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The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-17

HOLLAND.

The King of Holland opened the Session of the
Chambers yesterday, the 16th, at the Hague. His
Majesty's speech contains but few references to
general politics, but announces the presentation of
a large number of measures effecting charges and
improvements, social and material. The King spe-
cially congratulates the Chambers on the favourable
state of the finances. While the other nations of
Europe have been compelled to contract loans, Hol-
land has been able to continue the reduction of her
public debt.

Mr. Milner Gibson has been on a cruise in his
yacht, the Resolute, in the latitudes of Norway and the
Orkneys. The right hon. gentleman returned to Cowes at
the close of last week, having put into Lowestoft for stores,
&c., on his way down the eastern coast.
BAKERS HELD IN ESTEEM BY THE ROMANS.—
pakers were held in great esteem among the Romans, being
incorporated with considerable privileges, and subjected to
certain restrictions. " The fraternity of bakers, by the
Roman laws, held their effects in common, and could not dis-
pose of any part of them. Each bakehouse had a patronur
who had the superintendence thereof; these patroni
elected one out of their number each year, who had the su-
perintendence over all the rest, and the care of the college.
One of the body of bakers was at different periods chosen
and admitted among the senators. To preserve honour
and honesty in the college of bakers they were expressly
prohibited all alliance with comedians and gladiators;
each had his shop or bakehouse, and they were distributed
into fourteen regions of the city. They were excused from
guardianship and other offices which might divert them from
their employment." We thus learn that bakers were thought
more highly of in the times of the heathen Romans than
we think of them now. Whoever heard of a baker among us
becoming a senator? The baking system, as at present
carried on, shuts out the men, and not a few of the masters,
from the pleasures and enjoyments which should be common
to all who labour. It would be a useful and instructive
inquiry, if our Church and Dissenting ministers were to
ascertain how many of the 12,000 journeymen bakers of
the metropolis are regularly in the habit of attending a
' place of worship,
London, England, 1861-09-17

THE GROWTH OF FLAX IN IRELAND.

Amongst the provincial press and the landed in-
terest in the north of Ireland there seems to be a
great desire to encourage the growing of flax ; but
the farmers, it must be confessed, receive their ad-
vice coldly, as they have little confidence in it
proving a lucrative one. This is, however, a mis-
take. Experiments have shown that it amply re-
pays the grower ; and considering the effect a plen-
tiful and regular crop would have on the linen trade
of Ireland, it is earnestly to be hoped that before
long it will be more generally cultivated than it is
at present. The Cork Examiner believes, indeed,
that in time this will prove the case :

" We are glad to see the flax movement progres-
sing, though its progress is, we must confess, rather
tortoise-like. Still, it is progress, and therefore we
rejoice at it. Indeed we are, after all, better pleased
to see a slow and steady progress than to witness a
sudden spring into a flax growth. We have had
painful experience of how short-lived are those
movements which have their origin in enthusiasm.
After the first impulde they generally languish, and
then come to a stand-still. The tortoise in the fable
beat the scornful hare, and when we are inclined
to murmur at the crawlings of some poor struggling
tortoise of our own, we take comfort when we re-
member how the fleet hare fell asleep on his

_
journey."
A reason why the more extensive cultivation of
this crop should be desired is given in the _Northern
Whig :

" It would be unfortunate, for many reasons, were
the Belfast linen trade not conspicuously repre-
sented in the Exhibition of 1862. The French
treaty has opened out new markets for our pro-
duce, and advantage should certainly be taken of
the favourable opportunity to stow what Belfast is
capable of doing, so as to reap the full benefit of the
privileges placed at our disposal by the modifica-
tion of an almost prohibitive tariff."
Should the demand in France for Irish linens in-
crease, the staple trade of the north may yet re,
sume its old activity; but before this desirable
event takes place the manufacturers must be able to
count upon a certain and liberal supply of Irish-
grown flax.
London, England, 1861-09-17

SCRATCHINGS.

CHAMPAGNE STAKES.—Ace of Clubs, Pot Pauli, Town
Councillor, Shooting Star, c by Barbatus, Instructor, Lad y
Dundas, Wimbledon, Salamanca, Lord Clyde, Chieftain's
Daughter, Vertumna, f by West Australian, Br to King
of Diamonds, Flexmoro, Lacydes, Predatore, Elector, and
Carisbrook.

