The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-11 00:00:00

THE NAVY. THE CHINA STATION. The following were the stations of the China squadron at the latest dates : At Hong Kong—The British frigate Cambrian, the steamer Coromandel, and the gunboat down ; the French steamer Gironde, the American frigate Germantown, and the 5 chooner Fenimore Cooper. At Macao—The Portuguese brig Mondego and the lorcha Amazona. In the Canton River—The British brig Bittern, the steamer Adventure, the gunboats Bustard, Drake, Firm, Leven, Slaney, Stanch, Watchful, and Woodcock ; the French frigate Capriciense and the steamer Rose. At Amoy—The British brig Acorn. At Foochow—The British brig Camilla. At Ningpo—The British gunboat Algerine. At Shanghai—The British steamers Inflexible and Magicienne and the gunboat Plover; the French steamers Duchayla and F. de Norzagaray ; the American steamers Powhattan and Toey wan ; the Russian steamers Griden, Opritchnick, and Rinda. In the Gulf of Pecheli.—The British frigate Chesa peake; the steamers Cruiser, Fury, Assistance, Highflyer, and Hesper ; the gunboats Cormorant, Nimrod,Starling, Forester,Kestrel, Janus, Haughty, Banterer, Lee, and Opossum. At Japan.—The British steamer Sampson, the American steamer Mississippi, the Russian steamers Askolde and Streloet, and the Dutch steamer Bali. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : —Copt. W. R. Hall to the Indus, vice Capt. Hay, superseded at his own re quest ; Philip Syoret, second master, to the Trafal gar ; and George B. Westcott, clerk, to the Asia. THE ARMY. The 27th (Capt. Durnford's) company of Royal Engineers, who left Chatham on Monday for Wool wich, to be employed in the new gun factory which is in course of erection, will remain at Woolwich about a fortnight, after which they are to embark for the Mauritius. In consequence of the 27th company being required at Woolwich, another com pany will be despatched to the camp at Aldershot. The Glamorganshire Militia Artillery were in spected on Tuesday at Swansea, by Colonel Crof ton, Royal Artillery, who expressed himself highly pleased with their soldier•like appearance and steadiness under arms. The men, having com pleted their 28 days' drill, were then dismissed to their homes. _ _ _ On Monday two companies of the Bedford Militia arrived in Weymouth on the way to Port land. A third company, with head-quarters, suc ceeded on the following day and took up their abode at the barracks. The regiment is from Aldershott. On their way down they dropped a company at Marchwood and also two companies it Dorchester. Col. Gilpin, M.P., Lieut.• Col. Wil kinson, Capt. Morgan, Capt. Grayson, and Lieut. Crawley are with head-quarters. There is also in barrack a company of Royal Engin eers , w h o are engaged in putting the Nothe in a state of defence. The works are progressing rapidly. TILE CAMP AT ALDERSHOTT. Within this month the troops at Aldershott have begun to "camp out" in real earnest. A regiment stationed under canvas for a month experiences only the least discomfort of the most comfortless of all modes of fife. Officers are to a certain extent free to choose the position of their tents, and, if time permits, are able to indulge in the luxuries of a trench round their canvas domicile—perhaps a rustic seat outside, or even an impromptu garden of wild flowers. Under such an arrangement, of course, none of the interminable exigencies and mishaps incident to daily marching and nightly camping anywhere can well be learnt, and the Duke of Cambridge and the camp authorities, there fore, have very wisely determined to accustom both men and officers to this most disagreeable phase of a soldier's life. For this purpose each foot brigade, accompanied by a proportionate force of cavalry and artillery, takes its turn to march out to Wool mer, and after remaining there a day or two re turns to Aldershott by a different route, halting after each day's march, and camping on whatever ground is best adapted for the purpose. Thus the second brigade, under Major-General the Hon. A. Spencer, consisting of the 4th Battalion of the 60th Rifles, the 9th Regiment, the 2d Battalion of the 11th, a squadron of the sth Dragoon Guards, and the A troop of Horse Artillery, left camp on the 4th inst. The men paraded at 2 a.m., and com menced their march for Woolmer Forest early. All were in full marching order, and equipped exactly as if going en actual service against an enemy. The force camped at Woolmer in the afternoon of the 4th, and remained there till daybreak of the 6th, when another march was made in the direc tion of Aldershott, and the men camped on the night of the 6th between Pystock Ridges and Fleet Pond. Here it stayed till the morning of the Bth, when another move was made to Sandhurst, in the woods around which the third halt was called till yesterday, when the brigade was again early under arms, and returned to its former quarters at Aldershott. On these marches, as we have said, everything is strictly accord ing to the military rules of service before the enemy. The same outpost duty and almost the same vigilance on the part of th e pickets is ex ercised. The men, too, live not only on rations, but have to kill * their own meat and make and bake their own bread. It is impossible to over-estimate the value and importance of these two latter addi tions to the soldier's training. Any one who has seen our soldiers in the Crimea mangling a bull about the head witn a lar g e stone will admit with a shudder the necessity w hich exists for teaching the men how to kill their food properly. Care, however, must be taken to prevent the reckless waste of meat which, unless the soldiers are strictly watched, is certain to take place on these occasions. It requires no comment to show the importance of teaching all the men, of every branch of the service, how to make their bread pro perly. When the bread is made by contractors sol diers are apt to be over nice, and refuse the ration on the most frivolous pretexts. Now, however, that the manufacture is intrusted to themselves they must take they bread, whether good or bad, the only choice they have being that unpleasant one popularly known as " Hobson's." The whole idea, too, of the brigades camping out by turns is most excellent. A soldier learns more of his practical duties in a week of such marching than he would in six months' routine life In the huts at Aldershott. There is as much difference between soldiering in barracks and soldiering on a campaign as there is between a yacht race and a naval engagement. Since the beginning of this month several changes have been made among the troops in camp. The 15th Hussars have been sent to Brighton, and the Ist Life Guards have left for Windsor. The 36th have gone to Plymouth, the Oxford Militia to Dover and Shorncliffe, and the Bedfordshire Militia left camp yesterday to do duty at the barracks at Dor chester, Marchwood, Weymouth, and Portland. To replace these deficiencies there have arrived the 3d battalion of Grenadier Guards, 700 strong; 2d bat talion of 19th Regiment, 850 strong; and the 2d battalion of the 16th Regiment joined the camp yesterday, while the 18th Hussars are expected to arrive to-day (Wednesday). The total force at pre sent in camp is not short of 20,000 men of all arms, distributed among the following brigades:—Cavalry Brigade, under Major-Gen. Lawrenson--4th Dra goon Guards, sth Dragoon Guards, 11th Hussars (and to-day the 18th Hussars), Ist battalion Mili tary Train, 2d ditto, and a small depot of the same arm of the service. The Ist Infantry Brigade, under Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, consists of the Ist bat talion 11th Regiment, 2d battalion 19th, Ist Staf ford Militia, and N orth Cork Rifles. The 2d Brigade, under Major-Gen. the Hon. A. Spencer, consists of the Ist battalion of the 9th Regt,'2d battalion 11th, 2d battalion 24 t h , and 4th battalion' 60th Rifles. The 3d brigade, under Major -Gen. Lawrence, is stronger than the other s , as i t includes the 47th, Reg i ment , • the 2d battalion of th e 16th Wilts Militia, th e An trim Rifles, and the Stirli ngshire Militia.' The re serve, or 4th brigade, is un d er Lord F. Paulet, and musters the 3d battalion of Grenadier Guards, the 2d battalion of the 12th, and the 2d battalion of the 17th. In artillery the camp is unusually strew, no less than 54 guns being now attached to the divi sion, including the A , B , and K troops of Horse Artillery, and the field