The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-09 00:00:00

VbirD Xllttion+ FRANCE. It would now appear (says the Paris correspondent of the Times) to be beyond doubt that the manner of proceeding with reference to the establishmente, i b e empire (which may now be regarded as a fait accompli) has been decided on. Counting with cer tainty on the ready assent of the Senate to the pro jected change in the form of government, the Presi dent or his Ministers will not be under the necessity of making any formal communication to that body on the subject, and they, the principal condition of whose institution is the maintenance of the Constitution, will of themselves anticipate all such advances and declare by perhaps an unanimous resolu tion, that the " fundamental code," as it is called, is defective or vicious. The Senators will, in all probability, form part of the cortege on the entry of the President into his " bonne vide de Paris," and that act of early acknowledgment of the Imperial sovereignty of Louis Napoleon will be followed with out delay by a Senatus Consulle, inviting him in the moat respectful terms to do a gentle violence to his feelings, and yield gracefully to the popular will. The Senate will, in all likelihood, allow no idle time to piss by ; in familiar phra-e, no grass will be suffered to grow under their feet. The day for that body to meet will, perhaps, be the one after the return to Paris, and I am still more disposed to believe that the wording of the decree for summoning them together, as also the motives for the Senatus Constete, will be finally and irrevocably decided at Tours. A decree will follow the adoption of the resolution of the Senate, making an appeal to the nation for its consent to the change ; a Plebiscite will be forthwith promulgated for that pur.pose, n early in the same manner as that of the 2d December ; and the Imperialists even now declare their conviction that the total number of votes will e xceed those that followed the coup (fetat. Whether the actual Constitution will undergo a total or a partial change lam not aware. It is considered probable that it will only suffer those modifications necessary to adapt it to the Imperial regime. No substantial change could indeed add to the absolute power already possessed by the ruler of France; and the President may not be disposed to incur the risk, or the trouble, of an act of mere supererogation. Thus then the name of Republic, as its substance has already done, will before many days have passed away --completely vanish. The proclamation of an here ditary Imperial regime in France will be quickly fol lowed, it is said, by a protest from the Count de Chambord addressed to the European Powers, and there is reason to believe that the document is even now prepared This was to be expected ; but 30 con fident do the Imperialists feel, that they affect not only to attach no importance to tile act, but even to wish for it. Some would eo further, and demand its pub lication in the Moniteur. And in official quarters assurances are given that the establishment of the Em pire will of i'self produce no unfavourable change in the diplomatic relations existing between France and otber countries. On the day the Fresident returns to Paris a Council of Ministers will be held, and ar rangements have been already made that none of them ball be absent. The Irish Roman Catholic Bishops, Dr. M'Hale, Dr. Murphy. of Coyne ' Dr. Berry of Clonfert, Dr. Denvir of Down and Connor, and Dr. Keane of Ross, left Paris on their return to Ireland yester day. On announcing their arrival I mentioned that the obj'ct of their coming to the French capital was the " visi scion " of the Irish College, which the sta tutes of the establishment require shall take place at stated periods. It appears that previous to their departure they expressed themselves satisfied with the results of the management of the College. The Archbishop of Paris also visited the College on Sun day list, and, it is understood, expressed himself to the same effect. The day previous to the departure of the Bishops a farewell address was delivered to the professors and students by Dr. M'Hale. The College is under the direction of the Rev. Dr. Miley. A rumour was in circulation this afternoon, but for the accuracy cf which I do not vouch, that serious disturbances had broken out at Rome. GE AN Y. The Bth inst., the anniversary of the Edict of Nantes, is to be celebrated as usual by the descendants of the French Protestant fugitives who settled at Berlin when the edict was revoked, by a church ser vice. The anniversary of the decree of the great Elector, by v,hich he gave them asylum from the persecution of Louis XIV., is the 29th inst., and it is celebrated iu a similar manner. Thce.e who have been in Leipsic during one of the , great fairs probably recollect the bands of music that visit the city during the Mart ; it is not a thing soon forgotten ; at all other times they are excluded, bet during the fairs they rush in unre stricted, fill every court and passage, and perform till they are bought off or exhausted. Why the Leipsic fair music was so atrocious, while the German street bands are generally so good, was till now a mystery ; but it seems the bulk of them were only speculations in noise. The police has been compelled by the disturbance to insist on the bands undergoing an examination before they are let loose on the public ; if they are artists of the true inspiration they pass, and their harmony is permitted; if they are only pretender, merely " honest men, hut had musicians," they are silenced and turned back. The measure is atbitrary, but well meant, and certainly justified by the provocation. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) Transactions dining the week have been chiefly con fined to the best dividend-paying mines, and those whose prospects warrant the supposition that they will speedily arrive at that state. Devon Great Consols have been sold at 4001; Bedford United have advanced to 8/and 81103; Wheal Basi-et, 520/; Wheal Buller, 8001 and 6251; Trernayne to 281 5s and 28l 153; allowing to in creased samplings and payment of larger divi dends, in c i s quence of the improved standard and general prospects in the underground ope rations. Condurrow, Great Polgonth, Merllyn, Par Consols, South Tamar, West Caradon, West p roe il eee p, Trelawny, Wheal Golden, and Wick. low Copper, maintain the lett:, quotations, at which hu ainesa has been transacted. Ualamannicg, Melin Llyn Pair, Oreedri, Bosewarne, West Fewey, Wheal Arthur. Trevena, and Uny, have beet, dealt in at former rates. West Alfred Censels have advanced to 30/, arid West Tea, ury 9/ to 101. In other shares few transactions have taken place. In Ceretwall, Trumpet Consols have risen to 140/ ; Mary Ann, 431 ; Wheal &ton, 2051; and St. Day Uniieti Mites to 21 12s 68 per share; 'Wheel Clifford, 1571105; end Goneteena, 321. At Wheel Beset meeting, on Monday, the accounts for July and August showed-Labnur cost, 2,7301 2s 11d; tnerenan , .' nnis, 4741 18s 7d=3,2051 is 61-copper ore sold, 7, 522/ 5 , 10:; tiu d 1,1121 153 7d (less 1-15th du, s, 575113 s 51)=.8,0591 B.P; sundries, 614* sd; making profit. 4,8601 108 11d; add balance from last account, 1,1771 193=6,038/ 9a I Id. South Mine -Labour coat for July and August, 386/ 1' 78; merchants' bills, 1261 6s 38=5121 183 10.1. Copper ore sold (less 1-15th dues, GI 41 103), 93/ 12;98; leaves balance against South Mine, 4251 103 ltd. A dividend of 151, and bonus of 3l per share (5,1201) was declared, leaving balance to next account, 492119 a 2d. At Wheal Trehane bimonthly meeting, on the 24th Sept., the accounts showed - Balance last account, 1,021/ 53 44; May cost, 4771 is 4:1; June, 3931 13s 18; merchants' bills, 21/; lord's dues (I-16th), 86/ 8, s c r ---- 2,189/ 83 .sd. Silver-lead ore sold, 1,34114* 8d; call, 238 July, 6201; leaving balance to next account, 2281 3s 9d. There remains cue on calls 404/, and if not paid on or before the 11th Oct., the usual steps will be taken for the recovery of the same through the medium of the Stannavy Court. At the Tamar Silver-lead Mining Company's annual meeting, on Monday, the accounts showed-Balance from last account, 3,976/ 19s 24; fourth instalment, 3,0001; fifth ditto, 1,8001; interests and discounts, 1631 9 s Id; silver-lead ore sold, from S e p t. 1, 1851, to end of Aug.,1852, 17,475/135=26,316/ le 3d. To costs for 12 months, ending Aug., 1852, 17,118 1 12s 48; directors' attendance:, 2001 ; exn auditors' ditto, 4 / 4 s; mana g ement and office "sea, 2451 163 1d: leaves balance to next accoant, 8,7471 as 108; reserve fund, 2,2991 133 3d makes 11,0471 2s Id , as signed by the auditors. At East Alfred Consols meeting, on Thursday, re ports were read of a most flattering and highly satisfac tory nature. The parties present were well pleased, and made a call, to carry forward the views therein ad vised. of 4s per 1,024 th sharp, the number of shares to 4,096. and agreed to increase At Treloweth meeting, on Tuesday, the statement of accounts for three month s ending Aug,%showed-Mintz cost, 4851 17s 2d. Balance fro m last account, 3961 193 10d: leaving balance again s t the mineBBll7sT4edes. 4d. At Tevy Consols bi-monthly meetieg, on Tees day, accosnta showed-Balance from last account .5811 6s 98; July labour cost, 1411 03 9d; Au gust, 2011 133 2d; lords' dues, 561 12s fed; merchants' ust bills, 5612 s 4d--- - 1,036/ 15e 6d.