The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE HON. MAJOR FORESTER. .ADJOURNED INQUEST. Oa Saturday wee k an invest was opened at the King's Head Tavern, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, before Mr. Wakiq, the CorJner for Middlesex, and a highly respectable Jury, relative to the death of the Hon. Major Forester, who had died suddenly on the previous Wednesday n ight at his town residence, in Cavendish square. From the position of the deceased the inquiry naturally caused some excitement in the neighbourhood, and the room was very much crowded. The Hon. Cesil Forester, deceased's brother, subs comptroller of her Majesty's household, and lieutenant colonel is the Horse Guards, said the deceased returned very ill from Ireland; on Thursday witness was hastily summoned to deceased's residence from the Regent's park Barracks, but deceased had died before witness arrived, John Milley, deceased's valet, said that for seven weeks the deceased suffered greatly from pains in the loins and stomach; at first Dr. Chapman attended him, but sub sequently discontinued his attendance. After eating a hearty breakfast on Wednesday morning he started for the city at half-past ten, returning home in a cab about half-past twelve. He was so ill that he had to be carried to his room. The pains through his body were fright ful, and ho took a hot bath; after which he lay on the sofa. At two o'clock witness went out with the carriage with Lady Forester, when his master gave him a pre scription to be made up at Savory and Moore's, Bond street. The medicine, with syringe, was sent immediately. At five o'clock his master rang the bell violently, when witness found him sitting at the foot of the bed. He de sired witness to get thirty grains of Dover's powder, which was refused him without a written order. De ceased then requested her Ladyship to write an order for 13 grains, which he ordered witness to get with another bottle of the mixture, as he had taken the first. In giving the medicine Mr. Savory cautioned witness to tell his master that the powder contained three doses. At nine o'clock his master had a cup of tea, and witness heard no more until he wile summoned by his master's bell, when his master told him that there would be no prayers that night, and that he might go to bed. But many minutes did not elapse ere another violent ringing of the bell again summoned him, and upon entering the sitting room, her Ladyship directed him to few. the nearest medical man. - Witness accordingly called on Dr. Halley. and then having gone for Madame Beaumann, remained with his mastee until he expired. By the Coroner—Daceeaect took the medicine and used the syringe just before his tea. Deceased, himself, generally got his medicines, such as laudanirie c. Witness here produced one of deceased's prescriptions, which was as follows: " two drachms of sedat e solu tion of opium, half a drachm of camphorated t 1 sedat ive twenty uro f opium, two drachms of mucillage of gum acacia,• • mine= of spirit of camphor (to be used for injec tion) H. D." Alexander Halley, M.D., member of the College of t Surgeons, 14, Queen Anne-street, deposedfond him at he ,i h was called to see the deceased , paunpdi of his ey es u perspir ing and apparently asleep, tn con tracting perfectly to light, and were in a half dilated state." Witness—" No s tertorous breathing.„ Post mortem exanlinati°n— , The blood was f oun d clotted in the heart, but in the head it was found fluid. The lungs congested. The bladder was found con gested at its trigone. The mucous membrane lin ing the prostate perfectly healthy, but a short d i stance from the neck of the bladder there was an irritable spot about the gee of half a pea, w i t h congestion around, which was likely to give rise to a constant desire to pass water. No stric ture, no portion of the mucous membrane was in the slightest abraded; nor could it be referred to any cause, for the delicate membrane which lines the methra was In no way abraded." .Witness—" I attribute death to an overdose of a nar cotic, an over-effect of opium. There was no smell in the contents of the stomach of opium—was not any sign of any poison. No direct evidence that opium had been in the body by injection or otherwise. I never heard or knew of such a thing as opium causing death under such circumstances! Quite contrary to all me dical experience." Coroner's statement...." Nor did I in all my life!!!" Witness—" I should say, on the whole, that is after hearing the evidence of every party, coupled with my own observation and post mortem examination, that it was not opium that produced death. I should not even have suspected opium to have caused death." Alexander Shaw, surgeon to the aliddiesex Hos - pital—" I cannot tell what in this case was the cause c f death; I have nothing to form the opinion upon." The inquest was than adjourned until Tuesday, the 28th instant. The adjourned inquest was held yesterday morning. The CORONER, addressing the jury, said,—Gentlemen, you will recollect that this inquest was adjourned from. Saturday, the 13th instant, to this day, at your unani mous request, in consequence of what you considered to be the imperfect stew of the evidence at tho time; and it was your wish that a further examination of the body should be made, that the blood should be analysed, and that other witnesses should be called. We have now assembled again in par snance of that adjournment; and I believe all the other witnesses required by you are in attendance, ready to give evidence on this occasion. The first witness called was Lady Forester, who was accompanied by her noble father the Earl of Roden, her sister, and her brother-in law the Hon. Colonel Forester. She deposed as fol lows:—Major Forester was my husband. He was 40 years of age. On Tuesday week last the Major's health was as usual, and wa went out together, when he met his brother, Colonel Cecil Forester. Oa the following day the Major was not well, and com plained of illness, and after breakfast he went out be tween eleven and twelve o'clock, saying that he was going into the City by an omnibus. He returned home to Cavendish-square about two o'clock, and complained very much of a pain in his inside. I was not with him durin g the rest of the day, because I went out, but I returned about half-past three o'clock, and he had taken a warm bath before I went out. On my re turn I found him lying on the sofa, and in the course of the afternoon, about eight o'clock, I gave him some medicine. It was a Dover's powder. I gave him a little more than half a paper, a whole paper being, I believe, 15 grains. I did not see him take any other medicin e , but I understand he took so me more afterwards. We took tea together about half-past eight, at which time he seemed setter, and did not complain at all, indeed he said he was quite com fortable, only rather sick, and he remained so when the tea things were removed. Re then lay down on the sofa and began to perspire very much, asking me at the him give so ul , same time totoast and water, which I did, and then sent for a clean shirt to change the one he bad on, as it vi very w e t wish as perspiration. I afterwards directed iho servant to warm his bed, and then asked him to go to bed, but he said he felt so com fortable on the sofa that he should stay n L there a little longer, adding that w h " e s ti t :Len, quite ro li :ved from all pain, and ,_ a° " 4 God for all his mercies, I then vegan , .stotes.oaange his shirt, and whilst I was doing 83 n II I d, d fell down between the sofa and the pillow, a left sroawilig. the blanket round him, he begged to beb fore ten "1 gQll asleep. This was about a quarter e the pillow e t o , ock He remained lying between the sofa and a short while, making a snoring noise with his throat, and once he started up and looked so wildly round th a t I became alarmed, an d rung the cted bell violently. Wh e n the servant came up I direarc him to go for the nearest doctor, and shortly afterwards i the servant returned with Dr. Halley. The Major never spoke to me afterwards, nor did he to the doctor, for now he was quite insensible. Dr. Halley took off his coat, and remarking that he was uncomfortably placed, the doctor lifted him up and place I him on the sofa, with his head on the pillow, and in that pcsition he re mained till he died. .* Dr. Halley, being recalled, stated that according to the directions of the coroner, he had again examined the body and collected as much blood from the heart, spleen, and liver as he possibly could. He had previously received the stomach and its contents, and now he collected the blood and contents of the rec tum and bladder. He had received no portion of the liver, but got as much blood from it as he could, about two ounces and a half. The contents of the stomach and he collected bl oo d h e p l ace d i n two separate j ars, w hi c h be seale d up, and then deposited them in a sealed box, which he afterwards handed over to Mr. Rogers. Mr. Roitera, surgeon, Professor of Chemistry and Lecturer at St. George's School of Medicine, exa mined.