The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-12 00:00:00

LFRE THE'RITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE 31dile. FL°. ADVANC.DLENT OF SCIENCE. IFTHIS First app e MANCHESTER, SEPT. 11. Milan, and On Frld ZOOLGY AND BOTANY. On Se LE SPIDER.—ITS HABITS AND STRUCTURE. is sti. Tuffen West read a paper " On some points r . Merest in the structure and habits of spiders." s aid his object was not to attempt to convey nes w facts in reference to his subject, but to endea . our to have the character, habits, and economy of the spider to be more generally known. He thought he should succeed in showing that there was some interest in the study of this little creature, despite the erroneous popular ideas entertained respecting them. How and why they became to be so univer sally disliked would be a suitable question to inquire at another time. A large proportion of the spiders were very brightly coloured, especially those that dwelt in little flowers, and others rivalled in splen dour the brilliant metals. On the sandy coasts of Dorsetshire there was a species resembling in colour the ground on which they moved, and could with difficulty be distinguished from the ground on They appeared as if they were which they rested. painted the colour of the objects by which they were surrou dned. Some species had great variety in colouring, the individuals being adapted to the locality in which they resided. The fact was noticed by Mr. Blackwell, and he himself had the pleasure of observing it, that spiders had been known to change the colour of the anterior eyes by an inter nal motion. Their colour was green, gold. and yellow. The way in which they effected these changes had not been fairly studied, whilst their purpose for doing so could not even be guessed at. Some spiders had eight eyes, a few had six, and examples could rarely be found in which they had only two. The first pair of legs were longest, , the second next in length, and the unlucky third pair were the lowest and shortest. The male spider was almost uni versally mnch smaller than the females of some spe cies, was more slightly formed in the abdomen, and the limbs much longer. The female was wayward and capricious in courtship—(laughter)—was vicious and not easily pleased. Others were living in a social community, and no doubt should be supposed to be living in harmony and love. As we see them spend the honeymoon, or residing in their comfortable furnished house, we must infer, at any rate, that they wage to agree together. (Re newed laughter.) One species had been dignified by a name peculiar to themselves, because of their easy and comfortable appearance. Mr. West then gave a description of the animal, and proceeded to say that the spiders of the tropics had their eyes placed in such a position in the head that they could see all round without difficulty. The young reside with their parent for some time after they are hatched, and are supplied by the parent with food. The forms and varieties of other species of the spider, he continued, would constitute an inte resting subject for study. He referred to the for mation of the web, and said each spider on the hind legs had a double set of combs, which it worked up and down alternately, so as to form the web, which produced a fabric well calculated to entangle the legs of an insect and hold it firmly. One':species lived habitually under water, carrying down with it its own diving bell, and constructing a habitation below the water, in which it lived by imprisoning air with lime, &c. Their ability to sustain hunger for long periods of time was remark able, amounting in one case to fourteen months. They had many enemies to contend with and keep them in check; their own tribe, quadrupeds, rep tiles, fishes, and even insects, who devoured them; and let not man, then, rank in the list of their as sailants, to destroy creatures whose services were important, who could not hurt us, and who, like ourselves, were wonderfully and mysteriously made. Of course they should not be allowed to collect in their sitting apartment ; but they should be permitted to remain where no injury could arise from their presence. They should not destroy those whose construction afforded a pro blem which would puzzle the ablest amongst them to explain. (Hear, hear.) He said the observation of the spider would form a test of the accuracy of the theory originated by Mr. Charles Darwin in his work on the " Origin of Species." Small spiders were found abundantly in a coal pit which he named near Durham. In that pit, which he had visited, he had found a web 30 feet in length by four feet six inches in breadth. He thought spiders had re collection of former times. The animal which, in its natural state, was solitary and did not spin webs, was found in the coalpit previously spoken of gre garious and spinning webs, thus adapting itself to circumstances. The Rev. Mr. HIGGINS mentioned an anecdote where a gentleman of his father's acquaintance, and for the accuracy of which he could vouch, found a spider living in a pill-box which he was in the habit of carrying about, and which he had put away in an old coat nine years ago. Mr. WEST, in reply to the Rev. Mr. Higgins, said a good method of preserving spiders was to put them into a glass tube with diluted spirits of wine. For fixing the colour chloride of zinc should be used. ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND CRIME. Mr. HENRY ASHWORTH then read a paper on capital punishments, and their influence on crime. The Right Hon. J. NAPIEIt, referring to Ireland, said they had endeavoured for some years past to reduce the punishment of death to the lowest pos sible degree, They had abolished it in cases of con spiritig to commit murder, and where death did not ensue. Out of 46 cases of capital conviction 22 had been pardoned. He believed that wherever the public conscience did not go with the punishment it was beneficial and safe to relinquish it. During the last session of Parliament there had been passed a code of criminal law for the whole kingdom, by which the punishment of death was confined to cases where death actually occurred, and to cases of high trea soe only. (Hear.) For his own part, he thought t'nat where life had been deliberately taken away the murderer's life should be forfeited. Mr. J. Heywood said his observations showed him that juries would rather spare a guilty man occa sionally, if there was the slightest doubt in the matter, than run the possibility of dooming an in nocent man. He had invariably given his vote, in the house, in favour of the abolition of the punish ment of death. He inclined to imprisonment for life, or some other serious penalty of the kind. A further somewhat prolonged discussion followed CE the question, whether it was correct and proper that the law should only execute those that had committed th e mur d er ; it b e i ng s t a t e d, that at Nester, an execution had taken place where death (lid not ensu e . It was explained that such would be under the old law. A new law would come into force on the let of November next. NEW SPECIES OF COTTON,' Mr. W. Dawson read the following paper upon Barraguda cotton I have known this vegetable sn t bstance perhaps f la m ore than 20 years, but only from as Barraguda cotton. The first was an import Peru, via Cape Horn—a few small ballots, 801 b eacwh.oolNlen u.se could be made of it — in paper, cloth, in or cotton goods. Few will lOok at a Substance il eect n d • . less quantity is on the spet ; so it was neglected. Some 5 or 6 years back Mr. John Peter G. Smith brought half a dozen bales from: Pernambuco or River Plate, which no doubt came down that river or the Amazon, from the east side of the Andes," water conveyance being the cheapest. It has been described as from a very large tree, and any quan tity could be obtained, The question is, if a paying price could be realL;ed, and that cannot be deter mined without the capital of some enthusiast can be directed to bring qu ttntity here. There can be no doubt it has a profit F.ble 9nd