The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-14 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD. The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, accom panied by the other Lords Commissioners of the pre sent Board of Admiralty, arrived at Portsmouth last evening from London, on the Board's first an nual inspection of Portsmouth Dockyard and other Admiralty establishments in and around the port. Their Lordships dined on board the paddle yacht Osborne, moored off the dockyard, and afterwards slept on board the Osborne and Enchantress. This morning Sir John Pakington and his colleagues, after breakfasting on boa rd the Osborne, will land from their yachts at the King's stairs of the dock yard, where they will be received by the Port Ad miral and the Admiral -Superintendent, attended by the several managing or mismanaging officials of the yard, these latter gentlemen displaying all that ner vous yet pro - found homage to " the Board" which they affect to think part of the duty of their several positions, and which must be grateful to Boards of Admiralty by reason of the antiquity of the custom. This preliminary process gone through, the Board will first proceed to the office of the Admiral-Supe rintendent and will there " transact" in a wonder fully short space of time a tremendous amount of business, but business of no very specific character; the superintendent of police, the various heads of departments, the-coxswains of the admirals, mes sengers, idlers, &c., mounting guard outside. The business in the office of the Admiral-Superintendent having been brought to a conclusion their Lordships will again present themselvesto the body of officials who have been waiting outside, and a procession will be immediately formed, Sir John Pakington, at tended by the admirals of the port and yard, lead ing the way, followed by the Controller of the Navy and the members of the Board, the tail of the pro cession being formed of subordinate officials of the yard, the superintendent of police, the coxswains, the messengers, the idlers, &c. The course of the procession will lie over roads paved with the " pig iron"now rendered famous by the passage of arms be tween Mr. Seely and the Admiralty in the House of Commons, and their lordships will have an opportu nity for making a personal inspection of the outer apparent quality of the iron, and also of admiring its present efficiency—whatever its true value as iron may be—as a simple road pavement. Having thus far launched the Board of Admiralty into Portsmouth yard, we will leave their Lordships there for the present in busy examination of the iron paved roads, while we glance briefly at what they I may otherwise find worthy their grave attention during their hurried peregrinations at Portsmouth both ashore and afloat, first, however, referring to a rumour which has been current in the dockyard for some days, that certain of the subordinate offi cials of the yard are anxious to wait upon Sir John Pakington during the stay of the Board at Ports mouth and express their gratitude to him for the very effective manner in whiCh he " settled" Mr. Seely in the late tilting match between those two naval reformers on the floor of the House of Com mons. The said officials also intend to express to Sir John that, in their opinion, the defeat of Mr. Seely, and thereby the prolongation of the life of the present dockyard " system" is entirely due to the skilful adumbration of the returns which were furnished to Sir John by the said officials, &c. There certainly existed an extraordinary degree of excitement in one department of the yard when the Admiralty order was received calling for the returns which were so admirably "adumbrated," and there exists now a great visible exultation among the offi cials at the signal proof given by Sir John of his earnestness as a naval reformer. With all this, however, it is not probable that the Board will con sider it at all politic to encourage demonstrations of such a nature, and we, therefore, fear the enthu siastic aspirations of the gentlemen referred to are likely to be disappointed. To return to what their Lordships will most pro bably see and do, or what will be available for the purpose during their stay at Portsmouth, there is first for consideration the slipways and sheds. But one of these is now occupied, No. 2, in which is building the Danae, a screw sloop of 1,268 tons, and 350-horse power. This vessel was designed by Mr. E. J. Reed, the Chief Constructor of the Navy, and in examining her lines from the midship section forward their Lordships will no doubt be surprised to find that she is a much finer and handsomer vessel than many interested detractors of Mr. Reed's reputation as a naval archi tect would fain have them and the public believe. This vessel will carry four 61-ton 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns, besides smaller guns for boat service, and, as her Channel speed will certainly not be under 14 knots, she will be a most formidable and valuable, although unarmoured, cruiser. So much has been said of the late Amazon, of which vessel the Danae is an improved type, that it is necessary here to say a few words with regard to both vessels. In the first place it has been acknowledged over and over again that when the Amazon was designed not a syllable was said about any Alabama class. The orders then given and received from the Admiralty and by the builder were merely to design a new sloop to supersede the Rinaldo class, to carry two 6-ton guns and two 40-pounders, to carry the rig of merely an enlarged gun-vessel, with anchors, cables, &c., of a class much smaller than the Rinaldo, and to carry a crew of only 40 men. Since the Amazon class were designed their complement has been increased to 135 men, and their bow and stern guns from 40- pounders to 64-pounders. With these alterations the Amazon realised as high a rate of speed as could be expected from her-12 . 4 knots, and nearly two knots in excess of the Rinaldo class at a like load draught. The bows of the Danae and Blanche, the former at Portsmouth and the latter at Chat ham, are much finer and longer than the Amazon possessed, and, in fact, are forward quite different vessels. The Blanche at Chatham has been ordered by the present Board during their recent visit to that dockyard to be completed in the form then seen, and we hope the same course will be fol lowed with the Danan at Portsmouth. It would be for their Lordships' consideration whether , re membering the disastrous results o f the collision be tween the Amazon and Osprey, it wo u ld not be an act of commendable prudence to give all wooden vessels a water tight bulkhead at aboutlo or 15 feet from the bows or stem. The remainder of the build ing slips are, as already stated, vacant, but as the Naval Estimates contain provision for the building of an iron unarmoured sloop at Portsmouth of the Inconstant class now building at Pembroke it will be for the consideration of their Lordships whether the time has not fully arrived for the commence ment of this vessel at Portsmouth, where the plant is ordered, in iron, for building, and where the build ing of such a ship as would initiate the shipwrights gradually in the working of iron, and employ them far more profitably to the country than they are at present in many instances. The Inconstant, now building at Pembroke, was designed six months since specially by the Chief Constructor of the Navy as a Counterpoise to the class of corvettes building by the Americans. The fact is satisfactory as prov ing that the late Board of Admiralty and the Con troller of the Navy were not unmindful of the pro tective po wers country. required by the commerce of the The Inconstant is to have no armour plat ing, will be 33ft. and rthan the Bellerophon, with will 6ft. less beam , have engines of similar power and typ e to that principal dimensionso thisf The following are the important class of vessel : Length betweenperpendic u l ars Breadth extreme -• ... 