The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-27 00:00:00

The Osborne, Admiralty yacht, Master. Comma nder. Bower, is under orders to proceed from Ports mouth to Holyhead to be in attendance on the Lords of the Admiralty. Her Majesty's War Department steamers Lord Panmnre and Balaklava arrived at Woolwich on Saturday from Dublin and Devonport. The Etna, 16, floating battery, 200 horse power, has nearly completed her repairs at Chatham dock yard, and will be ready to be undocked at the ap proaching spring tides. This vessel is found to be in a sounder and in every respect better condition than either of the floating batteries which have yet been examined. The immense strength of her con struction and the thickness of the wrought-iron plates with which she is protected render her al- most invulnerable to anything but the Armstrong and Whitworth rifled cannon. At a meeting of the Great Yarmouth Town Coun cil, held in the course of last week, it was stated offi cially that the fort projected at the mouth of that harbour would, in all probability, be commenced during the present year. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander 0. M. Crewe Read, to the Cumberland ; Commander F. T. C. Strode, to the Eagle, commissioned as a traini ng s hi p ; Li eut. Francis Hewson, to the Hogue, additional, for ser vice in the Harpy, tender; Charles S. Broome, mid shipman, to the Diadem; Colman M. Hammond, second master, to the Avon; Thomas H. Hayman, second master, to the Lizard; John Williams, second masts; to the Rhadamanthus ; Percy C. Smith, master's-assistant, to the Emerald ; John M'Lloyd, master's-assistant, to the Diadem; Augustus A. Jayne, clerk, to, the Centurion ; and Thomas Mit chell, clerk, to the Cornwallis. T.H.E ARMY. - - Three troops of the Ist (or Royal) Dragoons left Dublin on Thursday, two to be stationed at New bridge and one at the Curragh Camp. Tho 2d (or Royal North British) Dragoons arri ve d i n D u b l i n on Thursday from the Curragh, and occupied quar ters in Island-bridge Barracks. The 4th Light Dragoons arrived in Dublin on the same day from the Curragh, and occupied quarters in Portobello Barracks. We understand (says a Dublin paper) that the Ourragh Camp will shortly be broken up. for the Winter. The Himalya, screw troopship, Capt. T. Seccombe, embarked the troops enumerated in The Sun of the 22d inst. alongside Portsmouth Dockyard on Satur day, and sailed for Plymouth Sound and the Medi terranean at 6 a.m. yesterday. The detachment of the 2d Queen's which was ordered to disembark at Gibraltar, and wait there the return of the head quarters of the regiment in the Himalaya on her return from 'Corfu, are now ordered to proceed to Corfu direct to join bead-quarters there. On the Himalaya's arrival at Corfu she will be placed at the 'disposal of the authorities, in the event of her bein i ; required for particular service. The follow-• ing acre the names of the officers embarked with the troops :—For Gibraltar.—Lieut. Harrison, 2d Bat talion 7th ; Assist.-Surg. Jay, 2d Battalion Bth ; Capt. (Very, Lieut. Davidson, and Ensigns Lawrell and Tanner, 100th Foot. For Malta.—Lieut. Groans :and Surg. Crocker, 2d Battalion 3d ; Assist.- Surg_ Hinton, 2d Battalion 15th • Ensigns Gar wood and Farley, 2d Battalion .22c1.; and • Capt. Hill, 40th Foot. For Corfu. - -Ensign Bates and Surg. Hindley, 2d Battalion 2d; and Ensign Wil liams„ 2d Battalion 4th. One sergeant, 14 men, three women, and three children *of the 53dRegia merit Also embarked for pa s S a ge head-quar -ters 91 the regiment at Devenpcx . t:- . :- Ti to batt er i es from the 15th 1 14.;_gade of Royal Arti: kry, :Antioned at Gospore,.,-?rill early this mon - iT;ig erabirk on b ear d a steanicr at the :Royal . Claretace-yard, and be conveyed out to Spithead, whet:a they will be transshipped on board her Ma jesty'a: ship Emerald, 51, screw, Capt. H. Cumming, for cortYcyanee to Alderney, where they will re lieve two batteries of the 10th Brigade, which will return race Spithead on board the Emerald. The detachment of the Bth (King's Own) arrived from Lo tia on board the Lady Clarendon are hourly expected to arrive at Portsmouth, and will be sta tioned at P,trkhurst, Isle of Wight, until the ari 1 - al of head-qn avers from India, which according to Vrese at arrange,nents,will be stationed in the south west district. The City of Lon don Hon. Artillery Company ar -rived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon by steamet from Ryde, Isle of 'Night, on the way- from San rum to London; Thee weather has been most un a"uxable durini , the s tay of the corps in the island, and but little profitable practice or pleasure has re. suited from . 1. Th e tnriir . visit. . E uachrnents of the Royal Artillery, Royal nganear s • tpr teed' ‘ 1 I.l d St. .1 - 1 elena Regiment selected t 0 St. 11 - elena will embark at G ravesen d on Thursda y xt , Akbar, which board the chartered v esse l Artillery, -. 9, s of the Royal Pl ,, ars of the Royal Engineers; and 182 nott.commussiened'. officers and men of the St. Helena itegiment. fro t 3 the depot of that corps at Chatham: The Royal Artillery and Royal Engi neers are to be employaed in repairing th e p resen t and erecting additional fn;-ii.fications at the island, 32 nod 3 8 pounder „(runs with and mounting the which the defences are taa be f artaithed. The Akbar (pi, witty of milit ary stores for will also tak e o u t a the island 1:.; , , wno has recently Ciipt. A. P.Lei.nprie.re, t hry NortA Liert.-Col. Hawkins, returned. to England frd 'fl --merica. n boundary ex nediti D - n, uud er R.E., } 1 • , u3 oeri ord,ir e d, -,. 0 join ben4.-quarters at th e Royal Engineer los t; l tblishn lent, ChAtham. A rumour h:is,bc eh. f or ',.. ome d a ys in circulation in Woolwich Arsoizi to the effect that Sir W. Arm stroirg was about to re sign the Superintendence of the Rifled Ordnance Department ; and on Saturday it was announced as a faCt that, although i r y his re- aignation had not be 1 accepted by the Government, A letter from Malta:dated Aug: 21, says : " Since despatching my letter on Saturday there have been two or three further arrivals of French steamers, with troops, mules, and stores, on the way to Beyrout. On the 18th, tlie steam transport Reine Mathilde came into port, from Illarseilles, with 1 officer, 14 men, 23 mules, and provisions. On the following day, the Messageries Imperiales steamer Jourdain arrived from Algiers, with 16 officers, 25 non-commissioned officers , and 486 men; also, t he French steam corvette Eumenide, from. Toulon, but she brought no troops. All these ves sels, except the Eumenide, which is still here, left with all possible despat c h for Beyrout. " The Ottoman steam 'yacht El Hami Pasha, Capt. T.' Hinson, arrived on the 18th, from London, in 92 days, Falmouth and Scilly 47, Gibraltar 32, and Bona 5, and left to-day for Constantinople. " On the 19th the Turkish screw frigate Mil biri Surnr arrived from Tripoli, with the en-Gover nor-General of that province, Haggi Ahmet Izet Pasha, who has lately been recalled by the Sultan for maladministration, and Mahmond Pasha ap pointed in his place. Izet Pasha is accompanied by his suite. The submarine and subterranean electric cables, to connect the different forts of Malta with head-quarters at the Palace, have arrived from Eng land, and were to be tested yesterday by the officers of the Royal Engineer department.' A letter from Corfu, dated Aug. 8, received by the Magwra, says : " Her Majesty's frigate Doris returned to this port on the 26th ult., and remains on this station. A transport ship is expected here shortly to take the 2d battalion of the 9th Regiment to relieve the 2d battalion of the 2d Regiment at Santa Maura and Cephalonia, the latter regiment being ordered to Gibraltar, vice the 25th R eg i men t , or d ere d h ome. This will reduce our garrison to one battalion. Three men of the 4th and 9th Regiments were tried on Monday, the 6th instant, on separate charges for striking and threatening to strike their officers, and sentenced severally to four, six, and ttn years' imprisonment. Another letter from Corfu, dated Aug. 18, says— " Her Majesty's gunboat Alacrity arrived here from the Adriatic on the 13th inst. His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner left Corfu at three p.m. on the 15th, in the lonian Government steamer for a trip to the islands. Her Majesty's frigate Doris