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

Russian Preparations for War. During the last three months much has been done not only in strengthening Cronstadt, but also in fortifying the entrances to the Neva, in building gunboats, batteries, &c• Cronstadt is being strengthened under the super intendence of Gen. Tod'chat and Oen. Zsreva, by placing the old fat is in a better state of defence, and at many points covering up the masouzy by earth works. On the main island of Cronstadt, seaward, large earthworks are being thrown up, some of which are nearly finished. From the sea they will be scarcely visible, and they not only enfilade the channel, 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 these earthworks, more exposed than others, are to be covered with 71-inch plates, placed on an angle of 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 ings 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 the 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 bee n sunk, so that now in no part is there more than four feet of water. The authorities have supposed a possibility of some hostile fleet passing the outer forts and earth works. They are therefore preparing to lay 300 in fernal machines in the channel, each of which will contain '7olb. of powder, and explode by a slight touch from a vessel passing over. Yet, still further, the enemy, we shall suppose, has passed Cronstadt, and arrived some ten miles up to the head of the bay, and wishes to pass the bar and enter the Neva. liere, on either hand, are fresh earthworks thrown Tip ; 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 ecfilade the en trance to the river at a point where it is about 3,000 ft. 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 engines worked by compressed air, to have a very strong beak, with provision for attaching large cylinders charged with powder to the bottoms of vessels, to be fired by electricity. The psrties na vigating the vessel will see what they are do:ing by means of bulls'-eyes, and they will be able to re - ou- I 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, and which is now receiving her armament and being finished off at Cronstadt. The second is build ing in St. Petersburg, under contract, by Messrs. Mitchell, 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 named, and is to be called " Me Tron Menya" (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 heavy calibre. The remaining 12 vessels are all Monitors, but only one will have solid armour plates, supplied by Messrs. Beale, and building by Messrs. Mitchell. She is from Captain Coles's design, and very nearly a facsimile of the Danish vessel Rolf Krake. 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 tak en,. ll,a and partly from the want of machinery in le to roll heavier plates. This want they ajoet now about to meet by erecting at their machinery a large armour plate mill, the but which g which has been sent from England, largeat 111 not be sufficient for rolling the very second rolliee. It is, however, proposed to build a merit , but wi t h a not, however, by the Govern a certain guarantee from the authorities of however, amoun t somewh o: work. The building of this is, Tne old glenb„ t t l'rubielee aticel. have alln been made th toorens beilt during the Crimean war bus bee put them surveyed, and a c o nt ra ct order. Fourteen are being provided with ne: I,lll_ 1 "8, a n d a ll are t o h ave in stea m up and be in Thorough 1 working condition on the Ist of June, under heavmortar boats byielei:butae? builders lieh b rethren in the nse of gree n timber, &e. Enormous exertions are being used to obtain the requisite quanti t y of guns, with suitable ammuni tion, for all the f orts, earthworks, and aiP i _ s will perhaps be found that the R ualan . au eti d it really got ahead o f England in gttliand shot, The large rifled cast steel guns w h ic h they are obtaining from Krupp, and whic h t he y will sh ortly commence making themselves in St. Petersburg, are good, and the smaller sized cast-steel g uns, which are being produced rapidly in the Ural, and also in Pootieloff's works in St. Petersburg, on Abonkoff's system, are found to be a great step in advance. They are not, perhaps, all that could be desired, yet they sustain a large amount of work, and their defects seem to arise from a want of hammer power, which want will be shortly sup plied. Guns are now being produced in about 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 the six-pounder to the eleven-inch gun, which latter is to fire a 5001 b. 