The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-15 00:00:00

~= THE INDIAN MASSACEES;--- LIVERPOOL. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool was held in the Sessions House, Chapel-street, yes terday afternoon, having been convened by the Mayor (Mr. F. Shand) in answer to a numerously signed requisition, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the unhappy sufferers in the truly distressing events that have occurred in India to many of our fellow-countrymen, their wives and families ; and of taking such measures as mafbe deemed best to aid in relieving the . urgent and pressing wants of many who are left totally desti tute." The chair was occupied by the Mayor , and nt were Mr. A. P., among those prese nt W . Brown, Mr. C. Turner, chairman of the Dock - Committee and President of the East India and China Asso ciation ; Mr. T. B. Barclay, Mr. W. Rathbone, Mr. T. D. Anderson, Mr. Woodruff, seniorchurch wadon, Mr. G. Grant, Mr. Cama (Parsee mer chant), Mr. G. Melly, Mr. T. M. Mackay, of the firm of James Baines and Co., owners of the Black Ball line of clippers, Archdeacon Jones, Dr. M'Neil, the Revs. T. C. Cowan, Lomas, of Walton-Breck, B. Sutton, Warr, of St. Sa viour's, several Dissenting ministers, &c. Letters were read from a number of gentlemen enclosing various contributions, one from Messrs. Arthur Heywood and Sons for 1001., Mrs. Pember ton Heywood 251., the Rev. Mr. Lomas, as the result of a collection of his church, 351. 4s. 61. &c. The MAYOR, in introducing the object of the meeting, expressed his belief that the intelligence which was published in the papers of that morning was of a re-assuring character, for although they did not hear of any great event having taken place, yet, what was - of great moment, Gen. Havelock had effectually repulsed the rebels and was making rapid progress to Lucknow. Though Delhi had not yet fallen, that consummation he believed was only postponed until our troops, by being greatly strengthened, would the more readily be enabled to secure the tigers within the walls of Delhi and punish them as they deserved. In conclusion, he announced his own subscription, as mayor, at 25 , and that of his firm, C. W. and F. Shand, 1001. Mr. W. BROWN, M.P., in moving the first reso lution, thought they must all feel extreme regret that it had been necessary for the cbief magistrate to call them together upon such a melancholy occa sion and when interests of se much importance were involved. Who could read the despatches that were being received from India without de ploring the sufferings of our officers and men, their • wives and families ? It was true that the East India Company might be able to extend to them some temporary relief, but that he apprehended would be very inadequate to the demands upon them of those who from positions of comparative comfort were thrown into absolute destitution, and 'it remained for the British public to relieve them from that unhappy situation. They fiund, arriving at Calcutta, officers wbo had lost their wives, wives who bad lost their families, mothers who had lost their children, and children who had lost their parents 'by the treachery of those scoundrels—it was impossible to designate them by a name too severe—who bad not only sacrificed helpless women and children, but who had betrayed their trust at the same moment murdering their officers to whom they had promised protection. It was only neces sary to refer to the columns of the London daily papers to have their souls harrowed by the distress ing scenes which had occurred in India. It remained with them, to the utmost of their power, to relieve those distressed persons, giving them some little sustenance and comfort after the terrible privations they had undergone. (Cheers.) We were exceed ingly fortunate in having in the Anglo-Saxon race soldiers and sailors who feared no dangers,—soldiers so d*untless and irresistible that hitherto they had carried every•hing before them. Only that morn ing they had intelligence of the defeat of one of the most villainous rebels in the whole of Indii. The conquering force was on its march for the relief of Lucknow, the brave defenders of which place were worthy of their warmest thanks. For the future the continued arrival of troops in India gave them cause for the best hopes ; but, in the meaetime, the feeling of this country would support the Go- vernment in its endeavou - rs to send out not merely sufficient troop % to quell the rebeiton, but to over whelm all opposition. (Cheers.) Mr. Brown cun c:wlecl by moving the following resAution : " That this meeting is moved with sorrow and indig nation at the atrocities which the mutineers in India have inflicted on so many of ht r Majesty's subjects, those savages not sparing helpless women and children ; and this meeting deeply sympathi.es with the sufferers, and eanc,it doub t th at t h e i,liabitanti of Liverpool will give Practical expresso n to their feelings by raising a large fund for the relief of the numerous sufferers, many of whom are left totally destitute." Mr. T. M. MACK.tY, of the firm of James Baines and Co., ii , conded. the resolution, which was unani mously adopt-d. The Rev. Dr. M'NEILE, in moving the second proposition, narrated facts bearing upon the suffer ings of Europeans in India. Some of theme were in connexion with his own son, who was captain of the sth Native Bengal Infantry. His regiment mutinied, but, -thank God, his life was not salri ficed. His wife, who had been staying with him at Umb3llab, was obliged to fly, and, according to the last accounts, she and a number of other fugi tives were crowded together in a miserable room at Kussowlee, with no separate apartment to retire VI, but compelled to perform all the details of sociel life in that crowded, m;serable place. He had that morning heard one cheering and refreshing fact among much that was harrowing and. diAressing. A friend had received intelligence from Calcutta to the effect that Mrs. Colvin, ay.) banker's wife, and Lady Canning were working in Ca'cutta, just as Miss Nightingale did in the Crimea, administering with their own hands to the nen-3ssities of the ladies and gentlemen as they were brought in from the river. (Ch..er4.) With respect to this relief fund, they shoul I bear its mind that many sufferers had come, or were on their way to England, wherethey would arrive in the most severe destitution. He thought, th..refo:e, to meet these eases, there . should be a reserve fund• in Eogland,. and with time views he would move- "That a committee be now appointed to collect do nations and appropriate them in a way that in their judglent will best carry out Vie intention of this meet lag, not I sight of the fact that sufferers have • arrived and are now arriving who may require imwe• diate relief as well as those in India." Mr. J. J. STITT seconded the proposition, which was carried unanimously. • The Rev. Archdeacon JONES, in mrialing the next resolution, denied that the revolt could in any degree be attributed to the missionaries in India, and mentioned that Le had a dear son before Delhi. He moved,--- "That the requisitionists and the aldermen of the borough form the committee, with power to add t 7 their number." Mr. W. RATHBONE, in seconding the motion, thought that the Rev. Archdeacon Jones had mis understood the press, no accusation, he believed, baying been made against the missionaries. He (Mr. Rathbone) wa., however, convinced that a great sin lay at our door, as well as at the door of others ; and he wished it to be remembered that some of our military men, and others engaged in the civil service in India, had been the cause of a great deal of the ill-feeling which had brought this: about. He did is. want to be told that our ciuntrywomen had suffered wrongs worse than death a thousand times, and he did not trent to mitigate their feelings in that respect; but he did believe that the treatment of native women Ly some those..to•whom he had referred had b en one cause of the strong feeling which had manifested itself in the Indian atrocities. He trusted that we should lay that deeply to heart. The resolution was then put and carried, and a vote of thanks to the Mayor terminated the pro ceedings. Subscriptions to the amount of about 1,4001. were collected before the meeting separated. Tnis amount included the following :—Brown, Shipley, • and Co., 100/. ;C. W. and F. Shand, 1001. ; Arthur Heywood and Co., 100/. • Imry and Tom- It "")n, 1 001. James Baies and do 1001. ; Melly, R illy, or and Co • 1001 . 