The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-17 00:00:00

TELE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 17, 1831

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

ROBBING OF MESSRS, ROUTLEDGE.—Two men named
Banks and Lacy, were placed at the bar charged with
stealing seven books, the property of Messrs. Routledgo.
The property stolen consisted of some copies of two works
entitled, " Our Garden Friends and Foes" and Grant's
"Rob Roy." The books were seen in the shop window of
Mr. Holder, a bookseller of No. 311, Strand, by
Mr. Routledge, and that gentleman feeling cer-
tain the books had been surreptitiously taken from
his premises, spoke to the shopkeeper, and the explanations
not being sufficient he was given into custody, and charged
at Guildhall with the unlawful possession of the books.
Circumstances, however, led to the 'withdrawal of the
charges against Holder, and ho was admitted as a witness
in the case, which was sent by the City magistrates to Bow-
street Police-court, as the offence was committed within the
jurisdiction of the court.
William Thomas Holder said he had for many years
carried on the business of a bookseller in the Strand. He
had on one or two occasions bought books of Banks, but
never imagined they were stolen. The seven books in
question he also bought of him, and he had previously
purchased of him two copies of Craig's Dictionary. Tho
books were brought to his shop by Lacy. who received the
money for them.
In cross-examination he said he had carried on business
in the Strand, and had known Banks for 12 years. He
would swear he had never had dealings with him as long as
22 months ago; hut it might be nine. He was charged at

Guildhall with receiving the books knowing them to be
stolen ; but the charge was withdrawn on his telling the
solicitor for the prosecution that he could point out the men
of whom he had purchased the books. He never skid he
had bought the books of Mr. Vickers. He told Mr. Rout-

ledge he bought the books of Simpkin and Marshall. He
told the lie in this case because he was taken b) surprise.
He could not say he told a lie to answer a certain purpose,
but because he was, as he had said, in the first instance,
taken by surprise. When Lacy brought the books, he said
he had brought them from Banks. Lacy said he was to
have 30s. He paid him a pound on the occasion, and ten
shillings the next day.
Mr. George Routledge, of No. 2, Farringdon-street, said
he knew the prisoner Banks by sight, and also Lacy by his
being in the service of Messrs. Hanbury, the bookbinders
who did work fur his house. None of the books involved
in the present charge were bound by that firm. He first issued
the copies of Grant's " Rob Roy" to the trade last Wednes-
day week. "The Garden Friends" have been published some
three or four weeks. On Saturday, the 10th of October, he
saw three copies of "Rob Roy" and the same number of
" Garden Friends" in the shop window of Mr. Holder. He
did not take any notice, but on Monday he communicated
with the police. He, however, before he spoke to the police,
went to the witness Holder's shop, and on that occasion he
saw four volumes of " Rob Roy." He sp .ke to Holder
on the subject, and afterwards he accompanied Jarvis, the
police officer, to his shop, where he gave him into custody
for the unlawful possession of the books. He was taken
to Guildhall Police Court but discharged, and as they
were coming down to this court on the 13th inst., Holder
pointed out Lacy, who wars then in one of Messrs. Han-
bury's carts, opposite his (witness's) door, as the person of
whom he had received the books. He had taken stock dun.
ing the last two days of the " Garden Friends," and he found
eight copies deficient, and of "Rob Roy" twenty copies
were missing. The books produced were his property, and
had been taken from his premises without his consent. The
value of them was £2 2s. 6d.

Police-constable Ackrill, of the F division, said on Tues-
day last he stopped the prisoner Banks in Clare-market.
He saw him go into a public-house there, with a parcel,
and come out without it. When he asked him what he
had left, he said "nothing," but afterwards he admitted he
had left three books. He then took him into custody. The
books were 3 vols. entitled " Romola."

City police. constable Jarvis said—On Tuesday last he had
Holder in custody outside Messrs. Routledge's premises,
when he pointed out Lacy as the man who had brought
him the four "Rob Roy's." He was then in one of Han-
bury's carts. He told him the charge, when he said he
had received the books from a man in The Row, but that
he did not enter the name or address.

The prisoners were remanded for a week, bail being re-
fused.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE REGENT-STREET BEGGING NUISANCE.—A batch
of boys and girls were brought up charged with begging in
Regent-street, and annoying ladies leaving and entering
carriages.

Bunco, 78 C (a plain-clothes officer, and who is specially
employed for the purpose, owing to the many complaints
received from the shopkeepers and visitors to the street of
the nuisance) proved seeing the prisoners,with several other
boys and girls—about 13 altogether—begging of persons in
Regent-street, and he succeeded in taking the prisoners
into custody.

The prisoners were committed for a month each,

A tall powerful fellow, named George Johnson, was next
charged with begging, the officer who took him into cus-
tody finding 3s. 6d. upon him.
He was also committed for a month.

