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

EARTH 'ESTERDAY. J. R. HIND, Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Twickenham, Oct. 6, STOKE NEWrNGTON.-I awoke this morning be fore it was light, and on getting out of bed looked at my watch, which was hanging on a stand in my bedroom, 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 vindows of my bedroom also rattled, but not very - mud). 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. BLACKHEATIL—This morning at 20 minutes past 3 o'clock, my wife and myself, both having been awake for some time, were startled by feeling our bed move w ith an undulating motion, as if caused - by an ea r th qua k e. We instantly rouse d t h e family, fearing a n explosion of gas ha d t a ken place, but such was n o t th e case. One o f o ur domestics, being two floors above, felt the same kind of m otion. Each bed is placed north and south. There were four very distinct shocks in the space of two seconds. The motion was f rom east to west, and felt as if four waves had succeeded each other at equal intervals under a boat. The house is situate on the top o f the Heath, facing the Surrey Hills on one side to the south, and London on the west. Perhaps some others of your readers may h ave noticed the motion. The air was perfectly still, with a slight frost, the moon shining brightly at the time. EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM.—At 3.23 this morn ing two shocks of earthquake were distinctly f e lt i n t his neighbourhood. The first sh oc k was very s light and did not last more than five seconds ; the s econd shock was much more violent and shook the 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, there is such a dreadful rattle?" and a rattle it seemed, though there was little real noise, but rather a sense of sound, caused by the sensation that everything around was violently agitated. It will be interesting to learn whether the shock was felt in other localities. WOLVERHAMPTON.—A shock of an earthquake, cr 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 satiops, a complete rest being alternately followed by a. slight tremor until it altogether subsided. `-‘IARKET HaßsonouGu.--Will you allow me to avail myself of your columns to record an extraor dinary phenomenon which was experienced at Itheket 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 rollers ; 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 bers of my household, I find the sensations expe• xienced by myself were common to all o;" us. I 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 pondents. BURTON 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 violent 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. HEMEL HEMPSTEAD.—A slight shock of an earthquake was experienced here this morning at about 25 minutes to 4 o'clock. It lasted as near as could be calculated some 15 seconds, and made itself felt by a kind of swaying shiver. There was no undulatory motion that I could detect. U.PTON-PARK, SLOUGH, BUCKS.—It may be in teresting to some people to know that a severe chock of an earthquake was felt here this morning at 3.25 a.m., waking six people in this house, and also felt by others adjoining, and by one person - whom I have just seen, living about two miles from this. It Shook wardrobes and wash-hand stands in my roam, and lasted some seconds. The undulatory motion was from east to west. RECTORY, AVORD3LEY, NEAR STOURBRIDGE.— Last night I was awakened at about 3.15 by the shock of an earthquake, which was speedily fol lowed by another. My bed shook violently, the windows rattled, the furniture shivered, and the whole house, which is usually as firm as a rock, quivered from the bottom to the top. My man, who sleeps in a distant part of the house, tells me that the silver Was rattling for some time. It ap pared as if a sound of a heavy explosion beneath the cellars accompaniel the second shock, but that may have been a delusion. Though we are near the mining districts we are not undermined, and thvrefore an earthquake can be the only solution. GLOUCESTER.—About three o'clock this morning the inhabitants of this city and the neighbourhood round were startled by the shock of an earthquake, w hich, from its violence, must have been felt over a wide area. I was awakened from sleep by a strange vibration of the bed under me, which shook to and fro some half-dozen times, and the tremo r was ac companied by a low roaring sound and a rattling of doors and casements, which imported the cause of to be mistaken for anythi ng else, and it too plainly n least of a ll for that favourite simile for all loud noises-- thunder. It is a little singular that wh i l e man y thousands of persons were aroused from slum bar both he ro and in the neighbouring t owns, the earthquake was not perceived by the sorti ng clerks who were a t work in the branch post-officeat the Midland Railway ;1 a Station ; but it may be th a t their f am iliarity With the noise and shaking of the trains in the vicinity rendered them less sensitive to this most unusual oc currence. B RISTOL.