The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-16 00:00:00

RAILWAYS IN INDIA. . India at this moment presents one of those in dustrial difficulties which, though apparently of . theamost surmountable haracter, have oftener been solved by events than -by humax enterprise. It might, seem the easirat thing_ -in- the world to make railways to any extent in India, when there is no other country that contains more iron, of the best quality, in the most accessible situations and theanost ieducilalo forms; tosspealt'-af copper, lead, and other valuable ores. In no e; her coun try is labour cheaper, or the supply of charcoal so far inexhaustible. From Nerbudda to Assam, Central India- a -sc.:on, we will hope, to be traversed by rail \says in every direction—abounds not only in ironstone, but in coal-beds. Indeed, iron ores are so 'abundant, and of. a richness and quality so much superior to ours, that the only question is as to coal. •This is not only abundant, but in many places •is in immediate proximity to iron. "Coal occurs extensively in eight provinces," says Dr. J. M'Clelland a -" namely, Tenasserim, Arracan, Orissa (Cuttack), Bengal Proper, Burdwan, Aisam, Raginchal, Behar, and Nerbudda. In every instance iron ores, either the common clay ironstone, or red or yellow ironstone, containing from 30 to 50 per cent. of iron, occurs with the coal, or extensively in the same district." Mr. Williams,, _geological surveyor to the East India Company, reports that " the actual cost of mining coal in India, including agency and rent, is one rupee, - or two shillings, per ton, and the cost of mining iron would not exceed three shillings per ton. It could be mined in large quantities for Much less." Coal has been mined at considerably less• cost in the Soane district, where ironstone and limestone also abound. Taking, however, the average Indian rates, and coal tOgether with iron, the cost of the two at the' pies mouth is generally less than half that in Scotland or Wales. Nor are these raais of . a merely local, accidental, or temporary character, likely to be much raised by an extensive demand. All the eleinents of the cal culation, including the most. iniportAnt—that is, labour—are practically inexhaustible. The popu lation is everywhere, as we should - .express it at home, in excess of the existinginepms of emplOy ment ; it ia' everywhere of a floating character, ready to go anywhere or do anything for a bare existence, and we have the testimony of engineers to the merits of the patient and clever Hindoo at mining a smelting, and all the other processes of the iron manufacture. Here; then, are all the' condi tions of the problem. On the other hand, there is now au immense demand for the use of railways. Yet, strange to say, native iron, native fuel; native skill, and native labour, combined io an estabii ;lied .manufacture some thousand years old, have so far been made no use of, at least none worth mention, in the construction of Indian railways. The East Indian Iron Company's works turn out • 9,000 or 10,000 tons .=year, in one description or another, bur chiefly in the shape of pig iron, and of this the gp•eater part comes to England for a market, and there fetches a ton. The remainder is worked up into castings and malleable iron on the spot and sold to the railways, the Government, and the gene ral consumer. In Malabar, however, the scat of its operations, there is no coal, and charcoal is, for many reasons, much too expensive a fuel ever to allow of a competition with coal made iron for rails. • Thus the whole of the rails uFed in India, • amounting to many thousand tOns, have to cern() - - from' this country. For a time the supply was checked by the diversion of all shipping to the - purposes of the war, and England stood in the rather discreditable position of neither having developed the natural resources of ' India 'nor being able to supply the deficiency from her own. Now, however, what with British and what with American shipping, there is no want of freight, and we hear of American sailing vessels taking 1,600 • - tons at a time. Notwithstanding the old caution , . against dead weight of this sort, vessels now load with iron - even beyond the register tonnage, till stopped by the high rates demanded by the under writers under these circumstances, the only other restriction being the difficulty of getting return freight from India. It is possible, then, that near the seaboard it may. always be difficult for the native ironmasters—should such a class ever come into existence—to compete with the British, bit in the interior it ought not to be so. In 1850, even at Moradabad, the market price of English bars was about the same as those of the best Kumaon • iron, found only 50 miles off, v i z ., a b ou t 181. a -t A; and the latter was not i n so ava il a bl e a f orm as th e : former. Indeel, everywhere the Hindoo black smith has the choice between British iron, coal made and of inferior cinality, but in sheets, bars, wire, and other ready forms, and native iron,. of much superior quality, readily yielding to his of ar coal furnace and rough forge, but in shapel ss, impracticable masses. The cost of the native • , manufactured iron is also much increased by the • needless and almost incredible was:o that takes place in rendering the crude metal malleable. Thus it is a-case of "civilisation," at a great dis tance and with a bad material, competing success fully with native ignorance and poverty, cheap'la- . • bour, and the 'best material. There is no reason why such a rivalry should not be determined, as it often, has been before, in favour of the laboider, the material, and the demand ou the spot. No great amount of skill and capital is required to ob tain- any quantity of ore in Central India, for it is close to the surface, to smelt with coal, which would produce an iron good enough for rails, and to erect mills, foundries ; a n d f orges sufficient for the supply of every -Indian railway. We believe, it would surprise most of Our readers to hear at . how small an expenditure it would be possible to I sot up works large enough to supply India with iron rails, and everything necessary for any proba ble amount of railways. So long, however, as the native iron trade remains dependent on its present - methods and resources it will even suffer by the introduction of railways. Theywill bring into every I part of India English iron., of a much worse qua _, . lity, but in the convenient form of sheets, bars, . . bolts, and wire, which the natives can only prodUce - in the roughest workmanship. Here, then, appears a rare opportunity for coin bining an immense national benefit with private profit. Why has not wealthy and enterprising England stept into the gap, and brought together the various elefnents of this simple .calcnla,tion ? We take it that those,wh o h ave th e requ i re d cabi tal do not like to plunge themselves into the heiirt of India, and as little do they choose to trust their I 'money to an,undertaking whi c h th e y mus t manage as absentees. The company Will not undertake the operation, and, indeed, cannot. The Indian rail way companies are preparing to erect forges and other works for repairs, but do not think it i igfit to imperil their profits in a new and not absolutely necessary speculation, such es ironworks would undoribted!y be. So again the appeal reverts to British enterprise, and it certainly does seem ve y 1 strange of India, so ri c h, so p o p u l ous , so peacef I, so quietly yi e ldi ng everything to our paramou it sovereignty, so regular in its returns of money atd produce to this. coun t ry, an d w i t h so Powerful a Government, should not be considered security cirough for so simple a speculation. No specula Limn is without risk, but we cannot see that India pre . - • sents greater risks than are inevitable in every • field of enterprise. - direly there are nicn rich enough ; sus ely there is...the skill to spare ; sti.;:ly there are men of sufficient; Itonesty to be intrusted with the conduct of undertaleingseveni2;ooo mires • ofC? Of course, an association is the best form of undertakingTfor such a business, and it is so intich the interest of• the East India firithorities- that it should litcceed tlia , -, no dolibt, they wouldgive it every facility in their power. The immediate ob ject is the application of,coal to the production of a quality or iron :cab:lent •lor ordinary rail ;,wily • purpOiles, and within easy carriage of the, railways - that are "•or ought to be made, That we conceiv, , to be a veer' proper object for the investment of Bri- ' . tish Capital and skill.—Times. i . • [ADVERT - 4311 '.MI - &NAT A-ND HURD* •-•- POWERFUL Tr:LE:sec. - Ts, OPERA, RA", AND PEES V V; , Chao 38 .-- , 31C 1.43 r : 3 1 S. and li. Solomon, optician - s, zee, Al b ° . marle-street, Piccadilly. Obeeeve—opposite the York 1,,(e.e1. By :4er Majesty's . Rod al Letters Patent for valuable . extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and . brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Te 6, spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such catraerdinary powers that some three ale' n-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, dill show distinctly Jepiter's moons, Saturn's rill% and the double stars. • With the same • teteseope can be seen a person's cinintenlnce three miles - and a half distant, and .an object from le to 20 - miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers acoordingly.