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in charge to two policemen, and they conveyed Mr. Gore Jones, in Thurles. He did not open all. fichael Mulgrew, a police constable, merely - hi the getting of the portmanteau from Mr. Cox, h he delivered to Mr. Gore Jones, in Thurles. ,ng its transit from Cashel to Thurles it was not Al or interfered with. :arles Edward Bagnell, the engineer on the kern and Western Railway, proved his having .ved a portmanteau in Thurles from Mr. Gore with directions that he should deliver it to Mr. ngton, the Under• Secretary, at Dublin Castle. - lelivered it to him at his lodge in the'park, in the state as he received it from Mr. Jones. homes Henry Burke examined—He knew Mr. ington, and held a situation in the chief Secre f i's office. He was at his house on Sunday, the [i of August. While there a portmanteau came ut - , eight o'clock in the evening, which was deli red by the engineer of the railway. It was left in a hall, and was, he believed, locked. Shortly after came he (the witness) went to the Castle, where he a parcel rolled in a white handkerchief, which he ind in Mr. Redington's desk. As soon as he re- tnrned with it the portmanteau was brought into the dining-hall, and a bunch of keys being taken out of the parcel, Mr. Redington gave them to him, with one of which he opened it. On examining its con tents he found several papers, books, and clothes. He put the clothes back and took out the papers, some of which he marked, and then sealed them all up and put them into a trunk. The witness then identified the letter of Mr. Duffy to Mr. O'Brien, Mr. O'Brien's letter to the owners of the colliery at Ballingarry, and several other documents. When he put back the clothes he brought it to the gaol of Kilmainham, when he gave it to Mr. Allison, the Deputy-Governor. Cross-examined by Mr. \YR ITESIDE.-Mr. Reding ton, the Under-Secretary of State, was in Dublin, and would not, he believed, attend that trial. The witness did not know whether a correspondence took place between Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Redington on the sub ject of the trial. Mr. Redingten did not take out the papers, nor did he ever touch any one of them. He thought there were some title deeds or marriage set tlements in the portmanteau, which he delivered to Mr. O'rerrall, the Commissioner of Police in Dublin. They were not, he believed, given to Mr. O'Briem up to the present moment. Edward Allison, the Deputy-Governor of Kilmain ham Gaol, proved his :laving received the portmanteau from the last witnes-, which he handed to Mr. O'Brien. He told him he got instructions to deliver it up, and he thanked him, but said no more. Mr. Lowe examined—He knew Mr. Charles G. Duffy since 1843, and knew his handwriting ; the name at the end of a letter handed him was written by him, as he believed, but he would not swear dis tinctly it was. To the best of his judgment he be lieved it was in his handwriting. Cross-examined—He saw the letter that morning for the first time. He was found out by Mr. Ray, a clerk in Mr. Kemmis's office. Did you hold any employment under Mr. Duffy ? I was the manager of his printing-office:three years ), and was in communication with the Crown since August. I have no doubt that the letter is in r. Dutl'y's handwriting. Wm. O'Hara, Esq., examined by the ATTORNEY.. ;N ERAL—lle knew Mr. S. O'Brien. A letter nded to hina was in his handwriting. —(The witness . cc read the letter carefully, and refused to give it until he had done so.) !Me ATTORNEY-GENERAL—That letter won't in t you ? Indeed, it will not. Nor have I any fear :\ Ir. Monahan. The letter was written on iv 4th of July, 1848. He knew Mr. John B. Dillon, n believed that when he wrote that letter he was in Leath. lie knew young Mr. O'Gorman, but never him write, nor did he receive a letter from him. witness resided in Killiney, in the neighbourhood cling town, near Dublin, and recollected that on a tainSaturday evening he left the witness's house, :ere he lived with hi;, wife. He came out from ablin in company with Mr. Meagher, and dined there. witness \vas ill in bed, and after dining, Mr. Hon and Mr. Meagher left about half-past seven a place called Laughlinston. The witness was =o4.are that they were joing down to Mr. O'Brien, at ',nni3corthy, and before going they told him they had ust heard the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended. Ie could not fix what day of the month that was, but RS the Saturday previous to the outbreak at Bal ing;irry. The witness was here about to enter into n zplanation of the whole transaction, hut the Chief : ce stopped him, and said he would not permit - 3 make any statement which was not in evi Cross-examined—Mrs. Dillon was his niece, and always lived with hi,. family. Mr. Meagher was in the habit of dining with him twice a week. John Sharman deposed that he resided in Water ford, and knew Mr. Meagher's handwriting. A letter found in the portmanteau was written by him. He also identified another document, the contents of which did not transpire. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proposed to have them read. They were found in Mr. O'Brien's pos session, and as to Mrs. Doheny, with whom the portmanteau was found, it was impossible they could produce her as a witness. The portmanteau was given by a man named Norton to Mr. Cox, and was subsequently forwarded to Dublin, where it was re ceived by Mr. O'Brien after the papers were taken possession of. Under all these circumstances, he submitted it was evidence for the jury that the letters were received by him. Mr. - WHITESIDE contended that no evidence was produced to trace the portmanteau from Mrs. Do beny to Mr. O'Brien. That lady was not produced; and as any document could be introduced into it be tween his arrest and trial, neither the portmanteau nor its contents could be received as evidence against him. He further contended that Mr. Redington, who had the key of the portmanteau, ought to have been produced. _ _ _ The CmEr JUSTICE said the Court were of opinion t there was evidence to show the portmanteau was e. O'Brien's. Mr. O'Brien himself stated the port- Lateau was in Cashel ; it was found there; and all witnesses proved it was in the same state when - warded to Dublin. A parcel also was found on r. O'Brien, in which a key was, belonging to the !.•tnaanteau. It is opened at the Castle ' and then limed to Mr. O'Brien, w h o rece i ve d an d kept it in ; possession ever since. They would, however, a note of the objection made by Mr. Whiteside. `,:m. Franklin examined—lie was the manager of Provincial Bank of Ireland in Limerick. where 'Mr. O'Brien kept an account. He was acquainted with Mr. O'Brien's hand writing, and identified se ieral documents handed him, as being written by ,hat gentleman. One letter produced, the witness !ould not swear was in his handwriting, except Ail:, word " Cahirmoyle ;" and :another, merely the ;ignature. obert Walpole, an inspector of police in Dublin, ;roved that lie purchased at Mr. Grierson's, in Oublin, the Queen's printer, a certain number of ';azettes, dated the 21st, 25th, 26th, and 28th of He remembered the 27th of July, having gone o a person's house named Keeley, in Eustace-street, )üblin. A sergeant named M'Curdy, accompanied Can, from whom he got the papers he now produced, ad found by him in Keeley's house. When he was raking the search he saw two women, whom he be i,2veil to be the daughters of Keeley. M'Curdy next deposed that he found the documents an(k.d in by the last w itness in Keeley's house. He ou , them in a cupboard or open press. There was o ,r , on saw him actually taking them out, but after e ! done so, he went into a room where Keeley's ters were. ~:- . )ss-examined by Mr. WHITESIDE—What autho rity had you for making the search ?—I had a war rant to search for arms. And so in Ireland when you get a warrant to search for arms, you search also for papers ?—I was desired to do so. Did you not get other letters, written by Catholic clergymen, and the first dignitaries in the Roman Catholic Church 2—l did not read them ; all I got in the house I handed to Mr. Guy, the inspector. Mary Ann Keeley, the daughter of Keeley, where the papers were found, was next sworn. She was the sister-in-law of Thomas Matthew Halpin, formerly the secretary to the Irish Confederation. The papers got by the policeman were brought by her from No. 9, D'Olier-street, to Eustace• street. Mr. Halpin resided in No. 9, D'Olier-street. He was not in the habit of frequenting her father's house. The papers got in the press in the shop were not brought by her ; but those found in the open press were. To the Courer--She brought the papers from 9, D'Olier street, because her sister was going to remove to Dame-street. Mr. FITZGERALD.—I s Mr. Halpin here ?—I don't know, Sir. Nor do I know whether he is to be exa mined as a witness. Jas. S. Dobbin examined.