The Sun. — London, England, 1858-10-22 00:00:00

CHURCH RATES IN THE CITY. A meeting of the vestry of the parish of St. Slephen's, Coleman-street, the advowson of which is' in the gift of the parishioners, was held yester da..y, for the purpose, among other business , of making a church rate for the current half-year. Mr. Woodman, senior churchwarden, occupied the chair. The VESTRY CLERK - read a statement, the sub stance of which was that the sum of £l4O was at present in hand towards meeting the expenses of the church, and that a rate of twopence in the pound on inhabited and uninhabited houses would amount to £282, of which £255 might be con sidered as collectable. This latter amount, includ ing £5 of arrears, would produce £4OO, applicable for a church rate for the current half-year. The expenditure for which it was proposed that this provision should be made included the salaries of vestry clerk, parish clerk, organist, organ blower, pew opener, two assistant pew openers, livery of beadle (cocked hat and gown, 1 ls.)—(laughter) —and a great number of smal disbursements con nected with the staff of the church. Mr. ELLIOT then moved, and Mr. PERKINS seconded, a resolution, that a rate of twopence in the pound be declared for the current half-year. Mr. RICHARDSON said he felt bound to protest against the rate as illegal and immoral—illegal, be cause the items which had just been read had no thing whatever to do with maintaining the fabric of the church, for which alone a rate could be legally made ; and immoral, because the rate was made in defiance of the conscientious objections of those ratepayers who were not Episcopalians, and declined to avail themselves of the ministrations of the reformed church. (Hear, hear.) For himself he would say, that if he were an Episcopalian he would be ashamed to ask other people to put their hands into their pockets to pay for his religion. Mr. PERKINS contended that there was nothing illegal in the rate, as the salaries of the parish officers were fixed by a committee of the vestry appointed for the purpose, and that if parishioners objected to them their proper course would be to attend at the Easter meeting and oppose the re appointment of the officers. The parish of St. Stephen's, Coleman-street, was peculiarly situated. The advowson was in the hands of the parishioners, whose property the church actually was, and surely, under these circumstances, they were bound to keep up their own property. (Hear, hear.) A PARISHIONER—Yes ; but this money is not for keeping up the fabric of the church. It is for salaries and other disbursements which the law declares to be illegal. The CHAIRMAN—They are not illegal if the ma jority of the vestry votes for them. A VESTRYMAN—They are illegal, because you know you cannot recover them against persons who have conscientious objections to pay them. Mr. RICHARDSON expressed his surprise that, under present circumstances, such a proposal had been brought forward at all. (Hear, hear.) He looked upon the whole thing as a rank piece of injustice, contrary to reason a nd to the word of God. A PARISHIONER called attention to the fact that the rates in the parish were increasing every year more and more, and wished to know where they were to stop ? The CHAIRMAN said it was impossible for him to enlighten the applicant on that point. All he knew was that the church could not do with less than a 2d. rate. After some further discussion, in the course of which some strong language was used by the non conforming portion of the meeting, the question of a 2d. rate was carried, the Dissenters refusing to vote, but stating that, should the rate be ever pro posed again, they would meet it in another attitude. THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. At an extraordinary general meeting of this company, recently held in Paris, formal resolutions were passed authorising the transformation of the company as a French society en commandite into an English company of limited liability : The report stated that the total receipts for the half-year ending June 30 last amounted to £291,604, and the expenses to £282,523, leaving a balance of £9,080. On comparing the receipts with the corres ponding half of 1857 a decrease of £16,807 was shown, while, on the other hang, the expenses show an increase of £5,615 over those of the first half of 1857. The traffic, however, had not diminished, for in the first half of 1857 about 16,100,000 passen gers were conveyed, and in the past half-year about 16,800,000 passengers, showing an increase of 700,000 passengers. In 1857 the omnibuses run ning daily averaged 560, the days of omnibuses 103,600, and the mileage run 5,689,023 miles. In 1858 they had an average of 581 omnibuses run ning daily, 106,904 days of omnibuses, and a mile age run of 5,815,036 miles, showing an increase of 21 omnibuses, 3,304 days of omnibuses, and 126,013 miles. The business had increased, but the amount received had been less, because it had become re quisite to reduce the fares, and the proportionate expenses had increased, because it was necessary to maintain their position against their opponents at any cost. This was the unfavourable side of their position. The violent opposition had produced only a diminution of profits, without causing an actual loss. The amount paid for construction and leases during the half-year was £4,037. They had put in operation during the half-year 74 new omni buses, and 22 others having the roofs raised, ven tilation improved, and handrails placed on the out sides. On the 30th of June they had 198 entirely new and 199 improved omnibuses running in the streets of the metropolis, and were adding to the number of new omnibuses weekly. The horse . stock was in excellent condition. At the beginning of the year a contagious and very dangerous dis ease broke out in the Highbury stables, where they had 500 horses, and on that occasion they suffered very considerable loss. The disease was overcome, but they lost in all 75 horses. On June 30 they • had 6,385 horses, being 288 more than on the 31st • of December last, and 15 more omni buses in operation. They had introduced several omnibuses of a large size, drawn by three horses instead of two, capable of accommodating 40 • passengers. The advantages offered by the corresponding system, so universally appreci ated in Paris by omnibus travellers, does not appear to be equally appreciated in London. The number of passengers who now take advantage of the correspondence tickets does not exceed 10,000 Per week—i.e., one-fourth less than the number in October last. It was a question whether they should not abandon a system which occasioned so large an expense and was nevertheless becoming daily less appreciated by the public. The expenses of the working of the system amounted to about £2,000 a-year. With regard to the subject of op position; they candidly admit that the opinions of the projectors of the company had not been corro • borated by the results. They thought that any serious opposition to the company was not possible. They had bought all the important lines, with the exception of a few omnibuses, and all the main thoroughfares of London, traversing the best parts - of the metropolis, were within the area of the cora 'pany's operations. Now, to those who had seen London, and kriew how closely the omnibuses fol lowed upon each other it appeared impossible, on the one hand, that additional omnibuses could be put in circulation, simply from want of room ; and on the other, that no one would dream of lowering the fares, since mono would find therein a sufficient profit. There - was, besides, in the large means at command of a company like this, good reason for be lieving that no one would engage in opposition to it. In seeking the various causes which could give rise to and encourage opposition, they had observed that the first inducement was the large dividend which they were able to distribute among their share holders, as th e resu l t of the first year's operations, when they were fie e from all opposition, and enjoyed the benefit of fuill and remunerative fares. that time it was .difficult to hope thatthey though long be permitted. to enjoy their position, t oug liberally paid for and fairly obtainedhey were therefore prepare tel to meet a fair opposition, per suaded that