—A shock of earthquake was felt yes terday, b etween 3 and 4 a .m. ) at Bristol, Nailsea, Portishead, and the these districts. neighbourhood. N . o . material damage has been reported from SWANSEA. ---At 3 a . m . the shock of a n earthquake f was felt sli g htly at Swansea, Merthyr, Haverord west, and Llanelly. Ferryside, and and along the zerabr k -dock, It was more severe at Neath, western extremity of Swan se a°e The captain Baya of a vessel reports that 20 miles from Milford Haven he felt a concussion like striking CHELTENHAM laraamAL n- it 320 this morning this town was visit e d by upon a rock. quake, more distinct and alarming which have obreetnhiarecorded, as far 38 in an racter than anyitseacrlitha: I know, in the past history y heacroduntry. A deep rumbling noise was sudden'. might be supposed to proceed from an artillery as ggon, frequently described. Th e vibrations a Of tlis so Col lege increased with th e h e i ght of the boilainm, The heaviest pieces of furniture were severely and the fireirons violently ag it ated. I find that ti n ; entire body of the students of this institution were awakened, those occuping dormitories which lie 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- in; w ith their feet until the heavy stone walls on every side were heard to strain and crack. zion sidering that this country lies upon what has been called the great volcc , ,nic belt, it i a matter of eur 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 toe that the 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, 1 prise that these phenomena have been so infrequent as they have. The night was beautifully calm and frosty, and my aneroid showed no unsteadiness. EX ETER. — Between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning the shock as of an earthquake was felt in this city and neighbourhood. Some person, were much alarmed, and go t up and examined their premises. In my ow n 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 x p er i enced at Dawlish, where the railway is near the dwellings, but I never experienced any thing like it in Exeter before. Perhaps some of your readers may be enabled to explain the cause. WOLVERHAMPTON. Very great alarm has been of fatphee rn sideriwenescteedbya arge portion of the inhabitants and central portion of Englmandtbysetnhseibsly ivd shocks of earthquake, which were most 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 thie 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 •varehouse 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 had 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 leaves were shaken so much that numbers of them fell to the ground. He was also much alarmed at seeing a wail vibrating near to him. Wrottes!ey 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 arc dining 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 tint in the " Black Conn- 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 pant 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 tsrmination. 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 bo experienced by Persons sleeping immediately over a tunnel as trains were passing. Many inhabitants left their beds and congre ga t e d 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 crockeryware 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 furniture, moving of beds, and bursting of doors. WORCESTER. Yesterday morning, at 25 minutes past three, a shockof an earthquak e was felt almost universally throughout Wor cestershire. Th e 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 awak e a t t h e time as having been accompanied by a rumbling no i se, while others say they were awoke by what appeared to be an explosion. At Groat Malvern the 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 gret.test. 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, _ die nc..y felt in U liwtsMo.rnYandtaill t t i he inter- The shock of an BeairiZtuiaNkGe It occurred at 35 this town, and also at Wolverham Y t e e m re o w rn e i rPneg.twe distinct shocks, district, o o 'c u lo T ek u . esd T a h y . mediate i . ' e n d u i a t e t e s the second being the most violent ; them was heard a low rumbling noise simultaneousll with it is described as having been a grating. n some localities seen to move, and in some instances su ß bs un t 4. Walls were were disturbed as much as very old houeesantial buildings p a ssage of a heavy waggon along th e street. ta n sy be b y the doors rattled considerably, and much vibration 111(1°\va and w other wise experienced. Throughout the di s t r i c t a great number number of persons were awoke from their sleep; many rose fr om their beds and examine d their premises, the effect s o f h s hock being quite as much seen as felt. At Randswor t th e Perry, Barr , li in g snorton, and other of t he rural district s , ' the shock seems to have been more perceptible than it was in Birmingham. A gentleman who formerly resided in m an illa ; and experienced shocks of earthquake there, describes that which occurred in the neighbourhood this morning as MU .. much r e sembling those in that region, v-- DERBY. A most singular occur rence took place at Derby at 20 morning. The town at ' yesterday minut es past 3 o'cloci , shock, the shaking con that hou r p was visited by a seve re manifested by a large proportion of .; :, some assert that con tinuing for severa l m inutes, and thtehogreinahteashtitaalnatsrm, who feared th e i r dwellings were g iving iva - they they sound of burglars awoke by a noise resembling the thrown into