The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-12 00:00:00

FRANCE. following appeared in our Third Edition of last night] : The Baron DE KCENNERITZ presented to General CAYAIGNAC on Saturday letters from the King of SAXONY accrediting him as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Government of the Freneh Republic The editors of the journals Le Peuple and Le Pot pie Francais were each sentenced, on Saturday, by the Court of Correctional Police, to one month's im prisonment and 200 f. fine, for publishing those jour nals without having previously deposited the required security. The accounts from the Department of the Lower Pyrenees stated that the insurrection in the Valley of Arros had been appeased through the interference of several influential inhabitants of the country. A number of peasants of the Valley paid, on the 4th, their arrears of the tax of 45 centimes, and the others had abandoned all idea of resisting the payment. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 45f. 50c.; the Five per Cents, at 71f. 25c. ; the New Loan, 731. 50c. ; Orleans Rail. road Shares, 672 f. 50c.; Rouen, 438 f. 75c. ; Havre, 200 f.; Great Northern, 3811. 25c. ; Avignon, 2021. 50c.; Vierzon, 5601.; Basle, 87f. 50c.; Bor deaux, 3871. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 350 f.; Tours and Nantes, 3301.; Paris and Lyons, 370 f. ROME. The Roman papers of the 31st of August announce as a positive fact the entire evacuation of Bendeno by the Austrian troops. On the 30th the deputy, Dr. FAnzir, and an employs of the Secretary of State, Signor ZAMPIERI, hastily left Rome for Bologna on a secret and special mission from the Government. The latter city is described by a local correspondent of the Constituzionale Romano as reduced to a state of complete anarchy, and every one commanding, and no one willing to obey. The majority of the inhabitants appear adverse to this state of things, which is to be exclusively ascribed to the factious agitation of a small band of Republicans. The Gazetta di Roma, in its official part, repeats its formal contradiction of the "malignant rumours" (as it terms them) which are in circulation relative to the supposed conclusion of secret conventions with Marshal WBLDEN. " The Government," concludes the organ of the Pontifical Government, "is re sponsible for its actions to the deliberative councils, and confidently accepts not only this responsibility, but also the moral responsibility due to the sound and genuine public opinion of Italy, because it never has, and never will, stoop to the commission of acts injurious to our independence or dignity, and the honour of the Italian name." ROMANCE OF LIFE. A lady of Stockport died a few months ago, leaving a great number of legacies to relatives and friends, and amongst them was one to a female named Smith, a daughter of a person of that name who was, eighteen or twenty years ago, a sergeant in the 33d Regiment. The executors had punctually discharged all the duties imposed upon them by the will of the deceased, ex cept that of paying this legacy, and they gave up that as a matter almost too wild and impracticable to be thought of, insomuch as it seemed so little likely they could ever properly trace out the legatee ; for the lady who had left the legacy had left no address of the party, bad herself never seen her, and when she did hear of her it was eighteen years and a half ago, and only eighteen months after the child's birth ! There seamed to be little hope of success by applying to the regiment, for Sergeant Smith was dead—died in the regiment, eighteen years ago ; and it might be more than possible that even his name might be buried in the memories of his companions in arms, if not in their coffins; for they had seen foreign service, and part of the regiment had but lately come from Canada. The 33d Regiment of 1848, might be an other generation of men to that serving in 1828, after hard foreign service in the affairs of Caubul, or amongst the agues and fevers of Canada. But even if remembered, what of his widow and child. Would they have continued followers of the " tented field ?" Nothing was more unlikely ; especially when it was recollected that Smith was degraded from his rank of sergeant for some breach of discipline a short time before his death, and his widow might be supposed to have lost even sympathy with those who had treated him, to her mind perhaps, harshly, and have been too glad to quit and forget them. Besides, Smith was a common name. How many James Smiths, and even Sergeant James Smiths, might there not have been in the service ? What more likely than that the mother, too, should now be dead ? It seemed almost chimerical to pursue such an inves tigation, and so thought the executors. One of these gentlemen, Mr. B. Wheeler, of this city, the news agent, a &w weeks ago was with a party at Southport, when taking up a Manchester paper,he read of the move ment of troops in various directions about the country, in consequence of the apprehended disturbances, and atnongstother things perceived that a few companies of the 33(1 Regiment had come to Manchester, and were going to encamp on Kersall Moor. " Now or never," thought he; there is but little probability of success, but we ought not to lose such an opportu nity, at all events. So taking " the rail," he came to Manchester, and took an early opportunity to visit the Moor. He advanced towards the camp, but was held at bay by the sentinel. The sentinel, he perceived, was of the 33d, but was a young man, however; so he inquired from him if there was an officer with these companies who had been in the regiment twenty years ? " Yes," said the sentinel promptly, "that gentleman you see coming this way, the Captain (Captain Gough) has been in the regi ment more than twenty years." Mr. Wheeler ad vanced to meet the captain, and communicated, as briefly as possible, the object of his visit, exhibiting at the same time two letters, the last Sergeant Smith had written to the testatrix. " Sergeant Smith ?" re peated the captain, musing, " Sergeant Smith ? Yes, I recollect him very well, and his widow is in the regiment yet." Here was encouragement thought Mr. Wheeler " But," continued the captain, " she married again." " And could you give me the name of her present hus band r was the next inquiry. " Why," rejoined the captain, smiling, "he's Sergeant Smith too 1 But they are not here—they are in Canada." " Well," said Mr. Wheeler, it is not the mother I want, but the chili—the daughter." " Oh, the daughter—well, we have the daughter too—she's on the Moor, bu she's married." "And married also into the regimen inquired Mr. Wheeler, "as well as the mother !" "Married into the regiment also," rejoined the cap tain, laughing—"and she, also is married to a ser geant 1" The facts seemed so striking and the coincidences so unlikely, that the inquirer might have been excustd a little incredulity had he not been talking to one not likely to romance, and on a less serious subject; but so true were they, thst in a quarter of an hour from his arrival on the Moor, Mr. Wheeler was in the presence of the legatee herself— was next day in possession of documents from the regitter of the regiment, by the courtesy of Captain Gough, showing when Sergeant Smith enlisted, when his daughter was born, her name, when the sergeant died, when the widow was re-married, and regis trating also the marriage of the daughter, with every other particular important to give the child a legal title to a legacy left her by a person she could never have known, had never heard of, and, more singular still, whose name she had never so much as heard mentioned, even by her mother. We have only to add, that the executors, rejoiced at being so unex pectedly enabled to complete the task imposed upon them, lost no time in fulfilling the requirements of the law, and something more than a week ago paid over the legacy. AN AMERICAN EXECUTION. The Newhaven Herald gives an account of t he execution, in the past year, of Lucien Hall, at Mid dleton, Connecticut. Some of the details sound strangely to an English ear. The number of persons a dmitted withi n th e gao l , an d i n d u l ge d w i t h a v i ew o f third iaangln g' did not exceed 25. Of these about a vin.Part consisted of the relations of Mrs. La ::il _ Bacon, whom the convict had murdered. and her husband, h er b rother-in-law, her two sons, four brothers were o f t h e num b er. The mur .. darer was dressed ' cep. When th e X t! f long white robe and a white to say, he replied ,e s r! . asked him if he had anything not feel as if 1 c ,: uld i s tl av a good deal to say, but do spoke, he groaned alouadwy,. Seating himself as he ti. t l i t. t shed no tears. He then mailed for some water h rin r i a t t , h w er h s ic u h lk w ily as , brought him. He looke d r c o arap and said, " I think it strange th e m any one should want to see a man in t his situation;' on, After a short pause he continued, as if I could knot of the die, after all." Here lie raisedfeel rope, and laid it against his lreifottheea:t.t. He then said, " I suppose there is tot from this at any rate ;" andg he l ooked away over to the front to see how far it was ground. It was now about ten minutes befor e tw e e The sheriff told him he would give him whatever time . he wanted before the rope was cut. He replied that he would like to have 15 minutes, and requested that he might be told five