The Express. — London, England, 1862-10-23 00:00:00

---4--- METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The following is the concluding portion of our extracts from the annual report of this Board : THAMES EMBANKMENT • The subject which naturally follows the report Is to the main drainage is that having reference to the Thames em bankment. In the report of last year's proceedings the recommendations and conclusions arrived at by the com mittee of the House of Commons appointed to consider the subject were fully stated. They were briefly—That the formation of a Thames embankment on the north side of the river, from Westminster-bridge to Southwark-bridge, would, relieve the present overcrowded thoroughfares and facilitate the construction of the low level sewer ; that the estimated maximum cost of the work, including that of the low !evil sewer, was 1,500,000/. ; that the Bd. and ld. duties per ton on co al and the 4s. per ton duty on wine, &c. which would expire in 1861, should be renewed fora limited period,• and that the cost of the whole or part of the embankment should be made a first charge upon them. That the construction of this embankment should be con fided to this board, and that for this purpose the before mentioned duties should be placed at their disponi for a limited period, the guarantee of the Treasury bikini like wise afforded. That as, in their opinion, it would be most difficult to ascertain, before the works were completed, the amount of damage that might Ire occasioned, power should be given to ascertain, after the completion of the works, the amount of compensation that might be due ; and also that, while the committee considered the embankment of the south side of the river to be a necessary part of any complete scheme for the improvement of the river and metropolis, yet it was of less urgent neceihity than the embankment of the northern aide. The report of het year also called attention to the fact of the passing of the London Coal and Wine Duties Continu ance Act of 1861, which provides for the continuance of those duties until 1872, and for the Bd. and Id. duties per ton on coals, and the 4a duty per tun on wises, dm (after satisfying the charge on the London-bridge Approaches Fund), being paid to an account to be opened in the Denies of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, at the Bank of England, to be called the Thames Embankment and Metropolis Improvement Fund, and to be appropriated as parliament might thereafter determine. The report went on to state that the board had, immediately on the passing of that measure, directed their engineer to prepare for their consideration the plans for a Thames embankment, in order that the necessary parliamentary notices might be given, and steps taken, in the then ensuing session, for obtaining powers to carry out the works. The engineer accordingly proceeded under that reference. In consequence, however, of a communica tion from the First Commissioner of her Majesty'a Works, &c., the board, on the 9th August, 1861, suspended that order. It may be convenient here to state that the govern ment, early in 1861, appointed a royal commission to exa mine plans for embanking the river Thames within the metropolis, so as to "provide with the greatest efficiency and economy for the relief of the most crowded streets, by the estab li shment of a new and spacious thoroughfare, for the improvement of the navigation of the river, and which will afford an opportunity of making the low levelsewerwith out disturbing the Strand or Fleet-street, and also to report upon the coat and means of carryiugthe same into execution." The commission reported the result of their labours io July of the same year, recommending the construction of a Thames embankment on the north side of the river, between West. :Minster and Blackfriars bridges, the formation of a street between Blackfriars-bridge and the Mansion-house, and communications with the embankment at Whitehall, and other thoroughfares. They estimated the cost of the works suggested at 1,500,000/. They further recommended that the works should be carried out by a special commis sion. In an interview with the First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, &c., the chairman of the board was in formed that, while the government did not desire to take the construction of the Thames embankment out of the bands of the board, there were many questions involved which rendered it the duty of government to apply to par liament to legislate in the matter, such, for example, as certain crown rights which had to be dealt with, which might involve cohtroversies between different depart ments, and which :admitted of more facile adjustment by the Administration than by any other body. A con siderable amount of correspondence took place upon the subject. the Board, through their chairman, maintaining their right to have the work left to their unfettered control. The necessary parliamentary notices were given by the government, and subsequently a bill was introduced into the House of Commons. This bill provided for the forma tion of an embankment on the north side of the river, and thoroughfares, with some slight modifications, identical with those recommended by the commission. The bill, however, contained clauses, some of which restricted the free action of the board, and others required considerable revision and amendment to ensure the practical working of the measure ; and in order to obtain a locus standi before the select committee on the bill, the board petitioned against it, and without entering into a detail of the steps taken, it may be shortly stated that their efforts have been successful in removing those restrictions, and introducing clauses to secure, it is hoped, the proper working of the act. The select committee to whom the bill wax referred sat many days, and made numerous amendments, among the most imp ortant of which was one limiting the con struction of a carriage-way on the embankment to the portion between Whitehall and Blackfriambridge, and striking out the provision for making the proposed street from Blackfriars-bridge to the Mansion-house. The House of Commons, however, reversed the decision of the com mittee, so far as the roadway on the embankment was concerned. The board will, immediately on the royal assent to the bill being given, take the necessary steps for proceeding with the works. So far back as October, 1861, the board passed a resolution to the effect, that in their opinion no plan for an embank ment would be complete which did not make provision for a roadway and embankment on the south side of the river. The government, impressed no doubt with the same views, reappointed the commission for the purpose of considering this subject. DEODORIZATION OE Till RIVER. In consequence of the large quantity of rain falling within the water-shed of the Thames, and the consequent increase of the volume of water in that river, and owing also to the lowness of the temperature, it has again been found un necessary to incur expense in the deodorization of the sewage at present flowing into the river. UTILISATION OP THE SEWACZ. Whilst the board have been preening on with all possible speed the work of intercepting drainage, they have not been unmindful of the important subject of utilising the sewage. The subject involver many considerations of • sanitary, financial, and scientific character. The board have, during the latter part of the year 1861, given considerable atten tion to the question, sod have had before them several applications for taking the sewage for extended periods. The Hones of Commons, however, early in February of the present year, having appointed • committee to inquire into the best means of utilising the sewage of the chit, and towns of England, with a view to the reduction of local taxation, and the benefit of agriculture—the board determined to defer the further consideration of the subject, until that committee should present their report. The committee have met on many occeinons, and at the date of this report hail not concluded their labours. LOCAL DRAINAOL Exclusive of the works for the intercepting and main drainage already referred to, the board have considered plans submitted by the several vestries and district boards of the metropolis, under the 126th section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, for the construction of 17 miles 1,827 feet of local sewers, which having been examined and reported on by the engineer, have, with such modifi cations as would adapt them to the general system of drainage, been approved by the board. The details of these works will be found in the schedules attached to this report. SI'BTZBRANEAN sußvrr. Since the last report, the staff in the engineer's depart. ment has reproduced about 60 sheets of the subterranean survey, the originals of which, from constant use, had be come in a dilapidated condition. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. COVENT-GARDLN APPROACH. This improvement, which forms a new sod convenient approach to Coventgarden. as stated in last year's report, is 140 yards long and 50 feet wide, and has been opened for public traffic. It has been treated as a continuation of King-street. The total receipts in connexion with the tame have been 116,306/. Os. 9d., and the expenditure, 115,363/. 9s. Ild. ; leaving a balance in band on the ' Pith !larch, 1862, of 1,0021. 10s. 101. Under the Act 20 and 21 Vic., c. 115, it is provided that the balance of the London bridge Approaches Fund should be charged with the coat of this street, and the board have therefore applied to the Lords of the Treasury, in whose heads such funds are deposited, for the payment of the amount, so far as it can at present be ascertained. The board have during the past year let cer tain plots of the ground for building purpooes, and they have sold to the trustees of the Duke of Bedford a portion of the Loafer making an opening into Hart-street. VICTORIA-PARK APPROACH. Sinop !be date of the last ;;;;;;, - the Victoria-park approach has been completed. This thoroughfare extends from the East India Dock-road, Limehouse, to the Mile end-road, opposite Grove-road, being a length of about 1,682 yards, with a width of 70 feet. A sewer has been formed along Its entire length. The total receipts in con nexion with this thoroughfare have been 46,868!. 17s. 4d., and the expenditure 28,7715 41. 4d.. leseing a balance in baud on the 29th March, 1862, of 8,0974 13s. t4OCTHWARIC AND WESTMINSTER COMMUNICATION. The other metropolitan improvement which the beard are carrying out is the Southwark and Westminster communi cation. Thin line of thoroughfare extends from High street, Southwark, to the• Mackfriars-road, opposite to Stamford-street. Its total length is 1,124 yard., and the road, including the footway, will be 70 feet wide along its whole length. It is intended, as in the case of the Covent-garden approach, to conatruct a sewer, and subway for gas, water pipes, &c. , under the roadway. The b ear d' s p rogress i n obtaining the land required for this improvement has been considerably impeded by questions in equity and common law; these di ffi culties have now , however, been to a coo-, siderable extent overcome, and he board believe they vW soon be in possession of the whole of the property required. The total number of freehold, leasehold, and other claims dealt with up to the end of lune was 299 ; the aggregate amount claimed was 1398,9131. 12a. 60., and the amounts to be paid have been settled at 441,398 L 111. 3d. The asbway, vaults, paving, tie., kayo THE EXPASS , TkURgDAY EVENIN ‘ O, OCTOBER 23, 1862. been completed between High-street aod Sowthwark 'fridge. road, at • met, up to this date, of about 19,500/., and that portion of the thoroughfare is now open. The subway, paving, &c., bqtweem the latter point and Great Guildford street, is in oohrse of execution, and that portion will be completed by the end of September. The board have had • portico' of the sheet plotted out, and will at once proceed to receive tenth's'Q for letting the frontage. The street has been named S&thwark.street. Under the head of "Im provements promoted by local authorities," the board have contributed during the past year towards the cost of im previiments in the various localities sums varying from 701. to 2,00.11. Under the 143rd motion of the Metropolis Local Managemept Act, no building is allowed to be erected beyond the regular line of buildings in the street in which the same is situate, within 30 feet of the highway, without the previous sanction of the board ; and the 26th section of the Metropolitan Building Act prohibits the erection of pro. *Cons and imposes certain restrictions as to the materials .for cornices, balconies, architectural projections, do., with out the permission of this board. 298 applications have been made under these sections, 206 of which were granted and 90 refused. The board have received a large number of applications for the re-naming of streets, 40 of which were granted, and 21 refused. Under the bye-law of the board, 113 plans have been submitted for the formation of new streets, 96 of which were approved, and 18 disallowed. The Metropolitan Building Act (1855), gives the board control over all building operations within the same limits as those prescribed by the Metropolis Local Management Act. This jurisdiction embraces numerous administrative matters, but the material details and rules of the act are carried out by district surveyors. These officers are at present 56 in number, exercising their authority, generally, within parochial limits. Over the whole, the board have control, and are authorised to appoint to vacancies, or suspend, or dismiss from office, when necessary. During the year, new officers were appointed for the districts of Wool wich, Hackney, St. James, Chelsea, Putney, &c., and Beth nal-green. I'wo district surveyors were suspended from their office for short period', in consequence of neglect of duty. Each district surveyor makes a monthly return or abstract of his transactions, according to • form prescribed by the board. The results for the year ending December, 1861, are published in the report. The tiumici.d statement shows that the total receipts during the year were 907,4971. 17s. 4d., and the payments 9X3,631/. 9s. tid., leavings balance in hand on the 25th March, 1862, of 93,6791. 18s. 6d. The rums owing to the board at the last. mentioned date, in respect of assessments on rabies and district boards, improvement rates, &c., amounted to 158,6911. 71. 3d; and the amount invested in the New Three per Cents., for the repayment of mortgage debts, was 64,3621. 17s. 6d. In addition to the above, the following re ceipts and expenditure have occurred during the year in con nection with the public account at the Bank of England, known as the Metropolis Main Drainage Rate Account, viz.: Balance in hand 25th March, 1861, 28,5561. In. Id. ; receipts, from rates and assessments, 163,0681. Is. 3d. ; total, 191,6241. 4d. ; payments, 158,4381. 16s. Id., leaving • balance in hand on the 25th March, 1862, of 33,1851. 14s. 3d. The mortgage debts and out standing liabilities of the board on the 25th March last amounted to 1,725,7761. 16e. ld. The account in abstract which accompanies the report con tains full particulars of the receipts and expenditure, and of the obligations of the board, and also tarmaes particulars of the contracts into which they have entered during the year. During the year ending 31st July, 1862, 44 meetings of the board were held, end 157 of the several committee/. The number of members present at each meeting of the board averaged 32. Since the date of the last report eight appeals have been made under section 211 of the Metropolis Local Management Act. lab hurittgatu. SHOREDITCII COUNTY COURT.—Oor. 22. DILBBII V. VIZ GIZA? ZASTIIIN ItAILWAY. This was an action to recover 12/. 