The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-10 00:00:00

THE NAVE The screw steamship Edgar, 91, Capt. Katon, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine, Second. in command of the Channel fleet, arrived at Portland on Saturday morning. The Blenheim, 60, Capt. F. Scott, returned from the westward on Friday. Sir John Burgoyne, Inspector-General of Fortifications, paid an official visit to the works at Portland on Saturday. The screw line-of-battle ship Neptune, 91, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, arrived at Portland on Sunday afternoon from Spithead. The hired transports Cylia, for Gibraltar, the Owaller, for Devonport, and the John Meldron, for Portsmouth, arrived at Woolwich on Monday, and. have commenced shipping gun carriages and gene ral stores : and the Index, the Vivid, the Star of the North, and the steamship Peninsula are under orders to embark war stores and ammunition. Her Majesty's ship Scout, 21, Capt. Corbett, ar rived at Spithead from the eastward yesterday.. Her Majesty's ship Emerald, Capt. Cumming, left Spithead for Cowes-roads on Monday evening to escort her Majesty to the Channel Islands. THE ARMY. The authorities having decided on disbanding the Medical Staff Corps, which was raised during the Crimean war, and constituting an entirely new branch of the service, to.be called Hos pital Corps," the followin g the "Army eral order relating thereto has been issued from the Horse Guards : 4 , It having been determined by her Majesty's warrant, bearing date the let of August., 1857, t, i n hen a corps, to be called the' Army Hospital Corps, hen of the corps formerly denominated the Medical Staff Corps,' the regu lations for which are fully detailed in the aforesaid war rant, officers commanding regiments to which men of the Medical Staff Corps are attached, and the medical officers under whom such men may be serving, will be pleased to give them the option of joining the newly-formed :corps, un der the terms prescribed, or of being discharged, accord ing to the terms of the warrant under which they enlisted. Those men who are now serving, and are recommended by their commanding officers or head of department for the superior grades in the Army Hospital Corps, will be pre ferred for them. " Commanding officers will carefully explain the warrant of Aug. 1, 1857, to the corps, and transmit returns to the adjt.-gen. of all menwilling to transfer their services to the Army Hospital Corps, stating their character and fitness for that special duty. After receiving these returns, the General Commanding-in-Chief will take the necessary mea sures to complete the new corps from the ranks of the army. " A separate return of all men desirous of being &s -chne;will be transmitted. command of H.R.H. the General Commanding-in- Chief, " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjt.-Gen." The 22d company of Royal Engineers, now doing duty at the Mauritius, will be relieved by the 10th company, serving in India. The 22d company, which is much reduced, has been stationed at the Mauritius several years, and will shortly return to England. The Himalaya screw troop-ship, Com. J. Sec combo, arrived at Spithead early on Monday morn ing from Dublin, with the Ist battalion 16th Foot (Bedfordshire) on board, consisting of the follow ing :—Col. W. Cockell, Majors Audain and Pea cock, Capts. Studdart, Bostock, Magnay, Barchard, Kendall, and Hogge • Lieuts..Rooke, Lockwood, Lea Lefevre, Poweys;Anderson, Whitlam, Rogers, Horne, and Jefferson ; Ensigns Godwin, Medewe, Cann, and Woodnass ; Adjutant Carter, Surgeon Swan, Assistant-Surgeon Kehne, Qua rtermaster Dart, Paymaster Higginson, three ladies, five chil dren, three servants, 850 non-commissioned officers and men, 75 women, 97 children, and six horses. The Himalaya steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead in the afternoon. In consequence of the building strike which has so suddenly arrested the progress of the contract works at Woolwich, the Royal Engineer Depart ment in the Arsenal have adopted speedy measures for carrying on a portion of the works under the most urgent demand—namely Sir Wm. Armstrong's rifled ordnance factory, under contract for erection by Messrs. Lucas Brothers. These buildings are already roofed in, and were fast approaching com pletion. A large portion of the machinery has ar rived from Manchester and Scotland, in readiness for fitment, consequently any delay, howeyer short, must be of importance. Arrangements have been concluded, and an abundance of tools has been sup plied from the military store department, to enable the works to proceed without further in convenience and loss of time. Captain Dunford's company of Royal Engineers, consisting of 120 competent artificers, under orders for the Mauritius, arrived at Woolwich on Monday evening from Brompton barracks, and yesterday commenced their duties. The works, it is expected, will be completed by the end of the present month. Mr. John G. Watts, director of the establishment of Messrs. Lucas Brothers, will continue to super intend the works as heretofore. Two other com panies of Royal Engineers are under orders to join from Aldershott, which will totally avert any evil anticipated from the strike in that department. • The ceremony of presenting new colours to the Royal Limerick (County) Militia took place on Monday on Southsea-common. The troops arrived on the common at 2 p.m., and consisted of the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade,the Cheshire Militia,mounted batteries of Artillery from Hilsea, and the Royal Limerick (County) Militia, the latter taking up ground in the centre, with the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade and a part of the mounted Artillery on the left flank, and the Cheshire with the remainder of the mounted Artillery on the right, the whole forming a hollow square ; the drums being piled in the centre with the new colours placed upon them in readiness for the ceremony. . Major-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., commanding the South west District, soon after arrived on the ground, ac companied by his staff, and was received with a general salute from the troops. The ceremony then commenced by the Rev. F. Milner, chaplain of the garrison, delivering an appropriate prayer. Sir J. Y. Scarlett then dismounted, and, taking up the colours, presented them to the Ensigns appointed to receive them, pbserving, " That it afforded him the greatest satisfaction in doing so from his know ledge of the discipline, good conduct, and devoted loyalty of the Royal Limerick County Militia ; that, although he was precluded from alluding to the names of any of the famous battles emblazoned on their banners, by their existing only as one of England's means of defence, he trusted those ban ners would never be unfurled in the face of a foe, as that could only be in the event of an invasion of this country ; still, should such an event occur, he was confident the Royal Limerick County Militia would be foremost in the van of battle, and hurl the invaders back into the sea which they had the teme rity to cross." The gallant general concluded a sol dierlike speech, by " wi3hing health, happiness, and above all, honour to every officer, non-commis sioned officer, and man in the Royal Limerick County Militia.' Lieut.-Colonel Dickson replied to the Major-General in a manly speech; after which, the old and new colours were marched past the re g iment in front and rear with the usual ceremo nies. The troops afterwards marched past in slow and quick time, and then returned to their respec tive quarters. The officers of the regiment gave a repast at four p.m., and issued a large number of invitations to a ball in the evening. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—ThorIey ' s Food for Cattle is now beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer, breeder, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high ground as a benefactor tothese interests ; and notwithstand ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest. Experience has proved, first, that it effects a considerable saving in the consumption of provender ; secondly, that it produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to its influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree an early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating this singularly efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this he desire succeeded ; and success prompted a very natural improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap plicableo to every description of domestic animal. The Eng. lish farmer was slow to encourage its and manifested unwilli p n r gz u s e s e to e iil i y upon its efficacy,ufaseLyin whey by in tfie and fatten his cattle attlarni, ample materials whereby to feed a f cheaper rate than by the employment or addition of artificial The tests to which this food has been subjected have proved perfect admissibility as a cheap addition to the natu ra l produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in all cases a subtraction of one-thirducdmay be safely' submitted •to in the usual food of animals ; that the produce will be rea li se d, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time it, therefore, becomes usually consumed in developin g fat ; Food. It is belieeaditatPli a pparent that a certain saving is effected by cation orThorley's Compounded F t ve e present unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its ra l use , in preference to any other of the Usual articles for the working horse,ineed food ; it is, however, much questioned whether wheatetoa 7b rt et ni des nourishing a nd proper food the health i y it is not for cows or pigs f . Mr. Thorley's F invigorating 'Possessing the advantag9 animals, is a tonic And increasing the physicalo gre a tly power of all a u.d gentle stimul ant, and w hen mixed with thei r o th er food, materially assist s theiri digestive powers—a matter of gr undoubted fact is lost that conse the i gr eat consequence, since it is an nourishment contained in their ordinary food , quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive organs ; it will also be found to be particularly beneficial. in rostoring to good working condition horses which have been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or are naturally of a feeble constitution. I n cows its effects arc undo abted, indeed almost marvellous, nearly doubling. the yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time enrichos the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qua lities are . s_tili more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its manifest superiority over every other kind of compound or menu faetarod food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such has beefi it a marked success, that at all our great cattle shows, Roy a ity, noblemen, and others who have fed their cattle, on Th 'orley's Food, have invariably carried off the principal prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded. The p a tronage of Royalty, of our principal nobility, the clergy, a , Id of our leading agriculturists, must prove a great me i *tement to this gentleman to pursue his onward course ; an, 4 he may confidently rely, in producing so highly-fa te , wed a compound, on a continuation of ouch high and dies taguished patronage. THE LATE WAKEFIELD AND HUD DERSFIELD ELECTION. It will startle or amuse those who watch the workings of our Constitution from afar to see what the pretenders to the most exalted purity are ac customed to do in order to obtain a seat in our House of Commons. There is a sort of notion still favoured abroad that English society is, as Vol taire described it, like our English beer—froth at the top, dregs at the bottom, and strong and clear only in the middle. These tevelations, however, show what muddiness hangs in suspense half way down. The case is more than usually remarkable, and merits recapitulation. There dwells in this land of England a great political apostle, a vehe ment and impetuous lover of right and hater of wrong, a pure truth-advocating patriot ; one who holds no terms with anything he disproves; as virtuous as Robespierre had been if Robespierre had been unstained by. blood ; as impetuous as Danton, as eloquent as 111irabeau. Thi4 great man is not a statesman, for he has solemnly and publicly declared that he will never assume the responsi bilities of office. He is not a leader in the House of Commons, for not three men follow his lead there. Up to the time of the last General Elec tion he was nothing more or less, whatever he may have conceived himself to be, than a popular de claimer of newspaper articles. It was in the news papers that he lived, and moved, and had his being. His articles were so strong and pungent, they said so many violent things, some true, most false, which the crowd liked to read, but for which sober people did not like to take the responsibility, that when it was given out that Mr. Bright was about to dictate to the journals, whether at Bir mingham, or Glasgow, or Edinburgh, all the news • papers were on the qui wive. We sent our best reporters to the spot, put special trains and electric wires in requisition, and produced the article hot and bubbling. It was as lurid and lava-like as those streams of iron' that come forth from the furnaces of Wolverhampton or Mer thyr, as dangerous to touch as those red bars which are held only by gigantic pincers to be fashioned into rails. It was almost certain to have scathed half-a-dozen aristocratic Lord Harrys, and Viscount Johns, and Hon. Toms, and Right Hon. Georges. It was quite certain to have scorched the very paper on which it was printed. But what matter ? It was so bold, so uncompromising, so denunciatory of the vices of the noble, so fierce against all who walked a hair's breadth from his own demarcated path of purity, so sublimely ungrateful to the Press in which alone he lived ! What matter that, like an angry whale, he lashed his own element, or, like a furious bull, he tore up the soil of the arena in which he foamed and fought ? He was sublime in his passion, and when he attributed such bad motives to every one he was so earnest, and, therefore, must be so honest. Some people took him in terror, and would not go near him. The . aristocraCy petted him and patted him ; and, strange to say, he suffered his poll to be scratched by them with a grave equanimity, and only gave them a furious poke with his horn when their backs were turned. The statesmen of his time were glad to take him at his word when he declared that he would never be harnessed to the car of office. But we of the Press, and especially we of the Times, always loved him with a curious love, as the best specimen of his breed. We dealt familiarly with him and never feared him ; now and then punching him hard when he was unendurably vicious, and giving him a good-humoured buffet when he attacked us with a more than common ingratitude; but we always helped him back to his pastures when he was out of condition, we always fed him to fatness with the publicity on which he lived, and we always admired him as the most sporting bull that ever lashed his own sides and tossed dogs in the air in that Bullring at Birmingham where he so often triumphed. But, as time brings changes to all, so it brought changes to John Bright. From a dictator of lead ing articles to the Press it was thought that the season had arrived to make him a leader in the House of Commons. The point was to give him a party. They must be, as was written upon a cele brated occasion, " men who could run and who could walk, who could be silent and who courd talk." People who would be apt too obstinately to call their souls their own would hardly do to act under a leader who is so jealous a lover of freedom that he insists upon having her all to himself. His ad mirers naturally thought that in his own family, among his own domestic companions, his surest satellites might be discovered. Therefore let Bright be accompanied to Parliament by a following of Brights. The honour of returning the family of ' Brights was too great to be conferred upon any other than those large towns where the apostle of purity of election had so often preached. Let Wakefield and Huddersfield be first and second in the roll of glory. W. H. Leatham and E. A. Leatham, brothers-in-law and brothers in political faith, were chosen to be the Ali and Abubeker of the political Prophet, and to go into the assembly of legislators to demonstrate that there is but one rule of political purity, and that Bright is its enun ciator. Alas for the result ! That assembly has not the faith which in the hearts and voices of the fac tory men stands instead of proof. Committees of the House of Commons have submitted this pa triotic proceeding to the dull ordeal of testimony and cross-examination. They have been inquiring into the details of that purity of election which was to be the parent of all purity in times to come. They have searched with an indiscreet curiosity into the proceedings which took place during Ali's pure candidature for Wakefield, and they have disco vered that those proceedings consisted principally of handing over £l,lOO in hard cash. They have elicited that of these £l,lOO, £450 were openly paid through the lawful channel ; that £5OO more were paid in unexplained and more secret ways ; that public houses•were opened, at which non-electors were permitted and invited to steep their senses in forgetfulness ; that bribery was rife in Wakefield ; that Thomas Beaumont received £lO for exercising his sacred privilege in favour of the virtuous