FILLY STAKES.—Red Engle, Sweet Jesamine, Abbess,
Barbatus f, Coppall, Phoenix, and Doglia.
GLASGOW STAKES.—Carisbrook.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDlCAP.—Gamester and Alan
Rufus.

REVIVAL PLATE.—Miss Julia, Little Captain, and
Weapon.

DONCASTER CUP.

The following horses have entered :—Janus, Rising Sun,
Avalanche, Bildonan, The Lawyer, Brown Duchess, The
Monk, Marksman, Zingari, Eloho, Wallace, Kettledrum,
Yorkminster, Whitewall, Doefoot, Aurelian, Moorcock,
Russley, Conqueror, Balham, Dictator, The Wizard, Lady
Ripon, Brown Stout, Benbow, Bivouac, and Maid of the
Mist.
London, England, 1861-09-17

DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT AN OIL

MILL.

GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.

Last night another frightful boiler explosion occurred,
attended with far more serious results than those attending
the explosion that preceded it in Bath-street. The cala-
mity we have now to record occurred in the premises of
Messrs. Braddick, oilcake manufacturers, Rotherhithe, and
it is expected twelve unfortunates at least will lose their
lives, death having already resulted to more than half that
number.

The explosion of the boiler occurred without the slightest
previous intimation that anything was wrong, and in an
instant the workmen engaged in and near the fatal spot,
the machinery, roofing, &c., were scattered in all directions.
As soon as the panic which such a circumstance naturally
created in the neighbourhood in some degree subsided
there was an unanimous rush of persons to rescue the un-
fortunate men that were known to be at work on the pre-
mises. On arriving at the scene of destruction a most
appalling spectacle presented itself, and amongst the heaps
of rubbish and distorted machinery a number of the work-
men were found, some dead, others dying, and a great
many so dreadfully injured as to render recovery in many
cases hopless.

Medical aid was immediately sought, but in six cases life
was fount to be quite extinct, and the scalds and wounds of
a similar number of unfortunates were of a most severe and
excruciating nature.

The police have taken charge of the premises, and notice
has been forwarded to the coroner of the calamity, so that
a thorough and searching examination will take place.
Until such time it would be impossible to conjecture the
cause of the accident which has been accompanied with such
fatal consequences.
London, England, 1861-09-17

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Sept. 16.—The market has been very
buoyant, and a fair amount of business has been
transacted at improved quotations. Threes, for
the Account, are now at 69f. 20c. Railways firm,
with a slight improvement on a few of the lines.
The following are the last quotations :-
41 per per Cents ... 96 50 Credit F oncier 1175
Do end month.... 96 60 , Belgian 41
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 20 Roman
Bank Shares 2930 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 761 25 Spanish Threes —
Do. Account 767 50 Home Debt .. 47 75
London, England, 1861-09-17

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London, England, 1861-09-17

The ship Henry C. Brooks, for Liverpool, loaded by
a Newbern merchant, with 900 barrels spirits of
turpentine, GO bales of cotton, 200 barrels of tar and
resin, and 50 boxes of tobacco, had been captured
off Cape Hatteras by a Federal cruiser. The Henry
Hunt, of Philadelphia, prize to the Jefferson Davis,
had been recaptured.

The New York Surveyor had seized the following
vessels :—The ships J. W. Fannin, Ohio, W. B.
Travis, W. H. Wharton, Crest of the Wave, St.
Charles, Harriet, Roger A. Hearn, and Trumbull;
the barques Clara Haxall, Virginian, Sallie M'Gee,
Mary Lucretia, Bounding Billow, Nuremburger,
Flame, and Partheon ; the brigs Leni and Emily
Keith ; the schooners Fannie Currie, Ned, Mar-
shall, Manchester, Crenshaw, Lynchburg, and
Haxall ; and the steamship Marion, formerly of the
Charleston line. The World gives the following
explanation of their seizure :
" The revenue department of this city displayed
an unusual activity yesterday, which created no
little surprise among the officials, who were sud-
denly ordered to assemble at a given hour for im-
mediate and mysterious service. It was stated in
these columns a few days ago that clearances for
the port of Matamoros, in Northern Mexico, were
Do longer to be granted by the collector of this port,
inasmuch as goods and provisions for the rebels
were being transported there, and thence trans-
ferred across the frontier to the rebel state of
Texas. In accordance with this order, the Sur-
veyor of the port seized, or put under surveillance
yesterday, no less than 45 vessels at the different
wharves, loaded with merchandise, and some of
them cleared for Matamoros, while others had ob-
tained clearances for other ports, but are suspected
of being destined for Matamoros, and held upon
that presumption."
he British ship Alliance, formerly of Charles-
ton, which sailed from St. John's, New Brunswick,
with the avowed intention to run the blockade, is
reported to have arrived at Beaufort, North Caro-
lina. The Orozimbo, of New Orleans, from Liver-
pool, in ballast, has been seized by the United
States' schooner Argo. At Boston the barques
Sumter and Moneynick, principally owned in
Charleston, had been seized. The Philadelphia
barque Rowena, from Laguira for Phildelphia, had
been captured by the Confederate privateer Dixie.
A despatch from Opolonsas, Louisiana, states that
two steamers had landed cargoes of coffee, flour, and
salt.
London, England, 1861-09-17

