The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-19 00:00:00

B aissian Preparations for War. Duriv the last three months much has been done no, „ only in strengthening Cronstadt, but also in forii tying the entrances to the Neva, in building glint cats, batteries, &c. C ronstadt is being strengthened under the super intendence of Gen. Todleben and Gen. Zareva, by pl acing the old forts in a better state of defence, and a,t many points covering up the masonry by earth works. On the main island of Cronstadt, seaward, large earthworks are being thrown up, some of which rare nearly finished. From the sea they will be scavcely visible, and they not only enfilade the channcil, but some of them, being connected by paral lels one with another, will be able to hold guns to take in reverse any ships which may run the gaunt let of their fire and that of the forts. Some of th ese earthworks, more exposed than others, are to b e covered with 72-inch plates, placed on an angle 4of 45 deg., and curved over the top, so as to form a cover from vertical fire, and at the same time obviate the necessity of having bolts or any other fasten . lugs to retain the plates in position. The embra sures Will be closed immediately the gun is fired by a slide. of 11-inch iron, or by a drop door. The guns to be placed in these iron clad and other earthworks are to be 9-inch rifled cast steel, carrying a 3001 b rifled shot, or a 2501 b shell, 22 inches long. For thi 3 protection of the granite forts, enormous sup plies of earth and fascines are placed at different points, all carried thence from St. Petersburg at enormous labour and expense. To provide further against the possibility of a fleet passing up to the back of Cronstadt by the south chann el, about 300 lighters, laden with stones, have been sunk, so that now in no part is there more than four feet of wat . er. The authorities have supposed a possibility of Same hostile fleet passing the outer forts and earth works. They are therefore preparing to lay 300 in fernal machines i n the channel, each of which will contain 701 b. of powder, and explode by a slight touch from a ves sel passing over. Yet, still furth er , the enemy, we sha ll su ppose, has passed Cr ons t a d t, and arrived some ten miles up to the head of the bay, and wishes to pass the bar and enter the Neva. Here, on either hand, are fresh earthworks thrown u p ; they will not be completed for some weeks yet, but will be capable of mounting, is all, about 90 guns of the largest calibre, and enfilade the en trance to the river at a point where it is about S,oooft. wide. A supply of infernal machines is also to be kept ready to sink in the narrow channel of the bar. Another means of defence is also in course of pre paration—a submarine boat of colossal dimensions, in the construction of which about 200 tons of iron and steel are to be used. It is rapidly progressing towards completion. Great secrecy is being used about this, boat. We can, however, say that it is to have e n _ *tin worked by compressed air, to have a very fitrong beak, with provision for attaching large cylinders charged with powder to the bottoms of vesoels, to be fired by electricity. The parties na virsating the vessel will see what they are doing by Means of bulls'-eyes, and they will be able to regu late the depth at which they swim, generally keep ing quite close to the surface. The Emperor has not only approved the plans, but some months since signed the decree appropriating about £27,000 — say, 175,000 silver roubles—for this monster. By the Ist of Jane,lB64, the Marine Department confidently expects to have at Cronstadt sixteen iron-clad vessels, and they consider this a very poor - fleet for such a Power as Russia. There will be four vessels of larger size, all in many respects alike, including the Pevenetz, lately arrived from Eng land, Paid which is now receiving her armament and being finished off at Cronstadt. The second is build ing in St. Petersburg, under contract, by Messrs. Mi'cchell, of Newcastle. All her armour plates are on the spot, from Messrs. John Brown and Co.'s works, and she should be ready at the time namekand is to be called " Me Tron Menye (Touch me not). The third is building in St. Petersburg by Messrs. Semenikoff and Politika, and progresses fast towards completion. Her armour plates are also supplied by Messrs. John Brown and Co. The third is building by the Marine Department in the new Admiralty-yard, and her armour plates are also from the same firm. The general dimensions of these vessels are as follows: —Length over all, about 240 ft ; breadth, 53ft ; depth, 27ft ; builder's measurement, 2,800 tons ; the armament is not exactly settled, but will be rifled guns of 'tteavy calibre. The remaining 12 vessels are all Monitors, but only one will have solid armors plates, supplied by Messrs. Beale, and buil'aing by Messrs. Mitchell. She is from Captain Coies's design, and very nearly a facsimile of the De.nish vessel Rolf Brake. Her length is 175 ft be tween perpendiculars; breadth, 38ft ; depth, 14ft ; tonnage (b.m.), 1,250. The remaining 11 vessels are building by Messrs. Carr and Macpherson, two ; Semenikoff and Co., two ; Kondraftzott, two ; and the Government, five. They are to be clad with :four and five one-inch plates, rolled in long lengths, following the American plan. The towers are to be of 11 one-inch plates bolted together, although a question has just arisen whether it would not be advisable to tap them through and through, and by that means strengthen them. The covering of these vessels with one-inch plates results partly from The haste with which the resolution to build was taken, and partly from the want of machinery in asu aa IA to roll heavier plates. This want they are e evri.. _about to meet by erecting at their 'works a large armour plate, mill, the 151ftellit 'eq for . which has been sent from England, but v i rni ett largest .:11 not be sufficient for rolling the very second rolling It is, however, proposed to build a ment, but wige-raill, not, however, by the Govern a certain amounta guarantee from the authorities of senh e a t_ work. The building of this is, however, The old gunboa ts b uilt have all been thor during the Crimean war Otighi„, surveyed, and a contract has been made to put th em provided with new be i . n order. Fourteen are being re, and all are to have steam up and be in thorough' Workin g condition on the Ist of Jun e, u nder ilet t y 3r Penalties Man of the gun and mortar boats b uilt t en y com pletely used u p , a nd the builde o are ra a in Russia Yers ag seem to have e. e mulated their E ngli sh ,&c lah b re th ren i n the use of green . Enormous exertions are being used to • — o f guns, w ith sui table obtain th e requisite quant ity earthworks, and eh , ammuni tion, for all the for ts, 118. "d it d that the R founossi will perhaps be s England in guns h ave really got ahead 0,, " a shot • The largo rifled cast-st eel guns Which they are obtaining from Krupp, and which they ;11 W- •• shortly , commence making themselves in St. Petersbu rg are good, and the smaller si zed cast -steel guns, which are being produced rapi dly in the Ural, and also in Pootieloff's works in St. Petersburg, on Aboukoff's system, are found to be a great step in advance. They are not, perhaps, all t h a t could be wk, desired, yet they sustain a large amoun t of troy and their defects seem to arise from w hammer power, which want will be shortly Sup • plied. Guns are now being produced in a bout a dozen factories, working night and day, and in a few weeks another Elswick will commence. Its production will be solid cast-steel guns, from th 3 six-pounder to the eleven-inch gun, which latter is to fire a 500 lb. shell. To provide the necessary shot and shell for these guns all the foundries around St. Petersburg have orders vary. ing from 15,000 to 50,000 each. All the shot and shell from 12-pounders upwards are for rifled guns. The shot are from 2 to 2 1 > diameter, are round nosed, and are provided with soft metal bearings to fit the grooves of the The • guns. production of steel shell of th e same description is also increasing fast, and great exertions are being made to deliver large stipples. Round hammered steel shot are also being prepared to suit the naval 60-pounder gun. One firm alone has in hand 30,000 of these. The land artillery forces are also adopting the steel guns for their service, and find them well adapted by their lightness. A gun of the same calibre i s about on . 