The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-14 00:00:00

itOYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, MONDAY MORNING. Prince Albert did not go out shooting on Satur day, as was expected, but accompanied the Queen, and several of the royal attendants, in a drive, as far as Loch-na-gar, in a pony equipage and • the customary outriders. Her Majesty seemed highly pleased with the beautiful scenery. There are very few visitors in the vicinity of the Castle, indeed nearly all the houses in the village are temporarily occupied by !persons whose avocations are immediately concerned in the visit of the Court, and no further accommodation could be afforded if required. ROYAL VISITS TO ABERDEEN IN OLDEN TIMES: The Aberdeen Journal, apiopos of the present itUs picious occasion, gives the following historic sketCh of the circumstances under which some of her Majesty's royal predecessors hive honoured Aberdeen with their presence : Some of our old chroniclers will have it that Aber deen was one of the residences of the usurper Grig, commonly called Gregory the Great, whose misty history belongs to the- latter half of the ninth century. They= assure vs that he' had what they magnilo quently call' a "palace" - in Aberdeen ; that he be stowed on the 'City its first charter; and that he was so spec ially fond of it as to speak of it as " his o wn city." These statements, howerer; are not borne out by any trustworthy evidence, end must be regarded as—in a great measure, if not whollyfabulous. It is ,most likely • hat Aberdeen owed its first charter, if not its origin, to the munificence and en lightened patriotism of David I.; since the oldest charters extant are partly- confirmatory of' privileges conferred' on the - Citizens by that monarch, but make no reference to - earlier marks of royal favour. The first monarch 'of whose residence in Aberdeen there is authentic evidence, is It ing . Williem the Lion, grandson of- David I. He appears -to have resided frequently,-either in the city or county, between the years '1179. and 1214. The oldest extant charter of the city was granted by him, and is belieVed to be of the' former,',date. It is still in good preservation. William appears to have had a house in Aberdeen, whi=cli, about 1211, he bestowed on the order of the Trinity, Red, or .Maturine Friars ' whose chief busi nesi it was to, collect funds for the redemption of Christians held in slavery by the. infidels in Palestine. Of this palace nothing now remains .; the site is occu pied by the Old - Trades Hall. But there is still to be seen in the new ball. a ponderous table, at which tra dition says the leonine monarch used to preside: It is a- very curious pieCe of furniture; consisting of a massive slab of artificial storie, sinoothl olished and set In a beautiful' oak frame of ; much lifer date ; the style of the ornaments _ showing that it belongs to the early part of the 17th century. The framework bears the arms of Dr.. Guilg, who purchased and. fitted. up the ruins of the monastery as an hospital for decayed burgesses of trade. - ; • Alexander 11. appears to-have been frequently in Aberdeen, between the years 1222 'and 1235'. Old Wynton says that, in the former year— " ' • ' " He held his yule in Abbyrdene." He, too; is said to have had a palace in the city, which he afterwards' bestowed on the preaching or black friars," an order Of which he was a great patron. Its site was in what now forms the garden of Gor don's HospitaL ,The building'was destroyed at the period of .the Reformation; ,and not a vestige of it was visible for many years, • until latterly itsfounda• tions. were accidentally discovered. Between -1272 and 1369, Aberdeen -was the occasional 'residence of Alexander. III.; 'John Baliol, Robert the Bruee, and David The unforttinate Ballot wa s taken c aptive here by-John Corny; "Laird of Strathbogie, and de livered UP to Edward I. Of England, at' Montrose. Edward himself Caine Co Aberdeen, on the 14th July, 1296, and remained in it for firEidays. On the 17th be received the homage and oath of allegiaece, of the bur gesses and community : For this act, bewever, the.citi zens afterwards made so aMple.an atonement to " the Bruce," that t,hat illustrious monarch. con ferred an them manyprivileges ; which are set forth in what is justly called the Great Charter of the Burgh. In some of the battles which he funglft- in vindication of his title to the Crown, the citizens of Aberdeen seem to have afforded hint ,signal assistance. We'inay here men tion,lncidentelly, that the citizens gave undoubted proof of their, loyalty and bravery at the battles of Harlaw,:July, 1411, when their gallant Provost,.,Sir Robert Davidson, and many of the burgesses, were alainin defending the rights of. the Crown against the usurper, Donald of the Isles t l In the month of July, 1448, James 11. paid his first visit to Aberdeen, when the magistrates made, him a present, under name of .a " propine," of two tuns of Gascony wine; wax 'candles. and sweetmeats. His Queen paid a ~visit in January, 1455, and was presented with. . 140 marks in -money. James IV. visited,, Aberdeen ,; 1492, 1495, 1497, 1504,. 1,507; 1509; :when he received " propines of wine, wax, -spiceries; and money. ' In May, 1,511, Aberdeen was visited by his' queen, Margaret, eldest daughter of• Henry. VII. of :England. ~The: occasion was afteryvircis' celebrated in a poem written by Dunbar . (whd•ieeins to , have accompanied p the royal party), 'entitleil 0 The queen* Reception at Aber dein. G,retif geparations were made to receive her Majesty_ wil d suitable pomp and circumstance.' Corn • .614 missiopm wpm appointed: to raise money to defray the eliperrA of:. the occasion;_ - and the citizens were ordeted , ttl decorate fife fronts theirhouses with arras-k, evergreeni, and flouters.: • ' - • It appears. iron* Vunbar's poem' that the queen was met, at sOrhe distance fr f oiA the. city, by the bur- - gessek; rfelielie 'array it, as' beeaine'tbarae to,bef f . four of their number, " men of ienoun," ,S . wingotmei 6f velvet, yonni, able, andJuatie, • -To beir ther pall - of velvet cramasie, ;Elbow her heid; as the eastoine has heist," . I • Under this canopy 'the Queen took hepseati. and was borne ttrthe Shiprow Fort Ofthe city. Here she was welcdmed by another Propession, "in cap of gold and silk full'pteasantlie," anti was treated with 'a timer sion or masques and pageants. The first represented the Salutation the timid of nselletrAdlis 131 awing _to - the sky." Then clung the, pageant of " the Orient_Kingis three then the expulsion of Adam and,Eve from:Paradisel by an Angel, „with the ; sword of violence." Lastly,' came the Bruce— . • COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, -SEPTEMBER 12 'THE: CORN TRAIM. H fiTTWfaIerENCE (Protiitne - Waidslorte.Gazette,). Boßaimit : SEPT. 1 1 .--We" are this day supplied with about '2s'pockets 'of new hops; the Ruality pretty good for first pickings. .As, yet there no demand fur them. The duty is estimated. at 205,0404 Yearling Kent pockets . Ditto Sussex ditto ,hops. have rather., gone back in many,gr9upds during the, past week, in some cases. he, coming " the mould, increasing, and generally the plant having been ‘! stung" .by „the late cold nights. Picking ,wilt comae:nee generally inlthis district in the course of the xvik. It is. thought. here that .the duty is over• rated. MALLING. 2 4Iops are 'getting firm, but will be small, and there are very few grounds without mould. Picking will not bit general till next , week,: though some few will commenee towards, the : end of this week. Ikcoste.--The reports of extensive ravages of the mould, which have appeared ;in some oryour contem poraries, are unfounded. Although not free from the mould, it has not yet done much damage. . YALDING AN D Htnirox. = .our. hops, .since the fine fweather„,have done , wonders.: In many gardens, And especially below 'the :hills, a. good crop is anticipated. - In some grounds,. however, where the mould has been predominant, there, is no improvement. . HORSMONDEN.—Picking commenced in-tbis parish by: three planters on the Bth, bat has-b een di scont i nue d f or another week. The b2ps are.very:ynexen„ The mould rages in all direr.** andlahoßld,,itlipeppn, the whale of the plantation must - be infected; Mora orless. . We cannot even'gnesS at the weight bi . , - qaality at this early stage. _ Caennnoox.--The crop still„,appears, flourishing in this neighbourhood: parties h e r e ere, strongly of opinion that the: 'duty you last We'6li quolect must have. arisen from a typographical errdr," experienced growers being decidedly against such An enormous sum as -210,0001. Picking commences at places in ,4 few - days, [The figures were correct, according to our letter., , WriornAm.—The hopS are: lOoking generally pretty well, though it is calculated - that a third of the hops in this parish have the mould in. then!, and' therefore will not be gathered, es I hear the fatmers'.about here have come to the resOlution of gathering' no mouldy hops this year. . . IGHTHAM AND Sger..,-Although the weather has been nore, favAurable sdUring the past week; there is scarcely any ; perceptible improvement in the hops. Those which have .no diSeise have grown hut little, while those ".infooted are going brown. The general Opinion is the duty is much.too high, " GODDHURST.—We have commenced picking, in one or two places aboUt ,the middle! of this - week it will be general. There has -been a very :great improvement within this lait fortnight, but the.hops are as uneven as the bine has been, .4Q, acres have. been grubhed in' GOudhurst and gorsmonden if every two parishes have done the same quantity, and taking that is a ratio through the . whole„plenta lion, it 'la . evident that.here must be between 4,000 and s,oooticiesiese; on the other hand there might be the same amount of. '47 planting, first pollitg !this year. These-twO 'parishes ball net are verag, e 1 cwt. peraCre, which will be the same in various parishek Taking into consideration, the grubbing, the . sniallnees of the h0p,.41-oidd,.