The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-26 00:00:00

OPENING OF THE NEW DOCKS AT SWANSEA. On Friday last the new docks recently constructed at Swansea were opened with all the ceremony and rejoicings which the importance of the event to the town and neighbourhood demanded. Few ports have made a more rapid advance in so short a time, and none have benefited more in proportion than Swansea from the extension of railway accommo- dation. The natural advantages of its position at the entrance of the Bristol Channel, its excellent roadstead at the Mumbles, and its contiguity to the coalfields of South Wales would always secure to it a fair share of whatever trade was stirring in those parts; but the completion of the South Wales Rail way system, which first fairly " tapped," so to speak, many of the richest treasures of the district, and the prudent measures simultaneously adopted , by the trustees of the harbour, have given an im petus to its progress within the last seven years which is almost without a parallel. Ten years ago the harbour consisted merely of a few quays built along the banks of the river Tawe, alongside of which vessels floated or lay high and dry as the tide ran in or out. The bed of the river was very uneven, and ships as they grounded were liable to strain—a serious drawback, which was calculated to overweight the port in its race with the other ports of the Channel. The trustees of the day, alive to this danger, and foreseeing the increased demand for accommodation which would be occasioned by tke establishment of railway communication between Swansea and the coalfields, determined to con struct a floating basin in the bed of the river, on the plan adopted at Bristol, the fresh water from the interior being carried into the sea by a side cut. This was completed in 1852, and its effect, jointly with the extension of the rail way to the docks in the following year, was manifested by the rise of the tonnage entering the port from 270,000 tons in 1851 to 332,000 tons in 1853. The rise since then has continued steady and rapid, and last year the tonnage entering the port was in round numbers 500,000 tons. Of this, the increase in the foreign trade alone was from 60,000 to 262,000 tons. The chief export trade is, of course, in coals, of which Swansea exported last year 267,432 tons of all kinds, from the most bitu minous to tie most anthracite, and sent coastways 185,712 tons. There is also a considerable trade in patent fuel, a manufacture peculiar to Swansea, of which large quantities are exported to all quarters of the world. In the coal trade, however, Swansea is rivalled by Cardiff and Newport, but in the im ports of copper ore it takes the lead of all others. Swansea may be said to do pretty nearly nine tenths of the copper-smelting business of the whole world. Coal is cheap, and the sea is near, and to Swansea accordingly comes copper ore from Corn wel' South America, Cuba, Australia, and all other parts of the world where it is produced. There is also a rapidly increasing trade in silver ores, and there may possibly be lying about some of the yards of the town silver ore to the amount of a quarter of a million. The value of a single cargo has been known to amount to £70,000. Such a thriving trade as this promised speedily to outgrow the existing accommodation, and it be came necessary to look about for some means of ex tending the harbour. Before the formation of the river float in 1852, a project was started for build ing new docks on the west side of the river, and a company was formed for the purpose. An Act was obtained, and the first sod of the undertaking was cut in 1852 by the present Duke of Beaufort. For some reason or other the harbour trustees did not associate themselves with this scheme, but pre ferred to persevere with their own plan of a floating basin, which they accomplished from their own funds. If their refusal was based on a suspicion that the company would not be able to perform their programme, they were justified by the event, for after a few years' progress funds became scarce, the works languished, and at last, after an expenditure of £lOO,OOO, came to a stand still, In this condition they remained for three years, until the trustees, on the lookout for more room, came to terms with the company and took the unfinished works off their hands. Under their aaspices they were pushed on with vigour, another £lOO,OOO was expended, and their completion was celebrated by the ceremony of Friday. The new docks are built on the west side of the entrance to the port and consist of an inner and outer or half tide basin. They are built partly on land belong ing to the corporation, and partly on the property of the Duke of Beaufort, who, as Lord of the Seigniory of Gowerig, by virtue of an intermar riage with some Welsh Princess in the days when Wales was an independent Principality, claims the regal rights between high and low water mark. The inner basin is excavated to a depth of 29 feet 6 inches ; the entrance to 28 feet ; but the founda tions of the walls are of sufficient depth to allow of an increased deepening of the entrance channel to an extent of about 3 feet. It contains an area of 13 acres, its length being 1,500 feet, and breadth 360 feet. There is 4,800 feet of quay wall. It commu nicates with the half-tide basin by a lock 300 feet long and 60 wide, which will accommodate steamers of the largest size. The half-tide basin contains an area of 4 acres, and is 430 feet in length by 370 in breadth. It has 1,600 feet of quay " wall. The depth of water throughout is 24 feet, and on the sill at the entrance gates the depth varies from 26 and 23 feet at spring tides to 15 feet at the lowest neaps. The entrance is 70 feet wide, being 15 feet wider than the entrance to the Bute Dock recently opened at Cardiff. The engi neer is Mr. Abernethy. The contractors are Messrs. Tredwell, and competent judges speak well of the manner in which they execute their contract. In one respect the docks have benefited by th:.: long procras tination of their completion, inasmuch as they have been supplied with the most recent inventions for saving time and labour. At an expense of some -1'75,000 the Harbour Trustees have constructed an extension of the South Wales Railway down to the edge of the inner basin ; facilities for the discharge of ores, ballast, &c., are afforded by the hydraulic cranes discharg ing direct into railway trucks, and for the shipment of coal and iron by hydraulic lifts and tips, com bining the advantage of shipping coal either from the ordinary trucks or boxes upon the most ap proved plans for the prevention of breakage in the hold. There are also five slips for discharging timber. The drops are connected with the branch railway by means of a timber viaduct which extends towards the quay at the height of 20 feet. The centre or combined drop is a very large one, being capable of shipping upwards of 150 tons per hour. The whole extent of the docks, as well as the river float, is furnished with Sir Wm. Armstrong's hydraulic apparatus, which opens the gates, swings the bridges, works the slucies, lifts the hoists, and goes through all manner of operations within the compass of a two-year-old baby and a dozen Her- The extent of pipes is a mile and a half, and the pressure ucon them is 7001 b. to the square inch. Th e hydraulic power is available for any purpose for which it may be required at any point throughout the entire length of the pipes, and for accumulating th e h _ yaraudhc power for the new docks a steam-enth, --eof SO horse-power has been erected. The machinery i s so arranged that the pipes connected with the Moat and those connected with the docks may be work e d quite independently, so that an accident t o one bra nch of the app ara t us need not affect the oth er. It is supplied with self acting gear, and by means of chains Whi c h run the whole length of each side of the lock t he st ar ti ng valves of the engines may be opened or closed i n a moment by persons employed to work the machi nery, without running to the engine-house for the purpose, simply by working levers attached to the chains. Any portion of the machinery can be thrown into or out of gear immediately, and either part worked independently of the others. The fitting of this apparatus has cost the trustees about £20,000. Altogether, the expenditure on the har bour up to the present time amounts to about £500,000. The day of openinglwas observed in Swansea and its outlying districts as a strict holyday, though the weather was by no means conducive to un mixed enjoyment. A steady, misty, wetting rain set in early, and continued at intervals throughout the proceedings. All the shops were closed, and the population disposed either in the streets or at the windows, while exc!rsion trains and boats brought in crowds of visitors from the neighbour hood. At an early hour the benefit societies of the town—Odd Fellows, Druids, Foresters, &c.