The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-30 00:00:00

fns TR. 'PRINCE'S VISIT TO THE UNITED STA TES. ( 1 poira the Special Correspondent of the Daily News.) NEW YORK, OCT. 14. N:ew York is mourning in sackcloth and ashes over the. *tail'are of the great ball. Certainly, as a fete so loin talked about, so long preparing, and which it was 'asserted was intended to eclipse all other dis play s of the kind, ancient and modern, it was rather a fa'dure: When I went there it was past 1 o'clock in the morning, and even at that time, though many bad left, it was too much crowded to make moving about either easy or comfortable. I then heard that the floor of the ballroom, which had been boarded over the pit at about three feet from the ground, had B unk so much in the centre as to form a large hole and necessitate the introduction of carpenters to restore it before the dancing could be commenced. Some exaggerated the contretemps into a perfect catastrophe, others pooh-poohed it as a thing not worth notice. I could get no reliable information pro or con., and as the mail closed in two or three hours from that time I came to the most prudent determination that I could arrive at under the cir cumstances—that of saying nothing abcut it till I was sure of what really had occurred. I have since found that it is quite true, however, that some 30 feet square of the floor did sink in the centre of the parterre about three feet, forming a kind of wooden pond in the very space set apart for such dancing as the crush permitted. The whole thing, however, though indicating a good deal of miscal culation on the part of those in charge of the carpentering portion of the details, was, after all, more a ridiculous incident than anything else, and certainly by no means justified the "sensa tion " notices of it in some of the journals on tho following day, in which what I am told was an almost noiseless bend was spoken of as a " tre mendous crash," and so on. Nobody was alarmed —half the people in the house did not know of it— and a few carpenters repaired the whole damage in an hour. The cause of the whole mishap was that in the hurry with which at last the floor was con structed, a space of the sized square I have already mentioned was put up without a centre crossbeam —its main support. Even without this beam it would have been equal to the ordinary exigencies of dancing, only that it happened, of course, that this was in the very centre of the floor, where everybody collected in a dense mass to see the Prince as he came in. Under this unusual pressure the planks gradually bent in, and, though every body scrambled off them as fast as they could, the mischief was done. The ends of all the planks were started ; two or three, I was informed, were broken, on which some gentlemen and ladies were standing, apparently immersed up to the waist in the floor of the room. There was not the least alarm, for, as I said, half the people in the place did not know it had occurred, while those who did had ocular demonstration that if the whole floor Rent they would only have some three feet to fall. Very few could help laughing at the affair, always excepting the Committee of Management, who were perfectly crest-fallen and seemed bitterly annoyed. New York will never forgive them or forget this mishap, though really it was only an item, and comparatively speaking a very slight item, in the causes which made the fete a failure, and led to its anfavourable contrast with similar festivals in the Canadian provinces. 'Without anything like rigid formality there was still in all the visitors an ap pearance of too much constraint and want of ease for general enjoyment. The preparations had been profuse, and all that lavish expenditure could do to secure success was applied, but notwithstanding the grand surroundings and the real magnificence and suggestiveness of the scene the spirit of festivity seemed to be absent. Only the most eminent citi zens of New York had tickets, and even here a man does not attain to eminence till 40, after which age ho never attains to eminence in a ballroom. The result of this was that the very life-blood of these fetes—young gentlemen and young ladies—were in a manner excluded. In fact, there were scarcely any young men there, and far too small a proportion of young belles. Perhaps, too, the whole effort was too great for the occasion. The spontaneous and unexpected outpouring of the masses of citizens on the day of the Prince's arrival was an event of in finitely greater interest and magnitude than the colossal entertainment in which the gay excite ment of the tour was here to have culminated. I should judge, moreover, that the tastes and feelings of the people of New York are not well adapted to a celebration of this kind. The very cautious man ner in which it was arranged gives evidence of this. A number of merchants, men of much wealth and occupying the highest social position, assumed the management of the ball. In order to insure the re spectability of the company it was arranged that the names of all holders of tickets should be sub mitted for approval of a committee, a proceeding never adopted in Canada. A singular circumstance connected with the disposal of the tickets was the distribution at the same time of admonitory notes, describing minutely the style of dress in which gentlemen were to appear. This occasioned some merriment ; but in spite of the public assurances to the contrary, it is by no means certain that the suggestion was wholly needless. What is called "the best society" in New York is composed of very diverse and inharmonious elements. The standard of aristocracy is wealth, and wealth is here so sud denly gained and lost, that the citizen who to-day holds the humblest station may to-morrow lead his social coterie. The merchant who until yesterday was ready to scoff at frivolities of fashion may to morrow be startled into the necessity of yielding to its most imperious laws. And so the scrupulous committee, bent at least upon exterior elegance and symmetry, thought it wisest to forestall all possible ignorance upon the subject of dress—no insignifi cant consideration upon an occasion CO showy as that they had in charge. In this guarded manner they consummated all their plans, acting under the natural belief that with every condition of decorous adornment and external requirement properly sup plied the first and most important step to ultimate success would be achieved. The ballroom, filled with its throngs of guests—of whom, by the way, there wore at least a third too many—was undoubtedly as brilliant a picture as any the Royal party had witnessed. The regulation as to dress was gracefully submitted to, not always to the advantage of individuals, but greatly to the benefit of the mass. The apparel of the ladies pre sent Was, I might almost say, recklessly magnificent. The only jewels generally worn were diamonds, and these were in such profusion that the floor and the galleries s parkled like dew-laden banks of flowe rs in a bright sunlight, The room it se lf— a very large and gaudii f re , embellishments scoed theatre, ab ou t one -f ourt h less in size th an G Yewes hung about with suc h a a gether the sce ne seas more taste justified, and alto dazzling than any w hi c h the Canadian ballroomo sr p e resented, always with the single exception of tlid-t at Montreal. The Prince and suite Were announced at half-past 10 o clo'ck. The assemblage then jammed in a solid mass near the platformhcd was in flooring for the guests. Indeed, all over the artificial erected people above the stage and parq ue t the were so closely clustered that motion o f any k ind was im possible. His Royal Highnes s Wa s greeted with-a little sensation and a murmur of welcome , which were immediately lost in the burst of "God save the Queen" from the orchestras. During the American national melody which followed an attempt W as made in the centre of the room to open a space