—lle resides in Dublin, was a member of the " Red-hand Club," a branch ;;r the " Curran Club." It held its meetings on Con .tion-hill, The Curran Club met in Capel-street. ;11 he became a member of it he resided in Linen treet. Ile had been at one time an engineer, as now an attorney's clerk. There were about members connected with it, and about the "7th 'y the " Curran Club" had about 500 members. ;r:(3w Mr. F. F. Meagher, whom he had often seen Curran Club. WHITESIDE objected to the evidence, for he Istructed to state that Mr. S. O'Brien was not eted with any of these clubs. ;5 SOLICIIOR-GENERAL observed, in two or three tes they 'weliald prove him to be intimately con 'i with-them :3mination resumed.—On the evening of the 15th lie attendeciAt meeting of the Council of the ederation, acc„oiding to summons, at 15, D'Olier t. fie saw Mi. O'Brien there, and Mr. Halpin. were about:100 persons present. Was anything said to you in Mr. O'Brien's presence when you got in ? Witness—What took place was this—Mr. O'Brien was sitting at the head of the table with a book in his hand, in which the names of all the clubs in Dublin were registered. He called out the name of the club, and the representative of each came forward and answered. He then asked the number of it, or its numerical strength, and got the required information. The " Red-hand Club " was not called out that even ing. Mr. O'Brien next asked each representative was the club organized ? was it divided into sections and sub-sections, with an officer to each? and was answered in the usual way. This occupied about three hours. Witness was in the habit of going to the Council room occasionally, and on the evening in question he saw several of the leaders. The room was exceed ingly full, and he could not, therefore, see them all. It was then about eight o'clock. Mr. Meagher was not there. The meeting took place on a Saturday, and was only held to make arrangements for a meeting to he held next day in Mr. Ennis's yard, at Kilmainham. A difference of opinion prevailed, as to the number of the clubs, among the leaders. Some said they were composed of five, some six, and others 7,000 men, and the meet ing was called for next day, to satisfy Mr. O'Brien, and that he might see if they were in good condition. He also asked if the walls were high, that none but clubbists might be admitted. In the course of the evening he talked of accomplishing the independence of his country by force, and gave directions that they should go to the place of meeting in sub-sections of five, in order to avoid coming in contact with the au thorities. The meeting, however, was not held, as the authorities heard of it, and the ground was occupied by the police. In the course of conversation on the same evening, Mr. O'Brien spoke encouragingly of his visit among the country clubs, and particularly marked out the Cork club, as being for its organiza tion and discipline equal to any of her Majesty's service. They also spoke of arms in a sufficiently loud tone, that Mr. O'Brien could hear it, and, indeed, he took a part in the discussion. A per son named Troughton also gave an account of his tour through England, and stated that in two towns alone, there were 500 armed men ready to come over when the insurrection commenced, and that they had two swivels there ready to come over. It was not a conversation, but an address, delivered in so loud a voice that every person in the room could hear it. The great difficulty, however, which he said lay in getting over the swivels, and Mr. O'Brien replied to his statement, by saying that he had been in Bantry, where the people gave him a hearty cheer, particu • larly a boat's crew in the bay, and that the clubs of Dublin should also get boats, which would answer for that and other purposes. Mr. O'Brien spoke for a considerable time of the organisation necessary to effect the objects they had in view, and said he had not inspected Ireland in order to have proof positive that organisation existed. When Troughton asked the date of the insurrection, Mr. O'Brien replied that he would rather ascend the gallows than to cause the loss of life of one on his account by a premature movement. The rescue of per sons in gaol was also spoken cf, and in case they were convicted, it was unanimously re sclved that they should be rescued. He knew Joseph Brennan, and remembered a midday meeting held in the same place on the 19th of July of the representa tives of clubs, and the council of the confederation. lie (witness) attended as representative of the Red hand Club, but the room was so full that lie could not see who occupied the chair. The meeting was called to defeat the proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant respecting arms, and Brennan proposed a resolution that the insurrection should commence at once, as the people would nut be in a better position in harvest, that they would be dispirited, and that the Govern ment would take up all the arms they could. To that resolution Mr. Dillon moved as an amendment that the people should conceal their arms, and give passive resistance to the proclamation, and Mr. O'Brien said that to break out then would be premature. Ile knew T. D. M'Ghee, who made a speech advising them to cast lots as to the person who should tell the people at the Music Hall that night to resist the pro clamation. Mr. Richard O'Gorman was also present, and told Mr. Dillon that his resolution about passive resistance was too indefinite, and it was said that Mr. Doheny was organizing in the country. A di vision took place on Dillon's amendment, which was put twice to the vote, when there was a very small majority for it, and the minority were quite dissatis fied. Mr. Brennan also said that they had the elements of strength within themselves—that if they waited for aid from France or America, they might do so until rifles were forged in heaven and angels drew the triggers.—(Laughter.) The witness often saw the members of the Curran Club and others armed with muskets and pikes. He knew a man named Lawrence Hanlon, who was a member of the Red Hand Club, and saw him often cleaning arms, both muskets and pikes ; preparing them and cleaning them. He was what they called a " handy man." He used to provide the materials, by buying a lock in one place and a stock in another, and furnished them to the members of the club for 14s. 6d. He attended a meeting on Friday, the 21st of July, when Mr. Dillon was in the chair. It was called in conse quence of a resolution come to on the 19. h, that an executive council should be formed to govern the clubs, or some important business. Mr. WHITESIDE here contended that, as Mr. O'Brien was not present at the meeting held on the 21st, he ought not to be bound by it, and that it was, therefore, inadmissible; but the Court ruled that, as he was a member of the same body, and present on the 19th, he was clearly bound by what took place. On the 21st, Meagher, M'Ghee, Lalor, M'Dermot, Halpin, and others of the leaders, were present, but O'Gorman was not. When O'Gorman was called to the chair, Mr. Leyne and several gentlemen were pre sent, not members, and the business would not be proceeded with, or the election for the executive council commenced, until they left the room. Mr. Dillon called out the representative, who, as they answered, went into an inner room, where they re mained until the strangers went away. After the sitting was resumed, Mr. Lalor produced a letter written by Mr. Duffy, from gaol, and then they elected the "executive council." some proposed seven, some three, and some five, by a regular motion made in every case ; but a council of five were at last agreed to. To Mr. WHITESIDE—The resolutions were not taken down in a book. Examination continued—The election was by ballot, and " they all" agreed to elect Mr. O'Brien ; but it was said that it was much better to have him organizing the country than confined to a council. The witness himself voted in the usual way, and the persons elected were Dillon, Meagher, O'Gorman, and M'Ghee ; and there being an equality of votes for Devin Reilly and Lalor, another election took place, and Reilly was elected. Mr. WHITESIDE having asked if the papers used on that occasion were to be given in evidence, the At torney-General produced the identical balloting pa pers used on the occasion. The witness continued—Mr. Lalor wanted them, on that occasion, to - give a pledge that the insurrec tion should take place on the Bth of August, but Mr. Meagher declined doing so, stating that he would do all that in him lay to excite the people, and Dillon exclaimed, "So help him God, that he would do the same." M'Ghee said also that he would, by writing and speaking, excite the country to on insurrection as soon as possible. The balloting papers were here produced and identified by the witness, as well as the handwriting of M`Dermot, Lalor, O'Higgins, and several others. The papers were kept by Halpin, and he neither saw nor did he know what became of them from that night until be saw them in the hands of the Crown Solicitor, a few days ago. Cross-examined by Mr. WHITESIDE—He took no interest in the political matters of this country, and was a member of the "Red Hand Club" from the 16th of June until its dissolution. The rules of the club, handed him, as inserted in the Nation news paper, were, he believed, the correct ones. They in cluded all Repealers, whether members of the Confe deration or not. He was positive such a club as the "Red Hand Club" existed, but he knew not if another man in court would depose to the same fact. The as- sertion that resolutions inserted next morning in the newspapers, passed at the meeting of the 19th, wa s a falsehood, or they must have passed before he went to the meeting. His name, or that of his club, did not appear in the li s t o f th e clubs called over on the 15th of July, but both appeared on the 21st. He had a book in which he kept notes, or original reports, of all that occurred, but that was at home, and the memorandum he had in his hand was an account of the dates merely when all these proceedings occurred. Did you ever see or speak to Mr. O'Brien have seen him and heard him speak. Mr. O'Brien, in a loud determined voice—Speak up, sir. Did you ever speak to him ?