Ali, that John Jackson more fortunately bargained for £3O for the same purpose, that John Cousins got £25 and that George Senior obtained in hard cash as much as John Jackson. There was a verdict of "Not proven" as to the actual complicity of the brother in-law of the Prophet in the corruption, but the re sult was that the virtuous Ali was unseated because his election had been secured by the vulgar expe dient of course money bribery. Thus fared purity of election in the hands of one brother-in-law. The other proceeded to the liberal and independent electors of Huddersfield, and there a similar purity was worked out with a very similar scandal, but with a happier result. In Huddersfield even the money for the most part was as base as the prin ciples were pure. Patriots of the best intentions went about flashing £5O-notes of the " Bank of Elegance" in the eyes of the electors, drunken men could not articulate at the poll, votes were bought by transactions in " pigs," which were repudiated when the elector had fulfilled his sacred duty, eighteen-gallon casks of ale were set flowing gratis, and zealous customers went about to hesitating tradesmen and urged them to vote for Leatham and purity of election, under pain of ruin. Even Abu beker himself is said, after failing in persuasion upon •an obdurate tailor and that tailor's wife, to have, in the hope and bitterness of his heart:de clared that if John Fisher voted for him it would be a good job, and if he did not it might be a bad one—strange words of promise and of menace to issue from those pure lips ! Huddersfield,would have followed upon the fate of Wakefield. Ali's and Abubeker's places would havelnown them no more ; the Prophet would have been cut off from both his earliest converts. But, although the bribery is ad mitted and reported, although the pig case and the beer-swilling cases are found duly proved, although the presence of the candidate at an interview with a, voter when banknotes were flashed about by im petuous partisans stands un contradicted on the notes yet the committee did not see that the actual bribers could be connected with the candidate for whose benefit the bribes were given. One of the two followers of the Prophet remains to illustrate in the house the purity of the doctrines of his sect. But, alas ! purity of political principle has been unveiled to the laughing multitude. Drunkenness, and cor ruption, and coercion, and intimidation, and even a shabby non-payment of promised bribes, have— alack that we should say so !—been found among the works of the friends and supporters of the new political Puritans. There are moments when, as we are told by philanthropical gaol chaplains and others versed in stony hearts, the stoutest sternness is broken down, and when' the hardest mind is malleable. We would not be ungenerous, but, as we have often heard good men and great admirers of political purity say, it i s our d u ty t o "improve the occa sion." When John Brig ht was high in his tri umphal car , and th e mo b were shouting at his heels, Bright, .it would have b een vain to shout in his ear, " John he is looki n g whose rank lowers have remember thou art mortal!" but now when Grown, l e er n u ea p t on hi t s he uncovered corruption from legislators, he may perhaps mind to listen. We familiar friends and fol ly ou P l s-hboepien future so uncharitable to o the r u at n hb w eent i tt—teirnßge fr a melyn,o not n i t on o f se w own infallible i a n nd th to persuade tolerant of difference from rthnilen. Be not so in itahwouelitstheonselycanvas w belief. Cease to persuade thy more cautiosu:lieli.s walls of oßtribegrsht,thanatd that t it w y wickedness and corruption. Be you impute vile motives to those who do not yie ld e absolute credence to your pretensions of a monopoly of political virtue in yourself and your friends. When next you feel inclined to fulminate in wrath against p ,ers and bishops, and Ministers of State, and count ,ry gentlemen, and public writers, and to wrap the m all in one comprehensive but yet ex clusive N mdemnation, think for a moment that some of these - may be at least as honest and as conscien tious as - , ourself and your most staunch supporters —think I 'hen of Wakefield and of Huddersfield, and, if yoi cannot be more tolerant, be at least more hum, ble —Times TfiE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1859. ;THE GREAT EASTERN. To look a t the gentle though powerful monster now lying c , cff Greenwich, few would guess the dif ficulties and hardships that threatened to stifle the young giant. But as one of the greatest births of time it must l'ialve its story of wrongs. Like many another noble c. raft, it was all but wrecked before it ever touched water, and might have been pointed at for a hundred years or more, like the first big ship of all, as the folly of an enthusiast. But that was not and that it not the worst trial of the Great Eastern. Its worst'. foe is neither wind nor wave, neither rock nor mu, 413ank, Like many anothernoranythinge u a pt arrtshot,r sea can put in its wall , . it has to fight its way' against favouritism ; and it now starts against a ;subsidized competition with nothing to depend on but its own iron walls, its many roods of surface, and its power, greater than was ever accumulated before. As it lies quietly before you, held by a dozen of the strongest cables ever wrought by man, you see that which promises to compete successfully with a large fleet of fine vessels, befriended by Govei mments, tenderly nour ished by Legislatures, bribed, privileged, and secured from all opposition within their track. It has to run a race with a company and a legion of steamers. This is the unity in which now centres all the hopes of the Eastern Ste am Navigation Com pany. Notwithstanding the evident advantages of free competition,—notwithstanding the admitted failure of the Peninsular and Oriental to perform its undertakings, and the recommendation of a Parliamentary committee that a rival company should be encouraged to divide the traffic of the Overland Route, Parliament ended by giving the company in possession a monopoly of the Overland eoute, and leaving the wide ocean to any new com petitoi. The Great Eastern—the idea of which sprang out of this struggle—represents the vast ocean as against the inland seas—the spirit of com mercial freedom as against a subsidised monopoly; the enterprise of the Englishman against the wis dom of Parliaments, and that true dominion of the seas *itch survives war, but thrives most in peace. We may many of us remember the time when it was a matter of four months to pass to and fro to India, or even to obtain news. The great old India men, on which we used to depend for this tedious process, may still be seen in the river, passing, to or returning from their resent humble, but useful errands, in the conveyance of emigrants. Since they were first. afloat, and since they excited the admiration of the world as marvels of shipbuilding, there have been strange revolutions. A new path has been opened, or rather re-opened, over the earth. An incredulous public heard that it was seriously proposed to revive the hazardous route by which merchants in the age of our Alfred penetrated the East to the then fabulous Ind. It sounded almost like an attempt to enact the Arabian Nights in this city when it was an nounced.that arrangements were made. for travel lers to pass through Egypt, and over the Isthmus of Suez, and down the Red Sea, and along cities, ports, and headlands known only to the scientific geographer, so as to the distance be tween England and Bombay literally . in six weeks. Though a Sinbad might happily survive so difficult and complicated a route, many laughed at the idea of a regular stream of passengers. There were people who expected to hear of hundreds of Eng lish gentlemen and ladies carried off by Bedouins, or made unwilling pilgrims to Mecca. That route, so impossible, so romantic, has become as beaten and familiar as the road from Charing-cross to St. Paul's. People have come to regard it as neces sary to the possession of our Indian Empire. There has been a talk of occupying Egypt, and even now our fortified ports in the Mediterranean are regarded as stepping-stones to India, so soon has a novelty grown old and a thing we bad done without be come indispensable. Now, in its turn, it bids fair to be superseded. The new company, baffled in its purpose to share the overland trade, left Eng lish subsidies, Egyptian viceroys, Lesseps' canals, the Lyons railway, and Austrian Lloyd's to their fate, and bethought themselves once more of the old course from England right on end to Calcutta. Nothing could fetter them or trip them up in that course. The calculation was certain. Every increase of size and ofpower; and every improvement in the build, had told in increased