—to the number of about 5,000, each headed by their respective bands, assembled in the Town-field, and thence a procession was formed to the docks, in which the corporation, the Harbour Trustees, the Lord Lieutenant, Mr. Talbot, the .M.P.'s for the county and the borough, and other leading mem bers of the community, took their places. The route to the docks lay through a perfect arcade of triumphal arches, flags, devices, and buntings of all descriptions. On arriving at the ground the benefit societies took up their position round the inner basin, backed by an immense concourse of people standing on the sea wall, which, sloping down to the dock, forms there a kind of natural amphi theatre. The proceedings commenced by the presents tion of addresses by the friendly societies to the Lord-Lieutenant, which having been suitably re plied to the branch railway was hanselled by the running of a gaily decorated engine and tender over its length. The dock gate was then opened by Miss Talbot, the daughter of the Lord-Lieutenant, not figuratively, as is usually the case with cere monial " openings" of this kind, but, thanks to the invention of Sir W. Armstrong, literally opened by the delicately-gloved hand of a young lady of 18. As she stood on a slightly raised platform, and grasping the capstan, boasting for the nonce a silver handle, bent it away from her with little more effort than she would have put into the opening of the door of her own boudoir, the giant pulleys flew round, the chains rattled, and presently the massive gates swung slowly back on their hinges, obedient to the force which the light touch a dozen yards off had loosed upon them. A more striking proof of the marvellous paver of Sir W. Armstrong's appa ratus could scarcely be furnished. Then in steamed through the lock a boat belonging to the port, freighted with the trustees and their friends, and as she breasted the waters of the basin salvos of artillery and answering cheers frum thousands of throats proclaimed the fact that the docks were opened. She was followed closely by the Ilamp shire, a fine sailing collier of London, and by the Chevy Chase, a splendid steam collier of 1,000 tons, which is chartered for coal to Australia and China. Several other vessels also entered the dock in the course of the day. Shortly afterwards about 500 of the more dis tinguished visitors sat down to a breakfast, at which " Success to the New Docks" and other local and appropriate toasts were given and received with due honour. In the evening the town was brilliantly illumi nated—at least as brilliantly as the rain would per mit—and the festivities were brought to a close by a grand ball in the Assembly Rooms. 2HE NA VY. At Plymouth the disposition of Sir C. Fremantle's fleet, which continues in the Sound, is the subject of daily discussion. The crews are only allowed what is termed " short" leave, so that they cannot go far from the port. The boilers of the flagship, the Royal Albert, are not in good condition, and it is possible that she may have to go into dock at Keyham Steam-yard. The Caesar, Agamemnon, and James Watt, ordered some days since to pre pare for foreign service, are ready, but continue in the Sound. It is stated that they are to be em ployed in the conveyance of troops to Alexandria ; that in consequence of the African difficulty they may be detained a short time at Gibraltar; end that after disembarking the troops they will be attached to the Mediterranean fleet for the purpose of re lieving the screw steamships Conqueror, 101, Capt. Yel'rertoa, C. 8., Brunswick, 80, Capt. E. Ommaney, and Centurion, 80, Capt. G. E. Patey. It is further stated as probable that Sir C. Fremantle, with the remainder of the fleet, will ultimately rendezvous at Gibraltar. The French war steamer Le Corse anchored in Yarmouth roads for two days last week, but she has since left. The Odin, 16, paddle, Capt. Lord John Hay, C. 8., hoisted the pendant in the steam basin, Ports mouth, on Saturday. The Hardy gunboat, Lieut. A. G. Boyle, hoisted the pendant at Portsmouth on Saturday, and was afterwards placed in No. 1 dock to have copper, &c., cleaned. The Meander storeship, for Ascension, was com missioned at Portsmouth, on Saturday, by Sir Malcolm M'Gregar, lately commanding her Ma jesty's ship Harrier. The Scout, 21, screw, Captain Corbett, fired a gun and hoisted the Blue Peter at tho fore, at Spit head, yesterday morning. At two p.m., she left that anchorage under steam for the China station. The Argus, screw revenue cruiser, Commander Grandy, arrived at Spithead yesterday. The paddlewheel steamsloop Centaur, 6, was com missioned at Devonport on Friday by Commander E. D. Aplin, and the gunboat Cockchafer by Lieut. Holder. The lighter Sinbad, E. Moore, master, left Ply mouth on Thursday with stores for ortsmouth and Chatham. Rear-Admiral J. Jones, second in command in China, struck his flag on Wednesday at sunset on board the screw steamfrigate Imperieuse, 51, Capt. Maguire, then in dock in Devonport. On Friday, the leak having been stopped, she was undocked and moored alongside the yard. The screw steam gunvessel Flying Fish, 6, Com mander Hope, steamed from Plymouth Sound on Thursday into Hamoaze, for the purpose of prepar ing for foreign service. The Russian squadron, comprising the screw line of-battle ship Gangood, 84, Capt. Duhamel; the screw frigate Ilia Mourometz, 53, Capt. Sthaal, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Nordmann, com manding the squadron ; and the screw corvette Vohl, 11, Capt. Tchichatscheff, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Baltic, on the way to the Medi terranean. At noon the customary salutes :vere exchanged with. the military and naval authorities. Capt. I)'Houdain, commanding the Brazilian cor vette Bahian, lying at Spithead, afterwards laid visit to Rear-Admiral Nordmann on board the Ilia. Mourometz, the Brazilian flag being duly salut e d on the occasion. The Turkish Government screw gunboat Ak vab Capt. G. Deward, sailed from S out h ampto n for Constantinople at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty ; Lieut. T. M. Magnav, addi tional to the Arrogant ; F. S. D. Broughton - , acting mate to the Mars ; I. S. Watts, second master to the Weasel ; P. Syveet, second master, additional, to the Britannia; Dr. W. Hoggan, surgeon to the Odin ; A. Irwin, snrgeonato the Encounter ; R. Mungle, surgeon to the Centaur ; G. L. King, sur geon to the Sphinx ; Dr. H. H. Smith, to the Eagle; J.gHunter, acting assistant-surgeon to the Odin; F. J. Withers, acting assistant-surgeon to the En counter; J. McJames, acting assistant-surgeon to the Centaur ; Dr. J. James, acting assistant-surgeon to the Sphinx ; C. J. Fennell, acting assistant-sur geon to the Blenheim ; G. Goodman, acting assis tant-surgeon to the Aboukir ; A. Murphy, assistant surgeon to the Renard; Dr. T. Coghlan, assistant surgeon to the Beagle ; J. Martin, assistant-surgeon to the Ringdove ; J. C. Esctcott, assistant-surgeon to the Snake ; J. W. S. Meiklejohn, assistant-sur geon to the Royal Albert; W. J. Shone, assistant surgeon, additional, to the Impregnable ; W. J. Bluett, assistant-surgeon, additional, to the Hast ings ; C. R. Godfrey, assistant-surgeon, additional, to the Britannia; H. J. Fairlie, midshipman to the Mars ; R. Evans and E. Keppell, midshipmen to the Donegal ; C. Woodhouse and H. H. Rawson, midshipmen to the Encounter; R. E. Stopford and H. M'Hardy, midshipmen to the Odin ; R. S. Byng and W. G. P. O'Callaghan, midshipmen to the Im perieuse ; A. T. Dale, midshipman to the Nile ; A. L. Douglas, midshipman to the Arrogant A. K. Wilson, midshipman to the Amphion ; C. R. T. Russell, E. T. Holdsworth, and H. B. S. Cobb, midshipmen, to the Agamemnon ; R. F. Britten, midshipman, to