The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-09 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, (Front the Correspondent of the Times.) NEW YORK, Sept. 25. The Administration at - Washington and the prints which yield it a fitful and often captious support have done their utmost during the week to repre sent the defeat of General Rosencranz at Chica mauga on Sunday last as a slight reverse, even if FA were not a drawn battle between the contending armies. The main object of these persistent ma representations was not so much to deceive the American people as to gain a few days' grace in . . Europe, and to prevent the Scotia that sailed on Wednesday from taking out intelligence that might serve to convince the statesmen and people of Great Britain and France that the cause of the Confederacy was by no means so near a collapse as the State department and all the organs of the Go vernment had taken pains to represent. Though nothing is ultimately to be gained by such ostrich like proceedings, of hiding the head and exhibiting the tail, the people in power are solsensitive to the opinion of Europe, though affecting to despise it, that they think it a master-stroke of policy to conceal bad news, if it be only for the interval between the sailing of one steamer and another. To effect this object they have no resource but the manipulation of the telegraphic despatches that reach them from th e seat o f wa r, but as the written corresponden ce th at f o ll ows surely, if not 7 very closely behind, cannot be intercepted in AI ash lhgton and doctored in the War Department, the truth flows steadily out through a thousand loop holes, and the Government gets nothing for its pains,but th e discredit of having endeavoured to de ceive the public. This has been the case on every reverse that the Federal arms have suffered during the war, and such has been notably the case with regard to the series of battles fought on Saturday and Sunday la st, to which the Confederates seem to have given the names of the Battles of Chica msuga, from the little river on the banks of which they were fought, at a point about 23 mile s f rom Chat tano oga. Both sides fought desperately, and w hile Gen. Bragg, in his official despatches, claims p, great, if not yet decisive victory, Gen. Rosencranz in his admits his retreat to Chattanooga, and only qualifies the damaging confession by the assertion that he is now in a position from which he cannot be dislodged. It is evident, however, that if he do not receive speedy reinforcements he will either be compelled to retreat or be beleagured in that posi tion, and perhaps starved into a surrender, for he is at a long distance from his supplies, which can .only reach him by bridle p a th s over t h e mountains, theintricacies of which are far better known to his enemies than to himself. General Burnside is marching to the rescue, and although the Govern ment will not admit that he is in any danger, or can possibly fail to make his way to Rosencranz, such grave doubts upon the subject are entertained else where, that it would grieve many, but surprise few, to be informed that he was flanked and intercepted and forced to capitulate, with or without a battle. On the other hand, it must be admitted that the Confederate General has not done all that he attempted. to do so. The resistance of Rosencranz was more vigorous than he anticipated. The armies were pretty equally matched ; and though Rosen cranz, by his own showing, had, undoubtedly, the worst al the encounter, he lives, like other retreat ing hexoes, to fight another day, and to feed upon the hope that he may retrieve his losses. Whether from correct information or the reverse, the Administration and the people have got it into their heads that General Bragg could not have turned the tide of battle and stay ed the seemingly triumphant advance of Rosencranz, unless he had been 'largely reinforced from the army of General lee. Deserters and others represented the army of Northern Virginia as reduced to one-third of its original numbers, and the known presence of Gene rals Longstreet, Hill, and others, at Chicamauga lends colour to the report that these distinguished ;soldiers rendered more than general aid to General Bragg on Sunday last. However that may be, the cry of "On to Richmond" is again raised, and General Meade has received orders to advance, He has been lo Washington, and after a consulta tion of some length with President Lincoln, General Halleck, and Mr. Stanton—a very ominous circum- stance—has again placed himself at the head of his army. So that from Virginia, as well as from Tennessee and Georgia, great news may be daily expected. A. 3 at least nine-tenths of the troops that were sent to keep the peace in New York during the progress of the draught have returned to tee Army of the Potomac, it is possible that General Meade may have at this moment as many as 100,000 men under his command. How many General Lee may have is not known to any ono on this side of the Rapidan ; but the chances that he has at least 614 many as Meade, and that the stories of the de pletion of his ranks are fables, set afloat by his own spies to deceive the enemy and lure him on to his destruction, are sufficiently serious to justify all reasonable Northern patriots, if there be any, in watching with some anxiety for the result. 'taut although it is abundantly evident that the campaign in Tennessee and Georgia, from which such great results were expected, is a temporary, perhaps a permanent failure, the undaunted Repub lican journals have discovered a soul of goodness in the evil thing. Mr. Seward's particular organ in the New York press—perhaps Mr. Seward himself --for who else could put so smiling a face on so bad a business?—says " that every battle, whatever the nominal result may be, is a defeat for the South, simply_ becau se ever y b a ttl e thi ns th e ran k s o f the faithful few who still keep the field ; doubtless the choice spirits of the Confederacy. Whether they win or lose, as long as fighting makes gaps in their Columns, which they canot fill, the only result of their struggles is to defer a for . a:hort time the doom c n di of the Conf e d eracy. " revivivus, were he to revisit this best of all possible worlds, could not speak more h o p e f u ll y, or overlook' more ' compla cently the main element in the agreeable calcula tion. Granted that the South cannot fill up the gaps created by the successive—if not the successful —battles which they fight, they must succumb u ltimately—provided always that the North is in the more fortunate position of being able to drive fresh bullocks (to use Mr. Lincoln's forcible simile) to the slaughter pens as fast as the veteran bullocks are put under the sod, or by the loss o f their legs are disabled from goring and butting The whole question hangs on t hi s one „ v sa more. n - p i position. The North knows nothing whatever o f the power still remainin g in the So uth to ra i se and equip new armies of white m en ; nor w h et her a •,,• quar ter or half a million of slaves may not be quite as ready to fight for their masters as to o n the promise o f freedom, or even work for them , an d less precious inducement. f or so me meaner And while the North is thus igno rant of both the Spirit and the resources of the Sout h, an y im p artial obse rver,w h o i s not dazz'-ea by the gorgeous visions of the party in power, may d i sco ver that the very condition supposed to exist among the Confederates • is Present among the Federa l people ; an d that the North can asion by f e nor persu , neither byf o rce bounty up the gaps zone) , nor conscription, fill which every The last battle makes in its armie s. con scription, instead of havin pr oduced 30 0,000 men, has only A Prouuced 80,000,g0n the most favourable ehowing. "." is extremely doubtful whether it has even produced so many as 60,000. Whatever be the real number a large proportion is composed of mercenary Substitutes, who take the money of the original conscripts and afterwards desert in such large gangs that it is deemed of example, to shoot them by h necessary, by way dozens in the pre sence of the army. And th eseaeo ,000 or 80,000 men, many of them worthless a s so i die lated, cost the Governme n t Butirstl have it is cal"- le people way or other as much as 3,000 dols, a pe in one head, in bounty money and exemption fees, partly of accoutrements and transportation, and partly in cost the expense of keeping an old army o f 50 ,00) me to preserve the peace of New York and other veal, cities while the conscription for a new army was in progress. The zeal of the native-born Ame r i can , as f or O s fighting is concerned, appears to have died out, a nd toe u nwelcome business is left to ra