The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-10 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, OCT. 10.
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia
have abandoned their intention of visiting Nice.
Their royal highnesses will proceed to Switzerland
and will have returned to Berlin by the 22d
December next.

Herr• von Bismarck is expected to arrive in this
capital from France on the 28th inst.

Baron Budberg arrived here yesterday evening
and proceeds to-morrow to join the Emperor of

Russia.

AMERICA.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
(Per the Arabia.)

NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (Evening).
Sheridan on Saturday was six miles south of
Newmarket, and„in despatches for w arded on that
day, reports that he had driven the enemy from
Mount Jackson without bringing on an engages
ment. The enemy were rapidly retreating. Sheri-
dan captured 20 guns and 1,100 prisoners at Fisher's
Hill.

Richmond papers admit the defeat in the first
day's fighting in the Shenandoah Valley, and esti•
mata the Confederate loss at 2,500 men, and that o,
the Federals at 6,000 men.
Generals Rodes and Godwin are killed, and Fitz.
hugh Lee and York wounded.

Sherman reports Hood to be moving towards the
Alabama line. Forrest, with 8,000 men and 10
guns, is operating in Sherman's rear. He captured
Athens with the garrison, and destroyed the rail.,
road between Decatur and Athens. Forrest is
moving to capture Pulaski, Franklin, and Shelby-
ville, and the intermediate blockhouses. Rousseau
has taken tue field against Forrest.
Southern papers state that General Beauregard
had received the command of the Confederate armies
in Georgia. Davis is at Macon.

Price has entered Missouri with 30,000 men, and
it is supposed that he will march into a central part
of the State. A large force under Generals Kirby
Smith and Shelby co-operate with him. The Fe.
derals evacuated Pilotknob, and retreated to Mine.
ral Point. Price advanced 20 miles to the north-
east of Pilotknob. General Rosencrans issued an
appeal calling the people to arms.

Business at St. Louis was suspended, and prepa-
rations were being made for the defence of the city.
A doubtful report from Cairo states that Mobile
had been captured.

It is reported from Louisville that the governor
of Georgia had tendered Sherman propositions of
peace, and that the latter had sent commissioners
to cop fer with the Georgian State authorities.
The Confederates have enrolled all males between
16 and 50.

The reported occupation of Brownsville by Cor.
tinas is unfounded,

New Orleans advices assert that Cortinas re-
pulsed the French in an attack upon Matamoras
on the 14th.

The City of Baltimore has arrived out,
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (Evening).

Grant reports that Ord's Corps advanced this
morning, and carried the strong fortifications of
Cnapin's farm, capturing 15 guns and 200 pri-
soners. Ord was wounded. General Birney ad-
vanced simultaneously from Deep Bottom, and
carried the Newmarket-road and entrenchments,
scattering the enemy and taking a few prisoners.
Birney is now marching towards Richmond, and
has arrived at Junction-hill. The Newmarket and
Richmond roads, and the whole country, are full
of field fortifications.

There has been no direct communication with
Sheridan for several (kJ& Gaerillas have captured

his couriers.

Southern papers state that Sheridan's cavalry is
at Staunton and Waynesboro'. Forrest has de-
stroyed Sulphur Springs. Trestle has occupied
Elkhorn Bridge, and captured two trains on the
Chattanooga Railroad. He has now moved off
towards Fayetteville.
Rouseeaa is returning to Nashville.

Price has captured Potosi, Missouri. The com-
munication with the Federal garrison at Pilotknob
is cut off. 12,000 Missouri militia are under arms.

Secretary Stanton urges the people to encourage
enlistment, to enable Sherman to hold Atlanta and
advance still farther.

A mass meeting in favour of Lincoln was held at
New York.
The Nova Scotian has arrived out.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (Afternoon).
Grant reports that Warren yesterday carried the
enemy's line on the right, and was following up
his success.

General Meade has moved from the left, and
carried the enemy's lines near Poplar Grove.
Butler has repulsed an attack on his line.

The operatioLs on the north side of the James
River are successful.

The royal mail steamship Arabia arrived at
Queenstown at 6 a.m. this day (9th inst.) with 56
passengers and 18,280 dols. in specie. She landed
84 sacks of mails and four passengers, and pro•
ceeded at 6.15 a.m. ; all well. The Arabia was de-
tained 15 hours off Halifax.

(Per the Sr. Andrew via Greencastle.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (Evening).
On Thursday night Sheridan continued the pur-
suit of General Earay as far as Woodstock, where
he halted to rest.