great confusion, entering their premises, an d , i n deed, the town was e . w l e P r e a rie ceil violent rockings of their beds, others that . the prevailing b e li e f being that it was an earthquake, T he eetAfAtion was general) and was also THE SON, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, OCTOBER 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 reformation, or more serious consequenees might follow. The Assistant-Judge asked the prisoner if she was dis posed to give any information as to what she had done with mean time father the proceeds of the property. he should defer passing sen tence nhopeund that and tell in the her ,werfwaer was indicted ehoi nevtdpehdireci prisoner, and on the 26t h o f proceeds of ofofrthsteesaeltrnogbbaereiaens.vas person of Richard Hall. t nTTc The t ee h u until prisoner slitsht prisonera n e n ts- e aj x m i a ; l :E3 g s e gh h s ee t s said cwohna change g in e what she had done with the September they were together at the Three Hammers purse R TT hhieoehampna prisoner s t the aeasiruri Barton, m o a na i o d c h 2t l h e 4 4 h e' s: public-house at Hendon. Witness left at 11 o'clock, and was on his way home when he saw the prisoner standing under a hedge. Witness had not got more than a hundred yards from the houses when the prisoner came up behind him and tripped witness up with his foot, and he fell to 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 " Murder" 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 night in question he saw the prisoner in custody and walked with him. He put out his hand and put something into witness's hands, which he found was a purse containing three florins and some other moneys, which he gave to the police. William Savage, police-constable, proved taking the pri saner into custody, and he went in the direction 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 evidence, and the jury acquitted the prisoner. Frederick Gerrard, a police-constable of the T division, was indicted for stealing two sovereigns, a half sovereign, and the sum of 13s. 6d. in silver, the moneys of Thomas Chandler, from the person of Susan Chandler. Mr. Cooper prosecuted—Mr. Daly defended the prisoner. Mrs. Susan Chandler, said she was the wife of Thomas Chandler, and on 15th Sept. she was at the Hammersmith police-court. She went there to prosecute a woman for steal ing a blanket. She met the prisoner in the court, but had not known him before. She left the court with the prisoner 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 gave the prisoner half-a-crown to pay for it. The prisoner paid for it, and returned her the change. After staying fur half an hour at the Rising Sun, the prisoner asked her to go to another house, and 1 hey 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 side, and she 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 sobbing her of two sovereigns, a half sovereign, and 15s. 6d. 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 eittirg near to me when the constables came in, and he then moved from my side. I heard one of the constables say a t t h e police-court that when he entered the room he he ar d a scrambling noise. The prisoner moved close to my s id e, and that was the reason why I said I w as a respect a bl e married woman. By the As sistant-Judge—l 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 ness and the constables afterwards went to the Cumberland Arms and in the parlour saw the prosecutrix 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 left the room. The woman then got up, and said that the prisoner had picked her pocket of £3, and that she would give him into custody. As ho 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 directly 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. Ho opened it, and in a corner of it was tied up two sovereigns, a half sovereign, and 13e. Gd. in silver. The prisoner said, if there was anything in the handkerchief the prosecutrix must have put it in. Cr oss - examined—The prosecutrix and prisoner were both drunk, and they both staggered up the road. George Grubb, police-constable 117 T, corroborated this evidence. Mr. Daly then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and said he had been upwards of three years 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 prosecurrix, 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. The Assistant-Judge sentenced the prisoner to be impri coned and kept to hard labour for six months. The Extraordinary Robbery of a Mail-bag. Ht LL, Tuesday. This morning, at 10 o'clock, Mrs. Maria Cooke was brought up before Mr. Travis, stipendiary magistrate, on remand at tho 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 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. Pardon, 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. Glay'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 one 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 wore 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. He 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 ()ace. 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 Markel Weighton road and then on the Beverley-road. Mr. Anson, the postmaster, was called as a witness, and Mr. Ayre, addressing the magistrate, observed that es, of course, Mr. Anson was to a very considerable extent respon sible for the safe 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. He (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. Mi. 