The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-26 00:00:00

711 E NAVY. The screw steamship St. George, 90, Captain the Hon. F. Egerton, which left the Sound on Friday morning, is gone for a month's cruise. H.R.H. Prince Alfred has left the Euryalus, 50, to enable him to obtain experience in the navigation of a larger ship, and he joins the St. George, 90, in January, when having visited Africa in the frigate, he will have an opportunity of seeing the western continent, his new trip being to the West Indies and North America. Some of the other midship men of the Euryalus will be transferred with his Royal Highness to the St. George. Mr. Brierly has been honoured with instructions from Bucking ham Palace to prepare a painting of the young Prince's new ship,. The Royal Commissioners for inquiring into the control and management of:the dockyards examined Col. Greene, the director of works in the Admiralty departments, on Wednesday last. The Commis sioners are to proceed to Chatham on Wednesday, to make an inspection of the dockyard at that port, and will next proceed to Sheerness. The following line-of-battle and other screw steamers are now lying at anchor at Chatham, and compose the steam reserve in the Medway, under the command of Captain C. F. Schomberg :- First Division-The Meanee, 60, 400-horse power; the Phaeton, 51, 400-horse power; the Challenger, 22, 400-horse power ; and the screw gunboats Bull deg, Carnation, Cochin, Griper, and Hasty, each of two guns, and 60-horse power. Second Division-The Hood, 91, 600-horse power; the Rodney, 90, 500-horse power; the Waterloo, 90, 500-horse power; the Bombay, 81, 400-horse power (in dock); the Goliath, 80, 400-horse power; the Irresistible, 80, 400-horse power; the Arethusa, ' 51, 500-horse power (in dock) ; the Severn, 51, 500-horse power ; the Galatea, 26, 800-horse power ; the Orestes, 21, 400-horse power; the Orpheus, 21, 400-horse power ; the Ma lacca, 17, 200-horse power ; the Horatio, 12, 250-horse power; the Dragon, 6, 560-horse power ; the Victor, 6, 350-horse power ; the Griffon, 5, 80- horse-power; the Plover, 5, 80-horse power; the Cormorant, 4,200. horse power ; the Race-horse, 4, 200-horse power; the Wanderer, 4, 200-horse power; the steam floating batteries iEtna, 16, 200- horse power ; Thunderbolt, 16, 200-horse power ; Thunderer, 14, 150-horse power; and Trusty, 14, 150-horse power; and the gunboats Herring, Julia, and Mistletoe. Third Division.-The Anson, 91,800-horse power; the Atlas, 91, 800-horse power; the Newcastle, 51, 600-horse power; the Eurotas, 12, 200-horse power (mortar vessel) ; the Swallow, 9, 60-horse power ; the Hermes, 6, 220-horse power; the Virago, 6, 300-horse power ; and the gunboats, Dwarf, Manly, Mastiff, Pelto, Spey, Sepoy, Surly, Thistle, Thrasher, and Tickler. Fourth Division.-The Collingwood, 80, 400- horse power; the Leander, 51, 400-horse power; the Phoenix, 6, 260-horse power ; the Salamander 6, 220-horse power; and the gunboat Fidget. His Netherlands Majesty's ship Cornelis Dirks, Capt. Koopman, sailed from Spithead for the West Indies on Saturday. A letter dated Corfu, Nov. 3, has been received at Plymouth, from the screw steamship Orion, 91, Capt. J. B. E. Frere. It states that mite of the crew quarrelled with a shipmate, whom he stabbed with a knife. Death followed almost immediately, and the perpetrator was sentenced by court-martial to six months' imprisonment in England. It was ex pected that the Admiral would on the sth instant hoist his flag on board the Orion, which was likely to winter at Corfu. The frigate Melpomene, 51, Capt. Jas. J. F. Ewart, was to go home shortly to be paid off. Sickness among the crew was increas ing so much on board the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Capt. T. P. Thompson, that it is probable she will have to:leave the station. Rear-Adm;ral Sir T. Sabina Pasley returned to Devonport on Saturday, from leave of absence, and re-hoisted his flag as Admiral Superintendent on board the reserve depot ship Royal Adelaide, 104, Capt. W. K. Hall, Cal., in Hamoaze. The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee, 4, Master Commander T. C. Pullen, having completed with coal, took her departure on Saturday from Ply mouth for Pembroke. The iron screw steam storeship H;malaya, Capt. J. Seccombe, from Ireland, arrived. in Plymouth Sound on Saturday. The screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Capt. A. P. E. Wilmot, flagship at Queenstos‘ a, having taken on board supernumeraries for the Ajax, left Ply mouth Sound on Friday afternoon, under canvas only, for Queenstown. The screw steam corvette Charybdis, 21, Capt. the Hon. G. D. Keane, was placed in No. 3 dock in Keyham Steamyard on Saturday afternoon. The rudder of his Netherlands Majesty's steam frigate Admiral Wassenaar is being repaired at the Devonport Dockyard. When completed, the frigate will probably return to Holland. The yards and masts of the screw steam sloop Flying Fish, 6, Commander C. W. Hope, have been struck, and she is refitting at Devonpoit. His Russian Imperial Majesty's steam frigate ()leg, 67, Capt. Audreof, from Cronstadt, on her passage to the Mediterranean, put into Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning, and saluted the British flag, which was acknowledged by the citadel and the flag of Port Admiral Sir H. Stewart, K.C.8., and responded to by the Impregnable, 104, Capt. Lord F. Kerr, in Hamoaze. Mr. W. Luscombe, Russian Consul and Mayor of Plymouth, visited the Oleg in the afternoon, and was complimented on his departure by a salute of seven guns. The name of the officer appointed to the Hero is not Henry, but Edye. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—W. L. Gordon, M.D., surgeon, to the,lmmortalite ; W. J. Grady, second master, to the Himalaya ; W. B. Edkins, clerk, to the Majestic. THB ARMY. Private NPSelly, late of the Ist Royals, in the camp at Colchester, has just been awarded by a decree of the Court of Chancery £B,OOO, with five years' arrears of interest. The fortunate recipient was recently discharged after 21 y cars' service with a pension of is. per day. One of the cast-iron experimental guns strength ened according to a principle suggested by Sir W. Ar mstrong, in order to prove their capability of Bei ng rifled for service, was on Saturday tested at the Royal Arsenal butt, Woolwich. An order having been given to increase the charges and con tinue firin g so as eventually to burst the gun, the experiment vas . earricd out in a bomb-proof shed recently conet r , - etedfor that special purpose. The chamber of the tun was solidly embedded in a coating of gun-metal. three inches in thickness, which was incrusted aver the entire portion subject to the greatest amount of Shock f rom th e ex pl os i on , an d extended over the hezipiec,, (leaving the case able ring only visible,) dow n to the trunnions. Several reunt l s w ere fired with exceedingly heav y charges, and at length the gun • itself gave way under the exc...ssive charge, and was found torn in to fragments, but th e coatin g of g unm etal remained entire; The new military dispensary in course o f erec tion at Woolwich, intended also to provide for the temporary reception of severe hospital cases, pen t "_ ing their removal to the infirmary about to be built on Kidbrooke-common, is now partially roofed in. The position is considered to be one of the most eligible in and about the garrison, both for its ele vation and its near proximity to the barrack and review and practising grounds, in which accidents may occur requiring surgical aid. In order to pro cure pure air and ventilation, an additional space of ground beyond the building is ordered to be cleared. The residence of Rear-Admiral Duntze is about to be demolished for that purpose, the admi ral having already removed with his family, under an official notification from the Engineer Depart ment. The annual course of musketry instruction has kilt been completed by the force stationed in the camp at Colchester. The number of men attached - - to the 9th and 1011 battalions 'who shared in the practice has been 1,300, and the re sult has been as follows :—Average points. __9th battalion, first period, 14 . 