risk and re reports of the crops are now generally of a favour . sponsibility of the act. If Lamoriciere can beat able character, and should there be a continuance of panions cast both him and the silver into the flames, up any other enemies who should drive them out of Cialdini and Garibaldi, or if these last should stir fine weather for a few weeks longer, the cereal par- for which they excused themselves by saying they vest, both lass to yield and quality, will prove not to were zealous for truth and justice, and were not Florence, and Naples, and the Duchies, be much e below an average than was antici- thieves. The duke's cellars contained much choice expect no aid from France. France will continue pated at the beginning of the present month.— e, wineeand 32 of these depredators,having entered to guarantee Lombardy, but Sardinia has placed all Leeds Intelligencer. them, drank to such an extent that they were the rest by this act enjeu. LANCASHIRE.—The fine weather of the last ten buried beneath the ruins of the house before they This explanation at Nice makes the immediate days has completely allayed the fears of those who could be got out. Their voices and cries could be meaning of the present events more clear than were watching the harvest, except the speculators, heard for seven days, but they all perished. French policy in Italy has usually been. Rome is who hoped to reap their own harvest out of the The sacred edifice having been. transferred in and strengthened by two regiments and the presence of misery of the people. Corn is being cut and car- for the purpose above-named, it will be learned with Gen. Goyon, and Cialdini is running a race to con ried in-all directions, and, to the surprise of every satisfaction, by all lovers of antiquities, t h at th e quer the Papal States before Garibaldi arrives in one who examines it, it appears to be of first-rate quality, and very littl e i n j ure d b y th e cont i nuous church will b e a bl e to h e restore d . Th e d amage f orce . U p to t hi s moment every march has been a done, however, by f ir e andwater ' ' is very consider-triumph, and the city of Perugia has been once rain of the summer. Preston Chronicle. able, and, judging from the appearance of the roof, again swept clear of the forein cutthroats of the SCOTLAND. • th ere must b e something like 40 square feet of the great Christian Pontiff. Larnoriciere's mercenaries HADDINGTON.—A s li g ht c h ec k was experienced I medallions of the ceiling totally destroyed, to say do not seem to fight. Perhaps he has hardly had towards the end of last weekin the cutting of the crop, I nothing of the damage done by heat and smoke to time to flog his scamps and runagates into soldiers; but this has been more than made up by the fine other parts of the splendid ceiling, and also the pews. • and even brave men require confidence in their DISASTROUS FIRE AT THE SAroy CHAPEL ROYAL. cause, their leaders, and each other, to fight agains t odds. If Lamoriciere is beaten by the Sardinians all must then depend upon the emiduct of Gari baldi, who will soon advance from the south to meet the Sardinian forces which have entered from the north. If Garibaldi should unhappily turn out to be impracticable and insist upon attacking the French, then the success of the whole Italian game Will be endangered. Sardinia and the revolution will be separated ; and, if Garibaldi should be so unfortunate as to obtain some first success over the French, he will only have committed the Emperor, as to a point of honour, to exert the whole force of his Empire, so far as it becomes necessary, to crush him. Garibaldi is an earnest man, but he is by no means a madman. He must be able to calculate how certain it is that Rome left alone in Italy must eventually wither away from the hand of the Pope and fall into the surrounding kingdom. He must be aware, he who has once before defended Rome—how like an infant he and all his force would be in the grasp of France. He cannot, surely, peril all that he and his country men have gained. The friends of Italy have been disquieted by some loose words reported of his pro claiming the Italian kingdom from the top of the Quirinal. So, perhaps, he may ; but the time is not yet. We have more confidence in the assurance which he has often repeated to his intimates, that if his red shirt—that historic red shirt—could be suspected of discovering what his intentions are, he would pluck it off and. burn it. The Emperor of the French says distinctly that ho is in Italy to do fend religion as well as liberty ; and as by religion he means the Pope, Garibaldi will see that his time is come for another pause, in order to consolidate what has now been gained. COUN7'RY MARKETS. YORK.— SEPT. 15. The supply of wheat was better to-day, but the demand was slow, and currencies were about the same as the pre vious week. Wheat, red .60s to 64s 1 Oats.... 2Bs to 30s White do .64s to 68s 1 Beans 48s to 60a Barley .34s to 36 s I Peas ....—s to —8 Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye, 40s per qr. ; flour, 48s to 48s per sack. CAMBRID GE—SEPT. 15. There was a middling supply of wheat, and, with a slow sale in the trade, white wheat moved off at 54s to 60s, red, 48s to 56s per 36 stone. There was a small show of barley again ; malting, 34s to 408; grinding, 30s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats at 24s to 288 for new ; old oats, 28s to 295. Beans in limited supply, and a steady sale —new, 40s to 44s ; old, 43s to 45s per 38 stone ; peas, 40s to —s per 36 stone. White cloverseed, 868 to 898; red, 46s to 508:per qr. NORWICH—Sm. 15. To-day's market was fairly attended, but the wheat trade was quiet. Prices were fully maintained, and is advance in some instances. The whole of the wheat crop may be reported as secured in Norfolk. White wheat 60s to 62s I Red wheat 54s to 600 Malting barley....42s to 46s I Chevalier barley 33s to 35s Distilling do.. ....25s to 27s i Oats.. 30s to 320 Flour, 41s Od to —s per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON—SEPT. 15. At this corn -market wheat was in fair average sup ply, with a firm demand, prices ranging from 54s to 58s for white, and 51s to 56s for red. In barley a dull business, malting 42s to —s, grinding 36s to —s per qr. Oats in fair sale and prices barely maintained, quoted at 34s to 38s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 48s to 50s ; peas, 44s to 48s. Rye, 37s to 40s; malt, 68s to 725; flour, 335 to 3711 per sack. .SEPT. 14. s. d. s. d. Do., new . 