-ileceived f or copper ore Geld, 5911 10s; arsenic, 62/ 103: leaves balance to next account, 3821 15s 6d. Estimated value of ore sampled, and arsenic in stock, 6501. At Wheel Edward meetir , , on Tuesday, the amend mehl proposed in bye-laws ' Ncs. 2 and 23 ware carriee unanimo usly ; and the committee reported progress as to contracting for an ngie, so that this highly-promising sett is likely to undergo a sptrited prosecution forthwith. At the Wei! Wheel Allred meeting, on Monday, the accounts showed-Expewleure f r the three months ending August, 3,0'341 Os -Si; balance of cost of 80 inch eylind, engine, 512/ 103; beladee lest ucceunt, 4121 76 78-- - 3,9581 18s. By copper ore sold, 299103 98: leavin : balance against the mine, 3,6591 17s 3il, to meet 'which a call of 15s per share was made. The Pe eseix Mi n e sampled, this week, 260 tons of their usual rich quality ore; and the prospects around at the other m , nes in this favoured locality never looked so well as at the present moment. During the week ihares have changed hands in Devon Great Consols, Alfrei Co nso l e Par Consols, Bedford, EANSP.A.I South Tamar, Merllyn, Wheal - mune, West Ovation Trelawny, West Alfred Consols, elee,ann.?, Clive, Cabers, Butter, Bssset, Tre rt, Wheal EnzalseJl, Coniston United, Great Pryn, Wheel Fortune (South TaTton). Calla ] ;Z i i4 ;4 0 7,1/ -.• itt ) •151 N A s THE Bronfliyd, Great Cowarch, Union Tin, Great Crinnis, West Fowey. Prideaux Wood, Great Polgooth, Wheal Anna, Crow Hill, South Tresavean, Tees Side, Arundull, Duke of Cornwall, British Iron, Melin Llyn Pair, Treasury (Gwinear), Middleton Mine, Wheal Harriett, Boiling Well, Uny, North Bailer, Wheal Kitty, Lelant, Haley manning, East Gunnis Lake, North Down, Arthur, Bell and Lansrth, Carvannal, Grumbler, South Charlotte, Brewer, Comford, North Trelawny, Wicklow, Mining Company of Ireland. In Foreign Mines, the transactions have been in Im perial Brazilian, United Mexican, Cobra, Copiapo, Ma riquita, Grand Dully of Baden, Linares, Sec. THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES. FOREIGN WOOL LEEDS, OCT. B.—Both foreign and colonial wools have been in less demand during the past week. Prices remain firm at recent quotations. ENGLISH WOOL, LEEDS, OCT. 8 —There has been more done in sales of wool this week, and last week's prices are fully ma intained, with an upward tendency. LIVERPOOL WOOL, OCT. 7.—More inquiry for wool, and a good business doing at full prices. The imports of the past week are 30 bales Naples, 65 Constantinople, 20 Malta, 100 Mohair, 1,379 East India, 34 Buenos Ayres, 1,682 Alpaca, and 232 Lisbon. TRADE OF LEEDS.—The markets in both the cloth halls have been brisker this week, and a much better business eras done both on Saturday and Tuesday than during the previous week. Wool-dyed black cloths of a good character, double-milled cloths, both in mixed and plain colours, and other heavy goods, were in demand, and met with ready sale at firm prices. There have also been considerable deliveries direct to the warehouses during the week by the manufacturers; on the whole a good business has been done in balk cloths. We believe the mills in the surrounding villages are mostly well employed, and a satisfactory state of things is generally prevalent in the clothing districts. We have no change to report in the state of trade in the warehouses: a fair steady business is doing for the home market; the ship ping houses are generally quiet, the season being over. BRADFORD, OCT. 7.—W00l was a shade higher. We hear of speculative purchases, in expectation of an ad vance. Should a decided advance, however, be ob tained, it is to be feared that manufacturers and spin ners will run their machinery short time, as the present prices of yarn and pieces bear no true proportion to the cost of the raw material. Pieces are as cheap to buy as they have been for several weeks. TRADE OF MANCHESTER, OCT. 7.—The manufac tured goods market continued to present a firm aspect. Owing to the modified tone of the Liverpool cotton mar ket the last few days, an impression prevailed here that prices would be easier, but practically it was not found to be so on account of the general lowness of stocks, as well as the extent of contracts in the hands of almost all manu- lecturers whose productions are suited either to the home or foreign markets. Buyers contiuue to experience much difficulty, both in suiting their wants out of the ex hausted and skeleto❑ stocks remaining on hand, and in placing orders for a reasonably early delivery. In yarns there continues to be a heavy demand from manufac turers for all couuts, up to the very finest, and especially in 30's to 60's pin cops, with large contracts. Spinners are very generally working to order, and although, ex cept for India, there is not a great deal of activity for shipping, new contracts are difficult to place except at an advance. THE LAST PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. (From the Lady's Newspaper.) Having heard that the Messrs. Weigel! bad lately executed a portrait of the Duke of Wellington, and knowing his Grace's aversion to sit for such a pur pose, we paid a visit to their studio, and have gathered from them the following interesting parti culars, which we trust, without any breach of confi dence, we may venture to narrate. They are highly characteristic of the illustrious individual. The por trait referred to was the last for which his Grace sat; and the artists were indebted for the opportunity to one of their distinguished patrons. Mr. Weigall, jun., a young and rising artist, painted a very clever large miniature of a lady of rank, which was much admired at the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, and partly with a wish to serve the young artist, and also to pre serve an original likeneas of one that had played so important a part in the pre sent generation, and whose friendship she had the honour to enjoy, she succeeded in getting the Duke to make an appointment to sit to the father and son for a bust and miniature at the same time, the lady kindly undertaking to come and keep him engage in conversation at the time. The Duke rode to the artists' residence, Somerset-street, Portman-square ; and the artists, receiving him in the hall, conducted him to the drawing-room. Mr. W. sen., offered to assist the Duke up stairs, but he did not appear to wish it, and told the artists to go up and he would follow. The Duke was dressed as he wished to be taken, wearing his various orders, and had on his blue dress coat, with a star on his breast. Over these he wore a light grey paletot, of which he at once proceeded to divest himself ; but not ac complishing it very readily, Mr. Weigall went to wards him and offered his assistance : he would not have it, and almost rudely told him to keep his hands off. After much difficulty he at length succeeded ; and then commenced taking off his large jack-boots. Mr. Weigall thought it moat prudent to let him have his own way, and did not interfere. After many efforts he succeeded in kicking off a boot, and with it went the dress-shoe ; but the artist thought from the rebuff already given, he had better not interfere, and allowed him to pick it up himself—which he did—and then, says the artist, we got on capitally together. He wished to be painted standing, and is so represented in Mr. Weigall, jun.'s, miniature, the original of which was exhibited in last year's Royal Academy. Before describing his Grace as a sitter, we will nar rate some of the preliminaries to his becoming so. He introduced himself by saying, "Mr.— sent me here, to see a portrait" (one the artist had previously executed), and seeing it, he said, "I know that : its very good : very like Cnantry'a : but there's a paint ing I want to see." This was of course shown the Duke : it was by the son. He remarked. " That's very good: your son's a very clever young man ;" and looking intently at the artists, and observing their embarrassment, said "I suppose you would both like a sitting." He then hinted that he had declared he never would sit again to any body—observing "But I suppose I must." An appointment was made for the following day—and with his usual punctuality he came to the minute. They had, however, some trouble to get aim to sit, assuring him that, while the face was being painted, it was really desirable ; he then said, " Well, gentle men, I am entirely in your hands, and will do what you thick best." As soon as he had taken his seat, he said, "I know how to sit very well : Lawrence told me : you see, I keep my eyes on the same spot, and then the artist always sees one point : if I do not keep the eyes on the same spot, of course he does not see the same thing : and " (turning to his friend) "these gentlemen should be considered, for they have not only to observe and imitate, but to verity what they see. I suppose they begin by getting one feature correct, and then commence upon another, until the whole is finished." And he observed at the same time that that was the way all difficult undertak ings were accomplished. This was the Duke's view of the subject. At one time he turned suddenly round to the artist, and remarked, " There is one peculiarity about my head which Chantry told me of;" and putting his hand to three sides of his head, said, " Flat here, sir—flat here, sir—and flat here, sir !" and with his finger up, continued " three sides of a square ;" again repeating, " that I know, for Chantry told me so." Mr. Weigall then took the opportunity of saying