The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-12 00:00:00

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lA' () ND()N, SATUROAY --V.ITE-1,41-NO- JULY 12 -1.8

DEATII. OF MR. OIIALLES FEIST.'

Naval and Military: Intelligence

We deeply regret to announce the death pf this gentle
man, who expired on Thursday last, after a long and
painful illness. He• was well-known and widely respected
by a large circle of friends. Fer trowardi of twenty
yews; be superintended the Turf Department of the
Sunday Times, and was more recently appointed sporting
contributer to the London daily papers. Of the zeal,
aryl impartiality with which Mr. Feist discharged
his arduous duties', every person who takes an interest
in racing matters is aware. Without fear or favour he
ever exposed the abuses of the Turf, whilst at the same
time he earnestly advocated the true claims of the na-
tional ellen to public patronage and protection. Many
of the reforms which have of late taken place in the eco-
nomy and practice of horse-racing eta attributable to
Mr. Feiss-. By his exertions, too, a system of reporting
was established, as complete as it was remarkable, and
his zeal it was which fprnished the public with full and
accurate account] of race meetings, in whatever
part of England they took place, on the very day after
those meetings were held.
It was in the discharge of his arduous duties that
Mr. Feist contracted the illness which terminated in
death. About two years ago, after pursuing his labours
throughout a drenching rain, he was compelled to travel
to London in his wet clothes. A severe cold ensued,
accompanied with periodical attacks of rheumatism, and
from that time his constitution gradully broke.
Mr. Feist's career was a chequered one. He was born
in Beverley, in Yorkshire, his father being a clergyman
in that town. He was intended for the law, but dur-
ing his study for that profession in London ho became
acquinted with many young men who had adopted the
stage as a profession, and who have since become famous.
Mr. Feist imbibed a taste for theatrical pursuits, and,
quitting London, he joined the then celebrated Norfolk
and Suffolk company of comedians. On marrying, he
quitted the stage and commenced a career as school-
master at Swaffhana, in Norfolk. After a sojourn of
about a dozen years in that town, he left it and opened a
school at Newmarket, where he lived for a considerable
period. Mr. Feist was the author of many school-books,
which are now in general use. A large family is left
to deplore his loss.

Prince Oscar of Sweden will visit Wobhvich Arsenal' to-
day. A guard of honour, composed of Hui Royal Marines,
Will be in attendance- inethe Dialesquare'aclialr:past'ten
a.m. Gen. Williams will arrive at Woolwich so as lo be in
attendance in his official .capacity of, CoMmandant a, the'
garrison. An order 'has been circulated throughont • the
different departMents of the Arsenal, announcing that the
holyday granted for this day is to be postponed tantil Satur-
day next, the 19th inst.
The Prince Arthur steam--transpoTt went into Porta-
mouth harbour yesterday morning to land the Mt Fpot.
The King Philip and Wanderer also soventinto harbour the
previous evening and landed their troops.
Vice-Admiral'Sir G. Seymour, K.G.8., Comniander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth, returned and re-hoisted his flag on
Thursday evening.
H.M.S. Agamemnon, 91, Capt. J. J. Stopford, will be
paid off this day at Portsmouth.
Mr. Scamp, C.E., the deputy-director cf Admiralty
Works, has been at Portsmouth for some days past to set
out the site approved by the Admiralty for haulier; up slip-
ways, with communicating slips for the gun and mortar
boat flotilla. It has been determined that the establishment
shall be permanent, and orders have therefore been given to
commence immediately the erection of a boundary wall,
with a police-station, entrance. gates, &c. The tender
of Messrs. Rigby, of London and Woolwich, for the for-
mation of longitudinal and transverse slipways and slips
for each pair of vessels has been accepted. By the means
proposed to be adopted vessels will be removed on cradles
at any high water, and oven at neap tides. So urgent is
the necessity for this work that the contractors have agreed
that the slips shall be ready for occupation in three months.
The site is on the Gosport or Hasler shore. It is proposed
that each pair of gunboats should be covered. with a simple
and light iron roof, resting on iron standards. Mr. Mac-
donald has been appointed to superintend the work on the
part of the Government, and Mr. Aslatt on the part of
the contractors. The Board of Admiralty have also ad-
cepted the tender of Messrs. King and Son, of Portsea, for
the erection of three addition! pavilions in the Royal Marine
Light Infantry Barracks at Forton, Gosport, capable of
berthing 400 additional men. This work is to be com-
pleted in seven months, and is placed under. the immediate
superintendence of Mr. C. W. E. Pines, C.E., Clerk of Ad-
miralty Works at Gosport.
The sloop Philomel, 8, Commander J. D. Skene, from
the West Coast of Africa, arrived at Plymouth on Wed.
nesday, and, baring disembarked her powder, was ordered
into Hamoaze yesterday to be paid off.
The screw steam-ship St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain the
Hon. H. Koppel, at Devonport, has carried away part of,
her false keel forward. The shipwrights are working extra
hours to expedite her repairs.
Oa Thursday morning his Prussian Majesty's steam-
corvette, Danzig, 12, Captain CoMmander Prince William
of Hesse, arrived at Falmouth with the Lord High Ad-
miral of Prussia on board. There are now four Prussian
men-of-war at anchor there.

