The Press. — London, England, 1853-10-08 00:00:00

OCTOBER 8, 1853. ---- • - - THE interesting ceremony of the professian of five a•lies. as reli•zions sist er, of the 4 rder44 Mercy. took place on Saturday at the church of St. Mary's, Calton, Glasgow. " THE TIMES" EPON " UNLIMITED CoMPETITIoN: . Unlimited competition (in the article of railway traffic ) was advocated in Sir Robert Peel's unfor tunate exeoptuir. That one short «peech which re &teed to waste paper lAwd Dalhousie's careful and judicious reports has probably cost the country not less than a hundred millions, ruining not only fa milies but classes, and doubling probably our rail way fares for generati .• to come.—Timex of ll'ellacx (lay. MI'noVEMENTS ON THE THAW:K.—The allotment of the remaining portion of the Putney estate, known as the Cedars and College of Civil Engineers, at the 421141 of Putney bridge, took place yesterday at the offices of the Conservative Land Society, :11, Norfolk street. Strand, and all the lots were taken. The whole of this magnificent estate being now disposed of, the operations for the erection of a river wall and a noble terrace, with ornamental gardens. have been commenced under the direct' .• of Mr. Nita-gait, the surveyor, and :I r. Tarte, the contractor. When this terrace shall have been completed, it will form one of the most important improvements which have taken place on the River Thames for the last half century. - -•-• • Cvanweii., President of the Board of Trade, at present residing at Alva-house, has (declied an invitation to a !entitle dinner which it Was; proposed to have given htm in Alva. Tfic SKenr.Tmv W en. Mr. Sidney Herbert. after paying a short vi-it to town on official business, has returned to Wilton Abbey, and has entertained (luring the last few days the following amongst other distinguished visitors Imperial Highness the timid latches:: Maria of Russia. their Highnesses the Prince and l'rincess S. Woronzow, Count Pah_ len, the Countess l'ohwka, and his Excellency Baron Bruntuv. A ItE l'U TA T lON from the principal brewers of the metropolis, Mantling representatives from the firms of Barclay and Co., Meux and Co., Iteid and Co., Calvert and Co., Combe, Deland'', and Co., Whit bread and Co., and Elliot and Co., bad an interview with Visconnt Palmerston on Thursday at the Mane. ottice, on the subject of the operation of the Smoke Prevention Act. Tim Mvvtat uF lavtltrool., Mr. S. Holme, enter tained the Earl of Derby and a distinguished party at a private banquet in the Town-hall on Wednesday evening. Tut; E AST REIMS AGRICII,TIT 41, Assort A -114 oN celebrated their annual meeting on Thursday at 31aitleithead. This society is under the patronage of her :Majesty and Prince Albert, and, unlike some neighbouring associations, otters prizes tOr the best cattle, horses, sheep, anti pigs, exhibited at their meeting. This year there was a good exhibition of stock, the principal prizes being gained by Mr..hilin }lerey for the best bull, by Sir tiillfert East for the best fat cow, Mr. Baylis for the best rain, ,Vl'. The silver cup. value 51., given by Sir (filbert East, Bart., to the owner of the best five acres of Swede turnips in one piece. was adjudged to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The dinner took place sit the. Town. hall, Maidenhead, and was fully attended. FLEET, E reopened for traffic on Thursday, after being shut to the publie for some weeks. Iha the same flay the Paving Colmnisioners took posses sion of Imkate-hill. so that the " arenlation" is still