—l received a box from the deputy-coroner, in which were contained the stomach, the bladder, their contents, also the contents of the rectum The box was sealed up, snd was c ed by Dr. H a ll e y i n m y pre sence. I examined ti ewbole of the contents, and sub mitted them to chemical analysis, separatel and dis tinctly. I found the stom eoh in a atm, of rapid I w ashed decom position. It, tu , d added the washing h, to the contents of the , 5t0p, 341, which I had in another jar. I found no appearances in the stomach from which I the contents coul d of the stomach to au el d raw nanY inrer e nc. I then su bj ecte d flal Y%los, and I f oun d there mcaconic acid, but no trace oi . morphi r The con tents of the rectum I also examinefd and r examined found there traces both of mceconic acid and o ul°P the bladder and the urethra also. T here 4"r4 ed to be no signs of old disease, though there wa s con. siderable redness i n on e portion of it,_ an d r great deal of vascularity in the commencement of the posterior, sterior, immediately behind the prostate gland. Anterior to the prostate, also, there was considerable redness, but no vascularity. Thi s exten d e d a b ou t half the length of the urethra. I did not see any wound, and no destruction of surface, except a small black spot, which however was easily removed, and there was no disease under it. I should say that it was merely a little furred blood. The integrity of the mucous membrane was quite main tained. I also submitted the contents of the bladder, which were about 2i ounces, to very careful analysis ; I discovered there decided indications of morphia. Be sides the test of nitric acid I submitted them to another test,;which is not very generally known. I took some bicromate of potass, and after aopl)ing it to the contents of the stomach they immediately b-came green, and as morphia is the only acid which will turn bicromate of potass green, I immediately inferred from that that there was morphia present in the contents of the bladder. In order to show that it was something foreign to the urine which had caused this result, I also took some urea and some urine, and ap plied the bicromate of potass to them, but they did not Produce the same result. I could not form any opinion as to the way in which the morphia had been introduced into the stomach. I also examined a small quantity of the blood, about 1 oz. 6 dr. I purified it from every , ,fuing else besid es mor phi a , if th ere had b een any there, Vai c ould 11 1303Ter only very small traces, not sufficient THE SUN, to enable me to give a very positive opinion on the subject. When I applied nitric acid there was a very slight yellowing, that was al!. In the quantity of blood which I examined tnere could not have been more than the 2,000 th part of a grain. The physical quality of the blood was quite destroyed, and the globules broken down. I examined a portion of the enema, and I found there mceconic acid and morphia. The packet of Dover's powder which was handed t ) me I also examined, and I touad it to be what I represent it to be. From the re sult of my examination I have no hesitation in stating it as my opinion that opium had been taken by the de ceased. An ordinary dose of opium, in the form of laudanum, is from 15 to 40 minims. I am not aware of the exact composition or the strength of Batley's liquor opii sedativus. Opium introduced into the rectum acts by absorption into the blood. Authorities differ as to whether it acts more or less powerfully than when taken into the mouth. From my own experience I hate generally found that it acts very well, but that introduced by the rectum it re quires a larger dose to produce the same effect. When ordered as an injection, it is generally taken with a quantity of mucillage or gruel, and in small quantities: say loz, or 1 ioz., the object being that it should beThroet. tained, and therefore produce the desired e con- In that case the laudanum generally drechm, sists of from about drachm to to According to some authorities, there are three grain others s h of opium in a drachm of laudanum; ac"rdin e l 'heard, and five grains. From the evidence which I hayopinion is the results of my own examination, my emitted, stm ah is that the deceased's death was caused by the effects of which ntertat ts opinion morphia. Another reason why both is, from the peculiar manner in decomposed, e e afterwards dis decomposed, and from the smell „ of which appearances I have notip?dvm several cases of which the i suspected poisoning by 01 3 in in ta the . stomach. The largest covered traces of opium dose of opium that I have ever known inject e d i n t o th e rectum is 2 drachms, an d that was in case o f co li c some not n such years ago; bat it wa int of i g iquicl a concentrated form, ' but was given in a p . The CORONE3 said the case was now brought within a very narrow compass indeed, and he thought if Mr. Dawson was examined, the inquiry might be brought to a speedy c lose. Mr. Da wson said he should like to make a statement, if the c oroner would tam him. The conotexa said he should have no objection, and Ber. Richard Dawson, M.D., having been sworn, he read the following statement to the coroner and jury:— Major Forester called upon me in July at the request of his physician, Dr. Chapman, to obtain my opinion upon his case. On the 21st of the same month I forwarded a written opinion to Dr. Chapman, stating my belief that the constant desire to empty the bladder, and the frequent calls to go to stool, which the Major had been suffering from for so long a period, were in a great measure owing to the irritable state of the pros tate gland, and that I thought it was a case that would be greatly benefited by warm baths, the direct applica tion of chloride of zinc, and the injection of compound gall ointment into the lower bowel. In answer to this communication, Dr. Chapman informed me that his patient had been ill for many years, and had been at very great expense in procuring medical assistance, considerations which would probably prevent him placing himself under my care. I therefore offered to attend him without fees. He was anxious to become my patient, for ho knew that I had cured a Major, who had been obliged to sell out of the army in consequence of suffering from an irritable prostate. " When Major Forester first visited me, he was obliged to come in a carriage and to sit upon a soft cushion. His health improved, till at length he was able to walk to my house. I saw him almost every day for nearly two months, and he expressed himself as feeling very much better. " On the 15th of this month he complained of a peculiar pain in his head, and said that he felt generally unwell, which he attributed to the intelligence of the sudden death of the Duke of Wellington, (which it may be re membered was announced on that morning,) having pro duced a great desire to pass water, an effect usual with him when he heard any unpleasant intelligence. But being in an omnibus, he was unable to yield to the calls of nature, and he informed mo that he felt as if he should die. At my house he passed water and relieved his bowels, but still suffered severely from spasmodic pains. I advised him to return home immediately in a cab, and I prescribed an anodyne enema, one-half of which I directed him to use immediately he reached home, which I expected would be about one o'clock, and I requested him to use the remaining half about six in the evening, provided the bowels acted immediately after using the first, which is a very usual occur rence, and that he still continued in pain. This advice as it appears from the evidence he followed. It also appeared from the evidence that the greater portion of the first enema was wasted on the carpet, and certainly half of the second enema remained in the bottle. It is important to remember that the bottle produced in evidence was never full, for the in jection I ordered consisted only of five drachms, and the bottle would hold nearly twice this quantity (the bottle was produced). It is also important to inform the jury that the Major had been in the habit for some time past of using an injection of the compound gall ointment, which contains opium, three or four times a day, to re lieve the urgent desire to pass urine, and the constant desire to go to stool, which he had sufered from for so many years. " In ordering the enema, which I prescribed for the Major, containing two drachms and a half, I always cal culate that a great portion must be wasted when the patient, as in this case, injected it himself. I will illus trate what I mean, for the information of the jury. " But I am willing to admit in this case that the quan tity I ordered was all injected in the manner 1 pre scribed, and I will now prove that it was not only a safe remedy, but a proper application. Dr. Christison, who is one of the first authorities in Europe upon this subject, states at page 630 of his work that it is the custom to give twice as much opium in an injection as in a draught. ' I have given,' says this authority, by injection, without producing more than the usual drowsiness, two drachms by measure of laudanum.' Dr. Paris, another eminent authority, at p. 175 of his work states that where our object is to allay pain and relax spasm, small doses of opium will have a tendency to aggravate the symptoms, b u t when administered in large doses they will speedily relieve. I attended a case with Professor Ferguson in the Albany-road, Stoke Newington, where the patient had suffered for years se verely from irritation of the prostate. We found nothing to relieve him so much as opiate injections. I attended another case with Mr. Partridge, the surgeon to King's College Hospital. The patient had lived in a warm cli mate, and suffered from organic stricture, which was frequently attended with retention of urine, which injec tions containing a drachm of liquor opii sedativus seldom tailed to relieve. I myself had the misfortune to suffer from an irritable prostate attended with retention of urine, and nothing relieved me so much as the opiate injection; and there are two medical gentlemen in court who attended me with Mr. Ferguson who can confirm this statement, for they injected the enema." The doctor added, in conclusion, that although he had attended the deceased for a considerable time he never received any fee or reward for it whatever. The CORONER—Now tell, if you please, what is your belief as to the cause of death, which is the real object of our inquiry? Dr. Dawson said he could not answer that question, as he was not suffered to be present at the post mortem examination, but it was aot at all unusal for per- Er r s suffering from the disease of the urethra and blad der die suddenly, especially after any powerful mental emotion, the symptoms of approaching death being generally those a , 11, 2. of druakenness and stupor. The Major been in s perfect health as had been r: resented, but had enanoiTering from disease for many years. The your opinion have Tic', told us now what is I repeat that a it 3 to the cause of death? Dr. Dawson— not having b e , l3 impossible for me to give an opinion, present at the post mortem examina tion, which, t .. 