0-third lighter than a brass gun ; never theless, fearing that t he supply of steel g un s f o r this branc h of the service may n ot b e adequate quantity a large of brass guns are order e d, and are ' to be ready fo r service early in J anuary. a. Lare supplies of salt p etre have been purchased during the summer, a nd the powder wo r k s have been extended, and are working night and day to have a full supply. Should the anticipation of the authorities prove correct, and war be declared, they will not be able to obtain a supply of armour-plates from abroad. They are, therefore, erecting a mill at Colpino, near Petersburg, and propose to have a second mill built at once, that they may be able to produce 10,000 to 12,000 tons of armour *Attics per year, independent of all foreign aid. These works, the gun-works, and the large supply of teak, two years' supply of coal for the fleet, and the extra sums voted on account of the war expenditure during the last six months, amount to about 55 millions of roubles above the ordinary expenditure, say nine millions sterling; and a further sum is demanded immediately of 40 millions of roubles —say six millions sterling. This expenditure does not include the extra sums laid out in clothing and general commissariat stores. Flour has been very largely bought for delivery in February and for those places to which t he ordinary route is by water in spring ; extra prices are being paid for winter delivery. The Removal of St Thomas's Hospital. Tuesday afternoon a Special General Court of the Governors of this hospital took place at the London -bridge Railway Terminus Hotel, for the purpose of hearing the report of the committee in reference to the purchase from the Metropolitan Board of Works of the land at Stangate, for the site of a new hospital, at the price of £95,000, subject to the approval at the Cou r t o f Chancery. Alder man Sir J. Musgrove, Bart., presided, and the meet ing was most numerously attended. After a short discussion, a deputation from St. Olave's District Board of Works was admitted, and Mr. SLEIGH, one of its number, presented a me morial, which was read, and in which it was prayed, that the hospital should not be removed to the site at Stangate, on the ground that the situation was not only unfit but unhealthy, and that the removal of the hospital there would be taking it away out of the reach of the poor, for whose benefit it was ori ginally founded. The present temporary hospital and site were much approved, as would be either a site in the rear of Newington Church or at Bethle hem Hospital. Further statements in support of the memorial having been made, the deputation withdrew. A deputation, headed by Mr. Rendell, was then admitted, representing the parishes on the south side of London, and which prayed that the site at Stan gate should not be selected for the new hospital. The argument used against such a selection com prised its healthy state as well as its being far re moved from where such a valuable institution was most needed. It was further urged that it was carrying it close to two other hospitals which were fully equal to meet all cases. The deputation ap proved fully of the site at the Surrey Gardens or those at the back of Newington Church and Beth lehem. Other evidence was given showing that since the removal of the hospital to its present tem porary site the parochial medical relief had been greatly increased, and the rates become heavier, while the inconvenience to the sick poor was con siderably greater. In farther support of the memo- rial it was stated that out of 96 medical gentlemen practising on the south side of London 86 had ex pressed their total disapproval of the site at Stan gate. After some discussion, the President stated that the subject of the two memorials would receive every attention. The report of the committee comprised in the minutes of the meetings since the 15th of July last, as well as the articles of agreement relative to the purchase of the site at Stangate, were then read, and considerable discussion ensued with respect to the relative merits of the different sites, when the minutes were put aad agreed to. It was then resolved to further consider the ques- tion at a fatnre meeting, when the proceedings, which had lasted upwards of four hours, terminated. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The present return exhibits a considerable in crease in the deaths of London. They rose from 1,270 in the first week of the current month to 1,457 in that which ended last Saturday. The deaths under 20 years of age increased from 721 to 757 ; those at 60 years and up wards, from '209 to 276. The mean temperature of the air, which had been 49.8 deg. in the four weeks ending 7th November, was last week 41.6 deg. The average number of deaths in ten correspond ing weeks (viz., the 46th week in each of the years 1853-62) is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,379. The excess in the actual number over the estimated amount is therefore 78. Fatal cases of small-pox in the week were 18, showing a gradual decrease. Those of scarlatina 121, 8 of which occurred in Camden-town and Kentish-town, 7 in Islington West, 4 in St. George, Bloomsbury, 4 in Kensington Town, 6 in West minster. Fever is decidedly on the increase. Eighty-three deaths, which include those from typhus, typhoid fever, gastric fever, l&c., are referred to typhus in the tables. In October the weekly number ranged from 51 to 62. Out of 20 deaths in Rotherhithe, 2 were from small-pox, 3 from scarlatina, 7 from typhus, 1 from diphtheria. Both the Small-pox and Fever Hospitals are situated in the west sub-district of Islington. Four deaths occurred in the former and 11 in the latter establishment. Bronchitis and pneumonia continue to increase; they rose respectively to 167 and 117 deaths. A widow died at the age of 91 years; another at 96. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.791 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on three days of the week. The reading fell to 29.19 in. on Wednesday, and it rose to 30.14 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 41.6 deg., which is 2.5 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature fell near or below the average on five days. The night tem perature fell near or below the freezing point of water on five days. The extreme range of tempera ture in the week was 25.2 deg. The mean daily range was 12.9 deg. On Saturday the range was 5.6 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 2.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 91, Complete saturation being represented by 100. The tlr was exceedingly moist on Sunday and Tuesday. afterwards wind blew from the north-east on Monday ; 7_Ny n ords it was generally in the south-west. 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The Anglesey Nursery brought 15 starters to the post, and afforded one of those tedious delays, owing to the numerous false starts, that two-yr-old races are celebrated for. The winner turned up in an outsider, Pegasus, who, with Tomfoolery, and The Tailor, the three placed, contrived to get such a start as to leave, but a small chance for the others. There was a good race for the Wynnstay Cup, which was carried off by Buckland, to the discomfiture of the favourites, Lord %Heigh and Livingstone ; and the Column Handicap was won with ease by Bathilde. It may be remarked that the losses the fielders sustained on the first day:were made up to them to-day, scarcely a favourite landing his backers. There was an exception in 1 1.1 r. Ten Broeck's favour in the Marshmoor Handicap, which Peignoir, the chosen one of " the talent," put to his credit without difficulty. A. Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for £4O. Five furlongs. 7 subs. Mr. Baker's Rest, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Nigbtingall) 1 Mr Barber's Coronet, 6 yra, 7st 31b (E. Taylor) 2 Mr T. Hughes's Bosh, 4 yrs, 7st (T. French) 3 Mr Brayley's Kennett, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Morris) 4 Mr Barter's Pilot, 4 yrs, 7st (Loates) 5 Betting-2 to 1 agst Coronet, 100 to 30 each agst Ken nett and Rest. The last-named jumped away with a clear lead, which he held to the end, and won by four lengths; the others were pulling up as they came past the poet. The winner was bought in for 70 guineas. Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for all ages ; winners extra. Half a mile, 12 subs. Mr Joice's Dolphin, 3 yrs, Est 81b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st llb..(Fordham) 2 Mr Naylor's Biondella, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Challoner) 3 Mr Hodgman's Don't Come Late, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Morris) 4 heda between the second and third, two leegths third and fourth. The others beaten off. Nursery Handicap of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for 2-yr- olds; winners extra. One mile. 10 subs. Mr. Greville's Bradamante, bat 121 b .... (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Osborne's Fauconberg, Est 91b (carried 6st 101 b (Whiteley) 2 Mr H. Joice's Antoinette, 7st 81b (carried 7st 101 b) (Challoner) 3 The following also ran :—Oswinus, Fearnought, and Letcombe Lass colt. Betting-2 to 1 each agat Fauconberg and Antoinette, and 3 to 1 agat Bradamante. Fauconberg male strong running, followed by Antoinette and Bradamante to the centre of the stand, when the latter got her head in advance and won easily by a length and a half ; half a length between the second and third. Fear nought was fourth, Letcombe Lass colt nest ; Oswinus was last, beaten off. Bohemia also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Bohemia, 3to 1 agst Biondella, 4to 1 agst Dolphin, and 5 to 1 agst Miss Julia. . , Miss Julia got off in front, followed by Biondella, Dol phin, and Dont Come Late to the distance, where Biondella dropped back, leaving Dolphin in attendance upon the old mare to the stand, where he headed her and won very easily by a length. Biondella finishKl a bad third. The favourite, who got badly off, broke down badly in her off hind leg be fore she had gone 100 yards. Mordan dismounted and walked her home. The Anglesey Nursery Handicap Plate of 40 sovs, for 2 .yr olds ; winners extra. About five furlongs. Mr Bland's Pegasus, 7st 31b (G. Prince) 1 Mr Payne's Tomfoolery, 7st 51b (G. Grimshaw) 2 Mr Layton's The Tailor, 7st (T. French) 3 The following also ran :—Orphene, Prescription, Vic • toria Cross, Jessie, Overcast, Whitehorn, Naxos, Mystery, Belle of the Vale, Hawkshaw, Cosette, and Deerstalker. Betting-5 to 2 agst Tomfoolery, sto 1 agst Prescription, 7 to 1 agst The Tailor, 9 to 1 agst Overcast, 8 to 1 agst Naxos, 10 to 1 agst Hawkshaw, 20 to 1 agst Orphene, and 100 to 3 agst the winner. Upwards of half an hour was lest at the post before the flag was lowered to a straggling start, in which the favourite obtained a clear lead, closely followed by Prescription, The Tailor, Pegasus, Jessie, and Cosette in close company; the, others headed by Overcast, Belle of the Vale following at wide intervals. On rounding the turn into the straight, where the leaders ran rather wide, and in doing which Mr Kempson's filly lost considerable ground, Tom foolery and Prescription at the same time were joined on the right by Pegasus, The Tailor, and Overcast, the lot running together to the enclosure, where Prescription was beaten, and Mr. Bland's colt headed the favourite, and won a fine race by a neck ; a head only separated the second and third; Prescription was fourth, Overcast fifth, Cosette sixth, and Naxos next. Jessie was the last. The Wynnstay Cup of 5 sovs each, with a Cup value 40 sovs added, for 2-yr-clds and upwards; weights for age, with selling allowances ; the winner to be sold for £2OO ; if entered not to be sold, 141 b extra. T.Y.C. Mr Bird's Buckland (L 200), 2 yrs, 6st 51b .... (Carroll) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Zelle, 4 yrs, Bst 41b.. (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr B. J. Angell's Lord Burleigh, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (G. Fordham) 3 Lord Stamford's Livingstone, 3 yrs, 9st (5. Mann) 4 Lord Bateman's Gipsey Girl, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Tomlinson) Betting ---6 to 4 agst Lord Burleigh, 2to 1 agst Living stone, and 5 to 1 agst Buckland. Lord Burleigh, with Livingstone and Gipsey Girl lying up, made play into the straight, where they were joined by Belle and Buckland. From this point a slashing race en sued, the latter, getting his head in advance at the enclo sure, winning a fine race by a head, two lengths separating the second and third Livingstone was a bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 355 guineas. The Column Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 fc; second to save his stake. Winners extra, with certain allowances. Lord Chesterfield's Bathilde, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (allowed 31b) (EL Grimshaw) 1 Mr Fleming's Cadiz, 3 yrs, fist Illb (inclu. 71b extra) (IL Covey) 2 Mr S. Thellusson's Jack of Hearts, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Mordan) 3 The following also ran :—Balham, Despair (late Fig), Chore Amie, Tattoo, Captain Crow, Trap, and Sea Nymph. Betting-5 to 2 agst Trap, 7to 2 agst Sea Nymph, 6to 1 each agst Balham and Captain Crow, 7 to 1 agst Bathilde, and 10 to 1 agst Despair. Cadiz made play at a cracking pace, followed in a cluster by Captain Crow, Jack of Hearty Sea Nymph, and Despair, the rear being brought up by Bathilde and Chere Amie. In these positions they came past the stand, but on rounding the top turn Cadiz somewhat increased his lead, still fol. lowed by Captain Crow, at whose girths came Jack of Hearts, Sea Nymph, Balham, Tattoo, and Trap ; Despair and Bathilde heading the next lot. As they neared the bottom turn Balham's colours disappeared from their ad vanced position, followed in a few strides further by the fa vourite. On entering the straight Captain Crow dropped back, and his place was taken by Bathilde, who waited till half way up, when Grimshaw brought her to the front and won very easily by two lengths, half a dozen lengths off came Jack of Hearts, who finished third ; Sea Nymph was fourth, Despair fifth, Tattoo sixth, Trap seventh ; the three last being Captain Crow, Balham, and Chere Amie. The Longleate Handicap of 5 sous each, for all ages; win ners after the declaration of the weights 71b extra ; the second to save his stake. About three furlongs and a quarter, straight run in. 20 subs. Mr W. Robertson's Queen Elizabeth, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (T. French) 1 Mr Bell's Pupii, 4 yrs, Bst (Hobson) 2 Mr Naylor's Fravola, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Challoner) 3 Lady Louise, Confusion, Antipodes, Edward the Confes sor, and Faretra also ran. Betting-3 to 1 agst Lady Louisa, 4to 1 agst Queen Elizabeth, 9 to 2 agst Faretra, and 5 to 1 each agst Fravola and Pupil. Pupil, after a tedious delay, jumped away with a slight lead of Fravola, at whose quarters came Queen Elizabeth and Lady Louisa, the latter lying wide on the left. They ran in these positions to the enclosure, where Queen Eliza beth came to the post, and won easily by a length and a half ; a head hitween the second and third ; Lady Louisa was fourth, close up, and Faretra fifth. The latter in her preliminary canter jumped the rails and fell, fortunately without injury to Sayers. Edward the Confessor and Con fusion were the last two. The Acton Burnel Stakes, of 3 sovs each, with 25 soya added, for 2.yr-olds and upwards. Weights for age, with selling and other allowances. Three-quarter of a mile. 8 subs. Captain Christie's Spicebox (£2O), 6 yrs, Bst 61b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr Kempson's Jessie (£2O), 2 yrs, sst 81b .... (Mordan) 2 Mr Joice's Douche (£2O), 3 yrs, 7st 41b.... (T. French) 3 Mr Johnstone's Antidote (£2O), 3 yrs, Est 131 b (G. Prince) 4 Mr Burbridge's Rosa Lee (£2O), 2 yrs, 6st 131 b Grimahaw) 5 Betting -6 to 4 agst Jessie, and 2to 1 agst Bpicebox. Rosa Lee made play, attended by Antidote and Douche, the two favourites following next. At the distance Spice box ran past his horses, and took a clear lead, and won by a length and a half ; Jessie, who came with a rush at the finish, defeating Douche in the last stride by half a length ; a bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 60 guineas, and Mr H. Joice claimed Jessie. The Monkmoor Handicap of 5 soya eanh, with 25 added ; second to save his stake ; winners extra. The winner to be sold for £2OO. About half a mile. 27 subs. Mr Ten Broeck's Peignoir, 4 yrs, Bst 51b.... (Fordham) 1 Mr Riddell's Leontes, aged, Bst 71b .. (Custance) 2 Mr Hodgman's Confederate, 2 yrs, 6st 91b .. (Morris) 3 Mr Stevens's Bianca filly, 2 yrs, Est 91b.. (J. Grimshaw) 4 Mr Wood's Lady Mary, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (A. Woodhouse) 5 Mr. Marsh's Lady Nichol, 2 yrs, 7st llb (Whiteley) 6 Betting-6 to 4 agst Peignoir, 4to 1 agst Leontes, 6to 1 each agst Confederate and the Bianca filly. Leontes, in company with the favourite and Lady Mary, made the running into the straight, where Lord Bateman's colt was headed by Lady Mary, who came on second to the half-distance, when the favourite came again, and headed Leontes at the stand, and won in a canter by two lengths, a like distance separating the second and third ; a bad fourth. The winner was not sold. °c!r r 7 7 1 b extra. One mile. A Handi cap Pl ate o f 50 sovs , f or 2- yr - o ld s an d u p war d s . Any number of horses the property of the same owner Lord T a y run. A winner after the declaration of the handicap __Chesterfield's Zelle, by Stockwell, 4 yrs, 7st (Loates) IMr C. peek's Bernice Mr Ten Broeck. , 5 Yre 7st 9lb .. (E. Harrison) 2 The following al:ornad°' 3 yrs, 7st lOib .... (Murfat) 3 Torn Pay ne , inei r t a a n t :—Welland, Crochet colt, Zin gari,Betting-6 to 4 agst _ 4B , Quicksand, Creole, and Farce. 