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

'lie Prince and Princess of Wales in Denmark, COPENHAGEN, Tuesday Evening. After a passage, rough in some parts, but on the whole favourable, the yacht conveying their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with the members of their suite, from Scotland to the coast of Denmark, came in sight of Elsinore about 10 o'clock this morning. At that time there was only just sufficient motion of the waves to render sailing agreeable, and those on board as they swept along the Kattegat, enjoyed an admirable .view both of the Danish and Swedish coasts, which here present—the Danish more especially—a strong re semblance to the picturesque outlines of Hamp shire. The Sound was, as usual, crowded with the shipping of all nations—many being of large ton nage, ',constructed on the model which has been favoured in these narrow seas for nearly four cen turies. The motions and courses of all these diffe rent craft imparted to the scene that element of life and variety without which the finest marine land +nape is apt to grow monotonous. Before the yacht and at the entrance to the harbour lay the castle of Xronborg, the stronghold for centuries of Scandi navian kings and superstitions, rearing its white Gothic towers from the water's edge to a height and form recalling th ose of Heidelburg. Like the gallant people to whom it belongs the voices of the fort were soon raised in honour of the fair Princess arriving to revisit her early home, and the nine Danish frigates moored in a c ircle off the town lost no time in repeating the welcomes of the cannon of Kronborg. The celebrated Rolf Drake was not in cluded in this flotilla, but another ironclad, the Dannebrog, was among their number. Carrying ber guns, however, broadside fashion, she was leas readily to be distinguished from her companions in the first instance—the Rolf Krake's armament being upon the plan suggested by the gallant officer familiarly known as Captain " Cupola" Coles. The yards of the Danish vessels were manned, but for whatever reason—possibly it may not form part of Danish naval etiquette—the full dress of flags was not resorted to. The duty of ac knowledging the Danish salutes devolved upon the only British ship of war present—the Aurora, come mended by Captain Leopold M•Clintock, of Arctic celebrity. She first answered the salute of the fort, then that of the fleet, and subsequently fired a salute of 21 guns, when the Danish flag was run up to the masthead of the ltcyal yacht. Some misconception appears to have existed with regard to the strength of the squadron that was to escort the Prince and Princess of Wales, an idea having got abroad that a considerable portion of the Channel fleet had been told off for the purpose. Such a display of naval strength was plainly unnecessary in the case of a purely private family visit; and just at this moment, when the tendency of men's mind in Copenhagen is to grasp at anything affording material for com ment, the demonstration might have been under stood. The Aurora, in fact, had been cruising off Heligoland some time previously and was lying at Elsinore for a couple of days before the arrival of the Royal yacht. As soon as the latter came in sight she steamed out to meet her, and returned in company with her and with the Salamis, the Admi ralty despatch boat, which throughout the passage from Scotland acted in the capacity of tender. At 12 o'clock the Royal yacht came alongside the pier, when the King and Queen of Denmark, the Crown Prince, and the Princess Dagmar, who had been waiting its arrival, went on board, under a salute from the Aurora, and most affectionate greetings ensued between the different members of -the family. Under what may be called the public eye these were necessarily short in their duration, but there was a sympathy tco powerful even for the rules of palaces which drew together the Queen of Denmark and the Princess of Wales. Sir Augustus and Lady Paget, with the staff attached to the embassy at Copenhagen, having paid their respects, the Royal party and suite prepared to leave the vessel and to take their seats in the carriages which were to convey them to Fredensborg. On land there was little of what could be called ceremony con nected with their reception, but such demonstrations as took pl ice were most gratifying. The Mayor or Burgomaster of Elsinore, an offieial whose functions are not confined, as his name might imply, to purely civic duties, but who acts as an officer of the State and head of the Administration ia the district, made a short speech in Danish and preeeated a congratulatory address. To this his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales returned a brief reply, and the cortege proceeded on its way through the io eTn. the streets were all lined with soldiers, the house fronts were gaily festooned and ornamented with fl)wers, a triumphal arch spanned the principal avenue, society arrayed itself in its very best clothes, and at one point something very like a piece of theatrical effect lead been organised. Owing to a sudden dip in the ground a terrace runs for a short distence parallel to but considerably above the level of the roadway. This terrace was filled with mem bers of the various musical societies, and the space intervening between the carriage drive and the po sition they occupied was draped so as to suggest the impression that a gallery had been specially erected. From this commanding position the orchestra sang to a national air Danish verses composed in honour of the visit of their Royal Highnesses, and the tem porary halt thus occasioned, while giving evident pleasure to those who eonstituted the Royal cortege, afforded the spectators an admirable opportunity of Seeing those whom they had come to welcome. As the carriages moved on again the acclamations re doubled, and were prolonged by groups assembled along the road at intervals. In these days of t ercentenary festivals, and above alt i n the town of Elsinore, it is a greet shock to one's Shaksperianisw to be told that Hamlet, properly " Alnlet," was not the son of the King of DH,mark, but of a pirate chief ; that, as a pagan, living centuries before the Christian era, he did no more than his duty in re venging his father's death ; that he by no means fell in single combat with Laertes, but lived to become Governor of Jutland, and to marry two wives, one of whom was daughter of an English king. The culminating point of this antiquarian heresy is that there was no Ophelia. To have one's faith destroyed in one of the sweetest characters that Shakspere ever drew is a trial; bat there is this consolation. If the daughter of Polonious did in deed exist and perish in the manner that generations of Englishmen have joyed and grieved to think, this much must be conceded to the inhabitants of Mei. nore, after their tasteful decorations of this morning, that her obsequies were doubtless conducted with as much solemnity and effect as the ardent soul of M. Fechter could desire. Leaving behind the picturesque town of Elsinore with its 8,000 inhabitants, nothing remarkable is passed on the road to Fredensborg with the exception of the ruined castle of Gurro, to which a tradition clings remarkable for its likeness in a double aspect to those connected with English hi s tory. In the 14th century Veldemar.lV., like our Henry IL, concealed in this sequestered nook from the jealousy of his Queen a Danish Fair Risamond, known as Tovelil, or " Little Love." But• whereas English history has been content to infer that Queen Eleanor, atter the discovery, proved to her liege lord a sufficiently retributive thorn in the flesh, Danish story goes much further, and dooms Valdemar to the fate of Herne the Hunter, for having blasphee mously declared that he should not desire Heaven if Gurre were left to him. Fredensborg Castle, the destination to which the cortege rapidly made its way, and reached about an hour after leaving Elsinore, takes its name—the CAstle of Peace —froru the settlement t P utt• g u that end to the war with S wedeu, which Was con cluded in 1720. I n t h e edifice dating from abo u t period and erected in the reign of Frederick IV. there is little externally to strike the Eye. The gates and soppro aches are not unlike rind inilp , A b no me In s -creel many [hose giving Pecvs-s-to the y crannies seals of our untitl, nobility. The grand court.