The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, ISM THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COCIL)T. Tali'. OP CTIFFEY, FAY. AND LACY. (Con:inn:A our Afterno.in 111;tion of yesLur(lay.) On conclusion of tic exlmination in chief of Thf,s. Puvrell, which occupied the Court no less thqu four hours, thn.jury ret►red to take refreshment, aryl the court ad journed from ten minutea past two to half-past, when thn cross-examination of the witness was proceeded with. • In answer to questions from Mr. BALLANTINE, the witness stated that he went by the name of Johnson at • these meetings. On one eceas7on a person at Cart ' .wright's called him Robinson, to which he replied, " Call me any name you like." Once went by the name of the " Welsh Novice." With the exception of that, never went by any other name than Johnson. Renineon, and Powell. About two days after the 20th of July commenced taking notes of the meeting. He did not do so at the desire of any one ; nor did he shoe them to any one. Hid communicated to the police and to the Government what was going on from time to time, but had nevershown his notes till he was before some of the authorities. He thought he did so before the pri soners at the bar were taken into custody. Would not swear that he did not show his notes before the sth of August. Would swear he had never altered his notes since he had shown them to the authorities. He had joined the Chartists fa ir the purpose of giving information to the authorities. He did not do so for want, as he had always plenty of work, but he was determined the Government should know what was going on. Had been connected with the turf as a pedestrian. Was called the " Welsh Novice." Was a runner then, and was so a little now.—(A laugh.) Had run at Croydon and Hounslow. At the first and last place he ran for the purpose of drawing custom to the house. Had never kept a thimble-rig; had played, but neither won nor lost. Did not know what a decoy was. Had been paid for playing.—(Sensation and hisses.) Went for my master. Was paid 30s. Was but one-and-twenty, and was ignorant of the real nature of his delinquency. Was, in fact, employed to stand at a table as a mere gull at races, and to take the money. Did not consider himself decoying the people. What did you bet for? did you bet to deceive the people? I did.—(These statements of the witness caused great disgust in the court.) Never played at a thimble-rig table nor associated with those men in the whole course of his life. Knew a person named Pennell. Never told him him that ho walked a match with Townsend and sold the parties. Did not sell the parties who backed him, nor said he had. Never ran for money. Had never been a witness before, except on one occasion in this court eight years ago, in a case of picking a pocket handkerchief. Did not at that time tell some one that he was afraid to give evidence because he might be asked about his thimble rigging. His father was dead. Was employed by his brother-in-law, whose name was Smith, who employed several men. Never told a man Parris that he had been employed by thimble-rigging people. Had never said that he did not believe in the existence of God, the Saviour, or the like. Believed in the existence of God. Had said to Parris that he might expect something re markable ; never said he expected a rising. Parris had thrown out hints that he was a spy. Got some lead from Mr. Smith, for the purpose of casting bullets for Mr. Gurney. Did not tell Mr. Smith his purpose. He gave him about a pound of lead. Cast the bullets for Gurney. One of his boys was present when he did so. He was ten years of age. Was not bringing him up to this kind of busi ness. Received es. from his " locality," to buy lead, powder, and cartridge-paper. Was not ca ll e d b y hi s shopmates " Lying Tom. , ' Never heard before now that he was called so. Should resent such an insult.— (Laughter.) Never told a person named Osborne that there was about to be a Chartist rising, and asked him to join them, bat would not swear that he had asked his shopmates to join. He might have done it. Could not re collect that he had told Osborn that he knew a man who could make a pike for him. Believed he did point out a person named Hook to Osborn for that purpose at a meeting in Birdcage-walk one Sunday morning. Could not at all tell the purpose the pike was intended for. Never said " that if be got a chance in a crowd he would rip the guts up of the police with a chisel." Had quarrelled with his father during , his lifetime once or twice. Did not strike him. He was struck by him once, and took hold of him by his coat to keep him off. Never said, " You old b--, I'll murder you." Mr. Smith separated them. Had one uncle, with whom he had quarrelled. Had been bound over to keep the peace towards him. Had been 11 years with his brother in-law. Never told Pennell, whom his brother dis charged, that the Government was a weak and bloody Government, and that he would send Lord John Bus. sell to the devil about a fortnight before the 10th of April. Would swear he never did. Never offered to propose Pennell as a member of the Chartist Confede racy, nor that he should receive 21. or 3/. a week for agitating the country, which would be better than working at Smith's. Neither did he tell him that ' the Chartists would never get the Charter by the way they were going on. No expressions of the following kind ever passed his lips to Pennell,— " Look at the queen, with her hundreds of thousands, which are spent in waste and idleness "—" I would blow her and the b—e- foreigner to hell "—" Come to my home, and I will show you materials sufficient to blow London to hell in half an hour." Had told a shoemaker named Pennell, before the 10th of April, that he had made hind-grenades that would go halt' through an inch board," but had never made any. Merely told this lie for talking's sake—merely as a luxury.—jsaugh ter.) Did so merely as a pastime. Believed he told him how he made them. That was a lie.too. Yet he was not called " Lying Tom." We were all busy talking about throwing them among the police. Dare say he did tell him, and those who were present, that a stout blacking bottle, halt' tilled with powder and nails, with a fusee, would do very well, but did not recollect saying that if they were thrown among the police they would break their legs. Went to the meeting on Ken nington.common, but would swear he did not go armed. Never told Bennet shortly after the meeting that with ten men he could easily take the Artillery-ground. Never told him that he he had prepared plans to accomplish this, nor that his (Powell's) men knew well " how to spike the police." Did not know a man named John Westmorland, Thomas Anthill, nor Taylor Might have said at Cartwright's coffee-house that O'Connor was a coward, because he had proposed peaceable measures to the Nationl Assembly, and suggested that it should be postponed. Would not swear he had not. Would swear that he never told Anthill that if every man had arms they would soon upset the Government. Never offered him any powder. Did not know a person named George Thurston by name. (Thurston was called, and the • witness said ho knew him by name.) Had a pair of pistols. Exchanged them for another pistol. Would not swear that he did not offer to sell the pistols to Thurston for 65., nor stated that if he purchased them he would give him a pound of pow der with the bargain. Was never a mcmb,r of a club called the " Vat Tyler." He had heard of it, but had never attended any of its meetings. Had attended a Chartist meeting at a bcer.ihop at the corner of James street, Ironton Old Town. Could not say whether this Is as in May or June. Did not know a person called Hoary Green by name. Knows Dennis Donaine. Would not swear that he had said of Donaine that ho was a Government spy, or that be was a milk and water moral force b—. Did not think such language was uttered by him. I am a moral man. Should not feel surprise if the persons who attended Cartwright's had said such things of him, as they were parties who would shock any moral man. (A small plan was put into the witness's hand.) Would swear that he did not draw it and give it to Westmorland (who was called to confront him). He had made a plan, a circle dotted to show the positions of people, but he destroyed it. He made the plan and produced it at the meetit gs merely to find out the plans other parties had. Ido not remember any lines on the circle, because my memory is so bad. Would swear there were no lines in the large plan. Knew a person named John Collins, a desperate, noisy character. Had not informed against him. Did not re member tapping him on the shoulder and asking him if he was coming up stairs that night (a night in August), as there was to be a glorious meeting, to be attended only by those who were ready to come out and fight for their rights. Did not recollect asking him if he was prepared, and his saying " Mr. Johnson, I do net know what you mean." Never told him that he had a nice dagger, which he would mice him a present of, nor if he would join him he would show him a way to obtain his rights. Knows George Medlock's (who was called in) face. Would not L%l ear that he had not said that two persons he named were " moral force b--." I may have said it, and forgotten it. I now remember that on that night I was at Cartwright's and I was accused of being a spy, on account of my not going by my right name of Powell. I denied that I was a spy, and 'accounted for using the name of Johnson by saying that I did not wish my friends to know I had anything to do with the Chartists. I know a man named Bryant. On the 16th August, in the early part of the evening, I was standing outside Cartwright's with a crowd, but I don't recollect that he eked me what was the matter, and that I told him I thought it was a botched job by those milk and water an e • I don't r emem b er say i ng, on being pressed for that night, th a t t h ere was i ntended to be a turn out and that a signal rocket was to be fired be tween nine and ten, and the people were to turn out. I don't recollect