The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-09 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY EVENING.—The Marquis of Lansdowne is to arrive in this city next week. After a brief stay with the Lord-Lieutenant at the Vice regal Lodge, the Noble Marquis is to visit his exten sive and well circumstanced estates in the Queen's count Meath, and Kerry. Lord Lansdowne is one of the best and most judicious landlords in Ireland. Even in the present time of difficulty, his rents in Meath and Queen's county are well paid, because the land is let for the value, and the tenantry are thriving and industrious. In some parts of his estates in Kerry, since the famine, the Noble Mar quis has expended a large portion of the rents re ceived in the midland counties in sustaining the un fortunate people in the over-populated district of Tuosist, in Kerry; but even in that place, where a tenant-right has been recognised by Lord Lansdowne, there have been recently some instances where tenants, on emigrating, have received as high a rate as fifteen years' purchasing, as compensation for the interest in their holdings. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING.—The Cork Reporter of yesterday morning, thus announces the arrest of a Mr. Pennington, chargad with aiding M'Manus to escape to America. A person named Corcoran had been previously arrested with M'Manus on a similar charge On Thursday morning, Head-constable Roe and Constable Daniel Cudmore proceeded to the residence of Mr. Fouhy, ship agent, of White -street, and arrested Mr. William Pennington, under a warrant issued out of th 6 police-office, charging him with having aided and as sisted Mr. T. B. M'Manus in his endeavours to escape. When arrested, Mr. Pennington was in bed, and on dressing himself was conveyed to the Bridewell, from whence he was brought before the magistrates at the police-office, this morning, by whom he was forwarded to Passage for examination." THE FUGITIVE LEADERS. The Cork Reporter has the following further de tails of the chase after O'Gorman and Doheny:— " On Sunday last Mr. Shiel, R.M., at Dunmanway, and a large party of constabulary, made a close search at the cottage of Dennis O'Leary, Esq., Cool-mountain, Iveleary, for, it is supposed, Mr. Richard O'Gorman. " On the night of Monday, several parties of police Were seen on the look out at Dunmanway, Bantry, and in the districts between Skibberoen and the former towns. " On Tuesday night, theiresidence of Mr. John Atte ridge, parish of Castlehalen, near Castletownsend, was searched; on the same night the houses of Mr. Thomas Doheny, Gurteenasonny, sear Dunmanway, and the house of Mr. John Doheny, Keelnacher, parish of Kil michael, underwent a close examination. " ARREST OF MR. DOHENT.—ANOTHER 3001. LOST.— The quiet and orderly little town of Baltimore, which has enjoyed a profound peace since the period when it was an Irish borough, was on Monday last thrown into a state of the utmost excitement and confusion, in con sequence of a rumour to the effect that Mr. Michael Doheny had been arrested on board a hooker from Cork, belonging to a rather celebrated fisher man of Midleton, named Ronan. Crowds flocked on board the vessel to behold the rebel general,' whom the police-constables guarded with that vigilance which might have been expected from 3001. reward and badges of merit, and promotions innumerable in prospectu. The prisoner in vain protested that he was not Mr. Do heny—the constable produced a Hue awl Cry, in which his portrait appeared, and every one who heard the de scription read bore testimony to its accuracy in repre senting a character drawn to life,' not, perhaps, too glitteringly, bat too truly to be mistaken. Luckily, however, among the visitors was a notorious character, Shenaus Lahan, commonly called Bluebeard, who recog nized in the prisoner none other than the son of his land lord, no less a personage than a J. P. of the county of Cork, well known in the neighbourhood. Bluebeard im mediately proceeded before a magistrate, and having de posed that Mr. was not Mr. Doheny, succeeded, after some difficulty, in persuading the man of law of that fact, and obtained the *lease of the young masther,' whose extraordinary resemblance to the individual with, as the Hue and Cry elegantly expresses it, the ' coarse, red face —like a man given to drink,' had led to his unpleasant detention." THE STATE PRISONERS IN BELFAST.---A sudden order reached Belfast on Monday evening for the re moval of Nlr. Thomas Halpin, one of the state pri soners in the House of Correction there, to Dublin. Mr. Halpin, who had been secretary to the Irish Confederates all through, has arrived in this city. THE ARREST OF DR. M'CARRON. The Freeman's Journal contains the following curious letter : "21 Clarence• street, Liverpool, 6th Sept, 1848. . - "Sir,---1 have been credibly informed that some person representing himself at one time as the brother of Charles G. Duffy, and at other times as the brother of my hus band, Dr. M'Carron, has been going about this town raising subscriptions for their defence. Charles Gavan Duffy has no brother ; and the only brother in the British dominions of my husband is the Rev. Mr. M'Carron, Archdeacon of Derry. While on this subject may I be permitted to allude to the cruel and heartless course adopted and persevered in by the Government to wards myself. I have neither father, mother, sister, nor brother, save Charles G. Duffy, who is now incarcerated in Newgate. My husband, Dr. M'Carron, who held a situation in one of the American steamers, on his last arrival from New York, finding that my brother was im prisoned, proceeded to Dublin a few days before the sail ing of his ship, to pay a visit of sympathy to him. With out cause or reason of any kind, that we can understand, he was taken from his bed in the hotel, cast into a filthy room in Chancery-lane, with a straw bed in one corner, and two policemen with loaded pistols and drawn sabres for his companions. After being detained there for many hours, he was sent to Newgate, and such was the state of fever that supervened that, with the excep tion of a dose of medicine, for three days, as his fellow prisoners can testify, he neither ate nor drank. " Ho wrote, requesting to be confronted with his ac cusers, and to know the nature of the charge brought against him. The Rev. Mr. M'Carron arrived in Dub lin, and made a similar application, stating that he was not a member of any confederate , club, and that in the year '44 he had tendered his resignation as a member of the Repeal Association. His application met with a si milar fate. The first intimation I had of the imprison ment of my husband was a visit from two detectives, who searched over and examined everything belonging to me, and took away a large number of his books, and all my private letters, not one of which contained anything po litical. My only brother is now in prison, my husband deprived of his situation, and of the means of supporting me, is also the inhabitant of a dungeon, while I, in a de licate state of health, am driven houseless and homeless on the world. " I shall not injure my own soul by calling for impre cations on the heads of my cruel and heartless persecu tors, but leave them in the hands of a merciful, just, but avenging God.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., "ANNA MARIA M'CARRON." DEATH By DROWNING Of A CLERGYMAN. —Tho Clare Journal contains the following:—" The Rev. Mar cus Clark, of Shronell, county Tipperary, and brother to the late Mr. Clark who was barbarously murdered about two years ago in that county, was drowned on Wednesday morning about eight o'clock while in the act of bathing at Burns's Hole, Kilkee. His body was subsequently picked up by canoes. The distress of his unfortunate lady is indescribable." THE PROSECUTIONS FOR HIGH TREASON. CLONMEL, SEPT. I.—The Crown Solicitor has nearly completed his arrangements for the trials at Special Commissions in this town. The parties cer tainly to be tried at this Commission are Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and M‘Manus, besides a number of the peasants who had been engaged in the out break. The chain of evidence is considered complete against all the parties to be tried ; but there is a want of proof to connect Mr. Meagher directly with the proceedings at Ballingarry. Regarding Mr. Smith O'Brien, who never in the least degree resorted to c oncea l ment, i t i s stated there i▪ s abundant testi mony ; an d as to M ‘ Manus the evi▪ dence of various w it nesses i mp li cate him in the movement of Tipperary in all its ramifications. But respecting Mr. Meagher, none of the witnesses for the Crown have identified him as having been present 'at the scene of the insurrection, and the general impression is that he was not at Ballingarry at all. The evidence against Mr. Meagher applies to other places, and to overt acts before the outbreak actually took place. M‘Manus, it is said, led the party who attacked the police barrack at Mullinahone. When the attack was proposed Smith O'Brien deci dedly objected, recommending that they should wait to be attacked, and erect barricades for defence in the mean time ; but M‘Manus harangued the insurgent pea sants, who followed him to the barrack s where a few constables were stationed. Smith O'Brien finding his remonstrances unavailing, followed the crowd, and succeeded in preventing any actual violence. He summoned the police to surrender, and gave the men an hour for consideration, but, in the interval, aided by some respectable inhabitants of Mullinahone, they were enabled to proceed in safety to head-quartets in she district. After Smith O'Brien had left the po .