The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-31 00:00:00

TILE L,ITE FATAL ACCIDENT ON TDB SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY. D'ariug the whole of yesterday Colonel Yolland, I the Gor, ernment Inspector of Railways, with Mr. Beat'i e, Mr. Godstone, and Mr. Strass, having charge of the traffic, locomotive, and engineering de - L iartments of the South-Western Railway, were bgasily engaged at the scene of the late fearful acci- Zent in endeavouring to discover the causes which led to this mournful catastrophe. The result of their inquiries and personal examination will of course only be known in detail at the coroner's inquest, to be held this day at Wimbledon, on the body of Dr. Baly, F.R.S., and Phy sician Extraordinary to the Queen, who was Pilled instantaneously. What particulars mad 'oe elicited by the jury to find a cause for the accident, it is of course impossible to say, but up to yesterday even ing, in spite of the most rigid investigation, not a clue had been gained. which could in any manner account for it. In fact, it seems to be as mysterious and inexplicable as that on the Great Northern a few years since, in which the Hon. Mr. Clive and other passengers were killed. The rails and per- manent way are so free front injury, that it has not been necessary to repair or replace a single thing ; the gauge was found to be perfect, the sleepers un injured; and, in fact, since Monday night the ordi nary traffic has passed every hour of the day over the name spot where, but for the hideous ruin of caYriages lying below the embankment, there is nothing to indicate that one of the most fearful railway accidents of the year has occurred there.' The spot where the carriages were thrown over is about the worst part of the line at which such an aecident could have occurred, and the only wonder is how any of the passengers escaped with their lives at all. Aboat a mile and a half below Wimbledon, and a half from Malden, the main line is carried along an embankment, 25 feet in height. .At this spot the branch line to Epsom and Leather head diverges to the left, of course on an embank ment of the same height. Close to the angle caused by the junction of the two embankments a high road passes from Malden to Kingston, so that two railway bridges are necessary—one for the Epson line, crossing the road; and one for the main Ewa, close alongside. It was at this latter bridge that the worst part of the accident took place, the 'cause of which still remain in such total obscurity. For some 30 yards before the train reached the points there are unmistakeable evidences on the ballast and sleepers of one or two wheels being off the rail on the inside. The deeply-cut marks place this !act beyond a doubt. Yet, most extraordinary as it may seem, though these marks are inside the rail on the right, there are no marks to show that the corresponding wheels were off on the other side. ilow one or two wheels could have got inside the rail on the right, yet all the wheels on the'left - keep their places, is a mystery, especially as the gauge remains accurate in its width. These marks on the right hand side continue up to the points of the Epsom junction, where it is evident that the wheel or wheels which were off came in contact 'with the point, breaking off about 5 or 6 inches of the iron, and the jerk caused by this, no doubt, threw •several of the carriages off the metals, for after pass ing the points there are marks of many wheels being off on both the right and left hand rails. Still the train kept on the line on the edge of the steep em bankment for some. 50 yards further than the junc tion, and till abreast of the bridge over the Malden and Kingston road. There the engine driver states that he got a severe jerk, and the engine flew for ward, Looking back he saw that it had broken from the tender, which was in the act of jumping the parapet of the bridge down into the road. In another second two first class carriages, one second class, and a van were swung over the embankment at different places, one after another, and were smashed to pieces. The last first class carriage, though not on the rails, fortunately did not go over the steep embankment, but, after running on the ballast between the up and down lines for some little distance, at length fell over on the up line. Under this carriage poor Dr. Baly was found muti lated in the most awful manner. His death must have been perfectly instantaneous. The engine driver, seeing the fearful nature of the accident, acted with great presence of mind, and, without stopping for a second, let his engine run on at full speed for some few miles, when he pulled up, and waited for the up express from Southampton, due in London at 6 p.m., and then expected every mi nute. In a:minute or two it came up at full speed, and was stopped by the engine driver with the red signal lamp. But• for this in one or two minutes more it would have reached the junction, and come full upon the carriage lying across the up line, and very probably have gone over the embank ment like the rest, when the loss of life would have been aernetbing fearful to think of. Having stopped this train, the engine driver again pushed on his engine at sped to Kingston, where he pro cured .medical assistance, communicated with the South-Western authorities at Waterloo by tele graph, and stopped the down traffic. The news of the disaster, however, was not known in London till after three other trains had been despatched. Had there been a telegraph station at either Malden or Wimbledon, it would have been known almost directly. Fortunately, however, it was known sufficiently early at Wimbledon to prevent any down trains passing, and all traffic having been stopped, the work of getting such of the wounded as could be moved back to London was at once commenced. Dr. Baly, as we have stated, was found dead; under a first-class carriage on the up line. His head was so crushed that the body is scarcely recognisable. The flesh was stripped from t hie right thigh, and the left thigh and leg fractured. A piece of iron of some .1-;ed seems also to have been forced through the head above, and into the right eye, apparently crushing it in its socket. In the presence of such awful injuries it is a gloomy coneolation to think that death was instant and so far without suffering. It is said that evidence will prove that Dr. Italy, when he found the carriage off the line, opened the door end jumped out. His body was foend ander a first class carriage, all the the doors of - which were locked. His untimely death is a most severe loss to the medical profession, of which he was one of the most eminent members. He Was travelling to Guildford to attend a consul tation when the accident took place. The number of those seriously, and some it is feared fatally, injured by the unfortunate occur rence is unusually large.. Mr. Taylor, an extensive lincndraper at Portsea, was so badly crushed about the back and:ribs, that it was impossible for him to bear the pain of removal to a London hospital. He was, therefore, taken at once to the Mansell Arms, a tavern close adjoining , the Wimbledon station. Yeaterday he still remained in a condition of the most intense suffining, and scarcely any hopes arc entertained of his recovery. Miss Power, daughter of Col. Power, of Talbot-square, Hyde-park, was brought up to SL Thomas's Hospital with Mr. Pullinger and Mr. Miall. Miss Power is most seriously injured about the head, so likewise is Mr. Pullinger, and Mr. Miall has several ribs broken and is otbei-Wise dangerously injured internally. All these are in a dangerous condition, though we are glad to say that up to yesterday they were pro gressing fairourably. A Mr. Turner and a Mr. Ford had each of them ribs broken, though other vise not too- much injured to prevent their being conveared to their own homes. Mr. Pewtress, of Graccchissh.street, has received some most serious and dreadful scalp wounds, and, though able to be removed to his own home, is still in a condition of danger. Mr. , Howell and Mr. Harris, both of Ports mouth, and Dr. Wyatt, of Southsea, were m uc h their homee. contused mad shaken, has were able to pro cee d t o When