The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-30 00:00:00

AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 23. The Canard Royal Mail steamer Africa, from Boston the 17 . th and Halifax the 19th inst., has arrived. In anticipa Lion of a Confederate raid from Canada, Governor Sey moor, of the State of New York, has issued the fol lowing order— " To Brigadier. General John A. Green, Command. ing 24th Brigade National Guard, Syracuse._ " General,—The Governor being informed that refugees, deserters, and other evil disposed persons are gathered in considerable numbers in the adjoin ing Canadian provinces, and that there is danger that they may elude the vigilance of the Canadian authorities and make an attack upon some of our frontier towns, the northern boundary of the State from the east line of the county of Monroe to the west line of the State of Vermont is placed under your military charge. This will embrace the coun ties of Wayne, Cayuga, Oswego, Jefferson, St Law. rence, Franklin, and Clinton, and this order will continue in force, unless revoked, until the brigades irk the several districts embraced in the above coun ties shall respectively report at least two organised regiments. Yon will immediately make such ar rangements as will secure to you the earliest in formation, and as will in your judgment best en able you to guard against any invasion of oar coun try by marauders. If it shall become necessary to maintain a patrol at any point, yon will make such details from the organised regiments of the National Guard in your brigade or from the district parolled as may be required for that purpose, reporting your action in the premisses to the Commander-in- Chief. Contracts for subsistence, should any be come necessary, will be made by you pursuant to instructions from the Adjutant-General, who will issue such other and further orders in the premisses as the exigencY of the service may require. Very respectfully your obedient servant, JONAII T. MULLER, Inspector-General." " State of New York, Inspector-General's-office, Albany, Aug. 12." Brigadier. General Green publishes a general order, in which he assumes command and makes arrangements to patrol the frontier. The boatman of the Associated Press off Sandy Hook furnishes the following account of the more ,recent doings of the Tallahassee, and of the pilot boat James Funk, which she had captured, and converted also into a cruiser:— "I have boarded the bark Suliote, of Belfast, Maine, from Cow Bay for New York. Sha was captured on the 12th inst., off Montauk Point, 35 miles distant by the pirate Tallahassee. The pirates bonded the bark for 5,000 dole., and put on board of her 201 passengers from the ship Adriatic, the ,latter having been burnt by the pirate. No water o r provisions were given them. The Suliote also had on board Mr Calahan and crew of the pilot boat William Bell, No. 24, which vessel was burnt on the 12th, off Montauk Point, by the pirates. Seve ral other persons from the destroyed vessels are also on board the Suliote. The Suliote reports seeing a vessel burning on the night of the 12th. The ?pirate stated to some of the captured persons that he was coming to New York harbour. When last seen the Tallahassee was seen steering south. east. The pilot-boat James Funk is her, tender. The Suliote passed the frigate Susquehanna on Saturday morning, lying still, south of Sandy Hook. The Suliote had no provisions or water on board. Capta n Havighorst, of the Bremen bark Jenny, from Bremen, arrived on Satarday evening, res -none that on the 12th inst. at noon, in lat, 40 24, long 72 30, he saw two vessels burnt to the water's edge—one a ship, the other apparently a large vessel. A pilot boat was lying alongside one of them, stripping her and picking up floating articles. The pilot boat Moses H. Grinnell, No. 1, reports that on the night of the 11st inst. they saw a veeeel burning oft' Montauk. The fire continued all night. In the morning saw her and took her to he a new brig. Off Block Island saw a schooner bottom up. The pilots are of the opinion that the Tallahassee is working her way toward Nantucket Shoals, where she will fall in with and destroy our fishing fleet. The Mecklenburg brig Ernst Her zog, arrived on Saturday from Coburg, Bahia, reports that on July 29, lat. 31 37, long. 58, spoke the brig L. and W. Armstrong, from Newhaven for Porto Rico; 11th inst. 8 p.m., 30 miles south by west from Long Island, saw a vessel on fire, but could not ascertain what she was. Schooner Carroll, of East Machias, from East Machias July 29, arrived at this port on Saturday, and reports that on the 11th inst., lat. 40 19, long. 72 27, was boarded by the rebel steamer Tallahassee, or rather the pilot boat James Funk, which was then under the command of a rebel crew, and ordered to heave to until a boat came from the steamer, which was soon effected. Upon boarding us we were ordered to be in readiness to leave in ton minutes. The captain was taken on board the pirate, where he signed bonds for the release of the schooner for 10,000 dole. We subsequently received on board 44 persons, being the crews and passengers of the brig A. Richards, of Boston, from Glace Bay; the bark Bay State, of Boston, from Alexandria, for New York; the brig Carrie Estelle, of Boston, from Cut ler, Maine, with spites, for New York ; and schooner Atlantic, of and from Addison, for ditto ; all of which vessels had been burnt ; also the pilot boat James Funk, No. 22. Sixteen of the above, includ ing the pilots and crow of the James Funk, went ashore at Fire Island; several others were landed at Fort Hamilton this morning, and came up to this city in the steam tug Stephen E. Babcock, all of whom were parolled. The captain of the schooner Carroll arrived at this port on Saturday, bonded by the pirate Tallahassee, and describes the pirate as about 1,000 tons burden, painted a light lead colour, no bowspirits, two smoke stacks, one abaft the other, and red bottom. The rebel officer reported having run the blockade at Wilmington, North Carolina, some ten days previous, and had burnt some vessels before falling in with those now reported. Captain Taylor, of the schooner A. M. Lee, arrived Pro vidence on Saturday afternoon from Philadelphia, and makes the following report On Friday morning my vessel was chased and nearly overtaken by the pilot boat James Flank, recently captured by the Confederate cruiser Tallahassee. When six miles westward of Shinereck Point, Long Island, the pilot boat tacked and stood for a bark which hove in sight.' Captain St. Clair, of the British bark, Col. James Scott reports that the Tallahassee has as tender to her a Nova Scotien bark, two-thirds loaded with coal. The Prussian ship Nord, Captain Lange, from Hamburg, which has arrived at this port, reports that when about 12 miles E.S.E. from the lightship saw the United States steamship Susquehanna cruising, supposed for the pirate Tallahassee. 12th inst., at 8 a.m., off Block Island, spoke ship Adriatic from London, with passengers bound to New York, she being then boarded by the rebel steamship Tal lahassee, wished to be reported at the same time. The pilot boat No. 22 (James Funk) came alongside of ne, showing no colours, and requested us to hoist oars, which was done. The pilot boat Fanny, No. 17, reports that on Thursday, the 11th inst., at 10 P.m., saw a vessel on fire, there being very little wind atthe time, until about 3 a.m. when they ascers tained it to be a schooner burnt to the water's edge. The pilot boat Ezra Nyne arrived here on Saturday, and reports—On the 12th inst. at noon, Montauk bearing N.E. 25 miles, saw, the pilot beat James Funk, No. 22, leaving a ship on fire, and soon after saw a suspicious-looking steamer come up and take Pilot boat in tow. The Nye then stood to the northward to avoid them, but subsequently re turned to the barriers ship, which pro ve d t o b e the Adriatic, Captain Moore, from London for New York. Took from her a quantizy of rigging, &c. Two foreign barques, bound west, we re c l ose by at the time, on board of which, it is supposed, the passengers wereoering pi ra te was steering south- eas t. Tho Ezra Nye soon after boarded the ship Young Mechanic, who reported seeing the TallahaesFe to the southward, neaz a large ship. On the 12th inst., let. 40 40, long. 71 40, was boarded by, an offic er f rom t h e rebel privateer TalishaEsee, who informed us we were a prize to the Confederate States, but bonded us for 5,000 dole., on condition that we took the passengers and crew of the ship Adriatic, which vessel he h a d j ust capture d, to Ne 7 / York, t o Which I agreed. Aft er receiving them ( 201 seals) on board they