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WATER AT PORT- scarcely stop a large one bent on running the pas- ' formidable defence, worth all that it will cost in tinued succession of light winds and calms was ex- battery, and that in and about the Inlet, and He made every effort !se peprreainvtieioonnntetdhHeanoeffidsbcneoarupsnppdeudatstainnhgde will be sufficient for the completion of that most important
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LAND. sap:. That, however, could be most effectually time and money. The estimated cost ef the whole perienced. The ship sailed for London at 5.30 p.m. from there to Newbern, a distance of eighty•five on the wfohuitehtcowvietrhinage
mile.s there ar.e not more than 500 men to be seen. was he g p . .
_______-0-_____ During the time that the mate of the Nutt re- bit at their fingers, he leaped into the air, he tion, they wili be precluded from effecting man other
done in a single minute by any one of the grim line breakwater is X 1,047,125. All the expensive work Capt. Freeth, R.A., is now engaged in an in-
- A breakwater is certainly not a happy theme by ofearthwork batteries on the hill behind. The en- is now done, and only £928,000 has been spent. In spection of the forts and coast defences of the mained. at Hatteras Inlet there was not a single crouched towards the ground, and for some time it public improvements which are loudly called fee, :rude as
Government vessel in sight. Captain Baker says seemed doubtful whether he could be compelled to the formation of new lines of thoroughfare, to relieve the
'which to illustrate Admiralty_ wisdom or Economy.
tire north position of the breakwater for a length of the matter of breakwaters assuredly the public Channel Islands.
a severe and protracted struggle the cap of new parks, and the purchase of metropolitan bridge
On the whole it is, perhaps, the worst that could 6,000 feet has none of its superstructure yet attemp- have never yet got so much benefit for their money Mr. George Myers and Son, of Lambeth, having that with a single man-of-war he could take out of subAmftietr. daily increasing traffic of the metropolis, the formation
be chosen, always excepting those relating to anchor ted, and, as we have said, only the reef of white as they will derive from the completion of this accepted the contract of £153,000 for the erection Hatteras Inlet all the vessels stationed there.
and provision contracts, dockyards, the build and 1 the ir
To show how fearfu. p ates of the Inlet are was thrown upon his head and securely adjusted tolls.
stones peers a few feet above the sea, It is believed gigantic work at Portland. of the new " Herbert ;Hospital," on Redbrook-
of a United States steam-vessel, the mate of the about his face, and the striogs drawn around his s _ nenneeeneeee
rig ot ships, and neva' subjects generally. In the .-------------===t common, near Woolwich, yesterday commenced
that no building on this will be attempted. The Henry Nutt statee that one day, during his stay in neck. Nothing now remained of the direful prepa- COUNTRY MARKETS.
mind of the inquiring taxpayer breakwaters are summit will simply be filled in and rounded off THE NAVY. convoying the plant and materials to the spot, in the Gordon, after the capture of the Henry Neat the rations but to put the rope around his neck and
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always associated with millions of money thrown smoothly a few feet above the sea, as at Plymouth ; order to cetninence the building, which is expected prize crew on board the former-named vessel thought adjust the fatal noose. With some difficulty this
• LIVERPOOL-SEPT. 13.
broadcast into the sea, in out-of-the-way bays and for on the north end will be a huge circular fort, The paddlewheel steamer Adder, tender to the that they saw a man-of-war in the distance, and was at length accomplished, the united efforts of There was a very poor attendance of millers and dealers
4,oing in English wheat, at the currencies of last Tue-day.
inlets, which even without these obstacles to make which -will want a clear field for its guns all round Wellesley, 72, W. Blakey, master-commander, got ..___ ---.....
to be roofed in during the summer of 1863.
... immediately commenced to prepare kindling wood four men being required for that purpose. at this morning's market, and we had a fair business
lour also met a fair sale. Oats and oatmeal were still in
- -xlinnted request,
Itndtianmacionrntainneegdletchteeidr. value, Beans and
for the purpose of burning the Nutt should their As the sheriff drew the fatal noose closer to its
their entry dangerous the most distressed marine; thy;
hhiagrwboilulrr. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.
up steam shortly after daylight yesterday morn- suspicions prove correct. This, Captain Baker is of place and placed the knot beneath the ear of the un
would be particularly careful to avoid. Where the eally be a most formidable work, mount- ing, in Chatham harbour, and proceeded down to opinion, would be the tate of all our vessels captured happy' man, he exclaimed with fearful imprecations
The following is an extract from a well-informed peas as before.
on ght to be erected the Admiralty content them- ing 60 of the heaviest guns. It is to be circular, St. Mary's Island to take on board a number of American correspondent, addressed to Galignani's by the Rebels should a war steamer make her ap- " What in -- are you choking me now for ?-you
selves with doing nothing. Where, in consequence 200 feet in diameter, and, as it stands in 11 fathoms convicts from the Chatham prison, for conveyance Messenger, under date Boston, Aug. 27 :- pearance off the Inlet. are choking me, for I can hardly speak." These WAKEFIELD-SEPT. 13
of the natural difficulties of the place, they o.ugh, t - The man
water, and will rise 60 feet above the sea, the to a vessel in waiting to receive them at the Nore, "We have to-day 210,000 regular troops in "Kis- ' The Henry Nutt was captured when within 15 were the last words of the wretched man. The 77.' .de d for new and old wheat was very moderate,
athanne s, . souri, Virginia, and Maryland to oppose 150,000 of miles of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The strongest sheriff gave the signal all was ready to his deputy; t
a .Eltin improvement of 1.8 per qr over last Friday s rates, but
never to have been attempted, as at St C estimated four years required to complete its in which they will proceed to Australia.
A lderne upendous works masonry seems
y, and Dover, the most st very moderate. Up to six feet The screw steamship Niger, 13,"Capt. P. Cracroit, • e -
e the enemy, and by the time this reaches you viz. argument that could be used why the Government in a moment the trigger was drawn, the drop lin a
.e., mi ers extremely cautious. New barley Is cheaper, ' h
dll s 1 Other ' - - wit
u ae. articles unaltered.
last-named places bth • • db 1 h '•'hld ff d rotectiou to our shipping interest at and the unha fllYkl d th hth
by Sept. 10, we shall ou t ess ave 200,000 in sou 6or p ppy man e 1e ea roug e
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have been begun, and at the two a ove e sea it will be a monstrous column of was yesterday paid off in Woolwich dockyard. Be- Virginia to oppose less than 100,000 Secessionists, this point above all others, is the fact that all ves- draw, and hung, slightly oscillating, a struggling,
st to the re- LOUGHBOROUGH-SEPT. 12.
are continued with great zeal and co almost solid granite. For the rest of the structure fore quitting the ship all hands assembled below, and 100,000 in Missouri to meet 50,000 Secession- sels coming from the West Indies make direct from violent human being no longer. At this market to-day there was a middling show of
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sent day. Where, as at 'Holyhead, a sma the authorities are wavering between the compare- by pre-arrangement, and, having invited the boat- ists in that quarter, and while we shall then have this lighthouse, it being situated at the edge of the ....ea., wheat ; trade more active, at Is per qr advance upon recent
d a whole moun- 'lit the vessels bear
Gulf Stream, from which poi . . - rates-white, 608 to 61s ; red, 50s to 58
IiETROPOLITAN BOARD OF W,.RKS. s jier 36 stone.
water might have done some goo , tive merits of granite walls of immense thickness, swain to join them prese td h' *th an elegant in addition at least 100,000 more enrolled, and in
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tain has been thrown into the sea in such a wise camp, as a reserve, our opponents will have less away for the Delaware Capes. This fact is well ar ey qui eas ig as in t e week previous, malting
granite of lese thickness laced with four-inch plates gold chain and boatswain' 11 h d b sub-
sca , pure ase y known to the pirates off the Inlet, and they have • selling at 37s to 41s per qr.. grinding 28s to 30 30 t
s per s .
ort dangerous to enter than half that number armed, and in reserve. Our The following is the concluding portion of the annual Oats a steady sale, and more money •
obtained. Beans ever&
that a ship now finds the P ' of iron, or doing away with granite altogether scription among themselves, amounting to about
Western States are most prolific of brave men. But consequently fortified themselves at a point where report of this body, the first pat of whic d t 1 t ' ' t
h has already ap- stea y, a as weex sra es.
still more dangerous to leave, and most dangerous and buildin the f
g ront entirely of iron plates fifteen Ll 5. On the bridge of the " call," or whistle, was in other respects we have great advantages over the our vessels fall an easy prey to their vigilance. peared in our columns ;- -
d will cost ver n 1
of all to remain in. Holyhea y ear y In the neighbourhood of the Inlet Captain Baker EXETER-SEPT. 13.
inches thick. The latter idea seems preposterous engraved-" Presented to Mr. Coles, boatswain of Secessionists. Commanding, as we do the sea, the METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.