batteries, numbered from one to eight inclusive, of the Bth Artillery Bri gade. It is not probable that any reduction or alteration will be made in the present state of the camp before the middle or end of next month. The march of improvement is showing itself strongly at the camp, which now boasts its "influ ential organ" in the shape of a weekly paper en titled the Aldershott Military Gazette. As may be supposed, it is almost exclusively devoted to camp affairs, giving the general news of the cantonments, current on dits, rumours of approaching changes, and of changes that sometimes never approach at all. It is, however, both useful and popular at camp,and likely to be so with those who have friends there. From it we learn that the number of per sons in camp on the Ist inst. (and the number still remains much the same) was 24,192—viz., 939 officers, 19,863 rank and file ; wives of officers and soldiers, 1,467 ; children of ditto, 1,923. The num ber of horses was at the same date 4,361, but at present the number of horses is not over 4,000. THE PONTEFRACT ELECTION. Mr. Bright has come out in a new character, and has made a terrible mess of it. To do him justice he has hitherto confined his violent denunciations and odious calumnies either to classes whose power and influence he disliked, or Statesmen of high position who have ventured to dissent from his peculiar views. He has not condescended to smaller game, and fallen foul, either in Parliament or on the platform, of humbler individuals, unless in deed such unfortunates could be represented as types of a class or party. This week, however, he has abandoned the higher position, and constituted himself the accuser of one of his brother members. Mr. Overend, the member for Pontefract, is the object of this most unjustifiable attack, excused, of course, as prompted by an imperative sense of pub lic duty. The charge, made at first in the absence of that gentleman, was renewed yesterday in his presence, and although the committee moved for by Mr. Bright was granted, the explanation given by Mr. Overend proved the groundlessness of the impu tation thrown out against him, and a great want of taste and judgment in Mr. Bright. The charge as made by Mr. Bright, was that Mr. Childers having presented a petition against the return of Mr. Overend, the latter gentleman agreed to refer the whole question as to the right to the seat to a mem ber of the late Government, and thus having ob tained the withdrawal of the petition, refused, upon some shabby pretext or other, to go on with the reference ; in fact, as Mr. Bright himself ex pressed it, " defrauded" Mr. Childeis out of the seat. Mr. Overend shows in his answer that no such understanding as that implied existed upon his part or that of his agents. The poposition for a reference came from Mr. Childers, and was be lieved by the other side to be merely a dignified mode of withdrawing the petition ; the reference, if proceeded with, only embracing matters of smaller moment, such as probably the question of costs. As soon as Mr. Overend found that Mr. Childers ex pected to have the question of the seat included iii the reference, he at once protested against such a view, and refused to allow the matter to be gone into. That is the real state of the case as vouched by documents—the molehill out of which Mr. Bright has raised his mountain. There was 'evidently a misunderstanding between the two agents, the one translating the reference in one sense, and the other construing it in a diametrically opposite manner, a difference frequently occurring between the most honourable men where the terms of any agreement are loosely drawn, but there is not the slightest ground to assume fraud on either side. No doubt Mr. Childers has been disappointed, but Mr. Bright should have examined into the matter a little more closely before asserting that he had been defrauded, and charging that fraud upon Mr. Overend. Last night he indeed withdrew the offensive term, but unfortunately he could not do it gracefully. The member for Birmingham is nothing unless virulent, and exonerating Mr. Overend, he attacked even more unjustly his agent Mr. Rose. That gentleman however, was amply vindicated by Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Bright's defence really only made his case worse. The House of Commons know what value is to be attached to his generous profession of a hope that the investigation would result in reliev ing Mr. Overend from all blame. When a man comes forward as a prosecutor, his object is the con viction not the acquittal of the accused. The explanation of this paltry move of the Radi cal leader is not far to seek. The disclosures made before the Election Committees have considerably disturbed the equanimity of the friends of progress. They are confounded, not that their partisans bribed largely, but that they bungled enough to be found out. Their position is an awkward one. Every mem ber unseated was a Radical of the first water : not a single Tory has been found guilty of corruption. What, therefore, is to become of the stock bits of declamation against Conservative wickedness, and the glowing panegyrics upon Liberal purity ? In the face of the facts it would be even too much for a Radical mob to persist in its professions of innocence. Something, therefore, must be done to at least abate this scandal by making out the other side as bad. Mr. Bright, no doubt, feels the necessity, in the general interest of the party, of trying an experiment or two in this line, and has besides reasons of his own for turning public attention away from Radical misdeeds. This peti tion offered a promising opportunity. Mr. Overend was away in the first instance, and the accusation had a good start of the explanation. It may sur prise some people that Mr. Bright, who but a day or two ago complained of Mr. Roebuck's groundless charge against Dr. Michell, should himself become an accuser upon grounds at least quite as frivolous; but there is a very great difference between the two cases. If Dr. Michell were left alone, and his seat vacated, a Tory . would at all events be got rid of, and a chance given to a thorough Radical eager to form one of the Bright tail. If Mr. Overend could. be got rid of, a political advantage would be gained ; at all events, some of the dirt thrown might stick to the Tories, and thus leave the Liberals compa ratively not quite so black. That the end sancti fies the means is a doctrine devoutly clung to by all good Liberals, and Mr. Bright's ungenerous attack upon Mr. Overend will consequently only be condemned by that great party because it failed, as bribery and treating on their own side are only denounced when, as this time, they are found out. —Morning Chronicle. TILE SERPENTINE. (From the Times.) While it is yet time Mr. Fitzroy would do well to reconsider his course with regard to the purifi cation of the Serpentine. The more the subject is discussed among practical men the more sweeping and decisive is the condemnation pronounced upon the plan on which he is about to act. If it were only the waste of money involved in the execution of the present design, that would be grievous enough ; but when we regard it as the aggravation of a great public nuisance the question assumes very serious proportions indeed. If Mr. Fitzroy will not retrace his steps at once, and put himself into the hands of more competent advisers than these who seem now to possess his confidence, at least let him pause and inquire. If he be not will ing to yield now, he might be better advised six months hence, when ho has been at the pains of making himself thoroughly master of the subject. He is not inops consi/ii, but rather tnagnus inter opes inops. In no portion of the habitable globe is this subject of raising water by steam power and filtering it through beds of gravel and sand better understood than in the immediate neighbourhood of London. All the water —pump water naturally excepted—with which London is supplied, is passed through filter-beds by one or ,other of the great water companies. Mr. Fitzroy can obtain most accurate information not only as to the details of the process, but as to the expense of it at every stage. What amount of steam power will be re quired ? What will be the cost of arranging and cleansing the filter-beds ? Whence is the water to be obtained with which these filter-be& are to be cleansed ? How is the refuse to be finally got rid of? What sanitary precautions