Orders have been received at the dockyard at Pembroke
to expedite the building of the Doris and Diadem, 32-gun
frigates, and for this purpose a large body pf men hare
been placed upon them. The battery at the west side of
the dockyard is now completed, and mounts 21 guns of
heavy calibre, completely commanding the approach by
water to the dockyard. The ammunition is stored in the
Andromache floating powder ship, some distance down
the harbour.

The iron screw steam store-ship Industry was docked
yesterday for Woolwich for repairs.

APPOINTMENTS.

J. E. N. Graham, midshipman, to the Atalanta ; W.
M. Power, midshipman, to the Salamander ; D. A. Stan-
ley, midshipman, to the Salamander; W. J. Riding,
acting-assistant-surgeon, to the Otter; James Wyse, act-
ing-assistant-surgeon, to the Ajax ; T. F. Edgworth,
acting-asiistant-surgeon, to the Seahorse ; J. J. Ellis,
acting-assistant-surgeon, to the Amethyst ; H. W. V.
Wallington, paymaster to the Amethyst.

MARKET NEWZ.—(This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

To-day's market was very extensively supplied with
both fruit and vegetables, which sold steadily. In prices
very little change took place.
FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 5s to 7s per lb; colonial
do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 3s to 6s Od per lb ;
foreign ditto, Od to Os ; meions, Os Od to Os Od each ;
peaches, /Os Ocl to 20s ; nectarines, 103
.to 20s per dozen ;
apples, 3s Od to 5s 0,1 per half sieve ; pears, 3s 91 to
6s per dozen ; plurriF3, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os
per punnet; apricots,o9 Od to Os Od. per doz.; common plums,
Os 01 to Os per sieve; cherries, 21 to is 6d per pound ;
lemons' Gd to is 6d per doz ; oranges, 5s to 14.8 per 100 ; fil-
berts, Os to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts; 15s to Os ; almonds,
Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 01 to Oil per 100; figs, Od to
is 6d per doz ; strawberries, 4d to is 6d per pun. ; goose-
busies, 2s Odto•is Od per half sieve ; currants, 5s 0,1 to
7s Od nor half sieve ; raspberries, Od to Od per pottle.
VEGETABLES.—Greens, is 6d to 3a Oil per doz. bunches;
cabbages, 8d to is 2d per dozen; Savoy ditto is to
2s Od per do. ; brocoli, is Gate 2s per dozen ; old potatoes,
603 to 110 s per ton ; new di;;Lo, 8s to 103 per cwt. ; peas,
2s to 2a 6d per half sieve ; French beans, 9,1 to is per 100 ;
turnips, new, 4d to 8d per bunch ; carrots, 9d to is 6d
per bunch ; encumbers, Oi 4d to is 0:1 each ; garlic, 6d to
Os 8d per pcuud ; spinach, Is Od to is 61 per sieve ;
old onions, 7s Oil to vs per bushel ; new ditto, 2d to 6cl
per bunch ; leeks, 4(1 to 61 per bunch ; shallots,
4d to Os 6d ; hme-racl(lisb, 2s to 4s per bundle; parsley,
3d to Od per bunch ; celery, 2, Od to 2s Gd per
bunch ; endive, 3s Od to 4s Od per doz. ; beet, is to 2s Od
per doz. ; parsnips, Os 6d to is Od per dozen ; small
salad, 2d to Od per punnet ; mushroomr3, is Od to 18 6d
per pOttle ; artichokes, 6d to Si each ; c .oban lettuces,
is to is td per score ; sorrel, Oct to Os per half sieve ;
radishes; 6(1 to Os 91 per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s to 4s
per half sieve; chillies, is to is 63 per 100; Brussels
sprouts, 2s Oct to 3s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s
Per 100 ; walne pickling, OA to Os per 100; cauliflowers,
(13 to 2s 91 per ,doz. ; rhubarb, 4d to 81 per bundle;
asparagus,'23 01 to 4s per 100; sea kail, 1s to 3s per pun.