X 2,000,000, Dover near y , ,
1 L7OO 000 while Alder- ree pirate steamer
saw th s, the Gordon, the vessel Wheat advanced slightly to-day, and may be quoted as
from its vast expense. A fort of such a size built H.M.S. Niger, by the ship's company." On Mon- mines, and nearly all the mechanics of the country, Early in March last, the new Covent-garden approach, follows :-
ney isestimated to swallow up L 1,300,000, of which after this fashion would cost as much as the whole day last a large amount of prize-money and pilotage, we are making at least 300 rifled cannon, and pro- which captured the Henry Nutt, the Winslow, and .
between Long-acre and King-street, was opened fo Id -
rpu ic Wneat, white.. 7s Od to7s 9d I Barley. ... 48 Od to 4s 6d
900,000 is already gone. Nobody knows what grani ein sue asi ua ion wi
breakwater. Thick 't ' h 't t" 'll • • h lof the
due from China, was paid to t e crew, severe viding some 50,000 Enfield rifles monthly, with vast a steam-tug from g,. . Fj
Wilmin ton N C e also saw traffic. In the line of this street the freehold of one large Ditto new .7s 6d to Os Od I Oats .. 3s Oa te 3s 6A
a number of small craft-sailing vessels-in the
ak at St. Catharine's bay cos' wh
the fre n -ere an answer every practical purpose. No Power will seamen receivin u wards of •£2OO each. By reason supplies of tents, waggons, shoes and clothing, of property was acquired, but the claim of the lessee for the Flour, fine, 46s to -5; seconds, 40s to -s per sack.
d Inlet.
array of workmen was employed for years till it la• hts S ssionists are 1 't d •
wi! an ece _ _ a mos estitute ;an goodwill of the business and for the lease of a nearly ex- CATTLE.
ever be foolish enough to throw away half ado • g P hh• C d e Sir F.
zen of the high character of tes ip ommo or as 70,000 three months' volunteers are now recruit- Captain Baker, the. mate, his wife and hid -
c i , were pired term, was found to be of such an excessive character Fat beef,p score, 108 to llsOd Ewes, per lb ....6d to -cl
was fortunately found that this harbo f
ur o refuge ships of the line merely for the sake of silencing the Nicolson granted the continuous service men an ing at their homes, we shall in all probability bring boarded at an hotel at Newbern during their stay as to induce the board to await its expiration : subsequent Pork carcases,do lOs Od to lls Wethers, d 0...... 61d to -d
was utterly unapproachable by ships in any weath - here as we have before said but before they left Lambs, per lb 71c1 to 8d Fat calves, d0...61d to 7 ..
er fire of a granite fort which even if utterly destoyed extension of the usual leave until the 14th of No- into the field by November half a million of men , n. .. , . e negotiation, have enabled the board to obtain the property Rough fat, 31d per lb.
at all, and the proffered have 1
n i self so full of leaves the great defences on the hills of this English vember, when they will report themselves to the and any number of cannon and cavalry we desire, •
• in the schooner rriscifla for Baltimore, they were for a reasonable sum, and arrangements are being made to --
sunken rocks that no ship could enter it and live. Che b
r ourg as formidable as ever, By the time this fiagship as returned for duty. olitel re uested to a their bo r •
and can then advance in three solid columns to- P y q- p s'. a d bill, which was remove the property. The new line of thoroughfare has COAL MARK ET-SEPT. 11.
done by the captain.
The works at this harbour, therefore were •tl
quie y work is finished Sir William will probably have An additional party of workmen were this week wards the South, and despatch several large bodies been named King-street it being a continuation of the old
We have previously stated that the Henry Nutt at ' • erieee ot Coal per Ton at the (litho. ot the market
dro ed. It is said
PP that similar unpleasant disco- made us familiar with 200-pounders ; but, whether forwarded from the Thames Iron Ship Building our Government,
of_troops along the coast, When the war began,
from the perfidy of the Southern left this port for Key West, laden with a cargo of reet known by that name and is 140 yards in length and
50 f t 'el Th f t'' fh" • North Pelton
e orma ion ot is street involved the carway and Duffryn a. d. Eden Main ... 16 6
13 3 Carr's Original Hartleyls 6
veries in reference to rocks and approaches which our a inet, a no more an ree or
the 0 5 • • • h b 1 d b dth W . t • Cb' h d t th th
y are 20 or 00, this fort is to be armed with t e Company to e emp oye on oar e arrior, a men in coal for Government vessels at that point. This fact
B,e ee wi e.
ttlement of 88 claims for freehold, leasehold, and trade in- Malting
24 0 Byass's Bebside West
were made at St. Catharine's five or six years back heaviest and most h ' the
powerful ordnance ten in Greenhithe. Her armament, consisting of Arm- four vessels at its disposal ; the residue of our navy nto the Rebels at H
was know atteras Inlet, for a
terests. The aggregate amount of the claims received Do. Anthracite-21 6 Hartley
duplicate draft for 1,140 dols., drawn at Key West, ...15 9
have recently been made at the works at Alderney. service. There 1, • f ted
are to ee two tiers o casema strong guns and smooth-bore 68. pounders, is now was either laid up for repairs, or dispersed through was £164,887 13s. ld., which were settled at Lambert's West Hart-
in favour of Capt. Baker, for amount due by the
Here, however, the Admiralty have spent a million
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batteries mounting 22 guns each with 16 traversing on board and every exertion is being made to get distant seas-of course our blockade was at first in- ley 15 6
E 97,687 198. Bd. This amount inclu les some houses s. d.
United States Government for charges upon his Bower's West Hartley.ls 9
' ' efficient. A few privateers and small craft have walls End.
not re • dfr th t t bt t b - '
quire o e s ree , u necessary o e pur- kk alker P
and cannot for very shame stop short, at least till pivot guns on the summit mounted en barbette. her completed for removal from the river on the esca d b Ad ' ' • h
pe , ut our ministration ave reca e our
ll d cargo, landed at the former-named point, was taken ' rimrose 12 0 , Sheriff Hill 14 0
the estimate is overspent. In snch a woeful list of The roof of this will, of course, be bomb-proof ; there 20th inst. ships from abroad, and set at least 10,000 men to om him The original draft for this amount
fr • . was .
chased, and which will have to be resold, and the Wylam ... 15 6 Byron ....16 0
hideous failure and costly mismanagement it is a are to be ample store and magazine rooms in it, With a view to strengthen the fortifications work upon our navy. We have refitted nearly 50 t home by the captain some da s revious, and
sen . . f
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procee swi go in iqui a ion o e cos . ong t e en-
- s f I eth fth t t
ire ene o e s ree there have been constructed an effi- West Wylam
Davison's West Hart-13 3 Hartlepool.....