that he would like to verify the model by the actual measurement; but had some delicacy in making the proposal. The Duke imme diately said, " By all means ; whatever is necessary ;" and taking up the compasses, handed them to the artist, who had thus the opportunity of minutely measuring every feature in that remarkable face. On comparing the same with the bust by Nollekens, which was taken when the Duke was in the prime of life, it is curious to observe the difference in the proportions that time had made. At the third sitting, the artist remarked to h im that he did not wear his orders : and he took out of his pocket a crumpled piece of paper, and placed them on himself, observing—" I did not put them on, on coming out ; for the worst of it is, I find the people think I am after something. Now, on Saturday, when I was coming here, I taw a fellow running by my side ; I turned round my horse and asked him where he was running to ? He said To see where you are going to !' Well then, I remarked, I'm going through Stanhope Gate—and darted off." A beautiful and interesting little girl, the daughter lof the artist's patron, was present during the sitti ng , and amused herself with some childish attempts at drawing what she called the " windows of the oppo. site house," which she desired to draw the Duke's at tention to. Patting her on the head, he observed., " Very meritorious ! very ingenious! I'm considered a great favourite with children. I was at the house of Lord S-- the other day, and there was a fine little fellow there, who had evidently been told that I was coming, and was on the look-out for me. He called soldiers `Rub-a - dubs.' As soon as I went in, he came up to me, and said, ' You are not a Rub-a-dub at ail, for you don't wear a red coat !' " His Grace soon, however, remarked that he was not always fortunate with children—" I was lately in the houseof a French marquis ; they brought in a little child to see me ; I ' wanted to take it in my arms, but the child seemed to have a great aversion to me, and shrunk from me. So I said to the little thing. Pourquoi y' and, clinging to th e nurse, it said, Il bat tout le monde !' I suppose she had heard her nurse say so, and thought I should beat her." We shall describe the Portrait in our next, and shall then communicate some further anecdotes of the illustrious Duke equally oriainal, piquant, and curious. The Revue Britannique etztes, that an application has been made by the French Government to the English Cabinet for the original will of the E mperor Napoleon, -.Which has hitherto remained in the peasestion of England. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9. 1852, THE DELUSIVE NOTIONS OF CANLI. DATES FOR TRANSPORTATION. (From the North British Daily Mail.) Lord Cockburn, in pronouncing sentence on e habit and repute offender on Monday, took oc• casion to remove an erroneous impression which has spread with wonderful rapidity among the thieving fraternity of this and other large cities. An idea, extremely welcome to such people, has gone abroad of late that banishment beyond seas signifies a convenient settlement in " the gold dig gings." A great stimulus has consequently been given to the commission of such crimes as are sup posed to qualify a person for so desirable a destina tion. The judge in these circumstances considered it his duty to warn all concerned of the fallacy of the idea. Convicts are still sent, it is true, to Australia ; but they are not allowed to mingle with the honest people who have gone to push their for tunes in the gold regions, but are kept in penal sta tions apart from the colonists, and subjected to hard labour and rigid surveillance. Such is the strict canonical view of transportation, and thieves and other offenders will better allow themselves to be in fluenced by no other. But yet we and others, who are not thieves, could wish that the actual state of affairs corresponded still more strictly than it does with Lord Cockburn's views. We have had occa sion to publish recently several oases in which trans ported convicts were allowed to roam at large in the gold regions. The Nelson was boarded and plundered by vagabonds of this class ; and newspaper readers cannot have forgetten the case of the woman Ferris, who was banished from Bristol fc: murder, and on obtaining a ticket of leave for good conduct, goon after repeated the capital offence in the town of Melbourne. Such cases as these have no doubt pro duced the injurious impression among the criminal classes to which Lord Cockburn referred, and a stronger proof could hardly be afforded of the de fectiveness and absurdity of our convict system than the fact that this sagacious judge has found it neces sary to warn the criminals from the bench that transportation is something much less agreeable than a free passage to the gold diggings. Public opinion will never be satisfied as long as convicts are sent to any part of Australia. That portion of the world has become essentially unfit to be a penal settlement. A Hebridean island, or our sterile moors are infinitely preferable for such a purpose ; and it is surely time that this subject were taken up in a practical spirit by the Legislature. Until new arrangements are adopted it is, at all events, clearly necessary that orders should be issued against the granting of tickets of leave to convicts in Australia on any pretence whatever. Nothing is more easy than for a mailing knave to simulate a converted state of mind, and by this means impose on his overlookers. But one of the great evils is, that convicts in Australia are kept and guarded by convicts, so that the whole system is incurably bad. Worcester Autumn 2 Epsom 4 Liverpool Autumn 9 Cowbridge Hunt Northallerton ll IRISH RAC. Carragh ... 12 Down Royal C0rp...... 20 NOTE Kilkenny ... Stretford Warwick Aberystwith Shrewsbury Autumn 23 ;S TO COME. BEFt. Carlow ;MBER. 28 ............... BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) Aa Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 82 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 2d day.ot Octolter, 1852. tesuz DEPARTMENT. Notes 34,990,395 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities •• .• 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 20,97 1 , 241 Silver bullion ••• • •• 19,154 Z3VJ90,395 £ 34,990,395 Dated the 7th day of October, 18!j5.2R. BANKING DEPARTMENT. . ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. Z. Proprietorecapital 14,553,000 Rest • •••• ••• • • • 3,557,115 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, andDi cidend accoun,,s).. 8,935,158 Other deposits ...• • • 11,532,546 Seven day and other Bills ••••••• • •• •• 1,395,587 433,973,706 Dated the 7th day of Oetober, 1 ,Government Beene ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 11,189,182 Other securities • . 12.474.72$ Notes .............. 12,746,580 Geld and silver coin.. 563,218 439,973,706 J. R. ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. 102. STEAM ENGINES EXPORTwE:i.;winas athe great month in er e ended u the sth ult , the declared value of steam-engines and parts of tehaegicenehisirppariorotedofwla2Bs3l6;7s,lho4l; the valut v 44 25, 6001, THE LONDON GAZETTE, Oct. 8. BANKRUPTS. John Joseph Morewood (and not Joseph Morewood, as before advertised), merchant, Fludyer-street, West• minster, to surrender Oct. 14, at one, and Nov. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as signee, Coleman-street-buildings; Courtenay, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Edward Winstanley and Henry George Winstanley 1 , chemists and druggists, Poultry, Oct. 23, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bonk ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Theodore Roe, upholsterer, Suffolk-place, Lower road, Islington, Oct. 23, and Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall. chambers, Basinghall-street; Angell, Wat ling-street. William Steel, inn keeper, Birmingham, Oct. 19 and Nov. 16, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Thorn, Wolverhampton; Motteram, Knight, and Em met, Birmingham. Robert Shelton, saddler, Wellington, Shropshire, Oct. 23 and Nov. 15, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birming ham; Phillips, Shiffuall; Ltotterana, Knight, and Em met, Birmingham. Francis Lowin, engineer, Ragland, Monmouthshire, Ozt. 27 and Nov. 17, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol. John German Harrison, dealer in locks, Liverpool, Oct. 21, and Nov.ll, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Beard, official assignee, Liverpool; Norton, New-street, Bishop&gate, Lonon; Lloyd, Liverpool. Alfred Astley, glass dealer, Manchester, Oct. 19 and Nov. ), at 12, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Makinson, Manchester; Twigg, Burslem. John Rhodes, jun., tailor, Oldham, Lancashire, Oct. 22 and Nov. 18, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Wor thington, and Shipman, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basiaghall-street. J. Fairman, Great St. Helen's, commission agent, Nov. 2, at eleven—S. Wagstaf and T. Baylis, Kidder minster, carpet manufacturers. Oct. 30, at eleven—J. Wheatley, Kennigton-cross, livery stable-keeper and job master, Oct. 30, at eleven. In the Cotntry. V. Cooke, Worcester, cabinet maker, and upholsterer and furniture dealer, Nov. 9, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Phillip, Longton, Staffordshire, grocer, Nov. 