FRANCE.

The Infantry consists of-
-103 Regiments of the Line, each having three active
battalions and cna depot battalion.
20 Battalions of Chasseurs.
3 Reg ments of Zouaves.
2 „ of Foreign Infantry.
2 Battalions of African Light Infantry.
3 Regiments of Turcos, or Tirailleurs Algeriens.
The Artillery includes-
-4 Regiments of Horse Artillery, with 192 guns.
10 of Mounted „ with 600 „
10 Batteries of Foot „ with 60 ~
1 Regiment of Pontooners.
6 Squadrons Train ;—giving a total of
3,767 men,
37,951 horses,
852 guns.

This is in addition to 15,000 men, garrison artillery, and
the depots, artificers, &c. The total number of guns that
can be brought into the field, including the Imperial Guard,
is 942, all of which are of brass and rifled.
The Imperial Guard forms a complete corps d'armee in
itself. It is composed as follows :-
1 regiment of Gendarmerie.
7 Regiments of Grenadiers and Voltigeurs.
1 Regiment of Chasseurs.
1 Squadron of Gendarmerie a Cheval.
6 Regiments of C avalry.
15 batteries of Artillery.
2 Companies of Pontooneers.
2 Companies of Engineers.
4 Companies of Train.
Its total establishment is-
-38,060 men,
13,447 horses.
90 guns.
The official returns on the Ist Jan. 1860, gave the total
number of available men as follows :
Troops in France
72 Algeria
77 North Italy
79 Rome
China..

.. • .. 398,559
.. .. 83,782
•• 55,281
• . • • 7,904
5,468 •• ••

Total under arms

.. 550,991

Men on conge • • • • .. 64,471
Reserve 4 • . •• •• 11,017

Grand total .. .. 626,482

GREAT BRITAIN.
Men. Horses. Guns.
Regular troops of all arms 218,971 30,072 366
British local and colonial
troops .. .. 18,249 248
Foreign & coloured troops
chiefly in India 218,043 58
Military police in India .. 79,`A64
London, England, 1861-09-17

LA rI EST NE Vf.' •

AMERICA.

LONDONDERRY, SEPT. 16.

The Canadian screw steamer Hibernian, which
arrived here this evening, passed the Jura on the

voyage home.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 7.
(PER HIBERNIAN, via QUEBEC AND LONDONDERRY.)

The Monticello and Harriet Lane have arrived
at Fortress Monroe, from Hatteras.

They report that the Confederates had abandoned
a strongly fortified fort at Olerake Inlet, carrying
away their guns.
Numbers of North Carolinians were coming in to
Fort Hatteras to take the oath of allegiance. Be-
tween 200 and 300 had done so in a day, some
offering to take service in the army. The white
flag was everywhere visible.
Since the engagement at Hatteras, the North
Carolina troops have been withdrawn from Vir-
ginia.

Officers have arrived at Washington from George
Heights, and report having heard heavy continuous
firing on the morning of the 6th inst. It appeared
to be partly in the vicinity of Munson's-hill, and
above the Chain bridge. The cause has not been
ascertained.

The energy and activity of the army inspires the
Government with confidence as to the successful
maintenance of the Union.

