The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-13 00:00:00

TfiE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1866.

those dead bodies. I identify the skull of Maria
Delany. Bridget Delany's body lam able to recog-
nise by the ring which is still on her finger. I can-
not recognise any other." He proceeded to say
that he saw his brother last about 8 o'clock on
Thursday evening, and that he recognised his keys
foundin the ruins on Sunday morning. Dr. Strahan,
a relative of the deceased, deposed that he had in-
spected the six dead bodies with Dr. M'Donnell,
and he could not identify any of them. They were
nearly consumed by fire. He could not say whe-
ther death was caused by burning or suffocation.
Dr. M'Donnell gave similar testimony. Even the
sex could not be distinguished. Mr. Smith applied
for a postponement of the inquiry till after the fu-
neral on account of the public excitement. The
people, he said, were ready to put a rope about the
neck of the captain of the fire brigade. These re-
marks were received with hisses, and the coroner
said, having regard to the character of the jury
and himself, he could not see why the representative
of the Corporation should say that he did not expect
justice there. Mr. Smyth wished to add the quali-
fication, " in thepresent temper of the public mind."
The coroner, however, declined to postpone the in-
quiry, as some of the witnesses were sailors, who
might have to leave before they were called. It was
adjourned to this day.
Mr. Butt, Q.C., applied yesterday to the Court
of Queen's Bench for a writ of prohibition to pre-
vent Colonel Brett and the other members of the
court-martial from proceeding with the trial of
Colour-Sergeant M'Carthy, on the ground that the
crime charged as a violation of the Mutiny Act had
been merged in high treason, and thereby placed
beyond the jurisdiction of a court-martial in time
of peace. Mr. M‘Mahon followed on the same side.
The Chief Justice said that the importance of the
case was such that they could not think of disposing
of it on the instant, and would give judgment this
day.
The following gentlemen were last night elected
members of the Royal Irish Academy :--Messrs. J.
A. Baker, F.R.C.5.1., E. H. Bennett, M.D., F. R.
Cruise, M.D., T. Gallwey, T. M. Hutton, Rev. J.
O'Rourke, and Mr. Alex. Thom.
Professor Ferguson has announced to the Lord
Mayor that all cattle examined for exportation are
to be inspected free of charge, and that the money
hitherto received for inspection will be returned.
The accounts of the crops from all parts of the
country are most encouraging.

Further Details of the Bombardment of

Callao.

The Panama Star and Herald of the 23d pub-
lishes the following further details of the bombard-
ment of Callao :