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Bir mingham—J. Teece and T. Feats, Oswestry, Shrop shire, drapers and grocers, Ncv. 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Price and J. Lavender, Birmingham, paper dealers, Nov. 4 ; at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. A. Boden, Sheffield, razor i ttictu sh r e e ffi r e , l O d, ct lic 3 e o n , s a e t d l v o i , c a tu t a t l h le e r C , Court, Leeds—Anne ten, at manufacturer, Oct Sheffield. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. C. Roope, Liverpool, wine merchant, id., on Wed nesday, Oct. 13, or any subsequent Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. A. Mlierrow, Kingston-upon-Hull, draper, 25., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. W. B. Frankish, Kingston-upon Hull, linendraper, 9s. 70., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall.street. M. S. Hooper, Billiter-street, City, teadealer, Oct. 29, at half-past one—J. B. Capper, Blackheath, chemist and druggist, November 2, at eleven—J. Wheatley, Ken nington-cross, Lambeth, livery stablekeeper, Oct. 30, at eleven. In the Country. W • J. Conway, Carnarron, chemist or druggist, No vemter 9, at eleven, at tie Court, Liverpool—J. Dod son Liverpool, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —H. Taylor, Waterfoot, Lancashire, coal dealer, Nov. 1 , at twelve, at the Coirt, Manchester —W. Burman, Birmingham, brickmaker. Oct. 30, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. C. R. Pottinger, Harcwick-place, Commercial-road, East, wine and spirit merchant, a certificate of the second class—C. King, Neiv Bond-street, revelenta are bica importer, a certificate of the second class—W.. A. Watson, Whitacre, Warwckshire, builder, a certificate of the second class, twc months after Oct : 5—W. Wheeler, Cleobury Mortmer, Shropshire, miller and maltster, a certificate of tte second class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. George Smith and Joha M'Lachlan, of Liverpool, hosiers—George Smith am Robert Forrester, of Liver pool, hosiers—William P. M'Andrew, Robert WAR drew, John William Pilch.r, R. N. Cunningham, and James Child M'Andrew, o Liverpool, fruit merchants (so far as regards James Child M'Andrew)—Ebene z e r Price and Charles Thomas Kean, of 1, York-street, King's-cross, eating-house keepers—John Ponler, Janet Ponler, and Hugh Stalker lonler, of St. George's-place, St. George's-in-the-East, imber merchants (so far as regards Janet Ponler)—Thomas Hoskins and Richard Hales, of Bath, butchers—lobart Harrison and John Boddington. of Manchester, hop merchants—Alexander Collie and Thomas Baker Bcknell, of Manchester, com mission merchants—Williat Aylott and John Morris Junes, of 8, Paternoster-rcw, City, booksellers—Wil liam Pickford and Peter Simm, of Newport, Monmouth shire, provision merchants —John Towle and Thomas Barton, of Hampton Gay Mill s , O x f or d s hi re , paper makers—John Harris and Jchn Williacallarris, of Ex eter, surgeons--- enry Darby and Wil liam- E s h er Sim, of Liverpool, merchants—Alex ander Bewley and Gaylard Hidwen, of Liverpool. whole sale tea dealers—James Snakh and Arrow Smith, of Sydnope, Derbyshire, . nurserymen —Joseph C owe ll an d John Key, o f Prestwich, Lancashire, calico manufac turers—Henry Peet and Alfrel Puckle, of Birmingham, es Sunderland, acc ountants—William Barton and Willi am Wi n d us , of Sh ev i ngt on and Westhough:on, Lanc as hi re , coal pro prietors—Marcus Hall Blan d and James Middleton, of Eg htim Gibraltar, s merchants — Henry nd o Joseph o sßelprhm gghha tmengale, of Sto c k port, b obb i n , woollen drapers—H enr y Scott Richa r d s an d J am turners—Caleb Smith and Charles Nevens, of Liver pool, shipwrights—Maria Bilden and Brett M'Tier, of Bolton-le-Mors, and C. Lancashire,Sedgwick, manufac turing of Yeovil, Somersetshire, inke.pers—Joh n Th orn l ey and John B er k e ley-mews, Portmsn - square, livery stable ke e p ers— Joseph James , B en j amin Da!n, and Edward A r th ars, of Birmingham, linen and woolen drapers—Rob e rt John ston and Robert Hunter, of Manchester, joiners —W u) . Green and John Gott, of Keadal, Westmoreland, general drapers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. William ilowatt, of Glasgow, ironmonger, Oct. 12 and Nov. 2, at two, at the Glasgow Stock Exchange, Glasgow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. Arthur Kendall , the cashier of Messrs. Gray and IN" c f od r o re-examination o t 20, Li n Lincoln's n several's Inn - Inn-fields, el d s ,was brought upcharges of embez zlement. Mr. Gray, of the Oxford Circuit, who conduct ed o c the prosecution, stated his intention to proceed with two indictments, each containing three separate charges. The Learned Counsel then gave evidence in detail of a number of payments which had been :made to the prisoner on behalf of his employers, but which were never carried to their account. Henry Ryland, a clerk in the prosecutors' office, deposed to having received a cheque for 171. 7s. Bd. from Messrs. Fearon and Co., on the 22d of Septem ber last. He handed it to the prisoner, who made an entry of the same in his daybook. It was his duty subsequently to have paid the sum, with others, in to the bank. Mr. Joseph Woodcock, the junior partner of the firm, stated that on the Bth of September last he gave the prisoner a cheque on Barnard and Co. for 321. Gs. lOd., with instructions to pay it over to Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Co., their bankers. It appeared that this defalcation was subsequently met by the appropriation of another cheque for 321. Bs. 3d., the prisoner receiving the difference (l s. 5d.) in cash. Evidence was also given respecting some cash pay ments, which, with the above, were appropriated by the prisoner. Mr. Slade, clerk to Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, the army agents, stated that in September last a sum of 501. was received by him, for Captain Evelyn, of the 72d Regiment. The cheque deposed to by the first witness formed part of the sum paid. It was brought by a woman, and the payment was made in the name of " A. Kendall, Esq." Mr. Gray, the senior partner of the firm, repeated the statements made by him at the first examination, relative to the prisoner's admission of his guilt, on being requested to explain certain discrepancies in his accounts. He was asked to state the probable extent of his defalcations, and he said that he did not think it was more than 1,0001. Witness had ascer tained that the amount actually exceeded 1,5001. Mr. HENRY observed that it was unnecessary to go into the cases very fully, after the prisoner's voluntary confession. The depositions were taken by Mr. Burnaby, and, by the direction of Mr. Henry, the chief clerk ap pended to them a bill for 321., which was found in the prisoner's possession, and which proved to be a charge for entertaining eleven of his friends with a dinner and dessert at Dubourg's Hotel, in the Haymarket. The charge for eleven dinners was 11/. 1 ls., and the remainder of the sum was the cost of 39 bottles of I wine (chiefly champagne), &c. Mr. HENRY considered that the judges ought to have an opportunity of seeing how the prisoner spent his employers' money, and for this purpose he had desired this bill to be placed before them. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. Mr. Wallace Harvey, who described himself as a special pleader, of 2, Middle Temple-lane, was placed at the bar charged with obta inin g 2101. by forgery. Mr. HENRY—Yon say y o u are a special plead er, but I do not see your name in the Law List. The prisoner—l am a member of Gray's Inn of six years' standing, and am just about to take out my certificate. Mr. HENRY—Then you are act, at prPsent, what baye rprisented yourself to be. Mr. Wontner, the solicitor, conducted the pros?cu tion, and stated the material facts of the case as fol- lows : Toe prosecu'rix, Ceherine Wooi, is the widow of Dr. Ralston Wood, who died in December, 1850, and who, although a Scotch physician, was chiefly engaged during his lifetime in literar y pu r suits , especially upon the newspaper press. At the time of his death his wife was left in London without friends, aid it seems that the prisoner, having known her hus band, called on her immediately afterwards and offered to assist her in her embarrassing situation. She gladly accepted his service, and from this time he took the management of her affairs upon himself, availing himself of the advantages thus afforded him to secure the possession of a great deal of money to which she was entitled, including one sum of 801., another of 5001., and an annuity of 201. due to her from the merchants of Scotland, her father having been one of that body. Out of the property thus accumulated the prisoner had been in the habit, since that time, of paying her some trifleig weekly pittance, not ex cee ling 2s. or 3s. at a time. Among the rest of her property, she was entitled to some in Glasgow. The prisoner, however, persuaded her to sell it and pur chase a life annuity, and, after some reluctance, she at length consented to do so. Th 3 sum realised by this sale was 214/., and on the 26:h of July, 1851, she attended at his chambers, in Middle Temple-lane, where the deed was executed, and received the amount from the hands of the persons who had conducted the transaction. After their d-parture she was left alone with the prisoner in his rooms, and then he said, " Now, I advise you not to take this money home, for you may have some mischance with it. Be