The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-28 00:00:00

,~ . ... THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY KVENING, AUGUST '2B, 1861. THE TERRIBLE COLLISION ON TEE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. BRIGHTON, TUESDAY EVENING. The inquest was resumed this afternoon, at two o'clock. at the Town-hall, before Mr. David Black, coroner for the borough. The room, as on the pre vious occasion, was densely crowded. Mr. Faithfull, solicitor to the London and Brighton Railway Company, appeared to watch the proceedings on their behalf; Mr. Roupell, bar rister, instructed by Mr. W. A. Stuckey, of Brighton, attended on behalf of the relatives of the late Mr. Ingledew ; Mr. Reed, barrister, instructed b y M r . T. H. Reed, of St. Ann's-lane, represented Mr. Kean ; Mr. Penfold, of Brighton, was present on the part of the friends of the deceased Miss Barclay; and Mr. Lamb, of Brighton, appeared for the relatives of John Lockston and Jane Elizabeth Biden. Captain Tyler, of the Royal En gineers, was present as the Government inspector from the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. Mr. Frederick Slight, the secretary of the com pany; Mr. George Hawkins, traffic manager ; Mr. J. C. Craven, locomotive and carriage superinten dent ; Mr. J. Farmer, Mr. W. Groves, and other railway officials, were also present. Mr. Conyng ham, M.P., Mr. G. Nix, and other directors of the company, were also watching the proceedings. The first witness was Mary Temple, who said—l live at 16, Sussex-road, Brighton. I identify one of the bodies shown tO the jury as that of Jane Elizabeth Biden. She was 24 years old, and was the wife of William Biden, a carpenter. I was not in the train at the time of the accident. Elizabeth Diaper said—l live at 5, Matilda-ter race, Caledonian-road, Islington, and I have seen the body of Elizabeth Wright, which I identify. I was in the train on the day in question. She was a married woman, her husband being a law writer. James Whittle, of the Brighton police—l was present when the jury viewed these, and was also present when the two last witnesses identified the two bodies they have respectively named. Mr. Jacob Webley said—l am superintendent of the station at Brighton, and have been so for up wards of two years. I was not on duty on the morning on which this accident took place. I know that the first train starting out in the morning is the one leaving Portsmouth at 6 o'clock, and that leaves Brighton at 8.5. That is an excursion train, which went through to London, not taking up pas sengers at Brighton. The next train is the 8 15 Brighton excursion. The train from Portsmouth generally got to Brighton at 8 o'clock, and left for London five minutes after. I am not aware that there has been any want of punctuality as to that train. I never remember that it was more than five minutes late. I keep a diary of the trains I superintend. As far as my knowledge goes, it is punctual, but I am not on duty on Sunday. The next train is the 8 30, which is a third-class ordinary train for London. The Portsmouth train does not stop till it gets to the Norwood Junction, nor does the 8 15, unless they have to stop to take in water. The 8 30 stops at all stations. It is the duty of Legg, the assistant station-master, to start the trains. In the event of two or three trains being near one another as to the time of starting, and the second one is late, it would not be allowed to start till the other had gone five minutes. It would be my duty to arrange the number of carriages, but it is a regula tion that there should not be more than 20 to any excursion train. I do not mean to say that we never have more, we sometimes have 24 or 25, but that is the extreme limit as far as I know, unless two trains are put together, when the number may be 30. As soon as we have 20 carriages we put on an extra break, there being two for the 20 carriages. There is always a break next the engine, and one at the rear of the train "eith excursions, but not so with the ordinary trains. In this case at the end of the train there was an ordinary second-class car riage with a guard's break in it. That is as I am told. The delay in starting trains is from the branch trains for the London trains arriving too late. I have never known the train to be delayed from any fault of the stoker as to the fires. I cannot tell you the duties of the driver or the guard. I can tell some thing about the signalman's duty. The book which I hold in my hand contains the rules and regulations of the company. I have one, and every servant of the company has one. [The book was put in. It contained the " Bye-laws, rules, and regulations to be observed by the officers and servants of the Lon don, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com pany] As far as I know, the rules are abided by by all the servants of the company. By the jury—When a train is late we keep the next back for five minutes, and the caution signal for five minutes longer. 1 believe the trains are all calculated to run the same speed. There is a register kept by the guard and a locomotive check. Several other questions were asked by the fore man, but so indistinctly and so rapidly as entirely to prevent any report being taken. Mr. Faithfull said that the object the coroner had in view was to ascertain the cause of the death of certain persons, and the Court ought not to be made the vehicle of enabling anyone who was the repre sentative of a living person to gather information which might be used on another inquiry. The Coroner—l quite agree with you in what you have said, but in a case of this description, I shall, in the exercise of my discretion, hear every body who thinks proper to come forward and give me any information. It may be that facts may , come out which will, collaterally, affect other mat ters, but that I cannot help. It is my duty, I think, to hear anybody who may offer any information, but the question put by counsel or solicitors must be pertinent to the matter of the death of any one of the sufferers. After a few inaudible remarks from one of the legal gentlemen on the other side of the room, Mr. Conyngham, said,—l beg to say on behalf of the directors that they are anxious for the fullest investigation. By Mr. Reed-1 have been in the company's service two years and a half, and so has Mr. Legg. He is under my supervision, but does not report to me the time of starting the trains. He does not register the times. The guard does that, and if he wants any information he must go to the book. There is a register kept at the station, which is transferred from the guard's book. That book will be here. The guard transfers the entries from his Pocket-book to the register-book on his return. The books are examined every day by a clerk in my ° l4 e -e. There is a special written report made by the guard of each train that starts late to Mr. Hawkin s , If a train is late in the assistant-station master's time of duty he reports it to the manager. do not know whether Legg was on duty. I came on duty a fel, minutes b efore o'clock. nine The train would haeanmad e Saturday by th e foreman foreman of the s h utt ers, I do not know how many carriages there were. It is not my duty to inquire when I come on duty 'what trai ns have left.T;The register of the starting is sent to Mr. Hawkins on the following day after it h a d taken p lace. The name of the guard of the excursion train is Cole man. I do not know whether he made the entries t in the register - book fro m his Pocketbo o k. I am not prepared to say if there was a guard on the break van, because I do not know. The traffic manager regulates the speed of the trave llin g . Asa rule, excursion trains travel as fast as ordinary trai ns. We have no communication whatever with the sig nal-box on this side of the tunnel, and if we were to start half a dozen trains we have no means whatever of letting the signalman know. The duties of the signalman are defined in the book of rules, but I do not know the name of the man on duty on that spot. By Mr. Roupell—The nearest point that we can communicate by telegraph is Hassock's-gate. If the train starts at its ordinary time we do not commu nicate by telegraph. If we had three excursion trains start within half an hour we should not tele graph them, because notices are duly issued of their going ; but, if a special train was put on, then notice would be sent by telegraph. Each Saturday the list is made out for the next week. All I know and have said about the Portsmouth train is hear say. If more carriages are wanted to a train on a Sunday morning Legg would regulate that, accord ing to the number of passengers, and the locomotive foreman and the engine-driver would decide about any additional engine