speed. They had every encouragement to go on. Theirs was indeed a great work, but greatness is only comparative. It is only the other day that thousands were flock ing to see the Great Britain, then the largest ship afloat. There are now more than a dozen larger than she is. It is only a question of size, and that is a question of money. The undertaking had to do everything for itself, and those who have con tributed to the work have paid heavily for their generous confidence in the powers of nature and of man. But the work survives, and will shortly be put to the proof. The quick passage will then, as seems likely, be that round the Cape ; the overland will be the slow. It may now be said that all these hopes have been fulfilled, and the thing is done. As to the ship itself, it has no immunity from perils. It may suffer what is suffered every day by some ship or other in our vast mercantile navy. But the calculation has been worked out, and there lies a vessel ready to start in a few days for Calcutta, land its passen gers and cargo, take in others, and return home immediately, without taking in more coals, all within seventy days. Once released from these shores nothing can stop her, so long as her ma chinery does its work. This, of course, is the question ; but never was steamship provided with so many alternatives. She will rush over the sea with a speed nearly equal to an ordinary railway train, and with a weight two hundred times greater. Should she come into collision with any thing else afloat—should she, by chance, touch some little three-decker in the mid-sea, sh• will live to tell the tale, and she alone. She might send the flimsy craft to the bottom in the night, cutting her in two, or sailing over hcr, without even disturbiug the sleep of her passengers. It might be presumptuous to affirm that she will not feel the waves, for that remains to be tried, but on calculation she should feel them little more than an ordinary Thames steamer does the waves be tween bridges. Is not this, then, the true solution of the Indian route ? The only difficulty that will then remain will be the weight of a national sub sidy thrown into the other scale. The Great Eastern will have to pay her own expenses against a rival half paid by the public ; she may not be able to stand this sort of competition; and, should she be obliged to give up, simply as a non-paying speculation, the British public wiil have perpe trated one more characteristic folly, by helping to crush the grandest proof of its commercial adven ture, its maritime experience, and its mechanical ower.—Times. VA CANCIES, APP OINTMENTS, 4-c.. Ecclesiastical Commission : There are vacancies in this office for junior clerks. Comniencing salary, £9O per annum. Law Department : The judge ship of County Courts, Circuit No. 25.—Wolver hampton, Walsall, . Oldbury, &c.—has become vacant by the death of Mr. Sergeant Clarke. The Ad miralty : The head-mastership of the Lower School. Greenwich Hospital, has become vacant by the death of Mr. E. Hughes. Salary and al lowances, £4OO a year. Paymaster-General's Office: A vacancy has been created in the Pay master-General's office by the resignation of Mr. E. A. Hoffey, assistant paymaster-general. War office : Messrs. William Gamble, Herbert Eliot, and George Thomas Jelly have passed their examina tions, and received certificates from the Civil Ser vice Commissioners for temporary_clerkships in the War-office. Registry of Seamen's Office—Mr. W. C. Bradstreet has passed his examination, and re ceived a certificate from the Civil Service Commis sioners for a third-class clerkship in the Seamen's Registry-office. Customs—Mr. John Holdaway has been appointed a clerk in the office of the in spector-general of imports and exports, London ; Mr. G. B. Holttum has been appointed a clerk in the tea - and East India department, Lon don. Inland Revenue Department—Mr Fran cis Brown has passed his examination as a supernumerary surveyor •of taxes in England. There will be, in a short time, vacancies for junior clerks in Somerset House. Co mmencin g salary, £9O per annum. Mr. T. Gibson, supervisor, Charlestown, has been appointed to Burnley dis trict, vice Spruckley, retired. Mr. J. Schofield, supervisor, Market Harborough, has been appointed to Northampton district. Ireland : A judgeship in the Court of Bankruptcy has become vacant by the death of the Honourable Patrick Plunket. Messrs. George Haddock, James Fennell Kisby, and Thomas Smith have passed their exa minations for clerkships in Dublin. Easi. Indies : Mr. T. Garret has been appointed post master of Calcutta; Mr. R. P. Harrison has been appointed accountant to the Government of Bengal ; Mr. D. Simson has been appointed a commissioner lin Oude ; Major J. W. Carnegie has been ap pointed a deputy commissioner of the first class ; Mr. W. J. Allen has been appointed a member of the Board of Examiners ; Mr. A. Grote has been appointed to officiate as a member of the Board of Revenue ; Mr. H. M. Reid has been ap pointed to officiate as commissioner of revenue.— Czvil Service Gazette. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS. A correspondent possessing considerable expe rience in submarine telegraphs desires to protest against the statements made on the 29th of last month, at the meeting of the Electric and Interna tional Telegraph Company, regarding the rapid deterioration of ocean cables. He contends that a telegraph cable, if properly made and skilfully laid down, will last from 15 to 20 years, and, cost the company meanwhile only a nominal sum per annum. The less favourable experience of the Electric Com pany is attributed to the defective nature of their line to the Hague, " laid down in defiance of warn ing and example," and which requires constant expenditure. Proofs of the durability of other lines are furnished in the fact that next month the first cable laid down from Dover . to Calais will be nine years' old, while the age of that from Dover to Ostend is already seven years. These are yet both at work, and are reported by the Submarine Company to be, so far as natural wear is con cerned, as good as when first put down, the only injury sustained having been in 1857, when a vessel of 700 tons hung on to one of them for hours. There are also, it is added, two submarine cables which were laid across the Irish Sea in 1853 by the Magnetic and British Telegraph companies,and which have not cost their respective companies a penny for repair. Finally, with regard to the statements, that when the line to the Hague was made the Electric Company had no experience to guide them, and that there is no submarine cable at the present moment that pays for its outlay, it is stated that they are both dis proved, the first by the fact that the Dover and Calais and Dover and Ostend had been previously laid, and the second by the payment of a dividend of 7 or 8 per cent. by the Submarine Company (which has no land lines) on the cost of their seve ral cables every year since their formation. Unless in the latter case it be asserted that there has been no sufficient reserve, and the cables are not in the condition represented, these corrections will appear unanswerable. Whichever view may be the true one, it is highly important that all doubt should be removed as soon as possible. From her insular position and diffused extent of empire there is no description of enterprise that can exert an influence more vast on the future safety and progress of Great Britain than that of oceanic communication, and the recent representations would, if we are to admit their validity, inflict upon it, for the time, a heavy discouragement.