The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-27 00:00:00

VIE CHARTIST TRIALS. GENE IlitAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. T --- FIAL OF CIIFFEY, FAY, AND LACY. (C ue Jr.nued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) 04 9 he conclusion of the examination in chief of Thos. Powell (, which occupied the Cegit no less than four hours, the,* :y retired to take refreshment, and the court ad jouru, from ten 'minutes past two to half-pist, when the icross-examination of the witness was proceeded with . answer to questions from Mr. BILLANTINit, the Witt less stated that he went by the name of Johnson at theta meetings. On oae cceasion a person at Cart wright's called him Robinson, to which he vephed, " Call me any name you like." Once event by the name of the " Welsh Novice." With the exception of that, never went by any other name than Johnson, Robinson, and Powell. About two days after the 20th, of July commenced taking notes of the meeting. He did not do so at the desire of any one ; nor did he show them to any one.. Had communicated to the police and to the. Goverranent what was going on from time to time, but had near arshown his notes till he was before some of the authorities.. He thought he did so before the pri soners at the bar were taken into custody. Would not swear that he did 'slot show his notes before the sth of August. Wo„uie swear he had never altered his notes since he l' shown them to the authorities. He had joined t' ao Chartists for the purpose of giving information to them authorities. He did not do so for want, as he hwi s always plenty of work, but he was determined the stovernment should know what was going on. Had been connected with the turf as a pedestrian. Was called eke " Welsh Novice." Was a runner then, and was so a little now.—(A. laugh.) Had run at Croydon and Hounslow. At the first and last place he ran for the purpose of drawing custom to the house. Had never kept a thimble-rig; had 'played, but neither won nor Jost. Did not know what a decoy was. Had been paid for playing.—(Sensation and hisses.) Went for my :master. Was paid 30s. Was but one-and-twenty, and was ignorant of the real nature of his delinquency. Was s in fact, employed to stand at a table as a mere gull at races, and to take the money. Did not consider himself decoying the people. What did you bet for? did you bet to deceive the people? I did.--(These statements of the witness caused great ffingust in the court.) Never played at a thimble-rig table nor associated with those men In the whole - course of his life. Knew a person named Petition. Never told him him that he walked a match with Townsend and sold the parties. Did not sell the parties who backed him, nor said he had. Never ran for money. Had never been a witness before, except on one occasion in this court eight years ago, in a case of picking a pocket handkerchief: Did not at that time tell some one that he was afraid to give evidence because he might be asked about his thimble rigging. His father was dead. Was employed by his brother-in-law, whose name was Smith, who employed several men. Never told a man Parris that he had been employed by thimble-rigging people. Had never said that he did not believe in the existence of God, the Saviour, or the like. Believed in the existence of God. Had said to Parris that he might expect something re markable ; never said he expected a rising. Parris had thrown out hints that he was a spy. Got some lead from Mr. Smith, for the tiurpose of casting bullets for Mr. Gurney. Did not tell Mr. Smith his purpose. He gave him about a pound of lead. Cast the bullets for Gurney. One of his boys was present when he did so. He was ten years of age. Was not bringing him up to this kind of busi ness. Received 4s. from his " locality," to buy lead, powder, and cartridge-p aper . Was not call e d by hi s shopmates " Lying Tom . " Never heard before now that he was called so. Should resent such an insult.— (Laughter.) Never told a person named Osborne that there was about to be a Chartist rising, and asked him toloin them, but would not swear that he had asked his shOpmates to join. He might have done it. Could not re collect that he had told Osborn that he knew a man who could make a pike for him. Believed he did point out a• person named Hook to Osborn for that purpose at a meeting in Birdcage-walk one Sunday morning. Could not at all tell the purpose the pike was intended for. Never said," that if be got a chance in a crowd he would rip the ,---;es guts up of the police with a chisel." Had quarrelled with his father during his lifetime once or twice. Did not strike him. IL was strnck by him once, and took hold of him by his coat to keep him off. Never said, " You old b---, I'll murder you." Mr. Smith separated them. Had one uncle, with whom he had quarrelled. Had been bound over to keep the peace towards him. Had been 11 years with his brother in.law. Never told Penuell, whom his brother dis charged, that the Government was a weak and bloody Government, and that he would send Lord John Rus sell to the devil about a fortnight before the 10th of April. Would swear he never did. Never offered to propose Pennell as a member of the Chartist Confede racy, nor that he should receive 2/. or 31. a week for agitating the country, which would be better than working at Smith's. Neither did he tell him that the Chartists would never get the Charter by the way they were going on. No expressions of the following kind ever passed his lips to Pennell.— " Look at the queen, with her hundreds of thousands, which are spent in waste and idleness "—" I would blow her and the b— foreigner to hell "—" Come, to my home, and I will show you materials sufficient to blow London to hell in half an hour." Had told a shoemaker named Pennell, before the 10th of April, that he had made hand-grenades that would go half through an inch board," but had never made any. Merely told this lie for talking's sake—merely as a luxury.---(Laugh ter.) Did so merely as a pastime. Believed he told him how he made them. That was a lie too. Yet he was not called " Lying Tom." We were all busy talking about throwing them among the police. Dare say he did tell him, and those who were present, that a stout blacking bottle, half filled with powder and nails, with a fusee, would do very well, but did not recollect saying that if they were thrown among the police they would break their legs. Went to the meeting on Ken nington-common, bat would swear he did not go armed. Never told Bennet shortly after the meeting that with ten men he could easily take the Artillery-ground. Never told him that he he had prepared plans to accomplish this, nor that his (Powell's) men knew well " how to spike the police." Did not know a man named Jbhn Westmorland, Thomas Anthill, nor Taylor Might have said at Cartwright's coffee-house that O'Connor was a coward, because he had proposed peaceable measures to the Nationl Assembly, and suggested that it should be postponed. Would not swear he had not. Would swear that he never told Anthill that if every man had arms they would soon upset the Government. Never offered him any powder. Did not know a person named George Thurston by name. (Thurston was Called, and the witness said he knew him by name.) Had a pair of pistols. Exchanged them for another pistol. Would .qot swear that he did not offer to sell the pistols to Thurston for 65., nor stated that if he purchased them he would give him a pound of pow der with the bargain.. Was .never a member of a club called the Wet Tyler." He had heard of it, but heel never attended any . of its *riaeeting9. Had attended a Chartist meeting at a beer-shop at -the corner of James street, Hoxton Old Town. Could not say whether this was is May or June. Did not linow a person called Henry Gre- n by name. Knows • Dennis Donaine. Would not swear that he. bad avid of,Danaine that he was a Government spy, or that be was a milk and wter moral foreel---.. Did'not thihk such lasiguaee was uttered by him. I am a moral man. should not feel surprise if the persons who attended Cartwright's had said such things of him, as they were parties who would shock any moral man. (A small plan was put into the witness's hand.) Would swear that he tin not draw it and give it to Westmorland (who was called to confront him).. Ho had made a plan, a circle.. dotted to show the positions of people, hut he destroyed it. He made the plan and produced it at the meetings merely to find out the plans other parties had. Ido not retnember any lines on the circle, because my memory is so bud. Would swear there were no lines in the large plan. Knew a person named John Collins, a desperate, noisy character. Had not informed against him. Did not re member tapping him on the shoulder and asking him if he was coming up stairs that night (a night in August), as there was to be a glorious meeting, to be attended only by those. wholvere ready to come out and, fight for their rights.. .Did not - recollect asking him if he was prepared, and his saying 4 . Mr. Johnson, I do not know whit you mean." Never told him that he, had a nice. dagger, which ho would make him a present of, nor if he would join him he would show him a way to obtain his rights. Knows George Medlock's (who was called in) face. Would not swear that he had not said that two persons he named were " moral force h--." may have said it, and forgotten it. I now remember that on that night I was at Cartwrielit's, and I was excused of being a spy, on account of my net going by my right name of Powell. I denrail that I was a spy, and 'accounted for using the name of Johnson by raying. that I did not wish my friends to know I had anything to do with the Chartists. I know a man named Bryant. On the 16th August, in the early part of- the evening, I was standing outside Cartwright'a with a crowd, but I don't recollect that he asked me what was the matter, and that I told him I thoughtsiteessa a botched job by thOse milk and water • I don't remember- saying, on being pressed for an explanation, that t h ere was i ntended