paving value, and uses little imagined. When quantity is in the market for sale it is worth the nlan ufacturer turning his machi nery into its consurv)tion, as a mixture alone in cotton, like mongo, old rags, and dei l ' s-dust, ground Pto mix with sheep's vool. This shows the value P• Sea ' , hind and Bowed Geo r g ia—these rice,,, are , tu - silky, .waya standards. The forme r is very Any uantity Peruvian an d the' Barraguda cotto n. —bel ow rices q t o ,e fboth can b e obtained at paying cotton is a questi on at or me dium value of such -at times of mathematical calculation. Thi s, 11 1. combination of the kind of goods made, is a sure criterion, and should be an inducement for the merchant capitalist to venture his property. This cotton is the same species as the common thistle fibre, full ripe. It is ingeni ously stated by native Irish that the Emerald Isle grew cotton in ancient times. At harvest it flies in the air for miles, in great plenty, and might be collected with care and industry, and at the proper season the fibre would be sound, and could be sold. One bale of the above was disposed of at 3d. per lb. ; but the Yorkshire buyer did not take delivery. So the whole were taken for domestic use—for sofa cushions, and to mix in feather beds, which saved purchasing swan's down at something under 12s. 6d. per lb. Here is a value and a use. The writer having grown anni, turnip, and other seeds in the county of Kerry, 6,000,000 acres, or very much • more, might be held at a nominal rent in Ireland, where some good cotton might be grown on land neither grazed, scratched, nor nibbled with sheep. William Brown, Esq., M.P., in 1847, through Lord Morpeth (now Earl of Carlisle), obtained for my farm agent, Mr. Robert Bell, the situation of sur veyor of five counties in Ireland. He is now re surveying the whole of Ireland, so every informa tion can be obtained from the Board of Works, through Sir Robert Peel, at the Castle of Dublin, and sites selected for the growth of cotton and model farms, to teach people its culture, that they may go to foreign climes for the object." THE CONCLUDING MEETING. At 1 p.m. to-day a meeting was held in the Town Hall to receive the report of the committee of re commendations, and at 3 p.m. the usual concluding meeting was held in the large room of the Free Trade Hall, on which occasion a very large number of members and associates were present, including several hundreds of ladies. W. Fairbairn, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., C.E., the pre sident, occupied the chair, and he called upon the assistant general secretary, Professor Phillips, to state the financial results of the meeting. That gentleman then said that the average receipts of the nssociation during the last 30 years had been about £2,000 per annum, and that the average attendance during that time had been about 1,600 persons. This year was such a one, both for attendance and money, as had never been known in the history of the society. Up to this day at one o'clock the treasurer had received for 321 old life members, 108 new ditto, 184 old annual ditto, 119 new ditto, 1,588 associates, 818 ladies : total of 3,139 persons present. The amount received was £3,909. Professor Phillips then read over the amounts and purposes for which the committee had determined to this year grant £2,363. One grant has been made to a committee of gentlemen to report upon the cause and best means of preventing rail way accidents. The President then rose, and said it was his pleas ing duty to inform them how successful the present meeting had been. Never had there been more im portant and more interesting papers read in the various sections. He now came, he said, to the mechanical section, about which he knew more than any of the others. In that section he believed there had been papers read which were more inte resting and important that those of any former period. First, there was the patent law, and he hoped they would soon be able to give to the inventive talent of this country that pro tection to which it was so justly entitled. For his own part he was one of those who would not give up the patent law, would not throw open inventions to the world—because he thought a man ought to be paid for any invention of his which was likely to be beneficial to the nation at large. Another important subject discussed in that section was that of our national defences—a subject, he might say, which was of the very greatest importance perhaps. Our stirring and energetic neighbours the French were exceedingly active in this respect, and their Admiralty were the first to protect their ships with iron. Now, he held that it was our duty to be not only not far behind, but far in advance with respect to our naval armaments of every other nation in the world—(hear, hear)—France not excepted. (Ap plause.) Then there was a very important discus sion on our artillery. Both these discussions would, he hoped, lead to the best possible results. (Hear.) After alluding to the success of each of the soirees, and after saying that a letter had been received from Miss Nightingale, thanking the association for the interest it took in the sanitary condition of the British army, he concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the local committee and others who had taken an interest in and had had the management of the arrangements. The Mayor of Manchester (Mr. M. Curtis) ac knowledged the vote, and said he hoped the asso ciation would again soon visit Manchester. (Hear.) Professor Airy, the Astronomer Royal, proposed a vote of thanks to the President, Mr. Fairbairn— a vote -which was responded to by the meeting with acclamation. The President having briefly returned thanks, he declared the meeting was adjourned, and would meet by adjournment at Cambridge next year. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SEPT. 11. The Prince of Wales presented a new stand of colours to the 36th Regiment at the camp yesterday. The ceremony excited peculiar interest, as it was known to be the last military display in which his Royal Highness would take part before his depar ture from the Curragh. The Lord-Lieutenant, the Commander of the Forces, and other distinguished visitors arrived at the camp about half-past 11 o'clock by the train from Dublin, and were accom modated with places in front of the line and inside the enclosed space. The wives and children of the officers and soldiers of the regiment were present, and stood in two parties on the right and left of the saluting flag. Shortly after 12 o'clock the regiment, which was formed in light companies of 34 files, under the command of Colonel'Hort, was drawn up in line on the ground opposite to' the Royal quarters, a squadron of the 3d Light Dragoons, and a party of the 36th forming a cordon round the space. The Prince of Wales, who wore the uniform of a Colonel of the Staff, attended by Major-General the Hon. R. Bruce, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppell, and a numerous staff, made his appearance precisely at the hour appointed, a quarter to 10 o'clock, and was received with a Royal salute. The ceremony then proceeded. The four flank companies were wheeled up three•eighths of a circle, and the two centre sub divisions advanced to within ten paces of the pile of arms in front of the saluting flag, and upon which the new colours rested, under the custody of the two senior colour-sergeants of the regiment. The colours were uncased, and consecrated by the Rev. Horace Wheeler, senior chaplain of the Cur ragh Camp, who read the impressive service, and delivered a touching and appropriate address. The colours having been removed by the two Majors of the regiment, Brevet-Colonel Haliday and Major E. C. Butler, the two senior Ensigns—Messrs. George C. Dumergue and Clements M. Bond—bearing the old standards, approached the Prince of Wales and knelt to receive the new colours. His Royal Highness having presented them to the ensigns, addressed the regiment as follows : " Colonel Hort, officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the 