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

iftt 42b1tton+ FRAN CE. A. dispatch from Lyons states that the inundation of the Rhone is at an end ; much damage had been done. In addition to the concessions for railways which have just been signed by the Minister of Public Works, the Debuts says—" There is another project now under consideration by the Government in order to complete the line of railways of the Soutb, 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, and to continue it the whole length of the Valley of Tanaro, as far as Cheraseo, where it would connect itself with that which is now open from Turin to Milan by Novare. In still following the course of the Tuner°, the line would naturally run from Cherasco as far as Aste, where it would join the Alexandr ia line. the real n ucleus of the railways of Upper Italy, for 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. The Consulting Chamber of Agriculture of Bor deaux, before separating, voted an address to the Yrttice r,e.taent of the itepubuo, thanking him fo r the benefits for which the owners of vineyards are indebted to him in consequence of the modifications effected ilithe °eau*/ system and in the indirect taxes. In consequence of the visit of the Prince Pre:l:lent of the Republic to Bordeaux, severa l re giments are to be conc e ntr a t e d there. Three .squadrons of the lath Chass e urs have already arrived there from Libourne. Letters from ',orient state that the Mazagran an d Annibal, ,f 90 guns , are to be fitted out both as steam and bailing vessels. D y the arrival of the Erigone ftigate, accoun:ts have been receiv ed from Ga3ana to the 18th c lt. A t that period t h e penitentiary colony continued in a perfectly ti.alttly condition. Tne works of installa on in the Salut a ti on I slands. The tion were go in g' greates t order prevailed among the transported pr is A notorious robber, I : , !med Tirerd Gallier, Ve.o had b een the terror of the cfvf.‘,rtna-nt ( f - I long was executed on the 17rh Vuiron, t hy ‘zere, Hews escorted to the place of execution by ;(I ' ,#tachment of gen daruies and another of artill ,, r"ymn; and on his way received the pious ezhortatie prison with of . t hi s chaplain of t he becoming le.3.gnatioo. A large crowd vas 4 ''';'": ll) itql to wit ness n dea ; he mounted the "aFfuld with a firm s t e p, and laid his neck of his own accord uedsr the. fatal blade. ITALY. - 1 - ‘II P Official Gazette of Savoy of the 20th positively asserts from Turia that M. Pernati, Minister of the Interior, has resigned, and that Count Pouza di San illdrtino, who lafd had a portfolio after the events of 1848, has been sent for by the Ring. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE VirEEIK ENDLNG SATURDAY, AUG. 21, 11652. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*373 Di SeaSQ3 of Ijncertain Seat ... ... 41 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ~. 212 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 92 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 43 Dis.ses of the Lungs, and other Organs of ttospiration ~. ••• .•• ... ... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ••• n•• thseases of the Kidneys, &e. .. ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, Sce. ... Disc...ses of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e. ... ... Malformations— ••• ... ... ... Premature Birth ••• ... ... Atrophy ••• ... ... ... ... oia Aga ... ... ••• ••• Sudden ... ... ••• ... ••• ... Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance CA1:31.. not specified ... 6 7 ... 41 ... 38 .„. 36 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,084 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Emma:wed, spending week in the 1351. West Districts... 376,427 North Districts.. 490,396 Central Districts - 393,256 East Districts ... 485,522 south Districts .. 616,635 of 1851. 151 187 173 205 240 ..... 2,362,236 Males •11.11 Fem alos ... BIRTHS D.l THE WEEZ. Males ~. ... ••• Females ... sea Week, 177 225 189 238 255 ... 1,084 .. 581 .. 503 850 ... 789 Total .• ...1,639 *in this number aro included 49 by Scarlatina, 40 by Typhus Fevcr, 203 by Diarr'ncea, and 18 by Cholera. LATE F IRE -- Cork Examiner AT LISMORE CASTLE. The er . says, still stars ]s Prai reon i "This old historic castle h ts rocky mount unscathed end uninjured. ' of N a v ee ich broke out was confined to that portion of the rhawhich forms a part of the southern quadrangle of court-yard. For a time serious apprehenmons were e"te . rttlined lest it should extend to the great eastern of the castle at of erection one side, or to the large and important i mportant range of buildings in course at the other side. The: fear was the greater owing the fact of n portion of the burning buildingg beingto store fat' o il s anti paint?, which from used asa inflam mable nature were calculated to ad,l mach the conflagNtion. Fortunately, however, ticf,ihs building and on the other by a second tower for tn i, 4 j he t ower, between the southern and western sides of th e 4 7, 1 e le i 'lngle. These from th eir g reat he z . 11, - Sery ~i a ; barriers tr. ) prevent the flames from extending farther, as they presented nothing but bare walls to their fury. The valuable muniments and records were remov e d for safety, th ou gh, as the result proved, happily without necessity. The castle and all its dependen cies being heavily insured, tba Noble Proprietor sustains little pecuniary loss; and as this building in common with all the other offices was to be re modelled, though not at the moment, the only effect of the tire will be that this will take place 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 inconveni ence. The works in progres of erection went on the same mornin g as if nothing had occurred ; the hundreds employed cn them were not idle for a single hour. 9 ••• ••• •• • 0 HOP INTELLIGENCE. IsuabsT From the Maidstone Journal.) very ii ,,„..2x--Since our last the weather has been well va rious for the hops, and they have come out general, not prevented by the mould, which is not lity in be , o f gardens —we allude to this loca would be, o f co t7bas nearly destroyed the fruit. It have been gro ,, i \e2 impossible to say what crop would tive winds; b ut icio ',2"r_e had not had the late destruc and comparing it with what closely at the plant now, what it was before the gale, we feel certain that, i n sed s it uat i ons , one-fourth of the crop was destr e7 e r. much. We shall h ave in shelt ere d spo t s no t so then continues fine, and many good hops if the wea uty• ,probab ly, pay rather a large T ELE FARLEIGHL—The hops are - ably about this district. Ping on favour- AYLESFORD.--The grap e hops C om e parish. and will not produce a heavy crop it, this slowly, The Jones and Golding hops look more is but we do not anticipate these will pr o d ue r a wnising, was expected a fortnight by a bag an acre as MEEEWORTH AND WATERINGRIIRT.