accompanied him in his trip, which will pro bably extend over three weeks or a month. Her Majesty's steam troopship Magmra arrived from Malta at two p.m. on the 15th. The screw steam gun vessel Torch, 5, Commander T. H. Smith, from Chatham, bound to the coast of Africa, arrived at Plymouth on Friday ; her defects will be made good in the Sound. The troopship Lady Clarendon, from Calcutta, which landed the 53d Regiment at Plymouth on Thursday, left the Sound on Friday, under tow of a Government steamer, but owing to a strong gale from the west war d was obliged to return to her anchorage. Preparations are being made in the slip of the Devonport dockyard, from which the Gibraltar was recently launched, to lay down the keel of the screw steamship Ocean, 101. The new atoreship Rhadamanthus, F. R. Star dee master, on passage with machinery from Wool wich for Devonport, will, on arrival, be cleared with all despatch. The new contract-built steamboat Heron, at Devonport, having had her planking examined, is to be coppered. The Russian , screw frigate Gromoby, 50, Capt. Ponafldine, from , Cronstadt, last from Torquay, ar rived in Plymouth' Sound on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning saluted the flag of Port-Ad miral Sir Arthur Fanshawe, K.C.8., which was acknowledged by the Impregnable, 104, Capt. Lord Frederick Kerr, in Hamoaze. the Secretary of State for War had requested him 1 to retain his pc* until the close of the present sea sion of Parliament, when anew arrangement would be finally made. It is supposed that the long-con templated intention of re-appointing a Director- General of Artillery, which has been strongly re• commended by the Military Organization Com mittee, will be acted upon, and that Col. Tulloh, the present Inspector-General, will receive the ap pointment, uniting under one head the Director- Generalship of Artillery and the manufacturing branches of the Arsenal throughout. In addition to the above announcement it is stated that the superintendence of the royal gun factories will be assumed in chief by Mr. John Anderson, the present resident or assistant superintendent, who has car ried out with perfect success the absolute direction of the department, with an occasional visit only of Sir W. Armstrong, since its foundation under the new system. THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. In accordance with arrangements stipulated be tween the commanding officers of the corps and Viscount Sydney, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, a strong body of the Royal Arsenal Volunteers at Woolwich mustered on Saturday at 3 o'clock for the purpose of a general inspection by his loidship. At half-past 4 o'clock Lord and Lady Sydney ar rived at the Arsenal, and the inspection commenced shortly after. The men were drawn up in line to the number of about 1,500 of all ranks, and ex tended the entire length of the avenue from the paper factory to the archway at theentrance of the Royal gun factories. The Artillery Brigade was commanded by Captain Ellis, in the absence of Colonel Fullom on leave, and the battalions of Rifles were in command of Colonel Parkyn and Colonel Anderson. His Lordship, accompanied by Colonel Tulloh, Brigadier of the corps, Colonel Morris, Colonel Luard, and Major Oram, rode up to the front of the column, upon which the men fell into open order and presented arms. The three bands united thereupon and struck up the national air. His lordship and Staff then rode down the front of the line, and went through the inspection, carefully examining the appearance and bearing of each man; and, having assembled the commanding officers, he desired them to make known the satis faction which he had derived from the inspection of the corps, established for the protection of the Royal Arsenal, and to assure them he was confident that the trust which her Majesty had so willingly confided to them would never be misapplied or dis graced by one among them. He could, he said, but admire and extol their ready and persevering loyalty, even under the adverse state of the wea ther, when so many were assembled, which was a good guarantee for their honesty of purpose. The corps then marched past and ?proceeded up Wel lington-street, along the front of the Artillery bar racks, and returned by the Old Charlton-road, when they again assembled in the Arsenal and were dismissed. A Volunteer review took place on Thursday in Oakley Park, Suffolk, the seat of Sir E. C. Kerri son, M.P. The Volunteers present comprised the companies formed at Eye, Stradbroke, and Botes dale, which are upwards of 160 strong. A variety of manoeuvres were creditably executed, and the Volunteers were afterwards entertained at dinner by Sir Edward Kerrison, M.P., and Lord Henni ker, M.P. The Bristol and Glocestershire Artillery and the City of Bristol Rifle Volunteer Corps were to have 'been inspected on Saturday by Col. M'Murdo, C. 8., Inspector-General of Volunteers. Great prepara tions had been made for the event. The Duke of Beaufort despatched the Stapleton and Dodding ton troops of the Royal Glocestershire Hussars to keep the ground. The ladies of Clifton and the vicinity had subscribed for some handsome silver bugles, which 3 were to have been presented to the two corps by the Mayoress (Mrs. Bates) and Mrs. General Whish. The weather, however, proved so unpropitious that the inspection was abandoned. The Nottingham Robin Hood Rifle Corps has advanced to a very efficient state with respect to drill. The ladies of Nottingham have commenced a sub scription for the purpose of presenting the nine companies of the corps with a silver bugle each, with banneret and colours ; also with a horse for the use of the adjutant. The amount of the funds raised now exceeds £l3O, but no specific date has yet been named for the presentation to take place. In a short time the Peterborough Rifle Corps will be presented with a silver bugle. The ceremony of the presentation is to be performed by Lady Ver non and the Hon. Mrs. C. W. Fitzwilliam. A butt is being erected for rifle practice at the expense of the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam (captain of the corps) on the Caistor-fields, in the neighbourhood of Pe terborough. The Holbeach Volunteer Corps assembled for ball practice a few days ago, when the result was most satisfactory, the number of points obtained by the three successful competitors being 80, 19, and 18. The average number of each member was 15-1. There were also present detachments of the Boston, 11th Glocestershire, Cirencester, and Westminster Rifle Corps on the ground. Tha great Rifle Volunteer review, to take place at Glocester on the 18th of September, is likely to be remarkable as a military display. Already about 40 corps have intimated their intention of attend ing, and to this number an addition of 40 more' is expected. They will come chiefly from the county of Glocester and surrounding counties. The Go vernment has appointed Colonel Dick, Assistant- Inspector of Volunteers, to superintend the details, and excursion trains on tke Great Western, Mid land, South Wales, and Hereford, Ross, and Glo cester Railways will be run. The Glocestershire Hussars will attend the review. The Duke of Beau fort has intimated his intention of " franking" the Badminton troop to and from Glocester .on the occasion. The Worcestershire Volunteers, which consist of 18 companies, hove been constituted two battalions —No. 1, consisting of 10 companies, under the com mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Knight, M.P. ; and No. 2, consisting of eight companies, commanded by Lieutenant• Colonel Scobell. On Saturday a meet ing of captains was held at Worcester to take steps for acquiring some proficiency in battalion drill, preparatory to the review at Glocester, at which the two battalions will attend. The Stourport com pany have commenced rifle practice at targets placed on Hartlebury-common. The other Wor cestershire corps continue steadily their regular drills. Under the superintendence of Captain Hornby, R.N. (the Earl of Derby's representative), Major Harman, the Assistant-Inspector of Volunteers, and Captain George Molly, the arrangements for the Knowsley review have been completed. They' are calculated to give general satisfaction. The forth coming event has created so much interest in Liverpool that for weeks past all the public vehicles have been engaged by persons intending to be present. I - Lieutenant-Colene,l Gladstone and Major Tinley, of the 2d battalion Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, are vigorOusly exerting themselves , to render the Hightown Shooting-ground a model establishment. Already they have erected 15 perfect ranges, from 300 to , 1,100 yards in length, arid they purpose erecting 15 more. If necessary the range can be in creased to a mile with safety. In order to enable Volunteers to render themselves competent to shoot for the prizes at the county meeting in October next, the terms for the privilege of practisino. at Hightown have bean arran ge d on a very liberal 6 scale. Honorary menabis pay 1.: i 2 2s. per annum ; . honorary effective •mqruhers (that is, persons con nected withaoy_corps) pay £1 is. only. Members of the 2d battalion pay 10s.