the place where the accident occurred is considered it is' alm os t marvellous how any es ca p e d with, their lives. All the car r iages are nearly smashed to 'pieces, and every one is turned com pletely round, facing towards Londonth e site direction to whi c h th ey oppo were going at the time. The tender of the e ng i ne i s b roken to pieces, 'th e tank being completely separated from the wheels, and both parts are turned round towards London, like the others. From this circumstance it would appear that, after leaving the rails, each carriage swung completely round as it plunged over the bank. It is an astonishing thing that neither the : ;t 7 rZr!P7`7t4l4 . -, driver nor fireman 'Was on the tender at the time,' as the little strip of me t a l b e tween the engine and I tender scarcely gives standing room; II id they been on the tender, they, too, would have met in stant death ; and then nothing would have stopped the Southampton up express from crushing through the ruins of the carriages. It is stated that the distance signal at this junc tion was not alight at the time of the accident. This, however, is a sad mistake. The distance signal was alight, but when the signalman saw the fearful accident that occurred, he dashed the lever back to turn on the red, or danger, signal to stop all aown trains, and then ran to render what as sistance he could. It is supposed that in the ex citement of the moment he threw back the lever with such force as in turning on the red signal to jerk it out. All these matters, however, will be fully sifted in the enquiry before the coroner to-day. CITY COURT OF SEWERS. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers for the city of London, held at Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Christie, the chairman of the Commis sion, presiding, a question of considerable public interest, especially as affecting the poorer classes, was brought incidentally under discussion, turning upon the large quantities of diseased and putrid meat exposed for sale, week after week, in the city markets. For years, week after week, Dr. Letheby, the medical officer, has brought this matter under the consideration . of the Court, but particularly of late, the practice of exposing meat unfit for human food for sale having been greatly on the increase, and yesterday he called especial attention to the subject. He reported on the state of 200 houses that had been inspected during the week, and he submitted a list of 71 places for sanitary improve. ment in various particulars; He likewise reported that during the week the officers had seized 3,6291b5., or nearly a ton and three quarters, of meat, in the city markets, as unfit for human food. 1,1041b5. were seized in Newgate-market by Mr. Fisher, 619 in Leadenhall-market by Mr. David son, and 1,966 in Aldgate and in Tyler's-market and elsewhere by Mr. Newman. Of these amounts, 3,3471b5. were seized on account of disease, chiefly rotten sheep that ought not to have been sent to the city markets, and 2541b5. were from animals that had died from natural causes. "It is high time," he added, "that some vigorous measures should be taken in order to check this dangerous trade, for it is not enough to seize the unwholesome meat which is sent for food to the city market, but it is necessary also to punish the dealers who sell it." "No one," he continued, " can estimate the amount of mischief caused by the sale of such food, for not only is the meat deficient in nutritive power, but it is likewise charged with powerful elements of disease. The poor are the chief sufferers from this kind of food, for the rich are net likely to use it except it be in the doubtful form of sausages. To the poor, however, it is offered at such'a price—less than ld, a pound—that they are tempted to purchase it, and using it, with their vital powers already prostrated by cold and want, the morbific effects of it are quickly manifested, and are allowed to have their fullest development. The results, therefore, often are either a low putrid or typhoid condition of the system, or acute irritation of the stomach and bowels. Ta king into considera tion the danger arising from the use of such food, and the necessity for putting a stop to the sale of it, it has been thought advisable that proceedings should be taken against the dealers, under the Nuisances Removal Act, instead of your own Sewers Act, because the penalties are five times greater. I trust that the public interests will in this way be protected." The mortality returns for the week are still excessively high. Instead of an average of 63 deaths in the week, there have been 90, the same as in the preceding week ; indeed, the total mortality of the last three weeks has been 275 instead of 188—a number which is just 46 per cent. above the average—about one-third of the deaths in the week were among children of less than five years of age, and another third among old persons of 60 and upwards. As in the preced ing fortnight the chief causes of death have been diseases of the respiratory organs-22 deaths were bronchitis,7 from pneumonia, and 10 from phthisis. Only 11 deaths were occasioned by diseases of the 1 zymotic class, but of these fourwere due to measles, and three to whooping cough. Seventy births were registered in the week, and of these 40 were boys and 30 girls. Dr. Abraham, adverting to the re port, contended that the court would be wanting in its duty to the public in this very serious mat ter if it did not publish the names of tho persons from whom the diseased and putrid meat in ques tion had been seized. Dr. Letheby, at his request, ran over the names of those persons, some 30 in number, but it was afterwards elicited by Mr. H. Lowman Taylor, from Newman, one of the inspec tors of meat to the commission, that several of the persons froth whom the meat was taken had, of their own motion, last week, and on several pre vious occasions, called his attention to diseased or putrid meat in their possession, and that it was upon their voluntary statements that he had seized it; and upon that stite of facts Deputies Pewtress,Far rar, Harrison, Davis, Alderman Dakin, Mr. Sim monds, and other members of the commission, sub mitted that it would be cruel to publish the names of the salesmen implicated in the matter from, per haps, no fault of their own, but from the inno cent recipients of diseased meat sent them from the country by persons who were the really guilty par ties, and which salesmen, moreover, had them selves, on finding that part of the meat forwarded to them was diseased, come voluntarily forward and given notice of the fact to the inspectors. This argument appeared to meet with the general assent of the Court, and the more so on the in spector being further questioned, it was matter for doubt whether some of the salesmen had actu ally exposed for sale the meat which was taken from them in consideration of its diseased or putrid condition. Mr. H. Lois man Taylor contended that those who sent up diseased animals for sale in London were most to blame, and that it was they whom the Court ought to punish: Alderman Dakin submitted that a publication of n ames should only follow a legal conviction for the offence of ex posing for sale meat unfit for human food. Dr. Abraham reminded the Court that this practice had been going on for years in the city markets ; that week after week Dr. Letheby had called their attention to it, and that it was only when a publi cation of names was suggested that all that morbid sympathy for the offenders was exhibited by some members of the commission. Dr. Letheby had more than once told them that diseased meat in large quantities was regularly sold in the city markets at a penny a pound to poor people ; and he (Dr. Abraham) contended it was a duty incum bent on the Court in this matter to protect a class of the community who were powerless to protect themselves. Dr. Letheby said the fact that such large quantities of diseased meat came regularly into the city markets from week to week showed that there was a demand for it. On Saturday nights it was sold to the poor at Is. for 141 b., and he urged the Court to do what in them lay to put a stop to such an iniquitous system. Eventually, on the motion of Mr. IL L. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Charles Young, it was resolved that the weekly returns of the inspectors of meat should in future distinguish between salesmen who themselves gave information of meat in their possession being un fi t for tlismade he inspectors ascertain r t a i a the food and those who did not, and that shouldien n al a i no o c ases sf which sender, e seizure w ith se the ' a, p ro secut ion, view to in n the ton, and if it was refused, to report the fact in r weekly ' tl • returns. The Court then adj ourned. ld [AnvEirrisEmENT.]—The difficulties and dangers of bringing up infants by hand or w,et nurses have been en tirely cvercome by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Feed, which feeds and strengthens, and removes all those t little pains and irr egu l ar i t i es infants are so subject The' following letter speaks volumsS:—" Archdeacon of Ross, Ross Skibereen. Grammar S c h oo l , S tevenage, 16th 1850.' Gentlemen,—l think it b u t common justice to you Dec.,o state that I have used 1)u Barry's Revalenta Arabica for the last four months, during which time our infant has never had disordered bowels, from which it had suffered much during the previous six months, whilst ' bein nurse d, known of Your though every care was tal:".en to prevent it. Had I value:Jib food Bowle r it would . have saved nay infant n:aeh pain, and me, also, the heavy expense of a 'et nurse.—l am, &c., Robert Ambler." Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetueAe di seas es ; t h e i r anno y ance , di sappointment, and 'expense may be avoided by using Du Barry's Food Welch, at a few pence per day, saves 5C times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, w,thout purging, constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. .Andrew Ure, MD., P.R.S. Dr Harvey, D r . W urzer , Dr. Shorland, Dr. Campell. Let invalids avo id th e fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences..Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of.ehancery under a, penalty of i:5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his Agents ; and the pretences that Nevili has a patent for Ara; ca Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent a.veraterly fake. No canister isigennine without the' name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, regent-street, in, full, o n th e seal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins llb. 28, 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lls.; 121 b. 225.; 241b.405. The 121 b. and 2411. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post -office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re. gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; Abbit., 60, Geseechu rc h_ s t ree t ;4, Cheapside; and 150, ox bardstreet ; 330 and 4.51, Strand; 49 and. 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 1, Finsbur Pavement ; Phillips and Co. tea7 d e( deng; Petty Wood Y d Co , Sin City; at 127, High' Holbeirr; aucfall grq g cers, ti THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _EVENING, JANUARY 3l, 1861, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Tan. 30. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Richard Corrie Bache, a gentlemanly looking man, bordering on 70 years of age, was charged before Alderman Sir IL W. Carden, who sat for the Lord Mayor, with embeztling the nominal sum of £42 9s. 6d., re ceived by him on account of Mrs. Elizabeth Grate wood Tull, of Charlton Villa, Chertsey, on the stli of January, 1859, and also with embezzling va rious moneys, amounting to nearly £6,000, from 1848 down to the present time. From 1852, until towards the end of last year, the prisoner was a member of the Court of Com mon Council for the ward of Langbourn. Sir R. Carden asked if he had engaged any at torney to defend him. The prisoner said he had an attorney, Mr. Red path, of Walbrook, but he had no means of com municating with him. The Alderman kindly deferred the investiga tion until a message could be sent to Mr. Redpath, and eventually Mr. Wontner at a moment's notice, attended to watch the inquiry on the part of the prisoner. I Mr. Lewis said he appeared for Mrs. Tull, the principal in a rope manufacturing firm at 153, Fenchurch-street, with which the pri soner had been connected for nearly forty years as manager • for the greater part of that time, and the most implicit confidence had been reposed in him. The complainant's husband, Mr. Tull, died in 1851, and from that time, the business being continued by Mrs. Tull, still greater confi dence was reposed in him. One of the duties of the prisoner was to send a weekly statement to her of the receipts and payments in respect of the business; but of late, his accounts having excited suspicion, an accountant was called in, and the result of an investigation by him was the discovery of a defi ciency amounting to between £5,000 and £6,000, for which the prisoner had not accounted. Before the prisoner was given into custody an opportunity was afforded him of explaining the matter, if it were susceptible of explanation. At first he treated the suggestion in an off-hand manner, but at length made some admissions as to the alleged deficiencies, and ho was then plq.ced in charge of the police. Archibald Leighton Baxter finia—l am 0, °lark in the employment of Messrs. Tull and Co., 153, Fenchurch-street, rope manufacturers. Mr. Bache, the prisoner, was the manager of the establishment, at a salary of £3OO, and had a free house besides. It was his duty to receive money for the firm, and pay it in to the bankers, Messrs. Hankey. I have been in the employment of the firm nearly twelve years. I kept the books, with the exception of the cash-book, which was kept by Mr. Bache. I posted the ledger from the cash-book at his dictation, he calling out to me from the opposite side of a desk the amounts and dates. The cash-book was kept locked up by Mr. Bache in his desk ; I had no con trol over it, nor did I ever see the items in it. I had the key of a cupboard in which the ledger and other books were deposited. The two cash-books produced, beginning with 1847, and continuing up to the present time, are in the handwriting of Mr. Bache, including the cast ings of receipts on the six pages indicated. The prisoner had possession of the three bankers' passbooks produced. It was his duty to pay in to the bankers the money received by him on account of the firm. I was in the habit :of receiving the money paid over the counter, entering it in the petty cash-book, and then handing it daily to the prisoner to be paid by him to the bankers. All the sums entered in the petty cash book produced have been paid by Mb to him. Mrs. Tull is about 70 years of age. Mr.*Tull, her husband, died in July, 1851. It was the prisoner's duty, as I always understood, to send a weekly statement of receipts and payments to Mrs. Tull. I have seen him pre paring such statements. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—Mr. Bache has been connected with the concern for about 40 years, and has had the entire management of it for a long time. He had to make payments, as well as re ceive meney, on account of the firm. Mr. Frederick Whinney, accountant, 3, Bank buildings, said—l was consulted with reference to investigating the books of the firm of Tull and Co., and commenced the examination at the end of November last, Mr. Bache himself producing them for examination. I told him no balance sheet had :oeen sent down to Mrs. Tull for 1858, 1859, or 1860. (It had been customary to strike a balance for each year up to the 30th of June.) I also told him I understood Mrs. Tull had been asked by him to pay in more capital to carry on the business, that she was not satisfied, and wished to know the state in which it was. I added I was about to examine the books from July, 1857, to the present time. The prisoner then produced to me all the books now before the Court. In his cash book, under the date of August 3, 1854, I find an item of £l4B 08 6d not carried out into the cast-up column. There is no other receipt in the cash book on that day. That amount does not appear in the bankers' pass-book on that day