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 und ers upwards are for rifled guns, The shot are nosed, and from 2to 21 diameter, are round nosed, the are groov es of provided with s o ft m e tal bearings to shell of theexert Emm a the guns. The production of steel ant! grcat escription is also increasing fast, suppler. Round deu e d are being made to deliver large hammeredt steel shot are also being prepared t o so the na va l 60- poun d er gun . One firm alone ha s in hand The land artillery f orces 30 000 of these. ' s t ee l guns for their service,also ad o pti ng th e and find them well are adapted by their lightness. A gun ca libre is about one - third lighte r thanof the same a brass gun; nevertheless, fearing that the S upply of steel for the 3 branch of the service may adequate a be dequate guns a large quanti t y of .brass guns are ordered, and are to be ready for service early in January. Large supplies of saltpetre have been purchased during the summer, and the powder works 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. I They are, therefore, erecting a mill at Co' 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 : par year, independent of all foreign aid. Th?.,e 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 BUM 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 the ordinary route is by water in spring ; extra price s 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 Court of Chancery. Alder- I ma n 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, tha s t t t a h n e g h at o e s f on ital should not be removed to the site at 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 gr. 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 need 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 further support of the memo rial it was stated that out of 96 medical gentlemen prantising 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 and agreed to. It was then resolved to further consider the ques tion at a future meeting, when the proceedings, which had lasted upwards of four hours, terminated. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly &turn.) 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 ctses of small-pox in the week were IS, 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, &c., are referred to typhus in the tables. In October the weekly number ranged from 51 to 62. Out of 20 deathE 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 hitter 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 31.14 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. Welsher). 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 sir temperature was 2.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 91, complete saturation being represented by 100. The ",!-r was exceedingly moist on Sunday and Tuesday. 1 - wind blew from the north-east on Monday ; a af terward s it was generally in the south-west. The S l:t: ° r t e l t h ree nights.t of the of rain was 0.33 in., most of which fell on " 4 "Y+wh' h was very ungenial, but was succeeded by a teal to 47'5 deg, ,104kably fine day. There was hoar frost on The mean of the highest temperature t'leis Was 48 9 deg., that of the lowest was [ A hvzuTisE lf ------ ,,, , Throat Afrectio i r 3 -I ',l—lielloway's Ointment and Pills. — more numerous e : r 4 -t no season have throat maladies been time , Simple „ re t4 Ze dangerous than at the present poth er i a l ' C oate, hoarseness, relaxed uvula, quinsey, and di fomenting the neck ati ' c r:9 be treated most successfully by est with warm water, and after wards ap e diligentlyrient drousbesbinofgil tlloway's ointment. 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In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 48. 6d ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 2 2 5. ; !4lb 4 0 s. —Barry — Barr Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum and Mason ; and all every town of the United ilia Grocers and Chemists iu gavui. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEAIREIt 19, 1863. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY RActS.—WEDNESDAY. Ten events were on to : day's card for decision, a large number, even taking into consideration the early hour, 12 o'clock, at which the sport commenced. We much questim the advantage of crowding so many races into one day. The public money if divided among half the number would ensure better fields and a higher class of animals. The racing to-day was not of a character to call for any particular comment from us, 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 Burleigh 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 Mr. 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 sous 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 210........ (J. Nightingall) 1 Mr Barber's Coronet, 6 yrs, 7st 31b (E. Taylor) 2 Mr I'. Hughes's Bosh, 4 yrs, 7st (T. French) 3 Mr 13rayley's Kennett, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Morris) 4 Mr Bar`, f2r's Pilot, 4 yrs, 7st (Loates) 5 Betting-2 .4.1 1 agst Coronet, 100 to 30 each agst Ken nett and - Rest. The lastnamed jumped aw :k . v with a clear lead, which he held to the end, and won by four leZt 4B ; pulling up as they came past the post. the others were ThQ winner was bought in for 70 guineas. Handicap of 3 soya each, with 20 added, for all ages ; winners extra. Half a mile, 12 subs. - - Mr Joice's Dolphin, 3 yrs, 6at 81b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st 11b..(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 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 finished 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 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 te 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 lost 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 soya each, with a Cup value 40 sovs added, for 2-yr-olds 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 (1200), 2 yrs, Est 51b .... (C ar roll) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Zelle, 4 yrs, Bst 41 b.. (11. Grimshaw) 2 Mr R. J. Angell's Lord Burleigh, 4 yrs, Oa 71b (U. Forham) 3 Lord Stamford's Livingstone, 3 yrs, Oat (J. Mann) 4 Lord Bateman's Gipsey Girl, 3 yrs, 7 st 111 a ( Tomlinson) 5 Betting -6 to 4 agst Lord Burleigh, 2to 1 agst Living stone, and 5 to 1 agst Buckland. Lord Burleigh, with Livingston.? 