The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-12 00:00:00

HIE NAVY. His Excellency Hassen Veley Khan and suite arrived yesterday at Dent's, George Hotel, Ports mouth, to await the arrival of Mirza Jaffar Khan, who is daily expected at Spithead on board a man of-war on a mission from the Shah of Persia to the Court of St. James's. A letter from Malta, dated Valetta, Oct. 6, 2 30 p.m., says :—" Her Majesty's ships Orion, from Marsala, St. Jean d'Acre, from a cruise off the Island, and Q4een, from Tunis, have entered port since the date of my last letter (30th ult.), and our harbour, which has been somewhat bare of men-of war of late, has again resumed that lively and strik ing aspect afforded by the presence of our fleet. Besides these three fine line •of-battle ships we have another liner in port, the James Watt, which is undergoing repair ; also the prince of troopships, the Himalaya, and two or three small vessels. Her Majesty's steamer Banshee arrived on Wednesday from Constantinople, having been specially sent here to convey to Malta the Persian Ambassador, Mirza Jaffer Khan, who is proceeding as Envoy from the Shah of Persia to the Court of St. James's. His Excellency leaves to-day in the Himalaya, which has been placed at his disposal to carry him and his suite, 13 in number, to England. The im mense proportions of this fine vessel cannot fail to strike the Ambassador and his officials with asto- nishment and admiration, and it is a happy circum stance that so commodious a ship should have been selected for the purpose. During his Excellency's stay here he visited the Governor at the Palace, who paid him all the attention and respect his exalted rank and our intimate relations with the country he represents called for. I send you a de tailed report of his Excellency's sojourn at this island, for which I am indebted to a local journal. Mention was made in a former communication of the fact of several Italians and 10 English sailors having been brought here as prisoners on board H.M.S. Caesar, charged with seizing and running awa y with, from Genoa, an English steamer named the Orwell, which vessel arrived here at the same time, navigated by a lieutenant of the Royal navy and a crew of naval seamen, who had been placed on board of her, after she had been taken possession of by her Majesty's corvette Scylla, by order of the naval authorities. The prisoners were a few days ago set at liberty, the home authorities having con firmed the opinion of the local Government that no lawful ground existed for their arrest and deten tion. We have received letters from Admiral Mar tin's ships to the 25th of September. Admiral Mundy was expected from Naples to relieve Ad miral Martin, who is to proceed to Malta. The gunboat Assurance was at Alexandria on the 25th. She brought dates from Beyrout to the 23d of Sep tember. The Neptune and Firefly were there, and outside were the Marlborough, the Liffey, and the Doris cruising, the last named ship having arrived the previous evening from the lonian Islands. The Lapwing was at Tripoli (Syria), the Greyhound at Sidon, and Victor Emmanuel at Caiffa. I regret to state that the sickness on board her Majesty's ship St. Jean d'Acre, said to be chest complaints, con tinues to spread among the crew ; but curious to say, none of the officers have been attacked. Yesterday up wards of 40 fresh cases were sent to hospital, and in valided to go home by the Himalaya. These are in ad dition to 33 from the same ship previously invalided for passage home. All these, besides some 140 in valids from other ships, leave by the Himalaya to day for England. I understand that eight more cases from the St. Jean d'Acre have been sent to hospital this morning. The health of the ships, with this exception, appears to be good. About eight military invalids proceed in the Himalaya from Malta and 80 from Gibraltar. Tae Queen is under orders to leave for Naples to-day. It is reported that this ship was detained at Tunis to prevent an appre hended disturbance between the Italian and Maltese inhabitants, in consequence of the former having expressed their intention of burning the Pope in effigy on a certain day. It was also feared that any such outbreak would give a pretext for a disturbance on the part of the Mahomedans against the Chris tians, The officers during their stay received great hospitality from the Bey and his officials. The Mar quis of Downshire, who has been about a fortnight here with his family, left on Tuesday in his yacht, the Sylphide, for Corfu. Among the passengers arrived here on Wednesday by the French steamer Vatican, from Italy, is the Chevalier Cerruti, a Sar dinian diplomatist, who, accompanied by two secre taries, the Marquis G. I. Trevisani and the Count G. Visconti, is proceeding on a delicate mission to various countries in the East relative to Sardinian interests, especially commercial. He is to leave by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine to-morrow, for Alexandria, and his further route will depend, it appears, on information re ceived there and at the different places he visits. The French steam transport Finisterre, returned from Beyrout on Tuesday, and the Aube yesterday, on their way to France. The Finisterre left a few hours after arrival." The new screw steam sloop Cameleon, to carry 17 guns, yesterday left the offing of Woolwich Dock yard, and proceeded down the river in charge of the officers of the steam reserve, on trial of her ma chinery, and, having performed the measured mile satisfactorily, she returned to Woolwich under orders to be admitted to the steam reserve of the yard. The steam tugs Monkey and Widgeon at tended the trial. The shipwright department at Woolwich, under the superintendence of Mr. Turner, yesterday com pleted the preparation and laying down the blocks to receive the keel of the 91 gun ship Caledonia, to be constructed under the shed from which the Anson was launched last month. The Caledonia will be of nearly similar dimensions ; her length between perpendiculars is to be 244 feet, and her armament to consist of 5'6 32 pounders, one 68 pounder, and 34 8 inch guns. The steam storeship Industry, which vessel put back to Woolwich on her way to Ascension and Rio, was yesterday admitted into basin, and on examination the entablature of her engines was found to have given way. The damage will be repaired forthwith, and she will resume her voy age in a few days. The Leveret gunboat, tender to the Dauntless, coastguard ship in Southampton Water, was yes terday morning hauled up on the landing cradle at Raslar gunboat yard for the purpose of having her ringston valves repaired and being recoppered, &c., which was completed by 2 p.m., and the boat ready for launching off again had the tide suited. She will come off with this morning's tide. No better illustration could be given than the present one of the suitability of Haslar-yard as a building and repairing yard for this class of boats. In this case no dock was vacant in Portsmouth-yard to re ceive the Leveret, and the gridiron at the south cor ner of the yard, if it could have received her, would not have enabled the men to have got at their work. Besides relieving the dockyard at Portsmouth in a matter in which its accommodation is most stinted, a gunboat can be hauled up at Haslar-yard for repairs at one fourth the expense it would cost to dock her. its Haslar-yard has, however, many def ec t s. With one launching cradle, and it s one locomotive, it would take nearly a month t o ge t a l l the 'boats stored in the yard into the water. A private bridg e swanning Haslar-creek is a great obstruction to communication with the yard, every gunboat pass- S ing under it having to take down its masts. At certain times of the tide, owing to the peculiar set of the tide just at this point, it is a difficult matter to get a boat clear through the passage under the bridge without jamming her broadside on to the piles or against that portion of the arch supporting the roadway above, in which case either the centre of the bridge must be carried away or the gunboat sunk. The Admiralty have been for some time in treaty for the purchase of this structure, but we believe have refused to agree to the terms demanded by the proprietors. [A.Dv.transgmnNT.]—liolloway's Pills and Ointment. — Always iight.