The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-01 00:00:00

HE NAVY. - By direction of the Admiralty, the whole of the Screw gun-boats attached to the first division of the t3betirn Reserve at Chatham arc to be fitted with Armstrong gnus and ammunition, and the ordi nary cast-iron guns new on board taken cut end deposited in the Ordnance stores. ' In order to pro vide additional space for the Achilles, under construction at Chatham, an iron caisson is to be constructed at the entrance to No. , 2 dock, in which the Achilles is building, instead of the present timber erection. The cost of the new caisson will be about £4,000. A number ofpainters have been hired at Chatham dockyard, to be employed on tLe President, 51, -which is being fitted as a training ship for the Naval Reserve, to be stationed in the Thames. The Orestes, 21, screw, Capt. Allan IL Gardner, at Spithead, is under orders to proceed to the Cape (If (hod Hope, conveying out to Sierra Leone the Ifandy, screw gunboat, fitting out at Portsmouth as tender to the Arrogant, It i giArip (in the West Coast of Africa. The Handy will transfer her ar mament to the Orestes for the outward voyage. The Stromboli and the Chanticleer are both hourly cxpected,to be commissioned at Portsmouth, to reinforce the West India squadron, with refe rence, most probably, to expected operations on the coast of Mexico. Both vessels are masted, and are being rigged and stored with the greatest possible despatch. A number of Armstrong and 40 pounder guns. with their fittings, shot, shell, &e., ha ve b een already set aside by the Ordnance authorities at Portsmouth for the service of the North America and West India squadron, and, according to pre sent arrangements, the Emerald, 51, screw, Capt. A. Cumming, will at once embark the guns and stores apportioned to the Nile, St. George, and Cadmus, and sail with them for Halifax. The Medea, 6, paddle, fitting out at Portsmouth for foreign service, is ordered to have a 100-pounder Armstrong substituted for her present smooth-bore pivot gun, and also to be supplied with two Arm strong 20 pounder boat guns. The Balaklava and the Lord Panmure, Ordnance steam transports, have arrived at Portsmouth from Woolwich with cargoes of Armstrong guns-100 and 40 pounders, with their fittings, shot, shell, &e. The Warrior, 40, screw, Capt. the Hon. A. A. tioci - vam , , will not he undock.Jd at Ports Mouth be fore Saturday next. Her crew are busily engaged in overhauling her rigging, &c., while gangs of artisans arc employed on and between decks in completing her fittings. Thousands of visitors throng into the dockyard to see the ship, and yesterday, at times, her decks were all but impassable. A portion of the Channel fleet is expected shortly at Plymouth to make good defects. The screw steamship Hero, 89, Capt. A. P. Ryder, has lost eanvas, and some of the others are deficient of spars. There is a dock vacant at Keyham steamyard should any of the ships require docking. The screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, which has been several months in No. dock at Keyham steamyard, will be removed thence during the pre sent week. While in dock there was some inten tion of making what is termed a " razee " of her, and so converting her into a two-decker. The Malacca, 17, steam sloop, 200-horse power, Capt. G. J. Napier, recently commissioned at. Sheer ness, was inspected on Friday by Vice-Admiral W. J. H. Johnstone and staff, when the crew were ex ercised in making and shortening sail, and at great gun practice and small-arm exercise. The berths and cabins were carefully inspected, and found to be in a highly satisfactory condition. The vice-admiral was particularly struck with the smartness of the crew, who are a fine body of men draughted from the continuous service seamen recently paid off from other vessels. He expressed the highest admiration of them in consequence, as well as of their practice. Subsequently the vc ssel went out on a trial trip of her engines. She answered her helm admirably, and there was scarcely any vibration from her engines. The trial resulted as follows :—Average revolutions, 84; speed, 8 1 ,- knots ; draught of water forward, 18 feet ; aft, 15 feet 9 inches. The officers and crew seemed much pleased with the ship. She left Sheer ness on Saturday for Portsmouth, where she will await final orders. It is understood that her destina tion will be the Mediterranean station. It being the intention of the Government to in troduce the Armstrong gun into use on the fortifica tions at Sheerness and the entrance to the Medway as well as at the Isle of Grain, it has been found necessary to erect new granite kerbs, racers, and traversing platforms, for the purpose of supporting the guns, as it is intended that they shall be of the largest calibre. Tenders for the works have recently been issued by the War Department, and Mr. T. Twigg, builder and contractor at Sheerness, has obtained the contract. The works will be commenced immediately. The paddlewheel storeship Dee, Master-Com. T. C. Pullen, from Woolwich, with marine engine gear for Keyham steamyard, arrived at Plymouth yes terday. His Swedish Majesty's corvette Wornen, 20, Capt. IL Smith, from Christiania for the West Indies, put into Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—G. L. D. R. Keeling, engi_ neer, to the Racer ; L. Backler, first-class assistant- engineer, to the Jason; E. S. Young, acting neon& class assist.-engineer, to the Racer; J. Miller (c.) acting second-class assist.-engineer. to the Jason ; J, S. Snell, F. Rowlatt, and R. M. Bryant, masters'. assists., to the Narcissus; J. J. C. Snail, midship man, to the Edgar; 0. Churchill, midshipman, to the Orestes. THE ARMJ His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief is expected to arrive at Portsmouth this morning. Preparations have been made for a grand review on Southsea-common. The following circular, relative to the re-enlist ment of soldiers who have completed their original period of service, has been issued from the Horse Guards:— " With reference to the circular memorandum from this department, dated Sept. 7, general number 156, his Royal liighness the General Commanding-in -Chief directs that commanding officers should be informed, to prevent the pos sibility of mistake, that it alludes only to men who have been actually discharged, while every encouragement in the shape of bounty, free kit, and furlough, where it can bo granted, Nv o Al i he given to men wh o , h av i ng completed their first period aeiterd service, are willi ng t o re • engage and continue thei r : vi ee for the period further hiid down in the Mutiny Act, " B y e " un lad Of his Royal Highness the General Com. mending-in-chief. .ixiktps volt -KR Royal nirphne SCARLET; Adjutant General." His Roy visited" the General Commanding in Chief again Friday. The troops forming amp at Aldershot on the Aldershot division formed in their resp„ t r Parades early in the morning, and proceeded toBT: vv—erethaeedo'n-hill (about three miles from the camp), 1, by LGeneral Com ,iv,hision was formed in line of contiguous columns. Int.-Gen. Sir manding-in-Chief, accompanied John Pennefather, Major-Gen, Sir 1 i lett, Adjutant-General, Sir Richard Ai r e d y i r v it i Q s 7 , iioan S r e t a e l ; master-General, and the Staff of the rived upon the ground at 10 a.m., and his Royal highness, Highness, having been received with a Royal salute, proceeded to inspect the troops, which presented a brilliant appearance. A series of manceuvres, i n which all the branches of the service ably took part, were then executed, and the troops returned to camp about 1 p.m. His Royal Highness, who had previously complimented Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Penne father and the officers of the various regiments in camp on the manner in which the movements had been perfurmed,partook of luncheon at headquarters, ald returned to town in the afternoon. His Royal Highness, in the course of his visit, inspected the drainage woilcs in progress in connection with the encampment on Cove-common, to which allusion was recently Made. The head s _ oquarters of th e sth L ancers, with one q ua ' i ren, under the command of Lieu t.