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1 l 'eXt tins terday on the Coal-house Point, but expected off N LPAST LOUGH, SEPT. It.—Arri Orphan, Burrows, of . 4 ' York, f rom Li verpool, d i smaste d , out 2 1 d a y s . chxlARWicH— , SEIT. 15.--Wind S.W.—Arrd. Lady Adelaide, L is tian, Sunderland, assisted in, very leaky. p UN VA.REIGILY, SEPT 1 9 . —The schooner Express, of 1 4 ;Pvv, suppos e d f rom a Sp an i s h port, being laden with I)unr, Spanish nuts, &c., was totally lost, Bth inst., off the 711 t end of Tory Island; crew drowned. . °UI IREY --- SESSIONS.--(THIS DAY.) (Before THOMAS PIICKLE, Esq.) t fiaert Tilled, 37, and Ann Elliot, 23, were indicted *t'r feloni ous l y stea li ng a prayer-book, pair of razors, Bu d a shaving-box, at Watlingham, in the county of Surrey the property of Walter Sttinner. Prosecutor said that he was a labourer, and on the n ight of the 3d of August he slept at the Red Lion, public-house, at Watlingham, in which place the pri lcTera also slept. On the following morning the prisoners b elt the house very early, and when he arose from his h e , (l he Missed his bundle, containing the articles enurne ;l7e police the bundle. He instantly gave information to r"le , and with a constable went in search of the Boners, who he discovered at a public-house at Bottle 'lt in the county of Surrey. They were then informed r e the ro bb ery, but denied all knowledge of it, but on I ng searched the prayer book was found in the male r i soner's po c k e t, an d th e o th er ar ti c l es f oun d in his die. When asked to account for the possession of the p roperty the male prisoner said that the t ta Yer- book belonged to the female, it having b e c !, ll given to her by her mother on her death- La. As for th e razors an d o th er p ro p e rty, they had een in hi s p ossess i on many mont h s. H e ( t h e prosecutor ) iv ever, identifi e d th e p ro p e rty, and gave the prisoners alto custody. Police constable of the P division produced the pro rvrlY, and confirmed the latter part of the prosecutor's stat ement. go on bein g ca ll e d upon f or t h e i r d e f ence , th e ma l e pri ffer asserted that he purchased the razors and box of : I nan in J anuary last, and the female, said that the a Yer-box was given to her by her mo ther. They denied ost strenuously the robbery. t CLIAIRMAN summed up the case to the jury, who t T i t Urned a ver di c t o f G u il ty , b ut strong l y recommen d e d :„ fe ,neale to mercy. The female was sentenced to four t4) uays' solitary confinement, and the male prisoner Vx months hard labour. - William Martin, aged 19, pleaded guilty to an indict went char g i ng him with stealing a Meershaum pipe, the property of Frank Fordham, at Newington. e appeared that on the evening of the 11th instant he tptered the prosecutor's shop, and stole the pipe in ques ton efr a barrel near the door. He was pursued, and taken into custody. .„,,411 his defence he said that he was in great distress 'en he committed the offence. ,The sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned , t ae House of Correction three months. tn . cdicard Hunt, aged 18, pleaded guilty to an indict ginen,t Charging him with stealing a pair of shoos and t hngs from a lodging-house in the Mint, Southwark, e property of J o hn Jones, a fellow lodger. 4 . 1 :h 0 CHAIRMAN said that the offence was of a serious nat ure, that of robbing a man while in the same house; e °ll should therefore sentence him to six months' impri kent with hard labour. GUILD HALL.—(T HIS DAY.) A TTE3IPTED SUICIDE.—James Ring, a labouring man, "nout the middle age and blind of an eye, was placed at te tt ! . bar b e f ore M r. Ald erman Gibb s, c h arge d w i t h at '4llting to comm i t su i c id e b y h ang i ng hi mse lf . I t .ll:eared from the statements or several witnesses that Shut twelve o'clock la s t night the daughter of the pri er' ran into a coffee-shop in Buckley-court, Ish e lane. and gave an alarm that her father, th.° 3 e lod g i ngs were i n th e same cour t, h a d cut hi s p; cl at- The keeper of the coffee-shop (Mr. Thomas i„, t* l'Y), accompanied by one of his lodgers, hastened t-I.nlediately with the child to the spot, and found the tloner, not, indeed, with his throat cut, but with a It t i t h ll diterchi e f tied round his neck, with the proper run -11,;:g knot for strangulation by suspension, and other 1/o"tikerehiefs added, to give it the necessary length. *6 was in the act of finally adjusting this halter Nlr. P err y i n t er f ere d. A p o li ceman arr i ve d t 1 afterwards, and the prisoner was given into custody. duct ueo called on by the magistrate to explain his con he said that he had fur some time been saving a e o : l7 nnocy to provide for the expenses of his wife's Oucement, which was expected shortly to take place, fibbed of unfortunately he got drunk last night and was s e i h u e_,t l of all his money, and in consequence had deter fer"e,`-' to make away with himself. Ile was now sorry „toe attempt upon his life. es ' - ' 1 % Alderman Grnns desired him to be taken care of til Friday, to which day he remanded him. w ja mes Baxter, a bookbinder in Bridgewater•square, gt a a t charged by police-constable No. 142 (City) with r r ub,ing his (the prisoner's) wife in two laces. er :n,c policeman stated that, about five o'clock yesterday d ens -11 'aff, he saw a crowd collected in Bridgewater-gar b, around a woman from whose head and neck the ar , 4) nti wa s flowing profusely. Learning that the pri t:r had stabbed his wife (the wounded woman) he him into custody. miMaurice N ewman, No. 3, Store-street, G ower - s t ree t, sl ed that, shortly before the policeman came up to his g ud t ance, he was passing by the corner of Bridgewater wool an ns, and saw the pr i soner str i ke w i th h i s fi st a s ee , ri ,who was walking close behind him. The pri he t ,, r "ari ran on, the woman running after him, when knit; la r , e 'l sharply round and struck her twice with a neck: 47 1 : in the side of the head, and again in the the priso wit ness rushed between them, and seizing Inischi e r 11 ,! 1. by the wrists restrained him from further Wit "nta the policeman came to his assistance. n eSS saw the knife distinctly. It was a clasp knife, CI," he saw th e p r i son er wipe it and put it in his pocket, L'en he was released from the witness's grasp. On t "'arching the pocket, however, a hole was found in it, anti which there could be no doubt the knife bad It was not found afterwards. he prisoner in his defence said, that he was pro- V e'ted by hi s w if e ' s d run k enn ess and violence to strike lc ", but th a t th e wounes were inflicted with a street-door v eY, whi c h h e h a d i n hi s h an d a t t h e ti me . H e p os i- ZIY denied that he used a knife, or that he had one tit at the time. I . t was statied, however, that the surgeon who ex inktned the woman, had no doubt that the injuries were eted with a knife. The prisoner was remanded till woman is perfectly able to attend. -OW-STREE'r.—(THIS DAY.) 4:thvard Guinness was charged with assaulting Eliza a n, a woman wh o li ves w ith him as hi s wife. th e T t i le Complainant was most frightfully disfigured by b e eating she had suffered. Both her eyes black, and W hole o f h er f ace was swo ll en an d di sco l oure d. Sh e e d ae t ete veral bruises on her temple, and in fact her lea ers W ere hardly distinguishable. Her hands and arms eetl e also severely bruised. She said that as the pri weeeT,had promised not to assault her any more she Coa not press the charge. o 1. • HENny—What ! after receiving such injuries ? k o ol plainant—Yes, Sir. He says he won't do it any All I want of him now is to leave me. b l e k e prisoner said he would not hurt her any more, to ." 6 did not wish to leave her. He was perfectly able m ' a PPort her. IlEszar —You know you are quite at her mercy st v „ - as I would certainly punish you with the greatest 11 10 ; 4 7 possible, if she were to prove that she received 1,! injuries from you. th e "e Complainant repeated that she would not press 4 Charge, b u t s h e w i s h e d t o l eave him immediately. I ,was well able to support herself and her child. th e tie prisoner, after solemnly promising not to molest e ftplainant in future, was discharged. Iv' A i.--ix b tBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) enn Wint er was c h arg ed with stealing a boa from !,.shop o f M r. S m i t h , i n T otten h am - court - roa d. i e ' °i ngh Hut c hi nson , a labouring man, said he was look- Ng et some curiosities in the window of Mr. Smith's as P with some others, and the woman at the bar was dang them. She looked about her and then lifted the t I : v and concealed it under her shawl, from under which as taken by the shopman. kr.lllAnnwicK committed her for trial. at Osborne was charged with refractory conduct m, St. George's workhouse. Francis Baldwin, the b ea dl e of St. George's, said the defendant came last night about half-past seven to the a verseer's office, drunk. He was offered relief,but he re f used it with curses, saying that he would have a lodging "nere that night. his language was so abusive that he had t o be g i ven i n c h arge . It i s against the rule of the h ouse t 0 take persons in liquor in. The defendant said he had no lodging, and no where top for the night, and bread was useless. t f ,',Jr• HARDWICK thought it strange that an able- Cladlike the defendant, should be resortin g to 'workhouse, when wen k Was so plentiful in the es4,eti 1411 trY: He sent him ten days to the House of Cor -on • _Vir tdit r (1i ALpoLE's MEMOIRS or GEORGE IL—The octavo e 1 1 of these interesting Memoirs is now ready for every at the various booksellers. This work, as is ri:°rally known, was originally published in quarto, ovitp. Murray, at the price of five guineas. Mr. :icurn having publish ed 013 " Walpole Letters " p t quarto and octavo, and feeling desirous Printing an uniform edition of the " Me trs of George the Second," purchas ed last y ear ecpyright from Mr. Murray, and has certainl y th'L „,, ornied an acceptable service to the public by giving eta what was not hitherto to be procured--nainely, p ri e edition of " Walpole's Memoirs of George 11., n l ir " • - tcd uniformly with the " Letters" and with the Memoirs of George the Third." aosEPn ADY IN TROUBLE.