intermitted in this leading artery of metropolitan commerce. THE NrIIREI: fiV DENTIN from ell causes regis tereol in the metropolis in the week ended Saturday 6.4 r I I. I•!. This increase on the previous return arises chiefly frotn an excess of coroners' eases en feted in the register hooks at the end of the quarter. While the mortalit) front diarrhoea &clines, cholera becomes more fatal ; the deaths referred to it having risen from lii and '2 , 0 in the two previous weeks to 1; in the last. lif these 4 deaths from cholera :11 were those of males, lti of females. anol they wen. thus distributed over London :—ln the West distnets, :I; in the North, 1;: in the Central. ; in the East, 4 ; and on the South side of the River, :11. Sabo anb Volta. A Sit \>t TAIVyI I; i‘a , rintrgeol at Lambeth Conrt, nn Tit( -Aar. with obtaining a pawl' on a fal-e pre 'oleo Of prolem.ional semiciN. The primmer\ name .loNcith .111,irew i‘lio calk hinewif a " ili , ANt• mill general bieMtem 4 agent, %abler Anil ime tomeer. carpenter, painter, glazier, and lionmi I', II lira. it Usk. e. wife. , 14i.1 that on the Salonlity it ft. r rnehi Aio•rillW. tr. dual ...on for n wmrt - tlll ,o•sto-t 10 10 . 011,1 tor lOR leonine. the rolort *tilt Ow the pit-oiler who iiiii lot hwye heard her notice the orniphrAtioll. 10 1 - 11re.sed her. tud, .alfins her to our side. 11..ke0l her It any one hail Pl"ket , to le•E .41 the lott.ille94 ; And. en her *spot oitur ii, the tar. ottearti to Intl her in the miter cuurtte, and tell her how THE PRESS. she alionhl met, anti what should be done to her hashan,i. mh o asked him it it would Is• the name a.‘ her again tilling before the inagi..trate; snit the iiiimitier anew ern.l thatit wotthi, adding that Ile wa. acting t.•r the .ourt, and that he alwart dhl en attiring t 'authored' lair week. there was so mtteli tontines* then to ito. Ile kink her to a berrehon in KellllllWit/11 4 4 11 P. 1111111 vottinaritowl writing. she told hint that she wanted nothing trona her line. hand but to allow her to live in ream shit nin 1111111.r *aid that ki thin atadtl emit a gninen. and 4 ' o (hell peel IL, std went loute end brought hint the remaining 17e. • Mr. Et.t.tor r : Intl he say anything about a olivorre? Winless : lle Nth! the " diveree" would oust tue a guinea. I wet hint et his request owe afterwards, hilt he very $l5lll 11i11141.- 1 1 11Lre.l. awl 1 114%e• net seen I (horn that thole to the resent. I toekyer. the I , f the snllnuouhig officers, said he helot the war rant. grantosi in the middle of August. for the apprehension of the Primmer. hut, owing to hi. alewonolitig front the neighbo ur. hood, he had not been able to wren',' it. Haying heanl that he 11114 its the habil of earl'%lug Oil similar tricks at the I'lerkenwell Pellet' I' 0115, he sent thole. mei the prisoner was 111 44.11M44111C1144. 111 , 1W4.11.•1111.41. (111 brim' 10111 the nature of t h e eltarge, he treateol the matter sills the greste , l hehltereiiee. Ile ;Ike said that lie 'lntl theie.pititha of 411.'11 1144141 at this a n d other ottorts, awl that his practice was its get as 'II as he 14.11111 1111111 the parties. It a l l* 41111141 1. , the magistrate that the prisoner, by lots tricky 14111 , 111 , 4, 11141 1.1441 this means, Ity urging persona to Ming *lions agtiiit respectable (whirs, so that he might ealllsl as * wit• ss bate the mu ilege of ettottltu Mg 14 lIMLIT, of entailing si` Ulf •51.4 1[...mr.. it 1501 alts.olittre 1 1111 1, hi the parties. Ono got hi,. vivo nits. Nit:. Wlll4l. a reltevtiihh• said that, in a ease %Own. I .ea is as% the prime iietvcr, soul which hall 'welt tried al the I 'run 41015 .