The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-30 00:00:00

Railway and other Comb an'es. SMYRNA AND CASSABA. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Adelaide-place, London bridge ; Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P., in the chair. The report alluded to a temporary falling off iu the traffic receipts after the first few weeks from the opening of the line. The directors found that the falling off in the receipts was owing to the cessation of that portion of the passenger traffic which had been attracted by the novelty of the line, and also to the wet and hot season during which travelling in Asia Minor was avoided as much as possible. This cause led to a reduction in the receipts from passen gers, while the receipts for goods remained nearly stationary, at the low figure with which they had commenced. The receipts were at the lowest point in the month of July, during which the weather was very unfavourable for travelling—the passenger traffic averaging only £482 per week, and the goods traffic £165, together £647, or £lO IGs. 21. per mile per week. The returns received since that period had greatly improved. In the month of August the average receipts per week were £569 for pas sengers and £230 for goods—total, £799, or £l3 ls. Bd. per mile ; in the month of September the weekly receipts averaged £639 for passengers, and £376 for goods—total, £1,015, or £l6 12s. Bd. per mile, and for the week ending Oct. 7 the passenger traffic amounted to £590, and the goods to £sl3—total, £1,103, or £lB ls. 6d. per mile. With a view to develope the traffic agents had been appointed in Smyrna and in the interior of the country to make arrangements for sending goods traffic by the rail way. The line was still in the hands of the con tractor. A commission had been appointed to exa mine the railway and report thereon to the autho rities, prior to its being taken over by the Turkish Government, which was delayed by some formalities that had to be gone through. The engineer-in chief had reported on the completion of the works by Mr. Price, the contractor, and on the supply of rolling stock for working the traffic. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said the temporary falling off in the traffic had been fully accounted for in the report, but with re . ference to the present position of the railway it came up, so far, to all the directors had anticipated. The traffic returns had continued to increase since July up to the latest return they had received. The great difficulty in developing the traffic of a new railway was to Mace the people in the district to give up the old system of conveyance and to adopt the new and more rapid one. The Turks were rather slow in that respect, but means were being taken to obtain additional goods traffic, which he had no doubt would prove remunerative. The goods traffic had gradually increased from £165 in the week ending the sth of July to £513 in the week ending the 7th of October. If they could in duce the camel owners to go further into the in terior, and bring the goods to the railway at Cas saba, they would have work for double the present number of camels. The company had a good line, and he believed it would prove a profitable one. The report was then adopted unanimously. Mr. BURCHELL remarked that the railway had been honestly made and honestly paid for, and it was now being honestly worked to earn a dividend. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the directors. SCOTTISH NORTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company washeld on Saturday at Aberdeen ; Mr. Stirling in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN said this was the last meeting of the company. The act passed last session fully authorised the agreement for amalgamation with the Caledonian Company. He then referred to various items in clearing up the accounts to the date of amalgamation. There was £1,400 still due to them by the Post-office. He believed some of the Aber deen shareholders were rather disappointed that on the Aberdeen stock so small a dividend had been recommended ; but the old Aberdeen Company had a larger amount of borrowed money than any of the others—about 75 per cent. of the whole— and of course the Aberdeen had a larger amount of interest to pay. If made up as formerly he believed all the classes of shareholders would have had the same dividend as at the corresponding period last year. He concluded by expressing thanks to the pro prietors for their very cordial support during the 10 years he had occupied the chair. The accounts were honestly stated, and he congratulated the share holders on the termination of the company. Col. CnRisTIE seconded the adoption of the re port, which was agreed to. Dividends were declared on the Aberdeen original stock at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum, on the Midland stock at the rate of 5i per cent. per annum, and on the Dundee and Arbroath stock at the rate of 81 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £lO,OOO. The meeting was then adjourned to Feb. Ist to receive the final dividend. LEVEN AND EAST OF FIFE. The half-yearly meeting was held at Leven on Friday—Mr. J. Haig presiding. The report stated that the free revenue for divi sion among theLeven shareholders was £1,731, from which it was proposed to pay a dividend of 81 per cent., and that the proportion of free revenue falling to the East of Fife shareholders was £865, from which it proposed to pay a dividend at the rate of 3i per cent. The CHAIRMAN moved approval of the report, -which was unanimously carried, and the dividends were declared accordingly. MIDLAND. A special train of this company left the Derby sta tion yesterday morning, conveying the superinten dent (Mr. Needham), the goods Manager (Mr. %Valklate), and a staff of stationmasters, porters, and others, for the purpose of posting the men at the various stations and making the necessary arrange_ ments for the opening of the new line to Manchester on Thursday, Nov. Ist. The signals on the line were carefully inspected, and also the line and sta tions. Thp inspection of the line by Captain Rich was made a short time since, when the Board of Trade upon his report sanctioned its opening. Mr. Bradley, the superintendent, and Mr. Smith, the goods manager of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, also accompanied the train from New Mills, at which pcint the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line commences. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE. The total expenses of this company's rail ways and canals, including rents, tolls, duty, &c., from July 1 to Oct. 21, 1866, amounted to £154,659, as against £141,622 for the corresponding period of 1865. The proportion of the South Junction re ceipts accruing to this company from July 1 to Oct. 21 amounted to £13,187, as against £12,990 for the corresponding period of 1865, and the expenses to £6,553, as against 16,176. CONTINENTAL UNION GAS. The ordinary general meeting of this company was held Yeaterdal?' at the Loudon Tavern—Mr. L. Cubitt in th e di ir The report stated. that the working during the past year had b een . satfactory. The public lights had increased from2 , 9to 10,157, and the pri vate lights from 78,893 6 to 86,46 G. Th e revenue showed a steady i ncrease as compared works ompared with the pre vious year. The ext ens i ve carried out dur ing the year had caused a very lame.n outlay. The directors had only succeeded inpi:et 10,000 seven per cent. preference shares.s,o49 of the They had, h ow ever, been able to make temporary m ents to meet the requirements of the companyarrange but it was necessa r y to p lace the remainingportion of the shares in ord er to meet the engagements entered into. The ne t p rofit, after carr y in g £ 1,317 to the sinking fund, left £20,162, out of which the directors had already paid an interim dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the original capital, leaving available £11,162, and out of this it was proposed to pay a dividend of 7 per cent. on the preference shares, and to declare a dividend on the original shares at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £620. