The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-06 00:00:00

POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA. The recent news from Australia is not of very great public interest, but the time which it has `required to bring it to England is a very serious consideration. The last date from Sidney is to the 10th of June. No less a period than a hun dred days has been occupied in the transit of the preceding mail. Now, it has been proved. — if we remember aright the exact figures—that 45 days are an ample allowance for the voyage be tween England and her antipodean colonies. Very great exertions were made during the sessions to arrive at a settlement of this vexed question with the official personages whose duty it is to take charge of such matters. After many questions asked and many dilatory answers given, we are at length informed, that a very excellent scheme had been perfected, as a consequence of which our com munications with Australia were to bo put on the most satisfactory footing. This may be so, and no doubt as yet there has been no time for testing the value of the new project ; but see the conse quences of the intermediate neglect. The Kent, which is the name or the last arrival, brought 83,000 ounces of gold in freight, besides a quan tity in private hands,. and this great sum has 1 for all this time been tossed about on the waves without profit to anybody. Just the same thing may be said of the passages of previous ships. The direct loss, however, in the shape of interest may be considered but a slight matter in compari . son with the derangement of mercantile operations which has followed upon the absurd and unneces sary delay in our communications. Buyers and ~.sellers have been equally put to inconvenien3e. From the delay of remittances they have been hardly pressed to meet engagements which they had contracted under the most legitimate expectation that they should be able to satisfy them at matu rity. There was no kind of necessity for all this. As soon as the peace was concluded it was perfectly within the competence of the authorities to ergo.- Disc) a temporary system of communication, which would have naturally terminated when the arrange ments for a more permanent service between the two countries had been completed. At the present moment our docks are gorged with steam-ships, which might easily have been called into requisi tion to satisfy a passing necessity. Had this been done, the injury inflicted upon commerce while the circumlocution-office was weighing and debating the niceties of a perfect plain, and halting between idle perplexities, might have been spared. Whether the communication shall be by way of Diego Garcia or the Mauritius is, of course, a point which may become of very considerable importance when we are so far advanced in our system of postal commu nication with Australia as to be justified in taking hours and minutes into account. Meanwhile we are losing weeks and months, and defeating the best calculations of commercial men, by our re missness and errors. The whole history of the pos tal arrangements, or rather want of arrangements, between England and Australia has been one of the most discreditable chapters in the history of the Post-office in our own time. No doubt the most admirable excuses can be devised, but we heartily agree with a favourite maxim of the late Duke of - Wellington, that persons who are good at excuses are seldom good at anything else. There is, we presume, a reasonable expectation that this abominalele nuisance is soon to be brought to a conclusion. The Australian colonists, and as many of our merchants as are engaged in Austra lian transactions, have been deeply aggrieved, and have suffered heavy losses in consequence of the dilatoriness and incapacity of our official men. On ne point of administration has the great art of doing nothing been carried to a higher point of perfection than in our postal communications with Australia, since Australia has risen into importance: While we are neglecting so obvious and primary a duty our transatlantic friends are busy with a project for bringing London and New York into electric union. Soundings have been taken across the Atlantic, and the cable is ready. In a brief space London and New York will be able to communi cate in a period of time so small as to be inappre ciable. London and Sydney continue apart—if we measure in time—by 100 days.—Times. DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS. On Sunday last a most disgraceful disturbance took place at Christchurch cemetery, West Hartle pool, arising out of the existing unpleasantness be tween the Rev. J. H. Burges, incumbent, and Mr. R. W. Jackson. The account we have re ceived of the matter is as follows :—A funeral was to take place in the grounds of the cemetery on Sunday last, and, as incumbent of West Hartle. pool, and chaplain of the cemetery, Mr. Burges of course considered it his duty to officiate. He went to the cemetery, therefore, for the purpose of exer cisinr, his proper ministerial office, and just before reaching the piace of burial he saw Mr. Jackson, and his son Mr. W. Jackson, hastening to the spot. On arriving at the cemetery Mr. Burges went into . the keeper's lodge, where he usually robed, to put on his surplice, and whilst there turned to speak to a member of the congregation who he supposed was present in the apartment, having accompanied him -to the cemetery. To his great surprise, however, he found that the door of the lodge was secured, both Mr. R. W. Jackson and his son resting with their backs against it, evidently with the intention of preventing him getting out. He attempted to force his way out, but was pushed violently back three or four times by Messrs. Jackson, the elder of whom had in his hand a letter which he desired Mr. Burges to read. The rev. gentleman said he would read nothing whilst ho was a prisoner, but that if permitted to go out he would both read the letter and return an answer. He again attempted to effect his exit from the apartment, but was again dashed back by Messrs. Jackson, and he then went to the window and called " Police." The inspector of police, who was at the cemetery, went to the window, and was asked by Mr. Burges to release him, but he said he could not interfere. Mr. Barges then asked him to send to Mr. Robin son or to Mr. Dixon, magistrates. Mr. W. Jack son said Mr. Dixon had no jurisdiction in the matter. Mr. Barges said Mr. Dixon had jurisdic tion, as he was a county magistrate. He was de tained in the lodge about 20 minutes, when the people, becoming excited, appeared determined to take out the window. They expressed themselves very indignant at his detention. He desired that they would not take out the window, and Mr. Jackson fearing that probably some disturbance would arise told Mr. Barges if he would take off his surplice, he would let him out. Mr. Barges re plied that Mr. Jackson had no right to (let* him, and that he would not take off the surplice, as lie had put it on for the performance of the usual se:- vice of the church. Shortly afterwards, the Rev. -- Ridley, vicar of Stantofa, came up, and then Mr. Jackson, handing him a surplice out of the lodge, desired him to put it on and do duty. Mr. Barges again attempted to get out, but was again pushed back. In a few minutes afterwards Mr. Ridley knocked at the door of the lodge for admission. He said Mr. Barges was not the law ful person to do day. Mr. Burges said, " Mr. Ridley, you received a letter from the bishop, telling you not to interfere with me in the dis charge of my duty ; you are, therefore, disobeying the orders of your diocesan." Mr. Ridley admit ted having received the order mentioned by Mr. Burges, but said he was only desired not to inter fere until the bishop had given his d. cision, and that since then the bishop had decided that he would not interfere. " Then," said Mr. Buries, "you are tenfold more wrong in interfering." Rather than that a scene should tak e p l ace at the grave of the deceased whom he was ab ou t to b ury, r. Burges told Mr. Ridley he would give place, and that he might bury the child, only he did no t resign his right to do the duty, and should protest in presence of the people. He was then let out of the lodge, and when outside the door, protested. Mr. Ridley and Mr. Jackson entered the ceme tery, and Mr. Ridley got into the reading desk, Mr. Jackson standing near him. The father of the child thereupon took up the coffin and left the church with it, greatly excited, and declaring that a knife should be put through his heart before he Allowed. Mr. Ridley to do duty over his child. He said he would allow no one but Mr. Burges to per form the service. Mr. Burges having, after he had made the protest against Mr. Ridley's doing the duty, taken off the surplice, was about turning away from the cemetery, when Mr. Jackson called out