—Times' City Article. THE NINE HOURS' 1110VE13IEN11 Yesterday Messrs. Trollope's firm intimated to the public, by a notice posted outside their works in the Belgrave-road, that they required no more painters, having, as was stated, having obtained sufficient men in that particular branch to suit their present requirements. The smiths, it was believed, would go in to-day, and the services of a few labourers also have been accepted ; and all these men—painters, smiths, and labourers—are to work the ten hours and pledge themselves under the declaration. It has been suggested on a former occasion that whenever one set of trades men went to work at Messrs. Trollope's the other builders might, under their resolution, open their doors to the same branch ; but at the meeting of the Central Association which was held yesterday it was determined not to adopt that course at present, at all events. It was felt that such a step would be premature, that it would be at best but an imperfect healing of the wound, and that it was preferable, in the existing state of cir cumstances, to take no immediate action. Offers which have been made to the Central Association from two different parts of the country lead them to believe that by the end of the week they will be enabled to set more trades to work, and they deem that it would be inexpedient therefore to open their doors to the painters alone. Bricklayers and plas terers, they apprehend, may be had in sufficient numbers, while the difficulty with regard to joiners may be met possibly in another way. Although the doors of the principal firms have only been closed two days, and although no direct advances have yet been made on either side, already hopes begin to be entertained that the present la mentable state of affairs will not be long protracted. So much caution and reserve have been displayed both by masters and men and so little exacerbation of feeling has been exhibited on either part that the case would seem to be one peculiarly fitted for me diation ; and accordingly already in independent circles propositions are freely canvassed which, it is supposed, might be acceptable both to men and masters, or whicn might be modified into such a shape as that they would be distasteful to neither of them. As prior to this movement for the " nine hours", no such thing as a " document" or a " declara tion" was ever known in the building trades, all the propositions which we have heard discussed proceed upon the basis that that must be with drawn. That once conceded, it is apprehended that there will be little difficulty in perfect ing other arrangements. Among the gentle men who have offered themselves as mediators is Mr. Marsh Nelson, an architect, who may be regarded as occupying an independent posi tion between both parties. He has gone into the whole case with much care and studied it with great minuteness, and, as he had been in pretty constant communication with the Conference of the United Trades it may be supposed that his views, if not exactly coincident with those of the men, are, at least, not antagonistic to them. He puts forth as the bases of an arrangement two general propositions-1, the withdrawal of the declaration ; and, 2, the payment by the hour at the rate of 6s. per day of 10 hours for the skilled labourer, leav ing it to the men to work what hours they please. These, bases agreed upon, he proposes a conference between the heads of the two associations, to be presided over by an impartial chairman, in whom the public and parties interested should have con fidence. This conference would determine at what time the new arrangement should come into opera tion, w howere to be regarded as "skilled labourers,' and all the other details essential to .a permanent settlement. Another proposition has been put forth with some degree of authority which bears a great resemblance to the above, but which would probably meet with more general favour from the masters. It proceeds also upon the supposition that the declaration be withdrawn ; then, that the wages be at the rate of 7d. per hour for skilled artisans and 41d. per hour for labourers; that the men work 10 hours a day for five days in the week ; and that they knock off at 1 o'clock on Saturdays. These are the prelimi naries ; then a conference is proposed, with some such well-known and esteemed public man as Sir W. Page Wood or Lord Brougham as chairman, to settle the details. A third gentleman of eminence and position as a contractor, who has recently retired from all con tracts, however, in this country, has also offered his mediation. He yesterday morning had an in terview with the Committee of the Conference of United Trades at the. Paviours' Arms, and there shadowed out the nature of his views. He thence pro ceeded to the Freemasons"favern, where the Com mittee of the Central Association were sitting in consultation. - Matters of urgency were being dis cussed at the moment of his arrival, and the com mittee deputed three of their body—representing some of the largest firms in the country—to meet this gentleman and to receive his communication. He refused, however, to treat with the deputation, and shortly after left without making known his proposition. The frets of these and other attempts at a recon ciliation being made in influential quarters leads to the belief that not many days will elapse before the men and their employers will be working as har moniously as ever. Possibly, if there were to be such a meeting as has been suggested, presided over by a man of eminence and worth, it might result in mutual concessions, and the removal of many of those disagreeables on bath sides which are said to harass and perplex employers and employed alike. At present, however, as has been intimated, no ad vance is made by the leaders on either side; no communication has passed between the Central As sociation and the United Trades since the 27th of July, and both seem to think that their strength consists in silence. The men still stand by the nine hours, and the masters still insist upon the decla ration ; but there are undoubtedly elements in the case which clearly indicate that, if not at this mo ment, at all events in a very short time, it will be rife for settlement. With reference to the point raised touching the distance which in some cases the men have to travel to and from their work, and their claim to have the time thus occupied included in their day's labour, it has been ob , erved that this is by no means so im portant a matter as might at first appear. It is said that of the 60,000 men engaged in the building trades in London at least one-third are employed by what may be termed "jobbing masters," whose trade is for the most part purely local—that is to say, that they do not undertake contracts at a dis tance from their homes, and that their " hands" therefore never have to journey far to or from their work, This reduces the 60,000 at once to 40,000. Then again it is calculated that probably not more than two-fifths of the building trade are itinerant. The bricklayers, the plasterers, and the out-door carpenters are necessarily itinerant trades—that is to say, they follow the building, and those who engage in those trades are perfectly aware that this is one peculiarity of their vocation. But by far the greater portion of the joiners' work and a large share of the masons' work is done at the mas ter's permanent establishment, and is thence fqr warded in a completed shape to the building where it is to be used. If this be a correct view, it reduces the number of men who have to travel any distance to and from their work from 60,000 to 16,000, and inasmuch as these men know that the nature of their business involves them in this necessity, the hardship is by no means so great nor so generally diffused as might be imagined. As a proof that a large portion of the joiners' work is done on the masters' premises, it may be stated that one very large London firm of builders have the whole of their joinery work done at Lowestoft, in Suffolk, where the wages are only 255. a-week, instead of 335. as in town. This practice is evidently capable of very wide extension, and it and others will, no doubt, soon be had recourse to unless the present dispute should be happily terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Aug. 9. MANSION-HOUSE.—William Whebley Hebb was charged with having, on the 19th of Jan. last, forged a transfer of £5OO Three per Cent. Consols, with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. Mr. Freshfield appeared to conduct the case for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. Michael Haydon, detective, said—l produce a warrant signed by the Lord Mayor, upon which I apprehended the prisoner on Monday morning, about one o'clock, at the King's Head Hotel, Worcester-street, Birmingham. I read the war rant to him, addressing him as if I knew him to be the person mentioned in it. He said, "My name is not Hebb, and you make a great mistake. I know nothing ut all about it. My name is Seward ; lam a commercial traveller. lam well known in Birmigham, and have been staying here for some tune. I will not hear anything more •that you have to say." He then rose from his chair to leave the room, but I prevented him from doing so, and told him that, from inquiries I had made, I felt quite convinced that he was Mr. Hebb, and that he must therefore consider himself in custody upon the charge, and proceed with me at once to London. He then said. " You have told me quite enough. I will go with you quietly ; but I have one favour to ask of you, and that is that you will treat me as a gentleman." He then came quietly with me to London, to the Bow-lane station, where he gave the name of Ralph Seward, but after having read the warrant, which he requested permission to do, he gave the name of William Whebley Hebb, and the charge was booked against him in that name. I searched him, but found nothing upon him con nected with this charge. Mr. 1). Whaley—l am acting superintendent at the Three per Cent. Consols-office, Bank