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

JAPAN. The following is the bilk of Mr. L. Oliphant's interesting paper on Japan, from which we printed an extract yesterday : With the exception of the accounts which have from time to time been published by members of the Dutch Factory at Decimbo, we know little more of Japan than we did in the days of Queen Elizabeth, when the old chronicler thus commences his descrip tion of the empire :—" Japonia may be said to be, as it were, a body of many and sundry ilandes, of all sorts of bignesse ; which iles, as they are sepa rated in situation from the rest of the whole worlde, so are they in like mauler inhabited of people most different from all others, both for manners and custums." Even in those early days, Jesuit missionaries had penetrated the country in many directions, but their narratives consist oftener of an account of their missionary labours than of the field in which they were undertaken. They are more careful to describe the miracles they per formed than the wonders of nature, and dilate rather upon the number of converts made in a province than upon its mineral or agricultural resources. As 'books of reference to the geographer, they are not, therefore, so valuable as those of Kampfer, Liebold, Thumberg, and others, whose opportunities were not so extensive, but whose powers of observation are directed into a dif ferent channel. The empire of Japan is stated, according to native authority to consist of re up wards of three thousand islan ds. The gat majority of these, however, are uninhabited rocks. The principal island is known to the natives as Dai Nipon. The latter word Nipon is, d doubtl the whole ess, the origin of the term Japan, now applie to group. The Chinese have called Nipon, " Jipun, the Empire proceeding from the sun. Marco Polo calls it Jypanger, but all these words have clearly a common origin. Yesso, Kinsin, and Sikok complete the group of larger islands, and which contain a territorial superficies roughly esti mated. at 160,000 square miles. To these must be added the Japanese settlements in the neighbouring island of Tarakai, where the boundary which divides them from Russia, and marks the limit of that spreading empire in this direction, remains yet un decided. The general geographical features of Japan are too well known to require any description at pre sent. Every . Dutch author has given a list of the eight tracts into which the empire is primarily divided, of their subdivision into sixty-eight pro vinces, and of the re-division of these again into a certain number of districts. They have, moreover, furnished us with a general geographical descrip tion of the physical character of some of these pro vinces, as derived from personal observation, on the oc casion of the Dutch mission to Yedo, which takes place periodically throughout a long series of years. These accounts have been translated into English, and published by various compilers, who have for the most part continued their series with repro ducing the same information. The three ports of the empire-visited by the mission, and which fell more immediately under our observation, were Nagasaki, situated in the Island of Kinsin ; Smieda, a port 'spelled by C o mmodore Perry on the promontory of Vasa; an d Yedo, the capital city of the empire. Of these Nagasaki is the one with which we have been for the longest period familiar. In former times it was a fishing village situated in the princi pality of Omura; it is now an imperial demesne, and the most flourishing port in the empire. It owes its origin to the establishment, at this advantageous point, of a Portuguese settlement in the year 1569, and its prosperity to the enlightened policy pursued by the Christian Prince of Omurs, in whose terri tory it was situated; while its transference to the Crown was the result of political intrigues on the part of the Portuguese settlers, in consequence of which the celebrated Tageo Sama included it among the lands appertaining to the Crown. Situated almost at the westernmost extremity of the empire, at the head of a deep land-locked harbour, and in convenient proximity to some of the wealthiest and most productive principalities in the empire, Na gasaki possesses great local advantages, and will doubtless continue an important commercial empo rium even when the trade of the empire at large is more fully developed, and has found an outlet through other ports. The town is pleasantly situated on a belt of level ground, which intervenes between the water and the swelling hills, forming an amphi theatre of great scenic beauty ; their slopes terraced with rice-fields ; their valleys heavily timbered, and watered by gushing mountain streams ; their pro jecting points crowned with temples or frowning with batteries ; everywhere cottages buried in fo liage reveal their existence by curling wreaths of blue smoke ; in the creeks and inlets picturesque boats lie moored ; sacred groves, approached by rock-cut steps, or pleasure gardens tastefully laid out, enchant the eye. The whole aspect of nature is such as cannot fail to produce a most favourable impression upon the mind of the stranger visiting Japan for the first time. - The city itself contains a population of about 50,000, and consists of about 80 or 90 streets, run ' ning at right angles to each other—broad enough to admit of the passage of wheeled vehicles, were any to be seen in them—and kept scrupulously clean. A canal intersects the city, spanned by 35 bridges, of which 15 are handsomely constructed of stone. The Dutch factory is placed upon a small fan-shaped island about 200 yards in length, and connected with the mainland by a bridge. Until recently, the members of the factory were confined exclusively to this limited area, and kept under a strict and rigid surveillance. The old regime is now, however, rapidly passing ; and the history of their imprison ment, of the indignities to which they were exposed, and the insults they suffered, has already become a matter of tradition. Kinsin, or " the Island of Nine," in which Naga saki is situated, is so called because it is divided into nine provinces. It contains an area of about 16,000 miles, being in extent nearly equal to Sar dinia. The provinces of which it is composed are— Fizen, Tsikuzen, Tsikugo, Buzen, Bungo, Figo, Oosom, Fingo, and Satsuma. I have enumerated those by name not so much for the purpose of in formation as to convey some idea of the words and names in the Japanese language. All these pro vinces are divided among many princes, who are vassals of the empire. The supremacy, however, in each is generally vested in a single family, whose hereditary position among the aristocracy of the country confers upon it a recognised ascend ancy. The Kinsin, the most important of these princi palities, are Fizen and Satsuma. The largest city in the island, Saga, is the capital of Fizen and resi dence of its prince. Attached to this province there are no fewer than 1,016 islands. One of these, Firando, is interesting to us, from the fact that, in the year 1613, an English factory was established there, which,however,after a brief existence, failed, in consequence of a combination of adverse circum stances to which it is not necessary here to allude, more especially as we have no reason to anticipate they will again arise to nip in thelbud the commerce that is rapidly growing in those regions. Sima barra is another part of this province possessing historical interest. Its siege forms a celebrated but melancholy episode in the history of Christianity in Japan. 