power being needed. By Mr. Lamb—lf an excursion train had five minutes' start of an ordinary train it would get between two and three miles ahead. If an excursion train started five minutes ahead of an ordinary train I do not think it would readily get within even 500 yards of it. The examination of this witness was continued for some time, but the replies threw no further light on the inquiry. John Chester Craven was the next witness. He a :_ 1 ( 1 —I am l ocomot i ve an d carr i age su p er i n t e nd en t ' the London and Brighton Railway. I am ac quamtei with the gradients to and through the ae to n en in five nee:nel• The rise to the tunnel is 35 yards gradient t hen which I consider a very easy rise. The is 1 in 237 for three-quarters of a mile. lt a fall all through the tunnel. A train, theretoreB tx:rivinher h w h o i t i ll d d no difficulty in proceed ing to the have none in passing through. It i s Straight l i ne for a mile and a h alf, and the tunnel it T he tra i n puts On the distane_r_e is ne l arly straight. wi _ signal which which is 300 yards from th e si g nalm an , th the flange of the wheel. The flange works 1, ey a leve r which reverses the signal and thus puts it on, When the signal is with the line it signifies that the t straight rain is w h e n it is at right angles across the line it indicates that the train should stop, The wheel orks th e • signalman has a w hich w signal under his command. When a train passes along the' the s i gnal flange of the wheel must work unless there is some disarrangement of the machinery, Should a train fail to put on the signal the signal man has power to put it on. Coroner—Do you think it possible or credible that:if there were three trains that oile would work the signal, the second pass over it witihout working it, and the third work it again ? Witness—Yes, I have known them work a great many times, and am aware that a second train has passed over without the signal being touched. Coroner—How do you account for that ? Witness—By the expansion of the wires. I have known them expand so much that they have be come quite slack and unable to put the signal on. Coroner—You have really observed that yourself? Witness—Yes, I have seen it before, and we have a rule calling the attention of the men to it. Coroner—Have all the carriage wheels the same depth of flange ? Witness—They are all turned to a gauge, but the engine-wheels are an inch deeper in the flange. Coroner—Does the flange do anything,else besides work the signal. Witness—Yes, it rings a bell. Coroner—What is the bell for ? Witness—To call the signalman's attention to the fact of the train running over it. On Sunday morning, at a quarter past nine, I got a telegraph message, " Clayton-tunnel, a block on both lines ; send assistance." That came from Has sock's-gate. I took a special immediately, and went with men down the line. When I got to Clayton-tunnel I saw there had been a run into of .two trains, and I came back for Mr: Hawkins and other assistance, as much as I could get. We went back and I left Mr. Hawk ins to make the inquiries, and myself and men went to clear the ruins. Coroner—Just describe the position of the train. Witness—When I got there the second time the engine and part of the train had gone on. I found the engine of the Brighton third-class had mounted on the two hindermost carriages of the excursion train. There was a second-class break last in the train, and a third-class carriage next to it, and there all the mischief was done. All the dead lay there under the carriage , except one woman and child. We quickly as possible, and re moved Brighton. I saw o n e guard, but I got t th th em em to all out don't know hi m b y n ame. It depends a good deal as upon the weather as to what time is allowed between the of trains. W e g i ve more time in dark weather. We do it every day at London • if we s th tar er. starti ng ti did not, we should ne ver ge t t h roug h our business. It is a matter of judgment. The Brighton excur sion, I believe, had 17 carriages on, and the ordi nary train 12 carriages, and I believe either train, if it was going at the rate of 30 miles an hour, could, upon receiving a signal, stop in 600 yards. I am taking into consideration the load and state of the rails that morning. By Captain Tyler—There is a special rule relat ing to the failure of the self-acting apparatus, in which the men are held responsible for the proper working themselves should any failure take place. It is what is called the Whitworth signal. The signal appeared to be in good order in every respect. There is a handle in the signalbox which the signal man can use in case the self-acting signal should fail. By the jury—The breakvan was empty, and those who were killed were in the next carriage. It seems to me that the breakvan being there did more harm than good, as the engine pushed it over, and mounted on the second carriage. By the proper use of the distance signal the third train could be stopped, although the second was just outside the tunnel. There is a rule which defines the duty of the signalman at the end of the tunnel to block the line if he knows a train to be in the tunnel. No other train ought to be allowed to go into the tun nel unless it is known the tunnel is clear. The sig nalman ought to wait for a reply to his telegraph as to whether the train had left the tunnel or not before he allowed another train to enter. It is the duty of the drivers of all trains to pull up immedi ately they see a red flag or danger signal, and if they cannot pull up until they get into the tunnel it is their duty to remain there, and not to back out. It is so arranged that the train passing over the signal must ring the bell, and if the bell did not ring, the only information the signalman would receive would be by hearing the train coming. The Coroner—But did the bell not fail to ring that day ?—Yes, but the signal acted. It is quite possible for the signal to be put on without the bell ringing. The Coroner—As far as my belief goes, last night the trigger did not ring the bell nor put on the signal. Witness—Until you said that, I should have been disposed to say that it was not possible for a train to pass without doing one or the other. By Mr. Reed—l live in the station, but I did not not see either of the trains leave. All the signal men are under the direction of Mr. Hawkins. I never heard that this signal had been reported de fective. It must have come to my knowledge if any such report had been made. After the bell has once rung it must be reset before it can ring again. The signalman is bound to exhibit the stop signal until he receives the telegram that the previous train has passed through all right. If the train fails to put the signal on it is the duty of the signalman to put it on himself, and if he cannot do so, owing to dis_ arrangement of machinery, he ought to exhibit a red flag. It is his duty also to keep the signals well oiled. I don't know whether this signal has been kept well oiled. I don't know who the signalman was who was on duty on Sunday, and I don't know that I saw him, or if I did that I should know him. Mr. Reed—Were any of the signalman given into custody ? Witness—Not that I am aware of. Mr. Reed—ls the same man at work at the tun nel to-day as was there on Sunday ? Witness—l don't know. By Mr. Roupell—The lines rises all the way from Brighton to Clayton tunnel. The signalman's box is close to the mouth, and he has a handle in his box to use if the self-acting signals fail. By Mr. Lamb—On such a day as last Sunday trains leaving at intervals of five minutes would get two miles apart. By the jury —The bell is by no means as impor tant as the signals. I cannot explain why the sig nal would work at one time, fail the next, and then work the third without being touched, unless it is owing to the heat of the weather. Charles Legg was next sworn. He said—l am station-master and superintendent at Brighton. I took the time of the starting of the three trains. The one from Portsmouth left at 8.22, the Brighton excursion at 8.27, and the Brighton ordinary at 8.36. My watch corresponded with the railway clock, and I know it was right. There was no delay after they started that lam aware of. There were 16 carriages on the Portsmouth excursion, 17 on the Brighton excursion, and 11 or 12 on the ordi nary ; but of this I am not quite certain. In the Brighton excursion the engine was first, then a break, and a break-van at the end. With regard to the break at the end I am not quite certain whether there were passengers in it or not. I saw the guard in it—that I am sure of. I have no record or register of the times of the depar tures of the trains. The guards keep that, but I look at the books from time to time in which the