-Col. Portal, received or nand to march yesterday from Aldershott Camp to ldner7l°w. arrived at A The 12th Lancers have col. Oakes. The ,under the command of Lieut.- officers and 586 rankreizt:h of the regiment is 32 file. The non-corntris.siouee ' l4 's or 14c; 14 bat,- talion, Bth ("the King's'') Regiment, have just celebrated at Aldershott the fourth anniversary of the capture of Delhi from the rebellious sepoys. The non-commissioned officers of the 78th :High landers also took part in the entertainment, which, by permission of Brig.-Gen, Taylor, came off in the officers' m e ss apartments, in the lines lately occupied by Ur.) 2d battalion, 25th Regiment. Col. Napier, b'uiretintendeut of 31ardi2s at the - Royal Military College, has been appointed Com mandant of the Staff College at Sandhurst, in the room of Col. M'Dougall, resigned. - The volunteers given by the British and Indian depots, comprising the three battalions at Chatham, for the 64th Regiment, the companies of which are considerably reduced in strength from their Jong service in Persia and India, were inspected yester day morning on the general parade ground, after which they left Chatham by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, to join the Gith at Dover. The volunteers of the 36th Regiment, one of the corps under orders to proceed to Canada, left Chat ham a few days previously, and proceeded to join that regiment at Dublin. Volunteering has been discontinued at the garrison for the present, the required number of men having been obtained. THE MARCHIONESS OF LoNnON DERRY AND HER _IRISH TENANTRY. The annual entertainment given by Frances Anne, Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, to her Irish tenantry took place on Thursday last in the town of Carr-lough. Flags and banners were suspended from several windows, and the ships which lay at anchor in the harbour had their colours hoisted in honour of the occasion. The town altogether pre sented a gay and animated appearance. Shortly before 2 o'clock Lady Londonderry, ac companied by a distinguished party, arrived at Cern lough from Garron Tower, and as her ladyship alighted from her carriage the assembled tenantry, numbering about 300, cheered loudly. The dinner took place in the Town-hall, which was tastefully decorated with flags, banners, flowers, and appropriate inscriptions. At her ladyship's table sat Lady Laura Antrim, Gen. Upton, M.P., Sir H. M'C. Cairns, M.P.,.Sir W. Eden, Sir T. Higginson, Mr. C. It. Dobbs, J.P., D Mr. J. V. Stewart, J.P., Mr. W. T. Staines, J.P., Mr. R. Wilson, J.P., Rev. J. Wilson, Rev. Cuedise L - se. The chair was occupied by Mr. It. Wilson, J.P. After the usual loyal toasts had been given and responded to, Mr. J. KELLEW (a tenant farmer) proposed "the health of the Marchioness of Londonderry," which was drunk with enthusiasm. Lady LONDONDERRY, on rising to respond, was received with enthusiastic cheers. Her ladyship said—My friends, your affectionate reception always rejoices my heart ; none know better than the Irish how to give a hearty welcome; and I assure you that, when I have the pleasure of fading myself once more among you, I forget the exertion and effort necessary to arrive here. (Cheers.) It is also encouraging to believe that these annual meetings really do good, and this is clearly demonstrated by the improvement you make; and the bringing us together affords an opportunity of cultivating a kindly feeling between landlady and tenant ; be sides, I have the vanity to fancy that my lectures and warnings have been of service--(laughter and cheers)—because you well know that, although my advice is given in all due humility, yet it is always with a sincere and anxious desire for your own good. (Applause.) And while I deplore that the state of things as regards your farms, your houses, &c., is far, very far from what I could wish, still there is no daub; progress has been made. The simple fact that in 1858 only 27 acres of flax were in cultivation, and in 1861 it is increased to 150 aeres—(applause)—speaks volumes. On the other hand, I grieve to hear that, in defiance of all warn ing and advice, you have planted the potato in far greater quantities than you ever did before, and mark how fatal this has been and how universal the blight, and let me entreat you to beware how you repeat the experiment. A spirit of enterprise is shown among you by the increased number of com petitors for prizes for the best cultivated farm, and I rejoice that we hare found something to interest you and stimulate your energies, as the shows for flowers and roots were obliged to be abandoned as unsuccessful. You have expressed gratitude to me for the road I have lately made through Bally voddy, and I hope it will be of great advantage in opening out that mountainous district, where it really made my heart ache to see an industrious set of people beset with difficulty and almost impri soned. But I must do you the justice to say that you have worked hard, and given all the aid in your power to forward this object, and those who do not participate in the benefits it will confer were not sparing of their exertion and trouble. This shows the advantage of a good pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together—(laughter, and great cheering)—and proves what may be accomplished by the tenantry cordially uniting, I was going to say with the proprietor, but I ought rather to say with the agent, for he has been himself early and late superintending this road ; and, in deed, my friends, you are very fortunate in having so excellent a man as Mr. Wilson to watch over you as he has done for 11 years. (Hear, hear, and applause.) I believe he fully enjoys your confi dence as he most deservedly does mine, and that he strictly and conscientiously fulfils his duties to both. (Renewed applause.) I hear the different schools on the estate are prospering and progress ing, and, thanks to the excellent system and valu able aid of the National Board, there are good schools in almost all the townlands, and it is really your fault if your children are not properly edu cated. (Hear, hear.) It ought to be a source of gratitude to you, as I am sure it is to me, that these annual gatherings are generally distinguished by the presence of visitors who we could hardly ex pect would condescend to attend such little humble meetings. The estate is small, the lo cality distant, and yet on these occasions I have always found myself friendly supported by persons whose importance, whether as county landowners or as individuals, have conferred honour by their presence. I feel this deeply and gratefully as a mark of friendship shown to me, and for which I beg to offer my best thanks. And now, my friends, it only remains for me to read the names of the suc cessful candidates, and then you have to listen to the valuable advice of those who may kindly take the trouble of speaking to you. (Prolonged cheers.) Sir H. M'C. CAIRNS, M.P., who on rising was re ceived with cheers, said,—Lady Londonderry, Lady Antrim, Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—l rise, in obedience to the wish of the chairman, to pro pose to you as a toast, " Prosperity to agriculture." Gentlemen, good wishes for farmers may come even from a person who is not a farmer himself, and the good wishes of your chairman for your welfare in every respect are so well known that he - - - perhaps has not unfairly thought that this toast - - might fairly be entrusted to other hands. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, in proposing to you the toast, I wish I had been able to congratulate you on a more geniel season and a more early harvest than I fear this part of the country has experienced. I gine we might alm os t be disposed to envy the brighter sun and earlier-saved crops which we hear of in most parts of England and parts of Scotland. '(Hear.) But, gentlemen, we well know the hardi ness of that which is one of the principal grain crops of this part of the country—oats ; and I trust that the sunshine we have had to day may be ac cepted as an omen that there is yet a month's good weather in store for us, during which you will be able to save that harvest which, in paint of quan tity, appears to be abundant. (Applause.) I am somewhat afraid that we are rather in the habit of attaching more importance, as regards prosperity to agriculture, to sunshine and to seasons than to other elements of prosperity which arc much more under our own control. There is no doubt that fine seasons are excellent things, but we cant3ot c ommap ! d . the seasons, and yet there arc some things which we can command. If I might be allowed to suggest to you, as one of the first elements of prosperity, not only for aoriculture, but - - for every other employment, I would say the first and chief element is a spirit of self-reliance and of persevering industry, Because, gentlemen, it is a wise and merciful arrangement of Providence, tlw Tail', L9N-DON, FUE'iDAY EVENING, OCTOTIE;-?, 1, 1861. just as our lot is to labour for our subsiskence,rso;i6 independence of spirit, to industry sustained--'well directed inOnstry—tbere wilt he a sure mea.-iure of sueeez;-_: by way of reward. (Hear, applause.) And, gentlemen, I might :ffo further, end notice what occurs to me as another important element in tl - 1e future prosperity of agriculture in this country. I wculd say that it is the diffusion—the wider dif fusiou—of education among the agricultural classes. Formerly it used to be thought that a farmer re quired no education, and, in fact, I have heard people say that education was a bad thing for a farmer—(laughter)—because it took him off his work. (Renewed laughter.) I think, _however, that we are getting rid of by degreeS, at all events, of that idea; and the truth is, when we come to consider it, we not only find that education is ne cessary for a farmer, but the occupation of farming above all occupation with which I am acquainted requires the benefits and advantages of education. I pass over the primary and elementary part of edu cation, such as reading, writing, and accounts, because you will all agree with me that in this lies the only means of acquiring information, and the only mode by which ary person who has got pro perty or money can expect to thrive in the employ ment he has undertaken. (Applause.) But look to the other kind of information the farmer really requires. How is a farmer enabled to tell hovt to properly manure his lands, or how can he under stand the combinations of fertilising elements of the soil, unless he has, at all events, an elementary knowledge of chemistry ? How is he to be able to tell with regard to the strata of the ground which he cultivates, and the minerals which it contains, and the best mode of arranging the different soils, without a considerable knowledge of the sciences of which one of the most distinguished proficients, Mr. Stewart, is sitting opposite me—l allude to geology and mineralogy ? How is a far mer able to tell you how to use the instruments of his employment, and the advantages of various implements which are coming into use in agri culture every day in this country, unless he pos sesses a knowledge of mechanics ? (Hear.) How is a farmer without knowledge of the science which regulates supply and demand to know how he can best dispose of, or keep in store, the produce of his farm ? I might, gentlemen, increase the tally of knowledge which the farmer requires to possess, Lut I tlt; not it at all necessary to pursue it further. Lady Londonderry has told you that you have got throughout this property a number of most excellent schools, in which the elements of an edu cation of this kind can be acquired, This is a matter which, perhaps, more concerns your children than yourselves, but I hope you will allow me to say that this is a questicn in which you have got a solemn duty to discharge towards your children, and unless you wish your sons who are to come after you and to be the tenants on this property as you have been—unless you wish them to be un skilled labourers, cultivating the ground without hope of prosperity, you must sacrifice a little the advantage which you might derive from their labour in early years in order to allow them to go to school--(hear, and applause)—and to remain a proper time there, so that you may have the satisfac tion of thinking that those who may come after you may be men rising in the world, cultivating their farms better than you may have done—keeping with the spirit of the times and the progress of agriculture. (Hear, and applause.) Now, there are other elements of prosperity and success in agriculture which any person who looks at this neighbourhood now, and who remembers what it was some 15 or 20 years ago, cannot fail to have suggested to his mind. You mentioned one road to-day made in this neighbourhood. But look at the other roads which traverse this part of the country in every direction. There are roads which are equal, if not superior, to any which I have ever seen in any part of the kingdom. Your farms, I dare say, are not so well cultivated as they might be, but they are much better than they were 15 or 20 years ago. You have got rail ways approaching you, one on the one side of you and one on the other—ralways the e&ct of which must be to increase the value of your property. You have got that splendid harbour of Carnlough before the window, where you can ship your pro duce and import your supplies; and, gentlemen, just as there are these wonderful marks of progress and of increase in this part of the country, so I am happy to think the same may be said with re gard to the whole of Ireland. (Applause.) Ireland in the last 15 years has -been passing through' a fearful, but necessary, ordeal. Fifteen years ago that awful scourge of Providence, the famine, visited this land. It was not on every estate in Ireland that the proprietor was able to stem and mitigate that fearful calamity and scourge as the head of this property was able to do. And we see the conse quences. In the soutn and west of Ireland a num ber of properties changed hands. Scotch - and Eng lish capital was introduced, and what has been the result ? Why, I was only reading in the news paper the other day a description of what the cor respondent of the T unes saw in the south and west of Ireland. lle tells us of farms of 3,000, 4,000, and 5,000 acres in size, with large farmsteads, supplied with water power and steam power, the farms giving most excellent employment to the popula tion of the country. In districts where wages formerly were from 2s. to 33. a week the wages are now from 7s. to 83., and even 10s. per week. This is the state of things now in the south and west of Ireland. We may all rejoice that such is the state of things there. What is the consequence to the people: ? That there is abroad at the present moment in Ireland a spirit of peace, of prosperity, of hap piness in the population, and of loyalty and obe dience to the laws, such as never hal prevailed in any former period in this country. When at the present moment we see a great nation across the Atlantic, of the same lineage and language, of the same birth and parentage almost, as our selves—when we see the North against the South, the father sometimes against the son, the brother against the brother, international combat, and all about a cause of dispute on which no two men in their country are agreed as to what it is— when we see that we may well look with pride and happiness on the union and harmony which pre vail in all parts of these kingdoms. (Applause.) It is in the development of the industrial and, above all, the agricultural resources—it is in the improve ►nent in point of social progress of the people, in the _ _ _ spread of education among the people Lit is in the spirit of enlightened and liberal enterprise among the people, such as has characterised every work on this estate—it is in that interchange of kindly feel- ing between the owners and occupiers of land, such as we see expressed in this case, that the renovation of this country is being effected—it is owing to and by these things that Ireland is becoming in reality what poetically she has often been described to be— " Great, glorious, and free; "First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea." (Applause.) And, gentlemen, therefore it is with all happy auguries for the future I propose to you the toast, "Prosperity to Agriculture." (Prolonged cheering.) THE VINTAGE IN FRANCE.