12e. damages, alleged to have been reused by the negligence of defendants in the canine of certain furniture from St. Ives to London. The railway company pleaded that by the terms of their contact they were not liable. Mr. Gray appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Ashley' (of Charles-square, Boston) for the company. The plaintiff, who is a medical man, said that he en trusted various articles of furniture to the defendants for carriage from St. Ives to London. Plaintiff's carman fetched them from the Brick-lane Station, and they were very much damaged. Two chairs were damaged, Is knob was knocked off the piano, some engravings were injured, and about 251 b. of feathers stolen from some beds. Plaintiff wrote to the compaoy. as the goods were in very good con dition and well packed when delivered to them, but the company denied their liability. The carman who took some of the goods from Brick lane, deposed to their damaged condition ; but a person named John Howard, who fetched ocelot, was not called. Mr. Ashley called the attention of the Court to the printed notice on the back of the goods' receipts given to the plaintiff. The company gave notice that unless the goods, furniture, musical instruments, engravings, and paintings were declared with their value and a higher rate pled, the company were not liable. The Great Eastern Railway Company carried the goods of parties at a low rate, and unless the public, when the goods exceeded 101. in value, properly declared such goods and paid a higher rate by way of insurance, the company could not be held His Honour, upon looking at the notice on the back of the documents put in, found that it was as Mr. Ashley had stated, and added, "But what do you say to the loss of the feathers ? " Mr. Ashley called witnesses who deposed that the goods were put in locked-up trucks with letter locks, and the secret was only known to one person at St. Ives and to one at Brick-lane. Them were no feathers in the truck, and it would be impossible under the precautions taken for any one to have stolen the feathers while the beds were in the custody of the company. Mr. Grey—lfour Honour will look upon one of the re eeipta you will dud the word furniture is meotioned. 11r. Ashley—But you have not declared the value. His Honour said he had given every attention to the case, and could not but consider feather beds to be furniture. If so, they came then within the category of the goods enumerated, and it was clear by the terms of the company's notice that it was not sufficient to declare the goods as furniture, but they must be declared as furniture of a certain value. His honour was of opinion that if any very grow negligence were shown the notice of the company would not stand, but here the company appeared to have taken every care of the goods. Under all the circumstances of the case some credit must be given to the books of the company, and plaintiff must produce strong evidence indeed to support so grave • charge 111 that now brought aga inst u the company. Considering the facts, the plain tiffhad not declared the contents and value of each package, be must be nonsuited and the oompany have costa. charge. He was instructed that the prisoner had been as saulted by an Italian, who had been Geed for another sasult at this court, and that he only wrested the stick from the Italian. _ A lad named William Hearne, in the employ of Moen. Bye and Phythian, grocers, Strand, said he was in Hyde park, when there was a large mob. He raw • young man lying on the ground and an Italian striking at him. The prisoner called out " Shaine !" The prisoner wrested a stick from some person and struck him over the head with it. The prisoner then ran off and was followed by • crowd. One of the pursuers knocked down the prisoner with a loaded stick. The pri soner was given into custody by a man who had just before kicked him. Several gentlemen said the prisoner was not the man who had struck the person on the ground. When prisoner wag taken into custody he walked with his hand to his aide as if he was hurt. He did not see the prisoner strike any one. The prisoner was on the ground when given into custody, and when be got up he could hardly breathe. One of the park constables, named Parkes, laid, when he took the prisoner into custody the prisoner complained of having been kicked in the side, and walked as if be bad been hurt. Mr. Tyrwhitt said with respect to the remarks on the number of remands to which the prisoner had been sub jected, be would say that whenever charges of confused riot came before him he should remand again and again if he thought the ends of justice required such a course. He be lieved that the prisoner bad struck some persons, and that he himself had been struck, for the park-keeper bad de posed to the prisoner walking lame and making a complaint of having been hurt. He should require the prisoner to find bail, two housekeepers in NM, to keep the peace for six months. Auguste Orfer and Alphonse Bonomont, two Frenchmen, were charged with the following smaults. Thomas White, of Tower-street, said he was walking home through Leicester-square on the previous night, when he was struck on the heel by a stone. He turned round, and seeing the defendants and some more foreigners together, he spoke to Bonomont, who was the nearest, and asked him why he threw the stone. The prisoner immediately slashed him over the face, he could not say with what weapon, but his face was cut. He gave the prisoner into custody. In reply to questions from Bonomont, the complainant said he did not call the defendant a Frenchman, nor make allusions to his peculiarly shaped bat. Police-constable Dennison, C 116, said he saw Bonomont deliberately strike complainant on the face. but he could not say whether the prisoner had any weapon in his hand. On the way to the station-house, the prisoner Orter attacked him, and struck him on the head with his fiat, in the at. tempt to rescue the prisoner, Police constable Bawdier, C 269, said he, too, was twice struck by Orter. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Bonomont 205., and Orter 10s. John George Mager was charged with burglary. It ap peared that a police-constable was going through Crown street late at night, when be noticed that one of the abut ters of a public-house was partly opened. lie pulled open the shutter and found the prisoner in the act of coming through the window. The prisoner said it was all right, be was accustomed to use the house. The constable took him to the station-house, and on returning to Crown-street, and looking over the publichouse, be found a quantity of grits in • glue globe and a jar ready to be carried o ff . A clock had also been taken down and placed bandy for re moval. Mr. Ellis, the landlord, said the clock was safe the pre. vious evening ; the spirits had been drawn from the casks. The prisoner was fully committed. SOUTHWARK. David Pritchard, araithil;m4a;an delivering foreman at Gun and Shot, and Griffin's Whiffs, Morgan'a•lane, Tooley-street, was brought before Mr. Burcham, for final examination, charged with stealing 20 begs of velem* valued at upwards of 201., the property of his employer, Mr. T. B. Silva. Mr. Hudson prosecuted, aad Mr. Dittos, from the office of Mr. Chipperfield, defended the prisoner. Mr. W. Edwin was present to watch the case on behalf of one of the wit 11[41101. _ _ Mr. James Graves, chief clerk to the prosecutor, said that the prisoner had been in their employ at Gun and Shot and Griffin's Wharves for 18 years. He was delivering foreman at the Valonia floors, Griffin's Wharf, and it was his duty to receive all orders from the counting-house before he delivered any goods. He had a book in which he ought to enter all goods according to order from the counting-house. On Friday morning last, about nine o'clock, witness attended at the counting-house as usual, and from information he re ceived he examined the delivery book, but could not find any delivery of 20 bags of adonis. to M'Evoy, and on ex enduing the prisoner's book, there was neither entry nor signature of that person. As soon as Mr. Silva arrived witness informed him of his suspicions, and the prisoner was called into the counting-house, when he was asked how much valonia he bad delivered that morning. He replied, only 35 hags to Messrs. Morrell and Halfpenny, which was duly entered and signed for. Witness asked him what men he hadismployed on his fluor that morning, when be replied, • man named Platt and his son. Platt was called into the counting-house, when he said be bad trucked) 20 bags of valonia to the loophole that morning for Mr. M'Evoy's van. Witness then asked the prisoner what that meant, as he wee responsible for all the property there. He replied that he knew nothing about the 20 bags of valonia or Mr. M'Evoy. The prisoner's son was then sent for and questioned, when he said by his father's orders he delivered 20 bags of valonia to M'Evoy's van between seven and eight in the morning. The prisoner was then given into custody, and in the course of the day the 20 bags of valonia were found at Chaplin and Horne's, Haydon square, Minories. Thomas Platt, warehouseman under the