It appears that as soon as a carriage draws up in front of
a shop in Regent-street, the occupants are beset by a crowd
of ragged boys and girls,mostly with brooms in their hands.
The boys and girls pretend that their purpose is to open the
carriage doors, but it is in reality to beg, and it is with diffi-
culty at that time that persons are enabled to reach the
shops or their carriages.

FUNERAL OP LORD LYNDHURST.

This morning, at half-past nine o'clock, the remains of
the venerable Lord Lyndhurst were removed from his man-
sion in George-street, Hanover-square, and deposited, with-
out ostentation and with very little ceremony, in a humble
grave in Highgate Cemetery. It was one of his lordship's
last requests that his funeral should be as simple as possible,
and his wish was rigidly adhered to.
Last night, at 12 o'clock, Lady Lyndhurst took a parting
look at her deceased husband in the presence of Dr. Thomas
Hawke,ly, who attended him with the greatest care
throughout his lengthened illness, and at six o'clock this
morning the coffin was finally fastened down.
At nine o'clock the mourners and those who were to take
part in the funeral ceremony arrived in George-street,
There were present Mr. Selwyn and Mr. Beckett, sons-in-
law of the deceased; Mr. Clarke, Mr. Barlow, and Mr.
Ogden, executors; Mr. Winslow, the Rev. Henry Howarth,
8.D., rector of St. George's, Hanover-square ; Dr.
Hawkesly, the Earl of Ellenborough, Right Hon. Spencer
Walpole, M.P., and numerous other friends. Mr. Du Cane,
M.P., a son-in•law of lord Lyndhurst, was prevented from
attending in consequence of severe indisposition.
The deceased was placed in a leaden coffin. The coffin
consisted of oak, covered with black Genoa velvet, su-
periorly finished with gilt nails, massive gothic gilt
handles, each surmounted with a baron's coronet. On the
lid was a brass plate with this inscription :—John Singleton
Copley, Baron Lyndhurst, Privy Councillor, F.R.S., died
October 12, 1862, "in his 92d year." Above that was a
shield with his arms and crest engraved; the arms argent,
a cross, sable within a border, azure, charged with eight
escallops of the field; supporters two eagles proper, col-
lared, or pendant therefrom, an escutcheon argent charged
with a cross as in the arms—motto," Ultra pergere."
The funeral procession consisted of four mutes centred
by a squire mounted with the plume, the hearse, which was
not the old-fashioned box, carriage, but of an improved
character with open sides, drawn by four horses plumed
and draped; displaying open 'medallions and fringed with
silver, :with a cornet on each side and at the end, the
coffin being partly visible and covered with a rich pauldron
of velvet. The hearse was followed by four mourning
coaches, drawn by two horses draped and plumed.
In the first carriage were Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Beckett, Mr.
Clarke, and Mr. Ogden. In the second were Mr. Wins-
low, the Rev. Henry Howarth, 8.D., and Dr. Hawkesly.
The third carriage contained the Earl of Ellenborough,
General Forrester, M.P., the Hon. Spencer H, Walpole,
M.P., and Mr. Barlow. In the fourth carriage were Mr.
Chandler, his lordship's house steward, Mr. Brown, and
Mr. Grist, confidential servants. Four private family car-
riages followed, and then came the carriages of His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, Lady Glengall, Lady Anne Beckett, and others of
the nobility and gentry who were personally acquainted
with the deceased lord.

Starting from George-street, which was well filled with
people anxious to witness the proceedings, the procession
moved along the south of Hanover-square, Regent-street,
Langham-place, Portland-place, Park-crescent, Albany-
street, Park-street, and through Kentish-town to High-
gate-hill. On reaching the Cemetery the procession was
met by the Rev. Arthur Heber Scholefield, M.A., of Trinity
College, Oxford, who commenced the solemn funeral ser-
vice appointed by the Church. On leaving the chapel the
body was deposited in a brick vault, and the remainder of
the service having been performed, the mourners returned
to town.

The funeral arrangements were under the direction of
Mr. Pike, of Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, assisted by
Messrs. Gersten, of Welbeck-street, who supplied all the
appointments. Everything was conducted with the utmost
decorum,

MARKETS—This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

The supply of fruit at our market was short, but that of
vegetables large. The trade ruled steady at the following
quotations :

a. d. a. 6.
Pine apples 6 0 to 7 0
Colonial do., each 1 0 to 3 0
Grapes,per lb 2 0 to 6 0
Foreign do 1 0 to 1 6
Melons
Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0
Apples, per hf-sv. 1 6 to 8 6
Pears, per do
Oranges, per 100..10 0 to 14 0
Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0
Gooseberries hf sveo 0 to 0 0
Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 • 0

d. d
Mulberries,prpt..o. 9to 1 0
Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0
Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 0
Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 3 0
Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz. .... 5 oto 6 0
Peache5.......... 6 0 to 10 0
Currants, per h.av 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per 3a... 4 oto 5 0
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0

