The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-21 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. co tatr OP BA NA' UZIPTCY, Sept. 20. (Before Litr. Gimmissioner IloLnoya) IN RE BARNETT AND HANCOCK. Mr. NonTuN, ly , half of the bank:opts, hoot and shoemakers, Conduit-street, li,3gent-street, complained that the flat in this matter had not been baliotted ac cording to - the general orders of the 12th of June, 1832, the 11tit rule of vv'oicla enacted " that upn every appli cation for en appointavnt for opening any fiat, the Re gisttar shall, in the presence of the solicitor applying for the same, illot such fiat by ballot to one of the com missioners of the Court, according to the regulations to be from time to time pr: scribed by the Court of Re vitivv, except in cases of second or renewed fiats, which will go to the same commissioner before whom the former commission or fiat was prosecuted." Mr. Nor ton then went on to say that in the present instance the Registrar was alisent; that the ballotting was conducted by his clerks; and, also that the name of only one com missioner (Evans) was in the box. Consequently, the general orders had been violated in two most important particulars. His HoNoun said that he had no authority to interfere, bat the Registrar was surely entitled to some vacation, and as only two commissioners were at present in town, the regulation, if strictly adhered to, would sometimes, in all probability, cause an undue share of business to fall to the lot of a particular commissioner. Nontrom observed that in several other cues in which he was engaged the Registrar was likewise re ported absent, so that he conceived hi mse lf j us tly en titled to complain in the present instance. He (Mr. Norton) then intimate] the intention of his clients to bring the matter under the consideration of the Lord Chancellor. JOHN A. TRIMMER'S BANKRUPTCY. The cortificste of this bankrupt, described as a clerk tit the office of the India Board of Control, Whitehall, at a salary of 1,0001. a year, had been previously refused, bat on the statement of the bankrupt that his salary was about to be reduced, and that in con sequence he was unable to comply with an ordor of Court to pay his creditors 4001. yearly, and subject to the fulfilment of which his protection was accorded, the Commissioner had named yesterday for ?Iv consideration of his certificate; but, on Mr. Lewis objecting to such a proceeding without the sanction of the creditors having been first obtained, His HONOUR dismissed the application. CENT RAL CRIMINAL CO URT OLD COURT. Yesterday Mr. Justice Erle and Mr. Justice Vaughan took their seats on the bench shortly after ten o'clock. CASE OF RAPE.—Theodore Piedfort, a respectably attired foreigner, described as a hairdresser, aged 41, was indicted for the commission of a rape upon the per son of a young woman named Rose Harris, aged 27, a kitchen-maid in the service of Lady Dundonald, on Thursday, the 29th of June last. It appeared that the prisoner, who was in the habit of dressing her Lady ship's hair, proceeded about one o'clock on that day to a house occupied by her Ladyship at Hampstead, which was in the care of the prosecutrix alone, and there per petrated the offence after using much violence, accord ing to the testimony, which was unshaken in a search ing cross-examination by Mr. Clarkson, who appeared for the prisoner. -Mr. CLaitxsort made an able appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. Several respectable persons gave the prisoner a high character for morality and decency. Mr. Justice ERLE carefully summed up the evidence, and explained the law to the jury. After an absence of an hour and twenty minutes, the jury returned into court with a verdict of Guilty.—Sen teace deferred. THE CHARTIST TRIALS. John Shaw surrendered to take his trial, charged with sedition, and with having attended an unlawful assembly. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL stated the case against the prisoner. The defendant was an undertaker, carrying on, he believed, a respectable business, and therefore, in stead of inciting other classes to violate the law, he should have set them an example of obedience to the law. It was the duty of the jury to see that the Govern ment did not by these prosecutions interfere with the liberty of the subject, but, on the other hand, it was their duty to see that the machinations of wicked and designing persons were not allowed to menace the administration of the laws and the Government of the country, in which ease they would be placed under a government of tyranny. The meeting was held in the Milton-street Theatre ; Cripplegate, on the 28th of July, the day following the unfounded rumour that Ireland was in rebellion, and the object of his address was to foment re bellion here. The meeting was called by placard, and in vited the Irish of the vicinity to attend, and the prisoner was called to the chair. (The Attorney-General then read fife speech which, since it has recently appeared in the papers, will be no doubt fresh in the recollection of our readers.) Mr. White, the short-hand writer, deposed to attend ing the meeting, and taking the speeches delivered at it in short-hand. About 500 people wore present at the beginning of the proceedings, but the number increased_ to 1,004 before their close. The majority present were Irishmen. The witness read the speech from his note book. Persons named White, Collins, and Waddington, spoke. Mr. Cope produced a copy of the Times of the 27th of July, containing the statement that Ireland was in open rebellion,and said there were rumours in London to this effect on the day in question. Mr. PARRY addressed the jury for the defendant, and remarked that many persons had been convicted of the offence laid to his charge and were now undergoing punishment, :but yet it seemed that the justice of the country, in the view of the Government, had not been satisfied. It was true the defendant was a man of respectable character, but he complained that he had been brought before them as a Chartist—as one acting in conjunction with persons calling themselves Irish Con federates; in fact, they had been called upon to convict the defendant not upon the evidence but upon the issue that ho was a Chartist. If they gave a liberal construction to the words of the defendant they must acquit him. The Crown expected their ♦erdict before they were em pannelled, they relied upon the disgust which they naturally, as tradesmen, entertained towards the proceedings of Socialists and others in France, Why, Mr. Shaw was no more a Socialist than the At torney-General. The word had been introduced to prejudice the defendant with the jury, because he depre cated those notions of division of property which others entertained. It was not fair, therefore, to have lugged it into the matter. However, this was an evi dence of weakness on the part of the Crown. If kings were driven from their homes to exile, and if rebeflion existed in other countries, people must talk of them. Never, since the world began, did the people complain of grievances that had no existence. People must talk of them; and were speeches made in our exciting period to have their words measured, or the same rule applied to such addresses as were in use in the House of Commons, where you must not say Sir John Jervis, but Mr. Attorney-General, or the Hon. and Learned Member for Chester. (Laughter.) The Learned Counsel then proceeded to urge upon the jury most of the topics that were introduced upon the former trials for sedition, and complained that proceedings should be instituted by the Government against a poor man like the defendant, when persons in a much higher station, who (40ping the excitement of the Reform B and the corn-law agitation, had made infinitely more violent , spesphes, were not only not prosecuted, but ac tually rewarded for what they had done. The Learned Couresel then proceeded to comment upon the different portions of the speech, and endeavoured to show that they bore a much more innocent interpretation than was put upon them by the Government, concluding by stating_ Mitit if even the meaning of the defendant was doubtful, he was entitled to the benefit of that doubt, and ought to kle acquitted. Arroattitv-GENERAL, in his reply, said that the Learned Counsel for the, defendant had represented him as coming there that day flushed with victory; but he could assure them that the task of conducting these pro secutions had b een a most painful one, and nothing but a strong sense of duty and feeling that if he had acted otherwise would be detrimental to the public interest and endangered the public peace, induced him to institute them. Ile then referred again to the speech made by the defendant, and said that nothing would give him greater satisfaction than to find that a jury who, after reading it, and considering it with attention, should come to the conclusion that it was of the innocent cha racter represented by the counsel for the defendant. If that should be their opinion, they would acquit the de fendant; but if, on the other hand, they should be satis fied that the object of the defendant was to create ex eitement and endanger the public peace, it would be equally their duty to find him guilty. Mr. Justice EftLE summed up very briefly, and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Guilty upon both counts. The defendant was theniremoved from bar, the judgment being respited. At half.past six o'clock the grand jury came into Court, Winging true bills f or f e l ony and misdemeanour against all the Chartist prisoners. The ATTOXNEY-GENERILL applied. to have the trial of the 'wiped persons axed for the following morning. lb% PARRY said he was retained to defend some of the Tisotwrs, an d hi s L earned Friends, Mr. Ballantine and te r . e lrfuldlestone, w h o were not present, ho believed Z_ m elee retain e d f or others. He considered it would nee t tn os i s n ib n l ne for th em to b e prepared to conduct the de as the following morning. For his own part, he certainly nenoduld not, at