are to be taken in order to save the neighbourhood from danger and annoyance while this filth remains in situ? All these are points deserving of the most serious con sideration, not only as concerns the public comfort, but on the score of expense. If we are rightly in formed, Mr. Fitzroy has adopted the most costly, the most complicated, the most inefficient, and the most dangerous method of doing that which any engineer accustomed to such work would pro nounce at once to be a very plain and simple job. In discussing this matter we should remember that on either supposition we must equally make up our minds to get rid of the filthy deposit in the Serpentine. The natural method of doing this" is to drain the lake, and to leave the deposit for a season, under proper arrangements for making the process effective, exposed to a process of deodorisa tion. The ground is then levelled, the holes in the bottom filled up, a bed of concrete is laid down, and when a clean basin has been thus prepared clean water is poured in. We will leave it to profes sional persons to determine how much of the refuse can be safely left, and when it is to be covered in with the bed of concrete; but even Mr. Fitzroy will be compelled to cart all the refuse away in the long run. He cannot create a permanent nui sance in Bensington•gardens by keeping one or other of his filter-beds permanently in ventilation. He cannot seal them up with concrete. He must remove the offensive matter from each filter-bed in turn ; and there will always be one which is under going this operation. Mr. Fitzroy's idea is just this—He is about to cleanse the Serpentine by pumping the dirty water out and by pouring clean water in. The clean water will of course be pol luted again ; but it will be again brought up, bringing with it in solution more filth. As the dirty water is b roug ht up i t w ill b e rece i ve d in fil ter-beds—,, custodes sed g uis?"—how are the filter beds t o b e c l eansed ? A correspondent informs us that the filt er -b e d s of the great water companies are formed o f l ayers of cleanly-washed pore Harw Harwich gravel o d f various fi neness covered with . The water percolates through this bed, and as soon as a sufficient qua n tit y of d e posit has been awested the bed is laid dry. The surface of the sand is re moved as far as it has been impregnated with impurities. The sand is washed either by mechani cal means or by a continuous washing with water. In the works of a water company, where the water is originally thrown into the filter-bed s in a pellucid state, these filter-beds require washing about once a month. What will be the case with those which are destined to receive the filthy liquid in the Serpentine ? And where is Mr. Fitzroy to get the clean water with which he is to wash his filter. beds ? If, on the other hand, he should prefer to use new sand at each renewal of the process, then, as we said before, he will be obliged to cart away the old sand, and with it every atom of filth which he has drawn up from the bottom of the lake, re deposited upon fresh sand, for the mere purpose of finally removing it when all is done. With regard to expense, it is to be feared that Mr. Fitzroy has been equally misinformed. The £17,000 which he has obtained from the house will not even suffice to set him up in business as a water filterer. If he will take the trouble of visiting the works of the New River Company at Stoke Rew ington he will find just such another " pellucid cascade" as the one of which he speaks. This re sult, however, is brought about by the use of two 200-horse power engines during the day, and of four of 150-horse power engines during the night. This is a very different story from the little con cealed engine which Mr. Fitzroy conjured up be fore the imagination of his hearers. More than this, many acres of filtering-beds are employed to produce the result, and, finally, there is a steam engine used for no other purpose than that of pumping up clean water to wash the beds which have been polluted with the impurities of the stream. Mr. Fitzroy, as we are inforfned, would have done well to ask rather for £170,000 than for £17,000, if he is resolved .t o proceed by means of these filter-beds. There is another consideration which has been pointed out to us of which Mr. Fitzroy does not seem to have taken account. It is, that a great portion of the pollution of the Ser pentine is due to the presence of organic matter, and that his filtering-beds will wholly fail to purge this away. They will not even touch it. As there is a concurrence of professional testimony against him, the wisest plan for Mr. Fitzroy would be to surrender his judgment to the guidance of those who have devoted their lives to the consideration of such questions. If he cannot make up his mind absolutely to retrace his steps and to ask the house for a fresh vote to carry the matter through from the first in a simple and workmanlike manner, at least he would be doing his bare duty by the public if he postponed action until he had made further and better inquiry. He will bring more unpopu larity tipon the Ministry of which he forms part by erecting a permanent nuisance in Kensington gardens than by almost any blunder which a Minister of Public Works can commit. THE EUROPEAN COUP D'ETAT. (From the Times.) As a people we are not alarmists ; we want to be quiet and to take things as easily as we can. More over, the intense interest that we take in our own domestic squabbles tends to satisfy our love of ex citement without sending our minds abroad. When a stand-up fight between an " ex-" and, an " in-" Commissioner of Works, or an " ex-" and "in-" First Lord of the Admiralty, or a First Lord of the Ad miralty and an ex-Admiral of the Baltic, or between any somebody and somebody else, who are privileged persons and qualified by their greatness and patriotic services to make a row any day that they please, engrosses the attention of the whole nation for two or three days, and when, fortunately for us, this gentle excitement, which physicians say is so conducive to health, is repeated at such regular intervals, it is impossible to expect that we can often seriously trouble ourselves and get up an anxiety about foreign occurrences. And yet our determination to be comfortable must be more than usually strong if we can see the great black Italian thundercloud now in the sky' without a little sub dued thought as to what it may forebode. We will allow M. Mazzini so much as this—he has a right to call our attention to the ominous position of affairs in Italy, and to require that we look at the phenomenon, and look at it seriously. What is this gathering at Zurich to end in ? Is it to end in simply reimposing the old families, with a substantially unaltered policy, upon the States of the Peninsula ? After a few ceremonial recommendations of reform made to the returning sovereigns are matters to relapse into their old state again; and is Italy expected to forget every thing that has taken place during the last six months, and to wake up out of a trance of liberty to the'sober reality of Grand Dukes and Cardinals without a touch of discontent ? It is absurd to expect this. It must be remem bered that the Italian idea of liberty is not of merely Mazzinian growth. It is not even a new idea at all. It is an old idea, rooted in the soil of Italy, and embodied in its history and literature. No Italian can read the books that are put into his hands when he is educated, or which he takes up on his library shelves, without meeting it. His classics—even his schoolbooks put it before him ; they speak of days when the country had its own rulers, and the fundamental spirit of the litera ture is national ; it is one which has naturally been derived from a state of political self-govern ment, or at any rate from a state in which that was the natural expectation, and in which the contrary was only regarded as an exception to a general rule. It is quite true that the Italian Republic was a mischievous, factious, quarrelsome affair, barren of all the fruits and pleasures of liberty except that of the noisy sport and game itself. Our idea of liberty now involves all kinds of the most solid advantages,— physical progress, development of national resources, and the like. This was not the least involved in the Italian idea, but that is nothing to the purpose in arguing with the Italians. It is not of the slightest use telling them, even were it