The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

THE OFFICE OF LORD MAYOR. Mr. Anderton having waited upon the Lord Mayor yesterday, for the purpose of requesting his Lomaship would publicly investigate a matter connected with the contest in the Common Hall, his Lordship wrote a note to Mr. Yates, the chairman of Alderman' Wood's committee, who, together with other gentlemen of that committee, immediately attended tc:canswer any charge or statement which might be made. The Lord Mayor having taken his seat in the Justice Room at the Mansion House, Mr. ANDERTON said he appeared to request his Lord ship would be kind enough to investigate a charge which he had publicly made agains t the committee (Alderman Wood's, which had appeared in the newspapers) that day, and had also appeared in placards, in a letter of which he was the author, and which he had sent to Sir George Carroll's committee, believing it to contain the truth. If he had so far committed himself as to have stated what was untrue he would henceforward allow himself to be branded as the greatest of liars. The letter was as follows " 6th October, 1846. " Gentlemen,—ln an advertisement in the Times newspaper of this day, signed John Yates, Chairman of Alderman Wood's Committee, it is stated that all the counsel's fees, charged by me as not having been paid by Alderman Wood, as the solicitor of the Irish Society, have been discharged, as appeared by receipts produced by the committee. " I now positively state that such statements are un- true, and that if the receipts have been produced, they are fabricated, at least as respects one of the counsel, whose fees, with those of his clerk, were not paid at twelve o'clock this day. " I am, Gentlemen, yours faithfully, " JAMBS ANDERTON. " Sir George Carroll's Committee." . It was a necessary consequence of such a communi cation, that one party or the other must be in a situation of disagreeable responsibility. Either he was chargeable with having uttered a falsehood, or Alder man Wood's committee were guilty of having imposed upon the public. All he had to do, he submitted, was to show that the statement he had made was a correct state ment; that he had received the communication which had been published from an authentic source. Until he should prove that fact, or be convicted of a falsehood, he had determined not to go to his usual occupation. Every thing he had said or written upon the subject had been said and written under the strongest impres ation and conviction of its truth. The first question was whether it was the fact that he received the communi cation in the letter just read from a good source. The need was whether the case was as it had been repre sented to him. Now, having ascertained beyond a doubt, that, as regarded one of the counsel, the fees had not been paid at twelve o'clock on the 6th instant, his Lordship might guess what his astonishment must be upon receiving yesterday evening a letter as he was about to leave town, of which the following was a copy : Sir,—ln a placard addressed by you to Sir George Carroll's committee, you assert that my statement of all the fees having been paid to counsel was untrue, and that if the receipts have been produced, they are fabri cations, at least as respects one of the counsel, whose fees, with those of his clerk, were not paid at twelve o'clock this day.' " I now inclose you a copy of the declaration of the gentleman who made the payments, and call apon you publicly to retract your statements, now proved beyond any question to be untrue. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES YATES. " James Anderton, Esq." On the envelope was written " AR answer is re quested before twelve o'clock to, morrow." The declaration referred to in Mr. Yates's letter ran thus :—" I George Scores, of Lower Eaton-street, Gros venor place, in the county of Middlesex, Gent., do so- Itinnly and ,incerely declare that I did, on Monday, the sth day of October last, pay to Sir T. Wilde, Mr. Kin dersly, and Mr. W. P. Wood, the sum of 5641 195., Lein; the full amount of fees respectively due to them. on account of the Irish Society from Mr. Alderman Wood 4 the solicitor in the cause, and that I did at the same time take receipts for the same, and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, &c. " GEORGE SCORES, jun. " Declared this 6th day of October, 1846. " John Johnson, Mayor." Now, (Mr. Anderton) came to the Mansion House undo; the impression that it was most fit to con firm or to retract the accusation he had brought befor e his Lordship. He was ready to prove that the state meat he had sent to Sir George Carroll's chairman, and which bad appeared in the public papers, was, so far as he was concerned, a true and correct statement. He had called at the chambers of one counsel, and learned, upon questioning ens of the gentlemen there, that the fees 01 his principal had not been paid by twelve o'clock on the 6th instant, and that gentleman had come forward to corroborate his assertion in the presence of Alderman , Wood's Committee. The Chief Clerk of the council alluded to was then called by Mr. Adderton. 110 said that the statement in italics in Mr. Anderton's letter, to the effect that the fees of one of the council had not been paid by twelve o'clock on the 6th instant, was correct. In answer to Mr. Harris, one of Alderman Wood's Com mittee. the w:tatiss stated that he was not at the Council Chambers between three and four o'clock on Monday, the sth instant, and he did not know that it was at all the practice of the clerk of one counsel on a case to receive. in the absence of the clerk of another counsel in the same case, the fees due to the former. He did not know what clerks of counsel might do in the event of occasional absence as regarded briefs, but the receipt of briefs was very different from the receipt of fees. He received a cheque from his principal for fees in the case from his assistant clerk before two o'clock on Tuesday, the 6ch inst. Mr. 'lmams asked whether the clerk of one of the other counsel in the cause was present, and the answer being in the negative, said that that individual ought to be in attendance, in order to show that the committee were perfectly justified in the statement they had made. The Assistant Clerk to the Counsel, whose chief cleak had been just examined, stated that between one and two o'clock on Tuesday, the 6th inst., he received a cheque for the fees of his principal, in the name of Al derman Wood, from a young man without a hat, whom he did not know. He did not give a receipt for the cheque. He paid it over to the chief clerk a little before two on the same day. Mr. HARRIS said he should lay before the Lord Mayor a plain statement of facts, to which he defied the slightest contradiction. On Monday last, at about three o'clock, he saw three cheques delivered to Mr. Score, the gen tleman who made the declaration before his Lordship on Tuesday. He saw ihat they were in accordance with the amount of fees due to the three counsel. Mr. Score took them to deliver to the several counsel. It was well known that the present time was the long vacation, and that counsel were absent, and their clerks were not always at chamber. Mr. Score, upon calling at the chambers of two of the counsel, found neither prin cipals nor clerks, and to a female, who expressed her readiness to take care of anything left for one of the counsel, he handed one cheque, while to the clerk of the third counsel he banded the other two cheques, to' be delivered according to direction. (Here Mr. Harris produced receipts for the three cheques, two of which were signed by the clerk of one of the counsel for each of the principals, and the third by the housekeeper to the remaining counsel, and on each of them were the words, " Paid by me, George Score, the sth of October, 1846.") Mr. Harris proceeded—Mr. Score, he said, re turned about four o'clock, bringing with him these three receipts, so that the cheques had been paid for the use of counsel between three and four o'clock on Moaday. If the clerks were not all at chambers to re ceive them, it was not the business of Alderman Wood, or his committee. Mr. ANDERTON—The question is, whether I have said anything that was untrue. I have produced my authority for the facb, that neither his principal nor himself had received a cheque for the fees at twelve o'clock on Tuesday. It is that lam called upon to re tract. I ask your Lordship whether I have not been borne out in the statement I igade by the evidence ? 