w new comers from Ireland and Germany, who understand little or nothing of the cause to which they sell t h e mselves, end Ivllo would as readily fight for the mone ir durement one side as the other if the y , mains in the Amer were ican (gull. Whatever zeal r heart is a zeal that is animated by the hope of profit fraartmheerrst, clerks,hanby m th e e ch m an il is i c ta , ry ardour that converts shopmen, and labourers into heroes. And so well is this understood in Wash ington (somewhat late in the day) that Mr. Lincoln, though goaded by the revolutionary cabal which surrounds him to proclaim a second conscription, in which every dranghted man shall be compelled to serve personally, without privilege of exemption, has serious thoughts of abandoning the conscription altogether as a proved failure, and resorting once again to the voluntary system with high bounties and short periods of service. He is publicly urged to proclaim a levy en masse of young men for three months, and to offer them the same amount of bounty which is now offered for three years. He is promised that if he will do so he can raise at least half a mil lion of soldiers, and make an end of the rebellion in one gulp. So magnificent a bonus of £lOO sterling, cash down, besides pay and rations, making the in come of an American private soldier at the rate of something like £5OO per annum, would doubtless attract a large force to the standards of the Repub lic; and there is no knowing that the Government will not be so dazzled by such a " big job" as ulti mately to resort to in default of any better mode of recruitment. Whether the three months' work re quired of such costly " bullocks" would suffice for the job is a question that Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Sward would no doubt continue to answer in the affirmative as long as 30 of the 90 days remained unexpired. After that time they might possibly find reason to change their opinion and to debate, as anxiously as they do now, the means of raising still another army, or of inducing the remnant of the old one to hold on for a fresh term at as extravagant a rate of bribery. Much curiosity is excited to know what can pos sibly have brought seven Russian war ships into the harbour of New York at this particular moment. To-day these unusual, but to the Americans most welcome visitors, have been received with salvoes of artillery from the Fort on Governor's Island, the guns on the Battery, and the British, French, and Federal war-ships in the Bay ; and the munici pality has invited the officers to a grand banquet at the Metropolitan Hotel. Has Mr. Cassius M. Clay —bungling and indiscreet as he was, and is—been dexterous enough to negotiate a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, between the Russian and the Federal Governments ? Is the visit of the Russian fleet alike an earnest of the new entente cordiale and a warning to the French Emperor of the danger of his Mexican policy, and of any attempted recogni tion of the Southern Confederacy ? Or is the visit simply a tribute of respect to the greatness of " our unparalleled country," not unmingled with a natu ral desire to witness some of " our illimitable re sources," to examine oar " invincible ironclads," that will some day or other—Deo rolente—sweep the arrogant navy of Great Britain off the seas, and our Parrott and Dahlgren guns of long range, compared with which any of the stupid old guns that British genius and skill are able to construct are little better than bows and arrows ? Such are some of the questions that the War Christians are asking, and to which no one can give any satisfactory reply. Whatever be the objects of their visit to these waters, the Russians will have an en thusiastic reception from all classes. Though Mr. Charles Sumner is of a different opinion, and con siders Switzerland to be about the only friend which the Federal Government has in the world, it suits the leading politicians of both parties to represent the Czar as a better friend to America than any other Power in Europe, and to speak of a future day, when the one will dominate the Old World and the other the New,and share our terrestrial globe be tween them, barely granting a niggardly permission to such a Power as England to continue to exist, and to crawl with befitting humility under their huge legs. The present aspect of the Mexican ques • sion, and the reasoning in M. Chevalier's pamphlet, which is believed to be wholly inspired by the Em perorNapoleon,that the recognition of the Southern Confederacy by the new Emperor of Mexico, and consequently by France, is a question of time only, and that time a very short one, have created no little anxiety, lest Mr. Lincoln should, in spite of his prudent desire to have but one war on his hands, find himself unexpectedly engaged in two. Russian sympathy in such a case—for no one expects the sympathy of Great Britain—would count for some thing; and for this reaeon, if for no other, every nerve will be strained to impress the Russian offi cers favourably, and give them such a reception as will make every one of them, on his return to his own country, a missionary to preach goodwill to America, and sieg the praises of its power and greatness. The question of a war with France ex cites very different feelings from that of a war with Great Britain. In American estimation France can seldom do wrong—Great Britain as seldom do right. Even the report that the British Foreign Secretary has resolved to stop the iror clads building in the Mersey from putting to sea until the courts of law have had an opportuuity of deciding whether they are or are not intended for the Confederates is received with a contemptuous shrug of the shoulders, and the jubilant assertion that England is "afraid." Not so with France. Fear is never attributed in that quarter, or any motive less noble than that of an ambition a little too daring and unreasonable. The evidence is clear on every side that the Northern people are not prepared for a war with France. Mercantile men might object to a war with England, while the bulk of the population, rowdy and non rowdy, would rejoice at it; but as regards the ilea policy and unpopularity of a war with France there is no difference of opinion. The mercantile an d labouring classes are as one on that point ; and Demo crate agree with Republicans that it would ... be ex ceedingly undesirable. But, although the political and military prospects of the North are tans sole peu less bright than they were two months ago, the "shoddy" and the " cod fish" aristocracy, the "nouveaux riches," and the speculators and contractors who wax opulent on the limitless issues of greenbacks, see no shadow on the horizon. To them all things are permeated with the purple glow of prosperity. They laugh and sing ; they dance and rejoice ; they dine and wine as of old. Nor are they so selfish as to keep all the good things of the world to themselves, They are duly mindful of their wives and daughters, and may be, if they possess neither of those aids to happiness, of their sweethearts, whom they bedizen in finery of an extravagance that might make even Cleopatra, were she alive and in the mood for arithmetic, take out her tablets and reckon up the cost. The hotels of New York were never known to be so full of city in America visitors. The sea -side vacation • to do with it as. is at an end,. and no offers a tithe of the attractions to people who have much m French jewellery New York.oney and know not what In addition to this class, merchants from far and Elinglish dry goods have been and. near, whose stocks of exhausted, flock i nton ie ew York to replenish ;so and brilliant as London in (:) , 3 l °l y is is that this commercial Yesterday commenced whata just now as gay or Paris at any time. Season" in millinery, when all the fashionable is called the "Fall visitors French modistes and Yankee dressmakers were anEnglisbnior from opened bthiteitroetshtaebmlisthhmeenlattsestto impr e receive and exhi- London and Paris, man to speak his mind on t h e n dol O ' r of the taste (or want of taste) exhibited a Scotch- American ladies in their dress, h icate subject as a he would be virulently denounced as a malicious and ignorant barbarian by the whole American press, rule by this n it may be advisable for me toallow reaeon th e New papers to describe the vagari es o f the Yorkfemale • of the "shoddy aristocracy," rather than portion description of my own to incur the wrath and any be pelted with the " Billingsgate" of the Tribune d journals. From reports in th e and other kindre papers of this morn ing it appears that a bonn e t fi t for a lady to wear is not to be had under 2 5 dole., a superior article not under 1 00 dole.; that a dress e o n:, of white silk