The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-15 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The master attendant of the Portsmouth Dock yard has obtained a month's leave of absence for the benefit of his health. The duties devolve on Mr - . Tonkin, R.N. The Dapper, gunboat, Lieut. Commander Eaton, sailed from Holyhead on Sunday for Liverpool. The Fire Queen, Master Commander F. W. Paul, went out of Portimouth Harbour on Monday even ing and returned yesterday . morning. The Pigmy, 2, paddle, Master Commander John son, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday, with super numeraries for Plymouth. The Sagres, 10, screw, Portuguese corvette, Cap tain Centurini, with Admiral Sir G. Sartoriu s on board, sailed from Spithcad on Monday evening for Lisbon, with a fair wind down Ch annel. The Skylark, cutter, for Milford, sailed from Holyhead on Monday. The large stone basin which has been for several years in construction at Chatham dockyard, has been completed by the contractors, 'M essrs. J. and C. Rigby, and will shortly be ready fo r th e reception of the largest line-of-battle ships in the service. This immense work, which has been so long in progress, owing to the nume rous im pediments met with in excavating for the foun dations, completes the first of the large stone docks which are to . be formed at Ch a th am dock yard,. and will afford accommodation for docking a larger class of vessels than have hitherto been sent to Chatham. The new dock is one of the finest works of the kind at either of the naval dock yards, and from the many obstacles which had to b e surmounted durin g th e p rogre ss of the works, its completion is justly regarded as a triumph of engineering skill. It is within a few feet of 400 feet in length from the extreme ends, and its breadth is 92 feet. The foundations are laid on beds of concrete, Carried to a great depth, in order to guard against any sinking of the floors. The bottom and sides are built of the best granite. THE ARMY. Orders have been issued. from the Horse Guards directing the commanding officers of the three bat talions of infantry at Chatham garrison to hold in readiness the following reinforcements for India, viz. :-22 men of the Ist battalion Bth (the King's) Regiment ; Ensign G. F. Vesey and 20 men of the Ist battalion 19th Regiment ; 22 men of the 20th Regiment; one Ensign and 13 men of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; 22 men of the 29th Regiment ; 12 men of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment ; and 28 men of the 75th Regiment. The above detach ments proceed. to Calcutta. The following embark for Kurrachee—Ensign William II Warren and 25 men of the 81st Regiment, and 20 men of the 94th Regiment. The order recently issued from the Horse Guards prohibiting the discharge of men sent home from their regiments on account of wounds or loss of limbs, was acted on on Monday, at the invalid depot at Chatham, by which a large number of men were sent by railway to Scotland, to join the depot battalion. The 71st proceeded to Stirling, and the 72d, 74th, 78th, and 93d to Aberdeen. The number was 60, the whole of them having recently returned from India. Major-General Peel, subsequent to his recent inspection of Woolwich Garrison, issued an order for an accurate measurement to be taken .of the barrack accommodation granted to each staff ser geant, and, where available, to reduce the space allotted for that purpose, so as to accommodate a greater number within the barrack range. All those hitherto in the receipt of lodging-money were accordingly ordered to forward an application to the. Quartermaster-General's department for admis sion to barracks, as the lodging allowance was to be retrenched. The majority of these staff sergeants are the men who carry out the entire duties of eleiks in the various departments of the barracks, and whose services are of the most valuable and important kind. The weekly allowance of 4s. 3d. under the head of lodging and fuel money, of which they have been in constant receipt, was yesterday ordered to cease, in lieu of which it is proposed to furnish them with two rooms, provided with one fireplace and one common entrance only, for the use of two entire families. Similar regulations have been issued affecting the married officers. Large detachments, amounting to 500 men, from the following corps—the 18th, 57th, 68th, 69th, and 95th Regiments, arrived at Cork Barracks on Monday, for embarkation for India in the ships Walter Morrice and Sardinia. These ships are expected very early next week in Cork Harbour. THE SCOTS GREYS.—A paragraph, which origi nated in the United Service Gazette, has been going the rounds of the papers. Colonel Darby Griffitli is the officer alluded to, and the inquiry mentioned hai been held before three officers of distinction at present quartered in Dublin. The report has been forwarded to the Horse Guards, but until officially made known,lt is not, possible to state accurately the nature of the decision to which the gallant officers have arrived; but from what we know of Colonel Griffith, we have every reason to believe that his character has_ come unsullied out of the investigation; indeed, some of the charges preferred against him are of so paltry a nature that one can scarcely believe they were brought forward seriousli. Only imagine a playful remark of this kind being tortured into an act of tyranny—" Pro mise to send me some grouse,. or your application fOr leave shall not be forwarded." If every idle word of this kind spokeii in jest-is to be made the subject of inquiry by the Horse Guards, the sooner the British army is handed over exclusively to the care of the cotton, lords the.better !—Fvcning 3[ail. .2VETV FIELD RIFLE ARTILLERY Brigadier-General Sir Charles Shaw has per fected a novel piece of field artillery, from which he anticipates extraordinary results in the per centage of destructiveness and economy of infantry force and pecuniary expenditure. Napoleon's axiom was that to bring a continuous concentrated fire upon a given . point of the enemy's position was the secret of victory. Animated by this idea, the gallant general has turned his attention to the construction of a machine which shall accom plish this object with the least amount of risk to the party using it. The invention, which was ex. hibited on Monday to a select party of gentlemen of the military profession and the representatives 01 the press, at the Messrs. Rennie's works, Holland street, may be briefly described as an ambulatory infernal machine, based upon the Fieschi model. It consists of a row of 25 rifle barrels, bound together, fitted to an tqle, and mounted upon a pair of strong light wheels. The axle is capable of depression or elevation to any angle within - a radius of 5 5 de grees, so that the necessary elevation according to the distance of the enemy may be insured. The barrels may be either breach-loading, upon the re volver principle, or they may, as in the model ex . hibited, be charged in the ordinary way, at the mouth and rammed down, and all may be discharged at a single fire, and in four divisions of six each. The whole machine is but 2001bs. weight, and is sufficiently portable to be moved about, turned to the right or to the left, and its fire directed with certainty, by a single soldier, while with its am munition cart, containing a relay of barrels and an ample supply of cartridges, it may be moved from one part of the field to another by a single horse at a hand gallop. The general affirms that one of these field-pieces, which may be served effectually by eight men, allowing for casualties, 'will throw in a more deadly fire than a body of 200 infantry armed with the best description of rifles in exist ence, and that the ratio of its destructiveness, as compared with ordinary infantry firing in line, is as 75 per cent. aga i nst 4. In addition to their use in ordinary field service, these machines, mounted upon a pivot instead of the wheels, may be employed with great effect in boat serv i ce , as an armament for ships' tops, Martello towers, or other works - of defence. The inventor, in a printed prospectus . describing generally the advantages of this new weapon, says: " With