—The vintage is being carried on with great activity in the South of France and in Burgundy. "In our department," says the Courrier dtc Gard, " the grapes are perfectly ripe, and yield a juice of such sweetness and colour that they will produce very superior wine, Moreover, the grapes are of such large size that a greater quantity of wine is expected than at one time seemed probable. The Journal de Saone-et-Loire thus speaks of the vintage in the Macon nais :—'• The vintage is favoured with magnificent wea ther. Everywhere the grapes are fine, there being very few that have not ripened. The belief accordingly is that the wine will be of a superior quality. Some samples which have already been obtained are rich in colour and in alcohol, and extremely smooth to the palate, in place of being rough, as was at first apprehended." lI [ A DVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Worthy of 'Especial Note.—These purifying Ms excel every other medicine for regulating the digestion, acting healthily on the liver and bowels, invigorating the nervous system, and strengthening the body. They cause neither pain nor other inconvenience. At this season, when profuse per spirations are liable to sudden checks, Holloway's Pills restore the balance of tlle circulation, and ward oft dan gerous attacks of diarrhoea, dysentery, or cholera. They are the best correctives of the ttlrnach, when disordered by over repletion or by the presence of indige•tible food. They speedily rectify the flatulence, weight, and general uneasiness which are experienced in the bowels prior to the nceecz'on of nra.3 c icr.,3 symptoms, which debilitate, if they do not endangn. THE' BlLS7'O2kr‘ 1516.1e7)_E The inquest on the body of John &gaff, tailor ; of Chur , ..;ll-str::et, 8i10..0n, was hold yesterday after ucy.;-!, h2fc-,:•• 7 rT. W. U. Phillips, the Deputy. The body was identified by Stpnintenden Al'erea. Re wees depo. , :ed that she acted as deeeased l 3 housekeeper. S!,e ah:o worked for him ne a 4c tailoreu e " She wed to go to his house in the morning and at night. Oe Saturday, at 9in the morning, a commercial traveller of Bristol, named Richards, took him out to have something to drink, and brought him home at 6 in the evening quite drunk. He fell down when he got into the sit. ting-room, but partially recovered afterwards, and went into th e s h o p. A large number of ileo Afterwardsl e eii t intoshefetched thesho him a bottl e ofp during the eve n i ng . wine and two quarterns of whisky. After the shop was shut he turned upon_ her the key of the door leading into Stafford-street. The witness closed the back door herself. Her master always kept all the keys belonging to the house upon her person. Ik-fore she left he said he was very sorry for putting her about so much during the day. By that time he seemed much recovered, and he told her where he had been, and what he had had to drink. At Bor 9 o'clock on Sunday morning one of her neighbours went into the house and told her that she had heard that Mr. Bagott had been mur dered. A policeman fetched her down to the house, and she saw the deceased lying with his head to wards the door, and she remarked a bruise on his chin and that his neck was as if it had been pressed upon by some one. The bottle of port wine was in his bedroom upstairs in a drawer. All the shelves and drawers in the shop seemed to have been ran sacked, She saw a window broken belonging to the back kitchen. The cellargrating had been raised, which was immediately under the sitting room. The Coroner s ugges t e d th a t t h e other portions of the premises should be examined. The Chief Constable of Staffordshire (Col. Hogg) said he was going to have a map and model of the premises made. I - Witness continued—A large quantity of property was stolen from the house on the nightin question, and she had seen several articles in the hands of the police which she could identify as belonging to the deceased. The hammer produced was the one with which she was accustomed to break the coal, and she used it last on the Saturday preceding the day on which the deed was committed. She was quite sure the deceased was sober enou g h to under stand when she left the house. He had drunk during the night only a pint of ale and a gill of whisky. A police-sergeant deposed that he was the first person who received information. He received it at about 4 o'clock on Sunday worning. Tie found a quantity of cloth and men's wearing apparel in Mr. Beard's entry, and observed that the de ceased's house had-been broken open. On entering the sitting room he found the gas was burning with a glimmering light. It was turned on very low. The light was not sufficient to show the contents of the room. On going to the other side he found the deceased on the ground, with his shoulder reclining on the left side of the body. The head lay over the fender, which supported his left shoulder. Both his hands were under him. The fire poker was left across his neck in a slanting position, the square end uppermost, but at that time witness did not observe any mark on his neck. He raised him up and took the stock from his neck, and his head fell upon his chest. Deceased was quite warm. On placing his his (witness's) hand over his heart he thought he felt a little twitching or moving; he therefore sent for a surgeon, and Mr. Larkin came, but pronounced him to be quite dead. Witness sent for Superntendent Ni.‘Crea, and the door and premises were broken open, and found ransacked, as the other witness had de scribed. On entering deceased's bedroom with Mr. IVl'Crae they found the carpet on fire. There was burning on the carpet a piece of new c'oth, and the carpet had become ignited. In his opinion the fire had been purposely occasioned, and the flames co vered about two and a half feet square. After put ting out the fire the smoke dispersed, and they searched the room. They found the drawers broken open, and their contents, with the opened cash-box, on the bed, which also had been turned up. The hammer produced they found at the foot of the bed. The store-room, which was close to the bedroom, had also been burst open, and the shop had been entered and the property from some of the shelves taken down. The Chief Constable now applied that the inquest might be adjourned; and, to meet the requirements of the police, he thought it would be well if the ad journment should be for a week. The Coroner, after saying that the inquest must necessarily be adjourned for a post mortem exami nation, acceded to the application. The tool spoken of as a hammer was a most effi cient implement for such a purpose as that to which it was put by the burglars It is indeed a hatchet, a hammer, and a small crowbar with a cleft end all in one, and of wrought iron. I►, is a melancholy fact that this is the third mur der which has happened in the Bilston police dis trict during the past twelvemonths. The last cul prit, who was hanged at Stafford, murdered his wife in Bilston. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORrif KENT RAIL WA Y. Yesterday morning Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner for West Kent, held an inquiry at the Gun Tavern, Woolwich, into the circumstances attending the death of a young man named George Parslow, who was frightfully mutilated near the Arsenal Station of the North Kent Railway on the previous Thurs day night. The following evidence was adduced : William Watts, of 17, Aldridge-street, Bermond sey New-road, deposed on the previous Thursday afternoon the deceased, who was employed es a waiter at the Bull Tavern, Woolwich, called upon him in London, and they afterwards proCeeded to Woolwich together by the North Kent: Railway. Witness left Woolwich for home by-the last up train, and the deceased accompanied him to the Arsenal Station. He entered a third-class carriage, and the deceased stood with his right foot on the step of the carriage, and entered into conversation until the train was in motion. Witness more than once told him to get down, as it was dangerous, but the deceased replied, " Oh, it is- all right," and immediately endeavoured to jump back upon the platform, when his left leg slipped down upon the rails in front of the steps of the carriage. The train was put back as soon as possible, when it was found the left leg of deceased had been cut off. Mr. Charles Adolphus Barr deposed—He is a Go vernment clerk, residing at 29, Princes-street,Stam ford-street, and was a passenger by the train in question. He saw the deceased holding on by the carriage, and speaking to the last witness, but he afterwards went back to the platform, and the train was then started. After the train was in motion the deceased again laid hold of the carriage and placed his foot on the step; but fell whilst in the act of en deavouring to get back on the platform. Mr. Bartholomedv, station master, and the guard and engine driver:of the train, were examined; and it appeared that - the accident entirely arose from the reckless conduct of the deceased, whose left leg was cut elf, and who expired on the same night at the Racal Ordnance Hospital. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. THE BRIDGE A C IDENT AT YORK. Two of the missing men who were supposed to have been drowned in consequence of the fall of the bridge over the Ouse, at Lendal, have been recovered from the water, making the total number at present ascertained to have been killed by this catastrophe to be five. During the whole of Saturday, Sunday, and yesterday thousands of people visited the scene of the sad calamity, but none were allowed to ap proach too near, as the bridge is still considered to be unsafe. Mr. Dredge, of London, the engineer, was tele graphed to soon after the accident, and he visited the place on Saturday morning. Mr. Cabry, also, the resident engineer to the North-Eastern Railway Company, was present, and offered his professional services towards replacing the massive girders thrown down. The body of a man, named Luke Brown,was taken from the river on Saturday afternoon, and the fol lowing day another corpse—that of a workman —was recovered by means of the drags. The third body, supposed to be that of a boy, is yet in the water, The inquest was held in the Guildhall, on Satur day afternoon, a jury of 15 being sworn. Mr. J. P. Wood, the city coroner, conducted the inquiry, which was as to the cause of death of the four known to be killed. When the remaining body is recovered the inquest will no doubt be held upon them all. Mr. Shepherd, barrister, watched the case on the part of the Corporation, the Lord Tlayor also being present. The latter gentleman expressed himself anxious that the fullest possible investgation should take place into the whole of the circumstances. Mr. Dale, solicitor, attended the inquest on behalf of Messrs. Calvert and Locking, the contractors. Two witnesses only were examined on Saturday, and their evidence tended to show that every pre caution had been used to prevent accident by those employed on the works. The jury met again on Monday morning to view the scene, after which one or two witnesses were examined for the purposes of identifying the bodies. The inquest was then adjourned until Friday next, when it will be decided, no doubt, whether Any one was eulpaMy negligent iuthe matter, IIfriEL.LrcENCE, Oct. 1. GUILDHALL.—A BANKRITT TWICE ABSCOND . ISO F 8.031 1315 CREDITORS.--thmezer Pricc. Jones, - a-2,cribc,l Lir] of 9, Crawicy-streel, Souiel , z town, was placEti at th e L.: :)zfore Sir R. W. Car ; den, charged with abscondilig and not surrendering at the Court of Bankruptcy, on the 20th Sept. inst., after being adjudioated a bankrupt, with intent to cheat and defraud his creditor. • Mr. Tindal Atkinson, instructed by Mr. Beard, attended for the bankrupt. Mr. Gammon conducted the Ltroseeution for the assignees, and stated that the bankrupt had for_ merly carried on business as an upholsterer, at West Ham, in the County of Essex, where he traded in t he name of Ebenezer Price, and ultimately became a bankrupt. On that occasion he failed to surrender, and notwithstanding he was liable to criminal proceedings on that account, he in January last commenced business as a draper, in the nameof Ebenezer Price Jones, at 9, Crawley-street, Somers town, His first step was to apply to various whole sale :houses for credit, to obtain which he referred them to Mr. John Thos. Moss, a solicitor, whose re presentations were such as to induce the parties in quiring to give the credit solicited, and so enable the bankrupt to start in business. Ife then used the names of those parties to obtain introductions to other wholesale houses, of whom he also obtained credit. His trading since Jan. last extended over a period of six months, during which time he had obtained goods to the value of between £2,000 and £3,000, and it was not until his creditors received information of the peculiar business he was doing, and the mode in which their goods were being dis posed of, that they became alarmed, and called in the assistance of a couple of active and intelli gent officers connected with the city and metropo litan police forces. City Detective Sergeant Russell and Sergeant Harvey, 9 G, were employed to watch the bankrupt's premises, the result of which was that they had succeeded in tracing a large quantity of goods which had been surreptitiously removed. Their suspicions being thus confirmed, the creditors immediately instituted the necessary proceedings to make him a bankrupt, and the usual notices were served requiring him to surrender in the Court of Bankruptcy on the 20th of September inst. The messenger at once took possession of the premises and stock in trade, but on examining the latter it was found to consist of a few articles exhibited in the window, the total value of which could not be more than 20s. A stict search was then made of the shop and premises, when it was discovered that the whole of the packages arranged round the shop to represent the extensive and varied stock of a draper consisted entirely of dummies. There was not a single article of furniture on the premises, Fit) that with the exceptim of the few things displayed in the window, the bankrupt had made away with the whole of his estate. The bankrupt kept out of the way until Sunday morning, when he was ar rested by the officers in a house in Stepney, where he was found in bed reading the newspaper. The assignees were much indebted to the officers, Ser geants Harvey and Russell, as it was through their zealous and indefatigable exertions that a large portion, although not near all, of the creditors' pro perty had been recovered. He (Mr. Gammon) pro poced to give evidence of the non-surrender on the present occasion merely for the purpose of a re mand, but on a future day he would adduce evidence in support of a variety of charges under the Bank ruptcy Law Consolidation Act of 1849, in addition to which the bankrupt would also be indicted for the offence of not surrendering to his former bank ruptcy. Joseph Bygrave Williams, clerk to Mr. Austin, the messenger, produced the proceedings in bank ruptcy, dated July 24, 1861 ; and Thos. Willett, clerk to Messrs. Hocking and Co., woollen warehousemen, of Gresham-street, identified the bankrupt as the person referred to in those proceedings. Mr. Gammon said that was all the evidence he had to offer at present. Mr. Tindal Atkinson offered no objection to a remand. Sir It. W. Carden said the statement made by Mr. Gammon conveyed an imputation against Mr. Moss that he gave the bankrupt a character which he did not deserve, and he therefore thought it would only be fair to Mr. Moss to give him the opportunity to come forward and ex pl a i n th e grounds upon which he allowed the bankrupt to refer to him. Mr. Tindal Atkinson said there was nothing in Mr. Moss's conduct that was not capable of the fullest explanation. Sir R. W. Carden said he did not doubt that for an instant, and it was for that reason he thought the explanation should be given, and because cha racter was such a valuable and important element in all commercial transactions in the City of London. Mr. Moss's name had been mentioned as having given the bankrupt a character which he did not deserve, and it was therefore desirable to know under what circumstances that character was given. Mr. Gammon said in mentioning the name of Mr. Moss, he has no intention of imputing anything im proper to that gentleman. He referred to it merely for the purpose of showing in what manner the bankrupt obtained credit in the first instance. Sir B. W. Carden then remanded the bankrupt, and declined to accept bail. BOW-STREET.