- and is c!cf,ed within semicircular ranges of building, forming wings to the body of the palace d many of these apartment s are said to be astigned, ac mar k s o f steyal favour either to persons who have merited well of the State, or to families belong ing to the higher classes of society whose pecuniary circumstances render a dwelling free of expense a welcome boon. The central portion of the palace rises two stories above a lofry terrace overlooking the courtyard, and the upper portion of the building is crowned by a dome-shaped roof. The frontage, however, is flit and unornamental, and the great door of entrance is as huge and bald as some of those still to be seen in religious ed•Fces of the period when " Churchwarden's Glthic" reigned supreme. The attractions of the palace consist partly of a large collection of pictures, but mainly in the views obtained from its grounds over the lovely Esrom Lake, and the gardens, which are of great extent and beautifully laid out. In the great entrance hall, of striking proportions and decorated with paintings in honour of the peace which is as. sociated with the foundation of the Castle, a guard of honour of the Royal Horse Guards, dismounted, was drawn up. This body, which is of as.good ave- rage stature as the British heavy cavalry, has in the distance, and more especially with the sunlight play ing upon their uniform, the aspect of being clothed in brass. Both helmets and cuirasses are of that colour, if not of that material, and the canary coloured tunic and buckskins look like a continues tion of the armour. The officer in command of the corps wore over his uniform a scarlet and silver star of Denmark, covering th:i entire of his cuirass. Pro bably the most remarkable feature, however, in the array drawn up to receive the Prince and Princess of England was the staff of running footmen belong ing to the King of Denmark. There wear, no doubt in accordance with ancient custom, a livery exceed ingiy rich as to material, but ludicrously suggestive of Astlere. Scarlet and yellow are again the pre dominating colours, and upon their heads are silver hats of great capacity, in which, as yesterday the castle was en fete, enormous bouquets of the choicest flowers were placed. So active and well trained were these valets in the functions of their office that they skipped up and down stairs, carried and unrolled heavy carpets, and yet not a single flower was displaced. To bid the Royal guests welcome to the palace a distinguished party assembled on the steps of the terrace. They included, among others, the grand father of the Princess of Wales, and brother of the Duchess of Cambridge, the Landgrave of Hesse, the Princess Mary of Hainault, sister of the Queen of Denmark, and her daughter, the Princess Hilda of Hainault, Princess Thyra of Denmark, General Oxholm, the Danish State Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Countess Reventlow, &c. In the suite of the Prince and Princess of Wales were the Earl and Countess Spencer, the Countess De Grey, Lady in Waiting, General Knollys, C,l. Keppel, Mr Meade, Dr Sieveking, and Dr Minter. Into the reception at Elsinore a public character necessarily entered to some extent, but at Fredenaborg it was altegetter a family party. With the exception of the military and servants of the household there were not more than half a dozen spectators, ad mitted by special favour, who were unconnected with the Royal family. The greeting which the Princess received on alighting showed that however warmly she may be appreciated and admired in England, i❑ Denmark, where she must have been longer and more intimately known, the affection felt for her is even stronger. Philosophers have main tained that a great test of character presents itself in the age of the associates with whom a man or a woman will get on best, but in this case the Princess had no sooner passed from the embrace of one relative, 77 years of age, who was visibly affected on seeing her again, than she was claimed with the utmost eagerness by her brother, the young Prince Waldemar, not yet six years old, whom it was absolutely necessary to kneel down and kiss before the rejoicing could proceed any further. The Prince of Wales was likewise most cordially welcomed by all the tt.stnbied members of the family ; and after the officers of the guard, &e., had been admitted to the honour of kissing hands, the Royal party wilhdrew into the interior of the palace. The day was unfortunately marred by several very heavy showers, but although one of these preceded the arrival, and another immediately followed the Lousing of their royal highnesses. there was fortunately an interval of 10 or 15 minutes during which the weather relaxed its severer features, as if to enhance the pleasure with which the Prin cess naturally found herself on the familiar stairs, surrounded by all the well known faces. For the next few days the life at Fredensborg Castle will be as much as possible that of a private family. To morrow (Wenesday) there is to be a dinner party in honour of the birthday of the Qieen of Denmark, but the invitations aro limited in number and the proceedings will be strictly private. In fact, it seems as if the object at present were rather to spend a kw days of quiet enjoyment and retirement than to enter upon any round of public gaieties which at such a moment might seem cut of harmony with the national feeling. Wednesday Morning. The weather is and has been deplorably wet. Last evening there was a dangerous landslip on the line of railway between Frendaborg and Copenhagen, and the sightseers who had gone down to Eleinore to witness the arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales were detained more than two hours on their return before a second train could be procured from the other end of the line and an exchange of pas sengers effected. A large section of the public, no doubt, will be in terested in learning that the sea voyage appears to have improved the health of the Princess, and that there has been little or no occasion for the services of either of the doctors having the infant Prince in their charge. Savings Banks. From a very elaborate and voluminous, but exceedingly interesting, return relating to savingsF banks, p u bli s h ed on Friday, it appears that in England and Wales in 1861, with a population of 20,061,72.5, there were 497 savings banks, having 559 unpaid and 1057 paid officers, the securi ties of the former amounting to £355,370, and of the latter to £297,400, the latter also drawing salaries and allow ances to the amount of £84,257 7s. The expenses of managing the savings banks in England and Wales for the year ending Nay. 20, 1863, was £116,007. The number of accounts open at the latter date was £1,316,346 —the tote, amount owing to depositors, £35,529,755 7a—the total amount invested with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, £ 3 5,382,753 12s 10d —average rate of interest paid to depositors, £2 19s 2d per cent for the year—the total number of receipts from the depositors iu the same year, 1 , 342 ,730—number of payments, 691,200-- the average amount of receipts from each depositor, £1 Ils —and average payments, £9 13s 3d. The corresponding figures fer Scotland are as follows : The population in 1861 was 3,061,251, and the number of banks 51. The unpaid officers numbered 41, and the paid 105, the salaries and allowances of the latter amounting to £6,341 118 10d. In the year ending November, 20, 1863, the total expenses of management was £B,B44—the num ber of accounts open, 155,298 —0 wing to depositors on latter date, £2,877,508 118 5d amount invested with Commissioners of the National Debt, £2,575,333 178 9d..... average rate of interest £2 18s 10d —number of receipts from depositors, £ 2 7 4 ,lB9—number of payments, 157,939_ average amount of receipts, £3 5s 7d —and amount of payments, £4 13s 6d. With respect to Ireland, we have the subjoined sul plied :—The population in 1861 was £ 5 ,764,543, and the number of banks 53. There were 48 unpaid, and 144 paid officers, the salaries of the latter amounting to £6,514 58 Bd. Starting, as usual, from the year ending Nov. 20th, 1863, it appears that the expenses of management amounted to £9,578 81 9d —accounts open, 66 ,652—0 wing to deposi tors, £2,071,522 17s 11d—invested with Commissioners of National Debt, £2,058,829 4s 10d—rate of interest paid to depositors, £2 16s lid—number of receipts from depositors, £9l,673—number of payments, £72,3l7—average amount of receipts, £5 4s 4d—and average amount of payments, £7 13s Id. The islands in the British seas had a p , pulation of 85,924 in 1861, two banks, two unpaid and four paid officials the latter drawing £l,llO for salaries and allowances. In the year already mentioned the expenses of management were £1,346 lls 61—the uumber of accounts open (on the last day 18,516—th e amouut owing to £l73,s2lhi tore, 'lthe )7 1672 d &p —the total amount invested, £173,321 Ils sd—the rate of interest .13—the number of receipts, 10820--number of parnents, 5,927 av erage amount of ro• eeipts, £.5 12s 6 , l—and average amount of payratats, /11 7A 4d. A. recspitnlati , :m of the foregoing fi;nrea showm that in the United Kin ()Awn, with population of 29,031,299 in V 7 1;1, there ware 653 stving3 binks, with 659 unpaid and 1,310 paid officers, the latter drawing salaries and allowances to the amount of £93,253 4s 71. In the year ending Nov. 20, 18C3, the expenses of the management amounted to £ 135 ,77 6 3s 91 —the number of accounts remaining open were 1,556,812—the total amount which was owing to the depasitors on N0v.20, £10,952,311 12s—total invested with Commissioners for Reduction of the National Debt, £10,790,208 61 1 01 —the avera ge rate if interest paid to de positors, .