regard to the economy, efficiency, and pre cision of the fire of the new field-piece, compared . with the desultory fire of infantry in action, there can be little doubt. A company of a regiment has a nominal roll of 100 men, but a company when in ac tion seldom musters 70 bayonets, presenting a front of 35 men. When th e fight begins, the men are • fidgety; there is a certain confusion always in the .hurry of action, and soldiers are not tile mere machines they appear inHyde-park. The rear rank, b e i ng have great difficulty in firing, so the greafer number of their shots are in the air ; a n d out of the 70 barrels discharged, certainly not mere than 15 balls will take effect upon the enemy, if half so Much ; that is to say, 05 men of the 70 are ineffi cient, whilst the 70 men represent the nominal roll piece of 100, or a.money value of , hand, wit h six or eight £lO 000 ; the new of artillery, on the other experienced men, representing a money value of £l,OOO, or £1,200, rapidly discharges showers of bullets with nearly mathematical prec.:aon , : I nd it is not too much to say that 40 balls out of every 50 discharged will take effect upon the enemy. Thus a regiment of a thousand strong, costing the country in money value £lOO,OOO, on the most favOurable showing, can only produce an effective fire of 150 bullets, whilst this new weapon of war, costing' comparatively little, and well served by six or eight experienced men, at a money value of £l,OOO or £1,200, will throw in a more deadly fire of 80 in less time, and with the further advantage of quick repetition. Such is the value of this in vention as compared with infantry. If it can be shown that, by the introduction of artillery, of this _nature, a saving of 20 per cent, only could be made in the standing army in India , to say nothing of that in casualties, commissariat, and all other ex penses attendant on the movement of h rge bodies of troops through countries like India, it becomes an important question of political eco omy, and of great interest at the present moment. The money value of such saving to the country could not well be estimated at less than three or four millions. As to the present artillery, they are very heavy, expen sive, and must be accompanied with ammunition waggons. The new field-piece is inexpensive, can gallop over almost any ground, and carries its own ammunition. The fire of grape and canister from the present field artillery is of little or no effect at a distance of 350 yards. The shower of balls from the new field-piece is effective up to 600 and 1,000 yards. With regard to cavalry, it is the fire, not the bayonets, of the infantry which de stroys them. If cavalry are seen at 1,000 yards dis tance, the new field-piece can open on them, and con tinue its fire till they are within 200 yards ; that is, the cavalry, during seven minutes, are exposed to such a destructive fire that they would be demolished or demoralised before they came within 200 yards, the charging distance ; and even if the cavalry did charge, they could not, with their sabres, touch the men. The new field-piece can be made musket-ball proof without much weight. This species of artillery, if placed at cer tain distances, would render the disembarkation of an enemy upon our shores impossible." The resemblance probably which the invention bears to the Fieschi machine has called forth in quiries on the part of the police in a manner which Sir C. Shaw complains is needlessly and unconsti tutionally inquisitorial and annoying to him per sonally, and a correspondence has taken place between the gallant general and the Police Com missioners in consequence. NEW AND IMPROVED AMMUNITION FOR THE TROOPS IN INDIA. The troops in India will shortly be supplied with an improved description of ammunition for the Enfield rifle. With this ammunition no difficulty or inconvenience will ever be experienced in load ing the rifle, and " fouling" will be considerably diminished under the most unfavourable circum stances—namely, when the barrel has been pur posely " fouled " and "leaded" in a way to render loading almost impossible with the old ammunition ; the bullet of the new cartridge goes down the barrel with the weight of the ramrod. It appears, also, from the results of a long course of experiments conducted in the Royal Laboratory, that the "accuracy of the fire" and the length of range are not affected by the alteration - which has been made in the cartridge ; 1,500,000 of the im proved cartridges are supplied weekly from the Royal Laboratory ; 4,000,000 have already been sent by the overland route to India, and three complete sets of apparatus for manufacturing the cartridges will shortly be forwarded overland in charge of duly qualified officers. Twenty thousand shot and shell have been for some time past supplied weekly from the foundry of the Royal Laboratory. The rate has now in creased to 25,000 weekly. This supply exceeds what was obtained from the contract system during the Crimean war, although all the available re sources of the country were then engaged by the War Department. A very high standard of quality has been attained in the foundry, and owing to the peculiarity of the apparatus employed, the work is almost entirely performed by labourers and boys, and consequently the Bost to Government for the shot and shell produced is only about one-half the price that was paid to contractors during the late war. _ _ Everything in the foundry is done upon the ‘, piece-work" system, so that the actual expense incurred can be accurately computed. FEARFUL SCENE AT A FIRE. COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF AN ESCAPE- MAN. Yesterday morning, about 5, a fire, attended with a crious loss of property, which, had it not been • for the praiseworthy exertions of G. Harmsworth, the conductor of the Camberwell-gate Royal So ciety's escape, would have been attended with fatal results to two persons—a man and his wife, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Macrae, a tea-dealer, &c., situate at 1, William's-place, Wal worth-road, within a short distance of the spot where such a fearful saciifice of life took place from tire about two years since, and which led to the es tablishment of the . resent escape. From inquiries made on the spot, it appears that police-constable N 452 discovered the fire, and at once gave an alarm, but so strong A hold had the fire ob • tuned, that it was found impossible for any one to get downstairs, and the proprietor and Mrs. Macrae made for one of the windows, and screamed loudly for help. Harmsworth, the conduc tor of the Royal Society's escape, immediately pro ceeded with his machine to the burning house, and arrived just in time to rescue from a horrible death the two persons therein. To get the female out he was obliged to carry her down the ladder, she being insensible from the heated smoke; and he was com pelled to carry her nearly 300 yards in the fresh air before he could restore her to consciousness. The engines of the brigade from Waterloo-road and Southwark Bridge-road stations, together with that of the West of England office, were quickly in at tendance, and a good supply of the Lambeth com pany's water having been procured, the firemen, under the direction of Mr. Foreman Henderson, went to work, but they were unable to get the 1 flames subdued until they had travelled through every part of the house. The origin of the fire could not be learned. The sufferer, it is believed, was insured in the Sun Fire Office. Mr. Superintendent, Lund and a body of police were present, and mate rially assisted the firemen. FR 031 THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAI WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 14. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant-Gcneral Arthur IV. M. ' Lord Sandys, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Colonel, rice Lieutenant-General Archibald Money, C. 8., K.C., deceased. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Major-General Michael White, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Lord Sandys, transferred. to the Colonolcy of the 2d Dragoons. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 8. Corps of Royal Marines—The following promotions have taken place, under her Majesty's Order in Council of the 13th September, 1851, in consequence of the death of General Thomas Adams Parke, C. 8., on the Field Esta blishment of General Officers of the Royal Marines, viz. : Lieutenant-General John Rawlins Coryton to be General. Major-General James Irwin Willes to be Lieutenant- General, vice Coryton, promoted. Colonel-Commandant John Tatton Brown to be Major- General, I vice Wiles, promoted. ADMIRALTY, SFPT. 8 Corps of Royal Marines—Colonel Second-Commandant Anthony Blaxland Stransham to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Brown, promoted; Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel Fielding Alexander Campbell to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Stransham, promoted ; Captain and Brevet-Major Joseph Oates Travers to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Campbell, promoted ; First Lieu tenant Richard Turberville Ansell to be Captain, vice Travers, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Andrew William Douglas Smith to be First Lieutenant, vice Ansell, pro moted- . . COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Regiment of Militia. —John Borlase Gent., to be Lieutenant. Westmorland and Cumberland Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Matthew Benson Harrison, Esq., to be Captain, vice Wilson, resigned. Artillery Jattalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Second Lieut. Jonathan Derby to be First Lieutenant, vice W. W. M. Walker, resigned. 2d RoyafLanarkshire Militia—John Floyd, Esq., to be Captain, vice J. G. Campbell, resigned. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment Tucker, of Militia—Joim Carrington, Gent to be Ensign, vice .) resigned, liitinpshire Regiment of Militia—Peter Wright Breton, Esq., late Captain in the 38th Regiment, to be Captain. Royal North Lincoln Militia—John Woulfe Keogh, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Rambant, resigned. BANKRUPTS. Candid° del Negro and Joseph Krauss, merchants, Can non-street West, city, t o surrender Sept. 24, at half--past twelve, and Oct. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Stimpson Platten, tailor, Burnham Market, Norfolk, Sept. 24, at half-past one, and Oct. 29 at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy. , , Samuel Nicholson, hat manufacturer, Southwark Bridge road, Sept. 28, at one, and Oct. 26, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Moore Smith and Charles Linford, engineers and founders, Peterborough, Sept. 27 at half-past two, and Oct. 26 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Mark-la Georgne, e Joseph Ashton and John and Oct. ' 27, at half one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Child and John Pickles, contractors, Wakefield, Sept. 24 and Oct. 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Thomas L. IT. Leaman, attorney, Paington .Se t. 24, and Oct. 15, at eleven, a t th e E xeter Distinct Court. t P William Salmon, maltster, Rattlesclen Suffolk, Sept. l 29, at two, and Oct. 27, at half-p as t t wo, at the Court of B an k : ru ptcy. Wells Hood, wine and spirit merchant, York, Sept. 27, and Oct 25, at eleven, at th e L ee d s District Court. Jo h n Argent, licensed victualler, Rainbow Tavern, Flee-, Sept. 28, at two, and Oct. 26, at half-past enburgh-square, Sept. 27 Samuel a t the H C i o ll ur , s t ur of g l e 3:: , kru i p e t e c k y i at two, CanoodpOerc,t.2s, domettat one, at a th et e ur C er e , ur u t ofasli Bankruptcy.'ngdoLars- Ann chester District Court. SCOTCH cashire, Sept. A and Oct. 26, at one o'clock, at the Man- SCOTCI BANKRUPTS. lVia'Donaltid-andßprivise, auctioneer,ll,buijd Glasgow. oiizceet roTici water v THE SUN, LONDON, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GEELONG AND MELBOURNE. A meeting of English shareholders in this com pany was held yesterday at the office of Messrs. Goodwin and Co. ,Lan caster-place, Waterloo-bridge, to consider the report and accounts of the directors, and to determine on some course of co-operation with the directors for the furtherance of their common interests—Mr. Alderman Salomons in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that it was by the desire of the committee of shareholders that he had taken the chair on that occasion. Before they entered on the business of the day he thought it as well to al lude to the position of the company. In 1853 a line from Geelong to Melbourne was projected for the purpose of increasing facilities to the harbour of Port Philip, and it was from that line that all others to the interior were to emanate. When the line was about to be constructed the Melbourne and Mount Alexander Railway was projected, and it was ar ranged that the Geelong and Melbourne Railway should be made from Geelong to Williamstown, and that the Melbourne and Mount Alexander Company should make the portion of the line between Mel bourne and Williamstown. This was done with a view to economise labour and capital, and it was not an uncommon thing for a railway company to make one portion of a line and another company to make another portion. The Melbourne and Mount Alex ander Company, however, were unable to fulfil their engagements, and the line fell into the hands of the Government. The line from Geelong to Williams town was completed last year, but Government had not yet finished the line from Williamstown to Mel bourne as the representatives of the Mount Alexan der Company. It was still in an incomplete state, but it was stated that the line from Melbourne to Williamstown would be completed in Nov. next ; but the directors of their company said it would not be ready for openinguntil next year. It was in con sequence of the connecting line, seven miles in length, from Williamstown to Melbourne, not being completed by the Government that their difficulties had originated. If that had been completed the communication would have been continuous between Melbourne and Geelong instead of being broken off at Williamstown, where there was no convenience for goods traffic, and consequently the revenue of the line had fallen considerably short of what it would have been had the remaining portion of the line been completed to Melbourne. Under these circumstances the receipts did not do much more than pay the working expenses. It was true the Government had guaranteed them 5 per cent. per annum on their share capital for a certain number of years, so that on entering into the undertaking they felt sure that if they were not rewarded with the large traffic between Melbourne and Geelong, at all events they - would have been safe in having 5 per cent. on their capital. Owing to the delay and slackness on the part of the Government in completing their portion of the line the net traffic was not sufficient to pay the interest on the borrowed money. Negotiations with Government had been entered into by the directors in Nov i or Dec. last, for the sale and transfer of the line, and they had been so far brought to a successful issue • but the arrangement had never been completely d;aughted, but was agreed to as far as an understanding could have settled it. When they had arrived at that point the Government was changed, and the illness of one of the principal men had tended still further to delay a final settlement with the authorities. In the meantime- the debts of the company had in creased and brought the' directors into some diffi culty. They could not allow less time than five months for sending out their consent to the terms and the acceptance of them by. the Government. They had stated that they were inclined to sell theirinterest in the railway to the Government of Victoria for six per cent. debentures at par, and he thought it a very moderate sum, the Government assuming the other liabilities of the company. That was the arrangement with the late Government. The question was, what course was best to pursue —whether to renew negotiations, to try some new scheme, or to wait and see the issue of the under taking. He had read all the correspondence that had taken place between the directors and the Go vernment, and he thought some of the objections taken by the new Government were reasonable to men of business. A demand by the directors of £50,000 