—At the Thames Police- N -c/ 1 1 1 111 , yesterd a y, Mr. l3roderip, the presiding magistrate , ° committed Joseph Ady, of " something to advan -I,,,e'' notoriety, for trial on two charges of fraud a few letter h go, re haned to Inspector Scott, of the II division, u e had ceived from Ady, enclosing another, m /4 , requested him to adopt the necessary measures to evant a breach of the peace. Ady's own letter, which ag addressed " To the Magistrates of the Thames 44 ° g l ce-office, near Arbour- square," ran as follows: I , : re ntlemen,—The enclosed threatening letter is just , o e cired by the post. I beg the favour of your directing 1v,. 1 ! 1e of your subordinates to protect me from the loiter's violence. I know his name. Respectfully, l ePh Ady, 5, York-street, not Commercial-road. Sept. 4 1 846. The letter which put Ady in so much alarm dP': writtentaised , no doubt, by some one to whom he has " something to his advantage." The writer ared that he would be "at Mr. Ady's office on the ltd at twelve, without fail, and would then and there th. i niaister t o him, with a good horsewhip, something busine ss would no t e asily forget." Ady, with a keen eye usiness, as well as self-protection, took care to for- V tf a i lr to the magistrate, with the letters, a " list of next z i V' falsely stated to have been " extracted from the 148 Qt . August 29, 1846." I . T 4 E gIT N, COURT CIRCULAR. -The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Via. countess Canning, the lien. Miss Keir, Colonel Bowles, and Colonel Bouverie, returned to Osborne House, at three o'clock on Monday afternoon, from Southampton, Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. Lord John Russell arrived at Osborne House, yester day afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed exercise yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Captain Chappell had alto an interview with the Right Hen. Gentleman. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, had an in terview with the Earl of Clarendon, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Lord Chancellor - had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Strutt had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Sir William Denison had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Enderby had an interview with the Earl of Cla rendon, at the Board of Trade, yesterday. The Rev. !Ir. Forsh:ll had an interview, yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dr. Lindley had an interview, yesterday, with ,Sir George Grey, at the Home.office. Lord John Russell left town yesterday, on a visit to the Queen, at:Osborne House, Isle of Wight. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, SEPT. 15. OSBORNE PALACE.—Her Majesty took possession of the new building yesterday, and is so pleased with it that the royal departure has been deferred for another week, or longer, probably till after the 26th. Numerous fashionables continue to arrive for the bathing season. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The annual meeting of the proprietors of this national establishment took place yesterday morning in the saloon of the theatre. The proceedings appeared to ex cite very little interest, for of the 548 shareholders in the institution, there were not above a dozen present, and those were for the most part members of the committee. Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., in the absence of Lord Glen gall (who was prevented by indisposition from being present), occupied the chair. The following report was read by the Secretary, and after a few words from Mr. WELLS, Mr. GRENFELL, and others, it was unanimously agreed to : " REPORT OF THE GENERAL CoMMITTEE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY." " The committee have again the satisfaction to meet ,heir constituents in general assembly, and although .heir report will present a very summary statement of the events of the past season, the Acts of Parliament render it imperative that a detailed account should be annually furnished to the assembly of proprietors by the committee of the due exercise of the trust reposed in them ; and if they are not prepared to report any great improvement in the state of the funds of the concern, it is some satisfaction to observe that the theatre has been conducted by the lessee, during the past season, with a corresponding degree of spirit and enterprise which marked his efforts through the previous seasons of his management. The committee are ready to acknowledge the punctuality on the part of Mr. Bunn to discharge the obligation under the terms of his agreement with them, and the committee have thought it expedient to yield to a solicitation of Mr. Bunn, to allow him to expend a balance standing upon the rent account, amounting to 555/., on the decorations of the theatre fur the next season, under the superintendence of the architect of the committee, which outlay they trust will meet the sanc tion and confirmation of the general assembly. Still the committee look in vain for a surplus of income sufficient to discharge the accruing liabilities of the corporation, as regards their long-standing bond debt, which, in more prosperous times, they were enabled to reduce from 30,0001. to 6,0001. But the instalments of both principal and interest have ceased to be made for the past ten years. The time, however, has arrived when the com mittee submit to the proprietary, by whose outlay alone the theatre bas been called into existence, whether some measure should not be taken to improve their condition. The committee have taken frequent opportunities to suggest to the renters' trustees the inequitable position of their body, as compared with the subscribers to the present building. These efforts have been hitherto ineffectual, and have at length determined the com mittee to bring the subject through their report to this meeting. The committee are fully aware of the obligation of the renters' trustees under the ex isting Acts of Parliament to claim, after the current expenses of the year have been discharged, priority of payment over the other class of creditors, and of the re ductions made by their body from time to time, in order to obtain the income they now enjoy. Yet, whilst that preference is proved to have been, at the time the theatre was built, an inconsiderate basis, involving a scale which, in the present state of theatrical property, it is found impossible to comply with, the injustice of it must continue apparent. In conformity with these views, the committee are unwilling to believe that the renters' trustees would be averse to an arrangement whereby an application to Parliament might amend the present Acts, which they (the trustees) contend deprive them of the power to make any concession towards meeting the views of the committee. If; therefore, at the end of Mr. Bunn's term, the committee should find all hopes of future benefit to the proprietors had passed away, it will materially increase the difficulties to re-let the theatre under circumstances so much at variance with the interests they represent, whilst those of the renters also, it must be recollected, are solely dependent upon the theatre being kept open. In the year 1811 an arrangement, under very embarrassing circumstances at the time, was entered into with the renters' trustees to pay over the nightly sum of 51. for every performance under which they have received 1,1651. for the season just ended, and it is the subsequent condition of that agreement which the committee repudiate, in justice to the bondholders and to the proprietors. "The free-trade measures of the drama and legislative enactments have reduced the annual income of the na tional theatres from ten thousand pounds to four; the committee, therefore, suggest they have a strong claim on Parliament, by proper appeal, and the concurrence of a majority of the renters , to relieve the concern of an accumulating debt, originating in the destruction of the patent, by the powers granted by the Lord Chamberlain by the recent Act of Parliament. The patent has been considered by the renters' trustees a collateral security for their annuity, but which, the committee submit, hav ing been rendered valueless, shows at once the fallacy of charging the proprietors with a heavy arrear under it, and it is with this view the committee intend, without loss of time, to confer with the renters' trustees, and come to some conclusive proposition whereon may rest secure the rights of all parties on a more equitable foun dation than at present exists. " The theatre is undergoing a gradual course of sub stantial repair, under the superintendence of the archi tect, whose report represents a necessary outlay of 9001. The committee have, therefore, thought it expedient to make a transfer of the balance stated in their last re port, amounting to 6891., on account of such repairs. " The annual accounts now laid before the meeting, and regularly audited by Major Naylor, represent the amount of the standing debt on the concern to ba 7,5531 16s. sd. The ground landlord's, and all other claims upon the theatre peculiar to the past season, have been discharged, amounting to 4,0871.95. 4d.; and the balance at the bankers', applicable to discharge the current quarter's expenses, amounts to 582/. 10s. 3d." The committee, sub-committee, and auditors having been re-elected in accordance with the required forms, and a vote of thanks having been conveyed to the chair man, the meeting separated. THE ITALIAN OPERA at COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. c (From honicie of Aug ust rtheChronicle.) In the Morning 2l we announced, on authority, the project of an Italian opera to be given at Covent-garden Theatre early in 1847, and the en gagement of Mr. Costa as musical director and con ductor. It was not our intention to have referred again to the plans of the capitalists who have undertaken this specu lation until a full prospectus was in readiness ; but as certain contradictions have been given to our statement, and as it has been circulated most industriously, either in the language of menace or in the accents of despair, that nothing had been really done, it is right that our readers should be informed precisely of the progress made in this affair, so important for art, so promising for artists, and so valuable for the general interests of the public. We do not propose to enter into any controversy with our contemporaries. We presume that monopoly in matters of art is regarded by the enlightened amateur as fatal as in the commercial transactions of this world. Competition must benefit the public, and as " free trade" is now uppermost in the drama, we see no reason why it should not exist in music. Let the rival managers fight their own battles, it will be for critics to watch re sults in the race for superiority—" Chacun pour soi, et l'art pour tout." The vocalists already engaged for Covent-garden Theatre are as follow : Primi Soprani Mdme. Grisi. „ Persian ia. „ Stefanoni. „ Ronconi. Primi Contralti „ Angri. Primi Tenori „ Salvi. • Lavin. 