36th Regiment,—lt affords me very sincere gratification, after having served some months in the brigade to which you belong, to present these colours to you. Be assured that I shall ever look back to my intercourse with yourselves and the various corps composing the fine division assembled in this camp with feelings of unmingled plea sure ; and I gladly avail myself of this opportunity of ex • pressing my thanks for the cordial welcome given me on my joining the ranks, for the purpose of obtaining a practi cal acquaintance with the duties of your noble profession. Time will not admit of my entering into a detailed narra tive of all the valuable services rendered by your regiment to their sovereigns and country. From the year 1700, when it was raised in Ireland—the birthplace of so many gallant soldiers—until the, close of the war in 1815, your re, ords might almost form an epitome of the military history of the empire. During that period the 36th served with marked distinction in Europe, Asia, and America, throughout many' of the most brilliant campaigns in which our armies have been engaged. It was repeatedly named in very honourable terms by Cornwallis and Wellington, and other eminent commanders, and has on all occasions nobly vindicated its title to the motto inscribed on your banners, and of which you are so justly proud. To a regiment that has already achieved such a reputation, and is now in a high state of efficiency, under the able command of Colonel Hort, these colours may indeed be safely intrusted; and I feel o convinced that, yourselves that, shallwhen w ev o eLt y h o e f o t p h p e o m rt e un mo tryahleeulogy arise,yu once pronounced r THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12. 1861. by Lord Cornwallis upon your gallant corps—that they furnished a conspicuous proof that discipline and valour in soldiers, when directed by zeal and capacity in office rs, are irresistible." mountains of Killarney, many sheep graze the fine herbage which grows even on the most precipitous and lofty peaks of those highest altitudes in Ire land. The breed is somewhat larger size than the Wicklow, but wild and indisposed to fatten, though when fit for the butcher, prized for its delicate mut ton and for the large proportion of loose fat in the carcass. Kerry labourers are badly off. Winter wages for men are commonly only 6d. a-day, and many men work during that season for diet only, while their families go into the Killarney, Tralee, and other Unions." But in many districts better pay prevails. Mr. Herbert's labourers at Muckross have Bs. a week the year round, with a rent-free cottage of three ground floor rooms—with unplastered inside walls to be sure, but palaces in comparison with many of the country cabins in which human beings are condemned to be born, to fare hardly, and to die with every comfort unknown. These better-paid hands live better, dress better, and are better than men stinted on lower wages; and their case is a proof that poor half-starved Paddy will not inva riably spend an extra shilling in potheen, as his calumniators sometimes tell us. Lord Kenmare, on his large property, furnishes labourers with plots of ground for keeping cows, not under the control of the farmers employing them ; and the distress prevalent in Kerry is, therefore, chequered by many cases of tolerably easy livelihood, obtained by industrious men. In Killarney itself, it is a fact that the poor are specially dainty about the quality of their bread-loaf. The railway from Killarney to Mallow passes along a valley of much stony and more wet and boggy land—a district of bad rushy grass, weedy potatoes, stunted half-ripe oats, and some wheat and barley ; the largest portion of the corn not yet cut, and much hay not yet mown. It is a very late season, owing to the prolonged rains ; but on the higher and drier lands the grain is, most of it, carted. Making our way into Limerick county, we find the best crops of corn and hay we have yet seen in Ire land, divided into fair-sized fields by many real hedgerows instead of the ragged furze banks. Several large proprietors own a large share of the county, but farms are generally small. There are a few holdings of 8 to 15 statute acres, many of 15 to 25 acres; very few, but still some, of 400 or 500 acres; the average of the central part of the county being about 50 to 65 acres. The Earl of Dunraven's property about Adare Castle is all held by yearly tenants, with the exception of a few farms held under old leases; but among the smaller proprie tors long leases, with fines for entry, are still in vogue, and much of the land which has passed into more divided ownership through the agency of the Encumbered Estates Court is let on 21 years' leases. No tenant-right exists here as a principle, _ _ though in some instances money may be paid to outgoing tenants; as a rule, six months' notice to quit is given, without any compensation. It is a usual thing, however, for sons and heirs to succeed to vacant holdings. The custom of " gale" rent is very advantageous to a tenant, who has no rent to pay for 12 months after entry, and then only a half-year's rent, so that he has always one half-year's payment in hand. Tenants thrive very variously under different landlords, and the system of interposing more than one manager of an estate between the owner and his tenantry exists in many cases, ,with considerable liability to abuse. An agent collects rents at his town office for several proprietors, having " drivers" or "rent-warners" to look after the tenants ; or a company at Dublin will collect rents in Limerick county, appointing a resi dent agent on any large estate, who has "drivers" or "agriculturists" under him. On one large pro perty we hear that this causes no disadvantage to the tenants, who are doing well under a rent-roll lately subjected to reduction. But still it cannot be a wise principle to widen the distance between owners and tenants, and render new tenants liable to selection for other reasons than their ability to treat a farm in a business-like manner. Of course, tenantry on different properties experience various degrees of consideration. One large proprietor in Limerick lately had his estate re-valued, raising the rental £3,000 or £4,000 a year; but last year it was deemed politic to forgive the tenants the increase, and the present is such a bad season that there will most probably be a difficulty in collecting it. An other landowner in the same county also employed ' a valuator, who promised a large increase of rent- roll; but the agent was at once directed to lower I rents wherever high, and to give all the tenants leases. The tithe here, as in other places, is paid by the landlord; the tenant pays one-half the poor rate (which is commonly ls. in the pound), and the county cess, here about 2s. per acre. The limestone land generally in tillage lets at an average of 20s. to 30s. an acre, and if with a portion of good permanent grass in connection, up to 38s. or 40s. Along the banks of the Shannon for some miles below Limerick city is a reach of extraordi narily rich meadow, called " carcass," or marsh land, alluvial, and securely embanked from the spring tide 3 which would otherwise overflow the surface. These grounds, never flooded and never manured, are mown for hay every year, commonly giving 32 tons to the statute acre, while as pasture they are held in the highest esteem for horses. Farmers without grass land, who grow no clover, hire carcass land at £3 to £3 10s. an acre for the summer,—for the sake of the hay. South-west of Limerick to Rathkeale is some good grass land ; but most of the country is in tillage, and two classes of farming are seen. On the better system, swedes and a little mangold are grown, one•fourth of the "green crop" being potatoes, which were never more dis eased than they are this year. After these, wheat, generally ploughed in with an exceedingly shallow furrow, the best farmers having Suffolk drills, which give a much better crop. No corn crops are hand hoed, the