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 handic a p sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 fe; 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'a Cadiz, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (inclu. 71b extra) (H. Covey) 2 Mr S. Thellusson'a Jack of Hearts, 3 Yrs 'P 6 l s o t rd l an ii ) 3 The following also ran : Despair (late Fig) , Chere Arnie, Tattoo, Captain Crow, Trap, and Sea Nymph. 6 to Betting-5 to 2 agst Trap, 7to 2 agst N-YmPh' 1 each agst Balham and Captain Crow, 7 to 1 af Bathilde, and 10 to 1 agst Despair. ter Cadiz made play at a cracking pace, followed in a clue by Captain Crow, Jack of Heart:, Sea Nymph, and D es p air, t he rear being brought up by Bathilde and Chem Arnie. 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 Arnie. The Longleate Handicap of 5 sovs 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 (r. French) 1 Mr Bell's Pupil, 4 yrs, Set (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 aget 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 le3tween 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 Burnet Stakes, of 3 soya each, with 25 sous 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 (T. French) 3 Mr Johnstone's Antidote (£2O), 3 yrs, Est 131 b (G. Prince) 4 Mr Burbridge's Rosa Lee (£2O), 2 yrs, sst 131 b (J. Grimshaw) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Jessie, and 2to 1 agst Spicebox. 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 each, 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 Mr Hodgman's Confederate, 2 yrs, 6st 91b (Morris) 3 Mr Stevens's Bianca filly, 2 yrs, 6st Mb.. (J. Grimshaw) 4 Mr Wood's Lady Mary, 2 yrs, fist 101 b (A. Woodhouse) 5 Mr. Marsh's Lady Nichol, 2 yrs, 7st 11b.... (Whiteley) 6 Betting-6 to 4 agst Peignoir, 4to 1 agst Leontes, 6to 1 each aget 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. A Handicap Plate of 50 soya, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. o d e carr 71b extra. One mile. Any number of horses the property of the same owner Y Lor t may run. A winner after the declaration of the handicap heaterfleld' s Zelle, by Stockwell, 4 yrs, ist (Loates) 1 gari, Tom Payn e , Mr T e. en Pe n e r k o ' e s et.' Q a rni i ce, 5 Yrs, 7st 91b .. (E. Harrison) 2 The following al ornado, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Murfat) 3 Betting-6 to 4 a get i i s n u e. r t an:—Welland, Crochet colt, Zin °,!us, Quicksand, Creole, and Farce. 1 ngst Welland. Zelle, sto 1 agst Bernice, and 7to Zingari, with Bernice, Tornado, up, made p la y int o the straight,lncitatus, and &lie lying w th h a ere Bernice took up atrid r e e s st, f to the stand, il L s t i e i r a ob le ta n i g ng a a t h e running, closely followed by w here 7, eIl e advantage,got up , a a u n a d w in Q ua few strides decided by heda between the second and third ; two lengths third and fourth. The others beaten off. Nursery Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for 2-yr olds ; winners extra, One mile. 10 subs. Mr. Grevillo's Bradamante, Got 121 b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Osborne's Fauconberg, Gst 91b (carried Gat 101 b (Whiteley) 2 Mr 11. Joice's Antoinette, 7st Slb (carried 7st 101 b) (Challoner) 3 The following also ran :—Oawinus, Fearnought, and Letcombo Lass colt, BAting-2 to 1 each agst Fauconberg and Antoinette, and 3 to 1 agst Bradamante. Fauconberg made 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 LABS colt next ; Oswinus was last, beaten off. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov, 17, (Before the Assistant-Judge,) Philip Beeson, 22, and John Unwin, who pleaded guilty on Monday to an 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, Oct. 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 and Unwin, but they were accompanied by a man named Berry. When they got to the Angel Berry went away, and the van was watched to Bagnigge-wells road, where the prisoners pulled up at a brushmaker's shop; Beeson got down and 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 him three jugs which had been left by Beeson, and they bore his private mark. Beeson was taken i n to custody, and afte rward s on going to his lodgings, No. 20, Lev w e e h i chstreet,two hampers full o f c hi na an d g l ass were e rent ed as his p ro p er t y . Th e pr i soner Unwin was subsequen tl y take n into custody, and a quantity of property belonging to the prosecutor was found in his found, kia possession. Mr. F. 11. Lewis having been hoard on behalf of the prisoners, Mr. Metcalfe said this was a most extensive robbery, and the prosecutor hardly knew the amount of which he had been robbed. The Assistant-Judge sentenced Beeson to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months, and Unwin fofnine months. Henry Wrench, 21, who Was convicted on Tuesday of embezzling divers sums of money received by him for and on account of Stevens's Patent Bread Machinery