to bo a turn out that nighs Sana that a signal rocket was to. be fired be tween nine , and. ten, and the.people were to turn out. I don't recoll ect it, but won't swear I did not. It is not likely that I said thews ---,a i de. a te t. e . etse ebs t pe have sold the job, and the del e gat es havedelegates must have been n a il e d i n OranAe• street. I m said al l l this and forgott en it. w remember en this night up Chiswell-str ee : with tits same man. I showed him sixtv•eight ball reelaidgets This was between ten and eleven o ' c l oc k at night. lam sure I did not tell h im that Iha d t two hundred fire-balls to throw intop eo p l e' es o think I did pull out a pistol a n d alsoat7n 3 I l l o ouses. I caostixpg full ck e e o t f , percussion ceps. I also had a sword in m lyirehdavye for them m at th and I showed him the handle. I ma same time, "You see I am well e pr you ? " I had those things with me for my Own safety, and and to protect myself in case I should be attacked, as i was afraid that I was found out. I showed these things to Bennett for pastime, knowing at the same time that I had betrayed my companions. This was one of the men whom I had engaged to assist in firing the houses, and I wanted him to go to the Orange Tree, where I knew he would have been apprehended. I know Daniel Barn. I suppose him to be a working man. I did not show him my pistols on the 10.11 of Apt d. I swear I did not do se before I went to the Kennington-common meeting. I don't think I showed him a pistol at any woe- I swear that I never said to Burn that I wished the people would assassinate the police and fire the houses. I don't believe I said so to any one, but I won't swear I did not do so. THE SUN,__ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1848. r By the COURT-4 might have said it, my Lord, but I don't think I did ; I was always rather a friend to the police, and that was well known. I won't be sure I did not make use of such an expression, but I d aft think it was likely. By Mr. BALLANTINE—I don't believe I ver said to Burn that I hoped to see the police assa inated, and some good fires in London, and that at the same time I showed a pistol, and said that was the thing for them ; but I won't swear to such an occurrence never taking place. I believe I did say to a man named Carter that I wanted four desperate men who would do any kind of work. I said , this in consequence of instructions I had received at the Orange Tree. I don't remember hearing Carter reply, " Then you won't have me." I dare say I showed him the plan I had made. I did not tell any body on the 14th August that I was going to Australia, and that I wanted an outfit. I did not say so to Good fellow—the man now produced—and I don't know the man at all. I swear I never asked that man to go to the Orange Tree on the night of the 16th August. (Mr. Bal lantine here handed a small iron instrument with a pike in it, calculated to lame a horse if thrown on the road or pavement, and he asked the witness if he had ever seen such a one, and he admitted ho had, and that he made it.) He gave an explanation that at one of the meetings which took place at Cartwright's, Brewster produced two such instruments, and told him they were for the pur pose of crippling the cavalry and infantry, and he made one himself, and gave it to a person named Mayne, and he kept it. Cross .examination continued I showed the one I made to several people at Cartwright's, and threw it down to show how it acted. I expected, when I did this, that if they were made at Cartwright's others would be produced. Baron PLATT.—You diii it for a trap to try them ? Witnesi—l did, my Lord; that is the solemn position in which 1 stand.—(A laugh.) By Mr. BALLANTINE .—I may have said these were the things to throw among the troops. I did say I had a great many more at home ; that wait false. I have told several other falsehoods during these proceedings. While Gurney was in custody I was allowed to go to him in his cell, and I believe I told him that if he would confess it would bo better for his wife and family. Baron PLATT-Why do you say you believe, surely you know whether you said it or not. Witness—l believe I said it, lam not surd. By Mr. BALLANTINE-I don't know whether a police man was standing outside the cell, and that when I went out I said "it was no go." I believe I did tell Gurney that his wife and family would be made comfortable for the rest of their lives. I had no authority for saying this. Mr. BALLANTINK —Did you tell him a falsehood, then, and endeavour to get him to say something, intending to betray him ? Witness—He was betrayed at the time. Cross-examination continued—Gurney was placed in a cell by himself, but I don't know that this was done in order that I might have him to myself. I wanted him to speak the truth, as I thought it would be better for him. Thirteen years ago I went to America. I sold out some money from the funds before I started. I swear it was my own money. Ile-examined—When I was at Cartwright's in the evening of the 16th August I knew that the people had been apprehended at the Orange-tree, and it was pretty generally known at that time, and every body was talk iug about it. Carter is a Chartist, and I should say not a moral-force Chartist. The witness was under examination for nearly eight hours. Jemims Huth, the wife of a coffee-shopkeeper in Suffolk-street, Southwark, proved that shortly before her house was searched by the police, the prisoner Lacy and some other persons came there. They had four cups of coffee, and resaained about half an hour. It was on a Tuesday. She did not remember that Lacy came to the house on the following morning, but she did not at that time give him any pistols. There had been three pistols in the house, but they belonged to her sister-in law, and there was also a powder-flask. These pistols were given to her sister. She also bad things in her house like constable's staves; they were made for special constables, and a young man in her house painted them. Cross-examined—Her sister's husband used to have these pistols when he was employed on board ship, and she had had them for twelve years. Superintendent Pearse proved that on the evening of the 16th of August he went with a body of constables to the Orange Tree 'public-house, Red Lion-square. He proceeded to a first-floor room, where there were eleven persons—Richie, Gurney, Shepherd, Able, Richardson, Greenslade, Bur n , S ca ddi ng , Snowball,Martin, and Small. On searching the room he found three fire-balls made of rag and tow, and:one of them had printing type tied up in it; they all appeared to have been saturated with turpentine. Richie was sitting close to the place where he found the fire-balls, and upon searching his person he found two knives. Richie's hat also smelled of turpentine. Inspector Marsh asked Richie where he lived, but be refused to tell him, and he afterwards said that he bad just come from France. The }door of the room was unlocked, and, when the police went in, all the men appeared to be conversing together. James Thompson, a police-sergeant, proved that ho searched a lodging occupied by Richie, in Cross -court, Russell -court, Drury-lane, after he was arrested on the evening of the 16th of August, and found 168 cartridges, four bullet-moulds, four bullets, three combustible balls made of pitch with a fuzee running through the centre, a powder-horn, and some gunpowder in a quart wine bottle. He also found a bayonet, a ladle for melting lead, a quantity of tow, some shot, a piece of lead, and a quantity of percussion -caps. He likewise found a piece of paper with some pencil writing on it, and some books upon the subject of the Charter. . . Cross-examined—He searched Cuffey's garret, but he did not produce when he was before examined some papers which he found there. Mr. BALLANTINE requested that they might be pro. duced. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said they should all be banded over to the Learned Counsel in the course of a short time. Mr. J. Bowline deposed, that on the 15th of August he was put in possession of the Orange Tree public house. On the following day, about three o'clock in the afternoon, a phrson came to engage a private room for the same evening at a quarter to five o'clock. Two persons came first, and nine afterwards, and they were all there by twenty minutes past five o'clock. They wanted to have a bagatelle-board, and when this was done it was found there were no balls; one of the men then took a piece of chalk, and stuck it into the five hole, and then said "That's a ten—that's a red ball fire this night by —." The police came soon afterwards, and all the men were taken into custody. On searching the room the next morning he found a card of the ad mission of Henry Small as a member of the William Tell brigade of the Chartist Association. A paper was also found denoting that Greenslade and Burn had been appointed delegates from the Thomas Payne brigade. At seven o'clock the Court adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION -HOUSE. Jarman and Harlow, stokers to the Ranger steamer, 'rem Rotterdam, were brought before the Lord Mayor under the following circumstances:— The master of the Ranger, which trades between Lon don and Rotterdam, stated that the prisoners belonged to his vessel when he joined her, and that they suddenly deserted on the 28th of August at Brewers' Quay on the river Thames. At the time they abandoned the vessel there were eleven days' wages due to them, but it was soon ascertained that their disappearance arose from the discovery of 1401bs. of tobacco which bad been smuggled and hidden in the engine-room, and on account of which the penalty of 100/. had been adjudged against the mas ter, but subsequently reduced to 25/. The LORD MAroa—Were you obliged to pay that amount of penalty? The Master—l was obliged to puy it ID) self. The LORD MAYOR—And you did not sanction the de parture of these men from the vessel? The Master— Not at all. They never thought of going till the disco very of the smuggled tobacco took place. One of the prisoners said, he had merely gone for an other job, which promised to be more advantageous to him; and the other said he had left the ship because he heard of the seizure, and although he was wholly inno • cent of any offence against the law, he feared that he should have been implicated with the guilty. The Master—They made off just as I was going to pay them their_woges. Mr. Coleman, of the office of the Registrar-General of Seamen, said the defendants had assured him that they had been regularly discharged. The LORD MAYOR—Let them produce their discharge tickets. The defendants said they were sorry they could not. The. LORD MAYOR. said the case was one of much gross misconduct, and sentenced each of the defendants to imprisonment for thirty days fur having deserted the vessel. The defendants remain subject to prosecution for the other oifence. J. Bracher, a seaman, was prosecuted for desertion; he had engaged to serve in a vessel bound for Calcutta, and failed to join her. The defendant said he had certainly signed articles, and had of course intended to perform his contract, but he found it impossible to leave his wife and children— one of whern was dying—without any means of support; and although promised an advance of money he had not succeeded in obtaining it. He avowed his readiness to go in the vessel, for he had sailed with the captain, and wished to serve under him. Mr. Coleman asked whether he had not received an advance note?