%s.i/e4. had rill le 1411 5.414.114 e of over Ifint, tholigh the %erolia %as given to hia (*your, MINI the lomoues solemn lona were not worth proveislong agano:ot li.l 'loll' 111.414. The prisoner was rema►►d►d; and Mr. Elliott gave directions to the officers of the court to warn all persons co►►►ing there on business against a set of fell►ws who hang about the building. and the avenues leading to it, 14 th pulls's° of picking up what they can from applicant Ay anon mous and smartly •dreswyl female applied at Westminster Court, in a state ►t great perturb* film, and requested the mag►strate to aid her in com pelling a person to rive up oine letters to her. They had la•en li+rwa►ded by post addressed to her, and the person who l►nd taken them in refused to give them to her ; she 111111 seen the outside of them, and was sure that they were addressed to herself Mr. ItuostEnlr ingnirwl lust 1111.4.• siV4 t0...4411.41 for Iltoir iletesilton AppheNut "'Oil. nothing but %rte. she hod formerly rrrided in the 6011,1'0 the who sletaiimil them stml, ll* tut hlul ilitfermire loot tem herhelf upon amilieosio by Ils•tutittilit: them. Mr. lbw lt.Ellll* there W 1.1% milt:him: of %aloe 111 the 1..114." "Oil tint iy, bas os they liool 1111 l from the " gold regions, - trom friemls of 11rts ont there. there might In , . Mr. litioncttie nid thoi if the letters eiditaitiesl no property there tiNisteil iii, Teener wider the statute to grant *munitions for their detention th..y dill 0.14,101 prnp.rsy, sold that slwoc. Lilo %Wm. o IJI., iI I.NePl'4lPdi A 111110.tr1111 .. N (14111; hllNl . ‘l4 . r, Ile M /MIA 141 . 1111 NII silken /10% is ill I lie Part) chill pliiiined or, and '•,' , ' iAliether he could mauve her to gho By like letter,. S 'ioNt)i r' it. IbtMill Weller, pleaded guilty, at the Middlesex Sessions, to having em bezzl, 41 (livers small sums tit' and nil.. the pre perty of his employers. The pmsecutors were the proprietors of Wilson's " Favourite - line o f onmilms, and complained of their continual losses from the peculations of their men. They had 'NMI in their employ, and these performed so many journeys that the abstraction of MI. on each trip would (occasion a loss of ti,lllll/. a year The torisotwr was sentenced to nine the hard latiom. WII vriNgi I . lst. ( Int• of several) came before the Lord Nliiyor on !Monday.-- henry Rogers, the husband of a lau n dress, appears not only to have lived ehictly on his wile's eaniings during their nine year: of wedlock, lint WWI frequently in the habit of pawning her things for drink, and then, as the wife added, "he always beats and kicks me when he is drunk." This pastime he carried on with more energy thnn usual on Monthly evening, and in the morning reef 0111111Ctlel'il the amusement by striking his wife with a basin, eluting her eye, and throwing water over their children until she feared they would be smothered. A policeman, attracted liv the tttt imp $lllll screams, entered the house Flll4l took Mr. Itogens into clistinly. His defence was ingenious. lle said— did nt.t arikr her. my 1.1.1. The Nut I-4, 41.• 111 her a n d theft she mhtriesed the Iteelllmmirlitmitl. mitt ItArgetl use. We Anal Hifree %ery well it yin Itm.k fuer dol.. Hi) Betel. have any .•\••. pt mlmntt Illy rrligeosi hit mml *mitt. It. hate iheut Itr.mit•hi tip in title relivittit mtul I *mitt to hum* miudill'r• The wife : There'44 tint is '0404.41 of truth in *hurt lir wiym. Ile .1...••. n I coil. 44144•44 t 10404 0111.114 . 