the Topaze ; G. A. W. Birch and H. J. Hesketh, midshipmen, to the James Watt ; T. S. Jackson, midshipman, to the Melpomene ; S. T. Swan, master's assistant, to the Royal Albert T. Robertson, master's assistant, to the Simoom. THE ARMY. The Commander-in-Chief will leave town early this mornink for Portsmouth. The garrison at Gosport will be assembled for his Royal Highness's inspection at 11 a.ra., and at Portsmouth at 4 p.m. His Royal Highness's stay at Portsmouth will ex tend over Tuesday (to•morrow.) Another improvement in tents has been mitted to the Duke of Cambridge, by Mr the inventor, and his Royal Highness 1 a trial to be made with these tents P' rison. rwatalht attached thehed Completed,dteo- The changes Indian in trheegisnitTaentri d o i n ii i - b n ec l i nepg se o i s e o p r Jf infantry at Chatham th o e ts fo o l f l o t N h v e ing am garri son :-Ist battalior .i , mde ,.. the co m the three batta a l r io e ns the m an of Col. H. sub . Turner, •ias directed. Chathnru gar- Jervis ; Ist battalion of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, Ist battalion of the 24th Regiment, 35th Regithent, 43d Light Infantry, 53d Regiment, and* 7th Regi ment ; 2d battalion, under the command of Col. R. N. Phillips, Ist battalion of the 20th Regiment, Ist battalion of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 29th Regiment, 31st Regiment, 52d Light Infantry,land 73d Regiment; 3d battalion, under the command of Lieut.-Col. C. E. Fairtlough, Ist battalion of the Bth (The King's) Regiment, Ist battalion of the 19th Regiment, 75th Regiment, 81st Regiment, 91st Regiment, and 94th Regiment . In conse quence the intention of the authorities at the War-office to reduce the number of depot batta lions which now number 23, several additional Indit depots will be attached to the battalions at Chatham. Notwithstanding the numerous detach ments just despatched from Chatham to India. the total strength of the battalions is nearly 4,000 of all ranks, and recruiting for most part of the regi ments is still proceeding. The whole of the available force at Chatham gar rison were marched from their respective quarters to Chatham Lines on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of being inspected by Major-Gen. Eyre, the commandant. The troops were drawn up in review order at half-past two o'clock, shortly after which the Major-General, attended by the usual officers of his staff, arrived on the ground, and was received with the customary salute. After march ing past in slow and quick time, the whole force broke up into companies, and executed a variety of brigade field movements, which occupied about two hours. These field-days, which have taken place at frequent intervals during the summer in order to instruct the young officers and troops in brigade movements, will shortly be discontinued, on ac count of the season preventing their being any longer carried out. On Saturday the 4th Royal Irish Dragoons, Col. Bentinck, were inspected by Lord Cardigan, In spector-General of Cavalry, at Brighton. At the termination of the inspection Lord Cardigan ex pressed his extreme satisfaction at all he • had witnessed. Colchester Camp has been inspected by Mr. Alexander, C. 8., Director of the Medical Depart ment of the Army, who expressed himself satisfied with the arrangements which had been made. A few married women have left that vicinity to join their husbands now serving in India, each woman having been previously provided with a sovereign for herself and 10s. for each child, to provide them with necessaries during the voyage. In consequence of the deficiency of military en gineers experienced in India, a number of men from the depot at Warley have proceeded to Chatham for the purpose of receiving instruction in sapping and mining, pontooniug, The Chatsworth Rifles (2d Derby Militia) have assembled at the Militia Depot, in Chesterfield, for 21 days' training, under the command of Lieut.- Col. F. Cavendis. the following officers being pre sent :—Major the Marquis of Hartington, Captains W. G. Cavendish, F. Arkwright, Darwin, Manes, and Wilkinson; Lieuts. Smithers, Lucas, Goodwin, Fox, and Poyser • Surgeon Newbold and Captain and Adjutant Elliott. The men have come up re markably well, 380 being present, and more are ex pected in the coarse of a few days. On Saturday afternoon Col. Mountjoy Martyn, of the 2d Life Guards, reviewed, in Iylands-park, Chelmsford, the Essex Yeomanry Cavalry, the Hon. Artillery Company of London, the Victoria Rifles, and a detachment from the Uxbridge Cavalry. A variety of manceuvres were executed, and the pro ceedings passed off satisfactorily, NEW SOUTH WALES. (Front the Correspondent of the Tinges.) SYDNEY, JUNE 14 The general election for members to serve in the Reformed Parliament has just commenced. The greatly increased number of representatives that have to be returned, the re-arrangemet of the elec toral districts, and the:introduction of vote by ballot add considerable novelty to the usual excitement. Candidates were rather slow in coming out at first, but by degrees every constituency has been accom modated, and most of them are favoured with a choice. East Sydney has returned Mr. Cowper, the Premier, at the head of the poll, his clever and suc cessful administration of affairs having won the good-will of the mercantile interest, and the Liberal party supporting him as still essential to the pro gress of reform. The second on the list was Mr. Black, a newcomer, formerly a servant under the Hudson's Bay Company, and for whose sudden popularity it is difficult to account, except that he is the president of the Land League, a society lately formed to agitate for a free selection of land as opposed to the present practice of sale by auction. The third on the list was Mr. Parkes, the late propridtor of the Empire newspaper. The fourth on the list is . Mr. Martin, formerly Mr. Cowper's Attorney-General, who avows his intention to leave no stone unturned to upset the present Ministry That the same constituency should return two me so bitterly opposed to each other may seem strange, but Martin was returned mainly by the votes of the Irish Catholics, who are said to have given him a thousand plumpers, and who as a body dislike and distrust the present Premier. Sir Daniel Cooper, the late Speaker, has been re-elected for the suburb of Paddington. Sir Charles Nicholson, the Speaker of the old Legislative Council, and our only colonial baronet, has declined on a point of etiquette to con test any constituency. He alleges that it is not the custom in England for any one who has been Speaker to take an ordinary seat on the floor of the House, it being more usual to promote him to the Upper Chamber. As the Cabinet have not taken the hint, and have not appointed Sir Charles to a seat in the Legislative Council, we thus lose altogether from Parliament th e serv i ces o f an a bl e an d dis tinguished colonist through a point of dignity. In West Sydney the Rev. Dr. Lang has been returned al the head of the poll, taking in with him as colleague Mr. Pommel, a man quite new to politics. The other two members are Mr. Brough ton, a city alderman and formerly mayor, and Mr. Plunkett, for many years Attorney-General under the old regime, and who like Martin in East Sydney, is returned mainly by the Irish Catholics. There are four great questions agitating the pub lic mind at this time—the Land Laws, the State Support of Religion, the Constitution of the Upper House, and Popular Education. There are some other minor matters on which candidates arc inter rogated, among which may be classed protection to mr.tive industry—a doctrine that ha , ; .been unceas ingly advocated by a small knot of politicians. They have not, as yet, however, made much head way, the chief a g itator having had less than 600 votes recorded for him at the late East Sydney election. Among a certain class of politicians, though, the doctrine seems to grow gradually in favour, notwithstanding all the unanswerable free trade arguments that are argued against it. They are impatient to see the colony grow faster than it has hitherto done. Discontented with the pastoral character of its industry, they long anxiously to see it also a great agri cultural and manufacturing country ; and as this is impossible at present, while free importations con tinue, they desire such