1001. ; Boyd, Edwards, and Ce., M.P and J. H orn by, 100/ ; T. B Hors -100 , low ; . , awl Robert Livingston and Co., YORK, At the meeting of the York City Council yester day a requisition day Mr. Alderman Leeman the Arch te the Lord Mayor, signed, h e the Icla,nnoeighbour su,:u resi dence, several of the gentlemen ,;' l , l- 7 rs e of :-.11 hood, the recorder, the sheriff, donee, several of the clergy, and the mini denominations, the aldermen, and nearly member of the council, requesting his LordKlii v p er t Y , 'call a general meeting of the inhabitaws of the city and its vicinity to originate a subscription for the relief of otrettuffer'ng fellow-stAjoets arid their families in India. He boFed this movement from the second city of the empire, w ould be followed in all our large towns, and that the subscription so 32oblybegun by the Lord ' Mayorand people of London would be so augmented as to afford substantial re• lief to those who were now suffering such unparal leled distress. (flear, hear.) The Lord Mayor •Promptly appointed a public Meeting to be held on Wedn e sday at 1' o'clock. HULL. : A, publid meeting was held in the Seisions court t Hull on Friday for the purpose of shovrinc,sym pathy with our helpless fellow- subjects in The meeting ' which was nurneron3 and influentia% was presided over by Mr. W. H. Moss, the Mayor, _and resolutions were unanimously paw e d ,for,q.ora. THE SUN, _LO/V DOM TUESDAY EvEliiNG, SEPTEMBER 15, 1657 muncing-s- subsariplion - foTthwith in the borough and its neighbourhood. His worship, the Mayor, headed the list with the sum of 251. plements 37 each, respectively, by Lieuts. Berkeley and J. Murray. These are all now being fitted out for foreign service, and are picking up their men as fast as they can induce them to enter the service. The supply, however, from ships paid off during the month has been been scanty, for only one, the Gorgon, 6, paddle, complement 165, was put out of commission in August ; but there are great ex pectations from the crews of the Orion, 90, screw, complement, 850 ; Curacoa, 30, screw, complement 320 ; Trincomalee, 24, complement 240 ' • and Pro metheus, 5, paddle, complement 100 . There are, however, the Ganges, 84 ; Chesapeake, 51 ; and one or two others, commissione 1 in July, to be manned, as well as the six vessels before named. In the home establishment, 30 supernumeraries have been added to Capt. Pelham's screw steam guard ship at Portsmouth, the Blenheim, and Cap tain Harris's training ship at Portsmouth, the Il lustrious, 20, has a complement of 130, instead of 92. There has been a small increase in the coast guard ships. The complements have been slightly reduced, but a dozen supernumeraries to the small guard ships andls to the large ships have been given, the increase being about 100 men altogether. The Mediterranean force is the smallest at the present moment that was over known to be sta tioned within its limits. At the present time there are actually on three line of-battle ships on the sta tion ; the fourth, the Conqueror, 101, screw, Capt. H. R. Yelverton, was most injudiciously sent to England with troops, but is now on her way back to rejoin Lord Lyons. With the exception of the flag ship Royal Albert, 121, screw ; Princess Royal, 91, screw ; and Centurion, 80, screw, there is not a man of war on this va'.t and important station, from Gibraltar to the Danube, mounting more than nine guns. It is just a senior captain's squadron instead of an admiral's command. Dur ing august the force was further weakened by sending home the Curacos, 30, screw, Captain Forbe., and the Arrow, 4, screw, Commanier Henderson ; and two other pendants, Boxer, screw gun boat, and Supply, screw store ship, Master Commander 13alliston, are ordered home. The force there altogether musters only 21 pendant., 372 guns, and 4,240 men. In the North American and West India stations the Brunswick, 80, screw, from the Mediterranean, has replaced the Orion, 91, Capt. J. E. Erskine , . the latter having arrived in England to he paid off Commodore Kellett, C. 8., has gone to the old broad pendant stationary ship at Port Royal, the 'mann], and has sent the Termagant, 25, screw, to England (arrived last week) ; and the Falcon, 17, screw, Commander H. Campion, has also corns home, and has been paid off. The screw floating battery Terror 16, has gone to .Bermuda to take Capt. Hutton ?s pendant and the 80-horse power screw gun boats, 41 men each. Jaseur, 1, Lieae. Commander J. B. Scott, and Jasper, 1, Lieut. Commander W. H. Pym, have taken their depar ture from England for service on this station ' • the. Devastation, 6, paddle, Commander Marshall, has likewise proceeded to the West Indies. Thus the force has been somewhat increased-3 pendants, 7 guns, 130 men. None of the ships ordered home from China, the East Indies, or Australia, have arrived, but the Pylades, 21, screw, complement 200, Capt. Michael De Conroy ; Roebuck, 5, screw, Commander Mar tin ' • Assurance, 4, screw, 90, Commander Aynsley ; and Sparrowhawk, 4, screw, Commander J. C.' Byng, have been dispatched to China. Shutting out of the list the Raleigh, 50 ; the screw troop ship Transit ; and the hired steamer Sir C. Forbes, we have a total of 62 pendants, 644 guns, and above 9,300 men in the China seas or en, route, exclusive of the six men of war, 143 guns, and 1,470 men ordered home. We believe that Rear-Admiral the Hon. H. Keppel, C. 8., is not officially placed in the China forces for September. Capt. Forsyth is to be superseled in the Hornet, 17, by Cowman. der M'Dowell, and Capt. Corbett, in command of the Inflexible, 6, paddle, by Commander Brooker, both on promotion. At the Cape the Boscawen, 70, Captain Powell, C. 8., for the flag of the commander in chief, Rear Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., has arrived by this time ; but only one of the three vessels ordered home has arrived, and the Dart, 3, brigantine. The Castor, 36, Captain Lyster, is en route, but the Penelope, 16, Capt. Sir W. Wise man, Bart., is to go to the East Indies, with troops f required, and likewise the Megmra, screw troop- On the west_coast of Africa, now a part of the Cape command, Commodore Wise, in the Vesuvius, 6, paddle, has succeeded Commodore Adams in the Scourge, 6, paddle, ordered home. By the last ace )unts, however, the Scourge had arrive - 1 at the Cape, and it wasstated there that the Scourge would go to the East Indies. Doubtless the ad miral would send her there with troops, if he could get no other vessels, just as he has the di rection of sending the Penelope. The only other vessel ordered home from the cast of Africa station, the Prometheus, 5, paddle, Commander Hope, has arrived in England, and will ,be paid off next week. At the Brazils, by latest accounts, the comman der-in-chief, now Vice-Admiral Wallis, in the Cumberland, 70, Capt. J. B. Dickson, had not suc ceeded Rear-Admiral Hope Johnstone in thejn defatigable, 50, Capt. T. Hope. The Rifleman, 8, screw, Lieut. Commander Christian, however, has arrived in England, and will be paid off next week, and by this time the Indefatigable is en her way home. Another commander-in-chief will now be appointed, for it is absurd to have a vice-admiral commanding-in-chief half-a-dozen sea-going sloops full brigantines. In the Pacifica the Satell:t, 21, screw, Comman der Prevost, having relieved the Trincomalee, 24, Capt. Housi on, that ship has err;vcd in Englautd, and will be paid off nest week. DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH CA. VALRY AND INFANTRY. Corrected to Sept. 10, 1857—Cavalry. At Home-I.t and 2d Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, 4-. h and sth Dragoon Guards ; Ist, 2d, 31, 4th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 15th, and 16th Light Dragoons. In India—let, 21, 3d, and 6th Dragoon Gaaris ; 7th, 9th, 12th, and 14th Light Dragoons. Under Orders fur India-7th Dragoon Guards, Bth, Hussars, and 17Lh Lancers. Recapitulation—At home, 15 regiments ; in and for India, 11 regiments. INFANTRY. In the United Kingdom—Brigade of Guards, 7 battalions ; 2d- battalion Queen's, 2d battalion 3 , 1 Buffs ; the 15 h, 16th, 22d, 25. b, 36th, and 47th Regiments; 4th battalion 60th ; 67th, 68th, 69th, 96th, and 99th Regiments ; 14 and 4th _battalions Rills Brigade ; also on passage home, the 30th, 55th, and 76th Regiments. Total bat talions at home Gibra'tar-72d battalion Ist Royals ; 31st, 48th, and 92d Regiment Malta-140, 21st, 28th, and 78tt Regiments lonian Is!es-Ist battalion 34, 46th, 57tb, and est Regte.. Jamaicaand Windward Ilind4-414t and 49th Reg's 2 Bermuda-26th Cameronians .