or subsequently. In one page of the cash book the receipts are summed up £9,001 5s 9d, but the casting up should really be £9,061 Os sd, the diffe rence being £59 14s Bd. At another page there are two miscastings—one of £29 and the other of £4O 17s. Ido not find any miscasting of the pay ments on his credit side. In subsequent pages there are miscastings to the amount of £57 is id ; £57 13s sd; and £286 13s 4d. On the Ist of March, 1856, I find £l6 13s 4d was received by him, but not paid in; on the 3d df the same month he received £709 3s lld ; and I perceive he paid into the bankers on that day £509 3s 11d, showing a difference of £2OO. That particular page is also short cast by £286 13s 4d. On the 20th March, -1856, he received from the Board of Ordnance £299 9s 6a, and on the day after he paid into the bankers £209 9s 6d, a - difference of £9O. No sum was paid in to the bankers on the 20th of March ; and that page was also miscast by £l6O. I have compared the entries in the cash-book with those in the petty cash-book ; in the latter on July 19, 1856, there is an entry of £44 4s; but in the cash book the amount received as " shop cash" is £3O 6s 4d, being a ditkrence of £l3 17s Bd. On the 26th of July the receipts are put down at £6B Os ld, but in the cash-book at £4l 5s Bd, a differ ence of £26 14s sd. Again, on February 33, 1858, £62 is od is entered for petty cash ; but in the cash-book the entry is £33 ss, a difference of £2B 16s sd. On another day, in March 1859, the sum received across the counter was £35 17s ld ; but the entry for that day in the cash-book is only £2O, a difference of £l5 17s ld. On the 16th of April, 1859, the entry in the petty cash-book is £44 2s 6d; but that in the cash-book is £l6 5s 6d —difference £27 17s. On the 9th of June 1860, the receipts are entered at £25 5s 7d, but the cash book shows only £l4 9s 9d, the difference being £lO 15s 10d. On the 23d of June, 1860, the entry in the petty cash-book is £36 17s 10d; in the cash-book £27 19s 6d—difference £8 18s 4d. By Mr. Wontner—There is one wrong addition in the cash-book of £234 8s ld against the prisoner and in favour of the firm ; but on the other side of the account there is a short casting of £359 ss. 6d. By Mr. Lewis—The total balance of the defici encies is between £5,000 and £6,000 from 1848. Mr. Lewis then applied to have the prisoner remanded—a request in which Mr. Wontner joined, in the prisoner's interest, on the ground that he had been called in at a moment's notice to defend him. He was accordingly remanded until Thurs day next. Francis Lawrence, 32, a working man, was ac cused on suspicion of stealing a gold watch and chain of the value of £2O. The complainant, Samuel Chambers, a beer mer chant in Seething-lane, said the prisoner was at work for him on Tuesday, corking beer in the ware house. Witness placed his gold watch and chain in a desk in the counting-house, about a quarter to 3 o'clock, covering it over with some loose papers, but did not lock the desk. The prisoner was then at work on the same floor, and could see him in the counting-house. He went out after placing his watch in the desk, and on returning about an hour same o f fl c it o h e : r i cm, a t a allthend t unlessht a i time, hise, a i t n v i r d wa witness taosa pl. had.o _ afterwards it was gone. Several other people were s w a o id rk i i o n been taken out of the gat,: hearing; of duced he would have them all locked up. They all denied taking it; the prisoner acided that he had been in the counting-house, but only to gign a book. A book had been signed for the delivery of bottles during witness's absence. The prisoner had a right to go into the countinghouse; he had the oversight of the others, who were lads. At first he gave a wrong address. He offered to be searched, but wit ness declined to do so. The prisoner afterwards gave a correct address, assigning as a reason for not doing so at first bis unwillingness to be the means of alarming his wife, who was near her confinement. He protested his innocence ; adding that any of the other men at work in the warehouse might have gone into the counting-house while his back was turned. Sir It. Carden discharged the defendant, telling the complainant he might as well have given any of the lads into custody for stealing the watch as him. WORSHIP-STREET. —Charles Douglas, aged 26, described as a porter at a house in the city, was charged with the following robbery : The case was somewhat complicated, but the sub stance of Mr. Beard's statement and that of his wit nesses was, that the prosecutor, Mr. Charles Gib bard, a general dealer, lodged at the house of a man named Cooke, in Wellington •street, Shoreditch, and the same room was occupied jointly by him and the prisoner. Beneath a table in this room the prose cutor had a brown-coloured box about three feet long, which contained XB9 in gold, five frock cogs, TILE ATTACK UPOIV THE STAR OF THE WEST. The following graphic account of the scene that ensued in the Charleston harbour upon the arrival of the Star of the West at that port is given by a reporter of the New York Evening Post:— Wednesday, Jan. 9. I awoke at 3 o'clock this morning and went immediately to the upper deck, where I found the captain, mate, pilot, and two military officers. I learned that we arrived in the vicinity of the Charleston Bar about midnight ; that all the coast lights had been extinguished, and that thus farit bad been impossible to find the main channel. It is evident from these indications that the hospitable South Carolinians do not mean that we should go in without a salute. A light was seen on the coast, but we could not make out what it was. A little after three o'clock, we disco vered the light on Fort Sumter, and with these exceptions' everything was dark. It was, of course, impossible to get over the bar without the lighthouse, and so we awaited the break of day. I have never seen a finer morning than the one which dawned upon us. The sky was clear, and the moon, a faint crescent of silver, had just arisen, and the low coast looked like a ddnse forest of evergreen. Tho spires of Charleston became visible in the approaching daylight, and on the walls of Sumter we descried the American flag float ting in the breeze. Now, about half-past 6 o'clock we see the lighthouse ; and now, too, we discover that the mysterious light just mentioned was that of a steamer at our right. Now the situation of the channel is ascertained, and we are under weigh, and now the steamer at our right is burning red and blue lights, and now she sends up rockets. There is no mistaking her movement; she is giving the alarm signal to Fort Moultrie. On we go ; the soldiers are below with loaded muskets, and the officers are ready to give the word if there is any thing to do. Now it is broad daylight, and'we are making directly into the guns of Fort Moultrie, whose black walls are distinctly visible. The little steamer at our right is burning a signal light aft, and is making all possible head way up the harbour. Now we discover a red Palmetto flag at our left on Morris Island, a little village called Cum ming's Point, and apparently but little more than a mile rtvua rv.t, "Is it possible that those fellows have got a battery off here ?" asks one. "No," answers another; " there is no battery there." But there is. It is now a quarter past 7, and we aro about two miles from Forts Sumter and Moultrie, which are equi-distant from us, and suddenly whiz-z I comes a ricochet shot from Morris Island. It plunges into the water and skips along, but falls short of our steamer. The line was forward of our bow, and was of course an invita tion to stop. But we are not ready to accept the proffered hospitality, and the captain pays no attention to it except to run up the stars and stripes at the masthead—the gar rison flag mentioned before. A moment of anxious suspense, and bang goes a heavy cannon from the same masked bat tery. The shot falls short of us 100 yards or more, and bounds clean over our vessel aft, nearly on a line with the head of a sailor, but luckily a little above it. On we go, and 7 --whiz-z again goes the smaller gun first fired, and another ricochet shot skips along the water and falls