--,Th e 1- 0 s have nearly recovered from the late storm, an d have assumed their former healthy appearance and gro w rapidly, promising a good crop should the waather continue fine. They are very free from disease. Loom—We have greatly improved within the last few a days. Although the w in d shall grow made great havoc, we great many hops, the w eathe r being so favourable for their recover y. THE SUTToNs A which I auctioneer, The cold night cI ID and Some I AND n ßiry. -LIENTEIts' SHAILE,S IN COVENT-GARDEN BRoytiGHTON MONCIIELSEA,— OALE or I, _______ _ s 0 not suit the hops, planters have not yetx.togn THEATRES.—Yesterday Mr. Robins, the Put u,„ got th - ters' b to auction, were blown down by the v* eir po es put ups .n _ jay re ta n li 6 tir es . TWO of at the Auction Mart, three week. Judging froml up, this i c o i l i ent wind on O W .. aeri to I P 500/an OPera, c ovent. ~ and the owne them were secured upon the Royal garden. They originally cost each the duty, and 180,000/. vial. be near 200,00 I k. will annUM; this was v .! 'was entitled to a return of 25/. pe MARDEN.—The hppa Nava near the mar k• .. i . paid. The holder ' o rl!ed to 12/. 10s., and is now punctual] r provesnff,d very ilivo:4 - mission, while the 845. share is also entitled to a free adY ably clueing the past weuk. , unexpired term of f orty r th transferable. It was held for an STAPLEta iig.sT.--Tb gmmi ~ tn; 1 '''''''' _"-"-T - ed the ; duced 215 guineas. The t}, 7 e 3 years. They severally pro ravof ' TiPtPrik - r i g na teata : Ity 'lna lane Theatre. It entitles the lot was a share in Drury otherT ounis 'e• fgt.i.e_...),#p,:iirte 4utieipst,,,i u ' - . - I 3d. per night, w i th a tree achni, ppasessor to an income of Is. C 4, *ll--it4lii:4. e ,In l i or ' • 1 d the last year's income pr/S , portion of the 1 An was -31 i 0 n i,, ,,, It is also transferable, ci l ed.. It ' down for 46 guineas. ..., w as knocked "31 i i. ,..•1;f1 .- f,. ''.' . '', V•r:ZO -2...,',:f.i*,, Z'Sligi le _ll 0, 471: 4 1 1,),Z IA THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY past week we have been favciured with more auspi cious weather, and there is certainly a more pro l i - mising appearance of the hop grounds. Sad and disastrous as was our lass 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 'fearing the plant up by the roots, deplorable and disheartening as were these circumstances, "hope springs eternal in the human breast," and the farmer, assitsl;ed 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. SANDHURST. Notwithstanding the late high winds, the burr is improving, and fast coming into hop. ROLVENDEN.—Our hops are very much injured by the winds, and the duty lessened to a very consider able degree, but being free from any disease, we ex pect to have them of a good quality. CANTERBURY.—The late gales have battered the hops about very much, and done them considerable damage where they were much exposed. In some grounds nearly half the poles were blown down. Last week left the hops altogether in a very precarious state, a great deal of the burr s howing no symptom of growing out ; but the weather this week, on some occasions being very warm, has caused the burr to develop into hops very fast, and enabled those out to grow rapidly. Much mould is to be met with at places. The general app earances are still in favo ur of a large growth. DERBY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) The Produce Stakes. Babette ... ... Bess of Hardwick ~. .. • ... ___ The Grand Stand ['late. Infidelity filly Don Carlos ~, Carinetta ... Dead heat for second. Tho Tr.de3men'e Plate. Aaron Smith ... ••• 1 ... ••• ••• Weathergage ... ••• ... ••• ... 2 RADCLIFFE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Bury Purse. Exact . Audubon The Manchester Cup. Larrywbs.nt ... Sieter to Fence: Lrary Nobblea ... ARTIFICIAL E YES. •e• 1 A number otgeurl.:men assembi.sd in St. Anne's Dis pensary and Eye and Ear Institution, Rose-hill, Liver pooi, on Monday afternoon, abut two o'clock, by invite: tion of Dr. Nottine:ham and the honorary offices of the institution, to witness the method of adapting artificial eyes to parsons who bad had the misfortune to lose . the sight of one or both eyes. The form of the artificial eye is exactly that of the natural eye when open, being convex, of about the thickness of a rather thin glass, and forms a beautiful covering to the sightless orb. Of course the size, shape, and colour of the eye have to be reguln,,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 operations aro effected without giving the slighest rain to the patients. The instanta neous change in the appearance of the patients is as pleasing as it is surprising. The natural expres s ion of the i countenance is restored as r by magic. In cases where the eyelids have become considerably contracted it would he necessary to can a small one at first, and progress to the proper size 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 meu, end two or three young women servants so circupa stance:l, and it was 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 of scissors. She possessed good features, but, through the lofs of her eye the expression 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 an 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 ecstasy when she found that an eye had been, inserted and re moved without the slightest pain, for she said she h a d deformity was " suffered martyrdom" to have the former inserted. M an y ether cases might be particularised, but the effect in all was much the same—what was to a wonderful degree restored to its pristine appear . ance, in many cases challenging detection by the ob server. The proceedings, w hich occupied the wh o l e af ternoon, were terminated by vot es of . thanks to M. Boissonnean, Dr. Nottingham, and the chairman,— O Liverpool Mercury. " SUCH A GETTING UP STAIRS." On Monday last, as the band of juvenile teetotaller., 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 a t full s p eed. Oae of the three, after threading some of the intricat e p assages running west from the Cow WYnd, rushed m on , Baxter's Wynd to near the High-street. The fear of encountering the music seems to have frightened it from proceeding farther in that direction, for at this point it turned to the right, and took shelter in the house known as the lodging-place of Prince Cha r l es Ed ward. 