The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-14 00:00:00

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAER.I
GnAvEsExn, Saturday Morning.

Wind S.W.; fine.

Arrived, Oct. 13.—Amiable, from Leghorn ; Victoria,
from Guernsey ; Magician, from Santa Anna ; Gem of
the Nith, from Algoa Bay ; Olive Branch, from Colombo ;
Odin, from Quebec.

Arrived, Oct. 14.—Syria, from Barbadoes ; Jane Porter,
from Calcutta; Ocean Bide, from Guernsey ; Interna-
tional, from Teneriffe ; John Hellman, from Demerara;
Elizabeth, from Bathurst.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed, in tow—Mutlah, from Mauritius, for London.
Passed—Balcombe, from London for Jamaica ; Wave
Queen, from London for East London ; Plover, from Lon-
don for Barbadoes.

Sailed, the whole of the outward-bound, this morning.

SCOTCH BULLS.—Two operatives were conversing
the other day about a fine cemetery recently made in one
of the most flourishing of our Border towns. One of them,
with whom the "newfangled graveyard " was evidently no
favourite, boldly, but amusingly, expressed his aversion to it
in the remark, " I'll rather doe than be buried in sic a
place !" With equal disregard of the logic of fact; his com-
panion, who held an exactly opposite opinion of the ceme-
tery, retorted, " Neel, if I'm spared in life an' health, I'll
gang naewhere else !"—Edinburgh Courant.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.--LIMERICK, Wednesday.--
Intelligence has been received of a murderous attempt made
by Mr. Henry Bevan, at Camas; near Bruff, to take the
life of his brother, Mr. William Bevan, J.P., yesterday, by
shooting him with a pistol, the contents of which lodged
in his head, behind the right ear. It appears that the
wounded man only returned from Paris on Monday, and
last evening, while walking with his brother-in-law (Mr.
Hunt) Mr. Bevan also joined them. They had not pro-
ceeded far on the road when the latter called Mr. William
Bevan aside, and made an application for money to effect
some private purpose to which he was adverse. Having
been refused, he deliberately took a revolver from his
pocket and shot his brother. The sufferer continues in a
precarious state. His assailant is in custody at Bruff.—
Dublin Express.
DEATH OF A WATERLOO VETERAN.—.Captain
Crawf3rd, of Warkworth, formerly of the 2d Dra-
goons, or Royal Scots Greys, expired at Liverpool a few
days since. This gallant officer was one of the best cavalry
soldiers in the British army, and had seen, when he retired
on half-pay in 1849, 50 years' service in the above famous
regiment, having girded himself with the soldier's harness
when but a stripling. He was nominated adjutant on the
field of Waterloo, and delighted to tell of the dashing style
in which the lamented Hamilton led the Greys into action
in the celebrated charge that helped to turn the tide of
battle on the memorable 18th of June. One of the most
graceful and touching compliments ever accorded to an
officer was paid to Captain Crawford by his old regiment
when last quartered in Edinburgh. The whole of the
Greys marched into George-square, drew up opposite the
house in which the gallant captain was a guest, and saluted
him with due military honour.
GIANTS.—There is but little material to fill up the
history of a gigantology between the men of renown
and the giants of romance. The gentle giants shared the
fate of all outgrown superstitions. They were shunned,
however, before t)iey were laughed at. They were still
dreaded before they were exhibited as shows. They did
not begin to lose caste until they gave over living in castles.
A giant, who could take Salisbury Plain in six strides, and
regardless of rinderpest, devour a herd of oxen for break-
fast—who kept a lovely lady a prisoner, and made her cook
stray human visitors for his supper—this was a description
of creature still likely to cause some little sensation, in his
own neighbourhood, at all events. But a giant in a cara-
van was quite another matter. Instead of ramping and
'aging about tho country, he was uncomfortably jolted
along country lanes in what used to be irreverently called
a travelling tea kettle ; he was never let out during the
day, lest the attractions of the "show" should become
diminished; he was afraid of his owner, very likely
beaten by his wife (if he had one), and at night he slept
on a bunker full of boa-constrictors, when not kept
awake by the scratching of the armadillo.—The Reader.
A little fellow, four years of age, was poisoned in
Manchester, on Tuesday, by drinking the contents of a
medicine bottle of which he accidentally got hold.
EXTRAORDINARY WEDDING. -- At St. John' s
Church, Pembroke Dock, on the 4th inst., were joined to-
gether in the bonds of matrimony a couple whose united
ages reached no less than 164 years. The bride was Mrs.
Elizabeth Powell, aged 84, who had been married four
times before, and the bridegroom was Mr. T. Wade, who
is, we believe, only four years younger than his wife. The
Rev. Dr. Kelley officiated, and the interesting event passed
off in a most satisfactory manner.—Cambria DsilJ Leader.
MURDER AT GREAT YARMOUTH.—Last night,
about 10 o'clock, a foreigner, named Hinsman, a cook on
board the Dutch galliot Secundus, lying in harbour, de-
livering wheat, was murdered by a comrade named E rene.
b -
shussen, at the City of London, a house of repute.
Erenshussen was desired by the captain to go on board ;
he refused. Hinsman advised him to go, when he drew