short of us. " Booh 1" exclaims the captain, "you must give us big ger guns than that boys, or you cannot hurt us." On we go, without heeding the compliments of our Charleston friends. Another moment, and bang I again goes the heavy gun. The ball now strikes our ship in the fore chains, about two feet above the water. A seaman was holding the lead to take the soundings, and the ball struck directly under his feet. It is not surprising that, under the circumstances, Jack was strongly inclined to take to his heels, and he begins to scramble up with might and main, when the captain assures him there is no danger, one ball having struck so near him ; on the principle, I [suppose, that lightning never strikes in the same place. Jack, re assured, patiently takes his place and drops the lead again. The ball, fortunately, was too far spent to go through the side of our vessel, although it left an honourable scar. The battery continues to play upon us, and a huge ball comes clean over us, near the wheel-house. We are net yet within range of the guns of Fort Moultrie, and yonder is a cutter in tow of a steamboat, preparing to open fire upon us. A moment longer and we shall be in range of these three batteries. The gunners on Morris Island are growing confident ; if they get a right range they will send a shot through our side, scattering death and destruction. Moul trie, directly in front, will bring her heavy guns to bear, and will drive their deadly missiles into our bow, while the cut ter will open on our right. Why does not Major Anderson open fire upon that bat- tery and save us ? We look in vain for help ; the American flag flies from Fort Sumter, and the American lag at our bow and stern is fired upon, yet there is not the slightest recognition of our presence from the fort from which we look for protection. The unexpected battery on Morris Island has cut off all hope of escape by running the vessel aground near Sumter and taking to the boats. Is it possible that Fort Sumter has been taken by the South Carolinians ? If it has not, why does not Major Anderson show that he will protect us, or at least recognise us in some way f To go within range of the guns of Fort Moultrie is to expose vessel, men, and stores to almost instant destruction, or to capture by the enemy. •' Helm out of port I" shouts the captain, and the Star of the West is turned about without any great loss of time as you may well imagine. We turn without accident, and steam away, with the stars and stripes still floating., and the battery still playing upon us by way of a parting salute. As we steam away the steamer near Moultrie having the hostile cutter in tow, steams away into Swash channel, evi dently with the intention of cutting off our retreat ; but she soon abandons the chase, and we sail out, without a man killed or wounded, with our stores unharmed, and proceed unmolested, probably on our homeward journey. After the brief but exciting experience of the morning, I am prepared, 'without hesitation, to concur with the captain in the opinion that it is very unpleasant to be fired at with hard cannon balls without any chance to fire back. I wish to say, however, that no one on board displayed any symp toms of fear. Captain M'Gowan and the pilot, Mr. Brewer, were probably especial marks for the Morris Island battery, since a good.shot through the wheel-house would have been most disastrous. The soldiers, although two-thirds of them are recruits, appeared to be quite indifferent to the music, while the officers agreed that it was scandalous that they could not fight back. Soon after crossing the bar of the Charleston harbour, on our homeward muse, we met a fine sailing vessel, the Emily St. Pierre, of Charleston. Captain M'Gowan stopped and hailed her. '• Where do you hail from ?" said he. "From Liverpool," was the reply, " Whither bound ?" " To Charleston." "What flag do you sail under ?" " So far under the American flag." "Then you can't go into Charleston," said our captain. "They will not let the American flag go into that port. I was just driven out of there. They fired upon me when I was sailing under the American flag." " Then I suppose I must go in under tho Palmetto flag," said he of the Emily St. Pierre. " Then I ought to take you," shouted our captain, with energy; " war has been declared ; they haye fred upon me, and you are a lawful prize." "You can do what you like," replied the other, with a voice which seemed to be tremulous from one cause or another," you are the stronger par: y." Capt. M'Gowan concluded that, inasmuch as he had not at present a commission from Government, he would let the Emily St. Pierre go her way, but declared that if he had his commission it would be delightful to bring her off, after the treatment he had received this morning from Charleston. The military men on board highly complimented the South Carolinians on their'shooting in this first attempt. They say it was well done ; that all which was needed was a little better range, which they probably could have ob tained in a few minutes. • Their line was perfect ; and the opinion is expressed that some one had charge of the guns who understood his business. " It Wit. 3 very good sport for them," remarked one of our officers, " to shoot at us, and there was nothing to trouble them. Thoy had it all,their own way. But when Uncle SIAM gets a man-of-war in the channel, throwing shells into that sandhill, they will learn the difference." Two guns were employed; the smaller, it is believed, a 12-pounder, end the larger a 32-pounder. This, however, is only conjecture. Whatever their size, they were well manned. They were fired rapidly, and with a will. One of the officers hazarded a joke soon after we left the Charleston harbour. " The people of Charleston," ho re marked, "pride themselves upon their hospitality; but it exceeds my expectation. They gave us several balls before we landed." It is believed that if the South Carolinians had not made a mistake we should have partaken of their hospitality, whatever it may be, as prisoners. If the battery on Morris Island had waited 10 minutes longer before firing we should have been completely at their mercy. It was only neces sary for them to wait until we were within range of the guns of Fort Moultrie, and escape would have been impos sible. So that, had it not been for this new and unex pected battery on Morris Island, and its premature firing, we should inevitably have fallen into the hands of the enemy if we had escaped shooting and drowning. Although we had a surgeon on board, he had no instru ments or medical stores. It is believed that the cutter which was in tow of the steamboat was the William Aiken, which was treacherously surrendered to the South Carolinians by its commander. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.-- Bodily Intirinities.—Thm alternating frosts and thaws, keen winds, and foggy atmospheres, would try an iron con stitution. These vicissitudes are on all sides producing coughs, colds, influenza, ulcerated throat, asthma, and rheumatism. For the relief and cure of this catalogue of complaints Holloway's ointment should be sedulously rubbed upon the skin, as near the affected organas possible, and his pills should be simultaneously taken internally. The ointment penetrates and soothes all affections of the throat and chest, and is especially serviceable in rheumatic diseases. , In tic doloreux, neuralgia, sciatica, lumbago, and all muscular pains Holloway's ointment and pills have established for themselves a world-wide reputation. These remedies render respiration easy u the worst weAllgr. Om. A. and other articles, and this when he went out irt the daytime he left locked and safe. About 9 o'clock at night Mrs. Cooke heard the sound of footsteps in the passage, with a grating noise, such as would be produced by a box rubbing against wainscot, and on looking out at her door she saw the prisoner leaving with a box on his shoulder, which she at once recognised as that of the prosecutor, and on her telling her husband so Mr. Cooke went up to Mr. Gibbard's room, and found that the box of the pro secutor had been taken away, though the prisoner's own was left. The prosecutor and Cooke went