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been . asked at all—(Hear, hear)—and he thought the k i lt' it that could be granted w a s, that at that mee ti ng tr .ey shculd have the opportunity of expressing (befora 4 .he report was carrried) their assent or disapproval. 'One word before he sat down there was no foundation for the reports which had been so industri cusly circulated, that the locomotive arrangements of the Company were most irregular and uncertain. He was happy to bear his testimony to the fact, that, with the exception of a few irregularities unavoidable under some circumstances, there had been nothing to complain of in this department. He besought the directors t 6 re scind their late resolution with respect to fares ; 'le assured them that the course they had adopted was most injurious to the reputation of the Company.— (Loud cries of " No, no," " Yes, yes," and great con fusion.) He repeated that such a course was most in jurious—(lncreased confusion)—most injurious to the reputation of the Company, and the opinions of the county of Kent would confirm his statement.---(Hear.) He would move an amendment, that the proprietors agree to the report with the exception of the partieul'ar paragraph which referred to the increase of the "rates of fares. The CHAIRMAN said that he had looked. into the report, and he could see nothing in the parapircaph which called upon the shareholders to affirm th a decision of the directors. They had, by virtue of the trust reposed in them, altered the rates of fare, and ther e was, therefore, no necessity for the shareholders to record a vote in their favour in this particular. lie thought that the one fact mentioned in their report was conclusive as to the propriety of regu lating the fares, he meant that paragraph which stated that, with a vastly increased passenger traffic, the amount was less per mile than by their former system. The London and North-Western Railway had been held up as a pattern for all railways. He trusted that as re garded the dividend to be declared, they (the South- Eastern) would soon imitate their example—(Cheera)--- but he hoped that Company would ;lever adopt as a pat tern the conduct of a company which sent oray third class carriages once a day.—(Hear, hear.) Re thought that the inhabitants of the county of Ker.'t had good reason to think the. South-Eastern Company their friends, they having spent no less thar, five millions of money among them.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. JENNINGS rose to support Salomons' amend ment, and in a long speech d. pr ecated the policy pursued by the Company. The report was then cut and carried almost unani mously. Mr. SALOMONS said he would give the shareholders present an opportunity of recording their opinions by entering the following notice on the minutes :—" That in adopting this report the meeting does not intend to pass any 'pinion on the increase of fares." Af'.er a desultory discussion on some points of lesser interest, the remaining resolutions (all of theta being in itcaT rdance with the report) were carried. The dividend declared was 17s. per share on the paid- Ur.) shares, and 8s 6d. and ss. Id. on those lately created. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned. IPSWICH, NORWICH, and YAR MOUTH RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of determining whether the Conviiany should be dissolvefl. F. VALENTINE, Esq., having taken the chair, and Messrs. Borrit, Stephens, and Maqueen having been ap pointed scrutinr.,ers, reported that the requisite number of shares represented were present. They amounted to 20,735. Front the report it appeared, that previously to en gaging in the Parliamentary contest, the directors took the necessary steps to ascertain the feelings of the skareholcers, and having found that they had a majority rf 20,000 votes in their favour, they felt justified in taking the Bill before Parliament. On the rejection of the Bill by the Select Committee, the directors im mediately proceeded to call in the accounts, and refunded 255. on each share, which appeared to give such uni versal satisfaction, that in three days two-thirds of the scrip was produced for registration. The directors had now determined to return a further dividend of 4s. a share. The report concluded with 'a compliment to the secretary (Mr. Frederick Bigg) for his ability and inte grity in conducting the affairs of the Company. From the balance sheet annexed to the report, it ap peared that the total expenditure had been 29,3431. Bs. 11d., and the balance in hand 11,667/. Is. Id. The CHAIRMAN said, the question next to be proposed was, whether the Company should be forthwith dissolved ? Sir EDWARD BUXTON, Bart., said, that before that motion was put he would say a few words on the present position of the Com pany. Some of their directors had had interviews and negotlEions with the directors of some great com panies in that part of the country through which the line was to have passed. It had been proposed by the Norfolk Company to take up their line. That company would either provide the requisite capital, and after that tkey would give them (the present company) an advan tage to the amount of perhaps half the stock—(Hear)-- or they (the present company) should dissolve; then the Norfolk Company would give an equivalent which should be considered to amount to half of the profits. That negotiation was at present going on. They could not certainly come to any resolution on the subject on the present occasion, but he thought the shareholders should be made acquainted with the matter. The Eastern Counties Company had expressed a most friendly feeling towards them, and were every wa y i nc li ne d to assist them. What he proposed under these circum stances was, that these matters should be left in the hands of a managing committee, and if anything definite were concluded upon that the shareholders should be apprised of the same, with a view of ratifying such, should it be approved of by them.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Baronet then proposed that the Company should be dissolved. The resolution being seconded, The CHAIRMAN said, as Chairman of the Company he would submit a few observationson the transactions of the Company. At the last meeting that he had the honour to address them, he stated that he thought the expenses 'would not be more than 10s. per share. The Company originally consisted of somewhere about 60,000 shares. All the shares taken by the directors were still retained, and there was nothing of jobbing in their transactions. Out of the number of shares that had been allotted, 53,665 shares had been paid up on. (The Chairman here passed a high eulogium on the engineer, solicitor, and other officials of the Company, and read the report of the Chairman of the Committee on the Bill, which re )ected the Bill on the ground that they did not think Yarmouth entitled to have a competing line for eight miles, but expressed a hope that the parties interested 'would enter into some arrangement for the construction of a line analogous to the present, and be prepared with by next session. Now the feeling on the part of the Com mittee was, that these two opposing lines should have amal gamated. He had to say a word with respect to the expenses that had been incurred. He had pledged him self that these expenses should not exceed ten shillings a share, and the directors were anxious to carry out that pledge, not only with respect to the expenses already incurred, but with respect to any future expenses. They had been met in a very liberal spirit by their solicitor, engineers, and other officers, who had reduced their demands considerably. Notwithstanding, how ever, they had incurred expenses to the extent of 1 ls. 9d. per share. The Chairman concluded by some very complimentary) observations with respect to the conduct of the secretary, and suggested that after the proposed dividend should be paid, they should apply the surplus of lid. or 2d. a share to a pecuniary re compense for the service of the secretary and the other officials. The resolution for a dissolution of the company was then put and carried unanimously. It was then put to the meeting whether the dissolu tion of the company should be taken as an act of bank ruptcy, and unanimously negatived. A SHAREHOLDER here stated, that when he heard of the Company's being about to be dissolved, he consi dered it as some trick of the directors. He applied, however, for some information on the subject, which was afforded him with the greatest readiness, and the result was such as to impress him with a conviction of the rectitude of the directors. The accounts, &c., were subsequently submitted to his solicitor, who expressed his satisfaction of the conduct of the directors, who, it appeared, so far from reaping any ad vantage, had sustained some losses from their connexion with the company. He would propose that the surplus mentioned by the Chairman should be ap propriated to the remuneration of the secretary and the other officials. This motion was postponed till after the legal business of the meeting had been concluded, but it was then carried. In the interim thanks were voted and acknowledged by the Chairman. The meeting then separated. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM EX TENSION, NORTHAMPTON, DA VENTRY, LEAMINGTON, AND WARWICK RAILWAY COMPANY. The second and final meeting of the shareholders in this company took place yesterday, at the Hall of Com merce. The object of the meeting was to ascertain the opinion of the proprietors, as to whether the company should be dissolved or not, and it was rendered neces sary in consequence of there not being at the last meet ing a sufficient number of votes present legally to con stitute it. Mr. POCC:CIC took the chair shortly after one o'clock, when the secretary appointed at the last meeting pro ceeded to take the votes that were not tendered then. The CHAIRMAN, before announcing the numbers, in quired whether any of the directors were present, and whether they were desirous of giving any information to the shareholders. Mr. HoPKINS and Mr. MORRISON, two of the directors, stated that they were willing to give any information in their power to the shareholders. Mr. BLURTON wished to know how it was that the directors had refused to call a meeting, and had not laid the accounts of the company before the shareholders. Mr. HoraiNs said that proceedings had been taken in Chancery against the company, and until that was arranged, it was impossible satisfactorily to make up the accounts. The CHAIRMAN wished to know whether the direc tors would be willing, provided a committee of the shareholders was appointed, to afford the shareholders all the information they required ? Mr. HoPKINs, for himself, saw no reason why any objection should be made to the adoption of such a SOW& The CHAIRMAN wished to know whether the directors had come to any resolutions upon the subject ? Mr. HOPKINS said that it had been the subject of con sideration with them, but they had come to no specific resolution on the subject. The Qum,* wdegliMil Au g- mg . Sot* ktr! THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, StPTEMJAIIR 11, Hopkins and the other directors present would pledge themselves to give a cora. mittee of the shareholders, if appointed, all the informati on in their power ? Mr. HOPKINS said that as far as he was concerned, every information should be given. Mr. MORRISON, another director, was willing to adopt the same course. He was willing to bear his part of any expenses that had been incurred through mismanage.. ment. The engineer had received 12,0001., the solici tor 6,0001., and several otheT sums had been expended. A long and personal discussion took place, which ended in nothing; after -vaich, The CnAinmkii stated that there were more voters present than were sufficient bp constitute a meeting, but as it was necessary to aP.certain that no parties had voted twice, it was not competent for him then to dis solve the meeting. It was sufficient for him to say that the majority wa.", in favour of a dissolution of the coin par.y without l 'Jankruptey. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. Subsequently Messrs. Pocock, Lewis, Davis, Courtenay, Cohen, and Smith, were appointed a committee to meet the directors. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. The affairs of Mexico, though no fresh intelligence has been received, continue to occupy a prominent po sition in City discussion. The stock is flatter than it has been since the late rise, and there seems a general belief; supported by the opinions of persons who evi dently pay much attention to the movements in the Spanish American Republic, that the return of Santa Anna to power is a contingency for which every one ought to be prepared. His departure from the Haven nah at the special invitation of the inhabitants of Vera Cruz, and the known fact that for a length of time his friends in this country have been most sanguine as to the success of an organised scheme of revolution by which they might profit, with the additional cir• cumstance that the declarations in his favour through out the republic, are making a decided impression on the public mind, and the fear of the consequences that might result from such a change, will explain in a mea sere the quotations of the present day. Even when the public accounts from America stated that Santa Anna had abandoned all ambitious projects, and in tended to live in retirement at the Havanna!), a numerous party in this country denied the truth of the assertion, and stated that he was only " biding his time" for the special developement of his plans. It is now rumoured that so confident is he of being again placed by the Mexican people at the head of affairs, that he has ar ranged a kind of regency, which, having himself as the chief actor in th e background, would make another person (some say, Senor Almonte) the representative of his views. Should Paredes be deposed, and Santa Anna elrevated to power, it remains to be seen how affairs would stand between Mexico and the United States. This is the way in which the matter is talked of in the City among parties whose information in affairs of the sort is generally found to be pretty good. When people who have entered into a contract find themselves imposed upon, according to the principles of common sense, they frequently turn to the contract itself to discover if there is any technical quibble that will put them out of court. Thus the English creditors of Portugal convinced of the utter absurdity of a country levying an income-tax on the interest which it pays on its foreign debt, have been looking over the decree endorsed on the bonds of 1841 (5 per cent.), to find if there is any unlucky clause that will make a special case of their position. Nothing of the sort is to be seen, the words of the decree being as plainly against the new tax as possible. We give the last clause:— " And I do hereby further declare for her said Ma jesty Donna Maria the Second and her successors, Kings and Queens of Portugal, Algarves, and the dominions thereof, that this present obligation shall be kept in violable, and shall in no wise be affected by any poli tical change or circumstance whatsoever, and shall be held equally sacred in peace as well as in time of war between Portugal and any other country in or out of Europe, and I hereby bind her said Majesty Queen Donna Maria the Second and her successors, Kings and Queens of Portugal, Algarves, and the dominions thereof, in the mast solemn manner to the faithful performance of all the foregoing engagements ; and do declare that no judicial pleas whatever, privileges in suits, or any pretence, shall avail her said Majesty and her successors, Kings and Queens of Portugal, Algarves, and the dominions thereof, in pleading and counter-pleading, all which I formally and deliberately renounce, as well as any plea by whatever name it may be called, and whi c h i s con t rar y t o t hi s b on d, by virtue of which all laws, opinions, and decrees to the contrary notwithstanding are declared of no effect, and as if each had been separately declared and specified. "In faith of which I, Manoel Gorcalves de Miranda, have hereunto set my hand and seal, in Lisbon, on the 13th day of February, 1841." There it stands, as plain as can be, that no "political change or circumstance whatever" can affect the obliga tion in questien ; and yet, in the face of this contract, and in opposition to all notions of international right, the Portuguese have cut off one fifth of all the foreign creditors' interest. We are glad to hear that the prin cipal bondholders keenly feel the injustice of the arbi trary measure by which their property is invaded, and that they are about to call a general meeting to express their dissent. Then, no doubt, the truth will be spoken without disguise.— Times. THE ARMY. Orders have just been issued to the chaplains and as sistant-chaplains in the East India Company's service to the effect that all correspondence between them and the Government must take place through the channel of their bishop or archdeacon, and that applications other wise made will not be attended to, except in special cases. Orders have also been issued to the effect that all applications for leave of absence on account of ill health must be accompanied by a medical certificate, signed by the medical officer who has been attending the applicant, and countersigned by the superintending surgeon. _ _ Several complaints have lately been made to the Indian authorities of the meagre allowances and accom modation made to the wives of soldiers while serving in Major Parkinson, of the native veteran battalion, has submitted to the Court of Directors a memorial, repre senting in the strongest terms the severity of two or three regulations in existence affecting the interests of the officers of the invalid establishments, and praying that they may be placed upon a more equal footing with their brethren of the effective list. The substance of the memorial is PS follows:-1. That invalid officers be ad mitted to commands of local corps. 2. That they be considered eligible for certain staff situations. 3. That veteran corps, in common Ni the corps of the line, be permitted to share tent allowance. It is understood that the prayer of the petition has been backed by the Commander-in-Chief. Her Majesty's 22d Foot, from Poonah, are to relieve the 2d European Regiment at Belgaum. By the last accounts from Bombay, Dr. Stovel was expected to accompany Sir George Arthur, Bart., the Governor, on his return home, owing to continued ill health. Sir George is now in his 63d year. He is a na. tive of Plymouth, and, previous to his appointment as Governor of Bombay, in 1842, filled the office of Lieu tenant-Governor of Upper Canada, his Connexion with which ceased only on the union of the provinces. He is a colonel in the army, and possesses the local rank of major-general. A European court-martial assembled at Poonah on the 6th of July, for the trial of Cornet H. H. Scott, of the 3d Light Cavalry (Company's regiment), for having spoken in a disrespectful manner of his commanding officer. He was found guilty, and ordered to be suspended from rank and pay for three months. The Commander-in-Chief, however, partly on the recommendation of the court, and partly on other considerations, remitted the penalty awarded, and Cornet Scott was directed to return to his duty. FRANCE AND SPAIN. (From El Espectador.) The policy of France is recorded in our contempo raneous history in mournful pages. Immense evils have invaded us from the other side of the Pyrenees ; twice has the liberty of the