The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-28 00:00:00

Pr - 7,-7',17,...rr1 fourth Uttition SUS OFFICE., Six o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Match. Knight of the Garter beat Hothorpe. Subscription Plate of 501. Cariboo Lo Juif DERBY BETTING. 1000 to 60 agst IVost Australian. FRA N CE. M. Charles Rivet, the Chairman of the Western of France Railway Company, has addressed the follow ing letter to the papers, contradicting the report of the fusion of that Company with others:— " ports circulated at the Bourse for some days past, and repeated by several journals, would lead to a belief that a fusion is being negotiated between the railway companies, the lines of which are to traverse the west of France and Normandy. The directors of the Western of France Railway Company consider it to be a duty they owe to the publio and their shareholders, to declare that those reports are unfounded. They fear to confirm them by remaining silent, and I pray you in their name to aid in contradicting them." The igeliminary s teps to the formation of an Im perial Guard are already taken. The 13th regiment of Chasseurs and the two squadrons of Guides of the stlff are broken up. A regiment of Guides, of six squadrons, comprising 63 officers and 1,140 men -89 horses tor the former, and 960 for the latter—is in course of formation. The men will be recruited from the cavalry soldiers of the proper height, with horses corresponding. Their pay is to be regulated accord ing to the tariff of the sth of December, 1840. All the officers of the 13th regiment of Chasseurs and of the two squadrons of Guides, now disbanded, are to be reappointed as soon as possible either in the regi ment of Guides or in some other cavalry regiment. The officers of the 13th regiment of Chasseurs who cannot find employment in the sub-division of the arm to which they belong are to receive an indemnity. The Patrie relates the following curious incident, which occurred during the passage of the Prince President through the department of the Deux Sevres. The mayor of the commune of St. Maixent, thinking that the review of the morning would be followed by a breakfast, came to be present at it. He was after wards returning to his commune, when he saw the Prince in his carriage, proceeding towards Saint Maixent. He then took off his scarf, and waved it over his head. The Prince, astonished at seeing this signal of distress, stopped his horses. " Mon seigneur," said the mayor, " I was desirous of wit nessing the review which you have just passed, but I had hoped to get back to my commune in time to receive you, but I see that is is impossible, for my , carriage will not keep up with your post horses. —"I beg your pardon, Monsieur le Maine,' replied the Prince, "it is very possible, for I have a seat at your service." The mayor got into the car riage. They soon saw on the road a number of peo ple, in confusion, and a triumphal arch almost aban doned. The carriages stopped, and a Garde Cham pare approaching, said, "Ah Monseigneur, we are very unhappy, for we have lost our mayor."—" Be tranquillised, my good friend,"replied Louis Napoleon, " for I have brought back your mayor to you. The mayor then alighted, and in the name of the com mune presented the Prince with a silver reaping hook, and conducted him under the triumphal arch, formed of ploughs and.agricultural implements and produce of different kinds. The Prince expressed his satisfaction, and presented the mayor with a roleau of gold pieces, to distribute amongst the poor, and left the place amidst cries' of "Vive l'Emperear." The pelice have-just arrested the Baron de la B— on a charge , / of having distributed money among the workmen in the Faubourg St. Antoine, in order to make them partizans of the Count de Chambord, and of baying used offensive language in speaking of the Prince President, •even to the extent of expressing regret at the failure of the plot at Marseilles. On visiting the lodgings of the prisoner, in the Place Royale, the police found some military weapons, and a large quantity of political lucubrations. ITALY. The Genoa Mercantile Courier of the :12d inst., states that Lord Minto was expected to spend some months next winter at Genoa. The Savoy Official Gazette states : " If the liberation of Abd-el-Kader be a political fault, (which can only be ascertained by the consequences of that act,) it was necessary for the honour of France that that fault should be committed,' for the detention of Abd-el-Kader at Pau or Amboise would have been the justification of the detention.of Napoleon by England at St. Helena; and it was important for Louis Napoleon not to give that satisfaction to the policy of Great Bri tain." , The same journal announces that the vintage had terminated in Savoy, that the quantity of wine was inferior to that of last year, but that its quality was far superior. The Grand Duke of Tuscany and ,the hereditary Prince - embarked at Piombino on the 15th,'and, after tiiting the islands of Monte Christo and Pianosa, ded at Li Marina on the 19th. _ _ With respect to the destiny of Edward Murray, Sir Henry Bufwer has been' able to obtain an assur ance that his life will be spared, and the capital pun ishment commtlted into perpetual imprisonment, with a further probability of subsequent diminution of this long term. Sir Henry' will leave Rome for Florence before the eild of the week. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH PERU. By a Treasury warrant, dated Whitehall, 13th Qct , 1852, it is directed that f rom an d after the Ist of Dec.. next, the rate of postage for the conveyance of any letter between any part of the United Kingdom and any port in Peru, or any foreign country through Peru direct, or yid Panama, if the conveyance be by British packet botst, shall be 25., if by private ship ls. 61. Between the British West Indies and any port. in Peru, or between the Islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe and any port in Poru, without passing through the United Kingdom, ls. 4d. Between one port in Peru and another port in Peru, or between a port in Peru and any other port on the western coast of Amei.ce, 6d. Between any port in Peru and any foreign port (the Islands of Marti nique, Guadeloupe, ports on rho western coast of New Granada, and ports in the Republic of the Equator, Chili, and Bolivia excepted), clirect or vid Panama, 2s. And on every letter not exceeding half-an-ounce weight, posted in or addressed to any port of Pere. transmitted by post between Peru and any of her Majesty'e co lonies, or any foreign country, through the United Kingdom, or between any foreign country, through Peru, and any of her Majesi,t's colonies, or any foreign country through the United Kingdom conveyed between the United Kingdom and Peru, direct or via Panama, if convoyed by packet-boat, and Is. 6d. if by private ship; and also such additional postage as shall from time to time be chargeable for British postage on letters posted or delivered at any port of the United Kingdom of the departure or arrival of the packet or ship con. paying the same and transmitted direct between such port and such colony or foreign country. If such letter exceed half-au-ounce, and do not exceed an ounce in postage ; if exce e di ng one ounce, weight, two rates of and ikot exceeding two, four rates of postage ; if exceed ing two ounces and not exceeding three, Biz rates of postage ; exceeding three and not exceeding four, eight rates of postage ; and for every ounce above four ounces two additional rates, every fraction to be charged as an additional ounce British newspapers, and puelication s allowed as newspapers, posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to Peru direct or via Panama, by packet boat, f ree ;by private ship, Id. each. Spanish newspapers Posted in Pera, addressed to the United Kingdom, the same rate. Sp an i s h newspapers f rom Peru to any Bri tish C olony, not passing through the United Kingdom , the same satne rate. By British p acket-boat from one pore in Peru to anoth er in Peru, tree. Newspapers published t and posted i n any of her Majeaty's colonies maybe sent thence to any port in P eru ( w i t h out pass i ng t h roug h the United Kingdom), b y id. each. Spanish Packet-boat free, by private ship newspapers publish e d an d posted in Peru to any f ore i gn port, by British packet-boat 2d each. Each paper to be without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends, and to have no writing or printed com munication upon it,except the addr ess or it will be charged at the rate of letter postage. , , miniaNte—reidia the W THE EARLDOM or w it9Tol 7 -- --- - ' 7- --T on a i s y , N I last, the Ray. William Seaton M e d e n t h e o s d d Connection, died at Rochdale, a the last male descendant in a digreets?i years. He was fifth Earl of Wintoun, whose titles, honours, hum George were forfeited for his share in the 'Scottish", and estates 1715, The Earl was taken prisoner at P ro t t nellion • i n vember 14th, 1715, tried and sentenced to n e , c ' a °n No bat found means to escape from the Tower in e ro c n u tl ed ' August 4th, 1716, and fled to Rome, where he died D on ' - , 3 .. camber 19th, 1749. aged upwards of 70 years. TELEGRAPH FRANKS. —The Electric Telegraph Company are, it is stated, about to issue what will be a great commercial convenience, viz , telegraph franks, o r free message papers, for sale throughout London and the large towns. Each of these franks will represent a ss, message, and the convenience to the purchaser will be that he can have his own fcrm of massage by him at Dome or in his c t . h oun tog- ouse, or with him on his travels, and send his communication at any moment to the telegraph-office by messenger without being at the trouble, as is the case now to an extent unavoidable, of attending at the telegraph-station himself. The pur chase of these franks will not entail any extra charge upon the purchaser, but be included in the ss. charge for tbe message 1 --- THE NEW RULES AND ORDERS IN BANKRUPTCY. —These, which have been just printed, constitute an ex tremely voluminous document. 