such a short notice, un grant more time.' he therefore prayed the Court to Aftee s ome discussion, th Mind foe Friday morning.e Court ordered the t r i a l to POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLER George Burchell, Nat taat e . e e l_Ki °,l 9 lV , and Edward Farris, were charged with a disgra tul and infamous system of •xtortioo. a respectable 1 o • Thomas Stenson, oittog young man, residing in Hanover •place, Upper -B ak e r - street, wen deposed itnine and ten that on the previous evening, h e t o'cjock, he was walking through the Stewards home, in company with a femal e gV3- P ark, that they sat down to rest upon one of theseats ' frie n d near le ZkOrth-gate, Avenue-road. They had not been long when Burchell and King came up to them, alleging that they were constables in plain clothes, and at the same time King seized had of the woman, whom h e dragged away, remarking that neither of them had any business there, and that he :should take him (complain ant) to the station4touse, which would result in his being brought before the magistrate and fined 15s. or 14 days' imprisonment; Burchell then laid hold of the female, whom he took a short distance off, and King asked complainant if he had any money, to which he re- Feed that he had only 7d., and he gave up to him the money alluded to, upon which he said , " Now make THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1849. haste out of that gate," pointing to it with his finger, " and I'll tell my fellow constable that you managed to escape from me." He (complainant) made his way off, the female having also got clear of Burchell, and while ho was running the other prisoner followed h m closely, but did not attempt to molest hire. As soon as he had an opportunity, he gave information of whr had occur red, and the whole of the prisoners ware s...bsequently apprehended. Charlotte Freshwater, a modest looking young woman, residing in Park-street, Dorset square, said that Bur chell behaved towards her in a most rude and indecent manner, and that after resisting violently she succeeded in escaping from him. A witness, named Dunley, 44, East-street, stated, that the prisoners had for some time past been pursuing a similar line of infamous conduct in the Park. He had often watched them, and more than once detected them, but the parties assailed had declined to come forward against them. Dixon, 71 D, remarked that numerous complaints had from time to time been made by persons who had been molested, and from wham money had been obtained by means similar to those above stated. Upon King, who was alleged to have had 7d. handed over to him, only 40. was found. The prisoners denied the truth of the greater por tion of the statements made against them; and as there was not 'sufficient stated against Farris he was discharged. Burchell and King were for the assaults committed by them fined 40s. each; in default of payment one month in the House of Correction. WORSHIP- STREET. Ann and Emma Lofinck, the young married women who attended this Court last week to complain that their husbands had been induced to emigrate to New York through the instrumentality of Mr. Jackson, of the City Mission, leaving their families behind in a state of utter destitution, again presented themselves before Mr. Hammill to report the result of their endeavours to obtain some assistance from the gentleman referred to. Holland, the warrant officer, communicated to the magistrate the particulars of the complaint, and subse quent investigation before Mr. Arnold, at which Mr. Jackson himself attended; and having admitted that the men had been sent out to New York with the proceeds of a subscription which had been entrusted to his sole control and disbursement, Mr. Arnold :strongly im pressed upon him the great responsibility he had en tailed upon himself in causing the separation of working men from their wives and children, and suggested the immediate adoption of some measures for their benefit, which Mr. Jackson, who left the court with one of the women, promised to take into his serious consideration. The first complainant, Ann Lofinck, now stated that, pursuant to the magistrate's recommendation, she called last Thursday evening to see Mr. Jackson at a Ragged. School in the Minories, where he was in the habit of holding prayer meetings, and upon reminding him that her sole reason for assenting to her husband's emigration was a promise from him of rendering her assistance, couched in such terms as induced her to believe that she and her child were to be sent im mediately after him, he told her that she laboured under an entire mistake, as all that he intended to do for her was to send her some tea and sugar after she had entered the workhouse. He added, that he would speak to the gentlemen subscribers on her behalf, but that he himself could render her no aid whatever ; and as she now felt it quite hopeless to expect any help from that quarter, she was totally at a loss what to do, as neither her sister nor herself had a single friend in a condition to assist them. Mr. Halistux said there could be no question that gentlemen associating themselves together for the fur therance of a scheme which had the practical effect of separating married men from their wives and children, were bound to furnish funds either to send the latter out or to provide them with support in this country ; but the whole matter appeared to him so extraordinary that he should like to hear how such a proposition had originated. Holland said that, according to Mr. Jackson's expla nation, a fund of betwee❑ 601. and 701. had been raised by the spontaneous contributions of Lord Ashley, Cap tam Trotter, and other gentlemen, for promoting the emigration of penitent thieves and felons, and that by that means about a dozen persons had been already sent out, including the husbands of these women, although it appeared that neither of them possessed the necessary qualifications, having never committed a crimi nal offence in their lives. The woman Anne Lofinck hero remarked that she understood Mr. Jackson was about to sc.nd out a number more in the same manner to America, and that from the inattention he had displayed towards herself and sister, she did not believe he cared whether they were married or single. Mr. HAMMILL said that this society had certainly taken upon themselves to do what no other person had thought of doing before—separating husbands from their wives and children in a most extraordinary man ner ; and he considered that a renewed application ought to be made to Mr. Jackson to induce him to per form what he must see would be a mere aot of justice. Holland replied, that he did not think that would be of much use, as he had already promised to assist them, but done nothing ; and the terms of sympathy which he certainly expressed for their situation were accom panied by a distinct intimation that he had no funds at his disposal. Mr. HAMMILL said, that for that case he considered a direct representation of the facts should be forthwith made to the City Mission, with which this gentleman was understood to be connected, and that if that failed to produce the desired effect, that the whole case should be submitted to the Lord Mayor, in whose jurisdiction the institution was located. In the meantime he should pre sent each of the women with a donation of ten shillings from the poor-box, but as it was manifestly impossible that such a fund should be made permanently available for their benefit, it would be necessary for them to de pend for their future support upon their respective parishes, which he had no doubt in such a lamentable case as theirs would be readily afforded them without the alternative of entering the workhouse. The complainants, whose demeanour was marked with great propriety, expressed their grateful sense o the magistrate's kindness, and left the court. T.HAIIIES. John Richman, a twine-spinner, about forty years of age, and lately residing in Walworth, was brought before Mr. Yardley for final examination, charged with feloniously wounding Caroline Richman, his wife, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The prisoner still appeared to be in a weakly condi tion, arising from loss of blood caused by the severe wounds he inflicted on himself while locked up in the Poplar station-house. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had for some time past indulged in habits of intemperance, and so ill-used his wife that she left him a fortnight ago, taking with her five children. She met him again by appointment on Saturday morning, when he expressed his sorrow for having used her so cruelly, and promised that if she would live with him again he would not ill treat her any more. They agreed to meet the same evening at his sister's, in Robin Hood-lane, Poplar, and they parted with the utmost apparent affection and goodwill towards each other. In the evening the prisoner entered his sister's house and found his wife already there. He immediately embraced her, and continued caressing her for upwards of a quarter of an hour, when he put his left arm round her neck and saluted her. The woman was in the highest spirits at the prospects of a reunion, and, although several of her relatives and others were present, she indulged him in his caresses, and gave utterance to a wish that they might live happily together in future. Directly afterwards he pulled her on his lap again, put his arm round her neck, threw her head back, and kissed her, and at the same moment drew a knife from his pocket with his right hand and cut her throat. She put her hand up, exclaiming, " A knife, a knife! Oh! my God, he is cutting my throat!" and at the same moment her thumb was cut. The people in the room instantly dragged him away from h er , an d removed her to the house of a neighbour opposite, where she was attended by a medical gentleman, who dressed the wound in her throat. It was only a . slight one, h er bonnet ribbons and her thumb having fortunately i n n pro tected her neck. The prisoner left the house n the con fusion, and passed it again soon