Sheridan reports that he thinks there never was
an army so badly routed as is that of General
Early.

Three thousand Confederate prisoners have
arrived at Winchester.

The City of MaLchester and the America takes
out 870,000 dots.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (Evening).
Money tighter, Gold, 203 k. Stocks depressed.
The fall in both gold and stocks continues. New
York Centrals, 1188 ; Illinois, 1214 ; Erie, 100;
United States 520 dols. Bonds, 1091. Middling
Upland cotton, 140. Flour, corn, and provisions
heavy. Wheat declining. Molasses dull. Crude
petroleum, 42; refined do., 71'
Confederate accounts of the battle near Winches-
ter on the 19th claim that Early had repelled the
Federal infantry, inflicting upon them severe loss,
and was about following up his advantage, when a
force of at least six thousand cavalry charged upon
and succeeded in turning his right flank, and that
the Confederates then retreated in good order to
Fisher's hill, bringing off all their trains in safety.
The Richmond Examiner states that in this battle
the Confederates captured seven hundred prisoners,
and that their entire losses did not exceed twenty-
five hundred. The Federal losses, according to this
authority, were between six and eight thousand.
The Richmond papers pronounce the Federal ac-
counts absurdly false. No Confederate accounts of
the subsequent battle and defeat of Early, at
Fisher's Hill, have been received. Brickenridge is
reported to have left E4rly's army and gone to a
command in the southwest.

Sept. 27 (Evening).
Money easy. Gold declined yesterday under a
panic to 185, but rallied this afternoon to 1969.
In consequence of large speculative sales stocks de-
clined, but recovered this afternoon to the following
quotations :—New York Centrals, 1169 ; Illinois,
1198 ; Erie, 949 ; United States 6 dole. 20c. Bonds,

Sept. 29 (Evening).
Money easy. Violent fluctuations of gold have
taken place since Monday—between 183 and 204
in consequence of unfavourable rumours. The final
quotation this afternoon was 196 i. Large specula•
tive sales have taken place in stocks. New York
Centrals, 117 ; Illinois, 119 ; Erie, 962-, ; United
States 5 dole. 200. Bonds, 109 Z. Cotton dull.
Middling Upland, 125. Flour and wheat heavy.
Corn dull. Provisions tending downwards. Coffee
inactive. Sugar steady. Molasses heavy. Petro.
leum, crude, 39; refined, 65 to 67.

Oct. 1 (Afternoon).
Gold, 901 per cent, premium. Stocks depressed.
New York Centrals, 1139; Illinois, 116 ; Erie, 909;
United States 5 dole. 20c. Bonds, 1071. Cotton
dull: Middling Upland, 120 to 125. Breadstuff
herry. Petroleum, crude, 39; refined, 63.

THE TRIAL OF MULLER.--Ie reply to a commu«
nication from the Solicitor to the Treasury, the soli-
citor engaged in conducting Muller's defence has intimated
that the prisoner will be quite ready to take his tab.' at the
October Sessions of the Central Criminal Court, which will
open on the 24th inst. ; and, in accordance with that an-
nouncement, it is fully believed that the trial will take place
at the ensuing sessions. The counsel for the prosecution on
behalf of the Crown arc—the Solicitor-General, Mr Gifford,
and •lr Beasley; Sergeant Parry being specially retained,
with Mr Metcalfe end Mr Besley, for the defence. Muller,
as a foreigner, it is understood, will avail himself of his
privilege of being tiled by a jury composed of half English-
men and half foreigners,

Mr. Gladstone's Visit to Bolton and

Farnworth.

Great preparations are being made, both at Bolton
and Farnworth, to give a cordial greeting to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will visit Bolton
tomorrow afternoon, and on the day following will
open the public park at Fern worth. The right hon.
gentleman will arrive at the Trinity.street Station,
Bolton, at 4.38, where he will be met by the Mayor
and Town Clerk, Mr Barnes, M.P., Colonel Gray,
M.P., and Mr Alfred Barnes, chairman of the Fern •
worth Local Board. These gentlemen will escort
Mr Gladstone to the Free Public Library, where he
will be met by MrC.innon and other members of the
Library and Museum Committee. They will then
proceed to the Market Hall, and thence to the
Temperance Hall, where the Mayor will present to
Mr Gladstone the following address from the Cor-
poratior.

To the Right Hon. William E wart Gladstone, M.P.

Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Sir,—We, the Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the
borough of Bolton, in the county of Lancaster. desire to
express the deep gratification which your visit to this town
affords to all classes of its inhabitants, and the great regret
felt on their part that your stay amongst them is unavoid-
ably for so short a period. In common with many of
our fellow-countrymen of all shades of political opinion, we
admire you as a statesman possessing rare and distin-
guished abilities, and as a Minister occupying in the Go-
vernment of this country a high position, and adorning
that Government with such gifts of oratory and financial
ability, combined with great scholarship, as have rarely
been equalled; and we are glad that the town of Bolton
has the honour of being publicly visited by so illustrious a
man. The opening of the park at Farnwortb, which is
the occasion affording us the privilege of your pre-
sence, has our warmest sympathy, and, it gives
us much pleasure to add that, through the liberal provision
of that Government whose finances you so ably control, this
borough is undertaking the formation of a park for the free
use of its inhabitants ; and we doubt not that the present
and future generations of our town, whilst enjoying the
benefits thus conferred upon them, will regard with grati-
tude the Parliament which, at your instigation, has furnished
the means of such healthful recreation, In conclusion, we
rtjoice in giving you a hearty welcome upon this your first
public visit to Bolton, and venture to express the hope :hat
the time is not far distant when we shall be favoured with
a longer stay than that which you are now enabled to make
amongst us—Given under the common seal of the borough
of Bolton, at a meeting of the Council of the said borough,
held on the sth day of October, 1864.

After leaving the Temperance Hall, the party will
proceed down Bradshawgate (to afford Mr. Glad-
stone an opportunity of inspecting the Crompton
statue), and from thence to the residence of Mr.
Alfred Barnes, Green Bank, Farnworth. On Wed-
nesday morning a procession will form at half-past
nine o'clock, at the offices of the Local Board, in
Derby-street, Farnworth, and will pass through
the principal streets to the park. The ceremony
will commence by the Sunday. scholars singing the
100th Psalm, and after a prayer by the Bishop of
Nlanchester, and addresses by Sir J. P. Kay-
Shuttleworth and the Rev. G. D. Macgregor, Mr.
Barnes will present the park to the inhabitants
for their use for ever. Mr. Alfred Barnes, as
chairman of the Lccal Board, will accept the
same, and Mr Gladstone will declare it open. In
addition to the gentlemen before named, the
Earl of Ellesmere, the Hon. A. Egerton, M.P.,
Mr Massey, M.P., Mr Bazley, M.P., Col. Gray,
M.P., Mr J. Piikington, M.P., and Mr Hibbert,
M.P. have promised to attend. At one o'clock a
luncheon will be served in a marquee. At three
o'clock Mr Goddard will ascend in his Lalloon, at
six o'clock there will be a display of fireworks,
and at half-past seven there will be a miscella-
neous entertainment in the New Hall, by the
Congregational Young Men's Mutual Improvement
Society. Great preparations are making, both in
Bolton and Farnworth, for the decorations of the
streets, and the day will be observed in the neigh-
bourhood as a general holiday.

The Collision on the Great Northern
Railway.