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, pogratulatecl the shareholders on the im- Philadelphia visit, had an interview with his old master and mistress. Ile had not seen the lady for 25 years. She was very kind to him when a boy, and received him cordially. llis old master long ago became convinced of the sin of slavery, and freed his slaves. He is now living in Baltimore, but when he heard that his old runaway had been chosen a delegate to the Convention he came up purposely to see him. OCTOBER BANK DIVIDENDS.--Charles River Na tional, Union National of Weymouth, Old Colony National, Newton National, Central National and National City of Lynn, Merchants' National of Boston, Appleton, Merchants', Old Lowell and Prescott of Lowell, Taunton and Machinists' Na tional of Taunton, all 5 per cent. ; Waltham National, $3 per share ; Attleboro' National, 3- per cent. ; Hingham National and Mercantile National of Salem, 4 per cent. ; Beverly National, First Na tional of Provincetown and Asiatic National of Salem, 4i per cent. ; First National of Cambridge, Pemberton of Lawrence and Randolph National, 6 per cent. We hear from Franklin county that contracts have been made for the construction of the Troy and Greenfield railroad to the Hoosac tunnel from Greenfield, and were ratified by the Governor and Council at their meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 2. The entire cost of this section of the road, including depots and other attendant expenses, will be within the legislation appropriation of $600,000. It will be completed to Shelburne Falls in one year from November 1, and to the tunnel by July 15, 1868. A. project is in progress for constructing a dam across the Deerfield river at Scott's bridge, a short distance from Shelburne Falls, and by building a tunnel to convey the water through the hill, it is said that a water power equal to that now afforded by the falls will be made available. The estimated expense of the enterprise is $30,000. A large emigration of sheep from Vermont to Virginia is in progress, under the direction of George Campbell of Westminster, Vermont. 1,900 were started southward on Monday of last week, and 1,200 undertook the journey last Monday morning. They foot it by the way of Chatham, N. Y., at the rate of about ten miles a day, and get their living on the road. They are chiefly cheap grade merinos, p fe u v rc b h l a s oo e d d ed at ra a m c s o w st n o l f ac f c r o o ra m pa s n 2 y to eac s h s fl a o h cl ead. A . Mr. Campbell shipped from New York, last Saturday, 50 choice merino rams for Texas. The Cocheco (New Hampshire) manufacturing company of Dover, during the last six months, produced five million yards of cloth, and last year its earnings were 30 per cent. John A. Burnham was elected president and Daniel Park treasurer, at the annual meeting, on Friday, Sept 28. The state of New Hampshire has lately received an in stalment of $172,067 on a debt of $965,512 for national bounties advanced to the soldiers furnished by the state, under calls of the President prior to January 5, 1864. There had previously been re funded $224,224, of which the larger part was paid before the troops left the state. A great deal of trouble and delay has been caused by the difficulty of finding out what became of the men reported as missing, and of whom in some cases more than two-thirds deserted. The bounties on this portion of the quota will not be refunded, and will be a total loss to the towns who purchased the men of substitute brokers to escape a draft. Colonel Joshua Capenter, of Houlton, was killed on Saturday, September 29, by the falling of a tree. Charles E. Becket, a landscape painter of more than usual ability and promise, died at Portland on Saturday, September 29. One of the mills in Lewiston is hereafter to be devoted.to the prepara tion and spinning of jute for bags. Before jute spinning was introduced into America, the jute yarn imported from Dundee, Scotland ; now was . is brought direct from Calcutta, and spun and woven hearve received a letter from the Liverpool agency of the " American Emigrant Company," directing o ur attention Amer e eri ari can jsenoufrronamls, which it a to the mistakes which ' similarity desirable o E f m n ig r an: ue should i n theb be corrected. The " A mer i ca Com panyn " is in no way connected "American Aid and Homestead with the Compa n y." The. The Hamilton woollen mills declare a quarterly 71 per cent. dividend, the National insurance com pany of Boston one of 3f per cent., and the American molded collar company a quarterly one of $9 per share. From Maine we hear that the Leeds and Far mington Railroad Company has assessed its stock holders 28 per cent. to pay off its mortgages, and leased its road for fifty years to the Androscoggin Railroad Company for $32,000 per year for the first five years, and then an annual increase of $2,000 per year, until the rent reaches $40,000 annually. The Spectator's correspondent, " A Yankee," writing on September 28, says that the Democrat party had made great mistakes in its late nomina tions, showing itself the " mere old rotten" political machine it was for many years before the war. It has rejected General Dix in New York for Governor —life-long member of the party though he has been —and has nominated Mr. Hoffman, the mayor. In Pennsylvania it has nominated a gentleman who rejoices in the name of Heister Olymer, who was one of the bitterest opponents of the Government all through the war. After all, I for one am glad that the Democratic leaders have done this, for it secures the utter destruction of the Democratic party, which, as a political organisation, was the pest and incubus of the country. It was crushed before ; but owing to the lack of statesmanship of The Republican leaders it was beginning to lift up its hideous head again. Now it will be ground to powder. General Dix, a Democrat, would have been elected by a tremendous majority; Mayor Hoffman, also a Democrat, and a very estimable gentleman, will be tremendously defeated ; and Heister Olymer will be " histed" the wrong way in such a fashion that he will feel like disowning his surname ever after. The best, and also the largest part of the people will not trust the Democratic party with the Government. I verily believe they would sooner put it in the hands of Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens, and General Lee, than in those of the Democratic leader. Among the intelligent and educated classes almost all the young men are deserting or not joining the De mocratic party. It is quite common to see a father a Democrat, and his sons, just arriving at manhood, ready to vote for anybody but a nomi nee of the Democratic party, even although they are not Radicals or even Republicans. The reverse is almost unknown. Therefore it is that the Philadelphia Convention has failed in effecting a coalition against the Radicals. There is another reason—the President's Tour, which has had just the contrary effect to that it was intended to have. But I venture to assure you that under any circum stances that are likely to occur there is not the slightest chance of an outbreak, or of any conflict of force between the President and Congress. The President will veto, but he will execute all laws constitutionally passed, in spite of his veto. The ballot-box and the Supreme Court will decide all political questions, and the President will not be impeached, unless we have a majority in Congress composed of Wendell Phillippses, which is not pro bable. Mr. David A. Wells, the commissioner of the re venue, is at the Tremont House, Boston, and will remain there for some days consulting with promi nent merchants and manufacturers in regard to the revision of the tariff, in which great work he is now engaged. • A monument of granite, costing $lB,OOO, has just been erected at Mount Auburn, to the memory of William F. Hamden, the founder of the express business in America. Its marble tablets are in. scribed, " Because the king's business required haste."