guards enter the times from their own memo- rands. Hackman was the driver of the Portsmouth train ; Moore and Drew the guards. Hackman was put on at Brighton, and the others came from Ports mouth. John Scott was the driver of the excursion trai n , and Coleman and Butcher were the guards. gory was driver of the ordinary, and Boynett and Webb were the guards. By th e .; ur loaded, — I 11, , nI h e trains were not more than carriages than on this occasion. seen six or seven more occasion. The trains were quite within s trength of the engin e s. A d r iv e r startingve the minutes after another train is not ex pected to use more caution than if he was 10 minutes behind. never kept a b oo k for He has to go by the si gna l s on the roa d . By Captain Tyler — l have not comp are d my t i me guards as t o th e t i me of by t h h a e v e starting that there h r e e n trains.de r byl entering the time the trains started. The guards have always entered the time in the bo o k Which is kept for the purpose in an office on the platform; By the jury—l don't know the signalman, b ut I believe he has been in the employ of the company for eight or nine years, and the others were 01 ser• wants, I don't know whether the signalman is on duty now. By Mr. Reed—The Portsmouth train, which left at 8 22, ought to have left at 8 5, and the cause of the delay was the train being late up from Ports mouth. The Brighton should have left at 815 in stead of 8 27, being 12 minutes late. The drivers are not reprimanded for starting late. They do their best to get to their journey's end as soon as possible. I don't know that there is any check upon the entries made by the guards as to the times the trains start. Ido not keep a book for the entry of the times the trains start, and have not seen the book since the guards entered the time. I am not aware that any report has been made to the traffic manager of the detention of these trains. I said to the driver when the third train started that he might go on, it was all clear, but I do not recoEect that I gave any particular directions in consequence of two trains, both behind time, having so recently gone away. I don't know whether the signalman is in custody, or where he is. The Coroner—Really, Mr. Reed, I have already stated that the si g nalman has been summoned to attend here, and Ido not see the use of your wast ing so much time in asking these questions? Mr. Reed—l must say, Sir, that I think it is most important in the interests of the public that we should know w h et h er t hi s s i gnalman i s still on , duty or where he is ? The Coroner—l have just said that you will have the signalman here, and I cannot permit you to continue these questions. Mr. Reed—l cannot see that lam asking an im proper question, but of course , Sir, your power is supreme in this court, and I am content to leave the matter as it now stands. The Coroner—lf you persist, I shall put a stop to it ; for I will not put up with it. Mr. Reed—Very well, Sir , I will say no more on the subject. lam content to know that the details of thin inquiry will be fully reported to the world, and the judgment of t he public will decide be tween us. (41—We have a sight of about a By Mr. Roupl staffed from platforms. from the di fferent Brighton station. quarter of a mile 0 111 Y left at the times I have All the three trains sta2l I am quite certain the train stated. I have not conversed With . the guards or any one as to the time , s ince the acc ident. I don't know that the clock was wrong on the Sunday morning. I believe it was right. The Brighton excursion train started from the London o.rriyal platform. By Mr. Lamb—The clock on the platform by which trains are started could not be seen by the neople in the excursion train. Killich—l am a signalman at the south en d of the Clayton tunnel, and have held that posi tion since September, 1852. I was there on Sunday morning last. I went on duty at Bin the morning, and never left my post till 4 in the afternoon. There are tw o o signalmen at the south end—myself and Charles Dewey. Our duty is divided ; one goes on at night and the other in the daytime, except on Sundays, when one of us goes on in the morning and remains on till Monday morning, for the pur pose of making the change. Captain Tyler—What, do you mean to say you are on for 24 hours ? Witness—Yes. By the Coroner—We have a time-piece in the box which is kept going. I saw the first train come round the curve about three-quarters of a mile off. Ido not know the exact time it came. It did not work the signal. The signal stood at " All right" after the train had passed, as it had done before the train came up. The bell did not ring, nor the signal act when the train passed. The Coroner, addressing the witness—l am just reminded that I ought to caution you that you are not bound to ans wer any question that may be put to you, but whatever you do say will be taken down, and may be used in evidence against you. Do you still therefore wish to say anything? Witness—Yes, Sir. Coroner—Will you prefer going on and making your own statement ? Witness—Yes, certainly; I will speak the truth as far as I can. Coroner—Very well, then ; but I thought it right to caution you before you went on any further. Witnesses's evidence continued—When I found the signal would not work I tried to put it on ; I tried a good deal, but I could not succeed until after the driver of the next train had passed the distance signal—that was about 300 yards from me. Coroner—What did you then ? Witness—l got out the red flag and showed it to him. Coroner—Did the driver do anything in conse quence Witness—Yes, he shut off his steam. Coroner—When the Portsmouth train entered the tunnel did you telegraph to the man at the other end ? Witness—Yes, Sir. Coroner—Did you receive any return message P Witness—Yes. Coroner—What ? Witness—l gave him " Train in," and he answered it " Train out. Coroner—When he gave you "Train out" was the other train in the tunnel? _ _ Witness—lt was just going into the tunnel be fore I showed the red flag, but after the train had passed the signal I succeeded in putting the signal on. After the second train had been in the tunnel some little time I asked my mate if it was out, and he returned " Train out. I then, as quick as lightning, gave him "Train in," and the second train was in the tunnel before he gave me " Train out." I got no message till I asked him. Coroner—Just tell us exactly what you did telegraph. Witness—" Is she out ?" Coroner—What answer did he give ? Witness—" Yes." Coroner—How soon after ? Witness—Directly. I did not receive any reply to my second message, because I went out to show the white flag to send the train on. Coroner—What time was it after the train went into the tunnel that you received the return mes sage ? Do you think it was too short a time for the train to have got through? Witness—No, it had been in between four and five minutes, and at that time the third train was coming round the curve, about three-quarters of a mile off. Coroner—When did yon think there was any thin°. amiss ? Witness—Shortly after the train got in I heard a noise, and I thought a boiler had burst. I don't know whether the driver ought to go on or come back when he sees the red flag. Coroner—Then, what did you show it for ? Witness—For them to stop. I thought if there was anything wrong they would stop, and if they remained in the tunnel, the guard would come back. Coroner—Now, some people have said that you had gone to breakfast at the time, is that true ? Witness—No, I had my breakfast at 7 o'clock. Coroner—Who were with you when you had your breakfast ? Witness—My housekeeper, some of her children, and my little boys. When heard what I thought the explosion I gave the man at the other end, by telegraph, " Line blocked." I never left my post. The present signal has been in use between four and five years. We have never had any other. Coroner--During that time has it ever failed before ? Witness—Oh, yes, a great many times; and we have always reported it. It has perhaps failed altogether seven or eight times • and when we have reported it at Hassock's-gate they have always sent and remedied it. I have reported myself two or three times, and so has my mate. When we cannot go ourselves we send John Wood, a fettler. Coroner—When did the signal fail before ? Witness—Saturday morning, with the 8 o'clock train. _ _ _ Coroner—Did you report that ? Witness—No ; it acted very well mil the rest of the day, and I was going to report it on the Sun day. I last reported myself about the spring of the year. We sometimes oil it with the lamp oil, which is not " much of stuff" for it, and the last time I oiled it was about a month or six weeks ago. By the jury—When the Portsmouth train passed