prisoner, said that by direction of young Pritchard he trucked 20 bags of valonia to the loophole, and the latter delivered them to M'Evoy's van. John Pritchard, a young man, son of the prisoner, said he was also employed in the valonia floor. On the morning of Friday last, between 7 and 8, his father gave him orders to deliver twenty bags of valonia to M'Evoy's van. Witness did so while his father was in the counting-house with the books, therefore he could not make the entry. He thought that his father had done so. His father delivered 35 bags to Messrs. Morrell and Co. the same morning, which he catered at the time. John M'Evoy, carman, of Magdalen-street, Bermondsey, said that he knew Mrs. Cadell. On the night of Thursday, the 16th instant, she called on him and told him to go to Griffin's-wharf. Tooley-street, between 7 and 8 the next morning, to fetch some valonia. He received two written orders from • Mr. Leggett to take the goods as soon as he received them to Chaplin and Horne's. On the Friday morning at the time agreed upon be went to the wharf, and twenty bags of valonia were delivered to him by the pri soner's son. Witness conveyed them to Chaplin and Horne's, 90, Borough, in the presence of Mr. Leggett. Eleanor Cedell, a widow, residing at 116, Great Dover road, said that her husband was formerly a commission agent, and bad on several occasions bought sweepings of valonia from the prisoner. On Thursday last the latter came to her, bringing her sample 4 of valonia, twenty bags, weighing 26 cwt., being the quantityhe had to dispose of. Wit ness sent the samples to Mr. Leggett to sell the goods for her. She was to give the prisoner 71, a too, and Leggett was to hand over 101. a ton to her. On Friday afternoon Mr. Leggett brought her 131. 16s. 3d. Witness told lit'Eroy on Thursday evening to go to Gun.and-fdliot wharf and receive the valonia from the prisoner, and after wards she paid him ss. cartage. Robert Leggett said he resided at 43, St. George's-street, Commercial-road, Peckham, and was a commission agent. He had for many years transacted business for bat witneses , husband, and he bad bought goods of her. On Thursday evening she sent him samples of valonia, with the weight, for him to dispose of at the price of 101. • ton, agreed on between himself and her late husband. Witness made out two delivery orders, and gave them to his son to take to M'Evoy, directing him to convey the valonia to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, in the Borough. Witness proceeded to the latter place on the following morning while the carman was there with the goods, and there was some dissatisfaction at receiving them, as there was no destination given. Wit ness spoke to the clerk, telling him he did not know what address the buyer would give, but the latter would send directions. Witness added that he sold the valonia to Mr. Hooper for 161. 12s. 6d. on the Tuesday previous. He knew nothing whatever of the prisoner, never having had any dealings with him in his life. Mr. C. W. llooper, hide and skin merchant, said he knew last witness. On Friday, the 17th inst., be bought of him 20 bags containing 26cwt. of valonia, and paid him 16/. 12s. 6d. for it. Witness undentood that it was at Mesas. Chaplin and Home's, Haydon-square, Alined°. ; consequently he proceeded there, and ordered it to be sent to Northampton, where his warehouses were situated. Charles Shriven, clerk at Chaplin and Home's in the Borough, said he received the twenty bags of valonia from M'Evoy, and forwarded them to their railway depot at Haydon-square, Itinories, for transmission to Northampton. Henry Hunt, 34 M, said that on Friday morning last, a little after twelve o'clock, be was sent for to Mr. Silva's counting-house, at Griffin's-wharf, Tooleystreet, when the prisoner was given into his custody for stealing twenty bags of valonia. He denied all knowledge of them. Mr. Burcbam fully committed him for trial, and refused to accept bail. TEE Levi RIOTS Is HYDE-PAWL—Last evening • meeting of Irishmen was bald at the Coach and Hones, High Holborn, Dr. J. O'Connell in the chair, to sympathise with and raise money to pity the kith* im posed on their fellow-countrymen for their opposition to the meetings called in the park. The meeting was originally appointed to be held at the George and Blue Boar, but for some reason it was adjourned to the above place. The chairman, in opening the proceedings, strongly demented the idea of Irishmen being molested on the score of their religion ; and the first resolution, proposed by Mr. M. O'Connell, seconded by Mr. Do 3 le, was to the effect that the meeting sympa thised with their countrymen who bad been fined and int prisoeed for sympathising with their creed and country in Hyde-park, whilst at the same time deprecating the vio lence recently exhibited. Other resolutions were proposed and passed unanimously, and a subscription list was opened to carry oat the objects of the meeting. _ _ Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese trateing off inferior brown lessee as in the esnal Weida lerninwes Tea is toweiesred, therefor* alwam ellke, ffeiti in Whets b 2,180 estentn—indrartisenteahl THE COLLISION ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. We are glad to be able to state that all the patient, at Linlithgow, under the conjoint care of Dra. Spence and Baird, are progressing as favourably as can be hoped for, taking into consideration the serious nature of the inj uries of some of them. Mr. Shaw, writer, Falkirk, is now the worst, and although there was on Tuesday a eau& derable degree of irritative fever remaining, be period • good night, and was rather better than he had been since the accident. Although be is still in a dangerous state, hopes are cherished of an ultimate recovery ; but still it will take at least two months before the scalds ore healed ' and he can be removed. Mr. Brown, East Lothian, who I received extensive cuts and brui ses all o ver th e body, and whose arm was scalded and three ribs fractured, is going on uncommonly well. The inflammatory symp toms that set in, and which caused at first wine alarm, are DOW happily subdued, and although there still remains a very great degree of weakness and depression, there is no fear but that he will recover. M Fes Labelle Wood, from Leith, who received the contusion on the lumbar vertebra, causing temporary paralysis, was yesterday very much better. For the last day or two she suffered a very great deal from nervous excitement and horrible dreams when falling asleep, from which she awoke talking • little iuorberently about the accident, fancying she was in the train ; but she is now quite out of danger. Mrs. M'Farlans is improving rapidly, and, we understand, she is now able to sit up in bed and amuse herself with reading ; and Mrs. Burnett is also doing well. The girl, Mary Ann Dempster, who is in the house of Mr. Dow, station-master, and whose legs were fractured, is doing well and in excel lent spirits. She is highly delighted with her present abode, and says that the people there are very kind to her. The soldier, under the care of Dr. Gilmour, is also doing well. There are two persons who rendered great service on the night of the accident, and whom we have previously omitted to notice—Mr. Peter Dow, station-master, and his wife. Mr. Dow, as soon as the accident was known, hastened to the spot with the labourers, who had just arrived from their day's work on the railway by • train, and set them at once to work. He accompanied the wounded to Linlithgow, and was most unceasing in hiseefforts to render the sufferers comfortable, and has ever since proved himself a sympa thising friend to them all. Mrs. Dow, under whose care the little girl Dempster still remains, cannot be too highly railed for the kindly manner in which she attends to all the sufferers. In the Edinburgh Infirmary all the patients have improved with the exception of Harvey, of the Soots Greys, who still continues in • state of insensibility. In deed, the doctor fears concussion of the brain. Mr. 'AVNab of par was very much depressed, in consequence of the death of Mr. Mart, whose injuries were similar to his own, but on Tuesday morning his spirits recovered their tone, and he is now • good deal better.