The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-11 00:00:00

ME VOLE !NITER 2110KEMBNT. The commanding ; officers of the various Volunteer Rifle Corps throui .94 the county of Middlesex have received a cot Si nunication from the Lord-Lieu tenant in reference to the assembling the various corps of a county 0: r district together for the pur pose of periodical re ni iews. The communication from the Lord-Lieutenal ti 's office was as follows " 24, Spring-gardens, Sept. 4. " Sir,—l am desire d by the Lord- Lieutenant to inform you that he has recei- r ed a communication from the Secre ary of State for War • : intimating his opinion that it would tend very grea tly to 1 ;I Le efficiency of th e V o l un t eer F or ce, and that it might at tI Le same time be very acceptable to the various corps in differ .nt parts of the country if opportuni ties were afforded to t hem of being occasionally brought together for the purp ase of being reviewed by some officer o f high rank and po a ition, and directing his Lordship to take measures to gi it effect to the instructions of the Secretary of State for War in this respect. " I am therefore to i request (if it be the desire of the corps under your commani. I. to be reviewed, as has been suggested by the Secretary of Ztate for War) that you should put yourself in commun ation with the commanding officers of other Volunteer CCI Ts in the neighbourhood who may en tertain the same de tire, with a view to fixing a convenient day for that purpos s, and that, having done so, you should address the lord-lies itenan,t, in order to oLtain the necessary authority, and make arrangements for the inspection of such corps. " I have the hors ar to be, Sir, your very obedient ser. " RICHARD NI C .HOLSON, Clerk to the Lieutenancy. The Officer corn c landing the Rifle Volunteers." The members o the 33 (Tenterden) Kent Rifle Corps have comm e aced ball practice, an excellent piece of ground, a ffording a range of up war d s o f 1,000 yards, havi a , g been obtained near the town. On the first day o •practice, which is t o b e cont i nue d twice a week,.thy men fired at 100 an d 150 yar d s 3 five rounds at ea & th range, a n d th e average po i nts made were 6.36 z t t the form er , an d 4.9 at t h e l atter range. The be a t shooting was made by Private Clemetson, who :made 17 points, 8 at 100 and 9 at 150 yards' rang( The 17th (Tunbridge Wells) Corps have been E 'resented with a handsome rifle by Mrs. Wight, of I, ansdowne, which is to be competed for by the memb 4 3rs at the close of the course of in struction in rifle s hooting they are now undergoing. The member: t of the Colchester Corps of Rifle Volunteers assess tbled last week, on the invitation of Lady Georgina Rebow, in Wivenhot-park, and went through a series of manoeuvres in presence of a large assembln, ge of the geßtry of the county of Essex. The rev. iew over, the members of the corps proceeded to Om , w their skill as marksmen, Lady Georgina having liberally offered a silver cup as a prize to him Naha o should prove himself the best shot. _ _ _ The 7th Surrery Rifles assembled on the parade ground in front of the Sessions-house, Newington, on Saturday aft( rrnoon, at 5 o'clock, as usual. They were formed in line, and marched thence, accom panied by the land of the 3d Surrey Militia, to Nesbitt's-ground, in Kennington-lane, where they were put through battalion drill and skirmishing, including file and - volley firing, and field evolutions generally. Major P arratt, the adjutant,was present, and appeared to have entirely got over the effect of his recent fall. The very success ful little corps, the Ist Surrey Juvenile Rifles, which has enrolled upwards of 80 in its ranks, spent Friday at Greenwich. The corps was honoured with a special permission from the Governor of Greenwich Hospital to march with its colours and band playing through the hospital, as much to the gratification of the boys as of the noble veterans who heaped good wishes and praises on the little fellows as they passed by. After visiting the Painted Hall, the Dining Hall, and the Chapel, the Governor was pleased to honour the Volunteer movement by expressing a wish to see the juveniles and hear their band play. Accordingly they marched to the front of the Governor's house, where, seated in a bath chair, he listened to the various airs which were played, evidently much to the gratification of their kind patron. At a meeting of the Knowsley Review Committee, representing the Volunteers of the county, Lieut.- Col. James Bourne in the chair, the following letter from the Earl of Derby was read : " Knowsley, Sept. 4, 1860. " Dear Colonel Bourne,-1 cannot allow the proceedings connected with the Knowsley review to come to a close without begging you to accept for yourself, and to offer on my part to all the members of your committee, and to their zealous and efficient secretary, my warmest thanks for their anxious and porsevering oxcrtions in arranging the multi farious details which had to be considered and settled. It is mainly to your and their efforts that we are indebted for the complete success which, I think I may venture to say, has attended this brilliant county gathering; but I am sure you will consider yourselves more than repaid for all the trouble you have taken if the result shall be, as I con fidently believe, not merely the momentary gratification of a successful pageant, but an additional stimulus to the great and important national movement which has already added so greatly to the military strength of the country,— I am yours, faithfully, "DERBY. " Lieut.-Col. Bourne." Resolved,— " That this committee congratulate the Earl of Derby on the perfect success of the review on Saturday last, and begs to thank his lordship for his courteous hospitality. The committee cannot separate without acknowledging the valu able assistance rendered by Capt. Hornby, R.N., to whose judicious arrangements the success of the gathering must in a degree be attributed. "J. BOURNE, Lieutenant-Colonel, Chairman. " Sept. 7." The great Cheshire rifle prize meeting is adver tised to be held on Sept. 19th and 20th at Leasowe common, on the practice ground of the Ist and 2d Cheshire Rifle Companies. It is patronised by the Lord - Licuteriant of the county (the Marquis of Wcetrninster), Lord Combermere, Earl of Shrews bury and Talbot, the county members, and other in fluential noblemen and gentlemen connected with tb.o, county. There is a local committee, consisting , ar the officers of the different volunteer companies In the neighbourhood and other persons interested in the movement. The value of the prizes that will be offered is nearly £3OO, presented by various per sons in and about Birkenhead. There will be 10 or 12 prizes open to all volunteers of artillery or rifle companies in Cheshire, and three or four prizes open to all corners bona fide residents in the county of Chester. Earl Spencer, Lord Elcho, and General Hay have also consented to be patrons of this meet ing, and the by-laws and regulations have been submitted to and approved by General Hay. This meeting is now exciting considerable interest throughout Cheshire, as proved by the fact of 30 companies having already intimated their intention to send members to compete for the prizes, and will no doubt be theforerunner of a properly- constituted rifle association, in connection with the National Rifle Association of London. In consequence of a notification received at Wool wich some days ago, to the effect that' Viscount Sydney had expressed his intention of inspecting a second portion of the local Volunteers on Saturday, the Bth inst., the entire establishment of the Royal dockyard ceased labour at mid-day, having per formed an extra hour's work each preceding day of the week, as an equivalent for the half-day desired to be devoted to the Lord-Lieutenant's inspection. At 4 o'clock the whole of the brigade, consisting of five companies, paraded in the Dockyard-square, in command of Major Thornton, commandant, and marchea to Little Heath, the park of Sir Thomas Wilson, Bart., where they were joined by the Charlton Rifles, in command of Captain George