The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-17 00:00:00

IRE NAVY. Our Portsmouth correspondent has renewed his inquiries into the condition of the naval cadets on board the Britannia training ship at Portsmouth, and also of those who have been admitted into Haslar Hospital. At the date of our last report on this subject (the 10th inst.) no deaths had occurred ; but since then two have taken place, one from measles and the other (Mr. Kirwin, son of the Dean of Limerick) from fever. 22 cadets remain in Haslar Hospital, 18 of whom are, or have been, suffering from measles, and the remaining four from low fever. The chief medical authorities at Haslar have held a medical survey on board the ship, and strictly ex amined her in every part, even to analysing the water from her pump•well. They report that no local cause exists on board to account for the dis- eases which have exhibited themselves, and that they must have been imported into the ship. The ieport also states that no ship could be in a more perfectly sanitary condition, every part being clean, well v.e.ntilated, and dry. The report concludes by declining to recommend that the cadets and boys on beard should be dispersed at an earlier period than usual, unless the sickness takes a more decided turn, there being every appearance of its strength being subdued. Since this report has been forwarded the sickness has considerably abated, the last fever case admitted into Hasler Hospital from the ship being 14 days since. As - will be seen, however, the cases of measles have been more numerous, and the death of Mr. Kirwin from fever only took place yes terday. We are assured, however, on the best medical authority at the port, that both measles and fever are daily diminishing. There are now only two boys on board the Britannia who have not already, at some period of their lives, had the measles. Three only of the novices belonging to the ship are in hos pital. Both measles and fever have, as we before stated, been to some extent of late prevalent in Portsmouth and its neighbourhood, and doubtless, but for the sanitary state of the Britannia and her cleanly, well-ventilated decks, referred to in the medical report, and for which all credit is due to her officers, the sickness on board might have spread to a much greater extent. It may be necessary to state that the Britannia is not only a " cadet," but also a " novice" training ship, and that while there are only about 180 of the former class at present on board, there are 300 of the latter class. The number of cadets on board in the spring will be greatly in creased, and it has now become a serious question, and one which doubtless has received d ue a tt en tion from the Admiralty, whether it is not imperatively necessary at once to separate the two classes, which ought never to have been placed in any numbers on board any one vessel. The two most urgent points bearing on this cadet and novice question are—first, the question in a sanitary view ; and secondly, in a scholastic one. The first few will doubt; the second will be more seriously battled for, but any person who has been on board the Britannia during study hours aft and gun-drill forward, will readily endorse the opinion now shared in by many, that the rough drill of the novices ought not to be carried on in the same ship with the study of the naval cadet. The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander B. C, Pim, has returned to Portsmouth from the westward. The Immortalite, 51, screw, in the first-class steam reserve at Portsmouth, will be commissioned at that port this morning by Capt. George Hancock. The Euryalus, 51, screw, Capt. Tarleton, C. 8., is discharging stores alongside Portsmouth yard, and is expected to pay off on Monday. She will after wards be taken into the ship basin. Capt. Tarleton is spoken of as likely to succeed to the command of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert on Captain Denman obtaining his flag. The screw despatch gunvessels Cormorant, 5, and Linnet, 5, 200-horse power, fitting in the basin at Chatham for the second-class steam reserve, will be undocked this day, and proceed to join the reserve steam ordinary. The hired transport Norwood, taken up for the embarkation of Capt. Mercer's Battery for New Zealand, yesterday went down to Woolwieh, and commenced shipping the cases of Armstrong guns (carefully packed two in each case and well se cured), as well as the cases of shot, shell, waggons, gun-carriages, and stores. Tho Himalaya, screw steamship, Captain J. Sec combo, returned to Spithead during the night of Thursday, from her successful search for the Royal squadron, again justifying the motto inscribed on her binnacle, " Facta non verbs." She will embark the following troops at Portsmouth on the 20th inst., for conveyance to Kingstown—viz., 2d Battalion 17th Foot, 2 officers and 141 men ; 2d Battalion, 21st Foot, 4 officers and 150 men ; 96th Foot, 45 men ; City of Dublin Militia Artillery, for disembodi ment, 16 officers, 403 men, 2 officers' wives, 19 sol diers' wives, 62 children, and 2 horses. Tho Sultana, intended for the transport of the military train to Hong Kong, still lies off in the stream awaiting further instructions. The cases of hospital stores shipped at Woolwich on her arrival were yesterday disembarked and returned to the dispensary. Her cargo, consisting of 700 tons of war materials will, it is stated, likewise be returned to store. His Netherlands Majesty's frigate, Admiral Was senaar, 45 guns, Capt. Van Voss, from Malts and Lisbon for Holland, put into Plymouth Sound on Thursday. On the night of the 12th inst., about 8 p.m., she came into collision with a barque,which struck her bows and carried away her bowsprit. The frigate was at the time under can vas only, all sails being reefed. The acci dent occurred in lat. 49 50 N., long. 12 43 E., about 60 Dutch miles S.E. of Scilly ; and the barque is supposed to be Dutch. The Wasenaar experienced strong winds from the south-east. Her rudder is defective ; she was appointed to go up Hamoaze yesterday, and be repaired in the Devonport dock yard. She has discharged . her powder for that purpose. Tha screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Capt. A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., which arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thursday afternoon, left Queenstown on the Bth inst., and experienced strong easterly winds during the passage. She spoke on the 11th the Susan Ann, of London, from Quebec, for London, short of provisions, and supplied her with a cask of bread and one of pork. The Sanspareil brought from the hospital at Queenstown supernumeraries and boys belonging to the fleet. She saluted the flag of the Pert Admiral, which was acknowledged by the ImPrer,nable. Th e screw steam gunvessel Violet, Lieut. and Commander F,. mmander B. Q. Batty, having been very suc cessful in raising men at Gloucester, returned on Tuesdaytohead-qearters at Pembroke, where she is likely to Make a short stay to re ce i ve en t r i es f or the naval reserve - The lighter si n bad, J. Moore, master, sailed from Plymouth yesterday for Chatham and Woolwich, and the lighter ' Tor to ise, Pe IL 11 o s k* Ing3, master, for mbroke. It is reported at Plymouth that the screw steam ship Hero, 90, will be sent from mender Hamoaze, and that Commander the Sound to on leave of absence. Seymour will go The newly-formed corps of artillery volunteers assembled yesterday in the Devonport Dockyard, to pay their first instalment towards th e i r uniform, ' which will cost £4 12s. each