The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-27 00:00:00

LORD BROUGHAMS SPEECH. Commcn-place, indeed, are the outward circum stances in the lives of the world's greatest bene factors. They mingle with the crowd, and their c ontemporaries seldom learn to appreciate their extraordinary excellence. Shakespeare, the poor player ; Milton, the blind poet ; and Bacon, the disgraced Chancellor, were not fully understood in their day and generation. Yet their names cast undying lustre upon the annals of England, and in their works will be found some of the proudest memorials of her fame. This is more particularly the case with the labours of Sir Isaac Newton, in proncuncing whose eulogium at Grantham on Tuesday last, Lord Brougham justly said : " The consent of nations has declared that he is chargeable with nothing like a follower's exaggera tion or local partiality, who pronounces the name of Newton as that of the greatest genius ever be stowed by the bounty of Providence for instruct ing mankind on the frame of the uni , verse, and the laws by which it i s governed." Ihe young philosopher found intervals of leisure from Ins occupations of tending cattle at Woolsthorpe, or going to the market at Grantham, and devoted himself to science, and more particularly the mathe matics, with wonderful diligence. Those who came in contact with the youth little imagined that his name was destined to become the most celebrated on the roll of the earth's great spirits. Bishop Attenbury says " in the whole air of his face and make there was nothing of that penetrating saga city which appears in his compositions. He had something rather languid in his look and manner, which did not raise any , good expectation in those who did not know him." Bacon and Newton are undoubtedly the most illustrious names in the calendar of British worthies. The former, as Schlegel says, "by carrying the spirit of inquiry out of the verbal contentions of the dead school, into the regions of experience, above all, of life and nature, has become the father of modern physics. He made and completed many illustrious discoveries himself; of many more he seems to have had a dim and imperfect foresight. It is the work of ages to follow out the hints which are dropped by such a spirit in the progress of its excursions. By means of his rich and indefatigable intellect, the whole sciences of experience have been immeasurably enlarged, or rather they have been entirely regenerated ; the common shape of mind— nay, we may say, the common shape of life, in modern Europe, has received a spark of new ani mation from the inspiring touch of this Prome theus." Bacon's fame, like that of Newton, is uni versal. They not only by their labours and dis coveries enlarged the boundaries of science, raised new standards, and opened out fresh minds of intellectual wealth ; but they became the intel lectual parents of a long race of intellectual pro geny. Yet there is a wide distinction between the two philosophers ; and in the originality as well as the extent of his discoveries, Newton stands alone. Lord Brougham, with admirable sagacity, traces this difference. " The inductive system of Bacon," said Lord Brougham, " had been, at least in its practice, known to his predecessors. Observations, and even experiments, were not unknown to the ancient philosophers, though mingled with gross errors. In early times, almost in the dark ages, experimental inquiries had been carried on with success by Friar Bacon, and that method actually recommended in a treatise, as it was two centuries later by Leonardo da Vinci ; and at the latter end of the next century Gilbert examined the whole subject of magnetic action entirely by experiments. So that Lord Bacon's claim to be regarded as the father of modern philosophy rests upon the im portant, the invaluable step of reducing to a sys tem the method of investigation adopted by those eminent men, generalising it, and extending its application to all matters of contingent truth ; ex ploding the errors, the absurd dogmas, and fantas tic subtleties of the ancient schools ; above all con fining the subject of our inquiry, and the manner of conducting it within the limits which our faculties prescribe." Bacon, in fact, perfected and. gathered into a system that which had before existed in a fragmentary state. But Newton boldly . passed the boundaries of science and discovery, winning the most memorable triumphs ever gained by the human mind. " The grand difference, then" Lord Brougham remarked, "between one discovery or invention and another is in degree rather than in kind ; the degree in which a person, while he outstrips those whom he comes after, also lives, as it were, before .his age. Nor can any doubt exist that in this re spect Newton stands at the head of all who have extended the bounds of knowledge." Newton was most undoubtedly indebted to the diligence and researches of his predecessors ; till he not only completed what they had commenced ; but made discoveries truly marvellous in their character. " They . stand out," as Lord Brougham asserted, " prominent among all the other feats of scientific research, stamped with the peculiarity of his intel lectual character. They were aware their great author lived before his age, anticipating, in part, what was long after wholly accomplished ; and thus unfolding some things which at the time could be but imperfectly, others not at all, compre hended ; and not rarely pointing out the path and affording the means of treading it to the ascertain ments of truth then veiled in darkness. He not only enlarged the actual dominion of knowledge, pen9trating to regions never before explored, and taking with a firm hand undisputed possession, but be showed how the bounds of the visible horizon might be yet further extended, and enabled his successors to occupy what he could only descry ; as the illustrious discoverer of the New World made the inhabitants of the Old cast their eyes over lands and seas far distant from those he had traversed ; lands and seas of which they could form to them selves no conception, any more than they had been able to comprehend the course by which he led them on his grand enterprise. In this achievement, and in the qualities which alone made it possible— inexhaustible fertility ofresources—patience unsub dued—close meditation that could suffer no distrac tion—steady determination to pursue paths that seemed all but hopeless, and unflinching courage to declare the truths they led to, how far socvcr re moved from ordinary apprehension—in these cha racteristics of high and original genius we may be permitted to compare the career of those great men. But Columbus did not invent the mariner's com pass, as Newton did the instrument which guided his course and enabled him to make, and his suc cessors to extend, his discoveries, by closely follow ing his directions in using it." The culogium, though eloquent and glowing, is not exaggerated. Lord Brougham is no mean authority on these sub jects. He has himself.explored in the direction in which Newton achieved such victories, and can speak from experience as to their actual merits. The fame of Newton does not, however, rest upon the homage paid b y his admiring fellow countrymen. The value of his services to science and civilisation is acknowledged by the chief men of every land Lord Brougham gave an admirable summary of the different testimonies borne by tinguished persons in his favour : " Nor let it be imagined," said the noble lord, "that the feelings excited by contemplating the achievements of this great man are in any degree whatever the result of national partiality, and confined to the country which glories in having given him birth. The lan guage which expresses her veneration is equalled, perhaps exceeded, by that in which other nations give utterance to theirs ; not merely by the general voice, but by the well-considered and well-informed judgment of the masters of science. Liebnitz, when asked at the Royal table in Berlin his opinion of Newton, said that 'taking mathematicians from the beginning of the world to the time wh en N ew t on lived, what he had done was much the better half.' The Principia will ever remain a monument of the profound genius which revealed to us the greatest law of the un i verse ,' are t h e words of La Place. ' That work stands pre-eminent above all other pro ductions of the human mind.' The discovery of that simple and general law, by the greatness and variety of the objects which its embraces, confers honour upon the intellect of man.' Lagrange, we are told by Delambre, was wont to describe Newton as the greatest genius that ever existed, but to add how fortunate he was also, because there can only once be found a system of the universe to establish? Never,' says the father of the Institute of France —one filling a huge place among the most eminent of members—' Never,' says M. Biot, was the supre macy of intellect so justly established and so fully confesed ; in mathematical and in experimental science without an equal and - without an example, combining the genius for both in its highest de gree.' The Prineipia he terms the greatest work ever produced by the mind of man;' adding, in the words of Halley, that a nearer approach to the Divine nature has not been permitted to m or t a l s. ' In first giving to the world Newt on 's Meth o d o f Fluxions,' says Fonten , elle Liebnitz did like Pro_ heaven t o b estow it metheus; he stole fire from Newton, L Hopital asked, sleep upon men.' 