On Saturday it was announced that a Midland train from
King's-cross had ran into a Great Northern train at
Welwyn junction on Friday evening, Further details have
now been received, and it would appear that at the time of
the collision a train of trucks from Lincolnshire, filled with
potatoes and other agricultural produce, was entering the
Welwyn station from the north, the engine being under the
charge of an old and experienced driver, named Jessop, and
at the time there were several feat trains, both of the Mid-
land and the Great Northern due, including the Midland
down express. Whether from some misunderstandiag on
the part of the pointsman or the engine-driver of the up
train could not be ascertained, but the agricultural produce
train crossed the line, and, instead of going into a left-hand
aiding, crossed the line to the siding on the right-hand side
of the station. At the time the agricultural train was cross-
ing the line to this siding, the down express, which was
known to be due, appeared in sight, and before the driver of
the engine of the goods train had time enough to remedy the
mistake, either by going forward or retreating, the express
train dashed in amongst the trucks, smashing them to pieces,
and scattering the potatoes and other produce in all directions
on the line and down the embankment. The express train
was fortunately a very light one, having only seven carriages
attached to the engine and tender, and not a very large
number of passengers, the majority of whom were in the
afterpart of the train. The shock was tremendous ; but it
is perhaps attributable to the velocity of the express at the
moment that a serious loss of life did not take place. The
engine of the agricultural train, having crossed the line and
got on the siding, was not injured, the express engine hav-
ing struck this train near its centre, but tho engine of the
express train was much shattered and thrown off the
metals ; and although three or four of the trucks in the
agricultural train were smashed, and several of the fore-
most carriages of the express train also, it is a singular cir-
cumstance that the engine-driver and fireman of tt e ex-
press engine, which it might be expected, would have been
annihilated, escaped with but slight injuries. The conster-
nation of the passengers is described as fearful, and so great
was the fright of many that they rushed out of the train
so soon as it was brought to a stand, and being uuacquainted
with the locality, and there being but a very slight amount
of light from the rising moon, several would have jumped
over the parapet of the viaduct and been killed, had they
not been restrained by others who were acquainted with
the character of the neighbourhood of the occurrence. As
soon as the first alarm of the shock had subsided the station
master at 'Welwyn telegraphed what had happened to Hat-
field, in the direction of London, and to Hitchin downward,
to stop all trains either way, also at the same time tele-
graphed the news to King's-cross that the accident had
happened and the line was blocked. On receipt of this
news Mr I'. Williams, police superintendent, and subse-
quently Mr Leith, general superintendent, and Mr Burge,
of the locomotive department, proceeded to Welwyn with a
large number of labourers, accompanied by Mr Kirkwood,
of the Eusten-road, surgeon to the company. In the mean-
time Mr Dredge, of Welwyn, and other medical gentlemen
from the surrounding districts, were in attendance on the
sufferers, whose injuries, it is stated, were chiefly confined
to superficial cuts about the faces and hands in some 12 or
or 14 instances, and who with the exception of one gentle-
man, said to have had his ribs broken, were unable to pro-
ceed on their journey either on Friday night or Saturday
morning. This gentleman still remains at the White Hart
Hotel, Welwyn, to which house he was removed, but is
stated to be progressing favourably. The escape of the pas-
sengers, when the fearful nature of the collision is consi-
dered, is truly miraculous, as, in addition to an empty horse
box next to the tender, which was almost demolished, the
whole of the foot boards, door handles, the panels of the
carriages were smashed, and the panels splintered and drove
on the right hand or off side of the train.
An investigation has been made into the cause of the ac-
cident, and it has been discovered that the points were put
right to have shunted the agricultural train on to the left
instead of the right hand aiding, and it is believed that they
must have by some means shifted, and that the driver of
the engine of that train had not time to discover the error
and reverse his engine so as to get clear of the main line be•
fore the express came.upon them.

GENERAL GARIBALDI AND LORD PALMERSTON.—
When General Garibaldi came over to this country,
ho came—so, at least, his friends say—with a curious mis-
sionary project in his head. lie wanted and hoped to con-
vert Lord Palmerston to the cause of European nationalities.
In his interview with the English Premier, it is said that
he eagerly pointed out what a glory it would be to England
to come forward as liberator of Rome and Venice. The
story goes on to say that he received the same answer fr.=
Lord Palmerston which Victor Emmanuel is always re-
ceiving from the Pope. Lord Palmerston admitted the
weight of all that the General had to say, but closed the
conversation with a non pmumus, To expect so enthusi-
astic a programme from the aged Premiee was not merely
to ask England to enter on a new and active foreign policy
for which she might be unfitted, but to ask a very old u.an
to unfurl the orifiamme.

MR. BANIM, one of the authors of the " Tales of
the O'Hara Family," is preparing a new edition of this
series of Irish tales, with new prefaces and copLus notes.
It is pretty well understood that many of those tales were
founded on fact, and that the characters in them were living
men. Thus Fat her Connell is said to have been described
from Father O'Donnell, the Roman Catholic Beau of Oa'.
sory. The new edition is to contain a good deal of gossip
on the real persons of these Irish stories.

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, OCT. 7•
The Qaeen, accompanied by Princess Helena
and Prince Arthur, and attended by the H"'
Emma Lascelles, drove to Loch Callater yesterdaY.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have
arrived at Cambridge House from Broadland&
Despatches were received at the Colonial office en,
Saturday from the Governors of Gibraltar and
Ceylon. Despatches were sent to the Governors
of the Falkland Islands and Canada.

