The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

FRAN CE. The Prince President will leave for his tour on the 14th, for the sake of making a day's stay at Bonrges. The Debats contains a rigidly exact analysis of the resolutions adopted by the general councils, which it sa ys, 6' constituting the representation of France in its highest expression, acquire the utmost political importance. The . only resolution whi c h th e Moni teur has not 1bl i shed that of the General Council of the Cantal ; that of the depart men t o f t h e S e i ne w il l not be given until the 31 N ovem b er, t h e open i ng d ay of the session: The following is the analysis in question :—Forty have expressed their desire that power be perpetuated in the hands of Louis Napoleon. They are the coun cils de l'Aisne, des Basses-Alpes, de l'Ariege, de I'Aube, de l'Aveyron, des Boucher-du-Rhone, du Calvados, de la Charente, de la;Cote- d'Or, de la Creuse, de la Dordogne, d'Eure-et-Loir, de la Haute- Ga ronne, du Gera, de la Gironde, de l'Herault, de l'lndre, de Jura, de Loir-et-Cher, du Loiret, du Lot, de Lot et- Garoone, de la blanche, de la Marne, de la Meuse, de la Moselle, de l'Oise, du Pas-d`-Calais, des Basses Pyrenees, des Hautes Pyrenees, dos Pyrenees Orien tales, du Rhone, de la Haute Saone, de Saone-et- Loire, de la Seine-Inferieure, de la &mime, de Vaucluse, de is Vendee, do is Vienne. Of this forty, nine, giving a more explicit form to their wishes, have formally demanded the re-establish ment of the hereditary empire. These nine are the Councils des Basses-Alpes, des Hautes-Alpes, de I Ariege, de la Charente, de la Crease, de l'lndre, de Loir-et-Cher, des Hautes-Pyrenees, de Vaucluse. Furthermore, it is to be remarked that the Council des Hautes Pyrenees, presided over by M. Achille Fould, Minister of State (Chief Minister), particu larising more completely the meaning cat its desire, has demanded that the hereditary empire be established in the person of Prince Louis Napoleon, in his de scendance direct, legitimate, or adoptive. Eighteen councils have referred their resolutions to a general desire for the consolidation and stability of power. They are the Councils de l'Ardeche, des Ardennes, de rAude, de la Correze, de la Corse, du Doubs, de la Drome, de l'lsere, des Landes , de la Loire, de la Mayenne, du Nord, de l'Orne, du Puy de Dome, du Bas Rhin, de Seine-et-Oise, de Tarn et-Garonnes, des Vosges. Five general councils have passed eulogies on the Government, without asking any change ; they are the Councils de I'Ain, des Cotes-du-Nord, du Finia tere, du Gard, and d'llle-et-Vilaine. Twenty-one have simply presented felicitations, and assured the Government of their support; they are the Councils de l'Allier, de la Charente, du Cher, de l'Eure, de l'lndre- et-Loire, de la Haute Loire, de la Loire Inferieure, de la Lozere, de Maine-et-Loire, de la Haute Marne, de la Meurthe, du Morbihan, de la Nievre, du Haut Rhin, de la Sarthe, de Seine-et- Marne, des Deux-Sevres, du Tarn, du Var, de la Vienne, and de l'Yonne. A serious accident occurred on the Ist on th e railway from Angoulame to Bordeaux. Two trai ns, one going from La Bastid e, the other to Libourne, ran into each other in the tunnel of Lormont. One was loaded with materiel, tho other consisted of empty carriages. Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie, nephew of Mr. Mackenzie, the contractor, was on the loco motive of the former. He was thrown with great violence below the tender, and had both his legs fr i g h t f u lly crushed. The workmen in the same train leaped from the waggons and escaped unhurt. Mr. Mackenzie was picked np and conveye d to t h e hospi tal, but he died after proceeding a short distance. He was only twenty-three years of age, and was very active and intelligent. The accident was caused by Mr. Mackenzie's train, owing to a mistake of the signal man, going on the wrong line. The railway was not injured; it is to be opened to the public in the course of a few days. GERMAN Y. In Warsaw, on the 29th, there were 79 new cases of cholera, of which 36 were fatal ; 513 still remained under treatment. Two of the most distinguished names in Polish literature had fallen victims to the disease, Adrian Krzyzanowski'and Felix Beatkowski, both Professors in the University of Warsaw. Since the appearance of the epidemic it was supposed that more than 5,000 persons had died in the hospitals. To convey the dead to the burial-grounds every kind of vehicle was put in requisition—carts, wag gons, and britzskas. Parties of sappers were ordered to the Powonzker churchyard and the Jewish burial ground to dig the graves. The pest has raged with peculiar severity among the Jews. In their burial place, says one account, it was frightful to see the number of new made graves ; in the night between the 21st and 22d ult. alone 162 corpses were buried ; in those two days altogether 350 died. As on the Sabbath no Jewish burial can take place all were deferred till the night; but on the Sunday morning 60 bodies still remained unburied, and more were constantly being brought to the ground. The help of the military was therefore called in, and the interments were compelled to be made without ceremony. The Jewish population exclaimed against this profanation of their religion, and to prevent it men of all ranks volun teered for the labour. Th-y said that, since the earliest ages, each corpse had been washed and buried in a separate grave, and they would not allow the ceremony to be omitted, or that all the corp,es should be thrown into a common trench. By the voluntary aid thus afforded by people of all conditions, without distinction of rack or wealth, the required forms were observed, and the Jews state that ail of their faith have had a separate grave. In 15 days 1,662 Jews were swept away by the disease. Private accounts state that the deaths have exceeded the number stated in the official reports. BURSTING OF A RAIL WAY ENGINE. A serious accident, but happily unattended with fatal consequences, occurred at the Lenton Junction, near Nottingham, on the Midland Railway, early on Saturday morning. The seven o'clock train from Cadnor-park, heavily laden with passengers, was Passing at the rate of about thirty miles an hour from the Erewash to the Nottingham and Derby line, when a slight explosion was heard, and suddenly the train came to a stand-still, but the air for a considerable space suddenly becoming filled with vapour and smoke, some time elapsed before it could be ascer tained what had happened. In the interim the terrified passengers rushed from the carriages in all directions, and several of them ran to a considerable distance from the line, fearing the possibility of a se cond and more disastrous explosion. This, however, was impossible, as was discovered on after examina tion, when the steam had entirely evap ora t e d . I t then appeared that one of the .tubes leadinig from the fire—wh ich, owing to having , Previously b een damaged, h a d had a joint soldered th ereto, and d —had burst, forcin g th e then been Plugge hot water d . „. plug into the fire, the hot.t.w.leterlyandasalLepamingrrotoah:hfie boile-r following it, i door was shut at the time, or Happily the fire-hole ultimately driver, and Charles Mitchell, William Gibson, li th ° : the stoker, who were standing st close to it, would have been killed on the po. As it was, Gib. son was so dreadfully scalded and burnt about th e face as to preve n t him attending to his occupation for some time to come. i'lttclaell, who escaped the effects of the fir s t rush of hot vapour and flame, se cured himself fr om a ft e r consequences by rapidly, and at great risk, climbing to the f a r side of the tender. The engine, numbered 334, ms de by E. B. Wilson, of Leeds, in 1850, appears o therwise in very good condition. The tr a i n was subsequent l y t con veyed to Nottingham by a Derby luggage engine. i is much t o b e d es i re d th a t t h e pa t c hi ng an d plugging of tubes in locomotives—always a source of great danger should be peremptorily forbidden, both by railway directors and the Government inspectors. SEABORNE MAILS. ,j t ,,_stcni a. nes that the m a il s are sent from the General Post-Orjo M by the morning—espatch.] PLAtzs . When made up is ; From what Gatterall'ost-ancel port die- Loudon: I patched. When due. Anterica (by B r it . 1110..)1T America (by tr.A., k ,.. ~ sent. 24 ~ .. ' Liverpool - America (by ty.5.',, k ; .. 1,.1 Sept. lo .. .. Liverpool .. .Anstralla (via South. -. i gePt * 17 •. .. Sonthampt . ampton) .. . . 5 ,! 2 th 0 f eaeh tr onth Southara t. Ditto (via Marseilles) ii• 2 n i 1.1,14 ti, to4th each nio Plymouth:: Ditto, via C. of G. Hope ii 2d t k ° feqch month 'Dover P A.trica (Welt cuast).. • • Dover • : ,Alexandria * -• • .... 1,7 1 19 th p. month Pl y .Alexandria * Southatnpt. Belgium • • . • • • N, Dany . Gt a et tao.lDover Brazil .. .. .. 1449th of the m.o. Buenos Ayres •• .. M 9th of the ra o r t l ' I t ymouth.. CaliforniaCha:ref ) M II 4 . -,... 