333 feet. Burden in tons ... ••• ••• 50 feet. Draught of water forward ••• ••• 3,978 j-t.ecn112..1. in -t bounngkcuro Ditto aft ••• ••• 22 feet. D i sp l ace ment ••• ••• 24 feet. : s 5,495 t ons . Ifour 6 1..t0n guns . Number of officers and men, 600; oa GOO tons; rig, full ship, with large spread of canvas. She will be sheathed below the water line with too thicknesses of teak and an outer sheathing 0 , copper, so that she may keep the seas as long as any ordinary wooden ship without fou ner ling her Her and estimated speed speed is 15 kno ts. g gineer both estimate that, with a carrying capacity for GOO tons of coal in her bunkers and the econo mical power of working given by her engines, she will be able to - maintain a moderate rate of speed over a distance of nearly 10,000 miles. Next in order for consideration in Portsmouth Armament ... yard and harbour come the vessels under repair or THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1866. outfit in the reserves and in commission. Under repair is the famous troop steamer Himalaya, and a large number of hands are at work upon her, and getting her well forward; the Scorpion, turret-ship, with but few hands upon her ; the yacht-like iron armoured frigate Warrior, very slowly progressing after 21 months in reserve, and now requiring some three or four months to place her in a condition equal to when she was paid out of commission ; the Ariadne and Tribune, wooden screw frigates " wait ing," and a few minor vessels. The most impor tant of the vessels receiving further comment is the Bellerophon. This noble frigate, still waiting for ~. . her guns (!), is ordered to make a trial of her speed over the measured mile in Stoke's Bay during the present week to satisfy the feeling of a " party" against her builder. The ship would be more cor- rectly tried with her armament on board, and the weights, therefore, in their proper positions, and for this reason we hope the Lords of the Admiralty will have the courage to defer the trial until she has received her guns. The Bellerophon, it must be admitted by all who really know the vessel thoroughly, possesses in a singular degree the vital elements wanting in many of the ironclads engaged in the Austro-Italian naval engagement off Lissa, in her handiness under steam, the per fect protection of her steering apparatus, and in her ramming powers. The chief vessels under- going their outfits as ironclads are the Minotaur, iron armoured frigate, and the Royal Alfred, wooden armoured frigate. The first is 6,621 tons and 1,360- horse-power. Her armament (when the War De partment can supply the guns and carriages) will consist of four 121-ton 9in. and 18 6i -ton muzzle-loading guns behind armour plating, with four 6i-ton 7in. on her upper deck. The Royal Alfred will carry ten 12k-ton 9in. and four 6i -ton 7in. muzzle-loading guns, under the same conditions as the Minotaur, on her main deck, and four of the 6-ton 7in. guns on her upper deck. The Warrior's armament will consist of four 9-ton Bin. and 28 of the 6i-ton 7in. muzzle-loading rifled guns. The ships in commission, excepting altogether flagships, yachts, tenders, &c., consist of the Belle rophon, iron frigate, the Royal Sovereign, turret ship, and that abominable burlesque of a man-of war, the unarmoured 60-horse powe r screw sloop, the Cruiser. The only one of the three requiring any " reserves " contain one very efficient ironclad —the Valiant, 4,063 tons, and 800-horse power, rigged, stored, and ready for commission, but wait ing her guns, the supply of which is in the hands of the officers of Her Majesty's army, as with all other ships in Her Majesty's navy, and rill pro bably be round for the ship at some future time, when a superior kind of ordnance will then have been found which will entirely supersede their use fulness. The remainder of the ships in these "re serves" may be briefly classified as follows :—The Mersey and Glasgow, wooden unarmoured screw frigates, and two or three smaller vessels in good condition of hull and machinery, capable of carrying heavy armaments of good speed, and therefore to be counted as reliable ships for• ser vice of a certain character. The Marlborough and Prince of Wales, two new screw three-deckers, available for conversion as turret-ships on an im proved Royal Sovereign plan. The Cmsar, Colossus, Edgar, Hannibal, Nelson, Neptune, Prince Regent, Queen, Victor Emanuel, screw line-of-battle ships ; the Arrogant, Bacchante, Diadem, Euryalus, Im mortalite, Melpomene, Shannon, and Termagant, screw frigates ; and three or four paddle sloops, all built of wood, unarmoured, and partially rotten in their bulls. This fleet of vessels is only fit for dis posal in the speediest possible manner—by sale, by breaking up, by appropriating as barrack or hospi tal ships, by giving away to the first comer, or re moving them from the Navy List by the readiest means, so as to save the cost of " preserving" such an obsolete lot. The Vulcan, iron troopship, is also on the reserves, but she is capable of further service, and the Erebus, iron armoured floating battery, would make a very efficient gun-training ship and battery in one of the many mud creeks on either banks of the Thames. There remains a number of wooden screw gunboats to notice, but none of these vessels carry armour, their speed is below par, and, altogether, as fighting vessels, against the gunboats of older na- tions they may be set down as nil in the item of our national defences, but with the cost of their main tenance as of a very serious character. We may ob serve here for the information of the Lords of the British Board of Admiralty that Brazil at the pre sent moment possesses 32 iron-plated iron built gun boats, the smallest weight of armament on board any one being four Whitworth rifled 150-pounder guns, the greatest draught of water of any one 10ft., the average draught of the whole 8 feet, and the minimum speed of the whole ten knots ! The majority of this formidable mosquito fleet are constructed, on the ‘4 box and water-line belt plan"—as it is termed, perhaps somewhat incorrectly—of our Chief Constructor, and the most perfect specimens for carrying capacity, ventilation, 'pee d, manceutring pow er , an d genera l fighting qualifications are two twin-screw vessels built and engined by Messrs. Dudgeon, of Millwall. The Tamar, iron screw troopship, is lying along side the jetty ready for any further service, and the Urgent, iron screw troopship, just returned to Eng- land from a long run in the tropics, is lying in No. 7 dock for examination and repair. Some really magnificent specimens of barnacles from off the bottom of this ship await their lordships' inspection. After the ships in the harbour and dockyard natu rally come the various workshops, the steam fac tory, with its splendid machinery, the foundries, the smithery, the unrivalled engineering pattern shop, &c., nothing of which, however, their Lord ships are supposed to understand, and which pro bably may receive little or no notice on the present occasion. 