in search of the prisoner, whom they found at a public house, and accused him of the robbery, which he denied, declaring that the box he had taken away was his own, and had brought to the house 20 minutes before to pack some clothes in. He then took them to another house, where he showed them a box, which he said was the same he had remove d, but this was not the box of the prosecutor; and it was proved by a widow named Wallis. of Chick sand-street, Spitalfields, that within half an hour after the property of the prosecutor had been stolen the prisoner left a square box of the same descrip tion at her house, saying he should bring a larger one next day, but that on the following evening a strange man came and asked for the box which had been left, and carried it away with him. The pri soner was then given into the custody of Horne, of the H division, to whom he made much the same statement, and who on searching him discovered only sixpence upon him. Mr. Vann, for the defence, was instructed to give a total denial to the charge on behalf of the pri soner, who had been ten years in the service of one firm and lodged nearly three years in the house where the robbery had been committed, in both which neighbourhoods he bore an excellent charac ter ; and as his client declared that the property he had removed was really his own, and, it turned out that there were uo less than seven other lodgers in the same house, any one of whom might have taken it, he hoped the prisoner's character would be taken into consideration, and bail accepted for his future appearance. Mr. Knox, however, refused bail, and ordered prisoner to be remanded. CRERNWICH.—Ch as. Kpll•r, baker, Queen's place, Blackheath-road, appeared to a summons charging him with having refused to weigh two half-quartern loaves, when required to do so by Mary Duke, by which he had incurred a penalty of £5. The complainant stated that on the 23d inst. she obtained a ticket from a committee appointed to re• lieve distressing eases in the district, which ticket entitled her to a quartern loaf. She took the ticket to the shop of defendant, who gave her two half quartern loaves from a shelf, placing them on the counter. She then asked defendant to weigh the bread, which he refused to do, when she told him he had refused to weigh it on the previous day, and left the shop with it. Mr. Baxendale, a gentleman connected with the committee, said arrangements had been made with defendant and other bakers in the district to receive the committee's tickets given to deserving objects, the bread supplied being charged for at the ordi nary retail price and paid for out of the contribu tions of the public. In consequence of a complaint made that it was supposed defendant was issuing bread light in weight, a ticket was given to the present complainant to take to the defendant's, and to have the bread weighed. She afterwards returned with the loaves produced, which were weighed at a neighbouring baker's, and found to be nearly 6oz. deficient in weight. The defendant said he had offered to weigh the bread for the woman, but that she took it away, saying, Never mind." _ _ Mr. Maude said that he could not but consider the complaint a very serious one against the defen dant, who had been engaged to supply bread to the poor, which was paid for out of funds provided by the benevolent public. The deficiency in weight was very great, and was a great consideration to poor people, more particularly at the present season and the present price of provisions. He should therefore impose a fine of £3 and costs. A DELICATE INVESTIGATION. Samuel Copping, formerly a detective sergeant belonging to the P division of police, and Adam Saunders, a pensioned constable from the L divi sion, attended before Mr. Elliott, at the Lambeth Police Court yesterday, to answer two summonses each, the one charging an assault, and the other wilful and malicious damage----in fact attributing to them an outrage of a most unusual character. Mr. Hutchinson, an attorney, appeared on behalf of the complainants to support the charge; and Mr. Sleigh, instructed by some gentleman whose name did not transpire, attended for the defendants. Mr. Hutchinson said he should charge the defen dants jointly with assault and battery, and after proving the charge, which was one of an outrageous character, it would be his duty to call on his wor ship to send the case to the sessions, that it might be dealt with as it deserved. The learned gentle man then called Mr. Charles Percival, a young man, into the witness-box. When sworn, he said he occupied apartments at the house, No. 1, Thorn bury-place, Walworth, and knew both the defen dants by sight, but nothing more. On Thursday morning last, at about seven o'clock, while partly dressed, he heard a loud knocking at his bed-room door, and asked who was there, but received no answer. He heard one of the defendants, he be lieved Copping—say, " Let it go," and both ap peared to be forcing the door. The door was forced, and he then saw both the defendants, each with a large stick. They did not say what they wanted, but were about- to force_their way into the room when a desperate struggle took place between them. Saunders was in front, and Copping was pushing him from behind, and while he (witness) was engaged in preventing Saunders from forcing his way in Copping poked his stick into his eye, but fortunately did not injure him much. Copping also kicked him on the legs, and both he and Saunders succeeded in getting into the room. On doing so they commenced pulling down the bed and tearing down the curtains, and then went away. Mr. Hutchinson—Now, during the whole of the time they were there, did the defendants, or either of them, tell you what they came there for ? Witness—They did not. I usked them if they wanted to arrest me? and they said they did not want to injure me, but still they did not tell me what they wanted. Mr. Hutchinson—Have you suffered from your resistance to the violence of the defendants? Witness—Yes, I am injured inside by the struggle, and have been attended by a medical gentteman, Mr. Sleigh—Now, Mr. Percival, you say you have no notion whatever of the cause of the visit of the defendants ? Mr. Percival—l do. Mr. Sleigh—And you will swear that up to the present moment you are ignorant of the fact ? Mr. Percival—They did not say what they came there for, and I do not know it. Mr, Sleigh—Do you know a Mr. and Mrs. Clark Mr. Percival—Yes, and I have known Mrs. Clark for 15. years—long before her marriage. Mr. Sleigh—And you were in the habit of being a good deal at the house of Mr. Clark, I believe ? Mr. Percival—Yes. Mr. Sleigh—And you are aware that Mrs. Clark is separated from her husband. Mr. Percival—Yes, I am. Mr. Sleigh—Had not Mrs. Clark been in the habit of visiting you at your lodging in West square ? Mr. Percival—Certainly not. Mr. Sleigh—That you will swear ? Mr. Percival—Yes. Mr. Sleigh—Were you living alone in your pre sent lodgings ?. Mr. Percival—Yes. Mr. Sleigh—Do you mean to swear, sir, that there was not a lady in the room with you on the Thursday morning when the defendants called ? Mr. Percival—There was no lady in my room, Mr. Sleigh—Pray, does Mrs. Clark reside there ? Mr. Percival—Yes, she is living in the same house, but in a separate apartment from mine. Mrs. Clark did not go there to lodge with me, and I do no ; know how long it was after my taking the apartOent that she came there. Mr. Si.9igh—Are you an unmarried man ? Percival- - No; I am married, but separated from my wife. Mr. Sleigh—Jim - I you, a married man, and sepa rated from your wife, and Mrs. Clark, a married woman, and separated from her husband, live in the same house. Now, I wish to ask you, on your oath, whether Mrs. Clark was not found by the defendants concealed in a cupboard in your bed room ? Mr. Percival—That cupboard hftd a door whi c h led from my bedroom to the apartment occupied by Mrs. Clark. (Laughter.) Mr. Sleigh—And that door fixed in the cupboard was opened at pleasure by either Mrs. Clark or yourself, and would admit the one into the bed room of the other, and vice versa? Mr. Percival—Well, I suppose so. (Renewed laughter.) The witness, after being subjected to a