costs 200 u —, and cannot he worn , titre of 100 dole, has been until an additional expenditure i ncurred upon the trimmings ; that a shawl is cheap die a t G OO dols., but that a very ree— L er one, if de sired, c annot b e purc hased under 1,000 dole. n Mo e e •"is very ° Y, says the Kew York T unes, abundant, and the most costly fabrics and richest garments find the readiest read'lsale.The question among not the fair purchasers i s what is new, and what is in th e best. ase so much h t co sts the most money. Merchant t t , but w a s accustomed to the lady-like THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCPOBER 9, 1863. languory customers m polite p a indifference h e o of a t g h e e r i h r e as t former h e anxiety, the agitation, and the willy-nilly persis tence of the fair scions of the newly-developed aristocracy. Impressed by previous struggles with poverty, with a profound conviction of the omnipo tent power of money, they imagine it can do every thing, and will scarcely credit any assertion to the contrary. Tell them it is hardly known that such and such will be worn, and the like, and they will pooh, pooh ! and show their money, and insist if they cannot have one thing, that you find them another. What is to be done with such peremptory persons ? Nothing, indeed, but give them all they desire, and that is what our merchants and modistes have done." Why should there be peace until such fair ineon siderates and their lords and masters have had time to realise their profits ? Thousands and tens of thou sands may be slain on both sides ; but what mat ter ? Is not "Shoddy" the King ? And is it not necessary in " Shoddy's" estimation that " Shoddy" should grow rich, clothe himself in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day ? And if " Shoddy" have a compunctious twinge of conscience let him have it. He knows the iniquity of his burn ' ness, which his wives and daughters do not ; and why should they be punished ? And more than all, is not " Shoddy" when rich a good friend of trade ? 2 And if so, why s h ou ld h onest t ra d e com plain . Thus reason New York, and thus it will continue to reason until th e cras h comes an d M r . Chase's greenbacks become about as valuable as the green leaves that are now falling from the trees under the nip of the first of the season. THE LOSS OF THE RANGER. The following is the official report to the Board of Trade relative to the loss of this vessel : My Lords,—l have the honour to report that, in conjunc- tion with Captains Baker and Bush, as nautical assessors, I have held the inquiry ordered by your lordships into the circumstances attending the loss of the Ranger, off the coast of Ireland, in August last. The Ranger was a barque-rigg ed wooden vessel of 342 tons, built and registered at Liverpool in 1824, and owned by Mr. Jas Hardie, of Sunderland, and was fully insured. She had just been taken off the letter at Lloyd's. She left Liverpool on the 4th of August, in com mand of Mr. George Simey, who holds a certificate of service dated 23d March, 1851. She had a crew of 12 men, in addi tion to the master, and went out in ballast, b oun d for Queb ec. Owing to the inefficiency and bad cond uc t o f s ome of the men, several of whom were shipped a t th e l as t mo ment as the ship was leaving dock, the maste r was co mpelled to put into Belfast Lough on the evening o f th e sth, when ce, having exchanged four of his men, he sa il e d again o n the 11th. On the evening of that day, the wind falling very light, and the ship not answering her helm, and setting in towards the land, she anchored off Copeland, Light, w hence she proceeded on her voyage the following mo rning. Shortly afterwards the wea th er b ecame b o i s t e rous, the ship being reduced to clos e - ree f e d t opsa il. The crew behaved badly, and at 4 p.m. on th e 16 t h wen t aft to the captain and asked him to put b ac k, as t h e pump s wo uld not keep the ship dry. The ma s t er re f use d , i n the first in stance, to accede to their re ques t, as t h e s hip made only three-fourths of an inch to an i nc h an hour, men, and wa s easil y pumped out in less than 10 m i nutes. T he however, went below, and refused t o wor k . A t 7 p.m . the master sent to them to request the m t o re t urn to t h e i r duty, which they refused to do unless th e s hi p was put back. As the mate, boatswain, carpent er , an d coo k were t h e onlY part of the crew who were willin g t o procee d , th e m aster fel t com pelled to return, and put th e s hi p b efore the w i n steering to the southw ar d, t owards the lan d , intending to make for Galway. At noon ou the 17th lan d was made, d at 8 p.m., to east, in towards th e l an d , until 6 p.m. F ro m this to 8 p.m. the course wa s E. an d b y N. The light on Loup to be distant about seven or eight m il es . At 8 p.m. the ca ptain shaped Head was visible at 7.15 p,tn., and supposed d supposed to be Loup H ea d , and the course was t h e n altered the course N.E. and by E. E ., and at 9 p. m. went below, leaving orders to be ca ll e d if there was any change. The weather at this time w as cloudy, with pass in g showers, but soon after it beg an t o t hi cken. At 9 . 45 p.m. they lost sight of the light on th e star b oar d quarter, s upposed to be distant eight or nine miles, but no bearings were taken. At 10 p.m. it had become very thick, with a moderate wind from the W.N.W. Th e ship was th en under single-reefed ma i n an d d ou bl e -reefed foretop sails, foresail, and foretopmast staysail. T he evidence was conflicting as to the jib. The mate went below at this time and called the master, who inquired if more wind. He w as t o ld th a t t h ere was not, and that the Ile ordered the light had been lost sight o f a t 945 p.m. t here was any same course to be kept and no more sail to be made, and to be called again if the wired increased. At 10 30 pm. the mate had occasion to go below, and on the master a sking how the weather was, he was informed that it was worse, being much thicker, and run n i ng h eavi ly. H e then got uP' and after ascertaining from the mate the distance the vessel had run, he looked at the chart along with him, a nd pricked off their supposed p os iti on , an d repea t e d his previous orders, adding that he would not go to bed, but lie down on the after lockers. At 11 p.m. the mate went below and brought up the deep-sea lead, but did not use is then, or at any other time, and does not appear to have received any orders from the master to use it. At this time the weather was so thick that the mate could not see the lookout man on the fore castle, and it so continued until the ship struck. Shortly before midnight the mate went below to ascertain the time. The master, who was on the after lockers inquired how the weather was, and was told there was no change, and that nothing could be seen. He said he would come on deck. As the mate was leaving the after cabin he heard the helms man call out loudly, " Come up, Mr. Carter." He ran out and saw the breakers right ahead, an d immediately gav e the order to put the beim hard s starboard, at the same time bracing the yards forward to bring the ship on the to the northw ar d, aga i n fell off, w h en the mate attempted port tack. The s hip, a f ter com i ng up three or four points to wear the ship by putting the helm hard a-port, and in the act of squaring the yards for this purpose the ship struck and became eventually a total wreck, nothing being saved but a few stores and effects, as the ship speedily filled. Such is the narrative of the facts according to the evidence of the mate. The helmsman, a man named Nelson, who was at the wheel from 10 p.m. until the ship struck, stated that when he relieved a man named Smith (now at sea), he gave him the cour se E.N.E., b u t t h a t the mate changed the course ag beforeai nchanged Smith left the the deck course deck toB to E .N., which course he kept. and by N., and at 11 p m . until he saw the land and breakers, when he called to the mate, as already stated. Nelson stated, and, though pressed upon the point by the nautical assessors, adhered to the statement that the mate, upon coming up, ordered him to put the helm h ar d a - por t, b rac ing the yard up to the star board taet that e t s s h h i e p gcoetmwinagyuopnthoearb; and that they t r i e d toout S.S.W., and aga i n falling stay her again; that then by the mate's orders he put the helm hard up to wear ship, and squared the mainyards, and in the act of doing this the ship struck. The master, through his legal adviser, declined to make a statement. It thus appears that the evidence of the mate and Nelson is most conflicting, and that the di screpancy t en ds considerably to increase th e difficulty c p u o l s t i y tio in