—The defendant said that such was the case, but it had proved of no use to him, as it had not been stamped. Ile had taken it to the broker, who ob jected that it was not stamped, and ho then took it to Somerset-houie to get it stamped ; but the gentlemen there not only refused to stamp it, but took down all the names and particulars, and said they would prosecute the captain for issuing an advance note without being stamped. The LORD MAYOR said, the advance note was not only intended for the benefit of the seaman himself, but when 'or more than 21. it was no doubt intended to confer ad vantage upon his family; and it was rather hard that sue!: a class of persons, to whom a shilling was an object, should be subject to a tax. As, in the present instance, it ap peared that the defendant intended to go in the vessel, and that he was only prevented by the desire to make some provision for his family before his departure, the decision was that he be discharged. MARYLEBONE. Three young men, named Feeny, allis, and Pichley, were, together with two women, named Cousins and M'Donald, placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with having been concerned in a most brutal outrage upon the police. The evidence in support of the charge, and which was gone into at considerable length, was to the effect, that on the previous afternoon as Church,l29 D, was passing' along York-court, Crawford-street, he was accosted by Feeny, who exclaimed, " Now you b—Church, I'll either be hung for you or you shall for me,"and at the same mo ment gave him a blow; they both struggled and fell, and whilo upon the ground, Feeny, after kicking him vio lently, cried out loudly, "Now, my lads, come on, this is the time to kill old Church." Upwards of 150 men and women then rushed out of the court, when Church was dreadfully maltreated by being kicked and pelted with stones and other missiles. Several of his brother officers came to his assistance, as did also Franklin, usher of the court, who happened to be passing by, and while Feeny was being conveyed to the station-house Wallis and Pickley behaved in a most brutal manner to three or four constables. The female prisoners took an active part in the affray, and attempted to rescue Feeny by laying hold of him and pulling him with all their might, in ,addition to which they inflicted personal violence upon the police. The whole of the prisoners were, after much difficulty, properly secured and locked up. The defence set up was, that Church had interfered with Feeny without any necessity, and that he and other officers grossly ill-used him; thence had arisen all that subsequently took place. Witnesses were examined, and Mr. Lora) ultimately came to the conclusion that the police, taking into consideration the brutality of the at tack made upon them, and the trying and dangerous position in which they had been placed, had not acted with snore violence than was necessary for putting down the disturbance and capturing the prisoners; and ac cordingly convicted the whole of them of the offence with which they were charged. Feeny was sentenced to hard labour in the House of Correction for a month, and the rest of the party were fined 20s. each. They were all then locked up. CLERKENW ELL. _ _ Joseph Edward Worrall and Cecilia Wanton Chandley appeared on their recognizances, and were placed at the bar before Mr. Combe on a charge of having cruelly ill treated four children belonging to the former prisoner. The unfortunate children, who were evidently much improved since the last examination, but who still bore marks of violence on their persons and were in a very weak state, were brought into court attired in the work house dress. When placed on the desk before the ma gistrate their appearance drew forth a burst of indigna tion from the auditory. Mr. COMBS directed that the eldest child, Henrietta Maria Cecilia Worrell, nine years of age, should be brought forward, when she was questioned as to the na ture and obligation of an oath, which she answered amis . factorily_ and intelligently, and repeated the Lord's Prayer. On being sworn, she said that she fell down stairs and , .knocked hr eyes against the handle of a door ; her fe -1 ther afterwards hit her with the back of his hand, and blackened her eyes because she did something wrong. Mrs. Chandley, whom she called her aunt, was present at the time. She slapped her for " missing " messages. Her father made her say•her prayers for lying.—(The father here shed tears.) He beat her on the thighs with a cane, and made marks upon her. Mrs. Chandley used to beat her with the cane. She was beaten by her father for taking potatoes, bread and butter, and sugar. She never stole unless it was something to eat. Her father beat her on the night before ho blackened her eyes. The father questioned her with a view to show that he beat her for stealing and telling lies; but she an swered that she only took the baby's dinner after she had eaten her own. The child cried convulsively whilst being questioned. Mr. Courtenay, surgeon, of 5, Finsbury-terrace, de posed, that he saw the four children now present on the 19th inst.; the eldest child, H enr i e tt a , h a d t w o black eyes; she had several marks of violence on her person from blows, especially on the thighs. The severity of the blows had broken the skin. The child was in very bad health, and appeared to have been starved. The stomach was in that weak condition that it would not retain any food. By proper treatment she much recovered. Emma Austin, a younger child, was covered with bruises, and emaciated through starvation. Fanny Austin Worrell also presented marks of violence ; and Annie Worrall, the youngest, two years and nine months old, had marks about her person; they -were also emaciated through starvation,' but they were now recoiering by proper treatment. It was evident that the whole of the chil dren had been subjected to great neglect, as they were in a most filthy state when he saw them. John Tyrrell proved acts of neglect and cruelty to the children. Mary Walker, nurse in St. Luke's workhouse, said that when the children were brought to the workhouse they were covered with bruises, filth, and vermin to such a degree that she could hardly tell whether they were human beings or not. Mr. COMM said the children would be taken care of by the parish. He would commit the male prisoner for trial, and leave it to the parish authorities to consider whether they would include the female prisoner in the indictment. He ordered Worrell to find bail to appear again at this court on Tuesday next, and he would bind over Mrs. Chandley in her own recognizance to appear on the same day. Worrall—l am subject to aberrations in my mind. I assure your Worship that extreme poverty and wretched. ness have sometimes driven me to insanity. Mrs. Chandley begged to be passed to her parish, St. Pancras; and the parish officers consented to keep her in their workhouse until she was regularly passed, and also to take care of the children. Worrell was,then locked up, and Mrs. Chandley was protected from violence by the police. WORSHIP-STREET. - -- A powerful fellow named Nicholas Kelly was charged before Mr. Hammill with an unprovoked and violent as sault upon Mr. John Keen, landlord of the Greyhound public-house, Old-street, St. Luke's. The complainant stated, that on the preceding evening the prisoner entered bis house and asked to be supplied with liquor, but as he had evidently been drinking freely witness refused to serve him, and re quested him to quit the place. The prisoner refused to comply, and after assailing him with the most scurrilous epithets seized him by the collar, and drag ging him to the street door flung him heavily upon the pavement. They were followed out by the wife of com plainant, who endeavoured to interpose between them, when the prisoner instantly knocked her down and kicked her in a brutal manner as she lay on the ground. The prisoner then renewed his attack upon complainant, and in the struggle that ensued, they both fell to the ground, but the prisoner immediately got up again, and planting his foot upon complainant's neck commenced beating him over the eyes and nose till they streamed with blood, and afterwards kicked him about the body and legs, which were covered all over with bruises. A policeman fortunately' came up at the moment, who rescued him from further ill-treatment and took the prisoner into custody. Police-constable, G 51, corroborated the latter part of the complainant's evidence, and added that, observing blood proceeding from a cut in the prisoner's head, ap parently caused