minutes before the time expired. He read a while in the Bible and Prayer Book, and then, looking at the preparations being mode, said, " Give me slack rope enough, Mr. Arnold. I don't think I have enough." By this he meant that he might h ave as muc h f a ll as poss ibl e , th a t he might be the sooner out of pin. In two . THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1848. the last minute expired, he exclaimed, " Olidear me! God Almighty have mercy on the." These were the last words he gave utterance to. The rope was cut, the platform fell, and, with a single exclamation of " Oh!" his spirit was released f rom t h e tenement in which it had been defiled. His remains were delivered to those who stood by him as friends. The crowd outside the prison had now increased to about 2,000, all anxious to see him, as they could not be present at the execution. His friends took the coffin out into the middle of the street, laid it on chairs, and the crowd passed by between the rinks of the military to gaze upon the face of the mur derer. Even ladies were there from a distance. AN ACT FOR REGULATING THE SALE OF BEER AND OTHER LIQUORS ON THE LORD'S DAY. PASSED AUGUST 14, 1848. All publicans will do well to read attentively the fol owing short Act of Parliament, which has come into operation:— " Whereas the provisions in force withi❑ the Metro politan Police district, and in some other places in Eng land, against the sale of fermented and distilled liquors in the morning of the Lord's Day have been found to be attended with great benefits; be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that no licensed victualler or person licensed to sell beer by retail to be drunk on the premises, or not to be drunk on the premises, or other person, in any part of Great Britain, shall open his house for the sale of wine, spirits, beer, or other fermented or distilled liquors, or sell the same on Sunday, before half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, or, where the morn ing Divine service in the church, chapel, kirk, or princi pal place of worship, of the parish or place shall not usually terminate by that time, before the time of the termination of such service, and that no licensed victu aller or other person in England shall open his house for the sale of wine, spirits, beer, or other fermented or dis tilled liquors, or sell the same, on Christmas Day or Good Friday, or any day appointed for a public fast or thanks giving, before the respective times aforesaid, except, in all the cases aforesaid, as refreshment for travellers; provided always, that nothing herein contained shall authorise the opening of any house for the sale of wine, spirits, beer, or other fermented or distilled liquors within the Metropolitan Police district, or any city, town, or place, at an earlier hour or time than is now al- owed bylaw, where the opening of such house or such sale is now specially prohibited before any later hour or time than that hereinbefore mentioned. " 2. And be it enacted, that so much of an Act passed in the fourth year of her present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Acts relating to the general sale of Beer and Cider by retail in England,' as provides that no person licensed to sell beer or cider by retail as therein mentioned, should have or keep his house open for the sale of beer or cider, nor should sell or retail beer or cider, nor should suffer any beer or cider to be drunk or consumed in or at such house, at any hour before one of the clock in the afternoon on any Sunday, Good Friday, Chrismas Day, or any day appointed for a public fast or thanksgiving, shall, without prejudice to any pending proceeding for breach of such enactment, be repealed. " 3. And be it enacted, that it shall not be lawful for any licensed victualler, or person licensed to sell beer by retail to be drunk on the premises, or not to be drunk on the premises, or any person licensed or autho rised to sell any fermented or distilled liquors, or any person who, by reason of the freedom of the mystery or craft of Vintners of the city of London, or of any right or privilege, shall claim to be entitled to sell wine by retail to be drunk or consumed on the premises, to open his house for the sale of any other articles what soever within the respective times during which the sale of wine, spirits, beer, or other fermented or dis tilled liquors is hereinbeforc prohibited, except as re freshment for travellers. " 4. And be it enacted, that no person shall open any house or place of public resort for the sale of fermented or distilled liquors, or sell therein such liquors, in Eng land or Scotland, before the hour of half-past twelve of the clock in the afternoon, or where the morning Divine service in the church, chapel, kirk, or principal place of worship shall not usually terminate by that time, before the time of the termination of gush service on Sunday, or in England before the like hour on Christmas-day or Good Friday, or any day appointed for a public fast or thanksgiving, except as refreshment for travellers. " 5. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any constable at any time to enter into any house or place of public resort for the sale of wine, spirits, or other fer mented liquors; and every person who shall refuse to admit or shall not admit such constable into such house or place, shall be deemed guilty of an offence against this Act. " 6. And be it enacted, that every person offending against this Act shall be liablo, upon summary convic tion for the same before any justice of the peace for the county, riding, division, liberty, city, borough, or place where the offence shall be committed, or in Scotland before any justice of the peace, or sheriff, or magistrate having jurisdiction in the pace where the offence shall be committed, to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for every such offenco; and every separate sale shall be deemed a separate offence. . s . " 7. And be it enacted, that this Act may be repealed or amended in this present session of Parliament." EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.—A return made to Par liament has just Leen printed, shooing the amount of exports to and imports from the British West India co lonies, the East Indies, Ceylon, China, &c., for the year ending sth January, 1848; also the number of ships that have entered and cleared for the above places during the same period. The aggregate value of British and Irish produce and manutactures exported to the West India colonies in the year 1847 was 2,273,0411.; the value of exports to the East India Company's territories and Ceylon was 5,470,105/.; to China, 1,503,969/. The quan tity of tea imported was 55,355,5901b5., of which 46,045,5201b5. were retained for home consumption. The duty thereon was 2s. 21d. per lb. ; to the Mauritius the exports were 223,5631. ; to the Bri tish North American colonies, 3,231,4801. ; to New South Wales and Australian colonies the exports in the year amounted to 1,644,170/. ; to the United States of America 10,974,161/. ; to Cuba 896,5401. ; to Brazil 2,568.804/. ; and to Mexico, &c., 2,486,5511. These exports rehte only to British and Irish produce and manufactures. The average prices of sugar per cwt., exclusive of duty, in the year ending the sth of January last, were as follows : 28s. 3d. on British plantation ; on Mauritius 30s. 4.1. ; and on East India 275. In the year a great number of ships entered inwards and cleared out wards : their tonnage was very great. THREE MEN AND FOUR WOMEN DROWNED OFF THE DONEGAL COAST.—A fatal accident (says a corre spondent, writing from the Cross-roads near Den fanaghy) took place at Ballinass Pierhead, within a mile of this, on Tuesday. A number of poor starving crea tures went to the strand, for the purpose of searching the sand for a kind of fish called sand eels, wit's which to appease the pangs of ravenous hunger. A small channel lay between these creatures and the sand bank in which they expected to get the fish. One of the hands of a.' trait that lay at the Pierhead took the ship's boat to fefry them over. It was blowing a heavy gale at the time. Toe boat being small, was not able to resist its violence. It sank, and the women so clung to the men that all in the boat, with the exception of ono little boy, perished, including the kind-hearted sailor who volun teered the boat to carry these ill-fated victims within the reach of food. All the bodies have not yet been found; some of the women were the wives of poor men who had gone to England to labour at the harvest.—Freeman's Journal. DISCOVERY OF A FOSSIL TREE.--.A few days ago workmen employed in the cutting near the Coalbourn brook viaduct, on the line of the railway, discovered an interesting curiosity, viz., a tree in a perpendicular po sition, and in a perfect state of petrifaction. It was im bedded in the strata of lime and ironstone, called clunch," and measured ab ou t s i xty i nc h es in circum ference, the diameter being nearly twenty inches, and the quarter girth sixteen inches. The length has not yet been ascertained, as the lower portion of it is still undis turbed. A part of it, measuring four 'cot, perfectly pre served, has keen presented to Earl Stamrord, and for warded to Envile Hall for his Lordship's museum. By the kindness of Mr. Gabb, the g en tl eman superintend ing) the portion of the works referred to above, we were favoured with an inspection of the tree, the shell of which is perfectly preserved, and very apparent; the heart of the tree having the appearance and being of the ponderable nature of ironstone. The boughs seem to have been some time removed, as the top of the trunk appears to have been sawed off, being quite square.