The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-25 00:00:00

la'bition+ FRAN CE. A dispatch from Lyons states that the inundation the Rhone is at an end ; much damage had been aone. In addition to the concessions for railways which have just been signed by the Minister of Public Works, the Debats says—" There is another project now under consideration by the Government in order to complete the line of railways of the South, and to extend it as far as the frontier of Piedmont, on the side of the Var, by starting from Marseilles or from Toulon. In order for this line to produce any use ful results it is necessary that the two Governments of France and Piedmont should act in concert. Nothing, certainly, could be more easy ; their interests are common, and they are animated with the best feelings of entente cordiale one towards the other. In this case the Piedmontese Government would not hesitate to welcome the propositions of the companies which undertake to open a railway from Nice to Oneille, or Albenga, end to continue it the whole length of the Valley of Tanaro, as far as Cberasco, where it would connect itself with that which is now open from Turin to Milan by Novare. In still following the course of the Tanaro, the line would naturally run from Cherasco as far as Aste, where it would join the Alexandria line. the real nucleus of the railways of Upper Italy, fur from Alexandria they go on one side to Turin and the Lago Maggiore, and on the other to Voghere, Modena, Bologna, and Ancona. Consequently this new line would connect France and the Mediterra nean with Switzerland, Lombardy, the Legations, and the Adriatic.. It is, therefore, useless to insist further on its great importance. The Valley of the Tanaro is only separated from the sea by a small ridge which unites the Appenines to the chain of the Alps, and which can be easily made practicable by piercing a tunnel of little more than half a mile in length." A considerable number of electors of the canton of Marennes having sent in a protest against the elec tion of Prince Murat as member of the council general, the council of the prefecture, after examin ing the circumstances of the case, has declared that the election is valid. f Bor- The Consulting Chamber o f Agriculture deaux, before separating, vo t e d an addressboitnio or the f Prince President of the Republic, thalaking y ifications aids are the benefits for which th e owners o indebted to him in conseq uence of vs effected in the octroi system and t he indirect oe e taxes. d In consequence of the visit of the Republi c to Bordeaux, of severalte e squadrons of the e Prince President regiments are to be concentrated there. 13th Chasseurs have alreadyr arrived there from Libourne. Letters from L o rient state th the Mazaran nd Annibal, of 9 0 guns, are to be at fitted out both a as steam and sailing vesse ls. f accounts of the Erigone rigate, By the arrival have been received from Guyana to the 18th ult. At that period t he penitentiary colony conti nue d i n a perfectly healthy conditi on . T he work s o f installa tion were going on in the Salut a ti on I s l an d s. Th e gre atest order prevailed among the transported prisoners. A notorious robber, named Tirard Gallier, who had long been the terror f the department of the Isere, wa s executed on the 17th at Voiron. He was escorted to the place of execution by a detachment of gen darmes and another of artillerymen • and on his way received the pi ous ex h ortat i ons of the chaplain of the prison with becoming resignation. A large crowd was assembled to witness his death ; he mounted the scaffold with a firm step, and laid his neck of his own accord under the fatal blade. ITALY. Rio Official Gazette of Savoy of the 20th positively asserts from Turin that M. Pernati, Minister of the Interior, has resigned, and that Count Pouza di San Martino, who had had a portfolio after the events of 1848, has been sent for by the King. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 21, 1852. Enidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*373 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... _4l Tubercular Diseases ... Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ••• 92 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 43 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ••• .• • 11 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 8 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 6 Diseases of the Skin, ehc. C Malformations... 1 Premature Birth ... 41 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 31 Old Age Sudden ... ••• ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, and intemperance 31 Causes not specified ... DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,084 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 18:51. of 1851. Week. 'Blest Districts... 376,427 . . 151 ... 177 North Districts.. 490,396 .. 187 ... 225 Cantral Districts 393,256 ... 173 ... 189 East Districts ... 485,522 ... 205 ... 238 South Districts .. 616,635 ... 240 ... 255 T0ta15........ 2,3 t 2,236 Males Feiz tCos ... ... 1,084 581 503 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... Total ... ..„ ~.1,639 *ln this number are included 49 by Scarlatina, 40 by Typhus Fever, 208 by Diarrhoea, and 18 by Cholera. LATE FIRE AT LIS-MORE CASTLE. The Cork Examiner rocky says, " This old historic castle st ; 11 stands pr ou dly on i ts uninjured. Th e fire which broke out was confined to that portion of the of fi ce w hich for ms a par t o f th e southern quadrangle of the court-yard. For a time serious apprehensions were entertained lest it should extend to the great eastern wing of the castle at one side, or to the large anel of erection buildings in course at the other side. important range of The fear was the greater owing n being to the fact of a portion of the burning building ati t i heir inflam store for oils and paints, which from how gr eve e r at , g used as a much force to enable nature were calculated t o h_is at building the conflagration. Fortunately, was bounded on one side by th e and on the other by a second tower forrof; I tower, between the southern and western sides of the an rangle. These from their great height served as to prevent the flames from extending farther s as they presented nothing but bare walls to their fury. The valuable muniments and records were removed for safety, though, as the result proved, happily without necessity. The castle and all its dependen cies being heavily insured, the Noble Proprietor sustains little pecuniary loss ; and as this building in common with all the other offices the s ouls be re modelled, though not at the moment, the only effect of there will be that this will take p l a ce the sooner. The general remark was, that as such an accident was fated to occur, it could not happen in any part of the castle where it was productive of less inconvenience. The works in progress of erection went on the same morning as if nothing had occurred ; the hundreds employed on them were not idle for a single hour. Hop INTELLIGENCE. (From the MaidBtone Journal.) very Propitious our last the weather has been well Where e ious for the hops, and they have come out en eral, btt icit prevented by the mould, which is not lity i n ,iiii some gardens—we allude to this loca wonldi,i,rer—has nearly destroyed the fruit. It have b ee , gr e a 3 : u rs , e 2 impossible to say what crop would live wind s; but ~,, we had not had the late destruc and compari ng i r:ing closely at the plant now, we feel certain th o tt . h what it was before the gale, of the crop was des:: exposed situations, one-fourth much. We shall h a rd; in sheltered spots not so ther continues fine, an : m arl good hops if the wea- Utl . - , ProbahlY, pay rather a large THE X ABLEIGHZ.--Th e ho a bly about this district P s are going on favour- ATLESrORD.—The grape hop . an d will not pr oduce a heavy cro col Pe out slowly, arneeromis mu ing h , The Jones an d Goldin g ho p s leukP lo le o this parish. but we do not antici p ate these will pro by a bag an acre as was expected a fortnight"' MEREWOBTLI AND WATERINGBURy. r t i l 'iece. have nearly recover ed from the late storm, au e d b . cs assumed their former healthy appearance and ape gro w rapidly, promising a go od crop should the w ?aihe, continue fine. They are very free from disease. Loose.—We have greatly improved within the last few days. Although the wind made great h avoc , „ 4 , ,, shill grow a great rushy hop?, the weather being so favourable for their recovery. THE SUTTONS i AND B ROC . GIITON MON nights CHEL3EA.-- The cold h ts d o not t , uit the hops, and some planters have not yet . got their poles p u t up, which were blown dow n b week. Judging Y the violent wind on Wednesday from this nistrict 900 000/. will top the duty, and 18Q,000/. will be near the mark. MARDEN.—The bons h .ably during the past Weeka." progr esse d very favour ably grounds which escaped the rages of the wind are coming on beautifully. The others promise better than we anticipated. Camontoox.