£2 19 s ld— t h e number et recdpfs flout depositors 1,719,412—the number of payments, 910,383—the average a am yt r a n ge t aofLurt,ezitpetst I. l r n o ; n ite e tl a t e. e h t d o e=t , ol, 3 £ l 4 ,2e 7s 6l l . od, and the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1864. The Members for Oxfordshire on Agricul tural Affairs. THAME, Friday. The annual gathering of the members and friends of the Thame Agricultural and Horticultural So cieties took place yesterday afternoon. The at tendance was very large and the show remarkably good. In the evening a large party dined together at the Spread Eagle. Captain Wykeham presided; and among the company we observed Colonel North, M.P., Col. Fane, M.P., Mr T. T. Bernard, M.P., Mr Hugh Hamrnersley, Mr T. Hobhouse, Mr T. Taylor, Mr J. Fletcher, Mr A. C. Brown, Mr J. Round, the Rev. J. Ashurst, and several other influential residents in the district. The toasts of " The Queen," " The Prince and Princess of Wares and the rest of the Royal Family," were given and drunk with all the honours. The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," coupling with the toast the name of Colonel North. Colonel M.P., who was recei ve d w i t h loud cheering, NORTH,b riefly responded to th e t oast. H e said he believed that the army and navy were never in a more efficient state than they were at the pre sent moment, and was fully convinced that they were ready to perform services with the same gal. lantry which they had always hitherto evinced. (Cheers.) With regard to the Volunteers, he was happy to say that they did great credit to the coun try, and .was proud at being at the head of the bat talion for the county. (Cheers.) The best possible feeling existed among all the services, and the only rivalry was which should best perform their services to their Sovereign and their country. (Loud cheering.) The next toast was the "Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," coupled with the name of the Rev. J. Ashnrst. The Rev. J. ASHURST, in acknowledging the toast, observed that in an agric.ultural district every. one must feel peculiarly interested in the prosperity of agriculture. When the land was well tilled and brought to a high state of perfection it was advantageous to the landlord, profitable to the tenant, and beneficial to the labourer in providing hi m with remunerative employment. Societies of this description tended greatly to the promotion of the welfare of agriculture, and deserved the support of the clergy as much as that of any other portion of the community. Horticultural societies, by pro moting the cultivation of flowers, had a most bene ficial effect on the good taste and the morals of the community, and the only drawback on the present occasion to the calm enjoyment of the beautiful ex hibition of the day was the noise outside and the obstruction caused by the shows and stalls at the entrance to the show ground. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose " The Health of the Members for the County," expressing his deep regret at the absence of their old friend and neighbour, Mr Henley, which was caused by the painful bereavement which he had suffered, and in which he was sure everyone present most sincerely sympathised. (Hear.) They were, however, honoured with the presence of their gallant friends Col. North and Col. Fane, and he trusted they would continue to be so honoured for many years to come, for the presence of county members always gave additional weight and importance to such gatherings. (Cheers.) He hoped the conduct of their representatives during the past session had given general satisfaction to their constituents. No gentlemen could have acted more fairly and honestly, They had been present at all the important divisions which had taken place sad had conscientiously done their duty towards the county of Oxford and the country in general. (Cheers.) He trusted that Col. North and Col. Fane would long retain their seats, and be spared to at tend these meetings, and that before long they would again have the pleasure of seeing their olcl and tried friend Mr Henley among them. The toast was drunk with three times three and " one cheer more." Colonel NORTH, M.P., after expressing his deep regret at the cause of the absence of his right hon. colleague (Mr Henley), assured his friends around him that, although he resided at a different end of the county, he had always felt especial pleasure in attending the annual gatherings at Thame, arid cer tainly on no former occasion had he seen a b e tt er show of produce. (Cheers.) With rega r d to hi s Par liamentary duties, he could only say, i n common wtih every member of the House of Commo ne , t h a t whatever might be his political opi n i ons, b e endea • voured to discharge his duties honestly and con scientiously. (Hear, hear.) Of course, no member could expect to satisfy everybody. Hon. members were returned to represent certain political opinions, and those constituents who did not coincide in such 1 opinions must naturally feel dissatisfied with their votes. But if hon. members did their duty in an honest and straightforward manner the people would do them the justice to believe th a t th e i r motives ware pure and conscientious. (Hear.) So long as he had the honour orf epresenting the co un t y o f O xford it would always be his utmost endeavou r t o serve h i s constituents faithfully and honestly. (Ch eers. ) Colonel FACE, m.p., in returning th an k s, ex pressed the satisfaction which he always felt on meeting his friends on occasions like the present, particularly as county members had such few oppora tunities of addressing their constituents. He bad not the chance of addressing them so frequently as his gallant friend (Cul. North), but it Was gratifying to him to experience the cordial reception which was always given to him, He always endeavoured to act honestly and uprightly. W hatever his politics might b e an d whatever opinions be might express before the electors, he could assure them they would lie could always find him at his post whenever it was neces remai Its neces sary for him to be there. (Cheers,) He had listened with great attention to the remarks of his rev. friend (Mr Ashursi), and regretted that a larger num ber of the clergymen did not attend such gatherings. to the. beautiful not say that he entirely agreed in all the which had fallen from his rev. friend rela tive. to the noise outside the show ground, causing an interruption to the proceedings, and the exhibi tions outside obstructing the access of the visitors exhibited. X —e l?, he was accompanied by two ladies and . two v s "ig children, and did not experience the (Laughter.) There slightest difficult. field where the flowers had been . J ju obtaining access to the show ground. .annoyance . on that account he had great pleasure (Rear, hear) So far from feeling any in paying 4d. fora 13ok into one of the peep shows.. he had no doubt w ere well worth seeing, and if time had allowed he' shouldglad to go the have been round of the whole fair, and take a peep at them satisfied with paying a small BUM all. (Continued laughter), He had no doubt whatever that those persons w ho were not able to Were other exhibitions which obtain tickets for the sh ow a round were very well for a shot at the bull's . eye. ( Hear, hear His , an d laughter.) Mend was a hi ghly conscientious man and much respected, but h e might b e mistaken with regard t o the amusem ents i n which the multitude participate d . (Hear, he ar .) lie did not think th at such amuse• ments detract e d f rom the interest attache d to agra cultural societies. Quite the contrary. He believed that if on e half t he b ooths were remove d, and the i penny peep s h ows and other little amusements of a similar description were put down, the interest a n d excitement caused by agricultural would and horti cu lt ural societies bo done away with,(H When a ear.)a great deal of county