The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-20 00:00:00

DISASTER TO THE GREAT EASTERN. The unlooked for disaster which has befallen the Great Eastern has caused a lively feeling of regret among all classes in Liverpool. The accident, it appears, turns out to have been even more serious than the telegrams led the public to believe. The great ship after leaving the Mersey, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th inst., pro ceeded all well until the afternoon of the following Thursday, by which time she had got about 280 miles westward of Cape Clear, when she was met by a fresh breeze, which speedily swelled into a hurricane of most destructive violence, yet seem ingly but partial in its range. On examining the log of the Royal Mail steamer Canada, which ar rived here on Sunday morning, and must bavebeen on Thursday somewhere in proximity to the posi tion occupied by the Great Eastern, it appears that on Thursday the Canada experienced a " strong wind," and on Friday a " strong gale," but except these observations nothing special is noted in the log referred to. The Great Eastern, however, seems to have en countered a violent tempest, as it is said that the fresh breeze of the 12th at noon rose gradually till 4 in the afternoon, when it blew a "heavy gale." " At this time," says one of the accounts, " one of the forward boats broke from one of her davits and hung sus pended from the other. Efforts were made to secure the boat, but these proving unavailing the captain ordered it to be cut away, at the same time directing the paddles to be stopped and the helm to be put down to bring the ship up in the wind, in order that the boat might drift clear of the wheel. The vessel did not answer her helm, but the boat fortunately went clear. The captain then directed several of the head sails to be hoisted for the pur- pose of bringin g her head up, but they had hardly been set when they were blown to ribands. Very shortly after that a terrific noise was heard in the engine-room, and on looking down several large sheets of lead were seen knocking about with great violence from side to side. Just then a heavy sea struck the ship as she was lurehing, and almost immediately after a grating noise was heard in the paddles. On examination it was found that they were bent from their true position, and were scraping against the sides of the vessel. They, however, continued to revolve, but the captain, fearing that they would tear holes in the sides of the ship, ordered them to be stopped, and trusted entirely to the screw to get the vessel on. During the whole of the remainder of the day the gale blew fearfully, the sea running mountains high, and the ship, not being able to bring up, rolling frightfully. Things thus continued till the following morning, when it was found that the paddles bad been broken clean away. It was at the same time discovered that the top of the rudder post, a piece of iron ten inches in diameter, had been smashed: The ship now lay quite helpless, lying like a log on the water, and tossing and rolling in the most alarm ing manner. On many occasions her decks were at an angle of 45 degrees. Crockery and cooking utensils went crashing about in all directions, chairs and tables were broken to pieces, chandeliers and mirrors were smashed to fragments, and the whole interior of the vessel presented one scene of utter confusion. Six of her boats were swept away, and two of those remaining were stove so as to be ren dered conpletely useless. On Saturday evening a vessel hove in sight; she proved to be the brig Magnet, of Nova Scotia. The captain, on seeing the position of the Great Eastern, promptly de clared his willingness to lie by her as long as might be necessary, and to render any assist ance in his power. lip to this time the passen gers were panic stricken, but on the arrival of the Magnet, and the announcement of the cap tain that be would lie by her, their spirits revived, and they began to have some hope of safety. The gale still continued, and the vessel lay completely unmanageable; her head could not be got up, she would not answer her helm, and she lay in a most perilous position. In this way she remained until about five o'clock on Sunday evening, when the wind abating and the sea going down enabled the crew to put the vessel into some sort of trim that would alloW of her running back. During the gale the rudder in knocking from side to side istrnek against the screw and received a large indentation. A chain having been run out from the quarter was passed through this, and the chain having been drawn tight and guy ropes affixed, it was secured to the remaining portion of the rudder post, and thus enabled the vessel to be steered. The ship was then got about, and her course directed under steam for Cork Harbour. On Monday morning the Persia was met on her passage for America, and she also offered assistance, but the Great Eastern going on then very well, there was no need for it, and the Persia proceeded on her way. The Great Eastern continued on her course, and arrived off the Old Head of Kinsale at 10 o'clock on Monday morning, and was off Queenstown, where she cast anchor about a mile outside the harbour. Several accidents occurred during the storm. A lady passenger had an arm broken, the cook had one of his legs broken, and many of the crew received serious injuries. Two large oil tanks that were on deck broke loose and fell down into the hold, causing great alarm. The captain and several nautical men who were on board have expressed it as their opinion that but for the strength with which the vessel has been built she would have gone to pieces in the gale. It is intended to take her across from Queenstown to Milford Haven or Liverpool for repairs, but when she will leave her present anchorage has not been stated." Subjoined is an extract from the letter of a gen tleman, a well-known merchant in Liverpool, writ• ten from Cork on Wednesday afternoon : "'To attempt to describe all the incidents, or even those in which I bore a part, during the disasters to the Great Eastern, would occupy days. Suffice it to say that, thanks to a merciful Providence, we are here alive after an experience of the tiny power of man's greatest work in naval science to with stand the great equinoctial blasts of the Atlantic. After two days of fine sailing in the ' floating hotel,' as we most of us called her, we found ourselves last Thursday morning in a con tention with a small gale, in which the power and efficiency of the great ship were quite conspicuous, and we could watch the gathering fury of the gale at ease. But the storm increases ; the sea rises on Thursday afternoon to a full gale, which we must face. We alter our course, or try to do so; but now comes the struggle. Vast as our power is, the wind awl sea are stronger. We cannot bring her head to wind, or get before the wind. In the attempt to do 8 ° ono paddlewheel after another goes, the rudder head is broken, the rudderpost is smashed, and our great ship lies disabled, a log rolling terrifically in the trough of the sea for three days, and her pas sengers gradually losing all hopes of rescue. But day dawns on Sunday with brightness, the wind lulls, the sea calms a little, and, beyond all, the efforts of the captain to remedy the steering defects are tried again, and though imperfectly, the ship answers a little, the screw engine starts, and we move forward. Rope rises—the weather is calmer; our crippled ship is, however, presided over by the Angel of Mercy, and paces the Atlantic towards a port of safety, which we finally make on Tuesday. The word " Great" is applicable to all the incidents —the ship, the start at first, the speed, the hurri cane, the mountainous sea, the rolling, the loss of hope, and the skill and