The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-04 00:00:00

A board of survey, ordered by the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, have commenced their operations in Woolwich dockyard for the purpose of rendering an account of the expenditure necessary for completing the whole of the ships at present under construction in that yard without delay. They are to lay before their lordships a detailed statement of the stock of timber, and other mate rials, now in hand, and to give in a specification of the progress of the 91 gun ship Repulse, together with a return of the additional sum required in the event of the Government deciding on an alteration of her build by cutting down her upper deck and lengthening her to a 52 gun frigate, which plan is also proposed for the sister ship Caledonia. The Duke of Wellington, 131, is likewise to undergo the same process to a 91 gun frigate. The floating battery Trusty, fitting with Captain Coles's patent battery shield, has entered on its pre liminary experiments at Shoeburyness, and (as re ported yesterday at Woolwich) with admirable suc cess. A second course of experiments, according to present arrangements, will take place to-day. Lieut.-Gen.Viscount Melville proceeded on Satur day from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, in the gunboat Redwing, accompanied by various officers, to witness the practice in the gunboat from Arm strong 100 pounders and 68 pounders, at various ranges up to 2,400 yards. They afterwards landed and witnessed firing from the Staddon Fort Battery, and the Staddon heights, 182 ft, and 310 ft. above the level of the sea, at fixed targets, thrown overboard at random outside the Breakwater, at distances found by an instrument of simple construction, in vented by Capt. Jerningham, to be 1,270 and 1,740 yards, and at a target towed astern of the Redwing, at a range of 1,700 and 1,800 yards from the upper battery. The practice at sea, and from the lower battery, 182 feet high, was with 68 pounders, smooth bore, and from the upper battery, 310 feet high, with six 32 pounders. It was decisive, both in the gunboat and from the batteries, of the excellence and certainty of the new weapons. On Monday, at an early hour, Lord Melville proceeded to the Cambridge, and witnessed the disembarcation of the crew, who were then thrown into mixed companies, to represent casualties likely to arise on service when landing troops covered by seamen-skirmishers. They took up skirmishing order, under cover, as they landed, irrespective of their respective com panies, being told off in companies under fire, after which they were put through light infantry and other movements, with bayonet and cutlass exercise. The arms having been piled, a field battery of six guns, four 12-pounder howitzers and two 12-pounder ,Armstrongs, was turned out and put through several evolutions, the guns being dragged over the rocks along the shore, and the front frequently changed. The men then embarked, and after din ner went to general quarters on board, firing at targets 1,000 yards off, the ship rolling heavily all the while. Lord Melville spoke in strong terms of satisfaction of all he witnessed, and expressed to the officers and ship's company when on shore his high opinion of their proficiency. The gunboat Redpole, from Gibraltar, having been relieved by the Cuckoo, arrived on Monday night at Plymouth. She was alongside the hulk Lavinia in Plymouth Sound receiving coal yester day, and was expecting orders to leave for an eastern port. The screw steamship St. Jeait d'Acre, 99, Com mander John D. M'Crea, just returned from the Mediterranean, left Plymouth Sound yesterday af ternoon, and went into Hamoaze to be dismantled. The Medea, 6, paddle, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, in charge of the officials of the Reserve, to test her machinery. Every part worked - in a very satisfactory manner. On her return into harbour she shipped her paddlebox boats alongside the dockyard. She is ordered for commission to day. The Pelican, 17, screw, also at Portsmouth, will like qise be commissioned to-day. Both ships are rigged And stored. They are said to be destined to reinforce the squadron, under Sir David Milne, )n the North America and West India station. A letter to our correspondent at Plymouth, dated Singapore, July 16, says that the screw steam cor vette Charybdis, 21, Captain the Hon. George D. Keane, was appointed to leave the next day, with the newly-appointed Governor of Borneo, for La buan. She would be back to Singapore in about a fortnight, and was to touch at Sarawak when re turning. It is probable the corvette will not go to the China Seas until November. The intention of the Government to reduce the mail communication to once a month is much regretted at Singapore. The latest intelligence from the screw steam cor vette Pearl, 21, Captain John Borlase, C. 8., was that she had been to Hongkong, and had left again, her destination being unknown. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham fog• the large floating shears to be removed from that harbour to Pinope-reach, some distance down the Medway, for the purpose of masting the iron plated frigate Defence, 22, on her arrival from the Tyne, it being considered inexpedient to run the risk of performing the operation in the harbour, where it is feared she might take the ground. The lower masts are being manufactured at the Victoria Ironworks. The topmasts and other portions of her gear are being prepared at Chatham dockyard. The Lords of the Admiralty have decided on hav ing the Defence fitted with Cunningham's self-reef- ing topsails, which are, it is understood, to be ex tensively adopted in the navy. The Orestes, 21, 400 horse-power, which was commissioned at Sheerness on Saturday, is ordered to•be furnished with the following armament from Chatham, viz.-20 8-inch guns, each of 60 cwt., on her main deck, and one 100. pounder Armstrong pivot gun. Before she proceeds to sea, however, several Armstrong guns will be substituted for her other guns. The follo wing appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. John Ormsby Johnson to the Malacca; Commander Philip Brock to the Pelican ; Lieut. Edward M. Collier to the Orestes. Edward W. Willmott and Mountjoy Squire have been nominated to naval cadetships. THE ARMY. Yesterday the first portion of the Armstrong guns intended to be used at the Royal Marines' Ships (inn Battery, at Chatham, arrived from the Ord nance Wharf, and were fixed in the battery. Yesterday Col. H. Jervis, commanding the Ist battalion of Infantry at Chatham, assumed the tem porary command of that garrison during the absence of Major-Gen. H. Eyre, on a special mission to Prussia. The 26th Company of Royal Engineers now at Bermuda, has been placed under orders to embark for England, and will be relieved by the 34th (Capt. Gordon's) company, now at Shorncliffe, which latter is relieved by the 23d Company, under the com mand of Lieut.-Col. Graham, V.C., having recently arrived at Chatham from India and China. CALUMNIES AGAINST ARTISTES.