allowed us to proceed. Mr. James Callahan, of the pilot boat William Bell, No. 24, says that his boat was captured by the privateer Tallahassee on the 11 th inst., at 1 o'clock, p.m., about 90 miles E.S.E. of Sandy Hook, after a chase of half an hour, during which time the privateer fired two solid shots and one shell, the latter ex ploding about six yards astern, when he hove-to, and in an hour she was in flames. They took Mr. Callahan on board the steamer, together with Mr. J. W. Hamblet, Nicholas Code, and a crew of six men, and subsequently transferred them to the barque Suliote, which brought them to this city. The above gentlemen state that, with a fall head of steam, the privateer; can make from 15 to 18 knots an hour. The William Bell, when captured, WAS going at the rate of 10 knots, and the steamer overhauled her with but 91b. of s t eam . Captain Moore, of the ship Adriatic, burnt by the Tallahassee, states;:—" Left London July 7, with a full cargo of merchandise and 163 passengers, consigned to Messrs. E. E. Morgan and Co. Nothing of interest occurred during the pas sage until the 12th inst., 5 a.m., in lat. 40 40, long. 71 4 0, we were ordered to heave-to by an unknown steamer, and wait until they boarded us, which they did, informing me at the same time that we were a prize to the Confederate steamer Tallahassee and that they were going to burn the ship, and telling us to hurry up and get ready to leave. The bark Suliote, of Belfast, Maine, Captain Fenno, from Cow Bay (Cape Breton) for New York, was in sight at the time. They boarded her, and the captain was compelled to sign bonds for 5,000 dole. on condition that he would take myself, passengers and crew into New York. They commenced trans ferring passengers, and gave them such little time that they were forced to leave almost all their lug gage on board, which was burnt, together with the ship. In rounding the ship to we were so close that we carried away the mainmast of the priva teer, and, bad there been a little more wind at the time, the probability is we would have sunk her. After myself, crew, and passengers, and the crew and two passengers of the pilot-boat William Bell, N 0.24, which she had destroyed the day previously, altogether numering 201 souls, were put on board the Suliote, there was scarcely standing room, and had there been a gale of wind, or even a heavy squall, the lives of two-thirds of those on board would have undoubtedly been sacrificed, as the Su liote's decks were even with the water; 13th inst., off Fire Island, spoke and boarded the United States steamer Susquehanna, cruising for the priva. teer, gave them all the information we could, and they supplied us with some provisions; 14th inst., arrived at New York. The Adriatic was 939 tons burden, rated A 1, and was owned by R. H. Moore (the master), Messrs. E. E. Morgan and Son, and others of this city. A considerable part of the cargo was on British account." The Boston Herald contains the following : "Captain Nathan A. Reed, master of the brig Bib• low, of Salem, recently captured by the Tallahassee, describes the piratical craft as an iron steamer, of English build. She is schooner-rigged, and has no yards or topmasts, and lost her mainmast in a colli sion with the ship Adriatic. She is a very long and narrow vessel. She burns soft coal. She had about 100 men on board, who were subject to tae discip. line and order of a man-of-war. All the officers were Southerners. She had three or four negroes, who did not appear to be very jolly. She carries one pivot gun and three forward guns, with one brass rifle gun of large calibre on the hurricane deck. She had also several spare guns. Capt. Reed was on board the pirate vessel two or three hours, and held considerable conversation with the commander of the Tallahassee, John Taylor Wood, which he re ports as follows :—‘ He said he could steam 16 knots and that he had crossed the British Channel (21 miles) in 72 minutes. He would not fight, he said, unless compelled ; he preferred to run, as his vessel was fast. He averred that within one week he had destroyed over 50 vessels. Within 30 hours of my capture, he said, he had destroyed 16 sail—viz., three ships, two barks, and the rest schooners and herma phrodite brigs. One was the ship Adriatic, of New York, captured the same day he took me. He added that he would slacken up the coasting trade so that Uncle Abe would be glad to make peace.' He asked me about the Nantucket lightboat, and afterwards said, recurring to his designs, that there were more afloat than the Florida and Tallahassee—meaning, of course, Confederate ships of a similar character to his own, and that Uncle Sam had better look out. Capt. Wood appeared to be a ray affable man, and said he was doing what was not pleasant for him to do.' " The Susquehanna and the iY)lus were sent to sea by Admiral Paulding in search of the Tallahassee. The Grand Gulf was preparing for sea, and the Juanita was to be despatched from Hampton Roads. The gunboat Merrimac, cruising to Labrador, was also under orders to look out for the Confederate vessel. A Washington despatch of the 16th gives the following intelligence respecting the recent fight at Dutch Gap : "The mailboat Keyport reports a movement of the 2d corps up the James River on Saturday night, resulting in the routing of a large rebel force at Dutch Gap, and the capture of over 500 prisoners, besides seven pieces of artillery. The position oc• cupied by the enemy is said to have been a strong one, and is now occupied by our troops, who are able to hold it. The Keyport took down from Ber• muda Hundred to Fortress Monroe over 100 pri soners from Lie fight, about 40 of whom claim to be deserters. There was but little hard fighting. Ge neral Hancock accomplished his end by skilful ma nceovring and surprise, consequently our loss was small—less then 100 men. Previous to the move ment up the river the troops were placed upon transports and moved down ostensibly to below Harrison's Landing, thus completely deceiving the rebels, who at once supposed the siege of Peters. burg and Richmond was being raised. Under cover of the night the troops were turned up the river again, and the result was a complete surprise to the enemy. Our troops have now gained an important position, within two miles of Fort Darling." The Baltimore American contains a - despatch dated Bermuda Hundred, of the 16th, which says " Yesterday the 2d corps (Hancock's) were going on to transports at City Point all day, apparently for Washington, and started down the river, their bands playing gaily. Of course the rebels were watching from the shore, and no doubt felt much interest in the movement. The trans• port went down the river 10 miles, when they put about under cover of the darkness and returned under full speed. At the same time the 10th corps, with the artillery of the 2d corps, were crosaicg to the north side of the James River, and were all landed up the river within 12 miles of Richmond before 3 o'clock this morning. This force, with Gen. Foster's, makes quite a respectable army. It is understood that the first move will be to destroy the rebel pontoons above Fort Darling. If this is done Lee will be unable to transfer his army to the north side of the James without marching by way of Manchester, more than 20 miles. Thus far all works well. Musketry firing was heard in the direction of the movement this morning." From Washington, the 16th, another despatch states : "On Saturday Hancock's corps was put in mo• tion on James River, and by a circuitous route reached tho north side of the river at Deep Bottom, in the rear of Dutch Gap, on Saturday night. Tur ner's and Terry's divisions of the 10th corps also crossed over to Deep Bottom on the same night. Forster's division, which had been for some time posted at Deep Bottom, was advanced by Gen. Bir ney a little after sunrise on Sunday morning, push ing the rebel line of skirmishers before them some considerable distance, when the 24th Massachusetts Regiment, Cot. o.,borne, charged and captured 70 prisoners. Meantime Gen. Gregg's cavalry had cleared the roads for Gen. Hancock, and ho got his (the 2d) corps into position on Geu. Birney's right on the Newmarket-road, which leads from the vici nity of Malvern road directly to Richmond. The position taken by Gen. Hancock is 18 miles from Richmond. Gen.Birney made an assault on his front and carried the line of worka which guards the approaches to Richmond in that quarter, capturing si pieces of artillery and mortars. Some advices state the number of mortars at four pieces. The New York. Commercial has a statement that Hancock was to move on Ball's Bluff, on the 15th (Monday), and that the movement, if successful, would necessitate the evacuation of Petersburg or Richmond, as Grant would then be in a position to throw his whole force upon either. The despatch states that two mortars had been captured from the Confederates. An official despatch from Admiral Farragut has been published : " Flag-ship Hartford, Mobile-bay, Aug. 15. " Sir,—l have the honour to report tO the depart. ment that this morning I entered Mobile-bay, pas- sing between Forts Morgan and Gaines, and en countering the rebel ram Tennessee and gunboats of the enemy, viz. :—Selma, Morgan, and Gaines. " The attacking fleet was under way by 5 45 p.m. in the following order :—The Brooklyn, with the Octarara on her port side ; Hartford with the Me. tacomet ; Richmond with the Port Royal ; Lacka wanna with the Seminole ; Monongahela, with the Tecumseh ; Ossipea, with the Itasco; and the Oneida, with the Galena: "Oa the starboard of the fleet was the proper position of the Monitors or ironclads. The wind was light from the south-west, and the sky cloudy with very little sun. Fort Morgan opened on us at 10 minutes past 7 o'clock, and soon after this the action became lively. As we steamed up the main ship channel there was some difficulty ahead, and the Hartford passed on ahead of the Brooklyn. "At 7 40 the Monitor Tecumseh was struck by a torpedo and sunk, going down very rapidly, and carrying down with her all the officers and crew with the exception of the pilot and eight or ten men, who were saved by a boat that I sent from the Metacomet, which was alongside of me. " The Hartford had passed the forts before eight o'clock, and finding myself raked by the rebel gun• boats, I ordered the Metacomet to be cast off and go in pursuit of them, one of which, the Selma, she succeeded in capturing. All the vessels had passed the forts by half-past eight o'clock, but the rebel ram Tennessee was still apparently uninjured in our rear. A signal was at once made to all the fleet to turn again and attack the ram, not only with guns, but with orders to run her down at full speed. The Monongahela was the first that struck her, and though she may have injured her badly, yet she did not succeed in disabling her. The Lackawanna also struck her, but ineffectually. The flagship gave her a severe shock with her bow, and as she passed poured into her a whole port broadside of solid 9-in. shot and 13ib. of powder, at a distance of not more than 12ft. The ironclads were closing upon her, and the Hartford and the rest of the fleet were beating down on her, when at 10 a.m. she surrendered. The rest of the rebel fleet—viz., the Morgan and the Gaines, succeeded in getting back under the protec• tion of Fort Morgan. " This terminated the action of the day. Admiral Buchanan sent me his sword, being himself badly wounded with a compound fracture of the leg, which it is supposed will have to be amputated. Having had many of my own men wounded, and the surgeon of the Tennessee being very desirous to have Admiral Buchanan removed to the hospital, I sent a flag of truce to the commanding officer of Fort Morgan, Brigadier-Gen. Richard L. Page, to say that if he would allow the wounded of the fleet, as well as their own, to be taken to Pensacola, where they could be better cared for than here, I would send out one of our vessels, provided she would be permitted to re turn, bringing back nothing she did not take out. General Page concerted, and the Motacomet was despatched. The list of casualties on our part, as far as yet ascertained, is as follows : Flag-ship Hartford —l9 killed, and 23 wounded, Brooklyn-9 killed, 22 wounded. Lackawanna-4 killed, 2 wounded. Oneida-7 killed, 23 wounded. Monongahela —6 wounded. Metacomet-1 killed, 2 wounded. Ussinee —1 killed, 7 wounded. Galena-1 wounded. Richmond -2 wounded. In all 41 killed and 83 wounded. On the rebel ram Tennessee were captured 20 officers and about 170 men. The following is a list of the officers :—Admiral F.Buchanan —Commander Joseph D. Johnson—Lieuts. William L. Bradford, A. U, Wharton, E. J. M'Dennert—Masters J. R. De Molly, 11. W. Perrin—Fleet Surgeon D. B. Conrad - Surgeon R. C. Bowles—Engineers G. D. Lenen, J. O'Connell, John Hays, E. Benson, W. B. Patterson— Paymaster's Clerk J. 11. Cohen—Master's Mates Forest, Beebe, and Carter. On the Selma were taken 90 officers and men, Of the officers I have only heard the names of two, Commander Peter 11. Murphy and Lieut. and Execu tive Officer J. H. Comstock. The latter was killed. I will send a detailed despatch by the first opportunity. "Very respectfully your obedient servant, D. G. FAIIIt.IGITT, Rear-Admiral commanding W. G. B, Squadron. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. The correspondent of the New I ork, World, writing from New Orleans, gives the following details of the action : It seems unaece , sary to state that the Admiral had be• fore going into the fight exhausted the means at his com mand for the greatest possible protection of his vessels. With the expel ience gained in his Mississippi battle, and with the aid of that of his officers, to say nothing of his own natural foresight and ability, ho had prepared his ships against the attacks of the enemy as perfectly as was in the power of man. Some were partially mailed with chains, and, in addition, to secure the greatest practicable safety, the Admiral adopted the expedient of lashing his vessels together by twos. The object of this was to prevent the entire plan of battle becoming disarranged by the crippling of one ship—for even if one were disabled, her consort could still tow her along either into action or elsewhere. The merits of the expedient were made apparent in this fight in the case of the Oneida, which, though disabled, was towed by the vessel to her out of harm's way, and clear from the remainder of the fleet. On 'Wednesday morning the fleet was signalled to action. The day was as beautiful as could have been desired, and seemed in itself an omen of success, At precisely 8 o'clock the attack was opened. The four monitors, the Chickasaw, Tecumseh,lVinnebago, and Man hattan, were in the advance, and were followed by the wooden vessels in pairs, as stated above. The leading wooden ship was the Brooklyn, and she was followed by the Hartford. No sooner was the fleet fairly in motion than the enemy opened upon us a tremendous fire from Forts Gaines and Morgan, The rebel ram Tennessee and her consorts also went to work at the same time. But little attention was paid to this cannonade until within close gun shot of the rebel forts, when our fleet opened with broad sides. The guns of Fort Morgan and of the water battery were speedily silenced, and our vessels passed into the bay. Almost simultaneously with the entrance of Farragut's fleet into the open water beyond Fort Morgan, the monitor Tecumseh ran upon a torpedo and was instantly blown up. It seemed as though she was raised clear from the water. She sunk immediately, and with her nearly all her crow. only 10 persons escaped, they being picked up by our boats under fire; 100 men, it is estimated, went down with the Tecumseh. This unfortunate occurrence, however, did not deter the remainder of the fleet from completing the job in hand. The next thing in order was to destroy the rebel fleet, and to this end all our vessels directed their efforts. The Selma was captured after a short struggle, and while attempting to escape, by the Metacomet. At the same time the remainder of our fleet, the wooden ships having cast off Irons each other, turned their attention to the Ten nessee, which boldly directed its movements towards run ning down our vessels. After a hammer-and-tongs fight at short range, Admiral Farragut, desiring to bring the en gagement to a close, ran the Hartford into close quarters, and directly for the monster. The Monongahela also bore down upon her, and struck her amidships, causing her to reel like a drunken man. The Hartford rushed down upon her at full speed, and grappled with her, at the same time pouring in a broadside. The Tennessee almost immediately surrendered. On being boarded it was discovered that a large portion of her crew had been killed or wounded. Among the latter was the flag officer of the rebel fleet, Ad miral Buchanan, who was shot through the leg, a little be low the knee. Amputation will be necessary, and, indeed, it is doubtful whether the operation, if not already per formed, will be of any avail, as he is said to be in a critical condition. Ho is now at Pensacola. 