perseverance of the master. No other ship but this could have lived out this gale." The writer of the above, in a second communica tion, says : I n my note of this morning I did not say any thing to you about the accident to the Great East ern which would enable you to form any idea of what I think of the ship and her capacities, in. engines, power, and general construction, for such voyages. " As , to the ship htzself, for strength she has no equal. During all the fury of the gale and the terrible rolling in the trough of the sea in an e quinoctial gale which broke up the Atlantic , I t-° °lle surface of mountainous waves, not a 1 --vet luta started anywhere, not a butt of a plate emaa: atiacovered as shaken ; the ship has made, I 'cm:it:ll 1 % 1 7 , no water in her hull, and it really st ruction of - It e p reat i&ea was realised in the con waves. not to be broken up by winds or " The engin es a rea Rntonclied ; the huge pad- die engines worked with a noiseless regularity and ' precision which surprised all, and even when the paddlewheels yielded the engines showed no symp toms of shaking. So with the screw engines, the efficiency of which has so contributed to our safety. Exposed as they were to the disasters which befel the rudder, which at one time flapped back upon the screw and prevented its working, they were in full working order, and were always ready to do duty when the repairs of the rudder called for their a id. There are also the donkey engines through ' out the ship, contributing essential security, be cause they can clear each compartment of water in case of need. " How then has a ship so constructed succumbed ? I suppose it is not possible to put materials together to insure perfect immunity from accident in such a trial. " We were pushing ahead with the gale on our port bow, and when we tried to put her head to wind her huge broadside exposed to the gale proved more than her vast power could control. She could not be brought head to wind, nor could she be turned to sail with the wind, and so she lay in the trough of the sea, until in the stupendous efforts to put her right her rudder head broke above; the rudder post, all of massive iron, yielded ; then the wheels (these perhaps were not equal to their task) gave way one after another ; and so this great, strong, and powerful ship was at the mercy of the waves, a log upon the billows, rolling in a way which can never be described nor yet imagined by those who have not experienced it, and filling the hearts of all on board with views of things that might yet overtake her which only an experience can enable any one to realise. We have not got our luggage off her yet, as she was not put into the harbour to-day, her steering gear not being quite right, but she will likely be so to-morrow, when I hope to get away. If any one asks you my opinion of this ship, the answer is, her equal for strength does not exist. What I think of the captain is that he is a noble seaman, ready in case of emergency, never despairing, and with energy almost unsur• passed" (FROM A PASSENGER.) QUEENSTOWN HARBOUR, CORK, TUESDAY, SEPT. 17. To the great delight of ourselves and to the great surprise of everybody else we find ourselves safely here, after having.been six days at sea, and having during that period encountered disasters which will be memorable in the history of the Great Eastern, although her name has been too much associated with disaster already. We sailed from the Mersey on the afternoon of the 10th inst., and steamed steadily down to the Channel, amid the cheers and good wishes of thou- sands of spectators, not one of whom could have imagined how small was the chance of their ever seeing her again. The fact of her having twice made the passage of the Atlantic in safety had opened up a brighter prospect for her; but within 48 hours of her com- mencing this passage to New York she was in greater peril than she had ever been previously, not omitting the fearful explosion on her first trial trip. We had nearly 400 passengers on board, including an unusual number of ladies and children. With the crew we made up a total of 800 souls. We pro ceeded very satisfactorily during Tuesday night and Wednesday, our speed averaging from 12 to 14 knots per hour. We last sighted land soon after noon on Wednesday, and later in the day the wind changed from south-east to north-west, blowing fresh. I can render the events of the next few days more distinct by adopting the form of a diary. THURSDAY, This morning we have a fresh gale, with a good sea. Noon—A heavy gale ; wind, from north to west ; sea, tremendous. We roll very heavily, and ship many seas. I now begin to understand the true meaning of a gale in the Atlantic. The cap tain looks anxious, but the passengers have faith in the big ship. The rolling is fearful, and quite up sets all persons' notions of the steadiness of the Great Eastern. One of our cows has her leg broken ; in a short time they are both " rolled" to death. 2 o'Clock.—Things look worse. The captain tries to put Warhead to the wind. The port paddle gives way with a great crash in the attempt. The jib lb set, I presume to aid in steering, but it is blown to ribands in a few moments. The rolling increases; the deck presents an angle of 45 degrees, and none but experienced seamen can walk about. Attention is suddenly drawn to the boats ; they are suspended on either side, but mostly on fixed davits. The heavy rolling brings the boats in violent contact with the waves. The tackling of the longboat be comes deranged; a man and a boy enter it to re medy the evil, but the wind strikes the boat, and gives the occupants forcible ejectment—happily upon deck, and in a moment it is floating far away 1 from us. Four other boats share a similar fate in rapid succession. Continued efforts are made to bring the ship to the wind. I watch the men at the wheel—there is almost an army of them. They are contending with an element whose power they are indeed familiar with, but cannot fully estimate, They still stand to their post, and we still have hope. 5.45.—0ur position is becoming indeed cri tical. A tremendous sea has just struck our stern. It has broken her rudder-head and done serious damage to her stern-post. Still, we are not quite at the mercy of the waves ; we have our screw, and we have our starboard paddle. The wind is no w getting to the south-west. I now leave the deck, where I have been study ing the great lesson of the deep, and feel anxious to know how matters are progressing below. As I descend the staircase I hear a crashing which even deadens the roaring of the wind and waves. I pass the store-room ; its shelves are empty, and the crockery which filled them fighting a fierce battle on the floor below. I pass into the grand saloon, but a change has come over the scene. Every one who has visited this ship must have been struck with the gorgeous magnificence of her saloons, her easy lounges, her brilliant chandeliers, her nume rous and extensive mirrors, the regard to comfort and elegance in every shape. But the lounges are now overturned, the tables are thrown down and broken, the chairs are franticly chasing those who but a few moments before had been their fair occupants. The stove from the centre of the room is adrift ; it has wreaked its vengeance upon a large mirror, but has mischief in it yet. Books leave their shelves without the slightest solicitation, and present them selves to the mental development in a manner not calculated to aid reflection. But the ladies and children !