The Sun. — London, England, 1835-09-25 00:00:00

k V a 4 Al II QUIRY IN IRELAND. FIRT REPORT. (Concluded front The Sur of yesterday.) The great range of inqu.t-q -desirable that it should be consthus opened to us m ade it Thus in separate branches. It was evident that the minds of ' , sioners, if employed' each upon a .+rilltue,,Assis Commis- It isitattle of suisjects , extols - iv Many of which were of themselves sufficiently ' stet; f°r in _ a separate Commission, would be incapable of mint. • -". ' vestigating any one, and consequently that the most ohms - facts alone would be ascertained ; whilst it was evident, from the great variety or opinions, that the truth was far from obvious, and required a patient, minute, and diligent .search. Two other evils seemed inevitably to attach to such a general inquiry. The great length of time during which the e xasnination would last if each subject were thoroughly invest igated would render those who gave evi dence impatient ; consequently the latter subjects of the inquiry would in most cases be neglected. Again, several of the subjects could be far more efficiently conducted by persons having peculiar,practical knowledge. The inquiry into the management and efficiency of hospitals, dispen saries, and ether medical establishments, would in all pro bability be more usefully conducted by medical men ; whilst an inquiry into the wages and habits of farm labourers, and into the nature and extent of ng employment for them, would be better intrusted to those lo practised in rural occu patiorse• eared to us the most convenient The division which app was into two principal branches : The first, an inquiry into the extent of destitution, into the modes in which relief was afforded to the destitute, and into the effects of those modes., The second, an inquiry into the causes of destitution. It was considered advisable to subdivide this latter branch into four distinct heads : An inquiry into the rate of agricultural wages, the habits of farm labourers, the nature and extent of employment in agriculture, the nature and state of agriculture, to endea vour to discover whether there might be any measures within the reach of the Legislature which would tend to increase the d e mand for labour. An inquiry relative to the manufacturing population, and to trade and manufactures, for similar purposes. An inquiry relative to the fisheries. And one relative to mining. IL We will now state the course which we have pur sued in collecting information, showing how far the evi dence is full and impartial, and therefore how far worthy of reliance. Our first act in the collection of information was to cir culate a set or sisitistical questions. These questions were sent to the Clergy o f etch persuasion, to the Magistracy, to the heads of the police, and to such educated persons as bad been named as able and willing to give us assistance. The purport of these questions was to obtain an outline of the extent and nature of each parish, the number of des titute persons it contained, the number arid'nature of the institutions for the relief of the poor, the slate of wages, r ents of cottages, &c. ; about 7,600 of these questions were circulated, about 3,100 were returned, and the state of about 1,100 parishes was described by them. Many well informed persons in every part of the country were in duced, through answering these questions, to send state ments by which considerable insight was afforded upon many subjects of importance. To obtain information sufficiently extensive in its range, and sufficiently impartial, by means of circulated questions, was obviously impossible. As a Board, we could not pass from one district of the country to another, and receive local evidence, if the country was to be extensively visited, and if our inquiry was to conclude within any reasonable number of years. If each member of the Board had taken a separate district it is probable that each would have been more impressed by those circumstances which had been subjects* of personal observation than by those which had been colleeted by his colleagues, and consequently were to him only written evidence. Besides, many of the Commis sioners had other important duties which would not admit of their leaving Dublin. To have contented ourselves with such information as we could obtain by witnesses brought to Dublin would have been materially to lessen the chance of obtaining full and impartial information, not only as regarded classes of persons, but as regarded the various districts of the country. It was obviously necessary, therefore, that others should be deputed to make local inquiries. The difficulty, great under any circumstances, of select ing persons upon whom reliance could be placed as posses ' sing intelligence in tracing the truth, diligence in pursuit of it, patience in examining a variety of persons of different views and habits, and impartiality in deciding between cen flicting statements, was much increased by the peculior state of society. In a community which had long been divided into poli tico -religious parties, each regarding the other with jealousy and animosity, it was extremely difficult to find persons who would be able, even if they were desirous, to divest them selves of every partial feeling, nurtured as they had been in at: ant : -social state. And even when persons should h a ve been found who really were themselves thus impar tial, there was still a danger that they would be suspected of parttaking of the prejudices with which their rela tives, friends. ond connexions were known to be imbued. On the ssl Sher hand, to have left the inquiry to those wh o were foreign ts' the country, would have been to entrust it ant of its peculiar social construction ; of to persons ignor. the peculiar habits' and feelings of its people ; of the pecu liar idioms of its lan,suage : and, consequently, to those who would be incapable of guarding against imposition in the receipt of evidence, and against giving offence to those from whom they received it. The oily mode of combining the national knowledge possessed by the one, with the impar tiality almost certain in the other, appeared to be by join ing in the inquiry a native of Great Britain with a resident native of Ireland. In order to reap the fullest advantage possible from such an arrangement we required that all the evidence should be taken in the joint presence of the Irish and English As sistant Commissioners ; and we have, in a few instances, been compelled to reject evidence which, through accident, had not been thus taken. We likewise empowered either Assistant Commissioner to invite the presence of any per son whose evidence might appear to him individually to be important and to put any question he might think pertinent to the inquiry. In preparing instructions for the Assistant Commis sioners, we searched the evidence given at various times before Committees of Parliament relative to the condi tion o f the people , an d to the causes which have, di rectly or remotely, led to that condition, and also the various pr ivate Publications upon the subject, and con sulted those per sons who, from their habits and posi tion were like. l Y to be the best acquainted with the si tuation of the p s sople. Certain circumstances were stated by those whose ()Onions were thus obtained, as conveying a faithful representa.