the advantages they could offrto the public would se.acre its patronage, or that every one would at least regard with impartiality all who ran omnibuses ma the public highway. In these reasonable expect'Antions they were disappointed. They had put in circulation in the streets of the metropolis nearly 400 new and improved omni buses ; they had r educed and equalised the fares whenever practical ilo, consistently with the neces sity of securing a) !air profit on the business ; they had offered the pub lie the means of saving 10 per cent. of the omnibus - fares by the use of the contract tickets, and a very I Inge number of daily riders had taken advantage of th e offer ; they had introduc e d and put into operal 'ion the system of correspond. ence, giving passengt s the opportunity of passing to and from the most. Timote parts of the metropolis for 6d. ; they had es tit:Wished waiting rooms in the principal thorou t 5 ‘rc s ; and, in short, they had. studied the conveniei lei 3 of the public in every pos sible way. It was bi It natural for them to suppose that any company w' iich had done so much for the public would be supp orti ted and appreciated by those for whose special o venience they had catered, but, with few excel)• ticins, they had experienced a spirit entirely the re verse. They attributed a great deal of support give ms by the public to the opposi tion omnibuses to t ike fact that they were consti tuted as a French c( anpany. This prejudice they expect will be ob • sled, at least to some extent, when th e cona Danv vi i . ; , converted into an English one with limitedt y, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant-Judge, at Westminster.) Selina Barry, 25, and Louisa Clark, 21,- were in dicted for having stolen a gold watch, value £l5, the property of Henry Longman, from his person. Mr. Kemp prosecuted ; Mr. Horry defended the prisoners. The prosecutor was a messenger, living at No. 9, Adelphi-terrace, and on the night of the 2dinst. he was accosted by the prisoners in Adam-street. They asked him to treat them. He refused to do so, and during their momentary conversation, they got his watch out, and twisted it off the guard. He detected them by the " click" caused by the break ing of the ring, but before a policeman could come up, the watch had disappeared, in some mysterious manner, although the prosecutor held both of them, until they were given into custody. The ring was found close to the spot where they accosted him. The jury found both prisoners guilty, and they were sentenced each to nine months' hard labour. Sarah Hall, 25, and Mary Ann Wilson, 25, were indicted for stealing £2l in gold, the property of Primatt Knapp, from his person. Mr. Gent prosecuted; Mr. Daley appeared for the prisoners. The prosecutor was a person from the country, and had been staying at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford street. One day he rambled to the east end, got into the company of the prisoners, whom he treated to drink, and they invited him to go home with them. He did so, and while there they robbed him of £2l in sovereigns and half sovereigns. The pri soners shortly after the robbery were going about showing plenty of money in gold. They were found guilty, and sentenced each to six months hard labour. William Phillips, 24, and Henry Wrazall, 24, were indicted for stealing from the person of Ann Mitchell, a purse, two half-sovereigns and other coins, her property and money. Mr. Horry prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh appeared for Wraxall. This was a case of pocket-picking somewhat sin gular in its circumstances. The prosecutrix was a single woman, living in Green-street, Leicester square. Aboutl2 o'clock on the night of Oct. 6, she was in the Haymarket, and stood up in a dOorway out of the rain. The prisoners came up to the same place, and stood one on each side of her. They asked her a variety of questions, as where she had been, and where she lived, and at last invited her to supper with them. She refused, and declined to satisfy their curiosity. While standing there, she detected Wraxall's hand in her pocket, and directly missed her purse, which was passed, she said, to a third man. As they were going away she seized them both, and held them until a policeman came up. When they were taken to the station half-a crown was found upon Phillips, nothing upon Wraxall. The magistrate admitted Wraxall to bail, and he surrendered to his remand, but in the meantime it had been ascertained that Phillips had but just before been discharged from the House of Correction, after undergoing a sentence of twelve months. Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury for Wraxall, and urged that after the evidence which he should call as to that prisoner's character, the jury could not safely come to the conclusion that he was a person who would be concerned in picking pockets in the Haymarket or anywhere else. Witnesses were then examined. They spoke to the previous good character of Wraxall, who had kept a tobacconist's shop in Jermyn-street, for which he paid £l3O, and had been clerk in a solicitor's firm in the City. About ten weeks ago he sold his business, and was living, when he was taken on this charge, in Walcot-square, out of business. The Assistant-Judge told the jury that they had to say whether, upon the evidence, they were satis fied that the prisoners acted in concert. The evi dence as to the actual theft was very strong against Wraxall, but it was clear that both were engaged in a conversation with the prosecutrix, whose evi dence was given fairly, and had not been shaken at all in cross-examination. The jury found both prisoners Guilty. It was then proved that on Sept. 25, 1857, Phillips was convicted in this court, in the name of Ward, of a robbery upon Nictorine Paul, at a cigar shop in Gerard-street, Soho, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. Wraxall said he was entirely innocent. He knew nothing of Phillips, and never saw him until three minutes before he was taken into custody. He met him at a cigar shop in the Haymarket, and went with him to ' partake of some half-and-half. He appealed to Phillips to tell the truth, whether he had anything to do with the robbery, and whe ther he had not committed it himself. Phillips said the other prisoner was innocent, and what he had said was quite true. The Assistant-Judge could pay no attention to such a statement on the part of a man like Phillips, and anything further that could be submitted in favour of Wraxall "must be sent in a memorial to the Secretary of State. Mr. Sleigh proposed to call Phillips as a witness and examine him on oath. The Assistant-Judge could not permit that, now that both were convicted. Such a course would put an end to all regularity of proceeding. Mr. Sleigh remarked that he had a strong opinion upon the matter, and this ought to be a warning to persons as to whom they casually conversed with in the streets. The Assistant-Judge sentenced Phillips to seven hears' penal servitude; Wraxall to eight months' ard labour. Phillips subsequently stated that Wraxall knew nothing of the robbery—that he alone did it, having purposely got Wraxall into conversation with him, so that in case of detection he should be found in company of a respectable person, by whi c h it wou ld appear highly improbable that they were acting in concert in pocket picking. He said he had com mitted eight robberies in this way since his dis charge from prison on Sept. 24. The Assistant-Judge said if Wraxall's friends thought it desirable to have further inquiry made, they must apply to the Home-office. John Murphy, 21, and John Cotter, 27, were con victed of having defrauded recruiting sergeants of ls. each by enlisting under false pretences, and were sentenced to four months' hard labour. Alexander Muir, convicted on a former day of having unlawfully encouraged and persuaded a soldier to desert from the Royal Horse Artillery, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Richard Bowley, 31, convicted of larceny after several former convictions, and a sentence of seven years' transportation, was brought up and sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. A number of ordinary cases of larceny of no in terest were disposed of during the afternoon. (Before Mr. Payne.) George Mandry, 26, was indicted for having as saulted police constable Butcher, 109 B, in the execution of his duty. It appeared that there was a disturbance in Vauxhall-bridge-road. The jury found defendant guilty. He was sentenced to three months' hard labour. John Conyer, 18, Thomas Doyle, 18, and Maria Doyle, 39, were indicted, C on y er for stealing, arid the two Doyles for feloniously receiving, a cash box, containing three £lO notes, &c., the property of Frederick Winisland. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Kemp were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Daley defended the prisoners. The prisoner Conyer had been shopman to the prosecutor, who keeps an oil shop in Rochester-row. It appeared that a bureau in his parlour had been broken open, and a cash-box containing between £9O and £lOO in notes and cash, Bank stock re ceipts representing £4OO, &c., stolen. Conyer, who had left the service of the prosecutor two months before, was suspected, having been seen about the neighbourhood just before the robbery, and an entrance having been effected through the cellar flap, he knowing, too, exactly where the box was kept, and the prosecutor and a policeman traced him to Uxbridge-street, Old Kent-road, at a rela tion's, and when told what had occurred, he said they might suspect him, but he did not do it. He was lodging with the Doyles, and, on prosecutor pressing him to confess and promising th a t h e would not press the case against him if he did so, he made a statement in their presence, and inculpating them as receivers. He gave up four £lO notes, and a £5 note, which he took from the back of a grate up stairs ; on Thomas Doyle they found the prosecu tor's cash book, and Mrs. Doyle, when asked about the gold and silver, said she had given it to a boy in the street. This turned out to be her own boy, for he was found to be in possession of £ll 9s. 3d. in silver, tied up in a stocking, and £22 10s. in gold, tied up in a small bag. The cash box was found, wrenched open, in New Kent-road, several papers, which were in the cas h b ox w h en i t was s t o l en , were also stolen. Cony er a d m itt e d hi s gu ilt b e f ore , the magistrate, and at first pleaded guilty to this indictment, but he afterwards withdrew this plea, by permission, and was tried with the others. • The jury found all three prisoners guilty—the two Doyles were sentenced each to hard labour for a year, and Conyer to nine months. Jane Robinson, 35, a married woman, was indicted on Wednesday for feloniously breaking and enter ing the shop of Edward Minto, with intent to steal. Mr. Digby prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalfe defended • the prisoner. The prosecutor was a tobacconist, at 194, Beth nal-green Toad, and the prisoner occupied the first floor with her husband. Something occurred which excited suspicion, and a watch was k e pt. Sh e was chaiged with having entered the shop through the parlour with intent to rob the till. The jury found her not guilty. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1858. SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS. KINGSTON, OCT. 21. (Before Mr. Tilson, Chairman, and a Bench of Magistrates.) SINGULAR ROBBERY. Edward Allcorn, 16, a lad formerly in the ser vice of a highly respectable medical practitioner of Croydon, was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the counting-house of the London, Brigh ton, and South Coast Railway , Company at Croy don, and stealing several railway tickets, ss. m copper money, a book, and other articles, the pro perty of the said company. He was also charged with receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Robinson conducted the prosecution. Mr. Redford, the station master at the East Croy don station, deposed that about 9 o'clock on the 9th October he locked up his office and till as usual, and at this time there were five shillings in copper, and about six shillings in silver in the latter, and he noticed that among the copper money there was one penny piece very much battered. On his going to the office on the following morning he discovered that the till had been opened and all the money was gone. He also missed a box of steel pens, a song book that belonged to himself, and the ticket tube appeared to have been forced open, and seven second-class return tickets to Brighton and a first class return ticket to Redhill had been taken from it. On the same afternoon the half of one of the Brighton return tickets was shown to him, and he observed that an attempt appeared to have been clumsily made to pass it through the marking ma chine to efface the date, and the figures appeared to have been finished off with a pencil. He had known the prisoner for several years, and he was formerly errand-boy to Dr. Bottomley, of Croydon, and was in the habit of carrying medicine to the railway station for the officers of the company, and he was well ac quainted with the nature of the building. The prisoner came to the station on the morning after the robbery, and took a ticket for Kenley, near Caterham, and upon his seeing him in custody on the same afternoon, he asked him where he got the second-class return ticket to Brighton from, and the reply was, " I did not break into your office." The witness then identified the song book and the penny piece he had referred to in his evidence. A porter belonging to the railway deposed that on the day before the robbery he saw the prisoner leaning against the window of the ladies' waiting room, apparently reading a book, and upon his in quiring what he was doing there, he said that he was only reading. A bundle containing some articles marked with the prisoner's name, and also the song book belonging to Mr. Redford, was after wards picked up under the railway arch close by. Brown, one of the company's constables at the Brighton Railway station, proved that prisoner ar rived at that place by the 10.45 train from London. He had presented a ticket, which was recognised by the ticket-collector as one of those which had been tele graphed as having been stolen, and was given into his charge. He asked the prisoner where he had got the ticket from, and he said that he had given 12s. 6d. for it, the proper fare being 9s. 6d., and upon searching him he found ss. 10d. in copper money; amongst which was the battered penny that had been identified by Mr. Redford, a gimlet, a knife with a saw in it, a small file, and a box of pens. Inspector Carpenter, of the Metropolitan Police, deposed that upon receiving information of the robbery he went to the Croydon station, and he ascertained that the robbery had been effected by some person having broken the window of the ladies' waiting-room and then forcing open the door which led to the booking-office. There were some holes in this door which corresponded in size with the gimlet that was found in the possession of the prisoner. He inquired of him when he was brought to the station where lie had been staying lately at Croydon, and he refused to tell him. He then asked him what he had done with the book he had been reading on the Saturday, and he said it was in a bundle under the railway arch. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, replied, " I have nothing to say." The Chairman having summed up, the jury at once returned a verdict of guilty. Inspector Carpenter informed the Court that an indictment had been found against the prisoner, in the county of Sussex, for breaking into the Three Bridges station and stealing money under similar circumstances to the present case. Two robberies of the like kind had been committed at the same station. TheTh airman sentenced the prisoner to be kep to hard labour for 12 months. POLICE IN2'_ELLWEIVCE—Oct. 21. M ANSION-II 0 S E.