11. TIII• .1 . 11011. , 4 111.41 von. 111111 3..11 1111rIl lal rot for I 0(4 . ..via/tilt Ilhots't wit iu hnrd balk mr, my It .r 4 ; not Artois; ; I'm d.•heMtr. Thl• Lota. V.. it : Th. Inl.mr 14.1.1 MohrlPly will VIVI' • vole row! shall be tor your gru.s treatiu•it of the poor woman. tN IN% ENTI lit. who IleM•111W11 himself' am A 1 )(Aim. of Natural Philosophy. titinieil John Wolf , w a% charge', at llie I ;11111111A with °Wanting 84)1. muter fake pretetives. The 111'114141Ra I' • o'er to Eng hind three years since, offering, f u r sa l e a new prnces4. which he stated himself to have oliseowrisi, for ex tracting stsla front common salt. By this process h e plank/II to save U. per ton in the manufacture of the article, ti which ryo,uto tons are annually sold 537 in England ; and, for his own share, offered to take "nt3alty " of IL per ton on all the s►da extracted by his new process. He obtained an introduction to Mr. I tirek, a patent agent, who. with bin WAS induced to negotiate for the inventinu, vance defendant a sum of 301. in ready money. After wants the process turned out a dead failure. Defend ant did not show himself again to Mr. Hirai, but had offered the same invention to other parties; sad among the number to Mr. Cooke. of tireat tleorge street, Westminster. who had patented it : Ti t o violater said his timer r Areal ours *trilling frnsm Mr. I►ink, who halt a5.t..11 nwroly sys Ilia agoett ht the 11114111.11%. Mr. tiri'k itetnaltter9l hint to Mr. liar's,. of Manchs.olor, who tont I :101„ n o t as all ads wire, hot to paty law for hiss 0%11i.11 , 60 , 11 hi britsitlent his inuastisat to this. ...instil. rho AgrOPOININI was to•tars•ts Mr. Harvey and hintswlf. awl Mr. Itirrk was appointed by both to make the sosporitsicssiss. (or which .rah', ho ass to Mr. in tit. 'wont*. ilia tailors. was slottlalroos WAIN( to Mr. Itsrok snaking' the rapes intents' brolly. Tho tonna of Ihtt agreement new that If Mr. Ilart s.y did not patott the threes, %Malls 14 certain limo the its‘ention was to trios", In drcelkhalt. who %%Mid 111.11 ha% aright to istior it to any gain r rail) Sir I'll %I 'M etc M titartart. oahl Sher, wa. tan mantel for the rilargr of olstaining istortry ler fillwe joreirn..on; bat if lb.. isrosowithsr could almost Lbore saws lis saran p , r.ott r4IIIIWrIPII with lite VI Conier its Attaining 'stoney ha aright hobo' theta (*sr a ronotstraey. The primmer was discharged. with a rec►►mmen+la ti►n to return the money, and avoid the unpleasant ness of being taken into custody again. in the event of the prosecutor obtaining fresh evidence. A WELL -woes TRICK wax totreessitgly practised in Atignst last on a young " greenhorn " in London. named John Thont. lie came to town front Yar mouth, purposing to emigrate to Australia. At en eating•house he fell in with a sharper, who beguiled him with various talk and offers of fi►ndly service. The triek RIM then carried on in its usual fashion. The parties went to a public -house. found there another obliging stranger, and after more talk and the show of much money. or what seemed to be inch, the "friend" went one way and Mr. Thorn another, both leaving behind them their purses as a pledge for their return. In Mr. Thorn's purse was 131. 104. in gold. and of course he never saw it or either of his new friends when be came back. one of these acquaint ances had, however, since been train& and. being thoroughly identified, was sentenced at the Middle sex Sts4sietis on Tuesday last to four years' penal servitude under the new act. Neither the nettond friend nor the money has been discovered. 