17th of cn,,,llZ°atharcipt. Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the nsonth'ithan'Pt• Cape de Verde .. .. N2d of the month .. .. • • N 7th 17th 27th of rae in l ' e Y ,Z. ° uth Constantinople * Central America .. M 24 &17th of mon. ISouthe Channel isles •... N Mon.. Wed.. & Fri.. Southarl' Chili .. .. ~ .it2d & 17th of ninth Southareb-i- France .. .. At t. N Twice daily .. .. Dover -.: I Greece* .. .. .. N 7th I 7th 27th of mo Dover ~. Hamburgh .. .. 5 Tuesday da Friday London .. Holland .. .. .. II Wocines. & Satur. London .. Honduras .. .. . ',.' 17th of the mouth ..iouthaMpt. Ireland „. - M tf.:.: 5 Twice dally.. .. Holyhead.. Indla (via Sonthamp.) M 90th of the month'Sonthare et. India (viaAl.4rsaillo.4) s 7 athk 14th Afmonth ! Pony.. ~ India, viaC. of G. Hope N 14th or month Plymouth . • Mauritius .. •I'lyrnotith.. Mediterrane a n - - , i 14th of month 1 Sou`b- • n •„, (vl4 ! m ' ' c '!"--, , - M 10th of the month i3)atharnpt. !Aug. 28 -eolitear, ...near, ( via i Marsetiles) .. Nr!,41.hc,. 2 .tk < VI I)O TCe ** Sept. 19 MeVao ... .. " ' - --" --'' - - C ' 111°n ' Itaatlt. ' lst ea. mo. Madeira .. .., -- 1 . ... , 5,2,1 of the month.. , 4out . , 12 ...i . i9th of the month i :.',,,othampt. , Sept. Malta* .. .. F 7 r 1 ,17t11,19th,97th 1 f i i ! & 30tho f month I ) )°v°T Naples* .. .. .. 5 ,, 5t, s , Papa: S tat,i* ... .. _1..? 1 15t1125th of mo Perlin:Jule - -• .. ';:t 7415t1r45"1°fm°' Peru .. .. .. .. 5 , 2 , B :;t27th et mo; Tuscany* .. .. - ',N sth l 5 th? s ° l. o ffi f t „.' th West InTes .. .. a.l 17th of t j. t- --°' West Indies (excopt he month Havanna .t Nassau) M 90 of the ?tenth * The mails to those c onntrie. th „.. -- ,- •• ,ionthampt. irreneft oacket vl4 M arseille - marked (.) ~,,,,, c onTayiki by 'Sept. 11 Sept. 14 Sept. 9 'Sept. 24 Sept. 19 Sept. 29 Uncertain Sept. 18 Daily _ _ Sept. 12 Sept. 12 Sept. 15 Aug. 29 Aug. 29 Sept. to tat ea. mo. Tu. T h.m . i Sept, 16 Twleed,a, Sept 19 Tn e , sat !Sul. Thm Sept. 1G Sept. 24 Sept. 19 29 Aug. 29 Sept. 19 Dover Sep t. 12 Dover .. ' , Sept. 12 .otltharrlpt. CS,pt. 16 Soutriamat. Sept. 16 Dover .. 12 Soutttalpt. :Sept. 16 The Marquis of Lansdowne, who has been Puf tering severely from gout since his arrival at Bowood Park from town, i 3 rather better. The. Earl and Countess of Shelburne a n d th e i r you thf u l f am il y, and the uon. James sad Lady Louisa Howard, are staying with his Lordship. t CRIME IN FRANCE . A young man named Delouesse, clerk in a bureau d'enregistrement at Angouleme, was a few days ago tried by the Court of Assizes of that city for the murder of a woman of loose character named Louise Bourguignon. He had for several years maintained intimate relations with Louise, and in the evening of the 23d of June last went to the house of ill-fame in which she resided, and told her to accompany him upstairs. She was eating her supper at the time, and begged him to wait. He did so, but told her to make haste ; and, as she kept him waiting longer than he wished, he said angrily, " You are a long time eating this eve n ing." At length they went upstairs, and almost immediately after the girl was heard shrieking, "Help!, murder !" Before the persons in the house could reach the stair case, she fell to the bottom covered with blood. " Who did that ?" they cried ; and the prisoner answered in a firm voice from the top of the stairs, "It was I, De louesse !" Some one was about to go upstairs, p, but Louise said faintly, " Dont't go —h e h as got a pistol • " I have no pistol," answered the prisoner, who slowly descended'the staircase and walked into the room. ll' was perfectly calm and impassible, and seemed pleased with what he had done. Louise became greatly ter insulting epithets when sh e saw hi m . H e appl i e d some epithets to her, and rushed on her to stab her wan a poignard, but was prevented. A commissary of police arrived, and h e ca l m ly gav e him the poignard, 4 ob serving, " If th e thi ng were to be done again, n, Iwoule do it." H e was t a k en to gaol. Meanwhile, it was ascertained that the girl had been stabbed in eight places, and she died in the course of a very short time. It was proved that he had exhausted all his resources with the girl, and had freq uent l y declared that she should die by his hand. He was , it appeared, jealous of her. In his defence he al leged that the murder was not premeditated, but that he had done it in a moment of passion, on the girl refusing to restore two pieces of 20f . w hi ch he had confided to her, and tellinglum in a tau n ti ng tone, when he had questioned her ab ou t a man whom he suspected to be hisrival, i that he might leave her at once if he pleased. the jury brought in a verdict of Guilty, and he was condemned to death. The pri soner heard the sentence without the slightest emo tion, but when he returned to gaol and was put. in irons, he gave way to profound despair. After a while, however, he becam e ca l mer, an d rece i ve d t h e visit of the chaplain. H e li stened w i th great atten tion to his exhortati ons, and sa i d that as he had nothing to hope f or f rom man he would endeavour to make his peace with God. In the last sitting of the Court of Assizes of the Haute-Vienn e , a man named Leger, and his wife Marie, residing at the village of Labrousse, were tried for the murder of the father of the latter. It was proved in evidence that Leger, on his marriage, went to live with the parents of Marie, a respectable couple named Mores, and that after a while he got wearied at the idea of h av i ng t o ma i n t a i n th em . This made him entertain a violent hatred of them, and his wife shared his sentiments. He frequently beat the aged pair with great brutality, and his wife seldom hesitated to assist him in doing so. To his neigh bours he often said, "I wish they were dead. I wish I could make them swallow a large dose of arsenic. I would willingly give two casks of wine to have them buried !" He and his wife at length deprived the aged couple of sufficient food, and the woman several times allowed bread to get mouldy sooner than give it them. On the 26th of June last, the old man earnestly begged of his daughter to give him a bit of bread, but she peremptorily refused. Being very hungry, he, with the knowledge of his wife, took a goat to a neighbouring village and sold it. Before he returned the female prisoner missed the goat, and angrily asked her mother what bad become of it. The mother returned some vague reply, whereupon she cried, with a foul oath, " You have taken it, you old wretch, and I will kill you !" The male prisoner, who came in at the time, on hearing of the circum stance, flew into a terrible passion, and kicked the old woman in a most savage way. The poor creature went to meet her husband, and pre vented him from returning home. They proceeded to a village at some little distance, and passed the night in the house of a friend. In the evening of the next day they returned home, and found the two pri soners waiting for them. The prisoner s a ll owe d th em to return to a barn in which they were accustomed to sleep. Some time after the woman was seen looking out as if to ascertain that no one was near. She and her husband then went into the barn and demanded the money paid for the goat, which was Bf. 50c. The old man refused to give it. The woman thereupon rushed on him, and struck and kicked him with great fury; and the male prisoner also began to ill-treat him. The old man rose and ran out of the barn. He was followed by the couple, who re newed their brutality. Meanwhile the old woman gave an alarm to the neighbours, and when they arrived they found the old man lying on the ground, with the male prisoner stamping on and kicking him, and crying, " You old scoundrel, I'll kill you ; give me the money." To which the old man faintly an swered, " Pardon, pardon." On seeing the neighbours approach, the female said, " Leave him now, or you will kill him I." But the man continued his brutality. The neighbours at length rescued the victim ; he WES in a dreadful state. He was conveyed to the e hospital at Itoehechousrt, but, th oug h every at tention was p a id hi m , he died in three days. L gar and his wile were arrested. Toe former said, in his defence, that it was his wife who had excited him to ill. treat the old wan ; the latter accused her h us b an d . rho jury declar e d Leger guilty of havin g caused death without having intended to commit murder; and his wife guilty of having been his accomplice. The Court sentenced the man to 20, and th e woman to 10, years' imprisonment, with hard labour. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE, SCOTTISH GRAND JUNCTION. A meeting of the shareholders was held at Glasgow, on Tuesday, to receive a report from the directors and auditors on the state of the company's affairs, and re specting the distribution of the funds in hand. The report stated that the surplus funds would admit of a final divid en d o f 6 s . 