for promenading, but without the slight es t ava i l When the music ceased there was an awkward silence, which lasted without an attempt at inter ruption for a few minutes, everybody perceiving the utter impossibility of action at the time. The re lief, however, to this monotony, which was getting uncommonly dull, came in a most unexpected way. With a hollow crackling sound the centre of the Boor sunk abruptly some three feet. The fall was slight, but the chief danger to be apprehended was from sudden panic. The company, however, lam told, displayed the 'most perfect coolness and pre sence of mind—there was not the least sign of terror, hardly of discomposure. The people withdrew from the sides of the hall as rapidly as possible. and the few under whom the floor had bent too suddenly to e io n l a v b c i ti e Z them_ to get o u t qu i et l y extricated them 'l the Whole affair was a thing of course, and necessary to the opening of any and every ball. The prospects of the fete were most seriously dark ened by this catastrophe. The general opinion of everybody who looked into the gap was that " some thing" ought to be done. Somebody ugzested carpenters, but this idea was regarded as remature, inasmuch as the managers of the fe had not at once made up their minds as to how th contretemps had taker. place. Eventually, however, they came to the same conclusion, as everybody else had done 'rom the first, that the mishap was solely owing to ,he want of proper support beneath. Carpenters were the practical suggestion, after all. They were summoned accordingly, and the work of restoring at once undertaken. For more than an hour the rough shirt sleeves and coarse jackets of the work men were mingled with the delicate toilettes around an amusing commentary on the anxious forethought of the committee with regard to dress. The work was done with marvellous quickness—so quick in deed, I am told, that one of the men was overlooked and nailed down under the floor. He knocked to be let out, but his request coming at such a moment, just when the floor was complete, was generally regarded as frivolous and ill timed. He maintained, however, such a determined knocking that his de mand was at last conceded, a plank taken up, and the imprisoned artisan let out all hot and dusty. A little before midnight the flooring was thoroughly restored and dancing began. His Royal Highness first danced with the wife of the Governor of the State of New York, and afterwards, over the very spot where the accident had occurred, with a num ber of the daughters of distinguished citizens. The curiosity of the company was quite irrepressible, and was displayed in so bold and demonstrative a manner that one was sometimes led to regret the committee had not vouchsafed a hint concerning manners as well as dress. Hundreds of gazers hemmed in the guests as they danced, impeded their movements, and utterly forbade their free participation in the promised enjoyments of the evening. Nevertheless, the Prince continued to dance until a late hour in the morning, with apparently the same pleasure which he seemed to find in all the provincial balls. The crowd lingered until the end, and towards the close appeared to brighten into a more cheerful humour than had been earlier shown. It is fair to say that the remembrance of the ball, although less gratifying, on the whole, than that of many pre ceding entertainments, is to all extremely pleasant and agreeable ; and that, if the more important festivities of Canada had not been so unexception ably administered, this would, perhaps, have been without a rival. The day of Saturday was passed in driving round the city, and making private calls and visits to some of the chief objects of interest along the Broadway. The first was to Mr. Brady's photographic establish ment, where a number of admirable portraits of the Prince, alone and surrounded by his suite, were taken for the members of the historical society, with whose wish to have these interesting records of the Royal visit the Prince had at once complied. The sittings over, the whole party drove to Barnum's Museum—a building in which all sorts of vulgar monstrosities and curiosities, more or less real, have been gathered together by that prince of showmen, Mr. Barnum. The enterprising proprietor was himself absent on this occasion, but his deputy at tended to receive the illustrious visitor, and showed him over its Bizarre collection, sometimes containing objects of almost interest, sometimes the merest rubbish and absurdities of deformity. His Highness next drove to the magnificent jewellery establishment of Messrs. Ball and Black. This building is a very recent addition to the rows of superb stores that abound in the Broadway, and is one of the finest even in that splendid avenue. The rooms in it are of a height and size such as we have no notion of in London, and decorated with a magnificence which would appear lavish and almost absurd for places merely meant for business shops. Of course, in such a building the stock of plate and jewellery is dis played to most unusual advantage, and a very grand effect produced. The details of this effect, ho waver, scarcely repay examination, There are no grand works of art in gold and silver, while for exquisite reproductions of ancient cups and salvers, or rich minute objects of bijouterie, there was not so much in the whole store from top to bottom of American manufacture as can be found in a single case at Bir mingham. I say this in mere justice to our own .great goldsmiths, whose stock in trade certainly as much surpasses those of the stores at New York as their places of business is utterly eclipsed by the buildings here. An immense crowd collected round Messrs. Ball and Black's establishment while the Prince was visiting in it, cheering so determinedly that at last his Royal Highness was obliged to show himself at the balcony in acknowledgment, to the intense delight of the crowd, who roared themselves hoarse with enthusiasm. From the Broadway the Royal party went to Gen, Scott's house in Twelfth street, of the Fifth Avenue. This was, of course, a strictly private visit, and one which when it became known gave immense satisfaction to the New Yorkers, for the General, as an old and distin guished veteran, is one of the most popular men in the State. A stay of more than two hours was made here, after which the party returned to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, all along the route being crowded with enthusiastic people, who cheered him till the air rang again. By the way, I may allude to the fact that the New York Journal electrified the city by coming out with an edition in which was an account headed " Attempt to Assas sinate the Prince," and which went on to state that a bloodthirsty miscreant aimed a heavy blow at his Royal Highness while stepping into his carriage, and swore that he would take his life, &c. There is no truth in this. A drunken man refused to move from the private door of ,the hotel, so was taken up. As at the station he persisted in saying if he was let go he would return to the Fifth Avenue, and that Albert Edward never should be king, if he had to invade England with 100,000 men to prevent, it, he was locked up till he got sober, when he at once expressed regret for his misconduct, and was dis charged. These are the real facts of the " attempt to assas sinate the Prince." No reliance can be placed on any of these " sensation" articles. It is publicly known here that they are fabricated to order, and, until confirmed by the New York Tribune and Tines, are scarcely ever noticed or attended to. Late on Saturday night the grand torcbli . ght, procession of the firemen, in honour of the Prince, commenced, and continuedpromenading the streets till past one o'clock in the morning. The volunteer fire brigades of New York always form a most im portant and picturesque element in all processions. As fire brigades, however, they are most colossal