—It is an extra ordinary thing, but no less extraordinary than true, that the public seems inclined to lend a willing ear to any calumny that maybe circulated to the prejudice of persons on the stage. Let bat some malicious individual originate the report that Mr. Topnotes, the favourite tenor, is ad dicted to dissipation, and presto I the story flies from one end of the land to the other, though it is just possible that poor Mr. Topnotes never drank more than a harmless glass of s h er ry in his life. Just set it going that Mr. Dexter, the comedian, beats or neglects his wife, or has committed some other flagrant act of cruelty, a portion of the public eagerly swadow the scandal, and henceforth the hapless Dexter is looked upon as a social miscreant, though, poor man, he may be at the same moment the most indulgent and kindest of husbands. The truth is, there exist unscrupulous persons who do not hesitate to blacken the characters of artistes, well knowing how easy the calumny is set going. if the public would be actuated by a kinder, better spirit towards the professors of ,the stage, these cruel fabricators woul d then be driven to propagate their wanton scandals in another quarter. As an old author (Fuller) justly says: —" A slanderous per:;ecutor who rakes up and invents calumnies to inj ure his fellow man, should have his ears nailed to a p os t, and be pelted by those he has injured." Without going so far as to indorse this rather summary mode of dealing with slanders, we must say before people give credence to unmanly reports affecting artistes, it would :be at least charitable to give them the benefit of the doubt, and it might be discovered in the end that these calumnies were nothing me TO nor less than a mean formsf revenge emanating from persons as cruel and tuascrnpulo% as they are base.—Howara! .Paul. THE P.RO,POSED NEW IRON FBIG47Es At the close of the session the Admiralty got a snug vote of £2,500,00 0 for new iron frigates, which in round numbers is just the price of five of these costly vessels, according to the new scale of dimensions on which they are in future to be built. Having got the money, the authorities issued their plans, and called upon the leading firms for tenders. These tenders were duly sent in to Somerset-house on Saturday, and yesterday it was notified to Mr. Mare, of Millwall, Mr. Laird, of Birkenhead, and to the Thames Iron Works, where the Warrior was built, that their offers were accepted, and that they were to commence the construction of the ves sels forthwith. On the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread, we suppose we must be satisfied with this small addition to our iron de fences, though we must own we should have been infinitely better pleased if the Admiralty had taken heart of grace and ordered the five outright, espe cially as they have the money, and that it will take at least two years to complete each vessel. It is, indeed, rumoured that five or six months hence orders will be given for the remaining two frigates, but this is hardly a satisfactory explanation, if they are meant to be built at all, for simply deferring their construction for so long a period. The standard of excellence was thought to have been attained when the fine lines, ample dimensions, and immense defensive armour of the Warrior and Black Prince were finally decided upon. Very little more than two years have elapsed since these matters were all fixed, yet even in that short time the science of building invulnerable vessels has rapidly developed itself, for in several most important particulars the new ships will differ very much from the 'Warrior class, on which it is hoped and expected they will be an immense improvement. The Defence and Resistance, ugly and clumsy as they undoubtedly are, are nevertheless as great an improvement upon the floating batteries as the Warrior and Black Prince in turn improved upon them. If the three intended ships only again improve as much on the Warrior, it will show that we are advancing with very rapid strides towards perfection in the manu facture of these colossal engines of modern warfare. In three most important points the proposed ves sels will be great improvements. In the first place, each will be built to carry 60 guns ; secondly, they will not only be as fast and handsome as the War rior, but they also are to be specially built to be used as steam rams, having their bows beneath the water projecting far in advance of the ap parent bows above ; and, lastly, by the ad dition of some 700 tons to their size each will be able to carry a complete coating of armour from end to end, so that every part of the ship will be as invulnerable as masses of iron and beams of teak can make it. The length of the new ships is to be 400 feet on the low-water line ; breadth extreme, 59ft. 4in. ; depth, 21ft. below the gun deck; and tonnage, 6,815. The length of the Warrior class is 380 feet, breadth 58 feet, and tonnage, 6,710. The breadth of deck, however, in the proposed frigates will not be greater than the Warrior, as the Admiialty have most wisely decided on giving the sides of the new vessels a greater incline towards the deck. Thus the slope of the Warrior's sides inwards from the water's edge, or the " tumble home," as it is termed, is at an incline of about one foot in 13, whereas in the ships to be built it will be at an incline of one in 81 feet, which of course not only increases the chances of the shot glancing off, but has the more important advantage of getting the weight more to the centre, and diminishing the tendency to roll. In the same way the floors of all the ships are to be made fuller and flatter, which will give them in creased stability in a seaway, while from the ex treme fineness of the lines fore and aft even the great speed of the Warrior will, it is said, be ex ceeded by at least half a knot an hour. The engines of all are to be 1,250 horse power, and are to be made by Penn and Sons, and the increase of ton nage will allow them to carry coals for from 11 to 12 days full steaming, instead of nine days, which is all the bunkers of either the Warrior or Black Prince can stow. The plates of the new vessels are to be larger and thicker than the Warrior's. The broadside of the latter is coated with V, inches of iron, 22 inches of teak, with half an inch of iron inside that again. The new ships are to have 5 inches of iron, 11 inches of teak, and half an inch of iron (the skin of the ship) inside all. The Ad miralty, however, reserve to themselves the right of altering this part of the plan, and substituting plates of 61 inches thick and doing away with the teak altogether. But no decision will be arrived at on this point until some important experiments, which are about to be made at Shoeburyness, have been concluded, and proved that the change will be for the better. As it is at present arranged, even with the 52-inch plates, it will require nearly 2,000 tons of armour to cover the new ships, while the entire weight of the plates on the Warrior is only 950. It is this increased number, size, and thick ness of the wrought-iron plates which adds so much to the cost of the new ships. Up to the present the cost of the Warrior in hull, engines, and rigging has amounted to no less a sum than £360,000. With all her stores, fittings, and guns on board, when ready for sea she will have cost from first to last rather over £400,000. The new vessels, for their hull, engines, and rigging alone, will require an outlay o no less than £430,000, so that at the lowest estimate each vessel is certain to swallow up upwards of half a million sterling before it is fairly at sea. There are large items certainly, but when the question is fairly viewed even the sternest of economists will be inclined to admit that the country will have got value for its money, for the three ships will be, beyond all comparison, the finest of their kind in the world. The shape of the bows in order to fit them for the discharge of their tremendously destructive duties as steam-rams is to be very pecu- liar. Viewed in outline, the profile of the stem will present the curved line that a swan makes when swimming. The breast or beak is thus be low the water-line, and projects some 20ft. at least in advance of what seems to be the bows above Thus, the long