--A great nail precious . property possessed by Rollowny's inestimalde remedies is that_ no skill or ci:. perienee, is repiired fur thei r success ful administration. No education or intelligence is n e c e s sa ry for us ing them with advantage beyond the capacity of understanding plain and intelligible " in s t ruc ti ons f or guidance" ,icconthif Panying each box and pot of the medicaments. For ..o t . he core et a ll i n t erna l and external ailments, Professor Holt _ . wa Y hats beneficially pl ace d such printed rules around re medies that error i s i mposs ibl e a f ter they have once been read with attention. In these Pills there is nothing nauseous to the taste, or trying to .the most tender ago or delicate constitution; in the Ointment nothing to annoy the most aemitiv e • THE ARMY. The corps of Royal Engineers under the command of Col. H. D. Harness, C. 8., underwent the official half-yearly inspection yesterday, at Chatham, by Major-Gen. H. Eyre, commanding the garrison and district. A very favourable report will, it is be lieved, be made by the Major-General to the Duke of Cambridge. The 2d battalion of the 11th Regiment, and the 2d battalion of the 19th Regiment, stationed at Portsmouth, were under orders for inspection yes terday and the day previous by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding the south-western district. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the inspection did not extend beyond the barrack rooms, men's kits, regimental accounts, &c., his lordship deferring the inspection of the reg iments in field mance uvres until a more favourable opportunity. Capt. Freeth, Deputy-Assist. Quartermaster- Gen., attached to the staff of Woolwich garrison, having completed his five years' service, will be superseded on the Ist of November by Major Field, who fulfilled that post with the Royal Artillery in the Crimea during the war. Capt. Freeth is under orders to return to the command of his battery, No. 4 of the First Brigade Garrison Artillery, at the head quarters, Woolwich. The Hampshire Artillery left Pembroke Dock on Tuesday last for Gosport, under the command of Col. Burnaby. They numbered 17 officers, 302 men, 9 women, and 24 children. They are to be disembodied this week. TEE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. The South Middlesex Rifles are fast returning to London. No less than eight of the mem bers have been with Garibaldi, and three of them were in the late action at Capua. Lord Ranelagh recommences his Saturday drills at the end of this month. In the meantime great activity prevails at Beaufort-house. The butt, with its 22 targets, the finest of the kind in Europe, is in daily use. Up wards of 25 or 30 prizes are to be shot for in the months of November and December. A cadet corps is in the course of formation, and a new company, to be called the Experimental Service Company, is about to be formed, to be armed with Westley Richards's breech-loading rifle. The object of forming this company is to bring together gentle men whose independent means will enable them to try and adopt the wants, suggestions, and improve ments that have arisen out of the Volunteer move ment, and thus be an example of what a company ought to be when fully prepared for active.service. The uniform, whether Zouave or otherwise, will be left to the decision of the members. On Saturday, the 27th, at Beaufort-house, there will be . various experiments with breech-loading rifles andatlectric telegraph targets. One company of 100 men are ordered to throw up a sandbag battery, with Capt. Norton's late inventions, Lc. Within the last few days the inhabitants of the populous suburb of Stoke Newington, convened in public meeting, have resolved that it is expedient for them to take their share in support of the great patriotic movement for the voluntary defence of the country by contributing their contingent to the national armament. A provisional committee has been appointed to give practical effect to the wishes of the meeting, consisting of the Rev. Thomas Jack son, the Rector, and Churchwardens, the Rev. J. Spittal, Mr. W. R. Bell, Capt. Hamel and Ensign Hamel, both of the Custom-house Volunteers, Mr. R. W. C. Merrington, Mr. R. Moreland, Lieut. T. Davies Sewell, and Mr. S. J. Rowscll, of the Lon don Rifle Brigade, Mr. Druitt, Mr. H. W. Sewell, Mr. George Singer, and several other gentlemen resident in the neighbourhood. Within a week 65 men have enrolled themselves as volunteers, and a respectable sum has been placed in the bank of Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co. to meet the con tingent expenses. The management of the drill has been delegated to Lieut. Sewell, Ensign Hamel, and Mr. Rowsell ; the parochial school-room has been placed at their disposal for that purpose by the autho rities. Mr. Wortley, an old inhabitant of the neighbourhood, has offered them the use of a large shed and an open space of ground sufficient to ex ercise 300 men ; and altogether the movement is being sustained, as it has been begun, with com mendable spirit and energy. The Crawley (Sussex) Volunteers have just held two meetings for rifle practice for prizes. The tar gets were erected in the grounds at Buchan-hill, the seat of Mr. J. J. Broad wood, lieutenant-com manding. On the first occasion a rifle, presented by Mr. Broadwood, was shot for at 400 and at 650 yards, and was won by Mr. F. Russell, of Crawley, and a meerschaum, offered by Mr. Mark Lemon, was shot for at 150 and at 450 yards, and was won by Mr. N. Miller, also of Crawley. On the second occasion, Mr. Pepper, of Worth, was the successful competitor, at 500 yards, for a medal presented, by Mr. Shirley Brooks. The first annual contest for prizes offered by the Devon County Volunteer Association commenced at Newton Abbot on Tuesday, and will be continued for four days. The object of the association is to encourage good rifle shooting in the county, and with that view the council of the association have determined to offer prizes annually to be competed for by volunteers belonging to the various corps in the county, and also a prize to he contested by volunteers of other counties. It was resolved to inaugurate the first meeting with a grand volun teer demonstration, and about 650 volunteers be longing to various rifle and artillery corps in the county, and a number of men connected with mounted volunteer troops, assembled, under the command of Brigade Major Kirk of the western district. Earl Fortescue, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, who has taken a great interest in the Volunteer movement, and Lady Fortescue, and Lord and Lady Ebrington, were present, and on their appearance the volunteers, who were drawn up in line, saluted. The Grand Duke Michael of Russia and suite were present, and were introduced to the Lord-Lieutenant. The Grand Duke expressed his sense of the importance of the movement, and took a great interest in the proceedings. Major- General Hutchinson, commander of the western district, assisted at the inauguration. The Earl of Devon presented an address to Earl Fortescue, in which his lordship expressed the thanks of the as sociation to the Lord-Lieutenant for the important services he had rendered to the voluLer move ment. (Cheers.) Earl Fortescue, in reply, said—l never believed in the hostile intentions of the ruler of France—(hear, hear) —but when all Europe, and France above all, was bristling witharms, I thought it neither consistent with our security nor our hon our that we should be dependent on the goodwill of our neighbours rather than on our own strength for a continuance of the blessings of peace. (Hear.) The Tenbury Rifle Corps was one of the first vo lunteer corps established in the ceunty of Worcest er and on Monday last the Hon. Miss Rushout pre sented colours to the corps. Lord Northwick was also present. In presenting the colours the Hon. Miss Rushout said—" I trust this flag will never be waved in actual, but only in mimic war. As a sol dier's sister, I cannot but take the deepest interest in military affairs, and the present movement is one of the greatest examples of self-denial that England has ever witnessed. The rifle volunteers serve unpaid, and submit to discipline of their own free will. Mighty events are progressing, and Pro vidence has assigned to our native land a special sphere of action. We cannot look at the movement as merely belonging to Great Britain; it affects all European nations." Col. Lowe replied in a few fitting remarks, and the ceremony ended. 