Vigorous efforts are being made in Washington
to obtain the release of Mayor Berrett.
Messages have passed between General Grant
and the Kentucky Legislature with respect to the
Confederates from Tennessee having entered Ken-
tucky and fortified strong positions at Hickman
and Chalk Bluffs.

Governor Harris, of Tennessee, telegraphed that
the troops had landed without his knowledge, and
that he had telegraphed to President Davis respect-
ing their immediate withdrawal.
The Confederates have torn up the railway tracks
between Hamilton and Selbina.

Three schooners with a quantity of tobacco and
other property, the latter belonging to Senator
Daly, of Richmond, have been seized at Philadel-
phia under the Confiscation Act.
(LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO FATHER POINT.)

NEW YORK, SEPT. 7, EVENING.
Reports of the death of President Davis are still
current, and are probably well-founded.
Paduca (Kentucky) has been occupied by the
Federal troops.
A battle on the Potomac is considered imminent.
The Confederates have advanced their outposts
within three miles of Arlington.
London, England, 1861-09-17

SOUTH AMERICAN STOCK.

The increased disposition to enter into business in
South American stocks which has been manifested
during the present year continues observable. The
South seems to revive as the North falls into dis-
credit, and it is a remarkable fact that the number
of defaulting States is now greater in the latter than
in the former. Among the South American repub-
lics there are now only three in disgrace, and none
of these have ever resorted to open repudiation—a
practice which belongs to the North alone. The three
non-paying republics are Venezuela, New Granada,
and Mexico. All the other Southern States of the
American continent have either maintained their
credit intact from the first or have made arrange-
ments for the resumption of liabilities which are
being faithfully carried out. Brazil occupies the
peculiar position of never having had her
financial reputation brought into question during
her whole existence. Chili, Peru, and Buenos
Ayres stand next in rank, a temporary default in
each of these cases having been long since repaired,
and dividends and sinking funds being now re-
mitted each half-year with undeviating regularity.
Equador a few years back joined in the march of
honesty, and, after a short interruption, consequent
upon the rule of an illegal Government, which was
improperly tolerated by our Foreign-office, is now
again meeting her engagements in a commendable
spirit. As the natural result in all these cases a
vast increase of commerce has been observed to
follow every restoration of public credit, and the
figures furnished in this way are such as to war-
rant the estimate that in the average of instances a
country which defrauds her foreign creditors loses
annually about five times as much as she saves by
her breach of faith. Of the three non-paying
States of South America two--New Granada and
Venezuela—seem to be appro aching a condition in
which some hopes of a settled Government may be
entertained; while, with regard to Mexico, we have
at length the assurance that the measure of her
dishonour is full, and that that State, which for its
size should be the richest in the world, is now likely
to be redeemed from the miscreants whose permitted
career has been a stain upon all other nations, and
upon the civilisation of the age. It is within pos-
sibility, therefore, that in the course of a moderate
period we may find the whole of America south of
the United States restored to financial respecta-
bility. Whether the same hope can be expressed
with regard to the great and until recently thriv-
ing States of Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida, Michi-
gan, and Indiana is a questio❑ to which few persons
on either side of the Atlantic will be likely to make
sanguine response.

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London, England, 1861-09-17

THE CHANNEL FLEET AT BELFAST.

The Channel fleet, which left Belfast yesterday,
appears to have excited an extraordinary amount
of interest in that busy city. Thousands visited
the various vessels ; indeed, the crowds were so great
that several serious accidents occurred. On Wed-
nesday evening, the Town Council entertained Rear-
Admiral Smart, and the principal officers of the
fleet, to a splendid dejeuner, and in the evening
they were all present at a ball given in their honour.
At the dejeuner Rear-Admiral Smart, in replying
to the toast of " The Navy," spoke as follows :
" I have now been half-a-century connected
with the navy. I have witnessed the phases it
has gone through during that period, and per-
haps it may be satisfactory to gentlemen con-
nected with the commerce of this country to
hear that my opinion of the navy is that I have
never known it in a more efficient state—(loud
cheers)—and I have no doubt that when it is called
upon, and when it is led to battle by some of those
very distinguished officers I see around me—(cheers)
—you will find that it will do its work. (Loud
cheers.) Having said this, Ido not think that I
can say any more. lam exceedingly proud of the
marked manner in which you have drunk the toast
of the noble profession of which lam a member. I
wish that it was in better hands to express the
grateful feeling that we all have towards you for
the manner in which you have been pleased to re-
ceive us, and wo only hope that the sight of the
ships in Belfast Lough may have given you grati-
fication." (Hear, hear.)
Admiral Erskine also responded on behalf of the
navy. He said,—

