The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-15 00:00:00

THE NAVY. THE THIRD WAR IN CHINA. The Lords of the Admiralty resumed their in spection of the naval establishments at Portmouth yesterday. Their lordships left the Osborne in their barge early in the forenoon, and, crossing the harbour, landed at Haslar, inspecting first the gun boat yard and shipway there. The stay there was but short ; some of the skeletons of the decayed gunboats, however, attracting a passing notice from their lordships. With the general state and con dition of the yard they appeared well pleased, and gave the necessary orders for laying down the six new boats in No. 6 shed. On leaving this yard their lordships next visited the Royal Naval Hos pital at Haslar, together with the new cemetery attached. In the afternoon, their lordships landed at the Royal Clarence-yard, and, entering some carriages that were in waiting, proceeded to For don-barracks, the head-quarters of the Royal Marine Light Infantry. On alighting at the gate of the barrack parade, they were received by Se cond-Commandant Liaut.-Col. Mitchell, who accom panied their lordships on the parade ground, where the division was drawn up in line, ander the com mand of Col. Commandant Anderson, with the band and colours in the centre. After a general salute along the line, the men marched past in slow and quick time, and then wheeled into line. After pas sing along the line, and inspecting the artillery attached to the division, the n.en were dismissed. A detachment was immediately afterwards formed, and went through a course of drill at the ship gun battery, in the rear of the barracks. The result of the inspection reflected the highest credit on the officers and men of the division. The Royal Clarence yard, together with the Duke of Welling ton, 131, screw, and the Shannon, 51, screw, was shortly inspected by their lordships on Thursday evening. In the visit to the Sirius target ship the same evening the examination of the various targets appeared to excite much interest among their lord ships. Last evening the Admiralty gave their cus tomary official dinner at Dent's George Hotel, Portsmouth, to which 40 guests were invited. Their lordships afterwards patronised the ball at Hol lingsworth's rooms, in aid of the funds for the Sea man's and Marines' Orphans' Schools. The Emerald, 51, screw, Capt. A. Cumming, and the Eagle, 50, Commander Strode, have been re moved from the steam basin at Portsmouth, and berthed alongside their hulks in the harbour. The Victoria and Royal Albert paddle yacht was yesterday docked at Portsmouth to clean copper, kc., In readiness to attend upon her Majesty. The launch of her Majesty's 91 gun ship Anson from Woolwich Dockyard will take place this morning. The flagship Fisgard and other vessels usually moored in the offing in the vicinity of the launch have been removed, and arrangements for the accommodation of visitors have been completed on a most liberal and commodious scale. The tide will be at its extreme height at half-past 12, and the Anson is expected to take the water a few minutes before one o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Prin cess Mary of Cambridge had expressed her inten tion of acting as sponsor to the noble vessel, but on account of the recent death of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz the ceremony will be per formed by proxy. From the fact that numbers of apprentice boys have broken the articles of their apprenticeship, and have absconded from their masters and enlisted themselves in the service of the Royal Navy, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have issued the following notice, viz. :—" No apprentice duly bound by indentures can be received on board any of her Majesty's ships, and any apprentice who shall obtain admission into the Royal Navy by means of false statements will be summarily pun ished under the 16th section of the act 16th and 17th of Victoria, cap. 69." In virtue of the above, Wm. Naul, a second-class boy, having entered H.M.S. Fisgard at Woolwich, being an apprentice at the time, was yesterday sentenced by the local magistrate to two months' hard labouf. Commander T. H. M. Martin has been appointed to the Landrail, fitting at Woolwich. (From tie Times.) The letter we yesterday published rrom our Special Correspondent who accompanies the British expedition to China has given precise information as to the position of the allied forces, and as to the state of affairs in that country, up to the 12th of July last. At that date the two expeditionary forces were in perfect order, safety, health and im mobility. The Chinese retained their old attitude of dogged expectation, and every one was waiting to see what would next occur. Even Lord Elgin himself did not seem to hope much from mere ne gotiation ; for those wise Celestials, who are the per. fection of old-fashioned common sense, never go for ward to meet troubles, andthose patriotic Mandarins who issue their commands from Pekin are far too sound Confucians to be moved by any misfortunes that may chance to happen to distant popula tions. A GoTernor made a suggestion that by cultivating friendly relations with the Europeans the Imperial Government might, p er h a p s , s t op th e career of that armed rabble which sweeps over their rich cities ' . but the stoical Manda r ins of Pekin superseded him, and have called him up in chains to answer before them for his traitorous ad vice. The Emperor, it seems, lives in a drunken delirium, and his counsellors, with the shallow gravity of Chinamen, publish in the Pekin gazette protests against his too potent potations. With such a ruling Power as this accommodation without blows is evidently hopeless. The only course that can have any effect is to show these drunkards and dotards that we can reach them even in Pekin itself. For this all preparation, so far as the English are concerned, has long since been made. The two allied nations have wisely held rendezous in sepa rate localities, sufficiently near to each other and to the scene of operations to be able to act in unison, and sufficiently apart to be able to enjoy national tastes and habits undisturbed. The little bay in which the English fleet was anchored on the 12th of July, and around which the English army was encamped, is described by our correspondent in terms not often used to characterise a Chinese climate. Weather like a breezy autumn day, with a thermometer never rising above 84, is not the common experience of those of our countrymen who seek their fortunes in China. It must be remembered, however, that this great empire has climates of every kind, and the expeditionary forces are now placed far up north, and many degrees distant from the pestilential Canton river and the close atmosphere of Hong kong. Here, ix a landlocked bay without a rock or shoal, and spacious enough and deep enough to con tain all the navies of the world, situated upon that point of land which is directly opposite to the mouth of the Peiho, but distantly opposite—for the whole width of the Gulf of Pecheli interposes be tween them—lay the British fleet. It had been there, flying its 60 pennants, and numbering nearly 200 vessels of war or transport, since June 25th. This splendid armament is perfect in all its ap pointments both for sea and for land. It carries an army of 12,000 men. It is furnished with batteries of Armstrong guns ; and in every article of stores which can give it full efficiency it is described to us as being in a most perfect state. When it entered this bay on that 25th of June the intention was to use the place merely as a rendezvous and to stand across the bay, and at once attack the Taku forts. The anniversary of the disaster of 1859 passed by. Instead of upon that day directing his new force against his old enemy, Admiral Hope was compel led to remain where he was. The General, Sir H. Grant, instead of landing his troops at the point of action on the opposite side of the bay, found it ne cessary to disembark his men and horses on the healthy shore off which he lay, and to place his men under canvass. When our correspondent first saw this force it had been lying listless and inactive for nearly three weeks. It was not, however, the fault of either Admiral Hope or General Grant that valuable time, the heart of the working year, had been lost, or that our Armstrong guns had not long ago undergone their first trial in actual warfare. That army of 12,000 men could march through China from end to end, and find no obstacle to delay its march. But there was an obstacle to the commencement of its opera tions. Our good friends who lay at Che-fow had not made their arrangements in a business-like manner. If it be lawful to blurt out the plain truth