The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-01 00:00:00

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern, yesterday—Sir J. Car michael in the chair. Mr. COURTENAY, the secretary, read the adver tisement convening the meeting and the report, which said:— " The number of messages transmitted over the company's wires in the half-year ending June 30, 1859, amounted to 63,005, being an increase of 13,627 messages over the corresponding half-year of 1858, and an increase of 11,303 over the number transmitted in the six months ending 31st Decem ber last. This large increase in the business of the company has not yielded an equivalent addition to the gross revenue, on account of the considerable reduction which has been made in the tariffs, as the charge of a single message between Paris and Lon don and London and Brussels is now only 7s. 3d. ; but the receipts for the present half-year of £14,113 ss. 10d. have enabled the directors to pay off the balance of costs of repairs of cables, &c., without trenching in any way on the reserve fund, and to recommend the declaration of a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum. After appropriat ing 10 per cent. of the net revenue to the reserve fund, a balance of £193 4s. 11d. will remain to be carried over to the credit of the current half-year. It may not, perhaps, be generally known to the shareholders, that although the company's cables from . Dover to Calais, and Dover to Ostend, have been laid down between seven and eight years, the total cost of repairs, which have arisen solely from damages caused by anchors of large ships, has only amounted to £4,546 15s. 5d., which is, in the opinion of your directors, very strong evidence of the great superiority of heavy cables, wherever there is the slightest risk from anchorage, The directors have now the pleasing duty of congratu lating the shareholders on the successful completion of two new important lines of submarine telegraph —viz., between Folkestone and Boulogne, and be tween the coast of Norfolk, Heligoland, and Den mark, and they wish to take this opportunity of expressing their sense of the admirable manner in which these cables have been both mannfaßtured and submerged by the contractors, Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co. The cable to Boulogne Is unquestion ably the strongest and most perfect submarine cable that has hitherto been constructed, and contains six conducting wires, which will, it is calculated, most thoroughly develope the telegraphic in tercourse between this country, France, and Southern Europe, while one wire will 'be devoted to the requirements of the London Stock Exchange and the Paris Bourse, so that in future the great inconvenience arising from Stock Exchange mes sages being delayed from a press of other business will be entirely avoided. This important advantage will of itself greatly facilitate and increase the num ber of despatches between London and Paris. As soon as this new service via Boulogne is perfectly organised, it is the intention of the directors to put into complete working order the original Calais cable, which operation will, in the opinion of the company's engineer, be very easily effected, and attended with but small expense. The company will then possess 10 efficient conducting wires for telegraphic purposes between England and France, besides six to Belgium, and five to Hanover, Den mark, and the north of Europe. The only line now remaining to be established, under the concessions granted to the company, i s th a t b e t ween th e Chan nel Islands and the French coast. This cable, which will consist of one conducting wire, is now being manufactured, and will be laid down in the course of the ensuing month. In making estimates for the construction and laying down of the various submarine lines, the directors were unable to fix the exact points of landing on the,different coasts, and consequently could not make allowance for the cost of land lines to connect the cables with the respec tive systems of continental telegraphs. With the view of avoiding ancborage ground, several of the points of landing originally proposed have since been changed, and altogether about 25 miles of land telegraphs are in course of construction, a portion of which, where near the coast, will be sub terranean ; but the total expense of these lines, to gether with the establishment of new stations at Emden, Heligoland, and Westerhever (in Den mark), will be more than covered by the small amount of additional capital which it is proposed to raise. At the next meeting of shareholders the directors trust to submit a complete statement of the capital account of the company, with a view to its being closed, as all the contracts en tered into by the company will then be completed, and at the same time they intend recommend ing the establishment of a reserve fund on an ex tended scale with a view not only for the repair of accidents, but also to meet any ultimate deprecia tion of submarine cables. The shareholders are doubtless aware that objections were taken by her Majesty's late Government to the company laying their cables on the English coasts, on account of certain privileges contained in their concessions. These objections were, however, overruled by the rights conferred on the company under the royal charter of incorporation, and as this company re quire nothing more than a reasonable protection against undue competition— a protection which has been accorded either by exclusive concessions or by means of guarantees or subsidies to every other submarine company in existence—the direc tors feel confident that they will be enabled to arrange such terms with the present Ministry as will be satisfactory to the shareholders, the Govern ment, and the public in general." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the con tinued prosperity of the company, and stated that, at a meeting of the Electric and International Tele graph Company, Mr. Robert Stephenson, the emi nent engineer, had stated that submarine telegraphs would not last more than six or eight years. That probably might be the case with the telegraphs laid down on the principle of that belonging to Mr. Stephenson's Company between Orfordness and the Hague, with only four small wires and in a very difficult sea, but it was not so with their telegraphs, which were of considerably greater weight. Indeed, the directors had had portions of their Dover and Calais cable taken up, and though it had been down eight years, the shareholders might observe—a specimen of it being on the table —thatit was as perfect as on the day when it was first submerged; and on this point they had re ceived the following letter, dated as late as the previous day : " To the Chairman and Board of Directors of the Submarine Telegraph Company : Gentlemen,—Agreeably to your instructions, we have picked up at sea, and cut out and carefully examined several portions of your submarine cable between Dover and Calais, laid in the autumn of 1831, and which, therefore, is now just eight years old. We cut the cable at six miles (nautical) from this shore, and at lesser distances, so that we might obtain fair average specimens of your property. " We are now enabled to report, for the informa tion of the board, that so far from exhibiting any serious symptoms of deterioration, the external iron and the internal hempen and gutta percha coatings are in most excellent preservation, and that they promise to continue in their present satis factory condition for a long period yet to come. In fact, the natural depreciation of the metal coat ing, as well as of the interior of the cable, is not only practically of very little importance, but it is rather encouraging from the small effect as yet per ceivable. "We have much pleasure in forwcrding here with specimens of the cable removed, so that the directors may personally inspect them. " The only damage sustained by the company, up to the present time, has been from positive me chanical injuries done to the cable by the dragging of ships' anchors, and the total cost to the company of repairs rendered necessary from this source has not exceeded for all the company's cables, for the whole t erm o f e i g h t years, the sum of £5,000, or about £ 5OO p er annum.— We are, gentlemen, your obedient servants, (Signed) " T. It. CRAMPTON. "W. ANDREWS." Mr. S ANDER and the stsa°setrnoT felt highly gratified at the re portt of the chairman ; and was It t much gratified t rving that a reserve fund was being established o meet any contingencies whiCh might arise, as he lookedme to that fund a s th e surest guarantee for the f u t line. are prosperity of thei r Sir CHARLES BRIGHT, thow,b, having a the weight to his gr a aphs railway f highest opinion of r ivetpheson telegraphs engineer, could not g that opinion with regard to electric , Dover to which the had had very little experience. 