0 of ur i ne in the of unusual. Had 1 1 ,4? the least of it, was most present, and discovered the smell n . might have positively said taken e e, th e , / • that the renillfoto:sawayassothneowc.ause of death, evidence stated that ho had bat i r t . Risoihmarptovssoibulaebficera o h f ear t d hat theto-day, and part which whole o was la e occas i o n, but there was on the former So about the case th at he coul d g;vmach ambiguity if _fl no positive opinion as to the cause of death. 4,, had, however, known repeated instanc es of sudden death in cases where the patient had been sufferin g iron, a Similar dis ease to this. He did not think the quantity that had been found in the body of the dec e cz, ase o d p ium sufficient to account for death , and therefore he was the more inclined to attribute it to t he disease. s The CORONER—You are inclined, then, Doctor, to refer the death to the action of the disease. Dr. Van s , bles—Yes; and I think Dr. Prout mentions© hie work several cases of a similar nature; at least, has told me so, and his experience, therefore, accords with my own, Dr. Samuel Mason was the next witness examined. • The CORONER—Dr. Mason, have you heard the evi dence that has been given to-day? Dr. Mason—l have. The CORONER—Haro you formed any opinion as to the cause of the death of this gentleman ? Dr. Mason—l have not. I think it is excessively ambi guous; but what strikes me as being most remarkable is, that Dr. Halley should have been called in at eleven o clock, and yet not be able to discover that the deceased was suffering from the effects of opium, Had the de ceased been suffering from the effects of opium Dr. Hal ley must have perceived it at once, and would not have left him . The CORONER—You say, then, that you can form no opinion as to the cause of death? Dr. Mason—l can only give a qualified opinion; my impression is from the evi -"ee I have heard the death is very much ref errible to diseas e of the urethra, but still it is very ambiguous tt is very doubtful. Co amixn—Death is refeirible, th en , t o th e ure he ure sease? Dr. Mason—Combined with the effects of opium, because there has been a partial effect of opium, although not at all to an extent sufficient to accocnt for death. Dr. Shaw heilag recalled, said, h a ving heard th e w h o l e of the evideace, he was inclined to attribute the death to an overdose of opium, but th e case was f u ll o f am biguity, and he Could g i ve no positive opinion on the subject, It was not impossible for persons to die of the disease lvith the same symptoms as would presented by an Overdose of opium. CORONE R — Have you ever met with such a case ? have ina been e at the]. Middlesex Hospital, if you re- Dr T . h S Shaw—Yes; member, two patients yed. on e a disease of the kidneys y much alike in both cases. and the other from having taken an overdose of opium, n w e e x r t e r v e e -c r alled and examined. and D r t . h the sayl Halley y p t was m a s s The CORONER--NOW, Dr. Halley, the case being com plete, have you formed any opinion as to tho cause of death ? Dr. Halley—l feel in the same position as Dr. Shaw. The case is very ambiguous throughout, and therefor I should nut like to give a positive opinion upon it. This was the whole of the evidence. i n summing up, said that there wa s no doubt tht:t the dose of opium which had been pre scribed D awson had not been considered by him The ConoNER, by Dr. as being too great, asinfac_t .he had directed th a t it should be taken in monies. That direction had not been followed by the deceased, who, on the contrary, had taken the whole dose, and in addition to that, had also sent for anot her bottle, two-thirds of which he had used , so his system, from h a lf-p as t 4 to o ' c l oc k, n eight or nine g ra i ns o f op i um . I n a ll t h ese a bolesse sr could be no de s i re on t h e par t o f an y one o ss bear harshly against a n y b o dy i n consequence o f absorbed that e ert i there then t he appearedria that the unf o rt una t e gent l eman h a d b en a ny misfortune of this kind, but it was of enor mous value in these cases that the truth should be known, and if death had been caused by medicine, or by inadvertence, or by ignorance, or carelessness, that the fact should be known in order that other fatal results should be prevented. In this case, presuming that Dr. Dawson had stated what occurred when he saw the patient, there was nothing in the quantity ordered by Dr. Dawson that was of a dan gerous character. It appeared when the prescription iwas written and handed to Major Forester that he was told to use one-half of what was ordered immediatelyjon his return home; and if that quantity was dis charged from his bowels at once by the ac tion of the intestines, and if the pain continued, the second half was to be used about seven o'clock in the evening. Now, it certainly did appear, from the evidence, ,that, instead of following the directions given, Major Forester used the whole quantity about half-past four o'clock, and before tea time, which was between eight and nine o'clock, he used two-thirds of another bottle, there being in fact 7 or 8 grains of opium absorbed into his system within the :space of three hours and a half. Besides, there would be contained in the half packet of Dover's powder which he took about three-quarters of a grain of opium, and there was an article inithe prescription, half a drachm of .-.: amphorated tincture of opium, which would contain about one-eighth of a grain of opium; so that this unfortunate gentleman had in him at that time sufficient opium, to kill any man. They had just heard the conflicting statements of the medical men ; in fact, he could hardly call them conflicting, because they were to the effect that they could form no certain opinion on the cause of the death, and he was afraid the jury would have to come to the same conclusion. He hardly kne w what else to advise them to do, because in these cases they must be guided by the evidence that was laid before them, or otherwise there would be no security for anybody. In consequence of an interruption from Colonel Forester, the valet of the deceased gentleman was called in, and, on being examined, stated that some part of the first enema . was wasted on the floor, and a great quan tity of the second. The CORO:NER said it was useless to go into these mat ters, as the medical gentlemen had been unable to form any opinion as to the cause of the death, and the jury could ad opt no other course but come to the same conclusion. All he could advise them to do was to state that the unfortunate gentleman died on the day named, but they had not sufficient evidence be fore them to show the cause of his death. That was the safest course he thought they could pursue. Mr. Rogers certainly gave it as his opinion that death was caused by opium; but, on the contrary, a multitude of other medical gentlemen had said that there was extreme art biguity in the case. With regard to Dr. Dawson, he was put out of the category of com plaint in comiequence of his having directed the unfor tunate gentle man to take only half the prescription at once. The only blame that could be attached to him was for not having written his directions, which certainly wins an error. Had those directions been written no g round of complaint could have existed against that g;entleman. Dr. Dews:3 n explained that the deceased had been so long in the h abit of using the injection that he did not consider it n c Tessary to give him written directions, and besides the deceased had a great personal dislike to having his directions written on the prescription. The jury then retired, and after a short consultation, returned with the following verdict:—" That the de ceased died fe om the effects of opium incautiously ad ministered by himself in the absence of written instruc tions from hin medical attendant." The jury vii 3re then discharged. WEDN ES DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1852. outtib Vtittion NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) (Con tinued from our Third Edition.) The St. Leger Stakes. Stockwell - ••• ••• .W •• • 1 Frantic ... ... ••• ... ... ... 2 Ilex ... ... ... ... II" ... ... 