'The Cotswold Company assembled at the police barrack-yard, Cheltenham, on Wednesday morning, under the command of Capt. Swiny, and marched to Soi'utham, headed by the band of the company, to compete for prizes. The prizes were a very hand some silver goblet presented by Mr. C. Andrews, value £lO 10s., a silver subscription vase, value £6 65., and two money prizes. The ranges were 200, 300, and 450 yards, five shots at each range, and the fortunate winners were Sergeant Shirer, Ist .prize, 16 points ; Corporal Packwood, 2d prize, 14 points; Private Taylor, 3d, 14 points, and Pri vate Darby, 14 points ; the last three being ties. The , places were decided by the points made at 450 yards. ffayerforciwest Volunteevi, under the COM.' ~~ s mand of Capt. Peel, were inspected by Major Hume, Deputy Inspector of Volunteers, on Wednesday last The corps were drawn up in the Market-hall, and looked remarkably well. Capt. Peel put the corps through the manual and platoon exercise, which was done with a precision worthy of the Line. The subalterns then each put the men through some manoeuvres, which were all very well executed. Major Hume, at the conclusion, ad dressed the corps, and stated that he had the greatest pleasure in thanking all ranks for the way in which they had learned their drill. He said that of all the volunteers he had had the honour of in specting none had surpassed them in the beautiful manner in which they performed the manual and platoon exercise, which showed they had been care fully and well taught. The Volunteer movement makes steady progress in the district of Penrith, in Cumberland. The first company of the Inglewood Rifles, consisting of 75 men, officered by Captain Frederick Cowper, jun., of Yanwath (commandant), Lieu tenant Wilkinson, and Ensign Cant, are improv ing rapidity in their drill under the superintendence of their captain, aided by Drill-Sergeant Wolfe, of the 15th Regiment, who was allowed to go on fur lough for this service on Colonel Coles's application at the War-office. A second company has just been raised, to which 55 men have volunteered. Major William Brougham, of Brougham Hall, is Major of the district, and not long ago entertained the regiment, as also did Mr. Frederick Cowper, of Carleton Hall, on which occasion very efficient drill practice was shown in light infantry movements under Sergeant Wolfe's directions in the park. A meeting was lately held at Lincoln in order to take steps for forming a mounted rifle corps for Lincolnshire. Several gentlemen have agreed to join the corps, and a large number of tenant-far mers have expressed their willingness to do so if their landlords approve the movement. The first prize shooting in connexion with the 7th West York Rifles (the Leeds corps) commenced at the regimental shooting ground at Farnley on Wed nesday last. The weather was wet and stormy, and the company present was not numerous. Yes terday there was an improvement in both respects. The shooting, all things considered, was good, and there were a large number of competitors, there being 107 for the first prize. The shooting will not conclude before Saturday, and it is not impro bable it may extend until Monday. The Armstrong or Artisan Company of the Not tingham Robin Hood Rifle Corps now numbers 66 members, and their services are to be offered to Government forthwith. Drill is held every night in the week at St. John's School-room, London road, and the company is making satisfactory pro gress towards efficiency. Mr. Gimson, of Notting ham•park, has offered two prizes—one of £lO and one of £s—to be shot for by the company next summer. The Armstrong Company promises to be the best in the whole battalion, none but athletic men being admitted. WRECK REGISTER AND CHART 071859 In accordance with our annual custom, we are called on to chronicle the fearful and, in the pre sent instance, unprecedented effects, both on life and property, of the terrific storms of the prece ding 12 months in the seas and on the shores of the United Kingdom. Truly these statistics, which have been so accu rately and ably tabulated by the Board of Trade, and afterwards presented by the Board to Parlia ment, aro of a dry and uninviting character ; but we deem them, nevertheless, of the utmost national importance, for they tell with unmistakeable accu racy that 3,977 shipwrecked persons were placed last year in imminent danger on our coasts, of wgom 1,645 unfortunately met with a watery grave, and that the value of the property destroyed was upwards of a million and a half sterling. The lives thus sacrificed and property destroyed on the coasts of the British Isles represent a state of things within one short year which is without a parallel in our maritime annals, and which loudly invokes the help of every Christian philanthropist to aid in the mitigation of similar sad results in future years. To realise, however, the desolating scene at one view it is indispensable to place before one a Wreck Chart, which represents all around so many small shots, hollow shots, red hot shots, and crosses. It will be observed that in some spots, such as the whole of the east coast, where 621 wrecks took place last year, near projecting headlands and the sites of lighthouses, the cannonade seems to have been the most furious, just as though they were salient angles of some bastion made special marks of by marine artillery, and on investigation such turns out to be the fact. But the artillery in this case is the wild force of storms, and the expended shots represent noble ships hurled against the solid bastion of our cliffs, or the more treacherous earth works of sandbanks and quicksands. To survey the map it would seem as though all the ships of the world had been attracted to our shores as by some magnetic ,mountain, and then shattered helplessly upon theme When we remember, however, that England is the centre of the commercial world, that hither are attracted the mercantile navies of all nations as well as of our own ; that last year alone the num ber of vessels which entered inwards and cleared outwards, including their repeated voyages from the different ports of Great Britain, was 300,580, representing a tonnage of 31,712,500, and probably having more than a million of people on board ; that it is not an unfrequent occurrence to see 400 or 500 vessels at one time coming down the east coast, and equally as many at the mouth of the Thames and Mersey—we say that when one considers all this enormous shipping and number of men which crowd, day after day, our narrow channels, skirted as they are by dangerous rocks, headlands, and sandbanks, it is not a matter of surprise that so many lament able catastrophes should occur year after year among them. However, last year was one of the most disastrous on record to ships on our coasts, as many as 1,416 wrecks having occurred, with the loss of, as we said before, 1,645 poor creatures. We shall now proceed to analyse the causes of these shipwrecks, taking for our guide the Board of Trade Wreck Register. This states that the in crease of these disasters is mainly to be traced to the very heavy storms of October 25 and 26, and of October .31 and November 1 and 2 last. In the former gale there were 133 total wrecks and 90 ca sualties, resulting in serious damage, and 798 lives were lost. This number, however, includes the loss of 446 lives in the Royal Charter, which will al ways be remembered. as one of the most melancholy shipwrecks that ever occurred on British shores. During the gale of November 1 and 2 there were 27 total wrecks and 27 casualties resulting in par tial damage, and there was a loss of 51 lives. Be sides these 424 lives were lost at one time in the Pomona on the 28th of April, and 56 in the Blervie Castle on or about the 20th of December. Although the work of destruction, as thus offi cially recorded, is fearful to contemplate, yet it must be remembered that had it not been for the services of the lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Ins stitution, the rocket and mortar apparatus of the Board of Trade, and other means, it would have been much more disastrous in its consequences. It is somewhat singular that while the number of ca sualties to British ships trading to, from, or