---DllriLlg the major portion of the SUN, LONDON, THE past week we have been favoured with more auapi- ClOll3 weather, and there is certainly a mere pro mising appearance of the hop grounds. Sad and disastrous as was our last report, in consequence of the force with which the wind had swept its broad invisible pinions over the plantations, battering its poles, and in some few places tearing the plant up by the roots, deplorable and disheartening as were these I circumstances, " hope springs eternal in the human ' breast," and the farmer, assisted by the weather, in stead of becoming inactive, has set about in right earnest to repair, as far as in him lay, the damage effected. If fine weather continues for a few weeks there will be plenty of hops in this locality; and as they have throughout been entirely free from any attack of fly, flea, lice, or mould, they cannot fail to produce a good sample. SAtimnuasT. Notwithstanding the late high winds, the burr is improving, and fast coining into hop. ROLVENDEN.—Our hops are very much injured by the winds, and the duty les sene d to a very consider able degree, but bei ng f ree f rom an y disease, w e ex pect to have them o f a goo d qua lity. CANTERBURY.—The late gales have battered the hops about v e ry much, and done them considerable damage where they w e re much expose d. In some grounds ne ar l y half the poles were blown down. Last week left the hops altogether in a very precarious state, a great deal of the burr showing no symptom of growing out ; but the weather this week, on some occasions being very warm, has caused i the burr to ohvelop e i n t o h o ps very fast, and enabled those out to grow rapidly. Much mould is to be met with at places. The general appea rances are stillin favour of a large growth. ARTIFICIAL EYES. A number of gentlemen assembled in St. Anne's Die pensarynd Ear Institution, Rose-hill, Liver pool,o'clock, by on M o nday . afternoon , y and E don of Dr. Nottingham andthe Eye a fternoon, i nst it u tion, to witness t he method of adapting artificial ers"ors who had had the mi s f ortune to lose the both eyes. Th e f orm lof the artif i cial es e F tt is oe exactly one that of the natural eye when open, being conve x, of about the thickness of a rather thin glass, and forms a beautiful covering to the sightless orb. Of course the s•ze, shapti, and colour of the eye have to be regulte.ed and adapted according to the requirements of each case. Out of the number of cases presented during the afternoon, no two were alike. The eye is placed in its position in an instant, and removed again in little more time, and both op era ti ons are effected without giving the slighest pain to the patients. The instanta neous change in the appearance of the patients is as pleasing as it is surprising. The natural expression of the countenance is restored as if by magic. In cases where the eyelids have become considerably contracted it would be necessary to use a small one at first, and progress to the proper siza by degrees. A number of the persons submitted for the experiment were selected from the patients who have been under the treatment of Dr. Not tingham in the institution; but several were strangers, and had been afflicted with loss of sight in one or both eyes for several years. They were of both sexes, and varying in age from that of an infant of about eighteen months to fifty years. In several cases the sight of one eye had been restored under the treatment of Dr. Not tingham though the patient was quite blind when en tering the institution. There were several hale young men, and two or three young women servants so circum stanced, and it vitas astonishing to observe how com pletely the natural expression was restored to the face. One interesting case was that of a respectable young woman, about sixteen years of age, who lost her right eye about nine years ago, through receiving a stab with a pair cf scissors. She p oss essed good features, but, through the loss of her eye the ex p ression was destroyed. It was most gratifying to see how delighted she was to observe (in a looking-glass) the miraculous change that had been made in her appearance. There were several cases of persons under 14 years of age, who had lost the sight of au eye through severe cold when infants. The case of a respectable mulatto woman de serves to be particularised, because M. Boissoneau de tected instantly that she had an artificial eye which had been badly placed, having had an oblique instead of a horizontal direction. The poor woman was in ecstacy when she found that an eye had been inserted and re moved without the slightest pain, for she said she had " suffered martyrdom" to have the former inserted. Many other cases might be particularised, but the effect in all was much the same—what was a deformity was to a wonderful degree restored to ih pristine appear ance, in many cases challenging detection by the ob server. The proceedings, which occupied the whole af ternoon, were terminated by votes of thanks to M. Boissonneau, Dr. Nottingham, and the chairman. — Liverpool Mercury. THE LONDON GAZETTE , Aug. 24. DOWNING -STREET, AUG. 25 , 1852. The Queen has 1 !en pleased to appoint Boyle Travers Finniss, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary, Robert R. Tor rens, Esq., to be Colonial Treasurer and Registrar. General, George Frederick Dashwood, Lg., to to Col lector of Customs, and Alexander Tolmer, Esq., to be Commissioner of Police, for the colony of South AU3-. tralia. WHITEHALL, AUG. 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Stuart Walker, Esq., Advocate, to be Secretary to the Board of Supervision for Relief of the Poor in Scotland, in the room of William Smythe, Esq., resigned. WAR-OFFICE, AVG. 24. let Regimept of Dragoons—Lieutenant Augustus Henry de Trafford has been allowed to re ti re f rom the ft t le of b L ig h t Cornet, h is t e D o r ul a n g b o i y i o s n p i s o u— n r c ; Rh Tae purchase, F s e i r tl v z2 i G c t h e e rbßayiedgt, Regiment ee s nn a geant-Major Edward B rown to b e C ornet, without m mA e au n sg t a.Kl2eS4a.enr pur chase,e- vice Rolt, deceased, Aug. 24. Ist or Grenadier Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain the Honourable Henry Townshend Forester to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Charles Begot, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant Charles Van Notten Pole to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Honourable Henry Townshend Forester, Aug. 24. 15th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Henry George Augustus Powell, from half-psy of the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Sayers, appointed Paymaster, Aug. 24. 21st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Fraser, M.D., from the Me Brigade, to be Surgeon, vice Tice, ap pointed to the Staff, Aug. 24. 32d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Edgerton King, from 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hedley, who exchanges, Aug. 24. 50th Foot—Lieutenant John Hedley, from the 323 Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice King, who exchanges, Aug. 24. 52d Foot—Ensign Arthur Henley, from the 81st Foot, to be Ensign. vice the Honourable Henry Flower, pro moted, Aug. 24. 55th Foot—Walter Carr Mackinnon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice England, promoted, Aug. 24. 80th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Grahame Auchinleck, M.D., from the 82d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lucas, appointed to the Staff, Aug. 24. 82d Foot—Assistant Staff-Surgeon Arthur Edmund Jacob to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Auchinleck, ap pointed to the 80th Foot, Aug. 24. 91st Foot—Brevet Major Charles Frederick Havelock, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, repaying the difference, vice Colin Campbell, who exchanges; Lieut. Edward George Mainwaring to be Captain, by purchase, vice Havelock, who retires; Ensign John Charles Sweny to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Mainwaring, Aug. 24. Ist West India Regiment—John Frederick Napier Hewitt, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase , vice Joseph Noble Beasley, appointed to the 2d West India Regiment, Aug. 24. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign Joseph Noble Beasley, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be En sign, vice Drouet, promoted ; Quartermaster - Serg eant William Davis to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Becher, promoted, Aug. 24. of the STAFF.—Brevet Major James Robert Brunker, , 15th Foot, to be Deputy Adjutant-General in Cer9n, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, vice Colonel Edward Charlton, deceased, Aug. 24 H O SPITAL STAFF.