by the fall, he conveyed him to the residence of a surgeon, who was about dressing it, when hi* pugnacious patient gave vent to his exasperated feelings in a furious attack upon the doctor and his as sistant, who were compelled to use forcible means to eject him from the surgery. In answer to the charge the prisoner said, that he half been drinking to excess, and had no recollection of having conducted himself in the manner imputed to him. thrr. HAMMILL said, that the outrageous conduct of prisoner was without the slightest palliation, and he should order him to pay a penalty of 51, or com mit him in default for two months to the House of Correction. Henry PrcAtage, described as a commercial clerk, re siding in Cumber!and-street, Hackney 'road, was charged with having criminally assaulttd Sarah Tate, a girl 12 years of age. It appeared from the evidence of the girl that she was engaged atiout six weeks since by the prisoner, who is a married man with three children, as an attendant upon his' wife, but she had on ly b een a f ortnight in his service, when he came down to the kitchen where she was at work, before his family were up, and perpe trated the offence complained of. She was deterred from communicating what had happened to her mis tress in consequence of the threats held out by the prisoner, who told her that he would kill her if she mentioned it to any one. A few days after the occur rence she became very ill, and the prisoner procured some medicine of a peculiar description, which he di rected her to take, but she derived no benefit from it, and her sickly appearance having subsequently elicited some inquiries from her father, she made him acquainted with the vile conduct of the prisoner, and he immediately gave, instructions to the police for his apprehension. Ur. Coward, the divisional surgeon of police, gave evidence which went fully to establish the commission of a capital offence, and embraced other particulars, tending materially to aggravate the flagrant nature of the case. Mr. IlsramiLL expressed his intention to commit the prisoner for trial, but ordered him to be brought up again for the completion of the depositions. A donation of ss. from " S. or L. II.," was received by Mr. Harnmill (or the benefit of Sarah Ladd, the dis tressed sempstress, whose case has been so fre- quently noticed in our paper. The magistrate also announced his receipt -of the half of a 51. note, No. 56,729, from a lady, adopting the initials " A. 8.," who wished it to be applied for the relief of a friendless and destitute orphan boy named William Deane, who was last week most brutally treated by a ruffian in Spital ftelds-market. THAMES. Hamilton Murray, a broker, of 11, Angel-gardens, Shadwell, appeared before Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting Eliza Gregory, and putting her in tear, and also with levying an excessive distress in the cottage of her husband, Joseph Gregory, of 1, Church-road, Step ney. Murray attempted to break open the door of the house with a thick piece of wood, but after thumping away for some time he was unable to do so; another man, named Peter Russell, a broker, next thumped at the door with no better success. TO door was then forced, and the lock broken off by Murray and two others with an iron bar. Murray no sooner entered than he took a pistol from his pocket, and presenting it in the direction of the inmates, consisting of Mrs. Gregory and three .other women, swc.re with a tremendous oath he would shoot the first person who interfered with him in the execution of his duty, and that he had been to a magistrate who authorized bite to carry firearms for the protection of his life. The women were overwhelmed with terror and clung to each other. Mrs. Gregory, who was very ill, sank down OA her bed, and Murray directed one of his men to remove it, and rudely pulled her off the bed. An inventory of all the goods on tho pre mises was then made ott, and _the broker and his com panions were about taremove everything off the pre mises, when Mrs. Grezory Balled in Mr. Jenkins of the Royal Duke, close b,, who acted the part of a good Samaritan by redeeming the- things for 2/. 4s. costs. Mr. YARDLEY sari, the distress - was deeidediliiiegal, and that Murray liao.no more right to br ea k i n t o t h e c o tta g e Li o n abroke' would have to .force opeu the door of a gentleman's mansion after obtaining an entrance into his park. A more unwarrantable and oppressive proceeding he had neverileard of,._and he made an order on Murray for the return of the money paid by Mr. Jen kins, and to pay the whole of the costs. He was not quite satisfied that Murray had legally committed an assault in exhibiting the pistol, and he would be dis charged as regarded that part of the case, but if it had been proved that he actually presented it at Mrs. Gre gory or the other women he would have inflicted a very heavy penalty. As it was, he considered the defendant's conduct most tyrannical and improper, and he warned him not to exhibit a pistol again when he levied for rent. Patrick Collins, an Irish labourer, who has been in custody a fortnight, was brought up on remand, charged with feloniously wounding a young man named George Baggs, with intent to murder or to do him grieyous bodily harm. The prisoner, in defence. said he was drunk at the time the affray took place, and did not know what he was about. Mr. YARDLEY committed the prisoner fur trial for the felony. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 26.—Tbe frigate Indianian Blenheim, 1,400 tons, an addition to the splendid fleet of Messrs. T. and W. Smith, of Newcastle, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from the Thames, and will sail to morrow for Calcutta direct. The Blenheim has been launched about two months, and was, as.usual, duly sur veyed by the surveyors department of the navy, in order that her capability as a first-class fighting frigate might be tested with a view to her conversion into a man-of war, if necessary, at any future time. Her extreme length is 206 feet; length, on the gun deck, 175 feet; breadth, 42 feet; depth of hold, 14 feet 9 inches; has ample capacity for stowing six months' provisions, water, &c., complete for 500 men. At present she has on board about 1,100 tons of weight of various character, with which she draws, upon an even keel, 191 feet, and carries her midship port sill 8 feet 11 inches out of the water. Her framing is all of English oak, and her planking of African and Indian teak, thoroughly copper fastened, as if built in a royal yard. The gun-deck bow is fitted up entirely with cabins; she carries fifty first-class passengers,. has Brown's new patent stoppers, and is fitted with Massey's patent pumps, which eject foul air, u well as watcr, from the hold; she has Lang's tubes; and every berth' is fitted with brass slides, to admit the air in fine weather, and generally to ventilate the ship, an admirable invention of one of the Meters. Smith.' She is flush decked, like the ,modern-built frigates of the navy, and her bow and stern ports are so constructed as to admit of firing the usual number of guns from each deck even with the keel; in short, she is fitted with' the newest appointments and improvements introduced into modern ship-building of the first class. Unlike the generality of ships of royal dockyard construction, - the Blenheim has required no re pairs or alterat.ons aloes she was launched, and has not leaked a bucketful of water since she left the stocks. It remains to be seen what she will do in sailing, but, if anything may be judged from appearance, we should say few sailing-vessels' afloat will beat her. She is corn • manded by one of the most experienced sailors in the Indian navy, Captain Close. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, arrived this morning from Waterford, having transferred the 200 Royal Marine Artillery she took hence to the Dragon and Rhadamanthus, at Waterford, on Friday last. She left those vessels and the Driver at Waterford on the above day, and came into harbour this afternoon to complete her fitting for the coast of Africa, to which station she carries the mail on the Ist proximo, and will relieve the Amphitrite, 25, Captain T. R. Eden. The Hecate steam•sloop, Commander R. Moorman, was paid off yesterday, The Lightning steani , tender, Petley Master, sailed to day for Sheerness with the officers and men who were employed in bringing the Defence to this port. She took with her in tow the Fanny, Admiral's yacht, which has on board a large juantity of the effects of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., whose tenure of office as Commander-in -Chief at this port expires on Saturday next. The dockyard riggers are employed s in rigging the Encounter steam-sloop as an advanced steamer. Wind S.E., fresh breezes and cloudy weather. WooLwws, SEPT. 26.—The Atholl troop. ship, Mas ter Commander Pearn, arrived at Woolwich at eleven o'clock .k.x. to-day, with two companies of the Royal Artillery, from Quebec, under the command of Captain Collington. The companies landed at the dockyard, and marched to the garrison at four o'clock ♦.l[. The Princess Royal transport, having embarked two companies of the Royal Artillery, and one company of the Royal Sappers and Miners, was towed down the river this morning on their passage to Gibraltar. Cap tain Adye, of the Royal Artillery, commands the com panies. The Vulture steam-vessel was taken to Sheerness yesterday to be refitted, and will return to Woolwich to have her engines put on board. The Sharpshooter, Lieutenant-Commander Bailey, will leave this port to-morrow for trial with screw pro peller, and with sails, and if found to, answer will proced to Portsmouth. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Ame lists Beauclerk, is ordered from the Cove of Cork to Dublin. The engines of 60 horse power, made by Messrs. Ren nie, are now ready for the Wasp steam-gun-vessel, build ing at Deptford. The Wasp is on the same lines as the Reyaard and Plumper steam-vessels. PLYMOUTH, Snrr. 25.