'With the capture of the Tennessee the hard work of the opening movements against Mobile was finished. The rebel ironclads Morgan and Gaines ran under the guns of Fort Morgan ; it is said the latter is aground. The killed and wounded are about 250. As for the injuries to our fl2et they are trifling in comparison with what it was feared they might be. The Oneida re ceived a terrible blow from the ram of the Tenndssee, and was run into shoal water to keep her from sink ing. The Hartford, I regret to state, was also severely injured, though the worst wounds the gallant old vessel received were not from the enemy. In the confusion caused by the smoke of battle, and while she was at close quarters with the Tennessee, she sustained a tremendous blow from the Metacornet, intended for the rebel ram. The Hart ford had swung around directly in the path of the Meta carnet, whose commander did not see the flagship until he struck her. It is said that the Hart ford will be sent north for repairs. Let her have a grand ovation when she does come. During the whole fight Admiral Farragut maintained a position which betrays, not only the consummate daring of the man, but his thorough appreciation of all the strate gic characteristics of his profession. Before going into ac tion he caused himself to be lashed to the rigging of the Hartford, whence by a speaking trumpet, running to the deck, he communicated his orders to there below and thence to the rest of the fleet. From this elevated position he was enabled to discover every movement of the rebel fleet, and to direct the course of his vessels accordingly, as well as in regard to the batteries on shore. He did not descend until the last gun was fired and victory was established. The station of the fleet pilot was similar to that of the admiral. He was lashed to the rigging, and thence was enabled to communicate to his associates the necessary directions. The despatch boat Philippe was burnt, not in the action, but out side the harbour, and within sight of our fleet. What caused the catastrophe is unknown, and mystery also in volves the fate of her crew. It is believed, however, that they escaped in open boats to our vessels in the Mississippi Sound." The Richmond Enquirer of the 12th says : " Fort Gaines has gone the way of Hatteras, Roanoke Island, Pulaski, and Hilton Head. Its isolated position was exposed to the concentrated assault of the Yankee navy and flanking operations of troops detailed upon commanding points, Perhaps the officer in command of the fort may have proved himself a traitor. In that case eternal infamy awaits him. If these forts were not built to be taken, they have not thus far rendered any other use. It is not worth while to discuss the policy, since Fort Gaines is about the last of our sand-bar defences this side of Galveston. The lower fort captured and our ironclad flotilla demolished, Mobile would seam in danger of being taken. Mobile, while sharing the fate of Norfolk and New Orleans, will have our sympathies." The Richmond Examiner remarks : " The naval disaster at Mobile is unquestionably an un pleasant affair, and we fear will tend to fix ineradicably in the public mind the idea already entertained, that our iron clad navy is foredoomed, each ship, when built, either to be captured, blown up by our own people, or stranded. The subsequent surrender of a fortress in the same quarter as strong as modern science, with the experience of the de fences of Charleston, ample time and unstinted resources, could make it, fills all hearts with a deep and lacerating grief and a rankling spirit of indignation. Fort Gaines has been surrendered by its commander—a Colonel Anderson — with its heavy armament, its adequate stores of munitions and subsistence, its large garrison of 600 battle-tested Con federate soldiers, its unimpaired defensive means and ap pliances, in direct, defiant disobedience of orders, and in the face of the prolonged defence of Battery Wagner—in the face, too, of the memorable example of Fort Sumter, after 395 days of an unparalleled bombardment. We had hoped, indeed, that after the defence of Charleston and the attacks on Fort M'Alister we should be spared the repetition of such humiliating disasters as the capture of the works de fending Port Royal harbour and Hilton Head, the surrender of Fort Hatteras, and the reduction of Fort Jackson, at the month of Mississippi, and of Fort Pulaski. But all these become insignificant in comparison with the crowning shame—as history must record it in adaman tine letters—of the capitulation to Farragut of Fort Gaines, after so trifling a defence against so slight an attack. The works at Mobile are of a superior order, and extensive enough at all threatened or assailable points. Those works are provided with guns of the heaviest calibre, such as have been found in every instance at Charleston potent enough to drive out of action the Monitors of the enemy in a very few minutes. Forts Gaines, Powell, and Morgan are some 30 miles distant from Mobile. They were valuable adjuncts, unquestionably, to the defence of the city, and their loss is deplorable, but in no way vital to that defence. Between them and Mobile have been built, and thoroughly armed, a line of works commaading the inner harbour. This line the Yankee navy must reduce ; land batteries cannot be brought to bear upon them ; obstructions and torpedoes bar the way to be passed ; and the capture of Mobile should be a far more difficult problem than was that of Charleston in the begin ning of July, 1563. Farragut has qualities which make him a more dangerous adversary, we confess, than Dahlgren ; but Canby, from what we learn, is by no means as well fitted for the conduct of siege operations as Gilmore. General Canby is a mere routine soldier, entirely without knowledge of artillery, fearful of consequences, and at bottom a man of slow, shallow intellect." Ciecinnatti advices of the 15th are as follows: " An Atlanta correspondent gives an account of an action on the 6th, in which the 23 corps lost over 500 men in a partially unsuccessful assault on the enemy's lines. At the last accounts (August 8) our line advanced to three miles north-west of Atlanta, and within a mile and a half of the Macon-road. Atlanta advices to the 10th state that since General Schofield's movement on the sth to reach the Ma con-road nothing important had been done. These move ments have been partially successful, and the right of the line assumed a position three miles north of East Point, about a mile from the railroad. The line thence extends north around the city to the Chattannooga-road. General Sherman is making gradual approaches, and is very near the enemy's works, with works nearly as strong as theirs. It is thought that Hood has received reinforcements." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1864. A despatch in the Actv York Times says : "General Sheridan has pushed his advance from Win chester to Strasburg, 3arly retiring from that point west ward. It is believed to be General Sheridan's intention to head off Early and enTelope him between forces, but as it is now ascertained tha: Lea has sent at least 20,000 men to reinforce the rebel cola= in the Shenandoah Valley, there will probably be a stoat contest for the possession of that region." The Baltimore correspondent of the New York Herald writes : " The interdiction of the nse of the telegraph in the trans mission of information relative to operations in the Valley has cut us off from the main source of speedy and reliable news. No reason is given for this action. Were it not for the continued arrival of favourable reports we might sup pose that some misfortunes had occurred which the autho rities at Washington weredesirous of concealing. There have been occasions since the first appeal ante of the enemy north of Winchester and the Potomac) River when these restrictions would have hem much snore reasonable, but they were then emitted—new they are introduced, when the people are even more endow than ever to know the the fate of Early and his audacious band. The falling back of the rebel forces in the Valley is considered by many as not an absolute necessary movement, but as part of a deep-laid programme on the raft of the enemy to entice our forces forward until the renforcements, which are now very positively known to haw left Richmond a short time ago, have been able to join Early. The enemy, with his whole streng h, is then e:pected to fall suddenly upon Sheridan and crush him, unless he be cautious not to ad vance too rapidly and alloy his columns to become too much scattered." With reference to the proposed negotiations, the Richmond Sentinel declares itself " willing and anxious to make peace,'' and says : Those who find fault with this paper tread in the precise footsteps and follow precisely the example of Lincoln. They