The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-07 00:00:00

TIARTHQUAKE OF YESTERDAY. Sir,— —About 22 minutes after 3 o'clock this morn ing, Greenwich time, the tremor of an earthquake was very perceptible here. It appeared to me that th© oscillatory motion was from E.N.E. to W.S.W., lasting three seconds, or rather less. I heard no sound whatever after the shock, but cannot say positively whether any preceded it. The sky was partially clear at the time, and the air perfectly still. The sensation produced by the tremor was very peculiar, and different from that of ordinary vibration.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, S. R. HIND. Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Twickenham, Oct. 6. STOKE NEWTNGTON.—I awoke this morning be fore it was light, and on getting out of bed looked at m y watch, which was hanging on a stand in my bed - aoom, and found that it was a little over quarter past 3. I got into bed almost immediately after wards, and had scarcely laid down when I felt the bedstead, a heavy four -post, violently shaken. The -windows of my bedroom also rattled, but not very much. The vibrations did not last for more than two or three seconds, but the motion was altogether so extraordinary that I could not account for it. I lay awake for some time afterwards, but did not experience any return of the vibration. BLACKIIEATIL—This morning at 20 minutes past 3 o'clock, my wife and myself, both having been awake for some time, were startled nsed by feeling our bed move with an undulating motion, asaa i f fat by an earth qua k e. We instantly rouse d the fearing an explosion o f ga s had taken place, but such was no t t h e case. One o f our beingdomestics, two floors above, felt the same k-hin. There wered of motion. Each bed i s p l aced nort h an d unit four v ery di stinct shoc k s i n thetospawceesotf, and felt as two seconds. The motion was from e if four w aves had succeeded each other at equal intervals under a boa on the top of the Heath,t• The house is situate facing the Surrey Hills on one side to the south, and London on the west. Perhaps some others of your readers may have noticed the motion. The air was perfectly still, with a s light frost, the moon shining brightly at the time. EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM.—At 3.23 this morn ing two shocks of earthquake were distinctly felt in thi s /loge ' 'tboarhood. The first shock was very alight and did not last more than five seconds; the second shock was much more violent and sh oo k th e house from its foundation, so much so that a brother, who slept in an adjoining room, knocked at my door immediately afterwards, exclaiming, " What is up, th ere is such a dreadful rattle ?" and a rattle it seemr:d, though there was little real noise, but rather a sense of sound, caused by the sensation that evezything around was violently agitated. It will lao interesting to learn whether the shock was felt in other localities. WOLVERHAMPTON.—A shock of an earthquake, or rather two shocks, closely following each other, was felt here at 25 minutes past 3 this morning, each lasting several seconds. The vibration in creased until it rattled the windows somewhat - vigorously, and then gradually died away in pul sations, a complete rest being alternately followed by a slight tremor until it altogether subsided. MARKET HARBOROUGIL—WiII you allow me to avail myself of your columns to record an extraor dinary phenomenon which was experienced at Marzet Harborough at 3.25 this morning, and which was undoubtedly the shock of an earthquake. I was awoke from a sound sleep by an indescribable movement of the bed upon which I was resting, accompanied by a general creaking of the furniture of the room, more especially the vibration of a pair of doors of a hanging press mounted upon friction rollcia ; this last mentioned noise continued three or four seconds, as I had obtained a light before it ceased, On comparing notes with the other mem. hers of my household, I find the sensations expe. riLnced by myself were common to all oT us. ] presume the shock was not merely local, therefore I expect this account will be confirmed by others, which you will receive from your scientific corres poaden t s. BITE,TON- ON-TRENT.—The town of Burton-on- Trent and the surrounding villages were visited this morning, at about 20 minutes past 3 o'clock, by a rather severe earthquake. The shock was so violet as to awaken many sound sleepers. Beds were shaken, and windows rattled so as to produce in many cases the notion that thieves were enter ing, The vibrations continued several seconds, and they were accompanied by a low, distant, rumbling sound. HEIIEL HEMPSTEAD.—A slight shock of an earthquake was experienced here this morning at about 25 minutes to 4 o'clock. It lasted ae near as could be calculated some 15 seconds, and made itself felt by a kind of w shiver. There was no Un eiulatory motion that I could detect. UPTON- PARE, c OLOUGII, BUCKS.—It may be in teresting to Bout) people to know that a severe shock of an earthquake was felt here this morning at 3.23 a.m., waki n i, • also felt by others ' SU!. people in this house, and whom I have just seen , adioeining, and by one person enaving about two miles from this. It shook wardrob wash-hand stands in my room, and lasted some s and motion was from east to west,'onds. The undulatory REcrony, WORD3LEY STOTIRBRIDc;TP Last night I was awakened at ....._..— shock of an earthquake, 3 . 15 by the was speedily fol lowed by another. My bed shook violently, the windows rattled, the furniture shiver e d, and the whole house, which is usually as firm a s a rock, t quivered from th e bottom o the top. My man, of who sleeps in a di s t an t part the house, tells me that the silver was rattily, for some tim3. It ap peared as if a sound of a heavy'explosion bene a th the cellars accompanied the second shock, b u t t h at may have been a delusion. Though the mining districts we a re not we are n ear undermined, and therefore an earthquake can be the only solution. GLOUCESTER.—Abont three o'clock this morning the inhabitants of this city and the neieg,hbourhood ro und were startled by the shock ofan w hich, from its violence, must have beenafretlhtlovaeakrneda wide area. I was awakened from sleep by a vibration o f the bed under me, whi ch shook to strangeu fro SOl2lO half-dozen times, and the tremor was ac companied by a low roaring sound and a rattling of d oor s and casements, which imported th e cause of it too plain l y to bo mistaken for anythi ng else, a n d l east o f all for that favourite simile for all loud noises—thunder. It is a little singular that while many thousands of persons were aroused from slum ber both here and in the neighbouring towns, the earthquake was not perceived by the sorting clerk s 'who were at work in the branch post-officeat the Midland Railway Station ; but it may be that their familiarity w ith the nois e and shaking of the trains in the vicinity re ndered th em less sensitive to this most unusua l occurrence. dittlST b o l;;eA shock of earthquake was felt yes terday, Portishead, an:;. 3 and 4 a.m., at Bristol, Nailsea, damage h as the neighbourhood. No material beenAtTeported from these districts. SWANSEA. :341). the shock of an earth q uake was felt slightly at west, and Llanelly. Swansea Merthyr, Haverford- Ferryside, and Joke_ p etrib t was more severe at Neath, dock, and a l o ng the western extremity o f of a vessel reports that 4 81185 he felt a concussion like a B a y. The captain striking from Milford Haven NoaltALtrelking COLLEGE...-At upon a rock. CHELTENHAM morning this town was visitedal E.