shams, as any ono who takes the trouble to examine into the organisation and working of the whole force can see in a short time. At Boston and Cincinnati their uselessness has been long seen through, and a regular paid force, like our own fire brigades, sub stituted in their stead. At Philadelphia also, the volunteers have been to a great extent done away with, and in a short time will be superseded en tirely. Among the intelligent citizens of this city the fire brigades arc no more believed in than they were at Boston or the " Queen City." Their torchlight processions, however (which are always remarkably splendid), make them popular with the people, and what is of importance to their con servation is that they form rather too strong a political organisation to be rashly meddled with. lam told they number among themselves some 10,000 votes and i nfluence more than four times that number. The functionary who would be rash en oug h to propose their being superseded by regular paid corps must make up his mind, whether he failed or succeded, to forego public life in New York entirely. New men, theref ore , are still among lei n o s lu ti n tu te t e io r n fi s fire men, this State, and the result l is that in no other city of the same size in the world are fires of such common occurrence or commit such destructive ravages. Their processions, however, I must do them the justice to st a t e , are always admiraLly managed, and most effective in their general bril liancy. On Saturday night all the volunteers of the various companies turned out to the number of 13 . 6,000. All their engines (polished till t h ey resemblednear goldsmiths' work) were hung with lamps and draped all over with garlands of flowers. The THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER - 30, 1860. ladders and hose waggons were similarly decorated. Every man, marching in ranks and hollow squares, wore his red tunic and helmet, each had a lighted torch in his hand, and each brigade was preceded by a fine band. The effect of the whole turn out, therefore, as can be easily imagined, was remark ably fine. They mustered soon after six o'clock, but the arrangement of the cortege, spread out so as to cover some miles of ground, took a long time to perfect. It was nearly nine o'clock, therefore, before it began moving down upon the Fifth Avenue Hotel, from the balcony of which splendid building the Prince and his suite were to witness it. Vety few spectacles appear to delight. New York more than one of these grand displays, and, accordingly, the whole population of the town was out in throngs as dense almost as those which lined the Broadway on the night of the Prince's arrival. Round the Fifth Avenue Hotel—on the spot where the interest was concentrated, and where there was ample space for thousands to assemble, ,he crowds were immense. Every window, every housetop was swarming with tiers of faces. Ye' the same quiet good order reigned here among al as prevailed through the streets on Thursday last As the procession came down the Fifth Avenue seemed, looking along the countless mass of lights like a river of flame—a kind of narrow 'variegated Prairie fire, which lit up the buildings far and near with its bright glare, turning the sea of faces to a dusky red that gave the whole scene a tremendous and indescribable aspect. Most of the engines had beautiful lime lights in front of powerful reflectors, which concentrated the rays into one long pencil of brightness that was visible above everything. As the head of the column approached the Royal balcony a long deafening cheer rent the air, and the companies simultaneously lit the Roman candles which each man carried, and thousands of variegated balls of fire went whirling up in all directions. The effect of this was really wonderful. The cloud of coloured fires in the air—the bright dancing mass of torches below, lighting up the trees and houses—the lively music of the bands, the cheering of the whole con course, and the interminable column of flame which now seemed to surround the hotel like a belt, dying away among the trees in the far distance in a dull, foggy glare—the crowds of faces thronging out of windows and peering over lofty roofs, the waving of handkerchiefs and clap ping of hands as the scene grew more brilliant and exciting every minute—all made up such a grand picture as only New York can show on those occa sions. For an hour and a half the huge procession continued to file past, the Prince acknowledging with the utmost courtesy the cheers of each bri gade. Second only to the anxiety with which all looked for the Prince was the interest with which the Duke cf Newcastle was regarded. His firm ness and decision in the Orange affair have raised him immensely in popular estimation, as in truth any one rises here who makes a firm and success ful stand against the dictation of mob law. When the procession had passed the Fifth Avenue Hotel its labours were by no means terminated. It had to show itself in nearly all the chief thoroughfares of New York, so that it was nearly 1 a.m. before this march was over. Immense crowds marched out to see the last of it, and though, as a rule, New York of a night is far from being an orderly, or, worse still, even a safe city to be out in late, yet everything went off as quietly as possible. This morning the Royal party went to the Trinity, or the mother church. There was, of course, a most crowded congregation inside the building, and a still more crowded one outside. This is the church (or rather one rebuilt on its site) from which I mentioned in my last letter that Dr. Irving was expelled for reading the prayers for King George. I was misinformed, however, as to the name of the divine, which was Inglis, and not Irving. During the service this morning prayers were offered u for her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the first time that such a petition has ever been made for English Royalty in that building since Dr. Inglis lost his living for persisting in making it. WEST POINT ON THE HUDSON, OCT. 16. His Royal Highness has arrived at this most picturesque centre of all the grand scenery of the Hudson—the last but two of the place he has to visit before this long and triumphant tour comes to a close. Great crowds assembled to witness his departure from New York in spite of the earliness of the hour and the cold damp gloom of the day. There was the same respectful enthusiasm, the same warm cordiality of demeanour that distinguished the reception here—that in fact has marked every occasion when the Prince has been among the people of New York. The Royal party went at once on board the Harriet Lane steamer, and amid the most heart-stirring cheers of farewell the Prince quitted New York—a city which must ever have a fresh and pleasant place in his memory and the memories of all who were with him on this occa sion. Taken throughout, his welcome there was one of the most brilliant, cordial, and affectionate that ever was spontaneously offered by a people to any passing visitor, no matter how illustrious. The voyage up the Hudson was like floating through a gorgeous vision of fairy land. It seemed at first as if the approach of winter, which has been making rapid strides of late, had rather dimmed the glory of the scene, for the coloured garments of the trees hung thinly over their brown gnarled boughs, and the ground was thickly strewn with the autumn leaves, which at a distance shone out among the grass like piles of fallen fruit. Higher up, however, as the river wound in between the lofty chain of hills at either side, details were lost in the grand magnificence of the whole, and each mountain be came a huge glory of crimson and gold. The day was dull and the clouds lay low, often topping the hills with a misty fleece, like smoke from a fire, for the whole scene was burning and glowing in its ardent colours. The water was calm as a mirror, and reflected back the piles of gorgeous tints—the great