I Shallots. per lb .. 0 6to 0 8
Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0
Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4
Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 9
Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0
Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0
I Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0
Mushrooms& ptl. 1 oto 1 6
Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0
Cos lett, score .. 0 10 to 1 3
I Mint and savory..o oto 0 0
' Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0
Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0
Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0
Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Capsicums, per do 0 oto
Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 4
Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 6
Seakale. per bun. 0 oto 0 0

VEGETABLES.
Greens, dz bunch 3 6to 4 0
Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 4
B lid ditto 1 oso 2 0
Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0
Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0
Brocoli, per bus. 0 oto 0 0
Potatoes, per ton 70 0 to 110 o
New ditto, pr lb 0 2to 0 4
Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6
Carrots,pr do 4 oto 4 6
Cucumbers 0 3to 1 0
Garlic, per lb
Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0
Green peas,o.-sv. 1 3 to 2 0
French beans,h.s. 1 6to 2 0
Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 0
New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0
Spinach .. 0 6to 0 8
Turnip radishes 0 OSo 0 0

POULTRY.
Turkey poults, 4s to 68 Od; geese, 5s Od to Ss each;
goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings,
Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., 9(l'
to is 2d i pigeons, Os 5d to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls,
7s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 55 Od to 8s Od ; barn-door fowls,
3s Od to 6s 6d; capons, Oa Od; hares, 3s 6d to 4s Od
ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pbeasams, Os Od to Os Od
partridges, is 3d to 2s 3d ; woodcocks, Os to Os 8d; snipes, is
to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ;
widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers Os 6d to Os Od each ;
guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting' pigs, Os Od to Os Od
each; Ostend fresh butter, 11d to is Od ; English, is
to is '2d per lb ; English eggs, 8a 6d to 9s Od ; French do.,
6s Od to 78 6d per 100 ; leverets, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; grouse, 4s
Od to 6s Od each. _

BILLING SGATE.
Salmon, Os 8d to is Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, sel to 10d ;
prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per
lb. ; turbots, 8s Od to 18s ; cod, 3s Od to 12s Od ; brills, 2s Od
to 68 Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 6s 0(1 mullets, Os 6d to Is6d ;
lobsters, is to 4a Od; crabs, 6d to 3s Od • plaice and gurnets.
Od to Os Od each ; soles, 3d to 2s 6(l' per pair ; common
oysters, 108 to 15s ; natives, 60s to 63s per bushel ; whitings.
4s Od to 6s; haddocks, 48 to 12s ; smelts, Os, Od to Os Od;
flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 40s per 100 ; fresh
carp herrings, 8s to 00s p 0
er 10 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ;
and tench, Os Od to Os per brace.

NEWPORT.
Beef, from 3s Od to 48 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; veal,
3s 8d to 482 d ; pork, 38 8d to 48 8d ; and lamb, Oa Od to Os
Od per 81bs by the earease.

WHITECHAPEL.
Bed', from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; veal,
3s 6d to 4s 2d, and pork, 38 6d to 4s 6d per Blbs by the
carcase.

BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
7d to 71d, of household do., 5d to 61c1 per 41b loaf.
HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d
to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 41d ;
881 b to 961 b, 4d to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 61d ; 1041 b to
1121 b, 41d to sid. Horse hides, lOs Od to 12s Od ; calf skins,
light, 2s 6d to 48 Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 75
6d to 98 Od ; half-breds. 5s 9d to 6s 9d ; Downs, 48 9d to
5s 9d; lambs, 3s 6d to 7s Od; ehemlings, Os Od to Os Od.

HAY MARK2TS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 64 to £1 14s per load.
Trade steady.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs; clover,
£4 Os to £6 Os Od; and straw, £1 7a to £1 14s per load.
Demand inactive. _ _

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WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10 ;clover,
£1 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load.
A slow trade.

SHIPPING—This Day,

LONDON., Oct. 17.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
PLYMOUTH, Oct. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived—Harrowby,
from London fur Hobart Town.
FALMOUTH, Oct. 17.—Wind 8-W.—Arrived—Pace,
from Salina, with loss of bulwarks, and three men over-
board.

CARDIFF, Oct. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Salem, from
Gilboa; Maid of Perth, from Santander. Sailed—. Orion,
for New York.
CLYDE, Oct. 15.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Europa, for
Kurrachee ; Ben Lomond, for St. John's, N. 8.; Dante, for
St. John's, Newfoundland.
GLOUCESTER, Oct. 16.—Wind S.—Arrived—Hermoine
Hellemuck, from New York.

