The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-10 00:00:00

---- - The bark Constance, from Rotterdam, bound for Batavia, having on board a transport of 150 soldiers and 16 passengers, has just been taken into the dockyard at Sheerness to undergo repairs, owing to her having sustained considerable damage from a collision near the South Foreland Lighthouse on the 28th of September. We have to announce the recent death, at Bath, of Rear-Admiral William Pearce Stanley, at the advanced age of 77. The deceased entered the navy in 1795 as midshipman on board the Diomede. While serving on board the Egyptienne he assisted at the capture of three French vessels, and was present in Sir R. Calder's action on the 2.2 d of July, 1805. After taking part in the battle fou,7,tht off St. Domingo in the Northumberland, he was ap pointed acting lieutenant of the Dolphin, and after wards to the Pheasant, in which vessel he served as senior lieutenant until 1814, taking several French prizes. In April, 1819, he was placed in command of the Swallow revenue cutter, in which he cap tured, in 1821, the Idas smuggling cutter, after a long chase. He then received the approbation of Sir John Gore, the Commander-in-Chief, the Lords of the Admiralty, the Treasury Board, and on the 19th of July of the same year was promoted to the rank of commander, attaining post rank in 1838. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. C. Robinson, to the S eringapatam; Lieut. L. A.Whimper,to the Meander; J. Dunwordie, assist.-surg., to Malta Hospital ; Dr. T. I). Allison, assist.-surg., additional, to the Hiber nia; C. A. Bydder, promoted to the rank of chief engineer; A. W. Chalmers, promoted to the rank of acting chief engineer to the Falcon ; W. Hallo- way, engineer to the Cumbe r la n d f or t h e Swallow F. Pursell, promoted to the rank of acting first-class assistant-engineer in the Cossack; It. E. Chiswell, second-class assistant-engineer to the Asia for the - - - --- Traveller; H. G. Hayward, acting second-class as- sistant-engineer, to the Indus for the Pike ; H. H. , - Barnard has been nominated to a naval cadetship. THE AR3II The amended warrant relative to the army hospi tal corps has just been promulgated at Woolwich, revised from that of Aug. 1, 1857. According to the new regulations these corps will be recruited from the ranks, and will receive rates of pay ac cordingly—Sergt.-major, 4s. 2d. per day ; Ist class sergeant, 35. 2d.; 2d class sergeant, 2s. 2d. ; and private, ls. Increased pay for good conduct and long service is to be granted to the privates of the corps, under the provisions of the good conduct warrant for the line, subject to the usual forfeiture for each entry in the defaulter book. Every non commissioned officer and private of the corps is to be allowed the daily ration of a soldier in hospital on full diet, free of any stoppage, whenever it is practicable to furnish such diet; but in the event of his becoming a patient in the hospital, he is to he supplied with the class of diet applicable to his case, and for such diet he is not to be liable to 'any stop- Page from his pay. He will not be entitled, more over,__ under a n y c i rcumstances, to the allowance of ld a day for beer money. When he cannot draw !rations from the public stores, whether on board ship or oil shore, h e will receive a money allowance of Bd. a day in lieu of a free ration. When he is in confinement for any offence the whole of his pay is to be forfeited, a n d he is to be provided with the prison diet. When Under other punishment he will rece i ve the usual hospital ration, or thereto, but will be subjeei an equivalent to - TF - 1 e stoppa ,, e from his p a y of Bd, a day when the Punishme nt involves the non-performance of his hospital duties. When he is on the march under route in the, pur suance of public duty, the same allowances for marching money and hot meals are to be charged for him as for a soldier on the march, and in such case h e i s not to be entitled to rations, but is to receive in ad dition to such marching allowances the money al lowance of Bd. already mentioned above. While on furlough ho is to be subject to the same rules as soldiers, but the pay to be advanced to him while so situated is to be 6d. a day less than the full rate ,of pay of his rank, and the residue is to be accounted for to him on his return to duty. While on furlough he will not be entitled to the moneyallowance of 8d a day in lieu of rations, but will be settled with for his pay only. Ser geants having passed the required examination, and who may be employed in dispensing medicines, shall, while so employed, receive an allowance of is Per day. A private appointed lance sergeant, to e a n h b , s le him t o per f orm temporarily certain duties, receive while so employed 6d a day in addi tion t o h is sponsible capacity, PIT- A private whil e em pl o y e d i n a re or placed for meritorious service In the construction of futaire vessels of war at Chatham the Lords of the Admiralty have issued directions for plates for the fighting bolts of the slides and train tackle bolts in the deck to bn fitted, where- practicable, in the stern ports of flush decked vessels, to enable the broadside guns to be used in the stern ports. The damage sustained by the Channel Fleet during the late severe storm'is estimated at £lO,OOO. The Conqueror, Centurion; and Aboukir lost all their quarter boats. The Aboukir rolled exces sively. The Hero lost her mainyard. The Tra falgar suffered severely. The Conqueror also lost her three topsails ; indeed, so much canvas was blown away that when Admiral Stuart signalled some of the ships to hoist certain sails, the reply given was " that they had none." It is reported at Plymouth that the Centurion and Aboukir are to he sent to the West Indies. The Revenge was re moved yesterday from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze to he removed. The Conqueror, Cen turian, and Aboukir will follow. The Salamis, 4 gun pa.ddlowheel despatch steamer, building under the first shed at Chatham, is very far advanced in framing, a numerous staff of shipwrights being employed on her to hasten for ward her completion. She is to be diagonally built, and being intended to accomplish a great speed she is of unusual length for her rating, and very nar row. Her principal dimensions are—length, 220 ft. ; extreme breadth, 28ft. 2in.; depth in hold, 14ft. Gin.; and 260-horse power, Orders were yesterday received at Chatham for the Wellesley, 72, guardship at that port, to be fitted as a training ship for bays and lads entering the Royal navy. Since the Wellesley has been removed higher up the harbour her anchors, chains, water tanks, guns, and other heavy stores have been taken out of her, in order to lighten her and prevent the vessel taking the ground at the low tides. The Edgar, 89, screw, flagship of Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine, Capt. G. P. Mends, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning from Spit head to refit, &c. The Warrior, 40, screw, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, hauled off from alongside the dockyard yesterday, in readiness to proceed to Spithead to day. Rear-Admiral Robinson, Controller of the Navy, visited the ship daring the day. The screw steam corvette Malacca, 17, Capt. G. I. Napier, left Plymouth Sound yesterday morning for the Mediterranean. The Chesapeake, 51, screw frigate, 400-horse power, Rear-Admiral L. T. Jones, which left Hong- Kong on May 26 last, has just arrived at Sheerness. She will be paid off on the 17th inst. The Chesa peake was commissioned in 1857, to bear the broad pennant of COmmodore R. B. Watson, in command of a special squadron sent out to India during the mutiny, but arrived too late to take any active part in th© operations of that year. In the spring of 1858 she rendered effective service in the recovery of nearly 300 boxes of rupees of the value of about £150,000, from the wreck of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ava, on the coast of Ceylon, This service was scarcely accomplished when news ar riving of the massacre at Jeddah, she was then de spatched to the Red Sea, under temporary com mand of Acting-Captain G. 11. Parkin, the Com modore having been previously invalided. After three months' stay at Jeddah, she was unexpectedly ordered to proceed to China, and to become the flagship of Rear -Admiral James Hope, C.B. Ott her voyage home she touched at Singapore, Angoa, the Mauritius, the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension. Throughout the voyage the weather was highly favourable. Very little sickness prevailed on board, and no deaths occurred. litE NAVY. shalt receive an allowance of 3d a l day in addition to