for loss of traffic from the non-completion of the line to Melbourne was looked upon as an addition to the terms agreed upon in December last, and required some explanation. He had seen nothing in the documents on the part of the Go vernment that any one could find fault with except thoir trying to run a hard bargain with the com pany. There was nothing that could be construed as affecting the honour of the Victoria Government. He thought that some of their objections were fair and could be met; but until they knew what the Government would do they could not do more at present than express their opinions on what had been done. The committee had acted in accordance with the desire of the shareholders, and had helped Mr. Cooke in carrying out their views. He (the chairman) had written to gentlemen in the colony connected with the Government, with a view to forward a settlement of their aft : airs and prevent unnecessary haggling. He had the fullest con fidence in the Government of Victoria, and when they saw that the line was offered to them at prime cost he was quite sure they would agree to the terms. The committee had drawn up some resolutions, which he would -submit for the approval of the shareholders ; they had been agreed to by Mr. Potter and himself, and, he be lieved, by other members of the committee. He then read two very long resolutions for the ap proval of the meeting. The first expressed every desire on the part of the English shareholders to acknoWledge the efforts of their fellow-shareholders upon the colonial registrar, and to co-operate with them in restoring the undertaking to a condition of prosperity ; and stated that it would be impos sible to obtain from the general body of the share holders a pro rata subscription of additional capital without a legal and satisfactory guarantee, inas much as the existing capital was taken up for trust purposes on the faith of the Government guarantee. The second resolution related to the tetins offered for the sale and transfer of the land. After some observations, the first resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. DYNE proposed the second resolution, which related to the sale of the line for 6 per cent:deben ture bonds, having 26 years to run, in lieu of the scrip which was guaranteed 5 per cent. by the Government. It explained that since the terms had been announced shares had been sold and bought on the faith of the Victoria Government carrying out the arrangement with the company as agreed upon between the directors and the members of the late Government. Mr. CHILDERS, a member of the late Government, at the request of the chairman, entered into some explanations with reference to the sale of the line to the Government, and in doing so showed that the directors in the colony had not taken proper measures to satisfy the new Government as to their power and authority to treat with them for the sale and transfer of the hne. Resolutions had been passed at meetings in Melbourne, but were not confirmed at subsequent meetings. A demand for £50,000 had been made as damages to the traffic on account of the line to Melbourne not being opened for traffic, and also an additional claim of £20,000 had been made on the Government. On all those occasions the Government were not allowed sufficient time to reply to the directors, and it was necessary to have more than three days to consider an important question. _lie thought the directors had not con ducted the matter as men of busiiies - s Svould aid it were op ph said a s ui e ds d e tf t hu o le t 3,i alesermrea muchtoiof n t h h the lobligediiinade. was well known i n th e colony that one ' or two nf given them, MrT.hCehCillldeArisßflio:l-il them, having but recently arrived from the colony. The Government had a right to complain that they had not received thu assent of the English share holders. With regard to some observations that had been made as to the advantage of exchanging their 5 per cent. guarantee for Victoria Govern ment debentures of 5 per cent. having 25 years to run, it was right to mention that the li nes to the interior recently contracted for by the Government were to cost from £30,000 to £40,000 a mile, while the Geelong and Melbourne line, with liabilities to the Ist January last, would not exceed £20,000 s mile, besidt6 having a large quantity of unoccupied land near the line and Station of Geelong, which would become very Yaliable. They *ere giving bfoorneds,when completed to Melbourne, for upn per a e lin r e e e t n h t a ., t would probably produce from 10 to there fore, to per on the cent. s d T e h o e f a t d h l The second resolution, subject to . some paodifica ale G it o a N g -e e ;n aP m P e e n a t r . ed' tions, was then carried, unanimously. A discussion then ensued on a proposal by the directors at the late meeting in Melbourne to appro priate the interest guaranteed to the shareholders by the Go vernmen t t o th e payment of the interest due on the bonds of the company. It was shown that the directors had no power to appropriate the guaranteed interest' of 5 per cent. to that purpose, and a resolution was passed on the part of the English shareholders protesting against such an appropriation of their rights. The committee was re-appointed, and Mr. Cooke, the company's agent in England, was requested to co-operate with the committee. After other formal resolutions, a vote of thanks to Mr. Alderman Salomons for presiding concluded the proceedings. NEWTON AND MORETON. A meeting of the committee, appointed at a re cent public meeting, was held last Friday, when subscription lists were handed in showing that-the application* had been liberally responded to. The EDNESDAY. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15; 1858. committee then resolved that a surveyor should at once be employed to survey the route of the pro posed line, prepare plans, and make an estimate of the cost of construction. The sub-committee ap pointed to collect subscriptions to defray prelimi nary expenses were requested to continue their labours. together, and the subsequent rebound would test the weakest coupling. In my opinion if the guard in the hinder part of the train had applied his break there would have been no accident. The inquest was adjourned at half-past 7 o'clock until Thursday next. THE CATASTROPHE AT THE SUR= MUSIC HALL, SHEFFIELD. There were 3,000 to 4,000 persons in the hall, and Madame Marietta was singing, when a pistol was fired in one of the galleries. There was a cry of alarm ; the vocalists ran shrieking from the stage ; and the audience rushed panic-stricken to the staircase. Mr. Youdan, the proprietor, came stage,on the and succeeded in quieting the audience, who gradually returned to their seats. The per formance was about to recommence, when an alarm of fire was raised, causing a terrific rush to the staircase, climbing down the pillars into the pit, and across the stage. All escaped safe from the pit, boxes, and upper gallery. In rushing from the lower gallery, one young man fell ; others fell over him, and the staircase was blocked up. Three young men and one young woman were taken up dead, and ' two others were severely injured. Another man was killed by jumping from a window. In the fright women were seen dropping children into the street, and themselveS jumping after. Upon inquiry at the Infirmary, we learn that the two men taken there, and who are both suffering from contusion of the brain, have recovered sensi bility, and are likely to live. Neither of them, however, is yet in a state to give any particulars as to how they received injury.. One of them is Thomas Harrison, aged 20, grinder, Allan-street ; the other is Thorpe ' 'Harrison, aged 16, butcher's assistant, South-street, Park. The, following is a complete list of the persons killed, and lying at the Surrey Music Hall :—John. Wrigley, Attercliffe-road ; Thomas Morton, aged 18 years, grinder, Spring Wood, Hampden View ; Philip Childs, grinder, aged 17, Broad-lane ; Al fred Day, grinder, Fitzwilham-street ; Ellen Staley, Gaol-street, Sheffield-moor.