it, b ti t :l 4 I won't swear I did not. It is not likely that I said sold the job, and theerl— milk-and-water chaps have Orange- street. I may s e le must have been nailed in have said all this and forgotten it. I remember en this night wa lki ng up Chisvvell-street with the same man.btowed him sixty-eight ball cartridges. This was between ten and eleven o'clock at night. lam sure I did 11 him that I had got two hundred fire-balls to throotwt think I did pull out a pistol ax t a o l a tin box full of people's houses. I percussion caps. I also had Uswordninh my coat pocket, and I showed him the handle. I may esaid at the my or own ; same time, " You see I am well prepared for you ? I had those things with me forare and to protect myself in case I should be attacked,n f a ety, was afraid that I was found out. I showed these thinsgl to Bennett for pastime, knowing at the same time thats I had betrayed my companions. This was one of the men whom I had engaged to assist in firing the houses, and I wanted him to go to the Orange Tree, where I knew ho would have been apprehended. I know Daniel Burn. I suppose him to be a working man. I did not show him my pistols on the 10th of April. I swear I did not do so before I went to the Kennington-common meeting. I don't think I showed him a pistol at any time.swear that I never sa id t o B urn th a t I w i s h e d the Pple Would sassessinate the police and fire the houses: I don't believe I said so to-any one, but I.won't swear I did not do so. CHARTIST TRIALS. do r i ? ; y t i t t h h i e nk C l ouirr—l might have said it, my Lord, but I ; I was always rather a friend to the police, and that was well known. I won't be sure I did not make use of such an expression, but I d n't think it was likely. By Mr. BALLANTINE—I don't believe I ver said to Burn that I hoped to see the police assa mated, aral some g )(NI fires in Landon, and that at the same time I showed a pistol, and said that was the thing for theta ; but I won't swear to such an occurrence never taking place. I believe I did say to a man named Carter that I wanted four desperate men who would do any kind of work. I said this in consequence of instructions I had received at the Orange Tree. I don't remember hearing Carter reply, " Then you won't have me." I dare say . I showed him the plan I had made. I did not tell any body on the 14th August that I was going to Australia, and that I wanted an outfit. I did riot say so to Good fellow—the man now produced—and I don't know the man at all. I swear I never asked that man to go to the Oraugo Tree on the night of the 16th August. (Mr. Bal • lantine here handed a small iron instrument with a pike in it, calculated to lame a horse if thrown on the road or pavement, and he asked the witness if he had ever seen such a one, and he admitted he had, and that he made it.) He gave an explanation that at one of the meetings which took place at Cartwright's, Brewster produced two such instruments, and told him they were for the pur pose of crippling the cavalry and infantry, and he made one himself, and gave it to a person named Mayne, and he kept it. Cross .examination continued I showed the one I made to several people at Cartwright's, and threw it down to show how it acted. I expected, when I did this, that if they were made at Cartwright's others would be produced. Baron PLATT.—You did it for a trap to try them ? Witness—l did, my Lord; that is the solemn position in which I stand.—(A laugh.) By Mr. BALLANTINE.—I may have said these were the things to throw among the troops. I did say I had a great many more at home ; that was false. I have told several other falsehoods during these proceedings. While Gurney was in custody I was allowed to go to him in his cell, and I believe I told him that if he would confess it would be better for his wife and family. Baron PLATT—Why do you say you believe, surely you know whether you said it or not. Witness—l believe I said it, lam not surd. By Mr. BALLANTINE—I don't know whether a police man was standing outside the cell, and that when I went out I said "it was no go." I believe I did tell Gurney that his wife and family would be made comfortable for the rest of their lives. I had no authority for saying Mr. BALLANTINI —Did you tell him a falsehood, then, and endeavour to get him to say something, intending to betray him ? Witness—He was betrayed at the time. Cross-examination continued—Gurney was placed in a cell by himself, but I don't know that this was done in order that I might have him to myself. I wanted him to speak the truth, as I thought it would be better for him. Thirteen years ago I went to America. I sold out some money from the funds before I started. I swear it was my own money. Re-examined—When I was at Cartwright's in the evening of the 16th August I knew that the people had been apprehended at the Orange -tree, and it was pretty generally known at that time, and every body was talk ing about it. Carter is a Chartist, and I should say not a moral-force Chartist. The witness was under examination for nearly eight hours. Jemima lluth, the wife of' a coffee-shopkeeper in Suffolk-street, Southwark, proved that shortly before her house was searched by the police, the prisoner Lacy and some other persons came there. They had four cups of coffee, and remained about half an hour. It was on a Tuesday. She did not remember that Lacy came to the house on the following morning, but she did not at that time give him any pistols. There had been three pistols in the house, but they belonged to her sister-in law, and there was also a powder-flask. These pistols were given to her sister. She also bad things i❑ her house like constable's staves; they were made for special constables, and a young man in her house painted them. Cross-examined—Her sister's husband used to have these pistols when he was employed on board ship, and she had had them for twelve years. Superintendent Pearse proved that on the evening of the 16th of August he went with a body of constables to the Orange Tree public-house, Red Lion-square. He proceeded to a first floor room, where there were eleven persons—Richie, Gurney, Shepherd, Able, Richardson, Greenslade, Burn, Scadding, Snowball, Martin, and Small. On searching the room he found three fire-balls made of rag and tow, and,one of them had printing type tied up in it; they all appeared to have been saturated with turpentine. Richie was sitting close to the place where he found the fire-balls, and upon searching his person he found two knives. Richie's hat also smelled of turpentine. Inspector Marsh asked Richie where he lived, but he refused to tell him, and he afterwards said that he had just come from France. The !door of the room was unlocked, and, when the police went in, all the men appeared to be conversing together. James Thompson, a police-sergeant, proved that he searched a lodging occupied by Richie, in Cross-court, Russell-court, Drury-lane, after he was arrested on the evening of the 16th of August, and found 168 cartridges, four bullet-moulds, four bullets, three combustible balls made of pitch with a fuzee running through the centre, a powder-horn, and some gunpowder in a quart wine bottle. lie also found a bayonet, a ladle for melting lead, a quantity of tow, some shot, a piece of lead, and a quantity of percussion -caps. He likewise found a piece of paper with some pencil writing on it, and some books upon the subject of the Charter. Cross-examined—He searched Cuffey's garret, but he did not produce when he was before examined some papers which he found there. Mr. BALLANTINE requested that they might be pro duced. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said they should all be handed over to the Learned Counsel in the course of a short time. Mr. J. Bowline deposed, that on the 15th of Auemst he was put in possession of the Orange Tree public house. On the following day, about three o'clock in the afternoon, a phrson came to engage a private room for the same evening at a quarter to five o'clock. Two persons came first, and nice afterwards, and they were all there by twenty minutes past five o'clock. They wanted to have a bagatelle-board, and when this was done it was found there were no balls; one of the men then took a piece of chalk, and stuck it into the five hole, and then said "That's a ten—that's a red ball fire this night by --." The police came soon afterwards, and all the men were taken into custody. On searching the room the next morning he found a card of the ad mission of Henry Small as a member of the William Tell brigade of the Chartist Association. A paper was also found denoting that Greenslade and Burn had been appointed delegates from the Thomas Payne brigade. At seven o'clock the Court adjourned. - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION -HOUSE. Jarman and Harlow, stokers to the Ranger steamer, from Rotterdam, were brought before the Lord Mayor under the following circumstances:— The master of the Ranger, which trades between Lon don and Rotterdam, stated that the prisoners belonged to his vessel when he joined her, and that they suddenly deserted on the 28th of August at Brewers' Quay on the river Thames. At the time they abandoned tha vessel there were eleven days' wages due to them, but it was soon ascertained that their disappearance arose from the discovery of 140Ihs, of tobacco which had been smuggled and hidden in the engine-room, and on account of which the penalty of 100/. had been adjudg&d against the was ter, but subsequently reduced to 25/. The LORD MAYOR—Were you obliged to pay that amount of penalty? The Master—l was obliged to puy it mselr. The LORD MAYOR—And you did not sanction the de. parture of these men from the vessel? The Master— Not at all. They never thought of going till the disco very of the smuggled tobacco took place. One of the prisoners said, he had merely gone for an other job, which promised to be more advantageous to him; and the other said he had left the ship because he heard of the seizure, and although he wa.; wholly inno cent of any offence against the law, he feared that ho should have been implicated with the guilty. The Master—They made off just as I was going to pay them their wages. Mr. Coleman, of the office of the Registrar-General of Seamen, said the defendants had assured him that they had been regularly discharged. The LORD MAYOR—Let them produce their discharge tickets. The defendants said they were sorry they could not. The LORD MAYOR said the case was one of much gross misconduct, and sentenced each of the defendants to imprisonment for thirty days fur having deserted the vessel. The defendants remain subject to prosecution for the other offence. J. Bracher, a seaman, was prosecuted for desertion; he had engaged to serve in a vessel bound for Calcutta, and failed to join her. The defendant said he had certainly signed articles, and had of course intended to perform his contract, but he found it impossible to leave his wife and children—. one of whom was dying—without any means of support; and although promised au advance of money he had not succeeded in obtaining it. He avowed his readiness to go in the vessel, for he had sailed with the captain, and wished to serve under him. Mr. Coleman asked whether he had not received an advance note?