88 ; file firing, 8.98 ; volley firing, 7.35 ; skirmishing, 4.31. 10th battalion, first period, 15 . 14 ; file fir ing class, 10'13; volley firing, 8 21 ; 4 . 88. Figure of merit-9th battalion, hole bat talion, 35.22 ; best company, 39.37. 10 battalion, whole battalion, 38 . 36 ; best company, 44.11. Clas sification of men per cent.-9th battalion, 3d class, 17 ; 2d class, 58 ; Ist class, 25. 10th battalion, 3d class, 18 ; 2d class, 59 ; Ist class, 22. Percentage of marksmen --9th battalion, 5 ;10th battalion, 6. The best shot in the 9th battalion was Sergt. Knights, of the Ist battalion 6th Regiment; and the best judge of distance was Private Smith, of the 88th Regiment. The figure of merit of the 10th battalion was 2804 in 1858 and 35 . 21 in 1859, as compared with 38.36 this year. Great bodies of recruits continue to be sent to Landguard Fort,' Harwich, for preliminary instruction. Capt. Fowke, of the sth Regiment, and Captain Watson, of the 66th, at present stationed in camp es Colchester, have recei ved orders to hold them in in readiness to proceed to India as soon as practl- cable. The Suffolk Militia Artillery left Portsmouth on Friday for Ipswich preparatory to their disembodi ment. Only one militia regiment now remains in the S.W. district, the Bedfordshire Light Infantry, commanded by Col. Gilpin, stationed at Portsmouth. THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. The Civil Service Regiment (21st Middlesex) will proceed to 'Wimbledon for target practice on Tues day and Saturday. There will be company drill at Barber's -hall on Monday, and officers' and non commissioned officer.' drill at the same place on Wednesday—undress uniform to be worn. A rifle shooting match took place on the linares borough shooting ground on the 21st inst. between two officers and 10 staff sergeants of the sth West York Militia, and two officers and, 10 men of the Ripon Rifle Corps. The number of rounds was to have been five at each of the ranges of 200, 250, and _ _ _ 300 yards. When the first two ranges had been fired, the score was 120 for the Volunteers and 90 for the militiamen. This majority was considered decisive of the contest, and as the rain was falling continuously it was mutually agreed to abandon the 300 yards' range. Two of the Volunteers scored 15 points each. The members of the 3d Berks (Newbury) Volun teer Corps entered to compete for various money prizes mustered at the butts on Crookham-common on Wednesday and Friday last. The weather on the former day was most unfavourable, the wind blowing a perfect hurricane across the line of fire, and the rain descending in torrents. However, the example set by Capt. H. H. Eyre, of Shaw-house, who faced it all throughout the day, was followed by the men, and not an absentee had to be reported. The first prize shot for was £5 for the best shot, at 700, 750, and 800 yards, which was won by Private W. Fisher. The second prize was £3 for the best shot and £1 lOs for the second best shot at 200,250, and 300 yards. The £3 prize fell to Private Pond, and Privates W. King and D. Jones tied for the second prize ; this tie was shot off on Friday, and eventually won by Private D. Jones. The prizes will be distributed in the course of a few days in the Mansion-house, where a dinner will subse quently take place. To the 13th•Berks (Forest) Company) which has been established for Ascot and the neighbouring parishes, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort has subscribed £25, and his Excellency the Belgian Minister £lO, with an annual subscription. A silver challenge cup of the value of 12 guineas, given by the ex-Mayor of King's Lynn (Mr. L. Self), has just been shot for by the volunteers of that town. The number of rounds was three each, at 250, 400, 500, and 600 yards ; and the highest scores obtained were Corporal Cooper, 13, and Privates Agger and Pridgeon 11 each. The cup is to be wen two years in succession by the same person before it becomes his permanent property. The Ist Cambridgeshire Corps having attained its maximum strength of 100 members, steps are being taken for the formation of another company, with a view to the organisation of a battalion. The cost of membership has been greatly reduced. The members of the Cambridge. Working Men's Corps are being equipped at the cheap rate of £2 5s each. exclusive of :their accoutrements. Some of the accoutrements will be purchased for such persons as cannot buy them for themselves, and these accou trements will become the property of the corps, and be vested (in accordance with the provision made on the subject by Act of Parliament) in the com manding officers. The members of the Ely Com pany have hitherto met for drill three times a week, but during the winter. they will assemble for that purpose on Saturdays only. The ladies of Wisbech are making a subscription for the purchase of a present of a silver cup or statuette to be shot for by the volunteers of that town. The members of the Newmarket Mounted Corps have been sworn in during the past week. The proceedings closed with a dinner at the Rutland Arms Hotel, Lieut. Townley presiding. On Friday a piiblic meeting was held at Taunton, at which a large number of the leading county gentry were present, when it was resolved to form a mounted rifle corps for that division of the county of Somerset. On Thursday the Williton or 9th Somerset Volunteer Rifle Corps were inspected by Major Hume, in the presence of Colonel Graham and Captain Mallet, adjutant of the 3d battalion, and a large number of the ladies and gentry of the neigh bourhood. The inspection took place at Orchard Wyndham, the seat of the Countess of Egremont, after which the gallant Major complimented the corps upon their martial bearing. The Volunteers hen marched, with the band at their head, into he mansion of the Countess of Egrement, and be- tween 50 and 60 sat down to a repast. The Coun tess of Egremont presented the corps with a silver bugle, value 25 guineas. Many of the corps formed in the county of Essex have passed through the first and most trying year in their history, but no diminution has taken place in the interest in the Volunteer movement. There are now 24 companies , enrolled, includ ing about 3,000 men, scattered over the county between Stratford on the south and Saffron Walden on the north, between Harwich on the east and Epping on the west. The rifle practice returns during the summer indicate general efficiency. At Rotherham the Volunteer movement is making very satisfactory progress. The two companies already established number from 170 to 180 men, and a third company is being formed at Parkgate with gratifying success. The establishment of a fourth company is under consideration, with a view to the formation of a separate battalion at Rother ham, the companies there being at present bat talionised with the Doncaster corps. An Engineer Company has been established at Sheffield in connexion with the School of Art, Mr. Y. Mitchell, the head master of the school, being captain. The Engineer Company is entirely un connected with the rifle battalion previously, exist ing. Rifle companies are being successively orga nised at the adjoining villages of Stannington and Wortley. The services of the newly formed company at Stone, near Stafford, have within the last few days been accepted by her Majesty. This company raises the total in Staffordshire to 40 companies. Several matters of interest may be noted with re .retence to, the progress of the movement in Lincoln shire. The members of the Stamford corps held a com petition last we e k f or a silver cup, presented by the May or , and shooting rounds each, an d the was at ra nges o f 200 an d 300 yar d s , five two small money prizes. The who mad e 1 PrivatePh illips,F. Simp