'The LORD MAYOR—Certlinly, your statement is borne out. Mr. Mums said that both sides were borne out in their statements. The cheque had been paid, as was manifest to all, on the sth instant, but, by the contin gency observed upon, did not reach the proper hands until next day, after the hour stated by Mr. Anderton, who had made use of the information he received to suit 'his own views and wishes. It was true the statement which had been made had proved injurious to the cause of Alderman Wood. He (Mr. Harris) would not use any harsh comments ; neither he nor any one of Alder man Wood's committee had resorted to any angry or unkind words during the election, but they all regretted to see Mr. Anderton deserting his old friend. Mr. YATES, the Chairman of Alderman Wood's com .raittee, said he came to the Mansion House to meet Mr. Anderton, and to contradict the statement made by that gentleman. Before four o'clock on Monday he had the receipts in his hand, and he was therefore exonerated from all imputation as to publishing an untruth. He bad no disposition to cavil or to quarrel with Mr. Anderton, but he believed Mr. Anderton bad said much during the contest for which he would upon consideration feel sorrow. He had night and day during the struggle been engaged on the committee, and ho had abstained from personalities, however strong the temptation a nd the ground might have been. It was for the enemies of Alderman Wood to acknowledge that from his friends *they had never heard one word of calumny, or one syl lable calculated to show the existence of animosity. Mr. AxnEwroN said that nothing whatever could have prevented him from giving his most warm and active support to Alderman Wood, if the conduct of Alderman Wood had been such as to justify him in giving his as sistance. He acted according to the dictates of his con science i n com i ng f orwar d to prevent what ought no, to take place, and he was satisfied with the course he had adopted. The LORD MAYOR said it was his duty to request the attendance of the gentlemen who had read* ap peared, and he was glad that an explanation had taken place, which left both parties completely free from im putation as to a disregard for truth. He regretted that the mistake had occurred, and, in his opinion, all the trouble they had just been at might have been avoided if the money had been paid at the proper time to the proper person. Mr. ANDERTON—WeII, my L9rcl, what is your ver dict—guilty or not guilty ? The - LotiD Almaia said he acquitted all parties. We regret to learn that Mr. H. Hamilton, the British Plenipotentiary at the Court of the Brazils, is coming home on account of ill•health. It is hardly necessary for us to state that the merchants at Rio Jane a) hold the highest opinion of the talent and judg ment of this ontleman. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Kentish Gazette.) The duty has retrogaded in the opinion of the specu lators, and business is doing at 210.000/. (From the Canterbury Journal.) As the hopping may now be said to have terminated, better conjectures can be formed as to the probable amount of duty. It is generally admitted that the hops this year are lighter than last, but then the quantity is greater and the quality good. The duty in this part is backed from 210,000/. to 220,000/., though in some parts of West Kent an opinion prevails that it will not exceed 200,000/. The last accounts from Maidstone state that in many instances the quality is inferior, and the weight deficient. MEREWORTH, WATERINGBURY, AND TESTON.—The quantity and quality have realised the expectations of most of the growers, but the general opinion is against the present supposed amount of duty. STAPLEHURST.—I trust my brother hop-planters will be no longer gulled by factors and merchants. Look at the average growth for nineteen years, to 1844 inclusive, viz., 61 cwt. per acre, 49,000 acres, 157,0004 duty ; and say if, with the general light weight of hops this year, it is even probable the duty will realise from 30 to 40 , per cent. more than the above average of nineteen years. Let past experience and severe losses serve as an inducement to act and judge for themselves hence forth ; let them form a company and establish a market and a depot in Maidstone. SEAL AND IGHTHAM.—The general complaint is, that the hops have come considerably short of what was ex pected, owing to their weighing so badly according to bushels, and the duty is thought to be too high at the present estimate. EAST MALLING.—The planters consider the hops to weigh well to the number of bushels, and the quality ex ceedingly good. ROLVENDEN._We have still the same complaint of lightness as we had at the commencement. This we understand to be the case generally,and is easily accounted for. The great quantities of insects which assailed the young bine kept it back to such a degree that the planters were almost in despair ; but as soon as they disappeared, the growth of the hop was so extremely rapid, that the time of gathering, instead of being very late, was much sooner than last year. Hence there was a great paucity of seed, and, as a natural consequence, a want of pollen, which detracts much from their weight. When we consider that this is almost universal, we can but think that the duty will not reach 200,0001, and that the farmers must be doing very wrong to press their hops upon an already overstocked market. Let them wait but a short time, and they will get a remune rating price. In number of bushels our parish will exceed last year's growth, but in weight it will come off considerably less, it often requiring 75 to 85 bushels to the cwt. TIOEHURST.—The crop does not exceed expectation. There is a disposition on the part of many growers to hold their hops a time from market, in order that better prices may be ob' ained, the present growth being good, and but few good old ones being on hand. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9 1 1846. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. A return has just been issued (pursuant to an order of the House of Commons, dated July 20, the return hav ing been prepared on the motion of Mr. B. Baldwin on the 4th of May last) giving a list of all the Joint Stock Companies which have been registered, provisionally or otherwise, under the pro visions of i the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, c. 110 ; stating, in a tabular form, the style, title, and business of the company, the date of its formation or establishment, the date of registration, the names of the present di rectors, the norninre. amount of capital, the amount paid up, the amount borrowed under Act of Parliament, with the title of such Act. This return is made up to the Ist of June last, and it contains, first, a list of existing companies, registered as having been in existence pre vious to the sth of September, 1844 ; secondly, a return of provisionally registered companies, the formation of which was begun subsequently to the sth of September, 1844 ; thirdly, a return of completely registered com panies, as formed under a deed of settlement or sub scription contract, in manner prescribed by the Act ; foarthly, a return of directors of provisionally registered companies ; aael fifthly, a return of directors of com pletely registered companies. The first list, of com panies existing previous to the sth of September, 1844, contains the names of 994 companies, aho the descrip tion of the business thereof, the dates of formation, and the dates of registration. The second list o pro visionally registered companies contains the names of 1,633 companies, together with their date of provisional registration, a description of the business, and the amount of capital. Among these companies is one of a peculiar character, which was provisionally registered ;.he 19th May last, entitled the British and Iri.h Granary Corn Mill Company and Provident Institution, the capi tal of which is set down as 35,000,0001 Its objects ere described as being " the purchase and sale of grain at fixed prices, cultivation of waste lands, encouraging the worl.ing classes, and offering Parliament the means of abolishing class taxation by levying a duty on grain and Hour sold by the company." The third list cimtains the names of 115 completely registered companies, giving the date of complete registration, descriptions of th e character of the business, and the amount of capital. ['he fourth return gives the names of the directors of 1,628 of the provisionally registered companies ; and the tkfth those of the directors of the 115 completely registered companies. ST. JOHN'S GATE, CLERKENWELL.—This, the only remaining portal of ancient London, is again left in an unfinished state, the funds subscribed being only sufficient to complete the restoration of the north front. FATAL AFFRAY ON THE BERWICK AND NEWCASTLE RAlLWAY.—Tuesday afternoon, some dispute arose be tween three Irishmen and an Englishman, on the line of railway forming between Walker and Benton, which vas noticed by Captain Potts, who happened to be near the place, and on going up he endeavoured to bring about a reconciliation. Unfortunately one of the Irish men, George Mathews, reckless of consequences, pushed Captain Potts aside, and taking something out of his waistcoat-pocket, rushed towards the Englishman, and stabbed him in the abdomen. The poor man instantly fell, and in a few moments breathed his last, the assassiti running towards Newcastle, where he was pursued and c$ ptured by police constable 42, near to the Byker police station.—Newcastle Advertiser. THERMOMETERS IN SCHOOL-ROOMS.