—The Royal Exhibition, 185% Valuable,newly-invonted, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a wale ut, by which . a person can be seen and known 1A miles distant ; they en , wer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera_ !lenses, country scenery, and shi es are c l ear ly seen a t 9 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer,stalkiug,, yachtieg, to s.„,epcertsrecei, gentlemen, 'gernolteepers, - and tourists.' ()peril : ' c urs" , cal-n 1), and perspective elasses, wish wonderful Pe est wer tt . us l p ii , ew e ly-eo_ u o s w tructed Spectacle Lenses .if the great from -this invenLn e ' r i:, thaw NVilail:llltl)lb°o:;tll;i3ll;4'tailnlPadiegdi"ids preserved and strengthened, and .vary aged liersons enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occr > patios can. see .with thensooi...l.6cs.of a much loss magnify. . ing power—and they do ot ic i r t - h ,ri e l r the frequent el ial.Ve 3 to the clangorous effect; Persons-can be suited at g t i l as io s izs e t iit re o r i no t t i e le part of the world, powerful assistance. lzy sending one of the and stat.ing the distance from the ev il. ' spectacles in letter, and - these estlleY evi c i a o n l r ia c To . small newspaper print with it; not !Rade nss of spectacles by' stating their age.— I)cm ness. Nevi Diwovory. Th* 9 Organic Vibrator, an c - • • 4 l ,traordinary •pOwerfal, small, newly-invented in strument for deafness, entirely different from ail others, to aerpaes any . thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever eau e e produced. Being of, the s ame colour an the skin, i s not per. tri teptible it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at clie re h and at public assemblies ; 'the unpleasant sensation of sliming noises in the ears is entirely removed . ; and it affords all the . Itasistanee- that: possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle . Street Piccadilly . Observe—opposite the York Hotel. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING TIIE TIPPERARY BANK. The Freeman's Journal has the following state ment, which is .well calculated to revive the state of anxiety which existed here among the numerous parties affected, or likely to be, by the failure of the Tipperary 13ank. After the favourable decisions in the cases of the English shareholders many Irish proprietors, who supposed they had been equally the victims of that vile swindle, conceived that the justice of their defence would save them from fur ther litigation ; but it appears such is not the fact. The official manager is resolved to push the powers of the law to the utmost against every , one who has not a decree in his favour. The Freeman's Journal says : " We have been informed, on what we be!ieve t) be first-class authority, that it is in contemplation to issue over 1,000 wilt i at the suits of creditors of the Tipperary Bank next term." Wo regret we are in a position to strengthen this statement. The list of intended victims is ready, and the writs will be served, if possible, so as to have them available early next term. In reference to the affairs of this bank, the Freeman's city cor respondent makes some valuable observations, which are subjoined : " The winding -up of the affairs of the Tipperary Bank is not progressing with that satisfaction which was ex pected, and there is every prospect that unless some vig orous efforts be made by the unfortunate creditors to secure a rapid and less litigated adjustment, law costs will absorb all the moneys hereafter to be recovered from the shareholders. We do not attribute any blame to the oTzial manager or his very able solicitor, fort dead lock to which matters seem to b e ten di ng , an d weave every confidence that it extrication be possible it will be effected by these gentlemen. The conclusion is, however, rapidly forcing itself on the public, that the preseat state of the •law is altogether insufficient for such a case, and that both parties, creditors and debtors, would find the practi cal application of the ordinary commercial practice, and a little common sense, safer and more beneficial than legal quibbles, and the protracted litigation to which they inevitably lead. In these views we are strongly sustained by the opinions so powerfully urged by the highest commercial authorities in England in reference to the recent catastrophe in London, which presents so many features of similitude to the Tipperary crash. The aspect assumed by the affairs of our Irish swindle is becoming so serious to the mass of depositors and other creditors that we feel it right to place before them somewhat more in detail than would otherwise be re quisite the leading features connected with the failure of the Royal British Bank, or rather of the courses taken by the shareholders and creditors of the establishment, whose failure hai created such a panic in monetary circles in London, and which continues to oc cupy so large a share of attention from the leading com mercial journals. The fact of the failure of the Royal British following; so quickly on that of the Tipperary, and on that of Strahan, Paul, and Co., has very natu rally led to a careful examination of the state of the law as it is applicable to such concerns, and the leading au'ho rities have all arrived, after a careful s cru ti n y o f cir cumstances of the three great failures, and of the slow, harassing, and costly litigation which threatens to eat up all the produce of the Tipperary wind-up—leaving nothing, not even the falling crumbs to the creditors after the lawyers' sumptuous feast—that the law must be so modified as to enable the creditors of such concerns qu'ekly, and with certainty, to realise and divide such assets as may exist, and in case of their failure to make the unlimited liability of joint-stook bankers a tangible reality, not a sham, as it is under the present tedious process of realisation, which affords so many opportuni ties for making away with property before the creditors can come at it. The points of similarity between the Tipperary and the Royal British are sufficiently nume rous and sinking to arrest attention, and to cause those interested in one to watch with anxiety all the pro ceedings in thei other. In the first place the share. holders and creditors in both banks belonged prinei• pally to the industrial class to whom the effects of the temporary withholding of their 'capital is almost equal to its total loss. Like the Tipperary, the Royal I British issued a prosperous' report, and declared a divi dend on the very eve of bankruptcy, modestly limiting it, however, to 4 per cent. In both cases the large ad ' vances to bank officials, or, in other words, an approp riation of the funds to their own purposes by those en trusted with the management of the subscribers' capital, ' was the reputed cause of the disaster, and in both cases the shareholders are in a position to divide the public sympathy w,th the creditors. . _ " The amount of the subscribed capital said to be lost in the case of the Royal British Bank is 150,0001., and it is co.l,puted that the shareholders must submit t 3 an additional loss (even under the compromise which the creditors propose, in order to avoid law and its ruinous delays) of nearly an equal amount. So far the analogy holds good ; but from the amount of the crash the course pursued by all parties interested in the banks respectively , has been as dissimilar as possible. In London the share holders and the creditors have adopted courses the very opposite to that part,ued in Ireland ; and though we tror from time to time given in our news columns ample de tails of these proceedings, we will here r e peat the leading points of contrast between the two courses. The share holders in the Royal British Bank met at once, acknow ledged their i-esponsibility, and intimated their intention to subscribe, without the intervention of law, such sums as would appease the creditors for the present, by enab ling them to pursue their respective avocations, and to enter into such further arrangements as would prevent their having recourse to litigation, which might prove alike ruinous to creditor and debtor. The creditors having arrived at the conclusion that a wholesale re course to law would only add to their losses resolved to use every effort to keep all pa r ti es ou t o f litigation by seeking a frank and prompt adjustment with the share holders in the spirit of mutual concession. Both parties have in this case acted on sound commercial principles ; and if the lawyers do not interfere, as we fear they still may, a settlement sati s fact or y t o both parties may be ar rived at. It is greatly to be regretted that the same frank and honourable course wasnot adopted by theshareholders of the Tipperary Bank, and none will have to deplore it more bitterly than themselves. Instead of combining to inset the difficulty manfully, they availed themselves of every. quibble to evade their responsibilities and to gain time, thus exasperating the creditors, and giving to extern parties opportunities for goading there on to rash and reckless litigation, in which, though the law may in the en.l prove itself a Samson to the utter annihilation of the shareholders, it will assuredly also overwhelm the creditors themselves in the general rain it will