n a w r h ri e v n in s g he ucasttrack, conclusion as to the pro x i mate cause of th e l oss o f t h e s hi p . It is difficult to account f or h if the course was steered as stated by the ma t e, as ne ith er the ebb tide, which wa s running from 8 p,w, till midnight, nor the following sea would tend to set the ship towards the land. One thing certainly appears clear, however, that the mate took the wrong course in trying to wear the ship, but upon this I would remark that he was left to his own judgment in an emergency, the master being below. Be this as it may, I feel bound to pronounce the master in default, and that, first, he never used the lead to ascertain his distance from the land ; and secondly, his conduct was most reprehensible in remaining in his cabin during so dark and dirty a night from 3 p.m. till the ship struck, when during that period he was frequently informed by the mate of the circum stances; and more especially was his conduct most un accountable in not rushing upon deck to ascertain the cause of the commotion, when he must have heard, if not the helmsman's call to the mate, at any rate the sub sequent confusion upon deck, and the shifting of the helm hard a-starboard and hard a-port, right over his head. It seems to me that had the master came on deck in- stantly, when the alarm of breakers was first given, and hauled the ship up to the wind on the port tack, or failing in this had let go the anchor, he might have saved his ship. _ _ _ I may add that the ship's compasses were adjusted before leaving Liverpool. I may also add that the master has been in command of a ship for 15 years, and has had no previous accident. I have therefore pronounced judgment, with the entire concurrence of the assessors, that the certificate of Mr. G. Simey, late master of the Ranger, be suspended for the period of 12 calendar months ; and I have thought it necessary to pass a strong censure on the mate, for his un• seamanlike conduct in attempting to wear ship under the circumstances detailed in evidence.—l have, &c., "'l. S. RAFFLES, Police Magistrate, " Liverpool, Oct. 2, 1863." We concur in this report. R. B. BAKER, WILLIAM Busir, Commr. Nautical Assessors. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing liorniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. " nigh Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. [AnvEnnsEmENT]. Holloway's Ointment.—A fair trial is all that is asked to prove the sterling and superior merits of this Ointment, and to demonstrate how much more successful it is in curing old u l cers, inveterate sores, and disfiguring eruptions than any other application. When properly us e d i t lessens the inflammation, which invades parts adjacent to the wouzd or ulcer, whereby much local pain is immediately assuaged, and, in the course of an hour or two, the most satisfactory results invariably follow, which will steadily advance to a thorough and permanent This treatment, so much at variance with the old- Cure. fashioned views of cauterising, blistering, leeching, &c., has by common consent been pronoutwed to be the greatest blessing to persons thus aticted, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD RAOES.-YESTERDAY. Tho weather was much pleasanter than on the opening day, but there was an evident falling off in the attendance. The racing, which will be foind fully detailed below, with one exception, was not proluctive of exciting finishes. Though Isoline was said to is "coughing," she was very freely supported by her owner and the stable, and the easy manner in which Gibraltar cantered away from her and Blondin at the finish, stamps him as a really good horse over a long course. The features of the betting were the " rushes" made to be on Limosina, who was installed first favourite for the Cesarewitd, and the exchanging of posi tion of Lord Coventry's pair, Umpire and Emblem. Fan tail and Romanoff were in better odour, and the others re mained as previously quoted. Subjoined are details of the day's running : The Hunters' Stakes of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; selling allowances ; gentlemen jockeys ; professionals 61b extra. One mile. Mr. Beauclerk's Rockley, 6 yrs , (£50),... 9st 101 b - (Mr. - 11. Wombwell) 1 Mr. T. Cranfield's Pounce ; 5 yrs (£5O) Oct 91b _ (Mr. Jenkins) 2 Mr. Morley's Devotee, 3 yrs (£5O), Bst 41b (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 3 The following also ran —Hilly Grove, Abernethy, Atlas, Vet, and Baliverne. Bettitg-11 to 10 on Devotee, 5 to 1 agst Baliverne, 10 1 to agst Atlas, - After a couple of breaks avay, Baliveme jumped away in front, and carried on the running with Abernethy, Hilly Grove, Pounce, and Devotee in close attendance, Vet, who got badly off, bringing up the rear. They ran thus until nearing the straight, where Rockley joined the front division. At the distance, Baliverne compounded, and immediately afterwards Rockley took up the running, increased his lead opposite the enclosure, and won in a canter by a length and a hal ; a neck separated the second and third ; Abernethy was fourth, Atlas fifth, and Hilly Grove last. the winner was not sold. The Scurry Handicap of 40 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. Last half-mile. Capt. Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. C. Alexander's Xurullo, 4 yrs, 7st 3lb (T .French) 2 Mr. T. Hughes's Vigil, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (Prior) 3 The following also ran :—Duke of Cambridge, Lady Abbess, Bolero, Don't Come Late, and Mrs. Somerville. Betting -100 to 30 (at first sto 2) agst Miss Julia, sto 1 agst Mrs. Somerville, 6 to 1 each agst Duke of Cambridge and Don't Come Late, 100 to 15 agst Bolero, 8 to 1 each agst Vigil and Xurullo, 10 to 1 agst Lady Abbess. Miss Julia made all the running, and won by two lengths ; a neck separated the second and third ; Bolero was fourth ; Mrs. Somerville fifth, Lady Abbess sixth, and the Duke of Cambridge and Don't Come Late finished side by side. The Two-Year•Old Selling Stakes of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; colts, Bst lUlb ; fillies, Bst 71b; selling allowances. Last half-mile. Mr. Morley's Prescription (£25), 7st 111 b .. (Viney) 1 Mr. It. C. Naylor's Polonaise ( t5O), Bst 71b.. (Challoner) 2 Mr. Chancellor's Salvioni (£25), 7st 101 b (Perry) 3 Mr. Mellon's Measure for Measure (£25), Bst .. (Reeves) 4 Mr- Hodgman's Argus the Exile (£25), Bst.. (Fordham) 5 Betting-5 to 2 agst Salvioni, 3to 1 each agst Prescrip tion and Polonaise. Argus the Exile made play for a short distance, and drop ping into the rear Prescription went on with the running, was never again headed, and won by a length and a half ; three-quarters of a length divided the second and third. The winner was purchased by Mr. T. Wadlow for 155 guineas. The Stratton Park Stakes of 30 guineas, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; winner to be sold for 15,) sovs, &c. ; penalties for winning. Once round, about one mile and a-half. Mr. R. C. Naylor's Equinox, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (T. French) 1 Mr. Marsh's Margery, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b (includ. 51b extra) (J. Daley) 2 Mr. W. E. Jones's Zeloo, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Perry) 3 The following also ran :—Actmon, Reserve, Baron of Avon, and Fletton. Betting -5 to 2 ags t E q uinox, 7to 2 agst Baron of Avon, 4 to 1 agst R eserve. Actroon and R eserve made play into the straight, where Margery and Equinox joined them, At the distance Zeloo, Margery and E qu i nox qu itted their horses, and after a bril liant race Equinox won by a head; a similar distance sepa rated the second and third, Actmn was fourth, and Re serve last. Equinox was claimed under the Newmarket rules by Count Batthyany. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Three miles. Mr. Low's Gibraltar, 6 yrs, lOst (Custance) 1 Mr. T. P arr ' s Blondin, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (W. Boyce) 2 Mr. John Abel's Camperdown, 5 yrs, lOst (11. Bradley) 3 lambic and,lsoline also ran. Betting —Even. on Gibraltar, 6 to 4 agst Isoline, 10 to 1 agst any other. Gibraltar went away with the lead, Isoline going on second, Camperdown third, Blondin fourth, and lambic last. The latter, after rounding the turn beyond the stand, passed Blondiu and ran alongside lsoline until reaching the three quarter of a mile post, where he quitted her, and then headed Gibraltar. With the exception of Blondin dropping into the last place and Isoline passing Gibraltar, no variation occurred until they approached the stand, passing which Isoline was first, lambic second, Gib raltar third, Camperdown fourth, and Blondin bringing up the rear. On the far side lambic dropped from the front and was soon hopelessly in the rear, and a mile from home Gibraltar went alongside Isoline, and took a "feeler," after which Blondin and Camperdown drew to the front. After waiting on Isoline into the straight, Gibraltar came away and won by 11 lengths; Camperdown a bad third. Isoline was pulled up at the enclosure, and lambic was beaten half a mile. LATEST BETTING. TILE CESAREWITCH. 