to him to return and read the service, and Mr. Ridley said, " Mr. Burges, I will give you leave to read the service." Mr. Burges said he would not do so on Mr. Ridley's permission ; if lie under took the duty, he should do so as his own, when Mr. Ridley hurried him into the room, and told him to take the surplice he (Mr. Ridley) then had, and also the book. Mr. Jackson at the same time called out to the pe o pl e, evidently much alarmed, that Mr. Barges was coming, and would be out in a m i nute . The sexton of the church interfered, a nd brought Mr. Burges his own surpli ce , i n w hi c h the rev, gentleman then went to the grave and buried the child. Mr. Jackson and M r . Ridl ey t ur ned away from the cemetery, the pe o pl e, we are told, hooting them a considerable distance. Surely it is high time, for the credit of the Church, as well as of the parties immediately interested in this disgraceful and unpleasant dispute, that some steps should be taken to terminate the strife which h as been too long and too ardently pushed forward in Hartlepool. MR. ROEBUCK. It is the saying of the day that the right man should be in the right place, the round man in the round place, and the square man in he square place. But there are men with so many angles, and those angles so acute, that they fit no place. They cannot be rounded or square I, or fixed, or assimilated ; but there they remain spite of ad verse influences, and survive every form of disso lution. Like strychnine, they invigorate at the risk of tetanus, and operate with unimpaired effi cacy on a dozen successive formations. Su c h an angular unassailable crystal is Mr. Roebuck. Men tally his true region is the wilderness of Judea, and he testifies in raiment of camel's hair, eating locusts and wild honey. With a true instinct he repels party, place, and almost companionship, for his mission is solitary, and he bears not even a brother on the crag which he has chosen for his throne. In the midst of. cultivation and modern ness he crops out like a huge lump of granite, nobody knows how or why, stratified by no crea tion, deposited by no deluge, not even fling up by any known volcano. There are in other countries men of gaunt, rugged mind.y, of wholesome aspe rity, and uncouth majesty . . Bat they wait for re volutions, or are worshipped by armies of &glowers, or attach themselves to some European conspiracy and fall into a fashion like other people. They generally spend half their time in prison, or in banishment, or nobody knows how or where. But Mr. Roebuck for twenty years has been continually before the world preaching and prophesying, and testifying to a degenerate age ; always the same Mr. Roebuck, whether advocating oppressed colo nists or denouncing corrupt Administrations. He stands in a category of his own, and it would be a surprise to find doing anything like other peo ple. So while other membrsof Parliament are wast ing not only their time, strength, and characters, but half their fortunes also, on their constituents, and while they never visit their boroughs but to distri bute favours and shower subscriptions, it excites no wonder that Mr. Roebuck should go down to Sheffield to receive a purse of a thousand and more guineas. That was the primitive way ; when the House of Commons, however, did little more than present lists of grievances to the Crown and find money for the French war. In those days the bur gesses had a regular allowance as the representa tives of their boroughs at the Court of St. James's. This is the primitive character in which Mr. Roe buck DOW' appears,—nor does it suggest the least suspicion of his independence. On the contrary, such is the grain of the man that people would think it rather natural than otherwise if this very next session, with his retainer in his pocket, he went right against the dearest opinions of his de voted constituents. So, although there have been great men and patriots and reformers besides Mr. Roebuck during the last thirty years, there is a kind of subjective truth in his own account of his career, as the single handed witness against universal corruption. We shall not attempt to disabuse him of that mental insulation in which he has brooded over the crimes of the age, and sallied out of his intellectual fast ness to deal vengeance on the foe. Some people talk of their party, or their friends, or their policy, till not only self, but independence, and even honesty, seem to merge in a game of political tactics. Mr. Roebuck has an inspiration and acts upon it. He is a law to himself, ani consults no oracle but the good of his country. " A man's own mind," says the proverb, " will often tell him more than ten watchmen ; " and Mr. Roebuck relies more on his own genius than on the mul titude of counsels, OR which weaker minds lean for guidance. He not only repudiates party, but be hardly even sees it. Like Sergeant Cut-and- Thrust relating the bloody story of a battle, he only knows that he met with a succession of antago nists, of whom he killed some and wounded others, without being able to say much of his comrades and their achievements. He certainly was the bet man in the Parliamentary battle against Crimean alai-administration. He is the hero of a tale which will interest and distress for ages to come. Others might have felt as much, laboured as much, and even achieved more. Many could easily have been more judicious. But there remains the fact that to Mr. Roebuck we are indebted for the Committee of Inquiry, and that we have to thank him for dis closures that will survive courts, and sentences, and distributions of honours. There never was en terprise or energy of any kind, however noble and useful, without a look of egotism. For our part, we feel that the country wants a few more egotists, men who will set their faces " like flint" against social and political evils, and act more on their own noble instincts. It is everybody waiting for every body else, and wishing to do only what everybody else does, that paralyses many men of great powers and creates perpetual disappointment. Go into the House of Commons and look round ; look at that fine, tall fellow with a noble expression ; ad mire that other beaming countenance ; observe those eagle eyes ; look down the benches till you are arrested by that lofty brow, or that stalwart form ; see there in succession—the very type of a gentleman, of a philosopher, of one born for corn- mand ; hear the rich tones of that voice, and per mit yourself to follow the fascination of that smile. But all these men are nobodies. Tney were once the hope of families, of counties, of cities, of parties. But they lacked individuality. They waited for others, and consulted partisans, till by doing nothing they got into the habit of doing nothing ; and having once succumbed to too cautious counsels were never able to rouse themselves. Mr. Roebuck must have had such men in his eye when -he asked what it was that enabled him to do what he has done. He says with genuine modesty that it was not talent, or rank, or party, or anything external that placed him where he is, but the determination to be inde pendent, and do his duty to his country at all costs —just what most men want in these days. But for the future. When it is confessed that the past is not encouraging, even when it was only one winter's military mismanagement to be ex posed, one may reasonably look with little confi dence to the reform of our whole administrative system. That, however, is the work, and Mr. Roebuck proposes to set about it in his own way. With a dozen brave Paladins he is going to attack a whole army, occupying all the strongholds and fortified lines of our political institutions. The three hundred LiheraN may do as they like, and the two or three hundred Conservatives may do as they like, and the neutrals may do as they like ; they may be off and on ; they may play fast and loose ; they may take up schemes or lay them down ; but Mr. Roebuck will pursue the even tenourof his way against the evils of aristocratic influence ; against bad appointments ; against that mode of discharging public duties which is certain to prevail when the misdoer is sure of protection. But, though small bands have done much, what can a dozen men do against an army of functionaries? Three hundred men once withstood as many thou sands, but it was in a narrow pass which prevented the thousands from deploying. "What is the ad vantage of position that is to make a dozen free spoken patriots equal to whole factions and classes, the hundreds of legislators and thoi.Eands of func- tionaries ? Hitherto the Association for Admi nistrative Reform can boast little success. It has attacked sinecures and nibbled at salaries ; it has carped at pageants and ridiculed formalities. But while it was waging war with trifles, there occur red the tremendous disastar of our army in the Crimea, every week of which swallowed all the savings, all the reforms of any kind the Association could ever have achieved. It is only the war that has given a more practical turn to the crusade by showing that the worst evil of all was the fact that the most important positions in the army, as in some other departments, are held by men of no genius, energy, or even experience. With little encourage ment then from the past, we cannot hope for much impression to be made by a dozen men acting inde- pendently of party. May we be mistaken ;but it is a case where numbers seem requisite, and we hope they will show themselves before long.