PLYMOUTH ELECTION—This Day,

PLYMOUTH, Saturday, 11 a.m.
Mr. It, P. Collier, the newly-appointed Solicitor-General
was re-elected to-day without opposition.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., Junior Lord of the Admiralty, is
at present daily engaged at Portsmouth Dockyard in inves-
tigating the dockyard system of account-keeping and the
mode of carrying out work in the different deparments of
the yard. The system of keeping the accounts of the yard
may certainly be very much simplified, and there is no doubt
Mr. Stansfeld will, in the end, have reason to be satisfied
with the reforms he may effect, He will, however, be much
less at home in dealing with the great question of labour in
the yard. It certainly is a matter of surprise to those who
frequently visit our great national dockyards that so little
work is done in them. The visitor hears of thousands of
persons employed, and yet sees no work executed to be
compared with what he would expect in a private yard of
the same magnitude. This is precisely the situation at
present in Portsmouth Dockyard. Repairs are being made
(a work taken in hand certainly nc,t a day too soon), tram-
ways laid down, sheds, stores, and workshops cleansed and
whitewashed, ornamental grass plots formed, trees planted,
and hideous old figure heads stuck up in different parts of
the yard. There are men at work on the Royal Sovereign
certainly, but she is not more than three parts completed,
and 35 or more hands have been taken off her during the
past week, on the plea that employment cannot be found
for them on board. There is a delay in the delivery of
the armour plates for her turrets, the officials say, and
therefore the men are sent from her to other work. However
the case may lie between the Admiralty officials and the
contractors, certain it is that now, instead of having the
Royal Sovereign afloat by Christmas, as was looked forward
to as a certainty a month or two back, that event is post-
poned until March next. It is impossible to look at the Royal
Sovereign without coming to the conclusion that while the
vast resources and labour of Portsmouth yard have been so
long employed, and are still employed, in simply converting
a broadside into a turret ship, Mr. Laird's yard at Birken-
head—a comparatively petty establishment—turned out
three new turret ships. Can Mr Stansfeld grapple with this
labour question satisfactorily ? If he deals with it on the
broad basis of an en, ire reform of the whole system, he may
achieve, possibly, a satisfactory result, but if he has only
power to deal with it on the grcund of retrenchment, he will
fail utterly, as others have failed before him. The dockyard
system, like the Admiralty system, is rotten to the core, and
to effect any beneficial reform the existing state of things
must be entirely swept away, and a new one substituted. It
is admitted now by all parties, except among those person-
ally interested, that no permanent reform or good of any
kind can be effected with the Board of Admiralty until it
ceases to be a political board, closely connected with the
Ministry of the day. A similar radical change must take
place in our dockyards before any permanent good in them
can be effected. Take the shipwrights as an example of the
employed skilled labour of the yards. A man receives 4s. 6d
per day he works in a gang of 20, superintended by a
leading hand who has over him an inspector, a foreman
being over all. Now, one man in this 20 may not earn more
that 3'. per day while the man working next to him may
earn Os., yet both are paid alike. A discretionary power of
measuring work is vested in the master shipwright, but is
never exercised except when extra hands are placed on a
ship and the work is hurried. In such cases, if a man is
found to have shirked his work he is mulcted in his pay ac-
cording to the established scale of prices. It is needless to
say that if a man is found to have done more than his re-
quired
quantity of work, he is not paid the extra money for
it. It certainly seems that here a system of payment accord-
ing to the work done could be introduced with advantage.
it might be so, but not under the present "system." The
~ leading hand," who has the mast immediate charge of the
gang of 20 men, is but one of themselves, and receives only
6d. per day over the pay of the men under him. Another
aspect from which the employment of labour in our yards
may be viewed is in the repairs of ships in commission, say
the Channel Fleet. The fleet, or a part, as is at present the
case, arrives at Spithead, and every ship requires repairs of
some kind or other which must be carried out by the labourers
ate theo
Two, perhaps, of the ships go into harbour,
and thed y
atliessary work goes on without any loss of time
y
what "routine" and " system" impose. The ships
at Spithead must remain there, for the moorings in the
bn
harbour are taken up by harbour ships or useless hulks, and
therefore there is no room for ships that have come in from
sea
wanting repairs, however urgently their services may
be required, even if an enemy were off in the channel. All the
ships, however, must be repaired, and so men and materials
are sent off to Spithead. The amount of daily work which
can be done by 200 workmen under such circumstances is
very small indeed, as every Commander of a ship that has
lain at Spithead "under repairs" can well remember to his
infi,ite disgust. When a war comes upon us with any great
naval Power, our " heads of departments" say we shall clear
off all the old craft up the harbour, even if we shoved them
on the mud, and remove the present craft off the dockyard
mooringsi higher up, so that the meetings off the yard
w
available for a dozen ships to come in to from sea
and lie b
ieaet during their repairs when not in dock. Now,
must
w u
hy shweould i
t not thl
i for s a
be
wra r
done in times of peace Why
" comes upon us" to provide
the necessary
the due reception of our ships
in harbour on coming in suddenly from sea for repairs or
refi
wa
means n ti
? Why, in fact, should we continue squandering so
t
many _ thousands annually in this one item alone when the
remedy is soshipwrightshave obvious ? Ships and
•
referred to thus in connexion with Mr. Staufeld's visit to
Portsmouth yard simply because they are naturally the most
prominent features in our dockyards, but there is no single
department in those establishments but what cries out loudly
for reform. A change is going on in Portsmouth yard, which
has perhaps attracted much notice, from the fact of its oc-
curring during Mr' Stansfeld's presence at the yard. The
steam factory is quietly absorbing the steam reserve.
Whether this process will be finally and successfully accom-
plished, and, if so, whether the Admiralty will sanction and
confirm
it, yet remains to be ascertained,
A letter received at Plymouth from a naval officer at
Jamaica states that on the 24th of September there were in
screw Port Royal hat hour her Majesty's steamship Aboukir,
86, Commodore Peter Cracroft, c.B.
; the screw steam
frigate Aria , dne 26, Capt. Ed ward W. Vansittart ; the
paddlewheel steam sloop Barracouta, 6, Commander George
J. Malcolm; the screw steam sloop Petrel, 11, Commander
George W. Watson; and the screw steam gunboat Cygnet,
5, Commander Walter S. De Kautzon. The vessel last
named returned from Port Antonio on the 13th with
nmaachinery damaged, after an ineffectual attempt to save a
stranded schooner (the Quick Step), the cargo of which had
been previously landed. The Barracouta left Port Royal on
the 19th of September to endeavour to settle a disturbance
at Pedro Cays, where the Americans (Northern States) had
landed a gun.
Having accomplished her object, she re-
turned to Port Royal, and was preparing to proceed to St.
Domingo, where an insurrection had broken out among the
g
The screw steam gunvessel Landrail, 5, Com-
mandernero e s w
Arthur, left Port Royal on the 13th of Sept.
The screw steamsloop Desperate, 8, Commander Arthur T .
Trupp, from Tr•-xillo, arrived on the 18th, and left on the
Bermuda,
Be
22d for England, via
The Bermuda Royal Gazette of September 15 states that
the Plover, 5, Capt. the Hon, Amar L. Corry, which arrived
there from Halifax on the 10th, left again on the 12th for
Charleston, South Carolina. It was stated that when the
Challenger arrived in Hamilton she would bring instruc-
tions Capt.
for the Immortalite•Hancock, to proceed to
New York, for the purpose of taking the Commander-in-
Chief, Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, up to the city. The
United States' war ship Fort Jackson, Capt. Allen, three
days from Hampdon Roads, anchored at Murray on the 9th,
and left the same day for Rio Janeiro.
The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 22, Capt. Boys, left
Plymouth Sound on Thursday for the Cape of Good Hope
and China.