, Faswell l7 9
18 3
the obbeation o Uncle Sam will be worth to the
comfort to perceive that the long line begin, to
w• • „ rrison. The latter, upon the Point of land running into the sea oppo- ships and steamers, bought or chartered 200 of the p • . ley
ith quarters tor a large ga cient sewer, and a subway for conveying gas and water-
Rebels Just what they choose to value the paper at Craighead Steam 14 0 South Kelloe..
turn at last, and that from our now having one e not unlikely to find the fastest ships.in the merchant service, half of which 17 0
thou h
g very secure, ar 1 site Harwich harbour an • th bat-
extensive ear en hi h't • d
upon w. c i is rawn. pipes, telegraph wires, &c., thus obviating the great ex- Uantield Moor Butes-12 9 Heugh Hall 16 6
good standard to go by we may hope for better station a dull one ;in fact, it will be very little tery, mounted with heav d • b tt be
yor nance, is aou o are steamers, and are'building 50 more steamships,
some of which will be iron-plated. We shall thus Captain Baker dwells with much emphasis upon of breaking u the road and footways and the con-
pense . p / South Hetton ... 18 0 =
things for the future. Portland Breakwater is a better than being quartered in a lighthouse, which, formed on the coast at Shotley. It, together with have in October more than 300 vessels of great the feet that the appearance of a single war vessel sequent interference with the traffic. Vaults and ci liars Ships at market, 55; sold, 41.
really grand and magnificent work, and one of by the way, the fort is also to be. the renewed battery on Harwich circular redoubt, speed, and carrying, on an average, eight guns each, have been built the roadway and avements formed lam s
in the vici.nity of Hatteras Inlet would entirely , . P / 13
which the nation may well be proud if it is in- The rapidity with which the breakwater has pro- which commands the o osite shore, will suffi- principally 64 pounders, and rifled canon ; and as
PP abate the infamous t practices of the pirates. The
Gordon he represen.s to be simply a hulk under fixed and the whole line fenced for the protection of the
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p ,he cost of these works amounted to L 1,391. The RAIL WA Y INTELLIGENCE.
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there are not more than 30 ports to blockade they
clined to let bygones be bygones and forget the a. •
~,ressed has been mainly owing to Mr. Coode's ad- ciently protect this portion of the eastern coast. b 1 '
line of in ding frontage and vacant ground has been care- TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.
many successive failures before it was able to attain mirable system of laying out the works. Building The followine
g appointments were made yester- will soon be hermetically sea .
led You have doubt- steam power, who would sooner sink herself than
attempt to cope with a war vessel. The other fully plotted, and submitted to public competition, and se -
So much. Portland Breakwater is not only a great a breakwater in a good natural situation like that da h A " M t
yat t e dmiralty :-Lieut. G. C. 1 asters, o l seen the kind efforts of The Times and other
less .
eading journals of England, to prevent us from steamers he witnessed he represents to be in a similar veral offers are now under consideration. Miles Opened. Receipts.
work itself, but', what is more important in these at Portland is not a very difficult engineering work, the Orestes ,S W B dd. • 1 t • • 1 • E efi h th ht
•. . rown, master a itiona , 0 raising a oan in urope. eet rst, wen we oug condition, and for whom it would be nothing more With reference to the Southwark and Westminster com- Railways. ~.. -A.---- . ~..-".. „,
1861. 1860. 1861. 1860.
harbour questions, it is exactly where a work of but to build one quickly requires no ordinary the Asia, for the Chanticleer ; H. Goldsmith, Inas- of the loans which England had made to Russia, nor less than folly to fire upon a Government vessel. munication, the board are obtaining, as ra
. . . . pidly as tile nature - --
the kind was most wanted and is most useful. amount of care and arrangement. The actual rou- • • G e Turkey, and South American States, we
ter additional, to the Cumberland, for the Barossa ; reec , With these facts 3n view, it is a matter of the great_ of the claims will admit the several rem i i
, an ng properties X i X
Ballymena and Fort Rush.. - -
Before its erection Portland Roads, though capable tine of construction followed when the line for h were a little disturbed by this studied effort to dis- est astonishment to all the captains who have ar- required for the impiovement. The board have dealt with Beltast and N. Counties.... 136 136 2 -2)8 2 2-24
te J. Palmer, master additional, to the Cumberland, rived at this port for the past three weeks that the 131 claims for freehold, leasehold, and trade interests. The Belfast and Couuty Down.. 49 xe • ' ' '
of being made the finest harbour in the kingdom, able a friendly Power in its hour of trial ; but Great r, . --1 086 622
Birkd., Lana, & Ches. Juno. - -
structure has been sounded and carefully marked eo • • ' •
r the Zebra ;T. Milne, assistnsurg. additional, to cl"t1 d tht oo to
overnment does not iTme la e y espa c w r tal amount claimed for these properties was E 554,533, and - -
afforded but doubtful shelter to vessels in distress. Britain need not disturb herself ;we prefer to fur- u Myth and Tyne 2O 20 1,799 1,967
Out 15 simply to commence piling for the railway the Nile ; A. M. Mould, second master, to the nish the funds ourselves • fid
, and have entire con ence three vessels to this point to protect our commerce the amount paid, or agrevad to be paid, £357,517. Nearly Bristol and Exeter lO6 125 6,914 7,309
One advantage is enjoyed, and still, of course, re- from the incursions of these pirates. the whole of the interests of that part of the line between Caledonian
that is to carry the long trains of waggons filled Handy •G. J. Tomlin, second master, to the Asia, in our resources, and in the stability of our Govern • Cockermouth& Workington 8
tains-that of possessing a splendid anchorage of During Capt. Baker's imprisonment at Newborn, High-street and Southwark-bridge-road having been pur• _ _
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
with stone, and when a few d fh. h b ' The banks of New York, Boston, and Phi-
yar sotis as een for the Pandora ; Jas. C. Thomas, second master, to ment. 370 392
stiff blue clay and being free from rock or shoal completed to go on " tipping in" the rubble and • • • f R ladelphia now hold three hundred and thirty mil-
the Dee ; Robt. Nicoll, chief engineer o the e- and while on parole through the streets of the chased, and possession of the land obtained, the greater por- Cork Blackrock, & Passage
- - Cork•a
b town, he was constantly insulted with a recital of tion of the property has been pulled down. The board c dY h 1 • e 4
4
n oug a .. 28 23 261 332
274 207
throughout the whole of the splendid hay, from the i
lions of francs n specie, actnally more than can e ornyeall 63i 531 1,361 1,360
rough blocks of stone till they make their appear- • d dcl• • I hI d f
nown, has been appointe a Alone to te n us, or hff• h t red on board the schooner S. J.