3 TH.E LOBOS ISLANDS. We are glitol to find, from the annexed letters, that the America e: Government, on more mature consi deration, has determined to pursue a line of policy with regard to the guano question more consistent with its own dignity and the undoubted rights of Peru than M. Webster's order of the 16th of June had prepared us to expect. It will be seen with satis faction that Mr. Jewett's piraticcl expedition is now stigmatized by 11r. Webster as " an act of private war, which can never receive any countenance" from the American Government, and that the commander of the United States squadron in the Pacific has been ordered " to ;xbita;n from aiding or abetting any citizen of the United States" who may resist the lawful authority of the Peruvian Republic Department of State, Washington, Aug. 21, 1852. " Sir,—Yo r letter of the 16th inst., with the ac companying pa pers, relative to your proceedings for the purpose o)!' taking guano from the Lobos Islands, has been received. Since the one addressed to you by this department, under date the sth, in answer to yours of the 2d of June last, information has reached the department that the Peruvian Government claims jurisdiction o -.Ter these islands, and that in 1842 it issued two decrees prohibiting any foreign vessels, upon the penalty of confiscation, from removing guano from any of the islands near the coast of Peru with out a licence I 'rom that Government. Under these cir cumstances, it is expnted that the vessels which have proceeded thither under your auspices will not make use of the arms with which, it appears from your lett:s r of the 16th inst,, they are provided for the purpose of forcibly resisting the Peruvian authorities. You must be aware that such a resistance would be an act of private war, which can never receive any countenance from this Government. The commander of the United States in the Pacific will also, under es fisting circumstances, be required to abstain from protecting any vessels of the United States which may visit those islands for purposes forbidden by t he decrees of the Peruvian Government until he shall receive further orders. " Some of the statements contained in your letter of the 2d of June last had a tendency to mislead us, and as intimated above, may, it is apprehended, have done so.—l am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, " DANIEL WEBSTER. _ _ " To J. C. Jewett, Esq., New York." " Aug. 25, 1852. " Sir,—By direction of the President, you are hereby instructed to suspend, until further orders, the execution of the order addressed to you under date of June 16, 1852, and you are required to abstain from aiding or abetting any citizens of the United States who may forcibly resist the execution of the laws of Peru by the authority of that Republic. " I am, &c., " JOHN P. KENNEDY. " Commodore C. S. M'Aulay, Commanding U. S. squadron, Pacific Ocean." THE LATE MR. PUGIIV'S CHURCH AND OTHER BUILDINGS AT RAMSGATE. The church, which the deceased architect has raised •' for the benefit of the faithful residing in Ramsgate, and of the foreign seamen using the harbour," consists of a nave, chancel, tower, Lady chapel, and south tran- Cliff,latheing tipt—the tower separating the nave and the chancel. - :_ , 1 1 ). the east end of the church, northward , extend a 7' "tY and school, with bell•turret . Farther east pile of dive ... . is a the iling-houses, partaking of the same character; and s ervals. the whole forming end stands what was his own residence, West a large group at the extremity of the are of l the harbour. of the town, very prominent on entering arbour. The church and school, ex ternally,tbachetr thing. nsvdoegelnai. dn. the flint, 3Tohhresepcirrsreotoys,ese rtc with reo ta polfa brick, bandyn rii of Whitby atone at short in , a n a lla neu it n o . w it er is is e c r a e r e r t i e e d d a up l loft ready wooden cradling, east s eo i l l u al e rh. remarkable a o r a k e a i d b e l. r e afbolre anything distance c s k l: exter nallywecitohraatedb,aattniedmentedever, is not a small 11 Y without pretence. the propriety: buildings itself, and at dwelling-houses prosaie, lofty, with overwhelming roofs (containing t end are large and two floors), and battlemented chimney-shafts , a n d Thetowe tower, le somewhat of completely swamp the church.—Builder. D READFU L DEATH OF THREE CHILDREN. — A frightful occurrence has just happ ened at Nevin, near Pwllheli, North Wales. The wife of a labourer, who lives in a house remotely situated from other dwellings, had occa sion to go for milk to a farm at some distance, and during her absence locked her three children, aged respectively five, three, and one years, he the cottage; a large quantity of corn in the straw having been previously placed there. This by some means became ignited, and on the return of the woman she found the house on fire and her three children bait to ashes. The mother is in a state of dis traction. A FACT FOR DR. CULLEN.—lmsgine a railway hence to the sun. How many hours is the sun from Why, if we were to send a baby in a railway train, going incessantly one hund re d m il es an h our w ith o ut making any stoppages, the baby would grow to be a boy—the boy would grow to be a man—the man would grow old and die —without seeing the sun, for it is distant more than a hun dred years from us. But w h a t j 9 thi s compa red with Neptune's distance? Had Adam and Eve started by a railway to go from Neptune to the Sun, at the rate of ifty i l l e il p e t s un a e n ishomuorietthhearly w aix oul t d ho n u o s t and ha y y e e ars go fr t om th t e h re e e y e e u t t , re fo o r f (Arc eyatenu I THE LATE COLLISION ON LAKE ERIE. Some few weeks since it was reported that among the number who found a watery grave by the colli sion between the Atlantic and the Propeller, on Lake lErie, was Mrs. Cornwell, a sister of Elihu Burritt, This, we are happy to say, is incorrect, as the follow ing deeply interesting letter, just received in London, will satisfactorily prove : " I awoke about five minutes previous to the con cussion which caused the destruction of so many un fortunate beings. I did not at first feel alarmed, thinking that nothing serious had happened. My room-mate, however, sprung out of her berth, and, seizing me by the hand, inquired in a tone of terror what could be the matter. I endeavoured to quiet her, but soon perceived that some great change had come over the boat. The machinery seemed to be disabled, and was fast suspending its operations. "The bell commenced tolling at this moment, which indeed was a death-knell to many a poor soul. I listened a moment, and there followed immediately the most heart-rending cries from every part of the boat Fire!' and We are sinking I' I arose from my berth, and looking out of the window saw at once that ate we m o were down rapidly. I then left my t nothing with me but one state-room, ro takinggo i going of those stools called life-preservers, expecting to test its efficacy in a few moments. As I reached the deck I witnessed a scene of which those who read the newspaper accounts can form but a very faint idea. Friends were embracing each other for the last time—lips met lips that were in a few moments cold in death. Those tones, so full of agony, are still my ears, a n d will be remembered by me ringing ti I in human sorrow and suffering are forgotten. One thought afforded me much comfort in this trying mo ment—that I had no friend with me ; I was glad that all I loved were away. Scores of persons were now overboard on my right hand and on my left; j u tre png water i was too deep for me to remain longer in the position I then occupied, and I made an at tempt to climb upon the hurricane deck, but fell twice ; the third time I succeeded. When I reached 'this highest part of the boat I looked in every direc tionfor a light, but c o uld discover none nearer than any help nearer than from Him who reigns above them. There seemed time but for the one solemn thou g ht, th a t h ere , b e neath 30 fathoms o f water, far from friends or the green shore, I wa s to find my l as t res ti ng pl ace . Th e ve il that the s t a rs, s t a rs, nor separated me from the unseen world seemed already turned aside for me to enter. A poor Ger man clung to me, and in broken accents begged me pray for hi m . to He was a wicked man,' he said, and did not know how to pray.' I reminded him that Our Father' s k n eeling down at the helm.' I noticed a gentleman by a cross beam. I went and knelt aide, and put my arm through his as d he ow engagedn prayer. The water was now even w ith the hurri cane d ec k . J ust at t hi s moment I s aw the light o f th e s t eamer P rope ll er , th a t h a d s truck us. Th e water a b out us was bl ac k f or some distance with t h e h ea d s o f persons s t rugg li ng f or byhis i n life. As the Propeller was nearing us our boat seemed to retain its position—the reason God only knows. There was a spot a few feet square still above water, and all the living persons left on our lvseestseelamwee alongside, clustered upon it. The other steamer at and took us all off. I was the last lady who left the wreck, and was lifted by three men into the Propeller. Here the scene was harrow ing in the extreme. This vessel was also seriously injured, and it seemed very uncertain whether we should not be subjected to a repetition of all the horrors from which we had just escaped. Parents were asking frantically for their children, brothers looking ea ger l y i n every f ace f or a l ost s i ster, friends loudly lamenting their missing companions. The lady who had first awakened me to a sense of our danger was gone. One young lady was the only survivor of a family of six, on their way from England to the far west; she had not a friend on this side the Atlantic. When we were landed at Erie I had to walk a considerable distance barefooted and bareheaded, having escaped with only one under garment. I was seriously bruised, and almost covered with some tar into which I had fallen. We were re ceived and treated with the greatest kindness at one of ladies the We had clothes brought to us by the place, and everything done to us that of hotels. th e was n Monday,power to do. I arrived home the fol lowing very weak and debilitated, but can it heir never forget what okligations I am under to the Lord for His saving mercy, when more than 200 of my fellow-passengers were lost. " E. B. CORNWELL." MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 25, 1552. Epidemic, Endemic, aad 'Contagious Diseases ...