of Eng land. On the 19th of January last there was a sum of £3,807 17s. standing i n the name of John Hebb, Middle Brunswick-terrace, Islington. On the same day a sum of £5OO, part of that amount, was transferred. I produce the transfer-book in which the transfer purports to be signed " John Hebb." Mr. Johnson, clerk in the Consols-office, deposed that he attested the signature of " John Hebb" in the transfer-book produced by the previous witness. John Hebb—l am an architect, and formerly lived at Middle Brunswick-terrace, Islington. On the 19th of January last I was possessed of the sum of £3,807 17s. in Three per Cent. Consols. I did not on that day transfer £5OO of that stock, and the signature to the transfer in the book produced is not in my handwriting, nor was it written by my authority. The prisoner at the bar is related to me, and I have seen him write repeat edly. The signature resembles his handwriting, and I believe it to be his. (The prisoner and this witness are brothers). Mr. F. Stackman,_ share-dealer, 19, Gresham street—l know the prisoner, and have known him these 10 or 12 years as Mr. Hebb, but I do not know his Christian name. On or about the 19th of January last he came to my office to speak to me about somes mines, and at the same time he asked me to recommend him to a broker. I gave him my card, upon which I wrote " Mr. Peake—Mr. Hebb," as an introduction, but I did not write the words " Middle Brunswick-terrace, Islington," which now appear on the card after the word "Hebb." The prisoner then left my office, and I have not seen him since until now. Thomas Peake, broker—The prisoner came to me on the 19th of January and gave me the card pro duced. He said he wished to sell £5OO stock, upon which I gave him the price, and prepared the tickets under his instructions. I forwarded the ticket to the Bank of England, and when the trans fer was ready I went with him to the Bank, where I signed my name to the transfer book to attest his identity. I then gave him a cheque for £479 12s. 6d., which has since been returned to me as paid by m y bankers. He endorsed the cheque " J o hn Hebb" in my presence. This finished the case for the prosecution, and, in reply to the usual questions whether he had anything to say in answer to the charge, The prisoner said—l won't say anything at pre sent, my lord, but I wish to ask you to direct that a watch and a little silver which the officer took from me may be given up. The watch belongs to my wife, and has nothig at all to do with this charge. Sir: H. Muggeridge—l can make no order of the kind. Haydon—l should say, my lord, that the pri soner has told me about a place where he says I can find £4O in gold and five Napoleons, which he has secreted ; but I have not yet had time to search. With regard to the watch, from inquiries I have made, I have every reason to believe that it does belong to his wife, and it is only a silver one. Sir 11. lluggeridge—l shall make no order about it. The prisoner was then committed for trial. GUILDHALL—Thomas Evans was charged with stealing pewter pots. William Terry, barman to Mr. Tubb, of the Three Cranes public-house in Watling-street, said the prisoner came into their house on Friday last about one o'clock and called for a half-pint of porter. He sat in front of the bar, and after drinking his beer he put the half-pint pewter measure into his hat, and witness immediately gave him into custody. He had seen the prisoner there on the previous Wednesday. They had missed a great number of pewter pots. On being searched at the station house three pewter pots were found upon the prisoner. Sergeant Sheppard, 32, said the prisoner was con victed at the Old Bailey in 1856 of pot stealing, and sentenced to four months imprisonment with hard labour. It was stated in th e course o f t h e case th a t some publicans were plundered to a great extent in this way, and one of th e owners o f th e p o ts round on the prisoner said he had l os t a s many as 20 dozen in three or four months; the pots were worth 2s. 6d. each, and when destroyed by this class of thieves they were sold for 4d. each. Sir It. Carden said he should send the prisoner for i trial. In this case there was ample proof, in the number of pots found on the prisoner, of the amount of mischief he had inflicted in o ne morning, but unfortunately that was not the extent of the evil, for the metal obtained from the purloined pots was again circulated in the shape o f counterfeit coin. The prisoner was then committed for trial. Joseph Warmington, a journeyman bootmaker, was charged with absconding with a letter con taining a check and bank-notes to the value 0f.£70, belonging to his master. Superintendent Radford, of the Chesterfield police force, said—ln the early part of July last the prisoner came to the police-office at Chesterfield, and stated he had been in the employ of Mr. Lloyd, a bootmaker, of Newgate-street, London, and that he had absconded with three £lO Bank of England notes, and two for £5 each, which he had been in trusted with by his master for a special purpose. He was taken before the magistrate and remanded several times, and in the meantime Mr. Lloyd was communicated Wilt, and, in accordance with the instructions received from that gentleman, the pri soner was sent up to be dealt with hero. Joseph Rice said he managed Mr. Lloyd's busi ness, and in 1857 the prisoner was employed in the establishment. In the early part of that year he gave the prisoner a letter containing bank-notes to the amount of £4O, and a crossed check for £3O, a ddressed to Mr. Lloyd at N or thampton, with in structions to get the letter registered. He did not post that letter, but he made up dummy letter, which he got registered instead and a Mr. Lloyd re ceived it. The prisoner came bak and remained in the shop about an h our and a-half, e and then went out to get his tea, and never returned. The check was afterwards returned by the prisoner to Mr. Lloyd. The prisoner had nothing t,) say in ans wer to th e charge, and was comm i tted for trial. Ann Jones was charged with robbing a gentle mull of £6. Mr. Lewis Henry Myers said he was a general merchant a n d warehouseman at 13, ) Church-lane, Whitechapel, a n d o n Sunday night a out lOo'clock, as he \vas passing through B artholomew- close, the prison er came up an d sa id she thought she knew him, hut he informed her she was mistaken. his She, howe ver , p ers i s t e d i n making acquaint ance, and with great pertinacity most pulled loving v h i n i m g to her, and clung to hi m i n manner. He, however, the he pushed her away two or three times, and at length she sud denly let go her hold of him and ran away, and the next instant a man, whom he had pre viously observed loiterii , very suspiciously near them, came up and knocked g him down with. great violence. He got up, and, on missing a canvas bag containing six sovereigns, called aloud " Stop thief !" and gave chase to the man, who succeeded in making his escape. Ile afterwards accompanied the officer, Serjeant Baldwin, 58, to a beershop in the neighbourhood, where they found the prisoner, and charged her with the robbery. She at first denied it, but shortly afterwards she slipped the six sovereigns and a shilling into the prosecutor's hand, and begged him not to give her into custody, as she had two children at home dying. Sergeant Baldwin, 58, said he found the canvas bag on the spot where the prisoner had been stand ing at the time she was accused. The prosecutor said it would be very inconvenient for him to attend upon a trial at the Old Bailey, and he would, therefore, rather withdraw the charge. Sir R. W. Carden said it was a most daring rob bery, and he could not permit the prisoner to escape in that way, he therefore committed her for trial, and bound the prosecutor in his own recognizances of £lOO to attend and prosecute. THAMES.