overhanging weight which the false cutwater of the Warrior necessitates is en tirely done away with, and the bows are water- borne for some 20ft. at least before the weight comes upon them. A space of 30ft. long by 9ft. deep of these ostensible bows is without ar- mour plates, and only defended from the spar deck line upWards with teak bulwarks, which can be lowered down like the bulwarks of ordinary gunboats. Inside this slight defence, however, comes a semicircular shield of armour plates 7ft. high, and spreading completely across the vessel from side to side. In this there will be port- holes for two immense Armstrong guns. On the main deck:below will be a similar shield, reaching up to the iron spar deck, but no guns will be on this, as it is simply intended to protect the crew from a raking fire. By these means no top-heavy weight is nenrred at the bows, as the semi-circular shields are mora than 40ft. within the water-borne line of ,he vessel forward. The bowsprit will be of iron, and we believe it is intended to Make it with a power ful hinge, where it springs from the deck, so that before going into action it can be turned backwarks and inwards, that there may be nothing to deaden the force with which the ships will strike when the occasion offers to use them against a foe as steam rams. As far as is vet known the Admiralty still cling to the conventional three wooden masts and square rig, which is about as unsuitable for these ships as the full uniform of a Lifeguards- man would be to a swimmer. The wooden masts are not only easy to be shot away, but are perfectly certain to break away the very first time an attempt is made to use the vessels in running others down. It is very possible that with the pre sent form of square rig the masts, even if made of wrought iron, would do the same too. But iron masts at least have this advantage, that they could not be shot away, and even when they went over board would sink alongside like a deep-sea lead and prevent all chance of the screw being fouled by the mass of cordage they drag after them. The wooden masts of the Warrior cannot only be easily shot down, but would be certain, as they drifted and floated astern, to foul the screw and cripple the whole ship in two minutes afterwards. These iron vessels are so special and peculiar both as regards THE , SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1861. ing from your lordship of the great improvement in the material prosperity of a people whose triaLa in times, happily now past, has commanded her Majesty's most heartfelt sympathy, and in whose welfare and happiness she can never cease to take the warmest and most lively interest. " ' His Royal Highness joins most cordially with your lordship and the members of the corporation in the prayer that the moral and physical condition of the country may continue to improve.--I have the hononr to be, my Lord, your most obedient humble servant, " C. GREY. " To the Lord Mayor of Dublin.'" There is a general impression that the authorities in Dublin and in other places misconceived the Queen's wishes with reference to public demonstra tions, and that they were over-careful in excluding the people from places where her Majesty could be seen. The Cork Reporter mentions an incident which shows that her Majesty disapproved those exclusive arrangements. It says —" At the Thurles station a small compartment, strictly pre served, was reserved for the aristocracy and the elite on the right ; but, notwithstanding all bar riers and police ordinances, a large number of the of polloi contrived to locate themselves on the left. The Queen, upon her arrival, we are informed, made a slight and cold nod of recognition to the greeting of the gentry while she and Prince Albert stood up in the carriage, and made repeated, marked, and cordial acknowledgments as a response to the enthusiastic cheers of the peasantry. We may rea sonably hope to be indulged in the expectation that as her Majesty has now, by personal experience, seen that Ireland is as peaceful and happy as any part of England or Scotland, the royal visits will be more frequent and prolonged. It is now generally hoped and expected that an autumn residence will be erected, and where could a more romantic or de lightful site be selected than in the vicinity of the Lakes of Killarney ? But, whether this great hon our or its contingent advantages be conferred upon us, Queen Victoria during her future visits may reckon upon the devoted loyalty of her Irish sub jects and a warmhearted, enthusiastic reception." their construction and intended uses that a special rig should be designed for them. Three masts, it is confessed, will not spread sufficient canvass to enable these monsters to beat off a lee shore in a gale. Yet somehow a fourth mast is objected to as an innovation, as if all these iron frigates were not the most stupendous innovations that naval men have welcomed since the introduction of steam. When our line-of-battle ships were only 150 ft. long three masts were crammed into them, and now that we are building them 400 ft. long only three masts arc allowed. The Defence and Resistance, however. have iron masts, but the Warrior and Black Prince, which need them ten times more, have wooden spars. On all the new ships there is to be an iron tower on the spar deck, crenelated for musketry, in case of an enemy boarding. It is rumoured that the noble Secre tary to the Admiralty got this hint from a visit to the French iron frigate Invincible, build ing at Toulon. It is capable of improvement, however, if, in addition to the loopholes for rifles, two small ports are cut at the base for short carronades, which, with a single charge of canister, would do more to sweep the decks than the fire of a dozen riflemen. The sterns of the new vessels will be what is called " pink" sterns, that is, instead of being round and full, like that of the Warrior, will come to a fine wedge-shaped point, almost similar to the bows of a fast-going iron packet. By adopting this shape the number of armour plates required to coat it is reduced by at least a third, while the angle will be such that all shots must glance, unless fired point blank at the broadside. The internal subdivisions as to water tight compartments, &c., will be almost precisely similar to those of tile Warrior. The main decks are to be armed with 36 100-pounder Armstrongs, and the spar deck with 21 guns of a similar calibre. Two forward guns through the shield we have already mentioned will, it is said, be 200-pounders, and so also will the pivot-gun at the stern. In the meantime the Achilles, which it has been stated over and over again that the Government are building at Chatham, remains almost as much a myth as ever, so far as actual progress is concerned. Even the keel is not yet laid. There are two line-of-battle ships at Chatham which have been altered and strengthened so as to bear coating with armour plates, and there are two others at Portsmouth which are to be similarly con verted, but it will probably be a long time before any of these are afloat. Even the Warrior, which is fitting at Greenhithe, is not likely to be ready to go round to Portsmouth before the end of this month and when there she must be many days in dock be fore she can really be said to be fit to proceed to sea. None of the other vessels nominally finished will be ready this year at all. In the course of another fortnight or three weeks the public will learn, from the result of actual ex periments at Shoeburyness, the precise amount of resistance which vessels of the Warrior class may be expected to offer to the cannonade of an enemy. Hitherto the iron-plate commission at Shoebnryness have