only chance of overmastering the rapid growth of weeds in this humid climate being to sow thiok4 in order to smother them, the usual seeding of wheat being 10 or 12 stone per acre. Wheat does well in a la:irourable season ; but too frequently a sudden heat after prolonged rains shrivels up the grain, mildew being very prevalent. The present year ,will give a very deficient yield, but a good average is 125 stone per acre, weighing 601 b. per bushel, occasionally up to 631 b. per bushel. The wheat is all carried to the rickyard, instead of being made into diminutive stacks in the fields. After the wheat comes clover, mown for hay ; then oats, producing 155 stone, sometimes 180 or 220 stone per acre. Some farmers let the clover remain two years ; others take oats or barley in place of the clover, which thus comes the fourth instead of the third year, this being practised where plenty of arti ficial manures are used for the green crop. Oats and barley are both average crops this year, and, judging by the eye, about half already cut. The inferior and generally smaller farming is a course of potatoes, wheat, and then oats, sometimes the shed oats of the last crops allowed to grow up for another crop ; but the potatoe disease is doing much to abolish this wretchedly fiogging management. All the larger occupiers do, or are beginning to, grow turnips and clover ; they plough six inches deep with a pair of horses, trust to harrowing to draw out root-weeds, using no broadshare soarifiers ; but the most advanced husbandmen have Tennant's grubber. Manure is not well made, no oilcake given to cattle to enrich it, though a few of the best farmers feed their animals on corn, and the lesser farmers get their straw trodden into manure sometimes in sheds and occasionally on the roads, the straw being qua lified by hay off the meadows. The largest farmers are dairymen, some having no tillage land at all ; 30, 40, or 50 Irish cows ss p e e d rm w a it n h on s t ho p rt a h s o tu rn re b s, ein an g d gr o a n z l e y d i i o n s s u om m e me o r as o e n s et h hr o oe used in i n n al w v i e n rs te n r ff , h l a ig y n b t e e i r ng sn s i p l forr f e a a r dnis,which are not them in their winter fields. S ome d a i rymen b ree d, b u t mos t pur chasegood butter land, th ese i nca l v The h toe b c u o t r t k, e r incalvers having been pre viously bought as h e if ers by th e lighter-land salted,far nitshaefeswo on fr 8 t l m b ni . el o kb f e salt ifnat going ms so are rr fi ee r as k re i ee n n co urtyards, with sto re s t oc k t rea di ng d own manure , d , calves and pigs. 0 f s a ttening consisting; but f these abar n are n rdare, stable,the m an e d rs s . en a u n s u d a s l h f e a d r s al f s o t r e s a t d a i 1 12 1 g • a cow-house, and perhaps also a cart-shed. In fact, the grass farms are often large holdings, with scarcely any buildings at all. Lord Dunraven is a present erecting good farm aces with money ad vanced by the Board of Works ; his Lordship's estate has also been largely under-drained with pipes or stones, partly executed by the tenants, who were paid so much a perch for the work, and partly by the present earl's loan from the Board of Works, a re-valuation of the estate having been made after drainage was done. There is little sheep-grazing in the county of Limerick, sheep being supposed to pick out the liner grasses away from the cows ; but many dairymen buy a few lambs from small farmers who keep, per haps, a couple of ewes; the lambs are grazed along with the cows, and sold in spring as iamb-hogs at 50s. a head. Messrs. Christy, of Fort Union, near Adare, whose shorthorn herd is so well known, buy lambs in May—coarse Leicesters, or the country sheep improved with Leicester blood, wash them to free the wool from the grit and dirt of the fairs, after a while dip with Bigg's composition, and again in the autumn, and their last clip of hog was sold for 275. a stone of 161 b. But it is too rainy a country for sheep, which here suffer much from the rot, so that few sheep, and not one large breeding flock, can be found. Mr. Christy, senior, sold off his herd a few years ago, but the sons are maintaining the same stock of high-class animals, breeding in connexion with dairying on a mixture of tillage and grass land which is not adapted for making animals into beef. There is certainly very superior farming; all the cattle are housed in winter, they sell none as stores, consume much home-grown corn, and use bones largely, having established a bone-mill twenty-five years ago. They have a Garrett's finishing steam threshing machine,. which is let out to neighbours, and others of Clayton and of Tuxford are also in the county; but the complete dressing of the grain appears useless where millers give no higher price for clean than for merely chaffed corn. This is sold in the bulk when taken to market, and all sales are for ready money, with no abatement for delivery or discount. We were unable to visit Lord I)unraven's farms, to inspect the herd of shorthorns of Captain Ball, or to see several fine specimens of good husbandry by tenants in the neighourhood, who are descend ants of Protestant Germans settled here at the period of the Reformation. Colonel Hort replied in the following terms : "May it please your Royal Highness,—ln the name of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the 36th regiment, I beg leave to return you our most sincere thanks for the honour which you have conferred upon us by presenting us with our new colours, and in speaking of the regiment in so splendid a manner. Permit me to assure you that it will ever be a proud recollection for each one of us that we had the honour of belonging to the brigade in which you commenced your military career. I would beg to call your attention to the medallion fixed on the staff of our old regimental colours. It contains the remaining shreds of the standards which so often led the regiment to victory under the great Duke of Wellington. 'I his medallion will be transferred to the staff of the new regimental colours ; and should our new colours ever be unfurled, at our sovereign's command, in the pre sence of the enemy, I trust that the 36th of that day will prove that they are worthy successors of the brave men who fought under these noble relics of the Peninsular War. I again beg to thank your Royal Highness for the honour you have conferred upon us." _ The ensigns then raised the new colours and dis played them to the regiment, which saluted them by presenting arms, the drums beating and the bugles sounding, No 1 Company, which was com posed exclusively on this occasion of soldiers who had been in the ranks when the old colours were presented to the regiment in 1846, then formed in close order and marched to the pile of arms in front of the centre of the regiment, the band playing the "British Grenadiers." The old colours were saluted for the last time, receiving the honours which had been paid to the new colours, and were marched to the rear of the line under the escort of No. 1 Company, the band striking up " Auld Lang Syne." The regiment, having closed its ranks, broke into open column and marched past in slow and quick time. They again wheeled into line and ad vanced in review order, and gave the Royal salute. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Lord Lieutenant, the Commander of the Forces, and a large company, honoured Colonel Hort and the officers of the regiment by taking luncheon with them, after the presentation, in their quarters, two large marquees having been pitched in aid of the mess establishment. The usual loyal toasts having been given the Prince of Wales left the luncheon table and visited the soldiers and their families in their quarters, where they had been provided by their officers with the good cheer necessary for the celebration of the event. In the evening the' ser geants of the 36th entertained the sergeants of the Grenadier Guards at dinner, and thus the two branches of the brigade hospitably closed the period of the Prince of Wales's training at the Curragh. The presence of the Channel fleet in Belfast Lough has excited a furore among the sight-seers of that place. The crowds which thronged the steamers that ran on Monday between the quays and the Royal Squadron exceeded in number, says the Whig, anything ever witnessed at this har- I bour "All sorts and conditions of men, from the mayor to the mudlark, were up for the day's sight-seeing. Men, women, and children, the sturdy lads and lasses from the rural dis tricts, the operatives of factories, and a large number of artisans, jostled together, as it were, in one dense mass at each run of the different steamers, and, for the nonce, grades had scarcely an existence. During the day some tens of thousands must have been conveyed up and down the Channel." At half-past 11 o'clock the Town Council, accom panied by the ladies of their respective families and some friends, went down in the Adela to visit Rear- Admiral Smart on board the Revenge, and were very courteously received. Mr. Mullen, senior alderman, in the absence of the Mayor, welcomed him in the name of the corporation, invited him and the officers of the fleet to lunch at Belfast, and of fered to place a steamer at their disposal. One of the ladies, Miss IT Gee, was introduced to the Admi ral, and presented him with a handsome bouquet. Another party invited the Admiral and the officers to a ball this evening. The imitations were all politely accepted, and the parties retired well pleased with their visit, having first steamed round the ships. The multitude continued to pour down from Belfast till a late hour. Some accidents occurred in the crowding. A lady from Bangor-castle fell from the bridge of one of the steamers upon the deck with great force. One of her legs was broken, and the other badly sprained. Dr. Corry attended to her promptly, and she is said to be progressing favourably. A young man fell overboard, but was picked up in time to save his life by a coloured sea man belonging to the Revenge, who leaped in and rescued him. The report says—" From the way in which the passengers push and pull one another in endeavouring to secure a seat on the steamers it is almost a miracle that more have not been precipi tated into the water." RESIDENT MAGISTRACY. The vacancy in the resident magistracy of Done gal, occurring by the death of Mr. T. A. Dillon, has been filled up by the appointment of Mr. Redington, county Galway. Mr. Denehy and Mr. Barry, R.M., receive 1100 a year each additional, which sums were placed at the disposal of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant by the death of Mr. Dillon. AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS OF IRELAND. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times) LIMERICK, SEPTEMBER. Visitors to the wild beauties of Killarney, or to I the rugged scenery encompassing the bays of Kerry, know how backward and impoverished is the cultivation of the thin and stony soil. The climate on this most westerly land of Europe is exceedingly mild and moist, and we admire here the bay, laurestinus, and arbutus, which flourish unharmed even by the inclemency of the last severe winter. The quantity of rain is excessive, and though the limestone soil of the valleys is porous, the more prevalent old red sandstone forms an im pervious bottom to a wet soil; so that complete under-drainage is much needed before good hus bandry can be pursued. This is done to a consider able extent on the more improving estates. Wheat does not ripen well in most seasons, excepting in favoured localities like the good land fringing the larger lake of Killarney, and approaching the very entrance of the dark pass of Dunloe ; here, with a fine harvest, the very finest quality of wheat is reaped and made into the delicious white bread of the district. The primitive rotation of potatoes, wheat, and oats is giving place to the alternation of grain and green crops, and good implements and good management are being slowly introduced. A great feature of the farming for several miles inland from the coast is the use of • sea-weed, shell-sand, and coralline—the weed being a fine manure for a single crop, the latter exerting a more permanent effect. Most farms in Kerry have bog or mountain land in connection, and are rented at extremely varied rates, the value of a farm being estimated by the collop," equivalent to the maintenance of one keep of a horse being reckoned as one and cow cow—the e lf collops, and so on. So that a farm con tains so many collops,, according to its size and quality; and the rent for each collop differ under different landlords and in various localties. There are many large estates on which vast improvements have been effected; Lord Headley, Lord Lans downe, Lord Kenmare, Mr. Herbert, and others having remodelled holdings, introduced better management, and amazingly benefited the class of poor cultivators in Kerry ; and, besides the fine farms in the hands of the gentry, there are also many well managed by farmers and breeders of note. Dairying prevails everywhere; but the gene rally used and most profitable cow is not that na tive to the county. The small, light, active, and wild Kerry, with small head, short, fine, upturned horns, and long hair, black or black and brindled, is, iu fact, rather scarce ; specimens of the true breed being bought up and sent long distances to gentlemen who are fanciers of pretty animals. Hardy, living on scanty herbage, yielding beautiful milk, peculiarly rich in butter, and readily fattening when required, the Kerry is exactly adapted to the circumstanc es o f i ts nat i ve reg i on ; b u t on better pastures th e s i ze of the breed increases, an d w h ere good provender, pro vided, as in and warmth, and shelter are proper dairy management, the usual cross of the middle -horn Irish cow with the short horn is• found most profitable) and there are scarcely any dairies of Kerry cows exclusively. This is not a great sheep-grazing county ; but while the red Ideer haunt the steep woods of Glenna and the SHOCKING SUICIDE FROM WATERLOO BRIDGE. Mr. Sergeant Payne yesterday held an inquest at the Talbot, Fair-street, Horselydown, on the body of William James Brunsdon, aged 22, who committed suicide by drowning through disappointed love, having previously tied his legs together. Joseph William Bavington, a waterman, proved finding the body floating in the river at a quarter before six on Tuesday morning off St. Olave's Stairs. The legs were tightly tied together just below the knees. John Eatwell, of Bolt-court, Fleet•street, identi fied the body as that of William James Brunsdon, of the Great Western Hotel, where he was em ployed as a waiter. Eliza Blunden, a showily-dressed young woman, stated that she knew the deceased William James Brunsdon. She last saw him at her house, No. 1, Langham street, Regent-street, on Tuesday evening about nine o'clock. He had been there since about half-past six o'clock. No unpleasant words passed between them, and they parted good friends. He said that he was going to his sister's in Brydges street, Covent-garden. He had been paying his addresses to witness. He did not tell witness when he should see her again, nor did he say any thing to lead her to suppose that he contemplated committing suicide. Coroner—Does anything occur to your mind to account for his being found in the water? Witness—No. Coroner—Cannot you think of anything that is likely to account for this ? Witness (hesitatin g)—l told him I could not think any more of him as a friend. Coroner—Then you required from him some fur ther declaration ? Witness—Yes; he left me in a very agitated state. Coroner—He wished to continue on terms of friendship, but you did not think that enough ? Witness (who now appeared to take a different view of the matter)—l told him I could not think any more of him at present than as a friend. When I said this, he left me in a very agitated state. George Carless, toll collector at Waterloo-bridge, said, about five minutes bcfaro 12 o'clock nn Thurs day night, a man without hat or coat passed on to the bridge from the Middlesex side. He stood for a few minutes near the second lamp as if waiting for some one, and then he saw no more of him. Mr. Lawson, brother-in-law of the deceased, and keeper of the Sir John Falstaff Tavern, Brydges street, Covent-garden, said he was at his house on Thursday evening last, and for a time assisted him in his business. He was very low-spirited, and said he had been disappointed in his expectations. About 11 o'clock he went out, leaving his coat and hat behind him. He had no idea that he contemplated destroying himself. The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary In sanity." POLICE IN2ELLI9ENCE, crept. 