advised by me, and go at once to the Commercial Bank and deposit it there in our j oint narnes." She agreed to this,and immediately ac companied the prisoner to the bank, where the amount (minus 41.) was deposited in her behalf. The four sovereigns were deducted from the 214/. because she had expressed a wish to have a small portion of the money for immediate use, but before she had left the bank many minutes the prisoner actually borrowed one of the sovereigns from her on some pretence, and never repaid it. The next day he went to the bank with a cheque bearing the forged signature of the. prosecutrix, and drew out 251. of the money. Two days afterwards he took out 801. in the same manner. On the Bth of August he took out 551. more, and subsequently, at short intervals, the remainder of the money. Soon after the prisoner was in possession of a handsomely furnished house at Chiswick, where his ' friends were entertained with a degree of liberality that surprised them ; for he had suddenly emerged from a position of obscurity to one of comparative opulence. In the meantime the poor widow made useless attempts to see him at his chambers, and wrote constantly for information respecting her affairs, or some assistance in money. In answer to her appeals she received a great number of letters, dated from Chis wick, and occasionally containing Is., 35., and some times 4s. "on account," out of the money he was receiving on her behalf from Scotland. The prosecutrix, a middle-aged woman, very plainly attired, gave her evidence nearly to the foregoing effect, and was then exposed to a long cross examina tion by the prisoner, as to the private habits of her husband and herself, to both of whom he imputed acts of constant dissipation. She denied the charge, and also an assertion made by the prisoner that he was requested by her late husband's brother, the Rev. James J. Wood, to take the management of her affairs upon himself. The prisoner declared that the husband died of delirium tremens, and that his wife (the prosecutrix) was drunk the same day ; and that the brother had expressly told him not to intrust either of them with more than Is. 6d. per day. A number of the prisoner's letters were handed up to the magistrate for perusal, after which Mr. HEN Rl' said that this prosecution ought to be taken up by the bankers who had been defrauded, and who were certainly liable to pay the prosecutrix the whole of the money which had been obtained by the prisoner's forgery. It was quite clear from the pri soner's own letters that the poor woman had been most cruelly defrauded of every bit of her property, and it would be too bad to visit her with the expenses of the prosecution. Mr. Wontner thanked his worship for his sugges tion. He had been anxious to prevail on the bankers to do so. A gentleman who represented the Commercial Bank promised to represent the matter at the next meeting of their board, pending which Mr. HENRY remanded the prisoner for a week. Before his removal from the bar a gentleman ap plied for the permission of the Court to have an inter view with the prisoner respecting the chambers in his occupation, which had been sublet to him by a mem ber of the Middle Temple, who had never received a farthing's rent, but now hoped to get possession of the rooms. The prisoner (very coolly)—Oh, just so. I shall be very happy. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH in INDIA. Vigorous measures are being adopted by the court of directors of the East India Company for the for mation of 'electric telegraphs in India, and before the end of next year telegraphic communication will be established through the length and breadth of our eastern empire. Active preparations have been making during the last four months for providing in this country and sending out the necessary wires and appa ratus; and the company's depot at Warley, near Brentwood, has for the time been used as an experi mental and educational department, where the soldiers who are going out to India may be instructed in the mode of laying down the wires and in the working of the instruments, so that they may be perfectly effi cient. On the common at Warley three or four thou sand yards of wire have been mounted on posts, according to the plan that it is proposed to adopt ; and other wires, insulated on the plan used in this country, have also been set up, for the purpose of comparing the two systems. The kind of instruments to be used remains yet a question to be determined. It is intended to give a fair trial to all those that possess special merit ; and on Tues day the inventors of different telegraphs were invited to send instruments to Warley for the inspection of the court of directors, who paid a special visit to the depot on that day to view the telegraphic arrange ments. It is desirable, however, before we describe the proceedings at Warley, to glance at the circum stances which have more immediately influenced the court of directors to establish the electric telegraph in India. The prime mover of the undertaking we believe to be Dr. O'Shaughnessy, of the company's medical department, who had long taken great interest in the invention of the electric telegraph, and who perceived at once its vast importance to the Indian Govern ment. He succeeded in interesting the Governor- General in the matter, who was so impressed with the advantage of this means of communication that he instructed Dr. O'Shaughnessy to proceed at once to construct an experimental line without wait ing for the apparatus from England. The only materials at command for making the lines were a number of iron rods; these were fastened together, and supported on bamboos, and in this manner an es tempore, but very effective, telegraphic line was formed. It is fortunate that Dr. O'Shaughnessy was thus compelled to have recourse to the use of iron rods, for it enabled him to determine at once that the wires employed for the purpose in England would be quite inadequate to the Indian telegraph. In this country, where the lines are carried along railways, and where there are no living obstacles to contend with, the thin iron wire, called No. 8 gauge, answers its pur pose passing well; but no sooner were the rods mounted on their bamboo supports in India than flocks of that largest of all birds, the adjutant, found the rods convenient perches ; and groups of monkeys congre gated upon them ; showing clearly enough that the ordinary wire would be insufficient to bear the strains to which the telegraphic lines would be subjected. It was found also that not only must the wire be stronger, but that it must be elevated higher, to allow loaded elephants, which march about regardless of roads or telegraphic lines, to pass underneatb. Pro viding against the difficulties as they occurred, Dr. O'Shaughnessy succeeded in forming a good working line of telegraph for a distance of eighty miles from Calcutta. The instrument he employed was of the simplest kind. It consisted of a galvanometer made from the needle of a pocket compass, round which a coil of thin covered wire was twisted, and a strip of card was fixed on the needle to serve as an index. With instru ments of this kind, which did not cost more than half a-crown, signals were transmitted along the line with great ease at the rate of seven or eight words in a minute. The needle of this galvanometer, instead of being fixed vertically, as in the ordinary needle in struments, was laid horizontally iu the magnetic meri dian, and a permanent magnet was placed at one of the poles to cause the needle to return to zero quickly later each deflection. When the telegraphic commu nication had been thus practically effected, it was subjected to attacks to which the telegraphs in this country are but little exposed. Storms of lightning destroyed the galvanometer coil., and hurricanes laid prostrate the posts. Undaunted by the opposi tion of the elements, Dr. O'Shaughnessy contri ve d a lightning conductor for the instruments, and strength ened the supporting props. Having thin van qu i s h e d all difficulties, and shown that telegraphic communi cation could be established in India independently of railways, the Earl of Dalhousie urg e d th e court of directors to complete the work on o a m comprehen sivetl scale. The court acted s o e recommendation, that within three p mo p nt y hs o o n f this the date of the dispatch from the Earl of Dalhousie, in structions were received i n I ndia to commence the work without delay; and at a few days' notice Dr. O'Shaughnessy was s en t to England to make the necessary preFaratiow He has been actively en- gaged since his arrival in this country, about four mouths since, in rnale , me the necessary arrange ments for laying down 3,000 miles of thick galvanized wire ; and in in-,trucring the sappers and miners at the East India Company's depot at Warley in all the manipulations in which they will be requila d to assist. In abaut three months the wire and all the other materials required are expected to be com pleted and shipped for India. A large body of men will be immediately set to work, and, commencing at twenty ditirent points of a line. it is estimated that it will proceed at the rate of twenty miles a day. One of the first lines undertaken will be frein Calcutta to Bombay. On Tuesday the court of director?, who had in vited a number of friends and scientific gentlemen to accompany them, proceeded to Brentwood by the eleven o'clock train from Shoreditch, and on