The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-08 00:00:00

AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Saturday. The Royal Mail steamship Anst:ralasian arriv,?,d off the harbour at nine oclock this morning, bring ing New York dates to the 27th ult. She brinvs 1,113,733 dols, in specie. There is still no news of importance from Grant's army. The special correspondent of the Cincinnatti Ob server supplies the following account of Hood's attack upon Sherman's army on the 20th nit " Battlefield, four miles from Atlanta, July 21. "Your correspondent has furnished you with full details of the movements of Lieneral Sherman's army up to the moment yesterday afternoon when the dashing new rebel commander General Hood, massed nearly his whole army against the right wing, composed of the 24th and 20th corps, and Newton's division of the 4th corps. This portion of our army, less than one-third of the whole, met the most reckless, massive, and headlong charge of the war, without yielding an inch, save a little on one of the flanks of Geary's division, where a gap in the line occurred, and where the enemy pressed through, but was speedily checked. The attack was made by nearly the whole of the rebel army, and its complete repulse forms the most gloriou s chapter in Sherman's present campaign. The fol lowing are the details of the fight :—As your readers already know, our whole army had effected the crossing of Peachtree Creek, a small but difficult stream, covering Atlanta on the north an d part i a ll y on the east-. After th e cro ssing, which was actually completed by the afternoon of the 20th, our loft, under M.Therson, rested on the Augusta Railroad, south of Decatur, and about five miles from Atlanta. The 14th corps was on the extreme right, near the mouth of Peachtree Creek. On the left on the (14th corps was the 20th corps. On the left of the latter, Newton's division of the 4th corps. A gap then occurred on our lines for three miles, which was covered on the south bank of the creek by a curtain of pickets from Newton's division. On the left of the gap was concentrated the rest of our army, several divisions 1 early on the morning of the 20th, with a view to strengthening that wing in front,the enemy making numerous feints, as if to precipitate his whole army against it. The enemy thus being during the morn ing of the 20th massed on our left, orders were issued to Newton, Hooker, and Palmer on the right to ad vance and close the gap of three miles. Newton, on the left, was ordered to move first, protecting his left flank by the creek. Successively Hooker's and Palmer's corps were to close upon Newton, and establish a new line as far as possible in advance of the trenches, which they had constructed a half mile south of Peachtree Creek immediately after crossing. Accordingly, about 1 o'clock p.m. Newton deployed five regiments as skirmishers, and pushed forward handsomely, driving clouds of the enemy's sharp shooters before them and scattering their skirmish reserves. By 3 p.m. he had advanced three..fourths of a mile and carried a prominent ridge in his front, on which, after sending fresh skirmish lines forward, he proceeded to establish his division. His troops nnslung knapsacks, stacked arms, and fell to erecting a rail barricade with a will. Hooker now advanced from his trenches; Butterfield's division, now com manded by General Ward, on the left, Geary in the centre, and General Williams on the right. Palmer prepared to close upon Hooker whenever the latter should form his line. The country over which this advance was progressing is partly rolling and open, intersected with difficult creeks, and partially co vered with dense undergrowth. In the advance prisoners were captured at different points :along the line line, who unanimously stated that no con siderable body of their troops was nearer than a mile and a half. They were, beyond doubt, sent out to be captured for this purpose. Not less than three-fourths of the entire rebel army were con cealed within musket shot of our skirmishers. At the same time (at 20 minutes to 4 o'clock p.m.), and with the celerity of lightning, the rebel llost poured forth from their concealment, massed in enormous columns, against Newton, coming ou without skir mishers, and with yells whose volume exceeded any battle shout I ever heard. Newton's division had but half completed their barricade, and they barely had time to fall into line and seize their guns before the entire rebel column—composed of Walker's and Bate's division of Hardee's corps—was within range. The pickets guarding the interval between the right and left of our army barely escaped capture by plunging into Peachtree Creek and swimming across. The enemy had struck us at the vital spot, just where a victory for him might be decisive. Newton had more ground to guard than he could cover by even a single line. For the first few minutes everything hung trembling in the scale— Newton's left flank was exposed and just covered his bridges across Peachtree Creek. Had it given way the bridges would have been lost, and our whole right might have been rolled up and forced back to the Chattahoochee river. The rebel plan was to destroy our forces on the right, after which their army would be strong enough to confront, if not defeat, the main body of our army on the left Long lines of darkies, with pack saddles, and other noncombatants came pouring across the bridges, with sweat running off them in rivulets. Guards, with fixed bayonets, were placed at the bridges to collect whatever armed stragglers might appear, but none came. In spite of the furious charge none of our troops were stampeded. The rebel column poured down an open, but rough series of fields to wards Newton's left, evidently aiming at his bridge. At the moment the enemy first appeared we had but two pieces of artillery in position, guarding the vital point, but Captain Goodspeed, Newton's chief of artillery, with splendid quickness, brought up ten more guns, making in all twelve. They opened with canister, the gunners working with frantic energy. Four guns went into action on Newton's right. Up to the moment these guns opened the rebel columns had swiftly advanced, engaging Newton's three reduced brigades at terrible odds. It was wonderful how fast the enemy lost his grip when 16 guns added their blast to the storm of bullets tra►n Newton's infantry. The dusky, gray columns slackened their pace, and began to waver and lose their careful arrangement. In a few minutes they had come to a standstill, in partial confusion, and firing heavily but wildly. Colour-bearer after colour-bearer went down under the crash of our canister. In vain the . rebel field officers rode up and do wn the hoes, waving swords and exhorting the men not to falter, In twenty minutes the assault had totally failed, and the enemy gave way, retiring in confusion to the woods from which they had emerged. For the rest of the afternoon they kept up a desultory fire, which was returned by our artillery; but they did not venture to renew the attack. The rebel Gen. Stevens, commanding a brigade in Walker's divi sion, was killed. Nearly 200 rebel dead were buriod in Newton's front next morning. His bri: gade did not yield an inch, General Ward's divi sion, on Newton's right, was struck at the same moment as Newton. General Ward had just halted his men at the foot of a hill, for a brief rest, after his skirmishers had made way to the crest. Word came back to him that the enemy was charging over the open field in his front in immense force. Without a moment's hesitation Ward ordered his division to meet the enemy with a countercharge, his men moved up the hill in splendid order, and when they gain e d the crest they were so close to the rebels that sever a l of the hostile regiments became inter mingled. At such points the rebels s:emed addled by Ward's bold c oup, and were captured without diffi cult. On other portions of the line fighting at close quarters continued for haif an hour, but each suc cessive line of rebels Was pressed back by tho in dubitable valour of Wards men. At the end of that time the rebols fell back into a dense forest in the rear, completely whipped so f ar as G en. Ward ' s division was concerned. General Ward's trophies are seven rebel battle flags , and 300 prisoners, includ ing many of the enemy s wounded, left o n th e fi e ld . Among his prisoners are representatives of 16 regi ments, End he, no doubt, fought double that num ber. Ward seat all hi 3 available artillery to protect Newton's flank, and his splendid triumph w as achieved with muskets alone. The charge swept along to the right, striking Geary's division the next after Wood's. Geary had advanced half a mile from the trenches ha occupied in the morning, and