'Th e lines l'aid down from Dover to Calais Ostend, Spezia to Corsica—which was submerg e d in Issl--bad required very' little repairs, though That front Orfordness to the Hague, owing to it s being constructed with only four small wires and the nai`tree of the sea, had required a steamer to watch it, and would probably not last more than the time r .tated ; but that was altogether different from an y 1 .4' the cables of this company, which he looked 11 1 , 0,1 as likely to last for very many more Years the; i they had vet been down, With regard to a resers - e !Lind he looked upon it as very judi cious, and was' convinced that the additional traffic arising fro g ifir new lines would be so great as to prevent a. ly L liminution of dividends to the pro prietors from the establishment of that fund. Mr. CRAM] ' TON k; aving been called upon, ,pro ceeded t o un d' o variou,cz portions of the spec imen cable on the t able, to shz+w that it was as perfect and as good as though wade yesterday, the only perceptible dii Terence being that there was a little less moistness in the tow, so that it did not so rea dily dirty the t ingere iu handling. It was worthy SUBMARINE 'II COMPANY. of remark that the form of cable which they first laid do9rn was adopted in opposition to very many opinions—the five directors then at the table being the original promoters of the company who decided on that form, and every other form since adopted had proved failures, whilst theirs remaindi as good now as the first day it was laid down. He was not connected with them in his professional capacity now, although he was at all times ready to give them his best advice ; and he could not help con gratulating the company that they had now a young man as manager—Mr. Andrews—of great ability and business habits, with whom he, as an engineer, was greatly pleased, and of whom the shareholders ought to feel proud. The report was then adopted, the dividend de clared, and the retiring directors and auditors re elected. It was then moved by Sir I. CARMICHAEL, and se conded by Mr. L. SIMPSON—" That this meeting authorises the directors to issue the balance of the necessary capital not exceeding the sum of XlO,OOO by the issue of 1,000 shares of XlO each (such shares to be fully paid up to the company's bankers, the Union Bank of London, on allotment, or at such time or times, and in such manner, as the directors may see at) for finally completing the company's several new lines to the Continent, and in the meantime to pay the balance of the cost and expenses of such lines by the issue of such securities as they may be legally authorised under the charter and deed of' settlement of the company, and may think expedient to give or issue, not exceeding the said sum of XlO,OOO, upon such terms, and at such rate or rates of interest, as the directors may think fit." The resolution having been carried, a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors closed the proceedings. TILE VICTORIA (ST. LAWRENCE) BRIDGE. [COMMUNICATED.] The present autumn will witness the completion of, perhaps, the greatest engineering work of our time; of that great bridge across the river St. Law rence, of which the Britannia-bridge over the Menai Straits proves to have been but the precursor, as to Americans it will hereafter seem but as the shadow. The Canadians, as may well be conceived, are in tensely excited at the prospect of finding their country distinguished by so great a work of science; and throughout the United States the completion of the Victoria-bridge is regarded as an impo r t an t event in the history of that new world which,since its discovery, has been marked by such rapidity of progress. It may not be uninteresting, at such a time, to recall the circumstances under which this work wis undertaken, and to record briefly the history of its construction. There are many, indeed, who will gaze with wonder on the lofty piers and stupendous tubes of this structure, to whom its peculiar features may scarcely suggest themselves, yet the greatness of the conception of this design consists, In reality, less in the size and character of the structure itself, than in the objects—political, commercial, and scientific—which it is capable of effecting. The primary necessity of a new country is a road. The better the line of communication, the more certain the new country of success, The greatest boon, therefore, that could be conferred upon Canada was the con:truction of a railroad ; and those who devised and carried out the project of the Grand Trunk Railway, connecting the different depen dencies of the British Crown in North America, and passing through the richest parts of both Upper and Lower Canada for a distance of 1,200 miles, must be regarded as great benefactors to the country. Yet, grand as was the conception of the Cana dian railway, its original design was imperfect. It was not a road through the province alone which Canada required. It needed imperatively a facile communication between the north and south shores of the St. Lawrence—railway connection free from the inconveniences of transshipment with the United States, and above all, direct communication with the sea board of the Atlantic. A very little consideration of the circumstances of the country will show the imperative character of these requirements. The broad and rapid river St. Lawrence, whilst during the summer months of the year it opens out the whole of Canada to the ocean, for the five winter months completely - isolates the province. Canada, lying to the north of the river thus frozen up throughout its course, is itself commercially as well as physically congealed. During that protracted season no ships can leave or can reach Quehec. With the United States the communication is, in every sense, of the most frigid character. Up to a very recent period, even intercommunication between different localities of Canada itself was, during winter, maintained with difficulty.. To sleigh for 180 miles, as from Quebec to Montreal, was a task attended with no little trouble and with very considerable cost. Of course the transport of goods was impossible. Commer cial markets, therefore, were comparatively useless. In fact, the want-of means of communication with the outer world, prevented by the frozen state of the great river boundary and highway of the pro vince, deprived the Canadian of nearly one-half of his active existence. To the Grand Trunk Railway a direct and unin terrupted communication between the north and south shores of the St. Lawrence was also of vital consequence. Inasmuch as a bridge across the St. Lawrence was the key to the whole province, se, in possession of that key, the Grand Trunk Railway would command the whole external intercourse of Canada ; whilst, without it, it must remain a mere provincial line. The tide of immigration sets very much into Canada from and through the United States. The whole of that traffic, so important to the Grand Trunk Railway,would have been lost without the connecting link between Canada and the United States. In the winter season, also, the Grand Trunk Railway kept open, despite snow and frost, by various arrangements and appliances, would command the trade of the province without having to contend with any steam-boat competition. To show, by one illustration, the importance of a bridge to the Grand Trunk Railway, it may be mentioned that the Ca nadian Government contributed the large sum of £50,000 a-year to the Steam Ship Company, upon the condition of its opening and maintaining the best direct communication between Liverpool and Canada. In the summer months the route can be directed from Quebec, but in the winter that is im possible. Without crossing the St. Lawrence, there fore, the route for which this handsome subsidy is paid could not be maintained, and the Grand Trunk Railway Company and the Canadian community would alike sacrifice the advantage of direct com munication between Canada and Europe. These considerations naturally weighed with in creased strength upon the Canadian people and the directors of the Grand Trunk Railway as that line approached completion. A bridge they saw that they must have ; but the question was could such a bridge be made ? " The rapid river ran deep and wide ;" and there were not a few who thought that to span it by a bridge would be little better than a tempta tion of Providence. The difficulties, indeed, of crossing