__The Dauntless, Capt. J. B, Dickson, is ordered to proceed
from Southampton Water to Spithead, to change some of
her guns. She bent sails yesterday morning,
An official intimation has been given that the next exa-
mination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military
College at Sandhurst will commence on Thursday the 17th
December next at Chelsea Hospital, and that for admission
to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich on Monday,
the 4th January, at the same place.

THE BLAKELY GUNS AT CHARLESTON. _We
are given to understand that the heavy gun mado on the
Blakely pattern, which recently burst at Charleston, was
constructed at Richmond. The 800-pounders sent from
England were only being mounted when the latest advices
left. The Prins Allred gun, manufactured by the Mersey
Steel and Iron Company, is now the property of Captain
Blakely.

ROMANTIC STORY.—Upwardsof 30 years ago
a marriage took place in this (Liverpool) neighbourhood, the
Afterr living
man and wife being in humble circumstances.
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left to struggle with her large family. To her great surprise,
theincludings second talidehcuhsi lbda husband
at the beginning of the present year her first husband made
his appearance in Liverpool. During his 30 years' absence
he had prospered in Australia, and was a large landed pro-
prietor there. lie had heard of his wife's second marriage,
but as the fault was his he never thought of returning to
England until he heard of the death of the second husband.
To make amends for his former neglect of his wife—for not-
withstanding her second marriage she was still his wife—
he behaved in the most handsome manner to all her chil-
dren, gave them costly outfits, and has taken them and the
wife to his early affections out with him to the land of his
adoption. The wife, who has thus after an absence of more
than 30 years been restored to her position, is now about
70 years of age; and so recent is their departure from this
port, that the vessel in which they sailed is not yet out of
the Channel,—Liveumq Mercury.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING
FRIDAY.
_ .

Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft ; for 3-yr-
:olds and upwards. D.I. 4 subs.
Mr. Naylor's Equinox, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ...... (Sayers) w.o
Match, 100 Boys, h ft. Last half of Ab. M.
Mr. W. Robertson's Queen Elizabeth, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b
Mr. C. Alexander's Xurullo, 4 yrs, Bst 71b .. (Brevity) 1
.... (Wells) 2
Betting-11 to 8 on Queen Elizabeth.
The favourite, with a slight lead, made the running to
within a few strides of the chair, when Xurullo got up, but
was beaten on the post by a sir)rt head.
Match, 500 sovs, h ft; Bst 71b each. 11. M.