trees of gold glittered and trembled with every breath, and such a glorious background of ruby coloured foliage spread out on every side in long purple vistas as only autumn on the Hudson shows. The party reached West Point soon after 1 o'clock, and were met at the landing-place by Colonel Dela field, the commandant, and the chief officers of the institution. Accompanied by them his Royal High ness rode up to the summit, and after a short stay proceeded to inspect the cadets of the school and witness them go through their evolutions. West Point, both from the almost unequalled charms of its scenery and it being the seat of the great military school of the United States, is perhaps one of the best known of all the places on the Hudson, always excepting the Empire City itself. It is replete with interest, too, as having been the ' key to the first great position of the young Repub licans in the War of Independence, a key which Arnold held and would have betrayed into the hands of the English but for the discovery of the plot by the arrest and execution of Major Andre at Tarrytown, a little below it. The remains of the old forts which were thrown up at the time are still to be seen, though ruined now and almost undis cernible. The military academy was established in 1802 by the Government, by which it is entirely supported. The education of the cadets is entirely gratuitous and extends over a period of five years, during which time they are completely grounded in all the more minute practical and theoretical details of their future profession. In return for their educa tion each one is required to spend eight years in the public service, unless sooner excused for some great and meritorious action. Nine-tenths, however, lam told, of those who are educated here remain for life in the small regular army of the United States, always on frontier duty in the uttermost wilds of the far 'West—the hardest duty, perhaps, that is exacted from any officer in the world. I have heard it said by many who ought to be well acquainted with the subject, that the School at West Point was reforming—that it is not what it used to be, and does not now, at least, accomplish such results as might fairly be anticipated. How far this may or may not be true I cannot venture to say in such a hurried visit. It certainly appears to be all that could be wished. The cadets now here are perfect in their drill, and equally an fait, it is said, in the learning belonging to the more theoretical duties of their future profession. I learn also that the present officers of the United States army were cdu- cated here, and the universal opinion of officers of ' all countries is that a better educated body of gen tlemen do not exist than is to be found among the regular American army: Some time was passed in showing the Prince over the buildings and parade grounds, and in witnessing the drill of the cadets to the number of about 300. As I have already said, they all performed their manoeuvres with the steady regularity of well-disciplined troops. Their marching pak in particular was admirable. The formal portion of the ceremony over, his Royal Highness and suite had time to drive about and admire at leisure the superb scenery round the place, which now that the woods have donned their autumn livery is almost marvellous in its beauty. This morning his Royal Highness leaves for Albany, and to-morrow starts again for Boston. At Boston the last of the long series of festivals has to be gone through, and then at once to Port land to embark. The labours of the suite, and I may add mine also, are at last approaching a close. I don't know how they feel about the prospect of relief and a little quiet, but my opinion on the sub ject has been fully made up for some weeks past. THE PRINCE OF WALES IN THE UNITED STATES. Americans must, we may add, ever feel a deeper nterest in all that relates to or is connected with England than they can feel concerning the affairs and the people of any other European country. Blood is thicker than water. When, therefore, the very first of Englishmen visits the United States it is, according to the workings of a fixed law of our being, that we-become somewhat excited. The arrival of no other European heir-apparent could move the American heart and the American mind as they have been moved by the visit of the Prince of Wales. He is the heir of a house which our an cestors gladly saw established on the British throne, and which ruled over them for almost two genera tions. The very names of not a few of our States, counties, towns, streets, and so forth, were taken from those borne by the Hanoverian Sovereigns and Princes. He might have been our King. liis coming to the United States is proof of the consi deration in which we are held by England, to some extent, and therefore is pleasing to us. He is the only man of similar rank who has ever visited North America, the one individual who, while pre paring to become a King, has visited a people. This we feel to be a compliment, and something more than a compliment; and we should be some thing more or less than men if we were not moved out of our everyday life by its occurrence. Why should we be unwilling to admit we are affected by an incident that has no parallel ? By the visit of the future Sovereign of the country from which we have derived all that makes us to differ from other nations, which is now our sincere friend in peace, and which may become our sincere ally in war. We speak of our coining guest as the Prince of Wales, the attempt to call him Lord Renfrew, and so to regard him, having failed utterly, as we always supposed it would. The Scotch title has no meaning to Americans, not one in a hundred of whom ever heard of it until quite recently ; but there are, indeed, few Americans who do not know what the title of the Prince of Wales means. The time when a monarch or an heir-apparent could travel &wog . has passed away. If ever it existed, it went out when railways and electric telegraphs came in. In these days you can't disguise a Prince. Give us the Man inthe Iron Mask, and we should unmask him in an hour. The reporters would do it, though he were 20 times the brother of the Great King. Napoleon I. said that if he had been allowed to live in England he should have dropped all titles, and even his family name, and have called himself Colonel IVleuron, after one of his early friends, who fell at Arcola, or Colonel Duroc, from another friend who full at Bautzen. • He might have done so in England, but he would have broken down in the attempt in the United States, for he would have been called the Emperor Napoleon, and nothing else by every one who should have spoken of him, and have been treated with as much respect as he ever had received when he was master of continental Europe, and all but arbiter of the world.—Daily Evening Traveller (Boston), U.S. ,p POLICE INTEL LIGENCE—Oct. 29. GUILDHALL.