• 6d. per annum. The object is to make the ranges as generally useful as possible. Very comfortable and healthy" arrange ments have been made for the early encampment of the 2d battalion at Hightown. 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City ;at 127, Wood and Co., King Williain-street, ' NORTH STAFFORtISHIRE. The report of the directors of this company states that the policy of the board has never'been aggres sive, but they have been too frequently forced into litigation and Parliamentary contest in defence of the interest of the proprietors. Mutual concessions, however, and the consequent amicable arrange ments entered into with all opponents, have left them free to develope the resources of the line ; and although they have still to liquidate law expenses already incurred, little outlay in Parliamentary or legal controversy with other companies has this year been requisite, nor is it anticipated that it will be necessary in future. CORNWALL. The directors' report states that although the proceeds of the half-year have not fully come up to what might have been expected, the resources of the county are being steadily' developed; large quantities of potatoes and other vegetables, and fish, hiwe passed over the line, and the advantages which have been supplied by this improved mode of tran sit have been so appreciated in the London markets, and have afforded such facilities to producers in the west of Cornwall, that a continued aid considerable increase of traffic from these sources may be reason ably expected when better appliances have been secured for the purpose. The receipts on account of revenue have been £29,144, and the working ex penses £17,328, leaving a surplus of £11,815, but as the amount of interest falling due in the half-year on debentures, guaranteed shares, and on money re ceived on loan from the associated companies, and payable:exactly at the end of the half-year, amounted to £22,287, the financial result of the working of the line, from its opening to the 30th June last, is a debt on the revenue account of £6,433. Several circum stances, partly arising from the imperfect completion of the line as a whole, and others of a temporary and accidental character, have contributed to this result. Until the beginning of this half-year little was done in the way of goods' traffic ; and the appliances for this branch of the business, notwithstanding every exertion was used to provide them, were not in a state of tolerable efficiency until the end of February, and even these additions and improvements were required; but none of them have been in use long enough to have had any effect on the accounts of the current half-year. One of the most serious obstacles to the proper development of the traffic from the west of Cornwall, aid particularly in the carriage of fish and vegetables, has resulted from the con tinuance of the narrow gauge on the West Corn wall line. The directors therefore, have been under the necessity of pressing on the West Cornwall Com pany the expediency of taking measures to terminate at the earliest possible mornent an exceptional sys tem, which the directors believe to be equally pre judicial to the public in general. The directors continue to look, as they have ever done, to the ex tension of the line to Falmouth as the natural and legitimate means of completely developing the re sources of the undertaking. They have now brought the whole question before the associated companies in a manner which they hope will lead to a decision, and they have observed with much pleasure the progress which is being made in the construction of the docks at Falmouth. The revenue account showed that £1,512,087 had been received, and £1,517,836 expended, leaving a balance against the company of £5,749. DUBLIN, WICKLOW, AND WEXFORD. The report of the directors states that, notwith standing the long winter and the continuance of in clement weather during the spring and summer months of the past half year, there had been an increase of the traffic receipts. The increase of traffic receipts on the Wicklow line amounted to £991, and on the Kingstown line to £174, making together £1,165, as com pared with the corresponding half of 1859. On the whole year, ended the 30th of June, 1860, as compared with the - corresponding. previous 12 months, there had been an increase of traffic re ceipts of £5,127, viz., £3,519 on the Wicklow line (on which the traffic amounted to £38,905 as against £35,386), and of £1,608 on the Kingstown line, on which the traffic receipts were £61,832, against £60,!24. The total receipts on both lines for-the half-year ending 30th June last amounted to £46,174 including £28,222 on the Kingstown line, and £18,620 expended, inclnding £9,698 on the Kings town line, leaving a balance of £27,554. Out of this sum was paid to the Kingstown Company and its officers £18,593, leaving as the net profit for the half-year £8,961. The interest, rent, rates, and taxes absorbed £8,668, leaving £293. To this sum was added the balance brought from the preceding account of £6,382, making a not sum of £6,5:5 to the credit of revenue. The gross revenue of the Kingstown line for the year just closed having ex ceeded £55,000, the Kingstown Company had be come entitled, under the lease, to the contingent rent of 30 per cent of such excess, in additidn to the fixed rent and the compensation rent for diversion of traffic under the agreement of Oct. 1, 1859. The payments of these three rents amounted to £17,914. The bill promoted in Parliament by the two com panies, for giving validity to the agreement of Oct. 1859, received the royal assent on the 25th May ;girt. Out of the balance of £6,575 the dividend for the half-year on the 6 per cent. preference shares was payable. The final call on those shares having been made, they had now been fully made up ; and the dividend for the half-year ended 30th June last amounted to about £5,989, leaving the surplus (£586) to be carried forward to next account. The arrangements of this company for its'part of the improved postal and passenger communication with Eagland t has been completed.. The works on the first section of the Gorey Extension line were in active progress, and the remainder of the exter sion down to Enniscorthy had been laid out, and the working plans were near completion. The act for the extension from Gorey to Enniscorthy was passed on the 15th of May, and the shares by means of which the capital for Gorey and Ennis corthy extension was to be raised were in course of issue. It had been found expedient to continue the doubling of the line from Dundrum to Bray, with a view to the more convenient working of the in creased traffic on the Bray line; and a new station had been established at Miltown, on that line. The capital account of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Water ford Company showed that £1,019,168 had been received, and £985,169 expended, leaving a balance of £33,999. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK. The directors of this company state in their report that the receipts for the past half-year amounted to £32,278, against £31,908, showing an increase over the corresponding half of last year of £370. After payment of the working expenses of the line, the interest on loans, and dividend on preference shares, there remained a balance available for divi dend on the original shares of £3,561. The direc tors therefore recommended that a dividend of Ss. per share (being at the rate of 1 per cent. per an num) be paid on the original £5O shares, and on the quarter shares in the like proportion, free of income tax ; and that the balance, £1,061, be carried to credit of the current half-year. The increase on the traffic had been less than on some former occa sions, caused by the general failure of the root crops, which affected the traffic in live stock, pre venting the increised development which had for • The revenue account for the half-year ending the, 30th of June showed that £43,531 had been re ceived for passengers, &c., against £40,965 for the corresponding half of 1859, showing an increase of £2,566. The receipts for goods and minerals amounted to £98,427, against £85,765, showing an increase of £12,662. The receipts for the canal amounted to £69,863, against £67,233 at the cor responding period of last year ; and the expendi ture to £27,116, against £26,533, showing an in crease of £583. The net profit of the canals amounted to £42,747, against £40,700 in the cor responding half of 1859, showing an increase of £2,047. The quantity of materials, such as rails, chairs, fish-plates, &c., required in the half-year for the maintenance and renewal of permanent way has been considerably in excess of any former similar period; but the directors see no reason to depart from their uniform course of charging the whole to revenue, rather than to adopt the practice, now very generally pursued by other railway com panies, of carrying any part of it to a suspense ac count, to be redeemed in fixed yearly amounts from future revenue. The rates received on the Bid dulph line for 32,677 tons of minerals and goods amounted to £3,836. But this must not be taken as any criterion of the value of this extension of the North Staffordshire mineral trade. No passengers have as yet been carried over it. The directors, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts, lay ing aside a reserve of £3,000, and paying every expense chargeable to revenue, are enabled to re commend to their shareholders a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, which will leave a balance of £1,040 for next account. The articles of agreement between the London and North-Western and the North Staffordshire Companies have re ceived the sanction of the London and North-West. ern proprietors, convened at a special meeting. The capital account showed that the total amount autho rised was £5,820,000, of which £436,033 remained uncalled. The total expenditure on account of the canal was £1,170,000, and on the railway £4,191,179 —together£ 5,361,179. The balance in han dam ounted to £22,717. The canal revenue for the half-year ending the 30th June amounted to £69,863, and the expenditure. to £27,116, leaving a balance of £42,746. The railway revenue amounted to £156,283, in cluding £12,476 from the London and North-West ,ern, and the expenses to £77,900, tolls to Midland £3,884, leaving a balance of £74,499. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1860. POLICE some time been progressive in all its branches, and ,in the single item of pigs causing a diminution on the half-year of over £1,360. The outlay charged to capital expenditure was much reduced this half year, having been in the half-year ending June, 1859, £6,457 ; December, 1859, £6,050 ; June, 1860, £3,451. The outlay had been for addition to rolling stock, £1,237; Parliamentary expenses, £754 ; and works along the line, £978. The com pany's bill, which had been unanimously approved by the proprietors, received the royal assent July 23. The rejection of the bill for the sale of the Kilkenny Railway opened the way for negotiations with the directors of that company, which had terminated in the Limerick Company undertaking an agree ment for the working of the Waterford and Kil kenny line, which was to take effect as soon as pos sible; also a prospective agreement for the working of the extension line to Mountrath, for which a bill had been obtained, and which they trusted would afford a considerable increase of traffic. They had also within the last few weeks completed arrange ments with the Limerick and Castleconnel Company for the working of their extension line, which was open to Birdhill, and in course of completion to Killaloe. These agreements had been arranged on terms which, while advantageous to the other com panies, would, the directors trusted, be found fairly remunerative to their company. The capital ac count showed that £1,197,257 had been received, £1,233,815 expended, leaving a balance of £36,558 against the company. The revenue account for the half-year ending 30th of Jane showed that £32,278 had been received, and £13,600, or 42.14 per cent. expended, leaving a balance of £18,671. NOTTINGHAM AND GRANTHAM. The report of the directors states that the name of this undertaking was changed by the Actovhich received the royal assent on the 15th of May last, from the Ambergate, Nottingha m , an d B os t on, to that of the N ott i ngham and Grantham Rail way and Canal Company. The other principal fea tures of the Act were a reduction of the share capital to £1,014,000, in lieu of £1,056,250, and of the bor rowing powers from £358,333 to £265,000. Look ing to the desirability, as expressed by the proprie tors 12 months since, of discharging the existing debenture debt of the company as from time to time it became due, and there being many proprietors who desired at once to pay up in full, the directors had resolved to a:low interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum to shareholders paying up the un called £2 per share of the capital. The general business of the undertaking contrasted favourably With that of the same time last year, or any similar period, the increase on the railway being in every class, and amounting in gross t0 . X3,253, while the tonnages on the canals showed an addition of £139. The amount received of the Great Northern Com pany for traffic, station rent, and interest, with the net earnings of the navigatious, showed a balance to the credit of revenue of £14,878, which would admit of a dividend of 3s. 6d. per share, or 31 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £9l. The capital account showed that £1,029,041 had been received and £1,028,987 expended, leaving a balance of £54. The revenue for the half-year ending the 30th of June on the Nottingham canal amounted to £3,132, the expenses to £994, and the balance to £2,138. The receipts on the , Grantham canal amounted to £2,164, the expenses to £714, and the balance to £1,450. Those balances, added to £15,213 received from the Great Northern, and £Bl from the last account, amounted to £18,882, the interest on loans and the expenses to £4,004, leav ing £14,878 for dividend. LONDON DISTRICT TELEGRAPH. The half yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday at the London Tavern—Mr. Taylor in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report,which stated that the total .capital paid up to the 30th of June was 'X24,472. The directors regret that in consequence of unexpected difficulties the contractor had been unable to continue the work, leaving about 30 miles incomplete, which will be immediately commenced by the company's engineer on a different plan, but within the original estimate. During the past half year private wires have been erected for different firms, with whoni agreements have been concluded for forwarding messages from any of the company's stations free of charge to the sender. The directors have decided on the erection of wires round the Isle of Dogs, by which the large shipbuilding, en gineering, and other establishments in that locality will be served, and also to run lines parallel with the bank of the Thames by which an improved sys tem of communication between the several wharves and warehouses will be established. The profit and loss account showed the receipts for the half year to be £551, and the expenses £2,282. The engi neers' report stated that the new lines completed embrace extensions to the Commercial -road, Poplar, East and West India Dock-road, Bunhill-row, Blackfriars-road, Westminster-road, Great Northern Railway Coal Depot, and Paddington. Eleven ad ditional miles of wire have been added to the exist ing supports. Twenty-nine new offices have been fitted with instruments, the total number being 80. The CHAIRMAN said they only commenced their works in February last year, and had not yet had an opportunity of seeing the results. One of the difficulties they had had was