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

TEE NAVY• The launch of the line-of -battle s hip A nso n took place on Saturday from h th a e m s i l a l 13 the achclamations of on wich she was cons tructed at NVoo. ,•-cLong before the appointed some 10,000 persons• p u blic the gates were of the time for the admis sion n ee that a thoroughfare had thronged to such a de g' the police so as to render to be formed by two lines o. • furnished with tickets who were a passage for those were ad in and . those only in any manner attainable, m itt e d who were so provided until 20 minutes before 1 o 'clock, at which t ime the great gates were throwri o pen to the general public. A lite ral torrent of hunnan beings then rushed headlong f orward towards the great square, at the northern side of which the building shed of the Anson is situated. The reserved seats were already well filled, and about 600 well dressed persons of both sexes had mounted to the ship's deck by special tickets. The flagship Fisgard, together with the Vivid, Princess Alice, and other ships in the offing, had each their allotment of visitors, and a number of river steamers, crowded with passengers, had taken up their berths in available positions. The ships were all decked *out with coloured bunting, and the Fisgard and the Venus (training ship of the Marine Society) were ornamented from stem to stern, and from the mainmasthead to the water's edge. The Royal Marine band, together with that of the Dockyard Artillery, played agreeably during the interval preceding the launc h , and by the admirable arrangements of the police force the most perfect order was pre served throughout. At 20 minutes after one Lady Sydney, who had con sented to perform the imp ortant ceremony of chris tening (by the u navoidable absence of H.R.H. th e Princess Mary of Cambridge), dashed the bottle of champagne with successful force against the bows of the ship, giving her a good " God speed," which was announced to the vast crowd by a shout of voices from those of the immediate spectators. A few minutes afterwards a crack betokened her being about to move. The cry of " she's off" immediately followed, when the huzzas for a moment completely drowned the sounds of the two bands, which had simultaneously struck up the National Anthem, followed by " Rule Britannia," and the right noble Anson glided slowly and majestically down her well greased ways, taking the water in a most satis factory and splendid style, clearing herself of every stick of her cradle to perfection. Making her way up the river stern foremost, ropes were thrown out to the powerful steamtugs Monkey, Bustler, and Widgeon, by which means she was brought down and moored alongside the Hebe hulk. This morning at noon she will be taken in tow as above named, and will be conveyed to Sheerness in charge of Mr. Hall, commanding the steam reserve branch at Woolwich, to be fitted out for service. During the proceedings a number of the light-fingered gentry from London were found plying their avocations on the pockets of the unwary spectators. A body of the police in plain clothes under the superinten dence of Chief Inspector Forbes, having been dis tributed in every direction, no less than ten young fellows, averaging about 22 years of age, and who were caught in the very act of rifling pockets by the detectives and others, were marched in irons to the town cells. To the credit and vigilance of the police it should be stated that not a single com plaint of any loss was reported beyond the disco very of watches and money found in the hands of those who were secured. After the launch the dock yard brigade of artillery marched in a body to Welling, and partook of refreshments provided by the officersnf the corps. The Duke of Somerset held a levee at the Admi ralty-house, in Portsmouth dockyard, on Saturday. The Lords of the Admiralty afterwards returned to London. The men in the dockyard were granted on Saturday the usual half-holiday allowed on the occasions of their lordships' annual inspection. The gun and mortar vessels which are lying in Yantlet Creek, adjoining Chatham Dockyard, are undergoing examination by a party of shipwrights from that establishment, in order that any defects may be made good. The further, however, the survey of the vessels is carried the more rotten they are ascertained to be. In order to arrest the decay of the timbers the exterior planking of most of the boats has been removed, to admit of the beams and timbers being ventilated, but a very cursory inspection of the numerous vessels under examination leaves no doubt whatever that even in their present condition few, if any, of them will ever be fit for the service sfor which they were built at such great cost. In several the timbers of which they are constructed may be picked with the nail, leaving no doubt what ever that faulty timber was used in the construc tion. The shipwrights have received instructions to make good any defects that may be discovered during the examination. The Bulwark, 91, and the Undaunted, 51, screw steamers, building at Chatham, are progressing very fast, and all efforts are making to have both those vessels completed and launched early in the ensuing year. The following vessels are now fitting at Chatham for the second division of the steam reserve at that port :—The Orpheus, 21, 400 horse-power ; the Racehorse, 4,200 horsepower ; the Cormorant, 4, 200 horse-power ; the Linnet, 2, 60 horse-power, and the Pigeon, 2, 60 horse-power. The screw steamship St. George, 91, Capt. the Hon. Francis Egerton, left Plymouth Sound on Saturday, under steam, for Spithead. The St. George, 91, screw, Capt. Hon. Francis Egerton, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the westward, and exchanged salutes with the Victory, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief. The Avon, paddle, sailed from Portsmouth yes terday morning for Devonport. The screw line-of-battle ship Donegal, 101, Capt. Henry Broadhead, from the Channel fleet, arrived at Plymouth under steam on Saturday, with her steering apparatus damaged. The screw steam line•of-battle ship Mars, 80, Capt. J. L. Strange, from the Channel fleet, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning saluted the flag of the Com mander-in-Chief, Sir A. Fanshawe, K.C.8., which was acknowledged by the Impregnable. The de fects of the Mars are to be made good, and she is to be provisioned and stored for foreign service in the Mediterranean. The gunboat Trinculo, built under contract by me. Joseph Banks, at Queen Anne's-yard, Ply mouth, was launched on Saturday evening. Her construction was superintended by Mr. Godfrey, of the Devonport Royal dockyard. Di mengions _ Length between perpendiculars, 120 ft ; di tto over all, 126 ft ; ditto keel for tonnage, 105 ft; breadth for ditto, 21ft 10in; ditto, extreme, 22ft ; depth, 9ft bin ; 268 tons; 60-horse power; draught of water, 7ft gin. The Government establishments at Plymouth were closed on Saturday afternoon, and the artisans and labourers granted a half-holiday according to Admiralty order. TIIE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief is expected to land at Portsmouth from her Majesty's steamer Black Eagle, on his return to London from visiting the Channel Islands. It is expected that his Royal Highness will avail himself of the opportunity to inspect the troops in the garrison. A troop of the 10th Hussars will march from Aldershott for Ipswich to-morrow (Tuesday), and another, also for Ipswich, on -Wednesday. A third troop will leave for Northa mpton to morrow, a fourth for Norwich on Wednesday, and the re mainder, with head-quarters, for the same city, on Thursday. contemplated exte ns i on of With regard to the eon the camp at Colchester, it appears that the ten ant of the Abbey Farm is about to retire from the occupa tion, and gi v e it u p t o th e Gov ernment authoriti es . Staff Assist.-Sung. Carley, having arrived at this station, will relieve Staff Assist.