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-office 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 (Essax), Tuesday. About 7 o'clock on Sunday morning the quiet village of Stansted 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 secretaire 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 f oun d th e cellar door open, which ma d e 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 effect, though upon after examination it was found that the stair case was splintered, and a number of shots were picked up by Police -constable Pulley. 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, he 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; he appeared to bo 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 roan gave the name of Clement Fletcher, but obsti nately refused to give any place of abode. He 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 W2B 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 made his sig nature to this answer iu 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. [A. D VERTISEMENT].—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pil ls.— Additional Testimo n y.—For the cure of coughs, colds, sweats, and incipient consumption, this excellent ointment, rubbed upon the back and chest, aided by the internal use of Holloway's purifyin- , p ills, stands unrivalled. Mr. J. Leonard, of B on b u ld en ' G rang e, 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 h av e entirely cured my disea se." This plainly expresses the power possessed b y Hollowa y 's remedies in checking the course of those chest disorders which, when slighted or improperly treated, entail much suffering find end unfavourably, DREADFUL DEATH. On Monday Mr. Sparke, coroner for Bury St. Edmund's, Opened an inquest on the body of Mrs. Scorcher, wife of Mr. J. A. Scotcher, a gunmaker in the Meat-market at Bury. For many years the deceased is stated to have lived on affectionate terms with her husband. Of late, however, she 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 Lochwoodo At about 20 minutes past 5 o'clock one of Mr. Scotch er'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. He 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. Scotchor began explaining to him how she had been shot. H o sa id 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 w hich too k place the pistol went off. Th e weapon which Mr. .Scotcher had taken up is a revolve r o f 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, ho went himself for Mr. Smith. On his arrival, Mr. Smith found the sufferer just alive, but she expired a few moments afterwards. Mr. Scotcher was in great agitation, and frequently uttered ex pressions of affecti on for his w if e . At the inquest Mr. Smith detailed the result s of a post - m ortem examination, which proved that the b u ll et had en t e red the right side of the head just abov e th e temple, passed obliquely through the brain, and lodged in the opposite side below the ear, There was also up on ono o f her hands a mark caused by the explosion of to gun-cap, which proves that at the time the pistol we n t o ff she had her h a nd over the cap. The in quest was adj ourne d for t h e purpose of enabling Mr. Scotcher to give some particulars as to the cause of the quarrel which terminated so tragically. 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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 Unien 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 cf 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 hie watch at the station,l but 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 identity 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 boils since altered by having the face gilt and the diamonds removed. The name of the make r 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 ha d heard it they would be driven to the conclusion that th e prisoner was guilty, The prosecutor said he lived at Ranelagh House, Ful ham, and was a merchant. The watch produced was his property and ho lost it on the morning of the St. beget race day at the King's-cross Station of the Great Northern Railway. This was ou the 16th September. A man who was in the carriage with the prosecutor produced the ring of a watch. it was the one which belonged to his wa tch. He then looked for his watch, an d m i ssed it from his poc k e t. He gave £7O for it. The dial pl a t e on the watch is the sam e as was on it when he bought it. I t was white when h e bought it, but it had since the n b een gilded. He iden tifi e d it by the basket of flowers upon it, b y the places where the diamonds had been; also by th e engraving upon it. The plate produced was that on which th e d i amonds were p l a ced. They were 12 in number, and th ere was one diamond to each hour. He could swear to the case of the watch, an d to the best of his belief there wer e th e i n i t i als "D. K." upon the case. He purchased the watch of Mr. Stewart, a friend of his, and was quite positi ve t h e maker's name was upon th e watch. Thos. Adams, said h e li ve d at 36, Lombard-street, C it y , and was a watchm a k er . H o had not the