— Ten Towns' Messenger. FRIGHTFUL EMERGENCY.—A passenger by the Ocean Monarch, Mary Ann Taylor, of No. 1, Victoria place, Leeds, has given the following :-- Her husband, James Taylor, who is overlooker of b power-looms, is now settled in America, and she, with her two children, was going to join him. As the water was rough outside she became sea-sick, and lay down, but was roused from her bed by the alarm of fire. She ran upon deck, and having astertained that the rumour was true , returned into hr berth for her children. Even then the smoke was so thick down below that sho was nearly suffocated. She, however, got her children, returned upon deck, and there she remained until, like others, she could remain no longer. Sho felt the deck scorching her feet. She then tied her two children (one a little girl about four years old, and the other a boy nearly two years of age) to her own body, by means of a rope and a handker chief which she picked up, and let herself down into the 47. t t h e e r, r h i olding her offspring on her back with one hand, and letting herself down with the other. She got hold gging, which, she said, was literally covered with human bAngs, and clung to it; but the water, soon h suffocated wasrough, e dashed A overs the herdea dead and bod b i e e r s we children, rewei a a n h d . iinngtTohhteheredown an Irishman loosed the rope, and they fell orwlaaadtseyorn.CahtarGlorette Montgomery was safely de liveredWe are pleased to lyeaArnbbtheytt't county t t i y n D w o o w r n k , s o at n rI A ' h b u e r r s - - day last. Aber earn are to be resumed immediately.—Monmouthshire Merlin, Examiner. The utmost activity prevails among the Prussian vessels in the harbour at North Shields, as they are preparing to return to their own country, after a de tention of several months in consequence of the Danish war. or three minutes he said again, " I don't IPUNCH'S PRIZES fur the SESSION. want to be particular, but I want more slack Mr. Punch's Sessional Examination of his young and rope." The cap was then pulled down over his face, old friends of the St. Stephen's School, Westminster, when he remarked that it was tied too tight. The which is breaking up for the holidays, took place this fifteen miuutes were now expired, and he was now to week, in the presence of a numerous and distinguished be thrown off, when he said, "I thought you were to audience of th? nobility, gentry, tmd public in gen era l. tell me five minutes before the ti me exp i re d." Th e list Punch of prizesha s miu,ecshtoplweedasounret the en occasion:—frnisiin g the fol - sheriff said, " We will give you fi ve m i nu t es more ." lolling One of the officers then called out eac h m i nu t e as it To Master John Russell, the h ea d b oy o f t h e eatab lishment, the first prize, for Gen era l inefficiency; and an expired—one, two, three, &c. H e h ere remarked extra prize (a medal, with the motto, " Vox et prceterea that the rope was not properly fixed, and that the nihil") for an essay, illustrated with practical examples, knot ought to be nearer to his chin. As the time "On the Art of doing the Least Possible Work in the now rapidly approached he exclaimed—" Oh, dear ! Greatest Possible Time." For this last prize there were I bid you farewell." " Four" was now called, which a great many competitors, but Master Russell's essay told him he had but one minute to live. Just before was by much the most successful. To blaster George Bentinek, the first prize for Arith metic anti Artificial Memory. This young gentleman ex hibited the roost extraordinary feats in mnemonics, com mitting to memory, within an incredibly short time, long tables of figures and statistical returns upon every sub ject, and repeating them without any regard to order or natural arrangement. In order fully to test his powers, subjects were purposely chosen on which he possessed no previous knowledge whatever. To Master Benjamin Disraeli, the first prize for Elocution, with extra prizes for an essay " On the Use and Abuse of Words," and a disquisition " On the Cau casian Theory of Civilization," which showed much in- genuity in contradicting all the theories of ethnographers on European languages and races. To Master Chisholm Anstey, prizes for some re markable pieces of Crctchet Work, and an Essay on " The Art of Unpopularity in Addressing Popular As semblages." To Master Urquhart, a Certificate of Honour, for a Fixed Idea, manufactured entirely by himself in his leisure hours, and an amusing comic recitation with Master Anstey, called "The Impeachment." To Master Brotherton, a prize for an essay "On the Advantage of Early Hours," and general regularity. To Master Bowring, a certificate for procuring the greatest number of useless returns. To Master Morpeth, a prize for Good Temper, and obliging readiness to give way to everybody in every thing, with marks for his diligence in undoing his own work. Prizes were also awarded to Master Wilson, for unre mitting attention in the discharge of his duties to himself. To Masters Sibthorp and Tyrell, for grinning through horse collars, and generally promoting the amusements of the young gentlemen. To Master Hume, for Essays "On Economy in the use of Pocket Money," and " A Cheap Method of Writing, by which crosses on t's and dots over i's are entirely got rid of." To Master Palmerston, for his intrepidity in jumping into hat water on all occasions. To Master Charles Wood, for his pursuit of financial knowledge under difficultses. And to the Irish Class, in a body, for their ingenious definitions of the following words:—" Treason," "Saxon Oppression," " Job," " Duties of Property," and " Jus tice to Ireland."—Punch. REMOVAL OP THE QUADRANT COLONNADE.—The Quadrant Colonnade will in a few days be removed under the Act recently obtained (the 11th and 12th of Victoria, cap. 50). The statute gives the Commissioners of Woods and Forests power to take down the Colonnade and dispose of the materials, also to erect balconies in front of the houses, with other improvements. The ex pense of executing the works, including the money to be realized on the sale of the materials, is not to exceed 9,5001, which amount is to be repaid by assessment on the houses in the Quadrant. Money may be raised by mortgage to effect the alteration. Tho Act contains 28 sections, with a schedule of forms to be used in carry ing the same into effect. MIELBANK PRISON.—By an Act passed on the 4th instant (11 and 12 Vic., cap. 104), for amending the Act for regulating the prison at Millbank, the functions of the inspectors of Millbank prison ceased and determined, and power is now given to the Secretary of State to ap point in their place " visitors" to the prison, who are to perform the duties with respect to the prison, which the visiting justices perform with respect to their prisons. The visitors are to be a body corporate, by the style of " The Visitors of iNlillbank Prison." A BOLD COACHMAN.—We mentioned recently that the Niagara Falls had been bridged, and had been crossed by the engineer in a one-horse vehicle. The American papers give the following letter from Mr. Ellett, dated the 29th of July:—" This morning I laid the last plank of my foot-bridge on the Canada aide, and then drove over and back again in a buggy. 500 feet of the bridge was without railing on either side. My horse, though spi rited, went along quietly, touched up occasionally with a whip, just to show him that he was in command and give him courage. On returning, I directed one of the drivers to bring on his team, a two-horse close carriage, weighing over a ton and a half. I took his place on the box and drove over and back. The horses went quietly; the flooring is but eight feet wide, 220 feet high, and 762 feet long, and without railing, over such a torrent as you never saw, and never will see anywhere else."— Examiner. A MODERN MILO.—If we took tip a large lapstone (such as is used by shoemakers to hammer their work on) and showed it to the reader broken clean in two by the blewof a man's hand, itis likely he would hardly cre• dit his own eyes or our story. Yet such is the fact; there was in Louth last Saturday a moderate-sized but ex tremely muscular Frenchman who performed this feat. With "nothing at all in his band but his fist," as the Irishman sings, he broke by a sheer blow first a large piece of flint, which was shivered into a dozen pieces, and then a big granite cobble of the description above referred to—this he broke clean into two pieces. There was no trick whatever in the feat; it was done by the strength and muscle of a man 5 feet 2 inches high.— Lin cola Mercury. On Thursday morning an old man named Prince and his daughter were discovered murdered in their cot tage at Maltserbes, commune of Saint Gavin, arrondisse ment of Blaye, in the department of the Gironde. They were lying on the floor horribly disfigured. The old man's son, Jean Prince, was the murderer, and on being arrested his clothes were found to be stained with blood, and even patches of the brains of his victims ad hered to them. He had committed the crime with an agricultural instrument called a tranae, in use in the district.