±c_e.barrack, he proceeded, followed by the insur- Kei l , to the Mining Company's offices at Slievar tdhaat -oecAjornettK correct version of what occurred on already been published in the newspapers, although the letter of Mr. O'Brien, addressed to the directors of the company, threat ening the confiscationof the work s , un d er cer t a i n con tingencies, has not newspapers. been accurately g i ven in the All those transactions w . ill . be duly described in the evidence at the 0 very curio* feature minmission. Butther o e f is one O'Brien at Ballingarry theth proceedingsnot yet been Smith noticed. When he made thtehafetoralayasinto the works of the mining been on day the police party had been withdralvwnittho tahesactf station of the ifieineff order . issued district, (in accordance Castle, from the ibnstabulary-office Smith O'Brien applied to Mr. Culleni,l:Olne of the chief superintendents, requiring the Police-station. Mr. Cullen admitted th ey at th of the was in his possession, but he . refused to give it e up, key .a he was acting under responsibility as an officer of the company. Mr. Smith O'Brien then requir e d two horses, for his scouts, to be forthwith furnished. Mr. Cullen, the superintendent, peremptorily refused to furnish the horses ; whereupon Mr. O'Brien observed, " Mr. Otitilen, you are the servant of the Mining Company, and I shall not require you to do anything contrary to your duty to your employers." Mr. O'Brien then left the collieries, with his it tsurgent followers. One or two of the peasants engaged in :tE e insur rection have become approvers, and their di 'positions are in the hands of the Crown solicitor. The Sub-Sheriff, Mr. Going, is now prep wring the summonses for the grand jury, which will be served to-morrow. The Sheriff is to summon the! members of the grand pannel, to serve on the petit juri es at this commission. The Freeman of this morning contains thl following letter from Mr. John O'Connell:— " TO THE REPEALERS OF IRELAND., " London, Sept ;., 1848. " Fellow-countrymen,—What other hope it there for Ireland but in the Repeal? What other chance is there for staying, and at length turning back, the nal ,hing cur rent of our ruin? " What else can save the empire? For Ireland's ruin must drag down with it the mighty fabric which in times of peril has so often found in her it s stoutest bulwark. " Poor-laws cannot save us! They are ating into the vitality of our last resources, and yet are riot saving the people. For one family which they hav e rescued from death to a state, as it were, of life in d eath, five, six, aye more, have sunk under the tortures of starva tion and utterly perished. " And meantime the owner of land, the hold( )r of land, and the rate-payer in towns, are all alike beim: g crushed down by the burden of these poor-laws and the ever increasing misery of the country to the same common level of impoverishment and distress. " We are told, indeed, that 'industry' and ert ergy,' and the total and final 'relinquishment of all poll t.; ical agita tion' will prove our great and saving remedies.. Energy' on the part of the employers of labour, industry' on that of the employed, and the abandonment •of agita tion' on the part of all. "But we are not told by what magic the landowners, crippled in their means by the reaction of their t enantry's repeated losses upon them, can so enlarge their expenai tura as to furnish employment even to one-hi ilf of the multitudes in need of it. _ _ . W" Neither are we told how the farmers are to be in duced to spend what little store they may yet have by them in essaying improvements' in order ti() give in creased employment, when the value and fru d t of those improvements must be even more precarious t han ever, inasmuch as the necessity of the times is al tarpening that grasping avidity of the landlord class, so rife and so desolating in Ireland, and so little checked or b ceded by Parliament. " Nor yet are we told how the problem of ir ustaining and employing the entire people of a populont s country merely by and in agriculture alone (a problem found, of course, impossible of solution, even before the late calamities befel us) can be solved now, when so large a portion of our agricultural produce is endangered, and nut a little already gone and utterly lost. " The abandonment of agitation' will scarr:€ ) make up for the deficiency of the other means' of becoming prosperous, to which we are advised by our English counsellors and their miserable copyists in Ireland. In truth it would be fruitful but in evils of its o wit. " The loss of the poor privilege of con sp)aint—the closing up of the long accustomed vent for our accumu lated and accumulating griefs—would make ttur suffer ings tenfold harder to be borne, and entail upon t the state the inevitable peril that embittered feelings any I passions too closely pent up and repressed might explot le in wild convulsion and social ruin. " The horrible system of extermination wou:ild receive a new - impulse when its atrocities were no longer r dragged to light by the agency of a popular association. A similar impunity would encourage the petty tyrannies and stinging vexations of the people by the little local despots of the police and magistracy; and the bil,se devices now at work to enslave our church—to corrupt the edu cation of our youth—and to detach—(Blessed, Heaven! how hopeless the attempt!)—to detach from the people the priesthood, whom they revere and love, will also be newly stimulated to a more nefarious activity than ever. " There is but one thing that could ever snake as even for a time accept this otherwise most base, most ruinous council of political silence and submissiveness,—if we thought—if we could think—if a hope, or the shadow of a hope, were held out that our quiescence would insure a merciful dealing to the men (victims of their own mad ness certainly, but far more the victims the long and cruel misgovernment of their country by England) who now lie nominally at the mercy of the Government, but really subject to nhatever the ferocious proniptings of the felon' Tines may make that Government consider advisable to propitiate the alarmed cowardice of inter national prejudice and conscious oppression. " Yes, we could thus be won to silence toe a time— thus be bribed to choke down into the throat the cry of our distress, and the loud demand for our rights. " We could be content to suffer for a time in silence, if that silence won for those now in prison that calm, and full, and rightly -merciful consideration . which ought to be given to the case of men whose country's cruel wrongs so fatally stung them into madness I " It is for the people of Ireland to determine whether this opportunity for most politic, most blessed mercy, shall be given to our English masters. If the decision be for agitation, immediate or more remote, I claim, whenever the renewed attempt is to be made, that I may be permitted to brave among the first what are supposed to be its perils. " The imbecile malice of my Lord Glengall, and the threatenings of the absentee Lord Lansdowne, are to us, Itepealers, but as the idle wind! The great body of the Irish Repealers—the great body of the Irish people, have been steady in using no other means to obtain their rights than those which, if the constitution did not recog nize and protect, it would itself be a mockery and a nullity. " And we will not lightly surrender what yet remains to us of the constitution in Ireland. "Let me now, brother Repcalers, pray your attention to the pressing consideration connected with our move ment. "The hall in which of late we met—the adjoining pre mises which are hallowed by the recollections of the Catholic Association—these must speedily be disposed of, if you are unable to supply funds for their longer maintenance. " It is true that our agitation is not of necessity bound down to one special locality. It is true that we can easily move elsewhere if Conciliation-hall and the Corn-Ex change-rooms must be abandoned. The agitation that defeated Peel and Wellington, and wrung emancipation from a hostile monarch and Parliament, had its begin nings in a petty back room, hired but for each meeting; and there is far too much of our old organization re maining to think that we shall fall back again so low. " But, although repeal shall not be found hopelessly bound up with the fate of Conciliation-hall and the Corn-Exchange-rooms, yet it were well, if possible, to preserre them to the people. It is for you, Repealers of Ireland, to say if this shall be done; we of the com mittee have done our part. Of private efforts Ido not wish to speak; but this much it is well that you should know, that in what regards the maintenance of the ball and the adjoining house we, whether in public or in pri vate, can, without you, henceforward do no more! " If within the course of the present month you can not come to the rescue, it will become inevitably neces sary to advertise and to dispose of, as best can be done, the scenes of our former labours. Whatever be the pro duce of the sale, the yet remaining liabilities of the asso ciation shall be first discharged; and then, if any sur plus shall remain, it shall be vested in such members of committee as may choose to undertake the trust, for the use and benefit of the association when the latter resumes its sittings. " I make this announcement with deep grief; but it is a duty to let you, the Repealers of Ireland, know the condition to which matters have come by reason of the political paralysis with which the results of the madness of a very small portion of the community has afflicted the whole body politic. " You can prevent the necessity I announce if you be so minded. A small, if regular and constant, effort would be sufficient. But, if division, depression, and distress indispose your minds to any exertion at this time, the course of things must be as I say; and when again we meet in the Repeal Association it must be in a new home. " Two subjects yet press on me, brother Repealers, ere I conclude. A worthy descendant of the Duke of Leinster of '79 and 'B2—a true Geraldine—is in the field for Ireland ! He does not, indeed, as yet declare for that full measure of Ireland's rights which his illus trious ancestor so nobly asserted ; but his heart is for Ireland, his high feelings, his generous sympathies, his sound reason, all engaged in her cause; and we can as suredly wish well to him and his high-spirited associates, although we cannot forego —can never compromise nor surrender, the great object of our hopes and labours— the total repeal of tho accursed union! LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 8. (Before Mr. Commissioner FAME.) IN RE STEPHEN KEEN. Cr. :y debtors, estimated to produce E ;37 bad debts ... XV property in patents ... By property in estates mortgaged :By losses ... 