7to 1 agat Lioness (taken) Bto 1 agat Drummer Boy (taken) Bto 1 agst Limosina (taken) 15 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 20 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) 26 to 1 agst Buckenhana (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fantail (taken) 30 to 1 agst Romanoff (taken) 30 to 1 agst Hurricane (taken) 33 to 1 agst Sandford (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 12 to 1 agst Latch-'em Alive (taken) 12 to 1 agst Limosina (taken) 33 to 1 agst Cairneastle (taken) ROYAL CALEDONIAN HUNT AND PERTH lIEETING--TxultsDAY• -- - - The Trial Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 added; weight for age ; winners extra. Oue mile. Mr, E. A. Watson's Unfashionable Beauty, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Snowden) 1 Mr. J. Ruddock nd Dick Swiveller, aged, 9st lib (Bunting) 2 Mr. Temperley's Alice, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Martin) 3 Betting-3 to lon Unfashionable Beauty. Won by a neck, a bad third. The Perth Handicap Stakes of 7 sovs each, 5 ft, and 3 if declared, with 5 0 added ; winners extra. One mile and a half. 11 subs, 2 declared. Mr. Temperley's A l ice, 3 yrs, 7st Sib ........ (Martin) 1 Mr. W. I'Anson's Bonny Bell, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Snowden) 2 Mr. Barber's Donne Canne, 4 yrs, Bst 71b .. (E. Taylor) 3 Mr. Brodie's Lothians' King, 5 yrs, Oat (Howey) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Bonny Bell, sto 2 agst Alice, 3to 1 agst Lothians' King, Won by a neck, a bad third. A Plato of 40 sovs given by the Perth Hunt, added to a S w eepstakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft ; weight for age ; with selling and other allowances. One mile and a half. Mr. C. NV interingham's Weatherwise, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Howey) 1 Mr. Bowles's Fernando, 3 yrs, 7st lib (Goodall) 2 weight for Mr. Hamilton nd Sherwood, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (Bunting) 3 Mr. Charles's Adrift, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Speight) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Weathervvise. Won by a length, a bad third. .. (E. Taylor) 2 The winner was bought in for 36 guineas. After the race an objection was made against the rid B e B r t o l f 2 W ib e ( a s th n e o r m w l i e s n e jostling, but the stewards, after hearing evidence, confirmed the decision of the judge. The Caledonian Cup, value 100 sovs in specie; Mr. F. Field's Bowling age; certain penalties and allowances. Three miles. , Tat Illb Mr. Temperley's J o ey Jones, 5 yrs, ) fo l r Mr. Barber's Donne Canne, 4 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. J. Ruddock nd Dick Swiveller, aged (Howey) 0 Gree n, aged, Bst (Speight) 0 Betting-5 to lon Joey Jones. Won by three. quarters of a length. Only two passed the post. The business on the C es s a u r s e p w ic it io ch us is a s p t p i l e l . a r c s o n n c fi e n , e d h u t t o but BETTING AT MAN CHESTER-THURSD AY. o fe n w e h t o hn rs e es h . adAlrlatthheerfav ao urites are very firm. U m pi re a t friends rallied, an d the hi g hest offer against hi m a t th e close was 100 to 6. 13ac k en ham and Hurricane were sen t to the right about, reports being current that they had both broken down. Closing pr ices : CA WITCH STAKES. Bto 1 agst Bto 1 agst Lira °Bina (taken and wanted) SES Lioness (offered) E 9to 1 aget Drummer Boy (taken) 12 to 1 agst Emblem (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst 131ac kdown (taken) 20 to 1 agst Um pire (taken and wanted) 2:5 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (wanted) 25 to 1 agat Fantail (wanted) 33 to 1 aget Itomanoff (taken) 50 to 1 agst Dlyrtle (offered) 50 to 1 agat Blithfield (taken and offered) 100 to 1 agst 13uclienham (offered) 100 to 1 agst hurricane (offered) C.A.3II3ILIDGESHIRE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Catch -'em Alive (taken) 16 to 1 agat Exchequer (taken) 16 to 1 agst Birdhill (offered) 33 to 1 agst Summerside (taken) 40 to 1 agst Merry Hart (taken) 40 to 1 agst Baldwin (taken) SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The truth as to the last great battle in front of Chattanooga has had a long struggle to reach the light. It was fought on the 19th and 20th of September, and through nearly three weeks the fragments of intelligence have been arriving by no less than five steamers—the Scotia, the Adriatic, the Damaecus, the Hansa, and the Etna. It is only by the last vessel that full particulars of the en gagement, and distinct admissions of the disaster the result has brought upon the Federal army of the West, have been received. Three of these steamers left New York between the 24th and 26th, when the result must have been completely known to the Government, since on the latter date a long description of the battle, the positions occupied, the alternations of success during the two days of conflict, and the total confusion of the disorderly retreat that closes the story, was published. Most of the main incidents, and certainly the final catas trophe, we might have received several days ago, had they not been purposely kept back by the Northern Government, that prohibits the transmis sion of any news not acceptable to the official party from New York northward to Boston or Cape Mice in time for the steamers bound to Europe. To delay the arrival of disastrous tidings on this side of the ocean, even for a single day, is considered a great point gained, and if the suppression is well-timed the supposed advantage of perplexing European opinion may be increased by a silence of three or 'our days longer. The telegraph thus becomes a very im perfect speaker that we are always asking " to tell us more." But it does not; its liberty of speech is suspended, along with the Habeas Corpus Act, end the few fitful utterances it makes always break off, in a provoking manner, at the most interesting points of the narration. tis felt that there is much to come, but the thread is effectually snapped, and the end has to be inferred and deduced from the few very enigmatical sentences that are allowed to pass. The superiority of the modern telegraph system has thus been acquired in vain. The messages of the old post and board telegraph of our fathers were very liable to be " interrupted by a fog." But the puzzling mists that surround most of the American war news are wilfully raised by the wizards of the official departments at Washington. Fortunately, their spells are soon broken by another power. The truth in a few days is re vealed, more or less willingly, by the Press. And though in their comments on patent facts the official journals express very singular opinions, and draw conclusions opposed to all the premises, the reports of the correspondents are compelled to a general accuracy. A bias can be perceived, but it does not go so far as total ,perversion. They are not so bold in assertion as the first telegrams, that, by the official announcement of " substantial victory," prepareithe Northern cities for intelligence that turns it into a " crushing defeat." But it is from the earliest details, in which so much is sup pressed together, while most of what is given has been " manipulated" by the Government, we are compelled to form our conclusions as the broken and perverted tale arrives. It is some satisfaction to find that the later and full accounts of a military opera tiou quite confirm, even in points of detail. The small policy of concealing the truth from Europe is defeated when, by a constructive process, a very near approach to the actual history of affairs can be given from a series of fragments intended to mislead. The ample details of the battle of Chicamauga that had reached New York on the 26th so fully confirms our previous conclusions from all we could deduce from the official style, that we need not go over the whole story of the conflict again. The re sults are in no respect modified. The defeat was total, as we inferred, and the disorder of the retreat greater than we were prepared to expect from the character of the Western troops. But the causes of the disaster are now explained. The defeat of Rosencranz is ascribed to the better tactics of the Southern commanders rather than their superiority in numbers. By the manuer in which the Southern attack was made Rosencranz was compelled to change the disposition of the greater part