just marched his troops to the top of a ridge, when the rebel columns were thrown on him with terrible violence. The 33d New Jersey, which was thrown oat to fortify a hill in advance of the main line, lost over half its number in the first few minutes of the charge. The most of Geary's lines were through a dense wood, and his right flank was exposed by an interval of two or three hundred yards, which Williams' division was endeavouring to close. When the enemy came on Gen. Bine's brigade, on Geary's right, was speedily enveloped on the right and rear, and fell back, after a stout fight, to the trenches it occupied in the morning, where it was reformed. Portions of Col. Ireland's brigade, in the centre, were also enfiladed and driven back. By turning one of his batteries from the front to the right, Gen. Geary succeeded in reforming his shate tered line, where it stood, and not another foot did it yield, rolling back charge after charge. From 4 o'clock till long after dark the rebels endeavoured to force their way through the gap they had opened, but the pluck of our lads triumphed. Geary held the hill at the end as at the beginning of the assault. That portion of his line that fell back was reformed, and in about an hour went back into action, on Gen. Williams' right. The tremendous rebel assault spent its fury on Gen. Williams' division, next on Geary's right. This division had advanced also about half a mile when the rebels swept on it, The shock was met without flinching. The division refused to give an inch, and though the enemy made three several charges on it before nightfall, it repulsed them all without wavering, though in doing so it sustained heavier loss than any other division on the right. The fighting on this part of our lines was in dense woods. The attack grazed the left of Palmer's corps, which had not left its trenches, but was pre paring to do so. Col. Anson M'Cook's brigade was partially engaged, behaving nobly and repulsing the enemy from beginning to end. About 9 o'clock in the evening the enemy abandoned the fight in front of Geary and Williams, carrying off many of their dead and wounded, and falling back to their heavy works about a mile distant. In front of Ward an T N ud severely w n t 1 4 n ou — n . ' Judging — f7o ' zn a a g u r c e n a e t ci p e i pile s heaped up there, the enemy lost in killed and wounded alone over 5,000. We captured about 1,000 prisoners, The loss in Hooker's corps (official) is as follows—Williams's division, 627 ; Geary's 451 ; Ward's, 527—total, 1,611. Newton's division (official) 102; 14th corps, 200 : total loss, 1,913. The statement that our troops were in fortifications is untrue. They were advancing to take a new posi tion when attacked, and save with Newton, who had some half-finished barricades, the field was an open one. Even the aggressive Hood is not fool enough to attack us in trenches. Prisoners were captured from every corps in the rebel army, all of whom said the programme was to drive us into the Chattahoochee river, and that nearly their entire army was engaged. During the progress of the fight various corps on the left advanced over a mile, APPherson at nightfall being within two and aehalf miles of Atlanta, and no portion of our lines more than four miles distant. I left the front July 21 at 2 p.m. At that time our right was estabe lished on the battle field, about four miles from Atlanta ; the left was within long range shelling distance. The enemy stuck closely to his heavy works girdling the town, a mile or two outside the suburbs." The correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette gives some additional particulars, under date At lanta, July 22. It states— " Our loss will amount to 2,000 men, principally on Hooker's front, because his troops fought in an open field. The rebel loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners will reach 6,000, of whom fully 1,000 were killed outright. Three rebel brigadier -generals were killed, Stephens, Weatherstone, and Long. On Baird's and Davis's front heavy skirmishing took place during the day. On the left wing M'Pherson drove the enemy several miles, Blair operating on the extreme left, Logan next and Dodge next, partly in line and partly in reserve. Blair's corps advanced a mile and a half south of the Augusta Railroad. Gen. Gresham, who commanded his right division, was previously wounded. Altogether, the operations on the left were highly successful. On the morning of the 21st Johnson's and Blair's divi sions, of Palmer's corps, were moved forward, and, ' after a hrialr w Won we lost perhaps 100 men, the rebels were driven from the ridge in the front, the whole of which was now in our posses sion. By the morning of the 22d the rebels had withdrawn entirely from Palmer's and Hooker's front, and at 2 a.m. port of our army entered At lanta. We may have more fighting yet for the full possession of the city, but consider that for the pre sent the campaign is substantially closed." The attack upon Sherman's lines was renewed upon the following Friday. Washington despatches to the Baltimore Republican, on the 25th of July, states :-- "Despatches to the Government represent that a great battle was fought in Atlanta on Friday, result ing in a horrible slaughter, and a complete repulse of the enemy at every point. The rebels, holding the largest part of the city, assaulted our works on that day with great fury, evidently expecting to drive our forces out of the city. The 15th Corps com manded by General Frank Blair, seemed to be the special object of rebel wrath, as they massed against it in overwhelming force. The 15th received the shock gallantly, and held its own until General Dodge, with the 16th Corps, came up, when the rebels were hurled back with great slaughter. General Logan, at the head of the 17th Corps, went into battle with the rally ioge cry of Remember ''Pherson.' This corps, as well as Blair's 15th Corps, both constituting the army under Major- General ''Pherson, fought desperately, the news of the death of their brave commander having been communicated to them just before going into battle. General 31`Pherson was shot while reconnoitering. He became separated from his Staff for a moment and a rebel sharpshooter shot him from an ambush. The terrible struggle ended by repulsing the enemy at every point of the line. It was arranged that on Saturday the dead of both armies should,be buried and the wounded be removed under a flag of truce. Oar troops buried 1,000 rebels left on the field within our line; besides which the rebels buried many of their own dead themselves near their works. Upon this basis it is estimated that the rebel killed and wounded on Friday will exceed 6,000, the proportion of killed to wounded in battle being about one to seven. Oar loss will reach about 2,500 in killed and wounded. The 15th Corps suffered severely, the enemy's troops having been massed against it. It was this act of the enemy in part that cost him such heavy loss. While the work of burying the deed and removing the wounded was going on on Saturday Sherman's heavy artillery was playing upon the city. At the same time large fires were observed in different parts of Atlanta, supposed to be caused by the destruc tion of supply depots and other rebel pro perty which the rebels could not carry off, and did not wish to fall into our hands. This is considered as evidence of their intending to eva cuate the place. Several rebel generals are reported to be killed, but their names are not yet given." The following are further details : " Washington, Monday, July 25. "The enemy's cavalry at the onset turned our left flank, and the line at that point was driven back. One division retreated in some disorder. The troops were rallied there, however, and the rest of the line repelled the enemy. The enemy suffered seriously, but did not leave so many prisoners and wounded in our hands as on Thursday. Before the attack was made Gen. APPherson was killed by a sharp shooter while reconnoiterin g alone in front of his lines, and some distance in advance even of his per sonal staff. Goa. John A. Logan succeeded to the command, and exercised it during the day. yes terday there was no general engagement, but Gen. Thomas, who has established himself on the north and north cast, and within a mile and a half of Atlanta, bombarded that city continuously. No newt.: of its positive capture has been received. Gen. Hood's whole army is now posted in and about the place. A despatch to-day from Gen. Sherman states his loss in the battle of Friday at less than 20 00 while that of the enemy cannot be less th in 7,000, owing to the advantage he took of their effort to THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1864. turn his left columns. There is no official