that of obtaining a staff of young ladies ' which had been att en d e d with great anxiety, b u t had been eventually overcome, and they now had 90 of these operatives, who were now educated in the working of the system, and were equal to the requirements of the whole of their offices when open. Another of their difficulties had been that of getting the consent of persons to allow them to carry the wires over their houses. The directors had thought that, as they brought the system to every man's door, there would have been no difficulty in getting their con sent; but, on the contrary, in many instances they had been obliged to give a trifling consi deration for that privilege, and in some cases they had had to take the wires down again. The directors had decided to reduce their own remune ration fixed by the shareholders at £l,OOO to £5OO. After some comments on the position of the company, and pointing out that the share holders could not reasonably expect any large re turn or increase of business until the whole of their system was completed, The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Alderman ROSE seconded the motion, which, after some discussion, was carried unani mously, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings. FALMOUTH DOCKS. The report of the directors stated that since the meeting in February last, the works had been car ried on in a satisfactory manner, although impeded by the unfavourable, weather. The Prince of Wales Breakwater had been completed with . granite for a length of 310 feet, being beyond low water mark, from which point its construction would be continued as quickly as possible. Great progress had been made in the excavation of the graving dock, the granite work for the caisson was in course of erection, and would.speedily be completed. The gridiron was also far advanced. A large portion of the rock from the graving dock having been found suitable - for filling the breakwater, an exca vation for a second dock would shortly be com menced, from which the further quantity of stone required for that purpose would be supplied. The directors anticipated that the breakwater, graving dock, and gridiron would be ready for - use at the end of thisyear, and they intended to erect a ware house on a suitable spot. 'The Cornwall Railway Company had surveyed a line to connect their un dertaking with the docks, which would 'admit of favourable gradients and easy works. The present capital of the company amounted •to £42,675, and as the directors were satisfied that this amount would enable them to carry out the section of the works now in progress, they proposed to defer the question o f ra i s i n g further` capital until the meeting in February next, when they hoped the shareholders would see the works in ac tive use • and producing revenue. The capital ac count to the 30th of June last showed that £14,898 had been received, and £7,240 expended, leaving a balance of £7,658. On the 11th inst. the balance at the bankers amounted to £10,771. ---,- THE CHARGE OF AfURDERAGAINST Two RUSSIAN CAPTAINS,—On Friday an inquest was held at Newcastle on the body of Lucy Gray, the Fortunate female sup posed to have been thrown into the Queen's Dock, and in reference to which two Russian captains' had been appre hended upon suspicion, as when the deceased fell into the water they were seen to run away. It was found that the deceased was intoxicated, and fell into the water through her own imprudence, and the Jury returned a 'verdict of " Accidental Death," but disapproved of the conduct of the two Russian captains in running away. It was explained that in th4ir own country it was the pi actice to lock up witnesses as well as persons implicated, and the fear of this caused them to run away from the spot. The accused ha- - e been discharged. 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EXTRAORDINARY DIS CLOSURES.—AIIen Fairrie Johnstone and Sarah Elliott, the latter a vulgar-looking but well-dressed and well-spoken woman, with a nervous affection of the eyes, and a large scar on the left hand, were brought up for further examination, charged with stealing a valuable child. The child, Jane Smith, a very pretty, precocious little girl of five years of age, is very intelligent, and although so young draws large audiences by singing at various concert-rooms. Three weeks ago the female called upon the child's mother, and, under pretence of buying her a new sash, as she was to sing at the Spread Eagle, Wandsworth, that evening, absconded with Johnstone, with whom she cohabits, taking the child to Southampton, and the prisoners were apprehended at Portsea, by In spector Street, of the Portsmouth police, with the child in their possession. ir. Firman, Inspector of the A reserve, who has had charge of the case, said since the last hearing the mother of the female prisoner had given money to the child's mother not to press the charge any further, and he had stopped the mother in the act of leaving the court. Apart from this he had some very important facts to communicate to his worship. The female prisoner had passed by the names of Arnold, Randall, Elliott, Hapgood, John stone, Farrar, Lady Fortescue, and other aliases, and after making diligent inquiry he found there were more than 20 cases of fraud against the pri soners at Southampton, and he had several people present who had been duped by the female, in con sequence of her making various false representations to them. They (prisoners) had visited almost every lodging-house keeper in Southampton, absconding without paying, and had on one occasion repre sented that they had obtained the child for the purpose of taking her to sing before Lord Palmer ston. The mother of the female too had come to London, and representing herself as the aunt, had, he believed, obtained some of the property the pri soners had become possessed of by fraud. Mr. Paynter asked if Johnstone was a party to the frauds ? Mr. Firman replied in the affirmative ; he had been living with her all the time. He then called . Mrs. Clara Gregory, who said—My husband is a house painter and decorator, and I keep a wardrobe shop at 52, Dorset-street, Portman-square. I know both prisoners, and the dress and bonnet the female has on are mine. I knew her as lodging in the same street, and on the 21st of June she brought me several letters to prove she would in a few days be iu receipt of large sums of money. She also said she was the niece of Lord Palmerston and Lady Fortescue in her own right, but had married Mr. Johnstone unknown to her friends; and, on the faith of her representations, together with the let ters she produced, I let her have three dresses and three bonnets, of the total value of £9 3s. 6d. She was to pay on Saturday following, and I was to go to her house, which I did, when she had left word she was out of town, and on the Monday I heard she absconded from her lodging, and had pawned one of the dresses on the same day she obtained it of me. The female prisoner —Did I not tell you I was in the habit of meeting gentlemen, and wanted the articles for that purpose.? Prosecutor (most emphatically) —You did not, or you would not have had them. Mr. Paynter asked prosecutrix how she had al lowed herself to be so duped. There was nothing in prisoner's appearance to show she was a lady. Prosecutrix replied she spoke in so plausible and ladylike a tone that, coupled with showing the let ters purporting to be signed by noblemen, one could hardly disbelieve laer. Defendant denied this charge and all others that might be brought against her, and then looking round the court, and scrutinising the persons ready to give evidence against her, she admitted she had taken lodgings of several people and had not been in a position to pay. Sophia Dawso n ,l6, Southampton-terrace, Water loo-bridge, said—l let apartments, and know the prisoners. They took apartments on the 6th Febru ary last for one week, as man and wife, under the name of Elliott. They slept there two nights, and then went to Southampton. They returned on the Ist of March, and stayed till the 24th, again going to Southampton, where she told me she was to meet her uncle and obtain some money from him. On April 3d she came back again, stating that she and her husband had quarrelled. She often told me she was Lord Fortescue's daughter, and that Lord Pal merston was her uncle, and on the 14th she said she was going to call on some friends to lunch with them, and at half-past one would return, and bring her friends with her to dinner ; and to carry out this in the course of the morninc , a large quantity of poultry, lobsters, prawns, and other delicacies came in. She said after she had lunched with her friends she was going to call on Lord Palmerston, and asked the to lend her my watch, chain, and brooch, which I did, and never saw her again. She also stole an article of wearing apparel belonging to me. Mr. Paynter—At the time she obtained your watch, chain, and brooch, did she say she was Lord Palmerston's niece and Lady Fortescue ? Mrs. Dawson.