--North British Mail. ALARMING ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS TRAIN. EVESHAM, WIDNLISDAY. A most alarming collision, most providentially unattended with fatal conaevencea occurred on the West Midland Railway near thiiilown last night, under the fol lowing circumstances. The down express train from Lon don, which leaves Paddington at 6.30 p.m., does not stop at Evesham, but pauses this station at the usual express speed, and is doe here at about 9.5 p.m. The train was a few minutes behind time, but was proceeding at the usual rate, and had passed Evesham station by about 200 yards, when the passengers were suddenly thrown together in confusion, some receiving bloody noses and others being badly bruised. Fortunately, however, no further damage was sustained by them, and on hurriedly leaving the train they found that they had run into some trucks which by some unaccountable negligence had been left on the line without danger signals to guard them, while it was known that the express train ' was due on the same line of rails. The effect of the colli sion was to dash the trucks (three in number) into splinters, ' scattering the debris over the line and breaking down the telegraph wires. Two of the wheels of one of the trucks had in an extraordinary manner got under the forewheels of the engine and become firmly fixed in it, and it was thought that the engine would have left the rails and run off down an embankment but for these wheels holding it upon the line. At the place where the collision occurred there is an embankment leading over some low lands adjoining the river Avon ; and had the train gone a little further and run off the rails, it must have fallen bodily into the river, which was much swollen by the late rains and is always deep at this place. The escape of the passengers was, indeed, miraculous. The party most injured was the engine-driver, who received a severe blow on the chest. He was conveyed to Worcester in the coarse of the night, and attended by Mr. Everett, surgeon, who pronounced the injury as not serious. The damage to the company is con siderable, the three tracks being completely destroyed, and one of them loaded with scrap iron. The extent of the mischief being ascertained, assistance was obtained from Evesham, and in about en hour the disabled train was dragged back to Evesham, and a fresh engine being sup plied, the passengers were sent on their journey. The line was cleared in about an hour. How the track got on the line, of course the authorities cannot yet say, but the foreman porter at Evesham, who has the management of the shunting of trains, has been taken into custody, and will be examined before the magistrates. It is due to the public that the most searching investigation should take place, and the true culprit be punished. CREDITORS' ASSIGREES. (From the Gazette of Bankruptcy.) Day after day, at the Court of Bankruptcy is Basinghalletreet, as oar readers may observe in the summary of past business, the result of well nigh half the meetings of creditors for the choice of a creditors' assignee is, that no creditors' assignee is chosen, and the ease remains in the hands of the official assignee, with the professional assistance of Mr. Aldridge. On Tuesday, October 14th, for example, there were 29 first meetings for choice of assig nees assignees were chosen in 12 cases only. Next day there were 9 meetings of creditors for the like purpose, be fore the same commissioner. Assignees were chosen in 3 muses only ; in other words, on these two days algae, some 23 cases were left to the administration of the official assignee. and of the official solicitor. Much the Dams Mete of things prevails in the courts; of the other othunimioners, so that the several official assignees would appear, since the commencement of the sew act, to have been left to administer, ma sole assignees, hue dreds of MOB each ; an accumulation materially at variance with the anticipation in various quarters, during the pro gress of the bill of 1861, that these gentlemen, after the passing of that measure, would have little more to do than to stroll to the Bank of England on quarter days, and sign the receipt for their salaries. We may assume, indeed, as the rule, that the cases in which no assignee is chosen are those in which there is no estate ; but there are many instsncesin which the very fact of uo estate existing—or not appearing —ere precisely those calling for strict inquiry as to what has become of the property. The complaint was, that by the arbitrary and exclusive interposition of officialism, injured creditors were prevented, not merely from collecting and distributing assets, but from effee tively investigating all the circumstances of their ' debtor's conduct, and there can be no question that the principle of the fullest right of creditors to the fullest inquiry into the bankrupt's affairs and his cooduct and deal ings is the right principle. If they will not exercise the right, the default is their own, and the official assignees and the official solicitor must get through the heavy labours thrown upon them as effectively as the circumstances will permit. So far as regards the revenues of the court, thee. will be benefited by the active energies of the official as signees being applied to the earliest realisation of what estates an be collected in the eases thus left to their care : indeed, we have every hope that, in the shape of remunera tion allowed for this realisatioc, and for their services in the examination of accounts, ke., the official assignees will pay into the Chief Registrar's amount enough to cover not only their own salaries, but also the allowance for their clerks and office exposure. With regard to bankruptcies upon the petition of a creditor, if no other person will ac cept the assigfieeahip, the petitioning creditor should be called upon to fill the of Mr. Christian, in his "Bank rupt Law. mention■ a case in which, "the bankrupt having no property, no one would act as assignee, and having sd journed the choice once or twice without effect, we certified the fact to the Chancellor, and recommended that he would make an order to supersede the commission of the petition iog creditor, who would not accept the office of assignee. Lord Eldon made the order. and the petitioning creditor became the assignee." While on this subject we would re mark that there seems to us much too frequent a practice, when creditors assignees are appointed at all, to appoint as soignee some one who is not a creditor, and whose only interest in the matter—naturally enough—must be the pecuniary advantage which, under whatever denomination, he can manage to extract out of it. We cannot but think that in all cum the creditors' assignee should be himself a creditor : admitting fully that there may be many instances in which a creditor, otherwise anxious for a full investigation of the case, cannot himself, from the weight of his own business, personally attend to the important duties of an assignee, we would urge that be may still accept the office, for the sake of authoritative super vision of the bankruptcy, having regard to the large powers conferred upon creditors by the 1220 d section of the act of 1861, which, inter alio, provides that " at the same meet ing, or at any other meeting called for the purpose, the ma jority in value of the creditors present may also determine whether a manager shall be appointed to collect and windup the estate, under the inspection of the creditors' anignee, or of a committee of creditors, and may appoint such person, with lath remuneration out of the estate, and generally upon such terms, for such period, and with such directions as the majority shall think fit." _ _ It appears to us that a manager, specifically appointed se a paid person. for the purposes described, and under the inspection required, is much preferable to a manager, ap- pointed under the denomination of creditors' usignee, and exempt from that inspection. By the Bankrupt Law Con solidation Act, 1849, s. 150, the assignees might, with the lea.. of the court, apphint the bankrupt himself to super intend the management of the estate, and to carry on the trade for behoof of the creditors : a duty in which a de minim man, where failure has been the result of misfor tune maisky, night better assist the estate thee as im ported simager, sad might fairly earn an allowance during the trinding-up of his mittens. In some cease it has been found that a bushier has bean besalkially carried on under the laperiatiodsec• of the aleeserager. METROPOLIS GAS ACTS. In the report of the year 1861, it was stated that diffi culties had arisen as to the parties entitled to receive the amount of the costa and chugs* incidental to the passing of the Metropolis Gas Act, 1860. One of the accounts sent in was by &parliamentary agent, for the sum of 3,6661. Os. 4d.. which was reduced on taxation to 3,0331. 