35,000 Roman Catholic Christians, who had taken refuge within its waters, were bombarded by the Dutch at the behest of the Japanese Govern ment, and utterly extermined. In former days Nagasaki was comprised within the limits of Fizen, and even now the defence of that city, in time of war, devolves upon its prince. The revenue of this high dignitary is stated to amount to abount £360,000 a year. His territory is one of the most productive in the empire, which will account for this enormous revenue. Besides rice, and various descriptions of grain, it pro duces tea, tobacco, and cotton, besides fruit of divers sorts. Among the most important of its products, however, should be mentioned the veget able tallow, one cargo of which has already reached this country, and been disposed of at a large profit. Among its mineral productions are iron, sulphur. cinnabar, and marble. There is a coal mine at ruk eraer which T some of the Dutch mission have hey desceibe the mine as being well and judiciou sl y worked, and the coal as being bitu minous in i ls r n te a r tu e re, and made into coke for use. Old Kern nature of story, ofti by way of illustrating the volcanic lWhich, through the of a coal mine in this province u h g the careles sness . of the miners, took fir®, and as been burning ever since. The nearest coal mine is not more than 7 miles from Nagasaki. Anothe r very extensive one is situated in Ts eku g en, about 1.00 miles distant. A very excellent description of po rcela in clay is also found here, and the European demand f or eggshell china, which is sol d in g reat quantities at Nagasaki,is chiefly supplied by the subjects of the Prince s o f Lizen and Satsuma. by former ruler is, so f ar as we could learn from our D utch informant at Nagasaki, a man of tolerably advanced views, and favourably disposed towards foreigners. He has already Adopted many of our wisest inventions, but has not succeeded in thoroughly divesting him m s ort of old prejudices. This was illust rated a short tie prior to our visit, by his refusal to allow the Dutch - to enter his territory to put up a steam engine which he himself hal ordered out from Europe, to tutpmp water out of one of his coal mines. e Prince who has distinguished himself most notably' by his prog ressive views is his Highnes s of Satsuma. Ufortunately, since our return to this country, we have received intelligence of the death of this most enlightened nobleman. A man of the highest rank, of enormous wealth, of great politi cal influence, the Prince of Satsuma was ever ready to advance the interests of foreigners, and to intro duce into his own state their arts and inventions. was informed by a Dutch gentleman who had visited him that he had established an electric tele graph between his castle and Kagosina, the chief city of his province, a distance of about three miles. He has also extensive glass factories, and cannon foundries, in which 800 workmen are e mployed. Some idea may be formed of th e scale u p on which his establishment was conducted, from the fact that he possessed nine houses in Yedo, and always travelled to that city with an escort of several thousand men. He was nearly connected with the royal family, his daughter being married to the late Tycoon, or Temporal Empero r, whose demise took place about the period of our arrival at Yedo. A former prince of Satsuma was the conqueror of the Lewehew Islands. The province of Satsuma contains great quantities of sulphur, which may form an important item in our trade with Japan. At its southern extremity is situated the island of Loogasina, or Sulphur Island, which is said to burn incessantly. We did not pass within sight of it, however. The mines on the island yield the Prince of Satsuma an annual revenue of 200 chests of silver. The whole of the island of Kinsin is eminently volcanic, notwithstanding its general fertility and varied products. Parts of it are wild and barren ; the aspect of shores and formation, and general character of its mountains would betray its origin, even did not incessant volcanic action exist to put the matter beyond a doubt. There are no less than five volcanoes active in this island alone ; they are —Mitake, in the province of Satsuma ; Kirisima Mamma, in Fingo ; Asoyamma, in Figo ; Wuuzler, in Fizer ; and Tsurminyanma, in Bungo. The most celebrated of these are the Kirisma Yamma, and Wunzler, or the " High Mountains of Warm Springs." I find, on referring to the Chi nese Repository, that in 1793 the summit of the mountain sunk entirely down ; torrents of boiling water issued from all parts of the deep cavity which was thus formed, and the vapour arose like thick smoke. In one of its eruptions it is recorded to have destroyed the ill-fated city of Simabara, when 53,000 persons are said to have perished. There are also many hot and sulphurous springs, which are used as baths, and accounted to have great me dical qualities. To some of these curious supersti tions are attached. They are considered depart ments for punishment in the infernal regions. To one which is covered at the top with a cream-like froth, are consigned pastrycooks and confectioners who practised adulteration while in life ; while de ceitful brewers pass a miserable existence in a spring as thick and muddy as the beer and rakee they sold their customers. The Island of Kin sin is well watered ; a hardy and industrious population inhabit its fertile valleys ; its lofty moun tain ranges contain scenes of great grandeur and sublimity, while its shores, indented with deep and secure harbours, and feathered with wood, owe much of their picturesque beauty to the numerous islands which stud those inland waters. It is separated from the Island of Nipon by the narrow Straits of Vander Capellen or Simonerki, which connects the Straits of the Corea with the Purvonadei Sea. It was originally the intention of Lord Elgin to have explored on his return voyage this most remarkable sheet of water, never yet traversed by foreign keel, and which must afford a most interesting field for surveys of a scientific character, as also for general observation. Unfortu nately, however, our time did not admit of his put ting this design into execution. The S. sea is thickly covered with islands, and was reported to us by the Japanese as navigable for ships of large draught. The large and important island of Sikok intervenes between it and the North Pacific Ocean, with which this sea is connected by the Straits of Bango on the west, and the narrow channel of Kind on the east. Sikok is, as its name implies, divided into four pro vinces. As, however, we did not even sight its shores, we had no opportunity of obtaining any informa tion about it. It is about 150 miles long, with an average breadth of 70 miles, and is computed to contain about 20,000 square miles. With the Suwonda Sea, however, we are more closely interested, for upon its margin is the Port of Hiogo, opened by the late treaty to the commerce of the west. This port is situated in the - Bay of Othosaka, oppo site to the celebrated city of that name, from which it is 10 or 12 miles distant. The Japanese Govern ment have expended vast sums in their engi neering efforts to improve its once dangerous an chorage. A breakwater, which was erected at a prodigious expense, and which cost the lives of numbers of workmen, has proved sufficient for the object for which it was designed. There is a tra dition that a superstition existed in connexion with this dyke, to the effect that it would never be finished, unless an individual could be found suffi ciently patriotic to allow himself to be buried in it. A Japanese Curtius was not long in forthcoming, to whom a debt of gratitude will be due in all time to come, from every British ship that rides securely at anchor behind the breakwater. Hiogo has now become the port of Ohosaken and Miaco, and will, in all probability, be the principal port of European trade in the empire. The city is de scribed as equal in size to Nagasaki. When /Camp fer visited it he found 300 junks at anchor in its there. Foreigners are permitted by treaty to go into the interior for a distance of 20 miles. Except THE SUN, LONDON, TIIVIT,SDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 180, CNATMINA L COURT, Sept. 21. Westminster.' During the month of June, the Rev. C. Bull was officiating in the place of the Rev. Mr. Wade. That gentleman, who is trustee of the fund for the parochial school, had signed the cheque book for the expenses of the school, and left it with Mr. Bull. The cheque-book was kept in the vestry, and locked up. This the prisoner knew, and having abstracted one of the cheques filled it in for the sum named, which was not discovered until the pass-book came back from the London and Westminster Bank. In the meantime the prisoner had absented himself from the school, stating that he had gone to look after £4OO coming to him in Scotland. The evidence being insufficient the prisoner was acquitted. Wm. Williams, Wm. Atkins, 