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 not unlikely that it would hive to share the fate of au adventurous cow which mounted the spiral staircase of Michael Scott's tower ut Aikwood, and be killed on the 'Pit- By means of ropes attached to the body, how ever, and by strenuous pulling at the tail—which seemed almost in d anger o f par ting with the rump—the animal 2: got down two flights of stairs; but it descended °Q° pe wooden landing-place with such force, that its orou eieare !g: instantly disappeared, and after the dust had li ng f; l ora -wa y, were di s eovered by the shopkeeper dang sh tst th e d eeiling of his back room. Fortunately a must ha t r after was between the animal's legs, or he considerabl e eacended b o dil y i n t o th e s hop. There wa s diffi c further adventur g" safely ulty ; la he was at length getting him out of this fix, but into the open air, and without Herald. ES w as , • driven to his quarters.—Fa/kirk N. pErt: ____...,_____.___ ~,...........—...m 0 us p 0 ir.r i 0 At m;dnight there wee a gale from the south .; hov u zgtd by little and little until ~ to under lee footrop maintopsail. About eight close-reefed eait. at T h le e ng s t h h ip sb h e ad wa b s eenPire,e,t o'clock orders the flying went out to flying jib, the foremost sail e, and was were given 1 in the ship: two of the . perform this duty, s feeling his way ut, for it 3 7 . As ono of them wt is feet on the w " as dark as pitch, he planted his to stow - almost precipitated into the yawning abys s . R e rope in his fall, and struggled for caught h o ld of a who were watch in g his long indeed, not to him time. It was very writhing form by th e li ght of phosphorescent waves beneath. I w the boiling and time and saw how hi " on the weather bow at t he k • d f h "on:t -o wor , or t at might rades behaved. No one spoke of escape; there was no h e l p only diminish his chanc es The man that wa for him if he failed to save himself . hand foot, s neithernor on the jibboom with him moved and uttered not a word. At leng t h be regained his Had he been a footing, and p cootropes, he wouldroceeded to his duty minute longer swinging among th e - - have been swept off co ver to have b ee n seen, for the while th to bowsprit was actually buried in the sea, the yfielding men were clinging with clasped arms to . n , spar, on the strength of which their lives were nu 6 . When they came in, having discharged the duty nn- When to them, I endeavoured to ho near the one that had made such a narrow escape. As he stepped down upon the deck, he touched me by the merest accident. A trembling sensation passed through his whole frame, i and a marked inspiratory effort carried gratitude to heti , Ten from his bre a st. O n th e ver y th res h o ld of home, we ___might have lost this poor fellow, after the Arctic 7 inter end the intense frosts, after thefatigue of r - , and ea "gthe excruciating thirst, had all failed to bre,rk • number, S v o .. ay . utherland's Jou rna l o f C a pt a i n P enn y's y eto Well' mgton Channe!. I S THE LONDON GAZETTE, Aug. 24. DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 25, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Boyle Travers Finniss, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary, Robert IL Tor rens, Esq., to be Colonial Treasurer and Registrar- General, George Frederick Dashwood, Esq., to bo Col lector of Customs, ani Altsander Tolacier, Esq., to be. Commissioner of Police, for the colony of South Aus 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, AUG. 24. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant Augustus the Gent., sa t o le c) be f h Cornet, o r s ne t Henry do Trafford has been allo we d to ret i re f rom t h e service commission;,by purchase, T ho Thomas Kean e Aug. 24. F ttzG er b a y ld, 12th Regiment of Light D ragoons —Regimental Ser geant-Major Edward Brown to be Cornet, without pur chase, 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 aeries 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-pay 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 Rifle 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 32d Foot, to bo 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 Csrr Mackinnon, Gant., 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-Suegoon, vice Lucas, appointed to the Staff, Aug. 24. 82d Foot—Assistant Staff-Surgeon Arthur Edmund Jacob to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Auc hinleck, ap ponted to the 80th Foot, Aug. 24. 91st Foot—Brevet Major Charles Frederick Havelock, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, repaying the difference, vice Cohn Campbell, who exchan p;es; .Lieut. Edward George Mainwariug to be Captain, b2r purchase, vice Havelock, who retires Ensign John Chi laden Sweny to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Mainwarii tg, Aug. 24 . lw; West India Regiment—John Frederick Napier Hewitt, Gout., to be Ensign, without purchase , v ice Joseph Noble Beesley, appointed to the 2d West India Regiment, Aug. 24. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign Joseph Noble Beasley, from the Ist West India Regimen t, to be En eien, vice Dreuet, promoted ; Quarterniast er-Sergeant William Davis to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Becher, promoted, Aug. 24. STAFF.—Brevet Major James Robert Bru tr cer, of the 15th Foot, to be Deputy Adjutant-General in Ceylon, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the . flame') vice Colonel Eiwerd Charlton, deceased, Aug. 24t. , HOSPITAL STAFF.—lnspector-General of Hospitals, with focal rank in Ireland, Sir James Pitcairn , to be Inspector-General of Hospitals; Deputy Inspector- General of Hospitals Charles Maclean, M.D.,. to be In spector-General of 'Hospitals, w ith local rank in I.elend, vice Sir James Pitcairn, M.D., who re tires upon half-pay; Staff Surgeon of the First Class Alexander Cumming to he Depai InBPee tor- General of Hospitals, vic e Maclean,_ promoted; Staff Surgeon of the Secoud Class D u ncan M E V Zit:B to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, vice Cum Jusing, pro moted; Surgeon John Charles Graham Tice, 111. D., from the 21st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Seetond Class, visa iNfenzes, promoted; Assistant-Surgeon llenty Cerr Lucas, from the 80th Foot, to be Assistant - 5 Eugenie to the Forces, vice Jacob, appointed to the 82d Foot, Aire.. 24. .Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wor esstershire. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia.--Nla:Pe:r Thomas Clowes to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice e Brock promoted, Aag. 15. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Glouceistershire. Reyal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hi Laser Yeo manry--Alfred Sartoris, Gent., to be Lieut enant, vice Jebb, who retires, Aug. 17. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of North timberland. Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry Lieutenant Thomas James to be Captain, vice Cookson, resigned; Cornet Calverley Robert Bewicke too be Lieu teneot, vice James, promoted; Henry Parker, Gent, to be Cornet, vice Bewicke, promoted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West R;Ltling Yeo manry Cavalry—Lieutenant Viscount Gedoxich to be Captain, vice Smyth, resigned; Cornet the H n. Francis Lawley to be Lieutenant, vice Viscount Godtlrich, pro- moted, Aug. 