--A tall and powerful negro, who gave the name of Daniel Kelly, was charged with assaulting John Barry, a labourer, and biting away part of his left ear. The complainant, whose left ear had been in the hands of a surgeon, stated that the prisoner was ill-using a young man. He interfered, and the pri soner struck him on the face with his fist, and then seized his left ear with his teeth and bit a piece off the top of it, and then took a second bite and tore the ear right away. The prisoner said he was a sailor, and came to England in a ship from Sierra Leone, and was going back to his native place in a ship in the Commercial Dock. He told a long rambling tale about a quarrel between some men and women. He was attacked and beaten very severely, and the complainant was one who struck him. Mr. Selfe asked the prisoner if he could make any compensation to the complainant ; to which he replied that he had no money or the means of get ting any ; on which the magistrate said that Barry was a disorderly person, no doubt, but that was no reason his ear should be bitten and torn. He fined the prisoner 405., and in default three weeks' im prisonment. Charles Manners, a tall, powerful man, aged 31, and described as a labourer, of Folly-cottage, Isle of Dogs, Poplar, was charged with cutting and wounding James Creed, a labourer, with intent to murder him or do grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor, who had received two fearful blows on the top of his head, which was covered with surgical plasters, was in a very weakly con dition from loss of blood. It appeared that he was in the service of Mr. Ross, a stone merchant, of Poplar. The prisoner was also in the service of the same gentleman up to Saturday night, when he was discharged aid he came to the conclusion that Creed had prevented him obtaining certain work, the delivery of certain barges laden with stone, and had also procured his discharge. Creed, however, denied that he had interfered with the prisoner or caused his dismissal. Manners had frequently ex hibited a deadly hostility towards Creed, who went in great fear of him. On Monday morning Creed was employed in removing stone from a barge on the river at Poplar, and the prisoner came upon the wharf in an infuriated state, and raising a hammer made use of the most deadly threats against Creed, and said he would hammer his brains out before he left off work. At two o'clock the prisoner again came to the place, and repeated his threats, and he was with difficulty prevented from boarding the barge on which Creed was employed and attacking him. Among other threats he said, " I will scatter your blood and brains about the street. I will have my revenge ; this hammer shall do the work." Creed made no reply to the invectives and threats of the prisoner. The prisoner came to the wharf a third time, shortly before four o'clock in the afternoon ; he appeared to be maddened with rage, and to have been drinking to excess. He swore, raved, cursed, and blasphemed in an awful manner, and brandishing the hammer exclaimed, " May God strike me dead and stone blind, deaf, and dumb, if I don't settle Creed before he goes home." He also said he meant murder. No notice was taken of his ravings, and about 5 o'clock Creed left the barge on which he had been working for the pur pose of going home. He had scarcely touched the shore when the prisoner rushed upon him and struck him a tremendous blow on the top of the head with a heavy iron hammer. The blow felled the unfortunate prosecutor to the ground, and the blood gushed copiously from the wound. The man lay stunned upon the ground for some time, with the prisoner standing over him, and when he was about to rise the prisoner again struck him on the head with the hammer, and again felled him to the ground. The wounded man was insensible for some time afterwards, and was removed to the hospital, where his wounds were dressed. The prisoner re placed his hammer in his pocket and walked home after he had committed the outrage. He was cap tured the same night. The prisoner said that Creed had injured him, and caused him to be dismissed from the service of Mr. Ross. Creed had assaulted him awfully—first with a hammer, and secondly with a stone, a year ago, but he did not prosecute him. The hammer used by Creed was heavier than the one he carried on Monday night. Mr. Selfe committed the prisoner for trial on the charge of wounding Creed with intent to murder him or do grievous bodily harm. THE MURDER NEAR LEEDS. It was briefly stated in The Sun of Monday that a respectable man named Richard Broughton, aged 67 years, had been robbed and murdered on Satur day afternoon about 5 o'clock between Leeds and the village of Roundhay. On Monday afternoon an inquest was commenced before Mr. Jewison, the coroner of the district, into the circumstances of the case, and from the evidence adduced and other sources of information the following particulars were obtained :—The deceased, who had formerly , been an office-keeper to an attorney in . Leeds, re sided in Rose-cottage-yard, in the pretty and some what aristocratic village of Roundhay, about three miles from Leeds. He lived upon his means, having, it is understood, saved enough money to keep him self without work. He dressed very respectably, and it is probable that his assailant, or assailants, judged from his appearance that he was a " gentle man," and that he had more money upon him than he really had ; for it appears he had only a florin in his pocket, and a German silver watch. With these in his possession he left home about 20 minutes to 5 o'clock, for the purpose of walking to Leeds to buy food for some ducks which he kept.. On leaving home he proceeded along a lane called Horseshoe-lane until he entered a footpath which strikes from the high road across several fields, and leading from the village of Seacroft to Leeds, and had gone about three-quarters of a mile before any thing happened to him. He had reached the top of an oat field, and was on the point of crossing the stile into a field called Ox-pasture, which is only two fields distant from the r es id ence o f Mr. D. Lupton, one of the Leeds borough magistrates, men,agistrates, when he was attacked, probably by two of whom was armed with a bludgeon. Twoone from this instrume n t ren d ere d M r. Broughton blows in sensible. He had f a ll en upon a hawthorn hedge, but the ruffians had continued their violence, and five wounds were i n fli c t e d upon the skull, one of them fracturing the bone. The thieves had theh ransacked the pockets of their victim, and had gained po s s ess i on o f hi s watch, but they had probably been disturbed (the road being much frequented), for they had left the florin behind them. The old man did not long remain in a state of unconsciousness, and on gaining his feet, al though he appears to have been in a state of con siderable excitement, he continued his walk to wards Leeds. Four or five lads, who were going to bathe, walked along with him for upwards of half a mile, and he th en t urne d round- and pro ceeded homewards. Blood was running rapidly from the wounds in the head, and a person who saw him described him as having the appearance of a man upon whom a bucket of blood had been thrown. When the unfortunate man arrived at the bottom of the field below the Ox-pasture, he was met by William Edward Barber, the son of Mr. Barber, farmer, and a neighbour. Blood was then flowing freely from his temples, and Barber asked him what was the matter. He made no reply, but on Barber taking off Broughton's hat he observed several wounds in his head. He was then evi dently exhausted, and could hardly speak beyond the exclamation, " Two men, two men," thus inti mating that they were the authors of the injuries he had received. Barber inquired, " Have they robbed you P" and the old man replied, " Two shil lings," taking the florin out of his pocket, and then returning it. Barber had to go a little further, and Broughton said he thought he was able to walk home. Barber said he would overtake him, but the poor fellow was in such a state of nervous and mental excitement that he could scarcely control his actions, and he walked home at so rapid a pace that young Barber was unable again to come up with him. 'Arrived at home, the dangerous nature of the injuries Broughton had received were im mediately apparent, and a messenger was de spatched to Leeds for Mr. W. Hay, surgeon. Unfortunately Broughton was never in suc h a state of mind after the attack as to be enable him to give any connected account of the manner in which he had been assaulted, or any description of his assailants ; and in an hoar or two after he reached home he relapsed into a state of insensibility, from which he never ral lied. Mr. Barber was called into the house of the deceased immediately after his return. home, and he asked Broughton who had attacked him P He replied, " Two men ; one went up the hill slowly before me, till he got to the top ; then another man met us from another road (possibly by trespassing across the fields) ; and then one of them struck me twice over the head. I know nothing more." The only description he could give of the men was, that 0110 was a young man, and the other older. Tile Rev. Mr. Davis, who was in the neighbourhood at the time Broughton returned home, pent some time with the unfortunate man in administering to him spiritual consolation. He gave to the rev. gentleman an account of the fatal transaction sour" what similar to that detailed above. He said, " There were two men. One went by me ; the other struck me over the head twice. They were dressed somewhat like working men. One had a jacket on, I think." Mr. Hay arrived at Round hay between eight and nine o'clock on Saturday evening, and discovered that Broughton, who was then insensible, was