`ion of the general physical and moral condition of the working classes. Other circumstances were mentioned either ss the immediate or remote causes of that condition ; and, again, others as the immediate or remote effects. We felt it to be necessary not only to ascertain to what extent those statements might be facts, but whether they embraced the whole of the facts, and whether those facts affected a few districts or the whole country. With this view minute heads of inquiry, based upon the information ' thus obtained, were drawn up. Those heads of inquiry did not anticipate the nega tive or affirmative, but were so framed as to admit of any explanation within the range of the class to which each belonged, being general as to that class, but confined to the main subject of which each formed only asubdivision., It was carefully enforced upon the Kssistant Commis sioners that those heads of inquiry were not for the pur pose of r;°siricting them, but merely 'as an assistance to the memory, c osuring that, at each examination, no portion of the subject, however, minute, which was known by us to be worthy of isia .ration, could be omitted. The As coi, gstant Commissioners were expressly reminded that they were not merely at libers'y to probe each portion of the subject as far as it might in their discretion appear neces sary, but that they were positively required to do so ; the heads of inquiry being merely for the purpose of putting them, previously to their going out, in possession of all points of the subject, as far as they were known. In order that the evidence might be at once full and im partial, and be collected and registered in a manner per fectly satisfactory, the Assistau t Commissioners were de sired to adopt the following course :- I s s. To request the attendance of persons of each grade in society, of each of the various religious persuasions, and of each party in politics ; to give to the testimony of each class an equal degree of attention, and to make examina tions in the p r esence of all, in fact, in open court. Not to allow suy person to join in conducting the examination, and to state a zt the opening of the proceedings that any state ment made by ssn individual, and not impugned by. any person present, wonld be considered to be acknowledged., as at least probable by all. 2dly. To note down, at time of examination, the replies given, or the remarks which occurred to him ; to register, as nearly as might be possible in the words of each witness the statements which might be made ; to register the names of all the persons who attended the examination ; and INfore proceeding to examine another district, to send the minutes of the previous examination to the office of the Co . .t.i.. . ers in Dublin, si g ned by both the A.ssistant , 2---. Coinii 1 e.: - Ta7:•- , , pi , •-, -,,,.. 4 0-,...c . . C;lvsisynr.fA;ommisstoners were required only to col eviaeactiVacis,44)d.opinions), and to record their per sorpr ascii:6.o6g b 4 .4 . lic subjects, and in the manner al y_detailed ; they Od merely, in the examination of wit fs es and of local circumstances, to act as our representa , ; they were notinstructed to furnish any general re- Pl:t.nor to make ivetnmendations ; for as each Assistant Comnaissioac_r_roi,restricted to one branch of the general . branch 0s a single division of an y general concluSido*, -via from partial 644'6%, • We; howerei; re- , '4 we ultimately autumn, an av d e ti c r e ° a n :t w portion or it b f re completed shalleted the evidence before the close 'of the your m t h a i e . e n s t b y e , able ae ee .to p l a a n y i e a d n a b d y d t s i e e n n l a e l - recommendations as to certain parts of the subject referred to and that e ar l y i n F e b ruary we shall be able to close Commission by a fi na l report. Whether the time occu pied e sc by u the Commissi on b e or be not unreaso na bly l ong must wholly depend upon the nature and extent o f the sub ject ; the extent of thed istrict to which it refe rs ; th e number concerns n e e l e a r s e s s e s ; of th persons e in those districts whom it pe culiarly required informatiadoner and, fin possessed willingnessbly those.and ability for giving the of whom the in quiry must be m finally, i upon yt h t e h e timeminutenessy ne the investigation. To estimate al a i 4;,,,, r a n inquiry without con s id er i ng those circumstancesees sa n necessary would be imposale, Quo Commission might be fairly ac cused of being dilatory, though it bad existed but six months ; whilst another miabt have been most active and diligent, and yet have ekiendea over several years. An inquiry for obtaining an accurate body of statistics, for weertpling the ntimbors of each religious denominatin in a country would require far less time than an inquiry for instance into the mental and moral effects produced upon a population by various systems of education, An intP.;;;., - into the circumstances which retard the prosperity of a nation, and into those circumstances which might improve its general condition (the objects of our inquiry) is clearly very different in its scope, and difficult from an inquiry into the effects of a single institution, as for instance into Corporations. For an inquiry rela tive to Corporations is not only confined to the effects of a single institution, but even to its effects upon a very small portion of a community. In like manner an inquiry into the administration and operation a an existing sys - tern of Poor Laws, though most extensive as regards the district of country, and the classes of persons affected; including the whole country and its population, is yet comparatively very limited in the subject. An inquiry as to whether any measures can improve the condition of a •people might and would include an investigation, into the immediate and remote effects * both on morals and on production, of every law and every usage. It must embrace every class of the community in every dis trict of the country. No Commission could possibly he entrusted with a wider or more complicated subject for its investigation than ours ; few Commissioners, perhaps, ever received such wide instructions ; few Commissioners have had a greater district over which to extend their examinations ; none could have had a larger portion of a community to con sult ; none have had a community in which information was more difficult to collect than that of -Ireland ; and we think the evidence which we now lay before your Majesty, will show that the minuteness and accuracy of investigation will bear a comparison with the known re sults of any other inquiry. Thus, whilst no other inquiry has, upon any one point, exceeded in difficulty that with which we have had to contend, we have had to encounter the combined difficulties of all other inquiries. These remarks are not made under the impression that your Majesty has considered us to have been dilatory in our proceedings ; they are not made with the desire to dispa rage the labours of others, nor to claim for oursely s any peculiar merit ; they are made because wa know that on the close of our labours a period will have elapsed rather exceeding that occupied by several very effective inquiries, particularly by that on the English Poor Laws. We refer to that inquiry, because the highest estimate has been formed of the manner in which it was conducted, both as regards diligence and accuracy, and because we feel that in measuring:our labours, and the time they are likely to oc cupy, by such a standard we shall have taken the surest mode of showing that we have used the utmost diligence. With a view to lighten as far as possible the arduous duties attaching to us, the collection and arrangement of the evidence, and the general machinery of all Commissions being to a great extent similar, a secretary was appointed who possessed experience in such occupations, and who was therefore likely to anticipate many facilities and difficulties which would escape the observation of those who were not equally practised. From the similarity in many respects of an inquiry into the operation of the poor laws in Eng land, and an inquiry into the condition of the poorer clas ses in Ireland, the secretary to the former inquiry was ap pointed, But the business of the English inquiry having been prolonged beyond the period anticipated , he was not permitted to join us till six months after the Commission had been in operation, and consequently the experience by which we were to benefit, and thus to shorten our labours, was withheld during a very important period of our sittings. With regard to the economy with which we have al ways conducted the inquiry, this cannot, any more than the time, be justly estimated without considering the extent and difficulty of the duties and the manner in which they have been performed. An inquiry which contains but one branch can, of course, be conducted for a smaller sum than one which contains three or four ; for either an additional number of Assistant Commissioners will be required for the latter, or if an equal number only be employed they must be continued during a far greater length of time. Again, a Commission, the examinations of which can be conducted by Assistant Commissioners, acting singly, will be at far less expense than one the examinations of