Air. R. C. Naylor's Carnival, 3 yrs (Challoner) I
Lord Glasgow's Clarissimus, 4 yrs (Alderoft) 9
Betting-5 to 2on Carnival, who waited upon Clarissi-
mus to the Bushes, where he slipped him, and came on and
won in a canter by four lengths.
Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 1016; fillies, Bst 71b; untried mares or stallions
allowed 31b, both 51b. T.Y.C. 12 subs.
Mr. Savile's Privateer, Bst 51b (51b) (Fordham) 1
Lord Aunesley's Sweetsauce fitly, Bst 7►b (Aldcrott) 2
Lord Portsmouth's Becky Sharpe, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 3
Betting-6 to 4on Becky Shaine, 2to 1 agst the Sweet-
sauce filly, and 4 to 1 agst Privateer.
The latter, lying in the centre of the three, made the
running, and won after a fine race by a head ; a length be-
tween the second and third.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, and 5 ft, if declared
(to go to the second horse), for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
T.Y.C. 15 subs, five of whom declared.
Mr. Samuel's Twilight, aged, 9st
Mr. Wybrow Robertson's Queen Elizabeth, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
(Whiteley) 2
Lord Strathmore's Manrico, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Thomas) 3
The following also ran ;—Black Lily, Confidence, Stock-
owner, and Jenny Wren.
Loates weighed for Lord Stamford's Knave of Trumps, 3
yrs, 7st 41b; and his number was exhibited on the telegraph,
but subsequently taken down.
Betting-2 to 1 agat Jenny Wren, 3to 1 agst Stockowner,
7 to 2 agst Twilight, 8 to 1 agat Manrico, and 10 to 1 each
agst Black Lily and Queen Elizabeth.
Twilight jumped away with a clear lead of three lengths,
and brought them along at a merry pace for a quarter of a
mile, when Edwards pulled her back, and the running was
taken up by Jenny Wren, Confidence, Black Lily, and
Queen Elizabeth abreast to the cords, when Twilight again
resumed her lead and won in a canter by a length and a
half ; a length between the second and third. Black Lily
was fourth, Jenny Wren fifth, and Confidence next; Stock-
owner was last.

Match, 200 Bova, h ft. T.Y.C.

Mr. W. G. Craven's Little Savage recd.
Sir H. Des VOlllileti c by Wild Dayrell
The Prendergast Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds;
colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst Sib. Winners extra. T.Y.C.
38 subs.
Lord Glasgow's Physalis colt
Lord Anglesey's Planet, Bst 101 b.. (J. Goater) 2
Baron Niviere's Sonchamp, Bst 101 b (A. Watkins) 3
Mr. Payne's Plush colt, Bst 101 b (H. Grirushaw) 4
The following also ran .—Breeze, Yamuna, War Dance,
Outlaw, Sprite, and Knight of Snowdon.
Betting-5 to 2 agst the Physalis colt, 4to 1 each agst
Planet and Outlaw, 5 to 1 agst Breeze, and 8 to 1 each agst
Souchamp and Knight of Snowdon.
They left the pest at the first attempt nearly abreast, but
after running a short distance the Plush colt held a slight
lead, Planet, Outlaw, War Dance, and the favourite follow-
ing next, with Knight of Snowdon on their right, and Sou-
champ, Yamuna, and Breeze on the lower side. They ran
thus to the cords, where the Plush colt drew away, and

halfway down was joined by the favourite, Planet, and
Soucbamp, the four running locked to the end, the Physalis
colt winning in the last stride by a neck; a length and a
half separated the second and third ; a head between the
third and fourth. Breeze and Yamuna, side by side, were
fifth and sixth, and Knight of Snowdon next. Sprite and
Outlaw were the last two.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous each. for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b,
fillies Bst 71b, with selling allowances. T.Y.C. Six
subs.
Mr. J. Osborne's Lord Adolphus, Bst 51b (£100)
(J. Osborne) 1
Sir J. Hawley's Rapidan, 7st 111 b (£5O) (Fordham) 2
Lord Uxbridge's Pirouette, 7st 111 b (La) .. (T. French) 3

The following also ran :—Achilles, Annington, and
Garotter.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Garotter, sto 2 agst Annington, 3to

1 agst Lord Adolphus, and 8 to 1 agst Rapidan.
Rapidan cat out the work, closely followed by Pirouette
and Garotter, Lord Adolphus lying off until within a dozen
strides of home, when the latter came through his horses
and won a good race by half a length; a length between the
second and third, two lengths between the third and fourth.
Sir J. Hawley claimed the winner.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, for 2-yr-olds

and 3-yr-olds. T.Y.C. 17 subs.
Lord Stamford's Cassidia, 3 yrs, Bst Sib .. (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. W. G. Craven's Practitioner. 2 yrs, 7st (I'. French) 2
Lord Uxbridge's Mary Cope colt, 2 yrs, 6st 101 b
(A. Woodhouse) 3
The following also ran :—Miss Armstrong, Columbia,
Stockowner, Jenny Wren, Regina, Prince Lee 800, Hip-
polyta, Diomed, Kangaroo, Vanessa, and Pancake's dam
colt.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Cassidia, 4to 1 agst Pancake's dam
colt, 100 to 15 agst Prince Lee 800, 100 to 12 each agst
Kangaroo, Vanessa, and Hippolyte, and 100 to 8 agst any
other.