— Paris paper. EXTRAORDINARY DEATII OF A MISER.—On Fri day afternoon an inquest was taken by Mr. W. Carter, the coroner, at the Fountain Tavern, Walworth-road, touching the death of Robert Pitt, aged seventy-five years, who was found dead under very extraordinary circumstances, at his residence, No. 3, Manor-place, Walworth-road. The evidence went to prove that the deceased was a superanuated officer of the East India Company, and that for many years he had been leading a life of great parsimony, not allowing any individual to enter his apartments, which were always kept in a most filthy condition. On Tuesday morning last the deceased left his sitting room, and shortly:afterwards one of the lodgers was alarmed by hearing a heavy fall. She ran out, and then discovered the deceased lying on his back in the yard. He was carried into the house, where he was seen by Mr. Kineston's assistant, who pronounced him to be dead. Mr. Vickerman, who lodged in the deceased's house, stated that the deceased subsisted on soup, which he made from stale bones that he purchased from the small butchers. lie had a salary or income of 2/. weekly, and also other means of living in affluence. Thomas Cooke, constable, said he was called to take charge of the body and his rooms, which were loaded with valuable property, chiefly consisting of silver pl a te, books, and other things, to the value of 2004 Upon making further search, he found four 1201. shares in a building society, and deeds referring to a quan tity of houses at Kennington and Clapham -road.-road. The body of the deceased had been discovered in such a dreadful state that the parochial authorities had it re moved to the workhouse. Tho officer added that he had no doubt that when the room was more minutely searched a quantity of other valuables would be found. The whole of t h e witnesses, who had known the deceased for many years, concurred in the opinion that the deceased had died from want of proper nourishment, owing to his par simonious habits. The jury returned a verdict of ..Na tural death, accelerated by the want of proper food." The churchwardens gave orders that Cooke, the officer, should take charge of the property until further inquiry had been made. A FAMILY POISONED BY EATING PRESERVED SLOES.—On of those incidents which awaken a degree o be f t i a n i t , e e r e e , s b t a a s nd jus s t h e o c w eb b r y what simple redintbevili uge methods ef life Eastry, a m fe a t y v miles from this city. Tuesday week being the birthday of a child belonging to George Lawrence, shoemaker, of s E I o a e s s t r , y, whicht e e h bad i l d beenr e n o the pf reserved in w ny sugar treatedlast so s ta me sistertum , a a n n d d b o r f o w t h h e i r c h p L a r a t w o o r e k n , c h e l i h i e of w l t h mi i s w s h i o fe r , t his iy a w f i t t e e r is wards became very sick, vomited much, and were violently purged, in which state they continued some time, totally incapable of assisting one another, and it ended in the death of one of the children, which took place the fol lowing Thursday. The other two children were also greatly enfeebled, but the adults did not experience the ill effects ao much. The remainder of the sloes were consequently thrown away, and the bottle broken. At an inquest held on the deceased on Friday, by Mr. De lasaux, evidence to the above effect was given, as well as by Mr. Leggett, surgeon, who stated that ou being called in to the family, he found them in the condition de scribed, and that the deceased in particular was vomiting and purged, his extremities being cold. He ordered him, from e l s l oam whichs o t h bt h e r ae o ny t d h ya e childrenanodb obtained awinn and etedr, rewl relief, h fh, e ea r x e lc m iet p a t itoti excepting gs f u o td a ha r en per sons, s a o s n we ll ceased, who eventually died. And his belief was that the child died from eating the sloes while in a state beentouched, of fermentation. I n accor d ance with these particulars, the jury returned a ve r di ct o f" Accidental death. " De e was ss sloes smewi which years inhha d Lawrenceof netage. hadV Very fortunately givenedt oor other probablyie, dt mem berswo n s o bot t les sa ed f of h they would have been attended by the like unpl easant, if not disastrous results.—Kentish Ob server . A NUMEROUS FAMILY.—Mr. I saac Sladen of Hoppits Farm, near Rochdale, whose age w as 83, died Friday, the Ist inst. He has left behind him four sons and seven daughters, of whom three sons and six daughters are married, and have had up to this time 85 children, the grandchildren of the deceased. At the reading of the will, after the funeral, there were present his six married daughters and their husbands, his three married sons and their wives, and his unmarried son and before daughter ; in all, 20 of his sons and daughters. The old death by his brother man was visited a few days brother Daniel, who is 91 years of age.—Manchester POLICE INTELLIGENCE. mANS/uAr-ti OUSE. The Lord Mayor received the following communi cation from a gentleman residing at Paisley : "My Lord,—Excuse the liberty I take in calling your attention to the enclosed papers,:which I have received to-day from some party in your city of London. " I have ordered the ticket' therein referred to to be returned to the address mentioned, and as I suspect that in this case there is at least ground for suspicion, and probably for investigation, I therefore think it proper that your Lordship should be put in possession of this information." The first paper alluded to is as follows : "Daring life fortune smiles at least once upon everybody, and provided circumstances admit of it we should not close our doors against this capricious deity, but court her favours by placing small offerings on her altar. " More than once I have been the happy bearer of her gifts, and I earnestly trust that I may be the means of surprising you also with a larger prize. The enclosed ticket has been chosen by a fortunate hand, and may I beg of you to make a first trial with it. The stake is insignifica n t compared with the great number of prizes, which, according to the enclosed plan, surpasses one-half of the tickets, and holds out a prospect of winning large sums. The small amount I can draw upon you for, or, if you prefer it, you can send it me in Bank notes. In order to assure"you of the respectability of this establishment, I can give you the most undoubted references. , t May I request you to communicate to me your determination whether you will accept or refuse the ticket. In the latter case, please to return it imme diately, as it is the only means of obtaining the prize that may fall on it. " I hare the honour to remain, "Your humble servant, " Aug. 15, 1848." The second paper enclosed ,in the ;letter contained the scheme and the regulations, the principal of which are as follows: " The price of a share is unalterably fixed at 10/. sterling. The payment of the shares before the draw ing is a point the shareholders must particularly at tend to, as only such shares which have been duly paid for are entitled to the prizes and emoluments they may have attained. Shareholders residing abroad are particularly requested not to neglect the strict ob servance of the statute. The present agents have to pay the administration for every share they take, and must consequently look to the shareholders for reim bursement. It is therefore expected that they will, in consideration of these circumstances, not delay sa tisfying the agents for the shares they may accept; or, should they decline keeping them, hasten to return them without the least loss of time, as every share unless returned before the drawing takes place, must be paid for. The LORD MAYOR observed that 113 knew nothing whatever of the lottery, but he recollected that in the mayoralty of Sir George Carroll, when some notice was taken of the attempts of agents in this country to induce the public to speculate in foreign lotteries, an Irish nobleman wrote to the chief magistrate a very particular account of the manner in which be had been robbed by an agent of the whole of the proceeds of a very large prize, and afterwards laughed at upon pressing his claim, and refusing to allow the agent to be participator in the magnificent profits. He (the Lord Mayor) did not mean to say that anything wrong was intended by the parties alluded to in the letter, but he considered it to be his duty to suggest very great caut i on upon t h e part of English pur chasers of shares. GUILDHALL. Mr. Benjamin Sinclair, of 29, Gerrard- street, Islington, was summoned before Mr. Alderman Challis, for unlawfully refusing to pay th e sum o f 2s. 6d. for himself and four others, under the follow ing circumstances : William Freeman, of No. 1, York-terrace, Barns bury Park, conductor to one of Mr. Smith's omni buses, running from Islington to Kennington -gate, stated that the defendant and four other parties entered his omnibus at the Elephant and Castle, and rode as far as the Post-office. On their alighting he demanded his proper fare of sixpence each, which Mr. Sinclair refused giving, on the ground that it was only a threepenny ride, and therefore he was not entitled to any more. Witness told him that he must pay the sixpence each, but the defendant would not pay his demand, although he pointed to the price inside the carriage, in consequence of which he was compelled to take the present proceedings. The chief clerk asked complainant if