4 ‘ Extensions of her Majesty's dockyards" is such a high-sounding phrase that it always attracts at tention, and, therefore, we may be sure that mach valuable time will be spent, and possibly wasted, in a very laudable endeavour to master by personal in spection the details of the scheme adopted for the extension of Portsmouth yard. The extent of work in the adopted plan is understood only to embrace part of what was originally proposed, and it cer tainly appears to possess the usual fault of all Go vernment works of the kind—it is only calculated to meet emergencies likely to arise in the present, and most certainly not in the future. Its principal features consist of two entrance locks, five docks, one repairing basin, one rigging basin, and one fitting-out basin. The two locks are designed for 438 ft. each long between the inverts, 100 ft. wide at the coping, 88ft. wide at th e b roa d altar, 40ft. Gin. wide on the floor, and 47ft. Bin. deep. The outer deep dock in line with the two locks will be 4101 t. long from invert to the edge of the broad altar, 100 ft. wide at the 6i and 47ft. Bin. deep. Th e i nvert en trancesw4 df te. 8 oil and. deep.3Bt will ing be, at tidal basin, outer, 82f t . w i de, and At repairing basin, i nner, 80ft. Gin. deep. The docks will be 414 ft. long between the invertste coping, Nf and thetot. at toe ofthsetebprsoaadt head, 100 ft. wide at the a G i i r n i n . gat basin o w o u r l , a c n o d ve 4 r 2 a ft n . oGrinw. ino derkinpgtha.ltaTr,he42rfetp. h from coping. The rigging area wide of a n 2 d 2 4aocfrte.si,nadnedpwt be 1,350 ft. long, 720 ft. and fitting-out basins will be copings are to be 6ft. above high c - h w o a f t elr4oafcrordinary spring tides. Of all this great work—no part of which, way, will receive the Great Eastern—the Lords bthe of y the Admiralty will only see a great waste `of unev en land on the north-cast shore of the harbour and ad joining the dockyard, on which stand a number of brickmaking machines and kilns (the excavations giving capital clay for the purpose), a lofty wall and massive gateway on the right, and on the left the foreshore an d wa t ers or mu d, accor di ng to tide time of the harbour, dotted with red, blue, and yellow flags, with a thick wood of piling running off from the shore into the water and in among the flags. The waste ground is the site of four of the intended new docks, the machi nes and kilns for a t r h e e n c o o w n s b t t r i t s t i c ly tio e n mp o l f oy w e h d ic i h n making the bricks from the clay of the excavations. The wall and gateway on .the right is the prepared enclosure on the land side of the new dockyard, the whole being executed apparently with solidity and good taste. The wood piling which runs out into the mud and water of the harbour from the fore shore on the left is where a specimen wall has been erected to enable a correct judgment to be formed of its suitability. It is a composite wall, 40ft. in height from the floor of the basins, with a baiter of 1 and 8, and in this form very much resembles the form at the Admiralty Pier at Dover. It has a granite coping stone succeeded by a Portland stone facing down to high water neap tides. Below this the facing is of brickwork, with brick through ties of Ift. 9in. thickness, having in the intervals as the " heart" of the work beds of concrete sft. 6in. and 6in. in thickness. The through ties of brick have necessarily hoop iron bondings. The work is of far too extensive a nature in all its parts of basins, locks, docks, &c., to enter further upon here, and we therefore reserve any more detailed notice of it until a future occasion. The entire estimated cost of the work is £1,500,000 of which £195,000, is re quired for this year. Lithographed plans and a schedule of prices have been prepared by the Admi ralty for the guidance of contractors tendering for the works, at a very great cost, the whole being almost bewildering by the multiplicity of details. The works are not to be executed for any specific sum apparently, but according to a schedule of prices. There now remains but to notice the Royal Clarendon Victualling Yard, the Royal Naval Hos pital at Haslar, the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Forton, the Royal Marine Artillery at Fort Cum berland, with their new barracks at Eastney, all of which their Lordships will visit and " inspect," according to the usual official phraseology. Last, but not least important, of the Board's duties at Portsmouth will be their patronage and presence at the ball to be given, as usual, at the King's Rooms, Southsea, in aid of the funds of the Seamen's and Marines' Orphan Schools and the Female Orphan Home ; the official dinner to the chiefs of the ser vice at Portsmouth given by their Lordships on board the Enchantress ; the dinner given by the Port Admiral at the Admiralty-house in the dock yard, and the levee of the First Lord at the Royal Naval College. Railway and other Companies. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. The following circular has been issued to the share and debenture holders of this company, signed by Lord Sondes, the chairman, and Lord Harris, deputy chairman :—" We deeply regret to be under the ne cessity of explaining to you that in' consequence of the state of the money-market, and their yet unde veloped revenue, the company were unable to obtain new loans to replace the debentures (about £400,000) falling due last month, or even to pay the half-year's interest which then became payable on the whole of the company's debentures. Under such circumstances we thought it right to communicate with some of the principal creditors of the company, and also to ap ply to Parliament for powers which would enable the various classes of shareholders, in conjunction with the debenture holders, to raise money and deal with the difficulties of the company in such a man ner as they might deem best. Some of the creditors meanwhile applied to the Court of Chancery to ap point a receiver and manager of the undertaking, upon the plea that it was necessary in order to secure the due application of the funds of the company, and the Court complied with their request, constituting the general manager, Mr. Forbes, and the secretary, Mr. Johnson, the officers of the Court, and em powering them to receive the income of the com pany, and, after payment of working expenses, to hold the residue at the order of the Court. Other creditors pressed upon the Board the propriety of assigning to them all the rolling stock, plant, and moveable chattels of the company for the general benefit of the debenture holders and other creditors of the company, pari passu, in order to prevent their appropriation by any special creditors, and was ac cordingly done. The Board were unsuccessful in their efforts to procure special Parliamentary powers to the debenture and share holders in consequence of the lateness of the session, and the intervention of Parliament cannot now be obtained till next year. Meanwhile the company have to appeal to the for bearance not only of the debenture holders, but of the claimants on the company, including about £700,000 due in respect of land, which comprises a very large quantity of surplus land of great value. The general half-yearly meeting of the