his ordinary pay. The number of privates to receiee rues of alio eenee shall be fixed from time. to time. A private appointed as barber, assistant cook', baker, washerman, shall receive while wo actin z ; 62d a day in addition to his pay. All non-commissioned officer, and privates of the corps are to be liable to be employed in any way that may be required in the performance of any duties in the medical and purveyor's depart ments; and when oar duty with an army in the field they will be liable to be attached to the field ambulances, and attend to the wounded, carrying them off the field, &c. The non-commissioned officers are tO take rank with those of the other corps of the army, and are to wear the ordinary distinctions on their uniforms. Candidates who are not soldiers may be admitted by permission of the Secretary of State by special authority. All non-commissioned officers and privates of the corps will be liable tc discharge at any time the Commander-in-Chief may think fit, without any claim to compensation be yond the scale of pensions, and they may he re transferred, at the orderof the Commander-in-Chief, for misconduct, unfitness, or otherwise, to the corps of the army from which they were transferred. When their services shall be dispensed with they shall be entitled to pensions on the following scale after a total service in the corps, or in the line, ex ceeding 21 years:—Sergeants•major, after 21 years' service, of which at least five in that rank, a pension for life of 2s per day, increasing to a maximum of 3s per day, at the rate of 2d for each additional year's service,with the further additions of good con duct pay of which they may be in possession at the time of their discharge, and of ld. a-day for every five years' service as non-commissioned cfficers, but the maximum with such additions not to exceed 3s. a-day, Ist and 2d class sergeants. After 21 years total service, of which, at least, five in that rank, a pension for life of ls. 6d. and ls. 3d. a-day, in creasing to a maximum of 2s. 6d. and 2s. a-day, at the rate lid. and ld. for each additional year's ser vice, with the further addition of good conduct pay of which they may be in possession at the time of their discharge, and of ld. a-day for every five years' service as non-commissioned officer, but the maximum, with such additions, not to exceed 23. 6d. and 23. a-day. Privates, after the same length of service, will be entitled to a pension of 10d. a-day, increasing to ls. 4d. at a progressive rate. For men of this corps attached to any hos pital or station, the purveyor is to perform the duty of quartermaster, and the officers of the pur veyor's department will be the paymasters of the in a first class, corps. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge a silver medal has been presented to Sergeant Cox and Gunner Lawler, of the depot brigade, Royal Artil lery, stationed at Sheerness, for long service and meritorious conduct. The presentation was made by Lieut.-Col. Talbot. Col. Guy, Commandant of the troops' in the Camp at Colchester, inspected the 9th battalion at that station on Tuesday. A private of the 38th Regiment, named Allen, has been ordered to un dergo a court-martial for loading his rifle with ball cartridge, with the supposed intention of shooting Sergeant Robinson, attached to his company, with whom he had had an altercation. Another private of the 38th Regiment, named Grosser, also under orders for a garrison court-martial, broke out of the guardroom on Monday, but was soon retaken in the town. He will now have to undergo a general court-martial. Another private, named Pattison, has been sentenced to 80 days' imprisonment for insubordination. The preliminary operations for the construction of the foundation of the fort on the Noman Shoal have been commenced by the contractor. Colonel Do Rinzy, of the Ist brigade Garrison Artillery, and Brigade-Major Milward, who have been engaged for some weeks past in inspecting the Volunteer Artillery in the Northern and Western counties of England, have returned to Woolwich and resumed their official duties at head-quarters as heretofore, THE JOURNAL _EDITRD BY THE DEAN OF IVESIMINSTR.R.* Are we warranted in making any allusion to a vexy curious volume, consisting of extracts from a lady's journal, kept during a visit to Germany in 1799-1800, and now edited, but not published, by her son, the Dean of Westminster ? When the letters, journals, and other papers of his mother came into the Dean's hands, last year, he states that he found among them this journal, from which he has printed certain selections, containing notices of persons of historic interest, with whom the writer was brought into more or less familiar contact. In one case, that of Nelson, they are notices of a personage of the very highest historic interest, while in others (we speak only of those which are printed in this volume) they re late to persons who live more or less in the memoirs of that time, and live on even in our own time in the oral traditions of social life. More than one member of our own Royal family, the Duke of Brunswick and his Court, the Queen of Prussia, Breteuil, Beurnonville, Bellegarde, Rivarol, Gentz, Lavalette, Alexis Orloff, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord Minto, Sir William and Lady Hamilton, Mr. Elliot, cur Minister at Dresden, Righini the composer, Fuger the painter, with many others, all find a place here. Are we war ranted, then, in assuming that this contribution to our knowledge of persons so public in some sense is public property also ? All the persons mentioned here are dead, no injury that we see can be done to the feelings of any of their representatives, and, as we conceive that a time may come in any case when there is no longer any reason for the reservation of such memoranda, however private in the first in stance, so we contend that the time has fully arrived in this case when they may be claimed as materials for historical portraiture. Had the Dean kept these memoranda to himself, we conceive that biographers would have had reason to complain of their concealment. Having printed them for com munication to his literary friends, we can see no reason whatever why they should not be more widely circulated ; and, as we have no clear inti mation of a prohibition to the contrary, we take a liberty which we believe no one will think inexcusable. It appears, however, that it is thought desirable that something should be said on behalf of the writer—that these memoranda were made at such a very early period of her career as by no means to show the character to which she attained in later life. The writer, the granddaughter of Lord Chesterfield's " Richard Chenevix,' was married, at 19, to Colonel St. George, of Carrick-on-Shannon, and at the age of 22 was left a widow with an only son. A period of several years elapsed before her second marriage, and during this interval she made the tour of which this volume is partly the record. She was then, as the Dean conceives, unawakened to those more setious and earnest views of exist- eine which later sorrows and trials brought home to her, though even of that clay ther e are t ra i ts _ _ unpublished which would, he says, show that she was of no light or frivolous turn of mind. For our parts, we are not in the least disposed to com plain of Mrs. - St. George for taking an innocent interest in those) scenes of life which she re garded as a passing panorama, and we require no ex cuse for anything we see here. W mention the sub ject by way of concession to the Dean's scruples, who, we think, is unduly sensitive on the score of a youth fulvivacity which w a s s h or tly so b ere d t o a ma tronly decorum, and ended, as we are told, in a mood eminently serious and devout. We see nothing to scandalize anyone, not even an Archbishop, still less anything which should prevent one of high ecclesi astical rank receiving absolution from such latitu dinarians as ourselves. We absolve the Dean, then, and we claim for him, on the other hand, the praise of the ghost of Cax ton for passing through the press such a very amusing volume. It is but of small dimensions; in fact, it is not much bigger, and certainly does not contain more, than many a pamphlet of the season, while the entries are of the most concise character, like the jottings in an ordinary pocket book. Nevertheless, they often succeed in present- jag us in a few sentences, and sometimes in a single 4 ' Journal kept during a Visit to Germany in 1799-1800. Edited by the Dean of Westminster. [Not published,] phrase, with lively, vigorous, And distinctive por- waited for them at Hamburg, and ventured to announce it 11; 1 '4 1 v T3 a 7 s . , a n ff ee e ri r d ay o s i the 'T fine h e