through that morning the distance signal did not act, and I then showed the red flag to the next train. I always keep the red flag up until the train has entirely passed. When I received " Train out" I dropped the red flag and took up the white one to signal it past; but it had gone partially on before I got from the box. I was induced to ask whether the second train was out because it had been rather longer than usual in the tunnel, and the Brighton ordinary was coming round the curve, and I had not received the signal from the other end. By Captain Tyler—The tunnel, I think, is a little over a mile and a quarter in length, and that de scription of train generally takes from two minutes and a half to three to go through. Finding the engine did not work the signal, I tried to turn it on myself, but I could not. I became agitated, seeing the other train coming, and I was so" put out" that I could not get it on. I don't know how it was the signal would not work ; perhaps I did not do it in the proper way, as I was agitated. There is only one instrument and one needle in my hut. The inquiry was then further adjottrned. LATEST PARTICULARS. AN OTHER DEATH. We regret that the fearful list of fatal cases by this accid en t has been further extended by another death. M r . A n th on y K e an, a master tailor, resid ing at 54, G oswe ll- roa d, L o ndon, had sustained serious apparently wa s fractures decidedo asb ei a and g d necessary amputation im mediately f the ef t le g on hi s a d m i ss i on t o th e h os pit a l. The performed dying o b n y SMunrd although operation was uay, t r h n e e r, and unfor tunate sufferer r a lli e d i n a remarkable manner on Monday, and then it was hoped he would ulti mately recover. This morning, however, serious symptoms presented themselves, and, although the officials of the Sussex County Hospital exerted themselves to the utmost to save his life, the unfor tunate man continued to sink, and expired about half-past three•o'clock this afternoon. The deceased was about 60 years of age, and it is probable he would have recovered but for the fact of the femoral artery being in a diseased state, in fact, the surgeons at the hospital referred to his constitution as being that of a man 20 years his senior. The next serious case in the hospital is that of William A! nold. He had both legs fractured, and the right one was afterwards amputated, and was this evening doing as well as could be expected. The child Elizabeth Edwin, 18 months old, with both legs fractured and very much scaled and bruised, still remains in a very precarious condition. Thomas Parker, of St James's-street, Brighton, who had received a desperate wound on the forehead, and was otherwise severely bruised all over the body, is progressing slowly. His wife was one of the unfortunate victims, and the knowledge of this fact retards his recovery. New cases of injury, some of a serious character, transpired to-day Among these may be mentioned Mr. Wm. Hislop, a smith employed at the railway works, and living at 21, Begrave-street, who is seriously injured about the legs and lower part of the body. Mrs, Bish, of 34, Vine-street, has severe contusions on the face, and injuries to the right side and legs, Mr. Drewitt, a workman employed at the Hove gasworks,andresiding in Hove-street, is much cut about the head and arms. Mr. Fowler, 84, North- street, has two ribs fractured on the right side. Mr. Giffin, of 19, West Hill-street, contusions on lower part of the face, and a great deal shaken Mr. Humphrey, of 33, Vine-street, cut over left eye, and injuries to the right side and knees. Mr. May nard, confectioner, West-street, serious internal in juries. Mr. Mercer, upholsterer, Queen's-gardens, back of neck and knees much injured. Mr. O'Hara, North-street, much bruised and shaken. Mrs. Fel ton and her niece, of Alfred-villas, Rose-hill, severe contusions about the face and temples. Mr. Parsons of 32, Miles street, was wounded in a peculiar man ner. He was sitting opposite a man who had a knife in his hand, and when the collision took place he was thrown forward and the knife entered Mr. Parsens'sjaw, inflicting a severe wound. Mr. Potter, grocer, Trafalgar-street, received a severe blow on his head, which rendered him insensible for nearly an hour ; he had also a cut on the upper lip. Mrs. Potter and family, who were in the same carriage, escaped with only a few bruises. Mr. Smith, draper, Weston road, cut over the eye, and much shaken, Mr. Swais land, naturalist, Queen's-road, very severely shaken. Mrs. Swaislaud, wife of the above, knee-cap broken, and generally bruised. Mr. Thomas Tugwell, fore man to Messrs, Weston, clothiers, 79, North-lane, contusions on the head and legs. Mr. Washer, leather.seller ' 98, North-lane, back part of neck much injured and several teeth knocked out. Mr. Watkins, of the Montpelier, Montpelier-place, much bruised and shaken, Mrs. Watkins, wife of the above, sustained similar injuries. It has been stated that none of the servants in charge of the train sustained any injury. This, however, is not the case ; a man named Coleman, one of the guards in charge of the train which met with the accident, has been very much hurt. Four of his ribs are fractured, and his internal injuries are of such a serious nature that he is not expected to live. During yesterday evening, after the identifica tion of the bodies of the sufferers by the jury, the friends and relatives visited the room where the bodies were lying, with the view to make arrange ments for their interment. The railway company have made every provision to enable the bereaved families to pay the last tribute of respect to their lamented relatives. During the evening the re mains of Mrs. Christiana Manthorp, Mr. Chairl wood, and Mrs. Barnard were removed, and to-day some others were also taken away for interment by their friends. The excitement caused by the re moval of the different corpses was very great, but the judicious plan adopted to prevent idle curiosity intruding upon the bereaved was admirable. In contravention of the arrangement arrived at in the early part of yesterday afternoon, the jury decided upon visiting the Clayton tunnel, and personally satisfying themselves as to the efficient or non efficient working of the signal. Mr. Hawkins, the traffic manager, Mr. Craven, the chief of the loco motive and carriage department, Mr. Denvil, Mr. George Faithfull, Mr. Farmer, and other officials accompanied the coroner and jury to the scene of the terrible disaster. The working of the signals was duly explained, and will authoritatively come before the public in the course of the judicial inves tigation by the coroner. EXECUTION FO.R ATTEMP TO MURDER. CHESTER, AUG. 27. This morning Martin Doyle, aged 26, underwent the extreme penalty of the law in front of the city gaol. The culprit, it will be remembered, was con victed for attempting to murder one Jane Brogine, at Church Lawton, near Holmeschapel, in this county, on the 30th of May last. It is unnecessary to re peat the circumstances of the case, which were fully laid before the public in the report of the trial that appeared in The Sun of the 9th inst. Ever since he was sentenced by Mr. Justice Crompton the con demned criminal had to a certain extent exhibited symptoms of penitence and submission, but about 10 days ago a decided change occurred in his de meanour, and with the greatest contrition he frequently admitted the righteousness of his sentence and expressed his readiness to suffer its execution. The culprit's brother had an interview with him, yesterday, and the woman to whom he was legally married also visited him. On neith er occasion was there any extraordinary maniktation of feeling. According to the customary, practice here, the Sheriff applied at niidnight to the county authori ties at the Castle for the wretched man's body, and immediately conveye;:i him in a cab to the city gaol, where for many years all executions have taken place. It is situate en thecity walls, which from an early hour weri* crowded with a great assemblage of spectators. The greater part of the crowd were kept from the old parapet by a strong barrier, as some doubts of the stability of the ancient stone work were entertained. Immediately after his ar rival at the city gaol the culprit was attended by the Rev. Canon Corberry and the Rev. J. Hopkins, clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church (of which the criminal was a member), who have been unre mitting in their attention to him, and whose minis trations he listened to with the greatest attention and respect. About half-past 5 o'clock, having par ' taken of some little refreshment, Doyle entered one of the courtyards, and in company with the Sheriff took sharp exercise for an