The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1862.

COURT CIRCULAR.

REINHARDSBRUNN, SEPT. iS.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at half-
pagt four o'clock yesterday. His Royal Highness was at-
tended by Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, Lieuten-
ant• General Knollys, and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel,
A.D.C.
Earl Russell had an audience of the Queen, and took
leave upon his return to England. He will be succeeded
by Earl Granville, as Minister in attendance upon her
Majesty.

Earl Granville left London yesterday afternoon
For Gotha. __ _ _ _ _ • _

The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin has
been pleased to confer the civil medal of merit in gold upon
Mr. Siegerich Kreeft, his royal highness's consul-general
iu Great Britain.

The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have left
town for Maiden Bradley, Wilts. His grace will return
to town in a few days to transact business at the Ad-
miralty.
The Duke of Beaufort arrived at Gopsall, the
Earl Howe's seat in Leicestershire, from Doncaster, on
Saturday last. The noble Duke and Duchess leave Gop-
sall to-day for Badminton, Gloucestershire, where they will
receive a succession of visitors.

The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland, who has
been visiting Lord and Lady Blantyre at Erskine House,
has left for Roseneath, the seat of the Duke and Duchess
of Argyll.
The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland will en-
tertain a large circle of friends at Apthorpe, Northampton-
shire, during the present week.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr have arrived at
Oakley Park, Bedfordshire, from Backhurst Park, Sussex,
on a visit to Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Russell.

The Earl of Chesterfield has arrived in town, and
will leave to-day for his seat in Derbyshire.
THE LATE FIRE AT THE LIVERPOOL WORKHOUSE.
—The suggestion which we threw out in our last impres-
sion that the fire originated among the soiled clothes be-
longing to the children, and which was all but proved to
ke correct at the adjourned inquest on Wednesday, has
nce received additional corroboration. On clearing away
the rubbish fram the floor of the schoolroom, it was disco-
vered that the portion on which the clothes had be en de-
posited, and that immediately adjoining it, were the only
parts of the floor which had been burnt in any considerable
degree.—Liverpool Albion.
The Moniteur des Soies, a new commercial organ,
publishes a statistical table of the price of silk in the Lycns
market since 1843, As the prices of all kinds of silk,
wherever produced, have followed nearly the same move-
ments upwards and downwards, the Lyons market may be
safely taken as a standard for all. It appears from this
table that organzine silo in 1843 was worth 82f per kilo-
gramme at Lyons ; 103 f in 1844, and 108 f in 1845. Owing
to political events in 1846-47 it fell to 57f, but rose again to
95f in 1849, and to 100 f in 1850. In 1851 it fell to 86f, but,
owing to a bad crop, rose to 108 f in 1853. The war in the
East brought it down to 86f in 1855, but in 1856 it ad-
vanced to 139 f, and to 140 f in the following year. in
January, 1858, it declined to 101 f, but after the treaty of
Villafranca it again reached 130 f, and 132 f in 1860. The
American war had an unfavourable effect, and the price
fell till, at the beginning of the present year, it was 105 f,
but has since recovered a little, and is now 115 f. It is very
remarkable that all these fluctuations very nearly coincide
with those of the Three per Cents., which shows that the
demand for silk is greatly dependent on the political secu-
rity and commercial prosperity of the country; so much
so, indeed, that the fluctuation of the Paris Bourse may be
regarded as a tolerably accurate indication of the rise and
fall in the price of silk.
THE TEA TRADE.—The deliveries in London
estimated for the week were 880,0101 b., which is a decrease
of 54,1001 b. compared with the previous statement.
GLASGOW, SEPT. 20.—Cotton.---The cotton-
market has been very dull this week, with little doing at a
decline of id. per lb. Goods and yarns.—The market has

been very quiet during the week without change in prices.
Iron,--A large business has been transacted in the pig iron
market this week, prices touching 575. 6d. for warrants,
prompt sellers; buyers, 575. 41d.; No. 1 Gartsherrie,
58s. 6d.

THE COLLEEN BAwN.—lt may be interesting to
the public to know that the name of the dramatized
" Colleen Bawn" was Ellen Hanly. She was murdered,

by drowning, near Foynes, either on the 14th or 15th July,
1819. The chief conspirator of the brutal deed, highly
connected in this county and city, was executed at Gallows
Green on the 16th March, 1820, and Sullivan (dramati-
cally represented as "Danny Mann," the summer of last
year). The body of the " Colleen" drifted into Money
Point, and was interred in Burrane churchyard, where
Robert W. C. Reeves, Esq., upon whose property the
bnrial ground is situated, has erected a tombstone upon
which is inscribed the simple epitaph,—" The Colleen
Bawn."—Limerick Chronicle.