informa tion to show that oar troops have entered Atlanta." Despatches to the New York papers of the 27th state that the force which made the late raid in Maryland had turned upon its pursuers. The fol lowing appears in the Baltimore American of the 26th : " The city last night was full of rumours of rebel movements in the Shenandoah valley, together with vague accounts of disaster to the force under Gen. Averill which last week attacked and defeated a portion of Gen. Early's raiders near Winchester. Among the rumours prevalent were the deaths of Generals Kelly and Averill, as well as of Col. Mal. ligan. The facts, as far as we have been able to ascertain them, are that General Averill, after his successful encounter with General Early's forces, pursued them to the mountains beyond Winchester, where Early made a stand, and, after heavy fight ing on Saturday and Sunday, the rebels having in the meantime been reinforced, Gen. Averill was compelled to fall back to Harper's Ferry, bringing with him the forces at Bunker Hill, and causing also the evacuation of Martinsburg. The rebels appear to have pursued him in his retreat, and yes terday afternoon again occupied Martinsburg, where they cut the telegraph wires and commenced again the destruction of the track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Oar forces, according to the best advices we could obtain, are now concentrated at Harper's Ferry, under command of Gen. Hunter. The rebels hold Martinsburg, and rumour states them to be in large force, but this can hardly be possible beyond the strength of the forces under Generals Early and Breckinridge. The object of the rebels in returning is doubtless to give time for the safety of their trains of plunder, and to secure the collection of a portion of the crop in the She nandoah valley. That they may again come into Maryland for more plunder is highly probable, especially if they find the way open to them, as is generally the case in the military management of affairs along the border. As to the extent of the disaster to our forces in the fight beyond Winches ter we have no authentic information, nor have we any nnnfirmatinn venerate Averill and Kelly and Colonel Mulligan. It is not likely, however, that alt three of these officers have fallen ; we are inclined to doubt the story of their death. We learn that orders were sent to remove the army and medical stores from Frederick last night, as a matter of precaution, and to prepare to evacuate the city in case of the advance of the rebels un checked in that direction. That the official intel ligence from the valley last evening was not as favourable as could be desired may be inferred from the fact that General Wallace convened the Loyal Leaguers last night, to advise with them as to hold ing themselves in readiness in case their services should be required for the defence of the city. These precautions are of course advisable, and our citizens should be in readiness at all times to meet the invaders and to prevent their repeating the outrages recently perpetrated in the neighbourhood of this city. Tae despatches received here last night merely announced that General Averill had been compelled to retire before a superior force to Harper's Ferry, but mentioned no serious disasters as having occurred." A Washington despatch of the 26th of July states : "General Crook met the enemy on Sunday at Winchester, and was repulsed and driven back to Williamsport by way of Martinsburg, General Crook had not his old command with him, General Hunter for some cause having given him command of the militia." The Baltimore American adds to this :-- "The train which left here yesterday morning for the west and proceeded as far as Sandy Hook returned about half-past 7 o'clock last evening. All of the cars were crowded with Union officers, who reported that a heavy fight had taken place between Harper's Ferry and Winchester, and that General Hunter had been repulsed ; also that several pieces of artillery and a large number of men of two bri gades had been captured by the rebels, It is im possible to ascertain the true state of affairs in that region, but there is no doul)t that a serious disaster has occurred to the forces of General Hunter.' The New York Tribune has the following in re ference to this new raid : " Yesterday afternoon brought intelligence of a sudden disaster in the Shenand oa h V a lip F F, T orca at first to consist ,- in nothing less than the tota defeat of General Hunter's advance under Averill and Crook, with loss of guns, and men, and stores. It was subsequently modified into a prudent re tirement of General Crook from the vicinity of Winchester and from Martinsburg, with slight losses in men and none in material. And the latest reports seem to justify the opinion that there has been no very serious battle in the valley, but that our forces withdrew in the face of an enemy deemed to be superior in strength. The reported deaths of Averill, Kelly, and Mulligan receive no confirma- tion whatever. Of the precise location and purpose of such forces as were operating on our side we have had no information that could be trusted for some days. The pursuit, so called, of the rebal force retiring from Maryland had never reached the dignity of an offensive movement. Crook and Averill seemed to be hanging on the rear of the rebel rear guard, picking up a waggon or two now and then, but inflicting no serious loss upon the enemy. But it becomes pretty clear that the rebels grew tired of the annoyance to whicu they were subjected, and rather suddenly sent Crook and Averill to the right about. Hence the reports of a return of the rebel forces, and a new invasion of the North. We may remark, however, that there is no reason why the rebels should not return. They have laughed at a pursuit which they knew was not undertaken in earnest. They gained rest and strength as they slowly retreated with abun- _ - dant supplies. They knew th a t th e 19 t h Corps — had been sent to the James. They inferred from the weakness of the effort directed against the retiring columns that no formidable force was left in Mary. land. Why should they not return with the small yet insolent band which was flushed with great success, gorged with plunder, stimulated by the eclat by an attack on the capital, and instructed by new orders from Lee to try another diversion in his behalf ? The previous raid was a grand reconnaissance; this may reap the fruit which the other f rom over haste . . left behind. We are far from suggesting that any serious effect is to be apprehended from these reports and inferences. But we do mean to say that it is not a creditable administration of military affairs which leaves even the apprehension of such a return to be felt by the North. Long since the valley ought to have been closed absolutely against such demon strations. The force under Gen. Halleck is and has been ample for the purpose. The forces under Gen. Hunter and Gen. Wright were alone sufficient, if used with ability, to have prevented the possibility of a renewed invasion or raid, for we know not which is the least respectable term since the last rebel attempt fluctuates between both." Fears are entertained that an invasion of Penn sylvania is contemplated. Reports are afloat in military circles that Hill's corps has reinforced Early, but they are deemed improbable by some. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE OF FARMING STOCK.—A most disastrous fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Pitcher, the Nunnery Farm, about two miles from 'Worcester, on Saturday afternoon. • At 5 o'clock everything was safe, and some men wcro engaged in making a rick of barley, when they observed smoke issue from a barn at the end of the rick yard. Before they could reach the barn the flames burst out, and, spreading with great rapidity, extended to the rickyard, setting fire to the half made barley rick and all the other ricks in the yard. By half-past 5 the whole pinco was in a blaze, tho flames reaching to a great height, and, although the sun was shining brightly, being visible at a considerable distance. Three fire-engines were,quickly on the spot ; but, as it was evident no effort could extinguish the fire in the ricks and barn, their energies were confined to the saving of the house, The garden hedge was already on fire, and the fruit on the trees against the house shrivelled up with the heat, when providentially the wind changed and blew the flames in another direction, or the house must have fallen a prey to them, As it was, the fire was confined to the barn and rickyard. The former contained about 30 bags of beans, a great number of agricultural implements, three waggons, and a cart, all of which were destroyed. The barley rick and several ricks of straw