—lnspector-General of Hospitals, to with local rank in Ireland, Sir James Pitcairn, Al-D-9 be Inspector-General of Hospitals; Deputy Inspector- General of Hospitals Charles Maclean, M.D. , to be In spector-General of Hospitals, with local rank in Ireland, vice Sir James Pitcairn, M.D., who re tires upon half-pay; Staff Surgeon of the First Class Alexander Cumming to be Deputy Inspec tor-General of Hospitals, vice Maclean, promoted; Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Duncan Menzies to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, vice Cumming, pro moted; Surgeon John Charles Graham Tice, from the 21st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Menzies, promoted; Assistant -Surgeon Henry Carr Lucas, from the 80th Foot, to be Assi stant -Surgeon to the orces, vice Jacob, appointed to the 82d Foot, Aug. 24. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia. —Major Thomas Clowes to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brock, promoted, Aug. 15. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeo manry—Alfred Sartoris, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Jebb, who retires, Aug. 17. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland. Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry— Lieutenant Thomas James to be Captain, vice Cookson, resigned; Cornet Calverley Robert Bewicke to be Lieu tenant, vice James, promoted; Henry Parker, Gent , to be Cornet, vice Bewicke, Ft-on:toted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Ridin g ' Y e o manry Cavalry—Lieutenant Viscount Goderich to be Captain, vice Smyth, resigned; Cornet the Hon. Francis Lawley to be Lieutenant, vice Viscount Goderich, pro moted, Aug. 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. 2nd Regiment of Surrey Militia—William, Earl of Lovelace, to be Colonel, Aug. 14. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Secret, brewer, Barnet, to surrender Sept. 3, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Goren, South Molton:street. Samuel Walter Gillam, wine merchant, Tarlington place, Edgeware-road, Sept. 3 and Oot. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry. James Holmes, shawl warehouseman, Regent-street, Sept. 3, at eleven, and Oct. 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-stree•. Ann Crawford, paper manufacturer, Warden, North umberland, Sept. 2, at eleven, and Oct. 7, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee,Neweastle-upon-Tyne; Chater, Ne wcastle- upon- Tyne ; Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow-churchyard. Richard James Dangerfield, printer, Dunstable, Bed fordshire, Sept. 8, at two, and Oct. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church-lane; Armstrong and Westbrook, Great James street, Bedford-row; Medland, Dunstable. William Patten, dealer in horses, Teering, Essex, Sept. 6, at eleven, and Oct. 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Abell, Romney-terrace, Westminster. Charles O'Neill, metal dealer, Birmingham, Sept, 7 and Oct. 5, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Jabet, Birmingham. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. N. Troughton, clerk i❑ the Audit-office, Strand. G. Porter, bootmaker, Terrace, Kensington.: J. Slate, coal merchant, Dalaton. R. Doidge, East-street, Walworth. H. Albion, haberdasher, Burlington-place, Old Kent-road, G. H. Green, Grove-'ane, Camberwell. R. 0. Potts, Albany-stree, Regent's-park. W. White, jun., butcher, Reading, Berkshire. T. Price, Plymouth, Devonshire. J. Aitken, joiner, Salford, Lancashire. U. W. Barrington, commission agent, Tavistoak-street Covent-garden. I. Isaacs, dealer in watches, Plymouth, Devonshire. W. Lubbock, manufacturer of British cordials, Wilson. street, Deptford. D. Parry, retailer of beer, Trosnant, Monmouthshire. W. Fox cabinet maker, Long Mill ga t e , M anc h es t er . J. H. kiamp, Bacton, Herefordshire. G. W. Turner, attorney-at-law, Exeter. G. Chappel, sacking manufacturer, Barmby-upon-Marsh Yorkshire. W. Ward, saddler, Somerset. E. Michleson, cap manufacturer, Manchester. T. B. Bulpin, assistant to a farmer, North Curry, Somersetshire. J. Ed wards, commission agent, Greenwich. 3. Brown, small ware dealer, Wigan, Lancashire. W. Davies, cabinet maker, Oldham, Lancashire. D. Luke, Manchester. IL Malony, Blackfriars-road. J. Porter, Dukinfield, Lancashire. T. Perry, builder, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. B. Halifax, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, warehouseman, Sept. 17, at eleven—R. Woods, Brighton, grocer, Sept. 21, at eleven—J. B. Capper, Blackheath, Kent, chemist and druggist, Sept. 17, at twelve—A. Miller, Ems worth, Southampton, rope maker, Sept. 16, at twelve— C. Ritchie, Oxford-street, jeweller, Sep', 24, at eleven— G. Walker, Philpot lane, City, merchant, Sept. 24, at twelve—E. Gwalter, Plaistow, Essex, baker and horse dealer, Sept. 24, at one. • In the Country. W. H. Richardson, B. Richardson, and J. Richardson, Virordesley, Staffordshire, and Lamb's Conduit-street, glass manufacturers, Oct. 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Bates, Schofield Sheard, Hall 14x, engineers, Sept. 14, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds— vir). Cettingharn, West Barkwith, Lincolnshire, wool :L er p ng - e llull—P. S utton, Ki ngston - upon -H u ll, iron nr, Oct. 6, at t we l ve , a t th e T o wn -hall, Kingston onßuu. NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES. T .,. • At the Court, Basinghall-street. C . "Oaf', Oxford -street, jeweller, Sept. 21. at twelve--W. F. Blackburn, St. George's-place Knights bridge, and Motcomb-street, Belgravo-square ' bookseller, Sept. 17, at twelve —J. Vevers, Ironmonger-lane, City, woollen warehouseman, Sept. 23, at twelve—F. W. Mac 3 andrew, Mi le ll-wall, P o pl ar, brewer, Sept. 16, at one —(.. S. Vous, New Windsor, Berkshire, scrivener, Sept. 23, at half -past o ne — S. Tripp, Sergeants' Inn, Fleet-street, money scriv ener, Sept. 23, at eleven—J. Sept. Miller, C at onduitstreet West, P a d d i ngton, corn dealer, 16, eleven. A. neevel, Tauntlonn,thsenCinoeur Country. A. Sept. Exeter—C, eleven,elton, Binning -1 LI h ls am , attcohneme.iastt, stheept.C2olu,rat I3irminahatn— Vii. H. Richardson, B. Ri : , the Court, J. Richardson, Wordesley, Staffordshire, ainddsT and Conduit-street, glass manufacturers, Sept. 21, at ' ra t ic B past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—C. Green, Spald ing, Linco?nshire, scrivener, Oct. 15, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. E. Morgun,-Portman-merket, Edgeware.road, licensed victualler, certificate of the third class—T. W. Dornford. Suffolk-lane, City, wine merchant, certificate of the third class —J . Barker, Newcastle - upon -T y ne, merchant, certi ficate. of the thire class—H. Evans , Ilchester, So merset . . 13 carpenter, certificate of th e second class--J,Webb, lin ei j Y, J Warwickshire, brazier, certifi c at e of the first . B urlingham, St. Helen, Worcestershire, miiii. " SUCH A GETTING UP STAIRS." On Monday last, as the band of juvenile teetotallers were marching out of the town to the inspiring strains of the Grangemouth flute band, three oxen, which were being driven to the slaughter-house, took fright at the demonstration, and ran off at full speed. One of the three, after threading some of the intricate passages running west from the Cow Wynd, rushed along Baxter's Wynd to near the High-street. The fear of encountering the music seems to have frightened it from proceeding further in that direction, for at this point it turned to the right, and took shelter in the house known as the lodging-place cf Prince Charles Edward. The first intimation that was received of its presence was at Mr. John Johnston's door, the farthest up the stair, where, as may easily be imagined, its appearance rather astonished the inhabitants. Those in charge of the cattle having arrived, the difficulty was to get the brute down the way it had come, the stair being old-fashioned and narrow, and at one time it appeared net unlikely that it would have to share the fate of an adventurous cow which mounted the spiral staircase of Michael Scott's tower at Alkwood, and be killed on the spot. By means of ropes attached to the body, how ever, and by strenuous pulling at the tail—which seemed a lmost in danger of parting with the rump —the animal was got down two fli g hts of stairs; but it desce n d e d upon the wooden landing-place with such force, that its hind legs instantly disappeared, and after the dust had cleared away, were discovered by the shopkeeper dang ling from the ceiling of his back room. Fortunately a short stout rafter was between the animal's legs, or he must have descended bodily . mto the shop. There was considerable di ffi culty in getting him out of this fix, but he was at length got safely i nto the open air, and without further adventures was driven to his quarters.