effect." FAILURE IN THE WINE TRADE. It is with regret (says the Freeman's Journal) we learn that the recent suspension in the wine trade, Messrs. Clarke and Molony, has turned out to be much more serious in amount than was anticipated, being about 17,0001., and that a composition has not been ap:reed to ; 15s. was first named, but 9s. only now is offered. This stoppage excited surprise; a 3 the parties were long in tra le, highly connected, and one of the firm lately came i❑ for a largo sum. We fear that an arrangement with their creditors is, and will be difficult, as a large sum (about 8,0001.) is stated to have been lately borrowed. Opiniuu is, however, favourable to a speedy settlement rather than extremes. Creditors will find it the best line of policy. THE ➢SOORE TESTIMONIAL. Who killed Tom Moore ? " Not I," says Lord John Russell. " I only ruined his reputation ; that's all." - Indeed his lordship did his work most effectively—assuming, as one might, that such was his design and object. On the death of Moore Irishmen of all ranks and creeds expressed their regret for the loss of a brilliant countryman. A testimonial to his memory iu the city of his birth was immediately proposed, taken up warmly, and subscriptions towards the expense were pouring into. the coffers of the committee appointed for the purpose, when out came the first volume of the life of• the poet, by Lord John Russell. From this work it was at once seen that the " poet of all circles . " had been all his mature life a mere diner-out—a man who had not a good word forany one who had not good dinners for him, and even his best entertainers were not free from his unkind sarcasms. The subscriptions were stopped. Ex. planation followed, but the stream was dammed up. Many of those who paid their money would have withdrawn it had they the power. On the small stun in hand they ordered a statue, Sic., but nei ther the city nor any public body cares to have it. At first it was to be placed near the• Bank of Ireland, but even thotigh the corporation of .11ublin granted the site, ice - do not think the little man's statue would be quite safe from. the mud of the men who fortherly swore by the author of the " Melbdies." The papers this morning have the following re port :-- THE MOORE TESTIMONIAL. "A special meetin - g of the general committee was held at elm, - lemont House on Friday last the Eirl 'of Charlentont in the chair. There were also present the -Lord Chancellor, the Visnount Dungannon, Lord Tel het de Ma. Sir G. F. J. Hodson, Bart , Sir A. Clarke, Messrs. G . 11 ' 1 ' anY , R.H.A.• ;C. Mears, G. Petrie., LL.D , T. Hutton, D.L., G. W. Ifetnans, J. F. Waller LL.D., W. R. Wild e , an d J. H. Smith ' . " The minutes of the last meeting having been read and cmiErmed, "Mr. Mulvany read a letter from Mr. Moore, the sculptor, dated 24th April last, enclosi.ig r fr. on Messr4. Eikiegton and Mason, of Birmingham, dated 221 April, regrotting that front unforeseen cirournefancos .(!elay had occurred in the casting the statue of Moore, hut that they c,mfidently calculated upon its completion in the apace of three or four months. " Sir George Hodson brought up the following repot t : " We, the members of the sub-committee appointed for the purpose of Carrying out the proposition adopted at a meeting of the general committee for the Moore Te,ti =min), held at. Charlemont House ou Saturday, the 19 h April, 1.85 G, to take measures to have the statue erected upon the las. , fi of Leinster Haute, be; to i:epori— " That we have conferred with the c.,uneil of the Royal Dublin Society, an d f u lly ex pl a i ne d th e i ntent r ies of you: conamittee; fled that on the 16th May, 1850, the followin 'copy of resolutiOn of the council was forwarded to fir George Hodson " Meeting of the Council:of the 'loyal Dublin Society, To-ursday, May 15, 1856 ; George A. Hamilton, LL.D., M.P., in the chair.' . l " The proposition for placing the Moore Testimonia upon the lawn of the society having been taken into con sideration, it was resolved—That while the council are willing to recommend , to the.society to give a location on • to lawn- for the statue of their distinguished fellow. THE SUR, TA Qi• D 0 Nr, TUESDAY ET .:" 1N G, S.' EPTEIIII3 Elt 6, 1856. countryman, the poet Moore, therm : 2,f v_pinion that it e ifexpedient s:'saoirity slreyildietit cMtral prq.ition suggested by the More Testimonial CoMmittee for ulte rior purposes.' " "Your sub committee finding that they cannot have the consent of the Royal Dublin Society in obtaining the central position for the statue, have taken into considera tion the circumstances attending the site, as proposed in the foregoing resolution, and they are of opinion that an appropriate and convenient position, second only in he. portance to the central one, can be secured on the line of the intended balustrade of Leinster Lawn, directly facing St. Stephen's Church, baying au uninterrupted view to the spectator coming down the south side of Merrion-square. " Your sub-committee accordingly request the sanc tion of the general committee to enable them to close finally with the offer of the Royal Dublin Soc:ety, which, under the circumstances, they v think advisable to accept. " I i tIAZIERE BUADY, C. W. R. WILDE. • GEORGE HODSON, BART. THOMAS HUTTON*. JOHN FRANCIS WALLER. J. HUBAND SMITH." "It wa,s moved by the Lord Chancellor, seconded by Sir George F. J, Hodson, Bart., and resolved—' That this report be adapted, and that power be given to the suo-comaiitteo to make final arrangements with the council of the Royal Dublin Society, with the view to have the Moore Testimonial placed in the position there in indicated.' " Dr. Petrie expressed his entire disapprobation of the site proposed on Leinster Lawn, and urged many im portant arguments why the committee should adhere to the cite originally agreed upon in College•street, facing the portico of the Bank. "The Chairman having put the resolution adopting the report of the sub-committee, declared it to be carried. " Sir George Hodson, Dr. Patric, and Mr. Mulvany, with power to add to their number, were appointed a committee to procure a suitable design for the pedestal for the statue of Moore, as it appeared that none of the designs already submitted were, in the opinion of the general committee, precisely adapted for the purpose. "The committee then adjourned." EMIGRATION. CLONMEL.—On Thursday by the train leaving Clan mel, 'at ten o'clock a.m., 34 well-dressed and comfort able-lookieg persons—principally young girls, from this neighbourhood, left for Waterford, there to embark in the Mars for Liverpool. They are bound for the Far West ; and we learn the greater number of them have been sent for by relatives already residing in America, who have remitted them their passage money. WATERFORD.—The Mara conveyed to Liverpool on Friday the largest number of emigrants for the United Stn tea that has left here for some time. BALLINGSLOE.—Emigration is proceeding extensively from this district. FATAL COLLISION WITH THE POLICE. The Wexford Independent has the following : "The rencontre with the police at Kilmuckridge, briefly referred to in our last, turns out, unhappily, more serious in its results than we anticipated, as one of tile countrymen named Francis Edwards, who was lodged in gaol for the assault, has since died of bayonet wounds he received in the affray. On Thursdsy an inquest was held on the body by Travers R. Hawkshaw, Esq., county coroner, when Wm. Edwards, brother of de ceased, and Dr. Boxwell were examined. The former proved that he saw deceased in contact with the police, and heard him say, 'Don't draw your bayonet ;' and the other, that decoa•ed came by his death from the effects of a wound in the belly, which appeared to have been inflicted by a bayonet. The inquest was adjourned to the 18th, in order to have further evidence. It would be premature to offer any observations on this melan choly affair, whilst sub judice lis est, further than to ex press our deep regret that the character of our peaceful county should be stained by such an untoward occur seuce. It was on Sunday night, between eight and nine o'clock, and not on Monday, as erroneously stated, that it happened. It appears that Constable Byrne, with Sub-constables John Walsh and Christopher Walsb, were on patrol, in Kilmuckridge, when they arrested deceased for riotous and disorderly conduct. Immedi ately a party in a public-house rushed out, and were j ,ined by several others, who rescued Edwards, when the latter forcibly wrenched the carbine from Sub-con stable John Walsh, and struck him on the skull with it so violently that a fracture is apprehended. In the scuffle the unfortunate man received the fatal wound which terminated his existence. So much for accursed drunkenness, particularly on the Lord's-day." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Produce has been operated in with more frequency, and several articles, sugar amongst them, are looking up, and an increase of demand was to be remarked for some produce lately very quiet. In the stock and share markets there has been a state of unusual excitement, not from a rise, as more fre quently the case, but the reverse; in fact there has been a heavy tumble, and one not warranted by any fall in London. The result will be most serious to many, so extensive was the " bulling." One stockbroker has al ready been placed in difficulties, amounting to 3,000/., or thereabouts, but it is to be hoped that a little indul• ienco of time will enable him to resume. It is stated that his a. , sets are ample, as he struck before the pay day of the account. This fairness of conduct ought to meet with sympathy. STP, AM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CORK AND CARDIFF, It is with sincere pleasure we have to announce that the directors of the Cork Steam-ship Company have, with a spirit which does them infinite credit, determined upon running a powerful steamer between this port and Cardiff, the metropolis of South WaleF. The first packet, the Osprey, arrived at the latter port on the night of Thursday last, and sailed on Saturday, a very large number of peNons assernbliog to witness her de parture.—Cork Reporter. THE LINEN TRADE. . . . We have little to add to the notice given last week as to the sale of bleached goods. Stoeks in the hands of large manufacturers are not heavy, the steady turrpout of parcels for the past mouth having kept down accu mulation in nearly all departments of the trade. C :arse goods are more sought after. This we attribute chiefly to the improved circumstances of the masses, and being better able tolon f y linen for household use. While .uch excellent demand hißaor labour in every quarter, the people must graduaily..becotne_ more extensive con sumers of the staple fabrics ; and. as the state of affairs its the past t .vo years did'not adniit of surplus earnings, 'except with the higher order"o'f mechanics a larger amount of goods will be requlrid to meet this class of consumers. Damasks and 'Tapers are in good demand a the local markets. Lawns, which had fallen in con sumption, are now held in better estimate, and rates are firm lot a 1 varieties of light goods. The handkerchief trade is moderately active. Yarns do not vary in value. As is nsnal at the present season, consumption is re dece and stocks may accumulate, but it is not expected that the partial lull will effect any change in prices. Flax markets weT e well attended by buyers last week. The new fibre offered at the principal markets in Ar magh, Doan, and Tyrone is considered superior to any Frown in the north of Ireland for several years past. Rates are 64. to 7s. per atone for common, and 7s. 6d. to Bs. for prime hand•scutched. Milled goes off at 7s. to Bs. for common, and Bs. ad. to 9s. 6d. for good to fine, awl 10s. 6. i. to 12s. fur very fine.—Banner of Ulstcr. MELANCHOLY A ND FATAL MISTAKE. Another of those lamentable occurrences which have of late been so prevalent in our country has just occurred in Weymouth, Dorset—viz. the ad ministration of a poison instead of a prescribed medicine through mistake or negligence. The painful event to which we refer took place on Thursday evening last. The person whose life has been sacrificed is named Augustus Broughton, and is Eo n of Colonel Broughton, residing at Powell villa, Chickerell, near Weymouth. It appears that about the middle of the day in question the deceased complained of a slight headache ; his mother, therefore, sent a servant named Eliza Dowell to the shop of Mr. Barling, chemist, of this town, with a note requesting " an aperient draught for a child 11 years ohl." Tho servant gave the note to one of the assistants, which of whom she knew not. The assistants, or rather ap pt.( ntices, are named Liindie and .NPOunnochy, besides whom there is a lad named Barrett, about 13 years of ate. This lad, it appears, was subse querWy directed' to get the aperient, " black draught." By some mistakeornegligence—which it is not our 'province to decide, as the question is still awaiting the decision of the jury—this lad put un propertion of " black drop." This " black drop" was kept in a cupboard, and the b!auk dritught on a shelf near the counter. Un fot tunately the " black drop" was put into a bottle conveyed to the boy, and it would appear adadnis• Tered to hint, shortly after which he became coma tose and could not be awoke. Mr. J. Lit: ow, a surgeon, was sent for, but could not relater any assistance, and shortly after his arrival the unfortunate child expired. Thu lad who put up the " black drop" is only about 13 years of age, Au inquest was held on vigw of the body yestei day, and adjourned. The inquest recommenced with the surgeons Messrs. Litbgow and Thompson stating that the result of their examination of the contents of the body led them to conclude positively that the death of the deceased was caused by the administration of opium. Toe chemist and druggist, Mr. Bailing, and his assistant, J. A:Monne:lT, made statements, on oa from which it would appear that the former was absent at the particular time, and that the latter knew nothing of the execution of the order in question. The only other persons who could have executed it were James Barrett and John Lundie. The former is about 20 years of age, and has been apprenticed to Mr. Barling about four years ; and the latter is 13 years of age, and has been in the service of Mr: Barling just over four months. The jury, after a long consultation, returned the follow ing verdict : " We find that the deceased, Augustus Brough tTi, canto to hi.a death from the effects of a prepa ration of opium being administered to him instead of a- black draught, the mistake having occurred through the want of care on the part of John Lun dio and Jamcs Barrett, two servants in the employ of Mr. Bailing, chemist and druggist ; and the jury also wish to express their disapprobation of allowing young persons in the employ of druggists to dispense medicine until they are properly quali fied - by experience to do so." Naval and Military 14.1;e4tiger;ce. Yesterday the troops belongir.g to t':io R ty :lEu inetra, with the East India Company's Sappers and Miners, were engaged several hours at Chathain in rushing interesting experiments in pontooning, with the view of still further testing the strength and general efficiency of the panto Ins invented by Major-General T. Blansiaar d, ED., which are in use by the troops belonging to the Royal Sappere. and Miners .at Brompton. The experi ments, which were witnessed by Lieut.• General Sir Charles W. Pasley, K.C.8., were carried out under the immediate direction of Major F. S. ilassard, of the • • • Royal Engineers, and were undertaken for the purpose of testing the merits of this description of pontoon when required to be used on tidal rivers and against a power. ful current. The spat selected for the experiments was that part of the River Medway lying between the present new bridge and old Rochester-bridge, the tidle at this point being unusually rapid, which was the reason that part of the river was selected. There was a strong wind also, which, it was considered, would add further difficulties to the proposed undertaking ; but notwithstanding this, the result of the exper:ineuts was exceedingly satisfactory, The pontoons were fl fated up from the Gun•whart at Chatham Dockyard, through Rochester-bridge, to the space above, where they were moored. Each "raft" carried its proper complement of men and the necessary implements. Gen. Ransher l's pontoon is made of block tin, of a cylindrical shape, and, being hollow, floats high out of the water. In a short space of time the rafts were formed into line, each raft being c Table of sustaining a weight equal to three tons. The rafts were then lashed together, which operation having been completed in a few minutes, an immense floating platform was thus formed across the river, over which a body of soldiers, with the materiel of an army, conld be marched tour or even six abreast. Sir Charles Palley was rowed to the pontoon-bridge in one of the newly-invented india-rubber pontoon boats, which' was propelled through the water with the greatest ease by one of the lieutenants of the Royal Engineer?. :The signal was then given for the pontoons to be " raCked down," which having been accomplished, Sir Chkries Pasley iuspected the rafts. A 12-pounder brass gun with the carriage, weighing together two tons, MIS tlien wheeled backward and forwarsl several times over the bridge without causing any sinking of the ponitoons. The whole of the experiments, which were the first of the kind, were considered to be highly successful, and gave great satisfaction to Sir Charles Pasley. After thepon toons bad remained till the tide had fallen they Were floated down the river to the Gun-wharf. _ The 26th company of the Royal Sappers and Miner 4, under the command of Captain G. E. L. Walker, R.E., have been ordered to hold themselves in readinoQs to leave Chatham for the purpose of embarking for foreign service. They are expec.ed to proceed to the. Cape of Good Hope. . - The officers of the 7th Royal Fusiliers have invited the officers of the 231 Welsh Fusiliers.and the 21 bat talion of the Rifle Brieade to a banquet on the 20th inst., the anniversary of Alma. These three regiments and the 331 Foot, now in Ireland, formed the second brigade of the Light Division, and were under the com mand- of Sir William Codrington on that glorious day. The haequet will take place in the Iron Hotel; at the North Camp, Aldershot. The general court-martial, of which Lieut.