" With respect to what fell from our worthy
chairman, as to the advisability of continuing the
Channel fleet in its full efficiency, that is a very
serious question, which rests with the Government
of the country ; but I cannot but rejoice at hearing
that feeling expressed by such a community as the
gentlemen of Belfast—(hear, hear)—not merely as
a naval officer desiring t,) see my own profession,
in which I take a great pride, kept up in a high
condition, but because, as as naval officer, I feel
and I know the difficulty of improvising a navy
when it is required. (Hear, hear.) I have no
apprehension whatever as to the mechanical part
of the business. When I see the magnificent
building-yards all over England, and when I
see the means of constructing iron ships which
you have at Belfast and at other places, I feel
that, in the mechanical points, we shall never be
behind other nations; but the personnel of the navy
is the most important part. (Hear, hear.) When
one her of the difficulty of manning the navy, It

is only a proof of the great prosperity of the coun-
try, and that they are absorbing the maritime
population of the country in the commercial navy.
To maintain the two services tfficiently we must
have a marine of our own, or we must come on the
commercial marine at a time when it is most incon-
venient to come upon it." (Hear, hear.)

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London, England, 1861-09-17

THE GERMAN FLEET.

The Committee formed in the Duchy of Gotha,
to collect subscriptions towards the creation of a
German fleet, having applied for the sanction of the
Sovereign, has according to the National, of Ber-
lin, received the following reply from Duke
Ernest :

" The zeal of the German nation ought, indeed,
to inspire us with great confidence, to enable us to
rely on the success of any new efforts on behalf of a
fleet, after the immEnse humiliation the Head of
the Confederation itself inflicted on our patriotism,
by the fate of our fist German Marine. But the
happy idea of preserving our patriotic offerings
from a doubtful destiny, and, on the contrary,
securing them a glorious future, by placing them
under the guardianship of the Crown of Prussia,
gives me hopes of the success of our good work."
The Committee proposes that all the money raised
in the Duchy of Gotha shall, if possible, be expended
in building ono ship of war, to be called the
Thuringia.
London, England, 1861-09-17

" This work is the production of a surgeon whose special
attention has been directed, through a long professional life,
to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases
which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his
great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various
binds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which
their management is founded. By his systematic management
an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is
attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can
most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuab
contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and
ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject
to stricture."—Medical Circular.

London: H. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street.
London, England, 1861-09-17

21118 DAYS 82tIPPING,

LONDON, Sept. 17.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderate breeze and fine 'weather, but rather
cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. N.N.W.—Sailed—
Her Majesty's ship Supply, for Malta; Wolverine, for
Berbice.

FALMOUTH, Sept. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Gar-
land, from Monte Video; Ellen and Catherine, from
Larache.

Cornelia, from Akyab, and sailed for Bremen.
COWES, Sept. 16.—Wind N.W_
16 —Arriv
OxF PLYMOUTH, Sept. . .—Arrin.ed—Carnatic, from W.—Arrived—Jacobs
London for Quebec.
d N.W.—Arrived—Hobart,
from
DUNDEE, Sept. 16.
pmuEßLasltNfOrtS, eUPt..S. 16.—Win
16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hero of
Kara, from Montreal.
ST. HELEN'S ROADS, Sept. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived
—Kulkena (brig), from Cadiz for Finland, with loss of
sails, scc.
HOLYHEAD, Sept. 15.—Arrived-13etsy (of Peterhead),
from Liverpool for Antwerp, with loss of boat and bul-
warks and slings of foreyard ; had to slip her chains and
run into the old harbour.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
Arrived— SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Allice,steamer, from Havre ; Spies Nora,
from Stathelle.
Sailed—La Poule, for Cherbourg ; Woodlands, :for Car-
diff ; Cruiser and Jolly, for Jersey.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAM.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 16.—N ixen, from Sala ; Condor, from
Husum ; Hermor, from Nickerie ; Posthumous, from Ske-
leftea ; Swan, Jessie, India, and Lana, from Dantaic
Orsund and Hendrick, from Hudickawald; Irene and Stag
Emden, from Archangel; Swanley, from Jamania ; Leopold,
from Sederham ; North of Scotland, from Wyborg ; Lee,
from Gothenburg ; Amen, from Aalborg ; Isabella, from
Riga; Hilma Frederika, from Stockholm; Violet, from
Cronstadt,

---
Arrived, Sept. 17—Skien, from Holmsund ; Pawas, from
Hamburg.
Sailed, Sept. 17—Gankam, for Sydney; Moldavian, for.
Algoa Bay; Edward Thompson, for Corfu; Planet, for
Sydney. .