THE
1 LATE MR JOHN MACDONALD.—We learn that
on hearing, on Saturday last, of the alarming illness
,
of Mr John Macdonald, who, from the regularity of We
autumnal visits to the respected minister of Crathie, Was
doubtless well known by personal appearance to the Queen,
her Majesty immediately requested her physician, Dr Sell'
ner, to wait upon him; and the same evening, having heard
of his death, the Queen sent a message to the manse to
press how deeply struck and grieved she was to hear of tho
sudden and unlooked for event. The private telegraph °f
her Majesty to Balmoral was at once offered as a means e',
conveying tidings to Mr Macdonald's friends in Edirl'
burgh, and was used several times in the course of the del
On Tuesday morning her Majesty sent to the manse to ill.
quire whether any of the relatives of the deceased gentic'
man had arrived, and manifested great anxiety to leerri,
whether any service could be rendered in paying the 101
duties to his remains. This case adds another to the man/
proofs we have had how tenderly her Majesty sympathise°
with affliction in all its forms, and how kindly an interest
she takes in all familiar faces. We may add that the re'
mains of Mr Macdonald were conveyed from the mans" to
the railway station at Aboyn on Wednesday morning 1/
small company of relatives and other mourners, and were
thence taken south by railway to Edinburgh. On Fridel,
they were interred in the Dean Cen.ietery,—Edinburg
Courant.
DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM TYLER.--This gentle'
man, for many years proprietor of the vast via"
' lishment known as the Royal Surrey Zoological Gaidenef
died on Sunday last, after a short illness, at his residence/
Cringleford, near Norwich. Mr Tylet became proprietor of
the gardens in 1844, having previously been secretary t°
Mr Cross, the original founder of them, and he continued,
tho proprietorjhip till 1858, when the pruperty was vested
in a limited liability company. The grand music hall Wa°
afterwards used as a chapel by Mr Spurgeon, and is nO/1
doing duty as the temporary site of St Thomas's 1.100431.

GUNPOWDER STORES.—The Home-office hasju'
stituted inquiries as to the quantity of gunpowder in sr°r°
in the several localities where it is kept to any large amount'
It is remarkable that there is a provision respecting the
quantity kept whore the manufacture is conducted. There

is also a limitation of the amount kept on hand by tile,
licensed retailers of the article. There are also stringent
regulations for the protection of the Government stores 191
sea and land. But it is in the large warehouses of the
manufacturers and wholesale dealers that the greatest
quantities are to be found, and it is to these that the !le/
legislation on the subject will bo specially directed.-'
Observer.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT,—The Lord Chan•
cellor and the commissioners who will be appointed
by Her Majesty assemble in the House of Lords on Thurs•
day next, the 13th instant, for the purpose of proroguiog
the Imperial Parliament until Friday, the 11th November'
There seems to be misapprehension in the public mind, and
erroneous statements have appeared in several newspapers,
in reference to the duration of the present Parliament. !t
was " begun and holden on the 21st of May, 1859,' and will
not legally expire until the close of next year. The last Was
the " slxth " Session, and as Parliament is septennial;

" seven" cannot be holden. According to the usual prat"
tics the dissolution will take place nest spring, and the
new Parliament assemble in November following for 8
short time, and then adjourn to February or March for
the transaction of general business.

SUICIDE FROM WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—On

turday morning, shortly before 10 o'clock, a man, apparently
50 years of age, leaped over the parapet of the centre arc!!
of Westminster-bridge, the bridge being at the time crowded
with foot passengers and vehicles, On the alarm befog
raised, Henry Phelps, pierman at the Surrey side of the
bridge, put off in his boat, and succeeded in coming up '4°l

, .
the unfortunate man before he had sunk the second tin 3 •
and brought him ashore alive, but senseless. He was taken
to Westminster Hospital, where, despite the efforts of the
surgeons of the institution, be expired in about 20 minu'es'

