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

THE NAVY. By direction of the Admiralty, the whole of the screw gun-boats attached to the first division of the Steam Reserve at Chatham are to be fitted with Armstrong guns and ammunition, and the ordi nary cast-iron guns new on board taken out and deposited in the Ordnance stores. In order to provide additional space for the A c hilles, under construction at Chatham, an iron eaisson 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 ne w caisson will be about £4,000. A number ofpainters have been hired at Chatham dockyard, to be employed on the 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 11. Gardner, at Spithead, is under orders to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope, conveying out to Sierra Leone the Handy, screw gunboat, fitting out at Portsmouth as tender to the Arrogant, flagship on 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 expected,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, w ith their fittings , shot, shell, &c., ha v e 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 Ernorald, 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, 8:e. The Warrior, 40, screw, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, will not be undocked at Portsmouth be fore Saturday next. Her crew are busily engaged in overhauling her rigging, &c., while gangs of artisans are employed on and between decks in completing her fittings. Thousands of visitors thron g into the dockyard to see the ship, and yesterday, at times, her decks were all but impassable. A portion of the Chanrel 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. IL 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 v(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, 81knots ; draught of water forward, 181 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 commonesd immediately. The paddlewheel storeship Dee, Master-Corn. T. C. Pullen, from Woolwich, with marine engine gear for Keyham steamyard, arrived at Plymouth yes terday. His Swedish Majesty's corvette Nornen, 20, Capt. 11. Smith, from Christiania for the West Indies, put into Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. The following appOintments were made onSatur day at the Admiralty :—G. L. 1). R. Keeling, engi. neer, to the Racer ; L. Backler, first-class assistant engineei, to the Jason ; E. S. Young, acting stcond class assist.-engineer, to the Racer; J. Miller (c.), acting second-class assist.-engincer. to the Jason ; J. S. Snell, F. Rowlatt, and R. M. Bryant, masters'- assists., to the Narcissus; J. 3. C. Smail, midship man, to the Edgar; 0, Churchill, midshipman, to the Orestes. 211 E ARM'. Ills 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 frura the Horse Guards : . • ..... " With reference to the circular memorandum frau this department, dated Sept. 7, general number 1.56, his Royal Highness 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 be granted, ‘Nill be giv en t o men w h o , h iv i ng completed their first period of - limited service, are willing to re-en gage an d con ti nue their service for the period further laid down in the Mutiny Act. "By C ugnirrnd of his Royal Highness the General Com. . • SCAPLF Ad . t TT, ju.an......ener......" His Royal - ni g h; " visited the General Commanding in-Chief again the camp at Aldershot on Friday. The troop a f t , the Aldershot division formed in their resp e r e m t ! ng and proceed Parades early in the morning, miles from the camp), where l3 theaCan-hill (about three division was formed patiea b The G . eneral Com in line of contiguous column: Sir y Major-Gtenie.hd AiYorke Sea:- mending-in-Chief, aecoto Sir Sohn Pennefather, lett, Adjutant-General, Sir master-General,. and the Staff of rived upon the ground at 10 a.m,, and h a i :o r n t , ar rived Highness, having been received with th a ere ß dYl o : : a l lute, . proceeded to inspect the troops, which presented a brilliant appearance. A series of manoeuvres, in 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 perforrazApartook of lunch eon at headquarters, and returned to town in the afternoon. His Royal Highness, in the course of his visit, inspected the drainage works in progress in connection with the encampment on Cove-common, to which allusion was recently made, The headquarters of the sth Lancers, with one squadron, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Portal, received Camp tog lio r , kera tomarch yesterday from Ald ers h o tt arrived a t Aia ti e nsi (Cw ' The 12th —Lancers ha ve z e hott, under the com m a nd o f Li eut.- Col. Oakes. .r strength o f th e reg i ment is 32 , officers and 58 8 . va The neri:eeinr""auetdoers of the let ht.. talion, Bth (" the King's") Regiment, have just celebrated at Aldershott the fourth anniversary of l 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' mess apartments, in the lines lately occupied by the 2d battalion, 25th Regiment. Col. Napier, Superintendent of Studies 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, 1 for the 64th Regiment, the companies of which are considerably reduced in strength from their long 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 64th 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 LONDON DERRY AND HER 17ISIT 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 Carnlough. 