conducted their experiments against what we may call theoretical or fancy targets. Certainly, in nine cases out of ten, the targets fired at were very different in their method of construction from the broadside of any of our iron ships, either as they are now built or are ever likely to be. The Commis sioners, however, have now ordered the Thames Ironworks to build a target 20 feet by ten, to be a precise fac simile of the Warrior's broadside. This has just been completed at Blackwell, and will be sent down to Shoeburyness in the course of a week or so. When fixed on the practice ground there it will be fired at until it is completely destroyed, but if appearances are to be trusted, it will take a great deal of hammering to make any serious impression on it. In any case the defensive value of the War rior and others like her will be ascertained to a single shot. Perhaps the public may wonder why an experiment so conclusive and so easily made was never thought of till the ships were quite finished, when blunders (if any have been made) are of course now itrevocable. In the Thames Ironworks are also lying the masts for the Defence. These are splendid samples of wrought-iron work. Each ie 1.15 feet long by 32 inches wide, and though only a ton heavier than a wooden spar of the same size, are more than ten times as strong. So also at the same yard is an iron spar of 120:feet by 2 feet diameter at the base, which has been made for a flagstaff for the Victoria Tower of the new Houses of Parliament. This huge flagstaff is built up of boiler plate half an inch thick, with six wrought iron T-shaped ribs passing along its entire length. Its weight is rather over 10 tons, and the summit of the pole is surmounted with a gilt copper crown, almost large enough for a small party to dine in. This staff is to fly a standard of proportionate size —namely, about 15 yards wide by 40 long. When one sees of what size and strength these iron poles can be made, it appears more to be regretted than ever that the Warrier and Black Prince are not fitted with them. The wooden ones the former ship has now got are too large for the men to handle easily, though much too weak and slight for the strain and shock they will have to bear if ever Capt. Cochrane has to charge an enemy and run him down. In all other respects the Warrior is perfectly qualified to cut through a three-decker down to the very keel. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY. At the monthly meeting of the Corporation yes terday, the Lord Mayor gave the following account of his reception by the Queen : "As this is the first time the council has met since I had the honour of presenting the corpora tion address of welcome to her Majesty the Queen, perhaps it may be acceptable to state to the House the mode of procedure on the occasion. I was in troduced by his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant into the Queen's presence, and her Majesty re ceived me most graciously. In attendance on her Majesty were the Earl of Granville, one of her Majesty's Secretaries of State ; Lord Sidney, Lord High Chamberlain ; the Hon. General Grey, and the ladies in waiting. On pre senting the address, I said, ' May it please your Ma jesty, I have the high honour of presenting to your Majesty the loyal and dutiful address of welcome from the aldermen, burgesses, and citizens of your ancient and loyal city of Dublin on your Majesty's visit to this part of your Majesty's dominions.' The Queen then took the address and said—'l feel much gratified at the improved state of Ireland since my last visit.' Her Majesty's manner was most gracious and cordial throughout. I then retired, accompa nied as before by the Lord Lieutenant, and also Earl Granville and Lord Sidney. We expected an answer to the address. I will read a letter I have received from the Chief Secretary : " Dublin Castle, Aug. 30. `" am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to request your lordship to convey to the members of the Corporation her Majesty's gracious reception of the loyal and dutiful ad dress of the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the city of Dublin, on the occasion of your lordship having in person presented their address to her Majesty at the Vice regal Lodge on the 23d inst. _ _ " I have the honour to be, my lord, y our l ordship ' s obedient servant, ' ROBERT PEEL. " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.' " " It was not usual to send an answer, but to pub lish the address in the Gazette, which had been done. With reference to the Prince Consort, his Royal Highness had requested the Lord .Lieutenant to take charge of it for him, as he had to go to the Curragh. The Lord-Lieutenant accordingly took charge of the address, and in a few days after the following reply was received : "' August 26, 1861. " My Lord,—l am commanded by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort to acknowledge the receipt of the address from the Corporation of Dublin, which was left by your lordship for his Royal Highness on Friday last; and to ex press his Royal Highness's regret that an engagement to visit the Prince of Wales at the Curragh prevented his re ceiving it personally from your lordship. He would have been glad to avail himself of the opportunity of himself assuring your lordship, and through your lordship the aldermen and burgesses of Dublin, of his grateful sense of the kind and flattering welcome he has, for the third time, met with in this city. It must always be most gratifying to his Royal High• ness to witness the affectionate demonstration of attachment to her Majesty's person and family, which everywhere greet her Majesty in travelling through all parts of her dominions. But it is peculiarly gratifying on an occasion like the pre sent, when his Royal Highness has the satisfaction of hear- M. BENEDE2TL A letter from Paris says :—You will have re ceived by telegraph the news of the reception of M. Benedetti by the King of Italy. He is one of the rising men, and, if one judges by the past, it is diffi cult to say where his flight is to stop. Eleven years ago he was an eleve eonsulaire and Acting Consul at Alexandria, obscure and ignored, except by the then Consul-General, Lavalette. When the latter was appointed Ambassador at Constantinople he took with him as his secretary M. Benedetti, who had been in the meantime appointed Consul at Malta. His services rendered there in the beginning of the Eastern question were so much appreciated that he was transferred to the diplomatic service and appointed secretary. The departure of Baraguay d'Hilliers left him as Charge d'Affaires, and during this time an event occurred which will give you an idea of the man. Redschid Pasha was in office, and Lord Stratford was commissioned to take the Order of the Bath to Lord Raglan and others. Before two days had passed after his departure Redschid Pasha was out of office. When Thouvenel was appointed Ambassador, in 1856, Benedetti took his place as Directeur des Affaires Etrangeres, cor responding to the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in which capacity he acted as Secretary to the subsequent Congress. It was he, as you will re member, who was commissioned in the spring of 1860 to conclude the convention about Nice and Savoy. We will hope that after all the denials there.is no analogy between his last and present mission, but the choice made of him just at this moment, coupled, as it is, with other symptoms tending that way, cannot but suggest the idea that another intricate question needs a solution. He is supposed to be favourable to the Italian cause, but not so are, it is said, the instructions which he took with