1 agst Welland. Zelle, 5 t o 1 ags t B ern i ce , an d 7 t o Zingari, with Bernice, Tornad o , I ncitatus, and Zelle lying Straight where Bernice took up wade play into the up, after a length, a th e running, closely followed by th e rest, ter st,i obtained a to the stand, where Zelle got up, and in a few st r id es by b. d ec ided advantage, and Won cleverly MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov, 17, (Before the Assistant-Judge.) Philip Beeson, 22, and John Unwin, who pleaded guilty on Monday to as indictment on which they were charged with stealing three jugs and other articles, the property of G. R. Cheshire, their master, was brought up for judgment. Although the amount of property laid in the indictment was small, yet a robbery to a great amount had been com mitted. The prosecutor is a glass and earthenware mer chant, his depot being at 3, Wharf, York-road, City-road, and on Monday, Dot. 19, he told the prisoner Unwin to pack up an order that was going to Camberwell, and to put the goods into a Van. The van was driven away in the charge of Beeson snd Unwin, but they were accompanied by a man named Larry. When they got to the Angel Berry went away, and tha van was watched to Bagnigge-w ells- road, where the prisoners pulled up at a brushmaker's shop; Beeson got down aid took three jugs from a cart, and took them into the shop, After the van was gone Mr. Cheshire went to the brush shop, when Mr. Birbeck, who kept the shop, handed to his' three jugs which had been left by Beeson, and they km his private mark. Beeson was taken into custody, and afterwards on going to his lodgings, No. 20, Lever street, tw) hampers full of china and glass were found, which he identified as his property. The prisoner Unwin was subsequently taken into custody, and a quantity of property belonging to the prosecutor was found in his possession. _ . Mr. F. H. Lewis having been heard on behalf of the prisoners, Mr. Metcalfe said this was a most extensive robbery, and the prosecutor hardy knew the amount of which he had been robbed. The Assistant-Judge sentenced Be6son to be imprisoned and kept to hard latour for 12 months, and Unwin for nine months. Henry Wrench, 21, who was convicted on Tuesday of embezzling divers same of money received by him for and on account of Steveas's Patent Bread Machinery Company (limited), was bron;ht up for judgment. The prisoner at tae time of the trial stated that Mrs. Riley, wife of the manager of the company, was in the habit of helping herself cut of the till for the purpose of meeting the expenses of hou s ekeeping, and she wa s or d ere d to b e t hi s day in attendance to answer such questions as might be put to her. Boners. This day Mrs. Riley accordingly attended, and she posi tively denied all thtt the prisoner had alleged. The Assistant-Jidge sentenced the prisoner to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months. George Gibbs, 22, late a police-constable in the S division stationed at Hamps;ead, and Mary Gibbs, 21, his wife, were indicted for stealing a gun, value 205., the property of Wil liam Hodge. There were further indictments against them for stealing 12 blankets, two table covers, and one counter pane, value £6, the property of George Stinton, and with stealing a lamp, value 58., the property of Maurice Drum. mond, the Receiver-General of the Metropolitan Police. Mr. Lowden and Mr. F. a Lewis prosecuted ; Mr. Met calfe (instructed by Mr. Charles Young) defended the pri soners. Mr, Inspector Webb, of the S division, was in attendance to watch the case on behalf of the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police. Mr. Rowden having briefly opened the case, called the following witnesses : Thomas Foster, police-constable 28 S, said he knew the male prisoner, who was formerly a constable in the metro rpaah eb on o ar a l dd i u t e ta a mthl n stebow n ek ror o eoe l yu i d e tneot monthsd, h g the oh n ee d r a goo pntu round e e .t dmafemalejoining p premises, senmsmi r n i ir s sg. oe Mills,;i ne tea r w showed nHhdaa a me its he `Vest-end. a roundi et a wes at w-dhe his nd f mi e di sv . t beat, we ei H Hiaectn e e: on his beat in a night. William Hodge said he was gardener to Mr. Mills, of West-end, Hampstead, and had been so for five years. The gun produced he brought withhim to Hampstead five years ago last Jane. Ho knew it by the ramrod, which ha made himself. The gun was kept in a toolhouse in the kitchen garden. He had also a saw there. The saw produced be longed to him, and it was with the gun in the same shed. He saw them last about the Bth of October, when they were safe in the shed. The police made a communication to him, and he went to the prisoner's house on the 29th of October in company with a man named Castle. Castle said to the female prisoner, " What about that gun ?" She said she knew nothing about any gun, and that she had never had a gun in her hands in her life. In cross-examination by Mr. Metcalfe, he said he had the gun in his possession for the purpose of keeping birds off the crops. The gun and saw were locked up in the tool house, of which he kept the key. The lock of the toolhouse had nut been forced. He had not lent the gun to any ono. He had used the gun in September. He was passing Mr. Castle's shop, and he saw his gun in the window. In answer to questions by the Assistant-Judge, he said there were windows in the toolhouse, but there were no fastenings to the windows, The windows were two feet wide, and a man could get through them. Isaac Castle said he lived at No. 7, Flask-walk, Hamp stead, and was a marine store dealer. He bought a gun of Mrs. Gibbs on the Bth of October, and gave her 8s for it. On the 29th of October he went to the prisoner's house and saw the female prisoner. He said to her, " 'What about that gun ?" She replied she knew nothing about any gun, and had never had one in her possession. She went away, and witness waited outside the house. The female prisoner went away and up to the town, and was absent about 10 minutes, and when she returned he again asked ,her what was to be done about the gun. She said she wished him to see her husband, who came home some time afterwards. He then told witness that he had better come up with him to his room. Witness went, when the male prisoner said he had had the gun in his possession for three or four years. He said that it was his gun, and that he could bring witnesses to prove that it was his. He said he would take back the gun if they would give him the 8s he had got for it. Mrs. Castle, wife of the last witness, said she bought the saw produced by Mrs. Gibbs, and gave her 6d for it. That was on the 10th of October. Her husband had bought a gun of her on the same day. Charles Kemp, police constable 22 S, eaid the male pri soner was a constable under him. He saw him on Friday morning, the 30th October. He said to him, " Gibbs, did you see a man last night respecting a gun 2" and he said he did. Witness told him that he should detain him until the question as to the property was cleared up. He said it was his gun, and he had had it for five years. Witness showed him a gun, and he said it was like it, and that he had offered on the night before, to give the man the money back that it was sold for. At 6 o'clock the same morning witness waited upon Hodge, and received the gun from him. He after wards went to a man named Garrett and got the saw, which had been sold to him by Castle, in Flask-walk. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Metcalfe asked his lordship if he thought there was any case against the woman. After a short discussion, the Assistant -Judge directed the learned counsel for the defence to confine his observa tions to the male prisoner only, behalf Mr of the c a. M eeloquent that the identity address on f the gun had not been clearly established, and called upon the jury, as it was a most d oubtful case, to give him the tl male fe madepriso ner, a mostcontending able ad benefit of the doubt and acquit him. The Assistant-Judge very carefully summed up the evi- dente, and The jury found the male prisoner guilty and the woman not guilty. Mr. Rowden said there were two other indictments against the prisoners, and one of them was for breaking into a house on Haverstock-hill, and taking therefrom twelve blankets, two tablecovers, a counterpane, and various other articles. Some of the articles had been recovered, but a large quantity was still missing. Mr. F. H. Lewis said this was really a weak case, and rested on a counterpane which had been pawned ; but the. woman who was said to have washed it did not identify it. Mr. Rowden said the woman was seen on the night near to the place where the robbery was committed with a largo bundle in her possession, which she did not have when she went there. The Assistant-Judg3 said there was, no doubt, a good deal of suspicion about it. Mr. Rowden said there was some of this property thrown over a hedge, and a good deal more had not been found. Mr. F. H. Lewis remarked that there was no evidence whatever that the woman had acted independently of her husband in the commission of the robbery. Mr. Rowden said he was informed by Mr. Inspector Webb that this man had only been 7 months in the force, and during that time he had been thrice reported for being drunk, once being taken before a magistrate and fined 10s. •The Assistant-Judge said the prisoner had been convicted on the clearest evidence,and his offence was so much greater as he was an officer of the police, to whom the protection of the property and lives of the Queen's subjects was in trusted, and it was the duty of the Court when such things occurred to make an example of the offender, so that others might be taught that if they were convicted such matters would not be lightly passed over. Notwithstanding the able defence which had been made for him by the learned counsel, it seemed that he not only stole these things, but he used his wife as the instrument of getting rid of them. He would be separated from her for a considerable period, and the sentence of the Court upon him was that ho be kept in penal servitude for three years. The female prisoner was then charged on the other two indictments, and no other evidence being offered, the jury in each case returned a verdict of not guilty. The Assistant-Judge, addressing the woman, who had a very young child in her arms, said—You will be now for a considerable time left alone in the world, but I advise you to be very careful what you do, for if you come here again you will be very severely dealt with. Julia Elizabeth Graham and Catherine Holmes were in dicted for attempting to steal from the persons of divers women, whose names are unknown, certain goods and chat- tels, their property. Mr. Gresham prosecuted; Mr. Pater defended the pri- Vv Edward James Langley, a detective sergeant of police, said, on the 26th of October he was in company of Edwin Coathupe, another sergeant, in Oxford-street, and saw the prisoners there. He saw Graham place herself on the right hand side of a lady, while Holmes walked on in front of her. He saw Graham place her left hand in the pocket of the lady, but he did not see anything taken. They then left the lady and walked side by side, He afterwards saw Graham attempt to pick several ladies' pockets at a bazaar in Oxford-street, to which he followed them. They left the bazaar together and went down Regent-street. He saw Graham attempt to pick a lady's pocket at the corner of Argyll-place. He watched them for an hour and a half. In New Oxford-street he took Holmes into custody, telling her that it was for attempting to pick ladies' pockets in Ox ford-street, Regent-street, and the Crystal Palace Bazaar, They denied all knowledge of each other, and said they had only just met at the corner of Tottenham-court-road. Edwin Coathupe, a detectiv3 sergeant of police, said he was with the last witness on the 28;h October, and saw the two prisoners near the corner of Great Portland-street, in Oxtord-street. He saw Graham place herself on the right hand side of a lady, and put her left hand into the lady's pocket, Holmes being in front of her. They then went up Oxford-street, and he saw them attempt the pockets of two or three ladies who were standing outside shops. The pri• goners then went to the Crystal Palace Bazaar, and he saW them try four or five ladies' pockets as they were standing at the stalls. They left the bazaar, crossed Oxford-street, and went down Regent-street. He spoke to two ladies dur ing the time he was following them, but they said they had not lost anything. After they had gone down Regent-street they went to New Oxford-street, where he took Graham. He told her he was a police-officer, and that he should take her into custody for attempting to pick pockets in Regent street and Oxford-street, and she said she had not been near Oxford-street nor Regent-street. Mr. Pater addressed the jury for Holmes, contending that, as they sometimes saw policemen placed in the dock for grave offences, their evidence ought to be received with more than ordinary caution, and condemned the way in which they had acted on this occasion. _ _ The jury found both prisoners guilty, expressing their entire approbation of the way in which the police officers had acted. Several convictions were put in against the prisoner Holmes, among them being one of penal servitude passed on her at the Surrey Sessions, in 1857, for picking pockets, after previous convictions. There were several convictions since then. No conviction was put in against the other prisoner. The Assistant-Judge expressed his regret that he could not send Holmes again to penal servitude, and sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years, and Graham to be imprisoned for 12 months. . say,. George Trotman surrendered in discharge of his bail, charged with cutting open and stealing frotu certain bags 91b. of coffee, the property of the St. Katherine Dock Com pany, his masters. Mr. Sleigh (instructed by Messrs. Tooke, Hallowes, and Price, on behalf of the St. Katherine Dock Company) pro secuted ; Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoner. _ _ It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Walker that the prisoner had been in the employ of the c anpany 88 a sampler for 21 years, and that he was employed on No. 2 floor, and on Nov. 2 he had occasion to go on that floor, and noticing the trapdoor was closed, and hearing a peculiar noise, it caused him to look behind the coffee bags, and he there saw the prisoner crouching behind them. He also found one of the bage cut and saw the prisoner drop his apron. He asked the prisoner what he wanted, and he said he was looking for some box tracks ; but on Mr. Walker looking further he found a bag containing about 61b. of coffee. Mr. Mumford, superintendent of police at the St. Kathe rine Dock, said he took the prisoner into custody, and he said he went to look for some box trucks, and he hoped he should not be taken into custody, as he was putting the coffee back into the bag. His house had been searched, but nothing had been found relating to the charge. Mr, Metcalfe addressed the jury for the prisoner, and afterwards called several witnesses, who gave him a charac ter extending over many years for honesty and integrity. The Assistant-Judge summed up the evidence, and The jury found him Guilty. The learned Judge observed that it was truly pitiable to see a man forfeit a 23 years' character and his situation in such a way, and sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months. Ellen Murphy, 20, and Ann Murphy, 18, were indicted for stealing a gold watch, value £l5, the property of Thos. Dawes Harris, from his person. Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton defended. From the evidence it appeared that early on the morning of the 29th ult. the prosecutor was going home drunk, and while in the Hampstead-road he was beset by the two pri soners. Ryan, a policeman, who was on duty near the place, heard cries of " Police," and on going to the place found the prosecutor held by two gentlemen, and he said he had lost his watch. He went into Ilubert•street, close by, where he saw Ellen Murphy in front of him, and when he got within about 20 yards of her, she said, " Policeman, I did not take the watch." A young man named William Paul, who was there, after seeing Ellen Murphy taken into cus • tody, saw Ann Murphy at the corner of Hammond-street, and he told her that her sister was taken into custody for stealing a watch. She replied, " I know she is, you fool," and produced the watch from her bosom and asked him to open it. He did so, when she snatched it from his hand, and it had not since been found, The witness Paul was severely cross-examined by Mr. Ribton as to his having been convicted of felony, which he positively denied. He said he had seen Ann Murphy before, but had not spoken to her. The watch was not in his hand for more than a second. He knew that it was stolen, and he went and told the police about it. Brown, 308 S, proved apprehending Ann Murphy in bed at her father's house. Mr. Ribton addressed the jury for the prisoners, The Assistant-Judge summed up the evidence with great care. The jury found both the prisoners guilty. Brown, a police-constable, said he knew both the prisoners, who were prostitutes, living in the house with their father, who is a costermonger. Ann Murphy only came out of prison on the 26th of last month, having been committed for an assault. The Assistant-Judge sentenced each of the prisoners to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months. He said he should order the witness Paul to receive a reward of £1 for his conduct, and should refuse the prosecutor his expenses. STATE OF TRADE. DUNDEE, Nov. 17.—Advises from Riga report a further advance of three roubles in the price of flax, K 1 having been done at 0 roubles, but a fall in the exchange reduces the advance to about ,L 1 sterling a pound. Here holders are asking an advance upon last week's prices, but buyers are unwilling to comply, and only a moderate business is re ported to-day, the sales being at very full prices. Some St. Petersburg flax was put up to public sale here to-day, and three-fourths of it was sold at fair prices, the balance being withdrawn for £2 a ton more than was bid for it. Tow and codilla are in good demand, but the high rates now asked check sales. Jute of good quality is in short stock in this market. and as it is much wanted prices are rather firmer since last week, Common is also inquired for at former prices. There was not the excitement in the market for yarns or cloth which characterised it lately, but a very good demand exists, and the business done was at firm prices, there being no appearance of weakness in any description of either. There were a number of buyers in the market to-day, both for the home trade and for shipment, but the, firmness both of spinners and manufacturers, and their inability to make early deliveries, greatly re stricted sales. The American advices received yesterday report an improved demand for burlaps and other heavy linens, at higher prices, but they will scarcely remit those now current here. LEICESTER, 18th.—There is not so much doing in the hosiery trade, but still, considering the time of the year, the workpeople are well employed, and there is a fair amount of business doing. Business in the rural districts is rather quiet. Wools are in` fair consumptive demand, and the market is firm. Yarns are realising high rates, and spinners, on the whole, are well engaged. NOTTINGHAM, 18th.—There has been very little doing in the lace trade during the past few days, but this is always a dull period for business. A few orders are completing in Mechlin quillings. Other branches of the plain trade are exceedingly dull. There are some small American orders in the market,`and there is little doing for the home trade. The demand for silk goods—especially laces—is very dull, and there is less doing in quilling 2. Buyers purchase in small -uantities. and only for immediate wants. In hosiery "- both for shipping and for the home there is a little a 0.,, —*NT high prices. trade. Yarns are selling at ' e'er the THE RECENT MURDERS IN A CAD. --qt.. termination of the inquiry into the death of Mrs. Hunt ma her two children on Monday evening, a discussion took place between the jurymen and the coroer as to who should defray the expenses of burying the bodies, which still lie in the dead-house at St. Mary's Hospital. The hospital officials objected to having the expenses saddled on them, and it was thought very hard that the parish of Padding ton should have to pay, after the heavy cost it would be put to by the inquiry into the cause of the deaths. It was generally thought that the unfortunate victims ough of t the at least to have a decent fu neral, to be paid for out money and property of the murderer taken possession of by the Government. The coroner said he would write to the Government on the subject, but he could not officially do anything in the matter, except ii4Rue his warrant for the interracat, which had been done, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—When the Chief Constructor of the Navy addresses a select assembly on the special subjects of his profession it is certain that the inte rest taken in his communications will extend far beyond his immediate audience. What the inhabi tants of Greenwich heard on Tuesday evening the public at large will desire to know, and we charge ourselves accordingly with the exposition of Mr. Reed's views on War Ships and Shipbuilding for the benefit of the country. These views were ex pressed at the Greenwich Institution with much perspicuity and very little reserve, so that the reader may learn exactly what we are doing in our dockyards on authority which is not to be im peached. The successive " reconstructions" of our Navy have been occasioned by successive discoveries in the application of steam power, the science of artillery, and the availability of iron armour for the protection of floating vessels. Steam com pelled the change from sails to paddles, and from paddles to screws. Just now the twin screw is talked of as introducing us to another phase of the invention, but Mr. Reed does not regard this device as likely to have very extensive consequences. The double screw will be useful, he says, in vessels of light draught, but, where the draught of water is sufficient, a single screw of a given diameter is more effective as a propeller than two screws of greater diameter together. A ship, for instance, with a 85-feet screw would be faster than another with two screws of ten feet each ; nor does our Chief Constructor believe that even the turning power of the double screw will be found to sur pass that obtainable from a single screw under Judicious development. Steam, therefore, even if still "in its infancy," does not threaten us with any new revolution at present. On the contrary, it is likely to be brought more conveni ently under control by an anticipated economy in the use of fuel. Of guns Mr. Reed cannot be expected to say much. This subject is only incidentally connected with his department, and we shall have conveyed his views on the matter when we state that he sees no impediment to the employment of far heavier ord nance in a ship's battery than is used at present, and that he believes these guns, however ponderous they may be, can be carried in broadside ports with out recourse to the invention of turrets. When our artillerists have produced the proper gun Mr. Reed will be ready to mount and work it without any innovation on the natural characteristics of good sea-going vessels. Steam and ordnance being thus disposed of, we now come to the great question of our future Fleet; and we shall best introduce our ships in prospect by a brief classification of our ships in pos session. We have actually got the Warrior andßlack Prince of the first class, with the Achilles, the Agin court, the Minotaur, and the Northumberland in various stages of progress, We have then got the Defence and the Resistance, shorter, smaller, and slower vessels than those of the former class, and the Hector and the Valiant, of a class intermediate. These are all iron built ships. Then we have five vessels converted from timber ships of the