-Surg. Brown (who has gone to the 18th), and will be attached to the 10th battalion. The number of invalids who have arrived at the Cam _ p from Chatham is 36. A detachment of the Ist battalion of the Bth (Ki ng ' s Own) Regiment arrived in Portsmouth yesterday from Chatham, and joined head-quarters and at Gosport. Tl7*-- detac h me nt consisted of 5 officers, 30 children. 332 men, 20 women , The hired transport Donald M'Kay, Capt. Chas. onsisting of the Pryce, arrived at ad on Saturday morning from the Mauritius with troops, consisting privates of the three non-commissio ned officers and 61 s t Regiment, commanded b y Lieut.- Col. Rainey, children, of the Royal En- Royal Artillery, 53 non-commissioned officers and —ivates, women and gineerS, • -..*OfaccrS....-LieUte• coinlanseta '"d 16 military invalids of various corps. The 61st Regiment, • -,• Col. Rainey, in command ; Redmonu , Brevet-Majors Gordon and Burnside ; Ca p ts. 3,;‘_Donough, Thurston, and Sloman ; Lieuts. Hut ton, Grjffiths, Boileau, Murphy , Casem. ont, Rumsey, Sewell, and Fane ; Hamilton Ness, Atkinson, Cockl e, Bo raz rton and Fer ; Pay- Ensigns , Nugent, Q uar termaster J. Dowler ; master W. Bowler ; Aosist.-Surgs. Hoyte and Mackinnon ; ladies, famili officers—Mrs. Burnside and two child ren, Mrs.f lema and one child, Mrs. Thurston, Mrs. W. b owler, ler Mrs. J. Dowler, Mrs. M'Do nough, d Mrs. Frazer and two children ; Assist.- S Commissary Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, and one child; non-commissioned officers, 77; privates and drum mers, 590 ; women, 29 ; and children, 34. Private passengers, Mr. and Master Scott, from St. Helena. The Donald M'Kay sailed from the Mauritius on the 20th of June, and from St. Helena on the 30th of July. She made the Cape land in Pine days from the Mauritius, and was afterwards 14 days from Cape Recife to the Cape of Good Hope. After rounding the Cape she had very light and variable winds until reaching St. Helena. From 15 to 48 dog. north she experienced nothing but easterly winds, and was driven into 45-1 deg. W. longitude. She caught the first of the present S.W. winds on the 12th inst. In the Channel the weather was very thick and dirty. She passed an immense number of vessels of all nations on the voyage home wards, and Captain Pryce reports that during the period of a somewhat considerable experience at sea he never before saw so large a number during a single voyage. Twelve deaths have oc curred since the troops were embarked at the Mauritius, but these were from diseases not con tracted on board the ship. The immense space of the vessel's decks and their ample ventilation ren der her a splendid troopship for a long voyage. Orders have been received for the troops to be landed at Portsmouth dockyard this morning at daybreak. The 61st Regiment will proceed by rail way to Plymouth, the Royal Artillery and Engi neers to Woolwich, and the invalids to Chatham. The Ranymede hired transport arrived at Spit head yesterday morning from Hongkong and St. Helena, sailing from the last named port the same day as the Donald M'Kay, which, as will be seen above, arrived at Spithead on the previous day. The Runnymede has 141 naval invalids on board (no military) who will be landed from the ship and transferred to the Victory flagship ; those cases which may require such treatment will be sent to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar. The follow ing officers have arrived in the ship :—Mr. Bowen, Muster, R.N., Admiralty Agent, Dr. Carr, R.N., and Assist.-Surgeon Bartlett, R,N., in charge of invalids ; Lients. Smith, Gilbert, and Kellett, R.N., and two warrant officers. The screw steam troopship Megmra, 6, Comman der J. Hunt, from Portsmouth on Thursday, ar rived at Plymouth en Saturday with the Durham Militia Artillery, supernumeraries, and some of the artillerymen's wives, upwards of 600 souls. The Megmra went into Hamoaze and took up a berth near the Devonport dockyard, but the troops were landed by the steamtug Zephyr at the Royal Wil liam Victualling-yard, and marched to their quar ters in the Raglan Barracks, Mount Wise ; they are commanded by Col. Hall. The Megmra left Plymouth on Saturday evening. We have to record the death of Major-Gen. Sir M. Creagh, K.H., who died at Boulogne on Friday morning last. The deceased officer entered the army in 1802, and had seen much active service in India, Africa, and the West Indies. The following is a summary of his military services :—Served in the expedition under Sir David Baird against the Cape of Good Hope ; was wounded in the action of the Bluo 1 WI() A nenmp,nied the expedition (as brigade major) which sailed from Madras against the French islands ; desperately wounded by a can non shot, which carried away a part of his left, shoulder and killed six of his men, at the attack of the batteries before St. Denis, Isle of Bourbon ; was thanked in generalorders and favourably mentioned in the despatches. In 1817 and 1818 served, in the command of the 86th flank companies, during the Mahratta and Pindarree wars in India. In 1818 served in the Kandyan country, interior of Ceylon, during that harassing war, in command of the flank companies of the 86th and other detachments, receiving the repeated thanks of Gen. Sir K. Brown rigg for his services in the enemy's country. For 10 years he was lieut.-col. of the 86th Foot, viz., from Feb., 1832 to 1842, when he was appointed to the 11th Foot, a command he held up to 1845, in which year he exchanged to half-pay unattached. In 1832 he was made a Knight of the Royal Hano verian Guelphic Order, and created a Knight Bachelor of William IV. The late general's com missions bore date as follows :—Ensign, May 9, 1802 ; lieut., Feb. 28, 1804 ; rapt., Nov. 25, 1809 ; major, Oct. 24, 1821 ; lieut.-col., Dec. 31, 1830 ; col., Nov. 9, 1846; and major-gen., June 20, 1854. On the death of Lieut.-Gen. G. C. Falconer in January last the gallant deceased was appointed col. of the 3d Regiment, which becomes at the disposal of he Commander-in-Chief by his death. 1 with a g rand volley. Col. M'Murdo, before taking • his aerial ture, spf.,ke same spirited words o f compli ment nd e brigade and the rest o f t h e officers and men, addressing them as " S o ldi ers and Vo lunteers."a 7 4 i d t b rJouragement to the col one l i n com mand had witnessed expressed an d promptitude, rapidity and steadiness o f movement, laying special emphasis on the latter quality, which he said equalled, if it did not surpass, any thing he had seen in that re \ .nect. many as had been hi —_ll opportunities for in ` -.• . --, volunteer Cer"' ' I. t parts of the specaL. * ...... r . .0 untoren country. Turning to the officers present, he com plimented them upon the unmistakeable indica tions of efficiency and smartness they had evinced, remarking that it was the duty, and ought to be the pride and the ambition of officers of Volunteer Corps to render themselves in all respects worthy to command soldiers such as they, composed as they were, like the rest of the Volunteers throughout the country, of the very elite of a great people, prompted , at a critical time by the lofty and generous im pulses of loyalty and patriotism. He was under stood to dwell kindly for a moment on the paucity of officers in attendance in comparison with the numerical strength of the brigade, and to express a hope that that want would eventually be rectified by the exercise of good feeling on their part. He regretted that some difficulties had for a while re tarded their target practice, but these once re moved, as he trusted they speedily would be, and, judging from the marked aptitude and proficiency they had attained in their military duties, they would eventually, should ever the necessity arise, be fit to occupy the post of danger, and conse quently of honour, in the line of battle. The colo nel then rode off the ground, amid the cheers of the brigade and the crowd. The ceremony was alone marred by accidents to two members of the brigade, one of whom, Private Wilkins, of the F company, sustained an injury in the right ear, though not serious, we believe, by the accidental explosion of his rifle; and Private Sampson of the I company, had the fore finger of his right hand badly wounded from a similar casualty. The