m em ber was called upon to return thanks, an d politi ca l ma tters were excluded, ho thought it was his duty to make such suggestions as he believ e d would promote the welfare o f suc h societies, (H oar. ) lie had not had an opportunity of seeing th e ploughing, and regretted that he had not been a bl e to ateertain the opinions of many of the farmers With le , n(ct to the use of machi nery. From the conversation which ho had recently had with some farmers in another locality on that subject he beli eved that their opinions co i nc id e d i n a great degr ee w i th that of Mr. Henley, that, a f ter all the benefit s d er i ved from machinery, there was nothing like th e o l d plough. He had no prejudice agai ns t s t euin - p l eughing, but did not think it could be carried 01 with sufficient ccoainy to be beneficial to the farmer. li e b e li eved that M r. T ay l or ' s eng i ne bad cost 60111(1 ping like .0,00 1 , and cost him £3OO a year in working. He now understood from Mr. Fay tor that he worked the machine about 100 diys PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA (From the limes' Special Correspondent) DRESDEN, SEPT. 7. I have stated in several of my letters from Ham burg and Hanover that there is at this present mo ment no political movement of any kind, either among the people or among the minor Governments in liermany. Something like a great revolution is, nevertheless, in progress, and it has in a great mea sure been already accomplished. Your great Ger man revolutionists are M. von Bismark, his col leagues in the Prussian Government, and that aria. tocratic party among their supporters who, strange to say, make so vast a parade of their conservative principles. Those who have read the history of Germany to some purpose are well aware that the German Empire was a huge body without a head till the House of Austria contrived for several generations to monopolise the Imperial Crown. What secured the vote of the electors in behalf of so many suc cessive members of the same family was, not so much the valour or wisdom of the Hapsburgs, as the circumstance that, together with their here ditary German possessions, those Princes extended their sway over vast tracts of Magyar, Slavonian • and Italian lands, which became a wide field for general German enterprise. The Germans were, at all times, an expansive migrato-y race, and, so long as Austria and Germany were identical, the lower banks of the Danube were to the Teuton what the far west is now to the American Anglo-Saxon, the common inheritance of those who had no birthright of their own at home. Notwith standing this immense advantage, and the liberal patronage extended to all German talent in every branch of the eivil and military organisation of the Austrian State, the Hapsburgs became daily more and more unequal to the task of holding the mem bers of the Empire under subjection, and, at the end of the Seven Years' War, they had to acknowledge the existence of a rival State, which did away for ever with their Imperial supremacy, and split Ger many into two separate and more or less hostile fields. The great fact of a German dualism had hardly been accomplished, and the world was hardly aware of it, when the episode of the French Republic and Empire came to demolish what was already a mere ruin, and in 1815 Germany was reorganised into a Confederacy, which was neither more nor lees than the former Austro-Prussian dualism, with, besides, a knot of small States which should per petually vibrate between the two large ones, and cluster, no w to the one, now to the other, seeking their safety in the perpetual antagonism of the two. The aim of Prussia to place herself instead of Austria at the head of the German nation never was more apparent than at this present moment, since the invasion of Schleswig.noistein promised to afford her the means for naval as well as for mili- tart' aggrandisement. M. von Bismark and his Government aspire to supremacy over German affairs, not only out of purely Prussian ambition, but also with a view to crush that democratic ele• ment which has now been sufficiently snubbed, but which yet allows them no easy slumbers. The Schleswig.Holstein business has so far turned out favourable to them that it has almost utterly anni hilated the Frankfort Diet and this small knot of minor States, which had given the movement so dangerous en initiation. But now there remains to settle accounts with Austria; and with all the inter views of Ministers and meetings of Sovereigns M von Bismarck finds the Vienna statesmen a harder set of customers than be had bargained for. The drift of M. von Bismarck, we are told, would be not txictly to oust Austria from Germany, bur only to bring her to accept a subordinate position in the Confederacy, allowing Prussia the full exercise of supreme ascendancy. "Austria," he is tepresented as saying, " should look for her sphere of activity in the south east and south. She has much to win on the Danube. She has much to keep, if not to regain, en the Mincio. Should she be able to depend on the j Ant support of Prussia and Germany, how could Russia or Turkey ivith stand her in the Eist, or what could Italy and France have to say to her in the West ? Austria, Prussia, and Germany combined are more than match for the world, and that this combination should be thcrough—that the good understanding b4tween Berlin, Vienna, and Frankfort should be cordial, what else is needed except that Austria should desist from a bcotless antaginism in 13 r many, and, seeking her new centre at Prcsburg. at Buda, or still further east, she should aLow Prussia so to thwart the ambition of the miner Ger man Princss, and so to curb the restless aspirations of the german people, as to bring all the elements of German power under her control, and make them in any case of need sub:ervient to Austrian no less than to common German interests: . This Prussian policy, aiming at politely bowing Austria out of Germany, has been prettyconsistently and adroitly followed at various times since 1815 But now this matter of Schleswig-Holstein hasgiven an opportunity for its practical development, and, no doubt, the slowness of the transactions of that illistarred Vienna Conference is to be chiefly ac counted for by the fact that M. von Bismark is strongly endeavouring to induce Austria to make over to Prussia her own share of the benefits of the enterprise, and that he finds M. de Rechherg less disposed to fall in with his wishes than his own sanguine temperament had led him to expect. His mission at Vienna, it begins to be whispered, has not been crowned with success. Although Aus tria has, no doubt, one eye to the Danube, and one to the Mincio, she is not by any rneansayd,ismpoosreedshtoe play second fiddle in Germany. Nay, thinks that the Danube and the Mincio in her hands are as great a means of obtaining, preserv ing, and increasing her ascendancy in Germany at the present time, as they ever were during the three centuries of connection between the Hapsbur gs and the Imperial Crown, from Maximilian I. to Francis I. Every step made by Austria into the lower Danube, the Germans conceive, is so much ground gained for all Germany ; and, for what concerns Italy, there is hardly an elementary book that does not teach German children " that the defence of the Rhine is to be sought on the Po." So long as Austria holds those great out lets of German industry and enterprise, the Danube and the Adriatic, she enjoys iu German eyes a consideration which would scarcely be counterbalanced by Prussia, were even Scbles wig-Holstein to give her the key of the Baltic. THE CAPTAIN OF THE TALLAHASSEE.—Captain J. T. Wood, whose name has lately been brought before the public in connection with the exploits of the Tallahassee, has acquired for himself a conspicuous place in the annals of this war, on account of the daring and suc cessful enterprises in which he has been engaged. He is a grandson, on the maternal side of the late General Taylor, President of the United States. Since the war broke out ho has been naval aide to President Davis, but from time to time he has disappeared from Richmond, on services boldly conceived and brilliantly executed. With small boats, by surprises and by boarding, he has captured several Federal gunboats and transports, and, on one occasion, cut out a gunboat, the Underwriter, on the Neuse River, from under the guns of the enemy's works. For these distinguished services, the Congress of the Confederate States passed the following unanimous vote of thanks :—" Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America—That the thanks of tha Congress of the Confederate States aro duo, and are hereby tendered, to Commander John Taylor Wood, Confederate States navy, and to the officers and men under his command, for the during and brilliantly•executed p 1 ins which resulted in the capture of the United States trans port schooner Elinore on the Pototnao River, of the ship Alleghany, and the United States gunboats Satellite and Reliance, and the United States transport schooners Golden Rod, Coquette, and Two Brothers, on the Chesa• peake, and, mere recently, in the capture from under the guns of the enemy's works of the United States gunboat Underwriter on the Neuss River, no it Nu-'bern, North Carolina, with tho afloer, and crews of the several vessels Irroight elf as prisoners. Approved February 15, 18.A." Index. IADVERTISEMIINT — Holloway's Pills.