of his army after the battle had actually begun. He seems to have divined where the real assault was to be made, bat not to have discovered it soon enough. The shifting of the divisions, moved to strengthen the weak points of his position, gave the Confede rates an opportunity of throwing a crushing force on the points left imperfectly protected by the corps moved up to fill the vacancies. The result of the fighting on 'die 19th was not decisive. The Federals held their ground, but part of their army had been badly shattered, and the day could hardly be claimed as a triumph of the Union arms. It was at this crisis the first telegram stopped, with the alarming announcement of a substantial victory. During the night of the 19th the Federal position had to be changed again, and on the 20th the Con federates repeated the tactics of the previous day. First attacking the left of the line and pushing it beck, the Southerners threw all their force on the Federal centre, which had been weakened to the extent of one third. It could not sustain the shock. The regiments began to spread out like a fan, wider and wider, till at last they were broken into frag ments. The breaks caused by the shiftings of divi sions from one point of the line to another were so promptly perceived and turned to advantage by the Confederate Generals that they proved fatal and caused the loss of the day. The Federal line, after being thus broken, could not again be formed. The army was in fact, as we had previously stated, cut in two. At this point of time the disorder began. Streams of demora. , ized, uncontrollable troops, flying to the rear, were all that remained of a large portion of the army. Four divisions were thus broken and dispersed, only one retiring in tolerable order. All afterwards was the confusion of a rout, crowds of stragglers in mob-like disorder making good speed towards Chattanooga. A partial rally was made, and General Thomas was enabled so far to check the pursuit as to save the Northern Army from total destruction. The whole incidents of the two days, it must be admitted, are very candidly summed up by the American narra tor,—" While the struggle of the first day ended in a drawn battle that of the second resulted in a disastrous defeat." Bed formation of the line of battle, bad tactics on the field, and the absence of some commanders at the most critical period of the fight, are alleged as the causes of the disaster. Two seem to have disappeared, though nothing is said of their having been wounded. Rosencranz himself had also to quit the field before the battle was quite over. It is added that 6. while the army may be considered as safe enough, it is certain, if the enemy have the advantage of greater numbers, flanking movements will compel Rosencranz to retreat across the Tennessee, in case reinforcements should not promptly reach him." This was also a contingency we ventured to anticipate, and, considering the position of Burn side, already threatened with an attack, it seems extremely probable. There is also a chance of the Federals having their supplies cut off and being compelled to surrender. It' this should occur it would be the first capitulation of the war. In the old War of Independence the surrender of two Eng lish Generals and their forces hastened the end of the contest. Nothing so decisive has yet occurred in the present American struggle, but the present situation of Rosencranz, liable to be surrounded, un able to advance, and with a difficult line of retreat, is in a peril not dissimilar to those of the English troops that could neither be moved or supported. But the scene of this last great battle is so distant from the populous Northern cities that we doubt if it will very deeply affect public opinion or advance the pospect orpeace. The Indian name of the battle field me a l ; 9 the " Stream of Death." The great losses on both sides give the name a new and terrible fit ness. But the oft-repeated tale of carnage makes small impression on the American mind, _eveh though the difficulty of fillin g the thinned ranks is becoming every day more evident. HERALD.—The proprietor of a public-house must be drivin g a roaring trade , of one sort or another, when his potboy wears a gold water:appraised at 70 guineas, So many cur i o us points of interest present themselves in the story just told at the iiddlesex sessions, where a Mr. Binks attended for the ids of justice and for the recovery of his watch, which ) 7as stolen from him on the 16th of last month, that we cannot forbear drawing attention to the narrative of the prosecution. The watch was traced into the pos session of Thomas Skendall, barman, aged 24, " of very respectable appearance," in the employ Bush landlord of the Bull and Anchor publicho use, Holborn. Mr. Bulks, it was stated, had lost the watch on the morning of the St. Leger race dayo, whilst he was leaving the King's-crose st ation. £ l 7, 1 0 had bought it of a friend some ti me before fo and the face or dial was ornamented withlr2 dia monds—one for each hour. When the unlucky owner next saw his choice and valuable Property e t h en e diamonds were gone, and the white dial e h . d gilt so as to totally change ohraed- its appea,r,anh over, the name of the original maker Ad popular chronometer ' been altered to that of the an: out on the trial of ma nufacturer" Dent." It came e receiving the this Thomas Skendall, for feloniously ben stolen, that all these watch, knowing it to have e. a watch at his request by alterations had beer made maker in the neighbourhood, who apparen tl y , ace nt cording to his ow n inn h ce declaration, saw nothing one ma er s nae for unusual in substituting f d• - ling the dial-p ate o its a- another, or in despoiling affixing a new ring or bow mond attractions, or in t h Nothing would to the handle of the watch. tradesman's senses evi dently stimulate this guileless . doing • and probably, into a suspicion of . wrong- , until the judge reminded him that he was liable to I • diottnent for being " memory after the fact," itn in• he had treated the job from this barman in easy cir• cumstances—too easy circumstances for his character of honesty—as one of common and every:day occur rence. With all the mutations which this article of luxury had undergone, the original maker, Mr. Adams was still, happily for Mr. Binks, enabled to swear to its identity. "He had not the least diffi culty in identifying it; it was worth 70 guineas." " The plate on the watch," continued the witness, " was the same that the diamonds were set in. There was a peculiarity in the make of oue stud, and he had not the least difficulty in identifying the watch. The F and S for fast' and 'slow' had not been altered. The letters were engraved out of his house. He did not swear to the watch by these letters, but by its general appearance, and many other peculiarities of it." The police tell the rest of the tale. They had gone to the Bull and Anchor public-house, High Hol born, saw the prisoner and the " manager," and, after a little parley, obtained the watch, which the prisoner was very loth to part with. The " manager," however, who at the appearance of the police saw that matters had gone a little too far, told him to restore the watch. On the person of the prisoner £6 12s and six watch keys were also found, so that it would seem that the barman has a fancy to or trades in these personal appendages. Then the diamonds were found at the pawnbroker's hard by. The prisoner of course protested that he bonght the watch " of a man in Seven Dials," for £l4, with whom, as is most likely to be the case, he declared he had had several dealings. Before the judge other ugly circumstances respecting the ordinary habits of " Thomas Skendall" were detailed. Last June he was charged at Bow-street Police-court with receiving stolen cigars, the produce of a burglary. The police-sergeant, 11 F, affirmed that, on that occasion, " his employer went to the prosecutor and begged him off from prosecuting, but the case was quite complete against him. He had frequently seen him hanging over the counter at his master's conversing withconvicted thieves. His mas ter kept the Bull and Anchor, High Holborn, which was the resort of thieves." Happily for the safety of unsuspecting, casual, and innocent customers of the Bull and Anchor, High Holborn, this matter of the house's reputation is to be brought before another tribunal, and there, we may presume, this facile "employer" will be called upon to explain away, excuse, or account for the bad character of his house. Otherwise it would have been necessary to ask the brewers and distillers who supply and sup port the Bull and Anchor, High Holborn, whether the character of the house and of those frequent ing it is known and accepted "in the common order of things." Meantime the barman "of very respectable appearance" was sentenced, for his pos session of Mr. Binks's diamond watch, to a term of four years' penal servitude. And the complying watchmaker, who had assisted him in his crime, was dismissed by the lenient judge with a caution—a cau tion, it may be hoped, that will always be before his eyes in any other repairs he may have to perform on watches from which the maker's name is to be erased. Of course we must have thieves and re ceiving -houses, the fence-shop and the melting-pot ; but that does not reconcile us to an establishment like the Bull and Anchor, High Holborn, and its respectable-looking barman. In one of the most crowded thoroughfares in the metropolis we are introduced to a public-house in full swing, which the police declare is " a regular place for the reception of stolen goods." What are the licensing magistrates about, and who are the " men of capital" who have put the present occupant in this public-house and keep him there? Crime is everywhere sheltering its predatory habits under " respectable appearances," but this unblush ing occupancy of a house in the frequented neigh bourhood of High Holborn, by " a manager" who keeps a professional thief for his barman, should be at once attended to, especially whets the barman is able to equip himself with a 70 guinea watch which he had bought of a mutual friend. DAILY NEWS.—A hard electoral battle has been fought at Coventry for Mr. Ellice's vacant seat. Both parties claim the victory, Mr. Arthur Peel's committee quoting a majority of seven , and Mr. Morgan Treherne's a majority of 147, for their respective candidates. If Mr. Treherne is really returned, the proceedings of the House of Commons may again be enlivened by some of the originality and vivacity which have been wanting in them since the days of the lamented Sibthorp. Although put forward by the Conservative party, Mr. Treherne is not a Conservative. It is his plea sure to describe himself as an "unmitigated Tory." As such he contested the borough before the pass ing of the Reform Bill ; he has been doing it ever since, and he boasts that his opinions are now what they were in the fine old days when his followers marched under the blue banners of " Church and King." The reports of the canvass and election speeches in the local journals show us that " the party" has this time got a representative of strong individuality. Mr. Treherne professes a "thorough and hearty detestation of Whigs," which he sometimes expresses strongly, and sometimes in a delicate manner. " Every body and everything about him appeared to hate Whiggery. He had a parrot at home which cried, Damn the - Whigs ;' and although he should be very sorry to use such language himself—even if he did express himself strongly sometimes—he could not say that his feelings towards the Wnigs were more friendly than those of his parrot." But Mr. Tre herne disdains to stick at words ; he is a man of action. Last Saturday he told his followers—" He was an old man, but he could fight a blow or two yet, and he never intended to desert his friends. He should be very sorry if such interruptions were given to them as to render it necessary for him to take his place side by side by them ; but if the necessity arose he hoped that two of them would take and hold him so as not to interrupt the action of his arm, but to keep him on his legs as long as he was able to strike a blow." Clearly Mr. Peel, who neither keeps a parrot nor challenges his opponents to a fight, met his adver sary at a great disadvantage. Mr. Trehorne's battle horse was the French Treaty, which has " ruined Coventry." He belongs to that school which used to set up toll-gates on all the highways of commerce. Three years ago we pulled down the gate on our side of the road to France, and so far made communica tion and exchange easier. Mr. Treherne tells the Coventry people that this is wrong, and that if we cannot have the road with no gate at all, we had better have two gates and double tolls. He does not mind telling the weavers that they were robbed when the ribbon-weavers at last got leave to lay out money where they could get the ribbons they liked best. This is the style of politicians who succeeds to the seat of the great manager of the Liberal party. It is a pity that the representation of an important borough like Coventry should fall into the hands of a Morgan Treherne, but it is not surprising. What can we expect but that the constituencies will go off wildly upon false issues of all kinds, when the leaders of the Liberal party proclaim that there is nothing worth fighting for but their own precious selves. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING, BIRMIN — MIAM, Thursday Evening, The great meeting of the ironmasters of this district for the quarter was held in the Town-hall here this afternoon ; there was a large attendance, the trade in the other iron producing districts being well represented. The tone of the assembly was such as to lead to the inference that the re cently advanced prices will be maintained ; home con sumers evinced more willingness to give out contracts ; and on the part of those who are engaged in the export trade it was evident that there was more confidence in the future of prices, though the wisdom or policy, whichever it might be, that dictated the last advance was not generally recognised. The ironmasters point to the state of the labour market, which has forced on the recent rise in the price of iron, and in that respect the cause assigned is strong, for it is quite certain that labour is decreasing in the South Staf fordshire district ; the decline is going on almost daily, and at this moment there are departments which it is impossible to fill. A continuance of that condition must keep up prices. The transactions to -day were not large, but most of the producers of finished iron are well supplied with orders, and had consequently no disposition to press for orders ; the fresh contracts entered into at this meeting were at the full none of the leading ma kers bein g dis p osed to taccep t rad e p belowriccs the rates fixed at the preliminary meeting ; and the second class houses are obtaining better prices in proportion than is usual. L was mentioned, too, that the works are al: in fall operation ; where such is not the case it arises from a difficulty in the way of procuring labour, or in some other respect on that account. The fact of the North Staffordshire and Welsh makers being well placed with regard to orders must help materially to sustain the trade in this district , With regard to pig iron, the prices are not quite so well settled as they are for the manufactured article —th e p i g masters ask about £3 17s 6d to yi per ton for good hot blast mine iron, but consumers concede it reluctantly, and many of them aro in a position to abstain from purchasing, they having stocks of pig bought at low prices ; moreover, there is the competition with the inferior makes of pig iron of Northamptonshire and the North, which is being pressed into this market at this moment at fully ss, perhaps 7s 6d, below the pricy of the pig iron of this district. if, however, the demand for finished iron keeps up, Staffordshire pig iron will readily command the price above quoted. Tho trade in Shrophire pig iron is steady, and prices have advanced in proportion to the rise upon pig iron, the produce of this district. In reference to North Staffordshire iron, it may be noticed that the advances in the price recently made will place the general scale relatively higher than it is in South Stafford- shire. The meeting here to-day was a cheerful one, all who aro engaged in the trade as prcducers taking a cheerful view with regard to the future, Another Fatal Omnibus Accident. Last evening Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Mid dlesex, held an inquest in University College Hospital touching the death of a lad named Geo. D. Dennis, who had been killed by one of the City Atlas omnibuses. The parents of the poor boy were present, and Mr. T. Beard, of Basing hall-street, solicitor, appeared for the London General Omnibus Company. Several witnesses were examined, and. from their evidence the following particulars were elicited. On Friday evening, about half-past 6 o'clock, the deceased lad, who was 14 years of age, and who was employed as an errand boy inan establishment in Tottenham-coart-road, was crossing the end of London-street when he was struck on the side of the head by the pole of one of the " express" City Atlas omnibuses, which was entering London-street from Todenham-ceurt .road. Immediately on being struck the boy fell to the ground, and one of the fore and one of the hind wheels of the vehicle passed