-3fanchester. Examiner of yesterday. _ SOUTH-EASTERN. The gross receipts for passengers, parcels, mails, goods, cue., for the four weeks ending August 28, amounted to £99,427, from which is deducted £2,134 for collecting and delivering goods, &e., leaving £97,292. To this sum is added £2,014 for rents and sundries, and £5,320 for steam-packet service, making together £104,626. From this is deducted the expenditure, including rates, taxes, tolls, Government duty, and expenses of steam packet service, amounting to £37,908, and leaving £66,718 available for interest on loans and divi dends on shares. OUDE (LIMITED). The directors of this company, in their report, express their deep regret at the calamities which have befallen this portion of the Indian empire, and which have necessarily impeded the progress of the Oude railway. On the formation of the company the directors made application to the Hon. the East India Company for the accustomed guarantee of 5 per cent. Their application was referred, as usual, to the public authorities in India. Feeling confi dent of a favourable result, and being anxious that no time should be lost, they sent out Mr. Robert Garratt, an engineer of eminent abilities, to make the necessary surveys. These, however, had no sooner been completed than the mutiny broke out, and he was obliged to seek refuge at Cawnpore, where, after having assisted in the defence of that post, he perished in the general massacre. Fortu nately, his death- has not deprived the company altogether of the result of his labours, as they have been put in possession, through his successive com munications, of most of the information necessary to form an estimate of the requirements of the line. From communications held with the India-house the directors have every reason to conclude that as soon as tranquillity is restored to the province of Oude, which may be confidently anticipated in the ensuing cold weather, the Government of India will be anxious to recommend the grant of the guarantee, with a view to the immediate com mencement and vigorous prosecution of operations. An arrangement has been entered into with the directors of the Central Oude Railway Company to the mutual satisfaction of both parties, and which only awaits the guarantee of the Government and the confirmation of the respective constituencies. As soon as these negotiations are finally settled, *the proposed conditions of union will be submitted to the shareholders at a meeting specially convened for that purpose. The accounts show that £11,164 had been received from the Ist of January, 1857, to the 24th of June, 1858, and £4,007 expended, leaving a balance of £7,157.1 THE CATASTROPHE ON THE OXFORD RAILWAY. The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances attending the fatal collision on this line on the 23d of last month was resumed yesterday before Mr. T M. Phillips, coroner, at the Bell Hotel, Brierley hill. Mr. King, solicitor, Stourbridge, conducted the case for the company. Capt. Tyler, the Govern ment Inspector, was present. Mr. Fenton, the chairman of the company, was there again, as were many officials employed on the line, persola who had been injured by the collision, or in the interest of the relatives of those who were killed by the same calamity. Mr. 'Rupert Kettle, of the Oxford Circuit, appeared, instructed by Mr. Horner, soli citor, of Brierley-hill, on behalf of Mr. Harley, tailor, of Dudley, who was himself injured and whose wife was killed. Mr. George Lindslev, locomotive foreman of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, de posed to the weight of the experiment train. There were 17 carriages and a van, and two empty car riaes. The gross weight was 116 tons 9 cwt. Robert Gransmore, inspector of rolling stock, said—l saw the trains leave Worcester on the 23d August. It was my duty to inspect them. I was at Worcester in the morning when the trains came in. There were two ordinary luggage vans and two second-class break vans. One of the break vans was an ordinary luggage van and the other was a goods van. The breaks were in good condition. There were three screw coupling chains and four side chains broken. That was all that I found de fective. I can't say whether the chains produced are the same. The chains that were broken were replaced by other chains for the return train. The chains that were broken were not used again. It is not a common occurrence for so many chains to break in one train. There was also a second class break in addition to the two other breaks in the first train that returned in the evening. When the train returned at night the carriages were coupled together, two by a goods coupling instead of the passenger couplings that had broken, and a third by the two ordinary side chains. The-break on the last van was. in good working order when the train left - Worcester. - The second-class break ,van was in the middle of the train. I don't recol lect any instance previously in which more than one chain broke in the course of a journey. On examining the chains and couplings, my opinion of was that there might been dow nl b u t I f orme d no havet h the caus ebeen ao snatch"t h e breakage ef the engine, or the guard' s break might have opinion, as'l was told they broke at starting from aexamined the carriages before station. they Ileft tohir Worcester, eislter , on the 23d of August. I made two examinations, because while examining the train the first time I was interrupted by the arrival of the other train. • Captain Tyler, Government Inspector of Rail . ways, said—After the accidentoecurred I attended ; and made certain experiments by direction of the Board of Trade on the 28th of August, between Round Oak and Brettel-lane. I asked the company for, and I believe obtained, the same number of car riages that broke away on the 23d. These car riages were supplied to me, and th ey appeare d to .b e such carriages as were in ordinary use. There'were two breaks, one behind and the other in the middle ;- the one behind was a break van, the one in the middle was a carriage with a break attached to it. The break in the rear was sufficient to stop the quilb'erdeaka, varying from two and per hour. By running t c hi arr ,e i c a . g up es t a o t l d o iff a e n r d en l t s sp ad ee le d s s speed of 10 miles an h 44 o.l o lr. yar rr d h s e was then applied and the train stopped in 833 yards,_ and the carriages stopped at 111 yards short of the point of collision. e behind ae If the break had been put on when the train began to recede it ought to have been brought up in a short time, supposing the break to have been in proper order ; that is, supposing also that the train had Required a speed of ten miles an hour ; but if the rails had been slippery, and the train had been allowed to acquire a rate of ten miles an hour, they would probably run past the site of the collision, but then the collision would not have been so violent as it appears to have been. These oxperi ments have led me to the conclusion either that the guard did not apply his break at all that night, or else that he applied it within only a very short distance of the point of collision. I may say that the appearance of the break-screw tends to confirm that opinion. (The screw was produced.) From its appearance in connexion with the nut attached to it, I am of Opinion that it was riot used on the night of the- accident: - (The shackle draw-bar of the first carriage that broke away was produced.) The weld by which the eye of the strap is attached to the shackle is deficient, so that it was holding by only about a third of its strength. The iron is somewhat inferior, but it would probably not have given way if it had not been for its defective -weld. I think Gransmore did all that was his duty to do in examining the couplings and chains before the train left Worcester. I don't see what else he could have done more. The Foreman—The guard Cook told us that he six yards in width. Do y ou think, Captain Tyler, applied the break when the separation was about that if he had applied the break within six, or even 60, yards he could have stopped the train without the collision occurring P Captain Tyler—lls, certainly. • By Mr. Fenton—lt was probably impossible for the officials to have discovered the inefficient weld by sight merely; but they might have done so by actual strain. Mr. James Edwin M'Connell deposed—l am en gineer of the line at