were burnt, but some hay ricks in an adjoining yard were saved. The fire is conjectured to have arisen from some men employed at work smoking on the premises, but nothing certain is known. Mr Pitcher is fully insured. Only two nights previously there w as another fire at an adj o i n i ng , farm not half a mile off, when a large rick of hay worth over £2OO was destroyed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEWES RACES -SATURDAY. The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages. Hal a mile. Mr Temple's The Doe, 3 yrs, Gst 101 b (Loates) 1 Lord Bateman's Gipsy Girl, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr Wales's Lady Warwick, 3 yrs, 7st (J. Smith) 3 The following also ran :—Confusion, Ace of Hearts, Practitioner, Dont't Come Late, Lampoon, Little Star, Sister to Lavender. and Lady Wilson filly. Betting-2 to 1 agst The Doe, 4to 1 agst Gipsy Girl, 5 to 1 agst Don't Come Late, 49 to 1 agst Confusion and the Lady Wilson filly coupled, 100 to 1 each agst Lady Warwick and Practitioner, 20 to 1 agst Lampoon, 50 to 1 agst Ace of Hearts. After several failures Don't Come Late made play to the distance, where Gipsy Girl, The Doe, and Lady Warwick went to the front, The Doe almost immediately after pass ing the distance post going in advance, and winning easily by a length; Lady Warwick was only beaten a neck from Gipsy Girl ; Don't Come Late was fourth, and Lampoon fifth, Little Star sixth, Practitioner seventh, and Confu sion last. The Lewes Grand Handicap of 15 soya each, 10ft, with 200 added ; winners extra, Two miles. 98 subs, of whom 78 paid 3 sous ft. Mr Fleming's Magnum Bonnm, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Norman) 1 Mr W. Bevill's Suspicion, 3 yrs, 7st (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr R. Ten Broeck's Canz9nette, 4 yrs, 7st 101 h (carried 7st 111 b) Marquis of Hastings's Redcap, 3 yrs, 6st Illb (inc. 71b extra)/ (Deacon) 4 Mr W. Ashworth's Doctor Syntax, 4 yrs, 7st Slb (T. French) 5 Mr G. Angell's Orphene, 3 yrs, Est llb .... (G. Sayers) 6 Sheridan was scratched at one o'clock on the day of the race. Betting-9 to 4 agst Canzonette, 4to 1 each agst Suspi cion and Doctor Syntax, 5 to 1 each agst Magnum Bonum and Redcap. Orphene jumped away in front, but was quickly pulled into the rear, the running being taken up by Redcap, who had Magnum Bonum and Canzonette in waiting, these three proceeding a few lengths in advance of the other trio, who went on side by side for a mile, when Orphene fell back. At the toot of the hill Suspicion drew to the front, and Redcap being beaten at the distance, Magnum Bonum carried on the running. Opposite the stand Suspicion made an effort to reach Magnum Bonum, but failing to get up, was beaten by a length. Canzonette, several lengths in front of Redcap, was a bad third—and Doctor Syntax and Orphene trotted is,. cf.q, us uo ouss (in spu,r...), aaaed to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs, for all ages ; penalties and allowances. T.Y,C., three quarters of a mile. 13 subs. Lord St. Vincent's Microscope, 4 yrs, Bst lib (J, Grimshaw) 1 Mr Redcliff's Cranbury, 3 yrs, 9st (Pearson) 2 Prince D. Soltykoff's Nebuchadnezzar, 4 yre, „ Bst 41b _ - (Hibbard) 3 Lord Westmoreland's Auditor, 2 yrs, ist slb • . (Morris) 4 Betting-2 to 1 agst Microscope, 9to 4 agst Cranbury, 3 to 1 agst Nebuchadnezzar, 5 to 1 agst Auditor. Microscope made all the running, and won cleverly by half a length—a bad third. A £5O Plato for all ages : certain penalties and allowance One mile and a half. 6 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Summerside, 4 yrs, (£500), 9st slb (J. Goatn) Lord St, Vincent's The Stranger, 3 yrs (£5O), 6st 131 b - (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr T. Read's Secrecy, 3 yrs (Z5O), Gst 131 b ..(Hibberd) 3 Mr R. Smith's Waveney, 3 yrs (£5O), Gst 131 b (Carroll) 4 Mr R. Drewiti's Colleen, 3 yrs (t 100), 7st 4lb (Mordan) 5 Mr ElphiA's Flying Spur, 4 yrs, Bst 91b.... (C. Martin) 6 Betting-6 to 4on the Stranger, 100 to 30 agst Summer side. The Stranger made play until opposite the stand, where Summerside challenged and won a splendid finish by a neck, Secrecy a bad third, and the others beaten off. There was no bid for the winner, but The Stranger was claimed by Elphick the trainer. The Railway Nursery Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; winners extra. T.Y,C., three- quarters of a mile. 38 subs. Captain Machell's Hope, 7st 61b Mr James Smith's Sympathy, 7st 101 b (C. Gray) 2 Mr Fleming's Scylla, 7st 31b (Loates) Mr Egerton's Corporal Trim, 7st Slb The following also ran :—St. Vincent, Vigilant, Sisy phus, Tilt, and Volatile. Betting-5 to 2 agst Sympathy, 3to 1 agst Tilt, sto 1 agst Scylla, 6 to 1 agst Volatile, 10 to 1 agst Hope, 100 to 8 agst Vigilant• The three placed lay in front throughout, and Hope com ing away with a clear lead at the distance, won easily by a length; three lengths separated the second and third, and Corporal Trim was only beaten a head from 6cylla ; Vola tile was fifth, and St. Vincent last. The Castle Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for all ages; certain allowances. T.V.C., three-quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Lent St. Vincent's Olive, 2 yrs (£3O), Gst 4lb _ (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr G. Angell's Orphene, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 131 b .. (Perry) 2 11. Grimshaw weighed for Tomfoolery, whose number was hoisted, and considerable betting took place at 5 to 4on Olive, but when Mr Payne's mare could not be found, odds of 3 and 4 to 1 were laid on Olive, who made all the run ning and won easily by two lengths. Tomfoolery, who had by mistake been sent into the town, was fetched back, but did not arrive ,inta the) 'tag tell. the winner was bought by Mr Weatherby for 210 guineas, and Orphene c!airned by Lord St. Vincent. A Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft; gentlemen riders; professionals 71b extra, T,Y.C., three-quarters of a mile. 5 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Deception, 4 yrs,__llst _ _ (Mr Edwards) 1 Lord Bateman's Gipsy Girl, 4 yrs, list 21b (Mr W.Bevill) 2 Mr Cherry's Disappointment, 5 yrs, list (Owner) 3 Betting-6 to 5 agst Gipsy Girl, 6to 4 agst Deception, 5 to 1 agst Disappointment. Deception made all the running, and won easily by two lengths. Three lengths between the second and third. _ _ _ The Juvenile Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds, did not fill. An offer has been made to purchase Anti-Macassar for 1,030 guineas. AQUATICS. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. The Royal Yacht Squadron brought their Regatta for 18(31 to a close on Saturday with a match for a prize of 100 soya, to be given for all yachts under 200 tons, belonging to any Royal Yacht Club. Thames measurement. Acker's Scale. The yachts to start from their stations off the Royal Yacht Squadron's Castle, rouud the Nab, back to the southward of the Brambles, round a mark vessel off Newtown, and outside all the buoys and marks on the shoals, Peel ineludad, except the Middle and Sturbridge. Th 6 Nab light vessel and Newtown Mark Vessel to bo left on the starboard hand. The following vessels entered and contested the prize : The Vesta schooner (Sir Bruce Chichester), 74 tons; the Alerte cutter (Lieut. J. Sladen, R.N.), 56 tons; the Vo lante cutter (Mr. IL C. Maudslay), 59 tons; .the Mosquito cutter (Mr T. lloldsworth), 59 tons; the Vindex cutter (Mr. A. Duncan), 45 tons ; the Albertine schooner (Lord Londesborough), 153 tons; the Viking, schooner (Mr. Inglis Jones), 131 tons; the Flying Fish schooner (Mr. G. Jessop), 40 tons; the Water Lily yawl (Lord Alfred Paget), 10.5 tons; the Amulet cutter (Mr. T. Vernon Tippinge), 48 tons. At 10 30 a.m. the start was effected in nearly a dead calm, with occasional light puffs of wind from off shore. Volante, Mosquito, Vindex, Alerte, and Vestal were the first to get their sails up and slew their heads round to the eastward with the aid of the east going tide. Vestal and Flying Fish next followed, with Albertine next, and in company with Viking, the Amulet bringing up the rear. The race was a mere drifting match for some time, as at 11 30 all the yachts, remained in sight from Cowes, the Alerte, Volante, Mosquito, and Vindex leading nearly in line with each other off Osborne, making their way slowly with the tide, and a few catspaws from W.N.W. playing over the surface of the Solent, the precursor of a smartish breeze that could be seen coming np astern in the west channel. The breeze soon overtook the yachts, moderate from W.N.W., and Ryde-pier head was passed in the following order : H. H. S. H. 11f. S. Alerte Al bertino Volante .. 