79 Perez. Primi Bassi Baritoni „ Tamburini. )9 Ronconi.; „ Speck. „ Polonini. Primi Bassi Profondi Marini. ~ Selva. „ Corradi. „ Alba. Primi Bassi Comici.... „ Rovere. Ley. Secondi Donne Mdme. Piombanti. g m Secondi Tenori If Alberti. „ Morelli. „ Lopez.' We deem it necessary to explain that the majority of the engagements signed by the artists named above have Secondi Bassi LONDON, WEDNESDAY been ph , ccci in our hands as a verification of the use new mai . re of their names.. To guard against any m. conception hereafter. we will also mention that althour the condit;ons with Tamburini had been agreed to, tl final ratificr,tion from St. Petersburgh could not Le r. ceived from h;m in Paris before the lath. We belie) that the name of Madame Pauline Garcia Viardot (tI sister of Klalibran) will be added to this formidab troupe ; and we are authorised to state that negotiatior with other artists are pending, to appear between 184 and 1849. Rubin' has been offerod carte blanche, but has writte that his farewell of the sto . ge has been final, or he wool, not have hesitated to appeor at Covent-garden Theatr with his attached friend and maestro, Costa. The repor of Rubini's engagement at any other establishment i without any foundation. The designs for the alterations And embellishments o Covent-garden Theatre are now nearly ready, and thi process of decoration and renovation, on a scale of un precedented splendour, mill commence in December, a soon as M. Jullien has completed his last promenade concerts in that noble edifice, the space in which ha: been of late years much circumscriued as regards that portion devoted to the audience. M. Costa has selected eighty instrumentalists for I band, end sixty singers for the chorus, whose engage ments for three years have all been signed. The orches tra will be the finest in the world, nearly all the players having been under M. Costa's baton for many years at her Majesty's Theatre. The patriarch Lindley had wished to retire, but on hearing of Costa's nomination, joined him instanttr. In our announcement of August 21 we divided the singers engaged into three classes:- Ist, Artists of European fame now in this country. 2d, Artists of European fame who have visited this country, but are no longer here. 30, Artists of European fame, who have never ap peared in this country at all. Grisi and Mario are in the first category; Persiani, Ronconi, Tamburini, and Madame Viardot are in the second ; Salvi, Marini, Rovere, Ley, Stefanoni, Lavia, Perez, Speck, Polonini, Corradi, Selva, and Alba, apper tain to our last division. Of the genius and abilities of the artists in the two first categories amateurs are aware, but of the distinguished talents that have yet to appear the treat in store is yet little suspected. Enough has been stated to prove that the undertaking at Covent-garden Theatre will be one of the most me morable epochs in lyrical art in this country. EVENII4O, SEPTElvinnit 4,A46. THE KAFIR WAR. Cape of Good Hope papers to the 24th of June in clusive hare just arrived, which put us in possession of four days' later news from the scene of war. The information conveyed is brief, but important, as it shows that no more fighting had taken place at Fort Peddie or its neighbourhood, nor indeed was any serious engagement expected. Reinforcements were arriving, and the Governor-General was only waiting the concentration of all the Burgher forces, when he intended promptly to act on the offensive, the result of which, we trust, will be the complete subjugation of the Kafir tribes. (From the South African Conmercial Advertiser, of June 24.) Last frontier post, which arrived on Monday after noon, brings nothing new of any consequence. Another detachment of waggons had been passed safely through Trompetter's Drift to Fort Peddie, and there seems to have been no more fighting in that quarter. It is stated that 3,500 Burghers from the western districts have crossed the Gamptoos river; 200 of these, with their wagg ns, arrived in Graham's Town on Sunday, the 14th inst. Commandant Linde, with 400 Swellendam Burghers and 200 Hottentots, marched forward from Uitenhage on the previous Wednesday. Four hundred Worcester Burghers, under Du Toit, with several other parties, had reached Uitenhage. Thus, in a few weeks more, the colonial forces, of all sorts, will be ready to enter on the real business of the campaign. In the mean time, though the Kafirs have disap peared from the neighbourhood of the villages and " legers" on the immediate frontier, parties of ma rauders are found as far down as Uitenhage, in search of cattle nearly a hundred miles from their own border. The following extract from a private letter gives a lively idea of the service in which the Burghers and troops will be engaged, probably for some months to come : " Camp Uitenhage, June 16, 1846. " I mentioned in my last that the Kafirs had stolen 300 head of cattle within half an hour of this, and that Commandant Du Toit, of the Worcester Burghers, had gone in pursuit. He was fortunate enough in overtaking the rascals at Pheasant Drift, on the Sunday River, and shot all they saw, viz., 11, and recaptured the cattle. Du Toit behaved nobly, shooting two himself, but I regret that one of his men was killed by an assagai. One Kafir got into the river and covered his head with reeds, to make it appear that he was a bush. Young Du Toit, however, saw his head, fired, and shot him through the head. They took several assegais, and two muskets, which were loaded. Both these were pointed at Du 'Tit, but flashed in the pan. They also took three horses. " The weather continues very warm during the day, and cold at night. No rain, however. " 17th June.—An Aide has just arrived from Grallaufs Town with a requisition to press all oxen and waggons to convey provisions from Algoa Bay to Graham's Town, as they are very badly off there. They have in consequence taken our oxen, and how long we shall remain here it is impossible to say. Our hor.,es get only 121 b. of oat hay per diem. I have been obliged i to buy forage and feed my horse up a little, for there s not a blade of grass where our camp is." Nothing seems to be publicly known respecting the movements or intentions of the Kafirs. If they ever meditated an attack on the colony in overwhelming numbers, as some have supposed, they have lost their opportunity. Such men as Macomo, Botma, or Stock, who have known the colony, and the power it can in no long time bring to bear upon them, must begin to be sensible that they are in the very jaws of destruction. The sparse and scattered population of the immediate frontier, with some 1,500 soldiers, have, in effect, re pulsed their whole force as invaders. Though cattle have been captured, the loss of men on the Kafir side, compared with that of the colonists and troops, cannot but be felt by them as a decisive proof of their utter in capacity to continue the contest on anything like equal terms. What then can they expect now that the number of effective military is more than doubled on their front, while the frontier colonists have been reinforced by five or six thousand men from the rear ? They trust, no doubt, to the bush, or the ravines and thickets of their country, but in the winter even this resource fails them, for in the months of July and August the cold and rain on the mountains are fatal to their cattle, and the plains will be occupied or commanded by the troops and Burghers. Nothing further is known respecting the designs of Creili or of the Tambookies. If they mean mischief, they are not in a hurry.—HeraM. STATE AND PROSPECTS OF NEW ZEALAND. The following are extracts from an important and very lengthy petition (just printed by order of the House of Commons) present( d by Mr. Charles Buller, from inha bitants of the settlements of Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, and Wanganui, in the colony of New Zealand: " That it is with sincere regret your petitioners feel themselves under the necessity of anxiously soliciting the attention of your Honourable House to the state of affairs in this colony. " That those affairs are in such a condition that, if not speedily remedied, the result must be general ruin. That the Colonial Treasury is encumbered with debt; the re venue rapidly diminishing, the currency deranged and vitiated. That all commercial and agricultural opera• tions are checked and impeded, suspended or abandoned; and the colonists reduced in numbers and in wealth. That public confidence in the local government is utterly destroyed; and there exists no adequate security for pro perty or life; and that the European and native races of the country are on the verge of warfare, which in one quarter hes actually and disastrously commenced, and which the slightest accident or imprudence may render as general as it would certainly be sanguinary. " That, in the opinion of your petitioners, the imme diate causes of this lamentable state of things are to be found in the erroneous policy adopted and pursued by the present local government." [Then follows a very elaborate and full account of the proceedings in the colony since 1842. The petition to wards its conclusion proceeds thus] : " Reviewing the whole policy and proceedings of Cap tain Fitzroy since his assumption of the government: re membering the evident prepossession of his mind by one fixed and erroneous idea of the character of the natives and one theory of governing them: the utter ignorance of human nature betrayed