he had the fare properly painted inside the omnibus ? Freeman re plied that the fare 6d. was painted inside, black upon white ground, underneath the number of the conveyance. The chief clerk wished to know whether the wit ness was in the habit of taking one or two kinds of fares Freeman said their regular fare was 6d., but in the course of the day they sometimes run that dis tance for 3d. The chief clerk asked if the fare was marked up also P The conductor replied that it was not. The chief clerk then intimated to the Alderman that the complainant by that admission had violated the Act of Parliament, and had rendered himself liable to a fine of 20a., for not having a list of fares exhibited. Mr. Sinclair said the fact was the complainant de manded 35., and not 2s. 6d., as he had stated, there being a party of six. Alderman CHALLIS asked if there was a printed placard outside the omnibus ? Freeman replied that at that time there was not. Alderman Cs ALLIS asked the defendant what he had to say. Mr. Sinclair replied that he tendered what he con sidered the usual fare of 3d. each to the conductor, but he declined taking it, and asserted that he had a right to charge the Gd. each. Considering he was being imposed upon, as he had often ridden by the same omnibus that distance for 3d., he refused to pay. In fact, although there might be the fare 6d. painted up inside, they ran from the Post-office to Barnsbury park for 4d., and they, according to what had already transpired, would be entitled to charge 6d. He, therefore, did not see why they should attempt to make him pay 61, when he knew they were in the constant habit of running the same distance for half the amount. Alderman CHALLIS observed that whatever fare was painted inside it was lawful for the conductor to demand, but he could not take more. He might, however, if he chose, take less ; but to render that taking legal a table of fares ought to be exhibited, for, on complainant's own showing, he was in the habit of taking passengers both for 31. and 6d., the latter being the only fare painted up. The law laid it dis tinctly down that where there was only one fare, that should be the only legal one ; but where there were more, then a list of fares should be kept for every person's inspection. He (the Alderman) thought the present practice a most undesirable one. The chief clerk thought it was rather unfair to the public to represent . the outside fare to be only 3d., which implied a specific contract, and then to turn round and charge the inside one of 6d. The proprietor said that the fare of 6 , 1. was not only painted inside the omnibus, but also on the door outside. Alderman CHALLIS—Do you mean to say that you do not sometimes charge two fares ? Proprietor— We sometimes do. Alderman CHALLIS—And you have no table •of fares ? Proprietor—We have not ; only the 63. painted as I before said. Alderman CuaLus—Then .according to law you ought to have had, and the summons is therefore dis missed. Conduct or —B ut what am I to d o f or the fare which h as not b een paid, and my loss of time ? Alderman CHALLIS—I can't help that; you must recover how you think proper. All parties then left the court, the complainant evi dently not at all pleased at the result. There was abundant testimony in addition to the above, confirmatory of the facts disclosed by Bagster, but owing to the lateness of the hour it was deter mined that the rest of the depositions should be taken on another day. Charles Farr, Thomas Biddle, and Phillips were charged with stealing a quantity of beer, the property of their employers, Messrs. Meux and Co., the extensive brewers. Mr. Humphries appeared for the prosecutors. Mr. H. B. Jenkins stated that he was the store house clerk of Messrs. Meux and Co., the brewers. The prisoners were in their service until Saturday last as dray men. On that morning witness gave the prisoner Farr certain directions relative to loading the drays, after which the prisoners carried some beer to Gunshot-wharf; the quantity ordered being one barrel and two kilderkins. Ilaving reason to believe that two extra barrels were placed upon the van or dray, witness followed them to Gunshot-wharf, where he ascertained that the above quantity and no more, had been delivered there. He met Farr and Biddle, and asked the former what had been done with the two barrels which they loaded at the end of the van ; but they denied all knowledge of them, upon which he gave them into custody. Further evidence having been given relative to the barrels, which a witness had seen placed upon the dray, and also implicating Phillips in a similar transaction on a previous day, the prisoners were remanded for further examination. with ieStrhembpemliaanceße d e c a ao u tn m ete o hr n fn the for t zg ere n r e c a xe l a d r , d a ii n an r d ayt T i o / fin t o r, e n z e a ha s at F r gt r eh y de , BOW-STREET. b d a a r i ne F fo t ri European Coffee-house 53, Long-acre. Mr. Clark son attended for the insurance company. The statements of Joseph Bagster, a porter in Covent-garden market, who used to lodge in the house, and was an accomplice in the matter, were published in our report of the first • • examination. lle had given information to the insurance office a week after the fire, because the prisoner Beaumont refused to give him some money which he was to have for retaining the secret. From his evidence it appeared that Beaumont and Fry went to Cretnorne-gardens, by previous arrangement, so as to be away from the fire when it happ ene d , and that t h e serva nt, Fitz gerald, set fire to the house in their absence, having been promised 201. for her trouble. A previous night had been agreed upon for the fire, and witness was expected to do it while Miss Beaumont and Fry were at the Haymarket ; but instead of firing the premises the witness went into the house and took possession of 31., which had been left upon the m antel-piece, upon the understanding that he was to do so, and then left London with a friend, in order to have proof, as he, said, that he had no concern in the fire, if Beaumont should do it herself upon returning home. This wit ness deposed to several conversations which he had had , with the prisoner Fitzgerald, after the fire, in which the latter d escr F eed to him how she nad fired the premises. WESTMINSTER. Mr. Thomas Mitchel, of Great Peter-street, West minster, was summoned for having neglected to dis continue a nuisance caused by the exercise of his calling as a fat-melter, &c., after having had notice to do so from the parish authorities. The defendant had been summoned about a fort night ago for a like offence, and convicted by Mr. Burrell in five 20s. penalties, upon the evidence of some tradesmen in the immediate neighbourhood, who deposed to most offensive smells proceeding from the premises, caused by boiling of kitchen stuff, &c., which were detrimental to the health of those in the vicinity. Mr. J. Walmsley yesterday appeared on behalf of the St. John's Paving Board, and Mr. Prendergast for the defendant. After several objections had been taken by the Learned Advocate tor the defendant, and met by Mr. Walmsley, Three tradesmen in the immediate vicinity of defendant's premises one of whom had given evidence on the former complaints—proved that the same offensive odours proceeded from defendant's premises as before. One of the witnesses stated that his family had suffered much illness, and attributed it to the defendant's operations. The witnesses spoke distinctly to the 28th of August as one of the days on which they complained of the nuisance. Mr. Prendergast, in the course of a very length ened address on behalf of his client, contended that, although the law very properly gave the magistrate a power to order the removal of dung, offal, or other noxious matt e r, i n or near an y public place, it was _ Mr. W. B. Storr, of the firm of Debenham and Storr, of King-street, Covent-garden, deposed that he was the auctioneer and assessor of the Westminster Fire-office, in King -street. The prisoner Beaumont was insured in that office for 4001. He produced the claim which she bad made in respect of property alleged to have been destroyed by the fire, for which she claimed 2721. 