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Si rrey. 2nd regiment of Surrey Militia—William. , Earl of Lovelace, to be Colonel, Aug. 14. ner, certificate of the first class—a James, Lenton, Not tinghamshire, lace-maker, certificate of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Paterson and T. W. S. Elliott, Feuchurch-street, hair-cutters and wig -makers —T. Thomas, E. Thomas, and R. M. Thomas, Chester, printers—J. Scott and J. Lush, Warminster, Wiltshire, seedtmen and corn-dealers —C. Bowman and T. Ranashaw, Louth, linen and wool len drapers—R. Guinness and J. Guinness, Brighton, watch-makers and jewellers—W. Hardman and J. Hi ton, Great Bolton, Lancashire, ironfounders—J. Knowles and T. Crook, Eagley-witbin-Turton, and Little Bolton, Lancashire, p aper manu f acturers —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 s hoemakers--J. Croasingham and J. Belcher, Romford, Essex, coach and cart wheel wrights—J. Ingham and J. Wailes, Dewsbury, York shire, rag dealers—W . . Renee sad A. Hersee, North street, Peckham, builders.—R. &shall 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— Thaine and Sarah Ann Juby, Exmouth-street, Clerk enwell, haberdashers and linendrapers—J. Clarence and W. Willes, Lime-street, City, coffee-merchants and agri cultural agents—W. W. Newsam and H. Thackray, Tor quay and Newton Abbot, Davonsbire, provision mer chants—D. Smith and J. S m ith, M anc h es t er , s pi r it dealers—W. Wainwright and E. Massey, Pennistone, Yorkshire, and Manchester, quarrymen—H. Curtis and C. G. Wilkinson, Manaotsfield, Gloucestershire, florists. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Pinnock Badeoek, Bi rm i ng h am , b utc h er . Thomas Smith, Rell---teat, di , Worcestershire, brewer. Thoma s Elliott' Beckley, Sussex, carpenter. John Eirm in g e ' r, `-'°wden, Kent, beer retailer. J o hn Johnson, Jun,, Longford, Warwickshire, ribbon weaver. ' J o l la Moore, Simonb urn, Northum b er l and, butcher. R o b e rt Stringer, Scarborough, boot and shoe maker. Robert Farmage, Parkstone, Dorsotshire, drilling master. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. 3. p. Brown, Glasgow, merchant and importer, to meet Aug. 28 and Sept. 27, at one, within the London Temperance Hotel, GlaBgow. G. Mearns, Cumnock, grocer and spirit dealer, to meet Aug. 30 and Sept. 27, at three, within the Black Bull Inn, Cumnock. SHERIFFS' COURT, Aug. 24. (Before 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 lar ge portion of the life assurance offices, thoimportant point baing the right of a medical man to a fee from th e assurance office for giving his opinion on the life of a patient proposed for assurance. Mr. Humphreys a p peared for the plaintiffs, who are surgeons, and carry on their practice in Fenchurch street and Great Coram-street. Mr. Geor ge D uplex, one o f t h e p l a i nt i ffs, state d 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 bad proposed her life for assurance iu the office of defendants. The com munication stated that they were referred by the lady to the plai n tiff , an d t h at th e answers wou ld b e considered as strictly confidential. The questions were returned with answers, and a note stating that the plaintiff's fee was a guinea, which he requested should the 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 Horicult said the plaintiffi 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 the claim of the plaintiffs. Verdict for defendants. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Aug. 24. (Before Mr. WrruAst 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 property of Thomas Lawrence. Mr. Metcalfe conducted 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 o th e r property, lr andta a sentenced to seven years He transportation. beer-shop in Chenies street, Tottenham-court-road ap prehended his wife removedahi and after ho was s effects, among which were a quantity of cigars, Ti3 to a room she had taken in Ed ward•street. m erson was the potboy in in Chenies-street, and he helped to carry the goods over to this room. Charlick, s it appeared, was a fre quenter of the house. wr re moval, remained at Cheeies: Lawrence during the 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 in coming out of the house Edward -street, and one of the witnesses, a boy named Mallett, saw him put in a barrow outside the door some boxes resembling th o se containing the eiaKars. M`ltherson was standing by the barrow, and when the witness returned it was gone, with both the prisoners. Charlotte Lloyd, the landlady of the house, also saw Charlick going out of the house with a boa under his arm, and shortly an a ft erw ards went up stairs found the door of the room in which the cigars and other things were placed forced open. About half to seeing Charlic k s he observed that the door was all an hour previously right. She did not e xamine door fastened up a gain, and Mrs. Lawrence, who the room, but had the c a me about five o'clock, then went in and found that the cigars laid in the indictment, ment, with a few other articles, had been taken ariay. That same evening She saw bot h the prisoners Mercer-street , a nd accused in a pu'olichouse in themof They, according to her statement, robbing her. con fused, but denied all knowledge ent, seemed much and Charlick, who denied having of the transaction ; all, said that if they had don e it they been at the house at they must have done it in company, for they were l afternoon. She did not then l together the whole but information of the robbery to the police, th,,,, although she had seen Charlick three times since taken into custody till the 4th he was nor, 4th of the month. M'Pherson, who had never returned after the trans action, wa s apprehended o n the Mr. O'Brien and Mr. w . next day. oollett having addressed the jury, a verdict of G uilty was returned. James Coffee , 31 E, stat ed that he had known Char lick for nine or ten months, and was in the habit of seeing him three or four ti mes a week at Lawrence's beer-shop, which was byfrequented thieves, drinking and smoking with them. Charlick—You might have seen me sitti • . ng i n room with them , but not in their the company. Wh y, you might as well say that I amts com • Pay with hi s Lordship at the present time.( laugh.) Langley, 42 A, stated that be had known Ai h son for years as a n associate of thieves. He hadl) ---e, - in custody at psora races once, but they had not been been able to discover th e p oliceman who could prove the previous conviction. They were sentenced each to twelve months' impri sonment with hard la bour. John Harley was indicted for stealing a ba g of sugar, value 2/. 