protection as shall be suffi cient to stimulate home production. Without pro tection, they say, we may continue to be a thriving colony, but we shall never grow to be a great nation. America, which is incessantly pointed to here as the model for our imitation, has grown rich and popu lous and has developed a manufacturing industry under the regime of protection, and Canada is trying to do the same, and Australia, if she wishes to be great and prosperous, must walk in their fr.) otstQps. Such is the popular logic, and, as it appeals to na tive patriotism, to the growing sentiment of na tionality, and the apparent interest of certain classes of workmen, it is net to be refuted by argu ments which appeal not to prejudice, pride, or self interest, but solely to reason and experience. For the present, however, the Protectionists are in a decided minority, and will have but few earnest re presentatives in the coming Legislature. The land question is the great battle-ground --how to manage this great national estate of millions of acres, which has been handed over tr.; about 300,000 people. The popular cry is " Fret , selection and de ferred payment." But " free selection" is used in Re many different senses by different candidates that it is impossible to define it, Some mean that any man may take up any block of land anywhere in the colony not ex.ceeding 640 acres, surveyed or unsur veyed, settle down upon it, and take 10 or 20 years to pay for it. In defence of this doctrine it is urged that a man knows best what land will suit him, and that he should have a right of choice, and not be compelled to a wa it th e di scret i on of the surve- On the oth er h an d it i s urged that all the - -7.• country would be picked out at once-' es of the but unsaleable lands for the up-, ' nothing the fortunate speculators, -4. colliers an 4 that would sell th e i r bl oc k s at - -stead of settling down, There are many pa- ' an advanced price and leave. pastoral portion- cm of the colony, especially the patches and' where the good land lies in knell holes, or - Isolated spots. These ati; near the Wal;r pos7.essioanloonfg t te m m l a v r 1 pensioun d t i o n,, b (s e e p ou u n t tury; g h i e n n oe virtually l f, Whenever such eii"MnEs. The .for sale, the squatter aa n a sa l : w e t a tl. 37 h - r s el 'hs bays allPr it, as being the key of the whole run, and c e let c ehl u il.e : i o ntrhe p pec o r s ofel s ti.e e ebe s rn s tsi i ni : o e.til u . a ein n ve ti g y e- f e, y s3,tp, itlocheote3s by n, exercising no s L st fights. j ul o ke n he s tc y ihrn s o t ie e n. t e l n e h: ave such lots from the Crown, for-they Would be taken up by littl e speculators who knew their worth to the stockholder, hut who had no capital to turn the land to advantage themselves, and who wou ld f orce the Cr own l essee, in order to, get rid of them of; tilE SUN, LONDON; MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 18b9. THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP. The work of repairing the damage caused by the late explosion is proceeding with rapidity. The contract for the completion of tht3 repairs has been made between the Great Ship Cemp:nY and Mr. Scott Russell for the sum of k 5,000; one of the clauses of the contract being framed so as to guard the legal rights 'of both parties with re spect to any decision which may ultimately be ar rived at with reference to their liability for the damage caused by the accident. An examination has been made of the boilers of the ship, and the result shows that the furnace tubes and tube plates of the two boilers which were connected with the funnel that exploded are udin jured. The shell of each boiler has sustained some slight damage by the shock at the moment of ex plosion, and one or two of the plates are broken at the spot immediately below the funnel stool. These plates will be removed in a day or two, and their place supplied by others. The testing of the boilers by hydraulic pressure will be made before getting up steam, and the ship will not proceed on her voy age until the surveying engineer of the Marine Department of the Board of Trade has given his certificate that she is in every respect seaworthy. We understand that it is the intention of the directors, at the request of many of the nobility and gentry, to give a grand nautical vocal and instru= mental concert on board the vessel on the morning of Friday, the 30th inst. The efficient band of the ship, consisting of 17 performers, will, it is said, be conducted by Mr. Macfarlane, formerly band-mas ter to the Duke of Devonshire. The vocalists will be Miss Messent and Mr. Wilbye Cooper. Mr. Richardson will give some solo performances on the flute. For the convenience .of visitors from a dis tance a limited number of tickets will be issued entitling the holder to a bed on board. ' The "Talk on 'Change" in the Liverpool Journal of Saturday says :—" The Great Eastern being now managed principally by Liverpool men, that won der of the waters excites more than usual interest on 'Change. The talk yesterday was that, as she was built as a commercial speculation, the direction of the directors should be in the line of remuneration; that at Portland, without any consumption of coal, the small tax on visitors would realise £6OO a-day •, that at Holyhead the same price of admission will produce something like £2,000 a-day; that the sight of her gratifies the public, and that the sight-seers pay better than passengers ; that, this being the case, it would be absurd to sail her prematurely for America or any other place; that her machinery is still imperfect ; that it has to be tested ; that for this purpose several trial trips be made ; that every trip should terminate in a populous _ and paying port, and that by the time she is properly ready for a long voyage in the spring a considerable amount of her debt would be liquidated; that a voyage next spring would be quite in time, and that by that time her perfect safety will be practically guaran tped. Tho further talk was that the directors had a meeting yestefday to decide on this point, and that they are too enlightened to sacrifice the future to the present ; that it would ill accord with the dignity associated with the enterprise to make a show ship of the mightiest ship ever built; that they have made the whole world their debtor, and that they should take care not to impair the obli gation by endangering the regard of mankind; that they will, therefore, no doubt sail the ship as soon as possible, winter or summer, and that in a pecuniary sense it is their interest to do so ; 'that if the Great Eastern go now to the United States all America will go to see her ; that at home curiosity has been partially exhausted ; that at Portland and New'York (which she can enter) the admission of visitors would yield the sum ten times told to be booked in this country ; that, looking beyond this legitimate income, there is another and far greater, to be obtained ; that, let the Great Eastern fulfil her promise, as no doubt she will, the company will be called on by Government to build many more, and it is in constructicg these that the directors should look for their substantial reward. The g eneral talk was that the public have nothing to do in the matter, and that the directors may be left to the exercise of their own judgment as to what is pro per and profitably to be done ; that, naturally enough, the people of Liverpool are anxious to se( the Great Eastern ; that they are j edges of big ships, and that their impression of the biggest might be of some practical value ; that, fortunately, the op portunity desired will be afforded within three weeks ; that on the 12th of October she will be at Holyhead; that on the 15th the Queen will come down to see her ; that her Majesty will be the guest of Col. Pennant, Penrhyn Castle, near Bangor ; that she will stay over Sunday, the 16th, and proceed next day, the 17th, to inspect the Great Eastern ; that after the inspection the Queen and Royal party will return that evening to Windsor; that the `week following there will be great doings in Wales, probably at the George Hotel, near the Menai bridge ; that the directors of the London and North Western will entertain the directors of the Great Eastern at a magnificent banquet, over which the Marquis of Chandos will preside ; that Liverpool will, of course, be empty, on this occasion. for se veral days ; and that he who sees these doings will be happy 50 years hence in relating to his grand children all he saw and all he heard." BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The Board of Trade returns for the month of August were issued on Saturday. We subjoin a statement of the total declared value of the exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures during the month and eight months : Month eiaugust. First eight months. 