—At 3 20 this quake, more distinct and of this country, as far as by an earth is country A leader than any which have b„ "min g in its chtl" I know, in the past history rumbling noise was Budd ' deep en -Y heard . supposed to proceed from an artillery, as ' ni ght be frequently described. The vibratio - wag` n,' , c) lege increased with the height of th Bofth-- —°`- e building, The heaviest pieces of furniture were severely and the fireirons violently agitated. I find tshakee, entire body of the students of this institat iot h i at the were awa kened, tl , ose occuping dormitories whi c hl east to west being conscious at the commencement of a lateral upheaving of their beds. The impres sion upon each one seems to have been that the rest had conspired in a body to shake the whole build ing with their feet until the heavy stone walls on every side were heard to strain and crack. Con sidering that this country lies upon what has been called the great volcanic belt, it is a matter of stir- prise that these phenomena have been so infrequent as they have. The night was beautifully calm and frosty, and my aneroid showed no unsteadiness. EXETER. — Between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning the shock as of an earthquake was felt in this city and neighbourhood. Some persons were much alarmed, and got up and examined their premises. In my own house, which is situated in a central part of the city, none of the inmates beside myself and wife noticed it. The bed shook under us. The vibration was similar to that caused by a railway train passing near, and such a sensation I have often e xper i enced at Dawlish, where the railway is near the dwellings, but I never experiencedany o - f any thing like it i n E xe t er b e fore. Perhaps some your readers may be enabled to explain the cause. WOLVERHAMPTON. Very great alarm has been experienced by a large portion of the inhabitants of the western side and central portion of England by the shocks of an earthquake, which were most sensibly perceived throughout that district of the country shortly after three o'clock yesterday morning. Our information from the Midland Counties is to the effect that the shock was very perceptible throughout Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Shrop shire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Somerset shire, and other parts. In Wolverhampton, about the centre of that dis trict, most persons but the very soundest sleepers were aroused by it, and, not knowing from what the noise proceeded, many people were under the impression that their houses had been broken into by burglars, while others appear to have at once satisfied themselves that the disturbance was that of an earthquake. The first shock took place at between 22 and 23 minutes past three. It lasted, probably, scarcely a minute, and had hardly sub sided, when a second, distinct shock was heard, the second being, if anything, rather more severe than the first. To persons in bed the general sensation appeared to be that the whole house was being shaken from its foundation, with a tremulous, rapid, and undulatory motion, proceeding, appa rently, from north to south, and accompanied by a sound resembling the passing of a very heavy vehicle at a rapid pace. Simultaneously with this noise there was a vibration of water jugs, wash hand basins, glasses, window panes, chairs stand ing against walls, and the like. In some cases, after the shocks had passed away, cracking and creaking noises were heard at intervals, as if the whole house had been strained and shaken, and the timber-work and masonry were making what builders would call a " setting." At the time men tioned, a watchman was on duty at the Wolver hampton and Staffordshire Bank, in the central and highest part of the town, when he and a policeman who was with him were terrified by the shaking of the bank, the trembling of the ground on which it stood, and the rattling of the gates of the church which adjoins the bank. Another policeman, while on duty near St. George's Church, in the same town, heard the gates of that edifice rattle and also the vibration of windows in a warehouse close by. A cloud of dust appeared to rise from the earth, and at the same instant he felt a gentle blast of warm air. Sleepers left their beds in affright, and policemen were called to from hastily opened windows, while others, who could not dis abuse their minds that their houses bad been clan destinely entered, searched their premises for the supposed burglars. A policeman on duty in the suburb of the town states that, although the air was perfectly calm, the surrounding trees were shaken, and that their leavas were shaken se much that numbers of them fell to the ground. He was also much alarmed at seeing a wail vibrating near to him. Wrottesley Hall, the seat of Lord Wrottesley, was shaken throughout, and the inmates alarmed. This was also the case at Teddesley, the residence of Lord Hatherton. In game preserves, pheasants were observed to become much alarmed as they usually are during the raging of a thunder-storm. As a rule, watch-dogs were not aroused, but there were cases in which they barked loudly. We have not at present heard that in the " Black Coun try" any serious casualty has happened. Here, however, from the circumstance of the ground being undermined, it might naturally be concluded that such a convulsion would have brought down many of the colliery chimney stacks and the like. At Sedgley, which is said to be one of the highest inhabited parts of England, the residence of a gentleman named Waterhouse was violently shaken. All the inmates were suddenly awoke by a great shock. The windows rattled as though they were coming out of their frames, the doors trembled as though seized and shaken from the out side, and every other part of the building was equally affected. The night was calm and frosty. About ten years ago a shock was experienced in the same pact of England, but it was of an upheaving and not of a tremulous character or accompanied with a noise. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE AND EAST WOR CESTERSHIRE. At an early hour yesterday morning the inhabitants of several towns and villages in the South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire districts were alarmed by a shock which shook the whole of the buildings, and brought the peaceful slumbers of the people to an abrupt termination. In the town of Dudley the shock was most severely felt, beds being violently shaken, and in some instances doors burst open, crockeryware broken, and clocks stopped. In detached buildings in various parts of the town the effect is described as being most terrifying. The shock was followed by a rumbling sound, similar to what would be experienced by persons sleeping immediately over a tunnel as trains were passing. Many inhabitants left their beds and congregated in the street, discussing the extraordinary phenomenon. Mr. Chief Superintendent Burton, of Dudley, who was aroused, noted the time of the occurrence as 3.35 a.m., and he states that he experienced a sensation as if standing upon moving fields. At CoseleY and Gornal the shock was severely felt, furniture and croekeryware being thrown down and broken. Reports from Stourbridge, Wednesbury, Walsall, Kidderminster, and other towns in the neighbour • hood, state that the shock was severely felt, and that the inhabitants were aroused by the clanking of glasses, break ing of furnitnre, moving of beds, and bursting of doors. 01{.0 E STE P. . Yesterday morning, at 25 minutes past three, a si Wor cestershire. an earthquake wa s f e l t a l most universally throughout The shock was of so violent a nature as to awaken people from their sleep, and to rattle chairs, glass, and furniture audibly. It is described by some persons who were awake at th e ti me as having been accompan i e d by a rumbling noise, whil e ot h ers say they were awoke b y what appeared to be an expl os i on. At Great Malvern t h e windows of the Imperial Hotel, a very large and massive building at the foot of the Malvern-hills, were violently rattled, and it is said that one of the railway signals was displaced. Servants ran downstairs in affright, and general consternation appears to have been felt. At Upton-on- Severn the shock was also severely felt, and it appears that it was most violent in situations bordering on the river Severn. At Worcester the same rattling of glass, china, and bEd curtains as was noticed elsewhere was observed, and in the streets nearest to the river the tremour appeared to be greatest. One inhabitant by the river side points out a crack in the wall which he had not noticed before, and avers that the pictures hanging on the wall in his bedroom oscil lated violently. Some chimney -pots are said to have been displaced. The shock appeared to travel from north to south. Very similar phenonema were noticed in the district about eight years ago. The weather on Monday was cool, but pleasant, and yesterday morning the first autumn frost occurred, followed by a brilliant, sunshiny day. distinctly felt in v all the inter- The shock of an BettlrithiCipTkCeiNivja?ery it Occurred at 35 this town, and also at Wolverhampton and morning, distinct shocks, ; simultaneously With minutesmediate d p i a s s tr t ic 3 t, e o ,e n le T ek u . esd T a h y ere werneg Walls were the second being the most violent them was heard a low rumbling noise. it is described as having been a grathr*so n some localities seen to move, and in some instances substantial were disturbed as much as very old houses ntinl y bul b ld v in assay() of a heavy waggon along the street. I ;r a- b° --' the many ruse from P • Windows and doors rattled considerably, and much vibration other wise experienced. Throughout the district a grea 'a t s n o f persons were awoke from their sleep; their beds and examined their premises, the effects of the ni shock being quite as much seen as felt. At Handsworth, Perry, Barr, Kingsnorton, and other of the rural districts, the shock seems to A have been more who formerly resided in in Birmingham. Manilla, and experienced shocks of earthquake there, desc r ib e s that which occurred in the neighbourhood this morning as much r6serabling those in that region. _... DERBY. The town at morning. minutes past 3 o'clock yesterday k the shaking con tinuing moat singular occurren c shoe , that hour was visited by a severe greatest alarm was e took place at Derby at 20 the . for several minutes, and some assert that feared their dwellings were g i v ing way ; manifested by a large proportion of the inhabitants, who others that they experienced violent rockings of their beds, . 