—F r all Ages. •—Such testitn my to the merits of this medicine as that contained in a letter lately received from a lady by Profes sor Holloway should bs impressed on all aged sufTtrers. "What induced me principally to apply to you was that my mother, who is over 80 years of age, found very great bene fit front the use of your remedies." The value of such (Is interested evidence is enhanced by the consideration that medicine usually tails to give any relief at such an advat:oed period of life. Holloway's pills aro bath safe and certain in their action on the stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, and skin. They act without violence, and do not irritate the nerves or shock the system, in the year, and that the cost of working was about a guinea per day at present, but the Lord only knew what it would cost when it became a little older and required repair. (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. R. LEE then proposed "The Health of Mr, Bernard, M.P. for Aylesbury." (Loud cheering.) Mr. BERNARD briefly acknowledged the compli ment, observing with regard to political matters that such changes had taken place that it was diffi cult for any one to draw a line of demarcation, or, indeed, almost to know to which party he belonged. He certainly felt himself free from any political alliances, and had followed that path which he con. sidered most conducive to the interests of his con. stituents and of the country at large. (Cheers.) He was not a practical agriculturist, but had witnessed with great pleasure the improvements which had taken place within the few years, and felt convinced that they had proved beneficial to all classes engaged in agricultural pursuits. 'The Health of the County Magistrates" was acknowledged by Mr. Hammersley (who succeeded to the chairmanship of the quarter sessions on the retirement of Mr. Henley). Several other toasts of a local character were afterwards given and re sponded to, and the party did not :separate until a rather late hour. STATE OF TRADE. BIRMINGTIA.II, Sept. 10.—No abatement in the demand for Birmingham goods has as yet been perceived in conse quence of the additional turn of the screw in the Thread needle-street parlour. The trade is in the main of a steady character, very free from speculation; and India, the foreign market to which a good deal of unsound consign ment has previously taken place, is just now the most de pressed. The South American and Mexican markets are steadily improving, and the West India trade is good. The home market from one end of the British Isles to the other presents a very satisfactory appearance, and the results of the harvest, which so much exceed the gloomy anticipa tions of two months ago, are putting people in good spirits. The iron trade is about the same as last reported ; a good demand for plates, sheets, and angle and T iron; with an improvement for hoops and bars. The miners' strike, how ever, is extending. Every morning large bands of men on strike congregate about the approaches to the mines where the men are at work, and use every possible means to pre vent them going down the shafts. These efforts are in many cases successful, and the number not at work has increased. The area of the strike is also being extended, and an expo dificn to the opposite extremity of the South Staffordshire coal field, on Channock Chase, has been organised with the view of stopping the supplies from that quarter. At least two iron works have been closed in consequence, and if the strike goes on and extends, more will follow. The men on strike, however, are suffering greatly, and this week they have not received anything from the union funds. • MANCHESTER, Sept. 10.—It is a long time since we have had so depressed and gloomy a feeling as that which has possessed the yarn and cloth market during the closing days of the present week. The fact is as amazing as it is incom prehensible. It is true that during the last few weeks cot ton has been inactive at Liverpool; very large imports have taken place, and tkat a great deal of cotton (500,000 bales) are on the ocean, consigned to this market, but, on the other side, there is the undeniable fact that the stocks of manufactured goods in nearly all the foreign markets, and especially in the principal ones, have been a good deal less ened, and in some cases exhausted, so that only a little time was needed to cause the peace rumours to blow over, and to give merchants time to gain confidence ere large purchases for shipment must probably have been entered upon. But the mischief begun at such an inopportune moment by the peace rumours, has been greatly aggravated by the almost minimum rate of interest to 9 per cent. The consequance has been that the prices of cotton have declined Id to 2FI per lb., with a difficulty to sell at that; while in yarns and manufactured goods the market has been almost paralysed. Buyers can scarcely be induced to make offers at any price, and where they have, such offers have mostly meant a:ruin ous sacrifice to the producer. Generally speaking a good deal of firmness exists among spinners and manufacturers, and few would pm haps make a concession more than pro portioned to the drop in the raw material (varying in Id to 21d per lb.), which in itself is ruinous, but of course in cases like the present there are always people unreasonably alarmed, though generally there is no panic feeling, and sales are said to have been made in one or two instances at 4d to 5d per lb decline from the rates of last week. Many spinners acs manufacturers are this week talking of stopping their mills or lessening their production as the only means of stopping the fall of prices and curtailing the ruinous loss to which they aro likely to be exposed from selling their goods, made of the dearest cotton that has been bought since the cotton famine commenced, under present prospects. There is no doubt that many millollners have been induced to resume working for little or no better reason than that their neighbours were doing so, and from hearing that some of them had done tolerably well notwithstanding the famine, thus increasing the competiti . n for cotton and running up prices higher than ever, when, according to the natural laws of trade, they should have been lower, and the lesson, if not too severe, may be a salutary one, derived from the present semi-panic, unfounded and unreasonable, as many people believe the rumours and causes of alarm which have led to it to be. LEEDS, Sept. 10.—There has been a fair sprinkling of merchants in the cloth halls this morning, and consider able business was don e i n severa l kinds of goods, the aggregate th e mar k et was far from being though one.oodin Buyers have b een on t h e look out principally a g for tweeds, especialy those in dark shades and of strong makes. Thick meltons also have been in good demand, and of these there was a large clearance. Heavy cotton warp cloths have also been good to dispose of, such as pilots in drab shades, and presidents, beavers, and reversibles keep up a good position. Considering the advance in the rate of discount, the woollen trade generally is in a satisfactory condition, and this is owing to the fact that, as we foretold last week would soon be the case, the small country houses have begun to supply themselves with their winter stocks. Many buyers, who generally operate extensively, have been here during the week, but they have shown more than ordinary supineness, even taking into consideration that this is a mid-season period, and the secret of their passiveness is the dearness of money. Their proceedings cause stocks to look more formid able than should be the case, and merchants accordingly act with considerable caution. Much to the gratification of many holders of such fabrics a spirited inquiry has of late gone on after seal skins, which have long been passed by almost all purchasers. Considerable quantities of thin diagonals have been warehoused this week. Black unions of the finer sort are not quite so saleable, but superfine broads keep up well in everybody's esteem, and realise high prices, because they are not to be met with in any abund ance. BIOADFORD, Sept. 13.