between. places in the United Kingdom has greatly increased —viz., from 927 i n 1858 t o 1,187 in 1859—the ca sualties to foreign ships similarly employed have decreased from 209 t o 188. It surely cannot be creditable to British seaman that foreigners should beat them in safely navigating ships in British waters. Again, it appears that in one voyage out of every 175 voyages made by British ships employed in the oversea trade a casualty has happened, g ra us while in only one voyage o u t o f 335 h as a casua l ty ihappenedr thisto a n f u f a o v r oe üble ship p con si t m ra i s la t i r w ly ou e ld m b p e still loYed more strikingly illustrated if the percentages of casualties compared with voyages mado by vessels in ballast in our coasting trade were given ; but, unfortunately, this register is silent on that impor tant point, as no record is kept of coasting voyages made by British ships in ballast. Some of the most distressing and fatal wrecks arc often occur ring among our coasters in ballast. In the classification of the casualties according to the cargoes of the ships it appears that the ships which have suffered most are as follow s — v i z ., laden colliers, 506 in 1859 a g ains t 377 in 185 8; light colliers, 71 against 41 ; ore ships, 130 against 101 ; and ships with passengers and a general cargo 42 against 14. It will be observed that our ill built colliers con tinue to maintain their fatal pre-eminence for their frequency of wrecks on the east coast. When overtaken by a storm off Flamborough Head no shelter is afforded them until they reach Yarmouth Roads, where, alas too frequently the bodies of their unhappy crews are found floating on the outlying sandbanks. No facts can speak louder than this simple record of the absolute necessity that exists that measures should be taken as early as practi cable to improve our natural harbours of refuge ,on the east coast and elsewhere. The sirriees of lifeboats are also most frequently. t0m.... called into use on the east coast of the United Kingdom. Who that has seen the Lowestoft, Pakefield, Southwold, and other boats in connexion with the National Lifeboat Institution put off during the past few months in the very fury of the storm, has watched their successful fight with the elements, and has seen the same boats return laden with human life, that has not felt a deep emotion such as one cannot but experience when witness ing some heroic and self-denying act P The whole of the wrecks are divided clearly into classes, according to their rig and tonnage ; and it appears from the register that those which have suffered most are as follows—viz., schooners, 491; brigs, 292 ; sloops, 127 ; and barques, 123 ; that the number of casualties to vessels between 100 and 300 tons is 493; between 50 and 100 tons, 455; and below 50 tons, 306; while the number of vessels from 300 tons to 1,200 tons and upwards is only 160. It was among these numerous wrecks which oc curred often during fearful storms that the lifeboat was busily engaged. It is a long list of noble ser vices, and a few of them will be enough to show what strong claims the National Lifeboat Institu tion has on the public gratitude. Here is April 15. —Goodwin Sands—terrible name of ill-omen to -sailors ;—wind W.N.W. ; sloop Liberal of Wis beach, 1 man saved by the Walmer lifeboat. Sept. 17 and 18—Misner Haven; wind N. and W., strong gale ; brig Lucinde, of Memel, 11 men saved by the Southwold lifeboat. Feb. 28—Jack's Hole Bank ; brig Louise, of Genoa, ship assisted by the crew of the Padstow lifeboat. March B—Doom Bar Sands —a hideously suggestive designation ;—brig Gon salve, of Nantes, 7 men saved by the Padstow life boat. Nov. I—Holm Sands; wind S., heavy gale; steamer Shamrock, of Dublin, 14 men saved by the Lowestoft lifeboat. Nov. 2—Whitburn ; blow ing a hurricane ; schooner Anton, of Den mark, 6 men saved by the Whitburn lifeboat. Nov. 26—Redcar ; wind S.E., heavy gale ; brig Fortuna, of Memel, 11 men saved by the Red car lifeboat. December 30—Barmouth ; wind from the S.W., blowing a gale ; ship Britannia, of Bath, United States, 14. men saved by the Bar mouth life-boat. Dec. 21.—Lytham • weather stormy; the brigantine Hannah Jane, Of London, seven men saved by the Lytham lifeboat ; and so the record goes on through a long list, enumerat ing services of the most humane and sterling cha racter in words and figures as simple as an ordinary entry in a merchant's ledger. Old age tells on ships as it does on human beings, and the ship that wasonce able to weather the fierce gale bends under the influence of advancing years and rotten timbers. The Register states that the greatest number of casualties have happened to ships between 14 and 20 years old, next between 20 and 30, and then to comparatively new ships, or ships between three and seven years of age. It also happens that 64 were upwards of 50 years old, three of this number being between 80 and 90, one between 90 and 100, and one above 100 years old. A comparison of the wrecks that have occurred during the past two years on the coasts and in the seas of the British isles gives the following result : On the east coast are 621 against 514 in 1858 ; on the south coast, 136 against 89 ; and on the west coast, 466 against 304. On the Isle of Man six wrecks took place in 1858, but in 18.59 they had in creased to 28, This is a point where the Commis sions on Harbours strongly recommended the erec tion of a harbour of refuge. The Castletown life boat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institu tion, has several times been instrumental during the past year in saving life from wrecks off that island. The wind which has been most disastrous to ship ping during 1859 was the S.W. wind ; this was also the case during 1858. The casualties during the S.W. ;Finds were in 1858, 110 ; and in 1859, 166. Next comes the W.S.W., which shows 104 casualties in 1859, against 65 in 1858. Then follow the S.S.W., the N.E., the W., and the W.N.W., which show a marked prevalence as compared with the preceding year. From the force of the' wind when each casualty happened, it appears that a marked increase has taken place in those which happened during force 11 (or " storm")—viz., 88 against 57 in 1858; and at force 12 (or " hurricane"), 87 against 11. Knowledge and ignorance hold each an unequal strife in these alarming records, for it shows that the number of ships to which casualties happened, commanded by masters possessing certificates of competency, was 217 against 344 commanded by masters holding certificates of service only, and 597 commanded by masters not required by law to have certificates. It is only reasonable to expect that every one who professes to navigate a vessel should give some proof of his ability to perform so im portant a work. It is computed that the loss of property caused by wrecks and casualties on the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year 1859 was, in car goes, £893,000, and in ships £870,000, being a total loss of nearly £2,000,000. Surely this is so much wealth lost to the nation at large. An analysis of the 1,416 wrecks gives the follow , ing result : In 1859 the wrecks and strandings involving total loss amounted to 527 against 354 in 1858, and those involving partial loss to 540 against 515 in 1858 ; the total number of strandings, &e. , being 1,067 against 869 in 1858; the total number f colli sions being 349 against 301 in 1858; 116 of which happened in the daytime, between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., against 76 in the day time in 1858 ; and 233 hap pened in the night between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., against 225 in the night in 1858 ; only 89 happened between April and September inclusive, and 260 collisions happened between October and March inclusive. It appears that, exclusive of passengers, there were 10,538 persons on board the i se 1,415 wrecks, and of these 3,977 were actually imperilled, and 2,332 have been saved from a watery grave by lifeboats, the rocket and mortar apparatus ships own boats, and other craft ; the remainder, 1,645, having unhappily been drowned. This is the largest number on record that have perished from .wrecks in one year on the coasts of the British Isles. It should, however, be remembered that 926 of the unfortunate creatures were thus sacrificed belonged to the Royal Charter, the