of such matters, it must, we fear, be told as the result of all our experience in combined opera tions with the French that they are rather liable to fail in their preparations, and to trust to chance, or to their allies, to make up their shortcomings. Upon the last occasion in China they borrowed 1 from us with the freedom of the frankest friendship. They borrowed our gunboats, and our stores, and our ammunition, and even our spars and rigging ; and when we trained that effective Coolie corps, which was so essential to our transport service, the 1 French came and divided them with us in a most brotherly manner. On this occasion the distance between our positions has not altogether deprived us of the pleasure of rendering them frequent friendly offices, but it may possibly have rendered them less immediately efficacious. However this may be, the English fleet and army had been,when our correspondent arrived, waiting three weeks in the Bay of Ta-lien-whan for the French. Our ships, drying their sails, and our men, spending their ammunition upon the too nimble hare, which re fuses to succumb to balica.rtridge, were all idling until it should please the French to come up and encumber us with their assistance, and assert their customary claim to all the glory. But the French were not ready; they had no artillery horses, and they had to break in the ponies which were com ing from Japan and Manilla. Their gunboats had been sent out in pieces on board the transports, and it was necessary to put them together, in the few cases in which the pieces were complete ; and we suppose it was also necessary to spend a decent time in lamentations over those more frequent sets of pieces which were, unfor tunately, incomplete. Moreover, they had had misfortunes. Some of their transports had gone down, and much of their ammunition had been spoilt ; and although we could help them to some extent in these minor matters, we could not find fitting pieces for their portable gunboats or spare them our artillery horses. Things were not going comfortably with our friends, and, what was much worse, it was by no means clear whether their defi ciencies would he remedied in any reasonable time. The information afforded by them in answer to an inquiry on this subject, was not very satisfactory. We all recollect the story of that thirsty Irish guest who, when asked by his host whether he would take any more wine, replied, " Sir, I shall reserve my unavailing pr o t es t un til a f ter t h e next b ott l e. " Th e French answer suggests a still less definite post ponement, for they would undertake no more than that within a week they would name some future time by which their preparations would be com pleted. This waiting foraid which we do not want is very vexatious, and, what is more, is very expensive. Happily, our men are in excellent health, and even our horses seem to thrive upon this Shing-kin Promontory. The loss of a month, however, means nothing less than the loss of a million of money. We do not blame our allies ; such breakdowns and such miscalculations will occur in every expedition, and we have been much more accustomed to pass them over in silence when they have occurred to our allies than when they have been found in our own service. Perhaps these evils are inseparable from any attempt to conduct combined operations with two independent armies. The pity, however, seems to be that we ever made this attempt. These combined expeditions have never been popular in England, and are especially unpopularyan i n the English army and navy. Eng land a n d F rance are surely strong enoug h singly to settle quarrel they may have with the Emperor of Chi na . But, if they must go together upon this errand, it would have been a great deal better had they divided the work between them. They might have moved upon Pekin by diff eren t routes, or one Power mi g ht h ave cleared the Yang-tso while the other gave the requisite lesson to the Manda rins of the capital. As it is, we have lost our money and our time, and seem likely to lose more, and the consciousness of this fact cannot possibly con duce to cordiality in the relations of the two allied forces. However, we will h o pe f o r the best. By this time, no doubt the French either must have made up their minds to come on in their deshabille, or to allow the English to go without them. If the plan be, as stated, that the English shall advance along the northern bank of the Peiho and that the French shall take the southern bank, , our allies have already secured that part of the drama in which the best theatrical positions must occur. But they have kept the curtain down for a weary time. THE ORIGIN OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.— Several persons are vehemently contending for the honour of hayin g taken the initiative in a movement which has had s o 8 4110.1 a success as to produce a c o stless disciplined army of 160,000 names we marksmen. We have been appealed to, and have never heard of have been placed before us as dese rv i ng of public gratitude on this account. Of course no individu a l can have any claim to the merit of hav i ng originated thi s great work. It arose out of the circum stances and exigencies of the day, and it sprang from an unanimous feeling of the necessity of preparing for defence. The earliest and m os t strenuous advocate, however, of the Volunteer system when in its infancy was, so far as we know, Mr. Hans Busk, who has continued lecturing and writing and counselling upon this subject up to the present hour. He was, as we know, for some time alone in press ing the subject upon the public notice, and to him, if to anybody, credit is due for having laboriously aided at the birth of this institution. The Volunteer army, however, is l not an invention, and no one has a right to patent it, A REPORTER IN TROUBLE. that he should clearly show that the complainant had sworn falsely in one particular ; and he called upon his lordship, taking into consideration all the extraordinary and improbable circumstances that had been deposed to, to dismiss the charge and re lieve the defendant from the misery and suffering to which he had been subjected by having such an accusation brought against him. James Fowles, the young man whom the com plainant had accused of taking liberties with her upon one occasion, was then called, and he swore in the most positive manner that her statement was untrue, and that nothing of the sort ever took place. The Lord Mayor, after some deliberation, said that at first he was inclined to believe the story that had been told by the complainant, and that she had been most obscenely and disgracefully treated by her master ; but after the evidence of the last witness, and also taking into con sideration the monstrosity of the suggestion that such acts could have been perpetrated in the pre sence of the prisoner's wife, he had arrived at a different conclusion. He felt that the charge had not been made out, and he should therefore dis miss it. At the Guildhall Police Court yesterday Mr. Joseph Hearn, described as a reporter, was charged before Alderman Abbiss with being drunk and annoying Mr. Gammon, one of the under-sheriffs of London and Middlesex. Mr. Charles Gammon said—Yesterday, about one o'clock in the day, I was walking down Basinghall street, when the defendant called after me by name, adding, " There he goes—there he goes," which had the effect of calling general attention to me. I told him if he annoyed me so again I would give him into custody, for he had annoyed me in the same way for the last four years. He is always tipsy. He was drunk yesterday, and is drunk now. He is in the habit of taking me by the arm, but he did not do so yesterday, because 1 got away from him. I was walking through Guildhall about a couple of hours afterwards, when the defendant again called out my name loudly, and said, " There he goes" in a most insulting manner. I know no thing more of the man. I did not even know his name. He was quite drunk—just able to walk, and that was all. He called out so loudly that the Lord Mayor's servants heard him at the entrance to the Court of Common Council. I have been more annoyed by him in Basinghall-street, because that is where he is generally hanging about. The beadle also heard him, and took him into custody at my request. Scott, the beadle, said—l heard the defendant, who was decidedly the worse for liquor, say, " Here comes Gammon." I never saw him in the hall be• fore. Mr. Gammon gave him into custody, and he was bailed out at 10 o'clock last night. Alderman Abbiss—What have you to say to this charge r Defendant—l ask for an adjournment; I called him Gammon, and if his name is unfortunately Gammon, it's all gammon for him to be offended, and