The morning of the 2d of May saw the forts well pro-
tected and the guns manned and ready to receive the enemy.
Foreign vessels were warned still further out of range, and
all that morning were busy dropping to leeward, till the
nearest ship was about three miles off from the town. About
11 o'clock the Spaniards were observed to be on the move,
but laying, as they did, some ten miles off, it was not for
some time after that it was clearly seen that they were
bearing down upon the town. About 12 o'clock the iron-
clad Numancia, with the broad pennant of Admiral Nunez,
steamed rapidly ahead straight in for the town, fol-
lowed in line by the Blanca and Resolution, and a counter
line to attack the town from the north side was led by the
frigate Villa do Madrid, followed by the Berenguela and
Almanza. The gunboat Vencedora steamed between the
lines to act as a despatch boat.
The six frigates brought up broadside on to the town
about 15 minutes past 12, the nearest about 1,500 yards
from the forts, and there was a brief interval of breathless
anxiety. This interval did not last. At 12.25 the Numan-
cia commenced the action by firing a single shot on the
battery of Santa Rosa. The forts on shore spoke out at
once and for upwards of 41 hours without intermission,
and while broadside followed broadside from the ships,
the response from the forts was magnificent to
the last, till the enemy, with heavy loss in killed
and wounded, and severe damage to his ships, drew off
in disgrace and defeat. The breeze blowing from the shore
immediately carried off the smoke from the combatants, and
every movement, both on shore and among the ships, was
clearly seen. Almost at the beginning of the fight a well-
aimed shot from a Blakely's 300-pounder took the Villa do
Madrid among her machinery, entering the steam-chest,
killing some thirteen men, and disabling a host by the
escape of the steam. She had to be towed out of ac-
tion by the Vencedora, after being engaged not much more
than 15 minutes. Another of Armstrong's or Blakely's
heavy weights went right through the Berenguela, tear-
ing open her side. This also was done within the first
half-hour, and she cleared out, supposed to be in a sink-
ing condition and lurching heavily to ono side. The Eng-
lish corvette Shearwater steamed after her to save her
crew had it been necessary, but by heaving over her
guns and shot she was kept afloat. These disasters happen-
ing so early necessitated more caution on Nunez's part, so ho
widened his distance and drew off the remaining ships from
the shore. The firing of the Spaniards through the fight
seemed to be mere random shooting ; for every shot lighting
on the batteries a hundred went 20 and 30 yards wide of
them ; while the Peruvians, unpractised as they were, and
novices in the working of the new weapons of Blakely and
Armstrong, recently received from England, fired with
wonderful precision, and while the air was ringing again
with the broadside discharges from the Numancia, Al-
manza, and the other ships, they stood to their guns
bravely and wrought them energetically throughout. The
fight had not lasted yet an hour when, fortunately for the
Spaniards, but to the regret and loss of the whole Re-
public, an accident inside one of the Armstrong circular
turret batteries on shore took place. A percussion shell in
being hosted from below was let fall in the turret and ex-
ploded, igniting some charges just taken from the magazine.
Every soul inside was destroyed, including, sad to relate,
Sr. Galvez, the Minister of War, and Captain Borda, the
superintendent engineer of the forts, and so dislocating the
gearing of the two 300-pounder guns as to unfit them for
service during the day. So far did the Spaniards lay off that
a battery of 32-pounders .was rendered inoperative, and
the commander reserved his fire. The ironclad Numancia
stood the shot she received well. Again and again she was
hit, but her four-and-a-half inch iron plates kept them out.
It is not known whether it was early or late in the engage-
ment, but the admiral was severely injured by splinters
and carried away eight wounds, one of these so
serious that ou the evening of the 9th instant it was
still feared that ono of Iris arms would have to be ampu-
tated. Capt. Topete, of the Blanca, was severely wounded,
and at first reported killed ; but both the Numancia and
the Blanca kept up to the very last a horrible discharge,
broadside after broadside, backing or rounding out to cool
their guns and give play to the other side of the vessel.
The long rifled guns on board three small Peruvian ves-
sels did some good service ; every shot they sent made a
mark, till they became the objects of a good deal of atten-
tion from the enemy ; but so wretched was the firing from
the Spaniards that they were not once hit. Only ono
Peruvian gun during the whole fight was disabled by the
Spaniards ; it was knocked off its carriage by a 68-pounder,
and if in the four and a half hours' duration of the fight
there was any cessation of the fire from shore, it was only
when the enemy's ships in their movements stood length-
ways to the batteries, as they repeatedly did.
Wearied with their long ineffectual assault on the forts,
the Numancia, Blair* and Almanza sought revenge on the
town, and soon after three o'clock began and continued for
an hour and a half to throw shot and shell into it, directing
their fire as they could on the Custom-house, near which
aro also the best houses and the large mercantile establish-
ments. It is estimated that they must have spent in all
3,000 shot and shell in the whole engagement, and from the
briskness of the fire on the town, kept up for an hour, about
half that quantity must have been intended to injure it.
But from the nature of the construction of the buildings,
and the precautions taken by the municipality in the four
days previous, to have all combustible materials sent out of
town, no fire was occasioned; and to walk down the streets
after the defeat of the Spaniards ono would see very little
to indicate that damage had been done, much less would it
be believed that so little could have been effected by so
great an attempt.
The Peruvians fired the last gun at the retreating defeated
Spaniards at about 4.45 p.m., and as the ships steamed out
of reach, the rejoicing on shore took the turn which an
earnest country would most like to see its brave soldiers give
it in a contest for home and freedom. At once measures
were taken to repair any damage done, and the sun rose
next morning not only on the batteries and guns of yester-
day restored, but on additional guns erected, fresh men to
man therewith, enthusiasm roused to the highest to again
encounter the enemy.
The numerical loss in killed and wounded on shore is very
trifling. A corps, consisting principally of foreigners, took
all the wounded in charge ; the ladies of Lima personally
attended the unfortunate men ; while a subscription list on
their behalf, and for the widows of the killed, was no
sooner set ageing than it produced $5,000 on the day fol-
lowing the engagement.
The Spaniards returned to their anchorage, ten miles
from the town, maintaining a strict blockade, and having
steam up every day
kept up alarm on shore and the con-
tinued suspension of business. At daybreak on the 10th
the storeships accompanying the squadron were seen to be
getting under sail, and shortly afterwards the whole were
on the move. People could not believe it ; could it be
possible that that noble fleet, under the boasted " Golden
Flag of Castillo," was absolutely clearing out, disgraced,
defeated ; for ever henceforth to be branded with the
ignominy which at every step it has obtained since it
came into these waters?