&o.,:the,prevailing .opinionis, that the duty will never exceed 200,0001. I have seen hops on the "pities completely rotten, which P a cannot ac count for. , - Oaptholort.- 7 The h ops are getting ripe fast. We .1 • commenced picking on Monday (yesterday). The white mould haa'Stopped 'their growing out. We expect as many as last year, and shall leave the mouldy ones on the bine. CANTRDURY.—Tke,,hopi here arelfast a pproaching to maturity, and picking will:Commence in the most for ward grounds during the present week,'and become gene ral-on the 18th and 19th instant. It is estimated that the duty for this district will fall at least one-thirdshort of last years amount; as in many acres of plantation the failure So very deciaive, that a basket will not be pUi in'the grounds, and indeed the - bine in some have already - been cut and the poles draWn. The mould has com mitted great havoc, and the red rust, is becoming, gene ral in the gardens that have surmounted it. JUdging from the state of the' crop Were .the estimate duty is generally considered much higher thanjwill be realized; but should it do So, their probable pribe will fall short ofs• remunerating one to the planters of. this neighbourhood. FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, SEP TEMBER 11.—The plantations have improved within the last fortnight, but the hops have-not grown out. We think the duty is overlaid at 12,0001. for the district. Picking has partially commenced, and will be general on Wednesday or Thursday next. WancasTEL—flop-picking has partially began, and by the beginning of this week will be general. The growth in most instances will be small, but the quality will it is expected.be an average one. The duty is called 18;0004 ".1 ..othat , ever was bold in stout.; ';• ' - .lUL:fat awful strang, and large off portraitour, Ae noble, dreadful, michtie champion." Then followed a procession; o f " f our - and-twenty maidens - 100)g," all clad in' green; 'With white' hats' and "of marvellous beauti e "— - • ..?' Plajantoil tfluberallliVakid linen ileht In • "Attereoming, great was the mirth and ley; For at - the:Cross ablindantlY ran wine : • Unta her lodging the town did her - Her fot to treat theyiset their hailf ingine; - . A rich present they did to her propine, A costlie cup that large thing would contain, Covered, rind full of coin-ed gold richt fine: Be blyth and blissful, Brugh of Aberdeen I" The gold in .the cup amounted . to .two hundred pounds. '- • In 1537, Jarnei.V. visited the city, and VMS sump tuously entertained:in it for the space of fifteen' days. The unfortunate Queen Mary visited Aberdeen,about Auguit, 162 when she was received with every mark of lOyalfy,and attachment. _ She.was also here in the end of that year, when the , Earl of Huntly wakiiefeated by the Earl. of Murray, in-the battle of ; Corrichie, fought in one of, the glens of the , Hill of Fare, .in this county. The Gordon chief and many - of his followers were slain ; and many prisoners were lionverd 'to Aberdeen, including Huntly's second. son, the gallant and hatidiOrne Sir 'John Gordon, for whom' the Queen is said to have had at one time a strong' tittacbi t nent He was beheaded, in Castle-street, on the 2cl of NeVernber; to the profound grief of the Queek_who was 56 sitnated as . not to have the power of savinghli 'lire. James VI. often found a loyal re.. ception, and , comfortable ;quarters in Aberdeen, -be tween. the years 1581., and 1600. .On all these occa sions ,he received propines of money l and sometimes levieda needful contribution. On the occasion of his manage with Anne of Denmark, the citizens *fitted out it. vessel. called the Nicholas (after :the patron-sai n t Of t h e cityV which was commanded ' bF one of the baillies , and sitiled'frOm 'Aberdeen, to join" the royal'sqUadion botind for Denmark, on the 16th of April, 1 , 58 q. The vessel was completely armed, and decorated. with "ensigns, flags, - and streamers of war, red. side-,cloths and gilded tops." It.would ap pear that Jaynes contemplated a visit in 1617-; f or u the tnagist ' ate3 'xe r e: courtly ived a dispat c h, recommending that lodgingsmaben,r nepare in the most h an d some , ci v il , a n d well.„„n e d,. nap i e 7 ie lth good bedding, well-washed and cleat largeness • ; clear and clean vessels, ' of sta... Suitable preparati ons'e°l,7 of provisions and vivreS.' no farther north than I.)ere made, but' the Sing tame rattnartlar Castle. In 1620 one of the citizens, Sir Tho Majesty a large pearl, founAdie`nzi°s' presented to his ytha in the brook of Kelly, which runs into the , not far from Haddo House s and wbieb • is said to the top pe arl ifotilvfit6aeooK d. ing be- Crown of Scotland," For tbi's in the stowed on . Menzies the honour of gift visited Aberdeen The ,next and last • sovereign merry monarch,!' Charles During his was the first exile, the Scottiali Parliament hav*, i , o g n P er roclaitoed him King of @treat Britain, Cornmissi whom -WaslPrOveit Affray, of -Aberdeen; v; one patched to -biding hitn'over from the Continent.. • embarked under convey of a Dutch fleet, and landed at Speymouth on Monday; • the 4th of July, 1650. After resting at Bo g of Gight, now Gordon Ca s tl e , he arrived in "AbOfleo , on the 7th, and took up his residenCe in - Castletstreet, 'which some conceive to , have been that which is -now called the " Butsare House." His visit to the city was intimated to the magistratei in the following - letter front the Cornmis. 'loners, of date 2.lzlJund, 1650 '-• 44 Worschipfull 'and'good friendis, - We hate directed thess to let yriuknbw, shot theqiing is siiitlieurryved; and intendis, if God permit, to be at Abirdein on Thurs- (From the ; Sussex Advertiser.) B ECILLEY.—The h o p s are now near l y r i pe and pic ki ng will be general in this district during the week. Except ing the mouldy grounds we anticip g g ate a ood rowth, as they appear t o b e full of ",conditi on." , BATTLE. —The hop 3 are looking splendidly in some of the Brooks, and where th ey are well poled about 15 cwts. there are many pieee to the acre ill be the quant i ty of the best of them; ' but a of hop ground here solleficient of good poles, which will very materially lessen the .quan tity it rough weather have had some d a a c companies the picki ng . W e ys of excellent weather for them, and surpthey ha in ve fait the, geather. effect of i t, as they have grown in a, vourable w ris nner There is an appeara nce o f unfa.- day at night; thairfore ye will tack such cair to prowyd Buctirmth43.--The hops have ninch improved within fitt ludgingis for him, and for the Commissioner's, and the last ten days, being •so unusual* thick on the for the trayne, as may be best paid, on so short adver- branches, particularly on the good cultivated grounds. teismentis ; and . we beseik you let nothing be wanting We still think of getting a fair crop. Picking will com quhich may testifie your effectioun to the native King, mence on Thursday next, but will not be general before quha haith fullie assured all the desyr of his people. Monday, the 18th instant. No further, but we ar your werie assured friendis. BURWASH.—The hops are now rapidly arrivinT at (Signed) Cassillis, Lothidne, Brodie, Geo.. Wynram, J. maturity. Many of our planters will begin picking in a Smith, Al. Jaffray. Speymouth, 23d Jany. 1650. For few days. ,Opinions as to the amount of the crop are the Richt Worachipfull the Magistratis of the , town of conflicting; all think, however, it will be large. Abdn. Thess." EA.STROA.TW.X.—With regard to . the hops the'ques- tion isjnow pretty well decided that they Will not grow out to their wonted size, consequently must come short of an average crop; there being no more must necessa rily act against the pickers. FLETCHING.—Our hops continue to go on well, and are very clean. Several of our planters are about to commence picking this week, and there is every appear ance we shall have an average crop. FARNHAM.—Picking has commenced in a very few instances in this parish, and the result, as far as it goes, is very satisfactory; it will be general about the middle of the week. HEATITLELD.—The' hop-picking has commen ce d i n some few instances in this neighbourhood, but the'resalt of the "rising" to the Bushel, or cif the Weight, hive not been made known.' - Mr. jadies Reif,' of Streetend firm; who (with rare exceptions) is the first in this Joeality to begin, will commence on Monday theilth, and several others will follow about Wednesday. On Monday, the 18th,.tbe picking will be general: Although some of the hops are tolerably well grown, there are many very small of a burr-like appearance. They have had bat little sun, which is the cause of their being entirely destitute of" condition," and the consequent inferencejs, that the duty is far too highly estimated, as is almost invariably, the case in wet and cold summers. HURSTeREEN.—The hops are very much improved this week, 'and a larger quantity -is now expected. Picking' will be'commenced about the latter end Of 'this week or the beginning of next. 'The duty is estimated at 200,000/. • - - • 1 MAYPIELD.—The hops hive improved during the- last:' week; they are coming fast to maturity, and the picking' will soon become • general.. . They have grown larger than usual this season, consequently there will be more bushels required limn usual to the NEwicx.