te a air t a occur. . have determined to construct a subway in the line of the Deeside l7 17
island of Portland itself up to the very esplanade found in the coffers of the Bank of England, and 405 381
ance above water at last ; then again the piling is •
charge of the machinery o t e enown w en a
f h R h th t • • Waring some time since, in which a number of the street, similar to that in King-street, Covent-
have taken seven hundred and fifty millions of garden, and Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,482 1,419
Dublin and Drogheda 63
at Weymouth. These are, of course, great natural 63 1 846 1 753
ut aboard after her capture, while en- tenders have been received for the execution of that work Dub. & Wicklow(in.Kingst.) 4811 401 3,348 2,459
carried forward a few yards more, and the tipping shi-
piS paid off; Stephen Sheldon, actingsecond-class francs of our loan-all, in fact, that we require be. prize crew, P
advantages, and everything seemed to point it out deavouring to take her into port, were murdered by together with the necessary sewers, v Julie, and drains, and guntelkana-d
la
AErWoasithlen - 11(7)1 IN 1,589 1,690
in process repeated, and so on by successive stages assist.-en ineer additional, to the Indus, for the fore April, and have placed it on a sure basis by ad-
as a position designed by nature for a harbour of to the end of the work. This, as ' g • • ditional taxes. The public are rapidly taking the
we say, seems a very Thais ; James Melrose, acting second-class assist.- the black cook, formerly one of the crew of the the formation of the carriage and footways, with a view to Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 311 1,7126 1,74:
refuge for our Channel traffic. Its lights, however. • o probability
scrip from the banks, and there is n . . vessel. the land being let upon building leases. Agreements are East Anglian 67/ 671 853 832
• simple method, but when we recollect that it has engineer to the Indus, for the Pike • David Crich- Captain Baker says that otherwise he and his entered into with persons for four E.Counties,Nrik.,&E.l.Tnion 499 499 28,025 26,859
might have remained hidden to this hour had not - ' ' • that they will have occasion to use their option to plots of land at the E •
dinburgh and Glasgow
all to be accom l• h d h
pis e t rough 11 fathoms deep of ton (B), acting second-class assist-engineer addi- arty were treated with the greatest kindness at eastern end of the line of street, and the houses are now Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78
our Government been roused to unwonted vigilance recede from the last instalments. This is an exploit P 78 4,003 3,716
. rough tumbling waves, it will easily be imagined tional, to the Fis ard, for the Princess Alice ; and ' portant th U • than the capture of Newborn. The reason why the Priscilla was libe- being erected thereon. Forth & Clyde Junction
by the formidable nature of the works going on at Fairness
that it presents. difficulties which do not appear in Chas. E. 11. Hattgon has been nominened to a naval Tart!aisl, before Novetzrenrizy
to advance to the rated by the Rebels, he states, was because the At two points railways will cross the line of street under Glasgow & South-Western 1831 A 1,449 8,27 g
Cherbourg, and so cast about to see where the *rates kne w that she beloneed to Baltimore and
3' a mere narrative of the modusoperandi. One night's cadetship. - arreeaatt 11‘,Tlocirrttitlie2Seotland . . 334 33508 29,152 29,775
might best form an Englishtetation to match it. To that city would stand by the South to the last 2,029 2 001
she not yet see that it is a temporary measure ad- • fered with. Care, however, has been taken by the board qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 229 9,147 8'
rough weather often sweeps away the timber work
the query for such. a spot there could be but one Th •ia com tains bitterl of the manner in
e captai p y ,981
that costs many thousands of pounds and many THE ARM 1 mirably adapted to the present exigency ? Under . that the public mterest shall in no way be damnified, spe- Vrifztia t rri
BS:Aberdeen Juno 72154 7571 52,033 53,3 6
reply-Portland. There was the proper spot for a which he was ut into the boat h
this tariff, with the economy inspired by war, we p of t e Gordon. pre- cial provisions having been inserted in the companies acts Irish South-Eastern 2.5 t 2 1,167 964
months of labour to construct and fix in its position • as2 374
breakwater ; there was the stone to make it ; there •
in the sea. The piling that has to resist the action The handsome range of buildings in course of have given a temporary check to importations, and 'ems to bein laced on board of her The would
vi gi? . y as to the height of bridges, and guarding the board against Lancashire & Yoriphire.... 3951 3951 42, 901 ' 41,987
hardly allow him time to decently attire himself, Leominster and kington .. 14 14
h 1 b .11' t t 1 f
nresent to t e wor d the ri ian spec ac eo a na- eeuniary loss. 180 147
were steep, rugged, unassailaqe heights for fortifi- of a deep and heavy sea, and to carry also, at a erection at the rear of the Infantry Barracks, Chat- i- f f th t•t t
ion shorn or the moment of one- our o i s er- and having been a sick man when he left Allegheny P The Limerick and Ennis
third line of thoroughfare being carried out by the Limerick and Fo . •
ynes 244 241
2 26i 189 183
133 109
cations; a noble harbour for the shipping ; a space height of 90 feet, a railway for the heaviest traffic, ham, to be used for the purposes of a Soldiers' In- ritory and one-fifth of its free subjects, and com- Reef, there were many articles of apparel needed by board is that of the Victoria •park approach. This line ex- LlaneLy 4 461 547 529
for docks when required ; there were two lines of requires to be something more than a common stitute by the troops of that garrison, are fast ap- pelted to embark in a grand struggle, and yet so him, which, in the haste he was obliged to make, he tends from the East India Dock Toad, Liinehouse, to Grove- Effonnronn Pl,l
altn- omahawall
Western
51 51 1,696 1,849
left behind The result of this ex osure and the
rails to the port ; and, above all, the port itself was framework of timber. Every lo dh 6 f 11. lt. The building is one of the strong that in a brief six months it is creating an
g use as rst o proac ing comp e ion. al ..
t hich h h P ' road, leading to the south end of the Victoria park, and is London & South- Wes tern . 400 3442 22,315 21.97 g
only five hours' steaming distance from the French all to be prepared and rendered weather-proof by handsomest and most commodious structures of the . ,
army of half a million, setting afloat a navy of 300 ment anxiet yfw
hi e ad subsequently under- in length about 1,682 yards, the width being 70 feet. Forty- Ifenng.onßrigatto-lini&,
till Siz '3l3oayseti 23721 223
294 21,:k 22.231
gone, accoun. s s presen.t malady. It is to be 4 2,d.3 861
ships or war armed with more than 2,000 heavy one claims for freehold, leasehold, trade, and other interests Lond., Tilbury, & Southend , 4241 40 2,334 2 2LO
Cronstadt it was intended subrosa to keep an eye saturating it to its very centre with creosote. This kind hitherto erected. On the ground story there d 1 30 000 first-class
cannon, and manne by near y , hoped that it may not terminate fatally. have been dealt with, the amount of the claims for which an.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh 291 i 291 i 15,338 15,343
aanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9i 91 1,291 1,192
on. So about 12 years since Portland was decided is done at Portland by tho following method :-On is a handsome entrance lobby leading direct to the seamen ; raising a loan of 750 million francs in its ----- -- - - --- was £34,343 15s. 11d. These were settled at L 27,814 Maryport an
autCNar-Weest ern , 6114 ag., 1,032 1,155.
on for a fortified naval station. Since then its name the works is erected a cylindrical boiler of immense various apartments on the same floor. These in- own cities, and at the same time making the. world. DREADFUL SCENE AT AN EXECUTI N
0 12s. 3d. The whole length of the roadway and sewer is in t'.4.! i
millaard(iit.Westn. of hind. 192 i iii 7
, 43,021 44,785
IN ILLINOIS. 1 5,548 4,354
has yearly figured in the Estimates for " works strength, about 100 ft. long and 7ft. in diameter, dude a large smoking-room 43 feet in length by 20 its debtor, drawing in from 30 to. 40 milhons ot course of completion, and this line of thoroughfare will be Honkland 56
•- 5, 1,460 1,541
connected with the breakwater and fortifications ;" This is filled with the largest and finest logs that feet in width, and an elegantly fitted up coffee room francs per month in specie from California, Austra-
(From the New York Evening Express, Aug. 30.) open for public traffic in the course of the autumn. lionmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44
Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 14 2,20( 2,318
lia, and England. The Southern cry of an oppres • IMPROVEMENTS PROMOTED BY LOCAL AuTHORITIES. 78 3,379 3,580
and since then its rival on the other side of the can be procured, and the mouth closed with a solid 33 feet by 30, with three counters and the necessary
sive tariff is but a mere pretence for the Secession. A man named James White was executed at Sa- North British (incL belkirk
The board have contributed up to the end of June, to- and Galashiels)
Channel has been opened with grand eclat. But iron airtight cover. By means of a powerful steam appliances for providing the troops with coffee and Our average duty on an average importation of lem, 111., on Thursday, the 15th inst., for the mur- wards the h f o t' f
pu7 ase o pr. per yor effecting improvements North Devon 203 1711 7,116 7,06 a
35
all the while the English Cherbourg has been pump the air is then exhausted, not only from the other refreshments, not including spirituous liquors. 1,800 million of francs was but 15 per cent.