11. MANSION-HOUSE —Richard Fostel, a stoker on board the Seine, a vessel plying between Lon don-bridge and Boulogne, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged upon an information laid under the directions of her Majesty's Customs, by Alfred Parsons, one of the officers of her Majesty's Customs, with having secreted on board the ship Seine a quantity of spirits, contrary to the 28th section of the Supplementary Customs Consolidated Act of 1855, and thereby rendering himself liable to a penalty of £lOO. The charge having been read over to the prisoner Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, asked him if he was guilty or not guilty ? The prisoner replied, guilty. The prisoner was brought before the Lord Mayor on Saturday last and fined 40s. for a similar offence. The Lord Mayor said he was sorry to think the prisoner should be so foolish, after what he had said to him on Saturday, as to render himself liable to a penalty of £lOO, which it was entirely out of his power to mitigate, The prisoner, he said, must pay the fine of £lOO or go to prison for six months in default of payment. James Hoole, also a stoker on board the Seine, was also charged with secreting two bottles of spirits. This being the first offence, the prisoner was only fined 205., or in default be imprisoned for ten days. John Spicer and Maria Spicer, husband and wife, were brought up on a charge of stealing a purse containing 4s. 6d. from the person of Mrs. Frances Woolteg, on Fishmongers-hall Pier, London-bridge. It appeared that the prisoners were staading on the pier waithig with a number of other people for the Woolwich boat, when the captain of a boat which runs from London-bridge to Chelsea saw some movements which excited his suspicions, and he spoke to the pier master, and they both watched the prisoners, and saw the man put his hand into Mrs. Woolfeg's pocket and walk away. He went after them and found the purse on the male prisoner and it was identified by the lady. The prisoner said he picked up the purse. The Lord Mayor said it was evident they were both there for the purpose of picking pockets, and it was equally evident that the male prisoner stole the purse in question. He sentenced them each to three months hard labour. John Aberdeen, who has been twice previously remanded, was brought up for final examination on a charge of stealing a quantity of shawls and some skirt lengths the property of his employer, Mr. Knox, of 42, Cheapsidc, warehouseman. The prisoner was committed for trial. CLERKENWELL.—Mr. Frederick James, of 12, Granville-street, Brunswick-square, was sum moned before Mr. D'Eyneourt, by Mr. Richard Richardson, the assistant surveyor of the district of St. Pancras, "for that he, on the 3d day of Sept., in doing certain work at 8, Guildford-street, Rus sell-square, did erect an en c l ose d portico on the side next Guildford-street, the perm ission of the Metropolitan Board of Works having been refused." The defendant said the work had been done. This was a very hard case. The portico had been erected to allow of more room being given for opening the street door. The street is 60 feet wide, and the portico could be no inconvenience, for it was erected on his own property, and did not come out so far as the pavement. Application had been made to the Metropolitan Board of Works, and although they made no order for allowing its erec tion, at the same time they verbally said they would not pull it down. Mr. Richardson said the portico was out of the regular line of the houses, and the neighbours complained. The board had said that if he (the sur veyor) failed to pull it down or to get an order for it, they would come and pull it down themselves. Mr. D'Eyrcourt—l have no power to reverse the order of the Board of Works. You set the law at defiance. I have no option in the matter but to make the order, as the Metropolitan Board refused yon leave. The defendant—Not exactly set the law at de fiance, but I think it a very arbitrary and bard act, Will you give me time to again memorialise the board ? Mr. D'Eyncourt—l will make the order, but will adjourn it for 10 days. Unless you then inform me that you have got the consent of the board you must pull it down. You have done it thinking that you would not be interfered with. The matter then dropped, Mr. William Winn, the extensive contractor, of Curtain-road and elsewhere, was summoned at the instance of Robert Howard Valentine, and inspec tor of nuisances, acting for the Board of Works for the Hackney district, for permitting an accumula tion of hard core and other offensive matter to re main upon his wharf, which was a nuisance and in jurious to health. Mr. Ellis's clerk represented the Board of Health ; and Mr. Beard, of Basinghall-street, the defendant, who pleaded not guilty. The complainant deposed that on the 28th ult., and on three other occasions since, he visited the defendant's wharf, in Hertford-road, Kingsland, and there found a heap of hard core, consisting of broken crockery, oyster shells, dust, and fish bones, which was a nuisance. When he first visited it, the heap was about a quarter larger than on his last visit. In his opinion a greater portion of the heap consisted of organic matter. The heap would not be a nuisance if put lower down the yard. A Mrs. Allen's house adjoins the defendant's yard, and she had stated that she had been ill through the stench from the defendant's yard. Cross-examined by Mr. Beard—Had known the defendant's yard for many years. During the last three years the defendant had kept it in good order. His system was to have the dust sifted as soon as brought in by the carts. The soft core, such as vegetables, and other offensive matters, was imme diately placed in carts and taken away so soon as the cart was full, and the sifted dust was removed daily. All the yard was very clean. All he had to complain of was the heap of hard core. The medical officer of health for Hackney was then called, and confirmed the last witness, and added that he had been told Mrs. Allen was ill through the smell from the heap in question. He thought such a heap might generate diarrhoea._ Incross-examinition - the 'doctor said he could not smell anything offensive until within six or seven feet from the yard. He went into Mrs. Allen's house, but could not smell anything offensive in it. The window was shut, and that might be the reason. There was another wharf close by the defendant's from which offensive smells came. The proprietor of that wharf had been summoned be fore the board. Robert Fanhurst, foreman to Mrs. Allen, also spoke to the unpleasantness of the smell from the hard core. Mr. Beard having addressed the court for the de fendant, and complained of the Hackney Board of Works taking these proceedings when their own officers admitted that defendant did all he could to keep the wharf in a good state, observed that he really thought the real object of these proceedings was to drive Mr. Winn from the wharf altogether, and get him out of Hackney parish. He was pre pared by evidence of several medical gentlemen, and also by the neighbours of Mrs. Allen, to show that the heap of hard core was neither a nuisance nor injurious to health, and he asked the magis trate to dismiss the summons. He then called Dr. Letheby, medical officer of health for the city of London, who stated that he had great expe rience relative to the state