—First Samuel, 21:8, and " Erected by the express Sompanies of the United States, in the year 1866." A stock company has been formed at Bennington, with Dr. J. Scranton as president, and J. U. Cush man as secretary, to work the gold mines supposed to exist at Pittstown, N. Y. The company are unusually sanguine of success.—A mine just dis covered on the farm of Louis Spaulding at Granville, is reported to produce gold, silver, lead, and iron. A recent general order from the War Department of the United States prescribes the monthly rate of commutation of army officers serving without hmas troops, nyaondnt rihdrae: Francisco, Government,hi rei eir Virginia non h a there r ; ae New a r e; aelwtvine Galveston, tlaro p sls ne Orleans, wnn l quarterstehoxLnat Tex as, i . Louisiana ina. exception ; furnished Rich mond, licexho:f le. $5 and the aollthoewrsedmfeonrtiothneedfi. r s Tt i n e d noamed M d e o r b ew i i ill take effect on the Ist proximo. A letter from Cherbourg states that two men-of war, bearing the flag of the United States, have just anchored in the roads there. One is the armour plated ship Augusta ; the other is the well-known monitor, the Miantonomah, last from Kiel. The number of American vessels now at Cherbourg is four, as for the last fortnight the despatch sloop Frolic and the frigate Colorado, carrying the flag of Admiral Goldsborough, have been in that port. It s announced that the Chasse-pot musket, which was repeatedly tried at the camp of Chalons, is defini tively adopted by the War Department. It is some what shorter than the weapon now in use in the French army. It weighs only three kilogrammes, or 61h. 10oz., carries a sabre-bayonet larger than the old one, and the barrel is rifled. It can be fired, it is said, 50 times in four minutes ; in the ranks, on an average, ten a minute ; and the soldiers fire with ease seven or eight shots a minute. As regards the appearance of the weapon a print of it is.published by the illustration—it seems exactly modelled on the Prussian needle gun. If the weight is only that 'was passed by the Psyche, and communicated with by signals on the afternoon of the 19th, being then about half way on her voyage. No change has taken place in the intended departure of the squadron, which was to leave on the 22d inst. in order to be at Malta about the end of the month, calling at Cagli ari en route. The Psycheleft again on the afternoon of the 22d for Brindisi, to convey Captain W. R. Mends, R.N., director of transport services, and his staff to Alexandria, where she is to remain under his orders. It is reported that she will, on her return to Malta, proceed to Marseilles to embark Sir Henry Storks for this island. Her Majesty's screw corvette Cossack, 20, Capt. R. D. White, arrived on the morning of the 21st inst. from Beyrout, which she left on the 10th inst., having been - relieved by the Racer, 11, screw sloop, Commander L. Brine, on the 6th. Notwithstanding reports to the contrary which have appeared in some of the public papers, the Cossack has been remarkably healthy during her stay, extending over several months, on the coast of Syria. Much of her good fortune in this respect is probably attributable to the fact of her having been kept almost constantly at sea during the summer, though opportunities had been found for the officers and special-leave men to visit many places of interest in the Holy Land. Mr. W. H. Bell, assist.-surg. of the ship, having been invalided, proceeds to England iu the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon. Mr. C. Goolden, second master, invalided from the Hydra, surveying vessel, also goes to Eng land by the same packet. At an examination of candidates for a ssist.-paymaster, held ou board the Hibernia, on the 23d inst., Mr. Ashley Innes, clerk of the Cossack, passed successfully and obtained a first-class cert ifi c ate. The Hydra, Capt. Shortland, arrived from Girgenti (Sicily) on the morning of the 20th inst., to complete with coals, provisions, and water. She leaves again to-day for her survey ing ground. The Hydra is in quarantine during her stay at Malta. Her Majesty's despatch-vessel Assurance, 4, Commander Pym, left on the 20th inst., to join the gunboat Wizard, 2, Lieut.-Com mander P. J. Murray, at Candia, for the protection of British interests in that island. The Wizard was at Canea on the 15th inst., having returned there from her trip to Retymo and the town of Candia. The story published in the continental journals of the Alediterranean squadron having been in the neighbourhood of Cadiz awaiting instructions re garding the alleged outrage on the British flag in the case of the Tornado turns out to be, as might have been expected, perfectly false. I may here mention that another statement, to which much publicity was given, that the squadron had repaired to Palermo during the outbreak there is equally de void of foundation. The telegraph steamer Hawk arrived from the neighbourhood of Alexandria on the 20th inst., after having successfully repaired the cable as has been already announced. She is now in the dry dock for cleaning purposes. Electric com munication with Alexandria continues to be very satisfactory. The cholera still lingers at Marseilles and Naples, but has rapidly diminished at the latter place, only six cases being reported on the day pre ceding the departure of the last mail. At the for mer it continues to rise and fall from one day to another in a most unaccountable and capricious manner, giving but slight hopes of clean bills of health being issued for some time to come. Some days not a single case is reported—in the next 24 hours several fresh attacks take place. Our latest advices report four deaths from cholera on the 18th, and nine on the 19th. If this continues there will be no likelihood of any speedy removal of the quarantine nuisance. The accounts from Sicily are by no means reassuring. Letters from Mar seilles, under date of the 19th inst., say that cholera was on the increase at Palermo, Alcamo, and Tra pani. At Marsala the municipal authorities had considered it advisable to encircle the town with a sanitary cordon, so as to prevent persons entering anywhere but from the immediate vicinity without performing seven days' quarantine, and for the ac commodation of such persons one of the neighbour ing convents had been converted into a temporary lazzaretto. On the other hand, I am happy to say that, in consequence of satisfactory information re ceived by the Malta government, the quarantine on borough-mews and gave himself up as being con cerned in the death of Wilmot, in aiding and abet ting in the prize-fight on the 9th inst. The witness also produced a card given him by Wm. Shaw, the landlord of the Queen's Head, Great Windmill-street, on the 10th. Witness asked Shaw on the. 10th if a prize fight did not take place in his house on the pre vious evening, and he said one commenced