'Trade expenses Domestic expenses .By liabilities " The other matter I can dispatch in still fewer words. It is the speech which Ministers have this day put into the mouth of her Most Gracious Majesty. How con sistent is it not with the whole sad history of English mismanagement of Ireland! Distraction, severity, and distress—distress, severity, and distraction; these are its Irish topics, as these have been of royal speeches about Ireland for many a melancholy year! " And thus it will be to the end of the chapter, if the terrible winter before us do not complete our ruin, and blot out the Irish people from among the nations! " I am, brother Repealers, with great respect, your faithful, and to the death devoted fellow-labourer, " JOHN O'CONNELL." A RAILWAY UNDER WATER.— On the express train, which left Carlisle at twenty-seven minutes past one o'clock on Thrtrsday afternoon, arriving at Garstang about four o'clock, the passengers were greatly surprised and alarmed at finding the red signals up, and all the passengers of the penny a mile train, which had pre ceded them, out of their carriages, and standing on the line. On cautiously coming up they found that the rails in the Barnacro cutting were nearly two feet deep in the water for the space of about a mile, by which no less than five trains were prevented from pursuing their re spective journeys; and it was several hours before this extraordinary flood subsided sufficiently to let them pass, in doing which the greatest caution had to be used. The water is supposed to have come from the Bleasdale Fell, over which a violent thunder-storm, accompanied by torrents of rain, had burst but a short time previous to the line being immersed in the water. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Bad Leg Cured by Iloilo way's Ointment and Pills after Twenty Years Suffering. —Extract of a letter from Mr. Andrew Brack, black smith, Eyemouth, dated Aug. 10, 1848. "To Professor Holloway—Sir, I have the pleasure to inform you that I have obtained a most extraordinary cure, by the use of your w celebrated Oi ntment an d Pill s. F or upwards of te yearsnttllyat titime I I suffered consulted with sseveral dreadfuleral eminent bad surgeons,leg, andbu dur ing t their efforts failed to do any good. I then had recourse to your Ointment and Pills whi c h , with the blessing of Providence, has completelyas ever."—Sold healed In' y leg, and made it as sound and perfe c t—Sold by all D rugg i sts , an d at Professor ll o oway' r s Establishment, 244, Strand, London. THE- SUN, LONDON, 8 ATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1848. The certificate of the bankrupt, a brick-maker, of "lillingdon, was opposed by Mr. COOKE, on behalf of t, 'ie assignees, on the ground that ho had traded in ac e, )mmodation bills, and shown an undue preference. The b inkrupt's debts and liabilities were about 7,0001., and is assets are small. The capital with which he COB:1- U teneed was 2,3741. _ His HONOUR suspended the certificate twelve months, w. ithout protection, chiefly on the ground that the bank rt had shown an undue preference to Messrs. Poyn ti ar and Co., lime merchants, in assisting them in obtain- Ftu g nearly the whole of his property. IN RE CHARLES HUMPREY, JUN. The bankrupt, who carried on business at Cambridge as a banker, and also at Camberwell. as a merchant, ci one up for his last examination. Subjoined is an ab tract of his balance-sheet, from the 9th of November, T. 844, to the 31st of July, 1848:—. X s. d. Dr. T o creditors unsecured E iitto holding security ... L iabilities on bills ••• ..• ••• o sundry creditors of the lat e fi rm of Charles Humfrey and Son, bankers, of Cambridge ... ... 12,865 1 8 'o Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co., who hold mortgages on the real estate of the late C. Humfrey, sen. _ _ 'o capital ... o profits of trade ... 7,840 17 0 ... 6,360 13 6 840 4 6 6,583 6 4 693 1 11 8,623 0 10 £43,770 5 9 ... £l2O 0 0 ... 1,494 9 11 ... 5 0 0 ... 4,500 0 0 ... 6,430 16 8 ... 8,050 11 0 ... 1,916 15 8 ... 20,252 12 6 £43,770 5 9 Among the unsecured creditors, to the amount of 18,665/. Is. Bd., are J. and B. Barsham, Cambridge, :1501.; executors of Mr. Cambridge, 5201.; Sarah Cliff; 358/.; William Collin, 5151.; Henry Collin, 1831.; Chas. LEyres, 659/. ; John A. Frere, 215/. ; Carner, 453/; `Wm. Hall, 5591.; Lambert Hotckin, Kensington, 690/.; Henry Philip Hudson, 7081; Robert Peters, 203/.; Arch. Surnton, 3851. ; Wm. Talbot, 1,206/. ; F. Thackeray, .204/. ; Charles Thurnall, 3941. ; Robert Willes, 8451. ; John Whitehead, 2001.; Thos. Worsley, 5341. No opposition was offered, and the bankrupt passed his last examination, with an intimation from the Com p lissioner that he should review the circumstances at tendant upon the bankruptcy, when the bankrupt came tip for his certificate. green silk purse, containing a half-sovereign and 9s. 6d. in silver. Complainant stated that on the previous evening she and three other ladies went out for a walk as far as Hampstead, and on the Heath they hired fuur donkeys of the prisoners. After riding about for some time they alighted, and sent into the gardon of a tavern in order to obtain some refreshment; she almost imme diately afterwards missed her purse and money, she therefore gave the prisoners into custody. In answer to the magistrate, complainant said—While riding upon my donkey I pulled up to give sixpence to a poor woman, but she did not come "close enough to me to rob me. I know that after I had relieved her I re turned my purse to my pocket. The donkeys remained outside the gate at the tavern, and so did the prisoners, who were waiting for us to come out. IN RE TEETERS AND TREVERS. The bankrupts, who had carried o❑ business at Wal worth, as builders, applied for their certificates. Ilis HONOUR postponed the certificates, and said he would not allow the bankrupts to apply again until cer tain property was given up, which they had assigned to their relatives by bills of sale. Police-constable 75 S said that the prisoners were searched at the station, but that neither the purse nor cash was found. Mr. BROUGEITON (to Brown)—What is your answer to this charge ? Mr. Brown—l'll tell you all about it, your worship. The ladies got on the donkeys, and I and my mate drove them as nicely as possible for a long while ; they were all smoking cigars while they were mounted, and we had cigars too ; they also paid for four or five pots of strong ale, which we drank among the lot of us, and besides that they were kind enough to pay for a lot of biscuits for the animals. On the way one or two of the ladies tumbled right off into the road, and he had the trouble of picking 'em up and clapping 'em on the saddle again. I know nothing about the " pus " nor the money. Mr: BROUGHTON—This seems to be a very curious story altogether. (To the officer)—Did the ladies appear to have been drinking ? Officer—Yes, sir ; they were certainly rather elevated. Madame, on being questioned by the magistrate, said she was not in the habit of smoking cigars when in Lon don, but she thought there was no harm in indulging in that way when out for a little recreation in the country. She further said, that, in regard to what had been said respecting the ale, that the donkey-drivers drank the greater portion of it. Brown said it was no such thing, and that the ladies took quite as much as their share of the " lot." Jones, the usher of the Court, said that Madame's face was grazed, and it was evident that she had had a fall, as had been described. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. John Dolby, a practical chemist, carrying on business at 289, Strand, appeared before Mr. Jardine to answer a complaint preferred against him by Mr. Ebenezer Wild, a wood engraver, residing in the same house, for having exposed a chemical preparation close to his room, at the top of the house, by which the health of his wife and c.hildre❑ were dangerously affected. The further hearing of the case was adjourned on Thursday evening, for the purpose of having this com pound (which emitted a most offensive effluvia) analysed by some competent person, and the defendant was or dered to enter into his recognisance in the sum of 1001. to attend again. The complainant stated that on Wednesday morning he left home on business, at which time the family were in the enjoyment of excellent health, and in tho course of the afternoon he was met by his son in the Strand, who informed him that the infant, only nine weeks old, and its mother, were suddenly taken seriously ill, in consequence of the shocking diuvia caused by the defendant ; upon which he hurried home, and discovered a white saucer on the landing-place near to his bed-room, the contents of which appeared to be ignited, and the smoke and smell were moat intolerable. His wife was at the street door, to which she had gone to recover her breath, having the infant in her arms in a dying state from exhaustion. The other children were not able to stand, and each of them was gasping for breath. lie took possession of the saucer, and having wrapped it in paper, took it to Dr. Walker, 101, Drury lane, but not being at home, his assistant examined the contents, 511(1 said that the greater part was assafostida, at the same . time directing him to keep the children in the