— !21 - Les. • THE REOENT EXTRAORDINARY ASSAULT CASE AT GOADBY MARWOOD.—We (Lincoln Mercury) are in. form e d on good aunority that Mr. Bingham, Mr. Frewen, and Mr. Beasley, the magistrates who adjudi 'a'ed in the alleged assault at Goadby Harwood, for which Miss Johnson was sentenced to a month's hard labour, and the man servant of Mr. Manners to four months' hard labour, have been imperatively called upon by the Home -office to give exp!anations of their treat ment of the case. 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TEE FATAL CATASTROPHE IN LITTLE S WAN-ALLEY. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. The following appeared in successive editicns of Th San of yesterday. Yesterday morning Mr. W. Payne, deputy-coroner for the City of London, opened an inquiry at St. Barth°lo /new's Hospital, relative to the melancholy and lament- able deaths of Thomas Palmer, and Elizabeth Pullen, Thomas Pullen, and James Pullen, his step-children, occasioned by the fall of the house No. 9, Little Swan alley, Moorgate-street, on the morning of Wednesday last. Previous to the jury assembling at the hospital, they met the coroner in Little Swan•alley, and examined the ruins. Mr. W. Jones, ward clerk of Coleman-street Ward, in which district the house was situated, attended and watched the proceedings, accompanied by several of the members of the Common Council, Commissioners of Sewers, and vestrymen of St. Stephen's parish. Mr. Woodthorpe, the district surveyor, was present with plans of the premises. The jury was a highly respectable one, comprising the principal tradesmen of the parish in which the dreadful calamity occurred. Mr. Perkins, of Cole man-street, a member of the Common Council, was appointed foreman. The jury having viewed the bodies (that of Elizabeth Pullen having been removed from St. Stephen's dead house to the dead-house of the hospital), considerable delay occurred in commencing the inquiry from the want of accommodation for the jury, and the proceedings had to be conducted without tables for the jury to write on and take notes of the evidence. The jury having been sworn, The Coroner said that, as the inquiry was one of con- siderable importance, he proposed first to take evidence identifying the bodies, then medical evidence as to the nature of the injuries from which the deceased persons died of, and then such evidence as would show how and why the building in question fell, and ascertain thereby if any blame attached to any person. Elizabeth Pullen deposed that she lived with Palmer, the deceased, who was a labourer, about 31 years of age, at No. 9, Little Swan-alley. The three children now dead were hers, and resided with her and Palmer in Little Swan-alley, at the time of the accident. She had resided in the house on two occasions. She had been back the last time about three or four months, and occupied the first floor back. The front room of the first floor was occupied by other persons. The Kings occupied a room above. About four months ago she lived in the room of a Mrs. Marsh, at 2s. a-week, and continued her tenant till about six weeks since, when Mr. Crane became the landlord of the premises, and she had since that paid the rent to him. She had complained to Mrs. Marsh of the state of the house. There was only one room on the ground floor ; the floor of the room underneath that she occupied had been taken away. Last Saturday night week she com plained to Mr. Crane, when she paid him her rent, of the state of the floor, and pointed out the broken state of the flooring near the fire place. The wood was much decayed. As he stood at the door he looked at the place, and said he would look to it. He did not call again until Sunday last, when he came for his rent. On Sunday last she paid him again her rent, but nothing had occurred then to excite her alarm. In the course of the evening she fancied she heard a cracking noise, and noticed it to Mrs. King and deceased, Palmer, and said she should soon get out of the house. By the Foreman—Mrs. King said at the time that she had heard strange sounds, and that they had better get out as soon as possible. Witness continued—About nine o'clock on Tuesday night she heard a cracking noise near the fire place. It appeared to 'be in the same place she had heard it before. She and deceased, Palmer, had not then retired. All the family slept in the same room, but in different beds. The children slept in a bed under the place where she heard the noise. Her self, Palmer, and the baby slept in one bed, and the three children new dead in the other. About 10 o'clock they retired to rest, and about minutes past 12 she was awoke by her child. She got out of bed to give him something, and walked the room with him for a short time. She then heard a fearful cracking again. Her hushing the child did not shake the room. The room began to shake very much, and she awoke Palmer and desired him to get up, as the house was falling. He got up and went to the children, and she opened her room door and alarmed the other inmates (the Kings, who were over her head). Whilst standing on the top stair, outside her room door, one half of the floor of the room gave way, the window fell, and was smashed all to pieces, as was also the fire• place; hearing the crash she tried to run down stairs, and the shaking of the house threw down the stairs, and she and her baby were thrown into the street ; but how it happened she had no recollection. She had made no complaints to the ward beadle or any other person. She had not seen any of them round that neighbourhood. She believed her mother, who lived in the house before her, had complained of the state of the house to a lady who visited the neighbourhood to distri bute charity amongst the poor occupants of the neigh bourhood. Crane accepted her as a tenant from Mrs. Marsh, about 6 or 7 weeks ago. By the Jury—Last week she experienced difficulty in closing the door, but it did not create alarm in her mind as to the state of the house. By the Foreman—Her other son, who was about 15 years of age, had not returned from his work when the accident occurred. She saw him in the court shortly after the house fell. She did not know where Crane lived. She believed in Charles-place, Bell-alley. The boards in front of the fire-place were all broken away and decayed. There were no nails in them, and after sweeping the floor she had frequently to put the boards in order the best way she could. James Frederick King deposed that he was a book binder. He occupied the top floor back, over that of the last witness. The other room on that floor was unoccupied. He had lived in No. 9 about seven months, always occupying the same room. During that time he had complained of the state of the house. A week before the house fell he complained to Crane of the dila pidated state of the house, particularly the state of the a indow of the room ; it had a frame, but most of the glass was broken. On complaining of it to Crane, he said they might put in the glass themselves if they wanted it. He paid Crane is. 6A. p( r week rent. When he took the room of Mrs. Marsh the glass was then broken, but being unable to buy glass he patched it up the best way he could. The fbor of his room was " thoroughly rotten and eaten away." He showed it to Crane, who said, "Oh, you must make the best of it." On Sunday morning last Crane called for the rent. He was unable to pay him, and again com• plained of the state of the house, to which Crane replied " If you don't pay you know the consequences," and he Is`4en left. On Tuesday night he was engaged preparing his work for the following day. About ten minutes to 12 ho and his wife retired to rest ; a few minutes after he was aroused by a sound, and he said " Hark, how its bailing." His wife said it was no such thing for the stars were shining. He and his wife, and his wife's sister and four children slept on the floor, having no beds ; shortly after hearing the sound he found himself below ; the floors appeared to Lave " fallen in all of a lump together ;" there was only a shop on the ground floor ; the cellars went down a few steps ; he did not think any of the ground floor had been cut away ; he had never complained of the state of the house to any one but Crane ; he believed the house