—Thomas Moran, 36, labourer ; Anne Moran, 30, his wife; Patrick Baines, 25, la bourer; Sarah Conway, 24, his wife; Luke Lalley, 37, bricklayer—all of 9 and 11, Sun-court, Milton street ; ias. Neill, 25, tailor, and Bridget Knight, 36, Moran's sister, of 3, Honeysuckle-court, Moor lane, were charged before Alderman Salomons and Col:Wilson under the following circumstances : Police-constable Blake said—About ten minutes past 12 o'clock last night T was on duty in Milton street, when I heard the screams of women and cries of " Murder !" and " Police !" I immediately ran into Sun-court, and there saw all the prisoners fighting with sticks, pokers, and all sorts of weapons. These are some of them. [Witness here produced a poker very much bent ; a large heavy stick, shod with iron ; an iron rasper, about a foot long ; a mason's chisel, and a bedstead rail.] I took the iron shod stick from Baines. I had previously taken a poker from him. That was about an hour before, and I thought I had pacified them all, for I induced them to go into their houses. Moran gave Baines into custody, and the rest of the prisoners gave each other into custody. (Laughter.) Alderman Salomons—Did you learn the cause of this row ? Blake—l understood, sir, there had been a wed. ding, and that that was the origin of the disturb ance, for they were all drunk. I had no trouble in getting them to the station. I was not assaulted in the least by any one. Baines appeared to be the worst, for he had the iron-shod stick by the middle, and was flourishing it over his head as Irishmen manage a shillelah. (Laughter.) Alderman Salomans—How did these women get their broken heads ? Blake—l did not see them struck, but they were all bleeding, and Dr. Simpson was called in, and he dressed their wounded heads at the station. The male prisoners have all got broken heads. The poker produced was, I believe, taken from one of the women. John Neill said—l was at Moran's house on Sunday night at the time of the row. We had all been to a wedding, and returned to Sun-court about 10 o'clock at night. We sat there for some time, when Lalley and Baines came to the door and commenced the row. I merely put my hand against Lalley's face and asked him what he meant; upon which he pulled out from beneath his jacket a weapon, with which ho struck me on the head, and knocked me down. Several of his friends kicked me, and I was glad to make my escape, and I ran away to Milton -street. I did not see any of the women struck, but I heard that Lalley broke Mrs. Moran's head. Lalley—l never had any weapon in my hand at all. They are all brothers and sisters and cousins, your honour, and will say anything against me. Mrs. Moran said—l have been under the doctor's hands for the last six weeks, but when I heard my husband was being beaten I got out of bed and threw myself upon him to protect him from their violence, and immediately afterwards Lalley struck me with an iron bar and cut my head open. Neill's wife said—l was in my brother (Moran's) house last night when Baines and Lalley came and broke open the street door. I was at the window at the time, and a hatchet and a hammer were thrown through the open window at me, and had I not seen them and got out of the way I must have been killed upon the spot. Lalley afterwards struck me on the eye and kicked me in the stomach, and I am not in a fit state to be kicked. (Witness is enciente.) I then saw Lalley take hold of Mrs. Knight by the waist and hold her against the water-butt, while he struck her with a weapon like the mason's chisel produced. She is dangerously wounded. I saw Lalley and his friends armed with all sorts of weapons. One had a pickaxe, with which the door was broken open, another a hammer, a third a chopper, and others had pokers and sticks. Moran came to the door and told them togo quietly away, upon which Baines pulled him out by the hair of his head. It was Lalley threw the hatchet at me as I was looking out of the window. Mrs. Baines, alias Conway (her maiden name), said—l was waiting for my husband, and just as he was coming into the court one of the men—l think it was Neill—knocked me down, and my husband interfered and took my part. I did not see Moran strike any one. Alderman Salomons—The origin of all this dis turbance, and the murderous assaults committed upon these women, are, I think, very clearly traced to two men, Lalley and Baines ; and I will there fore hear hat you have to say for yourselves. Lalley—This row arose through Baines and the Neills, and when I entered the court I found Moran wielding the iron-shod stick. He was mad drunk, and I got a blow front the stick on my head. I then went direct to the police-station, and while there Moraa threatened he would give me a blow that I should never forget. Baines—l saw Neill shove my wife down, and I did not like it, and when I interfered Moran came out with the stick to beat me, but I took it from him, and while I was so engaged one of the women came behind me and stabbed me in the head with a knife. Alderman Salomons said—For the honour of the city of London, as well as for the honour of the working classes, we feel it our duty to inflict the utmost punishment allowed by law for this offance. You evidently went there together for one com mon purpose—viz., that of creating a disturbance ; but there is a difference in your positions. You, Lalley, are proved to have assaulted these women in the most brutal and cowardly manner, for which you are now sentenced to six months' imprison ment, with hard labour. You, Baines, were there for the purpose of aiding and abetting Lalley in his unlawful proceedings; but as it has not been proved that you actually struck the women your self, you will have the benefit of that in the sen tence lam about to pass. You must go to prison for two months, with hard labour. The prisoners Lalley and Baines were then re moved ; the rest were discharged. BOW-STREET.—John Glover, a supernumerary at the Lyceum Theatre, was charged with stealing a sword, a brace of pistols, and a double-barrelled pistol, being part of the " properties" used in the performances. The articles in question were missed a few nights back by the property man, James Fitzgerald, who suspected that they had been stolen by one of the " supers." He gave information to the police, and Ackrill, an officer of the F division in private clothes, was instructed to investigate the case. From infer. mation he received Akrill called on Mr. Valentine, a miscellaneous dealer in Drury-lane, who showed him the double-barrelled pistol now produced— describing the person from whom he had bought it —together with a brace of pistols and a sword. The brace of pistols had been sold to a gentleman, whose name and address Mr. Valentine gave to the con stable, and who on being applied to by the latter at once gave them up. The sword was also given up by Valentine, and all the articles were identified Fitzgerald as being those which he had missed. He believed that Madame Celeste set particular value on the brace of pistols, but the double-bar relled pistol and the sword were of a common de scription. From the description given by Mr. Valen tine of the person who sold the articles to him, Fitzgerald suspected the prisoner, who was accord ingly charged with the robbery, and at once acknow*- ledged it, saying that "it was the drink that done it." Fitzgerald was accountable for the property, and would have had to make good any loss. Mr. Corrie said in that case he should treat it as being his (Fitzgerald's) property. The prisoner pleaded guilty, saying it was his first offence, and beseeched the magistrate to take into account his distressed circumstances. He had suffered such disgrace and mental anguish as ho should consider almost a sufficient punishment for his offence. Mr. Corrie—l cannot see that it is sufficient, for this is a serious offence. You are almost entrusted with this property. It is very like a robbery by a servant, as you are employed by Madame Celeste, and, strictly speaking, the goods belong to her. Besides you might have brought suspicion on Fitz gerald, who at all events would be the loser if the goods had not been found. What were the prisoner's wages Fitzgerald said the prisoner had 9s. a•week at the theatre, but that only kept him employed in the evening. Ire probably had other employment. The officer said he believed him to be in great distress. The prisoner said very little. He stated himself to be a clerk ; and Mr. Corrie, taking that into account, said he would only sentence him to one month's imprison ment. MARLBOROUGH- STREIET.