—Falkirk Herald. THE COSI OF' PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The present National Gallery cost some 9 0,0001., and every one exclaims against it, as in every respect un worthy. It is a total failure. No such parsimonious feeling directed the works at Windsor. There a million, and perhaps more, have been spent, But there is some thing for the money. There is a certain air of dignity, a certain grandeur of intention; in fine, some success. Who asks the cost? Who , no w, that looks at Whitehall Chapel, or Greenwich Hospital , or Ring's College Chapel, Cambridge, or anyone of our Gothic cathedrals, far a moment considers the enormous sums bestowed on those noble erections? The reason is obvious. Do any thing well, and then no One will accuse you of extrava gantly laying out your money, whatever the sum. Paris is a noble city, but millions upon millions have been ex pended to render it so. The Madeleine, the Arc de l'Etoile, the Luxembourg , the Louvre, the Hotel de Ville, the Paleis du Ministers, Qual d'Orsay, Versailles, Fontainebleau, have absorbed countless sums. Did past —does the present generation feel it? H.R.H. Prince Albert ha.; taught us a great lesson: let us profit by the wisdom which guided his proceedings in the Great Ex hibition of 1851. It was a gigantic and well-digested Plan: it embraced every contingency: all nations were t . t o take part : no branch of natural or manufactured pro ttions was t o be omitted: the vast space of twenty acres was to be covered in, and a pile raised to coat 15 0 0001 , Buil and this for a mere temporary purpose.— PERILOUS POSITION. Abou w t 'l el At am— doight'ther east. Th„ hip hI LWag a perfect gals from the south until at length sh e " hove-to" under close-reefed been snugged by little and little maintopsail. to stow the fl y i ng iih, ght o'clock orders were given the foremost sail in the ship: two cf the men w ent out p i tc h, he planted his feet 0 3 i ouit l , for it was as dark us yawning lee footrope, and was o f them was f ee li ng his way Perform this duty. As one for a long altncHt precipitated into the lite caught n w r t o s p v e or i y n lohnigs struggledifnadlle,eadn,:nlongtoabss. t h i r m , ld e. of It who were watching his writhing form by but to those the boiling and phosphorescent waves be bz the light of the weather bow at the time, and a eath • I was' onow how his com rades behaved. No - one spokes word, for thats dimii ish his chances of escape; there might only .. was no h l for him if he failed to save himself. The man that e p —bboorn with him moved neither hand nor foot, was on the Jior foot and uttered not a word. At length he regained his, Had footing, and proceeded to his duty. he been a minute longer eviingiog among the footropes, he would have been swept off never to have been seen, for the bowsprit was actually buried in the sea, while the two men were clinging with clasped arms to the yielding spar, on the strength of which their lives were hung. When they came in, having discharged the duty en trusted to them, I en,lcavoured to be near the one down that had made such a narr ow escape. As he stepped upon th:‘ deck, he touched me by the merest accident. A trembling sensation passed through his whole frame, and a marked inspiratory effort carried gratitude to hea ven from his breast. On the very threshold of home, we might have lost this poor fellow, after the Arctic winter and the intense frosts after the fatigue of travel ling, and the excruciating thirst, had all failed to break our numb, . , .—Sutherland's Journal of Captain Penny's i Voyage to Wellington Channel. E ..l: z, Au l :r i t ti o p u . T H , AuG 24.—Wind N.W.—A rr d. Moselle, SALE cr RENTERS' SHARES IN COVENT•GARDEN AND DRURY-LAN E TnEATREs.-- Yesterday Mr. Robins, the auctioneer, put up t o auct i on , at the Auction Mart. three renters *hares, Two of them were secured upon the Royal Itzdian Opera, Covent-garden. They originally cost each 500 1, aud the owner was entitled to a return of 251. per I annull ' 3 ' I ' l ' l3 was reduced to 121. 10e., ands now punctually aid. The holder mission, w h ile the of the share is also entitled t o a f ree ad unexpired t erm share is transferable. It was h e ld f or an of duced 215 g u i neas, years. They seve ra ll y pro lane Theatre. . The other lot was a share in D rury- It entitles the possessor to an income of ls. 3d. per night, with a free admission. It is also transferable, and the last v - ea r'a izconle Was included. It was knocked down for 46 guinea s . CUSTOMS.—Messrs. W. J. Ready and W. p Ham ton, P rinc ipal gaugers of Cus toms, have been appointed to t h e office of insp e ctors " the gagging department. EVENING, ner, certificate of the first class—R. James, Lenton, Not tiughatm hire, lace - maker, certificate of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Paterson and T. W. S. Elliott, Fencnurch-street, hair-cu tern and wig-makers—T, Thom Is, E. Th:ma , , and R. I‘l. Thomas, Chester, printens—J. Scott and J. Lush. W a rminster, Wiltshire, seechnien and corn-dealers B e a7=in and T. Rauishaw, Louth, linen and wool len drapers—R. Guinness and J. Guinness, Brighton, watch-makers and jewellers—W. Hardman uud J. Hiton, Great Bolton, Lancashire, ironfounders—J. Knowles and T. Crook, Eagley-within-Turton, and Little Bolton, Lancashire, paper manufacturers—J. P o tter, J. Gaitliff, and W. Potter, Leeds, share. brokers (so far as regards J. Gatliff)—A. Blest and J. Blest, Woolwich, boot and shoemakers—J. Crossinghana and J. Belcher, Romford, Essex, coach and cart wheel wrights—J. Ingham and J. Wailes, Dewsbury, York shire, ra dealers—W. Hersee and A. Hersee, North street, Peckham, builders —R. Bashall and J. Barrett, Faringdon, Lancashire, tanners and curriers—M. A. Payne, R. Payne, and J. E. H. P ayne , G rea t Queen street, Lincoln's-inn fields, coach lace-manufacturers-- J. Martine and Sarah Ann Juby, Exmouth-street, Clerk enwell, haberdashers and linendrapers—J. Clarance and W. Willc.s, Lime-street, City, coffee-merchants and agri cultural agents—W. W. Newsani and H. Thackray, Tor quay and Newton Abbot, Devonshire, provision mer chants—D. Smith and J. Smith, Manchester, spirit dealers—W. Wainwright a nd E. M asse y, P enn i stono , Yorkshire, aim Manch es t er, quarrymen —H . C urt i s an d C. G. Wilkinson, Mangotsfield. Gloucestershire, florists. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Pinnock Badco c k, Birmingham, butcher. Thomas Smith, Redditch, Worcestershire, brewer. Thomas Elliott, Beckley, Sussex, carpenter. John Firminger, Cowden, Kent, beer retailer. j John Johnson, un,, Longford, Warwickshire, ribbon weaver. John Moore, Stmonburn, Northumberland, butcher. Robert Stringer, Scarborough, boot and shoe maker. Robert Farmage, Parkstone, Dorsetshire, drilling master. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. P. Brown, (lasgow, merchant and importer, to meet Aug. 28 and Sept. 27, at one, within the London Temperance Hotel, Glasgow. G. Mearns, Cumnock, grocer and spirit dealer, to meet Aug. 30 sad Sept. 27, at three, within the Black Bull Inn, Cumnoek. SHERIFFS' COURT, Aug. 24. (Bet Ore Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY.) THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND ASSURANCE OFFICES —DUPLEX AND ANOTHER V. THE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The question involved in this action is one which has long been in dispute between the medical profes sion and a large portion of the life assurance offices, the important point baing the right of a medical man to a fee from the assurance office for giving his opinion on the life of a patient proposed for assurance. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the plaintiffs, who are surgeons, and carry on their practice in Fenchurch street and Great Coram-street. Mr. George Duplex, one of the plaintiffs, stated in evidence that he received a communication from the defendants, enclosing a long string of questions to be answered by him respecting a lady whom he attended professionally, and who had proposed her life for assurance in the office of defendants. The com munication stated that they were referred by the lady to the plaintiff, and that the answers would be considered as strictly confidential. The questions were returned with snswers, and a note stating that the plaintiff's fee was a guinea, which he requested should be forwarded to.him. A second application was made for the fee, of which no notice was taken. Mr. PARRY, who appeared for the defendants, sub mitted that no case had been made out against his clients, though he would admit that a policy had been granted on the life of the lady. His HONOUR thought that no case had been made out against the defendants. Mr. HUMPHREYS submitted that there was no one else on whom the plaintiffs could come for the fee, and the answers were rEturned with a demand for it. His HONOUR said the plaintiffs need not have an swered the questions without the fee, and the letter enclosing the questions stated that they were referred by the lady proposing her life for assurance. He felt bound to refuse theclaim of the plaintiffs. Verdict for defenlants. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Aug. 24.. (Before Mr. WITIMI and a Bench of Magistrates at the •Sessions•house, Clerkenwell-green.) James Charlick, aged 27, and Charles M'Pherson, aged 30, were indicted for stealing 901 b. of cigars, value 401., the proierty of Thomas Lawrence. Mr. Metcalfe 2onducted the prosecution, Mr. O'Brien appeared for Charlick, and Mr. Woollett for M'Pherson. It appeared that Lawrence himself was convicted at the Central Criminal Court the session before last, together with a Jew named Jacobson, for stealing, and the other for receiving, a large amount of jewel lery and other property, and sentenced to seven years transportation. Ile kept a beer-shop in Chenies street, Tottenham-court-road, and after he was ap prehended his wife removed his effects, among which were a quantity ot . cigars, to a room she had taken in Edward-street. M'Pherson was the potboy in in Chenies-street, and he helped to carry the goods over to this room. Charlick, it appeared, was a fre quenter of the house. Mrs. Lawrence during the re moval, remained A Chenies-street, and on the evening of the 14th had seen all the goods safe at Edward street, including the boxes containing the cigars, locked the door, and took the key with her. Between four and five o'clock on the after noon of the next day Charlick was seen coming out of the house in Edward-street, and one of the witnesses, a boy named Mallett, saw him put in a barrow outside the door some boxes resembling those containing the cigars. M'Pherson was standing by the barrow, and when the witness returned it was gone,with both the pri soners. C har l otte Ll oy d, th e landlady of the house, also saw Charlick going out of the house with a box under his arm, and shortly a f terwa rds went up stairs and found the door of the cigars a n d other things were roo m in which the placed forced open. About half an hour previously to seeing Charlick she observed that the door was all right. She did not examine the room,_ but had the door fastened IV again, and Mrs. Lawrence, who came about five o'clock, th en wen t i n an d f oun d t h at the cigars laid in the indictment, with a few other had been taken articles,away. That same evening she saw both the prisoners in a publichouse in Mercer-street, and accused them of robbing her. They, according to her statement, seemed much con fused,denied all knowl e d ge o f the transaction but ; and Charlick, who denied having been at the house at all, said tha t if the y had done it they must have done for th ey it in compa n y , were together the whole afternoon. She did not then give information of the robbery to the police, but although she had seen Charlick three times since the occurrence, he was not taken into custody till the 4th of the month. M'Pherson, who had never returned after the trans action, wa s apprehended on th e nex t day. Mr. O'Brie n and Mr. Woollett having addressed the jury, a ve rdict of Guilt y was returned. James Coffee, 31 E, stated that he bad known Char lick for nine or ten months, and was in the habit of seeing him three or four times a week at Lawrence's beer -shop, which was frequented by thieves, drinki ng and smoking' with them. Ch a rlick—You m i ght have seen me sitting i n th e room with them , but n ot in their company. Why, y ou might as we ll sa y th at I am in c o mpany with his Lordship at the present time.--(A laugh.) Langley, 42 A, stated that he had known M`Pher son for" years r% an as s ociate of thieves. He had b een in custody at Epaom races once, but they had not b een able to discover the policeman who could prove the previous conviction. d They were sentenced each to twelve months' impri sonment with hard labour. indicted for stealin g Jahn Barley was a bag of sugar, value 2/. 103,, the property of Joseph Charl es Clayton. Mr. Payne defended. eh in this case was a grocer in Th e prosecutor Chapel street, the prisoner was a. street, Westminster , porter in his employment. On the day named in the indict- Trent a servant in t he employment of a ne i ghbour of the prosecutor was looking out of an up per window, and saw the prisoner and another man, w h ere she believed to be his br other, in the prosecutor's yard. inside the They took a bag of sugar out o . the warehouse and carried it across the yard, and laid it down ~ gate. The prosecutor, in his evidence, stated th a t th e pri soner had no authority to carry the sugar, a n d h ad no business in the warehouse whatever ; he bad no doubt whenever premises an opportunity occurred. In cross-examination, the prosecutor stated that the prisoner was not taken into custody until after his discharge from Coldbath-fie l r ds prison, w h ere he was confined for a month fo an assault up on a police-constable. Mr. PAYNE having addressed the jury for the de. fence, they deliberated for some time, and eventually the foreman gave in a verdict of Not Guilty. The verdict was recorded, and the prisoner dis charged, but, after a few minutes had elapsed, the Learned Chairman, obeerving that there was some contention am on g the jury, i n quired the cau se , and one of that b o d y rep li e d that they were not unani mously a gree d on th e verdict which had been g i ven in by their foreman, there being five dissentient voices. Mr. TURN ER , at once sent so me of the officers of the court in pursuit of the prisoner, to bring him back, and informed the jury that it was necessary that the verdict should b e a unanimous one, for a majority of voices alone was not sufficient. During th e i n t erva l the prisoner, who bad got across the green, was caught and brought back int o court, but w Mr. PAYN E urged that he w as very hardly t rea t e d in being dragged violently through the public streets end back into a crowded court, after he had been ac. WEDNESDAY AUGITST 25. 1852, quitted by a jury, and that verdict of acquittal re corded. He submitted to the court that it was not now in their power to alter the verdict, and place the man en his trial again. Mr. Tue./at:l having gone into the other court to consult Mr. Witham, returned and said , that he found he could not alter the verdict, or place the pri soner in the hands of the jury again after their verdict had been recorded. The prisoner was accordingly discharged. Mr. SLEIGH, as the case was disposed of, called the attention of the Learned Magistrate to a case which;he said authorized the alteration of a verdict under such circumstances. John Hollingshead, aged 25, pleaded Guilty to stealing a silver dish, three silver waiters, and otner articles, the property of James Telyer Blunt, his master, in his dwelling-house. The prisoner was a footman in the service of Mr. Blunt, gentleman residing in Dorset-square. A day or so previous to the 7th instant the prosecutor informed the prisoner that he wished to examine the plate, but the prisoner requested that the inspection shobld be held on the following Saturday. This re quest was complied with, but on that day be quitted Mr. Blunt's service without notice, and then it was discovered that plate and articles to the value of 1001. were missing. Mr. PARRY, who appeared for the defence, stated that the prisoner bore a most respectable character previous to this transaction. He was disposed to think that he bad unfortunately become connected with betting-houses, and this had placed bim in his present position. Two witnesses gave the prisoner a good character, and one of them confirmed Mr. Parry's statement as to his being a praroniser of betting-offices. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAN SION-110U USE. William Ingram , who was on Monday charged with having obtained goods of the value of 581. 10s. 41d. from Mr. Hall, of Bishopsgate-street, under false pretences, was brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination. Mr. Hall's additional evidence wcs to the following effect :—At the interview which I had with the pri soner after I received his letter he made a statement to me which induced me to draw a bill upon him for the amount of the goods. The statement was, that as they paid alphabetically at the Ordnance-office, and the 21st of July was the last day the Board paid, his turn would be about the 14th or 15th of that month, and he requested me to draw a bill on him and his son, who he said was his partner, for the amount due for the goods. This was on the 2d of July. I drew that bill, believing that the money would be brought to me before the bill should arrive at maturity, and believing, also, that he was a contractor with that Board. The prisoner accepted the bill, which was made payable at the London and Westminster Bank. He had previously stated that the money would be all right, and that if he should receive it before the day the bill, which I promised to keep, should become due, he would come to me with it. The prisoner—You say I mentioned a deal about the Board of Ordnance. Why, if you depended so much upon what was said about that Board, did you ask me to give you the references you received from me ? Mr. Hall—Because I wished to know some thing of you. The LORD MAYOR—Did you entrust him with your goods, entirely relying upon the statement that he was to receive a sum of money from the