emigrant ship Pomona, and the Blervie Castle. Of .curse, more lives have been saved by ordinary boats than by the lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution and other bodies, fishing smacks and other craft being much oftener at band when dis asters happen ; nor, indeed, are the services of the boats in question called into requisition when it is safe for other kinds of vessels to approach a wreck. To despairing mariners in the shattered hulk, how ever, grinding upon some rocky barrier, er sinking into some treacherous quicksand, these boats are lifeboats indeed. For instance, on the 30th of Jan. last the ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow, was wrecked on Arklow Banks. Several fishing smacks attempted in vain to approach her. The steamer Ruby, bound for Bristol, laid to for five hours, with the laudable view of succouring the crew; but the sea was so very heavy that neither smacks nor steamers could even come within hail of the wreck. The Arklow lifeboat, belonging to the National Institution, made her appearance. She nobly ran through the heavy breakers, and succeeded in taking off the whole nine men from the wreck. While we might thus amplify the services of the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution, we must not omit to do full justice to the marine depart ment of the Board of Trade in the same cause of humanity. From the Mercantile Marine Fund they have expended, in support of lifeboats, the rocket and mortar apparatus, and rewards for sav ing life, nearly £4,600 during the past year. There are altogether 158 lifeboats on the coast of the United Kingdom ; about 100 of these are under the management of the National Lifeboat Institu tion, and arc manned and inspected in conformity with its regulations. They were manned last year, on occasion of service and of quarterly exercise by about 5,000 persons. With the exception of three persons who perished from the extreme coldness of the weather and the water, by the upsetting of a lifeboat, not a single accident happened to either the boats or their brave crews. — Surely we should not grudge such a society a little pecuniary help when we read that, during its 36 years of existence, it has expended on lifeboat establishments nearly £40,000, and has voted 82 gold, and 658 silver medals for distinguished ser vices, besides pecuniary grants, amounting to almost £14,000; while during the same period it has granted rewards for preserving, by its lifeboats and other means, no less than 11,601 of our fellow creatures from a watery grave. SPORTING ACCIDENT,—On Tuesday last, a some what serious accident occurred to Major Mortimer of this town, while enjoying the pleasures of shooting in the neigh bourhood of Winchcomb. It appears that Major Mortimer was firing during the day with a double-barrelled gun; he had just discharged one barrel, and was in the act of re loading, when, in ramming home the charge,the concussion caused the other barrel to explode, and we regret to state that the gallant major's hand was shattered to so serious an extent as to necessitate the amputation of the thumb and two fingers of th.c right hand.—Cheltenham Examiner. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending on!) , their address to E S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they Will receive gratis and free by post the "INVALIDS' OWN GUIDE," or Natural Restorer, without n3edioine or ex pniSe, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints, nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, neryonsness, palpitation, cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhma, dysentery, biliousness, I evers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds noises in the ears, rheuroatjsm, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palps, tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramps, spasm'. sinkin g , fits. ronohltio,—"Unquobtionably ..the safest Outdo SP lioltb.'? r - . POLICE INTELLIGENCE —Oct. 11 MANSION-HOUSE.—A case of very consider able importance to the mercantile world was brought before the Lord Mayor, and decided by his lordship. Mr. Lewis Stewart, a merchant, carrying on his business at No. 8, Cooper's-court, Cornhill, was summoned at the instance of the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany for having, contrary to the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, unlawfully sent cer tain goods of a dangerous nature—to wit, one gal lon of spirits of ether nitre, and one gallon of spirits of ether sulphur —on board one of their vessels called the Pera, without marking the nature of such goods upon the packages containing them, or without giving notice to the master or owners of the:said ship of the dangerous nature of the articles. Mr. T. Atkinson, instructed by Messrs. M`Leod, Stenning, and %Yatney, solicitors to the company, appeared in support of the complainant ; Mr. Nicholson, solicitor, of Lime-street, attended on be half of the defendant. Mr. Atkinson, in opening the case, said that he had the honour on the present occasion to appear on behalf of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na vigation Company, a company, as his lordship was aware, that was incorporated by royal charter, and the charge against the defendant, who was a mer chant in the City, and a gentleman of the highest respectability, was that he had been guilty of an infringement of a particular act of Parlia ment by shipping certain dangerous ingredients on board one of the vessels of the company. He would say in the outset that the company were actuated by no other feeling in the matter than a desire to protect property and life, and believing that by the act which defendant had committed both had been endangered, and that the most seri ous consequences might have been the result, they felt that duty to the public left them no alternative but to institute the present proceedings as a caution to others, and to show that they were determined, as much as laid in their power, to prevent those disastrous casualties that too frequently occurred at sea, possibly, in many instances, from neglect such as was now complained of. The learned counsel then read the 329th section of the Merchant Ship ping Act, which enacts that any person who shall cause any explosive or dangerous material to be shipped on board of any vessel, without distinctly marking the nature of the same upon the package, or giving notice to the master or owners of the vessel of the nature of the materiaisso sent on board should be liable to the penalty of £lOO. He said his lordship was aware that the vessels of the company sailed on the 4th and 20th of each month from Southampton for Alexandria and Malta, and on Sept. 29th four cases were shipped through the de fendant's house on board the Pera, to be conveyed to Singapore by the vessel that sailed on the 4th Oc tober. These packages were marked with the word " glass" and the letter S. in a diamond, and not the least intimation was given that their contents were at all of a dangerous description, and in the ship ping declaration that was required before the goods could be shipped, the contents of the packages were described as " apothecaries' stores" or "wares." He should be able to show distinctly that defendant was perfectly well aware of the contents of these pack ages, and he must at the same time observe, that in order to prevent any possibility of persons being in ignorance of the law, a notice, headed " Cau tion," in large letters, was posted up at all the offices of the company, which distinctly described the illegality of sending goods of a dangerous cha racter by any of the company's vessels, without giving notice of the fact, and distinctly stated also that any person who did se would render himself liable to a penalty of £lOO. The learned counsel then went on to state that the four packages were sent down to Southampton and were shipped on board the Pera, and but for an accident they might have been taken on the passage, to the imminent danger of the vessel and all on board. It fortu nately, however, happened that one of the packages leaked, and the peculiar' smell that emanated from it at once invited attention, and they were all re moved on shore and opened, and it turned out that two of them contained a large quantity of spirits of nitre and spirits of ether. Mr. Atkinson then