afterwards, when he was given into the custody of Police-constable Sheen, 82 K. He stated that he was very sorry for what he had done, and that he did it with a small knife. He was asked what lie had done with it? to which he replied that he had thrown it away —he did not know where. When the prisoner was brought to the station•house he was in a very excited state, and told Sergeant Yeoman, 6 K, who took the charge, that he would not have the trouble to convey him to the police court, and that he should do for himself. Yeoman searched him minutely three times, and after he was locked up directed a constable to watch him closely. About five minutes afterwards the prisoner was spoken to, and he said " Let me sleep." The sergeant looked through the wicket in the cell door and saw the prisoner on abench with his head leaning over towards the ground, and blood oozing from both sides of his neck. An alarm was given and the prisoner was taken out of the cell, when he put up both his hands to his throat and tore his wounds asunder. The blood then gushed forth in a stream and formed a large pool on the floor of the station-house. The same medical gentleman who had attended his wife was then called in. The pri soner struggled with him violently, but the surgeon not withstanding dressed his wounds. It seemed the pri soner had been meditating the murder of his wife for some time, for he observed to Caffall, a broker, who was endeavouring to bring about a reconciliation, the week before last, that he would be revenged on her. The cell in which he had been confined was afterwards searched, and Yeoman found a buckle belonging to one of the pri soner's braces. It was stained with blood, and the pri soner had contrived to inflict the wounds on his throat with the teeth of this buckle. It was stated that the pri• Boner was formerly in good circumstances, and that his wife was a most amiable and respectable woman, and that he had attempted to cut her throat two years ago. She described him as a tender husband and kind father when sober, but a demon when under the influence 01 strong drinks. Mr. Ronald Robertson, surgeon, 'of Poplar, stated ,bat he was sent for to attend Mrs. Richman on Satur• day night, and found an 'incised wound on her throat . - - just over the carotid artery. It was two inches in length, evidently inflicted with a sharp instrument, and if it had been a little deeper it would have deprived her of life. lie was afterwards called upon to attend the prisoner, who had inflicted several lacerated wounds on his neck, which he (witness) bound up. The prisoner struggled violently while he was doing so, and said, "Let me die, let me die." In answer to a question by Mr. YARDLEY, the witness said the prisoner was excited by drink, but he answered questions put to hi m very rationally. YARDLEY told the . prisoner it was his painful duty to commit him for trial for feloniously wounding with intent to murder or do grievous bodily harm. Stephen Anton_ ,iCoLEaßfXeroEciViou lo W s ELL oking Italian, Was placed at the b&r before Dir. Combo, charged by,Thomas HOP INTELLIGENCE. _ - (From the Maidstone Gazette.) MAIDS TONE. — Picking is now in full operation, but sufficient bulk of the crop is not yet down to enable any opinion to be formed of the weight or quantity. The warm days and cold nights have in many cases affected the colour, but the condition is generally good, particu larly considering the indifferent season we have had. Pickers are numerous, but we fear that they will not be able to earn much money. MEREVVORTIL—Th e picking has commenced, and will in a day or two become general. Some planters, how ever, say they shall not begin till the end of the week; and those who have begun complain greatly as to the quantity produced, in consequence of the quantity of dis eased hops that are thrown away, as the growers all ap- pear determined to avoid picking any of them, as far as possible. Most persons who are supposed to be judges of the duty, consider it overstated at 200,000/. BIIENCHLEY.—The hops in this parish are superior to the average of the vicinity. A considerable portion being sheltered from the late wind, they retain a good colour, and are free from disease. Some of our principal planters who had began picking have discontinued the same, as their hops are not yet ripe enough to dry. The hops, generally speaking, are small, having been much checked in their progress, owing to the late wet season. They have not recovered, and require time and warm weather to bring them to perfection, consequently the crop will not realize the estimate of the planters, and we think the duty is called too high. CRANDROOK.—The " pole puller" has pretty generally commenced plying his avocation in this neighbourhood, and a deficiency of condition is found to exist. While the late propitious weather has had the effect of enabling the fruit to profusedly develope itself on the poles, it is universally acknowledged that there has been nothing like a commensurate developement of condition. The aroma, however, in some plantations, is very powerful, and not less agreeable. stock i exist, 3 per 0 r where STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchest er G uar di an. ) M AN CHESTER, SEPT. 19.--The depression w hi c h cha racterizA our market last w ee k h as b een felt in an in creased degree today. The p o li t i ca l events occurring in Italy, the spread of malignant ch o l era i n t h e Levant, at Hamburgh, and other parts of the Conti nent, together with a sense of the uncertainty and d anger t h at lurk in the entangled affairs of Germany, are addi ng to t h e in disposition to execute orders, not only fo r th ose quarters, but indirectly for others also. Th ere i s , too, a growing feeling of uneasiness and want of co n fid ence among the monied and mercantile classes of th e metropol i s, which in some degree restricts trade on every h an d . Under th ese circumstances, extremely li tt l e b us i ness bas been done by any class of buyers, either i n goo d s or yarns, and prices have, consequently, shown a want o f fi rmness at best, while, in some description s t h ere i s a decline of l to u d approachingia qualities - cent., particularly wh ere accumulations of applies especially tor are I contracts ti descriptions, Thia and almost Equally to those for Germany. As regards the lower number of water twist, lately so active, the upward tendency has received a decided check, partly from the circumstance of the season for shipment being now far advanced. Altogether there is a marked change for the worse. ROCHDALI3, SEPT. 18.—The demand for flannels still continues good, and the manufacturer meets a ready sale for all he makes. Kerseys or heavy goods have been dull of sale, and the number sold have been limited. The wool market has been much the same as it was on the previous Monday. HUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 19.--The market has been well attended, and goods adapted for the season have met with a ready sale. Throughout the whole of this district there is a marked improvement in the condition of the operatives. In the warehouses there is also considerably more doing, and there is every appearance of a good winter trade. HALIFAX, SEPT. 16.—We have no alteration to notice this week either in the worsted or the yarn trade. Our last week's report might therefore, as regards them, be repeated. The staplers complain that there is very little demand for wool, as the kind of goods now chiefly in request uses up but very small quantity. Prices continue without variation. There is rather more activity in the low woollen trade of the distri c t ; an d t h e oper atives in that branch are more generally employed, but at very low wages. Prices have not yet undergone any change for the better. LEEDS, SErr. 19.—The transactions at our halls are necessarily circumscribed by the very limited supply of suitable goods, most of our country clothiers having to execute orders; we therefore have nothing particular to I say about the business done this day, although the at tendance of buyers has been very good. [ADVERTIS EMENT.]—Apprehended Approach of [ Cholera. —It is feared that Asiatic Cholera is again on its way to this country. No disease attacks more sud denly, and none proves so fatal, unless proper means be promptly applied for its removal. It proceeds, in most , cases, from a redundancy and putrid acrimony of the bile; and the results are heart-burn, flatulency, pains of the stomach and bowels, cramp in the extremiti es , pal pitation of th e heart, faintings, and convulsions. 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[ADVERTISEMENT,] —A most inveterate Skin Dis ease Cured by Hollow a y' s Oi ntmen t an d Pills.—James Hzzlitt, millwright, of Menagh, county of Donegal, was affected with a d rea d ful skin disease, being covered with sores from the ear to the elbow and down the r i ght s id e, which render e d hi m totally una b le to work at his tra d e. His malady was of so ma li gnant a nature t h a t he became a loath some o bj ect of pity. In this state he was pre sented wi t h some of Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and by persev er i ng i n the use of these wonderful remedies for a few wee k s, he has been soundly cured, and is now able to resume his laborious occupation.—Sold by all D: uggists, and at P rofessor Holloway ' s E sta bli s h ment , 244, Strand, Landon. In the evening of the 14th at Bagneres de Bigarre (Hautes Ppea6es), there was a shock of earthquake so strong that the furniture of the houses was shaken, and the glass of windows vibrated. The inhabitants quitted their houses, fearing that they might fall. The beat of the day was not unusually great, and rain fell the whole of the afternoon and the following day, the night between being perfectly calm. SIR JAMES ROSS'S EXPEDITION. 