the St. Law rence were far from inconsiderable. Its width, even at the most available point, is very formidable, its - - • current is very rapid ; • i n significant. Besides depth not Besides this, the navigation of the river, not merely by steamboats and other vessels, but by enormous timber rafts, had to be provided for; so that un usual elevation and unusual width between the piers were both required. There was another ob stacle more formidable, far more formidable, than all. In the winter season the river St. Lawrence presents a field of ice from three to five feet thick. Whilst it is thus frozen the river rises sometimes as much as 20 feet above its summer level. This rise of water might be provided for ; but how was accident to be avoided, at the annually-recurring period when the " breaking up of the ice" exhibits, in North America, one of the most wonderful ope rations of nature on that continent ? This " breaking up of the ice" in North America, though welcomed as the harbinger of returning summer, is an event which-carries with it no ineon- siderable amount of apprehension to the mind of the Canadian. From the extreme thickness of the ice in the middle of the river, little or no effect is immediately produced upon it by the action of the sun. But the banks of the river imbibing the heat, melt away the thinner portion of ice which touches them, depriving the main body of the support it re ceives from its contact with the land. Then, when a small line of blue water intervenes between the shore and the river ice, the ice begins to move, first slowly, then more rapidly, until the velocity and power of the current, rapidly increased by the melt ing of the snow, wrenches the ice upwards, and breaks and tears it into fragments, which, larger or smaller, go floating down the river in masses, bearinr , before them a l m o s t ever ythi ng w hi c h th ey encounter. Dismal tales are rife in Canada of the fatal dis, asters which have occurred to life and property by " the breaking up of the ice." The city of Mon ., treal has especially suffered from these fatalities. Berore now, the ice has burst into that city, and been found sliding its streets. It has broken into the second floor windows of dwelling -houses after blocking up the front doors for weeks. It has forced down river terraces and spoilt public and private gardens. Large warehouses, erected with out due protection on the banks of the river, have beetij)2l4 over by the great mov i ng sheets of 44 as if Off were mere hous es o f cards. At r sudden iver ice b , bends of the river, wlore the ice meets with obstruction, it piles itself sometimes into h!ioe ice _ bergs from 50 to 80 f ee t in height. At length, when the river rises, these icebergs get again into its current, and go rolling and sweeping down the St. Lawrence, carrying danger and destruction all before them. Could any bridge be devised to withstand these formidable difficulties ? If possible, how was such a bridge to be constructed ? The directors of the Grand Trunk Railway, to whom these questions were so vitally important, took a course which will probably be thought to redound greatly to their enterprise and sagacity. They determined to take the opinion of the most eminent engineer whose advice and counsel they could obtain. The Britannia bridge across the Menai Straits was opened in 1849 ; and it was not, therefore, un natural that in 1852 the directors should look to Mr. Robert Stephenson as the engineer most com petent to advise them. Mr. Stephenson considered the subject of so much interest and importance that he determined to go out to Canada, personally, for the purpose of dealing with it. He accordingly re paired there at the end of the summer of 1853,and, after examining into the facts, made a public de claration of his opinion, that a bridge across the St. Lawrence was practicable. On the 2d of May fol lowing, Mr. Stephenson addressed to the Grand Trunk Railway directors a report, in which he con sidered the whole question in three branches ; first, as to the description abridge best calculated to prove efficient and permanent; second, as to the proper site; and thirdly, as to the necessity for such a structure. Upon the first point he did not hesitate at once to recomm.end the adoptien of a tabular bridge as the description of bridge best fitted fer a permanent, safe, and substantial structure in such a situation ; On the second point, he was not a little infiuene,ed by considerations affecting the flow of the river and " those almost irresistible forces" consequent upon the breaking up of the ice iu sprhag, As Mr. Stephenson's view of the nature of these forces, 40 the best mofle of encountering theist, has not yet, that we are aware of, received pub licity, it may be interesting to place them on re cord—especially as we arc ellablo, to do authority. Mr. Stephenson, on his arrival in Canada, met with ntirnorgps alarmists ; who could grahi cally describe to him the effects of the lee, but he met with no one who had in any way measured or calculated the amount of its pressure. In consider ing the question whether a bridge could be con structed to withstand that pressure, it appeared to Mr. Stephenson to be of primary importance to 112- certain really and precisely what that pressure war, This was a question of calculation; though, in the absence of any data, the difficulty was how to cal culate it. And here, before the reader proceeds fur ther, he may, perhaps, not without advantage, pause for a moment to'ponder on the way to solve the problem—what is the amount of the pressure of ice four or five feet thick in a running stream of a certain inclination, velocity, and breadth ? This problem puzzled Mr. Step'lenson himself at first ; but it was not long before he hit on an expe dient. He first got at the inclination of the river ; next at its velocity. He then assumed that the ice upon that river was what they told him it usually was, from four to five feet thick. He then inquired into the condition of the river, and lie found that, about nine miles above Montreal, there was a fall called the Fall of Lachine, which, of course, sepa rated the body of ice above the fall from the body of ice below it. Taking these data, he calculated what would be the pressure of nine miles of ice, from four to five feet thick, lying on a plane of a given inclination, and pressing against the piers of a bridge across the channel. The result of that calcula tion in figures it would be unnecessary, even if it were possible, to state ; but, whatever were the figures, they enabled Mr. Stephenson at once to realise one all-important fact. He arrived at the conclusion that the almost irresistible force of this mass of ice would crush or sweep away any ordi nary bridge, and that all the suggestions previously made for encountering the difficulty were only likely to result in disaster if carried into effect. For up to the period of Mr. Stephenson's report great difference of opinion existed in Canada and elsewhere as to the probable effect of the pressure. One party held that no bridge whatever could stand against it; another, whilst admitting the difficulty to be formidable, thought timber casings or fen ders, such as those in use on the small rivers of Norway and elsewhere, would be an efficient pro tection for the piers. The proposal most forcibly impressed on Mr. Stephenson was to protect his piers by what is called a " crib-work ;" that is to say by large masses of timber in front of the piers, crossed and weighted, and as thick or thicker than the ice itself. It was evident from the first that this extensive crib-work must be an additional ob stacle and impediment to the free navigation of the river, and to the passage of the ice. But, beyond this, Mr. Stephenson's calculations convinced him that such a work would be entirely inadequate to protect such a structure as he contemplated, in such a river as the St. Lawrence ; and that, even if the crib-work stood, it would be subject to such abra sion and wear and tear, from its conflicts with the ice, that it would require to be reinstated at least every two or three years. It was more than doubt ful to his mind if such an arrangement would be capable of resisting the ice at all ; and if it did not the capital of the company would be wasted. Mr. Stephenson, therefore, at once determined that such a work was undesirable, and that such enormous works as those at issue could not be left dependent upon the uncertainty of such an expedient. The abstract methods he had taken to ascertain if any bridge would withstand the almost irresistible pressure of the ice had not alone convinced Mr. Stephenson that no such