slightest d ou bt that the watch p ro d uce d 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. The plate on the watch was the same that the diamonds were set in. There wa 3 a Pecu liarity in th e ma k e o f one stud, and he bad not the skhtest difficulty in identif y i ng the watch. The " I' , and "s" for "fast" and "slow" had not been altered. The letters were engraved out of his house. He did to the watch by the se l e tt ers, b ut by its general a ppearance and many other peculia r iti es of i t. Ho had no t the least doubt it was th e w a t c h h e h ad sold, and belonge d to Mr. Stewart. n ot swear John Thomas Kennett said he 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, an d at the pri soner's request he had the di a l g il t . H e a l s o altered the number and the name fro m "Ad ams " to , 4 Dent,', by his order, and ha took oat 12 di amon d s f rom t h e plate, and gave them to the prisoner. He did not say how he became pos sessed of the watch. There was no bow on the watch, and he put on a new one. Inspector Mackenzie said that between 3 and 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Mond a y, S ept . 28 , from i n f or mation he re ceived, he went with the last witness to 92, High Holborn, the Bull and Anchor Publi c -h ouse. The pr isoner was in bar acting as barman, and witness spoke to the manager. The prisoner came to the front of the bar and looked at witness, and then wen t b ac k . Another man catn , 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 i nside the bar an d ca lled the pri soner to him, telling him that he was a police-officer, and that he wanted that go ld watch. He said have not got any gold watch.' Witness told him that he had, upon which the manager t o ld hi m to give the watch up. The pri ooner then went to th e man to whom he had se en him hand something, and the man h anded back to t h e prisoner the watch produced. Witness took possession o f the watch, and told the prisone r th at h e knew that it was sto l e n. He said he did not know th a t i t was stolen until the following day. Witness asked him if it was true that he had given .14 for it, and he said h e h a d purchased it of a man who lived on the Seven Dials, with whom he had several dealings. He told him h e must cons i der himself in custo d y f or receiving the watch knowin g it to have been stolen. He said it was a job, and hoped h e wou l d speak to the prosecutor, and do what he could to get him not to appear against him. Henry Parker, police -sergeant 4 F, said he accompanied Mr. Macken z i e an d the witness Kennett to t h e B u ll and Anchor Public-house, an d was directe d I T Mr. Mackenzie to search the prisoner. He found a knife, 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 M r . W oods. He went ent there and found the diamonds produ ce d . John Pag o sa id he resided at 93, High 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 255. 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 th e prison er gu ilty of receiving the watch, well knowing it t o h ave been stolen. John Shore, police-sergeant 11 F, said the prisoner was charged on the 25th o f June, at Bow-street pol i ce-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 ttibunal. lie 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 ho 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 caurt, 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. The Assistant-Judge ordered the witness Kennett to stand forward, 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 being 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 he was father to the prisoner, and lived at No. 54, lluntingdon-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. lle 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 e xamination of his premises, he missed two beds, four curtains, pillows, bolster, and blanket. Mr. F. H. Lewis said that i n consequence of repeated robberies th 3 father of the prisoner Was corapellscl 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 Rossville, 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 it' any very large portion of the army of the West repeated the confusion of the retreat at Bull Run. The truth must be !eft 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 retri e v e 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 inga 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 tilt, 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. The 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 some 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 placing 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 B urnsidc's position are not assuring. He is said to have reached a point where he is " expected" to prevent " a flank move ment" by the Confederates. This is all that can be sa id, 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 Now York telegrams of the 26th. They are made up of beliefs, expectations, hopes, and conjec tures. The 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 in forcements 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 fevi months ago as the younger son of an heir-presumptive. For him the change has been a rapid one, and we hope 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 front an otherwise inevitably-impending anarchy, and to dispel a state of