their ar rival at Warley were escorted by the yeomanry cavalry to the depot on Warley common. After witnessing some military manoeuvres and inspecting the barracks gene rally, the chairman, Sir James Hogg, put himself under the direction of Dr. O'Shaughnessy, who conducted the party to the common, where the experimental lines are erected. One of the peculiar characteristics of the railway lines intended for India, as contrasted with the English lines, is the greater distance be tween the posts, which are higher and stronger than those generally used. The thick wire is raised to a height of fourteen feet, on posts nearly the eighth part of a mile apart. To obtain the necessary strength to bear the strain, the posts are fixed with screw piles. To show the strength of the wires thus extended, a rope was hung to the centre of the wire of largest span, anda soldier climbed up it, the weight of his body producing but a slight curvature. The common deflection arising from the weight of a wire of a furlong span does not exceed eighteen inches. Dr. O'Shaughnessy's plan of underground communication, when such a mode of laying down the wires is desirable, is very economical. The copper wires coated with gutta percha, instead of being inserted in iron tubes, are inlaid in wooden sleepers, well saturated with arsenic, to protect them from the white ants, and they are then laid in a trench about two feet deep. An un derground system of two wires may thus be laid down for 3.51. the mile. After the mode of constructing the lines had been shown, Mr. Sta tham, the manufacturer of coated gutta percha wire, exhibited his plan of firing cannon with a gutta percha fusee. Ten thousand yards of coated wire were laid in coils on the common, and a cannon was three times fired through that length of wire by means of a vol taic battery, the flash of the powder being instanta neous with the contact of the wires. The party then proceeded to a room fitted up as a workshop, where the men are instructed in the modes of making joints, soldering, and other operations connected more particularly with laying coated wires underground. The plan adopted for joining the lengths of the thick galvanized wire was also shown, and it is well deserving of imitation in the formation of joints on the lines in this country. The two ends having been turned, so as to link into one another, they are introduced into a mould, like a bullet mould, and en ingot of zinc is cast over them, forming a most substantial joint, and perfect metallic connexion. In an adjoining room various telegraphic instru ments which it proposed to try on the Indian lines were exhibited. Dr. O'Soaughnessy briefly explained the principles on which the different instruments are constructed, and the inventors were called on to ex hibit and explain them more fully. Among the indi cating needle instruments was the simple galvanometer, originally used by Dr. O'Shaughnessy in India, that had conveyed the intelligence to Calcutta of the cap ture of Rangoon. Mr. Allen showed his needle-in dicating instruments ; Mr. Bain exhibited his dot ting instrument, working at the rate of 1,500 letters a minute; Mr. Bakewell explained and showed in action his copying telegraph, which transmits fac similes of writing ; and Mr. Brett exhibited his printing telegraph, which prints the message from a type-wheel. When the inspection of the apparatus was com pleted, the company repaired to the White Hart Inn at Brentwood, where a cold collation was provided. A. few toasts were drunk appropriate to the occasion of the visit, and Sir James Hogg, in pro posing the health of Colonel Hay, the com manding officer of the depot, highly complimented him, Colonel Leslie, and the other officers, for the very efficient manner in which they regulated the es tablishment, attending as well to the comforts as to the discipline and good conduct of the men under their command. In proposing the health of Dr. O'Shaugh nessy, Sir James took credit to the court of direc tors for their promptness in acting on the recommen dation of Lord Dalhousie. In this instance, at all events, he observed (excited, perhaps, by the sub ject-matter), the court had shown that they were not so slow to move as they were often accused of being. A special train conveyed the court of directors and their friends from Brentwood at half-past four o'clock, after a most satisfactory and interesting visit. EXTRAORDINARY SUPERSTITION. On Wednesday last, at the Ne w ark Police-Court, an elderly woman, who gave her name as Ann Williamson, Freeman, a hawker, of the same place , w ith living at Nonwell, near Newark, charged a man named Thomas cutting and maiming her with intent to commit bodily harm. It appeared in evidence that Freeman came to her house in the night a short time before, and grasped her arm, making several cuts with some sharp instru ment, which caused the blood to flow freely; he then went away. The defendant, being called on to answer the charge, made the following extraordinary statement : Some time ago one of his daughters was taken ill; she was reduced to a complete skeleton, and suffered such pain, during which s.he frequently called out complain ant's name. Recently another of his daughters was attacked in a similar manner, which induced him to commit the outrage, being enco uraged so to do by so me of his neighbours, who told him that if he could by any means draw blood from the complainant, who was supposed to have bewitched his daughter, it would dissolve the charm, and both his daughters would get better. Accordingly he repaired to the house on the night in question, and requested the complainant to come down and see his daughters. She, however, refused, in consequence of the scandal he had raised about her. He admitted having drawn a darning needle across her arm, and upon being reprimanded by the magistrates, aud asked if he believed in such super stition, answered that he did, and if the bench has seen as much of. such charms as he had, they would believe in witchcraft too. Ho was fined 14s. 6d. and costs. MURDER at GREENOCK by a LUNATIC. The town of Greenock was most painfully agitated on Thursday afternoon by an occurrence which is one of the most dreadful in its annals. The perpetrator of the deed is a half-insane young fellow, named James Scott, a shoemaker, who lived with his father, a re spectable man, named Matthew Scott, who followed the same trade, and resided in Cross-shore-street. So far as we have learned, the elder Scott and his wife, who is stepmother to the young man, had gone out, leaving their infant daughter in the cradle in charge of a girl, about 18 years of age, and who is a relation of the family. James, the son, was also left in the house, and he by-and-by got a razor, and made such threatening remarks and flourishes with it that the girl fled, leaving the infant in the cradle behind her. She immediately returned, however, along with some other people, and found that in the meantime a bloody deed had been per petrated. So effectually had this lunatic committed the act of murder upon his helpless little stepsister that the head of the infant was found lying on the fluor, while the body remained in the cradle. The fellow had im mediately effected his escape, but officers were sent in pursuit in all directions, and in the course of the evening Scott was apprehended on the Inverkip-road. This fellow has repeatedly shown insane tendencies, and has suffered imprisonment for acts of violence. It is not much to the credit of the authorities of Greenock, l therefore, that he should have been allowed to remain at large till ho had an opportunity of committing a deed so truly diabolical. STABBING BY FOREIGN SAILORS AT BRISTOL. On Thursday a very ferocious assault with large knives was committed by some Danish sailors in the neighbourhood of Broad-street, Bristol. The men, who formed part of the crew of an American vessel, lying on the quay, were in the habit, as is nut un common with foreign sailors, of wearing large knives appended in leather cases to their sides. On the evening in question the Danes came ashore in a party, for the purpose of amusing themselves in the city, and in the course of their peregrinations they picked up with three or four girls, with whom they went drinking. During the time they went to a tavern in the neighbourhood of the centre of the city, at which there was singing going on. After amusing them selves for some time they left, and when in a public passage communicating with the house they com menced a qnarrel with the females, and between each other. I❑ the course of the disturbance they drew their knives out of their cases, and flourished them i❑ a way which created considerahle alarm among the byshnders. One of the persona looking on was a working man named Robert Jones, who had been through the passage to the house of a fellow-workman, and who on his road stopped for a few minutes to ascertain what was the cause of the tumult. He had not interfered in any way, and he was standing quietly with his cap in his hand when one of the sailors, named Hans Kresshnar, made a rush at him with his knife and inflicted a wound on the back part of his head. Upon finding himself wounded and bleeding Jones cried out that he had been stabbed, and a female named Ann Rogers, who resided close by, and who had come from her house to see what was the cause of the disturbance, seized Kresshnar by the arm, in the hope of averting further mischief. The fellow, disregarding her, aimed a second blow at Jones with the knife, which, in consequence of her pulling, glanced off, and the point of it entered the woman's neck. He then at once broke away from her and escaped into one of the houses, but he was watched, followed, and ultimately apprehended by the police. He had contrived to rid himself of the knife, but the case in which he carried it was still strapped round his waist. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852. OCTO Newmarket S. 0. IBER. I Holywell Hunt _. . Perth 18 18 IP3LntteYfrCti Richmond Lanark .. 22 Newmarket Houghton.. 25 NOVEMBER. THE WRECK OF THE MOBILE. The following is an account of how the survivors of the Mobile were nicked up ; it is from a commu nication to the Glasgow Constitutional: —" The schooner Rebecca, of Glasgow, Captain Gibson, has just arrived in the Clyde from Cadiz. On Tburs''ay last, when a little above Tuskar, Captain Gibson saw a black o'rj , ct on the water, about four miles to wind ward, the wind being at the time about N.N.W. He at first took it to be a fishing boat, or some cra f t that had left a vessel in distress; but on his going to the masthead he discovered that it was part o f th e wreck of a large ship. He immediately ran up his ensign, to let it be known that he h a d seen th e wrec k, and would render assistance. He then made more sail, as the vessel was double-reefed at the time, and in a short period came close to the raft, lie, as soon as possible, sent the small boat to the raft, and on their approaching it it was found that there were nine persons on it. As the sea was running very high at the time, the whole of them could not be taken into the boat at once. Accordingly, five were taken first, and the remaining four left to be taken off again ; but before the boat returned a brigantine, seeing what was going on, bore down, put out a boat, and took off the four persons already mentioned. The five picked up by the Re becca consist of four seamen and one passenger. Two of the seamen are American, one French, and one Irish. The passenger belongs to Cornwall, in En gland, and was proceeding to California. From the survivors on board the Rebecca we learn that the ill fated ship was the Mobile, of Bath, in America, Captain Tarbox, from Liverpool to New Orleans. There were on board in all 78, consisting of 54 pas sengers and 24 of the crew. The Mobile cleared out from Liverpool on Tuesday, about twelve o'clock at noon, and was going at nine knots an hour when she struck the Arklow banks, about two o'clock on Wed nesday morning. The small boats were broken by a heavy sea running at the time, and in a very short period the ship was broken up. The survivors, along with seven others, who were subsequently washed off, adhered to a large part of the ship, and were about thirty hours on it, when they were taken off by Captain Gibson on Thursday morning, about half past ten o'clock. The sea was running very high the whole time they were on the raft, making a clear passage over them, and it was with the greatest difficulty that they kept on it. Some of them were very much cut and bruised, and on their being taken on board they cried for joy. They were treated in the most kindly manner by Captain Gibson and his crew, who supplied them with dry and com fortable clothes, and provided such comforts as were necessary for them in their w eak state. On their reaching Lamlash Bay, on Saturday night, they were supplied with more clothes by the inhabitants, who also made a subscription to assist them on their fur ther journey. The following are the names of the survivors :—Robert J. Wheeler, seaman ; A n d rew Curtis, seaman ; Archibald Woods, seaman ; Tous saint Breusk, sea man ; Christopher Paull, passenger. In contrast with the above may be menti one d t h e dis graceful conduct of the captain and crew of a large steamer coming up Channel. Early on Thursday up picked morning a large steamer,rning(themorn wigotnh a whitewhicht hemen were m funnel, Channel, passed close by the raft; a boat was put out a b d u r t, ifat,sainfd7byonmeerawniofnoaurelbteduyidevnetn,tuir into it struck struck it ;h waafts. ' enit t w m a a s d , e ho t o w s e a v v e e r , t s h t e o vue n s a t t r e ik s i u n ff g e , r a e n rs d . noHeeaffdroarat boat been sent from the steamer and properly managed, more might have been saved, as some dropped off the raft, seeing that t h ey were left to perish when assist ance might hav e b een rendered.' grants from AT IP°a74i l e f a t N the o r o a m i EMIGR of lway station on Tuesday morning at half -past ten o'clock, when the vicinity of the railway was densely crowded by t h e s ympathising inhabi tants who had assembled to witness the exodus of 200 of their fellow•townsinen, an d give them a hear t y farewell. The g pt emigrants were preceded to the stat ion b y a flag bearing the followin inseriiona:—" Paisle3' em ig r ants —Scotland for ever ! Advance A us t ra lia —Extra Scotiam Scoti Agentis —God bless the Queen." The emigrants reached the Broomielaw in the forenoon, and embarked on board the Lyra. They were accompanied by numerous friends, who gave them three hearty cheers as they sailed. The appear ance of the emigrants was very respectable, all circum stances considered, but v: are informed that only 1/. was allowed them for outfit, while the pauper outfit is 31. North British Mail. REMARKABLE CASE.—WIe te steamer Briton was a t Stranraer qua Tuesday y on, the men engaged in cleaning out the hold, when at the farthest extremity of the ship, underneath the bows, to their astonishment found three fine lambs, doubtless part of a former cargo, huddled together behind some boards. One of the lambs was in a very weak condition, but the other two when brought out showed more lively symptoms. They had been on board the Briton for the space of seventeen days without any food 'whatever. - 1` 11 E CO CiN TUV MARK 11 T WAK.F.rrEnn, Our B.—We hare again a large stirpli ~f wt.ea(; tf,re is en improved tone in the trade for In'd article to day, and buyers are free to pay lamt week rates, but a small adr.i.ce it, generally demanded, and obtained, z - .n the fioer qw,litiet. Choice barley is rather dearer in coast qupr,c:, of the small show; we eow antici• pate a good demand for nice malting descriptions. Oat' end shelling as la , fore. Beaus bring extrPme priceo. Old season untdo malt is getting scarce and much in' quired for. New. s. 0 - 39 to 40 42 44 35 33_ WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... —to Ditto, white Norfolk and Hunts., red Ditto, white ... Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red Ditto, white ... Yorkshire, red Ditto, white Dantzic and Konigsburg, white Lower Baltic and Ilamburgh, red... Mediterranean, red ... _ BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Grinding per 30 stone ... Foreign ... •• •• • , BEANS, per qr. 631b3 to the bushel : Small, tine ... Ticks ••• ••• Foreign ... • OATS, per stone Meal in g —d to —d 9d to 100 Feeding —d to —d 10d to lid Foreign ••• ,•• ••• —d to —d 9kl to 10d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 24 —25 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 37 . 39 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter : Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed 37 -38 34 - 38 •-• 37 40 3S - 40 40 44 44 - 46 39 - 40 36 - 31 • -. 29 -- 31 -' - 24 -25 . - 26 - _._____ .... -- - 37 - 39 ... - --- 34 - 36 - 30 - 4 30 - 34 ~ 28 - 29 ._..„ ... - ... ARM Qrs. Wheat •.. 11,581 Barley ••• ••• ••• 2,3u8 Oats ... ... 325 Beans... ... ... 293 Peas ... 19u Tares ... VALS. Rapeseed ••• •••• •• • Shelling ... 50 1 Linseed •••" Malt •.• ••• " Flour ... ••• ••• ."° LIVERPOOL, OCT. B.—At our Corn-Exchange this morning we had a healthy demand for wheat and flour for neighbouring consumption, and for shipment to Ire' land and coastwise. The advanced prices of Tuesday last were well confirmed to-day, and the trade generalli has a stronger aspect than of late. Oats and oatme 9l were in fair request, at extreme prices. There was improved demand for Indian corn, at full prices. BarleYl beans, and peas command extreme quotations. NEWBURY, OCT. 7.—The supply of wheat to-ditY ver, large; the quality and conditi o n are rat h er detail"' rated. Old and the finest parcels of new are a ready 110 at full rates, and other sorts were a fair sale at abo' 9l late rates. Beans and peas, short supply, mostly of different quality, and rather dearer. Oats, full supply' and of rather inferior quality. Anything good corn' mends lull rat( a, whilst other sorts are difficult to quit. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. B,—The supply offering is so small that we can scarcely call it a market! the few lots brought forward this week have found ready buyers at rather improved rates, and a large bu s ' . news has been done in London for this port, from wherloa our refiners are now drawing the bulk of their supplieg , Refined in excellent demand, and rather dearer. Ruin ja steady.—Bristol Mercury. EXETER, OUT. B.