'Does _n I figure him to myself and wake like other men ? entirely disengaged from as a celestial genius, matter.' " The list might be indefinitely prolonged, but sufficient was adduced by the noble lord to show that Newton's merits were fully appreciated by the most eminent men of science in all parts of the world. His fame was universal, and is only ap proached in extent by the discoveries and labours upon which it is based. We have quoted at length from Lord Brougham's admirable address, because it is a wonderful effort for a statesman above four score years of age; and no fairer or more elo quent tribute was ever offered to the memory of the illus trious dead. Recognition of merits so extraordinary may ap pear to have been long delayed. '.t during his lifetime Sir Isaac Newton's transcendant services were to a certain extent appreciated, and some of the first men of the age paid homage to his sur passing genius. Far and wide his known has since travelled, and the philosopher's name has be come a household word with the learned of all lands. Something like a national monument was, however, required, and this has at length been erected in his native county. The inauguration on Tuesday last of the statue at Grantham leaves no thing to be desired on that point. Amid the scenes of his youth and early labours the memorial is raised and a more fitting place could scarcely have been selected. The ceremony was an ovation in every sense of the word, and the tributes of affectionate reverence which it has called forth prove satisfac torily enough that the memory of Sir Isaac Newton is treasured as it ought to be by his admiring coun trymen; The fame that is truly precious is said to ripen in the obscurity of the tomb. If the English people have allowed 130 years to elapse since the death of " the greatest genius of the human race" before erecting their memorial it must not be sup posed that they remained during that long interval unmindful of his important services, or were insen sible to his manifest superiority over the thinkers and philosophers of every age and clime. They believed that Sir Isaac Newton's discoveries and works constituted his noblest monument, and imagined that one whose name was upon every tongue scarcely required another tribute. We re joice, however, that what might seem to some an omission has been supplied, for most assuredly amongst those who have benefited mankind by their discoveries Sir Isaac Newton stands pre-eminent. His philosophy ennobled,man and raised him nearer to his Divine Maker.-11forning Herald. FLOATING DERRICK MACHINES. On Saturday the launch of an iron vessel of most singular form and construction took place from the yard of the Thames Ship-building Company, Black wall, and created a great deal of interest, not only amongst nautical and scientific men, but amongst the population of the neighbourhood. Ono would naturally infer, on learning a vessel had been launched from a ship-building yard, that it possessed some of the characteristics and was de signed fer some of the uses of an ordinary ship ; but such a conclusion would be quite erroneous in the present instance, for our vessel has neither stem nor stern, nor paddle nor screw, nor mast nor tackling, nor any of the usual accompaniments of barque, sloop, or steamer. In shape it has not the graceful, gradual swell of a ship ' • neither is it circular, elliptical, or quadratic in form. It is a floating rhombus, and if one were to speculate, a priori, on its possible uses, the conjectures which might be formed on that head would seem to be inexhaustible. If peace had not just been concluded with the Celestial Empire, the vessel would cer tainly be considered a gallows for the use of the piratical floating population of the Canton river, and the appellation " Derrick," which was the name of a notorious Tyburn executioner in the early part of the 17th century, would have given vrazsemblance to such an ingenious hypothesis. It might also, without much eccentricity of hypothesis, be taken for a telescopic apparatus expressly for observing the comet, or for a floating light-house, or coal depot in mid-ocean ; for a Sartorius shot proof battering ram; for a strange whaling ship, or for a satellite of the Great Eastern, with which wonderful vessel it will divide the curiosity and speculation of the Thames travelling population. The floating Derrick has been constructed, how ever, for the very practical and useful purpose of raising sunken vessels, and its invention is due not to the fanciful projectors of Lagado, but to the practical engineers and ship-builders of York. To Mr. Bishop, an ingenious American, is due the merit of the invention. For some years past it has been extensively em ployed in the United States as a transportable or moveable apparatus for raising heavy stones for masonry, such, for instance, as that of the cele brated High Bridge, which forms a part of the aqueduct for carrying the supply of Croton river water to New York. It has also been very gene rally used as a stationary machine for wharves and piers, and in hoisting boilers and machinery into ships fitting for sea, and in dismasting and remast ing vessels of all sizes. At the Brooklyn Navy Yard of the United States it has superseded for this latter purpose the old form of " shears." Lastly, the principle has been applied on floating vessels for the purpose of raisins sunken ships. It was in the last of these applications that the Derrick was intro duced to our notice on Saturday. In various parts of the United States 16 of these machines—trans portable, stationary, and floating, possessing a hoist ing capacity of over 2,300 tons—have been con structed and worked for several years, to the entire satisfaction of the parties owning them. Two of these were erected for the United States Govern ment, and of two others belonging to the New York Derrick Company, one had raised and saved nearly 400 sunken and stranded vessels, -while the other had hoisted and placed on board the engines and boilers of over 300 steamers. A short time since the Ericsson steam-vessel, - of 2,300 tons, which, it may be remembered, was to have accomplished such important revolutions in marine locomotion by means of heated air, was raised by means of this machine, the vessel ha ving unfortunately sunk, with all its machinery, off the coast of New Jersey. The merits of the machine, therefore, have been fully tested, and it is now introduced into the coun try by means of a company formed under the Li mited Liability Act, called the " Patent Derrick Company (Limited)," The necessity which existed in England for a machine of such a character is evi denced by the fact that the total number of casual ties reported as occurring last year in this country was 1,141, representing a burthen of 176,544 tons of shipping and steamers combined. Of these 1,141 vessels wrecked on our coasts there were 963 British, 116 foreign, and 11 colonial. It is calculated that very nearly 800 out of these 1,141 vessels could have been raised and saved, had such a fleet of these Derricks existed as it is now sought to construct and organise by means of the present undertaking, upon a capital of £250,000. The vessel, or rather the machine, consists of a hull or " scow" of a most singular construc tion. If our readers will imagine a square iron surface, each side of which is 90 feet in length, or 10 feet wider than the Great Eastern steamer, and upon each of two opposite sides of this square will construct an equilateral triangle, they will then be able to form an approximate idea of the level surface of the deck of this extraordinary " scow." The proportions will not be quite correct, but pretty near, the exact figures being for the length of the hull or " scow" 257 feet, and its greatest width of beam 90 feet. Both stem and stern arc precisely alike in form; they arc