bad not been examined by any one ; he had never seen a surveyor there ; Crane, the landlord, lives at 19, Little Bell-alley ; he is a mes senger in some office in the City. Mrs. King, who walked home, and appeared to be suffering from the injuries received on Tuesday night, deposed that about three months ago a person inspected the house, and ordered the rooms to be whitewashed. He inquired who was the landlord, and said the house appeared in a very bad state. From the manner in which the person alluded to came, she thought he must have come from the Board of Health. She had long noticed the dilapidated state of the house. Pieces of mortar used to fall from the ceiling. On Friday night she and her sister awoke by a sound like the "unloading of a cart-load of bricks." The noise appeared to pro ceed from between the two houses. She got up and procured a light, but could not see that anything had fallen. She did not mention it to any one the following day, because Mr. Crane was very hard upon them, and she thought if she did he would think it was done to get out of the place. On Sun day Seibert, who occupied the room adjoining Palmer's, was hammering all day, putting a lock on to his door. Mrs. Palmer said, " I don't thi❑k any of us will want locks or bolts long for I don't think the house will stand long." Witness then corroborated her husband's evi dence with regard to the noise on Tuesday night. She got up with her baby, and saw in the fire-place a light which came from below, and she said to her husband she thought the house was on fire, and whilst saying that she fell through the floor. She saw the crack the side of the room nearest No. 8, from whence the noise appeared to come. Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Cox looked at the house in the spring of the year, but she did not know their object. By the Foreman--Oa Friday night she and her eider considered the house was unsafe. She made no attemp to leave or make any complaint of the state of the house. Sarah Parry, who formerly occupied rooms in the house, deposed—That about three years ago rho noticed the dilapidated state of the premises. The plaster from the ceiling near the window, and the bricks from the fire place began first to fall. She was a tenant to Mrs. Marsh, and on complaining to her she had it repaired. About the same time one of the steps of the stairs gave way from decay. The summer before last while whitey , washing the room some of the plaster fell down, and she could see through. She was sister to Mrs. Pullen, and her mother occupied the house for a long time. From her observations she was satisfied the house was in a very bad state. Mr. Horton, Mr. Reddington, and others called some months since and looked at the exteriors of the houses. They said they wished the houses were all down, and asked the occupants why they did not leave. They said the parish wished to have the houses down. Mr. Reddington did not go into the house because he was afraid to go over the stairs. Mr. E. Woodthorpe, district surveyor, deposed that he knew the premises in question and produced plans he had made of them. About 18 months ago, when be was condemning houses in Sun•court, adjoining Little Swan alley, he found from observation, before his notice had been called to it, the property in a dilapidated r tate. He condemned the property in Sun -court under the old building act, which vested these powers in the Court of Aldermen ; those houses were pulled down. At that time he examined the exterior walls of the building in question. He had no power to enter the premises and survey them. He had to take care that no danger was likely to occur from old buildings to pas sengers and the adjoining property. By the new act the occupiers of houses were pro ected as much as passen gers, &c. Under the old act, and on a certain process being gone through, he had power to survey—without it he could not enter premises for that purpose ; the In spector of Pavements gave him notice of any houses being dangerous, and on receiving it he applied to the Court of Sewers for authority to act. He was not aware if Little Swan-alley was in the dis trict of the Inspector of Pavements. If he saw danger he should move in the matter without notice ; and report to the Commissioners of Sewers. There was nothing definite in the act to compel sur veyors to walk round their districts like policemen, and examine the dwellings, but it was the spirit of the act. He had condemned a whole street on his own observa tion, and without his attention having been called to it. The removal of the houses in Sun-court had not affected the stability of the house in Little Swan-alley. These houses were from 150 to 200 years old. The wood work was all worm eaten. He had examined the premises since the accident. In his judgment the interior of the house fell bodily from decay of the ends of the rafters and wood work generally being worm-eaten, and, falling in this manner, the outer walls were forced over a shed into an adjoining . court. The weight of the people in the house was more than the floors could bear, and that was the cause of their giving way. The exterior settlements of the house were not so serious as many in the neigh bourhood. The house in question showed less exterior indications of falling than the houses Nos. 10, 11, and 12 now standing. Similar defective action was going on in them, and that of No. 9. About ten or twelve years ago he believed the house was prescribed by the Wood inquest. He had since taken measures for securing the whole of the adjoining property. Unless there were some exterior indication of danger he should not ask to go inside. The only way to have known the state of the floors would have been by taking stp the boarding and examining the bearings. A Juror handed to the witness a presentment relative to the buildings in question dated 1845, and asked whose duty it was to take proceedings under it? Witness said he believed it was referred to a select committee of the Court of Aldermen. The Foreman said that he was the foreman of the in quest referred to, which was presented to the Court of Aldermen, who referred it to a select committee of the Aldermen of the ward through the City solicitor, with power to take the necessary steps for putting them in a proper state of repair. From his own knowledge he could state that the repairs required were attended to. By a Juror—He had no doubt the surveyor at that time had the repairs done. In answer to a question from Mr. Waddington, one of the jury, Mr. Woodthorpe said that he took the opportunity of going into the houses Nos. 8, 10, 11, and 12, a day or two since, and he found the interiors of them in au un sound state. He had since obtained the necessary au thority, and had condemned them this day. The most dangerous part of these houses arose from the chimney shafts, which, owing to the excavations of the cellars, were now supported by the joists of the building only. These old chimney shafts were three times the weight of modern shafts. Surreptitious repairs to houses were frequently done, the surveyors knowing nothing of them, and great injury was frequently done to houses by sink ing the cellars 12 or 18 inches deeper than they ought to be, and it was generally done without the knowledge of the surveyor. He considered his duties to be, that, on seeing a building in a ruinous and dangerous state, to give notice to the Commissioners of Sewers, and when en his rounds to look out and examine buildings externally, and see if there were any dangerous or ruinous indications. He made periodical visits, but at no speci fied time, such as once or twice a-year. By Mr. Bennett (juryman)—Have not the state of these houses come under your especial notice since yen condemned the houses in the neighbourhood about 21 years since! Mr. Woodthorpe—There have been no external indi cations of danger. By Mr. Bennett—Did you take no means to survey these houses when in the neighbourhood about three weeks since ? Mr. Woodthorpe—l did not examine them specifically, but only in a casual way with other buildings. In answer to a question from another juryman, Mr. Woodthorpe said he did not know before the accident that these houses were condemned in 1845. The duties of the surveyor were defined in the old act, but had not been inserted in the new act. By Mr. Jones (Ward Clerk)—He believed the indica tions of decay in these houses have been going on ever since they had been built. The walls and cL'mney.i were from 1 foot to 18 inches out of the perpendicular. The houses 10, 11, and 12, were kept back in their position by being tied with iron rods. Mr. Perkins, the foreman, was then examintal relative to the presentment of the house to the Court of Alder men in 1845, and added that as the landlord paid atten tion to the summons, the repairs were done without the further interference of the Court of