'They comprise 163 sections, which, if printed in exienso, would occupy about forty of gig columns. AMERICA. [A summary of the follimiug, received by electric telegraph, appeared in our second edition of yesterday LivEaroor., OCT. 27. —By the Uoitttl Stutet,' steam-ship Aticiotie, West commander, we bLvo vices from New York to the 16th inst. _ The steam-ship Illinois ;;rl , , , ed at New York on the 13th with the California mails of the 16th of September, 1,626,322 dole. in gold dust on freight, and about 400,000 dols. in the hands of passengers. The Golden Gate left San Francisco on the 16:h for New York, with 1,988,837 dols. in gold dust on freight. The Illinois reports that the health of Aspinwall and the Isthmus was greatly improved. The roads were in good order, and passengers leaving Panama in the morning arrived at Aspinwall on the evening of the same day. The steam- ship Sierra Nevada, arrived at New York from Aspinwall and Jamaica, was detained at the latter place upwards of forty hours by the most violent storm that had visited the island for many years. The steam-ship Star of the West had arrived at New York with a small amount in specie, and ad vi,es from San Juan, Nicaragua, to the 6th inst. The mail steam-ship Trent left San Juan on the 2d for Navy Bay. San Juan was very healthy, and the weather fine. The river was in good navigable con dition, and the transit across the Isthmus was con ducted without the slightest delay. The Pennsylvania election for members of Con gress had resulted, so far as was known, in favour of the Democratic party. In Columbia, Carbon, and Northumberland, the Democrats were in a majority. In Chester and Dauphin the Whigs had the advan tage ; leaving a majority, however, on the whole of the counties of 473 votes. In the election of State officials, the Democrats appear to maintain the ad vantage. In Florida and Ohio a similar state of par ties existed. General Scott was still engaged in his Presidential canvass, but his addresses do not possess any features of interest. The Herald gives the fol lowing return:— " Pennsylvania.—State officers, and a gain of two members of Congress ; 14,000 to 16,000 majority. "Ohio.—State officers, and a gain in Congress ; popu lar majority from 5,000 to 10,000. "Indiana.—Almost a clean sweep. Democratic Go vernor Wright re-elected by a very large majority. " Maryland.—A democratic mayor elected over a very popular Whig in Baltimore by the extraordinary ma jority of more than 3,000. The Japan squadron was to comprise the following vessels :—The Vermont, 100 guns; the steamer Sus quehannah, 9 ; the Mississippi, 10 ; the Princeton, 10 ; the Macedonian (razee), 30 ; the Plymouth, 20 ; the Falmouth, 20 ; the Saratoga, 20. " From this list," remarks the Herald, "it will be seen that, as far as metal is concerned, the expedition will be truly formidable. It is not, of course, contem plated to use force towards Japan, unless her conduct should be of such a nature as to demand it. But, al though Commodore Perry will proceed to that country with the most peaceable intentions, it must be remem bered that we have already serious complaints to make, which call for immediate redress. By a barbarous policy of Japan, our seamen who may chance to be wrecked upon her coasts are instantly seised, put in cages, and kept in a state of the most wretched imprisonment for an indefinite period. Such treatment would not for a mo ment be submitted to from any civilized nation. Who can doubt that, were England or France to imprison American citizens who might be shipwrecked on their coasts, ample satisfaction would be demanded and enforced? And the fact that Japan is in this respect a barbarous nation forms no more exemption in her behalf than the natives of the South Sea Islands can claim, who seize, roast, and eat our sailors, because they like the savoury viand. But, inasmuch as Japan is comparatively a weak country, our Government, not withstanding the enormities which Japan has practised, and is daily practising, towards our citizens, desires to have them stopped in a peaceable and friendly manner. It wit will therefore be Commodore Perry's duty to en deavour to effect an arrangement by which these abuses will be put an end to, and also, if possible, to own a friendly commercial intercourse with them. In oraer to effect this, a sufficient force must be placed at his com mand to carry with it that respect which semi-barbarous nations always pay to power, where, without it, eloquence would be thrown away." The same journal, referring to the United States' expedition for the reconnaisance and survey of the China and Japan seas, Behring's Straits, &c., says : " An expedition left England recently for the purpose of making further researches in the South Sear. Ac cording to the description given, nothing seems to have been omitted in making every department perfect. As the United States are embarking in a similar scientific research in another quarter of the globe, we feel that justice to our officers demands that they should be placed on an equal footing with their European rivals. We look for important results from this ex pedition. Coal, wood, and other naval and commer cial items should be sought for, good porta of refuge in the adjacent islands should be marked out, and the in tricacies and dangers of a sea now unknown should be laid down. Era many years the commerce of the United States will fill the whole Pacific Ocean, and our hardy sailors will be able to thread the innumerable islets and channels with as much ease as they now do our own coast, if the scientific expedition now under weigh pro perly fulfils the mission it is charged with." The New York Morning Express alludes to the activity prevailing in tha Naval dockyards : " Our special correspondent telegraphs us from Wash ington, that there is great activity in the Navy Depart ment, and that almost every vessel capable of Fain; put in commission will, as early as practicable, be put to sea. The Japan expedition will get away in November, and Commodore AlL'Aulay will remain in the Pacific until all things are made quiet there. Intelligence has reached Washington that a large number of vessels, chartered for loading with guano at the Lobos Islands, and now on.their way there, are in:danger:of being seized 'or arrested in a business which has hitherto been re garded as legitimate and regular." " Indignation" meetings to discuss the affairs of Cuba and the treatment of United States' vessels had been numerous. They were most of them charac terized by great disorder. It would L 3 a waste of space to quote the ravings of the adventurers, who chiefly addressed the assembled mobs. Two of the engineers of the United States' mail steamship Franklin, Rhodes and Woodhull, were under examination at New York on a charge of causing the death of $ stoker named Fortune. Our advises from San Francisco, California, are to the 16th of September. The mining news is very brief. Little was doing, owing to the scarcity of water. The crops were very abundant, and in vari ous parts of the country flour-mills were being erected. The health of San Francisco continued good, but at Sacramento the cholera was very virulent. In some , of the mining districts sickness was very prevalent. Murders and robberies were more than usually rife. Our advices from Kingston, Jamaica, come down to the sth inst. The smallpox bad :subsided. Rain had falleo • all over the island, and the weather was cool. The House of Assembly was to meet about the lot of next month. A number of peiAons were preparing to emierate to Australia. Sugar, dark 18s., and good to fine 20s. to 235. pr 100 lb. Caven dish tobacco was very dull, and leaf scercely more active. The Morning Journal of Kingston says that the Coolies on the northern part of the island had abandoned the estates on which they were employed. The Panama Herald, speaking of the Lobos Is lands seys : " (1n the 10th of September, the ship Manlius, from Now York, arrived at the islands for the purpose of pro curing guano. She anchored in a fog, which, however, soon cleared away, and was than discovered by the Pe ruvian war steamer Rimac. General Deustua, Com mander-General of Marine, mounting that steamer, at once summoned the captain on board, and showed the decrees of the Peruvian Government, forbidding vessels of all nations touching at said islands, either for the purpose of sealing or loading guano. The captain re plied that he understood he was prosecuting a legiti mate commercial enterprise; stating, at the same time, that it was not his intention to inrringe any of the laws or regulations of Peru; that he had been misled, as he was then fully aware, and would immediately get under weigh, and quit the islands, requesting at the same time a recommendatio n from tho Commander-General to the Government's agents at Lima for a charterparty on ac count of the said Government, so as to be enabled to return home with a cargo of guano, either from that or an y of the Government' s d epos i ts. The Commander- General willingly granted his