further searching cross-examination , was asked some ques tions by Mr. Hutchinson, with the view of show ing that ill-treatment had been the cause of Mrs. Clark leaving her husband, but Mr. Sleigh objected to it. Mr. Hogwood, the landlord of the house, was called, and corroborated a part of the testimony of the last -witness. He also complained of the serious injury done t 9 hie property by the Tiolenco of the defendants, who had obtained access to his house on the morning in question by getting over a high wall. _ _ _ Incross-examination he said it was some time .after Mr. Percival came to live at his house that Mrs. Clark came there. He further said that they paid their rents separately, but admitted they some times hod their meals together. This heing the case, Mr. Sleigh said it would be useless to deny the fact that Mr. Clark, having been made acquainted with the fact that his child had been taken to •.the house where his wife lived in a very equivocal manner with a married man separated from his wife, or, as he himself said, in an apartment or bedroom adjoining his, to which there was common access through the cupboard-- (laughter)—he (Mr. Clark) was anxious to ascer tain the real state of things, and this in reality was the cause of the visit. He trusted that, under tt, e circumstances, his worship would not only deal with the case as he was empowered to do, but con sider 2ts justice amply met by the infliction of a fine of the smallest coin of the realm. Elliott Mr. inquired if the defendants, or either of them, were officers of police, or held any autho rity under the commissioners, and having been answerl:d in the negative, observed that he never recollected a proceeding of a more outrageous description. Here were two men without a war or the slightest sanction of the rant, authority, law, getting ov,c)r wand and into a person's house, and using unheard of violence. He did not feel he;would be doing his duty if he did not mark his reprobation of it by mcnoVng the case to a higher Court for trial. The case of forcible entrance was about to be entered on, when it was found that another sum mons would be necessary, and the proceedings were adjourned to a future day. The court was much crowded during the hearing of the case. THE SPRING HANDICAPS. The following appeared in a portion of our impres.iion of yesterday evening : ----- - --- ACCEPTANCES FOR THE CITY AND SUBURBAN, The highest weight accepting being Bst 101 b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Yrs st lb Yra st lb Comforter .. 5 8 12 Balbam 3 6 2 Lifebcat .. 6 8 9 ch. f. Avalanche, by High Treason .. 4 8 6 Gladiator—Anetta 3 6 2 Thunderbolt .. 48 6 King Tom—Giraffe 36 2 Weatherbound .. 4 8 5 Mousetrap .. 3 6 2 Lady Trespass 48 5 Rapture .. * 3 6 1 Cantine .. 5 8 3 Belleisle 3 6 1 First Lord .. 4 8 0 Guilder .. 4 6 0 Fitz Avon .. 47 11 Vinegar Hill .. 3 6 0 Chere Amie—(dam Tomyris .. 3 6 0 Blame) • • .. 47 11 Sermo .. 4 6 0 Sir William .. 4 7 10 .) acintha .. 3 6 .0 Rising Sun .. 4 7 9 Pounce .. 3 6 0 Flitch . • .. 57 9 Cantab .. 36 0 Royal Sovereign .. 6 7 8 Gabriel d'Estrees.. 3 5 13 Benbow 57 7 Rupert .. .. 35 13 Maggiore .. 4 7 7 Star of the West .. 4 5 13 Apollyon 4 7 7 Nativity .. 3 5 12 Ancient Briton .. 6 7 6 Sister to St. Albans 3 5 12 Seclusion .. 4 7 5 Wombat .. .. 3 5 12 Angelo .. 47 5 Pancake .. .. 35 12 Moorhen .. .. 4 7 4 f. by The Nob— Mutineer .. 5 7 2 Brawn .. 3 511 Contadina .. 4 7 2 Sweetbread .. 3 5 11 Ambush .. 5 7 2 Limeflower .. 3 5 11 Precise .. .. 4 7 2 Lisbon .. .. 3 511 Merrimac .. 4 7 1 ,Sir Edward .. 4 5 11 Tightfit 5 7 0 Strike .. 3 5 9 Parmesan .. 4 7 0 Sycophant .. 3 5 9 Mountain Nut .. 5 613 The Pope .. 3 5 Feodorowna .. 4 6 13 Robinson Cnisoe .. 3 5 9 Physician .. .. 66 12 Croagh Patrick .. 35 9 Sporting Life .. 3 612 Promotion .. 3 5 9 Industrious •.. 4 6 •12 Lady Clara .. 3 5 9 Dover .. .. 46 12 Warrior .. .. 35 9 Chance Shot .. 46 12 Jingling Johnny .. 35 9 Vancouver .. 3 611 Kzlightsbridge .. 3 5 9 Ilenham Lass .. 3 611 b c by Wild Dayrell Rouge Dragon .. 3 611 --intimidation .. 3 5 9 General Hess 4 6 11 Sawcutter .. 3 5 9 Edmund Kean .. 4 6 11 Necromancer .. 3 5 9 Oliver .. .. 4 611 Reindeer .. .. 3 5 9 Rockley .. 4 6 9 Prince Imperial .. 3 5 9 Dreadnought .. 4 6 9 Meyerbeer .. 3 5 9 Siberia, by Autocrat Camerino 3 5 9 Elcot's dam 4 6 9 East Sheen 3 5 9 Her Highness 46 8 Canary .. .. 35 9 Cronstadt .. 3 6 8 Letty West .. 3 5 9 Votella .. 3 6 7 Monastery .. 3 5 9 Skeltone .. 4 6 4 Hilarity .. 3 5 9 Furious .. 4 6 3 Mantrap 3 5 9 Ellen .. .. 46 3 Pixie .. .. 35 9 Atrop!a .. 36 2 Bravo • • .. 35 9 Captain Fortibus .. 3 6 2 f by Stockwell — Consolation .. 5 6 2 Barbetta 3 5 9 Nessus .. 6 2 ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GREAT METROPO- LITAN STAKES. The highest weight accepting being Bst 81b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Yrs st lb Blue Jacket a 8 12 Clydesdale 6 8 10 Umpire .. 4 8 8 Satellite .. ... 5 8 6 Black Prince .. 5 8 6 Newcastle .. .. 5 8 6 Lady Trespass .. 4 8 5 Pretendant .. 4 8 3 Horror .. 4 8 3 Stark° 6 8 2 Northern Light .. 4 8 1 Cher® Amie—Blame4 8 0 Rattlebone .. 4 7 13 Lovett .. 5 7 13' Rupee .. 4 7 13 Bevis .. e. 5 7 11 Simple Simon 4 7 11 Timandra 6 7 10 The Rap .. .. 4 7 10 Moorhen .. 4 7 6 Nicholas .. .. 4 7 5 Merrimac .. 4 7 5 Simla .. .. 4 7 .5 Parmesan .. .. 4 7 3 Bumble Bee .. 5 7 3 South Australian 4 7 2 King of Kent .. 3 7 2 Mountain Nut .. 5 7 1 Rouge Dragon . . 3 7 0 Kildonan .. 3 7 0 Physician .. 6 7 0 Chance Shot 4 7 0 Russley 3 6 13 Ilenham Lass . 2 3 613 Vancouver .. 3 6xll Elcho 3 6 11 Viscount Brignall 3 6 10 The Prophet .. 4 6 10 Yrs st lb Dreadnought .. 4 6 10 Voltella .. 3 6 8 Lane 4 6 5 Balham .. 3 6 4 Paul Clifford .. 3 6 4 Rapture .. .. 3 5 4 Guilder .. 4 6 3 Belleisle .. 3 6 3 Juno .. .. 3 6 2 Atropin .. 3 6 2 Ivanhoff .. 3 6 2 Jacin.tha .. 3 6 2 Lucy .. .. 4 6 0 Pounce .. .. 3 6 0 Betts .. .. 3 5 13 Highflyer .. 3 5 13 Black Sultan .. 3 5 13 Bandsman.. .. 3 5 13 Wombat .. .. 3 5 13 Sister to St. Albans 3 5 12 Philip the Falconer 3 5 11 Meyerbeer.. 3 5 11 Canary .. 3 5 11 Cross Stitch .. 3 5 11 Calpe .. 3 5 11 Mantrap .. .. 3 5 11 Pixio • • .. 3 6 11 Rollcall .. 3 5 11 Sycophant.. .. 3 6 11 Robinson Crusoe.. 3 5 11 Croagh Patrick .. 3 5 11 La Reux .. 3 5 11 The Rock 3 5 1 1 Jingling Johnny .. 3 5 11 b.c.by Wild Dayrell —lntimidation.. 3 5 11 Styria .. 3 5 11 ACCEPTANCES FOR, st lb Defender .. 9 0 Horror . • .. 8 2 Black Prince.. • • 8 2 Wallace .. 8 2 Itattlebone .. 8 0 Schism .. 8 0 Skilful • . • • 8 0 Wild Rose .. 7 12 Starke • . • . 7 10 utterfly ' .. 7 10 Speci .1 License .. 7 10 Weatherbound .. 7 10 Faultless .. 7 10 Light .. 7 8 Umpire .. .. 7 8 Ben Webster .. 7 8 First Lord .. .. 7 8 Satellite .. .. 7 7 Simple Simon .. 7 7 Tame Deer .. 7 6 Fi tzavon .. 7 4 Eskdale ' .. • . 7 2 Predictor .. 7 2 Petra .. .. 7 0 El Hakim .. .. 7 0 Man-at-Arms .. 7 0 Optimist .. .. 7 0 Mountain Nut .. 7 0 The Brewer 6 12 Feodorowna 6 12 Millionnaire 6 12 Chance Shot .. 610 The Lawyer .. 6 9 Doefoot 6 8 Sparrow Hawk .. 6 8 Chere Amie • • 6 8 Russley 6 7 Birmingham .. 6 7 Killigrew .. 6 6 South Australian .. 6 6 King of Kent .. 6 6 THE CHESTER CUP. st lb Rajah Brooke 6 6 Precise .. 6 5 Jealousy .. 6 4 Satinstone .. 6 4 Dreadnought .. 6 4 Davao .. 6 4 Voltella 6 4 Yorkminster .. 6 4 Industrious .. .. 6 4 Sweet Hawthorn 6 2 Herne 6 2 Edmund Kean .. 6 0 North Lancashire .. 6 0 T. P. Cooko .. 6 0 Horace • • .. 6 0 Rara Avis 6 0 Bridegroom .. .. 6 0 Ja.clntha 6 0 Giraffe .. 6 0 Pounce .. .. 5 12 Duchess .. 5 12 Balham .. 5 10 Pancake ~ 5 10 Somersault .. 5 10 Vancouver .. 5 10 5 9 Bravo.. .. 5 9 Snapdragon .. 5 9 Robinson Crusoe .. 5 7 Babette .. 5 7 Lady Evelyn.. .. 5 7 Spanish Fly .. 5 7 Blue Stone .. .. 5 7 Shepherdess .. .. 5 7 Sawcutter 5 7 Waterwitch 5 7 Meyerbeer .. 5 7 Sycophant .. 5 7 Wombat 5 7 Rapture .. 5 7 Flirtation .. 5 7 THE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mine prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in Paris and London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.5 f per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1054 to 105 per cent., which, as compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is against England. But the loss of interest occa sioned by the delay in receiving back gold from the American Mints leaves no profit now on the transmission of gold to the United States. —Much difference of opi n i on ex i sts GEMSTONE'S HERB TOBACC O.