91 per share. The report was unanimously adopted, and th e directors were authorised to make the distributi on in accordan ce w ith the recommendation of the report. The meeting then separated. THE MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN (IRELAND) mee ti ng . of this company was The 14th half•y ea rly held on Thursday at Dublin. Mr. John Ennis, chair man of the company, presided. The reported stated, that the working of both the railway and the canal continued to be satisfactory ; and, althou g h th e fi rs t half of the year was genera ll y the least p ro d uc t ive i n passenger traffic, th e accounts showed a steady and progressive improvement in the different branches of the revenue. The receipts from the railway between Dublin and Athlone, including those from the canal, during the half-year, have been 47,8891, and the expenditure during the same period, 18 ,0241., leaving a gross profit of 29,865/., which, after payment of interest on the balance of the canal _a:ll.l:oiedtaaegtneed:ind debenture loans, & c , leaves a net surplus s m u a r k p e lu a s oT 21,6711. From this sum the board propose to . an addition of 3 , 0001. to the rest—to the remainder to the Payable on the 16th instant, at the rate o c f om 4 p p a e n r y 7 P w e a t h y . p h er annum, on the capital stock of the will uarmpiocusn of f t tohlesiiBreBvsi/o.u, previous to half-year,add ward to the credit which will !lint ofbalance of 6368/. to be carried f.)r• electric telegraph ha the next half- year's account. The isnsoben cempleted between Galway lyhead as a matter tobfateralvv forward to its connexion': and Dublin, a n d operation. The board look m i u th at the electric lines from Ho • Galway be effected and most j mto immediate electric thez principal places in thus bring the port ttrifrelative merits communication with England and the continent of Tbe Com , ove not yet missioners appointed to inquire intou loorosk forward with of Galway and the Shannon for communication with North America ad Passenger ' n"veve 43 notpublished entertain their any re p d o o r au t ob . dt astTh heteroedftoihrreeeestu Perior advents an ges existing at Galway, -....a , for an Act to authorise the confidence to the ultimate result. Tis plication to Parliament e the construction of the bran ch to Cavan has afforded them an opportunity of proving the paramount import ance of opening a central line of railway communication with the north of Ireland ; ths necessary Powers have been granted for this purpose, and the subject is to receive the most earnest consideration of the board. An abstract of the accounts appeared in the Times of yesterday. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was unanimously adopted, and the dividend at the rate Lf 4 per cent. per annum was declared. The meeting then separated. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following translation of a notice, lamed by the Minister of Marine at Turin, relative to the situation of the new lighthouse recently erected at Porto Torres, has been received at Lloyd's by the Privy Council of Trade:— "Seamen are informed that, from the Ist dsy of August, 18:52, the lighthouse of Porto Torres, erected on the c.xtremity of the Eastern Mole of said port, in lat. 41 deg. SO min. 13 sec. N., and 6 de;;. 4 min. 25 E. (of. P , ris), will bo setua:ed through the medium of a centtenkr upparatui of the fourth order, large model (syßtern, Preanull). !" The elevation of the light is 15 metres above the evil , of the aoa (at ordi nary h e i g h t ) . I n c l ear weather it will he visible at the disrance of 12 marine miles of 60 to the degree." DEATH OF A G6B jour nalsMAN announce the deatll4A,l4 PAINTER.—German Everard von Waechter, of the Royal Institute of Fine „k it : . Stuttgardt. He was nicety years of age, and, as may b e ; s of art. His paintings, W hi c h a n r PPosed, the Nestor of German found in most of the principal 6chtTerY numerous, are to be e rnes, museums, or galle ries of Germany. They consist from the Scriptures, mythology, er u ry of subjects crawn —LiterarP Gazetie4.t°rY* Some of them ;re of butiri merit. S UN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7 LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 6. (Before Mr. Commissioner lloratoYD.) IN RE M• BRANSON. The bankrupt was described as a stationer, at Strat ford, and he came before the Court on the question of passing his last examination. His accounts from September, 1851, to July 26, 1852, show the foll,)w -ing items :—Capital, 2101.; unsecured creditors, 9601. ; property realized, 3541.; good debtors, 321.; losses, 576/. ; expenses, 3001. Mr. HUSSEY, for the assignees, reserved all ques tions for the certificate meeting. MT. DUFFIELD supported the bankrupt. The bankrupt passed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Robert Philip 11:lead was placed at the bar before Sir J. Musgrove for final examination, charged with being concerned with two brothers of the name of Evans in assaulting William Dirnsdale, in Upper Thames-street, with intent to commit a highway robbery. The prosecutor identified the prisoner as the person who assaulted him and escaped when the others were apprehended. The officer stated that, o❑ taking,► the prisoner into custody, he said it was a foolish and drunken fresh:, in which James Evans fancied the prosecutor was a friend who owed him 41., and, during the altercation. the prosecutor struck prisoner in mistake for Evans, but be did not return the blow. The prisoner was committed for trial, and bail ac cepted. James Gains, a man between 70 and 80 years of age, and one of the constables who assisted in the cap ure of Thistle wood and his confederates in the Cato•street conspiracy, in 1819, was charged with stealing some reins from a person who had afforded him a night's shelter in a stable. After the evidence had been given, Sir J. MUSGEOVE asked the prisoner what be had to say for himself ? Prisoner—Oh, I dare say I wanted to drag something about, and took the reins for that purpose. Sir J. MusanovE—But this is a very ungracious act on your part, after the prosecutor had kindly given you shelter for the night. Prisoner—Oh, never mind that, your Worship—(Laughter)—but give him the reins. Sir J. MusGmovs —That is what I intend to do; but I want to know what I shall do with you, for I know something of you. Prisoner—l don't know you though, because you are a new magistrate; but I'll tell you what, old boy—(Great laughter)—l got this cut on the crown of my head, and this at the back, in taking Thistlewood and his gang in 'l9. Sir J. MUSGROVE—I k❑ow you have served your country well, and are, therefore, entitled to some pro vision in your old age. Prisoner—Yes, Sir, I have served my country for fifty-one years. Springate, the gaoler, said he had known the priso ner to be in and out of prison on various charges during the last ten years. Prisoner—Ah 1 Mr. Springate, you are always at your fun with me.—(Laughter.) It's too bad. Sir J. AlusGrcovE—l cannot allow you to be roving about, and laying hands upon everybody's property, and I shall, therefore, send you for fourteen days to prison, and at the end of that time make such ar rangements as will insure your admission to the union. Prisoner—Oh don't do that, your Worship. You had better give me 6c1., and turn me adrift. The prisoner, who is evidently deranged, r was then removed. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday James Groves, Thomas Maggs, and Robert Atkins, three mechanics, were charged with the following violent assaults : About 12 o'clock on Saturday night Vbles constable of the K division, w as on ena_ , White chapel, a d u ty innite chapel, when be sa w a l arge mo b o f blackguards col lected round the t wo fi rs t- name d prisoners, who were half mad from drunkenness, and fighting with the most determined animosity. He endeavoured to persuade the mob to disperse, which part of them did, and then tried to induce the prisoners to go home. Both becam e very v i o l en t, an d r efused to do so, and be therefore, si ng l e h an d e d, attem pted to capture the two, but the in s t an t h e l a id hold of Groves that pri soner expressed his determination not to be taken, and a violent struggle ensued between them, in the course of which the officer was knocked down, and struck and kicked in the most outrageous manner, Finding, himself unable to cope with his assailants, who were abetted by the mob, he attempted to spring his rattle for assistance, but before he could do so the third prisoner, Atkins, ran up, and getting behind the constable as he lay upon the ground, dealt him a vin dictive kick in the back, and attempted to get away, but was intercepted by several other officers ; and after a very violent contest, in which another of the constables was also severely beaten, the whole of the prisoners were at length captured and lodged in the station, the prisoner Groves fighting, resisting, and kicking all within reach of him with such outrageous violence that the united exertions of six of the police were