son , j un., who made 16 points; and was won by Lieutenant 17 points; . the second prize, by the number u third mb ei o f l;y oi P n Private i v a b t u e t was distanced by his compe titor Spriggs, who made an equal when the ties were sh o t off. The members of the Gosberton Company have commenced preli minary drill. The Spalding Corps have made ar rangements for forming the earthworks of their butt, which will be an expensive affair, a s , in con sequence of the flatness of the country, earth will have to be brought from a considerable distance. Ile Falkingham Volunteers have had a competition for a series of prizes. The first—a badge of honour, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ICVENING, NOVEMEER 26, 7860. cross muskets and crown—was won by Ensign Cragg, who made 18 points in 10 rounds at a range of 200 yards ; the second prize; £3 35,, was won by Private Green ( 13 p oints) ; and the third prize, £2 25., was won by Private Richards (12 petition At Lincoln there was a n interesting compet first ition last week for prize silver cups, given to the and second companies by Major Amcotts and Capt. Commandant Trollope. The contest was limited to first and second class men. The ranges were at 300 and 400 yards, five rounds each, and in the match for Major Amcotts's cup, restricted to the first company —Sergeant Kirton, Private Hanson, and Private Ladbrooke made 10 points each. On the three ties being shot off at 400 yards, Private La.dbrooke proved victorious, and received the cup. The second company shot, under the same condi tions, for Captain Trollope's cup, which was won by Private Drury (12 points). Two other cups, presented by Dr. Lowe and Mr. Doughty, are to o s h inn o hs t aa f bt o u r i tr a n d n e a t x ys t a e w f f t e e s e r a k n r o . r o e y n a w n a i s n fi h u e e l n d t a i a t t m h e t l i v n g h ot White the be Hart Hotel, Guildford, at lhe w it was agreed to establish a mounted rifle corps in the rural districts of ilhe county. THE BURNING OF TI-I.E _ROYAL MAIL AT.E.4I.IIER CONNAUGHT. On Saturday the adjourned inquiry into the cir cumstances atteaking the loss of the above steamer was resumed at the Greenwich Police-court. before Mr. Traill, police magistrate, and Capt. Harris, nautical assrssor. Nit. Cumberland, solicitor to the Customs, at tended to conduct the inquiry on behalf of the Board of Trade ; and Mr. H. Valiance (of the firm of Valiance and Valiance, Essex-street) was again in attendance on behalf of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company. 11 , 11'. Palmer, of New castle-upon-Tyne, the builder of the ves s e l, bein g a lso in court during the proceedings. Peter Simpson, the second engineer, was first called. He said—l was second engine,v on board the Connaught on her first voyage, and also on her second voyage, when she was lost. On the first was n voyage there was light water in the ship, and there o difficul in y keeping the vessel free ;coin water. Captain Harris here stopped the witness, and said there was a very remarkable entry in the log-book, made by the chief engineer on the first voyage, as follows :—" The ship making much water on the port side ; leaking badly on this side." Witness—l examined that part of the vessel particularly myself, and saw nothing of the kind. The chief engineer never spoke to me about it. Examination continued—l came on watch at 8 p.m. on the 6th October, the day preceding the loss of the ship. The ship at that time listed to star board, and that is the reason why so much water was on that side. The water wes washing up the manhole doors to the engine kelson, but was not above the stokehole plates except when the vessel rolled and it washed up 1-Aween the boilers. The water increased until 10 o'clock, after which it was got under by the working of the pumps, and the ship gradually came up from the starboard side. This was about -12 o'clock. We then thought the ship was in a fair position, but between 12 and 1 she went over to the port side, listing very heavily and making the water appear worse than it was. She continued her list to port till she was abandoned. David Tubbs, examined, said—l was third en ,, gineer on board the Connaught on her last voyage. We left St. John's, New Brunswick, about 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the 3d October. There was no difficulty in starting the engines, although there was some little delay arising from having too much steam. At 8.30 on the morning of the 6th I re ceived orders from the chief engineer to blow off the after port boiler, in consequence of the ship having a slight list to port. The effect of blowing off this boiler was to bring the ship up a little. I next went on watch at 4 p.m. that day, when the ship had a list to port still. About 7 o'clock I made a report to the chief engineer that more assistance was required to keep down the water, which was more than usual, and considerable difficulty being experi enced in keeping it down, William Patrick Carroll, the boatswain, was next examined as to the frequent listing of the ship dur ing the night of the 6th, and the filling of the star board and port lifeboats alternately to bring the ship upright. The vessel was very " crank" on her second, but not on her former voyage. Thomas Parkinson Brooks, the third officer of the ship, stated that at 8 p.m. on the 6th the course of the ship was W. by N., with wind on the starboard bow. The inquiry was again adjourned. FIRE ON BOARD TIIE L.l PLATA. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 24; A fire, which fora long time threatened seri. ons consequences, occurred this morning on board the Royal Mail Company's fine steam ship La Plata, lying iu the tidal dock. It was first discovered shortly after 1 o'clock, when the night watchman on board the vessel observed:a sort of haze in the fore part of the ship, which he at fist thought to be fog, but on looking towards the stern he saw no such haze in that direction, and consequently came to a different conclusion. He immediately roused the officer in charge of the ship and the shipkeeper. About the same time two of the Cestoms' tide surveyors, on night duty in the dock, named Knowler and Rees, saw smoke issuing from the fore part of the ship and gave an alarm. In obedience to the company's standing orders, which require that in the event of anything wrong occurring on board any of their ships in the night, Capt. Strutt and the officers of the company's home should be immediately called, a messenger was despatched for Capt. Strutt, an d he was speedily on the spot. The fire-bell at the dock gates was rung, and assistance we rendered by the officers and men of the different steamships lying in dock. Mr. Shrubsall, second officer of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Tagus, with a boat's crew, was soon on the scene of action, and rendered good service in extinguishing the fire. Ca p t. W. Vincent (the Company's superintend ent),Capt. Weller (commander of La Plata), Capt. Sawyer, Mr. Ritchie, and other of the company's servants, together with Capt. Engledue and Mr. Andrew Lamb, of the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany, were also on the spot at an early period, and severally rendered every assistance in their power. The borough police, under the direction of Mr. Enright, were also early in attendance. Fortu nately the tide was high, which insured a good supply of water, and the combined efforts of two fire engines belonging, to the town, two to the Dock Company, two to the Royal Mail Company, one to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, one to the Royal Engineers, and four fire•pumpa on board the burning vessel, poured such a body of water on the fire that the ship went down several feet at the head. Steam was also got up in two steam-tugs by order of Mr. P. Hedger, the dockmaster, who, with his assistant, Mr. B. Headley, was early in attendance, and the Jersey steamer, which had recently arrived