8 they were awoke by a nois, resembling the sound of burg l ars entering their premises, en], indeed, the town wa s thrown into great confusi on, the prevailing belief being that it was an earthquake, The sensation Was general, and WO also THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCFOBER 7, 1863, felt in the villages in the immediate vicinity of the town. The night was very calm, not the slightest wind stirring to which such a remarkable phenomenon could be attri butable. The greatest excitement prevails. secute, with a view to his daughter's reformaion, or more serious consequences might follow, The Assistant-Judge asked the prisoner ifshe was dis posed to give any information as to what she cad done with the proceeds of the property. The prisoner said she was not. The Assistant-Judge said he should defer passing sen tence until the next sessions, in the hope thatin the mean time the prisoner might change her mind andtell her father what she had done with the proceeds of these robberies. The prisoner was then removed. . _. . _ _ Thomas Barton, 24, was indicted for sterling a canvas purse and the sum of 145., from the person of Richard Hall. Richard Hall said he knew the prisoner, andon the 26th of September they were together at the Tlree Hammers public-house at Hendon. Witness left at 11 oclock, anl was on his way home when he saw the prisoner Et anding under a hedge. Witness had not got more than a iundred yards from the houses when the prisoner came up blind him and tripped witness up with his foot, and he fell ,o the ground. He stood over him as he lay on his face, and he felt in wit ness's trousers pockets and took out a purse containing 145., and ran away. Witness called out " Murcia." three times, while he was robbing him, and a policeman came up. He accompanied the constable back to the Hammers, and shortly afterwards the prisoner came up, and he was given into custody. John Wilson said on the Saturday nigh; in question he saw the prisoner in custody and walked wit him. He put out his hand and put something into witnes's hands, which he found was a purse containing three iiorits and some other mon eys, which he gave to the police. —William Savage, police-constable, prove! taking the pri• goner into custody, and ho went in the direption pointed out by the prosecutor, but no purse had been found. There was a trace in the dew as having been recently made. The Assistant-Judge summed up the e•idence, and the jury a cquitted the prisoner. Frederick Gerrard, a police-constable o' the T division, was indicted for stealing two sovereigns, s half sovereign, and the sum of 13s. 6d. in silver, the moneys of Thomas Chandler, from the person of Susan Chandler. Dlr. Cooper prosecuted—Mr. Daly defenled the prisoner. Dirs. Susan Chandler, said she was the wife of Thomas Chandler, and on 15th Sept. she was at tie Hammersmith police -court. She went there to prosecute a woman for steal in, a blanket. She met the prisoner in the court, but had not known him before. She left th e cour t w i t h t h e pr i soner about a quarter to four o'clock, and went with him to the Rising Sun, near the court-house. She called for a pot of stout, and gate the prisoner half-a-crown to pay for it. The prisoner paid for it, and returned her the change. After staying fer half an hour at the Rising Sun, the prisoner asked her to go to another house, and they went to the Cum berland Arms, which was not far from the Rising Sun. The prisoner walked into the parlour, and witness followed him. The prisoner ordered three-pennyworth of brandy and a bottle of soda water, and witness paid for it at the bar- She put her purse into her pocket, and went into the parlour. The prisoner moved his chair, and sat close to her silo?, and s he told him that she was a respectable married woman, and he then went further away from her. The side where he sat close to her was the side where her pocket was. A ' little while afterwards he pushed by her side again. Three other constables then came in, and witness asked them what they would have to drink. The prisoner inquired of them the way to the back yard, and left the room. She then pulled out her purse, and to her surprise found that it had been entirely emptied of its contents except a card. She put her purse into her pocket, ran out into the back yard, and accused the prisoner of tubbing her of two sovereigns, a half sovereign, and 158. Gd. in silver. He denied having robbed her, and an altercation ensuing, the three constables that she left in the parlour went into the yard. He was then given in charge and taken to the police-station. Cross-examined by Mr, Daly—l was in the Cumberland Arms a quarter of an hour before the constables came in, During that time the prisoner and myself were alone. The prisoner was sitting near to me when the constables came in, and he then moved from my side. I heard one of the constables say at the police-court that when he entered the room he heard a scrambling noire. The prisoner moved close to my side, and that was the reason why I said I was a respectable married woman, By the Assistant-Judge --I did not think it any harm to go from one publichouse to another with the prisoner. Alfred Harris, police-constable 258 T, said the prisoner at the bar belonged to the same division. On Sept, 15 he went to the Rising Sun with two other constables. The prisoner and prosecutrix were together in front of the bar. They left the publichouse as the constables went in. Wit nese and the constables afterwards went to the Cumberland Arms and in the parlour saw the proseeutrix and the pri soner sitting close to one another, and they made a bit of a scramble as they (the constables) went in. The prisoner soon afterwards lett the room. The woman then got up, and eaid that the prisoner had picked her pocket of £3, and that she would give him into custody. As he was going along the passage the prisoner pulled a handkerchief from his breast pocket and put it into a basket with some bottles. Witness took it up airectly and put it into his pocket, tell ing the prisoner he had better go to the Notting-hill sta tion. On reaching the station witness delivered the hand kerchief to the sergeant who was on duty. He opened it, and in a corner of it was tied up two sovereigns, a half sovereign, and 13s. Gd. in silver. The prisoner said, if there was anything in the handkerchief the prosecutrix must have put it in, Cross - examined—The prosecutrix and prisoner were both drunk, and they both staggered up the road. George Grubb, police-constable 147 T, corroborated this evidence. Mr. Daly then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and said he had been upwards of three y ears in the force, and if their verdict should be against him he would be ruined for life. They were called upon to convict him on the evidence of a drunken woman, and there was no doubt she had been guilty of great indiscretion. The money might have been given to him by this woman for their common use, or for objects to which he would not further allude. The prisoner was at the mercy of the prosecwrix, and as she was obliged to tell her husband some story to account for her being in these houses with a policeman, she had framed this tale, and had now come forward to substantiate it on oath. The Assistant-Judge summed up the evidence, and The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Inspector Hepburn, who attended to watch the case on the part of the Police Commissioners, proved that the prisoner had been frequently fined for breaehes of police discipline. Tho Assistant-Judge sentenced the prisoner to be impri soned and kept to hard labour for six months. The Extraordinary Robbery of a Mail-bag. HILL, Tuesday. This morning, at 10 o'clock, Mrs. Maria Cooke was brought up before Mr. Travis, stipendiary magistrate, on remand at the police-court, charged with having had in her possession certain checks known to have been stolen from the post-office mail-bag at South Cave on the 24th of Sep tember last. Mr. F. F. Ayre prosecuted, being instructed by Mr. A. Forrest, the assistant•surveyor of the Derby district of the General Post-office. Mr. F. Summers defended the prisoner. The prisoner was charged under the 28th section of the Ist of Victoria, cap. 36, which enacts " that every person who shall steal a post letter-bag, or a post letter from a post letter-bag, or shall steal a post letter from a post-office, or from