suit. The provisions placed on board the screw steam frigate Orlando, 50,a'fo / temporary service in the Channel, will be transferred to the screw steam corvette Jason, 21, now preparing for commissi on at Plymouth. The ecrew steam sloop Petrel, 11 , was placed in No. 3 dock in Devonport Dockyard on Thursday to be coppered. ZA court-martial was to be held this day at Ply mouth, for trying a seaman belonging to the St. George, who refused to holystone the deck of that ship when required. Commander Seymour, of the Hero, will preside. The screw steam frigate Ariadne, Capt. E. W. Vansittart, is under orders to leave Plymouth for Portsmouth. • The Royal Commissioners, assembled in the De vonport Dockyard on the subject of expenditure, attended yesterday at the pay-table, and afterwards went to the K ey h am S team yard. The gunboats Steady and Delight were put out of No. 3 dock in Keyham Steamiard y esterday. The following appointments were mule yes tacitly at the Admiralty A. T. Denham and Lieut. S. MacDougall, to the Jason ; Lieut. A. E. Dupuis, Lieut. R. Wells, Lieut. H. Austin, and Lieut. E. Poulden, to the Immertalite ; Leut. H. T. Boger, to the Algiers; Lieut. J. T. warm, to the }farrier; C. G. Johnston, master, to the Im mortalite; J. Waye, master, to the Jason ; J. S. Eaton, mate, to the Harrier ; C. J. rosat and C. R. Smith, midshipmen, to the Immortalite ; J. E. Petley, master's assistant, to the Immortalite ; A. C. Dennys, master's assistant, to the Jason ; W, Vincent, acting third class engineer, to the Cum berland, as supernumerary ; H. G. Barlow, pay master additional, to the Formidable ; George W. Anderson, paymaster, to the Immortalite ; and R. W. Warwick, paymaster, to the Jason. THE ARMY-. His Royal Highness the General Commanding- I in-Chief has made the following appointments Second Capt. H. J. Alderson to be Assist.-Super intendent of Experiments at Shoeburyness, vice Lyons, appointed Assist.-Inspector of Artillery at Woolwich; Lieut. T. C. Price, of the 15th brigade, to be Acting-Adjt. and Quartermaster at the School of Gunnery, vice Alderson ; Lieut. ,'Murray, of the Boast Brigade, has been removed from Bun crana to Carlisle Castle, where he will do duty until further orders ; and Lieut. APReown has been ordered to Weymouth. Veterinary-Surgeon Anderson has been nominated to proceed to New Zealand to join Capt. Mercer's battery, aml will take his departure on the 20th inst., via Egypt. Lieut.-Col. Middleton, C. 8., has embarked for the Mauritius to assume the command of th e R o y a l Artillery at that station, in the room of Col. Cock burn, who will return to England. Lieut. H. M. - Nloorsom is transferred from No. 6 battery, 12th brigade, to No. 1 battery, 4th brigade. Lieut. J. H. - Wilmer, of the 11th brigade, is raised to increased pay therein, vice Traill, deceased, The undermentioned lieutenants, who obtained their commissions on the Ist, announced in a gene ral regimental order, are to be posted to batteries as annexed :—W. H. Wright, sth brigade, 2d bat- tery, Gibraltar; Arthur Warry, sth brigade, Bth battery, Gibraltar; C. Kirkwood, Ist brigade, 3d battery, Woolwich ; J. A. Kelso, 14th brigade, 4th battery, India; J. E. Toiler, 3d brigade, 2d battery, Guernsey; Henry Knollys, 10th brigade, 7th bat tery, Isle of Wight; William Alexander Day, Ist brigade, 7th battery, Woolwich ; Spencer Gardiner, 3d brigade, 7th battery, Plymouth ; H. R. Y. Browne, 6th brigade, 3d battery, Malta ; E. G. B. Gattey, Ist brigade, 2d battery, Woolwich; J. T. Greenfield, 12th brigade, 7th battery, Cape of Good Hope; C. W. Thomson, 3d brigade, sth bat tery, Plymouth ; F. W. Nind, 15th brigade, Ist battery, Gosport ; F. W. Carey, 15th brigade, 3d battery, Gosport; F. H. E. Day, 6th brigade, Ist battery, Malta; W. H. M. Duthie, 10th brigade, 6th battery, Portsmouth ; P. Lewis, 15th brigade, 4th battery, Gosport ; A. H. Maclean, 3d brigade, Bth battery, Plymouth ; G. C. Parlby, 6th brigade, 10th battery, Corfu ; A. B. Davies, 7th brigade, Ist battery, Jamaica ; and E. Woolcombe, 3d brigade, 4th battery, Plymouth. Such of the before•men tioned officers as are posted to batteries at home stations will join them on Jan. Ist next. Those for the Mediterranean stations will hold themselves in readiness to embark about the 4th of that month, on which subject a future communication will be made to each of them ; and the remainder will join at Woolwich on Jan. Ist for duty until passages are provided for them to their respective destinations. Assist.-Surg, H. Peacock, M.D., one of the staff surgeons at Chatham dockyard, has been superan nuated from that establishment by order of the Admiralty, after 17 years' service. Yesterday a Board of the Commissioners of Chel- sea Hospital was held at the invalid depot, St, Mary's barracks, Chatham, when a number of non• commissioned officers and men of various regiments who were found to be unfit for further service were ordered to be discharged on Thursday next, each man being awarded a pension according to his period of service. The Hon. Artillery Company mustered at their headquarters in Finsbury, yesterday, to march out, under command of Major Robinson, with a troop of Horse Artillery, under command of Capt. Jay, and the Foot Artillery, under the command of Captain Blockley, accompanied by their band, and left the barracks at two o'clock, and marched through Moorgate-street, Cannon-street, and the Strand ; thence through Pall-mall, up Regent-street, and to Lord's cricket-ground, where they halted for half an hour. They then returned through Oxford street, Holborn, and at Barbican, to their quarters. The precision of their march and the soldierlike bearing of the men excited the admiration of the officers at the different military clubs, and excited great attention from the populace, who followed them in great numbers throughout the march, The character and discipline of the whole corps reflected the greatest credit on the Adjutant, Capt. Potts. One of Dr. Normandy's newly-invented conden sers for ship's use was yesterday received at Wool wich, for fitment on board her Majesty's 21-gun screw steam corvette Barossa, at Woolwich. ,From experiments which have been carefully gone through, by order of the Board of Admiralty, under the supervision of Mr. Hall, commanding her Ma jesty's'steam reserve at Woolwich, the abovenamed condenser was found to distil water, otherwise unfit for use, in the most effectual manner, and in com peting with Grant's apparatus for the same purpose was proved incalculably superior. Accordingly a Grant's condenser, recently, fitted, at a cost of about £BO, on board the Barossa, is now ordered to be removed and to be replaced by Dr. Normandy's apparatus. The Barron is ordered to be placed in the 2d class steam reserve at that port until brought forward for commission. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT CALL 40, A letter from Callao in the Panama Star and _Herald, received by the arrival of the West India mail at Southampton,givts the following particu lars of a dreadful" accident which occurred on the 10th alt.:—" Yesterday a most frightful accident occurred in the dry dock at San Lorenzo, involving the entire loss of the Peruvian frigate Callao (Au perimac), and almost the entire destruction of the dock, and a fearful loss of life. The particulars of this lamentable affair are, as far ss I can gather, as follows :—lt having been advisable to dock the ship in order to examine her copper and other trifling things, the engineer of the dock was asked if she could be taken on with her battery, provi sions, and crew on board; his opinion was that the dock could not raise her with that weight; conse quently, her guns were landed, yards sent down, and topgallant masts struck, retaining her provi sions, magazine, and crew on board, and in this state she entered the dock at half-past 10 a.m. There was a very large concourse of persons went over to witness the operation. The Government steamer Ucayali conveyed the President, Minister of War, and a large number of invited guests. Upon the arrival of the President the vessel began to enter the dock, and was soon placed in her pro per position, the pumps were set to.work, everything up to the present moment went well. The keel of the frigate took the chocks of the platform, and she began to ascend out of the water ; after some time the engineer noticed that the after sections of the dock were rising much quicker than the forward ones, the extra weight of her anchors and chains being the cause of this. As soon as the sections were again level all the pumps were again started, and presentlyfour of the upright stanchions of the dock broke—this was, however, deemed of no im portance, as everything else was going on well and the frigate coining out of the water ; she was now out about six feet above her bearings, her keel in the chocks (the Callao has a deep keel and a very owing flat floor), but to her great depth of keel the chocks did not bilge, therefore tcitie ship sany support whatever on .her long as was simply balanced upon her keel, and so l she could b e k ep t s t ea d y i n v g a ' s as that position s h e safe ; but her crew were on movinn , from board constantly he one side to the other, the ship being already topaavYd;then she pitch e d this caused her to give one or two slight rolls, and over on her starboard beam ; at the second surge the three masts snapped aboutha o lf pe w n asyheu rapidlyp from the deck; her starboard ports being filled with water; and here began a scene ofli d orr . or i m possible to describe. The water was fille lls men and women, wounded, dying, all screaming for help. Boats were promptly sent to their assist ance, or the loss of life would have been still more fearful. Of the number who were below at the time very f e w escaped, and their cries for help were terrible, but that which was most heart rending was the poor sick in the hospital, who, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1860. helpless with disease, could do ziought but scream for that - help - . which none could render them. Up to the present time of writing it is not known how many have been lost, but it cannot fall short of 150. The wounded that could be 1 removed who did not require amputation Were brought over to Callao, the rest rem ainin g on the island. The number of broken heads, arms, a,•id legs is great. Captain Kerr, of the English shit` Golconda, lowered his boats and did good service 'in saving some 30 or 40 lives. The Callao was a fine 54-gun frigate, and she was a splendid speci men of naval architecture. She was about six years old—the vessel is a total loss, being entirely under water, the dock m a y also be considered as done for, it having failed as a commercial specula tion and the present dis aster ma y be considered as the last of the Callao dry dock," ~~ ~ . ACCIDENT ON AITHL TRENT VALLEY RY. FURTHER PARTICULARS. ATHERSTONF, FRIDAY EVENING. Feom information we have been enabled to ob tain from the officials and others with whom our reporter has come in contact, and which from the excitement which prevails, is necessarily of a very imperfect character, it appears that a cattle train from Holyrood was proceeding along the line on the way to Peterborough, and about two o'clock this morning the driver was in the act of shunt ing on to a siding situated on the down line, and about a quarter of a mile above Atherstone, in order to allow the Scotch mail, which. was then due, to pass, when, before the goods carriages were clear of the main line, the mail train came up at tremen dous speed. A fearful collision ensued. Four of the h.'nd carriages of the cattle train were shivered to piees in a moment, the fragments being strewn about i'ss ev train direc were also comtion. The engi pletely smas ne and tender hed, of ger *own over into the ditch, the massive t a h n e a p w as e s r e e n t coupling eluting' being snapped asunder as though they were of the nickness of mere wire. The scene which Ow line presented immediately after the collision was :flost harrowing. The line was strewn on both the uff And down rails with the fragments—portions of eae broken carriages were lying about literally in s plinters, together with the carcases of a number of buillocks, which had been crushed to death. On removing some portion of the fragmentic the bodies of no less than nine persons were recovered: nearly all of whom were quite dead, the others only surviving a short time. It appears that most of the deceased were drovers in charge of the cattle, who were in the break at the end of the train, and, it is believed, were asleep at the time of the collision. The break was one of the carriages which were broken to pieces, and there is no doubt most of the poor fellows were killed on the spot, their injuries being 'of a truly awful character. It is a most providential circumstance that none of the passengers. in the mail train sustained any injury, with the exception of a few bruises, and, doubtless, a severe shaking. We are enabled posi tively to state that none were so seriously injured as to be unable to proceed on their journey when the line could be cleared. The fireman attached to the engine connected with the mail train, the only servant of the com pany who lost his life, was at first supposed to have escaped; but as he was not to be found, a further search was instituted, and the body was eventually got out from-under the engine and tender, together with the carcase of a bullock, both bodies being nearly roasted by the fire of the engine, and dread fully' scalded by the hot water. The exact nature of the injuries received by the deceased men has not yet been ascertained. Their names are John Macdonald, Edward Macdonald, James Talions, John Tallons, Jas. Hickey, Andrew Darby, Alam, and one person, whose name is unknown. All the foregoing were drovers, and were in the break at the time of the collision. The name of the fireman is James Cherry. The following are the injured and the nature of their injuries :—Patrick Fay, 34, cattle owner, of King's County, Ireland—contusion of face and left breast and fracture of leg, not dangerous ; Thomas Cooning, about 60, cattle drover—severe scalp wound, with concussion of the brain and probable fracture of the skull, also fracture of ribs, not likely to recover; William Hill, 24, Post-office clerk, connected with the mail train—severely shaken ; George Smith, 23, also Post-office clerk, connected with the mail train—severely shaken; Mr. Bowker, Post-office clerk—slight concussion of the brain and generally shaken. Several other persons were also severely shaken, but were able to proceed on their journey. Mr, Oliver Pemberton, surgeon to the General Hospital, Birmingham, and several other gentle men, particularly Mr. Fox, of Atherstone, were unremitting in their attention to the sufferers. In addition to the damage done to the property of the company above stated, three other cattle trucks were much broken, as well as the van in which the Post-office clerks were engaged in sort ing letters. About 29 beasts were killed or so injured as to render the immediate slaughter ne cessary. The accident is supposed to have arisen from the driver of the mail train net having observed the signals. The chief signal is so placed that supposing he had seen it these would not have been time to avoid a collision, the siding on which the cattle train was being shunted being situated round a curve of the line, so that the latter train could hardly have been visible to the driver until he had approached within a short distance. The signal-man avers that he put on the auxiliary signal about a quarter of a mile further down the line. 