—No; but she had frequently told me so before, and I believed it, and on that account lent her the things, During her stay with me in March, too, she showed me a life policy, purporting to be for £l,OOO, and her will, and I thought her a lady of great property. The female prisoner denied this charge, and said that the watch and chain were the property of her husband, as she called him (Mr. Johnstone), and that she had slept with two men, one of whom was Mr. Blackman from Lambeth, while in Mrs. Da,w son's house. Mrs Dawson denied this. The prisoner then stated that her mother's name was Hewett, and her proper name Hewett ; but she was the illegitimate child of a gentleman named Fortescue, and she did not consider it was wrong to use a name to which she thought herself entitled —the name of her father. Mr. Firman here produced the life policy and will, which he said were shams. The will was her own, and she pretended to be willing away large sums of money and property, while she was worth nothing except what she obtained by her fraudu lent practices. Mr. Paynter said he did not think there was any case made out here, as the prisoner had not made the false representations to Mrs. Dawson at the time she obtained her watch and chain. Miss Ann Hemmings of Davis-street, Berkeley square, was then called, and said—.l let my house in apartments, and have at present a prince lodging there, and this woman has among other things en deavoured to take away ray character and the cha racter of my house. She did not come to lodge with me. I should be very sorry to have such a person in my house, but I went to see the last witness, my sister, one day, and heard that the female prisoner wished to be introduced to me, and my sister intro duced her to me, which circumstance I shall ever regret. On that occasion prisoner and myself had a long chat together, and she showed me several letters, one of which bore the pretended signa ture of a solicitor, and stated that she would re ceive £5,000 on production of her marriage certifi cate. She also told me she was going to Cambridge House. I could not believe it at first, and when she came buck, roznarking on my not crediting her story, she read me a letter from Lord Palmerston, and showed me the envelope it came in, which bore Lord Palmerston's crest, and when she showed me this, I believed her other statements to be true. She told me she was going again to Cambridge House to have an interview with her friend Lady Palmerston, who would get Lord Palmerston to in tercede with her (prisoner's) aristocratic family in order to restore peace between them. This, of course, was not true ; and among twenty-two other letters which she showed me at that time, several bore the signatures of the nobility. These I have ascertained to be forgeries, for I must tell von she can write no less than seven different hands: Mr. Paynter inquired whether the letter from Lord Palmerston was a sham or not ? Mr. Firman replied, he had every reason to be lieve the letter was, but not the envelope, for be sides it having Lord Palmerston's own crest upon it,'be had been to Downing -street and was told a letter had been written to her by Lord Palmerston's secretary, but as the latter was out of town he (the inspector) could not find out the purport of it. Mr. Paynter said no doubt she had written to obtain possession of the seal, and had then de stroyed the original letter, substituting another for it. The female prisoner declared that Lord Palmer, sten himself had written to her making an appoi n t. znent with h er; s h e had often hem to see him, but it was not likely she was going to say there what connexion there was between her and Lord Pal merston. (A laugh.) Miss Hemmin!rs s continue d—Durin," the conve r - F sation he and Ild, she stated tS'e ady orteseue and Loiard Palmerston's h n at ' ie h ce; was that L she was short of money, but would have some in a few days, showing me letters to th a t e ff ect, and asked me to lend her some, and believing her story I did not hesitate. I first lent her a sovereign, and then £4 the mo ne 10s., recei v i ng an I 0 U for y. These sums were to purchase vari ous articles to visit Lady Palmerston in, and I also lent her a very handsomely -worked and valuable petti coat, but never saw her again. The female prisoner —You lent me the money to go to the Argyll Rooms with, to see a gentleman. Miss Hemmings (in an ironical tone)—How do you Make that out ? You were a lady in your own , right,.and on e great person and the other. Surely Lady Fortescue cannot want to meet gentlemen at the Argyll Rooms. Your - worship, the prisoner is the greatest . swindler going ; she's peen robbing everybody for years, paying nobody ; can write, as I said, seven different hands, and has been known to receive 40 letters a day, written, I suppose, by herself. She has at various times been maid, wife, and widow, and has been seen in widows' weeds, that being part of her system. She speaks in a plausible and ladylike way, which disarms all sus picion ; in fact, she ig up to every dodge there is. The last witness, we are given to understand, hearing of these and other worse cases, had been most persevering for weeks in following the pri soners about from one place to the other, both in London and the country, and had at length got everything in train to bring them to justice, when the police apprehended them for stealing the child. Mr. Firman said he had another case against her of obtaining a pianoforte, which she had left when she absconded from Mrs. Dawson's, but the parties were not present; and she had also endeavoured, 'under the title of Lady Fortescue, to obtain a Brougham and pair of horses, but fortunately did not succeed. The witnesses in the case of the child were then bound over to prosecute at the sessions ; and the prisoners were about to be remanded for the two frauds upon Mrs. Gregory and Miss Hemmings, when A gentleman stepped forward and said the female had lodged in his house in Dorset-street a fortnight, and had absconded without paying a farthing. The instant she had obtained the dresses from Mrs. Gregory, she wanted his servant to pawn one, but he would not allow it ; and Mrs. Dawson said she had pawned her watch and chain in the Strand, a few hours after she ob tained it of her. Mr. Payntet:said in the first case it was merely a matter of debt, and he could not interfere for Mrs. Dawson, as her case was insufficient to convict upon. Mr. Paynter then remanded the accused, and in timated that, unless thelvariousicharges were taken up by some solicitor, they must utterly fail. The following, received by Mr. Finnan, was handed us : " I hereby certify that banns of marriage between Allen Ferrie Johnston, a bachelor, and Millicent Helen Lavinia Zara Hewett Fortescue, a spinster, were duly published in St. Mary's Church, St. Marylebone, on three following Sundays via., Sunday, J uno 17 , Sunday, June 24, and Sunday:July, 1, of this present year, 1860. " Witness my hand, 1860. " H. H. GYTON, Parish Clerk. " The above parties were not married at St. Mary's Church." And by means of this trick it appears the- creditors were brought to the church expecting the marriage, leaving the prisoners a clear field for quitting their then place of abode, and going elsewhere to commit further frauds. THE STEPNEY MURDER. LATEST PARTICULARS. It has already been stated 4hat application had been made by the authorities of the Home Office to issue a reward for the apprehension of the mur derer or murderers, and that Mr. Faith and Mr. Whittaker, the two sons-in-law of the deceased, had also declared their willingness to add £2OO as a further reward of the assassin or assassins. The application to the Home Office in this respect would appear to be successful, for during Saturday after noon the police were busy posting at the various police stations, and throughout the Eastern dis tricts of the metropolis, monster placards, as well as distributing small hand-bills, of which the follow ing is a copy : " THREE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.