—PRESENTING STOLEN MONEY ORDERS.—JamEs Gilman, a shabby-genteel looking man, about 60 years of age, who said he was an agent and canvasser, was charged with hav ing presented for payment two Post-office orders for £1 and £2 respectively, which had been stolen from letters in the course of their progress through the Post. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor. Mr. John Tyrrell deposed—l live at 2,. Greek street, Soho, and keep a Post-office receiving house and money order office there. The letter of advice now produced, relating to a money order for £l, was received at our office, and subsequently, en 27th July, the order, also now produced, was pre sented for payment by the prisoner, at about three o'clock p.m. Mr. Mather, to whom it was payable, was then present. The order was signed, " George Mather," which agrees with the letter of advice. The money (one sovereign) was paid to the prisoner by me, or in my presence. He went away, and Mr. Mather and I followed him, till we saw him enter a publichouse, in Hart-street, Bloomsbury, where he changed a sovereign. We then followed him to B loomsbury-square, where we lost sight of him. Mr. G. Mather, of Childwick Hall, St. Alban's, corroborated Mr. Tyrrell's evidence. He had never received the letter enclosing the order, the signa ture to which was of course not in his handwriting. The prisoner said the witnesses were mistaken in his identity ; he was not the person who pre sented the order. Miss Sarah Eliza Luff deposed—l am assistant to Mr. Muller, who keeps a receiving-office at No. 9, Holborn. On Saturday last, Sept. 28, the pri soner presented for payment the post-offica order for £2 now produced. He asked if we had received the letter of advice yet. I said we had, but I was instructed not to pay it, and I then gave him into custody. The order had been previously presented, but as at that time the letter of advice had not been received, it was returned to the person who pre sented it. The prisoner, who is suspected to be in collusion with some pilfering letter-carrier, was remanded. ASSAULT BY AN OMNIBUS CONDUCTOR ON A PAS- SENGER.-Wlll. Wilson, conductor of one of the Waterloo omnibuses, was charged by Mr. Alldis, an eating house keeper in Long-acre, with assaulting him. Complainant stated that on last evening (Sunday) a little before nine o'clock, he got into defendant's omnibus at the Elephant and Castle, and got out at the corner of Wellington-street. It was then 20 minutes past nine o'clock. He gave the conductor (the prisoner) 4d., the usual fare. The prisoner demanded 2d. more, saying that the fare was GI. after nine o'clock. He declined to pay it. The pri soner then seized his walking-stick, and said he would keep it for the 2d. They had a struggle for the stick, and the prisoner repeatedly called him a scoundrel and a-- thief. A sergeant of police came up, and recommended witness to pay the 2d., which he did, but, after taking the money, the prisoner struck him two blows, one upon each eye. The second blow had the effect of knocking him down. Both his eyes were black, especially the right, which was completely closed up. The witness, removing a bandage, exhibited his eye, which was fearfully contused. Mr. Corrie—Have you shown that to a surgeon ? Witness—No; but I have lifted the lid to try the eye, and I do not think the sight is injured. Sergeant Felton, 11 E, said he was on duty at the time his attention was attracted by the struggle for the stick. He went up and interfered. The pri soner called Mr. Alldis a scoundrel, and witness said, " Do not say that ; he is a friend of mine and a respectable man. What is it about ?" The dis pute having been explained to him, witness ob served," I will soon settle that. He shall pay it or I will." Mr. Aildis then paid the 2d. to the pri soner, who, after taking the money from Mr. Alldis, knocked him down. It was done so rapidly that witness could not interfere. Mr. Alldis then gave defendant into custody. A gentleman who was riding in the omnibus and who displayed considerable excitement of manner, gave a very confused account of the affair, and ex pressed a strong opinion that defendant was jus tified, or almost so," in the course he took. Strong language was used on both sides. A young man who was passing along welling- ton-street declared that the provocation was en tirely on the part of the complainant, and that the prisoner did not use one offeneive word; but this witnc:ss, though he prort...ssed to be disin terested and a strang;:r, Was rceog ised by com plainant as having addrencd the priyo riev familiarly as " George," and rec3nlna.ndrA the pri'ouer to " go it and stick to him." Mr. Currie askul if it wi.4•s usual to (large ex on a Sunday evening ? Sergt. Felton had never heard of any such practice. Mr. Cloak, the company's traffic manager, said it had been the custom for three or four years, and was duly announced by a notice in the table of fares. Mr. Corrie said that even so it was not to be seen till after the_ passenger got into the omnibus. It was on that account sure to lead to disputes. At all events the prisoner had no right to seize the stick, and still less to assault complainant after the fare was paid. lie should fine the prisoner 403. only for two considerations; it appeared that the prosecutor had himself used rather energetic lan guage, and also that the prisoner had been taken into custody, which was quite unnecessary. The prisoner said he lost 17 sixpenny fares by the delay in going to the station. All the passen gers got down from the 'bus. Mr. Corrie, under the circumstances, would only inflict a penalty of 10s. Mr. Cloak urged the prisoner% good character, and soma other circumstances in extenuation, but Mr. Corrie said he had beau extremely lenient, perhaps too lenient. LAMBETH.--OMNIBUS SUNDAY FADES.—An application was made to Mr. Elliott for his opinion as to whether omnibus proprietors were empowered of their own free will or caprice to make out their list of fares. The applicant said his reason for troubling his worship was that on the night before he got into an Atlas omnibus nt Charing-cross, and on reach ing the Elephant and Castle sixpence was de manded as his fare. He remonstrated on the excess of the charge, trilling the conductor that he fre quently travelled the same distance, and was never charged more than fourpence, when he was told that for many months the " Atlasses" charged six pence for the shot test distances after nine o'clock on the Sunday 'night, and the conductor, pointing to the list uf fares inside the door of his vehicle, triumphantly exclaimed, " You see, there it is," The line was certainly stuck in at the bottom of the list in. such a way that made it quite clear, from the mariner it was squeezed in, that it was the effect of afterthought, and he, the applicant, was anxious to take his worship's opinion as to whether the pro prietors of omnibuses were empowered, of them selves, to tax the Sunday evening travellers ? Mr. Elliott remarked that it was his opinion that the proprietors of omnibuses bad the power to vary their list of fares, but the law required that these fares should be placed in a conspicuous part of their vehicles. Competition he believed