him. However, even if true, little importance is to be attached to the instructions of the Affaires Etran geres, especially in Italy. Since the rise of the Italian question French Ambassadors in Turin have found themselves more than once in an awkward position by following too closely their instructions, if they had not now and then the expedient of double instructions. There is no danger of misin terpretation on the part of M. Benedetti, who has been so long near the source of inspiration as to divine the meaning of the words of the oracle. I am therefore rather inclined to attribute some importance to the sending of M. Benedetti at this moment to Turin. It looks like earnest. While the aim was to lie by and see how events turned, a little confusion between apparent and real meaning was rather advantageous, as calculated to bewilder, but now that perhaps the time for acting is looked for, it is important to avoid mistakes. lAt last the silence of the papers about the pam phlet is broken. Yesterday several of them pub lished the telegraphic extract which I sent you on Friday last, expressing more or less belief in its official character, and one of them, the Temps (Libe ral), gives several extracts from the pamphlet itself and calls upon the If foniteur to divulge its opinion on the facts it contains and the opinions it ex presses. At the same time, this journal makes bitter reflections on the state of interloping publicity which exists in France. A pamphlet is published, together with others, and remains almost unper ceived until the news of its appearance comes back in a foreign paper, and every one runs to get it. Certainly it sounds almost like a hoax, this re vealing of the existence of so great a literary curiosity by foreign hands. The Librairie Dentu is the great pamphlet-shop ; every day there is something or other to which no one pays any attention, but one fine morning another of a score appears, of the existence of which no one dreams till it is pointed out. Every one runs to get it; the more or less independent papers do not know what to make of it, and the semi-official ones know even less what to make of it, for they who grudged the Siecle its mysterious note pass over in affected silence that of which every one is talking. This is the bane of a pretension to infallibility, which, when applied to politics at any rate, is equally awkward for Popes and papers. 2'llE APPEAL OF M. MIRES. A Paris correspondent says :—As you know, Mires has appealed from the decision of the Cour Imperiale to the Cour de Cour de Cassation. I must recall to the memory of your readers the terms of this decision, in order to make them under stand this persistence. Had the Cour Imperiale simply confirmed the judgment of the Correctional Tribunal of the Seine there would be little use and little hope in a higher appeal. But this can scarcely be said to be the case. You will remember that the chief point in the p ap or p t ea o l f decisionf t r h o e m „ th e e xp fi e r r s t te”ohwhich the condemnation in a great measure reposed, and that the Acat was to reverse the re- General, while admitting slight errors of detail vo - re sultingspite eof from then h t h e e ge shortness eeral ot . time, aorfgutehde investi gation that, in character was correct, and proved sufficiently the on ne farious practices whi c h h a d been carried by Mires, to the great prejudice of his clients. The Court in its decision rejects the demand for a new investigation, declaring itself sufficiently in formed by the examination of witnesses, the docu ments produced, and the pleading. But, while re jecting the demand, it absolves Mires of the first two charges of escroquerie in the forced sale or the securities of the 335 clients, and of embezzlement in the sale of 21,217 shares of the Caisse Generale. The first is declared not proved by the examination and discussion, and the second because their return before any complaints were made takes away the legal character of an abuse of confidence. Both these charges were chiefly established on the results of the investigation; hence their rejection must be construed as a doubt on the figures of the experts, which in the first case alone establishes a a profit of above two for Mires, and at the same time as a partial victory, although it by no means altered the sentence of the First Court. The other c h arges are, the i ssue of a larger than e la the a nd authorised sarag os ana numberiiw ay, of andsharesgiving for th em of th e Pam pmerely certificates of the directors, by which pro cess all those who held these certificates lost their money ; then the speculating with the shares of the Caisse Generale, by which several clients lost their money in the final crash; and, lastly, the fictitious dividends. On all these three charges the defence pleaded " the spirit of modern commercial transactions," which takes for granted that the deposits were made on "current account." This left the disposal of them to the discretion of Mires, and, had not the proceedings taken place, the Ottoman loan would have set everything right. The cloak of " modern commercial transactions" is likewise thrown on the fictitious dividends and the unauthorised issue of a greater number of shares in an undertaking, and the common practice which is made of this expedient is pleaded as a proof. If these doctrines be admitted the charges fall to the ground, for the intention to defraud has not been proved in any single case. The Court has rejected this doctrine, which, once admitted, would open the door to every kind of fraud, which it would be impossible to bring home. It will be always possible to plead " general inter ests," averse courts, &c. The confirmation of the sentence of five years seems, therefore, as much a general condemnation of such practices as a special condemnation of Mires himself. The partisans of Mires find it hard that he should be made an example, and insinuate that there were others more conspicuous who were dealt with far more leniently. TIIB ALLEGED MURDER IN WEST MINSTER. Wm. Maloney, a labourer, charged on Monday afternoon with the wilful murder of his wife, yes terday underwent a lengthened examination at the Westminster Police-court. The court and its approaches were, as previ ously densely crowded, the excitement of the popu lace being so great that officers were obliged to be sent out to preserve sufficient order to enable the magistrate to carry on the investigation. Michael Wallice, 4, St. Albans-buildings, Cheyne walk, Lambeth, was first called. He said—l am the father of the deceased. She has been married to the prisoner nine years the 10th of May last. I did not see her frequently. I have only seen her once these four months, about five or six weeks ago. I do not know on what terms she lived with her husband. Her mother is here, and knows more about that than I do. His people—his sisters used to be very officious. They did not live on good terms with each other as man and wife. They were in the habit of of quarrelling. Mr. Arnold—Did he ever beat her ? Witness—l have known her carry black eyes from him three or four times. Margaret Ellen Wallice, wife of the last witness, and mother of the deceased, was sworn, and was about to give her testimony, wh©n Mr. Arnold inquired of Sergeant Mason, the first witness in the case on Monday, who was conduct ing this prosecution? Sergeant Mason replied that he was. Mr. Arnold said he should have thought that in such a serious case as the present, an inspector should have been employed to take charge of it. He should have thought that the police felt it to be their duty to the public to have done so. Mrs. Wallice then proceeded to answer Mr. Ar nold's question of " On what terms did your daughter and the prisoner live ?" by replying, they led a happy life in sobriety, but an unhappy one in drink. Mr. Arnold—How do you mean ? Witness—ln regard of quarrelling and fighting, Mr. Arnold—Did they do so? Witness—Both, in drink. Mr. Arnold—Were they both in the habit of drinking ? Witness—l believe they both drank frequently together. I last saw my daughter on Sunday fort night. I remember the evening prisoner was from home. I was told he was at the " bug-trap" (some low house in Westminster), playing at cards. Ido not know their cause of quarrelling, except that he got good wages at times and did not bring them home. She often had black eyes from him. Catherine Casey, of 7, Leg-court, Petenstreet, said —I saw Mrs. Maloney, the deceased, at 10 minutes to 12 yesterday, when I asked her how her children and husband were. She then went up the court to get her husband's dinner, and I left her. Mr. Arnold—ln what condition was she then ? Witness—She was quite well. Mr. Arnold—Was she sober ? Witness—Quite sober. At ten minutes past twelve I was coming across the road to go home, and I saw the person who lives upstairs in her house over her, and she then told me she believed she was dead. I went to their house. I saw him standing outside his door with his hands behind him, and I went inside to look for Mrs. Maloney, and she was dead on the Moor. One hand was on her forehead, the other by the side of her. I took her hand from her forehead, and laid it down by oer side on the floor, I did not speak to the prisoner then. Mr. Arnold—Did he say anything ? Witness—He did not then say anything to me or any ono else. Mr. Arnold—He made no ettempt to move away? Witness—He did not. Mr. Arnold—Did yon at all speak of Mrs. Maloney after you had been in her room ? Witness—Yes ; I asked three times " Is she dead," and then the prisoner, who had said nothing before, replied " Yes, and I think she is dead about ten minutes." I knew both prisoner and deceased. I do not know the terms on which they lived. Bridget Casey was called, but there was nothing fresh in her evidence. Mrs. Sarah Hatcher, of 76, Peter-street, opposite Leg-court, sworn. The deceased came into my shop yesterday at twenty minutes to twelve, and asked me if I had some very nice, lean bacon. She asked me to give it to her nice and lean, or else she should have it thrown into her face. Mr. Arnold (to the police)—What is the object of this evidence ? There is no doubt the deceased was alive at that time. Sergeant Mason replied it was to show the fear she entertained of her husband, and his conduct. There was the greatest difficulty in procuring evi dence, although there were several witnesses whose testimony was believed to be important, living in the court. The woman spoken of, who lived in the house with prisoner and deceased, would not come. The greatest secrecy was observed amongst the residents of the place, and the invariable reply to inquiry was—" They did not know anything, and did not want to know." There was one woman in particular who could prove having seen prisoner repeatedly beat his wife and drag her about by the hair of the head, but she would not attend. Mr. Arnold put a question to the last witness, to which she replied that deceased, when she came for the bacon, vs as apparently in good health and spirits, and perfectly sober. Catherine Casey was recalled, and said deceased was in good spirits when she last saw her alive. Dr. Payne, who gave evidence on Monday, was recalled, and said—l have, since I was here, made a post-mortem examination of the body of the de ceased. I find the wound I before spoke of three quarters of an inch externally, by an inch and a quarter in depth. I found the subclavian artery had been split open, and that, being within five or six inches of the heart, must have caused death im mediately —in two or three minutes. Mr. Arnold—Then you can, of course, have no doubt that the wound caused her death ? Dr. Payne—Not the least. Mr. Arnold —In what direction was the wound ? Dr. Payne—lt was a punctured wound. There was no obliquity in it; it was quite vertical. Mr. Arnold—lt might then have been inflicted either b y the prisoner or the deceased herself ? Mr. Payne --By either. Mr. Arnold—Bacon has been spoken of, upon the table, and purchased. Was it a rasher on the table, or a large piece ? Sergeant Mason —One rasher, with potatoes. Prisoner expressed a wish to be heard, and said —I work at the Duke of Buccleuch's building, and I worked there till 12 yesterday. I could not get across the park in five minutes, and even if I left at 12 exactly, I might be on the top, of the building at that time, and have to come down. It was about a quarter-past 12 when I came home, or between that and 20 minutes. My wife had dinner on the table—bacon and potatoes. She had had a drop, taken on flit* Sunday, but I never said anything to her then, and as she was sober, and I was sober, when I got home to dinner yesterday I thought that that would be the best time to speak to her. I said, " It's better for you to be looki ng to your chil dren than spending your money in liquor like this." I laid my knife, that 1 was eating my dinner with, down for a moment, when she said, It's done now; we won't have any jaw," and stabbed herself. I got up and tried to stop the blood, when she fell on the floor end was dead immediately. I ran out and called for some one to bring the doctor. I have got no more to say. Who brought the doctor I don't know. Mr. Arnold de3ired Dr. Payne to stand forward, and on his doing so, said—Has the particular place been pointed out to you where the police found the clasp knife produced ? Dr. Payne—lt has not. Mr. Arnold—l should much like your opinion whether a person inflicting such a wound upon herself as you have described the deceased died from, would have power afterwards to throw the knife where it was found. I should feel obliged by your accompanying the police to the room, in - - order that you may have an opportunity of judging. Dr. Payne--I will accompany the police, Sir, as you desire. Mr. Arnold—Was the knife found upright in the floor ? Police—Quite upright. Mr. Arnold—The prisoner is remanded until Sa turday. In less than an hour after the prisoner's removal from the dock, a respectable person holding a Go. vernment appointment, came to the court, accom panied by a quiet, inoffensive-looking man, and said that the latter had a disclosure to make with re spect to the death of the unfortunate woman, and wished to unburden his conscience by a detail of what he knew. The prisoner was again placed in the dock, and the fresh witness, Joseph Saunders, a labourer, was then examined. He said—l was looking for a room for my family yesterday, and went into Leg -court. It was between twelve and one o'clock. I wanted to be directed to Bennett's-yard, and I put my head into the door of a house in Leg-court, to make the inquiry, but I had no time. Mr. Arnold—Did you look in at the street door, or into the room ? Witness—Both doors were open, and I looked in side the room. Mr. Arnold—You say you had not time to make the inquiry ? Witness—No, I had not, because of what occurred. Mr. Arnold—Did you see any one in the room Witness—Yes, a man and woman. Mr. Arnold—What occurred to prevent your making the inquiry P Witness—l saw the man put a knife into the woman's neck at the very moment I was going to ask my way. Mr. Arnold—What did you then do ? Witness—lt so frightened me I went away. Mr. Arnold—Did you see the face of the man so as to be able to recognise him ? Witness—:-No, I did not, till he was brought out of the court. Mr. Arnold—You say you saw the man strike the knife into the woman's