which must be taken before two Assistant Commissioners. On the English Poor Law Inquiry the Assistant Commissioners were only engaged during three months ; the Assistant Commissioners on this inquiry have been constantly em ployed during dearly eighteen months. The great expen diture upon every inquiry of this description consists in the travelling expenditure of the Assistant Commissioners. Had it been possible to bring before a Parliamentary Committee the same description and the same number of witnesses as have been examined before our Assistant Commissioners, twenty times the amount dour expenditure would not have sufficed ; and yet the value of evidence depends chiefly upon the number of persons examined, and upon the Wm. bar of districts about which information is gained% We cannot emelt* this sketch of our proceedings up to the present period without remarking that, having been appitinte4 to Ititp4iro into the condition of that poton of your Majesty's Irish subjects who are or ma; I L i e cons id ere d as requiring relief, we have felt it our duty tei devoto our attention, in the first instance, tq those Glasses in which distress was known or supposed principally to prevail. We think It necessary to make this observation, in consequence of our evidence containing so few details as to the condi tion of the poor placed in more favourable circumstances. We know that there is a very large number of instances in which, through the benevolence and judicious devotion of individuals to the personal superintendence of their estates, and the improvement of the condition of their poorer neigh bours, much misery has been alleviated, and much wholly prevented. inquiry, and prosecuted tha the country, we considered tha. which he might come - peld 13e dra. and consequently be little trustw ort)sy: 0 served the power to call for either s.h u • deem it expedient. that as none BY the first of th wit hd those matters was which peculiarly or ar e so conversant the members of that class, by er ections it hopee. l g to a1;.7 , -sistant Commissioner would chiei!v belon ree.: . juir 41ieir evidence, the A • s- 'ant testimony ; and possess hims.;: of the most comp.... --ante of. other statement in the pres. Ala by receiving t; , L . ' ,interests or even having ;lass ~i t s , but possessing, from l o c a l connexion, -s. not having the sm.; ffi site inter.. ....is of the circumstances of the witnesses, to crent knowleue _ "-ability, the best security poss ible would determine its proj• statement would be worthy of cre be obtained that each • "t been ''made solely with a dente, and that it had , *crest ; that by refusing view to a sinister and class in. 'strict to sit with to allow any resident of the te examination, the Assistant Commissioner , o r j oin the working classes would fee l more c0me....11en.?6 the -e spew( -impartiality of the procedure , and would thereto., , without restraint. By the second he ad of direction we hope... ia to provide against the possibility of misrepresentation through any of the circumstances being forgotten, or others which did not exist being inadvertently inserted ; by the words_ of each witness being recorded as nearly as might be, to leave the evidence less open to misrepresentation ; and in effect to bring the reader more immediately in contact with the wit nesses ; by the list of persons who attended the examination being given, to enable the public to decide whether each class was fairly represented ; and by the minutes of evidence being transmitted to the Board immediately after the examie nation, and the Assistant Commissioner not being permitted subsequently to alter them, to obtain a sufficient guarantee that they had not been adapted to the theories of the examiner. In addition to the certainty of having every portion of the inquiry investigated in each of the districts visited, the systematic form adopted makes the evidence bear the same arrangement for every district, each point for each district being always in the same part of the evidence. It has also enabled us to separate the evidence upon each branch of the inquiry into several distinct heads, and to print the evidence on each head taken in various parts of the country conjointly. By this arrangement the mind will not be per plexed in the consideration of any subject by the constant , intervention of matters wholly foreign. The examinations relative to the support of deserted and orphan children, for • instance, taken in a variety of parishes, and in each parish nearly at the same time with examinations relative to six other subjects, have been separated from those other sub jects, and have been printed consecutively in the alphabe tical order of the names of the parishes ; a certainty is created by this arrangement that, however extensive the whole evidence may be, every fact bearing upon any one ' subject will be found within a small compass. The pri mary questions circulated have each, with the answers be longing to it, been added as a supplement to that portion of the evidence collected by the Assistant Commissioners to which it relates. The evidence collected in the great towns and contained in the Appendix (C), however, ism most points an excep tion. This was one of our earliest inquiries, and before our system had been matured. The instructions given to the Assistant Commissioners were so general as to be vague, and so extensive in the range of subject as to preclude the possibility of minute investigation upon any portion of their inquiry. The circumstances, too, under which the testi mony was received, and the manner in which it has been recorded, render it of much less value than that subse. q uently taken, and forming the Appendices hat s B). We should not have printed it bad we not felt that we had better publish much which we consider of inferior value than give the slightest countenance to an assertion that any of the evidence we had collected has been either sup pressed or mutilated. 111. The reasons for not yet being able to obey your Majesty's command to report to you " Whether any, and what, further remedial measures appear to be requisite to ameliorate the condition of the Irish poor, or any portion of them," are perhaps sufficiently given in the fact that we have not yet completed the second branch of our inquiry, namely, that which relates to "the causes of destitution. We feel, however, at liberty to make a more extended ex planation, and we think such due to ourselves. We should be little worthy of the high trust reposed in us did we con tent ourselves with deciding upon the extent and nature of distress, or upon the means of only present alleviation. We consider it fell to our duty to endeavour, if possible, to in vestigate the causes of the destitution which we discover, and to ascertain why classes of your Majesty's subjects are from time to time falling into a state of wretchedness—why the labouring population do not provide against thew events which seem inevitable—why the able-bodied labourer does no t provide against the sickness of himself or that of the va rious ioembers of his family—against the temporary absence of employment —against the certain infirmity of age, or against the n,estitution of his widow and his children, in the contingent eveni pf his own premature decease ; whether these omissions arise from any peculiar improvidence in his habits, or from the insufficiency of employment, or from the low rate of his wages. It would not even be sufficient did we answer that the limited amount of employment and the rate of his wages will not permit him, It is our duty to carry the investigation further, and at least to endeavour to trace whether there be any circumstances Which restrict the ' amount of employment or the rate of wages, or in any other way offer impediments to the improvement of the people, which are such as can be remedied by legislation, The principal occupation in Ireland being agricultural, our first attention has been directed to that branch of in dustry. We are informed, both through private commu nications, and through Parliamentary and other public do cuments, that there is much unreclaimed land in Ireland which might be brought into cultivation, and that land al ready 'under cultivation might throughout Ireland be more efficiently worked, and thus increase the demand for labour. We