Peninsula expired in the hands of France ; for years and year has our nationality been absorbed by the influence of the Tuileries ; our despots have constantly received all their inspirations from the Court of the Seine, and when this occurs—when the Spanish people know that it occurs—French diplomacy dares to present a French candidate for the hand of the Queen's sister, as if the. Queen and her sister were capable of placing themselves in open hostility towards the opinion of a country which has lavished for them its treasures and its blood ; as if the Queen and her sister were unaware t hat the injuries which the Spa nish nation has received from France, must per force have left in all parts of the country profound wounds and inextinguishable resentments. No ; amongst all the matrimonial candidates whom the foreigner can com bine for the purpose of destroying our nationality, none is so utterly repugnant as a French Prince. What matters it that the rulers of our unfortunate country level the Pyrenees to the policy of France, govern with out any inspiration of their own, and consent to retain no more vitality than what France lends them, and no more ideas than what France imposes upon them? Reminis cences have raised other Pyrenees more inacessible than those levelled by our rulers. Saragossa is one chain of Pyrenees ; Gerona, another ; the 2d of May, another! —Will our Afrancesadm be able to level these Pyrenees? But it is rot the animosities engendered during the War of Independence which principally mark the fron tier which separates us from France. These animosities would have died away, had not new and continued injuries been perpetrated to exasperate them afresh. The wounds which our nationality had received would have eventually healed up, had not fresh assaults torn them open again when they were already on the point of being cicatrized. France has always been our enemy; the same when she threatened us with an armed in vasion, as when she discovered her covetous looks under the veil of fraternal friendship. The same when she sent us her soldiers, as when she sent us her advice; and she has assuredly cost us fewer sacrifices by her baronets than by the exotic principles which she has sought, in spite of us, to acclimate on our soil. France has always been our enemy, and it is certainly repugnant to our ideas to have to express ourselves in this manner in reference to a nation which has, more than any other, bequeathed heroic deeds to the history of liberty. " No, France is not your enemy," we shall, perhaps, be answered by those who reject in France the system of lies which oppresses them as we reject it in Spain. "France is not your enemy ; the country which gave birth to Voltaire and a reception to Rousseau—the country of Mirabeau and Manuel, of A. Carrel and La fayette—the country which has given for apostles of liberty such men as a Dupoty and a Lamennais, cannot be the enemy of those who, with less force and talent, but with equal zeal and constancy, oppose the tyranny of man over man, profess the sacred principle of the sovereignty of the people, and anxiously hope that the world may become rejuvenescent, and recover new life under the beneficent rays of the sun of liberty. No, France is not your enemy, nor can France be the enemy of Spain. In the nineteenth century there are no such things as hostile nations. It is not France, 0 miserable Spain ! that opposes the development of your felicity and the reconquest of your rights ; it is her Govern ment—perhaps her dynasty ; but nothing but her Government and her dynasty." Yes, it is true, we will reply, it is nothing but her Government, nothing but her dynasty ; but they are all dynasties and Governments. Napoleon, that is, the empire, crosses the Pyrenees, enters Spain, penetrates the fastnesses under friendly pretences, and forthwith intimates his will to us from the heights of the ramparts, with the cannon on the batteries and match in hand, and says to us, " You are mine." Spain is filled with corpses. Napoleon falls. The Bourbons recover their throne in France. During their reign, Spain, weary of suffering, makes a desperate effort, breaks her chains, and a sanguinary struggle is established between new ideas and old musty prejudices. The liberals are aban doned to their own strength. With all this, the enthu siasm is great, and the triumph secure ; already is the balance turning in their favour, when Louis XVIII., that is to say, absolutism, flings 100,400 soldiers into the opposite scale, and the ancient system is triumphant! Spain is filled with scaffolds. At a later period the re volution of 1830 hurls the Bourbons from the territories of France, and an Orleans occupies the vacant throne. He cccupies it constitutionally. French absolutism gave to Ferdinand VII. bayonets to destroy the constitution ; but French constitution. alism does not give the Liberals of Spain bayonets to destroy absolutism. Ferdinand VII. dies ; Isabella 11. finds a support in the constitutionalists, in order to triumph over I)on Carlos ' who disputes th e th rone w i t h the assistance of the absolutists. The cause of Don Carlos is that of absolutism ; and Louis Philippe, that is to say, constitutionalism, only combats it in appear ance ; and whilst he offers Isabella 11. his sympathies, the Spanish Liberals have opportunity to remark that the cannons and mortars which pour death and destruc tion upon heroic Bilboa are of French construction ! The absolutists are divided and debilitated ; they are already unable to dispute the victory with the Liberals ; and, in their desperate situation, they put an end to the war by means, of a conven ti on . This convention is a de cisive victory for the Liberals. Liberty remains tri umphant in the plains of Bergara. In spite of this, liberty succumbs after having overthrown Pon Carlos. It succumbs in the bands of a faction inspired by France —by a faction that M. Guizot himself designates by the fraternal qualification of " French party ;" it succumbs to the mephitic influences of France. With all this, it is not France which has entailed upon us all the evils which we have just enumerated ; it is her Government, her dynasty ! Yes, it is her Government—it is her dynasty —we allow ; but, we repeat, all are her Governments, all are her dynasties—the empire, absolutism and constitu tionalism, Napoleon—Bourbon, and Orleans. And since it is not lawful for us to accuse a nation of the fatal influences which its Government exercises over another, let us nevertheless be allowed, on the marriage question, to separate the cause of France from the per sonal cause of Louis Philippe. We reject the candidate which the latter presents us for the hand of one of the daughters of Ferdinand, not as Spaniards, but as Pro gresistas. The present situation is insupportable, and this situation would be perpetuated, if, unfortunately for the country, the candidate of Louis Philippe should prove triumphant. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ON THE EASTERN COUNTIFS RAlLWAY._Although little more than five months has transpired since the first step was taken to erect this important medium of communication on the above lines, upwards of 167 miles of wires has been fixed, and 70 instruments erected at the various stations, all of which are in active operation. TIIE:EARL GROSVENOR.—Hugh Lupus, the eldest son of the Marquis of 'Westminster, will attain his majority on the 18th of October next. It is said that public rejoicings in celebration of the auspicious event are to take place in Chester, and throughout the ex tensive estates to which the Noble Earl is heir; but what the nature of them is to be, has not transpired.—Chester Chronicle. REMOVAL OF THE TOWER ARMORY.—Wednesday he removal of the collection of ancient arms and armour. hitherto kept within the ante-loom of the Tower of London, commenced. They will now be deposited in that part of the fortress formerly used as a menagerie, and which has been fitted up for their reception. The ante-room, old guard-house, and the celebrated cantee ns, called the Sto ne Kitchen and Golden Chain, are all being demolished to make way for the improvements. CHILD STEALING. —Information has been received by the police, that as a girl named Ann Williams was walking in Samuel-street, St. George's in the East, with an infant twelve months old in her arms, she was ac costed by a woman who induced her to give up the child while she went to purchase some sweetmeats. On her return the woman had absconded with the child and has not since been heard of. A MISERABLE Exp.