Bromley, Beckenham, and Chislehurst corps, under the command of Captain Satterthwaite, were inspected on Tuesday by Col. Luard, who expressed his approval of their progress. Among the privates present was Mr. William Dent, the eminent mer chant, and a member of the Indian Council. This gentleman, by his support of the movement and his constant attendance at drill, has afforded an ex cellent example to the inhabitants of the district. The 7th Surrey Rifles, under the command of Major Beresford, paraded at Newington Sessions House on Saturday. The corps, headed by their band, pro ceeded to Peckham, where they were joined by the 10th Surrey (Bermondsey), under Captain Glover. The two corps marched home together to the ex cellent music of the 3d Surrey Militia. The 7th continues steadily increasing its mustering roll. A prize rifle will shortly be competed for. A marksman's badge of cross muskets, to be worn on the left sleeve, has been presented to three ' privates in the Colchester Corps. Mr. Taylor (who recently won a prize cap in Wyvenhoe-park), Mr. Cole, and Mr. Fenning, all three gentlemen having made the requisite number of points in the regula tion practice to entitle them to the rank of marks men. An effort is being made to form another company of volunteers in Colchester, and about £lOO has been subscribed for the purpose. The prizes competed for by the Great Yarmouth Volunteers a few days ago were distributed by the Mayor on Friday evening at the Town-hall. Mr. Bly won the ladies' challenge cup, valued at £3O; Mr. H. Fenner, the borough members' prize of £10; Mr. Scott, a cup, valued at £5; and Mr. Lemaa, a Turner rifle. Of 31 Volunteers who competed for the challenge cup, 16 obtained such a number of points as would have entitled them if they had been in the regular army to rank as marksmen, and to receive ld. per day extra pay. Captain Storey, of the Ist Company, Ist Battalion of Royal Arsenal Volunteers, who also held an ap pointment as master of the gun factories at Wool wich, died on Thursday morning last at his resi denco, Airo,, , y-rnad, Plumstead. Being much re spected both in sub ~..z..a. and military capacity, it was determined that he should be buried with mili tary honours, and accordingly a large body of Vo lunteers belonging to his and the neighbouring corps assembled at the Arsenal at 4 o'clock on Sa turday, and proceeded to the residence of the de ceased officer. The coffin, with his cap and sword upon it, was thereupon placed upon a gun drawn by four horses, and was preceded by a firing party of 100 Volunteer riflemen and the three bands of the Arsenal, six captains of Volunteers officiating as pallbearers. It was followed by the whole of the Royal Arsenal Volunteers and several bodies from neighbouring places, in all about 2,000, to the cemetery belonging to the Woolwich parish, in Wickham-lane, the "Dead March" being played as the cortege proceeded on its way: As soon as the service had been read three volleys were fired over the grave, and the usual military forms peculiar to occasions of the kind were gone through, after which the Volunteers marched home. A parade and drill of the Workman's Volunteer Brigade, now numbering close upon 500 men, took place on Saturday evening, from 6 to 8 o'clock, in the Guildhall, kindly accorded by the permission of the Lord Mayor. Upwards of 400 belonging to the corps, including the band, were present. Cap tain Norton, one of the council, inspected the bat talion, in the absence of General Beatson, and de clared his astonishment and gratification at the bearing of the men, and the progress made by them in so short a time. After the inspection Mr. Richards, the major elect, took the command of the battalion, which marched round in quick time, saluting the veteran officer who had inspected the troops. Captain Norton then addressed them in a few patriotic and practical sentences. Mr. J. A. Nicholay, one of the council, also addressed the men. He did so as a friend of the people, and said that the Government ought to be proud of such an exhibition of martial spirit and such conduct as he had witnessed that evening. He said that the working men had homes, and hearths, and wives, and children to defend, as well as any other rank of men. It was all nonsense and very mistaken to say that they were not to be intrusted with arms. The battalion then marched, headed by the band playing, from the Guildhall to their head-quarters in Great Tower-street, in perfect order, where they dismissed from the parade. A body of temperance men signified their wish to join as a distinct com pany under the same organisation and rules. It is expected that the second regiment will shortly be enrolled, through the instrumentality of some other public•spirited persons struck with the success, so far, of the Workman's Volinteer Brigade. The North Craven Rifle Corps was inspected a few days ago by Major Cookson, who, it is said, is about to be appointed adjutant of the 2d battalion of West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers, of which the North Craven form one company. The men were put through a variety of manoeuvres, and at the close Major Wilson, commandant of the bat talion, and Major Cookson expressed satisfaction at the state of efficiency in which they found the corps. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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On Saturday afternoon Colonel M'Murdo, C. 8., Inspector-General of Volunteers, reviewed the Lon don Rifle Brigade in Hyde Park, in the presence of some thousands of people. The regiment, to the number of upwards of 700, mustered at 3 o'clock in the quadrangle of Christ's Hospital, under the com mand of Lieut.-Colonel Hicks, and thence marched to the ground, preceded by their two fine bands, by way of Holborn and Oxford street, entering the park at the Marble -arch. The other officers in com mand were Lieut.-Colonel Close, late of the 90th Light Infantry ; Major (Alderman) Rose, Captain Ewens, Adjutant, late of the 60th Riles; Captain Pawson, adjutantof the first battalion, and Captain Smith, adjutant of the second battalion, and late of the 30th Regiment. Among the subaltern officers present were Lieuts. I. Davies-Sewell, Finch, Hop kinson, Maclachlan, and Bainbridge ; and Ensigns Hanson, Pinkney, C. Hopkinson, Stretton, Worth, Towse, and Valiance, together with Surgeon May and Assistant-Surgeon Probert. The in spection took place on the northern side of the park, in the open plateau fronting Park-lane, where the Queen on a recent occasion reviewed the Volun teer Corps under circumstances which will long be memorable. The ground was kept by the Queen's (Westminster) Volunteers, a remarkably smart body of men, of whom about 500 were present, attended by their band, under the command of Major Russell, a relative of Lord J. Russell, and Major Mayne. As Colonel M'Murdo rode upon the ground the brigade wheeled into line to receive him and presented arms. The day was fine, the men presented an imposing appearance, and the spectacle was interesting and picturesque. The colonel, accompanied by Lieut.-Colonel Hicks, rode slowly along the front and rear ranks, minutely inspecting th© men, and eccasionally asking ques tions of the officers. This ceremony over, the ranks were closed, the brigade reformed into open column, and then marched past the inspector general to the music of the bands, first at quick time at wheeling and quarter distance, and then at "the double quick." The precision and stateliness of their marching were so conspicuous as to strike even the experienced eye of Col. M'Murdo and to elicit fre quent expressions of admiration from him addressed to those about him, as well as cheers from the crowd. The brigade afterwards executed a series of spirited evolutions, including the formation of square s to receive cavalry, wheeling again into open column, then counter-marching by divisions round the centre. Then ensued some smart skirmishing and fil e - firing, the brigade while this was going on being scattered ever the ground, but disposed in accordance with military tactics, and finally deploy ing into line and finishing the ceremony at dusk ' THE SIIN, LONDON, MONDAV EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 0360. weather experienced since the beginning of the week. Reaping has been proceeding vigorously in all parts of the country, and, with the exception of wheat, the greater part of the white crops has already fallen before the sickle, and secured under " thack and. rape." The wheat is slowly being reaped, but it will require another three weeks at least before it is all secured in the barn-yard.