projects would avail as those proposed in Canada. They had equally satis fied his mind as to the amount of resistance requi site to encounter the pressure against which it was needful to provide. Knowing what timber would not resist, he equally knew what resistance could be afforded by substantial masonry. " Cribs" he felt were useless ; but there were methods by which the pressure could be resisted independently of " cribs." Mr. Stephenson decided on the adoption of stone piers to carry the tubes at wide intervals, each pier having, on one side opposed to the course of the stream, large cut-waters of solid stone work, in clined against the current, up which, as it were, the ice would creep, and break itself to pieces by its own weight and pressure. He arranged that these well-shaped cut-waters should present angles to the ice sufficient to separate and fracture it as it rose up upon the piers, but at the same time so ob tuse as not to be liable themselves to fracture. These piers were therefore devised to answer the double purpose of piers and ice-breakers. They exhibit, as now constructed, every indication of massiveness and power to resist pressure as well as of stability to support the superstructure. Experience, indeed, has proved the piers suited for all the purposes for which they were designed. During the four years the structure bas been in progress it has fulfilled all the conditions its originator anticipated ; and it has withstood, in the most satisfactory manner, the most violent pressures which have followed the break-up of the ice. Whilst the piers of this bridge are thus peculiar in their design, in order to meet the peculiar cir cumstances of the country and climate of Canada, the superstructure, which creates in America so much surprise, is an elongated repetition only of the design for the Britannia-bridge. The Victoria bridge is indeed remarkable for its extreme length, but its several tubes are not so long as those of the Britannia-bridge, and are only otherwise distin guishable, inasmuch as they are the longest tubes constructed without the adaptation of the cellular principle. It deserves notice that these tubes, in all their details, were designed, plate by plate, and rivet by rivet, in the office of Mr. Stephenson, and were calculated for every strength and strain, and prepared and arranged in- all their details, under the sole superintendence and supervision of his rel a lative, Mr. George Robert Stephenson. With such nicety were all the arrangements respecting these plates conducted in this country, that, under the directions of that gentleman, every plate and piece of iron was punched in E3gland before it was sent out to Canada ; and clabo,•ate and detailed draw ings and instructions were sent by the same hand to show the method of connection. On the arrival, therefore, of each separate cargo of iron in Canada, little remained to those upon the spot but to fasten together the various pieces, and place them in their order and position as directed. So entirely, indeed, have the details respecting the tubes been conducted on this side, that it has not only devolved on Mr. G. R. Stephenson to exa mine the quality of the iron at the iron -works, but to superintend the construction of the plates at the manufactory, and to issue instructions for putting the pieces together. Upon him has devolved the duty of seeing to the shipment of each tuba as it was completed, and of signing the certificates for payments, not alone to the contractors, but also to the resident engineer and other officials in f;anada, who were employed and paid under Mr. Robert Stephenson's directions. It :s most gratifying that, from first to last, the design has been carried out harmoniously and efficiently by all concerned. Great credit is due to Mr. Alex. M Ross, who was appointed the resident engineer to 8:1p:21.111th:id the bridge works in Canada, and who has especially devoted himself to the erection of the masonry ; to Mr. Hodges, who from the commencement has most .efficiently and honourably represented Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Brassey, the contractors, and on whom has devolved the principal responsibility in the execution of the works; as well .as to Mr. Stock man, who in the early part of the present year went to Canada, accompanied by Mr. S. P. Bidder, to make a full inspection and detailed report upon the works—a duty which was performed in a manner eminently calculated to satisfy the minds of the engineers and of the public. It is not the object of the present preliminary paper to enter into the fuller statement, which will here after be given, of the dimensions of the bridge, of its quantities, and of the various details connected with its construction. The present object is rather to exhibit the theory upon which it was commenced and carried forward. One remark, therefore, in.con elusion, is alone necessary. Canada owes this bridge to one mind—the mind of Robert Stephenson. Had the eminent eng;neer expressed the smallest doubt or apprehension, the directors of the Grand Trunk Railway would have shrunk from involving their company in an expenditure of a million and a half of money to carry a bridge across the St.. Lawrence. Until Mr. Stephenson had satisfied the Grand Trunk Company, they would not entertain the idea of con structing such a bridge; and, unquestionably, Mr. Stephenson would never have satisfied the company unless he had thoroughly satisfied himself. It was the reliance of the company on Mr. Stephenson's experience and professional reputation that induced them to commence the bridge; and having pledged that experience and reputation, Mr. Stephenson, who would have been responsible for failure, is en titled to the full meed of honour and of fame which must hereafter attach to the successful execution of so great a work. He has indelibly inscribed his name on the structure which resists the ice of the St. Lawrence. . AZLEGE,D FRAUD BY A COAL . MERCIIANT. At the Mansion-house Police-court yesterday, Mr. John Nicol, of 12, George-yard, Lombard -street, coal agent, appeared to answer a summons obtained against him by Mr. Henry Hunter, of 16, Water lane, charging that he did, on ti:e 24th August last, being bailey of a certain warrant for delivery of 148 chaldeons of coals, the property of Henry Hunter and another, unlawfully convert the warrant to bis own use, and thereby did feloniously steal, take, and earay away the same, contrary to the statutes 20 and '2l Viet., e. 54, sec. 4, commonly known as the Fraudulent Traders' Act, Mr. Humphreys appeared for the complainants, and Mr. sleigh for the defendant. ,9ir I. Carden sat with the Lord Mayor to hear the case, Mr. Henry Hunter—l am in partnership with Mr. Vranois John Fowles. We trade as merchants and brokers, at 16, Water-lane, Tower-street, On the 2d August I entered into the contract produced with defendant. The contract was handed in, and read as follows Water-lane. That Messrs. Fowles and Co. agree to sell, and Messrs. John Nicol and Co. agree to buy, two cargoes of E as t Hetton double-screen e d nut coals, from 200 to 250 chaldrons, to be shipped from East Hartle pool, at 1 ls. per chaldron, free on board ship. Payment cash on s hi pment, h an di ng bills of lading." There was also a proviso that the purchasers might take a further quantity at the same price, on giving notice. Pursuant to th a t contract one delivery coals was made. On the 24th August I received from Hartlepool two bills of lading, dated August 23, of which that produced is one. (A duplicate bill of lading was handed in.) According to the usages of commerce, the bill re quired my end orsement f or the delivery of the coals. On the 24th I went to Mr. Nicol's office, taking with me the invoice and bills of lading. Mr. Nicol was not in, and I left the invoice, retaining the bills of lading myself. Afterwards I met the defendant in Finch-lane, and told him I had the bills of lading for cargo per Eagle, and I showed them to him. He asked me to let him have them to show his buyers; but I refused to do so, telling him that that was not according to contract, and that the money ought to be paid against the bills of lading. He then said—" If you doubt my honour, we had better not do business." I said there was already a dispute about a cargo by ship Speculation, and that it would only complicate matters; but if he would give me his word of honour that this transaction should be settled, with out reference to that, I would let him have the bills of lading. I also asked him at what time I should call upon him to settle, and he said " Three o'clock." I then stated that I wil'uld call at that time to re