—Richard Gay, a well dressed, middle-aged man, in the employment of IVlcssrs. Henry, - Edward, and Maurice Moses, of Cannon-street-west, clothiers, was brought before Alderman Rose upon the charge of having robbed the firm of eight pieces of cloth. Robert Beales, foreman to the prosecutors, said, —The prisoner has been employed at our house as a cutter, and yesterday afternoon, in consequence of instructions which I received, I watched the prisoner down stairs from the cutting-room, and when he arrived at the bottom of the stairs Mr. Edward Moses expressed a wish to speak to him. I followed the prisoner to the counting-house, and on arriving at the door he took off his hat, and took out of it a handkerchief containing two pieces of cloth which had been cut out for trouser lengths. He dropped the cloth out of the handkerchief on the floor, and said, in reply to a question from Mr. Moses, that he was going to take it home. He then stated that "he was sorry for it," and the officer was called in and directed to take him into custody. I went to his address in Sun-street, Bishopsgate, with the officer, and found there a quantity of cloth and trimmings and linings which I believe to be the property of my employers ; but one small portion, which is the cloth for a pair of trousers, has our mark upon it. The Prisoner—lt cannot be denied that when I was apprehended I showed the greatest willingness to give facilities to the officer. the witness replied that such was certainly the case. Alderman Rose—What has the prisoner been paid by his employers ? Witness—His wages were is. a-day. Alderman Rose—ls his place one of trust ? Witness—Certainly, very much so. He is a sort of foreman. Alderman Rose—And the defalcations might have been attributed to other persons in the em ployment of the prosecutors ? Witness—No doubt of it. Russell (city detective)—l received the prisoner into custody. He said he had taken the cloth pro duced, and he hoped Mr. Moses would be as lenient as possible, and he would let him know all. I told him Mr. Moses could hold out to him no inducement whatever. He told me where he lived, and he offered to go with me to search his house, and we there found a quantity of cloth and other goods. I also found 25 duplicates, which I produce. The Alderman having proceeded to read the cau tion addressed to prisoners before committal. The prisoner interrupted him, and said, " Then you don't mean to deal summarily with this ? I gave every facility, and that ought to be taken into consideration." Alderman Rose—l look upon the case as of too serious a nature to be dealt with by this bench. You have been most confidentially employed, and innocent men might have been accused of that of which you have been guilty. The prisoner was then committed for trial. GUILDHAIL.-z-As some misapprehension is likely to arise in the public mind with regard to the treatment of the six lunatic women who were brought from Paris, being British subjects, by di rection of the British ambassador, we beg to inform our readers that, although the lunatic ladies were received, as a mere matter of form, as " casual pau pers" at the City of London Union at Bow, every arrangement was made, by the express direction of Alderman Finnis, in order that they might be treated, not as common paupers, but as paupers entitled by their position and infirmities to more than ordinary care and attention. They are there fore to be kept separate from the other inmates of the union until they can be formally removed to the proper asylum. Henry Waters, a railway clerk, was placed at the bar before Alderman Finnis charged with em bezzling the moneys of the Birkenhead, Chester, and Holyhead Railway Company. Sergeant Scott, of the detective force, said — From information I received through the Gazette I 'stopped the prisoner in Holborn, and asked him if his name was Henry Waters, and if he had. been a clerk in the goods department of the Birkenhead and Lancashire Railway Company. On receiving his answer in the affirmative, I told him I was an officer and should apprehend him on the charge of embezzling the moneys of his employers. He said he did not embezzle the money, he lost it. Alderman Finnis—ls it a large sum ? Scott—l have no information beyond what the prisoner has told me. Alderman Finnis—ls there any one here on the part of the railway company ? Scott—No, sir ; but as soon as I apprehended the prisoner I telegraphed to the company, and re ceived a reply intimating that an officer has started and is now on his way with a warrant to take the prisoner back. Alderman Finnis—Then I will remand the p • ri soner till to-morrow, unless the officer arrives with the warrant before I leave the bench. From the information in the Gazette it appeared, although the exact amount was not specified, that the prisoner's defalcations amount to a very large sum. The prisoner, however, denies that they are so extensive. WESTMINSTER.—AIfred Lowe, alias Smith, alias Cockett, alias King, a middle-aged, well dressed man, about the middle' height, of good ap pearance and address, was brought up on a warrant charged with unlawfully conspiring with two wo men, whose names are unknown, falsely and frau dulently to obtain possession of a house, 100, Den bigh-street, which he took of Mr. Morris, of Charlwood-street. Mr. J. D. Weekes, of Wharton -street, Lloyd square, solicitor, conducted the prosecution. It appeared that the prisoner had assumed a variety of names. As Alfred Lowe he was a com mercial traveller ; as Alfred Smith, plumber, pain ter, and builder ; and as Crockett and King, artist and decorative painter. Mr. Weekes said that there were many other cases against the prisoner, which he should, pro bably, be able to proceed with on a future occasion. Mr. Paynter asked the prisoner two or three questions, in reply to which he said his name was Alfred Smith Lowe ; that he lived at 100, Denbigh street ; that he was a house agent (an announce ment which created much laughter among the auditory) ; and that he had formerly been in busi ness in that line at 122, Regent-street, Oxford street. He admitted that he was both Lowe and Smith, as described in two cases proved against him. Mr. Paynter said he should require two sureties in £5O and prisoner's own recognisance in £lOO for his future appearance, which he was unprovided with. Remanded for a week. WORSHIP-STREET. — Mr. Hammill acknow ledges his receipt of the following donations :—For a poor woman named Pearce, who was obliged to prosecute her own boy a few weeks since for re peatedly robbing her, 10s. from " M. A. 8.," and 205., to be laid out in clothing at a linendraper's whose name is specified, from " A Widow," who wishes, as a co-signature, that the 25th chapter of Matthew, verses 34 to 40, should be given as a text; for Jane Chase, the wife of a tailor, who attempted suicide by drowning, ss. in stamps ; and for a httle girl eight years old, the daughter of a drunken Irishwoman named Dunleary, severely beaten and kicked by her unnatural mother because she re sisted her robbing her of shoes which the work house had given her, and for which the mother was sentenced to several months' imprisonment, £1 from " W. H." CLERKENWELL.—Katharine Fay, a dirty looking prostitute, was charged with being con cerned with another not in custody in stealing a gold watch and chain, of the value of £4O, and about £lO in money, from the person of Mr. Bishop, a wine merchant, residing at Melton Mowbray. The prosecutor, an elderly man, picked up with the prisoner and some other low prostitutes, and went drinking with them at some publichouses. He then accompanied them to a notorious brothel, and when he awoke in the morning . he found all his property gone. He then gave information to the police, and the prisoner was apprehended by Ser geant Hill, 39 S. Mr. Tyrwhitt sentenced the prisoner to 6 months' hard labour in the House of Correction. THAMES.