suffering from four or five cuts on the head, one of which had fractured his s kull. He never rallied, and died at 25 minutes to two o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The place where the murderous assault was committed was a Per' feet pool of blood, and on the hedge and stile were portions of skin and hair, which showed the cha racter of the attack. After the examination of five witnesses the inquest was adjourned till Wednesday, the 17th inst. By the authority of the Mayor of Leeds (Sir Peter Fairbairn) and Mr. D. Lupton one of the magistrates, placards were issued on Sunday after noon offering a reward of £5O for such infor mation as may lead to the detection of the offenders ; but up to yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon no one had been apprehended. Mr. English, the ehlet constable of Leeds, and the local officers of the West Riding constabulary have used active exer tions to discover some clue which may lead to the detection of the perpetrators of this foul crime, but at present slight hopes are entertained of any material evidence being obtained to bring th e offence home to the guilty parties. A man who .. some particulars corresponded with the very 11 ° - perfect description given by the unfortunate de ceased of his assailants was seen lying on the grass near the scene of the murder just about the time Mr. Boughton must have been attacked ; and Mr° . Ann Littlewood, housekeeper to Mr. Roebuck, Wesleyan minister, York-road, Leeds, in passing along the footpath also observed this man in Puzzling-field, close to the place of the attack , about the same time. She IN as walking towards Leeds, and on reaching Mr. D. Lupton's park she met the boys who afterwards were the first to observe deceased. This would lead to the inference that the deceased had been following Mrs. Little wood, and that he must have been attacked when she was at no great distance. So daring an cot; rage, committed in open daylight on a public an much-frequented footpath, and so near a large town, has rarely been perpetrated. COUNTRY MARKBTR. LIVERPOOL—Aua. 9. \Vo had a fair attendance of millers and dealers at our corn exchange this morning, and the demand for both whe at and flour was quite in retail, holders being f orce d t o rell- , 5 quish the advance obtained yesterday. Indi an corn 11 °"' only a moderate inquiryat prices the turn in buyers' favour . Oats and oatmeal are still difficult to move, and DO qualities irregular in value. Egyptian beans improved 6 d per qr over previous prices. Peas and barley at late rate,,,, s ' The reaction from the improvement of ye s t er d a y may `"" attributed to the fine weather and the quiet tone of Alan' lane. BRISTOL—Ana. 9. In the sales of wheat at to-day's market an advance of 2° was obtained on late rates. The trade showed considerab le excitement, and a large business was done. SHEFFIELD—Auo. 9. There was only a small show of wheat:to-day, and holder asked an advance, which was not generally conceded. The extreme prices of l as t week, however, were ma i n tained' Good samples of new oats from Nottinghamshire we re offered at 29s to 30s per qr. Beans scarce. a Red wheat, p er l oa d o f 3 i mper i a l b us h e l s ...l6 s 6d t o 178 i White ...18s 6d to 200 0 , 7) 91 Peas, per qr " Beans Grinding barley, per qr 33s Od to 3 59 ,„n" Malting ditto , . . 33s Od to 35s Od ) Oats . 24s Od to 32s u' . . . 4 18 8 s s 0 0 d d t t o o 2 64 1: O rl i • 1411 1 . illers' prices for flour—ls 7d, is 9d, and is lid Per Hay, 80s to 85s ; wheat straw, 28s to 365; oat straw, 25. to 3Gs ; turnips, 14s to 16s per ton. LEEDS—Au G. 9. w The show o f w h ea t i s goo d , an d pr i ces were a t Frida'l i . currency, with a f a i r sa l e . B ar l e y nom i na l. B ea ns, O l t and other arti c l es s t ea d y, w ith a li m it e d d eman d . Sin', Saturd a y muc h ra i n has fallen in this neighbourhood, but we have a return of fine weather this morning. Averages for the week : Wheat 3,268 qrs., at 46s ld 8ar1ey......... ~ —s Oil Peas Beans Oats 95 „ 26s 3id Rye 36 - „ 3ls oicl Arrivals this week : Wheat 2,824 qrs. Barley Oats • Rapeseed Beans .... Peas .. . Linseed NORWICH CATTLE—Auto. 6. A small show of store beasts to .day, comprising Sc of shorthorns, and Irish. Sales again restricted, and we Us' a poor attendance, farmers being busy at harvest. Scots, 4s to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 4e 6d ; Irish, 30 to 3s 6d. .Fat beasts, 7s 6d to 8s 6d per stone. Sheep—The pens were well filled. —Fat sheep, 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone. Pigs—A.good supply. Store pigs 16s to 20s; fat pork, 5s 6d to 6s 6d per. stone. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—AUG. 9. There was a heavy business doing in this market day, and prices were lower. Blackburns,'l2--Dovers , m" —North British, 58--Great Western of Canada, 141 Sheffields, 3 516 —Caledonians, 83—Lancashire and YU shire, 95 I— ondon and North-Westerns, 93a 1- - Dj i k o , Rhenish. 5 1 dis.—East Lancashire, 945 5- - Ber w f.., 91 f--. Midlands, 1045—Chester and Holyheads , 49 ro Birkenheads ' 76 s—Leeds Northern, 445 Counties, 11 I 11 1 4—Grand Trunk of Canada, 8 t Great Western, 59 f. LEEDS—Aua. 9. The closing quotations to-day were—North East ern ' Berwick, 94—Great Northern A, 83. MANCHESTER-AUG. 9. The prices were flat this morning, and continued so ng „.. 1111 day, with a quiet business. Leeds 951—Sheffi 19 elds, t v to , Midlands, 1041—Dovers 22 5-16—Trunks 81- 1 Dividend 0, Debs., 10s.—East Lancashire, 95—Amber d—Prest on • an d W ire, 47i—Birkenhead Stock, 76 • BIRMINGHAM—AUG. 9. a There was a dull business doing, and prices close about yest er d ay ' s ra t es. L on d on and North-Weo Cant'" te l 933. i—Birmingham Bank, 261 27—Birmingham 93 A—Birmingham Town and District Banking Comp"y' EUROPEAN TROOPS (INDIA).--A Govern— et Bill limits the number of European troops to be employ in her Majesty's Indian army at 30,000 in the whole, 1 1 . eluding the officers, commissio ne d an d non - comm i ss ioneu: and authorises her Majesty to enlist and retain 6,000 11 1, 1 commissioned officers and m en b e l ong i ng to t h e sa id Indi te army in the United Kingdom and the British isles. LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's n Ointment and Piu s ' Hooping Cough.—E ver y nurse thinks she knows a retrl,ti for this complaint, but unfortunately the bills of morts., show them to be f a llibl e . Th e l a t e D r . Thompson alti;t recommended sufferers from hooping cough to be '6` o warm, fed on a milkand vegetable diet, and ru bb e d Well - the spine and pit of the stomach with Holloway's ointte e t. three times a day, wearing flannel next the skin. No treS moat is so safe, speedy, and effieient—no c ase can resist and no ill consequences ever result from it. The CO continuing from habit after the disease declines is ren and radically removed by Holloway's preparations, vtio act more like magic than medi c i ne in every stage of tiresome disease. BIRTHS. Mem/ism—On the Bth inst., the wife of L. Dickies Esq., of Langham-chambers, of a son. DUNDAS.—On the 9th inst., at 23, Russell-place, Fitlrlli; square, the wife of Adam D. D un d as, Esq., R. N. ) ° son. ELWES.—On the 7th inst., at Congham H ouse , No-- Mrs. Robert Elwes, of a daughter. MAY.—On the 7th inst., at Lee, Kent, the wife of is , - P. May, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Wycliffe C ard the 9th at Wyc..-- pel, London, Mr. H. M. Heath, of 39, Old Chang°, ' ~ ,r of 5, Bancroft-road, Bow, t o Matilda fourth &nigh Samuel Sargeant, E sq ., of Commercial-road-east. o t SURTEES — BOSWORTH.—On th e 9th i ns t ., at St. /alle tho Piccadilly, Sir S. Villi ers Surtees, Chief Justice ° u t to Mauritius, to Barbara Eliza, only daughter of til e , in tl Rev. William B oswort h , of Charley Hall, in the Cc' of Leicester. DEATHS. fir ; Dxvms.—On the 7th inst. , at Sydenham-pa r k, Kent , W. Davies, lat e o f the Auction Mart, aged 64. th us HAMES.—On th e Bth i nst., at Weimer, the Rev. r „ " n "id, Times, rector of H am , K en t , an d formerly of ChslP- Essex, aged 67. fh ate JONES. —On the 7th inst., Captain John Jones, of Land Tr Corps, aged 48. LANFEAR. ansport —On the 7th inst.. at Waddon, Croydon/ Lanfear, jun., Esq., aged 35. f the NEWHAM.—On the 7th inst., Mr. Henry Newham , O f t he National Gallery, and of her Majesty's Yeoman ° Guard, aged 74. 3. T. RA TCLIFEE.—On the sth i ns t., at Peckham, Mr. Ratcliffe, l a t e o f Southwark, aged 70. 010 1 USSHER.—On th e 4th i ns t., th e R ev. Willi am ConYr l a . ° Ussher, vicar of Renhold, Bedfordshire, aged - - Y OU NG LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO 112' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus Office, 1 " 4 4.1 , of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the N ull " Middlesex, Wednesday, August 10, 1859.