—0 n Saturday, after examin ing the ships in ordinary, the Lords of the Admiralty proceeded to Saltram, the seat of the Earl of Morley, which lies about two miles east of Plymouth, and there partook of that nobleman's hospitality, returning after dinner to their quarters at Moorhead's Royal Hotel, Devonport. It is stated that one of the objects of the Board in visiting Saltram was to inspect a piece of contiguous shallow water, called Blackstone -bottom (part of the Upper Laira) propilsed to be reclaimed by the Earl of Morley. Yesterday (Sunday) Lord Auckland and all his col leagues attended church service on board her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Captain Thomas W. Carter, in the Sound, and after service returned to dine at their hotel. _ _ - -- This morning their Lordships embarked on board the Admiralty steamer Undine, Lieutenant -Commander Henry P. Jones, and, under salute, made a formal visit of inspection on board the Caledonia. They minutely examined the ship, and mustered the crew. They next visited Bovisand, which forms the eastern boundary of the Sound. On the Bovisand-pier at Statton-point a half-moon battery has been recently completed. This fortification was examined by the B oar d. I t i s mounted with eight 56-pounders, and on th e roun d towers at revolving pl at f orm , com mandinget to the S oun d. I ns i de t h e occupied by a li eutenant an d b ea a c t t h er i end ea at is rh eea newe large a st eastern aer gun renet kr on as , a detachment of Royal Artillerymen. From Bovisand the visitors proceeded to the breakwater, and having sur veyed that stupendous work, with its recently erected I the ain embarked on Royal William Vic they a gain and tour o'clock, and con th l e i e g aa h l ri t di h e o gt u h s)e,eauraden ddbetwe enmodem h iethh lantern, rpeaesse veyed their Lordships to the dockyard. This evening they dine with Admiral-Superintendent Sir John Louis, and afterwards patronise the ball at Moorshead's, in aid of the funds of th e N ava l an d Mili tary. Female Orphan Asylum, the only institution of the given of only sort in the kingdom. The foundation-stone of this est a bli s h ment was l a id in April, 1846, by Earl Fertescue, and comp l eted i n 1847, at an expuso of 4,00 0 /, raised by su b scr i ption. It affords space for 100 orphans, but, through insufficient to 60, who aro the seamen, soldiers, and dockyard artificers dying in the publi c serv i ce. destitutemean accommodation children principallyi s This afternoon a dockyard lighter ran into a Plymouth trawling-sloop, called the Mary, about two leagues west of the name fiend. The hull of the Mary was much damaged, and her boom, guff, and mainsail carried away. She was taken in tow by three other fishing smacks, the Jane, Fawn, and Pilot„ and brought into Sutton har bour this evening. Wind, easterly; strong breeze, cold, with rain. EADVERTISEMENT.] - -The Triumphs that are Daily Achieved by Worsdell's Vegetable Restorative Pills, prepared by John Kaye, Esq., of Dalton-hill, near Hud dersfield, are truly.wonderful. The following remark able cures of nervousness and indigestion are taken from several hundreds as illustrations: —Mr. Thomas Darrel, of King-street, Dawley•green, writes, " Sir,—l was very ill for the space of three weeks with a violent pain under my left breast, a bad digestion, much hoarseness, and such debility that I could scarcely attend to my employment; but by taking a few d oses of K aye ' s R estorat i ve Pill s. four each tim e , I was restored to perfect health. " Mr. Pulford, farmer, Ki r b y Cane, Norfolk, was afflicted for ten years with great weakness and extreme pain, in consequence of indigestion. By taking Kaye's Res torative Pills the distressing pain in his chest was re moved, and his health is greatly improved. Observe that the arms of John Ry e , together with a fee-simile of his signature, are printed on the directions for use wrapped round each box. Sold by all respectable Che mists and Medicine Venders, price Is. lid., 2i. 9d., and 4s. 61 each box. THE IRISH REBELLION AND UNION.-THE CASTLEREAGH P APERS.—We observe that Mr. Colburn announces for publication, on the 30th instant, " The Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh," edited by his brother, the present Marquis of London derry, printed uniformly with the Wellington and Nelson dispatches. This important work is likely to excite extraordinary interest at the present moment, on account of its revelations regarding the Irish Rebellion and Union. MILDRED VEENON.—The Examiner appears to be quite in the secret respecting the originals of the leading characters in this extraordinary book. It would not be difficult (says the reviewer) to penetrate the disguise of most of the social figures introduced. Others, promi nent as authors or politicians, are introduced in their proper persons ; but it is quite as easy to discover M. Ttiiers as M. Cruixot, and, to any one acquainted with Paris scandal, Balzae and Berryer are not more recog nisable by their names than Madame de Contades, Madame Cub a,us, M. Manuel and Madame do Boigelin, through the veil of a D e cevezes, Ferrieres, Chavigny, or BuislamberL Of these various personages the most elaborated is Madame de Ce,ezes, drawn with unscru• pulous pencil as a perfect specimen of the Paris lionize. Mildred Vern on i s an uncommonly clever book. As a sketch of some of the phases of Parisian society, it con tains cleverer scenes than any similar novel we have read for some years." SALE or SHEEP. —Seven hundred half-bred Down and Norfulk ewes, the property of the late Mr. Raven, Summerfield House, Dorking, Norfolk, were brought to the hammer on Wednesday last by Messrs. Beck and Son; the shearligs averaged 503. each, the two-shear sheep 54a., and the 400 three-shear 465, each. y SPIRIT DEALERS ACT. - We have been favoured with the following analysis of this Bill, made by order of the Protection Society, which we readily insert for the information of our readers ; Analysis of the Act 11 and 12 Victoria, c. 121, en titled, "An Act to alter the laws and regulations of Ex cise respecting the survey of Dealers in and Retailers of Spirits, and respecting the sale and removal of spirits by permit from the Stock of such Traders ; and respecting the Distribution of Penalties and Forfeitures recovered under the laws of Excise." Roy :l assent, Sept. 4, 1848. Clause 1. Recites 6 Geo. 4, c. 80, and 9 Geo. 4, c. 45, and repeals so much of them as relates to dealers and retailers of spirits, and also repeals all other Acts re pugnant to this Act. 2. Provides that this Act is not to affect former pro visions respecting licences or magistrates' certificates, or regulations of police respecting retailers of spirits, or the removal of spirits by permit from the distiller or rectifier, or between the three parts of the United Kingdom. 3. Enacts that *very' dealer in or retailer of spirits shall make an entry of every place used for keeping of spirits, and of every vessel or utensil, and of all casks for keeping spirits, and all shall be distinguished by a particular letter or number, and shall be open to the in• spection of any officer of Excise; and for every default the parties shall be subject to the penalty imposed by 4 and 5 Vict., c. 20. 4. Enacts that fixed casks used by dealers or retailers of spirits stock, shall have the quantity it is capable of containing painted, cut, or branded thereon on some conspicuous part, under the penalty of 501. 5. Enacts that dealers and retailers shall mark the true strength and quantity of compounded spirits on the casks containing same, under penalty of 501., besides forfeiture of the casks and contents. 6. Enacts that dealers and retailers shall cut, brand, or paint, on the outside of both the ends of moveable casks, the quantity each is capable of containing, under the penalty of forfeiture. 7. Enacts that every retailer of spirit s , no t b e i ng li _ censed as a dealer, sending out spirits to any rectifier er retailer, shall incur a penalty of 501., and inflicts a like penalty on every dealer, not licensed as retailer, who sells less than two gallons of spirits of the same denomination at a time to the same person. 8. Enacts that no retailer shall be concerned in any distillery, &c., within two miles of the premises at which he is licensed as a retailer ; and no person shall be licensed as a retailer in any place having a private communication with a distillery, under the penalty of 200/. 9. Enacts that any person licensed as a dealer in spirits nnder the 6th George IV., cap. 81, may take out an additional licence to sell, by retail, any quantity (the same not being less than one reputed quart bottle, or in the bottles in which the same may have been im ported) of foreign liqueurs, not to be drunk or consumed on the premises. 10. Enacts that the duty on such additional license shall be two guineas, to be paid to the Excise. 11. Enacts that such licence shall be in such form as the Commissioners of Excise direct, and shall be granted by the officers of Excise. 12. Enacts that every dealer in or retailer of spirits shall provide a book for entering therein the particulars of spirits received and sent out by him. Penalty on re fusal or neglect to provide the book, or to make due entries therein, or fraudulently concealing any part of such book, or any entry, or making any false entry, or hindering any officer of Excise from examining such book, or making minutes therein, or extracts therefrom—for every offence 1001. 1:i. Enacts that all spirits sold by dealers shall be ac companied by a certificate, cut out from a certificate book, and the same also by retailers when the quantity exceeds one gallon ; that before the certificate is cut out front thee book a counterpart entry shall be made ; that the certificate book shall be kept on the premises for the inspection of the Excise officers ; and when the book is filled, or when demanded by the officer, the same shall be given up to the officer, who shall give a receipt for the same, under the penalty of 1001., and forfeiture of spiritssentout without a certificate. 