necessary to overpower him alone. All the prisoners now look d very crestfallen, and, with a profusion of apologies, expressed their sorrow for their conclue ; but Groves, the most violent, was at once sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment in the House of Correction without the imposition of any fine; Atkins to the same term, in default of pay ing 305.; and the other prisoner to a fortnight's in carceration, in default of the payment of a propor tionate penalty. James Green was nexccharged with the following daring robbery :—Mrs. Marian Bennett, the wife of Mr. Wilkinson Bennett, a gentleman residing in Thurlow-square, Brompton, had been upon a visit to a friend at Whitechapel on Saturday afternoon, and was returning through the High -street about four o'clock, with her silk purse, containing a quantity of gold and silver, from which she had been just paying for a purchase, twisted round her fingers, when the prisoner, who had been watching her movements, suddenly darted before her, seized her purse, and wrenched it from her grasp with such violence as almost to pull the lady upon her face. Ha imme diately took to his heels with great swiftness, but was pursued by the lady, exclaiming that she had been robbed, and a bootmaker named M`Na ara who had witnessed his dexte r ity, an d ulti mately stopped and captured him; but before he could do so the prisoner ducked down his head, to let the bootmaker's band pass over it, jerked the purse and its contents to a confederate, who got clear off with them, and then quietly surrendered himself, coolly offering the prosecutrix to get her money back for her if she did not prosecute. The lady, however, indignantly rejected his overtures, and, on an officer coming up and taking him into custody, he candidly acknowledged to the constable that he bad robbed the prosectetrix and flung her purse.° way upon being se cured, but denied that he had the slightest acquaint ance with the thief who had got it. The prisoner now said he should reserve his de fence, and, the depositions having being taken, he was fully committed to the Middlesex Sessions for trial. CL ERK EN W ELL. Yesterday George Cohen, a re;pectably-dressed young man, who described himself as a leather bag maker, residing at 1, Union-terrace, Islington, was put at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged by Miss Mary Smith, governess, of Highbury, with having as saulted her under the following aggravated circum stances : Mr. Charles Da Silva, of Highbury-park, deposed that yesterday forenoon he was walking with his son in a field at the back of his residence, when they were attracted by the loud screams of a woman, and on locking towards the spot they saw the prisoner and the prosecutrix struggling together, flnd the for mer had h.s clothes loose about him. 'Witness and his son immediately repaired to_the spat and gave the prisoner into custody. . .. Prisoner—Will you swear that you saw me strug gling with the young lady ? M. Da Silva—l will ; and my son can also. shoulder, Prisoner—l never so much as touched the lady. _Mr. Da Silva, jun., confirmed his father's evidence. Muss Mary Smith said she was a daily governess at a ti n i d gh v b io u i r e y a . t _ She was walking alone in Highbury. l ane, when she saw the prisoner standing near seine P al ings. He came up to her and touched her on the e , sa dconducted s(Lnevlonienneruyt lss_a himself (violently)—ls sisher.all false.in a Theym o s t indecent have per the prisonerl recently. jured complaints had beePuerfetlY Philip Itly "s ' n n rnd, 421 N division, said when he took r h i i a o d n e n r o ' t ay:to:tic:study he said, "It is all through saber made e t o t I f i e time. similar drink." upon ladi li es e the slightest shadow attacks ti 0 f , I l i d r. ou C b o t a a ß s lE t s o ai t d he h ep thoroughfare. /4 some spot. It is a public doubting as to whether he should se nd He was only by a jury, or deal with the case summarily biro to be tried only thing he had to regret was, that Iml , - n h a a r i i l y . The 1 forwd he held a reipeetable situation ; but he should treat him :s a rogue and vagabond, and send him sho IL 1 the 'House of Correction, with hard labour, for three to months. The prisoner, h e aring the on . sentence, burst into tears, and was co nve3 7 -e l d L t 4 o l l .; ; E ris s on in the police van.; Yesterday Robert Cuthbert, a printer, xins brought up on remand b:-fore Mr. Yardley, charged with stab bing Mary Lawson, his half-sister, and attempting t o murder her. ainful case were full The particulars of this very p y detailed in our impression of Tuesday last. M r . Yardley remanded the prisoner at the last examina tion, in order that his state of mind should be in quired into by those who were competent to do so. Yesterday, on the prisoner being put to the bar, it was announced that his mother and sister would not appear against him. 1 Mr. YARDLEY said he was not at all surprised at that, after the very kind fe e li ng w hi c h b o th mo th er and sister bad exhibited towards the prisoner. Their whole behaviour towards him was marked with kind ness and forbearance, and if t h e pr i soner ha d one spark of generosity in his soul he would show it by leading a different life, and lamenting what he had done. He should now discharge him ; but if he was ever brought before him again for a similar offence he would compel his mother and sister to appear against LAMBETH. John and Charles Graham, two Englishmen, and J o h n Gallivan, an Irishman, were charged with be ing concerned in a riot which took place in the Wyndham-road, Camberwell, on the preceding evening. It appeared that for some weeks past a strong feel inng of animosiiy has been exhibited on the part of the numerous Irish residing in Camberwell against the and sev era l desperate " rows " have been the Ensgullit . h The caus e o f quarrel on Sunday evening re s, was said to be a refusal on the part of one of the Grahlras to comply with the request of an Irishman to allow him to drink out of a can 6f beer which he accompanying his refusal with held in his hand, and the expression that he wis nut going to give his beer to any " by the Plr""u to whom it was applied as an insult to all Ireland and the Irish, and in a very short time the Grahams were sought for by a regular mob of Irish, who vowed vengeance against them. They (the Grahams) took refuge in the hour(' of Mr. Neate, the Prince of Wales, in Cambs_ , rvvell New-road, where they were followed by their pursuers, and a savage conflictwhich the Irish were the victor s , as they weresued, much ensued, in in more numerous, and inflicted serious injuries on several of their opponents. Two men, one of them the father of the Grahams, had re ceived several severe kicks about the face and head, while on the ground, and were marked in a very f r i g htful manner. Tile riot, which had been kept up for some hours, was such as to cause the greatest pos sible terror throughout the neighbourhood, and Mr. Neate, the publican at whose house it commenced, is a severe sufferer, having a square of plate-glass of the v alue of 51. destroy e d , b es i des severa l art i c l es o f fur niture, &c., seri ously damaged. Mr. NORTON granted warrants against several of the Irish engaged in the outrage, and made them re turnable on Thursday next, to which day he remanded the prisoners, b at admitted the Grahams to bail, to a ppear on th a t day. A KILLED BY HIS MASTER. Mr. Lanham, deputy coroner for Westminster, held an inquest on Saturday evening at St. George's Hospital, on view of the body of Edward Westwood, aged 45, a groom lately in the service of Mr. Samuel Sheward, the well-known horse-dealer at Knights bridge. From the evidence, which was of a very voluminous and conflicting character, it appeared that the stables belonging to Air. Sheward are situate at the rear of a forge, at which deceased was in the habit of working. L ast M o nd a y afternoon Mr. Sheward, of Green-street, Grosvenor square (father of Mr. Samuel Sheward), sent a mare to the forge to be shod, with instructions to the deceased to pull away the surplus hair from the animal's fore fetlocks. De ceased was in the act of pulling out the hair when Mr. David Sheward (partner with his brother Sa muel) entered the forge, and ordered him to leave the ' mare alo ne . D eceased discon t inued, but upon Mr. Sheward s lea v i ng the forge he resumed operations upon the mare. Mr. Sheward returned, and pushed or pulled deceased away, saying, " You old fool, why don't you let the mare alone.' Deceased asked Mr. Sheward why he applied such a term to him, and knocked his hat off, upon which Mr. Sheward struck him with his clenched fist on the mouth, the force of the blow causing h;in to fall backwards. Deceased got up, and Mr. Sheward caught him by both arms and pinned him against the wall. Soon afterwards both parties left the forge, high words and " tramping" were heard, and these induced persons to go to in quire what was the