103, the p roperty of Jose ph Charles Clayton. Mr. Payne defended. The prosecutor in this case was a grocer in Chapel. street, Westminster , and the prisoner was a his employment. Oa the day named i n th p e e .rter in ment a servant in the employment of a nei g ah ludieta the prosecutor was looking out of an upp er _ . et ir of and saw the prisoner and another man, why;lndow, believed to be his brother, in the prosecutor's yard. 'he They took a bag of sugar out of the warehouses yard. carried it across the yard, and laid it d own • . and inside the gate. The prosecutor, in his evidence, stated that the soner had no authority t o carry the sugar,and had business in the warehous e whatever ; he had no n doubt he intended to convey it off the premises when ever an opportunity occurred. In cross-examination, the prosecutor stated that the prisoner was not taken into custody until after his discharge from Coldbath-field rison, w h ere was confined for a month for tin assault he upo n a police-constable. Mr. PAYNE having address ed the jury for the de* fence, they deliberated for s ome time, and eventually- the foreman gave in a verdict of Not Guilty. The verdi c t was recorded, rind the p risone r dis charged, but, after a few minutes had elapsed, th e Learned Chairman observing that there was so me contention amon g ' the jury, inquired the cause, a n d one of that hod •they replied that were not unani_ mously agreed on • t which bad in by their foreman, the verdict.been g i ven r foreman, there being five dissentient voices. Mr. TURNER at once sent some of the officersofthe court in __ r .. bring• an d infenn P u ( "Bait of the prisonee, to him b ack, e the jury that it was necessary that th e verdict should voices alone be a unanimous one, for a majority of was net sufficient.. Due lug the interval the prisoner, who had got across the green, was caught and brou g ht back ; into Cour+, but Mr. PAYNE urged the' he was very hardly treat e d in beingagged violentlydr- .q through the public streets le• and bae . 1 nto a crowded court, a fter he bad been ac. 1 BANKRUPTS. Thomas Secret, brewer, Barnet, to snrrencle r Sept. 3, at halt-past eleven, and Oct. 1, at twelve, at that Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder: manbury; Goren, South Molton• street. Samuel Walter Gillam, wine merchant, T 1 irlington place, Edgeware-road, Sept. 3 and Oct. 8, t twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry. James Holmes, shawl warehouseman, Reg mt-street, Sept. 3, at eleven, and Oct. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder manbury; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street. Ann Crawford, paper manufacturer, Ward : n, North umberland, Sept. 2, at eleven, and Oct. 7, at ( one, at the Nesycastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakh y, official assignee,Newcastle-upon - Tune; Che.ter, Nowa ,1 itle-upon- Tyne ; Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow-churchy: i.rd. Richard James aingerfield, printer, Dunst a ble, Bed fordshire, Sept. 8, at two, and - Oct. 12, at vies' en, at th e Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assii; nee, Ab church-lane; Armstrong and Westbrook, Cr( it James street, Bedford-row; bledland, Dunstable. Willi a m Patten, dealer in horses, Teerin g., Essex, Sept. 6, at eleven, and Oct. 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abcht wch-lane; Abell, Romney-terrace, Westminster. Charles O'Neill, metal dealer, Birmingham,, Sept. 7 and Oct. 5, at hal-past eleven, at the Birming ham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir. mingham; Jabet, Birmingham. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. N. Troughton, clerk in the Audit-office, Steam 3. G. Porter, bootmaker, Terrace, Kensington.: J. Slat.!, coal merchant, Da'sten. H. Doidge, East-street, Wa!worth. H. Albion, haberdasher, Burlington-place, Old !Kent -road. G. H. Green, Grove-lane, Camberwell. H. 0. Potts, Albany-street, Rogont's-park. W. White, jun., butcher, Reading, Berkshire. T. Price, Plymouth, Devonshire. J. Aitken, joiner, Salford, Lancashire. H. W. Barrington, commission :tent, Tavisto Ac-street, Covent-garden. I. Isaac 9, dealer in watches, Plymouth, Devonshire. W. Lubbock, manufaoturer of British cordials, Wilson street, Deptford. D. Parry, retailer of beer, Trosnant, Monmouthshire. W. Pox, cabinet maker, Long Mitigate, Manchester. J. H. Hamp, Bacton, Ilerefordshin?. 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. R. Bulpin, assistant to a farmer, North Curry, Somers.tshire. J. Edwards, commission agent, Greenwich. J. Brown, small ware dealer, Wigan, Lancashire. _ . NV. Davies, cabinet, maker, Oldham, Lancashire. D :Luke, &at:mho:ler. 11. Milony, Blackfriirs-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 drugist, Sept. 17, at twelve—A. Miller, Ems worth, Southampton, rope maker, Sept. 16, at twelve— C. Ritchie, Oxford-street, jeweller, Sept. 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, Wordesley, Staffordshire, and Lamb's Conduit-street, glass manufacturers, Oct. 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court, i Birmingham—T. Bates, Schofield Shand, Ilali- Ix , engineers, Sept. 14, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds— At th o e x C_ T. Cottin h buy er, ,-,, hm, West Barkwith, Lincolnshire, wool upon _ ir t _. at twelve, in the Town-hall, Kingston mongeAr:4l,,L : 06TI S c ut E to o n F , C li E i n ng T s l t u on l - C u A po T n s -1:1;11, iron upea..guil." ,at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston ourt, Basinghall-street. bridge, and Motconal:stkernee'vtßt. e G I g e r o a r v g e e . ' s d q - C. Ritchie, twelve—W. F. Blackburn jeweller, Sept. 21. at Septe t . iso. r2:3,t. Tripp,aßerkshire,se erlgveesa—curtiFsv; Inn,Wier., Ironmonger-lane, City, p u a l a r c e e, bookseller, Kn i g ts - Sept. 17, at twelve —J. half-past one— brewer, Sept.S 16, at one woollen warehouseman, I.int Macandre v, Mill-w• 411, Poplar, 23, at eleven—J. ; C p t .. S 2 . 3, V a o t u 1 h e s a , if Fltet-street, money scrivener, S e Miller, Conduit.street West, 'Paddington, corn dealer, Sept. 16, at eleven. In the Country. A . Beeves, Taunton, Somereetshiro, scriven er Se. 15, at One,'at the Court, Exeter —C. Belton, Birming ham, chemist, Sept. 21, at half-past elev en , at the Court, Birmingham—vv. H. Richardson, B. Richardson, and J. Rich artisan, Wordealey, Staffordshire, and Lanah,6 Conduit-street, glass manufacturers, Sept.2l, at half past eleven, at the Court,Birming I.,ham—C. Gren, Spald ing,. Lincolnshire, semester, Oct. 15 , at ten, at the Court, Nottingh am. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. E. Morgan, Portman-market, Edgewaro road, licensed vic "nalle; certificate of the third olass—T. W. Dornford. Suffollc-lane City, N w ise merchant, certificate of the thi r d "-- ea 3. Barker, eweastle-upon43'ne, merchant, cerli este of the tbire class—H. Evans, Ilchester, Somerset- I Air . __ i "2 "*Penter, certificate of the second , ißugby, Warwickshire, brazier, certificate of the first class— J.Burliudham, St. Helen, Worcestershire, milli- EVENING, AUGUST 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 on his trial again. Mr. TURNER hiving gone into the other court to I 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 a f t e r their verdict bad 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 Hollingshoad, aged 25, pleaded Guilty to stealing a silver dish, three silver waiters, and other articles, the property of James Telyer Blunt, his master, in his dwelling-house. The prisoner was a footman in the service of Mr. Blunt, 'a 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 should 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 had unfortunately become connected with betting-houses, and this had placed him in his present position. Two witnesses gave the prisoner a good character, and one o f them confirmed M r . P arry ' s sta t e ment as to his being a patroniser of betting-offices. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. William Ingram, who was on Monday charged with having obtained goods of the value of 581. 10s. 41i. from Mr. Hall, of Bishopsgate-street, under false pretences, was brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination. Mr. Hall's additional evidence was 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 tbst 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 milt me to give you the references you received from me ? Mr. Hall—Because I wished to know some thing of you. The LOUD 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. 11211—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 sin 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 MAyou—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 had no contract with the Board of Ordnance during the present year in his own name, nor conjointly with any other person, 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 guu-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, I 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 Loup 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. 4d. 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 bad money to receive from the Board of Ord nance ? Mr. Hall—Certainly. Mr. Lloyd—All the statements made by the priso ner from beginning to end have been the grossest falsehoods. There are several 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. Hell—l must have received the ready money then. The LORD MAYOR (to the prosecutor)—Did you ever see the prisoner previously to this transaction? Mr. Hall—l have no recollection of ever having seen him before, but I may have seen him. 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 your 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 or 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 against the prisoner, but his Lordship said the parties might appear and indict him at the Central Criminal Court, and at once signed the commitment for trial. A young Austrian named Francisco 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 desired 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 upon the police. John Hillier, 175 B, stated that at about 1 o'clock on the previous evening be found the prisoner creat ing a great disturbance in the Broadway, Westmins ter. He rtiquestcd him to go away, when he declared with a brutal oath that he would "job" a tobncco pipe he was smoking in the consta ble's eye. 'Witness again requested him to go on, when h e k noc k ed him down, and while hi that defenceless position kicked him in the most brutal manner in the face, body, and and inflicted such serious injuri es as to ren d er him unfit for the performance of his duty. Henry Bartlett, 2981 said his attention was called to a riot in the Broadway, on going to which he found Hillier on the grc Id and prisoner k ing him. Upon witness's as is ring his brother constable, the accused, assisted by a 1 31V mob, vssailcd him in the same volent manner, his coat being torn by the violence of the kicks he receii •ed while down. Henry Doggett, 168 B, proved that he was also kicked in a ruffianly manner' by the prisoner. A tailor who was passing nave evidence confirma tory of the above, in the cc arse of which it appeared that he also got a heavy blo w' from the accused. Mr. BRODERIP inquired whether anything was known of the defendant. Mr. Beckerson, an inspect a.r of the A division, said he was a most violent fellow, and had been repeatedly convicted of desperate assault upon the police. The prisoner, who denied t iie charge, was commited for trial. THE CHARGE OF F(PRGERY AGAINST A CLERG YMAN. ----- WORCESTER, TTJUSDAY.— —Yesterday the Rev. James Nisbett was again bro sight up for re-examina tion before Mr. C. Sidebottrica, 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 take nin 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 !mit the convenience of a witness who had been sum moned from London to give evidence on behalf of the prosecution. Mr. Wright, solicitor , of Birmingham, appeared f o r the prosecution ; and Mr. Eigie, of 'Worcester, for the prisoner. - The prisoner having been a ccommodated with a seat, The principal witness ex amined 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 tho 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-•examinaion 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 foa 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 pu' 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 charges are to be preferred against him. ANOTHER COLLISION ON THE LANCA SHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAIL WAY. 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 ofin 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 rm. 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 th e o th ers , b u t th e y we re 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 Bla c kpool of t wenty fir carriages, and lastly a luggage-train from Liverpool t o B ra df or d , making in a ll fi ve trains brought u p a t one t i me, an d reach ing from the station to a p l ace k nown as Bull Field, outside the tow n , th e enormous di s t ance 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 bey on d th e stat i on (i n a d vance ) , taking i n water, but it was out o f t h e way. F rom the station the line cur ves up t o an d b eyon d B u ll Field, and about three h un d re d yar d s f rom th a t p l ace there is a signal -post, with a lamp and two red discs, worked by means of a lever and wire, to protect the down or Manchester line. The tail of 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 be 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 t e ll where the ends and sides had, joined. It seeme d 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 Hindley, residing at 100, Fairfield-street, Manchester. Margaret Rothwell, of Beswick-row, Millgate, Manche3ter, a severe