there, but it ended in Waterloo-place, as he turned them out. The card he afterwards gave witness was as follows: —" Prince of Wales Athletic Club, established and holden every Tuesday and Saturday evening. M.C. Jemmy Shaw hiaiself, assisted by Little Alec and several other first rate professors. On Tuesday next, Oct. 9,1866, a trial of skill in the manly art between Young (of Bloomsbury) and Ned Wilmot (of Shore ditch), for a handsome purse of sovereigns presented by a few gentlemen, patrons of the roble and manly art of self-defence. Admission by tickets, ls. each ; reserved seats, 2s. 6d. To commence at half-past 8." James Evans, after being cautioned by the Coro ner, said he went in the evening to Jemmy Shaw's, in Broad-court, where he saw the deceased, who said to witness, " Nutts" (the name witness was known by), " I want you to second me in a fight," and wit ness, after some conversation, agreed with another man to do as deceased desired. They all then went together to Wm. Shaw's, in Queen's Head-court, a house kept by the son of the pugilist known asJemmy Shaw. Deceased and another man named Young then went into the ring together and sparred with gloves on for an hour or an hour anda half, witness and a man named Donnelly acting as seconds for deceased, two men named Morris and Dawes, the first named a pugilist, the other a coke merchant, act ing in the same capacity for Young. A man named Flynn acted as timekeeper. Witness could not say whether Shaw, the landlord, was or was not present during the fighting. Witness flans described the actual fighting: "I can't say much violence was used. My boy was licking the other, and it was £lOO to a shilling whether the other could touch him. I went to Young's father and told him he had better call his boy to give up, but he called out to his buy to go on. Just after then Young gave my boy a blow with the glove on the jaw and knocked him over, and he struck his head against a post. The people did not call out to stop the fight, as there was nothing un fair, and on my going up to my boy I found his head on his chest. I called out that the fight was over, giving in on my boy's behalf, and then I gave him some brandy. He said he felt very ill, and in half an hour's time I brought him in a cab to the hospital." In reply to Mr. Lewis the witness said he had sparred himself, and he could say that there was nothing but fair sparring all the evening. The two young fellows were in good spirits, and were laughing and joking together. Witness did not see the sparring matches at the Crystal Palace, for he was not in the habit of going to " such places." In answer to the jury he said of course the men hit each other no harder than they could, and matches lasted a long time sometimes. Witness did not know that the two men were going to fight for a purse of sovereigns—he believed the fight was for £2 a side. Shaw, the landlord of the Queen's Head, was quite aware of what was going on in his house. The man Goode gave the deceased half a sovereign with which to back himself. Goode here said that he owed the deceased half a sovereign and paid him. Witness owned that he knew of " glove fights," stated to the public to be for £5 a side, which were not fur money at all ; and Goode was pressing these ques tions when the witness got so excited that the Co roner deemed it prudent to stop the questioning. The Coroner then summed up the evidence, and brought the whole case before the jury. He re minded them that the evidence that they had heard showed them that the deceased was taking part in a fight in the house of William Shaw, and no matter where such exhibitions took place, they were illegal. The evidence of those who were present at the fight showed that at a certain stage of the proceed ings the young man's foot slipped, and he struck his head against a piece of wood. The medi cal evidence showed that death was from apo plexy, the result of a blow or a fall, either of which must have been caused by much violence, and the blows struck over the head of the deceased by the gloves would be likely to cause concus sion. If repeated blows were struck over the face and head a person would be rendered unable to stand upon his legs, and would be likely to stagger and fall. If the jury thought the decased's death was caused by a fall or a blow in the fight, then they would have to consider the legal liability attached to the persons engaged in it. " Foster's Crown Law" laid down the following rules :--" Death ensuing from accidents happening at sports and recreations, such recreations being innocent and allowable, falls within the rule of innocent homi- tide," and after referring to the eases of playing at cudgels and foils, or wres ding by consent, continued, with respect to misadventures, " In the case of per sons who in perfect friendship engaged by mu tual consent in any of these recreations for a trial of skill or manhood, or for improvement in the use of their weapons, here is, indeed, the appearance of a combat; but it is in reality no more than a friendly exertion of strength and dexterity for the purposes I have mentioned, and which takes the case out of the general rule laid down by Lord Hale, for bodily harm was not the motive on either side. I, there fore, cannot call these exercises unlawful; they are manly diversions, they tend to give strength, skill, activity, and may fit for defence, public as well as private, in time of need. I would not be understood to speak here of prize-fighting and public boxing matches, or any ether exertions of courage, strength, and activity of the like kind which are exhibited for lucre, and can serve no valuable purpose ; but, on the contrary, encourage a F.!pirft of idleness and de bauchery, for these disorders will, I conceive, fall under a quite different concern." " East's Pleas of the Crown" give a similar view, and it was distinctly laid down that all engaged in these contests, which were illegal, were liable in a case of death caused in them to be charged with manslaughter. If therefore the jury found the death of the deceased arose through the fight it was their duty to return a ver dict of manslaughter against the seconds, the time keeper, and the landlord of the house. The jury then retired, and, after being absent for some time, returned into court. The Foreman asked the Coroner if the jury thought the young man fell without a blow whether they should then be right in bringing in a verdict of accidental death. The Coroner answered that they would if they thought his fall was quite unconnected with the blows he had previously received. But if the blows he had received had rendered him unable to stand upon his feet, as was suggested by the medical tes timony, and he then fell, the death could not be called accidental. The jury again retired, and after being locked up for three hours and a half, returned into court at 10 minutes past 11 o'clock. The fore man then stated that 12 out of the 14 jurymen had agreed to averdict of manslaughteragaiust the prin cipals, the seconds of the fight, and the landlord of the house—viz., John Young, Edward Donelly, Thomas Dawes, James Evans, Daniel Morris, and Wm. Shaw. The coroner then madeout his warrants for the committal of the persons charged to New gate. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. - provement which had taken place in the receipts of the company during the year. The profits had been 20 'per cent., and he had no doubt they would fur ther improve. It was two years since a call had been made on the original shares, but they would shortly have to make one. The preference shares not having been taken up satisfactorily the board had bum compelled to borrow money. The debt was now falling due, and the directors had decided upon calling £5 on the original shares. The report was unanimously adopted, and divi dends recommended were declared. MISCELLANEOUS AMERICAN NEWS. Late news from Connecticut informs us that the new reservoir at West Hartford is nearly completed, and the water will be let into the city immediately. It holds 212,000,000 gallons, and is 250 feet above the level of the Connecticut river. General James N. Palmer of New Haven, died at Hartford on Saturday, Sept. 29. He was a highly respectable citizen, and for many years surveyor general of the state. Edward Malley has purchased for $60,000 the property on the corner of Temple and Chapel- streets, at New Haven, for many years the resi- dence of Augustus R. Street and Admiral Foote, and will erect a fine block on the lot, which will be the largest and most elegant building in the city. Dr. A. Hill, of Norwalk, has recently patented a process by which ineffaceable painting carr be done on marble. The colours are fixed as perma- nently as they are in stained glass, and the pro: .. ... cess of applying them is said to be simple and rapid of execution. A plan is in process to darn the Housatonic river at Birmingham, and secure one of the finest water powers in New England. The company chartered for the purpose in 1864, are now trying to commence operations on $400,000 capital, of which Birmingham will raise one-half. It is estimated that the annual rental of water will amount to $BO,OOO, or 20 per cent. on the cost of the works. The gross receipts from premiums of the Hartford insurance companies for August amount to $564,892. The 'Etna returns $251,910; Hartford, $99,906; Phoenix, $82,960 ; Putman, $36,609 ; City, $23,080 ; North American, $20,869 ; Merchants, $19,394 ; New England, $11,972 ; Charter Oak, $5,942 ; and Railway Passenger, $12,349. Yale College has in all its departments 686 students, of whom 492 are in the academical course, and 113 in the Sheffield scientific school. There are 100 seniors, 117 juniors, and 126 sopho mores, and 149 freshmen, and the Linonian society has 249 members, or six more than its rival, Brothers in Unity. Senator O. S. Ferry has accepted the appointment as orator of the Phi Beta Kappa society of Yale College at the next commencement. Rev. Dr. E. D. - Morris, of Ohio, will deliver the poem. The American Social Science Association, organised at Boston about a year since, will hold its second annual meeting at New Haven, com mencing on Tuesday, October 9, and continuing two or three days. Among its members, of whom there will be three or four hundred present, are Presidents Woolsey of Yale, and Hill of Harvard College, and John Stuart Mill, Sir John Bowring, and Thomas Hughes of England. The Treasury Department has just completed the settlement of the prize money made at the capture of Mobile. Admiral Farragut's share of this is $19,000. During the war eleven hundred and forty-nine captures were made, and the amount of prize money, after deducting the expenses of con demnation, is $20,501,927 . 69, of which one half goes to the captors. Fifteen millions of this amount has been already divided. The largest amount to any individual, from one capture, is $28,000 to Captain Baine. The largest amount to one indi vidual, from all captures, is $120,000 to Captain S. F. Lee. We hear from Berlin, Oct. 20, that the Israelites inhabiting the States belonging to the Northern Confederation, are signing a monster petition, pray ing that they should be placed on a footing of per fect civil equality with the other citizens. Count Bismarck is expected to resume his functions in a fortnight. An exchange says :—Fred. Douglass, in his lath American Emigrant Company is an enterprise well established, based on large capital, and owning vast tracts of land. The American Aid and Homestead Company proposed to establish a line of steamships between New York and the Scandinavian countries. The undertaking has, it is reported, failed through the financial incapacity of the company. We ex tract the following from the iron Age:— " The United Government has, we learn, sold to the Ame- rican Emigrant Company the Cherokee reserve lands in the State of Kansas, known as the ' Neutral Tract.' This tract comprises about 800,000 acres of land, and is sold, in conformity with the terms of the treaty, for cash, for poo,oco. 'The Secre tary of the Interior, in negotiating the sale, was careful to guard the rights and interests of the In dians, and wisely elected to secure to them this large amount of purchase money, without risk or abatement, in preference to dividing the lands into small parcels, and incurring the cost, contingencies, delays, and inevitable losses which would result from such a mode of sale. By this measure the Secretary has, at the same time, promoted in the most effectual manner the interests of the country, especially of the State of Kansas, as the company, we understand, will bring its powerful agency as rapidly as possible into operation to direct the stream of immigration in that direction. This will speedily lead to the increase of population and the conse- quent development of the rich and varied resources of the section. Thus will be carried into effect the sound policy of the Government in regard to the settlement of vacant lands, and the interests of the State of Kansas will be, at the same time, mate- rially subserved. This is another and important step taken by the American Emigration Company in the great work for which it was chartered, viz., "to encourage and assist emigrants from foreign countries to settle in the United States." The work of levelling Fort Hill, at Boston, was commenced on Tuesday, Oct. 2, and will not be completed before spring. The earth excavated will be used in extending India, Central, and other wharves, and will increase their value $7,000,000. Twenty acres of territory lying between Broad, Pearl, and Milk-streets will be included in the pro proposed improvements. Washington-square will be kept open, and a magnificent building, 204 by e Boston 2 ,000 board persons, o f t r m ac o l s e. t 143 feet, with wings in proportion, erected upon it, u T n h d e e rw work rhke hasu auspi ces nouhof th se dabout of whom have found temporary shelter at South Boston. given by the Patrie, it is the lightest service weapon in any army. The Prussian musket is nearly double the weight. Colonel T. Bigelow Lawrence, United States Consul-general for Italy, is at Boston on a brief leave of absence. The report of the East Indian Currency Com mission is now completed. It declares in favour of the immediate introduction of a gold coinage in India. Agricultural Prospects. The week opened with a dry morning, but it was somewhat threatening, and at 1 p.m. rain set in, with a good deal in the afternoon. Monday was a dull and thick morning, and at 11 a.m. rain set in again, and at times it was very heavy. No field work could consequently be proceeded with, and the damp atmosphere was much against the thrashing of wheat, although the farmers might be dispsed to bring out more than they do, now that prices are more to their satisfaction. Tues day a dull, thick day, but no rain fell, yet field-work could not go on. Our advices were as under : From Suffolk : " Farmers are now busily engaged with wheat-seed and outdoor work generally." From the Wre. - it Riding of Yorkshire : " Wheat-sowing is kept back on wet land. The betd quality of potatoes has a great influence on the prices of wheat ; but as turnips are good we trust the prices of meat will be easier, and thus a little relieve the consumer." From the East Riding : " Weather has been on the whole favourable for autumn sowing, which thus far has proceeded under the most