—There is now a better disposition to do business in worsted pieces than existed at the begin ning of the week. It has not become much developed, and is not likely to be, owing to the tightness of money. For home purposes very few goods are taken, and the foreigners have only taken some trifling parcels ; most of the conti nental and American representatives being absent. Manu facturers are rather taken aback that the piece department should be so flAt, and there are cases in which machinery is being stopped rather than that the millowners should be led into over production. The demand for worsted yarns is merely nominal, and prices are uncertain both of single and other yarns. Orders are very rare indeed, The price of wool is tending downwards owing to the heavy stocks in local staplers' hands; but the prospect of a better har vest th in had been expected, and the fact that things are looking more more hopeful in America, must prevent easier terms becoming a permanent fact. HUDDERSFIELD, Sept. 10.—Business is quiet among the merchants, but manufacturers are well employed; though for being so they are not much indebted to a present flourish ing trade, but rather to preparation for :he next season. There have only been a few buyers for large houses look ing round, but several operating on a smaller scale have been doing business rather briskly. The desire to buy goods is not, however, general among that class. The best qualities and styles of fancies are in request, and the same may be said with regard to the heavier descriptions of goods Cloths st medium price have been selling, but no great bulk has been disposed of. There is still a slack inquiry for low woollens and unions. The consumpticn of the raw mate rial has declined, owing to some of the large spinners having secured good stocks. HALIFAX, Sept. 10.—Generally thoro is slackness in the woollen trade of this district. Orders aro fast expiring, and no new ones come in to replace them. There is the least possible business doing in grenappes, =mate, lastings, and tweeds. The only decided sign of activity is among the manufacturers of serges, For carpets there is a very slug gish inquiry, but machinery is kept at work upon orders which date from some time back. The same may be said with respect to damasks, and the cotton mills are running short time in the expectation that a decline in the price of the staple will soon take place. An excellent trade is doing among the silk spinners, but there are so few now orders to encourage the exertions of the worsted yarn spinners that it is likely, if they could secure °Hers by so doing, they would relax a little of their high terms of the past. The sales of wool have been stopped almost altogether by the enhancel dearness of money. NoTTINGIIAM, Sept. 10.—During the past week there has not been much doing in taco goods, This season of the year is usually a quiet one, and upon the whole there has been about an average amount of business doing. Plain cotton nets are a very slow sale, and there is no improve ment in the fancy department. Silk meehlins and silk quilliugs meet a dull demand, and there is barely as much doing in black silk laces and narrow edging., used for trim, wings. There have been a few buy ers in the market during the week, but no large purchases have been made. Menu • f acturers are i n , It arses printing to order, and all descrip tions of stock aro kept down. There is not much alterati,, n in the hosiery trade. A few foreign orders are in course of execution, and a little is doing for the home market. Stocks are light, and all goods are being made to order. Yarns hold firm, at very high rates. LEICESTER, Sept. 10,--The hosiery trade remains in an active state, and during the week there has been quite an average amount of business doing at the warehouses. In the rural districts also the workpeople are fully employed. The wool market is quiet and prices remain high. There is a tolerable demand for yarns, which are realising ex treme rates, and spinners are well engaged. The Harvest and Appearance of the Crops. (From the Liverpool Melcury) Since the appearance of our last article on this subject the extraordinary drought which had prevailed for upwards of four months in the southern and midland counties had been brought to a close by abundant refreshing showers of rain. Already the whole aspect of the couutry is fresh and green, and if we should have a continuance of the present mild, moist weather during the month of September and the earlier part of October the root crops wi' 1 turn out better than was expected, and the meadcws and pastures will soon be well covered with pass. In the south and east of Eng land the grain crops are all secured in excellent condition, and promise at all events a fair return, especially of wheat, The principal anxie,y is new about grass and other kinds of food for cattle and sheep during the autumn and winter months. That they will be scarce it cannot be doubted, notwithstanding the present most seasonable rains, but there is still time for a considerable improvement even in that respect. The following notes relate chiefly to the appear ance of the root, grass, hop, and fruit crops is the southern counties, and especially in the counties of Surrey, Kent, and Essex, Starting from London towards the hop gardens of Kent, we find the train crowded with women and children, and a few men, going down into the country to the hop picking. At this season upwards of 10,000 of the poorer part of the population of London turn out and encamp for weeks among the fertile and romantic hills of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, to assist in picking hips. They take their cooking vessels with them, and large loaves of bread, and beg or buy any thing else that they require down in the country, sleeping in barns, hop drying henses, malt houses, or in the hop fields on warm dry nights. It is a yearly " out "to thousands of poor families, in which they leave the dull and noisome alleys of London to breathe the pure air of the Kentish hills for three weeks or a month, and pick up as much money as will pay their rents, in the light and pleasant occupation of hop picking. At this season of the year the thinly-scattered population of the hop-growing districts is quite insufficient to secure the crops. The human hand alone can gather the delicate fruit or flower of the hop bine, just as the hand only can pick the bean of the coffee tree and wool of the cotton plant. No machinery, and scarcely any tool or implement, is of use in any part of the operation of hop picking. All must be done by the hand, and done in a few days, or the whole result of the year's labour is lost. The result is that there is a great demand for hop pickers at this time, and that the whole district is overrun with swarms of men, women, and children during this month, when the hop is ripe. The principal hop districts have hitherto been Maidstone and Canterbury, in Kent—Farnham, in Surrey —Ticehurst, and the other Hurste, in Sussex—lpswich, in Suffolk--East Thetford, in Nottinghamshire—and several districts in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Kent and Surrey are, however, in an especial manner the hop counties of England, both on account of the great quantity and the fine quality of the hops grown in their chalky and loamy soils. Now that the hop duty has been repealed, which tended to confine the cultivation of hops to a few districts, they will probably be grown in some other districts, though the hop plant requires a very choice soil and climate to bring it to perfection, by giving it its finest flavour. The hop harvest of the present year promises to be very good, The bines are well grown and thickly covered with hops, and both the leaves and the plants are of a healthy colour, the leaves being of a dark shining green, and the hops of a light yellowish green. We did not see a single hop ground in a ride of 150 miles in which there was not a good show of hops. In point of beauty the hop grounds of Eng land at this season far surpass the vineyards of France and the Rhine, and are only surpassed by the festooned vine, yards of Italy. In that charming part of Surrey which lies between Herns-hill and Sydenham, the recent rains have greatly improved the appearance of the fields and gardens. The burnt-up look of thefields is gone, and young fresh grass is springing up amongst the withered herbage. All the corn is in sock, not a single sheaf remaining in