The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-26 00:00:00

THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) HEAD-QUARTERS, VIENNA, July 21. Last night it was reported that two engagements had taken place between the Austrians and Prus sians near Prerau the day before yesterday. Ac cording to oral and printed rumours the Austrians were beaten in the first engagement, and lost two guns. But Benedek appeared with fresh troops from his corps at Olmutz, and routed the Prussians, with the loss of four guns as well as of the two cannon they had previously captured. Then there is a story that next day Benedek, pursuing his suc cess, gained a more considerable success in the valley cf the March, and much is expected from the diver sion of the Austrian corps which has crossed the frontier and invaded Prussian Silesia. But the tele graph rebukes each dull delay of the post, and withers speculation and conjecture, making them stale and unprofitable. Here there is nothing to do but to watch the regiments which go and the regi ments which come, traversing the capital like the sparks which wind in and out of the ashes of paper in the grate. The King and the Crown Prince have a long way to stretch their hands from flank to flank, but the Austrians must make a long arm too, and the effort is not without its effect on the troops, although they are in far better spirits than they were. The officers assume their old air, and speak more cheerfully and less despondingly, and the gundnadel-gewehr has suffered a great deterioration in interest, and perhaps in future effect. The mode and form in which the Austrians will meet their enemy will, we are assured, be different. When an army is beaten it is apt to console itself with the re flection that its misfortunes have been caused by too much bravery. We have accounted for some of our defeats by that flattering ;causation ere now. Every nation talks of its prowess with the bayonet, and firmly believes in its su periority at close quarters. Suwaroff almost taught his troops to regard the musket as the means of carrying the steel. The Frenchman thinks if he can only get near enough to attack his man ala fourchette the field is won. The Austrian has faith in close quarters, the butt and bayonet. Need we say what we think the British soldier em ploys with the most effect, and arrogates to his own exclusive use ? Well, the Austrian is no longer to rush at his enemy, because it has been found that his enemy is able to kill or cripple him in his rush. He is to manoeuvre in looser order, he is to try skirmishing lines, to seek cover, to make flank attacks. His ca valry is no longer to waste its best material in Bala klava charges among infantry and guns. Artillery ammunition is not to be wasted—in fact, the system ' is to be changed, and, although changes in the face of an enemy are dangerous, they must be made if the old methods are found to be defective or mis chievous. Many experiments are being made with various kinds of breechloaders, and the resources of the Arsensal will enable Austria to make large addi tions to her present stores, for she is not destitute of supplies of an arm which she has learnt to value at such an enormous cost and by such bitter teaching. Her artillery is in very good order, and in mobility and accuracy leaves little to be desired for practical purposes. The movements of troops about Vienna are inces sant and continuous, but it would not be proper to indicate the directions in which they are made, even if it were interesting to people at home to be made acquainted with isolated facts, the value of which can only be tested by subsequent events. A letter may fall into the hands of the enemy like the cele brated epistle of the Prussian Chief of the Staff, of which all the world has heard by this time and by which the friends of the Austrians are much com forted, seeing that there is fair room for criticism in the enemy's arrangements as well as their own. The information contained in unofficial documents might be of the highest importance to an enemy, even in the details which appeared most insignificant at the time of writing, and it is best to take a retrospec tive attitude. That the Prussians set great store on information is manifest by their efforts to ob tain it. Not a day passes without the discovery of spies in all sorts of disguises, and the zeal of the soldiery and police, and of all good subjects, is whetted by the reward of 2001 to the lucky detec tive. The penalty invariably, I believe, is death, and even the Prater has witnessed the execution of vic tims to military zeal or cupidity. The possession of a pass from the Chief of the Staff, Gen. John, has enabled us to go about the lines with some freedom, though not with immunity from interruption ; but, as it was only issued the day before yesterday, we have not been able to make any lengthened excur sion along the front. The passes issued byFeldzeug meister Von Benedek's Chief of the Staff became inoperative as soon as the chief command of the army was transferred from him, and it is owing to the condescension of his Imperial Highness the Arch duke Albrecht, who now commands the army, that I have been supplied with a papirschein in lieu of the document which I was promised on the day of my arrival at Josephstadt, the 28th June, but which I received only on the 12th July at Olmutz. In deed, the head quarters had something else to think of, for the affair at Skalitz was already on hand when I got up to Josephstadt. Next day was the march to Dubenetz ; then the retreat from Sadowa and Nechanitz to Koniggratz ; the battle of July 3d; the rapid retrograde movements to Zwittau and Brunn ; and the changes in the Staff and in the chief command. The day before yesterday I went, in company with four English officers, to visit the heights of Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg, about three hours from Vienna. The scene which lay at our feet was well worth more trouble. It ought to be known to every visitor to the city, and for extent, variety, and interest cannot be surpassed in Europe, although it wants the grand ranges of the Oberland and the fresh sea which greets the eye from the summit of the Calton. At our feet ran the Danube, threading its swift way past islands and bridges outside, and the domes and spires and palaces of the Imperial capital. In front, and be yond the wide -spreading stream, lay plains which appear made for great harvests and great battles, commanded here and there by wooded hillocks, and dotted with churches marking the sites of villages. Stockerau, on the left, was hidden by one of these hillocks, but Leobendorf, which was visited by the Prussians the day before, and Kornenberg, which was said to be " infested" by them to-day, were close to us, and Enzerfeld and Stammersdorf were on the right front, where their patrols had been seen in close proximity to the railway. Towards the east, beyond the city, which was displayed with great dis tinctness, lay Presburg itself, just visible under the blue fold of the Carpathians—a peaceful scene; but all along that front every hamlet was occupied by Pomeranian or Brandenburger, by Hungarian or Sclave, watching each other as man watches man in war, and as we looked no doubt there were shot king and sword-cutting and lance-thrusting going on in the woods a n d va ll eys w hi c h seeme d so s il en t and tranquil. And, indeed, there were ; for on our return to the city a small party of Prussian Hussars, in red jackets, dusty and blood-stained, were marched through the street as the spoils of a skir mish near K ornenberg ; and later in the day more prisoners, b ut not many, were brought in f r o m another place i n the vicinity. The most interesting portion of the scene was, however, the position at Floridsdorf and the bridges across the Danube,which may become the scene of most sanguinary battles. Some drowsy little noo k of a place may make itself famous for ever, and be as notorio us in history as the Aspern, Wagram, or Essling out yonder, which were suddenly brought forth from obscurity and lighted up with the blaze of immortal conflicts. Florids dorf is strong, and so are the bridges, and th e Prussians, though they have lost som e spies in n tr - ing to find out all a bout them, are p r obably quite well acquainted with the nature of the kernal they will have to crack before they get at the nut th ey covet from that quarter. Much indignation was excited in the minds of some beer-absorbing citizens who had clambered