would have peace (at least, they say so), but only on condi tion that before entering into the negotiations they be allowed to prescribe all the terms. They and Lincoln each know that there never can be peace on such conditions. They know that freedom of discussion is essential to peace negotia tions to bringing about peace. But their whole sole object appears to be to trammel the Administration—so to trammel it that it will be utterly impossible in any contingency, or on any terms whatever, to open or assent to peace negotiations. It is impossible to conceive that they are actuated but by a single motive, and that they wish to embarrass the Adminis tration and to bring it into disrepute, wholly reckless of the consequences resulting to the country. It matters not how long the war shall continue, provided they can glut their hatreds and see their predi - itions of evil fulfilled. The Examiner recommends an armistice on :he following conditions : Let there be not only an ermistico, but a formal renuncia tion of all right and pretence to coerce these States, and of course an entire withdrawn. of all land and sea forces which occupy any portion of our roil or blockade any of our ports, and then the Northern Stales will for the first time bo in a Position to propose to us reconstruction of the Union or a Convention of States for the purpose of negotiating that. It May safely be premised that such proposals would then be at least considered. At present one cannot say what would be the result of that consideration ; but, in short, let our Northern brethren try us. With such a change in the existing relations no doubt there may como also a great change over men's minds. The New York Herald is urging upon the Ad ministration the advantages which would follow to the national cause from the experiment of a peace commission to Richmond, with authority to enter into arrangements with the rebel leaders for an armiEtice of six months, and a Convention of Repre sentatives from all the States in the interval, to con sult together upon the ways and means of peace. The Washington correspondent of the New York World gives currency to a rumour that President Lincoln has under consideration the propriety of Proposing an armistice with the enemy as a politi. cal man oeuvre. FATAL ACCIDENTS ON THE THAMES.-011 Sunday afternoon an itinerant barber named John Crane, went on board a collier brig lying off Shadwell to exercise his voca tion. In the evening, as ho was about to embark in a small boat to return to shore, he fell into the water, and although the men endeavoured to save him at once, a few minutes elapsed before he was taken out, and life was then extinct. On Saturday night some sailors on board a coal ship at Rotherhithe wero skylarking on deck,when one of them, in getting out of his shipmate's way, fell into the river and was drowned. Yesterday morning the body of a lad named James Stovin, belonging to the schooner Lord Elgin, of Perth, was found in the river near the H ermitage, Wapping There have been no less than 10 fatal accidents on the river during the last week. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment.—Sores, wounds, ulcerations, and other diseases affecting the skin, aro amendable by this cooling and healing unguent. It has called forih the loudest praises from persons who had suf fered for years from bad legs, abscesses, and chronic ulcers, after every hope of cure had long passed away. None but those who have experienced the soothing effect of this oint ment, can form an idea of the comfort it bestows by re straining inflammation and allaying pain. Whenever this ointment has ...been once used it has established its own worth, and has again been eagerly sought for as the easiest and safest remedy for all ulcerous complaints. In neuralgia, rheumatism, and gout, the sans application, properly used, gives wQr-derful relief. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES.—When M. de Persigny was exp)aining to his audience last week that there was as much liberty in France as in England, only that it was French liberty in one case and British liberty in the other, he found himself a little embarrassed by the question of the Press. It was impossible to main tain that the French Press was free, even according ' to the French idea of freedom ; and so M. de Per signy frankly made an exception of the case, and justified the exception. Ho said that the "founders of English liberty" had experienced precisely the same necessity, and adopted precisely the same course ; and, as he designated the period of the legis lation referred to, we have no difficulty in following his argument. His intention was to compare France under Napoleon 111. with England under Queen Anise or George 1., and to defend the restrictions now imposed on the French Press by examples drawn from our history in the last century. The parallel thus suggested opens a very curious view. It is not to be denied that the dynastic histories of England and France coincide, through certain chap ters, in a most remarkable manner. We began with our great Revolution, among the results of which were the dethronement and execution of the reign ing Sovereign and the substitution of a Common wealth for a Monarchy. After an interval of a few years this Revolution was followed by a Restoration of the legitimate dynasty; and again, after another interval, the Restoration was succeeded by a fresh Revolution, which expelled the legitimate King, and established a Constitutional Monarchy in a new branch of the Royal House. In the history of France each these revolutions is exactly reproduced. The French first had their great Revolution, which had brought about the execution of Louis XVI, and the establishment of a Republic. Then came the Restoration in the person of Louis XVIII., and then again the expulsion of the legie timate dynasty, and the substitution of a Consti tutional monarchy in the House of Orleans. Now, it very naturally happened that at each of these political conjunctures the French bethought theme selves of the English precedents. In 1789 a complete Anglomania pfevailed in Paris. Royal dukes walked about in top-boots, and English customs were every where in fashion. In 1830 it was the boast of Louis Philippe and his Ministers that the new revolution was the exact counterpart of that which finally secured England its freedom and its tranquillity, and that With this event the series would terminate in their case as it had done in ours. But at this point the parallels ceased. 211. Guizot's anticipations wet e not fu;filled. There was yet another revolution to come. Louis Philippe, instead of steering the new monarchy through the shoals and breakers ahead of it, suffered shipwreck, and a second re public, succeeded by a second empire, supervened upon the crash. When it is urged, therefore, on behalf of the successive Governments of France that they ought to be compared, not with our Go vernments in the present reign, but with those in the reign of the first two Georges, there is an appa rent foundation for the claim. M. Guizot's position was that of a Sir Robert Walpole, not of a Sir Robert Peel. It could only be required of him, therefore, that he should be as liberal as Walpole was in his political acts, and not more unscrupulous in his management of Parliament. Ho was sur rounded by the partisans of an exiled dynasty, ace tively intriguing for a Restoration, and still sanguine of ultimate success. He was even beset by dangers which Walpole escaped, for in France the advocates of Republicanism as well as Legitimacy still sur vived to threaten the Government established, and there was a powerful party of Imperialists besides. It was apparently unreasonable to exact of a Minister conducting an Administration under these conditions that he should accord absolute free dom of action to parties who might be expected to use it for the destruction, not only of the Govern ment, but of the dynasty too. Nor is the argument at first sight much less applicable now than it was twenty years ago. We are apt to forget how slowly things right themselves after a political convulsion. Between the first and what happily proved to be the last of our Revolutions about fitty years intervened, but it would be a great mistake to imagine that the institutions of 1688 were rapidly established. For tunately for us, they were never actually subverted, and as the tree could not be overthrown it gradually took root, hut many were the political storms to be encountered, and many the dangers to be escaped. It is of course hard to give any arbitrary date as marking the end of all dynastic rivalries and the con summation of the political