—The defendant said that such was the case, but it had proved of no use to him, as it had not been stamped. He had taken it to the broker, who ob jected that it was not stamped, and he then took it to Somerset-house to get it stamped ; but the gentlemen there not only refused to stamp it, but took down all the names and particulars, and said they would prosecute the captain for issuing an advance note without being stamped. The LORD MAYOR said, the advance note was not only intended for the benefit of the seaman himself, but when for more than W. it was no doubt intended to confer ad vantage upon his family; and it was rather hard that such a class of persons, to whom a shilling was an object, should be subject to a tax. As, in the present instance, it ap peared that the defendant intended to go in the vessel, and that he was only prevented by the desire to make some provision for his f am ily b e f ore hi s d eparture, the decision was that he be discharged. MARYLEBONE. Three young men, named Feeny, If anis, and Pichley, were, together with two women, named Cousins and M'Donald, placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with having been concerned in a most brut a l outrage upo n the police. The evidence in support of the charge, and w hi c h was gone into at considerable length, was to the effect, that on the previous afternoon as Church, - 129D, was passing • •• along York-court, Crawford•street, he was accosted by Feeny, who exclaimed," Now you b—Church, I'll either be hung for you or you shall for me,"and at the same mo ment gave him a blow; they b strug.4led aid Ell, and mobil upon tho ground, Feeny, t,fte kicking him vio lore ly, cried out loudly, "N.fle, any lads, come on, tlis is the tinie to kill old Church." Upwards of 150 let. n and women then rushed out of the court, wen Church dreadfully maltreated by being kicked and pelted with stones and other missiles. Several of his brother officers came to his assistance, as did also Franklin, usher of the court, who happened to be passing by, and while Feeny was being conveyed to the station-house Wallis and Pickley behaved in a most brutal manner to three or four constables. The female prisoners took an active part in the affray, and attempted to rescue Feeny by laying hold of him and pulling him with all their might, in addition to which they inflicted personal violence upon the police. The whole of the prisoners were, after much difficulty, properly secured and locked up. The defence set up was, that Church had interfered with Feeny without any necessity, and that he and other officers grossly ill-used him; thence had arisen all that subsequently took place. Witnesses were examined, and Mr. feoric ultimately came to the conclusion that the police, taking into consideration the brutality of the at tack made upon them, and the trying and dangerous position in which they had been placed, had not acted with more violence than was necessary for putting down the disturbance and capturing the prisoners; and ac cordingly convicted the whole of them of the offence with which they were charged. Feeny was sentenced to hard labour in the House of Correction for a month, and the rest of the party were fined 20s. each. They were all then locked up. CLERKEN WELL. Joseph Edward Worrall and Cecilia Wanton Chandley appeared on their recognizances, and were placed at the bar before Mr. Combe on a charge of having cruelly ill treated four children belonging to the former prisoner. The unfortunate children, who were evidently much improved since the last examination, but who still bore marks of violence on their persons and were in a very weak state, were brought into court attired in the work house dress. When placed on the desk before the ma gistrate their appearance drew forth a burst of indigna tion from the auditory. Mr. COMBE directed that the eldest child, Henrietta Maria Cecilia Worrall, nine years of age, should be brought forward, when she was questioned as to the na ture and obligation of an oath, which she answered satis factorily and intelligently, and repeated the Lord's Prayer. On beine , sworn, she said that she fell down stairs and knocked her eyes against the handle of a door ; her fa ther afterwards hit her with the back of his hand, and blackened her eyes because she did something wrong. Mrs. Chandley, whom she called her aunt, was present at the time. She slapped her for " missing " messages. Her father made her say her prayers for lying.—(The father here shed tears.) He beat her on the thighs with a cane, and made marks upon her. Mrs. Chandley used to beat her with the cane. She was beaten by her father for taking potatoes, bread and butter, and sugar. She never stole unless it was something to eat. Her father beat her on the night before he blackened her eyes. The father questioned her with a view to show that he beat her for stealing and telling lies; but she an swered that she only took the baby's dinner after she had eaten her own. The child cried convulsively whilst being questioned. Mr. Courtenay, surgeon, of 5, Finsbury-terrace, de posed, that he saw the four children now present on the 19th inst.; the eldest c hild, H enr i e tt a , h a d two black eyes; she had several marks of violence on her person from blows, especially on the thighs. The severity of the blows had broken the skin. The child was in very bad health, and appeared to have been starved. The stomach was in that weak condition that it would not retain any food. By proper treatment she much recovered. Emma Austin, a younger child, was covered with bruises, and emaciated through starvation. Funny Austin Worrall also presented marks of violence ; and Annie Worrall, the youngest, two years and nine months old, had marks about her person; they were also emaciated through starvation, but they were now recovering by proper treatment. It was evident that the whole of the chil dren had been subjected to great neglect, as they were in a moat filthy state when he saw them. John Tyrrell proved acts of neglect and cruelty to the children. Mary Walker, nurse in St. Luke's workhouse, said that when the children were brought to the workhouse they were covered with bruises, filth, and vermin to such a degree that she could hardly tell whether they were human beings or not. Mr. COMBE said the children would be taken care of by the parish. He would commit the male prisoner for trial, and leave it to the parish authorities to consider whether they would include the female prisoner in the indictment. He ordered Worrall to find bail to appear again at this court on Tuesday next, and he would bind over Mrs. Chandley in her own recognizance to appear on the same day. Worrall—l am subject to aberrations in my mind. I assure your Worship that extreme poverty and wretched ness have sometimes driven me to insanity. Mrs. Chandley begged to be passed to her parish, St. Pancras; and the parish officers consented to keep her in their workhouse until she was regularly passed, and also to take care of the children. Worrall was then lucked up, and Mrs. Chandley was protected from violence by the police. WORSHIP -STREET. A powerful fellow named Nicholas Kelly was char g ed before Mr. llammill with an unprovoked and violent as sault upon Mr. John Keen, landlord of the Greyhound public•house, Old-street, St. Luke's. Tho complainant stated, that on the preceding evening the prisoner entered his house and asked to be supplied with liquor, but as he had evidently been drinking freely witness refused to serve him, and re quested him to quit the place. The prisoner refused to c:mply, and after assailing him with the most scurrilous epithets seized him by the collar, and drag ging him to the street door flung him heavily upon the pavement. They were followed out by the wife of com plainant, who endeavoured to interpose between them, when the prisoner instantly knocked her down and kicked her in a brutal manner as she lay on the ground. The prisoner then renewed his attack upon complainant, and in the struggle that ensued, they both fell to the ground, but the prisoner immediately got up again, and planting his foot upon complainant's neck commenced beating him over the eyes and nose till they streamed with blood, and afterwards kicked him about the body and legs, which were covered all over with bruises. A policeman fortunately came up at the moment, who rescued him from further ill-treatment and took the prisoner into custody. Police-constable, G 51, corroborated the latter part of the complainant's evidence, and added that, observing blood proceeding from a cut in tilts prisoner's h ea d, ap parently caused by the fall, he conveyed Win to the residence of a surgeon, who was about dressing it, when his pugnacious patient gave vent to his exasperated feelings in a furious attack upon the doctor and his as sistant, who were compelled to use forcible means to eject him from the surgery. In answer to the charge the prisoner