—Mrs. llarriet Pounder was on Sunday found dead in her own house, lying on three chairs. Her husband, a pilot, was sitting near the body, with his head resting on a table asleep. They had both been seen during the afternoon drunk, and it is sup. posed she died from suffocation. About eight o'clock their son entered the house, and found his pare n t s i n t h e gosh delcri bed. —GutomatZt Obren'er• WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES OF THE RABBI HERSH DANNEMARK. On Monday evening, Professor Rabbi Hersh Danne mark gave an exhibition of his " marvellous powers of sight and memory," in the Hebrew school, St. Mary's street. In the small circulars which were issued, the rabbi professed to be able, " looking at any Hebrew book, never before shown him, after the number of the page and line had been pointed out to him, without open ing the book, to read the passage occurring on the page and line." It was also stated that he would exhibit other powers of sight bordering on the marvellous and super natural. In order to test this occult power, there was (notwithstanding the high charges for admission of ss, and 2s. 6d.) a large number of persons present, among whom we obierved Mr. Braid, Mr. D Noble, surgeon ; Mr. J. A. Franklin, surgeon ; Mr. William Bally, Col. Wemyss; Mr. Alderman Bancroft, Mr. J. P. Lynill, Mr. Lucas, &c. For • the purpose of his experiments the rabbi had five of the thirty-six large volumes of the Talmud, in the Hebrew text,' with Chaldaic commentary on each side, which had been lent to him by Mons. Theodore, professor of languages, Upper Brook-street. Mr. Israel Levi having been appointed chairman and in terpreter, the rabbi, through him, intimated his wish that the audience would allow him to 'go through the extokbition in his own way, with ou t spea ki ng or ques tioning him upon any subject. They would be allowed to draw their own conclusions, but they were not to mention•them to their neighbours, as it might cause a disturbance which would be injurious to the brain of the rabbi. He would go through all stated in the bill, but nothing else. The rabbi having expressed a desire that a Hebrew book should be handed to him, Mr. Braid said he thought it would be satisfactory to the company, and to the credit of the rabbi, if he would at once perform an experiment, which would show him to be possessed of the extraordinary power named, such as reading at that part of a book where the page had been doubled down. He then produced a Hebrew psalter, with an in terlinear English translation, which he put into the hands of the rabbi. He professed to be able, if a pin were stuck through a number of pages of any Hebrew book, to recite the words on which the point rested; but Mr. Braid objected to putting the pin through the book in a perpendicular manner, as there were many pages on which it might be said the point of the pin rested, so that it would be impossible to determine which in re ' ality was the proper one. Instead of that, he proposed to fasten the pin horizontally on one of the leaves, to close the book, and then ask the rabbi to tell the word which was pointed ; butt Ids he declined to do, - as it was not in the bill. Mr. Braid then, according to the rabbi's instructions, put his finger on the cover of the psalter, and asked the rabbi to tell him the word at a point on page 56, corresponding to the situation of his finger. The book, however, was opened at that page, though not directly in presence of the rabbi, before he told what words would be found there. lie stated that on page 56, under the doctor's finger, would be found a Hebrew word, signifying " from the wicked." On opening the book, the word was found on that page, though about an inch &um the point indicated by Mr. Baird. This first exhibition was received with great applause. A volume of the Talmud was then produced, end a number of gen tlemen were requested each to select a particular page, the first words of the first line of which the rabbi would tell them, without opening the book. Page 100 was first selected, and the rabbi stated that in the first line would be found characters signifying "he who exchanges," which, on examination, proved to be the case. The book remaining open at page 100, a gentleman asked for the first word on page 80. This, the rabbi said, would be three large characters, the translation of which was, " he who hireth:" and he also stated that there would be two linen more in that page than in the one which was then open. All this was found to be so, and was con sequently received with great acclamation. Still it af forded no illustration in the " inexplicable and appa rently wonderful supernatural powers of sight," to which the rabbi lays claim. Admitting his wonderful memory, which it would be folly to question, it is not at all diffi cult to imagine that he may have made himself familiar with the first words of every page of the Talmud, and their distinguishing features, hence the surprising re sults. It might have been observed, that before com mencing his experiments the rabbi opened the book, and thus had an opportunity of making himself acquainted with the particular volume which he had to operate upon. Let a Hebrew volume be produced which he has not had an opportunity of seeing before ; let the experiment be repeated, and on no account let the rabbi open the volume till he has answered the questions put to him as to the words which will be found on particular pages ; if the result in that case be the same, there will be some= thing more inexplicable and nearer the supernatural than at present. The rabbi next requested a gentle man to read a verse or two from a small Hebrew book with a German translation, which he put into his hands, and stating that he could repeat the lines which were read to himself in silence by the gentleman. He did so, but in this case he opened the book himself, so that he had an opportunity of seeing the page, and he also in sisted on the person reading the first lines of the page— again displaying, not only an occult power, but his sur prising memory. Mr. Bancroft underscored a few words in a Hebrew book, at d requested the rabbi, if his powers of sight were so extraordinary, to tell him, by looking at the book, the words that were underlined. As this was not " in the bond," the rabbi declined to venture on the experiment ; indeed, he confessed his in ability to do so. A piece of paper was placed before the rabbi, closely written upon, and he was requested to tell the number of lines it contained. In about 30 se conds, according to a gentleman's watch, he said 84 or 86, and being counted it was found to contain 84. This may, perhaps, display a rather quick sight, but cer tainly nothing superhuman. The whole exhibition did not display a single extraordinary faculty but that of memory. In the rabbi, that is certainly astonishing ; but till future experiments convince us to the contrary, we must conceive that, on the strength of that, he rather unwarrantably endeavours to induce his audience to sup pose him gifted with some "apparently wonderful" en perhuman and occult power.—Manchester Guardian. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. t;tpEMBEn 9. STOCK ExcRAsior.— BRISTOL, The etre— T Caledonian, 15%—Ditto, New, 1/. I Is. 3 d.—Manchester and Leotls Extension, 2% p.— Midland, 140 — .Newcastle and Berwick, 2r1.--North l'Aarfordshire, 3% p.—Port bury Pier and Railway Urnptiny, ll—Taff Vale, New Quarters, 11. Bs. 9d. 14 4 v .NCI1ESTER, R _EPTEMBER 9. STOCK EXCIIAN6',___T Boston, % dis.— he sales are—inibergate, Nottingham, and Um - Anglian - 1 and Dudley, 2 1 /, p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction_, 4 p.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 13-16 dis.— Churnet alio, Blythe, dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 % P. — P.addersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 2% p.—lluddersfield and Ma'".ichester Railway and Canal, 2% p.—Leicester and Birming ham, 13-16 dis.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (C 1,7 11-16 p.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 2 3-16 p.- -Man ts,'nester and Southampton, 'A, dis.—North Eastern, 1 1 4 dis.—Oldham, Birkenhead, Sce., 1 6 dis.—Shropshire Union, 14 dis.—South•Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, % p.—West Riding Union, 2 13-16 c. p.— York and Carlisle 2% - LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 9. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex t°-union, p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2 p.— Ditto, Exten slons, 10s. p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 6% p.—Leeds and Brad ford, 43% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 2/. 19s. p.—Ditto, Extensions, 51. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 2% s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 2% p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 5Es. p.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 12 p.—Buckingham shire, 7s. dis.—East and West Yorkshire, 1% dis.—Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle Junction, 10s. 6d. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, s. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 16s. p.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 255. 6d. p.—North Western, ss. p.—Sheffleld, Rotherham, and Goole. 12s. 6d. a. dis. Welsh Midlands, 345. dis.—West Riding Union, 4/. 18s. s. SHEFFIELD, SEPTEMBER 9. Rroca Exciasmot.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 9% Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarters, 9s. dis.—Ditto, Docks, 1 3 4 dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 18s. dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 1,4; p.—Ditto, No. 3, % p.—Grand Union, % dis Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. dis. —Leicester and Bedford, 7s. dis.—Xanchester and Lincoln Union, 1/. dis.—North Western, hs. p.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 7s. dis.—Ditto, Extension,l4s. dis.—South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 9s. dis. HULL, SEPTE3IBEA 9. STOCK EXCKANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 395. 3d.—Buckinghamshire, 36 ells.—Glasg,ew, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 35s.—Leicester and Tamworth, 2—North Western, ss. 6d. p.—West Riding Union, 41. 19s. 6d.—Chelmsford and Bury, 13s.— Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, 12s. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 13s. 9d.—Manchester and Southampton, 255. 6d. YORK, SEPTEMBER 9.. STOCK EXcNANOE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 2%—Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 12s. 6d.—Lei cester and Bedford, 14s.—Leicester, Tamworth, &c., 21. 2s. 6d.— London and York, 2 %—Malton and Driffield Junction, 2/. 19s.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3%—North British, Carlisle Extension, 41. Is. 6d.—North Western, 1/. 7s.—West Riding Union, 4/. 19s.—York and Carlisle, 14s.—York and Newcastle, New, 11/. Is. 3d.—York and North Midland (East and Westltiding Ex tension), 131. Is. 3d. EDINBURGII, SEPTEMBER 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 9/. 