21, and Jas. John son, 18, privates in the Royal Artillery, were in dicted for stealing some shirts, belts, and other articles, the property of Col. Graydon. Mr. Langford prosecuted, and Mr. F. H. Lewis defended. The prisoners had been confined upon the 27th of August in the guard-room for desertion, and broke out through a door leading to the store-room, where the officers' baggage was kept, and breaking open Col. Graydon's (the prosecutor's) box, st )1e a quan tity of plate and other articles from it. They were taken the following day, and upon each was found some of the property stolen. The jury found them guilty, and they were each sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept, 21. (Before Mr. Payne, Deputy Assistant-Judge.) Mary Denny and Mary Healey were indicted for stealing from the person of Rosetta Clommerson a purse and three half-crowns, her property and money. Mr. Daly was for the prosecution ; Mr. Dickie defended the prisoners. The prosecutrix deposed—l am an unfortunate, and live at 50, Albert-street, Islington. About 11 o'clock on the night of the 7th of this month I was at the Angel, at Islington, and there met the pri soners and another woman. They asked me to treat them to something to drink, as they were very poor, and we went into the Angel, and I called for M. worth of gin. Healey, as I stood at the counter, asked me to pour out the gln. I did so, and while I was doing it Denny put her hand in my pocket and took out my purse, which contained three half crowns and a sixpence. I took hold of her hand, and she passed the purse to Healey, who took it, and placed it somewhere in the back of her dress. I went and shut one door of the public-house, and some one else did the other. In the meantime my purse was thrown on the floor. I charged Healey with having taken it, and she threatened to knock my head against the wall. Denny prevented her doing so. A policeman came, and I gave them in charge, but a great mob got round me, and I was frightened. After Healey was released from the policeman she made use of most disgusting and threatening language to me, after which I again got the constable an gave them in charge. When I saw the purse on the ground I picked it up, but the three half-crowns were gone out of it. I can swear they were in it and safe when Denny put her hand in my pocket. I know that because I wanted change for one of the half-crowns, and I was quite sober. I know the prisoners ; they are, like myself, unfortunate. I have been out nine months. Mr. Dickie cross-examined the witness, but she adhered to her statement in a most straightforward manner. The evidence of the policeman in the case, 314 N, so far as he was concerned, fully corroborated that of the prosecutrix. Sho gave him the purse when she had picked it up, and a sixpence was in it. Mr. Dickie, for the defence, urged that two women who were of the same class as prosecutrix stated she was, ought not to bo convicted upon her sole testimony. The learned judge told the jury it was entirely a ase for them to decide. If they thought the prose cutrix hag told the truth, the case was made out; if they thought she was an untrue witness, of course they would acquit the prisoners. The jury found both guilty, and former convic tions were proved against them—more against Healey than the other. The learned judge said he was quite satisfied with the verdict, and that the statement of prose cutrix was true. He sentenced Healey to four years' penal servitude, and Denny to 12 months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--Sept. 2 GUILDHALL.—EXAMINATION OF AN ABSCOND ING BANKRUPT —Mr. David Hughes, of Gresham street, City, of 10, Canonbury-place, 'lslington, and of Kingsgate Castle, Margate, solicitor, was brought before Alderman Lawrence by Sergeant Brett, of the City detective force, who apprehended him at Victoria, in Australia, on a warrant issued from this court, to answer the charge of feloniously abscond ing from his creditors and not surrendering to his bankruptcy. Mr. Poland prosecuted, and Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphreys, Son, and Morgan, conducted the defence. The evidence in support of the charge of non-sur render was of a purely formal character; but from the opening statement by counsel, and circumstances brought to light from time to time during the 12 months the bankrupt has been away, it appeared that en July 20, 1858, he absconded from his credi tors and fled to Australia, leaving behind him lia hilities to the extent of about £150,000 or £200,000 Within a few days after his disappearance a circular was forwarded to all his clients and creditors stating ha had retired from business in consequence of ill health, which induced several to call at the office in Gresham-street, to promote a settlement of their va rious claims, but as he was not to be found, and no satisfactory tidings could be obtained about him for a time, application was at length made to the Bank ruptcy Court, and in the early part of August, 1858, he, was duly adjudged a bankrupt, and on in vestigating his accounts it was ascertained that in his personal expenditure he had exceeded the amount of his entire income by no less a sum than 1:56,000 ; that a further sum of £40,000, consisting of moneys held in trust for clients and others, had been misappropriated, and that the total liabilities considerably exceeded £150,000, about £60,000 of which had been incurred in bill transactions, &c. With regard to bankrupt's estate, it was considered very insignificant in comparison with the-amount of the liabilities, it being for the most part mort gaged to its full value. These facts being brought to the knowledge of the Commissioner in bank ruptcy a criminal prosecution was directed, and in April last a warrant for the bankrupt's ap• pretension was applied for at this court and granted. That warrant was then placed in the hands of Sergeant Brett, an efficient member of the detective force, who forthwith proceeded overland to Australia. Arrived at Victoria he lost no time in discovering the bankrupt, who was in the comfort able occupation of a very pleasant suburban retreat, but on being informed by Brett that he held a war rant for his apprehension, every conceivable ob struction was thrown in the way to prevent him bringing the bankrupt back. The cleverest lawyers in the .colony wore engaged on either side to con test the legality of the arrest at every point, begin ning at the police court, before a bench of magis trates, and eventually before the Lord Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of the colony, who finally settled every point of law by backing the warrant. he bankrupt's friends were, however, determined not to be defeated as long as there was a chance left, and they therefore attempted to get him confined in an asylum as a lunatic. and had it not been for the most 1111- wearied vigilance of Brett, and the decision with which he acted, the bankrupt would have been snatched from his hold at the last moment, and when the object of his journeying many thousands of miles was all but accomplished. Brett, who re turned in the Agincourt sailing vessel, has succeeded in bringing his prisoner over, having in the short space of five months and six days made the circuit of the world, besides performing the duties upon which he was sent to the satisfaction of all parties concerned, exevting, of course, the bankrupt and his friends. Mr. Poland said Ile only proposed adducing evi dence relative to the offence of non-surrender, and then to ask for a remand, and on a future day he would bring forward evidence in support of various charges of fraud against the prisoner. Mr. Morgan said he admitted that the bankrupt was inextricably involved in difficulties at the time he left this country, but denied most emphatically that there was a single element of fraud in his con duct throughout. That the bankrupt had not the coin age to n.eet his difficulties was quite true, and he therefore went to Australia, where his embarnss lIINJ is preyed so much on his mind that he was for a short time placed in an asylum. If, however, be had stayed, or if the assignees had made any at tt,mpt to realise the property he had left behind him, it would have been found that, although the liabilities