said, that he had been drinking to excess, and had no recollection of having conducted himself in the manner imputed to him. Mr. IJAmmiLL said, 'that the outrageous conduct of the prisoner was without, the slightest palliation, and he should order him to pay a penalty of 51., or com mit him in default for two months to the House of Correction. Henry Pre.4.lge, described as a commercial clerk, re siding in Cumberland -street, Hackney load, was charged with having criminally assaulted Sarah Tate, a girl 12 years of age. It appeared from the evidence of the girl that she was engaged about six weeks since by the prisoner, who is a married man with three children, as an attend ant upon his w if e, b ut she had only been a fortnight in his service, when he came down to the kitchen where she was at work, before his family were up, and perpe trated the offence complained of. She was deterred from communicating what had happened to her mis. tress in consequence of the threats held out by the prisoner, who told her that he would kill her if she mentioned it to any one. A few days after the occur rence she became very ill, and the prisoner procured some medicine of a peculiar description, which he di rected her to take, but she derived no benefit from it, and her sickly appearance having sabsf . quently elicited some inquiries from her father, she made him acquainted with the vile conduct of the prisoner, and he immediately gave instructions to the police for his apprehension. Mr. Coward, the divisional aurgeon of police, gave evidence which went fully to establish the commission of a capital offence, and embraced other particulars, tending materially to aggravate the flagrant nature of . the case. Mr. Jammu, expressed his intention to commit the prisoner for trial, but ordervd him to be brought up again for . the completion of the depositions. A donation of ss. from " S. or L. II.," was received by Mr. Hammill for the benefit of Sarah Ladd, the dis tressed scmpstress, whose case has been so fre quently noticed in our paper. The magistrate also announced his receipt of the half of a 51 note; No. 56,729, from a lady, adopting the initials " A. 8.," who wished it to be applied for the relief of a friendless and destitute orphan boy named William Deane, who was last week most brutally treated by a ruffian in Spital fields-market. THAMES. Handlion M urray , a broker, of 11, Angel-gardens, Shadwell, appeared before Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting Eliza Gregory, and putting her in fear, and also with levying an. excessive distress in the cottage of her husband, Joseph. Gregory, of 1, Church-road, Step ney. Murray attempted to break open the door of the house with a thick ,piece of wood, but after thumping away for some time h e was una b le to do so; another man, named Peter:Rus se ll, a broker, next thumped at the door with no better success. The door was then forced, and the lock broken off by Murray and two others with an iron bar. Slu. Tay no sooner entered than he took a pistol from his pocket, and presenting it in the direction of the inmates , consisting of Mrs. Gregory and three other women, sr ore with a ttemendous oath he would shoot the first pe :son who interfered with him iu the execution of his dt ty, and that hi, had been to a magistrate who authorize !d him to carry firearms for the protection of his life. The women were overwhelmed with terror and clung to each other. Mrs. Gregory, who was very ill,.sank do wn on her bed, and Murray directed one of his men to re move it, aril rudely pulled her off the bed. An inventory of all the goods on tho pre mises was then mad out, and the broker and his com panions were about to remove everything off the pre mises, when Mrs. G tegory called in Mr. Jenkins of the Royal Duke, close i iy, who acted the part of a good Samaritan by redeeming the things for 2/. 4s• costs. Mr. YARDLEY said, the distress was decidedly illegal, and that Murray bad no mare right to break into the cottage than.a loroker would.,have to force open the door of a gentleman's mansion after obtaining an entrance into his park. A more unwarrantable and oppressive proceeding ha had never heard of, and he made an or(: r on Murray for the return of the money paid by L'lr. Jen kins, and to pay the whole of the, costs. Ile was not quite satisfit - d that Murray had legally committed an assault in ex ibiting the pistol, and he would be dis chrged as rt - garded that part of the case, but if it-hod. been proved that he actually presented it at Mrs. Gm gory or the other women he would have inflicted a vary heavy penalty. As it was, he considered the defendant's conduct most tyrannical and improper, and he warned him not to exhibit a pistol again when he levied for rent. Patrick Collins, an Irish labourer, who has been in custody a fortnight, was brought up on remand, charged with feloniously wounding a young man named George Baggs, with intent to murder or to do him grievous bodily harm. The prisoner, in defence, said he was drunk at the time the affray took place, and did not know what he was about. Mr. YARDLEY committed the prisoner for trial for the felony. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, . SEPT. 26.—The frigate Indiaman Blenheim, 1,400 tons, an addition to the splendid fleet I of Messrs. T. and W. Smith , o f Newcastle, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from the Thames, and wilt sail to morrow for Calcutta direct. The Blenheim has been launched about two months, and was, as usual, duly sur veyed by the surveyor's department of the Levy, in order that her capability as a first-class fighting frigate might ba tested with a view to her conversion into a man-of war, if necessary, at any future time. Her extreme length is 205 feet; length, on the gun deck, 175 feet; breadth, 42 feet; depth of hold, 14 feet 9 inches; has ample for stowin g s i x months ' provisions, water, &c., complete for 500 men. A t present she has on board about 1,100 tons of weight of var i ous character, with which she draws, upon an e ven k ee l , 19 i feet, and capacity carries her midship port sill 8 feet 11 inches out of the water. Her framing is all of English oak, and her planking of African and Indian teak, thoroughly copper fastened, as if built in a royal yard. The gun-deck bow is fitted up ent i rely with cabins; she pumps, ie s patent s fifty first-class passengers; has Brown's stoppers, and i s fi tte d with Massey ' s patent p which eject foul air, as we ll as water, from the hold; she has Lang's tubes ; an d every berth is fitted nu ca , rr w with brass slides, to admit the air in fine weather, and generally to ventilate the ship, an admirable invention of one of the Messrs. Smith. She is flush decked, like the modern-built frigates of the navy, and her bow and stern ports are so constructed as to admit of firing the usual number of guns from each deck even with the keel; in short, she is fitted with the newest appointments and improvements introduced into modern ship-building 01 the first class. Unlike the generality of ships of royal dockyard construction,:the Blenheim has required no re pairs or alterations sine* she was launched, and has not leaked a bucketful of water since she left the stocks. It remains to be seen what she will do in sailing, but, if anything may be judged from appearance, we should say , few sailing•vessels afloat will beat her. She is com• mended by one of the most experienced sailors in the Indian navy, Captain Close. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, arrived this morning from Waterford, having transferred the 200 Royal Marine Artillery she took hence to the Dragon and Rhadamanthus, at Waterford, on Friday last. She left those vessels and the Driver at Waterford on the above day, and came into harbour this afternoon to complete her fitting for the coast of Africa, to which station she carries the mail on the Ist proximo, and will relieve the Amphitrite, 25, Captain T. R. Eden. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander R. Moorman, was paid off yesterday. The Lightning steam:tender, Petley Master, sailed to day for Sheerness with the officers and men who were employed in bringing the Defence to this port. She took with her in tow the Fanny, Admiral's yacht, which has on board a large quantity of the effects of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., whose tenure of office as Commander-in-Chief at this port expires on Saturday next. The dockyard riggers are employed in rigging the Encounter steam-sloop as an advanced steamer. Wind S.E., fresh breezes andcloudy weather. WOWWWII, SEPT. 26.—The Atholl troop ship, Mas ter Commander Yearn, arrived at Woolwich at eleven o'clock A.M. to-day, with two companies of the Royal Artillery, from Quebec, under the command of Captain Cullington. The companies landed at the dockyard, and marched to the garrison at four o'clock ♦.a[. The Princess Royal transport, having embarked two companies of the Royal Artillery, and one company of the Royal Sappers and Miners, was towed down the river this morning on their passage to Gibraltar. Cap tain Adye, of the Royal Artillery, commands the coin panies. The Vulture steam-vessel was taken to Sheerness yesterday to be refitted, and will return to Woolwich to have her engines put on board. The Sharpshooter, Lieutenant-Commander Bailey, will leave this port to morrow for trial with screw pro peller, and with sails, and if found to answer will proced to Portsmouth. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Ame lies Beauclerk, is ordered from the Cove of Cork to Dublin. The engines of 60 horse power, made by Messrs. Ron nie, are now ready for the Wasp steam-gun-vessel, build ing at Deptford. The Wasp is on the same lines as the Reynard and Plumper ateam-versaelr. PLYMOUTH, SEPr. 23.