work, but the resumption of prayers for the Royal family in Roman Catholic chapels is regarded with some reason as indicating the adhesion of the last outstanding malcontents. That happened in the year 1767, so that our Act of Settlement, passed iu 1701, took nearly 70 years in settling. We need only contrast with these periods those of the various French Revolutions to see that some allowance may still be claimed by the Governments of France. Even if the dynasty of Louis Philippe, the Constitutional Monarchy, had never been overthrown, and had weathered every storm up to the present day, it would still at this moment have reached only that stage of growth which was attained by our own Monarchy in the year 1722. But in France the Constitutional tree enjoyed no such opportunities, It was uprooted before it had stood twenty years, and in its place there now stands another plant, which has not yet had even that time to take root and grow. Mea suring, in fact, the course of French history with our own, stage by stage, and reckoning from the latest Revolution, we should be carried well into the next century before we found our selves at a date which would correspond with the epoch of final settlement in England. But the fact is that all this parallel, though historically curious, falls very short of a true comparison. M. de Per signy and the statesmen of his school leave out of the azcount the immeasurable difference between the two ages contrasted. George I. and his Ministers did not succeed to the government of a country in which the freedom of the press had been long enjoyed —in fact, such freedom, as we understand it now had never existed at all. The press, as it was regulated by Walpole, was no such exception to the institutions around it as the French press is now. It was pretty nearly on a level with other things, and had, at any rate, never been in a much better position. It grew as other institutions grew, and was adopted in its progress to the wants of successive generations. In the eighteenth century, moreover, there were no invidious comparisons to be drawn between one coml• try and another. Englishmen could not look across the Channel and contemplate the operation of a free press in France. They knew nothing either from recollection or ohservatiou of a better state of things, and therefore the facts created little offence. But the country in which the press is now reduced, ac cording to M. de Persi gny ' s own estimate, to the condition of the English press in the days of Wal pole! is a country in which journalism was recently carried to a high point of p o liti ca l exce ll ence . Th e age in which these obsolete restricti ons are rev i ve d is an age eminently characterised by free thought and diffusion of knowledge. It is an age which re cognises infinite advantage in free discussion. We have come to the conclusion that within limits very liberally fixed, nothing but good can come of inquiry and argument. Between this age therefore and au age longgone by no true parallel can be drawn, and M. de Persigny himself involuntarily marks the difference when he expends so much rhetoric and ingenuity in justifying the policy maintained. Walpole would never have taken that trouble, nor would it ever have been expected of him. We are not blind to the exigencies of what M. de Persigny calls " a country newly constituted." It is the old appeal , — Res durce et regni novitas. But as long as the press is kept under such thraldom as is maintained in France, so long will the best instrument of political progress be lost. PosT.—Of all places in the world the last in which one would have expected to hear of an insurrection is a SWiS3 Canton, and we wore proportionately astonished when we were told a few days since that in Geneva the people had come in collision with the authorities, barricades had been raised, and blood spilt• A day later we learned that the die. turbances had been suppressed, and order once more restored, and that what was at first spoken of as an insurrection was nothing more than that sudden ebullition of popular feeling to which oar French neighbours—no mean authorities on such matters—give the name of an emeute. In Great Britain the disturbances would have been set down as simple election riots, and indeed thecircumstance alone of the borough being in the present instance the State invested them with the importance which they possessed. The Swiss Confederation is very differently constituted from that league which, until a few veers since, was known to the world as the American Union, nor do the States composing it claim that unfettered independence on the enjoyment of which the American States so much pride them selves. Into the distinguishing characteristics of the two republics it will however be unnecessary to enter, nor will it, for tunately,be incumbent On us to explain the relationship existing between the local Govern ment of tha Canton of Geneva and the supreme Federal jurisdiction which is exercised by the dele gates of all the Cantons. The appeal made on the recent occasion by the State Council to that of the Federation for assistance in restoring order, though responded to, was in truth unnecessary, and the Genevese are entitled to the credit of having allayed the storm which they had themselves excited. The issue raised by the populace was of the simplest and apparently most unimportant, kind. No prin ciple of government was at stake, nor did any of the disaffected citizens contemplate even the slightest ehange in a political system which secures to them the fu:.est enjoyment of civil liberty. The simple question was whether the election of a candidate to the office of member of the State Council could be set aside by a general committee whose duty it is to determine the validity of all elections, although the candidate so chosen had obtained a clear majority of votes. An election had taken place, and one of the candidates was officially declared to have polled three hundred and twenty-six votes more than his opponent, but nevertheless, for reasons which were not stated, the election was dea Glared invalid. Party spirit runs high at Geneva as elsewhere, and, under circumstances such as these, it is scarcely a matter for surprise that the supporters and partisans of the supposed victor should have rather angrily questioned a decision the justice of which, to say the least, was not apparent. Hence arose the disturbance at Geneva, and were we not painfully aware of what have been the con sequences in America of the election of an executive officer who does not command the confidence of the entire community, we might be at a loss to under stand how such a circumstance could have led to a little insurrection. 'We published yesterday the official report addressed by the State Council of the Republic of Geneva to the Federal Commissioners appointed to investigate the causes of the late dis turbances, and on Saturday last some correspon dence bearing on the same subject, and from these joint sources there is but little difficulty in discover ing the merits of a quarrel which, for some hours at least, disturbed the repose of one of the frontier cantons of the Swiss Confederation. A vacancy having lately occurred in the Federal Council owing to the appointment of M. Poida, one of its members, to the Legation at Turin, M. Chaliet Veuel, of the State Council of Geneva, and repre sentative of the Radical party of that canton, was elected to the vacant place. An election of a mem ber to the State Council followed as a matter of course, and gave rise to a trial of strength between the Conservative and Radical parties in Geneva, the former supportiag M. Cheneviere, and the latter M. James Fazy. The result of the election is thus stated in the official report :—" The scrutiny showed that M. Cheneviere had obtained five thousand six ham. dred and seventyeseven out of eleven thousand and seventeen valid votes, giving him, errors excepted, a majority of three hundred and twenty-six votes over M. Fazy. The committee of the General Council, which, according to the constitution and the law, is alone competent to determine the validity of an election, after having announced this result,declared the election invalid, for reasons with which we are not yet precisely acquainted." As soon as this de cision became known the supporters of M. Chene viere repaired to the Hotel de Ville, and called upon the Vice-President of the State Council to annul it, aad declare their candidate duly elected. M. Vautier, the Vice-President, stated that the State Council had no jurisdiction in the matter, but promised to assemble its members without delay. Shortly afterwards the members