in dock, kept her steam up for the purpose of towing the burning ship out of dock if the fire could not be arrested, or of removing the adjacent vessels to a safe spot. Meantime the tugs rendered good ser vice by running under La Plata's bows and pour ing a quantity of, water through the scuttles from their donkey engines; and an immense supply of water was supplied from the dock engine under the direction of Mr. S. Burba,ge, the company's engi neer. A number of wet blankets and other appli ances for extinguishing fire were also got ready. The fire was exceedingly obstinate, bung in a part of the ship very difficult to get at, and Capt. Vin • c ent and his assistants could only proceed in their work by knocking down the bulkheads and work ing their way from one cabin to another, partially on their knees, to avoid the suffocat itrg smoke, their great object being to drive the fire forward, and confine it to the fore part of the ship. The smoke from the burning stores and canvas sails below was so dense that one or two of the persons employed were taken ashore insensible, and Capt. Vincent's eyes are very seriously inflamed. From 2 o'clock till half-past sit was very doubt work, and the fate of the noble vessel hung in the balance, but about that time the flames began to succumb, and by 7.30 a.m. the ship was quite safe and the fire subdued. Had the south-west wind been blowing at the time her destruction would have been inevitable. Among other precau- . tions taken by Capt. Vincent, he had 3 ft. of water let into the hold, and arrangements made for filling the ship, in case of the fire spreading, by means of valves above the bilge, so that the vessel could easily be raised again afterwards. The fire originated in the boatswain's storeroom , but the accident can in no way he accounted for. No light had been used in that room during the previous day, nor had the door been even unlocked. A man was down in the bread room on the day previous, but ho used a globe lantern, and there was no fire in the place, which is farther aft. The captain of the hold had also been engaged in white washing the hold, but he used no fire. A night watchman is constantly kept on board the com pany's vessels, and also a night officer, whose duty it is to visit all the ships three times during the night. This officer visited the La Plata half an hour previous to the fire breaking out, and was close to the store-room door, And saw nothing whatever of an unusual cbal Itcter. It is also the duty of the night officer evel ty night to see the hese screwed on to the firelmtnk s, and the buckets filled with water, in ea.-ie of fire, and this was all done as usual on Friday night. The damage done by the fire is not very great. It is principally confined to the ship's stores and the fittings of the fore part of the vessel. The ceiling and beams of the orlop deck are somewhat burnt. The vessel will be taken into dock early in the week, when a survey will be made by the Government surveyor to ascertain the full extent of the damage. It is satisfactory to record that all present exerted themselves admirably, and the officials of the Peninsular and Oriental Company especially rendered excellent service in the work of salvation. The individual activity and exertion of Captain Vincent, Mr. Holland, and a few others exposed them to great danger during the fire. Although La Plata was intended to sailhence on the 3d proximo with the outward West India mails, no interruption in the service will ensue, as the company have a ship in readiness to take her place. Fortunately, she had not commenced ship ping her cargo. It is understood that the company's ships when in port arc insured against fire. TILE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY COLLISION. - The proceedings of the inquest were recommenced at Atherstone, on Saturday morning in the Corn exchange, Atherstone, before Mr. Carter, the cor oner for North Warwickshire. Mr. Cleather, • solicitor; Mr. M'Connell, the locomotive superintendent; Mr. Dudley Parsons, superintendent of the goods traffic; Mr. Bruyeres, the general traffic superintendent (in the absence of Mr. Cawkwell), and Mr. Grew attended on be half of the London and North-Western Railway Company. Mr. 'Warren, Mr. Overell, and Mr. Dudley Baxter were present to watch the case on behalf of the friends of the deceased. Mr. Edward Powers said that he was a chemist, and had tested the oil lamp in use in the railway signal. On Thursday night he filled the lamp with 350 z. of oil and lighted it at 9 p.m. At 9 o'clock on Friday morning he found the lamp contained 260 z., the consumption beino. 91oz. On Friday night he again tested the lamp, filled it with 350 z. of oil, tied it down and sealed it, and placed it inthe auxiliary signal-post at 55 minutes past 8 o'clock. On the following morning, at 8 35, lie found that the lamp had gone.out, leaving 320 z. unconsumed. He did not consider the lamp in good working order. The holes at the bottom, where the lamp rested on the staiadt were partially filled up, so that sufficient air could !lot get in to keep up proper combust ion . m axt oder Miller, engineer,. of London, said that he watchej the auxiliary signal lamp tested by the last witness. He saw it burning at 145 a.m. that morning, and it, gave a very good light. Saw it again at 3 10, when still gave a very good light. At 3 45 it was a little down ; the difference was just observable. At 540 it was burning still lower, and at 650 it had gone out. The lamp was in his opinion, in very good condition. Gas was, no donbt, better than oil for signals. Mr. Thomas Robinson said he was a nurseryman, residing a short distance off, and within sight of the station. He was up at the time of the accident on Friday week, and heard the goods or cattle train come up to the station, about 2 o'clock. The signal lights could be seen from his window. Saw the signal turned round before the mail train came in, but could not say whether it was a white or a red light. Saw the mail train conic up about five mi nutes after. Mr. John Baker said he resided near the railway, and at half-past 2on the morning of the accident some people came to the back door of his house, and asked him if he could receive two ladies who had been injured by the accident on the railway. The ladies were the Duchess of Montrose and her maid. There were also three gentlemen with them—Mr. S. F. Train, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Jackson. The examination of this witness brought the evidence to a close. One of the jurors suggested that it would be advisable for the ju r y to go and inspect the relative position of the main and auxiliary signals. This suggestion was approved by the coroner, and the proceedings were adjourned until two o'clock in order to afford time for the examination. The jury having returned, The Coroner proceeded to sum up the evidence, • and in doing so said it had now become the duty of the jury:to consider when, where, and by what means the deceased came by their death. There could, he said, be:little doubt but that the injuries which resulted in their death were sustained while travel ling in the cattle train, which had advanced about 500 yards to the south of Atherstone station, and which, in attempting to shunt, came into collision with a fast train, called the limited mail. In coming to their conclusion, it would be necessary to consider the rules under which opecial cattle trains were started from the stations. Without saying anything of the discretion vested in those in charge of the stations, and who might happen to be the senior officer there, he thought that there ought not to be any discretion in such a matter, and that when trains came out of the ordinary time, and were not noticed in the running bills of the company, special notice should be given to the drivers and guards of the following trains, without regard to the length of time such train might have left the station. There could be no doubt that the death of the deceased resulted. from some error of judgment, or some negligence or carelessness on the part of one or more of the officials of the London and North-Western Railway Company. The evi dence was very voluminous, and, he was sorry to say, very contradictory, and, this being so, the best course that he could adopt was to read through the whole of the evidence which bad been given, and to which , no d oubt, the jury had already paid considerable attention. The coroner then proceeded to read through the evidence. He pointed out that part of the evidence of the driver of the mail train in which he stated that he had slackened the speed of the train as much as possible, and, though contradicted by the porter at the station, it had been confirmed by the statement of the engineer who had examined the position of the " nut," which proved that the break had been applied by the driver. He also directed attention to the fact that there could be no doubt that the driver did not whistle ; but this was a point which he considered as of little importance, as, had he done so, it would not have prevented the collision. 