The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-30 00:00:00

COAL MARKET.

Price per ton at the close of the market.
s. d. s• 6'
Walls End Hetton ... 22 3 Wallsend Haswell 22 3,,
Hetton Lyons 19 9 South Hartlepool 21
"
Bradyell's Hetton 22
21 3 Tees
Davison's W.'Hartley 17 6 Pittington .... .
Holywell Main l7 6 Original Hartlepool .. 22
21
Buddle'sWestHartley 17 9 Kelloe
East Hartlepool
Eden• Main
2120
96
New South
i 3 He emt to onnt
............... .... 2220 6
Caradoc

Ships at market, 91—sold, 81.

A father writes satirically to the 7inies—"3ll
son Hector," he says, " aged 19, crossed 11Y1
Park, alone and unarmed, between 7 and 8 o'el°c'
on Monday evening. I trust the natural pride of fe
parent is sufficient justification for my seekinCrt°
make public this gallant and courageous act." vi!
can imagine a " rough " calling into question the
exploit of the young Hector, and signing himself
a " Keeper of the Park." He might truly state
that his brother-keepers were too well spread over
the ground to permit an intruder to escape 1112'
challenged.
The Water-Witch, lately launched from the
Thames Ironworks, at Blackwall, is an hydrauli4
iron-cased gun-vessel, of 778 tons and 160-11011.
power. The construction of this vessel is novel'
On each side she has a metal pipe for continuously
discharging water by the propulsion of etealli;
The force of this water is the motive power OP
drives her on. She has a huge water-wheel 142
feet in diameter and weighing 8 tons. The water IP„
admitted, through holes in the bottom, into a lout
iron box, like the well of a Thames punt, where
gudgeons are kept alive. She ejects 300 tons °f
water every minute when working at full e1:4,0
The wheel is constructed to force the water from wf
box through the pipes in a continuous stream
immense power, and it is said that the elsl3lo
yields a greater power in proportion to t''t
fuel consumed than the screw or paddle, tll3
less power is wasted, and that it can he
turaira tt thiru Intek warLIS or forwards at pleasure'
without stopping or reversing the engines, the office'
on command on deck being able to change the she
course, or to modify her speed instantaneously'
without communication with the engine-r°°°l;
Her trial proved a speed of two knots an hour
greater than that estimated for her. The Pall-01'
Gazette illuStrates the principle on which she to°°e° ~,
in the following manner :—" If any one wishes
i.";
observe for himself the principle' of motion a the
Waterwitch, he may do so at a cheap cost by Pll,lci
chasing one of the indiarubber skins which are esr%
at every toy-ship, and which on inflation smut
the dimensions and appearance of a large swage.
Directly free' egress is afforded to the air by the re;
moval of the finger from the hole through which tb_A
air has been blown in, the snake rushes forvia7,
across the room, or as far as its supply of air I
carry it. This is precisely the principle of the
Waterwitch, except that an hydraulic pressureir,
substituted for an air pressure, and the hydrawl"
pressure is constantly kept up by steam, while tbe
air pressure on the snake dies away almost Won
diately as the air escapes. The law which opera'
in both cases, as also in the illustrations which haTii
been adopted, of a gun at the moment of I'B°o
and of a rocket during flight, is the law that sod%
and reaction are equal.' The motion is the rest',
of the reaction of the escaping power, whether that
power be hydraulic, atmospheric, or gaseous."
Miss Maria S. Cummins, the author of the
" Lamplighter" and other widely popular nova'
died at Dorchester on Monday morning, Oet•
She was the daughter of Judge Cummins, andalaTe
of cultured and finished literary ability. The °a,
of the "Lamplighter" has exceeded 1,000,000 eerr'
01
and since its publication, in 1853, Miss Cum,
has written " Mabel Vaughan," "El Fureidis," an
" Haunted Hearts." Most of her later writing'
have been published in the Atlantic Monthly. •
bea
PARIS, Oct. 21.—An Imperial decree publis
to-day orders the obsequies of the late M. Th°e,
vend to be celebrated, at the public expense, 00at
count of the eminent services rendered by IL:,
statesman to his country. The Moniteur annouilL'a
his death as a loss to the Emperor and countrl/11.13th
adds :—" His name is so intimately associated W a
the remembrance of the annexation of Nice 3.13,
Savoy to France that his loss will remain the objev4
of well-founded and honourable regret."
The French troops are positively to leave 8099 u
~_!
on the 15th December. "An instalment of tJ
French troops, nearly a thousand of the 81st Regi-
ment, will leave Vera Cruz for France on the 2D.re
inst. The Austrian Government has ordered tjl_
war steamer Elizabeth to sail immediately for Mode°,
with what object is not made known.

Births.
BippuLni—On the 27th inst., at Blackheath, the Nv-
Lieut.-Col. R. Biddulph, Royal Artillery, of a son. of
Bitoox.E—On the 28th inst., at Ewell, Surrey, the wife
Henry Brooks, Esq., of a son.
HANBURY—On the 27th inst., at 21, Portman-square, til°
wife of George Eanbury, Esq., of a son.
JESSEY—On the 27th inst., at Brighton, the wife of Gee'.
Jessey, Esq., Q.C., of a son.

Marriages.
BALFOUR —KErrt—On the 25th inst, at Kindrogan, -rde,
shire, N. 8., Francis W. Balfour, Esq., of Ferule C3'sio
Fifeshire, late Major Rifle Brigade, to Jane Anie"
second daughter of P. S. Keir, Esq., of Kindrognn• a, +0
DAVSON—CHAPMAN—On the 27th inst., at St. Margr-in-
Church, Leo, Smith H. DaTson Esq.," M.D.,r Colt°
terrace, Kilburn-park, son of the late S. rayson? („1;1
9, Berbice, British Guiana, to Rose Annie, second (10°
ter of Henry Chapman, Esq., Lee, Kent.
Deaths.
CLAYPON—On the 27th inst., at Branch Hill Lodge, 1131131 r
stead, B. Claypon, Esq., aged 74. ~don+
DENT—On the '2Bth inst., at Highwood House, P---„iry,
Capt. Robert C. Dent, late of H.M.'s let Light CO"
Indian Army, Madras. CO"
GREENAWAY— On the 28th inst., at 218, The Grovel
berwell, S. Michael Greenaway, Esq., aged 80. T.
NEWMAN- On the 28th inst., at Finchley, Middiesel'
C. Newman, Esq., aged 78. o, f
SMITH On the 28th inst., Mr. Thomas G. Stn.—, °
New North-road, Hoaton, aged 55.
WAIT— On the 27th inst., at 7, Spring-terrace, N. "j-
James,Wait, Esq., shipowner, aged 75. „Li-, Phil
WEBB—On the 27th inst., at 25, East India-road,
Webb, of 24, LaurencePountney-lane, E.G., aged

London: Printed and Published by WIL MAY( AN
of No. 112, Strand, Painter. at Tim SUN OtrOO, 'v.ty Of
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the COIL°
Bliddleoez.—Tuesday, October 30,1840.