Company (limited), was brought up for judgment. The prisoner at the time of the trial stated that Mrs. f e o o r m t p h a Q n purpose of meeting the expenses of housekeeping, and she was o r d ere d t o b e t hi s y, was in the habit of Riley, h elp i w n i g f e h o e f r t s h e e l f m o u a n t a o g f e t r h o e f t t i h l l e day in attendance to answer such questions as might be put to her. This day Mrs. Riley accordingly attended, and she posi tively denied all that the prisoner had alleged. The Assistant-Judge 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 Hampstead, 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 £G, the property of George Stinton, and with stealing a lamp, value 53., the property of Maurice Drum • mond, the Receiver-General of the Metropolitan Police. Mr. Rowden and Mr. F. H. 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 tho case, called the following witnesses : Thomas Foster, police-constable 28 S, said he knew the male prisoner, w h o wes former l y a cons t a bl e i n th e metro politan police, and the female prisoner was his wife, He remembered the constable joining the Hampstead division about two months ago. Witness showed him round his beat, William ee and also round th e premises o f M r. Mill s, at West-end. He had the key to g o round the prem i ses, an d h e saw hi m twice on his sbeatn Hodgeinan said id he was gardener to Mr. Mills, of West-end, d Hampstead, and had been so for five years. The gun produced he broulht with him to Hampstead five years ago last Jane. He knew it by the ramrod, which he 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 shoat the Bth of October, when they were safe in the shed. The police made a communication to him, and he went to the ptisoner's house on the 29;h of October in company with a nan 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 pssession for the purpose of keeping birds off the crops. The gun and saw were locked up in the tool house, of which ho kept the key. The lock of the toolhouse had not been forced. He had not lent the gun to any one. 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 ,astle said he lived at No. 7, Flask-walk, Hamp stead, and was a marine store dealer. Ho 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. Ile 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 th'it 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 be would take back the gun if they would give 'aim the 83 ho 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 ou the same day. Charles Kemp, police constable 22 S, said the male pri soner was a constable under him. Ile saw him on Friday morning, the 30th October. He said to him, " Gibbs, did you see a man last night respecting a gun ?" and ho 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 receivednamedt Garrett e ar g re u t n t a f n ro d m go h t itmhe. NavfhtiFcrh- I hv p aad o r n dbs e i et went nodg to a m e sold, and to h him nn 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, Mr. Metcalfe made a most able and eloquent address on th a a t nd the ca i l d l e e n d ti u ty po o n f the h a g l u f n o fhtando malenot b e p e r n i c o l n e e a r r , y the jury, as it was a most doubtful caso, to give him the benefit of the doubt end acquit hire'. The Assistant-Judge very carefully summed up the evi dence, 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 ono 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 large bundle in her possession, which she did not have when she went there. The Assistant-Judge said there was, no doubt, a good deal of suspicion abcut 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 ho 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 he be kept in penal servitude for three years. The female prisoner was then ohargoti on the other two indictments, and no other evidence being offered, the jury I SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, in each case returned a verdict of not guilty. The Assistant-Judge, addressing the woman, who had a very young child in her arras, 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 soners. 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 ladios' 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 soners 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, bat they said they had not lost anything. After they had gone down Regent-street they went to New Oxford-street, vthere 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 bo imprisoned and kopt to hard labour for two years, and Graham to be imprisoned for 12 months. George Trotman surrendered in discharge of his bail, charged with cutting open and stealing from 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 company ss 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 it. TlMEs.