'With respect to the evidence of Moorcroft, the station master of Tamworth, who had permitted the cattle train to go on, he stated that the step taken by Matts, the driver of the cattle train, in shunting at Atherstone, was perfectly correct , an d, if the signals had been all right, and observed by the driver of the limited mail, he would have' been per fectly safe, and the accident would not have hap pened. The discrepancy in the evidence between Moorcroft and Matts as to the time at which the cattle train left Tamworth was referred to. The station-master stated that it was not later than half past one when the cattle train left, and Matts, on the other hand, said that it was thirty-five minutes past one. The statement of Moorcroft was con firmed by the evidence of the breaksman of the Liverpool train, who stated that after half-past one no goods or cattle train would be allowed to go out of the station until after the limited mail had passed through. The inspector of police at Tam ' worth, who stated that after having heard of the accident he proceeded to Atherstone, said that on approaching the station the auxiliary light was turned on red. This was in direct opposition to the evidence of previous witnesses, and also that of Hart, the guard of the Manchester train, which left Staf ford about three o'clock, who remarla.d that there was no light at the auxiliary, and directed the attention of his mate' to the fact that the lamp was out. Having gone carefully through the whole of the evidence, the coroner directed the jury to inquire when, where, and how the deceased had come by their death. The first two questions would, he said; he very easily solved, but the third was for them to decide. Whatever might be the ver ) diet he trusted that it would result in such arrangements for managing the traffic by these special treks in future as would prevent a recur rence of similar catastrophes. The jury retired at a quarter past 3 o'clock, and after an absence of nearly four hours, agreed to the following verdict:—" We find that the several deaths of Andrew Derby, John Macdonald, Edward Macdonald, George Renshaw, Joseph Thompson , James Tallant, Jon Tallant, James Hickey, and James Cheery on the 16th of November, 1860, and of Michael Vaughan on the 17th of November, 1869, were caused by reason of the up limited mail train of the London and North-Western Rail way Company, and which is timed by the tables of the company to be at Tamworth at 1 56 a.m., running into collision with a special cattle train while the latter was shunting into a siding at the south end of the Atherstone station, the deceased, except' James Cheery, then severally travelling in a drovers' van attached to such cattle train, and Cheery on the engine of the up limited mail train. We find that the several deaths were accidental, but that the rules of the company should not allow their station officers at their discretion to despatch fast trains and slow trains from the stations so close to one another, and are in this respect incon sistent with the safety of the public; that upon the occasion in qaeation Moorcroft, platform inspector of Tamworth, was wrong in not warning the driver of the up limited mail train of the cattle train before him ; that Ed ward Barker, driver a the up, limited mail train, was to blame in not 'Dimming the main signal and putting on the whistle at level crossings ; that according to the scientific evidence given It this inquest the drover's van in cattle trains would be more safely placed in front of the cattle trucks than behind them, with a light van between it and the tender, and that, considering the peculiar state of the line as respects the curves and level crossings near the Atherstone station, it is essentially necessary for the safety of the public that a telegraph at the Atherstone station should be kept in communication day and night with the stations at Tamworth and Nuneaton as to the arri• val and departure of trains ; and that an additional communicating signal should be placed and worked at each end of the station." The foreman of the jury, after handing in the verdict, stated that he felt it his duty, on behalf of his brother jurors and himself, to say that, in the course of the inquiry they had received every pos sible assistance from the officers of the London and North-Western Railway, and that all the informa tion which they had sought to obtain had been most promptly and cheerfully given to them. Mr. Cleather, the solicitor, stated that the direc tors had instructed him to afford every assistance in his power, and he was gratified to learn that the assistance rendered had been of service to' the in quiry. 'With respect to the recommendations ap pended to the verdict of the jury, he would take care that they should be forwarded immediately to the proper quarter, and he had no doubt that they would receive every consideration. The proceedings then terminated. Till? ROAD MURDER. FURTHER DISCLOSURES. FROME, SUNDAY EVENING. Some further details of an important character have come out in connection with this crime within the last two or three days, which it is confidently hoped may lead to important results. It has been known that for the last three weeks Mr. Hughes, chief off,the police at Bath, has been engaged in a quiet but searching inquiry, during which time he has been assisted by Inspector Norris, who, it - will he remembered, was fortunate, in conjunction with Mr. Hughes, in discovering and arresting the Leigh Woods murderer some two years since. These two officers have been assiduously engaged in the case, having had an interview with Mr. Kent and his household yesterday afternoon, wlikh lasted several hours. The result is that they IV,Te succeeded in acquainting themselves, aided by some letters which have come into their possession, with several facts wholly new both to the police and the public, three or four of which are of such a nature as to warrant the belief that at any future inquiry they would form more important items of evidence than any which have hitherto been adduced. The nature of these it would of course be imprudent to disclose in the present stage. At present they ap pear to bear iu two opposite directions, but they will probably be reconciled by further inquiries now in progress. THE MISSING GARMENT. It will be recollected that among the statements volunteered before Mr. Saunders was one by Ser geant Watts, of the Somersetshire constabulary (confirmed by some officers of the Wiltshire force), to the effect that on Saturday, the 30th of June, the day on which the murder was discovered, he found a woman's night-shift stained with blood secreted i❑ the boiler hole of one of the kitchens of Road-hill house. This garment was afterwards handed to Mr. Superintendent Foley, who stated that he was confirmed in his own opinion by that of