Wolverton in Buckingham shire. I have examined the couplings, and find that the approximate cause of the accident was the defective we ldi ng in the strap of the bow of the screw coupling, which made it only able to bear one-third of the strain which it would otherwise have borne. The effect of the hook breaking, in my opinion, has led to the breakage of the screw coupling. The iron of - which this hook is made is of . a fair quality. The iron of . which the screw coupling is made is of good quality, but I could not tell whether it was a hard - tough iron without put ting it through the fire. The quality of the link is inferior, or, as I am now inclined to think, it might have been overheated in the welding. I have not been present at any of the experiments, but from the evidence of the guard Cook I am of opinion that the break of which he had the charge—that is, the behind one —was not applied on approaching Round Oak station. The consequence would be Ithat the break of the engine and tender and the fare break-van ionithe momentum, would force the kffer-springs of the carriage, bringing them closer FURTHER PARTICULARS. Hitherto the Surrey Music Hall, the scene of the present disaster, has been free from accidents of a serious character ' but about twenty minutes past eight o'clock on Monday night occurred an event which will remain for years vividly impressed on the minds of-thousands. About that hour the hall, which was only re-opened on Friday evening, was crowded with visitors. The performances were pro ceeding in a steady and satisfactory manner, and . everything seemed to work smoothly, when all at once the happy and smiling faces of the audience assumed an aspect of terror. The cause of this sudden change was the, act of some wanton villain, ,wtio had fired a pistol, which, from its report, must have been heavily loaded. In an. instant Mr. You din was on the stage and entreated the people to keep their seats, and assured them that there was nothing wrong. He also offered a reward of £5 to any one who could point out the man who fired the pistol. These prompt measures on the part of Mr. Youdan had the desired effect. The people kept their seats, and there was every appearance of the amusements of the evening being proceeded with. The devices of the conspirators, however, were not exhausted. From the part of the gallery in which the pistol had been fired, three men sprang forward to the front, and simultaneously called out " Fire ! The place is on fire !" A tremendous rush was made by the audience. Screams and cries of fear pro ceeded from all parts of the immense hall, order was at an end, and persons were seen leaping over the front of the gallery into the pit, and on to the stage. Mr. Youdan ran at once to the steps lead ing from the gallery to the street, in order to stop the rush, and if possible to restore confidence. He was not a little surprised to find on the steps a woman's mantle on fire. This had evidently been thrown on the steps only an instant before, and he quickly trampled the fire out. All Mr. Youdan's efforts, however, to restore confidence failed, and he was pressed aside by the terrified crowd. The professionals were alarmed at the presence of a large number of frantic persons running about the stage in search of a place to make their exit. A window was at last found, and the people dashed through it head foremost. Others in the top gallery made their way out by getting over the front of the gallery and descending by the pillars into the lower part of the building. The confusion and _disorder, shouting and screaming, were beyond the power of description. The crush was tremendous. Numbers were injured, more or less, by the com pression : and others were thrown down and trampled underfoot. When the place had become almost empty it was found that several persons had been killed—they had been literally crushed to death. Such a heart-rending sight is happily rarely • witnessed. Here lay several young men and a young woman lately in the full enjoyment of life. One of the dead bodies was removed to the shop of Mr. Cecil, druggist; another to 'the White Swan Hotel, another to the Q in the Corner, Paradise -square, and two were, left upon the floor of the refreshment-room at the Music Hall. Two other young men were lying apparently lifeless, but upon examination it was found that life was not extinct. They were conveyed to the Infirmary, where every, attention was paid to them, but it was evident to the medical gentlemen that the life of one was fast ebbing. All the bodies of the deceased except one were found on the steps leading from the gallery, and besides presenting evidences of having been crushed to death, also bore marks of having been trampled upon. It is scarcely credible that a conspiracy so diabo lical could possibly have been invented. That it is a conspiracy, however, seems clear. There was nothing to warrant the apprehension of danger—all was proceeding satisfactorily. It is known that shortly before the discharge of the pistol .a man went down the steps' ; from the first gallery and complained of an escape of gas. A search was made to dis cover the leakage, but not the slightest trace could be discovered. Then came the pistol shot, but, as before stated, it was prevented from causing the mischief it would have done by the energetic conduct of Mr. Youdan. But when order had been almost thoroughly restored there arose from the same place simultaneous shouts of " Fire !" One of the deceased persons was found lying outside the doors of the hall. He had been trampled upon and was considerably injured about the neck and head. Mr. Booth and Mr. Potherby, surgeons, were in attendance at the hall shortly after the calamity, and rendered every assistance in their power. Mr. Councillor Marshall, Mr. Inspector Linley, and Mr. Cecil also arrived at the hall before it was cleared of its occupants, and used all their endeavours to calm the fears of the excited multitude. Several hours after the calamity, some of the un fortunate sufferers were identified. The young woman is Ellen, the - daughter of 'William Staley, scissor filer, Gaol-lane, Sheffield-moor. One of the young men was identified as Frederick Morton, aged 18, fender grinder, lately employed at the Union Wheel, and living at Springwood Inn, Hampden-view ; and one of the young men con veyed to tho infirmary was Wm. Harrison, grinder, Steven-hill, "Hallam. Harrison is likely to recover, but his fellow-sufferer's case is hopeless. The bodies of the three persons now remain to be iden tified, as well as the one just alluded to. The body lying at the Q in the Corner is that of a youth ap parently about 16 years of age, and the others are young - men, their ages varying from about 19 to 25. We understand that it is Mr. Youdah's intention to defray the expenses of the funerals - of the respective sufferers. The building is capable of accommodating from 3,000 to 4,000 persons, and was erected at a cost of S 10,000: METROPOLITAN TOLL REFORM.--The Royal commission appointed towards the close of the last session of Parliament to inquire into the practicability of providing a substitute for the metropolitan toll-gates within six miles of Charing-cross will commence its sittings early next month, in order to be able to report at the commencement of next session. Viscount Eversley, late Speaker of the House of Commons, will preside over the commission, and will have the valuable assistance of Sir J. T. Coleridge, late a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, in conducting the investigation. 