ex plained the highly inflammable and dangerous na ture of these articles, and said that the ether would boil at a temperature of 70, or that of a warm room, and if it had been placed near the engine-mote it would have ♦ery probably exploded, and he need hardly observe that the consequence to the vessel and passengers on board of her might have been of the most fearful character. Under these circum stances he said the company felt that their duty to the public left them no alternative but to institute the present proceedings. Ho did not know what answer would be given by the defendant, but it ap peared to him that a clearer case could not possibly be conceived, and that his lordship would feel it his duty to convict, and thus let it go forth to the public that this i.nportant act of Parliament would not be allowed to remain a dead letter. Mr. Nicholson, before any evidence was adduced, submitted that the summons had failed, inasmuch as, on the:ease for the complainants, it was admitted that notice had been given that the packages in question contained "apothecaries' wares." Mr. Tindal Atkinson said that what was required by the act of Parliament was that notice should be given that the articles were of a dangerous kind. The Lord Mayor overruled the objection, and decided that the case should proceed. Mr. Edward Gillson deposed that ho was second officer on board the Pera, one of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's vessels. She was about to sail for Alexandria and Malta on the 4th of the present month, and he remem bered four packages being brought on board on the 2d of October, and he identified a package that was brought in to court as one of those packages. (The package in question contained a broken stone jar, and the smell that came from it was most powerful, and affected the eyes and breathing of every one in court.) The witness went on to state that he observed a leakage from one of the packages in the afternoon of the 2d of October, and he smelt a powerful odour of spirit. He reported the circumstance, and on the following morning all the packages were taken on shore, and they were found to contain the articlei mentioned in the summons. By Mr. Nicholson—He smelt the odour he re ferred to almost immediately the packages came on board. He saw that the stone jar was broken when the package was opened, but he did not know how it became broken. Mr. F. Buckland, the chief clerk in the freight department at Southampton, confirmed the evidence of the former witness. Mr. C. W. Howell deposed that he was Secre tary to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga tion Company, and he was present when two out of the three cases referred to were opened in the presence of Mr. Stewart, and he saw that they con tained the articles that were the subject of the pre sent complaint. Mr. Stewart admitted that he had shipped them. Vie shipping declaration relating to the goods was then put in. The packages were described as containing "apothecaries' wares." Dr. H. Letheby, the eminent professor of chemis try to the London Hospital, and medical officer to the City of London, was then called as a witness to prove the dangerous character of the articles in question, and he gave his evidence in his usual clear and able manner. He said that the article known as sweet spirits of nitre, which was one of the in gredients contained in the package, was composed of one part of volatile ether and four of hyponitrous ether, and it formed a compound of an ex tremely volatile character, and one which it was impossible to freeze. It would boil at a temperature of 70 deg., which ho believed was below the temperature of the hold of a ship in a warm cli mate. If there was a leakage of the vessel contain ing such a compound from any cause, the vapour arising from it, when mixed with atmospheric air, would form a highly explosive and dangerous com pound, and if any person inhaled it it would pro duce a similar effect to that of chloroform. Its in flammability would also be excessive. (Dr. Letheby here produced a bottle about two inches high, at the bottom of which there was a small quantity of the ether, and by applying a lighted limiter match to the neck of the bottle the liquid at the bottom instantly burst into flame.) Dr. Letheby went on to explain that the compound was so explosive and inflammable that it was not necessary to apply flame immediately to it to cause it to ignite, but it would ignite by a flame at a considerable distance. lie said that one gallon of ether mixed with atmos pheric air would produce no less than 12,000 gallons of a most inflammable vapour such as he had de scribed. The other article, sulphuric ether, was of a similar character to the first he had described, ex cept, he said, that perhaps the first was a little more volatile. Dr. Letheby concluded his evidence by stating that from his scientific knowledge of the articles in question he should say that it was highly dangerous to place them on board a ship without taking proper precautions to have them safely secured. Cross-examined—Pure ether would boil at a tem perature of 70, and it would have the same expan sive power if it was confined as boiling water would have at a temperature of 212. If the temperature of the hold of the vessel was 90, it would soon pene trate to the contents of the package and the vessels containing the ether. Mr. Gillsou was recalled, and he stated that dur ing the voyage to Alexandria Op temperature on deck was frequently as high as 95 or 97 degrees. In answer to a question put by Mr. Nicholson, the witness said he believed they had come ether among the medical stores that were on board the vessel. Dr. Letheby said there was no danger in having -EN=l ether on board, provided it was in a proper place of security. The danger arose from such an article being sent on board a vessel without letting the master know what it was, and consequently no pre cautions were taken for the prevention of accidents. The invoice of the goods in question supplied to defendant by Messrs. Davey, M'Murdo, and Co., wholesale chemists, from whona they were obtained, was then put in, to show that he was aware what articles were supplied. Mr. Nicholson then briefly addressed his lordship for the defendant, who, he said, had not the slightest idea that in the course he had taken he was doing anything in contravention of the law. The fact IN as, he said, a friend of Mr._ Stewart, a surgeon in India, had written to him to send certain articles to him, and he supplied him with two lists, and these lists were sent to Messrs. M'Murdo and Co., and they provided the goods referred to in those lists and packed them, and Mr. Stewart then shipped them without the slightest idea that he was doing any thing wrong. He should satisfy his lordship that the goods were packed in the ordinary way, and that they were believed to be perfectly seeure,and under ordinary circumstances the jar containing the ether could not have been broken or the contents have escaped. He did not at all complain on the part of Mr. Stewart of the course that had been taken by the company, but he submitted that when he had proved the facts to which he had called his lord ship's attention, he would be of opinion that the case did not come within the meaning of the statute, and the summons should be dismissed. John Richards, packer to. Messrs. Davey, M'Murdo, and Co., was then called as a witness, and he proved that he packed the ether securely, and placed straw between the bottles. He also proved that the firm were in the habit of sending articles of this description to all parts of the world, and they were almost always packed in the same manner as those were. In answer to 'a question put by Mr. Atkinson, the witness said that sometimes they packed ether in tin cases, which were soldered by a tinman after the article was packed. Mr. Hayward, a superintendent in the establish ment of Messrs. M'Murdo and Co., gave similar evidence. He also stated that it was the invariable custom to describe articles of this description as apothecaries' wares, and that similar things were shipped every day by all the shipping houses to all parts of the world. Mr. Robert Warrington, chemical operator at Apothecaries' Hall, proved that articles of the de scription in question were constantly shipped, and that formerly very large quantities were supplied