wish to ascertain to what extent these statements arc well founded, and whether the evil is attributable to want of capital or to vant of skill, and whether there are any circumstances which have deterred British capitalists from coming to Ireland, or have prevented the investment in agriculture of capital actually existing in Irelands and to what extent those circumstances have proved injurious. In case the evil arises from a. deficiency of skill in the tenantry, to ascertain whether there are any means by which a superior knowledge of agriculture can be diffused; whe ther it be possible generally to introduce those systems which, in Down, Armagh, and in other counties, are re ported to have produced the most beneficial results, both to the owner and the occupier. Other s causes of inferior cultivation have been assigned , upon which it is necessary to possess information. Some of these respect corporate lands, lands of minors, lands in litigation, lands held under custodiam, &c. ; and, more par ticularly, lands in possession of sub-landlords, whose inte rest is not sufficiently extensive to permit them to look be yond present gain, whilst the interest of the head landlord is too remote to induce him to lay out capital, the benefit of which could scarcely accrue to himself, even at a very distant time ; others respect the conditions upon which the tenantry hold the land and buildings ; others respect the means of communication, their absence, or their imperfect condition, as ea-eating an impediment between the grower and his market. We are also about to inquire into the actual condition of the agricultural labourer as to food, clothing, and habitation ; and the terms upon which he possesses con-acre ground or bolds as a cottier tenant. We feel that in endeavouring to prevent the existence of ,destitution we shall more strictly fulfil your Majesty's Com miSiion than if we merely devised means for alleviating mi sery after it bad arisen. We shall feel deep pain should we ultimately be compelled to leave to any portion of the pea santry of Ireland a continuation of distress on the one hand or a mere offer of charity on the other. Far more grateful would be the office of recommending measures by which the industrious labourer might have the prospect of a con stant field for his exertions, with a remuneration sufficient for his present demands, and admitting of a provision against those contingencies which attach to himself and to his family. It is our anxious wish to do more than di minish the wretchedness of portions of the working classes ; we are most solicitous to place the whole of those classes in the greatest state of comfort which it may be within the reach of the Legislature permanently to provide, consistently with the good of the rest of society. But even were there not that necessity which we are con vinced there is for further inquiry to enable us to decide whether much of the now existing misery might be pre vented, still we should be compelled to proceed, in order to avoid recommending measures which might lead to new evils. We cannot otherwise tell what might be the ef fects, upon those who are now able to support them selves, of any mode of relief which might be proposed ; how far such mode of relief to those who are destitute might increase' the amount of destitution. These are not idle fears, but such cautions as necessarily suggest them selves to' those who are acquainted with the effects pro duced upon the labourers in England by the public pro 7ision for the destitute in that country. Looking beyond the physical conditin of the working classes, we also are desirous of guarding against the moral degradation which might follow in the train of measures benevolently in tended, but ill-judged, when applied to a nation possess. ing the habits, and being in the peculiar situation, of the people of Ireland. Having heard complaints within 404 PO o' Parliament 4 elt we have consumed much time and money pmeepo : '-"iiiry, we avail ourselves of this opportunity of mg our ''-e of your i jesty to one or two re soliciting the attenia,.. complaint. Your Ma marks on these alleged grounus jesty's Commission bears date 25th Septernt'eli, ! 8 33; we have, therefore, to the present tirep been occupied one year and ten months. We have Jie 1 . 911,e4 Fp4099.9 believe that All which we humbly certify to your Majesty. RICHD. DUBLIN. (L. S. D. MURRAY. 0..5.) CHARLES VIGNOLES. (L. SO R. MORE 0' FERRALL. (L.S. ) JAMES CARLILE. (L. S. F. HORT. (L. S. ) JOHN CORRIE. (L. E. J. L. W. NAPER. (L. S. W. B. WRIGHTSON. (L. S. Tflk LONDON,, SODA Y, SEPTEMBER 25, 1835. ,PRICES OF CANALS, DO=CK= STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. i Number bitlilend Price Shares. of per f ' CANALS: per Annuln. Paid. Share. 1,760 61 pei cent. Ashton and Oldham....A v e rage 97 5. 18 s. s h . 160 1,482 Si. Ashby-de.le-Zouch Average 1131. sh. 65 1,260 ...... Basingstoke • lOO/. sh. 51 a 1,003 Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 . sh. 65 4 . 000 sh. 12/ . 10s. Birmingham, 1 share 17/ 10s. 252 4.000 ........ . Ditto and Liverpool Junct. -100/. sh. all pd 6 00 ....... Bridgewater and Taunt o n ....100/: s h. a ll pd 64 400 51. Chelmer and Blackwater . lOOl. sh. 102 50 ) 421. Cov entry 1001. sh. 4,5;6 Croydon Average 311. 9.5. 10d. sh. 2,064 w 31. 10s .. Dudley 600 61. Derby 100/. sh. 120 3,5751 231 43f. Erewash 1004 sh. 395 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde A verage 400/ . Ifi s. s h . 6 05 11,500 121, Grand Junction 1001. sh. 230: 2,8491 Grand Union 1001. sh. 24 1,511 Grand Surrey l, 0/. sh. 25 120 .01 Pd. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. - t o ..)6 Grand Western 600 131. P.N. Sd. Glainorganshire, Average cost 172/. las. 4d. 280 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 1001. sh. 141 719 it/, Gr an th am 1301. sh. 202 6,238 11. 10s. Hudd ers fi e ld Average 57/, 6s. 6d. sh. 34 100 21,3 - . N 11. Kennet and Avon, Average 394 Bs. 10d. sh. 20 2,897; 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 5271 515 - . liv Leicester l4O/. sh. ' 148 ' 907 41. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 83/. los. 80 550 5/. per cent. .1.4 1 .. 1 .eard and hooe Union 251. sh. all pd. 25 70 1441. Loughborough . Average 142/. 17 s . s h. 1,520 2,409 11/. Monmouthshire 100/. s h. 180 250 94 Melton Mowbray 100/ sh. 190 l'ibo 251. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 56 , 1 3 ,000 247 15/. Neath 100/. sh 100 ..,„ .. Nene Navigation Bonds ...100/ . s h . 100/ . pd. 100 1,786 . 311. Oxford 1001. s,h. 610 522 2/. Oakham 1304 sh. 38 2.400 4/. Peak Forest Average about 78/, sh. 106 21,418 14s. Regent's (or London] Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 151 5.669 51. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 141 500 8/. Shropshire 1251. sh. 140 800 10/. Somerset Coal 150/, sh. 1611 45,000/. 61 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. 12 700 361. Staftlard and Worcester l4O/. sh. 690 500 11/. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 2421 300 81, Stourbridge 1451. sh. 220 3,641 U. 108. Stratford-on. Avon ...Average 791. 9s. Bd. sh. 381 5:3 13/. Swansea 100/. sh. 206 3,762 1/. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av. 35/. sh. 2,6001 so. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 625 8,149 ' ... ...... Thames and Medway...Aver. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2 • 1,0005h.1 15! Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh. 280 I,ooolsh. j 910 12r. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 218 6,000 3/. lOs Worcester and Binningham...Av.7B/.Bv. sh. 86 20,000 ss. Wilts and Berks ~ Average 161. 17s. 83. sh. 5 800 61, Wyrley and Essington 125_1. sh 75 126 Wisbeach ........... ............. . ........ lO5/. sh. 45 905 11. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 221 DOCKS. 2 . 600 & I3p c. Commercial 100/. sh. 5 1, 8 sh ' 498,66711. 3,238,3101/. 50s. p. ct. London Stock 54 Ditto Bonds lO3 1,380,000/. Si. per ct. West India Stock 95 2,203 3/. Gs. 441. Bristol .. Average 147/. 19s. sh. 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto . Notes, various amounts 116 1,352,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine St' 72 500,000 41 per vent Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years .. 