company will be held at the Westminster Palace Hotel on Friday, the 31st inst., at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, when the directors would request the attendance not only of the shareholders, but of the debenture holders, desiring to lay before them the fullest in formation in their power ; and at that meeting the directors will suggest that the shareholders and de benture holders should appoint a committee of in quiry, who will be able fully to investigate the affairs of the company, and to give their • opinion upon the course to be hereafter pursued. It is the unanimous desire of the Board to invite the fullest investigation, and when such committee is prepared to make their report the directors will place their appointments in the hands of the shareholders, so as to enable them to reconstruct the Board in such a manner as they may think proper, being ready, nevertheless, to give any assistance the shareholders may desire under the difficulties in which the com pany is placed. Although the Board think it right thus to invite investigation, and to place every power in the hands of the shareholders and deben ture holders, they wish to add the expression of their confidence that by the united action of all par- ties, and the exercise of reasonable forbearance, the difficulties of the company's affairs may be met and overcome, and that the progress of the company in the solidity and expansion of its traffic will not be interfered with, but, by a due arrangement of all interests, the embarrassments may be removed, and the company placed upon a satisfactory and per. manent basis." LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. The South London line of this company was opened for public traffic yesterday. Through trains ran to and from the company's station at London bridge to Loughborough-park, calling at the fol lowing intermediate stations—viz., Rotherhithe, Old Kent-road, Peckham, Peckham Rye, and Den mark-hill. The length of the line is 5 miles 40 chains. The Peckham and Denmark-hill stations are on the Crystal Palace line of the London, Chat ham, and Dover hallway, but the Brighton Com pany's trains run through, the South London line being on one side, and the London, Chatham, and Dover line on the other side of those stations. The time occupied in travelling the whole distance was 20 minutes, while the fares are the same as those charged by the omnibuses. There are 51 trains for first, second, and third-class passengers from Lon don-bridge to Loughborough-park, and the same number of trains from Loughborough-park to Lon don-bridge daily, while on• Sundays there are to be 38 trains from London-bridge to Loughborough park, and the same number from Loughborough park to London-bridge. Arrangements are being made for the ultimate working of the South London Railway trains to and from the Victoria station. MID-KENT. The last ordinary general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Westminster dSimpson e in m a t n h y e a c n h d ai s r e . rious ques chTamhbeerresp;erAtlert.aLte. tions which had arisen between this company and the South-Eastern Company had at length been settled. The negotiations led to an agreement for a final reference of all matters in difference to Mr. John Bullar, whose award had just been received. Under its provisions the South-Eastern Company were to hand to the shareholders in the Mid-Kent Company, and the shareholders were to accept in discharge of the purchase-money of the line, £116,800 of South-Eastern 5 per cent. preference stock of 1865, being at the rate of £36 10s. of that stock for every £25 Aare in the Mid-Kent Company, and giving the shareholders in perpetuity 7s. 6d. per cent. upon their original investment. The stock would be issued to the shareholders by the South- Eastern Company. The award provided for the transfer of all the rights, powers, obligations, and liabilities of the Mid-Kent Railway Company to the South-Eastern Railway Company ; and was ren dered valid and legally binding by an act passed in the session of 1866. In fact, under its provisions the Mid-Kent Company would cease to exist on and after the 14th inst. As the dividendsupon the South Eastern stock were not due until Aug. 1 and Feb. 1 in each year (being payable within 15 days from these dates), the South-Eastern Company had paid the interest on the purchase-money of the line, at the usual rate, to July 31; and the final accounts of the company, made up and audited to the 14th inst., would be forwarded to the shareholders. The directors had only to add that they considered the settlement to be, under allthe circumstances, an ad vantageous one for both companies ; and, in taking leave of the shareholders, congratulated them upon the satisfactory issue to which their undertaking had been brought. The capital account showed that £179,869 had been expended, leaving a balance of £l3l. The revenue account for the seven months ending July 31 authorised a final distribution of £1 per share on 3,200 shares, leaving £74 in the hands of the secretary to meet contingencies. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders upon the be nefit likely to accrue from the arrangement with the South-Eastern Company. The report was adopted, and the dividend of 21 per share was declared. The proceedings concluded with thanks to the chairman and directors, and to the secretary and other officers for past exertions in promoting the interests of the company. to murder Barton ?" We had some ale together in the day, and during the day he asked me if I would go out a-poaching with him. We met Joseph Sed don the same night near the Castle Inn, Chorley. Seddon and me refused to go with Thompson that night to Bawkhouse-pit in Haig. Seddon, Thomp son, and me met together again about half-past 9 at night near Richard Hammill's factory, Chorley. We then came forward to Cowley-lane and then up up the canal bank to Red Rock-bridge. We then went over Red Rock-bridge through one of the Lord's farmyards, and came up to the tram-road which goes to the Bawkhouse pit. On getting to _ _ the pit Thompson said he would do the old -. Barton had denied him of taking game and ordered him off the premises, and told him if ever he came again he would do him. Thomp son went in the cabin, and at this time the engine was running, pumping water. I was on the pit brow, close to the cabin, and Seddon a few yards further off. Barton was laid down on the form in the cabin. Thompson took a crowbar, hold of it with both hands, and raised it to his shoulders, and said, ' Now, you old -. I'll do you.' At the same time he struck him on the forehead with the crowbar and I heard Barton groan. Thompson said, He is not dead.' He then gave him another blow with the bar. After he struck the second blow e never moved. Thompson then got hold of him by the legs and dragged him out of the cabin and chucked him down the slackhole. I moved about six yards further back. Thompson shouted, Is there anybody coming ?' Thompson said to Seddon, What should we do with him ?' Seddon never spoke. Thompson then said, We will put him in the firehole.' Thompson then said to me, He will never be seen no more.' Thompson said, ' I'll chuck about ten shovels of slack on him.' He threw the slack in and closed the doors. I was all of a tremble. We all three, Thompson, Seddon, and me, crossed the field and went on the high road that goes up to Tupper's-hill, and goes on Blackrod-road. Then we