were £150,000, the value of the assets was I IAO. _ _ \i r. Poland said all he applied for now was a re m ad, and he thought at this early stage of the case Mr. Alorgan's statement was somewhat premature lie !loped, for the sake of the ereditorp, the assets would turn out to be of that value. Mr. Morgan said he mentioned it to show that the prisoner did not contemplate bankruptcy when fie It ft this country. Mr. Poland said, however that may be, the bank rupt, when he absconded, left behind him an autho- rity to dispute the adjudication in bankruptcy, and the adjudication was disputed. Mr. Morgan said he should not have made any remarks at present if Mr. Poland had not opened the case as one of fraud. Mr. Poland said whatever he had stated in his opening he would prove on a future occasion. At the same time, he felt it due to the officer Brett to say he had displayed such an extraordinary amount of zeal and energy, and such great intelligence and care in apprehending and retaining the bankrupt in custody till he brought him safely to this country, that he was fairly entitled to the greatest praise. The bankrupt, who after the first five minutes appeared very much pained at the position in which he found himself, was then remanded for a week. WORSHIP-STREET.-DARING AND IMPUDENT ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY WITH ASSAULT.-John Patrick, 20, thickset, with prominent features, de scribed as having neither residence nor occupation, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with two 'vio lent assaults. Mr. Henry Adams, a young and slightly-framed person, carrying on the business of a pawnbroker in Wentworth-street, Spitalfields, said—Last evening I accompanied my wife, who is in extremely deli cate health, to the residence of her medical attend- ant, and while passing along Crown•street, Finsbury, on our return, she stopped to make a purchase. Di rectly this was effected, she having a purse contain ing £8 in gold and nearly 30s. in silver in her hand the prisoner, holding a coat on one arm, appeared to meet us, and struck her a violent blow with his fist. I put up my hand and asked what he meant by such a cowardly act, and then he seized me by the collar of my coat with both hands, shaking me as an angry boy would a kitten, at the same time assail ing me in the grossest language, and threatening to give me in charge as a pickpocket, and asserting my wife was aknown prostitute. At the instant the first assault was committed I suspected a robbery was contemplated, and therefore got possession of the purse and money from my wife's hand, I further believe that the prisoner was surrounded by accomplices am7:ng the mob that quickly assembled, and I am a pretty good judge cf bad characters from carrying on business in the locality mentioned. Ultimately I gave the prisoner in charge of a constable whose presence was obtained by a paid messenger, and I was compelled to seek safety in a cab from many of the crowd, who even thee followed a considerable distance. Mrs. Susannah Adams—l am suffering from a diseased chest. After making the purchase alluded to by my husband, I had scarcely passed two steps when I received a blow in my bosom from the pri soner that turned me half round, and I nearly fainted from the effects of it. The prisoner then assaulted my husband and abused us both, after which he wanted me to take his arm, and told me not to take any notice of " that man" (Mr. Adams). Mr. Aaron Smith, a tradesman in Moor-fields, stated that he did not witness the attack upon the lady, but that he saw every succeeding act of the prisoner's, which, together with his language, was of the most infamous kind. When remonstrated with and told that such conduct was disgraceful and unlike an Englishman, the scoundrel wanted to fight the prosecutor, and would have struck him had he not been prevented. Police-constable 132 G, who took the charge, said that he heard the prisoner, who was a little in liquor, use most scurrilous language to Mr. and Mrs. Adams, at the corner of Chiswell-street. Mr. D'Eyncourt questioned this officer as to his knowledge of the prisoner and any of the mob, but it appeared that he was a " young hand." A 425 deposed to the prisoner being a companion of daring thieves, known as the "Golden-lane gang." The coat alluded to was very old, and as usual, when to be " worked," was without pockets, yet affording free access for the hand through the pocket-hole. Railway or horse rugs were frequently used for the same purpose, according to the garb of the " operator." Prisoner—All the statements about me are false, and as to the coat, why, it certainly is a little worse for wear. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Fortunately for you it cannot he proved that you were acting in complicity, or I should certainly have sent this case for a jury to deal with. I suspect your intention was to rob Mrs. Adams of her purse, which in all probability had been seen in her hand while she was paying for the purchase spoken of. Prisoner—Oh, dear no ; nothing of the kind. Mr. D'Eyncourt—l believe so, and that you dealt the lady a blow in the hope that she would be unable, from the effect of it, to retain possession of the money. Prisoner—Nothing of the kind, I assure you. Mr. D'Eyncourt—l order you to pay £5 for each assault that you have committed. Prisoner—Nothing of the kind. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Failing in that, you will go to prison with hard labour for four months. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTERFIELD RACES.-TUESDAY. The Hartington Stakes of 30 sovs (Handicap), added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs eaoh, for all ages ; winners extra ; second to save his stake. Half a mile. 10 subs. Mr. T. Cliff's Lustre, 3 yrs, Bst (L. Snowdon) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's E. L., 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Challoner) 2 Col. Towneley's Shoulder-knot, 2 yrs, Gst 51b, ,(Howey) 3 The following also ran :—Ringlet, Sister to Ryistone, and Queen of the Vale. Betting-6 to 4 agst E. L., 2to 1 agst Lustre, 4to 1 agst Ringlet, 5 to 1 agst Shoulder-knot. Won by half a length ; a neck between the second and third ; and a head between the third and fourth. The Ladies' Stakes of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; the second to save his stake. Optional selling weights. One mile. 3 subs. Mr. Dresser's Amy Sedgewick, 2 yrs (£30),,55t.81b (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. T. Cliff's Creeper, 2 yrs (no), sst 41b (car. 6st 71b),,, • - (Sadler) 2 Mr. Martin's The Deer, 3 yrs (£2O), 7st 51b .... (James) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Amy Sedgewick, and 7to 4 agst Creeper. Won by a length; bad third. The winner was bought in for 31 guineas. The Chesterfield Stakes of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft. Winners extra. Second to save his stake. One mile. 20 subs. Mr. Barrett's The Rover, 3 yrs, Bst 21b .. (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Cliff's Lansquenette, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b ....