Mr. Stapleton, surgeon, that the marks of blood proceeded from natural causes and had nothing whatever to do with the murder, and acting on that opinion he directed the shift to be replaced, on the following Monday, in the place where it was found, whence it disappeared. It has now tran spired that up to the time of Mr. Saunders's inquiry the fact of finding this shift has been kept a pro found secret by the police, and that Mr. Stapleton, the surgeon, denies that any such garment was ever shown 0 him. Mr. Stapleton states that the only article of the kind which he inspected was one belonging to the elder Miss Kent, which was produced from her bedroom. The magistrates who have pursued the investigation held a meeting at the police-station, Trowbridge, on Thursday, at which inquiries were made, from which it was as certained that the shift was found by Sergeant Watts wrapped up in a brown paper parcel in the boiler hole of the back kitchen, about five o'clock on the afternoon of the day on which the murder was discovered. There were large stains of blood on it in the front and back. The fire in the boiler was lighted by the cook about seven a.m., and let out about nine o,clock, so that the shift must have been secreted after the latter hour. The cook and housemaid were interrogated for the first time on the subject last week, and both denied any know ledge of it. An examination of their linen, and that of some of the family was subsequently made. That of the housemaid is said to be made in the same way as the shift found in the tirenoie, but not to correspond in length. The garments of the cook and of Miss Constance Kent were not made in .the same way as the missing article. Miss Constance, however, had a new set, and the washerwoman described her old ones as being similar to the one so strangely found, and which has so strangely dis appeared. Mr. Stapleton was confronted with Mr. Superintendent Foley, and denied that the shift in question was ever shown to him.. The excuse of Mr. Superintendent Foley for not communicating the finding of the shift to the magistrates is that he was ashamed to do so, feeling convinced that it was not connected in any way with the murder. The bench are naturally annoyed at the illjudged re ticence of their officer, as they feel that the gar ment now missing might have afforded an impor tant clue to the discovery of the murder if properly followed up at the time of its having been found ; but that at a distance of nearly five months from the commission of the crime, it is almost hopeless now to expect that any light will be thrown on the matter by the disclosure which has been so tardily and almost unexpectedly made. The circumstance of the finding of the shift was not even mentioned to Mr. Inspector Whicher while he was engaged in the investigation of the case. CRIME IN PRANCE. Didier, the man arrested on the charge of mur dering and robbing M. and Mme. Rolland, of Re milly, near Metz, and who has been sent to the latter town for trial, has not only confessed his guilt, but has related all the circumstances of his crime. Two of them are singular :—The first is that he was for three days and three nights secreted in a barn,, with a quantity of provisions which he had provided, waiting for a favourable opportu nity for committing his intended crime, and that on each night he inspected the premises ; the next is that, finding on the third night the oc casion favourable,.he effected an entrance into the house, and on reaching thedining room he fancied he heard a noise, arid perceived what appeared to be a man in front of him ; he at once aimed a tre mendous blow at the man's head with his hammer, but to his astonishment, it Was, followed by a noise of broken glass—he having struck at his image in a looking glass ! This noise, however, did not awaken the aged couple, and when he had some what recovered from the emotion which the sin gular incident occasioned him, he went and mur dered them. • , Among the cases submitted yesterday to the Tribunal of Correctional Police was one which, though only a.public house brawl, excited some degree of interest on account of the names of the persons who figured in it—Talma, Boileau, and Cochin ; the latter that of one of the most distin guished advocates the French bar can boast of, the others, as is known, of the actor and the poet ; and the interest was increased when Talma stated that the renowned tragedian wtr's his great uncle, and that he himself occupied a subordinate place (not as actor) in the administration of the Theatre Franeais. The affair was this : Talma and Cochin a few nights back, after playing at cards in a pub lichouse kept by one Martin, 28, Rue de Valois, got into a quarrel about the payment of the score. A policeman heard the noise, and as the hour was past midnight he told Martin to shut up his house. Returning shortly after he heard the two men still quarrelling, and ho repeated his order, but Martin flew into a rage and struck him. He (the officer) seized .the man to take him to the lock-up; whereupon Talmo, interfered and struck him also, In consequence of this. Martin and Talma were accused of assaulting a police officer in the discharge of his duty; and Boileau and Cochin, who had been present, were called as witnesses. After investigating the circumstances, the Tribunal acquitted 'Palma, and fined Martin 25fr. As two police officers were yesterday morning passing along the Rue des Vinaigriers they perceived a young woman throw herself out of a window on the fifth floor of a house. They hurried to her, and finding that, though dreadfully injure:, she was still alive, they placed her in a litter to con vey her to the hospital ; but before they had gone far she died, and they accordingly took her body back to the house. From inquiries made, it, ea 413- s peared that the female, who is twenty-eight yr of age, ,had for poo time practised shopliftin porno g, and, having been discovered, was about t o be ._ ar rested ; and that she was so distrac ted at the idea that a young man, who was her lov er, should know of her disgrace, that she determined to commit suicide. In the account which was given of the extraor dinary affair in the Rue de la Fontaine-Mc:l*re —the cutting of the throat of a servant oirlyttmeal Personnet, as she was in bed asleep—it was stated that the crime appeared to have been committed to facilitate robbery, inasmuch as half a dozen silver spoons and forks had been taken away. But it struck the police that, as the girl was asleep, the robbery might have been perpetrated without at tempting to murder her, and that, consequently, the crime must have had some other motive than that at first supposed. Their view has been con firmed by the discovery that not even the articles in question were stolen, they having been found in a sewer of the house. The affair consequently is enveloped in mystery ; and until light shall be thrown on it, the police have:placed in custody the girl's master and mistress, and their nephew. These three persons, however, profess that they are innocent. The Court of Assizes of the Aisne three days ago tried a band of ten persons, six men and four women, all relatives, for a vast number of robberies of turkeys, geese, cocks and hens, rabbits, vegetables, grain, agricultural imple ments, clothing, etc., etc., from farm buildings at Cilly, Froidemont, Sainte-Genevieve, Lugny, Erlon, lla.ry, llarcegny, and other places, com mitted during the last three years. The trial lasted a considerable time, owing to the number of robberies alleged against the accused being not fewer than 74, and it being necessary to ascertain from 70 witnesses their respective shares in each one, but the details of the affair presented no interest. It was, however, stated, as a proof of the extent of their depredations, that they had stolen not fewer than 394 cocks and hens. The jury, to whom as many as 550 questions were put, acquitted four of the accused and convicted the others, who were