'ln addition-to the letters from Sir James WISS's ex pedition, which we published on Tuesday, the following have been received:— Extract teem a letter of v officer of the Investigator, Arctic Expedition, dated Whalo Islands, Davis's Straits, June 29, 1848: " We are all nAI. The weather is very sultry, and the icebergs in the neighbourhood are disappearing very fast. "We fell in with the first stream ice on-the 7th June, in lat. 6,7- 46 N., lon. 42 5 W., and with the first berg on the 12th, lat. 60 35 N., lon. 51 43 W., and we passed the meridian of the south point of Greenland (Cape Farewell) on the Bth of June, and arrived here on the 22d. "We sail to-day for the northern cruise, sanguine and full of self•established :faith, trusting that we shall be fortunate enough to establish our mission successfully. " Tne head man residing here knows nothing of the Arctic expedition of Sfr John Franklin, beyond the fact of his having seen the expedition on its outward voyage. " We hope to reach the entrance of Lancaster Sound by the ht day of August. " The barrier ice was passed in hit. CS 5." The following is an extract from the outline of a plan submitted by Sir J. Ros , , of affardine• b relit f to the expe dition under the comm an d o f Si r J o h n Franklin, by the way of Lancaster Sound, submitted for the consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and adopted accordingly:— " Should the period of the season at which they arrive in Barrow's Strait admit of it, Wellington Channel should next be examined, and the coast between Cape Clarence and Cape Walker explored, either in the ships or by boats, as may at the time appear most advisable. As this coast has been generally found encumbered with ice, it is not desirable that both ships should proceed so far along it as to hazard their getting beset there and shut up for the winter; but, in the event of finding a conve nient harbour near Garnier Bay, or Cape Rem - tell, it would be a good position in which to secure one of the ships for the winter. "From this position, the coast line might be explored as far as it extends to the westward, by detached parties early in the spring, as well as the western coast of Boothia, a considerable distance to the southward; and at a more advanced period of the season, the whole dis tance to Cape. Nicolai might be completed. " A second party might be sent to the south-west, as far as practicable, and a third to the north-west, or in any other direction deemed advisable at the time. "As soon as the formation of water along the coast between the land and main body of ice admitted, the small steam launch should be dispatched into Lancaster Sound, to communicate with the whale ships at the usual time of their, arrival in those regions, by which means information of the safety or return of Sir John Franklin might be conveyed to the ships before their liberation from their winter quarters, as well as any further in structions the Lords Commissioners might be pleased to send for their further guidance. " The easternmost vessel having been safely secured in Winter Harbour, the other ships should proceed alone to the westward, and endeavour to reach Winter Har bour in Melville Island, or some convenient port in Banks' Land, in which to pass the winter. " From this point also parties should be dispatched early in the spring before the heading up of the ice. " The first should be directed to trace the western coast of Banks' Land, and proceeding to Cape Bathurst, or some other conspicuous point of the continent, previ ously agreed on with Sir John Richardson, reach the Hudson's Bay Company's settlements, or Peel River, in time to return with those people to their principal estab lishment, and thence to England. " The second party should explore the eastern shore of Banks' Land, and making for Cape Krusenstern, communicate with Sir John Richardson's party on de scending the Coppermine River, and either assist him in completing the examination of Wollaston and Vic toria Land, or return to England by any other route he should direct. " These two parties would pass over that space in which most probably the ships have become involved (if at all), and would, therefore, have the best chance of communicating with Sir John Franklin information of the measures that have been adopted for his relief, and of directing him to the best point to proceed, if he should consider it necessary to abandon his ships. " Other parties may be dispatched, as might appear desirable to the commander of the expedition, according to circumstances; but the steam launches should cer tainly be employed to keep up the communication be tween the ships, to transmit such information for the guidance of each other as might be necessary for the safety and success of the undertaking. (Signed) " JAS. C. ROSS, Captain, R.N. " Athenasum, Dec. 2, 1847." Since the foregoing report, Sir James Ross agreed with Sir John Richardson, that the parties from the ships shall proceed as stated in the following memoran dum : "The first party should be directed to trace the western coast of Banks' Land, and proceed direct to Cape Bat hurst or Cape Parry, on each of which Sir John Ri chardson proposes to leave depots of provisions for its use, and then to reach the Hudson's Bay Company's setttlement at Fort Good Hope,* on the Mackenzie, whence they may travel by the usual route of the traders to the principal settlement, and thence to Eng land. "_The second party should explore the eastern shore of Banks' Land, and make for Cape Krusenstern, where, or at Cape Hearne they will find a c ac he o f p rov i s i on left by Sir Joh n Richardson, with whom this party may communicate, and whom it may assist in completing the examination of Wollaston and Victoria Lands, or return to England by th e rou t e h e s h a ll d eem most ad visable." The last intelligence direct from Sir John Franklin himself was written at Whale Island, whence we have received our letters from Sir James Ross's expedition. The following is the copy of the letter:— "Her Majesty's ship Erebus, Whale-Fish Islands, July 12, 1845. " Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the in formation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror, with the transport, arrived at this anchorage on the 4th instant, having bad a passage of one month from Stromness. The transport was immediately taken alongside of this ship, that she might be the more readily cleared; and we have been constantly employed at that operation till last evening, the delay having been caused not Sio much in getting the stores transferred to either of the ships, as in making the best stowage of them below, as well as on the upper deck. The ships are now complete with supplies of every kind for three years; they are, there fore, very deep; but, happily, we have no reason to ex pect much sea as we proceed farther. " The magnetic instruments were landed the same morning; so also were the other instruments requisite for ascertaining the position of the observatory; and it is satisfactory to find that the results of the observa tions for latitude and longitude accord very nearly with those assigned to the same place by Sir Edward Parry; those for the dip and variation are equally satisfactory, which were made by Captain Crozier with the instru ments belonging to the Terror, and by Commander Fitzjarnes, with those of the Erebus. " The ships are now being swung, for the purpose of ascertaining the dip and deviation of the needle on board, as was done at Greenbithe, which, I trust, will be completed this afternoon, and I hope to be able to sail in the night. " The governor and principal persons are at this time absent from Drisco, so that I have not been able to re ceive any communication from head-quarters as to the state of the ice to the north; I have, however, learnt from a Danish carpenter in charge of the Esquimaux at these islands, that though the winter was severe, the spring was not later than usual, nor was the ice later in breaking away hereabout; he supposes also that it is now loose as far as 74 deg. latitude, and that our pros pect is favourable of getting across the barrier, and as far as Lancaster Sound, without much obstruction. " The transport will sail for England this day. I shall instruct the agent, Lieutenant Griffiths, to proceed to Deptford, and report his arrival to the Secretary of the Admiralty. I have much satisfaction in bearing my testimony to the careful and zealous manner in which Lieutenant Griffiths has performed the service entrusted to him, and wofald beg to recommend him, as an officer who appears to have seen much service, to the favourable consideration of their Lordships. " It is unnecessary for me to assure their Lordships of the energy and seal of Captain Crozier, Commander Fitzjamss, and of the officers and men with whom I have the happiness of being employed on this service. " I have, &c., (Signed) " JOHN FRANKLIN, Captain. " The Right Hon. 11. L. Corry, M.P." The last intelligence that was heard from any quarter of the whtreabouts of Sir John Franklin's expedition was contained in the following letter:T. " Hull, Oct. 29, 1845. " I have seen Captain Dannett, of the Prince of Waies, who states that ho was not in Lancaster Sound; 1 but whilst in Melville Bay, on the 26th July, 74 deg. 48 min. N. lat., long. 66 deg. 13 min. %V., he fell in with the discovery ships, distant about three miles. A boat with seven officers boarded him, but he does not know their names; one was second in command of one of the ships (Captain Fitzjames); no letters were left, but the officers were all well, and in high spirits. Captain Dannett was to have dined on board Sir John Franklin's ship the following day, but the wind favouring him he did not do himself this honour, otheiwise no doubt letters would have been sent you. Captain D. was as far as fourteen miles from Cape York, bearing east by compass. About the 12th of July the discovery ships were in the stream of Lancaster Sound, in Melville Bay, intending to cross for the sound as soon as the ice opened (this was on the 26th July). Captain I). got' clear of Melville Bay 12th August; the ice was then very heavy, but loose. The officers expressed good hopes of soon completing the expedition. Captain D. further states that during three weeks after parting com pany with the ships ho experienced very fine weather, and thinks they would have made good progress. " I have, &c. "John B a r row , Esqi(Sgned) "J. R. DUNCAN. ~ Admiralty, London." * " The Hudson's Bay Company, with the noble generosity that has characterised all their proceedings, have undertaken to provide boats and provisions for the purpose of forwarding this party through their terri tories in the best manner to England."