(Challoner) 2 Mr. Dawson's The Slave, 3 yrs Est 131 b (Madden) 3 The following also ran :—Sobersides, Kinnersley, and Whimsical. Betring-5 to 4 agst The Rover, 5 to 2 agst Lansque nette, 4 to 1 agst Khmersley, and 5 to 1 agst Sobersides. A splendid race home ended in faveur of The RON er by a short head ; three-quarters of a length.between the second and third. Handicap Stakes of three sovs each, with 25 added, second to save his stake, half mile, was won in two heats by E. L. beating Buttercup (second) and two others. LEICESTER RACES. -WEDNESDAY. The Bridgewater Park Stakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft., with 50 added, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; the second to save his stake: winners extra; certain allowances, &c. T.Y.C. About half a mile. 8 subs. Mr. Seymour's Fravola, Bst 111 b (inc. 71b ex.) (Charlton) 1 Lord Stamford's Tyrant, Bst 41b (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Ripon, Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Cotherstone and Hermit. Betting-3 to lon Fravola-6 to 1 agst Tyrant. Won very easily by a length and a half; two lengths be tween the second and third. The Leicestershire Handicap of 75 Boys, added to a sweep stakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, &c. The second to save his stake. Winners extra. One mile and a half. 30 subs, 16 of whom pay 3 soya ft. Mr. R. Chilton's Archduchess, by the Cossack, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Grimshaw) 1 Captain Christie's Ferndale, 4 yrs, 6st 61b .... (Sadler) 2 Mr. Copeland's The Woman in Black, 3 yrs, 54 (J. Daley) 3 The following also ran :—The Greek, Commodore, Zud yer Zee, and Kinnersley. Betting-5 to 4on Zuyder Zee-4 to 1 agst Archduchess —6 to 1 agst any other. Won easily by a length, very bad third. Zuyder Zee and Kinnersley were pulled up, and did not pass the post. Handicap Plate of 50 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 5 eovs each. The winner to be sold for £4O, &c. One mile. Mr. S. Jacobs's Appendix, by Flatcatcher or Fugloman, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Edwardes) 1 Mr. Clif's Stir Pudding, 3 yrs, Est 101 b .. (Sadler) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Little Poll, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Challoner) 3 Kate and The Dane also ran. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Little Poll and Stir Pudding -3 to 1 agst Appendix: 4 to 1 agst The Dane. Won cleverly by three-quarters of a length; three lengths between the second and third. The Dane fell. The winner was bought in for 43 guineas. The Belvoir Stakes, a subscription of 5 soya each, with 30 added for horses that have been regularly hunted &c. Weight for age. Three miles. 4 subs. Mr. Francis's Tease, 6 yrs, 12st ... (Mr Edwards) 1 Mr. E. H. Clarke's Mr. Sykes, 12st.. (Kendall) 2 Mr. Woodroffe's Black Tommy (h.b.) 4 yrs, list (Owner) 0 Betting-4 to lon Tease, who took the lead in the Bot tom the last time round, and won by ten lengths. Black Tommy was pulled up after going twice round. The Ladies' Handicap Plate of 30 sovs, added to a sweep stakes of 5 soya each. About one mile. Mr. La Mert's Katherine Logie, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (French) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Little Agnes, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Challoner) 2 Captain Christie's The Dane, 3 yrs, Sat 91b (Sadler) 3 The following also ran :—Twilight, Happy Prince, Sobersides, and Gwellyan. Betting—Even on Twilight, sto 2 agst Little Agnes, 6 to 1 agst any other. Won by a length ; bad third. Gwellyan, Happy Prince and Sobersides bolted. The County Cup stakes did not produce a race. THE DI, CHINA• ---o---____ The following is from a letter from Captain Vail sittart, who was very severely wou nded in this un fortunate affair:— " Her Majesty's ship Magicienne, Suly 2, Off the Peiho. " My dear —,—l am at present on my bac k, , minus my left leg, and with a wound on my ne n ' Our entry through the Peiho forts, instead of being peaceable, was the very . . reverse. Oar fought most gallantly, and fired for upwards of four fought hours with the greatest precision, at thi en,,. ; e which period several of them were in a sill'-' l % state, and were obliged to run on shore to save themselves, landing the marines and landing of ties. Our men pushed bravely on in the face ? them very heavy fire from the forts that brought ~., down in numbers, I myself falling near the first gun boats sounded, our loss being over 300 killed ditch. The retreat, after some time, had tni_ D i g . and R oya l), Among the dead are Major Wlienna e Lieutenants Clutterbuck, Rason, en d Ore! Among the wounded are the ;admiral, Captain! Shadwell and myself, Willis (slightl), Lemon, and Lieut. Williams Bina. The eIP 3 I fought like Russians—no flags, a total silence, the guns masked, and their firing Was m ost so t ; rate and well sustained. They were chiefly ~.„, Amoor tribe, the Mongols, and I should think very many Russian deserters. Their first two halo were cut on the 20th. The third was a ba rrier a all feet in width, composed of timber, chains, an re kinds of things. Iron spikes were also in all spare places. The French lost 4 killed and oatouni,,, Colonel out of 60. The American Commodore m kindly assisted us in stowing up the marines." _____..... OLD COURT. William Cae, a person of respectable appearanee, surrendered t o take his trial for the manslaughter bay. The Dutch describe Oshoka as a more attractive resort even than Yedo. While this latter city maybe regarded as the London of Japan, Ohosaka seems to be its Paris. Here are the most celebrated theatres, the most sumptuous tea houses, the most extensive pleasure-gardens. It is the abode of luxury and wealth, the favourite resort of fashionable Japanese who come here to spend their time in gaiety and pleasure. Ohosaka is one of the five Imperial cities, and contains a vast population. It is situate on the left bank of the Jedogawa, a stream which rises in the Lake of 0 y, situate a day and a half's journey in the interior. It is navigable for boats of large tonnage as far as Miaco, and is spanned by nume rous handsome bridges. The port of Hiago and city of Osaca will not be opened to Europeans until the Ist of Jan. 1863. The foreign residents will then be allowed to ex plore the country in any direction, for a distance of 25 miles, except towards Miaco, or, as it is more properly called, Kioto. They will not be allowed to approach nearer than 2t miles to this far-famed city. As the Dutch have constantly been in the habit of passing through Kioto, it is probable that be fo: 9 very long this restriction will be removed, and Europeans will be permitted to visit what is, with out question, the most interesting spot in the em pire. If Yedo is the London, and Ohosaka the Paris, Kioto is certainly the Rome of Japan. It is here that the spiritual Emperor resides, and that enormous ecclesiastical court by which he is sur rounde3, and which is called the Dairie, is perma nently fixed. It is here that the celebrated tomb of the Great Sayco Senea, the most famous of Japa nese temporal Emperors, is situated ; and here are to be seen the most magnificent and imposing tern ples of which the empire can boast. The popula tion of Kioto is said to be half a million, and it has had the reputation of being the principal manufac turing town in the empire. It is situated as nearly as possible in the centre of Dai Nipon, the largest and most important island in the Japanese group, and which now demands a brief descriptive notice. According to Kampfer, its length. measured along the middle of the island exceeds nine hundred miles, and its average width may be estimated at more than 100 miles—its surface may, therefore, cover an area of about 100,000 square miles. It is traversed in the whole length by a chain almost of a uniform elevation, and in many places crowned with peaks covered with perpetual snow. The chain divides the streams which flow to the south and east, and which fall into the Pacific Ocean, from those which pursue a northerly course to the sea of Japan. Very many of them are volcanic—among the most important of these is the celebrated F usy a nuner, the highest mountain in Japan. Its eleva tion is estimated at about 11,000 feet above the sea level ; it has been quiescent for upwards of a cen tury ; its summit was sheathed with snow when we saw it at midsummer. The volcano of Pries, si tuated on an island under which we passed, was in action. Nipon is divided into upwards of 50 se parate provinces, and contains the capital city of the Empire, Yedo. The first point in it at which we touched was the port of Simoda, situated on the promontory of Idsu, and opened to foreign trade by Commodore Perry in 1852. As this port is under the new treaty to be closed to foreigners, it is scarcely necessary to allude to it. At no time favourably situated for trade, and under all circumstances a dangerous harbour, anchorage was totally destroyed by an earthquake, which took place in December, 1854. Placed at the extreme end of a mountainous promontory, to pass from which into the interior of the island it is necessary to cross a mountain range of 6,000 feet high, and inhabited by a poor population of fishermen, Si moda can never offer attraction to the merchant, or give us cause to regret that it is no longer avail able for commercial purposes. The promontory of Idsu forms the eastern shore of the Bay of Yed. The distance fro l. Simoda to that city is about 80 miles. At I:raga the opposite shores approach to within ten miles of each other, and the strait s which are thu s f orme d a ff or d scen ery of much picturesque beauty. a g e ew withinport Eightmiles fYedo, Eighteen from and situated in n a curvature of the westeru shore, lies the of h li alf an a ag n a. ii l' e a, a f ff t o i rc e lind n s d ecut c 'e nn an ne e c h t o e l d .