-Colonel Raymond (depot battalion at Winchester) is pre;ident, has completed the trial of Lieut. Deane, of the 221 Regiment. The sentence will not be known until the proceedings have been approved by her Majesty. The ceremony cf laying down the last stone for the completion of the lofty chimney intended to servo the newly-constructed shell-foundry in Woolwich Arsenal, was yesterday performed by Capt. B mer, R.A., as chief of the department. The national flag was displayed throughout the morning on the four angles of the build ing, and the Ordnance colours were' hoisted over the principal entrance, to denote that the contractors' work having been terminated, the edifice bas: been handed over to the Government authorities. Capt. Boxer, ae companied by Mr. David Murray, Government building engineer, Mr. Charles Lucae, of the firm of Lucas, Br,,there, the contractors, and Mr. Green, Government surveyor, ascended at half-past 2 through the interior of the shaft, which has been carried up to the height of 240 feet from the base; and, after the lapse of a short inter val, the union jack waved from the summit, announcing that the ceremonial was complete. " The health of her Majesty,"and "Success to the new establishment" were then drunk, and the labourers were regaled. The rapidity with which the numerous buildings have sprung up within the last Lw months is a proof of the energy per settling the direction of the Arsenal. Lieut.-Colonel Eardley Wilmot, superintendent of gun factories in Woolwich Arsenal, has been despatched to Silesia, in West Prussia, to inspect the working of the puddling furnaces there, and to make himself acquainted with the Prussian system of smelting, which is carried out by means of gas, and which, if found superior to our own, is intended to be introduced. Colonel Wilmot is accompanied by Mr. Abel, of the chemical department of Woolwich Arsenal. The following is an extract of a letter from the British squadron off Greytown, Nicaragua, dated August 14 : " The Orion and Intrepid returned from the corn islands on Tuesday, where they had been for supplies for the i•quadror. The vessels lying here in the harbour are the Orion, iroperieuse, Arrogant, Cossack, Intrepid, Victor, and Pioneer. The Iniperieuse goes to sea on a cruise this evening. The Pioneer also sails, but to what place is uncertain. Her Majesty's 3 gun iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel Triton, Lieut. A. D. W. Fletcher commanding, arrived at Woll,vich, at one o'clock yesterday, from the D'ack Sea and the Mediterranean. The Triton is to be ad mitted into basin to return stores and prepare for being paid off, - The o'd troop ship Desistance, 10 guns, Master Corn mand..r Rus'sell, has land,d the greater portion of her ordnance storas, and heavy Russian anchors from Sebas topol, at Woolwich pier, after completing which she will proceed to Chatham to clear out her holds. and be paid off. She was commissioned in April, 1850, since which she has done considerable service in conveying troops and stores. She was then commanded by Mas ter Commander Bradshaw, and sub , equently by Master C.,minander Huntley and Master Commander Cutajar. Mr. Erskine Terry, who, in 1854, was promoted as clerk in charge, is the only officer who has served throughout the whole term of the commission. She will be paid eff at the end of the month, and will be afterwards laid up in ordinary at Chatham. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Monkey, Master Com mander Syndercombe, yesterday morning got up steam to try her -aachinery, which has undergone some repairs. She is to convey Major Stewart, Deputy Governor of Chatham prison, in charge of 100 convicts, today from Woolwich to Chatham, and has been placed at the die posal of the convict establishment until further orders. Her M3jesty's steamship Salamander kit Piym. , uth Sound yesterday morning, having in tow the .troopship Tudor, Capt. Anderson, for Liverpool, where she, will disembark the detachments of the Italion Legion recently brought home from the Mediterranean. • Toe City of London, N 0.9, steam•tr.ansport, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Ireland, to be paid off. ; rile DJt enter, Commissariat transpoe, No. 161 ; the Albatross, ditto, No. 112 ; and the Isabella Blyth, No 34, arrived at Spitbead yesterday afternoan, from the Crimea, with stores.: The Mauritius, No. 116, steam-transport, arrived al Spithead yesterday morning from Corfu, with the Roya Wiltshire Militia, whom she went into harbour to land. PEMBROKE, Sept. 14.—The Pacific, transport, arrived here on the 12th inst. from Dublin, with the remailnler of the depots of the 56th and Pith R.girnents and the whole of the depot of the 41st, the latter proceed►n; direct by railway for Wollner. The Pacific having taken in a supply of coal at Robb's Point, loft oa the 13th for Portsmouth to be paid off. The foilon;ing is to-day (14th) garriso:: the strength of the Orficers. • Rank nrul file. Rya] Artillery 7th Fa,iliers - 403 514 Foot ...... ' 7 5G th Foot 'lo 94th Foot The priposed addition to Pembroke - Yard amounts to , e 85 acres. A portien of this inclides - part of the town of Pembroke D oe k, b ut the h ouses being of that insigni ficant cla.s the purcha trione7 will be clinpiratively but a trill:fig sum. The enlargement, however, will he of the ut:'no4 advantage to the public service, eßoecially as it so greatly..extends the water frontag.. Tlwre is availa:." space for an equal extension to the westward also, and without purchaw, it being .a p.,rtion of the haven, miralty. a nd e- 113 cqucutly already belonging to the Ad- Midxhipman, the ldrniraliy ; ~ F a . p w po i i i n so ti n tie t n o t t s h w e e s r t e la m nn ad yesterday at on e ; H. H. Edwards, Mad-hipmaii, man, t, the s to lla t n ti n e en Sl:annon ; L. 11. Verneyj,.llTlj.idlsVllYpl to the Inflexible ; John Hayos. Naval Cadet, to the Higliflyer ; L. Atkinson, Naval Cadet, to the Brunswick. Lieutsnant-General Sir Colin Campbell, frispector- Getieral of. Infantry, arrived in Feramy on Wednesday, fir the purpose of inspecting the infantry in garrison. lie matie a very minute inspection of the arms and ac• coulretnents of the men. At half past 4 the General pro ceeded to the orderly. room for the purpose of inspecting the hocks, accounts, &c., of the battalion, with.the car rect.)e•s ot which he was. riatisfied. Oa Thursday the depots of the 331 (Duks of Wellington's) and the .53th ( Q a "- Il' ` s Own) regiments' were p traded at. 10o'clock a.m., in heavy marching order, for the General's inspec tion. Tne General inspected each man's rifle, ammuni tion, and accantroments very minutely, and afterwards had the whole of the kits laid out in the square. As anon as the inspectio n was over General Campbell ordered all the 3Pli. nuts of the 331 depot to the front, and said he bad ivuud everything to his entire satisfaction. [A DVER Tr 3 El[ENT.]—Holloway's Pills should be tnlcen for the C;ir re of Dropsy.--Females at a certain period of life become liable to this compliant, wide!) first rualOs its appearanc e by the lime:ling of the feet, legs, arid hen Is, and thus tual<ing strong inroads on the tution ; nunthere of dropsical patients, even when their cases were pronounced hopeless, have been cured by taking Holloway's pills ; and this medicine having stood the test of Years as a certain remedy for thiA;rnalatly. no one so affl;cted should avoid giving it a trial.— SAI by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at ProfesSor Holl.way's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Starnpa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. THE ,BARVESF IN THE UNITED STATES. (From the. Ye ") C>>t nt.y cc, Sept. 2.) The returns. from the wheat harvest of the United States are now complete, and it is sett led that the crop is of excellent quality, and if not the largest ever gathered since the settlement of the country, is at least above the average, and will yield a large nurplue beyond the supply of our domestic wants, With the certainty of such abundance, the probable reliance to be placed upon active export demand is a subject of much import ance, and deserving serious attention. Our imports of foreign goods and merchandise for the eight months of the current year are larger than for any similar period in our history, the total being upwards of 150,000,000 dole. ; and although much of this increase has been in consequence of large exports of domestic produce to this date, yet if these exports are to cease with the ingather ing of the present harvest in Europe, it might take a larger portion of the receipts of gold than we couH conveniently spare to balance the account. Great Britain has always been the best customer for our surplus breadstuffe. To most other countries which take bread stuffs of us, our shipments of flour have been compara tively uniform, whether the crop was large er small, but to British ports the shipments have varied with the quantity we have had to spare, although averaging nearly half the total clearances for all foreign ports. Bra zil and the West Indies are regular customers for our flour, as they purchase about the same quantity every year, and after great Britain take the largest quantity in a series of years ; but a large portion of our shipments of grain (with wheat and corn) go to British ports. Thus of 18,583,151 bushels of wheat shipped to all poets from July 1, 1 1349, to June 30, 1855, 14,061,212 were sent to Great Britain; and of 43,757,597 bushels of corn exported to all parts within the same period, 36,563,951 bushels had the same destination. We annex a tabuler statement ( showing the exports from all p ar t s o f t h e United States to all foreign ports, of wh ea t, fl our, and Indian corn, both in quantity and value, from 1849 to 1855 inclusive, with a comparison of the quantity of each sent to Great Britain. The totals are all taken from official documents, and may be-relfed upon as authentic, although it must be nota that, oftnany direct clearances to Great Britain fsr — briTEW, th - efe — are sometimes considerable quantities directed ' from thence to continental ports. The "Tineiffe7 of 1847 led to large shipments of breadstuff=, and to the inauguration of free -trade in England, and we commence, therefore, with 13439, when the business ,bad become settled under this system. The periods noted are the fiscal years, ending June 30 : Exports from the United States of wheat, wheat flour, and Indian corn, from 1849 to 1855; inclusive : Year ending Juno 30. ToGreatßritain. • To all Foreign Ports. 