hour, during which period he was in animated conversation. He was engaged in private devotion until a few minutes before 8, when Calcraft, who arrived at the gaol last evening, was introduced. When the convict mounted the scaffold and found he was in the presence of a con course of some 1,600 or 1,700 people he wished to address a few words to the crowd. He was dissuaded however, by his spiritual advisers and the execu tioner. While Calcraft was adjusting the rope the wretched man uttered a few ejaculatory supplica tions. Having shaken hands with the clergymen the bolt was withdrawn and the criminal expired without a struggle. Seldom, if ever, has a case been detected which exhibited such ferocious brutality as characterised the culprit's deliberate attempt on the life of Brogine and it is to be hoped that the just execution of the sentence in the present instance will tend to repress crimes of this nature, for which unfortunately this country has lately become notorious. The unhappy victim of the deceased is still in very delicate health; she is residing with her friends in an adjoining county. A Petition was drawn up and signed by a num ber of the Chester citizens, praying for a commuta tion of the sentence to penal servitude for life, but an unfavourable reply was yesterday received from the Home-office, and consequently the law took its course. THE WAIL ACCIDENT 20 A VOL UN TEER BUTT-MARKER. Yesterday afternoon, an adjourned inquest was held at the King's Arms Tavern, "Woolwich, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner for 'est Kent, on the body of Benjamin Bradshaw, aged 42, a private of the Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light In fantry, who was killed by a bullet shot whilst acting as marker to volunteers, at target practice, in the Plumstead Marshes, on Saturday, the 17th inst. Mr. William Henry Cruise, surgeon, R.N., proved that a post-mortem examination had been made of the body, and it was found that death resulted from a portion of a bullet, which had broken the deceased's second rib and entered the substance of the right lung, wounding one of the blood-vessels. Another portion of a bullet had lodged under the skin, but this was not dangerous. The injury to the main artery of the lungs caused almost instant death. By Coroner—From the appearance of the por tion of the bullet extracted from the lungs there could be no doubt that the bullet struck the mant let, and that a portion went back and hit the de ceased within the mantlet. Captain S. F. Jacson, adjutant of the Ist battalion Kent Volunteer Rifles, deposed—ln accordance with instructions from the government on the Wednes day after the accident he made a minute investiga tion of all the circumstances of the case, with the assistance of Sergeant Rixon, of the Royal Marines. On examining the mantlet in which deceased was placed, whilst acting as a marker for the 900 yards range target, witness found an indentatim in the roof of the mantlet, and the appearances indicated that after striking this part the bullet glanced off in two directions, the fragments hitting the de ceased. Witness was satisfied that the bullet which struck the mantlet was fired at a range of 600 yards only, and that the shot was fired from a considerable angle. He had known many instances in which parties had fired at the wrong target, and this bad taken place in the regular service as well as amongst the volunteers. He did not approve of the construction of these mantlets, which he con sidered dangerous. He thought each mantlet should have the sides near the top enclosed, as the moment a shot came sideways the marker was at present exposed to danger. He also objected to the two staves or supports of the mantlet, and con sidered it would be advisable to have but one stave, and that in the centre. He had just returned from the Hythe School of Musketry, and had remarked on the necessity of these improvements to the offi cers at that institution. The distance between each target in the Plumstead Marshes was 20 yards, but at some ocher places the arrangement was 40 yards between each target. He believed that the practice of the Hythe School of Musketry and that of the Royal Artillery differed in this respect. After some other evidence of a corroborative nature the Coroner summed up, and commented upon the strange fact that this description of mantlets had been in Government use for years, although it was now proved that they were not safe for one hour. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased was accidentally shot, that the mantlets now used are totally unfit, and ought not to be again used until improved upon, and that the coroner be re quested to communicate the opinion of the jury to the commandant of the garrison, and also to apply to the military authorities with a view to obtain an annuity for the widow and family of the deceased." THE PREMIER AND THE STATION MASTEI?. At one of the chief stations on the Great Western Railway (says the Western Morning News) is a station-master noted for self-conceit and flunkeyism, His reverence for a person with a handle to his name is equalled only by the esteem in which he holds himself. One day he descried a gentleman pacing the platform with a cigar in his mouth. at once accosted the audacious offender, and requested him forthwith to stop smoking. The gentleman took no notice of this command, but continued his walk, emitting a silvery cloud. Irritated by this disobedience, Mr. -- repeated his behests more peremptorily than before ; but still the owner of the Havannah main tained a provoking disregard. A third time the order was repeated, accompanied with the threat that if the obstinate sinner did not obey, he would be handed over to the tender mercies of the porters. The stranger took no more heed than before ; and so at last, enraged, Mr. -- pulled the cigar out of the smoker's mouth and flung it away. This violent act produced no more effect than commands and threats, and the peripa tetic philosopher eontinued his walk quite serenely. Presently a carriage and four drove up —an equip age well known to Mr. -- as that of the Duke of Beaufort's. To his inconceivable horror the refrac tory smoker entered the said chariot, and drove off in style to Badminton. Mr.— asked in t remu l ous tones who the stranger was, and he felt ready to sink into the earth when he heard that it was Viscount Palmerston, K.G., First Lord of the Trea sury. He did not hesitate long, however; he at once ordered a chaise and pair and drove off to Badminton. Arrived there, he sent in his card, and urgently requested a private interview with Lord Palmerston. His Lordship soon appeared, when Mr. -- began a most abject apology for having "so grossly insulted his Lordship. Had he known who his Lordship was he would not have so treated his Lordship for the world." The Premier heard the station-master out, then looking down upon him sternly, and with his hands in his pockets, said, " Sir, I respected you because I though you were doing your duty like a Briton ; but now I see you are nothing but a snob." And thus ended the station-master's interview with the Premier. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Never :'at Fault.—ln all irritations of the skin, sores, ulcers, burns, and scrofulous enlargements of the glands, Holloway's Ointm en t presen t s a rea d y an d easy means of cure, which never disappoint the most favourable expecta • tions. It manifests a peculiar power in restraining in flammation, removing stagnation, cooling the heated blood, and checking all acrimonious or unhealthy discharges. Whilst thus acting locally the Pills are no less remarkable for their power in improving the general condition and habit of body, which render the cures complete and per manent. Under the genial influence of these potent reme dies the puny infant becomes the robust child; the pale and emaciated regain colour and rotundity, and the dyspeptic eats freely without fear. EXTRA ORDINAR } AFFILIATION CASE. On Saturday the justices of the county of Kent assembled at the magistrates' office, in Watling street, Canterbury, were occupied in disposing of an affiliation case, in which Lieut. A. W. L. Mire house, of the 64th Foot, was charged with being the father of the illegitimate offspring of Mary Jane Taylor, a single woman. Capt. Young • presided, and the following justices were on the bench : Captains Slarkae and Macky, and William Plum mer and George Neame, Esqs. The complainant was represented by Mr. Delasaux, and the de fendant by Mr. Cullen. The complainant (a good looking young girl) deposed—l am a single wQman, and reside at Harbledown. The child was born at the house of Miss Goodwin, in Artillery-street. I first became intimate with Lieut. Mirehouse on the 27th