—The warm weather has, not imptoved our hops so much. as was expected. They hang very thick on the branches, - bilt are very small. Picking will com mence generally in the course of a week. • NINFIELD.—The hop' plantations' in this loCalitY have made 'great progress during the last 'week. Picking • commenced in one 'garden .last Friday, and will be general this week, with_ every prospect of .a -high duty. " PRESTONS IGHTHA4p--There is 'IIO improvenlent in the hops this week ; most of them will' be very small. The mould, still .continues to increase. •• • RoimEuriELD.The hops in this neighbourliood con tinue to improve, and the growth is likely to equal, ,if not exceed, that of last year's. • , - - RTE.—The fine weather we have experienced during the past week has proved. highly beneficial' to the hops in and - about this neighbourhood, and leads us to believe, the duty will exceed 200,0001. Many of our planters in tend to continence picking this week.. • TUNBRIDGE WELLS—During - the last week the fine -weather .has caused a great improvement in the appear ance of the hops in this neighbourhood, and we may ex... pect that the picking will commence on some grounds during the next week. FRANY.—Thy hops is this district hatie - nOt Made the progress this week as we had been led to expect 'after such congenial weather. 'Many poleii are but little past the burr, and the same appear quite stationa ry. UCRFIEIA—Our' hops are still- doing 'well in this parish. Picking willnommence aboutAirednesday at 'st rew places, when we shall be better able to-judge of-the crop. The duty is called 205,0001. • On his arrival he was received with every mark of distinction and popular attachment. He conferred the honour of knighthood on the provost, Farquhar of Mounie ; and on Mr. Leslie of Eden, who had for merly held that office. The King remained in the town but one night, proceeding next day to Dunnot tar. He would appear to have been again in Aber deen on the 25th of February, 1651—the last time that our city enjoyed the presence of royalty. Now that, after the lapse of nearly two centuries, we are about to receive a renewal of that distinguished honour, under the happiest auspices, well may. we ex claim. with old Dunbar— " Be blyth and blissfUl, Brugh of Aberdeen." Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, and the younger branches of the Royal Family have taken their usual exercises in the grounds about Osborne. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe left Osborne yesterday morning for Portsmouth. The Fairy steam-yacht was in attendance this morning off the Trinity Wharf, to embark her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and party on an expe dition round the island. The Viseount - de lifinicorvo, Portugueie Minister at this Court, "left - town yesterday for Liverpool, to embark on board the Brazilian steam4rigitte Affonso, on his. *ay to , Lisbori.—During his Excellency's-ab sence, the Chevalier de _Ribeiro Secretary of the Legation, will act as _Charge- d'Affaires. _ . . Earl Grey arrived in town yesterday from a vis' to L ord Ashburton, at the Grange, Hants. NEW6ASTLE' , UPON-TYNE, Sirr.:9.—With the excep= tion of a few slight showers on Tuesday and-Thursday, the weather .since this day se'nnight‘ has been every thing that • could be wished,, and by to-night it is cal, culated that fully one-half of the wheat and barley will have been secured; of - other grain 'little hag yet been housed. • The trade. during the present week has been . in a very listless,state, and the business done in.either wheat or flour has been trifling, at a decline of 2s. upon old, and. 3s. to 4s. per quarter on new. wheat, whilst on flour the reduction may be stated at fully 3s. per sack; other articles at the same-Ltigus-being offered at lower rates without exciting attention. ' At our market this morning we had. a large supply of wheat from the growers, which consisted 'almost entirely of the new crop, the condition of which` ivis much better, but 'we cannot -note 'any.. - improvement the•-qtiality.- The trade, upon thewhole, ruled firmer, and a fair extent of business was done in new and old at the decline above noted; trew - commatiding frent"4Ba. to 565., - and 'Choice old redi 565. .te •585.1 white'-'being Worth '`2s. -more. Bonded was held-with much firmness,'aprobibility now existing of the duty falling to minimum. In flour few transaction occurred, holders being unwilling to' accede to the views of - our dealers'; *hat sales'tdok Place Were at 39.5. to 40/: for.heaseholds,-'at4 tip to 425. for' whites. Barley 'scarcely. -so much- inquired for: Finer malt is wanted, but inferior qualities totally unsaleable. Having only a mOderifte ShoW'cif oats ' from the etitinfiY; fresh threshed-samples were tlsce torn dearer; iis'ivere'also the . best Scotch f• but foreign, althoukh•mere saleable, cannot be ealledrany higher. • The best Scotch, weighing 421 b. to 431 b. per bushel, made 28i., and the best new, for mealing; 265. to '29's',46i quarter respectively.' WINDEACTI;''SEPT. ,, B.--fhe supply of wheat is small, and the yield being badly spoken of farmers' show great firmness, apd, on the whole r last week'S prices are given for all good qualities. But. few l eatsn'rbeans showing, and each rather dearer. •• LEEDS, SEPT. 12.—There is a fair arrival' Of wheat reported to this day's'inarkei, Which meets with a ready sale at an advance of .1s; per quarter over the rates ob tained en Friday. Barley nominal Beans As last quoted. .No alteration in- other articles. - HULL, SEPT. 12-The last• circular described 11e0M plote downward panic in. the trade; we ventured-to anti cipate its being of short duration. -On the Tuesday• the farmers seemed capable-of-but one-iden,--and that the getting rid of their produce; scarcely had Tufsday passed before there was a return to sober-mindedness, and daily since then the' trade has recovered itself; and although the transactions of the 'week'baby necessarily under such a state: of things been most -limited, -yet . we' have heard of no sales at prices correspondent :with the- - noted decline of this and other markets, and knoW of no holders disposed to give•way in a' like proportion; 'in deed,•throughout the , whole•of this district ; 'old wheat is in too narrow & compass (not deficient in quality, but in few bands), and will be too much needed for admixture !l -with the new crop t o war ran t this, !lei, we may 'reason • ably expect-to see good qualities of such an improved• request ere long.. ; SURREY ZOOLOGICAL . GARDENS.—The last .eibibi7 :on for the present season of the flowers, s fruits, &c, produced by the edit petitoirefor the'prfteS given by the South London Floricultural Society took plaee yesterday in the grounds of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, under the arrangements of Mr. Tyler, the • proprietor, and. the committee of the society. The " show " was more than equal to anything- hitherto exhibited ' the same place in the way of horticultural science; either. as regards flowers, plants, fruits, ,or qulinary . vegetables. The colleCtiob o f dahlias, which forms the great feature of the 'exhibition, was 'superb. Amongst the specimens were some that were almost tinique in colour and shape. A great number of,mtd iis were awarded .by the judges to the successful candidates.. Those who gained the gold Ones were—Mr. Cole, of Dartford, and Mr: Hatop,' of South Lambeth; • for' miscellaneous 'Colleetions" of flowers.; • Mr. Howard, of :Burnham, 'for twenty-four dahlias,. and Mr. ,Robinson, of Pimlico * , Mr. Pope. of Ch sea, fOr twelve dahlias; Mr. Pawley, of Bromley, for miscellaneous plants; Mr. , Turner,. of: Chelvey,Tfor dahlias; and Mr. Bragg, of Slougb. In addition to the sbotiv there were the Twit attractions of music and fire works,., ,The gardens, were thronged with several thou sand visitors. • .HERRING Ttaii.L . --.'We are 11•61 - glad to announce _to our readers that there exists no longer any doubt that the long expected and wished for armistice he tlixt Denmark and the German Confederation has been amicably settled: The news will he hailed with joy by all interested in the herring 'trade, as shipment r may' now be made in British es well as foreign bottoms, of all flags, to the Baltic and. German ports without molestation. Iu Mating this announcement, we wo - ald also hope that the 'trade; generally, would moderate for a time rather than increase shipments;. for although markets - are iii 'general bare of herrings abroad, any large and simultaneous export,. without Axed sales on board )n this country, would have a most depreciating effect on prices. 'Dealers abroad, 'counting on!consign ments, would consegUently withhold their orders, in ticipation of quell bewg, 40.0 Y adv,ices .re .ceivecatill'Stettin down to the 26th 7,466 barrels of lierringa had reached that plaCe, and :the other, ship ments known on 'Change. Pric e s,. whiCh comme nced at 10 dblls. to 10kdolls.v had recedectlt&l9f drilitt., - titid a further decline looked for as airivale,got Ixtrsti"Pnomicg:-Li-The importatietik Of - grain f liiicr leneial previsio n s into the port' of Liverpool, !from) the rish ports:. during. the week . comprising • from the , l-Ith.• "to the 17th ult. consisted of the following, viz. 7;214 firkins, 303 half•firkips, 345 boxes, and 1:876 ether pauliageti 'of liutter ; 1$ bags of wheat; 2,373 sacks of flour, 526 bap And, 940 quarters. of•whent, 164' loadi and .404 h ags ,of oatmeal, 72 packs 91=414.116,, quarters and 54 Sacks - of bailey, 671 pacicages of linens end Cottons, 98 casks of whisky, 37 bales of hams and baeon, 19 firkins and 7 barrels of tonkires,- . 1-0 easke,qsel' kegs, and 10 firkintrof lard,-11. harrels of pork, 30 bar-. rels of Meal, some of the - farina and seed, , 150 quarters of bean., 55 barrels of beef, Mid other article ' s: Th'oae Of the port of Briiitcd-,:iii3titio daftiin the same period of time, comprised . 