—Never. The witness, who was exceedingly nervous, pro ceeded to answer the questions put to him by the Learned and able Counsel, to the most important of which we are obliged necessarily to confine ourselves. The prisoner did not say that were he Mr. Duffy, he would rather lose his life on the gallows than have any one else lose his life fur him. At this period of the proceedings, Mr. Whiteside, seeing the Learned Judge not taking a note of the proceedings, directed Sir Colman CYLoghlen to do so, upon which Mr. O'Brien said, " My Lord, I am not certainly familiar with proceedings in courts of jus tice, but as it occurs to me that you have taken down everything that was unfavourable, you ought to take a note of what is favourable to my case." Chief Justice BLACKBURNE—And how do you know that we have not ? Mr. O'Brien—l have not seen you do so. Chief Justice BLAcKnuaNE—We are taking all that's necessary, and you are better not to in terfere. Examination resumed—He would not tell the name of the person who told him the meeting was going on, because if he did so they would be assassinated by the clubs in Dublin. Ile put himself under the protec tion of the Court, for he had seen and heard the clubs of Dublin planning assassinations. Mr. WHITESIDE—YOU are sworn to tell the truth, and you must tell me who sent you to the meeting, or who told you of it. Witness—l decline to answer that question. The ATTOItNUY- GENERAL submitted that on grounds of public policy, and as he had sworn that assassination might take place, the Court would ex ercise a sound discretion in not insisting on his giving an answer. Mr. WHITESIDE contended that as he was not an official person, or Secretary of State, he was not pri vileged. Neither his client, his attorney, or anybody else knew anything of the man, and, for his own part, he believed the statement he made about assassination was a gross and unfounded slander. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that lie really knew not himself the party the witness alluded to as being in danger of assassination if his name were disclosed, but he thought he ought not to be com pelled to answer a question which would endanger the life of another. Mr. WnerEsinE—But you forget, Mr. Attorney, that Mr. O'Brien's life is in danger. The ATTORNEY GENERAL—Indeed I do not. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then quoted a passage from Starkie on Evidence, to show the communica tions made to Government were privileged, particu larly in cases where the peace of the country was concerned. A long consultation then ensued between the Learned Judges, after which, Chief Justice BLACEBURNE said that they did not feel themselves called on to compel the witness to make a disclosure of the name. The cross-examination was then resumed.—The person who told him of the meetings was met by him in Sackville street. He was a gentle man of rank and respectability, and of heredi tary loyalty. At the election of the Executive Council Father Kenyon was not the second man elected, nor was he elected at all. Mr. Duffy wrote through Lalor from prison, requesting that Fathers O'Maley, and Kenyon, and Hughes should be elected ; but all present refused unanimously not to elect them because they were priests. You swear that ?—I do. Whose name is that ?—(handing the witness a ballot :paper.) Witness—Father Kenyon's ; but it was said among them without going into a division, that no clergyman was to be placed on the Council of War. Father Kenyon may cr may not be in his parish, whose name was proposed at the war-council, while Mr. O'Brien, who re fused to have anything to do with it, was in the dock. The Secrettary of the "Red Hand" Club was a person named O'Callaghan, who escaped to America, but it would not be prudent to tell the names of others. He received no payment whatever for his evidence, nor did he expect to be ol.liged to leave the country; he did not see Halpin sines he was arrested, nor did he know whether he was in Clonmel to give evidence for the Crown. Thomas Griffin, a police-constable, examined— He deposed to his having arrested Mr. J. F. Lalor at the house of a Mr. Kennedy, where he found a roll of papers in a black bag, of Mr. Lalor's. The witness then identified the balloting papers. Mark Pender proved that he was on duty at the Felon newspaper office, on the morning of the 22.1 of July, when he saw Mr. O'Brien on a car, apparently leaving Dublin. A guard of the Wexford coach next deposed to his having taken up Mr. Meagher and another gentle man, at Laughlinstown, on the morning of the 23.1. Another witness proved that he saw Mr. Smith O'Brien at Enniscorthy, and heard him say to about 500 people, that he was glad there was a club formed in the town, but regretted its numbers were so few in such a place. A club, he added, should be formed in every place, and that parish clubs should also be got up. With regard to the police, he was glad, he said, to see so many of them present, and that they ought to be treated as friends until they proved themselves enemies. He said he was treated with great kindness in many parts of Ireland by the soldiers; then alluded to the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and called on the people to be prepared for any emergency. He then introduced Mr. Meagher, who said he always was, and ever would remain, the unrelenting enemy of the British Govern ment; that he had the honour a short time before to address 50,000 Tipperary men, who said or swore, he could not say which, to join him. He then alluded to the difference he had with the late Mr. O'Connell; but added, that the best way to make amends, was to bring the flag of liberty, and place it on his tomb. Mr. Dillon was next brought forward, who declined making a speech, but said he knew the Wexford men were all brave and determined, and that they kept a gun in the corner, and their powder dry. They then left the town in a car in the direction of Kilkenny. John Dowling, another policeman, was next ex amined, and deposed to his having seen Mr. O'Brien with Mr. Meagher and Mr. Dillon at a place called Graignamanna, in the county of Kilkenny. They addressed a crowd of perions at the residence of a person they called General Cloney, when Mr. Meagher said he was a young man just entering political life, and turning round to the General, who was an old insurgent of '9B— WinTEsIDE submitted.that the last words of the witness, in describing a man as an old insurgent in 1798, incapacitated him from being a witness, for he had proved himself a partizan. The witness then proceeded to state what Mr. Meagher and Mr. Dillon said at the meeting, the last of whom asked the people if a warrant were is sued for Mr. O'Brien, and that a number of police men came to take him, would they let him go ? and the answer was No. Sub-Inspector Blake deposed that he saw Mr. O'Brien in Kilkenny on Monday, the 23d of July, in company with Dr. Kane, and saw him accompanied by two others who appeared to be gentlemen, leaving them in the direction of Callan. Edward Stevens examined, and proved that he saw Mr. O'Brien going up in one of the round towers in the church in Kilkenny to take a view of the country, and another policeman, named Robert Mahony, de posed to the prisoner having made a speech at Callan, similar to that made by him in Enniscorthy, with re spect to the military and police. Patrick Coghlan deposed that he was stationed in Carrick-on-Suir in July last, when he heard Mr. O'Brien address the people. He said the best way he could judge or test the feelings of their hearts was by calling them at once to the field ; that he was about to be made a victim of English misrule and domination ; there was a time gone by, when, if any of my blood or ancestors were to be seized, there were strong arms and stout hearts to defend and protect them. He then asked them, would they allow it ? and they replied, No, never. He then said that all of them had strong nerves and stout hearts, and he stood there to tell them that he wanted neither place or emolument—that he sacrificed near and dear family ties, and was with them determined to sacrifice his life. But that was not the time for , speechifying. Mr. Meagher next came forward, and made another speech in which he said that when last he appeared amongst them he came on business con nected with the country, but now be was on Govern ment business. It had advanced a step lately, in the conviction of Mr. Mitchel, and that there were five others equally as guilty as Mr. Mitchel. He then said that the Judges were either corrupt or bloody, he did not know which, and that every step the Government took he would be prepared to meet it. They could only punish him with death ; but he was ready to meet it in defence of his unhappy country. He observed that Ireland only sunk for a moment in order to rise again into a glorious republic, and hur rahed for a republic. Th e tim e was come when they should strike the blow. John O'Mahony was there, but he did not mind the others. He was cross-examined by Mr. Whiteside, when it turned out that the extracts from which he read pas sages of the speeches was a copy of the notes he took, and not the original notes themselves, and that not a word about the republic, or bloody j u d ges, was found in the original informations sworn by the witness. John Hamilton corroborated the evidence of the last witness as to the speeches at Carrick. After which the Court adjourned, at seven o'clock to Monday morning. DOVER, MONDAY, OCT. 2.—Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians arrived at Dover by the Belgian steam-boat, at half•past 11 o'clock this morning, en route from Ostend to London and Claremont. A special train was in waiting, which conveyed her Majesty from Dover to the station at Bricklayers' Arms, whence her Majesty proceeded in one of M. Van de Weyer's carriages to Claremont. Her Atajesty was accompanied by the Baron Moerkercke, and the Countess Van Stratten. Mr. James Al:Gregor, the Chairman of the South Eastern Railway, received her Majesty at Dover, and was in attendance during the jourtey. FooLisu Arrain.--On Monday forenoon, between ten and eleven o'cicck, a man was observed to leap into the Tay, at the Dundee Railway-bridge, and proceed, swimming, down the current with all his clothes arid a heavy great-coat on, as if the water constituted a part of his natural elemenr. People, however, began to get Maimed for his safety, and two boats were manned to rescue him. On coming up with him the crews imme diately collared h i m, against which proceeding he most lustily protested, kicking and plunging at the same time with desperate determination, stating that he was swim• wing to the Friarton- hole for a heavy wager. His re monstrances and exertions to keep the water were of no avail ; and he was pulled into one of the boats, and put upon terra firma. It is believed that the amphibious biped had no wager whatever, but being a good swimmer, bad, under the common potent influence, thought he would be none the worse of a little relaxation in the other element, and we are happy to say that he was no worse.—Perthshire Courier. ZbErb ';'4Z3ittott SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Cloy, EAST SURREY REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) The revision of the list of voters for the Eastern Division of the county of Surrey commenced to-day, at half-past ten o'clock, before Samuel Cross Fish, Esq., at the Court-house, Croydon. Mr. Drummond appeared as the agent of the Con servatives, Mr. R. Russell for the Free-Traders, and Mr. Corney for the Reformers. The Clerk of the Peace attended and delivered in the lists of the persons claiming to vote as freeholders in the different parishes throughout the eastern In the course of the morning the Learned Barrister revised the lists for the parishes of Addington, Beddington, Carshalton, Chal don, Cheam, Couldsdon, Croydon, Mitcham, Morden, Penge, Sanderstead, Sutton, Wallington, and Woodmansterne. No case of any novel or in teresting character occurred in the revision of any of these lists. The court was very thinly attended the whole morning, the freeholders of the county ap pearing more interested in attending the fair, which commenced yesterday, than the Revision Court. The Learned Barrister will attend at the Town hill, Reigate, to-morrow, at eleven o'clock, to revise the lists for Betchworth, Bletchingly, Rockland, Burstow, Caterham, Charlwood, Chipstead, Chels ham, Crowhurst, Farley, Gatton, Godstone, Reigate, Horley, Horne, Kingswoud, Leigh, Limpsfield, Ling field, Mertsham, Newdigate, Hutfield, Oxted, Tan dridge, Tattfield, Tetsey, Wartingham and \Voiding,- ham. FRAN CE. We read in the Moniteur de t Armee :—" A journal has announced that a commission had been formed by order of the executive power, for a new examination of the cases of the insurgents who have been ordered for transportation. Commissions have in fact been just instituted, under the title of Conseils de Clemente, not to revise the decisions come to by the military commissions, but to examine if there are grounds for an applica • tion for grace in favour of a certain number among them. There is no question of new decisions which would require new interrogatories for the accused, and new hearing of witnesses. The inquiry submitted to the Conseils de Clemence will have solely for result to submit to the chief of the Executive Power propo sitions for remitting the penalty of transportation." The Spanish Ambassador, the Duke de Soto-• mayor, had an audience on Saturday of the Chief of the Executive Government, and presented his letters of credence. The 3lonileur contains the following :—" A note, dated the 4th ult., has been addressed by the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs to the legations accredited at Copenhagen, to notify to them the cessation of the block • ade to which the ports of the north of Germany had been subjected. This measure was put into execution from the new convention of armistice concluded on the 26th August last between Prussia and Denmark, and ratified on the Ist ult. The blockade was to cease immediately after the exchange of the ratifica tions of that convention, and orders were in conse qu:nce sent on the same day to the respective com manders of the Danish ships of war." SWITZERLAND. A Berne journal of the 28th ult. has the follow ins : " The Minister of Austria has just sent a reply to the last note of the Vorort, relative to the measure taken by Marshal Radetzky against Tessino. It is tolerably favourable to the demands of the Directory. The following is the document in qucs:ion : " nrieh, Sept. 212. " The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty to the Helvetian Confederation, has just received the note of the Vorort. He immediately hastened to comply with the request expressed in that communi cation. The 20 or 30 first passports for Tessino hich were sent to the undersigned received the visa of the Legation ; but, when, soon after, so.ne hundreds arrived for him to riser, he judged it proper, in order to regulate with certainty the communications be tween Tessino and the Lombardo Venetian kingdom, to come to an undkrstanding with Marshal Radetzky, and for that purpose dispatched to hits a courier, whose return he expects in a few days. The un dersigned has also called the attention of Marshal Radetzky to certain arrangements to be taken, in order that the other cantons should not have to suffer from the measures taken against that of Tessino. He has likewise informed the Marshal of the report of the Committee of the Diet relative to the affair of Tessino—a report, which assures henceforward the intervention and control. of the sovereign authority of the Confederation, in which the Marshal, as well as the Government of his Imperial Majesty, places full and entire confidence. Thelrneasures decided on by the federal authority will, without doubt, fully tranquillize the Marshal. It was with regret, and solely to fulfil the rigorous duties which are imposed on him, that his Excellency (the Marshal) decided to adopt the measures in question, and he will, doubtless, cause them to be discontinued as soon as he shall have recognized in the provisions of the Diet the guarantee of the execution of its decisions relative to the maintenance of neutrality in Switzerland. (Signed) " BARON DE KAISERFIELD.'" AUSTRIA. A letter, dated Vienna, 26th ult, states that Baron Jellachich has declared to Count Babna that he would not enter into negotiations with either the Emperor of Austria or with the King of Hungary, and that he would establish a new order of things at Pesth and at Vienna. Count Babna had confirmed the statement. BADEN. On the 27th ult. the troops of the line took the posts at Carlsruhe in place of the nati o nal guard. It was said that the Republican prisoners were to be removed to Rostadt. A band of Republi cans went to Engen from Altdorf, entered se veral houses by force, and were guilty of acts of violence towards functionaries and citizens. Se veral citizens of Todtmoos had stopped a carriage in which were some Republicans, who declared that they had only ammunition, but 14,000 florins wer e f oun d i n the vehicle and taken away. Wh en S truve was taken prisoner to