of July, 1860, and it continued until the Ist of January, 1861. In the interim I discovered myself to be in the family-way, and communicated that fact to the defendant. I received this medi cine from him (produced). He left it at my lodg ings for me. The Chairman—lf this medicine is to be produced, we ought to know all about it, and of what it consists. Mr. Cullen—We admit leaving the medicine at the house for her to take, but not for the purpose suggested. Witness—The defendant asked me if I had received the medicine. I said I had. He then asked me if I had taken any. I replied, " Yes ; two doses." He then said he knew if I kept taking it that it would do away with the child. On the return of the defendant, after his leave of absence, he refused to see me at the barracks. Between the 10th of March and the 20th of April I received ss. .a week from the defendant. He sent the money to me in letters. A fortnight after I wasconfined defendant came to my lodging and took all his letters out of my writing desk. I ran after him into the street and tried to get them, but did not succeed. He said, " I have done you now." I have not seen those letters since. I had no connection with any other person from the 27th July to the birth of my child. The defendant has never denied being the father of my child. The complainant was then cross-examined at consider able length. She said—l knew Lieut. Gardener, and he came to see me in Dover, in May, 1860. Did not sleep with him on the 19th and 20th July; it was in the month of June. I remember Lieut. East. I knew him in Canterbury. About four months al together. I came to Canterbury to meet him, but met Lieut. Mirehouse instead. The 21st July was the first time I saw defendant, and the first time I was intimate with him. The defendant was then examined. He said—ln July, 1860, I first became acquainted with complainant. It was on the 21st of the month. I was intimate with her that night at the barracks. The intimacy continued until I went on leave. She occasionally slept with me, but not every night, at the barracks. On Aug. 30, 1860, I wrote this letter to her father :—" Sir,—Thinking that it will be a relief to you to know something regarding your daughter, I have great pleasure in informing you that she would be only too happy to return to the bosom of her family, only that she is afraid of your displeasure. I think you may find her living in Havelock-street, No. 3.—1 have the hon our to be, sir, A FRIEND." I took some of my letters from her desk about the time she. has stated. I did so because I had reason to believe that she had taken letters out of my room that had been sent to me. Mr. Delasaux wished to put some question to the defendant about the medicine produced, and the Bench declined to allow him, unless he called evidence to show of what it consisted. The defendant was then cross-examined by Mr. Cullen—l sent her several sums of money, but more out of charity than anything else. I heard from her she was acquainted with Lieut. Gar dener, Lieut. East, and Lieut. Harding. Mr. Cullen called Mary Ann Goodwin, a single woman, who said—l know the complainant. She stopped at my house from the 10th or 12th September, 1860, till the 15th June, 1861. She told me all her af fairs. She said she often slept with Lieutenant East at the barracks during the week, and she saw a gentleman farmer on Saturdays, who gave her 10s. a week. She said she could not manage on what they gave her, and she must, therefore, go to Dover. Her child was baptised on the 30th of May. She named it Minnie Gardener Taylor. Mr. Cullen then asked for an adjournment for the attendance of Lieutenant East, Mr. Delasaux opposed the ap plication, and the Bench allowed the objection. Mr. Delasaux replied on the evidence adduced on the part of the defendant, and contended that it had not shaken his case in the least. The Bench then re tired, and, upon their return, the chairman an nounced that they were of opinion that the defen dant was the father of the complainant's child, and they adjudged him to pay all the costs, the attor ney's fee, and 2s. 6d. a week for the maintenance of the child. A MATRIMONIAL HOAX. The following advertisement appeared in a Man chester paper a few days ago : " A striving young widower, of good character, with children, wishes to correspond with a suitable lady, about 30, of small means, with a view to matrimony and domestic happiness.—Address M 87, at the printer's. The above was answered by one of a party of young men in Macclesfield, who despatched the following letter, written in a lady's hand : " Shakspere Inn, Duke-street, Macclesfield, Aug. 17. " Dear Sir,—l reply to your advertisement. I shall have no objection to correspond with you with a view to matri mony. lam about the age you mention, have property in Buxton realising £2 ss. per week. I possess £3OO in the bank, and have large expectations from a relative aged 70. I shall be glad to hear from you. Send your photograph, or arrange for an interview as soon as possible, as 1 shall leave town shortly. I could have my choice of any young man here, but should prefer a stranger, for reasons that I can satisfactorily explain on our first interview.—Truly yours, " MARY GOULD." - This elicited the following reply, which came to hand on Sunday morning : " Dear Mary, —I " Hhulavnle e, on M ly an r c e h ee e i s y t e e d r, A yo ug ux . 214, letter this th morning ; it must have been overlooked at the office. In reply, I think the best course to take in this matter is to have an interview at once. I will be over at Macclesfield to-morrow (Sunday) morning, by the train that arrives at 11,30, and if you do not wish to see me where you are stay ing I will remain about the station until all the passengers are gone, and if I see you will introduce myself, or, if I do not see you, I will go to where you are staying. I have stated confidence can be kept in either case, as none but ourselves will know the object of my visit.—l remain, your very obedient, " • This letter having come unexpectedly, the con spirators were hardly prepared with a suitable young lady. The 11 30 train brought the young widower, a middle-aged, pensive-looking, respect ably-attired man, dressed in black. Not finding the object of his visit at the station, he forthwith made his way to her apartments at the Shakspere, where he was invited to take a seat and await the young lady's return from Buxton, whence she was expected every moment. He had not waited long before a fashionably-dressed good-looking young woman drove up to the door in a cab,.and on entering the house the visitor at once introduced himself. Tea was ordered, and whilst the two were discussing and arranging preliminaries, revealing to each other their family connexions, social position, and worldly possessions, a conclave of young men were prepar ing the oven in which the young widower was to be cooked. Presently two of them entered the room where the couple was at tea, apologising for the intrusion by remarking that the house was quite full, and that that was the only room in which there was accommodation. One of them sat down to the piano, and whilst playing a piece or two other interlopers made their appearance. The young lady endeavoured to comfort her would-be spouse, who seemed to get agitated by the furtive glances of the young men. But when 10 or 12 of them entered the room he expressed his desire to be off. He was, however, politely informed that he was under the law of Sir Sohn Barleycorn, and that he could not pass the warders at the door. Perspiration trickled down his face as in a state of feverish excitement he threatened to make his exit by violence. He was indicted for attempting to carry off in a sur reptitious manner the betrothed of one of his tor mentors, who, ig the character of an injured lover, preferred the charge. The accused was found guilty, without any hope of mercy, and sentenced to pay a fine which would enable all on the pre mises to drink to his health. Amid convulsive laughter he dashed out of the house, chased by a crowd of persons. He sought refuge in the police station, and subsequently made his way to the rail way station where a large crowd awaited his arrival. Here he was subjected to a series of torments, which were only terminated by the train carrying him off to Manchester.