1819. Quantity. Qua n tity. V a l ue. dols. Wheat, bushels Flour, barrels Corn, bushels 1850. Wheat, bushels • ' 316,926 603,A61 643,745 Flour, barrels Corn, bushels 1341. Wheat, busieels Flour, barrels • l,O 4,783 2,292,325 10,524,331 Corn, bushels 1852. 1 " Wheat, bushels 2,019,557 2,694,440 2,555,209 Flour, barrels Corn, bushels 1853. Wheat, bushels Flour, barrels :Corn, bushels 1851 Wheat, bushels Flour, barrels ...... 2,016,121 4,012,336 27, 7 01,444 Corn, bushels 1855., Wheat, bushels 396,215 791,834 1,329,246 Flour, barrels Corn, bushels The ordinary shipments in the past have have not in cluded anything direct for France. In the first year named above (1849) there were no exports of flour to French p-irte, and only 108 bushels of wheat ; in 1852 the total includes 2,700 bbls. of flour, and in 1853 only 8,784 bbls. ; ¢ut in the year ending June 30, 1854, there were shipped ibrect to France 1,041,086 bushels of wheat, 728,279 bbls. of flour, and 39,400 bushels of Indian coin. In the following fiscal year (1854.5) the shipments of flour to the same ports had dwindled down to 8,557 bbls., and there was no shipment of wheat, but the exports of corn increased to 312,740 bushels. During the year 1855 the partial failure of the crops on the continent of Eu• rope led to large directshipments, and the total exports to France for 1855 6, not yet officially compiled, have been larger thad ever before) recorded to the same ports. As soon as the threshing of wheat commenced in the west and north of France, in 1855, its bad quality and light weight created a'general panic, and prices continued to advance up to Jan. 1. The abundance caused by the large receipts from this country, Spain, and other sources of supply, caused a downward tendency in prices throughout January, 1856, and everything was promis ing for the next harvest until the inundations in May. These chrolted the decline without wholly arresting it, but as the harvest approached, the hopes of an average crop became less sanguine, and it is now generally ad mitted that the supply will be deficient from five to ten millions hectolitres, that is fourteen to twenty•eight millions of bushels. The quantity of arable land in France'is set down at 56,810,000 acres, of which 14,000,000 hectares, or 34,580,000 acres, are devoted to the culture of grain. The average annual product is 495,000,000 bushels of wheat, oats, rye, maize, and mies lin—of which about one-fourth are oats, and two•filths or 198,000,000 bushels are wheat. With an average crop, France has heretofore been able not only to supply her own wants, but to furnish about 5,500,000 bushels of wheat (or its equivalent in flour) for the consumption of Great Britain. It is evident that this export trade must be cut off or greatly reduced during the current year, as the crop in France is below the wants of her own people. Indeed the total exports to Great Britain from all French ports• for the year 1855 amounted to an equivalent of only 880,000 bushels, or about 15 per cent. of the usual shipments, and this was all foreign produce, shipped from bend. In Great Britain the crop this year is very good, but it is never sufficient to supply the wants of the people. The total imports of breadstuff:3 into the United King dom for the last three years (reckoning flour, &c., at its equivalent in grain) are as follows : Calendar Year. 1853 • 1854 1855 Equal to bushels wheat. 84,419,632 63,267,240 50,227,608 The high prices have contributed to reduce the im ports into the United Kingdom during the last two years to the lowest possible point; but for the first six twinthe of the current year the total imports amounted to 1,859,000 quarters, showing an increase of 161,000 quarters or 1,248,000 bushels, and must continue at abi,ut this rate throughout the remainder of the Sear. Even with a good harvest the kingdom must need, at least, 40,000,000 bushels grain, or its equivalent iu flour, for its own consumption. Of this amount Russia (northern and southern ports), whose supplies were cut off during the war, can now furnish 10,000,000 bushels; Prussia (whose harvest is this year below the average) 10,000,000 bushels ; all other countries, 5,000,000 ; leaving 15,000,000 to come from the United Staten. If prices rule at a comparatively low rate, the consuMption will be increased, and the quota from the country may reach twenty or twenty five millions of bushels. Spain and Portugal have hitherto exported to both France and Engla:nd, the shipments to the latter last year being up• wards of 4,000,000 bushels. • This year the harverts are there so poor that the export is prolubiteil, and supplies for consumption in the Peninsula are going forward from this port. We see. therefore, that in addition to the demand for the bread tuffs from regular customers, we are likely to have an increased export trade to Europe, making the aggregate probably more than 40,000,000 bushels wheat and corn, or its equivalent in flour. It is difficu t to ascertain the exact production of the United States. The total arable land under actuvil cul tivation is given in the census of 1850 at 113,032,614 acres, of which 51,700,000 acres were producing bread stab. The following was the total production of grain as given in the census returns for 1840 and 1850 : 1840. 1850. Wheat, bushels 84,823,272 100,485,944 Rya... 18,645,567 , 14,188,813 Oats 123,071,341 146,581,17 v Corn Barley. Buckwheat _,179 377,531,875 593,071,101 ~ 4,16E:504 7,291,743 5.067,015 8,956,912 ---- --- Total bushels I; l 5,5'5,302 • 807,453,967 A very large a.,,ount of arable land has Leen brou4ht under cultivation sinae 1850, and those most conver , ant with they west and its increased resources think that the product of wheat has increased at least 50 per cent. sinee the date last given, whila other train has in creased 20 to 25 per cent. The total yield of wheat being, computed at 150,000,000 bushels, it is easy to see that the export demand can be filled without creatAig any emtraor dinary excitement throughout the country. Last year the farmers anticipated such high rates that many of them re• fused to sell in time, and thus to their great chagrin were obliged to dispose of their stock at the cloy i of the season far below the average price. This year the early sales pro mise to be the best, but there appears to be a limit below which foreign orders would rapidly diminish any home accumulation. At present good white wheat is worth here about 1 dol. 60c., and good red, about 1 dol. 50c. We scarcely expect to See a decline of 20 cents from these rates during the current seasoN. but within that range an actlve foreign business may be expected. The prospects for Indian corn cannot he given until nearer the close 1 the harvest. Flour will fluctuate more than when in price ; sales have been made to arrive iii Eoglap at a price which would net hen about 3 5 dollars for standard superfine, but this is generally thought tee Ge an inside price. We have .'one. piled from the official records a statement of the average export prici, of flour in each year since 1800. The high est was 14 75 . d015. per barrel, at which all the shipments averaged iii the year 1317. The lowest was 424 dols., which was the average of 1852. The following is the average of Iha total shipments to all parts in each year f T the last 20 years i Yearly avera ,, e pried of the exports of wheat flour from the United States to foreign ports from 1835 to 1855. Year. Price. Year. Price. Year. Price. Year. Price. Dols. Dols. Dols. Dols. 1336... 7,50 1841.... 5,20 1346_ 5,18 1351... 4,77 1 837_10,25 1812... 6,00 1817... 5,95 1.152... 4,21 1838... 9,50 1812... 4,50 1854... 6,22 1853... 5,60 1839... 6,75 1311 ... 4,75 1849... 5,35 1854 -• 7 ' BB 1810... 5,37 1815— 4,51 1850... 5,00 1855...10,10 The periods above noted are the Government fiscal years; ending June 30. The average I for 1856 is not yet made up, b u t wi ll b e considerably below that of 18 55 . If any think that we have over estimated the present production of wheat in this country e have only to re- I , mind them, that the cultivation of this grain for export received bu'6 f=timo!oA until the repeal the Eog• corn in 1847 ; and t:riat the export trade has sL:ce grucv;; port ance. 171,e trade has contributed more to thE, imp rtanco of Nev York 33 a commercial emprium Clan as fzencraliy acknowledf;ecl, and is likely to increase in magnitude for many years to come. HOP / TELLIG &ECM MAIDSTONE.