wedge-shaped, the greatest width being at about (15 feet from the centre or midships. This hull is wall-sided or perpendicular, and the bottom—perfectly flat—is of course of the same dimensions and area as the deck, and the depth of hold is 14 feet. The hull is formed entirely of water-tight compartments, and strengthened by being constructed upon the cellular principle. In order to secure additional strength a wrought iron arch, formed of plates of iron, passes from stem to stern—or rather from one end to the other, for, properly speaking, the thing has neither stem nor stern—and fastened by upright and diagonal tie rods and supports; and two arches similar in con struction cross the ship diagonally, and intersect each other in the centre of the length and breadth. of the " scow." The largest of these cast-iron ellip tical arches has a span nearly as great as the centre arch of London-bridge. Within the hold of the " scow" are placed two propelling steam-engines, and two others for working the gear for raising the ships. The huge thing will be moved slowly by means of a revolving chain passing over two large wheels placed on each side, and provided with moveable floats, something in the manner of the buckets of a dredging machine, and which fall as they descend towards the water. This chain and floats revolve in a sort of channel or sewer, nearly 90 feet in length, protected by the outer iron plates of the vessel's side, and which dip below the surface of the water. There is a rudder at each end, but the " thing" will carry no sails, and when required to be moved will have to be towed to its destina tion. The " scow" or hull possesses a dead weight of 750 tons. From its pecnliar construction the " scow" has a very light draught of water, not ex ceeding 30 inches. When launched: on Saturday it was necessary to pump 300 tons of water into the hull to keep it sufficiently steady under the weight of its top-gearing. On the basis of this enormous float the Derrick crane, or hoisting apparatus, is fixed. It consists of five iron legs, formed of inch-and-a-quarter plates of iron, which support, at a height of 50 feet, the enormous hoisting " boom." This boom is 120 feet in length, and its broadest part is 30 feet in breadth. It is formed of thick plates of iron rivetted together, and which, seen front below, appear as though one of the Th ames steamers had' been taken up bodily and placed in the towering platform above. Through a hole in the centre, this forming the pivot upon which the boom turns, is the great " king post," in the interior of which a game of chess was boom"ientl played.isfi ftfeet,y T he an and height i.t is there recently postnt I 3 a v t r o 3 s l e m tl i le ve `? surmounted at the top by a huge block of iron weighing twenty-five tons, to which the chains which support the ends of the " boom" are at tached. The legs, which supp ort the whole of the are weight, secured by b races and diago nal ties. height f rom t h e deck to the e snly the top of the " king post" is 130 feet, The following are the particulars of the dimensions and weight of the.various parts of this extraordinary * 4th Dragoon Guards,'sth ditto, lit Dragoons, 2d ditto (Grays), Ist Dragoon Guards, from 5 ft. 8 in. to 5 ft. 11 in. ; 2d Dragoon Guards, 3d ditto, 7th ditto, sth Lancers, 6th Dragoons (Enniskillens), 9th Lancers, 12th ditto, 16th ditto, 17th ditto, from 5 ft. 6 in. to 5 ft. 8 in. ; 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), 3d Light Dragoons, 4th ditto, 7th Hussars, Bth ditto, 10th ditto, 11th ditto, 13th Light Dragoons; 14th ditto, 15th Hussars, 18th ditto, from 5 ft. 41 in. to 5 ft. 6 in., age rom 18 to 30 years. THE SIM . t, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1858 machine : The power is— hoisting capacity above the surface of the water , 'l,OOO tons ; gear for work ing,dependent of each other, worked 10sets byt o wo f crabs sciur n engines of 30 nominal horse-power each, With Earran's patent cup surface boilers ; propelling pa wer, two pair of oscillating engines of 160 horse-p( )wer each pair, with Barran 's patent cup surface boi leis. The weight of the scow or hull (without derri ck) is 750 tons ; of the derrick, including legs, bo , m t, "king-post," castings, and rods, 250 tons—vi ~ legs of derrick 65, boom 80, " king-post" 55, ea stings and rods 50—making a total weight of score r and derrick, without propelling or hoisting machin( xry, 1,000 tons. The dimensions are—length over f,ll 257 feet, breadth 90, depth 14, height from d.eck to boom 80, ditto of " king-post" above boom 50, radius of boom 60. This machine is capable of deli( iting its load anywhere within a circle whose diam a `,er is 120 feet. The tonnage of the vessel is 5.,000 tons. The whole of the machinery was ni:anufactured by Messrs. R. and T. Hughes, of New -cross, Deptford, and the entire cost was £40,000. It was natural t hat the launch of such an extra ordinary z specime of naval architecture and mechanism should have excited unusual curiosity. From its peculiar , structure it was necessary to launch it broadside on, in the same manner as the Great Eastern was at length vanquished, and there ware not a few who, remembering the difficulties against which Brune; had to contend, ventured to hint at a possible mi kichance in the present case. Practical shipwright " ,s are not, however, to be daunted by the failures of others, and with the punctuality of an express train on a well-arranged railway, the huge thing rushed into the water. The monster " scow", rested upon three cradles, sup ported upon an equal number of " ways,"which ex tended down to low water mark. At half-past two Mrs Thomas Maudslay performed the usual cere mony of breaking the bottle of wine on the bows of the vessel, giving to it the name of the " Patent Derrick, No. 1." Immediately after the signal was given the " dog shores" were knocked away, and in a few minutes after the application of the hydraulic machine the unwieldy looking mass was driving before it to the opposite side an immense wave of water, which lifted some small boats on to the dry land, swamped one or two others, and washed away casks and other materials which were on the wharves. The commotion which was caused in the water served to convey some slight notion of what would have taken place had'the huge Levia than, with its power of displacing 11,000 tons of water, been allowed to rush uncontrolled into the river at the time of the first attempt to launch it. The " Patent Hangman, No. 1," did not displace one-tenth of the volume which the Leviathan would have done, but for some time after the launch the water heaved and rolled like a stormy sea. Some steam tugs which were in readiness, took the " scow" in hand immediately after her launch, and towed her out into the centre of the river oppo site Blackwall. The machine will be placed under the command' of Captain Coppin, an officer who has had great experience in dealing with wrecks, and who possesses the threefold recommendation of being an able sailor, a good engineer, and a practical shipbuilder, and will be retained in the service of the ports and docks of London and Liverpool, the rivers Thames and Mer sey, and the neighbouring coasts. When the advantages of the invention shall have become fully established, the company intend to introduce them as opportunity may offer in Hull, Newcastle, Sun derland, Bristol, Southampton, Yarmouth, Leith, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Cork, Waterford, and other ports of the United Kingdom. The expense of working the derrick is stated to be very small—from four to six men with two horses being sufficient to raise an ordinary-sized' ship. their services, and in case of a commanding officer refusing to discharge any private, not employed as above, who•may wish to join the regular array, he is to transmit his reasons for such refusal, in writ ing, to the general officer commanding the district for reference to head-quarters. " 8. Married men,. and men undergoing impri• sonment by sentence of court-martial, are not allow;ed to volunteer. " 9. Non-commissioned officers are not to be per mitted to volunteer without special pennissitm from their commanding officer, and they will only be accepted as privates. " 10. Commanding officers of militia will take care that the volunteers are regularly discharged, that their accounts arc closed, that every just claim is satisfied, and that the men are regularly enlisted as well as attested for the corps to which they volunteer, in strict accordance with the forms pre scribed by the Mutiny Act, for which purpose arrangements will be made for the attendance of any officer of the recruiting service, whose duties