of the State Council met at the Hotel de Ville, the approaches to which were thronged by the Conservative voters, and the President of the General Council, whose committee had annulled M. Cheneviere's election, formally notified the decision of the committee, at the same time stating that, in his opinion, it was based on insufficient grounds, and that it was his intention to convoke the committee again, with the view of reconsidering its decision. A deputation from the citizens meantime pressed upon the State Council the necessity of declaring M. Cheneviere to be duly elected, which the latter, with equal resolution, re fused to do, on the very intelligible ground that such a declaration would be ultra vires. A compromise was at length agreed upon between the deputation and the Council of State, by which the latter agreed to set forth in a proclamation the result of the scrutiny, the decision of the committee adverse to M. de Cheneviere, and the fact that the committee had been convoked for fresh deliberation. This com promise did not, however, satisfy the body of the Conservative electors, and the Police Commissary despatched by the State Council to read the pro clamation to the people was not for some time per witted to leave the Hotel de Ville. When at length he succeeded in doing so, he was attended by a vast concourse of people, and on reaching a quarter of the town chiefly inhabited by the Radical section of the community, a shot was fired which killed or wounded some of the supporters of the Conservative candidate. A report then spread in Saint Gervais, the quarter to which we have alluded, that the State Council was im prisoned in the Hotel de Ville, and the Radical party immediately determined to rescue its members. The arsenal was then broken into, and large quantities of arms were distributed amongst the crowd. Then followed those collisions which unfortunately were attended with loss of life. The conflict was not, however, of long continuance. The members of the State Council were permitted to leave the Hotel de Ville and visit the " faubourg," as St. Gervais, the St. Antoine of Geneva, is called, iu order to prove that they were free, and shortly afterwards order was once mere restored. M. Forneroel, the commis. sioner despatched by the Federal Council to Geneva, happily found no necessity for the employment of the Federal troops which were placed at his disposal. We have no desire to express an opinion on the conduct of the rival factions, or to apportion the blame of having occasioned the recent disturbances. Nor do we think ourselves called upon to form an estimate of the character of M. Fazy, the Democratic candidate, a character which certainly has not been painted in the brightest colours in the communica tions which have been addressed to us. Regarded as a question of pure law there can be no doubt that the committee of the General Council to which, by the constitution, the power is entrusted of deter. mining the validity of elections, was entitled, if he saw proper, to annul Mr. Cheneviere's election. But in the presence of surrounding circumstances, and more especially of the substantial majority by which that candidate was placed at the head of the poll, the exercise of their power, apparently without any reason assigned, was impolitic, if not unconsti tutional, and, as we are inclined to think, properly provoked opposition. The loss of life must afford subject-matter for regret, but otherwise we might say that we are sorry to see a people ready, though it may be with a strong arm, to vindicate the free exercise and the unqualified recognition of those electoral rights which are all in all to the,members of a republic. The Mysterious Deaths at Mile-end. Yesterday Mr Humphreys, the coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex, opened an inquest at the Crown and Leek Tavern, Church-street, Mile-end New-town, on the bodies of Frances Beckenham and Mary Ann Gribbin, sisters, who were found dead on the night of Friday last at the house of the former, No, 21, Albert-cottages, in that neighbourhood. The j ury, chosen from among the principal inhabitants of the district, went first of all to view the bodies, which had remained in precisely the same state in which they were found, except in so far as they had been unavoidably disturbed in a post mortem examination. On their return to the inquest room, the filet witness called was John Beckenham. He is a tall, stout man, about 50 years of age, paralysed on one side, and evidently of weak intellect. Ho was led into the room, and while there gazed about him in a vacant manner. In reply to questions put by the coroner, who did not think it desirable to swear him, he said he was living now at 33, Great Bland-street, Southwark, but up to Friday evening last had resided at Albert-cottages, Mile-end New-town. He had been em ployed in the General Post-office, but had retired from the service. The deceased woman Frances Beckenham was his wife. She was about 31 years of age. He left home about 10 o'clock on Friday morning last. His wife was then alive and in the kitchen. He did not remember anything that took place two or three days before, The Albert cottages belonged to the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwell ings of the Industrious Classes. He had nothing to eat on Thursday or Friday, but on Wednesday morning he had a little food. His wife's sister, Mrs Gribbin, had been staying with them three or four days. He left her in the parlour along with his wife onFriday morning. She was then alive. He did not kr ow she had been ill. He saw them alive two or three days previously, and they then appeared very well. Mr Robert Nicholson, of 21, Underwood-street, Mile-end Now town, carpet planner and overseer of the parish, de posed that the deceased woman Mary Ann Gribbin was his wife's sister. She was about 40 years of age, and was the widow of James Gribbin, a musician, who used to lead the band at Astley's. Mrs Beckenham was also a sister of his wife. On Friaay night last, in consequence of a com munication made to him, he entered the house, accompanied by hie two brothers, Mr Ware, and' Mr Johnson, a neigh bour. He opened the door with a key which belonged to his father. They found the two women dead in the front room upstairs. Mrs Beckenham being on the floor, and Mrs Gribbin in a kneeling posture on the floor with the body and head resting on her folded arms on a sofa. Mr Beckenham was under the bed, and naked, except his shirt. They re moved him at once. For a long time past ho had not been right in his mind, but was harmless. The two women, he was sorry to say, were much given to intemperance. A surgeon was sent for and came. Witness also called in Dr Gayton, and they both saw the bodies in the precise condition in.which they were found. Witness had not seen the hus band for about a week before, but that was nothing uncom mon. The truth was witness was ashamed of them. He last saw Mrs Gribbin on Sunday week about 2 o'clock, and Mrs Beckenham about five or six weeks ago. Beckenham had a pension of 14s a-week from the Post-office. Witness never heard Mrs Gribbin threaten to injure Mrs Beckenham: That was all he knew of the matter. _ _ Mr George Ware, of No. 1, Albert-street-chambers, said he collected the rents of the Albert•cottages, and called at Beekesham's house both on Thursday and Friday last, but no one answered the door on either occasion. He then called upon the brother-in-law, Mr Nicholson, and went with him to the house about 10 o'clock on Friday evening. He found the women dead, as already described. He thought he saw Mrs Beckenham on Monday last, and had not seen her since. Lydia Goozee, of 46, Spicer-street, said she had known the deceased women many years. Last Tuesday morning, about 10 o'clock, Mr 13eckenhani came and asked her to go London: Prizaed and Prblialted by WILLIAM ANDRVW S : of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office No. Strand, In the Precinct of the 'savoy, in the county of Mildlesex,—Tuesday, August 3), 1804. and sit with his wife. He then left, and she found him at his house when she went. Mts Beckenham was then in the kitchen, partly dressed. She was sitting by the fire, and not quite sober. They appeared to have been drinking over night. Mrs Gribbin, who was in bed when she went, got up and sat with a blanket round her shoulders. She was not quite sober. All three appeared to have slept in ono bed. Witness went out and brought a pot of beer in the afternoon, about 2 o'clock. There was no food in the house at that time. Mrs Gribbin complained of great pain in the stomach, and lay on the sofa groaning and vomiting. Atter the pot of