from the Hall to the East India Company to be sent to India. In answer to questions put by Mr. Atkinson this witness said that he did not consider there was any danger in shipping ether in this manner, provided it was done with proper caution. With ordinary care he believed it might have gone safe to India, but of course if any leakage took place it would have been highly dangerous. Mr. C. Davey, of the firm of Davey, M'Murdo, and Co. ' wholesale chemists, Upper Thames-street, deposed that Mr. Stewart sent him two lists of _ _ -- -- certain articles he requ i re d t o be sent to India, among which were those that were now the subject of inquiry, and by his direction they were safely packed and forwarded. Bottles containing ether were always turned down, to see whether there was any leakage before they were finally packed. Mr. John Wyman,an export druggist, was called to prove the mode in which ether was generally packed ; but upon an objection taken by Mr. At kinson the evidence was not received. In answer to a question put to him by the learned counsel, this gentleman stated that until he heard the evidence of Dr. Letheby he was not aware that ether was of so dangerous a character. Mr. Tindal Atkinson observed that as this was the ease he had certainly acquired some important information, and probably he would pack such an article differently in future. This having closed the case on both sides, The Lord Mayor at once said he was clearly of opinion that the 329th section of the Act of Parliament in question had been violated, and the evidence of Dr. Letheby fully corroborated his own opinion that the articles that had been shipped on board this vessel by the defendant were of a highly inflammable and dangerous nature, and it was fearful to imagine the consequences that might have resulted from their being taken on board. He had no wish to prejudice the case in any manner or to make it stronger than it really was, but he could not help taking into considera tion the dreadful consequences that might have re sulted from the act of the defendant, and he felt that he was bound to inflict a penalty. He was quite sure, from the respectability of the company and the manner in which the case had been con ducted by them, that they did not desire him to in flict the full penalty of £lOO. (Mr. Atkinson here interposed, and said, " Certainly not.") He anti pated that this was the case, and he had no doubt that they had brought the matter before him as a warning to others as to the mode in which inflam mable and dangerous articles such as these were to be sent on board ship, and in the hope that the publicity that would be given to the proceedings would have the effect of preventing the recurrence of a similar act. He then said that he should miti gate the fine from £lOO to £lO, and he hoped that this would have the effect to which he had adver ted, which he was sure was the only feeling that had influenced the parties by whom the proceedings had been instituted. Mr. Atkinson said he was not instructed to ask for costs. Mr. Nicholson on the part of the. defendant, then thanked his lordship for the attention he had be stowed on the inquiry ; and be also, on the part of Mr. Stewart, expressed his acknowledgment of the fair spirit in which the matter had been carried out by the company. DISTRESSING SUICIDE AT DERBY. On Tuesday afternoon a lad named. William Walters went into one of the sheds on the Holmes Cricket Ground, Derby, and discovered the dead body of a man hanging from a beam in one of the sheds. Inspector Fearn was on the spot soon after the alarm was given, and searching the deceased's clothing he discovered above £2O in notes and gold, and a gold watch. In the pockets were also several documents, and amongst them the following : " Tell my dear wife I am lost for ever, but hope she will be saved. Farewell. My accounts will be all right when the Hood account is done. The number of my watch is 1,562 inside the case. My home is at Leicester, as below, J. Shipley, opposite the Catholic Church, Wellington-street, Leicester." Inspector Fearn went over to Leicester the same afternoon to acquaint the deceased's wife and rela tives. It appears that the poor fellow, though well to do in the world, and with £5OO in the Bank of England, had been in a low desponding way for some time past, and left his house on Friday last. The rivers in the neighbourhood of Leicester were examined, it being the opinion of his relatives that he had destroyed himself. He was 21 years of age, and had one child. On Wednesday afternoon M r . C oroner Vallack held an inquest on view of the body at the Town Hall, when the following ev id ence was adduced . Walters said—About 2 o ' c l oc k yesterday W . I was in the Holmes. I was looking through the cattle shed at some birds, when I saw the legs of the deceased move to and fro. I went to the end doorway and look e d i n , w h en I saw d eceased hang ing by the neck. I the n gave i n f ormat i on t o the police, who came and took possession of the body. Rowlete, the younger, said—l reside at Leicester, and am a manufacturer. I have looked at the body of deceased, and identify it as that of John Shipley, alsoof Leicester, hosier. I have known deceased about ten years—indeed, from a lad. He has been in our employ s ince the death of his father several years ago. He was exceedingly out of health from extreme anxiety and overwork. I never met with a more honourable, industrious, and sober man ; his character was irreproachable. H e had been married between one and two years. Hi s wife was confined a few weeks since. They li ve d happily. I imagine he and his 'Wife posses se d money, and that their circumstances were almost those of independence. For a series of months I have found him subyect to fits of depression of spirits : they have been observable. H e has had a factiny built, and has lately removed to it. He has also taken out a patent l a t e l y, and built some extensive machinery. On Friday last, at noon he called at our warehouse, and mad e a statement, respecting hie affairs, from which it appeared he was deeply in debt, and had involved also his father in-law and his mother. I recommended him to draw out a statement of his aff a i rs an d bring it back to us, and if an advance of £lOO or so would be of use to hi m he should have it. He seemed to me out of health, and I recomme n d e d him to take a little to oalmome to -morrow w dnlietzpowder, and he would come man. Heo left.me, apparently . i as whose ever' house n t the e e hisas muchfath father-in-law, depressed deceased e w w hat to inquire i_faylhaktnsame resided, e . v e n l came , ng, thel told him matter with him. hwaadsstated to me about his affairs. He repli e d at once that on the contrary deceased's circumstances were good. He then said ho had not seen deceased since two o'clock, when deceased had left home. Every end eavour had been made to find deceased, but he was not heard of until the inspector of police made it known at Leicester last night. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." Ci , APTURE OF A SitAilic—An enormous specimen of the shark species was captured at St. Andrews on Satur day evening, and is being exhibited throughout the towns i'Lle,---"S`c;tonan. SUICIDE 1N _HULL. On Monday morning, considerable excitement was caused in Kingston-street, Hull, in consequence of the report that Mrs. Ann Bullock, - wife of a sea man, and for a long time 'resident in Kingston street, had committed suicide by poisoning herself with laudanum. Being well known by the neigh bours, the event caused various conjectures as to the reason which induced the poor woman `to commit the rash act to be made; and the chief opinion amongst the parties was, that it was pecu niary difficulties which had operated upon the wo man's mind, and had resulted in the melancholy circumstance which we have to record. From the evidence deposed to at the inquest, which was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the Manor House Tavern, it appears that Capt. Mortier, of the steamer Swanland, had lodged with her for the last 17 or 18 years, and that s h e had frequently borrowed money of him whilst her husband was at sea, hut he having been away a few weeks for the benefit of his health to Harrowgate and Xnaresbro' Mrs. Bullock had during his absence abstracted from his cash-box three