„ • 1 Nova Scotia-624 and 63d Regts 2 C nada--9tb, 17th, and 39th Regts 3 Cape of Good Hope-ht battalion 21, 6th, reserve battalion 12th, 13th, 45th, 21 battalion 60th, 73d, 800, 85th, 89tb, and 95th Regts. (including 1 bat talion of the Rifle Brigade) ll Mauritius-4th and 331 Regts 2 Ceylon-50;h R gt 1 In India, and Under Orders-lst battalion Roya l s, sth, 7th, B.h, 10th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 231, 24th, 27tb, 29th, 32d, 34th, 35th, 37th, 38th, 42d, 431, 44th, 514, 52d, 531, 54 - h, 56tb, Ist battalion 60th, 3d battalion 60th, 618 t, 64th, 66th, 70th, 72d, 74.6, 75th. 78th, 79th, 81. t, 821, 831, 84th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 90th, 93d, 94th, 97th, 98 h, 2 a battalion Rifle Brigade, 3 I battalion Rifle Brigade 50 China-59th Regiment Australia and New Zealand.-110, let battalion 12th, 40th, 65th, 58th, and 77th Regiments 6 Grand Total of Guards and Llne.-116 and 1 reserve; THE MILITIA. The Royal Bzrk..s Militia is ordered for embodi ment. Tile regiment is to assemble in the Forbury, at Reading, ou Thursday, Oct. 1. The Royal South Glocestershire Militia is to assemble in the course of this mouth. Any of the men wishing to re-enrol will ba accepted. rine an nual training bounty for 1857 will be issued to all the men belonging to and pr,- sent with the regi ment at its disembodiment on June, 1856. Tho King's o . wn (Statfordahire) Regiment of Militia, commanded by ihe Hon. E. R. Litleton, is to assemble for embodied service at the militia store barracks, Stafford, on Vie 28th inst. It is supposed they will go to the girris..in at Devonport. The 4th Duke of La - toaster's Own Royal Militia are ordorcd to assemble for embodiment ou the 22d inst. The Royal Wiltshire Militia will assemble for embodiment at Devizes on Oct. 1. The East Ke'it Militia has received. the L )rd L'eu'enant'is ord r to assemble at Canterbury for embodied service on the 15th Oct. The following militia regiments aro ordered to be emboditd. in Trellud, viz :—Antrim Rifles, at Bel fast, on Sept. 24 ; North Co:k Rifles, at Mallow, on Sept. 15 ; Limerick County, at Limerick, Sept. 14 ; Roscommon, at RoFcommon, on Oct. 1 ; Waterford . Artillery, at Walerfo;d, on Sept. 19, and to proceed to Duncarmen F; rt immedtatAS afterwards ; Dublin City Militia, at Dublie, Oct.•l, and to occupy the Linen-hall Barracks. Eizorrorr ExPessEs.-The expenses of the last elec• tton at Knaresborough have been published by Mr. S. P,iivell, jun., the auditor. It appears the bill of Mr. !;sail Woodd amounted to 102/. 18A. 101 , and that of Mr. Ttromv, Culiins to 381. 8 i.. 31 The expenses of Mr; ttob,,rt CAnTbell, the unsuccessful candidate, were 491.181. • THE LATE MURDER AT LEIGH WOODS,' NEAE CLIFTON. On Sunday evening the pocket which had been cut from the dress of the deceased woman was found thrown over a wall in the park of Mr. J. H. Gre ville Smyth, of Ashton. There was nothing in it but a stone. Some additional light has been thrown on the statement made by Mrs. Bowden, which appeared in The Sun yesterday. It has been ascertained that a vessel named the Express is due from Quebec at Appledore, but the name of the captain does not correspond with the initials, "C. P.," found on the linen of the deceased, being Johanssen. The city police have also ascertained that a woman answer ing the description of the deceased, accompanied iby a young sailor, arrived in Bristol on Thursday night by the night train from the north, and thht they lodged for the night at the Bacchus tavern, near the railway station. They left early the next morning, and have not since returned. Mr. Peters, the shipping master of Bristol, states that a sailor came to his office on Saturday and offerel to ship on board a vessel for which a crew was making up. Finding that he had no discharge, Mr. Peters re• fused to take the man, but he remained in the office, and seemed very anxious to b 3 engaged. When the crew had been completed, with the ex ception of one man, this sailor again came forward and volunteered to serve without the usual advance. On these terms, which are said to be almost with out precedent, the services of the man were ac cepted, and be was shipped. The vessel, however, has not yet . left the port, so that the man can be readily produced, if necessary. Yesterday a photograph of the deceased was taken, in the hope that it may assist in her identifi cation ; but, having been deferred so long, it is hardly likely to be of much service, the features be ing greatly discoloured and disfigured. The inquest commenced yesterday afternoon be fore Mr. .13. Fry, wile, m opening the proceedings, complained of the dilatory process adopted by the police in forwarding him information of the occur rence. He hoped that on any similar occasion the overseer of the parish or 'the police would- do him the favour to forward a special mf ssenger instead of sending on the information from hand to hand, by which, as in this instance, the news of thg event did not reach him till the middle of Saturday, and had prevented him from commencing the inquiry before to-day. The jury having viewed the body, the following evidence was adduced G. Wort, gamekeeper to Mr. W. Mile?, M.P., said—On Friday last I. was going my rounds in Leigh-wood 4, and found the body of a woman about 30 years of age, quite deack This was about a quar ter to 5 o'clock in the afternoon. I had passed the spot the day before between 9 and 11 o'clock in the morning, and am positive the body was not there at that time. The body now lying at this house is the one I discovered in Leigh-woods. My attention was first attracted by seeing some blood on the ground, which had been partially covered over with dirt. I then saw a handkerchief near the spot, which was dyed in Mood. (The handkerchief produced by Superintendent Jones had heenwashed by him, and bore the initials "0. P.") I cannot say that this is the same Bandkerchiof. I left the oue I found in the coach-house, where the body of the deceased was first taken. I did not see the po lice-officer take possession of it. I looked over the ground and saw fingermarks,.as though some per son had gathered up the earth with which to cover up the blood. I then thought there had been foul play, and on further searching I. noticed footmarks with a broad heel, but nonails near the spot. They were evidently those of a man. On looking over the rock, haling suipioion that some one had been murdered, I saw the body of deceased lying on her , bick in the quarry below. I ran away frightened me soon as I saw it. -I went arid told J. Sage, a man who lived near, what I had seen, and then commie nicated. with Mr. Jones, superintendent of the Ashton( police. I went-back with him and pointed out the body to him. This was about half-past 7in the evening. I should think the body had not been killed that clay. 1 should say she had not beendead more than 24 hours. The body was lying down ab .ut 12 feet under the rock. When I saw it the se cond time there were " flyblowe" in the eyes and nostrils. • The throat hid been cut. The hands were cold and stiff. After the body had been got I noticed a hole on the right side of the head, which appeared to me to have been made by a bullet. I assisted in conveying the body to the Rownham Inn, where . it was taken charge of, with the hand kerchief and boots of the demised, by the police. I took off the hoots. The body wits lying quite straight, and the clothes were not disordered at all. I did not hear the report of a pistol that evening. The hair of deceased was dishevelled. The hand keichief was ,saturated with coagulated Mood. I did not sec any bonnet, shawl, mantle, or cap near the body, and hue not succeeded in finding any since. The boots were removed to MC if they cor responded with the marks, but they did not. By a Juror—There were no r:ngs on either of the fingers. There was a little blood on them.. E super;ntatident of the Ashton police, deposed to the receipt of intelligence from the last witness about - the Mate stated by him on Friday evening, and to the subsequent finding and removal of the Cody. He also confirmed the