consequently condemned to from two years' imprisonment to eight years' hard -abour. TILE INCOME OF THE CITY OF PARIS. The Debats publishes some interesting details concerning the income of the city of Paris during the past year. We select some extracts, which will give a fair idea of the immense resources of the French capital:— " The income of the city of Paris for the year 1859 amounted to 110.306,124 f., while the ;Ix penditure exceeded 97,720,514 f. As usual, the chief source of income was the octroi, which pro duced 50,040,457 f., the highest sum ever attained by that branch of the municipal revenue; indeed, on referring to previous years, we find only 41 millions for 1855, the year of the Universal Exhi tion, and but 33 millions in 1849 ; so that in ten years there has been an increase of above 21 millions. We may add that the octroi of Paris is far from having attained its maximum, and the receipts are estimated at 66 millions in the budget of 1860, by calculating at the rate of 30f. a head for the 400,000 new inhabitants whom the law of June 19 has brought within the limits of Paris." The statistics of the articles of ordinary con sumption sold in the markets are curious : "The receivers have ascertained that the value of the poultry and game sold in Paris is 19 millions of francs ; of butter, eggs, and cheese, 12 millions ; fruit and vegetables, three mil lions ; fish, eight millions ; oysters, two millions, &c. The ad valorem duty paid on these different articles amounts to nearly 4 millions. With re gard to butchers' meat, we may remark that the consumption has greatly increased since the de cree of the 24th of February, 1858, opening the trade to general competition. In 1857, under the monopoly, the slaughter dues were paid on only 43,000,000 kilogs. of meat ; whereas in 1859, when the trade was free, the consumption reached 60,000,000 kilogs. In the market revenues we must also mention the rent paid by the dealers for their standings, which is now two millions a year, and this increase is easily accounted for by the fact that, since - the opening of the new cen tral markets, the rent of the stalls, Sze., which is in some cases lf. 50c. per day, has increased by nearly 500,000 f. The duty paid on dogs is con siderably on the decrease, • and the sums re ceived for admission to the Bourse are also lower since the payment was first established : "In 1856, when the dog-tax was first im posed, the number of such animals paid for was 42,412 ; there are now only 29,587, producing a revenue of 292,000 fr. This reduction of the num ber was one of the results intended by the Legis lature. We may conclude our enumeration by noticing the amount paid for admission to the Bourse, the suppression of which has been so often announced by the financial press. In 1857, the first year it was imposed, the receipts were 728,157 fr. ; in 1858 they -declined to 702,206 fr. ; and last year were 703,187 fr. The extension of the limits of Paris is not likely to affect this source of revenue, but its estimate 3. amount in the budget of the present year is 725,000 fr. Various miscellaneous sources of revenue are briefly noticed in the following terms -" As to tl l / 4 , othe, sources of revenue, we will mention the Pompes- Funebres (214,525 f. for 30,019 interments), the public coach-stands (1,969,7681), sale of building ground (4,330,374 f.), the contribution from the State towards the paving of the streets (1,899,330 f.), also its share of the cost of the Municipal Guard (1,966,920 f.), Sze. ; and then proceeds to no tice the items of the expenditure, amount ing to 97,720,544 francs for the year 1859." The debts of the City of Paris require a very con siderable sum in the shape of interest. " The municipal debt stands first among the inevitable expenditure of the budget, as 16,433,000 f. were employed last yearin paying the interest and re funding the capital of the different loans con tracted by the administration. The first loan issued in 1849, for the sum of twenty five millions, was wholly paid off last year; the 2,531 last obligations absorbed the sum of 2,494,266 f. The second loan of 50 millions, for the prolongation of the Rue de Rivoli, and the construction of the Central Markets, was contracted in 1852. The refunding of this loan did not begin till last year; till then the payment of interest and the refunding of the bonds entitled to premiums were alone inserted in the budget, 4,284,175 fr. were devoted to this purpose, and the paying of 1,582 of the first bonds. The third loan of 60 millions, authorised by the decree of 29th March, 1855, was employed in making the Boulevard de Sebastopol, the Rue de Rivoli, and the Avenue Victoria; the ex tinction of 2,038 obligat ions, interest, and premiums, amount in the accounts of 1859 to 3,454,287 fr. We have nothing to say here of the last loan of 130 millions, contracted in August this year, as the first expenses arising therefrom will not come into ac count till the close of 1860." We terminate with the following extract :—" Among the sums which are too important to be passed over without no tice, we may mention 19 millions for highways and sewers, 12,295,000 f. for the expense of the police, independently of 1,209,000 f. appropriated for the new services which the decree of 13th Oc tober, 1859, transferred from the administration of the police to the Prefecture of the Seine, and also the 9,443,000 f. paid by the city to the Administra tion of Public Assistance. Lastly, we will men tion, as also representing a character of municipal interest, 1,559,000 f. for fetes and ceremonies, 559,000 f. for keeping up the Bois de Boulogne, 200,000 f. for works of art, and 573,707 f. for the service of the National Guard." FINE ART ORNAMENTATION OF WATCIIES.—" Perhaps there is no article of personal ornament and utility that ad mits of greater scope for the display of a cultivated artistic taste than ,the ornamentation of the dials and backs of watches. Countless designs displaying the greatest incre unity aro still the characteristic of the English manufac turer'sr productions, while designs of a higher order of merit are but rarely to be met with. The buyer's desideratum is to find an establishment where will be presented to him ample choice of artistic designs. It is therefore with plea sure that we can name the locale of such an establishment, It is that of Mr. J. W. Benson, situate at 33 and 34, Lud gate-hill."—lflorning Herald. Benson's illustrated pam phlet, post free for two stamps, is descriptive of every con struction of watch now made. Watches safe by post to all parts of the globe. 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The deaths, 13,846, were at the rate of 175 a year in every 10,000, or one death in every 57 persons ; in England they were 171, but that is much below the English aver age at this season, which slightly exceeds 200. The marriages, 4,488, were at the annual rate of 56 marriages in every 10,000 of the people; the Eng lish returns have not yet been made up, but the Ltverage is about 80—nearly 50 per cent. higher than in Scotland. As there was no such difference in the births, we are prepared to hear of the con tinued prevalence of unchastity in Scotland. Among three millions of people more than 7,000 illegitimate children have been born in the first three quarters of this year. It, is chiefly in the north-eastern and the southern districts that the excessive incontinence manifests itself. In the counties of Aberdeen and Dumfries one in every six children were illegitimate. There are one or two parishes in which a fourth of the births during the quarter were illegitimate, and in one instance the Registrar notes that there was not much difference between the numbers of the legitimate and the illegitimate children porn—eight and six. The im morality is not confined to the humbler classes, for the registrar of a parish in which three of the seven births were illegitimate remarks that in none of the cases could the crime