it was that regu lated their fares of omnibuses, and he (Mr. Elliott) thought it was too strong at present to admit of an excess of fire in any class of omnibuses. The applicant remarked that he clnsidered it a great piece of injustice towards the industrious class of the community to raise the fares on a Sunday, a day on which, in his opinion, they should be relaxed, as they fell upon servants and persons belonging to a class whose only d a y o f en j oyment was th Sab bath. Mr. Elliott here observed that the motive might be to get that class home at an early hour. The applicant said he should be very glad to think with his worship, but he thought it rather strange that this kindly feeling should only occur to the proprietors of one line, who were only a fraction of their class, and that if it did occur to these gentle men alone it should have been accompanied by a mercenary motive. As an inhabitant of the line of the Kennington-gate omnibuses he would take this opportunity of complaining of the high charges the passengers on the route from that stand to Fleet street, Charing-cross, or any part of the journey were subjected to as compared with other lines of traffic. From the Elephant and Castle to Kings land-gate one might travel for twopence, while from the Kennington-gate to the Elephant and Castle was threepence, End a hundred yards or any other distance beyond the Elephant and Castle was fourpence. In conclusion, the applicant thanked his worship for his opinion and the attention with which he had heard him. WESTMINSTER.—SYSTEMATIC AND EXTEN SIVE ROBBERY.—Robert Long, a well-dressed man, was charged with the systematic robbery of Mr. Protheroe, the proprietor of th e Ad am an d Eve Tavern, York-street, Westminster. Mr. Wontner conducted the prosecution, and, from his statement, it appeared that the prisoner had for some time past been carrying ou a syste matic robbery at the house of prosecutor. The bitter ale on draught was kept in a barrel apart from the rest of the stock in the rear of the pre mises, and, as it was not supplied like other malt liquor from the engine, it was necessary to leave the bar to get it. Pri soner b y some means became ac quainted with the circumstance, and, as it was stated, repeatedly availed himself of it to rob the bar till, particularly during the last fortnight, when, 'owing to the absence of Mr. Protheroe in the country, the bar was principally left in charge of his son, a mere youth. On the occasion of the prisoner's visits he always called for bitter ale, and on one occasion lbs. was missed directly after he had gone. Last Wednesday the till, after a repetition of the visit from prisoner, was minus ss. 6d., and Mr. Protheroe's son not only heard the chink of money as he returned to the bar, but saw prisoner withdraw his hands from the till. Mr. Protheroe's s3n abstained from giving the prisoner into custody for what occurred during his father's absence, not liking to take upon himself such a responsibility; but upon pri soner again coming when Mr. Protheroe had re turned, the latter gave him into custody. He was remanded. GREENWICH.—THROWING STONES IN TFIE PUBLIC PARKS.—Joseph Gilliam and George Wil liams, youths, about 16 years of age, were charged with wilfully throwing stones in Greenwich Park, to the danger of the public. Richard Barrett, park-constable, proved seeing the prisoners throwing stones at each other in the park, about four o'clock on Sunday afternoon, at a time when a great number of persons were present. Mr. Traill said the practice of stone-throwing in places where the public assembled was perfectly intolerable, and no one could expect to pass through the park without receiving injury to their persons. He was himself in the park on Sunday afternoon, and seeing numbers of boys throwing stones had looked round for a park constable, to draw his atten tion to the fact. The prisoners had rendered them selves liable to a penalty of 40s. each, and it was really time something was done to put a stop to the evil. His worship then imposed a penalty of 10s. in each case, or, in 'default, 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour. SIIOP ROBBERIES AND SINGULAR DETECTION. —John I'ritehard, a lad about 15 years of age, was brought up on remand, charged with the following robberies at shops. It appeared that the prisoner stopped two lads, the sons of a tradesman at Greenwich, and asked the way to the railway station. The lads directed him, and seeing he was carrying a parcel and in an apparent hurry, they went him and saw him into the carriage of a train about starting for London. They then observed that the parcel the prisoner was carrying contained several pairs of leather slippers, and the attention of the head porter at the station having been directed to this circumstance, he ques tioned the prisoner, who was ultimately detained and given into custody of the police, nine pairs of braces being also found in the parcel. Inquiries were then made among the tradespeople, and it was ascertained that slippers and braces had been stolen from two shops which the prisoner had passed. The prisoner pleaded guilty to both charges, and no previous conviction being proved, Mr. Traill'convicted him under the Criminal Jus tice Act, and sentenced him to four months' im prisonment in the House of Correction. HAMMERSMITH SERIOUS CHARGE OF STABBING.—A " FAST" YOUTlL—Charles Read, a boy about 16 years of age, was placed in the dock before Mr. Ingham charged with stabbing James Cains, a barman. The complainant who had his left arm in a sling, said that between three and four o'clock on Sunday afternoon he was in Westbourne Park-villas Mews when the prisoner and two other boys passed along. The prisoner was smoking a pipe, and, as he passed, one of witness's companions took it out of his mouth. One of the boys picked up a stone to throw at them, and he (witness) ran after him. He made use of an expression, and witness boxed his ears. The pri soner came up and said if he struck the boy he would knock his "chump" up. Witness made an attempt to strike him, upon which the prisoner ran at him with a knife, and stabbed him three times in the arm. Two of the stabs cut his coat through, and once the blade entered his arw. A certificate was put in stating that the wound was about an inch deep and an inch and a-half long. The two boys with the prisoner were called, and they stated that Read had the knife open before he went into the mews. Mr. Ingham remanded the prisoner for a week, and refused an application for bail. "Striking a light " fifty years since was d one by a flint and E tecl, and a Inciter match was con s id ere d a phy s i ca l impossi bility. Many are still sceptical of the fact, patent to thou sands, of Herring's magnetic brush and comb restoring the colour to grey hair, and curing the severest cases of neuralgia and nervous headache. Recent improvements prevent the possiOlity of their failure. N.B.