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 Carn 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 J. Higginson, Mr. C. R. Dobbs, J.P., D.D.; Mr. I. V. Stewart, J.P„ Mr. W. T. Staines, J.P., Mr. It. Wilson, J.P., Rev. J. Wilson, Rev. Mr. Cundle, Szc. The chair was occupied by Mr. R. Wilson, S.P. After the usual lozal 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 I 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 finding 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)- 7 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, Sec., is far, very far from what I could wish, still there is no doubt 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 acres—(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 have 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 mounta!nous 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 sour 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 ratan le 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 yon. (Prolonged cheers.) Sir 11. 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 he entrusted to other hands. _(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, in proposing to you the toast, I wish I had been able to congratulate 5 ou on a more geniel season and a more early harvest than I fear this part of the country has experienced. I ima gine we might almost 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 e t r h o ft s t he of this sunshin e n s p h a i r n t e of w theehave c o u nt had - r a to-dayo a country—oats; may and be d I trust 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 p a i n t o f quan tity, app ears to bo abundant. (Applause.) I am somewhat afraid that we are rather in the p h r a o lo s i p t er o i f t y a t t: a a e g i agriculture, to e t o I :ant:a r e c a c n ' d r:‘ t 3 o r s c e ;* also r n l s ' than to other elements of prosperity whi c h are I much more under our own control. There is so d ou bt that fine seasons are excellent things, but e b r u o t a w r e c cannot command the season s , and 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 agriculture, but other employment, I would say the first a fo n r d e .c7i ry ef clement is a spirit of self-reliance and of persevering iodustry, Because, gentlemen, it is a . wise and merciful tufatigemeat of Proyidence, that just as our lot is to labour for our subsistence, so fa -- independence of spirit, to industry sustained—well dirt :eted industry—there will be a sure measure of success by way of reward. (Hear, and applause.) 1 A ud, gentlemen, I might go further, and notice what occurs to me as another important element in the future prosperity of agriculture in this country. I would say that it is the diffusion—the wider dif fusion—of education among the agricultuhl 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 e!essary 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 acy 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 how 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 ? Ho wis 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, but I do not think it at all necessary to pursue it further. Lady Londonderi y 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 hopo you will allow me to say that this is a question 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 yon 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 'ho 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 iu 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—railways the effect 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'und 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 limes saw in the south and west of Ireland. He 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 Bs., 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 hat 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 ment in point of social progress of the people, in the spread of education among the people—it is i❑ 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 fur the future I propose to you the toast, "Prosperity to Agriculture." (Prolonged cheering.) TIIE 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 Couirier de 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 aro 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 ipeaks of the vintage in the Macon nai3 :—" 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 drained are rich in colour and in alcohol, and extremely smooth to the palate, in place of 1,...2-g reiztz ; as was at first app7ehemledl" .• [A DVERTlSENtE:mj—lielloway's Fills.—Wortby of medicine for regulating' strengthening the body. Especial Notes—These purifying Pills excel every other otlyar inconwnielinictel.e to A t su th d restore the balance of • the the liver and bowels, the digestion, acting healthily, on i n ,, 18 . 0 ,- . :: . !fig the nervous system, and *Arse per disenseasu' checks , when r 7:::: spiro.tions are P ott aili da n n o - r gerous attacks of are the best diarrhoea , correc tv dysentery, or cholera. They over repletion or b es of the almach, when disordered by They speedily rectify the e fi presence of indigestible food. uneasiness which are experie atu . lanpe, weight, and general accession of more serious experienced in the bowels prior. to the they do not endanger, us symptotas, which debilitate if ; circulation, a neither Nv arci TILE BILSTON MURDER. The inquest on the body of John Bagott, tailor, of Church-street, Bilston, was held yesterday after noon, before Mr. W. 11. Phillips, the Deputy- Coroner. The body was identified by Superintendent 111Trea. Eliza Rawnes deposed that she acted as deceased's housekeeper. She also worked for him as a " tailoress." She used to go to his house in the morning and at night. On 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 the shop. A large numb er o f people went into the shop during the evening. Afterwards she fetched him a bottle of 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. Before she left he said he was very sorry for putting her about so much during the day. By that time he seemed mush 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 cellar grating had been raised, which was immediately under the sitting room. The Coroner