evi dence of Wort as to the state of the body and the appearance of the ground near the spot. In the opinion of.this witness the body was not either stiff or quite cold when he first saw it, and on its being lifted up a quantity of blood flowed from the wound on the neck, and some of the blood en the arme'and sleeves of the dress was stilt wet. The witness iden tified the handkerchief and boots as those of the deceased ; 'the former was marked with the initials "C. P.," in red cotton ; and on examining the ' body after the handkerchief had been washed, the stodkinee, flannel, and chemise- of the deceased were - found to be marked with the seine initials. On Saturday morning the body was , seen by Mr. Lucas, surgeon, of Long Ashton. Witness con tinued—When I first saw the body I noticed that a pertion of the pocket of the deceased's dress had been cut out, and the upper part of the pocket was hanging outside the dress. I produce a portion of a pocket contain'ng a stone, which was found by one of Mr. Smith's keepers yesterday evening. I h ave compared this piece with the portion of the pocket which remains on the deceased's dress, and find it correlonds exactly. On Saturday morn ing, between eleven and twelve, I went again to on the fur th s e p r o t o x w a rn h nr where theionci bodyi was vered marks of found, and ‘co blood on the bushes-which grow on the ed're of the precipice beneath which the body was found, and also on some stones. There was a dint or mark in the soil below, which I have no doubt was caused by the head of the deceased in falling over. In my opinion, the body was rolled down the precipice, and afterwards laid out as it was found. A reerch was made in the woods, but I found no knife, pistol, or other weapon , nor any articles of female dress. The first time I noticed any "fly - blows" alive on the body was yesterday mornin g , a b ou t 9 o4ook. Thomas Fry, gamekeeper to Mr. J. H. J. Smyth, of Ashton-court, deposed to finding the portion of the pocket, with a stone in it, in the course 'of yes terday at the top of Rownham-hill on the park side, under the park wall. It appeared to have been fitin,g over the wall from the road into the park. He gave the packet to Sergeant Drewitt, of the Ashton police. The place where the pocket was found was in the road to Bristol _from the place where -the bedy was found. Mr. Rudd Lucas, stirgeeu, of Long'Ashton.—On Saturday morning I made an external examination of the wounds on the deceased, and found the ap pearances of a large incised wound across the throat about six inches in length and froin two to three inches in depth. The large vessels on the left side of the neck, • I believe, were not divided. The upper part of the windpipe was completely severed. The external carotid artery on the right side was divided as well as the internal carotid artery, and the gullet was also wounded on the right side. I noticed a wound on the right temple, apparently produced by aleallet. There was likewise a depres sion of the bones of the head above the right ear' and a bruise or graze on the outer angle of the right eye. The right eyelid presented the appear ance) of the bruise commonly called " a black eye." The cut in the throat must have been made with a sharp instrument, sucheas a knife or razor ; the hole in the temple was apparently caused by a bullet. The body has not been stripped, and a post mortem examination would in all probability discover the bullet, as there was no c orresponding exit. I have no doubt - that death resulted from there injuries which I observed, and that it is hardly possible the deceased could have inflicted those injuries upon herself. By Mr. Gould, chief of the polite.--I should sey that deceased had been dead about two days when I that saw the body; - on S iturday morning. The b'ack eye was of recent date, and I belieVe was pro dueed either by the bullet or by the body being thrown down the cliff immediately alter de Ain I think the depression also was produced by the fall. I am of opinion that the throat had boon cut twi( e, because the line of the incision in the skin divitle.s into two just at the right extremity of the incision. Maes of the muscles on the side and front of the throat heti the appearance of having been gnawed away by some animal with smell teeth, such as a stoat or rat. By a Juror—The throat was cat from the left to the right, and both cuts were in the same direction, . an I from let low upwards. The . Coroner then directed Mr. Lucas to melee a poet mortem exatnieretien of the betty. 1 Mr. Gould then stated that he lnd juit received nformation which lid him to bhlieve that the pro duction of any further evidence would be likely to defeat the ends of justice, and therefore he asked for an adjournment of the inquest. The inquiry was accordingly adjourned till Sa turday next. LEICESTER. A meeting was held in the Guildhall, Leicester, yesterday, conveyed by the Mayor (Mr. Joseph Underwood) totake into consideration what means should be adopted to alleviate the sufferings of our fellow-countrymen in India. On the motion of Mr. J. D. Harris, M.P., the Mayor was called to the chair. Letters were read from Lord Howe, en closing a cheque for 501., and from Admiral Ar buthnot and Major Wollaston, each enclosing a cheque for 5/. The first resolution was moved by Mr. J. Harris, M.P., expressing deep sympathy for the sufferings of our fellow-countrymen and countrywomen in India. The resolution was se conded by the Rev. J. Dixon, and carried unani mously. The second resolution was moved by Dr. Noble, to the effect that the meeting was anxious to relieve the destitute condition of their country men in India, caused by a barbarian army, and for that purpose a subscription be opened at the va rious banks in the town, and the amount so .col lected forwarded to the centralcominittee. A com mittee was then formed, consisting of Earl Howe, the members for the borough, the Mayor, and the principal inhabitants. Before the meeting sepa -1 rated the sum collected amounted to 2201. EXETER. At a meeting of the Town Council a few days ago, the Mayor, Mr. W. Buckingham, stated that he had received a letter from the Mayor of London, asking the Council to co-operate in raising a fund . for the sufferers in India. His worship further stated that he had received encouragement from several country gentlemen who were most anxious to co-operate with the citizens. He need not say that the feeling in this country was very strong in deed with regard to the disgraceful and atrocious cruelties which had been perpetrated on persons of all classes in India, among whom were a consider able number who had been rendered destitute, and who had little or no claim upon the East India Company for compensation. He suggested that a public meeting of the citizens should be convened for Friday next ; which suggestion the Council re Wily adopted, and a resolution to that effect was unanimously adopted. TORQUAY. A subscription has been set on foot in this town on behalf of our suffering fellow-countrymen in India, and 1401. have been already remitted to the Lord Mayor of London. Naval and Military intelligence. The companies of Royal Engineers at present stationed at head-quarters, Chatham, have been greatly strengthened by the arrival within the past few days of a number of detachments for the pur pose of augmenting the companies ordered out to India. • The 4th, 10th, lltb, and 21st companies are ready to embark at a moment's notice. They will be provided with every description of sapping and mining tools, batteries, photographic appara tus, and every other requisite for this branch of the service. A large number of the Sappers and Miners proceeding to India were employed in the Crimea and, took part in the destruction of the great docks at Sebastopol. The whole oftbe non-commissioned officers and men ordered to embark have bzen me dically inspected, in order that none but troops in sound constitution may proceed to India. Col. H. J. Savage, Commanding Royal Engineer at Chatham, having been appainted Commanding Royal Engineer at Gibraltar, vice Col. W. C. Ward, has been succeeded at Chatham by Col. W. Biddle comb Mario', R.E. _ _ _ Since the recent arrival of the large number of recruits for the various East Indian depots at Chat ham garrison considerable exertions Wave been made by the authorities at the Provi.ional Batta- lien to have the whole of them instructed in the use of the Enfield rifle, orders having been given that every min before pronounced Et for embarkation for India must have undergone a course of instruction in that weapon. Yesterday morning the depots of the 73d and 77th Regiments left the camp at Colchester, where. they had been quartered for some months, for Porto, mouth, on the way to J,rssy. The 73d, comprising. 