The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-12 00:00:00

The Prince ay cl Princess of Wales in Denmark, COPENHAGEN, Tuesday Evening. After a pas/ age, rou;h is some parts, but on the whole favour ile, the yacht conveying their Royal Highnesses th 3 Prince and Princess of Wales, with the members. of their suite, from Scotland to the coast of De or nark, came in sight of Elsinore about 10 o'clock this morning. At that time there was only just t rufficient motion of the waves to render sailing ag Tecable, and those on board as they swept along the Kattegat, enjoyed an admirable ,view both of tb ,e Danish and Swedish coasts, which here present— , the Danish more especially—a strong re semblance to the picturesque outlines of Hamp shire. The Sound was, as usual, crowded with the shipping, of all nations—many being of large ton nsge,'constructed on the model which has been favoured in these narrow seas for nearly four cen turies. The motions and courses of all these diffes rent craft imparted to the scene that element of life and variety without which the finest marine land ecape is apt to grow monotonous. Before the yacht and at the entrance to the harbour lay the castle of Kronborg, the stronghold for centuries of Scandi navian kings and superstitions, rearing its white Gothic towers from the water's edge to a height and form recalling those of Heidelburg. Like the gallant people to whom it belongs the voices of the fort were soon raised in honour of the fair Princes. arriving to revisit her early home, and the nine Danish frigates moored in a circle off the town lost no time in repeating the welcomes of the cannon of Kronborg. The celebrated Rolf Drake was not in cluded in this flotilla, but another ironclad, the D,„ e b ro g, was among their number. Carrying her guns , however, broadside fashion, she was less readily to be distinguished from her companions in the first instance—the Rolf Krake's armament being upon the plan suggested by the gallant officer familiarly known as Captain " Cupola" Coles. The yards of the Danish vessels were manned, but for whatever reason—possibly it may not form part of Danish naval etiquette —the full dress of flags was not resorted to. The duty of ac- knowledging the Denish salutes devolved upon the only British ship of war present—the Aurora, coma rr. anded by Captain Leopold M . Clintock, of Arctic celebrity. She first answered the salute of the fort, then that of the fleet, and subsequently fired a salute of 21 guns, when the Danish flag was run up to the mcto-i,oaa of cue .Royal Tsoht. Some misconception appears to have existed with regard to the strength of the squadron that was to escort the Prince and Princess of Wales, an idea having got abroad that a considerable portion of the Channel fleet had been told off fur the purpose. Such a display of naval strength was plainly unnecessary in the case of a purely private family visit; and just at this moment, when the tendency of men's mind in Copenhagen is to grasp at anything affording material for corn ment, the demonstration might have been under stood. The Aurora, in fact, had been cruising off Heligoland some time previously and was lying at Elsinore for a couple of days before the arrival of the Royal yacht. As soon as the latter came in sight she steamed out to meet her, and returned in company with her and with the Salamis, the Admi ralty despatch boat, which throughout the passage from Scotland acted in the capacity of tender. At 12 o'clock the Royal yacht came alongside the pier, when the King and Queen of Denmark, the Crown Prince, and the Princess Dagmar, who had been waiting its arrival, went on board, under a salute from the Aurora, and most affectionate greetings ensued between the different members of the family. Ceder what may be called the public eye these were necessarily short in their duration, but there was a sympathy too powerful even for the rules of palaces which drew together the Queen of Denmark and the Princess of Wales. Sir Augustus and Lady Paget, with the staff attached to the embassy at Copenhagen, having paid their respects, the Royal party and suite prepared to leave the vessel and to take their seats in the carriages which were to convey them to Fredensborg. Oa land there was little of what could be called ceremony con nected with their reception, but such demonstrations as took place were most gratifying. The Mayor or Burgomaster of Elsinore, an official whose functions are not confined, as his name might imply, to purely civic duties, bat who acts as an officer of the State and head of the Administration in the district, made a short speech in Danish and presented a congratulatory address. To this his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales returned a brief reply, and alit cortege proceeded on its way through the to ern. '1 he streets were all lined with soldiers, the house fronts were gaily festooned and ornamented with fl ewers, a triumphal arch spanaed the principal avenue, society arrayed itself in its very best clothes, and at one point something very like a piece of theatrical effect had been organised. Owing to a sudden dip in the ground a terrace runs for a short diatance parallel to but considerably above the level of the roadway. This terrace was filled with mem bers ut use vailuub and the AVICA intervening between the carriage drive and the po sition they occupied was draped so as to suggest the impressioa that a gallery had been specially erected. From this commanding position the orchestra sang to a national air Danish verses composed in honour of the visit of their Royal Highnesses, and the tem porary halt thus occasioned, while giving evident pleasure to those who constituted the Royal cortege, afforded the spectators an admirable opportunity of seeing those whom they had come to welcome. As the carriages moved on again the acclamations re• doubled, and were prolonged by groups assembled along the road at intervals. In these days of tercentenary festivals, and above all in the town of Elsinore, it is a great shock to one's Shaksperianism to be told that Hamlet, properly " Amlet,” was not the son of the King of Denmark, but of a pirate chief ; that, as a pagan, living centuries before the Christian era, he did no more than his duty in re - ve l nging his father's d eat h ; t h at he by no means fell in singl e com b at with Laertes, but lived to lbeeome Governor of Jutland, and to marry two Wives, on e of whom was daughter of an English king. The culminatingw no m 'nt of this antiquarian heresy is that th ere Ophelia. To have one's faith destroyed in one of the sweetest characters that Shakspere ever drew i s a trial ; but there is this consolation. If th e daughter ofPol. that felonious did in deed exist and perish i n the manner generations ' of Englishmen have joy e d and grieved to thinkt this much must be conced e d t o the inhabitant's of , Elsi. no re, after their tasteful d ecorations of this morning, that her obsequies were doubtl ess conducted with mu ch solemnity and effect as th e ardent soul of as 1, Fechter could desire. Leaving behind tbe picturesque town of Elsinore with its 8 ,000 inhabitants, nothings ue r e markable is passed on the road to F re d ensborg with the exception of the ruined castle of G urra, to which a tradition clings remarkable fur its likeness in a duuble aspect to those connected with English history. In the 14th century Valdemar IV., like our Henry 11., concealed in this sequestered nook from the jealousy of his Queen a Danish Fair Rosamond, known as Tovelil, or ' , L i ttle Love." But whereas English history has been content to infer that Queen Eleanor, after the discovery, proved to her liege lord a sufficiently retributive thorn in the flesh, Danish story goes much further, and dooms Valdemar to the fate of Herne the iunter, for having blasphea mousiy declared that he should not desire Heaven if Gurre were left to hie.. Fredeneborg Castle, the destination to which the cortege rapidly made its way, and reached about an huur after leaving Eisinoro, takes its name—the Castle of Peace --from the settlement putting an end Vo the war with Sweden, which was couelud'Al in 1720. the edifice dating from about that perloft and erected in the reign of Frederick IV. there is little externally to rerike the pyr!. The gctes end Briar" ches ore not nntike and -indeed by no meant+ excel many of (twee giving access to the country seats of our untitled nobility. The grand court- Tarfl is enclosed within semicircular ranges of building, formin g w i ngs to