—A thermo meter should be kept in every school-room, and hung on the coolest side of it. The proper temperature should be determined by unchangeable laws, not by the variable feelings or caprice of any individual. Withouta thermometer—if the teacher be habituated to live the open air ; if he be healthy, vigorous and young ; if he walk a mile, or several miles to school ; and espe cially if he keep upon his feet during the school hours, the scholars will be drilled and scolded into a resigna tion to great suffering from cold. If, on the other hand, the teacher lead a sedentary life, if his health be feeble, or if he step into the school-room from a neigh bouring door, he will perhaps unconsciously create a little summer about himself, and subject the children to a perilous transition in temperature whenever they leave his tropical regions._ In this way a child's lungs may get a wound in early life which ne i t h er Cuba nor the South of France can afterwards heal.—American Re port on the Subject of School-houses. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO AN OLD MAN IN THE HAVERHILL UNION HOUSE.—The town and neighbour. hood of Haverhill have been thrown into a state of the utmost excitement in consequence of rumours that an old man named John Webb, 78 years of age, a pauper, had died in consequence of cruel and brutal treatment received by him at the hands of the officers of the Haver hill Union House. The old man, it is stated, was childish and bed-ridden, and, of course, troublesome, his infirmi ties calling for assistance which occupied some time, and demanded some humanity to render. It is represented that the son of the deceased going to see his father, who was confined to his bed in the Infirmary of the Union House, found him senseless, and discovered some blood trinkling down one side of his face, a blow on one of his knees, and his ancle very much bruised as though he had been severely beaten. Besides the blow on the head there was also an injury on his right eye, which was plastered up with three plasters, and he was in a state of the utmost filthiness. On Monday last an in. quest was commenced at the Greyhound Inn, Haver hill, before Harry Waymann, Esq., on the body of the deceased, whereat the two sons were examined, but the inquiry being adjourned, we abstain from giving parti culars, in justice to all parties. The excitement on the spot is most intense, and the decision of the jury is looked forward to with the utmost anxisty.—Bury Herald. MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The total number of deaths registered in the metropolis for the week ending Saturday, October 3, was 935 ; of this number 879 were deaths from other causes than violence, showing an increase in the number of deaths from dis ease of 87, as compared with the week preceediug. The number of deaths from diarrhma were 43 ; from dysen tery, 8 ; and from cholera, 3. The number of deaths from diseases of the lungs and organs of respiration amounted to 222, of which 127 were from consumption. The deaths from typhus were 38. There were 1,359 births during the week. I THE GAIE Laws.—A HARD CASE.—A few days 1 ago Henry Pearce was brought before the magistrates at Chichester, and charged with being concerned in an act of poaching five years ago. Pearce was fined 2/. 12s. 6d., and in default to two months hard labour. He paid the fine; but this did not seem to suffice. The gamekeepers and their masters were determined to rid themselves of their neighbour ; so a trumpery tale was raked up, an information was sworn and a warrant issued, and Pearce was taken on the sly, hurried before their worships and convicted out of hand of being found in the road on a dark night in winter, five years ago, for an unlawful purpose, and sent to hard labour for ( one month. He declared he was innocent of the allege offence, and that the charge had sprung from spite anti malice. During the five years Pearce has been absent he had served her Majesty at sea four years and up wards, and this treatment is the reward an ungrateful country had in store for him.—Brighton Guardian. The Memorial of Pau of the 2d announces the ar rival there of the Baron d'ilenneville, to prepare the Chateau for the reception of the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier. ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF SHIPPING AT ODESSA.— Letters from Odessa of the 18th September, received in Liverpool, state that a fleet of no less than 150 mer chant vessels arrived at that port the day before, thus effe . ctually putting an end to the scarcity of shipping which had so l ong prevailed. These vessels w:•re elicily Greek and Italian, only six of them being British. From 350,000 to 40,000 quarters of wheat had been bought for shipment on boardjthese vessels, chiefly for Italy and the south of France, and from 110,000 to 130,000 qrs. still remained on sale. The arrivals of new wheat had been small, bnt were expected to be liberal during the next two months. Th e p r i ce o f new w h eat , of good quality, was 345, to 345. Bd. per quarter, and the freight to England was 12s. 3:1. a quarter. The stock of Indian own was very smalL HIGHLAND DESTITUTION. THE BLACK ISLET, EASTER ROSS, MONLOCHIE, SEPT. 22.--On the Ist instant, the heritors, commissioners of supply, and justices of the peace of the seven northern counties, memorialised Government to make provision for supporting the poor in the Highlands, under the prospect of a failure in the potato crop. The answer to the memorial has been fourteen days in the hands of the Committee of Management, and up to the present mo ment is not published. Through the kindness of a per sonal friend we have obtained a copy of a letter, and hasten to lay it before our readers : " Whitehall, Sept. 5, 1846. " I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 29th of August and of the Ist of September: the former enclosing a copy of resolutions adopted at a meeting held in the parish of Glenelg; and the latter enclosing the copy of a memorial of a committee appointed by a meeting of the commissioners of supply, heritors, and justices of the peace of the county of Inverness, with reference to the failure of the potato crop in that county. These documents, toge ther with the memorial from the Island of Skye, trans mitted in your letter of the 20 th of August, have re ceived the careful and attentive consideration of her Majesty's Government. " They have learned with deep regret that the dis ease which has so generally affected the potato crop during the present year throughout the United King: dom, as well as on many parts of the Continent, has spread so extensively in the western districts of Scot land; and it is a cause of very great concern that so large a portion of the population in that part of Scotland are represented to be mainly dependent for their sub sistence upon potatoes. " Her Majesty's Government are at the same time gratified with the assurance contained in these docu ments, of the readiness of the landed proprietors to take measures for lessening the distress which is apprehended, as they are the parties mainly responsible for the afford. ing relief under any pressing emergency, and as for their local knowledge and influence they are best able to furnish it without waste or indiscretion. "Her Majesty's Government are in communication with the Board of Supervision for the relief of the poor in Scotland upon this subject; and they find that inqui ries have been instituted by that board, in order to obtain accurate information as to the extent of the evil, and with a view to the adoption of such measures as the result of these inquiries may prove to be necessary with regard to that portion of the population which is entitled to parochial relief. "I am further to inform you, that an experienced commissariat officer will proceed immediately to Scot land, with instructions personally to inspect districts within which the greatest distress is to be apprehended, and to make a full report to the Government as to the supply of food which will probably be available for the people in these districts. " This report will receive the earliest attention on the part of the Government ; but I feel it my duty to state, that while her Majesty's Government will be desirous to promote and facilitate the efforts of landed proprietors to lessen the distress which is ap prehended, they cannot encourage the expectation that by any direct system of pecuniary advances they can relieve the proprietors from the obligation which rests upon them, to take upon themselves the charge of providing for the wants of the people. Her Majesty's Government have reason to believe that, notwithstand ing the failure of the potatoes, the crop of oats in the west of Scotland is this year generally abundant, and the quality excellent ; and they trust that other articles of food will be found to exist in larger quantities than in or iinary years. " With reference to the desire which has been ex pressed for providing means of employment, I may, perhaps, be permitted to call your attention to the Act passed towards the close of the lass session (a copy of which I enclose), which authorises the advance of public money for the purposes of draining. " I have the honour to be, &c., " Henry Baillie, Esq., M.P," G. GREY. LOVE, LAW, AND LOSS. The Aleg,bury Gazette