— Courier. BERIVICK.—We have been favoured with another week of excellent weather, there having been in the course of that period not a single shower of rain, while the atmosphere has been clear, with a powerful sunshine at the period of noonday. But the morliings and evenings have been cold, excep tions', which have been considerable drawbacks to the otherwise favourable weather. The harvest has consequently progressed as rapidly as possible, and the corn e:at down is now the greater portion of the eron.—Berwiek Advertiser. AYWLIIIRE.—With a few more dry days, a con sidelable proportion of the earliest wheat and oats will be secured in the lower districts of Ayrshire, and hopes are entertained that the quality will be pretty good. But a great proportion of our cereal crops are so late that the general quality, however steady the weather may be, must be inferior.—Ayr Advertiser. GALASIIIELS.—We are now in the very midst of harvest operations in this neighbourhood, and we are glad to report that the weather has been highly favourable and dry since our last, although a little more sunshine is desirable.—Border Advertiser. ELGIN.--The Courier reports :—" A good deal of the crop in this neighbourhood is now cut down, and the latter portion have made considerable ad• vancement during the last fortnight." ABERDEEN. —The Free Press says :—" A great proportion of the barley has been reaped, and on Wednesday (the early part of which was fine both for winning and ripening) a good deal of the earlier cut was carried. The vatting of oats has been going on for some days past in the earlier districts, but oat harvest will not be general till the middle or end of next week. The crop is in general bulky, but no reliable opinion can be formed of the yield or weight of the grain till thrashing commence. Po tatoes continue in the main free from disease in this locality." DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING. Though the weather is a trite and hacknied sub ject of discussion, the peculiar cireumstanees of the present time afford ample justification for dwelling upon it, even at the risk of being deemed prolix by those—and they must be few—who take no interest in its effect upon the crops. We had yesterday as forbidding and hopeless a climate as ever alarmed the classes whose sole existence depends upon favourable weather, and the indications of its eon tinuanco were very marked; but happily fel , once the indications proved false, and this day has been as fine a one as need be. Even the cold rain and chilling blast of yesterday were not general, or at least not of the severity in the southern and western counties to suspend farming operations. I have been informed by persons who have travelled by the Great Southern and Western and AT'oaland Great Western lines that reaping is general ; and morn o a r m n nhappy proved v l e e d a learn that less i t n h ju gala r e si ':Jus to the ripe corn than I feared it w0u.14. The gale i n tbt Channel blew with extre7rte violence, and delayed the Holyhead boats several hours on their passage to Kingstowa. Even on Thursday, when we had scarcely experienced any storm here, it blew so hard that the paddle-boxes and boats of the new steamer Leinster were carried away, and she has to lay up at Holyhead for repairs. This mishap will not, however, I believe, delay the beginning of the improved postal service, which, I am told by people connected with the Post-office, will take place on the Ist of next month. THE CURRAGI.I. The camp yesterday was really a sad spectacle. The sentries kept close in their boxes and the officers to their quarters. No one faced the gale who could avoid it. Still the "huts" looked comfortable, and the smoke from the various apertures looked pleas ing, and the flag floating above the general's quar ters looked cheerful. Yet there was nothing of "camp life" there but the "huts"and the "situation." The most dismal-looking scene of all was that to the left of the main road, where the 14th Light Dra goons have been all but submerged, the tents having been erected on a swamp, without the precaution of building a raft as a foundation. Notwithstanding, all, however, the camp appeared calm, though storm was prevalent. The previous dry dusty days had opened the lea surface, and the incessant rain, therefore, left few of its traces behind ; indeed, it was considered preferable to the simoom which had swept the camp for a week previously. The head quarters of several regiments have received march ing orders, but it is thought that the inclement state of the weather will induce the general to countermand them for a few days. INVERNESS. —AIthough very cold, the weather has been favourable to the progress of the harvest until Wednesday evening. A serious storm of wind and rain then commenced about eight o'clock, and continued to rage with great violence through.. out the whole of the night and morning. The rain has now ceased, and the wind has lulled, but things look cheerless enough overhead. A large portion of the grain crops in the Highlands has been cut and partially secured uuder more favourable cir cumstances, and in better condition, than could have been expected.— Courier. MUNSTER FLAX IMPROVING SOCIETY. The following letter, announcing Government aid to this society, has been addressed to its chairman : "Dublin Castle, Sept. 6, 1860. " Sir--Referring to your letter of the 10th ult., and former correspondence, I am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to acquaint you that his Excel lency has received a communication from the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury stating that their lordships apprehend that the operations of the Minster Flax Improvement Society will not be confined to the counties in which the funds of the re-productive loan fund are administered by the board under the 2d section of the act 1 lth and 12th Vict., cap. 115 ; and as they entertain the opinion that the expenses connected with the formation of the society will be fairly chargeable in a propor tionate manner amongst the whole of the counties ) to which its operations extend, their lordships do not think that it will be expedient to sanction the application of any portion of the reproductive loan fund towards such expenses, but, in accordance with his Excellency's recommendation, they have given directions for the issue of the sum of £268 4s. in aid of the general working expenses of the society, to be expended in the following proportions, viz. : —County of Cork, £BO ; Tipperary, £6O ; Limerick, £42 14s. Bd. ; Clare, £42 14s. Bd.; Kerry, £42 14s. Bd. Their lordships repeat that it is not to be inferred that they will sanction any further issue from the fund ou account of the society. His Excel lency desires to impress upon the president of the society the necessity of confining the above grants strictly within the prescribed limits. The pay master of civil services has been instructed to remit the money to Anthony Perrier, Esq., of Lotamore, a Cork, treasurer of the society, as requested in your letter of the 12th of December last. " I have the honour to be, sir, your obed. servt. "THOMAS A. LARCOM. " Lieut.