2, 118.. barrels of gate, 21-5. quarters- atid '213 barrels of barley,, 21. casks. of. whisky, .106 firkins-of liutter, several of malt, linens and other articles. , The importations into the port of •LiVerpool;, from during the subiequent;wee)ri ; comprising from .the 1811 r t 4 the 24th ulkinclusiyei consisting of the following, —3,145' Arliina; 293 half-firkins, 193 ~boxes.,enfl .1,607 :ootothteomi ; r packages' 22bl d e t s b a u n t d te n r ; r:a4sr o Ikpacfii hti itsjkges and n of linens' 212 quarters, . 182 sacks. 'and 50 tons weight 'of. r w e h ls ea o t f ; fl 3 o 7 ur c r k3s29bfarwrheliSlk"yof 9p2o9rks;acl7l,C44sokBe:ldna...liBers:,o:6:3:,: sacks, 568 1 barrels, findl'os tons' weight bulk ' of Oats; t 9 i s er l c o e a s ds , - r an ia d rd i T tit l syka wk of e 330_ quarter, .oft beans, 28 sacks .of e malt, and 57 sacks, ,of to Those` same 'a t the period p6i o t f 6 : i t re etiosrsii.steidn of t 11' 1 6 50 8 * e d q:ula r s i: u lo ris: and 152 barrels of ; barley; g 3 casks ; of a e a cira hi , s pe k: 1,700 harrels and 20 tons weight of: 0at5,.450 pack ag ii 'of rye - meal. '152 firkin ' s and 120 casks of but ter; tons' weight•OU 29 - quarters of Malt; linens, -and other articles. 'The following dium of the importationw of such articles into the metro_ polis from the sister country during the period compris ing from the 'l7th to the 30th packages' of linens, , 420 hampers 'and bales of bacon, 447 casks of porter,, 1.75.•,ba1es of featkers,.l3o.caska:apwhisky, 383.- bales of paper, .333 packages of malt, 372 casks.a n d other packages of lard, 31,275 casks and other packages f of butter, ' 407 goiefatid eases of eigi;t3B-catiks of'pork, 21 of ham, 50 .of general provisions; 277- 'Med of Sal-. man, 1.,150 of goap, a,quantity alive C4ttlO, horses, .and a variety of other : articles of food 'of lssser,impoTtance and of g6iieliir 'Merchandise, - which need not be mere particularly enumerated.'' This 'account' of the ' recent supplies of articles of food from Ireland, the produce of that country, will be of interest. - A SMART DOG.—A shepherd once,, to prove the -quickness of his dog, who wai' lying' before the fire in theliouse where we were talking, said to me in the mid die of a sentenca : coneerning something else—" ,I'm thinking, sir, the cow is in . the,potatopp.7.. Though he purposely laid no stress on these words, and said them in a quiet, unconcerned tons of voice, the dog, who an pearedt.o,be - asleep, immediately „jumped lip, and-leaping through the open window, scrambled . ,np to ,the : turf roof of the bOttge; froth :Which' he could' see ,the potato. field ! then (not seeing the cow there) rat:L . 4,a 'l6Oked into 'the barn where sub - *as. and fiddingthat all was right, 'came back. -to the, house. After a short time thealieo - hard said the same words again, and the dog repeated his look-out; but on the false - alarm being athird time given4he dog gotup,and wagging his tail, looked his master 'in the face, with so comical an expression of'interro gation, that he could not help.laughing_aloud, at him, on which', with a slight groWl; he laid himself down in his warm corner with an offended air , and as if deterniined not to, be made 'a fool of again. —American Paper. A MATCH AT CetEss,- 7 -4 celebrated chess-player ; Mr. Harrwitz. of Aresfaii, was expected to visit this town yesterilliy.''''He is to . nieet the' members of the Liverpool Chess Club, and play two garnet At the same time, with • out seeing the chess board. A' recent feat of this extra ordinary player is thus noticed by the Glasgow Citizen, "Herr Harrwitz, the celebrated chess-player, being on a visit to the different chess clubs in the north, - gav e 'a soiree to the chess players of Glasgow, on Wednesday evening. at , the Athenaeum. . Upon . this . . cession be played two games it - the sa me time, blindfold, against four of the strongest players of the Glasgow Chess Club, r t a w t o e p playing ar tiea at consultingon one b oard end together ; tw u o p a o t O n a t n he tlie m r2 ve t s h . e s Theepa- result was that Mr. Harrwitz won one game, and after a hard fight - the play extending to sixty-ono niovei; drew the other."—Liverpool Mercury. • .•' • Advises. from Rotterdam • state that the Dutch Trading Company have announced a sale for the .18th. inst.,.comprising 78,957 balkets Java sugar, whichare, likely to tnaintaih - the pried paid'at the 'isle of July 27, t na lrß e a p l a ti r c tie w a ir actl o t w of th shipments the a r to m thats t c e T u n a c r l te ud ni ed in in d that the refiners there will probably be anxious to lay in stooks before the' season blosei. The sale on the present Occasion will.' , comprise a- -preponderating - 4nentity of brown and yellow 'assortmentk .with only- toiery Small • proportion of good and fine white. TEIE SIJ N T • r 4,r LONDON; + ES - D - .2k 'J ~,.,. -EVENINO-, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. An adjourned meeting of this company was held at Shrewsbury on Tuesday; Mr. W. Ormsby Gore, M.P., in the chair. At the half-yearly meeting held at the same place , a fortnight ago a good deal of divided opinion was ex pressed by various shareholders touching a seriesof reso lutions brought forward by. Mr.G. B. Thorneycroft, one of the direators, to the effect that it "was expedient to raise the sum of 155,0004, by the creation of preference shares,•in•order to enable the directors to open the line next spring. At that meeting an amendment was moved by Mr. Thorne, of :Leamington, that no prefe rence shares be issued, but that the directors should en force the payment of all arrears of calls due on the ori ginal shares. The CHAIRMAN said the directors had in the whole proceedings studied to the utmost the wishes and conve nience of the shareholders. Many gentlemen who at tended ,the last special meeting seemed to entertain the idea that undue influence had been use d b y one- o f the officers of the company in obtaining proxies in favour of the preference shares, in consequence of which it was agreed that proxies should be sent to every - individual shareholder, to. enable him to vote as he thought proper. He could state that the imputation against their officer .was not deserved. He , could only say that the officer had no' private views • whatever in' the matter. • The SECRETARY having read the resolutions and . amendments, • • • Mr. J. H. EDWARDS said "it' was his - decided opinion. that the directors bad no power whatever to lame pre-"' ference shares, and it was his intention even if he'should'l stand alone, to apply for an injunction against it. The CisAxnmert stated that the directors had con sulted a legal'opinion on thatpoint. • Mr. CASTELLS thought, a step between the two pro jects nowprochwed might -be taken,. which was-0 the strike o ff 41. each lase' A shares to the Stour ff t oe hare,'u ct r t yw h a ah t ifit i h t y w hl is o nd u e l , d l,3: b ne e da d wp a l e s h i i r o de h b b l f e t. t o re. ce d no portion of the main line of company, Whereby t h e ' A and-B shares' could be consolidated. • • The CHAIRMAN said, he very much feared this propo sition could not biligally carried out. • • • Mr. PHILLIPS read a memorial praying -the• directors to create-preference shares;and -which was signed by a' large number of London_. shareholders. • Mr. SLANEY, MX., said, with every deference to the directors, he thought it -would bebetter to try first the effect of calls; and if that failed to have another meeting and then adopt preference shares. - • - Mr. SPARROW, at considerable length, deprecated the creation of preference shares. • ' • After •some , further - observations byildr.- THORNEY• CROFT anckother gentlemen,' the meeting (which , had then been sitting three hours) became impatient to put the qciestionto the vote. The •CITATRMAN said parties who had not paid up their calls would not be allowed to vote. He then stated that the directors 'bad received 5,831' answers .from share holders hr-favour Of the issue 'of preference shares, and 4,263 in favour of calls, leaving a majority of 1,568 in favour of the preference shares. He *poled that Mr. Sparrow, jun., and Mr. Phillips should act . ' as scrutineers to examine the proxies.- The CHAIRMAN next put the amendmeiit,- that no pre fereneashares be issued, but that the directors make such calls as - may be necessary to enable them to raise the money'required., • ; •,, On a-show of - hands ther e appeared 40 in favour of the amendment, and 8 against it; upon•which the scruti neers retired to another room, to examine the proxies, which occupied several hours, the scrutiny- not being complete until after twelve o'clock at night. On, Wedoesday (yesterday)• morning Mr. Gore again took the chair, were— when the scrutineers reported. that there Against the amendthent 6,322 For the, amendment Majority in favour of Preference shares 921 The ori,rinal resolution' was, then put by the,Chair man, having ,been altered so as to, divide the, 155,000/. into .19,375 sh ares o f 8/. eac h, i ns t ea d o f 15,500 of 10L, and thus, allow one preference share_ for every five original:hares, it was unanimously,carried, and the proceqings terminated, FATAL ACCIPRN THE LATE ON THE . LONDON AND IYoR7W- WESTERN R 414- WAt BIRMIN9IIA* WEDNESDAY.