1857 X11,638,805 .• • . X 84,666,718 1858 11,134,763 .• • . 75,596,564 1859 12,117,275 .... 86,405,885 The aggregate shipments in August were £982,512 or 9 per cent. more than in August, 1858, £478,470 or 4 per cent. more than in August, 1857. Those for the eight months of the present year are £10,809,321 or 14 per cent. more than in the corre sponding eight months of last year, and £1,739,167 or 2 per cent. more than in 1857. Examining the chief items of these exports, we arrive at the subjoined general figures for the month, viz. : Month of August. 1857. 1858. 1859. Apparel and slops. ' £218,127 £177,578 L 179,586 Beer and ale Books 34,864 32,976 44,188 Butter 63,550 67,198 64,244 Coals and euhn Cottons . Cotton yarn.. 832,883 861,316 843,165 Counterpanes and sma.ll 31,993 3'),407 33,921 wares Earthenware and porce- lain Fv.rniture Glass, common bottles Haberdashery and mil- 127,949 104,806 28,789 21,912 30,113 28,767 128,604 24,396 25,775 linery Hardwares and cutlery.. Leather, unwrought Ditto, wrought Saddlery and harness Linens (cloths of all kinds and cambrics) Linen yarn •• Machinery, steam en- 435,056 341,698 386,842 272,017 31,634 32,243 155,056 146,387 26,430 33,073 451,362 '303,287 31,766 137,169 25,770 376,776 344,575 142,409 163,750 339,165 131,067 51,388 46,513 336,257 210.037 140,614 123,776 228,880 192,972 158,330 252,383 107,016 204,316 gives Ditto, other sorts Iron pig Ditto, bar, bolt, and rod Ditto, railway of all Ditto, cast Ditto, wrought Copper, unwrought Ditto, sheets and nails Lead unwrought Tin-plates 811 h manufactures (silk only> •-sf Other Articles bilk )only . 57,127 34.115 39,8.. Silk, thrown Ditto, twist and yarn Spirits (British) Wool 145,068 i1 9 : 068 59,911 Wobllens (cloths, &c.) Ditto (mixed stuffs, flannels, &e.) Worsted tetttffd, 343,188 379,271 417,063 Woollen anti WOrsted yarns,~, It will be noticed that the exports of cotton goods have been largely in excess of all former e/perience. The demand is still principally for the "British East Indies," whither, during the month of August, no less than £1,116,769 in value was shipped, against £729,169 in August, 1858, and £220,239 in Aua a ust, 1857. For the eight mbnths the ex ports to that quarter have reached £8,302,853, against X 5,976,356 in the eight Months of 1858, and 5,910,648 in 1857. The increase in the ex ports of iron, copper, and tin plates, forms a pro minent feature. Compared with the correspond ing month of last year, there is also a decided in crease in haberdashery, hardwares, and woollen goods. In linen yarn, leather goods, and raw wool on the other hand, there is a falling off. The annexed shows the quantities of the chief articles of food taken for consumption during the month Month of August. 1857. 1858. 1859. Cocoa lbs. 193,590 262,852 338,950 Coffee lbs. 2,637,679 2,733,569 2,583,071 Whew qrs. 283,480 373,774 304,5 64 'Flour ............ cwts. 72,532 247,400 118,166 Butter ............ cwts. 39,228 31,693 36,760 Rice .............. cwts. 133,433 140,463 100,565 Cheese ...... „ .... cwts. 39,019 31,315 44,926 Eggs No. 11,245,6 N 12,256,000 12,645,00 Popp,r ......... : lbs. 265,019 329,135 372,414 ....... ..... . „gals. 231,903 235,631 221,156 Brand gals. 108,763 97,88.5 131,409 y........ Sugar, unrefined oyts. 536,678 798,032 420,485 Tea ................ 6,616,156 6,273,705 4,505,327 Winos gals. 522,101 522,526 602,443 The decrease in sugar and tea is accounted for 355,800 61,516 310,330 124,177 1,:'7• 9 7 4 56;034 36,8 160,476 400,941 78,328 355,269 74,313 130,422 84,802 16,315 )23,1 14 18,203 462,640 63,105 268,628 91,677 180,343 29,909 37,605 190,607 68,229 79,417 'his run, to buy their rights at an enormous pre- miurri. To prevent this collision between the grazier and the small settlers, it is proposed by others that the free selection should be restricted to what is called the settled districts, in which the pastoral leases all expire next year, and where the land, therefore, is available for any new experiments. Others, again, propose that certain agricultural areas should be marked out, in spots where there may be a considerable extent of fertile land, and that free selection should be permitted within those limits, by which it is thought that the agricultu rists will be concentrated, and not scattered abroad all over the face of the country, as would be . the case under a system of indiscriminate free selection. As it is, the population under the pastoral regime is in the interior so scat tered that it is exceedingly difficult find ex pensive to supply them adequately with schools, churches, courts, police protection, and postal con venience ; and if the agricultural population is to be similarly scattered, the difficulty and the cost will be aggravated. But the real fact is, that bona fide agriculturists will not scatter themselves over the country, for the simple reason that there is no inland market for their produce, and the cost of transit to the coast is so great as to absorb all the chance of profit. Those who would take up land if they could get it wherever they like would not do so with a view to raise for sale agricultural praduce, but for the chance it would give them of keeping stock. Hence with some the cry of free commonage is made to keep pace with that of free selection ; for what is the use of a little bit of land to a poor man, it is said, when he cannot keep his bullocks upon it ? Yet it is obvious that free commonage upsets altogether the present pastoral system, for the same land cannot be leased to Crown tenants and yet be available at the same time for as many poor men as like to run their stock upon it. The present revenue derived from the leases of Crown lands, together with the assessments, is about £lBO,OOO, far more than enough to pay the interest on our colonial debt. What should we gain by foregoing all this, and throwing the grazing right open to an indiscriminate scramble ? We should gain, our land reformers tell us, in population and in industry. The great squattages would be broken up, every industrions man would have a chance of be coming a stockholder according to his means, and the pasturage would be more completely utilised than at present. The defenders of the existing system, on the other hand, contend that free commonage, besides being a glaring violation of existing leases, would lead to endless collisions bAween the small stockholders, would destroy the natural grasses by allowing the land no rest, would put put a stop to the improvement of breeds, and would facilitate the spread of infectious diseases. The price of land, though not so much mooted as the right of free selection, is also a much disputed question. Thera is no magic in 20s. more than in any other sum that it should be considered the na tural price of an acre, and very much of the land in the colony is not worth that. But then it is urged that the land is the real security on the credit of which the English capitalist lends us money to make railroads, and if we sell this land prematurely for a price which barely covers what has hitherto been the cost of survey we shall destroy that security. On the other hand, it is contended that the Eng lish capitalist is not such a goose as to look to the land for his security, inasmuch as barn land is worthless—that he looks to population and indus try to create revenue, and would rather that the land should be given away than kept unsoldthrough a prohibitory price being put on it. It may be in teresting to the British capitalist, if he should chance to have any ideas on the subject, to know how his opinions are confidently vouched for, and as confidently disputed on this side of the world. Amid the discordant opinions and confused clamour of a general election, it is impossible to foresee what sort of a land law will pass. Candi dates are apt, under the pressure of the hustings, to concede