—Counterieita are being paw., "01119 es, 32, Dasinllall-5treet,14944,04, BTR '‘ GE F'4 77;1;7-wix ERIC EXIKE 41, ITO r,9E or DETENTIOX. _ _ For some days a comtnit'ee of magistrates of the counts' of Middlesex tare been engaged in investi gating a series of "-..wought forward at the last meeting of th e nagislpates of Middlesex, at Clerkenwell, against C aptain Codd, the Gover no r of the Ho use o f iieteation, f or hi s treatment of a prisoner sent there under remand from the police magistrates. The charges as submitted for the consideration of the court; by Mr. Sergeant Payne, the ()Ironer for the City of London, were, that in the month of August last a man named Ryan was sent to the House of Deteation, under remand by the police magistrate, on a charge of housebreaking, and that on arriving at the prism he was required to go into a bath. ltvan objected to do so, urging that he had already had one bath, according to the regula tions of the prison, and positively refused to have another. The governor, finding his commands dis obeyed, called Keeley, a warder, and another officer, who by main stree, o .th laid hold of the man, he not having removed an 3 of his clothing, and pitched him into the bath, and ore of the officers put his foot on the back of his ne4c and forced him under the water. To arrive at Ws, Inwever, it required a great deal of the exercise ph:sical power by the officers, and in the struggle the ban's shirt, waist coat, and coat were nearly torn fora his person, the man Ryan so strenuously resisting the forced ablu , tion. The man on making his wty out of the bath was in a most deplorable conditionlis clothes being t governor had no o in r s n o t o w p r i e e t c c e h s e , d a nd ap l i e gh wet t tka t t h and altogether the alternative but to order the run a suit of the county clothing in place of his ow; which had become saturated with wet, and tam to pieces is the fray. The learned sergeant inquired of Mr. Wyatt, the chairman of the committe of the House of Detention, as to his knowledge of this transac tion, when he admitt e d th a t th ey welt aware of it, but slid not deem it of suffi c i en t i mpor ince to even mention it in their report. This answervas deemed by the Court as altogether insufficient, nd a reso lution was passed almost unanimously reckiring the committee to fully investigate these tra.sactions. That inquiry has just terminated, ant on the magistrates requiring Captain Codd to pment a report, as to the circumstances, he did so, in th e main admitting the t ru th of all the charge, but expressing his regret at the course he had so hastiy taken. Some witnesses examined also establishq the principal facts as to the forcing into the water. The whole subject will be reported to the magis trates at the Court to be held on the 17th inst. • ELL CTRICITY . M. Faye has addressed a curious communication to the Academy of Sciences on the effects of metallic vapours on the stratifications of the spark from Ruhmkorff's machine (called spark of induction) "i n vacuo." Suppose a receiver filled with oxygen, and traversed by two rods opposite to each other, and connected by a thin iron lamina shaped somewhat hollow in the middle. In this hollow a piece of sodium is placed; the air pump is brought int) action, unit then, by means of a voltaic current, the iron lamina is brought to a white heat; the vapours of sodium instantly fill the apparatus and absorb the oxygen it contains. As Sodium emits no vapour at the ordinary temperature, the excess of vapour produced at a white heat will deposi itself on the sides of the receiver in the form of a powder, leaving a vacuum for subsequent use. M. Faye, being desirous to ascertain the effects of the vapours of sodium on the spark of induction en mem, placed the- ap paratus in communication with Ruhmkorff's machine. No sooner was the lamina of iron raised to a white heat, than the stratifications of a vinous rose. colour which characte rise the positive pole were changed into yellow, while the blue light of the positive pole was divided in two, being strongly repelled right and left, and assuming a greenish hue. This part of the spark of induction presented trans versal stratifications, that is, in a direction perpendicular to the rheophores. As soon as the voltaic current ceased to keep the lamina at a white heat, the spark of induction returned to its usual form of a rose-coloured spindle. These experiments have been repeated with zinc, which changed the rose-coloured spindle to blue; with antimony, which changed it to lilac ; with cadmium, which produced green; with bismuth, which produced various changes of colour; and sulphur, besides giving a blue colour, divided the fusiform name into two distinct and equally fusiform parts. COUNTRY MARKETS. GLOUCESTER-SEPT. 28. - An average supply of English wheat, which declined in some instances to is per quarter upon last week's rates. Barley is lower. No change in the value of oats, peas, and beans. COLCHESTER—SEPT. 28. A fair supply of wheat, which was taken slowly at is un der last week. Barley in good demand for malting, and is cheaper. Beans and peas unaltered. Wheat, white ..54s 64s Beans, Mangan . . 34s 38s red 46s 62s middle & small.3Bs 44s Barley Oats CHELMSFORD—SEPT. 27. A good supply of wheat, the best samples of which rea lised is less money, with a poor trade. In spring corn prices ruled fire? ; if anything the shade dearer. Wheat, old white 29s 618 l'eas, Partridge- ...36s 40s new 50s 67s White 38s 44s old red....29s 498 13oilirig .. 40s 46s new 55s 61s Dun 34s 38s Barley ..29s 40s Ditto new ...... —s —s Chevalier ..30s 41s Beans, Tick, old ..36s 42s Grinding .... 26s 35s new..—s —s Malt.... Chevalier . 64s 69s new..—s —s Oats 23s 30s Mazagan... ...... 34 36s KIRKCALDY GRAIN—SEPT. 28. We had fair supplies of grain to day. sales ready. Wheat about is per qr cheaper. Barley and oats much as last market day. Wheatarle Oats. First... 40s Od I . 8 27 s O y. d I 24s Od Second.. 55s Od 35s Od 28s Od Third....sBs Od 383 Od 31s Od COAL MARKI (Frioes of Coal per Ton at T—SEPT. 30. the dose of the market Walls End. s. d. Holywell 15 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite 21 6 Not th Pelton l3 0 Walker Primrose 12 0 Wylara. .. .. . . l5 6 Lambert's West Hart- d. s. Brzddyll'a Hetton . 19 0 Stewart's.... l9 3 Hetton .. 2O 0 Durham 19 0 South Hartlepool 18 6 Byron ......18 0 Acorn Close ..18 9 Cassop l9 0 Eden lB 9 Gosforth 17 6 Whitworth 15 0 South Hetton l9 6 Keiper Grange.... lB 9 Kel toe Trimdon Thornley 17 0 Thornley ........ l6 6 Hartlepool..... 19 6 85 ; sold, 70. ley ................16 9 Byass's Bebside West Hartley .. 17 0 Carr's Original Hartley 16 6 West Riding Hartley..l4 9 "'oilfield Moor Butes ..13 3 West Hartley 17 0 Walls End. Russel's Hatton 18 9 Ships at market FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LlB2l MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct. 19. via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 2. via Marseilles ...Sept. 26. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 2. via Marseilles Sept. 26. India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 25. via Marseilles Oct. .5. Lisbon • Oct. 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 25. via Marseilles Sept. 26. Newfoundland .. Oct. 2. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. Amarica, by 'Brit. packet Sept. 26; by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Sept. 25. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ............... Sept.ct. 10. Bahamas, via. New York ........ O c t. 24 . Mexico ...................................... Sept. 28. All td pa i r fo ts rn o a if,Wanesdtßlnridtii:sh, einoclluumdibniga..Ti....... i .... 28. BIRTHS. BLACKBURN.—On the 29th ult., at 19, Orsett-terrace, the Hyde-park, the wife of Herbert C. Blackburn, EN., of a daughter. BOULTON.—On the 29th ult. at Surbiton, the wife of F. Boulton, Esq., o f a daughter. ' MARTEN.—On the 28th ult. at Blackheath, Mrs. Charles Marten, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Locu—RElD.—On the 26th ult., at Cheltenham, Major Francis Adam Ellis Loch, Bombay Cavalry, son of Vice.. Admiral Loch, to Catherine Gordon, oldest daughter of the late Major-Gen. Reid, C.B. MlLL— Wa.Lrono.—On the 28th ult., at St. George's, Han over-square, Captain Wm. W. 1%1. Mill, late 26th Regt., youngest son of the late Major Mill, of Rissley, Surrey, to Frances Mary, elder daughter of Frederick Walford, Esq., of Curzon-street, Mayfair. DEATHS. BAKER.—On the 28th ult., at Down House, Banstoad, W. R. Baker, late of Annerley, aged 62, BOWES.—On the 27th inst., at Folkestone, the Rev. T. Fysh Foord Bowes, D.D., rector of Barton-in-the-Clay, &c., aged 85. DREW.—On the 30th ult., at Blackheath, suddenly, James Drew, Esq , aged 63. • HOOFER.—On the 29th ult., at 11, Sackville-stroet, Pic cadilly, Francis Philip Heaver, Esq., aged 65. RIDDELL.—On the 28th ult., at Brooke House, Learning- Bart., of Sunart, Argyle stohnir,eS.ir James Miles Riddell, STEVENS.—On the 27th inst., at Farnham, Surrey, Chas. Stevens, Esq., aged 58. livivnorr: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIE SUN Office, No. 112,Strand in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County ot mow er, October 1,1501,