came up an old lane. Then we came into the turn pike road and through Adlington to Chorley, and got there about 5 o'clock in the morning. My father asked me where I had been. I did not tell him. My father said to me at night when he came home (Saturday), Keep out of that Thompson's com pany.' He said Thompson was a blackguard. Thomp son had several times been in our house, and my father ordered him out. After Thompson had killed Bar ton he took Barton's watch and chain and put it in his pocket. I had a verge watch of my own. Thomp son said if I would give him my watch and 10s. we could divide Barton's watch between Seddon and me. I refused to do so then. Thompson kept Bar ton's watch a week. He then gave it to Joseph Seddon to pawn. Seddon pawned Barton's watch in the name of John Walworth,' and got a sove reign on it. Thompson got 10s. of the money, and myself and Seddon got ss. each. We then all three went and had a quart or two of ale apiece. Seddon said to me, "The murder will be found out before long." Thompson then said, ' It will never be found out except some of us splits.' " Two days later the prisoner again applied to Peters, and said, " I want to speak to you Mr. Peters. Where is Stepper, because he was with us when the murder was committed ? Thompson and me about three or four days before the murder was committed was poaching beside the paper-mill. Stepper, sometimes called Hopper, was with us. Some calls him Patten. He has an iron patten under his foot. Stepper was in the cabin when Thompson knocked him down. Stepper helped to drag him across the pit brow to the fire-hole. Seddon said, ' What must we do with him ?' and Stepper and Thompson shoved him in the fire-hole." When before the magistrate the prisoner made a statement for the most part repeating the above, and saying, " Thompson was the very first man that ever mentioned murdering anybody. Well, I was present when he murdered Mr. Barton, and no other person murdered him but him." Walton, or " Stepper," implicated in this state ment, was charged with this murder jointly with the prisoner, but in accordance with a suggestion made by his Lordship, it was determined that he should take his trial separately to-morrow, in order that he should not be prejudiced by the reading of these statements, which are not, of course, legal evidence against him. Seddon was in custody, but died in gaol, and Thompson, against whom no corrobora tion of these charges could be found, is at large. For the defence, Mr. Pope said it was impossible to fathom the motives of the human mind leading to the confession of crimes which, in some instances, had never even been committed. Possibly there might have been some motive of this description (such as a desire to be a criminal of a very noto- rious kind) working upon the mind of the prisoner, and that his statement in this case was altogether false. It was a curious fact that three men had made confessions, and the prisoner's was the only one which had been acted upon, the others being obviously false. It might be, therefore, that the prisoner's story was also false, especially remember ing the offer of the reward and pardon. But even if taken to be true, it ,yid not implicate him to the extent of making him an accomplice; and if he took no part in the deed, but merely stood by, dastard though they might think him not to have interfered to protect the deceased, and-criminal not to give in formation, it did not amount to making him an ac complice. If the jury were not satisfied by the con fession that the prisoner was actually a partaker in the murder, they would not, in acquitting, be delivering a weak verdict for the purpose of saving him, but they would be maintaining those principles of law which are so valuable to the Constitution. His Lordship, in summing up, said that he had heard, in the last day of the assizes, some very start ling statements with respect to the regard to be paid to confessions. There might have been one or two extraordinary cases, but they were exceptional. Supposing the jury believed the prisoner's state ment, although it was true that a person merely standing by and taking no part was not an accom plice, if the statement led them to believe that he went out with the actual perpetrators with a com mon design, and afterwards shared the spoil, ne was just as guilty as the others. The jury almost immediately turned round with a verdict of guilty, and his lordship pronounced sentence of death, with hut little preface, saying that he had no desire to inflict unnecessary pain on the prisoner or on himself by dwelling on the details of the crime. It was as satisfactorily proved to his mind as if he had seen it committed by the prisoner with his own eyes, and if punishment of death was ever to be inflicted never had there occurred a case more worthy of it than the present. He, therefore, held out no hope of a respite, and warned the pri soner to do his best to make his peace speedily with God. Later in the afternoon the counsel for the Crown stated that they had determined to abandon the prosecution against Walton, on the ground of an insufficiency of evidence to implicate him in the murder, his own confession being one of a very dubious kind, made when he was drunk, and con tradicted by himself as soon as he became sober. A verdict of Acquittal was, therefore, taken. " TEN PER CENT.," which a few weeks ago was only a nuisance, is becoming a calamity, checking not only speculation, but ordinary trade. No ono will do anything he can help while he has 10 per cent. to deduct from his receipts and to pay for his loans, the country bankers think it necessary to hoard, and the Continent refuses to believe that England has not suspended cash payments. Exchange was on Friday a little less unfavourable to Great Britain, but the Bank still considers it unsafe to reduce its rate, and the Government is still unwilling to sanction a suspension of the act without the restriction fixed by Mr. Gladstone. It is probable, therefore, that until confidence has been somewhat restored on the Continent, that is pos sibly for some weeks, the exceptional rate will still be re tained.—Spectator. LADVERTISEMENT.]-110110 Way'S Ointment and Pills.— Counsel and Help.—When diarrhoea, dysentery, or cholera prevails in any district it behoves every ono to be watchful and to have at hand the means of checking those symptoms of general uneasiness, nausea, and vertigo which foretell the threatening malady. 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The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the hotel, West Strand the Hon. J. Byng in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, said he hoped they would consider them satisfactory. They had had to pay £5OO more for loans, &c., and the prices of provisions had been higher, but on the whole he thought their operations had been very satisfactory. He believed it was owing to the exertions of their able manager they had been successful in an appeal case by which they would save £2OO. The vacancy caused by the death of their esteemed colleague the late Mr. J. Anderson had been filled up by the ap - pointment of Mr. J. Barlow, in conformity with the agreement with the South Eastern Railway Company. It would not be necessary for him to trouble them with any further observations, and he trusted they would go on in the same satisfactory manner. He was glad to say the hotel was in a remarkably healthy position, and every attention was given to drainage and other matters to keep it so. ' Mr. W. G. THOMSON seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and it was agreed to unani mously. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, free of income-tax, for the half-year ending the 30th June last was declared, payable on the 31st instant. The retiring directors—the Hon. J. Byng and Mr. W. G. Thomson—were unanimously re-elected, and also Mr. G. Hughes and Mr. G. Smith, the re tiring auditors. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. ASSIZES INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, Aug. 13. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) MURDER. Thomas Grime was placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of James Barton, at Haigh, on the 2d of January, 1863. Mr. Aspinall, Q.C., and Mr. Fitz Adam were counsel for the prosecution; and Mr. Pope defended the prisoner. This was the case of the "Wigan murder," which has created very great interest throughout the dis trict, in consequence of the peculiar atrocity of the crime and the mystery in which it continued to be so long enveloped. James Barton, with his sons, was an engine-tenter at the Bawk-house Colliery, between Wigan and Chorley, and working the ni g ht in the eve n i ng, b e i ng met on being at wor k. H e went shift alone on the night of the 2d of Ja nuar y, 1863, t t o h ehis work pumping at 60 , engi e n l e oc o k nl his way by his son John, who was then leaving work, and he was never seen alive again. At half past 3 in the morning, when James Watman went to relieve the deceased, he was unable to find him anywhere about. He found the furnaces low, the cabin adjoining empty and in darkness, and the fire there nearly out. He was not immediately alarmed, but on knocking up the fire in the cabin his atten tion was attracted by part of a burnt muffler on the floor, and, on looking further, he found a crowbar with blood upon it, and splashes and finger-marks of blood upon the floor and walls. He then went to seek the assistance of the deceased's son James, and together they made a further search. In the first furnace they found the ashes very white, as if a gpantity of wood had been burnt in it, and among them a thigh bone, arm bone, and part of a skull, and the ashes themselves were greasy and glued together by some substance which an analytical che mist afterwards pronounced to be blood. There were also found some burnt buttons, shoe nails, a waistband-buckle, such as the deceased was in the habit of wearing, and two brace buckles. There was also blood upon the dead plate of the furnace. It was proved that Barton was wearing a watch that night at his work. These discoveries being made, it was clear that Barton had been murdered, but, although a reward and free pardon to any accomplice (not the actual murderer) were offered by Government for a very long time, no clue to the guilty persons was ob tained. After the lapse of a year, however, in con sequence of a statement made by a person named Walton (called also " Stepper") that if the canal were dragged the watch would be found there, fur ther notoriety was drawn to the case, and, after that had been fruitlessly performed, a minute description of the watch, with the number and name of the maker, was published in the newspapers. Upon reading this a brother of the prisoner, James Grime, at once recognised it as a watch which had come into his possession and been dealt with in the fol lowing way, and he at once took steps to recover possession of it and deliver it to the police. It ap peared that Grime, the father, James, and the pri soner lived together at Chorley, and worked in a factory there. A few weeks after the time of the murder the prisoner produced to his brother James a watch wrapped in a handkerchief, and, saying it was one for which he had suffered 12 months at Liverpool, asked him to pledge it for him. The maker'S name was " Robert Crosskill, Liverpool," and the number " 17844." The watch was pledged by him in the name of "John Walworth," on the 7th of April, and some time after the prisoner asked his brother to apply for a " stop ticket," he having lost the original ticket. This ticket being also lost by the prisoner he told his brother that he might get the watch out if he could, and keep it, and James Grime got it and sold it to a man called Akers. Upon reading the pub= lished description of Barton's watch he at once re cognised it as one he had sold, and, getting it back from Akers, delivered it to the police. It was proved beyond question to be the deceased's watch by the watchmaker who had repaired it for him, and who had the name and number in his book. The father of the prisoner was also able to say that on the night of the murder the prisoner returned home to Chorley between 5 and 6 in the morning. Upon obtaining these clues an officer of the Lan cashire police named Peters presented himself at the Dartmoor prison, where the prisoner was then serv ing a sentence for another felony, and charged him with the murder at the pit. The prisoner said nothing then, but on being brought back in the rail way he made the following statement : Det William Thompson about a fortnight before the murder of Barton near my parent's house at Eaves lane, Chorley." He said " Wilt thou come with me SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—German wars have always had one great and lamentable peculiarity. They outlive the object for which they were begun, and conceive within themselves other wars, taking continually a fresh departure just when the old matter of dispute seems to be settled or exhausted. The vast extent of the country, its innumerable subdivisions, the strange variety of races and tongues annexed to it, and its geographical situation, bordering on all the principal States of Europe, may in some degree account for this strange and sinister destiny. So now, just as it would seem that the fortune of arms had decided and negotiation had ratified the decision of the existing causes of dispute, Germany is menaced with a new danger, and a fresh champion descends into the arena, to demand concessions in the very moment of victory, and to mortify the pride of a brave and susceptible people just as the long sought for Unity seems within her grasp. Whatever share the Em peror of the French may have had in promoting, or in seeking to prevent, the war, no one can doubt that its result has been unforeseen and is peculiarly unwelcome and distasteful to him. He hoped to play the easy and glorious part of mediator between two great monarchies worn out with a long and equal struggle, and he finds himself, instead of this, confronted by a State flushed with conquest, and issuing from the war far stronger than it entered on it. The unfortunate result of a foreign policy which looked for the aggrandisement of France from the discords of her neighbours, and sought, according to the maxims of M. Thiers, to make and keep:them weak in order that she might be strong, has been to erect on the frontiers of France two great States on the east and south-east, each formed out of the aggregation of smaller States, each animated by a strong feeling of national unity, and each animated with no very kindly feeling to a powerful and encroaching neighbour. No one can wonder that the Emperor Napoleon views this state of things with much discontent, and seeks an escape from a position which, though not really