—Mr. Gill, clerk to Mr. Stone. solici tor to the East London Association, which has been established to suppress as far as possible the awful amount of vice, drunkenness, and general immorality in this district, came before Mr. Yardley to lodge a complaint against a foreigner, named Christian Engisch, a beershop keeper in Ratcliffe-highway, and owner of two houses of ill fame. Mr. Gill was accompanied by Mr. Howell, vestry-clerk of St, George's-in -the-East, the overseer of that parish, and several other gentlemen interested in the en forcement of decency in the public streets and the suppression of infamous houses. Mr. Gill said the East London Association had taken the initiative in this case, as it had done in some others lately disposed of at the Middlesex Sessions. The association intend to proceed against Christian Engisch, a foreigner, under the 2d section of the Act of the 25th of Geo. 11., c. 36, and the 58th of Geo. 111., c. 79, for having public music and dancing in his house without a licence, in St. George's-street, better known as Ratcliffe-highway, and for keeping two , :ommon brothels in another part of the parish. Notices had been served on the overseers by two inhabitants, Mr. Richardson and Mr. Ireinrichson, and it was for the magistrate to say whether the constables of the parish or the overseers were to Rrosecute... Mr. Howell, on the part of the overseers, acknow ledged that the notices had been served on them, and they now attended for the purpose of entering into recognisances for the purpose of prosecuting at the Sessions. The overseers having entered into their recog nisances, _ _ Mr. Yardley asked what was the next step pro posed to be adopted ? Mr. Howell—l now apply for a warrant to apprehend the defendant. Mr. Yardley—What is the defendant and what amount of bail will be required ? Mr.. Howel l said Engisch kept a beershop, and paid a rental of about £4O per annum. Mr. Gill—Engisch's beerhouse is a perfect pande monium, and is frequented by the lowest characters. Mr. Howell—Yes, his customers are treated with music and dancinc , in his beerhouse, an d th en re tire to his other h ouses,b where themost abominable scenes take place nightly. Mr. Yardley granted a warrant for the apprehen sion of Engisch, and said he would determine the amount of bail when he was brought before him. SOUTHWARK.—George Proud, a middle-aged man, described on the charge sheet as a burrier, was brought before Mr. Seeker charged with intermar rying with Ellen Murphy, his former wife being then and now living. He was also charged with having since married Elizabeth Ann Paekhurst. Ellen Murphy,the second wife, was in attendance. The witness, a very respectable looking y oung woman, said she was married to the prisoner at the parish church, St. Mary, Newington, Feb. 12, 1852. She then believed him to be a single man. He soon began to ill-use her, and left her five years ago. Since then she discovered that he was previously married, and that he had married another woman subsequently to leaving her. Mr. Seeker asked her if she had any evidence as to his marriage before he married her, or whether the first wife was living ? Witness replied that she received a letter from the first wife some time ago, and having communi cated with her she received a certificate of marriage between the prisoner and that person at Newcastle on-Tyne, on Christmas-day, 1844. She produced that for his worship's inspection, as well as a certi ficate of her own marriage at Newington Church, on Feb. 12, 1852. _ _Mr. Seeker told her he could not take her evi dence, as at present the law pre§amed her to be the first wife, and therefore she could not give testimony against her husband. She replied that she was sure the first wife was living, as she had recently seen letters from her. She had also received communications from the third wife, with her certificate, showing that on the 17th of July, 1854, the prisoner married Elizabeth Ann Pacihurst at Frindsbury, in Rent. Mr. Seeker inquired who took the prisoner into custody ? City police-constable 118 said the complainant charged prisoner on the previous evening with bigamy, and at the same time handed him the three marriage certificates produced. She told him she could produce evidence as to all three marriages. Mr. Seeker asked him whether he had made any inquiries about the marriages ? He replied that he had not time to do so, as he only . took the prisoner into custody on the previous evening, but if he was remanded he should be able to produce all the necessary evidence. Mr. Seeker asked the prisoner if he had anything to say why he should not be remanded ? The prisoner said, that all he had to remark was that there was no marriage on Christmas-day, 1844. Mr. Seeker remanded him for a week, and di rected the police-constable to compare the certifi cates with the parish registers and obtain all fur ther evidence he might require. Robert Garman, a cond uc t or o f one o f Kit e 's omnibuses, was su mmone d for committing an as sault on Edward George Sells, a conductor in the employ of the General Omnibus Company. It appeared that both omnibusses ran between the Alfred's Head, Newington-causeway, and Kingsland, and while passing along the Borough the defendant jumped on the complainaut's omni bus and struck him. The defendant pleaded guilty and promised not to offend again. Mr. Beard said that as such was the case he should not press for any punishment, but, at the same time, the servants of the General Omnibus Company must be protected from the violence of those belonging to Kite's Association. He was in structed to say that the complainant would be satis fied by defendant entering into recognisances to keep the peace for the future. Mr. Seeker accordingly ordered the defendant to enter into his recognisances to keep the peace for three months. INFLUENCE OF MARRIAGE ON THE MORTALITY OF. THE FRENCH. The following paper was read at the meeting of the Social ScieNce, by Dr. W. Farr, F.R.S. : The changes which age induces in life have been calculated. The differences in the mortality of the two sexes are known. Men have investigated the effects of air, water, hills, plains, and marshes—of the sun in various seasons and climates--of food, animal and vegetable—and of alcoholic drinks. The fatality of foul exhalations of every kind has been made manifest. But the life of man is affected by still more subtle agencies. The action of the various parts of the body in industrial occupations produces specific effects. Every science modifies its cultivators. The play of the passions transfigures the human frame. How do they influence its existence ? There are some of the higher fields of speculation which have not yet been explored by sanitary re search. I have now, however, to submit to the sec tion the results of an inquiry into intermediate phenomena. A remarkable series of observations, extending over the whole of France, enables us to determine for the first time the effect of the conjugal condition on the life of a large population. The French . people may be classed in three great groups, exclusive of minors under age : I. The Married, consisting of two groups : (a) Husbands, 6,986,223 ; and (b) Wives, 6,948,823, making a total of 13,935,046. 11. The Celibate, who have never married, viz., (a) Bachelors, 4,014,105 ; and (b) Spinsters, 4,549,944 ; making a total of 8,564,049. 111. The Widowed, in two groups : (a) Widowers, 836,509 ; and (b) Widows, 1,687,583 ; making a total of 2,524,092. Deparcieux, in the middle of the last century, investigated the relative mortality of monks and nuns in France ; and he compared their life with that of Tontine annuitants, consisting partly of married and partly of unmarried persons. From the age of 20 to 40 the mortality of the monks and nuns living in " single blessednese" was lower, and after the age of 40 it was high er th an th e mor t a lity of the annuitants. The excess of mortality was considerable in the monks. The condition of these members of religious houses is at all times peculiar, and besides their vows of chastity involved a pecu liar discipline likely to affect their lives. Many o* them lived in Paris. We can now deal with the whole population of France—amounting to 1851 to thirty-six millions of people, some dwelling against our southern coast, in Flanders, Picardy, and Nor mandy some in Brittany, , around the rugged shores of the Atlantic—some in Orleans, Tours, and Nantes, beside the " murmuring Loire ;" some on the Garonne, wandering from Toulouse to Bor deaux, through that old Guienne, famous in our history some climbing up the Pyrenees, or seated in Languedoc or Marseilles, on the Mediter ranean Sea; some on the rapid Rhone, in Provence, the seat of the old courts of love ; some in Lyons and Avignon ; some extending from the Alps and the mountains of. Auvergne and the Vosges, over Dauphiny, Lorraine, and Champagne ; and some living in Paris, Rouen, Havre, and the region around the Seine. The country, covered by its millions of small proprietors living on the parcels into which the soil was divided by the great revolution—by cultivators of the vine and the olive in the south, of the apple and the cereal crops in the north—by pastoral families on the lands and on the mountains —by artisans and manufacturers in a few large cities—contained in the year 