up to the heights because an officer of hussars, who knew one of my companions, brought the party within the enclosure of the old tower at Leopoldsberg, whence the ancestor of 'the Kaisers could gaze on the boundaries of the whole of his dominions as he stood on the dizzy parapet a thousand years ago. A Croat sergeant was also very indignant, but the storm was quelled when they all heard we had passes. Not all the storms, however; a tremendous tempest came on as we re turned to the capital. Except in India, such vio lence of wind and rain, such clouds of dust, such flashing lightning, and such roaring thunder, could not be equalled. Nature seemed to be affected by the passions of man, and to indulge in sudden and startling outbreaks, for the day before a tornado of thunder, wind, and rain, swept over and around Vienna, the like of which has not been seen for a quarter of a century. Fortunately, most of the troops had been moved out of the camps in the Prater before it came on. Trees were blown down and windows driven in on all sides, and troops on the march were obliged to halt and huddle together for shelter. Yesterday I devoted to an excursion in the direction of Presburg, but could gain no tidings of the enemy. The number of the Austrians in the field is marvellous in the eyes of a civilian, and when one knows how they are scattered, how Benedek has got an army still under his command, and garrisons are placed in every fortress— how a whole corps d'armee is still watching the Italian passes, he is inclined to doubt the wisdom of the critics who concluded that her sun had set behind the gory hills of Koniggratz. As we were entering Vienna, at nightfall, we met General Hartung and his staff at the head of a column of the troops which have been victorious in Italy, and who did not look at all apprehensive of Prussians or needle-guns ; and all along the road were batteries of artillery, squadrons of cavalry, and battalions of infantry, mixed up with waggons and supply trains. The last rays of sunlight were re flected from bayonet tops inside the glacis, and the first object to be made out clearly in the morning light is some form of polished iron. Immense quan tities of new stores have been issued to the men ; new clothing has been given to regiments most in need, and I have not seen any men in want of shoes or great coats, or any necessary for campaigning. They are, on the whole, exceedingly healthy, and, as far as I can see, well fed and taken care of ; and assuredly French troops in similar circumstances would make no complaints, except that they had not got their tentes d'abri. What the moral force of the army may be I cannot so readily determine, but it must have improved very greatly also ; and the news of victories gained at sea, for which the church bells are ringing as I write, will put the men in still better case. The position of Austria may have deteriorated or remained stationary in a political sense for the last few days, but, assuredly, as regards the defence of her capital, there can be no question of her advatrie. She has made herself infinitely stronger. In men and in measures Austria has become truly formid able on the Danube. The Prussians feel the force of the situation. They cannot ignore the facts concerning their own position, which become patent every day. They feel them in their failing supplies, in their diminished trains, in the animosity of the peasantry, in the renewed activity of the Austrian horse, which never leaves them night or day, hanging on their flanks and worrying the heads of their columns. So their advance is slow and apparently indecisive. They may be gathering their strength for a great effort--making assurance doubly sure ; but no one will have failed to perceive that their movements have lately lacked the vigour and precision which characterised their movements previous to Koniggratz. The battle of Koniggratz was fairly over before the evening of July 3. The 4th may have been de voted to the removal of the wounded and the burial of the dead. But on the 6th the Crown Prince's head-quarters were at Pardubitz, which is only three-and-a-half German miles from Koniggratz. On the same day the King's army was at Prelane, which is about the same distance from the battle field, and about eight and a-half west of - Pardubitz. On the 7th the King had only got as far as Hermanmiestetz, about seven miles from his last halt, but next day, turning eastwards, he took up his quarters at Cheart, about four German miles south and east, so as to get nearer to the Crown Prince. Now they are for the first time near Vienna. The Archduke Albrecht is one of the three field marshals of the Austrian army, the Emperor being only feldzeugmeister, a rank below field-marshal and above that of field-marshal-lieutenant, which, again, is above that of major-general, and corre sponds to lieutenant-general in the British service: He is very much of a soldier in look and manner, slightly like Mr. Kinglake, with the addition of the Hapsburg lip, and in his address is singularly simple, direct, and frank. His chief of the Staff, Major- General Franz Freiherr von John, is a Knight of the Order of Maria Theresa, of the Order of the Iron Crown, and of the Military Verdienst Kreuz, and one of those officers who has fought his way up by sheer merit. (From the Times' Military Correspondent) VIENNA, July 22. Whenever an unexpected, but decided, failure , takes place reasons of all kinds will not be want ing, and those who have to suffer will throw the blame right and left, each according to his own peculiar opinions. The controversy may •then be come so hot and so much obscured by its own smoke as to render a clear understanding of .the point at issue extremely difficult. Such is the case at present. An army assembled but a few weeks ago from all parts of the Austrian Empire, and marched north wards. Well appointed, well clad, well drilled for the most part, composed of men strong, brave, and under excellent discipline, led by a commander who had been chosen by the people and who held the hearts of the soldiers in his hand, provided with first-rate artillery and numerous transport waggons, —why has this army been beaten in almost every engagement and driven to take up a defensive posi tion, hoping at the best to protect the capital and gain time to reinforce its shattered ranks and to carry out a new system of armament and tactics ? Here is a subject sufficiently interesting to engage the attention of observers for some time to come. Is the fiasco to be attributed to the commanders or to the men ? Are we to blame the tactics or the weapons ? I have already written what appear to have been the radical errors of the plan of campaign wherever they may have originated, and they may be summed up in the one expression, " Too late !" Too late to take the offensive in the first instance, too late to occupy the passes, too late to save the Saxons and the Ist corps at Gitschin, too late to prevent the concentration of the Prussians at Sadowa ; and even now it seems doubtful whether Benedek has not re mained too long at Olmutz with the three corps which now form his command. A part of his troops have reached Presburg it is true, but the Prussians are following h ar d after him, and seemingly striv ing to interpose lotween him and Vienna; he has been forced successively from the line of the Olmutz Ludenburg Vienna railway, and from th e ()K un t z Presburg direct road has crossed the Carpathians at Jawaraik, and is marching down the valley of the Waag. It remains to be seen whether he will reach Presburg with his whole force, or be driven to fall back on Komorn. The Prussians will do their best to prevent him from carrying out his designs, if pos sible, for he would be a formidable adversary to have upon the flank or rear of their army in case of a battle to the north, east, or south of Vienna. But though the strategical dispositions for the cam paign may have been unsuccessfully planned and carried out, it by no means follows that battles should be lost when the two armies are drawn up face to face, and it is at this point that the controversy will be hottest, as to whether the Generals were incap able, the soldiers wanting in courage and strength, or the Prussian arm invincible. No one who has seen the Austrian soldier fight will accuse him of cowardice for a moment, and the Generals were only too ready to push their corps straightforward against the enemy, before whom they were almost invari ably forced to recoil ; and hence one party will say that the fault was in the tactics of the leaders, who sacrificed their troops unnecessarily, and no one can deny that appearances justify the criticism. Another party will declare that the soldiers would have car ried the positions against which they were sent, or have held the adwhch they w ere di rec t e d t o defend, but for gi tZ needle -g un bable. ; and thi s i s a l so pro - The truth seems to be that the possession of a new 1 and powerful weapon gave th e P russ i ans an immense advantage, which might, h owever, h ave b een partly neutralised by a more defensive system of tactics, and a little more ingenuity in raising the spirits of the men by attacking the weakest instead of the strongest parts of the' enemy's line, and by taking every pains to avoid fighting at disadvantage of numbers, especially in the first battles. The soldier does not trouble himself much whether he is advanc ing or retreating, as long as he is safe and has plenty of food; but no troops can retrain their confidence if beaten in every battle or infantry skirmish that occurs. Should peace not be proclaimed within the next few days, the Prussians will have to attack an army partly composed of victorious troops, certain not to be exposed as they were in Bohemia, and fighting almost under the eyes of their families and their Emperor. Rumour asserts that there is much sickness in the enemy's camp, and a report was in circulation yesterday that the King of Prussia had died of cholera, though it obtained little credence, and is not confirmed to-day. To the honour of the army be it said that no unseemly joy was shown at the reported news. The men are in good spirits, and the sound of military music begins to be heard again. 2 r.m. Two days ago reinforcements were sent towards Presburg, as the Prussians were known to be ad vancing in that direction, and Benedek's main army had not arrived. To-day the enemy attacked the town, and the fight was still raging when the five days' truce was signed here, at 12 o'clock noon, but two hours ago. It is an anxious moment, for if Presburg falls into Prussian hands before the truce is known to be agreed upon, they will, perhaps, en deavour to retain it, and it is known that they are in stronger force on the immediate spot than the Austrians, though the latter have a superior force on its way. There is little doubt that the truce, which may develope into an armistice of six weeks' duration, is as acceptable to the enemy as to this army, for they find difficulty in getting supplies, and appear to be doubtful as to the future course of events run ning so smoothly as it has done ; at any rate, they made objection to none of the proposals sent to them by the Archduke Albrecht. The naval victory in Italy has come too late to give much pleasure, for what is the satisfaction of holding positions which are cer tain to be given up in a few weeks ? ME SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1866. The Naval Action of Lissa. The Patrie, under date of Vienna, July 22, pub lishes the following account of the recent action between the Italian and Austrian squadrons in the Adriatic : " Admiral Tegethoff, the same who on May 12, 1864, had to retire before the brave little squadron of the Danes in the action of Heligoland, was on board the armour-plated frigate Archduke Maxi milian, lying off the port of Pola, when a signal from a sloop which had been sent out to cruise de noted some movement of importance. There were , then under steam only two wooden ship s o f the li ne ' the Kaiser, three-decker, and a two-decker, and an ironplated frigate. With this moderate force the Admiral put to sea, and was joined soon after by several armoured gunboats. When in sight of Zara he received intelligence that the Italian fleet, com prising 23 vessels, most of them ironplated, were about to attack Lissa. Three other vessels, of which two had belonged to the fleet of the Austrian Lloyd's, but had recently been converted into ves sels of war, and an armoured corvette joined the Admiral's squadron. This force of which the three decked Kaiser formed the centre, took up its station at some distance from Lissa, the guns of which town had on the previous evening crippled an Italian ar moured frigate. Upon the squadron coming into sight the firing both on sea and land became ap palling. Four Italian armoured vessels, two fri gates, and two corvettes bore down under full steam upon the Austrian three-decker. The action be. came furious, the three-decker, enveloped in smoke, appeared like some monstrous animal standing at bay against a pack of hounds. Her gunners, nearly all Dalmatians, and who were not under fire for the first time, replica to the broadsides of their antago nists by a fire less rapid, but better aimed. The ad miral, seeing the danger in which that ship was placed, went to its aid and directed his own vessel at full speed upon one of the large Italian frigates. This frigate, already damaged at the water line, was stove in a little above the deck. A great cry was heard, a loud clamour, an immense gulf seemed to open amid the waves, and then wide spreading circles were seen upon the surface of the water which had again become smooth. The frigate had been swal lowed up. Its engulfment was, however, marked by a glorious episode. A half battalion of Bersa glieri, who were on board, climbed up into the tops, and, while holding on by the ropes, shouldered their rifles as on a parade ground and sent a volley upon the deck of the Archduke Maximilian. This parting farewell produced terrible effects-20 killed and 60 wounded falling around the Admiral, who seemed to be invulnerable. Scarcely had this event been concluded when a fearful explosion was heard. A shower of iron and wooden fragments, mingled with portions of human bodies, fell upon the decks of the vessels, and an immense wall of water appeared to rise up near the Kaiser. The Austrian Admiral then found that a hollow shot from one of the guns of the three-decker had caused the explosion of a se cond Italian frigate. Thus, two vessels were de stroyed, two crews lost, besides other serious damages to the fleet. On board the Austrian ships the killed were numerous, among them being one of the most distinguished officers of the Austrian marine, the Irishman, Capt. Eric O'Klin (fie). Trieste has been illuminated ; Spalatro, Zara, and Ragusa, which have furnished the fleet with many of its combatants, have been decked out with flags. This battle will have a great moral effect, for it is no mystery that in all the towns just mentioned there exists a party which is seeking to promote annexation to Italy.". The Patrie also contains the following letter from Milan, dated July 22 : " The fleet has at last shaken off its immobility. After quitting the waters of Ancona it proceeded towards the island of Lissa, which it bombarded. The Austrian fleet, although inferior in number, offered battle to the Italian squadron. The infor mation already received is very confused, but from despatches recently arrived we gather some interest ing facts. It appears that on board the Austrian ships were embarked a number of Tyrolese sharp shooters, whose fire inflicted much damage to the Italians. Two of the Italian vessels are lost, but one, the Palestro—although the official account is silent upon the point—was captured by the enemy, and was blown up by its crew rather than haul down its flag. Besides the two vessels lost three others were entirely hors de combat. The action in its re sults was indecisive, but the retirement of the Aus trians gave an appearance of victory to the Italians. One result of the action, however, was to demon strate the superiority of the French ironplating over that of other countries. The Italian squadron com prised several vessels built and plated in France, not one of which has suffered, notwithstanding the ter rible fire of the Austrians. On the contrary, all the vessels constructed in England are in a deplorable condition, and have their armour-plating pierced. The Re d'ltalia, which sunk almost at a stroke, was a vessel of very large dimensions, quite new, and entirely constructed in English yards." * * Qy.