ceive the money or the bills of lading, which I could endorse when we settled. I then gave him the bills of lading, on an absolute understanding that he would return them or pay the money at three o'clock, and I did not endorse the bills of lading, or authorise any one else to do so. I be lieved them to be perfectly secure, as they had not my endorsement on them. I called at three o'clock at his office, but he was not in. I called again several times, and saw him about 20 minutes to four, when I asked him for a settlement of the amount of the invoice of the coals. He said he would not settle unless we made some arrange ment about the previous cargo of coals we had de livered to him. I told him that had no reference to this matter, according to his own promise, and I demanded the return of the bills of lading, or payment of the money, telling him that we had bought the cargo of coals by the Speculation on the same terms on which we had sold them to bins. He said, unless we made some arrangement about that cargo , h e wou ld not pay me. Mr. Sleigh—There is an alderman on the bench, my lord, who is well acquainted with all the forms of public business, and my client, who is a highly respectable man, is willing, I am sure, to refer the matter to him, and take his decision, which can be given in a very few minutes; and give his cheque if the decision is against him. But it is not to be endured that a respectable man should be brought here and charged with felony in this way. The Lord Mayor—He has been more leniently dealt by than any one who ever came to this court. on such a charge, for I ref use d to grant a warrant, and he was summoned. I made a suggestion about a reference to Sir It. Carden, but I cannot say whether Sir. R. C tr“en is willing to act. Sir It. Carden--I do not see how I could do so consistently. Mr. Sleigh—Any gentleman conversant with the business of. the Coal Exchange would settle the matter in five minutes. Mr. Humphreys—Perhap s the case had better be completed my lord. Wigdhall, on b us i ness a t 73, L ower ' to g w d i l l i o a , depo se d th a t h e was c l er k Thames-strict, as a broker, and that on the 24th instant, the defendant took to him the bill of lading produced, which was then endorsed " For self Jno. Nicol and Co." Witness objected that, as the de livery was " to order" the endorsement of Fowles and Co. was necessary. Defendant said that was not necessary, as Fowles and Co. were his agents, but witness declined to settle until his father's managing clerk arrived. Defendant waited some time, but the clerk did not come he went away, telling witness to send to his office, and not to hive the cheque crossed. Mr. J. F. Moyle, clerk to Mr. Wigdhall, deposed that on the 24th August he saw defendant in Mr. Wi g dhall's office, when d e f en d ant handed him two bills of lading. They were then endorsed "For self and John Fowles and Co., Jno. Nicol and Co." Witness objected that the endorsement seemed irregular, to which defendant replied that they were all in order. Witness said that as the names of Fowles and Co. alone were mentioned in the body of the bills, the bills ought to bear their en dorsement only. lie said th ere was an arrange ment hetween himsetf and Fowles and Co. He left the bills of lading, and witness told the cashier to give him a cheque for the amount. Cross-examined—This statement was to the effee' that he felt himself authorised to sign the endorse ment. • Mr. Fawcett, cashier to Mr. Wigdhall, produced a cheque for £25 which he gave to the defendant in payment, for the coals. Mr. HumphreTs said this completed his case. Mr. Sleigh said he thought it hardly necessary to reply to such a charge made against a gentleman of the highest respectability. The Lord Mayor said he had nothing to say against the respectability of the defendant. He had heard nothing to derogate from that, and be lieved the defendant to be highly respectable; but there were many difficult questions involved as to the construction of a new act, and whatever the learned counsel might say, he should adjourn the case and take time to consider his decision. Mr. Sleigh said he was very glad to hear his lordship declare so positively his conviction Of the clzfendant's respectability, which otherwise could have been proved by a host of witnesses. The truth was defendant sold the first cargo of coals to M r . Croll for m a ki ng gas, and they were returned to him as being unfit for the purpose. The defendant then, finding himself unable to get compensation from Fowles and Co., kept the bills of lading for the second cargo .as a sort of guarantee for his ulti mate indemnification. The prmeedings were then adjourned, defendant entei ing into his own recognisance to appear again on Monday. • • TOTAL OF THE BRIDE STEAMER AT LOS DON-BlLlDGE.—Yesterday much excitement was created in the City in consequence °fits being reported that the boilers of Lie Bride, penny steamboat, had exploded, and that a fearful Acritic e o f lif e had been the result, and the alarn. 4S 7e.ttly increased by persons who had seen the wreck, but had no time to stup to make inquiries, being obliged to be ;:t their offices. Some thousands of persons hurried to the bridge, w hi c h, as well as the' Shades, the Swan, and Dyer'S-hall piers, was thronged during the day. On in quiry, the following was ascertained :—The Bride had just left the pier on her trip to Westminster, when she ran foul of a sunken lighter and fell on to the buttress of the bridge. The instant she struck the engineer (to whom all praise is due), with great presence of mind, endeavoured to reverse the engines, but failing, he at once blew the steam off. Had the power been let on a moment longer the conse quences might have been dreadful ; providentially the pas sengers and crew were rescued, although for a time it was feared that several persons were drowned. Such is, fortu 'lately not the ease; but the hull and machinery of the %essel are a total wreck; the hull is so much injured as to be past repairing. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SFPTEMBER 1, 1859. POLICE INTELLIGENC E.-Aug. 31. Polici.-Constable Pike, 95 1., said he took the pri soner into custody, and told him at the time it was for administering poison to Mrs. Turner. He re plied, " Well, we must be both charged together, for we were - both concerned. Turner bought the stuff; but I do not know how it got into the glass." Mrs. Turner, who had drank the beer from the glass, was lying very ill, and unable to attend. She is near her confinement. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said that he had been asked by Turner to go with him to see his wife on the Monday evening, and he did so. He was remanded to a future day. James Turner, the husband, was brought up in cuitody, and charged before Mr. Elliott with at tempting to poison his wife Honora. The evidence given by his wife on the evening before was read over to the prisoner, and when asked what he had to say to the charge said, " All I know is, I bought it, and the other one took it away from me, and I can't tell what he did with it. Ife was then remanded, to be brought up on a future day with the other prisoner. Pike, the officer, informed the magistrate that Mrs. Turner had been confined on the night before, and was very ill. THAMES.—ALLEGED CRUELTY AT SEA.—As Mr. Selfe was about to leave the court, an elderly gentleman, dressed in black, who appeared to be labouring under much grief, addressed him, and said—l am in holy orders, and a curate of the Esta blished Church. My son was apprenticed to a Mr. Avery, a shipowner, by the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, and went out in the ship Mary Ann to Madras. The most dreadful cruelty was prac tised towards my poor son on the outward voyage by the captain and mate, and my son wrote me a letter from Madras detailing the ill-usage. The ship arrived yesterday, and is now in the London dock. Can I not punish these people for their cruelty to my son ? Mr. Selfe—Where is your son ? The rev. gentleman., whose utterance was almost choked, replied—Alas, sir, my poor boy is drowned. He fell overboard off the Cape of Good Hope, com ing home. I believe that was accidental; I hope it was. Here the applicant sobbed loudly; the tears rolled down his cheeks, and he appeared quite overcome. M.