95.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 175. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. 10s.-Armagh and Portrush, 125. 6d.-Ayr and Gal loway, 1/. 65.-Belfast and County Down, Bs.-British and Irish C U a n l i e o d n, oni 2 a / n . 2 E s x . tension, 11. 12s . 6 1 d 6 . 1_.- c D al i e t d to o , nt,, N n ew, and l I D . ti l3 m s b . a 6 r d to .- n, Central, ll.2s u .-- Cl . yd i e o s , d_ale De J es im ide ctio ß n a , ih r a t y . , 7 2 5 1 .. 75. 6'. -6Co rnw l r: all c t and n 1 p eNorthern,Devon 11. 15s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 23/. 10s.- Dundee and Perth, 251.-East Indian Railway, 16s. 6d.-East of Fife, 1/. Is.-Edinburgh andßathgate, 2/. 155.-Edinburgh and ;OW, 731.-Ditto, Hall Shares, 181.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 10s. -Ditto, ditto, New, 17/. 10s.-Edinburgh. Leith, arid Gra nton, 181.-Di tie, Preference, 21/. 155.-Edinburgh and Northern, 10/. 78. 6d.-- Ditto, Newport, 2/. 123.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21. ls.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 1/. 18s.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 77/.-Ditto, New Stock, 421.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18/. 155.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 21. Bs. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, I/. 17s. 6d.- Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/. 13s. 6d.-Glasgow and Garn kirk, 391. 10s.-Glasgow General Terminus, 9/.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Glas gow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 2/. 195.-Granton Junction, 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 155.-Inverness and Elgin, 17s. 6d. -Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 55.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 95.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 1/. 3s. 6d.-London and York, 21.-Ditto, Half Shares, 1/. 155.-Midland and Eastern Coon. ties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 27/. 155.-North British, 38/.- Ditto, Halves, 16/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 41. ss. -Ditto, Fifths, 71. 17s. 6d.-North Staffordshire, 6/.-North Wales Mineral, 181. 155.-Ditto, New, 9/. 17s. 6d.-Perth and Inverness, 1/. Ifs. 6d.-Scottish Central, 19/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 9/. I2s. 6d.- Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 1/. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s.- Scottish Midland, 81. 2s. 6d.-Scottish Southern, 1/. 175.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 5/. 10s.-South Midland, 2/. 145.-Stirling and Dunferm line,'ll. 65.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 165.-Strathern Junction, 21.- Wishaw and Coltness, 47/. 10s. GLASGOW, SEPTEMBER 8. STOCK EXCLIANOR.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 9% -Ayr and Gal loway, 265. 6d.-Caledonian, New, 335.- Caledonian and Dumbar tonshire Extension, 235.-Dundee and Perth, 25% -East Indian Rail way, 17s. 3d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 18/. 4s. - Glasgow General Terminus, 9 4-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 41%-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 365. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnook, and Ardrossan, 325. 6d.-Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monk lands Junction, 395.-Great Indian Peninsular, 6s. 6d.-London and Hounslow, I4s. 6d,-Manchester and Southampton, 245. 9d.-Scot tish Central, 19% -Ditto, New, 9%-South Midland, 555. 6d. RETURN OF HER MAJESTY AND THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 9.—Soon after nine o'clock this morning, the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, with the royal standard flying, and accompanied by the Fairy, Black Eagle, and Garland steamers, was observed stand ing round Egypt Point, West Cowes, and immediately after the batteries at Cowes Castle and Fort Monkton fired royal salutes, and the vessels of the Yacht Club began to decorate with flags. At nine o'clock the Vic toria and Albert anchored off Trinity Wharf, and the royal barge being hoisted out, Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence had the honour to steer her Majesty, Prince Albert, their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and Prince of Wales, with some of the royal suite, to the shore, and her Majesty's carriages being in readiness, the Queen and the royal party stepped in, and were driven immediately to Osborne House. At half-past nine o'clock the royal standard was displayed on the tower in the grounds. The ladies of her Majesty's suite, with Earl Spencer and Lord Palmerston, and the equerries and attendants, and their baggage, were dis embarked without delay from the four steamers, and those vessels will come into the harbour to coal and pre pare for any further service that her Majesty may re quire of them. - The Black Eagle will probably go to Devonport to attend on the Admiralty. The indefatigable Joseph Ady has selected a new sphere of action, he has determined to practice on the innocent credulity of the Templars. We have just seen a letter directed to a barrister, stating that the undersigned is able to inform him of something to his advantage, value 1,000/. and upwards, on receipt of twenty shillings for his cost and trouble, signed Joseph Ady, accountant, No. 5, York-street, Charlotte -street, Whitechapel, and concluding with the usual notice that all postages must be paid. It appears that the various difficulties in which he has been placed have not damped his ardour, nor deterred him from the pursuit of his favourite practice. He must be sharper than the needles manufactured in his vicinity if he succeeds in extract. ing iteything from the pockets of the class towards whom he has now directed his attentions. DAVIS' STRAITS WHALE FISHERY. Accounts have been received from Davis' Straits relative to the progress of the whale fishery, by a vessal engaged in cod fishing, which has arrived at Shetland, and which had touched at Mainland. It appears by the report of the natives that several of the vessels had from three to seven fish, and one is mentioned—viz., the Traveller of Peterhead, as having ten fish. We would fain hope that this is the prelude to accounts of very successful fishing, the more especially as the news refer to a very early date. —Aberdeen Journal. FATAL ACClDENT.—Wednesday afternoon, about two o'clock, the following fatal accident occurred to a respectable lad, named James Forty, aged fourteen, re siding in Union-street, Lambeth-walk, About the time above mentioned, Forty and several of his schoolfellows proceeded to the water side at Lambeth, for the purpose of bathing, and having undressed themselves, went into the water. They had not been bathing long before Forty got out of his depth, and cried loudly for assist ance ; one of his companions endeavoured to reach him, but in vain. The poor fellow continued to struggle for a few seconds, and then sunk to rise no more. The drags were soon procured, and every endeavour used to find the body, but in vain, as the tide was running up very strong at the time of the accident. The boy's clothes were taken home by a policeman. DISCOVERY OF HUMAN SKULLS AND REMAINS, &c.—ln the course of Wednesday and the previous day, while some men were excavating the ground in Law rence Pountney-hill, for the formation of a sewer, they discovered, mixed with the earth, a large quantity of human remains, consisting of thigh and arm bones, and skulls, some with the teeth in them, quite perfect. There were numerous pieces of broken skulls, and the bones were of an extraordinary size. They were found outside a strong wall of Roman construction, about six inches in width, composed of Roman tiles and Kentish rags, and strongly cemented together. There were no signs of any coffins ever having been deposited at that spot. CORONERS' INQUESTS.—AWFUL INSTANCES Or SUIDEN DEATH.—Wednesday Mr. W. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, held two inquests on the bodies of persons whose deaths were awfully sudden. The first was at the George and Dragon, High-street, Vauxhall, respecting the death of Miza Cowper, aged 42, a single lady, lately residing at No. 9, New Bridge-street, in that neighbour hood. It appeared that on Sunday last, whilst the deceased was in the act of dressing for dinner, one of the vessels near the heart gave way, and she died almost instantaneously. The second inquest was on the body of Abraham Monk, who had been residing at 11, Plea sant-place, Kennington Oval. The inquiry took place at the Clayton Arms, and the evidence proved that, whilst the deceased was driving one of the Kennington omnibuses, he was taken unwell. He returned to his home, and a medical man was sent for, but the deceased died in the space of two hours afterwards. Verdict, in each case—" Natural death." SHOCKING SUICIDE WITH CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE. —On Wednesday, a female named Jane Robehison, twenty-three years of age, expired in the accident ward of Guy's Hospital, from the effects of taking a large quantity of corrosive sublimate. It seems that the deceased had been leading an irregular life for some time past, and on the afternoon of Monday, the 31st ult., she purchased a quantity of the poison, which she took to a coffee-house in the Westminster-road and swal lowed. She was discovered by the proprietor, who gave her in charge to the police, and she was co nveye d to t h e above hospital, where she died in great agony yesterday The body Owaits lw incigen. THE POTATO CHOLERA. Much is said, and has been said, concerning what are termed " years of famine," but it is not generally known, that since the introduction of the potato into this country, no year has ever passed which, in some remote locality or other, has not been