matter. Deceased was found by Peter Fere, a stableman, lying on his back, bleeding profusely from the moutb, and quite insensible. Mr. Sheward was standing by the stable door, looking at deceased. The coroner asked the witness whether Mr. She ward, when he saw deceased bleeding from the mouth and insensible, gave any directions for a medical man to be sent for. Witness replied that he did not utter a word. Mr. F. Buckland, the hospital surgeon, said deceased was brought to the hospital in a state of insensibility, and died two days after wards. He had made a post mortem examination, and found a fracture of the skull at the back part, erendiog six inches along the right side of the head. Tnis injury, which might have arisen from a fall, was the taus of death. The jury, after considering the matter with closed doors for an hour and a half, returned a verdict in the following terms :—" We find that the deceased died from a fall, ,but whether the fall was the result of a blow or :otherwise there is not sufficient evidence to satisfy the jury." The coroner remarked that, as the verdict had been returned, he felt bound to state for the information of the press, that for a long time a large majority of the 16 gentlemen com peAing the jury were for returning a verdict of man slaughter, and that after further consideration the present ver,lict had only been agreed to by a bare majority. The inquiry, which lasted five hours, and hieh excited much interest in the neighbourhood, then terminated. SER BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD. VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. BELFAST, SEPT. 3.—The sections were well at tended during the day; a large accession of members and associates had taken place since yesterday, among whom were several disqnguiAed foreigners—M. de Verneuil, M. Achille Delesse, M. Champlonis, &o. SECTION A.—MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCI ENCE (CONTINUED). A. M'FArland—On the fata morgana of the Irish coast. James Nasmyth—On the probable origin of the asteroids. J. J. Waterston—Oa the gradient of density in saturated vapours. The meeting was opened by an - exhibition of nu merous drawings of appearances presented by some of the nebu!x, the results of the observations of the Earl of Rosse, and made by experienced draughtsmen under his own inspection. These were severally explained by his Lordship and Dr. Robinson, of Armagh, who remarked that the result of their obser vations was very likely to overturn many of the theories hitherto adapted, and render a large amount of labour entirely useless. Professors \V. Thompson and J. P. Joule—On the thermal effects of air rushing through small epartures. Professor W. Thompson—On the sources of heat generated by a galranic battery. Professor C. P. S nyth—On the red prominences observed during a total solar eclipse. This paper had reference specially to the observa tions made by the author in his visit to Norway last summer for the purpose, having a favourable locality to view the total solar eclipse. The day, however, was dull and cloudy, and generally unfavourable for the purpose. Some beautiful drawings were exhi bited to the section, showing the change effected over the face of the surrounding country by the progress of the eclipse, from the first contact to complete oc cultation. The great question as to the nature of the red prominences, whether they are material and lu minous, or whether they are due to the diffraction of light passing by the moon's edge, the author leaves undecided. Dr. Tyndall—On the molecular peculiarities of certain organic substances. Sir D. Brewster—On a remarkable case of mirage in Radnorshire. Sir D. Brewster—Account of a case of vision with. out retina. SECTION B.—CHEMICAL SCIENCE (CONTINUED). Dr. J. H. Gladstone—Report on the influence of the solar radiations on the vital powers of plants growing under different atmospheric conditions—This paper had reference to the effect produced on the growth of plants when placed under glasses of dif ferent colours, by which the admission of white light or its component parts could be graduated. The re sults of various experiments were given. Dr. Apjohn—On the results of analysis of a substance resembling the pigolite of Professor Johnston. Dr. Andrews—On the application of polarised light to the discovery of minute quantities of soda— The author stated that the double chloride of potas sium and platinum showed no depolarising action when placed in the dark field of the polariscope ; but that the double salt of sodium and platinum was re markable for its depolarising power, and that a minute trace of this salt, invisible to the naked eye, could readily be detected by the brilliant display of prisma tic colours when under the action of polarised light. The delicacy of the test is such that soda can be de tected when in a quantity so minute as the 1,000,000 th part of a grain.—un a new variety of magnetic iron ore, with remarks on the application of the bicarbo nate of baryta to quantitative analysis.—On the ato mic weights of platinum and barium. SECTION C.—GEOLOGY (CONTINUED). Mr. Harkness—On the fossils of the lower Silu rian rocks of the south of Scotland, and the sequence of the deposits. Professor Nicol—On the structure of the Silurian mountains of the south of Scotland. Professor M'Coy—Oa some fishes of the old red sandstone —Th e author, in describing the subject of his paper, referred to certain peculiarities in their form and structure as evidence against the theory of " progressive development," and claimed them in support of the more commonly received geological opinions. Mr. R. Young—On the eskers of the central part of Ireland--The peculiar drift of the district lying between Dublin and Galway was the subject of the paper, the author dividing the diluvial ridges of the country into, first, gravel hills, apparently deposited from agitated water, as they are seen sometimes in a stratified form ; and, second, eskers proper, which are well defined, narrow ridges of pure gravel, and consist of waterworn limestone, gravel, limestone and sandstone boulders, aid sand without clay. A lengthened discussion followed, in which Sir H. De la Beche, Professor Phillips, Mr. Griffith, and the President took part. Professor S svi—On the discovery of a fossil mas todon in the tertiary beds of the Arno, in Tuscany. —This paper was in Italian, and was communicated to the section by Sir R. Murchison. SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY (CONTINUED). Professor M'Cosh—On the morphological analogy between the disposition of the branches of oxogenous plants, and the venation of their leaves.—After this paper, which contained observations of much impor tance, an interesting discussion upon it took place between Professors Arnott, Balfour, Allman, Dr. Lankester, Dr. Dickie, Mr. Huxley, and Mr. Hincks. Dr. Royle—On the species of thee which yield the black and green teas of commerce.—The author, after the general history and characters of the thea in its natural and in its manufactured state, showed clearly that both black and green teas were made from the same plant, and that the difference in colour and ap pearance was due to the methods of manipulation, and not to the addition of any extraneous substances, such as Prussian blue, turmeric, copper salts, indigo, &c., though these were often need by unprincipled manufacturers. Professor Dickie—Remarks on the distribution and habits of echinus lividus. Dr. Hamilton—Remarks on some of the marine birds which produce guano on the coasts of Peru and Bolivia, with reference to the Lobos Islands.—This paper excited much interest, both on account of the recent question as to the sovereignty of the Lobos Islands ' and on acco un t o f th e i m portance of an in creased supply of guano. After much matter of his torical and geographical interest, the author gave his reasons for expressing his belief that large deposits of guano might still be found if the Government would undertake the search, as there yet remained a large portion of the Pacific unexplored, principally that lying between Valparaiso and the Isthmus of Panama. SECTION E.—GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY (CON.. TINUED)• W. F. Ainsworth—On a Railway through Asia Minor. The secretary to the Ethnological Society then read a list of ethnological queries proposed by the British Association, copies of which were distributed through the medium of members. The object of these inquiries originated with the late Dr. Pritchard, who, at the Birmingham meeting, in a communication, cited instances in which total extinction has already taken place, and other instances in which a continually decreasing population threatens a speedy extinction. He pointed out the irretrivable loss to science if so many tribes of the human family are allowed to pass away before these highly impor tant questions of a physiological, philological, and historical character have been investigated. Dr. John Gason—Climalological notes on Pisa and Lucca. Lieutenant Lyons M'Leod—Proposed expedition to ascend the Niger to its source. Colonel Sykes—Notes on the possessions of the Imautn of Muscat, and on the climate of Zanzibar, with observations on the prospect of African discovery. Colonel Sykes—Commercial documents relating to the Eastern Horn of Africa, translated and communi cated by Dr. Shaw. SECTION F.