• Ac der of Andrew J. Applegate. The advocate, giving . . = N-Eastern(Bedale&Leybrn) 764 73654 Bdl 565
in the following localities : -Aldgate, Bishopsgate-street North London 42,300 44 861
an account of the preliminary arrangements for the 9
going steadily on, and now the great works on tube, but from the very pores of the timber inside On the same story there are also private offices and, tually less than the duties now imposed by the Seces- Without, Little Trinity -lane, Basinghall-street, Cow-alley North Staffordshire 9 2,451 2'779
e ' bl• 4.
xecunon, the assera ing co. a large throng of spec- 246 233 7, ,45 8:715
land and sea (for which rumour says we are it, Wben the vacuum is as comPlete as it can quarters for the attendants employed above the in- sionists. The true object of the war is set forth in the (Bermondsey), Crucifix-lane (Beimondsey), 'Upper and pe ie estry and Newton 3O 16 540 281
indebted to the vigilance of the Prince Consort) are well be made the creosote is let in from tanks stitute. Between the ground and upper floor is enclosed extract :-fhe one object for which they tators, &e., says :-
Soon after this time the public were as Nv .
tounded Lower Mall (Hammersmi Rhymney
th), Lothbury, and Rochester-row, St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52
19i 191 752 gni
52 1,856 2,114
broken up the Union and taken the field against
have e . Scottish Central
estminster. And they have now under their considera- 50 3,771 3,615
very fast advancing. At present we shall confine at the bottom and is continued to be forced in placed a mezzonine floor, containing non-commis- by the report that the convict White had possessed Scottish North-Eastern. 116
their fellow-countrymen is to extend and perpetuate 115 5,206 4,810
tion applications for contributions towards improvement • 'h b & Birmin h'• •
sin rews ury gam - -
ourselves to the breakwater. This as a breakwater by hydraulic power till the pressure is at nearly sioned officers' leeture-roem, lavatories, bath-rooms, slavery Mr. Ste h th V. •cl tf th
p ens, e ice-presi en o e himself of a chain, and armed with it, threatened
Fleet street Leadenhall-street New ate-street William- Arewsbury and Chester -
_ -
is already complete. The fort and platform super- 300 lb. to the s • h Ih• h 1 t ffi & The upper floor is devoted to the Confederated States, publicly declares to all the
quare inc . ntis t e ogs re- s ore o ces, c. instant death to any man who should dare to enter ' ' g ' Shre
street, Princes- street, Lambeth, and Watling-street. wsbury & Hereford
Shropshire Union 291 29-1 -
51 2,215 2 041
890 'BBO
structure of the east end adjoining the island of main for two or thr d b h• h • - 1 d Flo bt b f t ble world, ' The foundations of our new Government
ee ays, yw ic time the ecture room an i rary, u , y means o por a his prison. The report was found to be true. There
BUILDINGS BEYOND THE REGULAR LINE. South Devon
Portland is entirely so. The great or northern end creosote has been for d • f h b f d• t lar e room,
ce into the fibre of the wood rames, t ese can e orme in o one g are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth had been a chain strongly fixed in the floor of the
The applications made under the Local Mane ement Aet South-Eastern 306 306 25,855 28'661
has all its su e
perstructure and massive fort yet to be to the depth of two inches all round. As far as cat. capable of accommodating 1,000 persons. In this •
• that slavery-subordination to the superior race-
1d ' •
is the nature an moral condition of the negro. prison, to which it had become necessary on some . . g ' South Wa!es
, occasions to secure the prisoners ; this chain White, and the Building Act 1714 1714 7,254 9'9,6,
for the consent of the board to the S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 _ ' _
Stockton and Darlington
built. Their completien will require at least four be judged from the many years' experience of the room it is intended to have exhibitions, musical and Hitherto, while its evils were admitted, slavery was with almost superhuman strength, had wrenched erection of shops, or additions to buildings on gardens or Taff Vale 5l 54 5,087 5,019
years more, but, as the rough stone of the entire piling on the breakwater, this process (which was other entertainments, lectures, amateur theatricals, defended in the South on the ground of its neces- from its fastenings. It was a common sized ox chain, forecourts within.3o feet of the margin of the streets, or the !lister t
about three feet in length, and had upon one of its projection of porticoes, balconies, verandahs, &c., were 289 ul
vavleersefocnle andd Lancaster . 19 19 758 751
length of the great structure is now firmly settled, discovered by the brother of the present Lord Chan- and other amusements for the troops, the building sity. Now it is declared to be absolutely right, a 10 10 185 18%
and many feet above the sea, the shelter it affords cellor) renders the timber indestructible from the being specially fitted up for that purpose. The new moral tru ,
th the centre or corner-stone of a ends an iron ring nearly nine inches in circumfer-
ence. White had armed himself with this chain, in number. Of these applications 182 were granted and 13 Vale of Neath
refused. Twenty-four other cases were withdrawn, or re- 35
Waterford and Kilkenny
31 487 416,
is as perfect now as it will be when entirely finished. combined alternate action of the air and water. walls are to be divided into different compartments new Statet the symbol and watchword of a new
d b running the links through the ring had main in progress. Waterford and Limerick
West Cornwall 2 77 1 425 1 086
74 274 '731 'BO7
The shape of the breakwater is an obtuse an 1
g•e, When the lenes have been thus pa ed th to be ultimately decorated with cartoons depicting
e, pre r ey are and sanguinary crusade. The reduudance of specie an y
f • If h 3 • NAMING OP STREETS AND NUMBERING OF HOUSES.
made a heavy knot o iron, wlc prove indeed to - _ . . . W.HartlepoolHarbr.&Rail. 39 se
is alread beeinning to reverse importations, and West Midland.
_
stretching from the island at first towards the built into tremendous piles by bolting and binding the great miiitary battles in which England has h th Y wear is ended the tariff will, doubtless, be be a formidable weapon. Standing thus armed in- Seventy five applications for the alteration of names of w'haven,Cleator,,tEgrmnt. -7
-
7 314 -
4V
north-east, and then turning away due north into many together- with iron bands, till at last one huge been engaged euring the last century. The build- wmodenifiedeto meet the commercial spirit of our people.' side the door of his cell, White declared with terri- shtreeseets2 and the numtebaerainng
7ofrehfouseds h4savbe
.been made. Of Whitehaven Junction l2 12
645 640
deep water, half across the splendid bay. Appa- spar is formed 90tt. long, weighing eight or nine ing is made as nearly as possible fire proof. The • • •t.
.7 were ran us e• still endin
fic oaths that no living man should enter. In this g d e , ein. P g Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 618 697
rently, as one stands on the shore and looks along tons. and some three or feet square. On the end of only entrance to the upper floor is by a massive CAPTURR OF THE PHILADELPHIA '
dilemma a pause ensued in the proceedings Sheriff
Black made an attempt to enter, assisted by four in various stages of progress. FOREIGN AND CoLONIAL
- - * I 11 fth • f t t f 1 ' A.ntwerp and Rotterdam .
n a cases o e re-naming o a ree s, a care u register •• • 52
the interminable rows of black timbers peering u STEAMER HENRY A UTT. Austrian 52 1,377 1,294
P this, which is to go into the ground, is fixed an iron stone staircase, and from the manner in which it resolute and fearless men. Driven to desperation is kept of such alterations, in the manner ordered by the 673 48,148 43,372
starkly out of the sharp long reef of white stones, se Belgian Eastern Juncti 828
on.. 26i 26A
" Mitchell " screw of great size and weight. The has been constructed it is calculated that if the the hardened criminal struck a tremendous blow, 142 d section of the Metropolis Local Management Act. Buffalo and Lake Huron ... 161 161- 1,240 t 25a
(From the Philadelphia Inquirer.)