% Selfe—My dear sir, be composed. The applicant after some time recovered, and said—My son has been dreadfully abused, and the sailors will come forward to substantiate the state ments contained in his letter. Mr. Selfe—l feel a difficulty in acting in this matter. I think your son's direct testimony is re quisite before I can grant a warrant or a summons. That we cannot have, for he is no more. Applicant—Nly late son's letter gives full details of the cruelties exercised towards him. Is not that letter evidence ? Mr. Selfe—No, sir; the letter is no evidence a all. ---- The Applicant—My son's statement can be sub stantiated by the crew. Will that be sufficient ? Mr. Selfe did not recollect a case where parties . had been convicted of assaults in the absence of the party assaulted. He asked how old the lad was at the time of his death. The Applicant—He was 16, sir. Mr. Sclfe (after consulting with Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk) said he thought this was a charge of cruelty to an apprentice, and a violation of the in clentures entered into. Applicant—l wish to have a legal opinion, Sir; excuse my anxiety. Mr. Selfe—Certainly. Your anxiety is very na tural. I will assist you if I can. Did you pay any premium to Mr. Avery, the owner of the Mary Ann? Applicant—A premium of £25 or £3O was paid 10 Mr. Avery by the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy. - I acquit Mr. Avery of all blame, but the captain and mate ought to be made responsible. Mr. Selfe—Nes, and can be made responsible. I am thinking what can be done. After a pause, the magistrate said, if the boy had lived there would have been no difficulty ; and upon his sworn infor mation he. 'could have granted warrants for the arrest of the captain and mate of the Mary Ann. He thought the most effectual step would be to write to the Board- of Trade, at Whitehall, and ask for an inquiry. The Board of Trade would, in the usual course of things, refer the matter to the Local Marine Board of which he (Mr. Selfe) was CLERKENWELL.—VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON A BARMAN.—Anthony Wilkinson, a respectably attired man, -described as a clerk, residing at 7, Goldington-erescenl-, St. Pancras, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt charged with assault ing James Camplin, the barman at the Cumberland Arms, Great Camden-street, St. Pancras. Last night the defendant was at the above house, and when the clock struck 12, the bar was being cleared, but the defendant refused to leave, unless he was served with some more ale. The landlord refused to let him have any more to drink, and when the complainant went to put him out, the de fendant became very violent and abusive, and broke two glasses. He then knocked the complainant down, and very much bruised and hurt his arm. Police•constable Norman, 97 S, was then called, and the defendant was locked up, and after he had been in custody about an hour he was bailed out. The defendant said in defence that the complain ant was the first aggressor. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it appeaeed to him that it was an unjustifiable assault, and ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 205,, or in default of payment, 14 days' imprisonment. The money was at once paid. Eliza Turvey, aged 35, a married woman, residing at 8, Blundell-street, Caledonian -road, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in White Conduit s!reet, and annoying Mr. John Weeks, a beerseller, of 3, White Conduit-terrace, Islington. The prisoner has been several times to the house of the complainant when in a state of intoxication, and because she was refused to be served, became violent, and made a great disturbance. Last night, about 9 o'eleck, she again wished to be served with some ale, silo at the same time being the worse for liquor, and having a young child in her arms. When she was outside the house she knelt on tho pavement, and, making use of the Most disgusting language, swore that he (the complainant) was the father of the child, She had repeatedly swore that she would break the windows of his house, and had threatened to take his life, in consequence of which he wished her to be bound over to keep the peace, as he went in #' e a t • of his life. He understood that the ehild W 42 not her own, but only one she had to nurse. The prisoner, in defence, said she was very sorry for what she had done, but when she had taken a drop of sprits she did not know what she was about. She would never annoy him any more ; as she was going to leave the neighbourhood to reside over the water. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could not allow the ex cuse of drink to have any weight in the matter. He should order her to find sureties to keep the peace towards the complainant for three calendar months. The defendant was locked up in default. LAMBETH. —ANOTHER CASE OF ATTEMPTED WIFE POISONING.— On Tuesday evening, as Mr. Elliott was leaving the bench, Edmond Keefe, a labourer, employed at ,Maudslay's factory, was brought into court, and placed in the dock, on the serious charge of being concerned, with the husband of the prosecutrix, in attempting to poison Honora T;.rner, by administering sugar of lead in some beer. The prosecutrix, Honora Turner, said—Last night I was in my own room, when the prisoner came there with my husband, and my husband sent me Out for a pot of beer. We drank it all but about the third part of a glass, which was left on the table, and my husband and the prisoner went away together. After they were gone Mary Tame, a lodger in the house, came into my room, and I offered her the beer which was in the glass, and she drank it, say ing at the time, "It was very sweet." She went up stairs, and directly after was taken very sick, and on my drinking a little of the beer that was left in the glass, I felt as if something was pricking me all over about my heart. I smoked tobacco and made myself sick. I then lighted a candle and saw some staff like salts spilled on the floor, which I picked up and showed to a doctor, who said it was nothing worth while. My husband did not live with me, but I saw him on the Sunday, and he promised to come home on the following night, which he did, but be cause I did not choose to treat him with beer, he went away. In answer to questions put to her, the witness further said that she had known the prisoner for some time, and that he had been in the habit of being a great deal in her husband's company. It was between seven and eight o'clock when the prisoner and her husband came to her place, and was quite dark at the time. She got up to get a candle out of the cupboard, when her back was turned to them, and this was the time she thought the white stuff was put into the glass of beer. Her husband asked her if she had been to Messrs. Maudslay'sl to complain of him, and she said she li d not. He told h er s h e must have been, for that Mr. Sheriff, the foreman, had turned him out for not giving her a maintenance. Police -constable Stock, 170 L, said that on Mon day night, between seven and eight o'clock, the last witness came to the station-house when he was on duty, and produced the glass with the powder in it. He took both to Mr. Simpson, a manufacturing chemist, who pronounced the powder to be sugar of lead, and gave him a certificate to that effect. He also went to the room of the last witness and saw on the floor some white powder, which he picked up, and which was also pronounced to be sugar of lead. Constable—Yes, your worship. Mr- Paynter—Do you know anything of the complainant ? Constable—l know that she has just left her situation. Mr. Paynter (to the prisoner) —Are you a mar ried man ? The Prisoner-1 am, sir. Mr. Paynter—Well, I shall remand you for a week. Prisoner —Will you let me have bail ? Mr. Paynter—No, I shall not take bail at present. The prisoner was then removed to the cells. SHOCKING AFFAIR AT NEWCASTLE- UPON-TYNE. A fatal brawl occurred in Pandon Dene, a low neighbourhood in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Mon day evening. An old woman, named Anderson, occupied a tenemented dwelling in the Dene; and her neighbour was Elizabeth Curry, landlady of the Piwenix Tavern. Mrs. Curry's daughter, a little girl, Ras using some most filthy language to Mrs. Anderson, and Mrs. Curry, rushing out, seized the old woman, and with great violence threw her from the top of a flight of wooden stairs leading to her own house on the ground floor. Falling head foremost with caisiderable force against the wall at the bottom, her head was severely cut ; and the power of moving any part of her body seemed to have ceased. The unfortunate woman, who never spoke after the deadly fall, lingered till about a quarter before seven the same evening, when death terminated her sufferings. Mr. Hoyle, coroner, held an inquest on the body on Tuesday afternoon, at the Weavers' Arms, New Pandon-street, and after the jury had viewed• the body of the deceased the followi*g evidence