an officer of the post-office, or from a mail, or shall stop a mail with intent to rob or search the same, shall in England and Ireland be guilty of felony, and in Scotland of a high crime and offence, and shall be transported be yond the seas for life." Considerable interest was manifested in the case, the court-room being much thronged. The prisoner was, at the request of her solicitor, allowed to have a chair, but remained standing throughout the examination of the witnesses. The interest attaching to the case has been increased by certain rumours current here that the accused woman had previously made her appearance before a judi cial bench on a serious charge, from which accusation she was, however, exonerated. The evidence already given went to show that the prisoner attempted to get a check cashed at the Hull branch of the Yorkshire Banking Com pany, and that the said check was proved to be one of several others which had been posted at South Cave in a letter which should have been delivered to the Yorkshire Banking Company at Beverley. Another check was found in the prisoner's possession which had also been stolen out of the letter-bag. Mr. F. F. Ayre briefly explained the course he intended to pursue in the examination of the witnesses, who were ordered out of court. The following evidence was taken, more than one of the witnesses showing an obtuseness far from indicative of the shrewdness proverbial to Yorkshire : William Stather, farm servant to Mr. Purdon, at South Cave,deposed that on Thursday, the 24th of September, about a quarter past 6 in the evening, he saw a lady standing in Mr. M'Turk's lane reading either a book or a paper. She had on a straw hat, with a feather, and a black shawl. The prisoner at the bar was dressed like the woman he (witness) saw, but he could not identify her as the same person. She was about 20 yards up the lane towards Cave when witness saw her, and he, having gone away, returned shortly after, and saw the person again about five yards from Mr. Anson's shopdoor. She was then walking, and witness met her between Mr, Anson's shopdoor (the post-office) and Mr. Gray's beershop. He met the mail-cart shortly after, about 50 or 60 yards up the street. He was talking to two men, named Pinder and Kirby, when he saw the woman pass the second time. As she passed they said to ono another, " Who is that ?" and neither of them knew her. Martha Jefferson stated that she lived at Elloughton, and on Thursday week last,about a quarter or half-past 6 o'clock, she saw a person near Mr. M‘Turk's lane. She (the person witness saw) was standing about 20 yards down the lane. Witness could not identify the prisoner as the woman she saw. Benjamin Pinder, a carrier, living at South Cave, stated that he saw a woman who worn a white-crowned hat, but he could not say it was the prisoner at the bar. Nothing was said by witness or his two companions when the woman in question passed them. Martha Jefferson, being recalled, said, in reply to Mr. Summers, that she had never before to her knowledge seen the person she (witness) saw in the lane that night. Joseph Robinson Kirby, a farm labourer in the employ of Mr. Rudd, of South Cave, said that he saw a woman near his master's field, and the same woman was also shortly after looking in at the window as the post-office. He (wit ness) saw the mail.cart standing at the door of the post office. James Shacklock deposed that he was a chymist and druggist residing at South Cave, and on the 24th September at a few minutes past 7, he was standing at his shop-door and saw a lady in a black shawl. Her dress had a white skirt. When witness first saw her she was standing on the middle of the footpath. She turned round and looked into Mr. Anson's window, standing on tiptoe as she did so. She then turned round and walked down Mr. Anson's footway. She had on a white hat, with a black feather and veil. Ho did not see her return after she went down the passage. About 10 minutes after the mail-cart came. William Bedford, schoolmaster at South Cave, stated that he occasionally assisted Mr. Anson, the postmaster at South Cave, and on the Thursday spoken to by other witnesses he went to the post-office about 10 minutes to 7 and counted up the letters, to the number of 33. The one produced (enve lope produced) was one of them. It was addressed " The Yorkshire Banking Company, Beverley," and in it checks to the value of £7OO had been posted. When the bag was made up witness placed it in the ordinary place at the back of the office. He (witness) then went home, and was shortly afterwards fetched by Mr. Anson, the loss of the bag having been discovered. The bag was made up at the usual time. Witness searched for the bag, and went first on the Market Weighton road and than on the Beverley-road. Mr. Anson, the postmaster, was called as a witness, and Mr. Ayre, addressing the magistrate, observed that as, of course, Mr. Anson was to a very considerable extent respon sible for the sate custody of the bag that had been lost, he (Mr. Ayre) thought it right to request the worthy magistrate to caution the witness as to the position in which he stood. Ho (Mr. Ayre) would merely say that grave suspicion was attached to certain parties, against whom, however, there was not at present such conclusive evidence as would justify their being taken into custody, but the witness (Mr. Anson) ought in fairness to be cautioned before he replied to any questions that might be put to him. Mt. Travis said that, of course, under the peculiar cir cumstances of the loss of the mail-bag, all persons through whose hands it had passed or ought to have passed would have to explain their actions, and without suggesting a sus picion against Mr. Anson he must remember that from his official position the Post.e,ffice authorities would look to him for an explanation; but he (the magistrate) was bound to caution Mr. Anson that what he would say would be pro bably used in evidence hereafter. The examination of the witness was being proceeded with when the last available train left. Attempt at Murder and Daring Burglary. NEWPORT (ESSEX), Tuesday. About 7 o'clock on Sunday morning the quiet village of Stausted Mountfitchett was thrown into a state of the greatest alarmby cries of help proceeding from the residence of Mr. William White, an independent gentleman, and for merly a miller at Manuden, but now residing on the Cam bridge high road, midway between this place and Bishop Stortford. Several of the neighbours hurried to the spot just in time to assist in surrounding and capturing a tall, powerful ruffian, who was about escaping from the house. It appears that the servant girl came downstairs about 7, and on reaching the hall she found a secretairo had been broken open, and the contents strewn about; seeing other things to be in a similar state, she immediately returned up stairs and warned her master. Mr. White hurried on a few things and came down, and upon looking round the lower part of the house he found the cellar door open, which made him suspect that some one was still in the house. He sent the servant for a light, and they began to descend the stairs, but had not gone down many steps when a man yelled out to them and fired a pistol, but fortunately without erect, though upon after examination it was found that the stair case was splintered, and a number of shots were picked up by Police•constable Puxley. Mr. White then hurried to the door and repeatedly called out "Murder," bringing the neighbours to his assistance, when he returned to the spot with a gun, and reinforced by the assistance of several of the inhabitants. Upon proceed ing through the house, they found that the burglar, armed with a loaded pistol, had just reached the lawn, where, be wildered by the light, ho seemed uncertain which way to retreat, added to which his exit was rendered next to im possible by the presence of a very high wall to the grounds; ho appeared to be determined upon resistance, but upon being surrounded, and Mr. White presenting a gun at his breast, he threw down the pistol and surrendered at dis cretion. The man gave the name of Clement Fletcher, but obsti nately refused to give any place of abode. Ho is a tall, stout fellow, and from several appearances about his clothes &c., he is suspected of having but lately been in gaol. After entering the house by the drawing room window he appears to have taken Mr. White's gun, removed the lock, and hid it under a mat ; he had then apparently been unable to con tinue his operations in the dark, and had laid down on the sofa to await the coming light. He had forced open boxes and drawers, tea caddies and work boxes, in the drawing and dining rooms, and strewn the contents in all directions. In the pantry he had broken open a box and eaten a portion of a pie in the same place, but there was no trace, however, of any of the portable property having been removed, it being evident that the fellow had in some way miscalcu lated the time required for his proceedings. This day (Tuesday) the prisoner was brought up at New port Police-station before W. C. Smith, Esq., the chairman of this divisional bench, charged with attempting to murder Mary Ann Barnard, the servant girl of Mr. White, and also with burglary. Testimony of a clear character having been adduced against the accused, he was called upon, if he thought fit, to state his reply to the charges brought against him, when he remarked that he had nothing to say, and wade his sig nature to this answer in a bold and firm hand. The magistrates then told the prisoner that he would be committed to take his trial at the next assizes at Chelmsford on the charges of burglary and attempted murder. [ADVERTISEMENT].