by his adoption of this theory and his mode of carrying it out,: the want of judgment, infirmity of purpose, and inability to profit by the expe rience of his predecessors or his own; displayed particu larly in his unfortunate lenity towards Iloni Heki, after the many proofs that had been given of its effects upon other natives; in his allowing that disturber to escape unpunished after so much display of force and of inten tion to use it; in the miserable collision about the sur render of the muskets; in the repetition at the second attack upon Heki's pa of the errors which caused the first to fail; and in his ultimate conclusion of a truce with the rebels: considering further his many impolitic, rash, inconsistent, and unnecessary declarations ; such as his pledging himself to resign rather than use force in any case ; or as his solemn recommendation of Mr. Spain and his court at Waikanai and pledge to enforce his decisions, one of the most important of which he pre sently and so uncerimoniously overthrew at Taranaki, and at last sweepingly condemned the court itself (after having, in spite of the agreements at home and its ill effects out here, so long persisted in upholding it), in the words, The plan was wrong from the first on which these claims have been settled :' recollecting moreover his continual disregard of the letter or spirit of his instructions, as in the cases of the first Debenture Bills, and of those on the company's stoppage : of the establishment of a militia force ; and of the waiving of the right of pre-emption ; looking at the fundamental errors, and the extent an suddenness of the frequent changes of his financial policy—at his unvarying acri mony against the settlers—at his unfortunate selection of officers and confidential advisers—at his entire subjec tion to missionary influence—and at all the ruinous re sults of his whole administration of affairs, however oc casioned—reflecting upon all these things, and upon the very critical circumstances of the colony at present, your petitioners feel it impossible to avoid expressing, in the most distinct terms, their utter want of confidence in the ability of Captain Fitzroy or his government suc cessfully to encounter the difficulties before them. 4 , Your petitioners therefore earnestly implore your Honourable House to interfere, and literally save them• from destruction. it is undeniable that the form of is ph he -e Government they are placed under is a perfect despotism; that they have no vote, or voice, or in fluence whatever, direct or indirect, in the frain;ng of any laws or ordinances they are bound to obey, even those which most materially affect them; that they are ruled by ti.e wilt and judgment of one man, and three irdivid'uals completdy subservient ;to him. They have often Leen shocked by the assignment of power over them to persons who, in more instances than would readily be believed, have put the infamy of their characters beyond doubt, and justified the aversion of the community they dwelt among, by acts of public or private delinquency, necessitating at last their reluctant removal. They have been grieved at the insults continually offered by savages to a British Government; at the sad spectacle of a British governor 11:inn:tering on from disas trous and disgraceful concession to imbecile attempts at coercion—driven by the practice of an utterly irrational policy into the unwilling adoption of a wiser one, he was utterly unequal to the execution of it ; in the one case as well as the other only exposing himself to the contempt and derision of the savages he was unable either to conciliate or conquer. They complain of prac tical o"iis of misgevereracia, alil.e undeniable and unen durable. They complain if tle ruin of the public finances, and of taxation n ( - piaci] thereby, :Mich they are wholly unable to eniltn e. They complain of their capital wasted, of all useful cxerti,ns restricted or pAra lised, the fruits of industry destroyed, and the toil of years rendered nugatory, by the forcible occupation by others of lands, which by all rules of justice they themselves should be put and maintained in possession of. And they complain of the utter insecurity of life, and of such property as has hitherto escaped the rapacity of treacherous, avaricious, and cruel savages, whose passions a mistaken policy has called into activity, excited and given the most unbridled licence to. They would be wanting to themselves, they would be accessory to their own destruction, if they did not protest against this monstrous policy; if they were not with the utmost earnn stness to implore your Honourable House, while there is yet time, if time there really be, to avert its still impending ill consequences. They do im plore your Honourable House to rescue from utter faqure an attempt to colonise a country, of resources so promising and so generally admitted, on principles acknowledged to be the best and wis•st hitherto discovered, and originally made under circumstances apparently more favourable and auspicious than ever attended any similar enterprise. They ask thus much for their own sakes ; they ask it for the sake even of those aborigines whom nothing but the ruinous kindness of mistaken friends, and the curse of unbounded licence, has turned for the present into instruments of destruction, but who, by wise and vigorous government, might yet be preserved and civilised, made valuable auxilia ries in the developement of the resources of the country, made to add to the wealth and strength of the empire, and be raised into a peaceable, orderly, and contented community. Your petitioners rest of nothing more assured than that the same policy, so necessary for their own welfare, is equally re quisite for the ulti mate preservation of their own natives. Finally, they entreat your Honourable House to consider that possibly the very existence of the settlements of New Zealand, certainly their immediate or even early prosperity depends upon the favourable reception of the prayer o your petitioners." SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE YORK AND NEWCASTLE RAILWAY. SUNDERLAND, MONDAY NIGHT. -At an early hour this morning a serious accident toc , k place on the Sun derland Newcastle branch (late the Brandling Junction) on the above railway, about two miles from this town. It appears that when the half-past down train had passed the Cleadon station, a connecting rod of the loco motive engine snapped asunder, and one of the pieces penetrating the ground, the engine and tender, with two of the carriages, were thrown off the line ; the former fell over on one side, and the latter on the other. The carriages fell on some stone sleepers which were laid on the edge of an embankment, and were smashed to pieces. In the train altogether there were eight carriages, six of which did not receive any damage. The guard was seated on the top of one of these, and retained his seat until the train was brought to rest. When he got off he saw the fireman, a young man named Joseph Henderson, lying on a stone block. lie had been thrown off the tender, and was severely bruised about his shoulder and neck. The engineman, Richard Hall, was next found at the end of the engine, in a state of insensibility, with his head seriously cut and his body sealch d. The guard immediately directed his attention to the carriages which had been thrown off, the line. Fortu nately the passengers were few, owing to the early hour at which the train started, not numbering more than eight, and of these only two, a boy and an aged woman, were in the broken carriages. They were in a state of great terror, but beyond the shock they had not sus tained any injury. The other passengers were none the worse for the accident, though, as may be anticipated, they were somewhat alarmed, as well as grateful for their narrow escape. The engine driver and stoker were removed to Sun derland in a cart, and taken to a house in Thomas-street, occupied by the father-in-law of the engine man (Hall), where medical assistance was promptly rendered. They both remain in an extremely dangerous condition ; indeed, no hopes are entemined of the recovery of Hen derson, the fireman. Hall was only married last week, and his wife is living at Gateshead ; his injuries were, however, of so serious a nature that it was not deemed safe to remove him to his own house. Between one and two hundred labourers and plate layers were soon procured, and set to work to remove the engine and broken tender and carriages, and to relay a portion of the way which had bt en torn up. Intelli gence of the accident was communicated by electric telegraph to the principal station at Gateshead, and Mr. Harrison, the engineer, and Mr. Allport, the general superintendent, were spca lily on the spot, making in quiries and giving directions. 'rho cause of the accident is obvious, and no care nor foresight could have pre vented it. The engine is almost new, and was con sidered to be in excell( nt order. The train was pro ceeding at a slow speed when the rod broke. It is fortunate that this accident did not happen on the preceding day (Sunday), when the trains were large and crowded. Had it done sa, in all probability many lives would have been sacrificed. Some inconvenience has arisen in working the trains to-day, in consequence of a single line only being avail able for a considerable distance; but the way will be entirely restored to-night. SUDDEN DEATH oF MR, JUSTICE WILLIAMS. (From the Bury Herald.) It is our melancholy duty to annouce the sudden demise of Sir John Williams, Knight, one of her Ma jesty's Justices of the Court of Queen's Bench, which took Livermere Park, near this town, place o n Mondayat hi his residence,evening last. The Learned Judge, w e understand, complained of indisposition on Monday morning. Dr. Probart, being sent for, prescribed for him, and towards the afternoon the distinguished patient felt considerably better, but did not appear at dinner, which circumstance occasioned no serious apprehensions. In the evening, however, while resting on a sofa, or as other ru mours say, while being conducted to the drawing-room,he suddenly breathed his last. The deceased, who was an admirable scholar, was called to the bar in 1804; ap pointed a King's Counsel in 1827; Attorney-General to the Queen in 1830; a Baron of the Exchequer in 1834; and, in the same year, was appointed a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench. Sir John, when Mr. Williams, acted as one of the junior counsel to Lords Brougham and Denman in the defence of Queen Caroline. STEAM-BOAT COLLISION.