Hall Graham; the Woolwich Rifles, in command of Captain Carter ; and the Plumstead and Blackheath Artillery, in command of Captain Tongue and Cap tain Brandram. The whole of the Artillery then drew up in a contigu ous line, the Dockyard Brigade forming the centre, an d fl an k e d b y the two com panies from Plumstead and Blackheath, the Rifles keeping the ground. At 5 o ' clock, his lordship, at tended by Colonel Congden, comm an d an t o f th e Charlton Corps, and Colonel M orr i s, C. 8., Inspector of Volunteers, entered the ground, and wasre ce i ve d with a general salute. The inspection thereupon commenced, and his lordship having expressed his satisfaction at their general appearance, retired to the front and took up his position at the flagstaff, on , which was flying the Kentish Volunteer flag, bear ing the white horse rampant, surmounted by the motto " luvictus." The whole of the Volunteers then marched past in slow and quick time in columns of companies, the officers saluting, halted, and wheeled into line. His Lordship then desired Major Thornton to put them through their manual exercise, which was performed with great smartness, and elicited strong marks of approval. The line afterwards advanced in re view order, and the inspection terminated with a general salute. The Dockyard Brigade then marched into their battery in the dockyard and practised with great guns (32 pounders), after which they formed close column on the parade and were addressed by Lord Sydney, who compli mented the officers and men on their steadiness and proficiency. The five companies of the Dockyard Battalion were commanded by Captains Piers, Hat ton, Partridge, Chaplin, and Pike, numbering about 400 men, including the band of 25 performers. The chief command of the battalion, under Major Thornton was ably seconded byhis Adjutant, Lieut. H. M. M'Leod, late of the 41st Regiment of the Line. During the inspection Mr. W. Sloman, of the 4th Kent or Woolwich Rifles, on duty near the carriage containing Lady Sydney and other ladies, was requested by Commodore the Hon. J. R. Drum mond, to invite the attendance of Mr. H. Whomes, also a private in the corps, and who last week ob tained the gold prize medal and the silver badge at Cologne, in addition to the £lOO prize at Wimble dolt Mr. Whomes promptly attended, wearing the decorations on his left breast, and her ladyship and friends, having examined the prizes, expressed their gratif cation and thanks, and complimented the bearer on his success. The gold prize consists of a large Maltese cross, surmounted by the Prus sian Crown, of a very handsome design ; and the silver medal is of the circumference and about the weight of our own florin. The provisional committee of the proposed Wilt shire Rifle Association are taking energetic mea sures to carry out the resolutions passed at the preliminary meeting held a short time since in the city of Salisbury. The Right Hon. Sydney Herbert, Secretary for War, has just kindly sig nified to Mr. G. S. Read, the Honorary Secre tary, his willingness to act as president of the association, and with the view of furthering the progress of the Volunteer movement and creat ing and fostering a taste for rifle shooting through out the county, it is proposed to institute an annual shooting match, to be held, if practicable, at the head-quarters of the different Volunteer corps in Wiltshire, in succession, provided the required tange can be procured in the locality. At each meeting prizes will be offered not only to the mem bers of all the rifle corps, but to any other resi dents in the county who may be willing to contend for them. In Suffolk the number of eompanies is gradually increasing. Capt. Jervis, M.P., presided on Thurs day evening at a meeting to promote the organisa tion of an Artillery corps in the Colneis Hundred, on the Suffolk coast. The meeting was addressed by Sir G. N. Broke Middleton, the chairman, and other gentlemen, and resulted in the enrolment of about 20 Volunteers on the spot, while several other persons announced their intention of sub scribing and nominating others. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, . W _ ...__,~.._. ______ The half-yearly meeting of the Liverpool Cham ber of Commerce was held yesterday, Mr. W. J. Tomlinson, Chairman of the Chamber, presiding. There was a numerous assemblage of the members, and among those present was Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P. The CHAIRMAN explained that the meeting had been postponed from the 17th of August to the pre sent time, chiefly with a view to having Messrs. Horsfall and Ewart, the members of Parliament for the borough, present. Mr. Horsfall had been able to attend, but he (the chairman) regretted that an unavoidable engagement in the Isle of Man pre vented Mr. Ewart from attending. The Secretary then read the report, of which the following is an abstract ; The report commenced by narrating the titles of several Bills more immediately connected with commercial matters, which in the course of the recent Parliamentary Session had been under the consideration of the Legislature, but which had been withdrawn or lost in the attempt to pass them through the:two Houses. In reference to the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, strong objection, it is stated, was entertained by the Council with regard to the im port, export, and bonding charges, which were considered likely to produce vexatious restrictions upon commerce, and this was represented in a me morial to Government. Consequent on this repre sentation considerable modifications were effected in the Bill which proposed to authorise them. Strong objection was especially taken to the prin ciple of ad valorem duties on the exportation and transit of goods, and the resolutions were amended by abolishing the transhipment and exportation duty, and substituting a duty on the Customs bills of lading of ls. 6d. for each shipment, and impos ing, instead of the charge for removal under bond, a charge for bonding and removing of 10s. per cent. on the amount of duty, and for bonding with out removal of ss. per cent., the charges for opera tions in bond remaining the same ; but, in confor mity- with a promise made to a deputation from the Council, these last were afterwards abandoned by Government. In May last the Chamber, at a general meeting, decided not to take any step in reference to the action of the House of Lords on the Bill for the Repeal of the Excise Duty on Paper. Since then, however, the House of Commons declined to reduce the import duty on foreign paper, which will be liable to the usual Customs laws; and, as in that case the British manufacturer would be placed at a disadvantage, a memorial has been sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, asking that the same facilities may be granted to English paper by the Excise as will be given to foreign paper in bond. A reply has been received, saying that the ques tion has the Chancellor's best attention. The Council, after due consideration, agreed to memorialise (with the Shipowners' Association and the Steamship Association) the Judge of the Admi ralty Court for a withdrawal of his recent order, which transferred to London the sale, under Admi ralty order, of ships lying in Liverpool, as they are convinced that this port presents greater facilities for an advantageous sale. There is every reason to believe that the order will be cancelled by a rule of Court. Owing to the great differences which exist in various countries and ports in the custom with re gard to the adjustment and settlement of general average, an attempt is being made to assimilate it, if possible; and the Council have appointed a de putation to assist in such attempt: A proposal, suggested by Captain Sprye, of London, for opening a direct trade with Western China by way of Rangoon, and through Pegu and Birmah, has been considered by the Council. The proposal is one of a novel character, and required very full information • but from what the Council were able t o learn they believe it is one deserving the careful attention of the Government, and they have forwarded a letter to Lord