open air to prevent them from being suffocated. The defendant's servant informed him that his master di rected him to place the saucer close to the bed-room door, for the purpose of suffocating the family, or com pelling them to give up the apartments. Witness im mediately demanded of the defendant why he had acted in such a manner, and he admitted that he had conducted himself in a very proper manner since he became his lodger, and, making a laugh of the matter, said that his wife had called Mrs. Dolby one of the "scum of the earth," for which he was determined to get them out of the house. The defendant said he had no such article as assafce tida on his premises, and the reason'why he used the chloride of lime, which was in a concentrated form, was to purify the foul air coming from the rooms occupied by the complainant ; besides he wanted to get rid of the family ; and as the fumes of his laboratory were not offensive to him or his wife, he could sea no reason why the lodgers, to whom he had given notice to quit, ob jected to them. NEI% JARDINE said he could see no justification for placing noxious ingredients on the landing-place for the sole purpose of annoying the family of a hardworking and industrious man. Mr. Hooper, chemist and druggist, of Great Russell street, Covent-garden, who had been sent for by the ma gistrate, said that the matter produced gave out a gas, but not of such a character as to prove fatal, unless per sons were confined for a considerable time in the same apartment. He considered that it was not chloride of lime, as it had ignited. Mr. William Miller, professor of chemistry, in the King's College Hospital, said that, at the request of the court, he had examined the article sent to him, and it con tained phosphorate of lime and phosphate of cusium, and he considered that if it was placed on a staircase next to an inhabited room, it would be not only extremely dis agreeable, but also injurious to health, although there were other gases more destructive. It was not used for the purposes of health or cleanliness, but was rather a chemical curiosity than anything else. In the course of half an hour such stuff might make a child very sick. The defendant said that in the manner he had used it he would not mind taking two gallons of it. Mr. Henry Davies, 14, Clarendon-square, Somers town, surgeon, proved that he attended Mrs. Wild in her last confinement, and left her and her family in perfect health about a week back. Yesterday morning he was again sent for, and he found her in a weak state, from excessive flurrying, and it would be some time before she would be restored to health. The eldest boy was also very ill, complaining of his head, and appearing very heavy. The entire of the children, who were kept in a very clean and neat condition, were more or less indis posed, with the exception of the infant, which appeared not to suffer much. All the children ware evidently affected by a tainted atmosphere, which might have been caused by noxious vapours such as might be caused by chloride of lime disengaged. Mr. BROUGHTON was of opinion that the case was not strong enough against tho prisoners, and ordered their discharge. THAMES. Mr. JARDINE, havitig ascertained that the complainant wished the case to be sent to the sessions, said he would at a future day commit the defendant for the misde meanour; and, as it would be only just for him to procure the opinion of some practical person to explain what the stuff was composed of, he should allow him to enter into his own recognizance in the sum of 1001. to appear.again in a week. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. Louis Prevot, who described himself as an interpreter, preferred the following charge against M. Aimable De lafolie, the proprietor of the Boulogne Hotel inLeicester pl ace. Two notorious smashers, named William Grainger and George Fuller, who have lately transferred their busi ness to the vicinity of Stratford, were brought up by Police-constable Benton, 381 K, charged with having passed a counterfeit half-crown on a publican at Bow. The constable, who was in plain clothes, observed them going into several houses, and, being aware of their cha racter, watched their proceedings. When they left the house of the complainant, Benton went in and asked whether they had tendered him any money, and he re plied that he had changed a half-crown for them. lie then found that it was bad one, and the prisoners were taken into custody. Mr. BALLANTINE—Where is the half-crown? Ben ton—l beg your Worship's pardon, but it is not to be had. I marked it on one side and gave it to the ser geant, but somehow or other it cannot be found. Sergeant Waters, who took the charge, said the coun terfeit half-crown had been placed on the table in the charge-room. He had occasion to leave the room for a short time, another constable being in charge of the pri soners, and on his return the half-crown was gone in a most mysterious manner. One of the prisoners had been observed to approach the table, when he no doubt con trived to swallow the half-crown, for he immediately afterwards asked for a draught of water. Pack, 37 H, said the prisoners were well known, having been before in custody for similar offences, and Grainger's capacity of swallowing half-crowns had been frequently tested. On one occasion he snatched one out of the hands of an officer and bolted it. The prisoners, who made no defence, were remanded for the attendance of the solicitor` to the Mint. WORSHIP-STREET. The complainant said he was standing near the Hotel de l'Europe, in Leicester-square, when a cabman, with a fare inside, asked him where the Prince of Wales Hotel was situated. Being in the position of commissionare to that hotel, he volunteered to show the way. While thus piloting the cab, he had occasion to pass the de fendant's hotel, vt hich was next door to the Prince of Wales. The defendant was at the door, and seeing the business he was upon, he rushed out and pitched into him in Old English fashion. n t patronized mistakes e y h w foreign o e e nr. From th e d e f ence of M. Ai ma bl e D e l a f o li e, i t ap e tAv p hi e lse a bi r t Heo e rr d ots t,Hel Hotel, ahadtdte:lthii Boulogneordertwo hotels t ore p were prevent red from a too great similarity of names, the one being the Prince of Wales Hotel, and the other the Pri nce ,thelatter . hotelTo prevent ehangedtheitseotnitsleecitnoetnheaets of rivalry, an ar rangement h a d b een en t ere d i nto b etween the respective proprietors, by which neither was to in terfere with the other's business. The complainant, however, in defiance of the entente cordiale that had thus been established, was in the habit of touting about Leicester-square for fresh arrivals, and had succeeded by this means in diverting visitors from the Hotel de Boulogne to the Prince of Wales. It was because the defendant thought that the complainant was in the exercise of this unfair vocation that he went out to re monstrate. He admitted he did strike the complainant, but then he had been, as h e sa id, " va ry terrible provki." The cabman proved that he had applied to th&tom plainant to direct him to the Prince of Wales. Mr. HARDwicx said, ev en if the complainant had been guilty of the con d uc t attributed to him , the - d a e d fendant would not have been justified in making an attack on him. But the evidence showed that this was_ not the case, and the re f ore the offence was agg ravated. He should fine the defendant 405.—The money was paid. quan tity of dressed and undressed meat in his possession, tor of Mivart 's prisoner, it app w h o had been in his establish ment many eared, was the p ro p erty o f Mr. Mi var t, the proprietor Thomas Cotterill was charged with h avin g a Hotel, Br oo k- s t reet. The • Mr. Miva r t' s servants, h u sband to one of years, and on this account Mr. Mivart was reluctant to press the charge with severity. Tho deft ndant was convicted of the unlawful pos session, and was sent to prison for ten days. MAR yLEBONE. James B rown and Edward Lamb, both of them don. key-driver,, were placed before Mr. Bruugh on, charged with having rubbed Madame Casenova, a dashingly attired French lady, residing iu 4teicuter-aquare, of Richard Bailey and Thomas Saul were finally ex amined before I\lr. Arnold, charged with having stolen thirteen dozen of prepared skins, the property of Mr. J. 11. Heckman, an extensive furrier in John-street, and Chicksand street, Spitalfields. It appeared that the skins in question had been depo sited by some of the posecutor's workmen in a large store-room in Thrawl-street, near his warehouse, on Saturday, the 2d inst., and in the course of the same evening it was discovered that the place had been forci bly entered, and the property in question, together with a large quantity of other peltry, carried off. Suspecting that the plunder would be promptly conveyed to Petti coat-lane, to be disposed of, the prosecutor dispatched his foreman on the following morning to make inquiries there, when he was informed by the wife of a small furrier, named Isaacs, that a sample of such skins had been offered to her husband that morning by two men, who promised to call with the bulk in the course of an hour. While the foreman was in conversation with Mrs. Isaacs, the prisoners made their appearance, cam ing a large package, which was dropped as soon as they caught sight of them, and darted away in different directions. Upon opening the package, it was found to contain thir teen dozen of the skins, which he conveyed back to his master's premises, and gavo information to the police, which ended in the apprehension of the prisoner Sawl on the same afternoon. The capture of the other pri soner was effected under rather curious circumstances by Police-constable Gifford, who had taken him into custody with another notorious thief about three weeks previously, for attempting to pick pockets at White chapel. On that occasion the prisoner