—0 n Saturday, after examin ing the ships in ordinary, the Lords of the Admiralty proceeded to Saltram, the seat of the Earl of Morley, which lies about two miles east of Plymouth, and there partook of that nobleman's hospitality, returning after dinner to their quarters at Moorhead's Royal Hotel, Devonport. It is stated that one of the objects of the Board in visiting Saltram was to inspect a piece of contiguou, shallow water, called Blackstone-bottom (part of the Upper Lairs) proLalied to be reclaimed by the Earl of Morley. Yesterday (Sunday) Lord Auckland and all his col leagues attended church service on board her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Captain Thomas W. Carter, in the Sound, and after service returned to dine at their hotel. This morning their Lordships embarked on board the and, under salute, made a formal visit of inspection Admiralty steamer Undine, Li eutenant -Commander Henry x board the C a l e d onia. They minutely m and must ered the crew. They next visited which for ms the eastern boundary of eaiiin el Bovisand, P. Junes, tihi ne nodn ship, the Sound. On the Bovisand-pier at Statton-point a half-moon battery has been recently completed. This fortification was examined by the Board. It is mounted with eight 56-pounders, and on the round towers at each end is a large gun on a revolving platform, com manding the eastern entrance to the Sound. Inside the batteries are new barracks, occupied by a lieutenant and a detachment of Royal Artillerymen. From Bovisand the visitors proceeded to the breakwater, and having sur veyed that stupendous work, with its recently erected lighthouse and modern lantern, they again embarked on board the Undine, which passed the Royal William Vic tualling yard between three and tour o'clock, and con veyed their Lordships to the dockyard. This evening they dine with Admiral-Superintendent Sir John Louis, and afterwards patronise the ball at Moorshead's, in aid of the funds of the Naval and Mili tary Female Orphan Asylum, the only institution of the sort in the kingdom. Tho foundation-stone of thia establishment was laid in April, 1846, by Earl Fortescue, and completed in 1847, at an expense of 4,000/, raised by subscription. It affords space for 100 orphans, but, through insufficient D. 4115, accommodation is given only to 60, who are the destitute children principally of seamen, soldiers, and dockyard artificers dying in the public service. This afternoon a dockyard lighter ran into a Plymouth trawting•sloop, called the Mary, about two leagues west of the Ratne Head. The hull of the Mary was much boom,b .glif, and main sa il carr i e d away . three other fi s hin g sm ac k s , t d sh a h J a y ane taken , a ,, n nh, in tow to w y and Pilot, and brought into Sutton har bour this evening. Wind, easterly; strong breeze, cold, with rain. DVERTISEM ENT.] 1 he Triumphs that are Daily Achieved by Worsdeles Vegetable Restorative Pills, prepared by John Kaye, Esq., of Dalton-hill, near Hud dersfield, are truly wonderful. The following remark able cures of nervousness and indigestion are taken from several hundreds as illustrations:—Mr. Thomas l)arral, of King-street, Dawley-green, writes, " was very ill for the space of three weeks with a violent pain under my left breast, a bad digestion, much hoarseness, and such debility that I could scarcely attend to my employment; but by taking a few doses of Kaye's Restorative Pills, four each time, I was restored to perfect health." Mr. Mulford, farmer, Kirby Cane, Norfolk, was afflicted for ten years with great weakness and extreme pain, in consequence of indigestion. By taking Kaye's Res torative Pills the distressing pain in his chest was re moved,and hi s h ealth is greatly improved. Observe that tars of John Kaye, together with a facsimile of his signature, are printed on the di rect i ons for use wrapped round each box. Sold by all respectable Che mists and Medicine Venders, price Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each box. THE IRISH REBELLION AND UNION. —THE CASTLEREAGH P APERS.—We observe that Mr. Colburn announces for publication, on the 30th instant, " The Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh," edited by his brother, the present Marquis of London derry, printed uniformly with the Wellington and Nelson dispatches. This important work is likely to excite extraordinary interest at the present moment, on account of its revelations regarding the Irish Rebellion and Union. MILDRED VERNON.—The Examiner appears to be quite in the secret respecting the originals of the leading characters in this extraordinary book. "It would not be difficult (says the reviewer) to penetrate the disguise of most of the social figures introduced. Others, promi nent as authors or politicians, are introduced in their proper persons ; but it is quite as easy to discover M. Thiers as M. Guizot, and, to any one acquainted with Paris scandal, 13alzic and Berryer are not more recog nislt,le by their names than Madame de Contades, Madame C ub 4 . 1 ' 8 , M. Manuel and Madame de Boigelin, through the veil of a De Cevezes, Ferrie•es, Chavigny, or Boislambert. Of these various personages the most elsboratcd is Madame de CC ;z-s, drawn with unscru• pulous pencil as a perfect specimen of the Paris lionne. Mildred Vernon is an uncommonly clever book. As a sketch of some of the phases of Parisian society, it con tains cleverer scenes than any similar novel we have read for some years." SALE or SHEEP.—Seven hundred half-bred Down and Norfolk ewes, the property of the late Mr. Raven, Summerfield House, Dorking, Norfolk, were brought to the hammer on Wednesday last by Messrs. Beck and Son; the shearligs averaged 50s. each, the two-shear . sheep 545., and the 400 three-shear 465. each. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE O : , "TUE,DAY. WHITIMALL, 23 1813. The QUCCII has Leen pleased ;A; coui;itute and appoint Anthony Ashley Cooper, (commonly cAlc:d Lord A::11 -y), and .li':+win Che,:lniek, Esq., C. 13., to b Mem the General Board of Irealih: IVAIt-OFFICE, Ist Dragoon Guards—Captain Frederick IlAmmers ley. to be Paymaster, vice Greene, deceased; Se; .t. 26. 6th Regim'Alt of Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Stuart, from 57th Foot, to be Major, vic= - ,. Powell, who exchanges, Sept. 26. 23d Foot—Trevor Hope Illwardes, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blitkeney, who re tires, Sept. 26. 57th Foot—Major Thomas Sidney Powell, from 6th Foot, to be Major, vie,' Stuart, who exchanges, Sept. 26. 78th Foot—Ensign Duncan D. Grahams to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Patrick Robert Gordon, who retires; Edmund Alexander Delisser, Gent., to be En sign by purchase, vice Grahame, Sept. 26. Commission by._ the Lord-Lieutenant of Selkirk - shire. The Right Hon. Francis Lord Napier to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Nei-:bitt Murray, jun., Esq , to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Charles P►ummer, Esq., to bo Deputy-Lieutenant ; Hugh Scott, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 29. BANKRUPTS. Emanuel Stone, stationer, Margate, to surrender Oct. 10, at eleven, and Nov. 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Eiwards, official assignee, Fre derick's-place, OM Jewry; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. John Hodgkilson, warehouseman, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, Oct. 4, at eleven, and Nov. 2. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnsen, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Waring, White Lion-court, Cornhill. John Goodman, cattle dealer, William-street, Cale donian-road, Oct. 10, at half-past two, and Nov. 7, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard -street; Holme, Loftus, and Young, New Inn, Strand ; Charsley, Amer sham, Bucks. Joseph Vaile, auctioneer, High Holborn, Oct. 5, a twelve, and Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street Darke, Cornhill. Thomas Ankrett, spur manufacturer, Walsall, Staf fordshire, Oct. 10, and Nov. 11, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Brown, Bilston; Smith, Birmingham. Samuel Wilson, draper, Hill-top, near West Brom wich, Staffordshire, Oct. 3 and 31, at twelve;at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assi ,, nee, Birmingham; Coles and Turner, AldermunburyiLon don ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Adam Conacher, spirit dealer, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Oct. 10, and Nov. 7. at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Showbridgc and Co., Bedford-row, Loudon; Foljambe, Dixon, and Picks lay, Wakefield. Joseph Moody, innkeeper, Worksop, Nottingham shire, Oct. 14, and Nov. 18. at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield; G. T. and W. Taylor, Featherstone• buildings, London; Lees, Nottingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. A. Binyon, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, musical nstrument maker, Oct. 19, at two—R. Turner, Old Ca vendish-street, Saint Marylebone, tailor, Oct. 19, at one —W. Hinton, Pudding-lane, Lower Thames-street, bricklayer, Oct. 19, at eleven—J. Vevers, Cheapside, woollen warehouseman, Oct. 19, at eleven. In the Country. D. Jevons, Tipton, Staffordshire, grocer, No►. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—W. H. Hyde, New castle-under-Lyme, and Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, printer, Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham— T. Lurway, Clifton, licensed victualler, Oct. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—L. Povey, Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, printer, Oct. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—A. S. Corrick, Bristol, mahogany and timber merchant, Oct. 26, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol---G. Cappur and IL Cappur, Nantwich, Cheshire, cheese 'factors, Oct. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Brown, Manchester, carpet dealer, Oct. 25, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—C. Bertram and W. Parkinson, Newcastle upon-Tyne, merchant; Oct. 26, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —T. Gales, Ford, Dur ham, ship builder, Oct. 26, at eleven, at the Court, New castle upon Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. 