—where can they seek protection ? Some have, indeed, sought their cabins, but the majority are huddled in corners on the floor, and terror is strongly marked on their faces. The stewards are capturing the various articles of furniture, and binding them down as they would so many wild and savage beasts. I venture in to assist, and an rewarded for my indiscretion by being hurled vio lently against the mirror, which had been "starred" by the stove. It falls into a thousand pieces, and inflicts injury upon many. I am, perhaps, tt e greatest sufferer. I have my head cut, my little finger dislocated, and a tooth knocked out. Every fresh lurch adds to the destruction and the damage. I leave the grand saloon, a more complete wreck in appearance than it was the day after the explosion on the first trial trip. There is much more to see below, but I am anxious to know how all is going on on deck. The ship, I now learn confidentially, is considered unmanage able. The snapping of the rudder-head is a double misfortune. It allows the rudder to swing round upon the screw, and entirely prevents it from being worked. The ship has begun to drift into the trough of the sea. Another effort is made with the remaining paddle to, turn its head. The effort is too much—this paddle now gives way, and at last we are (10 p.m.) at the entire mercy of the waves. Happily, but one or two on board know of the full extent of the misfortunes, or there would be very few beds occupied. May the great Ruler of the waves have m ercy upon us this night ! The trysai l just set is blowi ng in ribands before the wind. FRIDAY, 6 A.M. I rise from a feeble attempt to sleep. 'The gale is Atli! furious. We are drifting before the wind at the rate of three or four knots an hour. We have never been more than 300 miles from land. We are d,rifting eastward now; but, even if the wind does THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SMPTEMBER 20, 1861. not change, it will be many days before we can reach laud in this manner. The pumps are all going. I do not like the sound, bnt am assured that they hay misfortunes. Noon—All goes well. We are putting our house in order as far as possible. This evening we have had a meeting of passengers convene° to complete mastery over the water. The water has got in through the ports and by way of the deck. The captain is a brave fellow, and keeps his spirits up wonderfully. He is ever keeping the men steady at the wheel, although the rudder has been gone for many hours. He knows the alarm a knowledge of this would create. I overhear a consultation between consider the incidents of this unfortunate voyage. It is well attended, and the resolutions will be given in detail hereafter. They draw attention to many points of grave importance, which I hope will re ceive proper weight in the management and form an appropriate conclusion to this narrative. TUESDAY. We are in sight of land, and there is great rejoic ing. 10 a.m.—We are off Queenstown, and boats are coming to us. The destination of the ship is Milford. We have lost no lives, and the baker is the captain and some of the officers. Something must be done to try and turn the ship's head, and then, if the wind abates, sail will be set, and we may reach a port in safety. How is it to be done ? A large spar, marked as weighing four tons, is to be heavily loaded with iron, then fastened to an im mense hawser, and thrown overboard. This method has been successfully employed on similar occasions with great success. It is being prepared, and Igo down in the meantime to have another investigation below. Luncheon is set in the dining saloon; some cannot eat, but still many seats are occupied. The rolling—or now, more properly speaking, " rock ing," for the movement is violently from side to side—comes on again with renewed force. The passengers catch hold of the tables to support them selves. The tables are not fastened, for whoever supposed the big ship would become so rampant ? The tables give way, and the scene of the grand saloon is enacted again with fearful violence. The stewards rush in to the rescue, but in two minutes every piece of crockery is inevitably smashed, knives and forks fly about in reckless confusion, and the scene closes by a general accumulation of tables, chairs, crockery, passengers, and stewards in the middle of the saloon. The destruction of property by this one casualty may be counted by hundreds. I return to the deck. The spar is being thrown over, and it certainly steadies our movements. But we are still in the trough of the sea—still at the mercy of the winds: It is now evening. It is the second i day of our misfortunes, and we do not see the end of them. A meeting of the passengers is held. They face the difficulties manfully. We are out of the track of veseels. It may be some days before we meet with aid. In the meantime we must be care ful of our resources. A committee is appointed to confer with the captain, and a working committee to watch and protect the interests of the passengers. The captain and officers must save the ship—we must aid in preserving discipline. lam appointed chairman of the working committee, and go through the ship by virtue of my office. I thus learn much more of the destruction of property and the condi tion of the passengers than I knew before. The noise produced by the continued rolling of the vessel is dreadful. Bottles, broken crockery, knives, forks, and plated articles, constantly dashed violently from side to side of an iron ship, produce the very agony of discord ; and the chorus is brought up by a tallow cask weighing many cwt., and a chain cable weigh ing many tons, which have got loose in a large compartment of the vessel, and spread consternation and terror throughout the ship. We get these mat ters remedied, and we take very stringent precau tions against fire, which is the only element re quired to make our misery complete. Taere are more aching hearts than sleeping eyes to-night. SATURDAY, 5.30 A.M. A friend comes to tell my cabin companion that the water is making fast on the pumps, that all hopes of safety are now over, and that it is only a question of time when the boats shall be lowered. I dress quickly, and take, as I consider, a farewell view of my cabin. On getting to deck I find the alarm a false one. He had only learnt what I already knew as to the steerage, and the water was not gaining upon the pumps ; but the hatches were open, and the noise of the water rushing from side to side, with the rocking of the ship, is really alarming. The gale has in a great measure subsided, but there is still a strong swell. We are drifting steadily along, whether we hardly know. A little later I find our course has been much as follows :—Yester day we were going nearly due north, to-day we are going south-west. Our chief hope now lies in sighting some vessel ; but we are still miles from the line of ships. Many anxious eyes scan the horizon, and many learn, almost for the first time, of the dreary loneliness of the great ocean, except in the beaten tracts of commerce. A new subject of interest arises. There is scarcely a cabin in the ship to which the water has not found its way. Many require a change of clothes, and the hatchways of the baggage stores are opened. The scene that presents itself defies all description. The water has got in, and in sufficient force to float even many of the larger articles. The rocking of the ship has set the whole mass in motion. It has the free range of a compartment some 60ft. square, and 24 hours of such friction has reduced portman teaus, hatboxes, dressing-cases, and all the personal chattels incident to 400 passengers into a mass of pulp such as could not be rivalled by one of the most powerful shoddy mills in the West Riding of York shire. Igo down, for I have a personal interest in this mass of ruin. Identity is out of the question. Here are the spangles of the dress of an actress ; and there sleeves of an officer's coat. On this side the rim of a hat, on that the leg of a dress boot. There has been gross negligence in this matter, and the misery which will be occasioned to some portion of the passengers I need not dwell upon, because words cannot adequately express it. Later, I see men feeling cautiously with their bare feet for jewels and money, in which this desolation is said to be rich. How they will identify their own, and resist the temptation of taking that which is not theirs, is beyond my philosophy. The sea is getting more quiet, and a new hope springs up. An American gentleman, a Mr. Towle, a civil engineer, and a passenger, suggests a means of repairing our rudder. The captain places the engineer department at his disposal. To-morrow will decide. We still look out for a friendly sail, and rockets go up, ar.d blue lights burn as darkness comes on. 9.3o.