Palmerston pray ing that such steps may be taken by the Govern ment as may be deemed necessary. In closing the report the Council express their regret that several very important bills have been Bill, the Companies wi thdrawn from Parlia ment, suc h :ts the Bank ruptcy Bill, the Lien for Freight Bill, and the Admiralty Jurisdiction Bill, and that no opportunity offered for the introduction of other the w illCouneil, howe ver , con , subjueentist,esduchas Kingdomthe Writsregis trati onßill, of partnerships, the and the law relat nguteotforeign receive th e All attentionof these in the hope th a t th e y ma y be brought forward ne x t sess i on. The CHAIRMAN then briefly review e d the dif ferent subjects treated of in the report, He re gretted that the Bankruptcy Bill, which was one of great importance to the country, and which was so generally wished and expected to be passed, bad not been passed. He said much discussion had arisen with respect to the paper duties, and more than one meeting of the Chamber had been held on that sub ject. At one of those meetings it had been ruled that the Chamber should not interfere with party politics, The resolution then adopted was one of deep importance to the best interests of the Cham ber itself, and probably not less important to the public. He then proceeded with remarks which were almost an echo of the matters treated of in the report, and concluded by calling on Mr. HORSFALL, who, in rising to move that the report be adopted, and printed and circulated, said he should first take the liberty of acknowledging the compliment to himself and his hon. colleague conveyed in the last clause of the report. That he took as an intimation that their conduct in Parlia ment during the late session, whatever might be thought of that session itself, met with the appro bation of the chamber. (Hear.) With respect to the Bankruptcy Bill, he expressed his sincere regret that it was not now the law of the land. While very unwilling to attribute blame to any one, he could not help thinking that if the Attorney-General had pressed the bill on the attention and con sideration of the house at an earlier period of the session it might have been passed. It was un doubtedly a very long as well as very important bill, and, as a whole, was generally approved, at least in principle, by a great majority of the mem bers. It had made considerable progress, when it THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1860, was opposed by Sir H. Willoughby, on account of the compensation clause. That hon. member ob jected to the com pensations rendered necessary under the provisions of the bill being charged on the Consolidated Fund, thinking that such charges should, in the first instance, at all events, be laid on the fees of the Bankruptcy Court, and that only such deficiency as might inevitably arise after wards, should be charged upon the Consolidated Fund. With great good humour the Attorney- General agreed to that proposal. The bill then proceeded in the committee till it reached the 165th clause, which was objected to by Mr. Henley. On this objection he (Mr. Horsfall) thought the At torney-General took rather a strained view of the nature of the observations made by Mr. Henley. He had always thought, and he believed the Cham ber would agree with him in opinion, that there ought to be jao distinction between:traders and non traders, but, in point of fact, if any man could not / pay his debts he ought to be made a bankrupt. Mr. 1 Henley's objections, he believed, referred more par ticularly to special matters, and affected only some of the details of the measure. He hoped that the Bankruptcy Bill, however, would be one of the first introduced during the next session, and also that it would be one of the earliest to receive the Royal assent. (Hear, hear.) ,He said he had been up braided by some of his Conservative friends for voting in favour of the budget, but when he found that it proposed to abolish the duties on so many articles on which he thought duties should not be levied he should have been very inconsistent if he had not supported it. That budget he need not remind the meeting made arrangements for abolishing the duties on a very large number of articles which, although vexatious in their collection, did not yield a revenue in any degree ccmmensurate with the trouble they occa sioned. With respect to the French treaty, con cerning which so much has been said in hul s.. ment and elsewhere, but concerning which he did not think there was any very great diversity of opinion, he had been informed that it had already been productive of good effects in extending a knowledge of the principles of free trade among the French people. Indeed, on what he considered very good authority, he had been told that the principles of free trade must now inevitably prevail in France, and, being himself a Freetrader, he considered the Government deserved great credit and support for introducing and carrying out that measure. No was also of opinion that the Govern ment deserved thanks for adopting and acting on the principle that this country must be defended from even the appearance of challenge or risk, and in adopting and supporting the Volunteer move ment the Government had done much to ensure the national security. Without a feeling of se curity, he need not say, it would be impossible to maintain our commerce, our manufactures, and our agriculture. (Hear, hear.) In respect to mail con tracts, concerning which so much had been said, he disapproved the proceedings, as the 3e had come to light, not on account of the parties with whom they had been made, or because they were in them selves extravagant, but because they had been made in secret. He was of opinion that in all such cases at least a month's notice should be given in the House of Commons. After allusion to the re port of the Shipping Inquiry Committee he said he could not sit down without saying a word in refe rence to the rising importance and growing magni tude of the trade of Liverpool. That would be seen by the amount of increase in the value of its exports, in his return just issued under the authority of Government it would be seen that the increase in the value of the exports from the port of London was £1,349,000, while in Liverpool in the same time the increase was £11,000,000. Mr. W. BROWN, late M.P., seconded the motion. In doing so he complained that while much benefit had been conferred on trade by the abolition of those duties to which Mr. Horsfall had alluded, he had never in the course of his 50 years' experience known such an amount of vexation and annoyance as had been caused to merchants by the introduction of numerous petty regulation which embarrass trade. He thought the Chancellor of the Exche quer should be ashamed of himself for the numerous twopenny obstructions which he had put upon trade. The motion was carried, and after a discussion upon several matters of purely local interest the meeting separated, having first, on the motion of Mr. Horsfall, passed a vote of thanks s to the chair man. say whether Tomlinsoi would be at his break a minute before I got 'o mine. I cannot say how long I should be in crossing the carriages, but I was careful. By Mr. Robinson, solicitor, Colne—l do not know how Tomlinson pt at his break. As we went to Manchester eight of ten persons were sitting on the roofs of carriages. By M. Grundy—l dtended here at the request of the police. I was lot solicited to come by the company. Tomlinson break carriage being the first in the morning, 7ould be the last in the train at night. The person who rode at the top of car riages in going wereput into carriages when we returned. It is a coarnon thing for guards to get down at the stations and attend to passengers. Tomlinson had been Coing so when I saw him run past me to his break. I did not see Chippendale, the guard, at Helmslure, but I will not say he was not at his place in he forward part of the train. By patent breaks I nean Newall's patent. I do not mean there is at:Q, difference between the power of ordinary break van and break carriages. The court adjournd. at one o'clock. The coroner• and