-Colonel Beamish." THE ANTI-NATIONAL SWORD. The Londonderry Standard exposes a flagrant piece of dishonesty perpetrated by the swordsmen, in connection with the inscription upon the M'Mahon trinket, about which such a fuss has been made here by a few restless malcontents. It will no recouectea that the Empnrur of tho French au thorised the M'Mahon to accept the bauble, and that the marshal himself agreed to receive it, on the express condition that nothing political should be involved or signified in the gist, or testimonial, as the donors prefer calling it. On that condition the weapon was prepared, and the deputation per mitted to bear it into the camp at Chalons. " That this pledge was net kept," says the Warder," and that both the Emperor and M'Mahon were deceived, are sufficiently Seen in the circumstance of Mr. Sohn Mitchell being brought down as a member of the deputation. This was manifestly intended as an insult to her Majesty." It was, of course, and a greater insult still, as well as a more flagrant breach of the conditions imposed by the marshal and his master, was the allusion to "oppressed" Ireland engraved on the blade ; but the worst of all is the perversion of the inscription in the Irish lan guage, which purports to be a translation of the French, but has, tne Londonderry Standard says, quite a different meaning and significance. The French inscription means—" Oppressed Ireland to the brave soldier, Patrick Maurice de M'Mahon, Marshal of France, Duke of Magenta, descendant of her ancient kings." The Irish means, according to the above quoted authority, "Oppressed Ireland to her valiant champion, Patrick Murchadh M‘Mahon, Marshal of France, Duke of Magenta, beloved heir of her ancient kings." This version is very different from the other, but the accuracy of this reading is disputed, or rather broadly denied. DISASTROUS FIRE AT THE SAVOY CHAPEL ROYAL. _ ere __ Yesterday (Sunday) morning, between six and seven o'clock, a most disastrous fire —which quickly reduced to ruins the splendid organ presented by his late Majesty George IV.—happened in that venerable edifice, the Savoy Chapel Royal, situate in Savoy-street, between the houses in the Strand and Waterloo-bridge. This sacred place is, with the exception of the Abbey, the oldest ecclesiasti cal building in the city of Westminster. It appears that about 20 minutes past six o'clock Sergeant Burcher, 2 F division, had his attention directed to the chapel by seeing smoke issuing from the roof and also through the windows, which had been left open. Knowing that the Rev. H. White, the chaplain, had entered the chapel at five o'clock to dress the communion table, he at once became ap prehensive that there were some doubts as to the safety of the rev. gentleman. He at once opened one of the doors, but finding the fire was progress ing, he very judiciously closed it again, and sent for the fire escapes, brigade, and parish engines, and in a short space of time the parish engines of the various precincts attended, two of the Royal Society's escapes, and the brigade engines —two from Chandos-street Station, and others from King street, Golden-square, Crown-street, Watling-street, Holborn, Waterloo-road, Southwark-bridge-road, and many other depots. The fire-escape conduc tors, upon arriving, were advised by the police not to again open the doors, as it would be the means, if they did, of causing the fire to extend. Having received that information, they did not attempt to open the doors or windows, and much property was thereby saved which must otherwise have been consumed. The Rev. H. White, the chaplain, had had the communion-table dressed out with the plate, wine, and bread for the early sacrament to take place at 8 o'clock in the morning. The fires were then lighted in the furnaces for warming the chapel, and when Mr. White left, a little after 6 o'clock, he did not detect the least appearance of smoke or the smell of fire, and he left the chapel feeling fully confident that all was perfectly safe. A short time after that gentleman had left, the sergeant ab ove a ll u d e d t o saw the first appearance of the fire, and in the course of a few minutes Mr. Superintendent Durkin, of the F division, and Inspector Felton arrived with a body of police. Mr. Durkin gave instructions for the communion plate to be removed by some of his officers to a place of safety. This was accomplished by Sergeant Butt, 13 F, Cox 4, and Sergeant Rogers 17. The plate and wine having been conveyed to a place of safety, during that time the fire continued to spread, and at length the whole organ, bellows, pipes, and beautiful app o i n t men t s, ,:b ecame en ye lopedin flame. From that valuable Royal gift the flames extended to the magnificent roof—one which is not surpassed in grandeur except by that of the Chapel Royal at Whitehall. The fire next seized upon some of the stalls at the side of the organ, and two or three were quickly in flames. At this conjuncture, nothing short of the destruc tion of the whole of the venerable structure could be apprehended ; but the firemen under Mr. Fogo, the foreman, and sundry engineers, including Paul Girard, Perryer, Wilkinson, Holloway, and several others, a good supply of the New River Company's water having been obtained, went to work in tbeir usual praiseworthy and intrepid manner, but as the water was thrown upon the great organ, the barrels continued to burst like the discharge of small fire-arms. The men, how ever, nothing daunted, kept to their work, although the flames were raging over their heads, but they were unable to get the fire subdued until the roof was destroyed at the south end of the Such has been the rapidity of harvest work dui- chapel, the beautiful organ nearly destroyed, some ink the last fortnight, that fully two-thirds of the of the pews totally destroyed, and several severely wheat crop have now been carried. Another ten damaged by fire, and the rest of the extensive edifice days of fine weather will nearly complete the har- damaged by water and heat. vest in this country. In Scotland large quantities The origin of the fire has been t r ac e d t o th e over of produce have been se cure d i n good condition, heating of the stove used for warmi n g th e c h ape l. and the accounts from the nce i n reference to the At present it is impossible to ascertain whether or potato crop are very favourable. The growth al )- No one, without having seen th em , could form the qua- not the building was insured. pears to be unusually lar ge , an d of excellent least conception of the beauty of the internal decora lity. The demand for wheat, and nearly all other tions of ceiling, and the s pl en did monuments. His kinds of prod u ce, has b een much restricted, and Royal Highness the Prince Consort, who paid a prices generally have had a drooping tendency. visit after the recent alterations and decorations In Ireland the bulk of the crops has been carried, but our advises state that disease is general amongst were made, expressed the greatest admiration. the potatoes. The corn t ra d e h as b een d evo i d of On the western external wall i s a l arge s l a b , on animation, and prices generally have had a droop- which is the following inscription : " This chapel was repair e d an d i mprove d at the ing tend enc y. V ery f ew shipments have been made to England. expense of his Majesty King Geo rge IV . in the year " 1 Throughout the north o f E urope h arvest work is 1826 and 1830. The following cannot f a il t o b e rea d w i th i nterest, progressing steadily ; b u t mos t accounts agree in showing the many reminiscences connect e d w ith th e moderate. The t ra d e f or most art i cles has fallen stating that th e yi e ld o f t h e new wheat is only sacred edifice, obtained from au th en ti c sources : rom America contin ue t o con fi rm the statements off, and pri ces h ave not b een supported. Letters The proce e di ngs p u bli s h e d b y t h e A rchaeological Society of L on d on an d Middl esex state that Henry f previously transmitt e d, th a t th e y i e ld o f t h e cro 111. granted it t o Peter o f S avoy, from whom it ps took its name. He was uncle to Queen Eleanor, generally is very la rge . I mmense quant i t i es of and the grant was sin gu l ar , b e i ng a ll the houses on the Thames where this building stood, on condition wheat, maize, and flour continue to be shipped to this country.—_Economist. of rendering to the Exchequer three barbed arrows. HAMPSIIIRE.