'Whether this be so or not will doubtless be a matter of inquiry at the in quest. In any case gross carelessness must have been committed, either by the engine-driver or the signal man. It is most certain at the train was being driven at a very rapid rate at the time of the colli sion. It is also a matter for inquiry why the cattle train was not detained at Tamworth, to which sta tion the advance of the mail train was doubtless telegraphed, instead of being allowed to proceed without sufficient time to get safely shunted on to the siding at Atherstone. Mr. Cawkwell, the traffic manager of the company, together with other officials, inspected the scene of the accident in the course of the day, as did Mr. Alfred Carter, the coroner for the district, and we have no doubt a strict inquiry will be instituted. A number of railway labourers were employed during the morning in clearing the line and remov ing the fragments on to the embankment, both the up and dawn lines being reopened for traffic by about 10 o'c'loelc. Among the passengers, wo understood, were the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, who were of course very much frightened by the occurrence, though we are informed that such was the instantaneous na ture of the shock that the passengers were unaware that anything half so serious had happened. (OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.) A serious accident occurred near Atheratone, on the Trent Valley Railway, by the mail train from Scotland coming in collision with a cattle train standing at the Atherstone Station. 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Mr. Van Sandau, for the prosecution, said—l have the honour to attend before you, on the part of the assignees of two bankrupts, named Lewis Robert Poe'le and Samuel Bryan, who carried on an extensive bueiness at Northampton as boot and shoe manufacturers and it will be my duty, in making the charge against the bankrupt at the bar, to lay before you evidence of the concealment of goods to an immense amount. It will also be my duty in the course of this important investigation to bring under your notice certainfaets which will undoubt edly implicate others besides the bankrupt, and 1 against whom charges will be preferred of cen t spiracy, perjury, fraud, and, in fact, every offence known to the bankruptcy laws of this country. The ;evidence I shall adduce will he of the utmost importance to the commercial world, and it will materially affect the present system of managing property in barelfruptcy, and show that even where accountants of the highest eminence are employed their reports upon the position of estates In bank ruptcy are not to be relied upon, and that the accoun tants themselves can lend their countenance even to complicity in the frauds practised by dishonest bank rupts upon their creditors. I shall show, sir, that the bankrupt now before you failed on the 13th August last ; that he applied a few days previously to a highly respectable firm for an advance in money, stating that they owed* £9,000, and that their assets would realise £7,000; but, although urged by the bankrupt, the firm I have referred to de clined to make any advance while the bankrupt's firm was in such a state of ins')lvency. In con sequence of this refusal the bankrupt's affsirs were, on the 15th of August, placed in the hands of the accountants, whose reputation, from their high po sition, was above suspicion, and on the same clay a circular was issued by them announcing the failure of Poole and Bryan, of Northampton; but they omitted to send any one to take an account of the bankrupt's property until the 17h, the con sequence of which was a large amount of property was removed in the interval by the bankrupt Poole ; for it was only fair to state that Mr. Bryan was in no way implicated in these frauds, he which means the whole of that property was ir retrs'. evably lost to the estate. On the 17th of August the accountants sent down a . clerk to Northampton, who remained there till the 22d, to which, period g eeels in very large quantities were daily removed from the bankrupt's premises with the connivance and, I have ne hesitation in saying, the complicity of the accountants' clerk. You will find by the evidence on this point that the ac countants' clerk cautioned the carman, after he had started with one load of goods, that lie was being watched, and told him to take a circuitous route with the goods, so as to lead the watchers a long chase. I will not anticipate the evidence further, as my object is to obtain a remand, in order that I may spread my net wider, so as to include all who are in any way implicated in the extraor dinary conspiracy which the evidence will disclose. I will therefore proceed to call my witnesses, but before doing so I may mention that of the goods that were fraudulently removed we have re covered a portion to the value of £1,200. Thomas Beard said—l was carman in the Em ploy of the bankrupts, and left their service on the 20th of August last, On the 13th of that month the manufactory was 'closed, and all the men discharged except James Woodford, one of the carpenters, and me. After they were all gone, Poole directed me to go into the shoe-room and assist him with packing some trunks with Wel lington, Blucher, and spring-side boots. I did so, and we packed ten large trunks, and then, by Poole's orders, we loaded them into the van, and took them to the house of a Mr. Peirce, an auctioneer, of Cas tilian-street, Northampton, where they were de posited in the back kitchen. When we returned in the afternoon, Poole directed me to go to Earl's Barton, about seven miles from Northampton, and ask Mr. Stone, his agent, for all the work he had got ready. I took the van with me, and brought back a large hamper of boots, shoes, and other goods. Poole then told me to take these goods to Mr. Chap man, at Kingsthorpe; and I took them the same evening, and Mr. Chapman put them into his coach house. On my return I told Poole what I had done, and he then said he would want me to go to London on the following morning, the 14th of August. He directed me to go to the warehouse in New Oxford street, and gave me money to pay the expenses of my journey up. I came to London the next morn ing, and when I got to the warehouse I saw Mr. Poole talking with a gentleman, and he motioned to me to stand aside awile, and I did so. They then went into the shop and I waited till the gentleman came out and went away, when Poole came across the road to me and told me to go into the shop and ask for Mr. Wilcoxon's goods. I did so, and I then saw the foreman whisper to Poole, and he after wards turned to me and said if I would bring my truck at two o'clock in the afternoon the goods should be ready. I returned at that hour, and Poole assisted in putting aheavy hamper into the truck, and I took it to Mr. Wilcoxon's shop in King William-street, London-bridge. I returned to the warehouse at about eight o'clock at night, and saw there Poole and Mr. Bryan. The former told me to hire a van, and I engaged one in Drury-lane to be at the warehouse by six o'clock on