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, June 12.—There is a better feel-
ing in the market generally, but buyers continue to
hold back, and there has not been much business
done. In shipping yarns there is a quiet market.
There are a good many orders in the market, but
buyers hesitate at giving them out at present, and
in this class of spinnings the market closes tamely.
Home trade yarns are steady in price. There has
been a fair inquiry for 32's, and a moderate busi-
ness going on. In cloth prices remain firm, and are
a shade higher than last week's rates. The business
since last Tuesday has not been on a large scale,
but an unpleasant feature in this branch of the
market is that large quantities of goods bought
here cheap some two or three weeks ago are now
again offering for sale, in preference to shipping
them to India, owing to the failure of banks and to
the difficulties in which some large East India mer-
chants find themselves involved. The market is in
a healthy state generally, and probably after these
resale lots have been cleared off we shall have some
further improvement. The home trade demand is
comparatively better than that for other cloths, but
there has not been much doing. Messrs. John
Slagg and Co. report of this day's cloth-market :
" Our market to-day is rather stronger than last
week, and for goods suitable for India in most cases
higher rates are demanded, which has, as usual,
checked business."

CARDIFF, 11th.—There is no diminution in the
demand for steam coals ; in fact, the inquiry is
rather on the increase. The continental markets
are still taking large quantities, and Welsh steam is
in increased request for marine purposes. The home
market is also active, and a large business is being
done with Birkenhead and the London and Mid-
land markets. Although in the other Welsh dis-
tricts there is a decreased coasting demand for house
coal, in this district it is, if anything, above the
average, but the local consumption has fallen off.
There is no change to note in coke, and the ship-
ments of patent fuel are not so great as a month
back. In the iron trade makers are well off for
old orders ; if this was not the case they would
not be kept so regularly going as they are, new
contracts being exceedingly scarce. During last
month 19,356 tons of iron were exported,
and large shipments are still being made to
America, Canada, and Russia. The pig-iron trade
remains in a dull state, while for tin plates a slight
reaction has set in for the better. The failure of
the Agra and Masterman's Bank will, it is feared,
seriously interfere with Eastern transactions.

LEEDS, 12th.--There was a small attendance cof
buyers in the cloth-halls to-day, and business was
languid, but there was not much disposition to sell
goods of any description below recent prices. As
public affairs on the Continent have not improved
since Saturday, there was almost an entire absence
of demand for any kinds of fabrics by the houses
doing business in either Germany, Prussia, or Italy.
There is a moderate trade doing with France, and
Canadian and American buyers—the latter not to
any great extent—are buying heavy goods for win-
ter. The wool currency to-day is quite as high as
on Saturday.

ROCHDALE, 11th.—The flannel market was not
well attended to-day, and only a small amount of
business was done. There is no disposition to pur-
chase beyond meeting requirements of the moment,
both the home and the export houses more or less
waiting to see what may be the solution of the
European crisis, and what may be the general con-
dition of the commercial and monetary world at
home at the close of the present month, when many
manufacturers, merchants, and traders make up
their accounts for the half-year. Flannel manu-
facturers are rather slack, but the receipt of a large
Government order will keep some of them employed
for some time. The Yorkshire goods trade is lan-
guid. Wool is about the same as last week.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT NORTHERN-ACCIDENT AT WELWYN.