neck ? Witness—l did, distinctly. I saw it enter her neck. I ran away. Mr. Arnold—And you then went to the end of the court ? Witness—l did. Mr. Arnold—Did you observe anything else be sides the blow with the knife before you left ? Witness—At the instant he struck the knife into her neck the blood spirted up, and I saw it on the man's hand. A murmur of horror ran through the auditory. Mr. Arnold—What occurred when you were at the end of the court ? Witness—ln a few minutes the police came, and then they brought the man out. Mr. Arnold—Do you now recognise the man here whom they brought out ? Witness—He is standing there (pointing to the prisoner). Mr. Arnold—How was he dressed ? Witness—He had on a light slop and corduroy trousers. Mr. Arnold—And that is the man ? Witness—lt is. Mr. Arnold—Did you see anything else in the man ? Witness—l did not stop to see anything else in the man, it so frightened me. Mr. Arnold—You did not tell the police what you saw ? Witness—No, I was so frightened. I saw the prisoner brought out by the police, and then I went away. Air. Arnold—How do you come here now. Witness—l told a friend of mine all I had seen, and he insisted on me immediately coming here. Mr. Arnold—Do you know the prisoner ? Witness—No, I am quite a stranger to the spot. Mr. Arnold—Yo u were a b out to ma k e theinquiry when he struck her with the knife ? Witness—At the very instant I clapped eyes on him. Mr. Arnold—Were they sitting or standing ? Witness—Both standing. Mr. Arnold—How long were you at the end of the court before they came out with the prisoner ? Witness—About a quarter of an hour. Mr. Arnold—To whom did you first mention what you had seen ? Witness--To some Irish people in the court. I said as I passed " There is murder in the house," and I heard five or six call "Murder." I told my wife when I got home. Mr. Arnold (to prisoner)—Do you wish to ask this witness any questions ? Prisoner (whose countenance had exhibited deep emotion)—l've got no questions. I don't suppose he was there at all. I think it's a false thing altogether. Prisoner was then remanded till Saturday. THE TERRIBLE COLLIvION ON TBE LOADON AND BRIGHTON RAIL WA L BRIGHTON, TUESDAY NIGHT. This investigation was resumed at two o'clock to day, by Mr. D. Black, coroner for the borough. In consequence of the continued illness of the guard, Coleman, the learned coroner and the jury pro ceeded to a cottage near the Hassock's.gate station to take his testimony: The jury subsequently met at the Town Hall. Messrs. Cook, Fryer, Stuckey, and H. F. Reed, represented their respective clients ; and Mr. Faith ful! watched the case for the railway company. Mr. Frederick Slight, secretary; Mr. G. Hawkins, traffic manager; Mr, Craven, locomotive superin tendent; Mr. Parry, inspector of permanent ways ; and other officials of the Brighton Company were also present. The evidence by Coleman was taken in a cottage at Hassock's-gate. He appeared very ill, and gave his answers in a feeble tone of voice, but in a very calm and collected manner. The coroner and jury, accompanied by Captain Tyler and some of the legal gentlemen, left Brighton by a special train in order to take the guard's evi• dence. Joseph Coleman, having been sworn, was ex amined by the coroner as follows : Coroner—You acted as the head guard of the Brighton excursion train on Sunday morning, the 25th of August ? Witness—Yes. Do you remember at what time you left the Brighton Station ?—At 8.30. Did you see the distance signal at Clayton tun nel? I saw it " all right" for the tunnel. When you first caught sight of it P—Yes. How far were you from it when you first saw the distance-signal P—Just as we came round the curve. How far from Killick were you when you first saw him P—l was close to his box. Did he come out of his box P—l can't say. He came out all in a hurry with his flag in his hand. Did he wave it violently ?—Yes, Sir. How far had you got when your driver shut off the steam ?--We were near the tunnel. We shut off steam when we got close to the box. What did you do ?—Apply my break, sir.. Did you let sand out ?—I had no sand to make use of. I applied my break to stop as soon as I could. How far do you suppose you had got into the tunnel before you came to a stop ?—To the best of my recollection 300 or 400 yards in. Did any words pass between you and Scott, your driver, about what you should do when you were in the tunnel ?—I shouted out for him to go ahead, but Ido not suppose he heard me. I cannot say whether he heard me or not. Tell me, did you become aware, after you had stopped, that you were going back ?—Yes. How far do you think you had got back alto gether from where you stopped P—l cannot say exactly, but he made two or three shunts back, but could not get back from my having the break on. Otherwise I should have gone back with my light. Will you state to the best of your idea how far you went back ? I cannot do that, the train was in motion when the collision took place. In motion back ?—Yes, sir. At about what speed did you go back ? Was it one or two miles an hour, or three or four ?-oh, no, we were going very slowly, because I had got the break on tight. That would be verrslow—two or three miles an hour ?—I cannot say it was as much as that, be cause I had got my break on. That is how I got the shock. Captain Tyler—Which clock would you go by when you say you started at 8.30 ? Witness—The company's watch. Was that right by the Brighton station clock ? Yes. The Coroner—Which one—the one at the stores? c Witness—Theompaone yourat the wa s t t c o h w res i . th the clo c k th a t morning ?—Yes, sir. Did you Captain Tyler—You do not happen to know the time at which the collision took place ? Witness—No, sir, I do not. I could not tell you that. Can you tell how long it took you to Clayton tunnal from Brighton ?-- to come I do not kno w that I could n ow . You did not look to see whether Killick was putting the distance -signal on, or what he ws doing ?—I sa w hi m d oing nothing but waving his flsg, and in a bustle as I said before. When the striver came to a stand, did you take ' your break off at all in the first instance P—No. Kept it on P—Kept it on. It ran off two or three turns, and then I held it on its place. 1 had got my hand on the break at the time of the collision with my head out of the window. That was when I saw the train was going back. He went back without consulting you ?-11c could not consult with me without he got down and came to me. You would have gone back faster if you had not got the break on P—Oh, yes, a great deal. Did you hear the engine slipping as she was coming back P—Yes, that was because of my having the break on. She would not have slipped if I had not had the break on. At what speed do you think you were going when the driver shut the steam off P—l do not know that I can tell that. I suppose it might be about twenty-five miles an hour, and I cannot tell you any more. A Juryman —I suppose it took you more time to come to a standstill in the tunnel, and to back, than it would have done to have gone through the tunnel P Witness—Oh, yes. I should say it did altogether. Juror—Did you ever pass the distance-signal at safety, and get pulled up by a flag Witness—No, sir ; n ever . at the tunnel ? Captain Tyler—What induced you to put on your break ? Witness—l considered John Scott was breaking the rules, and that was why I stuck to my post. Coroner—Did you look to the south end of the tunnel while you were in the tunnel ? Witness—Yes. Could you see the end of the tunnel ?