- -
North;Re-
becca, Ewing, from Shields, for Caldera ;
DEAL, Tuesday Morning. •
a 1 Nice;,
et o
becca, screw steamer, from the northward for the west-
ward
ofshlp (in tow), westward,
.nd from Sunderland, for Bordeaux ;
Harriet, of Stockton, screw steamer, from the
for London.
from China, for London ;

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the
LORD NELSON'S Wercs.—The Marchioness of
westminstor has presented to the Commisssioners of
Greenwich Hospital
the gold watch h
inworn
a case, by Lord
containing Nelson
at the battle of Trafalgar, and which relic has been placed
for exhibition in the Painted-
all
coat and waistcoat worm. by the deceased 1
memorable engagement, and which
commissioners by his Royal Highness were presented to the
hero in the same
the Prince Consort.
Among other recent additions
excellent in . to the Painted-hall is an
portrait, oil painting, of the late Captain W.
the lamented de ed. officers and other friends of
London, England, 1861-09-17

Grand total .. 534,527 30,072

Of these there are in the United Kingdom—
Men. Guns.
Infantry—Guards, seven battalions 6,297
)7 Line, 35 .. .. .. 33,105
---

Total

39,402
•• ••

. .
Cavalry—Life and Horse Guards, 3 regi-
ments 1 311
Dragoons, &C., 16 regiments .. 10,560

.. ..
Total .. .. • • 11,871

Artillery—Horse, 6 batteries .. .. 1,200 36
Field, 23 • • .. .. 5,060 138
Garrison, 39 .. .. .. 4,680

Total .. .II 111 II

.. 10,910 174

EngTneers .• •• .. 2,316
Military Train .. .. 1,830
Hospital Corps .. .. • . .. 609
Commissariat Staff Corps 300
Grand total of active forces .. 67,268 174
Besides there are the depot establishments—
Infantry—Line, 126 depots.. 24,770
Cavalry— 9 „ 296
Artillery 2,975

Total depots . • . • • • 28,141
RESERVES AVAILABLE FOR THE DEFENCE:OF TILE KING-

DOM IN CASE OF WAR.

Pensioners ..

.. 14,768

Militia . • • • .. 45,000
Yeomanry .. 16,080
Irish Constabulary .. .. 12,392

Volunteers .. 140,000

Total .. .. .. 228,240

THE FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART.—We understand
that the Queen has chosen a design for a lace, Sonoceby a
student of the above school 0 be exhibited at the Inter-
national Exhibition of 1862. We hope tbat Mamtfacturera
will follow so good an example•
London, England, 1861-03-21

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The two former sell slowly, the two latter steadily, as follow :
—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s
8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; pork,
3s 8d to Os Od per 81bs. by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, March 20. A moderate supply. Trade
steady : Beef, 3s 6d to 4s 10d, mutton, 4s Od to
5s 10d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s 10d to 52 8d ; pork, 4s
4d to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the offal.
ROMEORD, March 20. —A steady sale, as follows :-
-Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od ;
lamb, 7s Od to 8s Od ; veal, 4s 10d to 5s 8d ; and pork, 4s
Od to 4s 10d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 14s to 19s ; quarter
old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l4 Os
to £lB 10s each.
London, England, 1861-03-21

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THAMES.