—Manchester Guardian, MURDER OF A SERGEANT OF POLICE. • On Saturday evening week a terrible affray took ' place upon an estate, near the Speech House, Little Dean, between Sergeant Samuel Beard and four sheep-stealers. It appears that four suspicious cha racters had been drinking in a neighbouring public house, and a farmer and Beard suspected something wrong. Beard secreted himself in one position and the farmer in another. It appears that the fellows had set their gins and laid their nets. When these preliminary operations were completed they drove some sheep into an angle of the ground, for the evident purpose of killing some of the flock. Beard, it appears, at this crisis rushed upon the scoun drels, when they commenced a savage and brutal attack upon him. They beat him with bludgeons, and kicked him most furiously when on the ground. It seemed to be their intention to murder him, and they did not cease to ill-treat him until they thought they had completed their diabolical purpose. The ruffians then fled, leaving him, as they thought, for a dead man who could tell no tales. The poor fel low was found next morning about four o'clock in a state of insensibility. He presented a most de plorable spectacle. The farmer states that when he was in his hiding-place he heard some blows, but he thought it was some one beating a " donkey." He says that when some considerable time had elapsed he left his hiding-place and went to look for Beard, hut could not see him. He, however, found his great coat hung up in a tree, and thought he was gone home. The affray must have been a very sanguinary one, for four of Beard's teeth were knocked out, and the ground was covered with clots of coagulated blood. On Tuesday he became conscious, and immediately mentioned the names of the four ruffians. The fellows were shortly after wards apprehended. Their names are Williams, Roberts, and two brothers named Coopey, most de termined-looking characters. On Wednesday they were taken before the magistrates, and afterwards to the bedside of Beard, who at once recognised:the whole of them. They were then remanded, and the deposition of the officer taken. Poor Beard lin gered in great agony until Saturday evening, when death put an end to his sufferings,—Birmingham Post. A SCENE AT WIESBADEN. I Aux. 22.---Last night I witnessed a scene in the gam bling rooms which broke the monotonous decorum and ruf fled the outward serenity so generally remarked in these gorgeous traps for travellers with money to throw away. I was sitting at the newspaper table in the Kursaal, around which were several English and other ladies. As is usual in the reading- room, perfect quiet prevailed. Suddenly there rushed forth from the elegant crowd which thronged about a rouge et noir table in an adjoining department half a-dozen men (some of them livery servants), who ran as hard as they could through the reading-room and made for a side door leading to the garden. There was no cry of " Stop thief," but it was evident that they were giving chase to some one who must have immediately preceded them, and slipped out unnoticed by the readers of the news. I fol lowed into the garden from curiosity, and soon heard the exclamation, " He is caught." From behind some shrubs a couple of stout Nassau soldiers, who must have been at hand in ambush ready for such an occurrence, emerged with the culprit, whom they grasped firmly by the wrists. Neither he nor they said a word. As he approached the brilliant gas-lights of the Kursaal I saw that he was a tall, well dressed young man, and that his face had turned as white as the paper on which I am now writing. He was led round to a little door at the back of the establishment, the key of which was produced by an elderly porter in uniform, who made no remark and exhibited no token of surprise, but in the most matter-of-course way opened the door as if for the reception of an expected guest. At this moment a commissary of police appeared, and followed the soldiers and their prisoner into a little office, where there was a desk, writing materials, and two or three chairs. Without speaking a word, or losing a moment of time, the commis sary and soldiers proceeded to strip the prisoner, and mi nntely searched every article of his clothing. What they found I know not, for at this point the old porter came up and told me and some others who had watched the opera tion through a window to go further off. I heard afterwards that the man had staked upon the table a false rouleau, art fully made up and sealed, so as to resemble externally those rolls of golden Fredericks which high players receive from and pass to the bank without opening them. Had the fraud not been discovered the scamp might have made off with a sum equivalent to about £2OO. I dare say he will now be summarily and severely punished, and in all probability there will be no report of the trial, for the proprietors of the gaming rooms would not have thought it possible that such things could occur to spot and blemish the highly polished surface of their establishment. This place is now very full. Among the fashionable company are the King of the Bel gians, the King of Wurtemburg, a great many German princes and dukes, Earls Clarendon and Winchilsea,vand Lord Cremorne. FROM TILE G.AZE2TB OF LAST NIGHT. INDIA-OFFICE, AUG. 19. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., sometime Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the East Indies; and General Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., who commanded the British Forces which advanced to Cabul in 1842, and sometime Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India, to be Knights of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Hackett, Esq., to be her Majesty's Advocate for her Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast; Alexander M'Nab, Esq., to be Surveyor of Public Works for the Island of Grenada; and Charles Henry Fowler, Esq,, to be Colonial Surgeon for the Island of St. Helena. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED, Thomas Geddes, draper, Liverpool. Samuel Fleet, draper, county of Chester. BANKRUPTS. Joseph John Counihan and Maximilian Lindt, mer chants, Fenchurch-street, city, to surrender, September 4, at twelve, and September 27, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. ktMuel Wilkes, wine merchant, Cardiff, Sept. 10 and. Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Joseph Whittard, draper, Bristol, Sept. 9 and Oct. 8, at eleven, at tha Bristol District Court. William Keightley, glass manufacturer, Birmingham, Sept. 13 and Oct. 4, at eleven, at tho Birmingham District Court. ...._... Thomas Corbett, licensed victualler, Birmingham , S e p t. 6 and October 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Patterson, licensed victualler, Coom be Bissett, Wiltshire, Sept 11, at half-past two, and Oct. 9, at twelv e , at the Court of Ba n k ru pt c y. Ludwig Woldem ar K re t zsc hmar, jeweller , Duke - street, Bloomsbury, Sept. 11, at eleven, and Oc t. 9, at one, at th e Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Henson Henson, builder, Watford, S e pt . 5, at half-past one, and 30, at one at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Brown Taylor, tobacconist, Norwich, Sept. 5, at twelve, and Oct. 9, at eleve n, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Granbourn-stre e t, Leicester ver, Thomas Culleton, engra square, Sept. 9, at eleven, and Oct. 9, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Burgin and :Willia m Burgin, upholsterers Great Winchester-street , City Sept. 6, a t t wo , an d O ct ', . 5, at half-past e leven, at the Court of B an k ruptcy. SCOTCH BANK RupTs. Francis Quilter, merchant, Borrowstominess. Adam Strang, bleacher, Barrhead, William Fyfe, tailor, Oirvan, ' A SCOTCH VOLUNTEER CAMP. The Scotsman gives an interesting account of the en campment of the Ist and ad Artisan Companies of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifles among the Pentlands. The pioneers reached the ground on Friday evening, and, after some difficulty, owing to the boisterous state of the weather, several tents were pitched, and a number of beds prepared from ferns and brackens. By and by— " The moon rose broad and clear, and the landscape be came bewitchingly beautiful. The officers and men having retired to their respective tents, supper was served out, and in a short time the rattle of the drum, the note of the bugle, and the sound of song echoed among the lonely hills. At last these sounds died away, and the wearied volunteers reposed among the brackens. The guard, however, was regularly kept up all night, the officers taking their turn with the men, and the watch. fire blazed over the hills. About 2 a.m. a form was observed to slink silently into the camp. Greatly to his surprise he was at once challenged by the sentry, and turned out to be an Irishman who pretended to be going up the hill to see his sweetheart. The camp was again astir at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning, and the toilets were made at the burn side. Two young ladies cross ing Glencorse Burn at a lonely spot at 7 in the morning, came upon a volunteer engaged in shaving