line into ironclads by the addition of armour—theßoyal Oak, the Prince Consort, and the Caledonia afloat, and the Ocean and the Prince Alfred to follow. We are also constructing one ship and converting another on the cupola or turret principle, and with these specimens the catalogue is complete. We have now to report the opinion of the Chief Constructor on these various models, and to describe the improve ments which he represents as in contemplation. Let us first mention that he confirms the suspicion which we recently expressed, and announces dis tinctly that these two turret or cupola ships are n, t designed for sea service, but are now proceeded with simply as coast-going vessels or floating bat teries, available only for the limited duties per formad by the American Monitors. We add no comment on this point at present, but confine ourselves to the statement of the fact. As regards the rest, Mr. Reed informs us that in all our first rate Ironalads we have committed a'mistake. The Warrior and her consorts are swift, strong, and powerful vessels, formidable to an enemy, and cre ditable to ourselves as beginners; but they are all too long. The ordinary reader will hardly believe, at first sight, in the importance of this fact, or be prepared to recognise what Mr. Reed describes as a great " discovery." Yet it does import a great deal. The excessive length of these vessels makes them difficult to steer and hard to manage ; while the increased cost which it entails is really incredible. Mr. Reed assures us that the curtailment of 100 feet from theWarrioes lengthwould have saved £lOO,OOO in the expense of the ship, besides relieving us from the heavy incidental charges which the enlargement of our docks must occasiou. He assures us also that this great length was not required, and that it was accepted solely under the mistaken impression that the desired speed could not be obtained without it, whereas the truth is that a shorter vessel could be propelled just as rapidly. The new policy, there tore, of the Admiralty will consist in making our first-rate ironciads shorter, handier, and cheaper, and this is Mr. Reed's first disclosure. He next gives us a very distinct opinion on the con troversy between wood and iron, and, without pretending to absolute dogmatism, evidently places wood on a level with iron for the framework of a ship of war. He considers, and indeed asserts, that the Royal 0.. k is as good a vessel as the Warrior, and thus reeks our five converted ships with our original ironclads. At this point of 'his discourse he could not, of course, omit a reference to the dis tress of the Prince Consort in the late storm, and he tells us, on the best authority, that she not only never leaked or strained at all, but that she rode out the gale with less damage to her structure than would have been suffered by any old fashioned tim ber vessel. It happened that her bow port was stove in, and that in her heavy rolling she shipped a good deal of sea over all. The water thus ad mitted to her decks found its way to the hold, and caused her distress, but there was no straining of the fabric whatever. Mr. Reed proceeds even to ask why there should have been, and informs us that the centre of gravity is actually lower in an iron-cased frigate than in an old two-decker with all her guns and top hamper. So he roundly main tains that there is no argument against the employ ment of wooden frames which should exclude them from use. There may, he admits, be a greater struc tural strength obtainable from iron, but not neces sarily a greater durability. Iron rivets, as we have lately seen, are as apt to be corroded as wood is to decay, besides which wooden bottoms are so plainly superior to iron bottoms in one important respect that the latter can only be effectually sheathed by the interposition of a wooden skin. Then comes the programme of novelties, and here the Chief Con structor has agreeable news to announce. The two vessels built after his own designs, the Enterprise and the Research, will, he tells us, be ready in a few weeks, and that they were not ready earlier has been the fault, he says, not of any dockyard authorities, but of private contractors, who failed in the supply of the requisite materials at the proper time These ships, it will be remembered are in tended to prove that armour-plating can be effec tually applied to the smaller classes of sea-going vessels, so that heavy guns may be carried to any part of the world by iron-cased cruisers. But Mr. Reed adds something more. Adverting to the speech of Mr. Laird at Birkenhead, he says, "1 state with the most absolute fearlessness and confi dence that the Admiralty are now building a cor vette from which neither the Alabama nor the Florida could hope to escape, and with which the two together could not hope to contend fora single hour." Thus, our private shipbuilders are at last boldly challenged by our dockyard authorities, and the trial cannot be far distant. In condensing what Was a long as well as an elaborate address for the use of the public, we have left ourselves but little room for comment. We will only add, therefore, that we seemed to have been pursued by our usual fortune in discovering that the Warrior ought to have been 100 feet shorter and £lOO,OOO cheaper only when we have built two there ships like her, and contracted for three others rather longer and dearer still ; that it will be some compensation for us if our converted ironclads are really as good as our originals; and that we look with some impa tience, and the utmost interest, for that floating phenomenon which is to whitewash the Admiralty and carry off the championship from Birkenhead. DAILY NEWS.—The little further intelligence received from Japan by the last mail onl y ' ten t been show that the position of matters the re has n - 'ye materially improved by the terribly destruct.e da operations at Kagosima. Prince Satsuma, as w i. as r y, Admiral anda n p c e e r r , t ai c claims isme sense, s t e o , h *th vie ; , in some reason. This delud ed semi-barbarian may paovsseibalcyhineovtecl wi a ou to e of destroy the first naiions of the world , " are intended have fallen into the erro r of supposing that naval operations, when under taken nbdyed on forti fications and disperse armed forces, rather than to inflict death and misery on thousands of non-com batants. Looking at the enormous amount of injury inflicted upon his subjects and upon their property, he may naturally have con -tuded that there was some proportionably great defo -gs, to damage his defences and his troops; so tae British s qua d ron s h eer i ng off s hattered sides and t a tt ere d r i gg i ng , " to with h n he sea; repair at Yokohama," while his batteries were little injured, he presumed that he had been successful in foiling a formidable attack. The Japanese mind has not risen to the height of the great argument propounded by Admiral Kuper's defenders in Lon don, that an assailing force is in no way responsible for the devastation which may be caused. Looking roughly at the matter, it concludes that the bom bardment of Kagosima was a very serious attempt to suppress Satsuma, and that it was one which tailed. Such, at least, appears to be the view en tertained by the Daimio who holds the entrance of the Inland Sea, and who had recently engagements with French and Dutch men-of-war. That Prince is now in possession of both sides of the strait at Simonosaki, and threatens to hold the passage against all foreign vessels, though it has been open for several years. This is the view likely to be en tertained by other Daimios who are not conversant with naval logic. We have indeed terribly avenged the murder of Mr. Richardson ; and it is to be hoped the Daimios will never again allow their retainers to commit such an atrocious act ; but the monetary indemnity exacted from the Government of the Taicoon is a much better security against the repe tition of such offences than the destruction of ft , Japanese city can well be. When Prince Satsuma thinks quietly over the affair, he can scarcely fail to see that he and his people have been the chief losers. He may still hug the conviction that he has repulsed a British fleet, but this idea will probably do good in allaying the feelings of anger which must have been roused in his bosom. So far as we are concerned there must surely now be an end to the Richardson case, and it is devoutly to be hoped that the Japanese are prepared to