will be strictly limited to passinf. , the men into the service according to the established regulations, after they come forward—but he is in no respect to interfere with the volunteering. The necessary supply of attestations is to be obtained from the War-office. " 11. The volunteers are to be sent to their new regiments in charge of steady sergeants of militia, or of the regular army if they can not be spared from the militia. When cir cumstances render it advisable that the volunteers for the cavalry and infantry of the line should pro ceed to their respective destinations b e f ore ro u tes can be obtained for their march, the commanding officer is to furnish the sergeant under whose charge they are sent with the amount of railway fares (or, when necessary, give railway or passage warrants, according to the War•office regulations), and re cover the money under the authority of covering routes, for which he will make application to the Quartermaster-General in the usual manner. In the case of men extending such services to regi ments in the same garrison, or in the immediate vicinity, they are to be sent to their new corps as soon as they are attested. " 12. Volunteers will be entitled to the usual bounty of £3, of which 10s. 6d. is to be handed to them in cash on attestation, the balance being duly credited, and paid to them on joining their new re giments, and they will receive in addition an entire new kit. " 13. As a further inducement to volunteer, the Secretary of State for War has been pleased to ap prove of all volunteers being allowed to reckon one:half of their embodied militia service rendered while over the age of 18 as a part of line service to entitle them to pension and any other advantages, such as good-conduct pay, &c., belonging to the regular army, provided they shall have completed six months' militia service. " 14. The volunteers are to take with them their great coats, necessaries, and such old clothing as can be furnished, and may be requisite ; but their new clothing, knapsacks, and shakos are to be left with the regiment ; and when proceeding by steam vessels to or from ports in the United Kingdom, each to be provided with a rug, as directed in para graph 22, page 230, of the Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army. " 15. No fee or allowance beyond the usual travelling expenses and detention money will be granted to medical or recruiting officers detached on this duty. " 16. A sum of 10s. is granted by the Secretary of State for War to the regiments of militia for each volunteer actually joining the regular army, and it is to be distributed as suggested in the War office circular of the 22d of him, 1854. _ " 17. The volunteering is to be kept open if ne cessary, for a pe r id o f three days, during which the General Commanding in Chief relies upon the ut most regularity and• order being maintained. The men who desire to extend their services are to sig nify their wish to the captains of companies, and are to fall out at morning and evening parade. " 18. As soon as. -the volunteering is over, the medical and recruiting officers are to return to their respective stations, and a return showing the number of men released from their Militia engage ment, and the corps for which they volunteer, is to transmitted to the Adjutant-General of the Forces through the general officer commanding the district for ,the General Commandint , in Chief's information. " 19. If the required .num r ber of volunteers is not furnished at once, the volunteering is to be subse quently reopened until the quOta is complete, and weekly returns of the volunteers who actually join and are finally approved for the regular army are to continue to be transmitted by embodied regi ments to the Adjutant-General every Saturday. " 20. The money required by commanding officers for the payment of bounties, for forwarding the volunteers to their destination, and for their sub sistence while on route, is to be drawn and ac counted for according to the instructions issued from the War-office. " 21. These revised instructions are to be sub stituted for any others that may have been hitherto issued, all of which are to be considered to be can celled. "$y command, mcncing a process of ventilation on the system de scribed in The Sun of Saturday. CORK, Sept. 23.—The BarraCk and Hospital Im provement Commission, consisting of Capt. Galton, 1.E., Dr. Sutherland, and Dr. Burrell, arrived here last night from Fermoy, and to-day, accompanied by Major Gosset, the barrackmaster, Capt. Grain and Capt. Brine, R.E., inspected Cork and Ballin collig Barracks, where they were met by the com manding and medical officers, &c. To-morrow the commission inspect Cork Harbour Barracks, and on Saturday, Bandon, Kingsale, and Charlesfort, after which they proceed to Tcmplemore. THE NAVY. The following vessels were on Saturday taken up by the Hon. Council of India for the conveyance of the reinforcements of cavalry and infantry troops under orders to proceed to India:—viz., Adamant, King Philip, Mary Harrison, Havering, Northum berland, and the Harietta Mitchell. The Adamant, King Philip, and Mary Harrison are under engage ment to convey troops to Calcutta, Havering and Northumberland to Madras, and the Harrietta Mitchell to KuiTachee. _ _ The Donegal,. 101, launched at Devonport on Thursday, was placed in the Keyham basin on F r iday, preparatmy to her being docked. It is estimated that, exclusive of planking, 1,800 trees were used in the construction of this hip. The screw steamship Hawke, went from Ha moaze into Plymouth on Saturday. The paddlewheel steam frigate Terrible, Capt. F. H. H. Glasse, C. 8., received guns and carriages for the Mediterranean at Devonport on Friday, and the armaments of the gunboats Growler and Quail, which are appointed to accompany her. The sailing ship Cumberland, 72, Capt. H. D. Rogers, went from llamoaze on Friday into Ply mouth Sound. She will shortly leave for the South American station to receive the flag of Rear- Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington, K.C.8., Com mandcr-in-Chief there. The Archer, 13, screw, Capt. Sanderson, will, it is expected, be ready for sea about Tuesday next. She has taken on board a number of supernume raries for the Boscawen, flagship at the Cape of Good Hope, and it is thought that that is her desti nation. She will, however, proceed to Plymouth for final orders. There are no ships of war at Spithcad at the present time. A series of experiments have been made durine , the past week in order to ascertain the effect of the discharge of heavy ordnance on board the floating battery Erebus, now in Portsmouth harbour. Guns of 8-inch and 10-inch bore, with full charges of ammunition for the extreme range, but the vibra tion was scarcely perceptible. The results were ascertained by placing a tumbler of water on the capstan or some other part of the vessel, and on the discharge of the ordnance it was found that there was not a sufficient oscillatory movement to cause any of the water to be spilled ; nor did the continual firing act at all injuriously on the massive iron plates, with which her sides are encased. The experiments, we understand, were considered satis factory. THE AR.3I-Y. The following revised instruction; . have been issued and substituted for those previously in force for carrying on the volunteering from the embodied militia to the regular army : " Horse Guards, Aug. 20. " 1.. The quota of volunteers to be furnished by regiments of embodied militia to be as fixed by the War-office letter of the 19th inst. " 2. The men are to be permitted to extend their services to the Artillery, Engineers, Cavalry, Mili tary Train, Foot Guards, Infantry of the Line, and Marines. Men who shall desert before joining their new regements, those who join the Royal Navy, and disembodied men enlisting are not to count to wards the quota of volunteers. " 3. When a regiment is prepared, or is called upon by the General Commanding-in-Chief, to give volunteers to the regular army, the officer command ing, under whose superintendence and control the measure is to be exclusively carried out, is to notify the Fame to the general officer commanding the di vision or district, who will detach to the corps a medical officer of the regular army, not below the rank of surgeon, for the purpose of examining the volunteers, and certifying as to their fitness for ac tive military service, and make the necessary ar rangeineuts for enlisting and attesting them in con formity to the terms of the Mutiny Act. " 4. The names of the medical officers detached under paragraph 3, and the intended date of volun teering, are to be reported to the Adjutant-General in sufficient time to admit of the same being com municated to the Artillery, Engineers, Foot Guards, and Marines, and the volunteering is not to com mence until receipt of an acknowledgment of such report. Nominal and descriptive returns of volun teers for those corps are to be furnished to their head-quarters, and the men arc not to quit the militia until notifications are received of their ap proval. "5. Medical officers are to pay the strictest attention to the surgical examination of the volunteers before they leave the head-quarters of the militia; and they are to be particularly careful not to pass any man who is not fit for mi mediate and active service. "6. The standard for the cavalry is specified in the margin,* No man is to be received for the in fantry of the line under 5 feet 4 inches, or who is under 18 or above :30 years of age. The age, standard, and qualifications of volunteers for-the Artillery, Engineers, Foot Guards, and Marines are to be specially ascertained by reference to those corps. 