18s. lad., and for the payment of which amount he applied to the board. It appeared, however, that in the course of the prossedings a sum of 1,413/. had been paid by certain district boards, and notices were given by some parties that the board should not part with this sum, and under the advice of counsel the board determined'to withhold payment of the sum claimed by the agent, until he should produce a proper authority. After some correspondence the agent brought an action against the board to enforce the payment of his claim. The board were advised to raise the question by demurrer, and the Court of Common Pleas de cided that the agent was not the party who could enforx the demand. The action has not further proceeded, but the agent is, it is believed, taking steps to bring about some sa tisfactory adjustment of the claim. The royal assent having been given on the 6th of August, 1861, to the bill for trans ferring to this board the powers, so far as regards the me tropolis, exclusive of the City of London, which the former act conferred no justices of the peace, in relation to the sale, &c., of gas, the board proceeded to put the act into operation. This was found to involve many very important considerations—such as the division of the area of their jurisdiction into districts ; the selection of persons practically as well as theoretically acquainted with the con struction of meters ; the selection of localities, adapted to the wants of the metropolis, for the erection of permanent gas meter testing houses, and other arrangements necessary to the efficient working of the measure. As the matter ad mitted of no delay, it became necessary to erect a temporary meter testing house on each aide of the river Thames, and accordingly a galvanised iron building was construted on ground in the possession of the board, which bad been cleared for the Covent-garden approach, and another, on ground similarly situated, with respect to the Southwark and Westminster communication. For the eastern division of the metropolis, a site has been purchased in White Lion-street, Spitalfields, of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works, &e, for the sum of 1 , 1941. 134. 4d., and a contract has been entered into for a permanent building at a cost of 1,3.371. The board have , also entered into a contract for the erection of a permanent testing house for the southern district of the metropolis, on laud belonging to the board in Castle-street, Southwark, at a cost of 1,598/. A third permanent site has been decided upon for the western portion of the metropolis, in Great Smith-street, Westminster, and the board are now negotiating for a lease of the premises. From the com mencement of the operations of the board under the act in question, on the 4th of November last, up to the end of June in the present year, the total number of meters tested by their officers was 17,135, and the amount of fees received in respect of the tame 5631. 9s. A bill was introduced into parliament during the present session, for providing for the safe keeping of petroleum and other products which give off inflammable vapour at a low temperature, and the duty has been cast upon this board of granting licenses, and carrying out the purposes of the act, within their jurisdiction, exclusive of the City of London. The bill received the royal assent on the 29th of July. The report states, in conclusion, that with the funds at the dis posal of the beard derived from direct taxation, much has been done durin4the past year to improve the drainage, to facili tate the traffic, and generally to effect improvements within the limits of their jurisdiction ; but they feel that much still remains to be done, such as the formation of parks, and new lines of thoroughfare, and the purchase of the toll-paying bridges. The board would refer to the passing of the Me tropolis Local Management Amendment Act, and to the powers conferred upon them for carrying out the embank ment of the Thames. as proofs of increasing confidence, on the pert of the legislature, and as justifying the expecta tion that the period is not distant when the board will be supplied with funds for metropolitan improvements de rived from other sources than rates levied by them within the limits of the Metropolis Load Management Act. THE CONVICF ROilpell, who was convicted on his own coofeesion at the List sitting of the Central Criminal Court of forgery. and sentenced by Mr. Justice Byles to penal servitude for hfe, is still in New gate, no order for his removal having been received by the authorities from the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Mr. Roopell, who is tainted in the prison dress, and who has had his moustache and beard cut off, and his hair considerably shortened, is subjected to the strictest prison rules, to which he conforms with resigna tion. He is taciturn in his habits, and hes never said • word to the officials who attend on him in reference to the subject of his confinement. lie has written nothing in prison since his conviction, the rules in such • case forbid ding communication with any person out of doors, and there is reason to believe that he has left nothing in the shape of documentary etatemeota which can tend to throw any light upon the chequered history of his past life and 000 duct. It is expected that he will be removed to the convict este. blisbment at Portland in the course of a few &lye. THE CASE OF MRS. WIACHLAN.—We (North British Mail) understand that the report of Mr. Young, the Crown Commissioner, In regard to the ceme of Mrs. M'lnchlan, was sent off on Tuesday night to the Home Secretary, so that, in • few (lays an answer may be ex pected. The convict continues to maintain a behaviour altogether becoming see in her position. She gives com mendable heed to her spiritual advisers, the chaplain of the prison (the Rev. Mr. Doran), and the Rev. H. S. Paterson, who are unremitting in their daily attentions to her beet interests. She speaks but little, and occupies her time mostly in reading the Bible, and other good books. Her husband has frequent inter views !with her, and we believe, with the exception of Mr. J. A. Dixon, one of her ageota, no other person but those already mentioned and the prison officials see her, although'iipplications have been most numerous and influen tial. There is no "condemned" cell in the North Prison, so that the prisoner has been confined all along in an ordinary apartment. With the view, however, of shutting her off completely from the outer world, since her conviction, two c(-11.8 ab thb far end of the corridor of the top fiat of the prison have been boarded op. Means have been employed to keep threprisoner quiet and under strict surveillance con tinually. Female warden, accordiugly, are constantly with her, and none but the two rev. gentlemen named, the en thuses husband, her agent, and the prison officials, are per mittedtosee her. Beware of TAN and all other medicines ; they &rays aggravate chronic complain** bat •• W's and Du Barris delicious health-restoring lesalent* Arabia. Fend the safest remedy for habitual constipation, Indigestion ;dyspepsia). con sumption, ennghs, catarrhs, asthma, bronchitis, dlarshira, hneenorsitoids, nervousness, palpitation, acidity, nausea, flatu lency, phlegm, dlatonidoo,,billOusness, tondility of the Beer...