blow on leg. Miss Graham, going as a servant to Mr. Shaen, of Loyd-street, Manchester, face cut and leg injured. James Howell, of Flexton, much shaken. Miss Yates, of Darcy Lever, much shaken ; sent home in a cab. Edward Greenhalgb. Alice Greenhalgh, his wife. Richard Greenhalgh, their son, received a severe blow on the chest, and supposed injury of the bladder. Mrs. Allemande, of Gravel-hole, G re at Lever, bruised on the l eg; sent h ome i n a cab. Mrs. Simpson, of 5, Now Richmond, Pendleton, shaken and bruised. dg e• Mr. Mr. and M rs . Buffer L , of Seedley Mrs. Butler, two black ees and cut on tbeoface ; Butler, much shaken. Mr. Canane, a friend of Mr. Butler. a s pecial train The last four were sent home in about half-p as t t we lve o'clock, re and those who d next day re mained at the place all night were to their respective places ofremesuidnehncehe.ak remove Lb , e an o d th a e i r l terribly alarmed. Before had seventh excursion persons in the train were ve r y 1: n odf that the a train uendwerres wreck been got out of the way we ca rriages came up from we th train of forty Fleetwood, and ha d to be b rou ght up very sharply t o avoid a collision: A special nyhtice (printed) had been issued from th e be end preparedpointsni en for satihd— se e head office wit re f e rence to the trains on Monday ; and that addresseldto K ee p . your signal trains until trey signalmen lighted, and all future s pecial have passed t home ; and keep a good look-cut .for any e x t ra t ra i ns , engines, L k,, of which you may not h ave rece i ve d advice. A co py of this notice was found in the cabin of the P°intsman, Leigh Bancroft, and after the accident he admitted that he had read it. lie stated that he had , turned his signal light out at a quar ter to nine o'clock, and gone home, us his proper to time to leave was half-past eight, and be did not think he would be required any more ; though he must have known that there 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-sign-lto warn the driver of the train from Southport. It was at eleven o'clock that he was questioned, and shocking to relate, at about midnight his wife found that he had hung himself with his handkerchief in his pointsman's hut, within a couple of hundred yards of the place where the collision occurred, and that he was quite dead. He has left a widow and five children; he has been in the employ of the compa c n an y for several years, and was a steady man. What have led to his extraordinary conduct cannot now be ascertained, beyo tr nd the doubtful statement he wade to the persons who called him to account. _____ _ - - - THE COUiteritY Ai Aii.N.ETS. IPSWICH, A uG. 24. We had a small market to day ; good old wheats fetched late prices, and the sales were made at last Wee tbe s rates. Several samples of new were offered, bat quality is so inferior and light in weight that none would buy them; the condition too was bad. A few samples of new barley also appeared, some stained and some mi thing quality; 28s and 30s were offered, but relosed. PER QUARTER. YES QUARTEF• Wheat, red (old) 45s to 48s Beans ........... . ... 32s to 00s Ditto (new) . 32s to 35s Peas ............... 28s to 305 Ditto, white (old). 51s to 53s Oats ................. ON to 003 Ditto (new). 3Bs to 46 Malt ....••• .•.. ..... 00s to 005 Barley ... oos to 00 s Flou r, p er sack ...1, 18.52. 005 AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUG d • Wheat Beans 9 ~ 30 290 5d s Peas HULL, AUG , 24 . to 00s 2 Messrs. Taylor and Bright'e Ci rcular statee--Witil• the exception of the evenings of T uesday and Wed!'" d. ay last, when we had eery heav y rain, the weather has been more favourable for harvest operations, a nd a good deal of progress has been made in t his district. There are rather more complaints about sprout than the lie t h e pre; . s week, and there is no doubt the quality of v wheat will be various. There are more COMpliiillt 3 65 to potato disease than last During the week deal of business hastalwKeenekp.lace in wheats end r tu go c od s fromeeda E n g distance, lis.ho f chiefly y year's r, s strong tT re,w r t e b d . foreign vi e do not ot o ci b u sZ s a tn ny .. advance In price: the stock in granary is now ill s_ at all "raP"P" We had n small attendance of fernier:. Our operations engaeing ten market ta " ticin• Our millers were free buyers of 'fresh whes,l at the lull prices of last Tuesday, but indisposed to gi ve , Severe ' b y advance, and the market rather Via samples of new were shown, quality and weigh:3 variou s, . and reports es to yield good; about 40s to 42s per con'quarte was the price generally paid for best sat:Odes . A O, their el eumptive demand for good foreign at last week's priTce and several lots sold. An improved demand for har' e 4: and the market 6d to is dearer. Not much doing la ? s o f Beans are again 6d per quarter dearer, and the e tecit a Egyptian mach diminished. Peas inquired for, but r o hL i e bare of fine quality. The arrivals of linseed being erg for crushers' account, the market is uninfluenced bi them, and remains very firm. A stea d y sale for cakes , d an in d the market hardens weekly. Rapeseed is unalter 9 value, but rape cakes are 23 60 p er ton dearer. The following are the present prices of grain :-- a. P. Wheat, English, red 40 to 43 Peas, white and yel. 30 - 3 .zic and Ti.o- 44 Do. white I) Po an ni ni e s r .b an r i g an and —46 L D i o n . s egard7l3..l.a.c. .. ........ 2 4 7 4 ......-- 4645 ` 42 461D0. Petersburgh ... Ilamb h urg . 67—42 1 D i ) 0 ° .. i l i as —4- Per ton: Danish, Holstein, 85 11. 2 5 6 d FrieslandLins. c., Hull 010 s to 7 ~,,, Russian and Odessa 34 38 Do. fine for. ...7I 58 Od to uir ° g ni . B,oAbercrgh..g.i.: 4 3 2 : 4 , . 2 Oats, English Do. • Danish.— .l6— 18 Rapeseed ...... ... 3/109 to O. Oa Do.Friesland . 18 —201 Rape cakes...9os Od to 17 19 Do. inf. foreign... /to eel l o u o s i 00s Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 18 Tares, English . . .... °Os --- vs Barley,malting 0) —OO Do. foreign ........... 255. 9/ os Do. grinding 23 —24 Guano ......... 41 71 to __ Beans 3O —32 Bones, do ...... 90s Odltc; ut o is s Do., foreign 2B —3O Rre Meal .............. 4 .1 CONK, AUG. 20. carrenor - Barrels. , X2O stens 24 White wheat 22 5 3 d to 00s Od etos Oa -- 5 Red wheat 2os 6d to 00s Od --2 0 41 ° 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s 00s Od } 00 1 Od O Ditto oos Od to 0 Barl© 05 O d to 00s Od ...00 ‘ l ° y . O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 005 o -0 Ditto .... 00s Od to 00s Od 82 5ere........ -.los Od to lOs 4d 0011 Od 295 0at5.......... B5 6d to 9s 2d 2d 0 c l O 126 Ditto ..-....• 95 2d to 95 lod 96 O Ditto Os Od to 00s Od nn. od per cwt O Pigs o os Od to 00$ Od v‘'"' Quantity sold at the High Prices:.— 47 be_re; 3 U sti ' 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 0 barl est ey; 0 pigs. Quantity of , 4 G 4 r . ain z a ar nd le N y, u o m . ber o o a f ts P , 2 g: PRICES OF BUTT ER. CANT. CUBILINCT. . 