12 3 25 Vestal, Vindex, Amulet, and i Viking followed immediately upon the Flying Fish, and all in close company. In run ning for the sandhead buoy the Votante shot passed the Albertine, by the help of a few friendly puffs from the northward. and very soon afterwards took the lead from the Alerts, the Flying Y.sh following in Yolante's wake. The schooners were running down for the Nab Light "goose wing," the Albertine setting a square sail, and showing more canvass than the others. Before the Noman was reached, the light breeze had veered round to N. W,, some times a fresh puff, and then nearly a calm. The Noman was passed thus H. 3r. S. R. 3i. S. Volanto Alerte Mosquito Albertine ..... 12 35 5 1 Vestal Down to the Warner nothing particular occurred worthy of note, for it was chiefly a drifting rather than sail• leg, until the Warner had been passed and the Nab rounded, which the Albertine accomplished at lh. 50m., followed by the others in a cluster, as they shared the light light puffs of wind that came off from the land. A nice breeze at length came in from the S.W., which the Alber tine was the first to feel at 2 5 p.m., and at once commenced in earnest her work of beating back westward, standing in for the island shore between the Noraan and Warner, and weathering the Tolaute, which was standing on her reach to the westward, Off Southsea pier the Volante tacked and stood in for the island, and cleverly weathered the Albertino. The Amulet, Alcrte, and Vindex went about nearly together between the Nornan and Sandhr)ad, and as they reached along the Ryd e san d s the weatherly positions of the v essels were as follows, th e V olante, having a lead of nearly a mile of the secono vessel, the Albertine : —Volante, Alber tine, Vindex, Amul e t , Al erte, M 4 )squ it o , Fl y i eg Fi s h, Vik ing, and V es t a l. I t was 3 30 p.r. , . before any of the return ing craft Were visible from the Gil tb-house of the squadron at Cowes, when the Volanto hove in sight, well to windward under old Castle point, with the Albertine closely following. The wind was now just of sufficient strength to make the vessel heel well over under their largo suits of sails from W.N. W. to W.S.W. At 3 35 the Mosquito and Amulet opened to view close together, with the Mosquito slightly ou the weather of het companion, Alerte following astern and to leeward. Volanto soon made a tack to the south ward, and shifted her topsail. The Albertine tacked also in tho same direction at 3 45, followed immediately by Vindex, who was now sticking fast to Lord Londes borough's schooner. In the next board towards Lepo the Vindex weathered fast on the schooner. Alerto fol lowed about 500 yards astern, with Amulet following her at about the same distance. When the Volatile was off Egypt paint the Mosquito was reaching to the southward in among the yachts in Cowes roads, and shifted her top sail, which latter feat was only effected after a very consi derable delay and loss of time. The Mosquito was not, in fact, doing so well as she had been expected to do in any way. There was a want of liveliness, both in the boat's be haviour and her management, that was not compatible ith the high reputation which the famous iron clipper has now enjoyed for some years. The wind was now a smart breeze from WSW., and remained so to the end of the race; The beat down to the mark boat off Newton was quickly done under the influences of the fresh breeze and weather tide, the leading vessels passing round as follows : 11. H. S. I H. H. S. Volante.. ..... 458 0 1 Alerte Albertine Vindex 4 43 40 Mosquito With flowing sheets the beautiful craft bowled along be fore the breeze for the goal in Cowes roads, running up close along shore to shun the tide as much as possible, and the race was finished as follows : H. M. S. H. It. s. Volanto Albertino Vindex .. ..... 5 19 54 Vestal Alerte 5 22 10 Flying Fish.... 6 0 0 Amulet The Volante was declared the winner of the prize by 2 minutes 40 seconds. The Royal Victoria Yacht Club Regatta commences off Itydo to-morrow (Tuesday). THE MURDER OF MR BRIGGS. The following additional facts have been ascertained by the police regarding the murder of Mr. L'riggs :—On the day of the murder Franz Muller worked at his employment eats 7 o'clock In the ovenhig, utter which he went to the house of Mr Repsch, Jewry-street, Minories. He was then left in the company of Haffa, Mr and Mrs Repsch having to go out. Haifa states that Muller left the house at eight o'clock, and that he himself did not go out at all_ Nothing further is known of Muller's movements until the next morning,when he got up and conducted himself in his usual cheerful manner, and after breakfast ha went out. Ho did not return home, however, at his usual time. In fact, it is not known when ho did return, for all the other occupants had retired to bed. On the Monday following the murder Muller visited Mis. Repsch, who at once saw he had got a new hat which he said he had given 14s for. Mrs Repsch also observed the ring he had got from Mr Death and took it from his scarf and examined it. On the following Wed nesday, after some conversation, Muller and Haffa went to the shop of Mr Annis, 121, Minories, where the former pawned the gold chain received from Mr Death for 18s, and on coming out of the ship Haffa gave him 12s for the ticket and advanced a further sum of £l, in order that Muller might get his own watch and guard, pawned for £3, out of pledge. When this was done they went to Prince's-street, Leicester-square, where Muller pledged the watch and guard for £4, and in consideration of a further advance of 5s Muller gave Haffa the ticket. It has been ascertained beyond doubt that on the morning of this day Muller had no money, consequently when in the afternoon at the London Docks he paid £1 of the passage money and went on board the Victoria, which he did immediately, ho had only 5s in his possession. From the information given by one of the agents of the owners of the vessel who did not leave the ship until it reached Gravesend, it appears Muller attracted the attention of several of the passengers being without a change of clothing or other requisites for so loitg a journey, and it was also noticed that the wristband of one of the sleeves of his shirt was torn off. This drew a remark from one of the pas sengers that Muller had on no shirt at all, on which Muller said that en account of the edge of the wristband being frayed he had torn it off. On the way down the river the passengers read the newspapers containing the account of this murder, and commented freely upon it, but neither the agent nor the pilot aro able to ,say whether Muller made any remark on the subject. The police have ascertained that the hat worn by Muller when he embarked is the same that was worn by Mr Briggs on the night he was murdered. Of such importance was this considered that at the request of the Commissioners of Police, Mr Briggs, jun., accom panied Inspector Kerresscy by the second mail steamer, the more effectively to complete the evidence necessary for the extradition of Muller. The sleeve lining found in the chimney in Muller's bedroom and the truncheon found in the neighbourhood are now in the possession of Dr Taylor, who has submitted them to analysis and found the sleeve linen saturated with human blood, a portion of which he thinks has been wiped from a boot Lho s, un cheon the doctor has as yet expressed no opinion. The father of dialler, a gunsmith, lives at Kemmitz, in Saxony, of which village Muller is a native. A Madman in a Railway Carriage. In one of the third-class compartments of the express leaving King's-cross Station at 9 15 p.m. on Thursday night, a tall and strongly-built man, dressed as a sailor,and having a wild and haggard look, took his seat about three minutes before the train started. He was accompanied to the carriage by a woman. whom he afterwards referred to as his wife, and by a man, apparently a cabdriver, of both of whom he took leave when the train was about to start. It had scarcely done so when, on putting' his hand to his pocket, he called out that he had been robbed of his purse, containing £l7, and at once began to shout and gesticulate in a manner which greatly alarmed his fellow-travellers, four in number in the same compartment. Be continued to roar and swear with increasing violence for some time, and then made an attempt to throw himself out of the win dow. He threw his arms and part of his body out of the window, and had just succeeded in placing one of his legs out when the other occupants of the carriage, who had been endeavouring to keep him back, succeeded in dragging him from the window. Being foiled in this attempt, he turned round upon those who had been instrumental in keeping him back. After a long and severe struggle, which, not withstand:ng the speed the train was running at, was heard