jury, after dining, proceeded to the railway station, to make thar further examination of the broken carriage shickle. The court had not re assembled when on/report was despatched at three o'clock. It will ha seen thit only one witness was exa mined in the mornng in upwards of three hours. The examination wts finished in half an hour, and the cross-examinaton of attorneys took up the remainder of the tme. At this rate the inquest will last many da7s. THE STEPNEY MURDER. TEIE INQUEST. Yesterday afterioon at 5 o'clock Mr. Humphreys, the coroner, and tie jury, whom he had summoned after a few hours notice, assembled again at the Railway Hotel, (rove road, and resumed the in vestigation touchiig the murder of Mrs. Emsley. The whole neigabourhood was in a state of ex citement consequeit upon the apprehension of Mul lins and Emms, of suspicion of being concerned in the murder. Theinquest-room was crowded, and a number of people stood in a group in front of the deceased's house, hard by. Mr. Rose, the solicitor to the deceased, was again in attendance to watch the proceedings, as was also Mr. Ratcliff, the soli citor acting for the trusteea under the will of the late Mr. Emsley, her late husband. Mr. John Faith, of Park-house, Mile-end, and Mr. Whit taker, residing in Bow•road, who are married to the two daughters of Mr. Ernsley by a former marriage, were also present, with many other respectable people living in the immediate vicinity of the murder, and to whom Mrs. Emsley was well known. The jury having responded to their names, Isispector Thornton was called by the coroner He said,—l am an inspector of the Metropolitan Police, and have been charged with the duty of en deavouring to discover the murderer of Mrs. Ems ley. In consequence of information I received on Saturday from Sergeants Tanner and Thomas, who have been assisting me in this matter, I ordered them to have Mullins at Scotland-yard on Sunday morning, and he came there from Chelsea about 11 o'clock. There we all four got into a cab and pro ceeded to a place called Elmsley's brickfields in Globe-town, Mile-end, where a man named Walter Thomas Emms resides in a cottage. On our way Mullens said he had suspicion of Emms being con cerned in the murder of Mrs. Emsley ; that on Saturday morning he, being in the brickfield, saw Emms leave his house about half-past eight o'clock, and after looking about him to see whether any body was on the alert, he proceeded to a ruin, or shed, at a little distance, from which, after remain ing there a short time, he returned to his house, carrying a large parcel, and looking about him be fare entering the house. There he staid about ten . minutes, and then came out and went to a sort of washhouse or " lean-to" adjoining his house. I must tell you (said Inspector Thornton, parenthe tically) that this washhouse has only half a door, that half being at the top, and was open to the public. It has only one entrance, which is out side of Dams' house, and by which any person can go in, if he pleases. Mullins went on to say that about ten minutes after he had seen Emms go into his house carrying a large parcel, he saw him leave the house again with a parcel in his hand about the size of a pint pot, and enter the wash house, where he remained about a minute, and re turned to his house without a parcel. On our arriving at the brickfield Mullins took us by a rather circuitous route, and showed us, from a little distance, the position of the house, washhouse, and shed. As we were passing over a fence we saw Emma, in company with another man. Emma had not then perceived us. We had intended to go round to the proper entrance to Emma' house, but, seeing Emms at a little distance, we thought. it prudent to approach and break the matter to Inhim; Mullins, at o ur reques t, k e eping away for a time in the background. We passed through an open ing in a fence, and, going to Emms, we asked if he could speak to as for a moment privately. He thereupon left the person with whom he was talk ing. We then told him we were police officers (he appeared to know Sergeant Tanner, and perhaps me, too) ; that we had received information from a person (not disclosing then the name of our infor mant); who was on the spot, to the effect that he was seen. coming out of his house about half-past eight on Saturday morning going to the ruined shed in the field, returning thence with a parcel, and then, after remaining in his house a few mi nutes, going to the washhouse with a smaller parcel which he left there, and returned to his house empty handed. With an air of apparent truthful ness he denied that statement, and said that he had not been in the ruin since last Saturday week, that he then went there to take or fetch some bottles, end that he was not out of bed until half-past nine on Saturday morning. 1 then told him, as he de nied the statement, that it would be necessary for us to search his place. He replied that we were welcome to do that at any time, adding that, in order to test the truth of what he had said, we might go and see his wife, and ask her as to the time when he left his house on Saturday morn ing, which, to the best of his belief, was nearly 10 o'clock, he being unwell that morning, Mullins had stated to us that he had seen Emma leave his house at half-past eight on Saturday morning. Tanner, accompanied by Thomas, went and saw his wife, leaving me in the field with Emms. On returning they said they had seen Mrs. Emms and had searced the house, but had found nothing. Emma appeared to be suffering from illness, and I thought at the time it would not be desirable to confront him with Mullins. Mullins at this time was seen coming in the direction in which we stood, and I sent Tanner to keep him away, and to tell him that we did not then want Emms to know our in formant. Tanner and Mullins went towards the washhouse and held conversation. Something oc curred which Tanner communicated to Thomas, and Thomas went into the washhouse, and returned with a parcel to where Emms and I stood. Holding the parcel up, Thomas said to Emms, " What is this ; who put this in the washhouse ; what does it contain ?" Emms said, " I don't know ; what is it, and who put it there ?" The parcel was opened by Thomas in the presence of Emms, and was found to contain, three or four teaspoons, a German silver tablespoon, two lenses, some blotting-paper, por tions of a newspaper, and a piece of paper folded up, which latter Thomas handed to me in the pre sence, of Emms. As I opened it Emms said, "Good God! that is Pickering's cheque," or words to that effect. I don't remember the exact words he used, but I believe he said it was the cheque Mrs. Ems ley received on the day she was murdered, adding, " Good God, what can this mean ? it is a wicked and base plot." The parcel found in the washhouse was partly tied round with a piece of shoemaker's waxend, and partly by a piece of tape resembling a pocket, apron, or petticoat string. Tanner, Thomas, and I then held a consultation, and we came to the conclusion that it was our duty to take both Emma and Mullins into custody. We did not, however, communicate with Mullins further than to desire him to accompany us to the police-station, and he walked there by the side of Tanner. On arriving at the station I charged Emma on suspicion with being concerned in the murder of Mrs. Emsley. I then pnt Mullins in the dock and mad e a s i m il ar c h arge against him. We went then to Mullins' lodging at 33, Barnsley-street, where a bricklayer's ham mer was found, some waxends, and a p i ece o f t ape, precisely corresponding with that with which the . parcel was tied up. Richard Tanner was next called. He said—l am a detective sergeant. On Saturday afternoon, between 5 and 6 o'clock, a man named Mullins came to my house, and said he wished to give me some information. He had previously been to the house of Inspector Thornton, but had not found him in. I took him to my room,.and he made the following statement to me :—" You know, Sergeant Tanner, since I saw you and Inspector Thornton, I have had my suspicions about the man who mur dered Mrs. Emsley, and I have been watching him