— Andrew Ire, M. D.,' F.R.1., Dr. Harvey, Dr. Shorlsnd, Dr. Camp bell, Dr. Warner. It eaves fifty times Is cost in other remedies. In tins, I lb., fa ad.: 1! lb., IL--Barry du Barry and Co., 77,Regentstreet, Ismdois atm oflrortentn and Mason. ; Batty ; Petty aail Waal; s dall resbeciable grocers and chemists. --(*AvimilseasaLJ THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION : HOUSK John Donna was brought before the Lord Mayor on re mand, charged with attempting to obtain admission into the City police force by means of false representations. It appeared, from the statement of Mr. Inspector Duddy, that on the 23rd September the prisoner applied at the office to be admitted into the force, and a paper was given to him to fill up and sign: Amongst other questions in the form which he had to till up was, whether he had served in any other police force, or had been in any public service ; to which he wrote "Manchester police, three years." The form, after being read over, was handed back to the prisoner for the purpose of getting the certificates as to character, filled up, when it was to be returned to the office. On the 2nd of October be took the form back with the certificate, and the commissioner asked him if he had been in any other police force than the Manchester constabulary. The pri soner replied that he bad not, and the question was put to him repeatedly, but he still denied that he had ever served in any other force. The commissioner at last asked him if he had not been in the West Riding constabulary, and be admitted that he had. The certificate purported to be filled up and signed by bis mother. and stated that be had been acting as her bailiff for the last three years, since he left the Manchester police. The prisoner was taken into custody, and inquiries having been made, it was found that be had been in the West Riding, the Lancashire, and the Manchester constabularies, and been dismissed from each of them. The prisoner Wall remanded two or three times, and his lordship said probably the commissioner was not desirous of pressing matters, ►nd u the prisoner had been in prison some considerable time, sod it would be necessary to have the witnesses from the different constabularies, he thought it would be a sufficient caution to the prisoner if the matter were allowed to rest as it was. Mr. Duddy said the commissioner was only anxious that there who applied for adroisdou in the force could not with impunity do so by mean■ of false representations. His lordship said he quite agreed with the commissioner in that respect, and be thought the punishment the prisoner had already undergone would meet the justice of the case. He then discharged the prisoner. GUILDHALL Mr. Grant and Mr. John James Anderson attended before Alderman Mechi, for the purpose of obtaining advice and assistance under the following circumstances : Mr. Grant, a young man from the north of England, stated that he was induced to come up to London to seek • situation, and, on the recommendation of his friend Mr. Anderson, applied to Mr. Sloper, who called himself an estate agent, and carried on business at 51, Moorgate-street. The result of his application was that Mr. Sloper engaged him as a clerk for six months certain at a salary, which was stated at the time to commence from the 25th of August, and to secure his appointment be advanced a sum of 401., upon which interest was to be paid until the principal should be returned. On the 6th of September 31. became dee for salary, which Mr. Sloper said he was unable to pay. Applicant thereupon ceased working for him ; but on the 18th of September Mr. Sloper paid him 51., upon which he resumed work, and continued in Mr. Slopees employment until the 30th of the same month, when he was informed that he might seek another situation elsewhere, and that Mr. Sloper would pay him his salary until he procured one, but all he had received was 51, and be had not been repaid • single fraction of his 401. He was induced to give up good employment in Northumberland to oome to London and enter the service of Mr. Sloper. Mr. Anderson said his case was somewhat different. He saw an advertisement in the Daily Telegraph, and on re plying to it obtained hia present situation with Mr. Sloper, having previously advanced to him the sum of 1001., to bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent, and to be repaid at the end of six months. There was also something intimated to him relative to an ultimate partnership. Alderman Mechi inquired how much Mr. Sloper bad paid applicant Mr. Anderson said be had not calculated what he had received, but there was 161. due to him for salary besides the 1001. which he had advanced to Mr. Sloper. Mr. Sloper said it was quite true that he was a defaulter, as far as payment of the salaries went, but the whole matter was one of debt, and not a question for • criminal court. Both of the parties complaining were s r u a supposed to be still in his employ, and would ultimately be as he only wanted time. His business was peculiar, or he was sometimes standing still for several weeks, and then in one week be would make from 1001, to 1501. Alderman Mechi said it was a very unwmal practice to bring young men hundreds of miles from their homes, and take their money for the purpose of Ending them employ ment, and not to pay them for their services. Mr. Sloper said Mr. Grant was induced to comet° him by Mr. Anderson. It was all a matter of debt. Alderman Meal said, to say the beat of it it was very demeaning on the pert of Mr. Sloper to borrow money of his servants without the means of repaying them. Mr. Sloper said within fourteen days they should receive whatever was due to them. Alderman Mechi said Mr. Sloper appeared to have steered very close to the wind in these transactions ; but the case hardly came within the criminal law. He could not, how ever, give • decided opinion without seeing the advertise ment, but at present the matter did not appear creditable to Mr. Sloper's commercial character. Mr. eloper said he had obtained a situation for Mr. Grant in a public company in the same street, to commence his duties in six weeks' time, and he would pay him his salary in the meantime. Alderman Mechi said it was a very irregular mode of doing business, but he would defer his final gamer until Friday, so that he might see the advertisement referred to, and receive any further information on the subject. The applicants, as well as Mr. Sloper, promised to attend OD that day, and then withdrew. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Mahony, the man charged with assaulting several persons in Hyde-park, on Sunday, the sth October, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt for final examination. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, was for the prisoner. • A witness 'named Bayly said he saw the prisoner, wbo was armed with a stick, striking at several persons. In Particular, be saw the prisoner strike a young roan who was lying on the ground with the stick. He could not identify the young mao wbo bad been assaulted, as he was lying with his face to the ground. The stick used by the prisoner was not loaded. Craw-examined by Mr. Lewis—One of the persons who was struck thok the stick from the prisoner. Was in court on the tith inst., and saw an Italian there, who was fined U. for using a stick. It was not the Italian who used the stick. Did not see the Italian axing the stick against the prisoner. When the prisoner ran off he joined in the chase, but he did not kick the prisoner. Never said the prisoner was not the man who struck the gentleman lying on the ground. He Wm there as a spectator. Did not see the pri soner struck at all. Mr. Lewis, for Use defendant, said it was unfortunate for his client that there had been so many remands, as the pri soner was a poor man and could not afford to pay witamees for their altecdeoesa Os the lest ocaoloa the had witnesses moist who would laws exculpated him from the MARKETS. TALLOW.—WCIMIMDAT EVININO.-714 market as steady to-day, at the following prima : —Spot, irod Y. 465. 6d. ; new, 47e. Gd. ; all the year, 47e. 3d. ; Deeemier. 47a Sd. to 47's. Gd. ; January to Mar* 475. 9d. , Match , 48s. Delivery to last evening, 375 make ; arrivals ditto, 50 realm. coTrox.—LrvzsPooL, Ocy. 22.—We have bad mote baldness to-day, with a dearer tendency. The sides ate 8,000 bales, including 100 An 116,11, Md. to ; Sant, 141 d. to 20d. ; 200 Egyptian, 14d. to , 110 Bah* 2.2 d., of which 4,oooare - fir speculation and e x p ort . The week's import is 53,787 hales. , LEATHER AND HlDES.—There is no alteration in the leather trade mince our report of last week. During the past week, and on Tuesday, at Leadenhall, there was about an average demand for most descriptions of goods at late prices. The supply of fresh leather is not large. C ox t crop hides, 451b5., good heavy English butts, shoulders, bent kips, and stout calf skins are the articles most wantoL CORN.—BouTox, Ocr. 22.