—There is a cry, "A sail !" "A sail !" I look. It is close upon us. A small brig. She is the Magnet cf Halifax, and has seen our distress ~signals. Now for the first time during three days there are signs of rejoicing on board. Husbands embrace their wives; fathers and mothers their children ; she agrees to lie by us for the night, and we retire with renewed hopes. the only person at all in danger. The damage to the ship and its fittings must be estimated by thousands. The paddlewheels are doubled up like pieces of iron hoop, and have now disappeared down to the shaft. The rudder post was composed of solid iron, some six or eight inches square. The stern post was still more massive. The boats can be replaced readily. The destruction to the fittings is more serious, and implies an entire renovation. The crockery and glass is an entire loss, and the stores have been destroyed in the most wholesale manner. SUNDAY. The sea is calm by comparison. We have drifted about 100 miles in two days; at first in the wrong direction, but are now getting right again, and are going south•west. I ask the doctor how many casualties have come under his charge. He says 27, but adds that there are many more. He has only dealt with the worst. We have had no loaf bread for two days. This is chiefly occasioned by a severe accident to the baker, who was thrown across the bakehouse during the raging of the storm, and has a compound fracture of the leg. Barrels of biscuits are lashed in various conspicous places, and we help ourselves. An American service is read by the Rev. W. Patten, D.D., of New York. The steering ar rangements are going on well, and hope is expressed on all sides, it is written upon all faces. s.3o—There is a joy which does not find its expression in words or cheers. The ship moves not by the drifting of the sea, of which we have grown so tired during the last few days, but by means of her screw, and her head is being brought round, but her direction is home. Neither the temporary expedient which is now steering us nor the general condition of the ship justify the captain in remaining in the Atlan tic. We are 280 miles from Cape Clear. We may hope the screw will take us eight knots per hour, and shall see land in 36 hours. An English service, conducted by the Rev. W. B. Banister of Liverpool, was held as soon as we were well on our way. The moon shines brightly, the sea has assumed almost a dead calm, the decks are gay, and we are all com paratively happy. MONDAY. We are progressing steadily in a dead calm. At 10 a.m. we sight the Persia. We meet her with mingled feelings of joy and disappointment. She left port four days after us, and will carry obscure tidings of our misfortune to New York, for we can not stop our engines without imperilling our tempo rarysteerin g arrangements. She sees we are distressed and comes round us. She clearly does not understand why we do not stay our course, and she proceeds on her course, for she carries the mails. She has impor tant despatches for many here, myself among the number. It adds another link to the chain of our Captain Walker was formerly a commander in the Cunard line. He left to join the Galway Company, and was appointed to the command of the Great Eastern only ten days before we sailed this tima. The following resolutions were passed at a general meeting of the passengers of the Great Eastern, held on her return to port, 17th Sept., 1861 :-- " 1. That we recognise with gratitude the kind care of Almighty God in protecting us during the peril of the storm and bringing us at last safely out of oar danger. " 2. That we feel it to be our imperative duty to state that the Great Eastern was sent to sea thoroughly unprepared to face the storms which every one must expect to meet in crossing the At lantic; and that, if it had not been for the extra ordinary strength of the hull, and the skill which was manifested in the construction of the vessel and its engines, in all human probability every soul on board would have perished. We call particular attention to the ballasting of the Great Eastern, the state of her paddle-wheels, the position of the boats, the insecure and most perilous character of her internal fittings, and the careless way in which she was stowed, owing to which carelessness, in fact, a large portion of our luggage has been most recklessly and utterly destroyed. " 3. That we desire to express our satisfaction with the conduct of the captain, especially since the occurrence of the disaster which overtook the ship, which has been marked by a high degree of courage, fertility of resources, energy, untiring perseverance, and nautical skill, to which the safety of the ship and passengers is in a great measure attributable. "4. That we would also acknowledge with deep thankfulness the sense we entertain of the valuable scientific suggestions of one of the cabin passen gers, Hamilton E. Towle, of Boston, U.S., civil engineer, made in order to repair the injuries sus tained by the steering apparatus of the vessel; and of the patient attention with which, at much per sonal inconvenience, he assisted Captain• Walker until the ship was enabled again to proceed. " 5. That some suitable testimonial of our appre ciation of the skill and services of Mr. Towle be provided and presented to him by the passengers. " 6. That we regret being obliged to condemn in the strongest terms the confusion arid mismanage ment evident in every arrangement relating to the comfort and convenience of passengers of all classes, and we have been grieved by the waste and wanton destruction which we have witnessed. " 7. That feeling that there is ground for the gravest possible censure, we respectfully urge that the Board of Trade should be asked to make imme diate inquiry into the condition of the ship when she was sent to sea. " 8. The names of the committee appointed to pro tect and consider the interests of the passengers are Benjamin F. Angel, New York; Thomas B. For ward, Liverpool ; Montgomery Gibbs, New York ; D. V. M'Lean, Easton, Pennsylvania ; Cecil Mor timer, London ; James Palen, Paris ; Cornelius Walford, London. ‘i 9. That the unanimous and heartfelt thanks of this nacotir36 of the pas:lengers of the Great Eastern be given to the captain of the brig Magnet, of Hali fax, Nova Scotia, for his ready response to our appeal to stand by us in distress on the night of Saturday, the 14th inst., and the following day." too late. The water entered not only a great many cabins, but, what was worse, the hold, where all the lug gage was kept. If you had seen down into this room you would never forget that sight. Deal boxes were smashed to atoms, and their contents were floating about—lndia shawls, and silk dresses, and things of every description. Leather trunks looked as if they had been for months in the water. Everywhere sparkling gold Chains, watches, and jewelry. What the Great Rip Company are going to do I do not know, but I hope they will pay back the passage money and indemnify the poor sufferers for the loss of their luggage. The worst off are the