in the adjoining compartments, the sailor was overcome by the united exertions of the party, and was held down in a prostrate position by two of their number. Though thus secured, he still continued to struggle and shout vehemently, and it was not till sometime afterwards, when they managed to bind his hands and strap him to the seat, that the pas sengers in the compartment felt themselves secure. This train, it may be explained, makes the journey from London to Peterborough, a distance little short of 80 miles, with out a single stoppage; and as the scene we have been de scribing began immediately after the train left London the expectation of having to pass the time usually occupied between the two stations (one hour 50 minutes) with such a companion must have been far from agreeable. While the struggle was going on, and even for some time afterwards, almost frantic attempts were made to get the train stopped. The attention of those in the adjoining compartment was readily gained by waving handkerchiefs out of the window, and by and by a full explanation of the circum stances was communicated through the aperture in which the lamp that lights both compartments aro placed. A request to communicate with the guard was made from ono carriage to another for a short distance, but it was found impossible to continue it, and as the occupants of the compartments beyond the one nearest the scene of the disturbance could learn nothing as to its nature, a vague feeling of alarm seized them, and all the way along to Peterborough a succession of shouts of "Stop the train,' mixed with the frantic screams of femalc passengers, was kept up. On the arrival of the train at Peter borough the man was released by his captors and placed on theplatform. No sooner was he there than he rushed with a renewed outburst of fury on those who had taken the chief part in restraining his violence, and as he kept vociferating goat they had robbed him of his money, it was some time before the railway officials could be got to interfere—indeed, it seemed likely that for some time ho would be allowed to go in the train. As remonstrances were made from all quarters to the stationmaster to take the fel low into custody, he at length agreed, after being furnished with the name and addresses of the other occupants of the carriage, to hand him over to the police. The general im pression of those who witnessed the sailor's fury seems to be that he was labouring under a violent attack of delirium tremens, and he had every appearance of having been drinking hard for some days, had there been only one or even two occupants of the compartment besides himself, there seems every reason to believe that a much more deadly struggle would have ensued, as he displayed great strength. One of the persons who was present gives the following ac count of what took place :—" I was a passenger with four other gentlemen by the 9 15 train on Thursday evening from King's-cross to Edinburgh. Just before starting the guard pushed into our carriage a man, apparently a sailor, who seemed to be somewhat intoxicated, and was unable to sit steadily. We had not proceeded far on our iourney when he became very excited, and after fumbling in his pockets about a minute he declared we had robbed him of all his money, and that he was ruined. Thereafter, jumping from his seat, he began to rush about the carriage, uttering the while the roost frightful yells and imprecations. Thinking he was making up a story in order to obtain some money from us, we at first took no notice of him ; but on his becom ing more violent we tried to pacify him in every way we could think of, but without avail. He dashed up and down the carriage, striking out right and left, and it became but too evident that he was suffering from an attack of delirium tremens. As the situation was fast becoming alarming, and all our efforts to stop the train were unavailing, we were obliged to resort to force. The disturber of our peace was a strong pow dal fellow, and it required the united efforts of four of us to secure him. It may give some idea of the difficulty of our task to state that et one ro9nlent ho threw himself half out of tholwindow in his endeavours to break from us, while the next moment one of our party was ex posed to a similar danger by being forced against the other window in endeavouring to hold him. At length we suc ceeded in tying his arms behind his back with a strap which one of us providentially had. Even when he was bound, his struggles were so violent that it took two of us to hold him down on the seat, and we were subsequently compelled to tie his legs tightly together with our handkerchiefs. As the man continued very violent and we feared he might break the strap, which was not very strong, we still endea voured to alarm the guard—but though we succeeded in gaining the attention of the passengers in the carriage next to ours, we were unable to make the guard hear, or attract his attention by our signals. We imagined we succeeded in alarming the officials at one of the stations we passed, as the danger signals were shown along the line, which caused the driver to slacken his speed, and we began to hope for a speedy deliverance; but in a few seconds we passed the lights, and the speed was increased again, without the train being brought to a stop ; and wo were forced to go on to Peterborough, where the train made its stoppage about 11 o'clock, having spent on hour-and• a-half in unavailing at tempts to alarm the guard. On arriving at the station, neither porter, guard, nor station-master could be found for some minutes, though by this time nearly all the passen gers in the train were aware of the position of affairs, and were around our carriage. 'When at last the station-master made hie appeatance, the man, who in the meantime had contrived to get his hands loose, had the impudence to turn round and accuse us of having robbed him of Xl7 ster ling. He was, however, at last removed from the carriage, and we proceeded on our journey. I trust the circumstances of the case will be sufficient excuse for troubling you at such length, and that our dangerous journey may strengthen the demand now being made for proper communication between passengers and guard. One of our party expressed a wish that we had been honoured, with the presence of a director of the company, to whom same of our experience might have been useful. lam inclined to think no one can fully appreciate the danger of the present system till he make such a jour ney as we took last night.—Scotsman. Horrible Deaths in a Cesspool—Three Lives Lost. GRAVESEND, Saturday Evening Early this morning a most shocking occurrence took place in a poor and low locality near West-street, in this town, which resulted in the dreadful death of a sergeant of police and two labourers, producing a melancholy feeling through out the borough. An inquest was held on the bodies of the sufferers this afternoon at the Town-hall before Mr. Hilder, the coroner, and from the evidence adduced we gather the following details : Shortly before 12 o'clock last night two nightmen named Edmund Terry, 42, and Thomas Hinckley, 46, were en gaged in emptying the cesspool of a water closet, which was used by a number of poor families who occupy a range of miserable wooden erections in Passenger-court, running out of West-street, near the old church. They continued removing the soil up to half. past two in the morning, when Hinckley went down the hole by means of a short ladder, in order to bucket up the filth. He had not been down more than a minute or so before he was overcome by the noxious gases emitted from the soil as it was being disturbed from the bottom of the cesspool, and fell off the ladder. Terry then remarked to the son of Hinckley, a lad who was as sisting in the unpleasant work, that something had hap pened to his father. Tho lad wished to go down to the aid of his father, but Terry, having more experience, prevented him, and at once descended the ladder, and on getting within a few feet of the bottom, he, like his unhappy companion, fell off, apparently dead, frcm inhaling the poisonous air, The lad Hinckley immediately ran to the borough police station at the Town Hall for assistance, and Sergeant Coomber, a very steady and careful officer, at once returned with the youth to the spot. By the time several of the neighbours had collected round the mouth of the hole, and by means of lights it could be seen that the bottom of the pit was filled with a kind of dense vapour, which threw up a horrid stench. Sergeant Coomber immediately set to work in the most heroic manner to rescue the two men who were lying in the soil. Having obtained a long ladder Coomber fixed it down the hole. A man named West first volunteered to go down, but