allow matters to rest as they are. Even the Emperor of the French j udges that" a policy of forbearance" is necessary in Japan, and the affair at Kagosima has rather frightened the p arties who have been crying out loudest for " decided" mea sures in that country. The very fist step taken in that direction has been calculated to provoke, rather than to control, the Japanese, and. at the same time, to revolt the moral sense of Europe. Two or three more victories such as that of Kago sitna would be indeed disastrous—ruinous to our good name, and ruinous to our prospects of further intercourse with Japan. It cannot be too strongly impressed upon our countrymen in that part of the world that the development of relationships must be left to the natural working of those interests which elsewhere are allowed to regulate the inter course between people of different nations. Until Englishmen pay some respect to the feelings, and even to the prejudices. of the Japanese it is hope less to look for anything like a good understanding. This last mail, in a case which was tried before Consul Winchester at Yokohama, affords a good illustration of the manner in which difficulties arise. Morotamon, a Japanese official, brought a complaint against three British subjects, one of whom, it was not denied, had fired at him, and had shot him through the arm. The Englishmen were on horse back at the time of the encounter, armed with re volvers, and had used abusive language towards Morotamon, when he was only futfitfing his duty. Now, it seems that the Japanese law of honour does not allow a military officer to receive an insult without demanding redress; and as the three bold Britons were on horseback and armed, Morotamou drew his sword in advancing towards them to de mand their names. On this they fired, probably remembering the use to which Japanese swords bad been put in former instances, and it was only by accident that he escaped with his life. Cases of this kind are not easily prevented where there is muck mutual and suspicion ; but the Japanese may well doubt whether they are likely to receive justiue at our hands. If this official had been killed? Mr. Consul Winchester would have been equally bound as now to refuse redress, on the ground which he alleged, that the danger to which the foreigners were exposed was " of such a character as to excite those reasonable apprehensions of injury which justify the use of means of self-de fence." The Japanese, with such cases before them , naturally argue thus :—" We are no longer inde" pendent in our own land, Here is a foreigner killed in a dispute with one of our princes, and his Coon' try men immediately claim the exclusive right of passing judgment—they levy upon our Governm en an enormous sum of money, burn our steamers, BM' destroy one of our most populous towns. Here lel one of our officials insulted and killed by several armed foreigners ; and these same overbearing people, still claiming an exclusive right of judr went, pronounce the act proper, and refuse redress' If these things are to be tolerated then our honour is lost, and we are only slaves in the land of our fathers. The Japanese cannot help considering that if these things are done in the green tree there is no saying what may be done in the dry. If tire, of three hundred foreigners, locat ed on isolate d points on the coast, thus pass judgment ups" and punish the most powerful of the Japane se t Daimios, what may not happen whe n these two three hundred have grown into two or three thoa' sand, or two or three hundred thousa nd ? The p eo0 ; pect thus opened is calculated to excite resistaeF e even in despair. Our position in Japan, as va rioin illustrated by the case of Satsuma and b y that e Morotamon, is one which must be intolerable to saf t independent, high-minded people ; and the be 0,, thing her Majesty can do in re Japan is to a pp oieb a competent representative to confer with represea tatives both of the Mikado and of the Taicoou as to its being placed on some better footing. COUNTRY MARKETS. -.1- LYNN--TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a good supply of wheat• and the prices of last week advanced 6d to is for fine samples; other sorts as before. Barley fully sup ported late rates. Oats and leans were firm, ql's to 39s White 455 to 46s / Barley ....... "'- 4. 323 Red.. ..40s to 41s Grinding .295 • to 264 22 6 Beans .40s to 44s I Oats.. ..... to New 38s to 40s Poas quarter HULL—TUESDAY. At this day's market the show of English wheat vil moderate, with a ready sale, at fully late currencieo,,Bl34 in some instances an advance of is per qr was obtain v ... for really dry samples. Foreign he ld firml y at ls lora money. Barley met a slow sale, at pric es in favour of i& buyers. Beans and peas declined. O ats were dull, but 0 quotably lower. Wheat.... Old white per qr. Old red lf d 43s white .. ~ New red w .... „ 4 433 08 3 6 s s so Od 0: ddd t ttt 0 0 00 4 4 43 5 941 ssso Od Od Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 3 , 68 0,1 Grinding 26s 6d to 2,s 0 Saal an d Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 318 nc i 28s Od to 0 Grinding , Od Oats English, old 22 s Od to 20 d ' Archangel and Riga, per st Osl2id tO 1 . 3 ,a Friesland and Dutch ... osl3d to Oslala Swedish and Danish Beans ....English, old, per qr New pigeon New tick . Egyptian Peas .. Foreign boilers ... 44334 0 0 0422 s sesss I 0 2 0000 ddiciddd to 0000 t L o . 4413 1 1 ou,o , . 1 3 :0 aciacicia Grinding 0 Tares .... Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding s2s Od to rks v ,.1 crus hi ng .. .... 40s Od to 520 v 7, Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 5 oto £0 0 ' 0 Foreign: Bl5 oto 9 0 Rape cakes . .60 0 to 00 3 Bones 5 5 oto 510 MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white whO t ! 41s Od to 45s Od ; new red, 39s Od to 43s per 36 ston", beans, 39s to 41s for old ; new sorts, 36s to 38s per 3 8 15 4 . t ,,' barley, 35s to 3 7 5 for malting , and 28 s to 32 s pe r qr. o'l6 grinding; new oats, 20 s to 23 s Od per 24 stone; old, "- to 295. COAL k Prioes of Coal per 'ron at s. d. Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 9 Eden Main Hastings Hartley l5 9 Lambert's West Hart- _ ARK ET. the close of the market. N. West Wylam.. ..... ..16 ° Walls End. 0 Riddell..... l7 ~ Framwellgate.. l6 7„ Wharncliffe ......... •17 u ,, T u nstall . ..... l7 u Hatton 19 6 6 Haswell.... ...... l9 0 ... lB 6 Ca w Carado p c 18 0 la o e e l I fO e r t h 1/ — .ly l5 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ...15 9 Holywell 17 0 Cowpen Hartley 15 9 ranfield Moor 15 6 ranfield Moor Butes 15 6 West Hartley .. 15 9 Wylam 17 0 Births. wife Oc CARPENTER. -0a the 17th inst., at Surbiton, the w" o f Esq., Deputy Commis sar y-General , G-1111211.1-5-IFA.: S. e_liciater,ter, r t e. h n elB ' th inst, at 22, Westbourne-place, baton' squar e, Mrs. Charles Gray, of a son. SA.LMON.—On the 15th inst., at W es t m i ns t er , the wife of" H. C. Salmon, Esq., of a son. Gil tl O TRAITERs. — On the 16th inst., a t B r i g h ton, M rs . ntra.- 5 Travers, of a son. Marriages. riol j CHASTON — COIJSENS.—On the 17th i ns t., at the . n " 01 3 church of St. Alph ege , G reenw i ch, J ames Chastoo,lo6 of Brundish L o d ge , near F ramlingham, Suffolk, to J il ca r Atkins Sanders, only surviving daughter of the late tain Wm. Cousens, H.E.I.C.S. CLARE—COLLINS.—On the 12th inst., at Saint ""ix-a r Y t h 'g o ' Islington, William Clare, jun., to Frances Jat te iyio' eldest daughter of Mr. H. H. Collins, of Great cheater-street. Deaths. BEECH.—On the 15th inst-, at Surbiton, Mr. James 33eeclIP aged 61. BOLTON.—On the 16th inst., at the Rectory, Odihalo, Right Hon. the Dowager Lady Bolton, aged 87. Ee l , , DYNE.—On the 13th inst., suddenly, Edward Pyr e, of 61, Lincoln ' s-inn.fields, aged 61 FULLAGAR.—On the 16th inst., at Chichester, the BO' Fullagar, aged 83. MARSHALL.—On the 17th inst., Richard Marshall, ,4. (5 , 1.' 0 Muswell-hill, late of Stationers' - hall court, aged 00 PINE.—On the 17th inst., at Maidstone, Mr. 'Milian' Pine, aged 48. RICHARDS.—On the 14th inst., at Woolwich, Cal:'‘• Lord Richards, tb• WlLLis.—On the 18th inst , at 72, Gloucester-street, Belgravia, Elizabeth, the wife of Major-Genera l R.A., aged 78. • gv io London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDR of No. 112, Strand. Printer, at TUE SUN OfEce y of Strand, in the Pr e c inct of the Savoy. in the COW Niddlesex.77-Thurodo, November 19, 1863. Ina "7 ”.