more than they wish, and to catch after wards at every opportunity of retracting. It is doubtful even whether any Land Bill at all can be passed this session ; whether public opinion is as yet sufficiently matured, and whether any possible Ministry can propose any bill that shall enlist the support of a majority in both houses. The Cabinet policy has not been propounded. The Minister for Lands and Works, indeed, has openly avowed his personal attachment to the doc trines of free selection and deferred payments, as applicable to all lands not under lease and as to be applied hereafter to all leased lands as the leases fall in ; he is opposed, however, to free commonage. But the Premier has declined to commit himself definitively to any plan, whether because he does not quite agree with his colleague, or whether be cause he has not made up his mind he does not say. The general impression is that he is waiting to see ' how the elections go, and will adapt his scheme to what appears to be the prevalent public opinion. A ROMANTIC STORY. The _Kendal Mercury contains the followin, romantic story : " It will be in the recollection of most of our readers that on a fine morning, in the summer of 1854, the quiet town of Appleby was startled with unusual activity by an announcement that a young girl, resident at a boarding-school in the town, had disappeared during the night in company—as was suspected, and as turned out to be the fact—with her music teacher. The young lady's age at the time was, we believe, 13 or 14, while that of the . gentleman—who then held the situation of organist of the parish church—might be about 24. Pursuit was forthwith given, and the electric telegraph put in motion, but the parties arrived at Gretna, where marriages could then be celebrated, ad libitum, without regard to age or any other of the legal re quisites attached to the English ceremony, and the Gordian knot was tied ere a veto could be put upon the rash proceedings. No doubt the happy pair now thought the worst past—a too common delu sion—and that explanations and reconciliation would follow merely as a matter of course, and their future felicity be secured. But, alas their hopes were soon dissipated. At the Carlisle station, on their return, the iron hand of the superintendent of police was laid upon the arm of the happy bride groom, and he was consigned to durance vile on a charge of abduction,' while the young lady, his wife, waq straightway hurried to her paternal home on the banks of Lake - Windermere. On a subse quent day the wrath of the lady's parents, and of the :schoolmistress who initiated the legal proceed ings, being unappeasable, the captive lover ' was fully committed for trial by the Carlisle bench of magistrates, and at the Westmoreland assizes, held at Appleby, in the month of August following: — the mother of the young lady appearing as a wit ness against him—he was found guilty and sen tenced to 9 months' imprisonment as a first-class misdemeanant. A question was discussed by the public at the time whether the marriage which had been celebrated between the parties was binding upon them, but by the legal world, including the judge who tried the case, we believe no doubt of its validity according to the laws of Scotland, bind ing in England, was entertained; and that, not withstanding the conviction for abduction, the gentleman, on the termination of his imprison ment, would have a legal right to claim the possession of his youthful wife, Be this, how. ever, as it may, we commit the question to the hands of the curious in such matters, while we proceed 'ith nitr teniarkable narrative. me young lady, as we. have stated above, on being ruthlessly torn froin him she had taken for better for worse, was consigned to the care of her parents, a n d h ere for a while e ' we leave her. The term of her husband's imprisonment having expired, he resumed his profession as a, teacher of music, and although at the same time numerous were his inquiries after, and great his search for, removed s ht h he i er r dewoahueelaccount o e ü ba t to whereabouts lb e A t o ts t a : , i :e h , f e r e y i hd c e ib a s d , wife,Ata o i t i ti h t fn hle r another in me t ae o r a s s n A hn a e l l o n s had o t t r n r Australia, been e u on a s f t letter about 12 months ago, was that the hand of d e toi, e ed a ie. t s h had hb aegdoi d fallen nwsetdo tehbeb u c, upon ee her. At dart, 1 dedl , iv lo dispelled, i hi N c v eorl ants nn b n li o g l h in t e dwn in a gt s o . prose n theAc e I ng e 6 t t t nh e t i Ql . e nitn Islea unexpectedly the e c eg d rr l s y eee a a, r b r wl arrives, an tidings a h ni his his wife was resi(p.•s • —and as -.A', would be agreeable to alt pat tae 'i - ye are not writing an imaginary romance, —46 a novel adventu r e ln r e a l lif e , and, have no de sire tn , fill tip the interim with suppositions of our own invention, we bring our tale to an end by simply stating what will be gratifying to all true lovers to learn, that the happy pair were reunited in the bonds of holy wedlock,' on the 12th inst., as appears more at large in . our list of marriages this day, and are now spending their honeymoon among t the beautiful lakes and mountain scenery of Westmoreland, where, and evermore, we wish them everlasting felicity." 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AZ L 2 RIOTS IN S 2. GEORGE'S EAST. Yesterday, in accordance with the directions of the Bishop of London, the parish church of St. George-in-the 2 EaBt was closed. At the Mission Church, in Calvert-street, a notice was posted up that no one would be admitted who was not pro- vided with a ticket. There was nothing in the morning service to call, for special remark. In the evening large bodies of people strove to gain ad mission, but their claims were firnAy resisted by a body of gentlemen who were "stationed to defend the outposts. Several vigorous attempts were made to break through, and at length the angry out siders succeeded in forcing their way into the church. At this moment the gas was turned off, and the officiating minister implored the people to leave. They shouted, and when the gas was again lighted it was found that a body of police had been brought through the vestry. These very soon suc ceeded in clearing the church ; but the disturbance outside was terrific, many thousands of persons who had congregated in the streets amusing them selves by vociferating violent denunciations of Popery and Pusey ism. At St. Saviour's, Wellclose-square, the admission in the morning was by ticket. The church was built for the Danes in 1696, but occupied for many years by the British Sailors' Society. On their removal it was opened in connection with St. George's for the full services of the church on Tuesday, April 2tl, 1859, the sermon being preached by the Rev. Canon Stanley, chaplain to the Bishop of London. The services yesterday were con ducted by the Rev. Charles Fuge Lowder, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, late curate of St. Bar nabus, Pimlico, who preached from the 13th chap ter of St. Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians, verse 13—" And now abideth faith, hope, and cha rity; but the greatest of these is charity." Hisser mon was listened to with marked attention by the congregation, which was composed mainly of women and children, there being only 16 men pre sent. A large number of boys assembled outside the church, and made rude remarks upon indivi dual members of the congregation as they came out, but there was no other disturbance of any kind. The scene presented, however, in the evening was of a totally different character. A tumultuous mob collected, and expressed their determination to stop the service. Five or six gentlemen inside the gates held them while the people tried to break them down. The mob spat in their faces, threw dirt at them, called them opprobrious names, and heaped all kinds of indignities upon them. At length, at about 10 minutes to 7 o'clock, Mr. Lowder made his way to the gate. His hat was knocked over his eyes, and he was violently hustled until the gate was opened to a small extent, and he was thrust down the steps into the churchyard. The choristers, who were also insulted and beaten, succeeded in making their way into the church by a back gate. During the service Wellclose-square became lite rally filled with