furnishes us with the following details of the affair of the seizure at Cologne of a casket, by two Prussian advocates, believing it to contain letters and documents, but which, on being opened, was found to be filled with banknotes only,] which were restored immediately to their owner. The names of the par ties concerned in these transactions are the Count de Hatzenfeld, one of the richest persons in Germany, being possessed of estates bringing him in a revenue equal to 570,000 f. a year; his Countess, who is the daughter of a Sovereign of one of the petty states of Ger many; Mine. de Mezendorff, the mistress of the Count; and Dr. Mendelsohn and M. Appenheim, the lawyers. The Count and Countess have three children, two sons and a daughter, but in consequence of the Count's inter course with Mme. de Mezendorff, the Countess sepa rated from her husband, contenting herself with an allowance from him, extremely small in proportion to his income, which was partly derived from the fortune she brought him. About the end of August last ,the Countess was informed that there had been registered at Dusseldorf a deed, whereby the Count had charged his estates with a very large annuity, to be paid to Mdme. de Mezendorf during her life, on the pretended consideration that she had advanced to him a large sum of money. Under the advice of friends she went to the Count, and represented to him the injustice he had at tempted to commit towards her and her children, consider ing that the whole of their joint property was, according to their marriage settlement, held by them in common, and that, according to the law of the land, their eldest son would be heir to all the freehold estates. She therefore urged him, in order to avoid the scandal of a suit at law, to annul the grant to Madame de Mezendorff. The Count refused to listen to her remonstrances, and she thereupon consulted the two advocates above named. They recommended, as the first object, that every en deavour should be made to obtain possession of the letters between the Count and his mistress as the most likely means of provin. , that the consideration inserted in the annuity deed was fictitious. Learning that Madame de Mezendorff was at Coblentz, the two advocates hastened there, and, being informed that the papers they were in search of were carried with her in a casket, contrived to get into her apartment in the night, and to carry off the supposed depository. Madame de Mezendorff very soon missed her treasure, and learnt by whom she had been robbed. Losing no time in applying to the police, warrants were issued for the arrest of M. Appenheim and Dr. Mendelssohn. The former, on learning this, returned to Coblentz and surrendered himself to prison ; but the Doctor is still at liberty. He has, however, written to the magistrates, pledging his honour that he will return and give himself up in time to take his trial. It is stated that both these advocates, how ever irregular their conduct may be deemed in this in• stance, are men of known honour and integrity. A curious incident has attended the pursuit of Dr. Mendels sohn. At Herbersthel, a small Prussian town near the frontier of Belgium, the police officers arrested the cousin of the Doctor, M. Felix Mendelssohn Barthobly, the celebrated composer, who was returning from Belgium by the railroad, but who is a doctor in music, and not of law. He was taken to prison, and there detained till the next day, when two persons of note came from Co logne to identify him, and he was set at liberty. TO PRESERVE CUT FLOWERS.—The most simple rules are, not to put too many flowers in a glass, to change the water every morning, and to remove every decayed leaf as soon as it appears, cuttinc , off the ends of the stems occasi ona lly, as soon as they show any symptoms of decay. A more efficacious way, however, is to put nitrate of soda in the water ; as about as much as can easily be taken up between the forefinger and the thumb put into the glass every time the water is changed will preserve cut flowers in all their beauty for above a fortnight. Nitrate of potash (that is common saltpetre), in powder, has nearly the same effect, but it is not quite so efficacious.—Mrs. Loudon's Lady's Country com panion. CAUTION TO RAILWAY SERVANTS:—At the magis trates'-court at Reigate, on Monday last, before Mr. Freshfield, ALP., George Wilson and Charles Clarke, two engine-drivers of the Brighton Railway, were sum moned, at the request of the South-Eastern Railway Company, for endangering the lives of passengers by inattention to the signals at the Reigate station. John Reeves, a switchman of the Dover line, was sworn and examined by Mr. C. Nash, who attended on behalf of the South-Eastern Company. He deposed that, on the 28th of August last, the defendants were driving the two en gines attached to the Brighton train ; that on its arrival at the Reigate station the Brighton signals were both extended for it to stop ; that the Dover up train was due, and was signalled as in sight ; that it approached tho Reigate station, having to ero)s the Brighton down line to get to the up platform ; that at the same moment the defendants started their train—witness observed it coming, although the signal was for it to stop ; that he ; extended both his hands, which is always a stop signal but that that was also disregarded ; and seeing the trains would inevitably come into collision, he ran down the signal on to the line, and said to one of the de- fendants—" Do you not see the signals? Where are you going ? " The defendants reversed their engines ; but as that would not prevent a collision, witness ran up to the points, and turned the Brighton train on the Dover down line, and thus avoided the collision. The witness was severely cross -examined by Mr. Everset, of Brighton, for the defendants, but hisevidence was not shaken as to the position of the signals. John Watts, another switchman, confirmed his evidence. In cross ex• amination he admitted that he heard the plat form bell ring, which was a signal that all was right at the platform, but was no authority to the defendants to go on until the signals were moved to correspond. Other evidence confirmatory of this was adduced, and Mr. Gray, superintendent of the Brighton locomotives, stated that one defendant had resigned his situation, but there being contradictory statements, the other had remained in the service. Mr. Everset addressed the bench in mitigation ; be did not mean to deny the negligence of his clients, although he was instructed that it could be contradicted ; and after an able comment on the case, threw the defendants on the mercy of the Court. Mr. Freshfield consulted with his brother magistrate, and said that topics had been introduced by the defendants which were not relevant to the ease, and luci(:ly pointed out time immense importance of attention to the signals, as time only and best means that the human mind could device for the public safety ; and it only required proper attention to answer the purpose. He considered the case as clearly made out, and of so much importance as to justify an imprisonment ; but as the defendant Clarke was driver of the second engine, and there were mitiga tory circumstances in his case, he should have sentenced him to two months' imprisonment, and the other to three months, with hard labour, in the county gaol ; but on reference to the particular clause of the statute, it was found that the maximum period was fixed at two months ; and he therefore reduced Clarke's term to one month, and Wilson's to two months' imprisonment. MILITARY FLOGGING. By the Cape of Good hope papers w e l earn th a t th e greatest excitement prevails among the inhabitants of the colony, on account of some cases in which civilians, pressed into the service during the Kafir war have been subjected to the degrading punishment of flogging. The most notorious case occurred at Fort Peddie, and it is thus described at length "A few days preceding the attack on Fort Peddie, as we are informed, whilst the neighbourhood was infested by Kafirs, a young man named John Crawford Smith, a respectable inhabitant of Graham's Town, and the pro prietor of a waggon then in the employ of Government, was asked by Mr. Cumming, the commissariat officer, it he had an axe, as he would be required to proceed to cut wood for the supply of the troops. The spot where the wood is cut is in the Fish River Bush, about five miles from the post, close to deep wooded kloofs, and a very dangerous place. It appears that Mr. Smith at the commencement of the war, hired his waggon and oxen to Government at 10s. 6d. per diem, for which he was bound to supply a leader and driver, but not being able to obtain a driver, he was under the ne cessity of driving his own waggon ; wood-cutting, therefore, was no part of his compact with Govern ment, nor had Government any claim whatever to his services, except as a waggon driver. On a for mer occasion (May 7) he, with others, was ordered out with his waggon to fetch wood for the post, and an escort of 30 men accompanied them ; the Caffres at tacked them, drove back the escort, and burnt one of the waggons. On