DEATH OF SOUTER JOHNNIE'S SON.—Many of our
(Ayr Express) readers will regret to observe in our obituary
this morning the familiar name of the venerable Mr. John

Lauchlan, Deacon of the Incorporated Trade of Shoe-
makers in Ayr, who died on %Velnesday in his 86th year.
He was the son of Burns' " Souter Johnnie," famed by the
marvellous poem of Tam o' Shanter. When a mere lad he
enlisted in the first Ayrshire Militia, along with many
others belonging to the county, and served in the regiment,
a faithful soldier, for a long period of years, and was dis-
charged at the peace, when he assumed his original
trade of a shoemaker, which he carried on success-
fully, and saved sufficiently to enable him to enjoy, in
a moderate degree, the good things of this life till the day
of his death. He was, from his youth, a wiry, healthy
man, full of energy and activity, which in a measure con-
tinued with him to the last—for he passed away without
pain or suffering, and breathed his last like a child going
to sleep. The Deacon was a famed Freemason, and died
the oldest member of the Ayr St. Paul's Lodge Like
others of his day, he was a jolly boon companion when
occasion required, although far from being a habitual
drinker. It is related of him that he was one of
three who consumed, at one sitting, no fewer than
eight chopping of rum—as much as would floor as
many dozens of Forbes Mackenzie's pale disciples of the
present day—yet this large quantity must have done no
injury to his constitution, for hence his great age and pain-
less death. In his official capacity he was much and justly
respected by his fellow -craftsmen, over whom he reigned
by prescriptive right with a mild sway, having dispensed
the business of the Incorporation with an ardent desire for
its welfare, and enlivened the meetings with many a joke
and story. As one of the most genial and amiable of all
our local worthies he died, as he had lived, in the cordial
esteem of the entire community, among which he has left
not a single enemy.
EXTRAORDINARY DESCENT OF A BULL INTO
THE MAIN DRAINAGE.—Last evening, between eight and
nine o'clock, the neighbourhood of Leather-lane and Back-
hill was thrown into a state of excitement and alarm by the
sudden appearance of a bull at large, and whose exercita-
tions were of a most amusing, but at the same time of a
most formidable nature. After leaving the drove, which
was on its way to Smithfield, the infuriated Taurus rushed
right and left up the steep declivity of Back-hill, and after
baiting at sundry shops on the byway, plunged headfor6 •
most into one of the huge main-drainage shafts at the top
of the hill, falling a depth of 42 feet down into the excava-
tions below. Here he lay bellowing and snorting for full
three-quarters of an hour, without apparently having
broken any bones, seeing that it was ascertained by the
workmen by the aid of 'ights, that having recovered from
his exhaustion the brave beast was again upon his legs.
The question then presented itself how to extricate him, and
it was determined on, as the only means of delivering
Bully from his savory limbo, that he should be killed upon
the spot, and then slung up by means of the ropes and
buckets used by the men at work to bring up the excavated
material. Subsequently, and after consulting the owner
of the animal, it was determined to try the experiment of
extricating the bull alive, and a strong force of Reid's stal-
wart brewers in the neighbourhood volunteered their assist-
ance for the purpose. Bringing their tackle from the
brewery, the other sewage men descended with it into the
shaft, and having secured it round the neck, legs, and hind
quarters of the bull, succeeded in about half an hour or so
afterwards, by means of the windlass, a long pull, a strong
pull, and a pull altogether, in bringing the bovine burden,
of some 100 stone weight, safely and amid the cheers of the
assembled crowd to the surface, when the animal, marvel-
lous to say, was found only to Ttave sustained a fracture of
one of tie fore legs, and was able to w-ilk a distance of 100
yards down hill to a neighbouring yard in Saffron-hill,
where he was housed for the night. The value of the ani
mal was estimated at between £3O and £4O, and will make
as good butcher's meat as ever.
The News, insurance journal, furnishes the sub-
joined statistics with regard to the winding-up of insurance
offices during the last 15 years. Some of the vacancies
thus created have been met this year by the creation of
large new establishments :—" In 1841, tour insurance com-
panies ceased to exist ; in 1848, seven ; in 1850, three ;
in
11.8.51, none ; in 1852, two ; in 1853, eight ; in 1854, six ; in
in 1855, ten ; in 1856, sixteen; in 1857, thirty-four ; in
1858, twenty-five; in 1859, fifteen; in 1860, six; in 1861,
ten ; while during the year 1862, so far as it has gone,
eleven have disappeared, or are disappearing."
DARING BURGLARY AND ROBBERY OF SILK NEAR
NOTTINGHAM.—On Saturday morning a man named Wm.
Spencer was taken before Lord Belper and tie county bench
of magistrates at Nottingham charged with being con-
cernedtiinm aeagoserious
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robberyte employ
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of Mr. Fletcher,
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laceashort
manufacturer, Hyson-green, near Nottingham, and a few
-,,n! having been twice previously crnvi ,ted suspicion
searched, and soannle
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broken .
daysafitnerto,hains
the prosecutor's silk
belonging to
were found, but none of the stolen property has yet been
fell upon hm;,
dismvered. The bench remanded the prisoner until Wed-
hiaebe: was apprehended. viis house was
nesd ay,