14. Provides that dealers in spirits under the addi tional licence, may send out foreign liqueurs in quanti ties not exceeding one gallon without a certificate. 15. Enacts that any dealer or retailer using a certifi cate for any purpose other than for the actual removal and delivery of such spirits as are therein expressed shall forfeit 5001. and his licence. 16. Enacts that no dealer or retailer shall receive any spirits which are not accompanied by a permit or certifi cate, under a penalty of 1001., and forfeiture of spirits. The permit or certificate to be cancelled, by writing the word on it "Received," under a penalty of 501. 17. Enacts that permits and certificates shall be pre served, and delivered to the officer who first inspects the premises after the receipt thereof, under the penalty of 30/. for every permit or certificate. 18. Enacts that the Commissioners of Excise shall provide the plates and types for printing certificates on paper used for permits. Unauthorised persons counter feiting, or having counterfeit plates or types, or im press►ons, to be subject to punishment, under 2 and 3 William IV., c. 16. 19. Enacts that no dealer or retailer, receiving any spirits in less quantity than a cask containing 50 gallons, shall break bulk, or add anything theret o or i n any respect allow the same to be interfered with, until one hour after they have been received, under a penalty of 50/. 20. Enacts that any officer of Excise, of rank not less than a supervisor, may at any time take the stock of any dealer or retailer, and any excess found shall be forfeited, and a penalty of 20i. per gallon of such excess incurred. Penalty] upon neglect to assist the officer, 301. 21. Enacts that persons licensed as dealers and rec , tifiers, in the same or adjoining premises, shall be Bur• veyed as rectifiers. 22. Enacts that no spirit shall be purchased by any dealer or retailer, except from licensed traders, under the penalty of 500 Z _ _ _ 23. Enacts that no British spirits, except spirits of wine, shall be kept or sent out of stock by any dealer or retailer of any strength exceeding the strength at which distillers and rectifiers can send out; or any spirits of wine at less strength than 43 per cent. above hydrometer proof, under penalty of forfeiture. 24. Enacts that no spirits exceeding one gallon at a time, of the same deno m i nat i on, for the same person, shall be removed without a permit or certificate, under the penalty of forfeiture and 1001., or treble the value of the spirits. 25. Enacts that persons removing spirits in any quan tity exceeding a gallon, and refusing to produce a pro per permit or certificate, may be arrested, convicted, and fined 100/., and on non-payment of penalty, imprisoned and kept to hard labour for not more than six, or less than one calendar month. No penalty to be mitigated by any Justice below 10/. 26. Enacts that all former provisions and penalties of Excise, not inconsistent with this Act, shall be applied to the Act in the same manner us if here re-enacted. 27. Provides that all penalties and forfeitures of this Act shall be recoverable under the laws of Excise. 28. Enacts that no officer of Excise shall have any interest in any penalties or forfeitures under any law of Excise. 29. Enacts that Act shall commence from 10th Octo ber, 1848. 30. And may be amended or repealed in the present Session. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the L L ondon ydon t he New market pres ented a firm P rice Cu rrent of Se r p m t. 2 aspect 6.) SUGAR.— T 0 for both free and slave-made Sugar, and there was no increase in the supply. West India Muscovad o was i n good demand for both the pan and sca l e, w hi lst the rates paid are fully equal to those of Friday for all sorts. The quantity sold amounted to 584 hhds, &c., including 150 hhds 6 trcs Barbadoes at public sale, which went at full rates ; fine yellow realised 41s to 425, good 39s to 40s 6d, middling 37s 6d to 38s 6d, low 36s to 37s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day refined goods were readily dealt in for home trade purposes, and prices agai n a d vance d for all sorts, brown grocery lumps selling at 49s to 50a, standard lumps 50s 6d to 51s, and Wet lumps 48s to 50s. For Bonded Crushed Sugar the market has become quiet, and 26s to 26s 6d is the value of first and second sort. Matramos.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was dealt in with greater freedom, and 927 bags at auction sold at full rates ; low syrupy yellow went at 34s 6d, middling 34s to 365, fine brown 33s to 345, middling 31s, low 28s to 28s 6d, washed 303 to 34s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was a brisk de mand for all sorts of Bengal Sugar, and at the public sales of 5,398 bags rather higher rates were obtained, and the whole sold. Of Madras 180 bags at auction went at stiffer prices; low damp brown 28s, middling 29s 6d, good 30s, fine 31s, low yellow 325, and middling 33s per cwt. FOREIGN...—. To-day there was no public sale of }Weigh Sugar; but privately two cargoes of white Bshia were sold at 18s 6:1 to 193 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.—BengaI Treacle finds a more ready de mand at 15s to 16s per cwt, and a less quantity is on offer. Honey is not much wanted, and sellers are willing to accept 40s to 605 per cwt for Jamaica, and 20s to 255 per cwt for Foreign. COFFEE. —This afternoon only - a limited demand was experienced for Plantation Ceylon and 803 bags at 'auction only in part found Coffee, and buyeers, at the former Value ; fine went at 605t0w mido7os good mid and goo d 50s to 555, m id 44-3 to 48 triage 41s, fine fine or d 38 s to 403, fine ord 325: to Bg. l begs of 24s to 275, and d amage d 1 5s to 321. 3 Com pany's Java we n t u p on ver y l ow terms;4;o.2r9ds26s,46fidn' fine ord ord 27s to 27 s 6d, rea l goo d ord 29 0 305 6d to 335, fin e fine ord 34s 6d to 3 5 s 6 d , and dama g ud 22s 6d to 295. TILL—The quantity sent year is 26,560,0001b5, remind whilstatthii_ns ploBr4t7foirt thereached pre ilts to 33,962,0001b5, lust for deliveries ful ly 30,693,0001b5; the stock a year at the same time 35m,869,g0r0e0elnlasa. for theyear 26,690,00011)e. last week were 523,0001b5, re T h k e ie ld All descriptions of black de tamre uc a h s d n e o m p a u n b d li e o x s is a t l s e onof Fast account of aa e l nn a dd red to take place. only small parCels wore sold, mar a e l t th h o a u s gl a i thefe former e c u r E b . I r_ i a c t les bat that accepted. Th e k . hna t o l t iert, were especially for_ yellow sorts, ward Island Hum prices keep on r a t E e a w s t i t d c i a a u t e i a o n n , b t e h b e o v u a g l u h e t r v a a e n trsdhype dullr T o sw privately _e appearance, r rates L e for buyers proof. Is 6iid proof, yet little business has been ait is 1s ss - d I 6 e 5 R ; d n c d o . t , oi ands 7d done. There is much dulness in the market for Jamaica, and a disposition is shown by merchants to sell on account of an excessive stock. Demerara met with little attention; the rates accepted are 2s 21 to 25 9d for 24 to 38 per cent overproof. 0: Brandy the stock is still getting smaller, and a good demand exists, whilst holders show much firmness, and obtain for Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1846, 4s 10d to ss, ditto 1847, 3s 10d to 4s, in ferior 2s 64 to 3s 6J, and Bordeaux 2s to 20 4d. Geneva is in fair demand by exporters at 2s to 2s id, and fine is small parcels fit for duty realises 2s 8d to 35 6d per gal lon. For British-mad e Spi r it t h ere i s a firm market ad a good demand exists. Cocoa.—For West India the market bas become quiet, and in consequence of an increasing stock. Holders experience difficulty in obtaining former rates. Only small parcels have been sold privately, and at auc tion 45 bags were only partly disposed of; Fort AP iS little wanted, and 150 bags at auction were bought 355 for fine red Bahia; the value of Para and.:•GPaYqu i is 30s to 34s per cwt. - • ; COCHINEAL.— ro-day there was a limited 'detna ' and 60 bags Mexican at a uc ti on o n ly in part sold at the former value; black at 4s to 4s Id, silvers 35 8d to 35 Sc i t and 2 bags very fine 4s 2d to 4s 3d per lb. TURPENTINE.—Rough is not much wanted, but fig the supply is less plentiful holders will not accept lower rates, and ask 85 6d to 9s. Spirits met with little at tention—English can be obtained at 37s to 37s 6d, and Amvrican 38s 6tl to 395. For Tar a good demand exists, and the rates paid are 15s. to 18s per barrel. , SALTPETRE.—TO-day Rough was in less demand, and the public sales of 1,941 bags found buyers as a declit o on former rates of 6d per cwt—middling strong grey Calcutta, Si to 34 per cent, went at 25s to 25s 6d, gO d 54 to 3i 26s to 26s 6d, and not retracted 24s to 265 per cwt. SPICES —Of Nutmegs large parcels hare been re' ceived since our last report, and buyers show little deslret to do business ; prices are on the decline ; there are sellers of low brown at 24 3d to 26 sd, middling 2+ 6cl to 2s 9d, good 2s 10d to 34 4d, superior 3s 6d to 3s 8d; limed, ord to fine is 6d to 2s 9d. Of Mace there is -an enlarged stock ; orders are small, ..a last week's rates cannot be obtained. Cloves continue la limited supply, a brisker sale prevails. Pimento met with greater attention, and, in consequence of a decreased supply, buyers are compelled to pay an advance on for mer rates of -id per lb. At auction 81 bags were sold. For Black Pepper the market is quiet, and in consequence of an increased stock prices tend downwards. Eastern can be obtained at 2d to 2-11 per lb. At au ction 1,009 bags Malabar sold. White is in steady demand at 4d to 6d, and the supply dces not get larger. Ginger is in. good request, and the public sales of 9 casks and 63 brls Jamaica went at firm rates. Cinnamon has been dealt in with caution. INDlGO.