such to the un fortunate inhabitants. The climate of Ireland is so unsettled, its soil so various in quality, and the potato so liable to injury from excess of either drought or moisture, that we have no hesitation in stating the startling fact of this annual famine as one we can vouch for, upon our own personal knowledge, and against the truth of which we challenge contradic tion. Neither does an autumn pass without a complaint peculiar to those who feed solely upon the new and unripe potato, and which ever since the year 1832, is known by the people as the potato cholera. With these circumstances the Legisla ture ought to be acquainted, inasmuch as they are cala mities that will desolate and afflict the country, so long as the potato is permitted to be, as it unfortunately is, the staple food of the people. That we are subject, in consequence of that fact, to periodical rs.currences of dearth and disease, is well known and admitted ; but that every season brings its partial scourge of both these evils to various remote and neglected districts in Ireland has not been, what it ought long since to have been, au acknowledged and established fact in the sanatory statistics of the country. Indeed, one would imagine that, after the many terrible visitations which we have had from destitution and pesti lence, a Legislature sincerely anxious for the health and comfort of the people would have devoted itself, in some reasonable measure, to the humane consideration of such proper sumptuary and sanatory enactments, as would have provided not only against the recurrence of these evils, but for a more enlightened system of public health and cleanliness, and a better and more comfort able provision of food for the indigent and poor. As it is at present, provision•dealers of all kinds, meal-mon gers, forestallers, butchers, bakers, and huXters, com bine together, and sustain such a general monopoly in food, as is at variance with the spirit of all law and hu manity, and constitutes a kind of artificial famine in the country ; and surely those circumstances ought not to ' be permitted, so long as we have a deliberative legis lature, whose duty it is to watch and guard the health and morals of the people.—Carlton, in Dublin Univer sill Magazine. ACCIDENT AT WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.—Wednesday morning, about twelve o'clock, a man named William Jenkins, a labourer employed in the securing of West minster-bridge, missed his footing, and fell into the Thames. Several boats put off to his assistance, and he was rescued, and after restoratives were administered he was convoyed to his home. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident occurred on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway on Sa turday last, to a person of the name of William Solomon, a labourer, employed a short distance from Kendal. An inquest was held at the hyena, on Monday, before Mr. R. Wilson, coroner, when the following particulars were adduced t—James Dixon, of railway labourer, sworn and examined, said, " On Saturday morning last I was at work on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, kear Mr. Bainbridge's house, in the township of Natland. The deceased, William Solomon (who was also a la bourer on the line), was working beside me at the same place. He was bringing a waggon down the line, tts he coupled to one which I had assisted to fill. The wag gon was laden with sand and stone, and was mov.ng down an incline towards our waggon, told deceased was to stop it by the use of the break. We thought the waggons were coming too quick, and we called on de ceased to use the break ; ana, when he was stooping for the break, another waggon which was behind him over took the one he had charge of, and iambed his h ea d b e• tween the two waggons, and crushed Rig skull. lie ;imme diately dropped st _mu upon the ground, and I, with the as. ' sistance of some other persons, removed hlin to Xendal. We brought him on it ono of the company's carts, and he died on the way home. The deceased was walking alongside the waggons when ho attempted to put the break on, and he had to koa with his h ea d b etween the two wagons, the Otte be hind overtaking that which he was stopping by the break, There was a Mail at the break of the waggon whieh was lintil e di a t e ly b e hi nt l one in deceased's charge. Ile was holding on at the break with all his power, and there was no blame to be attached to him for the accident. There was a man at the break of each waggon, and no one was to blame. Deceased should not have stooped with his head between the waggons ; it was not necessary for him to do so to bar the break. The demand was about 23 y ears of age, and hi s d eath was caused entirely by accident." Thomas Thexton, of Kendal, railway labourer, exa mined, said —I was present when the accident happened on Saturday, which caused the death of William Solo mon. I have heard the examination of the last witness, James Dixon, read over ; what be has there stated is quite true, and I have nothing to add thereto. 'Verdict, " Accidental d ea th," • I 8-16, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPFCY, September 10. (Before Mr. Commissioner FARE.) IN RE ELLIOTT. This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a corn merchant in Petworth, Sussex, cage up to pass his last 'examination. In the course of the proceedings a proof was tendered on behalf of Messrs. Henry and Co., of Mark-lane, for the sum of 273/. es., on a bill of exchange discounted for the bankrupt. The Solicitor to the assignees objected to the proof, on the ground that the claimants had agreed to take seven shillings in the pound of the drawer, and that, therefore, the amount of proof ought only to be for the difference. He urged that it was the general practice of the Court, but could not quote any cases. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that he was not of that opinion. Where a person had obtained an award which could be enforced, or where he could have re ceived a dividend and had not done so, then it was clearly fair to consider the amount as a payment on ac count; but a mere agreement with a party which might, or might not be performed, could:not be taken as such. The Learned COMMISSIONER admitted the proof for the full amount.—The bankrupt passed his examination. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man, named Joseph Pulbrooh, was charged with having robbed his employer, Mr. Basset, ware houseman, of No. 34, Wood-street, of various sums of money, amounting together to upwards of 5001. The prisoner was brought before the Lord Mayor in the custody of George Brunday, Mansion-house consta ble, to whom he confessed his guilt. Mr. Basset stated that the prisoner was in his employ ment five or six years as clerk and cashier, and in con sequence of a discovery made the day before, it was con sidered necessary to cause him to be apprehended. Wit ness chargedahe prisoner with having robbed him, and the prisoner said that the charge was correct, and that the plunder was to the amount of about 2001. , After ward., however, he stated that he had robbed his em ployer of upwards of 5001. in all, and that he bad been going on very fast for some time. The Loan MAYOR—Has he given you the names of any parties from whom he received money upon your account? Witness—He has given me the names of several. The prisoner was remanded for a week, in order that several cases might be brought against him, with the necessary evidence. The prisoner, who is but nineteen years of age, had been most confidentially employed by Mr. Basset. He had a variety of trinkets about him, amongst which was a very handsome diamond ring. Two young females whom he had been in the habit of visiting had benefited largely by his prodigality, and amongst his papers were found a couple of champagne dinner bills, the one for 81., and the other for 121. The prisoner was remanded for a week. A man named John Clark was charged by Mr. Ward, chairman of the Out-of-Door Relief Committee in Cannon•street, with having forged the name of a gen tleman to a letter recommending him to the notice of the Committee. Mr. Wood stated that the prisoner cal'ed upon him, and said he had been working at the East and West India Docks, and that he had been offered a situation at the docks in Liverpool, which, if fhe union accommo dated him with some money and clothes for himself and his wife, he could at once accept pf. He added that he could get a letter of recommendation from Mr. Howell, the warehousekeeper at the East and West India Docks, and witness told him to call at Cannon-street at two o'clock, and bring the letter with him. The prisoner accordingly presented himself at Cannon-street, and produced a letter, purporting to he from Mr. Howell. Nine o'clock next morning was appointed for the deci sion as to the application ; and witness; upon seeing him, pronounced the letter to be a fore ery, and told him that Mr. Howell would be in attendance in a very short time. The prisoner thereupon snatched the letter, tore it in piece?, and put some of them into his mouth, and threw the rest upon the pavement. Mr- Howell examined the pieces of paper which had been picked up, and stated that they were not in his handwriting, _ • The prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment for one month, and hard labour. GUILDHALL. A young woman, named Eliza James, with an infant in her arms, was charged on Monday last with dis orderly and outrageous conduct in Shoe-lane, Fleet street, on the preceding Saturday, and committing a violent assault upon her husband. The complainant, Henry James, stated that he was a waiter in a coffee-house in Shoe-lane, and that his prin cipal duty was to wait upon the printers and others belonging to the Morning Herald and Morning Advertiser newspaper -offices with tea and coffee, during