—GRAVESEND, SEPT. 15. —About eight o'clock last evening a collision of a fear ful kind took place off Gray's, between the Diamond Company's packet the Ruby, and a small steam. packet called the Gnome, from Woolwich, the property, we be lieve, of the Woolwich Company, off Gray's. The Ruby was on her way down from London-bridge, and the Gnome was going up the river, on her return from the Nore, whither she had been making an "excursion," with a party of near 200 persons on board. As far as we could collect the facts of the case, it appears that the night being rather dark, the captain of the Ruby, as is , his usual practice it seems, kept himself, and ordered to be kept, a close look out, and observing the steamer ap proaching directly ahead of him, he called out to the helmsman to port the helm, an order that was imme• diately obeyed ; but the Gnome having her helm at the same time put a starboard, o collision became unavoid able, and the Ruby struck the Gnome on her starboard bow with great force, although the engines of the Ruby were with great rapidity reversed by the captains in command. Still the concussion of the two vessels was frightful, and the Gnome being the smaller and weaker vessel, was made a wreck of. The scene on board the latter may be easier conceived than described. She was in her forepart literally shattered and stove in, but her engines being comparatively uninjured were kept at work, and she was run on the Essex shore, where she soon sunk, after the Ruby had taken all her passengers or party of excursionists out of her. The coolness and good management of the captain of the Ruby, both in endeavouring to avoid the collision and when it unfor tunately occurred, is borne testimony to by the pas sengers in the Ruby, who were on the deck at the time; and to his coolness and management they ascribe in a great degree the preservation of many of the lives of those on board the Gnome, where a dreadful scene of confusion prevailed. After having taken all the Gnome's passengers on board, and brought them to Gravesend, and having found that no serious damage so as to dis able the Ruby from proceeding back to London was in flicted, he, when his passengers to Gravesend were landed, took those of the Gnome back to Woolwich, where he landed them at their own request. Wherever the blame of the collision may rest, it is fully admitted by the passengers that the captain of the Ruby had taken the only precaution he could take to avoid it— namely, porting his helm, and reversing the engines; and that his subsequent exertions in doing anything to save the lives of the multitude on board the Gnome were as judicious and coolly conducted as they were strenuous. It is a matter of much surprise amongst those who wit• nessed the scene, that no life was lost in the terror and confusion that prevailed on board the Gnome. lIUNGERFORD MARKET STEAM-BOAT PIER.—The obstruction be finally settled long-pending dispute between the Ilungerford Market and Charing-cross Suspension Bridge Comp an i es i s now an the t o r l j a c n k d e t and ty fl ,) em barkat float ing-pier gp r which from t henaviga tion in course of arrangement , and week, when the public will be allowed d of the river will be removed. REWARDS FOR EXTINGUISIIINC FIR ES .—At an ne the Suspension is o great an Bridge, in quest held yesterday, it was suggested by a juryman that a small fund, at the disposal of the coroner and jury, might be most advantageously applied to reward indivi , duals who distinguished themselves in putting out fires and saving lives. A shilling a piece from the house- I holders of a district, it was said, would form an ample fund for the purpose. MANCHESTER. ancIScWTHAMPTON RAILWAY. A public meeting of the scripholders in this Comp say was held yesterday at the King's Arms Botei, Palace- yard,Westminster, to take into consideration the position of the Company, and to adopt n:easures for their future guidance. Sir John Barker Mill took the chair. The Secretary having read the advertisement calling the meeting, Mr. J. IVALkisrsnaw, deputy-chairman, then said he wished to inform the meeting that they had on the table memorials from Cheltenham, Cirencester, Crick lade, Swindon, Marlborough, Andover, Stockbridge, Romsey, and Southampton, praying that the directors would proceed with the line. Letters also had been re ceived from Earl Bruce and Viscount Duncannon to the same effect, and he stated that other noblemen and influential landholders on the line had signed one or other of the numerous memorials which had been got up with a view to urging the di rectors to continue their application to Parliament for their Act authoring the construction of the line. He further deprecated any expression on that occasion of ir ritable feelings which were so apt to be occasioned by temporary failure in railway matters ; he was sure that any such expressions would only tend to im pede their future progress. Ile assured the meeting that for himself and the directors it uas not their inten tion on that occasion to use any means which would influence the vote of the scriphaders, that the result might be purely their own. The Secretary then read the report. Sir JOHN BARKER MILL rose to move " That the re port now read be received and printed for distribution among:t the shareholders." Ile said he did not feel himself called upon to enter at any length into the de tails after the ample report which had been read. Contrary to his expectation, he regretted to say that they had been disappointed of success before Parliament. He joined with the deputy-chairman in deprecating any expresSion of angry feeling on that occasion, and he was happy to allude to the numerous and spontaneous meetings which from one end of the land to the other had been held to urge them to persist in their application to Parliament, and he hoped one day, as their chairman, to be able to congratulate them on receiving their Bill. The object of their meeting then was to say whether they would persist in going again to Parliament, or whe ther they would at once give up their Bill. lie would venture to suggest one thing—that he hoped the share holders would continue to support the directors, who were yet prepared to continue their exertions, and to undertake any responsibility in going to Parliament. Mr. Row, High Bailiff of Cheltenham, seconded the motion. The Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE, said that he appeared on that occasion representing the people of his parish. He was called up from his seat by the word used by the Chairman in describing the meet ings as spontaneous. He had never seen a more spon taneous and more unanimous meeting of his parish- ioners. They were all most forward for the suc• cess of this line, and nothing seemed to give them more concern than tke announcement that the Company had failed of success, or to excite more their indignation than the conduct of those opponents through whom they had met with that failure. Their approach to the town of Cheltenham had not been such as to meet with the entire approbation of the town, but rather than throw any obstacle in the way of the Company's success, they agreed to submit without expressing their dissent. After afew words from EDWARD TOOTAL, Esq., from Manchester, JAMES HOSKINS, Esq., Mayor of Portsmouth, said he would urge them to continue their exertions for the line, first because it was a good line. It was a good line, because, connecting the great manufacturing towns of the north with the great seaport towns of the south, it opened a track of country unsupplicd with railway communication. He urged them to do so, secondly, because they had the most ample and over whelming evidence to show that it was a good line, con vincing to all in the kingdom except five ; and thirdly, because all the inhabitants on the route of the line were unanimously in favour of it. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously with great applause. Mr. WALKINGSHAW in moving the second resolution said, he would but repeat what he had already said, that he, or his brother directors would do or say nothing which would in one iota sway in any way the opinion of the shareholders on the subject. He moved:— " That this meeting declares its deliberate opinion to be that the line advocated by the Company is called for by the public interests, and ought to be made, and that nothing occurred in the course of the Parliamentary proceedings which at all affects the confidence of the shareholders in the soundness of the undertaking, as a valuable investment." Lord ERNEST BRUCE, in supporting the resolution, said he appeared as the representative of the town of Marlborough, and stated the very great necessity which that town and Andover both had for that communica tion proffered by the line, and impressed upon the meet ing the desirableness of proceeding with it. As no other person felt inclined to speak on the re solution, it was put and carried with acclamation. Mr. G. FARQUHAR said he supported the line entirely on public grounds, for he was sure that once made it would become one of the most important main trunk lines in the kingdom; and, in common with others, felt strongly inclined to urge the meeting to vote for prosecuting the line. lle moved:— " That, therefore,a renewed application be made to Par liament in the ensuing session for an Act to authorise the construction of the railway, with such changes and modifications, if any, as to the directors may seem meet ; and that the directors be, and they are hereby autho rised to take such steps, based upon the suggestions con tained in their report, as they may think fit, with a view to give effect to this resolution ; and that they be .further authorised to allow dissentient shareholders to withdraw, and the scrip be re-issued in such manner and upon such terms as they shall think expedient." Mr. WILLIAM LANKESTER, from Southampton, said it was the strong desire of the people of that town to get a connexion with ;the