ever since." I asked him, before he went any fur ther, to tell me who it was. He replied, " Emms." He then said—" On Saturday morning at 5 o'clock, I went to Emsley's brickfield, and remained there for the purpose of watching Emrns, but pretended to be picking herbs. Between 8 and 9, I saw Emms come out of his dwelling, which is situated in }Ansley's brickfield, go to a shed about 50 yards in front of his house, bring out a parcel from the shed and take it into his house, where he remained about 10 minutes, then come out again and go to the lean-to adjoining his house with a parcel about the size of a pint pot, where he stayed• about two minutes, and then came out without the parcel and re-entered his house." I asked Mullins what he hought the parcel contained. He said he did not know. I then told him I would arrange to send a sergeant for him on Sunday morning if he would remain at home, and I took his address, 17, Oak ham-street, Chelsea. He said on parting with me, "Now, don't go without me, and I will behave well to you if it all comes off right." (Sensation.) I said to him, " You know I have reduced your statement to writing, and you can call on me to produce it any time No advantage will be taken of your information ; I hope you think we are above that." (The witness then, in much the same terms as Inspector Thornton had used, related how Mullins next morning accom panied them to the brickfield, and the conversation there with Emms.) He continued to say—Emms, having referred us to his wife as to the time he got up on Saturday morning, I went and saw her, and she told me her husband did not rise that (Satur day) morning until nine o'clock, being unwell, and that most assuredly he was not out of the house until ten. The daughter also corroborated that statement. After stating that the first search in the washhouse was fruitless, witness continued—As I was communicating that fact to Inspector Thornton and Emma, who were standing together in the middle of the field, Mullins appeared in the back ground, about 50 yards off. I was sent to engage him in conversation, and on meeting him he said, " You have not half searched that place. She," meaning Mrs. Emms, "had her back to you all the while. Come with me and I'll show you where I mean he went and put the thing." I said, " No, not now; Emms does not know that you are our infor mant, and we don't want him to know." We walked along towards the shed adjoining Emms' house, and stopped about four yards ix front of the door. He (Mullins) said, "Look now; go in there, pull down that slab, and turn up those bricks" (sensation), pointing to a slab that lay against the wall on the right of the doorway. I told Thomas to go and pull down the slab in question, which he did, and I saw him find a parcel. I then told Mullins to go away and wait for me at the Rising Sun (a tavern in the neighbourhood). I joined Inspector Thornton and Emms in the middle of the field. Thomas came to us with the pat cel and asked Emms what it was, and who put it in the warehouse. Emms said he did not know. Thomas took out a piece of folded paper from among the contents of the parcel, and handed it to Inspector Thornton ; and as the latter opened it Emms said, " Good Heavens ! It is Pickering's cheque, which was paid to the old lady on the day she was murdered ; I don't understand it ' • this is a wicked, foul plot." I was then desired by Thornton to bring Mullins back, which I did, and on our way back Mullins said, " Have you found anything ?" I said, " Yes, Thomas has found a parcel ;" upon which he (Mullins) rubbed his hands as if with pleasure, and asked, " Have you found any—money ?" (Sen sation.) I said I could not say just then. I was desired to take, him to the station, which I did. Thefe I desired him to take off his shoe-s, and I found one of them tied with a piece of string (pro duced), which had been waxed by a shoemaker ap parently, and which I compared with the waxed string with which the parcel was partly tied, and found that they very nearly corresponded. I then proceeded, with Thornton and Thomas, to 33, Barnsley street, and there, in a back room on the ground floor, occupied by Mullins, and given by him as his address at the station, I found a piece of tape which exactly corresponds with that used in tying up the parcel. Sergeant Thomas spoke to a conversation he had with A Mullins on Sunday morning near the house 17, Oakham-street, Chelsea, occupied by him (Mul lins) and his wife (he having only a lodging in in Barnsley-street). On that occasion Mullins fol lowed him to Brompton-road, and while they were waiting for an omnibus he said to witness, " Thomas I thought you was Tanner ; I am very clever in these matters, I have been working very hard day and night to secure this scoundrel who murdered Mts. Emsley." Witness asked him whom he sus pected. He replied, " I suspect Emma; no man had a better opportunity of gaining access to her, as he was in the habit of taking her money and would be admitted to her house at any time." Witness asked him if he (Mullins) would not have been admitted if he had knocked at her door. His reply was, "No ; she would speak to me through the window or from the area." Witness then described in some detail the finding of the parcel and the mode in which it was tiei up. Inspector Thornton produce]. the hammer found at Mullins's lodging. It was an instrument such as is used by slaters, and was bath a hammer and a chisel. The inspector said it was known that Mul lins always carried about with him a hammer of that description. Mr. Whittaker, a relation of the deceased by marriage, said, on being appealed to, he could not say he knew the handwriting of Mullins, but he held a receipt of his. Mr. John Joshua Caryer, a partner in the firm of Piekering and Caryer, Cambridge-road, Mile-end, proved that on the morning of the 13th Aug., about 12 o'clock, they gave Mrs. Emsley a check for £lO in payment of rent they owed her. That check was dated, by mistake, on the 14th Aug., instead of the 13th, but it was given to the deceased on the 13th. He identified the check found in the parcel in - Emms's washhouse as the one which was given by them to Ma's. Emsley. The inquest was then, on the suggestion of the Coroner, adjourned until Monday next, at 10 o'clock, when, he said, they would possibly be in a position to close the investigation. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR MANCHESTER. The adjourned inquest was resumed yesterday at Haslingden. Mr. Grundy, solicitor to the Lancashire and. Yorkshire Railway Company, stated that on Satur day only one of the carriages to which the broken couplings were attached was seen by the jury; this morning both of the carriages were at the station with a view to the inspection and for the conve nience of the jury. Thomas Robert Ashworth sworn—l am a joiner, living at Blackburn. I was in the portion of the second train which broke off atHelmshore. I was in the third carriage from those we broke away from, by the giving way of the coupling. It was a Birkenhead carriage. When the train stopped our carriage was between the road crossing and the station. We had stopped, perhaps a minute, before the coupling broke. I heard the snap. It was only one snap. I felt no jerk, but immediately after I felt that the carriage was gently in motion back ward, and the motion gradually increased its velo city. I immediately unloosed the door to mount the carriages, that I might put the break on, I went towaids the rear of the train, and traversed the tops of three carriages. I found the break in the rear of the third carriage. The speed would then be six to eight miles per hour. I turned the handle of the break once and a half or about twice round, and we then came against a following train. Before that I heard the skidding of the wheels of a carriage further to the rear, from a break to that carriage having been applied. That break was applied after I got out of my carriage. I only heard it; it did net seem to be any check. I should think that was six carriages below me, and I saw the man on the carriage applying that break. That man was James Tomlinson, the guard. 