'mil Shoreham Harb our 2.5'0 .... .. Deptford Pier ' 0 0/, sh. li. pd BRII)GE' ...,. 4 3 0 1/. llamtnersmith 501. sh. 23 7,231 ~.. - 7 .. Southwark. , ki Av. 63/. 2s. Sd. sh. 21 1,700 .„. iss. _ Ditto „ .4' a ew, of 71 per cent. 5Ol. sh. 15 5,000 Waierloo lO3/. sh. 21 , ~,000 11. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 241 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 22 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 6,000 17s. Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 221 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/ 10s Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 761 50,000 [5 r ii r d c s e g n . t.} Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 10/. pd 111 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 51 24,000 it, per sh. Atlas 1,200 ish. 4/. Birmingham Fire 250!. sh. 551. pd 105 20,000 4/. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 40 r and 301 by r cent} 12,000 61. per ce n t. B r i t i s h Commercial 50/. sh. 51. pd 6 5,000 5/. per c en t . Clerical, Medical, &c. Life...lool. sh. 2/ lO s pd 3i 4,000 21 10s C ounty 100/ sh. 101. pd 42 6, 200 s pe 000 s s. Eagle 50/. s h . 5/ . p d Economic Life lOOO/. s h . 250/ . p d 315 L. 2,271 5.1/, per cent. European Life ' , W. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 11.128. 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 150 20,000 _- 1/. Guardian , r ... ...... . Jian 1001. sh 201. pd 35 iv .. r Fire 5 p ct.l Hope 4°,---' Life 8 p ct. j 5Ol. sh, 5/, ra gi 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/. sh: F:0/. pd 118 7,500 9 s . I mperial Life 1 ,„,,.. 0. . 101. pd 1)1 2,020 54 ." per cent. Indemnity M ar i ne 0/. sh. Si. pd 15 10,1 3/ lOs Ke n t Fi re ....-... .............. 5 0/. sh. all pd 92 1)0 16s. Law Life lOO4 sh. 101, pd 26 3,900000 11, London, Fire • 254 sh. 12i . Ills. pd 231 31, 14 Loodea, S Ol l , N 25/. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 23-1 $O,OOll a per cent. Palladium I - ,f e 501. sh. 2/. pd 2/ 6s lid 250,003 is, 6d. Protecto'.! Fite 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 11 6,6 d 2,500 1/ , Proy'.;lent Life lOOl. sh. IV/. pd 191 100,000 hg• :lock Life 201. sh. 2/. pd 6/. 689,2204 5/. per tent. Royal Exchange Sun Stock 190 2 50,001 4 per cent, United Kingdom Life 2l. p d 212 s 0 6d JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 ... ...... A uqtrala.ia 4O/. sh. 26/. pd 40 10 % 0011 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5ll. sh. 101. pd 12k 1 14,060 10 per cent. Bi rm i ng h am Bank 504 sh. 5/, pd 12 38,000 2 percent. London and Westminst er ...loo/ s h . 1 5/. pd 13 ,000 . ........ Lancaster ......... ............ ...... 100/. sh. 201. pd 30 5.'5,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/. sh. 101. pd 15 20,000 7 per cent. P rovinc i al Sank of I reland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 47 10,000 National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 251. pd 191 10,000 10 per cent, Gloucestershire 501. sh. 51. pd H 6,001) Hampshire 501. sh. 5/. IA Ba 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1/ 12s Bath 2Ol sh. 16/. pd 25 5,000 RI. per cent. British 4O/. sh. 151. pd 211 c5/.per cent-1 Ditto t.rovincial 5, '" /and Bs. ss. j 20/. sh. 19 pd 2'2 544 5/ lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 100 4,230 210 s Bristol 2O . sh. • 39 1,500 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 13a 750 Ditto, New 9 01. sh 181. pd 111 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General .20/ sh. all pd 19 4,000 3/, Continental Cansolidated • 100/. 511/. pd 95 1,000 10/. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 1921 1,000 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. les. Equit a bl e 954 pd 35 6,000 6/. per cent. East London 51. sh. 4/. pd 10,. 00 51. per cent. Imp e rialsol. sh. 4:;1 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thane( 2,35 ' 1 251, _sh. 4201._ pd 20 6!. per cent. Independent 3Ol. sh. all i)d 50 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix 501. sh. 39/. pd 24 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratclifr 1001. sh. 60/. pd 69 - 4,0.0 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 131. pd 8,200 5/. per cent. United General • • 50/. sh. 441. pd 5.51 20l• sh. s o, : :: : s p hspl : 8i 210 51. per cent. Warwick 400 li 53 Wakefield .254 sh. 9 ' i 12,0t10 ai, Westminster Chartered W. sh. ""' 0,000 12s . Ditto, New .504. 41. 101. • 46i EGO 1 4,400 Birmingham ..... .. 4,433 51. East Loamtan .........-..... - 25/. sh. 25/. pd 27 4,500 2/ lOs tivme.l Juuetiou lOO/. sh. 132 2,000 21 Kent ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 51 i 0 & Livei pr. , ' lOOl. sh. 46a47 1,5100 94 Itle N,-- ,i Bootle 2201. sh. 300 6,4ai it . .e River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 1,000 4 p.- Manchester and Salford 8,:',00 . -.• cent. South London ' "100/. sh. 85 3/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 77 ' ..360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 34 IRON RAILWAYS. 350 Cheltenham 1001. sh. 78 2,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. ixl 45 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5O/ pd 27 3 0,000 Grand Western IOC/. sh. 5/. pd 1. 2,030 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. ptl 80 2,100 Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 100 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh all pd 51 5 ,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lool. sh. 1001. pd Ditto Quarter Shares °5l. pd 20,000 London and Greenwich 'W. sh. '2Ol. pd 23. 1 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 35/. pd 771 20, 00 London ane Southampton -.50/. sh. 1.1. pd 7.1 2,500 P res t o n a nd Wigan 201. pd 2 -- 800 INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Benjamin Stickney, the American equestrian, of Astley's Amphitheatre, applied upon his petition to be discharged from Horsemonger-lane gaol. An opposition had been en tered, but he was not opposed by his creditors. The debts owing by the insolvent amounted 'to 2141. 19s. 61d., and he had no assets for his creditors. 'His income as " the Ame rican rider" had been 1201. a year. He ascribed his insol vency in his schedule to the extravagance of his wife, and the debts she had contracted while he was in the country upon his equestrian pursuits. In answer to the interrogatOries of the Learned Chief Commissioner, the insolvent stated that he had now been separated from his wife upwards of a year. She was at pre sent engaged at the Surrey Theatre, and supported herself on her salary and an annuity, over which he had no con troul. She had refused to allow the broker of the Court to value her clothes. The COURT desired the insolvent to make a special state ment in the schedule of his separation, and ordered him to be discharged. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The Court met to-day for the purpose of hearing and deciding upon appeals against convictions before certain magistrates. There were several on the paper, but on mtac count of the absence of Mr. Adolphus, who, we understand, was unable to attend, in consequence of having undergone an we re operation postp o o i e n d his on eyes,thoserest ofno me iii which o lie was retained, being mere l y settlements of paupers. ' There was one case, that of Mr. George Beswick, who appeared against a conviction for deserting his wife. This case was called, but he was not present. Mr. PRENDERGAST, who was Counsel for the parish by whom the prosecution was carried on, admitted that he had seen in Court soon after ten o'clock (it was then half-past ten), but he was not to be found, so the case was struck out of the paper ; but, just as the Court was about to adjourn, MF, Keswick,, who is apparently a most respectable map, presented hinweif, ntld claimed the ottentiop the court, who decided that the appeal should be heard At the next sitting. They desired Mr. Beswick to attend On that day. 11444 Ki“114141.----.Soverai hares have been lately killed on the Stockton and Darlington railway by the en gines, generally in the night, when the animals are bewil dered by the glare of the lamps appended to the machines, and thus are caught in crossing the line. MINES. 8 .000 ...... ... Albion Copper 51. sh. 21. pd 21 4,000 Alten 151. sh. 101. 