- with Yedo by an excellent and o pt:acticable for wheeled vehicles, containing a considerable population already, xana,,,,wapossesses many advantages as a focus of trade. e As, however, we did not land here, I will not venture to describe it further, the m ore es p eciall y as it has now been open to European s for u p wards of t wo months , and we fShallrnm somedoubtless o ft h eere longpioneers of commercial have co m iala full account of it enterprise w ho have already g one to establish themselves towards Yedo, the Logos river, distant about 10 miles from this city, is their limit in that direction. Fortunately, no such restriction applied to us, and we were enabled, during a residence of 10 days in that most interesting capital, to acquire some in formation with reference to the manners and cus toms of the singular race who inhabit it, of their mode of government, and of the resources of the country generally. Situated at the head of a bay, or rather gulf, so extensive that the opposite shores are not visible to each other, Yedo spreads itself in a continuous line of houses along its partially undulating, par tially level margin, for a distance of about 10 miles. Including suburbs, at its greatest width it is pro bably about seven miles across, but for a portion of the distance it narrows to a mere strip of houses. Any rough ealculation of the population of so vast a city must necessarily be vague and uncertain ; but, after some experience of Chinese cities, two millions does not seem too high an estimate at which to place Yedo. In consequence of the great extent of the area oc cupied by the residences of the princes, there are quarters of the town in which the inhabitants are very sparse. The citadel, or residence of the tem poral emperor, cannot be less than five or six miles in circumference, and yet it only contains about 40,000 souls. On the other hand, there are parts of the city in which the inhabitants seem almost as closely packed as they are in Chinese towns. The streets are broad and admirably drained ; some of them are lined with peach and plum trees, and, when these are in blossom, must present a gay and lively appearance. Those which traverse the Princes' quarter are for the most part as quiet and deserted as aristocratic thoroughfares generally are. Those which pass through the commercial and manufacturing quarters are densely crowded with passengers on foot, in chairs, and on horseback, while occasionally, but not often, an ox waggon rumbles and creaks along. The houses are only of two stories, sometimes built of freestone, sometimes sunburnt brick, and sometimes of wood; the roofs are either tiles or shingles. The shops are com pletely open to the street ; some of these are very extensive ; the show rooms for the more expensive fabrics being upstairs as with us. The eastern part of the city is built upon a level plain, watered by the Toda Gawa, which flows through this section of the town, and supplies with water the large moats which surround the citadel. It is spanned by the Nipon ; has a wooden bridge of enormous length, celebrated as the Hyde-park-corner of Japan, as from it all distances throughout the empire are measured. Towards the western quarter of the city the country becomes more broken, swelling hills rise above the housetops richly clothed with foliage, from out the waving masses of which appear the up turned gables of a temple, or the many roofs of a pagoda. It will be some satisfaction to foreigners to know that they are not to be excluded for ever from this most interesting city. By the treaty concluded in it by Lord Elgin, on the Ist of January, 1862 , British subjects shall be allowed to reside there, and it is not improbable that a great portion of the trade may ultimately be transferred to it from Ranagawa. There is plenty of water, and a good anchorage at a distance of about a mile and a half from the west ern suburb of Linagawa. The only other port which has been opened by the late treaty in the Island of Nipon is the Port of Nee-e-gata situated upon its western coast. As this port has never yet been visited by Europeans, it is stipulated that if it be found inconvenient as a har bour, another shall be substituted for it, to be opened on the Ist of January, 1860. It will thus be seen that we have one port in Kinisin, Nagasaki, three in Nipon, Hiogo, Kana jann, and Nee-e-gata. In the remaing large island of the Japanese group—viz.:—Yesso, we have se mired Hakodadi. It was opened to foreign trade on the Ist of last July. Our ships of war have re cently visited Hakodadi frequently. It is described as a beautiful spot, situated in a country resembling England in its climate, productions, and natural features. The men of Yesso are estimated at some what less than that of Zeland. The limits of this paper will not, nnfortunately, admit of my adverting, at any length, to the singu lar political and social institutions of this most re markable people—otherwise, it might have been in teresting to have described the spiritual Emperor passing a sub-celestial existence at Miaco,reminded only of his humanity by twelve wives, who are not spiritual ; and the temporal Emperor, confined within the massive walls of his handsome palace, little better than a state prisoner. We cannot now speculate upon the power and influence wielded by the council of state, composed of five feudal nobles, or discuss the share which an ancient and powerful aristocracy possess in the administration of public affairs. That most striking feature in the social government of Japan, which consists of an elabo rate system of espionage, exercised alike upon prince and beggar, and retaining all within the thraldom of its iron grasp, would. be a fertile theme for a pa per in itself; while the celebrated Hara Kiri, or happy despatch, already so familiar to all that it is scarcely necessary to allude to it as the resource alike of the unsuccessful politician, the detected criminal, or the injured member of society. It may not, however, be so well known that the old prac tice of ripping open the abdomen has been extin guished in favour of a less disgusting method of immolation, by which the duty of terminating the existence of the victim falls, not upon himself, but upon his friend, avh) decapitates him in the pre sence of his family and friends. Still less can we now venture upon a discussion of the various creeds which obtain in Japan, of the old national religions of the empire, known as the Sinsyn religion or faith of the gods, or of the ex tent to which it has become modified by those more recently introduced dogmas of Bhuddism (now a faith widely diffused throughout the empire), or of the influence exercised upon both by the more Con fucian tenets practised by those who follow Suitoo, or the way of the philosophers. Those digressions into tea houses, with all their elaborate arrangements, so agreeable to us at the time, must be denied to us here. Nor can we now descant upon the clean habits of the people, or the mode in which their ablutions are performed, from the descriptions of them which have already ap peared. However, a most erroneous conclusion seems to have been drawn by the British public as to the character of the Japanese for moral purity. What ever be their other virtues, and they are richly en dowed with them, they are certainly not gifted in this respect. It would, indeed, be an agreeable task; did time allow, to pay a tribute to the national cha racter of this most attractive people, and to enume rate those qualities which have given them so high a place among the nations of the East for civilisation and good government. We have, however, here rather to do with the topographical features of the country than with the social or political characte ristics of the inhabitants. 