inimical to his interests, is mortifying to his pride. No one, then, has been surprised to learn that the Emperor of the French, after the great events which have just occurred in Germany, has called upon Prussia, just as he called upon Italy, for a rectification of his territorial frontiers to compensate France for the suddenly increased power of her Eastern neighbour ; and no one will be surprised to learn that the pro posal has been rejected, with the intimation that Prussia cannot yield German territory to France. If the Emperor Napoleon meant to provoke war, the measure was well adapted for that purpose ; if he meant to obtain his object by amicablo concession, the opportunity was singularly ill-chosen. To ask tribute from a conqueror flushed with a victory of unexampled celerity and completeness would be scarcely more presumptuous than to demand a cession of territory. The public law of Europe has never sanctioned the principle which the Emperor acted on in the case of Nice and Savoy—that whenever any neighbour of France gains an accession of power France obtains a right to indemnification at the ex pense of the successful State. Such a doctrine tends to make every change in the internal affairs of a nation a pretext for further change, builds on do mestic revolutions claims almost sure to produce foreign wars. The notion, so often proclaimed by M. Thiers from the Tribune, and unfortunately adopted by the Emperor, that the safety of France consists in the weakness and disunion of her neighbours, instead of in their reliance on her moderation and justice and their conviction of her strength, is one which no other nation on the Continent pretends to apply to its own case, and which thinly veils the desire for territorial extension under the pretence of an over anxious solicitude for a safety which is not really menaced. If war is intended, never was a moment worse chosen. The French nation is going through the course we seem to have accomplished. It is weaned from the aspirations of barren glory, and seeks in the arts of peace that happiness which it has not found on so many glorious fields of battle in every quarter of the globe. It desires peace, mode rate liberty, and, above all things, sound finance and equitable taxation, and peace would be endan gered for objects so paltry that they would be dearly bought by the loss that the very apprehension of war will create. As regards Prussia, a demand for the frontiers of 1814 is both ungenerous and unwise. If Prussia were ever so anxious to meet the wishes of France, such a concession is at this moment most difficult. She owes her splendid success mainly to the fact that she is not only the impersonation of force, but the embodiment of a principle. That principle is the unity of the German race under one political organisation, the amalgamation of the small States into which the Fatherland is parcelled out, and the making all Germany one land and one peo ple. How can it be expected that a Minister de voted to this single idea can, at the very moment of its accomplishment, in the face of all Germany and all Europe, cede to a foreign Power a portion of German territory ? Such an act would in itself half und) all that has been done, and convince the Ger man nation that its destinies were in unworthy hands. It is not impossible, indeed, that the pro posal of the Emperor of the French to appropriate to himself a portion of German territory is so far acceptable to a statesman of the fearless and aspir ing temper of Count Bismark that it strengthens his position. Without the pale of the great State which he is forming there are many States—Baden, Ba varia Wurtemburg—whose people, whatever may be the sentiments of their rulers, would cordially sympathise with Prussia if involved in a war not of her own seeking for the sake of preserving the unity and integrity of the German territory. Nay, we doubt whether the eight million Germans comprised in the heterogeneous Austrian Empire would not find themselves drawn by an irresistible sympathy to the side of their recent conquerors, and whether it would be possible for the Emperor of Austria, if he were so minded, to throw his power into the scale of France. Such a war would be the best justifica tion for all that Prussia has done; it would enlist on her side the wavering opinion of Europe, and consolidate the work of this year into a solid and durable fabric. France has nothing to fear from any foreign enemy, and such a war would be re garded only as a pretext for aggression. Even Russia, which looks with so much displeasure on the aggrandizement of her hitherto humble and obse quious neighbour, would hardly draw the sword to strengthen France at the expense of Germany, and to irritate a powerful nation on her frontiers in or der to please an old adversary between whom and her an united Germany is the best and surest bul wark. The Emperor of the French has for once been baffled by events which no one foresaw. It is the lot of man, from which even his sagacity is not exempt. But he would turn a small check into a great calamity if he sought to heal one evil by another, and to plunge France into all the miseries of war in order to convince the world that he had not been mistaken. In politics as in business, it is often a good thing to know when to make a loss, and a check patiently encountered is often the parent of a more favourable opportunity. HERALD.—We are not yet certainly informed as to the exact nature of the demand which the Em peror Napoleon is said to have addressed to the King of Prussia. It is possible that, as yet, only a sug gestion has been made, which has not taken the shape of a demand at all. In the very word " demand" there is something threatening to the peace of Europe. It might not be quite safe for France, whose army is not yet provided with breech-loading guns, to claim in categorical terms a cession of territory, however small, from a Power which has so recently vindicated its character for military prowess. Such a requisition must be distinctly complied with, or distinctly refused. The Prussians, in their present triumphant humour, might think, and pro bably do think, such compliance a humiliation. A refusal, on the other hand, would be a rebuff for France which the Emperor of the French could hardly choose but resent. It may seem a monstrous thing that there should be a possibility of two great nations going to war about an insignificant patch of territory such as that of Saarlouis. But we know that more trifling causes have led to wars as great as that between France and Prussia would be at this moment ; and when the pride of a nation is roused, or its national honour seems at stake, a question of a square mile may put armies in motion, may lead to the overthrow of a dynasty, or the re modelling of a continent. If this claim to Saar louis—whether or not including two fortresses to be demanded of Belgium, and the castle and territory of Landau, in Rhenish Bavaria—is put forward only as a suggestion on the part of the French Go vernment, it will be open to the Governments con cerned to take it into consideration, or reject it, as they may think advisable. If they reject what has not been asked, but only insinuated, they cannot, we should imagine, give umbrage, or any fair ground of quarrel, to Napoleon 111. If it is put forward as a demand the case is altered. We put Belgium out of the question. She is not strong enough to refuse any demand