over his body. He was and conveyed t o U n i ve rsity College at toosnpcite picked up Hospital, which close to the spot where the accident took place, but he died before he reached the accident ward, so serious and extensive were the injuries he had received. One of his arms was badly fractured, his lungs were rup tured, his liver was nearly divided, and his dorsal vertebra) were severed. A number of persons had witnessed the oc currence, and they all concurred in stating that the omni bus had just crossed Tottenham-court - road from Uni versity-street, and was entering London-street, when the boy ran or walked quickly from the footway on the south side of the latter street into the road, and that it would have been impossible for the driver of the omnibus to pull up in time to prevent the accident. There was, however, a difference of opinion as to the speed at which the omnibus was travelling. Mark Gibbs, the owner of a fish-stall at the corner of London-street, said it was going rather quicker than usual; while William Cox, who had seen the accident from about the same spot, stated that the speed was not higher than between four and five miles an hour. This latter witness was corrobo rated by Mr. Walter Neck and other gentlemen, who wero seated on the omnibus at the time, as well as by J. Pierce, the driver, who said that he had met obstructions in crossing Tottenham-court-road from University-street, and that con sequently he could not have been going at any great speed. The jury found a verdict of "Accidental death;" but in handing in their decision the foreman said they desired him to make this statement--thatalthough in tlais particular case the evidence obliged them to come to the conclusion that the omnibus was not going at a speed of more than between. four and five miles an hour when crossing Tottenham court-road, several of the jury were prepared to state of their own knowledge that the same vehicle was in the habit of crossing there at a speed of eight miles an hour, which in such a thoroughfare was a very dangerous rate. In addi tion to this they could not express themselves in too strong terms of reprehension concerning the system of omnibus "nursing" which was being carried on along Tottenham court-road. It was positively frightful to look at the way omnibus opposition was conducted along that street daily, and there could be no doubt that some very shocking occur rence would take place if the nursing and racing of which several of the were constantly eye-witnesses wet o not put an end to. Dr. Lankester hoped that these observa tions coming from housekeepers in the neighbourhood would havedue weight. COUNTRY MARKETS. I,` MANCHESTER-THURSDAY. At our market this morning the demand for wheat was exceedingly lifeless, both English and foreign held steadily for the prices of this day se'nnight, but there was no dispo sition on the part of millers to buy. Flour very inactive, and buyers might have supplied themselves at 6d to is per sack and barrel lower. New oats receded 2d per 451 b, and new oatmeal sold slowly at a further decline of Is to 2s per load. Indian corn 6d per qr higher. The trade for in Egyptian beans was firm. BIRMINGHAM-THURSDAY. During the present week transactions have been of a re tail character in all articles of the trade, at no quotable variati , n in price. To-day wheat was in fair supply, and buyers found at last Thursday's prices. Barley improved. English wheat was sold at 44s to 48s for white, and 40s to 44s per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 36s to 42s per qr ; grinding, 26s to 30s Oats, old, 24s to 30s per 30 stone; Irish, 21s to 255. Beans, 38s to 41s . per qr. Peas, 36s to 448 per 36 stone. CORK—OcT. 7. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 7s Od to 8s 3d ; white, 7s 3d to Os 6d , barley, 6 3 Od to 7s Gd ; oats, 5s Od to 6s 10d ; black do., 4s Od to 5s Bd. EDINBURGH GRAIN—OcT. 7. - - A good supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which met s fair sale at about the prices of last week. Barley met a good sale, and prices unaltered. Beans were dull. Oats a heavy sale. Wheat on the top Ss Od down average Ss Od - clown. Barley on the top is Od down average Os 2d down• Oats on the top 2s 6d down average Os 3d up• Beans on the top is 6d down ..average 5s lld down• Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1002 qrs Sold 652 qrs Barley... 2250 qrs Sold 1654 gig Oats 1435 qrs Sold 853 qrs Beans l2 qrs Sold 11 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites,:39s Od ; extras, 378 Od ; superfine, 35s Od ; fine, 33s Od. DERBY SMITIIFIELD—Ou. G. Beet Mutton .. Lamb Bd to —d Rough fat, 3s 9d per stone. Hides, 3d to 41d; calf skins,od to 6d. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Get. lg. via Marseilles .... Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 19• via Marseilles ...Oct. 13. Falltland Islands .... Gibraltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), anti Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 10. via Marseilles Oct. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Oct. 11. via Marseilles Oct. 2 1 ' Portugal.... Nov. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 1 0 . via Marseilles Oct. ll• Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. S. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Oct. 9. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ..Oct. 10. Bahamas, via New York Oet. 22. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, re " , 1 Oct. I'i. California. and British Columbia. POPULATION OF BERLIN AND VIENNA.—Th e Prussian capital numbers 527,000 inhabitants, the Austrian 530,000. As much as 26,385,000 florins ( m ore than two and a half million pounds sterling) is paid anna' nually in Vienna in the way of rent; while in Berlin the amount is 27,380,000 florins. The half-million Viennese live in only 9,900 houses, while the Berliners occupy 21,600. The number of persons living in one house in Vienna i 6 therefore no less than 54, while in Berlin the number 0 nearly 25. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Consumption, all nervous, bilio 6 f. liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Larry's health restoring Revalent s Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which nac t been considered hopeless. We quote a few.--Cure No. 62,914 , Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men 110 abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoratio l4 exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheekiii emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire c 1 ,4 Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of F rin tle) Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lun g s, s p ittin g of blood , li ver s.—Cure, No. 47,121. 2,0811 and nervous fancies.—Cure, 11°. Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion. e C atn ani c p s hell, Fakenham, Norfolk' gatherings, 54,816 . derangement , ila e liot a we n v d . of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resiste d all medical treatment. In tins, Ilb, 2s 9d ; 21b, 4s 6d ; 5113, spirits,Par Ja m es partial a T d . 118; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 7 1, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and al l grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. Births. --- BLANE.---On the 7th inst., at Foliejohn-park, Winkfieldt Berks, /qrs. Gilbert Blae, of a daughter. NICHOLSON.—On the 7th inst. at The Cedars, Sunder' land, th e w if e of William Nicholson, jun,, Ecq., of a son. SALMON.—On the Bth inst., at 5, Upper Hyde-park-street' the wife of W. P. salmon, Esq., of a daughter, Marriages. BASDEN—STEVENS.—On the 7th inst., at St. Neot's, V' W. S. Basden, Esq., of New Cross, to Mary, the only daughter of the late Rev. John Stevens. P imps —MuNDY. —On the 7th inst., at Cotmanhag Church ; Derbyshire, Edmund C. H. Phipps, Esq., only son of the late Hon. Edmund Phipps, to Maria Jane► eldest daughter of Alfred M. Mundy, Esq., of bhipleY , Derbyslaire. Deaths. BLA.CE.BURNE. -- At Tunbridge-wells, F. J. Blackburnef J.P., of Rennie House, co. Cork, and of Keymer, S us ses+ fourth son of the Right Hon. Francis Blackbufne, Lor d Chief Justice of Appeal in Ireland, aged 37. GIRLING.--On the 7th inst., at 26, Cloudesley-squar e + Islington, Mr. Joh n Gi r li g , formerly of Alaidenneadt Berks, aged 97, LAWTON.—On the Bth inst. John Lawton, Esq., at Ma rie House, Mi c kl e h urst, near 'lNl os sley• ROBERTSON.—On the 7th inst., & a t 108, Adelaide-road, Job Robertson, Esq., of the firm of Messrs. Rob er t so n Co., Newman's, court , C orn hill, aged 64 . SAWYER,—On th e Bth inst., at Hampstead-road, Mr.WIP Sawyer, aged 50. THOMAS,—On the 7th inst., at Droitwitch, Robt. 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