—The continued fine weather dui- of Jack Straw, and William Wran The history of the palace states that, in the year ing the past week has enabled the farmers to push 1 381, w at Ty on their harvest operations with increased vigour. plundered the Borough of Southwark, broke open Of the quality of the grain the accounts con- the, Marsh alsea and King's Bench, and induced the prisoners to join them to eff ec t th e d estruction of thine to be most fav oura bl e , an d t h e general opinion, with which actual e xam i na ti on to some ex- the Savoy Palace, or castl e , as it was then called. tent agrees, is that the yield w ill excee d t h at of last They all ege d th a t th e i r on l y o bj ect was to punish year, and the weight and q u ality near l y equal. The etraitors of the realm." Th e D u k e of Lancaster potato crop is, we fea r , muc h i n j ure d ; here and having been pointed out a s one o f the most obnoxi ous on account of his th en recent quarrels with the there a glimpse of hope a pp ears i n reports of par tial freedom from blight, but that much damage is citizens, they ran with one accord to his palace at dene there can be no doubt, though not up to the the Savoy, which, in external and internal elegance, extent reported. The t urn i ps , swe d es, and man- surpassed all others in th e ki ng d om except the gold wurtzel are lo o ki ng we ll . T he plants are thin King's palaces. They wo u ld no t t h en allow a single and healthy, but bla c k ene d. I t w ill require a pro- individual to enrich himself with the jewels, plate, tracted continuation of fine grow i ng weat h er to or other valuables there found, but they consigned give a weight of roots equal t o th a t o f l ast year.— them altogethe r , an d th e pa l at i ne residence to the .Hants,lndependent. flames, and such things as the flames could not con- YORKSHIRE.—The weather has been all that sume were thrown into the river Thames. One of could be desired this week for the harvest, and reap- their party, however, could not resist the tempta ing has been carried on with great vigour. The tion of taking a piece of valuable plate, which he reports of the crops are now generally of a favour- placed in his boso m ; but bein g detected, his com able charact er , an d s h ou ld th ere b e a continuance of fine weather for a few weeks longer, the cereal har- panions mit both him and the silver into the flames, vest, both as to yi e ld an d qua lit y , w ill prove not to for whi c h th ey excuse d t h emselves by saying they be much less below an average than was antici- were zealous for truth and justice, and were not pated at the beginni n g o f th e p resen t month.— thieves. The d u k e ' s ce ll ars conta i ne d muc h c h o i ce Leeds Tntelligencer, wi nes , and 32 of these depredators, having entered LANCASHIRE.—The fine weather of th e l as t ten them, drank t o suc h an extent t h at t h ey were days has completely allayed the fears of those who buried beneath the ruins of the house before they were watching th e h arves t , excep t th e speculators, could be go t ou t. Th e i r vo i ces an d cr i es cou ld be who hoped to reap their own harvest out of the heard for seven days, but they all perished. misery of the p eo p le . C orn i s b e i ng cut and car- The sacred edifice having be en t rans f erre d i n an d reed in all dire c ti ons , an d , to t h e surpr i se of every satisfaction, by all l ov e r s of antiq u iti es , th a t th e for the pu r p ose a b ove - name d, it w ill b e l earne d w i t h one who exami nes it, i t appears to b e o f f i rst-rate quality, and very little injured by the continuous done, how ever , b y fi re an d wa t er i s very consider church w ill b e a bl e to b e res t ore d . Th e d amage rain of the sunamer.—Preston . Chronicle. able, and, judging from the appearance of the roof, SCOTLAND. there must be s ome thi ng lik e 40 square fee s o f th e lIADDINGTON.—A s li g ht c h ec k was exp er i ence d I medallion s o f th e ce ili ng t o t a lly destroyed, to say towards the end of l as t wee ki n the cutt i ng of the crop, nothing of the damage done by heat and smoke to but this has been more than made up by the fine other parts of the splendid ceiling, and also the pews. THE HARVEST. The front is also much scorched and blistered, and one or two of the ancient carved wooden monuments have been completely burned off the wall at the eastern side of the grand organ. The cushions and hassacs in most parts of the ancient chapel have also been greatly damaged by water, and have been obliged to be taken from the respective seats, but it is hoped they will not be irretrievably damaged, and that by drying and dressing they may be in a fit condition to be used again at Divine Service. It is hardly necessary to state that Divine Ser vice was suspended yesterday, but it is in contem plation to call a meeting of the inhabitants in a day or two, and to make application to Royalty for as sistance, which no doubt will be granted, so that there is strong ground for concluding that, in the course of a few weeks, if not restored to its primi tive state, it will be so far repaired as to be able to be used again for public worship. One very fortunate circumstance is, that large and lofty as the chapel was, it had no galleries ; if it had there is not a shadow of doubt entertained by those competent to form an accurate opinion, that the flames would have quickly entered the windows of the bell tower, and have traversed the galleries and roof until this splendid place would have been reduced, including the remains of some of our great est men in science and literature of past centuries, to ashes. Great praise is due to the firemen, and also the police, under Mr. Superintendent Durkin, for re moving and taking charge of the communion plate, as well as for keeping the doors closed. An immense number of persons applied during the morning for permission to enter the chapel to see the amount of damage done, but Mr. Durkin and also Mr. Fogo very properly refused to allow any one to enter unless they had business to tran sact in connection with the sacred edifice. For the gratification of our readers at a distance, it ought to be stated that not one of the beautifully sculptured monuments at the north end of the chapel has received the slightest injury, except by smoke and water, and they can be cleaned at little expense, but those onward, at the side of the Royal organ, have been consumed, not a vestige being left behind. THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE FRENCH MINISTER FROM TURIN. The announcement of the withdrawal of the French Minister from Turin naturally perplexed Europe with the fear of new complications. The Emperor of the French is such a subtle player that the lookers-on draw a long breath when any unex pected move discovers some new opening in his game. A feeling of uncomfortable suspense and apprehen sion always follows. Napoleon and Victor Emma nuel had beaten the coverts of Piedmont and Lom bardy together. Napoleon had afterwards kept the passes for his weaker comrade, while he stretched away over a great deal of ground beyond the fron tier of their common manor. While Victor Emma nuel drove the Duchies, walked over Tuscany, and followed his game into the Romagna, Napoleon pre tended not to see what his friend was about, but kept watch at a distance. Even when his enterpris ing friend sent his dogs into the standing corn, keeping close by to secure the game as soon as it was driven out, Napoleon winked hard and would not see how very irregular such conduct was. Suddenly, however, a double shot is heard across the little stream of the 'Pronto and on the road to Ancona. It was not a much greater trespass than had been be fore ventured and tacitly approved—although M. Grandguillot would not persuade us that this was a cause of desciccord between the two companions. The Romagnas, where Victor Emmanuel had hunted as openly as Earl Percy upon the Cheviots, were just as much off the proper beat and belonged to the same proprietor. Yet this report seems to have suddenly wounded the conscience of the old comrade who watched and guarded. Napo leon was shocked and angry that Victor Emma nuel should