Aldermen. Mr. Bennett proposed to examine Mr. Perkins relative to the actual execution of the repairs, but he was inter rupted by The Coroner, who said it was not necessary to go into that. They need not be so particular, because that was merely a Court of Inquiry. Mr. Bennett said he thought the jury should examine into it, because if the Corporation failed to do their duty in 1845 they were to blame. The Coroner said they had nothing to do with that now. It was a question for their consideration when they deliberated. After some further discussion, The Coroner said it had been shown that repairs were ordered and executed. A Juryman said he thought the question arose whether the City surveyor of 1845 did his duty on the presentment made. The Coroner said that was not a question then before them. Mr. Peikins said that repairs were done to the house at the time, which satisfied the gentleman who represented the property. John Thomas Hopkinson, sanitary inspector, and in Spector of pavements, deposed that he was appointed to those offices by the Commissioner 4 of Sewe , s for the North Middle district, in which Little Swan-alley is situate. When he saw a dilapidated building, it was his duty to give notice to the district surveyor in writing. A. 3 a sanitary officer he examined premises internally and externally. He was appointed to his office in April, 1856, and he inspected the house in question on the 23d of May last for sanitary purposes. The state of the houses he reports to the medical officers, who report to the Commissioners, who then order the issue of the proper notices. The house then only appeared to want the plaster made good and cleaning. If he had noticed anything out of the usual course he should have reported it to the surveyor. He considered he was empowered, as inspector of pavements, to enter any house he thought ruinous or dangerous. lie was through Little Swan alley four times last week, but did not notice any indications of danger from the house. The district sur veyor always attended promptly to his reports. He had examined many houses, especially in Golden-lane, in worse co n diti on th a n those were. He served Mr. Crane with the proper notice to lime white and plaster, and the repairs were done. He did not notice if the staircase was broken, or that the boards of the floor were loose. The cellar was uninhabited ; he did not inspect it. Mr. Randall, of No. 4, Sandell terrace, Poplar, owned the property in question up to about four years since. During the time he bad it the City authorities complained of its state, and gave him notice to repair, which he at tended to. He thought the notice was served on him about ten years since. He disposed of the property, about eight or nine houses, to Mr. Crane. It was held under a lease on the life of an old lady, of Greenwich, who died about five weeks sinco. By a Juryman--He could not recollect the amount of repairs done to the house, in consequence of the notice served on them. All was done to the satisfaction of the authorities. Crane acted as his agent for the collection of the rents previous to his purchasing witness's interest in them. Mr. Crane, the person above referred to as the holder of the property, deposed that he resided in Little Bell alley, and was a messenger at Messrs. Morrish and Ca.'s, Gresham-street. Wh en he took the property Nos. 8 and 9 were rented by Mrs. Marsh, who let out N 0.9 to weekly tenants. Marsh left the premises about 4 ors weeks since. He used to go to No. 9 to collect his rents, and went into the rooms. He saw on those occasions the tenants. On Saturday fortnight Airs. Pullen called his attention to a board that walloose in the floor near the Ore. place. It appeared to have been occasioned by the &, , oppin 2 of wood, On moving it he could look into the cellar. • Last Saturday night ho called, but saw neither of the tenant 4, and went again in const , qttenCe on Sunday morning. Fie then saw Mrs. Pullen who paid him her rent without making any complaint. She did not call his attention then to the state of the floor near the fire-place. He also saw King, who made no complaint. A step on the stairs wai lose but nothing to indicate danger. No complaint was even made to him of the state of the house except the loose hoard. He was in the house three hours before it fell. He did not no tice anything that indicated its falling. He rep ii: ed all the windows except King's a week before the accident, and he refused repairing theirs because they were bad tenants. He had only been served with a notice to lime white and repair, which he attended to at the time. By a Juryman—The property was not surveyed when ho purchased it of Mr. Randall at 75 guineas per annum. Shortly after he had them they were condemned. Ile had received the rents up to the time of the accident, not knowing the old lady was dead on whose life the property was held. Ile knew the property was in a bad stare of repair, but he did not consider it dangerous. Mr. Bennett—lt you had attended to the repairs of Pullen's floor you would have discovered the joists were rotten. By a Juryman—He never examined the main tim bers of the house. He did Vie repairs when Marsh rented the house. Mrs. Sarah Marsh, of 10, Little Swan•alley, deposed that when her husband rented No. 9, they let it out in tenements. She lived in it about three years ago. It was not particularly out of repar. It was rented as an old hauße. She had complained of certain repairs being necessary to Mr. Crane, which he had attended to. She never heard any cracking sounds, nor considered it in a dangerous state. By a Juryman—She never felt any alarm about the house. Police-constable Richard Hewett, No. 154, deposed that he bad known the houses for 18 months, awl the inhabitants also. They never complained to him of the state of the premises. On Tuesday night, ab )ut ten minutes past twelve, he heard a noise like unloading stones from a cart, accompanied with screaming. He proceeded to the spot, and found the house in ruins. Screams were coming from persons in the ruins, as well as tbose in the surrounding houses. The house appeared to have fallen down bodily. He then procured assist ance, Mrs. Seibert and Mr. Seibert were got out, and conveyed to the hospital. Palmer and the other de ceased, with the whole of the inmates, were taken from the ruins. Palmer was taken out dead about two hours after the accident. He was taken from the cellar. Elizabeth Pullen and the other deceased were taken out before Palmer. They were conveyed to the hospital. He passed the house about a quarter of au hour before the accident. He neither beard nor saw anything indi cating danger. Every assistance was rendered to the persons as they were taken from the ruins, and they were forwarded without delay in cabs to the hos pital. By Mr. Bennett—He did not consider it a part of his duty to report the dangerous state of buildings to the district surveyor. If he saw anything dangerous, or the inhabitants informed him of anything dangerous, he should report it to his inspector. The Coroner said he had the names of several other witnesses, who spoke to the same facts, but The Jury said they considered it was not necessary for them to be examined. Mr. Elliott, churchwarden of St. Stephen's, Coleman• street, stated that there were a number of these dilapi dated houses in the neighbourhood in question, which required examination, and he hoped the coroner and jury from what they had that day heard would express strongly their opinion that it should be done forthwith. He should call on the sanitary inspector to do his duty more efficiently than heretofore. Mr. Inspector Todhunter handed iu a list of the di lapidated houses in the district, and said that although it was no part of the duty of the police to examine these buildings and report them, he should take care it was done in future. _ _ _ Mr. Dailey, house surgeon, deposed that when Palmer and the two lads were brought to the hospital, about 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning, they were all deal and the extremities were cold. There were no fractures, and they appeared to have died from suffocation. They presented the appearance of persons having suffered from an accident such as that above described. _ Hewett was re-called, and stated that the girl Pullen was not sent to the hospital because a medical man who was present, and Mr. Cnild, the police surgeon, pro nounced her dead. This being the whole of the evidence, Mr. Bennett submitted that evidence should be pro duced to show that the necessary repairs were done to the house on the presentment in 1845, and what was the state of the building then. The Coroner said he did not consider it was necessary for them to go back so far on that occasion. It would bear but very remotely on the fall of the house. Mr. Bennett said that if the timbers of the house were rotten in 1845 no