The favourite drew slightly in advance shortly after start-
ing, and made the running for a quarter of a mile, when she
was pulled back, and the command was taken by Diomed,
who, with Practitioner, the Mary Cope filly, and Vanessa,
came on together to half -way in the cords, where they were
joined by Cassidia, who came up on the lower aide and took
a slight lead, which she retained to the end, winning, after
a fine race, by a short head. Two lengths between second
and third ; Blamed was fourth, close up ; the Pancake's
dam colt fifth, and Miss Armstrong sixth. The others were
pulling up as they went past the post, the last two being
Regina and Columbia.
Fifty Pounds, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; weight for age,
with selling allowances. F.A.
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Tornado, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (500 soya)
(Fordham) 1
Lord Portsmouth's Gunner, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (300)
(Chamfer) 2
Mr. Goddard's Petersham, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (100)
(J. Nightingall) 3
Betting-7 to 2on Tornado, and sto 1 agat Gunner.
The favourite made all the running, and won in a canter
by a length and a half, a head between the second and third.
H. Grimahaw rode Quicksand to the post, but his saddle
slipping just before starting he was left behind.
Selling Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft, for 3-yrolds atd
upwards; the winner to be sold for 100 sous. R.M. 9

subs.
Lord Stamford's Knave of Tramps, 3 yrs, Bst 81b
(Edwards) 1
Lord Westmoreland's Country Maid, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
(Morgan) 2
Mr. Saxon's Sweet Willie, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Midgley) 3
Dirt Cheap, Belle of Yorkshire, Supple, and Novice also

ran.
Betting—Even on Knave of Trumps, 4to 1 agst Country
Maid, 6 to 1 agst Sweet Willie, and 100 to 15 agst Belle of
Yorkshire.
Country Maid made play to half way down the Abingdon
Mile hill, when the favourite came out, and won after the
semblance of a race by three-quarters of a length; Sweet
Willie was a bad third.
Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 500 sovs each, 200 ft, for 3-
yr-olds. T.M.M. 3 subs. Off by consent.
Sweepstakes of 200 ss eao
Y.Cla vch, ft, for 2-yr •olds, Bst 101 b
each. T.Y.C. 3 subs.

Dir. W. G. Craven's Practitioner (J. Goater), walked
over, and divided the ft with Lord Uxbridge's Jupon.

BETTING AT CAMBRIDGE—(en route).

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

9to 2 agst Limosina
6to 1 agst Catch 'em Alive
1000 to 60 agst Anfield (taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY.

The little done here for these few days past has been but
a reflex of that done on the course at Newmarket.
Catch'em Alive is decidedly the favourite for the Cam-
bridgeshire Stakes, for whom 11 to 2 was taken and wanted.
Limosina is not quite so firm. Carnival, after winning his
match, was in great force. The prices quoted against Ex-
chequer and Bathilde were hardly obtainable at the finish.
Closely prices

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
sto 1 aget Catch-'em Alive (offered)
11 to 2 agst Limosina (taken and offered)
15 to 1 agst Carnival (taken)
1G to 1 agst Bathilde (taken)
16 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken)
30 to 1 agst Hubert (taken)
33 to 1 agst Sack of Hearts (taken)
39 to 1 agst Roman Bee (taken)
40 to 1 agst Comet (taken)
40 to 1 agst Gemma (taken)

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—The Cruncil of the Society
of Arts has convened a meeting of the members to be held
at Burlington. house on Thursday next. the 22d inst., at
four o'clock, for the purpose of electing his Royal Hight
his
the Prince of Wales a member, and also CO appoint
Royal Highness to the office of President of the institution,
now vacant by the decease of Mr. Tooke, who succeed
rts ed the
late Prince Consort as president of the Society of A.
CHARTERHOUSE SCHOGL.—The Governors have
announced their intention of proceeding to the election of a
head master of Charterhouse School, in the room of the
Rev. Richard Elwyn, M.A., who resigns in November.
We are requested to state that the National Par.
trait Gallery, 29, Great George-street, Westminster, will
be closed for repairs and alterations during November,
A JURY yesterday awarded Mr. Simpson, pro.
prietor of a hotel in Bridge-street, Blackfriars
compensation, a portion of the premises
• n being required by the Landon,
Chatham,
80. a"
Dover Nailwa7. The claim of Mr. Simpson was
i 4 in
his
possession L 1,815 as

JSECOND EDITION,

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocE..