7. While the volunteering is otogn, command ing officers arc to afford every facility to the mcn in selecting► the regiments which they may wish to join, or which may be notified as most in want of recruits. • With the exception of men employed as orderly room clerks, drummers, bandsmen, or armourcrs, all are to have the option of extending 1 THE MILITIA. The Norfolk Militia Artillery will complete their period of training and exercise at Great Yarmouth to-morrow (Tuesday). To-day the regiment was inspected by Colonel Wodehouse. The Essex Rifles, which have been undergoing training and exercise during the last three weeks at Colchester, were disembodied to-day (Monday). On Friday they were inspected by Col. Douglas. Col. Douglas has also inspected, at Chelmsford, the West Essex Militia, which was disembodied to-day (Monday). A few men have volunteered from this regiment into the line. New colours were presented to the regiment on Saturday. The South Lincoln Militia have assembled at Grantham for training and exercise. The regi ment is a very strong one, the nominal complentent being 943 rank and file. The 'Sherwood Foresters left Newcastle-on-Tyne and Tynemouth on Friday morning for Glasgow. This fine militia regiment has left the North of England esteemed by all classes of the inhabitants. A more orderly and respectable body of soldiers have not been stationed in Newcastle and Tyne mouth for many years. The Denbigh Militia assembled at Wrexham on the 15th instant-387 of all ranks. 'They are to be inspected on the 30th inst. The conduct of the men has been most exemplary, and t'heir progress in drill has been very satisfactory. The regiment is on billets in the town, and with all the tempta tion offered to young and inexperienced soldiers, not a single case of crime has as yet occurred. The Inverness-shire Highland Light Infantry, under the command of the Hon. Simon. Fraser, will assemble on the Ist Oct. DEATH FROM AN OVERDOSE OF PRUSSIC A CID. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Middlesex, and a highly respectable, jury, reassembled, by adjournment, at the late residence of the deceased, 21, Hyde-park-gardens, Hy . de-park, to inquire touching the death of Joseph Bainbridge, Esq., aged 60, an extensive East India proprietor, and a gentleman possessing considerable property. The melancholy event took place under the subjoined painful circumstances. It appeared from the evidence taken at the opening of the inquiry, which had been adjourned for an analytical examination of the stomach and its contents, as also for an analysis of a phial found in the deceased's room, that on Sunday last the un fortunate gentleman was discovered by his butler, James Tirkin, lying on the sofa in the dining-room in apparently a lifeless condition. This was a little after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and- the butler having called up the housekeeper, it was deemed advisable to send off for medical aid. Accordingly Mr. Forbes, the deceased's medical attendant, was at once called in, but that gentleman, on his arri val, was only able to pronounce that the vital spark had fled. A. phial containing prussic acid, which the deceased himself had sent for to Messrs. Bell. and Co., chemists, Oxford-street, on the Saturday, was found in the apartment, and a portion of the contents of the bottle had been taken. The post mortem examination made by Mr. Forbes revealed a very diseased condition of the heart ; but, as it was presumed that the fatal attack was brought on by the deceased taking the prussic acid, an analysis was deemed prudent to set the matter at rest ; and, as it was generally believed, if death had arisen under such circumstances, it had been occasioned by the deceased prescribing medicinally for himself, it was determined at the same time to call wit nesses from Messrs. Bell's establishment to speak to the strength of the acid. Mr. W. B. Matchwick, assistant at Messrs. Bell and Co.'s, Oxford-street, was next examined, and he deposed that on Saturday he supplied the acid to the deceased according to a prescription he re ceived by the butler from the deceased. The pre scription was "Hydrocyanic acid 1 oz., in a stop pered bottle, and say on the label one or two minims for a dose, and mark it poison.' J. 8., Sept. 18." It was not usual to put the dose on the bottle when it was for a medical man, which he supposed the de ceased to be. The deceased had had medicines before from them, but he (witness) did not remem ber ever supplying him previously with prussic acid. He gave the acid of the usual Pharmacopoeia strength, and labelled the phial as directed by the deceased. Other evidence clearly proved that the deceased had suffered from disease of the heart and general physical debility for some years past, and that he was a person of an exceedingly nervous tempera ment as regarded his health. His father, it was also stated, had died suddenly. Mr. Freshfield, solicitor, who attended on the part of the deceased's relatives, explained that his commercial and mercantile affairs were in the most prosperous state, and the day before his death he wrote to his agent in the City on business matters. He was also, on the afternoon of hia.emise, going to see his only daughter, a lady residing at Hamp stead. The jury, after a brief deliberation, recorded that death was caused by an over-dose of prussic acid acting on a diseased heart, and this dose was taken medicinally. COLLIERS' STRIKE.-RIOT IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE. BARNSLEY, SATURDAY EVENING. A riot of a rather extraordinary character oc curred at 8 o'clock last night, at the hamlet of Hoyle-mill, near this town, which is principally in haliited by colliers employed at the Oake Colliery. The colliery, which is one of the largest in the dis trict, has given employment to about 400 persons, but, in consequence of a dispute, the men turned out some 17 weeks ago, and all attempts at a set tlement between the masters and men having failed, a number of colliers from the Midland and Northern coal fields have been imported.. To make way for these many of the old hands have been ejected from the houses they held under the proprietors of the colliery, but being determined not to leave - the place they succeeded in geting some tents, in which they have taken up their residence with their families, each receiving, on an average, about 10s. a week faom the Colliers' Asso ciation, The fact of residing in a field, under canvas, has been the means, from its novelty, of drawing together large numbers of visitors, and on Sunday last there could not have been less than 3,000 persons present. On that occasion all went on quietly, sermons being preached and religious addresses given by several of the colliers' local preachers. On Tuesday a tea party on a large scale was given by the turnouts, and on the next evening (Wednesday) from some cause not directly known, the men at present working in the pit, " blacksheep," marching backwards and forwards, armed with sticks and other weapons, threatening to attack the tents of the turnouts. No attack, however, took place, and things resumed their usual quiet until about eight o'clock last night, when a great number of men and boys, many of them colliers, but evidently strangers in the dis trict, suddenly made their appearance at the house of Mrs. Leake, the Railway Inn, which is situate outside the hamlet, and is used by the " black sheep" as a rendezvous. 