suggested that the other portions of the premises should be examined. The Chief Constable of Staffordshire (Col. Hogg) s:lid he was going to have a map and model of the premises made. _ _ _ Witness continued—A large quantity of property was stolen from the house on the night in 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 tho deed was committed. She was quite sure the deceased was sober enough to under st and 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 morning. He 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 t nd uppermost, but at that time winless 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 Superintendent I\i'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. M•Crae they found the carpet on fire. There was burning on the carpet a piece of new cloth, 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. It 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 ACCIDEN T O N THE NORTH KENT -RAILWAY. 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 as 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 fc.rd-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. Bartholomew, 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 off, and who expired on the same night at the Ravel Ordnance Hospital. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. THE BRIDGE ACCIDENT .AT YORK. -_ -.1.- Two of the missing moil 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 engiueer 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 ease on the part of the Corporatior, the Lord Ma:, or also being present. The latter gentleman expressed himself anxious that the fullest possible investigation 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 -'nloyed on the works. • met again on Monday morning to'view The jui, one or two witnesses were - identifying the bodies. examined for the purpose s _ deckled, no 4 until Friday The inquest was then adjourne. the .:seene, after l'Vr h _ ch any one was culpably d ou b t, ~i vL ". t her negligent iu the matter, next, when it Will be 6_POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Oct. 1. GUILD HALL.—A BANKRUPT TWICE ABSCOND ING FROM HIS CREDITORS —Ebenezn. Price Jones, described as a drap'.2r, of 9, Crawley-street, Somers town, was placed at the bar before Sir R. W. Car den, charged with absconding and not surrendering at the Court of Bankruptcy, on the 20th Sept. inst., after being adjudicated a bankrupt, with intent to cheat and defraud his creditors. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, instructed by Mr. Beard, attended for the bankrupt. Mr. Gammon conducted the prosecution for the assignees, and stated that the bankrupt had for_ merle carried on business as an upholsterer, at West Hain, in the county of Essex, where he traded in the 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 name of 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. He 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 premisee, 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 strict 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, so that with the exception 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, 18Q1 ; 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 R. 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 explain the 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 1.1.> 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, on 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. Tho 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-office 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.—Wm. 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 6d. 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. Carrie—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 saner called Mr. Allis a scoundrel, and witness said, " not say that ;heis a friend of mine and a respectable men. What is it about P" The dis pute l'el‘.:eg l_ca explained to him, witness ob served," I will soon settle that. He shall pay it or I will." Mr. Alldis 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 W elling ton-street declared that the provocation was en tirely on the part of •the complainant, and that but the prisoner did not use ono offensive word ; _IMAGE TREA7 this witness, though he professed to bo disin -IST CLERKENTVELi terested and a stranger, was recognised by com plainant as having addressed the prisoner familiarly as " George," and recommended the prisoner to " go it and stick to him." Mr. Conic asked if it was usual to charge extra 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. 1 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. He should fine the prisoner 40s. 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 unnecessaiy. 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's good character, and some other circumstances in extenuation, but Mr. Corrie said he had been extremely lenient, perhaps too lenient. LAMBETH.—.O.IINIBUS SUNDAY FARES.