—T HE "SMOKE CON is injurious or not. Up on thi s po i nt a T s i t o o v d o ctors have "disagreed , " as t hey have done upon most er S s E ra T T o k L i Ff g . w Eßs he Y th " others—but one thing is certain that smoking Grimstone's herb tobacco is beneficial rather than the contrary, , and most astonishing cures of asthma, and other pulmonary diseases, have resulted from its use. To those who are troubled w ith phlegm in the throat on rising in the morning we recommend a few whiffs of Grimstone's tobacco before breakfast. To those who are troubled with a hooking cough on laying down to rest, we say take a pipe of Grim stone's after supper,—and to those who require a pipe during the hours of labour or study we recommend Grim stone's as possessing all the best qualities of Virginia tobacco with none of its disadvantages. The absence of the essential oils preclude the danger ariling from the nar cotic weed—whilst the fragrant herbs and flowers of which Grimstone's herb tobacco is composed render it not only a valuable medicine agent, but a universal favourite with the fair sex, who have settled the " tobacco controversy" by declaring their admiration of the fragrance of Grimstone's as being far preferable to the smell of that horrid iladY tobacco,'' THE LATE FATAL ASSAULT BY BOYS IN THE CITY. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held by Mr. Payne, the City Coroier, at the Coleman street Ward-rooms, London-w all, to inquire into the death of John Silverside, a silversmith, lately residing at No. 4, Brown's-buildings, Finsbury, and who, it was alleged, had met his death from a stone thrown by one of four boys now in custody. It appeared that the deceased, who was em ployed at the Albion Hall lecture rooms, Finsbury, was trying to get rid of the boys, who were creat ing a disturbance outside the hall in question On Monday night, when an altercation ensued, during which several blows were struck and a stone thrown by the boys, which struck deceased, upon which he immediately fell, and never rallied, but died in a few minutes. The facts were fully described in our Guildhall police report yesterday. Mr. Simpson, surgeon, stated that he was called to see deceased. He found him in a fainting states, He made a post mortem examination of the body., and his opinion was that death waa caused by un due exeitement acting upon him. He found the. heart entirely empty; there was not the slightest trace of any rupture of any vessel, and he could not find the marks of Any external violence upon the body. He should think that if a blow had been struck very hard upon th,9 deceased it might have caused rupture of some of the blood vessels, but there was no rupture at all, and no appearance of violence to account for death. _ The Coroner having summed up the evidence at great length, and with much clearness, pointed out to the jury the evidence of Mr. Simpson as to the cause of death, and dwelling upon the facts of no external violence having been discovered, and no piece of brick or stone having been found by which it was alleged the deceased had been struck, re quested the public to retire. The jury, after a short consvltation, , returned a verdict that—" The deceased died from the effects of excitement caused by an assault committed on him by several boys, now in custody!' COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWARK-JAN. 30. The show of wheat to-day was fair, but many of the samples were out of condition. The trade was limited, and prices receded is to 2s for damp sorts. There was an in active business doing in barley. Oats a' fair show, but thin demand was flat. Beans in limited show, at late rates. Peas less firm. White wheat, new, 548 to 76s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 35s Red do. 4Be to 70s Oats, old, . ..32s t0'389 Old white s4s to 76s New do . .24ste 30s Red do. 48. to 70s Beans. 52s to 58s Barley, malting..... 388 to 45s Beans, new 40s to 46a Peas, ....48s to 545. SHEFFIELD—JAN. 29. At the market to-day there was a fair attendance, with an average show of wheat. The better samples were is deroand at late prices, but inferior samples were difficult to sell. In oats a slight advance was realised. Fleur de clined ld per 141 b. In beans, barley, and other articles there was no material change. . . . Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial buab.obi...24s Od to 28s 04 White 17 ~ ...25s Od to 28s Od New red 7 , 1) ...20s Od to 22s co New white „ lf ...22s Od to 26s Od . Beans 9) f 7 • • . 20s Od to 220 Od Peas, per qr. .. s4s Od to 55s Od Grinding barley, per qr 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, ~ Oats 2 9 2ss 6d to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s 4d, 2s 6d, and 2s 8d per 141 b. HULL—Jew. 29. At.to-day's market there was a fair attendance of the farmers, but business was limited. English wheat was 2a lower in price. Foreign wheat a very slow sale, at about former quotations. Barley at is less money. Oats in slow demand. Beans and peas unaltered. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr 659 Od to 69s Od Old red New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 62s Od to .66s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 60s Od to 62s ocl Baltic and Hamburg, red 6os Od to 62s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old s2s Od to 55s Od Barley.... English malting Grinding 34s Od to 360 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3Bs Od to 40s Od Grinding 32s Od to 34s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per at Os 14d to Hid Friesland and Dutch. oal4-id to 0315 d Swedish and Danish osl4d to 08140 Beans ....English, old, per qr. 49s Od to 51s Od New pigeon 44s Od to 45s Od Now tick .43s Od to 44s Od Egyptian .. 38s Od to 40s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding 'Tares .... Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linstumi calms (Hull? Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes Bones 6 0 oto 6 5 0 BRISTOL SUGAR—JAN. 30. The sales in the West India market this week consist of 490 casks of Demerara, which sold St about former rates. The offices are quite bare of any other kinds. The only sale of rum is a parcel of 52 puncheons Demerara, which were taken at the same rates as former parcels. COAL MARK] (Friona of Coal per Ton at a. d. 1 LT—JAN. 30.: the close of the market Davison's West Hart ley ....17 0 Hastings Hartley ....16 6 Lambert's West Hart- a. d. Walker Primrose 14 6 West Hartley . l7 0 Clark's West Hartley 16 9 Byron • • • ... 19 0 ley 16 3 Bell's Primrose 0 Benton's West Hartleyl6 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 6 Eden Main ...19 0 Haswell Gas. l5 6 Howard's West Hart ley 17 0 Wyl am lB 6 Buddle'sWest Hartley 17 0 Craghead Hartley 16 3 olywell ..18 0 Ships at market Walls End. .. _......_ ______. Hedley 19 0 Hetton •Whitworth 17 6 Cassop • South Hetton.. 2l 0 Framwellgate l9 0 Acorn Close 19 0 Heugh Hall 19 0 Russel's Hetton ..20 0 Wharncliffe 18 6 Eden 19 0 Br?. , ddyll's Hetton 20 0 ;, 140 ; sold, 102. TILE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, CeyiOn, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • .. Feb. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Brazil and Cape Vera Feb. 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. Cuba and Itlexic .. Jan. 28 Canada, &c. (via L'derry) Jan, 30. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampten) 'Feb.,l. Do (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Feb. 1. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Feb. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Feb. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Feb. 4. Lisbon .. Malta, Egypt; and Aden (via Southampton) ... Feb. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 4. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Feb. 1. United States, California, &c. .. Jan. 30. Western Coast of Attica ' Madeira, Teneriffe Feb. 10. West Indies and Pacitic,Carthagena, Cuba, .1lb". Jan. 28. 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