GETTING THE BEST OF THE BARBER. Dennis
M'Carthy, a well-known thief, better known by the
soubriquet of " Mash," was brought before Mr. Woolrych,
charged with obtaining a silver watch and gold chain,
value £5, by false pretences from George Bailey, a hair-
dresser, of No. 6, Wagner's Buildings, Whitechapel.
It appeared that the prosecutor had a watch and chain
which he wished to dispose of, and the prisoner hearing of
it, said he could obtain a customer, and took Bailey to the
Cherry Tree public-house, in Stepney, and obtained the
watch and chain under pretence of showing them to the
landlord. The prisoner had no sooner obtained possession
of the property than he ran through the public-house and
escaped the back way. Some days afterwards Bailey saw
the prisoner again, and demanded the restoration
of his watch and chain. The demand was received
with derision and threats, and the prisoner swore
that he would kill the prosecutor if he said auother word
about it. He also boasted that the watch and chain had
gone after five others he had obtained the same way, and
that he hoped the Cherry Tree would never be shut up, for
he would go in at the front door and escape at the back.
The prisoner also said, " I have bested you, and bested five
others. Watches were made for to go:*;
Mr. Woolyrch—The prisoner appears to have been very
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Police-constable Harvey, 174 H, said the 1 risoner ob-
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circumstances, and ran through the Cherry Tree public-
house with them. _

Mr, Woolrych—Tt is very much like stealing.

Harvey—He boasted he got the best of the barber, and ho
had got the best of five more by running through the
Cherry Tree with their watches.
The prisoner—lt is only::a debt, your worship. I owe
the barber for his watch and chain, and mean to pay him.
Mr. Woolrych—No, no, no ; your law is wrong. You
got possession of the man's watch and chain under pre-
tence of showing it to the landlord. You went in
at one door of the Cherry Tree and came out at the other.
That is very like stealing.
The prisoner—No' sir; it in only a debt.
Mr. Woolrych--I differ from you. I shall remand you
for a week on a charge of stealing the watch and chain,
and I hope the others who have been duped by you will
put themselves in communication with the police and
attend here when the prisoner is brought up again.
London, England, 1861-03-21

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QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Com-
pany's steamer Edinburgh, Captain Brooks, from
New York on the 9th inst. has arrived. She
brings the United States' mails and 33 cabin and
95 steerage passengers. She landed the mail for
Ireland.

In, political and commercial circles at New Or-
leans the general opinion was that President Lin-
coln's inaugural speech meant war.
In the Virginia Convention an ordinance dis-
solving the political connexion of Virginia with the
other States of the Union had been referred.
In the Missouri State Convention the report of
the Committee on Federal Relations was to be pre•
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the Crittenden Resolutions.

North Carolina had voted against the holding of
a State Convention by a majority of 1,000.
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General Scott having declared his opinion that rein-
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loss of life. _

All the United States' ships now in the Pacific
and Mediterranean had been ordered home to
Northern ports.
All the troops now in Mexico and Texas had also
been recalled.
The Southern Commissioners would not be recog-
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return to Montgomery President Davis would de-
mand the surrender of Fort Sumter.
The commercial intelligence by the Edinburgh
has been anticipated.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—MISS AYL-
wARD IN PRISON.--CURIOUS REVELATIONS,—To what-
ever cause it may be attributable, it ig certain that Miss
Aylward has been treated with remarkable partiality by the
prison authorities. The Roman Catholic clergy boasted,
indeed, at the time of her committal that they would render
her detention pleasant enough, if they could not abridge it,
and they have undoubtedly kept their word. livery rule
of the prison has been broken through to secure her com-
fort ; nothing that she could desire is kept from her. Con-
sidering the history of Miss Aylward's career in the Queen's
Bench, and the atrocious case of kidnapping with which
as
nen
her name is associated, the leniency now shown to her
ofitrage upon society. She was committed for !
crime, and yet she is pampered like a martyr. Such
eon
duct on the part of the prison authorities,
or whoever else
ill to blame, can only bring the law into n dicule.
London, England, 1861-03-21

BANK RETURNS,

The Bankeys' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir-
•alation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending Feb. 9. These
returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and
Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula-
tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the
6th of Feb. (the nearest date furnished by their returns),
will give the following results of the circulation of notes in
the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month :

Jan. 12, Feb. 9,
1861. 1861. Increase. Decrease.
Bank of England 20,076,998 20,074,511] 2,487
Private Banks 3,320,794 3,350,9591 30,165
Joint-stock Banks 2,939,985 2,940,7551 770
Total in England 26,337,777 26,366,225'; 28,448
Scotland 4,30',285 4,094,767, 208,518
Ireland 6,912,819i 6,918,944 6,125
-
United Kingdom. 37,553,851 37,379,936, 1,173,945