1851 nearly 14,000,000 married people of both sexes. What was their rate of mortality? Under the French law young men of the age of 18 and young women of the age of 15 can legally marry. Of the few young married pairs living, the mortality in both husbands and wives was excessively high under the age of 20. Twice as many wives under 20 died in the year as died out of the same numbers of the unmarried ; and the mortality was much higher than it was among hus bands and wives in the subsequent decennial of life. The result confirms the common opinion of the evil consequences of marriage in many cases under the age of 20, before the growth of the individual man or woman is completed. The wives of the next 20 years of aFe experience a rate of mortality half as high again as the hus bands of those ages suffer. The mortality of the husbands is exceedingly low, 6.5 and 7.1, while wives of 20-30 die at the rate of 9.3 in 1,000, in rather higher proportions than the wives of the subsequent ages 30-40, when the mor tality is 9.1. This excess is fairly ascribable to the sorrows of childbearing, and to no small extent to ignorant midwives. At the age 40-50, the mortality of the husbands (10.3) is slightly higher than the mortality of wives • and so, it remains higher ever afterw ar d s , but the difference is not considerable. 60 80-90 Husbands. 18.3 35.4 88.6 183.6 Wives. 16.3 35.4 84.9 180.4 (Ths of 1,000 husbands living at the age 60-70, there are 35.4 deaths ; to 1,000 wives, 35.4 deaths.) And so the old people go on in the table tottering down the hill very gently, till they " sleep together at the foot." How fares it with the unmarried—the celibate P At the younger ages under 20, the mortality is, as I have already stated, much lower in the two sexes than it is in the married. Age . _ 15-20 Males, 6.0 Females. 7.1 in 1,000 die. At all the ages from 20 to 60 unmarried men ex perience a much higher rate of mortality than un married women. The excess of the mortality of males at the age of 20-30 was in the ration of 11.3 to 8.7. It was aggravated by the deaths of the sol diers dying in Algeria, and in the Cascenes in home —but in the subsequent periods this element does not interfere to any extent. Annual Deaths to 1,000 living. Ages of the Unmarried. Males 30-40 • . • . 12.4 40-50 17.7 50-60 29.5 At the age of 60 and upwards the unmarried o: both sexes are nearly equally mortal. But how is it as between the married and the unmarried women ? Females. ... 10.3 . • • 13.8 ... 23.5 Why at 20-25 the maidens have the advantage and the difference is not inconsiderable. Of 1,000 females Married Annual deaths 9.8 Unms.nied 8.5 At the age of 25-30 the mortality of the unmar ried is slightly in excess (9.2 to 9.0). At the next age (30-40) the wives are the halest ; the mortality of the wives being 9.1, and of the unmarried women 10.3. After the age of 40 the married women ex perience a much lower rate of mortality than the unmarried. Married. Unmarried. 40 50 60 and so it runs through all ages. The contrast between the health of the bachelors and of the married men is still more striking ; the young bachelors enjoying an advantage, the old ones suffering in the comparison. Mortality per 1,000 among married men and bachelors : Married 15-20 20 30 40 50 • 60 And after the ages of 80 the mortality of the :two classes becomes nearly equal. Unmarried. 6.7 11.3 12.4 17.7 29.5 49.9 WIDOWERS AND WIDOWS. If unmarried men and women suffer from disease in undue proportion, the have-been married suffer still more. At the ages under 40, the mortality of widows is higher than the mortality of unmar ried women. At the earlier ages their rate is doubled. At 40 and upwards their mortality is lower than the mortality of unmarried women of corresponding ages. At all ages widows are more mortal than wives. Yoang widowers under the age of 30, and even under the age of 40, experience a very heavy rate of mortality ; and after 60 the widowers die more rapidly, not only than husbands, but more rapidly than old bachelors. This is the general result. Marriage is a healthy estate. The single individual is more likely to be wrecked on his voyage than the lives joined toge ther in matrimony. In what respect do the married among the bulk of the people differ from the unmarried classes ? Where the earnings of the --- --- --- ------- - -- the same ages are equal the married man must have a smaller share of the means of living than the single man—he shares his gain s w ith hi s w ife and chil dren. His food and clothing may be of a lower description,. or his lodging be more crowded ; but this often counteracted by his stimulated indus try. The single man can move about more freely, and can carry his industry to the best market. Upon the other hand, his household comforts are less ; the watchful care of a woman does not direct the economy of his dwelling ; the very . amplitude of his means exposes him to the temptation of in temperance and vice. His faculties fall, and some times rise, into excesses of various kinds. The priests and the soldiers represent the unmar ried classes. Men of letters , men prosecuting the abstract sciences, men of family . and small means, probably figure in large proportion amongst thei r highest ranks. Criminals, lunatics, vagrants, and men di can ts among the inferior orders. If they con tain some of the lowest, they contain also some of the highest members of their race, ascending from the idiot up to Newton. The saying of the great Chancellor Bacon has in it a colouring of truth—" Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, who both in affection and means have married and endowed the public." The wife shares the fortune of the husband ; he is exposed to violence, she to the incidents of child b earing. Nuns, religious sisters, many ladies of birth, are at the head, grisettes, courtesans, at the bottom of the unmarried troops—which figure also in larger proportion than the married among the female cri minals, lunatics, idiots, deaf and dumb, blind, and deformed. They include some of the loftiest and some of the lowest of their sex. Is any part of the excessive mortality of the single in France referable to vice ? * This is accidentally an exaggeration ; the facts are in sufficient. Yes, to vice and its attendant irregularities. Levy asserts that the colleges of France are in fested by vices which induce debility, and death later in life. The French youth do not yet indulge in the strong athletic exercises which it is well known are the safeguards of our public schools. Syphilis—the odium of the human race—induces half the sickness, and, indirectly, some of the mor tality of the army, which in this respect fairly re presents the unmarried population. (See Acton's works.) Courtesans die of their various irregularities, but this class of causes operates chiefly in early life. It is known to everybody that all species of cul tivated plants, and all the - breeds of domestic ani mals, have been greatly improved in Europe. The improvement is partly due to the favourable condi tions in which each kind has been placed. It is mainly due, however to the constant elimination of imperfect types, and to the skilful selection of the finest individuals out of each successive generation. Now the same principle evidently regulates to a certain extent the marriages in France. Cretins do not marry; idiots do not marry ; idle vagrants herd together, but rarely marry. Criminals by birth and education do not marry to any great extent; for merly they were executed in great numbers, or they perished in the prisons, and now the galleys interfere with their career. (Of 100 French criminals, 60 are unmarried. Two in three suicides are unmarried. Of 1,726 women insane ; 989 were spinsters ; 291 widows, and 397 wives.—Levy, vol. 2, p. 74.) The hildren of families which have been afflicted with lunacy are not probably sought in marriage to so great an extent as others • and several heredi tary diseases present practically some bar to ma trimony. The beautiful, the good, and the healthy are mutually attractive ; and their unions are pro moted by the parents in France, who are usually on very friendly terms with their children, and often decide the choice of their daughters too ab solutely and with too little reference to the affec tions. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in one of his most delightful romances, tells us that falling in love at first sight is the only genuine way in which people do fall in love. But this is not op posed to the theory of selection ; for it always hap pens, as we see in the most authentic stories, that the lovers at first sight are invariably full of irre sistible charms. Selections then—not such as the Insurance offices exercise—but a certain selection does reduce, to some extent, the mortality of the married, And upon the other hand, we shall be justified by our medical friends in admitting that a certain number of young women, and young men also, die directly or indirectly of disappointed affection—die of love, in fact. Some destroy themselves ; others pine away mostpiteously ; and others register secret vows in heaven never to marry. Finally, it is held generally that the suppression of a physiological function is prejudicial to health, which our tables confirm, and at the same time qualify. Chastity in itself does not, as in the case of Deparcieux's nuns, raise the mortality of women under 40 ; and notwithstanding the consequences of vice in the vicious, the selection operating against the unmarried, and. the pangs of disap pointed love, the mortality of unmarried women in all France is lower than the mortality of married women. After that age the health of the nuns gave way to some extent ; but this was, perhaps, as Deparcieux asserts, the consequence in that pe r i o d of various kinds of austerities, an absence of per sonal cleanliness, and the want of little comforts which were found in the dwellings of simple arti sans who knew how to keep their houses in order. The effects of religious chastity in France have been recently discussed by Dr. Mayor, who with. some Catholic authorities contend that it has in it self no prejudicial effect ; but this is not the preva lent opinion. Levy professes the contrary doctrine. I cannot discuss this medical controversy here. But the poets, where the affections are concerned, pos sess an insight almost divine, which is true in its indications as analytic science. Virginity in the poetical creed was ever proof against danger ; the lion would not harm the "heavenly" Una. " So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand angels lackey her, Driving far off Rach thing of sin and guilt." The body partakes of the soul's " immortal es sence ;" but no sooner is " defilement" let into the temple than the life grows " clotted with contd.- gion." The reading of the allegory is evident. The poets, however, see all sides of character, and Shakespeare's Parolles, a " great way-fool" as he is, says, all the evil that physiology has yet sus pected in this estate. Lallemand describes vividly the sufferings of the French priests from celibacy —exposed to the fiery ordeal of the confessional—. vows of celibacy on the part of large bodies of young men and of young women are also dangerous ; but the question of marriage or celibacy, is a ques tion of temperament and of circumstances—so it is very properly left in England to individuals of full age to decide their lot on their own responsibility, under friendly, or if they please, professional ad vice. In France there is always a large number of unmarried women of a marriageable age. (Thus, in the last returns, 2,631,000 women figure as spinsters, of the age of 20 to 40 ; the wives of that age num bering 3,201,000.) Is this the result of religious vows, or of the ca tholic doctrine of celibacy P—Not to any great extent. In Great Britain the proportions are not very different. Ultimately nine in ten who live marry. The notion that the number of women shut up in convents had any direct effect in diminishing population was incorrect. In every society large numbers will not, and large n ambers should not marry. They have wide fields before them, and public works, devotion, noble foundations, friendly love, will enable them to achieve those triumphs which Bacon has taught us to expect at their hauds. Why is the mortality of young widows and widowers so excessive P 1. They share the pains of the unmarried. 2. The pairs, of which one dies prematurely, must in the aggregate be in more unfavourable sanitary circumstances than the rest of the population. 3. The one may take from the other fever, and in crowded chambers, catarrh, endin g in consumption, as the. army returns show. 4. The widow with children, especially in France, there being no p oor law, suffers from privation ; the widower from a disorderly house. The loss of a beloved wife is the heaviest affliction which a man can sustain. It un settles many minds. Jacques Bonhomme is left desolate ; his wife no longer cheers his home, nurses him in sickness, shares his cares, consoles him, counsels him, loves him. The voice which followed Jacques to the cabaret, and reminded him of the hostages which he had given to fortune, is silent. He plunges into intemperance ; vice and disorder follow; his plot of land is torn from his grasp by the mortgagee, and his body finds its way to the cemetery, his soul, we may hope, soars to his com panion in heaven, for Jacques Bonhomme was solely destroyed by her untimely death. Children supply in some respects the loss of the dead; and where the living are childless they have the resources of their unmarried life to retreat on. But re-marriage is the favourite consolation ; young widows in health marry at a faster rate than maids,and widowers marry three or fourfold as fast as bachelors. The weakly and sickly are left by this second selection, and swell the apparent mortality of the class. All the descriptions of wedlock, how ever, leave a "rooted sorrow," and the day is to be desired when " Conjux Univira" may be inscribed on nearly all tombs. It is satisfactory to find that by a wise ordinance of Heaven, the fathers and mothers of a nation— those who transmit its life from generation to gene ration—live long. They sustain their children and live with their grandchildren. Families are thus not detached fragments. The traditions, the works, the thoughts of the nation go on continually • and the common life flows like a mi g ht y river. The im mortality of the race on earth is secured bymar riage ; and mortals in giving seem to receive lif e from the fountain of life. If " nuptial rnaketh" it also 25, an kind. At married men enjoy an apl all ages e ry e t afterh" im munity from illn esses , or th e i r diseasesaieless fatal than the diseases of the unmarried men of corre eponding ages. And wives of the age of 40—after they have nursed children —enjoy a degree of health which neither their selection, nor the vices nor the virtues of the unmarried can expl a i n . B u t w e seem to hear th e wa il s of the young mothers dying every year in child-birth. Well, those sorrows can be mitigated by science. Through the progress of medicine the deaths of mothers are every year de creasing, and as sanitary science is diffused, by associations like this, they will become uncommon, if none but healthy wome n marry, and if young persons und er age , except in rare: exceptional cases, * 1 • will postpone their marriage at this price—th they are at liberty to prolong what the Vicar Wakefield called the happiest hours of life. I have now passed in review the six classes of the population of France, and have ventured to draw some deductions of general application. The French differ from us in some respects ; but the English and French nations consist essentially of the same three races-1, Celts ;2, Franks, or Saxons • and 3, Norm ans —i n diff erent proport i ons, and modified by position and climate. The facts show that the state of manners is not fairly repre sented by the common French novels. The French people have among them many vicious, and still many more virtuous characters. The bulk of the small agriltulturists and artisans is moral, yet I trust that in some respects they are excelled by the' people of England. I trust that poor widows are better provided for in England than in France, and that the unmarri e d popu l at i on i n England suffers somewhat less than in France. The husbands and the wives differ in one essential respect from their French neighbours. 