confusion, both as respect s 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 young a man. But she looks upon the arrival of her Sovereign as typical of the settlement of her national government, and of the loyal and industrious return of the population to the avoca tions 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 servo 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 alsa 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 o f w h a t ever h opes ex i s t o f honesty in administration 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 lon g p reva il e d i n G reece that, to whichever side we turn, we find a reform of one kind or another urgently requ i re d. R oa d s , 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 readjustment of the present system of taxation. We could go further, and ex patiate on other reforms that would exhaust even the innovating appetite of a Sieyes, and serve to show what an unbounded field an enterprising King of the Hellenic people has betore 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 t o w h a t d egree th e Danish party will succeed in c arr yi ng ou t thi s 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 he 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 tae 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 iead 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. I , 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 ha 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 detnand.:Oats and oatmeal again the turn lower, MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. 'White wheat, 41s to 455; red, 39s to 42s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 35s to 388:per qr. ; grinding, 298 to 31s per 30 at. Oats, old, 27s to 30s; new, 22s to 258 per 24 at. ; beans, 378 to 41s per qr. SHEFFIELD-TuESDAr. 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 15s Od to 17s Od White if ) • l7s 6d to 19s Od New red , lss 61 to s Od New white l7s Od to 19s Od Beans . 3) ), 10, 1) lss 6d to 17s 6d Peas, per qr 45s Od to 56s Od Grinding barley, per qr 30s Od to 32s 04 Malting ditto, „ .. Oats 2ls Od to 24s Od t, Flour, Is sd, Is 7d, and is 9d per 14 lb. MELTON MOWBRAY-TUESDAY. The following wero 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 24 stone ; old, 248 to 28s. DUBLIN. We were well supplied wil wheat was scarce. -TVESDAY." barley and oats to-day, but s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 23 0 to 25 6 Do., red 2O 0 to 23 6 Do., new ••• • 0 to 0 Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to 0 s. d. s. d. Beans.. Bere Rapeseed Oatmeal l2 0 to 14 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Oct. 19. via Marseilles ......... Oct. 13. cirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 19. via Marseilles ...Oct. 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Oct. 8. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Oct. 10. via Marseilles Oct. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 11. via Marseilles Oct. 21. Portugal.... Nov. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 10. via Marseilles Oct. 11. Newfoundland 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 Teneritfe ......... . Oct. 10. Bahamas, via New York ........... Mexico All parts of West Indi es , including Chili, Peru, I Oct. 29. California. and B r iti s h Columbia.. Oct. 14. ME P 'ROLIFIC HARVEST.—I n Dorsetahire 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. One farmer in Dorsetshire now has a thousand pigs fattening on wheat and barley meal. Wheat is selling fer £lO a load, and bread at tonpenco a gallon; wheat is even cheaper than barley. Bread being cheap, more flesh i meat is c onsume d, and owing to its supply being limited, its price rises as the price of bread lowers. Feeding ca ttl e on Wheat, therefore, pays the farmer. Births. CILETwYND.—On the 3d inst., at Mundesley, Norfolk, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Chetwynd, of a son. E NLKIIf4TO the wife o .— A .On the sth i ns t ., at 83 A Eceleston-square, of a son. f G. Elkington, Esq., Scots Fusilier Guards, ORINMORE,—On the sth inst,, at The Mount, Kilmarnock, Scotland, the Lady Oranmore and Browne, of a daugh ter. Marriages. CRAUFURD— MorEsworatt.—On the 6th inst., at Saint Dunstan's in the West, Edward H. J. Craufurd, Esq., younger of Auchinames, and M.P. for the Ayr Burghs, L to ol F ve r B a t n o c t e t, s, only daughter of the lath Rev. Wm. Moles- STANFORD —H G O A O N . —HAN DS.—On Stanford. 9 a the worth, incumbent of St. Brooke, Cornwall. Esq.. ( 6 1 t . .h finst.,Shanghai aSia, Saint to nt 11 3- 1 a o r h t n h ' :: Jourth (laughter of W. R. Manus, Esq., of Ely-place, London, Deaths. ALoriv.—On the 4th inst., at 44, South Audley-street, Marie Cecile Albin, widow of the late M. Edme aged 60. R.I.P. BARNARD--On the sth inst , at Hipsw e ll L o d ge , Rich mond, Yorkshire, Ad m i ra l Edward Barnard, aged 82. BUCKLEE.—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 Pulteney-street, aged 47. GIUBILEL—On the 30th ult.. the Lady Sophia Giubilei, HooGE.—On the d inst., at Fairfield, Biggleswade, Major John Swain° Rogge, late sth Fusiliers, aged 39. STIEEPSHANKS.--tha the sth inst., at his house, Rutland g6ate, Knightsbridge John Sheepshanks, Esq., age d 7. 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