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Afterwards a large chisel was found lying near the place in which the board had been wrenched o FY. It appeared that tl ie board alluded to had been nailed on pretty stro ugly subsequent to a burglary - which had been corm n fitted a few nights before, and in consequence of wh the police had been directed to watch the neighb' =hood. Armstrong had been formerly in the pro' ecutor's employment. The prisoners we re remanded. W. Saundlison pl iladed guilty to the charge of having stolen three quarter casks, the property of Mr. Cox, in whose :employment he had been 14 years. • The case was ren - Landed in order to be dealt with at petty sessions. James Poy le, a (;ab-driver, was fined £1 6s. 6d. upon two separat e charges, the one to the effect that he had overcharged a lady named Jones, and the other to the effect that he had used towards her abusive language. Nothing could be more clear than the proof of the guilt of the de fendant, who, in paying the penalty, earnestly entreated, with tears in his eyes, that the Lord Mayor would not el idorse his license. His lordship peremptorily refuse d to consent, as ladies were con stantly subject to. !,:11-treatment from cob-drivers, and stated that the public were greatly indebted to the celnplainant for having persevered in the charge. The Lord Mayor requested that the press would acknowledge his receipt of £1 from " A. B." for the poor-box. GUILDHALL.---Mr. W. Battye, an accountant, of 33, Great Winchester-street, attended before Sir John Musgrove, on. behalf of the Irish Land Invest ment Company (Limited), a summons having been granted against the company, at the instance of Mr. Henry Graves, their late secretary, calling upon the directors to show cause why they had omitted to register a list of shareholders, according to the re quirements of the Joint Stock Companies Act. Sir J. Musgrove--I have no jurisdiction, unless I have some officer of the company before me. Mr. Graves—Mr. Battye is acting as secretary, in the absence of Lieut.-Colonel Young, who is in Dublin. I have a letter in which he calls upon me for £2O, and signs himself as secretary pro tem. Mr. Battye—l um merely the accountant to the company, Sir John Musgrove—lf Mr. Battye is not one of the officers of the company I cannot go into the case ; and if he has obtained money you can sue him for obtaining it uncle' false pretences. Mr. Battye—He has not paid anything. Sir John Musgrove—Oh, then, you had better make a good shareholder, and pay up your calls. Mr. Battye--There have been no calls, sir. Mr. Martin—There are some very good names among the directors. The Earl of Desart, the Earl of Cavan Lord Headley, Count de Salis, Lord George Hill, and three others. There is also five standing counsel and one solicitor. Sir John Musgrove—Five standing counsel : Mr. Whiteside, Attorney-General, and Mr. Hayes, 'Solicitor-General for Ireland; Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Attorney-General for England; with Mr. Malin and Mr. Robinson. All very good names, but I have yet to learn if all these gentlemen have con sented to allow their names to be used here. Mr. Battye—Certainly, sir, as these letters will satisfy you. Sir J. Musgrove—l see there are also solicitors, surveyors, bankers, brokers, secretaries, and mana ger appointed. Well, I only hope your proceedings will be prosperous, as I am somewhat interested in Ireland. (To Mr. Graves) I should recommend you to call upon one of the standing counsel. (Laughter.) Mr. Battye—A. meeting was called of all share holders having one or two shares each, for the pur pose of ascertaining what amount of support the company might expect from them, but only two attended. (Laughter.) Mir J. Musgrove—Then there is no company after all. Pray how many shares do you hold, Mr. Graves ? Mr. Graves—l had two shares, which I took for the purpose of forming fife company. Sir J. Musgrove—And did you advance £lOO upon two shares ? Mr. Graves—l did, sir. Sir J. Musgrove—Well, I had a better opinion of Irishmen than to suppose one would advance £lOO on two shares. Mr. Graves—l thought it might turn out a good thing for me. Mr. Battye—There were only seven shares taken up, hut they were sufficient for all the purposes of registration, and we have registered, although not within 14 days of the general meeting, for we have had no general meeting. Sir J. Musgrove-.--In that case I cannot interfere. I cannot ask this company why they have not done a certain act within 14 days after an event that has never taken place. Mr. Martin—The Joint-Stock Companies Act requires a list of shareholders to be registered once in every year within 14 days after a general meet ing ; but there is no proof at present of such a meet ing being held. _ _ Graves—Mr. Battye told me a general meet ing had been held. Mr. Battye—l said a meeting had been called, bus only two, persons attended. It was then arranged to allow the summons to stand over for a week, to obtain further informa tion on both sides. SOUTHWARK.. Frederick Betelman, a Ger man, who represented himself to be emigration agent to a Mr. Edward Ogilvy (address unknown), was summoned for unlawfully detaining a box con taining a number of masons' and watchmakers' tools, besides wearing apparel, at No. 104, Black friars-road, the property of Henry Junker, a young native of Hamburg. Mr. William Edward Shottlander attended to support the claimant as interpreter. He informed his worship that lie did so owing to a vast number of young Germans being brought over to this coun try by the defendant under contract to be sent to Australia free of all expense, for which he exacted a commission of twelve dollars from each, and on their arrival 'in LOndon many were thrust penni less into the streets, among strangers. The complainant was here sworn, and he stated that in February last the defendant came to Ham burg, and represented himself as agent to a Mr. Edward Ogilvy. An agreement was entered into between witness and defendant, who was to give him £45 a-year for three years from the 20th of April last, and that he was to take him from Ham burg to London, put hint on board a vessel for Australia, board and lodge him until that time, and pay all expenses. Mr. Shottlander here put in the original agree ment, signed at Hamburg by complainant and defendant, and witnessed by Mr. Waddilove, the British vice-consul. Mr. Burcham perused it, as well as a translation, and said it appeared that the defendant acted' as agent to a Mr. Ogilvy, whom complainant had contracted to serve. The defendant's interpreter admitted the con tract., but he contended, that complainant had not fulfilled his part. Mr. Burcham---Aceording to the agreement, defendant, on the part of a Mr. Ogilvy, binds him self to convey the complainant - from Hamburg to London free of expense, board and lodge him until a vessel proceeds to Australia with him, and pay passage and all other expenses. Has he done so? Mr. ShOttlander replied that he had not. H e had turned the young man out of doors to starve iii the stiects, and he must have done so had he not known something of a musical- instrument, which he played and earned a crust. Finding that he was turned adrift by defendant he applied for his goods, and on refusal to give them up he was corn _ pelled. to take out the present summons. The defendant said that a vessel Was provided for him on the 29th of June, and he refused 'to go by that. Mr. Burcham asked whether t t h h a e t n w e a g s a t t n iv i e e . ? He h in of_ June, and on the complainant London inan on replied ntilthe 2 a .11 arrivedede fen dant took him to 29 1 th ' the doc k s , show him to an emigrant vessel about to sail, but he was not put on board. He remained with until the 25th of July,. e when l the compl a i nan t doors, telling him t o leave his him ou t o f e would send for hi m when address, a n d h e that he would gi ve hima vessel was found, an d vessel's departure. IT fourteen_ day s ' no ti ce o f t h e him up his effects. e, however, refused to gi ve Mr. Shottlander • ormed hi s wors hi p t h at there we re informed several other young men who were en gaged at th e ti me b • y thedefendant for Mr. Ogilvy, one of wh om was in court. Julius Peterh d e , a shoemaker said, ' last defendant „ in February Australia. On engaged him at Hamburg to go to coming over from Hamburg he took the contract from him, promising to give him another when they got to London; On the 29th of June last a ship left for Australia, and defendant refund 0 let him P. lie paid defendant t welye dollars commission, and on Sunday week laSt he kiblred him out of doors. Mr. Burcham told him that he had nothing to do with his case. To defendant's interpreter —Who is this Mr. Ogilvy ? Defendant said he went to Hamburg with him, and the complainant saw him. Mr. Burcham—Where is Mr. Ogilvy ? Defendant—He is in Ireland, and I believe he did live