repairs could have made them sound and safe. The Coroner said they had heard the evidence of the foreman on the circumstances. He would call any one else the jury wished, but he thought it unnecessary. The Jury having expressed an opinion that they thought it unnecessary to call further evidence, Toe Coroner summed up, remarking that it would be their duty, amongst other questions, to considtr if there had been gross and culpable neglect on the part of any person that would make him liable to a criminal charge. The external part of the house did not appear to have given indications of danger, and it was for them to say if there bad been that serious and formal notice given to the landlord to repair the house by the inmates, the neglect of which would involve him in a charge of man slaughter. He (the coroner) wished, and no doubt they did also, that more vigilance had been used on the part of those who had to survey the neighbourhood, and ascer tain the state of the buildings, because if there had been the rotten state of the house must have been found out, without blame attaching to any person for it, and the house have been pulled down and this unfortunate acci• dent have been prevented. The jury, after deliberating twenty minutes, returned a verdict of accidental death, accompanied with the fol lowing recommendation :—" The jury earnestly recom mend to the Commissioners of Sewers that they would authorise a special survey forthwith to be made of all buildings in the City of London, that from age, or other causes, may be supposed to be out of substantial repair." The Coroner said he concurred in the recommendation. The inquiry occupied from 11 o'clock till half-past four o'clock. FALLING OF A PORTION OF THE WEL LINGTON BARRACKS. Yesterday an inquiry which lasted for upward of six hours, was held bef3re Mr. Langhaw, the Deputy Coro ner for the city of Westminster, touching the death of Thos. Cormier, aged 40 years, who I)st his life by the falling of a portion of the new wing of the Wellington 13 trracks in James street, Buckingham-gate. It will be recollected that the whole of the corner of the copping-stone fell down, precipitating mc persons to the ground, one of whom was killed on the spot, and five others so seriously wounded that it is very doubtful IN he tiler any will recover. The inquiry took place at Westminster Hospital. There were several Government officials present. The first witness examined was Andrew Mall, who identified the body of the deceased. Alfred Wells, potman at the King's Head, James street, Westminster, said that about 10 minutes before 10 on Wednesday morning he went on to the scaffold with a can of beer, for the purpose of supplying the workmen, as usual, with their morning beer. He was in the act of pouring out a half•pint of beer to Matthews, one of the injured men, who was standing on the corner of the coping stone. Witne,s saw the coping (rack, and immedi ately tell back into the gutter on to the roof with his can. The stone fell, carrying away a portion of the wall, and precipitating six men on to the scaffolding and carrying the whole to the ground. By the Coroner:—There was nothing weighty, and only one man standing on the stone when he saw it crack. William Herrick stated that he wai a bricklayer, and was at work on the scaffold when the accident occurred. He had just finished the work he was engaged on, near where troi accident took place, and was coming towards the potman for his beer when he saw the coping cant over. Clarles Simpson and others were trying to get their beer. By the time he got up to the front he saw the stone fall over. It started up two or three feet before falling, rolled over, carrying a portion of the wall, and knocked the scaffolding down. Coroner—Was it the weight that broke the scaffold Witness—lt was the weight, in my opinion, for there were not 100 of bricks or a stone on the scaffold at the time. Coroner—Was it a good scaffolding! Witness—l have seen worse. By a Juror—What was thewidth of the coping•stone? —lB inches in and 15 projecting. The counterbalancing weights were not put on. - --- By a Juror—Did you consider the putlogs (the cross beams in the scaffolding) were strong enough ? Witness—l did not build the scaffolding. I don't know. At this stage of the proceedingsa juror suggested to the coroner the advisability of ordering the contractors from the court, as he thought that their presence pre vented the witnesses from stating all they knew. Charles Thompson deposed that he had superintended the erection of the scaffold ; he thought it was strong, but he had never erected one before in London, and dui not know what round putlogs were. Several other witnesses were examined, who deposed to the same facts, and it was admitted by all that if beech or fir putlogs bad been used the scaffold might have resisted the weight. Henry Keen, a bricklayer, said that he was on the scaffold at the time of the accident. He considered it was caused by the lad Simpson standing on the stones, and knocking them to level them down. There was a f.reman to the job, but he was not there when the occur rence took place. There wero no iron cramps at the building on Wednesday morning, but the foreman had gone to see after them. A Juror—Some of the workmen, while we were look ing over the building, said that they would have come forward, but they were afraid of the consequences. The Coroner—This is far too serious a matter to be stated in a conversation ; we ought to have it on oat'l. Juror—But I assure you there was a man at work en the building who positively said he should like to give evidence, but he was afraid he should be discharged. Coroner—Then, if such is the case, for the sake of the public and the contractors, the inquiry should be ad journed. After some further conversation on this point, Mr. A. Chester was sworn and deposed that he was 1101140 surgeon. When the deceased was brought iu with five other persons, they were at once attended by witness, Ilarnard, Holthotve, and IPhnam. The dEcea , ed bad :-übtained an elt,ll , lve hactureot the , kuli, aid tiled in about 80 inihute,B after hi 4 admission. George Sais j foreman, said teat he was not present at the accident. He saw the cornice about 10 o'clock in the morning, and left to go to the city to see after the iron cramps, which ought to have been there on that in , rn- Mg. He did not give any orders for the men to proceed with the work without the cramp', and as the accident happened during hi,; absence he could not say how far they had ~ot on. It was in the specification that the cramp were to be provided, but if they had not been in the contract he 611,u1d not have consuiered them nece,;- sa,ry. The lad Simpson standing an the stone loosened the joints and caused the accident. Coroner—Now, relative t the imp , :rta;.t communica tion made by one of the gentlemen of the jury as to some of the men having been intimidated—is that a fact Witness—l can only say I have not heard of it. Coroner—Has there been a strike among the men since the cotmnencement of the works ? Witness—Yes ; but that occurred about two or three months ago, Coroner—Did you think it necessary to prop up the cornice ? Witness—No, certainly not. Coroner—But if it had been propped up, would this have taken place ? Witness—No, it would not. Mr. James Jones, a builder, said he went to see the building after the accident, and found the putlogs to be only sawn quartering 3 feet by 4 inches. He had worked for builders for years in London, and never saw such a scaffold before—that wa.., respecting the putlogs. If the putlogs had been beech instead of deal they would have stood any weight, and it would have split the boards instead of the putlogs. By a Juror—He thought most decidedly the putlogs were placed too wide apart. The scaffold was not strong enough. This being the whole of the evidence, the coroner summed up, the court was cleared, and, after a consulta tion of about an 11,:ur and a half, the jury returned the following verdict :—"That the death of Thomas C.mnor was occasioned by a portion of the cornice falling on him, but, had the iron cramps directed to be used by the specification been applied as the building progressed, the accident would have been prevented." Sporting Intelligence. DERBY SUMMER MEETING.-FRIDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate of 50 sous, in specie ; for three year olds and upwards ; winners extra. One mile atd a half. Mr. French's Noisette, 6 yrs, 9st 61b (Kendall) 1 Mr. Barratt's Dolly, 3 yrs, 7't slb (Musgrove) 2 Betting-6 to lon Noisette, who made all the run ning, and won by two lengths. - -- The Chatsworth Stakes of 50 sovs, added to a handi cap sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft., and 3 only if declared, &c. The second to save his stake. One mile and a quarter. 