was taken : Robert Anderson sworn—l am a painter, .and live at No. 14, New Pandon•street. The body which has been viewed by the jury is that of my grandmother, and she was 78 years of age. Her husband is dead, and I am the only person who lived with her. Her name was Elizabeth Ander son. Ann Swinburne—l live in New Pandon-street, and am the wife of John Swinburne, labourer. I knew the deceased Elizabeth Anderson, and have lived several years near her. On Monday afternoon, between four and six o'clock, there Was a quarrel in the Dene, and I went to see what it was about. When I arrived there, the deceased came up the stairs from her own room and stood at the top, leaning her back against the " jam" of the door. The next notice I took of her was on seeing Eliza beth Curry, who is about ten years of age, talking to her, and calling the deceased bad names, and throwing water upon her from a large tin pot. Mrs. Anderson called her an impudent slut, and told her to go away or she would tell her mother. The girl replied to Mrs. Anderson that she would make her mother give her impudence enough. The girl then went away, and in a few moments her mother, whose name is also Elizabeth Curry, came to where the deceased was standing, doubled her fists, and put them up to Mrs. Anderson's face, and said something to her ; but there was . such a great noise I did not hear what, it was. Mrs. Anderson then turned away from her and laid her left hand on the rail at the top of the stairs. She then stepped upon the first step of the stairs, and Mrs. Curry ran after her, put both her hands upon her back, and pushed her down the stairs. The old woman in her fall was turned round, and fell upon the back of her head. I was about three yards from where Curry pushed the deceased. Mrs. An derson was in her usual state of health. and had been busy baking bread at her oven. Wben the deceased fell to the bottom of the stairs Mrs. Wigham, a nei g hb our, who bad been standing in the passage, went down to her assistance, and spoke to her, but got no reply. I then went down, and found her lying on the broad of her back, and her head kept up a little by being against the wall. A man, Renford, came down the stairs and assisted us to take the old woman into her own room. The deceased never spoke after she was thrown down. There was a pool of bl iod where she had fallen, and my , apron and hands were also filled with it. The injuries which the jury have seen were caused by the fall. I left the room after we placed her upon the bed, and when Iwent n b o a w c n k a sho r t ti me a f terwar d s s h e w as dead. I have known the deceased forl4 years and never sawherintoxi cated. When Mrs. Curry threw Mrs. Anderson down stairs she disappeared, and I never saw her again till she was takentothe s drunktation-honuosre.yelt can't say whether Mrs. Curry was that she was sober. I cannot safely say what passed between the deceased and Mrs. Curry before the latter knocked her down stairs. Mrs. Anderson a member, and if a cage of cruelty was made out, the certificates of the captain and mate could be annulled or suspended. Neither the Board of Trade nor the Local Marine Boards would justify or encourage harshness or cruelty to men or boys in our merchant service. He would advise the applicant to lose no time in making his com plaint to the Board of Trade. If he did not, the sailors belonging to the ship would be gone. ThE Applicant—When will the Local Marine Board meet, sir ? Mr. Solfe—The Local. Marine Board meets every Thursday. You had better write to the Board of Trade to-morrow, and forward a copy of your son's letter with it. The Applicant —I wish a public exposure, as well as punishment, to save other boys who are sent out to sea in the merchant service. Have you no jurisdiction, sir? Mr. Selfe—l am afraid not, at least to act here ; but at the Local Marine Board I shall have no ju risdiction to inquire into the matter. Where is the owner The Applicant—Mr. Avery, the owner, lives at North Shields. Mr. Ensell, his brother-in-law and agent, is in London. It is a case of the most dreadful cruelty. Mr. Selfe—Give the earliest notice you can to the Board of Trade, or the sailors may be out of the way. The Applicant_l will--I will, sir. I only want justice. He then retired in a state of great agitation. HAMMERSMITH,--CURIO US CASE OF STAB BING A YOUNG WOMAN IN A COFFEE-HOUSE Amos Picking, aged 37 years, a cabinet-maker, was placed in the dock before Mr. Paynter, charged with stabbin- a young woman, named Elizal-eth Lenney, in the head and face, while in a coffee house at Notting-hill. The complainant, whose head was bandaged with surgical plaster, deposed that she was a servant out of place, having left her last situation only very recently, and she now lodged in the Portland-road, Notting-hill. About 12 o'clock on Tuesday night she went with a female friend into a coffee-house at the corner of the Mall, in the High -street to have a cup of tea, and they were followed in by the pri soner. He sat himself down in the box opposite to them, and commenced talking about his being a police-constable in plain clothes. Her friend asked him what division he belonged to, and he replied the T. Her friend made some observation upon that, when he took up the knife with which he was eating his supper and struck witness twice on the face and head, and he then ran away. Her head was cut open, and she was very much injured. Mr. Paynter asked her if her friend said any thing offensive to the prisoner. The complainant said she did not. Mr. Paynter also asked the witness if the pri soner spoke to them before they entered the coffee house. The complainant said he never spoke to them until he sat down opposite to them. Upon the prisoner being asked if he had any questions to put to the witness, he denied that he spoke to them about his being a policeman. Amelia Bennett, a young woman living in the Royal-mews, Notting-hill, said the prisoner stood at the door of the coffee-house as they entered, and he followed in after them. When he told her it was the T division he belonged to, she kaid she liked the D's best, and not the T's. He then com menced using very bad language, and attempted to strike her with the knife; in doing so he struck the complainant and not her. He ran away, but returned and took up the knife again, and struck the complainant a second time. The knife stuck in her head and witness took it out. The prisoner left it sticking in her head and ran away. She had not said anything offensive to him. They did not speak to him as they entered, and nothing passed between them until he sat down opposite to them. There was plenty of room for the prisoner to have sat down in another part of the place without sit ting down in their box. Police-constable M'Key, 220 T, produced a medi cal certificate from Mr. Jackson, the divisional sur geon, stating that the young woman was suffering from an incised wound of the scalp, penetrating to the bone, about two inches in length. The officer also produced a sharp-pointed table knife which he found in the coffee-house, and the blade was covered with blood. He stated that he was on duty in the High-street, and saw the pri soner running away, and as he passed him he asked him what was the matter, and he answered " Nothing." Fancying that something was wrong, he went after him, and then there was an alarm of the prisoner having stabbed a woman. When he stopped him he expressed his regret at v.hat he had done, and said he would go back quietly with him. Mr. Paynter—ls the prisoner known! Constable—Yes, sir ; he is a very respectable man, and lives at Notting-hill. Mr. Paynter—Was he sober at the time ? did not lift her hands to Mrs. Curry. I don't kno w what ca use d Mrs. Curry's daughter to blackgu ard Mrs. Ander son . Mrs. Curry seemed to be in a gre" passion when she came up to the deceased. Jane Wigharn—l am a widow, and live in Ney! Pa n don -street. On Monday aftern oo A I was stand ing a t M rs. Anderson's door, when I heard a s h r iek , I ran al ong the passage, and saw Mrs. Curry an her daughter standing at the top of the stairs. T a said, " You villain, you have killed the won3an , and I immediately ran do*n stairs to help Mrs' Anderson. Her head was lying against the wa il, and the bl oo d was Hewing from a wound on ller head. She began to vomit blood after I lifted her up. She never spoke after she fell. I was not present when the deceased died. Catherin e M c G u i re gave similar ev id ence to that of Mrs. Swinburne. Matthew Johnson, a slater, said he was sitting in his father's house, in New Pandon-street, ou Man day evening, about six o'clock, and, on hearing noise, looked out of the window, and saw Eliza beth Curry and h er d aughter. The daughter told-he a r . mother that th e o ld woman, mean i ng th e deceasea , was going t o s t r ik e h er. Mrs. Curry t h en ran for ward, call e d M rs. A n d erson an old faggot, and ga v i , her a dri ve o ff t h e top of the w hi c h cause d e deceased t o fall from the top to t h e bottom. Mrs. Cu rr y th en went away into her own yard' Mary Weightman—l live in Back Trafalgar street, and was sent for to see the deceased on 3 1 (. 