Board of Ordnance ? Mr. Hall—Certainly. The prisoner—Was the Ordnance at all mentioned when the order for the goods was given ? Mr. Hall —lt was. The prisoner —Not a word of it. Mr. Lloyd, solicitor for the prosecution—Some of the gentlemen to whom you referred are here to-day, and you may hear some other cases of this kind. The prisoner --Very probably. I am able to answer them all, and able and ready to pay all. I have a list of characters here. It is not very likely that I, who have had 1,600 of your poor under me, should think of committing depredations. The LORD MAYOR—Do you wish to ask the pro secutor any more questions ? The prisoner—No ; I don't want to hurt his feelings, though he is not very tender of mine. Jones, porter to Messrs. Hall and Son, said—l packed up, on the Ist of July, a great number of articles in two trusses, which were addressed to Mr. Ingram, and I took them to the station at Shoreditch. Mr. Bradley, clerk in the Cash Account-office of the Board of Ordnance, in Pall-mall, said—lt is part of the duty of the department to which I belong to enter all contracts made with persons by that Board. The prisoner has bad no contract with the Board of Ordnance during the present year in his own name, nor conjointly with any other parson, neither has he to receive any money there. I have searched the books as to contracts and I do not find him at all entered as a contractor. I could not find such a name in the Ordnance contract for the Artillery. The LORD MAYOR—Do you know who are the contractors for gun sponges ? Witness—Foxwell and Son. The LORD MAYOR—Is the prisoner authorised in representing himself as the gun-sponge manufacturer to her Majesty's Board of Ordnance ? Witness---No. The LORD MAYOR—Prisoner, you can question the witness if you choose. The prisoner —No, .1 have no question. He has answered the only point I wished him to speak to. He has said that Mr. Foxwell is the contractor for the gun sponges ; and so he is, but he is not the maker.—(Laughter.) The contract goes in his name, it is true. Mr. Lloyd said that was his client's case. The LORD MAYOR—It is my duty, prisoner, to send you before a higher tribunal upon the charge of obtaining goods to the amount of 581. 103. 40. from Mr. Hall under false pretences. The prisoner—Under false pretences! That won't do.—(Laughter.) Where is the fale pretence ? He has good references, and he has my bill, too, and if his lawyer had not been impudent, he would have been paid before this ; but there was no standing his impudence. That's the fact.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR (to the prosecutor) —Did you draw this bill, on the 2d of July, upon the prisoner, believing that he was a Government contractor, and that he had money to receive from the Board of Ord nance ? Mr. Hall—Certainly. Mr. Lloyd—All th e s tatements made by the priso ner from begin n i ng to end have b een the g rossest falsehoods. Th ere are seve ral tradesmen present who have been victimised by him. The prisoner —I am ready to face them and you. The LORD MAYOR (to the prosecutor)—Would you have parted with your goods or drawn this bill if you had not believed as you have represented. Mr. Hall—Certainly not. The prisoner—Why you have sold me hundreds of pounds worth of goods with and without recommen dation. Mr. Hall—l must have received the ready money then. The LORD MAYOR (to the prosecutor)—Did you ever sea the prisoner previously to this transaction? Mr. Hall—l have no recollection of ever having seen him before, but I may have seen !aim. The prisoner—Why, when I kept the workhouse I dealt with with you, and I knew, if I never had said a word about the Board of Ordnance, I should have got the goods just as easily. But I'll. pay all. I have quite enough to pay everybody, and Mr. Hall amon g the rest. The LORD MAYOR—This case must go before a jury, but I shall take bail for you r appearance in the Central Criminal Court. The prisoner—l am not guilty of anything lam ashamed of. I have quite enough to pay what I owe, and I won't trouble any friend .er put myself under any compliment, and it's little difference to me where I go. I'll go to gaol, but if I am quit won't I make somebody sweat ?—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR was then informed that there were other cases of the kind again st the prisoner, but his Lordship said the parties might: appear and indict him at the Central Criminal C ourt, and at once signed the commitment for trial. A young Austrian named Fran cisco Thopier was charged with having attempted to destroy himself by throwing himself from a boat into the Thames. The defendant, whose wild look indicated great dis tress of mind, had been dragged out of the water by a waterman named Carpenter. A medical gentleman, who was acquainted with part of the history of the defendant, said, the unfor tunate young fellow was acquainted with several lan guages, and had read with such intense application as to affect his intellect. His object in coming to this country was to avail himself of the opportunities of distinction which an education at Oxford would afford him, and he had separated himself from his nearest relations because they were, according to his account, opposed to his desire to abandon the Jewish religion and become a Christian. The LORD MAYOR d, !sired that particular inquiry should be made into the case, and remanded the defendant. WESTMINSTER. John Wren, a gigantic labourer, was charged with a series of violent assaults up on the p olice. John Hillier, 175 B, stated that at about 1 o'clock on the previous evening he found the prisoner creat ing a great disturbance i n. the Broadway, W estmins. ter. He requested him to ? go away, when h e d eclared with a brutal oath that he would "job" a tobacco pipe he was s moking in the constable's eye. 'wit ness in go on, when he knock e d him again requested him to down, and while that defenceless position kicked him in the most brutal man ner in th e f ace, b o d y , an d legs, and inflicted such se rious injuries as to render him unfit for the performa nee of his duty. Henry Bartlett, 298, saic I his att en ti on was called to a riot in the Broadway, on going to wlue • he found Hillier on the ground and prisoner kicking him. Urn witness's assistiog his brother constable, the accused, assisted by a kw mob, assailed him in the same votent manner, his coat being torn by the violence of the kicks he receiv., , d while down. Henry Doggett, 168 B, proved that ne was also kicked in a ruffianly manner by the prisoner. A tailor who was passing gave evidence confirma tory of the above, in the course. of which it appeared that he also got a heavy blow from the accused. Mr. BRODERIP inquired whether anything was known of the defendant. Mr. Beckerson, an inspector of the A division, said he was a most violent fellow, and had been repeated:y convicted of desperate assaults upon the police. Toe prisoner, who denied the charge, was commited for trial, THE CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. WORCESTER, TTlESDAY.—Yesterday the Rev. James Nisbett was again brought up for re-examina tion before Mr. C. Sidebottom, police magistrate of this city, charged with uttering a forged bill of ex change for 3001., with intent to defraud Mr. W. S. P. Hughes. The interest token in the proceedings had not a whit abated, and the inconvenient room at the back of the Guildhall, used as the police-court, was again crowded to suffocation. The case was not taken till three o'clock, in order to suit the convenience of a witness who had been summoned from London to give evidence on behalf of the prosecution. Mr. Wright, solicitor, of Birmingham, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Elgie, of Worcester, for the prisoner. The prisoner having been accommodated with a seat, The principal witness examined was Mr. James Philemore Newman, a clerk in the South-Western Railway-office at the Nine Elms station, Vauxhall. He deposed that he was superintendent of that station in 1850, and continued so until August, 1851. He had remained in the service of the company up to the present moment, in a different capacity, at the same station—in the goods department. He positively swore that there was not at any time in 1851 a clerk in the goods department at the Nine Elms station of the name of Richard Mitchell ; nor was there, from the month of September, 1847, up to the present time, any person of that name there. On cross-examination the witness deposed that he had been acquainted with all the clerks in the goods department at Nine-elms station from 1847. He did not pay them, nor engage them, nor did he keep any record of their engagements. The clerks did not en gage assistants, but if a clerk wanted a day's holiday he was provided with a substitute by the superin tendent, and the substitute was paid by the company. There were books kept by the company containing the names of all the clerks employed. He had searched those books, but could find no such name as Richard Mitchell on