—Charles Stuart, a picture dealer, residing in Ann-street, Waterloo road, was charged with obtaining by false statement and fraudulent pretence seven oil paintings, value £4l 15s , from Mr. Benjamin Bartington, of 58, Wardour-street, also a picture dealer, in April, 1867. Mr. Vaughan, solicitor, conducted the case, and gave as a reason for the lapse o f time in taking pro ceedings against him that the prisoner had oily just left prison on completion of a nine months' sentence at the Central Criminal Court for forgery. Mr. Tyrwhitt— Why was he not indicted for this offence when in custody for the other ? Mr. Vaughan—Because the prosecutor was not aware of the fact that he was in custody till he was undergoing his sentence. The prosecutor said it was part of his business to deal in pictures, and in April, 1857, the . prisoner Dame to his shop, and, pointing to one in hi s win. PRINCE ALFRED AMONG THE ZULUS. On the east side of Pietermauritzburg there is a flat piece of land, with an almost inappreciable slope to the Umsundusi River, on the east side of which it lies. This tract of ground is popularly known as "the Park," having been set apart for that purposeby the corporation of the city. In the vicinity of this grassy plain there had been gathering during the day seve ral companies of native warriors. By 3 o'clock about 4,000 Zulus were assembled in different bodies, each under its own chief, and with its own distinctive appendage. Exceedingly jealous and emulous of each other's grandeur are these coloured legions. Here, for instance, is a group of several hundreds, busily rehearsing their subsequent per formances. They are distinguished by a long taper ing feather, stuck in the centre of their woolly wigs. They have a weighty complication of skin strips and cut tails hung round them. Hardly an inch of their sable figures can be discerned. Bands of long ox-hair adorn their limbs. Large oval shields of oxhide reach above their chin and almost hide their persons. At the present moment they are chanting a long, low kind of refrain, which gradually swells in a semi-roar as the dance pro ceeds. Now one little fellow rushes out of the ranks. He leaps in the air like a kangaroo. He tosses his arms about, rolls his eyeballs round until nothing but the whites are seen, gesticulates, and jabbers away some inconceivable nonsense with the rapidity of falling water. He executes semi-somer saults, bobs his head upland down, shakes his tails and his shield about in the wildest way, and makes himself generally as savage and untamed a human animal as possible. Such a man, behaving in such a manner before a London audience, would be at once set down as a cannibal, and avoided accord ingly. Natalians know better. The poor creature is perfectly harmless and would repeat the per formance on any day of the week for a pinch of snuff. At last they are all duly marshalled before the Prince. Tribe after tribe moves down the sur rounding heights, and, shouting their monotonous war songs, take up their position on the low ground. One can now form some idea of what a Zulu war fight would be. Not so very alarming an affair after all. These noisy regiments, with their rankless disorder, could no more stand against a properly drilled enemy than a flock of sheep can against a trained dog. A charge of cavalry would send them again and again to the four quarters of the compass. A shower of bullets would decimate their numbers and put them all ignominiously to flight. There is no more significant indication of the confidence generally felt in the safety of our own position than was afforded by the utter indifference shown by all the young and old Europeans present to the savage grandeur of these aboriginal warriors. The cop per-coloured regiments are now drawn up in line. This line is a curved one, and formed one gigantic semicircle, extending for about one-third of a mile, and consisting of Zulus three feet deep. To the eye they present little more than a row of shields, hedged by bunches of feathers, and varied occa sionally by the gleam of a row of glistening eyes. —Cape Paper. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE BROMLEY FLOUR i~llLLs.—About one o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire was discovered to have broken out in the engine-room of the Bromley Steam Flour Mills, belonging to Messrs. Goodman Brothers, and situated at the junction of the River Lea and the Limeheuse Canal, at Bromley, near Bow. By the time the fire engines were on the spot the flames had enveloped the whole building, and the firemen, some of whom got severely burnt, were unable to save the greater part of the building and contents from destruction. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The following are NOM out of many thousand extraordinary cures without medicine effected by Du Barry's delicious Health Restoring Reva lenta Arabica Food : Cure No. 41,617.—Winchester, December 3, 1847.—Gentlemen,—I am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Revalenta was procured has derived very great benefit from its use; dis - tressing symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipaticn of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of re stored health induced. 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Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, on the seal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b.. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office orde! by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re , gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co. ; Abbit, 60, Graceehurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox- bard-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Ca, tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-street City; it 127, High Holborn; and all grocery, dow, said, " Ah, that's the right sort for Mr. Wel stead." Mr. Welstead was a customer, and he knew the prisoner as a restorer of paintings. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Restorer or destroyer ? Prosecutor—Restorer. He then went on to state that he answered, " What, do you know Mr. Wel stead ?" and prisoner replied, " Oh, yes, for years, and so did your father." He told p'ironer it was of no use, for he believed Mr. Welstead was not then a buyer, and he answered, " Yes, he is ; S. am going to take a package of paintings down, and tri restore some." Hearing this, and believing it true, he in formed prisoner he had some pictures which would ,no doubt suit him, and he looked at some, selected seven, and said he could take them very well with his lot. With the express under standing that they were going as stated, and that if they did not suit they were to be directly brought back —money or pictures—he let the pri soner have them three days after his first speaking about the one he had seen in the window, together with a list of prices. Mr. Welstead resided at Kim bolton. In May he received two notes from the pri soner to the effect that he had not seen the old squire, but should do so shortly, and would send the cash. He afterwards found that the prisoner, whom he had lost sight of, had pledged the pictures, which had been put up for public sale on the run ning out of the time from date of pledge. Mr. Vaughan said it was necessary to apply for a remand to complete the evidence. The prisoner, in defence, contended that he bought the pictures to show Mr. Welstead, but did not submit them because of his brother's death. An execution being put in his (prisoner's) house, he hed pledged the pictures, and circumstances had , prevented him from redeeming them. The priscuer was remanded for a week. LAMBETH.