—Was not the Re d'ltalia, alias Re Galantuoino, built in New York ? The Loss of the Steamer Eagle. OFFICIAL REPORT. To the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Board of Trade, Marino Department, London. Police-court, Hull, July 20, 1866. My Lords,—Pursuant to your directions, I have made a formal investigation into the circumstances attending the loss of the steamship Eagle, and have had the assistance (in the performance of my duties) of Captain Baker and Capt. Brooks, R.N., as Nautical Assessors. The result of that investigation I have now the honour of laying before you. The Eagle was an iron screw steamer, built at Liver pool in 1852, and registered in Hull, official number 1,389. Her gross tonnage was 500.13, register 364.77. She was a three-masted schooner, having two decks, was clinker built, and possessed two engines of a combined power of 120 horses. Her length was 197 5-10 feet, her breadth 25 1-10 feet, and depth 14 1-10 feet. Messrs. Wm. Woolf and H. Haigh were the joint owners of 55 shares of the Eagle, the owner of the remaining nine shares being Benjamin Parker Beaumont, all the owners residing at Hull. The Eagle stranded on a reef to the S.W. of Laesoe Island, off the coast of Denmark, about 5 p.m. of June 11, 1866, being at that time in charge of Mr. John Wriggles worth, who holds a certificate of competency, which was lost with the vessel. The Eagle had left Copenhagen on the 7th day of June, 186 G, and after touching at Lands crona, had arrived at Aarhuus on the 9th day of June, 1866. The crew consisted of 16 hands all told, also a stewardess, and also had on board two first-class passen gers. She had a general cargo, consisting of grain and shoddy, shipped at Copenhagen, and she carried on deck 56 bullocks, severalcalves, and some pigs, shipped at Aar huus. She left Aarhuus on the 11th day of June, at 2 a.m., drawing 12 feet, being bound for Hull, the weather being then fine:and calm, with a light N.W. wind. After steam ing at the rate of eight or nine knots the Eagle was abreast of Hjelmans Island about 5 a.m., and passed it about two miles from the shore. She then steered N.E. by N. for Forness, and she passed Forness Point about 7 45 a.m., distant about four or five miles. The wind at this time appears to have been from the W. At this point the master directed her course to be shaped N. nothing to the E. This course was kept during the day. The weather was fine and calm, with a light N.W. wind, and occa sional haze, more or less dense, up to 12 25 p.m., the haze having become denser about.l2. There were two com passes on board, the ono on tho bridge, the other on the after part of the house, there being a difference of half a point between the two. The ship was steered by the bridge compass, but allowance is stated to have been always made for its variation from the aft compass, so that, in reality, the vessel ought to have been steered by the aft compass. The compasses were adjusted on the 7th and 10th days of May, before the vessel left Hull. The distance from Forness Point to Duvale-ground Floating- Light on the Chart is 48 miles, and the channel for which the ship was steering is only three miles wide, with dan gerous shoals on each side. The Eagle was at full speed all day, and the engines were never slowed till after she struck. The evidence shows that she went at a rate of not less than eight, or, more probably, nine knots an hour all the time. From leaving Forness Point to the striking of the vessel the lead was never heaved, nor was there any look-out, except by the captain on the bridge. Nothing was seen during the day except a schooner going southward. At 11 30 a.m. th© log was hauled in, and gave 2G knots from Foruess Point. At 12 25 p.m. the Eagle went on to a reef to the south-west of Laesoe. She is described to have gone on very easily, with very little noise, and there was no motion in the ship at first after she had gone on the shoal. There was no broken water, no sign of land, at that time, and she remained perfectly quiet for an hour and a quarter or perhaps an hour and a half. Afterwards land was seen, about a quarter of an hour after the Eagle was on the shoal, at some miles' distance. As soon as she struck, soundings were taken, when two fathoms water were found all round the vessel. Tho engines were reversed at full . speed, sail was made, and the cattle were shifted to bring her on an even keel; but though the engines were working more or less during the whole time, she does not appear to have moved (at any rate beyond a few feet), till about 1.30 p.m., when tho sea became rougher, and the vessel bumped on the rocks. Shortly after this sho appeared to be lifted, and her head slowed round to the south, and at about 4 30 p.m. she came off the rocks. The engines had been used throughout as circum stances required. Her head was to the southward when she came off, with the engines going ahead. During the time the Eagle was on the shoal no effort was made to lighten her. When she came off the rocks she was put on her course, and in half an hour water came into the engine room, and the water was, on further examination, found to be rushing into the after hold in large quantities. All the pumps (both hand and steam) were set on to reduce the water, but in vain, and the ship began to settle by the stern ; and within half an hour of the leak being dis covered, the passengers and crew were obliged to leave the vessel, and, after half an hour more, she was seen to sink, going down by the btern. The boats containing the crew and pissengers reached the Kobber-ground Lightship about midnight, and all hands got safely on board. Two days afterwards they were taken by boat to Fredrikshaven,and came thence to Hull, no lives being lost. After carefully considering the evidence and the captain's statement, while we are prepared to admit that ha appears to have borne a good character for general attention to his duties, we feel bound to find him in this case in default. From Forness Point to the Duvale-ground floating light is about 48 miles; but from Forness Point to southern ex tromityof the shoals on the S.W. of Laesoe, which must be passed before the channel adjoining the light can be reached, is only about 35 miles. When, therefore, we find that the weather was at times very hazy, and a variation from the true course of half a point to the eastward must have brought the Eagle on the shoal, speaking in the name of the gentlemen who have acted as Nautical As sessors in this case, as well as my own, I am of opinion that, before the Eagle could by any possibility have ap proached the shoals, it was the bounden duty of the cap tain to have slowed his engines, and after that to have felt his way, till he got to the Duvale Light, by the constant use of the hand lead. Had such a course been pursued after the log was hauled in at 11 30 a.m., or, at the latest, half an hour afterwards, when the Eagle might well have been estimated to have steamed nearly the full distance to the shoals, she would probably have escaped the shoals altogether. We are unable, from the evidence, to dis cover the exact cause that brought the Eagle so much more to the eastward than was intended. Whatever that cause may have been, we consider that it would have been success fully contended against, and would have ceased to operate detrimentally, had the precautions suggested been adopted; and, looking at the nature of the navigation on approach ing the Duvale Light, with a, comparatively speaking, very narrow channel, and shoals on each side, the neglect to take such precautions (more especially when the wea ther was very hazy, and it was impossible from any look out to ascertain the ship's position), was a serious omission. We do not feel inclined to blame the captain forhis conduct after the vessel was on the shoal, or to consider it an aggra vation of the default of which we find him guilty; but it is by no means clear, had a different course been pursued, that the Eagle might not have been got off the reef safely. Recollecting that the Eagle only drew 12ft. aft, and that after she was on the reef there were two fathoms all round her, that she had gone on the reef very gently, and the sea was calm for an hour and a half after she struck, it seems clear that the injury she sustained was occasioned after she began to bump, owing to the rising of the wind and sea ; and when so little appears to have been required to make the Eagle float, it does not seem improbable that, had the cattle been thrown overboard at once on her getting on the reef, and the vessel otherwise lightened, she might have been floated off before the wind rose. The truth seems to be, that the necessary operations of the ship were to some extent impeded by the nature of the cargo, and thu captain would feel a not unnatural unwillingness to destroy (ex cept