—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills,— Additional Testimony.—For the cure of coughs, cold s , sweats, and incipient consumption, this excellent ointment, rubbed upon the back and chest, aided by the internal use of Holloway's purifying pills, stands unrivalled. M r . J . Leonard, of B en b u ld en Grange, Sligo, writes :—" Sorry, sorry I am I did not use your ointment and pills in January last. The wondrous change they effected on me after one week's trial astonishes everyone and encourages me to pro ceed till they have entirely cured my disease." This plainly expresses the power possessed by Holloway's remedies in checking the course of thos e c h es t di sor d ers which, when slighted or improperly treated, entail much suffering and end unfavourably, DREADFUL DEATH. openeddOn. . Monday Scorcher, u ‘e l a s o yi r n o o n f tehreMrs. for Scorcher,Bury St. Meat-market Edmund's, af m et oußfnubdr; Bury. r t . g o u For many years the deceased is stated to have lived on affectionate terms with her husband. Of late, however, she Spar ks, n t m h e a kb coroner had accused him of inconstancy, and he was only prevented from shooting himself a fortnight since by the arrival of his brother. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Scotcher passed the day as usual, and about 5 o'clock they were heard convers ing and laughing with an elderly man named Lochwood. At about 20 minutes past 5 o'clock one of Mr. Scotcher's workmen, named Shaw, heard the report of a pistol while he was in the back shop, but he was not at all alarmed, as it was a common occurrence for customers to try pistols when purchasing them. He had occasion, however, to go into the shop to ask Mr. Scotcher a question. When he did so he heard his master come from the parlour into the Passage which separated the parlour from the shop and call the servant and the apprentice. H e was himself told to run for Dr. Cooper directly. A boy was sent, but as Dr. Cooper was not at home Mr. Smith afterwards came in his stead. Shaw went into the parlour, and found Mrs. Scotcher lying on the floor insensible. Mr. Scotcher began explaining to him how she had been shot. Ho said his wife had accused him of something not right, that he could stand it no longer, and that he had taken a pistol off the counter with the intention of shooting himself. He then showed how he was holding the pistol—viz,, in his right hand, raised above him at arm's length, with the muzzle pointing towards his breast; and he added that his wife ran after him to prevent him from shooting himself, and that in a scuffle which took place the pistol went off. The weapon which Mr. Scotcher had taken up is a revolver of modern construction, and, having neither guard nor trigger, it explodes so readily that drawing it through the hand is sufficient to make it go off, Mr. Scotcher assisted to carry his wife, who remained in sensible, upstairs and place her upon a bed, and then, find. ing that Dr. Cooper was from home, he went himself for Mr. Smith. On his arrival, Mr. Smith found the sufferer just alive, but sbe expired a few moments afterwards. Mr. Scotcher was in great agitation, and frequently uttered ex pressions of affection for his wife. At the inquest Mr. Smith detailed the results of a post-mortem examination, which proved that the bullet had entered the right side of the head just above the temple, passed obliquely through the brain, and lodged in th e o pposite side below the ear, There was also upon ono of her hands a mark caused by the explosion of la gun-cap, which proves that at the time the pistol went off she had her hand over the cap. The in quest was adjourned for the Pui pose of enabling Mr. Scotcher to give some particulars as to the cause of the quarrel which terminated so tragicallY• [ArovEnnsEm uNT.]—consump tion, all nervous, bili ous, liver, and stomach complaints, In every stage, arc only ag gravated and accelerated by dru gs of every description, b u t perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Rev a l en t a Arabica Food, as proved by thous ands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We q uote a few.—Cure No. 62,914 . 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Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town 91 the IJuitetiliiagdora, CONGLETON. The shock of an earthquake was felt at Congleton at a little after 3 o'clock yesterday morning. It was sufficient to alarm the inhabitants. Beds were severely shaken, and in more than ono instance bricks were displaced from chimneys. TAUNTON. The town of Taunton was visited on the night of Mon day, or rather early on Tuesday morning,by a severe shock of an earthquake, and hundreds of the inhabitants ware thrown into a state of terror. About 20 minutes past three o'clock they were suddenly awakened from their slumbers by a violent shaking of the beds on which they lay and a jingling of furniture in the bed-rooms. In some case per sons believed that their houses were about to tumble to the ground, the windows shaking violently; others were raised from their beds, and in some instances furniture was thrown about the rooms. Numbers did not again retire to rest, and went into the streets to ascertain the cause. Great con sternation was caused at the County Gaol, the alarm being no less intense on the part of the prisoners than on that of the Governor and the officials, the latter believing that the prison was about to fall. A like alarm prevailed at the Union Workhouse and other public buildings. Through out Tuesday this alarming circumstance has formed the general subject of conversation. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Oct. 6. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) Thomas Standall, 24, described as a barman, of very re spectable appearance, was indicted for feloniously receiving a gold watch, value £7O, the property of Henry Thomas Birks, well knowing the same to have been stolen. Mr, Ribton (instructed by Mr. Holt) prosecuted ; Mr. Poland (instructed by M. Abrams) defended the prisoner. Mr. Ribton, in opening the case, said the prosecutor in this case is a gentleman residing at Fulham, and he carried on the business of a merchant. It appeared that the pro secutor on the morning of the Doncaster St. Leger race went to the Great Northern Railway Station at King's cross to go to Doncaster. He supposed that he lost his watch at the station t ibut it would appear by his evidence that he identified the watch found on the prisoner as the one he had lost. Mr. Adams, the watchmaker, who made the watch, would also identify the watch as one he had made for a Mr. Stewart, who was going abroad about 18 months ago. The present state of the watch, however, was quite different to what it was when he sold it to Mr. Stewart, for at that time it had a white face set with dia monds, but it had been since altered by having the face gilt and the diamonds removed. The name of the maker had also been removed, and the name of Dent inserted on the face instead of the original name, Adams. It would also be proved that a person named Kennett had received the watch from the prisoner, and at his request had altered the number and the name from Adams to Dent. Having detailed the evidence, he said he thought after the jury bad heard it they would be driven to the conclusion that the prisoner was guilty, The prosecutor said he lived at Ranelagh House, Ful ham, and was a merchant. The watch produced was his property and he lost it on the morning of the St. L e ger race day at the King's-cross Station of the Great Northern Railway. This was ou the 16th September. A m an who was in the carriage with the prosecutor produced the ring of a watch. It was the ono which belonged to his watch. He then looked for his watch, and missed it from his pocket. He gave £7O for it. The dial plate on the watch is the same as was on it when he bought it. It was white when he bought it, but it had since then been gilded. He identified it by the basket of flowers upon it, by the places where the diamonds had been ; also by the engraving upon it. The plate produced was that on which