170 non-comwic , sioned officers and men, were under the command of Captain Renny, the other offi cers with the depots consisting of Captain Wil liams, Lieut. Mackenzie, Ensigns Rayley, Piggott, Sharpe, Warren, and Clarke. The 77th, under the command of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel H. R. Carden, consisted of 110 men, and the following officers : Capt. Long, Lieutenants Armstrong and D.oley, Ensigns Jordan, Davids, Jackson, and Bridges. The 6th Dragoon Guards left Aldershott on Sa turday for Brighton. The greatest activity prevails in the Royal Labo ratory Department, Woolwich, in preparing the elongated plugged bullet for tho East India Com pany's service. One million of these newly-in vented bullets were forwarded from Woolwich to the docks for transport to Bengal ; and two mil lions of the same species, packed in ewes cc:outlin ing 2,000 each, were yesterday shipped for Bombay, together with shot, shell, and ammunition, for tne troops already embarked. The Hydaspes lies off the Royal Arsenal Pier in readiness to embark the trcops under orders for Calcutta. The embarkation, however, according to present orders, will not take place before Thursday. A couple of cast-iron guns, a portion of the trophies from the late Russian war, were yesterday forwarded from Woolwich Arsenal, by order of Lord Panmure, for presentation to the city of Exett r. The leng;h of each gun is Bft. sin., and the relative weight is 58cwt. 2qr. and 57cwt. 2qr. The naval transport Diligence, having discharged her cargo of re' urned war stores from Gibraltar, is ordered to be docked and overhauled. The screw steam-vessel Rifleman, 8, late from the south-east coa-t of America, having b3en dis mantled, was yesterday paid off at Woolwich. She is ordered to be stripped of her engines, which re quire new framework, and will be docked to go through a complete overhaul. Tie - number of recruits sent to head-quarters, Woolwich, from the Artillery detachments star ioned in various out-quarters shows that the gap created in that force by the recent despatch to India will be speedily filled up. During the month of August the number of recruits admitted at Wool w.ch is stated to be about 800, and during the past week 150 were recruited at Woolwich alone, the majority of whom wore growing young men, from the age of 18 to 20. The Royal Dragoons have given 24 volunteers to the 7th Dragoon Guard 9, abut to embark for India, and the Scots Greys 21. The 12th Light Dragoons have given 20 volunteers to the 17th Lancers, also under orders for India. The 3d Light Dragoons, at Newbridge, under Col. Ernett, are held in readiness at short notice to march early this week to Dundalk, there to relieve the Bth (Royal Irish) Hussars. Ono troop is sta tioned in Belfast, and another is quartered in Cork Barracks. The Bth Royal Irish Hugsars, Dundalk, under Lieut.-Col. de Sally, are held in readiness at short notice to march for Newbridge, t) replace the 3d L'ght Dragoons, and occupy the barrack there till c.rclered to Dublin to prepare to embark for India. Strength-25 officero, 500 non-commissioned offi cers, trumpeters, farriers, and rank and file, 50 officers' chargers, and 350 troophorses. The Commander-in-Chief at Devenport, Vice- Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds, G.C.8., is so much better that he is to proceed ou leave of ab sence into Cornwall, the duties of the port in his absence being carried on by Rear-Admiral Super int ndent Sir J. H. Plumridge, K.C. B. Mr. Hemsley, in charge of the Rendezvous at Sunderland, is succeeding admirably in entering volunteers for the Royal Navy. Since the early part of last month he has sent off five drafts of good seamen and stokers, and fresh hands are dropping in every day. The Arrogant, .47, screw, in No. 2 dock at Ports mouth, has had additional hands placed on her to complete her repairs as s-on as possible. She has almost had half a new bottom, the o!d timbers and planking of which were found to be much decayed. She was launched iu 1848. The Cuckoo, 3, paddle, Lieut.- Commander A. G. .E. Murray; has left Shoe; nem for Chatham, to take a portion of the crew, of the Trincomalee, which will be paid off this day at Chatham. The Diadem, 32, screw, Captain Moorsore, C. 8., will be supplied 'with Gritlith's patent screw pro peller, and Clifford's patent safety-boat gear appa ratilF. _ _ The Russell, 60, screw; block ship, is dill in Sheerness basin, fitting s!owly. There are, how ever, no orders whither she is t. fit for commission or not. The eh during the l'ast OUR NAVAL FORCES IN AUGUST. 'rri monthhtl . have disposition been o important our i i naval a only u Ty forces ()n cha❑ges it Parliament has either two s . ationn, increase of seamen granted by few i z er not been made or it has not vi., theonte Peen felt, or en ha . vc availed them elves of the opportunities of i w::: , u c t d o a m p t m . ' s iv s i i o o n m e :1 0 n i i l i , The number of nest of 3L gun screw frigate the Royal Navy. August was eix, Diadem, 800-horse7rwaw,-, 0.8., complement Valorous, 400-horse power, t y nB . 3.d . dle corvette c implement 220 ; the Styx, 6, padatt.• pflharo, 80-borse power, complement - 165, byeommanclerO ullrt nay • Vie Conflict, 8, Ecrew, 4')f) horse power, e l ?", went 165, by Commander Vesey ; Vie Fcrwer't.i lj an e a . Skipjark; 2, screw gunboats, 60 bdrse power; con_ _ . ~ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE DONCASTER SEPTEMBER• MEETING. DONCASTER, Monday Evening. " Upwards of 1,700 guineas, added money, given I at this meeting." Such is the announcement which precedes the programme prepared by the racing authoritiei at Doncaster that their liberality is duly appreciated is attested by the long list of en tries which is appended to the different stakes, and by the large numbPr of horses located in the vicinity of the town. Southern stab!es will not be very numerously represented. From Newmarket only one horse will, it is said, be sent, whilst Win. Day and others will not have a champion to do battle for them on Doncaster's far-famed Town Moor. The training establishments of the North, however, will be fully represented ; and, indeed, the gathering wtll be essentially a' Yorkshire one. A Yorkshire mare is one of the favourites for the Great Yorkshire Handicap, and Blintz Bonny and Ignoramus, the leading favourites for the St. Leger, are Yorkshire bred and trained. Indeed, these two ani.nals have given rise to a controversy as violent in its character as that respecting the comparative merits of the Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur, and the St. Leger will therefore occasion an encounter as exciting as that in which the Dutchman was com pelledio strike his colours before Voltigeur in the memorable race for the Cup in 1850. The disturb • ances in India will deprive the meeting of many of its influential supporters. Still, to judge from the crowd of visitors which fills the high street, and the long trains arriving in quick succession, the assem blage of companywill not be perceptibly diminished. The list of sport contains thirty items, and its at traction does not centre entirely in the St. Leger, for to-day in addition to th Handicap, the Cham pagne. Stakes—an important two-year-old race — will be decided. For this event Eclipse, a < olt much talked about in connexion with next year's Derby will mike his first appearance in public, a d the fact of his having been so heavily backed for the Epsom event, coupled with a report which describes him as better than hrs stable companions, Clydesdale and Sedbury, causes his debut to be re garded with much interest and curiosity. The Fitz william Stakes (the entries for which will ba found below) has been rest , red to its original form, at the request, it is said, of Lord Milton, one of the stewards. It is now a weight-for-age . race, a de scription of " event," which we regret to state has almost gone out of fashion. Handicaps have su2erseded weights-for-age races, and no wonder, for few horses could compete on equal terms with animals of the