them. By the Magistrate—The pay-sheet, which came from the directors once a month for the clerks at a yearly salary, was handed to each clerk to sign his name as a receipt fon the money ; therefore, it came before every clerk, and before witness every month. Mr. Thomas, clerk to the Worcester Old Bank, corrected a portion of his evidence given on a former hearing, at which he stated that the first time he saw the prisoner at the Old Bank was in 1849. He had since ascertained that he first saw him in October, 1850. The whole of the depositions were then read over, and, after the usual caution, the prisoner was asked if he had anything to say. Mr. Elgie, his solicitor, thereupon briefly address ing the bench, reserved the defence for the trial. The prisoner was then committed to take his trial on the charge at the next Worcester assizes. Mr. Elgie, for the prisoner, applied for leave to put in bail. Mr. Sidebottom, at first, said he had not fully made up his mind ; but, upon being pressed, agreed to take bail—the prisoner in 1,0001., and two sureties in 5001. each, intimating at the same time that he should re quire a week's notice of bail. Toe prisoner was then removed in custody. It will be seen that the prisoner was only committed upon one charge, but at the assizes several other Icharges are to be preferred against him. ANOTHER COLLISION ON THE LANCA SHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. SUICIDE OF THE POINTSMAN. A collision occurred on Monday evening, at near half-past nine o'clock, about a mile from the Bolton station on this railway, which ended in the destruc tion of three third-class carriages and the serious in jury of several passengers, though, fortunately, we have not upon this occasion to mention any loss of life, except that of the man to whose neglect of in structions the accident was attributable, and he put an end to his own existence. It appears that the 5.30 P.M. train from Liverpool, which was due at Bolton at 7.20 r at., did not arrive until 9.20 P.m. It consisted of thirty-six carriages, and was filled with passengers, part for Yorkshire and the rest for Man chester. It was necessary to separate those for Yorkshire from the others, but they were so mixed up that twenty minutes was spent in the work, and while the officials were performing it, a second train from Liverpool —an excursion train of thirty-six car riages —came up, and was detained; next, a luggage train from Liverpool to Manchester, then an excur sion train from Fleetwood and Blackpool of twenty five carriages, and lastly a luggage-train from Liverpool to Bradford, making in all five trains brought up at one time, and reach ing from the station to a place known as Bull Field, outside the town, the enormous distance of a mile lying between the head of the first train and the tail of the last. There was a sixth train of lug gage a few yards beyond the station (in advance), taking in water, but it was out of the way. From the station the line curves up to and beyond Bull Field, and about three hundred yards from that place there is a signal -post, with a lamp and two red discs, worked by means of a lever and wire, t o protect the down or Ma nc h es t er li ne . Th e t a il o f the last or lug gage train was about 130 yards from this signal post on the Bolton side, and the driver of an advancing train would come in sight of it (the train) 15 or 20 yards beyond, before he got to the signal post, so that the distance allowed him for pulling up to save a col lision was only 150 yards at the most. It was the duty of the guard of the luggage train, when it came to a stand-still, under such circumstances, to go back, and stop any trains coming up; and it was the duty of the signal-man to put on the red light and discs. Neither of these precautions were taken, and, as a consequence, while the five trains were standing, a sixth from Liverpool and Southport, consisting of sixteen carriages, came up at full speed. The driver, when he got near the signal post, and within 150 yards, saw three red lights, with which the end of the luggage-train was furnished, but he could not then stop his train, and the consequence was that he ran into the one before him at a high speed—the recoil of his own engine drove the carriages back upon each other, and three, all third class, nearly at the front, were smashed, one being driven upon that next to it. The frame-work was uninjured, but the entire back and the right hand corner of the first, and the entire back of the second, and the front with half the flooring of that com partment of the third, were completely driven in ; so effectually, indeed, that it was scarcely pos sible (except in the case of the floor) to tell where the ends and sides had joined. It seemed as if the buffers of a preceding carriage had destroyed the front of the first, and that the front of the third had been reared upon the back of the second. There were several persons injured, and the wonder is that, under such peculiar circumstances of destruction of vehicles, no one was killed. Instant assistance was obtained, and the following persons were removed to cottages in the vicinity, where they were attended by medical men : Edward llindley, res idi ng at 100, Fairfield-street, Manchester. Margaret Rothwell, of Beswick-row, Millgate, Manchester, a severe blow on leg. Miss Graham, goi ng as a servant to Mr. Sheen, of Loyd-street, Manchester, face cut and leg injured. James Howell, of Flexton, much shaken. Miss Yates ' of Dar c y L ever , muc h s h a k en ; s ent home in a cab. Edward Greenhalgh. Alice Greenhalgh, his wife. Richard Greenhalgh, the l ir . son, received a sever e blow on the chest, a d supposed injury of the bl adder. Mrs. Alle man d e , of Gravel-hole Great Leve r, bruised on the l eg; sent h ome i n a cab. Mrs. Simpson, of 5, New _Ri c h mo nd, Pendlet on, shaken and bruised. Mr. and Mrs Butler, of Seedley Lodfage. _Mr. Butler, two bla . ck eyes and cut on the c e ; „Dirs. Butler, much s h a k en . Mr. Canane, a friend'of Mr. Butler. The last four were sent home in a s pecial train re about halt-past twelve o'clock, and those who we d next da mained at the place all night w ere rem y to their respective places of residencehaken s . The and other persons in the train wer e very much , all terribly alarmed. BAbre we hen derstand that a wreck of the trseventh ain had been got out of the way u train of forty excursion ca rriages came up from Fleetwood, and had to be brought up very sharply to avoid a collision. A special notice (printed) had been issued from the r si'diadY ; head office with•refe rence to the trainslin t uslim Mt I and that addr essed to signalmen and p( s ee p your signal li g hted, and be p re pared for said— seep and all future special trains until they have passed home ; and keep a good look-out for any extra trains, engines, &c., of which you may not have received advice. A copy of this notice was found in the cabin of the pointman, Leigh Bancrof', a n d admitted that he had read after the accident he it. Lie ntated that he bad tned, his signal light out at a quarter t o nine o'clock, and gone home, as his proper to time to leave was half-past eight, and he did Lot think he would be required any more ; though he must have known that tnere was at least one train then due, which was above an hour and a half behind its time—the 5.30 train from Liverpool. Of course there was neither caution light nor caution-signal to warn the driver of the train from Southport. It was at eleven o'clock that he was ques tioned, and shocking to relate, at about midnight his wife found that he had hung himself with his handkerchief n his peintsman's hut, within a couple o f hundred yards of the place where the collision occurred, and tb he was quite dead. He has left a widow and five children; he has been in the employ of t h e compacanny for several years, and was a steady man. What haveded to his extraordinary conduct cannot now be ascertained, beyond the doubtful statement he wade to the persons who called him to account. THE CO 1i NT RY iviAIkKETS. IPSWICH, 4.lurG. 24. We had a small market to day ; good old wheats fetched late prices, and the sales were made at last weeke 's rates. Several samples cf new were offered, but th quality is so inferior and light in weight that none would buy them; the conditit , n to o was bud. A f e w samples of new barlay also appeared, some stained and some kg quality; 288 and 30 s wer e offered, but refused. & PIER QUARTER. PER QUARTSS• Wheat, red (old) 45s to 48s Beans ............... 32s to 00s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (old) sls to 538 Oats ................ 00s to 00s Ditto , (new), .. 3Bs to 46 Malt ....... .... ..... am to 0 011 Barley ... oos to 00s Flour, per sack ... 