10s pd 11000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription 251. pd • 2,000 Bolanos l5Ol. sh all pd 1321 10 .000 3/. .s. Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pin '35/. sh. 201. pd 30 6,0 0 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 711. pd 11,000 Cata Branca 4 1 1. pd 61 Candonga ?/ pd J . 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd Ditto Scrip 3/. pd 0,0)') 1/. 10s. Briti s h I ron 504 sh. 50/ pd 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 311. pd 8,600 Columbian, iss. Si. pm. 55/. sh. 544/. pd 2, , K,0 11. English 1 2 1 Its. pd 20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. s h. 15/. pd 0,155 Mexicans Company 10u/. sh 4911 .pd 3 2,000 Polberou Consols 10/. sh Si. pd 81 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l7 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd :30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription 2/. pd Ditto New Scrip 5/ }xi 5,1 00 Union Gold, iss. 21.55. pm... 2211. sh. 411. pd West Cork 50/. sh. 35/. pd " ", LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 ' ' ' ' Loniloh; with Bronze TiCket " " 75gs. sh. 20 1,50 London University 101 . /. sh. all pd 27 ; 0 0 ' Russell 0 5gs. sh. 8 King's College MISCELLANEOUS. • 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. di. 2fl/. pd 1,030 1/. Auction Mart 501. bli. 6,0..0 British American Land Company 81. pd 7 10,000 61 per cent, Canada Company • 1001. sh. 201. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 1044 City Bonds , 4 per cent lO3 15,000 1/. per cent General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 131. pd t.2k 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 250 2,000 1/. London Com. Salellooms Av. 751. A. 18 2,754 41. per cent. Reversionary Int crest 50c...100/ sh. 1001. pd 130} 2,6:33 41. per cent - Ditto New 100/. sh. 4U. pd 75 4000 ' Thames Tunnel 50/. sh. a ll pd 10 , 000. LIST OF SCOTTISH MB ER 9 COMPANIES 83 ' PRICES , SEPTE, 15. BANKS. 1,r , 0 0 , 000/. Si. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 1 7/. Gs. l 00001 80 1 ..r hh . : ,aaallill pd o d i 1:221 I 11 4:0 7 8 5 100 1 0 /1 lOs l . . . . m Ct e l pasa W iy a t e ... r ... . ... ........................................ p7 p di 63681625: 4501:000, 0001 : 51 p p . . c c t. t. D R r o L y t a is l h of L S i c n o e t n la c n o d m 3,000,000/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/.1)(1 171/. 5,000,000/. 5 p. ct. National 2 4:000 00) :000, 000/ . . 5 6 /. p p ..c c t t.. . G llNv la se s su g t o ei w trnA U No r t i c l sc o E n o 7,500 sp. ct. Hercules 1001 . sh, 10/. pd ILL lOs loom sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lo/. sh, all pd 6115 s 5 0 , 660 6p. ct. North British 250,0005 h. sp. ct. Scottish Union 2001. sh. 10!. pd 15/. , 100 0 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 14/10s Un..Canal.7.so l :s h h . . l a o l l l . p p : 4,8105 ...... ... p .. . ct. E Ed d.i i n n . b a u n r ( g i h o l ia .i s fe 100,0 00 4p. et. West of Scotland • lOl. pc' a 95/. sh. all pd 2,00 0 5 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founnery,... 501 - a". all Pd 450/. 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leist; ' l as . ;:: 2oi sh ' t'. l / lxj 19/. 10,000 4 4 : 4 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 ° p Pe er r cent. cet. Glasgow Gas ......... ,„ 2,5/‘ sh, all pd 601. no 6 per cent. Leith Coal Ga,. .. ,201. oh . all L2OO 5 per cent. LA_ inbil r a ada t ik oth : Raiiw . po 34/. aY.-50/. sh. 704 y —254 sh • 91 . Pd 101. 5,400 5 per cent. t : :4 0 "1 ~ le Lnan Company - 25 4 3,000 51 per cent. Scotland 2001 i l a{ ' 0 0 : 2 sO/11:1...sssshhhh: . 301, 5 j :C..• pd P d p dp d 633101.. Carron EdinburghE. (I D t i tni:bl .lASllocrloioEnencti: Allocated la m /LEAG g INDEX.,--.An ingenious perambulator of has been warmly re commen d ed by the Animals' Society ; it is attached to th e wheel, and marks the distance it travels. The common and shameful p rac ti ce o f coachmen. &c., while waitin g a t p u bli c places of hiring out thisFrie Friend kind their masters' carriages, and over -d r i v i ng their cattle, in- Y side of the carria ge . S everal cab and coach detected. A di a l may, if requiied, be placed om in e f giving the ia ins n them the rest th e i r m asters suppose, will then masters have already, we. understand, adopted the plan, i bs in stead immediately ivitnei CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. Elizabeth hell, aged 40, was indicted for stabbing, cut ting, and wounding Maria Jenkinson, with intent to maim her, on the 2d of September. Maria Jenkinson-1 am seven years of age, and on the day in question I was playing in Playhouse -yard, where my father lives, which is next door to the prisoner. I was whisk in; about my pin.before, when the prisoner came out of her place and snatched a knife from a child, and stabbed me in the face and afterwards in my shoulder. The prisoner's children often threw stones at me, but their mother never scolded them for it, but she threatened to mark me. The witness was cross-examined, but nothing material was elicited. Elizabeth Jenkinson corroborated the evidence of her sister. Cross-examined by Mr. DUNBAR—On my sister bleed ing, I heard the prisoner say, " My God, I am afraid that I have cut her eye." William Dean—l happened to be present when the child whisked her pin -before in the face of the prisoner, which ap peared to me to be done intentionally. Cross-examined by Mr. DUNBAR—The prisoner appeared to be very sorry for what she had done. Four witnesses for the defence proved that the child bad flapped her pin -before in the prisoner's face, and said " Take that Ma'am." Some witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent character. 1 , Mr. Baron GuaNEv summed up the evidence, and The Jury acquitted the prisoner. Michael Collins, aged 19, was convicted of felonioy:sly breaking and entering the dwelling house of Samuel T C'rior, and stealinc , therefrom a quantity t)l . wearing appar d of the value of 5/7, the property of the prosecutor. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. William Ingram, aged 43, and Sarah Ingram, his wife, were indicted for felonimrsly receiving., 82i cwt. of copper, of the value of 130/. ; twenty-thte"e brass cocks, value 9/. 4s. ; Ninety-two cwt. of lead, value 711. ; thirty-seven cwt. of mixed metal, value 351. V, s. ; and two pieces of block tin, value 3/, the property of the Commissioners of Green wich Hospital, well 11,1),,,,,ing the same to have been felo niously stolen. Mr. PHILI,rs contended that the prosecutors could not give evideAcp against the wife, for there was no proof that she ha ,:t P'archased any of the metal, or that she had received it ilthout her husband's privity or knowledge. After / I,earing the case stated, Inc ', RECORDER observed, there appeared to be no evi -Ido r.ce to affect the male prisoner. H e , h owever , th oug ht I `,,were was a case to go to the Jury against the wife. Several witnesses were then called, who gave the wife an excellent character for honesty. The Jury, after a short consultation, acquitted the pri soner. THE OMNIBUS CONSPIRACY:—The evidence in this case was resumed this morning at nine o'clock. After calling several witnesses for the defence, At half-pagt two Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS commenced his reply for the prosecution. It was a speech occupying three hours and a half. At six o'clock the Common Sergeant adjourned the case until this day, observing that be wished to read the evi dence over. Mary Jelf, an aged woman, was indicted for uttering, on the 22d ult., to Mr. Crouch, a counterfeit shilling, and on the 28th again uttering another. Mr. Sergeant ARABIN summed up, and the Jury re turned a verdict of—Not Guilty. Richard jelf, the husband of the last prisoner, and William JeU; his son, were then indicted for having in their possession six pieces of counterfeit coin, intended to repre sent shillings. Verdict Guilty against both prisoners. They were sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. In the course of the morning the Grand Jury entered the Court, and presented several bills in the usual way. Mr. Baron GURNEY—Gentlemen, I observe that you have brought into Court a great number of bills, principally for misdemeanours and slight offences. If you would turn your attention to the capital charges it would accelerate the business, for I understand there are some very heavy cases which require the presence of the Judges. The Foreman —We have some capital cases now be fore us.