Fisherman and Skirmisher class. Sotithern sportsmen really regard the boast which has been made about the northern " cracks " for the St. Leeer with a kind of grim complacency, and believe that one of their outsiders will upset all calculations which may have been formed about the favourites. Adawas and Blink Bonny will fight their Derby battle over again, and the result will prove whether it was chance only that enabled Adamas to obtain the forward position which he did at Epsom. The recent rain has rendered the ground somewhat sticky, and this circumstance tends to increase the 'Uneasiness of the backers of the favourites, and to heighten the expectations of the fielders. It is probable that the number of ate/lions will be larger than is anticipated. So long ago as last year, a bet of six monkeys to four (3,0001. to 2,0001.) was laid on Ignoramus against Dawson's lot, who will, of course, have a represen tative in the lists. Should Blink Bonny win, how ever, she will accomplish that which has not yet been achieved. To win the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger has never fallen to the lot of one animal. People who like strange coincidences may derive some amusement from the following statement : Champion was the first horse that won Derby and St. Leger. In 1800 he won the double event, and from that period down to 1848 the "Champion Charm" was not broken. Surplice, a horse bred by Lerd George Bentinck, in that year won the northern and southern event, and in 1849 and 1850 similar triumphs awaited the Flyiug Dutchman and Voltigeur. An interval of two years then elapsed before a Derby victor added the St. Leger to his achievements ; but in 18b3 West Australian accomplished the feat of winning the three great races of the season, viz., the Two Thousand, the Derby and the Se, Leger. Since that period the St. Leger has fallen to outsiders. Champion won the two races in 1300 ; in 1810 Eleanor carried off the Derby and Oaks ; and in 1853 Queen of Trumps won the Oaks and St. Leger • and since that time those races have not been Placed to the credit of one animal. Sdli, as Surplice destroyed the " charm" which was popu larly supposed. to prevent a Derby winner from adding the St. Leger to his success and as West Australian won the three leading events in his year, Blink Bonny may surpass the Eleanor and Queen of Trumps triumphs, by securing the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger. The cards for Thursday and Friday will present their won . o features. On the last day the Cup will be run for, and the St. Leger vic'tor or victrese will perhaps appear amongst the competitors. Several alterations have been made in the Grand Stand and enclosure, the moat noticeable improve ment being the erection of outer rails to prevent the mob from having communication with people in the "ring." Several is sales of blood stock will take place during the week, and not the least interesting proceeding will be the meeting to which the race officials of the kingdom are invited to discuss the present state of the turf. They will inaugurate their business on the " Leger night" with the gaod old English °eastern of a dinre-r. Pedple Are curious to ascertain what measures of turf reform they will suggest. Lieut.-Colonel Ousley Higgins, Major Wortley, and James Merry, Esq., have consented to preside on the occasion. Entries for the Fitzwilliam Stakes.—Minn'e, Queenstown, Fisherman, Princess Royal, Yeller Gal, Old Tem, Saunterer, Mainstay, East Langton, Fright, Arta, Vedette, Laxly Alice, Honeystick. LATEST BETTING. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agEt Relapse (take 3to 1) 6to 1 agat ary other ET LEG ER. • 7 to 4 agst Blink Bonny (offered) 7to 4 agst Ignoramus (offered) 10 to 1 agst any other The lust race, the Fitzwilli3rn Stakes, will too at 1.304 ,he Great Yorkshire Handiesp at 3.15. AQUATICS. KEW AND ERENTAIRD REGATTA. This regatta this year was more than usually success ful, as some of tse gentlemen of the neighbourhood, as tivell as giving their subscription', paid their entrance money, formed a committee, who took part of the man agement, and rowed two races themstivea. The racing consisted altogether of twelve races, under the manage ment of George Williams and William Wapshot ; and from twelve in the day till dusk a great number of per sons collected to witness the races, the results of the principal of which we subjoin. Laudsmens' Sculler's Race. Goorge Pigot (Blue) 1 Henry Ogden (Pink)_ 2 Jam s Armes (White) 0 The distance in this and the waterrneo's races was from Kew bridge down round a boat moored off Bar ker's Rails, up round a boat moored off ilrentford Ferry Eyot, and finished at the place of starting. Won by several lengths. Waterraens' Double Scullers Race. First Heat. Thomas Powell and Janes Farrington (Yellow) 1 John Farrington and John Taint (White) 0 Thomas Smith and Benjamin H.rt (Pink) 0 .Won by several lengths. Second Heat. Joseph Wise and George Seater (Pink and White) 1 George TredwEil and Henry Berry (Bllek and Whitt) 0 Manzey and John EvErton ......(81ue) 0 A good race. Won by three lengths. Tli:rd Heat. William Boulter and Robert London (Black and Pink) 1 E Nd. Mariner and Geo. Collier...(Yellow and White) 0 John Cripps and Thos. Dot king (Blue and Pink) 0 Won easily. Gentlemen's Junior Soullerii Rae'. Mr. George Field (Stripes) 1 Mr. M. Ronalds Mr. E. W. Pittard A capital rac!. Won by a few lengths. _ Waterraen's Double Sculltr4 Race. Final Heat. Thos. Powell and James Farrington (Yellow) 1 Joseph Wise and Geo. Sdstes (Pink and Whit. , ) 2 Win. Boulter and Robert London...(Bhek and Pink) 3 Won easily. Gentlemen's Pair-oared Oet!igged C--;g Rale, with Cox mains. _ M.:ssre. Steel, Riee, and T. Sheriff, c x wain (White) I &teserJ. Ronalde, G, E. Clark, and W. Stoat, - cox wain (Blue) 0 Messrs. W. Keene, R. Cross, and J. Stout, coxwa n (Pink) 0 Messrs. G.Hunt, J. Stout, and R. W. Pittard, coxwain (Black) 0 A close raze with several changes. \Von by two or three lengths. The waterrneu rowed for money prize;, and the gen tlemen fur silver cups, and all passed off very sWisfac , torily. The Rectory of Newbury, which became vacant three mont : hs sinco by the death of the Rev. Dr. Binney, bai been conferred by the 13;ahop of Oxford on tb3 Janes Leelle Randall, M.A,, Mow of New College, Oxford, a son of the Archdeacon of Berkshire. TIM INDIAN MUTINY. - _REVOLTING VIOLENT WHIRLWIND NEAR DURHAM. ADDRESSES. Attention is called to the following fr,ini the Clonmel Chronicle, received this morning. If the productions referred to therein be not the work of a madman, they are that of a miscreant : " In our last issue we (Clonmel Chronicle) took occa sionto allude to the atrocious and sanguinary sentiments expressed publicly and unblushingly in the democratic journals of Dublin and Dundalk. Since then intelli gence of a most serious character has reached our office, through the medium of a correspondent at Carrick on-Snir, on whose veracity we implicitly rely. The information we have received too clearly proves that however grieved - the large majority of our fellow-coun trymen feel at the fiendish barbarities which have been, and, we fear, are still being perpetrated within the presidency of Bengal—atrocities committed against their own flesh and blood, of too horrible a, nature for further recital ; and however disgusted they may have been at finding those cruelties endorsed by a demo cratic press, there is still a section of the Irish people whose breasts, poisoned by the teaching of these journals, and further influenced by their own deep seated hatred to England, are found to beat responsive to the sanguinary sentiment inculcated by the Nation and the Donovan, and so foreign to British feeling. The truth now farces itself irresistibly upon the public mind that there are amongst us, enjoying the blessings of our glorious constitution, men whoso !warts are filled with delight at the terrible events which' have so fatally over shadowed the East, and thrown a gloom over this empire —men who can witness the mute, unspeakable affliction with which the parent learns of the fearful mutilatic'* of his child—who can hear detailed that brutal atro. city which has slowly and agonisingly deprived whole familes of existence—who can read of the infant mur ders perpetrated before the gaze of the tortured mother —men who can witness and endure all this without feel ing their senses appalled