request, without, how ever; taking upon himself any positive compromise, and leaving the case entirely at the option of the Govern ment' or its agents:: The reported discovery of gold mines at a small port north of Callao had excited great interest at Callao and Lima, and a vessel was fitting up for the conveyance of passengers to the spot. Large quan tities of quartz had been found, but gold was scarce. In the New York stock market there was a good demand for Government and State stocks, and prices were well sustained. Railroad bonds were also in good demand. SHIPPING IN rELLIGENCE. se A wa r i r l i . v f e r d om at LNievwerpYooorlk;—Aßbabdoitusbefivroermolla.,: J. D ; W arl . in D g: ' from Malaga • Constantine, from L . v er eu po I steamer v , e f d ro a m t P L b iv il e a r r p lc o d o p i h . ia—City ot Manchester, screw Portland,Arrived f from m San i v eFrrpaonocl ; i s c v T i dos from s ar, from Corneli a , f rom Cardiff. The bark E m i ly, of London, Failed from Panama for BordeauxCardi Cardiff : San Francisco, on the 7th of March, and after being out 95 days, put into San Bias, with 19 of the passengers dead. Th e passengers were then transferred to the Archibald Gr ac i e , and they were 65 days on the passage to San Francisco, during which 18 more of the passen gers died. The sufferings endured by the unfortunate passengers are almost beyond description. For the last 13 days of the passage they were on an allowance of a pint of water p-r day, and totally without provisions. TAHITI, July 23.—Her Majssty's steamer Dido struck o n a reef in entering the harbour, and carried away part of her false keel, &c. She was under orders to proceed direct to England for repairs. THE SUN, LONDON, TTPURSDAY"EVENING, O;CTOBER 2e.,, 1869. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF 13ANKB,UrICI—OcT. 27. (Before Mr. Commissioncr Foublanque.) IN BE BENTLEY. The blnk - rnpt, a rileesern , ),,gere cf Smithfi-ld-baeg, applied for hia cert:fiJafe. His debts to unsecured cre ditors were 1,0141.; those holding security, 2,0451.; assets, about 1,5001. Mr. Sturgeon supported. There was no opposition. His Honour granted a second class certificate, observ ing that, but for the accomodation bills, he should have granted one of the first class. IN RE HODIIE. This was the certificate meeting in the case of W. Hodge, wholesale stationer, of Great Marlborough street. The accounts commenced in January, 1850, with a deficienq of 791/., and closed in April last, with 5,992/., and assets about 1,000/. The profits had been 410/.; bad debts, 1,079/.; losses on realising pro perty, 566/.; trade and domestic expenses, 2,8851. Mr. 11. Linklater, for the assignees, offered no op position. His Honour said, the brankrupt could only havea certificate of the third class, after a suspension of six months, with protection, IN RE RUMSEY. This was the certificate meeting in the case of W. S. Rumsey, druggist, of Upper Thames street. The ac counts showed a sum of 3,023 L due to creditors, with assets of 6001. Mr. Linklater opposed for a creditor, Mr. Ross. The bankrupt, it appeared, had sold on commission for the opposing creditor, and had failed to p 337 over all the monies received on his account. His Honour said it was impassible but to observe that the bankrupt had traded very recklessly. In 1848 there was a large deficiency, and he ought to have known that from that time he could not go on and do justice to his creditors. His expenses had greatly ex ceeded the profits, but it was quite clear that the business could not be carcied on to any great extent in any other way. So far there was some little justifica tion for the bankrupt. Trammelled as the bankrupt was by the agreement made with Mr. Ross, which agreement was an exceedingly hard bargain, it might have been foreseen that, travelling throughout the United Kingdom with no allowance for current ex penses, the result would have been as it had. The deficiency had commenced at an early period, and it did not appea• that Mr. Ross had made much objection to the course that had been pursued by the bankrupt in this respect. He could not but consider that the con tinual submission of Mr. Ross had amounted to a sanc tion of the bankrupt's conduct. At a meeting of creditors, who had consented to a very easy composi tion of ss. in the pound, Mr. Ross did not tell them that the bankrupt had acted dishonestly ; and, believing that the transaction with Mr. Rosa had not assumed the feature of fraud, the bankrupt would receive a third-class certificate, after six months' suspension, with protection. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Oat. 27. OLD COURT. (Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock.) MANSLAUGHTER John Lewis, 22, was indicted for the wilful murder of Richard Stannett by stabbing him with a knife. The prisoner by a coroner's inquisition wee charge 3 with the offence of manslaughter only. Mr. Bodkin, counsel for the prosecution, in opening the case, said that although the grand jury had thought fit to find a bill for murder against the prisoner, he felt bound to admit that it appeared to him that the evidence would not support' the charge, but that the offence, committed by the prisoner amountee, in point of fact, to the crime of manslaughter only. He was afraid, how ever, that it would be made to appear very clearly that the prisoner, in a moment of excitement and passion, had caused the death of a fellow-workman by stabbing him : and although he had undoubtedly received a good deal of provocation before he committed the act, yet that would not in law be a sufficient justification ; and it appeared to him that the Jury would have no elter native in the performance of their duty but to find the prisoner guilty of the minor offence of manslaughter. The following witnesses were then examined:— Joseph Rawbone deposed that he was a shoemaker, and lived with his brother at Old Brentford. The de ceased Richard Spannett was an apprentice to his bro ther, and the prisoner was also in his sere:ce, end they all three were in the habit of working together in the same shop. They were so engaged on the 16th Oct., and during the day there had been a good deal of " larking ' going on between them, and the deceased went in a playful manner towards the prisoner and laid hold of him. The prisoner was is a very great passion at his doing this, and said that if he did ,not leave him alone he would stick a knife in him. There was a knife which he used in his work lying on his seat, and the prisoner snatched it up, and witness laid hold of his hand and said he would not loose it unless be promised to put the knife down. The deceased upon this loosed his hold of him, and witness let go his hand; and Stan nett, as he left go of the prisoner, attack him on the face, and the instant the blow was given the prisoner stabbed him in the belly with the knife, and he stag gered back, exclaiming " You have done it at last," Upon being cross-examined, the witness admitted that the " larking" ho had referred to, principally consisted in worrying the prisoner, and it appeared that all sorts of tricks, such as placing cobbler's wax on his seat, smack ing his face, &c., had bean practised upon him. He also admitted that the prisoner had repeatedly complained to his brother of the manner in which he was annoyed and insulted by the deceased. Charles Blake, a police constable, deposed that he took the prisoner iota custody, and upon telling him that he was che-ged with stabbing Stannett, he asked if he had hurt him much, and when he informed him that ha was stabt ad in the belly, and that it was a very serious charge, he said he was very sorry for what he had done, but they had aggravated him to do it. He also said that the knife wes by his side, and that he took it up in the first instance merely to frighten them and prevent them from annoying him. Mr. Buckland, the house surgeon at SL George's Hos pital, proved that the deceased was brought t 3 that establishment, and that he was found to have received a very severe wound in the abdomen, and that be died on the following morning from the consequence of that injury. Mr. Ballantine, in addressing the jury for the priso ner, urged that there was no evidence whatever to sustain the charge of wilful murder, and said it was clear that tee unfortunate prisoner had no intention in the first in stance to do mischief to the deceased or any other per son, but that he had been goaded to commit the act by the insults that were practised upon him, and the actual violence committed upon his person at the time by the deceased. Several highly respectable witnesses, among whom was Mr. Buzzard, the vestry clerk of St. James's, Westmin ster, by which pat;sle the prisoner had been apprenticed, were call :.d to sneak to his charact3r, and they all con curred in describing him as being a particularly inoffen sive, harmless lad. His conduct in other respects also appeared to have been most exemplary, and he had re ceived a good conduct mode! from the palish antho- rit ies. The learned judge having summed up, the jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, but at the same t;me strongly recommended him to mercy, on account of his previous good character, and the great provocation he had received. Sentence was postponed. CANNON TUE SWEEP. James Cannon, 31, sweep, was indicted for the capital offence of feloniously inflicting upon Michael Dwyer certain bodily injuries dangerous to life, with intent to murder him, The prisoner is the man whose name has been so fre quently recently before the public, and whose brutality on so many occasions appears to have rendered him the orror of tho neighbourhood where ho resided. He was tizd on Tuesday at the Surrey sessions, and sentenced t 3 two years' hard labour for a violent assault arising out of the same transaction, and was removed to the gaol of Newgate by habeas to take his trio! on the pre sent charge. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. Mr. Bodkin, in his address to the jury, said that the case now before them was one which would ordinarily have been presented in the form of an aggravated misde meanor, but there were some circumstances connected with the present transaction which appeared to have jus tified the commissioners of police, by whom the prosecu• tion was instituted, in preferring a charge of felony against the prisoner for having committed a most despe rate and violent assault upon one of their officers, with the intent to murder him. The case had created a good deal of public interest, and had occasioned some remarks in the public journals; and if the jury had r ea d t h ose reinarka, he trusted they would dismiss them from their minds, and not allow them in any way to prejudice the prisoner, but decide the case solely upon the evidence that would be laid before them in support of the char ge . The learned counsel then proceeded to direct the atten tion of the jury to the statute upon which the indict ment was framed, and said that if they should be of opi nion, from the conduct and declarations of the prisoner at the time of the occurrence, and from the dreadful in juries ho inflicted, that he really intended . to murder th e icfutuhsatatlailoet,eint intent a u s l d u beot madetheir douutty t 0 00 their find him satisfaction,lty ; but, h explained to them that by a recent alteration in the law they would have no alternative but to acquit him alto gether. Michael Dwyer, the prosecutor, who still appeared to be suffering dr e adfully from the injuries he had received, being unabl e t o s t an d or w alk without ass istance, division, de posed that he was a police-constable of the P and on the evening of the 13th of September, he was on . duty at the Camberwell police-station, when he received information that there was a disturbance at a public house called the Bricklayers,' Arms, and he proceeded there to put an end to it. On his arrival at the place, he found the prisoner standing outside tho public-house, and about a 150 people round him. The prisoner ap peared to have received a hurt on his head, and was bleeding, his clothes were bloody, and witness asked him to accompany him to a doctor and have his wound dressed. The prisoner at first seemed willing to do so, and walked with him a short distance quietly, and he then stnldenly stopped, stooped down, seized witness by bis legs, and threw him down upon his back with great violence, and the moment he was on the ground the pri soner jumped three times up on hi s c h est an d stomach. He then threw himself down upon him and put his hand inside his stock, and would heiwe chocked him if the stock had not broken. While he Was doing this the prisoner exclaimed, " You - - I'll do for you now." Witness struggled as well as he was able, and got on the top of the prisoner, and laid hold of his hands, and when he did so, the prisoner att em pted to bite him. Re held the prisoner as long he could, and he then got up, and witness also. Thy , prisoner stepped inch end put his arms in a fighting positi , )7, and when wi'ness raised his hands to protect his hnad the prisoner :ltoop47d down and run at him. and " butted" him zo the ground with his head. Whilt, ho was upon the ground the prisoner ran up to him and kieleal hire, at the same time excieiming, You --, I'll do for you now." Ho was injured in such a dreadful manner by the last attack of the prisoner that it was some moments before ho recovered, and the priso ner leaned over him, and on his getting on his legs the prisoner again "butted" him down in the same manner, , and he then attempted to kick him again in the sto mach, and said, "You -, I'll give you another downer, and you'll never f ise again." After a short time he re covered a little, and got up and drew his truncheon, and he then heard somo one in the crowd say, " Well done, Cannon, give it the --' " and the prisoner then tried to get his truncheon away from him, Some other constables had by this time come up, and one of them, named Thorne, was knocked down by the prisoner. He was at length secured, but it required the exertions of six constables and three private persons, to convey him to the station-house. Witness was then taken to Mr. Flower, the surgeon of the division, and he remained in bed for three weeks, and was still under his care None of the persons in the crowd rendered him assist anee while the prisoner was ill-using him, although he asked them to do so. The prosecutor, in answer to questions put by the prisoner, denied that he first accosted him and told him to go on. He also denied having caused the wound on hie head by striking him with his truncheon, and said ho knew nothing about the way in which the wound was received. By Mr. Bodkin—He had been on duty at the station house, all the afternoon, and did not go out until he re ceived information of the disturbance. The Chief Baron to the prosecutor—Yon mean to say that you were not near the place at all at the time men tioned by the prisoner ? Prosecute: —C:.rtainly, my lord. Mr. C. Sic,, us, the landlord of the Bricklayer' Arms, deposed that, in consequence of the disturbance that was going on outside his house, he sent to the police station for assistance. There was a great crowd of persons, and the prisoner was among them, and when he asked him to move on he immediately struck at him, bat missed him. He had a wound on his head at this time. John Collins, a printer, living in the neighbourhood, deposed that he was present at the time of the occurrence The prisoner had a wound on his head before the con stable came up, and he was very violent, and no one dared to pass him on the pavement. lie saw the, prose cutor go up to him and advise him to go to a doctor and have his wound erased, and he at first appeared to be inclined to do so, bat when he had gone a few yards he threw the constable !own and jumped upon him. The witness then confirmed the evidence of the prosecutor with regard to the subsequent conduct of the prisoner. The prisoner, in an impudent tone, asserted that this witness was drunk at the time, and that he did not see anything that occurred, In answer to a question put by Mr. Bodkin, however, the witness declared that he was quite sober, and that he had not d, ank anything ia during the day likely to make biro intoxicated. Joseph Thoi ce, the constable referred to by the pro secutor in his evidence, was examined, and he confirmed his testimony with regard to the conduct of the prisoner after his arrivel, Mr. J. S. Flower, the police surgeon, deposed that upon seeing the prosecutor after the occurrence, he found him in a very faint and exhausted condition, and he com plained of very great difficulty in breathing, and also of great pain in his abdomen and other parts of his per son. There were very extensive bruises on several parts of his body, and he spat and vomited blood at the time, and had continued to do so, more or less ever since. There were indications of his having received some severe ir 4 .ernal injury. The injuries he had received occasioned very great constitutional disturbance, and for ten days witness considered his life was in imminent danger. He was still under witness's care, and he di3 not believe he would ever again be fit for his duty. The prosecutor was about 26, and before this occurrence was as fine and hearty a young man as could be seen. This was the case for the prosecution. The Chief Baron asked the prisoner whether be wished to say anything in answer to the charge? The prisoner replied in a sullen tone, that he nad nothing to say. He did not know that he was coming then to be tried. He thought he had already been tried "in the case," and was sentenced to two years' imprison ment. Mr. Bodkin said he thought it right, in consequence of what the prisoner had said, to state that the prisoner had been tried for the assault on the other constable, Thorne, _ _ . The Chief Baron said they had nothing to do with that case on the present occasion, and he again asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything to the jury in answer to the present charge? The prisoner, sullenly—l have nothing to say. His Lordship then summed up the case. He stated to the jury that the prisoner was indicted under a statute which made it a capital felony for a person to cause bo dily injury to another by any means with intent to mur der him, and, therefore, he said, every person convicted under the statute would be liable to suffer death; and tho case was consequently one which demanded their most serious consideration. The section under which the in dictment was framed was very short. and it was to the effect that if any person should administer poison to an other, or stab or wound such p arson, or ny any other means whatever inflict upon another bodily injury den gerous to life with intent to commit murder, such person should be deemed goilty of felony, and the question the jury would have to consider in the present case was whe ther the evidence established against the prisoner any of the acts contemplated by the section of the Act of Parlia ment to which ne bad referred. Thi s was certa i n l y the first t - nae in his experience that an indictment had been framed upon this