the body of the palace, and many of these ep irtnaents are said to be assigned as marks of Royal favour either to persons who have merited well of the State, or to families belong ing to the higher classes of society whose pecuniary circumstances render a dwelling free of expense a welcome boon. The central portion of the palace rises two stories abuvo a lofty terraee overlooking the courtyard, and the upper portion of the building is crowned by a dome. shaped roof. The frontage, however, is flat and unornamental, and the great door of entrance is as huge and bald as some of those still to be seen in religious ed f ces of the period when " Churchwarden's G c" reigned supreme. The attractions of the palace consist partly of a large collection of pictures, bat mainly in the views obtained from its grounds over the lovely Esrom Lake, and the gardens, which are of great extent and beautifully laid out. In the great entrance hall, of striking proportions and decorated with paintings in honour of the peace which is as. sociated with the foundation of the Castle, a guard of honour of the Royal Horse Guards, dismounted, was drawn up, This body, which is of as.good ave• rage stature as the British heavy cavalry, has in the distance, and more especially with the sunlight play ing upon their uniform, the aspect of being clothed in brass. Both helmets and cuirasses are of that colour, if not of that material, and the canary. coloured tunic and buckskins look like a continua. tion of the armour. The officer in command of the corps wore over his uniform a scarlet and silver star of Denmark, covering the entire of his cuirass. Pro. bably the most remarkable feature, however, in the array drawn up to receive the Prince and Princess of England was the staff of running footmen belong ing to the King of Denmark. There wear, no doubt in accordance with ancient custom, a livery exceed ingly rich as to material, but ludicrously suggestive of Astley's. Scarlet and yellow are again the pre dominating colours, and upon their heads are silver hats of great capacity, in which, as yesterday the castle was en fete, enormous bouquets of the choicest flowers were placed. So active and well trained were these valets in the functions of their office that they skipped up and down stairs, carried and unrolled heavy carpets, and yet not a single flower was displaced. To bid the Royal guests welcome to the palace a distinguished party assembled on the steps of the terrace. They included, among others, the grand father of the Princess of Wales, and brother of the Duchess of Cambridge, the Landgrave of Hesse, the Princess Mary of Hainault, sister of the Queen of Denmark, and her daughter, the Princess Hilda of Hainault, Princess Thyra of Denmark, General Oxholm, the Danish State Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Countess Reventlow, &c. In the suite of the Prince and Princess of Wales were the Earl and Countess Spencer, the Countess De Grey, Lady in Waiting, General Knollys, C)1. Keppel, Mr Meade, Dr Sieveking, and Dr Minter. Into the reception at Elsinore a public character necessarily entered to some extent, but at Fredensborg it was altegether a family party. With the exception of the military and servants of the household there were not more than half a dczen spectators, ad mitted by special favour, who were unconnected with the Royal family. The greeting which the Princess received on alighting showed that however warmly she may be appreciated and admired in England, in Denmark, where she must have bee❑ longer and more intimately known,the affection felt for her is eve❑ stronger. Philosophers have main tained that a great test of character presents itself in the age of the associates with whom a man or a woman will get on best, but in this case the Princess had no sooner passed from the embrace of one relative, 77 years of age, who was visibly affected on seeing her again, than she was mimed with the utmost eageruess by her brother, the young Prince Waldemar, not yet six years old, whom it was absolutely necessary to kneel down and kiss before the rejoicing could proceed any further. The Prince of %Vales was likewise most cordially welcomed by all the assembled members of the family; and after the officers of the guard, &c., had been admitted to the honour of kissing hands, the Royal party withdrew into the interior of the palace. The day was unfortunately marred by several very heavy showers, but although one of these preceded the arrival, and another immediately followed the housing of their royal highnesses. there was fortunately an interval of 10 or 15 minutes during which the weather relaxed its severer features, as if to enhance the pleasure with which the Prin cess naturally found herself on the familiar stairs, surrounded by all the well known faces. For the next few days the life at Fredenaborg Castle will be as much as possible that of a private family. To-morrow (Wenesday) there is to be a dinner party in honour of the birthday of the Q iee❑ of Denmark, but the invitations are limited in number and the proceedings will be strictly private. In fact, it seems as it the object at present were rather to spend a few dais of quiet erjument and retirement than to enter upon any round of public gaieties which at such a moment might seem cut of harmony with the tit:Aloud' feeling. Wednesday Morning. The weather is and has been deplorably wet. Last evening there was a dangerous landslip oa the line of railway between Frendsborg and Copenhagen, and the sightseers who had gone down to Etinote to witness the arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales were detained more than two hours on their return before a second train could be procured from the other end of the line and an exchange of pas sengers effected. A large section of the public, no doubt, will be in terested in learning that the sea voyage appears to have improved the health of the Princess, and that there has been little or no occasion for the services of either of the doctors having the infant Prince in their charge. Savings Banks, From a very elaborate and voluminous, but exceedingly interesting, return relating to savings banks, published on Friday, it appears that in England'and Wales in 1861, with a population of 20,C61,725, there were 497 savings banks, having 559 unpaid and 1057 paid officers, the securi ties of the former amounting to £355,370, and of the latter to £297,400, the latter also drawing salaries and allow ances to the amount of £84,257 7s. The expenses of managing the savings banks in England and Wales fur the year ending Nov. 20, 1863, was £116,007. The number of accounts open at the latter date was £1.316,346—the tota amount owing to depositors, £35,529,755 7a—the total amount invested with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, £35,382,753 12s 102 —average rate of interest paid to depositors, £2 19s 2d per cent for the year—the total number of receipts from the depositors in the same year, I,l42,73o—number of payments, 691,200 the average amount of receipts from each depositor, £1 lls —and average payments, £9 13s 3d. The corresponding figures far Scotland are as follows : The population in 1861 was 3,061,251, and the number of banks 51. The unpaid officers numbered 41, and the paid 105, the salaries and allowances of the latter amounting to £6,341 Ils 10d. In the year ending November, 20, 1863, the total expenses of management was £B,B44—the num ber of accounts open, 1 55,298—0 wing to depositors on latter date, £2,877,508 Ila 5d amount invested with Commissioners of the National Debt, £2,575,303 17s 9d— average rate of interest £2 18s 10d—number of receipts from dep)sitors, £274,lB9—number of payments, 157,939 — average amount of receipts, £3 5s 7d—and an average amount of payments, £4 13s 6d. With respect to Ireland, we have the subjoined figures stn.plied:—The population in 1861 was £5,764,543, and the number of banks 53. Th ere were 48 unpaid, and 144 paid 8 cers, the sala r i es of the latter amounting to £6,514 5s d. Starting, as usual, from the year ending Nov. 20 t h, 1863, it appears that the expenses of management amount e d t t0 0 r5, 9 4 5 2 7 , 8 07, 8159242-17 s accounts i t 8 open, 66,652—0 wing to deposi zested with Commissioners of National D e b t , £ 2,058 393 num sblOd—rate of interest paid t o depositors, £2 16 s lld 0 1 f 9 r 1 e ,6 0 7 0 i 3 p — t s n , u z ne s b 4 e s r o 4 f d— p a a y n m ci e natvse,r ozf receipts fr om d e p os it ors, ra g 7 e 2' a 3 ru i7 u — un a t v e o r f a g p e ay a m m e o n a t n s t , £7 7 T l h 3 e s islands id' in the British seas had a population of 85,924 in Ib6l, two b an k s, two unpaid and tour w paid officials the latter drawing £1,140 f or salaries al a n d the year alrc idy menti o n e d t h e expenses of neßein'eeo::,„l„nt were £1,346 14e 6 , l—the nu m b er u t aceounte open 'C o L , - 1 - h - - last day of the year), 18,546—th e amount owing to deposie tors, £473,521 16s 2d—the total amount invested, Xineeel le e sd—the rate of interest £3—the number of receipt s 10,820 —number of patents, s,927 —av erage amount of re : oe ipts, £5 12s 6d—and average amount of payment s , £ll 7s 45. A recapitulation of the foregoing figures shbws that in t he United Kingdom, with population of 20,031,298 in 1861, there were 603 s :sings hanks, with 6.50 unpaid and 1,310 paid officers, the latter drawing salaries and allowanc.es to the amount of ,£98,253 .18 71. In the year ending Nov. 20, 1863, the expenses of the management amounted to £135,776 31 9d—the number of accounts remaining open were 1,556,842 —the total amount which was owing to the depositors on .N0v.20, £10,9.52,311 12s—total invested with Commissioners for Reduction of the National Debt, £10,790,208 6s 10d —the average rate cf interest paid to de positors, £2 19s ld—the number of receipts hem depositors 1,719,412 —the number of payments, 910,383—the average amount of receipts from each depositor. £4 7s 10d, and the average amount of payments to each, £3 12s 6d. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1864. The Members for Oxfordshire on Agricul tural Affairs. TIIAM E, Friday. The annuli gathering of the members and friends of the name Agricultural and Horticultural So cieties took place yesterday afternoon. The at tendance was very large and the show remarkably good. In the evening a large party dined together at the Spread Eagle. Captain Wykeham presided; and among the company we observed Colonel North, M.P., Col. Pane, M.P., Mr T. T. Bernard, M.P., Mr Hugh Hammersley, Mr T. Hobhouse, Mr T. Taylor, Mr J. Fletcher, Mr A. C. Brown, Mr J. Round, the Rev. J. Ashurst, and several other influential residents in the district. Th 6 toasts of " The Queen," " The Pi ince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family," were given and drunk with all the honours. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," coupling with the toast the name of Colonel North. Colonel NORTH, M.P., who was received with loud cheering, briefly responded to the toast. He said he believed that the army and navy were never in a more efficient state than they were at the pre sent moment, and was fully convinced that they were ready to perform services with the same gal lantry which they had always hitherto evinced. (Cheers.) With regard to the Volunteers, he was happy to say that they did great credit to the coun try, and was proud at being at the head of the bat• talion for the county. (Cheers.) The best possible feeling existed among all the services, and the only rivalry was which should best perform their services to their Sovereign and their country. (Loud cheering.) The next toast was the "Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," coupled with the name of the Rev. J. Ashurst. The Rev. J. ASHURST, in acknowledging the toast, observed that in an agricultural district every• one must feel peculiarly interested in the prosperity of agriculture. When the land was well tilled and brought to a high state of perfection it was advantageous to the landlord, profitable to the tenant, and beneficial to the labourer in providing him with remunerative employment. Societies of this description tended greatly to the promotion of the welfare of agriculture, and deserved the support of the clergy as much as that of any other portion of the community. Horticultural societies, by pro moting the cultivation of flowers, had a most bene ficial effect on the good taste and the morals of the community, and the only drawback on the present occasion to the calm enjoyment of the beautiful ex hibition of the day was the noise outside and the obotruction caused by the shows and stalls at the entranco to the show ground. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose " The Health of the Members for the County," expressing his deep regret at the absence of their old friend and neighbour, Mr Henley, which was caused by the painful bereavement which he had suffered, and in which he was sure everyone present most sincerely sympathised. (Hear.) They were, however, honoured with the presence of their gallant friends Col. North and Col. Fane, and he tru3ted they would continue to be so honoured for many years to come, for the presence of county members always gave additional weight and importance to such gathering,. (Cheers.) He hoped the conduct of their representatives during the past session had given general satisfaction to their constituents. No gentlemen could have acted more fairly and honestly, They had been present at all the important divisions which had taken place and had conscientiously done their duty towards the county of Oxford and the country in general. (Cheers.) He trusted that Col. North and Col. Fane would long retain their seats, and be spared to at tend these meetings, and that before long they would again have the pleasure of seeing their old and tried friend Mc Henley among them. The toast was drunk with three timed three and " one cheer more." Colonel NORTH, M.P., after expressing his deep regret at the cause of the absence of his right hon. colleague (Mr Henley), assured his friends around hire that, although he resided at a different end of the county, he *lad aiWttyti felt especial pleoeute 1,1 attending the annual gatherings at Thame, and cer tainly on no former occasion had he seen a better show of produce. (Cheers.) With regard to his Par liamentary duties, he could only say, in common wtih every member of the House of Commons, that whatever might be his political opinions, he endea • voured to discharge his duties honestly and con scientiously. (Hear, hear.) Of course, no member could expect to satisfy everybody. Hon, members were returned to represent certain political opinions, and those constituents. who did not coincide in such opinions must naturally feel dissatisfied with their votes. But if hon. members did their duty in an honest and straightforward manner the people would do them the justice to believe that their motives ware pure and conscientious. (Hear.) So long as ho had the honour orf epresenting the county of Oxford it would always be his utmost endeavour to serve his constituents faithfully and honestly. (Cheers.) Colonel FANE, M.P., in returning thanks, ex pressed the satisfaction which he always felt on meeting his friends on occasions like the present, particularly as county members had such few oppora tunities of addressing their constituents. He had not the chance of addressing them so frequently as his gallant friend (Col. North), but it was gratifying to him to experience the cordial reception which was always given to him, He always endeavoured to act honestly and uprightly. Whatever his politics might be and whatever opinions he might express before the electors, he could assure them they would always find him at his post whenever it was neces sary for him to be there. (Cheers.) He had listened with great attention to the remarks of his rev. friend (Mr Ashurst), and regretted that a larger num ber of the clergymen did not attend such gatherings. He could not Bay that he entirely agreed in all the remarks which had fallen from his rev. friend rela tive to the noise outside the show ground, causing an interruption to the proceedings, and the exhibi tions outside obstructing the access of the visitors to the beautiful field where the flowers had been exhibited. Now, he was accompanied by two ladies and two young children, and did not experience the slightest difficulty in obtaining access to the show ground. (Hear, hear.) So far from feeling any annoyance on that account, he had great pleasure in paying 4d. for a look into one of the peep shows. (Laughter.) There were other exhibitions which he had no doubt wore well worth seeing, and if time had allowed he should have been glad to go the round of the whole fair, and take a peep at them all. (Continued laughter.) He had no doubt whatever that those persons who were not able to obtain tickets for the show ground were very well satisfied with paying a small sum for a shot at the bull's eye. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) His rev. friend was a highly conscientious man and much respected, but he might be mistaken with regard to the amusements in which the multitude participated. (Hear, hear.) He did not think that such amuse. ments detracted from the interest attached to agris cultural societies. Quite the contrary. He believed that if one half the booths were removed, and the penny peep shows and other little amusements of a similar description were put down, a great deal of the interest and excitement caused by agricultural and horticultural societies would be done away with. (Hear.) When a county member was called upon to return thanks, and political matters were excluded, he thought it was his duty to make such suggestions us he believed would prannoto the welfare of such societies, (Hear.) Ile had not had an opportunity of seeing the ploughing, and regretted that he had not been able to ascel titin the opinions of many of the farmers with respect to the use of machi nery. From the conversation which he hal recently hal with some farmers in another locality on thet :iutiject ho believed that their opinions coincided in a great degree with that of Mr. Henley, that, after all the benefits derived from machinery, there was nothing like the old plough. Ho had no prejudice against steam-ploughing, but did not think it could be carried oil with sufficient economy to he beneficial to the farmer. He believed that Mr. Taylor's engine nad cost something like 1.:1,(0.), and cost him £3OO a year in working. lle now understood from Mr. Taylor tli7,t he.worked the machine about 100 dsys PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. (From the limes' Special Correspondent.) DRESDEN, SEPT. 7. I have stated in several of my letters from Ham burg and Hanover that there is at this present mo ment no political movement of any kind, either among the people or among the minor Governments in liermany. Something like a great revolution is, nevertheless, in progress, and it has in a great mea sure been already accomplished. Your great Ger man revolutionists are NI, von Bismark, his col leagues in the Prussian Government, and that aris. tocratic party among their supporters who, strange to say, make so vast a parade of their conservative principles. Those who have read the history of Germany to some purpose are well aware that the German Empire was a huge body without a head till the House of Austria contrived for several generations to monopolise the Imperial Crown. What secured the vote of the electors in behalf of so many suc cessive members of the same family was, not so much the valour or wisdom of the Hapsburgs, as the circumstance that, together with their here ditary German possessions, those Princes extended their sway over vast tracts of Magyar, Slavonian, and Italian lands, which became a wide field for general German enterprise. The Germans were, at all times, an expansive migratory race, and, so long as Austria and Germany were identical, the lower banks of the Danube were to the Teuton what the far west is now to the American Anglo-Saxon, the common inheritance of those who had no birthright of their own at home. Notwith standing this immense advantage, and the liberal patronage extended to all German talent in every branch of the civil and military organisation of the Austrian State, the Hapsburgs became daily more and more unequal to the task of holding the mem bers of the Empire under subjection, and, at the end of the Seven Years' War, they had to acknowledge the existence of a rival State, which did away for ever with their Imperial supremacy, and split Ger many into tw,) separate and more or less hostile fields. The great fact of a German dualism had hardly been accomplished, and the world was hardly aware of it, when the episode of the French Republic and Empire came to demolish what was already a mere ruin, and in 1815 Germany was reorganised into a Confederacy, which was neither more nor less than the former Austro-Prussian dualism, with, besides, a knot of small States which should per petually vibrate between the two large ones, and cluster, no ee to the one, now to the other, seeking their safety in the perpetual antagonism of the two. The aim of Prussia to place herself instead of Austria at the head of the German nation never was more apparent than at this present moment, since the invasion of Schleswig-Holstein promised to afford her the means for naval as well as for mili tary aggrandisement. M. von Bismark and his Government aspire to supremacy over German affairs, not only out of purely Prussian ambition, but also with a view to crush that democratic ele ment which has now been sufficiently snubbed, but which yet allows them no easy slumbers. The Schleswigellolstein business has so far turned out favourable to them that it has almost utterly anni• hilated the Frankfort Met and this small knot of minor States, which had given the movement so dangerous en initiation. But now there remains to settle accounts with Austria; and with all the inter views of Ministers and meetings of Sovereigns M. von Bismarck finds the Vienna statesmen a harder set of customers than he had bargained for. The drift of M. von Bismarck, we are told, would be not exactly to oust Austria from Germany, but only to bring her to accept a subordinate position in the Confederacy, allowing Prussia the full exercise of supreme ascendancy, "Austria,'' he is represented as saying, "should look for her sphere of activity in the south east and south. She has much to win on the Danube. She has much to keep, if not to regain, en the Mincio. Should she be able to depend on the joint support of Prussia and Germany, how could Russia or Turkey with stand her in the East, or what could Italy and France have to say to her in the Nest? Austria, Prussia, and Germany combined are more than a match for the world, and that this combination should be thorough—that the good understanding between Berlin, Vienna, and Frankfort should be cordial, what else is needed except that Austria eheuld desist from a bootless antagonism in Gsr many, and, seeking her new centre at Presburg, at Buda, or still further east, she should al:ow Prussia eo to thwart the ambition of the minor Ger man Princes, and so to curb the restless aspirations of the 9erman people, as to bring all the elements of German power under her control, and make them in any case of need sub-ervient to Austrian no less than to con.mon German interests." This Prussian policy, aiming at politely bowing Austria out of Germany, has been pretty consistently and adroitly followed at various times since 1815 But now this matter of Schleswig-Holstein hasgiven an opportunity for its practical development, and, no doubt, the slowness of the transactions of that ill•istarred Vienna Conference is to be chiefly ac ccuuted for by the fact that M. von Bismark is strongly endeavouring to induce Austria to make over to Prussia her own share of the benefits of the enterprise, end that he finds M. de Rechherg less disposed to fall in with his wishes than his own sanguine temperament had led him to expect. His mission at Vienna, it begins to be whispered, has not been crowned with success. Although Aus tria has, no doubt, one eye to the Danube, and one to the Mincio, she is not by any means disposed to play second fiddle in Germany. Nay, more she thinks that the Danube and the Mincio in her hands are as great a means of obtaining, preserv ing, and increasing her ascendancy in Germany at the present time, as they ever were during the three centuries of connection between the Hapsburgs and the Imperial Crown, from Maximilian L to Francis I. Every step made by Austria into the lower Danube, the Germans conceive, is so much ground gained for all Germany ; and, for what concerns Italy, there is hardly an elementary book that does not teach German children " that the defence of the Rhino is to be sought on the Po." So long as Austria holds those great out lets of German industry and enterprise, the Danube and the Adriatic, she enjoys in German eyes a consideration which would scarcely be counterbalanced by Prussia, were even Schles• wig• Holstein to give her the key of the Baltic. THE CAPTAIN OF THE TALLAHASSEE.