people, and their conduct was of so violent a character that a large body of police had to be called out. When Mr. Lowder and his choristers came out, the mob set upon him, with the view apparently of beating him, but the rev. gen tleman managed to escape to. the mission-house, the road having been successfully cleared for him by the police. An attack upon the house was proposed, and it would no doubt have been carried out had it not been for the police, who dr'ew their staves and began to clear the place. A general battle ensued, and at length the police fixed upon one of the par ties whom they supposed to be a ringleader, and whom they took to the station:house. This proved to be a Mr. Roshier, who a few weeks ago applied at the police court in connection with an assault on Capt. Savage Hall during one of the Sunday dis turbances. Several gentlemen of St. George's parish offered to become bail for him, but he declined, and was locked up for the night. FAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE 'WEEK. Miles Opened. Railways. Ballymena and Portrush Bedale and Leyburn Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Ches. &Holyhead(withMold) Cockermouth & Workington Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & Passage Deeside Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dub. & Wicklow(in.Kingst ) Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Pertii, & Aber. Jun East Anglian ... E. Counties,Nrik.,&E . Union East Kent E. L ancas hire(in. BlackOrn) Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western Great Northern Great North of Scotland 9t. Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) treat Western lull and Holderness nverness & Aberdeen Juno Irish South-Eastern Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in. Kendal and Windermere) Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) Limerick and Foynes Llanelly London & North-Western London and Blackwall London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, & S. Coast. L'derry and Enniskillen Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh. Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham Ma port and Carlisle Midland 4. Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal Newcastle and Carlisle Newport,Aberg.,& Hereford North British (in. Dalkeith) North Devon North-Eastern North Lbndon North Staffordshire North-Western N. Yorkshire and Cleveland Oxford, Wore., & Wolver Peebles St. Helen's Canal & Railway Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern Shrewsbury & Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester • . • Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union South Devon South-Eastern South Wales S. Yorkshire and River Dun Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath Warrington and Stockport Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall W.H artlepool H arbr. & Rail Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness Jun W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada Great Indian Peninsula 'treat Luxembourg G • re: t Western of Canada Lemba: do-Venetian Lions ant: Geneva 3 adrid, Sarat; :ossa &Alicant Maria Antonia'.. . Northern of France . Norwegian Trunk Paris, Lyons, & Meditern:. s and Orleans Paris a,: Strasburg Royal Dan! 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Cure No. 48,814.—" 311138 k;lizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : cur e of .ten yea rs' dyspepsia and Cure 3,9o6—Thir all the horrors of nervous irritability." teen years' cough, indigestion and general debility have been of dyspepsia (indiges removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta, Arabica Food. Athol-street, Perth. James porter. Cure No. 58,116, Mrs. Holze, aged 107 Ye ars, nerv ousness which had tion), debility, irritability and Y ears. Cure No. 46,814, t orm ented her for s eventy y Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. In tins, at ls. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121b..tins carriage free, on. receipt of post- Cheapside ; office order. rry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London' 63, and 150, Oxford- For tnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate- G racechurch-street ; 4, street ; 85, Tott iahara-court-road. Also at Dublin. Bewley and D r aper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and C o., at Liverpool, Nix on and Thew ; at Manchester, Sharp ad S co tt; at York, Balms, Blanchard, and Jo., at South ampton, Rfindall and Son, • • 1859. 118 19 1858. 117 11 20 17i 31 67* 489 1831 2S 2 203 466 17k. 31 67/ 489 191 111 142 1831 283 1734 28 6141 177 720 9 233 46i 115 29i 48 3 2 0 57 1 1 171 108 116 73% 9 233 46i 10.1 91 115 294 48 29 571 301' 171 108 119 THE WREC KED STEAMER EXPRESS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. This steamer, which went ashore off Jersey on Tuesday last, is still in a hopeless condition on the rocks, and it is more than probable that in a few days she will be broken up by the sudden changes s of weather which are frequently occurring on thi coast, and which are of a very violent character. The statement so generally reported, to the effect that "the captain selected a passage never before attempted," is positively untrue . The passage packnnel ets . be tween the rocks is constantly ma de b y the running between Weymouth and the Cha Islands ; and Captain Goodridge, of the South Western Company's ship Courier,_ has gone the. same route on many occasions. The only .objed attained by this passage isthe saving of 4f-, minutes of time. It is seldom, however, attempted when the wind is high. On the occasion of the disaster nevertheless, there was a heavy to the Express the wind was extremely light,; s well, which caused the vessel to lurch somewhat con siderably and, owing to this circumstance, her 0 01 1 struck a small rock some distance under water, but the ship passed over it without damage. The thatPr() "ground bability is that an alarm having been given 5 the ship had struck, and no allowance being niLlu e for the swell of the sea, the captain deviated so he what from the proper course, which brought .e t . vessel into contact with the rock which preyed n e e destruction. It is stated that but a short s i o ro nc from the place where the Express was put .„,. to save her passengers, there is a small inlet ; 8, tween the rocks, where she might have heell inlet dWreck on the beach, and thus have been saved fra u hav e . and the two lives now sacrificed might , al h i s P her , been saved. The Express was a very foih' 13.- I,nr. [ ordinary speed averaging about 14 mass an '—'- __....... COUNTRY MARILET) CAMBRIDGE—SETT • 24. • a n 1131412. There was a good supply of wheat, and, with better feeling in the trade, white moved off at 46s to s att ° s s ; red, 42s to 46s per 36 stone. Spring corn was dam, 11 ° 1 ; 0 to plentiful. Barley, 348 to 40s per. qr. Oats Oa% 4- e d sup -245 for new ; old oats, 26s to 28s. Beans in limit ~ , ply, and a slow sale —new, 38s to 405 ; old, 44s to 4 0 r -38 stone ; tares, 6s 6d to 9s per bushel. LE ICE STER--Szr T. 24. ie. There was a fair supply of wh eat to-day, ,with a 13 1 - 00 rate show of other grain. Prices—White wheat, 46s to r . —red, 40s to 44s per 36 stone; ne w red realised 43$ per ( Jr:. barley, grinding, 29s to, 30s ; malting , 40s to 43s 104 ::, the oat trade was dull, at quota tions 6 2 e per r anging fon' -38 348 per 24 stone. Beans a heavy sale, at 448 to stone. Fine flour, 31s I Seconds, 32s I Thirds, 30s per 20 stone'. ----- NORWICH—SErT. 24. the Here, to-day, there was rather a full attendanc wee e° p , trade, and aetter feeling. The show of wheat teo, and prices for both old and new were at about late to The supply of new barley was on the inccrease. Pri ce or qualit3 very irregular. Little passing in oats, best,. peas, at about late rates. Flour in favour of the buY, . sgs tow' Distilling do.. . 2ss io 28s White wheat 45s to 48s Red h t w ea ....... ~.n _ w 44 , Malting barley 38s to 445 New malting barlera° 21s 0at5....... ....... Flour, 29s to 29e 6d per sack from the n liller. 245 to GLOUCESTER—SEAT. 24. At our market a pretty good trade was don.e . w heat h n t. The at about fully the currencies of this day se'neig imports during the week have been pr ett y fair. NOTTINGHAM—SEPT. 24. A , gow We had a fair attendance at to-day's market, art or evet• supply of grain. The extreme prices of last week , . 