statute where no weapon had been made use of ; but at the same time it was perfectly clear that a person of gre,lt bodily strong h was qu'.te compe tent to do such injury to another, as would bri ng hi m within the scone of one portion of the section It wf.9 his duty to tell them that if the constable had died from the iejtseies he received, the act of the prisoner would have amounted to murder, sod it appeared to him that the two questions the July would havo to decide were, first, had the prisoner made use of the bodily strength which he appeascd to possess to cause i n j ur i es t o t h e prosecutor dangerous to life, end seco n dl y , an d w hi c h was certainly the most difficult of the t wo to d ec id e, h a d he at the time he inflicted thi-se injuries the intention to kill him They rimst be nerfectly satisfied upon both those points, and pa!Licularty upon the latter before they could cons ict the prisoner unou the present charge, and if the intent was not proved to th eir sat i s f eet i on they must acquit the ptlsoner altogether. The jury has:ng deliberated a sh or t time, tumid round and expressed a wish to know whether the pre vious cons:c.ion of the prisoner referred to the present charge. Ttie Chief Baron said he had already stated that they had nothing whatever to do with that conviction. The feet had been introduced by tho prisoner into the pre sent inquiry very improperty, andaltogether the jury ou g ht to dis miss it altog e ther from their minds. Tney then again deliberated for a short time, when they gave a verdict finding the prisoner Guilty of the capital che-go. The Chief Baron postponed passing sentence, and the quite astounded at th e ver di ct, prisoner, who seemed was then removed from the bar. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) BIGAMY. !T . John Ware, 31, painter, was indicted for feloniously marrying Jane Edwards, his wife being then and now alive. The evidence proved that the prisoner married his first wife in 1845, but she being a profligate character, left her, and married in 1847 the second woman, who carried on the business of a dressmaker, and had th e lease of the house she lived in. After ;hey had bca, together about one year, he commenced ill-treating her, caused her to sell the lease of her house, the proceeds of which he squandered away in gambling, and finally, after a series of ill-usage, kicked her out of the house at 12 o'clock at night. In answer to the Court, the amend wife said that she sold the lease of her house for 201,, which he got from her. He never provided her with any money, and she had, by her own hard work, to support the house—he squandering away all the money he got in betting and other gambling. The jury found him Guilty. The Recorder said there were some circumstances in the case of a mitigatory character, as far as the first wife was concerned, but his conduct to the second was very bad. lle was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. EMBEZZLEMENT. Charles Dawes, 27, clerk, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling two orders for the sums of 8L and 101 17s. 6d., the property of Ambrose John Rolli, his master. The Recorder ordered him to be imprisoned and kept to hard lard labour for twelve calendar months, STREET ROIMERY. Caroline Arnold, 34, widow, was convicted of stealing two bank notes for 101,, and monies from the person.of Samuel Sterne. The case was this. Prosecutor bal Leen stopped by prisoner on Tower-hill, and she having robbed him, a man came up and assaulted prosecutor, but police coming up she was secured and the man escaped. The Recorder, in passing sentence, said that he wished it to be publicly known, that if any men acting as bullies to the class of women to which the prisoner belonged were convicted before him, he should inflict the heaviest penalty the law allowed. There was scarcely a worse class of offence. Ile should not visit this prisoner with the full power alio% od bin, but transport her for seven years. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Edmund Hasher, 19, tailor; Wm. Churchill, 21, tailor; and George Langl e y, 20, l a b o urer, were indicted for bur glariously breaking icto the poor-house of St. Pancras, and stealing a quantity of clothing, the property of the directors of the poor of that parish. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted, and stated the follow'n; case to the Jury:—Early on the morning of the Ist of Octo• ber, some of the police on duty near the St. Pancras Workhouse saw Langlay coinin4 along the rod with a large bundle, and he was shortly afterwards joined by the prisoner Husker, to whom he gave the bundle. The first officer waited till another constable came up, and Husker was seized on the spot, but the other two bolted. Langley, after a smart run, was taken on the spot, but Churchill was not taken until the next day. Husker, when seized by the police, took from his pocket a large flint, with which he inflicted a serious wound on the officer's forehead. When searched, he was found to hare , thron pairs of tromusta on. It was directly found that tin property belonged to the r.wkhouse, end that 1 the tailor's shop of the workhouse had bzen broken ino, and the teings taken from there and the storehouse. Alt Cie prisoners harl been inrnat:).; but a Short time before, e•nd Hasker hztl wofl:c3 in the shop. Tt' jury convicted Churchill and Langley, linker pleading guilty. Langley was again indicted with jitmeg Smith for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Frederick Reeve. They both pleaded guilty. Mr. Sleigh prosecuted, and said that in this case the prosecutor's house, 27, Pembroke Cottages, Caledonian road, had been entered, and a quantity of clothing stolen ; the police, however, caught the two prisoners before they could get away with their booty, and after much struggling and ill-usage to the officers they were ecured, and Langley was identified as having bean the one that escaped the previous night. Smith. Hacker, and Churchill were then sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour in the [louse of Correction, and Langley having been before convicted, was transported for seven years. • w' ' _~"S~ 1111DDLLSEX SESSIONS—Oct. 27. (Before Mr. Sergeant Adams Assistant-Judge, at Clerkpnwell.) The Court sat to-day to hear bail oases. William Carter, William Lenn y, a n d J o h n C o lli ns were indicted, charged with h av i ng assau l te d J ohn Reeve and Stephen Sylvester, metropolitan police con stables, whilst in the execution of their duty. From the evidence, it turned out that Carter and Lenny, with some others, were making a disturbance at a public-house in Norton-folgate, about three o'clock on the morning of the 19th of this month. Reeve was called in by the landlord to clear the house, and, after this was effected, Carter and Lenny got up a fight out side. Reeve interfered to separate them, but Lenny swore he would not be conquered by the police, and struck him on the head with a pewter pot wnich he had in his hand, and which blow stunned him. He struck him again, but Reeve caught hold of Lenny, and, whilst Carter was attempting to pull him away, Sylvester came up, and between them they appre hended Carter, who resisted very violently. Sylvester then took Lenny into custody, and at this time Collins came up and knocked Sylvester down by a blow is the face, and kicked him He caught at Sylvester's hat and handkerchief, which wore on the ground, and ran away into his house. He followed and cap :Ird him on the landing, but Collins tripped him up, and they fell down stairs together , but he afterwards got him t o th o ctation house. The defendants had been drinking. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The learned judge thought it but right to notice the straitforwnrd manner in the which the police had given their evidence, without any attempt at exaggeration. When the police acted improperly, they were censured; and it was only justice to give due praise when they did right, He then sentenced Lenny to six, Collin.. to four, and Carter to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour. ; Some cases, of no public interest, were disposed o and the court adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 3 MANSION-HOUSE.—Alfred Hurst, aged 13 years was brought before Alderman Lawrence, charged with having stolen a pair of boots from a shop in Bishopsgate street. The prisoner, who has been frequently imprisoned for theft, was dressed like an errand boy, and wore an apron, which was tightly tucked round his waist, but could in an instant be let down, and be used as a bag or cover for property of large bulk, An officer said—l saw the prisoner, as I was going along, look earnestly through the window of the shop, and having had him in custody for stealing boots before, I had no doubt of his intention. In a moment he slipped into the shop, and was out again with the boots, which he was just going to deposit in his apron when I appre hended him, and then he threw down the proprrty. A!derman L twrence—You have had occasion to appre hend him before? Officer—l caught him before in the act of stealing boots from the next bootmaker's to that where I appre hended him last night. He has been summarily con victed three times for theft. He has been whipped twice, and he has been once tried at the Old Bailey, and been sentenced to be imprisoned for three months. The prisoner— :Co: I have been whipped but once, and sentenced sr I r zrily or'y twice. Alderman Lawrence—Have you father or mother? Prisoner--Yes, both. They live in Spitalfields. Officer—l could not find them. The boy cannot tel, truth. The moment he gets loose from prison he begins to steal. Alderman Lawrence (to th e b oy )—Wh y d o you not live with your father and mother? They won't have you, I suppose? Prisoner—lt's not that ; but I live in Brick-lane. Alderman Lawrence—With whom? Prisoner—l am there lodging by myself in one of the lodging-houses. I get my living by jobbing about Alderman Lawrence—Neither whipping or imprison ment seems to have any effect upon you, but I must try them both again You must go to Bridowell for 21 days, and be there soundly whipped. BOW STREET.