—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 - We.r 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 introduci ng us t o ano th er p h ase o f t h e 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 g i ven di ame t er i s more effective as a propeller than two screws of greater diameter together. A ship, for instance, with a 85-teat 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 serew 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 and Black 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 irenclads by the addition of armour—the Royal 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 nct 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. Die Warrior and her consorts are swift, strong, and caused him to look behind the coffee bags, and he there saw the prisoner crouching behind them. He also found one of the bags cut and saw the prisoner drop his apron. He asked the prisoner what he wanted, and he said he was looking for some box trucks ; but on Mr. Walker looking further he found a bag containing about 61b. of coffee. Mr. Munaford, 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 00. going to the place found the prosecutor, .held by two gentlemen, and he said he had lost his watch. He went into Robert. 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 t hy 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 nut 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. 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 groat 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 the Warrior's 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 occasion. 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 jest as rapidly. The new policy, there fore, of the Admiralty will consist in making our a 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 OA is as good a vessel as the Warrior, and thus ranks 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. Bat 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 eh borate 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 more 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 only tends to show that the position of matters there has not been materially improved by the terribly destructive_ operations at Kagosima. Prince Satsum a t as well as Admiral Kuper, claims to have achieved without vic tory, and, in a certain sense, poss ibl y not ithout some reason. This deluded semi-barbarian may have fallen into the error of s upposing e gtha . tna_val operations, when undertaken by " o n ft e fi rst 113i10/)8 _rs.t _ 113i10/)8 of the world," are intende d to destroy f or ces, rather than t o forti fications and disperse a rmed inflict death and mise r y on thousands of non-com batants. Looking a t the enormous amount of upon his subjects and up on their iu injury inflicted property,he may naturally hav e con . de d there was some proportionabl y great ethat design to damag e his defences and his troops; so ww:hshattered sides and tattered rig gi n g, to ituehra inured, he presumed that h e h a d b een successful repair at Yokohama," while his batteri es were li ttle i in foiling a formidable attack. The Japanese mind has not risen to the height of the great argument propounded by Admiral K.uper'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 Kagosim a was a very ser i ous attempt to suppress Satsuma, and that it was one which failed. Such, at least, appears to be the view en tertitined by the DAiD3iO TfIAQ holds the entrance of 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 receivo a reward of £1 for his conduct, and should refuse the prosecutor his expenses. STATE OF TRADE. DUNDEE, Nov. 17.--Advice s from Riga report a further advance of three roubles in the price of flax, K. 1 having been done at 52 roubles, but a fall in the exchange reduces the advance to about £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 , . Buyers purchase in small quantities, and only for immediate wants. In hosiery there is a little doing, both for shipping and for the home trade. Yarns are selling at very high prices. THE RECENT MUItDERS IN A CAB,—After the termination of the inquiry into the death of Mrs. Hunt and her two children on Monday evening, a discussion took place between the jurymen and the coroner 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 unfortunat e victims cught at least to have a decent funeral, to be paid for out of the 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 issue hie warrant for the jutorment, which, had boon done. 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 a 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 judges that" a policy of forbearance" is necessary in Japan, and the affair at Kagosima has rather frightened the parties who have been crying out loudest for "decided" mea sures in that country. The very first 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 sima would be indeed disastrous—ruinous to our good name, and ruinous to onr 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 fulfilling 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, Morotamon drew his sword in advancing towards them to de mand their names. On this they fired, probably remembering the use to which Japanese swords had 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 much mutual and suspicion ; but the Japanese may well doubt whether they are likely to receive justice at onr 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 coun trymen immediately claim the exclusive right of passing judgment—they levy upon our Government an enormous sum of money, barn our steamers, and. destroy one of our most populous towns. Here is one of our officials insulted and killed by several armed foreigners ; and these same overbearing people, still claiming an