—On the termination of Captain Sioainons's examination last night, the:Coroner directed that Matthews, the driver of the Colonel engine, should be brought into the room. On entering, the Coroner informed him that he need not make any state ment which in any way might tend to criminate himself: One most important point ()retie inquiry was the speed ,at 'which the train was travelling, and if the jury should be of opinion that the speed was beyond, safety, he (the driver) would be implicated.. It was, therefore, a matter for his consideration whether lie would make any state ment at all. - He' (the Coioner) should not swear him, but all that he said would be taken down in writing, and; if requisite, would be used for or against him, as the case might be; if any future proceedings should ensue,,, .. - Matthews. who bore marks of the injuries which he. had IreCeived, replied that all he knew of the accident was; that they were thrown -their own line of rails, from a0451.,41,i5c, of.. whiah they had no knowledge, and that' he, vlcaa ,not driving, the elagtpts. at mpre than, the ordihary rate °ran itipFess train.. The' CORON E R, after reading his notes of the first day's pioneedings, was excused ~by the jury the task of going , through the remaindeiof the immense body of evidence which lay befOre'him. The jury, he remarked, would have to take into their consideration.thwmoskim portint,elemeut in."theinqbiry•L'ho alluded to the ques tion Of speed.. SOme of the witnesses had 'spoken of its extraordiaary rapidity, and also of a, cert ai n bumping, which Ootninenei , d shortly after leavin g Wolverhainpton; and which was greatly increased when. the train arrived' on descending'gradieots. lipOu this point the eVidence of gr. Parker, a servant of the company, and whose professional avocations rendered his facuitiee particularly alive to this phendineriA, 'wits 'of Morel than Ordinary value. '-Ile stated that'svhen he found the bumping re .Peated; he looked.ont °tithe WindbW, thinking it proba ble that the wheels orwheelotthe carriage were broken, or; as it were, " scotched," for that was the kind of sen- - aation produced. • Thieve was a •great deal of evi ' donee 7witiv.regard , to: this bumping an d osc ill atory motion,; , the consequence of which • was, as Mr. Parker thought,- the last carriage (belonging to the ScotCh Central Railway Company) was thrown off the rails, _-and , :,the ,rest .of. the train - speedily. fol lowed. .That ;was. the ~h ypothesis the witness to whomhe had referied, and it had received consider able confirmation from Mr. Trivethicke and M r . N orr i s , two etidal engineers,inthe - servieti of the L N orth-Western Railway Company. •On the London nd e o mine a and. N . alorrath-W tither hand,-they .bad-in: .the.: Government Inspector of Railways, ainosknomp.etentiwitness, who,.while he ad-- mitted the possibility that the lait - carriage having left the line: might Tbe the eauereef the engine and thereat of the train being thrownoff the rails, still expressed-doubt as to the. correctness. of .such an hypothesis. He did not conceive that it was forced. Captain Simmons'did not; , however, state any .Bn6re certain - cattle, qie seemed to Cthink that the accident might with more probability be attrbuted to higb- speed; his chief xpaloa :heing that Mr. Osborne was enabled by, his watch to say positively, that .the trail" traferled •Trom Wolverhanipton to Ne*ton bridge; a. distneee of• seven miles, in 16 - minutes. • Al- though this by Silures was, only 42 . " miles per, , hour, yet fie (Captain Simmons) thought the train would go. one, and half Milebeforeit 'got to that speed. He was in clined, therefore; to put the speed at .the time the acei dent occurred at 50:)miles .aa hour, which he thought the limit of safety. i But, as the Airy would gather from the.. questions_ put by Carter, if . Captain Simmons took one part of ,Mr..osberhe's evidence, he was bowl to take the whole. And so • were • the Mr. Osborne 'stated 'that he travelled often, by ,railway upon that Hee, and that the train en the night in,ques tion was proceeding [tenet more than the ordinary rate Of an express train. The rate, as stated by 'Captain ituish, was from 42 to 43- `miles.-an hour: Other *it; They 'nesses of great experience represented that 50 mileS an -hour upon that line, and even upon that particular curve where the train-went .-crier,!was safei :The jury would that they .were_ni 't i be give this evidence's fair and dispassionate consideration, "ing in_yiew; the : autfority: from which it. emanated. would bear is mind, the, protection ,whieb the public dentandeil'from the occurrence of each accidents; Would recollect a l so ' 9n the other hand, the yrotection presenee. of, ,the „ press. _ They against uni6sonablii ' mid tinfoUnded.accuSations, with their pecuniary penalties, claimed by . ,th'e . great "railway interests; to' *heft for 'fat-1110 - in 'traielling and other communications, they wer e f ib niuch. indebted: They fully or -- would first: have to consider whether any person was : criminally guilty. If they should-be of Opinion that any servant or other official of:the railway company had led to the death of Colonel Baird, their verdict must be d so iv n i a d b u l s e li c , a t r h ec ih th e e ir e' re e% ili .nWigvatly caused the lamentable disaster which one of naaptslaogbter. If there had ,been a• want of res.. any on, that form. To only - question upen that ,point was ono of ust one for th b e ee li n ve i s n ef speed. Ttley Would Obierve that .he had refrained from sWearing•the engine-driVer—he had done so most relacer tantly—fOr he (the - Coroner) - could really see in the : evi- ' dente nothing to prevent Matthews being admitted as a • witness but he: was resolved,,. if ,he erred at all,rto err .in the exercise. of an excess. of caution. • He trusted they would give all ; the ci roura t • enenc-of the -ease their best consideration. • ,If they did not ; consider that there were any proved grounds of complaint against any individual —if it were altogether misadventure, .then their verdict must be accidental death,' accompanied, if they thought wise, by any opinion they might wish to express upon the subject._ The jury,. after considerin• g 'for an hour and a half, returned a verdict of " Accidental death, caused by the faulty construction of a carriage belonging , tb the Scotch Central Railway, Company.", . The Coroner ; was requested by the jury to thank Captain Simmons for his msistance—an assistance which conla not but have an important: influence upon the inquiry. The jiiry were thenfor , . • -• Ina ydischarge d. EsTIVITIES'AT STOCKTON AND DARLiNGTO!.— Festivities and' other scenes . , on tr grand scale, are ex pacted to take pities during next week- and the follow ing, at St oc k ton and thevicinity of Wynyard-park. There will be a flower Show , at. Darlington, under the patronagp of the D uko of Cleveland; the Marquis and Marchion ess o f L ondonderry, and other!members of the nobility. The exhibition. will,ba followed hy. .bazaar, under the patr o n age ' of " the Marchioness of ,London derry, for th'e benefit of the 'funds of the new ‘ Church at 'Thorpe. 'ViscOntit and ' ViscOuntess Hardinge, lord Rokeby, Graham, and a numerous party, are shortly expected at Wynyard, where the Marchioness 'of Londonderry purposes givliig:t 6 ; h a ll A nd-other- entertain ments on a scale of great magnificence. The neigh bourhood will be gay i n d ee d for at least a fortnight. SEPTEMbER 1646. which has necessarily been hitherto withheld from public observation. The facts are within a narrow compass :—A foreigner comes from abroad to London with a considerable sum of money. He is introduced to this house, No. 22, Jewry-street, very unfortu nately for him, and, being a man of kindly feeling, he joins in pleasure parties, in the course of which the idea of matrimony enters into the lady's mind. Determined to accomplish her object, she not only puts up the bans herself, but she actually registers the marriage, and, as I am instructed, altogether without the knowledge of my client, who not reliih • ing the business, is now treated with the alternative of a charge of robbery to the amount of 301. There are some matters connected with this affair with which your Lordship is not acquainted. You do not know that the lady sold the furniture of the house for 100/., and that she did not pay one shilling of the money she owed in the neighbourhood ; so that her landlord' is not the only person who "has reason to complain. She has acknowledged too that she has offered to drop the prosecution altogether for 101. Under all the circumstances, I trust that your Lordship will not allow this poor foreigner's cha racter to be tarnished by a trial on a charge the grounds for which are so extremely weak and im probable. The LORD MAYOR—I have gven the subject a great deal of consideration, and the result is that I am per suaded the prisoner has by systematic attempts suc ceeded in defrauding this poor woman of her 301. He first goes to board in the house, and he contracts a debt with the prosecutrix and borrows her money. Not satisfied, however, with defrauding her to the extent of 201., he perseveres in his unprincipled system, and, under pretence of a permanent union, prevails upon her to dispose of her goods, and to de posit the proceeds in his hands for the payment of her rent ; after which he disappears, and she is left dis tressed and miserable, after having made a sacrifice of everything upon his positive assurance of the promised event. It is true she got up the bans, but it was at his desire; and that she r eg i s t ere d the marriage, but it was by his direction, and while he waited outside witnessing the success of his schemes. You men tioned at a former examination that, - is he was a Hebrew it was absurd to suppose he could think of a marriage with the prosecutrix. I consider that such a promise as , he made 'is aggravated by the fact that there existed an insurmountable impediment. Taking all the circumstances into consideration, I am con .l/inced that the prisoner has acted upon a deliberate systematic plan for the purpose of