—J. C. R. - - - DEPARTURE OF CONVICTS FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.—Th e Eden, hired convict-ship, loft her moor ings, opposite the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, yesterday afternoon, with 300 convicts on board from Millbank Penitentiary and the Model Prison at Pentonville. Is THIS A LEGAL APPLICATION ?—At the Mon mouth Board of Guardians, on Saturday, an application was made for the burial fee of is. 6d. for interring an amputated leg in the churchyard. Referred to the auditors.—Merlin. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, SEPT. 12.—A gallant thing was recently done at Castellarnare, by Lieutenant G. S. Boys, of her Mji:sty's ship Vanguard. A sailor, who, in a fit of drunkkuiness, had fallen or throe'n himself overboard, was on the point of sinking, when Mr. Boys threw him self overboard, and, et g eat persnial risk, succeeded i❑ b:inging the poor sailor to his ship. Acts of this kind are well deserving of puhlie notice. Mr. Boys received hi; promotion to a lieutenancy in 1845, after being up wards of ten years a mate and fifteen in the service. Iler Majesty's steamer Meteor has finally arrived here from Athens, and is at present purging her quarantine of observation, seven days. This vessel, having been in commission since 1845, is about to return to England, where she will be paid off. • Oa Friday last her Majesty's steamer Oberon was towed into port (having broken down at sea) by her Majesty's steamer Merlin, tent out to bring her in. On her arrival her commander, Lieutenant Gardiner, sent in letters to the Admiral, charging the engineer with re porting her in a worse condition than she really was, and with refusing to disconnect the paddle-floats, which he alleged could not be done. On Saturday an inquiry was made on board, and her steam was got up, bat it was found impossible, not with standing all the endeavours of Mr. Harnshaw, engineer of the dockyard, to move her. As to the floats, it is thought they might have been disconected, The Oberon and the Antelope are both required at Corfu by the Lord High Commissioner. The latter has been docked; the Oberon will also require to be docked. In the meanwhile the Merlin carried on the mails to the lonian Islands, and will, it is thought, be continued on that line. Her Majesty's steamer Ardent, it is thought, will go into dock to have shells. coral, &c., which so much im pede her celerity, removed, after her return with the ❑ext India mail from Alexandria. Officers sometimes complain of the slowness of their promotion—seldom have we to record, that it comes too heavily on them. Yet the following is a case in point:— - A vacancy having occurred in the Marine Hospital at Plymouth, Dr. Andrew Millar, of the Hibernia, was ap pointed to the vacancy, and Dr. Vaughan, of the Sidon, was appointed to the Hibernia, vice Millar, by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Before the news of the promotion reached this place, Dr. Watts, of the Naval Hospital here, died, and again Dr. Millar had the good fortune to receive the vacant appointment by Sir Wil liam Parker. The latter is certainly the best, but it re mains to be seen to which of the two Dr. Millar will ul timately be appointed. PORTSMOUTIE, SEPT. 20.—The Driver steam-sloop, 1,050 tons and 280-horse power, Commander C. R. Johnson, left last night after sunset for Cork. When Sir Charles Napier inspected this vessel at Waterford, he expressed himself in terms of high approval of the manner in which she is fitted, and said that she was the most efficient steamer in the service afloat on account of the arrangement of her armament and the protection af forded to her crew by the high gunwales built up all round her quarters—an improvement, for which we be lieve the service is indebted to Lieut. Julius Roberts, R.M.A. This vessel was refitted in the construction of her pivot gun carriages, quarters, &c., at Woolwich last autumn, and after the Admiralty had inspected them their Lordships so highly approved of them that all ad vanced steamers were ordered to be similarly fitttd for the protection of the men when firing. The revolving guns, instead of fighting over gunwales as low as the knee, by which the crew were exposed to every kind of projectile, grape, canister, musketry, or what not, are now protected by a stout gunwale nearly six feet high, with hammocks all around, and the gun revolving (though not fighting on the rniclihip pivot) as before, is brought into action through ports, one on each side, and one on each quarter, by which a very direct range is obtained. The above officer has earned much credit for the advantage these gun-carriages possess over the old ones, he having succeeded in lowering the heavy guns bodily to the height of three feet only from the deck, thereby considerably reducing the top hamper, and giving many mechanical improvements in addition. The Admiralty has also ordered the adoption of the sockets invented by Colonel Colquhoun, of the Royal Artillery, generally in the service, as removing many of the delays attending the old system of pivoting these guns, and which we have before bad occasion, when the experi ment was made on board the Odin steam-frigate, to notice. The Dwarf screw steam-boat, Lieutenant Osborne, to gether with the Sprightly, Lieutenant-Commander Ber nard, has been most expeditiously prepared for sea by the officers of the steam squadron and the employes of this dockyard since Sunday, will leave this evening for Ireland with stores and supernumeraries. She was taken out of the basin at three o'clock this afternoon. An ac cident happened this morning to a boy named Francis Nuttall, aged 14, one of her crew, which, but for the prompt gallantry of Lieutenant-Commander Osborne, would have terminated fatally. The boy was getting from the vessel on to a stage alongside when his foot slipped, and he fell into the basin; the cry of "a man overboard" being instantly raised, Lieutenant Osborne, seeing the boy struggling in the water, immediately jumped after him, encumbered as he was with his uniform, sword, &c., and after a few seconds' groping about seized the boy and brought him to the surface insensible; he soon afterwards recovered, however, and was quite well at three o'clock in the afternoon. An act of this kind would not be enhanced by eulogy. Tho Devastation steam-sloop, 1,100 tons, and 400- horse-power, Commander B. C. Michell, was paid off this afternoon. This fine steamer since the Ist of March last has gone over a distance of 15,000 miles, partly by steam and partly by sail, having only coaled three times and worked her steam expansively. During this time she has met with several gales, one of which lasted many days, off the Cape of Good Hope, where she was laying to under storm sails ; during its continuance she laboured so in the tremendous sea, that her seams opened, she started her water-ways, and made so much water that the pumps could hardly keep her free ; her quarter boats were washed away, and the seas swept the "galley" from her deck, carrying away with it all the planking of the paddle-boxes and upper works. The ship's company had nowhere to cook their provisions except in the stoke hole, doing it by turns. She is shorthanded, 30 of her men having been sent away in prizes, and her present crew are weak from tho effect of serving in the most deadly and fatal climate in the world. Notwithstand ing all these drawbacks, the Commander-in -Chief, on inspecting the ship, found her in perfect order as to cleanliness, discipline, and the exercise of the great guns, and made the remark to Captain Michell, that be never saw sailors better trained to the musket and sword exercises. Commander Michell has been a commissioned officer since 1829, has been constantly serving in every part of the world since that period, and has the reputa tion of being an active and intelligent officer. He has commanded the Devastation the last year; her two former commanders (Crouch and Levinge), younger men than himself, having perished in the prime of life from the effects of the pestilential climate to which she had been sent. The Adelaide steam tug, for Australia, Master Com mander Forbes, was towed out of the harbour this morn ing by the Echo, and was afterwards taken in tow by the Dover steam-vessel, who is to convoy her to Madeira, whither, it is reported, she conveys Sir James Bremer for the renovation of his health, Lady Bremer accompanying him. The Cormorant steam sloop, after an extensive refit, has removed from the old into the new basin to-day to receive new boilers, which will be put into her by the new crane on the margin of the basin, an d const i tute the first work done by the staff of the new basin factory, under the superintendence of Mr. M urray, i ts directing ' chief. Wind—S.S.E., moderate breezes, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 19.—Her Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops came in last night from Portsmouth, and sailed this morning fir Cork. The Madagascar, 44, store-ship, employed for the last two years as a provision depot at Tarbert in the Shan non, came in here last nigh;. Orders were received yesterday for the following su perannuations at the Devonport Dockyard :—Leading men of shipwrights, Thomas Ankers, and John Dens ham, 341. each per annum; shipwrights, John Parrot, Phillip Batten, and William Peters, 241.; joiner, Henry Treheny, 241.; sailmaker, Henri Harris. 