'Several at once called for ale, but before they could be served a row was got up ; the intentions of the invaders became appa rent, and after one or two of the " blacksheep" had been much injured, and others had made their escape, -the mob, which consisted of 300 or 400 per sons, attacked the house, breaking the windows and everythin g e l se th at came in the way, and caused the greatest terror to the inmates. The mob then proceeded along the road breaking the windows of several of the houses as they went' along, until they came to about 60 houses belong ing to the colliery proprietors, and in which the newly-engaged men were located. On these they made a most furious assault, striking the greatest terror to those inside, breaking the windows, win dow-frames, and everything else that came in their way. In some of the houses 'nearly every square of glass wa s b ro k en , th e f rames sen t in, and stones of a large size strewn on the floor. The window blinds in some instances hung in shreds. In one house an unfortunate hen was struck by a stone with such force, that the head was completely severed, and sent for some distance. About six of the West Riding Constabulary were soon on the spot, but seeing the great numbers, and the folly- of encountering them, they kept quiet, and did not in terfere. The greatest alarm prevailed, particularly amongst the women, who uttered the most piercing screams, and sought refuge in other parts of the neighbourhood. • The long rows of houses present a dilapidated appearance, the glass and framework in many instances being almost entirely demo lished, in fact out of 60 houses, we should think at least 500 squares of glass have been broken. W e are, however, happy to say that no person w as dangerously injured, although several more or less hurt. From the fact of the party attacking appearing together so suddenly, there can be little doubtthat the outrage was premeditated. The effect of the attack is not likely to increase the sympathy for the turn-outs, who have hithorto been well sup ported in the district, but it is only due to them to state that the general belief of persons on the spot —among whom we may include the police—that the riot was not perpetrated by the turn-outs, but by a lawless mob from the adjoining district. Prompt measures will at once be taken no doubt .by the authorities, with a view to prevent the oc currence of such proceedings—proceedings which must seriously injure the cause of the men on strike. The pit has been closed during the whole of the day ; only three of the men presented them selves for work ire the morning. The greatest ex citement and fear prevails in the houses occupied by the blacksheep, some of whom have expressed their determination to return from whence they came, unless a greater degree of protection could be afforded them. Another attack, it is feared, will take place this evening and preparations have been taken accordingly, the police having been rein forced, " G. A. WETHERALL, Adj utant-Genera 1." Orders were on Saturday issued from the Horse Guards to the officers commanding the depot bat talions of cavalry and infantry at Chatham, Can terbury, Maidstone, Colchester, Winchester, Butte vant, and Stirling, directing them to hold in readi ness the following troops to embark for India between the sth and 9th of Oct.—viz.: for Calcutta, 26 men of the Enniskillen Dragoons, 14 men of the 9th (the Queen's) Lancers, 32 men of the 7th Hussars, 60 men of the Ist battalion sth Fusileers, 22 men of the Ist battalion 6th Regiment, 22 men of the Ist battalion Bth (the King's) Regiment, 2 sergeants,. 1 drummer. and 165 men of the Ist batt. 3d Buffs, 14 men of the Ist batt. 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, 20 men of the Ist batt. 19th Regt., 22 men of the Ist. batt. 20th Regt., 13 men of the Ist batt. 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 22 men of the 29th Regt., 60 men of the 34th, 12 men of the 35th (Royal Sussex), 25 men of the 37th, 20 men of the 38th, 10 men of the 42d (Royal High landers), 92 men of the 48th, 60 men of the 54th, 18 men of the Ist batt. 60th Royal Rifles, 23 men of the 64th Itegt., 16 of the 73d, 28 men of the 75th, 14 men.of the 82d, 38 men of the 88th (Connaught Rangers), 12-men of the 93d (Highlanders), 40 men of the 97th, and 2 sergeants and 148 men of the Royal Artillery. The following arc the reinforce ments for Bombay :-32 men of the Bth Hussars, 14 men of the tst. batt. 18th Royal Irish, 90 men of the 28th Regt., 25 men of the 33d (Duke of Wel lington's;), 37 men of the 46th, 12 men of the 57th, 12 men of the 86th (Royal County Down), 40 men of the 89th, 12 men of the 92d (Highlanders), and 25 men of the 91th. The follqwing arc under orders to embark for Madras :r---12 . men of the Ist batt. Ist Royals, 30 men of the 44th Regt., 12 men of the 3d batt. 60th Rifles, 55 men of the 66th Regt., 116 men of the 68th Light Infantry, 18 men of the 69th Regt. 14 men of the 74th (Highlander s ) and 50 men Of the 91st. The detachments to embark for Kurrachee arc 16 men of the.27.th Enniskillens, 25 men of the 81st Regt., 12 men of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers), 15 men of the 89th, and 20 men of the 94th. . . The steamer Indiana,: Commander Lambert, ar rived in the Thames on Friday night from Calcutta, 87 days out, with a large party of sick and wounded troops on board, chiefly from Lucknow and Delhi. The Indiana sailed from Calcutta on the Ist July, calling at Sandheads, Point de Gallo, Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and St. Vincent, which latter she left on the 9th inst. The number of sick and wounded troops that embarked at Calcutta was 110, belonging to the 2d Dragoons, 7th Hussars, 9th Lancers, sth Fusiliers, 10th, 19th, 20th, 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 34th, 35th, 42d Royal Highlanders, 60th Rifles, 7 . 3 d, 75th, 78th mid 79th Highlanders, 80th, 82d, 84th, 88th Connaught Rangers, 90th Light Infantry, 97th Regiment, and the Royal Ar tillery, together with 18 women and children, the whole under the command of Capt. G. Clay, 19th Regiment, gird in medical charge of Assistant-Sur geon M. Grant, 11,D , sth Fusiliers. During the voyage 11 deaths occurred on board—viz., one offi cer (Lieut. the Hon. C. R. M. Ward, 73d Regt.), seven soldiers, one child, and two sailors, one of th e latter having been accidentally killed by falling from the masthead to the deck. On Saturday the Indiana steamed up to Gravesend for the purpose of landing the wounded and disabled troops, who were all immediately conveyed to Fort Pitt Hospi tal, Chatham. 'Alany of the troops - have received desperate wounds in their conflicts wth the muti neers at Allumbagh and Lucknow, where nearly the whole of them were engaged under Sir James Outram. The screw steamer Simoom, 8, Commander J. M. Cooke, left Calcutta for England 12 days be fore the Indiana, with 150 sick and wounded sailors, belonging chi e fly to the screw steam frigate Shan non, 51, wh o f orme d a por ti o n of the nav a l b r i ga d e under the command of the late Capt. Peel, C.B. On Saturday afternoon Colonel Eyre, the com mandant of Chatham garrison, inspected the whole of the depots of the 2d battalion of infantry under the command of Colonel R. N. Phillips, comprising the depot companies of the 10th, 20th, 23d (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) 29th, 52d (Light Infantry), and 61st Regi men t s, the officers and men of which were drawn up on the inner lines. The Ist batta lion, under the command of Colonel H. Jervis, also underwent an inspection by 'Colonel Jervis the same afternoon. In pursuance of the sanitary regulations laid clown by the Royal Commissioners in their recent visit to Woolwich garrison, for the more effectual ventilation of the men's sleeping rooms, a portion of one of the front blocks of the Royal Artillery barracks was on Saturday vacated and given over to the Royal Engineers, for . the purpose of com- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. —Andrew Anderson, a moustached individual, bearing the aliases of King horn, Wybrow, Viscouut, and Sir Walter Liver more, and William Rudd, a baker, of Britannia-row, Islington,' were brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with being concerned with others, not in custody, in defrauding Samuel Prescott, a master baker, of the sum of £lB 12s. 6d. Mr. IVontner appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Lewis for the defence. The prosecutor stated that in the month of Dec. last he went into a public-house in Leather-lane. While there the prisoner Anderson entered, and re presented himself as Sir Walter Livermore, a French gentleman, who had just come over with his father to receive some property. He appeared to be drunk and took a lot of sovereigns from his pocket. The prisoner Rudd then came in, and called for a pint of ale, but Anderson said, " Do not