this business will all end in gammon. (Great laughter.) Alderman Abbiss—Had you any business with Mr. Gammon ? Defeadant—He is constantly at the Bankruptcy Court, where my son reports for one of the news papers, and he often gives him his card, for he is very fond of having his name printed Gammon, although he does not like being called Gammon. (Laughter.) Alderman Abbiss—Do you wish to ask Mr. Gam mon any questions ? Defendant—Did I not say, " How do you de, Mr. Gammon ?" Mr. Gammon—No; but you did say that if I would shake hands with you, you would not be offended. Defendant—All I have to say is that Mr. Gam mon is a most respectable practitioner in our court, the Court of Bankruptcy, and knowing him, and wishing him no evil, I went to his office this morn ing, at 10 o'clock, but he was not there. I went there for the purpose of saying, " Gammon, let us shake hands and make an end of this gammon." I beg to express my very great regret , and am will in g to shake hands with him now if he likes. (Laughter.) Alderman Abbiss—lt is very deplorable to see a man of education, for I understand you are a re porter, so far forget himself as to get the worse for liquor. It appears you were so yesterday, and any one can see you are now in the same condition, which is a great insult to the bench. Defendant—l am not, indeed, sir. Alderman Abbiss—l should be very sorry to do you such an injustice, but I do not think my eyes have deceived me in this instance. However, Mr. Gammon is not desirous of pressing this case if you will promise faithfully that you will never annoy him again. Defendant—That promise shall be kept, sir, but I should like to shake him by the hand. (Laugh ter.) I will for the future say, " Mr. Bacon ap peared for the assignees," and never call him Gam mon again. (Great laughter, amidst which defen dant left the court.) THE CATASTROPHE AT .HELMSRO_RE. TRAF_ELLING IN JAPAN. When our report left on Wednesday the coroner's jury had retired to consider their verdict, but could not agree. Some further evidence was afterwards taken, and the inquest was adjourned. The jury re-assembled yesterday, when Mr. Robinson, attorney for the friends of the deceased passengers, called witnesses. George Ellis, mechanic, sworn—l was in the part of the train which ran away—in a second class carriage. After three carriages had been thrown off the line, I should be in the third or fourth carriage from the collision. It was a break carriage. A passenger named Crowsdale got out —the train having gone back 150 yards—and spoke to the guard or some one outside. The car riage was a little broken. Our heads were all knocked together with the collision. By Mr. Grundy—The train, I think, had gone back 150 to 200 yards before they applied the break. I heard the person who put it on go over the top of the carriage. The train was running very fast. Samuel Laycock, Colne, mechanic, corroborated the evidence of Ellis. William Duerden travelled with the two last witnesses, and corroborated their evidence. Thomas Moran, gatekeeper at the crossing gate l on the line at Helmshore, sworn—l heard the couplings break when the train separated. I went to put my signal on, and saw Tomlinson, the guard, run after the train to put on his break. By Mr. Robinson—There were three porters at the station to assist passengers. Robert Blakey, of Colne, sworn—l was in the part of the train that broke away, and in the car riage following the three that were.thrown off by the collision. Nathaniel Ramsbottom, sworn—l was the first driver of the third train. On approaching Helm shore I saw, when on the Ogden Viaduct, some car riages approaching. I saw them by the tail lights. I could not see them before on account of the curve. I turned the steam off and reversed the engine im mediately. We were going at 13 or 14 miles an hour. It was a moonlight night, and there was not much fog. The train I was driving I think had not fairly stopped when the collision occurred. The top of a carriage was forced over my engine by the collision. I believe it came from one of the carriages of my own train behind me. I think that would have happened if there had been no engine pushing be hind. Job Simpson, sworn—l was the driver of the last engine of the third train. We were pushing behind, but were not coupled to the train. I should third/ the train went up the bank at the rate of 12 to 14 miles per hour. John Chippendale, guard of second train, said— After the accident I went up the line to signal and keep the line clear in front of us. I have been in the company's service from 1849. I had had one glass of ale at Manchester. After our train started from Ramsbottem a man asked me to have a drink of rum. That was in the carriage in which my break was. I opened the door and went in, and drank from the bottle. I also smoked a pipe. I got out between the first and second bridges at Helm shore, and got upon my break outside. I then ap plied the break. I did not think I was doing wrong in taking the rum. I did it to oblige those who ha vited me. Smoking is against the rule, and I ought not to have done it, and I ought to have prevented others doing it. James Newell, superintendent of the East Lanca shire carriage department,produced a memorandum lie had znado on the morning of the accident, con taining a list of the carriages in the broken part of the train. The Coroner having summed up, the jury re turned the following verdict : " The jury is of opinion that the amount of break power and the number of guards were insufficient for so large a train, and recommend the directors to adopt Col. Yolland's suggestions. Their verdict is Accidental death.'" They were in consultation two hours. COLONEL YOLLAND'S EXPERIMENTS. On Thursday Col. Yolland went up to Helmshore, the scene of the late lamentable catastrophe, to make a series of experiments for the purpose of completing his report to the Board of trade. He took with him from Bury a train of 17 carriages, being the estimated number of the portion of the train that broke away at Helmshore. These car riages formed a train of upwards of 100 yards in length. Breaks were attached to it of the same kind as those used on the occasion of the accident, and placed in the same position, but behind the train was placed a break van (for use and safety in case of need) on the powerful principle invented by Mr. Newall, and called "Newall's Continuous Break." Each carriage was loaded to its estimated weight when full of passengers of 5 tons 10 cwt. each. The weight of the train was 93 tons 15 cwt. On reaching Helmshore the engine was detached after the break was put on, and the train brought to a stand. This was the first experiment, with a view to seeing whether a single ordinary break would hold the train at the station, supposing it had been kept on. The break did hold the train stationary, and this experiment was so far satisfac tory. The second experiment was to loose the train at the Helmshore station and allow it to roll back without any break on to the point of the recent collision, in order to see what time this would oc cupy. The third experiment was the second re peated with more caution, and the result was that the train, which of its own gravity began to move very slowly at first, increased to an estimated speed of something like 10 or 12 miles an hour by the time it reached the point of collision—which is 654 yards from the starting point, or about 554 yards from the rear end of the train when it started. The distance was run in 2 min. 8 sec., and with one of Newall's powerful continuous breaks was then brought up at its highest velocity in 29 sec. The fourth experiment was to try whether Tomlinson, the guard left on the platform when the train be gan to recede, could run after the train, mount his van, and apply the break before reaching the point of collision. This was done. The guard left the platform 10 sec. after the train started, reached the break in half a minute more, and stopped the train in a minute from the time he left the platform. It should be remembered, however, that the rails were not wet and greasy as on the night of the accident, neither had the carriages the impulse at starting which might arise on that occasion from a redound of the other carriages when stopping. In the fifth experiment the train was allowed to start of its own gravity, and the break was not put on till the second bridge was reached, or 217 yards had been run. With the velocity thus acquired the train was stopped with one ordinary break exactly at the point of the late collision. The last experiment was one by which the train was liberated at the station with a slip shackle, so as in some measure to make up for buffing. The break was applied when the train had run 217 yards, and was not brought to a stand till it was some yards past the point of collision. Col. Yolland was assisted in these experiments by Mr. Shaw, the company's passenger traffic superin tendent ; Mr. Newall, superintendent of the car riage department; Mr. Fenton, assistant-traffic superintendent ; Mr. Silvester Lees, locomotive superintendent of the passenger and waggon de partments on the Stockton and Darlington line ; and Mr. G. Wilson, deputy chairman of the Lan cashire and Yorkshire board also attended, and took an interest in them. THREATENED STRIKE OF AGRICULTURAL LA BOVRERS.