his knife, the blade of which was six inches long, and
buried it in his heart. Death was instantaneous. The vie-

tim and murderer were both young.

2,274; Norway,
1,561;
R turn of
EXPORT OF COAL.---C the quantity o&
coal exported from the port of Great Grisinwsbedyedn,ur4ion6g;
the month of September, 1865 :—To Hanseatic towns, 994
tons; Denmark,
Russia, 4,055; Prussia, 3,423; France, 4,682 ; Italy (Sicily),
13s
; ditto,
351—total —t a
286; (SardinianConfederation, 196;
territories),l96Bmzi, 4
I 22342;in, 543; Argen-
tine ;
Egypt, 51
foreign, 19,400 tons ; coastwise, I,o9o—thtal,
ton 20,190 tons,
co°arsrtewsrsen, cll236w—eteokta, I, 1864 4,, foreign, 13,324
560 tons. Increase this year,
5,930 tons.

THE FORTH BRIDGE.—This gigantic undertaking,
says the Edinburgh Evening Courant of Saturday,
may now be said to have fairly commenced. Tho construc-
tion of a pier near the middle of the Forth has been con-
tracted for, the price being about £17,000. Tho pier, which
is expected to be finished by May next, is upon a very large
scale, and the foundation will be no less than forty-five feet
below the surface. In the lower portion of the works,
green beech instead of iron is to be used. The durability of

green beech, when constantly immersed in water, is proved
by the discovery of Mr. Edwyn Clarke that such wood in

the Thames exists in a condition of the most perfect sound-
ness for an ascertained period of at least COO years—a dis-
covery of no small importance to the owners of beech plan-
tations. The formation of the pier is proceeding in the

harbour of Burutisland, from which at the proper time it
will bo floated to its position and sunk.
Charivari has a picture of John Bull, the old type
of the national caricature, a fat, bloated fellow, with knee-
breeches and gaiters, a flaming handkerchief round his
neck, and a large bunch o watch seals. Young France is
condoling with his neighbour on the Fenians. "Really," he
says, " you take the thing too much to heart." " Oh," re-
plies John Bull, " it's not my heart, but my stomach that is
distutbed. I should not' so much, mind the Feniaus, but
his epizootic is playing the deuce with our roast beef."

Naval and

.telligence.