arts, momentof t h t e h a e t y ti tu 'v eli o o f n i the ea7td traits ; and " altogether there rises before one a cer tain pieture of Germany and German Coerte at a time when Marengo was more re CEnt than Solferino i be':se to scold in French about ' some pr ' Ovisio ;chich had ' I ime the dancing, and the sinning. Ledv Haticlion's maid is now, such as is not obtained. from hooks of far Trot obtained. - been forgot, in language quite impossible to . epeat, using greater pretension;,." Only we must be ceetious in certain French words which were never spok bu by men accepting the i m p ress i ons of the writer in every of the lowest class, and roaring them out frow one t boat to particular instance, and, knowing little of the bias another. Lady Hamilton began bawling for al Irish stew, of her tastes and predilections, we must read her, and her old mother set ab as outw washing the o wich both when highly caustic or highly complimentary, larth s actresses :he log did .rs ;.lrl se dressing in the T" b cleverly e possible. h am. , I nt They w e p the ex v a htoes, c e tl y e n h l t i n k , with a con s id era bl e marg i n and allowance for differ- enees of opinion. I went to congrat u l a t e the Elliots on thei r d e l verance, and found them very sensible of it. Mr. Ellist would not Thus we find the writer as severe on the boha- allow his wife to speak above her breath, aid said every viols of Nelson and the Hamiltons as we should ex- now and then, `Now, don't let us laugh to-night ; let poet from the descendant of a friend of Lord Chester- us all speak in our turn, and be very, very quiet." It is suggested th a t M r. E lliot was a littl© too field. The facts, ho wever , prove t h at the sea-king in easil satisfied with his information to the f • his cups could be boisterously coarse, and that Ladytt as jit N rigate, becau y se he was desirous of Hamilton, when she was not in her "attitudes," was getting Such th o i t e . el 'on and his travelling appendaeegse quite as coarse and not a little of a slattern. Alto- t e:c per formers were too much for the per ;ether, these scenes with our naval hero and his nerves ,f a 1 discreet, decorous, and fastidious Mi i low-lived enchantress are the most striking in then!ter, and ;voila' excite h the ' ki dof same n shocking sensecion as a set volume, as they show both in a new light, and, much o riotous schoolboys in a young ladies' school. The unless we allow much for the manners of the ' m time, and somewhat al so f or th e narrator ' s f as - manners of the day w ere coarse, there of seamen more particula r ly so , an d t h ey would is more than tidiousness, they must tend t o l ower our concep usually repul s i ve t o persons converseut with the lion of these popul ar p ersonages. W e are sorry to amenities of Continental soc i ety b efore the courtlis have our romantic imp ress i ons di s t ur b e d b y thi s ness of the old regime had been worn off by the series of pictures, but for the evident truth con- Revolution. When, probably, the wet-bred W• d tained in them they are valuable, and we print ham would have sworn in an En,g.ish ballroom, them in extensor— " Oct. 2.—Dined at the Elliot:'. While I was playing when the most refined members of Esglish society at chess with Mr. Elliot the news arrived of Lord Nelson's rarely left the dinner table sober, we should err if arrival, with Sir William and Lady Hamilton, Mrs. Cade- we ascribed to Nelson any extraordinary brutality Han, mother of the latter, and Miss Cornelia Knight, fa- because his manners were somewhat uproarious for mous for her ' Continuation of Rasselas' and ' Private Life the emporium of Dresden china. That his vanity of the Romans.' Oct. 3.—Dined at Mr. was capable of receiving en j oyment f rom very Elliot's, with only the N e l son party. It is plain that Lord Nelson thi n k s o f no thi ng b ut coarse flatteries is, we fear, a mere reasonable Lady Hamilton, who is t o t a lly o c cu pi e d by th e same object. imputation upon him and his companions. Among She is bold, forward, coarse, assuming, and vain. He/ figure the latter the reader will, of course, note Miss Cor is colossal, but excepting her feet, which are hideous, well nelia Knight, whose autobiography we shall shortly shaped. Her bones are large, and s h e i s excee di ngly have occasion to examine. embonpoint. She resembles the bust of A r i a d ne :t h e s h ape As to Lady Hamiltonand her mother, ever ythi ng seems to imply that the of all her features is fine, as is the f orm o f h er h ea d , and highly satiric sketch • . of the writer must have been particularly her ears ; her teeth are a little irregular, but tolerably white ; her eyes light blue, with a brown spot in the very truth ; but it is more surprising that the one, which, though a defect, takes nothing away from her fair adventuress should have played such a conspicu beauty and expression. Her eyebrows and hair are ous part in history than that her voice should have dark and her complexion coarse. Her expression is been loud, her dress vulgar, and her vinous exhila strongly marked, variable, and interesting; her movements ration at the enthralment of her sea monster too de in common life ungraceful; her voice loud, yet not disagree able. Lord Nelson i s a littl e man, w i t h out any dignity; monstrative. The i nc id en t o f h er o l d mother wash who, I suppose, must resemble what Suevarrowovas in his re the lnte ' potatoes for the Irish stew is emblematic in youth, as he is like all the pictures I have seen of that gene- so many senses, is so suggestive of their antece• ral. Lady Hamilton takes possession of him, and he is a dents, the reciprocity of their affection, the style willing captive, the most submissive and devoted I have of their household, and the creature comforts they seen. Sir William is old, infirm, all admiration of his wife, derived in common from the compliant Hamilton, and never spoke to-day but to applaud her. Miss Cornelia Knight seems the decid e d fl a tt erer o f th e t wo, and never that the picture i s i ncapa bl e o f i mprovement, it is domesticallytruthful and H • so. Homeric. opens her mouth but to show forth her praise; and Mrs. Cadogan,Ladyllamil ton's mother, is what one might expect. Next to these characteristics of the Nelson party After dinner we had several songs in honour of Lord Nel- we are most impressed by the writer's desultory son, written by Miss Knight, and sung by Lady Hamilton. remarks on the society of Vienna, which are very She puffs the incense full in his face; but he receives it with brief but particularly full of meaning. Since 1848 pleasure, and snuffs it up very cordially. The songs all this society has undergone some changes, but in the ended in the sailor's way, with `Hip, hip, hip, hurra,' and . . t has retained the peculiarities here described. mains a bumper with the last drop on the nail—a ceremony I had never heard of or seen before. The running footmen have disappeared, but the "Oct. 4.—Accompanied tha i Nelson party to Mr. Elliot's passion for dress and the universal good-nature and box at the opera. Lady Hamilton paid me those kinds of good order remain. It is, however, no longer possible compliments which prove she thinks mere exterior alone of to live there "in th e sa me man ner as i n L on d on, any consequence. She and Lord N e l son were wrappe d up in each other's conversation duri ng th e c hi e f part of the as nearly as the diff erence of each t own w ill perm i t, evening, for about one-third of the expens e ." O n th e con " Oct. s.—Went by Lady Hamilton's invitation to see trary, house rent in Vienna within the circuit of Lord Nelson dressed for Court. On his hat he wore the large the old walls is now as high, if not higher, than it diamond feather, or ensign of sovereignty, given him by the is in London, and the tariff of expenses generally Grand Signior ; on his breast the Order of the Bath, the approximates to it if it does not quite reach the Order he received as Duke of Bronte, the diamond star, in- London and Pari s i an s t an d a rd. Th e f o ll ow i ng ae cluding the sun or crescent giv en hi m b y th e G ran d Si gn i or , three gold modal s o bt a i ne d b y th ree diff erent v i ctories, and count of an Austrian bath, though it rem i n d s one a beautiful present f r o m th e Ki ng o f N ap l es. O n one side of ' The , Bath" of Miss Winifred Jenkins, cou ld not is his Majesty's picture, richly set and surrounded with now be written of any German watering place : laurels, which spring from two united anchors at bottom, "June 15-17.