defrauding this poor woman, and I therefore commit him for trial at the Central Criminal Court. The prisoner was then committed for trial. Trinham, the unfortunate,creature who leaped with her child in her arms into the Thames from the London Pride'steamer, was brought up for final ex amination, The certificate of the surgeon of the Compter stated that she was in a very desponding condition. There was no additional evidence, and The LORD MAYOR said he had no alternative hut to send the case to a jury, who would of course dis pose of it to the best of their judgment. BOW-STREET. The examination of Emma Beaumont, Jane Fitz gerald, and Thomas Fry, the prisoners in the arson case, was resumed before Mr. Jardine. Ann Garrett—ls now a waitress at the Aldersgate dining-rooms in the Minories, and is a married woman. In May last she was in the service of the prisoner Beaumont, at the European Coffee-house, Long-acre, where she remained six weeks only, having left in June. On one occasion Beaumont told her that she wished the house to be set on fire, -as she was insured and wanted money. She wanted witness to go to , the theatre with her one evening, as Bagster, the young man lodging in the house, was going to fire it in their absence. Witness declined having anything to do with it, and left the situation in consequence of the proposal Beaumont had made to her. Her mistress offered to make her a present if she would stop, but she refused to do so. She called at the house several times in the course of the fort night afterwards, because she bore her mistress no ill-will and wanted to see the newspaper advertise ments with the view of getting another place. Catharine Mathews, of Is, York-street, Borough, a married sister of Beaumont, produced a number of duplicates and a 51. note, which were found among the prisoner's bundles ; the note being one of those given by, the pawnbroker upon the articles pledged by the prisoner before the fire. Witness recollected hearing her sister (the prisoner) in conversation with Mrs. Robins, of Oxford-street, the morning after the fire, when the latter was advising her to " make a confident of her brother." She did not know what was referred to, but she heard her sister reply, " No, I cannot do that.", Witness had not b een on f r i en dl y :terms with. tN e prisoner for several years prior to the fiie Lorig-ricre, ~which, she :said, happened , while she was 34 Cremnrne, but she did notknoW:how. A Clerk in the West,minster Fire-office 'proved the transfer of the insurance policy, -about a year age . , from Ann Beaumont to Emma Beattrnont, the 'pri soner. It was originally held, in 1838, by Hannah Beaumont, the prisoner's mother. • There were several witnesses whose evidence, being , merely corroborative of what has already appeared at the previous examinations, it is unnecessary 'to report. Thompson and P ocock, _ detectiv e o ffi cers, cTepeised to the appreh ens i on of the prisoner, and the discovery of the duplicates .which related to property of bonsi-' derable value, collectively, but had been included in 'the claim _Made by Beaumont upon' the fire-Office, 'among the goods said to have been destroyed by the fire. . . The"prisoner Fitzgerald, after being `cautioned in ,the usual way, made a very long- statement to the Court, which,differed only in .a few particulars frdin that :which she had volunteered ;to. Mr. Storr 4 : and which appeared in The Sun of,Tueiday. It included liVeever, several important additions.- Sh,e'said that from the time when her mistress first talked to her . about setting fire'to the house she would not let her go out to see h er friends. She stated that ,sho-,waa insured'for 4604., and - when' she had:-get the money] _she intend e d . to go, to Anstralia with her - youn i g inan (Pty)' and take a farm. A .few ~ before the fire she „made „her assist in cutting' esp the bedti6k4 and" 'making s.cbolsters . with the feathers, whiek _together` ,with her dresses, linen, 'and quantities - o otheC: ' (Fitzgeriild)'tnoli,' from tithe to time,, to the! pawn- broker's, wearing out it pair of . boots' that cost hef 4s: 6d. Then her Miaress Ya". se sloe, saidthas.,tm e Tiler belp_to :chop up a bedstead for' firewood, -I;Jecau many bedsteads and no beds would_ look suspici ous . She wanted her to chopup,anotlier bedstead and some other things, enipty - boxes, &C., but she refused to do it. In reference to the fire, the prisoner said : " My mistress and -her, young. man , went to the theatre on the Thursday, expecting that Bagster would fire the house as agreed upon. She returned before the theatre was over, and she told me that she could not stop at the play because she was so miserable from 'thinking that the house was o n fire, and she wanted te' know how it was getting on. the three When she fonnd that Bagste r h a d taken away pounds, and did not fire, the place, she. went .up stairs and looked out of .the window for an hour and a half, thinking he would return. She said Bagster did right not to fire it that night, because it was an opera night, and there were a great many people about. The next morning Fry came to breakfast with her, and she said, if nobody else would set fire to the house, she would -do it herself. Fry advised her' to send out for some powder, and she said she thought turpentine would do better. She offered Fry and me 201. to dolt, but he declined. I did not say that I would or I would not. She said that Mrs. Robins had advised her to be very careful in doing it, so as not to let it appear as if it had been done by the hand ; and she said that Mrs. Robins had a brother in-law! it d w t a iht s e; e n av e ne v dn e i r in /fog: told her etr o o u zido t t When Mrs. who did the same thing for the insurance money, was surprised my carefulm Robinsoney h gcl o an w mde l pne touzbielevit:7-4e..1. She said that mistress let so' many into the secret, as it would certainly be found out, and blamed her for leaving the written pledge ofenn secreay which we h a d made upon a ihree p y stamp in one of h er b undles. When Mrs. Robins went away she took so many things— books, dresses, linen, &c., that she said she should' he obliged to have a cab ; but she brought' back a tea-canister, saying it would not do to have that in-' her possession, as her husband would find it out. She said that he hated Miss Beaumont, and she and he were going to part, because they could not agree. When I was left in the house alone I shut-up the coffee-house. Bagster came and spoke to me at the door, and I told , him that perhaps I should fire the ' place. At about half-past .ten • o'clock put the boilers over the fire and the kettle over the gas, as I was bid ; and then I put some aprons on the horse before the fire, near enough to catch. There were lots of old files and papers lying close to the horse. After this I went up to bed, and in about an hour's time I heard the police at the door, and my room was full of smoke. I got into the cockloft, and two men lifted me over the roof to 'Mr. Tucker's. The psi. Boner concluded her statement by mentioning a number of very respectable establishments where she bad been in service, and exclaiming—"l am - sorry to say I have been led astray by my mistress, and must now deliver myself up to the will of God." She hoped his worship would let her out on bail for the sake of her child." Beaumont was anxious to make a statement to the Court, in spite of the remonstrance of her solicitor, whom she wished to pay for his trouble, and then confess it all. Mr. Binns (who appeared for Fry) offered re spectable bail for his client, if his worship should think there was enough to commit him for trial. liis• i father (a jeweller) had bae s n a householder. im.the nighbourhood for a great many years. Beaumont exclaimed—" For God's sake detain him, for they are all guilty. I must tell all." She was with difficulty removed from the dock.' .; The prisoners were fully committed for trial; bail being accepted for Fry. TIMMES. Thomas and Jenhin Jones, brothers, in tbe employ-•'‘ of Mr. R. B. Byass, - wide, ale, and porter merchant, - of No. 1, Langbourn-chambers, Fenchurch.street, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged • with , causing the d ea th o f S usan Colledge. The deceased was servant to Mrs. Haddon, of 121, High-street, Whitechapel, and was sent to the oppo site side of the way upon an errand on Wednesday evening. She was returning, and while crossing the road a horse and cart belonging to Mr. Byass, and driven by the prisoner Thomas . Jones, which was • , coming along at a quick pace, knocked her down, and one of the wheels pissed over her body. She • was conveyed to th e surgery of Mr. Cook, in the High-street, - who said she could not exist long, but advised that she should be immediately removed to the London Hospital. She died before her arrival there. The prisoners were detained, and information having been conveyed to the station-house in Leman- • street, Police-Sergeant Oram, 18 H, repaired to the spot and took both prisoners into custody. Mr. YARDLEY having ascertained that the coroner's inquest would not be held until this evening, remanded the prisoners until to morrow. Mr. Pelham tendered bail for the prisoners.. • ' , Mr. YARDLEY—No, I cannot take bail. for the. - - present. THE LATE FO,RGERy. • ' • , MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY .—At the Borough Court this morning William Francis M`Naughten, the .young man charged with forging a cheque on the branch Bank of England here, purporting to be signed by /heirs. A. and S. Henry and Co., in whose employment he-was, for 3,4501., was brought up. He was remanded from Saturday last to allow time to have sufficient evidence - before the Court to warrant his committal. Mr. Newman, from the office of Mr. Freshfield, of London, solicitor to, the Bank of. England, attended to prosecute. . . Mr. Alexander Balfour, late teller of the branch Bank of England in Manchester, stated that on the 29th of March last he cashed a cheque, purporting to b e s i gn ed by A. and S, H enry an d Co., for 3,4501. The prisoner was not the person who presented the cheque. He paid • the person who did so six 500/. notes, four 1001. notes, and 501. -in 'gold. He here ' recognised . the three 5001. notes stopped at the• bank of Messrs. Cunliffe and Brooks, as three of the notes which he • had paid for the cheque. He believed the signature . " A. and S. Henry" to that cheque was a forgery. Mr. W. R. Johnston, one of the partners in the firm of A. and S. Henry anti. Co., stated that the signature to the cheque produced was a forgery. It purported to be his signature on the Part of the firm, and was extremely like it. He.drew no cheque for 3,4504 on - the 29th of Mara. The, prisoner was assistant -cashier at Messrs. Henry's, and was frequently e m pl oye d i n taking cheques to the bank. 'He did not return to the office of Messrs. • , Henry after the 29th of March. • Mr. Kearsley, the manager of Messrs. Cunliffe and Brooks's bank, proved that ho had stopped three ,500 L notes, for which another person and the prisoner wanted a letter of credit on Liverpool. He told them he re quired a reference, and they said they could procure a reference from Messrs. Henry. They then left the bank. and did not return. He recognised the three notes which Mr. Balfour stated he paid for the cheque as being the three which he stopped. • Mr. James Finley, high-constable of Newfoundland, , stated that on the Ist of Augu s t l ast a warrant was placed in his hands by Mr. Carter, a magistrate, for the apprehension o f two persons named William Philip ' O'Kelly and Thomas Bradshaw.- Witness, in company with ;some police, proceeded to the lodgings of those persons, and found Bradshaw in his room, and had him immediately conveyed to the police-office, and stayed alt the house until -Bradshaw's luggage was removed. Shortly afterwards William Philip O'Kelly was appre hended, and a watch was found on his person. Witness subsequently found a trunk in the prisoner's bedrooms - j , and two trunks' in the parlour which he occupied. Oa the following day witness went again to the lodgings which the prisoners occupied, and there found another trunk, marked with O'Kelly's name, in which he found . a purse containing three 5004 Bank of England notes, a hich are now produced. Having fohnd the notes wit ness returned to the police-office, and having given the prisoner O'Kelly the usual caution, asked him did- the' - trunk belong to him? The prisoneradmitted that,itcdids and said he bought it at 'New York for five dollars. The , purse WriA afterwardi exhibited in a private - officesWhett both prisoners were - presen4 and Bradshaw said that the purse belonged to O'Kelly ; the. latter said nothing to this. Whilst on tho voy . age.to England th eprisontls in conversati on w i t h witneas, called Bradshaw for the , , , ~I• first time Brady. - • Mr. Beswick, chief superintendentaaf the Masichethiter police, stated that upon the arrival of the prisoner,. - M'Naughten, 'dim/ William Philip O'Kellx, at PAR- - chester,- he read a bill t o •hi m; 'd escri b i n g his appearance, and charging him with forgery;-andhe elsotold himthat' he would be identified as Sorg* the cheque aad taking; ' it . and getting the money. IN T Aineits,,then u eantigneil n ulm... ' "Prisoner, who said tharitrady forged the cheque, re sewed it, 'and hadlaken di) the money as the bi - hk. Mr, Harding, aolicitor...onahe partioUthevisosier nes' - • milted there-was. no evidenet ; against- 4/w buA, his own • ; 'admission; The evidence went to show that Aradi had . committed th e forgery 'and ' ob ta in e d t he Money, and all M'Naughten h a d . d one was :to , Aceompany -him 'out ' of ' •,. the country. Mr. Maude said it wolljd, hay,eippektpoN,agsfactory had it been shtivOti 1164 the chAtie Fagot into the hands of Brady or M`Natightets.' However, he need not go 4 , through the circumstances of the case. It waaquiteclear' the prisoner had left his situation- on: the day of the- for• iery Wittibit . notice ; tie was seen vo uc hi ng f or the. man Who obtained the Money; and nOihing more was needed. 'The prisoner M'Naughten *as then committeid to take his trial at the next assizes at Liverpool;. • • ' • RAILWAY SITARA,_4I.A.RIKETS. ; • -'"': ' BliistbtAti-E-Ix* tendenc STOCK: XXONANGIC:-,The Share - Market has a n upwatd y, The sales are—Greet Westertt,, Quarter. -Shares, 4% dis.—Great Western, 17/. Shares, 3IA N:it,A —Ditto; Preferenee;' % Taff' Vile', Qiikiters, 26 1 . A.• LIVERPO L,: Szrr.7l3.. ' &mac EXCHANOR.--, We have,. had rather a depressad market for shaier Stbck ivaS'*freely Offered, and prices lower. The sales are--Birminghimi and Oxfdrd, 244" -Caledonian, 20%—Laticashire and Yorkshire. Fifth s , .„.,; ' ISs. 9d, clls.LondOzi and 'N'orth- Western, New Quarters, !utdia+-- Ditto,- :Quailed and B); 'l4-I)2 ..-_Midland Stocks 85 div,-Ditte,, New • I.lalvesi. orth Staffoid shire, ,-,4%*dis.—SfireWelury and Chester_ t Shrawabury,t. 9 11 'Y ;e4stryi and Cheater), o,', dis;—Sotitli-Eastern and Dover, 'o, 4; Thirds, 61V)dis . -. N eircastle, and Berwick Purchas9, ; 4 -NIAtsN , IitSTER, Err . 13. , STOCX '' — The sales are— Birkenhead, Lands- shire, and ‘Glieshire.iJunction, 9 % , die." ex int.—Eat Lan- Cashire; 1614--LaneaShire and Yorkshire,. Fifths, 3. Ditto, VrefeferieS/ 346 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lis cOlnshire • (Grimsby), '5O/. Shares, 29 - diai—Ditto (Grinisby Dock),'l4% dis. North - Staffordshire, c. dis.--!Shrews bury and: Chester, Preference, 12 %—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 6 . 1316: ' 1 , ...„-4 BIRMINGHAM, Sari'. 13:' '•- ' 1 STOCK EXCHANGE. 7 The_ sakes arer.gaedonian, . Prefe rence, 3s.'9ii. if fs: — Midliiiiiit lirisfol and Birm l ingham), 6 per cen t , 115'56,4;4:e1k, ,Newcaittle, anct - Bovriek,'2B% ex div. North Staffordshir,e,_ .9 1 i5.7-61irewsbary and Birmingham (B), 4t dii: • ••YORK , Surr.l2.' • STOCK, XQ8A1T01C,....-.Thwbusinees transacted today 'waft as follows : - Great Northern, Cl. 14—Great .North: of Eng -land, 230- Midland, New, ll—N ort h British, Quirters, 4% —York, .Now,castla r and Berwick (G.' N. 'E. Purchase); 8%. GLASGOW, Barr. 12. STOCK .. EXCHA Nl:M.—The sales are--Caledonian, .rrefe- - rence, 495.--Edinburgfr and glasgo.4, 4, 11 N Salves, I—Glas gow', Kilmarnock and Ayr, 58.4. — Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 5/. 16s .— .Great Northern, 6 /. 168,—North British, Thirds, 5/. 10. 6d. — Paisley , Barr head; and linnet, 20&—Scottish Central, 22%. • IN' MIND:-.-" Does the Court tinder stind you to say, Mr. Jones, that' ou-saw the editor of the Augur of Freedom intoxicated?", ”Not at all, sir; I merely said that I hive seen hint frequently so flurried in his mind that he would undertake to cut out copy with' the snuffers—that's all."—New York Harbinger . _ - 1 111C21,14. On the 6th i nst ., at Markham-square, Chelsea, Mrs. W Creswick, of a son.. At Eim-field, Upper Clapton, Mrs. Joseph Savory, of a daughter. • On the. 9th inst., at Salcey-lodge, near Northampton, the wife of G. T. Stone, Esq., of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at 'spring-vale, Ityde, Isle of Wight, the lion. gm G. H. Holland, of a son. On the 10th inst., the lady of T. Wilkinson, Esq., of Port land-place, Lower Clapton, of a daughter. On the L. Holistic], 11 t:sq. ,th insof t., a 8071: at tipper Harley street, the w if e o f H. • On the & 12t inst., at Camden -road-villas, Dirs. G. A. Young, ason h . , Bic k On ers'eth, of a so the_.l.2th inst., n. at Claph..ana - rise, the wif e of the Rev. R. , AtAARIZD.• ' 1 On the 11th' inst., at Pinner, Mr. Jame', Gibbs, of Pall mall, to Ellen, eldest daughter of Mr. :a. Tilbury, of the New-road. ~ • 'On the 9th inst., at Stewkley, Bucks, Edward Smith, Esq., of _Uxbridge; to Catherine Jane, younreit daughter of the - late John Cowzei Esq', of Streatham, S'arrey. On the 12th inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, Alexander Clendinning Lambert, Esq., of Cranmore,park, Mayo to Emma Maria, daughter or the late Guy Lenox y o, t o of Gratton-street, On the 12th inst., at ,St. Maryl,ebone Church, IL Grant, E q ~late orMadras Civil Service, to Isabella Charlotte,, eldest surviving daughtet of J. W. Grant, Esq., 8.C.5., and of .Elsie Morayshire. On the 10th inst., at St, George's-place, Ilyde- park scorner, the Right lion. Charles Lord Douglas, aged 73. On the Bth inst., at Brighton, Ann, relict of the late John Cooper, Esq., of Sutton's-gate, Hornchurch. On the 9th inst:,' at Rose-hill, Utley, Richard Woogen, Esq., banker,!Oxford, aged 84. At Notti ng -hill , on tha-9tit inst.', 'Wuhan. Bickerton, Esq., of Pall-mall East, aged 54. On the 10th inst., at South-place, Fins:bury, Mr., Robert Denton, aged 52. On the 10th inst., at Norwood,.Sarah, relict of the bite F. Burton, 'Esq.,' M.D., of the 12th Royal Lancers, and of Cuni berland-street, Brynnston-square. Oa the 11th inst., at llowland-strett., Titzroy-square,!G:.' Gowing, E sq ., aged 81. On the 11th inst., at Brook-green, Hanirriramitli, aged 81, W.. Cox, Esq., formerly of the Coldstream Guard& ~Villim. Dickson. On the 11th inst., at Benham-house, Berls, Mikior-General ' • to`ndon t Printed and Published by 111 OYO UNG at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SUM OR iso, No. 11?, Strand, in the Precinct o f ' the Savey, in the county if Middlesex, Thuriday• aiptomber 14, Oft MIDDLESEX ''SESSIONS. Keefe, like the others, denied all knowledge of the matter, and said he was not there at all. The Learned