GREECE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
TRIESTE, OCT. 16, Evening.
Advices received here from Athens state that the
National Assembly has decided to recall to the
capital the troops sent to a distance for acts of in-
subordination. This determination has produced
bad effect among the people.
Several accidents occurred in Athens on the oc-
casion of the fetes given to celebrate the annexation
of the lonian Islands.
Tho arrival of the nevi- King is eagerly expected.
GERMAN FEDERAL REFORM.

The Europe of the 15th inst. publishes the fa llow-
ingcircular letter of Count Rechberg to the Aus-
trian representatives in re ply to the Prussian n iani-
festo on the Austrian project of Federal Refor a :—.
yesterday, with a view
"Baron de Werthen handed me y
"Vienna, Sept. 26.
the Emperor, the re-
its Majesty the King of
rYiesbayjoefilset-fyhe collective lettzer of
the Ist inst., as well as a despatch
of its being forwarded to his
prlryaas
Prussia
ar et
os s etdhe a ihmi
guhl tadni egonui
dignitaries
m
latter accompanied
the
ethe President c f the
Royal Ministry, M. do Bismark,
by a copy of a report addressed to the King on the 10th of
this month by the King's Ministers.
the impression which the aforesaid doeument •: As to
Gt hoesve nclti:
upon his Majesty, I foresee it but too closely.s will
make
profound regret that the Emperor will bar It
is
with
clarations of Prussia, and I cannot doubt that this
meet is shared by all the German Sovereigns and
ments who are at this moment in posssession of the ern-
reply
of Prassia.

" This reply fully justifies, in fact, the frequent alppre..

hensions that Prussia will not seriously join in the retorts.i
ng
onlyt et no d
impedeenoie s oht
af
eher
vCeol no
pf emd ee rnatt eosf t
hbeu trtehtdaer
aslhce
own
si
tl
tittriiov:
by laying down unacceptable conditions.
"According to our convictions, the three cardinal points
to the preliminary acceptance of which the royal Cot:rt of
Prussia subordinate even its resolution to treat concerning
a reform of the Confederation, are not only quite incom-
patible with the maintenance of the Federal principle
in Germany, but it seems to us very signifioant that Prus-
sia should be opposed to the precise propositions of her
Confederates' general pretensions, whose vague form and
omissions do not admit of a definite and precise conception.
It would be an easy, but by no means pleasant or consoling
task, to demonstrate positively, and one by one, the omis-
sions as well as the flagrant contradictions in which the
Ministers of Prussia have involved themselves in the report
of the 15th of this month.
" Nevertheless, I think the German Governments can-
not forego that task after having been formally summoned
by the Prussian Government, however extraordinary the
proceeding may have been, to take into deliberation a report
addressed to the King by his Ministry.
" The only circumstances that we note with satisfaction
is that the King and his Ministers have not thought it be-
coming to reiterate directly and expressly, in face of the
German Sovereigns, the reproaeh formulated in a previous
Ministerial report, to the effect that the dignity and power
of Prussia were wounded by the Frankfort propositions.
" For the present I can have no other intention than to
give you my first impressions and to express only a provi.
sional appreciation relative to the steps which the partici-
pants in the reforming work at Frankfort will feel them.-
selves prompted to take under existing circumstances.
" In my opinion there is ground for drawing up in a tone
of Federal friendship a radical refutation of the Prussian
stipulations, and to transmit it to the Cabinet of Berlin in
the shape of identical despatches from all the Governments
intetested in the act of reform, with an urgent declare-
tion of the hope that Prussia will not insist upon her un-
acceptable preliminary conditions, but that she will con-
sent to treat on the basis of the propositions already as.
sented to by 24 Germanic Governments.

" The declaration that it is impossible that those propo.
sitions should remain without effect would be quite in place
in the said identical despatches.
"Moreover, there would be a reason for inviting some of
the Courts, which, while they refused to accept the act of

reform in its entirety, nevertheless participated in the

Congress at Frankfort in a spirit favourable to its principal

object, especially the Courts of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and

of Saxe-Weimar, to join in this step, in so far at least at;
they shall deem it compatible with their views. . .
(Signed) " iIECHBERG.'I

LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterd4y.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 15.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles
S. Ogden. as Consul at Quebec fur the United States of
America.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Paul
Grimblot as Agent Vice-Consul at Moulmein for his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of the French.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. A.
B. Vindler as Consul at Rye for his Royal Highness the
Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Oar. is.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's
Charge d'Affaires at Washington, containing a proclaims.,
tion issued by the President of the United States, opsming
the port of Alexandria, Virginia, to commercial inter-

Course.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her
Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Washington, enclosing
a copy of a circular issued by the Treasury of the
United States4o the Agents of that Department, " con-
cerning trade with and in States declared in insurrection,
and concerning abandoned and captured property," together
with a summary of the most important provisions m the
revised regulations presented by the United States Secre-
tary of the Treasury.