the following morn ing. When I returned both the bankrupts were still there, and Poole told me to go down stairs and help the shopman to carry a lot of hampers of goods out of the kitchen into the passage of the shop. There were seven or eight hampers, and all of them full. I slept there that night, but the bankrupts went away and returned the next morn ing about six o'clock. That was the 15th of Aug. I then loaded the van with the hampers which had been brought up from the kitchen, and by Poole's orders I took them to the shop of Mr. Tozer, in King William-street, London-bridge. We arrived there about eight o'clock, and I found Mr. Bryan there before me. He assisted Mr. Tozer's foreman in taking the hampers down stairs. When I came back with the empty van Poole directed me to hire a truck, and afterwards said he was going to send a large hamper of goods to Northampton, and told me to take the hamper to the nearest book ing-office for that purpose. I took the hamper to; Chaplin and Horne's, in High Holborn, and saw 1 that it was directed to Mr. Clarke, of Newland, 1 Northampton, whom I knew to have been acting as foreman to Mr. Chapman, of Kingsthorpe. Oo mp return Poole told me that he was going down to Northampton, and that I was to follow him by the next train, and go to his private house, at 17, St. George's-street. I reached there between five and six o'clock the same evening and saw there Poole. Mr. Thomas Chapman, of Kingsthorpe, and Ventris, the clerk from Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., the accountants. In the presence of the others Poole gave me the keys of the factory, and Chapman gave me orders to go there and pa2k a lot of goods. He told me to pack a lot of trunks with boots of different kinds, and Poole directed me to get Woodford to assist me in packing them. Poole and Chapman afterwards came to the factory, and the latter told me to load the van, and take the seven or eight hampers we had packed to his house at Kingsthorpe, but not to go through the tollgate, which was the nearest way. We went along the Kettering-road, which was three miles out of our course, and found Chapman waiting to receive the goods, which we accordingly left. I returned that night and told Poole what I had done with the goods, and on the morning of the next day (Thursday, Aug. 1G) I went again to the factory, where I found Poole, Chapman, Ventris, and Woodford. Poole ordered 'Woodford and Ito go into the shoe-room and assist him and Chapman in packing some goods. We packed a great many trunks that day—l should think as many as 20. The goods consisted of boots and shoes and mate rials for making them. Ventrie was present all the time, but did not assist. We then loaded the van and a light spring cart with the trunks, and according to Chapman's orders we left them at his house at Kingsthorpe, and they were deposited in the coach-house as before. Ventris was present, and saw us start with the goods from the factory at 12 o'clock at night. When we reached Northamp ton on our return, Poole said he was going to Lon don on the next morning, which was Friday, Aug. 17, and that he wanted Woodford and I to be at Iris house the following evening. I saw them on their return by the late train on Friday night, and Poole then told us to be at the factory the follow ing morning e -Aug. 18. We went there as directed, in the morning, and, shortly after, Mr. Peirce, the auctioneer, came in, and we were ordered by Poole to weigh some bales of leather. We did so, and Mr. Peirce took the account of it. Chapman and Ventris were present during the weighing. There were 13 bales of soleing leather Galled " butts" which we took to Mr. Peirce's warehouse, accord ing to Poole's directions, in Dychurch•lane. Ventris also took an account of the weight of the goods, after which he went back to Mr. Peirce's office and dreys , seine moneyupon them to pay the workpeople their wages. Ail the work that was brought in was paid for up till 4 o'clock. When all the workpecple had gone, Poole opened the warehouse, and ordered us to remove all the goods brought in that day into the warehouse, to get trunks, and pack them. ,Wp packed six or seven trunks and several large bdge with the goods in the presence of Ventris. and Poole. The bags contained a quantity of loose leather, which Poole said should be sold, and the money divided between Woodford and I. Ile then told us to take the goods to Mr. Peirce's warehouse; and we had only proceeded through Hayford -street and across the market square, when Ventris, who heard Poole's orders, came after us, and told us we were being watched. _ _ Mr. Best here objected, and said—The statement made by any one in the absence of the prisoner can not be accepted as evidence against him. Mr. Van Sandau—The evidence this witness is about to give is most material ; it is part of the res yesta of the whole case. Sir R. W. Carden—l think that in an inquiry of such great importance the court ought to have the fullest information, and as what, Ventris said can not prejudice the bankrupt, I shall hear what the witness was about to state. Mr. Van Sandau --It will save the court time if I state at one that I intend charging the bank rupt with conspiring., with some of the parties whose names have been mentioned, so that what they have said and done will be evidence against the bank rupt, having already shown them acting in concert with him for one common purpose. Witness resumed—Ventris told me I was being watched, and that I had better give them a good chase. I therefore passed I)ychurch-lane, and hav ing made a great circuit, I brought the goods back to Poole's, and put them into his stable. On Sun day morning, about - nine o'clock, Poole sent for us, and told us to go to Chapman's, at Kingsthorpe. We went there about six o'clock in the evening, and remained in the kitchen until about eleven o'clock, when Chapman came to us and said he had hired a barn of a neighbour to put his horse into, but that he wanted to shift all the trunks from his own coach-house into this barn. He told Inc to take up a trunk, and he w ou ld gu id e me t o the barn, and I did so, We carried all the trunks thither ; there were not less than 20 or 27 trunks and two large hampers. It was two o'clock in the morning when we lett, and Chapman told us to go hack to Poole's house, which we did, and found the back door upon the latch. We entered, and found a man named Billingham asleep on the sofa. We awoke him, and ho then told us he was going to have the goods which were in the stable in his care, and that all he wanted me to do was to drive, as he did not know how, and to take the goods wherever he directed me. This was at three o'clock in the morning of Monday, the 20th of August. We loaded the goods which were in the six or seven trunks we placed in the stable on Saturday night, and the five bags of leather, which was t o b e sold for ourselves ; an Billingham and I went with them to Hartwell, about six miles from North ampton, as he said he wanted to take them a round about way, and he knew .a carrier at that place who would bring back the goods to Northampton • for him. At Hartwell we put the goods into the carrier's cart, and then returned to Northampton with the empty van, followed by the carrier with the goods, but on our arrival we found the carrier had got there before us and delivered the goods at Billingham's house, as he had been directed—that is, the goods were in his cart in the Red Lion yard, opposite Billingham's house. I told Poole the same day where we had been, and that the carrier had brought the goods back to