favourable auspices." From Bedfordshire it was remarked : " Autumn sowing is proceeding rapidly ; land in fine condition ; in some localities wheat is coming up on light soils. From Wiltshire it was stated : " The weather has on the whole been favourable, and outdoor work is progress ing favourably." From Northumberland : " The weather has been changeable since our last report ; yesterday, however, was very wet ; to-day is fine, with a south-west wind." Wednesday was a fine day, at times sunny, and field work would go on steadily. From the west coast of Scotland, on that day, it was remarked: "The weather has been fine." Thursday was a thoroughly wet day, with a low tem perature ; wind, N.N.E. ; thermometer, 45 early and 48 deg. at noon ; barometer down to 29.50 in. Our advices from Suffolk stated :—" In a former report we said : ' A cold wet spring never yet pro duced any abundant wheat crop ;' such is the case this year, our yield of barley is equally complained of. This season greatly resembles 1853, and we may see an important change in the grain trade before Christmas next. The sad wet and unpropitious harvest weather we have had since Sept. 6 has not improved this anticipation, and the deficient yield of wheat and barley on our fine staple soils is now daily confirmed. A great change has certainly taken place, for prices of both wheat and barley have ad vanced 10s. to 12s. per qr." From Bedfordshire, on that day, it was observed : " The late rain has greatly benefited the meadows and fields of turnips, mangold wurtzel, and other green winter food for cattle." Friday was a fine bracing day, sunny at times, and some work would be accomplished in the fields. On Saturday there was a dense fog, while it remained thick throughout the day, but dry ; and being the second favourable day, we think some progress would be made with every description of field work. A great effort will be made to sow a large breadth of wheat this season, and the in quiries for choice and approved sorts are numerous from all parts of the United Kingdom ; to secure such buyers must not care so much about the quality. There are some very fine Chidham samples secured early, and these have been run up very high, as for such millers are very liberal bidders ; weighing 641bs. to 651bs. per bushel, they tell in the manufacture of flour. The next approved sort is Chidham,that also commands a good price. Amongst the red samples the golden drop stands high.—Mark lane Express. Naval and Military Intelligence. _~- VALETTA, Oct. 25.—11er Majesty's despatch ves sel Psyche, Lieut.-Commander Sir F. Blackwood, arrived on the evening of the 20th inst. from Port Mahon, after conveying Lady Paget and family to that port from Rosas Bay. The squadron, consist ing of the Victoria (flag), Prince Consort, Gibraltar, Royal Oak, and enterprise, was lying at anchor in Port Mahon on the 18th inst., and the Cruiser, 5, screw sloop, Commander M. Singer, which left Malta on the 15th, to join the Commander-in-Chief, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENINO, OCTOBER 30, 1866 The Fatal Prize Fight. arrivals from Constantinople, as well as from Tunis, has been taken off. The quarantine at Alexandria on arrival from Southampton has been removed but, as yet, we do not receive them here in pratique. The rigorous infliction of quarantine has apparently be, en attended this year with so much success in keeping the mysterious enemy from among us that the authorities at Malta are loth to de tract from the value of the experiment by any pre mature relaxation of the quarantine regulations." We understand the Channel Squadron is ordered to Portland from Beerhaven. The Ocean will pro ceed to Devonport, and the Bellerophon to Ports mouth. The screw corvette Pylades, 21, 350-horse power, I Capt. A. W. A. Hood, has arrived at the Nore from the North American and West India station, and yesterday went into harbour, where she will be dis mantled preparatory to being put out of commis sion. She has transshipped her powder and shell to the Ordnance transports for conveyance to the Go vernment magazines at Chatham, to which place she will also send War Department stores. She is rather leaky, and from the lengthened period she has been in commission, nearly four years, she will require an extensive overhaul and repair. Yesterday the first of the 9-inch tier of armour plates for the ironclad frigate Hercules, 12, 1,200- horse power, building at Chatham, was fixed in its place on the broadside of that vessel, the first tier of plates, of 6-in. in thickness, having been already fixed. The work of plating the Hercules is now being pushed forward as rapidly as the resources of the establishment will permit, there being upwards of 100 tons of the 9-inch plates now in the factory undergoing the planing, boring, slotting and other processes in readiness for their being bolted to the sides of the frigate. The plate fixed yesterday is 16ft. in length by 4ft. in width, and on being re ceived from the establishment of Messrs. John Brown and Co., Sheffield, where the 9-inch plates for the Hercules are being manufactured, it weighed 10i tons. This weight has been reduced by the planing and slotting operations to nine tons, a portion of each plate of the pier being required to be planed away to a thickness of 6in. to fit the lower tier of plates. The 6th company of Royal Engineers, which ar rived at head-quarters, Chatham, on Saturday night from New Zealand, on the completion of its period of colonial service, was inspected yesterday at Brompton barracks by Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., director of the Royal Engineer establishment, and in temporary command of the district. The marching-in strength of the company was 11 non commissioned officers, one bugler, 79 sappers, 13 women, 15 children, with Lieut. C. Ferguson and Lieut. C. IL C. Hulkes. The 6th company took an active part in the suppression of the rebellion by the Maories, and from its lengthened absence from Eng land its strength has been considerably reduced. The company will, however, be augmented to its full compliment from the depot companies at head quarters. Last evening, at the Charing-cross Hospital, Mr. Langham, the Deputy Coroner for Westminster, re sumed and concluded the inquest upon Edward Wilmot, the young man who died shortly after taking part in a sparring match at a west-end sporting house, as detailed in The Sun. The case had been adjourned in order that some of the persons ac- tively engaged in the match in question should be brought before the court, and now Inspector Silver ton, C Division, deposed that on Monday last a man named Daniel Morris came to the station at Marl- TIMES.