steerage passengers. We are just entering port, and I conclude this letter. Mr. P. de Corvin, another passenger on board the Great Eastern, writes :—This day week the Great Eastern left the Mersey, amid the cheering of hundreds of thousands of spectators, the roaring of guns, and the playing of bands. Very portly directors, with red geraniums in their buttonholes, and shining, benignant, after-dinner faces, had been inspecting the great ship, and said that all was very well. They mustered the crew, and the sturdy fellows passed by them pulling their forelocks or doffing their caps. I was glad when these gentle men left by the Emperor for shore, for I had not the slightest confidence in their praises, as far as their judgment about sea matters is concerned. We found on board the ship the greatest dis order, and the worst possible arrangement. All the passengers complained; comparisons between the order on board the Great Eastern and the Cunard steamers were made, very much to the advantage of the latter. However, all went on smoothly and well until we passed Cape Clear. In the morning of Thursday last a rather fresh breeze sprang up, which increased every moment, and became a storm about noon. It was one of those heavy equinoctial gales which are the terror of the seafarer. lam not much of a sailor, but captains on board her say it was one of the heaviest gales they ever expe rienced. The Great Eastern was tossed about as if she had been an eggshell ; the waves rose as high as Primrose-hill, and to walk on board was impos sible. Even the oldest sailors could not find their sea legs. Some of them were hurled against you, or the gunwale, or down some dark hole. The cook broke his leg in three places. A lady broke her arm in her cabin, and broken noses and black eyes were to be seen everywhere. Two cows had been, very properly, accommodated just over the ladies' saloon. This miserable shed gave way at once. One cow popped her head through a window to take refuge against the bad weather in the ladies' saloon, but she unfortunately broke her leg, and was thus prevented further progress. A sailor came running up the staircase, a long knife in his hand, and eagerly crying out, " I am going to kill the cow to save her life." That fellow was certainly an Irishman, and this " bull" is not fabricated, for I heard it myself and enjoyed it, notwithstanding all the roaring of the sea. The night was indeed frightful. The very paddle boxes were plunged into the foaming sea ; that is something, if you consider the height of this vessel. The sea was knocking furiously for admittance against my cabin window. I thought it much better to die comfortably, and went to bed, but I was obliged to tie my arm to the bed-post. My cabin was close to the first dining saloon, where a horrible noise was going on. Attracted by curiosity, I peeped through the windows of my neighbour's cabin, and saw the most curious sight I ever saw. Tables and chairs were dancing a hornpipe ; the stove joined most heartily in the fun, and the dan cers seemed determined to break down the nicely turned mahogany columns and bannisters, which snapped like glass. It was a noise as if rocks were shifted to and fro by an angry surf. In the grand saloon the devastation was almost greater still. A marble slab joined a high-nosed gentleman in the enterprise of smashing the largest mirror. Of course, nose and mirror had the worst of it. Only with danger of life could people cross one of these saloons. The gentlemen were more frightened than the ladies, who behaved, without exception, as men ought to do, but there were plenty of old women among the men. The Great Eastern is a very strong ship, but her paddles and rudder were not in proportion. The paddles were twisted, broken, and carried away, and also the rudder, where an iron bar ten inches in diameter snapped like a lucifer-match. The storm continued, and the vessel was not to be steered. She was lying in the trough of the sea, and the waves were dashing against her broadside. She proved a most determined cradle, and the oldest man has not been rocked in all his life as mach as we were in these pose of going through a course of instruction in few days. They say the fault was in the want of gymnastics, exercises of this kind being now an cargo. To steady her we attempted to set some important branch of Artillery training. sails, but they were blown away. The detachment of Royal Marine Light Infantry At last there came help by an American engineer paid off from the Niger, returned from duty in New returning to his country on board the Great Zealand, were yesterday inspected on parade by Eastern, Mr. Hamilton E. Towle. He suggested a Col. Campbell, Commandant at Woolwich, and plan to mend the rudder, and succeeded perfectly, were granted the usual leave of absence. notwithstanding the roaring of the sea. I have been down in the steerage, and admired very much his very simple and, at the same time, scientific arrangements. The apparatus is very ingenious, and, at the same time, as strong as possible. Whether it would have stood in a heavy gale is another question, but it was perfectly sufficient to bring us to the entrance of the harbour of Queens town. The captain of the Great Eastern did his duty ; if the benignantly smiling directors had done the same we should not have suffered so much. After the storm we met a little brig, the Magnet, from Halifax. She was requested to stay with us all night, and did so, but the next morning we turned her off rather ungraciously. The same was the case with the Persia, for which we all longed. A board was held up stating that we had lost our rudder, and that she might go to our lee side. She did as requested, but we were running before her nine knots an hour (only by screw), and I do not wonder that the captain of the Persia thought us rather foolish. He stopped and made off, probably L not seeing a board on which was written "We I cannot stop the machine," and which was held up SIR W. N ARMST.ROG AND CAPTAIN BLAKELY. TO THE EDITOR OF " THE TIMES." Sir,—l have just read in your paper of the 18th Capt. Blakely's letter with reference to the remarks made by Sir W. Armstrong at Manchester last week. I believe it was to myself that Sir William then referred, as it was from my own lips that he heard the wire system was patented, and he at that time (I think in 1855) told me of his being in communi cation with Mr, Brunel on the same subject. This is, however, of minor importance. Captain Blakely and I had the same idea about the same time. We subsequently became acquainted with each other, and agreed to push the wire principle jointly. I have at various times spent both time and money to induce the War Department to give the system a fair trial. I brought the subject before the Institution of Civil. Engineers in 1860, and I then proved by strict mathematical analysis that the principle was correct. I supported this by the result of experi ment. My reasonings and my experiments have never been for a moment controverted. In winding up the discussion the President said, " It was evident that Mr. Longridge had estab lished such a prima facie case as should have en titled him to have received the attention of Govern ment." I submit that Captain Blakely and I have done all we could be expected to dn, and more; and I say with him that we have never for one instant sought to place our private interests in the way of the adoption by Government of our ideas. Since Sir William Armstrong's speech at Man chester I have again sought to induce him to try the system. He declines to do so unless by special instruction from the War Department, which he leaves to me to obtain. I have not much hopes of doing so, but will try once more. In the meantime I must be allowed to say that Captain Blakely and myself have never sought to impose any conditions, have never raised our rights as patentees in the way of Sir William Armstrong, but have, on the contrary, always been most anxious to give our gratuitous services to render available an invention which affords the means of constructing artillery of any calibre at a moderate cost and with perfect certainty of success. Sir William Armstrong states the great difficulty he finds in making a 3001 b. gun on the plan he is now pursuing. I can readily believe it ; nay, more, I will say that I do not believe he will suc ceed. But on the wire principle I will stake my reputation to make a I,ooolb. gun which gunpowder cannot burst, and at a less cost than the 3001 b. gun Sir William is now making. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAS. A. LONGRIDGE, Musketry Instructor, C.E. 18, Abingdon-street West, Sept 19. POLICE IN2ELLIGENCE, Sept. 19. SOUTHWARK. --THE CHARGE OF MAN SLAUGHTER AGAINST AN OMNIBUS CONDUCTOR.— Benjamin Martin, a respectable-looking young man, who was suffering from a severe injury to his right leg, was brought into court and placed in a chair by the side of the dock, for final examination, charged with causing the death of Stephen Os borne, an omnibus driver, by striking him and throwing him off a Peckham omnibus, of which he (prisoner) was the conductor. Mr. W. Edwin appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Lemuel Frederick Lettell, second committee clerk to the corporation of London, said that on Wednesday afternoon, the 4th inst., he was walk ing up the Old Kent-road towards his home at Peckham-rye. About 20 minutes to five he saw an omnibus coming towards him, hnd at the same time the prisoner, who was acting as conductor, got on the roof and jumped by the side of the driver, whom he struck with his left hand. They then had a scuffle together and fell off the vehicle. Mr. Burcham asked whether the driver closed with the prisoner. Witness replied that he could not see, it was so instantaneous. When they fell off the wheels passed over both. Witness ran to the spot, and the pri soner got up, but the driver was apparently dead, and he followed him into a surgeon's close by. Witness, previous to that, said to the prisoner, " You have made a pretty mess of it by striking the man." The prisoner replied, " I did not strike him." Witness said, " You blackguard, you did, as I saw you." The prisoner then said that the deceased had been at it all the way up. Witness took the prisoner's number and left him. In cross-examination by Mr. Edwin, he said the blow he saw struck was not a violent one. fort. Being in want of employment, she forwarded the directed and stamped envelope, and received the following letter : " Belvidere-place, Southwark, 6-9, 1861. "Madam,—The home employment will pay you 2s. 6d. per hour (permanently) for as long every day as you engage in it, and you can employ as many hands as you please. It is so easily effected that children cannot err unless wil fully. For the apparatus (small), an d th e mater i a l s, a l so their carriage, you.will have nothing to pay, and you will be paid by me for your work weekly. Owing to the great beauty of the designs, a quality they must possess for me to retain the unexampled success of my patent, I am paying fourfold the sum agreed on, and therefore those whom with yourself 1 have selected to engage must each repay me 36 postage stamps towards the extra cost, and should you do so I will send you specimens, instructions, diagrams, &c., and wait your determination. " I am, Madam, yours most respectfully, " P.S. For each 2s. 6d. you get I shall receive much more, I being the inventor and having been at a great outlay, such is my due. Notice particularly the end of the coffee cir- I cular." The magistrate was here informed that Belvidere place was in the Southwark-bridge-road and oppo site the Queen's Prison. The writer was an inmate of that prison, and had for some years obtained money from the unwary by similar practices. Last year several poor people complained to the magis trates of his conduct, and for a time his evil practices were put a stop to. Advertisements were inserted almost every day by him, and it was understood. that victims poured in wholesale. The magistrate asked the applicant whether she had sent the postage stamps to him ? She replied that - she had some time ago, but never receiving any answer she went to Belvidere-place, Southwark, and then found that all letters addressed to him went to him in the Queen's Prison. She ac cordingly proceeded there, and had an interview with him, when he treated her in a most insolent manner, and not only refused to return her postage stamps, but refused to give her any equivalent. She consequently spoke to the authorities of the prison, who recommended her to come to his worship and state the facts, with the view of the matter being made public through the newspapers, so that a stop may be put to his swindling transactions. The Magistrate said he had do doubt that the reporters would take notice of her application, as it was necessary that the public should be put on their guard against those advertising adventurers. Applicant thanked his worship and withdrew. A foreign system of swindling has also been ori ginated in the same prison by a Frenchman. He and his companions have been advertising in the French newspapers for directors of an English com pany forming in London. A handsome salary is guaranteed, and all applications must be made to him at Belvidere-place, Southwark. These letters have been taken to the post-office in the Queen's Prison, where they have been claimed by him, he telling the post-office keeper that they had been misdirected for hick. Two gentlemen called on the magistrate, one of whom could not speak English. The one that could, said that his friend had been induced to come from France through the represen tations of this person. Hundreds of communica tions reach this man weekly, and most likely some of them contain remittances. Thomas Henry Rees, manufacturing chemist, re siding in Dennett's-road, Hatcham, said that on the afternoon in question he got into the prisoner's omnibus at the Montague Arms, Queen's-road, Peckham. The deceased was acting as conductor then, and the prisoner as driver. At Mr. Martin's public-house they changed places and went on towards London, but all along they were disputing with each other. When they got to the Shard Arms in the Old Kent-road they stopped and the prisoner went into a cigar shop. The driver went on then, and the pi isoner when he came out of the shop ran after the omnibus and got on the steps. Tne dis puting continued, and another omnibus passed them at the Nelson. The prisoner then directed the deceased to follow. He did not do so, and they had more words together. He heard the prisoner call out to the driver " What's that you say ?" and at the same moment he saw the conductor get on the top of the vehicle. Witness looked out of the win dow and saw them both fall off the roof and the wheels pass over them. Witness immediately got out of the omnibus and saw the driver lying on the ground apparently dead, but the prisoner jumped up and got on his omnibus. Witness followed him and saw that he was injured severely, when he was conveyed to his lodgings by the police. Edward Lloyd, house decorator, Montpelier road, Peckham, said he was walking along the Old Kent road towards home on the afternoon in question when he saw an omnibus coming towards him, and two men were on the driver's box struggling together, and they fell, the wheels of the vehicle passing over both. He ran up and saw the deceased driver lying on the ground apparently dead, and the prisoner said, "We had a scuffle for the reins, and we both fell off." After the driver was con veyed to a surgeon's