—Three days at Baden, a small town two and support the Neapolit an c r o wn at top; on the other is posts from Vienna, celebrated for its warm sulphureous the Queen's cipher, which turns so as to appear within the baths. They appear convenient and well attended. In the same laurels, and is formed of diamonds on green enamel. largest men and women of the best society bathe together, In short, Lord Nelson was a perfect constellation of stars and appear very much to enjoy the amusement. The gentle and orders. men aro in shirts and trousers ; the ladies in their usual "Oat, 6,—Dined with Lord Nelson at the Hotel de white morning dresses, and on their heads caps, handker- Pologne. Went in the evening to a conceit given to him chiefs, laces, and riband, fancifully and becomingly dis- 1 by Count Marcolini. Paris sung—a fine bass, with the posed. It is the triumph of real beauty and freshness, as lowest tones I ever heard ; and Ciciarelli, a soprano, who no rouge can be worn, or paint of any kind. The bath opens has lost his voice, but declaims well. From thence went to a a vast field for coquetry. A becoming dishabille, graceful party at Countess Richtenstein's, Lady Hamilton loading me attitudes, timidity, langour, and an affectionate confidence with all marks of friendship at first sight, which I always in your conductor, may hero all be displayed to advantage, think more extraordinary than love of the same kind. The lover leads his mistress, and has perhaps a secret satis " Oct. 7.—Breakfasted with Lady Hamilton, and saw her faction in finding himself with her in a new element ; for representinsuccession the bast statues and paintings extant. Madame de Geniis observes, I think with truth, that to She assumes their attitude, exp ress i on , an d d rapery w i t h those who really love every new situation ix company with great facility, swiftness, and accuracy. Several Indian the beloved has a certain charm. Many of those who have shawls, a chair, some antique vases, a wreath of roses, a no levers obtain, however, half a conductor, as every man tambourine, and a few children are her whole apparatus. who is not devoted generally gives each arm to a different She stands at one end of the room with a strong light to her lady. The old, the plain, and the neglected sit round on left, and every other window closed. Her hair (which by- benches, as it is dangerous for women to walk about in the the-by is never clean) is short, dressed like an antique, and bath without a guide. Spectators aro admitted, who view her gown a simple calico chemise, very easy, with loose the scene from a little gallery. To them the heat and sul sleeves to the wrist. She disposes the shawls so as to form phureous smell are very unpleasant." Grecian, Turkish, and other drapery, as well as a variety of The sketch of Lady Holland, whose chastened turbans. Her arrangement of the turban is absolute sleight- tyranny so many of us remember as very captivat- ' of-hand, she does it so quickly, so easily, and so well. It is ing, is no less striking, though somewhat spiteful : a beautiful performance, amusing t o th e mos t i gnoran t , an d highly interesting to the lovers of ar t. Th e c hi e f o f h er "Sept. 7.—Dined at M r . Elli o t' s w i t h the Holland:. imitations are from the antique. E a ch re p resen t a ti on l asts Her ladyship's manner t o h er h us b an d i s too i mperious ; it is not the tyranny o f a m i s t ress or a w i fe, but a governess about 10 minutes. It is rem ar k a bl e th a t, th oug h c oarse and her trembling pupil, ungraceful in common life, she becom es hi g hl y grace f u l , to ~ Sept. B.—Dined with th e H o ll an d s. Sh e h as a mixture and even beautiful, during this p er f ormance. I t i s a l so o singular that, in spite of the accu rac y o f h er i m i tat i on of f imperiousness and capric e very amus i ng to the mere spec the finest ancient draperie s , h er usua l d ress i s tasteless, tutors, Her indolence is al so remar k a b le, and she lies in a very easy posture on a sofa, with screens b etween the lights vulgar, loaded and unbecoming. She ha s b orrowe d several of my gowns, and m uc h a d m i res m y d ress, w hi c h cannot and her eyes, in a ll the dignity o f idl eness, employing every flatter, as her own is so frightful. H er wa i s t i s a b solutely travels in her pa r ty w ith ou t apo l ogy or individual who in between her shoulders. After showin g h er a ttit u d es she termission. Her husband has the h onour o f b e i ng fag-in sung, and I accompanied. H er vo i ce i s good and very chief, but she likewise entirely occ u pi es a h umorous clergy strong, but she is frequently out o f t une; h er expression likewise inan ' a a boy physician, and a young lord. The re i s peevish (1. r. Dickens) who c omes oc c as ion a lly, lik e 1 strongly marked and variou s; b u t s h e h as no shake, no great families, to do jobs, iniis, but flexibility, and no sweetne ss . Sh e ac t s h er songs, which I those who attend servan ts he has found out that she dislikes the trouble of repeating think the last degree of bad ta s t e . All i mperfect imitations evades are disagreeable, and to re p resen t pass i on with the eyes her orders, and often them by affecting not to hear." But we take the sting out of this extract by fixed on a book and th e p erson con fi ne d to a spot must genial and sparkling criticism on th e always be a poor piece of ac ti ng manqu a . S he continues quot i ng a her demonstrations of friendship, and said many fine Madonna di San Sisto, than which nothing can be things about my accompanying her at sight. She still more happy : does not gain upon me. I think her bold, daring, vain 44 We then went to the gallery, where the picture that even to folly, and stamped with the manners of her first most struck me was a Raphael representing the Virgin situation much more s t rong l y th an one would suppose standing on a cloud, with the infant Jesus in her arms, the after having represented Majesty, and lived in good corn- saints on either side in the act of adoration, and at the bat party 15 years. Her ruling passions seem to me vanity, tore of the picture two of the loveliest heads of cherubs I avarice, and love for the pleasures of the table. She shows ever saw. The Virgin's face is divine. The Child, who a great aviaity for presents, and has actually obtained some appears about a year old, has more the expression of the at Dresden by the common artifice of admiring and longing. King than Saviour of the world. There is a beautiful Mr. Elliot says, ' She will captivate the Prince of Wales, hau g hti ness , mixed with disdain, in his features." whose mind is as vulgar as her own, and play a great part Nor is the following judgment on one of the phi in England.' Dined with the Elliot:. Ile was wonderfully losonhie ladies of the end of the l as t cen t ury want amusing. His wit, his humo ur , hi s di scontent, his spleen, e in faith or humour. It wou ld b e worth his happy choice of words, his rapid fl ow o f id eas, and his ing either disposition to playful satire, make one always long to write quotation if it were only for the glimpse of the shorthand and preserve his conversation, writer's afterlife, which the Dean has added as a " Oct. B.—Dined at Madame de Loss's, wife to the Prime note. In 1825 much that shone so brightly in Minister, with the Nelson party. The Electress will not 1799 had ceased to dazzle : receive Lady Hamilton, on account of her former dissolute "Sept. 28—Left Konigsbruck, w he re I had passed a few life. She wished to go to C our t, on w hi c h a pretext was made to avoid receiving company last Sunday, an d I un d er - vero pleasant and retired day s . C ountess Munster is a stand there will be no Court w hil e s h e s t ays. L or d N elson, warm partisan of the philosophy o f K ant, w h o says per fectability, and not happiness, sh ou ld b e t h e o bj ect of hu understanding the Elector did n o t w i s h t o see h er, sa i d to Mr. Elliot, `Sir, if ther e i s any difficulty of that sort, Lady man researches. Madame Mu ns t er h as adopted this idea, Hamilton will knock the El ec t or d own, an d --- me, I ' ll and considers all revealed religi on as priestcraft, and Chris tianity as depraving our heart s , b ecause i t founds our vir • knock him down too.' She was no t i nv it e d i n th e beginning toes on a selfish hope of fut ure bli ss, and contracting our to Madame de L oss ' s , u p on w hi c h L or d N e l son sent his excuse, and then Mr. Elliot p ers u a d e d M a d ame d e L oss to understandings, because it substit u t es f a i t h f or reason. She invite her. From Madame d e L oss ' s v i s it e d M rs. ;yew. thinks truth unattainable, b u t th a t t h ere i s a degree of rola man, a very obliging, entertai n i ng woman o f t h e tiers eta, five truth to which each un d ers t an di ng may arrive, in pro thence to sup at Mrs. Rawdon's. H e r e I f oun d L a d y W— portion to its strength and e ff or t s. Sh e i s not t h e most for in the midst of a very animated disc o u rse on p rece d ence, audible opponent to the Ch r i s ti an re li g i on i t h as yet en which I soon found took its rise from M r . Elli o t' s having countered ; and I doubt if she p er f ec tl y un d erstan d s h erse l f on these subjects, which s h e see k s w ith an eagerness that led me in to dinner at Madame de Loss's b e f ore h er an d another Lady who had place. She politely t o ld me h e w denotes a perfect convicti on o f h er on strength. A lofty contempt of those who do b e li eve an d grea t bi gotry to her showed his ignorance and his impertinence, an d s h e was sorry he knew no better. I had been so amuse d b y hi s con- own system render her con versa ti on on suc h top i cs unpleas versation at dinner I had quite forgot the inde corum . leg. She has some imaginatio n , ex t ens i ve rea di ng, b ut li tt l e " Oct. 9.