the present occasion, Mr. Smith very properly remonstrated against this arbitrary order of Lieutenant• Colonel Lindsay, and declined to expose his life on such duty unless protected. Mr. Smith's waggon happened to be nearest to the entrance of the enclosure, and on that account Mr. Cumming went to him, and did not speak to any of the other waggon drivers at the time, but went straight to Colonel Lindsay to report what he had said, upon which Colonel Lindsay imme diately ordered the soldiers to get under arms, the cats to be brought out, and all the persons in charge of the waggon to be summoned before him. The following scene then took place :—The waggon-drivers being as sembled, Mr. Smith was directed to stand out, and Col. Lindsay inquired if there were any others who objected to go ; upon which Messrs. Webb and Norton, and one coloured person, also stepped out, and declined going unless all the waggon-drivers went, and an escort was given. Colonel Lindsey then threatened to flog them all, and without any court-martial or inquiry ordered Smith to receive twenty-five lashes. After the punish ment of Smith, the waggon-drivers all went out without their waggons to cut wood, with an escort of about 40 or 50 men, dragoons and infantry, and the fol lowing day were sent with their waggons to fetch the wood they had cut the day previous. None of the soldiers cut any wood on that occasion. The contractor had previously always got the Fingoes to cut all the wood required for the post, but the Fingoes at this time refused to go, on a , .:count of the danger. The spot where they cut wood is a very dangerous place, deep kloofs, thickly wooded. The contractor then offered Is. 6d. a day to the waggon drivers to go and cut wood for his contract, which they refused, the risk of life being too great. Our informant never heard of any soldiers being employed to cut wood at any time for their own use. There were 300 or 400 men on the post at the time. On the evening of the day when Smith was flogged, Colonel Lindsay ordered up all the waggon drivers on parade, and told them that he had heard a rumour that they had intended to leave the post ; he said that if any there dared to leave, he would send an express to Graham's -town, have them ap prehended, and shot on the public market-place." The mother of Smith addressed a memorial to the Governor, praying for an inquiry into the cause of her son's punishment, and the concise answer of Colonel Cloete seems to have awakened scarcely less indignation than the act itself:—. " REPLY TO MEMORIAL OF WIDOW MARY SMITH. " It appears on relf‘eGrernacheatm's Town,o Liete June ant-Col l o 2 ;tel 1846. Lind say, 91st Regiment, the officer in command, that the punishment of 25 lashes was inflicted on John Crawford Smith for direct and positive disobedience of orders. "A. J. CLOETE, Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Quarter-Master General." Another case, of which the following is the descrip tion, occurred at Fort Brown:— " I have recently seen published the accounts of two civilians having been flogged without any form of trial. and I now call your attention to a third case, which I think is equal in atrocity and importance to either of the former:--I refer to a good, but poor old Hottentot man named Caesar (or Coster), and who was lately discharged from the Cape Mounted Rifles with as goad a character as ever man bore—not having a black line against his name in the books during 28 years' service, half of which period he was a non-commissioned officer. fro was ultimately discharged as a sergeant with a pen sion of 71-0. per diem, and is now in the employ of the contractor's agent, baking and butchering the whole day for the supply of the troops, and which is very hard work. Some days ago this man was ordered by the Provisional Field-Cornet, Delport, to stand sentry over the Dutchman's cattle, and whose " leger" is close under the walls of the fort. To this request the old man urged his daily employment, and that he had two sons and three horses doing duty. He also stated that he had no great coat to protect him in the night against the weather, adding that as a soldier he would not ob ject to do military duty, but he conceived he had no right to be forced. to stand guard over private property. On this the Provisional Field• Cornet, with the sanction of Lieutenant Bouchier, whom you extolled lately for his kindness, ordered the poor old man to be tied to a waggon, and inflicted 25 lashes on him." CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN INDIA. On Tuesday a Parliamentary document was issued, of twenty-eight pages, containing several papers relative to corporal punishment in India. Mr. flume moved for a copy "of any orders issued by the Governor-General mm ß a y nd a or Command e r-in-Chief in India respe c ti ng corpora l punishment of Europeans and natives in B r iti s h I n di a e circular, hie f dated e the 16th of June, 1827, since the 19th of March, th lB e 27 c .O some explanation respecting a former circular letter, and the general orders restricting the punishment of flog ging in the native army. Regimental or detachment courts-martial were reminded that where they sentenced a native soldier to be flogged, his dismissal would also follow, and that they ought not to award the punish ment of flogging except for very serious offences against discipline, or actions of a disgraceful and infamous nature, unbecoming theicharacter of a soldier. Another circular was issued in November, 1832. When it hap pened that a soldier had been found guilty of an offence which rendered it improper that he should remain any longer in the service, although the general conduct of the man had been such that an example was unnecessary, or he mighthave relations in the regiment of excellent charac ter upon whom some part of the disgrace would fall if he were flogged, the commander-in-chief authorised com manding officers of regiments in all cases where a native soldier had been sentenced to corporal punishment to discharge him from the service, if they considered it to be expedient, although the punishment was remitted altogether. In every case of a discharge ordered in consequence of a c ourt-martial, the circumstances of the soldier having been found guilty and sentenced to corporal punishment was to be distinctly s p ec ifi e d i n his discharge certificate, and in the monthl y casua l ty list transmitted to head quarters. The followingis very gratifying :—" The Command er -i n -C hief has ob served with great satisfaction how seldom it is necessary to resort to such punishment in order to maintain discipline amongst a body of men who are free from the vice of ine briety ; who are, in general, remarkable for their orderly, quiet, and obedient behaviour, and for whom dismissal from the service, where any individual betrays an opposite character, constitutes of itself a severe, and in most cases, a sufficient punishment." In February, 1835, the following General Order was issued :—" The Go vernor-General of India, in council, is pleased to direct that the practice of punishing soldiers of the native army by the cat o'-nine-tails, or rattan, be discontinued at all the presidencies, and that it shall henceforth be compe tent to any regimental detachment or brigade court martial to sentence a soldier of the native army to dis missal from the service for any offence for which such soldier might now be punished by flogging, provided such sentence of dismissal shall not be carried into effect unless confirmed by the General, or other officer com manding the division." The document contains an Act passed by the Governor, and the Articles of War for the government of the native officers and soldiers in the mili tary service of the East India Company. PROGRESS OF STEAM NAVIGATION AND MA • CRINERY IN FRANCE.—ACCOrding IO a statistical return it appea rs t h at steam navigation and the employment of s team - engines have made a ver y ra pid p rogr ess through out France, p ar ti cu l arly in the mining and manufacturing districts, wh ere steam power is now being generally adopted within the last ten years. Ia 1835 there were only 75 steam-vessels, but from the official report there are at present 238 steamers of various sizes and horse power, not only in the royal navy, but belonging to private parties. From an average calculation that has been made of the work now done by steam-engines, compared with manual and horse labour, it is as follows, Allowing the gradual increase, viz.:— For 1840 equal to 1,005,942 workmen and 143,706 horses 1841 ... 1,085,595 145,085 ••• 1842 ..• 1,128,449 ••• 191,207 18 43 ... 1,241,142 •.. 177,306 ... 1844 ..• 1,321,229 188,847 1845 ... 1,385,176 ••• 193,540 DASTARDLY CONDUCT.