Schliengen, the commu nes t h rough which he passed were a prey to extraordin ary ag i tat i on, and if Struve had not been protected by a very consider able armed force he would have been torn to pieces. The women cursed him. He was in a carriage, and held his wife in his arms. The people sternly de manded that he should go on foot, but this was resisted. Accounts of the 27th ult. from the Swiss frontier represent that twelve Republicans had been taken to Bale under military escort, and that the refugees, who had taken part in the insurrection of Struve, could not return to Bale. The Vorort had taken energetic measures against the German refugees POLAND. The walls of Cracow have been placarded with a proclamation, signed by General Bern, calling the Poles to arms. Communism bas made great progress among the peasants of Gallicia, and a rising is every day expected. It was rumoured that an insurrection had broken out at Cracow on the 27th, and that on the 28th the city had been bombarded. The Emperor of Russia has arrived at Warsaw. LOMBARD Y. , AND .VENICE. It is stated in a leder from Ancona that King Charles Albert has just sent, as assistance, a sum of 550,000 livres to Venice. In a letter from Rome of the 14th ult. it is stated that the Archduke john*had addressed a letter to the Pope, expressing great respect, and anncuncing to him that the Austrian Cabinet intends to make Lom bardy and Venetia quite independent as regards ad ministrative and judicial relations. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE OCT. 3, 1848 . Ist Dragoon Guards —Captain Roderick John Hanley, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Hammer sley, appointed Paymaster; Lieutenant James Stirling Stirling Stuart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hanley, who retires; Cornet Hugh Hamilton to be Lieutenant, purchase, vice Stuart ; Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Edward William Stone to be Surgeon, vice Lewis, who exchanges, Oct. 3. 4th Dragoon Guards —Brevet Colonel James Mac donald Robertson, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet Colonel James Charles Chatterton, who exchanges ; Major Edward Cooper Hodge to be Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase, vice Robertson, who retires ; Capt. William Charles Forrest, to be Major, by purchase, rice Bodge ; Lieut. Francis H. O. Nicolls to beCaptain,by purchase, vice Forrest ; Cornet Henry Thomas Richardson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nicolls; James Robert Scott , Gent. , to be Come!, by purchase, vice Ri c hardson; Sergeant - Major John Thompson to be Quartermaster, vice John An drews, who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 3. 7th Light Dragoons— bord to be Lieutenant, 11 purchase, vice Colmore, who retires; Oct. a Coreet the Ilon. Charles Har 12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Bli,yney Tovtnly Walbhe, from the 9th Foot, to be Pa) mfrs .+ r, v!ce Lod ge Morris Murray Prior, who retir s upon lerlf-pey ; Oct. 3. 14th Regiment of Foot—Lir ut. Willington She!ton, from Lalf-pay 28th Foot, to be Lir utenent, vice Lawrie, appointed to the 82d Foot; Oct. 3. 15th Foot—Captain Lambert Cowell, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice James Hay, who ex. changes ; Lieutenant Charles Edward Astell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cowell, who retires; Ensign Christopher Sayers to be Lieutenant. by purchnse, vice Astell; Francis Powell Hopkins, Gaut. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sayers, Oct. 3. Henry Marsh Wells, baker, Ramsgate, Oct. 12, ai twelve, and Nov. 14, at two, at the Court of ainkruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane, Lombard• street; Buchanan, Basing hall -street. Alexander M'Alley, builder, Romsey- terrace, West minster, Oct. 12, and Nov. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Yonge and Hancock, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. Robert Neal, nurseryman, Wandsworth-common, Oct. 20, at two, and Nov. 14, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's.. place, Old Jewry; Fletcher and Roberts, Wandsworth. William Price, dealer and chapman, Strand, Oct. 12, at two, and Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street-buildings; Langton, Staple Inn. Thomas Ives, dyer, Wakefield, Oct. 16 and Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Leeds,District Court. Hope, official as sign( e, Leeds: Clarke, Chancery-lane, London; Rams- Walt,field; Cariss, Leeds. John Robinson, cheese factor, Leighton, Cheshire, Oct. 16 and Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Pownall and Cross, Staple inn, London ; Walnisley and Co., Wem ; Ty rer, Liverpool. William Bees and Evan Roberts, joiners, Liverpool, Oct. 16 and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Staple Inn, London; Morectoft, and Son, Liver pool. - John Maddock, tallow-chaaler, Liverpool, Oct. 13, mid Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry, London; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Edward Snowdon, grocer, Durham, Oct. 13, at half past eleven, end Nov. 10, at one, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Sud!ows, Torr, and Janeway. Bedford-row, London; Bodge, Newcastk -upon-Tyne. John Augustus Gustavus Smith, auctioneer, Manches ter, Oct. 17 and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District o.urt. Mott, official assignee, Manchester ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London ; Hitchcock Buckley, and Tidavvell, Manchester. COURSE OF EXCW A. ost , ,r 'um 12 11.1 Ditlo, at sight •• 11 I*4 itcrilain 12 Ist Inivrerp•• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 80 Lianiburgh .... • • }I.B. 13 111; Xitona • ......... • • .... Paris, 3 da,s' sight .. •• 25 37% Ditto, 3 months •—• 25 70 larseilles ............ 25 70 Bourdeaux ......... . 25 75 Frankfort on Maine.... 121 M Petersburgh, Si!. ltble.. 363 *... •....... •• •• Vienna. effee. flo.. •• • • 11 3 Trieste, .... 11 6 Makititl •• •• ........ 47 CA's •• ••••••••• •• •• 48% Ltarcelona .• • • ........ •• •• •• •• •• •• NGE.--(THIS DAY.) Gibra1tar.............. Leghorn .. .• . • .... 32 10 Genoa ................ 2G 0 %Ulan ................ gaples 38 Palermo, per os • • • • .• .• 1,15b0n.... . • 513 4 Oporto •• .• • .... ••• . • • 5 1i Rio Janeiro .......... 23 Messina ...........• • • iitleno3 Ayres .. ••.. • • Yew York, 21 dayesight Philadelphia PRIM OF BULLION, PIZ Os Foreign Gold is bars.. X 3 17 9 is e;v Dollars 10N. Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 ipanlsh Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver Iu bars ........ 0 4 11% MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS , NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. ZO, 1545. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 395 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... .„ 54 Turbercular Diseases... ... 151 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 135 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 43 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 120 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of .. .. Diseases of the Kidne3 s, &c. ••• ~ Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of a.° Skin, &c. Malformations—. Premature Birth Atrophy ()Id Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cnld, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... 62 8 ... 8 ... 8 ... 2S ... 49 ... 146 Population Average weekly Deaths • Enumeraied, Deaths, 1843-7. in the 1841 Five Summers. Week West Districtl... 300,711 . . 142 ... 156 North D—triets.. 375,971 .. 182 ... 236 Central Distr-cts 373,653 ... 178 ... 194 East Districts ... 392,444 ~. 219 ... 268 South Districts.. 501,190 ... 251 ... 403 --....— Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 972 Malei Females ... 1,257 ... 669 ... 588 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 630 ... 597 Total ... 1,227 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Oct. 3.) SUGAR.— To day the market was abundantly sup plied with free labour Sugur, and as buyers were less disposed to do business a decline to the value took place for nearly all sorts. There was not much desire shown to do business in West India Muscovado, either for grocery or refining purposes, and prices are 6d per cwt lower than on Tuesday last ; this market has also a dull appearance. At public sale 150 hhds Barbado'es went at the decline noticed, fineyellow at 40s 6d to 41s 6d, good 38s 6d t0'403, middling 37s to 38s, low 35s 6d to 36s 6d. 96 hhds 69 . tierces 39 barrels Jamaica ; good yellow 37s to 381, middlin ~ 36s to 36s 6d, low 35s 61 40 hhds Trinidad ; low yellow 35s per cwt. The total purchases amounted to 860 hhds and tres. The public sales of sugar did not conclude until three o'clock. REFINED.—To day a good business was concluded in Refined goods for home trade purposes, but no variation in the value took place ; there rev, howeeer, more de• sire shown to sell. Bonded Crushed Sugar is nos cheaper, but little business was conclud, d. Mauarrius.