64 , Pigs last pigs,w week Wheat s ... First quality .. 73s First q ualit y ••• ........ ' 605 Second quality 69,3 Second quality ................ 561 Third quality 6ss Third quality •••••.... . b3l 62s Fourth quality Fourth quality ..... 43 1 • Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Pigs, 352. Sheep, 298. Cows, 47. i 4 6 3; Cori.—Flour--First 125 6d to 13s 6d ; extra le ,„0s seconds, lls to 12s 6d ; households 98 to lls Od ; thirds , is,`.. - s i per cwt. Oatmeallo36d to 005; Indian meal? 53d to 756c 1 ; iru — too , , meal, 936 d to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 7125 6d to 715 5 P e ,,, a+ Bran 72s 6d to 75s per ton. Hay—Farmers 14s Od to 254 pl e— ; s 00$ ; dealers 00s Od to 35.; average Ojs per ton. Straw...Fell' ft ; 20s Od to 24s Od ; average 20a ; dealers 27s Od to 00 5 ,v, a; average 005 Od per ton. Bread —Wheaten loaf 6d to d u 0 household loaf 511 to Od per 41b. Fresh buttert„,t , 10d per lb. Eggs-4s Od to 4s 2d per hundred. kNi v bo, Newport 14s Od ; Lydney 15s ; Landore 005; , I A 123 6d o r ton. Tallow 391 Od to 401 Par h i :, 51 Whisky, 25 0. p., 55 9d per imperial gall"' „,,,I 4a ,° —Beef 40 to 7d ; mutton 5d to 60 ; • ---- , i , fit v .- 7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d I)2r ''', t g st. 818 s to 9105 per cwt. Bangor aisles 2117 s 6d to C 4 r 2 ,; 501 Bark, red 'Zito 81105 per ton. Fleece wooll6l to 0081 9 ,. 1 e e Hemp 291 to 31/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herring i s o l i rt o il e /d 00 ' sr ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland , ton. Timber—Memel, 705 per ton; red pine' .. 31bg Vdet , ditto, 3/ 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per l" a u all 0 ' Market 205 to 28s; salted 21s to 305 per oft , fa lcs, 3d to Od per lb. Potatoes,white 7d to 9" a.i ' 10d to 12d. Guano— Peruvian, 101 lOs to 11/ per ton. archangel, 19s per barreL RAILWAY SHARE IVIA I°I'S. STOCK EXCHANGE .—The AUG,. 24. dull to-day. The . e share Thmarket Was R 'SO Exeter, 103 only sale reported Was---ri STOCK E.- LIVERPOOL, AUG. 24. arili ' EXCHANGE.—The share market opened hes . ars this mornin onlP tively but a g, and thron shire, 80 ghout the day there was c . The sales were—Caledonian, t r a ns e_xtrer riocalla prices. small amount of business transacted, a red,,,u_.l; ties, 10 5 / B —F Ast Lancashire, 173/B—Lancashire anu —Ditto Fifths, 2 7 / 8 dis.—London and ... Western 2 ' or i' , 1 dland, 74 3 / 4 South -Eastern a nd V , 21—york and North Midland, 24—Datch Rhenish, 1% u ys—Easter sUiroen ti... MANCHESTER, AVG. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was an average amount 6`.f. of st ns' business done to-day ; prices opened well, but were n 1 •i _ tamed throughout the day, and at the close several desc : l': tions of stock had fallen considerably. The transactions vi c_i__: as follow:—Birkenhead, Lancashire; and Cheshire June t_i ~.r! .., z 9 dis.—Blackburn (No. 1), 6 7-18—East Lancashire, 1 1 1 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 80—Manchester, Sheffield, 1 !: a Lincolnshire, 28 3 / 4 —Midland, 74 3/4—South -Eastern 'Z' Dover, 21 1-16. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 24. agafu STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market to -day is ~-- ,, ,,z, depressed, and only a limited amount of bushaeso u°l""' d o ne a 6 • Sh re wsbury and Birmingham (B), were 'i .---_---- s t ira a [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- Holloway's 04100 . os, Pillls, a radical Cure for Skia Diseases, Cutaneous VaPittl:ose Ringworms, and Scorbutic Humours. —The virulence °,,i,,,,j; complaints is very much increased by the impurity of be u , 1:3 , therefore, to cleanse the same is the first step towards chec' l a the baneful effects of these melodies on the constituion, Tp o there is no medicine so efficient for this purpose ointment,' °ll as, pills, with which should be applied his invaluable an_iist when combined, there is no disease of the skin thals battroils, their curative powers. For the cure of old vicsain° edicines are glandular swellings, and ulcerous sores, A theprofessor Holk unequalled.—Sold by all Druggists, au- at r way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. NEVICASTLB-ON ARCELEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. -"'". TYNE, A UG , 23.—The annual congress of the Archzologeic,sl Institute of Great Britain and Ireland will comma ,i,!' sittings in this town to-morrow, under the patronage of Li' Duke of Northumberland, who will attend the public dinuu", Lord Talbot de Malahide is president, and the presidents.,'l sections are— History, the Earl of Carlisle ; Antiquities, ti 7 lion. H. T. Liddell ; Architecture, the Bev. W. Wheive", Master of Trinity Co Cambridge. This district is el: ceedingly rich in antiquarian remains, and during the si tings of the conference, which will continue a week, it is Pr' posed to make excursions to various parts of the coutri• Among the places of interest proposed to be visited are t he old ROGHiII wall and remains of Roman stations near Ilex ham, Ilexbana Abbey, Prudhoe Castle. Alnwick, Morpetb, Warkwortti and Durham, Jarrod Monastery, and Tynemout4 Priory. ---...vove.......s.....ramartserarrneansocemoram.e......... BIRTHS. OF A SON. MEWS? On the 21st inst., the wife of James Penn, Esq., near Worcester, of au heir. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 21st inst., at Pleasington-hall, Lancashir e, the ha of John Butler Bowdon, Esq. li. the On the inst., at Ashton-lodge, Tunbridge-wed' lady of William Lyon, Esq. of th e On the 23d inst., th e wte of Samuel Wre ford, Esq., Manor-house, Crayford, Kent. MARRIED. On the 21st inst , at St. Marylebone Church, James CO / _ e arwickstd , re, on to ly C • h so a u rlot o t f e jC. Jones, E N . Emma, Jones,onl only childE q. , of of.j. Esq., of Devonshire-street, Portland -place .DlBialvikeretio: DIED. On the lath inst., at Walton- o n-Thames. in the counlY of Surrey, Samuel Jam es Arnold, Esq., aged 78. ha llcrose On the 21;.t inst., at Ne wton-bank, Cheshire, S Janson, late Captain in the 3d Light Dragoons, aged 66. ~.0 at Ebberly-house, Detro c hl ain a g e b a ridg ' e : He O ht n y t ll he ole l , 9 E th sq. inst.' At Edinburgh, on the 18th inst., John Kinnis, Esq , M• P '' F.R,S.E., and Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. bin On the 19th inst., at Thorpe, near Ashourn, Derbys-, James Artnitagy, Esq., Fellow of Trinity College, Ca the 21st l ost.. at Stockwell, Clara, second daughter ° the late James Petre, Esq., R.N. Londov : Prlrtad and Published by MURDO it),„. 1711(1 1% ( 2, No. .112, Stiirnd, Printer, at The Sun Office, ~ ,1 .,° * .; o f Strand, in 11 e Precinct of the Savi. , in the e°"'''' - AliddleseN, Wednesday, August 25, 1858. IT( be h Kam Jana T ] _Tt *mai wC, pe fit