—Captain J. T. Wood, whose name has lately been brought before the public in connection with the exploits of the Tallahassee, has acquired for himself a conspicuous place in the annals of this war, on account of the daring and suc cessful enterprises in which he has been engaged. He is a grandson, on the maternal side of the late General Taylor, President of the United States. Since the war broke out he has been naval aide to President Davis, but from time to time he has disappeared from Richmond, on services boldly conceived and brilliantly executed. With small boats, by surprises and by boarding, he has captured several Federal gunboats and transports, and, on one occasion, cut out a gunboat, the Underwriter, ou the Nense Riv er , f rom un d er the guns of the enemy's works. For these distinguished services, the Congress of the Confederate States passed the following unanimous vote of thanks :—" Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America—That the thanks of the Congress of the Confederate States are due, and aro hereby tendered, to Commander J ohn Taylor Wood, Confederate States navy, rind to the officers and men under his command, for the daring and brilliantly-executed plans which resulted in the capture of the United States trans port schooner Elinore on the Potomac River, of the ship Allegheny, and the United States g wilioets Satellite and Reliance, and the United States transport schooners Golden Rod, Coquette, and Two Brothers, on the Chesa• peake, and, more recently, in the capture from under the guns of the enemy's works of the United States gunboat Underwriter on the Neii River, near Newborn, North Carolina, with the officer and crews of the several vessels brought off as prisoners. Approved February 15, 19F4." Index. [ADVERTISEMENT, Fill.s.—For all Ages. - —Such testimony to the merits of this medicine as that contained in a letter lately received from a lady by Profes sor Holloway should be impressed on all aged sufferers. " What induced me principally to apply to you was that my mother, who is over 80 years of age, found very great bene fit from the use of your remedies." The value of such dis interested evidence is enhanced by the consideration that medicine usually tails to give any relief at such an advanced period of life. Holloway's pills are both safe and certain in their action on the stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, and skin. They act without violence, arid do not irritate the nerves or shock the system. in the year, and that the cost of working was about a guinea per day at present, but the Lord only knew what it would cost when it became a little older and required repair. (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. B. LEE then proposed "The Health of Mr. Bernard, MY. for Aylesbury." (Loud cheering.) Mr. BERNARD briefly acknowledged the compli ment, observing with regard to political matters that such changes had taken place that it was diffi cult for any one to draw a line of demarcation, or, indeed, almost to know to which party he belonged. He certainly felt himself free from any political alliances, and had followed that path which he con sidered most conducive to the interests of his con• stituents and of the country at large. (Cheers.) He was not a practical agriculturist, but had witnessed with great pleasure the improvements which had taken place within the few years, and felt convinced that they had proved beneficial to all classes engaged in agricultural pursuits. •' The Health of the County Magistrates" was acknowledged by Mr. Hammersley (who succeeded to the chairmanship of the quarter sessions on the retirement of Mr. Henley). Several other toasts of a local character were afterwards given and re sponded to, and the party did not :separate until a rather late hour. STATE OP TRADE. BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 10,—No abatement in the demand for Birmingham goods has as yet been perceived in conse quence of the additional turn of the screw in the Thread needle-street parlour. The trade is in the main of a steady character, very free from speculation ; and India, the foreign market to which a good deal of unsound consign ment has previously taken place, is just now the most de pressed. The South American and Mexican markets are steadily improving, and the West India trade is good. The home market from one end of the British Isles to the other presents a very satisfactory appearance, and the results of the harvest, which so much exceed the gloomy anticipa tions of two months ago, are putting people in good spirits. The iron trade is about the same as last reported; a good demand for plates, sheets, and angle and T iron; with an improvement for hoops and bars. The miners' strike, how ever, is extending. Every morning large bands of men on strike congregate about the approaches to the mines where the men are at work, and use every possible means to pre vent them going down the shafts. These efforts are in many cases successful, and the number not at work has increased. The area of the strike is also being extended, and an expo difien to the opposite extremity of the South Staffordshire coal field, on Channock Chase, has been organised with the view of stopping the supplies from that quarter. At least two iron works have been closed in consequence, and if the strike goes on and extends, more will follow. The men on strike, however, are suffering greatly, and this week they have not received anything from the union funds. MANCHESTER, Sept. 10.—It is a long time since we have had so depressed and gloomy a feeling as that which has possessed the yarn and cloth market during the closing days of the present week. The fact is as amazing as it is incom - prehensible. It is true that during the last few weeks cot ton has been inactive at Liverpool; very large imports have taken place, and tkat a great deal of cotton (.500,000 bales) are on the ocean, consigned to this market, but, on the other side, there is the undeniable fact that the stocks of manufactured goods in nearly all the foreign markets, and especially in the principal ones, have been a good deal less ened, and in some cases exhausted, so that only a little time was needed to cause the peace rumours to blow over, and to give merchants time to gain confidence ere large purchases for shipment must probably have been entered upon. But the mischief begun at such an inopportune moment by the peace rumours, has been greatly aggravated by the almost minimum rate of interest to 9 per cent. The consequance has been that the prices of cotton have declined ld to 2id per lb., with a difficulty to sell at that; while in yarns and manufactured goods the market has been almost paralysed. Buyers can scarcely be induced to make offers at any price, and where they have, such offers have mostly meant a;ruin-. ous sacrifice to the producer. Generally speaking a good deal of firmness exists among spinners and manufacturers, and few would perhaps make a concession more than pro portioned to the drop in the raw material (varying in ld to 2A per lb.), which in itself is ruinous, but of course in cases like the present there are always people unreasonably alarmed, though generally there is no panic feeling, and sales are said to have been made in one or two instances at 4d to 5d per lb decline from the rates of last week. Many spinners and manufacturers are this week talking of stopping their mills or lessening their production as the only means of stopping the fall of prices and curtailing the ruinous loss to which they are likely to be exposed from selling their goods, made of the dearest cotton that has been bought SinC3 the cotton famine commenced, under present prospects. There is no doubt that many anillowners have been induced to resume working for little or no better reason than that their neighbours were doing ao, snd from hearing that some of them had done tolerably well notwithstanding the famine, thus increasing the competiti ,n for cotton and running up prices higher than ever, when, according to the natural laws of trade, they should have been lower, and the lesson, if not too severe, may be a salutary one, derived from the present semi-panic, unfounded and unreasonable, as many people believe the rumours and causes of alarm which have led to it to be. LEEDS, Sept. 10.