the night. In pursuing his duty, he was con stantly annoyed by the prisoner, of whose contrivances to persecute him he gave a pitiable account. She was in the habit of knocking the trays out of his hands, and scattering the provisions ' cups, saucers, teapots, and plates, on the pavement. Her ungovernable temper had compelled him to separate from her, and he allowed her 10s. a-week ; notwithstanding which she worried him in such a manner that ho could not keep his place. The complainant on that occasion received an excellent cha racter from several persons in attendance, who described his case as one of great hardship. The MAGISTRATE ordered the prisoner to find bail, in two sureties of 40/. each, to keep the peace for six months. This morning the husband presented himself before Mr. Alderman Sydney, and stated that his wife had not been able to obtain the securities required, and that as she bad now been locked up since Saturday last, with an infant at her breast, he was desirous that she should be released from confinement. He was so much satisfied with the sincerity of her penitence that he was willing to become bail for her himself, though no one else would. The worthy ALDERMAN accepted the proffered secu rity, and hoped that his kindness would not be abused. The woman was accordingly discharged. BOW-STREET. Peter Haugh, a powerful-looking young man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with gutting mid wounding his sister-in-law, Norah Raugh. While the complainant was giving her evidence, the pri soner's father, James Baugh, was in -Court, and con ducted himself in a very disorderly manner, and, as she stated that he had committed an assault upon her, be was placed at the bar with his son. The complainant, who was covered with blood, and was so faint as hardly to be able to give her evidence, said that she lived with her husband in the same house with the prisoners and their family. She bad a quarrel with her husband this morning, in which the prisoners took part, and on her remonstrating with them, the younger prisoner snatched up a knife and stabbed her in the side. He also struck her and kicked her several times, and beat her about the head with an iron saucepan. She managed to get the saucepan from him and threw it out of the window. While this was going,on the elder prisoner struck and kicked her, and so did his daughter and another woman who was present.. In fact, she was set upon at once by five persons—the two prisoners, her husband, and the women she spoke of. She wished to have the latter apprehended. The iron saucepan spokes of by this witness was produced by policeman F 131, who had taken the younger prisoner into custody. The prisoners were very vehement and disorderly in their defence ; so much so, that, while they were both talking loudly together, neither the magistrate nor any one else could understand a word of what they said. • The policeman said that the complainant charged her husband with beating her with a poker last night, but the inspector would not entertain the charge. Mr. JARDINE remanded the prisoners till Saturday, but said he would admit James Raugh to bail, if he could give two sureties in 101. each for his appearance on that day. They must also be bound for his keeping the peace in th• mean time. The younger prisoner must remain in custody, as his was a much more serious charge. COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON MRS. CUMMING. FIFTH DAY. On Wednesday the inquiry as to the state of mind of Mrs. Catherine Cumming was again proceeded with at the Horns Tavern, Kennington. With the view of bringing this case more speedily to a close, the Court fixed half-past nine o'clock as the hour of meeting, and precisely at that time Mrs. Cumming walked into the court unattended, and took her usual sert on the left side of the Commissioner, app earing as calm and collected as hitherto, but with more evident cheerfulness. Previous to the commencement of the proceedings she was for some time in close consultation with her counsel and solicitor. Mr. James, with Mr. Cole, in support of the com mission ; and Mr. Petersdorff; with Mr. Parry, for Mrs. Cumming, appeared as before. A great deal of evidenca was gone into, but eventu ally, on the application of Mr. Petersdorff for an ad journment for the arrival of witnesses from France, after a long and desultory conversation between the counsel, Commissioner, and the jury, an adjournment was granted until the 24th instant, for the witnesses from Paris. . LORD BROUGHAM AT A PIC -NIC PARTY.— On Friday last , near Daysca. Scar, on a romantic y e t s yl van scenc t on the estate of Sir George .Musgrove, by the margin of the Eamon t, a party of about fifty young ladies and gentlemen he'l a grand pic-nicgathering. They, were accompanied by a harmonic band of musicians. The party assembled between three and four in the after noon, and having recreated themselves by wandering aidtg the picturesque spot, lighted up a fire, gipsy like, beneath the shadow of an old oak tree. Each " bonny lass" had furnished suitable crockery, and other essen tials, which were spread out on the grassy carpet, and soon afterwards the whole pa r ty p ar t oo k o f t ea . .1t was an interesting scene to behold the various groups in their gipsying positions; and most agreeably were they sur prisedovhile they were enjoying themselves without the least restraint, by Lord Brougham and party dropping clown beside them on the other side of the stream. After tea the company commenced dancing, ceasing only at night fall.— Gay lisle Journal. C ADVERTISEMENT ]. -SIGHT AND HEARING. - Sent into 4 ,.he COUtitry free, by post. No. 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, N oil y- In - yen ted Spectacles,s Ma jest Teles copes, Opera Glasse:, Idicroscop6i, kc.—Patronized ue by e s i jesty the King of Hanover, he; grA ca the h s his Bed b Y, T k and Dublin, Tor k, ford, their Graces the Archbishops of Can.:: tr " - ' Dowager - , ugli, and Men the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyle, Mario.— • - and Kil chester, Bishops of Eketcf, tiliciin; Cork, V iphin, Kilmor.., ' see dare. Messrs. S. and B. SolthriOnk °enlist/I and optician , ' invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new constrUctinn. Inutiediately they are placed before imperfect vision, either by day or oindleliN,ht, that mist and dullness which appears before the eyes is at once re- , moved, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged 1 defective sight b-comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful natural and original state. Also the most powerful Achro matic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme deafness. Caution — Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, are net in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to Pil 11 44 1 0 9 > 41111MM1014 ilMil i nt i nNiet l l 10110 AICIV MARKET NE WS.--(YES TERDAYY. trillr MiIIMEETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay , 315$ to 41; Ne ditto, 1 w dittOf 2l 8s to 3114 s ; Old Clover, 41 12s to 5 110 s ; New 111u5' ~: 10$ to 41165; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs ; Whe at Straw, to 11 12$ per load. Trade dull, at late rates. 31 lOs to 4 "" / 12s .— ; CUMBER Oatold s ditto, 2/ 8$ to 3/ 15s ; Old Clover, 41 108 to 518 s; Nevt ditto, 1-.. t. Straw, 1110 s to 1/13s per load. A full average supply, and a . demand. M tra ea w d , ow l/ BHsatY;l/31108ss; to .47: ::11, Aide , WHITECITAPYL.—OId Meadow Hay, 318 s to 4/; Nev r -,. New Lilac,. 2/ 10$ to 3l 14s ; Old Cl I 0 5l 15 • over, 4ls to s , ~,,,i/ 3/ 10,3 to 4/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/.los ; Wheat Stray,' al 10s to 1112 s per load. Supply good, and trade verY d IVIZAT 111.8.328ET5 . rd SOUTIIALL,. SEPT. 9.—We had a very steady trade 1020 to-day, and prices had an upward tendency :—Beet; from 2S 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4$ 10d ; Lamb, 4s 8 to 5 Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 45 6d per to o ft in° utilities KOMFORD, SEPT. 9.—Each kind of prime stock ‘` steadily'at higher rates, while the value of other v. Inattos, was well supported :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; 3s s d to 3s 6d to - 48 8d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 8d; VeaVives, 185 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d S kli n g ''' a- per Sibs. ue A lii i G h C O 'ow to 28s; quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to lits ;a n with their small Calf, 161 to 18/ each. 33 sa LEWES,the SEPT. B.—Beef, from 35 to 4 s 2d ; gutsto . ti, 4 ; 0 to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3 s 10d to 4 6 c l alo e Pork, 4s to 4$ 6d per 81us. Trade firulf 3t quotations. A S. w ere ' NEVTGATE !.ND LEADELvA'''" A "' n r : ceS," We had a very steady trade here to-dab al l ,"„ f r i - o ' ii, well supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; gi — iod; to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 408 d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s Pork, 3s 8d tc 4s 10d per 815 s. by the carcase. CORN AVERAGE& coif GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITIS8" °fib; For the Week ended Sept. 10, 1846 made up from the B e ., yid Inspectors in the different Cities , and Towns in EfiglA nu per Imperial Quarter. 4 W 9 II 3 EA O T d . 1 BARLEY. OATS. BY E• PESO. PRICE .. 31s Od I 23s 2d 1335-"' 13' 6d l -' 3 r s '" la I DUTY... lOs Od 3s 6d Is 6d 6d 3 ' --- a 11 00; A POPULAR TRe d o E f A t T h l e sE go o D n i t i e . H F E T JANLCTTHIO, N L S IF . E. tia a NINETEETII 'EDITION, price 2s. 6d. ; Free by re" t • eor ig Envelope) 3s. 6d., I THE SILENT FRIEND. A wit y in_i e e d ; i n e tr : icot r o r r e e ; s t ;se r y on the loss of the reproductive powers, tion. 