there does not seem a great deal to show for nearl FORMATION OF NEW STREETS. Detroit and Milwaukie 749
y whole is then lowered into its proper place in the whole of the interior were consumed by fire the On Saturday we mentioned in our local columns which happily was but a slight injury upon the left Dutch Rhenish lB5 185 3,020 3 217
13 years of constant labour, for the fruits of all this sea till it rests upon the ground, wh„ it is worked walls and shell of the building would still remain that the schooner HenrY Nutt/ owned in this city, hand of the sheriff. Plans for the formation of new streets were submitted to Eastern oi France l°Bl 1081 4,315 4'076
1032 1006 59,770 55'069
lOU are, of course, beneath the sea. If the restless round by aca " • • The institute has been had been captured by a privateer off Hatteras Inlet,
pstan till the screw has bitten firmly comparatively uninjured. It was now proposed to inject ammonia into the the board, under their by-law, in 60 cases, of which 51 Edarastnindrian
T kof Canada gg 166 5,502 3:789
waves were away the vieitor would behold a sort of some Bft, or more int • '' • • • • d iii. h h and that her captain and crew were subsequently face of the convict, and thus by his temporary suffo- were approved and 9 disapproved. 970 10 329 ' 4R(')
Great Indian Peninsula 3501 277 ..' '-,---
0 the clay. The instant it is built by public subscription, tower sw ic t e , IRON BUILDINGS, SHEDS, ETC. Great Luxembourg 4,,369 2,487
ridgy mountain, or at least a hill or coloesal stones liberated and brought to Baltimore by the schooner cation enable the officers to take possession of the 128 128 3,821 3 405
, 1 Pus placed upright it is moored. by many wrought- Government contributed Ve.,000, Miss Florence . . 1 d•B If f 11. h 11 Th. t'd b t failed. The miserable mur- The applications under the building act, in certain special
ce . is was ne , u V-,reot Ntitsirte of Canada 315 345 8,089 9,285
more than a mile and a half long, 100 ft. high, and • Priscilla, a vesse owne in a imore, rom wlc d Grneneva • • 142 142
iron tie-rods, which are taken from the top of the Nightingale, who is one of the promoters, has cit 3 the _' d here on Friday night.
y trrive derer recoiled for an instant under the effect of the instances requiring the approval of the board in regard to Ai
adrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 7,034 6,62 g
300 wide at its base. More than 5,000,000 tons of en o the construction or materials of buildings, were the follow- SDlToorternrn
01 I,3raannaceda ......
t"‘e -own into the sea all round it, when the are iven handsome donations, Among the other T'he ikerest felt in the capture of the vessel, and liquid, but speedily recovering himself he stood 94 1,744 1,161
stones have already been used, and at the least secured at the bottom to a number of 111. 5.
g ' B 1 hth ti h • d le•ed that the captain of the Henry
itchell screws, subscribers are the Duke of ucc euc ,e le ope in u ~, again s.t the door, armed SA ith his terrible weapon, ing :- Norwegian Trunk 628 614 56,190 51,602
1,000,000, or 1,500,000 more will yet be required. forced as dee? as they can be turned into the cla NI • flir" b h C f 'NI
y e arquis o Inc ester, t e ountess o 1 ae- Nutt, Mr. Sydney Baker, from his matured nauti- and looking the impersonification of a fiend. It now For furnace chimney-shafts for manutactories-79 Faris, Lyons, & Medite
Paris and Orleans rrn 879
41 44 1,227 999
840 93,688 86,404
The har'eour thus sheltered, and almost enclosed, beneath. When thus secured the 1 bl f IfildS. E N B h E 1 f D 1
y are to era ysae,c es e , ir . . uxton, t e ar o arn ey, cal experience, might be able to give us reliable in- di ench the cell with chloroform and granted 4 refused.
was resolved to . . . . , Pernambuco 922 922 59,990 56,28 L
364 - 676 -
formation with regard to the rebel defences along thus lull the turbulent spirit within until he could For open sheds, wooden buildings, and drying sheds, re- Royal Danish 69 69 712 649
by this stupendous sea•wall has a total extent at though of course a single heavy wave uproots pile the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Chichester, Sir • d t d t h • l b f ' t d The sheriff was still advised to Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,492 1,261
the coast, induce us o espa c a specia reporter esa ely cap ure . quiring a large extent of open work-76 granted, 15 re- south Austrian
low water of 2,107 acres. At two fathome deep and and moorings in an instant. To avoid the risk of R. Beaufort, Sir R. C. Glynn, Gen. Laurence, Gen. quzrer
of the In ' to the residence of Captain Baker, at disable him by a pistol ball, but answered that he fused. Southern of France . 777 773 25,94. 21,022
upwards there are 1,7,50 acres, at three fathoms this two or three piles are generally set at the same Shaw, Gen. Bourchier, Gen. Eden, Gen- Broke, I Village- green, Delaware county, yesterday, to ob- would not proceed to such harsh measures until all For iron buildings for temporary and other purposes-16 Weelsland. .. 25 25 437 386
-__ _r- e• ee_e ,e• ,e, ~ . nei lee:11:-. nee Tf,.;,,,..1-.. TT,.." TT T TL,..,.,. A al- I tain from him whatever comtnunication he might other cruel means had failed. granted, 3 refused. w t Flanders ... 75 75 1,213 976
----a _ W. and N.W. of France.... 742 730 53,305 44,219
• .2 • • •

ance above water at last; then again the piling is
carried forward a few yards more, and the tipping
in process repeated, and so on by successive stages
to the end of the work. This, as we say, seems a very
simple method, but when we recollect that it has
all to be accomplished through 11 fathoms deep of
rough tumbling waves, it will easily be imagined
that it presents. difficulties which do not appear in
a mere narrative of the modus operandi. One night's
rough weather often sweeps away the timber work
that costs many thousands of pounds and many
months of labour to construct and fix in its position
in the sea. The piling that has to resist the action
of a deep and heavy sea, and to carry also, at a
height of 90 feet, a railway for the heaviest traffic,
requires to be something more than a common
framework of timber. Every log used has first of
all to be prepared and rendered weather-proof by
saturating it to its very centre with creosote. This
is done at Portland by the following method :—On
the works is erected a cylindrical boiler of immense
strength, about 100 ft. long and 7ft. in diameter.
This is filled with the largest and finest logs that
can be procured, and the mouth closed with a solid
iron airtight cover. By means of a powerful steam
pump the air is then exhausted, not only from the
tube, but from the very pores of the timber inside
it. Wben the vacuum is as complete as it can
well be made the creosote is let in from tanks
at the bottom and is continued to be forced in
by hydraulic power till the pressure is at nearly
3001 b. to the square inch. In this the logs re-
main for two or three days, by which time the
creosote has been forced into the fibre of the wood
to the depth of two inches all round. As far as cau
be judged from the many years' experience of the
piling on the breakwater, this process (which was
discovered by the brother of the present Lord Chan-
cellor) renders the timber indestructible from the
combined alternate action of the air and water.
When the logs have been thus prepared they are
built into tremendous piles by bolting and binding
many together-with iron bands, till at last one huge
spar is formed 90!t. long, weighing eight or nine
tons, and some three or feet square. On the end of
this, which is to go into the ground, is fixed an iron
" Mitchell" screw of great size and weight. The
whole is then lowered into its proper place in the
sea till it rests upon the ground, when it is worked
round by a capstan till the screw has bitten firmly
some Bft. or more into the clay. The instant it is
thus placed upright it is moored by many wrought-
iron tie-rods, which are taken from the top of the
pile down into the sea all round it, when they are
secured at the bottom to a number of Mitchell screws,
forced as deep as they can be turned into the clay
beneath. 'When thus secured they are tolerably safe,
though of course a single heavy wave uproots pile
and moorings in an instant. To avoid the risk of
this two or three piles are generally set at the same
time, so that the moment the moorings are complete
the piles are all bound together by powerful cross
timbers, which in a short time are made strong
enough to bear the immense weight of the trucks
loaded with stone, which then at once commence
" tipping " in the blocks, and a few days of this
work puts the new piling in comparative safety.
All the stone used in the breakwater, except the
granite facings and parapets, which are from Corn-
wall, has been obtained from the Portland quarries,
and three-fourths of it have been excavated by the
labour of the convicts at the immense prison on the
island. The quarries are situated some 400 or
500 ft above the level of the breakwater, to which
it is conveyed down by three inclines of broad
gauge double rails. These inclines are each about
1,500 ft. long, with a gradient on two inclines of 1
in 10, and in the third of about 1 in 15. They are
worked with a wire rope over the drum, the weight
of the descending trucks full of stone winding up
the train of empty waggons on the other line of
rails. Thus there is a constant succession of loaded
waggons coming down the line of each incline, with
an equal stream of empty waggons being pulled up
the up line, to be filled again. As fast as the full
waggons arrive at the head of the breakwater they
are pushed along the tramway over the piling by a
powerful locomotive to the end of the work, when
the contents of each waggon are "tipped" over into
the sea. As many as 3,000 tons a day have been
thus "tipped in" at Portland. At Holyhead 5,000
a day have frequently been accomplished ; but the
supply of stone there w by contract work, and
not, as at Portland, dependent on what the con-
victs could furnish. The tipping in is now going
on very slowly, for the foundations for the north
fort, at the end of the breakwater, are being com-
menced. The b ise of this will be formed by a
gigantic pile of stones some 600 or 700 ft, in
diameter, and 30 or 401 t. high. On this will rest
the actual blocks of ranite which commence the
wails of the fort some 20ft. below low-water mark.