*271 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... 42 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ... 200 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 99 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 43 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 129 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ..• 54 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, sud Muscles ... 14 Diseases of the Skin, &o. 4 Malformations... ••• •• Premature Birth ... 31 Atrophy Old Ago ••• ••• ••• ... 38 Sudden ... ... • • • ... • 11 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 74 Causes not specified ... 3 DEATHS FROM ALL CA USES ... ... 1,077 Population Deaths in corre. Deaths Enumerated, oponding Wee k in the 1851. of 1851. Week. West Districts... 376,427 . . 133 ... 155 North Districts.. 4 90 , 396 r. 189 ... 191 Central Districts 3 93 , 256 ... 163 ... 213 East Districts ... 485,522 ... 190 ... 224 South Districts .. 616,635 ... 283 ... 294 --- _ _ Totals..., 2,362,236 ... 958 ... 1,077 Males ... ••, ... ... ... 589 Females ... BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ••• ••I ••• ••• ••• 847 Females ... ••' ••• ••• ••• 793 Total ... ...1,640 *ln this number are included 83 by Scarlatiaa, 38 by Typhus Fever, 72 by Diarrhoea, and 7 by Cholera. FIFTEEN RUN.DP —ED MILES IN A THOUSAND HOURS. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) The astonishing feat if walking 1,500 miles in 1,000 hours—commencing each mile and a half with each successive hour—was completed at the Borough Gardens, Salford, on Saturday morning, by James Jones. We have noticed Jcnes's progress several times during the six weeks he has been engaged in his un dertaking ; and we need only add that, as was foreseen, his nervous excitement became very great during his walking on Friday night and Saturd ay morn ing. It was during this time that his medical att en dants had the greatest fear that brain fever might result ; for although Jones has on the whole suffered less in this respect than might have been anticipated, it was felt that the excitement caused by the near completion of his task might readily prove too much for him, if it did not result fatally. On Saturday morning the con course of spectators in the gardens was very large, and much inte .est, and even sympathy, was manifested when Jones appeared .4)r his last start at eleven o'clock. Having just shpt soundly, he was then cool and easy, and conversed with his friend s , sa yi ng that he was sure he could finish by doin g th e m il e and a half in thirt een minutes ; his pulse was then at 74, being very little fester than that of a healthy man. He completed his distance, and his work, in 12 mi nutes 58 seconds; but during that time he had be come so fearfully excited—probably as much from the presence and enthusiasm of the spectators and the tones of a band of music, as from his own exer tions—that when he went into the place where he has slept, it was found that his pulse had risen to 126. He continued very restless, and all the attempts made to induce sleet entirely failed. Mr. Storey, druggist, of Salford (who has been a good deal in attendance upon Jones) with Mr. lloyle, surgeon, and others, strongly advised that Jones should not be al lowed to commence waling the 100 quarter-miles in as many successive quarter-hours, which he had re solved to do at six o'clock in the evening ; but, although Jones did not sleep, he was resolved to go through his second task, and started according to ar rangement. His feet were fortunately in very good condition, and, with the exception of the excite ment mentioned, he had been more easy during the previous day than on several days during the six weeks ; so that he was most sanguine of succeeding. 'When Mr. Storey left the gardens in the evening, he insisted that if Jones did fall asleep during any one of his brief intervals of rest from walking, he should not be again aroused to resume his task. About midnight he was found to be asleep immediately on lying down, and he was accordingly allowed to sleep until five o'clock on Sunday morn ing. He then again commenced walking, and con tinued to walk the quarter miles until seven in the evening, at which time he would have completed the 100, had not exhausted nature demanded rest. The fact of the break which had occurred during the night was fairly made known to the thousands who flocked to the gardens during Sunday, whose payments for admission wer e all Jones receiv e d for . his continued exer t ion aft er th e co mpletion of hi s first terrible task. The 1001. promised to Jones by the proprietor of the gardens, when he undertook his perfectly unapproached feat, were paid to him at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. It is under stood that Jones never before attempted anything like a pedestrian feat, except on one occasion, when he walked seven miles in less than an hour ; but he has now proved himself possessed of powers of endurance such as have never before been exhibited. The feat of Captain Barclay is of crurse quite outdone by this one of J Dur;ng the six vv,l-ks Junts has, upoa the average, consumed Glb. of flesh meat per day ; and it is believed that he is now some 20Ib. lighter than when he commenced. The average time occupied in walking the mile and a-half, has been 19 to 21 minutes ; and it is said that on several occasions (once on two successive hours) he walked his distance when he was so unconscious, being apparently asleep, that he would have gone for ward in a straight line, but that be was accompanied by men who guided him at the different turns. We understand that now, Jones's general bodily condition is good, that the excitement of the brain has gradually ceased, and that there is no reason to believe that he has been injuriously affected by the fearful state of tension in which he has so long kept himself. PROGRESS OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCK ESTATE. The account,: of the trustees of the Liverpool Docks for the year ending the 24th of June last, give a most satisfactory exposition of the state of the vast property under their control, and of the growing prosperity of the port. The dues on tonnage received during the year have been 137,7541. Os. 5d.; on foreign goods in wards, 86,4021. 3s. 5d.; and outwards, 22,5301. Is. 10d., making a total amount of 246,6861. ss. Bd. The interest on bonds amounts to 202,3741. 13s. 3d., leaving a margin for ordinary expenditure of 44,311/. 12s. sd. The ba lance in the bands of the bankers and treasurer has in creased from 103,148/. 15s. 11d. at the commencement of the year to 135,096/. Os. 3d. at the close. There has been received on bond 592,9441. 7s. 10d., which is ac counted for by the repayment of money borrowed and the cost of property purchased. The lighthouse duties have been 11,543/. 14s. 10d.; floating light duties, 5,092/. 2s. 3d. ; graving dock duties, 15,645/. 135.; and graving block duties, 2,289/. 4s. The Albert dock warehouses have produced for rates and rent 60,201/. 14s. 3d., the working expenditure being 36,2584 6s. 6d. A table embodied with the accounts, showing the amount of dock duties at the port of Liverpool from the year 1752 exhibits the most remarkable history of progress which has aver been noticed in this or any other country. In 1752 the amount received for tonnage dues in Liverpool was 1,7761. Bs. 2d.; and in the closing year of the century, 1799, it was 14,049/. 15s. id., or nearly eightfold. In the following year it took a most surprising leap, reaching 23,379/. 13s. 6d.; and in 1810 it had reached 65,7821. Is. From this point it declined during the next three years, when it began again to in crease, and has steadily progressed, until we have in the past year an amount of 246,686/. ss. Bd. This, how ever, does not show fully the amazing improvement which has taken place during the past 16 years, for on the 25th of September, 1846, there was a reduction made in the rates of 38i per cent. On the Ist of Decem ber, 1844, a reduction was made in the tonnage dues on East India vessels of 33 per cent., or about 18 per cent. on the aggregate of foreign voyages. Again, in 1848, whilst Mr. Bramley Moore was dock chairman, a further redaction was made, amounting to 40,0001. Our pro gress during the past half century is best ascertained by the number of the vessels and the tonnage of the port. In 1800 the number of vessels was 4,746, and the ton nage 450,060 tons. In 1852 the number of vessels had reached 21,473, with a tonnage of 3,912,506 tons, or above eightfold the tonnage of 1800. Liverpool Standard. THE LONDON GAZETTE, Sept. 28. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 28, 1852. BREVET.—Lieut.-General Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., to have the rank of General so long as he is in com mand of her Majesty's army. HORSE-GUARDS, SEPT. 28. The General Commandinc , in Chief has been pleased to appoint Colonel Richard' Airey to be his Military Secretary. - ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 18. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Joshua Hamilton Maskery to be First Lieutenant, vice Samuel Lewin Wilson, deceased. Commission by the Governor of the Isle of Wight. Andrew Snape Hamond, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute nant, Sept. 16. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Hon. Gilbert Stapleton to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 24. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. John Powell, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Jeffreys De Winton, Esq.. to be Deputy Lieutenant; James Prosser Snead, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Charles Augustus Parkinson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant, Sept. 25. Brecknockshire Militia Captain Manners Builth Wood to be Major, vice William Richard Stretton, resigned. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Charles James Bastard, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice James R. Moriarty, deceased; Vincentio Corbett Lee, Gent., to be Ensign, vice George Mignon Innes, resigned ; Gus tavus Francis Munro, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Ed ward James Dyson, promoted; George Thomas West, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 20. Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Thomas Harpur Colvill, Esq., Adjutant of the Royal West Mi litia, and late Captain in her Majesty's 71st Regiment of Foot, to serve with the rank of Captain, Aug. 10; Henry Riversdale Grenfell, Esq., to be Captain, vice the Honourable George Henry Charles Byng, promoted, Sept. 24. Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia— Lieutenant George Edward Cook to be Captain, vice Brailsford, resigned; Edward Murray, Gent., to be En sign, Sept. 20. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Durham Militia—William Hamilton Williamson, Esq., to be Captain; William Ord, jun., Gent., to be Lieu tenant; John Frederick Gales, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Henry Smith Stobart, Gent., to be Lieutenant; John Henry Stobart, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William Dale Trotter, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Sept. 23. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Jenkins, innkeeper, Tredegar, Monmouth shire. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Russell and John Musgrove, sack manufac turers, Norwich, to surrender Oct. 7, at twelve, and Nov. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury ; Miller and Son, Norwich. William Milner Harker, currier, Little Moorfields, City, Oct. 8, at eleven, and Nov. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Roberts, Barge-yard-chambers. James Robert Collet, milliner, Princes-street, Ha nover-square, Oct. 6, at eleven, and Nov. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Rutter and Trotter, Ely-place. Holborn. Joseph Winter, clothier, Holborn-hill, City, Oct. 2, at twelve, and Nov. 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Huson, Ironmonger-lane. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. G. Faulkner, Charlotte -street, Pimlico. W. J. Couch, artist, Lee, Kent. D. Humbert, Italian warehouseman, Frith-street, Soho. G. W. Hogg, draper's assistant, Church-street. J. Ellis, cowkeeper, Garnault-place,Spa-fields. T. Whinney, li ver y s t a bl e k ee p er , Shepherd street, May Fair. I. Elkins, grocer, High-street, Shadwell. T. Cook, tailor, Oakhall-place, New Cross. M. E. Durup, Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road. W. Nockells, newspaper agent, Jermyn-street. IL Anderton, manager of dye works, Salford E. Banister, beer seller, Nova Scotia. W. Gray, licensed victualler, Chorlton-on-Medlock. J. Ogden, cabinet maker, Oldham. W. Rock, commission agent, Westbromwich, Stafford shire. J. Smith, beer seller, Hulme, Manchester. E. Davis, confectioner, Fleetwood-on-Wyre, Lancashire. G. Bansall, Shirland, Derbyshire. J. Cowley, Manchester. M. Cooke, joiner, Denton, Lancashire. R. G. Dax, clerk in the Exchequer-office, Dover. E. T. Dax, clerk in the Rule-office, Dover. J. Ellis, blacksmith, High Harrowgate, Yorkshire. H. B. Noble, teacher, Ledbury, Herefordshire. P. Campbell, innkeeper, Bishop Auckland, Durham. J. Carr, stone mason, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. J. Lowe, corn and flour merchant and seedsman, Pen dleton, Salford, Lancashire. J. Dewhurst, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. T. Martin, victualler's servant, Folkestone, Kent. W. Raybould, journeyman carpenter and joiner, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. David Lewis, of Lanteague, Pembrokeshire, draper, first dividend of 2s. in the pound, payable at Narberth, on Saturday, October 9, and any subsequent day. Lewis Emanuel, of Kingston -upon-Hull, first and final dividend of .sid. in the pound, payable at 36, Salthouse lane, Kingston-upon-Hull, on and after October 4. Joseph Green, of Kingston-upon-Hull, first and final dividend of lid. in the pound, payable at 36, Salthouse lane, Kingston-upon-Hull, on and after October 4. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. G. Mahon and W. S. Mummery, Avery-row, Bond street, paper stainers, Oct. 1, at twelve. In the Country. R. Jackson, Liverpool, and Bolton-le-Moors, Lanca shire, organ builder, Oct. 20,1 at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool—J. Adams, Halghton, Flintshire, cheese factor, Oct. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—S. Sherlock, Liverpool, wine merchant, Oct. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—S. J. Clegg and J. Whitby, Liverpool, merchants, Oct. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— H. Jones, Chester, grocer, Oct. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street, W. Winch. Strand, licensed victualler, and North megv, Gray's lon-lane, ivory cutter, Oct. 20, at one—H. Mopsey, Union street East, Bishopsgate, ironmonger, at twelve. I❑ the Country. J. W. C. Brewer, Gloucester, licensed victualler, Oct. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—S. E. R. Jones, Wrockwardine, Salop, apothecary, Oct. 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—W. J. Williams, Wolverhampton, hosier, Oct. 19, at half -past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Bluck, Bucklersbury, wine merchant, certificate of the second class—S. Eardley, Tunstall, Staffordshire, joiner, certificate of the first clas , . INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Richard Stone, of Chatham, eating-house keeper— Elizabeth Hopkins, of Luton, Bedfordshire, straw bonnet manufacturer—William Glover, of Charlton, Somerset shire, draper—John Fouracre, of Taunton, Somerset shire, out of bueinose—William 8011, of I+4u cashire, shopkeeper—David Grundy, of Chorhon-upons Medlock, Lancashire, fent tipait r—John Richards, of Manchester, beer house keeper— Pigt.t, of Ardwick, Lancashire, teacher of music—George Greenwood, of Keighley, Yorkshire, piece maker— Thomas Lund, of Keighley, Yorkshire, joiner—John Rule, late of lJpnor, Kent, market gardener—David Watkeys, of Llunolly, Carmarthenshire, builder—Ed ward Howell, of Norwich, out of business—Thomas Pay body, of Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, black smith—John Taylor, of Huddersfield, journeyman iron-moulder—Henry Rogers, of Llanelly, Carmarthen shire, carpenter—Robert Gow, of Portsea, engineer in the Royal Navy. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED_ James Whittaker and Thomas Sugar, of Burnley, Lancashire, machine makers—Richard Bell and G. W. Campbell, of Liverpool. merchants—John Kay, Christo pher Kay, and James Blackwell, of Wharton and Betch ton, Cheshire, salt manufacturers (so far as regards James Blackwell)—Edwin Oliver and Reuben Oliver, of Bedminster, Dorsetshire, grocers—Thomas Edwards and George Scott, of Conduit-street, Bond-street, tailors— John James, jun., and John Hughes, of the Uskside Iron Works, St. Woollos, Monmouthshire—William Henderson and William Llewellyn Davies, of the Seaton Iron Works, near Workington, Cumberland, iron plate manufacturers William Arkooll end Thomas Arkcoll, of Westham, Sussex, farmers—Ed win James and Thomas Legg, of Radford, Nottingham shire, trimming manufacturers—Henry Kenyon and Thomas Briercliffe, of Liverpool, button manufacturers — John Lawton, James Dixon, and George Carr, of Tun stall, Staffordshire, plumbers—Henry Wright, Henry Taylor, Egerton L. Wright, and John Mercer, of Wigan, Lancashire, colliers (so far as regards Egerton L. Wright)—Charlcs John Price and John Price, of Holy well, Flintshire, grocers—William Lund and William Thomas Price, of Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucester shire, drapers—Edward Hill (deceased) and William Horsfall, and Mary Hill (executrix of Edward Hill) and William Horsfall, of Manchester and Pendleton, calen derers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Halley, of Denny, mason, October 1 and 29, at one, at Hendry's Star Hotel, Stirling. Thomas Templeton, of Campbletown, merchant, Oc tober 4 and 24, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Campbel town. John M'Arthur and Dugald M'Arthur, of Glasgow, provision merchants, October 1 and 29, at one, at the Star Hotel, Glasgow. Archibald Chambers, of Greenock and Demerara, commission agent, October 4 and 25, at one, at the Ton tine Hotel, Greenock. • Nathaniel Wield, of Annan, accountant, October 4 and 25, at two, at the Queensbury Arma Inn, Annan. LORD MAYOR'S COURT, Sept. 28. BEALE V. CHAPMAN-CATHERINE HAYES, DEFENDANT. This was an attachment under the custom of London against Catherine Hayes, the celebrated singer, to recover th e sum of 3,0001., due to Thomas Frederick Beale. The attachment was made of money belonging to the defendant, in the hands of the Union Bank of London. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Locke appeared for the plain tiff, and called Richard Houghton, assistant manager of the bank, who proved that they had upwards of 3,0001. in their hands, the property of the lady. Neither the gar nishee nor the defendant appeared by counsel, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 3,0001. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARY LEBONE. Two well-dressed young men, John Gosney: 23, William-street, Regent's-park, and George Tayton, 80, Bridgewater-street, Somers-town, were brought before Mr. Broughton, charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the Zoological-gardens, Re gent's-park, and with wantonly injuring a badger, by administering to it some gin. William Nixey, 19, Windsor-street, City-road, deposed, that on the previous afternoon, about four o'olock, he was in the gardens, and saw the prisoners, one of whom (Gosney) gave some gin from a bottle to a wolf, after which he gave the animal a biscuit, and then threw some gin into its mouth. lie then gave some of the like spirit to an Esquimaux dog, by throwing it from a glasa ; and in addition to these freaks he offered a piece of biscuit to a badger. Upon the animal opening its mouth to seize the morsel he introduced therein the neck of the bottle, from which no doubt a quantity of gin had passed down the animal's throat ; it rolled and floundered about its cage, and he (Gosney) then struck a blow at it between the wires, the consequence of which was that the bottle broke, and a portion of the frag ments went into the cage. The prisoners were both drunk. Mr. John Thompson, superintendent of the gar dens, said he did not witness the administering of the gin, but he had seen the badger since ; it did not ap pear to have been hurt. At the station-house the prisoners, who were the worse for drink, were ex tremely abusive. Croome, 176 S, stated that he took the prisoners into custody, and that they said they were not aware they had done any harm. Gosnay was very abusive, and aimed a blow at witness, but fortunately he avoided it. Gooney, in answer to the charge, denied having aimed any blow at the officer, and said that he did not out of any ill-feeling give gin to the animals ; he merely put the bottle to their mouths, to see if they objected to it. Tayton admitted being somewhat overcome by liquor;and added, that as Lo the administration of the gin be had nothing whatever to do with it. He saw a biscuit given to one of the animals by his friend, and he knew no more abou 4.", the matter. Mr. BROUGHTON, after reviewing carefully the whole of the evidence adduced, came to the conclu sion that no real mischief was intended towards the animals, but that the conduct of the prisoners for going drunk into the gardens was reprehensible in the extreme. Gusney was amerced in a penalty of 303., or a month's imprisonment, for assaulting the officer ; and Tayton was fined 6s. for being drunk. LAMBETH. Thomas Illeghan, a ruffianly-looking cab-driver, was finally examined before Mr. Elliott on a charge of violently assaulting Emily Scott, and throwing over her person, and that of another woman named Eliza Disney, a quantity of corrosive fluid, which destroyed their dresses. Emily Scott deposed that on the night of Thursday week, between ten and eleven o'clock, she was stand ing close to the Royal Oak public-house in Granby street, Waterloo-road, when the prisoner, who used to live with her at different; times, and whom she had supported by her prostitu Lion for a length of time, came up to her and asked 'v here she was going. She replied, " Over the water ;" upon which he told her she had better not. She said she should, and he in stantly struck her a violent blow with his right hand, and with his left poured something over her from a bottle. A female friend of hers, Eliza Disney, came up to her assistance, and the prisoner threw some of the stuff over her shawl an .d destroyed it, as well as witness's dress. Elise Disney said she wts present at the time, and saw him strike and kick the last witness in a most brutal manner, and also throw something over her, which destroyed her dress and bonnet. The prisoner also threw some of the stuff over her shawl, and com pletely destroyed it, burning a large piece right out. A cabman who had witnessed the outrage confirmed the testimony of both the witnesses, and Scott having been recalled said, in answer to the Magistrate's questions, that the prisoner had fre quently threatened her that if he could not blind her by kicks or blows he would by some other means, and that when she turned him up he would leave her in such a state that no other person would look at her. The dress and bonnet worn by the complainant at the time, and also the shawl of the young woman Disney, were produced, and were completely disco loured, burnt, and destroyed by some strong corrosive liquid. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said that he was the worse for liquor at the time, and admitted the assault, but denied having thrown a liquid of any kind over the complainants. Mr. ELLIOT said it was very fortunate for him that the fluid, which there could be no doubt he had thrown over the women, had neither burnt, maimed, disfigured, nor done them some other grievous bodily harm, for, if so, his offence would have amounted to one of felony, for which he might have been tran sported for the term of his natural life. His offence, however, was one of a most unmanly and dastardly character, and for it he should sentence him, in the first instance, to a p ena lty o f 31., o r on e month'sim prisonment, for the assault on the woman Scott ; in the next place, he must pay a further sum of 10s., or 10 days' imprisonment, f o r the injuries done P: to the e, apparel of the same pers o n ; and, in the third 1 he should adjudge hi m t o p a y the sum of 20s;nra12an° days, for the injury done to the shawl of t he Disney. „-- S T , GILES'S.— THE FALL OF THE HOUSES IN numbers visited the During the whole of yesterday large di i ds and the crowd scene of the above catastrophe in Seven - ; Seven-e' that the services during the middle of the day was su g near the tottering ruins, as the plat i e - The broken furniture of two policemen were necessary prr,ervesrenent t p e e d op m le or g e o t i h ng e a t p oo . B all cleared out, and fortu pearance of a fair than anything a t r h y ose of al t r h ea e dy reported. and other debris have been nearly nately without more casualties than the sufferers are p S r t o ' gr G es i s l icfg s From inquiries made at the careful treatment of the csatrrreieatgaendtrGaffireca,t and St. Andrew's street have late last eventilliieg: very favourably indeed under_ medical officers. 13otlln t e o en street have been closed walls of the houses have been propped up with planks and beams until they can be safely taken down. There are num bers of houses in this locality quite as unstable and danger oussaisiAtable......wbTicilliebNavaenftaulclekne.t Mirror says that during the last two months there have been taken at Quidnit, Sias conset, and the south side of the island, from 800 to 1,000 sharks, varying in length from five to twelve feet. On Thurs day of last week sixty •one were taken at the south shore by three boats. Considerable quantities of oil are obtained from their livers, and the bodies are gold to the farmers of the island for wanly% 1 't` T-'l' 1 ? COUN •r - t? v . M ---1 IPSWICH, SEPT. 28. It was a small market to-day; good dry wheats main tained their price, and sold readily, whilst secondary and ill conditioned samples were difficult to sell. Barley was in smaller supply than the two previous weeks; all fine and good malting qualities were is per qr. dearer. All kinds found ready sale. New beans high in price; 31s to 32s per qr. wanted for them. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTEB• Wheat,red (old) 42s to 45s Bailey, grinding,.. 24s to 27s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (old) 449 to 52s Peas 29s to Ditto(new) .. ..... 40s to 52. Oats oos to C 5 i Barley, malting ... 28s to 3 2 s Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 25, 1852. Wheat Bailey Oats ... ......... „,, 71 „ 21s 5d Peas Beans. 4O 2, ag el Od HULL, SEPT. 28. Messrs. Taylor and Brig ht's Circular sta tes:—The weather has been variable during the'ast week, an d since Sunday afternoon we have had almost incessane and heavy rain. There was a fair supply of farmrs wheat at to-day's market, c ondition very various; t bes samples met free sale at full the prices paid last week , anything choice making a trifle more money. Arrivals of foreign are insignificant; good fresh qualities would meet ready sale from ship. Nothing of moment yet doing in malting barley, hut grinding qualities are scarce and in request. The firmness in Lo ndon hardly yet affects our oat market. Beans are slower sale at the ad vance, but stocks are much reduced. We get fairly supplied with cotchels of new liamburgh beans by each. steam-boat. Peas unaltered. The linseed market very firm, and cakes again dearer. We are still without sup plies of foreign. Ripe cakes scarce and dearer. The following are the present prices of grain:- 8; 0, .. E. 8. S. Wheat, English, red 38 to 40' 1 Peas, white and yel. 32 --- o'r e 30 Do. white 42 44 Do. grey ......... ... 2. =--- ~ Dantzic and Bo- Linseed, Black Sea. 44 T. Pomeranian 42 4 0,,, nigsberg 38 ..-- liA Do. Riga & Archngl: _ _ 40 Hamburgh Russian n land and 42 46 Do. Petersburgh ... 37 —42 Do. Sonigsberg • • ae Per ton. Danish, Holstein, & 0/ to 61 10s Oats, English and Odessa 34 -- 38 38 Lins.Do.ncefor. 7/ 15s Od to 0/0a 241 Os to Do. Danish.... .16— 18 Rapeseed. ... Do.Frieslaud 18 —2O R c.:.975 Do. Russ. & Odessa 16 18 Tares, English ..... . ..... so Barley, malting 2B —3O Do. foreign ............ 