—MURDER.-- Whereas, ' Mary Elmsley,' widow, has been brutally mur dered at 9, Grove-road, Mile-end-road, on or about Mon day, the 13th August, 1860, £lOO reward will be paid by her Majesty's Government to any person giving such in formation as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of the guilty person or persons; and the Secretary of State for the Home Department will advise the grant of her Majesty's gracious pardon to any accomplice, not being the actual murderer, who shall give such information as shall lead to the same result. A further reward of £2OO will also be paid by Mr. Ratcliff, solicitor, Dean Colet House, Stepney, to any person who shall give information as above. A mourning ring to the memory o f J . Jones, who died 1830 ;. a dark-cooured pocket-b oo k, con t a i n i ng an acceptance of £25 ; also a cheque on the Bank of London for £lO are missing. Information to be given to Inspector Thornton, or Sergeant Tanner, Detective Police, Scetland-yard, or to Inspector Kerressey, Bow Police Station, K Metropolitan Police Offic e , A ugus t 24 , 1 8 60. " Amongst the various rumours that are afloat as to the murderer of this unfortunate woman, none appears to gain so much credence as that which assumes that the party who committed the crime was well known to the deceased, and that he had been to see her upon some business connected with the rent for one of her houses, or the pretence of purchasing some of her paperhangings. On Satur day, however, a curious circumstance occurred, which has put the police upon quite another track. During the morning, three well-dressed foreigners, who could speak English tolerably well, and who, we believe, gave their names and addresses, called at the police station, near Arbour-square, Stepney, adjoining the Thames police court, and informed Inspector Griffin of the K division, then on duty, that they had a strong suspicion as to who were the murderers. They said their suspicions rested upon three or four Frenchmen who had been for some time lurking about the East-end of London, whom they knew to have been French convicts, and who upon their release or escape from the baynes had made their way to England. They stated that these men were in the habit of going about in twos and threes with slippers, which they represented as of French manufacture, and on gaining access to premises for the purpose of effecting a sale, they laid their hands upon anything which was within their reach. Several house robberies and burglaries have lately been reported as perpetrated by foreigners answering the description given of these men. The most remarkable part of the representa tion, however, is that the three foreigners stated to the inspector that they have seen the individuals to whom they refer since the period of the murder, and that they are now well-dressed and have been spending a deal of money. It is their impression that one if not two of these men had called upon the deceased, and having gained access to the house, and finding she was alone, had committed the murder. Whether the police authorities attach any importance or not to this representa tion remains for themselves to decide; but certain it is that in the course of the afternoon Sergeant Coppin, one of the detectives of the K division in the case, and who has been directing his energies to a particular quarter where he has suspicions, re ceived a communication from head-quarters, Scot land-yard, to turn his efforts in quite another direc tion, but in what direction the police very properly abstain from affording information. It was stated at the inquest that the deceased, when discovered, was perfectly dressed, with the exception of one slipper, having one on, and the other laid a short distance from the left foot. It has since been dis covered that these slippers are apparently quite new, and of a kind which Mrs, Emsley had never been seen to wear before. In the placard offering the reward for the appre hension of the murderer, it will be observed that amongst articles missing is a dark-coloured pocket book, with an acceptance for £25, and a cheque for £lO on the Bank of London. It has since been ascertained that that cheque was paid to Mrs. Emsley on Monday, the 13th, the day of the sup posed murder, in the evening, by Mr. Carryer, of the firm of Pickering and Carryer, operative chemists, for the rent of premises they occupy be longing to the deceased, situate in Barnsley-street, Bethnal-green. Up to Saturday afternoon that cheque had not been presented at the Bank of Lon don. Mr. Carryer has, however, been to the bank and stopped it, stating the circumstances. The person, thereforo, who presents, should any one do so, will of course be detained, and the cheque may probably lead to the discovery of the murderer. During the afternoon, Inspector Kerressey waited upon Mr. Humphreys, the coroner, at his office in Spitalssquare, and intimated to him his hope that he shall be able to produce some evidence calculated to elucidate the mystery, which up to the present time is almost equally profound as that of the mur der at Road. Sergeants Coppin and Venables, upon receiving their fresh orders, at once set out upon their new line of investigation, and it is hoped their efforts will be attended with success. Sergeant Miller, another detective of the K division, has also prepared plans of the premises and of the spots where the footmarks of blood were found on the stairs, in order to lay the same before the coroner and jury at the adjourned inquest to be held to-day (Monday). There can be no doubt that the large re ward offered will stimulate the police to energetic action, and if there are any accomplices it may lead to one turning Queen's evidence, as it is und ers tood that not only th e reward but her Majesty's free pardon will be accorded to any one except the ac tual assassin. It appears that the income of the deceased, although very large, was by no means so great as has been represented, and it turns out that she had on l y a li fe interest in the property left by her last h us b an d , M r. Emsley, w hi c h now pas ses into the bands of Mrs. Faith and Mrs. -Whittaker, her stepdaughters. With reference to her character, although att em pt s h ave b een ma d e t o d eny that she was of slovenly an d penur i ous h a bit s , th e state of the place, for a woman o f h er we alth, c l early estab lishes the accuracy o f t h e first point ; and t h e dis covery of th e money secre ted in the ce ll ar amongst the coals, co u pl e d w ith her general a pp e arance and her dealings generally, is ample evidence of the latter. There is one trait in the deceased's character admitted on all hands by he thatantry which o ug ht stances where her rent wa s p a id r not to be overlooked, and is, that in all in egularly she was BAILWAr INTELLIGENCE. very kind and obliging, and would do little repair s or anything to make their places comfortable with out hesitation ; but when they failed to pay the rent, which she never, unless in cases where the tene ments were let quarterly, allowed to fall into arrears beyond one week, when she became exceedingly displeased and arbitrary. SACRILEGE 1N TRI? CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, PdRIS. A considerable robbery was perpetrated on the night of the 22d inst. in the cathedral of 'Notre - Dame. Yesterday morning the beadle of the church, on entering the sacristy, perceived that all the presses which had contained the valuable ar ticles used in the celebration of Divine service were open, and that a great part of those objects had disappeared. Information was immediately given to the Commissary of Police, and an examination of the place was instituted. It appears that the thieves had during the night introduced themselves within the enclosure of planks which surrounds the place where workmen are employed in the repair of the building, and by means of a ladder which they found there effected an entrance through the ogival window. They then got into the inner part of the building, and broke open the presses. A large ostensoir, in solid go ld, was found jammed