—Many of the farm labourers in this neighbour hood are demanding an advance of wages, and in one case which has come to our knowledge, the increase asked for was from 18s. to 245. a week, and a threat was held out that if it was not acceded to the men would strike work.—Not tingham Journal. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES,—The great race between Chambers, the present Champion of the Thames, and White, who aspires to that proud distinction, which is to take place en Tuesday nest, from Putne y to Mortlake, is the all• engrossing topic in acquatic circles. Chambers, who belong s to Newcastle-upon .T y ne, has been in London nearly a fortn'ght in sharp practice,. accompa nied by the renowned Henry Clasper, and is rowing admir ably. White, who was formerly defeated by Chamber., is certainly in much better condition than on that occasion, but the odds are 6t04 on Chambers. The men may be seen at their training regularly daily at Putney; and although Chambers is so decidedly the favourite, the friends of White think his opponent will have his work to do to beat him. The Messrs. Searle, the Thames Subscription Club , the London Rowing Club, and White, have chartered steamers for the conveyance of spectators. The stake for which the men row is £4OO. IRE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1860, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The Gazette of St. Petersburg publishes a letter from Madame Albrecht, wife of a physician, dated from Hakodate, in the island of Japan, the 15th April, giving an account of an excursion into the interior of that singular country :—" It required many efforts and more time to cause the Japanese to consent to our project. According to treaties, consuls-general alone have the right of travelling by land in the interior; and the Russians have here only a simple consul ; but, as ht,s enjoys the same privileges as a consul-general, the authorities could not maintain any objection on that score. We pur chased Japanese litters, or, as they are called here, cages (kahos). They contained no sort of seats, and are not long enough to enable the legs to be extended ; so that we were obliged to sit cross legged in Japanese fashion ; we had, however, the back supported by a cushion. We were five in number—the consul, his wife, their son, myself, and a lady's maid, and each of us had a litter or cage. Seven Japanese functionaries were ordered to be in attendance on us, and each of them had a litter and two domestics ;we had also two guides. The litter is suspended from a long pole placed on the shoulders of men—two before and two behind, and each one is attended by bearers to relieve each other in turns, some of them having as many as ten. We were also accompanied by a vast number of police officers who walked before, and on each side of the litters, and who cried in melancholy tone to all the common people we m e t on the road Sere,' which means sit down.' This order was obeyed. In the towns, where the inhabitants col lected in crowds to see us pass, the same order was given, and the people immediately sat down, in spite of mud andram. In certain towns, however, which are occupied by princes, the people were exempt from this formality. So great in some places was the curiosity of the people to see us that they pressed clime to the litters and endea voured to open the doors (there is one on each aide), but the police, who were armed with long sticks, • and with small iron rods, the latter carried in the sleeve, kept them off, This rod is a mark of autho rity, and it is said that the Japanese greatly fear being touched by one, as they are then placed under arrest. At every station at which we stopped we found prepared for us a chamber, which was very clean, and decorated with mag nificent paper hangings i and for us to sit down, benches with a sort of cushion were provided. These stations are destined for functionaries who travel on the public service. They are all constructed on the same plan ; the cham ber we occupied in each was only separated from the street by one for the domestics, and was divided into different compartments by sliding par titions. Every room we were in was very cold at night, notwithstanding braziers were lighted on our retiring to rest. The roads were very good. Those in the first part of our journey were wide, and planted with high trees, the branches of which extended across. On each side of the road were rice fields. The second part of our journey was through a mountainous country ; we there saw a large quantity of snow, and were greatly inconve nienced with rain. We frequently found the roads cut by large rivers, and we crossed them in ferry boats. The reception we obtained in every town was very ceremonious. First of all, an elder in uniform came forth to meet us, and saluted each litter with profound respect ; on each side of the street were police officers with polished sticks ; and at some distance from them were public function aries in groups, seated on stools. The uniform of these officials is singular—it consists of a sort of gown in gauze, with at the shoulders a projection resembling wings. In consequence of this we called them functionaries with wings.' Be hind them were attendants bearing wands, lances, something resembling horses' tails, and other articles—indicating, no doubt, their differences in rank. In certain towns we found drawn up large bodies of men with bows and arrows; in others, lines of soldiers, with a musket in one hand and a match in the other. We completed the journey in 22 days, having travelled at the rate of from 15 to 20 miles a day." DONCASTER RACES—FRIDAY. THE CUP DAY. The business of the meeting was brought to a most satis factory conclusion. The racing during the four days was abundant and of the most interesting description. The officials worked with a cordial co-operation to carry out the arrangements in an efficient manner, and their efforts were attended with complete success. No greater proof of the increased popularity of the meet ing could be adduced than the fact that the receipts at the Grand Stand exceeded by over £l,OOO those of any former year. The authorities at the Doncaster Railway station deserve especial commendation for the regularity and order with which they conducted the immense traffic during the week. To Mr. Leith, the traffic manager, and Mr. Wood, the clerk in charge at Doncaster, the public are mainly in debted for the admirable arrangements which were so effi ciently carried out. The station was divided into two divisions; at the locomotive sidings were Messrs. Mullens and Pigott, and from their division alone were despatched on the evening of the St. Leger between 6 and 20 minutes past 7 10 special trains to various parts of the adjacent country. Mr. Lamb had the superintendence of the " Shakespeare Sidings," from which the London cheap ex cursion train departed. This train, by the way, was so long that it had to be divided ; it consisted of 30 third-class and 20 first and second-class carriages. The " South" trains were under the superintendence of Mr. Brown and Mr. Berwick, of the Midland ; the "North" trains of Mr. Gleadall ; and the " South Yorkshire" trains under the management of Mr. English, the traffic manager, and when we state that Sheffield alone contributed 14,000 passengers it will be readily believed that gentleman found his office no sinecure. The defeat of the first for the St. Leger in each event for which they started created considerable as tonishment, and the successes of Lords Derby, Zetland, and Portsmouth were hailed with great demonstrations of enthusiasm. Altogether, the concluding day's sport was of great interest, bringing one of the most successful Don caster meetings on record to a satisfactory issue. A. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. St. Leger Course. 