Coomber said he would go, and he at once proceeded on his fatal descent. He had not gone down more than six or seven steps, his head being level with the top of the hole, when he also was overcome by the noxious Efflu via, and fell off the ladder to the bottom of the hole. As may be imagined the greatest terror seized upon the small throng who had collected round the cloeet, and messengers were sent to the police-station for further aid. Strict orders were given to prevent any more persons attempting to de scend the hole, and Sergeant White, the chief of the borough police, directed that one of the third size fire annihilators attached to the fire brigade depot of the force should be dis charged into the cesspool with a view of dispersing the foul air, This was effectually accomplished by Mr W. F. White the police clerk, and the most prompt means were taken to get up the bodies, but some time necessarily elapsed before they could be brought to the surface. Of Terry only his legs could be seen, his head and body being embedded in the soil. Dr. Sanders was soon in attendance, but his services were of little avail—the death of the deceased men having occurred almost instantly on the poor creatures coming in contact with the impure air. As before stated, the water closet, which is situatod in the middle of the court, is com mon to all the poor inhabitants living in the place, and considering the stench which arose from the foul spot, it is somewhat surprising that the locality has been free from s ime epidemic. The agent fur the houses stated that the cesspool was emptied about nine months ago. Like many other places on the banks of the river and on the coast—some of the most favourite watering-places— Gravesend has no system of underground drainage. It seemed that the deceased men had lights to assist them in clearing the hole, but what precautions were taken to ascertain the state of the air at the bottom of the pit was not satisfactorily ascertained. The Coroner having summed up tho evidence, The Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death in the three cases. The Mayor and Mr IV. Fletcher, a magistrate, spoke of the prompt and effectual assistance rendered by the police. The deceased Sergeant Coomber had been some time in the borough police force, and was much respected. He had served in the Crimea, and wore a Crimean and Turkish medal. Ho has left a widow and two children. The Great Sewer at Kingston, The river Thames, from Staines to Yantlett Creek, is in the care and custody of the corporation of London, in their capacity of Conservators of the Thames. Some few years ago the attention of that portion of the metropolis through which the Thames flows was directed to the noxious exha lations which in hot weather proceeded from the bosom of the old river, and it was found necessary that something should be done to check the frightfully pestiferous condition into which the Thames was rapidly subsiding. Had tho river merely occasioned offence to a few thousand of the ordinary ieges, it might possibly have been allowed to flow on un checked, spreading death and destruction along its margin. But, as chance would have it, the palace of the Legis lature was built upon its brink, so that the senses of noble senators and of representative men, who were stived up in committee all the summer through, were grievously offended by the pollution of the river. Numerous tempo rary expedients were tried without avail. It was in vain that thousands of bushels of lime were thrown into the turbid stream. The effect of the disinfectants was nil, and the steamers went on churning up the unhealthy compound until a threatened plague called for strenuous measures. After a time Parliament interfered, and the intervention of the Commissioners of Sewers was sought. It was found that day by day the state of the river got worse, and that this growing unwholesomeness was occasioned by the in cessant emptying into its waters of innumerable sewers. Then was devised the great system of drainage which, at a cost of some millions sterling, is now being carried out—a scheme so grand and comprehensive that it puts all the boasted drainage of ancient [tome to the blush. Not a me tropolitan sewer was henceforth to empty its foul contents into the Thames, but all was to be deodorised or conveyed down miles away somewhere beyond Barking Reach. So far a great good at an enormous cost was to be achteved, and the river was to become pure and limpid, such as trout and salmon might disport in, as in the days when sewers and steamboats were alike unheard of. Suddenly it became known that Kingston and Surbiton, places where the popu lation is increasing with greater rapidity than in any other metropolitan suburb, were making grand preparations for discharging all their sewage into the Thames I So that, in fact, while the stream below was to be kept uncontaminated from local nastiness, the good folks of Kingston were to get rid of all their sewage by calmly discharging it into the river, to flow down with the stream to Teddington, and thence up and down with each succeeding ebb and flow of the tide. Now, although this was a very simple way of eas ing Kingston of a nuisance, it did not seem consistent with the exertions of the Board of Sewers to purify the Thames. Besides, if Kingston were to do this, why not Thames Ditton, Moulsey, Hampton, Sunbury, Walton, and other of the rapidly growing places along the banks of the river ? Small as the evil might be at first, it was evidently a grow•• ing one ; and unless checked in time its effect would be to thwart every effort which had been made to render the Thames a sweet and wholesome river. Accordingly, as there happened to be a new Conservancy Bill before Parlia ment, the promoters introduced a clause to meet these cases, by preventing the enlargement of any existing sewer in pal ts of the river beyond the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Board of Works. The Kingston people, however, were very anxious to carry out their "little game," and they prevailed upon Mr Hutt, the Vice President of the Board of Trade, so to amend this clause as to exempt Kingston from its operation. Other members of Parliament resisted this, and the bill went safely through the House of Commons. In the Lords, however, the entire clause was rejected on a technical ground of want of proper notice ; so that the bill as passed contains no enactment on the subject. Meantime the Conservators of the Thames have obtained an injunc tion to prevent the corporation of Kingston proeecding further with their sewage works until the trial of a cause set dawn for hearing at Michaelmas. The question as it stands is a difficult one. But we trust that our authorities will find some other mode of gettirg rid of their sewage than by polluting the river. It must be remembered thsait there are places higher up the river than we are, and .wh we can do with impunity ethers will claim to do also. The result will be that the Thames above Tediington be little better eventually than an enormous cess p invite 001. Wo the attention of the authorities to the possibility of adopting some system of deodorization, and the subsequent sale of the sewage matter for purposes of cultivation West Surrey Times, The Explosion at Chilworth Powder On Saturday evening, at six o'clock, an inq uest on u bodies of John Farnfield and Charles Mansel l, the unfor m wM tunate men who were killed by the late ex p losion, opened by Mr C. J. Woods, coroner for the Western sion, Surrey, at the Percy Arms:lnn. The room in which the inquiry was conducted aAfforded ample evidence of the violence of the explosion. ll windows were so complet e ly d e molished as to leave it quite open to the elements, a nd th e w ind swept through it trout end to end, In other parts of the house the ceiling-5 were cracked and the walls riven as if by the shock of an earth quake, and outside huge beams, charred and blackened, which had been hurled from the exploded mill a distance of a quarter of a mile were lying about , memen toes of the sudden and tragical disaster. The Coroner made a few preliminary observations, Alter which the Jury proceeded to view the bodies and the scene of the explosion. On their return the following evidence was taken : James William Upfold, foreman of Mr Sharp's g li° " powder works, deposed that he knew the deceased Per; sons, who were in the same employ. The last time Elle tt 11 e saw them alive was ab o ut t en minutes Pa st eleve -- o'cloc kle thedoor of the press-house talki ng to him. A 8 on Friday morning, when th e y were both stanhadinig at t them he turned round an d wen t i n t o the press-house. They had both been en gage d i n t h e press -house from sever' o'clock on Friday mo rn i ng , an d w i tness h a d no occasion ? visit the building in his c a p ac ity as f orem an. It was 1 1: duty to inspect the workmen on the premises , and for usually went round between seven and eight o'clock, D 11, that purpose, The hour fo r commenc i ng work in the 3 . 