—This afternoon there was a much larger supply of Mauritius Sugar at market. The quantity offered at auction amounted to 11,860 bags, there was less demand, and not above one-half sold at a reduction on former rates of 6d per cwt. EAST INDlA.—Penang is wanted and the parcels sold in the private market were upon full terms. At auction 876 pkgs found buyers. „ Prices are not higher for Madras, but a good demand exists by private treaty. No a irmice is visible in the value of Bengal, there is a good demand for all kinds by private treaty, and 2,383 bags at auction were sold. The value of Ceylon is 29s to 35s per cwt. FOREIGN. This afternoon the quantity of Bengal S:tig ir offered at auction was large, and amounted to 6,916 bags, and the whole sold; white Benares at ful. rates, but others went 6d cheaper. Of Madras 2,078 bagi only in part sold at rather lower rates. COFFEE. —This afternoon at public sale 4 tierces and 6 barrels Jamaica were sold at 27s 6d to 29s for good and fine ordinary. 187 casks and 2,028 bags Ceylon went at firm rates—Native, good ord 27s to 27s 6d, fine ordinary 27s 6d to 28s, damaged 23s to 25s 6 , 1, Planta tion, good and sound 51s to 56s 63, middling 455 to 50s, low middling 405 to 45, fine fine fine ordinary 36s to 395, other sorts 23: to g 5:. 25 bales 93 I bales Mocha sold at better prices —good yellow c l ean gar bl e d 565, mid dling 41s t o 51s 6d , and triage 24s to 35s per cwt. Hops.—Fine new with colour are only in limited supply, they are much wanted at from 80s to 100 per cw'. Of inferior sorts the supply is abundant, and sellers are willing to accept 46s to 70s, but not much demand exists. The duty fur the kingdom is estimated at 220,0001. SPIRITS. —Brandy does not advance in value, but a good demand exists, and deliveries are still larger than imports. Merchants show much firmness, and obtain for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 4s 10d to ss, ditto 1847 3s 101 to 4s, inferior 2s 6d to 33 6,1, and Bordeaux 23 to 2s 4d. For Geneva the market is firm, and there is a small stock; export sort is selling at to 2s Id, and fine fit for duty 2s fid to 2s G 1 per To-day there was lit,le passing in . the Rum market, and pt ices are on the decline. Proof East India can be ob tained at is Sd to is Sid, Leeward is Gd to Is 7d, and Jamaica of low to flue quality 3s to 3s 4J for 28 to 38 per cent over proof. hblco.—F o r East India the market has a firm ap pearance, and exporters as well as home trade buyers make purchases to a lair extent this week at pi ices rather above those of the last quarterly sales. For public competition 10th of October 9,661 chests are dared. For Spanish the demand is steady at full rates. LicE—To-day there wes no public sale of East India, and the business concluded by private treaty ssas ex tremely limited, and at rather lower rates. To-day at public sale 894 bags Sago Flour were partly sold, good at 17s to 17s 6d, 1 lot 18s, and damaged 9s 61 to 14s; 30 bags Italian Paddy taken in at 9s. COCHINEAL—To-day there was a material increase 77th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the S ,, cond Class Joseph Samuel Prendergast, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Ander son, who exchanges, Oct. 3. 82d Foot—Lieutenant John Lawrie, from the 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bailie, promoted, Oct. 3. 89th Foot—Lieutenant Arundel Edmund Hill to be Captain, by purchase, vice Isacke, who retires; Ensign Edward Jonathan Head to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill; Robert Selby, Gcnt., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Head, Oct. 3. 931 Foot—Assistant Surgeon James W baler, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Swan, who exchanges., Oct. 3. _ _ 2d West India Regiment—Captain John Browne, from half-pay of 100th Foot, to be Captain, vice Boggis, appointed Paymaster Ceylon Rifle Regiment ; Lieut. John Crosbie Harnett to he Captain, by purchase, vice Browce, who retires ; Ensign Robert Grigg to; be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harnett ; John Sirith Swanzy, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grigg, Oct. 3. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant James Baillie, from 82J Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Oct. 3. BREVET.—Captain John Browne, of 2d West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1827. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon George Andersoi:, from 77th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Ctitss, vice Prendergast, who exchan,ges; Surgeon Thorna.:, Lewis, M D. from Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Stuff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Stone, who exchanges; Assistant Surgeon William George Swan, M.D. from 93d:1'oot, to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Webster, who exchanges, Oct. 3. BANKRUPCY SUPERSEDED. George Iluxham, wine merchant, Totnes. BANKRUPTS. James Noble and Richard Eaton Noble, plumbers and glaziers, Pimlico, to su-render Oct. 12, at alf-past one, and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Collins and Higley, Black friars. 'n the supply , an d the - - quantity offered at auction M t , (l t ...) 382 bags, and pi ices declined 2d to 4d, , txcv'"" ior fine Honduras silvers, which ranged nearly t . \ xe former valr.e. !..11,TPETRE.—To .day the market was well supplied wi h rough, and at the public sales of 5,991 bags, prices de. lined 3d to 6d per cwt, but the 'whole sold. 'I'ICES.—To-day at public sale 293 bags of white Pe i ; per were sold ; two cases of Nwmegs, good mid 2s od t 24 10d, and wormy 4d ; two cases of Mace, mid ver!, 22s 31 to 2s sd, one box of low old dark Bourbon Cloves 4d ptr lb, all of which are lower rates. Fur Pin lento there is a good demand prizately at 4id to sd, and the supply is small. ous.—i his afternoon prices were further depressed for Linseed Oil, and only a mull business was concluded at . 22s per cwt on the spot. TAdow.—For Russian the demand on the spot has much diminished during the last few days, merchants have likewise manifested a desire to realize, and prices .declined to 46s 9J to 47s per cwt fur lino new P. Y. Candle, at which only a limited business has been concluded, quotations are not expected to be much lower on account of a large consump tion. For &livery up to the close of the year sellers are disposed to accept 46s 6:1 to 46s 9J, and 47s 3d to 473 6d for the early part of 1849, yet little business has been concluded. Town made is dull of sale, and can be obtained at 47s nett c rh, the supply is also more plentiful than in the former week. For other sorts of Tallow quotations are depressed, as the stuck is heavy. At auction 253 casks Odessa in part sold at 45s to 465; 28 casks East India 453 to 48s; 141 pkgs. South American low to good 4ls to 46s 6d; 328 casks Australian, good and fine 45s to 46s 6d, low and mid 41s to 44: 9d, and 8 casks of Archangel 44s 3d to 44.16 d per cwt. For auction 500 casks of Tallow are declared. There is a larger stock than last year, arid imports are greater, but deliveries show an excess. Rough Fat is freely offered at 2s Bkd per stone. PRICES OF SHARES (N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING , LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3. JOINT-STOCK NANIES. Name of Company. Dividend per Amouat of Share. Annum. Aastralasia .......... Britsh North American Jommercial of London ...• Gloucestershire 51. per cent, 71. pzr cent. 61. per cent, 51. per cent, 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. Londn and Westrninstr London Joint-Stock Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New......... National of Ireland .. Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New......... South Australia ...• Union 01 Australia.... Unt.,u el London... Union of Madrid ... • • Gl. per cent 81. per cent. 81. per cent, 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 151. per cent. 51. per cent Cl. per cent. 61. per cent Same of Company. Charing-cross.. Southwrk, Nw Sub.A.v. Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. Waterloo ............ Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall . „ • Av. £ s. d. 49 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Paid. I Pr] .2 a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 Amoun t of Share. Paid. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 o 0 SO o 0 too 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 DILIDGES Dividend per Annum. Z. 0. d. 35a. per cent 632 12 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 It. ss. 4d. 11. 2s. 2d. It. 17s. 70 10 3 INSURANCE COMPANIES. , Dividend Amount Warne of . Company. per of Paid. Pries Annum. Share. - -- - £ a. d. X a. d. Aibion ......... ..... W. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. C l . per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditt , M arine. ••• • • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas ••••••••• •• • •• •• 138.6 d. pr sit. 50 0 0 5 6 8 13 British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 Clericl,Med.& Gen• Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 C nutty ............., 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 12 Eagle ••• - Eng.