5 subs. Mr. Merry's Northern Light, Bst 71b (Custance) w. o. Match of 300 sous, h ft. Red-house in. 5 furlongs 132 yards. Lord Glasgow's c by Stockwell, dam by Pyrrhus the First, 2 yrs, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Caliban, 2 yrs, Bst 41b (Challoner) 2 Betting-3 to lon Lord Glasgow's colt, who was in front throughout, closely waited upon by Caliban, the Stockwell colt winning a fine race by a short head. The Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; extra weight for winners. The second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Last mile and a half. 59 subs. Lord Derby's Cape Flyaway, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Parker's Sutherland, Bst 71b (J. Adams) 2 Mr. A. Nicholl's Tho Wizard (incl. 51b extra), Bst 121 b (G. Fordham) 3 St. Albans also ran. Betting-5 to 4on St. Albans, 6to 4 agst the Wizard, 9 to 2 agst Cape Flyaway. Sutherland made play, waited upon by St. Albans, Cape Flyaway next, and the Wizard last, the latter being many lengths behind passing the T.Y.C. post ; Cape Flyaway going up to Sutherland and running side by side with him. Entering the straight the lot took close order, and within the distance St. Albans was beaten off, Cape Flyaway going to the front, and winning easily by a length and a half; half a length between the second and third ; two lengths between the third and fourth. The Scurry (Selling) Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added. Optional selling weights, &c. Red-house in, 5 furlongs 152 yards. 6 subs. Mr. S, Smith's Bayonet, 2 yrs (L5O), 65t.... (J. Adams) 1 Mr. Whittaker's White Rose, 3 yrs (X5O), 7st 71b (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. H. O'Hara's Hetty, 3 yrs (L5O), 7st 71b..(Hibberd) 3 THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, ac companied by Col. Bingham, Major Jervois, and other distinguished officers, paid an official visit of inspection on Thursday afternoon to the extensive fortification works now in progress on the Vern heights at Portland for the defence of the large new harbour recently formed by the construction of the breakwater at the north end of the island. His Royal Highness arrived at a somewhat late hour, but completed the inspection of that part of the de fensive works before the evening set in. On return ing from the hill his Royal Highness embarked on board the Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, where he remained during the night. The Volunteers of the Breakwater Artillery corps, under Lieut. Powell, were assembled at the place of embarkation, and Listed as guard of honour on the occasion. Yester day his Royal Highness went on the magnificent sea wall on the inner breakwater and inspected the granite battery now approaching completion at its eastern extremity. The outer or great breakwater, and the new fort in process of construction on the North point at Weymouth, which will command, the northern entrance to the harbour and the ad jacent coast line, were also visited. Major Nugent, Commanding Royal Engineers, received and accom panied his Royal Highness over the Vern works on Thursday. Mr. Conde, chief engineer of the break water, and Mr. Leather, contractor, were in attend ance to-day. On the Royal standard being hoisted this morning on board the Black Eagle, the guard ship Colossus, Capt. F. Scott, fired the usual Royal salute. The camps formed at the Spur battery and near the King's bastion, at Chatham garrison, which have been occupied during the summer by the troops belonging to the East India depots, will shortly be broken up, in accordance with orders to that effect issued by Major-General Eyre, when the troops will go into winter quarters at Chatham barracks, and the hut barracks, Brompton. Dur ing the time the camps have been occupied chiefly by the troops belongin g to the Ist an d 3d battalions, and the men have been made as comfortable as circumstances would permit. The tents, for the m ost part, having been pitch e d on sloping ground, comparatively little inconvenience has resulted from the incessant rains ; and, care having been at the same time taken to thoroughly drain the camp, very little moisture has accumulated. The troops, too, have not been permitted to sleep on the ground, each tent being furnished with small iron bedsteads for the inmates. The effect of the excellent ar rangements made has been very marked in the general health of the men encamped, as the per centage of soldiers in hospital was not higher, and on some occasions even less, than among the troops quartered in barracks—and this, too, during a sea son of so inclement a character that troops en eam.ped in other places had to be removed into barracks. The object for which the camp was formed—that of enabling the troops to acquire a practical knowledge of camp life when in the field —has been carefully kept in view, the men having been taught to cook their own food, perform their own washing, and, in fact, do for themselves the various duties which in barracks are generally per formed for them. A most excellent camp cooking range, the invention of one of the non-commissioned officers, was erected in the field, and answered its purpose admirably. According to orders received at Chatham garri son yesterday the depot companies of the Ist bat talion of the Bth (the King's) Regiment will vacate the hut barracks this morning, and proceed, a portion to Gosport to join the head-quarters, re cently returned from India, and the remainder of the depot to Templemore. The following officers and men are to proceed to Gosport, viz.: —Brevet- Major W. Bayly, Captain F. W. Dugmore, Lieu tenant E. J. Blair, Ensign A. H. Cotter, Assistant- Surgeon T. J. Biddle, 13 non-commissioned officers, three drummers, and 316 privates. The companies that proceed to Templemore will join the 16th depot lattalion, under the command of Col. W. Irwin, and form Chatham a depot a t th a t s t a ti on . Th ey w ill l ea ve garrison on Monday morning, the follow ing being the officers and number of men :—Capt. A. T. W e l s h , Lieut. C. N. Fry, Ensign R. Hancock, Ensign W. A. Bridge, 13 non-commissioned officers, 8 privates. three drumme rs , p and ACCIDENT ON 71111----acciIITINOBOURNE AND SHEER NEs 9 RAILWAY.—An accident occurred on the above line this morning (Friday) to Ul n a few m which left Sittingbourne at 8.30 a.m., when within gards e of Queensborough station, a mile and a half from 68. The carriages , and the steam had passed the signal-post at that pi" at / h p e urpose of stop was being let off and the break applied for th e _ gme suddenly ram of from 10 ping the train, which was proceedin g to 12 miles an hour, when the en 4 2 •tur off the line and fell with an immense crash on its joining field, dragging along with it two lug gag ul , t: an ad break van, and a passenger carriage, all of Whi:inls, the thrown into a confused pile and more or less broken by wi t ) ,b re concussion. About 30 passengers were in the train at the time, but, with the exception of the engine-driver s- Stoker, no one was hurt. The former sustained a ~,h tl ir ; 1 ~ : I !,310,110n the thigh, and the latter received a violent, blow on tp_ forehead, which has temporarily deprived him of si g h t from one ec d The rails d i an sleepers were very much tern and (Battu. . b officials new tot, through the. activity of the railway the lam:ken rails ca ,,, i and OeePer.-1 were immediately laid down, the line was i• - ;; a u g ,,, e : d ren 9 -c ed , and by noon the traffic on at present be tt„—ertst: The cause of Cho accident cannot eolidly laid, and the lirm°4' the rails, being quite new and than a few weeks, h t ,141 which heA not been opened more Premature Greyk les , , N I : r ": tho'eough state of repair. al- • Nervous Headache, Rh emnp4. - or Falling Hair, Neuralgia, died with ease and certainty 157 in ii Stiff Joints, &c., are r e tic and Combs.. Their ue isnnanfo's Patent Magnetic an newly-invented Teazle Brushes for absolute luxury. Hi s admirable—they not only cleans e , but Coltb, Velvet, &c., are a remarkable rAann rs er. cautioned anufact arilnat 8 32 ' Basingilaii counterteits ais .