true, that they are better off, and have a more prosperous and easy time of it under Austria than they had before. What they naturally want is to govern themselves, whether they govern themselves better or worse. If worse, how does that concern you ? They will run the risk, and they want to run it. They do not thank you a bit for your benevolence in wishing to relieve them of it. The gentleman in the play who found himself under the despotic spell of a second wife's admirable temper, which somehow or other con ceived that he should never have one fragment of his own way in anything, longed for his old scold back again, who could rail but could not manage him. Liberty with the Italians is a return to old associations, it is an ancient historical idea, which is bound up indeed with a good deal of mischief, but still there it is, and they appreciate it is an old right, and do not feel themselves catching at it as a new experiment. But this is not all. They have imbibed sounder ideas of liberty of late years. Con stitutional as opposed to wild democratic principles have decidedly gained ground. The example of Sardinia has had its effect. They have before their eyes an Italian State flourishing under a Constitu tional Monarchy, in which Representative Govern ment and liberty of the press are combined with the privileges of a Crown. All this has greatly strength ened and compacted the Italian idea of liberty, has united it with the consolidating principle of com mon sense, by which it has gained in substance and power what it has lost in froth; for there is nothing which gives such power as a sense of reality when people see that what they are pursuing is not a phantom or idea only, but something which works. It is this political conviction which has been grow ing in Italy lately—a conviction which has been formed upon facts. The question then is, what is to be the decision of the Zurich Congress ? Is Italy to take back the Grand Ducal families, with their traditions and policy, and to be told that not only must the dream of the last six months be forgotten, but that all this solid growth of thought must be undone ? Are French and Austrian influence to combine to restore substantially the old state of things ? If so we can foresee but one result. If Italy is weak and must give way for the time, it is utterly impossible but that she must show the loathing with which she submits. A very dangerous state of things must ensue. It is folly to think that Italians will return even' to their former state of subter ranean disaffection. They will be maddened by disgust. If overt revolt is not open to them, we can not but expect that the dark abyss of the Italian mind will cast up terrible matter of some sort or other to the surface. These manifestations must produce fresh severities, and from such action and reaction a desperate political whirlpool must arise. It is impossible to tell the sort of feeling which may ensue when the rage of the people—and those people Italians--has been excited to the utmost, and at the same time every natural expression of it is suppressed. We know the Italian character, we know its good points,—its gravity, suavity, fine feeling, intensity, susceptibility, reserve. We also know its, dark points ; it is a peculiar dramatic type of character, and not at all unlike what some of our own great dramas portray. It is impossible to conceive any state of things which would rouse this character to its very depths more effectually than a forcible reimposition of foreign rule after the recent rapturous vision of liberty. But what can it do ? Yes,—that is the question which may naturally be asked. But unfortunately there is an answer to it, and we all know what that answer is. There are old classical tyrannicide theories which have been revived of late years, and if a foreign monarch has been thought a suitable and legiti mate victim of such a theory, still more may we fear that a domestic despot, restored by foreign force, will be thought so. Let the Constitutionalists of Italy, 'then, reflect before they allow themselves to be at all won over by any plan which restores the old Austrian families against the will of Italy. If they cannot help themselves they cannot ; but do not let them, at any rate, be entrapped into any consent. Let them wipe their hands altogether of such a scheme. The Mazzinian theorists have lost ground now a long time, and Constitutionalism has baen in the ascendant in Italy; but the only result of such a scheme as this, it it come in at all with the consent of the Constitutionalists, can be to throw Italy in despair upon Mazzini and his party again. Con stitutionalism will be set down as a mere Doctri naire theory which yielded to the first temptation, and nothing but wild democracy will have ithe credit of fidelity. THE NEW FOREIGN OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—lf the question of style is to be decided by the weight of authority, I venture to assert that, when placed in the scale, the Gothic must kick the beam, and that the minutes of evidence, instead of leading to a reversal of the decision of the judges, as the report on the Foreign-office reconstruction would assume, do, on the contrary, strongly con firm both its expediency and justice ; and that with respect to economy, arrangement, and design, the evidence tells strongly in favour of one of the first two premiated plans. Why, therefore, let me ask, is the decision of the judges originally appointed to be reversed, and the Gothic instead of the Italian style selected, when that decision is supported by the great majority of the architectural profession, including some of its most eminent members, who, having had months to consider the subjoct in all its bearings, knowing all that-had been said and written about style, and having the deepest interest in arriving at a just conclusion, 'decided that Gothic was not appro priate P An enormous proportion of the competing designs were in a modified Italian. The committee, in the report, seem to regret that the opinion of the assessors was not taken into con sideration in adjudicating the prizes; and it is now sought to be interred that they would have chosen Mr. Scott's design. The evidence proves the con trary. The assessors, Messrs. Angell:and Pownall, in their notice of Mr. Scott's design, merely state that the conditions have been complied with. But, with respect to style, they gave their evidence be fore the committee in favour of the Italian, and against the Gothic. The whole weight of profes sional evidence is against it; and Sir C. Barry him self recommends a modification of the Italian style. Next as to the questiox of light. It has been stated that there are more superficial feet of glass in Mr. Scott's Gothic windows than in others, but I am informed that the light best cak.ulated for business purposes is that which enters at an angle of 45 degrees dip, and that the deep recesses of Gothic windows and the thickness of the mullions, transoms, and tracery obstructs a large portion of that light which is estimated by mere superficial measure. Permit me, in conclusion, to add a few words as to material. The colour of the stone to be used in towns is of far greater importance than is generally supposed. It makes all the difference between a bright and cheerful and a dull and heavy aspect. Portland stone in this respect is admirable ; its fine bright gray colour is most agreeable, and, if judi ciously chosen and kept to season before being used, is by far the best freestone,yet tried for withstand ing the destructive chemical action of a London at mosphere. Now, Portland stone, though admirably adapted for Italian, does not suit either Gothic or Elizabethan architecture, and is thus never used for it, Wren's failures—the western towers of West minster Abbey and his two or three attempts at Gothic in city churches—being the only known in stances. For the durability of Portland, where, as I havo said, chosen and used with care, witness St. Paul's, and the Banquetting house by Inigo Jones, whose design for the Palace of Whitehall is in itself a model of simplicity and beauty. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, W. CONINGHAM, House of Commons, August 10. MINERAL WEALTB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. We are happy in being enabled to present an ac curate return of the metalliferous and mineralogi cal wealth of the United Kingdom for 1858—the usual annual statistics compiled by Mr. Robert Hunt, F.G.S., being now completed. The return is remarkably favourable as compared with the pre ceding year; the value of the metals, metalliferous minerals, and coal being £31,250,000 in 1858, against £25,000,000 in 1857. Subjoined is the— GENERAL SUMMARY OF MINERAL PRO DUCTIONS. MINERALS. Tin Tons 10,618 .... £671,056 Copper Lead Zinc 11,556 .... 36,199 Pyrites . Arsenic Nickel lBB Uranium — .... 21 Manganese 1,400 .... 2,800 Gossan, &c -- •••• 1,221 Iron Ore 8,Q,40,959 .... 2,570,701 Coal 65,008,649 .... 16,252,162 Total value of minerals METALS. Tin Tons 6,920 .... £823,480 Copper ... ..... .... 14,456 .... 1,562,693 Lead 68,303 .... 1,489,005 Silver Ounces 569,345 .... 156,569 Zino` Tons 6,900 .... 174,225 Iron 3,456,064 .... 10,713,798 Total value of metals obtained from British ores £14,919,770 Estimated market value of other mine rals and metals 95,000 Coal Total value of metals, metalliferous minerals, and coal, produced in. £31,266,932 1858 ........................ TlN.—The tin mines of Devon and Cornwall in 1851 produced-10,618 tons of ore, being 835 tons increase upon the preceding year —the metallic tin contained therein being 6,920 tons, or 338 tons more than in 1857. From the June quarter of 1857 Mr. Hunt states that there has been a gradual decline in the price of this metal. Our exports of British tin last year were 2,327 tons, against 2,187 tons in 1857 ; while our imports were, in 1858, of tin 2,955 tons, and of tin ore and regulus 628 tons, against. 2,708 tons of tin, and 1,387 tons of tin ore and regulus in ' 1857. The average price realised for the tin ore:sold daring 1858 was £63 4s. per ton, and the mean average price of English blocks,. £ll9 25., the average price of Banca and Straits during the same period being £llB 2s. and £ll6 7s. 6d. respectively. COPPER.—From the fact of a large quantity of copper ore being sold by private contract, much labour was necessary to arrive at correctness. The yield of copper ore in the United Kingdom in 1858 was 226,852 tons, for which the smelters paid £1,3.36,536. From this 14,456 tons of fine copper were obtained, and sold for £1,562,683: conse quently, it is shown that (not taking into conside ration interest on capital, or any expenses incurred by the smelter) he charges the miner less than £1 per ton for smelting the ore purchased —a fair proof that the co-called monopoly is not of the alarming nature which some have supposed. In the Cornish ticketings there was a decrease of 9,407 tons of ore; and at Swansea a decrease of 459 tons of ore, as compared with the preceding year. The total quantity of ore sold in Cornwall was 182,391 tons, the average percentage of which was 61 ; the mean average standard of the year being about £l3l 2s. 6d.=£s 16s. per ton of ore. The quantity of metallic copper contained in this ore was 11,831 tons 16 cwts. 1 qr. 121b5., the money value being £1,057,534 16s. 6d. The total quantity of copper produced from British, foreign, and colonial ores in 1858 was 31,610 tons 17 cwts. 1 qr. 18 lbs., the value of which was £3,417,149. Our importations of cooper ore were 78,641 tons in 1858, against 75,832 tons in 1857, showing an in crease of 2,809 tons ; while there was a diminution in the quantity of regulus imported to the extent of 804 tons. LEAD AND SILVER.—The lead produced in 1858 was 68,303 tons, of the market value of £1,489,005. The mean average price of the lead ore in 1858 was £l4 6s. per ton ; its total ♦alue £1,370,726. The mean average price of pig-lead in the market was £2l lls. 6d. The silver produce of the year was £569,345 oz., worth £157,119. It has been discovered that some silver is separated by the manufacturers after the lead has left the smelters' hands, 'so that the increase is not so large as it appears to be, a portion of the silver being now computed and included in the return. Our im portations of lead show an increase of 1,371 tons, while our exports have diminished by 2,567 tons. ZINC, IRON, PYRITES, &C.—The value of the , zinc_ores raised is steadily increasing, the produc tion of 1858 being 11,556 tons against 9,289 tons in 1857. The same remark applies to pyrites, 100,263 tons having been sold in 1858 against 74,679 tons in 1857. From the 11,556 tons of zinc ores not more than 6,900 tons of metal were produced. The prices of blende at the mines varied from £1 10s. to £4 14s. 3d.; the value of all the ores of which returns have been obtained being £36,199 12s. The mean price of spelter during the year was about £25 ss. hence the market value of the spelter produced would be £174,225. The value of the mundic was £77,123 19s. MANGANESE this year appears, for the first time, in the returns. It is satisfactory to perceive that we are once more enabled to enter the market with this mineral, instead of deriving our supply from the continent. The yield amounted to £1,400, the mines supplying it being all in Devonshire—the Lifton, Chillaton, Manor, Sydenham, Low Tren chard,Tlogston, and Coryton. IRON.—The production of iron ore was 8,040,959 tons, valued at 1:2,570,702, and the make of pig iron was 3,456,064 tons, showing. a decrease of 203,383 tons in this branch of manufactnre. The value of the pig-iron at the furnace (the estimated mean value being £3 per ton—the mean, average price deduced from all the sales of the year was £3 25.) was £10,368,192. The present return gives a more exact and detailed account of the pro duction of iron ore than any former one, and Mr. Hunt acknowledges the assistance which has been rendered by several gentlemen largely connected with the iron trade. COALS.-0 wing to the continued depression of the iron trade in 1858, the production of coal has somewhat declined. In 1858 the quantity of coal produced was 65,008,649 tons, against 65,304,707, tons in 1857. The present return contains a vast amount of highly valuable information (from which we shall make very ample quotation) and an attempt has been made to collect additional statistics, suggested by persons connected with our mineral and metal liferous industries, such as the manufacture of tin plate, bar iron, &c. ; but as yet the success has not been such as to warrant any publication of the re turns.-31ining Journal. THE TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE AT BALL'S POND. Yesterday Mr. Wakicy, Coroner for the western division of Middlesex, held an inquest on the bodies of John Clement Careell, aged 34, and Elizabeth Freshfield, aged 30, whose deaths took place under the most frightfully tragical and distressing cir cumstances, at No. 65, Mildmay-terrace, early on the morning of Sunday last. It was understood that the deceased parties were somewhat highly connected, a circumstance which probably induced the attempts made not only to conceal their own proper names, but also those of their relations, thus adding to the diffi culty of obtaining information in reference to the shocking affair. The jury having been sworn, the coroner in quired if any of the relatives were present to iden tify- the bodies, whereupon a gentleman, whose name did not transpire, said that he knew the de ceased persons, but that none of the deceased's friends were present. He was directed to view the bodies, and quitted the room with Tubbs, the beadle, who returned in a few minutes, saying that the gentleman had refused to see the bodies, and had off in an omnibus. In the absence of other evidence, Mr. Morgan, undertaker, of Liverpool-road, was examined, and said he received instructions on Sunday to furnish the coffins for the deceased parties, and last night he received further orders for the interment of the lady. He received them, and was to be paid by the gentleman who had just stated that he was ac quainted with the deceased. Coroner—What were the names of the deceased given to you ? Witness said he had simply received a card which he had given to the summoning officer. The party refused to give him any name whatever, and he had been unable to get them. Tubbs said that he had been also unable to obtain any information as to the names or addresses of any of the relations. The gentleman referred to returned, accompanied by the brother of the deceased lady, at a subse quent part of the proceedings. Nathaniel Pierce Hodson said he was landlord of the house, 65 ' Mildmay-terrace, and a solicitor's clerk. The deceased lady and gentleman , had lodged at his house since last Monday week, on which day they engaged oue parlour and one bed room furnished. The gave their