—Au 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 hTs worship was that on the night before he got in to an Atlas omnibus at Charing-cross, and on reach ing the Elephant and Castle sixpence was de manded as his fire. He remonstrated on the excess of the charge, telling 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'cloc k on tho Sunday night, and the conductor, pointing to the list of fares inside the door of his vehicle, triumphantly exclaimed, " You see, there it it The line was certainly stuck in at the bottom of list in such a way that made it quite clear, from tl to manner it was squeezed in, that it was the effect afterthought, and he, the applicant, was anxious tt ) take his worship's opinion as to whether the pi•o prietors of omnibuses were empowered, of theta selves, to tax the Sunday evening travellers ? Mr. Elliott remarked that it was his opinion that - , the proprietors of omnibuses had 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 fare in any class of omnibuses. The applicant remarked that he considered 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 day of enjoyment was the 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 wotAld take this opportunity of c gnplaining of the high charges the passengers on the route from that sta.' id to Fleet street, Charing-cross, or any part of the journey were subjected to as compared with after lines of traffic. From the Elephant and Castle to Kings land-gate one might travel for twopence, while from the Kennington-gate to the Ele,nhant and Castle was threepence, and 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 attent ion with which he had heard him. WESTMINSTER.—SYSTEMATIC AND EXTEN SIVE ROBBERY.—Robert Long, a well-dres'sod man, was charged with the systematic robbery of Mr. Protheroe, the proprietor of the Adam anti Eve Tavern, York-street, Westminster. Mr. Wontner conducted the prosecution, and, from his statement, it appeared that the prig oner had for some time past been carrying on a syste matic robbery at the house of prosecutor. The bitter ale on draught was kept in a barrel ap art from the rest of the stock in the rear of the p re mises, and, as it was not supplied like other mt, liquor from the engine, it was necessary to leave tk 0 bar to get it. Prisoner by some means became ao - 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. Oa the occasion of the prisoner's visits he always called for bitter ale, and on one occasion los. was missed directly after he had gone. Last Wednesday the till, after a repetition of the visit from prisoner, was minus Os. 6d., and Mr. Protheree'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 son 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 lattergave him into custody. He was remanded. GREENWICH.--TIIROWING STONES IN TELE PUBLIC PARKS.—Joseph Gilham 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. SHOP ROBBERIES AND SINGULAR DETECTION. —John Pritchard, 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 havinc , 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 Wcstbourne Park-villas Mews when the prisoner and two other boys passed along. The prisoner was smoking a pipe, and, as he passed, cne 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 cars. The pri soner came up and said if he struck the boy he would knock his "chump" un. Witness made an attempt to stril-o him, upon which the prkoner 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 arm. A certificate was put in stating that the wnind was about an inch deep and an inch and a-half ion. , . 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 wee k , and refused an application for bail. "Striking a light "fifty years since was done by a flint and Ete el, and a Lucifer Match was considered a physical impossi bility. 3lc.ny are still sceptical of the fact, patent to thou sand's, of Herring's magnetic brush and comb restoring the colour to grey hair, and curing the se serest cases of neuralgia and nervous headache. Recent improvements prevent the possibility of their failuro. N.B.—co un t er f e i ts are beijig , made, Offices; 3?, 13asinglrall ‘ -_str . cct, Lvatafm, '3IEN2 OF A PRISOYER IN '4 HOUSE OF DETENTION. For . some d a y s 2 committee ee nof engagedmagistrates ininvesti gating stthie- L - 1 Middle; es have b cries of charg es b roug h t forward at the county gatini a t, last meetic, 'g of t he magistrates of Middlesex, at Clerkenwell, aguit .st Captain Codd, the Governor of the House . D atention, for hi s t rea t ment of a. prisoner sent th t`'S6 under remand from the police magistrates. The charges a 3 submitted for the consideration of the court, by Mr. Sergeant Payne, the Coroner for the City of L. lndon, were, that in the month or August last a m In named Ryan was sent to the House of Detenti on, under remand by the police magistrate, on acl large' of housebreaking, and that. on arriving at the , orison he was required to go into, a bath. Ryan obj to do so, urging that he. had already had one' ha th, according to the regula tions of the prison, and positively refused to have, another. The governor, finding his commands dis obeyed, called Keeley, a varder, and another officer, who by main strength lei d hold of the man, he not having removed any of I is clothing, and pitche' I him into the bath, and one of the officers put hi a foot on the back of his ne ek and forced him uncle .r the water. To arrive at I his, however, it require d a great deal of the exercise of physical power by the/ officers, and in the struggl e the man's shirt, waist coat, and coat were nearly torn from his person, the, man Ryan so strenuously n isisting the forced ablu.- tion. The man on making his way out of the bath was in a most deplorable con ciition, his clothes being torn to pieces, and he wet tot e skin; and altogeth er in so wretched a plight the t the governor had tio alternative but to order thr3 man a suit of tl to county clothing in place of :his own, which h-id become saturated with wet, tnd torn to pieces in the fray. The learned serg, :ant inquired of 1\ Ir. Wyatt, the chairman of the c rmmittee of the Hevase of Detention, as to his know] edge of this transe.c tion, when he admitted that they were aware of it, but did not deem it of sufficient importance to ev.?n mention it in their report. Tl , Lis answer was deemed by the Court as altogether in sufficient, and a reso lution was passed almost unanimously requiring the committee to fully investiga to these transactions. That inquiry has just terminated, and on the magistrates requiring Capt ain Code. to present a report, as to the