1 had seen him mounting his break carriage' at the time. I did the same, but I had three carriages to traverse before I got to the break that I put on. lam not in the company's service. While I was applying the break I noticed the engine of the third train coming up. I was knocked off by the collision between the car riages. I hurt one knee, but I crept out, and went down towards the rear, meeting Tomlinson, who was relighting his lamp, and went with him to wards where the dead and wounded were lying. I went by orders of Mr. Shaw, the superintendent, to an engine at the back of the third train, and sent it for medical and all other assistance that could be obtained. I did so, and returned in about two minutes after seeing the engine go. When I got back I saw several bodies lying on the ground and fast in the wreck. The engine of the third train was in motion when I got outside, but I could not see the engine behind the third train by reason of the curve of the line. The steam of the engine I saw was blowing off, as though they were re versing the engine. By a juror—The engine on which Mr. Shaw was came down the other line half-a-minute after the guard relighted his lamp. I did not see any persons on the rails which that engine went down. By Mr. Baldwin—l was quite steady and sober. I had only drunk three glasses of ale that day. The first time I saw Tomlinson on that day was in returning, at Ramsbottom. I helped him to get out passengers, and asked him whether he knew where the third train was, and he said he thought it was close behind. I never saw it come in sight whilst we stopped at Ramsbottom. I cannot say whether the break I went to was a little bit on or not. It might be. I did tell the superintendent that I thought it had been on. I thought that be cause I could only get the break round about twice. The skidding I heard might be from the break I was turning on. Tomlinson ran past me as I was opening the door to get out of my carriage. In the morning I saw Tomlinson at the first break, as we went to Manchester. Chippendale the guard, was at the second : and myself at the thira, at the rear end. As we returned I did not see Chippendale after leaving Salford. I supposed there were four breaks in the morning, as I saw some boys sitting on the top of a carriage as if there w as a b rea k to i t ; b ut I d i d not see a break there. put on the third break mys e lf, i n th e morning, in going down the incline where the acci dent subsequently occurred. I had no more autho rity to be there than you. Chippendale had the management of that break, but I undertook it it e 07. Zy g Nobody requested me, an d no one i w at it e h rf o e u r t ed or w de i r with me me for doing so. reason for getting on t o the was because I h a d g i ven ap my own seat in the carriage I h a d r idd en f rom Accrington in, and not because I th oug ht anyone B b y re Mr. ak nLe r the ch m e was required at that break. By Mr. Baldwin—The rails were a little wet at night, and I cannot say whether if I had been at the last break when the backward motion began it would have prevented the collision, but if I had been there I should have applied it. Ido not know how many carriages a break would hold on an incline like this. One of the new patent break vans might perhaps hal e done it. Ido not think the carriage breaks are so powerful as those. When I went over the carriages I crept on my hands and knees, but had to get up to step from one carriage to another. I had been at the break nothing like a minute when the collision took place. Cannot I POST-017ICE uRIE rA NCB& A portion of the Post office auxiliaries, who attended on Friday and made a statement of the unjust treatment to which they had been subjected by the Post-office authorities in suddenly reducing their wages from 16s. per week to 105., again attended yesterday at the Mansion-house, and handed to .Sir It. Carden, who sat for the Lord Mayor, the memorial they had agreed to present to the Postmaster-General upon the subject of the grievances of which they complained. Sir R. Carden read the memorial, which com menced by setting forth the steps that were to be taken before it was possible to obtain the appoint ment of auxiliary in the Post-office. In the first place, they had to attend at the office and fill up a number of printed forms; they then had to give the names of two respectable housekeepers, and also that of some clergyman, as referees ; to all these parties forms were sent, which were required to be filled up. The men then have to undergo a series of searching inquiries, as to whether they were married or single, whether they were in debt, &c. ; "they have then to procure a certificate of their birth ; then to undergo an examination by the medical officer of the Post-office, in company with their own medical man, whose fee they have to pay; and after all this they are required to undergo an examination before the Civil Service Commis sioners as to their qualifications in reading, writing, and arithmetic; and lastly, supposing all the fore going requirements to be satisfactorily complied with, they are required to attend before a justice of the peace and make oath that they will perform their duties with fidelity; they are then eligible to be appointed to the post of an ' auxiliary' in the Post-office, at the salary of 10s. per week." The memorial concluded by a statement of the specific grievance before alluded to, which was that they had come to London upon the express understand ing that these wages were to be made up to 16s. per week by extra duty until they were perma nently appointed; and that at a moment's notice they were told that this extra duty would be taken from them, and that they must keep themselves and families upon 10s. per week ; and it prayed the Postmaster-General to take the matter into his consideration, and prevent the proposed reduction from being made. Sir R. Carden, after perusing the memorial, said it was a very respectful and proper one, and he had no doubt it would be attended to. The spokesman of the party said the men would be very much obliged to him if he would send the Memorial to the Postmaster-General for them, as they were afraid, if it was merely posted, that it would not be delivered to hinl. Si? Robert Carden said he could not believe this, The Postmaster-General must already be aware from the newspapers of the application that had been made by them, and it would be much better for them to address the memorial to him themselbes, and he had no doubt that it would reach his hands. He then inquired of the applicants whether they Were all still continued in the service of the Post- - office at the reduced wages of 10s. per week. The epokesman replied that they were. Sir R. Carden then repeated that their better course would be to address the memorial to the Postmaster-General, and he at the same time ob served that, after the immense deal of trouble they had been obliged to take to obtain the appointment, they certainly deserved some consideration. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —Bilious affections and stomach complaints induced by atmospheric heat or too liberal diet if not early checked, are often attended with serious consequences. 