11. Morris, Liverpool, licensed victualler, le. on Thurs day, Oct. 12, or any subsequent Thursday, bet een the hours of eleven and two at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. • R. Cappur, Nantwich, Cheshire, cheese factor, 17s. 6d., and 2s. 6d. on new proofs, on Thursday, Oct. 12, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Gee, Dukinfield, Cheshire, cotton spinner, 2e. 91., on Tuesday, Oct. 17, or any subsequent Tuesday, be tween the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Willis, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, wool broker, Oct. 18, at twelve—W. H. Morris, Peckham, boarding house keeper, Oct. 16, at half-past eleven—G. Goering, Arun del, grocer, Oct. 18, at eleven—J. Robinson, St. Paul's Church -yard, tailor, Oct. 19, at eleven—A. M. Blaikston, innkeeper, Oct. IS, at one—W. Chambers, Blaekmann street, carpenter, Oct. 18 at half-past eleven—ET. Reg less, F. Skerrat, and R. Bousfield, Saint Martin's-lane, woollen drapers, Oct. 184 at eleven —R. M. Watson, L. Wanless, and D. Stokoe, Chartershaugh and Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, ship owners, Oct. 26, at half past one—J. Plumley, Bower Ashton, Somerset, market gar dener, Oct. 20, at eleven. In the Country. C. Hall, Hereford, linen-draper, Oct. 31, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Grinsell, Wolverhampton, grocer, Oct. 31, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham— T. Cairns, Redruth, Cornwall, draper, Oct. 26, at one, at the Court, Exeter—W. Btbb, Tavistoek, plumber, Oct. 26, at one, at the Court, Exeter—G. F. Mandley, Man chester, commission merchant, Oct. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—G. I)rabble, Manchester, wine and spirit merchant, Oct. 23, at one, at the Court, "Manches ter—ll. Andrew, Smedley, dyer, Oct. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, Oct. 17. H. Cross, Kirton, Suffolk, farmer and grazier—J. N. Dunsford, Newbiggen by the Sea, Northumberland, brewer—W. W. Ward, Stuff ird, metal dealer and roller of metal—J. Gloge, Portsmouth, tailor and draper—J. Boote, Audlem, Cheshire, maltster—D. M`Hardy, , Cross • land Moor Bottom, Yorkshire, innkeeper—J. 11,Ior6tt, jun., New Wortley, Leeds, flax spinner. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. West and J. S. Bailey, Great Queen-street, West minster, land-agents—l. Danks and T. Dinks, Nottilz ham, ironmongers and silversmiths—J. W. Newton and S. Chandler, Charlton, Dover, carpenters—C. Wright and T. N. Storer, Nottingham, joiners and builders —NV. F. Campion and W. Wills, Broadway, Camden New town, grocers—N. Cash and G. Tatham, Leeds, stufF and woollen merchants—G. Young and M. Briggs, New castle-under-Lyme, mercers and drapers—%V. Sudlow and J. M. Marsh, Manchester, commission agents—G. Hulme and T. Aekroyd, Rochdale, machine makers—J. Mortimer, T. Garforth, and J. Hustler, Birstal, York shire, coal masters and miners—J. Crosland and E. Cros land, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, card makers—J. Porter and G. Robortson, Cross lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, City, tobacco and snuff manufacturers—S. Millard and W. Millard, Rood-lane, Fenchurch-street, City, whole sale tea dealers—E. Fowler and C. Merry weather, Leicester, chemists and druggists—R. C. Beck and T. H. Williams, Liverpool, miners and excavators—Susannah Toovey and Kezia Cockerill, Reading, Berkshire, dress makers and milliners—ll. Schooling, C. Schooling, and J. Taverner, Jew's-walk, Bethnal-green, manufacturing confectioners and perfumers—J. Lindley and W. Lindley, Stonehills and Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, maltsters—R. W. Gibbons and G. Thorn, Swindon, Wiltshire, drapers -1). Ross and I). Ross, jun., Billiter street, City, whole sale grocers and tea dealers—S. J. Wright and W. P. Wilkins, Ipswich, Suffolk, millwrights —J. E. 11 uxley J. J. Ileriot, J. E. Huxley, jun., and C. Huxley (so far as regards J. E. Huxley, jun.), Castle-street, Long-acre, and Birmingham, ir onmongers and factors—G. Smith and J. B. Pow, Liverpool, ship brokers—J. 0. Jones, W. IL Trinder, C. Tad way, and G. L. P. Eyres (so far as regards J. 0. Jones and C. Tudway), John-street, Bedford-row, attorneys and solicitors. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Martin Bernard Rhategan, Ilu!me, Lancashire, ac countant. Richard Rymer, Hulme, Lancashire. Ann Phenix, Huline, Lancashire, sernpstress. William Roberts, Sithucy, Cornwall, cordwainer. William All: n, Broadstonfr, Dorsetshire, farmer. Thomas Haith, Fulstow, Lincolnshire, blacksmith George Doughty, North Cuckerington, Lincolnshire, labourer Elijah Dyson, Huddersfield, cloth dresser Charles Passmore, Newton Abbot, Devonshire William Lloyd, Brownlov-hill, Lancashire, butcher Edwards, Newcastle, Monmouthshire, farmer George Knott, Martin, Lincolnshire, agricultural labourer. S the a i r a r e n k a nii, Bull Inn,meet,O Glasgow.c t . 4 , and -------- COTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Henderson, Devonsine of Tillicoutry, Clackman nanshire, woollen-manufacturer, to meet, Oct. 2, and Nov. A A. 1 3 {: at L e l l one,an , withinG Oct. "'3, at two, within the Crown Hotel, Atka. P. Fiskin, Glasgow,. contractor, to meet, Oct. 4, and Glasgow, w th . Oct. 27, at twelve, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. J. Keith, Keith, merchant, to meet, Oct. 2, and Oat. 21, at twelve, within the Gordon Arms Hotel, Keith. J. M'Naught. Glasgow, provision dealer, to meet, Sept. 28, and Oct. 19, at two, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow. A. Laurie, Glasgow, manufacturer, to meet, Oct. 2, and Oct. 23, at twelve, within the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. AUDITORS.—By an Act passed on the 31st of August, important alterations are made in the poor-law, as regards parish officers, and will relieve them from much difficulty and unpleasantness hitherto experienced by them in going before the auditore. Though auditors have not long been established, yet many of them were so very unpleasant in the discharge of their public duty that it was high time they were shorn of some of the authority which they possessed. Thanks to public opinion for the check which is now put upon them. ANOTHER. BODY OF A SUFFERER IN TIIE OCEAN M oNancu.—Yesterday (Monday) an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of a man un known, whi c h was found by the captain of a steanale ii r which wa s wor ki ng at the wreck on Fridaynight. was about 5 f ee t 8 i nc h es h i gh, and had on a blccl frock coat and pepper-and salt trousers. The face wassudis dis figured and deo i y e d t h at t h e countenance was effaced. Verdict--" Found drowned."..-Liverpool Standard. SPIRIT DEALERS ACT. We btve liter: favoured with the fellowing analysis o! this 13W, mid° by order of the Protection Society, which we readily insert for the information of oar re:iders Analysis (.1 the Act 11 and 12 Victoria, c. 121, eri titleo, " An Act fo i,ltor the laws arid regulations of Ex eisc r,spct:ng surv:-y of DeLtltii..; in anl Retailers of Spirits, and respecting the sale and removal of spirits by permit from the Stock of such Traders ; and respecting the Distribution of Penalties and Forfeitures recovered under the laws of Excise." Roy 1 assent, Sept. 4, 1848. Charlie 1. Recites 6 Geo. 4, e. 80, and 9 Geo. 4, c. 45, and repcals so much of them as rotates to dealers and retailers of spirits, and also repeals all other Acts rc pugnant to this Act. 2. Provides that this Act is nct to affect former pro visions respecting licences or magistrates' certificates, or r , •gulations of police respecting retailers of spirits, or the removal of spirits by permit from the distiller or rectifier, or between the three parts of the United Kingdom. 3. Enacts that every dealer in • or retailer of spirits shall make an entry of ov.•ry place used for keeping of spirits, and of every vessel or utensil, and of all casks for keeping spirits, and all shall be distinguished by a psi ticular letter or number, and shall be open to the In spection of any officer of Excise; and for every default the parties sloSll be subject to the penalty imposed by 4 and 5 Viet., c. 20. 4. Enacts that fixed casks used by dealers or retailers of spirits ia stock, shall have the quantity it is capable of containing painted, cut, or branded thereon on some conspicuous part, under the penalty of 50/. 5. Enacts that dealers and retailers shall mark the true strength and quantity of compounded spirits on the casks containing same, under penalty of 50/., besides forfeiture of the casks and contents. 6. Enacts that dealers and retailers shall cut, brand, or paint, on the outside of both the ends of moveable casks, the quantity each is capable of containing, under the penalty of forfeiture. 7. Eq2cts that every retailer of spirits, not being tensed as a dealer, sending out spirits to any rectifier er retailer, shall incur a penalty of 501., and inflicts a like penalty on every dealer, not licensed as retailer, who sells less than two gallons of spirits of the same denomination at a time to the same person. 8. Enacts that no retailer shall be concerned in any distillery, &c., within two miles of the premises at which he is licensed as a retailer ; and no person shall be licensed as a retailer in any place having a private communication with a distillery, under the penalty of 200/. 9. Enacts that any person licensed as a dealer in spirits under the 6th George IV., cap. 81, may take out an additional licence to sell, by retail, any quantity (the same not being less than one reputed quart bottle, or in the bottles in which the same may have been im ported) of foreign liqueurs, not to be drunk or consumed on the premises. 10. Enacts that, the duty on such additional license shall be two guineas, to be paid to the Excise. 11. Enacts that such licence shall be in such form as the Commissioners of Excise direct, and shall be granted by the officers of Excise. 12. Enacts that every dealer in or retailer of spirits shall provide a book for entering therein the particulars of spirits received and sent out by him. Penalty on re fusal or neglect to provide the book, or to make due entries therein, or fraudulently concealing any part of such book, or any entry, or making any false entry, or hindering any officer of Excise from examining such book, or making minutes therein, or extracts therefrom—for every offence 1001. 