contrived to effect his escape from the officers, but the handcuffs with which hi; wrists were secured were returned to the station•houso by a little boy, who told the inspec tor, with great apparent artlessness, that he had picked them up in the street, and as he was wholly unacquainted with the nature of such implements, he thought it best to hand them over to the police; but the supposed innocent had only been a short time dis missed, with a compliment upon his honesty, when he was brought back upon a charge of picking pockets, and having been identified as au accomplished young thief, he was subsequently committed for three months to the House of Correction. The officer Gifford had been since engaged in constant efforts to effect Bailey's apprehen sion, but without success until Sunday evening, when he was accidentally met and secured after a long chase; and on being conveyed to the station he was recognized by the prosecutor's foreman as the man who had endea voured to dispose of the skins in conjunction with the other prisoner. In defence, the prisoner Bailey denied all cognisance of the robbery, in which he was confirmed by the other prisoner, who declared that he had employed him to carry skins, without telling him how they came into his possession. They were both fully committed for trial. Mr. ARNOLD announced his receipt of a donation of 15s. for Sarah Ladd, from "F.W.L." CLERKEIV WELL Mr. Tyrwhitt was occupied a considerable time in hearing charges against young thieves who were appre hended at New Bartholomew Fair, New North-road, Is lington, for attempting to pick pockets. Mr. TYRWIIITT inquired of the officers who it was that got up the fair?—An inspector of police replied that two men, named Crawford and Lowe, engaged the land upon which it was held, and paid 401. for the use of it. They afterwards let it out in allotments to persons who paid so much per foot for the parts they occupied, and were allowed to erect theatrical and other booths. The land belonged to a respectable builder in Islington, and ever since Monday last, on which day the fair com menced, it was the greatest nuisance to the neighbour hood. Mr. TIAWIIITT said he was surprised that something was not done to prevent the nuisance. The fair was perfectly illegal, and must be a great annoyance to the public, if he might judge from the numerous thieves and ruffians that had been brought before him, charged with offences there since Monday last. Mr. Mould, the clerk, said that these fairs were held all over the country. The persons who got them up were clearly liable to indictment for the nuisance. Mr. TYRWHITT concurred, and said that the authori ties of Islington ought, for the peace and respecta bility of their parish, to use efforts to put down such a nuisance. _ _ No less than twenty young thieves were committed to the House of Correction, with hard labour, for various terms; and numerous vagabonds and roulette tables, and other gambling implements, were brought up by the police, and committed, some for six weeks, and others for two months each, to the Liouse of Correction, with hard labour. was merely lent on hire ; and this being the case, how was the prisoner to return it ? Witness—By a Queen's messenger, on the day after that upon which he said he was to be presented.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. Gunn—Well, and was it returned by a Queen's Messenger ? Witness—Certainly not, sir ; nor by any other messenger. We have not seen it since, nor can we find out where it is. Mr. Simpson next deposed to the prisoner's ordering from him a galvanic battery and an electrifying machine, representing himself at the time to be in business at Hamburgh, and his wanting them for shipment to the Cape. The prisoner introduced himself as the acquain tance of Mr. Nesbitt, who kept a highly respectable school in Kennington-lane, and by whom he had been previously employed as a teacher of the German lan guage. The representation proved to be untrue. Edward Butt, apprentice to the last witness, said that on taking the goods he saw the prisoner, who told him that he had not money by him to pay for them, but that he had a foreign bill, and should take additional goods from Mr. Simpson to its amount. The prisoner told him he might take away the goods if he thought proper. Mr. George Webb, pawnbroker, 207, High Holborn, produced an electrifying machine, pledged with him by the prisoner for 355. on the very evening on which it had been delivered by Simpson's apprentice. Attley, the officer, gave evidence as to the duplicates, and other articles found at the prisoner's lodgings. After which, the prisoner's attorney addressed the magistrate at some length, contending that the trans action with the latter amounted merely to one of credit. That the second charge of the portmanteau fell to the ground; and that the prisoner, in having offered Mr. Simpson's apprentice to take away the goods, had re lieved the case of all legal criminality. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that there could be no doubt that the first case was decidedly one of fraud; and as regarded the case of Mr. Simpson, it would be a ques tion for a jury. He should again remand the prisoner. SOUTHWARK. Henry Good, a well-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Cottiagham for re-examination, charged with being concerned with four other men (not in custody), in as saulting and robbing a Mr. Palmer, in Blackfriars-road. It appeared that on the morning of the 26th ult., be tween two and three o'clock, the complainant was walk ing along Blackfriars-road, near Little Surrey-street, when he was attacked, knocked down, and while on the ground robbed of all the money he had about him, to gether with his watch, by four men. They all escaped at the time, but on the following night the prisoner was taken into custody in the Borough-road from the de scription given of him by the complainant. Witnesses were examined on behalf of the accused, one of whom, his landlord, swore that he was at home at eleven o'clock on the night in question, and did not go out again until nine the next morning; and this state ment was confirmed by a little boy with whom the pri soner slept the same night. The prisoner was committed, but the magistrate con sented to take bail for his appearance, himself in 1001., and two sureties in 501. each. Two women of the town, named Gorman and Sullivan, were also placed at the bar for re-examination- on a charge of highway robbery. It appeared that on Tuesday night last a Mr. Turner was walking along High•street, when he was accosted by the prisoners, who finding that he was not inclined to accompany them, knocked him down, and emptied his pockets of their contents. Gorman was pursued and taken into custody, but the other prisoner got away, and was not apprehended until the succeeding night. The prisoners were committed. LAMBETH. Adolphus Von Zwahl, alias the Rev. William Liebrech, a German, who has been in custody for some days on a charge of obtaining goods from Mr. Simpson, a chemist, in the Kennington-road, and Mr. Macken, a tailor, in Ryder-street, St. James's, was brought up for further examination. Attley, an active plain-clothes constable, belonging to the L division, had in the meantime searcheil his lodg ings, and found duplicates and other documents which are likely to lead to the disclosure of other frauds. Mr. Philip Chafer, a saddler, of 44, Brewer-street, Golden-square, deposed that on the Ist of July last the prisoner came to his shop and purchased a portmanteau, which he directed to be sent to London-street, Feuchurch street, and said it would be paid for on delivery. The prisoner said at the time that he was married to a lady of large fortune, residing at Shooter's-hill, and asked him to go there to shoot.—(Laughter.) In his cross-examination, the witness said that he had previously known the prisoner from his being secretary to a German society, and admitted that he had trusted him with the portmanteau upon his own responsibility. Worthington Strange Lodge, foreman to Mr. Macken, tailor, in Ryder-street, St. J ames ' s, deposed that the pri soner gave an order for trousers and waistcoat, and on subsequent visits gave further orders for trousers and waistcoats, and also one for a court dress, stating that he was going to Osborne-house to be presented to the Queen and Prince Albert. —(Laughter.) The court dress was supplied, and from the time of its being so supplied he (witness) had neither seen nor heard of him until he saw him in Horsemonger-lane Gaol on the pre sent charge. Solicitor —On what terms was the court dress sup plied ? Witness—On hire ; and three guineas was to be the charge for its use. Solicitor —The usual round-breasted coat and bag wig, I suppose ? Witness—Yes. Solicitor—Pray, did you supply the dress sword? Witness —Allow me, sir, to tell you that it is not eti quette for clergymen to wear swords.—(Load laughter.) Solicitor—Well, I suppose you supplied the silk stockings ? Witness—Well, I offered to supply them, but the prisoner told me he had half a dozen pair him himself, and this threw me off my guard. The shoes, he said, he should get from Burlington Arcade. Ir, QUUno the clerk—You bTo Old the court-dress FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 4th day of September, 1848, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Most Honourable John Marquis of Breadalbane was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accord ingly. CROWN-OFFICE, SEPT. 5. MEMBERS RETURNED To SERVE IN THIN PRESENT PAR. LIAXENT. Borough of Derby—Lawrence Hepworth, of Yewtree, near Liverpool, Esq.; Michael Thomas Bass, of Holly bank, in the county of Stafford, Esq.; the last election for the said borough having been declared void. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Lancashire Hussars,—Sir John Gerard, Bart., to be Major Commandant ; William Charles Yates, sq., to be Captain, Sept. 5. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 28. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Henry Hewett to be First Lieutenant, vice Grieve, resigned. ADMIRALTY, Aua. 31. First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Edward Thorn borough Parker Shewen to be Captain, vice Smith, re tired ou full pay; Second Lieutenant Edward M'Arthur to be First Lieutenant, vice Shewen, promoted. WHITEHALL, AUG: 29. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Arthur Harward, of Wirksworth, in the county of Derby, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. James Emmins, builder, Princes-road, Notting-hill, to surrender Sept. 15, at one, and Oct. 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee; Fellows, Piccadilly. Joseph Robinson Towers, innkeeper, High Holborn, Sept. 20, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, o ffi cial assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Stanley, Milford-street, Bedford. row. Abraham Nash, scythe plater, Netherton, Worcester shire, Sept. 16, and Oct. 14, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmett, Bir mingham. William Couch and John Davies Couch, sailmakers, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Sept. 21, and Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Jones, Blaxland, and Jones, or Tripp, Swansea. Roger Elliott, builder, Plymouth, Sept. 20, and Oct, 25, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Lavers, Plymouth; Stogdon, Exeter; Pontifex and Moginie, Holborn, London. Joseph Bannister, thread manufacturer, Lockwood, Yorkshire, Sept. 18, and Oct. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Clarke, Chancery-lane, London ; Hird, Huddersfield ; Cariss, Leeds. Thomas Carter and George Wharton, engineers and millwrights, Gainsborough, Sept. 20, and Oct. 25, at half-past ten, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Scott and Co., Lincoln's-inn fields; Plaskett, Gainsborough. Absalom Humphreys, boot and shoemaker, Liverpool, Sept. 20, and Oct. 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Oli ver, Old Jewry-chambers, London; Evans and Son, Li verpool; Humphreys, St. Asaph. George Lowe, woollen draper, Chesterfield, Sept. 21 and Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester. Palmer, France, and Palmer, Bedford-row, London ; Busby, Chesterfield; Binney, Manchester. Margaret Hassell, milliner, Manchester, Sept. 20, and Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee; W. and H. P. Sharp, Verulam buildings, Grays-inn; Rowley and Taylor, Manchester. Peter Feeney, Manchester, clothes dealer, Sept. 22 and Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple; Sutton, Manchester. William Wallace and George Dormond, butchers, Sun derland, Sept. 13, at twelve, and Oct. 13, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Nixon, Clifford's Inn; Brunton, Sunderland; Cooper, Sunderland. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. J. Matthews and C. D. Matthews, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, and Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, bankers, Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham-- J. Wood and H. Wood, Huddersfield, woollen ma,nufac tutors, Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—J. Burt, and J. Burt, jun., Manchester, and W. T. Watson, Leeds, commission agents, Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—T. Stother and W. Richards, Man chester, joiners, Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court, Man chester. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. A. Warrand, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, money scrivener, Oct. 2, at twelve. In the Country. W. Townley, jun., Manchester, stock broker, Sept. 29, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Forth, Not tingham, hatter, Oct. 6, at eleven, at the Court Notting ham—J. Walker and W. Walker, Birkenhead, joiners, Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. D. Paw son, Leeds, apothecary, Sept. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. At the Court of Review, Sept. 29. Z. Bowden, Werrington-street, Oakley-square, St. Pancras, builder—G. Murphy, Camberwell, plumber— H. Stock, Portmadoc, Carnarvonshire, manufacturers of slate goods--H. C. Robinson, Brecknock-crescent, Cam den-town, and Icing's-cross, surgeon—R. Tottington, Higher-end, Lancashire, cotton spinner—R. Hughes, Liverpool, laceman—W. Sandilends, South Lambeth, and Walnut-tree-walk, pianoforte keymaker—J. R. Duncan, Liverpool, woollen draper— G. Cradock, Dar lington, D ur h am, ropema k er —T. S w if t , Monmouth and Chepstow, M onmou th s hi re , B r ockwear, Gloucest e rs hir e , and Bristol, ti m b er merc h a nt—H. Jakeways, Pontypool, Haiipike, Monmouthshire, licensed victualler—V. H. Cromer -street, Gray's Inn-road, llerit pianoforte r maker—T. Merritt, Pensford, Cooper, York, share broker—M. Soxmatearrs, wine etshiharem, farmer—J. erou.ts Shepherd and B. Shepherd, E PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. salesmen —J. Cotton'so-wharf, Waters,Tooley - k f e a - r s m t r e e r e s t , an s d o u g t h r a w z a i r e k r s , stre ß et, P p o o r t te a r to an s d al T es . Ea ß s t . b ß o u u r u n o e u and S J. fo p r a d r , k S e r, s s e D x u , surgeons and apothecaries—W. Castle and N. Sweet man, Oxford, drapers and mercers — J. Trivett and J. Hardy, Nottingham, silk mercers and linendrapers—J. Wood and W. Brown, Coleman-street, City, and Heath street, Cambridge-heath, hat-band manufacturers —T. Hallum, W. Webberley, and S. Wood (so far as regards T. Hallum), Longton, Staffordshire, manufacturers of earthenware—J. T. Pink and J. F. Bottom, Not tingham, lace manufacturers—J. F. Bottom, J. T. Pink, and G. W. Wilson, Nottingham, cotton doublers —W. Benson and J. Boyes, Liverpool, ironmongers —C. Baker and R. Gibbs, Taunton, silk-mercers—W. Hard man and C. Nuttall, jun., Great Bolton, igLaann,cLasahnioraez brokers—H. Wright and P. Johnson, vv shire, ironfounders—J. Lanagan and J. A. Robson, Hug gin -lane, Wood-street, Cheapside, shirt-front and collar manufacturers —J. A. T oma li n and P. Hart, Upp er Stamford strc e t, Ch r i stchurch, Surrey, tea and coee dealers—W. A. Macfarlane, J. Element, and J. Macfar- Ifine, WAWA Spaia....M. Berry And J. 'Way, Folley hall, near Huddersfield, woollen scribblers and spinner g —T. Cole and R. Smith, painters and glaziers—E- Lion and M. Lion, Union-street, Bishopsgate-street; - aT shoe manufacturers—W. Culph and B. Cook, KirkclA Lancashire, blacksmiths Eliza Coker and Finial Coker, Liverpool, milliners and dress makers—J. Bridges and J. Knight, Manchester, fent and job dealers- 4 - Hutton and W. C. Connell, Liverpool, provision mer chants—J. Horne and G. Fowle, Barnsbury-row, Park road, Islington, plumbers and painters—T. Baugh and J. Heath, Birmingham, linen and woollen draperv-S- Anstey and J. Baker, Bread-street, Cheapside, silk and shawl warehousemen—W. Newton and R. Gent, Leeds, curriers and leather sellers—W. Mountain and S. ?eel' Leeds, whitesmiths and machine-makers—C. Simkins and J. Haigh, Clifford's-row, Pimlico, general smiths`' H. Nesmyth and J. Nesmyth, Chobbam, Surrey, farmers —R. 0. Clarke and F. Timmins, Birmingham, brass founders—T. M'Alpin, J. Stead, J. Benn, T. Jackson, J. Benn, Elizabeth Nicholson, J. Smith, and J. Colo Bolton, coal miners. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Albany Cradock, Portsea, chemist. William Lowe, Southsea, Hampshire, saddler John Banyard, jun., Ipswich, saddler. William Canham, Ipswich, lodging-house-ksepes Thomas Davis, Swansea, commission agent. John Pearson Ellenden Margate, coach maker. John Rowley, Chick, Denbighshire, underground haul HenryWooliven,Ashton-under Lyne, lime dealer. Samuel Newell, Birmingham. Henry Halford, Birmingham, currier. James Lewis, jun., Ashford, Kent, draper'd assistant. Mark Oakey, Birmingham, baker. James Crowder, Birmingham, cooper. John Laurence, Birmingham, brass founder. Joseph Titleyßirmingham, commission agent. Wiliiam Edwards, Nantwich, Cheshire, farm bailiff. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. D. Anderson, Edinburgh, chemist and druggist, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Sept. 13 ono Oct. 4, at two. D. Crow, Glasgow, wright and builder, to meet within the Wellington Hotel, Glasgow, Sept. 14 and Oct. 5, et twelve. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado sugar, comPut 4d from the returns made in the week ending September 5. 1848, is 235. VAd. per cwt. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The report circulated with regard to the deck of the Collingwood sinking has b 9 e r i.. found to be correct, not, ho weve r, f rom th e dropping 0f the beams, nor any other defect, either in the design or execution of the ship, but from the working of the holy stones, by which one deck at least has been en tirely ruined, the nails standing up in such a way as to . render it unsafe for waking on. The ship is perfectly sound. The Cyclops steam-frigate is ordered to be kept is readiness for immediate service. The Growler steam-sloop was taken out to-day to try her engines, under the inspection of Commander P. Grenfell and Mr. A. Murray, chief engineer. The Kingfisher, 12, is ready for commission. It is expected she will hoist the pendant on Monday, 011 u fit for the coast of Af r i ca , as s h e i s i n t en d e d to tau° the next mail to that station. In Port and Fitting—The Victory, 22, flag-ship; the Illustrious, 12; the Ordinary, guard-ship; the Blake hulk, temporary guard-ship of steamers; the Excellent, for gunnery practice; the Rolla, exercise brig for naval apprentices; the Hecate steam-ship; the Cuckoo, 'LW dine, Fire Queen, Fairy, Lightning, Adelaide, and Echo steamers; the Fanny and Portsmouth, Admirals'yachtu• At Spithead—The Powerful, 84. In the Steam Basin—The Retribution and Centaur steam- frigates; the Salamander steam-sloop; the Cuckoo , Fire Queen, Jackal, Sprightly, and Otter steamers. In the Ship Basin—The Ajax, steam guard-ship; the Malabar, coal depot; the Kingfisher, 12; the Encounter, steam-sloop; the Lightning, steamer. In Dock—The Collingwood, 80; the Pembroke, 7 2 ; the Cormorant, steam-sloop; the Dwarf, ,steamer; tvii ) floating fire engines; and the iron caisson of the stesga basin. Wind, S.W., fresh breezes, and cloudy weather. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 7.—Through the suspension of hos" tilities in the North, the following vessels, which We for some time taken shelter in this port, have this do/ sailed for their several destinations, viz., the Prussisin brig Kron Prinz von Preussin, Captain Moller, from China, for Hamburgh; the Oldenburgh schooner gar' gretha, Captain Schaffer, from Cephalonia, for Bremen; the Danish schooner Commune, Captain Railslen, frog' Rio Grande, for Hamburgh; the Prussian barque Diu gence, Captain Elbrecht, from Plymouth, for Dantzin; and the Hanoverian galliot Anna Petronella, Captain Arendt, from Alicante, for Hamburgh. The following are ready, and will probably sail to-morrow ' viz., th e Hamburgh galliot Conat us , C a pt a i n Kl eme r, from Lie" bon, for St. Petersburgh; the Danish brig Courier, Car tain Thompson, from Monte Video, for Hamburgh; th e Prussian brig Fanny, Captain Laurens, from Bordealay for Stettin; and the Prussian brig Frederic Wilhelmines Captain Mannowsky, from Torrevecchia, for Konigs burgh. The Prussian brig Belohnung, Captain Lintner. from Liverpool, for Stettin, has been detained under average, but will sail in a few days. The English brig Empress, Captain Hodgson, sailed yesterday for Ham burgh with part of the cargo the Hamburgh WO, Flora, Captain Tiedeman, from Singapore, transhipp en previous to the conclusion of the armistice ; and the schooner Gideon, of Plymouth, Captain Barrett, sails to morrow with the remainder of the brig's cargo. The Flora is now about to load an outward cargo for Singa pore, brought here for her, from Hamburgh, by the English brig Hamburgh, Captain Wood. The above includes all the Northern merchantmen in the port when the late intelligence arrived ; a considerable number of vessels have, however, during the disturbances, touched here, and then proceeded to their destina tion. It is stated that only one of that number has been taken. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 7.—ln consequence of the arrival at this port of the intelligence that the armistice be tween Denmark and the German Confederates had been ratified, the residue of the fleet of foreign vessels so long detained here, and amounting to 40 sail have de parted for their original destinations last night and this morning. About 60 other ships by arrangement with their consignees either got clear of their cargoes, pro ceeded to other ports, or have run the gauntlet, at ferent periods during the time of active hostility. WooLwisv, SEPT. B.—The Adder steam-vessel, re' cently paid off at this port, on the discontinuance of the packet service at the Pembroke station, is ordered to take on board a supply of coals to-day, and will proceed on Monday next to Gravese n d w i t h t h e L or d s CorannY sioners of the Admiralty, who will land there, and pre" teed by railway on an official visit to Chatham. The Plumper steam .vessel, when stte started yesterday under the charge of Mr. Bellamy, Master-Attendant at Woolwich Dockyard, had not reached opposite the roll arsenal when one of the fans of her screw-propell er broke off, which was lost in the river. The other fat also broke off in a few minutes after, and she had to be towed back to the harbour lit Woolwich by the Deve r steam-vessel. The Dover steam-vessel, Second Master Commander Bolton, worked very creditably yesterday during her trial down the river, and the Lords of the Admiralty re turned to Woolwich in her. She has been fitted with three masts, but their Lordships consider that two Will be sufficient, and have ordered the mainmast to be taken out and placed in store. Their Lordships' official vieini are of great benefit, as any deficiencies or imperfection s at once attract their attention and a few words of Per sonal instruction to the heads of the departments er e more to the purpose than volumes of correspondence. The Mynx steam-vessel, under the charge of Mr. (dos' man, Master of the Fisgard frigate, made an average speed of about nine knots per hour yesterday. The Niger steam-sloop has a number of hands OW ployed upon her to get her ready for sea. A groat ad vantage possessed by her engines is owing to their being wholly with their boilers under the water line, and We from liability to injury by shot. The ponderous basins of the former perpendicular stroke are entirely dispense' with, and a short horizontal stroke of about 1 foot 1 0 , inches substituted, which occu pi es a comparat i ve ly sma ll space in the vessel, and by its direct action gives greater number of revolutions of the screw-propeller than can be obtained by any other means yet adopted, Witbeg 4 the continuous drumming noise which took place when cog-wheels or leather-bands were used; and they are now far less liable to get out of order. BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., at Dublin, the lady of Captain T. Fraser Grove, of the Inniskilling Dragoons, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., in Eaton-place, the lady of Sir Joseph Hawley, Bart., of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at Norland-square, Notting-hill, the wife of C. R. Berkeley, Esq., of a daughter. On the 6th inst., Mrs. Smith, the wife of Mr. C. Smith, of Beaumont-street, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Tulse-hill, Mrs. Charles D. Finch, of a daughter. AFFRAY BETWEEN THE MILI- TARY AND THE POLICE. The High-street and Lawnmarket presented, about 7 o'clock on Saturday evening, a scene of gr=eat confusion and excitement, from the occurrence of an affray between some soldiers of the 21st Scotch Fusiliers, at present stationed in the Castle, and the police, which soon at tracted a large crowd. The origin of the affair seems to have been the determined opposition offered by a small party of soldiers at the foot of the Castlehill to the efforts of two policemen, who endeavoured to induce them to move away from the door of a shop around which they had assembled, to the obstruction of the thoroughfare. The policeman having insisted on their removal, a soldier struck one of the constables a severe blow, when they seized him, and endeavoured to convey him to the police-office. The rest of the party inter fered, and a struggle took place, in which the police were severely beaten, but a small reinforcement of constables, under Sergeant-Major Kelly, having reached the spat, three of the principal ringleaders among the soldiers were apprehended, along with two workmen who had joined them in resisting the police. The crowd, which had assembled in large numbers, hooted and jostled the police, who had literally to fight their way to the police-office with the prisoners; and as many soldiers were on their way to the Castie at the time, efforts were made to induce them to attempt a rescue, which, we are glad to say, they declined. The whole of the prisoners were ultimately lodged in the police-office; but the excitement on the street being still very great, and as a number of soldiers seemed determined upon a rescue, the pollee patrolled the Lawnmarket and the Castlehill to prevent further disturbance. Mr. Moxey, the superintendent of police, immediately proceeded to the Castle, and, after an interview with the commanding officer of the regiment, a strong picket was drawn up on the Esplanade, and several of the officers displayed great activity in collecting the stragglers on the street, and sending them to the Castle. The bugles were also sounded on the Castlehill to call in the soldiers, and in a short time all apprehension of further disturbance was removed. On Sunday the Sergeant-Major, accompanied by Urquhart and Chisholm, the two police-officers who were assaulted, proceeded to the Castle, where, on the troops being called forth, they were enabled to identify four of the principal rioters. In the afternoon Colonel Deer caused the regiment to be drawn up in the Barrack square, where he addressed them in appropriate terms on the unseemly] outrage which had been: occasioned the evening previous by those whose duty it was to pre serve the peace of the community, and threatened that on any soldier being found guilty of a like offence, he would be dealt with according to martial law. On Mon day seven privates of the Fusiliers were brought before Bailie Tait, cha'iged with being participators in the dis turbance. Two of them were sentenced to 60, and one to 40 days' imprisonment, and the other four were fined in two guinea, or 30 days in prison. The two work men alluded to, named Menelaus and Campbell, were convicted of assisting the soldiers and attempting to de force the police, and were each sentenced to 60 days' im prisonment. Two other soldiers of the above regiment were sent to prison for 40 days, for committing a disturb ance in one of the closes in the High-street on Saturday, and striking the police.—Edinburgh Witness. I The :CE IN TUB HOT ASHES Of MOUNT ETNA.