—There has been a fair sprinkling of merchants in the cloth halls this morning, and consider able business was done in several kinds of goods, though in the aggregate the market was far from being a good one. Buyers have been on the look out principally for tweeds, especially those in dark shades and of strong makes. Thick meltons also have been in good demand, and of these there was a large clearane.). Heavy cotton warp cloths have also been good to dispose of, such as pilots in drab shades, and presidents, beavers, and reversibles keep up a good position. Considering the advance in the rate of discount, the woollen trade generally is in a satisfactory condition, and this is owing to the fact that, as we foretold last week would soon be the case, the small country houses have begun to supply themselves with their winter stocks. Many buyers, who generally operate extensively, have been here during the week, but they have shown more than ordinary supineness, even taking into consideration that this is a mid-season period, and the secret of their passiveness is the dearness of money. Their proceedings cause stocks to look more formid able than should be the case, and merchants accordingly act with considerable caution. Much to the gratification of many holders of such fabrics a spirited inquiry has of late gone on after seal skins, which have long been passed by almost all purchasers. Considerable quantities of thin diagonals have been warehoused this week. Bieck unions of the finer sort are not quite so saleable, but superfine broads keep up wall in everybody's esteem, and realise high prices, because they are not to be met with in any abund ance, BRADFORD, Sept. 10.—There is now a better disposition to do business in worsted pieces than existed at the begin ning of the week. It has not become much developed, and is not likely to be, owing to the tightness of money. For home purposes very few goods are taken, and the foreigners have only taken some trifling parcels ; most of the conti nental and American representatives being absent. Manu facturers are rather taken aback that the piece department should be so fiat, and there are cases in which machinery is being stopped rather than that the millowners should be led into over production. The demand for worsted yarns is merely nominal, and prices are uncertain both of single and other yarns. Orders are very rare indeed. The price of wool is tending downwards owing to the heavy stocks in local staplers' hands; but the prospect of a better har vest than had been expected, and the fact that things are looking more more hopeful in America, must prevent easier terms becoming a permanent fact. HITDD ERSFIELD, Sept. 10.—Business is quiet among the merchants, but manufacturers are well employed; though for being so they are not much indebted to a present flourish ing trade, hut rather to preparation for the next season. There have only been a few buyers for large houses look ing round, but several operating on a smaller scale have been doing business rather briskly. The desire to buy goods is not, however, general among that class. The best qualities and styles of fancies are in request, and the same may be said with regard to the heavier descriptions of goods Cloths at medium price have been selling, but no great bulk has been disposed of. There is still a slack inquiry for low woollens and unions. The consumption of the raw mate rial has declined, owing to some of the large spinners having• secured good stocks. HALIFAX, Sept. 10,—Generally there is slackness in the woollen trade of this district. Orders are fast expiring, and no new ones come in to replace them. There is the least possible business doing in grenappes, camlets, lastings, and tweeds. The only decided sign of activity is among the manufacturers of surges. For carpets there is a very slug gish inquiry, but machinery is kept at work upon orders which date from some time back. The same may be said with respect to damasks, and the cotton mills are running short time in the expectation that a decline in the price of the staple will soon take place. An excellent trade is doing among the silk spinners, but there aro so fow now orders to encourage the exertions of the worsted yarn spinners that it is likely, if they could secure orders by so doing, they would relax a little of their high terms of the past. The sales of wool have been stopped almost altogether by the enhanced dearness of mon , y, NoTTrrionAikt,'Sept. 10.—During the past week there has not been much doing in lace goods, This season of the year is usually a quiet one, and upon the whole there has been about an average amount of business doing. Plain cotton nets are a very slow sale, and there is no improve ment in the fancy department. Silk meehlins and silk quillings meet a dull demand, and there is barely as much doing in black silk laces and narrow edgings used for trim • wings. There have been a few buyers in the market during tho week, but no large purchases have been made. Menu • facturers are in en eases l rinting to order, and tot descrip. Lions of stock are kept down. There is not much alteration in the hosiery trade. A few foreign orders are in course of execution, and a little is doing for the home market. Stocks are light, and all goods are being made to order. Yarns hold firm, at very high rates. LEICESTER, Sept. 10.—The hosiery trade remains in an active state, and during the week there has been quite an average amount of business doing at the warehouses. In the rural districts also the workpeople are fully employed. The wool market is quiet and prices remain high. There is a tolerable demand for yarns, which are realising extreme rates, and spinners are well engaged. The Harvest and Appearance of the Crops. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) Since the appearance of our last article on this subject the extraordinary drought which had prevailed for upwards of four months in the southern and midland counties had been brought to a close by abundant refreshing showers of rain. Already the whole aspect of the couutry is fresh and green, and if we should have a continuance of the present mild, moist weather during the month of September and the earlier part of October the root crops wi' 1 turn out better than was expected, and the meadows and pastures will soon be well covered with gi ass. In the south and east of Eng land the grain crops arc ell secured in excellent condition, and promise at all events a fair return, especially of wheat, The principal anxie t y is now about grass and other kinds of food for cattle and sheep during the autumn and winter months. That they will be scarce it cannot be doubted, notwithstanding the present most seasonable rains, but there is still time for a considerable improvement even in that respect. The following notes relate chiefly to the appear ance of the root, grass, hop, and fruit crops in the southern counties, and especially in the counties of Surrey, Kent, and Essex. Starting from London towards the hop gardens of Kent, we find the train crowded with women and children, and a few men, going down into the country to the hop picking. At this season upwards of 10,000 of the poorer part of the population of London turn out and encamp for weeks among the fertile and romantic hills of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, to assist in picking hops. They take their cooking vessels with them, and large loaves of bread, and beg or buy any thing else that they require down in the country, sleeping in barns, hop drying houses, malt houses, or in the hop fields on worm dry nights. It is a yearly " out "to thousands of poor families, in which they leave the dull and noisome alloys of London to breathe the air of the Kentish hills for three weeks or a month, and pick up as much money as will pay their rents, in the light and pleasant occupation of hop picking. At this season of the year the thinly-scattered population of the hop-growing districts is quite insufficient to secure the crops. The human hand alone can gather the delicate fruit or flower of the hop bine, just as the hand only can pick the bean of the coffee tree and wool of the cotton plant. No machinery, and scarcely any tool or implement, is of use in any part of the operation of hop picking. All must be done by the hand, and done in a few days, or the whole result of the year's labour is lost. The result is that there is a great demand for hop pickers at this time, and that the whole district is overrun with swarms of men, women, and children during this month, when the hop is ripe. The principal hop districts have hitherto been Maidstone and Canterbury, in Kent—Farnham, in Surrey —Ticehurst, and the other Hursts, in Sussex—lpswich, in Suffolk—East Thetford, in Nottinghamshire—and several districts in - Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Kent and Surrey are, however, ia an especial manner the hop counties of England, both on account of the great quantity and the fine quality of the hops grown in their chalky and loamy soils. Now that the hop duty has been repealed, which tended to confine the cultivation of hops to a few