—A telegram from Prague conveys some obscure intelligence of an attempt upon the life of the Emperor of Austria. The news only reaches us two days after the event, although the alleged of fence was committed in the midst of a crowd, and the would-be assassin, whose name is not given, was arrested in the act. The execution of the " proba ble design" was prevented by the presence of mind of an Englishman, Captain Palmer. We must await further particulars to enable us to appreciate the real importance of this sinister incident. In the meanwhile the letter of our correspondent from Prague, which we published yesterday, is well cal culated to prepare us for any melancholy tidings from that city. It is written in flat contradiction to the accounts by which the progress of the Em peror Francis Joseph through his northern provinces had been described as triumphantly successful. " Whatever may have happened at Baunn, Olmutz, and Troppau," we read, there seems no doubt that" at Prague, the great and ancient city, the King of Bohe mia was received with such cutting coldness as would break the heart of a British monarch." It is with a painful sensation that we read the too vivid de scription of the whole scene. There seem to rise before us " that careworn face, that sad, anxious look, that emaciated form which could move a generous people, even in their bitterest and most vindictive rage, to forget the monarch in the man." We fancy we can see that bard-tried Sovereign " making his appearance amid a dead silence in the streets"—a silence so dead that, "as the carriage passed, the click of the horses' hoofs on the stone and the jingle of the couriers' swords were as dis tinctly heard as if the Emperor were alone and at midnight: And it was midnight around him— black, lowering, cold, and starless •, the night in which monarchs move when the sun of their people's love has set." There is, indeed, deep gloom gather ing round the throne of that ill-starred Francis Joseph, and it seems as if every step he took only plunged him deeper into his sea of troubles. Baron von Beust, we are told, has really been placed at the head of the Imperial Cabinet. The intelligence of that ominous appointment, which was scouted as too absurd to deserve credit, receives now the fullest confirmation, and it is even asserted that the new Foreign Minister took his oath of office at Prague yesterday. We say nothing of the open defiance thus hurled at Prussia and Bistnark. The Emperor is an independent Soverei g n, and the choice of his advisers is no concern of his neighbours ; but the Emperor's subjects are not likely to share his confidence in a man who, whatever may be his abilities, has invariably ruined every cause he took in hand. Baron von Beust will be looked upon as a stranger even by the German party at whose head he will be placed; but his appearance in the Cabi net can hardly fail to be received as a declaration of hostilities by the rival nationalities of Czechs, Magyars, and Sclaves, now so irreconcilably ar rayed against the Government. We have seen how the nomination of Count Goluchowsky to the Governorship of Galicia has been like a firebrand thrown .into that province to light up the worst passions of the Polish and Ruthenian population. The flame of civil discord threatens the Empire on ov.cry side ; and, as if there were not enough of Mag yar and German, Sclave and Saxon, and the whole confusion of hostile races, the runaway Jesuits from Venetia have now conic for a refuge - to the Emperor, and have roused among the people of Vienna and Prague the enmity which that holy militia seldom fails to excite in every European community. Aus _ tria has had at all tunes a great many friends in this country. Since the cession of Venetia, we will ven ture to say, she has hardly an enemy. It is difficult to withhold sympathy from a Sovereign-the butt of such constant and undeserved adversity. But to suggest an escape for him out of his present difficul ties seems a task beyond the power of man. Austria is an empire out of date. The House of Hapsburg w as put in possession of vast estates at a time in which the idea of nationality conveyed no meaning. It was said of the Princes of the House of Savoy that " geography did not allow them to be honest men." It may be said of the Austrian Emperors that their position rendered any other form of govern ment than absolutism impossible in their States. Austria was a mere abstraction—a dynasty, a Court, a bureaucracy, an army. What she has been from the beginning she will probably continue to the end. The discordant races under her sceptre can hardly be kept together upon free and equal constitutional principles. Austria must seek her basis in one of her nationalities to the detriment of all the others. It was on the German hitherto that her strength was grounded. Should the ruling power depart from her present centre at Vienna, should the sceptre fall from the German, where is there another hand in the Empire able to wield it ? As in the Ottoman Em pire, so in the Austrian, nothing seems easier than to drive out the ruling race ; but nothing is more diffi cult than either to substitute another race in its stead, or to keep together the various races on terms of freedom and equality. There is no course for the Emperor to follow that is not open to objection, to serious, almost insurmountable objection. L is easy to find fault with everything he may do ; almost impos sible to advise the thing he should do. The Magyar and the Czech will henceforth be scarcely amenable to any other rule than that of absolute force, and it is not clear whence sufficient force for their subjugation is to come. Schemes of confederacies, of personal unions, may look very plausible in theory, but practically they will baffle the efforts of the w isest ruler. Should even the means be found to recon cile the aspirations of the Czech and the Magyar with the interests of the Monarchy, the virtual in dependence of the main nationalities with the authority of the central Government, violence would still probably have to be exercised upon the sub-nationalities, among whom dissatisfaction is equally rife. We have seen how any measure in tended to win popularity with the Poles of Galicia has turned out obnoxious to the Ruthenians living side by side with the Poles on the same territory. In the same manner the Magyar in Hungary can hardly be propitiated without giving offence to his- Croatian fellow-subject, and any favour shown to the Czech in Bohemia is resented as an outrage by his German neighbour. The only safety for the Government has hitherto been sought and found either in pitting the hostile races one against another, or in mustering up a sufficient military force to crush them all. Our age hardly ad mits of either policy, and it may, therefore, be questioned how long it will admit of such a State as the Austrian Empire. The battle of Sadowa has revealed the existence of another " sick man" in Europe. Sick men, it is true, do not always die at once ;• there are chronic and there are even curable infirmities ; but all the symptoms exhibited by the new patient seem to point either to the necessity of violent remedies or to inevitable dissolution. OOUNTRi iARKETB. COLCHESTER—Om 27. A fair supply of wheat at market, which was sold at 2s to 3s er qr advance. Barley, tine, ls dearer, and other kinds sold p well. Beans and peas scarce, and sold readily at fully is over late rates. 4 2 5 Wheat, white qgs red. 5 (0 6 : C O% Beane, 1 3 e la a z n a d ga s n m . a .ii:1?: Barley ....... 320 51s Peas, white .......... 38s 42s Oate •" —8 s grey ......... ...30s 426 CHELMSFORD—Oci. 26. 1 and At the market to-day wheat was in fair supp.s" , i the trade was again active, at an advance of ds to is pe r qr for best samples ; inferior sorts, from is to 2 s b i g h t : Best barleys realised fully is over the prices of last we.% inferior sorts rather slow. Spring corn of all other km" ruled firm, and brought is more money. ens 92 8 Wheat, old white 50s 658 Peas, Partrid ...... -- 3 0 new 1,015 60s IV te .. ge ... ....s 2° --s old red 48, 686 II Ming .. ...... , 0, new. 485 57s Dun.... ..... —. 3 E 16 .... i Barley 24s 32s d l.,l4evalier - -II -s Beans, Tick o,k, llw 0id e ..... 4 .... - ig .6 42 5 : (Iliad ng • '5B 30s new.... ,5 Malt 5B. 4.05 harrow 110(8.42s 1 1' 4 Chevallpr II s OA ii..ve . ..-10 4 l o Dlaz.,,g an . ..... :36= 1 ' . tl ZOAS GRANTHAM—Oc'r. 27. Old white wheat, 58s to 61s; old red, 54s to 58s ; O ft white, Ms to 58s ; new red, 49s to Ms per 36 stone. 