names as Mr. and Mrs. Webster. They gave no reference, and lived as man and wife. Did not know them by any other name but since their death had found two towels marked with the name of " Freshfield." Coroner—Has any person related to or acquainted with the deceased called since this dreadful occur rence ? Witness—The brother, I understand, of the gen tleman came and saw the deceased on Sunday morning. lie gave the deceased man's name as Clement John Carnell. He gave no address but one verbally to the police-sergeant who accompanied him. Heard the address, and believed it to have been Surrey-place, Old Kent-road, or Surrey-ter race, Ne w Kent-road. The Sergeant here said it was 10, Sussex-terrace, Lorrimore-road, Walworth. Witness continued—Was called up by the male deceased about 12 o'clock on Saturday night. He came into the back kitchen and said, "For God's sake, Mrs. Hodson, come upstairs, my wife is very bad." Witness's wife went up, and he followed her. He (witness) at once saw the dreadful and dying state the female was in, and said, " I shall fetch Dr. Williamson," and, without being asked, went for that gentleman, who at his urgent re quest immediately accompanied him back to his house. When he saw her he asked who had been attending, and witness's wife replied, she believed that Dr. Medcalfe had been called in by Mr. Web ster about 11 o'clock on Saturday morning. Dr. Williamson said he should like to see Dr. - Medcalfe. The male deceased said he would fetch Dr. Med calfe, and witness accompanied him to the door and said to him, " Be quick," to which he replied " I will." He came back in a few minutes, saying Dr. Medcalfe would arrive presently. Dr. Medcalfe shortly after arrived, and the two medical gentle men consulted together. The deceased female was still breathing, but she died just before one o'clock. The male deceased remained in the room up to the time of the death, and.when she was dead he threw his bands over his head and exclaimed, "My God, my God !" Witness went up to him, and said " You are guilty of this woman's death ;" and his wife also charged him with the same, upon which he clasped his hands and beat his breast violently, exclaiming incoherently that he knew nothing about it. The male deceased then left the room, went into the front parlour, and after pacing up and down a few minutes, he deliberately went down stairs, and through the back kitchen into the garden. Witness then asked Dr. Williamson if he would be justified in charging him, and he replied "Yes." At that time the male deceased was how ling in the garden, making a dreadful noise, and exclaiming, " Oh, my God !" and " Oh, my wife !" Witness went into the garden, and found deceased running about the paths howling frantically. Ile said to him, " For God's sake come in, Mr. Web ster, and calm yo urse lf ;" t o which he replied, " Oh, no, I en cutting my throat," and put his hand to his neck. Witness immediately seized his hands, and shouted f3r help. With much strug gling he managed to remove his hands from, his throat, when the blood poured out in a continual stream from a frightful wound. The deceased man, however, continued crying, and seeing witness was determined to keep his hand from his throat, he suddenly threw witness :with the strength of a giant upon his head, a distance of two cr three yards, and finding himself unable to cope with him, witness ran into the house and exclaimed, " For God's sake come down, he is cutting his throat," and Dr. Medcalfe and a police-officer arrived at the spot, and found the deceased still alive, but he died immediately after. By the Coroner—l asked Dr. Williamson if I was justified in giving the male deceased in charge, because he believed that he had caused the fe male's death by attempting to effect abortion. He had previously had his suspicions aroused, which were strengthened by Mr. Webster telling his wife, Mrs. Hodson, about eight o'clock on Thursday morning, that his wife had miscar ried during the night. Mrs. Hodson said, " Why did you not call me ?" and he said, " Oh, dear, no, it is nothing. My father was a medical man, and I understand such matters." Witness on hearing this, determined to speak to him, and at 11 o'clock that night he spoke to him, telling him his suspi cions, which deceased vehemently denied, and threatened him with proceedings. He, however, retained his suspicions so strongly that he went to the police station. The officer on duty said he could do nothing on those suspicions, unless ho (witness) charged him, and that he declined to do. He said that he had thrown what came from his wife down the water-closet. A box of letters, in various hands, was here pro duced, said to belong to the deceased lady, bearing the superscription—" Miss Freshfield, West-street, Harwich." The Coroner remarked that they could see at a later stage of the proceedings if it was necessary to read these letters. Sergeant Crisp, 3 N, deposed to being called in about one o'clock on Sunday morning. Found de ceased in the garden of first witness's house. Des, Willi a mson and Medcalfe were with _on him a him, and he died almost immediately. He fou n d portemonnaie, containing a sovereign, two half sovereigns, a shilling, and an address," Miss Fresh field, at Mr. Carnell's, 10, Sussex-terrace Lorri more-road, Walworth." , Dr. Williamson said, when called to see the de ceased lady he found her in a state of complete col lapse. She died in about half an hour, in the pre sence of Dr. Medcalfe. From the way in which the male deceased described the case he concluded he was a medical man, but he did not say he was. He said she had miscarried. Made with Dr. Medcalfe a Post-mortem examination of the body on Monday afternoon. The immediate cause ,of death was hemorrhage, which was occasioned parity from miscarriage and laceration, which he believed to have been caused by instruments. No doubt existed but that it was caused by a foreign body. The instruments might have been used by the female herself, but the laceration being on the right hand side, he could. scarcely entertain that belief. In a carpet bag in the room was fo un d an ounce phial of chloroform, half full, and four powders, each containing 20 grains of savin. There were no marks of violence externally. Mr. Hod•on said no instruments had been found. Dr. Medcalfe corroborated Dr. Williamson's evi dence, and said, when called in on Saturday morn ing, the deceased lady stated that she had miscar ried, but did not complain of any misconduct on the part of the male deceased, although she had an op portunity of doing so without his hearing. She stated she was in her fourth month. He knew of no medicine which would produce the effects disco vered in the uterus. A more dexterous hand than the female's had, in his opinion, used the instru inonts. Mr. Philip Wm. Freshfield said he was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and resided at Harwich. He had seen the bodies, and identified the female as Elizabeth Freshfield, his sister. Her age was 30. The body of the male deceased was that of John Clement Carnell, or Clement John Carnell, a member of the College of Surgeons. Was not aware if his sister was married, or that the male deceased had any particular residence. His sister left home either last Friday three weeks or a month, with the consent of her relatives, to stay with Mr. Carnell's mother, residing at Walworth. Mr. Carnell and his sister were engaged to be mar ried for about 18 months, but had no idea of her being enciente. The Coroner, at some length, commented profes• sionally on the tragical nature of the case, and ex pressed his conviction that the deceased lady had died from the use of instruments in procuring abor tion. If proved to be committed by the deceased gentleman, he would be guilty of the crime of wil ful murder. There could be no doubt when he de stroyed himself he was labouring under a disturb ance of mind consequent on the horrible death of the female. The jury returned a verdict in the case of the male deceased, " That John Clement Carnell died from the effect of a wound inflicted in his throat by his own hand, while in a state of temporary dis traction." With respect to the death of Elizabeth Fresh field, the inquest was adjourned, to enable the police to make a search for surgical instruments. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Aug. 10. MARYLEB ONE.—EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A POLICEMAN.