made by France, but any compulsion put upon her will become a matter of European im portance. France can need no guarantees in the direction of Belgium, and can very well afford to do without Phillippeville and Marienburg. As Rhenish Bavaria is now completely under the heel of Prussia, who has concluded an armistice with Bavaria, but may press her advantage against that State if it should prove contumacious, the question of Landau lies in the same nutshell with that of Saarlouis. We may feel pretty sure that if France has formerly demanded the cession of one or both of these towns it is because she feels sure that the demand will be complied with without a murmur. Tier confidence can only have arisen from the fact of a distinct understanding to that effect between the Prussian and French Governments before the commencement of this war. If no such understand ing exists the demand for compensation is as rash as it is unjustifiable. France is running the risk of a collision with a Power which has already made itself the terror of the Continent. Frenchmen tell us that France, with her conscription, can only raise an army of 600,000, out of a population of 3 7 millions, while Prussia has brought into the field 700,000 men, recruited from 18 millions. If the area of Prussian conscription is to be doubled, what may not France have to fear ? If the premises are admitted, a far weightier conclusion may be deduced from them. If a strong Germany is so great a dan ger to France it is absurd to allege that the acquisi tion of Saarlouis, or even of Landau, can provido any . sort of safeguard against this terrible neighbour. We are told that on Wednesday next, the 15th. August, the Emperor's fete day, we shall be fully enlightened as to the intentions of the Government of France. In the meanwhile we need take little or no account of the vague statements which have been afloat during the last few days. The North Germali Times is possibly justified in characterising as, " absurd " the claim of France to " compensation on account of the political changes in Germany for, with Austria excluded, we believe that no pos sible German Power can be, in point of numbers, a match for France. But the North German Times, though reputed an official organ, may not this time speak the sentiments of the King of Prussia. Dis posed to rest satisfied on the laurels which he has reaped that potentate may not be indisposed to paY a small price for that neutrality which was so marked that it amounted almost to partisanship. W cannot help thinking that if this " rectification"o l frontier has been claimed it has been longpromisedt and is an understood thing between France an d Prussia. The phrase which refers us to the frontiers of 1814 is so vague that it has tended in an extra ordinary manner to disquiet the public mind. Th e abortive congress of Chatillon-sur-Seine, which met in February and March of that year. separated with out arriving at auy conclusion. Tne allies at this time proposed that France should be restricted to her limits before the Revolution. France, in fact, held the frontier of the Rhine until the Treaty of Paris in May of that year restricted her to the, limits of 1792. After this she retained the frontier fortresses which are now in question. After the battle of Waterloo the allies made several large de mands on French territory, which were all passed over with the exception of those fortified positions which were ceded to the Low Countries and to, Germany. Of the two places given to Prussia an d Bavaria one was fortified by Vauban in 1680, the other in 1681. Landau, especially was conspicuous in the wars of Louis XIV. It was taken by Tallard in 1703, by Marlborough in 1704. Ceded again to the French, it was taken by the Austrians in 1743. It was besieged unsuccessfully by the German allies in 1793, confirmed to France by the Treaty 0 I 1814, and again taken from her in 1815. The Government of the Second Empire has long desireo to regain the possession of these fortresses, leSs on account of their strategical importance, which after all is insignificant, than because their loss is re garded as a sort of badge of the humiliation which France suffered in 1815 at the hands of a European coalition. The ambition to retrieve the consequenc es of that great disaster is intelligible enough, a nd bY no means discreditable to that Government. W t . ° trust, however, that it will be advised to keep su ch pretensions in abeyance, rather than press them a' the risk of a general war in Europe. COUNTRY MARKETS. CIIELMSFORD—AuG. 10. With a fair supply the market for old wheat was about the same as last week, with a limited trade. A few so!: pies of new wheat were on offer, and a fine sample of w hite was sold at 58s per qr. Spring corn of all descriptions ro mained without alteration. Wheat, old white....46s 57s Peas, Partridge 403 426 new .4ls f.6s White .." old red 4is 528 11,ilin,g ... 8 3 / - 0 6: 0 new. 408 51s Dun.... ..... ...38 3 : A I Barley 25s 33s dit o, new....- --0 7 5 1 1 Chevalier --s ---8 Beans, Tick, 01d......408 , Grind.ng 9 5s 30s new.... 3 88 42 Malt sBs bOS Barrow ticks. 423 4,1,3 Chevalier 6"s 62a new.... 403 V ) , Oats ... 2.8 26s Mazagan . 383 7" GRANTHAM—AvG. 11. To-day wheat was in tolerable supply, and met a roo d ?' rate demand at previous rates. Barley very limited at 1 3 1 prices. Not much doing in beans, at prices in favou r ° buyers. Peas unaltered. Old white wheat, 53s to 58s; old red, 50s to 53s ; to white, 52s to 5Gs ; new red, 47s to 52s per 36 stone. 133r ley for malting, 36s to 42s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 33s p . O l 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 328; new, 258 to 30s per 2' stone. Beans, old, 48s to 51s; new, 44s to 46s per 38 state' Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. COLCIIESTER--Atra. 11. The weather during the week has been unsettled, lvi t ' L . some heavy storms, A few samples of wheat on offer, quality middling, but not fine. Sun is much wanted 1 mature the crops. The little old wheat offering was s G , at fully late rates. Spring corn scarce and in good &Mall' 4!5 Wheat, white Us .58s 1 Beans, Mazagan., „„404 - 6 , red s7s As 1 Middle and smalt,_42s 4 ,, Barley ... - 12 3 O(M ..... ...—S -6 I grey ...36s NOTTINGHAM—AuG. 11. Our market to-day was tol , 2rably supplied with wheat, and there was a steady demand at lull rates. Barley altered. Oats wero a meagre show, and unchanged 1 value. Beans a heavy trade at late rates. or Old white wheat, 35s to 60s; old red, 54s to 5Gs • 1:1.._ white, 56s to 62s ; new red, 51s to 56s per 36 stone. old, 31s to 35s ; new, 25s to 31s per 21 stone. Beans. 0,;‘,1 Ms to 53s ; new, 48s to 51s per 38s stone. Fino fl o ur, 0 " to 41s per sack. ABERDEEN—AUG. 10. ale The attendance at market to-day Was small, And lie business doing ; farmers' stocks, indeed, are now ge tti : low, and there is little to offer. Prices remain unalter° ' White wheat 46s Od to 48s Od > hel. Red wheat 45s Od to 48s 04 621 bus Potato oats 27s Od to 27s 6d 24s Od to 24s 64 " M I11)1151'4 Common oats Bore 30s Od to 31s Od t 53th ii b u shel' Barley 32s Od to 32s 6df Oatmeal 19s 6d to 20s Od ?boll of 280Itb• Flour, fine 38s Od to 39s Od ? sack of 28°' KIRKCALDY—Aua. 11. l e y. Good supply of wheat, small of oats, and no ,---- Wheat in favour of sellers. Oats unchanged. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 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