—Our market hat beeo le. dearer for the best wheata. Beet white, 495. to 51s. Bat red, Va. 6d. to 49e. Gd., lha. nett. Old beans, 445. , see, 36a. to 38a., 136. nett. Blue peas, 46e. to Ws., rt. nett . Oata the rune. OTOCIETON-ON.TIES, 017. 22.—There was a fair supply of grain at market this morning, and also a good attendance of buyers. Wheat met a good demand at an advance of la per qr. on last week's prices ; south country and foreign also sold at a similar improvement. Oats in fair request at late rates. Barley unchanged. Beans and peas the taro cheaper. In other articles there is no quotable variation. Imports during the past week .—Wheat, coastwise, 9 , ..; qr.. ; barley, coastwise, 395. CAITLE—BoorriaLL, Rood qualities sold very well soday,althongh the trade generally was slack. Beef made from 3s. Od. to 4s. 10d. ; mutton, fa 6d. toffs. W.; veal, veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. 4d. ; pork, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d., per stone of fibs., sinking the offal. COALS.—LONDON Ocr. 22.—Baddle's West Hartley, 174. 9d. ; Hastiog's hastr, 17s. 9d. ; North Pelton Gas, 141. ; Wylam, 16a. 3d. ; alls End Haswell, 194. ; Wall, End Hetton, 194. ; Walls Ead linasers Fiction, 17s. 9iL , Walls End South Hatton, 195.; Walls End Tonstall, 16s. 6d. ; Walls Fad Caron, 11.. ; Walls Fad Carado, IsB. ; Walls End Bough Hall, 17s. 6d. ; Walls End 172. 9d. ; Carway and Dams Anthracite, 214. iii. Carway and Deryn Malting, Ma. 6d.—Ships at market. 17 ; sold, 17. TRAFFIC RETURNS. RAILWAYS Mlles Pf - Mer- Total, Total, 0 9 44 Oingaril chAndliti 1801 02e Week ending July 20. a L 4 Tag Indian • _ _ Bengal Division 2,363 3,740 6,103 ;.z0 fiorth•West PTOViOCOI A 1,078 1,122 1,200 1.187 Week ending August 24. Great Indian Peninsula Week ending Oct. 9. Detroit and Milwaukee Week ending Oct. 10. Great Western of Canada 346 12,881 11,113 .Week endi ng Oct. 11. , ._,..... Esllnbargli and Glasgow l69g 7,942 8,423 Scottish North Eastern and Dundee and Arbroath ISt OM 4,773 V• erk ending Oct. 18. Glasgow & South Western 198 • 8,998 8,874 Week ending Oct. 19. Great Luxembourg Great Northern 8790 18,777 16,280 89.967 30,774 London and Blackwell London & North Weaternll3Bf 46.424 47,644 92,968 89,519 London & South Western 17.838 3. 14 8 23 ,76 0 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester, South Junc tion. & Altrinchans North London ......... 7 930 eti 1:371 1.11 Lancashire and Yorkshire Sin 12.635 19,615 32,319 36,321 North Staffordshire s4B 3,071 ten Shropshire Union 39 392 sto 911 Jet L'ister SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES. Ann E. Hooper, on shaft at lionthport, has gone to pieces ; 1,00 brls. flour saved ; coast strewed with wreck. Bencoolen, Chambers, of and from Liverpool for Bombay, is entering this port disabled, struck and became a total *ma; only Ave of the crew saved.—Rude, Oct. 22. Laconic, Captain Cs:truer, from Quebec, parted on Tuesday night In the Mumbles, and came ashore ander Black Pill. Penninchara—The Ocean Jogger) reports having fallen in sick the derelict barque Pevningham. of Workington, from Jarmots to London, with rum, suer, &c.. about 10 a.m. on TueAsy, about IS miles from the North Foreland, and put some men , 1 board. A steamer also put some men on board, and pt I hawser attached to her, which however broke, and she ' , at down about a mile and a half W. of the Galloper Light. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. British Queen fship„ from Loudon for Adelaide 22 days, July 11, lat. 5.41 N., 100. 20.36 W. Decimus, Attard, from Cardiff for Malta, Oct. 12, 90 miles west al Oats. Geo. J. Patten, No. 2,318, id d. p. (American ship', for Beaton 12 days, June 27, at. 29.36 N., lon. 18.47 W. Dinthe (barquei, from Swanies for Valparaiso 16 days, Sept. 19, lat. 12 3.5 N., lon. 26.36 W. Ware ;barque ; , from Shields for Shanghae 27 days, all well, Sept. 19. William and Catherine, from Taganrog for Queenstown ur I.J. mouth, Oct. 12, near Cape Purr°. DESPATCH or AMERICAN AND AFRICAN MAID. —Yesterday (Wednesday), the Inman steamer Glasgow ina despatched from Liverpool for New York, with math far the United Stated, argo, passengers, he. To-day (Thum day), the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's steamship Norwegian will hays the Mersey for Quebec, with muds for Canada and the United States. The box at the Live. pool Poet-office will close at 9 a.m., and rid Loadoedir at 8.30 p.m. On Saturday, the Cunard Royal llti steamer Scotia will be despatehed from the Merrier for New York, with mails for the United States and British Nan America. The box at the Liverpool Post-oMee will beeps on that day for the receipt of letters, he., until 9 am., ad rid Queenstown till 8.30 p.m., without, and with late Is of ld. nntil 9.30p.m. On Friday the African Royal steamship Ethiops will leave the Mersey, with mails kr Reclaim, Teneriffe, and the West Coast of Africa. The ta at the Liverpool Post-office will be dosed at 9.45 11.40.1 sad with late fee of 6d. at the landing stage till 11.30 am. The next steamer from Boston is the [Advertisement.Hou.ow• Nu& —Fur hill. gestlon, Stomach and ver Conaplaints.—Persons suffering from soy derangement of the liver, stomach, or the organs of digs* Lion, should have recourse to Holloway, Pills, a. then tr so medicine known that acts on these particular ~..nplaints with inch certain success. They strength en the tone ,d the stomach. increase the appetite, purify the blood, and correct deprived secretions. In bowel complaints they remove all rib.rlol: honours, and soon restore the patient to sound health. berms or sick headaches and depression of spirits mai be ti bly removed by • course of these Pulls. They are conmosa !are balsams, without the admixture of a grain of memo) , ,r 0 1 nothing substance, and are as safe as they are etli,acious. BIRTHS, MARRIAO7I3, AND DF.ATBS. BIRTH& BABMEL—October U. at Prtncesequare, Bayswater, Mt rW of Sr. H. J. Barker, of a ton. BlNGSAM.—October 21, at Woodtteld, I'mr "' wood, the wife of T. Bingham, Lei of a ion. CUDBON.—October 10, at bewton.rillaa, nouth Ilainge ol4 wife of F. T. Cuddon, tau., of a son. MLlooll.—October 20, at Dartmoutb-park•rowl, Kenthlia . " the wife of T. Ellison, tag., of a son. HENNELL—October 10, at Meld Villa, Forest.hill, the .11e d J. B. Ifenwelk Le., of a son. lENtqfYDY.—October linekinghamterrace. _ 40 W. iontedy. of adaughter. LattiLlEWlCZ.—October let at Upper Bedford-Or , g" ga. Square, the wile of J. Manklawict,lae., deuglar RALE—October 19 the wife of E. W. !Wale, Eq.. M y ' bury House, East Dulwich, of a ton. 31 ituall.—Oetober 19, at Coluey.hatch, the wife of bush, Eag , of &daughter. MARRIAGES. AYTON-11/11IP80N.—October 18. at maks. Tabu. N. Manley. M.A. the Rev. W. A. Ayton, W.A.. Re* " tiossupton, IJucolOshire, to Anne, daughter of the 1 . 0 Ilempson, Fey., of Ramey. Essex. 411' CLA RH —WARD.—oetober If, at Herbaria Church. 0 a ford, by the Rev. C. H. Steward, T. Clark. Fay T. of Po'r_ Hereford, to Stmannah , daughter of the late T. Was'' , r "" of Forelirldge. Stafford. FIOWLER-81.ADZIL—October 21, at K. Naffs. Le•Sh'. the 11 ° 11 . and Rev. H. Lens, J. R. Yowler. Y 4 l . 01 ham, gent, to Rehm Drummond, daughter of the late Rader, of Lewisham. GILLINGHAM—RAY.—October 18. at Tottenham Olt aloft, A ' G. Gintheaamilatt • of Tottenham, to Jab, tlaqiit. the late Rev. J. , of Coggeshall, Yates. GOOD—DURIEN.—Ootober 18, at the parish Anro‘ rtrAr.d. Doreetahlre, the Rev. N. Lee, N A.. Fredrrol 81. eon of Y. Go Rao.. of Bridport, to Hannah Mar). hio-m' of the late L A. Darien, Req., of Camden-town. DEATH& BOtT6ll.—October TO. at Chnrch.street, Hackney. Ousted relict of the late Mr. J. Boater. aged 73. BllODlE.—October 91, at Brooene.perk, Betcheorih , in in. ! .‘ 0 year, 01r Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart., • 11,S . Sa , "' Ramon to the ueen. JACYSON.—October 19, at Braintree, H. Jack, ,, , floi • 9• LAST.—October 18, at Clarence.terrace, ND. Leat, aged 52. PALMBlL—October 10, at Bournemouth, R. 0 ren ,, T. the late J. H. Palmer, Fan., aged 41. RlLEY.—October To, at Leinster.gardcns, 111.1, iley. Esq. RO R DolltB.—October 19, J. lodgers, Esq., of PAW 1.1W44 Chertaey, aged git. SAMTPX—October 18, at George-street, llinor.o . aired 77. td SHERBORNIL—Oetober 19, at Sheri), rne. 0700,este''i • light Hon. Jain. 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