—John Fcrd, a man of decent ap pearance, was brought bfore Mr. Henry, charged with obi-lining money by means of a forged order for the Adelphi Theatre. A lad named White stated that lest right he met and pu ,, ehased feom the defendant at a publ'n-house, for eighteenpanc2, the " order" produced. Witness obtained admission on presenting the order at the Adalphi Theatre, but was imicied'.-tely removed on the order Laing e..scovered t) b a forgery. It wag signed Nugent." The defendant said he had the order as a present from Mr. Pe , mer; rid Mr. John Palmer, who attended for the ptrrpoc3, said he lied been pt,zent 3d w:th the order by his friend, M-. Mitahell. Mr. E Mitchell, of 4, Wilson-str( .)t, Gray's-inn-road, picture-frrme maker, said that a small deformed min, who represented himself a 3 a reporter for the news papers, and privileged to grant orders for the theat"es, met Fm about a week or a fortnight since at a public house, and gave him the ticket in question,with anothe r datedCle` 20, for the Mechelics' lustituc'oe. The per son calling himself "Nugent" gave away the orders, and only partook of so - re gin and wat3r. Police-constable 62 F said that the system had been curried on for the le3t eighteen months, but the police were as yet without slimes; The Treasurer of the AdelpF. attended, and statt that the order was not genuine. and no person named '• Nugent" was authorized to grant orders for the Adel phi; out a gentleman of that name was connected with ore of the theatres, who, of course, could have known nothing of the use ride of his name, if that were what was intended. _ _ Mr. Henry said it appeared that the defendant and the witnesses came by the orders innocently. The de• fondant should return the is. 6d. to the complainant (who ought to have known that the "order" was not genuine), and be discharged. 'I ne police would endea vour to trace out the really guilty party, who would then be punished; the witnesses would of course g i ve t h e police every assistance in their power, prdeularly the witness Mitchell, who personally knew him. Mr. ~it3hell said he would give the party into cus. tody when he saw him. The defendant was then dis charged. THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH. , Mark L)mon's drama of " Sea and Land " has been produced here in past week witk signal success. The scenery, painted by Mr. J. Roberts, displayed a highly creditable amount of artistic skill, and was exceedingly admired. The piece was well put upon the stage, and ' the parts efficiently filled. Wild Meg is undoubtedly the best character in the piece, and in the care of Ma dame Lcaleizq it wee most cleverly executed. The au thor hag painted wild and uneducated nature in all its simplicity beautifully, and the audience experienced the pleasure of having it rendered in its true spirit by Ma dame Leclercq, who sustained this very difficult part with consummate ability. Her acting throughout was most exquisitely natural, and those who have no recol lectio❑ of this accomplished lady but as a very graceful end clever dancer, would be astonished, as well as delighted, at witnessing her truly admirable persona tion of Wild Meg. Mr. Crouch was well played by Mr. J. W. Ray, and Tom Potts by Mr. G. Smythson, in his own peculiarly funny style, which drew down repeated laughter. Ned Bradley was truthfully given by Mr. Elabee Shaw, and Mr. Miles found a good use for his miginality in rendering the character of the eccentric Mr, Poppy. Throughout the week, " One Thousand Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings " was the concluding piece, and despite, or perhaps in conse quence of, its exaggerations, kept the house in continu ous roars of laughter. The second Concert of the series to be given at this Theatre during the forthcoming winter season,ltook place on Friday night, when the house was fully attended by a highly respectable audience. The appearance of Madame Weiss, Mr. H. Weiss, and Mr. Travers, from the principal London Theatres, whose vocal abilities are so well known as to need no encomiums was hailed with evident satisfaction, and their charming and clever exe cution of the various selections in the prcgiamme, re ceived unbounded and well-merited approbatit a. Mrs. Henry Reed presided at the piano -forte, and performed Souvenir d'L Capuletti and Fantaise Don Pasquale with great brilliancy, both of which difficult compositions were rapturously applauded, The instrumental performers did justice to the selections assigned to them, and much credit is due to Mr. H. Reed (the conductor), for his exertions in producing such good musical effect. The elegant Music Hell was brilliantly lighted up and taste fully arranged, and its gay and refreshing appearance conduced materially to the enjoyment of the entertain ment We hope that Mr. Newcombe will find these concerts realize his expectations, es we feel confident that he spares no exertion in catering for the rational amusement of the put' c. lAD VERTIRE MEN T.] OLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS FOR THE CURE OF WOUNDS IN TIIE LW:F.—Ex tract of a letter from Mrs. Simpson, of Bramley, near Leeds,, dated October 16, 1852.--a To Professor Hollo way.—Sir,--I was afflicted for eighteen months with a very bad leg, in which there were three deep wounds, I tried all kinds of remedies, and was under the care of dif ferent surgeons here, and at Leeds, but derived no benefit from their treatment. I was at last'advised to resort to your ointment and pills, and I am happy to say, that by the use of these valuable medicines, my leg is ' completely cured and as sound as ever it wes."—Sold by all druggists, and at Pro fessor Holloway's establisment, 244, Strand, London. - NEW ROUTE FROAI NE TV YORK TO THE PACIFIC. Tio) following larer, dwed .` Totalsintin, Aug. 20," appedrs inn nun:: uttib:lr in New York Herrld " Poviblv, from tha date of this letter, you may wi:'ll to know where I am, and before prveetling father it would be as well to state that Totalsintla is Oil tho Mas ada river, a stream which takes its rise in the territory or Flaxcala, north of Pua4bla ; thence flowing south for 150 miles, it turns to the west, and for 550 milts runs 4 , n that course till it empties into the Pacifio Ocea❑ at Zacstula, 310 miles north or west of Acapulco. Totttl sinqa is 100 miles north or Acapulco, and 150 miles south of the city of Mexico, and ire the road between these two cries crosses the Muscata "Last winter you made some kind of a prediction that by this river, the shortest. cheapest, and most ex °editions roWe to California would ba found, and the distance pride from New York to San Francit,eo in 15 lays. Well, your prediction is likely to b•e realized, and ,hat speedily. N..w I will tell you how I came to be hero. You are aware of the grant made to Colonel Ramsay for the exclusive navigation of the Muscala diver from its mouth at 7. teatala to the boundary line o f the S-ate of Puebla, 450 miles above. The company in New York with whom Colonel Ramsay is connected have determined to make a earful survey of this river, to find out haw far it is navigable, and for what kind of steambeats. For that parpose a party have been sent out to make a careful exploration of the river, and see whether the grant to Colonel Ramsey is worth improv ing. Consequently, that gentleman, along with Capt Reynolds, of Flushing; Mr. Farnum, of New York; Capt. Holtz:lager, of the Mexican Navy; and myself, with several servants, are now here on that work. Our boats—metallic life-boats, built by Francis, in New York—our instruments, stores, &c., were permitted to enter the port of Vera Cruz, free of duty. The Govern , ment further offered to assist in any other way possible. The Governor of Puebla proposed to have the boats, &c., transported from the city of Puebla to the boundary line at his own expanse, and he gave us letters to the Pre fecal along our route, by which wo were furnished with every kind of assistance needed. From the city of Puebla we drove south, down through one of the most beautiful and rich valleys in the world, in a high state of cultivation, with its haciendas of corn, cattle, sugar, and cotton. The road is excellent at all seasons for stages, winding down with a slight grade, so that at 14 leagues from Puebla we were in the hot country. At this dis tance our road turned abruptly to the west, which brought the snow mountain of Popocatapel which is 2,000 feet higher than Mont Blanc) to the north of U 2, instead of to the west, as it had been the day before Still driving down the valley ,or 14 more leagues, the road continuing to be excellent throughout, we came within five leagues of the State line. For all this dis tance the country is thickly inhabited; and some of the haciendas, or plantations, are valued at from 500,000 dols. to 800,000 dols. Wherever we stopped at any of these wo were handsomely entertained. " We were now five leagues from the point on the river where Ramsay's grant commences; and, as there was no carriage road, although