United Kingdom

And as compared with the month ending the 11th of Feb.
1860, the above returns show a decrease of £1,850,455
in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of
£2,315,004 in the circulation of the United Kingdom.
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve-
ral banks the following is the gate of the circulation :
fhe English private banks aro below their fixed
-£1,053,976
issue
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue

Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,415,578
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue £1,345,496
The Irish banks aro above their fixed issue .... £564,450
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng--
land in both departments during the month ending the 6th
Feb , was £11,686,849, being a decrease of £1,052,555 as
compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£3,654,004 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch
and Irish banks during the month ending the 9th Feb. :
Gold and silver held by the Scotch bank 5........ 52,583,232
Gold and silver held by the Irish bank 5........ 2,839,177

£5,222,409
Being an increase of £69,200, as compared with the
previous return, and a decrease of £219,194 when compared
with thp corresponding period of Jaat year,
London, England, 1861-03-21

It was well, however, that it should be known that
those who made use of a deadly weapon in the
neighbourhood of a public highway incurred con-
siderable risk, if in doing so they did not exercise
great caution to prevent injury being done to those
who were passing along it.
The prisoner was then ordered to be at once dis
charged from custody.
London, England, 1861-03-21

FRANCE.

BOURSE, March 20.—The market has been quiet,
but prices have undergone but a slight variation—
Threes alternating between 68f 15e and 68f 10c,
Little doing in Railway Shares at prices in some
cases a shade lower than yesterday. The following
are the last quotations:-
4f per per Cents ... 95 70 , Credit Fonder 935
Do. end month.... 95 70 j Belgian 41 —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 20 Roman 72
Bank Shares ' 2890 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 660 Spani2h Threes 4B
Do. Account 661 25 I Home Debt -
London, England, 1861-03-21

BRISTOL CHANNEL PILOTAGE.

Mr. LANGTON asked the President of the Board of
Trade whether the provisional sanction of the Board of
Trade had been given to the company incorporated by the
Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway Act, 1856, to act as a
pilotage authority within the Bristol Channel; and, if so,
could tho Local Act, 47 Geo. 3, c. 33, s. 9, be repealed pro-
visionally, or is a provisional sanction by the Board within
the powers granted to it by the Ely Act ?
Mr. M. GIBSON said that the Board of Trade had given
such sanction under powers which they possessed,
and the
exercise of which was no contravention of the act alluded

to.
IMPRISONMENT OF A BRITISH SUBJECT AT

HONG KONG.
Mi. Alderman SALOMONS asked the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, if ho could inform the house of
the circumstances under which a British subject had been
tried at Kanagawa by a court composed of the vice-consul
and three merchants as assessors; whether the court so
composed agreed in the decision come to, and if the sen-
tence pronounced by the vice consul was fine, deportation
from Japan, and three months' imprisonment at Hong
Ii ong ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said that Mr. Moss, the British
subject in question, had gene out armed with a
gun for the purpose of shooting game, while he was
in Japan. On his way home in the streets
of Kanagawa he was met by certain persons who were em-
ployed as police in the district, who advanced on
him with their swords. He immediately cocked
his gun, and threatened that he would fire on
them if they persevered, but some other persons came be-
hind him and took the gun from him, and while they were
doing so it went off, wounding one of the natives seriously.
He was afterwards transferred to the custody of the British
vice- consul, and was tried
against
ihnes charge h
thea rgleaowf
ehavingof
te Japanese,fire-arms
in the streets, which was
and of having deliberately fired the gun. He was tried,
found guilty of the former charge, but acquitted of the
latter. He was then condemned to deportation from Japan,
and to pay a fine 0f.1,000 dols. The assessors of the vice-

consul did not consider that Mr. Moss was guilty,
and the matter was referred to the Consul-General,
who confirmed the decision as to his offence, and added to it
a further punishment of three months' imprisonment in
Hong Kong. This, unfortunately, led to dissension. Some
British 'merchants considering that subjects of her Majesty
should not be required to conform to the modes and cus-
toms of the Japanese, whilst the Consul-General, Mr.
Alcock, was of opinion they should be strictly adhered to.
He (Lord J. Russell) entirely agreed with Mr. Alcock, and
was of opinion that a departure from the views of that
gentleman might lead to most serious results. (Hear.)
London, England, 1861-03-21

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