----.....VT. EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION. The Lord Mayor was engaged yesterday for seve ral hours in the investigation of a charge of a very extraordinary character. Mr. James Apps, a young man, who carries on business as a tailor in Jewry-street, Aldgate, ap peared in discharge of his bail to answer a charge of misdemeanour, in having committed an indecent assault upon a girl named Emma Spratt. Mr. Lewis appeared for the defendant. The complainant, a good-looking little girl, who exhibited muob precociousness in the mode in which she gave her evidence, stated that she was 12 years old last March, and she went into the bui rice of the defendant and his wife shortly before last Christ mas as a domestic servant, and left a little after Christmas, but returned again to the service in April. On Tuesday last she made a complaint to her mother of the manner in which she had been treated by the defendaut,in consequence of which she was taken to a doctor, and the defendant was given into custody. She then stated that after she had been about a month in the service of the defendant, he commenced treating her in an indecent manner, and upon one occasion he told her to take some water to her mistress's bedroom, and when she did so the defendant threw her on the bed and assaulted her. His wife, she said, was lying on the bed at the time, and saw all that occurred. The defen dant told her, after he had assaulted her in the presence of his wife, not to tell anybody what had happened, and said that if she did she, and not himself, would be punished. The witness then entered into details of acts of the most extraordi nary and indecent description, all of which she alleged were committed in the presence of the pri sox er's wife, and also with her sanction. The Lord Mayor asked the witness whether she really meant to represent that the prisoner's wife was in the room when the alleged acts of indecency were committed by her husband. She replied that she was dressed and lying on the bed while the defendant assaulted her. The Lord Mayor asked if her mistress was sober. She said that she was perfectly sober. The complainant then went on to state that, upon another occasion, an elderly gentleman, whom she understood to be the uncle of the defendant's wife, came to their house, and he also assaulted her in an indecent manner, and he gave her a new frock and a shilling to say nothing about it. The defendant's wife, she said, was also present when this occurred, and she told her not to tell her mother. She also stated that she had been assaulted in a similar manner by a young man named Fowles, who was in her master's service. In answer to questions put by Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, The complainant said that the reason she did not tell her mother earlier of what happened was, that she did not know it was wrong until her mother read something to her out of a newspaper of a master having been sentenced to four years' penal servitude for behaving ill to a little girl who was in his service. The complainant was subjected to a searching cross .examination by Mr. Lewis. She said that the prisoner's wife was quite young, but she was not a pretty woman that she knew of. (At the request of Mr. Lewis the defendant's wife was called into the court. She appeared to be a very modest, re spectable-looking young woman, possessing consi derable attractions.) Her mistress and her master had accused her upon several occasions of stealing, but it was not true. They had threatened to dis charge her shortly before she made the statement to her mother. She was discharged once, but was taken back into their service. Her mistress had told her that if she did not do her work properly she would send her home, and the prisoner threatened to bundle her out of the house if she did not conduct herself better. Her mother told her of the account in the newspaper, and said that a master had been charged with doing what he ought not to have done to a little girl, and that he had been sentenced to four years' penal servitude for his misconduct. She slept with her mother every night, but she did not tell her a word of what had occurred until last Tuesday. Eliza Spratt, the mother of the complainant, proved that her daughter made a communication to her, in consequence of which she immediately took her to a surgeon, and gave the defendant into custody. Mr. F. H. Simpson, surgeon, of Fore-street, proved that be examined the person of the complainant, and saw some appearances which might have re sulted from internal causes or from violence, but he had no reason to believe that any felonious act had been perpetrated. In answer to questions put by the Lord Mayor, this gentleman stated that he know the defendant and his wife, and had attended professionally upon the latter, and he considered her a very modest re spectable young woman, and most unlikely to have acted in the manner that had been deposed to by the complainant. Mr. Lewis then made a most forcible address to his lordship, urging the extreme improbability — nay, he said, the almost impossibility—for a young man in a respectable condition of life to have acted in the manner r ep r esented by the complainant , in the presence, plainant's statem e nt, with the sanction of his wife. and actually, according to the c om- He contended that it was impossible to conceive that such a monstrous story could be true ; and he said it was far more probable that this young girl, who was evidently very precocious, had trumped up the tale out of revenge at being discharged from her service, and that the tale she had told was sug gested to her imagination by hearing the newspaper report read to her by her mother. He then said FROM TEE GAZETTE OF LAST ETENING, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 12. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James Ingram to the Church and Parish of Dunblane, in the presbytery of.Dimblane and county of Perth, vacant by the death of the Rev. James 800. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 18. Corps of Royal Marines—Captain and Brevet-Major George Lambrick to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Shewen, rctit - cd on full pay: i Finut Linn tenant George Oliver Evans to be Captain, viae Lambrick, promoted ; Second Lieu tenant Francis Harwood Poore to be First Lieutenant, vice Evans, promoted. INDIA-OFFICE, SErT. 7. By Order of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given, that on Monday the 17th instant the Accounts and Cash Departments of the India Office will be removed from the East India House to the West minster Palace Hotel, Victoria-street, Westminster. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 14, The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Turin, inclosing a copy of a Royal Sardinian decree, reducing as follows the import duties upon the undermentioned articles : Per kilog. Reduced from to Tissues of hemp and flax, pure or mixed with cotton or wool— Unbleached,bleached,orpartlybleached, f. c. f. c. and not included in Article IV .. 075 050 Woven in colours Printed Per 100 kilog. Cotton — Wadding Per kilog. _ _ . Unbleached thread, simple, not above No. 45 2O 0 10 0 19 If above No. 45 40 0 20 0 „ „ twisted, of any No. 50 0 25 0 Bleached or twisted thread, of any No., reduction not specified. Tissues of cotton whether mixed or not with thread or wool— Unbleached or bleached 075 040 Dyed Woven in colours Printed Embroidered with thread, cotton or woollen .. 250 2 0 Waxed, varnished, or painted varnish 075 050 Gimp and ribbons Carpets Lace (pizzi), tulle, and Berlin knitting Cotton velvet Woollen or hair thread of any kind — Raw Dyed Tissues of wool or hair, whether mixed or not with thread or cotton — Not fulled (non sodati) Fulled, carded or not Lace (pizzi), woollen Tissues of silk or of floss .silk, in pieces, or scarfs, in handkerchiefs, and in shawls, mixed with other materials, of which the tram shall be of silk or of floss-silk BANKRUPTS. William Francis Croft, printer, Castle-street East, Ox ford-street, to surrender, Oct. 1, at twelve, and Oct. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alfred Rolfe and John Davies, timber merchants, Dor ringtan-•street, Clorkenurell, Ont. 1. at half-past eleven, and Oct. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Samuel Rutherford, draper, York, Sept. 28 and Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. Edward Toyabee, agricultural merchant, Lincoln, Sept. 26 and Oct. 24, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Thomas Charlton Bell, corn miller, Durham, Sept. 20, at eleven, and Oct. 24, at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Frederic Garfit, scrivener, of Brigg, and Scawby, Lin colnshire, Sept. 26 and Oet. 24, at twelve, at the Town hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Robert Stone, innkeeper, Cerne Abbas, Dorsetshire, Sept. 26 and Oct. 16, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Edward Turnbull, ship owner, West Hartlepool, Sep tember 20, at eleven, and October 26, at 12, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Alexander Duncan Gray, bookseller, Edinburgh. James Mauchline, carter, Pollockshaws. John Rae and Son, commission merchants, Glasgow, James Wylie, flasher, Glasgow. Allan Barnett, merchant, Cupar•Angus. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 12th day of Sept., 1860 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ......429,950,915 Government Debt £ll, 415,100 G Securities .. 3,459,900 G old Coin & Bullion 15,475,915 Silver Bullion ... • £29,950,915' £29,950,915 BANKING D. Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis - missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 6,843, 4 36 Other Deposits 13,462,663 Seven Day and other Bills 740,793 oEPARTMIINT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) Other Securities Notes Gold and Silver Coin 757,287 £39,380,385 M. 1 £39,380,385 .IWHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Sept. 13,1860. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 11th day of Sept., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos sessions in America , 1 ,, „ ~~,, Lucienne also ran. Betting-7 to 4on White Rose, 4to 1 each agst Lu cienne and Hetty. Won easily by three-quarters of a length ; a length and half between the second and third ; a bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 90 guineas. The Doncaster Cup, value 300 sovs, for 3-yr-olds, 7st; 4-yr-olds, Bst 51b ; 5-yr-olds, Bst 121 b ; 6-yr-olds and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Penal ties and allowances. Cup Course, about two miles and a half. Lord Zetland's Sabreur, 3 yrs, 7st (Challoner) 1 Mr. Merry's Thormanby, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (inc 71b extra) (G. Fordham) 2 Lord Zetland's Vanquisher, 3 yrs, 7st .. (H. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. Jaques's High Treason, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (inc. 31b extra) (Bullock) 4 Lord Strathmore's Mouravieff, 4 yrs, Bst 51b.. (Aldcroft) 5 Mr. Lewes's Wild Rose, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Snowden) 6 Mr. Copeland's Coronet, 3 yrs, 7st (J. Daley) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Wild Rose, 4to 1 each agst Sabreur, High Treason, and Mouravieff, 8 to 1 agst Thormanby. Vanquisher went off with a long lead, Coronet lying se cond, Wild Rose and Mouravieff next, Thormanby last. Passing the Stand Enclosure Vanquisher increased his lead to about twn longtha, Mouravieff depriving Wild Rose of the second place on going round the top turn with Sabruer close up, Thormanby still " whipping in." At the Bawtry turn, Thormanby went up to his horses, and Coronet com pounding, was pulled up, and took no further part in the race. On coming into sight, Mouravieff was leading, at tended by Vanquisher and Wild Rose, Sabruer next, and Thormanby again many lengths in the rear. At the Red House Wild Rose was beaten, Sabreur taking up the run ning ; Thormanby, who came with a rush, taking second place at the turn entering the straight. There the race was . left to Mr. Merry and Lord Zetland's representatives, Sabruer winning, after an exciting set to, by threelengths ; Vanquisher a very bad third ; the others pulling up. Co ronet trotted in and did not pass the post. The Nursery Plato of 200 sovs, for 2-yr•olds. Last mile. Mr. W. Day's Elcho, 7st (J. Adams) 1 Baron Rothschild's Molly filly, 6st 41b (J. Daley) 2 Mr. Taylot's Atherstano, 7st 71b (G. Fordham) 3 - - The following also ran :—Voltella, Cronstadt, Prudence, Selina filly, Burlesque colt, Jacqueline filly, Ivanhaff, Lioness colt, Ericthonius, Miss Melbourne colt,Miss Emma, Lurline, Confession, Lopecather, Camerino, Bayonet, Sister to Horace, and Hope filly. Baron Rothschild declared to win with Sparkle. Betting-4 to 1 agst the Molly filly, sto ligst Elcho, 6to 1 agstlvaßhoff, 100 to 7 each agst Miss Emma, Camerino, and the Burlesque colt. They got away at the first attempt, a very good start being effected. Lopecatcher took the lead, followed by the Selina filly and Cronstadt, the others close together. Entering the Straight Cronstadt was beaten, and the Molly filly, Elcho, and Atherstane, coming away from the others, ran a very fine race home, Elcho winning by a head only, a neck sepa rating the second from the third. The Parkhill Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b each. Certain winners extra. The second to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes. St. Leger Course. One mile 6 fur. 132 yards. 28 subs. Mr. W. Hudson's Lady Trespass, fist 71b .. (J Osborne) 1 Lord Glasgow's Makeless filly, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. F. Robinson's Aurora, Bst 71b Sir J. Hawley's Catawba, Bst 71b (Wells) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Lady Trespass, sto 2 agst the Make - less filly. The Makeless filly made the running until nearing the distance, when Lady Trespass came to the front and won easily by two lengths ; a bad third. The Town Plate Handicap of 100 soya, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Red House in (5 fur. 152 yards). Mr. garlan's Maid of the Mist, 4 yrs, 6st 31b (c. 6st 51b) (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Thornton's Curlew, 3 yrs, 75t 31b (Page) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Tiara, 5 yrs, 7st 1 llb .. (Cresswell) 3 The following also ran :—Neophyte, Restes, Sir William, Marseillaise, Spicebox, Donner und Blitz, Orcus, Venus filly, Rara Avis, Maid of Lyme, The Prophet, and Ataman. Betting-5 to 2 agst Maid of the Mist, 4to 1 agst Mar seillaise, 7 to 1 each agst Tiara and Orcus, 8 to 1 agst Neo phyte, 10 to 1 each ttgrst and Ciao Venus filly. They got off in a cluster, and ran together until entering the Straight, where Maid of the Mist came out and ran home easy, winning by two lengths ; the same between the second and the third ; Orcus was fourth, the Prophet, Neo phyte, and the Venus filly next, Donner und Blitz and Marseillaise the last two. The Don Stakes of 50 sous each, la ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Last mile. 11 subs. Lord Portsmouth's Buccaneer, Bst 71b ...... (J . Goater) 1 Lord Stamford's Emily, Bst 41b (A. Edwards) 2 Mr. A. Nichols's The Wizard, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 3 High Treason.also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst The Wizard, sto 2 agst High Trea son and Buccaneer, 4 to 1 agst Emily. Buccaneer was in front throughout, winning easily by three lengths, a bad third, High Treason was beaten off. medicine e t is with b p y le p as u ur ß e ar w r;, n s d ot e i l c ic e io th u e s E o n f T e x u s r E e m s increase ADv E W l i T th l o —lt R e valenta Arabica. We qu ote the following :—Cure No. 52,087 —Field Marshal Duke of Pluskow , of a g astric in flammation of the stomach. Cure No. 51,614--Baron de Polentz, Prefect of Langenau, of many years' horrible suf fering of the nerves and an obstinate constipation. Cure No. 48,721 —General Baron de Zaluskowski, of many years fearful disorders of the digestive function. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia—The right honourable tho Lord Stuart d e p ec ies, Cure No. 42,116 —Major Edie of enlarge ment of the liver and total prostration of strength. Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment-, and expense may be avoided by using Du Barry's Fcod which, at a few pence per day, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, without purging, constipation,. indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificat No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorl an d, Dr. Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. NeTill'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 i mpos i tion in one a rticle must expect to be distrust e d i n a ll others. Pac k e d in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 48. 6d. ; 51b. Hs. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, a nd Co. ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street • 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox ford-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement; Phillips and Ce, tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and ing William-street, City ; at 127, High Holborn ; azd C0., ;21. grocers. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL--SEPT. 14. There was a fair attendance of both millers and dealers at this morning's market, with a good consumptive demand for wheat, which may be quoted at about late rates. Flour was not pressed for sale, and consequently no cheaper. In In dian corn there was a moderate business done, at scarcely Tuesday's rates. Oats gave way in price. Oatmeal was in moderate request, at lower prices', New fine cut oat meal sold at from 33s to 34s 6d per load. Beans, peas, and. barley remain without alteration, with a retail demand. WAKEFIELD-SEPT. 14. The wegther has been generally fine since h'st Friday, and harvest is making rapid progress. We have a thin at tendance to-day, with a very fair trade. The show of new. wheat is pretty good, varying much in quality and condi tion, at irregular prices —white, 62s ; red, 50s to 60s per qr_ New barley scarce, at 40s to 445. Other articles at about previous rates. MANSFIELD —SETT. 13. A moderate show of wheat at market to-day, for which the trade was inactive for roost samples, at a decline of 1s on last week. Barley rather dearer. Beans and oats were scarce. Whiteruled at 65s to 7 1 s , re d 62s to 66s p er q r.. Barley, 29s to 458 ; oats, 28s to 0 2 s ; beans, 47s to 525; peas, —s to —s. EXETER—SEPT. 1 4 . A fair businees was done in the corn market to-day, a Wheat, white 8s Od t o O s Od Barley.. ..... , 4 the following - prices : s 4d to 4s 6cl 7s 9d to Os Od I Oats .. ....... 