—I could see the train coming upon us. Mr. Fryer—l would wish, sir, that the witness should be asked whether any one has taken an ac count of the accident from his lips before to-day. Mr. H. Hawkins—ln writing you mean ? Mr. Fryer—Of course I mean in writing. The Coroner—lf Killick had been at the tunnel mouth—l do not mean in his box, but if he had come down to wave his flag, should you have seem him, do you think ? Witness—l do not think I should have seen him. Has any one before to-day taken down a state ment from you in writing P—No, sir. A Juror—Were there any platelayers or any other men at work in the tunnel on the morning of the accident ? %Vitness—l did not see any at the time of the accident. Another Juror---I should like to asik the witness what he would have done if he had come to a stand still in the tunnel The Coroner—He has already answered that question by stating that he shouted to the driver to go ahead. Upon assembling at the Town Hall, Captain Win. Russel Glaiser (Ist Sussex Voinn_ teers), of No. 4, Goldsmith-row, Brighton, said.. 4 went on to the platform of the Brighton station on the morning of the accident for the purpose of see.. ing my children off by the excursion train to vi e _ toria station. When the Brighton excursion t rain left the Portsmouth train had not passed the pl at _ form where the tickets are taken. There were n o lights to the Portsmouth train. I noticed that par. titularly. I did not notice what time the Brighton out his watch excursion train started, but I had some conversation with one of the guards before it left. Looking a t my watch, I said, " How very late you are. Why you "Not so ran c h I 2 t O h m i n izu " t h es e ebaeihdi,nbdett(ipmuel.l'i'n (pulling remarked, "It is past a quarter. We are wait' ) for the Portsmouth train to start." Immediatelying a s that, are afterwards the Portsmouth train left, and the guard got into his box, which was next the engine, and ire a very short time the Brighton excursion train a l departed from the station. I had l e f t the stat ion before the Brighton ordinary train started, noticed that the Brighton excur s i on train a" 1 had two red lights at the end of the train. By Captain Tyler—l have been frequently at the Brighton station, and never saw trains start so and s mostextraordinary By the Jury—My children werenotmuch injured. They were shaken and stunned; and when they not returned last W e d nes d ay they would come through the tunnel. Mr. Pook wished to call attention to a rule in the company's book, which stated that there should be two tail lamps to every train by night and by day, in consequence of the tutinels. By the Coroner—When I conversed with the guard respecting his being late, he pulled out hi s watch, and I distinctly saw it that was past half past eight. Mr Faithful' put various quest . to . was ions . witness with a view of showing that he mistaken in the trains he saw at the station but strictly adhered to his original ;statement. teaptain Glaiser John Wood, residing at Hassock's - ament. a l le, said he was a foreman of platelayers, and ha g charge of the road from the south end of Clayto n tunnel to th e Brighton platf orm . H e had carri ed of rd mess es for Killick as to the s i gna l s being out H oer, ag but he thought not more than twice. ecould n o t tell when he carried th e last message , was not this year. H e might h a ve but it' certainly carried a mes sage last year. John Piper, the station master at H k' assoc s-gate, deposed that the Portsmouth train d passehis station at 8.36. He noticed the time particularly by the station clock. He did not make any entry in his book until Sunday night, and hedid it owing to the accident. The inquiry was again adjourned. COUNTRY GARRETS. BRISTOL—SEPT. 3. At our market to-day there was a good attendance of millers, and some disposition for business was evinced at an advance of ls per Barley oreign wheat ;and English new was freely offering. was 6d dearer. Oats and other articles at late prices. LEEDS—SEPT. 3. We have a fair show of new wheat to-day, The busi ness done was limited, factors demanding an advance of 2s over last week's currencies, In other articles no material change. MELTON MOW BRAY—SEPT. 3. There was a small show of wheat to-day, which sold freely at an advance of 2s over the prices of last week. Barley a middling show, but maintaining late rates. For oats quotations were unaltered. Prices : 'White wheat, 55s Od to 608 Od; red, 46s Od to 56s per 36 stone; beans scarce, at 44s to 54s for old ; new sorts, 54s per 38 st. ; barley, 358 to 39s for malting, and 30s to 32s per qr. for grinding; oats, 22s to 30s Od per 24 stone. LYNN—SEPT. 3. Our market this morning was fairly attended, and the wheat only in moderate supply Several samples of new wheat of fine quality brought fully 2s per qr more money. Business healthy. Oats a middling show. Beans steady, and peas were unaltered. Old white 58s to 60s I Oats. Ncw..: Barley 29s t o 40s .. ........ 54 8 t o 56 8 • .......... .24s to 268 Beans .42s to 46 s I Peas., .......... 48s to 51s NEWCASTLE -UNDER - LYNE—SEPT. 2. At this corn market there was u limited show of wheat. Buyers operated freely, and prices were fully as high as the rates of last week—whito maleing 57s to 665, red 48s to 595. The demand for barley was still quiet, and un changed in value. Oats were in fair supply, with a quiet sale, from 25s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans met with a firm sale, from 42s to 46s;per qr. NORWICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day consisted of Scots, shorthorns, and Irish. A small attendance of buyers, but a fair business done, at about last week's prices. Scots, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 48 ; Irish, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; Devons, 48 to 5s Gd (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts a small show and sales dull, at 8s Od to 8s 6d per 141 b. Sheep--There was an excellent supply of sheep in the pens and sales dull- Fat sheep, 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone; prime, Os Od , with out a clearance. Pigs--A fair supply. Store' pigs, 18s to 22s ; fat pork, 7s 6d to 8s Od per,stone. BIRTHS. H Ilt y Gr i tv i r . 7 e isi t fe he of 3d H i e ns nr t y ., Hatar6gr, Cealevveesl,anEds-qs.r oafrell daughter. HARRIS.—On. the 29th ult., at Gatton, the wife of Edwd. Harris, Esq., of a son. MENDS.--On the 30th ult., at Chepstow Villas, W. Bays" water, the wife of George C. Xeuds, Esq Capt. R.N. , .i of a son. BUXTON— HOARE.—.Ou the 3d inst . MARRIAGES. Hampstead, Saml . Gurney, secondson of the late Sir Edward Buxton, to Caroline Louisa, second daughter of J. Gurney Hoare, Esq., of Hampstead. TAIT—NICIIOLS.—On the 3d inst., at St. George's, Han. over square, John William Tait to Jessy, third daugh ter of the late John Nichols, Esq., Pentonville, and Cook's Court, Lincoln's-inn. at Christchurcly DEATH-S• BACON. —On the 31st ult., Elizabeth, relict of Edward 13 ELoE.—O n th e 31st ult., a t Charlton H ouse, Wrasall, aged 53, Esq., Bacon, Esq., o f S utton Ben i ng ton, Nott s . near Brist o l, W m, C. Beloe, . i ns t., William Evans, Esq., at Wal- BRIDGER.—On the 30th ult., at Brighton, Chas. Bridger, Esq., aged 63. BVANS.—On the 2d cot-place, Lambeth, HANSON.—On the 3d inst., at 4, Dorset -square, John 0. aged 70. . Hanson, Esq., On the 2d inst., at Brighton, Andrew F. HUDDLEsToNE.— Huddlestone, Esq., of Hutton John, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, aged 65. u s ed 70. the . Ist inst., at 15, Albion Villas, Dalston, Mr. Francis Thomas Wall,of 158, ieadenhall-street, aged 42. WALL.—On HOnall, LONDON : Printed and Published by .41 LURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TilE SUN ( )face, No. 112,Strand In the Precinct of the Savoy, in the • County of Middleseir, WetillCso4Yl sePteD2Per 4, 1801,