7 3 ,,,terial_ were about maintained. Beans scarcer change in price. .28g to 3 „ ci l White wheat, new, 48s to 51s Barley. grill d P. l6. . 28s to "0 5 Red do. 4ls to 45s Oats, old, .. ..... 23 , to 21 4 Old white 4BB to 51s New - do ........ . 48s to y : Red do. 44s to 48s I Beans.. .......... 42 8 l' Barley, malting.— 36s to 44s I Beans, Ilew ..... 20 steno Super. flour, 33s to 39s ; fine, 30 s to 330 Pe r _1 with no STAMFORD—^SEPT, 24. a d v anCe ~• At our market yesterday wheat obtained an of til e rather slow. The Opp*" is per qr., with a fair show, and a good ,The ofd trade. Barley went at extreme prices. was moderate. Beans. Os to 3 ° 6 Wheat 42s to 48s I Oats.. ......... . 40s to/ White do ~44s to 50s I Beans ......... ,40 0 t °— Barley 33s to 44s I Ditto, old .. • • ••• At this corn-market wheat was in fair NORTHAMPTON—SEPT. 24. , toi d s old at fully late rates—prices ranging from 42s to. traue to 47s per quarter for old. There /1-: s. quoted at passing in barley. Oats with a slow denial 4 0 5 to 28s to 325. Beans, old, 478 to 52s • new, 30s to 365; malt, 64s to 665. $ uPPY' for ---- NORWICH CATTLE —SETT. 2 4 .. ine soots, A large supply of store cattle to A -y, c .daomPrie ' e nd au shorthorns,s iness Devons and Irish. fair attendance' inactive done,business at fully late prices. -, Trish, 3e Scots, 4S' 6d to 58 ; shorthorns, 4s Od to 4s ba ;. ht w i l es) , 6d l to 4s 6d ; Devons, 4s 6d to 58 (estimated Welg- ear'. a • ciao''' . With a • Fat beasts firm, 7s 6d to Se 6d per stone, ance. e be et per stone. lambs in demand at 36s to 38s per head. Fat shed ), u . fat par l4 Pigs—A good supply. Store pigs 25s to 30s ; 8 7 ss Sheepo6 d d l ; to 7s - : 7 s s Tt 1° 1 6 d:el pens were tolerably well filled. The bto suPPl iellY s u P P fa t eY• --- ~,, DUBLIN—SBPT• za. o f nel? ed• Our market was brisk, with a good and we note the prices of last market as 6 c i T ore D i " i r The best wheat in some few cases realised „ a , s c ore Indian corn was more inquired for at Tuesd Y ~ cies. a• 8 O. • v ; a. d. a. d. . 1 1 to 4 0 Wheat, white 22 6t025 0 Do., new .. • . 13 0to1„ 6 Do., red 2l 0t024 0 Bere . ....... . 2A 20 0 to ,i, 6 Do., new - 0 Bailey 14 6t015 6 Bakers' 1 1 °" 1.-- ": Oats Do., blitek l4 otol6 0 Indian ~ ------ TPI ir o: FOREIGN MAIL PA.CIr- 29 14 6 0 to 30 1 8 0 the following table E signifies that lette re; amine es jails ed by evening mails from Londo n, and )1 by morn 111 WIC Writ, ry arrE, v.v..-- 0 by evening mails from Londo n, and 111 by ow.— /lot 0 1 • -4- f DESTINA TIONg. Despatch P o rt of Mails. ,Des,Pal"'" —__— —.--------- . Wit: 10 Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ... .. ......... Oct. 12, M SouthalliP. . op t. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles . . ... ........... Bahamas and Havana via New York ............. . ....... Sep. 30, E Liverpool.: e l lt 22 Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt..) Sep. 20, E Liverpool. Sept Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- , Oct I mon, and St. Helena ...... Oct. 5, E Devonpon China, Penang, and Sings- 0 2ct' l 6 SouthamP. Sept .2 6 via Southampton •• .. _ E . seP • 0 Ditto, via Marseilles ...... bep. 26,........... •,,.„t, . Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Southamp. ovrt le Honduraslndia (alcauntdtaTeardecldesyl.o.n.., Oct. 17, M Southamp. Se . via Southampton .......... Southamp. 6 , o : p t :- 4 Ditto, via Marseilles ...... Sep. 26; E India (Bombay), via South-Sept 25 SeP • ig ampton .................... Sep. 27, 31 SouthamP• s ot. Ditto. via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, a nd F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Opo rto Se p . 27, M Southamp. dept Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Sep t . * 1 4 Southampton — SouthaillP• s e pt - Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Oct. 3, M Southamp vv Newfoundland United States and British N . s e p 2° America (by British packet) Sep. 23, E Liverpool. -- Ditto (by U.S. packet) .! Sep. 21, 31 Southamp. West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, Oct. 0 deirtt, and Teneriffe Sep. 23, E Liverpool, West Indit4 California, Vene- Oct, 4 zuela, Chili, Peru, Gr:y- ........ „../ town New Granada, &c. - : 9 —A 61115'1. - U 1 -. • n i S ll I EXTRAORDI NARY ESCAPE:n order to rer -e d t or exhaust the various do cks and locks in the steatel r be 6 a K ey h am , Plymouth, it is necessary. t h a t there shouf these variety of underground culverts and p ipes. Setae° yard, are of a considerable depth below the surface of WS fieep • and for the purpose of adjusting the connexions , ; 11 .,..„, r p e a in g them in working condition there are o veral r' at for dicular shafts, down. which men are occasionaller an that duty. On the 15th inst. Boon, the geeat e ioth a lamplighter of the establishment, who also a. _„tto n l e tween water-works, was empioyed in the circular Ow'. the lock entrance and the pumping machine. deep, and having occasion. to come up, he lefti,at:salaStift:r• aeetr, below, and had got part of .his body out oft he B"—hr,9oo his hands being covered with slime, the ropslipped t i to the them for 10 or 11 feet, where it broke, and he f el ,' a nkle bottom. His comrade's arm was in but Boou l iie Ids they was slightly sprained, and he was able to reen io ordinary avocations the next day. Boon's escape more e xtraordinary from the fact that, in addition t , ° _,,, til d great depth, in the shaft there are a number of bolt 005. stays sticking out seven inches or more all round its i" BIRTH S. Gornorleitna.d—frOe;, the 22d d of ianssto.n, .at Kensington, the wile :: SuenT.—On the 23d inst., at Bowls, Chigwell, Essex, t wife of Major Suart, •f a son. VALLETORT.—On the 23d inst., at Brocket Hall, the Pcll Katharine Valletort, of a daughter. YATES.—On the 24th inst., at 43, Doughty-street, VirC.' the wife of Edmund Yates, Esq., of a son. MARRI A G E S. BLTTITE--VirEBSTER. —On the 22d inst., at the PA ris + ll ,, • ,iE - h isiq u e: r : l c o h , . ec o l s f d te . Ps tHdaughterele Helen's, ,s. a o l f t e t r h eB late a y t t e h e Edward Es. Webster,o f Loud o n jurt • '.; Al Wm:ln—Am:7B.—On the 24th inst., at St. Falco-. Church, Mr, Stanley, Jazaes Wood, of Milwall, rePli'ori• to Charlotte, seco,nd daughwy of Mr. Thomas Oda) Regent's park-bash:. D EATIf z>".• ell -, v lug. BEARN.—On the 21st inst Mr. Wm' of - borough, aged 72. DOUGLAS.—AtFolkeston o, suddenly, Helen, fond dellgh ter of Generale r Howard Douglas, G.C.B. DEANS.—On th2d inst., Mr. Thomas Deana, of Pigli4l. near Nettlebed, aged 81. 13erIlls- FIVEASII.—On. the 22d inst., at Richmond Villast. bury-park, Islington, Mr. John riveash, aged It. the , FEILDEN.n the 21st inst. at Lytham, Mail -453sitire, wife of. Major Feilden, of 'Hoghton Bank, Le p° aged 32. ~e , the MANN.—On the 20th inst., at 'Woolwich, Marl fie, daughter of the late General G. Mann, Co mandant Royal Engineers, aged 00. SWIN FEN.—On. the 21st inst., at Chertsey, Capt. Clcu'ellt Swinfen, R.N., aged 59. yo LONDON : Printed and Published The 1:1100 TOPIN of No. 112, Strand, Printer, tit Sue, Oflic;l3, 1 4 °' 112 } Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the conntY ° Niddlosex, Monday, Septexnber 260859. s SeP", ep "' 25 19 Receipts. 1859. 1,214 .584 2,989 1,686 7,966 15,153 314 1,363 1,755 2,121 647 1,07! - 987 26,054 370 1858. '416 2,944 1,193 1,728 7,537 13,712 313 1,324 1,704 2,063 630 1 068 1,066 26,895 37,570 615 83,417 1,667 21,588 20,438 889 2,470 11,621 986 1,117 40,174 4,200 1,517 2,633 3,370 1,406 6,069 .632 41,377 2,512 8,100 5,148 '261 2,268 3,418 3,880 2,342 3,176 1,938 787 3,830 27,236 7,979 3,684 7,410 4,193 1,791 '506 1,715 470 1,246 811 3,825 587 596 370 1,038 39,618 289 1,182 2,921 4,067 9,296 2,814 2,689 7,553 6,535 11,085 50,000 1,00 82,303 52,146 51,109 35,315 '552 79,302 1,531 18,616 18,827 '564 41,124 2,479 6,791 4,74 28.1 2,005 3,364 3,850 1,816 2,994 1,738 937 2,969 26,924 7,067 3,371 7,220 4,091 1,677 434 1,701 353 1,316 3,710 487 461 302 1,129 34,739 . 306 1,113 1,921 3,795 8,922 1,538 1,841 8,770 5,580 7,729 43,011 900 71,254 48,720 48,490 .579 1,112 17,270 and claat To Nap ti lts , To clasp' Fo lian 4 Padd Ti Polici ~_ N, R. ' arra n trian !ore a 111 : at e x, ntt -Pen ~_ T~ sti u t n , Pert ec Great t he r b ance lsito at 121 b r. 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