00s t o 008 AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUO. 21, 1852. Wheat Od Beans 9 „ 30s Peas HULL, AUG. 24. Messrs. Taylor and Blight's Circular states--Witk the exception of the evenings of Tue,day and Wedoes° day last, when we had very hear' rain, the Weather bold been more favourable for harvest-operations, an d s goo deal of progress has been made in this district. Thera are rather more complaints abou t s p rout than the pre' vious week, and there is no doubt t he quality of the li eff wheat will be various. There are more complaints as to potato disease than last week. During the wee k a g oo deal of business has taken place in wheats to buyers be from a distance, chiefly in strong red foreign and cbsor red English of last year's growth. We do notAnote s a m ny a ' l a l dvanco in price: the stock in grasary is now in a compass. We had a small attendance of fanner s at market to-day—harvest op' .atious engaging tention. Our 'millers were free buyers of fresh wheats at the full prices of last Tuesday, but indisposed to girl any advance, and the market rather quiet. Sev er ! samples of new were shown, quality and weignts variouei and reports as to yield good • about 40s to 42s per quartfs their con wasat- the price generally paid for best samples. 4 sumptive demand for good foreign at last week's Pv iee ' and several lots sold . An improved demand tor barle4: and the market 63 to is dearer. Not mach doing ill °,_ li ~t • Beans are again 6i per quarter dearer, and the steal's' Egyptian much diminished. Peas inquired for, but 7 bare of fine quality. The arrivals of Reseed being ebiel for crushers' account, the mat ket is uninfluenced by ,the u l and remains very firm. A steady sale f9r c akes, ir, the market hardens weekly. Rapeseed is unalteraa 10 value, but rape cakes are 2s 63 per ton dearer. ii. The following are the present p rices of grain:— f; a. 3. 1 Wheat, English, red 40 to 43 i Peas, white and el. 30 •-• 39 Dantzic and So- 44 .. 29 Do. white Linseed, Black Sea. 4 --• 1 . nigsberg — 46' Do. grey ......... -a 27 A , 42 46 Do. Petersburgh ... 4 2 --- 'i Pomeranian and Do. Riga& Archngl. 38 --- . 40 Hamburgh . 37 -- 42 Do. Konigsberg •••• 38 "- per too. Danish, Holstein, & , Friesland Russian and Odessa 36 34 -- 38, L D i o n . s fi . n e e' P0r t : 11 .. 3 . 1 7 1°5 Oats, English Do. Danish.... .16— 18 Rapeseed ... ...... 23/ 100 W u,',: Do.Friesland lB 20 Rape cakes...9os Os Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 18 Tares, English ..... .COs -- „ As Barley,malting O3 —OO Do. foreign ............ 253 -- ',', l 4/ 71 to 9/ e Do. grinding 23 —2l Guano ......... s t o o a 1 t0 1 .0 11 ,4 Beans 3O 32 Bones, do .•• •• 90s . .. , os Do., foreign 2B —3O Rye Meal ................ I 6 Od to oya3 CORK, A.ua. 20. CerreneY• Barrels. 24 White wheat 22s 3 d to Cts Od 00s Od-- 20 5 Red wheat 2Cs 6 d to ON Od on do 0 Ditto ON Od to 00$ Od 00s Ode Od to ON ed 0 • Barle Os Od to 00s Od . ...00 do y . O Ditto ooa Od to 00 s Od ON Od 00s Od to 00$ Od 0 Ditto 82 Bere... ..... lOl Od to 10s 4d ON Od steno 295 Oats .......... Bs 6d to 9s 2d 126 Ditto ... 9s 2 d to 9 s 10d N 2d-•-. 0 d o 0 Ditto Os Od to 00s Od 006 Od to 00s Od ON O d per oft O Pigs .• Q u antity sold at the Highest Prices:-- _ Ost' 0 barrels w hite wheat; 0 red ; 0 barley; 47 bore; 3 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last s, weeks... Wheat, 44. Barley, O. Oats, 2,147. as sold PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CORRINCT. . 64 1 First quality t • •• .........•. ...... • . 60 Second quality Third quality ...., Fourth quality ................................ .. ii: Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Aug' Pigs, 3,;2. Sheep, 2C 3. Cows, 47. A 6d; COAK.—Flour—Firat 12s 6d to 131 6d ; extra II 4 . - 9i seconds, Ils to 128 6d ; households Nto 118 Od thirds, ill ".t. per cwt. Oatmeal 103 6d to 00s; Indian meal 76 3d to 7s 6d; wiT o . meal, 9s 6d to 10$ per cwt. Indian corn 712. 6d to 71 55 Pe',,.,8 Bran 728 tid to 75s per ton. Hay—Farmers 14 .Od to 255+ 11e '7 1 8 00s; dealers CisOcl t .) 35 -; avei age 0 /8 per On. Stiavi....Farw„A 206 Od to 24s Od ; average 20s ; eJalers 27s Od 0 to 0s ,n; average 00s Od I.:: ton. B read — household lot! bd to Od per 41b. Fresh b utter, 10d per lb. Eggs -41Odto 4s 23 per hundred. rot, Newport 14s Od ; Lye-ley 15s ; Lndore 00e ; e st , 12s 6d per ton. Tr'low 39s Ci to 40s 1 4r it i o st Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d i / hiperiel. gallol l _; 4 d to —Beef 4id to 7d ; mutton .5d to id ; "a' WO. 7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages bd For lb to 818 s to 910 5 per cwt. Bangor slates 2/ 17 $ 6d to 3/ Os Pe l tep e, Bark, red 71 to 8110. per ton. Fleece wc al 16s t 18 5" P,V. red Hemp 291 t 0341 per ton. Fish—Saotch herrings W. l b pal ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfodtvid, 1 01 ,N t f, v elloW ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton ; red pine, °,`,"1.11,106• 0 ' elitto, 3/ 15. per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 1 1,4 * cal f . Aid Market 208 to 28s; salted 216 to 303 per Olt n ' A p . inks , 3d to Od per lb. Potatoes white 7d to Or.' 10d to 12d. Guano—Peritvian, 10/ IN to 11/ per W 34 ' Archangel, 19s per barreL RAILWAY SHARE MARI V.. BRISTOL, AUG. 24. otrera sp ell a STOCK ExCHANGE.—The share market W aS • toi dull to-day. The only sale reported was — ' B Exeter, 103 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The O sh L a , re A m uG a . rk 2 e 4 t . he avily this morning, and throughout the day there WaS all o ced tively . but a small amount of business transacted, at rel.' 0 . prices. The sales were—Caledoni E stern CO an, 20Ys— a y o rlv ties, 10 5 / —E 8 ast Lancashire, 17h—Lancashire and th , shire, 80—Ditto, Fifths, 2 7 / 8 dis.—London and Nor"; opened '" ar s. Western, 120—Midland, 7431 —South-Eastern and D2 v d i .g . 21—York and North Midland, 24—Dutch Rhenish, l'is MANCHESTER, AVG. 24. t ° f STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was an average :moans .... business done to-day; prices opened well, but were not vr_i_ tamed throughout the day, and at the close several desalt: tions of stock had fallen considerably. The transactions oe; as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire) and Cheshire Junct.l,LL 9 dis.—Blackburn (No. 1), 6 7-Manchester,cse,. 1.7,7 i —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 80 — Sheffield' ".7.4 Lincolnshire, 283/4—Midland, 743/4—South -Eastern * Dover, 21 1-16. BIRDIINGHA 61, AUG. 24. again S TOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share m arket to -day Is dog • depressed, and only a limited. amount of business Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), were done at 61%. 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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. h lo ic ol TYNE, Amt. 23.—The annual congress of the Arc seo g _ Institute of Great Britain and Ireland will comma of - NEtecASTLE-0 sittings in this town to-morrow, under the patronage.V.'„, Duke of Northumberland, who will attend the public. di r,( Lord Talbot de Malahide is president, and the presid.esents.:. sections are— History, the Earl of Carlisle; Autiquiti. e t z,, Hon. H. T. Liddell Architecture, the Rev. W. N. w. Master of Trinity Co:lege, Cambridge. This district is , it ., ceedingly rich in antiquarian remains, and during the alt' tings of the conference, which will continue a week it Is P../ , 0. , • posed to make excursions to various parts of the con. the Among the places of interest proposed to be visited 813, old Roman wall and remains of Roman stations near .1 0 .7, ham, Llexham Abbey, Prudhoe Castle, Alnwick, AldrPe`i; Warkworth and Durham, Jarrod Monastery, and Tyladinali Priory. BIRTHS. OF A SON, claw* On the 21st inst., the wife of James Penn, Esq ., near Worcester, of an heir. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 21st inst., at Pleasington-hall, Lancashire, th e la" of John Butler Bowdon, Esq. 1% the On the 22d inst., at Ashton-lodge, Tunbridge - we 119, lady of William Lyon, Esq. of th e On the 23d inst., th e wits of Samuel W re ford, Escl' , Manor-house, Crayford, Kent. __________---------- Ewjo O sang_e. n s: t o. h i f ,,,Dq 2 e. l : st inst., at ' S ll t A . 11111aRrlyEleptione Churcho,grireUrti°o;u: o :l h y i Warwickshire, to Charlotte Emma, only child of J. Bdl iLe rt.s.e- Isitreofet,jl..3(,l6:;lajnodn-e:lacEes." DLE.D. of On the 16th inst., at W alton -on-Thames, in the cost,' Surrey, Samuel Jame s Arnold, Esq., aged 78. On the 21st inst. , at Newton-bank, Cheshire, Shalicr°s9 Jaeson, late Captain in the 8d Light Dragoons, aged 66 11 70, On the 19th inst., at Ebberly-house, Devon, AP Henry Hole, Esq. 3.1"-P" At Edinburgh, on the 18th inst., John Kinnis, Esq,, F.R.S.E., and Deputy Inspector-General of Ihspitals. bite, On the 19th inst., at Thorpe, near Asbourn, DerbYg•dee,. J a mes Armitage, Esq., Fellow of Trinity College,Cambrirc'ot On the 21st inst.. at Stockwell, Clara, the late James Yetre, Esq., R.N. .. ~..,—..,.„..._ - l'010(x' ''' Lordon: Printed and Published by MURDO ,„-, 02, second daughte No.• 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , ~."',,,,- to of Strand, in ti e Precinct of the Savo , ;a ON "" Wednesdity, August 25, 1842. AliddleeeZ,