between the grating of the window, being too large to pass through. The articles stolen consist of a number of chalices, vases, crosses, &c., ornamented with brilliants and other precious stones. Among them was a cross in diamonds, given by the Emperor on the occasion of the baptism of the Prince Imperial. The Commissary of Police of the quarter and the Chief of the Police de Surete, on being informed of the robbery, hastened to the spot and commenced their investigations. After examining the spot through which the thieves entered they were led by different footmarks towards the parapet wall of the quay, to the right of the sacristy, and in lean ing over this wall they discovered the end of a cord attached to a ring which was just below the level of the water. Thinking that this cord might be in some way or other connected with the robbery, they sent some boatmen to the spot, and when the cord was drawn up it brought with it a fisherman's net very badly fastened, and which contained the greater part of the valuable articles taken, but many of which had the diamonds and precious stones removed from them. Orders were then given to procure divers in order to ascertain whether other articles might still remain at the bottom of the river. From the discovery of those ar ticles, as above described, the supposition is that the robbers, after having deposited their first booty in the net, and sunk it in the river, whence they could have removed it at some future time, returned to the church to make further researches, and that they were then disturbed by the barking of a dog, and had hastily taken to flight, dropping some of the objects on their way out. By an unfortunate chance there was no watchman on duty on the night of the robbery, for being indisposed he had not come, and a priest who usually slept on the premises was absent in the country on leave of absence. There was a dog near the spot whose barking probably in terrupted the robbers in their operations, as he was heard giving the alarm between one and two o'clock in the morning, but the robbers were not discovered until the men employed on the repairs went to work at six o'clock, when they were surprised at seeing various sacred objects lying on the ground. A press in the sacristy, which was not touched, contained a precious relic, known to contain a piece of the true cross. This object, which is never touched by any but consecrated hands, is not shown to visitors like the contents of the other presses. It is supposed that that circumstance caused the robbers to pass over the press containing it. The following are fur ther particulars :—The value.of the articles'stolen is estimated even as high as 500,000 f., but that amount is a great exaggeration. Although several of the articles were, from their artistic workman ship, and from the precious stones which ornamented them, of considerable value, yet they do not repre sent very large sums in a money point of view; and, as a number of them have been recovered, the amount of those stolen is supposed not to exceed 25,000 f. Divers were employed yesterday between the Fonts de l'Archeveche and l'Hotel Dieu, but their efforts have not as yet been attended with any success. A large crowd assembled on the quays to witness their proceedings. The police are continu ing their investigations. COUNTRY MARKETS. YORK---At: a. 25. The supply of wheat was again moderate, and currencies were 3s higher. The barley trade was slow. Oats were the turn dearer. Beans in request. Wheat, red ....625 'to 68s 1 Oats.... 3os to 32a White do .'66s to 70s f Beans ..48s to 60s Barley .33s to 35s f Peas ....—s to —s Malt, 68s to 70 s p er qr . ; rye, 38 s per qr.; flour, 46e to 48s per sack. CAMBRIDGE —Ara. 25. There was a limited supply of wheat, and, with a ready sale in the trade, white wheat moved off at 58s to 645, red, 54s to 58s per 36 stone. There was a small trade in barley again ; malting, 34s to 40s ; grinding, 308 to 34s per 30 stone. Oats at 248 to 28s for new; old oats, 288 to 295. Beans in limited supply, and a steady sale—new, 405, to 44s ; old, 43s to 45s per 38 stone ; peas, 408 to —s per 36 stone. White cloverseed, 86s to 898; red, 46s to 505 per qr. EXETER—Auct. 24. Businees was firm in the corn market to-day, and quo tations were rather aLove late rates. Wheat, white 8s 3d to 8s 6d Barley.. ...... 4s 4d to 4s 6d Ditto red 7s 9d toB sOd 1 Oats 3s 6d to 3s 10d Flour, fine, 46s to 475; seconds, 44s to 45s per sack. CATTLE. There was a large attendance of dealers at the market, and a good supply of stock, but prices were unaltered from last week. Business dull. 1 Fat beef,p sc ore , ll s t o 12 86 d Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 7d Pork carca ses ,d o ll s to 12s Od Wethers, d 0...... 7d to lid Sheep, per lb. 7d t o 7fd Fat calves, d 0.... 6d to 7d Rough fat, 4d, per lb. DUBLIN—_AUG. 24. s. d. s. d. 1 Wheat, white.. 33 0 to 36 0 Do., red .. 31 0t 0 33 0 Do., new .... oto 0 1 Barley Oats Do., black l5 oto 15 6 e. d. s. 4. Do., new ..... 0 to 0 Bere ......... 14 6 to 16 0 Rapeseed 20 0 to 23 0 Oatmeal ...... 15 oto 17 6 Bakers' flour 17 0t022 0 Indian corn .. 37 0 to 39 6 THE MAI LS M AILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (vfa South ampton) . Do. • • • • • • .. Sept. 18. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. .. Aug. 30. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. .. .. Aug. 29. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. .. • • .. Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Si ngapore (via S'ampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. •.. .. Au. 25. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, & c . ( v i a Southampton) Sept. 1. Do. India !(via M arse ill es ) A ug. 26. (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Aug. 26. Do. (via Mar-seilles .. .. Sept. 3. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres &o. .. .. Sept. 5. Malta, Egypt, and Aden ~Pvia gouthanipton) .. Aug. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Aug, 26. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto • • .. .. Sept. nn• United States, Californi a , & c. .. • • .. Aug- '''' Western Coast of Africa Madeira Teneriffe .. Sepl 1(12' West Indie s and Pacific,'Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Aug' " • FRIGHTFUL BOAT AC CIDENT. " The Ab er d een gust of wind an d s i x of i ts occ Journal repo r t s th at l ast Sunday as a boat, conta i ning 12 persons, was proc ee di ng a l ong the Beanie,' to the sacra mental service s a t Bonar Bridge, a it win, upset by a audden occupants were drowned. STAMFORD—Auct. 25. We had a short supply of wheat at yesterday's corn market, which met a fair sale, and last week's rates were again exceeded is to 2s per qr. Barley in moderate sup ply, and prices unaltered. Oats a small show, and quite as dear. Beans made full rates. Wheat s9s to 65s I Oats.. 2 65 t o 32 s White do 64 s t o 69s Beans 46s to 509 Barley 34s to 33s I Ditto, old ........46s to 50s BIRTI{S. FREEMAN.—On the 25th inst., at 21, Spring -gardens, son. .S.W., the wife o f Willi a m Henry F reeman, Esq., of a 111‘MAirO n the 24th inst., at 3, Merrion-square E., Dublin, the wife of Major M'Alahon, 14th (King's) Light Dragoons, of a son. OLDHAM.—On tho 20th inst., at roye Vicarage, Hereford shirse, the wife of Charles O'idhain, Esq., of twin daugh ter. , , . MART.IAGES. BARING—GI!..4.IIA3bI.--^Oll the 25th inst., at St. Peter's, Pimlico, Lieut.-Colonel C. Baring, Coldstream Guards, B Graham, to Helen, y ou ngest daughter of the Right Hon. Sir J as . art., M.P . STEVENS—CLUPP.—On tb e 25th inst., at St. Olave, Hart street, NV. C. Stevens, ally son of J o h n St evens, Esq., The Che stnuts, Mars - street, Walthamstow, an d 33, Mallrll, k-lane, to Fl ora P. ;astings, eldest daughter of Vim. 01 Esq., Grosvenor. House, Walthamstow. D IEATH S. B ASNETT.—O n the 24'th inst., at Camberwell-g reen, S ur . rey, Ed war d Basnettp Esq., of Serle-street, Lincoln's inn, aged 70. B OUTOIIEn.—On the 17" th inst., at Broadclist, Devon, E. Boutcher, Esq., aged, 84. C nA.PMAN.—On the 20 ,1 ch inst., Richard Chapman, Esq . of Great Ealing, Midudlesex. HARTLEY.—On the 24.1,11 inst., at Bootle Marsh, near Liver pool, Jesse Hartley„ surveyor of tho Liverpool Docks aged 80. HHam OPGOOD—On the 2 4th inst., at 30, Find iley New-road, pstead, Thos. B. Hopgood, Esq., ag;ed 76. 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