districts, they will probably be grown in some other districts, though the hop plant requires a very choice soil and climate to bring it to perfection, by giving it its finest flavour. The hop harvest of the present year promises to be very good, The bines are well grown and thickly covered with hops, and both the leaves and the plants are of a healthy colour, the leaves being of a dark shining green, and the hops of a light yellowish green. We did not see a single hop ground in a ride of 150 miles in which there was not a good show of hops. In point of beauty the hop grounds of Eng• land at this season far surpass the vineyards of France and the Rhine, and are only surpassed by the fes'ooned vine. yards of Italy. In that charming part of Surrey which lies between Herne-hill and Sydenham, the recent rains have greatly improved the appearance of the fields and gardens. The burnt-up look of the fields is gone, and young fresh grass is springing up amongst the withered herbage. All the corn is in stock, not a single sheaf remaining in the fields, and the young clovers are coming up in the stubbles where the land is laid down for a clover crop. The stubbles in which grain is to be succeeded by roots are many of them already broken up, ready for the winter frosts. The soil is a deep brown-coloured marl, but becomes lighter in colour on ap proaching the chalk near Sydenham. The whole district is well wooded with noble forest trees, chiefly elms and oaks. Turning eastward into Kent the soil is still a strong brown loam, very favourable to the growth of wheat and grass. The wheat is all safe in the stack. The grass land shows the effect of the rains in a crop of young grass springing up amongst the dry herbage, and sweetening for the sheep and cattle, which are very numerous and fine. Beyond Bromley we come to the first hop-gardens, and find them afterwards all through Kent. The plant is very tall and green, and thickly covered with cluatere of hops, which are beginning to change colour and assume a slight shade of yellowish green. In this neighbourhood and all through Kent the mangold crops are very healthy, and promise a good return. This valuable root is very extensively grown both in Kent and Essex for cattle and sheep, and does much better in dry seasons like the present than either Swedish or yellow tur nips. The field cabbage is also extensively cultivated, and is doing well this year. The turnips are thin and patchy. Large quantities of coppice wood are grown in this district for hop poles, for which there is a very great demand. The shoots are cut down every seven or eight years, only such trees being grown as send out fresh shoots as long as the tree lives. At the Sevenoaks Junction hundreds of hop-gatherers leave the train, forming a merry company, chiefly of women and children, and spread themselves over the country in search of work, going southwards towards the chalk and cretaceous soils, most favourable to the growth of hors. The soil about the Sevenoaks Junction is somewhat strong, and more suitable for corn and grass than for hops. Many large fields of potatoes and mangold are looking very well. At Farmingham-road marks of heavy rain during the previous night. To the north, as far as the Thames, a great range of wheat land laid out in large fields, with farm-houses surrounded by corn-stalks ; to the south, chalky hills and downs, well cultivated and wooded, and with hop Vantations in every shelrered nook. All the mangold and potato. crops good ; most of the turnip crops poor. The second crops of clover much better than in the eastern counties. - From Rochester to Canterbury the road—still on the rich, brown corn lands of Kent, but with the chalk close on the right hand—is so near thet the products of both kinds of soil can be seen. On the stronger soil a succession of orchards, the trees covered with ripe apples, pears, plums, and walnuts. Here also are the great cherry orchards, now stripped of their fruit, and the filbert-woods covered with ripe filberts. The corn lands stretch northward to the Thames, and far beyond the river over the whole corn dis trict of Essex, so famous for its fine wheat. Only three fields of corn uncarried in a ride of more than 100 miles, and those three oats. Twenty corn stacks and upwards appeared in many of the stack yards, and the farmers speak of the corn crops as very good this year on these strong, retentive soils. To the south the land rises in chalk hills, which extend from the Medway to the North and South Forelands. The soil light, and the crops chiefly barley, clover, and turnips with numerous flocks of sheep. Hop plantations in all the valleys and sheltered places. All the crops are good except the turnips, and they improve as we approach the sea, either from occasional showers during the dry months or the nature of tho soil. The green valley in which Canterbury stands is fresh and pleasant, as it always is, the meadow being kept constantly fresh by irritation of the water of the River Stour, which flows through the city. The hop grounds are very extensive and productive, and all the crops, including even turnips, look well in this well-watered neighbourhood. The downs and valleys from Canterbury to the sea form this year the freshest and greenest district in the south of England. The turnip crops are generally very good, the potato and mangold crops still better ; and the grain is all secured in excellent condition. SPECULATION IN PIGsIRON WARRANTS.— BROKERS' CLAIMS ON BANKRUPTS.---Important legal discussions, in connection with the right of brokers to claim upon bankrupt estates for losses through speculations in pig-iron warrants, are likely to arise out of Registrar Hill's decision in the bankruptcy of Messrs. B. Barker and Son, of Birmingham; the Registrar having admitted the claim, and the assignees having expressed their intention of appealing to the Lords Justices. The grounds upon which the proof was admitted were, that the transactions appeared to have boon bona fide sales and purchases, and not time bargains; but it should be remem bered that all dealings in pig-iron warrants are of the nature of time bargains, and that until within the last few years this was so openly acknowledged that, in the event of the buyer choosing to draw iron against his warrants, he could not:require the delivery of the par ticular brands and proportions represented on those war rants, but was bound to accept any of reputed equal quality. The Registrar admits that no debt was duo to Messrs. Wahlrick from the bankrupts at the time of the bankruptcy ; the iron bought was never delivered, nor way there any thought of delivering it, and previous payments were simply the payments of differences to the bankrupts. If differences upon speculative dealings be admitted as debts due from bankrupt estates, it is difficult to understand why public companies should not prove against bankrupt shareholders for the amounts uncalled upon all shares which they have subscribed for.—Mining Journal. COPPER ORES.—At the Cornish ticketing on Thursday 2,083 tons of coppsr ore realized £10,937 108. Averages :—Standard, £124 Os, ; prico per ton, £5 55. ; produce, Ga. Compared with the sale on September 1 the standard has slightly advanced, and with the corresponding monthly sale it has advanced XL Ms. Price per unit of produce at the sale on Thursday last, latis, 31d. Double Execution at Leeds. On Saturday morning the two men Myers and Sargi underwent the extreme penalty of the law in front 01 gaol at Leeds. They were both ccnvicted of wilful mu at the last assizes (being the first ever held is Leeds), former for the murder of his wife at Sheffield, and the 1 for the murder of John Cooper at Roche Abbey. The witness against Myers was his own daughter, who saw cut her mother's throat with a table knife. In the cat Sargisson's victim, who was a poor gardener, the w and other property was found in the cottage of the murc who endeavoured, while admitting having witnessed murder, to fix the actual commission of the deed on ano man, who had also been indicted, but had been release the grand jury ignoring the bill. Sargisson maintains the last that he was not the murderer cf Cooper. He after being urged to coffees, " If I could say anything would free him (the other man, Denton) from suspick would, but he is guilty. He struck the blow." No he pardon or respite has been held out to either of the demned men by any of the officials of the gaol, or b, relatives and others with whom they have had intery nor have they themselves oven suggested