These blocks, it need scarcely be said, are not
" tipped in." Each one is regularly lowered to its
proper place, and carefully set by divers working
under water. At some parts of the works these
divers have been employed for hours at a depth of
eleven fathoms beneath the surface. When these
men are employed the work is, of course, both slow
and costly, for the divers can only work during a
brief period of the day, and that only when the
calmest weather prevails. Bearing this in view, it
will be good and quick work if the next four years
see this great fort entirely completed. When it is
finished, however, it will be a splendid and most

ham, to be used for the purposes of a Soldiers' In
stitute by the troops of that garrison, are fast ap-
proaching completion. The building is one of the
handsomest and most commodious structures of the
kind hitherto erected. On the ground story there
is a handsome entrance lobby leading direct to the
various apartments on the same floor. These in-
clude a large smoking-room 43 feet in length by 20
feet in width, and an elegantly fitted up coffee room
33 feet by 30, with three counters and the necessary
appliances for providing the troops with coffee and
other refreshments, not including spirituous liquors.
On the same story there are also private offices and
quarters for the attendants employed above the in-
stitute. Between the ground and upper floor is
placed a mezzonine floor, containing non-commis-
sioned officers' leeture-room, lavatories, bath-rooms,
store offices, &c. The upper floor is devoted to the
lecture room and library, but, by means of portable
frames, these can be formed into one large room,
capable of accommodating 1,000 persons. In this
room it is intended to have exhibitions, musical and
other entertainments, lectures, amateur theatricals,
and other amusements for the troops, the building
being specially fitted up for that purpose. The
walls are to be divided into different compartments
to be ultimately decorated with cartoons depicting
the great military battles in which England has
been engaged curing the last century. The build-
ing is made as nearly as possible fire proof. Th(
only entrance to the upper floor is by a massive
stone staircase, and from the manner in which it
has been constructed it is calculated that if the
whole of the interior were consumed by fire the
walls and shell of the building would still remain
comparatively uninjured. The institute has been
built by public subscription, towards which the
Government contributed 1.!2,00, Miss Florence
Nightingale, who is one of the promoters, has
given handsome donations. Among the other
subscribers are the Duke of Buccleuch, the
Marquis of Winchester, the Countess of Mac-
clesfield, Sir E. N. Buxton, the Earl of Darnley,
the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Chichester, Sir
R. Beaufort, Sir R. C. Glynn, Gen. Laurence, Gen.
Shaw, Gen. Bourchier, Gen. Eden, Gen_ Broke,
Col. Phillips, and Major the Hon. H. L. Powys. Ad-
joining the institute a large American bowling-green
has just been completed. It is also intended to erect
a gymnasium for the use of the troops, to be fitted
up with all the modern improvements for carrying
forward that description of physical education. Go-
vernment has also sanctioned the erection of four
skittle alleys under an iron roof, with lantern lights.
Yesterday Lieut. J. Straghan and a detachment
of 64 non-commissioned officers and men of the
Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry
left head-quarters, and proceeded to Plymouth,
where they will be stationed until required for em-
barkation in the various vessels of war sailing from
that port.
Tie present strength of the Indian depots at Col-
chester Camp, under the command of Col. Guy,
C. 8., is 62 officers and 1,700 rank and file. The
sanitary condition of the troops is satisfactory. The
hospital returns give the number of inmates as 120,
or 5-1- per cent„ but none of the cases are of a seri-
ous nature. The last detachment of the 10th Depot
Battalion at Landguard Fort has been relieved by a
similar party during the week, and on the return of
these men the station will cease to be used during
the winter. The returns of the company firing,
which will soon be completed, are very satisfactory,
the number of points obtained both by companies
and depots being rather above the customary average.
The head-quarters of the 4th Brigade Field Artil-
lery are under orders to remove from Woolwich to
Aldershot on the 17th inst., in preparation for their
departure to Canada.
The Phcebe Dunbar hired transport, Capt. Chat les
B. Cow, whose arrival at Spit head from Kurrachee
with the remaining portion of the 24th Regiment
was briefly announced yesterday, w is towed into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday evening, and berthed
alongside the sheer jetty of the dockyard, where
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disembarked the troops, comprising Brevet-Major
and Capt. A. J. Macpherson, Capt. R. G. A. de
Montmorency ; Lieuts. S. J. J. Burns and R. 0.
Mahoney ; Ensign W. Magill, and Assist.-Surg. R.
Sutherland, 13 sergeants, 2 trumpeters, 13 corporals,
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has yearly figured in the Estimates for " works
connected with the breakwater and fortifications ;"
and. since then its rival on the other side of the
Channel has been opened with grand eclat. But
all the while the English Cherbourg has been
going steadily on, and now the great works on
land and sea (for which rumour says we are
indebted to the vigilance of the Prince Consort) are
very fast advancing. At present we shall confine
ourselves to the breakwater. This as a breakwater
is already complete. The fort and platform super-
structure of the east end adjoining the island of
Portland is entirely so. The great or northern end
has all its superstructure and massive fort yet to be
built. Their completiGn will require at least four
years more, but, as the rough stone of the entire
length of the great structure is now firmly settled,
and many feet above the sea, the shelter it affords
is as perfect now as it will be when entirely finished.
The shape of the breakwater is an obtuse angle,
stretching from the island at first towards the
north-east, and then turning away due north into
deep water, half across the splendid bay. Appa-
rently, as one stands on the shore and looks along
the interminable rows of black timbers peering up
starkly out of the sharp long reef of white stones,
there does not seem a great deal to show for nearly
13 years of constant labour, for the fruits of all this
toil are, of course, beneath the sea. If the restless
waves were away the visitor would behold a sort of
ridgy mountain, or at least a hill of colossal stones,
more than a mile and a half long, 100 ft. high, and
300 wide of, its base. More than 5,000,000 tons of
already been used, and at the least
1,000,000, or 1,500,000 more will yet be required.
The harbour thus sheltered, and almost enclosed,
by this stupendous sea-wall has a total extent at
low water of 2,107 acres. At two fathoms deep and
upwards there are 1,750 acres, at three fathoms
1,590. and no less than 1,290 acres, varying from
5 to 11 fathoms in depth. Taking three fathoms as
the standard at low water, the acreage of our made
harbours is as follows :—Kingstown, 140 acres ;
Holyhead, 237 ; Dover (when made), 374 ; Port-
land, 1,290 ; and Plymouth, 1,741. The average
of very deep sheltered water is, however, greater at
Portland than at Plymouth. Just before the curve
of the angle in the work there is an opening in the
breakwater of 400 feet wide, which separates its
eastern from its great northern length. This open-
ing is made in order that ships going out in a
northerly wind may not have to beat up the whole
length of the breakwater, but pass through the
aperture with a fair wind and get at once to sea.
There is 11 fathoms water through this opening,
which, being 400 feet wide, is, of course, ample
enoagh to allow any vessel which even Great
_asters
shareholders might contemplate to pass
through. The length of this eastern part of the
work from the land to the opening is 1,900 feet, and
the length of the northern breakwater beyond is a
little over 6,000. The eastern
eportion, as we have
f
said, is quite finished and
with granite at its
parapet. The top, or promenade, if we may so call
it, along this is divided into two broad platforms.
That on the inner side is about 40 feet broadis baond
12 above the sea, The platform or terrace
above
this is supported on a series of arches, and
18ft. broad and 28ft. above the sea, These arches,
if filled with coal, as it is presumed they will be,
will store some 8,000 tons. In addition to these
two splendid coal storehouses have been erected on
the land end, which contain about 8,000 tons more.