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In kindly spirit, herein counsel's ~, How health, how hope, how happiness "" g 3. WHAT to EAT, BRINK, and AVOW gs, a With Diet Tables for all Complaints. Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tra n .q,, 'jar good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented notn",,i, the, t i f e servance of the instructions herein container' the fee' o saa vously deice e,even to the most shattered constitution,, hop the greatest amount of.physical happiness, and rea ch ni - full period of life allotte to man. h " How we should li d ve—what eat, what drink , w- - „e o To reach in health full threescore years andten sigoo These interesting little volumes, although bearing 111) ,T, 3 1 o f ile vi ot• very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be f°u- svi ivirg i ef curable and general utility, fer they tell of matters eve- curie ture able to understand ought to know, but Whie ll , l :,o tiot e these enlightened times, except that quality ' prolurek questionable channels, is at a very terrible discount- gAda tranat In the exposition h e reby o ff ere d o f th e till now b7inf. it nature, of human disappointm en t s an d their ways 0 • 1, sfe contended that every reader shall Ocome his or her e" tha", n 4 any more than their own lawyer, b u t it is insisted l e ; the ... To should know the simple principles of our own organ ize :eel 1i e 7 . 4051 whereby our existence and the issue thereof in tier 5 e , ;nab' a ncl states depend, the duties that are expected of 1011%1, Dealt capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which to happiness of the present and fixture race of mankind flei - 00 By such knowledge, and which is herein faithful 3r d psey, health will be found to be in our own keeping , an on di' of 10 within the attainment of all; by the availment beree o „ offsg our duty to eurselves, we secure the lilt e advantage s el ' w hiell Ig o/ to follow, and finally by the cultivation )f our faculties, bo dy lie o consistent with degenerate health, the mind as wel l as the ale id ti exalted to the summit of perfection, as bast be come ' . 4. 10 4t ' of God's creations. „f fortis logs, author's justification fbr this seeming ening , ' ~ ,‘ " "t be rne logs, and the avowal of their integrity of purpose , t " by their perusal—his accredited qualifications BU 147 , air topics broached involve his legitimate study and PursT ar bllla o, i i, of To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster - re W ;, 0 cffin:a to direthey 63, Oxford- street ; Mann , " e ' t (leo w Tatti e ct from Author, 10, Argyle-place, Regent-stre on Great Marlborough-street), who may be advised pers o 2; t in N ib matters daily till Three, and in the Evenings from Sey` 1 THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN RAILWAY. NOTTINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—The death of the un rortunate stoker, Henry Glover, taking place within nine hours after the accident on Monday, on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway, a jury was summoned for Tuesday afternoon, at feur o'clock, at the General Hospital, when an inquest was commenced before Mr. Browne, general Coroner. Tho inquest was adjourned till Wednesday (yesterday), on which day several passengers were examined, but who deposed to no material fact beyond what was mentioned in our account of the accident. After a wish had been expressed by several of the jury to come to a conclusion that day, The CORONER again said that an inspection of the line of rails must take place, in order to satisfy the people in the immediate neighbourhood, and the public generally, as to the safety of the line. It would, therefore, be necessary to give time, as Captain Coddington is to make his inspection, and consequently ho thought the jury could not re-assemble till Monday. Mr. J. F. Bell said he made a report to the Board of Trade of the accident the same evening it happened, and as General Pasley happened to be on his way to York, he communicated the circumstance to him, and he investigated the cause of the accident, and was quite satisfied upon the subject. Ile had before inspected the line, and reported favourably of it to the Board of Trade, and the General thought it would not be necessary to take further trouble respecting it. He (Mr. Bell) had ordered the engine to be at Derby, to be further exa• mined by General Pasley, but the General said he did not think he should want it at all. The CORONER said be had a public duty to perform, and he must have an adjournment. The jury agreed to re-assemble on Monday morning at ten o'clock. The adjournment took place at half-past twelve o'clock. LOYAL UNITED FRIENDS.—On Wednesday last a numerous party of this highly respectable social order partook of a very handsome entertainment, given by treasurer Garrett, of the No. 14 Lodge, at the Victory Tavern, Canal-bridge, Kingsland. road, on the occasion of the removal of the lodge from the Camel, Philip street. P.S.P. Randle, in the absence of P.S. Burgess, presided, and was supported by the president, officers, and several past presidents of the lodge ; as also by P.S.B. Bull, No. 3, P.P. Delinett, No. 3, P.P. Hill, No. 7, P.P. Williams, No. 15, P.P. Dormer, No. 7, P.P. Drasey, No. 4, P.P. Aldridge, No. 2, P.P. Dearing, No. 5, P.S. Wintle, D. Dormer, and several other influential friends. After the cloth had been withdrawn, and the usual loyal and other appropriate toasts had been given, and warmly responded to by the company, the Chair man, in a very neat speech, gave the health of treasurer Garrett, whom he congratulated upon the great majority he obtained at the recent election, " with many thanks for his liberal hospitality on the present occasion, and good wishes for his future prosperity and happiness." This toast was received with great applause. Mr. Gar rett, in a few but very creditable observations, returned thanks, evidently much to the satisfaction of his friends. P.S. Burgess, who arrived in the course of the evening (having come expressly from Gravesend to be present), then in a complimentary speech proposed the health of the worthy chairman, past special president Randle, whom he justly described as one of the most eminent members of the order, held deservedly in high opinion for his integrity, independence, and firmness, and whose courteous behaviour as president during the evening he was much pleased with. The toast was received with much cheering. Mr. Randle acknowledged the honour done him in a few words replete with good sense. Several other toasts were drank, and some amusing songs sung, particularly one from deputy Green ; and at a late hour the party broke up, highly entertained by their excellent host, and mutually satisfied with the evening's proceedings. SEAL.—On Saturday last, the sth inst., the most noble the Marquis Camden gave a treat to the whole of the men and their wives (between 70 and 80) employed on his Lordship's estate at the Wilderness. Tho men, after having played at cricket in the park, with plenty of ale to cheer them, repaired with their wives to the front of the mansion, where a most excellent dinner was provided for them, consisting of roast beef, plum pud ding, &c., and nothing spared to render them happy. Among the persons who visited the spot were the Marquis and Marchioness Camden, Lady Homesdale, Colonel Gore, R. Murray, Esq., the Rev. T. 0. Blackball, vicar of Seal, &c. DEATH OF • MERCHANT FROM Pitussic On Wednesday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Castle, Castle-street, Finsbury-, on the body of Mr. James Met calfe, aged thirty-seven years, late a hop merchant and importer of isinglass, residing at No. 20, Artillery-place, Finsbury-square. It appeared by the evidence that on the 25th instant, about seven o'clock in the evening, the deceased retired to his bed-room, and not again making his appearance, the servant went to call him, but found the door locked. Not answering, the door was forced, and he was discovered lying on the bed full dressed, and quite dead. Deceased for some time had been low and dejected in spirits, and complained of pains in his head. From the suddenness of his death suspicion was excited, and a post-mortem examination was made, when he was found to be labouring under an extensive disease of the heart, but nothing was then discovered of a deleterious nature; but his friends not being satisfied, the contents of the stomach were submitted to Dr. Letheby, of the L'ondon Hospital, for analysation, the result of whose experiments fully proved that deceased had taken a large quantity of hydrocyanic acid of Scheele's strength, causing death. Pending the examination by Dr. Letheby, a phial was found under the deceased's bed, which had contained prussic acid. It was stated that he was in the habit of taking the acid for his complaint. There being no positive evidence, the jury, at the suggestion of the Coroner, returned a special verdict to the effect that " Deceased's death had been caused by taking prussic acid, he labouring under a disease of the heart, but whether by taking an overdose, or otherwise, there was no evidence to show. LEGACY DUTY SAVED.—We are informed that a benevolent individual has placed 7004 in the hands of Mr. J. Soul, of the Orphan Working School, to distri bute to the seven following institutions in equal propor tion, viz.:—The British and Foreign Bible Society, the London Missionary Society, the Home Missionary So ciety, the Religious Tract Society, the Orphan Work ing School, the Society for the Relief of Aged Ministers, and the Society for Assisting Widows and Orphans of Ministers. By this arrangement the friend referred to becomes his own executor, and the societies save the ten per cent, which they would have had to pay on his de cease as legacy duty. Lie has, moreover, the satisfac of knowing that no ne o f hi s money will b© wasted in litigatiu and Noliali law *peons at big &stk. to t) , Ic ko,f, tahl, s