Field-Marshal the GeneralCommanding-in-Chief
the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., having concluded
Lis inspection of the troops and fortifications at
Portsmouth for the present year, left the Govern-
ment House yesterday morning at 9 am., and em-
barked on board her Majesty's steamer Fire Queen,
Staff-Commander Paul, for the Isle of Wight, at-
tended by his personal staff, and accompanied by
Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Buller, K.C.8., Lieut.-
Governor of Portsmouth, and the general officer
commanding the south-west military district, with
his staff, comprising Col. Gordon, R.E. ; Colonel
Elliot, R.A. ; Col. Shadwell, Assist-Quartermaster..
Gen. ; Major Mackenzie, aide-de-camp, and other
officers. The guns of the fortress and her Majesty's
ship Victory fired a royal salute on the duke reach-
ing the deck of the Fire Queen, and the royal stan-
dard was at the same time hauled down from the
flagstaff cf the garrison. The Fire Queen steamed
away for Rydc, where his Royal Highness landed
with the numerous staff of officers attending him,
and proceeded in carriages to Sandown, where a
passing visit was paid to the forts on the heights
which overlook the bay. From Sandown the Duke
drove across the island to Parkhurst, where an in-
spection was made of the troops and barracks. Af-
terwards the Duke proceeded to Cowes, and cross-
ing the Solent in the Fire Queen, visited the Royal
Victoria Military Hospital at Netley. From what
has transpired there can be no doubt that the pre-
sent visit of the Duke to Portsmouth and the south-
west district has been attended, in a military sense,
with most gratifying results.
Yesterday Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole,
• K.C.8., commanding at Chatham, who has been
engaged upwards of a week past in the autumnal
inspection of the faces under his command, com-
menced the inspection of the third battalion
of infantry at Chatham garrison, under the com-
mand of Col. the Hon. J. J. Bourke. He devoted
yesterday morning to the inspection of the officers'
and men'squarters at St. Mary's casemated barracks,
together with the books, accounts, and other official
documents relating to each depot. In the afternoon
the troops were mustered in review order for the
customary- inspection on Chatham lines, the depots
present comprising those of the Ist and 2d battalion
of the 10th Regiment, Ist and 2d battalions of the
19th Regiment, 65th Regiment, 80th Regiment,
and the 102 d Royal Madras Fusileers. Prior to the
field movements taking place, Sir Robert Walpole
inspected the kits, arms, accoutrements, clothing,
&c., of the men of the various corps, the condition
of which was, on the whole, very satisfactory. After
going through a variety of manoeuvres incidental to
a review, the troops were dismissed to their quarters.
The inspection of the infantry was brought to a
close yesterday.
The officer commanding the first division of the
Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, on the occasion of
the official inspection on Thursday by Major-Gen.
Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., was Lieut.-Col. C. D.
Waddell, and not Lieut.-Col. Guy Rotton, as was
incorrectly stated.
The Terrible, 20, paddle frigate, Capt. Gerard E.
Napier, will sail from Spithead to-day for the Medi-
terranean, to relieve the Magicieune, ordered home.
The Basilisk, 6, paddle sloop, Capt. Hewett, V.C.,
under orders for China, is detained at Spithead for
the trial by court-martial of one of her officers.
The Basilisk is being supplied at Portsmouth with
two one-pounder rifled Whitworth guns with their
ammunition. They are intended for boat service,
or as swivel pieces on the ship's bulwarks. In China
this same description of gun is already largely iu
use, although not on board her Majesty's ships, and
has gained a very high character for range, accuracy,
and destructive power.
Her Majesty's iron screw store ship Wye, 700 tons,
and 100 horse-power, from the west coast of Africa,
Staff-Commander Valentine G. Roberts, yesterday
arrived alongside the T pier at Woolwich arsenal,
and commenced unshipping her cargo, consisting of
obsolete guns, carriages, &c., from Sierra Leone,
and naval and military stores from other stations.
The War Department steam store-vessel Lord Pan-
inure, 11. T. Moore commander, also arrived at