in Cavendish-square. I acted as his agent for emigrants to Australia, where I am going myself. _ - Mr. Burcham—Why do you detain the young man's effects ? The interpreter informed his worship that his client•(defendant) had a lien upon them for £8 Gs. 9d. for board, lodging, and money lent, which complainant wanted to swindle him out of. The complainant might have gone by the vessel on the 29th of June, but he refused, and now wanted to stop in London. Under such circumstances de fendant considered he was justified in detaining the complainant's effects. _ The complainant solemnly denied any passage being provided for him to Australia. He should be happy to go, as he was earning a very preca rious subsistence in London. Mr. Burcham said that he was not at all satisfied about this Mr. Ogilvy, whom the defendant had been representing himself to this young man as agent. He should like to hear more about him. The defendant declared that it was all right, he was a gentleman, and had large property in Australia. Mr. Burcham asked whether he had any letter or authority from Mr. Ogilvy ? The defendant replied that he had at home, but Mr. Ogilvy would be in London on Friday next. That's all he knew of him. Mr. Burcham observed that it was very strange that he should know so little of the person whom he stated to be his principal• in the contract. lle should adjourn the summons until Friday next, to enable the parties to ascertain who Mr. Ogilvy was, and the relative position between the defend ant and him. The summons was accordingly adjourned until Friday next. Richard Donovan, a tall man about 30 years of age, was charged with stealing a hat, pair of gloves, a pocket-book and a bunch of keys, from the house of Mr. Nichol, a notary, of 28, Bridge-street, Southwark. The prisoner called on Mr. Nichol with a begging petition, and after he was gone Mr. Nichol missed his hat from the sofa. He had placed it there shortly before the prisoner came, and it contained a pocket-book, a pair of gloves, and a bunch of keys. Mr. Burcham asked whether he left any hat behind, and he was informed that he did. It was a shocking bad one and not worth a penny. Sergeant Bell, 13 M, said he took the prisoner into custody in the Mint, and found the prosecu tor's hat on his head. Witness knew him to be a notorious begging-letter impostor. He had been convicted of that offence. On searching him he found an old greasy list of subscribers to the Asylum for Idiots, which he had no doubt used to pick out his victims. The prisoner acknowledged changing hats, but he knew nothing of the keys and other things: At the request of Sergeant Bell, Mr. Burcham remanded him until Saturday next. COUNTRY MARKETS. . BRISTOL—SErr,I4. The market was well supplied with wheat, and late rates fully supported. Foreign m limited request, with the turn in the buyers' favour. Barley in good demand for grind ing; malting almost neglected. Old oats very scarce; new sells freely at late rates. Beans and peas the same as last quoted. Flour quiet. Bran scarce. Oatmeal a .slcrw sale, with the turn against the seller. Butter in very .li m it e d demand, low qualities unsaleable. LEEDS-SEPT. 14. There has been a large show of wheat, and the trade rules extremely slow. Millers aim at buying on consider ably lower terms, but this is generally resisted; the business done, however, is at a decline of 2s per qr. for nevi wheat, and is for old. Fine heavy barley fully as dear, other sorts rather giving way in price. Beans steady. Oats and other articles unaltered in value. Averages for the week : Wheat 2,387 qrs., at 468 101-d 8ar1ey......... 306 ~ . 37s 3 1 (1. Oats • 281 „ 2Bs op - Beans Arrivals this week : Wheat _ . 3,516 qrs. Oats Barley Beans Rapeseed Linseed 682 SHEFFIELD-SEPT. 14. We had a smaller supply of wheat than Just week, and only in moderate condition. The best samples maintained last week's prices, but inferior somewhat lower. Beans and oats easier to buy. Trade on the whole less active. Flour unchanged. White wheat, new, 19s to 21s Barley, grinding.. 29s to 33s Red do. l7s to 18s Oats, old, 12st.. .. - --.s fo —s Old white l6s to 21s New do 25s to 34s Red do. 15s to 18s I Beans.. 18s to 21s Barley, malting... .—s t o — s Yeas.... s2s to 51s RICHMOND-SEPT. 11. There was a large supply of grain at market to-day, and the following prices were obtained : Wheat, white..sB Od to 5s 6d I Barley.. 4s Od to 4s 6d Ditto red 5s Od to 6s Od Oats ... 2s 9d to 4s Od LIVERPOOL-SEPT. 14. The attendance to-day was moderate, the total business in wheat and flour was limittd, but the full rates of last week were sustained ; any required advance in price was resisted. Indian corn and Egyptian beans were in fair de mand, and each brought higher prices, but there wag no other change observable in the value of any other article in the corn trade. • COURSE OF EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY. Amsterdam _AT Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19 1.1 , - 191 Antwerp Brussels — 25 40 25 45 Hamburgh Paris Ditio Marseilles — 25 40 25. 45 Frankfort on Maine - 119 k • --• 11 ~. `Vienna - .161/ Trieste - —•10 14 10 17 Petersburgh —31 k -35 i. Madrid Cadiz — 49/ • 49% Leghorn - 29 97t . 30 - 21 Genoa. ... ........... 25 55 25 60 Naples Palermo — 122% . 123 Messina — 122- 3 - . 123/ 52 . . 52/ - 52 . . .. 52t Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — Calcutta, Co.'s rupee Bombay ditto E.I. Co.'s bls. House bls GO d. • 26 24" • 26 1 z 21 Madrai r ditto • • - 26 - • Eastlndia. Company's Bills drawn from the 24th 111 t. • to the Bth inst. Bengal £1,201 5 0• • Madras • 0 0 0 . Bombay £1,201 5 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) .per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars ~ 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (St an d ar d) ~ 0 5 01 THE TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.—Owing to the. facilities which thq Terrace-pier at Gravesend affords for the embarkation and landing of troops from the trans ports, the Government, it is stated, have offered for its pur chase. There is some difficulty in the way, however, the property, or a portion of it, being in Chancery.—Kentish Gazette. BIRTHS. ASTON.—On the 11th inst., the wife of Joseph Keech Aston, Esq., barrister-at-law, St. George's-square ; Bel gravia south, of a son. FonD.—On the 12th inst., at 6, - Bathurst-street, Hyde park-gardens, the wife of William Augustus Ford, Esq., of a son. ARBORD.—On the 12th inst., the Hon. Mrs. Harbord of a daughter. JONES.—On the 13th inst., at Blackheath, the wife of the Rev. F. E. Lloyd Jones, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. GREATILEX—WILLIAMS.—On the Ilth inst. ' at St. George's, Hanover-square, Edward Malcolm Greatrex., Esq., 18th Hussars, to Eleanore Margarette Williams, relict of the late John Williams, of Melbourne, Australia. TIBBITS—Binn.—On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryan ston-square, Dr: - John Tibbits, of Warwick, to Jane, daughter of Mr. George Bird, of the Edgwaic-road, London. DEATHS. BLACKER..—On the 10th inst., at Gals, Switzerland ; the Rev. V. S. Barry Blacker, M.A., vicar of R u dh a l n , Nor folk, eldest son of the late Lieut.-Col. V. Blacker, C. 8., Surveyor-General of India, aged 30. CROPTON.—On the Ist inst., at Paris, the Hon. Caroline Crofton, aged 85. AILILIE.—On the 10th inst., at Greenock, Thomas Farrie, G ILL.—On the 13th inst., Richard Gill, Esq., of Lonsdale square, Islington, after more than 25 years' affliction from paralysis, aged 70. HEAPHY.—On the 10th inst., John Heaphy, Esq., of Snaresbrook, Essex, aged 77. WAUGR.—On the 11th inst., at 10, Park Village west, Mr. Alfred T. Waugh, of the firm of Waugh and Son, Goodge street, aged 22. Wywrz.—On the 11th inst., at Alton, Charles 'Wyatt? Esq., aged 69. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Ne.:l4 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of NAddlefies; Wednesday, September 15, Isos. T ENC held 12 o'i be or Char TON on S Ram and Dim t.JI SAT dine (14g. 10s.) inoul L' DET SAT DAN DON Lon 4 Th the 1 Pa ticks Chan T K HE i insti With ilia 1 Depi Serj. den►, furtl Offic and] TI said o'cle the obta Ada der plea CO3 AdE " Te live by 'I the fora Adi at res: Hon of Gri Ti wil CO Vic qui