311 7_ day eveni ng . Sh e had a very sever e wound on h oner head, and s h e di e d at 20 minutes to seven on ,tn e , same night. Dr. Rayne's assistant-visited th e de ' ceased, but sh e died about a quarter of an hour after he arrived. This was the last witness called, and the coroner then directed the jury's attention to the difference of a murder committed deliberately and with pre meditation, and the offence with which Mrs. Curry was charged. He said the circumstances of the pre sent case were such that they could not bring in a verdict of wilful murder, but simply that of man" slaughter. The jury, after a short delibenlition, returned an unanimous verdict of manslaughter against Eliza beth Curry. COATTRY MARKETS. MARKET HARBOROUGH—AuG, 30. At this corn-market wheat was in fair supply, and sold slowly. Prices ranged from 40s to 42s for new, an d 42s W 44s per 36 stone for old. There we.;s not much passing i n other grain. Oat s , w ith a d u ll d eman d , quo t e d at 258 ,_ 32s per 24 stone ; beans, 40s to 50s per 38 stone; barley, 32s to 34s per qr, NEWARK—Ara. 31. The market was moderately attended this morning, and both new and old wheat in tolerable request, at about the prices of this day se'nnight. The supply was inoderate• Beans a slow sale, at late rates. Oats and other articles at the price l , o f l as t wee k . White wheat, new, 48s to 50s Barley, grin...... 30 s to 340 ding. • 288 to 3 0 ° Red do. 42s to 478 Oats, old, Old white 4 Bs t o 54 s New do 259 to 27,1 Red do. 44s to 48s Bean s 488 to 62,4 Barley, malting.— 36s to 42s Bea ns , ne w '—s to —4l .. MELTON MOWBRAY—AuG. 30. There was a moderate supply of wheat to-day, with s fs 11 ; business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, new/ Od to 40s Od ; old, 44s Od to 48s 36 t ; beans 60s Qd per . , to 54s Od per 38 st. ; barley, 35s to 42s Od per qr. ; oats, to 36s ; new, 24s to 27a per 24 st. HULL—AuG. 30. fish t w o h u e r at irr whi ke e t h to se -d li a s y at w a e b h ou ad t a la m st o w de e r ek at s p u ri py ce ly s o f f ol ylc atar i several samples of new offering at 2s to 3s Foreign neglected, but not •lower.• Barley for malting 0 good request, and grinding met a fair demand at previo w. prices, Beans and peas a slow sale. Oats drill, and slow to quit at 6d to is decline.. • Od Wheat.— .01d white....per qr 4ss O'd to 48s _. Old red ... .. „ New white . „ New red ... : Dantzic, Konb , &c: old white 48s Od to 523 (21 per qr logg ia Dutch, Belgian and French 46s Od to 4: js? Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and Ri a, old 4OB NI to 42: ( 1 0 1 Barley.... English malting g Grinding • 3os Od i ° R 34 Od Seal and Oderbruck Od Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 3 1 ~, Grinding 26s Od.to 29s t 9 Oats English, old lld to llta Archangel and Riga, per st Os Od Friesland and Dutch OBllO to is i , Os 11 , 1! Swedish and Danish oBlld to f 498 tla Beans ....English, old, per qr 47s Od to ~,., New pigeon ' • New tick. 398 Od to 40s n Egyptian 33s Od to 39: uT, Peas Foreign breakers • 4OB Od to'42 Grinding 3Bs Od to' Od u„; Tares ....Winter —a Od to —0 0 7 47s Od to 49s _Oa. Indian Corn Linseed, feeding sos Od to 628 Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) Foreign , x , 857 11 552 4 4 006 s ttt Od .: to o 48 5 0 11 075 0 %: Rape cakes Bones BOSTON-AuG. 31. In wheat to-day prices were unaltered for old qualities, hut new declined is to. 2s per qr, with a brisk market. Supply very fair. Little doing in barley, and oats in fair supply, maintaining quotations. Beans and peas at former prices. Wheat ..... 40s to 45s I Oats.. 22s to 26s White do 45s to 49s I Beans 4ss to 50s parley 34s to 41s I Ditto, old . to —4l New wheat, 39s to 478. DUBLIN-AuG. 29. Our market was steady, with a fair supply of new grain, and we note the prices of wheat as nominally unaltered from Friday. Indian corn held more firmly, but no trans actions occurred. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 25 0 to 26 6 Do., red 23 0 to 24 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 0 to 15 0 s: d. 6s. a. Do., new 12 0 'to 13 0 Bere • l3 3 to 14 0 Rapeseed 20 0 to 22 0 Oatmeal l2 6 to 15 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn COAL MART (Prices of Coal per Ton at :ET—Aua. 31. the close Galas market.) 8. d. Burnhope ............ 13 0 \Vylam .............. 16. 0. Eden Main ..15 6 Walls End. a. do Kelloe . ......... 16 3 South lielloo ......... 16 3 Hui:Ma .... 14 0 . 15 9 Heugb. Hall. ......... Benson.. . .. . ... . .. 15 0 6 Trimdon 'Hardepool.. l6 Hartlool.. ....... 16 9 Russells Hetton ...... 16 0 Hetton Lyons Main.• .15 Nixon's Duirryn .. . . .. 21 6 Powell's D utfryn Steam 21 0 Walls Encl. Stewart's. l7 3 Belmont l5 0 Braddyll's Hetton l6 0 Hetton l7 3 Caradoe .. • .. ,16 0 South Hartlepool. l5 9 Thornley -14 6 Shineliffe 14 0 Ships at market [AD,- t, 52—Sold, 47. LDVERTISEMENT.I—The following are not the least re. niarkable among the numerous extraordinarycures without IR m e ne e cv d yai iennetaAcons t ipa ti on,effectedr a bieab yF o od , Du nervous,oßarry'sf iiindigestion t l iiaconinodu (dyspepsia), s e e p a r l e t pc h os I r a e ) s , t f t o r t j . p l a ints, 4 7,121—bliss i asthma, Eliz c a o b n e s t u h m sa pt c i o on b , s, a o n f. d isi , az de i b n i g lit; icarage eur: w: than?-cross, Herts : a cure of extreme nervousness,' indi gestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure 48,314—Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool: a cure of ten years dyspep s i a a n d all the h orr ors of ner vo us irritability. Cure 18,216—Dr. Andrew Ure, of constipa tion, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure 36,212 —Capta in Allan of epileptic fits. Cure 46,814—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure 54,81`2 Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her medical adviser had abandoned all hopes of recovery. In tins, at ls. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post; office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadill3r; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, 13ishopsga!e street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Du blin, Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and CO.i at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp an d. Scott; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co. ; at South ampton, Randall and Son. BIRTHS. BLIGH.—On the 27th ult., at the Hall, Rotherfield, Tun bridge-wells, the wife of the Hon. Henry Bligh, of a daughter. Fox.—On the 30th ult., at 34, St, George's-square, Pim- lico, Mrs. Fox, of a son. GosLING.—On the 29th ult., at 28, Grosvenor-street W., the wife of Audley Gosling, Esq., of a daughter. HOLT.—On the 29th ult., at 9, Durham-terrace, West bourne-park, the wife Robert Hallet Holt, of Lincoln's inn, barrister-at-law, of a son. MARRIAGES. DELANY—DIXON.—On the 27th ult., at the Catholic Church, Greenwich, Joseph Francis Delany, Esq., of Park-terrace, Greenwich, to Harriett, eldest daughter of Henry Dixon, Esq., of Ladywell. POWER—LIPSCOMB.—On the 30th ult., at Halstead, Ke nt, David Power, Esq., Q.C., to Mary Cornwallis, the only daughter of the Rev. F. Lipscomb. DEATHS. BERDMORE.—On the .ioth May, at Shuay Gheen, 3fejor Hugh Berdmore, Madras Artillery. DUNNING.—On the 29th nit., at Torriano-terrace, town, Mr. Charles Dunning, aged 51. ELLICE.—On the 12th July, at Barrackpore, B en gal, Cap tain G. W. Elli ce , 15th 8 . N . 1 ., age d 38 . FLums.—On the 30th ult., Mr. William Harris, of 2 6 , Lamb's Conduit-street, Foundling, aged 74. 11 AnTINDALE.—On the 28th ult. Charles Montag u Mar tindale, E s q., o f S ou th en d, anefornamly of H.M.'a Pay master-General's Office, aged 67. RAY.—On the 30th ult., at Lesson Hall, Wigten, Cumber land, Charles Ray, Esq., aged 82. ATAxE.—On the 27th ult., at Tatchbury Manor Southampton, George Anthony Wake, Esq., a g ed 7 * WAREERTON.—On the 29th ult., at Ellesmere Villa, Boun dary-road, St. John's-wood-park, William Newm an Warberton, Esq., aged 55. iorinort : Printed and Published by MURDO YOT.INia, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the counts of Middlesex, Thursday, September 1, 1859.