the fields, and the young clovers are coming up in the stubbles where the land is laid down for a clover crop. The stubbles in which grain is to be succeeded by roots are many of them already broken up, ready for the winter frosts. The soil is a deep brown-coloured marl, but becomes lighter in colour on ap proaching the chalk near Sydenham. The whole district is well wooded with noble forest trees, chiefly elms and oaks. Turning eastward into Kent the soil is still a strong brown loam, very favourable to the growth of wheat and grass. Tho wheat is all safe in the stack. The grass land shows the effect of the rains in a crop of young grass springing- up amongst the dry herbage, and sweetening for the sheep a nd cat tle, which are very numerous and fine. Beyond Bromley we come to the first hop-gardens, and find them afterwards all through Kent. The plant is very tall and green, and thickly covered with clusters of hops, which aro beginning to change colour and assume a slight shade of yellowish green, In this neighbourhood and all through Kent the mangold crops are very healthy, and promise a good return. This valuable root is very extensively grown both in Kent and Essex for cattle and sheep, and does much better in dry seasons like the present than either Swedish or yellow tur nips. The field cabbage is also extensively cultivated, and is doing well this year. The turnips are thin and patchy. Large quantities of coppice wood are grown in this district for hop poles, for which there is a very g reat demand. The shoots are cut down every seven or eight years, only such trees being grown as send cut fresh shoots as long as the tree lives. At the Sevenoaks Junction hundreds of hop-gatherers leave the train, forming a merry company, chiefly of women and children, and spread themse l ve s over the country in s e arch of work, going southwards towards tho chalk an cre taceous soils, most favourab le to the gro wth of hops. The soil about the Sevenoaks Junction is somewhat strong, l a a n r d g e fieldsmore suitable of po ta t r e s cornanamangold and grass thanare lookingfor hops. rMany y ell. At Farmingham-road marks of heavy rain during the previous night. To the north, as far as the Thames, a great range of wheat land laid out in large fields, with farm-houses surrounded by corn-stalks ; to the south, chalky hills and downs, well cultivated and wooded, and with hop p. antations in every she' , ered nook. All the mangold and potato• crops good ; most of the turnip crops poor. The second crops of clover much better than in the eastern counties. From Rochester to Canterbury the road—still on the rich, brown corn lands of Kent, but with the chalk close on the right hand—is so near that the products of both kinds of soil can be seen. On the stronger soil a succession of orchards, the tree 3 covered with ripe apples, pears, plums, and walnuts. Here also are the great cherry orchards, now stripped of their fruit, and the filbert-woods covered with ripe filberts. The corn lands stretch northward to the Thames, and far beyond the river over the whole corn dis trict of Essex, so famous for its fine wheat. Only three fields of corn unearned iu a ride of more than 100 miles, and those three oats. Twenty corn stacks and upwards appeared in many of the stack yards, and the farmers speak of the oorn crops as very good this year on these strong, retentive soils. To the south the land rises in chalk hills, which extend from the Medway to the North and South Forelands. The soil light, and the crops chiefly barley, clover, and turnips with numerous flocks of sheep. Hop plantations in all the valleys and sheltered places. All the crops are good except the turnips, and they improve as we approach the sea, either from occasional showers during the dry months or the nature of the soil. The green valley in which Canterbury stands is fresh and pleasant, as it always is, the meadow being kept constantly fresh by irritation of the water of the River Stour, which flows through the city. The hop grounds are very extensive and productive, and all the crops, including even turnips, look well in this well-watered neighbourhood, The downs and valleys from Canterbury to the sea form this year the freshest and greenest district in the south of England. The turnip crops are generally very good, the potato and mangold crops still better; and the grain is all secured in excellent condition. SPECULATION IN PIGeIRON WARRANTS.— BROKERS' CLAIMS ON BANKRUPTS.—Important legal discussions, in connection with the right of brokers to claim upon bankrupt estates for losses through speculations in pig-iron warrants, are likely to arise out of Registrar Hill's decision in the bankruptcy of Messrs. E. Barker and Son, of Birmingham; the Registrar having admitted the claim, and the assignees having expressed their intention of appealing to the Lords Justices. The grounds upon which the proof was admitted were, that the transactions appeared to have been bona fide sales and purchases, and not time bargains; but is should be remem bered that all dealings in pig-iron warrants are of the nature of time bargains, and that until within the last few years this was so openly acknowledged that, in the event of the buyer choosing to draw iron against his warrants, he could not_require tho delivery of the par ticular brands and proportions represented on those war rants, but was bound to accept any of reputed equal quality. The Registrar admits that no debt was duo to Messrs. Walduck from the bankrupts at the time of the bankruptcy ; the iron bought was never dolivexed, nor was there any thought of delivering it, and previous payments were simply the payments of diffirences to the bankrupts. If differences upon speculative dealings be admitted as debts due from bankrupt estates, it is difficult to understand why public companies should not prove against bankrupt shareholders for the amounts uncalled upon all shares which they have bubteribed for.—Miffing' Atonal. COPPER ORES.—At the Cornish ticketing on Thursday 2,083 tone of copper ore realized £10,937 108, Averages :—Standard, £12 , 1 Gs.; price per ton, £5 58. ; produce, C. Compared with the sale on September 1 the standard has slightly advanced, and with the corresponding monthly sale it has advanced £1 10s. Price per unit of produce at the sale on Thursday last, £lGs, 31d. Double Execution at Leeds. • On Saturday morning the two men Myers and Sarg issal underwent th e extreme penalty of the law in front of the gaol at Leeds. They were both ccnvicted of wilful murder at the last assizes (being the first ever held in Leeds) , t ,' t ; formerfor rh for the murder of his wife at Sheffield, and the lot ie f t e murder of John Cooper at Roche Abbey, The 01:11 , e s cu a t rg h i e s r ao m n o ,a th v e i r e ' t s im th , ro w a h t o wi w th as a a ta p b o le or kn g i a f r e d . witness against Myers was his own daughter, who 00 1 1 In murd er and other property was found in the cottage of the ratir who endeavoured, while admitting having witnessed ter murder, to fix the actual commission of the deed ()usu a l /le'. man, who had also been indicted, but had been relca se ' d to the grand jury ignoring the bill. Sargisson maintains ener, the last that he was not the murderer of Cooper. 11° "4, 1 t te es iv s s etl : after being urged to corfess, " If I could say anyali a f would free him (the other man, Denton) from snsP ic°- ' f would, but he is gu ilt y . H e struck the blow." l'To i, pardon or respite has been held out to either of the - - to demned men by any of the officials of the gaol, or bl i oe f relatives n and others with whom they have had int erv .7„ 01 the time of their condemnation both e th o e r ir have they themselves even suggested the possibilw receiving any commutation of their sentence. sense of their awful position, and men ntened attentivliit; the instruction tiff ,rded them. This was more esP ee ' i' „ o , t o he case with the younger of the two criminals, Sargiss:ot, Saturday week the Bishop of Ripon arrived tin el) , / i , were " edly at Armley Gaol, where the condemned men fined, and had an interview of an • with•c. hour's duration show - ed he sr of them. Sargisson had also had the advantage a t . ritual ministrations cf the Rev, Mr Hartley, the l a see . bent of the parish in which he formerl resided. °11 , , , ift day forenoon the " condemned sermo y n" was r aac ethe the chapel of the gaol by the Rev. Henry TuckWer, be t chaplain. Myers seemed as indifferent as possible, an Sargisson was most attentive to his E'rayer"b°°' i el e with the aid of hits attendant at the prop er t gel' found the lessons for the morning service in the Bible. dom did he suffer his eyes to wander around, but altget tlJ e ° he appeared to be most determinedly intent on realisirigft a befittins engage d ' lain blessedness of the service in which he was en "Rock of Ages cleft for me" had been sung, the Cll a P,r ji l l i e delivered the sermon, which was awfully impressive. text was Luke xxiii., 42. 