253 i 0: Do. grinding 24 —25 Guano ......... 41 71 to 9 _ _ s Beans 3O 36, 1 80ne5, do ...... 978 Od to 00 71 Os Do., foreign 30 —331 Ree Meal ............... ... diet LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 28.—The trade h as been g for wheat, and prices a shade easier. Flour, however, has met with a fair consumptive demand, and maintained its value. Notwithstanding the large arriva ls of Indian corn off the coast, this article being quest, has rather improved in value than otherwise, 27s to 27s 3d per quarter being obtainable for Ibrali, and 29s to 29s 6d per quarter for Galata, arrived off the coast. Several parcels of Egyptian beans have eee i ll.f in very good forward, and and the value has been well maintained. At other articles no material change has taken pindance of f this day's market there was a moderate attet)o the trade, who, however, showed little disposition r _ buy, and newly arrived American wheat and flour „gibs!e offered from the quay at a decline of Id W 2d per and 5d to 6d per barrel on the prices of this day w e re without much effect. Parcels in store , however, °li to not obtainable on materi a lly lower terms. New oats, and oatmeal were without change; but old inealieg moneybeing scarce, were saleable for rather m ore Barley, beans, and peas met with a fair retbil sale,. ' a:, full prices. Indian corn on the spot was wit hout in vett, ~ e ' and floating cargoes brought extreme rate s in the Sal made. Barrels. 27 White wheat 20, 3d to 106 Red wheat l7s Od to 87 Ditto l9s 6d to 51 Ditto .2os 3d to CORK, SEPT. 27. Curacy. 22i Od 0 0 s O d-20 sten 3 19s 6d) 203 3d} 20s 3d--20 do 20s 6d 157 Barley 9s 10d to Ils 2d 390168 Ditto Ditt ... ls Dittol . 17 8ere........-.lls l 2 6d d t t o o 1 11 2 : 6d Od) 6d...- 00 do 9s Pd to 10$ 3d 0 01 0d 899 Oats Bs Od to 88 4d 1006 Ditto ... BJI Ditto 0 Pigs 001 Od to 00s Od 88 ss 6d dd t 0 0 0 98: 5d dd Si sd-.0 do Quantity sold at the Highest Pric: 4 barrels white wheat ; 54 red; 26 barley; 6 bore; 10 oats ; 0 Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last wit,l'L 0. 00s Od per cwt Wheat, 2,361. Barley, 3,499. Bere, 0. Oats, 14,62 8 . rlis” PRICES OF BUTTER. '-' CANT. cusa.otoi. . 70s First quality Second quality Third quality 7O. Third quality .............. 595 Fourth quality Fifth quality . 58a Fifth quality .............. . gas Sixth quality ...... ...., 48s Sixth quality .. . .......19. ... .. Return of cattle sold for week ending Se p t Pigs, s3B. Sheep, 294. Cowse,or79; CORK. —Floxr—Firot 12s 6d to 131 6cl; seconds,l Is t.l2s Od; households 9s to 11s Od; thirds' 7o to 91 per cwt. OatmealloB3d to 10s 6d ; Indian meal 783cito 7s 6d; 1 / 11.41. meal, 9861 to 10a per cwt. Indian corn 710 s to 71 ss Od pet t° ° ' Rran SOs to 82s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 15s Oci to 30a; averag. 231; dealers 26i Od to 358; average °Japer ton. Str aw--Fa l2l „ A ",. 145 Od; 10s Od to 24s Od ; average 16s ; dealers 00s Od to 0 01 '' average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to Od ; household loaf bd to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d W 10d per lb. Eggs-4s Od to 4s 2d per hundred. Coalslla, -' Cu Newport Ibs Od Lydney lbs - La.ndore 00s ; 123 6d per ton. Tallow 40s Od t° 42a pet el rt : . Whiskr 25 o. p., 5s 9cl pe r imperial gallon 44 H Me 1 ' —Bee 4id to 7cl; mutton 5d to 60; veal 7d pork 4d to Od a 6d'enges scl per lb. 'Opt 71 106 to 0/ Os per cwt Bangor slates 2117 s 6d to 3/ Os pet Bark, red 7/ to 8/ los per ton. Fleece wool 16s to 00s per starve; Hemp 29/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 161 to 00s; 43° ditto, 24, to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11l pea ye s ow ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton; red pine, 31 55; ditto, 31 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. ili de r„ , tom. Market 228 to 28s; salted 239 to 309 per cwt ; ea- 11 l ' i ,' - ' 3d to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 9d to 10d ; inks ' Od to Od. Guano—Peruvian, 101 lOs to 11/ per tial. L am. Archangel, 19s per barreL RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SEPT. 28. STOCK ExcHANGE.—ur share market was more active to-day, and prices were maintained. The sales were - Bristol and Exeter, 101%—Great Western, 953 A• LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 28. STOCK EXCHANOE.—There has been no material alters- STOCK in the railway share market to-day, and but a very limited amount of business has been transacted. The sales were—Eastern Counties, 1111 —East Lancashire, 18y,-- leonncashire and Yorkshire, 83 LA—Ditto, Fifths, ,13i dis.--- don and North-Western, 1153/ —Ditto, Fifths, 3 P- ---- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31U —Midland, 76N. —South-Eastern and Dover, 21%—Dutch Rhenish, 1 dis•- - Great Southern and Western, 46%. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 28. STOCK ExCUANGa.—The business done to -day was very limited, and prices bad a downwa rd tendency. London Th and e trans actions were as follow:—East Lancash ire, 189 — North-Western, 119—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 30 3 A—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 9-16. BIRMINGA, S 28. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The H railM SEPT. way share market of this town, acted upon by the depressed state of the share market in London, continues dull and inactive There is not , 11 ° / " ever, any material alteration in prices, the quotati whichy being much the same as yesterd a y . The effect may be produced by the opening of the Birminghain Junction on Friday is looked forward to with a considerable degree of interest. The business transacted to -day was and Oxford Oxford gether unimportant. -................, COURSE OF EXC. Amsterdam •• • • 11 19 Ditto, three months .. 12 0% Rotterdam 12 1 Antwerp ........ 25 524 Brussels • • 25 6236 Ilamburgh 13 9 Altona • • •••• ••..•• .• • • —-- Paris, days'sight 25 3234 Ditto, 3 menthe .... 25 52 Marseilles .......... • • 25 52% 80urd0aux.......... • • Frankforton,Maine .. • • 121 Berlin • • .. • • ...... • • • • 'Vienna, effec. fin ...... 11 44 Trieste, ditt0.......... 11 46 retersbargh 37% Madrid ••• • • • •••• .. • • 49 % Cadiz • • 49N 8arce10na............ .............. - Seville.. ITANGE.--TIIENDAT. Gibraltar•• •• •• •• •• •• •• Leghorn ••••. • •• 30 724 Oenoa •• •• .• .• •.• 45 67% Milan •• •• ••••••• •• •• Venice.• ••• • • • .• .• -- Naples •• .• .• .• .• 41% Paier mo, per0z........ 123% Messina ••••• • .• i 23% Lisbon •••• •• •• •• .• 63 Oporto • • gio Janeiro •• •• •• •• -- Buen os Ayres .• ••• • •• New York, 60 dayesight Philadelphia YBIOLB 01 istriwoit, rata as. Foreign inbars...f3 17 9 woad Coin •• 0 o ; SpaniDoubloons •• 0 4 11 New Dollars •• •• " Silver in bars ••"'• •• 0 5 ON Previously to ------=------- SALT A CURE FOR THE POTATO DISEASE.—A correspondent of the Leeds Mercury says:—" planting my potatoes this year I sowed the whole of the ground with salt pretty freely, and I am happy to say that, with the exception of Perhaps one diseased one in a bushel, they are perfectly sound, clear in the skin, and beautiful in sample. The last year's crop was a failure, so many proving decidedly the mostaffected. bad that I scarcely raised more than sown. The above ex plan planting potatoes, and with the like results. periment was in a field allotment; but I tried a similar ex periment in my garden, by spreading salt on a fourth of the portion used for y successful. I find that the Some of my neighbours, too, have, unknown to each other, r tried e s s t a lt l The por tion of the qrden not salted was diseased to the extent of half the crop• 'a nadndhehraevaisb ---- LON DON, BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 21st inst., at Crookham End, near Newbury, th e wife of G. C. Fowler, Esq. O n the 23d inst., at Cl are ndon-road, Notting-hill, the widow of the late Captain Hyde Parker Lawrence. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 23d inst., at Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-square? Mrs. Thorburn. On the 25th inst., the wife of Mr. George Wallen, of th e Guildford-road, South Lambeth., MARRIED. On the 23d inst., at All Souls' Church, St. Marylebone, T. B. Studdy, Esq., late Captain in the B th Bengal Cavalry', to Illlrgaret, third daughter of the late Peter Vere, Esq. , o f Grosvenor-place. On the 23d inst., at Clifton, Bristol, Edward L. Jones, Esq., of Clapton-square, London, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late W. Hoyle, Esq ., of H oo ten, Levet, Yorkshire. DIED. On the 26th inst., at P enshuret, Lieutenant-Colonel Streat ''' fetid, late of the Grenadier G u ards. Somerset, Wrinil° a On the 22d inst., at Weston Zoyland, Hewett, Esq., aged 68. On the 21st , net: , a t Aldwick, Bognor, the Rev. Thorn; 0 Scott, of Brighton. NV On the 23d inst., at Osnaburgterrace, aged 89, Ann, wide of the late J. b'rooking, Esq. , of East Worthele, Devon. ir: On the 23d instof, actaßreryo.asdtlraenefd,'sa-gfaerdm7,6.near Rorcts* 1 ‘ Robert Hastings, On the 24th inst., Par. `Thomas How, of John-street, Cle ; ti , ' e nwell, aged 64 . it it ° -e ..- i L on don : Printed a nd Published by MURDO YOl5 l W ,, I No. 11 2 , St rand, Printer, at rite Sun Office, ph strand, ;n fr.e Precinct of the 84,,,,,,. th," 00 , taiddleoes, Wednesday, Septemaser 29, ma. CO The ( of the t notice, they w i eown ling sto Of the c iOn, vii I heptfor Portsm( l' l 3 , mou Cork Their tenders Part the tity, or of selec A sep: for Pork " to be cu Perso! 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