—Picking has now commenced is good earnest. The reports from all parts of the county agree in describing the hops as tinnrecedentedly light. Even at the celebrated Maginford Farm, where the growth is fins, the colour superb, and the quality of matchless excellence, the weight is considerably below what it vras estimated. We find it impossible to resist the conclusion that the duty is greatly over-set. LOOsE.—Where picking has begun we get on much faster than we expected. The hops, too, are unprece dentedly light. 2,000 bushels to a ton, in some cases, been requisite. We regret to report the appearance of lice to a considerable extent, which, on a close inspec tion, will be found at work on the hop itself. MEitEwortm—Picking is now general. The yield will be about half a ton per acre. OTHAM.-- Picking is now going on rapidly. The hops are found to be barely ripe, and weigh very light. It had been anticipated that this parish would average from ❑ine to ten cwt. per acre, but it is now found that the average will not be more than seven or eight cwt. They 'continue flee from lice. TICEHURST. —We have commenced picking, and the yield is short. The hops weigh light and require 90 bushels to the cwt. WATERINGBURY.—Our picking is going on rapidly ; and in consequence of being well supplied with pickers, it is expected our hoping will be finished in about three weeks. WEOTHAM (LOWER DIvisION).--The hopes and fears, the anxieties and solicitudes, ever attendant on so pre carious and hazardous a crop as that produced by the cultivation of the hop plant, have all but subsided, and now nearly all are bu-ily engaged in securing one of the finest and most valuable crops grown for many years. There will bo a very respectable duty grown in this pa rish and district, and where parties were at all reason able in their expectations there is no probability of their being disappointed in the yield. There is au unusual quantity of seed in the hop this year, which will make them tell well at the scale. AYLESFORD.—We have commenced picking, and our hops look and come down well. According to present appearances we shall grow a good 12 cwt. per acre. ALLINGTON.—We have just commenced hop picking,. and the croft is large and of good quality. We cannot as yet estimate our growth. BOXLEY.—The hops are doing well, the weather hav ing considerably improved them. Picking will be gene ral in a few days. BAEMING.—We have begun to pick, and our planta tions will 'yield well. Some of them will grow from 16 to 18 cwt. per acre, while others will grow but a small crop. FARLEIGHS (THE).—Our planters have commenced picking, and although some places are short, yet, generally speaking, they come down better than we expected. We look for an average of at least 12 cwt. YALDING AND HONTON.—We have a good crop of hops. The quality is superior and the growth large. Picking has commenced, and will soon be general. MARDEN.—Pieking will be general next week. We began this morning, but we cannot as yet tell what our growth will be on the average. MALLING (EAST AND WEST).—From what we can see of the growth as yet, they will be light. We have commenced picking, and the general opinion is that our average will be about 10 cwt. RYE.—The hops are generally doing as well as can be expected or desired. Picking has commenced in most of our parishes. PENSHURST.—The hops are still going on the same as last week. Picking commenced on Monday generally. WORCESTER.—The nights being still cold, the planta tions have not improved materially since our last report. Picking has not yet begun in this locality, although most of the forward grounds will be commenced in the course of a few days. Between 8,0001. and 9,0001. is the a mount of estimated duty at present. BUTCHER Olt CARRION SEVERELY PUNISIIED. Richard Bowers, butcher, near Church-street, Hunslet, was charged at Leeds Court-house, with having in his possession the carcase of a sheep dressed for sale, which was wholly unfit for human food. The case presented some features of an unusual character. Information reached Mr. Sands, Inspector of Nuisances, late on Friday night last, that the carcase of a diseased beast had been conveyed•to the shop of the defendant ; and as Asquith, the meat inspector, was ill, Sands, Policeman Massey, Wood (division constable and bellman), and two or three other police-officers, went down to the shop, which they reached about a quarter past 11 o'clock. The reason given for going in such force was that the defendant is a very violent man, keeps several savage dogs upon his premises, has threatened the meat inspec tor, and is now under sureties to keep the peace towards him. When they reached Bower's house, they requested admission, explaining their errand. He refused to admit them, saying that it was a most untimely hour, and he had gone to bed. KnoWing how well he de served the soubriquet of "the fly butcher," they ke?q a watch upon the premises during the whole bight. Be tween 4 and 5 o'clock in the morning he was seen to get up, and go down to the shop ; and, having lighted the gas, he commenced cutting up the carcass of a sheep which had previously been seen by the officers hanging in a back ki . ehen. 13 about an hour he opened the shop, but refused to allow his premises to be searched —pushing back Sergeant Pearson, who had attempted to follow Policeman Massey into the shop. A search warrant was procured, but they could not find the carcass of a beast, as they had anticipated. Ia the shop, however, cut up for sale, was the carcass of a sheep, which looked so suspicious that the officers seized it. The animal had apparently died from inflammation of the lungs, or it had been slaughtered when in the last stage of disease. From the moment of opening his shop till the removal of the mutton, the defendant abused the officers most lustily, and collected a crowd around them for the purpose of annoying and irritating them. He went further. Wood, hearing the defeddant cutting up meat in the back shop, mounted some wood and peeped through an open window over the door. Bowers saw him and ran at him with a large knife, but missed the blow he aimed at Wood's face. When the meat was seized, Bowers accompanied Serjeant Pearson, who took it to the jury, and on his way called at the shop of Mr. Rathmell, butcher, near Leeds-bridge (also one of the Swine Jury), to whom be showed the meat. Mr. Ra',h mell took a very cursory glance at two joints, and said he thought they ought to be passed. The meat was subsequently examined carefully by the Meat Jury, who condemned it as unfit for food. It was pro duced in court yesterday, bsfore the mayor (T. W. George, Esq.), R. Markland, D. W. Nell, D. Lupton, J. Austin, and H. Chorley, Esqrs. Messrs. J. Higgins and B. Smith, two of the jury, stated that the meat was unfit for human food, the animal having died of inflam mation of the lungs. To disguise this fact, a portion of the ribs and a part of the neck had been cut away ; but in the breast there were distinct marks of the lungs hav ing adhered, to the ribs. Mr. Ferns, for defendant, urged that the meat was not unfit for human fool, and cross examined the witnesses at great length. In support of his view, he sent for a leg of mutton from the_shop of Mr. Higgins ; Lut the r, suit was unfortunate for his client, ai the contrast between this joint and the con demned meat was very striking. After hearing the whole of the evidence, the magistrates retired, and on returning into court, Mr. Nell said that, looking at the whole of the evidence, the justices had no doubt that the meat was unfit for human food, and that the defen dant had the meat with a guilty knowledge. They, therefore, inflicted the penalty of 71. and costs, and ordered the carcass to be destroyed. As the defendant had twice attempted to strike Wood, the constable, with a knife, the magistrAss directed that a warrant should be issued against Bowers for assaulting that offi• cer in the execution of his duty.—Leeds Mercury, WESTUINSTER REGISTRATION.—The revision of the lists of voters for the city of Westminster will take place before John Fraser Macqueen, Esq., at the Lords Jus tices' Court, ‘Ve.i;tminster•hall,- commencing Thursday, the day of October, at 11 o'clock. 406 objections have been male by Mr. Liugzett, agent for the Liberals. The Cmiservatives have not made any objecions. There are only 41 claims, most of which are by yeforwers. There is no doubt but that the Conservative interest will be supported at the revision. [ADVERTISEMZST.)—Mothers and Nurses will find, Du. 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CHELMSFORD-SEPT. 12. We had a fair supply of wheat to-clay, with a little more disposition to purchase. Last week's prices were main tained. Best barley is, and second-rate fully 24 cheaper; Every other de scr ipti on o f spr i ng corn firm at last week ' 4 prices. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. j s. S. qr. 45 74 Oat; per qr - 25 new.... 1 8 75 Peas, Partridge 41 4 6 red, old 43 r 8 White 12 49 new.... 43 67 Boiling 4:3 4 2 Barley 3ri 4'; Dun 33 7 , Chevalier •,_3 50 Beans, Tisk 36 , Grinding . 33 41 H a rr ow ticks 40 4-4 Malt 72 76 M azagan . .37 59 Chevalier 7.1 78 Agan ..... ..-- Ditto, n0w...