of dustyards, not only in the metropolis but in the country. He yesterday visited the defendant's yard, and found the business carried en in the most exemplary manner—in fact, it was a model dustyard. As soon as the carts arrive the dust is shot out, and all the vegetable or ani mal matters are at once taken from it and placed in a cart. The stuff remaining is sifted, and the fine ashes and the large cinders, called breeze, are also taked away. The hard core was what was com plained of, and his opinion was that there was nothing in that heap which could be offensive to anyone a short distance from it, and certainly there could be nothing that was injurious to health. There is not snfficient organic matter in the heap to bring about sufficient decay to be injurious to health Mr D'Eyncourt intimated that after the evidence of so eminent and scientific a witness he could not make an order. Mr. Beard observed that he had two other medi cal gentlemen present, Drs. Horner and James, to confirm Dr. Letheby, if it were thought necessary. Mr. D'Eyncourt thought not ; and having re marked upon the fact that Mrs. Allen had not been called by the prosecution, he dismissed the com plaint, a decision which appeared to give great satisfaction to a crowded auditory. MARYLEBONE.—Thomas Bawson, a stout, morose-looking fellow, was charged with robbery, under the following circumstances:— William Barrow said he resided at 34, Seymour street, Euptnn-square, and kept a coffee-boil.. About 11 o'clock last night he went into a beer chop at the corner of the street, where he saw the prisoner and two other men. The prisoner spoke to him, and after remaining there about three quarters of an hour, prosecutor went into the btreet, and suddenly became insensible. He was picked up by the police and taken home, where he did not get out of his stupor till 7 o'clock this morning. When he went into the house he had £4 15s. in his pocket, all of which had disappeared. Taylor, 349 S, stated that shortly before 12 last night he saw the prisoner with his arms round pro secutor's waist, leading him, with the assistance of the two other men, along Seymour-street. They turned into Duke-street. Shortly after the three ran out, and he followed them up into Clarendon square, where they went underneath a lamp and began to share some money. He caught hold of prisoner and asked him what he had robbed the man for, when he replied "It'was not me, it was the other two who have gone off." He was taken to the station, and on being searched 2s. 6d., two keys, and two duplicates were found. Prosecutor was taken into his own house quite insensible. James East, hackney carriage attendant 178, said he took charge of the prisoner while last witness went to take prosecutor home. The prisoner stooped down and placed something behind some rails, where on witness looking he found four sovereigns and 2s. 6d. Prisoner was remanded. SOUTHWARK.—John Jarvis, a respEetable looking young man, was brought before Mr. Bur cham charged with assaulting Mary Ann Jarvis, his wife. The latter, who exhibited several scratches and bruises about the face, said that about 7 o'clock last evening she heard her husband at the door, and being fearful of his violence, she told one of the children to admit him while she fastened herself in a back room out of his way. As soon as he got inside he commenced using bad language, and forced open the door of the room where she was, and as she was trying to get out of his way he seized hold of her, and knocked her about severely. Mr. Burcham asked her how long she had been married She replied, 14 years; and she had four children, the eldest of whom was 13. Mr. Burcham asked her if he was in the habit of beating her ? She replied that for the last six years he had M used her, and kept her without sufficient money to keep the family. He had also a very bad temper, and when he came home he vented his passion on her, so that si e hid away from him. Mr. Barcham asked why she hid herself away Qn the previous Right ? She replied that she had words with him when he went away in the morning and she was afraid of him. She had, however, no wish to have him punished. All she wanted was protection. He earned 345. a week, and they ought to live comfortably. Mr. Burcham thought so too, and said it was a pity to see a man and wife like them live in so bad a manner together. He should order the prisoner to find sureties to keep the peac e for six months. LAMBETH. --Emily Cornett, a female advanced in pregnancy, was charged with stealing 51b. of meat from the shop of Mr. Swift, a butcher, on Gipsey-hill, Norwood. Mr. Swift said that the prisoner came into his shop and purchased and paid for half a pound of suet, but before going away he saw her take the piece of meat produced and put it into her basket. Having been a considerable loser by such a system of plunder, he sent for a constable and gave her into custody. The constable who took the charge said that at the station-house the prisoner said that it was her little boy who who had put the meat into the basket; but the child stoutly denied it. The solicitor who attended for the prisoner spoke of the high respectability of his client, who, he said, was in the employment of Mr. Strange, in the Crystal Palace, and had borne an irreproachable character, and she could not account for the meat being in her basket in any other way than by mere accident. The magistrate said there could not be the slightest doubt of the prisoner's guilt, and that this species of robbery was carried on to a very greet extent. He should therefore commit her to prison for 21 days. A person from Mr. Strange's establishment sub sequently attended, and gave the prisoner a good character; but the magistrate, considering the fact of her endeavouring to shift the offence on to her child, did not see the slightest ground for altering his judgment. Elvine Hassen, a middle-aged foreigner, whose appearance and manner betokened a disordered in tellect, was charged before the Hon. G. C. Norton, with destroying a cross, and other articles of an ecclesiastical character, placed in the Roman Ca tholic Cathedral, St. George's, Southwark. Mr, Thomas Briesnahan, the sexton of the church, said that between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock that day, while in the cathedral, he heard a great noise there, and on going to the spot from whence it proceeded, he found the prisoner in a state of per fect frenzy, pulling down and destroying all the articles of decoration within reach. One, a crucifix, he had dashed to the ground, but the instant wit ness made his appearance he became perfectly calm, and asked what was the matter. From his manner for some time in the church, there could be no doubt that his mind was affected, and for his own sake it was considered desirable to send him before a ma gistrate. James Harris, the day beadle at the cathedral, said that for the last fortnight or three weeks the prisoner had been a regular morning attendant at the church, and appeared to pray with great devo tion. It was evident from his manner that he was labouring under insanity, but till that morning he had not committed any act of violence. The prisoner, who said he had been in the army, was remanded for a week, the magistrate giving directions that he should be attended to by the medical officer of the prison. MR. SPURGEON AND THE LATE RAIL- WAY ACCIDENTS. On Sunday morning, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon addressed his congregation at great length upon the subject of the late railway a9cidents. He observed that the columns of the newspaiets during the past fortnight had been filled; not merely with accounts of these accidents, but also with those of an unusually large number of minor occurrences of a fatal nature which had taken place in various parts of the country. The year 1861 would be reckoned as about the most calamitous which had occurred within the memory of the present generation, and it was particularly at that season of it when the sickle had done its work, and our