—A great breakfast at the Elliot s ', g i ven t o t h e tact, and a great deal of vanity, y e t s h e i s altogether supe- Nelson party. Lady Hamilton repeated h er a t t i tu d es w i th rior to the general class of f ema l es , an d ne ith er wan t s sen great effect. All the company, except th e i r par t y an d my- sibility nor elevation." self, went away before dinner, after which L a dy Hamilton, " I copy (says the Dean) f rom a l a t er j ourna l an entry with date Jan. 7, 1825 : At l as t, a ft er an interval of 21 who declared she was passionately fond of c h ampagne, too k such a portion of it as astonished me. L or d N e l son was years, which succeeded a tolerably i n ti ma t e acqua i n t ance o f seven weeks, I saw Count Munster, of Hanover again. We not behind-hand, called more vociferously than usual fOr met like two ghosts, that ought to have been laid long since. eeggs in his own praise, and after many bumpers proposed I witnessed the whole process of the difficulty of persuading the `Queen of Naples,' adding, `She is my Queen ; she is him that I was I, and I thought him as much changed in Queen to the backbone. Poor Mr. Elliot, who was his degree; as he could have found me . Wh en we converse d , anxious the party should not expo se th emse l ves more a than they had done already, and wi s h e d t o ge t over t h e last all the persons we referred t o were d ea d an d gone ; an d our day as well as he done the re s t, en d eavoure d to stop the interview added another li n k i n my m i n d t o t h e c h a i n of proofs that after a very, very l ong i n t erva l ne i t h er f r i en d s effusion of champ igne, and effected it w ith some diffi cu lt y ; but not till the Lord and Lady, or , as h e ca ll s them,Anthony nor acquaintances ou g ht t o mee t i n thi s wor ld . H e was k and Moll Cleopatra, were pr e tty f ar gone. I was so tired, kindly anxious to renew our acqua i n t ance, an d v i s i te d me I returned home soon aft er di nner , b u t no t till Cl eopatra the next day ; but sti:l it seeme d as if see i ng me had re had talked to me a great d ea l o f h er d ou bt s w h e th er the newed some painful a ssoc i a ti ons. "' Queen would receive h er , a ddi ng , ' I care littl e a b out i t. I At Vienna, and sub sequen tl y a t B er li n, the wr i ter had much sooner she would se ttl e h a lf Si r Willi am ' s pen • had the entree to th e b es t soc i e t y, an d i f her little sion on me.' After I went, Mr. Elliot told me she acted descriptions were translated into German they Nina intolerably ill, and danced the T aran t o k t . During would doubtless be read eagerly in either capital. her acting Lord Nelson expressed his admiration by the At Berlin she was introduced to Prince Henry Irish sound of astonished applause which no written cha racter can imitate, an d by cry i ng every now an d t h en `Mrs, among other persons, "H e l oo k s lik e a little fiend o Siddons be -.' L a d y H am ilt on expressed great anxiety of the minor class, n o t B e li a l or any of the noblesse to go t o C ourt, and Mrs. Elliot assured her it would not of hell. We convers e d so li tt l e I can speak but of amuse her, and that the Elector gave no dinners or suppers. his exterior. He appears as if he had just crept out ' What e' cried she, 'no chilling I' Sir William also this of 1 • the embers and was half-singed." Beurnonville, evening performeds feats of activity, hopping round the originally a corporal, pays her compliments " very backbone, his arms, legs, star and riband all % I much in the style of Monsieur Jourdain." On re flying about in the air. "Cct. 10.—Mr. Elliot saw them on board to-day. He ;finds from a party at Mada me Engestrom's she heard by chance f rom a King's "an immense inhabitant of the Messenger that a frigate hair" on her tucker. " My suspicions turned for a moment cn Pignatelli, but on r e fl ec ti on I um sure hp belonged to the French rcassion,." . She was greatly Impressed by Gentz, who, with Rivarol, were the two men of greatest talent she met in Berlin. Moreover, she went to Court and beheld that Queen of Prussia so famous in history, and who influenced the chivalry of her subjects to such impotent results. " Dec. 28.—S.he reminded me of Burke's star, glittering with life. splendour, and joy,' and realised all the fanciful ideas one forms in one's infancy of the young, gay, beauti ful, and magnificent queens in the Arabian _Nights. She is an angel of loveliness, mildness, and grace; tall and svelte, yet sufficiently embonpoint; her hair is light, her com plexion fair and faultless ; an inexpressible air of sweetness reigns in her countenance, and forms its predominant cha racter. As perfect beauty in nature is a chimera, like the philosopher's stone, and as it is rarely to be found but in the higher works of art, I take nothing from her charms in saying sh a is not faultless. An ill shaped mouth, indifferent teeth, a broad forehead, and large limbs are the only defects the severest criticism can discover; while her hair, herheight her movements, her shoulders, her waist are all unexception able. These slight faults only prove she is a woman and not a ettu ue, and altogether she is one of the loveliest creatures I have ever seen. Her dress was in the best taste. Ifx,r hair was dressed in the fullest and most varied of the Grecian forms, going very far back, and ornamented with a heron's feather, and a number of immense diamond stars, so placed as to form a bandeau quite round, which came close to her temples. She wore a chemise of crape, richly embroidered in emerald-green foil, and a moldave (simply a body, train, and short sleeves) of pale pink silk, slightly sparkling with gold, and trimmed all round with sable. Her neck was richly ornamented with jewels.. She speaks very graciously and politoly to every one. I was also presented to the Princess of Orange, a beautiful young woman." This last extract falls under the date of Decem ber 28, 1800, and on December 31 the Journal ends. At all events, its continuation, if it ever existed, has been sought for in vain. We long, however, to hear something more of the writer, and to know her when the heyday of her youth had been clouded by those sorrows to'which the Dean alludes. So sparkling and joyous a nature, though it was, perhaps, sad dened, was surely mellowed, in the autumn of life, . it does :3 o t tally with the statements of some of the witnesses, and denies the statement that there were three :nen upon the premises en the n;ght of the marder, of which, however., there is unmistakeable evidence. The same witnesses who were examined before the coroner were being examined by the magis trates, when, at half-past three, Mr. Sheldon, soli citor, said he appeared to defend Maddocks, who had just informed him that he had made a state ment to the bench in private, but if he had known that a solicitor was engaged to defend him he should not have made the statement. Now, he was so en gaged, and, as he had made a statement, he (Mr. Sheldon) could not defend him unless he saw the statement. It was further necessary that he should see the statement, because,although he had applied, he had been refused permission to Eco his client. Every obstacle had been placed hi his way. He had been kept outside the court, and had had to jump a wall to get into the court. Mr. Claydon, barrister, and Mr. Bartlett, solicitor, were also engaged with him in the defence of one or other of the prisoners, and they too had been refused per mission to see their clients. Mr. Bartlett—lt is a matter of the very gravest importance and of the greatest impropriety. Mr. Bag nail—At what time did you apply ? Mr. Bartlett—At about 11 o'clock. Mr. Bagnall—You could not see him (Bills) then we were engaged with him. Mr. Bartlett—You had no right to be so engaged with him. Having been refused pe rm i ss i on t o see my client, and unerstanding that he was being ' subjected to a private examination, I applied to be present at the examination. Mr. Sheldon—l made application to see my clients before half-past 10 o'clock-, and I joined with Mr. Bartlett in applying to be present at the pri vate examination. I was even refused to be admitted within the precincts of the station. Mr. Fletcher—The Bench had no intention to keep you from the prisoners, or from the court. Mr. Bartlett—We make no imputaticn upon the magistrates, but the restrictions of the police were not becoming. It was very wrong of Colonel Hogg. Mr. Claydon joined in cen sur i ng th e po li ce for their not allowing the prisoners to be seen. If his client had a statement made behind his back by which he was affected he ought to hear it ; and Mr. Sheldon was justified in making the application for the statement. 