0 00 The preparations f or th e carry i ng out of the s ea for were commenced on Friday, and every step wa s t '', ke the .1: the preservation of or d er . Th e sca ff o ld Was erect eu :the north east angle of the gaol enclosure, access to it Or o , condemned men, the chaplain, the under-sheriff, th e ° a toll nor, and other officials, being provided for by the f° ,fturA" of a doorway in the masonry of the wall near to t"" lch raies key's resid ence . Th escaffold was nine fee t f r om th e gre -s the front of it screened with black cloth, which a°ll , i c e e o" the bodies of th e un f ortunate men f rom the waist the wards. In front of the wall and at some distance fr a e as; scaffold on either side strong barricades were erected, ;to powerful force of police was employed in the Pre se u rv „ w ets of order among the many thousands of spectator; o's'a eon' present. There have not been wanting persons W i i t ie bolf sidered that the facilities for witnessing the ras' a6- 010 spectacle were insufficient, and who endeavoured teseooo, money out of it by th e erec ti on o f pl a tforms for tbs ~,,10' modation of those who chose to witness it vriaiout convenienced by the crowd beneath. One of these erefl'oet. occupied a site on the right of the scaffold, in the fie ld lie toll' ing the gaol, and the roof of the house occupied I) ,Y, f aii3 l4 gate keeper near to the prison even supported a Pia" - the charge of 2s 6d for the front places. e O er t i ° From the town all along the Armley-road thee) numerous stalls for the sale of edibles (save the even toys, giving an appearance of a fair rather al a '" thing else. of '- Both the unh a pp y men wen t t o b e d between tly 00. one o'clock, but Sargisson did not take off hi s ° c foc The governor went to Sargisson about nva Aida in the morning, and f oun d hi m lying in the bed s“verpor his clothes on. He was reading his Bible. The then went to Mye rs a b ou t h a lf- pas t six. Ile Was s s e n v iec° on being awakened he, rose up, and producing a am sir s ir of paper which he had i n hi s h an d said, "Th ose t ch ip n_ pences Mr God s o n h as prom i se d to g i v e to dren." B o th th e men ate a goo d b rea kfast. The v7(i'froeo vi ill was erected under the wall of the gaol, and was drag be eee° black cloth, so that after the drop fell nothing could vo le: by the mob of the bodies of the unfortunate men. l gr re , tl l° Sheriff Wm. Gray arrived at a quarter-past 8• lok°o'l, had executioner, was also present at that time. Th e ‘ T he e%°' begun to collect at four o'clock, and at the time 0 1 ` i ,OlO 1 20,000 I t ' u v e c ry cution there could not have been less than present. When the prison clock struck &lief 1:11 0 c lor m ultitudes of " Hats off I" was raised by the under sheriff and Mr Keene wore followed b y th weer lain, in his canonical robes, repeating tbe : we e, tel Service. Myers came up first, then S rr t op al both appearing pale and anxious looking. They . t the drop whilst Mr Tuckwell continued to read 111° ' er ed pressively the Burial Service, Both the culprits fo r a ha 0 Lord the responses, and frequently ejaculated, ir Tec mercy upon me 1" and " Lord save my 80 ° 12 ' n well having pronounced the absolution, the exec,, e°); o f once stepped frward, adjusted tho rope upon tbs „ 0 of Myers, and aft o erwards upon Sargisson, but this portwares the dread ceremony was very protracted. _Myers app s quiet, but Sargisson shook his head heav il y . Both; t , a , oe d continued to cry out, "Lord have me rc y u p on rubrotber the last words uttered by Sargisson were to his murderer. He called out, "Are you ha ppy , lad ? ~3„,be happy I" to which Myers responded, "Indeed I am. drop fell. and the bodies were immediately hidden fro ol 1 !• 110 view of the crowd, and it was only from the vibration of rope that Myers see med to die almost immediately—but the other man struggled the st violently for the e n a t.t : m at few e.th.. m t n C: ii S m l a r ge i tsb7rnoutoghout. The crowd then Commenced rapidly die ereiogh u gh a large number remained to witness the P , though down of the bodies at ten o'clock. The arrange' meats for the preservation of order were carried out with great zeal and discretion by Mr 8011, the chief constable. So large a number of visitors to witness this melancbolf spectacle may be account e I f or b y thi s b e i ng the firs,,tel; cution since the divisi on o f th e 'W est Ridi ng, L ee ds the appointed place for th e fi na l consummat i on o f the COUNTRY MARKETS. GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. 365 t.; Old white wh ea t, 46 s t o 48 8 • red, 41s to 4 4 s Pe r har iep new white, 46s t o 48 s ; re d , 40 ; to 435. Malting. w236t7 —s to —s pe r qr ; gr i n di ng, 27s to 30s ; oa ts, old/378. 265; new, 19 s t o 24 s; b eans, als to 40s ; peas , 34s to NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. White wheat, from 43s to 518; red wheat, 42 5 hl o 4 l4 6 t f i: otßol Barley—malting, p — l r m s t a o it 1 n 3. ; O g n s O w 3 d o : l ; 3 t o s n s e 3 t w 7 0 8 , 3 ; 8 23s to d j 2 n O g s stoll 0. Flour, Vie, 30 t 32 8. 8. e s ; super, 34s to 39s per 20 283 to 2090sia at 4O, LEICESTER—SATURDAY. 45 P er SG Old white wheat, 465 to 495 ; red, 42s to, stone. New white, 448 to 48s per 36 stone. Malt'9d ow: new, 32s to 36s per qr.; grindinm, 29s to 31s; e. pos" 23s to 295; new oats, 20s to 24 6 s per 24 stone• ot olo. per 2v old, 40s to 435 per 33 stone ; flour, 345 to 39s NORWICH—SATURDAY. ssa There was a fai r su ppl y o f w h e at, and 1341 4 1 A /41 old qualities realised about last week's prices. oats, beans, and p eas littl e d o i ng . . 416 to4o 34 0 White wheat. 45s to 46s 1 R e d wheat ....... 33e to „,, Malting barley ...35s to 36s 1 Cheva li er barley. • ' „ to ' 4 " Distilling do. 29s to 30s 1 Oats.. .................... Flour, 28s Od t o — s Od per sa ck from Ow YORK—SATURDAY. I, ar/O r" V? A fair supply of wheat on offer from 1 - 13 v f uo io ols O. morning, and the attendance was moderate. A' ce a bY oi steady, the prices of last week were redu.os tO of Wheat, red 42a to 44s Oats.... ........ 35$ t°„ Malt, 58s t o 6U s White do .44 s t o 48 s Beans .......... ......, to 43.4 Barley to 34s per sack. . per g to r. 3 ; s6 ry! :ea 3 a o . 3 . . I;e . r . ........ • ncur, DUBLIN—F RI DAY. --- To-day the att en d ance of m ill ers w as large , -, las t iv e n: 1 all vie le , 4 wheat, the supply of which was good, and the O. prices unalt ere d. d• 0. d• 13 10 ot ° ° 0atmea1...... oto ~., 0 B ean s.. ..... oto „...„ 0 Bere ......... ...., 0 0 n o 0 Rapese ed .... 14 oto ;1 4 0 Bakers' flour .• /, oto '''' I n di a n corn • • '''' s. d. s. d Wheat, white 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 24 0 Do., new Barley Oats . ... 90to 12 0 Do., black.... 0 to 0 Births. til l iftlf' DEvis.—On the 10th hug at Bromley 1,3(41,146; wife of Charl es F. Devas , ' " Esq., of a daugute•• t he PRIOR.— of Holland P E Prior, 4 sq., of a daughter. SO A „ntiCY of thuni.—On the Bth inst , the wife of A. -"'. l hassi 'Woodbine House, North End, " °ll the 901 inst., at Elmwood, daughter. Seta's]) MORON—MABEY.-0n cadilly,Marriages. ~, f ie coln's-inn, youngest daughter o f M In .. abet ' of P e r. W. W. nl street. , ~,abo 1113 :1 SOTHEBY—CORNISH.—On the Bth inst , at . s t° c "„ loft ' o f Mr. Thomas vi th i e ni B a th i i i ns ox t. o ,at t S o t. . x j fise n : r eo l i i3 o oo l Y i ai B ; Hens William Sotheby, Ect . b.arristero`c bter.,,, BENNETT.-011 the 9th Charles tte eldest survivt 0 toe , John Cornish, ' be ° mouth. 13 ,, yswater, James Bennett, Etq,, of Saloom to Charlotte - .-. ' • "vg d 811 1" Pi Deaths : N. rfolk-ros Irilli`h a inst., a 3, 0 000' BAYLY.—On the sth inst.,l Laboratorillt.A., at the Itoys I; ylf , port, Arthur, the youngest of Captain 0 son aged five months. tli 0" Sou GARR i _ . TT.—On the 9th inst., at The Itctreat, a aged ~8• Go l u tants, Samuel Wyatt Garott, Esq•~ agl'd 79• iticill " rad Gough,l!: —On the 9th inst., at Great galveran,,:re, i* POLE.--Ou the 8i h inst., 77. UP P Or NEWTON. --On the Bth i tat St ford-gra' ns ~ am ve, r Clopto Esq., of Kilwcrth House, Leicester 0. u, John Newton, Esq•, aged 00• thou ~• terehire, Charles Van Notten Pule, Etcl. , a g e at Wych-hill Ilus(ci,o. ,PT Of if NP I L.' 10: Louden: P bfisl rlnzed and rried ay of No. 112, Strand, PrilltCr, Tits Stiel Oge e jc t Strand, in the Precinct o f ihe 3avo 1.1 . /1144leeex —Monday, September 12, 180'