16s. On the Monday after the fire, which took place on Friday, August 25, the prisoner Jane Fitzgerald called at his office, and made the fol lowing statement to him, %%ithout being in any way intimidated or influenced to communicate the circum stances. She said (and witness took it down in writing) as follows :—I heard Miss Beaumont say to Bagster that she would give him 201. if he would set fire to the house. She said she was much in debt, and owed three quarters' rent to her landlord, and as he would not grant her a lease of the house, she meant to injure it. Accordingly, she kept sending me out with her clothes to pledge. This was about last Saturday fortnight ; but other things were taken about three weeks before that. She told me that she meant to take the tickets and the money to Mrs. Robinson, shoemaker, in Oxford -street. On last Thursday week (August 24) a young man called on Miss Beaumont, to take her to the Haymarket Theatre. She had agreed with Bagster for him to set fire to the house, and left 31. upon the dresser for him. She said she would not give the money into Bagster's hands, in case she should he put to her oath if she ever gave him any money. Bagster and I were left in the house alone. I was washing up the cups and saucers. Bagster took up the money and said he would not do such a thing as fire the place for 50/., and he then went away, saying he should go into the eountry before she could pull him up for the money. In the course of that day I had heard Miss Beaumont and her young man (Fry) talking about the fire. He told her to get three shillings' worth of powder, and put it in some greasy paper, and it would blow the roof up. Miss Be turnout returned half-an-hour after Bagster had gone, and her young man came next morning to breakfast. I told her how Bagster had served her about the fire, and she was all day talking to the young man about the fire, and settling how it should be done. She promised to give him 204, and said that when they got the insurance money they would go to Australia, and that I might go with them, if I liked, as her servant ; or if not, she would give me some money. I said I was never bribed to do such a thing. She sent me out for a threepenny stamp, and they wrote on something, which they told me was, " By the God above, this secret is not to be revealed by either of us." She signed this paper, and made me put a cross to it for my name. After this, I was frightened, and went away to my cousin's, and did not return to Long acre till half-past four. Miss Beaumont went out and bought a pair of boots and brought them to me, say ing that she was going that night to Cremorne-gar dens with her young man, and would not return till one o'clock. She .said I had better go to bed after the shop was shut, and when she came home she would ring double. When I was at tea Mrs. Robin son came in, and she, Miss Beaumont, and the young man (Fry) were up stairs together an hour and a half. When Mrs. Robinson went away, she took three or four nice books off a shelf with her, saying, that it was a pity such nice books should be destroyed. I said, do you know that my mistress is going to do such a thing? She said that she never was so much astonished as she was the other day, when, in return ing home, she found that Miss Beaumont had left a large parcel at her house, containing duplicates, money, and clothes. The parcel also contained two 51. notes, gold and silver, and the policy. Mrs. Robin son left Long-acre about nine o'clock. Before Miss Beaumont left she gave me strict orders to put the kettle over the gas, and leave the boilers over the fire. I did as she told me; and at a quarter to 11 I went to bed, not thinking that Miss B. had set any trap for me. At about 12 I was awoke by the ringing and knocking of the police. My room was full of smoke, and I got up the steps of the cock-loft. I could not get any further, and Mr. Tucker, the butcher, sent two of his young men. I had only my nightgown and cap on at the time, but I slipped on my gown afterwards. After leaving Mr. Tucker's I went to Miss Beau mont's brother, in King-street, Seven-dials. Miss Beaumont and the young man came there about one or two o'clock in the morning. The next day she wished me to keep with her, and say anything she wished me to say about the clothes, money, and other things, and she would give me 20/. Bagster took my box on the Tuesday before the fire. I slept at Mrs. Moore's, 2, Bell-court, Gray's Inn-lane, four nights running (from Saturday), and on Wednesday night I slept at my cousin's, Dan Fitzgerald, at Lower Deptford. Miss Beaumont's sister (Mrs. Mathews) brought me a pair of shoes. Mrs. Mathews wanted her sister and me to go into fur nished lodgings over the water, but I refused, and said I would still lodge at Airs. Moore's, where I still am. Miss Beaumont gave me two portraits, a file of bills, and some other things to take care o for her. A woman named Williams, who lived in the house where Fitzgerald slept after the fire, stated that this prisoner spoke to her of the fire. She said that she was the only person who knew the cause of the fire, and she had a hand in it. She brought some wearing apparel with her to her friend, Mrs. Moore's, who occupied the next room. There were eighteen articles, and she said they belonged to a young man named Bagster, who had been asked in church to both Miss Beaumont and herself; to the one at the Waterloo road Church, and to the other at St. Pancras. She said she felt very miserable, and should have poisoned herself if Bagster had not prevented her. As it was, she felt inclined to make a hole in the water. Miss Beaumont called upon witness after the fire, to see if some boxes of hers had been brought there, which was not the case. Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson stated that she resided at 385, Oxford-street, and her husband was a shoemaker. Had known the prisoner Beaumont and her family many years. She called on the prisoner, at the coffee-house in Long-acre, on the morning of the fire (Friday). Beaumont said to her, in course of conversation, " we are going to have a fire here to night;" but witness not thinking she alluded to any thing in particular, took no notice of the observation. After she had gone up stairs the servant (Fitzgerald) said to her, "Did you hear what missus said about the fire ?" and then told her what was going to be done. She (Fitzgerald) stated that she had promised to fire the place that night. Witness told her that she hoped she would do no such a thing, and said, that if she did she (witness) would give information of it to the insurance office. Fitzgerald then said, her mistress had left 401. and a lot of duplicates at her house that morning. Cross-examined by Fitzgerald —I admit that I took away three books, but not for the purpose of saving them from the fire, for I did not think any one would be so wicked. Mr. Pugh, the agent to the landlord of the house, proved that the prisoner Beaumont would owe three quarters' rent at the ensuing Michaelmas. lie had frequently applied to her for what was owing, but in vain. About a year or two ago she inquired if she could not have a lease of the premises ; but they had no power to grant one—the property being in trust. gohrt wChtilNstvtlhceTschrapßlOaA PORTSMOUTH. On chaplain ESCAPE ANDIi, T Ec h A u P rs i d u a lt y E ni was reading prayers, six convicts effected th e i r escape from the York hulk, in Portsmouth harb our, i n a boat belonging to that ship, having previously broken into a store cabin, and changed their con v i ct d ress for clothes reserved for prisoners when their term of transportation expires. They steered for Portchester, and on their passage thither filed off the small iron rings which en- Circled their legs. On their landing at Porchester they gave the boat in charge of a boy, and with a promise to remunerate him with 6d. on their return in half an hour, but, of course, the boy saw no more of them. As soon as their escape was discovered on board the hulk, intelli gence was conveyed in all directions, and other prompt steps taken, with a view to their recapture. Four of them were retaken on Friday, near Droxford, by a party of keepers from the York, assisted by the police. When first accosted, the fellows showed same symptoms of re sistance, when a keeper drew his cutlass and slightly wounded one of them on the knee, when they all four surrendered, and were brought back to the York the same evening. Two men, sitting under a hedge, eating turnips, were seen by a gentleman, between Worthy and Avington, on Friday afternoon, and these, no doubt, are the two still at large. The names of th© six convicts are as follows:—Rohtrt Knight, alias Thomas Flaren, Samuel Bridge, Janacs Skyrannicle, George Jefferson Thomas Natt, and George Holder, the last mentioned was convicted at the Portsmouth sessions last year of a burglary at Southsea, and sentenced to 14 years' trans pertation. He is one of the two who are not yet recap tured. STOPPAGE OF POST•OFFICE COMMUNICATION IN THE HEBRIDES. —The embargo on the postal communi cation between the Dunvogan, in Skye, and Lochmaddy, in North Uist, still continues. There is some prospect, we hear, oe an early arrangement; but in the meantime the inhabitants in the Western Islands, and their friends on the mainland, are subjected to the greatest inconve nience and loss. A correspondent writes us as follows from North Uist:—" Our packet matters are still in state quo. The owner of the packet, poor man, unable s to sell his vesse l , k seps hanging on. The vessel h made two trip s d ur i ng t h e l ast three weeks, thus bring ing us fi ve ma i ls at one time, and four at another; and we avail ou rse l ves o f every opportun i ty we ee l an get to send away l e tt ers . Thi s may d o , t h oug h badly enough _ _ - m summer ; b u t w h a t w ill b ecome of us after September, if no arrangement is made? The worst of it is, that should we call at the Dunvegan post-office for our letters, we can't get them, unless we undertake the expanse and trouble of carrying the whole country letters to the post office at Lochmaddy, and even then we are told that it is not to every one that the Dunvegan postmaster will deliver the mails. Can anything more absurd be con ceived? The post-office take our letters, and they will not send them to Lochmaddy, nor will they deliver them at Dunvegan. The whole communication is stopped until the post-office can bring Colonel Gordon and Lord Macdonald to pay their shares of the expense of the packet. The entire population —some 17,000 or 20,000 —with their friends, must wait until this mighty matter be adjusted! Truly, the