one could easily be made, the boats had to he transported on the shoulders of na tises, who were ordered to this work by the Prefect. No less than 140 men were thus employed at 18e. per day, the price fixed by the Alcaide. In two days we had our boats in the water, and we raado our starting point from Mesquitelan, wnich is the first village in the State Guerrero, on the river-bank. We had expected to meet with many impediments for some leagues, in the shape of rocks, rapids, and shoal water, for, although this is the rainy season, the weather has proved to be very dry, and the river only two feet above low water-mark. We shoved off from the shore at Mesquitelan with all our party on board, and Captain Pacheco, who was ordered up the river to join us, as commissioner ou the part of the State of Guerrero. The people turned out in full force to see us off, and to cheer us on our voyage. Our course for four leagues, lay to the south, and the❑ westerly between high and precipitous, well-wooded mountains, some of them nearly 1,000 feet high. Their sides were covered with a dense forest, iu which were noticed in great abundance Brazil and Nicrrauag wood, mahogany, and many other dye or choice trees. The river wise about 100 yards wide, seven feet deep, with a three•knot current, The rapids and rocks spoken of so frequently were but trOng impediments to steam-boat navigation. We came about eight leagues the first day, where 500 dolls, will remove all obstacles in a week, You may form some estimate how careful was our sur vey when it took 18 pages of writing to record the observations made. "We pct to shore at the village of Slal-co so-titian, where we spent the night. The next day we arrived here, making 50 miles in the two days. About one league below the village mentiono3, the river Atanango ()ricers from the no-th, and is as large as the Mascule. All map makers haze made the mistake of marking the Atanango for the Mtr. Jule, and at 3 , 70 the mouth of the Atanango they hava made the Muc3ala flow to the south and east instead of to the west and south. Disturnell's map of Mexico, of 1815, is the only correctly printed map of the course of the Muscula or Zacatula. " We have already passed what are called all the bad places in the river, except one, a few leagues farther down, which I am informed is not worse than those above. We are now fully satisfied that this fiver is navigable for steamboats at all stages of water for 450 miles. This will bring us within 100 miles of Puebla, and 170 more to Vora Cruz ; rill excellent stage road, which can be driven over in 36 hours ; so that you may calculate es follows:—six days from New York to Vera Crrz in steamer, 36 hours across land to the Muscula liver, 4$ hours sown to the mouth of the river ; and five days thence to San Francisco--being less than 15 days from New York to San Francisco. " The river Muscala is the largest and longest river exclusively in the republic of Mexico. The port of Zocatoll, at its mouth, is the oldest port on the Pacific Ocean, being the place where Corte z b u il t hi s fi rst s hi ps on that sea, as is mentioned by all authors, including Prescott, in his history of the conquest. Among the old archives a record is made of the fact that Cortez transported iron, cordage, eau other articles from Veil Cs nx to tho head waters of the Muscala, and floated them don the river, so as to equip the first fleet built on the Pacific at the port of Z " The he , io Morelos, in tha wars of independence, improved o - this information, and brought up on rafts his arli.llery Mesquitelan, near which village he was captures'. " The survey MVO by order of the State of Puebla in the dry season in 1850, reports 31 feet of water in the channel from Mesquitelan to the Atanango river, and al feet thence for 15 leaguer, then 6 feet, then 20 feet, then 40 feet, and, for the lust 100 miles, 60 feet of water in the channel. A beautiful bay exits near the mouth, and Humboldt, in work on New Spain, frequently notices the port of Z.lcatula. Ye*, with all this, the im pression has prevaiied that the river was not navigable, first originating in the fact that it is not adapted to sail ing vessels, without ref eating that it might be so for steamboats. In the second place, the river has never been properly laid down on the charts, and all informa tion of the courses, distances, depths, and currents was confined to the simple natives on the banks, who only know it feom village to village, and wherever it ran between high mountains it was said to contain fulls. Again, the elevation of Puebla above the sea is known to be 7,000 feet, and many intelligent persons imagined that in 700 miles, by the course of the river, that descent could not be over come, without knowing the fact that within the first 100 miles i.nmediately below Puebla the descent is more than 3,000 feet. The elevation of Mesquitelan aoove. the sea is only 2,000 feet, and in the virago of Muscule, t,n miles below the place where I am now writing, Humboldt found the elevation to be less than 1,600 feet, Here is a river which has its mouth on the Pacific Ocean, directly west Lona Vera Cruz, end navigable for more than half the distance from port to port, and lying directly in the course, diminishing the distance by one half from Now Orleans to California, and the expense in the same proportion, unknown to geographers, impro ( perly leid down on charts, its mouth 100 miles east of Acapulco on the maps, instead of 300 miles wear, watering a valley for 500 miles which it was not known to enter, until New York enterprise and capital solve d the question and the difficulty. A grant of the river navigation was quietly obtained, the company sot about carrying out the enterprise, publication* in the papers spatingly made, as you well know, and this survey or dered without attracting any public att-lation." A NEW PENAL BILL.—The Irish morning organ of the Honel Catholic party has " reason to believe " that Lord Derby's Government contemplate the into duction of a new penal bill against the Catholic clergy as soon as Parliament shall assemble. The Freeman fin Cher adds, that the supposed object of this contem plated " invasion of religious liberty " (the " religious liberty" enjoyed by the Madia.is I) is the imposition of some peculiar rest rat upon the freedom of the clergy in their CK pacity of citizens. Whi!e doubting the ulti mate ability of the Ministry to carry such a measure as is here foreshadowed, the organ thinks it not improbable that, for the sake of exciting the sectatian passion in England, "on which Lord Derby knows well how to trade," a pr iposition of the sort described may be initi ated as soon as Parliament meets. All these speculations indicate manifest trepidation in the Roman camp. Many of the most violent and bigoted among the Roman Ca tholic laity have, it is well known, shrunk from the lengths to which the ,priests went to secure the return of their nomin, es at the late general election. MORE GOLD. —The Atlantic has brow ;ht in from New York specie to the value of 352,000 dollars, or about 76,4001. The amount of gold brought in by the Lima from Melbourne is stated at 34,813 ounces, worth 139,200/. The John Oldham has also arrived from Ade 7 leidc, with the small quantity of about 500 qunees of gold on board, This ve: , :A left the r: iy on tl e 13th May. [ADVERTI - STII;NT.] —THE ROYAL ExhaßlTlol4.—A valur ilo, newly-inver imd, very sina'l powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be scan and known lb miles distant ; they answer every purpos:s on the Race-course, at the Opera-houses ; country scenery rid ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles; they are in valuable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to Sports men, Gentlemen, Gamekeepers, and 'iourists.—Te be h a d at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York-hotel. Telescopes—A new and most important in vention in Telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers, that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, w ill show distinctly, Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weighing only three ounces, can be seen a person's countenance 34 miles distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other Lind for the waistco at p ocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera an d Race course glasses, with wondertt o powers; an object can b e clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable preservin g Spectacle Lenses ; immediately they are placed before i mper - - feet vision, every object appears clear and distinct; the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. The Invisible Or ganic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief of extreme deafness.-39, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, C' . serve, opposite the York Hotel. 41 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRE GRLAT NotairElni RAILWAY.— (Aliles in work, 285} .Return of Traffic for the Week ending Oct. 17, 1852: — Passengers, parcels, earring- oe , horses, dogs, and mails £6,727 4 11 Merchandise and minerals 7,1t48 15 6 Cattle 493 1 8 Total .. .•• £14,419 2 1 Corresponding week, 1851 (2411 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. £&503 14 11 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 5,444 2 4 • Total ... • ...£11,247 17 8 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY..-.l . Taflie for t" h week ending Oct. 24: RAILWAY. .PasAencr,ers, parcels, &c. Goods •• • • __ _ Total Passengers ... £2,487 7 6 ... 852 17 0 -- - ... £ 3.340 4 6 HT/SAM-BOATS. TOTAL. Passengore, parcels, &c. Goods ... £3Ol 3 5 • .