Billingham's, but he made no reply. Cross-examined—l have been about two years in Mr. Poole's employ, and was never employed before to lift goods in the way I have described. I know a person named Jamieson in the bank rupt's employ, who was sent out to Weedon out of the " road" (way). I also know a man named Balls, who never came to the warehouse after the 13th, except for his wages on the 18th. I was kept to look after the horses. I made no note of the conversation I had with Poole but I put down all the datea from day to day. I did so because I be gan to see that things were going wrong, and I thought I might be called on to say what I knew. The leather was removed on two occasions publicly it open day. I only know Mr. Dawson, Mr. Poole's solicitor, as being solicitor to a loan office, of which I obtained a loan. I never told him what I have now stated about these transactions. I gave infor mation .to Mr. Newton, of Northampton, and Mr. Dennis, a solicitor, of what I knew, I was at Mr. Dawson's office on one occasion, and I signed a paper there, but I did not know what it contained. I went there by Mr.fyoole's orders, and Mr. Daw son questioned me. He was writing all the time I was giving my answers. I know a g en tl eman o f the name of Cooke, of Walsall, to my sorrow ; but he was not present at Mr. Dawson's office. Mr. Best—l will read to you the statement you have signed :—I recollect on the 11th of July last receiving orders from Mr. Poole to carry some trunks from the warehouse to Mr. Chapman's at Kingsthorpe. I remember seeing on the afternoon of that day a gentleman, I believe Mr. Cooke, of Walsall, in conversation with Mr. Poole, and I un derstood at the time that he was purchasing a large quantity of shoes, I accordingly loaded one van with the trunks and conveyed them to Kingsthorpe, and delivered them there to Mr. Chapman, and Chapman sent a receipt which I handed to Poole. I did not count the number of trunks ; but I think there were about 26." Now, tell me, did you make these statements at Mr. Dawson's office ? Witness—No, sir ; it is all false. I never said anything of the kind as having occurred in the month of July. I told the number of trunks I took in August ; but I said nothing whatever about July. Ido not know that an action at law is pending about these goods; but I did hear that Mr. Cooke was going to enter an action against the assignees for them. Cooke and Jamieson were not at Mr. Dawson's office. Poole sent me on the Ist of October to Mr. Cooke, at Wal sall, to go into his employ, but I never commenced work for him. I left on the 3d, and went to Bir mingham, and then returned to Northampton. The first person I spoke to on these matters was Mr. Newton, the assignee. I went to Mr. Newton be cause Poole has behaved to me in such a rascally manner, and thrown my family into the workhouse at Derby. He wanted me to swear falsely for him, and that was the reason of my being examined at Mr. Dawson's office ; but I had determined to speak I the truth. I never threatened to serve Poole out if he did not give £2O ; but he has threatened to shoot me for turning against him and speaking the truth. I was never in a railway carriage with Chapman and a man named Barwell. I never said in their presence that unless Poole would give me £2O I would go round to the other side: I know Young, one of Poole's carpenters, but I never made veh a statement to him. He told me that if I did not get £lO from Poole for the manner in which he had j served me and my family I should be to blame. ISir R. W. Carden—You had a right to expect to be well paid for working so hard for so many days. Witness—Young was sent to watch me, to see that I did not go to the creditors, while Johnson, the father of Poole's housekeeper, went up to London to inform Poole that I had returned to Northampton. Young followed me about, and never left me for a whole day and night. Poole told Woodford end I to take an old van and sell it. We did so, and got 30s. for it, 2s. for our selves, but we gave the whole of it to Poole, who gave us 16s. each, and said that would go towards paying us for our extra time. That was on the 15th of August, and Woodford gave the pur chaser a receipt for the money, and by Poole's direc tions be dated the receipt a month earlier, so as to make it appear that thevan was sold in July. Poole arranged with Barwell to send my furniture to Walsall, and I found it was to be forwarded in the name of Wm. Gann, and Mr. Cooke was telegraphed to receive it in that name instead of my own. I never tried to Sell the bags of leather which have since been seized by the assignees. I have seen Woodford this morning, but I have not talked the matter over with him, as he knows nearly as much as I do. 1 told Woodford that Poole had promised to give me the whole of the money that the leather might sell for; and Woodford then told me that Poole had promised him the same, and that I was to go without. (Laughter.) Poole wanted to get us both out of the way; but I found I was working for a deceitful master. • Sir IL W. Carden—Was this document which Mr. Best has read to you now read over to you before you signed it, or anythinc , like it ? Witness—No, sir; nothing of any kind was read to me. Sir R. W. Carden—This paper and the witness's previous observation about the double promise made by his master tend to show the nature of these transactions. He had been induced to sign a docu ment which was not only not read over to him, but it was not even dated to show when it was prepared. Mr. Van Sandau—A paper got up by the attor ney for the purposes of deception and fraud. Mr. Dawson most strenuously and indignantly denied the imputation. Mr. Van Sandau—We have now had four hours of this examination, sir, and I therefore propose to adjourn the case to an early day, as I have a couple of witnesses here from Northampton. Sir It. W. Carden—And I have all the ordinary business of the day to dispose of yet. Mr. Best—With regard to bail, sir. Eir It. W. Carden—Bail Certainly not. I should never be able to hold up my head again in the City of London if I took bail in a case of Enich magnitude and great public importance after the evi(IPTIPO which I have heard here to-clay. The witneis has given his evidence in a remarkably straightforward mann 2r. I never heard a clearer statement in my life. The bankrupt was then rerOaAded till Saturday (this day) fur the mp.o.s9 merely of taking the evidence Of ; the Wortitampton witnesses, in :order. that they may not be kept unnecessarily in London after which Mr. Van Sandau applied for warrants for the apprehension of several persons as accom plices of the bankrupt ; but we omit the names, lest publication should interfere with and frustrate the ends of justice. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPIREWSBURY AUTUMN MEETING. FRIDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for two , yr-olds ; the winner to be sold for X,50. Three furlongs. Mr. Hughes's Parole, 7st ............ Mr. Simpson's Everlasting, 7st 12th (Grimshaw 2 Mr. Jackson's Jackall, 7st (Madden ) ) 3 Sloth also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Jackall, 3to 1 agst Parole, sto 1 agst any other (offered). Parole made all the running, and won easily by a length and a half; a head between the second and third, bad fourth. 'rho w inner was bought in for 5.5 sovs. Selling Makes, a Handicap Plate of 25 sovs ; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Byrn's Yafa filly, 2 y rs , s st 101 b ........ (E. Taylor) 1 Mr. Angell's Vouralak, 3 yrs, 7st 61b . (Perry) 2 Mr. T. Daws on ' s Si s t er to H orace, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Buck) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Vouralak, sto 2 agst each of the others. Won by a head, throe lengths bet Ween the second and third: The winner was bought in for 41 sovs, Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Prenter's Lustre, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Taylor) 1 Mr. Barber's Prince of Orange, aged, 7st (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Burrowe's Nimrod, 4 yrs, Bst (Prior) 3 Estella and Gaylad also ran. Betting -6 to 4on Lustre, sto 2 agst Prince of Orange. Won by half a length, bad third. Scurry Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added ; optional sell ing weights, &c. Half a mile. Mr. Hughes's Chantress, 5 yrs (X2O), 7st 111 b (1). Hughes) 1 Mr. Vantage's Athens, 3 yrs (X2O), Oat 101 b.. (Bottom) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Sloth, 2 yrs (£2O), Oat 111 b (Beach) 3 Betting-3 to lon Chantress, 4to 1 agst Athens. Won by two lengths, a bad third. The winner was bought in for 50 sovs. Nursery Handicap Plateof 25 sovs. Five furlongs. Mr. Wilson's Venison, 6st 121 b (Bottom) 1 Mr. liarrison's Lady Ripon, Bst 41b ( Bullock) 2 Mr. Lincoln's Duplicity, Bst (Taylor) 3 The following also ran :—Kelpie, Calliope colt, Belleisle, and The Duke. Betting-5 to 2 agst Lady Ripon, 3to 1 agst Venison, 4 to 1 agst The Duke, 6 to 1 agst Duplicity. Won by a head; bad third. Handicap of 5 soya each. Half a mile. Mr. Payne's Gwellyan, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Parsons) 1 Mr. llodgman's Fractious, aged, 7st 21b (Bray) 2 Mr. Burbridge's Woman in Red, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Little) 3 The following also ran :—Tiara, New Brighton, Ront sey, Grand Master, Lady Ripon, Sheffield, and Spanish Fly. Betting—Even on Fractious, 5 to 1 agst Tiara, 8 to 1 agst Gwellyan, 10 to 1 each agst Lady Ripon, IVoman in Red, and Spanish Fly. Won by a length ; a head between the second and third ; Tiara a good fourth ; Sheffield fifth. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, sft. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Merry's Lord of the Manor, 4 yrs (X 100), Bst 11b (Custanee) w o Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the Fund), with 20 added ; the winner to be sold for £5O. One mile and a half, over five flights of hurdles. Mr. IV. Jones's , Yorkshire Miss, 4 yrs Bst 161 b (W. White) 1 Mr. W. Wray's Secret Treasure, 4 yrs, 9st (Haigh) 2 Mr. Swindell's P ac t o l us , 5 yrs, ost , (Palmer) 3 Spiteful Dick and Catherine also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Spiteful Dick, 2to 1 agst York shire Miss. Won by four lengths ; x bad third. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Dundee (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Diophantus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dictator (taken) 25 to 1 agst Big Ben (taken) 33 to 1 agst Nautilus (taken) 33 to 1 agst Folkestone (taken) 40 to 1 agst Rambler (offered) 50 to 1 agst Invader (offered) No betting on any other event. THE LEAMINGTON HUNT CLUB STEEPLE CHASES. WEIGHTS FOR THE GRAND OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Four wiles. st lb et lb The Huntsman. ..... 11 10 Athlete Emperor, by Game- Marmion buy ll 2 Well:wit. Bridegroom The Dane lO 10 Medora 9 7 Franc Picard ....... 10 7 Killigrew Jealousy Tumbler ..... .. Topsy ..... 10 0 Tomboy 8 12 Tattler Norma HANDTCAP HURDLE RACE. Two miles. Age st lb The Dane . 4 11 0 Jealousy Romeo Pactolus Norma .. 4 9 12 harry Estella a 9 10 Marmion 6 9 . 7 Grillade .. a 9 7 Topsy Royalty .. a 9 6 TIIE WELTER CUP. Om Age st lb St. Mark .. 9 6 Conductor King William 6 9 2 F by Collingwood —Buttress by Defender 5 9 0 Tomboy ... 8 12 Catherine 4 810 Bannockburn 8 10 Mary Stuart Mayfield Le mile and three-quarters. Ago st lb Lovett ...... 4 11 12 Timandra Soothsayer Alan-at,krins 3 10 8 Age st lb Greek Pactolus Grillage Sailor Ipswich Resurgara Pitman Prince of Orange a 10 4 Vixen PUGILISM. SAM HURST AND THE CHAMPION'S BELT We have received a letter from Mr. Hyde acknowledging the receipt of the stakes and the Champion's Belt, for Sam Hurst, the Infant Champion. They aro to be handed over to him on Monday night at the Commercial . Inn, Staley bridge. The ceremony would have been performed earlier, but the belt was not received until Thursday morning. It is to be hoped Sam will be able to raise a few pounds among his friends for his less fortunate antagonist. whose career is now at an end, and that, too, without vny savings to pro vide for him in after life. With reference to the belt, we are happy to say that it was restored to us on Wednesday last by Tom Sayers, though not without manifest reluctance. Tom stated that he could not continue his engagement with Messrs. Hoives and Cushing, who were paying him £55 a week, without it; and he thought it hard, after haying defended it so long, that he could not have the use of it for a short period. We told him that he had volurtarily agreed to surrender it, and that he must be content with his new belt, where upon he informed us that this was not in his pos session, being still retained by Mr. Morris for the balance due upon it. It seems hard that this should be the case, but it would have been harder to have deprived Hurst of what was justly his own. We have at present in hand £2l towards redeeming the two new belts; but the sum required is £lO5, and it remains to be seen whether the American friends of Tom and the English friends of his late opponent will contribute the necessary amount to fur nish the balance. From inquiries we have instituted we learn that some persons who represent themsAlves as friends of Tom, but who are in reality his enemies, had been trying to persuade him to stick to the old belt regardless of conse quences, and that had it not been for the exertions of those who really found his money and managed ev erything for him during his career as Champion, he would probably have been led away by the evil counsels of these parasites, whose aim one would suppose must be to do him all the harm they can. We would strongly urge him to abandon such advisers, and in all business matters, at any rate, consult with those who all along have shown that they have his true interests at heart. 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'DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. THE BISHOP OF DOWN AND CONNOR AND HIS CLERGY. At a 'numerous meeting of the clergy of the united dioceses of Down and Connor and Dromore, assembled after " Conference," on Tuesday, the 13th of November, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : " Resolved,.. That we cannot separate without giving expression to our deepest disapproval of, and regret at, the riotous conduct manifested at the intended religious meeting in the Music-hall, last evening, of which the Lord Bishop of the diocess was officially the chairman. That we further regret that any minister of the .United Church of England and Ireland, and espe cially a beneficed clergyman of the united diocess, could be induced to occupy the chair which the Lord Bishop had been compelled to resign, thus apparently affording his sanction to the turbulent proceedings which had previously taken place. " That, without expressing any opinion respect ing matters irrelevant to the immediate .object of the proposed meeting, we hereby declare our solemn determination, under the Divine blessing, to uphold, by every lawful means in our power,. the dignity of the episcopal office in the united dioeess, and, accordingly have recommended