—STATISTICS (CONTINUED). J. W. Gilbart—The laws of the currency in Ire land exemplified in the changes that have taken place in the circulation of bank-notes in Ireland since the Act of 1845.—This paper involved some important considerations in reference to the actual circulation of notes in proportion to the certified circulation, and led to an animated discussion, in which Lord Mayo, Mr. Leslie, Professor Hancock, Mr. Herdman, and Mr. Hancock took part. John Locke—On excessive emigration and its re parative agencies in Ireland. Rev. J. Edgar, D.D.—On the neglected and pe rishing classes, and the means of their reformation. — Both these papers were deeply interesting, but at the same time cheering for the future of Ireland, and we regret much that we cannot even attempt to give an abstract of their contents, owing to the importance of the subjecte which they so ably discuss. Colonel Sykes read a paper on the statistics of the province of Nova Scotia (communicated by D. M'Culloch). SECTION G,—MECIIANICAL SCIENCE (CONTINUED). Mr. T. Welester—On the new Paten'. Law, w i t h its bearing on the interest of inventors and manufac tures, and the progress of invention. — This paper led to a valu a bl e discussion, in which the Solicitor-Ges neral took part an d made several observations on th e law and its attendant difficult ies. W. J. Alq ueen Rankine and John Thompson On tel egrap h ic com munication betwee n G reat Bri tain and Ireland, by the Mull of Cantyre. F. C. Bakewell—On telegraphic communication by land and sea. C. V. Walker—On telegraphic time signals. C. V. Walker —On graphite batteries.—The sub stitution of graphite, from gas retorts for copper on voltaic batteries, promised considerable advantages on the score of perroacenoY and consequent economy. 1852. Mr. James Birton—On the calculation of the strains in lattice bridge, with practical deductions therefrom.—This psper gave rise to as interosting discussion as to the conparative merits of tubular and lattice bri.lges, in which Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Coates took part. DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM WORCESTER, MONDAY.--One of the most awful and destructive storms which ever swept over the county, and which in its effects can only be compared to the late Holmfirth deluge, has broken over this city and county, carrying devastation and ruin be fore it. It i s i mposs ibl e to g i ve, as yet, anyt h ing like a complete narrative of the results of thie catastrophe, owing to the extent of country over which the storm passed, and the interruption to the traffic which has been occasioned by the destruction of bridges over the several streams ; but the following particulars, which have up to this morning been gleaned by the reporter, will give some idea of the character of this dreadful storm:— The storm began between four and five o'clock on Saturday evening, and continued until daylight on Sunday. During that interval the rain occasionally poured down a perfect torrent, with some intervals of calm, but for nearly twelve hours the thunder and lightning were incessant. Thu thunder roared with out intermission, and the flashes of lightning were of the rnostvivid and awful character, lighting up wi.h the distinctness of noonday every object, which in another instant was enveloped in the deepest night. On Saturday evening the Severn was a pellucid stream, and no higher than the low summer level ; but daylight on Sunday morn ing disclosed the most fearful havoc; the river had overflowed its bank., and its surface was covered with trees, cattle, furniture, and crops. At Worcester there was not much damage done beyond the flood ing of houses, fields, and gardens. A quantity of grocery articles which had been left upon the quay on Saturday night were either carried away or destroyed. The greatest damage, however, appears to have been committed in the valley of the river Teme, which runs from Herefordshire and Shropshire, and falls into the Severn about two miles below Worcester. Upon this river and its tributaries, Laughern and Leighbrook, the destruction of property has been awful. A great majority of the bridges upon these streams have been either carried away, or must fall on the subsidence of the water. The rise of water in the Teme was one of the most rapid and the highest not only within the memory of man, but of tradition. Its effects at the village of Powick, the lowest parish upon the river before its confluence with the Severn, were fearful. At this place an island is formed by the deviation of the stream, for the purpose of supply ing the corn and china mills at this place. The water rushed across this island, flooding the half-dozen house here placed, and rising six inches above the second floor of the grist-mill,.in the occupation of Mr. Hadley. Just below these mills are two stone bridges over the Teme; one of these is of modern construc tion, built at a considerable elevation above the banks of the river, with a corresponding embankment en either side to lead the road to the bridge. This em bankment, which in the highest floods had never be fore been reached, was flooded up to the village of Powick. The houses were inundated, and furniture was floating about all Sunday. To give an idea of the rapidity of the rise of water, it may be stated that the miller at Powick left the rail at a quarter past eight on Saturday evening, and although the tempest had been heavy but little rain had fallen, and the river had not risen at all, it being dead low water then, and he never dreamt of a flood. However, at ten o'clock, less than two hours after, as the storm still continued, he thought he would have a look to see whether the river was rising, when, to his un speakable astonishment, he found it over the road and a yard up the first floor of the mill, and by midnight it is supposed it reached its height. In consequence of the suddenness of the rise the damage done to lire stock and to the meal and grain at the mills on the Teme and brooks is incalculable. The number of sheep washed away in the parish of Powick alone is estimated at 2,000, but it is impossible as yet to as certain the extent of the damage, as the water is still out. There were a great many sheep depasturing on Powich- ham, belonging principally to the poor villagers ; these are all swept away. Mr. Herbert has lost about 100 ; Mr. Badgery, of Wick, 170 ; Mr. Essex, 40; Mr. Pullen, 30; and many others. Yesterday the carcasses were strewn about in all directions, stuck in the hedges, and numbers of men were going about in boats and carts gathering them Many were sold at 2d. per lb. The loss to the millers is very great. Messrs. Richard and William Hadley have suffered severe loss by the spoiling of their meal at Powick•mills, but it does not appear as yet that the mills have sustained damage. At Laughern• mill, too, the property of Mr. Hadley, the mill was be tween three and tour feet under water, and a great deal of flour and wheat spoiled. At Henwick-mill, the occupier, Mr. Smith, had 11 pigs swept away, and the pigstye in which they were with them, and a great quantity of meal spoiled. At this spot two men were returning home, and were overtaken by the flood and obliged to swim for their lives; they luckily reached a tree, in which they were obliged to remain till daylight, when they were rescued. The Hen wick gatekeeper states that three drunken farmers passed through his gate at midnight, and that one of their bats was found floating in the flood next morning. At Down Leigh-brook the water appears to have rushed with great v i o l ence an d bl own up the b r i dges in a similar manner. It is reported that there was a waterspout at Knightwick, and that a man and child, or a woman and child, have been swept away by it. The Leominster mail was obliged to go over Broad Heath to get on its route on Sunday. At Malvern the storm was awful, and a great deal of damage has been done by the flooding of the houses. When we consider th e vast quantity of sheep that are at this tune of year elepastured all down the river, it is awful to think of the destruction there must have been. The general character of the lightning to those who were in doors appeared like sheet lightning, but to thoss who had the temerity to witness the phe nomenon it was forked in every diversified form, always attended with awful peals of thunder. At present, the reporter has heard of but few acci dents by it. The horses of a coach between Worcester and Birmingham were alarmed by the lightning and ran away, coming in collision with a waggon, whereby Hemming, the driver, was killed, and several passengers were injured. At Malvern. Link a horse and gig were overturned, but the occu pante were not seriously injured. The water is re presented as having come down the Teme with " a head" similar in appearance to the " bore," the tidal phenomenon observed on the lower part of the Severn at the Spring and autumn equinoxes. At Bridges stone- miil, on the Leighbrook, the bridge was blown up, and a cottage below it was swept away, the furni ture strewn about the fields, and a poor woman, its occupant, drowned. Many of the hop-yards, with their crops, have been destroyed by the floods. GLOUCESTER, MONDAY.