he perceived that the prisoner had received serious injuries to his right leg and thigh, and he was carried home. William Bailey, horse-keeper, said he was riding outside the omnibus from Peckham, and during the journey he heard the prisoner say that the driver was chunk, and that he did not want to earn any m ore money. When they got as far as the Lord Nelson, Mr. Austin's omnibus passed them, and they followed. The prisoner called out to the deceased, " Don't follow that man, as his time is right up." The deceased took no notice of it, but went on, when the prisoner got on the roof and attempted to take the reins from him, when they both fell to the ground, and the off wheels passed over them. Wit ness did not see the prisoner strike a blow. Mr. Isaac Morris, acting house surgeon at Guy's Hospital, said he recollected Stephen Osborne being brought in about five on Wednesday afternoon, the 4th instant, He was then dead. Witness made a post mortem examination on the following day, and found the right cheek bone broken. The right co llar bone was fr actured, as w ell as the ten upper ribs on the righ t side, and sev en upper ribs on the left side. The liver was torn completely asunder. In cross - exa mination, he said that all these in juries were caused by the fall and the omnibus passing over him. en Joshua Old T K h e o n m t- a r s o , ad 2s o 9 n t Ai h said he was o n d u t y i n e afternoon i n ques ti on , directly they got there. he was called into the surgery of Dr. Palmer, w here he saw the deceased Stephen thewh the request of the doct or he y e dhim Osborne. to e At G us conveyed Hospital, and he expi re d Witness afterwards went to the prisoner's lodgings, and found him in bed, attended suf fering from a fractur e d leg. He b t y el a d s h u i r m geo th n a, that consider himself_ in custody, when the pri soner said,' How is Osborne?" Witness told him he was dead. The prisoner seemed m at hearing th a t, and said it was anaccuideeh affected accident; they had a scuffle for the reins and fell off. This being m__r. „ the case for the prosecution , nurcham committed the prisoner for trial for the manslaughter of Stephen Osborne. Mr. Ed w i n asked his worship to accept bail. His Client was a respectable young man and required great medical care. Mr. Barcham accepted bail, and the prisoner was assisted out of court by his friends. SWINDLING TRANSACTIONS IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—In the course of the day a genteel-looking female waited on his worship for advice under the following circumstances :—She said that about a fortnight ago she saw an advertisement in some of the newspapers, headed "Employment at your own Homes," offering to any person sending a directed and stamped envelope to a certain address tne means of obtaining a livelihood with ease and com- ZHE NAVY. Information was yesterday received at Woolwich of the result of the experiments entered into on the preceding day off Shoeburyness with Capt. Coles's battery-shield on board the Trusty. The shield having undergone the former tests as a sheltered battery, was on the present occasion fired into by a 100-pounder Armstrong' gun, directed by expe rienced gunners belonging to the Excellent at Portsmouth. The gun was fired at a distance of 400 yards from her Majesty's gunboat Cochin. Shot after shot was seen to strike the shield, glance off rapidly and fall into the sea, without effecting any apparent injury ; 98 shots were fired with the like result, the 99th made a visible indentation, and the 100th charge, happening to alight on the same spot, penetrated the facing. The shield was now shat tered to a certain degree by the amount of pound ing it had received from one of the heaviest guns in the service. Over a range of only 400 yards it has borne the brunt of the attack beyond anticipa tion. The experiment is, therefore, pronounced exceedingly satisfactory. The sailing transport Conway, laden with a heavy cargo of powder and war stores for Quebec, has sailed from Woolwich Arsenal for her destination. A very large amount of war stores of every descrip tion is also awaiting transport, for Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, for which tonnage has been secured. The War Department steamer Lord Panmure, Master-Commander T. Moore, having landed 9,853 barrels of obsolete ammunition, and other stores from Devonport, yesterday commenced loading a cargo of Armstrong guns and projectiles at Wool wich, for the west. The Lord Vivian also commenced shipping at Woolwich a cargo of cupolas for preparing molten iron, guns (68 -pounders), and other war stores for Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney. Mr. Walter Scott, chief clerk in tho Store receiver's office in Woolwich dockyard, was yester day promoted by an Admiralty order to the post of principal clerk in the Storekeeper's office, vice Mr. Johnson, appointed accountant of the yard, The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Henry Edmonds, surg., to the Victory ; F. Brockton, engineer, to the Asia, for the Vigilant ; W. H. Edwards, promoted to engi neer in the Pantaloon; George F. Bell, acting engi neer to the Cumberland, for the Zebra ; J. T. Payne, acting engineer, to the Fisgard, for the Devastation ; Robert Ditchburn, second-class assist.-eng*er, confirmed, in the Conqueror ; William Conolly, assist-surg., to the Impregnable; John Brown, assist.-aurg., to the Medea ; Fred. Percy, assist.- surg., to the Donegal ; Henry G. Ruby, assist.- surg., to the Victory, for Haslar Hospital. THE ARMI The following circular memorandum relating to soldiers' wives has been promulgated by the Ad jutant• General, Sir J. Yorke Scarlett : With reference to article 65 of the regulations for the purveyors, dated January 1,1860, by which medical officers are permitted to draw upon the purveyor for medical comforts, when deemed abso lutely necessary, for the wives, and children of soldiers married with leave under a certificate from the officers commanding, the Secretary of State for War has, at the instigation of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, been pleased so far to relax the order for obtaining the commanding officer's certificate before issue as in cases of great urgency, where delay' would be injurious to the patient, to permit the issue to be made on the certi ficate of the medical officer that the case requires immediate attention, and with the understanding that the requisition will be backed by the command ing officer as soon after as possible. His Royal Highness therefore requests that commanding officers will be most particular in their inquiries as to the necessity of the issue before their signature is obtained, as any abuse of this boon to the soldier's family will inevitably deprive them of its continu ance." The detachments of Royal Engineers who pro ceed to the Mediterranean with the 31st and 33d companies, to augment the troops serving at Gib raltar, Malta, and Corfu,have been completed from the non-commissioned officers and men composing the depot companies at head-quarters, the whole of them having gone through their course of instruc tion in pontooning, sapping and mining, and field works. The two companies, as well as the detach ments, embark at Portsmouth in the Himalaya, and will leave Chatham on the 26th inst. The large ranges of buildings erected on the south side of Brompton barracks square, on either side of the Crimean memorial arch, having been com pleted and fitted up for the use of the Royal Engineers,: were yesterday appropriated to the purposes for which they were built. The principal block of buildings contains a large lecture theatre capable of accommodating several hundred men, together with class-rooms and school-rooms. The range of buildings an the opposite side of the Crimean arch include libraries, school-rooms, litho graphic, photographic, and printing and engraving rooms, the whole of which are fitted up with all the most modern improvements and inventions in con nexion with those branches of practical science. We have to record the death of Major-General Mercer, late Col.