have poached upon this particular farm, and made demonstrations of calling together his dogs and keepers and going off in dudgeon, leaving his companion to the wild mercy of the an cient owners of these wide free warrens. It was a formal quarrel—division, severance of interests, and renunciation of all companionship. " Mere dis accord," says M. Grandguillot, " was now changed into complete disavowal." What did it mean, and where would it end ? Was the adventurous poacher to be left to reckon alone for all his irregularities ? Was his game bag to be emptied and himself smartly fined ? and were the ancient rights to be re-established upon every foot of land over which he had carried his unlawful gun ? If so, what was the consideration for which France had so suddenly returned to a reverence for the old franchises of free warren, and had so suddenly renounced her complicity in this great European poaching party? These were perilous possibilities in this last specu lation which set the world wondering, and it was a kind act to hasten M. Grandgvillot's pen, and to formulate an assurance that when France with draws her Minister from the capital of Sardinia she is by no means in earnest anger. It is welcome in formation that " a disavowal is far from meaning a rupture ;" and that France only means what a lady means by a gentle tap of her fan, or what a disinterested passer-by means when he sees a ruddy urchin up a tree in an orchard and calls him a daring young scamp and walks on. This diplomatic demonstration is a simple sacrifice to propriety. Her friend was shooting indecently near to the proprietor's manor-house, and France was bound to appear scandalised, but they are just as good friends as ever; and, as to the game which they bagged when in company, France is ready to main tain its possession in spite of Squire Hapsburg and all his game laws. We believe that for once M. Grandguillot is well informed as to the immediate intentions of his master. For the present, at least, Napoleon 111. is satisfied to let the revolution in Italy flow or ebb as its mood may sway it, so that it does not trench upon the fixed precincts of that Holy City where the Head of one of the largest sects of Christians sits enthroned beside the mouldering glories of Heathendom, and awaits the slow advance of those pestilential influences which must seine day make the Quirinal as entirely a museum as is the Via Sacra. The Emperor considers it indis pensable that this matter should be left to the ope ration of Nature. Remembering that other great metropoles have been peacefully blotted out by ad vancing sands, and observing that Rome, if left alone to the inertness of an ecclesiastical rule, must at no very distant time be as quietly stifled by miasma, he sees no reason to set religious frenzies flaming in order to contend for aplace which Na ture herself seems to have destined for a vast mau soleum of dominion. So that this city and its port are left untouched the Emperor will only gravely shake his bead at anything in reason that may be done outside it. If we are well informed, the Em peror has good reason for this non-interfering po licy. When the Emperor was at Nice all that has since happened at Naples could be as clearly fore seen as it can new be told. That Garibaldi would absorb the South of Italy without effective resist ance had become like a future fact in the calendar. As to Naples the course of events was easy ; Naples would be absorbed quietly into the kingdom of Italy. But when Garibaldi advanced to the Roman States, as a few days later he certainly would, the case would be much altered. There would be divi sions of counsels. Moderate men would advocate moderate revolution, but there would certainly be found a party of fanatical Unitarians who would insist upon going through with their scheme of unity. It was no secret that insurrections had already been planned in the city of Rome. A. Mazzini party was again arising unner the appre hension of Rome being left alone. There was some probability that the small French garrison might be overpowered, and a Red Republican Govern ment, such as that of Mazzini, Saffi, and Avezzana, again established. All this was stated to the French Emperor at Nice by; Cialdini and Farini, and he was induced to believe that Garibaldi might either of his own accord take the extreme Unitarian policy, or might be forced into it by his followers and by the populace of Rome. It was made plain to him, also, that the only course open to defeat the intentions of the Mazzini party' would be that the Sardinian army should anticipate the arrival of the Garibaldi levies, and occupy in force that part of the Papal States which the French do not garrison. We are informed that under the pressure of these represen tations the Emperor acknowledged the difficulty both of his own position and that of Sardinia, and intimated that, while he must gravely disapprove so irregular an act as the invasion of a neighbour ing State, the circumstances were so exceptional that he would not actively interfere to prevent it. France, therefore, disapproves, but does not oppose. She leaves Sardinia alone to take the risk and re sponsibility of the act. If Lamoriciere can beat Cialdini and Garibaldi, or if these last should stir up any other enemies who should drive them out of Florence, and Naples, and the Duchies, they must expect no aid from France. France will continue to guarantee Lombardy, but Sardinia has placed all the rest by this act enjeu. This explanation at Nice makes the immediate meaning of the present events more clear than French policy in Italy has usually been. Rome is strengthened by two regiments and the presence of Gen. Goyon, and Cialdini is running a race to con quer the Papal States before Garibaldi arrives in force. Up to this moment every march has been a triumph, and the city of Perugia has been once again swept clear of the foreign cutthroats of the great Christian Pontiff. Lamoriciere's mercenaries do not seem to fight. Perhaps he has hardly had time to flog his scamps and runagates into soldiers; and even, brave men require confidence in their cause, their leaders, and each other, to fight agains t odds. If Lamoriciere is beaten by the Sardinians all must then depend upon the conduct of Gari baldi, who will soon advance from the south to meet the Sardinian forces which have entered from the north. If Garibaldi should unhappily turn out to be impracticable and insist upon attacking the French, then the success of the whole Italian game will be endangered. Sardinia and the revolution will be separated ; and, if Garibaldi should be so unfortunate as to obtain some first success over the French, he will only have committed the Emperor, as to a point of honour, to exert the whole force of his Empire, so far as it becomes necessary, to crush him. Garibaldi is an earnest man, but he is by no means a madman. He must be able to calculate how certain it is that Rome left alone in Italy must eventually wither away from the hand of the Pope and fall into the surrounding kingdom. He must be aware, he who has once before defended Rome —how like an infant he and all his force would be in the grasp of France. He cannot, surely, peril all that he and his country men have gained. The friends of Italy have been disquieted by some loose words reported of his pro claiming the Italian kingdom from the top of the Quirinal. So, perhaps, he may ; but the time is not yet. We have more confidence in the assurance which he has often repeated to his intimates, that if his red shirt—that historic red shirt—could be suspected of discovering what his intentions are, he would pluck it off and burn it. The Emperor of the French says distinctly that he is in Italy to de fend religi on as well as liberty ; and as by religion he means the Pope, Garibaldi will see that his time is come fo r anot h er pause, in order to consolidate what has now been gained. COUNTRY MARKETS. _ YORK—SEPT. 15. The supply of wheat was better to-day, but the demand was slow, and currencies were about the same as the pre vious week. Wheat, red .60s to 64s 1 Oats . 