13. Enacts that all spirits sold by dealers shall be ac• companied by a certificate, cut out from a certificate book, and the same also by retailers when the quantity exceeds one gallon ; that before the certificate is cut out from thel book a counterpart entry shall be made ; that the certificate book shall be kept on the premises for the inp etion of the Excise officers ; and when the book is filled, or when demanded by the officer, the same shall be given up to the officer, who shall give a receipt for the same, under the penalty of 1001., and forfeiture of spirits sent out without a certificate. 14. Provides that dealers in spirits under the addi tional licence, may send out foreign liqueurs in quanti ties not exceeding one gallon without a certificate. 15. Enacts that any dealer or retailer using a certifi cate for any purpose other than for the actual removal and delivery of such spirits as are therein expressed shall forfeit 5001. and his licence. 16. Enacts that no dealer or retailer shall receive any spirits which are not accompanied by a permit or certifi cate, under a penalty of 100/., and forfeiture of spirits. The permit or certificate to be cancelled, by writing the word on it " Received," under a penalty of 50/. 17. Enacts that permits and certificates shall be pre served, and delivered to the officer who first inspects the premises after the receipt thereof, under the penalty of 30/. for every permit or certificate. 18. Enacts that the Commissioners of Excise shall provide the plates and types for printing certificates on paper used for permits. Unauthorised persons counter feiting, or having counterfeit plates or types, or im pressions, to be subject to punishment, under 2 and 3 William IV., c. 16. 19. Enacts that no dealer or retailer, receiving any spirits in less quantity than a cask containing 50 gallons, shall break bulk, or add anything thereto or in any respect allow the same to be interfered with, until one hour after they have been received, under a penalty of 50/. 20. Enacts that any officer of Excise, of rank not less than a superviser, may at any time take the stock of any dealer or retailer, and any excess found shall be forfeited, and a penalty of 20s. per gallon of such excess incurred. Penalty, upon neglect to assist the officer, .50/. 21. Enacts that persons licensed as dealers and rec tillers, in the same or adjoining premises, shall be stir veyed as rectifiers. 22. Enacts that no spirit shall be purchased by any dealer or retailer, except from licensed traders, under the penalty of 5001. 23. Enacts that no British spirits, except spirits of wine, shall be kept or sent out of stock by any dealer or retailer of any strength exceeding the strength at which distillers and rectifiers cmn send out; or any spirits of wine at less strength than 43 per cent. above hydrometer proof, under penalty of forfeiture. 24. Enacts that no spirits exceeding one gallon at a time, of the sam e d enom i nat i on, for the same person, shall be removed without a permit or certificate, under the penalty of forfeiture and 100 L, or treble the value of the spirits. 25. Enacts that persons removing spirits in any quan tity exceeding a gallon, arid refusing to produce a pro per permit or certificate, may be arrested, convicted, and fined 1001., and on non-payment of penalty, imprisoned and kept to hard labour for not more than six, or less than one calendar month. No penalty to be mitigated by any Ju,tice below lot 26. Enacts that all former provisions and penalties of Excise, not inconsistent with this Act, shall be applied to the Act in the same manner as if here re-enacted. 27. Provides that all p;;;lTies and forfeitures of this Act shall be recoverable under the laws of Excise. 28. Enacts that no officer of Excise shall have any interest in any penalties or forfeitures under any law of Excise. 29. Enacts that Act shall commence from 10th Octo ber, 1848. 30. And may be amended or repealed in the presen Session. MARKET IN (Preen the London New Price Current of Sept. 26.) SUGAR.—To-day the market presented a firm aspect for both free and slave-made Sugar, and there was no increase in the supply. West India Muscovado was in good demand for both the pan and scale, whilst the rates paid are fully equal to those of Friday for all sorts. The quantity sold amounted to 584 hhds, &c., including 150 lilris 6 trod Barbadoss at public sale, which went at full rates ; fine yellow realised 4hi to 425, good 39s to 40s Gd, middling 37s 61 to 38s Gd, low 36s to 37s per cwt. REFINED.--Today refined goods were readily dealt in fur home trade purposes, and prices again advanced fur all sorts, brown grocery lumps selling at 493 to 503, standard lutnps 503 6d to 51s, and W. t lumps 48a to 50s. For Bonded Crushed Sugar the mat ket has become quiet, and 2Gs to 26s Gd is the value of first and second sort. MAultmus.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was dealt in with greater freedom, and 927 bags at auction sold at full rates ; low syrupy yellow went at 34s 6.1, middling 34s to 3Gs, fine brown 333 to 345, middling 31a, low 28s to 28s Gd, washed 30s to 343 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA. —This afternoon there was a brisk de mand for all sorts of Bengal Sugar, and at the public sales of 5,398 bags rather higher rates were obtained, and the thole sold. Of Madras 180 bags at auction went at stiffer prices; low damp brown 28s, middling 29s 6J, good 305., fine 31s, low yellow 325, and middling 33s per cwt. FuREIGN.— To-day there was no public sale of Foreigh Sugar; but pi ivately two cargoes of white Bahia were sold at 18s 6:1 to 19s 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.—BengaI Treacle finds a more ready de mand at 15 s t o 16s per cwt, and a less quantity iswilling __ offer. H oney i s nut much wanted, and sellers are willl to accept 40 ; to 603 per cwt for Jamaica, and 20 s t o 2 5s g per cwt for Foreign. COFFEE.—This afternoon only a limited was experienced for Plantation Ceylonfoutid buyers and 803 bags at auction only i n par 603 to 70a, a at at the former value ; fine wen •t to 483, low m id good mid and good 50s to 533. 3,458 bags of Corn 41s, fine fine ord 38s to 403, 24s to 275, and damaged 15a to 325, 3,4 Coffee, pany's Java went upon very terms; low 29' to 29s Gd, tine ord ord 27s to 27s Gd, real good ord_ to _ ss 6 _, d and damaged 30s 6 , 1 to 335, fine flue ord 34s 6d a fine m iodr;11 302rsdto2533463,d,trgioaogdc 223 6,1 to 295. port lB4 for 7 it the reachedpr- is 26 560 . 000Ibs, Iv , 33 962 000Ibs last sent year , , TEA.—The quantity k amounts to . , s . . , 30,693,0001b5; the stock 35,869,0001b5. '.l he deliveries year at the same timc b and tur theyear26,S9o,ooolbs. , at ls this i ri last week were 523,000, received, 1 3 ' and green are held for fully . much demand exists on account of former rates, but nott a n r a e declared to take place. public sale of East India theA ll public descriptions sales thatot' b I s c c parcels wore sold, althousi • ”ly only small , . — , and pr iv at e ly accepted. The market has a BacE. rather lower rates s especially fur yellow sorts. very dull appearance, —To-day therenas no Leeward Island it . SPIRITS.-1 Or um prices keep on t h e decline, and buyers operate with caution, the value is 1' is 7d for proof. East Indi a can be bought at is 61to 4d to is Gil pro o f, y e t l iti l e business has been There is much done. dultii ss in th e mar k et f ur Jamaica, an d a di s p os iti on i s s h own by merchants to sell on account of an excessive stock. Dornerara mat with little attention; the rates accepted are 2s 21 to 2s 9d for 24 to 38 per cent overproof. Ot Brandy the stock is still getting smaller, and a good demand exists, whilst holders show much firmness, and obtain for Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1846, 4s 10J to ss, ditto 1847, 3s Rid to 4s, in ferior 28 6cl to 35 6d, and Bordeaux 2s to 25 4d. Geneva 1 is in fair demand by exporter.l at 9 i to 2s Id, and b el t ! small Parcels fit for duty realises 2s 8d to 35 6d per gai, ice. F,)r British -made Spirit, there is a firm market PI a go9tl dumand exi , t,. yoc9i.—For Wrst India the market bas I°6 l and in cors , Auenee of an increasing 6. 7„ Holden experience dilficulry in obtainirg forma 11 `;',' Only F'nail i7arcels have bc‘,l, sold privati iy, and at 4 "i; Lion 45 bags were only partly disposed of. -Foreig n little wanted, and 150 bags at auction were bough& in „o 35s for tine r e d B a hi a; t h e va l ue o f P ara an d G oarl" is 30s to 34s per cwt. ndt at g COCHINEAL.—To-day there was a limited and 60 bag s M ex i can at auct i on only in p ar t sold " 3 former v a lue ; bl ac k a t 4 s to 4s Id, silvers 3s fid to 3" and . 2 bags very fine 4 s 2d t o 4 s 3d per lb. TURPENTINE.—Rough is not much wanted, butas the supply is less plentiful holders will not accept loc i :, rates, and a s k 8 5 6d t o 9 s. S p i r i ts met w i t h little P a tention—English can b e obtained at 37s to 375 6d, 1111 American 38s 6d to 395. For Tar a good demand exis Ss ' and the rates paid are 15s to 18s per barrel. and SALTPETRE.—To-day Rough was in less denittn- ,- the public s a l e s o f 1,941 b ag , f oun d b uyers a t a decl ia on former rates of 6d per cwt—middling strong O Calcutta, 8. 1 ,- to 3' 4 1 per cent, went at 25s to 255 6d, g o od , 5-1- to 3. 1 2 - 6-, 26s to 2 63, and not retracted 21s to 265 P e ' cwt. _...- SPICES.—Of Nutmegs large parcels have been re' ceived since our l as t report, and buyers show little desire to do business ; p r i ces are on the decline ; the re 5 6d sellers of low brown at 2: 3d to 21 sd, middling 26 . 4 , to 2s 9d, good 2s 10.1 t o 3 s 41 superior 3s 6d to 3s eu,; limed, ord to fine i s 61 to' 2s 9d. Of Mace tend is an enlarged stock ; orders are small, last week's rates cannot be obtained. Cloves continue?, limited supply, a brisker sale prevails. Pimento continue with greater attention, and, in consequence of a decre f t. supply, buyers are compelled to pay an advance on 0 . 