his lordship to postpone the other religious meetings which had been advertised for this week. " JAMES SMITH, Archdeacon of Connor, Chairman." These resolutions were submitted to his lordship, who replied as follows : " My Dear and Rev. Brethren—Though I did not require this expression of your feelings to as sure me of your sympathy and respect, in reference to the outrage to which I was so lately subjected, yet I am deeply thankful to you for presenting me with those resolutions, as they are a permanent and official record of your reprobation of the disgrace ful scene we recently witnessed, of your sorrow that a brother should be found so forgetful of his character and station as to stamp by his official act his sanction of its turbulent proceedings, and of your determination, under the Divine blessing, to uphold the dignity and the authority of that office with which I am invested. Among the many pain ful recollections which the late meeting recalls, I look back with shame and sorrow when I call to mind that the time selected for the perpetration of what bore, at least, the semblance of an Orange outrage was the very time when our Church was about to hold a series of religious meetings, and that the perpetrators of it were those who, while they claimed the name of Protestants, showed by their conduct how little, they were influenced by the Scriptural doctrines of their faith, or reflected its holy teaching in their lives. R. DOWN." ANOTHER RIBAND MURDER. (From a Correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail.) LETTERKENNY, THURSDAY NIGHT. I have just learned that James Murray, a servant of Mr. Adair, who had been missing since Tuesday, was found murdered at Glenveigh yesterday. No details or assigned motives have been received. Marks of violence were found on the body, but the post mortem examination had not been made up at the time this despatch left. The coroner has just been sent for. (From the Londonderry Sentinel.) LONDONDERRY, FRIDAY. Mr. James Murray, a land steward to Mr. M. G. Adair, of Glenveigh, Letterkenny, it is feared, has fallen a victim to Ribandism. He left his cottage on Tuesday morning to look after his master's estate, and had travelled about a mile and a half when he met his father. The police have been scouring the country from the first suspicion that Murray had been made away with, but their search proved in effectual until yesterday morning, when his body was discovered at :the foot of a precipice, at the distance from his home mentioned above. The body bore marks sufficient to prove that he met his death by violence. As yet no trace of the assassins has been discovered. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 16. There was a fair attendance of the town and country trade at this morning's market, but we had only a limited busi ness in wheat, which may be quoted at Id to 2d per 1001 b lower since Tuesday. Flour was still inactive, and may be notea ou per barrel ....der late twee. Oats in moderate request at about late rates, but oatmeal was difficult to move, although offered at a decline. Barley, beans, and peas without material alteration. For Indian corn there was a decidedly better demand, and a fair business was re ported at Gd per qr advance. WAKEFIELD—Nov. 16. The supplies of wheat were fair, but the trade was of nominal character. Good old and fine dry new met a dul demand at the rates of Friday last. Other kinds wore almost unsaleable, although lower prices would be taken. Choice parcels of barley found buyers at previous prices, but business generally dull. Beans and peas were firm, and oats and shelling unchanged. EXETER—Nov. 16. A dull business was done in the corn market to-day, at last week's prices : Wh sat. white.. 8s Od to 8s 641 Barley.. 4s 6d to 6s Od Ditto red 7s 6d toBs Od I Oats ... 3s 3d to 3s 6d New white wheat, 7s 9dlo 8s ; red, 6s 9d to 7s. Flour, fine, 46s to 475; seconds, 44s to 46s per sack. CATTLE. - -. There was a fair attendance — of dealers at the market, but a small supply. • • ' • • I Fat beef,p score, lOs to'll s 6d Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 6id Perk carcases,do lOs to 11s6d Wethers, d 0...... 61d to 7d Sheep, per lb. ' Od to —d Fat calves, d 0.... 7d to —d Rough fat, 41d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—Noy. 16. We have had a dull market this week, and the few trans actions reported, which are chiefly in Barbadoes, have been at rather lower prices. R e fi ners ' produce, however, con tinues to experience a fair demand, at about former rates. Rum in short supply, and wanted. COAL MARKET—Nov. 16. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. g. d. Walls_End. Craghead Hartley 17 0 West Hartley 17 9 Buddle'sWest Hartley 17 9 8. d. Walls End. l3nddyll'a lletton 21 0 Ships at market Cassop 20 6 lletton .. 22 0 South Hartlepool 20 6 Carway and D utTryn Malting . .... 23 0 ;, 25 ; sold, 24. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South- _ - ampton) .. • • .. .. • • .. Nov. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds .. .. .. „. Dec. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. . . Nov. —. . Bahamas and Havana (via New York) ... Nov. 22. Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. .. .. Nov. 18. Cape t , r, .. . Chintt o , fGood Penang ho a p n e d ta.b.a . pore (via S'ampton) D N e o c v . . 2 l . B. (via Marseilles) Nov. 18. Gibraltar (via Southampton) India (Calcu Do tta), Ceyl on, & c. (via Southampton) Nov. 18. (via Marseilles) Nov. 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Nov. 25. Do. Lisbon (via Marseilles) .. .. Nov. 19. •. •• .• Nov. 21. Malta, Egypt, Cuba and Mexic9 :: :: .. .. .. Nov. 28, Do. and Men (via Southampton) .. Nov. 18. (via Marseilles) Nov. 19. Vigo, and Op orto .. Nov. 21. United States, California, &c. .. .. .. Nov. 22. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Dec. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Nov..--. BIRTHS. CARTER.—On the 16th inst., at 43, Gloueester-street,War wick-square, Pimlico, the wife of G. W. L. Plumptro Carter, Esq., of a son. COPLAND.—On the 15th inst., at Maisonette, Claygato, near Esher, Surrey, the wife of Patrick Copland, Esq., of a son. GRIDLEY.—On the 15th init., at 49, Wilton-crescent, Bel grave-square, the wife of H. Gillet Gridley, E3q., bar rister, of a son. MARRIAGES. BARTON—WHAITES.—On the Ifith inst., at Rougham, Norfolk, George, the only son of the late Samuel Barton, Esq., of Old Broad-street, to Eliza, elder daughter of Mr. Whaites, of Rougham. STORER —WILLOUGHBY. —OR the 15th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-squar o , A n th on y Morris Storer, Esq. of Purley-park, Berks, to Cicely Barr, daughter of J. R. Willoughby, Esq., of 18, Westbourne-terrace. DEATHS. BRIGHT.—On the 13th inst., at Groat Malvern, Richard Bright, Esq., aged 73. COTTRELL.-At Hadley, Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., aged 53. CARTWRIGHT.—On the 15th inst., at Flore House, Nor thamptonshire, Mary Anne, the wifo of Major -General Cartwright. KELLT.—On the 15th inst., Mr. John Kelly, of ]5, Gower. place, Euston-square, aged 52. MORRIS.—On the 14th inst., at 18, Alexander-square Brompton, William George Morris, Esq., aged 60. m0 LL0 y......0n the 14th inst., at Hounslow, Robt. Molloy Esq., M.D., aged 45 . pct rF v E .0n the 14th in e s i t . , e, at EB H q i . :c a h g i e n d P 2 ri 7. ory, Sey -1 Radcliffe, Commander R.N., eldest A mo u. .a e r D son of Frederick P. D. Radiff LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun • Jffiesi Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Saturday, Novenfor *, 1860.