DEATH FROM AN OVERDOSE OF LAUDANUM.-011
Saturday an inquest was held by Mr Richards, at the Adam
and Eve Tavern, Horton, on Sarah Ann Reynolds, aged
49, who died from the effects of laudanum. The deceased,
who was a sempstress, had been suffering a long time fr°;
nervousness and ticdoloreux. On Tuesday last deceased told
one of the lodgers that she would have no rest until 8120
took some laudanum. A female named Mears called to seo
the deceased on Wednesday morning, but could not make
her hear. The door was forcibly opened, when the deceased
was discovered dead, lying with her head on the bed and
her legs upon a chair, with a bottle by her side. Mr Hiek°o
surgeon, who made a post mortem examination, stated that
he found the lungs and brain congested, which had been
caused through an overdose of laudanum. The deceased
had been in the habit of taking large quantities of laudanut•
The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from the
mortal effects of laudanum, taken to alleviate pain.
AMERICAN BLOCKADE.—HaIifax, Sept, 22—The
blockade runners the Lady Sterling and the Armstrong
cleared for Bermuda yesterday. The Little Hattie, which
sailed a few days since, returned to-day. Havannah, Sept.
17—The Denbigh arrived on the 15th from Galveston, and
the Susanna, on the 12th, five days from Houston. 1:11
latter started wifh 325 bales of cotton, but reached this Po"
with only 73, having thrown the balance overboard to fact•
litate her escape from a Federal cruiser off Cape WI
Antonio. The Federal steamer Honeysuckle reports the
capture of the Matagorda (formerly the Alice), with 600
bales of cotton, and the arrival of the prize at Key West.
The Matagorda was from Galveston for this port.
BEAU NASIL—IIis laws were suited to his Crawl'
and this is the test of a good legislator. He W
obeyed, both in these and other particulars; nor did he
admit the claims of rank or fortune to an exemption from
his ordinances. The balls were to begin at six and close 0
eleven. He would not suffer them to continue a moment
longer, on account el the invalids, and for the sake of the
reputation of the waters. Not even for the Royal family
would ho deviate from any of his rules. The Princess
Amelia once applying to him for one dance more after Jo
had given the signal to withdraw, he assured her rola'
highness that the established rules of Bath resembled the
laws of Lycurgus, which would admit of no alteration with*
out an entire subversion of all his authority. He now sei
himself to correct the ball attire of his rude subjects. 14
appears that the ladies offended by coming in white apron/Jr
and the gentlemen by appearing in riding boots. So un•
compromising was his aversion to the former, that he once
divested a duchess of her apron at a ball and threw it arnea
the waiting women, saying none but Abigails appeared ill
white aprons. The deehess acquiesced and begged his Ida'
jesty's pardon. Whenever any gentleman, through igra.
ranee or haste, appeared in boots, Nash would make up to
him, and, bowing in an arch manner, would tell him that
he had forgot his horse, But a more serious undertaking
was to induce gentlemen to leave their swords behind
them. These inconvenient appendages were Bernath:o6
alarming, for they were apt to got unsheathed on very light
provocation, and sometimes with fatal effects, A duel took
place in the Grove by torchlight between two gamesters, the
tragical consequences of which had the effect of aiding the
policy of Mr Nash. He at length carried his prohibition•
inro effect, and they ceased to be worn at Bath, to the great
relief of the ladies resorting thither. And if he heard of a
challenge given and accepted, he instantly had both partials
arrested."—.Earle's Guide to Bath,.

FATAL LEAP OVER EDINBURGH CASTLE ROCH•

—On Friday morning, about 5 o'clock, a private iri
the 74th Highlanders, named Robert Wilson, expired DI
the Castle Hospital from injuries he sustained by fain;
or throwing himself from the Argyll battery of the Castle
on Thursday morning. Ho was discovered lying at 01°
foot of the Castle rock, near the railway, about Pill
o'clock on Thursday morning, and he was remove'
to the garrison hospital. ilson was a man of about
35 years of age, and had been 18 years in the regiment'
Ho bore a good character generally, but was occasionally
addicted to over-indulgence in strong drink, and his strange
behaviour on some occasions gave his comrades the iinprce"
sion that his brain had become affected during his service
with the regiment in India. It is said that on Wednesday
night he had been drinking, and it is conjectured that be
had thrown himself over the parapet of the battery acllll6
suffering from delirium tremens.--Scotsman.
COOKING WITHOUT FIRE.—The ingenious INT'
Babinet, of the French Institute, has discovered the
means of cooking without fire. Ile has just laid Wore tba
academy the result of his experiments. His recipe is-
Place your food in a black pot, coverel with sundry panel
of glum, and stand it in the sun, The water soon boils, Be'
the food is said to be of better flavour than if cooked in 03°
ordinary way. But we are in a season when, in Londe°
at least, it will hardly do to trust to the sun as a substitute
for a kitchen fire, and the probability is that this now el"
vention will be about as useful as that attempted in 03°
land where the inhabitants occupied themselves in endetor•
outing to extract sunbn ,nis from cucumbers.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM GUNPOWDER.--°A
Soturday, Frances Turner, 12 years of age, residing
at
Brook-green, Hammersmith, was playing with her father O,
powder horn, when the powder exploded, shattering lie
right band in a dreadful manner, and otherwise serittua
injuring her,