the diamonds were placed. They were 12 in number, and there was one diamond to each hour. He could swear to the case of the watch, and to the best of his belief there were the initials " D. K." upon the case. He purchased the watch of Mr. Stewart, a friend of his, and was quite positive the maker's name was upon the watch. Thos. Adams, said he lived at 36, Lombard -street, City, and was a watchmaker. He had not the slightest doubt that the watch produced was his manufacture, and he sold it to Mr. Stewart, a civil engineer, about 18 months ago. The watch has a silver• plate now, but it was a white plate, surrounded by diamonds,when ha sold it to Mr. Stewart. It was worth 70 guineas. Tho plate on the watch was the same that the diamonds were set in. There was a pecu liarity in the make of one stud, and he had not the ? slightest difficulty in identifyin g th e watch. The " , and "a" for " fast" and "slow" had not been altered. The letters were engraved out of his house. Ho did not swear to the watch by these letters, but by its general appearance and many other peculiarities of it. He had not the least doubt it was the watch he had sold, and belonged to Mr. Stewart. John Thomas Kennett said ho lived at No. 11, Little Queen-street, and was a watchmaker. On Monday, the 21st of September, he received the watch produced from the pri soner. 'the watch then had' a white dial, and at the pri soner's request he had the dial gilt. He also altered the number and the name f rom " Ad ams " to " Dent ," order, and ha took oat 12 di amon d s from the plate , a nd gave them to the prisoner. H e did not say h ow he became P"- sessed of the watch. Ther e was no b ow on the wa tch, and he put on a new one. by his Inspector Mackenzie said that between 3 and 4 o'clock on - the afternoon of Monday, Sept. 28, from information he re ceived, he went with the last witness to 92, High Holborn, the Bull and Anchor P u bli c -h ouse. The prisoner was in bar acting as barman, and w i tness spoke to the m anager. The prisoner came to th e f ront of the bar an d looked at witness, and then went b ac k . Another man came in and looked at witness, and then went back into the front bar. He saw the prisoner hand something across the bar to that man. Witness then went inside the bar and called the pri soner to him, telling him that he was a police-officer, and that he wanted that g o ld watch. He said 44' have not got any gold watch." Wi tness told him that he h a d, upon which the manager told him to give the watch up. The pri soner then went to the man to whom he had seen him hand something, and the man handed back to the prisoner the watch produced. Witness took possession of the watch, and told the prisoner that he knew that it was stolen. lie said he did not know that it was stolen until the following day. Witness asked him if it was true that he had given £l4 for it, and he said he had purchased it of a man who lived on the Seven Dials, w ith w h om he had several d ea lings. He told him he mu s t cons id er h imself in custody for receiving the watch kn ow i ng i t t o h ave been stolen. He sa id it was a job, and hop e d h e wou ld speak to the prosec utor, and do what he could to get him not to appear against him. Henry Parker, police -sergeant 4 F, said he accompanied Mr. Mackenzie and the witness Kennett to the Bull and Anchor Public-house, and was directed by Mr. Mackenzie to search the prisoner. H e f oun d a k n if e , six watch keys, and £6 12s. upon him. He asked the prisoner where the diamonds out of the watch were, and he said he had pawned them at a Mr. Woods. He went there and found the diamonds produced, John Page said he resided at 93, Hi g h Holborn, and was assistant to Mr. Wood, pawnbroker. He produced a ticket for 26 rose diamonds, pawned on the 26th of Septem ber at their shop for 258, by a man who gave the name of Thomas Brown, of No. 92, High Holborn. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Poland then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that the watch had come into his possession in entire ignorance of it having been stolen. The Assistant-Judge summed up the evidence, and The Jury found the prisoner guilty of receiving the watch, well knowing it to ha ve b een stolen. John Shore, poli ce - sergeant 11 F, said the pr i soner was charged on the 25th of June, at Bow-street police-court, with receiving stolen cigars, the produce of a burglary. His employer went to the prosecutor and begged him off from prosecuting, but the case was quite complete against him. In answer to a question by the Assistant -Judge, Mr. Inspector Mackenzie said that the subject would be brought before another ttikual. He further asserted that the prisoner entered his last situation with a false character. His master, however, kept him in his employ after he had been charged with the felony, and ha knew it. The house where the prisoner said he bought the watch was a regular place for the reception of stolen goods. Tho Assistant-Judge said the prisoner had been convicted on evidence which had satisfied the jury that he had bought the watch knowing it to have been stolen. This was a sub ject most important to a criminal court, for where persons in a respectable station in life were engaged in such transac tions they became most dangerous to society. He sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for four years. f The Assistant - Judge ordered the witness Kennett to standorward, and on his going into the witness-box the learned judge said the fact of his altering the number of the watch and also the maker's name would justify an indictment bein g preferred against him for being accessory after the fact. He might go away that time, but he should refuse to allow him any costs. A gentleman stated that he attended from Mr. Dent's, the watchmaker, and said it was the wish of Mr. Dent that Kennett should be cautioned as to his conduct in altering watches in such a manner. The Assistant-Judge said he had already done so. Sarah Bustin, 21, was indicted for stealing 11 teaspoons, and other articles, the property of George Samuel Bustin, her father. Mr. F, H. Lewis appeared for the prosecutor. The pri soner pleaded guilty. In answer to questions from the Assistant-Judge, the prosecutor said ho was father to the prisoner, and lived at No. 51, Huntingdon-street, Islington, and a few days ago his daughter gave him a bundle of duplicates, relating to his property, which she had pledged. She said she was very sorry, but she could not help it. He missed 11 teaspoons, 2 tablespoons, and a pair of sugar tongs, all silver, from one of his drawers. The silver articles were gone and plated substituted. Upon making a further examination of his premises, he missed two beds, four curtains, pillows, bolster, and blanket. Mr. F. H. Lewis said that in consequenc e of repeated robberies the father of the prisoner was compelled to pro- SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TlMES.—Every succeeding report of a great Ame rican battle, by some invariable rule, seems to be nearer the truth than the first. Three steamers have arrived since the earliest intelligence of the two days' engagement on the Southern frontier of Tennessee reached New York, and it is only from the third series of telegrams that we begin to learn the facts with certainty. The Damascus brings a brief abstract of General Bragg's official report of the battle, and some further details from an eye witness of the con flict, that have been published in New York. As the description furnished by the Northern observer fully confirms the statement of the Southern Com mander, we have two accounts from different sources that may be read plainly, without requiring careful interpretation. There is still much to be filled up, but the few outlines are distinct enough to render the result clear, and account for the reserve with which it was at first officially described. The engagement that has received the name of the Battle of Chicamanga, from the creek or stream on which the Federal line was drawn up, went more decisively against General Rosencranz on the first day than the early reports admitted, and on the second closed with a defeat that has reduced the Federal force to "a defensive position for some time to come." Only one corps, that of General Thomas, is described as having borne the brunt of the fighting, and, if so, it must have fought des perately to have prolonged the conflict to a second day, and General Bragg admits that the Confederate victory was not easily won. Two corps of the Federal army are said to have been " badly beaten" and " driven in all directions" on the 19th. It was at first reported that the troops thus thrown into disorder were rallied in the evening or during the night. But it must have been imper fectly, or in reduced numbers, for on the renewal of the engagement, on the 20th, they could not hold their ground. The first charge