Woolwich on the previous night from Devonport
and Cork, laden with guns, shot, &c., from the
former place, and 1,168 quarter barrels of returned
ammunition from Cork, whither she had been de-
spatched with powder and small arms ammunition
for extra supply, to be distributed to the troops in
Ireland. The Lord Panmure left Plymouth at 2,
and encountered a succession of heavy gales, which,
by reason of the combustible nature of the cargo,
mixed with the heavy guns, which were not blocked
off, rendered the voyage one of considerable danger.
She spoke and passed the Wye off St. Catharine's,
Isle of Wight, shaping her course in a north-easterly
direction and bearing up against a tremendous
squall. The Wye afterwards bore up for the night
at Spithead harbour. The Wye is ordered to be
stripped and paid out of commission at Woolwich,
having been relieved on the African station by the
Dromedary, Master Commander Allard, from Wool-
wich. The war department vessel lnkerman,
liam Pellat, Commander, from Pembroke and Cork,
has also arrived at Woolwich, with returned stores,
and is ordered to reload with 120 tons of guns, car-
riages, shot, &c., for Devonport.
Her Majesty's 6-gun paddle-sloop Spiteful, about
to be commissioned, having been ordered on a
trial trip to the Lower Hope from Woolwich,
yesterday returned to the Royal Arsenal
pier in charge of Commander Dillon, of the
Steam Reserve, having made six runs at full
speed and four at half speed, according to Admi-
ralty regulations established for testing the engines
preparatory to the ship's commission. The average
rate of speed was equal to 10 knots per hour,
and the working of the machinery, which has been
recently repaired, was reported as satisfactory. The
boilers are new, and the repairs throughout the ship
have been very extensive, rendering her compara-
tively new. The whole of her guns were hoisted on
board yesterday from the pier, and the carriages,
platforms, slides, &c., will be supplied to-day.
The paddle-wheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Commander
William B. Urmston, which arrived in Plymouth
Sound on Wednesday, as already reported in The
Sun, left Halifax, Sept. 21, and experienced fine wea-
ther until the last five days. She spoke Oct. 4, lat.
48 44 N., long. 26 47 W., the American ship Wil-
liam Tapscott, and Oct. 6, lat. 47 50 N., long. 19
•17 W., the English steamer Achillian. The Styx
brings passengers, two military convicts, and a luna-
tic ; she was put in commission on the 3d March,
1861, and has been one of the healthiest ships on
the station. She left at Halifax the flagship Dun-
can, 81, the Euryalus, 35, the Galatea, 26, and the
Gannet, 11. Admiral Sir James Hope, G.C.8.,
was daily expected from Prince Edward Island.
The Styx was inspected on Thursday morning by
Capt. Seymour, of the flagship Royal Adelaide.
After discharging her powder she will go up
llamoaze, where her crew will be paid off.
The screw steam-frigate Liffey, 39, Capt. George
Parker, from North America, is daily expected at
Plymouth.

Orders have been received at Devonport to bring
forward for commission the sailing ship Flora, 40,
for a coal depot. She willb available for going to
sea if required
i
through stress of weather.
An investigation has taken place, by order of the
Admiralty, into a charge
made against one of
the officials of Chatham dtockyard of influencing
that
workmen employed at
establishment in re-
cording their votes at the recent election for
the borough. The investigation was directed in
consequence of a letter received by Admiral G.
Elliot, the defeated candidate, from one of his sup-
porters at the late election. In this letter it 1%
alleged that Mr. George, the master smith,andtw 'as
of the foremen in the smithery,had. exercised cons'o
derable influence over the men employed under then;
at the last election, to induce them to record their

votes in favour of Mr. Otway, the present member,
and that this coercion had been carried to such an

extent that none of the men in the factory dared
vote in opposition to the officials named. The result
of the inquiry has been that so far from Mr. George
and the other officers named at all influencing any
of the voters the whole of the men employed in the
smithery were left uncontrolled in recording their
votes, while Atkinson, the workman who had made
the charge, subsequently admitted that most of what