—Prices continue to rule under the past as' son for all kinds, and in second hands stocks are small. For public competition the quantity declared is 9,1 41 chests. A steady home and export demand has been experienced this week for all kinds whilst the rates paid exhibit a small advance on the last quarterly auction,. There is decidedly an improving demand for all par: poses, and prices are looking up. In Spanish the busi ness concluded has been upon fully former terms, an d only a small quantity is on offer. The value is from is 10d to 3s, and 3s 3d to 4s per lb fo r better sorts. TALLOW.—A further advance is visible in the value of Russian on the spot, and a large demand has been experienced from the town and country trade. The rates paid are 47s 9d to 48s for New P. Y. Candle and holders display much firmness. For delivery a good business has been concluded for the last three months of the year at 47s 6d to 471 9d, and sales have been made at 4Ss 3d to 48s 6d for the early part of 1849. For home made there is an active sale at 47s to 47s 6d nett cash, whilst the consumption is greater, and supply less plentiful. Other kinds have advanced in value, and a large business has been con cluded. At auction 121 casks Odessa were sold. For auction 700 casks of Tallow are declared. OlLS.—This afternoon there was not more demand for Cocoa Nut Oil, and 150 hhds Cochin, at auction, w ere taken in at 42/ for fine. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 23, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint Anthony Ashley Cooper, Esq. (commonly called Lord Ashley), and Edwin Chadwick, Esq., C. 8., to be Mem bers of the General Board of Health. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 27. Ist Dragoon Guards—Captain Frederick Hammers ley, to be Paymaster, vice Greene, deceased, Sept. 26. 6th Regiment of Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Stuart, from 57th Foot, to be Major, vice Powell, who exchanges, Sept. 26. 23d Foot—Trevor Hope Edwardes, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blakeney, who re tires, Sept. 26. 57th Foot—Major Thomas Sidney Powell, from 6th Foot, to be Major, vice Stuart, who exchanges, Sept. 26. 78th Foot—Ensign Duncan D. Grahame to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Patrick RThert Gordon, who retires; Edmund Alexander Delisser, Gent., to be En sign by purchase, vice Grahame, Sept. 26. Commission bv,the Lord-Lieut e nant of Selkirkshire. The Right Hon. Francis Lord Napier to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Nesbitt Murray, jun., Esq , to he Deputy-Lieutenant ; Charles Plummer, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Hugh Scott, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 29. BANKRUPTS. Emanuel Stone, stationer, Margate, to surrender Oct. 10, at eleven, and Nov. 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fre derick's•place, Old Jewry; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. John Hodgki,lson, warehouseman, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, Oct. 4, at eleven, and No►. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Waring, White Lion -court, Cornhill. John Goodman, cattle dealer, William-street, Cale donian-road, Oct. 10, at half-past two, and Nov. 7, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Holme, Loftus, and Young, New lim, Strand ; Charsley, Amer sham, Bucks. Joseph Vaile, auctioneer, High Holborn, Oct. 3, at twelve, and Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Darke, Cornhill. Thomas Ankrett, spur manufacturer, Walsall, Staf fordshire, Oct. 10, and Nov. 11, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Yalpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Bronn, Bilston; Smith, Birmingham. Samuel Wilson, draper, Hill-top, near West Brom wich, Staffordshire, Oct. 3 and 31, at twelee,`at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Coles and Turner, Aldermanbury, Lon don; Hodgson, Birmingham. Adam Conacher, spirit dealer, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Oct. 10, and Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Showbridge and Co., Bedford-row, London; Foljambe, Dixon, and Picks ley, Wakefield. Joseph Moody, innkeeper, Worksop, Nottingham shire, Oct. 14, and Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield; G. T. and W. Taylor, Featherstone• buildings, London; Lees, Nottingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. A. Binyon, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, musical instrument maker, Oct. 19, at two—R. Turner, Old Ca vendish- street, Saint Marylebone, tailor, Oct. 19, at ono —W. Hinton, Pudding-lane, Lower Thames-street, bricklayer, Oct. 19, at eleven—J. Vevers, Cheapside, woollen warehouseman, Oct. 19, at eleven. In the Country. D. Jevons, Tipton, Staffordshire, grocer, Nov. 7, at eleven, at the court, Birmingham—W. H. Hyde, New castle-under-Lyme, and Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, printer, Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham— T. Lurway, Clifton, licensed victualler, Oct. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—L, Povey, Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, printer, Oct. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—A. S. Corrick, Bristol, mahogany and timber merchant, Oct. 26, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—G. Cappur and R. Cappur, Nantwich, Cheshire, cheese factors, Oct. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Brown, Manchester, carpet dealer, Oct. 25, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—C. Bertram and W. Parkinson, Newcastle upon-Tyne, merchants, Oct. 26, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Gales, Ford, Dur ham, ship builder, Oct. 26, at elev e n, a t th e Court, New castle upon Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. _ _ _ H. Morris, Liverpool, licensed victualler, Is. on Thurs day, Oct. 12, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. R. Cappur, Nantwich, Cheshire, cheese factor, 17s. 6d., and 2s. 6d. on new pro o f s , on Thursday, Oct. 12, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Casenove, Liverpool. J. Gee, Dukinfield, Cheshire, cotton spinner, 2s. 9d., on Tuesday, Oct. 17, or any subsequent Tuesday, be tween the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Willis, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, wool broker, Oct. IS, at twelve—W. H. Morris, Peckham, boarding house keeper, Oct. 16, at half-past eleven—G. Geering, Arun del, grocer, Oct,. IS, at eleven—J. Robinson, St. Paul's Church-yard, tailor, Oct. 19, at eleven—A. M. Blaikston, innkeeper, Oct. 11, at one—W. Chambers, Blackmann street, carpenter, Oct- 18 at half-past eleven—lL Reg less, F. Skerrat, and R. Bousfield, Saint Martin's-lane, woollen drapers, Oct. 18,1 at eleven—R. M. Watson, L. Wanless, and D. Stokoe, Chartershaugh and Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, ship owners, Oct. 26, at half past one—J. Plumley, Bower Ashton, Somerset, market gar dener, Oct. 20, at eleven. In the Country. C. Hall, Hereford, linen-draper, Oct. 31, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Grinsell, Wolverhampton, grocer, Oct. 31, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham— T. Cairns, Redruth, Cornwall, draper, Oct. 26, at one, at the Court, Exeter—W. Babb, Tavistock, plumber, Oct. 26, at one, at the Court, Exeter—G. F. Mandley, Man chester, commission -merchant, Oct. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—G. Drabble, Manchester, wine and spirit merchant, Oct. 23, at one, at the Court, Manehes ,er—ll. Andrew, Smedley, dyer, Oct. 20, at eleven, at he Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, Oct. 17. Cross, Kirton, Suffolk, farmer and grazier—J. N. Dunsford, Newbiggen by the Sea, Northumberland, brewer—W. W. Ward, Stafford, metal dealer and roller of metal—J. Gloge, Portsmouth, tailor and draper—J. Boote, Audlem, Cheshire, maltster—D. Cross land Moor Bottom, Yorkshire, innkeeper—J. Morfitt, jun., New Wortley, Leeds, flax spinner. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. West and J. •S. Bailey, Great Queen-street, West minster, land-agents—l. Danks and T. Milks, Notting ham, ironmongers and silversmiths—J. W.,Newton and S. Chandler, Charlton, Dover, carpenters—C. Wright and T. N. Storer, Nottingham, joiners and builders—W. F. Campion and W. Wills, Broadway, Camden New town, grocers—N. Cash and G. Tatham, Leeds, stuff and woollen merchants—G. Young and M. Briggs, New castle-under-Lyme, mercers and drapers—W. Sudlow and J. M. Marsh, Manchester, commission agents—G. Halm and T. Ackroyd, Rochdale, machine makers—J. Mortimer, T. Garforth, and J. Hustler, Birstal, York shire, coal masters and miners—J. Crosland and E. Cros land, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, card makers—J. Porter and G. Robertson, Cross lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, City, tobacco and snuff manufacturers—S. Millard and‘ W. Millard, Road-lane, Fenchurch-street, City, whole sale tea dealers—E. Fowler and C. Merry weather, Leicester, chemists and druggists—R. C. Beck and T. H. Williams, Liverpool, miners and excavators—Susannah Toorey and Kezia Cockerill, Reading, Berkshire, dress makers and milliners—H. Schooling, C. Schooling, and J. Taverner, Jew's-walk, Bethnal-green, manufacturing confectioners ind perfumers—J. Lindley and W. Lindley, Stonehills and Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, maltsters—R. W. Gibbons and G. Thorn, Swindon, Wiltshire, drapors— D. Ross and D. Ross, jun., Billiter-street, City, whole sale grocers and tea dealers—S. J. Wright and W. P. Wilkins, Ipswich, Suffolk, millwrights—J. E. Huxley J. J, Heriot, J. E. Huxley, jun., and C. Huxley (so far as regards J. E. Huxley, jun.), Castle-street, Long-acre, and Birmingham, ironmongers and factors—G. Smith and J. B. Pow, Liverpool, ship brokers—J. 0. Jones, W. H. Trinder, C. Tudway, and G. L. P. Eyres (so far as regards J. 0. Jones and C. Tudway), John-street, Bedford-row, attorneys and solicitors. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Martin Bernard Rhategan, Hu!me, Lancashire, ac countant. Richard Rymer, Hahne, Lancashire. Ann Phenix, Hulme, Lancashire, sempstress. William Roberts, Sithney, Cornwall, cord wainer. William Allen, Broadstone, Dorsetshire, farmer. Thomas Haith, Fulstow, Lincolnshire, blacksmith George Doughty, North. Cockerington, Lincolnshire, labourer Elijah Dyson, Huddersfield, cloth dresser Charles Passmore, Newton Abbot, Devonshire William Lloyd, Brownlow•hill, Lancashire, butcher Thomas Edwards, Newcastle, Monmouthshire, farmer George Knott, Martin, Lincolnshire, agricultural labourer. A. s y rae l i C a O n, T G C l H asg S ow E , Q 3 U at E es S m T a ß n, A t T o lONS' meet, Oct. 4, and Nov.a tisir 1, t D h m i ea n vnou t n h isa e ient ß ou l ro a ef e r, k T ß itiot al iem l o l ue n etr n ty: ,Oc cti.2, Glasgow.aekai J. Hend e rson,p a , t w o ne, o an_ n and Oct. 23, at two , within the C ro wn Hotel, Alloa. p. Fiskin, Glasgow , contractor, to meet, O c t. 4 , and b Oct. 27, at twelve , with i n the Globe Hotel, Gla sgow. J. K e i t h, K e ith, merc h ant, to meet, Oct. 2, and 01. 21, at twelve, within , the Gordo n A rms Hotel, Keith. ol w e i_n J. ArNaught. Glasgow, provision dealer, to meet, Sept. 28, and Oct. 19, at two, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow. s A. Laurie, Glasgow, manufacturer, to meet, Oct. 2, and Oct. 23, at twelve, within the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. POOR-LAW AUDITORS.—By an Act passed on the 31st of August, important alterations are made in the poor-law, as regards parish officers, and will relieve them from much difficulty and unpleasantness hitherto experienced by them i❑ going before the auditors. Though auditors have not long been established, yet many of them were so very unpleasant in the discharge of their public duty that it was high time they were shorn of some of the authority which they possessed. Thanks to public opinion for the check which is now put upon them. _ ANOTHER BODY OF A SUFFERER IN THE OCEAN MONARCH. —Yesterday (Monday) an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of a man un known, which was found by the captain of a steamer which was working at the wreck on Friday night. He was about 5 feet 8 inches high, and had on a black frock coat and pepper-and salt trousers. The face was so dis figured and decayed that the countenance was effaced. Verdict—" Fcmucl drowned."—Liverpool Standard. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, SIFT. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There is not mu c h doing in Jib a re. but the market t o -d a y i s fi rm . Th e sa l es are —B i rkenhead' Lancashire, and Ch es hi re J unct i on, ML Shares, 9!4 Lancashire and Y or k s hi re , Fif t h s, 3 % di s. ex div.— Ditto, 101. Preference, is. 3d. p. c .—L on d on ai d North. Westerr: 110—Ditto, Quarters, 13 3 . 9d. c . di s .—Midl an d Stock, 0 i —Ditto, New Halves, 101. 35. 9d. dia.—Shrewsbury 1 7 1 ' Chester, 101. Preference, 13—South-Eastern mad 'Dover , O A —Ditto, No. 1,93 q dis.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, - 61. 18a. York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 11 11. 3d. /MANCHESTER, SEPT. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Preference, 1.16 p.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, % dis.—Ditto (Huddersfield and Blan chester Railway and Canal), unpaid up, EN dis.--bir; chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby Docks), 11 %i dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 13% Staffordshire, S% die.— Scottish Central, 23—South -East ern and Dover, No. 4, 6 13.16 dis.—Caledonian, Preference, 4;3. BIRMINGHAM, Sarr. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—North Staffordshire, 5/. 115. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 61. 16s. 4d. di .—Ditto (B), 4j4 die. GROTTO PASSAGE RAGGED ScuooLs.—SaxDnea OUT EXIGRANTS.—On Saturday evenin g a meeting of the supporters of the above schools was held at tienbo. e De In stitution in Grotto .Passage, High-street, ld ' h ea o were was present provided on for th e the c c s a e s h i o o n l rs t and o take fri e nd s, t a be f i a a r r r Y ewe_. llaosf w l' those of their number who are going out to Austr ah r s ts e The intended at the expense of the committee. l' meeting was presided o ver by Arthur Mills, Esq. inteadeel emigrants were addressed in a feeling manner by the worthy chairman and other gentlemen, in reply to which one of the young men, on behalf of his companions, returned thanks for the benefits they had already re ceived. The emigrants are young men about 21 years of age, four in number, three of whom are married; they were selected from the adult class of the school as worthy objects. They go by the Duchess of Northum berland as labourers to Port Philip, Australia, the com • mittee providing their outfit, and paying their passage. Two more will sail for the same place by the Thetis, on the sth of next month. The report of the committee for the pist, being the second year of the schools's exis tence, spoke in the highest terms of the general improve ment which has been made, there being an infant day scho.)l, a girl's evening school for reading, and religious instreodon on Monday; and on Wednesday and Thurs day evenings for needlework and writing, as a reward for good behaviour; an evening school for males vary ing from 9 to 30 years of age; and a Sunday school for children of both vexes. To encourage a taste for read ing, a library of useful and instructive works has been added. In several instances the committee have pro vided the most deserving girls with situations, and fitted out boys for sea. The income for the past year, from all source-, was 2282 18s. 3d. The expenditure left a ba lance of 141. 4s. 7d. Ala. Joule illrrcuEL.—A letter has been received in Dublin from Bermuda by a relative of Mr. John Mit chel, the writer of which is a lady, a member of the Methodist community, who devotes her time to the spi ritual instruction of the convicts in the island. She states that Mitchel is in tolerably good health, although depressed in mind ; he has an apartment to himself, is allowed the attendance of a servant, and is in every respco; treated with humanity and consideration. Os' casionally, however, he suffers much from the attacks of his old complaint--asthma, but the climate was render ing them less frequent and more mitigated in their vio lence. ANTIQUITP OP THE ETIUM PRINCIPLE. —Nothing so effectual or convenient as ether or chloroform for ob literating sensibility to pain was known prior to their application; but the principle was known, and more or less successful . ), applied as far back as the middle ages- A pupil of liugh Lucca, called Theodor* mentions, in his book on surgery,written in the 13th century, a confection, to be prepared by surgeons, called " Soporific Confection, to be use t by surgeons." The recipe was re-produced in 1538, and published by Canappe, in his " Book of Guidance" on the occasion of the per'ormance of some surgical operation. " Some surgeons," says Can*PPe• " give their patients soporiferous medicines, which put them asleep so that they may not feel the incisions—as opium, henbane, mandagrova, lettuce, 9c,?., they dip * sponge into them, dry it, an d w h en t h ey want to use it, moisten it with warm water, and hold it under the pa tient's nose till he falls asleep, and then they perform the operation. They afterwards- rouse him by holding to his nostrils another sponge, dipped in vinegar. It is clear, therefore, that our predecessors had a shrewd notion of the powerful effect produced by certain inha lations. [ADVERTISEMENT].—The most effectual Cure for Gout and Rheumatism is Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—A frequent cause of these complaints is the in flammatory state of the blood, as they are generally attended with bad digestion, lassitude, and great debility, showing the want of a proper circulation of the fl u ids, and that impurity of the blood greatly aggravates these pain ful disorders. Holloway's Pills are o f sop urifying a nature that a few doses taken in time is an effectual pre ventative against the Gout and Rheumatism; but any one that has an attack of either should use Holloway's with Oint m t the te a ff l e s c o t , t o h f e thepis r j erpnriffreeesrs: J o :: ofH c ert ai n o w n h o i which, yr c e , o s. m_b so ine l d d by all druggists an estab lishment,d at 244, Strand, London. RIATII3. at t ug At Vi h c te t r oi . ra, Hong-Kong, th e l a d y o f Montreal , Upper Canada, on the 23d of Aug us t, th e lady of F. N. Boxer, Esq., of a s o n . At Oswestry, Salop, on the 13th i ns t., th e l ady of John Scudairiore, Egq., of a d aug ht er . On the 18th inst., at th e Vi carage , Kil dw i ck, in Craven, S. O n n a the so n 6 , th Es o c c ., J o u t ly a , the lady of the Rev. J. T. C. Fawcett, M.A. of a daughter. At Gravesend, on th e 21 st inst., Mrs. Woodford, of a daughter. On the 24th u lt., at St MARRIED . Luke's Church, Old-street, the Rev. Lewis Marcus. M.A., incumbent of St. Paul's, Fins bury, to Catherine, daughter of the late W. Saunders, Esq., of Southampton. On the 21st inst., at Essendon Church, the Rev. Henry Dawson, rector of Great Alunden, Herts, to Anne, second daughter of the Hon. Baron Dimsdale, of Camfield-place, Het ts. At St. Andrew's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the 23d inst.. Matthew Robert Bigge, Esq., son of C. W. Bigge, Esq., of Linden, Northumberland, to MildredaElizl, youngest daughter of Colonel Bell, Fenham-hall, Northumberland. DIED. On the 20th inst., at Limerick, Anne Howard, eldest daughter of the late Major Charles Howard Fitzmayer, of the Royal Artillery. On the 22d inst., at Storr, Windermere, aged 80, Elizabeth, relict of John Bolton, Esq. On the 22d inst., at Hartlip-place, Henry Price, Esq. On the 22d in.t., at Brighton, aged 65, J. C. Purling, Esq., of York-place, Portman square. On the 23c1 inst., at Cadogan-terrace, Sloane-street, Matilda, relict of W. Howe, Esq. On the 24th inst., at Wyndham-place. Bryanston-square, Emily, wife of W. Ward, Esq., formerly If.P., for the city of London, aged 56. On the 25th inst.,at Camberwell, Mrs. Willoughby, aged 62. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Offiae, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the comity of aliddlogoz, Wedzeolay, September 27, 1848.