north-west by way of Chel tenham into Wales, the west of Scotland, and also with the coast of Ireland. It was of no avail to hare given them the line by Oxford, for they could not be convinced that the longest way round was the nearest way home. Considering it was the main port for the mail packet from Asia, and an arsenal of the kingdom, it was no wonder that the people were united in their determination and their purpose to have this line. They felt strongly on the subject, and not a little indig nant, if they might be allowed to express it, at the Bill having been thrown out, and they pledged themselves not to rest till they had obtained it. The resolution was carried. Mr. GEORGE, of Romsey, moved—" That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the directors for the energy and ability with which they have devoted them selves to the interests of this Company, and for the ten der of continued service, which their report of this day contains." It was seconded by Mr. SAINSBURY, and carried unanimously. The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN, at the request of the Hon. Baronet in the chair, acknowledged the honour which the meeting had done them. He begged now to state what he reserved before, that the directors were now doubly confident of success, from the evidence which had com e out in favour of the line. He said, also, that within the last few days more than twenty thousand scrip had been sent in ursolicited to the office, with urgent requests to proceed. He then referred to the opinion of Mr. Robert Stephenson, their engineer, that no line of railway could be laid down at a cheaper rate, and to the admission of Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the opposing line, that he would not interfere with the Great Western, though made, and that line along the route must one day yet be made. They had retained their old friends, they had gained new ones ; they had gained the co-operation of the South-Western, and he might say, now that they had determined to proceed, that they would further have the co-operation of the greatest lines in the country, although he could not enter more into particulars then. Lord Ernest Bruce having been voted into the chair, a unanimous vote of thanks to Sir John Barker Mill was passed by the meeting, which then broke up. PROTEST OF THE DUKE OF OLDENDURGH.-The Augsburgh Gazette gives the following as the protest made by the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh against the letters patent of the King of Denmark:—" By the letters patent addressed from Copenhagen on the Bth of July, 1846, by his Majesty King Christian VIII. of Denmark, the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh has seen in what sense it had pleased his Majesty to declare himself towards his subjects relative to the eventualities of the succession. As it has not reached the knowledge of his Royal High ness that his Majesty had thought proper to come to an understanding on this subject, before the publication of the letters patent, with the different chiefs of the special lines belonging to the house of Oldenburgh; that at least he has taken no steps whatsoever on this subject with the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh, who in virtue of existing treaties represents in Germany the chief of the line of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh cannot recognise in that declaration, pub lished without his participation, but a notice and a per sonal interpretation of his Majesty; but at the same time his Royal Highness considers it his duty, in his quality as head of his house, to protest solemnly, in the history of its eventful rights, a gainst all the conse quences which may be drawn from that declaration to the prejudice of his rights and those of his house." AN ELEPHANT'S DOINGS. — We learn by a gentle. man of the city, who was at Lockport on Saturday, that at noon of that day an elephant belonging to a mena gerie exhibiting there, walked out of his tent toward a span of horses attached to a waggon some twenty rods off. The horses took fright as the huge beast ap proached them, broke loose, and ran a few rods to an angle of a fence ; the elephant follow e d, caps i ze d t h e waggon, and threw the horses some two rods over the fence. One of the horses rose with several broken ribs, and managed to escape his assailant, which fell upon the other with his tusks, tore out his entrails, and continued to toss him along the fence some ten rods or more. At this time the keeper, who was at dinner when the elephant escaped from the tent, came up, and called the animal by name. The elephant immediately obeyed the word, and followed the keeper to an orchard about a hundred rods off, where he was secured by strong chains made fast to the trunk of a full-grown tree. Just as our informant left in the afternoon, he heard that the elephant had uprooted the tree to which he was fastened, and had injured a man ; but learned no particulars. The rage of the elephant, it is said, was caused by some tobacco concealed in the food that some of the bystanders offered to him. People cannot be too cautious how they trifle in such a way with an elephant.-13zffalo Com. mercial. _ The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived in town yesterday, from Tunbridge Wells. LONDON—ITS RIVERS AND DITCHES. The following interesting delatis are extracted from a lecture on "London and its Antiquities," by Mr. Frank J. Scud unore. Speaking of ancient London, he thus proceeds:— It etas long before the city was completely drained of the waters with which the ground was so plentifully saturated. The great fen, entitled Moorfields, was in deed without the city wall, whence it extended almost to the high grounds of Islington, but there were seve ral marshy spots even within the precincts of the city. The ground on which Bartholomew Hospital stands was reclaimed from the waters; and when Sir Chris. Wren built the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, ho was compelled to drive piles into the moist ground before he could lay the foundation. The name of Fen church -street sufficiently denotes the character of the soil, and from this street issued a small stream, or bourne as it was called, which ran through Lombard-street and Sherborne-lan e into the Thames, and from this circuitous route gave the name of Langbourne or Longbourne Ward, to that division of the city. Another stream rose in MoorfieltlF, and ran acros s the Poultry, down ‘‘'a !brook, and Bread - street-hill into the Thames, with such velocity, that the spot where it entered that river a 9 called Dowgate or Dow ngste, which name it retains to this day. It must be remembered, however, that in those times London stood on a hill which sloped towards the river, but that after the great fire Sir Christopher Wren. caused the ground to be raised in Thames -street several feet, and lowered proportionately in Cannon street, so that the declivity no longer retains its original angle. It is recorded of this turbulent little brook, that in the year 1571 it caught a boy by the legs as he was attempting to leap over the channel which was swollen by a heavy shower of rain, and carried him onward to the Thames with such velocity, that he must certainly have been drowned if he had not been killed by coming in contact with a cart-wheel. Nevertheless barges used to ascend this stream ; and the higheSt point of their progress is marked by the name Barge yard, Bucklersbury. But the most important of these tributary streams was the Fleet River, which took its rise near Battle-bridge, and being swelled by the little brooks called Old Bourne and Turnmill, ran into the Thames near to the Blackfriars Priory. Before the year 1290, barges used to ascend the stream as far as Holborn-bridge, and it was otherwise useful for cleansing the district through which it passed ; but the inhabitants of the Temple, who were not less celebrated then than now, for taking care of their own interests, turned off its waters into another channel for the purpose of workin g th e m ill s w hi ch they possessed in great abundance along the banks of the Thames, which felonious misappropriation of the waters caused first the mouth, and subsequently the whole course of the stream to be so choked up with filth, that the priests of White Friars were almost stifled by the pestilential odours, which overpowered the smell of the incense during Divine service, and were otherwise detrimental to the health of the citizens., As a matter of course this nuisance lasted for a long time, for English men love so well to exercise their national passion for grumbling, that they are never in a very great hurry to remove the cause of offence. In this instance they followed out that principle with remarkable pertinacity, for it was not until five hundred years after the first complaint that the ditch was completely covered over and rendered wholesome. Those who now observe, from Blackfriars-bridge, that vast stream of black mud issu ing from a dark arch, and just visible at low water, will hardly believe it to have been so exposed even as late as the year 1763, that a tipsy barber from the country, going along near there one winter's night of that year, missed his way, walked into the ditch, at d was frozen to death in an upright position. Besides these streams there were several wells or springs in different parts of the metropolis. There was one in Whitefriars, just by the present St. Bride's church, Fleet-street, and called St. Bride's Well, whence Bridewell Palace, which stood hard by, derived its name. This residence of our ear liest monarchs was subsequently begged from Henry VIII. by Bishop Ridley for charitable purposes, since which time the name of Bridewell has gained more ce lebrity in connexion with the hospital and asylum, than had been previously conferred upon it by its royal inmates. There was another well in the parish of St. John, Clerk envve ll , ca ll ed the Skinners' Well, or Clerks' Well, round which the parish clerks of London used to exhibit their sacred plays or mysteries in the sum mer evenings. In the year 1409, they exhibited the "Cre ation of the World," which lasted eight days, and attracted the nobility from all parts ofEngland. These worthy clerks must have been