post-office authorities carry maEt,tielD•svwEßitThisaEllialigEhilTb.ain_d.T—h/envemrnoessts cfeoaurrfiuerl. cases of Dropsy curable by th e use of Holloway's hills singular efficacy of H o lk way ' s Pills in the numerous cures effected by their use, in some of the most obstinate crhuly;eacsutloitairish effectinginvaluable system, cases medicineacts ro with y is su t that the fluids arising from this upon the h 11 y r direful ev e nt disease ed fr o a m r e alinny perceptibly evacuated and vs' further accumulation. The distressing symptoms which accompany the complaint being . ferer regains buoyanrcyemoflsopi thus dispersed, the se rits and a completely reno vatedtahesseoafdampirsarbtileeuplairlizrwiohleohf are constitution. should have recourse to sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Esta• blishment, 244, Strand, London. never intended to be made applicable to a case of this description. It was absurd to supdose that the Le gislature gave to a magistrate such a power as to enable him to prohibit a man carrying on his trade. Had it been so intended, the mention of particular trades of a somewhat offensive character would have been mentioned in the statute. It was well known that such businesses as that of fat-melters, bone-boilers, a n d other like oc cu p a ti ons, from which smells of a not very pleasant nature arose, were necessary for the public convenience, and it was quite obvious that the Legislature had not been disposed to interfere with those carrying on such necessary pursuits, as the late Building Act had specially provided for their con tinuance for the next thirty years, from and after its passing, by stating that no building should be erected within a reasonoble distance of them. In this case, the witnesses stated that they had occupied these houses but seven years, while defendant had boen carrying on his business for upwards of ten, by which it was quite clear that they had gone to that of which they complained : it had not come to them. If then, as he held, it unquestionably appeared that the Legislature had considered that these businesses— unpleasant to a certain extent as they might be— were to be carried on, he submitted with great confi dence that the question was, whether the proprietors so conducted them as not to be guilty of a voluntary nuisance. Mr. BURRELL observed that the question for him to determine was, whether the odour arising from de fendant's premises was highly offensive. He had nothing to do with its being voluntary. Mr. Prendergast said he was in a condition to prove that no accumulation of matter of any descrip tion that might be offensive to the public had been suffered to remain. If that was prohibited which was essential to carrying on the business of a fat-meiter, it was in effect doing away with the business alto gether. Mr. BURRELL observed that it was immaterial how the business was carried on, the question simply was, was it highly offensive to the public. Mr. Prendergast said that the summons charged his client with having neglected to remove the offen sive matter, &c., of which notice had been given, and he could distinctly prove by witnesses in attendance that it had been removed. The inspector of nuisances observed that it was re moved and renewed Mr. BURRELL held that it was clearly a continuance of the nuisance, in which view he was opposed by Mr. Prendergast. Mr. Prendergast contended, that although the odour arising from fat melting might be unpleasant, it was not injurious to public health. Mr. BURRELL considered, as on the former occa sions, that the case had been clearly made out, and convicted in the penalty of 20s. for the offence on the 28th. As the Learned Barrister differed with him materially in his view of the case, he was happy to say he had an appeal, which would afford him an opportunity of advancing his arguments in an other court. Defendant's solicitor stated that his client had in timated his intention of appealing against the other five convictions, and intended to do so upon the whole, but wished to know whether the opposite party intended to lay fresh complaints until the merits of the matter had been determined upon in another court. Mr. Walmsley said that two months were allowed to give notice of the appeal, :which was an anomaly. The parish authorities had only one object in view— the preservation of the public health. He then inti mated that if defendant continued his calling so as to be again offensive to his neighbours, and detrimental to the health of those in the vicinity, that it would be his duty to take further proceedings. WORSHIP -STREET. Charles Henry Took, a journeyman carpenter, was brought before Mr. Arnold, charged with having assaulted and obstructed William Arthur, a signal man at the Mile-end sation of the Eastern Counties Railway, in the execution of his duty. The complainant stated, that between eight and nine o'clock on the preceding evening the prisoner and another man obtained two tickets at the above station to proceed in a second-class carriage to the Shoreditch terminus, but immediately afterwards they got int) a first-class carriage, and, as both of them were excited, witness ordered them, at the request of the other passengers, to get out, which the prisoner refused to do, and he was compelled to use the neces sary force to eject him. The prisoner instantly assailed him with the most opprobrious epithets, and, grasping the handle of the carriage as it was moving off, expressed his determination to cling to it, if it cost him his life. He succeeded with some difficulty in dislodging him from his perilous position, and persuaded him to proceed to the booking-office and receive back his money, which was at once re funded; but he still persisted in his refusal to leave the place, and after again assailing the witness with the most scurrilous language, seized him by the collar and attempted to throw him down a flight of steps into the street. The attack was so sudden and violent that he was flung down several of the steps, when his descent was fortunat e ly s t oppe d b y a brother officer, who caught hold of his collar and saved him being precipitated to the bottom. Witness dispatched one of the porters for a policeman, and was hastening back to the platform to turn on the red light, as a signal to the next train, which was advancing rapidly in the same direction, that the last had just passed the station, when the prisoner again seized and held him fast, and but for the timely interposition of a stranger on the platform, who, seeing his position and aware of the danger, instantly ran forward and turned the light, a collision must in all probability have taken place, and several lives have been sacrificed. A porter named Cole confirmed the last witness's evidence, and stated that but for his interference when the signal-man was hurled down the steps, he would certainly have been seriously injured. In answer to the charge, the defendant said he had no recollection of having acted in the manner de scribed ; he hoped the magistrate would be merciful towards him, as be had a wife and large family de pendent upon his labours. Mr. ARNOLD animadverted upon the outrageous conduct of the prisoner, which might have caused a serious accident, attended with the most calamitous results ' • but as he was evidently a hardworking man, and did not appear to have acted from premeditation, he should impose upon him the mitigated penalty of 205., or commit him in default for fourteen days to the House of Correction. BANK OF FRANCE. The Moniteur of Saturday pudishes the folloairg return of the situation of the Bank on Thursday nw rn. fling, Sept. 7, 1848: A SSETS. Cash in coin and ingots Ditto in branch banks ••• Bills over due ••• ••• ••• Bills beco m i ng d ue . in Paris, of which 60 18,717,713 t. 37 c . are from branches 76,012, 319 9l Bills in the bra nc h b an k s 127,610 8 21 Advances on coins and ingots 14,996, 303 u 6; Ditto on French p u bli c securities ... 34,045, 996 0 Ditto by branch banks... 1,340.903 00 Ditto to the Stat e on B ons d u Tresor... 50,000,0 00 00 Advance to the State on the lcan of I 50,000,000 f. ••• ••• ••• Stock forming reserve •• ••• Rentes, dispo sa bl e f un d s •... Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property an d b ranc h banks .▪ ..... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Interest in old Departmental Banks in National Banks of Towns ... 230,000 00 Bills Protested in the Bank 17,622,540 O Ditto in the bra nc h es 9,448,525 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 253,959 01 Ditto of the branches ▪ 202,303 00 ... f 120,393,006 90 92,712 831 00 496,883 61 2 3 1 0 3 5 , 0: 0 4 0 030 12,806 741 30 4,000,000 Oa 2,521,754 00 200,000 Ou 20 Miscellaneous ... 1,032.1 41 Consolidation of Treasury B o nds ... 6,997,27° __ f. 642,701,918 P LIABILITIES. Capital ... . f. 67,900 ,000 Ditto of the new Branch Banks ••• 23,350,000 uv Reserve fund ... ••• 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the bran c h b an k s 2,980,7 50 14 Reserve. immobilie re ..• . 4,000,00 0 0 „ Notes to bearer, i n c i rcu l at i on ... 315,348,5 00 0 0 Ditto of the bran c h banks ... • 57,648,025 00 Ditto to order (p o st-bill s ) 7 4 8,121 Ov, Account -current with Treasu r y 38,6 54,212 1", Various account s current ... • 79,497,306 5' Ditto in branches •• ••• ••• 24,772,2 94 0 0 Receipts pay a bl e a t s i g h t • 2,912,800 00 Ditto at branches 1,982 , 721 0 0 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... .