be charged against the work ing classes, but no doubt it prevails chiefly among the lower orders. A local registrar in Acerdeen , shire represents that the evil would be reduced if stumbling-blocks in the way of marriages were re moved by increasing the number of cottages and crofts in rural districts. There is another remark able point to notice—the great difference between tho town districts and the country. In the last quarter the births in the town districts were in the annual proportion of 332 to every 10,000, in the country districts only 299; the marriages 75 in the towns, only 37 in the country ; the deaths at the annual rate of 203 in the towns, but only 145 in the country. ' In England the deaths were 184 in the towns, 158 in the country ; but the English ave rages since 1850 are 237 and 176. Among the deaths in Scotland specially noted are those of a little girl from the effect of a wasp's sting, and another from the bite of an adder, and the suicide of a woman who had been under the influence of reli gious excitement, which has been so rife in Scot land of late. Smallpox is ravaging the fair city . of Perth in consequence of one of its unvaccinated in habitants catching the disease in a railway carriage, in which aperson with the smallpox was travelling; and it has also been introduced into Leith through the mother of a child that had smallpox being sent to the child's birthplace on applying for relief. The Registrar-General asks for some legislative inter ference, and urges that if there are stringent enact ments regarding infectious diseases among cattle, the lives of the public should be protected in cases of this description, is which they cannot protect themselves. Some interesting meteorological infor mation is furnished in these returns. They record 509 hours of sunshine, which, distributed daily would have been more than five hours every day but still the weather was cold and the atmosphere humid, and the mean temperature of the quarter was as low as 53.9 deg., which is 2 4 deg. below the average of the four previous years; at Greenwich it was 56 . 2 deg., in one of the Shetlands 51.1 deg. The temperature of the sea on the open coast was 54.3 deg. ; of springs and wells, 48 8 deg. ; of the earth 12 inches underground, 55.3 deg. The regis trar of Dores, Inverness, reports that for seven weeks there was not a whole dry day there ; but on the average of all the returns, rain fell but on 44 days in the quarter, which is no more than-the usual number, and, notwithstanding great moisture of the air, the fall was only 7.53 inches, being 1.59 inch less than the fall in the same quarter of the four previous years. In England it was 9 . 6 inches, being 2.1 inches above the average of a more ex tended period. But the rainfall in different . parts; varied greatly. In Perthshire it reached 14'7 nichees and has amounted in the first three quarters of this year to 51 . 8 inches. The English Registrar-General records 42.6 inches as the nine months' fall at Lam peter (Cardigan), and 36 . 8 in Dorset. At Green wich it has been 25.1, which is 6 9 above the aver age. We may add, lastly, that the excess of births o-Tor U.:utile 1. Great Britain during the quarter was 88,726, or 964 a-day ; of Ireland we continue to have no record. COUNTRY 111ARE.E.77S. NORWICH—Nov. 24. To-day there was a good trade in wheat for all dry quali ties, at fully former rates, but inferior sorts met a slow sale at rather lower rates. The supply was limited. There was a fair supply of barley, and prices were much the same for all descriptions. White wheat 62s to 63s I Red wheat 52s to 581 Malting bar1ey....418 to 44s I Chevalier barley 38s to 43e Distilling d0......32s to 37s Oats.. Flour, 40s to 41s Od per sack from the miller. STAMFORD—Nov. 24. An ample supply of wheat at market yesterday, for which the farmers asked former prices for old, and 2s less for new. Trade dull. Oats held for is decline, with a fair supply. The demand was slow for beans, and last week's prices were supported. Wheat ....Ms to 62s I Oats.. 24s to 32 0 White do Hs to 68s Beans 4Bs to 500 Barley .. 36s to 44s I Ditto, old ........52s to sis YORK— Nov. 24. The supply of wheat was good to-day, with a fair attend ance of factors and farmers. The trade was firm, and the currencies were at fully previous rates for old wheat ; new, 2s cheaper. Oats were a fair show, and a reduction of is took place. Wheat, red .48s to Ws i Oats.... 24s to 28s White do .58s to 64s Beans ... 56s to --a I Barley .34s to 42s Peas ....—s to —ll Malt, 70s to 72s per qr. ; r y e , 42 s p er qr . ; flour, 48s to 52s per sack. LEICESTER—Nov. 24. The supply of wheat was pretty tolerable to-day, in fair condition, and prices 2s decline. White wheat, 66s to 741 —red, 56s to 69s per 36 stone; a very inactive sale for barley, grinding, 30s to 34s ; malting, 405 to 46e per qr. ; oats, 24s to 38s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 54s to 581; new 485 to 53s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 485 I Seconds, 445 Thirds, —5 per 20 stone. CAMBRIDGE—Nov. 24. There was a tolerable supply of wheat, both old and new, and, with a fair trade, white moved off at 50s to 545; red, 40s to 48s per 36 stone. There was a good supply of barley; malting, 38s to 44s ; grinding, 30 14 t o 364 per 30 stone. Oats at 22s to 28s for new ; old oats, 21s to 28s. Beans in scarce supply, and unchanged —new, 32s to 365; old, 51s to 540 per 38 stone; peas, 48s to 50s per 36 stone. White cloverseed, 86s to 89s; red, 46s to 60s per qr, ; tares, 14s to 15s per bushel. -Nov. 23. S. d. as. d. Do., new l5 0 to 16 6 Bere Rapeseed 30 0 to 32 0 Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn DUBLIN• s. d. 8. d. I Wheat, white 33 0 to 36 0 Do., red 31 0 to 33 0 Do., new .. • • 3 0 oto 0 I Barley Oats Do., black l4 0 to 15 0 The Tournal de Rouen states that an augmenta tion in the price of cigars is spoken of. It says aim that a report is current that the Government intends to take into its own hands a branch of industry which is closely con nected with the sale of tobacco and cigars—the making and sale of chemical matches. Should it do so, adds that jour nal, the manufacture will take place on a system which will render them less inflammable, and so prevent the accidents of which they are frequently the cause. BIRTHS. A.vutEß.--On the 22d inst., at Ashstead, Surrey, Mrs. 11. G. Aylmer, of a daughter. FiTzßov. On the 23d inst., at 23, Grosvenor-street, the .Lady Frederick Fitzßoy, of a son. MANCHESTER —On. the 23d inst., at 1, Great Stanhope street, the Duchess of Manchester, of a son. WHITE.—On the 21st inst., at 7, Lansdowne-read, Nett ing hill, the wife of Frederick T. White, Esq., of Lincoln's inn, barrister-at-law, of a son. MARRIAGES. GORDON.—CASE.—On the 22d inst., at Sandgate, George Hamilton Gordon, Captain R.E., to Blanche Emma Beatrice, the youngest daughter of the late John Ashton Case, Esq. HIGGINSON—HIGGINSON.—On the 20th inst., at Maghe ragall parish church, co. Antrim, Chas. Henry Higgin son, Esq., Mauritius C.S., to Mary Macaulay, the oldest daughter of Sir: James Macaulay Higginson, K.C.8., Brookhill, • DEATHS. Bnzi:T.—On the 23d inst., Richard, youngest son of Mr. Richard Brett, 52, Trinity-square, Newington, S.E., aged 13 months. FITZGERALD.—On tho 23d inst., at Sidmouth, Jane, wife of Crofton Fitzgerald, Esq. HALL.—On the 23d inst., at 32, Inverness -terrace, Miss Mary Ann Hall, aged 71. HESELTINE.—At Birkenhead, the reli c t o f t h e late J ame s Heseltine, Esq., aged 77. KING.--On the 23d inst., Charles Ring, Esq., of Olney cottage, Cowper-road, near Stoke Newington-green, _ aged 47. PERKINS.-012 the 23d inst., at 12, Cambridge-terrace , Kingsland, Mr. James Perkins, of Threadneedle-stree t, aged 75. Lortnost : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Jffiee, No. 1129 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savpy, iu.•tbe ocuntY Ididdictriez i Monday, November 26, 1860. ' to Pe Cr; me 1111 cot het eta Jai her No, the