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He has adopted an en tirely new system of constructing ships of war, and is recognising an entirely new principle in the formation of a fleet. Line-of-battle ships, accord ing to these views, will be utterly superseded, and their places will be taken by heavy frigates so protected by steel or iron armour as to be prac tically invulnerable. That, at least, is the theory on which these vessels have been planned, and to such good purpose has it been embraced that, though France has at this moment but two ships of the line on the stocks, she has no fewer than eight of these steel-plated frigates in process of construction, besides two actually afloat. As we have no such vessel afloat, and only four on the stocks, it follows that, if the French are right, we may presently find our navy - in a position of inferio rity far more alarming than that which was disco vered two years ago.. On the other hand, if the French are wrong, they will have squandered upon a profitless experiment the means of creating a for midable fleet, and we, for once, shall be found the best economists. We put the case in this way because we do not wish to regard the question as absolutely decided, though it cannot but be startling to ob serve the completeness of decision on the other side of the Channel. The fact, too, is the more impressive from being in direct contradiction to the ordinary course of • things. Our Admiralty has acquired a reputation for headlong resolutions and reckless expenditure, while the French are represented as profiting by our experiments to get the greatest possible results at the least possible cost. Here, however, the conditions are reversed. We are still testing iron plates against rifled cannon, and building line-of-battle ships more zealously than ever, while the French are acting confidently upon a new invention, and preparing for a system of warfare which is to supplant old fleets and old tactics altogether. Now, which of these two courses is really the wiser one ? It is inovacntous question, for, if we should really hap pen to be in the wrong, the consequences might be disastrous to our maritime ascendancy. In favour of the French theory, it may be ob served that their adoption of the new system has not been precipitate, nor without a course of proba tion and experiment. It is some time since the first attempt was made at sheathing a vessel in armour, and the idea was more than once dropped and taken up again as fresh improvements sug gested themselves. The floating batteries employed in the Crimean War, though not severely tried, were thought to do good service, and the French better than the English. At length, after repeated essays, the French professed themselves satisfied that frigates could be constructed of such impreg nable strength and such tremendous power as to be more than a match for any class of vessels yet launched; and they plainly announced their conclusion that before a dozen years were past line of-battle ships would be obsolete. The Emperor Na poleon, therefore, has been neither hasty nor incon siderate. He has acted on the very principle as cribed to him in the famous Leipsic article on the French and English navies. He has first assured himself of the utility of the invention, and has then, after taking his resolution, carried it into execution without stint or delay. This policy gave him a sudden superiority iu screw line-of-battle ships a year or two ago, and, if it should be equally justified by the results on the present occasion, it may givo him a still more decided superiority a year or two hence. On the other hand, we are bound to admit that, except for the obligations imposed on us by a French precedent, the question may still be re garded as too doubtful to warrant any precipitate adoption of the new discovery. Everything turns upon the armour of these vessels. Whatever may be their qualifications in speed or armament, these can easily be encountered ; but if a French ship really invulnerable while an English ship is exposed as of old to the storm of shot, it reeds no rea soning to arrive at the results. Is this invulnera bility a fact ? We can hardly believe it. Our authorities have been trying the question inces santly for months past, and heavy guns have been pitted against patent armour in our various sea ports with scarce a week's intermission of the ex periments. As far as the results have been pub lished, the tests have appeared to tell rather against the armour, whether chain or plate, and it would not be wise to lavish money on inventions proved to be fallible. Moreover, we cannot but remark that no Government but that of France has yet adopted the theory, though it is pre cisely such as would command itself to mari time States desirmis of securing sudden offieieney at a limited cost. Even America, alvsktys prone to new inventions, has rejected the project, though she gave it a deliberate trial. It was not so with rifled cannon, which were ,adopted promptly and universally as soon as ever their superiority was discovered. We must not for get, either, that it is impossible to balance the French experiments against our own, inasmuch as we cannot be sure that the conditions were equal. Granted that the French have succeeded in con structing ship armour impenetrable to any of their guns, this may prove, not that the armour is stronger than ours, but that the guns are weaker. Would the Cloire or the Normandie prove invul nerable if battered by Armstrong or Whitworth guns of heavy calibre, or by a broadside of such pieces? The, French cannot pierce these breast plates with their own !cannon, but could it not be done with ours ? It is a question of artillery as well as armour, of attack as well as &fence. Pro• bably the reason why the Americans discarded the scheme of iron-casing a vessel was because they measured the strength to be thus gained against the power of their Dahlgren guns, and our own artillery is now the most powerful in the world. If British manufacturers cannot produce a plate of iron which British guns cannot penetrate, we need not be much afraid of finding such plates elsewhere. Although, moreover, we acknowledge that the importance of this question far transcends that of mere pecuniary considerations, we may fairly pause before we plunge into such an ocean of extrava gance as the adoption of new theories creates. The question at issue is not only the reconstruction" of the British Navy at so very short a date after the last renewal, but its reconstruction upon prin ciples of still greater cost than before. Steam proved half ruinous to us, but iron would be worse. The expense of a man-of-war in Nelson's time was about £l,OOO a gun ; it is now about £2,000, and at the rate of outlay actually sanctioned on our four iron cased frigates it would be £4,000. We have but just superseded our sailing navy; if we are now to supersede our wooden navy, and at twice the re cent charge, what will be the aspect of our esti mates for some years to come ? Of course, however, we do not for a moment deny that if the necessity really exists it must be encoun tered, be the cost what it may ; and, indeed, if we take timely precautions and act at once upon our convictions, so as to escape arrears, the work may prove fairly manageable. All we have to do is to come to a decision, and, if that should be in favour of iron-cased frigates, our dockyards, when relieved from other work, can certainly turn out as many of the new fighting-ships as those of any country in the world. Our Admiralty authorities probably remember that when they were drawn away from line-of-battle ships some time ago to a new class of vessels, the diversion cost them many a struggle afterwards before their position could be regained. This is true, and the recollection may well render them cautious ; but caution has its limits, or it may become just as dangerous as temerity. We do not blame them for circumspection, so long as it is cir cumspection only. All we wish to understand is that the consideration of the new system is not damaged by official obstructiveness. 