JUDGE then supposed that the poor little boy, who was so much injured as to be unable, even at that moment, to stand,'had half killed himself as a matter of pleasure. John Connelly would take•his oath that he was not near the place. The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. John Connelly here 'excliiined that he had got a witness , who had come to swearlhat he was not pre sent when the boy was hurt. - The Lcarned JUDG E told this. boy,, John Con nelly, that he was the worst of the three. The dif ficulty which now pressed upon the Court w as as to the mode in which the'child ren at' the bar ought to be dealt with. • Had they been grown up men the course would have , been very clear, they would have been sent to -prison fur eight:or ,nine month's ; but with such ; young, children as the defendants it was not very easy to deal in such a case. This assault was very closely bordering on a felonious assault, and more prop4rly;perhaps, - ought to haVe been sent to the Central Criminal Court for trial. The Court, however, would sentence each of then to Sir months' imprisonment, for here! . was a poor little innocent child in-, all prolhilityL;eoetred a cripple for life by the strangely violent„ attockAvhiela. had be t on:made. upon him by the th r e e children at the bar. (We were informed privately that there are at Poplar two excellent; charity school* =the trin&for We Children of Protestant parents and Ithe%other for , the children of Roman Catholics. Recently a. feeling of anger ap pears ,tq.have sprung up. 4.the breast* of the latter towards the former, and thq present Assault was sup... posed to have hail its inciting cause in.that feeling.) It is requisite that th e public' shoUld - be cautioned. against the !importunities of a person who, we are informed this , morning,!has lately' been hanging . abant this CODll L and offering .for at sum Of money to etip press reports, of particular, cA§es• ;pin Aeveral•instances which th e informant mentioned fra4d, : ba,s, been completed.' The objeCr of the present notice is„tp state thattheindividuil in queitkin &ties not attend the Middlesex sessions for 4thy lie*spliPer, 6r 'even in - the character :of a zeporter: 1.• r 4.. ~o ICE IN,TEIIOI4ENCE. mANslber-figgsf.,;,;,,, Friedtheni; The German Jeiv, was, brought up . for final exanainatiou on the " charge of Playing defrauded Mrs. Wing-rove upwards of th ree y e a rs ' ago ; irhetiShe was Mrs.. Davis,.: of 30/.,! under ipretenc&and protrae of marriage... • The additional evidence was as follows : • The prosecutrix had stated upon a foram- eFan4).. 'tion that the'PriiOner was to have paid the 301. with which ishe had intrated hinfto Messrs'. Musgrov e and' Gadsden, the agents to her landlord; `hi' satisfactioo for rent; and ; the. Lord• Mayor desired that 'evidence should.be,produCed to prove that the money had not been so paid. . i. ~ - Mr. Winterfiood, clerk to Messrs. Musgrove and . Gadsden,. of Old Broad=sireet; stated that his em ployers .were agents to 'Mi. Thorpe, to WhOM the 'house No. 22, Jewry;street, which 'had been tenanted by Mrs. Davis upwards , of three years ago, belonged. They were in the habit of receiving,the - rent of the house from Mrs. Davis, who lived there many years,. " I recollect," said the witness, " her leaving the house. She called between Christmas-day and Lady.. day, about a week or ten days before the quarter ended, and said that . she was - going, and that she would pay the rent when the partiecwho were:going in should pay for the furniture, which they had pur chased. The 'sum of. 361. was then due for fo u t. quarter's rent. I always received tho.renta. I never saw the prisoner. He never brought me any money to pay the.rent of .Mrs. Davis's house ; and the amount remains due to this day." Mr. Varnett- r lt does not follow that he did not . pay Mr. Gadsden. • The witness-.-Mr. Gadsden never receives any rent. The Lottr, MAYOR—The prisoner can prove to ~ the jury that he paid the rent by. producing Mr. Gads den's receipt. Upon his cross-examination, the witness said he knew nothing of the sale of the furniture by a Mr. Patchin. The prosecutrix said, in answer to the LORD MAYOR, that she had sold all her furniture at the pri soner's request, and that the 30/. which the prisoner had taken was the produce of the furniture. The LORD MAYOR—HOW soon after the day on which yoU sold yOur furniture were you to have been married, according to your belief ? The prosecutrix —ln a very few days. The LOUD MAYOR — Did he repeatedly tell you he would marry you ? The prosecutrix—He did. The Loan MAYOR—If he had not declared to you his intention to marry you, would.you have intrusted him with the 301. ? The prosecutrix—lwould not. Mr. Barnett—Do you recollect a gentleman of the name of Patchin, a broker ? The prosecutrix —I do. Mr. Barnett—Upon your oath, did you not refuse to leave the money, as previously arranged between you and Mr. Patchin, in that gentleman's hands, to pay the'rent with it ? The prosecutrix—l did, be cause the prisoner induced me to stop it, th at it might get into hisown.—(A laugh.) Mr. Barnett—l merely desired to be answered yes or no. 'The LORD MAYOR—YOU, must not ask her ques tions, parts of which com prehend inf erences o which you are not justified i n drawing, and must allow her to answer your quest i ons in her o w n way. Mr. Barnett—Y ou sa id on a former W examination that he owed you, independently of this 301., th e sum The p of 201. for b o rr owe d money ?rosecutrix—l said he owed me 201 . f or borrowed money and board. Mr. Barnett—Did h e promise to marry you [pre viously to the i ncurr i ng of that debt ? h trix—During The time h e was in currin g Mr. Barnett--Did you not The p yourself e Prosecu rtegister the marriage ? S ay yes or no. rosecutrix—l did register the marriage, gabutvo m hee a came with me, and re mained ontside. He h a lf-crown to pay for the registering, and that's all the money of his I ever set my ey e s on. It was ht an oil- shop in Mark-lane, kept by the clerk of the parish, and he stayed at the door. Mr. Barnett then addressed the Lord Mayor for his client—After this long and protracted inquiry, in which your LOrdship has taken so much trouble,, I trust..you-are of opinion tliat there is' something like doubt attached to the case made out for the prosecu tion, and that there is something behind the scenes (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) John Taylor, aged 21, very respectably attired, was indicted yesterday, for having robbed Sir Wymondham Anstruther of a purse containing 11. ss. 10d. It appeared that Sir Wymondham Anstruther, who resides at 16, York-terrace, Regent's-park, was walk ing in• Regent's-street about five o'clock in the after noon of the 4th inst., with a friend, whilst on the other side of him was walking his daughter, a little girl, of whose hand be had hold. Just as they were turning round the corner into Piccadilly Sir Wy mondham felt himself somewhat pressed from behind. This circumstance instantly brought to his recollec tion that he had placed his purse in his coat pocket, and thereupon be felt in that pocket, when he dis covered that the purse was gone. At the moment he made the discovery of his loss the prisoner walked passed him with his hands crossed before him. . . Sir Wymondham's friend, however, said that the 'prisoner must be the man who had robbed him, whereupon the former followed the prisoner. - The latter seeing that he was being pursued threw the purse away and took to his heels. He was.not quick enough, nevertheless, .to accomplish his escape, for . Sir Wymondham con tinued the pursuit until he overtook him just as the man was about to be stopped by - two gentlemen whose attention had been directed' to the prisoner by his being pursued. Sir Wymondham took him-back to his frienkwho in the meantime had picked up the purse.. The prisoner was then, given into custody and DOW pleaded " aunty." The history which Lockyer, an active officer of the Westminster House of Correction, furnished of this prisoner,- was that he had long been associated with the swell mob, and obtained his livelihood b 1 his thieving depredations; that he was most- expert in his avocatipn, and had been, previously convicted not only'at these sessions but at the Central Criminal Court. The Learnedannoa now said that it was impos sible such an old offender should be allowed to remain in this country. The sentence - upon him therefore was,,that he be transported beyond -the- seas- 'for' the period of ten years. Jeremiah Connelly, aged eleven, John Connelly, aged fourteen, itild";Tohn Keefe, aged eleve n , were i n di cted for an assault upon another boy of the nam e o f Ch ar l es Black. • - . It appeared that Black, with some - other lads, was returning from school on the 18th -of August; - when he was attacked.by the three defendants, one of whom struck him across the back with a broomstick, a second hit him between the shoulders with a stone slung in a handkdrchief, and the third hit him on the head with a stick. The result' of this violence was that even now the little child can neither walk' nor stand, and upon the present occasion he was carried into court by his, mother in whose lap he was-laid while he gave his evidence, and there ie,erery reason to fear that he has been made a cripple for the re mainder of days: • The statement of the child was corroborated 'by his brother and another schoolfellow. • On being called on for their defence, - Jeremiah Connelly said, that he. was. not at the place . at all when the row took place; he knew no thing' about it. • , John Connelly. said; he knew nothin g about it, for he was not there, and what" was more little Black himself had said so. A: L'y: y 'i c:, lZ B 0 B 11 X B : • T ; .111