Hydraulic cranes, working at a high elevation, take
',e coals direct from the colliers into the ware
sea. and hence their distribution is so admi-
'l;tated that a line.of-b•lttle ship can coal
'ours. From the warehouse the

(From the Philadelphia Inquirer.)
On Saturday we mentioned in our local columns
that the schooner Henry Nutt, owned in this city,
had been captured by a privateer off Hatteras Inlet,
and that her captain and crew were subsequently
liberated and. brought to Baltimore by the schooner
Priscilla, a vessel owned in Baltimore, from which
city they Arrived here on Friday night.
The interest felt in the capture of the vessel, and
the hope indulged that the captain of the Henry
Nutt, Mr. Sydney Baker, from his matured nauti-
cal experience, might be able to give us reliable in-
formation with regard to the rebel defences along
the coast, induced us to despatch a special reporter
of the Inquirer to the residence of Captain Baker, at
Village•green, Delaware county, yesterday, to ob-
tain from him whatever communication he might
have to make in relation to the capture of his vessel.
On arriving at the green our reporter was much
grieved to learn that the hardship and fatigue to
which Captain Baker had been exposed since the
capture of his vessel, together with the pecuniary
loss involved in its confiscation, induced a fever,
for which he is now being treated by the best me-
dical practitioners. As Captain Baker was quite ra-
tional in his conversation yesterday afternoon, our
reporter, by consent of the family, was admitted to
his presence, and obtained from him the statement
which follows. This information is entitled to all
credence, having been corroborated by those of the
crew acquainted with the facts of the case.
As we previously stated, the Henry Nutt left
Alleghany Reef, a port a short distance from Key
West, during the day of the 29th of July. She
sailed in company with three other vessels, and
up to the morning of the 4th of August nothing
occurred to disturb the harmony of the voyage.
On the morning in question, at about seven o'clock,
they discovered in the distance what was supposed
to be a steamer, as subsequently proved to be the
fact, rapidly bearing down upon them. The first
intimation they had of her design was communi-
cated by a shot fired at the Nutt, and which passed
over her bow. Simultaneous with this act the
Gordon raised the Secession flag, and, coming
within hailing distance of the Henry Nutt, or-
dered the latter-named vessel to send her captain
and crew on board of the steamer. Captain Baker
then replied that the yawl of his vessel was not ( a
seaworthy craft, and asked them to put out their
own boat.
The request was immediately complied with,
and a prize crew, headed by a captain, soon came
alongside the Henry Nutt, and ascended to her
deck. The papers of the vessel were then de-
manded, after which the captain and crew were
hustled very unceremoniously into the boat then
lying by the side of the Henry Nutt. When the
prize crew first reached the deck of the Henry
Nutt, Capt. Baker was in his slippers, and many
of the crew—all blacks—were in their bare feet.
Tho crew were immediately ordered into the boat,
and upon Captain Baker remonstrating, he alone
was allowed to draw on his boots. Previous to the
arrival of the crew, the cook, a negro on board, se-
cured all the money the captain had on board—
abaut 50 dots.—and hid it between two pieces of
mahogany:stowed away beneath the deck.
After a short detention at the Inlet, Captain
Bawer and the wife and child of the mate were
transferred to Newbern, and at the expiration of a
week the mate, the black cook, and the crew of
the Nutt were similarly disposed of. The crew
all this while were confined in a goal at Hatteras
Inlet, and the same treatment was bestowed upon
them after their arrival at Newbern. The captain,
his mate, and the wife and child of the. latter were
allowed to stop at an hotel at that place.
Captain Baker informs us that the strength of
the rebels at Hatteras Inlet consists of six small
cannon, a rifled cannon of small size, and a sand

For iron buildings for temporary and other purposes-16
granted, 3 refused.
For the materials of overhanging eaves to dwelling-
b ouses-27 granted.
For materials of enclosures and thickness of walls of
stone—nine granted and four refused.
All these cases have been reported on by the superintend-
ing architect, and a detail of the circumstances, sometimes
accompanied by a survey in regard to the site and use of
special buildings, given in order to guide the board in ar-
riving at a proper decision.

vy
One or two botiles of chloroform were procured,
and the atmosphere of the cell was thoroughly im-
pregnated with its fumes ; blankets were suspended
outside the grated windows of the cell, and every
step was taken to make this effort successful. At
first the furious wretch laughed at this attempt. It
was clear that his wicked course of life had made
him familiar with the use and the effects of chloro-
form. Indeed, he said so, and told the officers that
the article they were using was weak and poor. He
evidently was acquainted with chemicals. In order
to resist its effects he wound his bed quilt around
his face, went occasionally to the window for air,
and removing a portion of the blanket by reaching
out and drawing it through the grating, so as to
make an opening for the admission of the wind.
More than hour had been consumed in these fruit
less efforts to obtain possession of the prisoner and
his weapon, and it began to be apparent that harsher
means were necessary. At about 12 o'clock White
was heard to say—" They have tried hartshorn and
chloroform upon me, but one has neutralised the ac-
tion of the other; they are now going to try some-
thing else." He evidently saw that he must ulti-
mately submit, and, though at first prepared to sell
his life as dearly as possible, his courage and
strength now began to fail. He therefore proposed
that if the sheriff would give him his dinner and a
drink of whisky, and let him live till one o'clock, he
would yield. his weapon and surrender himself.
This proposition was accepted, and White gave up
his knotted chain through the grating of the door,
a dinner was prepared for him, and a glass of water,
wi▪ th a slight infusion of whisky, handed him to
dri▪
nk. It was the last office of apparent mercy, and
the sheriff willingly performed it.
At 1 o'clock the sheriff entered the cell. White
came forward and surrendered himself. His arms
were pinioned behind him, and he walked resolutely
down the stairs of the gaol, through the hall, and
into the place prepared for his death. Here brief
religious services were held.
The services concluded, White, accompanied by
the sheriff and his assistants, ascended the steps of
the gallows without apparent trepidation. He.
never faltered a moment, but examined with a en
tical eye all the appliances prepared for his execu-
tion. And now occurred one of the most horrifying
and painful scenes in this terrible drama. When
once upon the scaffold, and his ancles being bound
together, the usual white cap was produced, and he
was informed that it was necessary to put it upon
his head. To this White objected, insisting that no
change should be made in his apparel. He wore
the little felt cap with which he had covered lis
head from his first imprisonment. When the sheriff
removed the felt cap and was about substituting
the usual white one, the prisoner again objected, and
with fearful imprecations declared that it should not
be put on. Sheriff Black, in a decided tone, endea-
voured to persuade the prisoner, but in vain.
For nearly an hour the officers were engaged in a
struggle to enforce compliance. Here, indeed, was
the demoniac character of the prisoner displayed.

The gold ships that have left Australia for
England, announced by the present mail, are the Swiftsure,
with £205,000; the James Wilson, with £76,000; and the
Lincolnshire, with £207,000. The Orwell, previously re
ported with £155,000, is now 90 days out.
Jan any one answer the question, What is a magnet?
We
only know some of its marvellous effects, and dmire the in-
genuity of those who apply its power to beneficial uses, for.
in stance Herring's magnetic brushes,&c. Dr. Hassan reports,
" I regard them as the most perfect brushes hitherto made,
as respects their mechanical construction, and their mag-
netical action." They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia,
rheumatism, &c. N.B. Counterfeits are being made. Offices,
3 ?, Ba,ingt, all-sti eet, London.

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coal is run t trucks along a tramway, and pours
them into a ina:_-;sive wrought-iron shoot. Down

on an endless chain pass a series of
scrapers, which keep the coals pouring down into
a stnaller shoot beneath, that passes them at once
right into the ship. The only limit to the rapidity
with/which the coals can be sent aboard by these
means is the rate at which they can be trimmed
a`a•y in the bunkers by the men. A ton a mitrnte
it,is said, be safely counted on. On the east
end
100 fele:11-18 breakwater is a circular granite fee
is crenellleiiairieter, and of immense solidity. It
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