—Cattle Market—A good supply o sheep, but not so large of cattle. Prime beef sold II: 8s 6i per score; inferior 7s 9d to Bs. Barreners as la" week. Cows and calves not so plentiful as last week' from 91 to 12/ 12s; butchers' calves, 4id to 5d per lb, sale not brisk. Sheep, small wethers, Sid; large ditto , 541; ewes, 4,i(1 to sd. Pigs about the same as let Alphingtou Fair on Wednesday affected the supply 513 i demand at our mark e t. That fair was very abundantl, supplied, and stock sold well, at prices near the same a, those quoted above. P o rk C a r cas es—The supply 0 ; tolerably large, and p r i ces range d f rom 6 s 6d to 89 per score. Pannier—Turk e y s , 5 s to 6 s geese, 4s 6d to u' each; ducks, 45 6d to 53 6d; fowls, 23 9d to 4s per couple' pheasants, 7s; partridges, 3s to 3s 61 per brace; hare" 35: rabbits, 10d each; pigeons, 101; roasters, 4s 6d ° I , 5a each; butter, 10d to Ild per lb; eggs,l6 f or ls. W°° —The ruling figure tor this article is st i ll Bid per lb . Corn Exchange—Sellers have slightly raised their pr e ' tensions, and 6s 3d for old has been asked for prica! samples; 6s was, however, the ruling figure. New wheat' 4s 9d to 3s 9d; barley, 3s to 35 6d; old oats, 2s 8d to 5 9 ; new ditto, 2s to 28 3d; fine flour, 32s to 35s per sack. COAL MARKET. -YESTERDAY. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market :-- nA I Bate's West Hartley.. 15s 6d Lambton Primrose ... 168 r i " Carr's Hartley ..... ... 16s Od Belmont ... 168 n 9 r i Hasting's Hartley ... 16s Od i ßraddyll Wellington Hartley... 14s 9d i Hetton 1 17s Od Holywell Hartlepool W. Hartley 15s 6d' Lambton Jonassohns Hartley ...15s Oct Lumley North Percy Hartley.. 15s 6d Pensher .a : Old Pelton Main ..... 13s Od Russell's Hetton New Pelton Main l3s Odltichmund Ravensworth'sW. Hart 15s 9diScarborough .. Redheugh Main ...... 13s 9dlStewart's .. ... .... ... 17s na South Peareth Tantield Moor ......... 14s 3dCassop Canfield Moor Butes... 14s Od Hartlepool l7O ' 7 ,,7 1 Townley ...... ......... 13s Od Howden Tees Tanheld 0( 1 West Hartey West Wylam Trader lss Od Thornley Wylam ____ _ 153 Od Adelaide Tees Wall's End, &c. IPease's West... l4O .o ci Bensham ... 16s Od' Seymour Tees ...... .. 16 0 3 Gosforth . Lawson lss 9d'St. Helen's Tees Northumberland Ditto East ids Gd Clowmy Tees 155155 '3 Riddell 3d Cleveland Tees9l Walker Wilton Park . 15s 3d,ljer-weniw-a-te-r-iiar—iley 158 Eden Main ...... 16 9d Ships at market, 130 Sold, 100. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, Ocr. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was a considerable amount ~ ( 7% business done to-day at firm prices The transactions i*,; ported were—Bristol and Exeter, 101%—Great Weste r° 9534—South Wales, 41—Taff Vale, 101. paid-up Shares,3 LIVERPOOL, OcT. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market presented an il ija p r oved appearance to-day, and prices generally had a ten , , dency upward. The transactions were as follow :—Calec l°- nian 23 3 4—Ditto, Preference, 10 3-16—Chester and 11 011 ,i head, 21—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 35—Lancashire $ 13 4 Yorkshire, 85—Ditto Fifths, 3 jB dis.—Lancaster A l t Carlisle, 2 1 / 2 dis.—London a n d N ort h-W estern , 119 , , - ,a Ditto, Fifths, 3% 767 , 8 —South-Eastern 11 ' Dover, 22N. MOTerIESTER, Ocr. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done to-day was Qefo limited, but prices were firm. The transactions were as 10 1 low .—Caledonian, 23 3 / 4 —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 35W, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 85—London and North- West' 119 1 4 —Midland, 76`!x,—South-Eastern an d D over , 22 6•"'" BIRUINGEIA i, Ocr. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE. There was an improved feeling 3 9 hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business done at higher prices. Shrewsbury and Birminghams We t done at 7O—South Staffordshires, dis. —Shropshi ' Unions, 31. 3s. 9d. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At a Montiq general meeting held on Thursday at the society's house m ; Hanover-square, Mr. W J. liroderip, vice-president, in 0 0 , chair, the Baron Raoul d'Eprtirnesnil and Messrs. T.., Hutton and F. H. J anson were e l ecte d F e ll ows; an d Messrs' Henry White and H. B. Heath were proposed as candidat e : for the Fellowship. The report of the Council stated thil the society, among other interesting acquisitions to the rne,; nagery daring the past month, had been fortunate enoug; to obtain a perfectly new and very curious mammal from tb t Cameroons River, in West Africa, of which it is believed Os no specimen as yet exists in any of the museums of Europ e ' This animal has been described by Dr. J. E. Gray, in ti l Annals of Natural History" for the present month, und et the name of " cheiropotamus pictus." a [M[ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills, an efTecs s a l - Cure for Dropsy.—Extract of a letter from Mr. W. Tonllit i ' son, of Bangor, dated May 1, 1851. "To Professor 110 1 IS: way. Sir,—For several years I was severely afflicted WI dropsy; at times my feet and legs were so much swollen that _s was quite unable to walk. I consulted many d octors, an d trie d remedy after remedy with hopes of obtaining relief, but I Wt s disappointed in all until I tr i e d your invaluable 01 which I gatefully ackn ow l e d ge h ave been the sole means 01 effecting a cure of ray complaint, and I am now in the enjor meri. of excellent h ea l t h .— S o l d by all Druggists, and at DIP &nor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Illosz. ARTILLERY COMPANY.—A detachment ° f desire p ounde la rs te , ly from expressed p which artillery di v i s i on of this regiment, under the command ° I , Captain Robinson, left their head-quarters for Woolwie, Marshes yesterday, and manned a battery of light u; made excellent practice. Ti l his Royal Highness Prince Albe rt : re h ss ic e h d by his the colonel, that this important branch of the regimen should be augmented as much as possible, has led to gre o s , accession of recruits, and the practice yesterday was carrie' on with more spirit than usual. ' I MPORTATION OF OPIUM.—From returns j ,lst issued it appears that there has been a great increase in ul o3 '' 23 9911 b. were impor ted ; in the li ke period of the preced ing importation of opium. In the mo nth ended the sth year, 6,6121 b • and in the month ended th e sth o f S e ptember 1850, only 3,5841 b. BIRTHS. OF A 90y. O• On the sth inst. , at Milton-hill, Berks, the wife of J llll Samuel BoA les, Esq., of an heir. On the 6th inst., at Barnes, Surrey, the wife of G. A. Shadwell, Esq. OF A 11.411701F1XR On the sth inst , at Upper Charlotte-street, FitzrOr square, the wife of J. F. Grace, M.D. On the 3d inst., at Stoneham park, Seuthampton, the W ife of Thomas W. Fleming, Esq. MARRIED. Chav es On the 7th inst., at S t. John's, Clapham rise, Char . Thomas Marzetti, of Percy -place, ' Clapham -road, fourth 0°„ of J- Marzetti, E sq., of Dulwich, to Helen, fifth dallg' ter of F. Sharp, Esq., of Brooklands, Clapham-rise. On the 6th inst., at Christchurch, the Rev. William Wo lf f Fletcher, of Throop, gang;,to Sophia, second daughter the late J. King, Esq, of Christchurch. At W DIED. indsor, aged 70, Lieutenant Henry Griffiths , Military Knight of Windsor, formerly of the 15th llusgi r c with which regiment h e was present at the Battle " Waterloo, On the 4th inst., Jane Maria, the wife of W. H. Jacke iii Esq., of Eccleston-square. On the sth inst., i n R usse ll -square, C harles W . Ta)io tr Esq., aged 51. On the 6th inst., Mr. Jonathan Fiske, aged 73, of Co r p ' market-street, Oxford. At Finchley, on the 6th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Edvili f Rouse, and eldest child of S. Wimhush, Esq , of that place, t London : Printed and Publirled by MIII.ZDO YOUN( 4, , 1.12, Strand, Print 6:. Ti .e °Mc& '" 0. 11t4 ;n t 1 e Precinct of the 5 , ‘ , 43T, in the county Itiaslext 53 tuldsYi Gotobra 9,111. espit Shares of 250 es share. SOLIO - 1 : 1:01:1. The Bank general bail nautilus, C , Itritish emph granting Nisi ties ; for issu Ipal stations Ostablishmen and for all of Application India for Shareholders Company to The arrant Dearly eompl Directors, In the nu temporary C Street, Loath LON] The Dire of the under No, of Coral 1. Brass 1 Locnr 3. Copper 4. Canvas 5. Carpet C. Cloth 7. Axles C. Coals Crucibl 10 . Curled 11. Carria! 12. Coloun 12a. Drysal 13. Coach' 14. Cotton 15 . Bags, 16. Glass, 16a. Glass, 17. llardw 17a. Brush( 18. Leath( 18a. Leath( Spedfloat Wednesday, Euston Stat Forms of parties appl f'or which U Patterns 20, from Te Euston Sta tamed on a , Tenders t November a Euston St 31E Jeffery genii David I Policies II Assuranc( Assurers 1 itiums as I board. Lo.: as gra The foliowb I\ ,. 0. of ?reins. paid. DIN? DI: Messrs. PU linen, chin, wants, care vided. ii firm will 14 I3 ride Cak 4.11 the Pari G EC irROFES LECTURE of GEOLO , in the AR'[ The Lect chnens, an bar 13, at .1! Wednesda3 A rill A. of dress as then be om Autumn al cation to e Velties, to statement that their artistes tho Dart/nen:: r and eeonor cut aud tin c omplete I cures eomf 81 4, and t nltteh belo These a sPects ; s h, chasin g un of busiues or other they cam , the Goods L. AlOsE; practical c happy to needful in' vantages] most imps the most went for Outfits ; a Prices are the World Fan Li vessels, part of th CACTI Public ago f alsehood the same obvious r€ No Cox London g 4, S 5, 9n London and 3 . Eradfo l Shetel kercha and Sh. K Sak i (lay: A new zatigr, n i ellrernelit of tho ki: A hand on aPPlicl Icl l'on lller sr ON THY WIT In rrenc Beall 'Larriage the healt 4i nients, Youth tu i tical rem IrnPuh —Yphili s , lustrated ductive , E 7, uxtor o burgh, Licent 1) . 1 I -47 . Fl, ' Gr ief; 0: CONI Cox etirsiion rore,t E I s rilD3 v .- -Musi Air, RI bp, youil ) the y c bitter, I Won tz4u] vent ti 23 ratty! VII tton Ikhoi c ligur I, Case s Case R 3 Itt2, tt4