31 subs, 17 of whom pay 3 sovs each. Mr. E. Parr's Stork, 3 yrs, Bst 4lb (Sopp) 1 Mr. Good's Vulcan, 4yrs, Bst 21b, in. 71b ex. (D.Hughes) 2 Mr. T. Taylor's Fortuna, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b —.(Cresswell) 3 St. Dunstan and Whitelock also ran. Betting-2 to 1 apt St. Dunstan, 5 to 2 each agst Stork and Vulcan, and 5 to 1 agst Fortuna. Whitelock made the running, with St. Dunstan lying next, Fortuna going on third, Vulcan fourth—Stork lying off. No change occurred i❑ these relative positions until making the last turn, where Whitelock retired, and St. Dunstan to, k the lead, with Fortuna in close pursuit, Stork drawing into third place. At the distance the foremost three closed, and ran together half way up, where St. Dunstan was beaten, and Vulcan came with a rush past Fortuna, made a game effort to catch Stork, but, unable to get quite up, was defeated by a bead ; half a length between the second and third, a head only between the third and fourth. St. Dunstan was well up with Fortuna. The Chesterfield Stakes of 50 sous, added to a Sweep stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft ; for two-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b. Allowances and penalties. The second to save his stake. Three quarters of a mile. 10 sub 4. Mr. T. Walker's Gemma di Vergy, by Sir Hercules, 9st 1 lb (including 51b extra) Mr. H. Rich's Odd Trick, Bst 10Ib .(Aldcrott) 2 Mr. T. Wilkins's Oakball, 9st, llb (in. 51b ex.) (Wells) 3 Betting-7 to 2on Gemma di Vergy, who waited on Oakball to the distance, where he came away, and won in a canter by a length, the same distance between the second and third. Before the race, 9,000 to 200 was take❑ about Oakball for the Derby. The Sudbury Stakes (handicap) of 5 sous each, 2 ft with 30 added. The second to save his stake. About three-quarters of a mile. 12 sub , . Mr. E. R. Clark's Yorkshireman, by Sir Tattoo Sykes, 2 yrs, sst 12Ib (Fordham) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's The Unexpected, 3 yrs, Est 1216 (Bray) 2 Mr. French's Noisette, 6 yrs, Bst (Kendall) 3 The following also ran :—Tester, Lily, Shelab, Chan ticleer f., and Persia. Betting-5 to 2 agst Yorkshireman, 7 to 2 agst Noisette, and 4 to 1 each agst Persia and the Unex pected. Persia made the running to the turn into the straight, where she gave way to the favourite and Noisette. Half way up the distance The Unexpected passed Noisette, and, after a slashing set-to with York shireman, was defeated by a head ; a length between the second and third. Shelah and Tester, in the order named, were next well up with Noisette. Lily was last th roug hout. The Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for two-year-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, _ &c. One mile. 3 subs. Mr. Robinson's Six-and-Eightpence, by Sir Tatton Sykes, 2 yrs, sst 131 b, (500 (Ohs,Boner) 1 Mr. Whittaker's Fashion, 3 yrs, 7st, (20/.) (Bray) '2 Mr. Samwell's filly by Cossack out of Giselle, 2 yrs, sst 816, (406) (Snowden) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Giselle filly, 3to 1 agst Stx-and- Eightpence. Won by a length; had third. The winner was sold to Mr. Stevenson for 121 guineas. Fashion was claimed by Mr. Samwell, and the Giselle filly by Captain Little. LATEST BETTING. GREAT YORKRHIRE HANDICAP. On the course at Derby 6 to 1 was currently offered on the field, but on the platf6rm at Rugby, en route to town, 10 to 1 to a " pony" was laid against Vandal, and the same odds to a like sum against Pantomime ; 10 to 1 was taken about Houghton, and 100 to 8 about Lundy foot ; 400 to 50 was booked about the following " lot" : —Panmure, Gaudy, Lady Tatton, and Yorkshire Grey ; and the same odds were subsequently taken about this lot to a " pony," ST. LEGER. 6 to 4 would have been taken at Derby, to money, about Ellington. TOTNES AND BRIDGETOWN RACES. THURSDAY. The weather was brilliant, running good, an i the company sec,ind only to Epsom, computed at 50,000. The sports extended to so late an hour that our report was too late for post. The Totnes meeting being now the grand event in Devon it is con.islered probable that a Queen's Plate will be run for hereafter. The Grand Sluth.Hams Steeplechase for 50 sow, added to a stake of 2 sovs each. Over about three and a half miles of fair hunting country. Mr. H. Deacon's Edgar, aged, 124 71b. 1 Mr. G. Samuel's Harlequin, aged, list 71b 2 Mr. T. Gallop's Baron, aged, 12st 3ib Won cleverly. The Tradesmen's Plate of 30 sovs (Handicap). Heats, about two miles. Mr. Stinton's Freckle, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 1 1 Mr. Waite's Phantom, aged, list 2 0 Mr. W. Carlisle's Spxig of Shillelagh, aged, 6st 3 2 The following also ran :--Kidnapper, Fatalist, Smith more, and Greenfinch. The Pying Steeplechase Handicap for 20 soya. Heats, about two miles. Mr. Mead's Greenfinch, aged, list 31b 1 1 Captain Tomkinson's Bacchus, 6 yr 4, lOst 51b 2 3 Mr. T. Gallop's Baron, aged, 10it A very fine race; contested every inch. The Committee Plate of 15 soya (handicap). Heats, - . about a mile and a half. 3/Ir. Waite's Phantom, aged 2 1 1 Mr. W. Car►i-le's Sprig of Shillelagh, aged 1 3 2 Mr. Smith's Smithmore, 4 yrs 3 2 0 The last heat was so close that many thought it a dead heat. LEICESTER RAGES.—SENT• 24 AND 25. SECOND DAY. Handicap Sweepstakes. Gentlemen riders. and a quarter. Age et lb Weathercock 5 11 71 Bright Phoebus 5 11 0 Goidhill Schamyl Xanthus One mile Age st lb Gaudy 3 10 6 Bobby B Paranure 3 10 0 The Cropper-- 4 911 A PRACTICAL JOKE AT BRENT WOOD. On Thursday James Cooper ( a young gentleman of in dependent property) was examined before the bench at Brentwood, charged with the manslaughter of John George. The magistrates present were —the Rev. T. Lud bey, chairman ; J. Disney, and C. Towers, Esqrs. ; and the Revds. Dr. Robinson, Dr. English, and J. Lewis. Mr. Preston appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Poland for the defendant. The evidence given before the coroner having been re peated, Mr. Poland addressed the bench for Cooper. He said there was not a tittle of a proof of any ill-usage. The f act way there had been a party of them drinking —one (deceased) got beastly drunk, and Cooper undertook to wheel him home. He argued that there was no ground for charging Cooper with manslaughter. He was almost going to fay it was idle to suppose auy jury on earth would convict of so serious an offence with evidence so light and incloclusive. The magistrates retired for five minutes; when they returned, the chairman said the bench was unanimously of opinion that this was a fit subject for a trial by jury ; therefore Cooper was committed for trial, at the next assizes, on the charge of manslaughter. Bail of himself in 5001., and one surety in a like sum, was tendered and accepted. The young men Hoof were then called up, and bail was accepted for their appearance next Thursday, to Answer a similar charge,--Chelmsford Clironicfr, Coll:it,rtr "''ry.riz.et.4. LIVERPOOL-SETT. The mork2t this morning was only slenderly attendee i, 1, 3; millers and dealers, and their operations were influer Cl by the fine weather we now enjoy for the gathering of tl northern harvest. Business was limited in every bier A : 3 of the corn trade. Pi ices irregular and difficult to (plc Ae , but in was concurred in to make a reduction from Tues last of about fid to 8,1 per bushel on wheat, is to 2s per 1 )r and sack on flour, is per qr each on Indian corn and EE ; tiara beans ; in other articles no change. WAKEFIELD—SEPT. 5. There being a fair arrival of wheat prices were lOs to 128 per qr. under the high rates of last week. Old whe -is per qr. cheaper. Trade was dull. In other articlest be tendency was downward. Average price of grain—Wheat, 74s 11.}d ; barley, a 5211 Od ; oats, a Od ; beans, 44s Sci; peas, —s. Od. EXETER—SEPT. 5. 6d CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from B) n i to 9s Od. Malting barley, 5s 6d to Os 6d ; grinding de ..1 w ed to Os Od. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Beans, Os Od 4c '"; Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. Several samples of new c rh e t in good condition, 8s 6d per bushel For new oats, . 5 ° 3s (id per bushel was asked. FLOUR. —Fine, 52s Od to —s 01; seconds, 50s Od Od per sack. CATTLE.— Fat beef was sold at from lOs Od to lOs 6 a score ; fat calves, 6d to 62d per lb ; lukTrenners, Os Od to, Od. per score ; cows and calves, 101. to 161.6 s • but O r b ° , calves, Gd to —d per lb., rearins calves —s s 00 6 a Sheep, ewes and lambs, 11. 14s to 2/. 5s per couple; ew to —d ; wethers, 6.(1; lambs, 6 . i to 7d per lb. Pi k large size, 45s to 55s ; second size, 24s to 30s ; slip? t, to 00s ; suckers, lOs to 14s. Rough fat, Pork carcases from lOs Od to lOs 6d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—SEPT. 5. The transactions of the past week are again exclus confined to grocery sorts, and even in these only a geo ( ! er ° rate amount of business has been done, at rather 1 181 prices ; the market generally is very dull. Refiners' • duce meets with but a limited inquiry, and former q4 l tious are with great difficulty supported—indeed, s' kinds have been sold at a decline. Rum continues t.O prove in value, but very little offering. COAL MARS Priooo of Coal per ton at ET.