—Patrick Farrell, 366 S, was brought before Mr. Broughton by direction of Sir R. Mayne, charged with violation of duty and indecently assaulting a married woman, named Susannah' Jenkins. Mr. Vaughan attended for defendant. Henry Jenkins, a gas lighter, living at 17, John-street, Portland Town, deposed that ever since last Mondly week defendant had been in the habit of calling him up at three and half past five each morning. Yesterday morning he got up as usual, and went out and extinguished the lights in the lamps. At a quarter past four he saw defendant at the corner of Frederick-street, and in consequence of what one of his lodgers, who came running up, said to him, he crossed over and said to defendant, " What business had you in my parlour 9" He paused, and presently said he did not know what was meant by the question. Wit ness then went away. By Mr. Vaughan—l took the defendant over to my wife at 20 minutes past four, when she said to me, " That's the man, I'm sure of it." Susannah Jenkins, the wife, who is far advanced in pregnancy, stated, after her husband got up, at half-past three, she fell asleep. Soon afterwards she was awoke by finding a man lying beside her, with one of his hands on her left breast, and he said in a quiet way, " Halloa." She thought at first it was her husband, but on looking a second time she saw it was not. She screamed loudly, upon which the man jumped off the bed, and going to the drawers took therefrom his hat; he also took his cape and his lantern from the table, after which he ran away as fast as he could. She threw up the window, when he turned round and looked at her. She was satisfied that defendant was the man. By Mr. Broughton—Other lodgers in the house were disturbed by my calling out. I have spoken , to defendant before, such as passing the time of day with him when I have met him. When my husband brought him back to me he was as white as a sheet, and could scarcely speak. I heard him tell my husband that he had better not make a bother about it. By Mr. Vaughan—l swear that he is the man who was in my bed, and who put his hand on my breast. Anne Burtenhow, a lodger, said that soon after four she heard a loud screaming in the parlour, where Mrs. Jenkins slept, and entering therein she (Mrs. Jenkins) exclaimed, " Oh, a policeman has gone out this moment with his cape in his hand." She (witness), who had neither shoes nor stockings on, followed him through several streets, and on meeting Jenkins told him that a policeman had, during his absence, been found by his wire lyin g beside her on her bed. He (Jenkins) brought back the prisoner, and his wife at once identified hi m as being the man alluded to. This witness was cross .examined by Mr. Vaughan, but her evidence was not in any material particular shaken. Inspector Dafter said that defendant had been 18 months in the force, and that his character was good. The nature of the charge was made known to Sir. R. Mayne, who, considering that it was a case for magisterial inquiry, directed that defen dant should be brought up and charged in the re gular way at this court. Mr. Vaughan, in an able speech of some length, submitted to the ma g istrate that the case was on •f mistaken identity. Defendant was a man ofe good character, and he contended that it was not at all likely that he would have conducted himself in the disgraceful way sworn to. Mr. Broughton observed that the accused could not have been better defended than he had been by his solicitor , but he felt it his duty to send_ the case - for the consideration of a jury. He should remand the defendant till Wednesday next, upon which day the whole of the depositions would be read over, and he (defendant) would then be sent f or tr i al for , an assault with intent, &c. Mr. Vaughan applied for the accused to be al lowed to give bail, but the magistrate refused to accede at present to the request. SOUTHWARK. EXTRA ORDINARY CASE OF GRIM. CON.—llarriet Spinks, a middle-aged, sin gular-looking, female, residing with her husband, at 4, William's-place, Old Kent-road, was charged with stewing an old pair of trousers from the house of Mary Wright, an old lady, at 12, Thomas-place, Grange-road, under the following singular circum stances : The prosecutrix said she was a charwoman, and occupied a small two-roomed house in Thomas place. Aboi;..'' three o'clock on the previous after noon, she had oce,;sim to go out, when she locked up the house and hid :he key at the bottom of the doorway. On her return, ,half an hour afterwards, she wus surprised to find the kt7v was gone, and on looking at th e d oor s h e perceived t,: at it was locked and the key in s id e . Sh e k nocked rt -watedly at the door for te n m i nu t es ; at last the door N, -- as sud denly opened, and out rushed a married malt re siding in the neighbourhood, with his clothes dis ordered, and he ran away. Immediately afterwards the prisoner rushed out, with a pair of trousers across her shoulders, very much agitated. She was stopped by a constable, who brought her back, and she then identified the trousers as her pro perty. On entering the bedroom she found that it had recently been used. She found an old cloth cape lying there which did not belong to her. In answer to the magistrate, Witness said she knew the prisoner and her hus band, but it was not the latter who had been with her in the house. The prisoner must have watched her on leaving her house, and by that means dis covered where she hid her key. 120 M said he stopped the prisoner and asked her what she had about her shoulders. She said it was her cape. Witness unfolded it and found that it Was a pair of trousers, which the proseeutrix identified as her property. She told him that she had taken them from Mrs. 'Wright's house in mis take for her cape. Witness said that they were both of the same colour. The magistrate discharged the prisoner, telling her that there could be no doubt as to her immoral con duct. WESTMINSTER.—THE TURN-OUT AT THE CHARTERED GAS WoßKS.—Margaret Driscoll was charged with assaulting. assisted by another woman not in custody, Mary Regan. The husbands of both complainantand defendant are labourers employed at the Chartered Gas Works, Horseferry-road, Westminster, defendant's husband being one of the " turn out" men, while complainant's husband continued at his work. The complainant was purchasing some provisions at a grocer's shop in Holland-street on the previous night, when a woman, not in custody, rushed in and dragged the clothes off her in the most violent way. On coming out of the shop, complainant met defendant, and complained to her of the ill-treat ment she had received, when the latter told her it served her right, and began discussing tho merits of the " turn out." After which, she also ill-treated the complainant After hearing some evidence pro and con., Mr. Arnold expressed his opinion that the matter was serious, as arising out of the recent "turn-out" and convicted defendant, but deferred judgment until the apprehension or the other peisou cerned in the outrage, good bail being required for the reappearance of the defendant, Cornelius and Mary Sheehan were charged with assaulting Henry Jerden, of 8, Cottage-place, Bell street, Westminster. The male defendant was employed some years ago at the Chartered Gas Works. On Friday there was a " turn out" at the works for wages, which Jerden did not j o in, but continued at his work, and in the eve n i ng o f th e s am e day he was passing along the Horseferry-road, when he met the defen dants, with whom he never had a word nor any difference in hi s lif e . With ou t th e s li g htest provo cation the male defendant struck him and knocked him into the road, and he and his wife then threw themselves upon him, and she scratched his face. In reply to the magistrate, complainant said they appeared to be under the influence of drink. He could not tell what defendants assaulted him for. They were with a grea t num b er o f th e " turn out" men at the time, b u t no wor d s passe d a bout the " turn out." He had no p ersona l d es i re t o press the charge, but his empl o y ers h a d w i s h e d hi m to do so. The male defend an t d ec l are d h e was on the best terms conceivable with comp l a i nan t. He (defen dant) had not assau lt e d hi m ; it was th e " drop taken" that had done it. Mrs. Sheehan declared that she was so much under the influence of liquor as not to remember anything about it. Mr. Arnold said if he thought this had anything to do with the " turn out" he should either punish the defendants very severely or send them to the sessions. Men were not to be beaten and ill-used because they preferred working to joining a set of discontented persons. As, however, the male de fendant had not made use of any expression, when committing the assault, about the " turn out," he (Mr. Arnold) must treat the matter as a common assault. The male defendant was fined 205., or 14 days, and ordered to enter into recognisances for his own and his wife's good behaviour for the next three months. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. READING RACES.,--WEDNESDAY. The Abbey Stakes of 10 sows each, h ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Allowances and penalties. About five furlongs. 31 subs. Mr. J. Day's Chore Amie, 7st 131 b Mr. Saxon's White Rose, Bst 41b Mr. Mathew's Agra, Bst 41b (Payne) 3 Sir J. Hawley's Harridan, B s t lib (Cresswell) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Chere Amie, 7to 4 agst White Rose, 4to 1 agst Harridan. Won by three-quarters of a length; bad third. The Berkshire Stakes (Handicap) of 20 soya each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added. The second to save his stake. Winners extra. About two miles. 31 subs, 18 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b.... (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. S. William's York, 4 yrs, 7st 91b Mr. Saxon's Queen Bess, 5 yrs, sst 91b (Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Tame Deer, Olympias, and Dispute. Betting-5 to 4on Lifeboat, 9to 2 agst Dispute, 6to 1 agst York. Dispute made most of the running to the last turn when he bolted, leaving Queen Bess and Olympias in advance ; at the distance Lifeboat took the lead, but was headed by York half way up ; opposite the stand Snowden called upcn the favourite, who won very cleverly by half a length ; bad third. The Bulmershe Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs, for 2 and 3- yr-olds. About five furlongs. Mr. J. Day's Chere Arnie, 2 yrs, fist 1011;.... (Bray) t 1 Mr. Hall's Clemanthe, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Fordham) t 2 Mr. Lowther's Brine, 2 yrs, 6st 41b .. The following also ran ,—Hop Merchant, Artist, Feli citas, Neophyte, The Duke, Brother to Wentworth, Pre dictor, Turn of Luck, Plumper. Betting-2 to 1 agst Neophyte, 4to 1 agst Chere Arnie, 6to 1 agst Clemanthe, Bto 1 agst Predictor. A dead heat with Clemanthe and Chere Arnie ; Plumper was a bad fourth, Neophyte was fifth, and Brother to Wentworth sixth. DECIDING HEAT.—Betting 5 to 4 on Chere Arnie, who made all the running, and won a fine race in by a head. The Borough Plato of 25 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs, &e. Half a mile. _ _ _ Mr. J. Day's Brenhilda, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Bray) 1 Mr. T. Hughes's Chantress, 4 yrs, Bst 51b.. (D. Hughes) '2 Mr. T. Stevens's Boundaway, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Payne) 3 The following also ran :—Miss Eleanor, Delusion, Mar malade, Timon, Little Dick, and Skittles. Betting -5 to 4 agst Brenhilda, 4to 1 agst Chantress. Won by a head, two lengths between the second and third, Delusion was fourth, Little Dick fifth, and Marmalade sixth. Brenhilda was claimed by Mr. Hughes, and Chantress was claimed by Mr. Stevens. The Easthampstead Park Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sous each, 2 ft, with 50 added. Winners extra. One mile and a quarter. 17 subs. Mr. S. Jacob's Eltham Beauty, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Edwards) 1 Mr. Hare's Misty Morn, 4 yrs, 9st (Fordham) 2 Mr. Sadler's Frederick, 4 yrs, 6st 13Ik (Bray) 3 ;The followiug also ran :—Botany, Broadlands, The Gem, Whimsical, The Poet, Grillade. Betting-7 to 4 agst Eltham Beauty, sto 2 agst Misty Morn, sto 1 each agst The Gem and Pt.iderick. Won by a length, two lengths between the second ti,nd third. Gril lade and The Poet bolted at the last turn. The Ladies' Plate of 30 sows, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, for all ages. Optional selling weights, &c. About five furlongs. 9 subs. Captain Bayly's Miss Eleanor, (£4O), 6st 131 b (Edwards) 1 Mr. Saxon's Little Poll, 2 yrs, (LSO), sst 51b (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Hadland's Ochiltree, 3 yrs, (ao), 7st 21b (Hibberd) 3 The following also ran :—Halliford, Hammersmith, and Marmalade. Betting-5 to 4 agst Miss Eleanor, sto 2 agst Little Poll, 4to 1 agst any other. Won by a length and a half; bad third. Marmalade was left at the post. The winner was sold for 115 guineas. COUNTRY MARKBT3. BRISTOL SUGAR-AuG. 9. We have still to report a very flat market for all descrip tions of sugar, and prices must be quoted Gd per cwt. lower for all sorts, except fine, which are not altered in value. Rum is very little inquired for, but prices are again rather lower for Leewards. tiET—Ana. 10. the close of the market.) Walls End. s. d. Heugh Hall 15 6 Haswell . . l7 0 Whitworth l4 6 South Keno° l6 3 Braddyll's Hetton 16 0 Kelloe l6 3 IGosforth l5 3 Framwellgate l5 0 South Hetton 16 9 Acorn Close l5 6 Hetton.... Benson l5 0 Birchgrove Graigola 2O 0 Haswell Gas. l2 6 Nixon's Duffryn 21 6 Powell's DuffiTn Steam 21 0 ,140—Sold, 90. COAL MARE (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Burnhope 13 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley 14 6 Holywell 14 6 Tantield Moor 13 0 Tanfield Moor Butes l3 0 Walker Primrose 12 3 Hastings Hartley l4 6 Lambert's West Hart- ley 14 6 Davison's West Hart _ _ ley l5 0 Eden Main ...15 6 Howard's West Hart- ley 15 0 Walls End. South Hartlepool l5 91 Ships at market, LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—AITG. 10. There was a flat business doing in this market to-day, and prices rather lower. Blackburns, 12—Dovers, 221 # —North British, 58—Great Western of Canada, 141 Shetalds, 351 6—Caledonians, 81 I—Lancashire and York shire, 951 4 —London and North-Westerns, 931 I—Dutch Rhenish, 51 dis.—East Lancashire, 941 sl—Berwicks, 911 2—Midlands, 104a—Chester and Holyheads, 49 50— b i ;.kenheads, 7G 7—Leeds Northern, 441 45—Eastern Counti:Ps, 11 11;—Grand Trunk o f C ana d a , 8 9-16 ( Great 1V pstern, 59 1. MANCHESTER—AUG. 10. The prices were flat this morning, and continued so all day, with a quiet buoiness. Leeds, 94--Sheffields, 36-- Midlands, 1041—Great Southern and Western, 108— Trunk Dividend Debs., .10s.—Electric Telegraph, 105-- Great Western BirmingliaLYl Guaranteed stock, 751---. Dovers, 224 5-16. BIRMINGHAM-AUG. 10. There was a fair business doing, and prices closed at about yesterday's rates. South Staffordshire, 101 Midlands, 104—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 9I —Birming ham Banking Company, 27—Birmingham Canal, 934 — Birmingham Waggon Company, 1.16.3. B I R rr II s. ADAM.—On the 7th inst., at 27, Rutland-gate, the wife of W. P. Adam, Esq., M.P., of a son. ARMSTRONG.—On the 7th inst., at Dublin, the wife of L. Armstrong, Esq., 13th Light Dragoons, of a son. BUCKLE.—On the 9th inst., at York, the wife of Joseph Buckle, Esq., of a daughter. LEATHAM.—On the 9th inst., at Heath House, near Wake field, the wife of E. A. Leatham, Esq., M.P., of a son. SCHLESINGER.—On the Bth inst., at 4, King William street, Strand, the wife of Dr. Max. Schlesinger, of a son. MARRIAGES. BETHUNE—KNIGHT.—O n the 9th inst., at Farnham Church, Lieut.-Colonel Duncan M. Bethune, Ist Batt. 9th Regiment, son of the late Rev. H. Bethune, Ding wall, Ross-shire, to Mysie Jane, eldest daughter of Jas. Knight, Esq., Vernon House, Farnham, Surrey. MosTYN—MoNx.—On the 9th inst., atSt. Paul's, Knights bridge, the Hon. George Mostyn, the eldest son of Lord Vaux, of Harrowden, to Mary Monk, second daughter of the late Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. DEATHS. BLACKETT.—On the 7th inst., at 16, Portman-street, the Dowager Lady Blackett, relict of the late Sir William Blackett, Bart., of Matfen, county of Northumberland. CoLLYNS.—On the 7th inst., at Sancreed Vicarage, Pen zance, Henry Martyn Collyns, Esq., M.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, aged 26. Ilor.mEs.—On the 6th inst., Richard Birt Holmes, Esq., of St. Winnols, near Devonport, aged 62. KENNEDY. -011 the 7th inst., in Bryanston .square, the Hon. John Kennedy, second son of the eleventh Earl of Cassillis, aged 83. : Uft.l)o 71701..F.N - ;;, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Nidiletie, Thursday, August 11, 1859. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1859,