drink ale, here is some wine." Sir Walter then spoke about the strength, of his arm, and said he would throw a skittle ball a certain listance, but Rudd said he could not. An engagement was entered into, and Sir Walter, having so much money, was requested to pay for a cab to take them to a place where they could decide the wager. A game was played for a sovereign, which Sir Walter lost to Rudd, and then prosecutor was requested to play, Sir Walter offer ing to make a bet of £5O to £2O that he would not knock all the skittles down in nine times. Prose cutor not having the money, an arrangement was entered into for each to put down a sovereign to meet on the following day. They met the next day and prosecutor's £lB 12s. 6d. was placed in a box, together with Sir Walter's £5O, and given over to Rudd. The game was then played, which prosecutor won, and subsequently a second bet *as made of £lOO to that which was in the bag that he would not again knock the pins down in nine times. The bet was accepted, and after the £lOO was placed in the bag, the whole am oun t wa s turned over to Rudd. Sir Walter then proposed that they should have some more ale, and he went and fetched some, and gave prosecutor a glass. He drank it, and threw the first ball, but on attempting to throw the second he felt a giddiness come over him, and fainted away. On his recovering Sir Walter and Rudd with the money had gone. Sergeant Holloway, 26 G, who had charge of the case, and Sergeant Silverton, 293 A, said that Anderson had been several times in custody for skittle sharping. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case of fraud was not clearly made out and dismissed the case, at the same time saying it was a very proper one to be brought forward. WESTMINSTER.—A little fellow, who was not nearly so tall as the dock in whicli he was placed, was charged with robbing ,his mother, Charlotte Eagle. The prosecutrix, a young woman, the wife of a labouring . man, in Vine-street, Westminster, said, in faltering tones, that prisoner was nine yea rs old, and her only boy. He had a comfortable home, was well fed, and had gone to school ever since he was three years of age. He had repeatedly stolen from her, and she had beaten him and talked to him, pointing out the wickedness of his conduct time after time. On Friday morning he had some pic tures, and, suspecting they had not been come by honestly, she asked him where ho got them. lie told her that he hadpicked them up by the Victoria Theatre, but on her disbelieving this statement he said he had bought them, and had stolen two shil lings out of her pocket. She had not missed the money, but would have done so when she went to market. Where she once lived a very bad boy lodged in the next. room, who got hold of her son, and she removed in order that he might escape contamination, but he was no better. Two months ago he stole ss. from her, and, finding her repeated advice of no avail, she had brought him here. Mr. Paynter having pointed out to the boy how bad stealing was, especially when lie stole from a kind mother, said he would remand him till Thurs day, and see whether four or five days' imprison ment would do him any good, after which he would probably release him. A very respectable-looking man entreated the magistrate's assistance under the following cir cumstances : Applicant said that his wife had been for some time past in a state of lunacy, and with a view to prevent her doing any injury to herself; or anybody else, he had her restrained, but she unfortunately broke loose from her confinement. Fearing some lamentable consequences, he called a police con stable, and had her taken to the station-house at the A division in Gardner's-lane, King-street, when Mr. Buck, the inspector on duty, sent her to St. Margaret's workhouse as the most fitting and safe mode of disposing of her. There, however, the authorities refused to receive her unless he con sented to become an inmate of the workhouse as well. That he of course could not do, as he must consequently, have lost his situation. Since that, in her insanity, she had destroyed every article of furniture he possessed, and he had again in vain endeavoured to induce the parish to interfere. Mr. Paynter observed that she could not be per mitted to be at large in the dangerous state de scribed. Applicant said he had offered to remunerate the parish for the maintenance of his wife. He re ceived a pension of ss. 3d. per day from Govern ment, and he had offered to make that over to the parish for the support of his wife, or would endeavour to pay more if it were needed. Mr. Paynter said that nothing could be fairer than that offer. He supposcdfrom what had fallen from the applicant that he had no means of restrain ing her at home. Applicant replied that he had not. Mr. Paynter directed an officer to accompany applicant to St. Margaret's workhouse, and inform the authorities that if they did not interfere and put the woman under a proper state of control he should feel it kis duty to represent their conduct to the Home-office. GREENWICH.—Thomas Smith, a respectably dressed little boy, about seven years of age, appeared to answer a summons, charging him with breaking the leg of a fowl, by wilfully throwing a stone. Complainant said—Me name is Ellen Connor, an' I'm the lawful wife of Michael Connor. Axin' yer hanner's pardon, but me darlin' fowl has been nearly kilt by that small boy. The poor eratur is laid up at home, fit for nothin' at all, wid a broken leg and _thigh, and it's only meself can get it to dhrink a drop of water, wid nothin' at all to eat. Magistrate—Why don't you kill it and roast it ? Complainant—Och, yer hanner, it's the beautiful eggs it's layin' me ; it's a darlin' bird.—a last year's bird—between a Dorking and a Spanish. What will I do if the bird dies ? Magistrate—lf you don't want it to die, you should get it a pair of splints and a crutch. (Laugh ter.) What did the boy do to it ? Complainant—l'm coming to that now, sir. A young woman what stands there in the hall came up and told me that she saw the boy chuck a shtone at me fowl. An' says I, " Did you see it ?" and says she, " Yes, I did." " Then," says, " perhap s y ou 'll be after comin' up and spakin to the magistrate for me, an' how when the bird was struck wid the shtone, it fell down squatthering and squibbling about in the road," and says she, " That I will." Then says' I Magistrate—Stop, stop Let me hear what she has to say. The young woman alluded to said she saw the b o y throw the stone, and the bird fell down flutter ing in the road. She knew it belonged to Mrs. Co A n i n ti o g r is t a i n a d te took (to complainant)—Wh a t to rn p her. n a nt)—What is the value of thebi Complainant rd? (considering)— I couldn't be afth er taking less, yer hanner, than ss. Complainant—Faith, sir, t sir, tniot,sh that t so w m or u t ch asthat o . me. You should see the beautiful eggs it's layin' me, and g e isZt t my Mike wouldn't l i vid it for no money at all. e mTcruelt tosl orderatlhlde fowl, a payment nd 3s . co o s f ts 4 . s. for The father of the y juvenile tob efendant begged, with all due submission, d allowed to say a few words, as the magistrate be e f ia l only heard one side. He did not consider the fowl had any right before his door, but should keep oh in its own place. His little boy was sitting e step of the street door, eating aslice of bread and butter, when the bird stole it from his hand, and the boy took up the stone and threw it. Ile contended that the bird had no right at his door. Magistrate—You cannot teach birds that for taking a walk they shall be maimed or punished with death. The boy should have shouted and frightened the bird away. If the fowl was trespass ing, that was no reason why it should be ill-treated. You had better pay the money. The father said he didn't know that the bird's leg was broken. Michael Connor had not shown it to him, and if he paid the money he surely had a right to the fowl. - Magistrate—Certainly ; and if the leg is not broken, the fowl must be produced in court on a future day ; but if otherwise, you had better roast it and cat it for your supper. The father thanked the magistrate, and said he would have the fowl. COUNTRY MARKETS. ROCHESTER--SEPT. 25. The wheat trade has relapsed into a very lifeless condi tion, with only a limited business doing. The samples of new brought forward were not in first-rate condition, but the old was generally good. Trade ruled exceedingly dull, buyers only supplying immediate wants, and the samples disposed of were sold at a decline of about is below the prices of last week. Barley in rather better supply, but a dull trade. Oats lower. Beans and peas easier to purchase, and prices have slightly declined. White wheat, new, 45s to 48s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 34s Red do. 4os to 433 Oats, old, 125 t....