beer they had a quartern of gin among the three of them. Witness left about 9 o'clock in the evening, and she had brought no more beer or drink before leaving. They had nothing to eat in the time. Before she left Mrs Gribbin did not dress herself. When she left the husband was standing near the passage window, his wife was sitting by the fire, and Mrs Gribbin on the sofa, undressed, except the blanket. She had been sick for two or three hours, but the vomiting had ceased beton) she left. They occupied a sitting room, bed room, and kitchen, all on the same floor. Mrs Gribbin had told her the pain in her stomach arose from want. Mrs Beckenham was pretty wail when she left. On leaving she asked witness to call next morning, remarking that she should have a fine night of it. Witness called next morning about 10 o'clock, and repeatedly afterwards, but could get no answer. gr Beck enham was dressed when she left. She saw no qu arrel be . tween them on the Tuesday. She never saw the woole n enY more alive. Mrs Gribbin was certainly ill when sh e left. Henry North, landlord of the Prince of Wales public house, in the neighbourhood, deposed that Beckenhni n, tme husband, called there and got half a gallon of beer or , 'rues' day evening between 8 and 9. Dr Gayton, of Brick-lane, Spitalflelds, who had beext , called in to see the bodies,deposed in effect that on oa ter n lb the room ho found the Lody of the woman Gribbin on the floor and against a sofa, and with the head rot on the left hand. The body was fully dressed, tal cl , t .7, clothes were covered with vermin. The other body, 181 .' 1c-- was that of Mrs Beckenham, was lying on its back head corner of the room, near the bed room door, with the within the bed room. It was dressed only in a 00 12116e ' petticoat, and jacket, all of which were open in front of 0° chest. The legs were quite bare. It was resting 012 greatcoat, through one sleeve of which an arm was d.radrams'The place was very dirty, but bore no appearance of Lt b j ech poverty, nor was there the least symptom of any strugg le. He afterwards made a post mortem examination. Tho b oa of Mrs Gribbin was that of a middle-aged stout wo There wore no appearances of violence upon it. The £? co was very much discoloured, apparently from the position in which the body lay, and there was a little blood ttb° ll t the nose and lips. The brain was that of a spirit drioXe ri There was no fracture of the skull nor of any other 1 01 ! observable. The mouth or tongue presented no traces 0 ' corrosive poison. The left lung was partly congested. .-C ll° stomach, which seemed almost empty, was removed for analysation by Dr. Letheby, together with portions of tl e liver and small intestines. The liver was enormously Or larged, weighing 91b or 101 b. Two glass slides, prepared for the purpose, were placed by witness over the mouth , but gave only negative results when applied as a test for pruesl° acid. There was no odour of poison about the bodies. , body of Mrs Beckenham was apparently that of a younge r woman, and was very much less decomposed than the other. There were no marks of external injury, except a bruise on the forehead, extending down to the bone, but without anY corresponding mark inside the skull, and a large bruise on the back of the head. As in the other case, there were no traces of any corrosive poison in the mouth or throat. Til ° stomach and intestines were nearly empty. Portions of theal were reserved for Dr. Letheby. By the Coroner—After the results of the post 'orlot examination, he would rather not give au opinion as to t/ 1° cause of death until an analysis had been made. The witness Nicholson was recalled and shown an 81331" flask bottle, which he said ho found on the floor of the room in which the bodies lay, near that of Mrs Beckenham, and which smelt of gin. Ou the suggestion of the Coroner, the inquest Was ad. journed until Wednesday, September 7. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—Auo. 27. We had a small show of grain on offer at our m arket to-day, and the trade was firm at about is advance cn le d week's quotations. Malting barley in demand. Beans an peas very scarce, and full prices are made. Wheat, white 46s 50s Beans, Mazagan..333 36„a red 46s 46s middle & small.3ss 408 Barley Oats ... 20s 25s grey ...... 3 6 s '3" GLOUCESTER—Aua. 27. There was a moderate supply of English wheat, which sold at hilly late rates. Foreign sold at late quutatiuu3• Grinding barley rather cheaper. Oats as before. NORTHAMPTON—AL a. 27. There was not much wheat showing at market to-dap , and sales took place more freely. The best qualities wer e Is per qr dearer. Barley scarce, with a healthy demand: —White wheat, ;new, 40s to 44s ; new red, 40s to 436 , old, 40s to 44s per qr. Barley, new malting, 34s to 3 65-- grinding, 26s to 29s per qr. Oats, 24s to 32s per 24 stone• Beans, 39s to 425. Peas, 37s to 42s per qr. CHELMSFORD-AuG. 2G. At this corn exchange to-day there was a fair supplY wheat, with a free trade, and late prices quite as dc" r ' Spring curn was in modera.o demand, and prices railer firm. Wheat, old white...4ss 49s new ..44s 48s old red....41s 45s new 40s 44s Barley 25s 33s Chevalier 26s 36s Grinding 2OB 28s Malt.... Chevalier . .. 64s 68s Oats 20s 26s Peas, Partridge., 36s Whit e 30s : 34s Boiling 3Bs 423 Dun 31s 356 Ditto new --9 Beans, Tick, old 34s 376 new —s Harrow Ticks 358 :3° ,1 new - 5 - Dl azagan ..33s 35° KIRKCALDY GRAIN—AL a. 27. We had small supplies of wheat and oats at markeity and only two parcels of barley. Sales ready. Wheat6'l and oats is per qr over last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....37s Od 1 29s Od lBs Od Second ..38s Od —s Od 198 Od Third....4os Od —s Od 21s Od COAL MARKET. Macs of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. g,. u' Holywell 15 6 West Hartley 17 6 Walker Primrose 13 3 Eden Main ..17 6 North Melton Gas.., 13 9 Walls End. 9 East Hartlepool ...... IS 0 South Hartlepool......lS 3 South Kelloe .. 15 ....... 3 Heugh Hall .... 0 Hetton ...... 1 9 , Braddyll's iletton ..... 0 Bell ............17 0 I. 3outh Hetton ......... 19 Cassop u ......... Wharncliffe ......... .16 Walls End. Tunstall .... naswell Caradoc lB 6 Penshor Priturose 17 6 Junes ...16 9 Ships at market )t, 54 ; sold. 50. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. i lg• Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. .. Sep- - 1 .2 .. Sep t--* via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. . &p.. ,Is. Cape of Good Hope, Ascen s io n , a n d St. Helona..SePt" 1. Gallia, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Sept. ~,. via Marseilles ...Sep t. '''' Falkland Islands Llibraltar, via Southampton Sept. l' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton SePt' 1 . 3: . via Marseilles S&P r* p. India (Bombay), via Southampton SePt- - 4. via Marseilles ........ Sept* 4. P0rtuga1.......... t I. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton...... Sea t ' via Marseilles ... Newfoundland .. Aug. 5 Oporto and Vigo .. ~,, 2 . U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.. • • Allb" by U.S. packet...• , % by Canadian packet. Sep- ~ All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, j Asg. V' California. and British Columbia. Births. DETEZE.—Ort the 29th inst., at 18, Brunswick.squiirei the wife of L. Deveze, Esq., of a son. EvAris.—On the 28th inst., at Stratford-green, Essex, tile the wife of John Evans, Esq., of a son. FARQUHAREION.-0a the 27th inst., at Houghton Howe, Aberdeenshire, the wife of Robert F. 1 : 31, Esq., of a daughter. Commander R.N., t° lAWIN—QIRDLESTONE,—On tho la 2 t 3 : C il o l l m o t n 'l l a a t Marriages. n E tr ie S a ou el t d h e a s tu t Southampton, daughter James of ilrwin, i r g l e b s tfioeni Bengal Army. - JAMES—COOKSLEY.—On . the 25th inst., at St. Peter's , Hammersmith, Major -General Nau ghton James, lI.M. 0 Rev. w. G. Cookel e y , Incumbent of Sc. Peter% 'jaw' third daughter of t he Indian Army, to Rachel. Augusta, mersmith. Deaths. aged 86, BARBER: On the 28th inst., at Clapham-rise, Joseph the 4th Dragoons, aged 93. BClthe 25th inst., at 395, Curzon-street, 1‘1 . a7 1112"arriet Curling, widow of Bunce Curling , road, aged :8 11 . Kitching, aged 93. the 26th inst., at Stamford-hill, John. LClCltrillflTallLacriqratrl'lNroas—ro.ari the 24th inst,, at St. Leonard's-on - S ea• Henry Litchfield, Admiral KN., of 234, Maryieboo" SEDRIGHT.— On the 29th inst., at Beechwood, Dun , tahle , Sir Thomas Gage Saunders S e b r i g ht, B ar t., aged 62. U NDERWOOD,—On the 26th inst. at Norwich, Josep h Underwood, Esq., of 5, Hyde-park-gardens, London. WANSEY.—On the 27th inst., at Sutton, near Warminster, Edward Wansey, aged 55.