7I 1E BILSTON TRAGEDY. CONFESSION OF THE PRISONERS. The prisoner Maddocks had at his own request been taken out of the court just before Mr. Sheldon commenced to make his application. The magistrates retired to consider what reply they would give to Mr. Sheldon. As they were retiring Mr. Bartlett desired them to bear in mind that this was a matter of life or death as affecting the prisoner. The Magistrates remarked that the observation was superfluous. BILSTON, WEDNESDAY. Yesterday evening, after the despatch of our par cel, William Danch, a tailor of Dudley, deposed that while examining the marks in the cellar he perceived in the impression of a man's knee that the trousers which occasioned it had been repaired by a piece of corduroy placed crosswise on the gar ment. He remarked in the cellar that the garment would be found so repaired. Ho was afterwards shown a pair of trousers that he was told had been taken from Mulligan, alias Jones, and those trou sers bore the evidence to which he referred. (Wit ness here pointed out the patch to the jury.) Major M‘Knight deposed that the trousers pro duced were taken off Jones. Witness added that he saw the last witness compare the garment with the impressions in the cellar. Superintendent M'Crea deposed that on receiving information that the robbery and burglary had been committed he went to the deceased's premises, and found they had been forcibly entered, and that the deceased was lying dead in his sitting room. He discovered fire in the bedroom ; brown cloth was burning on the carpet, and in a few minutes it would have communicated with the bed. He, how ever, extinguished the flames. Shortly afterwards he proceeded to the Berry -yard. In a house there, kept by the prisoner Bills (though he lived on the opposite side of the yard), he heard people running up and down stairs, and on knocking for admission he discovered that the key had been taken out, which was unusual. He saw Jukes on the sofa, dressed, as though he had just come in. Lilley was in bed, but his shoes looked as if he had not long returned home. On Jukes's shirt he ob served two spots of blood, and witness remarked upon it. Jukes replied that he had got in a fight at the King's Arms some time before. Witness said, "It is fresh blood." Jukes then responded, "I got it from striking a girl in the mouth." Bills he found in his own house opposite, in bed. He found a sock newly washed whieh Bills owned, and the fellow to which witness could not find. On return ing to the police-station he found Jones in custody. Looking at Jones's right hand, witness said, " This hand is very black." Jones, however, made no reply. Mr. Larkin, surgeon, deposed,—l was called at 4.30 on the morning of the 29th September to ren der medical assistance, as supposed, to a drunken burglar, but as was subsequently ascertained to the late Mr. John Bagott, at kis residence in Church street, Bilston. On entering a room of the house I saw the deceased lying on his back before the fire place. His dress was disordered and torn. Life was extinct. From the temperature of the body and extremities I am of opinion that death had occurred about three-quarters of an hour previously. His face and hands were so besmeared and dirty that at first I failed to recognise him. As directed by the deputy-coroner, I made pose mortent examina tions of the body of deceased on the Ist and 2d inst. I was assisted by Mr. Smith, surgeon. In addition to the ordinary effects of dissolution there were dis colourations resulting from bruises on the legs, par ticularly about the knees, also on the abdomen and on the more prominent parts of the back and shoulders. On washing the soot and ashes from the face of the deceased, an indentation, such as might have been produced by a finger-nail, presented itself on the nose, near to the forehead. The nose and other portions of the face were bruised, and there was an abrasion of the skin of the chin, from which there had been some hemorrhage. There was also an elongated discolouration of the left side of the neck, immediately below the jew. On the protuberance at the back of the head was a contused and lacerated wound, the hair cover ing which was saturated with blood. The veins of the scalp and those of the membranes of the brain were congested, but there was no lesion. The brain was somewhat softened, but otherwise in a normal condition. The heart and the large vessels of the circulatory system were free from disease. The blood was uncoagulated. The larynx and bronchi were unobstructed. The lungs were structurally sound, but intensely con gested in every portion, dark and liver- co l oure d throughout. On examining the mouth I observed that the gums had bled. A tooth had been removed three or four days before. The stomach contained about five ounces of ingesta in a chymous condi tion, which did not yield either in smell or by test ing any indication of prussic acid. The liver was enlarged, and had degenerated into a condition which is technically termed " nutmeggy." The kid neys and spleen exhibited no morbid appearance. The small intestines were congested on the left side corresponding with the discolouration externally. From the very highly congested condition of the lungs and the total absence of any other eause of death I am of opinion that the deceased died asphyxiated, and the bruises and abrasions before described clearly indicate that such asphyxia was induced by compression of the walls of the chest and forced closure of the mouth and nostrils. In answer to a juryman, witness said that death was not occasioned with the poker on the throat. The larynx was not bruised. Witness should say that he was " burked"—was suffocated by pressure on the mouth and chest. The head had been held forcibly down, and produced a lacerated scalp. The Coroner now read over to the prisoners the evidence that was given at the first inquest, and told them that they would have an opportunity on a future occasion of calling any evidence that they wished to bring before the jury. Lilley, Jukes, and Bills gave the names of several witnesses whom they wished to be called. Lilley impudently said that he should wish his witnesses to be called that night. The Court had heard evi dence against him, and it was now their duty to hear evidence in his favour. Some time afterwards Mr. Sheldon was called into the magistrates' retiring-room, where he was shown a statement that Maddocks had just made. In that second statement he alleged that Mr. Shel don had spoken to him in the dock, recommending him to deny the accuracy of the first statement. Maddocks, in the second statement, added that he had not employed Mr. Sheldon as his solicitor, nor did he wish Mr. Sheldon to defend him. Mr. Bagnall drew Mr. Sheldon's attention to this statement. Mr. Sheldon denied that he had given the pri soner any such improper advice ; said he only in formed him that he was empldyed to defend him, and that, understanding that he had made a state ment, he wished to know what it was. Policemen must have heard the conversation, and he appealed to the magistrates to describe which of the two, himself or Maddocks, was the more worthy of belief. The magistrates said that the prisoner denied having employed him (Mr. Sheldon) to defend, or that he wished him to defend him ; and they must therefore decline to let Mr, Sheldon see the state ment, which in due course would come out in evi dence. The Coroner said that a full opportunity would be given to him on a future occasion, when he might also make any statement he pl ease d. Lilley then thanked the Coroner, and sat down. The inquest was then adjourned till Friday next. The sitting occupied eight hours. Their warships then returned into open court, the taking of the evidence was resumed, and it was being proceeded with