at what he considered the last extremity) the cargo entrusted to him ; and in this case, if lightening the vessel by throwing cargo overboard could be available at all, it was necessary to commence by driving the cattle overboard after she struck. Although the captain's certificateprobably bears date three years and a half ago, he appears to have served as a mate up to his becoming captain of the Eagle in May, 1866 ; up to that time his certificates of characterfrom 1858 are very satisfactory. It would seem that the captain shaped a proper course from Forness Point, and there does not appear to be any doubt that, from the comparison of the compasses spoken to by several witnesses, he might bo led to believe he was not deviating from such course. Nor can it bo doubted that, if the course shaped had really been made good, he would have passed the shoals safely, and have found himself in mid-channel of the Duvale Light. It is only fair to notice, also, that the captain has made a state ment in many parts telling against himself, which shows the sincerity of his belief in the causes to which he attri butes the disaster that befel the vessel under his command. Under all the circumstances, therefore, wo are inclined to believe that the omissions of which the captain has been guilty may, consistently with the ends of justice, admit of some leniency being shown towards him; though, at the same time, we do not fail to bear in mind how seriously the safety of valuable property and human life may be jeopardised by the omission of any of the precautions sug gested by prudence under circumstances of doubt and dan ger, such as those that surrounded Capt. Wrigglesworth. The judgment I have given in this case is, that the certi ficate of Capt. Wrigglesworth be suspended for nine calen dar months from this date.—l have the honour, &c., &c., T. 11. TRAVIS, Police Magistrate, Hull. We concur in this report, R. B. BAKER, E. J. BROOKS, Cora. Nautical Assessors. R.N.,} SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—This year has been a year of surprises, but no more startling announcement has been hitherto made than that which astonished all Lon don yesterday evening. It was proclaimed by the Reform League that the Home Secretary, at an in terview granted to them, had given up Hyde Park to their wishes. Mr. Beales had represented to Mr. Walpole that considerable excitement prevailed, and the best way to qUiet it was to abdicate in his fa vour ; and Mr. Walpole was so struck with thepro priety of the advice as to adopt it, at all events as far as Hyde Park was concerned. According to the report of the interview which was published by the organs of the Reform League, the police and the military were at once to be withdrawn from the Park ; Mr. Beales was to be at liberty to hold his meetings there, upon his personal undertaking to be responsible for any mischief that might ensue. This was the impression which the Reform Council car ried away from their interview, and they at once issued a manifesto declaring it to the world. For a little while the statement took away men's breath with surprise, but incredulity soon supervened. We publish to-day a letter from Mr. Walpole, deny ing altogether that he had made the agreement attri buted to him, and a complete report of the inter view, which supports his denial. It is a matter of exceeding regret that any misunderstanding should have arisen at such a time, even though, as it ap pears' the Home Sec r et ar y said nothing which could have given any countenance to it ; but it is, at least, satisfactory to know that responsible Go vernment has not entirely ceased, and that Mr. Beales is not yet Minister, and, more than Minister, independent of the Crown, of Parliament, and of the nation. If it had been true that Mr. Walpole had consented to leave the Park defenceless on the strength of Mr. Beales' guarantee that no mischief should be done, we should not have known which to admire the more of the two parties to the agree ment. The conception which brawling and igno rant patriots had formed during the last few days of Mr. Walpole as a dark and insidious enemy of the people must have given place to a truer picture of a man only too amiable and conciliatory. On the other hand, what must we say of Mr. Beales ? He is bold enough to assume the duties of Home Secretary, to keep order among his own followers, and among the thousands who are ready to assist them in any demonstration,without the assistance of the police—unless they were to be put under his orders —and all this in addition to his previous task of reforming the Constitution. It was right enough for Mr. Beales and the other members of the Coun cil of the League to seek an interview with the Home Secretary after what took place on Monday evening, and it was right in Mr. Walpole to grant it ; although it would have been wise to have under stood what were the proposed bases of peace before agreeing to an armistice. Nothing could have been more proper than that the Council should have come acknowledging their errors, and offering their ser vices in the attempt to restore order. Let us un derstand what had happened up to yesterday. l‘lr. Beales and his friends had advertised their inten tion of holding a mass meeting in Hyde-park. They were informed by Sir Richard Mayne, as the Chief of the Metropolitan Police, that the meeting could not be allowed to take place there, on the ground that it would interfere with the proper uses of the Park, and that it was impossible to guard against the mischief which might ensue. The Council of the League were indignant against this, as an asper sion on the orderliness of their supporters ; but the experience of the Trafalgar-square meeting, in itself a perfectly quiet gathering, had shown how power less the managers of such meetings must be. After the business was over, the looser members of the crowd betook themselves to Pall-mall and St. James's-place, threatening violence upon all ob noxious to them. The reception of Sir Richard Mayne's notification left Mr. Beales and his friends under a grave responsibility. They knew they would be kept out of the Park, and it was open to them to choose some other place of meeting. They chose to go through the form of attempting an en trance, bringing together at the Marble Arch, in addition to their own numerous followers, the throng, many times more numerous, of persons in different to Reform, but quick enough to join in any disturbance, and at the same time they were so con scious of the sham they were acting that they brought with them printed handbills announcing an adjournment to Trafalgar-square. The mob re mained, and, as we know, levelled the rails and got into the park ; but had Mr. Beales and his party re mained also, they would not have been more directly the authors of the tumult. Under these circum stances the only thing which would have justified the interview between Mr. Beales and the Home Secretary was a desire on the part of the Council of the League to express their regret for the course they had taken ; but, wonderful to relate, they ac tually sought, through their spokesman, to have the park given up to them. More wonderful still, they left Mr. Walpole with the impression that he had yielded to their request. Mr. Beales told the Home Secretary that the public feeling was very excited with respect to the unnecessary violence attributed to the police, and that he had received communica tions from persons of the highest respectability which proved to his satisfaction that the public must be appeased. The way to conciliate the angry mon ster thus freely sketched was pl a i n --Mr. Walpole should resign, as far as the park was concerned, in Mr. Beales' favour. We venture to say that the as sertions upon which this conclusion was founded were as wild and irrational as the conclusion itself. There was not even on Monday any serious excite ment of public feeling. A large mob, indeed, gathered, but, happily, it was as a whole as free from malice and as a mob could be. On Tuesday the gathering in the park had degenerated into knots of the lowest and most disorderly "roughs"—the yeasty scum of the previous day's turmoil. Yesterday the frequenters of the park were scarcely distinguish able from the ordinary character, and although the marks of ravage must for some time remain, there was no reason to apprehend f ur th er disturbance. Even before Mr. Beales appeared and advised the few who got around him and his friends to withdraw, there was a very