1 ,. mer rates of id per lb. At auction 81 bags For Black Pepper the market is quiet, and in consequ ence of an increased stock prices tend downwards. Ess t % o can be obtained at 2d to 2-11 per lb. At suct i 'd 1,009 bags Malabar sold. White is in steady detnsor at 4d to 6d, and the supply does not get larger. Gi n g e d is in good request, and the public sales of 9 casks S il o 63 brls Jamaica went at firm rates. Cinnamon has be e dealt in with caution. were scdaa INDlGO.—Prices continue to rule under the pail seg i i i: son for all kinds, and in second hands stocks are sotaia4l For public competition the quantity declared is 7 5 .„ 0 chests. A steady home and export demand has "'ld experienced this week for all kinds whilst the rates It exhibit a small advance on the last quarterly Stlg ti t7.. There is decidedly an improving demand for all 13— ,. poses, and prices are looking up. In Spanish the ness concluded has been upon fully former terms, only a small quantity is on offer. The value is fre° l Is I Oil to 3s, and 3s 3d to 4s per lb fo r better sorts. TALLow.—A further advance is visible in the Ys' n " of Rus,ian on the spot, an d a large demand has be experienced from the to wn an d country trade. rates paid are 475 91 to 4Ss for New P. Y. C andle and holders display ranch firmness. For delivery a good business h as b een conc l u d e d f o r the la st d three months of the year at 47s 61 to 47s , and sales have been made at 48s 3d to 48s 6d for the early part of 1849. For home made there is an actl" sale at 47s to 47s 61 nett cash, whilst the consumpti on is greater, and supply le ss pl ent if u l. Oth e r kinds ha ve advanced in value, and a large business has been cow eluded. At auction 121 casks Odessa were sold. F° l. auction 700 casks of Tallow are declared. OlLS.—This afternoon there was not more demand for Cocoa Nut Oil, a n d 150 hhds Cochin, at auction, were taken in at 42/ for fine. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There is n o t muc h doing in s hares ' but the market to-day is firm. The sales are—Birkerheadt Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 94 , di : 8 ; to . Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fitths, 31 dis. ex " 101. Preference, Is. 3d. . c.— London and North- wester,nl 110—Ditto, Quarters, 13s. 9d. c. Stock, —Ditto, New Halves, IC/. 3s. 9d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, 101. Preference 13—South-Eastern and Dover, .1 74 —Ditto, No. 1, 9:1.i dis.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, .6 1 - 188 * York, Newcastle, a n d B erw i c k (G. N. E. Purc h ase ), a 13.3 MA NCHESTER, SEPT. 26. STOCK EXCHANGN.—The sales are—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Preference, 1-16 p.—London and North-West ern, New Quarters, N 3 dis.—Ditto (Huddersfield and chester Railway and Canal), unpaid up, 8% dis.-- 0 "1 1 ; chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby Docks), 144 dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 13% C. dis.—North Staffordshire, 5% dis.— Scottish Central, 23—South-Eas tern and Dover, No. 4, 6 13.16 dis.—Caledonian, Preference, % dis. BIRMINGHAM, &yr. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—North Staffordshire, 51. 11s. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 61.165. 4d. dis.—Ditto (B), 4 1 4 dis. GROTTO PASSAGE RAGGED SCHOOLS --SENDIN G OUT EMIGRANTS.—On Saturday evening a Meeting f the supporters of the above schools was held at the In stitution in Grotto ,Passage, High-street, Marylebone• Tea was provided for the scholars and their friends, who were present on the occasion, to take a farewell of those of their number who are going out to Australia as emigrants, at the expense of the committee. The meeting was presided over by Arthur Mills, Esq. The intended emigrants were addressed in a feeling manner by the worthy chairman and other gentlemen, in reply tO which one of the young men, on behalf of his companions, returned thanks for the benefits they had already re ceived. The emigrants are young men about 21 years of age, four in number, three of whom are married; they were selected from the adult class of the school - as worthy objects. They go by the Duchess of Northum berland as labourers to Port Philip, Australia, the corn. mittee providing their outfit, and paying their passage. Two more will sail for the same place by the Thetis, on the 51h of next month. The report of the committee for the p Ist, being the second year of the schools's exis tence, spoke in the highest terms of the general improve' merit whicii has been made, there being an infant day scho )1, a girl's evening school for reading, and religious instruelion on Monday; and on Wednesday and Thurs day evenings for needlework and writing, as a reward for good behaviour; an evening school for males vary inger from 9 to 30 years of age; and a Sunday school children of both sexes. To encourage a taste for read ing, a library of useful and in s t ru c t ive works has be en added. In several instances the committee have pro' vided the most deservi ng g i r l s w i t h s it ua tions, and fitted out bays for sea. The income for the Past year, fro m all source was 2281. 18e. 3d. The expenditure left a ba lance of 14/. 4s. 7d. Mx. Jowl MITCUEL.—A l e tt er h as been rece i ved in Dublin from Berm u d a b y a relat i ve o f M r . John Mit chel, the writer of which is a lady, a member of the Methodist community, who devotes her time to the spi ritual instruction of the convicts in the island. Sae state s that Mitchel is in tolerably good health , allb°u' i, depressed i n m i n d ; h e has an apartment to himse lf' allowed the attendance of a servant, and is in ev er y _ resprcr treated with hutmnity and considerat ion.( casionally, ho wever, h e suffers muck from the attac ks ire d4 u . his old complaint -- asthma, n 1 asthma, but the climate was i o . ing them less frequent and more mitigated in t heir v lence. ANTIQUITY or THE ETIII2 NTOthing so effectual or convenient as ether or ehlorofonr,m,ofo,rhoerr . literating sensibility to pain was known more or application; but the principle was known, andiddle ages. less auceessfu ly applied as far back as A pupil of Hugh Lucca, called Theodorie, the mentions, confection, book on surgery,written in the 13th centurffic Confection, to be prepared by surgeons, called " Sop i re- reproduced in n in tions, in his 4 to be use t by surgeons." The recipe waS hiSP" Book of 1538, and published by Gamine, in surgical operation. " Some surgeons, Guidance" on the occasion of the per , lo n t s .n a a y n s ce e of an a s p e i T e e , give their patients soporiferous medicines, 7hicl:r_ t them asleep so that they may not feel the incis ions hdip opium, henbane, mandagrova, lettuce, sponge into them, dry it, snd when the:: :vi"ant l t er et moist) n it with warm water, and hold it un d er tient's nose till be falls asleep, the op.:rati)n. 'They afterwards rouse him by h old' to his nostrils another sponge, dipped in vinegar. r ' e :1 and then they perfdr n al_ is clear, therefore, that our predecessors had a u y o th u e se p i a t , notion of the powerful effect produced by certain inha lations. [ADVERTISEMENT,. —The most effec tua l Cure for Gout and Rheumatism is Holloway's Ointment a nd . Pills.—A frequent cause of these complaints is threa. in flammatory state of the blood, as they are general l y y 1 attended with bad digestion, lassitude , and grea t e d and fluids, d ebility, showing the want of a proper circulation of these pain ful disorders. llolloway's r il l s ar e of that impurity 4)1 the blood greatly ag g ravates o f so purifying a nature that a few doses ta ken in time i s an effectual pre ventative against the Gou t and Rheumatism; but any one that has an attack of either should use Holloway's properties of which, combined Pills ensures a certain cure.—Sold with the effect o f the f Holloway's estab lishment, Ointment also , AA and at ro essor b y a ll druggists , London. nd the powerfu l 244, Strand, RIRTHS. On the 6th of July, at Victoria, Hong-Kong, the lady of s. Ji t a il w i s o o n n t , r e E a s l, q , u o p f p a er d a c u a g n h a t d e a r ; l a dy of F. N. Boxer, Esq., of a son. on the 23d of A ugus t, the At Oswestry, Salop, on the 13th inst., the lady of John Scudamore, Esq., of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at the Vicarage, Kildwick, in Craven, the lady of the Rev. J. T. C. Fawcett, M.A., of a daughter. At Gravesend, on the 21st inst., Mrs. Woodford, of a daughter. M. On the 24th u lt ., at St. ARRIED Luke's Church, Old-street, the Rev. Lewis Marcus, M.A., incumbent of St. Paul's, Fins bury, to Catherine, daughter of the late W. Saunders, Esq., of Southan pton. On the 21st inst., at Essendon Ch urc h, th e R ev . Henry Dawson, rector of Great Munden, Herts, to Anne, second daughter of the Hutt. Baron Dimsdale, of Camfield-place , 11,:t ts. At St. Andrew's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on th i s 23d inst., Matthew Robert Bigge, Esq. son of C. W. Bigge . ,. Esq., of Li n d en , N orthumberland. to M ddreda Eliza, young daughter of Colonel Bell, Fenham-hall, Northumberland. DIED. On the 20th inst., at Limerick, Anne Howard, eldest daughter of the late Major Charles Howard Fitzmayer, of the Royal Artillery. On the 22d inst., at Storr, Windermere, aged 80, Elizabeth, relict of John Bolton, Esq. On the 22d inst., at Hartlip-place, Henry Price, Esq. On the 22d in,t., at Brighton, aged 65, J. C. Purling, FN.? of York-),lace, Portman square. On the 23d inst., at Cadogan-terrace, Sloane-street, Matilda, relict of W. Howe, Esq. On the 2-Ith i•.st., at Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Emily, wife of W. Ward, Esq., formerly M.P., for the city of London, aged 56. Outb'e :Bth inst., at Camberwell, Mrs. Willoughby, aged 62. , London: Printed and Published by MURDO, YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 94E0, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of aliddlesex, Wedueeday, September 27, 1848. . N fallin and Earl , Geri BHI; Rye] bow Cara ilep • Rel le g Rai