'us It ill St. Jameteit• At feet Was broken into by the police early on Sunday morning last, and twenty live ioersons found therein were tam WU, custody and brought up on Monday at the Marlbo rough street. Police (Mee, c harged with gambling. Two of the prisoners gave their true names as Charles and I ieorge I,yley : the others sdopteid fietitions ap pellations, and were entered in the pollee-sheet as Itrown, Thomas, Jackson, Smith, tie. The majority of them, however, were said to lie military men and gentlemen well known in ganibling circles : vi,Nlttee.l the nethowil, fill' enteritis, a h i . 1 1 01 1 4•• No. 61, tit. alatata .%Inatot Iwo sin Mnssilay lia.rnituv ateeiaffirbalatral t. I,llller ..1.11.141111•••• • went In the hotline sutd matitteal ailweittasove altraatigh IWO (411.101. but Pi." 114.41 by is third abalair, which hod is i•lialei drawn iterg...o4 it. lie ronNoil the floateseisait In be briskrii it. us is. suit, slims went sue wliiil he ..nese la. mini h streitsurr alien the lawns. The cot , imblem tried to fora •• the ilea at, bast a "Islal wake atm Itaireelealaatt aust it, nv it MII4, 16,41.1irrti MiIL Ldt eltiew..and %cry ..truesst fist • V111111:4. Wi11ie...4 throe afire. tea the seljeteitsu wall ill Is' I,rl.kels thenerh, MIIII nn MIN.II 1 414 1111. .losoir o , lllllf. Itite 0.1111441 stilt limit th...ism.r n.. 1 11.1 clprist..l. Thr m10.,r wan "jelly.' Ivy do• 1.11.66,1 Itraau is, *tool tia 1.11.4 veiled sill ..trim stet (owlet 101 l the pt 1..1111 , titer... I.wlll I%set titled up /1,4 of' the. 1,4, iti.miti4 were , altiltatt down stool luting r• Wiha•-.. I..nnd Ilu• wiIMInM '. vn'.nouly hsrrrd, lust, though he .'melt stelto‘e, tut ;issuing isupleinonto o i• Thi% being all the evidence, there met no reae ageing the ilefetutant , t, end Mr. Iliaglum 'lettered the whole of them to be ilkeharged. I I MAJ V.S'r% . 14 IRST4 .171•11 ER, MT. John Black, who ab.o hold% en appointment tinder the Brest Western company, am deetroyer nr rat% in their demesne, end mi•renver keep% a public home, &premed at Maryle bone Pollee l'ourL to) eharvoi one 4 itiltert with having. by fraudulent reprettentation‘, obtained money from the rompany in him mime:— Mr. IHu. onrov (to ItriloPclifor): What do yoli roll yourself I.r.wrillor • A destroyer of vermin, and I mu pat toseme.l In my profession by the (Juror., as al.. by tunny the sodality and K.•utry. Mr. Ituocntiror Now Mat.. what charge you ha% •to make. weentor ; tits Tuesilay last the pri....urr a a.. at lair and I twin...4rd hint tar draw up for mr , franc a ropy a 1.1.11 pit% .1 bin.. al► witrretnent for tne to 1111 l Irrtskr to •lest nor ilie rata st the reslolrtere of Mr. Newton, a blinker, lirsnit In WeatMatnte- Irrrarr. Thr :rent Western Huila my 'ompany owed for M. for ridding them .4 rats at their station, and the pris.mr r froto Inc Host I was to riserhe ll.r paytantl stf ono I hot. I tit Saturday last die laiwrnrr *rut OW a burr Int. that h.• had tervit cal Ibut .0111 i II.• hail lot rti4llt In rescue it.— - I ti ‘..noliost lon pr••«•rntor amid that he had not ..41 ilo• prisoner at all, r‘t•rpt Ihe.a•rasMrn when he shrew lip onn wyreement tor tlw la•rr•sla•p whkb he (prnaerain.r) now 11.4.1. lle p.n.' ptiwno•r h.r wbit be .11.1 for bite. TM risou.•r boil lot antls.rity ar r. rehr tooltry front the Greet W....teres Wallasey I 'mummy. 1/efentloot rbatttr.l basin fferbril It. rta.. Mit N am th a t ae Illy. k orte.l hit. looney be kept that aina In port poloist. Ist I.ri maser tow rrutatoled.