8 93 ; ley for malting, 38s to 455 per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 34s Pe, 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 32s ; new, 25s to 30s pe r stone. Beans, old, 42s to 52s ; new, 39s to 46s per 38 stone, Peas, 358 to 40s per 36 stone. NORTHAMPTON—Oar. 27. New white wheat, 56s to 60s; new red, 50s to 56s i • old white, 58s to 62s ; old red, 56s to .59s per 36 stone. Bar le a 4 for malting, 42s to 51s per qr. ; grinding, 29s to 36 s per " stone. Oats, old, 26s to 33s • new, 23s to 32s per 24 stone. ' Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. FeaSs 38s to 42s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN—OcT. 26. od, The attendance at the corn market to-day was g° and there was a brisk business doing. Prices about saw' as last week. _ - White wheatbushel. Red wheat Potato oats 4s ssos Od°d to o 465 51 s Od d j i 621 b 111 • 24s Od to 26s Odt 40% v bushel' Common oats 23s 6d to 25s Od j Bere 3ls Od to 32s 64 t 582 , v bushel. Barley 32s Od to 33s Od, - Oatmeal 20s 6d to 21s 6d V boll of 28 0 : 1t Flour, line 43s Od to 50s 6d V sack of 280''' KIRKCALDY—Ocr. 27. Good supplies of all kinds of grain. Wheat and 10 1 ° 1 .s to 2s per qr. dearer. Oats unchanged. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First 548 Od a' 33s ~d 2.s Od t-econd 588 Od 1 36s Od 24s fid Third (32s Od 40s Od 288 6d COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. _ 6 0. , 22 " Walls End Hetton ... 22 3 Wallsen rtasweh - , 0 Hetton Lyons ........ 19 9 South Hartlepool ....•• 21 0 Bradyell's Hetton .... 21 3 Tees 18 6 Davison's W.'Hartley 17 6 Pittington - g Holywell Main l7 6 Original Hartlepool 22 1 0 Buddle'sWestHartley 17 9 Kelloe .................. 2 . 9 East Hartlepool Eden Main Caradoc 2l 9 New Belmont ........... 2v d H: Ships at market, 91—sold, 81. A father writes satirically to the limes— " ff son Hector," he says, " aged 19, crossed Park, alone and unarmed, between 7 and 8 &ell s on Monday evening. I trust the natural pride el t parent is sufficient justification for my seekieg o ioe make public this gallant and courageous act." ",,, e can imagine a " rough " calling into questiolo:ii exploit of the young Hector, and signing hi° te a " Keeper of the Park." He might truly e ta , that his brother-keepers were too well spread 01 : the ground to permit an intruder to eseaPe 11° challenged. The Water-Witch, lately launched from th Thames Ironworks, at Blackwall, is an hyclra.. a a iron-cased gun-vessel, of 778 tons and 1.60-107 i power. The construction of this vessel is n (3l On each side she has a metal pipe for continnell'l.l4 discharging water by the propulsion of at e t ill s i The force of this water is the motive power 1 41 drives her on. She has a huge water-whee l :f i j feet in diameter and weighing 8 tons. The watt vg admitted, through holes in the bottom, into a 10 , re iron box, like the well of a Thames punt, W he o f gudgeons are kept alive. She ejects 300 tni ls ,d, water every minute when working at full aP e be The wheel is constructed to force the water froln of box through the pipes in a continuous streaniteo immense power, and it is said that the sr tho yields a greater power in proportion t o s t fuel consumed than the screw or paddle , t be less power is wasted, and that it ca ll re , turned to drive backwards or forwards at pieta without stopping or reversing the engines, the 0 " , 0 on command on deck being able to change the 81 1 v, course, or to modify her speed instantane oliS i j without communication with the engine -t r o, ou t Her trial proved a speed of two knots a n " a il greater than that estimated for her. The Pa ll "' i f ve o Gazette illustrates the principle on which she In ° to in the following manner :—" If any one N 14 51 0 10 observe for himself the principle of motion °L Waterwitch, he may do so at a cheap cost 1)1 0 01 3 chasing one of the iudiarubber skins which ar e to e at every toy-ship, and which on inflation as u o , the dimensions and appearance of a large 513 Directly free egress is afforded to the air by t h h e t he moval of the finger from the hole through whi c 7,l air has been blown in, the snake rushes fo r ", across the room, or as far as its su pply of air th e carry it. This is precisely the principle a Waterwitch, except that an hydraulic presT ire at lio substituted for an air pressure, and the hit tbe pressure is constantly kept up by s team, vi ll ' ot e air pressure on the snake dies away almost diately as the air escapes. The law which o P er b il eft r in both cases, as also in the illustrations whic li „ e d been adopted, of a gun at the moment a ` - t ioo and of a rocket during flight, is the law that ac alt and reaction are equal.' The motion is th e r t blo of the reaction of the escaping power, wheth er _l9 power be hydraulic, atmospheric, or gaseous... t he Miss Maria S. Cummins, the author of ir o "Lamplighter" and other widely popular O t 1, died at Dorchester on Monday morning , Ti i ;4l She was the daughter of Judge Cummins, ao ull 01 0 of cultured and finished literary ability. T he of the "Lamplighter" has exceeded 1,000, o °x _,,, 0 00 and since its publication, in 1853, Miss en el ,r o o 4 has written " Mabel Vaughan," "El Fureidi s t l id " Haunted Hearts." Most of her later virl have been published in the Atlantic Monthly 4 0 PARIS, Oct. 21.—An Imperial decree nhoty to-day orders the obsequies of the late g• venel to be celebrated at the public expense, e-that count of the eminent services rendered bYtoceo statesman to his country. The Ifoniteur ant and his death as a loss to the Emperor and countrVigith adds :—" His name is so intimately associa te°. A d the remembrance of the annexation of Ni ce b jec Savoy to France that his loss will remain the ° of well-founded and honoutlable regret." sool ° The French troops are positively to leave of on the 15th December. An instalment Ontgi, French troops, nearly a thousand of the 81-at ? ment, will leave Vera Cruz for France oil d tb° inst. The Austrian Government has orcle re s icoi war steamer Elizabeth to sail immediately f or Ale with what object is not made known. ___ -- __-____-_--- Births. fo oil ° BIDDULPH—On the 27th inst., at Blackheath, te son. of Lieut.-Col. R. Biddulph, Royal Artillery, of S wife BROOKE—On the 28th inst., at Ewell, Surrey, a° th e Henry Brooks, Esq., of a son. , I 2 , Ar e ' HANBURY—On the 27th inst., at 21, Portraall-P, wife of George Hanbury, Esq., of a son. o f JESSEY—On the 27th inst., at r i g ht on , the S Jessey, Esq., Q.C., of a son. Marriages. . 43 , rd"; BALFOUR - KEM—On the 25th inst , at Sind,,r° o- ...„; v - e jilh shire, N. 8., Francis W. Balfour, Esq of -r7":, 0 1 .0 Fifoshire, late Major Rifle Brigade, ' to i' d 9 '. - o g - ae• r ti o second daughter of P. S. Keir, Esq., of Kin 1 m a rl ~e' DAVSON—CHAPMAN—On the 27th inst., at St• g - Co c' c' t #l. , Church, Lee, Smith H. Dayson, Esq., 31 . 1) ,-," ;7'0 ) 1; 6 1i' terrace, Kilburn-park, son of the late S. J' a an d u' ll 9, Berbice, British Guiana, to Rose Annie , sec- ter of Henry Chapman, Esq., Lee, Kent. it it Deaths. T.de l CLAYPON—On the 27th inst., at Branch 11111 ..-•° jo v , stead, B. Claypon, Esq., aged 74. „ lle, l3 ,lti' DENT—On the 28th inst., at Highwood 11 0 , 11 ';'t CA' Capt. Robert C. Dent, late of H.M.'s Ist 14 COI ' Indian Army, Madras. , oreV e ' „, GREENAWAY—On the 28th inst., at 218, The s o. < )•' berwell, S. Michael Greenaway, Esq., age',,, i jaleg"' NEWMAN- On the 28th inst., at FinchleY , ' of li, C. Newman, Esq., aged 78. a • So l •tb, G. SMITH—On the 28th inst. , Mr. Thomas - . . 41 l ela New North-road, Hoxton, aged 5 5 . N• Sl' WAIT—On James Wait,t h e E 27 s q t h ., i s n h s i t p ., o a w t n 7 o , r, S a p g r e i n d g 7 - te . r r a c e : ad, or :1 01 WEBB—On the 27th inst., at 25, East Indiaf ,ged Webb, of 24, Laurence Pountney-lane, 1.- " d e ' A...- .1, .... 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