under tremen dous difficulties, the wind howling down the glen in irre sistible gusts. Little bursts of silvery laughter broke forth, but were speedily silenced by the vision of another volun teer, almost in the garb of Paradise, washing at no great distance. After breakfast another tent was erected, and seve ral camp fires dug. An attempt was made to erect a fourth tent, but the violence of the tempest rendered it impossible. Indeed, it was only by constant attention to the ropes that the tents were prevented from being blown down. Towards afternoon the wind fell somewhat, and another tent was then got up. The discipline of a camp was preserved through out, and guards regularly set and relieved. About eight p.m. the main body of the Ist and 3d companies arrived; Between ten and eleven o'clock, after the men had all retired to their tents, a member of Captain Gorrie's com pany apprised the officer in command of the guard, that he had accidentally overheard Capt. Taylor, of the 4th Artisan Company, in conversation with a farmer, making arrangements for a nocturnal attack. Capt. Gorrie called out the guard, and extended them in skirmishing order down the hill in front of the tents, so as to be prepared for any emergency. The rest of the men were also called out, and formed into two sub-divisions. Capt. Gorrie himself led off a small detachment to place them in what he thought would be a likely direction for the enemy to approach from ; and having placed the men, he returned to bring up his own skirmishers. While returning, he perceived in the partial darkness what he supposed to be a number of his own men lying on the ground (at the foot of the hill, about 300 yard from the camp), and cautioned them to remain quiet. While doing so,he was sprung upon by one of the recumbent figures (Lieut. Maclagan, 4th Artisans—in command of the party) who placed a hand en his mouth to prevent him giving the alarm; at the same moment he was seized by men from behind, who caught hold of his arms, and, after a vigour ous resistance, he had to surrender himself a prisoner. In the meantime the remainder of the Ist and 3d Compa nies had been posted—one subdivision, under Ensign Morton, close to the camp, in the rear of the tents ; and the other, under Lieutenant Smith, was extended down the hill, to support the skirmishers. Lieutenant Maclagan advanced his party up the hill in front of the camp, and opened fire upon the skirmishers who had been extended down the hill to stop his progress. At the same time, Captain Taylor, in command of another attacking party, led his men, under the shelter of a hedge, round the north side of the field in which the camp was placed, and gained the high ground to the left. On reaching the open space, Captain Taylor fired a volley on the men drawn up in the camp, and charged in upon them, while Lieutenant Maclagan advanced simultaneously on them from the front, and the attackers seized the flag-staff, and called out that they were masters of the camp. The movements on either side were almost wholly concealed by the darkness, and both parties in many cases only discovered the position of their adversaries by the blaze and ratttle of their rifles. During the melee, one volunteer got his cheek slightly grazed by a cartridge, but happily with out sustaining any great harm. The affair was accordingly stopped, and it was then discovered that the unknown enemy had been the 2d and 4th Artisan Companies. On. this discovery the two bodies at once fraternised, and after some time the 2d and 4th left the camp and marched to Edinburgh." COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Au o. 27. There was a moderate attendance of millers and dealers at this morning's market, and we had a very fair business doing in English wheat, at 2d per cental lower than last Tuesday; and a considerable quantity taken for export. Flour, of prime quality, maintained its value. Oats and oatmeal were slow of sale, and at a slight decline in price. Beans and peas in middling request, the former at is aad the latter at 6d per qr lower. There was not so much in quiry for Indian corn, and is decline. SLEAFORD—AUG. 26. The attendance was good to-day, with a fair supply of wheat. Trade more active, and former rates supported. White wheat ruled at 56s to 645, red 48s to 55s per qr. New wheat, 57s to 60s. Barley was in limited supply, and dull demand, at 28s to 30s ; oats ruled quiet, at late prices, 26s to 30s ; new, 24s to 28s ; beans at from 44s to 48s; peas, —s to --s. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE-AuG. 26. At this corn market there was an average show of wheat. Buyers operated cautiously, and prices were at about the rates of last week—white making 56s to 675, red 50s to 635. The demand for barley was still slow, and un changed in value. Oats were in fair supply, with a quiet sale, from 24s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans met with a firm sale, from 44s to 508:per qr. NORWICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day consisted of Seoti, shorthorns, and Irish. A small attendance of buyers, but a fair business done, at about last week's prices. "Scots, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 4s Irish, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; Devons, 4s to 5s 6d (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts a small show and sales dull, at 8s Od to 8s 6d. per 141 b. Sheep—There was an excellent supply of sheep in the pens and sales dull, Fat sheep, 8a Od to 8s 6d per stone ; prime, Os Od , with out a clearance. Pigs—A fair supply. Store; pigs, 18s to 225; fat pork, 7s 6d to.Bs Od per stone. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. • . Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds Sept. 3. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Cuba and Mexico .. Aug. 28. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. Aug. 28. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Si n g a p ore ( v i a S'ampton) Sept. 1. Do (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Overdue. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Aug. 26. Lisbon . • • : .. Sept. 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via So u thampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Aug. 26. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Sept. 1. United States, California, &c. .. Sept. 4. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Sept. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena. Cuba, &o. Aug. 28. OUTRAGE ON A BRITISH SUBJECT AT NEW YORK EY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.—ShortIy before the royal mail steamer Africa left New York, she was boarded by some police officials, who exhibited a warrant from Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, and arrested and carried off Mr. Robert Muir, formerly a highly respectable merchant at Charleston. Mr. Muir was the bearer of im portant despatches to Earl Russell from Mr. Bunch, Bri tish Consul at New Orleans, who h a d furnished himwith a passport. BIRTHS. , neare Leal. vir or AYLESFORD.—On the 26th inst a . t , aHtiTndhipei Bury, AL arY ington, Lsopp . t — he o C n o th un e te 2 s 6 s th of in A s y t. l , esford, of a son. Ilall cester, the wife of Henry Allsopp, Esq ., o f a son. a r TOTTENHAM.—On the 25th inst., at London, the wife of Captain Loftus Tottenham, of a son and h e i r . WREY.—On the 25th inst., the wife of the R ev . Bourchier W. T. Wrey, of a son. fIARRI.A,GEs . , -- s qu an ithe 27th inst., at SL Georges', mbridgeshire, to Gertrude, eldest daugh eke Ricketts Batee,n, Esq., of Hon. Henry Corry, M.P., and Lady H. B A t ec i orao l nor O rsfo N yevt.h — heere C a. t i ug n ach Y ri . HUTCHISON—M'CoxBIE.—On the 22d inst., at Easter Skene, near Ab er d een, Thomas Hutchison, Esq., of London, to Ni co l a, daughter of the late Thomas M'Com bie, Esq., of Richmond -hill, near Aberdeen. DEATHS. ATKINSON.—On the 25th inst., at Lockington Rectory, near Beverley, Edwards Atkinson, Esq. BAc9x.—Mr. Edward Bacon, of 100, Cornwall-road, Lam beth,"aged 74. Donn.—On the 21st inst., Stephen Dodd, Woburn, Beds., aged 89. HoLDsWORTH.—On the 24th inst., at Broughton Grange, Manchester, Richard Holdsworth, Esq., of The Elms, Woodhay, Hants, aged 6.5. INGERSOLL.—On the 21st inst., at Brooklands, Enfield Highway, Fred. H. Ingersoll, aged 73. PRoBYN.—On the 19th inst., at Clifton, John Probyn, Esq., of Monmouth, aged 64. PHILLIPS.—On the 27th inst., Harriet Hannah, wife of title Rev. G. Phillips, incumbent of Upper Edmonton, aged 36. LoNnoN : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, wit No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office, No. 112,Strano in the Precinct ot the Savoy, in the County ot Middlesex Wednesday, 41:ggust 28, 1861.