& Scot. Law - European Life ••• • • • 54 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Family Endownw t Soc. 4/. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - r:etulasons'......• • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - ti.ol.e - 114 GI :ardian ....... ••• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 - I uperial Firs ..... •• • 12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 212 I npertal Life ........ 12s. 100 0010 0 0 14% I ideninity Marina.... 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Fire •• - ........ - 100 0 0 210 0 - Law 1 ife ••••..- •• .. 11.16 x. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 41 Os. L.)r,cicn Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13 L3ndon Ship .... -.. 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13 Marine - ........... - 100 0 0 15 0 0 - lied. Invlld & Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - S'ational Life......... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Lila 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 Pelican .....• • . • • - - - - I. ,:artix - - 154 P. otector Life.... ••• 5/. pia cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life-- •• 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 264 Kock Life............ 4s. 80 0 010 0 4% lloyal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. - 165 S In Fire.• - - 197 Ditto Life - - - Universal Life lO% pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 25 Victoria Lite • • - - 4 0 0 - DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - £ s. d. £ s. d. C ,Inmercial .... •• .. 41. per cent. Stock. - - E tit and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 118% E tot Country - 21 London . .... - 101;4 Ditto Bonds.. •••• -4/. per cent. - - - S.. Katharine .... •• •• 4 per cent. Stock. - 73% Ditto 80nd5...". • • 4%1. pr cent. - ilJuthampton ........ 21. per cent. ,50 0 0 50 0 0 - GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X. s. d. X. s. d. British •••••• - .. • • - 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 16 Ditto Provincial-. 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 23 Bristol ..............Id. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Brighton . . - 16 City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 - Ditto, New •• ...... 85s. pr share, 50 0 0 37 10 0 - Equitab1e............ 455. pr share' 50 0 0 50 0 0 36 Imperial ............ 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67% Independent ....... - 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 I 64 London- .... •••• • • • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 I - Ditto -• •. •••• • • • • - 50 0 0 50 0 - ph.„i x . ~.......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 31 Bate= ..... ••• • • • 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General .• •• •• 4%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 Westminster Chartered 3/, 50 0 0 - "51 Ditto, New ..... . 125. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% CANALS. .. Dividend Names of I I Dividend' Price. tk. Names of Companies. A , per I Companies. 4 • p er um. Price. v.: .41 nn Annum.' A sn - --- - ---- -.- - , X X Asian& Oldh 97 51. p e 80 Macclesfield . 100 - - Barnsley.. • • 160 121. 180 Neat!' ••• • • • 100 181. Yrktik&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.. -• • 100 201. 190 Birmingham 35 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78 3/. - Coventry.... 100 25/. - Regent's..,, 33 , I/. ss. 18% :ierbv ••• • • ,100, 61. 63 Rochdale... • 851 41. 54 Ells i Tc&Chs, 133' 56e. 47 Somrset Coal 1501 71. 10s. 130 6:e., ash . • •1100 1 32e. - Do.LkFdSt 121 6/. p. c. - 1 1rantiJunctn,100 51. 77 Stffrki &Wore 1 40 281. 290 Grand Surrey 1100 - 35 Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. - k;rand Union , 1 100 1 11. 10s. 25 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 285 lrantham • •11501 - - Severn andl gennt &Am 39, 7s. 6d. 4% Wye Rail. j 11. Si. 24 - 94 - Leo ls& Livrp, 100 341. - Warwiclaci An 41. - Leicester .. •1140' 101. 75 ilirming . i t Leiestr &Nil; 83 41. 36 Warwick&) "mu {b boroglill42 701. - • Napton._. 3wo 31. - Momnouthsh l loo Si. - Worcstr &} 78 2/. 39 llntgeknrysh ,100 - - Eirming. Wel tiiM wbrylloo - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 11 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICZJI. 1 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - - :6 s. d. X s. d dank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 195 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow tank Clydesdale Bank •• •• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. SGO 0 0 100 0 0 148 Eastern Bank.. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 t) 0 10 0 C 91.19 s Edinb.k Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5% Exehangeßnk of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 33 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 614 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13% North of Scotland Bank 71. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.155. North British Bank • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 I% 'Loyal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 118% Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80 'western Bank •••• • • • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67N Aber leen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 8 2% B. Accord. Liteand Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s Od 'fetish Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 93 Od Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of Eng;and Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0. 2 City of Glasgow Life GI. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 4: Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17 East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 0 15 0 115.0 d Eng. & Scot. Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 46s 6d ilerculas Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 I I fnsur. Co. of Scetind• • SI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 6a Mercantile Life ...... - 10 0 0 010 0 4s. Od. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 203.0 d North British Incur... 5% /.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 22 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 176.0 d. Scottish Lire and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 1 53. Scot. Alas. and Gen. Life - 1 0 0 015 0 ,103.0 d Scottish Union Inirnee. 63(1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 it. Is Stan lard Life •••• . . - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 9;4 nited Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 .123.0 d • MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. X. a. d. 4, 3. d . tustralian Aericulturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 16 Ditto, half Shares.. - - I 210 0 - Canada ....... ••• • .. Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26% Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per cent. - - City Bonds.. ........ 3341. pr cent. - - 82 Comp. Cppr Shire Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp, c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry s'. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 91N Gen.Stealo Navigation it. Sc. 15 0 0, 14 0 0 ...., London Institution ... - - I __ 10 Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 50 0 0 56% ' Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 loyal Mail Steam.... 3% /. pr cent. I , 0 0 0 i 60 0 0 1 South Australian ....• 1/. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Van Dieinan's Land. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 - Universal Salvage.... _ 25 00 1 50 0 - , SHIELDS, SEPT. 29.