when our report was despated. INDIA'S LAST AND BEST DIAMOND. This morning the magistrates were engaged in privately hearing a confession of four of the pri soners. The public examination commenced at half-past one, before the Rev. H. S. Fletcher and M. J. N. Bagnall. Great excitement continues to prevail in the town, and both within and without the Petty Ses sions Court there was a great crowd of persons. The inquiry had been adjourned till 10 in the morning ; but considerably before that hour the magistrates nt: rued assembled, and were engaged till one o'clock in hearing a confession from Had docks; and it is unde rs t oo d t h at t h ree other of the accused were with him before their worships. These were reprted to be Bills, Webb. and Lilley. Mad docks was the spokesman, and his statement occu pied 18 brief sheets. This statement the magistrates decline to give to the press until after it comes out in public court. It will, so they say, on Friday next, to whichthe proceedings were to be adjourned at the close of the inquiry to-day. The surstance of the statement is understood to be that Mullighan and Brancirick only entered the deceased's house; That he (haddocks) watched the house for them, and that the other four prisoners had nothing to do with the affair. If this be the purport of the confes sion, it must be taken. for only what it is worth, as When reviewing the operations of the geological survey some two years ago, we asked if it were not possible to col lect mining statistics in India, similar to Mr. Hunt's valu able records published from time to time in England. It unfortunately happens that India is the despair of the statist. Figures collected in India, unless only by Euro peans and relating to Europeans, are valueless except for very general purposes. Any attempt to obtain statistical information from a native, if conducted by a European offi cer, is at once regarded as a preliminary to taxation of some sort, and is met by a refusal or by deceit; while, if made by native agency, it becomes a source of gross oppression, and the result is ludicrously inaccurate. What is called the census of India, for instance, which fixes:tho population of the British territory at 132,000,000, was taken very much in this way :—The police were called on for a return of the number of houses and huts in each town, and the whole was multiplied by five to represent the population. Not withstanding the difficulty, however, Mr. Oldham, the able and zealous director of the Geological Survey of India, has collected and published the first of a series of mineral sta tistics. The returns refer to coal, and will be followed, we trust, by similar information regarding iron, copper, lime, building stone, slate, golddust, and precious stones. Mr , Oldham does not pretend that his first attempt is free from errors. But he did his best, going from pit to pit, cross questioning the superintendents and making inquiries of the proprietors and agents of the several companies. He has succeeded in. giving us figures for three years from the Ist of October, 1857, to the same 'date in 1860, all accounts being made up to this period, known as the " coal year," from the circumstance that before the construction of the railway all the Raneegunge coal was sent down the river Damooda, so long as its waters, swollen by the rains, per mitted the transit. The result is not a cheering one for India. Over the vast peninsula, which has an area of 800,000 square miles, coal is found only in the valley of the Ganges, and neighbouring hills, in Rewah to the south of the Soane, in the Nerbudda valley, and in the Sylhet hills on the far north-east. There is no workable coal else where in the North-Western Provinces, none in Oude, the Punjab, Scinde, Bombay, or Madras. This fact is the less cheering that iron and lime are generally associated with coal in the same formation, and that India, except in the east, is comparatively destitute of these great elements and necessities of modern civilisation. It is no great consola tion to say that where coal exists it is abundant, that Beer hoom, for instance, is one mass of mineral wealth. India is as large as Europe, and the coal of Raneegunge or lime of Sylhet is more useless to the cotton mills and building firms of Bombay or Madras than that of Newcastle is to Moscow. Coal is most bulky for carriage, and railway carriage will always be so expensive that it will probably be cheaper for Bombay to use good English than indiffe rent Bengal or even Nerbudda coal. The following ab stract contains the result of Mr. Oldham's inquiries : Districts 1858 1859 1860 Raneegunge c0a1fie1d5....5,917,000 8,919,600 8,559,097 Itajtaahal hills Kurhurbari .... 4,000 108,182 275,256 Talamow Sylhet hills 22,319 32,498 T otal in rnaunds 6,162,319 9,961,928 10,088,113 Or in tons These figures show the healthiness of the trade, which, not withstanding the local fluctuation, has steadily progressed. In the Runeegungo coalfield, which is now tapped by the East Indian Railway, and which will shortly be pierced by two branches, there were last year 49 collieries with 27 steam engines at work. This is the result of little more than 20 years' operations. The number of collieries in the United Kingdom is 2,654, and the out•turn of coal is 72,000,000 tons annually, or 200 times that of India. Our readers will form a better estimate of the coal-producing power of India if we place in order, with the assistance of Mr. Hunt's mining records, the out-turn of all the coal countries in the world in 1857. We regret Mr. Oldham has not given the proportion of the coal area to that of the whole country : Countries Proportion in area. Production in tons. British Islands.. 1-10 66,000,000 Belgium l-22 5,700,000 France -100 4,500,000 United States -9 4,500,000 Prussia -90 3,500,000 British N. America 1-20 900,000 British India Bohemia -20 300,000 Spain l-52 250,000 Of the nine countries India is thus already seventh on the list. What a future for America is involved in the fact that nearly a fourth of her whole area, so far as investigated; is covered with coal. India raises a third more than Spain, and about the same amount as Warwickshire. The con sumption of coal in India and by vessels leaving its ports we may estimate at 700,000 tons annually,the amount imported in 1857 from England being 329,157 tons. Reckoning the price of Indian coal in Calcutta at 5 annas a maund, or 17s a ton, and English coal at the same rate (though it is higher). we have more than £500,000 spent on coal yearly in India, As the trade and manufactures of India increase, and as machinery comes to be more and more largely introduced, indigenous coal will become mot e important. The fact that the supply is in certain districts inexhaustible, and that the demand is annually increasing, is one full of hope for the coal companies and proprietors who already occupy, or like the Bengal Coal Company, monopolise the field. It is pos sible the Nerbudda fields, worked by the company just established, may supply Bombay and the southern por tions of the North , Western Provinces on the completion of the railway. But Oude, the Punjab, and Madras must still look to their forests, which, onb othsanitaryand c° cial grounds, it becomes d a il y of morn importance to utiliser and renew.—Friendef India. SAILING OF THE ETNA, The Liverpool, N EB . York, and Phil a d e l phia Steamship C ompany ' s screw steamer Etna sailed from Liverpool y es t er d ay f or New York. Th e Et na took out upw andhad 179 Woo of cotton freight; of 60 cabin P asoeugera Ta 'SUN, LONDO THURS DAY Ka V ENING, OC rOIIE It 10. 1861. EX 7 RAORDINARY OUTRAGE AT SHEFFIELD. At the West Riding Court, Sheffield, on Tuesday, a seri ous charge was preferred against a sergeant of the 58th, and Michael Mason, of the Fairfield Inn, llillfoot. The ser geant is in custody at the barracks, but Mason was brought up before the Bench. The prisoner, it appeared, was driv ing an ammunition waggon, which formed part of a baggage train proceeding from Sheffield to Newcastle, and it was whilst so occupied he committed the offence with which he was charged. Abraham Frudd, the son of a farmer resid ing at New England, stated that about seven weeks ago he met a cart driven by the prisoner, and three soldiers in his company. Ono of the latter, a sergeant, forced him off his pony, stating that he was " on the Queen's service." The sergeant had previously smashed a bottle the boy was carrying, and struck the lad himself on the back with the butt end of his rifle. Witness then ran off to his father, who was working in a field, with several other persons, about a quarter of a mile distant.