—Some months ago we noticed the circumstance of a servant girl, named Ann Wilson, having had a quantity of vitriol thrown upon her pet son whilst passing under one of the railway arches in Gorbals. We have been informed that, on the evening of Monday last, the same girl was subjected to a similar annoyance in the neighbourhood of Waterloo-place, a hereby the cap upan her head was burned, and her person severely scorched. The scoundrel who committed this disgraceful act effected his escape. It is an extra ordinary fact that this is the third time that the girl Wilson has suffered injury from assaults of a similar d, scription. There is every reason to believe that the same party has been guilty in each case. The Journ ii des Chemins de Fer gives the follow ing as the numbers of the nas , :engers and the amounts of the receipts of the Paris railroads during the last month : Passengers. Receipts. Saint Germain ........... 140,484 142,9101, Versailles (Right Bank) 152,573 159,272 Versailles (Left Bank)... 75,098 78,609 Orleans and C0rbei1....., 934,400 Rouen ........................ 111,181 897,110 Secaux ..................... 79,254 31 , 189 During the month of September, 1845, the receipts of the Saint Germain road were 142,202 r. ; of the Versailles (Right Bank) 177,020 f. ; of the Versailles (Left Bank) 82,0151. ; of the ()Henna and Corbeil 769,958 f. ; and of the Rouen road 839,761£ POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. A CHALLENGE TO FIGHT.—Mr. R. Clavering Savage, a person of considerable property, residing in Welling ton-road, St. John's Wood, attended before Mr. Rawlin son, by virtue of a warrant which bad been placed i n th e hands of Whirp, the officer, charging him with having challenged Theodore Henry Shute, the principal witness on the inquest relating to the death of the unfortunate Baron de Bode, to fight a duel. Dr. Shute stated, that his surgery is opposite to the dwelling of the defendant, from whose premises loud screams of " Murder" proceeded on the 10th ult., be tween seven and eight o'clock in the evening. Similar cries had been heard from the same house before, and a large mob of persons had assembled, and they insisted upon the door leading to the stable-yard being opened shortly afterwards. Mr. RAwuNsoN—The defendant is brought here on the charge of challenging you; come to that if you please. Dr. Shute—Well, Sir, as I was sitting in my surgery, there was a great noise at the door, and hearing the de fendant's voice, I ran out somewhat excited. He (de fendant) ran away to his own premises opposite, and there abused me, calling me a blackguard and a gallipot scraper, at the same time challenging me to fight at Calais, either with pistols or swords. Mr. RAWLINSON—You have told me what the de fendant said to you, now let me know what you said to him? Dr. Shute—After he had called me names I cer tainly told him that if I could get at him I would thrash him. Defendant—You spat in my face, did you not ? Dr. Shute—l admit that I tried to do so, but whether I really did spit in your face or not I cannot tell. Joseph Hooper, assistant to Dr. Shute, corroborated the greater portion of the preceding evidence, stating, that in addition to the challenge, which, he understood, was to be a fight either with swords or pistols, he heard defendant abuse Dr. Shute, whom be accused of having caused pill-boxes and other rubbish to be thrown down in front of his (defendant's) door. It was proposed that the duel should take place at Calais, on the sands. Mr. RawuNsoN—What did you hear complainant say ? Witness—l heard him say, "I wish I could get hold of you." Another witness deposed to having heard defendant make use of the offensive•expressions imputed to him. Defendant, in answer to the charge, said that the noise was occasioned by a family dispute, and that a young female with whom he was living, thought fit to call out " Murder." He neither struck her, nor in any way ill used her, and as soon as the noise had in some degree subsided, he went over to Dr. Shute, who had impro perly interfered, and complained of his having caused pill-boxes and other rubbish to be placed at his (de fendant's) door. He (Dr. Shute) then rushed at him in a most furious manner, and not only aimed a blow at him, but spat in his face. Being incensed at this, he certainly did call the doctor' a " gallipot scraper." He made no challenge at all to fight a duel, but told him that for spitting in his face he might institute pro ceedings against him, not in a Police-court, but in an other way. Witnesses were examined in behalf of the defendant, and the magistrate, taking all the circumstances into consideration, dismissed the case, remarking that both parties seemed to have conducted themselves with much indiscretion. CHARGE OF UTTERING A COUNTERFEIT SOVEREIGN. —A young man, named Henry Frewin, was charged with having uttered a counterfeit sovereign to Mr. Hin ton, a cheesemonger, in the Edgware-road. It appeared that on the previous night the prisoner went to the shop and called for half a pound of cheese, which was served to him. He put down a piece re sembling a sovereign, and when prosecutor put it be tween his teeth it broke into three pieces. He then called a constable and gave the prisoner into custody. He was searched, and in his possession were found a sixpence and four duplicates. The piece alluded to was beautifully executed. A number of other tradesmen in the same vicinity have of late been offered, and have taken bad coin. The prisoner, who said that he received the "sove reign " from his uncle, a plumber in Lisson-grove, was remanded for the attendance of the Mint solicitor. STABBING. Robert Price was charged with having stabbed in the hand James Clements. The parties are both cab drivers. On Monday evening complainant was at the Euston station of the London and Birmingham Railway, when defendant, imagining that complainant had " bilked " him of a job, struck him with a knife, and wounded him in the hand.—Fined 20s. and costs. WESTMINSTER. ASSAULT ON THE POLICE BY A WOMAN.—Anne Churchman and Catherine Harris were charged with the following disgraceful conduct at Cleaver's coffee-house, Westminster- bridge. Mrs. Mansfield, the wife of the proprietor, stated that defendants came to the bar on the previous afternoon and called for liquor, when observing that they were intoxi cated she refused to serve them. They became very abusive, and Churchman seized a bottle of port wine which was standing upon the counter, and dashed it to the ground. She swore she would tear witness's eyes out, and threw a handful of halfpence, which broke 12s. worth of glass behind the bar. The police proved that Churchman was so violent that she required four men to take her to the station, two of whom she assaulted. Mrs. Mansfield observed that it was due to Harris to say that she paid for the bottle of wine, and endeavoured to persuade the other to be quiet and leave the place. Mr. Bingham, taking this into consideration, fined Harris 55., but as regarded Churchman he observed, that for the protection of respectable persons, he should commit her for 21 days, and, in addition, order her to pay 125., the amount of damages, or seven days. DISTRESSING CASE.—A poor girl, about 15 years of age, whose father was killed by an accident a few weeks ago, applied to the magistrate for assistance. She said that her mother and four children, younger than her self, were in a starving condition, and having been turned out of their lodgings, had slept during the last night on some stairs. Her mother had applied to the relieving officers of St. Margaret's, who refused to afford her any assistance, and told her to go to St. Luke's, Chelsea. where they sent her back, without any relief, to St. Margaret's. Between the two the family were left to starve. Mr. Brzionem said it was the duty of the authorities of St. Margaret's to relieve the family as casual paupers. They could, if they thought fit, pass them to their set. tlement. The worthy magistrate directed an officer to accompany her to the workhouse and request the autho rities to attend to the case. THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE EY AN ACTRESS. —Mrs. Anna Yates, an actress belonging to the corps dramatique of the Pavilion Theatre, in the Whitechapel-road, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with having at tempted to commit suicide. James Lidelard, a waterman, said h e b e l onged to Iron gate Stairs, adjoining the T ower, and was sitting on a bench in the plying-place, on M on d ay night, a few minutes before eight o ' c l oc k , when he saw the risoner coming down Tower-hill at full speed, towards the stairs, and supposi ng th at s h e wanted a boat, he plied her in the usual manner, by calling out " A boat, ma'am, a boat." She made no answer, but rushed past him to wards the river, and was about to jump in head fore most, when he sprang towards her and seized her by the gown. She appeared in a very excited and agitated state, and he led her to the bench, and after directing her to be seated, asked her if she was ill. She fainted away, and he bathed her temples with vinegar, and when she recovered a little, made her drink some of it, which appeared to revive her. A young gentleman directly afterwards made his appearance, who appeared to know the prisoner well, and he asked her to go away with him. She repulsed him, and begged him to leave her, on which h e ca ll e d f or a ca b , b ut as t h e prisoner did not feel inclined to have his company, he refused to let the young gentleman take her away in