2Bs to 30s White do .64s to 68s Beans 48s to 50a Barley .34s to 36s Peas ....--s to —s Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye, 40s per qr. ; flour, 48s to 48s per sack. CAMBRIDGE—SEPT. 15. There was a middling supply of wheat, and, with a slow sale in the trade, white wheat moved off at 544 to 60s, red, 48s to 56s per 36 stone. There was a small show of barley again ; maltin g , 34s to 40 s ; gr i n di ng, 30 s t o 34 5 per 30 stone. Oats at 24s to 28s for new; old oats, 28s to 295. Beans in limited supply, and a steady sale —new, 40s to 44s ; old, 43s to 45s per 38 stono ; peas, 40s to —s per 36 stone. White cloverseed, 86s to 890 ; red, 46s to 50siper qr. NORWICH—SEPT. 15. To-day's market was fairly attended, but the wheat trade was quiet. Prices were fully maintained, and is advance in some instances. The whole of the wheat crop may be reported as secured in Norfolk. White wheat 608 to 62s I Red wheat 54s to 600 Malting barley....42s to 46s I Chevalier barley 33s to 35e Distilling do .. ....25 s t o 27e j Oats.. 30s to 320 Flour, 41s Od to per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON—Smrr. 15. At this corn -market wheat was in fair average sup ply, with a firm demand, prices ranging from 54s to 58s for white, and 51s to 56s for red. In barley a dull business, malting 42s to —s, grinding 36s to —s per qr. Oats in fair sale and prices barely maintained, quoted at 34s to 38s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 48s to 50s ; peas, 44s to 480. Rye, 37s to 40s; malt, 68s to 72s ; flour, 33s to 37s per sack. 'SEPT. 14. s. d. s. d. Do., now l5 0 to 16 6 Bore l4 6 to 17 0 Rapeseed Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn DUBLIN• s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 33 0 to 36 0 Do., red 3l 0 to 33 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 oto 15 0 THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds • • Oct. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. Oct. 6. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. .. _ . Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. • . Sept. 22. Cape of Good Hope, & c . .. • • .. Oct. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseill es ) Sept. 26. Gibraltar (via Southampt on ) .. Sept. 18. India (Calcutta), Ceylo n , & c . (via Southampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Sept. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Sept. 19. Lisbon .. Sept. 21. Cuba and Mexico .. Sept. 28. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton);.. Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. 19. Vigo, and Oporto .. • • .. .. Sept. 21. United States, California, &c. Sept. 19. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe • Overdue. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Sept. 28. DESPERATE QUARREL ABOUT A WOMAN.--At public ball on the Boulevard Rochechoart, a few evenings since, two men got into a violent quarrel about a young woman with whom they both wanted to dance, and they made such a noise that they were turned out. On the bou levard they continued the quarrel, and after a while began fighting. Some persons took part for one of them, named Charles L—, an engraver, of the Rue Oudinot, and attacked his adversary, Antoi ne S—, of the Boulevard Montparnasse, with such violence that they broke his left wrist. Notwithstanding the pain the man endured he drew forth a knife and stabbed the other deeply in the thigh. Both men were conveyed to the hospital, and one of the assailants of Antoine was arrested. FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT NEAR AYR.—ON Monday night, about ten o'clock, two men were changing shift at Pit No. 2, Dalharko, Patna. The engine-keeper when raising them to the surface lost his presence of mind, and instead of turning off the steam made the mistake of turning it on more fully, when the men were drawn up with violence against the pit-head pullies, and thrown from thence to the bottom of the pit, about 50 fathoms deep, and dashed to pieces. The names of the two men were William Kennedy and Hugh Gribben. the latter being married some months ago. The authorities are making investigation into the cause of the accident, and the engine •keeper has mean while been lodged in Ayr prison. —Ayr Advertiser. [AnymaisEmENT.]—that of 50,000 cures without medi cine, by Du Barry's delicious R eva l en t a A ra b ica Food, we quote a few :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. Cure No. 49,832.—" Fifty years indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent food.—Maria Joly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 4,208.--" Eight years dyspep sia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, 'nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been cured by Du Barry's health restoring food.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. Three years excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring food. —Alex. Stuart. Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment, and expense m a y b e avo id e d by u s in g D u B arry ' s F oo d which, at a few pence per day, saves 50 times cost in other remedies, removing effectually, without purging, constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious anal liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, MD., F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzx Dr. Shorland, Dr. Campell. Let invalids avoid th e f,srful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations ofered under a variety of false pretences. Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and Us agents; and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du B a rry's are connected vith such patent are utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, onthe seal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s, 6d. ; 51b. lls.; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co. ; Abbis, 60_ r-- ;t a r e e t ;tuy!3yl( 16,as rFdett,u4Br, Finsbury r e pa h ua e dv a e; sn4i Pavement tu ; g poh, a i n i t iipsks l o s ap O ns , dg a O ct x o; - , tea-dealers; -t e S alers ; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William- s t ree t, City; at 127, High H o lb orn; and all grocers. BIRTHS. BARBER.—On the 14th inst., at The Grange, Hampstead heath, the wif e o f Samuel Barber, Esq., of a son. CURRIE.—On the 14th inst., at 16, Green-street, the .wife of Henry IV, Currie, Esq., of a son. CIINLIFFE.—On the 16th inst., at Leyton, the wife of Ro Ctuiliffe, Jun., Esq., of a son. ger PRINSEP,--On the 14th i ns t., at Barnes, the Wif e o f C. ' Campbell Prinsey, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. DE MoLErsrs—WATICIIOP.E.—On the 12th inst., at Niddrie House, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Dayrollas Blakenev de Moleyns, the eldest son of the Lord Ventry, of Burnham House, co. Kerry, -to Harriet Elizabeth Frances eldor daughter of Andrew Wauchope, Esq., of Istidd r i e m a _ rischal. LUARD—BRAMSTON.—On the 13th inst., at St. Nicolas Church, Witham, the Rev. Bixby G. Lam, vicar of Hatfield Peverel, to Clara, eldest daught er of the Rev. John Bramston, vicar of Witham. DEATRs ALEXANDER.—On the 18th July, at Bater Ford, Austra la Henry A. O . Aleanqer, youngest son of Lieut.-Col. 11:Alexander, Staines, 111tddlesex, aged 27. tho llth inst., at 6, C arlton-place, New p oOn T n yne, Job Ja mes Bulman, Esq. , d 74 age. F B E I F. - - u- On the 13th hi inst., at Newfi e ld House Kilmar nock, Ayrshire, Archibald Finale, Esq., Gl en Hall, Lei cester. FORDATL—On the 13th inst., at Liverpool, James Quayle Fordati, Esq., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, elder son of Jas. Fordati, Esq., of Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square, aged 25. RENSIZAW.—On the 13th inst., at his residence, P o iid View, Higher Broughton, Manchester, James Renshaw', Esq., aged 45. SCORER.—On the 14th inst., at 18, Mornington-crescen4 Hampstead-road,t,Charles Winter Scorer, Esq., aged 76. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun ffice, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the oraptY of Middlesex, Monday, September 17, 1860.