- main crater is about 500 feet deep at this time (so say the guides); but I think this must be measured down the slope of the funnel. I could not, however, see to the bottom, owing to volleys of sulphureous smoke, whirling up ever and anon, accompanied by a rumbling noise, and occasionally by a slight vibration of the ground under foot. Here I found, amid warm ashes, on the slope of thQ,, crater within, heavy crystals of ice set all at one ankle, and curved like sharks' teeth. I picked up one bit as big as a walnut, and asked the guide if ho could account for its presence. Far be it from him to give a rationale of anything of the sort; it would derogate from the dignity of Etna. It reminded me of a chemical ex periment played off by a French savant at one of the late " Scienziati" meetings. He made water freeze in a red hot cup. The silver platina being brought to a red heat, a few drops of water are thrown in, which do not evapo rate, but jump about. Sulphuric acid is now poured in, which in the act of boiling produces so intense a cold by the disengagement of its latent heat, that the drop of water at once turns to ice. I opine the chemical process here to be the same, only on nature's grand scale. The morning mists supply the moisture, and within the crater there is no lack of sulphureous mixture boiling as if in a retort; hence as hot fumes ascend, the crystals of ice are precipitated. If any one rejects this solution of mine, let them find a better, remembering that they are to ac count for pieces of ice forming on a bed of warm ashes. This principle of "disengagement of latent heat" may also help to account for the severity of the cold felt on Etna, which is far greater than is due to its elevation.— Francis's Notes on Italy and Sicily. THE REWARD OF MERIT.—"A Lochaber-man in London" sends us the following:—" Some years ago Duncan Macnaughten left Fort William, his native Highland home," in the humble but honourable capacity of a private soldier of the Ist or Grenadier regiment of Foot Guards, ie which aristocratic corps, with no patronage or other aid save his own good conduct and other soldierly qualities, with a sufficient quantum of Highland pride to spur him on, he gradually attained to the highest grade under a commission. A short time since, in presence of the whole regiment, drawn out on parade for the purpose, his colonel, after a flattering eulogy upon his uniformly good behaviour, decorated his breast with a handsome silver medal, bearing on one side the likeness of his Sovereign, and on the other the inscription " for long and meritorious services." To crown these marks of Royal favour, this day (15th August) his name appears in the Gazette as ' Quartermaster of the 13th;' that regiment which bore so conspicuous and distinguished a part in the recent operations on the banks of the Sutlej. This proves that, even in these piping times of peace,' merit will ensure promotion in the British army."—lnverness Courier. THE LATE SUSPICIOUS FIRE IN FETTER LANE. — Last night, Mr. Payne held a third and last inquiry at the White Hart, Fetter-lane, into the circumstances at tending a fire which occurred on the morning of Wed nesday week last, on the premises of Mr. Thompson, machine ruler, of No. 17, King's Head-court. It will be remembered that, at the last meeting, Mr. Thompson stated that he entertained strong suspicions against a certain person, and that the inquiry was then adjourned at his request. Mr. Thompson was again in attendance, and so also was Mr. Elliott, to whom Mr. Thompson had alluded. The first witness of importance called was Robert Gloag, of No. 15, Blackmoor-street, Drury-lane, stationer. He said—l met Mr. Elliott about a week before the fire. Mr. Elliott was Mr. Thompson's landlord. I knew there was some animosity be tween them. I said to Mr. Elliott, " I understand Mr. Thompson is going to leave your premises;" and he replied, that he would follow him wherever he went, and make him pay for it. Understood that the disappointment arose in consequence of Mr. Thompson having made some irregularity in his notice to quit. Mr. Elliott, of George-yard, Drury-lane, ex plained that the disagreement between Mr. Thompson and himself was such as constantly occurred between landlords and tenants. Ile had merely expressed his determination of following Mr. Thompson if he left without proper notice. Several of the jurors said they were perfectly satisfied with the explanation, and they were sorry that Mr. Thompson should have brought so frivolous a charge. After some further evidence the Coroner summed up, informing the jury that they were not called upon to investigate any charges. It was merely a court of inquiry to ascertain how the fire ori ginated. The jury, after a lengthened deliberation, re turned the following special verdict—" That the house, No. 17, King's Head-court, was burnt on the morning of August 30, by fire; but there is not sufficient evidence before the jury to enable them to say how that fire oc curred; and the jury cannot separate without expressing their censure that Mr. Thompson should have brought so many shavings from his last place of residence, and have lett them in a loose state in the room in which the fire occurred." ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.---A quarterly ge neral Court of the Governors of this institution, t3ok place on Thursday at the rooms in Crane-court, Fleet street, when the chair was occupied by Mr. Simpson, the treasurer. The minutes of the recent meetings of the committee were read by Mr. Burney, secretary, the chief feature in which was the appointment of himself as se cretary and superintendent. Mr. W. Hamilton move€l the confirmation of the minutes, with the exception of that portion relative to Mr. Burney, with whose appoint ment he felt much dissatisfied. He considered it impolitic, on the part of the directors to have appointed an in dividual who had encouraged and fostered all kinds of in theur unpleasantness amongst the officers. The speaker then Bur ney pr e oe , e s e u d e e h d a t so irregularity, make a ser e a s n o d f charges gross extravagance e payment of accounts. Dr. Stuart seconded the motion, his deep regret at the want of harmony in the institution. The Rev. Dr. Cumming defended Mr. Burney, whilst he admitted that there had been a want endeavoured to explain, but was advised not to of prudence and discretion on his part. Mr. Burney perse vere. At length the motion was carried by a majority of seven to three. The next business was the selling out of stock. There was at present only 1001. in hand, and it was likely that the quarter bills would amount to nearly 1,0001. The chairman moved that the direc tors be empowered to sell out 7501. stock. The motion was carried. Mr. Lindsey said the female children should be retained in the school until they were 15 years old, instead of 14. The matter was referred to a committee. BURIQING A HORSE. SOHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. —On Wednesday last Mr. Thomas, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, wa s g visited acted carting r p t to.e h l inr i s s geor t nwu o ewhrl wheat, yas natognabpdthpa here fore rhy i d ae e ptd n et c rha e pe e a hvt g reot t a rr t i ssi n oeo s ng t and t , iotnheciui assistoe prose cutelsltoi oy,rinn: fewdeoorhaaas length coaxed, dn is , g eatfl a ue orswgme Determined,gadege termed fiaanrnehd, to e ii iob v bc: y eel vdi rg l e a erth d t.h, tu e ees n ndweh , oduaot w nsr t h sdtoseo e eh n rbponbuoc t e h etkl al e ia.t nhlf a glo n Tltity i hlo m eheden a ba, o l und b hri prnm e ei u i eva n ardel g -tr.: e which made desperate efforts t o escape from the flames; but, being unable to do so, These circumstances, t is stated, could have been proved, but the time within which proceedings co u ld b e taken ' under the Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had elapsed a few days, and a prosecution could not be sustained. WHOLESALE ESCAPE OF CONYICTS.—On Thursday. night, after or during prayers, six convicts in the York hulk, moored off Gosport, effected their escape in a boat belonging to that ship, and got away, steering up the harbour, where the boat was found yesterday morning near Portchester ur o C f them areastle, about said to havemiles outthreeel hoofroged to the from the ship's dockyard. gi g Four used in conveying to and from the shore n th e e et c e o d nit with vc k th ee o pe e r s s t , ahl c i h sh ap ro l e al o nand other o t: ttnd oneof ffiers n them c a co- con vict who has been twice before sentenced to transporta tion. Up to last night none of the convicts had been re- 1 captured. MARRIED. O f at h A er th js, le l a a r es e ty C s hu 3 r o ch th , Francis e ß n a t 7 D o Ann r • e , youngest E daughter of Joh n C ator, Esq., of Becken ham-place, Kent. On the 6th Met„ at Kingst on - on- T hames, William Hewn e ldest son of the late W. Dickinson, Esq., Comptroller - , u ta i n tst , o General of her Majesty's Customs, to Charlotte Jane Eliza Charlotte,sci th e A 2d n Walton, of Surbiton-hill, daughter of the late W. Walton, Esq., Kingston, Surrey. On the 6th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square, Thomas George, eldest son of the Right Hon. Sir Francis Barin g. Bart., to Eliz a b e th H arriet, third daughter of Henry Id' Sturt, Esq. On the 6th inst., at St. James's Church, Paddington, H' Sweet, Esq., o f Ch ancery -lane, to Mary, eldest daughter o f W. H. Kelly, Esq., :of Porchester-terrace, Bayswater. DID. On the 20th u lt., at Yarmou E th, Isle of Wight, aged 72 F. Macmi nn , E sq., of Donaghadee, Ireland. On the 27th ult. Sarah, the wife of S amue l R aw lins, Erro of Rotten-park, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, aged 80. On the Ist. inst., at Caerleon, Monmouthshire, J. Butler , Esq., a ge d 52 . On the 3d in s t., age d 23, Lionel Granville Eliot, only sol l of L. D. Eli o t, E sq., o f Sh enstone-v i lla, St. John's-woo d. On the 4th in s t., R S. W a d eson , E sq ., l ate of A us ti n -friar& On the 3d i ns t., i n Portman-street, London, Ch ar l e s Perdon Coote, Esq., of B a lly c l oug h C as tl e , C or k , aged 24. wife On the sth inst., a t B r i g hto n , age d 57, M ary A nn, th e of Mr. R. L. S c h o fi e ld. On the sth inst., at Purley-hall, A nn , f ourt h d aug hter of the late A. E. M. Atkins, Esq., of Kingston Lisle, Berks. On the 6th inst., at Alderley, Mary, wife of J. N. V el3 ' Esq., of Raby Lawn, Bathwick, Bath. On the 6th inst., at Worship-street, Finsbury, MN Joh n Watson. On the 6th inst., at Woburn-place, Russell-square, Thomas John, youngest son of the late C. 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