1 o n was seven o'clock, and there w as no general wi g! ti of the men prior to their c ommenc i n g work , ti sitiler t were there any written or printed rules for the regu l a tion s ir the establishment. The m e n w ere compe ll e d to ohaegeitbfe o r ordinary dress and put on a d ress specially adapts", re working in the mills, befo re any o f t h em we re allo0"0 ea enter any portion of the wo r k s , an d a sma ll b u ilding , c t s the " wash-up house," was used for the purpose• was no person, however, employ e d t o see that this rely e I ' - r i s le tion was carried out at the mom en t th e m en entere premises. There wore no other r egu l a ti o ns besides thus "-ce mentioned, except general instructions as to the obsell°: of carefulness, and in relation to wa s hi ng when them e ,, ti h -e t s the premises, which, however, was not com pulsorY t he - were no other persons besides the dece a s e d employed 1 ° Iv press-house on Friday, and after he l e ft them witr leE A Lt t ceeded to his own house, about a qu ar t er of a nill e "T ie and had just got inside when th e ex pl os i on took plac e ' „ 1 :0- caused him to return immedi a t e ly, w h en h e f o und the P r " re house had exploded and disappeared and the two We il vr :it, not to be seen. He immediately se t a p ar ty o f men t ° Vod and the body of Farnfield was shortly di scove red abo ut et yards up the meadow, and th a t o f M anse ll i n a ditch 80 yards below the press-house. Farnfield was ranc h ` o f tared and both arms were off. Th ere was not a Pa rticie ed clothing upon either of the bodies. If the men had ell si t e i t their ordinary clothing it would h ave b een left in th e 11 ,: te ct up house, but this had been de s t ro y e d, an d all the D ee it contained, One shoo belonging to Farnfield has the wort. been found. Mansell had be en employed upon for the past two years, and F arn fi e ld a l m ost from ill ; fancy. The machinery i n th e p ress - room was new't ee v eP a the hydraulic press, whi c h h a d b een i n wor k abou t e door of years. When witness sa w th e d ecease d men at the the press-house they had their working dresses on. At this stage of th e p rocee di ngs th e i nqu i r y Wag add for a few days. COUNTRY MARKETS. GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. les" A middling show of wh ea t, w hi c h me t a slow sa s oed decline of is to 2s per qr. Barley scarce, and er l e ir",.:36s.; 3 1ti t e. high rates. Oats and b ea n s f u ll y ma i n t a ined t —Old white wheat,:46s to 48s • red, 37s to 426 Peerharielt new white, 45s to 495; red, 41 s to 455. Dlalting, w o4y , t) 33s to 36s per qr ; grinding, 28s to 31s ; oats, oloVes. 265; new, 22s to24s; beans, 358 to 40s; peas, 355 to LEICESTER—SATURDAY. lastA f u a .e ir ek sh ,s ow ra o te t s w . he s a a t a , r a c n e d i3., p a r n ie y es b t a n r l l l e y y ls oi p o er w q in r g d t_ e : l t ino ur : at abou" late rates. Oats sold readily. Beans scarce, but —New white wheat, 45s to 495; red, 40s to 44g per 313 stone. Old red, 38s to 42s per 36 stone. to alting, new, 32s to 34s per qr.; grindin 28s to 30e; o!d oath 29s to 30s; new oats, 22s to 26 per per 24 stone. 13 " 13 " 4/ old, 40s to 43s per 38 stone ; flour, 30s to 355, per 20 stone. NOTTINGHAM—SATuRDA.Y. iry at A meagre shovrof wheat to-day, with a slo w Ingu Is per qr decline on late prices. Barley li m ited II:L b or ply, and late prices were supported. Oats met a tole i c ers , gooA trade, at full prices. Beans in favour of 470. —White wheat, frotu 47s to 535!; red wheat, 40s t° 0 0:, Barley—malting, 30s to 37s ; grinding, 29s to 306. 355 old, at 24s to 30a Od; new, .20s to 26a. Beans s old at to 42,4 per qr. ; new, 39s to 435. Flour, fine, 30s to 338; super, 35s to 42s . rer 20 stone' NORWICH—SATURDAY. • slir There was a very thin a tt en d ance to -d ay. A flur, v et ply of wheat, and last wee k' s pr i ces must b e quo ted A S 4 qr lower. # 446 3 White wheat. 46s to 47 8 1 R e d w h eat 425 • °, 4,1 to Malting, barley ...35 s t o 36 5 ) Ch eva li er barley 33 s - .26i Distilling d 0..... 29s to 308 1 Oats.. 24 9 t° Flour, 28s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller' YQRK• A small supply o f w h ea t on offer from the fanner s . 0 03 10 morning, and the a tt en d ance was mo d era t e . Busin e i :a 0 very inactive, and in or d er t o e ff ec t sa l es farmers te ocll sell at is to 2 s p er qr l ess money. G r i n di ng barley 5 ,, 0 ce, in demand, at fully a s muc h money . O a ts very I :; i a i 0 at fully late rates. Beans were in limited show, better demand. t o 2 45 2Os - 10 Wheat, red 39s to 44s Oats.... ....... 5 , to - White do .45s to 48s Beans ........... 3 to' Barley 24s to 28s Peas ...."'" 8 3 15 Malt, 588 to 60s per qr.; rye, 30s per qr ; 11(3°' to 348 per sack. —FRIDAY. e e ver The attendance very thin. The market dull 01 :,. 0 vii" , thing. No buyers exc e pt a t l ow pr i ces, w hi c h s e"`" not submit to. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. 18 Aug' ~ 2 Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ...... ' '''' . A u g' 4 via Marseilles ........ s pt. n -,,,' Lirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ....... -e -g • " ' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. -11- , --*" China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southamptonditt. 12. via Marseilles • • •Atib' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .Aug' A il z - - 7,' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southanipton "—: I; , ' via Marseilles Aubo 10 India (Bombay), via Southampton A.ug* 0, g via Marseilles M '4. Portugal.... Sect' ~, Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton A u g: V via Marseilles u -. 11 , Newfoundland ........ • . .........Aug. Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. p ac k e t.... 0 ' by U.S. packet.... V' by Canadian packet.Aug' 3 All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Au g. 1 California. and British Columbia. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —HoIIoway's Ointment and Not Conclusive Evidence.—Scarcely a d a y passes scl' ts of leaving behind it some proofs of the curative peli,eifidi Holloway's world-esteemed ointm en t an d pills. 1%04f writes from New 011ertoa, Notts, on the 7th Alarchf I, I beg leave to state that a few weeks ago I had til: t o ur' fortune to bruise my leg most severe l y . To DIY g re ein edie° prise and inexpressible d e li g ht y our won d e rful r a p/ were no sooner applied th an th e y gave me" B 7llbly ° , t , r inflammation, and made a perfect cure i n an Inc re h i c h migh t time." Testimonials such as th e foregoing, giiicted,loo be multiplied to any extent, s h ou ld conso l e the It ru alach e give hope to the despairing, w h en worn o ut , which seem unrelievable. Births. rra ce, MANNERS.—On th e sth i ns t ., at G, C um b e rland - l e Regent's-park, Lady John Manners, of a son. r get MARTIN.—On the sth inst, at St. Breward Bodmin, the wife of the Rev. George Martin, v' son. Cat' STOPPORD.—On tho 2d in s t., at Chatham, the wile of W. J. Stopford, of a daugter. Marriages. sto ne' BOGER—BACON.--On the 4th inst.. at St. George's) ()- house, Hext, youngest son of Deeble Bogor, l a ugh Wolsdon, Cornwall, to Blanche L uc y, youngest o Oa r ' ter of the late General Anthony B acon and Ls , ' lotto Bacon. roes i cil HAGGARD —DEANE.—On the 4th inst., a t S. Church, Paddington, Capt a i n George 1-19`garu') the third surviving son of the late John HR4aruipeoci LL. D., of Doctors'-commons, to Ellen Mari 3o) . llll l ' a daughter of James Park er Deane, D.C.L., 00° of Counsel. De s a t. , n th a s t . putne lirra. oa ppig l t CHAPINIAN.—On the sth in Esq., aged 76. Pa rr D'Arrlt.—On th e sth i nst., at Knoniton C o urt, P a " —On esD th inst., ' A a e t, , , i a i g e e ti d n G in S g . lon. va i tti l g i o , a '; Ov w r To i n teof N A . dm Overton, Esq., f o r many years memberd o f LleY d's ' - 84. 3 irlt OLIVER.—On the sth inst., at a,lCavendish -roan ' get hu s-wood, James Oliver. E 8 Jo ' Hayes, Middlesex, aged G 9. q" 03113, O` EN.—On the 2d inst ,at Margate, Elizabeth Stl„sl;vo's, relict of the late H. B. Owen, D.D rector of St. ‘" ~ Hart-street, London. _ ~n w iclit late of Grove LA TYLER.—On the 31 inst., at Trafalgar Ledge, ur ° Mr. George Tyler, aged 43. ___....------- London: PrinZed and Prb.lislied by WILLI-A.3r A " , 11) 1 12 ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tau SUN Offie, c '„ v ty Strand, the Precim.:t of the sa - roy,'ln t he `1" 4 51 I'MIN43eX —Monday, August 8, 1801.