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It appeared that the deceased was the wife of an engine-driver,. and that being in the family way, the prisoner, who it seems is not a regular medical practitioner, 1)c it who it appeared described himself as a " surgecl i accoucheur," was called upon to attend her du: ring her confinement, and it was alleged that, o 1 ving to the want of skill and negli gence of the prisoner, the deceased lost her life. An infant, it appeo red, was brought into the world, and was still •a]live, but the mother died very soon se after the deliNry, the immediate cause of the death being excessi' re hemorrhage. A good many of the details were, of .course, of a nature that render them unfit for publict ttion, but the case for the prosecu tion appeared to be a very slight one. The prisoner, who appeared to be a good deal affected, address ad the jury at considerable length, and he declared that he had done everything he could to save the life of the deceased, but the labour, he said, was a very protracted and painful one, and became very difficult to bring to a termination, on ac:ount of the peculiar condition of the deceased. Ile declared that all the proceedings he adopted wore in accordance with the opinions of the most e minent medical practitioners ; and concluded by asserting that he had done everything possible for the deceased, and that he was in nowise responsi ble for the fatal result that had taken place. The learned Judge having summed up the case, the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. There was an attempt at applause when the ver dict was pronounced, but it was checked by the officers of the court. Mr. Sleigh made an application to the court to postpone the trial of George Frederick Royal, who is charged with poisoning a woman with whom he cohabited at Poplar, to the next session. He said that he had only very recently been instructed to defend the prisoner, and he had just been in formed that additional evidence to that which had been given before the magistrate would be pro duced at the trial, and he was most anxious to have an opportunity of considering the effect of this additional testimony, and if he should consider it advisable to produce evidence to rebut it, that he should have an opportunity of doing so. Mr. Justice Byles inquired if the application was opposed on behalf of the Crown ? Mr. Clerk said that he had been in consultation upon the case with the Solicitor-General, who would conduct the prosecution, and he had his authority for stating that he considered in such a grave and important case it was only reasonable that the application for a postponement of the trial should be acceded to. The learned Judge said he thought it would be very hard that a man should be tried for his life without being made acquainted with the whole of the evidence that was to be brought forward against him, and he should therefore, under the cir cumstances, direct the trial to be postponed to the next session. Henry Ford, 20, was charged with feloniously stabbing and wounding Sarah Thompson, with in tent to murder her. In a second count, the intent of the prisoner was laid to be to do grievous bodily harm. Mr. Orridge prosecuted. It appeared that the prisoner and the proseeutrix had lived together for 18 months, but she had left him and had sold some articles of furniture that belonged to the prisoner. On the night named in the indictment the prosecutrix had been to the Britannia Theatre with another young woman, and as they were returning home the prisoner, who was intoxicated, met them, and he asked the prosecutrix to go and live with him again. She refused to do so, and made use of some aggravating language to the prisoner, and he suddenly attacked her and stabbed her in several places with a small penknife, but did not inflict very serious injury upon her. The jury found the prisoner guilty of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and he was sentenced to four years penal servitude. Just before the rising of the Court the lad Good fellow was again placed at the bar, and the learned judge said he had been informed that it was neces sary to pass a longer sentence of imprisonment to ensure his being placed in a proper reformatory, and ho should, therefore, order him to lie im prisoned for six weeks in Newgate, and then be sent to a reformatory for five years. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) William Angus, 42, mason, was indicted for steal. ing 108 reels of silk, 129 balls of silk, and 29 bales of silk, valued at £450, the property of Joseph Surr. Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton de fended. From the evidence it appeared that the prosecu tor is a silk merchant, having warehouses at 12, King-street, Cheapside, and at the time of the rob bery, the 20th of August, the premises adjoining those of the prosecutor were undergoing repair, and it was from there the premises were entered and plundered, and from the manner in which the place was ransacked it was evident that the thieves had been in the premises for many hours. Upon the morning of the 20th, shortly after six, the prisoner was seen at the door of the prosecutor's premises with a cart, and he had also been seen upon the day before the ro bbery_ examining the premises adjoin ing the prosecutor's , which were undergoing altera tions. Upon the burglary being discovered, infor mation was given to the police, and it being sub sequently ascertained that the silk was being offered for sale, a gentleman named Loveridge, a friend of the prosecutor, entered into commu nication with the party who had to negotiate the sale, an d agreed to become a buyer, thinking thereby to discover where it was. Accordingly an appointment was made, and Funnell, one of the City detectives, was to follow Mr. Loveridge to the place upon the Ist of this month ; they went to the Eastern Counties Railway station,tas taken where Mr. Mr. Loveridge met the pri soner, and v by him to Nichols-street, Spitalfields, when the property being found, the constables were called, and the prisoner taken into custody. In the place was found a jemmy, which was subsequently found to fit into some marks made by breaking into the prosecutor's premises. On the road to the station in a cab the prisoner became very violent, and a very large life preserver was taken from him, which he said he would use on the man who had sold him, and that he would cut his own throat rather than split. The defence set up by the learned counsel was that the proof of the silk found being that stolen from the prosecutor was - insufficient. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the learned judge sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' penal servitude. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) This morning, upon the application of Mr. Met calfe, the trial of the other indictments against Alfred Cooper, the parochial and Government tax collector for the parish of Camberwell, who was last night acquitted upon two charges of embezzle ment, was postponeduntil next session, and the de fendant liberated on bail. Thomas Carline, 30, soldier, whose breast was decorated with medals and clasps, pleaded guilty to an indictment for bigamy. Sarah Lowe, the second wife, a respectably dressed woman, said that she had been married to the prisoner about six years, and had no idea that he was a married man until last August, when, finding it out, she gave him into custody. The prisoner said that the first wife had left him for another man, and had told him to get married aga:n, as she meant to do so. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprison ment . Ilrnry Findon, 32, coachman, was indicted for obtaining, by false pretences, from Peter Waslcy, saddle, valued at £lO. Mr. T. Salter prosecuted. The p:isoner had been coachman to Lord John Manners, and being known as his servant to the prosecutor, who is a saddle maker, in South Aud ley-street, had gone there and obtained the saddle in question, stating that it was for his master, and finally sold it for three sovereigns, to pay, as he stated to the constable, a bet. Lord John Manners, who was examined, stated that he hail never given the prisoner any autho rity to order the saddle. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The prisoner, who cried very much during the trial, appealed for mercy, on the ground of his pre vious character; he had been one of the Queen's grooms, but was dismissed when Lord Jersey be came Master of the Horsl. Ile had also been in sei vice in several very high families. The prisoner having pleaded guilty to an indict ment for bigamy, The Recorder asked if the second wife was pre- sent. An extremely pretty young woman, nametl Har riett Goddard, said that she had been married a few months to the prisoner, who told her he was a widoNN er. Mr. Saitor said that prisoner had obtained, by a false pretence, £5 from Mr. Wasley. Th e M.:corder sentenced the prisoner to 18 months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mungo Wm. Panmier, 63, clerk, was indicted for forging an order for the sum of £3l 16s. Bd. Mr. Poland appeared for the prosecution, and stated that the prisoner had been engaged as an evening teacher at the parish school of St. Ann's, COUNTRY MARKETS. BOSTON—SEPT. 21. q an d r s d d v a a m n cpe qualities forfi ne s a w m e p r l e e s We had a tolerable attendance, and a fair s upply of a ll t 10 Pe r kinds of grain. In wheat to-day prices vAre b it : ar t ko : ii In barley the sales were ready. Oats moved off slew l l , in un d al b te o r t e h d former prices. Beans a limited show, with 110 cha nge value. Wheat to 4" White do,ol.vdijathndaneewrin, 44s to 50a Beans ........... 425 A 4. Barley .30s to 42$ Peas ......... ....375 t° ' .40s to 444 Oats.... ........ 113 s to 24a NEWARK—SEPT. 21. dull ga le . There was a fair show of whe at to -day, wi on offer; lee th a - offer , at an advance of ls upon late rates. Little barley at previous prices. The trade in oats was slow, a i n 01 prices were barely realised. Be ans in small supp 55 sold at late prices. . 24 S to q r...: ii Wheat 40s to 48s Oats.. ......... to 42s White do 46s to 52s Beans Barley .. 2c's to 42s , Ditto, o ld ......•••-4 ........ .to HULL—SEP. 20. At our market to-day we had a very fair supply of use lish wheat, which was taken off at fully 19 Per q,„, f above last week's prices for both new and old ; fore i r,,d o o. fine quality held for a similar advance, to which boi e .'"dia mur. Barley for malting in good request, but grin..., 06 parcels met a slower demand, at easier rates. ats, si a slow sale, but prices were not lower. Beans Oa P e were neglected, although offered at is reduction. Od Wheat.... Old white per et . ....... 468 Od to 48 1 Od Old red - , -I. . • .... 42s Od to 4'?,. o d New white "' ........... 469 Od to 40 Od New red 'L" ........ 389 Od to 46 1 tr a Dantzic, Konb , ex. old white 48s Od t ° 656 Od Dutch, Belgian, and French.. 45s Od to 116! Od Baltic and Hamburg, red .... 449 Od,to n : o d St. Petersburg and Riga, old. oOd to 4 ` ° „ od Barley.... English malting ......... .... 36s Od to 4° 2 ° O d Grinding ................ .. 300 Od to 1, 9 o d Saal and Oderbruck ........ 36s Od to NO A A Holstein and Danish ........ 309 Od to 31 1 n Grinding .................. 26s Od to 28 1 `',l Oats English, and. 24s Archangel Riga, per st.. Os lOid to _P Friesland and Dutch ........ Oslld to 04 Swedish and Danish ........ Oslld to 01 9 11 0 d Beans English, old, per qr ......... 47s Od to 4 0 : od New pigeon ................ 40s Od te Od New tick. ............... 301 Od to t: Od Egyptian .................... 3 7 8 Od to o;f,, Od f Peas Foreign breakers ............ 398 Od to ''' O d` Grinding ' 369 Od . 37 8 od Tares Winter —s Od to ' ..-8 Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding • • 5 OB Od to fn -- 0 ,1 crushing Od to 260.1 a 1 Linseed cakes (Hull) £8 12 6to .-- 0 0 Foreign 7150 to ii 6 Rape cakes t o 4 i 412 6 6 6 0 Bones 4 15 oto . _ MARKET HARBOROUGH—SEPT. zu. ... lw. est There was an increased show of wheat, which li te- 390 0 proved demand, at higher rates. White wheat, old ! , ion d, 41s ; new, 38s to 40s per 36 ston e. Barley in lirait" qn to ci3 g l; Cities at a slight advance on forme r terms—old, ..” -8 0A to 33° new, 25s to 335. Oats were a fa ir show, om ~-. gg to i l ° fr evi, per 24 stone. Beans (old), at 42s to 49e ; n • per 38 stone. ,tfk •-• MELTON MOWBRAY —SEAT' 2u. otes dy There was a fair show of wheat to-day, wit h a o f 4 0° business at the annexed prices :—White wheat; td , Od to 445 Od ; old, 43s Od to 459 per 36 stone; „." -- od pet better supply, at 30s to 35s for old, and 25s to o.A,, n ii,t qr. for new ; oats, 249 to 36s Od per 24 stone ; be 48s to 53s for old; new, 42s to 459 per 38 st. DUBLIN—SEPT. 20. w go l* - Our market was brisk, with a good supply of II", d o ore t and we note the prices of best wheat as fully 6a d° from last market. Oath were a slow sale, and 30 '" t. 01 unaltered in peke. Malting barley was in fair retl'a in v e i rea at Tuesday's currencies. Indian corn vial 131°re o• l• for, and prices higher. o. a• 1/ 6 u. d. s. d. it oto 0 Wheat, white 22 6t025 0 Do., new • • A 0 • . 2 • to , 6 Do., red 2l 0t024 0 Bere ......... " 0 t o 2'i 6 Do., new Barley" 6 to 113 16 otolB 0 0atmea1...... -14 3 0'0 Oats Do., black l4 oto 15 0 Indian corn • • New wheat, 36s to 445. COAL MARK: (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET—SEPT. 21. the dole ef the taarket.) Walls End. s. d. Bower's West Hartley.ls 3 Byass's Bebside West Hartley .15 3 Clark's West Hartley ..15 3 Hastings Hartley .....15 3 Tanfield Moor 13 0 Tanfield Moor Butes-13 0 Wylam 15 6 Haswell Gas. l3 3 Ships at marko . 18 6 g 17 s St ew art's ........... ..... Heugh Hall ....... 18 Kenos ............. 6 Whit w orth .............. South Kenos ........ ; Haswell . • . •• ............ Powell'sDuirryn t 30—Sold, 25• FOREIGN MAIL PAC In the following table E signi by evening mails from Lon, flea that let lon, and M Despatch of Mails. DESTINATIONS. Australia and Mauritius, yla Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via Nevi York _ _ _ Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt.) Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton llonduras and Blewflelds India (Calcutta) and. Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo. and 0p0rt0..., Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, Tia Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States and British N America (by British packet) Ditto (by U. S. packet) .• • • West Cn.st of Africa. Ma deira, and Teneriffe West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, &c. 16ct. 12, All Sep. 30, E Sep, 20, E Oct.l 5, El ISep. - 26, E lOct.-17. Sep. 26, E ISep. 27, M Oct. 10, 11 Sep. 27. M Oct. 3, M Sep. 23, E sePt- 2° Sep. 23, E Sep. 21, M ISep. 23, E loc lOct. 3, 31 BIRTHS. • Iff i. BLOXAM.—On the 19th inst., at 3 , Cleveland-squer-' • park, the wife of Alfred B. Bloxam, of twins. „zarfolt, FREuE.—On the 18th inst., at Burs ters Recto'', ." Mrs. Henry Temple Frere, of it son. T er Lys.—On the 20th inst., at 13, Delamere. terrace , ,„ yot Westbourne-terrace, the wife of Lieut.-Col, MoubreJ C. 8., of a son. oil lle e t AVOTHERSpOON.—On the 19th inst., at Maxwelton Paisley, Mrs. William Wotherspoon, of a son. MARRIAGES. 1 .4. 1eb°,,,,r 1/8 CARDEN—MELLO.—On the 21st inst., at St. A--- er /p r t 1 ,, • Church, Robert A. Carden, second of Sir it° ' n e nd Carden, of 64, Wimpole-street, Cavendish-silner:lgle, nor.- s Mole-lodge, West Molesay, Surrey, to Caroline •-. late cm the eldest daughter of John Arnold Mello, Esq. , Leinster-gardens, Hyde. park. , a t S 0 t• RICHARDSON—WINTERFLOOD.-011 t h e 19th int.; 00 e oo G e orge's, Camberwell, John Richardson , B6Cl'r • Cih f J. S' teris, Cambridgeshire, to Georgians , daugh Old te of Wint ill d , Esq., of Grosvenor-place, and street, city. BoysE.—On the 19th D in E st. west,Esq. B on e l ig y r c a h v i e ld s o ci f ua t re he , aßg'AeolvdnT.3RP6H..arlS3sOystu, gslitu°slkir:lll3l4B4l BRADY.—On the 19th inst., at Brighton, suddenly', r at ' j• _ Brady, of Lorrimore -square, Walworth, aged 56 ' u gh, CRIDYON.—On the 18th inst at Oakleigb, Brombore Cheshire, Thomas Chilton, Esq., aged 61. ~.f r itoer DAY.—OnY.On the 21st inst. , at Upper Westbourna' the Rev. Richard Day, aged 57. DO ° JAMIESON.—On the 20 th inst. , at Twickenbant Jamieson, of 5, Hyde-park-street. K ITCHIN.—On the 19 th inst. , Matthew Kitchial .0 a . of - I ' ° ' . Bradford, Yorkshire, aged 33. 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