circumstances, he did so, in the main admitting the truth of all the charges, but expressing his regret at the course he had so hastily taken. Some witnesses examined also establish ed. the principal facts as to the foecing into the wathr. The whole subject will be reported to the magis trates at the Court to be held on the 17th inst. EL C7ItICITI. M. Faye has addressed a curious communication to the Academy of Sciences on the effects of metallic vapours om t. he stratifications of the spark from Ruhmkoril's machine: ailed spark of induction) "i n vacuo." Suppose a receiver• ill led with oxygen, and traversed by two rods opposite to eac h other, and connected by a thin iron lamina shaped scan ewhat hollow in the middle. In this hollow a piece of so di k IDI is placed; the air pump is brought into action, and. th em , by means of a voltaic current, the iron lamina is broug ht to a white heat; the vapours of sodium instantly fill the apparatus and absorb the oxygen it contains. As sodiuxa emits no vapour at the ordinary temperature, the , excess of vapour produced at a white heat will deposi itself of I 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 m yaw, placed the ap paratus i n communication with Ruhrokorff s machine. No sooner wL is the lamina of iron raised to a white heat, than the stratil 'cations 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 rheop.hores. 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 fusiforni flame into two distinct and equally fusiform parts. COUNTRY MARKETS. GLOUCESTER—SEPT. 28. An average supply of English wheat, whielideelined 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. ,-SEPT. 28. i was taken slowly at is un demand for malting, and mitered. COLCHESTE A fair supply of wheat, whit; der last week. Barley yin goo( is cheaper. Beans and peas ul Wheat, white. 54s 64s Beans, Mazagan 34s 38a red 46s 62s middle & small.3BB 44a Barley Oats CHELMSFORD-SEPT. 27. A good supply of wheat, the best samples of which rea -I,:sed is less money, with a poor trade. In spring corn p t ices ruled firm ; if anything the shade dearer. _ 11 7 heat, old white 29s 61s t'eas, Partridge- ... 36s 40s new 50s 67s White 38s 44s old red....29s 49s Boiling .. 40s 46s new 55s 61s Dun 345 38s Bah iy 29s 40s Ditto new —s —s Oh, evalier .. 30s 41s Beans, Tick, old .. 3es 42s Grin ading 26s 35s new..—s —a Malt., .. ; 61s 67s Harrow Ticks ..38s 44a Chfiv alier . 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 at bout is per qr cheaper. Barley and oats much as last mat ket day. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Od 27s Oct I 24s Od& cc - H.1(1..55s Od 35s Oct 28s Oct Third ....as Od 38s Od 31s Od COAL MARKI (frioes of %Coal per Ton at !IT—SEPT. 30. the dose of the market Walla End. s. d. Holywell l5 6 Carway and Thaffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthraete 21 6 North Pelton l3 0 Walker Primrose I,Vylaln Lambert's West Hart ley... Byass's Bebside West Hartley ......17 0 Carr's Original Hartleyl6 6 West Riding Hartley..l4 9 Tanfield Moor Butes-13 3 - West Hartley 17 0 d. s. Brsddyll's Hetton 19 0 S tewart's l9 3 Eletton .. 2O 0 Durham l9 0 South Hartlepool 18 6 Byron .....18 0 Acorn Close ..18 9 Cassop l9 0 Eden 18 9 Gosforth 17 6 Whitworth 15 0 Ecuth Hetton 19 6 lieiper Grange.... lB 9 K elloe Trimdon Thornley 17 0 Thornley ....16 6 Hartlepool..... 19 6 ;, 85 ; sold, 70. Walls End. Russel's lletton 18 9 Ships at marke FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST: MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct, 19. via Marseilles Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Suuthampton Oct. 2. via Marseilles Sept. 2G. Falkland Islands .. Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Sauthampton—Oct. 2. via Marseilles Sept. 26. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Oct. 5. - Lisbon Oct 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 25. via Marseilles Sept. 26. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Sept. 26: by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Sept. 25. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe O c t. 10 . Bahamas, via New York Oct. 24. Mexico ....Sept. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru' } Sept. C a lifornia, and British C01umbia............ 28. BIRTHS. BLACKBUnN. -- On the 29th ult., at 19, Orsett-terrace, the Hyde-park, the wife of Herbert C. Blackburn, Esq., of a daughter. BOULTON.—On the 29th ult,, at Surbiton, the wife of F. Boulton, Esq., of a daughter. MARTEN.—On the 28th ult., at Blackheath, Mrs. Charho Marten;of a daughter. MARRIAGES. LOCH—REID.-=On the 26th ult., at Cheltenham, Major Francis Adam Ellis Loch, Bombay Cavalry, son of Vice- Admiral Loch, to Catherine Gordon, eldest daughter of the late Major-Gen. Reid, C.B. MI LL — WALPORD.—On the 28th ult., at St. George's, nan o ver-squa re, Captain Wm. W. M. Mill, late 26th Regt., youngest son of the late Major Mill, of Itiseley, Surrey, to Frances Mary, elder dairghter of Frederick Walford, Esq,, of Curzon street, Mayfair. DEATHS. BARER.—On the 28th ult., at Down House, Banstead; 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 ,13arton-in-the-ClaY; Sic., aged 35. Dur,w.—On the 30th ult., at Blackheath, suddenly, James Drew, Esq , aged 63. llooPEu.—On the 29th ult., at 11, Sackwille-street, Pic cadilly, Francis Philip Hoofer, Esq., aged 65. RIDDELL.—On the 28th ult., at Brooke House, Leaming ton, Sir James Milles Riddell, Bart., of Sunart, Argyle- shire. sTEv " s .—On the 27th iast,, at Farnham, Surrey, Chas. Stevens, Esq., aged 58. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIIE Svx Office, No. 112,Strandi in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Iliddleoeir, xuescLay, Ootoinx 1, 1801. TilE SUN, LONDON, rUESDAY 11,WENING, OCTOIIER, 1, 1801,