—The storm, though of great violence here, has not committed any remark able damage. The rain which fell here was inconsi derable, but there must have been a deluge above. At five o'clock yesterday morning the Severn was at the usual low summer level, but in half an hour afterwards it had risen to " half bankfull," and the surface was covered with treees, crops, furni ture, &c. OUTRAGE NEAR ROCHESTER. At the county magistrates' offi ce , on F r id a y, a re volting ca se of alleged rap e came b e f ore t h e R ev . G. Davies and Captain Baker, in which it appeared a female had taken an active part in assisting the pri soner to carry out his vile purpose. The victim of a yo ung g i r l na med Mary this brutal outrage is Costin, only thirteen years of age, residing with her mother at Hailing, her father-in-law, whose name is Spriggs, being a lime-burner employed at the lime works belonging to the R lv . J F orm b y. F rom t h e girl's statement, it appears that on Wednesday night last, about eight o'clock, as she was on her way home from Upper to Lower Hailing, a village about four miles distant from Rochester, a man and woman came out of a chalk hole by the side of the road, and asked her what o'clock it was, to Which she replied she did not know. She conti n u e d on her way walking faster, when the man and woman also increased their pace, so d b e i n g alarmed she commenced running, when , they ran also, and overt a ki ng her b y some trees along the road-side, the m an called out "Come come — mone y o r your life." She told him that she had not any money, whereupon h e t h rew h er d own , b ut she managed to get up and run a short distance, when she was again stopp ed by the woman who had gone on a short distance to prevent her escape. The fellow then came up, and a second time thre w her down, at the same time p lacin g a handkerchief over her mouth to prevent her screa m i ng , and then and which the woman tied, held her hands whilst the villain effected his purpose. The poor girl made her way home, and throwing herself on, the stairs, communicated to her mother what had happened, at once sayi ng i t was an I r i s h reaper, whom she had seen in Mr. Formby's field cutting barley. She appeared much exhausted and alarmed, and continued throughout the night in a kind of hysterical fit. Next d ay , Rosebridge, the parish constable, apprehended th e ma r, who, on being brought before the justices, gave his name Cornelius Hennisy, and said h e was t wenty - one years of age. A female who was in court he stated to be his wife, and said that they were marri ed at t he Roman Cs., tholic chapel at Gra vesend a f or tni g ht ago. his statement the woman said was correc t, adding that her maiden name was Johanna O'H a r a . On bei ng asked to produce the marria g e certificate, she said they had not money enough to pay for it, a l t h ough they bad paid double fees to get married, i n consequence of no previous notice being given. The prosecutrix gave her statement with great firmness, and was most positive in identif y in g the prisoner as the guilty party. The w oman, however, s he could not swear to, nor did she think she had taken part in the outrage, as she said she thou g ht she m ust have - marked her with a stone which she threw int o h er face whilst scuffling on the ground. The pris oner who denied the charge, was remanded for farth er exa, urination, the magistrate directing Superintend en t Everist to inquire of the Roman Catholic priest at Gravesend as to the truthful ness of his statement, and also directing medical evidence to be obtained with a view of corroborating that of the prosecutrix. wanderers A TALE OF A PaOSELYTE.--A. case, at which o f course the profane smile, has just occurred in this ne i egyheb:d _ hood, showing how good intentions and religious zs a l may at times be imposed on by the worldly-minded. A gentle man, who takes more than oferdllininar,y,iitnhteorneestnfinthtehwe welfara of the Jewish race, from Canaan, and, attracted by his hook nose, sharp black hair, began to angle fora convert, texts being thrown at him as tenderly as a fisherman flings his artificial fly be. fore a rising trout. The s'Ai of Israel fairly began to nibble, till at interview after interview he appeared to be fairly caught. He listened with an attentive ear, and a solemn face, and at last the good man proposed that he should be formally received into the Christian church preparatory to his producing hi m at t h e nex t anniversary meeting as a live Jew converted by hi s eloence. This was agreed to; but first he had som e worldly qu ge ar that inctunbered him, a littl e let of jew e ll ery worth GU., that he must convert into cash to seek a fresh me de of life after embracing his new faith ; and out of pure benevolence, and as some return for the interest first there"wa s takensome in his welfare, he offered it to his p atron for 401. At me hesitation as to taki n g advanta g e of the overcome feelings of th e convert —hi s gratitude appeared to have the pro ver bi a l di scr etion of his race; but at length the work was completed— the 40 /. was p aid, an d the stumbling block removed. The denoueme nt may b e easily divined. The jewellery looks delicious by candlelight, b u t its worth at Vae utmost is shout 101 . , and the Jew has fled unbaptized either to Duke's-place or the gold diggings,— Chelmsford Chronic'e. , Ma. MACAULAY.—Letters Bre t we believe, i n town, from Mr. Macaulay, mentioning his recovery from hi s recent attack of bronchitis, and speaking hopefully of being able to meet Use electors at no distant day. —Scottiih .P tc4,4.- RAILWAY ANTIGIPAIIONS. In a pamphlet on the advantages of railways, pub lished by the conductor of this journal so me y ears ago, in student days, when men's minds were less made up as to the results of railways than they are now, the writer closed his remarks on the probable effects of the estab lishment of railways with this sentence—" The length of our lives, so far as regards the power of acquiring in formation and disseminating knowledge, will be doubled, and the whole world will ultimately become as one great family, speaking on© language, governed in unity and harmony by like laws, and adoring ono God." The pamphlet was favourably received in all quarters, hut many even of those who wont fully with it demurred at the closing sentence, as hyperbole and exaggeration, and, as one intelligent commentator wrote, thought, that 4 , when the author had laid down his pen, having achieved a useful work, some malignant imp had taken it up and added the closing paragraph, to throw dis credit on all that preceded it." It will scarcely be read so now: such a result appears not merely possible, Lut probable. The rail way and the electric telegraph are two of the greatest results before us of the philosophy taught by Bacon —in opposition to the philosophy taught by Plato and the other ancients—the philosophy val ob seeks to improve the o )rditien of mankind; the science. which deals with things instead of words; which pm duces what we ne e d, Builder. lessens suffering, shortens life.