barns were filled with plenty, that death had been reaping his harvest. It was worthy, he thought, of remark, that in every age of the world accidents of one kind or another had taken place, quite as numerous and as calamitous as those which were now being deplored ; and his own opinion was that those which were recorded in the newspapers as happening in the days of the old stage coaches were just as many and as fatal as those which had followed since the inven tion of the Steam-ongine. He repudiated the notion that the collision in the Clayton tunnel was a judgment from Heaven because of Sunday travelling, and said it was as likely to have occurred upon any other day of the week as upon the Sabbath. In fact the catastrophe on the Hampstead Junction had occurred upon a Monday, and when the excursionists were going upon an errand of mercy. He contended that it was both foolish and unscriptural to attempt to unravel the mysteries of Providence. As well might a man who entered the theatre in the middle of the third act, and only stopped a few minutes to look at one of the performers, pretend that he could under stand the whole plot of the drama from beginning to end, as for any one who, for a period of 30 or 40 years looked at the great drama which for 6,000 years had been in course of representation in this world, and which would continue to go on until the consummation of all sublunary things— to fancy that be could comprehend the inscrutable work ings of God's Providence throughout the whole of that lengthened period. It had been stated in some quarters that the people killed in Clayton tunnel, and on the Hamp stead Junction, must have been greater sinners than those who escaped. He denied this assumption in very strong terms, asking whether the unconscious babe who was crushed to death in the tunnel could be supposed for a mo ment to be a greater sinner than some of those who were occupying the dens of London, and who were yet alive. He did not believe there was one among the whole congregation who would have the brutality to go and tell the female who had been rendered a weeping widow by these calamities that her husband had been killed because he was a greater sin ner than other people. The rev. gentleman having enlarged upon the dreadful scene in the tunnel at the moment of the collision—of the crushing weight of the engine, of the one train upon the hinder carriages of the other—of the break ing timbers, the shrieks of the women, and the groans of the wounded, proceeded to remark upon the variety of modes —in the street, in the domestic circle, and in the pulpit—in which death might overtake us in a moment, referring par ticularly to the death of the celebrated Dr. Beaumont, who died whilst in the act of delivering a sermon; and also to that of an American divine, who finished his earthly course after he had given out from the pulpit the first verse of a. hymn. The latter part of Mr. Spurgeon's discourse was of a practical character, arising out of the melancholy catas trophes of the last fortnight. Hs was listened to through out with marked attention. COUN7RY MARKETS. HULLSEFT 10. At our market to-day we had a . good supply of English wheat, mostly new, which sold freely at 2s p er qr a d vance nnth,„ ,„,„.,„„;,... ..e 1-4 -roe), r..c15,4, with a lil lited. sale, at is higher. Malting barley met with a slow de mand. Grinding samples, however, were in improved re quest, and realised fully late prices. Oats more inquired after, in favour of sellers. Linseed trade active. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr .. 50s Od to 56s Od Old red ) I New white .. „ New red ... „ Dantzic L lionb , &c, old white 545 Od to 63s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 50s Od to 58s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red s4s Od to 55s ocl St. Petersburg and Riga, old 46s Od to 48s Od Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 36s Od Grinding 3os Od to 32s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish s2s Od to Ms 0(1 Grinding 27s Od to 29s Od_ Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per at osl2id to 13(1 Friesland and Dutch Swedish and Danish osl2kd to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr. New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Oct New tick 4os Od to 428 Ocl. Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers ..... 36s Od to 38s Oct Grinding Tares .... Spring. —s Od to —s 011 Indian Corn Linseed, feeding . 52s Od to 56s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 0 oto £lO 10 0 Foreign; BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 0 Bones 415 oto 5 0 0, NEWARK- White wheat, new, 58s to 60s Red do. sss to 57s Old white s7s to 59s Red do. 45s to 508 ' Barley, malting 34s to 40a Peas,.... •SEPT. 10. 1 Barley, grinding 27s to 29s Oats, old, .. 3os to 343 New do 24s to 29s 1 Beans.. 45s to 500 Beans. new 37s to 405 .40s to 50s. SHEFFIELD-SEPT. 10. There was a fair attendance to-day, and trade ruled quiet, though there were some demand for fine new wheat, which realised an advance of 6d to is per load. Old wheat still almost unsaleable. New oats were plentiful, and de clined 6d to Is per qr from last week. Flour again put up. Other articles were at former quotations. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels 17s Od to 25s 04 White 1, New red /, 2ss Od to 288 Od New white ~ 178 Od to 26s oa , 20s Od to 24s 6d Beans >, ) f ~ • l6B Od to 18s Od Peas per cp. ...... s4s Od to 55s Od Grinding barley, pe r qr . 338 Od to 358 Od Malting ditto, „ 35s Od to 43s OA Oats I f 2ss 6d to 348 Od Millers' prices for flour-2s Od, 2s 2d, and 2s 5d per' 141 b. The vintage has commenced in the Herault. A good half crop is calculated on, but the quality is expected to compensate for the loss in quantity. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Healthy Skin.—At certain seasons of the year cutaneous diseases are more troublesome than at other periods, and on such occasions are these two famous remedies most re markable for their curative powers. The Ointment cures externally the disfigurements arising from scrofula, scurvy, ringworm, pimples, blotches, and similar disorders. The Pills purify all the solids and uids composing the bod. The Ointment not only soothes and heals the surface, but passes to the glands beneath, cleanses them, expels all ire- , purities, and removes all obstructions. Holloway's re nowned Ointment and Pills possess the very desirable power of ejecting from the human frame the seeds of the slightest, or most virulent skin eruptions and ulcerous distempers. BIRTHS, HENLEY.—On the 10th inst., at 11, The Cedars, Putney, S.W., the wife of the Ron. and Rev. Robert Henley, of a son. WILSON. —On the 10th inst., at Walthamstow, the wife of Alfred Wilson, Esq., of a daughter. WOOLLATT.—On the 11th inst., at Vale-grove, Bromptour S.W., Mrs. Randal Woollatt, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BAIIKE—BENNETT.—On the 9th inst., at Boulogne-sur.- Mer, Algernon Cooke Bauke, Esq., of 9, Southampton street, Fitzroy- square, to Jane, younger daughter of the late Ed ward Bennett, Esq., of Ashford. FENW ICK—COOKSON.—On the 10th inst., at the parish church of Meldon, Henry Fenwick, Esq., MY . , of Southill, county of Durham, to Jane Lutwid ge , e ldest daughter of John Cookson, Esq., of Mbldon. park, Nor thumberland. DEATHS. COWPER.—On the 9th in a s g t. e , d a 7. t 6 BB, Lee son - s t ree t , D u blin, Joseph Cowper, Esq., CRAWPORD.—On the 21st June, on board the Earl Bal carras, off the Cape of Good Hope, Lieutenant Shakspoar Campbell Crawford, of the Artillery, son of J. H. Craw oad, Lambeth, WM. H. Har r i s , E sq., age d 54. f o R r n d S TR EET.—On the 1 0th inst.,. a t D over , Alfred Edmund late Bengal theC.S. inst,, at 3, Tenison-street, York- HA C a mpbell, the infant son o f Colonel John Alfred Streeff C. 8., aged seven months and three weeks. WALKER.—On the 6th inst., at Hartington, Derbyshire ! James Walker, of 8, B ess b orough-street, Pimlico, age d 32. 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