—Hannah Fisher, John Williams, and John Agar were charged with being concerned in stealing a £lO Bank of England note, the pro perty of Miss Hamilton, daughter of a clergyman residing at Norwood. The Rev. G. A. Hamilton, residing at Hamilton Villas, Hamilton-road, Norwood, said that about a fortnight ago he was informed by his daughter that she had missed her purse, containing a £lO Bank of England note and some gold, and on the next day the female prisoner, who had been employed for some time at the house as charwoman, absconded. Police-constable Kimber, 50 P, deposed that on the 18th inst. the prisoner Agar came to him and said he had some information to give him respecting a £lO note stolen from Hamilton Villas, Norwood, and that the woman who had stolen it had gore away with a man named Williams. He promised to return and give him some further information, but he did not do so, and he did not see him again until Saturday evening last, when h• found him in the company of the female prisoner. From infor mation that had reached him by that time he charged both prisoners with the robbery, and neither of them denied it. The third prisoner was subsequently taken on a charge of being concerned in the robbery. Evidence having been given of the prisoners having offered a £lO note for change at different places, Mr. William Alsden, a baker, said he changed it for them on Thursday or Friday week. The female prisoner admitted that she found a purse in the garden of the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, and not knowing the amount of the note, she took it home, and showed it to the other prisoner. They were out drinking together, and she was persuaded to get the note changed. Mr. Elliott observed that she (the female pri s,pner) could have no mistake about it, for she not only heard of the loss of the purse containing a £lO note, but absconded from her employment on the following day. He then remanded the prisoner for a week, but offered to take bail for Agar. NOTTINGUAM FORGERIES. Yesterday (Monday) morning Mr. Robert White, lace and hose manufacturer, Nottingham, was brought up on remand from Tuesday last, before the mayor and borough magistrates at the police-court, Nottingham, charged with forging and uttering bills of exchange, knowing them to be forged. John Davis, commercial traveller to the above prisoner, was charged with aiding and abetting the fraud. The court was again crowded to excess, the in terest excited increasing since the committal of Tait on Friday. Mr. Cowley, of the firm of Cowley and Everall, appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Cann defended White ; and the prisoner Davis was defended by Mr. Coope. Frank Taylor said he was clerk to White Brothers up to the time they stopped payment. Had frequently seen his employer (the prisoner White) write, and was acquainted with his hand writing. (A bill for £22 10s., drawn upon Mr. Green, draper, Dudley, was here produced.) The signature of " White Brothers," on the bill pur porting to be accepted by Green, of Dudley, wit ness believed to be the handwriting of Robert White, the prisoner, as also the address at the coroner—" Mr. Joseph Green, draper, Dudley." (Another bill, purporting to be accepted by Geo. smith, of Birmingham, was now produced.) Wit ness believed the name " Mr. George Smith, draper, Birmingham," the body of the bill, and the endorse ment of " White Brothers," to be in the hand writing of the prisoner. The entries in the bill-book (now produced) of Dills No. 5,518 and 5,520, of bills purporting to be accepted by Mr. Joseph Green and Mr. George Smith, respecting the payments, are in the hand writing of Mr. Robert White. By Mr. Cann—Witness used to manage the crape department, and sometimes the book s . H a d seen Mr. Robert White write letters and statements, and also his name and the name of the firm. Had seen James White write, and believed he could distin guish each of the brothers' handwriting. By Mr. Coope—The prisoner Davis was not a clerk in the counting-house. Thomas Kirk said he was porter, and on the 23d of June the prisoner White gave him two bills at his warehouse in payment of an account. Took notice of the bills when he received them. The bill of Smith's now produced, for £23 35., was one of them. Gave both the bills to Mr. Hurst. who entered the transaction in the cashbook while witness stood by. William Hurst, bookkeeper in the employ of Mr. Robert Taylor Whalley, received Smitles bill for £23 35., and another bill, 5,516, and made an entry in the cash book. Robert Taylor Whalley was a lace manuitzc turer in Nottingham, received Smith's bill from the last witness, and afterwards gave it to Chief-con stable liedin gton._ Mr. Cowley said that was the case for the pro secution, but he had five other cases of forgery and utterinc , against the prisoner. The Mayor then formally charged the prisoner Davis with the offence, and Mr. Coope, in his behalf, pleaded not guilty. The bench also charged White with the same offence, and not guilty was pleaded by the solicitor. Mr. Chief-constable Hedington produced five bills of exchange received from Air. S. Wills, lace manufacturer. While the prisoner Davis was in his custody on another charge, witness showed him the five bills, and asked him if he knew anything about them. He said they were signed by different people he had met in the street, but he did not know any of them. Held out no inducement or threat as to what he might say. When witness took him, he charged him with uttering a number of forged bills of exchange. Prisoner replied, " I have not forged any ; I have only acted in accord ance with instructions I received from Mr. White." When witness seized his letters, prisoner said, " Take care of No. 1, for that will prove my inno cence." He said he would tall the truth. John Nixon, apprentice to Mr. Wills, received five or six bills from Mr. B. White on the 23d June, at prisoner's warehouse. The three bills non pro duced, purporting to be accepted by John Catton, Charles Wilson, and Thomas Flowers, formed part of those witness received. The total am ount Was £175 9s. 3d. By Mr. Cann—Was sure it was the prisoner who gave the bills. William Barradale of received theer,bmillrs. f A r V o i ln lls! h to e last witness, and g his employ endorse them. lie then took them to the bank. Five of the bills he saw banded to the chief con stable, and he was su re t h ey were the sa me th at had been given to him. Entered them at the time in several books. Henry inspector of police, of Birmingham; and George Davis, police sergeant, of Dudley, had made inquiries for John Catton, Thomas Flowers, and Charles Wilson, the names of the acceptors of three of the bills, but could n o t find such persons. Mr. Cowley said that was the charge for forging. There was another charge against Whit e f or u tt er i ng e a bill knowing it t o b forged , p ur p or ti ng t o b e accepted by Tho mas L ee. John Hutchinson, lace manufacturer, received the note now prod uce d from his assistant ; it came from White Broth ers , and two bills of exchange were enclosed in the envelope. The bill of Thomas Lee was one of them. The note was as follows : " Dear Si r " Nottingham, July 21. I ave enclosed ou two ' bs, value £lB lds. Bd h ., which I hope y will be useful. customers 1 regret I cannot pay you cash, as this is the heaviest day in tho year.—Yours truly, " ROBERT WICITB." Sergeant Davis, of Dudley, had made diligent search for a person named Thomas Lee, of Dudley, draper (that being the acceptor of the bill), btut without success. Mr. Cowley said he had other charges against the prisoner White, for having uttered several other. bills of exchange, knowing them to be forged. These cases were also gone into, and the Mayor said that, after hearing this mass of evidence, it was unnecessary for the Bench to make any observa tions. The case was one which must he examined by another tribunal. The prisoners Mood com mitted to take their trial at the next assizes for forging and uttering bills of exchange them to be forged, knowing Mr. Coope said he supposed bail would be ra.fused, to which the Mayor replied that the case wa►i too weighty to admit of it. Both the prisoners were then removed to the House of Correction in a cab. TEE MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT ROAD. FROME, MONDAY. Important information has recently reached us, from which we have reason to believe that the authorities are not disposed to allow the investiga tion into this dreadful mystery to lapse. It was pre sumed that Mr. Slack's duties had terminated with the close of the recent proceedings at Trowbridge against Elizabeth Gough ; but we have it on relia ble authority that that