36 4d to 4s Od Ditto red - ... k. -- Flour, fine, 45s to —s ; seconds, 43s to —s per sac. CATTLE. There was a small attendance of dealers at the market, owing to the harvest. Business dull. Fat beef,p score, lls to 11s6d Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 614 Perk carcases,do lls to 12s Od Wethers, d 0...... bid to 7cl Sheep, per lb. 7d to —d Fat calves, d 0.... 6id to 7 d Rough fat, 4d per lb. BRISTOL SITGAR—SETT. 14, We have had but a moderate demand for sugars this week, and the market closes heavily both for fair and re fined descriptions. Jamaica, 38s to 41s; Barbadoes, 3QB to 44s 6d. Nothing doing in rums. COAL MAR} (Prices of Coal per Ton at :ET—SErr. 14. the elope el' the market.) Walls:End. s. d. Buddle'slYest Hartley 16 0 Tanfield Moor 13 9 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 9 Howard's West Hart- e. d. I Heugh Hall 18 9 Kelloe ...... l9 3 Whitworth 16 6 Eden lB 9 Hunwick ... 16 6 Frainwellgate lB 9 Russel's Het ton 18 9 Car. & DuffrynMailting22 6 I, 21; sold, 20. ley 16 0 Davison's West Hart- ley ....16 0 West Hartley 16 0 Walla End. Hetton .. 2O 0 Ships at niarke RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE NVEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ____......._ ~...-.......--„ 1800. 1859. 1860. 1859. --- X X Belfast and N, Counties 65 65 1,393 1,243 Belfast and County Down 20 20 622 527 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 3,140 2,9 37 Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 1,967 1,679 Bristol and Exeter 125 125 7,128 7,6 30 Caledonian Ches.&Holyhead(withMold) 94 - - Cockermouth & Workington 81 9 4 304 272 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 392 344 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 65 330 C ornwa ll Deeside l7 17 381 354 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,419 1,337 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,753 1,875 Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 401 401 2,477 2,281 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath 1 74 174 78i 662 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 31 1,114 1,109 East Anglian 674 674 832 951 E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 489 26,859 27,064 East Kent l9l - - - E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105 - - Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,716 3,526 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western 1834 1834 8,278 7,354 Great Northern 283 283 27,753 26,383 Great North of Scotland 91.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 226 8,981 7,671 Great Western 466 466 37,418 26,383 Hull and Holderness - - inverness & Aberdeen June 55 55 964 873 Irish South-Eastern 251 251 374 248 Killarney Junction 4l 41 - ... Lancaster and Carlisle (in Kendal and Windermere) 1 100 - - Lanc. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 395 395 41,987 37,68* Limerick and Foynes 2 26 195 230 Llanelly 4 4 534 618 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 54 1,849 1,841 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast. 2234 2024 22,231 20,444 L'derry and Enniskillen - - Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 421 40 - _ Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh 173 1734 12,246 10,780 Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9 91 1,192 902 Maryport and Carlisle Midland Midland G t.Westn. of Irind. •177 177 4,354 4,679 Monkland 52 52 1,541 1,527 monmoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,318 2,409 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,580 3,444 Newport,Aberg.,& Herefor 5O 60 - - North British (in. Dalkeith) 161 161 6,787 6,228 North Devon 35 35 566 562 North-Eastern 764 764 44,861 41,135 North London 9. 9 2,779 2,629 North Staffordshire ' 246 233 8,288 7 , 930 North-Western 464 461 _ _ N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 101 - _ - Oxford, Wore., & Wolver - Peebles lBl 181 _ _ St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 2 ,114 1,913 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 4,610 4,260 Shrewsbury & Birmingham 294 294 2,215 2,137 Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 291 291 880 796 South Devon South-Eastern 306 302 28,661 27,640 South Wales l7ll 171/ 9,916 7,921 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 108 3,097 2,286 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 53 53 5,019 4,289 Ulster Ul v erstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath 2 54 25 4 1,703 1,535 Warrington and Stockport lO - - - Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 - - Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 274 274 807 773 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail 39 39 5,198 3,691 W hit e h av en Junction l2 12 649 557 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 697 570 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt. 7 7 447 329 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,294 1,116 Austrian B2B 673 43,727 43,424 Belgian Eastern Junction 264 264 253 275 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and 31ilwaukie Grand Trunk of Canada 970 18 5 185 2,760 2,361 Dutch Rl,nisli 880 12,480 9531, Great Indian Peninsula 277 1941 3,223 3,257 Great Luxembourg l2B 122 3,395 2,695 Great Western of Canada 345 315 9,284 7,553 Lombardo-Venetian 285 285 - - Lyons and Geneva 142 142 7,476 6,181 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 310 284 16,341 10,547 Maria Antonia 2l 21 - - Northern of France 613 602 51,253 46,906 Norwegian Trunk 44 44 999 1,092 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 840 86,426 85,023 Paris and Orleans 922 922 55,890 53,209 Paris and Strasburg 1,032 1,016 - - Royal Danish 69 69 649 618 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,261 1,183 Southern of France 777 773 21,593 19,721 West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 742 730 46,408 26,017 THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) • • • • • • .. • • • • Sept. 18. Do. (via MareeMes) Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde .. Oct. 5. Sept. 22. B ue nos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. • .. Oct. E. CBanahaadmaasandvHiaavGaaniawa(wyp . NewY . ork) :: Cape of? &c. ( Good Hope, &c. .. • • .. Oct. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) Sept. 18. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &o. (via Southampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Sept. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. 19. Lisbon. • • • • • • .. .. Sept. 21. Cuba and Mexico „ .. Sept. 13. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (vi a S outhampton) .. Sept. 18. Do. Vigo, and Oporto (via M arse ill es ) .. S e pt. 12. .. .. Sept. 21. United States, California •. • .. .. Sept. 19. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira . , Teneriffe Overdue. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Sept. 13. BIRTHS. BLOMEFIELD..--0 /1 the 12th inst., at Pontefract, the wife of the Rev. Sir T. E. W. Blomefield, Bart., of a dant).- Cr. OLIVER.-011 the 13th inst., at Sidney H ouse, Tunbridge- Wells, the wif e o f C a ptain W. B, Oliver, Royal Navy, of a son. TROUBRIDGE.—On the 13th jut., at Runoton. Hall, Lady Troubridge, of a son. MARRIAGES. MACNA.l3ll—Hoag.—On the 13th inst., at St. Martin's-in the-fields, James Win. Macnabb, Esq., eldest son of the late James Munro Macnabb. Esq., of Highfield House, Hants, to Amy, daughter of Sir James Weir Hogg. MITCHELL—WILDMAN.—On the 13th inst., C. Cecil Mitchell, Esq., late Lieut. R.N., to Montagne Marian, the eldest surviving daughter of Richard Wildman, Esq., of Lowndes-square. DEATHS. BLAicEv Av .—On the 10th inst., G. Blakeway, Esq., of anwell Middlesex, aged 75. - Shortlands, Oy s t ermouth, near Swansea, Lieut. Colonel Hugh Dive, aged 86. ELDR/D .—On the 14th inst., at Guildford Surrey, Thomas Eldrid, Esq., aged 63. , JARDINE.—On the 13th inst., at The Heath, Weybridge, after a few days' illness, aged 66, David Jardine, Esq., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at -law, and of 23, Cum berland. terrace, Regent's -park. LEVY.—On the 13th inst., at Upper Montague-street, Rus sell-square, N. Levy, Esq., aged 73. YEOMAN,—On the 13th inst., at Marsk Hall, Yorkshire, the Lady Margaret Bruce Yeoman, aged 64. WILD.—On the 14th inst., at 13, Catherine-street, Strand, Mr. Lancelot Wild, aged 65. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the oonnty •f 14144) ,Po:, Saturday, September 16, 1860. I