the ca_ b, and sent for a policeman. Mr. BALLANTINE—Was the prisoner intoxicated ? The waterman—l rather think she was drunk, but I may be mistaken ; perhaps it was her agitation. Wigley, a police-constable, saw the prisoner on the steps of the plying-place, and asked her why she at tempted to commit such a rash act as suicide, and she said she had quarrelled with a man who insulted her. The prisoner, who is about forty years of age, and ladylike in appearance, on being called upon for her de fence, said she had been very grossly insulted by a per son to whom she was indebted, and she rushed away from him with the intention of getting into a boat and crossing the river. She did not intend to commit any act of desperation. The waterman was satisfied the prisoner intended to drown herself and nothing else, and there was twelve t fe :t t h o r f ow wa h t e e r r se j l u f s i t n. below the place where she was about Inspector Scott, of the II division, stated, that when the prisoner was brought to the station house, she was in a very excited state, and he would not allow her to depart until she had procured very respectable bail. He asked her why she made the attempt on her life, to which she replied that unforeseen calamities and insults had induced her to act so rashly. Mr. BALLANTINE—Did she deny the fact of going to the waterside with the intention of drowning herself ? Inspector Scott—No, sir, she did not. _ _ Mr. Baker, a tradesman, residing in the vicinity of the Pavilion, said he knew Mrs. Yates well. She was a woman of considerable talent and good character. He had never heard of anything to her prejudice before, but he was afraid some misfortunes and insults had ex cited her. Mr. BALLANTINE said that self murder was a great offence, and the attempt to commit it is a misdemeanour, and she was liable to severe punishment. The prisoner said she had unfortunately been out of an engagement for seventeen weeks, and was compelled to borrow a small trifle of a person, who grossly insulted her, and she could not endure the insult. She did not owe more than St in the world. Mr. BALLANTINE—It was too much to make an at tempt to throw yourself away for 5/. Have you an en gagement now? The prisoner —I have, Sir, and lam afraid this will interfere with my professional pursuits. Mr. BALLANTINE—You should have thought of that before. Mr. Baker said the prisoner was indebted to him for bread, but he was so well assured of her integrity, that he would become surety for her future good behaviour. Mr. BALLANTINE said that Mr. Baker was a good hearted fellow, and an honest man, and he would take his bail conjointly with the prisoner's own recognisance for her future good conduct. The required sureties having been entered into, she was discharged. ANOTHER RISE Is THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yes terday the 4!b. loaf of wheaten bread was advanced to Bd. by the cheap bakers, and 10id. by the full-priced throughout the metropolis. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the West India colonies. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, ()ern= 7. STOCK Excgawan.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 84% —Bit. mingham and Oxford Junction, s%—Bristol and South Wales Junc tion, 2s.—Great Western, Halves, 19% —Ditto, Fifths, II p.—Ditto, New, 5% p.—Manehester and Leeds, Extension, 1 1-16 p.—North British, New, 141. 13s. 9d.—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 3 %—north Staffordshire, 21. is. 3d. MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 7. STOCK Exchathan.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, % p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 1% p.—Birming ham and Oxford Junction, 3% p.—Cambridge and Oxford, p. — Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, 114 p.—Direct Northern, 1% dis.—Eastern;.Counties, York Extension, 114 p.—East Lancashire (late Blackburn and Preston), 2% p.—Exeter and Exmouth,'l4s. dis.—Grand Union, 14s. 6d. dis.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Brad ford, % p. —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, % dis. —Leeds and Thirsk, 6 dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 12s. dis.—Liver pool and Bury New, % p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 5-16 p.—London and North-Western, New, 14% p.—London, Man. cheater, and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 7% p.—London and York, % dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, % p.—Man chester and Leeds, Fifths, 5% p.—North Staffordshire, 1 15-16 p.— Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 21s. 6d. dis.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 dis. —Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1, p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 12s. 6d. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, 14 p.—West Riding Union, I p. LEEDS, OCTOBER T STocx Excnionax.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New, 38s. CA —Huddersfield and Manchester, Is. 3d, dis.—Huddersfield and Shef field, 3 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5% c. dis.—Ditto, New, 3% dis.— Manchester and Leeds Extension, 19s. p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 2 p.—York and Newcastle, New, 9% p.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 10% p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 12s. dig.— Grand Union, 14s. 6d. dis.—Great Eastern and Western, 30s. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 17s. dis.— Leicester and Bedford, 12s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 21. 4s. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 11x. p.— North Staffordshire, 211 s. p.—North Western, par—Shropshire Union, 12s. 6d. dis.—West Riding Union, 31. ss. HULL. OCTOBER 7. STOCK EXCIIANOE.—The sales are—North British, Carlisle Branch, 66s.—York and North Midland, East and West Riding, 11%—Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., 43c—Liverpool, Orrns kirk, and Preston, 2 p.—West Riding Union, 3/. 2s.—Leicester and Bedford, 10s. 9d. YORK, OCTOBER 7. STOCK Excnarroz.-The sales are -imbergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2 -Direct Northern, 1% -Leicester and Bedford, 18s. 6d.- London and York, 1/. 16s. scrip, c. div.-Malton and Driftleld Junc tion, 21. 125.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2% 1 - North British, Carlisle Extension, 31.4x.-North Staffordshire, 41. 4s. -West Riding Union, 3 h -York and Newcastle, 10 1 ,4 -York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 11%. EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 14/.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 41. 55.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. IN.-Armagh and Portrush, 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. Gs. 6d.-Belfast and County Down, 35.-British and Irish Union, 2/. N.-Caledonian, 201. 155.-Ditto, New, 11. ss.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 11. 45.-Clydesdale Junction, 271. IN.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 11. I Is.-Deeside Railway, 21. 7s. 6d.-Direct North ern, 11. 11s.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 251.-Dundee and Perth, 25/.-East Indian Railway, 13s. 6d.-East of Fife, 19s. -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 181. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 181.-Ditto, ditto, New, 181.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Graaton,lBl.-Ditto, Prefer ence. 201. 155.-Edinburgh and Northern, 101.-Ditto, Newport, 21. Bs. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 11. 195.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 2/. Os. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 691. 55.-Ditto, New Stock, 361. -Ditto, Quarter Shares, 17/. IN.-Ditto, Halves, 51. 2s. 6d.-Glas gow, Dumfries. and Carlisle, 11. 125.-Glasgow and Dundee Junc tion, 11. 13s. 6d.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 40/.-Glasgow General Terminus, 9/.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 81. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 135.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar drossan, 11. 12s. 6d.-Granton Junction, 10s.-Great North of Scot land, 14s. 6d.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 10s. 3d.-London, Bristol, anti South Wales, 1/. 3s. 6d. -London and York, 21.- Ditto, Half Shares, 1/. 155.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.- Newcastle and Berwick, 271. 155.-North British, 321. 155.-DI tto, Halves, 14/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, cum new, 3/. 65.-Ditto, New Quarters, Scrip, 1/. 35.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. 10s.-North Staffordshire, 4/. 9s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, 201. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 91. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Central, 191.-Ditto, New, 91. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Cen tral and Caledonian Junction, 1/. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s. - Scottish Midland, 111.-Scottish Southern, 11. 175.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, Bs. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 5/.- Stirling and Dunfermline, 11. Is. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 21. 165.-Strathern Junction, 2/.-Wishaw and Coltness, 47/. 10s. GLASGOW, OCTOBER 6, STOCK Excuswon.—The sales are—Caledonlan, New, 275. 3d.— Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 265. &I.—Cornwall and Devon Central, 315. 6d.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 13s. 3d.--East Indian Railway, 13s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Quarter Shares (5 per cent. guar.), 173 c —Ditto, Halves, Si. Is. p.—Glasgow, Dum fries, and Carlisle, 3!s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 275. 6d.—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 30s.—Great Indian Peninsular, ss. 6d.—Great North of India, ss. 9d.—Perth and Inverness, 325. DR. TURNBULL'S TANNING.—The new method is to prepare a mixture of sugar and water and sawdust— it may be of any other substance containing saccharine matter, such as beetroot, potatoes, turnips, honey, &c. The action of the sugar and pyroxalic, or wood-spirit, is so rapid that the skins are rendered fit to receive and imbibe the tannic acid immediately ; and thus the ope ration of tanning is perfectly accomplished in a very short time. The leather thus produced is heavier and of finer quality than any leather produced by the pre sent method of tanning. This method of removing the lime is of immense importance, as it not only improves the leather in weight and durability, but enables the tanner to produce a superior article in a much less space of time, and at a much less expense than heretofore. The advantages of the new method appear to be; first, a great additional weight of leather, especially in calf skins ; second, leather of a much better quality, soft, and not liable to crack or strain ; third, a consider a bl e di minution is the expense •, and fourth, the tanning is effected in one quarter of the time consumed by the pre sent mode of tanning.—Hall's Book of the Feet. A WHALE IN BANGOR BAY.—For more than ten days previous to the late stormy weather, a large whale of about fifty or sixty feet long, and of propor tionate breadth, has been cruising about in the lough, immediately off Bangor Bay, to which locality he had been probably attracted by the herring fry, then swim ming in every direction, pursued by a powerful force of seagulls of every description, some gannets, and an im mense body of puffin, and other divers, flocks of which were dispersed in all directions, making unceasing as saults upon the different shoals of fry as they approached the surface. Every three or four minutes the whale would rise in the place where the birds were thickest, with jaws wide.gaping, and, after making a satisfactory gulp of several bushels, with, perchance, an odd bird or so by way of a relish, would lazily throw up his broad black back, and, giving a dash with his tail, disappear, to repeat the same performance whenever his sagacity enabled him to find out a similar quantity of little un fortunates to devour. He must have been at least four times as large as the specimen taken at Cultra last year, but no attempt was made to capture or molest him during his sojourn, unless by an adventurous youth from Belfast, who fired volleys of rifle balls into his back and sides, without ruffling his equanimity in the least. A harpoon (which is much more easily got than a whale) was obtained, but as several boats had been nearly upset by the animal in his excursions, no crew on the coast could le persuaded to attack him. Perhaps they acted wisely, but should he visit a Highland loch, on his re turn homewards, he may possibly be stopped in transitu. One of the cutters fired a 121 b. shot at him with no effect, and preparations were being made by his " relent less persecutors" for giving him a broadside of six guns, loaded with pointed iron bolts in place of leaden bullets, but the weather broke, and fry, birds, and he, all disap peared.—Northern Whig. NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO WON'T SEE: A very curious cause has just come before the Juge de Paix of Neuilly. Some time ago Madame Pluyette, a widow lady of fifty, but who still attaches much im portance to personal appearance, had the misfortune, in pla t yn m i d g i w o i o th oo a lapdog, ofher to eyes, receive thatitoa f m ro o m ou i t t of so sev the ere a socket. H wo aving heard much of artificial eyes, and being recom mended to apply to an expert manufacturer in the way, named Tamisier, she gave an order for a glass eye, for which M. Tamisier charged 100 f. Refusing to pay this charge, the maaufacturer summoned her before the Juge do Paix. Madame Pluyette having appeared, hold ing the glass eye in her hand, the Juge de Paix asked her why she refused to pay the bill which M. Tamisier had sent in ? "For a very good reason," replied the defendant ; " I can see no more with it than I could be fore." " What !" said the Juge de Paix, " did you really imagine that you would be able to see with a glass eye ?" " Did I think so ?" retorted the angry dame ' • "certainly I did. Will you b e so goo d as to tell me what aro eyes for but to see with ? I ordered the eye for use, and until M. Tamisier makes me one with which I can see I will not pay him a sous. I wear a wig, which is quite as useful as natural hair ; I have three false teeth, which answer as well as those which I have lost, and why should I pay for an eye which is of no use ?" The Juge de Paix endeavoured to convince Madame Pluyette that glass eyes were for others to look at, not for the wearer to look from them ; but finding all ap peals to her reason of no avail, he condemned her to pay the plaintiff the amount of his demand. When the de fendant heard the decision, she became furious with anger, and after dashing her glass eye on the floor she rushed out of court amid the, laughter of the crowd.— Galignani's Messenger. VOLUNTARY STARVATION IN THE WESTMINSTER HOUSE OF CORRECTION.— An inquest was held yester day, before Mr. Bedford, at the Westminster House of Correction, on the body of Thomas Miller, aged 40. It appeared that on the 10th of September, the deceased was committed from Marylebone Police-court, on a charge of creating a riot, for want of sureties. About nine years ago he had a very severe blow inflicted on his head with a quart pot, and ever since he had been affected in his head. On being admitted into the prison he perti naciously refused all kinds of food, and all the liquids he took had to be forced down his throat. lie complained of everything, and said if he had his own clothes he could eat, when, in fact, they had not been taken from him. Nothing could be got from him but oaths, and he would not even walk about without being led. Means had been taken to have him removed to the Hanwell Asylum, but on Sunday he got much worse, and died at three o'clock the next morning. The surgeon was of opinion that the deceased died from disease of the brain, probably accelerated by a self-denial of food. Verdict— " Died from disease of the brain." THE PLANET URANUS, ALIAS HERSCHEL, ALIAS THE GEORGIUM SIDUS.—ThiS star, the star with many names, much heard of, seldom seen, is now in a very favourable position for observation, and may be discerned with telescopes of weak power, or even with the naked eye, in advantageous situations. It will pass the Green wich meridian at 12h. Ins. 30s. Greenwich mean time, on the night of October 2; and at 11h. 57m. 245. on the night of October 3, being distant from the sun 1,921 millions of miles, and from the earth 1,825 millions of miles. It passes the meridian at Liverpool with 40 deg. 27m. 50s. of altitude, at midnight, on the evening of October 2, having R. A. Oh. 46m. 475., and N.D. 4 deg., 12m. 15s. It is midway between the star 25 of Hove lius's Catalogue, and the star 213 of Piazzi, When brought to the centre of the field of view, no other star will appear near it, and by increasing the power the disc will be plainly magnified, which will not be the case with the small fixed stars. The aliases attached to the name of this star would justify its designation as an outcast and a regular vagabond, and prove that the scientific world is as little inclined to countenance flattery to kings at the present time as it was in the days of Galileo, when he gave the name of the Medicean Stars to the satellites of Jupiter, of which he was the discoverer.— Racelta Scientifica di Roma, Sept. 15. AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE ROMNEY MAIL.—On the night of Monday, as the mail -cart was passing Hythe Oaks, two fellows with bludgeons attempted to stop the driver, swearing they would ride, and struck at him, but, by throwing himself a little back, the blow fell on the cart. The driver immediately drew his pistol, and snapped it at them ; but it did not go off, or the re port would have soon brought the coast-guard to the spot. Having a good horse, he succeeded in getting away, and proceeded on his journey without further Mo lestation.—Canterbury Journal. WORKS by ROBERT J. 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