and sickened at the terrible re trospect—aye, more, who sigh for the commencement of those barbarities in Ireland, and for a recurrence of those dark scenes which were enacted in '9B, and have fur ever stained the pages of the history of our country. " Within the town of Carrick-en-Sair, distant about 12 miles from Clonmel, we learn that one of those advocates of &spy barbarity, shielded by the darkness of the night, has, in several inflammatory addresses, chalked upon the gateways and doors in one of the leading thorough fares, given vent to his own treasonable malignity, and has endeavoured to incite the people of that district to overt acts of the most terrible character. Our corre spondent, who at an early hour on the morning of Wed nesday last observed and read those addresses, informs us that the writing was bold and legible ; and in various places rude drawings of piked, cannon, flags, human heads and hearts transfixed with swords and pikes, might bee een—as if to give additional force to the bloodthirsty paragraphs, every sentence of which seemed traced in blood. We feel it unnecessary to add anything further than merely to publish a few of those addresses as they have reached UP. " On one gate, underneath two pikes, was the fol lowing : " Hurrah for Ireland—three cheers for the sepoys 11 —Down with England's Queen and the Saxon nation.' " On another with a similar device traced at the side " People of Ireland—the sepoys have set you an ex e I' " A third place presented the words— •" O'lloheny—Let as now strike for freedom ! Hurrah !—Down with the flag of England, and bad luck to the English l' " In a fourth place was represented a heart pierce with a sword, and the words— " This is an Englishman's heart 1' " Again— " Refuse the Saxon shilling, and you will crush British power in Ireland l' " Blood f Blood !—A dog's death to the man who takes the Saxon shilling !' "' Down with England, and hurrah for the Pike ! Remember '9B and '5B l' " O'Doheny—Another '9B !—Boys, grind your pikes well! Curses on the Saxon !' " ' John Mitchell—Hurrah for the Eepoy, and God speed the mutiny.' " Arise ! aad vengeance on England.' " Patriots of Ireland, here is the pike, and don't let the opportunity pa:is !'" A whirlwind, of violence fortunately unknown in this ,country, occurried in the early part of the morning (between one and two o'clock) of Thurs day, the 3d inst., at a short distance north of this city. Its effects appear to have been first noticed in a field of Mr. Gilbert Wood's, near Plawsworth, where some sheaves of wheat were found, in the course of the ensuing day, to be partly dispersed about the field, and partly hurled into an adjoining turnip field to distances exceeding 100 yards from the spots in which they-were standing on the pre ceding evening. From Plawsworth its tortuous course was marked by broken Loughs, uprooted corn, and other unequivocal symptoms of a tornado, to Barras-hill, a farm house of Lord Durham's, situ ate to the east of Sufi ton, where it appears to have attained an amount of force and violence that can scarcely be credited without personal inspection. • The faun house and buildings were in a great mea- _ sure unroofed, the window glas instantaneously , forced into the rooms—the upper part of several corn ricks, just stacked, dispersed in all direekions —some hedge-row timber, of fine growth, at -411 as some single trees, scattered and brokenlopli. —and a track of about 80 yards in Width on west side of this hedge literally covered with broken boughs and splinters. There appears, however, to have been a lull in the centre of the whirlwind when passing the hedge-row, as two or three fine trees appeared but slightly injured, whilst for 20 or 30 yards on either side of them every tree was shat tered to pieces. From Barras-hill it might be traced to Mr. T. Holmes's farmstead, to the east of Witton Gilbert, where it unroofed a stable; and , tore up ,some apple trees in the garden, passing, however, without injury, a bed of cabbages adjoin - ing the roots of some lofty trees, bereft of their top branches by the fury of the blast. On reaching the Browney River, near Witton, its violence seems to have been exhausted, and the utmost limit of its ravages confined to a distance of four miles. The passage over the Barras-hilliarm appears to have' been almost momentary. Its approach awakened one of the inmates, who compared it to the sound of a thrashing machine in full motion. This was succeeded by the crash of broken glass and falling: tiles, and followed by a profound silence, broken only by a heavy fall of rain for a few minutes. Thunder and vivid lightning were heard and ob served shortly before the occurrence of the pheno-' menon, which was doubless of electric origin, and —hid it occurred in the day time—would undoub tedly have bee c ithe object of much more observa tion and wonder than have resulted from its occur rence in the deal hour of night.—Durham Adver tiser. THE ROYAL B.RITIS.II BANK. Annexed is a summary furnished by Mea3ra. J. E. Coleman and Co., of the balance-sheet of the Royal British Bank, filed by the directors oa Sa turday. The original account extends over more than 400 pages " In the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London. " The balance-sheet of the Royal 11 itish Bank of the South Sea House, Threadneedle-street, in the city of London ; No. 4'2.9, Strand ; No. 311, High Holborn ; No. 97, Goswell-road, Islington ; No. 32, Regent-circus, Picca dilly; No, 1, Shaftesbury-terrace, Pimlico; No. 77, Bridge-road, Lamboth, and No. 60, Blackman-street, Borough, from Nov. 13, 1819, to Oct. 9, 1856 : Dr. £ s. d. To creditors '565,249 2 7 'I) Bank's acceptances for customers' ac count, 2,132 g. 13s. 3d., which will be paid by thoso f.r whose account they have been accepted. To capital paid up To profits £365,249 2 7 158,735 0 0 123,893'17 , 6 £847,878 0 1 Cr. By cash balances By debtors (got:KO By debtors (doubtful) By bills discounted By bills (doubtful) By R. P. Harding, amount standing to his debit at this date, being assets paid over to or collected by him as official manager 69,768 0 1 By bank houses and furniture : Cost 2,34,752 17 1 Estimated realisation under bankruptcy 7,12) 16 8 112,421 11 10 2/5,209 2 5 80,850 11 7 114,019 510 Country Markets. CHELMSFOIiD * —SErr. 11. A fair supply of wheat, and many samples changed hands at about is to 2s per qr. advance on last week's rates. Spring corn firm, and unaltered in value. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. , 0. s• qr. 62 65 1 Oats, per qr. 24 30 new.... 52 61 1 Peas, Partridge 41 44 red, old 51 59 ' White 38 46 ' new.... 51 58 Boiling 4O 42 Barley 35 46 Dun 4 0 Chevalier 33 60 1 Beans, Tisk 40 43 Grinding 35 42 1 Harrow ticks 41 0 Malt 73 771 Mazagan. 37 41 Chevalier 75 79 Ditto, new... 37 40 Official Statement of the Qua in the port of London, fro Sept. 7to Sept. 12, both in 4ntities of Corn, &c., nu the foll Owing ports, f dyed on 19,403 0 0 19,400 0 0 To losses below £15,352 17 •1 By stamps By Welsh works, cost 323 4 10 105,783 3 1 £629,89316 4 By adjusting interest account 22,35i 10 6 By dividends paid -By business expenses £86,884 3 4 By preliminary expenses 15,793 11 1L 102,677 15 3 By losses, by bad debts, &c 51,072 7 11 By bank-houses and fu!niture as above 15,352 17 1 £817,8', 8 0 1 AUSTRALIAIV CEREALS AND MINERALS. The statistical accounts from South Australia are highly patisfactory, and show that the steady reliance cn, and the substantial development of, its three staple productions of corn, wool, and copper gives it great commercial weighl - , as respects the other Aus tra'ian dependencies, in its transactionswith this and other countries. We find during the past year its pro gress has been most remarkjale in comparison with its sister colonies. Within twelve mouths it has doubled its exports. In 1855 the total declared value of the prodnco Of the colony shipped from its pots was 686,953 k, while in 1856 the amount was 1,398,3671. ' • Notwithstanding that as yet no remunerative gold fields have been met with in South Australia, its comma.cial advance is much more marked than that of Victoria, with-its extraordinary yield of the precious metals ; for scarcely any excess of sh;p ments are shown in 1356 as compared with 1855 in the returns from that colony, demonstrating, there fore, clearly that while the Victorians have been neglecting agricultural development, the South A.ustralians have not departed from the more staple occupations to search for gold, and have been fully rewarded by the great yield of cereal productions, to an extbnt, - in fact, equivalent in benefit to the result of gold workings in Victoria, when the difference Of population is considered. It is argued, and appa rently with much force, that although Victoria, with its numerous gold fields, and large yield of the precious metals, has produced in the aggregate a great amount of we dth to the inhabitai.ts, yet, taking into consideration tha vast number of bands thus employed, and the distribution of the wealth among that number, the sister colony of South Australia, wi - h its couipatatively limited popula tion, has yielded even greater wealth by its agri cultural and animal productions, apart fi (An its v as t supply of c opper.