241.; smiths, Thomas Sheener and John Broad, 341.; Henry Verco, William Hannaford, Daniel Marsh, and Nicholas Fre deric, 28/4 William Roberts, Thomas Williams, John Geake, John James, an d J o h n West, 241.; sawyers, Richards Curtis, 30/.; and William Hicks, 241.; police man, John Stroud, 12/., compensation. Considerable reductions are making in the establish ment of the Royal Naval Hospital here. One lieutenant (2301. per annum), one ac ting - lieutenant-surgeon (127/. Bs.), one clerk, and three labourers (Bs, per week, with rations), are to retire. This, it is said, is but a prelude to further reductions, which may include the entire re tirement of naval officers, and cause the establishment to become an exclusively civil department. The hospital can accommodate 1,200 patients; the number now in the wards is under 100, the larger half of which are Marines. DEVONPORT, TUESDAY. - The Cyclops, 6, steam frigate, Captain Hastings, came into the Sound yester day, and left again at six o'clock in the evening, for Cork. The Madagascar, temporary provision-ship, and Tri dent, steam-sloop, arrived from 'rebind and came up har bour this morning. The squadron of Sir C. Napier is hourly expected here. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. A private of the 28th Regiment, quartered in the Citadel, Plymouth, received fifty lashes on Friday last, by sentence of a regimental court-martial, for absenting himself without leave aad making away with some of his necessaries. An invention of importance to merchants, bankers, solicitors, and others, with whom it is customary to car r y upon the valuableperssecurities, on large &c., has amounts of cash , document s , an d other been, patented for Messrs. Nicoll, of 11 4 , 116 , 120 , Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill, who aro also the inventors of Nicoll's Regis tered Matelot, Nicoll's Chlamys Paletot, &c., to all of which garments it is applied free of additional expense. THE POTATO CROP.—From a careful inquiry throughout the Isle of Ely, it appear s th at at least thr fifths of the crop are entirely un fi t f or use. I ee n some places the diseased potatoes aro selling at ls. per sack. Some parties have offered their crops at 201. without obtaining a buyer; even those that per acre, appear at present sound, it is feared will, after • a time, be found to be diseased.—Cambridge Advertiser. about SUICIDE o'clockOF A FEMALE. yesterday morning, nine , a laundress named Ma c k, w h o f or some time past resided inAberdeen-place, Maida-hill, was found drowned in the R egent's canal; she had par taken too freely of drink ' ng about on the pre v i ous n i ght, and on her husband being the bed. to get up he m i sse d h er from MORE INCENDTARY Pintrt NOTTINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.--LUt v Vetting, S uU l i t before - ten o'clock, a large . haysthck, standing in 0 '"-,,, C t " shore distance from the Southwa!l-road, en We - °"; skirts of this town, was discovered to be on fire. A Dr 4 . , banger was immediately dispatched for an engine, a nd the meantime, although many of the lower class refo4e" to assist, several parties were found who were veryl n ( T tive in throwing w a t er upon t h e fl amee, wh i c h w ere tout kept from obtainingthe head they otherwise would 10 1, 11 done. A porti o n the Nottingham fire brigade, . one engine and the fire cart, arrived soon after ten; l'" t. unfortunately, some ti me e l apse d b e f ore a goo d au pPit water could be obtained. The fire was not thoroughly extinuished until be'' tween four and five o'clock this morning. " 'clef' stand the property (which was worth about 1401) we partly insured. A man was seen running away from w e stack the moment the flames burst out. On Saturday morning an extensive fire broke ea Gleadthorpe, on the premises of Mr. Turner, farmer; when, according to the official report, the following' P r°. perty was destroyed :—A small stack of oat rathings!, one stack of oats, the produce of about nine acres; one stack of flood meadow hay, containing thirty-sir or thirty-tight tons; one stack of barley, quantity out r a certained; one sta c k o f w h eat , t h e pro d uce of ehil acres; and one other stack of wheat, the produce of foul' teen or fifteen acres. No porting of these six stacks wa s saved, except a few cart loads, fit only for the str 3 " . .; yard. Fort u n a t e ly, h owever, the property was i n sureu in the Norwich Union. On Sunday last the property undermentioned we. de' he stroyed by an i ncen di ary fi re, w hi ch took place up on t . premises of Mr. Noep, o f Cl ar b oroug h , near R e tford;- - • The produce of eighteen acres of wheat, seven of clover , two of wits, four of peas, and eleven of hay. The gal was not burnt, but spoiled with water. Mr. NeeP /Isl insured in the County Fire-office for 3001. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SErr. 20. • STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th e Sh are Market ;.3 an im p ro ve one as to prices, but holders cf stock are unwilling W setf Great Western, Quarter Shares, were done at 5 dia. LIVERPOOL, Sarr. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions are limited, but the demand is steady. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, 911 d, Caledonian, Preference, 83.9 d. c. dis.—East Anglian, 34 I '' Shales (guar. 6 per cent.), 2%—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Leeds), Fifths, 3% dis.—Liverpo ll y Crosby, and Southpsrt, 278 dis.—London and Nort h- Western ' 109—Ditto, New Quarters, 3i dis.—Manchester , Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,Eighths, 7 1 4 dis.--blidland Stock , New Halves, 9/. IBs. 9d. dis.— Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. M.), 10/. Preference, 13—South-Eastern *n u Dover, 23%—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 6/. 18s. 9d. dis. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Midland, 50/. Share , 10 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 6 15-16—Liver' pool and Newcastle Junction, 4s. dis.—Sheffield, Preference' 9 3 / —Huddersfield, 281. paid, 84 dis. —North Staffordshire' 5% dis.—Grimsby, Quarters, 7 dis. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. The sales are—North Staffordshir e ' 5/. 3s.Bd. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 6% die''' . Ditto (B), 4 1 4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 'A p. GLASGOW, SEPT. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Glasgow, Me al ' nock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1,5/. ft.—Glasgow an d Greenock, 15—Ditto, Preference, 7—Great Northern, 61 ' 18 ; —North British, Thi r d s , 51 . 10 3. 6d.—Paisley, Barrh ead,lll3' Hurlet, 20s. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA.— ORDEN 111 COUNCIL. —A commun i cat i on h as b een received by to? Commissioners of the Customs department, through their secretary, from Mr. Greville, one of the clerks of . 144 Council, stating that with reference to his communlee. Lion dated the 13th J une l ast, di rect i ng all vessels arar' ing in th e U n i te d Ki ng d om, having foul bills of hee l ' (with reference to cholera), to be released from quarto ) : tine without a n y me di ca l v i s i t, prov i ded that CO ca se o I cholera had existed on board any such vessel for • period o f ten d ays previously to her arrival, he ( /,', Bathurst) had bee n di recte d b y the Lords o f t. Council to state, for the information of the Comer sioners of the Customs, that it is the expressed " ea sire of their Lordships that the before-mentioned re; gelation should still con ti nue i n force. Mr. Bathe_irs: also states that h e was now f urther directed by the Uri:" of the Council to inform the Commissioners that their Lordships are of opinion that instructions should he forthwith transmitted t o t h e di fferent ports i n the United Kingdom, directing that in the event of th e arrival of any vessel, on board of which a case of cholera shall have occurred, such vessel shall he detained under the restraint of quarantine, until the clothing and bedd in g of the following persons shall have been thoroughly lay mersed in water, und er t h e di rect i on of an officer o f the . , Customs, viz.-1. Of a ll p ersons w h o shall have di e d of cholera on board such vessel, at any foreign port, or on shore at such port. 2. Of all persons who shall have died, et who shall have had an a tt ac k o f c h o l era on b oar d o f suet; vessel during her ho mewar d voyage; an d that, 812" l any vessel arrive w ith c h o l era actua ll y on b oar d, such vessel should be detain e d un d er quarant i ne at h e r poll of arrival, until further orders from the Lords of the Council are received. In purs uance o f thi s communica tion from , the Lords of the Council, with a view to prevent the introduction of cholera into this country by vessels arriving from abroad, express directions have be!sl forwarded by the Commissioners to the officers of the Customs' deparment at the several ports and places throughout the United Kingdom, as well as at the port of London, to take care that their Lordships' orders be duly obeyed. YAL BUCKS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.--• BEACONSFIELD, SEPT. 20.—The annual meeting of this important and influential society was held here yester day. Although upon the borders of the county, a more than usual number of members attended, and the meet• ing was one of a most satisfactory and practical character. An additional interest was given to it by the eircuni• stance that is well understood amongst the most prowl" nent members of the various agricultural associations that now pervade the country, that a new effort is about to be made to revive protective agitation. In this re' spect, however, little was done at this meeting, but the general resolution of all present was 'that the tenant farmers, as the chief employers of labour, should take the matter into their own hands, and thus exonerate the landlords from the imputation which would otherwise be cast upon the m , th at t h ey had commenced a course o f agitation for mere selfish motives. The proceedings of the day commenced by a ploughing match ; an exhibi• tion or the garden productions of cottagers was the se cond feature ; the rewards bestowed upon farm labourer' the third ; and the dinner, with its accompanYieg speeches, formed the climax. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE FROM LOSSES ON THE S r ' LEGER.—Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, considerable excitement was created in th e neighbourhood of Piccadilly, by the report that a young gentleman had committed suicide by shooting himself in a cab under the f o ll ow i ng distressing circumstances. 1$ appears that the deceased, a young, person named Nor man Howard, twenty-one years of age, lately residing i ll John-street, T otten h am-court -road, having spout th e whole of Tuesday night in visiting the different saloons and places of nocturnal resort, entered a cab at the above mentioned hour, at the Regent circus, Piccadi' ll ' where in a f ew m i nutes he committed suicide, by die charging the contents of a loaded pistol at his he"' The deceased who had until the time of the melancholy occurrence held a lucrative situation in a large tailor 0 firm at the West-end, had during the last few days ex' hibited great depression of spirits, owing to some hear/ losses arising from the. recent St. Leger at Doncaster. To this circumstance, coupled with general pecuniary embarrassment, the rash act is attributed. The deceased t w a ts i w m h med ia e rem t e removed Mr. steg g a l l, to the t he residentC hari nCg medicalros s Ho officer, s pronounced life to be quite extinct. It was found on ex amination, that the ball had passed through the bone of the skull, at the back part of the head, having been die charged into the mouth. DEATH OF TWO CMILDREN By POISON II GLOU C E STE R. —Considerable sensation has been excited in this city, in consequence of the death of two children of the name of Kent, on Friday last, by poison, whic h was administered in the shape of gruel. It appeared that an elder brother of the deceased went up to his mother (the wife of a journeyman currier), and miked her whether he might make some gruel, for himself and brothers and sister s , f rom some white stu ff which he b a d found in a paper bag, and which he took to be flour. The boy, aged about twelve years, accordingly did Op and after having partook, with a brother, of a portion of it, became very sick, and was obliged to go to bed. The younger children then partook a portion of it, two of whom died. A coroner's inquest was held on the bodies of the two children on Tuesday last, when the the mi nera inquest l evid e nce, of po w adjourned till next Monday. Layton, a fine little boy, seven years of aga, son of respectable parents, residing in Camden-passage, Is lington, Is ith having committed a brutal and unprovoked assault upon him, by which he was most seriously in- jured. I The poor little fellow, who was in great pain and in a very weakly state, was ttllowed a seat while giving his evidence, which he did with ditilnity. It appeared from this evidence that yesterday morn ing, at about half past nine o'clock, the prisoner was in High-street, Islington, playing on a spinnet or imitative piano, when the little boy, who had a bit of cane in his hand, was moving it about to the tune of the music as he stood by the side of the prisoner, who, turning round upon him in a furious manner, made a violent attack upon him, knocked him down, and kicked him in a frightful manner on the groin, which rendered him in sensible. Several passengers who witnessed the cowardly transaction became indignant, and detained the prisoner until the arrival of a policeman, to whom he was given into custody. The boy was taken to a sur geon's, when it was found that an extensive swelling had been caused on his groin. In answer to Mr. COMBE the boy said, he had not been teasing the prisoner; he gave him no provocation, and there were no other boys near him at the time. Mrs. Jane Sefton, of No. 3, Canal-roadVoxton, cor roborated this testimony, and added that she never wit• nossed so cowardly and brutal an attack in all her life, and that a cry of " Shame!" was raised; she thought the boy was killed. Mr. James Absolona gave similar evidence. He felt so hurt and indignant at the prisoner's unprovoked and brutal conduct towards the poor boy, that he imuce diately.collared him, and held him tightly until he gave him into the custody of a policeman, who took him to the station-house. Police-sergeant 12 N said that the boy was in a most shocking state, and was obliged to be carried to this court. The prisoner now, as is usual with persons of this country and class when they are in a dilemma of this sort, affected great simplicity and ignorance of the Eng lish language, although acquainted with it fluently, and had an interpreter present in court. Mr. COMM?, concurred with the witnesses, that it was a brutal and cowardly assault. It was evident that the boy was very seriously injured, and he would suggest that he should be immediately conveyed to the hospital and be properly attended to, or the consequences might prove more serious. The father of the boy said he was dangerously injured. He thanked the worthy Magistrate, and added that he would prefer taking his son home, where he should have every care and medical attention paid to him under his immediate eye. The prisoner's defence was that the boy touched his in strument with his stick; he did not deny the charge. Mr. COMBE directed the interpreter to communicate to the prisoner that he would eventually be fully committed to Newgate to take his trial upon the charge, but he would remand him until next Tuesday, whilst the boy would be taken care of, and his state be made known to the Court on that day. The boy was then supported into!' cabriolet, and conveyed home in extreme agony, and the prisoner was taken to prison. Jane Wilson, a pauper, was fully committed for trial, charged with stealing a wine glass from the London Spa, Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell. LAMBETH. Richard Orpin, a well-dressed middle-aged man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton, on a charge of being concerned with two aged women, at present in custody, named Linfield and Dryden, in endangering the life of Eliza Wilson by inducing her to take steps to cause abortion. Mr. Robinson, the superintendent of the P or Cam berwell division of police, deposed, that from a disclosure made to him by the young woman Wilson, to the effect that the prisoner was the father of a child of which she was pregnant, and that it was at his solicitation she had gone to the women Linfield and Dryden for the purpose of procuring abortion, he felt it his duty to have him taken into custody. Mr. Robinson added that the young woman Wilson had not only said that she had been urged by the prisoner to go to the two women before mentioned, but that he gave her 2!. lOs. to pay Linfield. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, admitted that he had been on terms of intimacy with the young woman, that she had stated to him that she was in the family way, and said that something must be done, and also asked him for 30s. to get some stuff. lie, however, told her that he would not have anything to do with it, and he had not seen her after that time. In reply to the question of Mr. Norton, the prisoner said he was a car penter by trade, but had been coachman to a gentleman, and his wife, with whom he lived, was a laundress at Norwood.: Mr. NORTON remanded the prisoner to a future day. At a late hour in the day, William Linfield, a rough, singular-looking fellow, was placed at the bar, on a charge of having been concerned with his mother, as she was described, in carrying on practices of a highly revolting, if not criminal character. In this case Mr. Robinson stated that he had accom panied the two constables who had the case in hand to the house occupied by Linfield, one of the women charged before his worship on Monday last, and there found the prisoner, her son. Under his direction the constables made a diligent search, and found a number of instruments, many of them resembling those used by surgeons, together with something resembling herb medicine, &c. From the discoveries that had been made, and the appearance of the place, he (Mr. Robinson) was induced to make inquiries in the neighbourhood. and found that Linfield was not only in the habit of having " respectable" female " patients," as she called them, in her house, but of being visited by a number of ladies dressed in the first style of fashion, many of whom drove in their carriages close to, but not quite to, the house. The object for which these parties visited the old woman he (Mr. Robinson) could not positively state, but he cer tainly had his own conjecture on the subject, Police-constable, Thomas Cannon, 59 P, here placed on the table before the magistrate a box, from which he took a number of instruments, some of them of a' very curious construction, and some of which, it is feared, have been used for very mischievous purposes. Mr. NORTON having looked carefully over them di rected the superintendent to have them exaimed by a surgeon, a surgical-instrument maker, or some compe tent person, who might be able to speak to their intended uses at the next examination. The prisoner, when asked what he had to say, replied that the superintendent was wrong in stating that Mrs. Linfield was his mother, for, in point of fact, ho (the prisoner) was not aware whether his mother or father were living ; and from all he could learn from Mrs. Lin• field, it appeared that it was the intention of his father and mother—or at least of the latter—as soon as he was born, to throw him into the Surrey Canal, but Mrs. Lin field, who attended his mother during his birth, becom ing acquainted with the fact, managed to get possession of him and brought him up as her son. Mr. Robinson thought it desirable to mention that the windows of the house were peculiarly adapted to deaden sound. There were solid boards so constructed as to be placed inside the windows or taken down at pleasure, and on going to the house on the day mentioned he found those belonging to a back room up. He also wished to state that the prisoner acknowledged to him that a great portion of the herbs in the shop were of a highly poisonous description, and that he told people who purchased them that they were so; but if they did not follow his directions it was not his fault. The prisoner further acknowledged that women were in the habit of coming to be confined at Mrs. Liufield's, but said they came at the proper time. Mr. NORTON, in remanding the prisoner, remarked that the case was a most extraordinary and suspicious one. THE ESSEX POISONING • RAMSEY, SEPT. 20.