—SEPT 5. the close of the market. B. d. Longridge's Wst Hartley 18 6 Walker Primrose .. l4 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 6 North Percy Hartley _l6 6 Byass's West Hartley l7 9 Howard's V. est Hartley Netherton 18 0 Holywell l7 6 West Riding Hartley _l6 6 Walleend, &e. Stewart's. 19 9 Riddell l7 9 Bell's Primrose l4 6 Cowndon Tees lB 0 iraddyll lB 9 Shotton, unscreened 16 Wharnclifie lB 0 Ships at market.., t Wallsend, &c o a 9 l Haswell lt I 0 fletton , icy . Lambton Russell's Hetton 1 9 , South Hetton 1: ' I Hough Hall! lt ' 0 T ees to' 0 Pensher . l9 18 0 South Kelloe 0 Woodhouse Close 1T 0 Kepler Grainge ... (iosforth Eden Heaton l B -; A Northumberland IT I Sold LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 5. STOCK EXOHANGE.—The market opened with a ! Ori lo g marked improvement to-day, and the prices of the lea stocks have advanced slightly, and closed steadily 3b following rates :—Midlands, 80i —Eastern Conutli 9.6.3.—Blackburn, 8 -London and North-Westerns , 1 ,," —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97i :—South Eastern.„ , .4 11 3 , Great Western of Canada, new, 2/. 3s. 9d. p.- - ' l ' °r b Eastern, Berwick, 208—North British, 10—Edinbu rg Perth, and Dundee, 98 —East Lancaster, pref. 1.0110, per cent., 5i —Dutch Rhenish, p. 2.3.9. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 5. 134 STOOK EXCIIANGE.—This market was steady to -day, 0 prices are rather easier than yesterday. London r e , North-Westerns at 103 4 x d.—Warwick and Biticalora ham Canals, 26—Birmingham District Fire, 4a. Birmingham Canals, 92k. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY• Amsterdam 11 17 Gibraltar Ditto, three months .. 11 191 i Leghorn ............ •• 2 ? Rotterdam 11 1950 Genoa ..... • Antwerp .............. 25 50 Milan ...... • • ......•• Brussels .... • • ........ 25 5) Venice........•• Elamburgh ••.••••• •• • • 13 EN Naples .• •••••••••• • • •• „ - . 1 4 4 kltona .. • • ............ Palermo ..... ••• •• - "u Paris •• 25 35 Messina .. 1 33, 52 4 Ditto, three months .. 25 67W Lisbon .. " 52% arseilles 25 70 j Oporto ••• Bourdeaux • • ........ I Rio Janeiro ..... .•• •• •• Ft ankfort-on-Maine••.. 120 Berlin.•• •• •• ••• • • • • • • •• Vienna •••• • •• •• •• 10 23 Trieste.• •• •••••• •• .... 10 25 l'etersburg ............ 37% Madrid ••• •• .• •••• .• •• 49 7 % Cadiz ................. 50U Barcelona Buenos Ayre5.........• New York,6o days' sight "". Philadelphia •• ...... PRICES OF BULLICN, FEB 07” 9 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 1 7 0 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0,, gel'" Mexican Dollars 0 New D011ar5......0 0 Silver in bars 0 5 IMABO_RAT MAIL& j*l signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-o dla y the night—and M by the morning—Ae3pateh.) - - . ------------- a, a /ay when ma lent From wha la . 00UNTRIZa. in General Poet- Port dao ~ h •!. Delco, London.* Dispa.tche . a•li' ,„,,,4 america(byftritaiaclON 'lvery Friday Liverpool .•• ffee tir ' •merica. (by United Ste.. We oltli packet) „ „ ......a. Every Tuesday Southampton kaierica (by U. Statie packet) ..........N •• Liverpool •••• 4ustralia (via Livo 119 pool) ............M er- 141,1 4th and 19th Liverpool .• - Ditto (via Marseilles) N ..•..••• •• • Dover ......!•• Ditto (via Cape of Good _,. p 7:1 441- ` ) ' Hoe) ............N ••• kfrica p (Wont Coast) ...la 431 of te', a a a a a.,, Plyaroul.ll .. ith o f 9 1; .k!axandria. ~.. —la 10th Sr. 26th of r•. Dover ...... ci ti 0 0 ktexandria ----PA 4th & 20th ,of mor Alltham....o: 4 Na l l Bahamas ...........31 17th of the month Sauthampior 16th Belgium ~..........N ()oily _ .. Diver...... Jail Brazil ..............M 9th of the month Sauthanaptoi : a th. limos Ayre5........M 9th of the month Sault"! oa earl 16 91 ,eg Cape of Good Hope —NI Uncertain :;ape of Good Hopo ..N , o n to Caae de Verde ......aaii 'ate, of . a, , bar, a. Southampton 16t h - no Ceylon (see India) 10th and 26th la .r 27 0 & 91 Ceylon ...........„ —/a 4th and 20th Channel 151e5,... ~..N e.,,,, tvo.t.,alfris SOuthamwon ataTa' Chi1i............ „, „ad 34 la 17th of month Southamp or 1 anal' China .... .. 4th and 10th I an d . 19 Constantinople ...... N 10th and 26th Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of na, n Dover ...... 2 an Cant. of Europe al & N f wico daily Egypt (goo India) .... _ Dover .. .. •• fWiCo Da l .01 France ........ M & N fivieo daily...—. Dover ...... : - a c ia,2a Gibraltar ..........M 1,7,17,20, 27 atm. Southampton a , 1, - Graeae (see India) 1 as 10 Groytown ........ M:2 id & 17th of mon. Sauthampt, a • _-a a , tlamatirgh ..........N , Daily ..... London ....... IMl „'',. 00 ElNvimnah ..........A1 Ind of the month B,mthari..ptcti 1, .„',". iliol•land ...., ........ hi Daily... ..... aonclura3 ..........111 17 to of the mom h S,uthatcpten 16thA 210 [mill (vialacuthampt.)al tth t 20th of mon Plymouth .. I a1t7.,9 al 1;101 , 1 (via Marseillc.l)lll ,10'..hk26th of mot! , Dam .. •• •• 15 - tonian Isles (see L .... : Ireland ........M & li I' wice daily LiOyEat ..............al 2d of a 0... aladoira .. •.........31 iiia, at :11,1+ , 1... ! Southamp ton 6 and qadelra .........., ..N 234 oh mont h ...„lLivorpool ... Malta (see India) I 1. 9 Malta .... ........N 4, 10, 20, arid 26 Dover ...17.1 15 . 4. --' II . gaqritius (se' India) all Maarititis ..,..... - ..N 20:h of the ,nonth 4th AO Afoxleo iii Ohl of the mont! , .. Southampt• n l et :* !..TaplE,B . - ~ .... ...r , I Da11y...... • . ... .1 Dover .. , ~,,a 1 6 Plow. Granada ... i... a 2d & 47th of montlf,gouthamplo7 I, ' -- new Zea1and..,....... Twir,e a month .. Various port Papal `States ~.... -..• N Daily , - .. •• • • •• .. I Dover 4 We etll •• •• •• Peninsula .. -. ••••.• A' laolithamapti T ai4 ifr; 16 0 Pcru , • ~, ea se 0e •• -,3i :d lir 27th of moa a louthamptc r Ist a , P natal ..,... a, ay private ship...iVarious port, 3 oily a. —...... •• ..N Every Saturday.. Dover ...... Weal: Tuscany ..,......,„N Daily...—. .. • .1 Dover .... Vionezneli ... ...... al al nc 47th ofmontlaiouthamp4o.n. I a 16'.° Van Diemen's Laud (•.3e ' Australia) ..., ~. ~ ith of mon. .. i if 11101:1 ,. .", • • West Indies .....„ „a,' ::ra liis o, m , ;, , r.l3o(itharapten 11. and "" _ I3oathampten When any of these dates fall o n a Sunday, the malls will he de' , f f I spatched on the following day, with the exception of the Indhi tto 3utharnpton), and the Malta, both o r which will be despatche d prodding day,, LINCOINSHIRE. —The splendid weather this week baa g cheered all hearts in the prospect of an abundant harve st ': and, a , a consequence, cheap er an d b e tt er b rea d. FO4, ther reports confirm our last statement th a t in neighbourhood the yield will p rove muc h l arger ths" was anticipated. Some parties, dubious about the e°,. ri : tinuance of fine weather, p ru d en tl y spen t a par t o f tuv Sunday in " leading."—Lincoln Mercury. BIRTHS. Olt A, NM I LO .-10. On the 3d inst., the Viscountess Forth. i On the 4th inst., at the Grove, Blackheath, the wife °! Mr. Stuart Knill, of Fresh-wharf. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 4th inst., at 12, Kensington Palace- gar de * Lady Peto. On the 4th inst., at Farnham Castle, the wife of ti° Rev. Robert Newman Milford. MARRIED. "'On the 4th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, 11 . 1.° George Edward Kaye, of Symond's.inn, Chancer Y - 1 .811 and Homerton, to Ann, second d aug ht er o f M r . J. Sir ," son, of 37, Kensington-park-gardens, and 53, alon e ' street, city. On the 4.' h inst., at St. Andrew's, Thornhill-30 0 f; Benjamin Way, Esq., of Gray's-inn, barrister-at-lavr• Elizabeth Sarah, only daughter of the late John R. Gilsolio Esq. DI ED. On the sth inst., at 32, Euston-square, Thomas Porter; Esq., age 48. On the 4th inst., at Goldington, Beds, Lguncelot Char le* third son of Robert Hobson, Esq. On the 4th inst., at Bath, Emma, wife of Lieut. - C ob Raban, late of 22d Rent. On the 4th inst., Charles Jefferies, eldest son of CIL ° Bailey, Eqq., of Hampstead, aged 10. Oa the 4th inst., at 22, Park-crescent, the infant datigi r ter of Charles Douglas Burnett, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Lewisham, Mr. James Lance, a g ed 69. On the 3d inst., at Mailing Deanery, Lewes, .Anthoni, S. Greene, Esq., aged 56. _ On the Ist nisi., at Brighton, Lewis Raphael, Esq" 18, Bedford-place, Russell-square, aged 62. LONDON : Printed and Published by KURD() YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun, Office, No . 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the oonutf of Itiddledei, Saturday, September 6,1856.