„„ 4,860,8 07 01 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,285,711 0( Dividends payable ... • • 872,365 75 ) „,. Liquidation of the Al g i ers B an k L101,814'7, Discounts, interest s , an d expense ... 1,124,519 7 _,; Ditto branch bank ... ..• 1,361,985 01 " Re-discounts of the la s t s i x mont h s ... 422,932 27 Ditto in branch banks .. 641,216 IP ••• .•• -••• f a ••• 235.8 37 v• Miscellaneous Certificate confirm e d, f. 642,701,9 18 23 The Governor of the Bank, D'ARGOITZ The metallic reserve has again increased four raillioq in the Paris Bank, and four and a half in the bravo establishments. The amount of bills becoming due bli a l declined in an excee di ngly large proportion, being 13,h0 less than 17 milli ons i n all, 12 in Paris, and five in `" departments. Th e bill s protested at Paris are one million less than th e p rece di ng week, but remain i n the departments about the same as they were. The notes 1 circulation have diminish e d s i x m illi ons; and the aee?1111 current of the treasury amounts to about 38i or 26 millions more than last week. This increase probably owing t o anot h er i nstalment of the loan o f 15 0 millions being paid by the Bank, though the retu r Pf make no allu s i on t o t h e matter. The whole amotli?" the metallic reserve is now 213 millions to 373 milli ons of notes in circulation. WESTMINSTER WORKING MEN 'S EMIGRATION CLUB. Yesterday evening a crowded public meeting of the, labouring classes, the majority of whom were re . ,sP ec t o able looking mec h an i cs, was held at the Working Alt; Institute, Pear. street, Strutt on - groun d , one of the 113" densely inhabited and most wretched parts of We; t. " minster, f o r th e purpose of receiving the report c' committee appointed t o i nqu i re into the practicability of forming an emigration club for the working classes. Mr. Aitchison, a gentleman who has taken great I terest in the R agge d Schools, and in other benevole nt schemes for the advancement of ?he labouring poor, Wa s voted to the chair. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by observ i l that the su bj ect o f emigration had of late y ea r s attract e d a large share of the attention of the philanthropic; an he rejoiced to think that its benefits might shortly be a; tended to the over-crowded population of Westminsr in —(Cheers.) It was only necessary for him to explain that a short time ago a lecture was delivered in that roo m upon the subject of emigration, which had led to t h e appointment of a committee in order to consider the in .a e priety of organizing an emigration club. The committ e e had met several times, and he was now prepared to su . u „ mit their report to the meeting.--(Cheers.) The Chiti! . man then proceeded to read a lengthy report. It P r " posed that a club should be formed, to consist of an tin.l limited number of members, and to be connected with the Society for th e P romot i on o f Colonization—that the 50 ° scribers should pay 9d. per week per share, and Is. entli and that the election of members for emigration should ake place every three months, and should be decided bf lot. It was calculated that, with the proposed snbscriptioo , the society would be enabled to send out at least 1 00 members in four years.—(Cheers.) These were the main features of the plan ; but of course there were various points of detail, to which it was not necessary to allude. Mr. STANFORD moved "That the report be adopted,and_ a club im me di a t e l y f ormed, based on the resolutions agreed to by the committee." The speaker en t e red at considerable len g th i nto the vezata questio of a surp lu s populati on , contending that to that surplus, 11 the ruin ous competition which it entailed, the present low rate of wages and general distress 1 " the mother country were to be attributed. Be saw, from the returns of the trades unions, that there were 200,000 working men in London, of whom onv third were in employment, one-third in only partial em' ployment, pawning their clothes and partly dependan t on charity, and the remining third wholly relying upon charity. He then alluded to the rate of wages in our Australian colonies, and to the small proportion of the population of the soil, and concluded by contrastinggth e advantages to be derived from a well -organised emi r t . Lion club with the visionary projects held out by the Chartists and their land scheme.---(Loud cheers.) Mr. BRAY seconded the resolution, and it was agre ed to nem. con. On the motion of Mr. SLAYNEY, seconded by M r * JAMES, a committ ee was then formed for the purpose of carrying out th e en d s which the club had in view; and, after the tra nsact i on of some other business not of a' interesting character to the public at large, the meeting separated. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Sam 11. • ed STOCK EXCIIANGH.—An improved feeling has manifeste d itself in our market to-day, and prices are rather higher- The sales are — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jail' tion, 31/. Shares, 9/. 6s. 3d. di s .—C a l edonian, Preference , dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester an d Leeds), Fifths, 2 3 4 dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extol' sion), 1 t dia.— Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury) , 111/2 dis.--London and North. Western, 111% New Quarters, % dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln' shire, 101. Preference, 9% dis.—Midland Stock, 86 d. Ditto, New llalves, dis.—Ditto (Birmingham and Derby), 62 dis.—. North Staffordshire, 4% dis.—Sbrewsbuq and Chester, 10/. Preference, 12% —South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 6% c.—York, Newcastle, and Bersviol . (G. N. E. Purchase), par. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 9 dis. ex int. —Caledonia , Preference, 1-16 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 321. Shares, 10 dis. —London and North-Western (M. and B.), Quar ters, ters, n. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Prefe rence, rence, 9%—Ditto (Grimsby Dock), 14 dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 12 1 4 dis. —North Staffordshire, 43a South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,6% c. BMINGHAM, Sart'. 11. c.—Ditto, STOCK EXCHANGE . — The sales are—North Staffordshire , 965. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 6% (Es. Ditto (B), 83a. 9d. dis. YORK, SEPT. . STOOK EXCHANGE. —The business 9 transacted to-day was as follows :—Great Northern, 6/. 145.-.. North British, Third* 38s.—Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 78.—York, Newcastle, and tier' wick (G. N. E. Purchase), 81. Is. 3d.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 27% ex dir. BIRTHS. At Kingsbridge, Devon, the lady of John J. Lloyd, END , of a son. On the 7th inst., at Fulham, Mrs. C. Walpole, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Liverpool, the lady of A. 6 . Gladstone, Eq., of a daughter. On the Lath inst., at Greenwich, Mrs. John Matthew, Of • son On the Bth inst., at Acton, Middlesex, the lady of W. P. Urquhart, Esq., of a son. On the 8111 inst., at Elm Cottage, Southsaa, Portsmouth , the wife of Lieut. Hodgkinson, H. M. S. Blenheim, of a son' On the 9th inst., at Br unswick-square, the wife of Henry Roberts, Esq., of a son. MARRIED: On the 7th inst., at St. Luke's, Cheetham-hill, Thomas 0 : Sale, Esq., Captain in the Bengal Engineers, to Maria, second daughter of G. Ravenhill, Esq., of Manchester. On the 7th i nst., at St. Martin's, Stamford, Major Wood' rooffe, of H ampstead, late of the Bengal Artillery, t ° Charlotte, daughter of Dr. Arnold, of the former place. On the 7 t h inst., at Leamington, R. H. Haviland, Esq.' 11. M. 62d Regiment, to Charlotte Lang s t a ff, e ld es t d au ghter . of J. Langstaff; Esq., of Cambridge-squar e , l a t e P res ident at the Medical Board, Calcutta. On the 9th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, Mr. Richard Limpus, organist to the I'hilanthropic Society, to Tabitka Ann, the eldest daughter of E. Gilbert, Esq., of her Majesty Ordnance office, Tower. On the 9th inst., at New Brentford, Mr. J. Rivett. of Strat ford, Essex, to Sophia, widow of the late Mr. J. J.;Taylor , of the sam e place. DIEB. On the Gth inst., at Rugby, the Rev. W. Birch, rector of Glenfield, Leicestershire, aged 81. On the 7th inst., at Clifton, Marianne Bally, the wife o f W J. Evans, 11I.D. On the 7th inst., at Twickenham, Caroline, the younge st daughter of Matthew Cotton, Esq. On the Bth inst., at Herringfleet-ball, Suffolk, John F• Leathes, Esq. On the Bth inst., at Bernard street, Russell-square, Marth a Justice, aged 63, widow and relict of T. Justice, Es+, l a te of Appleford, B er k s . On the 9th in s t., Eli za b et h , eldest daughter of the Rev. C. Crosthwait e , rector of St. Mari-at-Hill. On the 9th i ns t., at B r i ghto - .), Mary, the wife of CilarleB Peskin, Esq., o f th e Vute-office, House of Commons, ag ed 4 7 Loa TO, St indon : Printed and Pubi) shed by MIIRDO yo - uNo, a -- No. 112, St ran d, Print.' r, at 27. e Sun Office, NI2 1 0. strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the coaster - Ikliddlesox, Tuesday,' .ptember 12, 1848. AI The C of the notice, in the F in her 4TORE: Yarns, il3 lying Perso for Not( C.itaf4 (3r • Salo For on From ,4,6,1 G%,7,1 From N. ”i 104.1 i • fti s OnleS. 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