gentleman is still active in the matter, and that very recently he has had an in terview with the Attorney-General, who, at Mr. Slack's instance, has gone minutely through the whole case, as it has appeared in the public papers, and who has decided on consulting the Home Secre tary on the course which should now be adopted. We believe that the objeat now sought is to have a still further inquiry —this time through the me dium of the coroner's court. We are ignorant of the result s th a t are ant i c i pa t e d f rom su ch a pro ceeding; but that Mr. Slack is confident that, if a free and searching examination, untrammelled by the objections of counsel, and unshackled by the routine of criminal accusations, is secured, a prac tical and much desired result will ensue, we believe we are justified in stating. With this view we are informed Mr. Slack has recently been hunting up precedents for reopeni ng a coroner's inquiry, and. that he has obtained two — one o f a ver y re mote date, but the other of comparatively modern times. That there will be much opposition to the overruling of the former inquest is of course expected,but it is believed that Sir Richard Bethel, taking all the peculiar circumstances of the case into consideration, will re commend to the proper authorities that the pre vious proceeding shall be, as it were, entirely obli terated, and an investigation commenced de novo. We repeat, that we make these statements on re liable authority. Very little of importance has occurred since the recent prosecution. It has bees clearly demon strated to many persons (among others to your correspondent) that a person or persons might easily have been concealed in the house, but this hypo thesis is entertained by scarcely any one. The police appear to have resumed their surveillance of the house, for frequent visits have of late been made to Road. It can well be imagined that great anxiety exists to hear what further steps are con templated. A Bristol paper makes an interesting statement, the accuracy of which we, of course, do not vouch for. The Bristol Times of Saturday says—" It will be remembered that during the inquiry at Road Mr. Kent, on being interrogated as to whe ther any of his former servants had a bad feeling against the family, intimated that one had left his service some time ago with a most unfriendly dis position towards them. The servant, we hear, has, since she left Mr. Kent's, been living satisfactorily in a household at Clifton. Her mother and sister reside at Road, and the former being ill some months ago, the latter wrote to the girl at Clifton to come home. She made up her mind to do so, but some accident induced her to alter her intention, and she did not go. Had she gone, however, as she at first proposed, she must have arrived at Road in the evening, a few hours before the murder was committed. In this case it is possible the girl would have been arrested, or subjected to exami nation under suspicion." COUNTRY MABEETS. COLCHESTER—OcT. 27. A fair supply of wheat to-day, but the bulk of it tint of condition. Prices at former rates for good dry samples; inferior samples at very irregular rates. Fine malting bar ley in good demand, and sold at fully is per qr dearer. Beans and peas were both the turn against the buyer. Wheat, white —.Ns to 72s I Beans Mazagan..4os to 42s red 44s to 64s Middle & small 44s to 60e Barley 4os to 608 White peas 446 to 48s Oats 22s to 28s Grey 400 to 440 CHELMSFORD- OCT. 26. A thin supply of saleable wheat was brought into market to-day, with a dull trade, and prices were at fully ls under late currencies for best samples ; damp sorts fully 2s lower on pressed sales. Spring corn firm, at late prices. Wheat, white 48s to 67s Peas, Partridge ..43s to 44s red 57s to 65s White 43s to 46s Barley 35s to 41s Boiling 43s to 47s Chevalier ....36s to 41s Dun 39s to 42s Grinding 32s to 36s Beans, Tick ....40s to 46s Malt 618 to 678 Harrow Ticks 41s to 49s Chevalier 64s to 69s Mazagan . 38s to 43s Oats 26s to 31s NORTHAMPTON—OcT. At this corn-market to-day wheat was an average sup ply, with a firm demand, prices ranging from 64s to 68s for white, and 60s to 64s for red. In barley a good business, malting 38s to 445, grinding 33s to 365 per qr. Oats in small supply, and prices advanced—quoted at 325 to 385 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 52. to 54. ; peas, 46s to 508 Rye, 40s to 42s ; malt, 68s to 72s ; flour, 3 38 to 3 7e per sack. COAL MARE Wilms of Coal per Ton at a. d.l .ET-0 CT. 29. the dose of the market.) Walla End. Byass's Bebside West Hartley l7 0 Davison's West Hart • l7 0 • • • • ley Holywell 16 6 Howard's West Hart ley 17 0 Lambert's West Hart ley l6 9 Craghead Hartley 15 0 Wylam l7 0 Tanfield Moor 15 0 Tanfield Moor Butes l5 0 West Hartley e. 0. Eden 18 9 Ertddyll's Hetton 16 6 North Hartlepool 16 3 Thorpe Russel's Hetton.... ..19 6 Trirndon Thornley....l7 6 South Hetton ..20 3 Stewart's 20 3 Hedley 18 6 Acorn Close ..18 9 Keiper Grange.... ..19 3 Hilda l7 9 Eden Main ...19 0 South Hart1ep001...... 19 6 West Hetton ..18 9 Framwellgate lB 9 Belmont 18 9 Heugh Hall 18 9 Northumberland 17 0 , 57 ; sold, 55. livistiwt:ellort l h Valls End. 16 6 .• . 2O 3 ilt 20 3 Cason 19 3 Ships at market THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South .. .. t • • • Nov. 18. ampton) Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde .t . no •• • . Nov. 5. B ue nos Ayres, Monte Video, & • • . .. O ct. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Nov. 22. Canada, &c. (via Galway) • . Oct. 31. Cape of Good Hope, &e. . Nov. 2. Chi na , Pen D an o g, and Singapore ( v i a S'ampton) Nev. 2. (via Marseilles) Oct. 27. Gib r altar (via Southampton) .. Nov. 2. . India (Calcutta), Ceylo n , &c. (via Southampton) Nov. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 27. I n dia (Bombay), (via Southampton) Nov. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 4. Lisbon • • .. Nov. 1. Cuba and Mexic9 • .. Oct. 29. Malta, Egypt, and Adon(via Southampton) .. Oct. 27. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Nov. 2. Vigo, and Oporto .. . Nov. 1. United Stat es, California. &c. .. Oct. 31. Western Coast of Af r i ca , Madeira, Teneriffe .. Nov. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Nov. 22. BIRTHS. HINDS.—On the 27th inst., at llenlow, Beds, the wife of C. R. Hinds, Esq., of a son. RINGSBURY.—On the 28th inst., at 2, Inverness - terrace, Kensington-gardens, the wife of William J. Killabury, Esq., of a daughter. MOSSMAN.—On the 27th inst., at 1, Chalmers-street, Ediz. burgh, the wife of Hugh Mossman, Esq., younger of Auchtyfardlo, of a son. MARRIAGES. BICKFORD—TOMLIN.—On the 27th inst., at St. George'& Chapel, Stonehouse, Commander James E. Bickford, R.N., to Sophie Y., second daughter of the late Lieut. , George Tomlin, R.N. CLARY—SCOTT.—On the 26th inst., at St. George's, Tian over-square, James Clark, Esq., of Newton - heath, M an _ chester, to Elizabeth, second daughter of John W. Scott li:sq., of Croydon, Surrey. DEATHS. ATCHISON.—On the 27th inst., at Brighton, Lydia, wife of Colonel Atchison, Royal Lancashire Artillery, aged 65. BARKER.—On the 28th inst., John Barker, Esq., of High field-house, Dusford, Cambs., aged 52. CORNWALL.—On the 28th inst.. at Elstead, near Godaltn ing, Surrey, John, eldest son of Captain Cornwall, R.N., aged 34. LLOTD.—On the 27th inst., at 6, York-t errace, Queen's road Peckham, Surrey, William Lloyd, Esq., l a t e o f th e aged 86. MANTERS.—On the 27th inst., at Thorosby-park, Notts, the Earl Manvers, aged 82. RAGGETT.—On tko 19th inst., at O snaburgh-street Re gent's-park, Charles Wm. ltaggett, Esq., aged 56: TuoxsoN.—On the let inst., at P ere k of, Crimea, John G Th oms on, Esq., M.1.C.E., age d 49. UNDkunim,.—On the 24th inst., at Pentonville, Mr.Ww Underhill, aged 69. . LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SW! ;)flee, No. 112 St ran d, in the P reo i not of the Savoy, to tho 0411107 04 Naddloee; Tuesday, October 30, 1860.