—Mining Journal. SUMMARY POSTPONEMENT OF A SALE.--As anything connected With the affairs o Culane' Waugh has now become as it were public property, it may not be out of place it we give the particulars of a little circumstance that occurred on Thursday, at Lytcbet Matravers, just as related to us. It appears that the colonel occupied, up to the time of his " smash," a farm called Castle Farm, and that he had hired a bailiff from the north of England to manage it, wh,, however, has en far given months' service without any consideration. A san of the - stock and effects WAS announced for three o'clock on Thursday afiertmon last, by Mr. Clark, aucionecr, 05 Wicaborne, without reserve, under a distroec fur rent, owing to R. Trencbard, Eq. Consequently a goodly Lumber of persons assembled, with the view, doubt less, of meeting with a bargain or two ; but ju;t before the hour named a fly and pair of horses drove up at full gall p from Poole, and out jumped Mr. Spillman, an auctioneer from the euetropcl . s, and Mr. Knight, the high-ba liff, from the former place, by whom a notice of rspleviis was handed in. Mr. Clark at first refused to relinquish his authority over the goods, but be was 'Politely lyinded off .the premises by the high-bailiff, and ell the would be•purcha:er4 hail to follow. Every one grumbled loud and deep .at the disappaintment, and at tie bss of • tirrio they had thus uselessly eustained. It is said that Mr. Spillman had previoatly announced the .sale . for Saturday, on which day he at•ended, and all was sold in about an hchir, most of the corn being bought in. On whose suit Mr. Spillman ultimately sold orr inkr want does not say; - but there is little dcztit it WaS in connection with the London and Eistern Bank Latin?. —lknetehrohicle. t" 4 as 0, z i g Fl ° Colchester 285 15 -- , $ 40 0 Harwich lB 69' 86 Leigh - 57 'Weldon 11990 114 ( --39 1261 250 COLCHESTER- IEI T. 12. The supply of wheat was good, but an inactive trade; Barley in good demand, and is per qr. dearer. Prices to-day wore as follow :—Wheat, white, 60s to red, 51s to 58s; barley, 42s to 47s ; oats, 24s to 30s ; beauf , illazagan, 40s to 41s ; middle and small, 41s to 48s; rev , white, 38s to 42s ; grey, 42s to 465. KIRKCALDY-SEPT. 12. We had very small supplies of all kinds of grain. New barley sold quickly, at fully la per qr. higher in value. 011 wheat is to 2s dearer. The few samples of new 0 2 , offer were in middling condition. Wheat. I Bailey. ' Oate. I Beatise. First 605 Od I 36s 30a Od Os Oc! Second Third 36s Od 30i 01 —s ud Os ( a Prices of Coals per ton at s. d. U,a, we 11 Claa 14 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 17 0 Bebside's Hartley 17 6 ) rantield Moor 14 6 7.—SEPT. 14. the close of the market Wallsend, COAL MARIE.E' s J. Russell's Hutton 17 6 Hough Hall 16 9 Stewart's • 18 6 Lambton lB 3 fletton Eden Main l7 0 Tees lB 6 Wallsend., he. Whitworth l5 6 Closforth l6 O. Kepler Grainge l7 6 tirs(ldyll l7 G' Birchgrovo Graigola _2l 6 Barton South ilettou 18 3; Plummer l'autleld Moor Butes 14 6' Wylam Ships at market, 61 ; sold, 60 LOCAL SHARE MARKET'S. LIVERPOOL, SIIPT: 14. • STOOK EXCHANGE.--The transactions in this market have beeu very quiet, and prices are steady. Cdedoniano 42 4 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 100—Midland, London and N. rth-Westerns, 994 i—North British, 1 4 Eastern Counties, 11$ ex d —South Eastern, 21 Grand Trunk of Canala, 12i—Sheffields, 11i—Blackbu rn 6 par cent. Prof. 222 East Lancashire ' 964Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 661—Great Western of Cana' da, 21k, MANCHESTER, SEPT. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market was rather inacti ve .o-day. The principal business was for next account i '• —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 42h—Ditto, new 3 I per cent., 65—Doveis 21h 1-16--Great Luxembourg, 'fr - Blackburns, pref., 22 11-16—Eastern Counti es, Ditto, next account, 114—North Stafford, 4 d. next 07, -East- Lancashire, 96 --Grand Trunk of Canada, 1 . 9-.16 n. act.—Lonuon and North We.terns, 9N—Grea" Western, 55 n. act.—Leeds, 100 --Ditto, Ptef. 13 IP • Midland, 82i n. act. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market has been slightly il ly , proved to-day, as regards prices, but very little busin es t doing. London anti North Western, 99i .104 —Gran Western, Birmingham and Stour Valleys; 81--Birruly 6 ' limn and Derbys, 5.5i---sßirraingham Canals, 89 90. gi MABEL VAUGHAN!—The new tale by the autiao&• - t of ' The Lamplighter' will possess the additional intere e of a preface to be contributed by Mrs. Gaskell, authere ge . Mary Barton' and The Life of Miss Bronte s ,' union in one volume of t such writers—one so we VE od in the life of England and the other of America-- will stimulate greatly the curiosity of the public as to th book which promises to prove worthy of its popular prede; c , ssor, Misa Cummins's new wbrk will be published a . once in a cheap form, thus apesaling for iininedle' success to the general public."7—Pub/ishete' Circular.‘ [ADVERTISEMENT.]—IieIIoway's Pills a sovereign r e ; medy for all complaints originating in the interne, organs, producing the most astonishing results ; and ° l ' who are liable to attacks of indigestion should fort if y their sy.teins against the relaxing heats of summer , bY this mild aperient and alteritiie in the spring. it re ; moves all obstructions in the stomach, and revitalise_ the, digestive powers when weakened by indulgence, n`f rendered torpid by a sedentary life. The testimoni ° invalids in all parts of the world demonstrates the healing power of this potent r..niedy.—Sold by all medicine VI: dors throughout the world ; at Professor Holl oway"' Estagishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden' hue, New York; by A. Stamps, Constantinople; 11. * Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta, BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 13th inst., at 65, Chester-square, the Lady Itscb ei Butler. On the 11th inst., at 15, Burton crescent, the wife of H. Fischer, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn. OF A DAMITER, Ou the 13th inst., at 13, Albert-road, Glocester - g ates Regent's-park, the wife of Robert Beckwith Towse, Bs cr e , On the I:3th inst., the wife of Mr. F. C. Banks, Go0 ( :Ig street, Fitzroy-square. . . MARRIED. C. On the 12th inst., at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, Mr' H. Gardner, of the firm of Hughes and Kimbn., boud°' to Margaret, third daughter of the late J. P . Hold ercesset Esq., of Peckbaw. On the 10th inst. , at St. Mar y lebone Church, Ger. Brand, Esq., of Wester n Villas, Maids hill west, to trade, youngest eau g hter of the late Thos. Dickies, PP of Kilburn Priory. DIED; • On the 12th _inst., at 18, Cambridge-street, ITyrle"P llr Francis Frankland Fothergill, Esq., aged 59. Nreir On tho 13th inst., at. the resid e nce of. his father, port, LW., Captain Percy F. G. Scott, R.A. On the 12th inst., at Pontefract, William Moron, kl s4 3.1'. On the 12th inst., Thomas Monington W.Weston. ; 5 ‘ , 41 .;, of Sarnsfield C our t, Herefordshire, and Sutton - P l6- S OU the ; ha° ll' c l2th inst., at Clayton-place, Peckham, d oci Andrews, Esq., late of 5, High-street, St. Giles's, 00 • • 0 On the 11th in s t., a t Clapham, Mrs. Maria Brl soer aged 53. On the 10th inst., at Glenarni, Francis D. Fiulalr proprietor ot the," Northern Whig." sc ifo On the 2cl June, at Sydney, New South Wales, Jane,-iita' of !,Ir . John Green, of that city, and formerly of 11, Lucie bill, London. 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