sovereigns, and it would seem that Mr. Mortier had returned home earlier than she had expected him, and before she had replaced the money ; and the fear of the discovery of this cir cumstance appears to have been the cause of her determining to commit suicide. On Sunday night, she went to the shop of Mr. Fullham, chemist and druggist, Myton-place, purchased some drops of sweet nitre, and afterwards asked Mr. Fullham if laudanum was a good thing . to rub the cheek with for the "tic," to which the latter replied that it was used for the "tic" by some persons, when Mrs. Bullock then said she would take six pennyworth. Mr. Fullham said she would not require six penny worth to rub her cheek with, when she said it was for her mother, who had taken laudanum for a great number of years ; and the laudanum was ultimately_ served to h er, t h e bottle being labelled " poison,' and Mx. Fullham cautioning her to be careful with it. Mr. Fullham knew the woman, and noticed no thing suspicious in her demeanour. Her husband is second mate of the St. Petersburg steamer, and went with that vessel to sea this day (Thursday) fortnight, and the other inmate of the b ouse, besides Mrs. Bullock and Capt. Mortier, was a son of the former, aged 11 years, and this son slept with his mother whilst his father was at sea. The nitre which she had procured was to put into some gruel for the son, and he and his mother went to bed at the usual hour, shortly after 10 o'clock. Capt. Mortier arrived on Saturday, but Mrs. Bullock did not appear to be any way different than usual intil Sunday after tea, when Captain Mortier, who had been asleep on the sofa, on waking found Mrs. Bul lock crying, but she would not state what was the matter. Mr. Mortier afterwards went to bed, and was awoke about 11 o'clock by hearing the boy crying. He went to Mrs. Bullock's bed room, and the boy told him that his mother had drunk some thing out of a cup. He (Mr. M.) asked her what she had taken, and pointing to a bottle upon the table she said it would tell. On looking it was found to be labelled "poison," and the lad was at once sent for Dr. Bell, returning shortly afterwards with that gentleman's partner, Mr. Soulsby. In the interim between sending for the doctor and his arri val, Mrs. Bullock stated as the cause for taking the poison that she had been to his (Mr. M.'s) cash box, and could not make it up ; and on examining it after wards it was found that £3 had been taken out of the box. On Dr. Soulsby arriving two emetics were administered. The stomach pump was after wards applied. The laudanum, however, appears to have done its deadly work before the arrival of me dical aid, and death ensued about half-past eight o'clock on Monday morning. The jury after having been locked up for upwards of an hour could not agree—nine of them were for a verdict of temporary insanity and the other three for a verdict amounting to felo de se. Ultimately they returned an open verdict—namely, that "She died from the effects of poison administered by her self, but whether she was then in a sane state there was no evidence to show."—Eastern Counties _Herald. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER—OcT. 11. An inactive business was done in wheat to-day, with a fair supply. English dry wheat can scarcely be quoted lower; foreign about 2d per 701bs under former prices. Flour inactive at late rates. Old oats steady, but new sorts easier. Old oatmeal unaltered in value, and new is per load lower. Boans advanced 6d to Is, Indian corn sold at full late rates. BIRMINGHAM—OcT. 11. There was a fair attendance to-day, with a moderate supply of wheat. Prime dry English sorts sold slowly at previous ratel; damp qualities is to 2s per qr lower. Bar. ley is to 2s advance. Oats dull, but no cheaper in price. Beans fully as dear. Peas firm. MELTON MOWBRAY—OcT. 9. There was a fair show of wheat to-day, which went for less money, at the annexed quotations :—White wheat, 64; Od to 68s Od ; red, 60s Od to 64s per 36 stone ; barley in less supply, at 36s to 42s for malting, and 32s to 35s per qr. for grinding oats, 30s to 36s Od per 24 stone; beans, 48s to 54s for old; new, 498 per 38 at. PLYMOUTH—OCT. 9. The market has been heavy, and prices were at the full currencies of last week for wheat, namely :—English white wheat, 68s to 70s ; red, 60s to 61s per qr ; French do., 605 to 61s; grinding barley, 33s to 345; oats, 24s to 275; and beans, —.s to —5; flour, 45s to 475. EDINBURGH GRAIN—Ocr. 10. Wheat on the top 4s Od up average is , M up. Barley on the top 2s Od up average is 4d up. Oats on the top Os 3d down, average Oa 4d up. Beans on the top —s Od down average —s Od down, Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat .... Barley 1 19 2 2-12th s Oats 1 10 3 9-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 793 qrs ........ Sold 490 qrs Barley... 1385 qrs ........ S o ld 1264 qrs •927 qrs ........ Sold 820 q rs Beans.. 6O qrs Sold 7 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD—Ocr. 9. There was a good supply of fat beasts to-day, with a heavy sale, and a considerable number driven away unsold. The supply of sheep was large, but the demand was flat. Fat and store calves were not numerous, and well sold. Pigs were an average show. Beef ............ 6d to 61d Veal . Mutton .... ....... 61d to 71d P or k - 6jd to 60 Lamb ........ —d to —d Rough fat, 5s Od per stows. Hides, 34,d to 4fd ; calf skins, 5d to 6d. THE MLILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. .. • • • • • . Oct. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Yards.. • • .. .. Nov. 5. °AO. . .„ Oct. —. .., • • —. Canada &c. (via Galway) .. Oct. 20. • . .• Bahamas saAs andyr Ayres, s H , Cape of Good Hope, Bre• • • .. .. .. Nov. 2. Monte avana ( Ti via de N o, evr &C ; .. O c t. China, r enan g, and Singapo re (via S'ampton) Oct. 19. o. ct. 13. Gibraltar (via Southampton) (via Marseilles) .. .. .. O O verdue. (via Southampt on ) O c t. 19. (via Marseilles) Oct. . 13. India (Bombay), (via So India (Calcu p t n ta . ), Ceyl on , & C . uthampton) . .. O Do. Lisbon . Cuba and Meiie l •.. .. ll. .. ; • *• .. Oct. 16. Malta, Egypt, and Aden • (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. Vigo, and Op orto (via Marseilles) .. Oct. 13. . • • .. .. Oct. 11. Western United States, Cal . ifornia; . &c. • : ' ' .. Oct. 17. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Overdue. Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Oct. 15. BIRTHS.CuRzox.—On the 10th inst., at Mottisfont Abbey, Hants, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Curzon, of a daughter. EVERY. —On the 9th inst., at Egginton-hall, Burton-on, Trent, Lady Every, of a son. MONCRIEFFE.— On the 9th inst., at Moncrieffo House, Perthshire, the Lady Louisa Moncrieffe, of a son. ROEMNIIRRG.—On the 6th inst., at Dresden, the Barmen 0. G. De Rosenberg, of a son. MARRIAGES. PnaLroTTS—ROLL.—Onth e9;hinst., at St. Al ark ' s Church, Torwood, Torquay, Charles Edward Phillpotts, sixth son of Henry, LGrd Bishop of Exeter, to Jane the second daughter of the late Rev. George Sole, preben dary of Exeter. • ain p i Webster, J., E sq. WEISSTER—WRIGHT.—On the 9th inst., at St. Mary's, ! a wl the eldest' son of West Brompton, by the I,ev. Mayow.Wynell Mayow, 8.A., the incumbent, Beni E, q ., of Rennin 'the to Char lotte Frances Wright, daugfiter of the lato Edward Benjamin.f Inn l e v r el'esmtepr,le, barrister-at- Wright, Esq., of Kingston-hill, Surrey. DEATHS. . C , -TAY—On the 7th inst., a t S t. Malo, Thomas W. ON Eh Coventry, Esq. DcZiNch—On the 9th inst., at Staunton, near Coleford, n p n i - e w ife of the Rev. W. C. Dowding, of Lytham, JS.—On the 9th inst., at 242, Wapping, Mr. William Jones, East London Limekiln, aged 60. MEL - vim.E.—On the Bth inst., at Melville House, David, Earl of Leven and Melville, aged 75. Lancas'hire, aged 36. PEItKINS.—On the 10th inst,, Frederick Perkins, Esq., of Chipstead-place, aged 81. STURGESS.—On the Bth inst., at New-cross, Ann, w id ow of Lieut. Win. Sturgess, 11 N., aged 62. WILLIA.Ats.—On th e 7th inst., at Plymouth, Eliza, relict of Samuel Williams, Esq., solicitor, aged 66. _ LONDON : Print e d and Published by BITJR.DO y — p_ of No. 112, stmand, Prinier, at The Bun Dflice, No. 114, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In th Vriclay, October 12. 1860. Val) Qom* THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1860. ~~