inconsiderable crowd assembled. Things were, in fact, rapidly returning to their accustomed order, and, unless the unfortu nate placard of the League revive the clamour, there is no reason to apprehend any further disturbance. The supposition that Mr. Walpole had actually ac ceded to the request of the Reform League, and had handed over Hyde-park to the guardianship of Mr. Beales, is so absurd that nothing short of over whelming evidence could induce us to believe that it was done. If Mr. Walpole had granted what was asked, Mr. Beales would have been, in fact, Home Secretary in bis place. He would have been more, for he would have been an autocrat exercising his own irresponsible discretion. As far as his juris diction extended he would have been supreme. Sir Richard Mayne would have taken his orders from him, and the Commander-in-Chief would have had to acknowledge a new allegiance. It is almost in conceivable that even Mr. Beales should have sup posed that he had been endowed with such authority, much less is it conceivable that Mr. Walpole should have attempted to give it. A full report of the in terview shows clearly that Mr. Walpole must be acquitted of such an imputation. All that he said was said on the express stipulation that no attempt should be made to insist upon the supposed right to hold a meeting in the park until a court of law had decided the legal question, and he pledged the Go vernment to assist the League in obtaining a speedy decision. Subject to this, he promised to withdraw the police and military if order were restored, which would, of course, have been done in any case. Itis a sorry commentary on the intelligence of Mr. Beales and his friends that they should have twisted those words into a permission to hold a meeting next Mon day subject to no supervision but that of Mr. Beales himself, and subject to no guarantee of order but his undertaking. The mistake is inexcusable, if it be not, as we are willing to believe it is not, wilful. The ex tensive currency given to it last night by the placards of the League and by Mr. Beales' address in the park cannot fail to rouse a strong feeling of disap pointment when the truth is exposed, but, if any anger be excited in consequence, it ought to be directed upon the Council itself. Of one thing we may be certain—that the notion of a meeting in Hyde Park under Mr. Beales' guardianship must be dismissed as an idle dream. Had any words of Mr. Walpole given countenance to it, the supposition must have been at once repudiated, but when an announcement such as that the League put forth last night is made without any warrant, it can only recoil upon the League itself. HERALD.—It is idle to deny that cholera has burst upon the eastern districts of London with sudden and extraordinary fury. The pestilence may de part as hurriedly as it has arrived, but its effects at .present are unmistakeably severe. The Registrar- General, in alluding to this remarkable visitation, speaks of it as a " fatal explosion," so sudden and destructive has been the character of its attack. During the first week in July the deaths from cholera in London were only 14 ; in the second week they became 32 ; while in the third week—ending on Saturday last, the mortality from this cause was no less than 346, being an increase of more than ten fold. At the same time the mortality from all causes exceeds the average by 428, so that something more than cholera is at work to carry off the population. It is useless to attempt any concealment of these facts, and it may serve a valuable purpose to mak e mention of them. The more the public are en lightened as to the real action of cholera less likely are they to be afraid of it, and it is only by a fair discussion of the facts that we can hope to bring about those sanitary improvements the want of which is obviously connected with this sacrifice of life. Whatever may be mysterious in the appearance and spread of cholera, it has an evident preference for certain localities and circumstances. The excep tion may occur, but it is an exception still, for the disease to spread havoc among a cleanly and well ordered population. Still less is it likely to com mence in a district where the sanitary arrangements are reasonably good, although it may ultimately visit such a locality after breaking out in some filthy nest at no great distance. Cholera is a disease which has all manner of exceptions, and yet observes cer tain general rules which are by no means equivocal. Long ago we stated in these columns that the medi cal men in the metropolis could in many cases point out the very houses to which cholera would come in the event of a recurrence of the epidemic. Cholera has now returned to us, and what do we find ? The statistics of the past week show but 1 death in the central districts of London, 6 in the north, 11 in the west, and 20 in the south ; while in the east the fatal cases are no less than 308. The fact that the eastern and central districts join each other renders the difference between 1 and 308 the more remark able. On looking into the reports of the sub-dis tricts we find Bow with 39 cholera deaths, Poplar with 52, Limehouse 43, Bethnal-green proper 30, and the eastern part of Mile-end Old Town 33. As the Registrar-General states, the cholera mortality has occurred " chiefly in the comparatively poor dis tricts of the east of London." In that part of Lon don the deaths averaged more than 40 per day during the past week. Cr, in other words, nearly 90 per cent, of the cholera deaths in the metropolis have taken place in the eastern districts. And of the remaining 10 per cent. the greater part evidently belong to the poorer classes, and the neigh bourhoods where they are found. Atmospheric causes may have had their influence in bring ing about this attack. We have had unusual drought. No rain fell in London last week, and, strange to say, none fell in any of the twelve large towns included with London in the Registrar- General's report. At the end of June and early in the present month the weather was fiercely hot. Of late the temperature has fluctuated con siderably, but even last week it was upon the whole somewhat above the average. Dry weather in summer is not generally found favourable to the public health. We have also had a prevalence of easterly winds. A change of wind, and a few wet days, might rid us of the cholera, though wet weather following heat is usually rather fatal at first. But these " skiey influences" are what we must always expect, and, like sensible people, we ought to pre pare to meet them. Unfortunately, it is very diffi cult to excite sufficient attention in regard to this subject until disease has actually broken out amongst us. The proper time for preparation is allowed to pass by, and there is a general indifference until apathy is replaced by something which approaches to panic. In the memorandum of precautions against cholera just issued by the medical officer of the Privy Council allusion is made to the fact that a year ago the attention of nuisance authorities and the public generally was called to the renewed pre sence of Asiatic cholera in Europe, and suggestions were offered as to the precautionary proceedings which were called for under the circumstances. "It was their lordships' hope," Mr. Simon states, " that, after this warning, the interval which might elapse before a reappearance of cholera in England would be vigorously used by the nuisance authori ties of the country in preparing their respective dis tricts for the contingency which has now come." Not in London alone, but also in several scattered localities of the kingdom, cholera is now present with us. But what can we say for the " nuisance authorities ?" In some cases they have probably done well, in many cases they have done something, but we fear that the work actually accomplished is, as a rule, very far short of what is requisite if ever we are to be in a condition to defy the cholera contagion. The Disease Prevention Act is now in force, and two Orders in Council have been issued under the authority of the statute. Certain measures of medical relief are now confided to specified autho rities, these latter being the vestries or district boards of the metropolis, and, generally speaking, the boards of guardians throughout th c country. In addition to these arrangements ti ere are the Nuisances Removal Acts, the administration of which is confided to various authorities, according to local circum s t ances . Th ere are in reality two classes