- - --. COLCHESTER- SEPT. 13. The supply of wheat was less today, and larger of bar ley—the former was 19 to 2s per qr dear , :r, the latter 2 5 3s cheaper. Hog peas LI good deinand, at is to 2s adisnofh In other articles no material aliciatiou in value. _ _ --• Prices to-tlay were as 6 .liow :—Wheat, white, CBs to 7gs ; red, 60s to 68s; barley, 44s to 4.8 ; Gats, 26s to 304 ; bean" Mazagan, 40s to 428 ; middle and small, 42s to 465; Pe a " white, 42s to 468 ; grey, 40s to 445„ Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, So., recsill i in the port of Loudon, from the following 1 01116 frol° the Sept. S to Sept. 13, both inclusive. * o i _, : ' -•- : o i it i 1 1 , c A i— ••'• " ' - ' IstColchester - Harwich , li 1 150 ~..... Leigh - -..- lialdon 130 3t 50 i -- 70 , 12 17?_____. KIRKCALDY—SErr. 13. To-day we had a fair supply of old wheat, which sold of quickly at an advance of 23 to 3s per qr. Four pare.„ 43 . l new barley, in middling condition, weighin g from ov. 53 lbs ; they sold at from 403 to 455. T wo p ar cels 01°' sold at 355. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Bea ns ' First 7 Bs Od I 45s 01 35s 6d I Os m Second Third 689. Od I 40s Od —s nd Os COAL MARKET.—SEPT 15. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the marlet. s. d. Wallsend, Bates's West Hartley l7 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 15 C Tanfield Moor l5 C Taufield Moor Butes 15 6 Walker Primrose 9 Wylam 17 6 Huddle W. Hartley IS 61 Wallsend, tee. Haswell 19 Cosforth l7 3' Caradoe . Hetton Lyons Main ....18 C Stewart's . 19 South Hetton 19 3 Richmund lB 0 Kepier Graiugo . . 18 6 Ships at Market...l Lambton l9 1 : Bell's Primrose 6 Kelloe is 9 18 9 Cassop Tees l9 6 17 3, Riddell Belmont l7 ; Braddyll lB 'n Adelaide Tees l9 v Hi1da........ l6 6 Hetton . .............• 1 8 9 6 Russell's 2 3 Wayne's Merhyr ....... v Hartlepool i 9 South Hartlepool ....•••• s Pensher l7 2 I Sold LOCAL SHARE MAR EETS• LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 15. STOCK EXOIIAN6E.—The transactions in everf d eacri we re r tion of stock were numerous today, and PrV eg Ann isnr about the same as Saturday. Blackburn, 71—Ca gh ' — tere, 25i—Dutch Rhenish, 21. 1.18.9. p rem .—North ga i n g ' 32—Berwick, 191 c I—Lanc as hi re an d Y or kshire , London and North West ern 1011 2—Midlands, 1 71 0 1. 0 , Great Western, 63 4—Shef6elds, 32I—South E 94 2.li—Great Western of Canada, new, 2.1.3. IN MANCHESTER, SEPT. 15. SIMON EXCHANGE. - This market was doing - tu r weak business to-day, and prices a r e a bout equal to 5: 02 ,.. day's quotations. London and N or th-Westerns , Leeds, 95 x d.—Great Western of Canada, 241 r-i t -A 21 K x d.—Sheffields, 32,1—Midlands, 77# —Union p. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 15. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market was doing Teri l i oo. business, and prices were a shade weaker at 0 0 e g o In local stocks, Birmingham B an ki ng C om panY i ll e h were done at 36. SEA BORNB MAILS. Aw (lt 'dignifies that tho mails are sent from tho General -" It ' s)" 4y the night—and M by tho morning—despatch.) !)ay wtoen made ,p From wise W . '"i; GOUNTHINg. in General Post- Port 60 Mike. London.*: DiSpatch e '. Zl MO' _,,f, .................. . —....-.....- ' America(byltrit.paek)N it very Friday .... Liverpool ... Wookll America. (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Every Tuesday .. Bouthasn..ton 'Weekly America (by U. States packet) ..........N •• —,•..• .. Liverpool ... Anstralia (via Liver pool) ............ Al:4th and 19th .... Liverpool . .. Tadoli Di ° Ditto (v:t. Marseilles) N ............ Dover ...... Ditto (via Cape of. Good Hope) •• •• •• •• •• .•N • * •• •• ..• anoett liS Africa (West Coast) .. N 13d of the month . Plymouth .. 6th 0( . Alexandria.......... N 10th i. 26th of 11 o. Dover .......*1 it 1v,";„ Alexandria..........M tin & 20th of mots. Southampto 4&2 1 "' Bahamas ..... --Id 17th of the moat! Soulhanaptcx 16th Belgium .. . „ ~ . . .. „N I Sally ............ Dover ...... Dabr Bra:;11 ..............IM 9th of the month.. Southampto:. itth. - • Duenoa Ayres .. .. .. ..Mi 9 th ^s 'b. month .. qnuthanirt.n. 16 tH Cape of Good Hope ..N 'Uncertain Cape of Good Hope ..N Ath of IS 7 I Chao do Verde •• •• ..N qtr. o' t h • m ont h iouthampten I__ ~, Cay:on (see India) 10th and 26th th 01 Ceylon—. •• ......N 4th and 20th __. Channel 151e5.... ... .. N Auw...r.A.,,Zr•rii Southampton Tu.T11 ,,0 4 Chi1i................ hi 2d & 17th or month Southamplot 1 Oa ` s o China .... n d 9 Constantinople ......N 10th and 26th... Dover " " " 2 an ;41 Constantinople Cont. of Europe 2K & N Twice daily ...... Dover ..... Tiviou " Egypt (see India) ed ol France ........ if & N Twice daily...— Tvric . Dover ...... 2 . 42• Gibraltar ..........11 4, 7,17, :0, 27 atm. Southampton I. 7 ' Greece (soo India) sad igreytown .......... II 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampi"P Liv 16 Eiamburgh ..........}d Daily London...: *l r o ' t I go Havannah ..........M 2nd of the month Southampton I s t ., hr , Holland .. .... •••• •••• Id Daily.... • • ... Dover ....... D:'",.." Honduras .......M,l7ta of the month Southampton lew d 2116 India (vlaSouthampt.)Mj4th 20th of mon Plymouth .. 4 211 0 0 India (vla Marseillos)sl'lo th&26th of moth Dorn...". l'' lonian fees (see India)i.... .... ~ Dover.... •• Ireland ........11 & NiPwi ce daily'. . Holyhead ..• Li5b0n........ •.....M 2d of tr o SOUtharaPtAr ~,d I. Madeira .............M 9th of tnontr , Southamptorl• o I .'• • Madeira ...........,..N 234 of month Liverpool ... Malta (sco India) _ i. 91, 1 Kano ............ ~.N 4, 10, 20, and 26 Dov er • I' -. 16' Mauritius (see India) l" 4 21 Mauritius ..........N 20. h o f th e month 4th Mexico IA 2nd of the month.. Southampton 141 Naples...—. -.• N Dai1y...... • • •• • Dover .... • .. ia d 1 6 Now Granada /0 2d Se Z7th of month Southampt o n 10 New Zea1and.......... Twice a month .. Various port , A tli Papal States li Daily ..........• • Dover •• •• •• 4 01- Peninsula M gouthaniptor M Peru .. • td & 27th of m on. 3outkanaptor . Ist 160 to. Natal N By private ship... Various poro ...,, k iy 3, c 11 3 1 . • N Every Saturday. • Dover ...... w " Tuscany N Doily.. .. .. .. .- • • Dover . 1 111 Voneznels 34 id& 17th oitnonth , iouthampto . n . I •- -6 Wan Diemen's Land (se, Australia) ...... , , ith of mon... I ~..li l y ITTIO. A 0 West Indies .....:lii pass .711.1 o. tio..t . t,. Soutbilimptehll au '' _, 'Southampton „ 0 ( 10 . When any of these d a t es f a l l on a Sunday, the ma lls vim - _ als spatched on the followi ng d ay, w i th the exceptien.oi tht 41104 IF' Southampton), and the Malt a , b o th of which will be den”' preceding day. l 0 THE INTENDED B ANQUET TO THE CRIMEAN a tior t he AT EDINBURGH.—This banquet is to take place 'lt ie Edinburgh C orn E xc h ange on the 31st October. wo expected th a t a b out 1 ,000 Crimean o ffi cers and 00sIol will be present, and accommodation will also be Pr° lla for 300 civilians and 400 ladies. p arc h Stephen HOMICIDE BY A. CHILD —A boy " --113 the Stephen Crewe, aged nit e years, was brought befor°• t h Bristol magistrates on Saturday afternoon, chargad,,,, o , killing another little boy named George Joseph Viott i , The deceased was sent by his parents, who live in Bed pen-Street, on the 26th ultimo, on some errand to . minter - down , in a field on which Crewe and some o t her o children were playing. Dec ea , e d l oo k e d over the ga t o of the field, watching them, and Cr e w e as k e d w hat : $ . B wanted. He made no reply, up on w hi c h some o f w other boys commenced pelting h im w ith di r t , an d Crete threw a stone, which wounded Watkins in the 1 021 "' He was then taken home and attended by a pr i va te stL i t . geon, but, growing wore, was remov e d t o th e Geu erP. ,,,, Hn s pit a !, w h ere he (lied on S a t ur d ay morn i ng f ro m "- itijuliei he had received. Crewe was remanded. BIRT S. 07 A SOL On the I.qh inst., at Peckham, Mrs. Charles On the 12th inst., at Chichester, the wife of the N eV" Di; by Walsh, M.A. OP A DAUGHTER. On tho 13th inst., at Chelsea, the wife of R. J. ton, Esq. On the 13th i ns t., a t 16 . Gl ocester-street, Warfri ci° square, the wifu of Charles Creed, Esq. MARRIED. 114 On the 15th inst., a t St . G eorge ' s, Hanover - 0 01 5 Charles, youngest son of the late John Martin, Es' , l. , tit of Lindsay H ouse , Ch e l sea, t o Mary Ann, second d a ug of Thomas Wilson, Esq., of Douglas, Isle of Man. phis On the 13th inst., a t th e C at h e d ral, Manchester. titer R. Macfarlane, Esl. to Harriette A nn , y oung est daug of the late Wi n . Eulleton, Esq., of that city. • DIED. On the 13th inst., at 12, Clapham-park-torrace, ham, Surrey. John Goodwin, Esq., aged 68. On the 13th inst., at 10, Orchard-place, Camber , New.road, Benjamin Taplev, Esq. Qu the 15th in,t , at 3, K en ni ng t on -t errace , Larg hetho Sophia Wix, last surviving daughter of the late bie s rl Wix, Esq., of Billiter-square, London. On the 12th inst., at The Homo, Shropshire, the John Rogers, r.•ctor of Myndtown and Main:tone, 47 67. On the 10th lust., at 10, Glocester-te rrace , HYde-P -ark, John Firminger, Esq., aged 61. et• On the 13th inbt, , suddenly, at W e y mou th. Marp-r the wife of Johu lltuaffreys P arry, E eq., ser geant's law. On the 10th inst., at Harwich, Essex W. C. Ran"" ...- Esq., aged 39. , - - LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Officer 14. ,112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0 011 " of Middlesex, Tuesday, September 16,1656. Bement a plyridowel alt, Blackh 1 A . 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