-commandant of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, who expired on Tuesday last at his residence, Southsea. The deceased en tered her Majesty's service in 1803, and assisted at the destruction of the French squadron in the Basque roads. In 1810 he repeatedly landed on the north coast of Spain, co-operating with the patriots. In 1812, while on board her Majesty's ship Java, he was engaged with and captured by the United States' frigate Constitution. In re cognition of his services the deceased had b een decorated with the war medal with one clasp. His commission bore date as follows : — Lieut. , October, 1805 ; eapt., July, 1826 ; major, Novem ber, 1841 ; lieut. - col., Novem ber, 1846 ; col., May, 1851 ; and major-gen. in 1856. A detachment of non-commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery was yesterday despatched from head-quarters, Woolwich; to Oxford, for the par. TIIE BUILDERS' STRIKE. The delegates sent from the masons committee into the country to the jobs of the London hour masters, all returned yesterday, and report that, with some trifling exceptions, the whole Gf the masons employed upon the works of Messrs. Myers, Holland, Trollope, Smith, I'Anson, Bird, and Dove, have left, and the works, in nearly all cases, brought to a standstill, and that the number of men falling back upon the strike fund will be much less than was expected, in consequence of so many of them having immediately obtained employment, the building trade in the provinces being very brisk. From the same cause, the agents of the associated London employers have been unsuccessful in ob • • taming any further supply of masons for the London yards, which, notwithstanding the many statements made to the contrary, are not, as yet, half filled. The smaller firms have now nearly all conceded the terms of the compromise to the men, and up to yesterday 45 firms, three or four of whom employ about 50 masons each, and the others from 3 to 10 men each, are working under these terms. About 400, or nearly two-thirds, of the London masons who struck work in May last have thus been absorbed, and the strike fund relieved to that extent. The men say they are quite prepared, if necessary, to carry on the struggle through the winter. In the meantime the other branches of the building trade who are now working on the hour system under protest are organising themselves, with a view to an united effort in the spring to overthrow the systen. Another meeting of the associated masters has been convened to take the position of the trade, owing to the stoppage of the country jobs, into consideration. COUNTRY MARKETS. f MANCHE STER-SEpT. 19. " English wheat was generally held for is per qr advance, with a fair demand ; but Foreign, being held for 4d to 6d per 1001bs advance, was dealt in. New English flour in moderate request, and 6d dearer per sack. Oats, beans, and Indian corn supported late quotations. Oatmeal in more request, old sorts rather higher. BIRMINGHAM-SETT. 19. At to-day's market there was a less supply of English wheat from the farmers, and new sold readily at fully is advance on last week's rates. Barley was held firmly for a similar advance. Oats and beans unaltered. Peas is dearer. PLYMOUTH-SEPT. 17. The market was firmer, with a fair attendance, and the prices is 6d over last week's currencies—English white wheat, 60s to 61s ; red, 56s to 57s per qr ; French do., 60s to 62s ; American, 61s to 63s ; Spanish, 74s to 76s ; Rus sian, 60s to 625. Barley in poor supply, at 36s to 43s per qr for malting ; grinding, 32s to 36s ; oats, 24s to 28s ; and beans, —s to —s ; 44s to 46s 6d. CORK-SEPT. 18. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 20s Od to 27s Od ; white, 23s Od to 308 Od; barley 123 6d to 15s Od ; oats, 9s Od to 14s 6d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—SEPT. 18. Wheat on the top 3s Od up average 5s 4d up. Barley on the top is Od up average Os Iod up. Oats on tho top Os 6d down., average Os ld down. Beans on the top is Od up.,.. average 5s 10d up. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat . L2 18 0 2-12ths New wheat ... -12ths Barley 1 15 1 6-12ths Oats 1 10 7 3-12ths Beans -12ths Total Supply and Sales. Wheat........ 1023 qrs Sold 780 qrs 8ar1ey........1094 qrs Sold 1014 qrs Oats Beans 77 qrs Sold 42 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD—SEPT. 17. An average number of fat beasts to-day, but the demand was good for fine qualities at former rates. A large show of sheep, generally of good quality. The supply of lambs also large, and a clearance effected. Pigs readily disposed of, but scarce. Calves in small supply. Beet 6d to 6P I Veal . 6ld t o 7d Mutton ... 7d to 7d Pork Lamb 'lid to 8d Rough fat, 4s 3d per stone. Hides, 3d to 41d ; calf skins, 5d to 6d. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. — Irritable Bowels.—To be able to arrest the progress of bowel complaints must be a very desirable objet; nothing will accomplish this so safely end certainly as Holloway's Ointment well rubbed twice a day over the abdomen. It has an advantage orer every other astringent, since it restrains the purging without interfering with the stomach or liver. On reaching the bowels this unguent soothes their irritated lining, and simultaneously relieves all griping, purging, vomiting, disagreeable eructations, and gives general ease without danger of checking the diarrhoea too suddenly. In dysentery the same treatment, a id e d by proper doses of Holloway's Pills, will allay th e excess i ve straining, stop the discharge of slimy matter, and painlessly prevent both ulceration and danger. BIRTHS. BUCHANAN.—On the 16th inst., at Bartonfield, Canter bury, the wife of N. Griffiths Buchanan, Esq., of a daughter. CLAIM .—On the 29th inst., at 7, Eustoß-square, the wife of John Clark, Esq., of a son. ITARDING.—On the 18th inst., at 4, Bernard Villas, Bath, the wife of Edward Harding, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. GILPIN—BEwEs.—On the 18th inst., at Norton, Devizes, George Gilpin, George Bewe s , E sq., of Beaumont House, Plymouth. Esq., R.N , to Annie, relict of Augustus NORRIE—NAsH.—On the 19th inst., at Antony Church, Cornwall, Alex. Dixon Norrie, Lieut. R.N., to Louise Ulrica, the eldest d aug ht er o f th e l a t e C. J. N as h, Li eu t. R.N. DEATHS. C OLLETT.—On the 19th inst., at Pinner, Middlesex, Miss E. A. Collett, aged 81. C AMPBELL.—On the 12th inst., at Kilberry, Argyleshire, John Campbell, Esq., of Kilberry. GIRDWOOD.—On the 14th inst., at Sudbury, John Gird- Wood, Esq., of 49, Pall-mall, London. MERCER.—On the 17th inst., at Southsea, Major-General Mercer, late Colonel Comm an d ant Woolwich Division of Royal Marines. MOORS, , r—On the 19th inst., at 31, Grove-end-road, Saint John's-wood, Colonel William White Moore, late of the H.E.1.0.'s Bengal Establishment. YATES.—On the 17th inst., at 3, Earl's-court, Old Brom?" ton, George Yates, Esq., aged 85. LONDON : Printed and Published by BIURDO YOUNG, by No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strano , in the Precinct o f the Savoy, In the County of Middlesex • Friday, September 20,1861. form shoe ducti Phys lh With chid, a'arr dicat and healt 11W of on 17s, abo last Lia as y sub, vet THE SEC T °the] Pills stree GL( bebst failu Disci eneat tithe lion. PT etre( Chit] Royt Coil tract Cal Lice ! Wre n ., Blat Stain eonsi Bedf atten scrip and( from from W. immE mild the I genit is th , Uede and i Pal any from geon clans on ti atten by th and 1 eager Co Bern Flag