—Two empty porter casks, D 3 " No. 18-18,881 ; B ass — B ux ton ;" and:"No. 18--1 Bass—Buxton," have been picked up on the san Marsden, to the southward of this port. faked 1,398; tds at 1,257 THE ESSEX POISONINGS, The CORONER said, although no poison bad been discovered, it was possible (he did not say it' was probable) that death had been caused by that means. But as it would be necessary, in the event of going before another jury, to' prove the cause of death, which had not been done at present (for, elaborate as Professor Taylor's report was, it failed in proving the cause of death), he could not therefore advise them to adopt Professor Taylor's report. He was ready, if the jury thought proper, to go further into the case,' but he candidly confessed that at present he thought it would be useless. Several jurors expressed their entire concurrence with these views. After some conversation the room was cleared, and the jury, after about half-an• hour's deliberation, returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased, Nathaniel Button, on the 28th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1844, was taken ill with a violent retching and diarrbwj, of which he shortly afterwards died, but how such retching and diarrhoLa was produced there is no evidence before the jury to show." The CORONER then took occasion to observe upon other cases of suspected poisonings, and said that as some misapprehensions bad arisen it would, perhaps„ be necessary for him to say a few words on the sub ject. Ile had taken great pains to make himself acquainted with the cases which had been brought under his notice. The conclusion at which he had arrived was, that at present there was not sufficient evidence to justify him in goingat once into these cases. He certainly thought :that there was strong ground for believing that many of the children had been un fairly dealt with, but up to the present time no direct or positive case had been reported to him. He wished it to be distinctly understood that, notwithstanding the result of the present inquiry, he should not be deterred from going most fully into cases of a similar description ; for he was determined to do all that *lay in his power to extinguish the iniquitous system which there was every reason to believe had been for some time past prevailing in that locality. He hoped that every death that might occur without the inter vention of a medical man would be most narrowly watched, and he would also wish that medical men (and he spoke only of a few) would pay more regard to the symptoms of parties whom they were called upon to uttend than appeared to have been the case in several instances which had come before him in his official capacity.—The proceedings then terminated. --- MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Lieutenant-General—Si r C. W. Maxwell, C.B. and K.C. 11., 3d West India Regiment, Broadstairs. ". Major—Carr, 38th Foot, Halifax, United Stites. Csptains—Hacket, half-pay 14th Foot, Corfu ; Hunt, Unattached; Folkes, half-pay Independent Cos.; John Campbell, retired full pay Royal Marines; Merckhel, half-pay Meurou's Regiment; Griffith, Carnarvon Mi litia; Fellows, half-pay Ist Prov. Battalion of Militia. Lieutenants—Turner, half pay 7th Foot; Shelton. halt-pay 28th Foot; Stokes, half-pay 80th Foot; Mic- Alester, half-pay 81st Foot; T. S. Perkins, half-pay Royal Marines; Loftin, half-pay Royal Marines; Arnold, half-pay Am. Regiment. Ensigns—Gardiner, 22d Foot, Youghal; Morrison, half-pay Am. Regiment; Riddle, half-pay For. Veteran Battalion. Paymasters—Tod, half-pay 38th Foot; Gem, War w i c k Militia. Quartermaster—Page, hf.-pay 12th Foot, Birmingham. Surgeons—Dyce, 48th Foot, Fifeshire; Coates, half pay Staff; Sandham, half-pay Staff; M‘Mullen, half•pa,y Staff. Assistant• Surgeons Rankin, half-pay 84th Foot; M'Laine, half -pay 80;1 Foot, Argyllshire. Veterinary Surgeon—Mellows, half-pay Ist Dragoon Guards. QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. FLAG OFFICERS. Admiral —Robert Holly man. Rear - Admiral—Mauritius A. N. De Starck. Retired Rear-Admiral—John Duff Markland. Captains—Frederick Marry at, C. 8., Charles Hallo well Carew, Osborne Foley, Thomas Warrand, Thomas Lyne. Commanders—John Chiene, Isaac Shaw, Edward Pius, Thomas Phillip Le Hardy, Alexander M`Leod (a), James Smith (b), Joh❑ Larobrick, Walter Jameson, Thomas Ropey, Frederick We!stead, Henry Rice. Lieutenants—Joseph Williams, Joseph Steele, Timothy Rt nou, Thomas Dy neck Jones Dabine, Ward E►ans, Edward Canes, James Crooke, Henry Cranmer Gordon, John Dawes Haswell, Peter Morris, Sir Nicolas H. Nicolas, G.C.M.G., Francis Aberd Murray, Henry Alexander Breedon, John Brunton. Henry Richard Glynn, Horace Mann Baker, George Hurd Thomas, Arthur Doyle. Masters—Thomas Wolfe, George Poynter, Thomas Bison. ROYAL MARINES. Captain—John Campbell. First-Lieutenant —Walter Burnett Haber&ld. ----- MEDICAL OFFICERS. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals— William C. Watt, M.D., Thomas Miller. Surgeons—James Lambert, Richard Davis Pritchard, Dodwell Brown Whipple, Richard Webster, John Ed wards, John Callan, Henry Ellis, William Jones. Assistant-Surgeon—John Speer. Paymasters and Pursers—George Brodie, Arthur Dawson, Thomas Kerrigan, George Simmonds, James William Noble. A REBUICE.—Ilonour to the people of Liverpool, who have shown themselves both " merry and wise," both " just and generous!" In subscriptions they have raised the munificent aggregate of 6,0001 towards the re lief of the suffering passengers of the Ocean Monarch. Nineteen out of every twenty of these miserable emi grants are Irish, n , women, and children, and have no more claim on the people of Liverpool than they have on any other section of the universal brotherhood of hu manity. Yet how nobly has that claim been allowed! Meanwhile how have the gentry -and shopkeepers of Dublin been engaged? They have been ravished with a fantasia by Grisi or a serenade by Mario! To our ever lasting shame, up to this moment, not even a penny sub script►on has been set on foot to assist and comfort the live debris of the Ocean Monarch.—Dublin World. MATH& On the 19th ult., in Grosvenor -square, Viscountess Ebring ton, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., the lady of Captain Kuper, C. 8., R.N., of a son. At Edinburgh, on the 29th ult., Lady Buchan Hepburn, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., the lady Agneta Bevan, of a son. MARRIED. On the 29th u lt., in Norwich Cathedral, the Hon. William Wells Addington, eldest son of the Right Hon. and Rev. Viscount Sidmouth, to Georgiana Susan, eldest daughter of the Hon. George Yeller, D.D , Dean of Norwich. DIED. On the 30th ult., in Upper Seymour-street, Portman square, Lieutenant• General the Hon. George Murray, second 5011 of David, second Earl of Mansfield, aged 69. On the 21st ult., Catherine Ann, unly surviving daughter of Rear-Admiral Henry Bourchier. On the 2d inst., at his residence, Doris -street East, Lam-, both, after a long and severe illness, Mr. Frederick John Duparcq, aged 48 ; for many Years engaged upon this jo.urnal. On the 29th ult., aged 69, diehard Aldridge, Dalston-: place, Dalston. - - - London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, .at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun °thee, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the- coun ty o f Middlesex, Tuesday, October 3, 1848. RAMSEY, ESSEX, Moswsr.—The adjourned hives. tigation into the mysterious circumstances attendant upon the death of Nathaniel Button, whose body was recently exhume i in consequence of the reports which had been circulated with reference to the sys tem of poisoning which has prevailed in this part of the country, was held this afternoon at the Nelson's Head, Ramsey, before William Codd, Esq., the Co roner for the Northern Division of Essex. Mr. CODD opened the proceedings by remarking that, in accordance with the wish of the jury, ex pressed on the last assembling of the inquest, the whole of the viscera of the deceased man, Nathaniel Button, had been taken by Mr. Bird to London, for the purpose of being analysed by Professor Taylor, whose report would be read to them. The first witness called was Mr. John Bird, surgeon, of Harwich. He deposed as follows:—On Thursday, the 21st of September last, I delivered to Professor Taylor, at his laboratory at Guy's Hospital, the contents of the stomach of the de ceased, Nathaniel Button. They were contained in four jars and three bottles. Professor Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, submitted a report of his analysis of the various portions of the intestines, but the result of his experiments was, that no trace of arsenic existed in any part of the body of the deceased. The conclusions to which Professor Taylor arrived were, that, although he had not suc ceeded in detecting the trace of arsenic, that poison might originally have existed in the body. The pro duct of putrefaction is ammonia, and arsenic in all its for Ms is readily dissolved by it, and the poison might easily have been drained away and lost. The chemical examination of the viscera afforded no ground for supposing that death had been caused by poison, and from their present decomposed state it was impossible to say if inflammation had existed, or to account in any other way for the death of the deceased. Pro fessor Taylor reviewed at some length the symptoms of the disease from which it was said the man had died, and in doing so gave it us his opinion that, in the absence of the most material proofs which che mical analysis should furnish, English cholera in a violent form might he sufficient to account for the symptoms immediately preceding death. Several witnesses were examined, whose evidence seemed to corroborate the suspicion that poison, as at first supposed, had been administered. A juryman said it appeared to him and his brother jurors that the cause of death was by no means satis factory. By Professor Taylor's report it was per fectly clear that arsenic might have been at one time in the body, but lost from putrefaction, caused by long interment. They did not therefore feel justified in coming to the conclusion that the deceased had died a natural death. They would like to return a verdict which would leave the case open, in the event of the coroner being able to obtain any further evidence. £. S. d. 25 0 0 f 0 0 0I 2! 40 0 0 21