of the Confederates " broke their lines, routed the entire commands," and drove them into Roseville, through or past the town, and to the heights of Chattanooga, still farther to the north. The American report describes the retreat as a complete flight, and even terms it a" dis graceful panic." Fuller details may explain how far the eye-witness was justified in employing such strong language. It may be he was unable otherwise to account for the reverse; but the obstinacy with which the battle was continued, and the losses in the Confederate ranks, prove at least that the panic could not have been more than partial. Some of the Fede ral divisions must have fought stoutly, and it would be singular if any very large portion of the army of the West repeated the confusion of the retreat at Bull Run. The truth must be left to the decision of future evidence, and we can only accept the report as given. We cannot venture to soften an American description of such an incident. Whatever term it may deserve, " flight," " rout," or " disorder," it brought with it the catastrophe of the battle. The divisions broken by the Confederate charge formed the Federal centre. The army was cut in two, and no courage exhibited afterwards could retrieve the for tune of the day. A final retreat and concentration of the whole force among the heights to the north of the battle-field closes the story. The Federals left fifty pieces of artillery in the hands of the victors, besides a great quantity of the material of war, thus confirm ing a Southern assertion that they have generally cap tured in one battle enough ammunition to fight an other. The report of the Confederate commander sim ply says that the Federals retreated during the night of the 20th, leaving their dead and wounded on the field. He asserts also that they have sustained great losses of men, artillery, small arms, and colours. He announces the victory as " complete," and that the Confederate cavalry on the 21st was in pursuit of the retreating force. Of the numbers engaged on both sides no accurate account has yet been given ; but Gen. Bragg, contradicting the Northern reports in this respect, says the Federals had the numerical superiority. There is " no danger," it is stated, in the present position of Rosencranz. Again a Federal army has placed itself in "safety." But to the side that must completely conquer to effect anything the use of such a word implies all that can be under stood as failure. An army of invasion or occu pation reduced to the " defensive " is baffled in every purpose of the hostilities, and all the expen diture of money and lives is made in vain. The invasions on both sides have failed, only serving to prove the hopeless nature of the conflict. The ques tions in dispute appear to Europeans of the kind that cannot be determined by arms. The greatest battles are becoming only repetitions of fighting. The loss or gain, more or less decisive, brings the hostile par ties no nearer the res alt, which must be a political supremacy to be of any effect. In whatever part of the immense continent the strife rages, it is, in rela tion to the whole country, but an isolated point. An engagement adds another tale of slaughter to the already saddening list, but it is not followed by any results to place it among the " decisive battles of the world." By no fluctuation of military success is a Government prostrated, a dynasty changed, or the command of a whole realm secured by the posses. sion of its capital, as in Europe. Everything short of the entire conquest of the South is to the North failure. To the Confederacy, to maintain their defence is success. If the fighting is continued for years to come, it is difficult to see how it can change these conditions. fhe retreat of another Federal; army with "safety," congratulating itself on something gained when reaching it, ought toraise grave misgiving as to the principle of such a war. A result that seems unvarying must arise from the operation of some general law. Hitherto invasion has always broken its wing, and been compelled to retire or take to som e perch of " safety," and remain inactive, incapable for a time of any fresh flight. In the Chattanooga Mountains the Federal army of the West is now driven to a refuge. The incidents of the war repeat themselves almost to monotony. It is not certain it cannot be attacked, even in that strong position, and it is exceedingly probable that the reinforcement it awaits under General Burnside will be cut off. His position, it is admitted, is ex ceedingly critical. If Rosecranz is reduced to the de fensive merely, he cannot move in any way to hasten the junction of the two forces, while there seems nothing to prevent the Confederate army from niacin , itself in the gap between the main body of the Federals and the troops advancing to their re lief. The last official reports as to Burnside's position are not assuring. He is said to have reached a point where he is " expected" to prevent " a lank move ment" by the Confederates. This is all that can be said, and it reminds one of the " flank movements" and " strategic reasons" with which the Russians excused their defeats in the Crimea. The perplexity of the Federal Government is curiously illustrated by the New York telegrams of the 26th. They are made up of beliefs, expectations, hopes, and conjec tures. fhe dimmest inanity is all they present to the reader. Burnside is "expected" to do some thing. The North is asked to form a more cheerful " belief" as to the condition of Rosencranz and his troops. The Army of the Potomac is " moving," in what direction or with what prospects is not stated. Transports are loading at Alexandria, below Wash ington, but their destination is a " matter of con jecture." It is believed, or surmised, that the re inforcements sent to Gen. Bragg from Virginia have left Richmond nearly defenceless. In the absence of any substantial facts the official news is a string of speculations, and the people of the North are be ing fed with empty wind. POST.—The King of the Hellenes is revisiting, as a monarch, the country with which he first made himself acquainted a few months ago as the younger son of an heir-presumptive. For him the change has been a rapid one, and we hops that his future career may be as little chequered as his eleva tion into the fraternity of crowned heads was then unexpected. Scarcely any royal family has risen in so short a time to European celebrity as that of Prince Christian of Denmark. Until twelve years ago they were not even in succession to the Danish monarchy. Now, on the contrary, Prince Chris tian is not only the next occupant of the throne of Denmark ; the eldest of his daughters is married to the Heir-Apparent of Great Britain ; the second is betrothed to the Heir-Apparent of all the Russias; and the second son now visits London as Sovereign of Greece. This is a very remarkable ascendancy in the fortunes of a single branch of a royal house; and we trust that King George, in accepting his own good fortune, will not be slow to bear in mind that power has its obligations as well as its rights, and that great opportunities are but the measure of the moral responsibility they carry along with them. We have no doubt that much of the future of Greece will be found to depend on the personal character and conduct of her new Sovereign. In that country this will be the case even more than in most other constitutional States. Greece looks upon her new Monarch to rescue her from an otherwise inevitably-impending anarchy, and to dispel a state of confusion, both as respects civil and military government, which the Provi sional Administration have rather augmented than redressed. She does not rely upon him to do this by the mere force of his will, or by means of ad ministrative talents which are not to be predicated of, and which it would be unreasonable to expect in so vcung a man. But she looks upon the arrival of her Sovereign as typioal of the settlement of her national g overnment, and of the loyal and industrious return of the population to the avoc a . time of peaceful life. These are the results on the mass of the population which the settlement of the Government at Athens is likely to produce. But over and above this, if the new King succeed in establishing a strong and intelligent Ministry, he will be able to address himself to the correction of a vast number of abuses in government, and to the promotion of many social and political reforms, Some recent declarations by the National Govern ment of Greece serve to point these observations. It has, for example, just been acknowledged by them that large sums of the public income have been from. time to time abstracted during the year of the Revo lution. These malversations, repeatedly occurring, and never apparently detected, or at least not firmly repressed, offer a fresh evidence of the importance to be attached to