15 0 to 16 6 Bere Rapeseed Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn DUBLIN• s. d. s. d. I Wheat, white 33 0 to 36 0 Do., red 3l 0 to 33 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 0 to 15 0 THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • . .. Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds .. Oct. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. Oct. 5. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. • . Canada, Sm. (via Galway) .. .. Sept. 22. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Oct. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 26. Gibraltar (via Southampton) . Sept. 18. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Sept. 18. Do. ' (via Marseilles) Sept. 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Sept. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Sept. 19. Lisbon .. . • • . Sept. 21. Cuba and Mexic9 • .. .. Sept. 28. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton);.. Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 19. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Sept. 21. United States, California, &c. .. Sept. 19. Western Coast of Attica, Madeira, Teneriffe ; Overdue. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Sept. 28. DESPERATE QUARREL ABOUT A WOMAN.—At a public ball on the Boulevard Rochechoart, a few evenings since, two men got into a violent quarrel about a young woman with whom they both wanted to dance, and they made such a noise that they were turned out. On the bou levard they continued the quarrel, and after a while began fighting. Some persons took part for one of them, named Charles L-, an engraver, of the Rue Oudinot, and attacked his adversary, Antoine 8-, of the Boulevard Montparnasse, with such violence that they broke his left wrist. Notwithstanding the pain the man endured he drew forth a knife and stabbed the other deeply in the thigh. Both men were conveyed to the hospital, and one of the assailants of Antoine was arrested. FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT NEAR AYR.—ON Monday night, about ten o'clock, two men were changing shift at Pit No. 2, Dalharko, Patna. The engine-keeper when raising them to the surface lost his presence of mind, and instead of turning off the steam made the mistake of turning it on more fully, when the men were drawn up with violence against the pit-head pullies, and thrown from thence to the bottom of the pit, about 50 fathoms deep, and dashed to pieces. The names of the two men were William Kennedy and Hugh Gribben, the latter being married some months ago. The authorities are making investigation into the cause of the accident, and the engine keeper has mean while been lodged in Ayr prison.—Ayr .Idvertiser. 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No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseel and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s, 6d. ; 51b. He. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and CO. ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox ford-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopegate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement; Phillips and Co, tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-street, City ; at 127, High Holborn ; and all grocers. BIRTHS. BARBER.—On the 14th inst., at The Grange, Hampstead heath, the wife of Samuel Barber, Esq., of a son. CURRIE.—On the 14th inst., at 16, Green-street, the wife of Henry IT Currie, E sq ., o f a son. CUNLIFFE.—On the 15th inst., atLeyton, the wife of Roger Cunliffe, jun., Esq., of a son. PRINSEP.—On. the 14th inst., at Barnes, the wife of C. Campbell Prinsey, Esq., of a son. ItiARRIAGES. DE MOLE YNS — WATTCHOPE.—On the 12th inst., at Niddrie House, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Dayrolles Blakeney de Moleyns, the eldest son of the Lord Ventry, of Burnham House, co. Kerry, to Harriet Elizabeth Frances, elder daughter of Andrew Wauchopo, Esq., of Niddrie Ma rischal. LUAILD—BRAMSTON.—On the 13th inst., at St. Nicolas Church, Witham, the Rev. Bixby G. Luard, vicar of Hatfield Peverel, to Clara, eldest daughter of the Rev. John Bramston, vicar of Witham. DEATHS. ALEXANDER.—On the 18th July, at Bater Ford, Austra lia, Henry A. W. Alexander, youngest son of Li eu t.-C o l. H. Alexander, Staines, Middlesex, aged 27. BuListax.—On t 11th inst., at 6, C arlton-place, Now castle-upon Tyne, Job James Bultnan, Esq., aged 74. FINNIE.—On the 13th inst., at Newfield House, Kilmer ' neck, Ayrshire, Archibald Finnie, Esq., Glen Hall, Lei cester. FORDATI.—On the 13th inst., at Liverpool, James Quayle Fordati, Esq., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, elder ss ell-square, soa of Jas. aged 25. Fordati, E sq., of Upper Bedford-place, Ru s sell I .. trssll n A w.—O the 13 th inst., at hi s res id ence, Point vi ew , Higher Broughton, Manchc3ter, James Renshaw, Esq., aged 45. SCORER.—On the 14th inst., at 18, Mornington-crescent, Hampstead-road, Charles Winter Scorer, Esq., aged 76. LONDON : Printed and Publighed by MURDO . YOUN( , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The ,Sun "Jficice, No. 112, strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count' of bliddleeex, Moxday, September 17, 1860. r