sadly at a loss for proper scenery, nor in deed could the exhibition have been tolerated except by persons passionately fond of stage representation ; but in an age when printing was unknown, and the Bible not translated, the great attraction must have been the novelty of the subjects, and the whole representations were perhaps beneficial, inasmuch as they kept alive in the minds of the people some few truths which would otherwise have been lost in the wilderness of tradition. To supply the city with plenty of fresh water was the constant care of all public-spirited Mayors and Aldermen, and to this end numerous conduits were built, in various places, to which water was brought in leaden pipes from the most covenient springs. The chief of these was the Standard in Cheapside, which served also as a rendezvous for the citiz ns in times of danger or insurrection. Here they cut off the Bishop of Exeter's head, in 1325, and here Lord Say and Sele was beheaded in the rebellion of Jack Cade. In the centre of the four ways of Leadenhall, Cornhill, Gracechurch, and Bishopsgate streets, was a condu t called the Water Standard, placed there in 1582, and supplied with water from the Thames, by one of the earliest forcing-pumps ever used in England. Stow tells us that a Dutchman of the name of Peter Morris contrived a forcingepunip by means of which he conveyed the waters of the Thames, in leaden pipes, over the steeple of St. Magnus church, London-bridge; and from thence to divers houses in Thames-street and Grass-street, up to the north-west corner of Leadeuhall, the highest ground in the City, where the waste of tkis main pipe rising into this standard, provided at the charge of the City, with four spouts running four ways, plentifully served at every tide the commodity of the neighbours near adjoining, and also cleansed the channels of their streets." We who live under the New River dispensation, and have the water laid on in our bedrooms, ready warmed fur shaving purposes, cannot properly appreciate the blessings which these conduits conferred upon the City ; but the romantic mind may revert with pleasure to the quaint old streets, with their wooden houses, from whose walls a few lanthorns, suspended on poles, shed a dim religious light ; whilst, to complete the picture, was the fountain, bubbling up so coolly in the hot summer nights, and little groups of citizens lounging near its waters for gossip, love, and pastime. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of September la.) SUGAR.—To•day there was a stronger desire manifested to purchase West India Muscovado Sugar for both the scale and pan, and merchants were less inclined to realise. The demand was brisk, and the rates paid were equal to those of Friday; indeed, in some cases the better qualities of yellow and grey brought 63 per cwt advance. The market has a better appearance for Sugar subject to the 14s per cwt duty. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were largely dealt in by the home trade, and prices advanced, brown grocery lumps fetching 62s to 62s 6d, and standard lumps 63s to 63s Gd per cwt. Crushed Sugar is little wanted for exportation, and prices have declined, 33s per cwt being taken for first quality. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon some parcels of Mauritius Sugar were sold privately, and the bright grocery sorts in some cases fetched stiffer rates. FonEIGN.—In yellow Havannah for exportation the trans actions have been upon a more extended scale, iu conse quence of merchants lowering their prices 6d to is per cwt; two floating cargoes were disposed of for Antwerp. Yellow and brown Havannah were in excellent request by the home trade, and brought full rates, but the market has been more freely supplied. At auction 3,343 chests duty paid were all sold and chiefly to the grocers. All sorts of Brazil have been sparingly dealt in by private contract by our refiners and grocers, and the prices accepted show a decline on those previously current. Porto Rico is little wanted and can be obtained upon rather lower terms; the value of common to fine quality is 45s to 51s per cwt. None has been offered at auction. For Cuba Muscovado the market has a dull appearance, and prices are lowering. The limited business transacted in China has been at rather low rates. Java has met with little atten- tion, and must be quotes rather cheaper. The tendency of prices is still evidently downwards for Foreign Sugar, the of both free and slave labour, although the deliveries are yet on the increase, as stocks are heavy, and far exceed those of last year, especially of Manilla and Havannah. Prices of all kinds are, however, lower than they were at that time. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 3,24 G bags Bengal Sugar were offered ; a stronger desire was shown to operate, and the whole sold Gd to is per cwt above former rates. MoussEs.—To. day several parcels of West India Molasses were sold at 23s for Antigua, 23s fur Dominica, and at 21s 6d for Tobago. Bally Kahl Treacle is fetching 21s to 21s 6d per cwt. __ TEA.—Holders are unwilling to further reduce their prices, and refrain from offering any at public sale, but the market has a dull appearance for both black and green, although the clearances for home consumption amounted to 529,0001b5. during the past week. The value of low and good common Congou, cash, is 8d to 9id ; Hyson, common, is 9d to is lid ; and Twankay, low to fair yellowish leaf, Iod to is Id. Coll - Ex.—This afternoon at public sale 301 bags of Bahia Coffee sold at rather low rates, fine ordinary mixed went at 31s to 325, good ordinary ditto 29s to 30s 6d, ordinary 27s to 28s, sea damaged 24s to 295. 128 barrels 116 bags of Rio went at full value, middling coloury selling at 50s, low middling greenish 45s to 465, fine fine ordinary 40s to 43s 6d, ordinary pale 335, and :sea damaged 29s to 375. Of Ceylon none was offered at auction, and privately little business was done ; there are sellers of good ordinary pale at 40s per cwt. SPlCES.—Nutmegs have been in excellent request, and previous advanced rates are sustained. Mace is still attracting attention, and prices are rising. The better qualities of Cloves are wanted, and previous im proved rates are fully snstained. For Eastern Pepper former prices are sustained, and a fair business has been transacted. Malabar is little wanted, still holders at present will not further lower their prices. White has met with more attention, but holders accept former low rates. Pimento is less plentiful, and being wanted, prices rule firm. Fine Jamaica Ginger has maintained the former value. East India and African are little wanted, and prices are drooping. Cassia Lignea is firm in price, and a fair demand. In the better kinds of Cinnamon several purchases have been made, and the ratespaid are rather above those of the last quarterly sales. FRUIT.—This afternoon at public sale 350 drums of New Turkey Figs went at 80s, 200 drums of New Sultana Raisins at 80s, 854 boxes 65 i-boxes of Icm Muscatel Raisins in layers sold at 56s to 645,400 1-boxes,, and 400 *-do. Musca tel Raisins sold at 46s to 525, 63 boxes of old Jordan Almonds taken in at 7/. Srinrrs.—Holders of Jamaica Rum evince firmness in con sequence of the ships arriving bringing light cargoes, they insist upon previous rates for all descriptions, and supply the markets sparingly. To-day Demerara and Jamaica Rum sustained the former value, but for other sorts lower rates taken, prod Leeward selling at 2s 4d, and Calcutta at is 10d to is 10 1 / 2 d, proof with certificate. SA LTPETRE.—To-day the better qualities of Rough were sparingly dealt in, and 1,268 bags of Calcutta at public sale only in part sold at barely former rates. ~~~~ 1 saleatiO ttt ' d 2l / 4 7414 a 't 1 t ga 611 r1 41 1 4 431111 4 a ; , 4Y gr4CiarWdlSA whole sold at full rates, black brought - 5s 10d to Oa od, sitld silvers 4s 8d to 5s 8d per lb. Otis.—A further advance has taken place in the value of Cocoa Nut, and large purchases have been made privately, chiefly by the hone trade : indeed the market has bee❑ nearly cleared. Palm has been in extensive request, and prices have risen. Rape Seed Oil cannot be had upon lower terms, but there has only been a limited business done, the market better supplied. Olive has been extensively dealt in, holders evince much firmness, and obtained 41/ to 421 for Gallipoli, 391 to 40/ for Spanish and Sicily, and 38/ to 39/ for Barbary, Levant and Portugal; indeed some parties will not accept these rates, as the stock is not so large as it was; consump tion going on satisfactorily, and the prospect of the arrivals being much less than they were during last season. In Lin seed Oil large purchases have been made by the home trade, and several parcels were taken for exportation. For Seal Oil the demand is improvin;; ; holders evince firmness and supply the market sparingly, a fair amount of business has been trans acted. There has ben but little desire to operate in Cod. With Sperm the market is well supplied, 'and the demand being limited, prices are lowering. For Linseed, Olive, Cocoa Nut, and Palm prices arc above those of last season, but for Rape Oil they are lower, as is the case with respect to all Fish Oils. TAnnow.—The home trade are still inclined to increase their stocks with all descriptions, as the consumption is on the increase, arrivals continuing to be deficient of last year and prices ruling moderate. Holders have confidence,: and supplied the market sparingly; although several parcels have come in since this day week. There has been a large business transacted in Russian on the spot, at stiffer rates, fine new P. Y. Candle-bringing 42s 6d to 42s 9d, and old 42s to 42s 3d. F or f orward delivery a good deal has been d one . Thedemand hts been active for h ome ma d e , b ut t h e mar k et is still well supplied. All other kinds of Tallow ha ve ' me t with attention, and brought previous improved rates.: LATEST PRICES OF SIIARES, N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COIL PANIES: STOCK. From tie Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EYEING. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 301111T-STOCSE EILIVMS. Dividend Amount • Name of Company, per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. sustralasia •• • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 22 Britsh North American 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 43 1 4 ;ornmercial of London 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - :olonial . 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 •:-- ' Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Metropolitan ....... •. - 25 0 0 710 0 .. Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New.- -•• • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Nat. Provnclal of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 3 5 0 8 , Ditto, New.- .. •• • • SI. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union f Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 I -,- - Union of L0nd0n ..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 i INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - ---- ---- X s. d. X s. d. Albion .........• •• • • 3/. 10! 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18% Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent, 100 0 0 1 5 0 0 - :..tlas . 13s.Cd. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 1636 British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5O 0 7 % i:lericl,Med.&Gen.Life ; 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6% 2ounty .... .••••• •• . • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown -....-- • . •• 10s. 50 0 0 ! 5 0 0 - Eagle Eng.& Scot. Law .• - Si. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 27i, European Life ..•• •• 5 36 per cent. 20 00 1 All paid. 20 Freemasons' ... .. •. • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 ' 3 0 0 Globe .. ..... .....• • • 61. per cent. Stock. ! - 135 Guardian •.-••• • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0i36 10 0 48% Imperial Fire •• •• •• • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0j 50 0 0 240 imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0010 0 0 Indemnity Marine.... 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0015 13 1 31 Law Life- •• •• •.• • .. 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% i,andon Fire .• •• •• • • 10s. 25 0011 2 10 0 14% London Ship •.••• • • • 103. 25 0 0112 10 0 1434 Marine.. ....• •. • ... 5/. per cent. 100 0 01 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid&Gen.Life t%l. per ct. 50 0 0 I 2 0 0 3 National Leaa Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 i 210 0 . 2% National Life.... Palladium Life.. ..... Pheenix .. - 1 - 205 Protector Life.... :. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 1 1 0 0 - Provident Life - .....• 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Rock Life ••••.• .• - - 4s. 50 0 010 0 43g Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. - - Sun Fire ......... •• • 6/. 10s. - - 210 Ditto Life .........• 11. 6s. - - 49 Universal Life lON/. pr ent 100 0 615 0 - CANALS. .1 Names of l a , Dividend Price. Names of Dividend c. , per Price. Companies. 1 , per ;.= Annum. Companies.. 7 1 Annum.' cr: - --. Ashtn 8c Olkih 97 5/.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 81. - Ashby -d-la-Z!113 4/. 70 Mntgomrysh 100, Si. . 7 - Basingstoke.. 1100 - - N 611:1' 121. 180 Macclesfield. 10010 0,1 - ingtol7l. 345 Brknk&Abrg i lso; 51. 85 Nottingham ~150 12/. - Cromford .... :100; 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley 1 1001 4/. - Regent's ••• • 33 11. ss. - Derby .... • 1100; 6/. 73 Rochdale ..• •85 4/. - Elismre&Chs; 133 ; 4/. 55 Shropshire • • 125 81. - Erewash .• • 100; 32/. - Somrset C oa l 150 71 . 10 s. 130 Forth & Clyd 'lOO, 4/. - Do.Lk Fol St 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunctii 'lOO 71. 86 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 295 grand Union 100: 1/. 10s. - Slirewsbury..l2s 151. - Glamorgnsh. 172 13%1. - Stourbridge .. 145 201. 315 , 4istr&Brkly, tOO - - Strtfrd on Av :79 1/. 10S. - Clrantham • • 150 121. - Severn andi IEI 26 11. Bs. 32 uddersfield.: 57' - - Wye Rail. Kennt & Avif 39 7s. bd. - Triit & Mr-1 I co 307. - Lancaster :47 11. 10s. - sey, % sh...S ' Leeds&Livrp'loo 341. 520 Thanis &M e d! 19 - - L2icester ••• • 140, 101. 105 Worcstr & / 78 21. 43 Leicstr&Ntb; 831 4/. 52 Birming. Lough borogh i 142 701. B5O , Wilts & nits 67 11. 11 DOCICS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. X s. d• X s. d. Commercial •• •• • • ... 3/. per cent. Stock. Kast and West India ...! 61. pr cent. ' Stock. East Country L3ndon ...... ••.•• • . ' 51. pr cent. Stock. St. Katharine ••••• • • • , 5 per cent. I Stock. 3outhampton • • ...... 'V. per cent. ' 50 0 0 50 0 0 WATER-IVOR/IS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. East London •• • • • 8/. 100 0 0 i - 204 Grand Junction • • 3/. les. 41 13 4 - 90 Kent ••• • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 - - Vauxhall • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 -- 57 West Middlesex • • 51. ss. pr ent. 63 12 9 130 LIST or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PUICES., Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price, Annum. Share. X a. d. .£ s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 171 Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 158 British Linen Company Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 223 Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 164 National Bank 6/. per cent. ••••• ,10 0 0 14% Union Bank ot Scotland 7%1. p r cen t. - 50 0 0 923 i, Western Bank ••... • • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 84% North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7 1 ,,T, Clydesdale Bank- .. • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. 7s. Eastern Bank •••• .• • • 5/. per cent. ' - 10 0 0 1 I Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 41. 4s. Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert. - 5 0 0 71. 3s. City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent.l - 10 0 0 13i. 8s Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 120 0 0 1 0 0 245. 9d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Ensur. Co. of Scotlnd Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9% North ItritSh Insur.. •a%/. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27% Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22 Edinlitirgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 IN Edin. &Glasg. Railway 11.10 s. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ditto, Shares 7S. Gd. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17% Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 Glen w & ..kyrshir Rail. 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 76 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 16% Olsgw & Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. 40 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LifeAssernep.l M. tier cent. 50 0 0 210 0 9 FUNERAL OF LORD METCALFE.—Yesterday after noon the mortal remains of Charles Theophiles, - first and last Baron Metcalfe, were consigned to their last resting-place. It has already been stated that that much-lamented nobleman died at Malshanger, near the .church f w Basingstoke, but his body wa s removed on the morn ingauoofintklidib Berkshire, funeral withintorto b a fee deposited s f in the with his ancestors. The country seat of the Metcalfe family is Fern-hill, in the parish of Winkfield, but for many years past that residence has been held by suc cessive tenants of the deceased peer, the last of whom WAS Sir Felix Booth; its present occupant is the Dowager Lady Granville. On this account, therefore, the mourners and attendants did not assemble, as under other circum stances they would have done at Fern-bill, but at Hill houFe, the residence of his Lordship's nephew, Sir Hes keth Fleetwood. Hill-house is also in the parish of Winkfield. The obsequies of the deceased peer were conducted in a manner quite becoming his high rank and the great personal esteem in which he had ever been held, but at the same time with no unusual or ostentatious display. There were, of course, several mourning-coaches and four, the church was hung with black cloth, the coronet of the deceased was borne upon a crimson velvet cushion, the coffin was covered with crimson velvet, the hearse was adorned with paintings of the arms, coronet, &c., belonging to the deceased, and every part of the ceremony was performed with impres sive effect. Amongst the mourners were Lord Monson, Sir Alan M'Nab, Mr. James Metcalfe, Mr. Thomas Metcalfe, Mr. Brownrigg, M.P., Sir liesketh Fleetwood, Bart., Messrs. Martin, Brownrigg, jun., Smythe, Howell, &c. The private carriages of several noblemen and gentlemen followed the mourning coaches; amongst the latter we noticed that of Lord Ashbrouke, the brother-in law of the deceased. It is understood that Mr. Brown rigg has been appointed Lord Metcalfe's executor, and that the bulk of his Lordship's property will go to Mr. James Metcalfe. His Lordship's brother, now in India, inherits the baronetcy, to which the deceased peer suc ceeded more than twenty years ago. ASSASSINATION OF A REVENUE OFFICER AT :130- LOGNA.—A letter from Bologna states, that the san fedisti have been guilty of a horrible assassination. A revenue officer having refused to participate in their ma chinations against Pius IX., fell a victim to his devotion. As he had expressed his intention of going to Rome, fearing lest he should inform against them, they shot him. The crime was scarcely perpetrated when the san fedist who were anxiously awaiting the result in the streets of Faenza, began to cry out, "Behold the fruits of the amnesty !" happily the victim of this cowardly act had still life enough left before expiring to denounce his murderers, and the motives of their act. They wished to impute the act to the' effects of the amnesty. His statement was taken down V„ ( kworn to by seventeen witnesses. The whole populattoß, of Faenza, without distinction, followed the murdered man to his grave ; the funeral was on a magnificent scale. Public opinion, also, points out the sanfedisti as the murderers of the Swiss Colonel who was ussassii,ated on the public square of Forli a few days previous to the above-crieutioned murder. . Shadwell, has arrived at Whitburn Rectory , on his The Vice-Chancellor of England, .gir - Lancelot annual visit to the Rev. Thomas Bakt.t.—Neiccroad Advertiser. ~++ 4P 14 al 364