exclusive right of judg ment, 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 two or three hundred foreigners, located on isolated points on the coast, thus pass judgment upon and punish the most powerful of the Japanese Daimios, what may not happen when these two or three hundred have grown into two or three thou' sand, or two or three hundred thousand ? The pros' pact thus opened is calculated to excite resistance even in despair. Our position in Japan, as variousit illustrated by the case of Satsuma and by that of Morotamon, is one which must be intolerable to and independent, high-minded people ; and the best thing her Majesty can do in re Japan is to appoint a competent representative to confer with represen tatives both of the Mikado and of the Taicoon to its being placed on some better footing. C OITN TRY MARKETS. 11 , LYNN-TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a good supply of wheat, and the prices of last week advanced 6d to is per quarter for fine samples; other sorts as before. Barley fully sup ported late rates. Oats and beans were firm. White ..45s to 46s j Barley 370 to 39s Rod ..' 40s to 41s I grinding ..293 to n Beans .40s to 44s I Oats.. .2 20 to •,•''' New 3BB to 40s I Peas ....s to -- HULL-TUESDAY. At this day's market the show of English wheat Wag moderate, with a ready sale, at fully late currencies,l in some instances an advance of le per qr w as obtaine for really dry samples. Foreign held firmly at Is more money. Barley met a slow sale, at prices in favour of the buyers. Beans and peas declined. Oats were dull, but ; 11 : 4 quotably lower. Wheat.... Old white per qr. ... 43s Od to 450 Od Old red New white .. ~ New red .... ~ Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 36s Od Grinding 26s 6d to 28 8 °a Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish Grinding t t to 31535 s 0 0 1 28s Od to 31s 0 Oats English, old 22s Od to 243 ° d Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2ld to qi Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 051 3 " Swedish and Danish osl2/c1 to 0013 d Beans ...English, old, per qr A New pigeon 42 s Od t o 410 0 . New tick. Egyptian .. 30s Od to 33 0 6 a Peas Foreign boilers .. . Grinding Tares ....Spring . -s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing • 4os Od to 52s Ocl Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 5 0 to £ 0 0 0 Foreign: Bl5 o to 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 0 0 0 Bones 5 6 oto 510 ° MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white wheat, 41s Od to 45s Od; new red, 39s Od to 43s per 36 stone; beans, 39s to 41s for old ; new sorts, 36s to 38s per 38 Bt. ; barley, 35s to 37s for malting, and 28s to 32s per qr. fat grinding; new oats, 20s to 23s Od per 24 stone; old, 2 1 ° to 295. COAL A ti KET. 'lines of Coal per Ton iv s. d. Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 9 Eden Main ..17 3 Hastings Hartley ....15 9 Lambert's West Hart ley l5 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....15 9 Holywell ..17 0 Cowpen Hartley 15 9 ranteld Moor l5 6 Uanfield Moor Butes l5 6 West Hartley 15 9 Wylam 17 0 the close of the market. 4 1. West Wylam...“.• 1111 W Walls End. Riddell ........17 0 Framwellgate.. ...... 16 9 Wharncliffe ..........17 0 Tunstall ............17 0 Hetton .............. 19 6 Haswell.... l9 6 C as sop ...... Caradoc lB 6 K &Joe .. . ........18 0 Closforth l7 0 Births. Esq., Deputy Commi ssary -Genera l, 0 th e 17th inst., at Surbit on, the w if e 01 CARPENTER—Oa 2 daughter. GRA - L -0n the 18th inst, at 22, Westb ourne-place, . ...1 IlistOlV square , Mrs. Charles Gray, of a son. SALMON. --On the 16th inst., at W es t minster, the wife of H. C. Salmon, Esq., of a son. TRAVERS.On the 16th inst., at Brighton, Mrs, Augus t Travers, of a son. Marriages. CnASTON—COVSENS.—On the 17th inst , at the paria h church of St. Alph ege, Greenwich, James Chaston, S a ga of Brundish L o d ge, near Frainlingham, Suffolk, to Atkins Sanders, only surviving daughter of the late Cap fain Wm. Cousens, 11.E.1.C.5. CLARE—COLLIN S.— O n the 12th inst., at Saint lu , s 'le Islington, William Clare, jun., to Frances Jai:ie.:viab, e l dest daughter o f Mr. H. H. Collins, of Great cheater- street. BEECII.—On th e 15th in D st ~ at eathssur i on . , M b't James eecl3l Mr, aged 51. BOLTON. —On the 16th inst., at the Rectory, °dilatant t ila Right Hon. the Dowager Lady Bolton, aged 87. ~, DYNE.—On the 13th inst., sudd en ly, Ed war d Dyne, ' '-'B''' of 61, Lincoln's-inn-fields, aged 61. J . FULLAG ~ at Chichester, AR.—On the 16th instthe Rev' Fullagar, aged 83. MARSHALL.—On the 17th inst., Richard Marshall, ,fq'' of Muswell-hill, late of Stationers'-hall court, aged 7 i ' P.DIA—On the 17th inst., at Maidst o ne, Mr. William R ° lo Pine, aged 48. RICHARDS.—On the 14th inst., at Woolwich, Capt....- Harry Lord Richards, R.N., agod 78. th Sn WILLIs.—On the 18th inst., at 72, Gloucester-street, o illis, Belgravia, Elizab e th, th e wife of Major- G enera l W R.A., aged 78. _..1 London : Printed and Published oy 'WILLIAM ANDR of No. 112 , Strand, Printer, at TIE SUN Office No. 11.: ; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the C otuati tthdileiez.—Tlauradait IsT9vemDer. 1 9 , 1863. I li [ln Co lit to ap brink of j fro m be w Ease Pal tll( to ] 101]