of measures before us, one preventative and the other curative. The medical regulations ar e mainly of the latt er c h arac t er, w hil e the laws for the removal of nuisances are obviously de fective preventative.. The active carryi ng ou t o f one or b o th of these se t : of measures is i m p era ti ve upon our l oca l au thorities throughout the ki ng d om. Thi s i s b y n o means best time for e m pt y i ng cesspoo l s an d opening. drains; but nu i sances w hi c h cann ot positive l l t be removed during the present season can at lea:, be temporarily neutralised by the proper disinfectants, and by a careful system 1 , medical visitation. So far as London is concernea. we have some terrible evils to contend with. 1 1 1 ;, ing over the table of deaths, we see that a consider able able proportion is set down to 'Asiatic cholera. metropolis—or, at least, its eastern extremity therefore, in that condition to which Mr. Sim° ll ,l:„. fers in his memorandum,wherein the slightest poi'. application oi, th tion of the water or the atmosphere is fraught v 7 , 1, the utmost danger to the public health. How a c ' e n'i London stand in this respect at the present time First, as to air. Was ever London so overcrowd as it is now ? The danger of cholera breaking ° be in the midst of the densely-packed population W found in the p oorer p arts o f t h e me t r opolis v 1 73. dwelt upon in these columns some months , a g n , London is now supp ose d t o b e en j oy i ng the Ov a ° , tages of a system of d ra i nage so per f ec t in its at„ ception and execution th a t th e wor ld h as never se" , its equal. It is tru e we h ave m il es o f main sewersl big enough for rail w ay t unne l s ; we h a ve COlos°,3 steam-engines to help the sewage on its wai! Ls distant outfalls to get r id o f it i n t o the Tu a i,g on its journey se awar d. B u t t o w h a t extent : Bethnal-green or Poplar the better for all this How many wretched courts and alleys—how I n 3s ' - a streets even—are as yet u n d ra i ne d, so far as ° i s proper system of sewerag e i s concern ed ? wn not all the drainage of L on d on th a t goes u° on to Barking Reach or Crossness Point. Mr. Sim demands the " immedi a te an d th oroug h remo o oo every sort of house refuse and other filth." 9 the any one imagine that thi s i s d one th ro ugholit iera east of London ? If foul odours can propagate e1 3 , 1 °'„,, —if this disease has " a cer t a i n pecu li ar contagic ) : o ness of its own, w hi c h, w h ere san i tary c ircurnstan no t are bad, can operat e w ith t err ibl e f orce, " we are :At surprised that 32 fat a l cases o f c h o l era i n o ne should become 346 in the next ; and unless ata'r; pheric influences should favour us, we fear tot L% what may be the nature of the next return. cholera once get a footing among half a minion $ people, crammed into dwellings pervaded . „, 1 4 , es tainted atmosphere, where the ai r a t the best of w if is more :or less animalised, and can we woncle b r i o such a disease should spread lik e fi re am ong stub o f of If Mr. Simon's theory as t o th e propagat l 7, en t cholera by discharges from th e b o dy o f the Pa" o t be at all correct, a v e r y grave responsibility toe rests upon those persons whose duty it is to The measures for preventing the s p rea d o f the pesw - p l e which has unfortunately come among 118 •,, e d. purity of the water supply remains to be disc don ? What is the water supply o f th e poor i n Lontl e ir Our intermittent service requi res th em to keep. t her store in tubs and pans, which are f reque ntly el f s o filthy in themselves or affected by th e f o ul air e .... 40 over-crowded dwelling. It is very satisfactory i 4 far as it goes—to consult th e fi gures c ontaine Professor Frankland's analysis of the water suPPO by the London companies. But the water l'f Ac v flows through the compa n ie s ' ma i ns differs icl u o from that which is drunk by costermongers, we a l ro in seamstresses, and dock laboure r s. W e must g°, the the main to the tub if we wou ld k no w NY"' 0 11 people drink. The weekly analyti ca l return n o e l shows the maximum purity. For the maximal ° to we must look elsewhere. W e s h ou ld also hg know what Mr. Simon has to say t o the Iv il p u t , s ol of the Upper Thames, and what ar e th e presP e " t her London, if Kingston or Rich m o n d, or certain o . ° 6 l/, river-side places, should suff er f rom c h o l er a ? v e bo pe there is work for our authorities t o d o and we they will do it, for not an hour is to be lost. Naval and Military Intelligence• The Senior Naval Lord will see captains and com manders on full pay and lieutenants in command when they call at the Admiralty during office hours, and officers on half-pay after three o'clock every week day, Saturday excepted. The two 64-pounder guns made to plans of cheap construction by Mr. Fraser, C.E., Deputy -As sistant-Superintendent of the Royal Gun Factories at Woolwich, have both withstood the test of firing 2,000 rounds with charges of 81b. of powder and 6411: shot; and, with the exception of the usual scoring at the seat of the charge, each gun is now in the same condition as when issued from the factory for proof. The Ordnance Select Committee have therefore pronounced the result as conclusive evi dence, with that of former trials of heavier guns, of the availability of the system. As these guns were madeathalf the ordinary cost of wrought-iron guns of the same weight on the established principle, they are prepared to recommend Mr. Fraser's plan to the War Department for general use. With the view of ascertaining the extreme limit of endurance of both guns, and the precise mode of rupture, Col. Camp bell, superintendent of the royal gun factories, has signified his intention of extending the trial with increased charges until each gun has given way. Her Majesty's 3-gun iron paddlewheel vessel An telope, recently commissioned by Lieut. Commander Bruce for service on the West Coast of Africa, was yesterday inspected at her moorings off the powder buoy at Woolwich Arsenal, by Capt. W. Edmon stone, C. 8., superintendent of the dockyard, and pronounced ready for sea. On Tuesday she per formed the ordinary run at the measured mile, and is ordered to swing to-day at Greenhithe for the ad justment of her compasses. The Antelope is exceed ingly well fitted out and adapted for the service, and is the only vessel of her size, with the exception of the Psyche, Lieut. Corn. Bland, in the Mediterra nean, commanded by a lieutenant. The arrangements for the manufacture of the new self-exploding cartridges for the Enfield rifles about to be converted into breechloaders are in progress in the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich. The assistance of the most eminent engine and tool makers of Lon don, Leeds, and Birmingham has been called into requisition to supply an entirely new plant of mate rials and machinery, under the direction of Colonel Boxer, so that no delay may occur in the delivery of the stipulated amount of ammunition at the end of the financial year, when the 150,000 or 200,000 breechloaders may be at the disposal of the War office for issue to the troops. Messrs. Beacock, Tan net, and Co., of Leeds, the well known engine and tool makers, are stated to have accepted a contract for the supply of a large portion of the implements. The Russian transport Guiliach, Capt. Enguist, from Moulmein for London, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday afternoon. The chartered troopship Agamemnon, which has been taken up for the conveyance of the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars to India, having been in spected by Major-Gen. Sir Robert 'Walpole, K. C. 8., and certified as fit to receive her troops, embarked at Gravesend yesterday the head-quarters of the 11th Hussars, under the superintendence of Brigade- Major W. W. Lynch, and the officers of the Staff from Chatham Garrison. The strength of the re giment which embarked yesterday was 1 field officer, 3 captains, 9 subalterns, 7 staff, 41 sergeants, 7 trumpeters, and 366 rank and file, with the usual proportion of women and children. The 11th Hussars returned from the Crimea in 1856, since which time they have been doing duty in England. The Agamemnon will now leave the Thames for Bombay to-day. The hired transport Renown will embark at Gravesend to-morrow, for Bombay, five officers and 27 men of the 11th Hussars, two officers and 136 non-commissioned officers and men of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery ; three officers and 61 men of all ranks of the Ist battalion 4th King's Own Royals ; two officers and 45 non-commissioned offi cers and men of the 26th Cameronians ; 26 men of the 49th Regiment, and two officers and 119 men of all ranks of the 96th Regiment, giving a total of 14 officers, 2 staff sergeants, and 408 non-commissioned officers and men, with 48 women and 42 children. The East Indiaman Star of India has been char tered by the Hon. Council of India for the convey ance of reinforcements to Calcutta, and will em bark her troops at Gravesend as soon as she has been certified as ready to receive her draughts on board. The annual regatta by the officers and men of the Royal Engineers at Chatham will be held on the Medway, above Rochester-bridge, this afternoon, by permission of Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., when various prizes will be contested by the officers and sappers. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. R. C. Mayne to the Nassau ; Commander J. W. Wilson to the Ganges, vice Com mander Stevens ; Lieut. Francis C. Vincent to the Excellent, for service in the Royal Sovereign ; Lieut. Edmund F. Weld to the Lion ; Lieut. David A 1 ' D t .0 the Cruiser Smith theser; Lieut .r a_vi F • Li . e G u t o . 0 d . t 11 0 t. heßoyalWilkin son Adelaide ; Sub-Li eut. Alfred J. Booth to the Cruiser ; Edward T. M ort i mer, surgeon, aditional, to the Caledonia, in lieu of an assistant-surgeon ; Dr. A. M‘Bride, surgeon, to the Cruiser ; Frederick Bedwell, paymaster to the Nassau ; Edmund B. Walker, paymaster, to the Cruiser ; Dr. Samuel Campbell, assist.-surg., to the Nassau ; John Buck ley, assist-surg., to the Implacable ; William S. Fisher, assist.-surg., to the Woolwich division of the Royal Marines ; William 11. Stephens, second master, to the Dee ; Francis D. B. Smith, assistant-paymaster, to the Irresistible ; William Rintoul, clerk, to the hector ; Sydney H. Scroggs, clerk, to the Cruiser ;. and Henry 011ard assist.-clerk, to the Nassau, in lieu of a clerk. HEAT IN NEW YORK.—The New York Board of Health report that in the last week of Juno the mean tem perature for the entire week, night and day, was nearly 78 deg. The thermometer reached 91. The returns made to the Board showed 12 sudden deaths in the city from sun stroke, and 12 from congestion of the brain and effects of heat. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCAS TLE-ON-TYNE—TuEsDAY• as At our market and at llexham this morning there get small supply of wheat from the gro wers , but at our,,loro a large arrival from abroad. W e h a d a , b e tter 00 3 ' 0 di° of buyers, and at a decline of from 2s t o 3 s per qr .( ;30 01 rate of this day week a fair business was don°• i ,„ jai e . , from 6d to is lower. Malt was slo w . B ea ns uncP - Peas 6d to is higher. Flour is to 2s per sack lovier... f oor is the general character of the quotati o ns in the N°' Berland markets. MONMOUTHSHIRE—TUESDAY. At the various markets in the district the attend: lll .os been rather limited, and business has not ruled s ° ' D oc' as of late. In home wheat there were but few trafacilit tions, and quotations ruled easier. Foreign was a„ e i r 4r.„ to get rid of, unless at a redu c ti on o f f rom is to 2 0 r" . , weA Barley met with a mod era t o sa l e , an d pr i c es ITT yer° maintained. Beans still keep high in price, and I'D e re held back for a reduction, which sellers refused. 0 0 was a fair inquiry for oats, and an i mprove d b u siness done, at late rates. r etil The following are the average quotations:—W ll° " Oa; 5s Gd to Gs 3d per bushel; inferior ditto, 5s 3d to Os*.ipcl white, 6s to Gs 6d ; malting barley, 36s to 40s per r ; Po; ing ditto, 29s to 30s; beans, 44s ; white oats, 25s t° black ditto, 24s Gd to 25s 6d. LYNN—TUESDAY. N O P; Now wheat, 50s to 54s new red, 47s to 495; oi - mv fo. —s to —s ; old red, 47s to 49s per 36 stone. Ba l :njefil malting, 32s to 34s ; secondary, 28s to 30s. yep 24s 24s to 28s per 24 stone. Beaus, small, 47s to 505. 36s to 40s per 28 stone. SALISBURY.—TUESDAY. a 11.°1 The following are the quotations : —Wheat realise 83. 48s to 58s ; barley, 30s t o 40 s ; oa t s , 24 s t o 32s ; be% s, 4to 1 : to 545; and peas, 42s to 50s per qr. Tares, fror . e 12 0 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 13d ; household dit to ' per 81b loaf. Flour, 38s to 42s per sack. HIILL.—T UE SDAY. p And lfl Since our last the trade in wh ea t has been 61 0 c ' v ex ct this district there has been a re d uct i on o f fully 1,84,140i1•‘ on English. For foreign th ere h as no t b een muou4" At our market to-day th ere was a very li m ited ig buyers refusing to operate except at a reduction °f _,„ o od 2s per qr., which very f ew h o ld ers appeare d disr accept. t 50 English old whit e wheat, Ms to 55s ; old red, 49_,,De1l Barley, English, — s to —s ; grinding, Medi te ruso l : 6 'o 31s to 31s 6d. Oats, new English, 27s to 28s ; ;01 , 26s to 275. Be ans , o ld E ng li s h, 50 s t o 51 s; to 475. Peas, English blue, 40s to 41s Od ; foreig n 38s to 40s; grinding, 36s to 37s Od per qr. GAINS B OROUGH—T UESDAY. led dujl With a tolerable supply of wh e at, th e trade 65S a Last week's prices rather declined. White wheat , re 6° 1 3. 58s ; red and mixed, 53s to 55 s p er qr . Beans rte at full prices. Oats scarce, an d l a t e ra t es W ere s lll ' Iu other grain no change. COAL MARKET. - - - Price per ton at th e c l ose o f t h e mar ket. 0. a. 6 s. d. South Hartlepool l9 0 Raton 0 Lyons ..• "1 1 0 Kepler Grange l9 0 Holywell Main ......... 2 1 0 Walls End Haswell 2l 0 Walls End Hatton ." 11 Original Hartlepool Ships at market, 8 - 5 —sold, 27. ADVERTISEMENT. J—Hollows 's Ointment an d ri b.- rat i e the Useful Knowledge.—The successful treatment o. mass of diseases is not so great a mystery as ,111 step',,d. suppose. Purify the blood, cleanse the liver an. o s'4 and the absorbent system will immediately righ bo 0 0 ' 0 Both medicaments may be beneficially used by t f 05e ; inexperienced, under whose care the very worst ° will progress favourably and terminate happily 1 1 0 0 ed Holloway's celebrated remedies according to the tions wrapped round each pot and box. These remedies cure all disorders of the kidneys and b °W ; f - igoP i ia will be found superior to all other means for in cab the sufferings of those unfortunately afflicted 11 1 ' maladies. Births. til° NEWALL —On the 22d inst., at Crofton Hall, Wak e .s fie wife of Captain William E. Newall, of a son. , " WitiouT—On the 24th inst., the wife of John Wrig of Yeldersley Hou se , Derbyshire, of a son. of WOOD—On the 24th inst., at Hanger Hill, the Iv' Wood, Esq., of a soa. to of WALKER—On the 24th inst., at Colchester, the w i l o , Oa' Walker, Esq., late Capt. of H.M.'s 66th Regtl ° Marriages. if Oli ANNESLEY—ANDERSON—On the 24th inst., at, t rifle Trinity Church, Paddington, Lieut.-Colonel , t ;iil 'o n t Annesley, second surviving son of the late 1 -)% ot tag" Hon. Francis C. Annesley, RN ,to Jane Iluvaeir, ij ; i . 4, daughter of the late Sir George . Anderson, 1 3- -. u k: 10 1 5 GREENTREE—CKAIGIE—On the 24th inst., at S t ' late te t ' Guildford, Captain Doveton D. Grentrek ,-ilvv-ti Regiment, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of P' e- Craigio, C. 8., Colonel 55th Regiment. , Deaths. voif -f°s3 ANSELL —On the 24th inst., at Harley-place, Thomas Ansel], M.D., agd 63. Is'' ~,,,,,,de' ABNEY— On the 22d inst., at Measham Hall, ASS, e Zouch, William W. Abney, Esq., D.L., aged s ' l ' v otte / BUTTERFIELD —On the 22d inst., the Rev. Cl• 9. 1,4 field, rector of West Retford, Notts, aged 42. vrooPr' BROOKS —On the 24th inst., rornpton at B W ra ' 0. 1 lato of 110, Strand, aged 7 o' 4. n. 01 , CARRIGAN-0 n the 22d inst , at Malvern, th e . 1,01, Carrigan, M.A., incumbent of Sutton -o/1-I''v toe, mouth. . zll- 04 DEPIIEE—On the 23d inst at 21, Mecklenburi, , Charles Templer Depree, Esq., aged 51. 0 .00. 0 , GREENESS —On the 21st inst., at 59rinitYareote' Mile-end, Sarah, widow of the late, T Captain aged 84. T O fillet' MINET—OII the 20th inst., at Rumford, .A seP Tbo 0. Esq., aged 66. irP SANDERS—On the 19th inst., at Bath, Rear-011 .--- Sanders, aged 82. _—.--- ----- priti' _.y At 0 9° • 11.4 London : Printed and Published by IVILLIA—_ s°•a of No. 112, Strand, Pi later, at Viz: Sufif Oia'°Bool Strand, in the limin.et of: the Savoh in the Middlesex--Thursday, July 26,1864. ove 1 3re hop of j r il ven f eet Ur. oft Oft, Or t Onp teet ST. sto An. Cle Ine l bin bry Yea Rat ( Etr q toe ( ele i tern ; Gro,