the possibil their receiving any commutation of their sentence. ] the time of their condemnation both men showed a befi sense of their awful position, and listened attentive the instruction afforded them. This was more espe( the case with the younger of the two criminals, Sargi On Saturday week the Bishop of Ripon arrived unex edly at Armley Gaol, where the condemned men were fined, and had an interview of an hour's duration with of them. Sargisson had also had the advantage of thi ritual ministrations cf the Rev, Mr Hartley, the in bent of the parish in which he formerly resided. On day forenoon the " condemned sermon" was preach the chapel of the gaol b} the Rev. Henry Tuckwel, chaplain. Myers seemed as indifferent as possible Sargisson was most attentive to his Prayer-book with the aid of his attendant at the proper found the lessons for the morning service'in the Bible. dom did he suffer his eyes to wander around, but altog he appeared to be most determinedly intent on realisin blessedness of the service in which he was engaged. "Rock of Ages cleft for me" had been sung, the Cha 'delivered the sermon, which was awfully impressive. text was Luke xxiii., 42. . The preparations for the carrying out of the sent were commenced on Friday, and every step was take the preservation of order. The scaffold was erected a north east angle of the gaol enclosure, access to it fc condemned men, the chaplain, the under-sheriff, the g nor, and other officials, being provided for by the form of a doorway in the masonry of the wall near to the key's residence. The scaffold was nine feet from the gr( the front of it screened with black cloth, which cone the bodies of the unfortunate men from the waist d wards. In front of the wall and at some distance fron scaffold on either side strong barricades were erected, powerful force of police was employed in the presery of order among the many thousands of spectators who present. There have not been wanting persona who sidered that the facilities for witnessing the melan , spectacle were insufficient, and who endeavoured to money out of it by the erection of platforms for the ac modation of those who chose to witness it without bail convenienced by the crowd beneath. One of these ere , occupied a site on the right of the scaffold, in the field ing the gaol, and the roof of the house occupied by th( gate keeper near to the prison even supported a platfo: the charge of 2s 6d for the front places. From the town all along the Armley-road there numerous stalls for the sale of edibles (save the mark even toys, giving an appearance of a fair rather than thing else. Both the unhappy men went to bed between twelv ono o'clock, but Sargisson did not take off his oli The governor went to Sargisson about five o in the morning, and found him lying in the bed still his clothes on. Ho was reading his Bible. The goV then went to Myers about half-past six. He was aslee on being awakened he rose up, and producing a small of paper which he had in his hand said, " These twt pences Mr Godson has promised to give to my dren." Both the men ate a good breakfast. The sc was erected under the wall of the gaol, and was drape( black cloth, so that after the drop fell nothing could b by the mob of the bodies of the unfortunate men. Mr 1 Sheriff Wm. Gray arrived at a quarter-past 8. Asker executioner, was also present at that time. The me begun to collect at four o'clock, and at the time of th cution there could not have been less than 120,000 pi present. When the prison clock struck nine, tl of " Hats off l" was raised by the multitude. under sheriff and Mr Keene were followed by the lain, in his canonical robes, repeating the 3 cal Service. Myers came up first, then Sargi both appearing pale and anxious looking. They knelt the drop whilst Mr Tuckwell continued to read inoe preseively the Burial Service. Both the culprits u the responses, and frequently ejaculated, " Lord mercy upon me 1" and " Lord save my soul." Mr r, well having pronounced the absolution, the executiet once stepped forward, adjusted the rope upon the ne' Myers, and afterwards upon Sargisso n , b u t thi s poet the dread ceremony was very protracted. Myers app quiet, but Sargisson shook his head heavily. Both all continued to cry out, " Lord have mercy upon me l' the last words uttered by Sargisson were to his br murderer. He called out, "Are you happy, lad? happy 1" to which Myers responded, "Indeed I am." drop fell, and the bodies were immediately hidden fret view of the crowd, and it was only from the vibration 4 rope that Myers seemed to die almost immediately—bt other man struggled violently for the next few min Sargisson to the last adhered to the statement that he made throughout. The crowd then commenced rapid% persing, though a largo number remained to witness cutting down of the bodies at ten o'clock. The aro ments for the preservation of order were carried out great zeal and discretion by Mr Bell, the chief constal So large a number of visitors to witness this melon( spectacle may be accounted for by this being the first cution since the division of the West Riding, Leeds 1 the appointed place for the final consummation of the COUNTRY MARKETS. GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 46s to 48s ; red, 418 to 44s per new white, 46s to 48s ; red, 40s to 438. Malting 1 —s to —s per qr ; grinding, 27s to 30s ; oats, old, 265; new, 19s to24s; beans, 34s to 40s; peas, 34s to 3, NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. White wheat, from 43s to 51s ; red wheat, 42s to Barley—malting, 30s to 37s ; grinding, 28s to 295. old, at Ms to 308 Od; new, 23s to 258. Beans sold to 44s per qr. ; new, 35s to 38s. ' Flour, fine, 30s to 325; super, 34s to 39s per 20 stO LEICESTER-SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 46s to 49s ; red, 42s to 45s PI stone. New white, 448 to 48s per 36 stone. Malting bi new, 32s to 36s per qr.; grinding, 29s to 318; old 11 23s to 295; new oats, 20 s to 24 s p er 24 s t one . old, 40s to 43s per 38 stone ; Sour, 345 to 39s per 20 et NORWICH-SATURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat, and both ne' old qualities realised about last week's prices. In bi oats, beans, and peas little doing. White wheat. 45s to 468 Red wheat i f 410 Malting barley ...35s to 36s Chevalier barley 3 30 ' Distilling do . 29s to 30s Oats. 24s I Flour, 28s Od to —s Od per sack from the mina YORK-S . ,TURDAY. A fair supply of wheat on offer from the farmers morning, and the attendance was moderate. Busine' steady, .and the prices of last week were reduced b Wheat, red 42s to 44s Oats.... 2os 1 White do .448 to 485 Beans 358 1 Barley .28s to 35s Peas ... ...... 8 t Malt, 58s to 60a per qr. ; rye, 30s per qr ; flour to 345 per sack. -FRIDAY. Liners was large, all W 5 ras good, and the last l'i 5. d. Oatmeal lO 0 to Beans.. Bere — 0 to Rapeseed Bakers' flour l4 0 to Indian corn Births. DEV.I.B.—On the 10th inst., at Bromley Ladge, Kent wife of Charles F. Devas, Esq., of a daughter. PRIOR.—On the 9th inst.. at Elmwood, Sutton, the of Holland Prior, Esq., of a daughter. SMITH.—On the Bth inst., the wife of A. Bentley SI Esq., Woodbine House, North End, Fulham, daughter. _ Marriages. MOXON—MABEY.—On the Bth inst., at St. James% cadilly, Mr. Thomas William Moxon, to Alice DO, youngest daughter of Mr. W. W, Mabey, of NOV street. SOTHEBY—CORNISH.--On the Bth inst., at Sslcoinbe gis, Hans William Sotheby, Esq., barrister-at-1 0 Lincoln's-inn, to Charlotte, eldest surviving daught Charles John Cornish, Esq,, of Saloombe House' mouth. Deaths. BENNETT.—On the 9th inst., at 3, Norfolk-road Yt ii,,yswater, James Bennett, aged (6. BA via.- - Oa the sth in3l., at the Royal Laboratory,4 port, Arthur, the y ounges t 8011 of Captain "Wyly, - 1. aged fivo months. GAURATT.—On the 9th inst., at Tho Retreat, Solltb 'lents, Samuel Wyatt Garrett, Esq., aged 79. Govuir. —On the 9th inst,, at Great Malvern, it l°l Gough, Esq., of Kilwcrth House, Leicestershire , fa 77. - NEWTON.—On the Bth inst., at Stamford-grovel " W Clapton, John Newton, Esq., aged 90. POLE —On the Bth inst., at Wych-hill House, 01 00 tershire, Charles Van Notten Pole, Lg., aged 92. London: Printed and Prblished by WILLIAM ANDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tim Suri Office I ' 4 '; Strand, in Vie i'reeinet of the Savoy, n the Count Xl . leulez.—MOnclaY, September 12,1861. DUBLIN To-day the attendance of wheat, the supply of which prices unaltered. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 24 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to 0