An adjourned Whatncliffe meeting of the pro-
prietors of this company was held yesterday fore-
noon at King's-cross terminus—Col. Packe, M.P.,
in the chair.

The Secretary having read the notice convening
the meeting, _ _

The CHiiRMAN opened the proceedings by advert-
ing to the recent fearful accident in the Welwyn
Tunnel, which, he said, they must all deplore. The
fullest inquiry was now being made into the causes
of that calamity, and notice having been given td
the Board of Trade, the Government inspector had
gone downto Welwyn that morning. The engineers
and other officials of the company had examined the
spot, and reported that very little damage, if any,
had been done to the tunnel itself ; in fact, its sta-
bility was in no degree impaired. He was glad to in-
form the shareholders that the traffic upon the line
was now being carried as regularly as prior to the
accident.

Mr. HAINWORTH said he should like to have some
explanation as to the accident, and also to know
whether it were possible to adopt any mechanical or
scientific means to prevent a recurrence of these
fearful calamities, independent of any human agency.
Mr. S. CLARKE (the general manager) explained
that the Welwyn Tunnel was provided with the elec-
tric telegraph, showing signals at the north and south
ends of the tunnel, which signals were worked by two
men in communication with each other--neither of
them having anything else to do. The men em-
ployed upon that duty on this occasion were old ser-
vants of the company, and were men of respectability
and reliability. The man at the south end of the
tunnel had been at work from six o'clock to half-
past eleven, and so it could not be said he had been
overworked. The rules under which the tunnels on
the Great Northern system were worked were, that
no second train is allowed to enter the tunnel until it
is signalled that the preceding train has passed
through. If this had been done on the present occa-
sion, the second train would not have been allowed
to follow in. The communication from the south to
the north was arranged in such away as not to justify'
the second train being allowed to enter. He should
tell the meeting that the same system of telegraphic
regulations had been iu force for a great many years,
in fact ever since the telegraph had been in use on
the railway, and this was the first instance ever heard
of of two trains being in a tunnel at the same time.
The man on duty at the south end was perfectly
sober, and fully competent to do his duty. All the
entries in his book as to the signals received and des-
patched were in perfect order. He (Mr. S. Clarke)
had examined them himself, and found they were all
in perfect order. But the fact was the man had made
a mistake. The chairman had told them that the
tunnel was not damaged. He had examined it and
found its stability was in no way affected—in fact,
only a few bricks were charred. The traffic was now
running through it as safely and regularly as it had
ever done since it had been a tunnel. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HAINWORTH hoped they would adopt some
mechanical and scientific means, independent of
human agency, in constructing the signals of the
tunnels.

The CHAIRMAN then moved the following resolu-
tion :—" That the bill intituled A bill for enabling
the Midland Railway Company to Construct
Branch Railways and other Works, for con-
ferring Powers on them with reference to the
Undertakings of other Companies, and for other
purposes, be, and the same is, hereby approved,
subject to such amendments as the directors deem
advisable."

The meeting was then made further special, when,
upon the motion of the chairman, the following re-
solutions were carried unanimously :
" Resolved,—That the agreement between the
Edgware, Highgate, London, and Great Northern
Railway Companies submitted to this meeting, be,
and the same is hereby, approved, subject to the
modification (if any) which may be required by the
Board of Trade.

" Resolved,—That the agreement between the
Watford and Edgware and Great Northern Rail-
way Companies submitted to this meeting, be, and
the same is hereby, approved."
A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the pro-
ceedings.

OUTBREAK OF CHOLEBA IN THE BALTlC.—Cholera
has broken out among the workmen employed in the con-
struction of the port of Swinemunde, near Stettin, as well
as in the latter town itself. The Prussian Government
has adopted all possible measures for arresting the progress
of the epidemic.