—This afternoon Mr. William Codd, the coroner for the northern division of Essex, opened a judicial inquiry into another of those m ste ri casas of poisoning, which have for so long a time p th re e se in n r t e aspect stiga. baffled the ingenuity o f t h e pol i ce and the science of medical men. The inquiry, as m a y b e i mag i ned, created intense in terestof atfa in the e s teoewmns, moreand judging t h a than likely from thatthe tion will be a protracted one, in consequence of the large number of persons who are involved in it. The inquiry which was held to-day took place at the Nelson's Head, in this town, upon the body of a man named Britton. The CoaoNEtt having sworn the jury, said he had opened the case they were about to investigate, in conse quence of the interest which, on the one hand, was at tached to the matter, and the painful rumours which had obtained general circulation. The inquiry would involve matter of the most grave and most urgent importance. He had on the present occasion ordered the exhumation of a body which had been interred nearly four years, a course he admitted somewhat unusual, but at the same time, one which he thought was perfectly justified by the circumstances of the case. Mr. M'lnnes (the superin tendent of the police), under the direction of Captain M'Hardy, and with the :assistance of Mr. Ratigan, had made close inquiry into the matter, and the result was that it was found absolutely necessary to institute a rigid examination. The first witness examined was John Collings, a car penter of Great Oakley, whose depositions were to the following effect:—l have seen the body of the deceased. I saw it exhumed. I knew the deceased for some years before his death. I made his coffin, and attended his funeral. He was buried at Ramsey in the month of October, 1844. The coffin I hare this day seen taken up is the one I made for Nathaniel Britton. The ini tials N. B. on the lid stand for his name. I put him in the coffin. There were also on the lid the words, " Aged sixty years, 1844." I am certain the body I have seen is the one I put in the coffin. The CORONER—Deceased was a member of a benefit club at Great Oakley, was he not? The witness—Yes, he was a member of the May Bush Friendly Society at Great Oakley. The CORONER—At his death 81. were to be paid to his wife? The witness—Yes; by the rules she was entitled to that sum; but we did not pay her the whole amount, because we thought she would nut defray the expenses of the funeral. A Juror—l suppose you generally pay the money to the wife? The witness—Yes, invariably .when there is no suspicion. The CORONER—Did Mrs. Britton apply for the money after her husband's death? The witness— Yes, and she was greatly dissatisfied because we paid her only 1/. 18s. We settled all the bills consequent upon the funeral first, and then we paid her over the balance. The CORONER.—Who ordered you to make the coffin ?—Witness—The nurse. Mrs. Britton never came into the room while I was measuring her husband for the coffin. When I called at the house she said I could go upstairs to the room where her husband was. The next witness called was William Barfield, of Little Oakley, who said—l knew the deceased when he was a fellow-labourer with me. He always appeared a healthy man. On the day he was taken ill he was working with ma in a him at Ramsey. That was on the Saturday before his death. We were thrashing tares. By the CORONER.—We went to work together in the morning at six o'clock, at which time he complained of being sick and dizzy. lie took breakfast and some bread and cheese, It was then he became sick. The CORONEII.—Then Britton became ill after taking his brealifst. Witm'ss—Yes; very muc h so . The CORONER.—At what tine did he leave you for the purpose of going home 2 Witness—About hare-past eleven o'clock. The.CORONEII.—Did he appear to you to be a man .likely to destroy himself? Witness—Not at all. The CORONER.—Did you ever hear him say he would destroy himself ? Witness—No, never, and (emphati cally) I don't think he over did say such a thing. The next witness was Mrs. Mary Ames, a resident in Ramsey. She deposed as follows knew the deceased welL I also knew Mrs. Britton. The deceased always appeared to enjoy very good health. I recollect the day he was taken ill. It was Saturday, the 28th of Sep• tember, 1844. Mrs. Britton came to my house on that day, at half-past twelve o'clock. Very soon after she came in, deceased passed by the window. I said, "Mrs. Britton, there is your husband, he looks as if he were drunk." She said, " No, he's not drunk—he's not very well." " Then," I said, "If I was you, I'd take him a cup of tea." She replied, " Well, I shall not." The CORONER—When did you see him before? The witness—On the previous evening. The CORONER—Was he quite well? Witness—Yes, as well as usual. The CORONER—Did Mrs. Britton go home when she said her husband was ill? Tho witness—No, she waitoti until after tea. The CORONER—When did you see deceased again ? The witness—About nine o'clock the same evening, I went to enquire after him. When I arrived at his house, I asked Mrs. Britton how he wag, and she said, " I don't know, but I think he's nearly drunk, as he has been sending out for porter." By a Juror.—lle was a very steady man. I never saw him drunk. When Mrs. Britto❑ said she did not know how he was, I went into his room. Mrs. Britton followed me. He was in bed. He had been very sick. His face and stomach were covered with what he had brought up. He complained of pains in his body, and of being exces sively thirsty. On seeing a jug on the table, I said, "What have you got in this jug?" He replied, " I have had some porter, for I was so dry, and my beauty (allud ing to his wire) would not get me anything to drink, or do anything for me." Mrs. Brittoa took no notice of what he said. I remarked to deceased, " You appear very ill. Would you like a drop of brandy ?" He said he should, but he could not afford to pay for it. I said, " Never mind, I will get you some," and I went to the Castle Inn, and procured some, which he partook of. When I came down stairs I advised Mrs. Britton to send for the doctor, but she said she would not do so. The CORONER.—Did you ever know him to be sick before? Witness—No. The CORONER —When did you see him again ? Wit ness—On the following morning. He was then in a very filthy state. His wife had not removed any of the stuff which he had brought off his stomach. It was all over his face. He told me that his wife bad not been near him all night.—(Great sensation.) I asked Mrs. Britton how she could leave her husband in such a state. She replied, "I can't see after him, and I won't." I asked her to send for a doctor, and she said " I will not; per haps I will to-morrow." Mr. John Bird, surgeon of Harwich, said he had that day made a post mortem examination of the body. The witness proceeded to say that he had made an ex amination of the contents of the stomach, which he had placed in different jars, to be forwarded to London for analysis. At this stage of the proceedings, The CORONER. said that the jury would not be en abled to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion before the contents of the stomach had been analyzed. He should, therefore, suggest that the inquiry be adjourned for the present, in order to allow Professor Taylor to make an analysis of the body. The inquiry was then adjourned. Iflltl'HS. On the 12th inst., at Bower-hill. lodge, near Melkshanls ofilts, the lady otillbornf Licutenant-Coleuel M on t e, Bengal Are:o a daughter, s. On the 14th inst., at Upper Edmonton, Mrs. Edward Ellis, of a son. At Richmond Barracks, Dublin, on the 16th inst., the lady of Major Daubeney, C. 8., 55th Feot, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Rendcomb Rectory, the wife of the Rev. J. Pitt, of a daughter. At Chester, on the 17th inst., the lady of Captain I. W rA s Mitchell,.t George R Upper A. smo , att o nt f hww a e k au. i!us g nt h r, e t ee t rf H d y a d u ei h p t a e r r k . , on the 18th inst., RIED. On the 15th i nst., at Trinity Church, Paddington, T. Biedermann, Esq., to Mary Ann Wood, of Ashwell-villa, Bayswater, relict of the late John Wood, Esq., of Bernerr street. On the 19th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-aquare,Captain Thomas 0. Knox, Royal Navy, to Louisa Isabella, onli daughter of the late Major-General Darby Griffith, of Pgcl" worth-house, Berks. DIED. On the 9th April, near Kingston, Canada, aged 71, Ur' John Mancur, formerly of Wood -street, Cheapside. On the 11th inst., Miss Lucipia Hanly, late of Cambridge'' terrace, Hyde -park, youngest and last surviving daughter Of the late Earl of Bellamont. On the 12th inst., Mr. J. Pye, of Berkeley-square;aged 5 6 . On the 13th inst., at James -street, St. James's-park, Mar garet, widow of the late W. Hall, Esq., of Ruffside, Durharoi. On the 17th inst., at B r i g h ton, J ames Burton, Esq., Stamford-bill, aged 88. On the 17th inst., at Clapham, Miss Sarah Jane Pitcher. At Brighton, on the 17th inst., the R ev. W. Sergison, late of Cuckfield-park, Sussex, aged 69. On the 17th inst., at Mortlake, Surrey, aged 61, Jail e r relict of the late W. Spong, Esq., of Cobtreo.house, Boxley't Kent. On the 19th inst., at Gower-street, Bedford-square, V. $• Tiplady, Esq., aged 37. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOITN 0 9 1 : No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offiee, No. ill Strand, in the Precin c t o f t h e Savoy, ht the count! 44 Middlesex, Thursday, Septeraber_2l, 4848. 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