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This news had been expected for some dais. It still pro duces, nevertheless, a considerable effect, for it had. been imagined that the King would make, under the walls of his capital, with the troops that have remained faithfnl to him, a last attempt at resist ance. It is at Gaeta, that is, in the strongest posi tion there is in the kingdom, regarded in a mili tary point of view, that he will await a return of good fortune, or endeavour to provoke it. He with draws with a contingent of troops still respectable enough, being 30,000 strong it is said, and which, considering the excellence of the position, must be taken into account. In fact, if in a political point of view the aban donment of Naples is quite a revolution of itself, in a military point of view it is an act of dexterity, or at least of prudence. Naples is open, or rather it opens itself spontaneously. Before even the King left it, Francis had, we may say, ceased to reign there. The movement of men's minds there, the itapulse that carries away the population and drives it to throw itself into the arms of Garibaldi, might cause a complete dissolution of the last nucleus of strength at the young king's disposal. The city, it is true, is entirely commanded by Fort St. Elmo, a stronghold not easily to be taken, cut out of the • rock, and at some places standing on an elevation of 80 feet. But to remain master of that point would be to put himself under the necessity of a painful and probably a fruitless operation, that of bombarding the capital of the continental kingdom, impolitic. The young king, as he had the Sicili an cap it a l— an i n h uma n proceed ing, and, therefore, m os t yielding to the advic e o f hi s mos t p ru d e nt friends, has preferred retiring to Gaeta, where he will add to the advantage of a royal re s idence, and of a still stronger military position, that of remaining master of a part of his states and approaching nearer to the only ally he has preserved—the Pope—whose government has at its disposal 25,000 men, pretty well organised, it is said, by General Lamoriciere. Gaeta, a fortified town of 14,000 inhabitants, in cluding its three suburbs, is situated in the Terra di Lavoro, of which the administrative capital is Ca serta, between Capua and Naples. It consists of irregular works, rising in terraces one above the other, on a rocky headland of the Mediterranean coast. On the land side the narrow approach is closed by strong batteries ; a fort commands the harbour, and at the extremity of this point there is the old tower called Rolando's. Gaeta was besieged in 1800 by the French, and in 1815 by the Aus trians. Very strong by nature, this position is ren dered yet stronger by the configuration of the sur rounding locality. For any one master of Gaeta, and having a sufficient number of troops at his disposal, it is easy to defend San Germano on the north-east and Capua on the south-east, and these three points form a triangular district, in which the last efforts of the Bourbon monarchy will probably be concen trated. San Germano and Capua are both situated about ten leagues from Gaeta; San Germano, on the Fiume-Rapido, is at the foot of Mount Cassino, the summit of which is crowned by the ancient and vast abbey of the same name. This position may' be used as a military retreat, and can be easily de fended. Capua, on the Volturno, possesses an arsenal, a military hospital, and 8,000 inhabitants. The Volturno is crossed there by means of a stone bridge, and on the right bank of the river there is a strong tete-de-pont. A strong casemate has been constructed to the east of the town. Capua lies, as is well known, half way between Naples and Gaeta. It is from that point that the King will reach his last asylum. Doubtless he would leave behind him, at this intermediate station, a sufficient number of troops to defend it, if the war now being waged by him were a regular war, but he is rather a spectator than an actor in the scene. The situation is controlled by unex pected events, and if he merely intends waiting for events he will perhaps do nothing more than con centrate his forces on Gaeta. This we shall soon learn by news from the Two Sicilies. is COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTI -SEPT. 8. The past week has been fine harvest weather, but to-vial the barometer is sinking, and there is some appearance of a change. A moderate supply of new wheat, quality and condition mostly very bad, prices from 44s to 60s. A fesc samples of new barley were shown, but none for sale. IS other grain little passing. Wheat, white sos to 64s ' Beans, Mazagan..4os to 420 red 44s to 458 Middle & small 44s to 481 Barley 2Bs to 32s White peas 38s to 4 04 I Oats 26s to 28s Grey.. 40a to 446 CHELMSFORD-SEPT. 7. Several samples of new wheat were brought into market to-day, much of it considerably out of condition. Spriog corn sold at late rates. Wheat. white 47s to 62s I yeas, Partridge ..42s to 438 red 46s to 60s I White 42s to 453 Barley 34s to 40s i Boiling 42s to 45 3 Chevalier ....35s to 40s Dun 37s to 403 Grinding 32s to 36s Beans, Tick ....39s to 455 Malt.. 61s to 67s Harrow Ticks 40s to 48s Chevalier 64s to 698 Mazagan. 37s to 42 4 Oats . 25s to 30s KIRKALDY-SEPT. 8. We had moderate supplies of grain to-day, and prices for old wheat were 3s to 4s lower than last week, with slow sale. The new barley was in indifferent condition, and is lower. Wheat Barley Oats First.... 54s Od 29s ()d 308 Od Second .. 60s Od 35s Od —s Od Third .. 62s Od 36s Od —s Od COAL ;ET—Sr T. 10. the close of the market.) Walla End. (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Bate's West Hartley 15 0 ranfield Moor 13 3 Tanfield Moor Butes l3 3 Howard's West Hart ley l6 0 Hastings Hartley l6 0 Davison's West Hart ley ....16 3 Edon Mtin 17 9 West Hartley 16 9 Byass's Beliside West Hartley . ..16 0 Lambert's West Hart- s. d• Heugh Hall 18 0 Kelloe South Hart1ep001......18 3 Hartlepool.... l9 3 West Hetton.. , 18 0 Whitworth .. C HI B ce P y 16 6 19 0 17 9 Haswell . ..19 6 Eden 18 0 Woodhouse Close . 16 6 South Durham 17 0 Hunwick l6 6 Shincliffe 18 0 Cowpen Hartley 16 3 Car. & DuffrynMalting22 6 Nixon's Merthyr 21 6 ley 15 9 Craghead Hartley. 15 0 Bell's Primrose l4 0 Walls End. Acorn Close 18 0 Ships at market, 104 ; sold, 79. TILE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (vfa South ampton) .. • • • • • • .. .. Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds Oct. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &C. Oct. 5. Bahamas and Havana (via New Y or k) .. Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. Sept. 8. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Oct. 1. Chi na , Penang, and Singap ore ( v i a S' amp t on ) S ep t . 18 . Do. . ( v i a Marseilles) Sept. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. • • .. Sept. 9. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Sept. 9. Do. (via Marseilles) 5 Sept. 19. Lisbon .. - • • • • • • • .. Sept. 11. Cuba and Mexico • • • • • • • .. .. Sept. 13. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Sept. 9. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. 12. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Sept. 11. United States, California, ( ie. .. Sept. 13. Western Coast of Atric a , Madeira, Teneriffe Sept. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Sept. 13. BIRTHS. FORESTER.—On the 7th inst., at Somerby, Leicestershire, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Forester, of a son. FRERE.—On the Bth inst., at Cambridge, the wife of Philip Howard Frere, Esq., of a son. JENYNS.—On the 7th inst., at Aldershot , the wife of Major Jenyns, C 8., 18th Hussars, of a daughter. TURNER.—On the 9th inst., at 17, Park Villag e W., th e wife of Edmond R. Turner, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. FlSHER—Donsinasyaster R.N., to Fran ces at Berwick-upon- Tweed, -- - ed, Stephen .—O Fisher,6th e Esq., P Amu, the fourth daughter of the late Andrew Dodds, Esq., M.D., R.N. UPTON—WILKINS.—On the Bth inst., at the parish church of St. Clement Danes, Mr.Williatn of 91, Strand to •••arch, widow of the late Mr. John Upton,Wilkins, of 9, Thant-pace, Strand. DEATHS. ANNESLEY.—On the 612 1 inst., Anna Clementine, wife of the Hon. George Annesle:, of Castlewellan, co. Down, Ireland. —On the Bth inst., Mr. William Bickley, of th e -mare Station, aged 55. E On the 7th inst., at Thorasby-park, Notts; 3, B l i A c il lt uv L s the Countess Manners, aged 75. MITCIIELL.—On the . Bth inst., at 9, Thornhill-square, Is, lington, George Mitchell, Esq., aged 66. - wAnD.—On the Bth inst., suddenly, Wm. Ward, Esq., of Southgate, aged 67. WARD. — On the 30th ult., at Strangford House, Colonel John Richard Ward, C. 8., of Tubber-na-Carrig, co. Down, Ireland, aged 69. WALTER—On the 7th inst., Sarah, relict of John Walter, of 21, Chevne-walk, Chelsea, aged 83. LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun . ..Alice, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Iliddleemt, Tuesday, September 11, 1860. Mail I Pre. Con _ . 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