6,948,823 wives in France gave birth to 896,292 children annually ; 6,329,321 wives in the United Kingdom gave birth to about 800,000 children annually in the years 1849-53 ; and in the year 1856 the English births probably surpassed the French in numbers. They are our rivals —not our unworthy rivals—in arts, manufac tures, arms, and diplomacy. In the increase of po pulation as well as of the power which it repre sents, and in planting colonies--future nations —France has been surpassed by England. This the country owes to the numerous children of English parents, without any injury to the health of the father or even the mother. English mothers are, I believe, as healthy as French mothers ; and there fore what we have proved holds in France holds also in England. CO UI(TRY MARIBTS. MANCHESTER—OcT. 21. Our market this morning was fairly attended. Wheat of the choicest quality found buyers at the prices of last week, but all other sorts were neglected, and to have effected sales it would have been necessary to take is per qr. less, but this sellers were not willing to do. Flour was in very limited demand at the currency of this day se'nnight. Oats and oatmeal were more inquired for and steady in value. Beans rather easier to buy. In Indian corn there was no material alteration. BIRMINGHAM—Om. 21. At this market to-day there was a full supply of wheat, and in some instances an advance of is was obtained • but we make no alteration i n our quotat i ons. Fine barley fully as dear, but inferior is per qr. cheaper. Oats realised quite as much money. Beans Is per qr. lower. More doing in. peas. STAMFORD---Ocr. 19. -- - We had only little animation in our wheat trade, the rates of last week being barely supported, but the close of the market prices improved. Fine barley in good demand, at a slight advance, and secondary samples quite as dear. Good oats scarce, and inferior sorts were neglected. No alteration in beans. Wheat 42s to 45s I Oats . 2ls to 33$ White do 49s to —8 I Beans, new 46s to —s Barley 30s to 43s I Ditto, old .sos to —s NEWARK-OCT. 20. -- --- We had a fair supply of grain, and a good attendance of the trade. Wheat receded is from the full prices of last week. Beans less in demand, with a downward ten dency. White wheat, new, 48s to 50s Red do. 458 to 46s Old white 448 to 45s Red do.. ....... 42s to 44 8 Barley, malt ing. , 36s to 40s Barley, grinding 30s to 32s Oats, old, . 32s to 34s New do 289 to 32s Beans. 40s to 42s Malt.. 68s to 72s BOSTON—OcT. 20. The market was dull, and the business transacted in all descriptions of grain manifested no improvement on the prices of last Wednesday. Wheat .3Bs 'Co 43s Oats . 18s to 25s White .438 to 45s Beans 42s to 48s Barley .268 to 34s Peas 4os to 46s LOUTH—OcT. 20. We are well supplied with wheat; there was more activity in the trade, and wheat was is to 2s per qr. higher than on the last market day. In other sorts great firmness in price. Red wheat, 39s to 41s ; extra, 43s ; white, 47s ; barley, 33s to 36s ; oats, 24s to 27s ; beans, 40s to 43s per qr. GLASGOW_Ocr. 20. Wheat sold in retail at last week's prices. Barley was neglected, distillers refusing to pay within is of the rates of this day week. Oats were dull, and beans were 6d to is cheaper. EDINBURGH GRAIN—OcT. 20. There was a large supply of grain at market. Barley and oats met a ready sale, and rather better. Wheat and beans were dull and lower. Wheat on the top 2s down. — average Id down. Barley on the t o p 2s u paverage 10d down. Oats on the top 6d down —average 14d down. Beans on the top 2s d0wn....... —average2sBd down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat . £2 5 6 6-12ths Wheat (N). . -12ths Barley 1 11 10 5-12ths Oats 1 3 4 5-12ths Beans -12ths Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ..1929 qrs Sold 959 qrs 8ar1ey........2318 qrs Sold 1959 qrs Oats .1703 qrs Sold 1285 qrs Beans 267 qrs Sold 117 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD—OcT. 19. There was a large supply of fat beasts to-day, mostly of excellent quality, the attendance of buyers was small, and the greater part went away unsold. The pens were well filled with sheep, and high prices asked. A. large number of fat pigs, demand flat, and prices lower. A more plenti ful supply of fat calves. Beef 6d to 6d Veal 7id to Od Mutton .. 6id to 7d Pork Lamb .. ..0d to —d R oug h f at, 4s 10d per stone. Hides, 4d to 5 4 d ; calf skins, 4-id to Sid. The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the Province of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued in the Jerusalem-chamber, - Westminster, by the Vicar- General, Dr. Travers Twiss, under a commission from hia Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan, pursuant to the Royal writ, unto Friday, November 19. A pleasing and novel scene was presented at the funeral of the late Dr. Quinn, of Dungarvan who was lately buried in the Protestant churchyard. Our parish priest, the Rev. Dr. Rally, walked before the coffin, as sisted by his curate, Rev. M. Mooney, and Rev. Mr. Toomey chaunted the burial service. Walking behind the coffin were to be seen with their hats in hand, three Protes tant parish ministers and one Protestant curate. Indeed, it must be remarked with truth that the Protestant clergy of this locality for years back have been remarkable for mildness, Christian charity,. and freedom from all sectarian bigotry.—Tipperary Examiner. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Rarey's Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food is equally adapted to improve the stamina of ill conditioned Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourishment than its cost of ltd. per feed sup plies in corn and hay ; hence ensures an actual saving in the keep. But its principal advantages are a great improve ment in the digestive functions, the stamina and general condition of horses enabling them to perform far more labour without getting distressed. It imparts new vigour to sick, debilitated, or old apparently worn-out horses, and it puts rapidly the finest flesb. on cattle generally, and im proves the milk in Cows, as it enables them to extract the entire nourishment out of everything they feed on. Rarey and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London. Packed in tins of about 90 feeds, 1 ls. ;In casks of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being about ltd. per feed. BIRTIIs. BROWN.-011 the 19th inst., at 48, Hertford-street, May fair, the wife of Douglas Brown, Esq., barrister -at-law, of a son. GLENNIE.—On the 20th inst., at Kensington, the wife of Henry Glennie, Esq., of a daughter. MAnnox:L-On the 21st inst., at Prospect House, Kew Es Bridge, Middl a sonesex, the wif e o f J o h n Mortimer Maddox, q., of . SCOTT.—On the 21st inst., at 2, Dudley Villas, Stockwell, the wife of Hubert Scott, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BOTFIE LD — LEIGHTON.—On the 21st inst., at Albenbury Church, by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, assisted by the Rev. John Parker, Beriah Botfield, Esq., of Norton Hall, N orthamptonshire, and of Ho ton Court and Decken. Hill, Shropshire, M.P. for Ludlow, to Isabella, second daughter of Sir Baldwin Leighton, Baronet, of Loton Park, in the county of Salop. NORMAN—AusTuc—On the 19th inst., at St. James's, Hanover-square, Edward, e ld est son of the late Edward Norman, Esq., of Cosford, Warwickshire, to Louisa Emily, youngest daughter of Barnes Austin, Esq., Bod dicott, late of Banbury. RAYMOND—CoLLIs.—On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Geo. Raymond, Es q ., o f Upp er Temple street, Dublin, barrister-at-law, to Martha Jane, widow of the late Maurice Collis, Esq. DEATHS. ATTKINS.—On the 19th inst., at Langley House, Bucks, Penelope, wife of the Rev. H. T. Attkins. DUDLEY.—On the 14th inst., at his residence, Dudley, Mr. Hartil Dudley, aged 80. HAND.—On the 20th inst., at 33, Great James -street, Bed ford-row, Elmira, wife of Louis Hand, Esq., solicitor, aged 30. LUMLEY.—On the inst.,23d hoyal Welsh at Brecon, Major Fusiliers, r ag C ed har 3 les 4. A li t the lastenrY Lumley, R attack on the Redan he was fearfully wound ed, and for his distinguished bravery on that occasion was rewarded with the Victoria Cross and the Legion of Honour. POTTER.—On the 20th inst., at Shacklewell, Capt. Lewis Potter, aged 42. RALLI.—On the 20th inst., at 23, Sussex-square, Thokmas Rani, Esq., aged 60. 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