--s to Old white 44s to 48s New do 25s to 27s Red do.. 42s to 44s Beans 40s to 468 Barley, malting.... 36s to 40s I Peas.. 4os to 448 OXFORD-SErr. 25. There was a good attendance to-day, and a large quan tity of wheat offering. Prime samples in great request — consequently, a good many changed hands. Inferior sorts were a complete drug. White was worth from 44s to 525; red 38s to 46s per qr. Prime malting, barley were much inquired for at 30s to 425. Oats realised from 23s to 32s — prime samples sold readily. Beans 43s to 50s per quarter. Vetches, 12s 6d per bushel. Flour, 32s per sack. CAMBRIDGE-SEPT. 25. ' A moderate supply of wheat; the trade was dull at last week's prices. Barley was more plentiful, and the best parcels were rather dearer. Beans and peas the turn dearer. CHELMSFO IRD-SEPT. 24. At this morning's market grain, and prices remained w Wheat, white 41s to 60s red 37s to 46s Barley __ 358 to 41s there was very little doing in ithout much change. Peas, Partridge 4ss to 470 White 42s to 41$ Boiling 43s to 49s Dun 45s to 47s Beans, Tick 39s to 418 Harrow Ticks 39s to 43a Mazagan 37s to 40$ Chevalier ....39s to 45s Grinding 29s to 33s Malt • 70s to 73s Chevalier 72s to 73s Oats 26s to 36s NORWICH-SEPT. 24. The wheat trade has ruled dull throughout the week. To-day there was only a moderate show of wheat, most of it out of condition. only dry parcels were in demand, at fully last week's prices, but the damp sorts hung on hand. Oats maintained former prices. DUBLIN-SETT. 24, There was a good supply of new grain at our market to day, and the business generally quiet. Wheat of prints quality supported the currencies of Tuesday, but middling samples and oats of all kinds were 6d cheaper. Malting barley was taken steadily at our last quotations, and for two or three extra fine parcels even higher rates were paid, but they are not fairly quotable. Grinding barley was 6d to Is cheaper. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 26 6 to 28 6 Do., red 24 0 to 26 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 oto 15 0 s. d. s. 6. Do., new l2 0 to 13 0 Bere . l3 0 to 13 6 Rapeseed 26 0 to 29 6 Oatmeal l4 6 to 16 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn 31 0t033 6 The Union de la Sarthe states that a very advantageous sale of hospital property had just been made in that depart ment by the establishment of Chateau-du-Loir. Some pieces of ground, which had been let out at 180 f. a-year, and the total value of which was estimated at 7,405 f., were sold by auction at 16,658 f., or more than double the estimated worth. The Union adds that the produce of this sale will augment to a very considerable extent the resources of the hospital. 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This result was overwhelming, as it was but too clear that the pretended diamond had fallen altogether from its as sumed rank. The Venetians unanimously declared it to be not even a Brazilian topaz, but only one found in Saxony. The unfortunate proprietor was so much affected at the in telligence that he became deranged in his mind, and two days after was found in one of the lagoons, when life was almost extinct. He was saved from suicide, and taken to an hospital, but long continued speechless. The individual most interested in his success, after himself, had an attack of paralysis, and on his recovering commenced legal pro ceedings against the unfortunate possessor of the stone, who is looked upon as the victim of lus own delusions." [AnvEnTisEmENT.]—Holloway's Pills.—The sufferings to which delicate females are subjected by ignorant prac titioners, and the no less serious evils they endure in con sequence of self-neglect, are terrible to contemplate. 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" Thirty years excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically remove , ' by Du Barry's health restoring food. Alex. Stuart, Arch deacon of Ross, Skibbereen ." Cure 3,906. " Thirty years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." " Clunbury, Shropshire, Dec. 22, 1856.—Gentlemen,—Being one of your greatest debtors in respect to the Revalenta Arabica, I beg to offer you my testimony in its favour. For many years I suffered several,' from chronic rheumatism, which at length induced a com plication of nervous diseases that made me perfectly miser able. The most approved remedies in medicine and diet were had recourse to in vain, the faculty of digestion wag brought to a complete stand still, and death must aPP . a.' rently have soon resulted had not my attention been provi dentially drawn to the Revalenta Arabica. The very satisfactory character of the testimonials induced me to make a trial of it ; even within a few days after I com menced using it some of the worst symptoms were so much subdued as to enable me to take a sufficient quantity of food, and drink without any injurious consequences. This I had not been able to do for four years' previously, and during' the last two months of this time not in any measure except at the imminent risk of my life, though the greatest car? was used in the selection of what was taken ; sleep had nearly forsaken me, this has been restored to me, and I inn now, after having taken the Revalenta for some time, able to perform those functions of animal life which before had been early suspended in me, but to explain all the benefit which I have derived from it woul d be to fill a pamphlet.—l am, &c., James Chapman'' Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew lire, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Shorelandi Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurtzer Dr. Ingram, Lo rd Stuart de Decies ; Major-G enera l Thomas King, and man,' other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full instructions. In canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 511). 11s. ; 121 b. 225. The 121 b ca nisters are sent carriage free on receipt of a Post-office order. Barry Du B arr y, & Co., 77, Regent-street, London , and through all chemists and grocers in town and country. Important caution against the fearful danger o spurious imitations : The Vice-Chancellor Sir Williaxl Page Wood granted an injunction on the 10th Mar ch, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill for imitating "Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. BIRTHS. CouLox.—On the 19th inst., at Neufchatel, Switzerland, the wife of Albert Coulon, Esq., of 31, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park, of a daughter. EDDOWES.—On the 22d inst., at Stamford, Mrs. Walter Eddowes, of a son. FARDEN.—On the 23d inst., at Turnham-green, the wife of Richard Farden, of a son. HERAPATII.—On the 24th inst., at Peckham, the wife o f Mr. Leslie G. Herapath, of a son. MARRIAGES. GUNTON—TURTON.-:-011 the 25th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, William Gunton, Esq.; to Lady Mari a Louisa Hume Turton, second , daughter of the late Cart. Denman, R.N., and widow of. Sir Thomas Edward ri• Turton, Bart., formerly of Starborough Castle, county of Surrey. KEKEWICH—FnEsurIELD.—On the 23d inst., at Reigate , Arthur, second son of SamuelTrehawke ICekelvich, M.P., of Peamorc, near Exeter, to Marianne, the eldest daughter of the late James Wm. Freshfield, Esq., of_the Wilderness, Reigate. DE AT II S. -a+ BEETIIAM.—On the 22d inst., at his residence, West-end Cottage, Barnet, Thomas Beetham, Esq., aged a 7• LANGE.—On the 24th inst., at 45, Drayton-grove, W° l ' Brompton, John William Lange, Esq., aged 73. MARSHALL.—On the 21st inst., at Bryanston-street, pert" man-square, Lieut.-Col. John Marshall, late of the 91st (Argyllshire) Regt. REEVE.—On the 24th inst., Mary, relict of the late Semi. Reeve, Esq., of Leighton House, Leighton Buzzard, aged 84. RUSSELL.—On the 23d inst., at his seat, Cheshunt-parkt Herts, Thomas Arteniidorus Russell, Esq., aged 84. SALTER.—On the 24th inst., at Brussels, Mr. Simon Salter, banker, aged 70. - WALLER.—on the 25th inst., at St. John's-wood, M a * wife of Mr. William Waller, of Gray's-inn, London , aged 51. LONDON' : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112 ' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county 0 4 Middlesex, Monday, September 27, 185 e. ad, MI Nos 1858 Snit the TR) (offer and Mar stap Devl qua) Satu intoi Fa watE 15a. ; Teig 27a. ; year L' FIE Oct o Low War Live Stoel Maui Stale Gree Mars Hudi Dew; Bath Th the a Pal ticket cham IN Estal (3rac4 Cock stand of gri payni the o: Empc SUR. W. 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