the definitive formation and settlement of the new Government. Although re cent discussions have als) left it doubtful what the deficit of the Exchequer for the current year will. really amount to, there is no doubt of the conclusion that the State has been very largely overspending its income. These may be but venial sins while an interregnum lasts; but every one knows that they would be unpardonable under a firmly established Government; and it is to That event we must now look for the fulfilment of whatever hopes exist of honesty in admioistration and of economy in expen diture. This, however, is but one of many points to which an established Government must call its attention. Misrule has so long prevailed in Greece that, to whichever side we turn, we find a reform of one kind or another urgently required. Roads, tramways, railways, irrigation, drainage, present the material side to the question. Education, police, the suppression of the banditti, form another class of objects without the attainment of which material reforms will go for little or nothing. Then there is the question of a revision of expenditure, and of a im politic system re a dj us t men t o f the present system of taxation. We could go further, and ex patiate on other reforms that would exhaust even . the innovating appetit e o f a Si e y e s, and serve to show what an unbounded field an enterprising King of the Hellenic people has before him. All this, no doubt, is much sooner said than done; and we think that the question on which almost all others depend is that of the success which may attend the new regime in its efforts to establish a firm constitutional Government. At present, no doubt, it remains a problem to what degree the Danish party will succeed in carrying out this indispensable preliminary of all good administra tion in Greece. The Government must be strong, as it must be also free. It must encourage men of tried honesty and tried capacity to assume the leadership of parties in the Legislature. What a King can effect under a constitutional polity, to give a character of respectability and stability to the Government over which ho presides, has of course very strict limits. The leaders of parties must shed as much lustre on the State as the Monarch him self ; and, if this condition is to be realised, we must see very different men in high office from those who conducted the Government of Otho. This, we re peat, is the most important, inasmuch, at least, as it is the preliminary, question to be settled; and it is that which lies at the root of all ulterior measures of public improvement. The lonian Islands have now proclaimed their acceptance of the offer of union with Greece which we made them early in the career of the Greek Revolution ; and they have tendered us becoming thanks for our handsome self denial. It may be true, indeed, that England is not sorry to terminate her responsibility for the affairs of a Republic which has never hitherto appreciated her motives or acknowledged the services she has performed, and which now, perhaps for the first time in tne history of the British protectorate, has voted her its grateful acknowledgments. We will not venture to predict whether a fairer view of the services we have rendered during the last fifty years will not lead them to the conclusion that we were better masters than the Greeks may prove ; we have borne all the anger we have had to experience from the lonians with calmness ; and we now take the first opportunity of relaxing the chain which seems to have been so galling to them. We bid the lonians heartily farewell ; we shall always be in terested in their future; but we rejoice that the expense and responsibility of providing for their requirements are at an end. May it prove that they have not compromised their freedom in merging their separate existence into independent Greece. COUNTRY MARKETS. J` LEEDS-TUESDAY. Millers were reluctant to buy wheat to-day, except upon lower terms, but any decline was resisted by holders. The finest barley brought previous rates; secondary sorts were is to 2s decline. There was a slow demand for beans. No change hi other articles. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a fair attendance of the trade, and wheat met with a fair sale at the currencies of last Friday. Flour in limited demand. Indian corn was rather neglected, but easier. Barley, beans, and peas unaltered in value or demand.:Oats and oatmeal again the turn lower, MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. White wheat, 41s to 458; red, 39s to 42s per 3G stone. Malting barley at 35s to 38s:per qr. ; grinding, 293 to 31s per 30 st. Oats, old, 27s to 30s; new, 22s to 258 per 24 at. ; beans, 37s to 41s per qr. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. We had a fair supply of wheat to-day, and prices are rather lower than last week. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to 17s Od White 1) , ~ ...17s 5d to 19s Od New red , ~.15s 61 to s Od New white „ ~.17s Od to 19s Od 19 Beans r„ 7 I ... ids 6d to 17s 6d Peas, per qr 4ss Od to 56s Od Grinding barley, per qr 3os Od to 32s Od Malting ditto, „ 34s Od to 38s Od Oats , 9 2ls Od to 24s Od Flour, is sd, la 7d, and is 9d per 14 lb. MELTON MOWBRAY-TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white wheat, 43s Od to 46s Od ; new red, 41s Od to 43s per 36 stone ; beans, 39s to 43s for old; new sorts, 36s to 42s per 38 st. ; barley, 35s to 39s for malting, and 27s to 30s per qr. for grinding; new oats, 22s to 25s Od per 21 stone; old, 24e to 28s. DUBLIN• We were well supplied wil wheat was scarce. -TIESDAY.. . barloy and oats to-day, but s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 23 0 to 25 6 Beans.. ..... oto 0 Do., red 2O oto 23 6 Bero ... 11 oto 13 0 Do., new .... oto 0 Itapesoed .... 24 oto 26 G Barley Oats Do., black —oto 0 Indian corn .. 27 oto 28 0 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Oct. 19. via Marseilles Oct. 13. Jrazil and Cape Verde, 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. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 8. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 10. via Marseilles Oct. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton _ _ - - - via Marseilles Oct. 21. Portugal.... Nov. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 10. via Marseilles Oct. 11, Newfoundland .. Oct. 10. Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Oct. 8, by U.S. packet by Canadian packet Oct. 9. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ........ Oct. 10. Bahamas, via New York °et. 22. Mexico ................ .. Oct. 29 . All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Oct. 14. California. and British Columbia.. ThE PROLIFIC HARVEST.—In Dorsetehire and Somersetshire the farmers are feeding their horned beasts and pigs with wheat. The grain is mixed with beans for the former, and with barley for the latter. Ono farmer in Dorsetshire now has a thousand pigs fattening on wheat and barley meal. Wheat is selling far 110 a load, and at en i:agallon; wheat is even ch eaper than barley. Bre p a c being cheap, more flesh meat is co nsume d, bread t d and ow i ng to its supply being limited,its price rises as the price of bread lowers. Feeding cattle on wheat, therefore, pays the farmer. Births. CHETWYND.—On the 3d inst., at Mundesley, Norfolk, tho Hon. Mrs. Henry Chetwynd, of a son. ELKINGTON ,— On the sth inst., at 83 A , Eceleston-square, the wife of A. G. Elki ngton, Esq., Scots Fusilier Guards, of a son. ORANMORE.—On the sth inst,, at The Mount, Kilmarnock, Scotland, the Lady Oramnore and Browne, of a daugh ter. Marriages. CRAUFURD-111 oLEswonni.—On the 6th inst., at Saint Dunstan's in the West, Edward H. J. Craufurd, Esq younger of Auchinames, and MY. for the Ayr Burghs, to Frances, only daughter of the late Rev. WM. Moles.. worth, incumbent of St. Brooke, Cornwall. STANFORD -- HANDS.—On the 6th inst., at Saint John's, Lowestoft, G eo . S tan f or d, E s q., of Sh ang h ai, to Martha, fourth daughter of W. R. Hands, Esq.) of Ely - placet London. Deaths. ALI3IN.—On the 4th inst., at 44, South Audley-street, Marie Cecile Albin, widow of the late Al Edme aged 60. 14.1, . BARNAILD--On the sth inst , at Hipswell Lodge, Rich mond, Yorkshire, Admiral Edward Barnard, aged 82. BUCKLES.—On the 3d inst., at 86, New Bond-street, Mr. W. H. Bucklee, aged 51. COOPER.—On the sth inst., Mr. Henry Roberts Cooper, of Great Putteney-street, aged 47. GruniLEl.—On the 30th ult.. the Lady Sophia Giubilei. HoGGE.—On the 3d inst., at Fairfield, Biggleswade, Major John Swaiuo Rogge, late sth Fusiliers, aged 39. STIEEPSHANKS.---011 the sth inst., at his house, Rutland gate, Knightsbridge, John Sheepshanks, Esq., aged 76. London: Pr;ri zed and PuNtshed by 'WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of friiititteex, r weaneoity, October 7, Ito, i an li( Art t Ric 1 Jos Eg t. S. NV( tar thc so? 'no