—The Jury then retired. STANYNOUGHT.—On Wednesday the witnesses who were bound over by Mr. Shutt, the Magistrate of Marylebone, to give evidence before the Grand Jury against the above unfortunate individual, attended for that purpose, and were examined for about 'an hour. On hearing the statements of the witnesses, the Grand Jury proceeded to discuss the subject, and remained so engaged for upwards of three hours, when, we understand, they ignored the bill on the grounds (as we have been informed) that the prisoner was insane at the time he committed the fatal act, and also that be was not actuated by malice aforethought. A'.- though the Grand Jury came into Court tbr'. e times ,yes terday, they upon none of the occasions presented the bill ignored. As Mr. Stanynought stands c)%armed also on the Coroner's inquisition, and as the wittrasses t 'bound over by the Coroner are not obliged to ga I ,efore the Grand Jury, the unfortunate individual will brave to undergo the ordeal of a public trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a case of rather a curious kind occupied the attention of Mr. Minshull during a great part of the morn ing. On Monday last, Sergeant Wilson and policeman No. 34 of the F division, brought a young Hindoo woman to the office, followed by a crowd of persons, and stated that about half an hour before lie found her in the street surrounded by several people, and having with her on the pavement a trunk, a bed and furniture, and other luggage. She could not speak a word of English, but from what he could ascertain it appeared that she had been brought from India by a lady named Nash in the capacity of servant, and that Mrs. Nash having resided some time in Arundel-street, Strand, and being about to remove to Hunter-street, Bruns-, wick-square, the Hindoo refused to go with her or to * e . main any longer in her service, and claimed fifty rtyper s wages, which she (Mrs. Nash) refused to give her, all eg ; no . that she did not owe her more than forty. Her l.agr... e, upon Mrs. Nash's removal on M on d ay was brougint .out of the house, and as she positively refused to go with h.er mis tress, it was placed upon the pavement where Wilstin found her standing by it, when he brought her to this office for the Magistrate's advice. Mr. MINSHULL being unable to make her r.nderstand a word, caused her to be placed in a lodging for the night, and her things taken care of, and directel that an inter preter should be procured, and on tha following day s she again attended, accompanied by a very intelligent police man of the F division named Carl, No. 77, who spoke the Hindostanee with great fluency. In consequences of her statement Mr. Minshull sent a message to Mrs. Nash, who attended yesterday, accompanied by a gentleman named Parberry, residing in Burton-cresdent. The Hindoo woman (through Carl) then stated that. was hired by Mrs. Nash at Calcv!..tai to come home -with her in the ship Abberton as sw:vant, for which she was to receive 150 rupees. Dur;ng the voya g e she , was several times beaten and ill-trP:ated by Mrs. Nash, as she bad been since her arrival ir:, this country ; and being determined to quit her serv;.ce, she demanded a balance of fifty rupees, which her mistress refused to pay her, and she was found as the officer described. Mrs. Nash denied having ever beaten her. She was hired by Mr. Nash, who was still in India, and was, as she said, to receive 150 rupees, fifty of which were paid to her before she embarked, fifty after she was afloat, and ten which she asked for before landing in England to purchase a shawl with. She therefore owed her forty rupees only, which she was willing to pay her, and keep her in her ser vice until a passage could be obtained for her to Calcutta, but she refused to accept of either offer. Mr. Parberry could assure his Worship, from his per sonal knowledge, that Mrs. Nash was incapable of beating a servant. The complainant, however, persisted in her story, and several times cried bitterly, Mr. MINSIIIILL said unless some act of personal violence could be proved he had no power, and he scarcely knew what to do with the poor creature. With respect to the wages he had no power whatever, and he suggested that the question should be submitted to the arbitration of the captain of the ship in which she came here. Mr. Parberry said Mrs. Nash could have nn objection to this course. Mrs. Nash wished to ask the compblinant if she intended to deny having received the ten rupees t o b u y a s h aw l be fore she landed_ 9 . and she answered positively in the affir mative. Lit length, at the suggestion of Mr. MiNsituLL, it was agreed upon that the captain of the Abbcrton should be written to, to attend here on Saturday next, and Mrs. Nash might attend or not, as she chose. That lady and Mr. Parberry then went away. After their departure, Mr. MINSHULL strongly urged the complainant to go back to her mistress, and with the kind and earnest persuasions of Carl, the interpreter, sh e at length consented to do so,.but only upon the understandi ng that it should be for no longer than her claima could be settled, and a passage procured for her, a:dtl upon the re peated assurance that she should be psetected. The case excited a good deal ofinterest. Mrs. Tregynowen, a respectable widow, in deep mourning, came before the Bench, and in great mental distress de scribed the extraordinary disappearance of her s on , a b oy nine years of age. He was sent f rom h er residence, N 0.52, Pratt-street, Camden Town, on Monday last, on an errand to a friend in town, and returned at three o'clock. He had executed his,errand, as he always did, in a proper manner, and she gave him leave to go out to play, and from that moment she had never seen him, nor could she gall' the least intelligence of him. She walked about almost dis tracted until two o'clock in the morning, and she had s ince made inquiries in all directions, but could obtain no tidi n g s, of her poor boy. She had been to the Commissioners of Police, who had kindly caused circulars to be sent to ev er y division in and round the metropolis, and she had had the canal near her house dragged, but still nothing could be ascertained about him. Mr. MINSHULL—Did he know London well ? gri. Tregynowen—O yes, Sir, he could go about any where. Mr. MINSHULL—Was he a tractable boy ? Mrs. Tre• gynowen—Remarkably good-tempered, Sir, I assure you/ and never disobedient. Mr. MINSHULL—You say be had executed his errP:ad properly, and, therefore, I suppose you did not scold him, but were quite satisfied, and be went out cheer far ? Mrs. Tregynowen—Quite so, Sir. I‘l. MiNsHum. and Mr. BALLS , (")nrarred in sayi n g' , that the disappearance of th e c hil d was l and assured her tha no pains shows - lost extraGrdinary, cers to endeavour o f trace him, ~ /tt the suggestion of the the Worthy Magistrates, ",: tic . widow made an earnest ar a peal to the Reporters t:,, 'oe spared by the ofE her boy :—His nr4o PilVlsh the following description of years of age ; ratii: i! . ., Zachariah Tregynowen ; ° in !mall olar 1 ; Cap, witl a Win and pale ; dressed in a blue clotha t crap; bawl. ; a brapn Holland pinafore, and , frock coat under it. A reward has been offered for t _ / :,0 finding of the child. LAMBETH- STREET. Yesterday, Mr. Morris, an engineer, residing in tee Commercial-road, applied to M r . W ALKER , f o r his advi ce and assistance under the following circumstances Morris stated, that two of his apprentices had a few MI ago absconded from their work, and had not since returned to his premises. For some time he was at a loss to con; jecture what had become of th em , b u t h av i ng recollect s hearing them talk about enlisting, he was induced to Tnakn inquiries ; gild the result of his inquiry was, his hav ln ascertained that they had enlisted in the service of the Queen of Spain, and were at present with other recruits a' Gravesend, awaiting the arrival of a steam-vessel to Pl c them to Spain. He, under these circumstances, wished to know what he was to do to get them back ? Mr. WALKER replied, th a t h e m i g h t h ave a war rant Car, their apprehension, which w as accor di ng l y , gran ted, a? Mr. Morris at once proceeded to Gravesend to hare it executed. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Captain Sodiven and Lieutenant Jorowst natives of Poland, were brought bef ore M r . W IDG W°r and Mr. JEREMY, charged with endea v o ur i ng t r , exc ite Nl' Leven Hogan to fight a duel. A servant man living in Harley-street, where the CO I ; plainant is on a visit, identified the defenclaras as the bea rer of a letter addressed to that gentleman. F ie added that they both came to the door together, and desired that the c° as munication might be placed in the hands of Mr. If ogari a soon as possible. Captain Sodiven said nothing in ?answer to the charge' The Lieutenant merely a c t e d as t h e trans l ator of the letter addressed by the Count. to Mr. Hogan, and had o ° - thing to do with exciting eitivir of the parties to fight. Mr. JEREMY said that kl:le defendants having acted the business as they had ti.one in delivering a hostile messag rendered themselves liable to be called upon to put in. 1 ) 31) to keep the peace. The handwriting fo f th e C ount W or d ens k o i having been er ' proved, and the 'necessary deposition made by the e° tc , plainant, both th e d e f en d an t s were or d ere d to er ter in the their recognizar ices i n th e sum o f 1001. each tr, keep peace for the ensuing twelve months. A lengthe.ned examination of three mer,, named 0" 3 , 1e Copper, and Simpki ns , d escr ib e d as " Looters " f o r L' i Camberwell omnibuses, for highway rob l oety, took plac e. les , The complainant, a young man named M orr i s went to the Waterloo Arms, at the. corner of wsotera)l street, Camberwell, on Saturday n ther and another person. They 'remained in the house until the time of closing, nearly twelve o'clock, and Get, :eat, along with his paid the reckoning. The thrr ie prisoners being in al io part of the room could see }:im take out his money. his complainant then left the - r,raterloo Arms, and wished 1 1, brother and friend goo d ' n i ght ; and in crossing Cam b e rwell green he was attacked, b y of the above housethe three prisoners who came ° u t it after him. Mills struck' him a blow °n the mouth, and kr.locked him down, and then they all felt upon him, and his hands tried to keep him down, while Mills thr i f t into his pockets. Geddes, being a Pow ert , j young Invo, got upon his legs, and fought his assailant,long as ',le could, crying out for assistance, when his br othe w , he ',ward the alarm, came u p, an d was i ns t an tly 1 , 1 10 1 7 j 4 4-.l.w:cm by the prisoners. The compl a i nan t h av i w g ot sW.' l O P.om his assailants, ran t owar d s th e s t a ti on -h o ar,o to 014810 the aid of the p o li ce , an d f rom hi s descriptior o f the 111 0 " k by whom he was attacked, two policemen 5U ,sequentll at the prisoners into custody. The compla:i ,rant added t r he was robb e d o f 21. 4 s . 6d. at t h e. 'time of the at_itaci, upon him.—The prisoner s were f u ll y v' ommitted for trig' THAMES POI ,icE . Yesterday, Edward Gardiner,. man, convicted in 1833 at this a lighterman and wa t o er i o f for smuggling t we l ve gallons. ,tice in the penalty of I° e , 'of brandy tected in bringing out of th e , which he was `l3, London Dock in a barge , w e d ur brought before Mr. BRo with stealing fifteen RIP for re-examination, chal i i s P r dons of Wine in the West I n ,“ e d Dock. Mr. Baoo P . ls ' until next Thursda .1. ordered him t o be re nian $,, when he will be f u lly committed fi to Newgate. INSOL TENT DEBTORS' COURT' The M atter of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prist t er ; hereirAPLer named (the same ha v i ng b een fil e d i n t he C°:,;l,, are " 4 1' pointed to be heard at the Court-house, in porttli, str et.:t, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on W e d nes d ay, Sept. 30, I r.At Nine o'clock in the Forenoon. '- , a l- )ey, J., Bevenden-street, Hoxton, journeyman hatter. r.raggs, J. J., Perry- s t ree t, S omers - town, merchant's cler k.. , e t. , Piper, C. L , Union C o tt age , C on d u i t -fi e l ds, Bayswater, cal° maker. Christmas, J., Dorset-street, Commercial-road East, hal,-Ina l = er y, Wallington, C., Bro o k- s t ree t, ,L am b eth, Lieutenants un 1 1 04 a Royal Navy. Thursday afternoon a serious accident occurred t° a gentleman who had. just landed from a vessel in St. therine's Dock. Ho had placed his luggag e in a baclo e c coach, and piled it up on the front seat, occupying hial se vi the back one. On going up Holborn-b.ill a large and b e 4 box, which wr,s at the top, came d own w i t h great fore upon the ger.itleman, fracturing two of his ribs, and othe r e wise drear'ifully injuring him. H e was ta k en ou t of the coach ar,cl conveyed to the Coach and Horses p u blic-ho use ; where he lies in a very precari ous sta t e . Thi s should ! ) ,Fo caut;,on against the indiscriminat e an d care l ess mo d e d r ° ig I,_tr luggag e in hack ne y coac h es . Th e gent l eman ' s nam e a physician, of Buff a l o , i n th e S tate o f N ew Y°r of • THE ROBBER'S LEAP.—The neighbourhoo d Honey-lane, Cheapsid e , th e locality noted f o r the late l o g traordinary leap of Ba rnes , the burglar, has bc,colue d u 'ibe the last two days the scene of great inconvenience to to tradesmen of the vicinity from the anxiety of the 'public.,,, inspect the spot o f so b o ld an attempt as that of a l e ap P* teen feet wide over a chasm full sixty feet deep. On the 11th o f th e present moon (Bt h oi r the Nan-hae-been, having prayed for rain, forbade the ing of animals for food. The butchers, however, sold ti o meat secretly. O n th e 12th t wo o f t h em were d e tected selling by the Nan-hae-peen's runners, who seized °li r brought them before the Magistrates. They were diately punished by twenty blows, and sentenced to 1 0 the collar and be publicly exposed for one month at Hwang temple.—Canton Register. (ADVERTISEMENT.) SILVER WATCHES TWO GUINEAS El" } t ,j An Assortment of S econ d-h an d W atc h es, all of them wa r :2,1 , „. , and of various size s , may b e se l ected from, for the above prireTch. T. Cox SAVQRY'S, W or ki ng S i lversmith, Goldsmith, a' . 0 :1 NS" maker, 47, Cornhill, L on d on. N.B. A pamphlet, containing a detailed list of the Pri ces Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c. mr,y be j , a d gratis' . B TR Lar On the 20th inst., at GoldsborrYugh Hall, the: L a dy Louis a celles, of a son. On the 23d inst., at Acton, Mrs. Chapman, , of a daughte MA 11 R lED. .._ %eP , ' to, On the 23d ins , :t., at We s t er h am , Kent Mr. Robert Pof Eliza, the eldest daughter of the late M. Fleming Fra nc's Westerham. In Java last, in the island of Berr ands, Esq., of his Majesty's 30th Regiment, to Agnes Mary, o nly 7 t. ter of Captain Holt, paymaster to his M a j es t y ' s 75th Re„,oiro e vi i, 1% On the 24th inst., at St. John' : j John's Church. Hampstead, . 01 , eth D'Arcy, Esq., of Newton Abbot to E l ' d the ,c, Devon, solicitor, , Baker, eldest surviving daughter of the late Robert Bradford Edward John 91,14, same place. ....o.'d. ...... , - • lit On the 24th inst. in Chaxl DIED es-street, Berkeley-square, * e 1" Hon. Joh n E ar l of inst. K. G., in his 80th year. o tolu r , , 3,, , Yorkshire, age On the 21 s t i ns., ' :i 29. at Ryde, Paul Crickett, Esq., of r ,ur" Cla rt4' On the 19 . th inst., Eli za b et h , relict of the late C narles terry' Esq., Of. Dover-street, an d d aug h ter of the late Fr . ne i s CO" - Esq. ) of C on d u i t-street, aged 55. ria gilt° °f On the 22d i ns t., at Kensington, Louisa. Attar,„ • only —l3 ' the l a t e Edward Byam, E sq ., o f Antigua.os; , the ti o On the 16th inst., Mr. Stephen Williar : l a te °' e d 3. ford Arms, Westminster -road, aged l• es teela a , deeply regretted by his numerous ei- ‘ 6 , since& ' f na f r ien / %10' cle of relating a n p u tts, On the 19th-inst., at Newingo' ' I on-place, Newingt ° Elizabeth Pearson, aged 82. - • e° ' On the 2&l inst., aged 7 _a Bill, I, rm.' . i Barton, of Finsbury-pla, . , Ann, eldest daughter A daug h te r ° Je South. dang` E. O l n l. t C he lar 2 k 2 e d , i F n ..se st., ...t Brighton, Miss Emma Clarke, .....,......_—........ AL , . of Dulwich, Surrey. ''. London 8 ::, P : nt P rinted and P u bli s h ed by MURDO yotil4L 0 c ool 12,1„ ,rand, a t at The Sun Offi ce, N o. 112, Strand, in , sh oi ..a .=T A ~