£3,611 10 11 ▪ 852 17 0 --- Total X 3,641 7 11 CorrespolVing week last year ... 3,128 0 5 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 Oil° open.)--Traffic for week ending Oct. 24...£17,171 19 1 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) .. ...£15,516 10 2 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TraIIIe the week ending Oct. 23, 1862:-- Passengers (26,334), goods and parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,843 13 9 Corresponding week in last year 4,055 4 6 CORK I`ND BANDON RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)—Return of Traffic for the week ending Oct. 23, 1852: Passengers, parcels, &c. £lOB 19 8 Merchandise, cattle, &c.... 47 19 4 Total .. .. £156 19 Corresponding we e k in 1851 (10 miles open) : Passengers, parcels, &c. 34 0 Merchandise, cattle, &c.... 7 Total .. ••• ... £34 8 COUNTRY MARKETS OCT.EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 26.—There were 10 the meal market to-day 5 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs. imperial, which sold at 295. EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, OM 26 ."" . Oat straw, from 6s Od to Os Od per kemple of 16 stones tog wheat ditto, bs Od to 6s Od; barley ditto, 4s Od to in " Hay, from 7d to 9d per stone. DALICEITH, Ocr. 21.— Th e re l a ti ve we i g h t per four b us hels of the three p r i ces o f w h eat were 18st 121 b, 18st 31b, and 1•1 61 61b. Oats, 13st 01b, llst 91b, and lOst 81b. Barley, 16st 91b, 15st 51b, and 14 s t 51b. Peas and beans, 00st 01b, 00at 011 h and 00st 01bs. Qrs. B est. Current. Inferior . 318 Wheat .... ..... Z 2 8 0 £2 3 6 £1 15 0 648 Oats 923 Barley llO 0 15 6 1 2 uh Peas and B eans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 u Average of wheat l2 is Hid. DALIIITII MEAL MARKET, OCT. 25.—There were 1 , 11 the market to-d ay 76 bags of oatmeal, 2 bags of barleys" ' and 2 bags pot-barley ; sales dull. Oatmeal on the te? down 6d per bag, second the same as last week, and the lowest quality Is per bag down; top price of barleymeal tke same as last market; pot-barley is 6d per bag above the reel of last market. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third. imperial • ••• ••• 28s Od 26s Od 24s id Barleymeal, pe r ditt o 20s Od Od --5 Pe asenleal ••• ... —a Od —a Od —6 m od —s Od —a Od —5 "", Potbarley ••• ... 25s 6d —a Od Od COAL MARE Prices of Coal per ton at I Bate's West Hartley 15s 6d Buddle's W. Hartl ey 1 6s Odl Jonassolins Hartley l4s 6d, Newton Main North Percy Hartley lss 6(1 Pelton Main Ravensworth'sW.Hart 158 9d, Redheugh Main Stewart's Hartley 15s Od i'anfield Moor 143 81 Fantleld Moor Butes l4B Od Wylam ..... . t 163 Od X.-YESTERDAY. the close of the market : - Wall's End, &c. Brown Gosforth Harton Hebburn Heaton Hotspur lli 9d Johnson Eden Main Belmont 175 6d Braddyll Eletton Ships at market, 137.... Haswell ....... ...... .......... 183 „,0;1 u" Keepier Grange Lambton Pensher • l7B Ou Plummer Riehmund l 7B Oi Russell's Hetton Scarborough .. 17 8 00 iStewart's I Whitwell Cass op ... l7B 6 1 Kelloe !South Kelloe l7s SI !Thornley Backhouse l7B Od Pease's West l4s 9 , i i Tees ..... .... 18a vu, Woodhouse Close l6s 5 1 DerwentwaterHartley 15s 9' l Fothergill Aberdare Steam- 2os Oa Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff " 2lO 01 ~Sold, 86 linsold, 61. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market continues Mil l ' and good for all stocks currently dealt in. We have free buyers for the new account. which begins to-morrow. Th . following are the committee's authorized quotations .—Birice,ir head, Lancashi re , an d Ch eshire (late Chester and Birlanheaul 21% ; Caled on i an , 2 7% ; Eastern Counties. 12 5.16 ; Eas t Lancashire, 19 1 4 ; Great Northern, 20%; Lancashir e and Yorkshire, 87 1 A ; ditto, Fifth shares, 3 1 % dis, ; Leeds Northern (late Leeds an d Thirsk), 16 3 A ; London find North Western, 120; ditto, Fifth shares, 3 p. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 32K, ; Midland, 78 756 ; Ne w '„ s . castle and Carlisle, Q uar t er s h ares, 45; North British, North Staffordshire, 4 9-16; South Eastern and Dover, Yo; k and North Midland, 26%; Quebec and Richmon d ' % prem. MANCHESTER, Ocr. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a moderate extent of business at rather higher prices. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 1 7 : 2 dis.; Caledonian, 26:34 ; Eastern Counties, 12 3-16ths ; E as t L ancas hi re, 19,,i ; L an cashire and Yorkshire, 57%; London and North Western, 119 N Midlands, 77%; North Staff or d s hi re , 4i di s.; SouthEaeterno 21. The market closes firm. BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 27. 13C 1 STOCK EXCHANGIL—This market was steady to-day, a, the prices of shares look e d fi rmer . Sh rewsbury and , miugham Preference stock was done at 11%. LEEDS, Ocr. 27. - - STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done this morning b 5 been chiefly on speculation for the account middle of Novel' ber. Alidic - ids were closed at 78; Caledonians at 26 North British at 9 3 /, ; South Eastern a n d D overs , 241 . 35.9 d% Leeds Northerns, 104 ; ditto, Extensions, 1 4 dis. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-ofile e by the ..Ight—and M by the morning —dispatch.] When made up in; From what when PLACXS. General Post-( fti2cl port die- due. London. I patched. America (by Brit. pld.)N Oct 29 .. ..ILiverpool Nov. 1 America (by U.S. pl(t.) N Nov. 2 .. ..'Liverpool !Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) N Nov. 9 Southampt. Nov. 4 Australia (via South ampton) M 20th °leach re onth'Southampt. Nov. 24 Ditto (via Marseilles) N 24th of month Dover _ Nov. 17 *Ditto, viaC.of G.llopeN 2d of December Plymouth.. Nov. 30 Africa (West coast) N 23d of the month Plymouth Alexandria* • ..... N,191,1t& 30th of me. !Dover Oct. 29 Belgium .. •. N .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. M r 9th of the month Southampt. Nov. 16 Buenos Ayres M i 9th of the month Sonthampt. Nov, 16 Calitornia(viaCkragres) M,2d & 17th of montb Southampt. Nov. 1 tJape of Good Hope N,l4th of the month Plymouth.. Oct 26 Cape de Verds N,l4th of the month Plymouth.. Oct. 26 Constantinople* .. • • IV j 7th 17th 27th et mo Dover .. Oct, 30 Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. Nov. 1 Channel Isles • • .. N l iffon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tn. Tii•ls l Chill . leL2d & 17th of mnth Southampt. Nov. 1 France .. N, Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaw Greece* ••.•• . N, 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover Nov. 2 Harnburgh .• N Tuesday & Friday London Tnes. , ilolland .. .• MI Wodnes. & Satin'. London .. Sun. Thera Honduras N 17th of the mouth 3outhampt. Nov. 16 Ireland M& N, Tts ice daily .. Holyhead .. Twicoda ll7 India (via Southamp.) 111,20 th of the month Southampt. Nov. 21 India (vialti arseilles) N,Sth&24th frfmonth Dover .. Nov. 1 India, via C. of G. Hope N,l4th of month Plymouth Nov. 26 Mauritius .. 'l4th of month Plymouth.. Nov. 2 6 Mediterranean (via Southarcpton) .. Ai 20th of the month Sonthampt. Nov 9 4 Medite.ralean (via Marseilles) N 4th&24tls Ormond Dover .. Nov. 1 Mealco Id 2d or the month.. Sonthampt. Ist ea. My' Madeira .. 1.4 9th & 23,1 of tuna Southampt. Nov, 16 Malta* N & 30th of month 7th,17th,19th,27th Dover Oct, 29 Naples* _ N sth 15th 25th ofmG Dover .. Nov. 2 Papal States* .. N stlllsth 25th efmo l Dover .. Nov. 2 renir sula 7th 17th 27th ef mo Southampt. Nov. 5 Peru .. .. 34 2d & 17th of mntb Southampt. Nov. 1 Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Nov. 2 ;Vest Indies Sf 2d & 17th of tenth Southampt. Nov. 1 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia), ' l, The mails for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope are made uP on the second of every alternate month. Those made up on the 20th and 24th of each month via Southampton and Marseilles ar" sent by sailing vessels at present from Singapore, but next Y ea they will be sent in steamers. t Mails are also made up on the 2d o f every alternate month fot the Cape of Good Hope. The mails to those countries thus marked (*) aro conveye d French packet to Marseilles. BIRTHS. ON A SON. On the 25th inst., at 9, St. Peter's-square, Hammersmit h ' the lady the of Sir C. Kirkpatrick, Bart. On 26th inst., at 38, Albemarle -street, the wife of W. Welbune, Esq. OP ♦ DAUGHTER On the 26th inst., Mrs. A. Bradbury, of Manor-Pa r Streatham. On the 2Gth inst., at 51, Campden-square, the wife of W. Squire. MARRIED. ufl On the 26th i nst., at St.George's,Hanover-aqusr e,Aug ust to sixth sot o: P. C. Davenport, Esq., of Egham, Surrek%%,., t Jane Farr ow , only daughter of the late G. 11. Lawrence, '' -i. of New Windsor, Berks. On the 26th inst., at Trinity Chur c h, I s li ng ton, -T • Sit Esq., of Cl ou d es l ey-square, to Elizabeth, fourth daughter J. Grabham, Esq., M.D., of Lonsdale- square . ,----- ___________ DIED. Wu On the 26th inst , at 8, Ch urc h - b u ildi ngs , ClaP -- te r common, J. W. Nelson, Esq., of the Middl e -t em plo, 'Ar r. " at law, aged 27. ori - On the 26th inst., William R aw li ns , E sq ., of COll3O terrace, Islington, aged 80. Of On the 2Gth inst., Mrs. Sowton, wife of Mr. Sowton • Great James street, Bedford-raw, mod' the 2E sq., sth inst., H. D aw ki ns, o f Ene,ornbe• gate, Kent, and of Over N or t on , Oxford, aged 88 . _4O London: Printed and Published by MUItDO rt- 1 , IJ „ 11 2 / No. 112, Strand, Print er , a t Th e S un Office, Strand, in the Precinct of th e 5.,- v . i n OA co"' — ' Middlesex, Thursday, October 28, 1852,