— Mr. Isaac Frudd, the boy's father, stated that he at once went down the road in company with several neighbours. The prisoner was standing on the:shafts of the waggon ; one soldier was leading the horses and another was walking a little ahead. The last•named soldier was intoxicated, and the prisoner seemed very "fresh." The sergeant was walk ing about 50 yards behind the cart, and was rolling about. Mr. Frudd spoke to him about the assault on his son, and the sergeant, after giving an abusive reply, ran forward and got upon the back of the cart. Witness distinctly saw him screw his bayonet on the muzzle of his rifle, and heard him call out, " Now come on, I am ready for you. I'm a soldier and I can die." The soldier that had been leading the horses came up to Mr. Frudd and hoped he would excuse the sergeant, who had too much drink. After some further parleying, Frudd saw the sergeant in the act of firing his rifle. The soldier who was conversing with him, called out to his comrades to go on, and he .would overtake them, but the sergeant fired again, and the prisoner also dis charged a rifle, both being pointed at the party. Frudd heard something whizz past him after they discharged, and he then got behind the wall. Six or eight shots were fired. Luke Dearden, farmer, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. Witness heard the bails pass him. One of the bul lets glanced along the wall immediately in front of him, and left a mark. Another bullet entered the house of a man named Peacock, and buried itself in a board in the chamber. Benjamin Middleton said he saw a soldier fire towards the place where Frudd and several other persons were stand ing. The carter fired quickly after the soldier, in the same direction. He was standing on the shafts, but he got down on to the road, and witness saw him load his gun a second time, and fire it again; and the soldier fired again at the same time. Previously to the second fire witness heard the carter say "He would blow their heads off," and the soldier said he would " Blow a hole through them." The cart was then driven on, but the witness after wards heard other shots fired. He could not identify the carter; but the prisoner very much resembled the man he saw. Mr. Overend said the case must be adjourned, and he would call on Col. Peacocke and arrange as to the ser geant being brought up along with Mason. His (Mr. Overend's) view of the case, so far as it stood, was, that it was a drunken "lark." Ho was quite willing to admit the prisoner to bail, on his own recognisances in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each. Mr. A. Smith said that Mr. Overend might find occasion to modify his views of the case when further evidence was produced, because the gravamen of the charge against the prisoner and the sergeant was, whether they really did or did not intend to inflict grievous bodily harm. The prisoner was remanded for a week. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN—Our. 7. Our market this morning was fairly attended, and the wheat was in good supply. Both new and old samples of fine quality brought Wily late pi ices. Old white 5.9 s to Gls NGw.. s 4s t o 56 s Barley. .....38 s t o 40s `Oats.. Beans .39s to 43s J Peas 48s to 54s SHEFFIELD—OcT. 1. An average show of wheat from the growers to-day, and a steady trade. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels 17s Od to 25s Od White I , ff 2ss Od t o 28 s Od New red , , l7s Od to 268 Od New white ~ , t 2os Od to 24s 6d Beans /9 . 18s Od to 19s Od Peas, per qr 548 Od to 55s Od Grinding barley, per qr 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, „ 37s Od to 40s OA Oats )9 2ss 6d to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s Od, 2s 2d, and _23 5d per 14112. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET—OcT. 9. the close of the market Walls End. s. d. Walker Primrose 12 0 Cerway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthracite 21 6 Bower's West Hartley 18 3 Howard's West Hart ley 18 3 North Pelton l3 6 Tanfield Moor 13 Cr Tanfield Moor Butes 13 6 Hastings Hartley lB 3 Holywell 15 6 Cares Hartley 18 3 cl: a. Riddell. 16 6 Kelloe .. l7 9 South Hartlepool 17 3 Acorn Close 16 9 Tunstall Trimdon Itartlepool . ..lB 3 Trimdon Thornley.... 16 6 Whitworth.. 15 0 Stewart's .... lB 6 Haswell..... 18 6 Hedley 16 6 Keiper Grange.... l7 3 Eden l6 9 ;, 56 ; sold, 61. Ships at market, FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct. 19. Marseilles Brazil and Cape Y ar d s , by via British packet. Nov. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Nov. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 19. via Marseilles ...Oct. 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 11. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 19. via Marseilles Oct. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 11. via Marseilles Oct. 20. Lisbon Oct. 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 11. Newfoundland via Marseill es O c t . 13 . Oporto and Vig . o Oct. 16. ....... .... U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Oct. 10: by U.S. packet b Canadian packet Oct. 9. W.C. of Af r i ca , Madeira, and T y eneriffe Oct. 10. Bahama s , v i a N ew Y or k Oct. 24. Mexico Oct. 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, Oct. 14. California,and B r iti s h Columbia.. Ce [ r A ta n in v i E y wr w i t s t E h m ou x t riky s — k.— Ho i ll h o e w s f e ty's ex6 o el in le t u m t en ou t r an at d iv P es ill m s. ay — F be r o fearlessly p u n s r e i d fy b i y n g th e e u w a ea o k o e o s l t i o g r v m i o r t s u t e d s el i n i c a a t l e l d i n i s v e a a l s i e d s . benefit must flow from their employment without incon venience or danger. Holloway's remedies are suitable to every climate, and are admirably adapted for restoring health to both sexes, at any age, and under any circum stances. A long list of wond er f ul cures of the most in tractable complaints can be produced to prove their utility and sa f e ty. They always do good, never mischief. These medicaments are invaluable in the nursery, where slight accidents or trifling ailments can at once be corrected by the judicious use of Holloway's medicaments, which cannot be wrongly applied. BRANDRET M— BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., at Standish Rectory, M r s Brandreth, of a daughter. CARY.—On the 7th inst., at Eastdon, Starcross, Exeter, the Hon. Mrs. Byron Cary, of a daughter. MA CKENZIE.—On the 6th inst., at Edinburgh, Lady Mac kenzie, of Gairloch, of a son. TOOVEY.—On the 6th inst., at Brussels, the wife of Edwin Toovey, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. D ORMER—ALISON.—On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Edinburgh, and afterwards at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Major the Hon. James C. Dormer, ~d second son of the Lo r d D ormer , to Ella Fran ces Cathe rine, only daught er o f Si r A rc hibald Aliso n , Bart. and widow of the l a t e R o bt . C u tl ar Ferguson, Esq ofraig darroch and Orroland, N.B. EDEN—BELLEW.—On the 13th inst., at Darjeeling, in Bengal, the Hon. Ashley Eden. to Eva Maria Bellew. HULL 8. At our market to-d a y we had --OeT a . small supply of English wheat, and prices were about the same as last week. Wheat.... Old white per qr. s2s Od to 56s Oil Old red fl New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb , Stc. old white 54s Od to 63s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 50s Od to 58s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red _ Ms Od to 55s Od St. Pete rs b urg an d Ri ga, o 46s Od to 48s Od Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 36s Od Grinding 3OB Od to 32s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish s2s Od to Ms Od Grinding 27s Od to 29s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2ld to 13d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 03131 d Swedish and Danish 0 8124d to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr 4Bs oa to 50s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Spring —B Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 0 0 to £lO 10 0 Foreign] BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 0 Bones 415 oto 5 0 0 DEATHS. ATTFIELD.—OR the 4th inst., at Bath, the Rev. W. Aft field, aged 71. BAKER.—On the 6th inst., at Freshfield, Somerset, the Rev. C. IV. Baker, rector of Telli s f ord, aged 90. GOODWIN.—On the 7th inst., at Al derley Edge, Samuel Esq., late a Ch ee th am 73. Goodwin, -hill Manchester, aged HAMMOND. — On the 23d August, in India, near Cashmere, Philip, second son of Anthony Hamond, Esq., of West acre, Norfolk, aged 22. LONDON : Printed and Published by MIJR1)0 YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112,Strand in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, nuraaitYl October jo, I