— TALE OF 9. R AT --A friend of ours lately received from a kind individual, resident in a foreign canary, a package savoury letZai a iling a few bottles of salad oil , of th e most present which 'mart from viewirr, it as a mark of esteem, afforded him unspeakable delight: being an ardent admirer of this sort of dainty. The bottles , which were carefully sea l e d , were pl ace d in the apartment allotted for edibles, there to lie comfortably and safely, as was sup ' posed, till wanted. A few days after, our fr"iend, being afflicted with an irrepressible de - ire to " pree the exotic . kitchen," betook himself without delay to the pantry, when he found, however, to his surprise and indignation, that a nice little aperture had been male in the bungs of all the bottles, and a nice little drop of its contents extracted from each. There was something incomprehensible to him about the matt e r. He could understand how a cork might he eaten throu g h by a r,.t or a mouse, but how they could manag-t to get at the contents was a mystery. the hole being too small to admit the head of either of these beautiful anima. D e t erm i n ed to ascertain who the delinquents were, and h method adopted by them to effect their purpose, 11:s: a secrete! himself one night in the corner of flie room, and s 0 glossy rat made its appearance, approached the bottles with a fortitude un known to (ir) rational depredators on kindred errands, inserted his tail in one of them, drew it out gently, cleaned that member with his mouth, and repeated the pro cess " over and ov er again." —Montrose R eview. Lord and Lady Stafford and Lady M'Donald arrived at the St. Katherine's Wharf yesterday morning, by the General Steam Navigation v Company's steam-ship Rs - j ens inurue, from Antwerp. THE TRUE NURSERY FOR SEAMEN . At this time there are about 50,0 00 Br itish seamen . n the maritime employment of the United Sates. Why in. ere these men sailing under foreign fl , g ? , ply because they obtain higher wages than are to be lead in the service of their native country. And ureign service, it is f v.or . e 50,000 of our best men are to spare for a nursery for seamen by bounties in our North-Ameri: proposed to establish an artificial can previnces. Let the osculation be fairly made °I how much each seamen so raised by the hothouse system will cost, and then let it be considered whether at half, or a quarter of the price, in the shape of m ore liberal wages, our own flag m i g ht not recover end retain the services of our own able seamen. Mons. trcus indeed it is that while a Mill of our nautical population is tempted to desert our s hores in con sequence of the comparative poorness of our wages , an artificial nursery for the p r oduction of t he Skill we so allow to leak from us, is to be established at a lavish expense in North America. While we ar e so running over with the natural nautical productioo, we are to set about elaborating a contrivance for creating the same by a process at once the 01°13! roundabout, the most costly, unc ertain in Effect, Oa vicious in principle. Great Britain, producing A s ° many more seamen than s he can or will PP what an insane inconsistency is to pr o ' pose an artificial supply of the commoll in e . l ; cess, in a colony ! It is as if a brewer on to_ banks of a copious and pure river were ton set 1 1 P laboratory for the supply of water by chemial COP binations. The idea rivals, indeed, the pi - e ject c a Swift's ingenious gent l ema n who had contrived stupendous engine for cutting cab ba g es with a succo e be little short of the method by hand a nd knife. But method of obtaining seamen by band and wages comparably more certain, efficacious, and economical than that by the engine of bounties, however vast °„ t complicated the system. And while our G 00130370 is encouraging the idea of a petty nursery for seam en on the coast of Canada at a great cost, what i 9 0 nursery upon which the United States draw s.," re cost whatever but fair wages? This country. rr e ted is s the nursery of seamen from which the or e man their ships in the proportion of more t'f o ahalf. Good wages command good men. Oar Cr°7 l indeed scorns that tradesenanlike resource. Whenac"es rown wants seamen in time of need, and gn i g o , the market-price for them, it has resource to thejn ot rogative of stealing the services for wh ich it wl oa consent to pay. And while it places its reliaocsl, this honest resource, its Ministers fav our the ides other sooth, of planting nurseries for seam en on ths t f t b e side of the Atlantic ; just as gipsies in g f $ disposed to approve of the establishment otos, nursery in their neighbourhood, while WY t ie, ciously adhered to the custom of stealingimit children. Protection is, however, needed --we T oe , it, fully and heartily—protection to British sea ot . protection against the ultima ratio of imp ant so Great is the virtue of praying for what yoll 'wa n ;yen much so, that for its convenience the practice vi by carried on in war in an enemy's country ; an end not also at home when the Queen wants seataeo, fait does not want the means of obtai nin g theta b, tb 0 and liberal wages ? No bounties are needed vlristiee+ to bolster up nautical nurseries ; nothing but P. re • the full market price for the seam en's services, is ble inc quired for an unstinted supply of an oropisra. oriO • nS article. In our last paper we advert ed to the ralow ries , of the system of bounties in the French fisu e o b. and upon one remarkable effect we have befchreiot served in the overmanning. Lo ok at a Fen onse • going to sea, and you perceive at once the c t wo quenco of this pernicious syst em. There B,l•cNae bands where in an English one there would de o i and a rope or spar is handled a s if it was a n ci a eac h gingerbread. There is little to do for each, an nu t relies on his neighbour for doing it, and no one t',...r ie b on his mettle, or called upon for those exertions ;ivy make the expert and hardy seaman. In our °c is p ot manned fishing boats and small craft every 03611 d e ed to all work, and his capacity of resource practiseseir, developed to the utmost; not so in the French v_licb either bountied or regulat ed b y the State, in 7.oce superabundance of h a nds has for direct skill9°.cx A lamentable deficiency of energy and -"P miner. THE COUNTRY IVIARKET:,„„ f The following is the official statement of the qua Ptl ";.; corn, &c., received in the port of London from Sep t,, p 0052, Essex , from the 30th Aug., 1852, to the 4th Sept., both inclusive both• .3 : 4 , 0, 1 g 17 3 a re 41 oIP P 4 ;14 ...•••••• ,80 Colchester 3 .73 200 ! Harwich -- Leigh 6lOl 54 Mallon -16 ; 0 aldon 15 1 0) 2027 100 70 19 - follosvir. +, f o llow CHELMSFORD, .—Prices to-day 420 t° 528, Wheat, white, old SEPT. . • red, old 40s to 465, new 353 to 40s • barley' , -•- 56e; chevalier 28s to 335 ; grinding22s ' to 28s • malt 55?. to 80 , chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 19s to 25s ; peas , Parridife' 295 to 36s ; white, 30s to 32s ; boilng, 33s to 3451 dun, neif,6l; were 42s to 35s ; beans, tick, 32s to 345 1 ; harrow ticks, mozagan, 29s to 325. ...d SO. COLCHESTER, SEPT. 4.—Wheat, white 42s to 526 ; l' i dale to 45s ; oats, 1.6 s to 23s ; beans, mazaga n 31s to 3 26 ; I N to and small 34s to 3tis ; peas, white 3tis to 389, gr e P s ; barley, 30s to 32a per the ..tlOO l 32 KIRKALDT, SEPT. 4. following are the (111°— for new grain ; Wheat. Barley. I First 39.3 Od 26s Od second 37s 03 253 Od Third —s Od 223 Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINGTON, SEPT. 3.—Tb grain at our market to-day Oats. I 20s Od --.3 Od —8 Od imperial, ! te followinj Bea ns. s od .... 8 Od --EI °CI X 283 Od to ig are the felOo d 0 4 1 av i 0 3 Price Biait, Old Wheat. 1 Barley. O ats. 1 34 , 0. , Fi rs t ,; 33 3 i Second 4ls I.ld 1 21 - is 6d l9s 7 ,, 33 , 0 , Third Total quantity of Old Wheat in market 135 gra., l",'" ii ,old Do. New do. 2/2 qrs. , ;i4 s old Do. Barley do. f z - 71 qrs., 7 o ld 2 5 Do. Oats do. 313 qrs., 6 50 1 i Do. Beans do. 8 qrs., _ DavisonWeatHartley COAL MARKET.---YFSTXH.DAT• . Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market I s 01 155 13 s 3 6d d Chester 's Main 1 45 ...1 Well' ington Hart Holywell Hartley l3s 9d N. Hetton Lyons ----- 14 , 01 Newcastle Hartl .. I LLuarnmlbetyon......... .................... .: : 45 03 14s Od Pensher , ............. 153 3 North eY • ~ _ Percy Hartley 143 01 Stewart's •• • ''' .. . 143 61 :New Tantield Canfield M 12s 6d Whitwell .•••• ........ . 1 5 9 01 nail ,. oor 1.- told Moor Butei West Wylana ' " a' P Wylam ._ al 133 6d Heugh Nall ..........•• .]`, l , 3 _ `,,,'d Wall'a End es Gosforth ... ' c. IKelloe ................ 1 0 5 : - 01 •• 14s 01 South Hartlepool ...• 14 3 61 Harton..... 145 Od South Eielloe ........ io 61 Eiebburn Eiedley I kh0u5e.............• . . .d 14s Odißarkhouse ........ 12s .-, Lawson Riddell Eden - Mani .. • 14s 01 South Durham .. •••: f i s i ", 1 . 14 ed Tees .... . ........ ••• 13s 31 Belmont .. . ..... ' . Tees ...... ... 143 3.; Clavering . 1 5 3 6.1 Braga it 15s 3d Cowpen ..ar 13 tley 15s 6cl Eletton 15s 9t Derwentw flamell 0 rth r and 15s 9d Nixon's ....--s Y n,. oi tid Cardiff ....... . .... - 4.0 '9ld, 85. Keecier Grange ships at market. 119 .... So, RA ILWAY s H A S EPT, MARKETS' ISTOL, S G. ull to " STOCK ExcuArra 81 -The s hare ma rket ruled didcaes.34 and the few transactions clos ed without variation in P tr e m el c y ll d e E p x re cl s ß s A e ( N I Sr LIVERPOOL, SEPT. G. and yorkeL"'-' The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire westerns ,GEan — d T p h r e ice s s h a b re ad m a ark d o et v vn t ws d ry 86 3 4—Ditto, Fifths, 3 7-16— London and North.'2o/4.... 122%—gidland, 77m—South -Eastern and Danz Dublin and Drogheda, 49%—Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 AANCH.6BTEK, Sart'. 6. 08 vet,' limited, and prices generally had a downward ten ~ 1 11.16 STOCK EXCHANGL—The business done te-da1e.,,../. Tbe transactions were as follow:—Blackburn (Q. ;" 1 Londo n —Eastern Counties, 11 5-16—East Lancashire 18 .: r rr e 361 / 1t and North-Western, 122 —Lancashire and ... or; sill ....' Wel tenasn'elniplc-. Ditto, Fifths, 3 dia. Ditto, F Shares, 'is Slidiano, Riding, 2 1 / 2 dis.—South-EAstern and Doer, 21%" 78—Bristol and Exeter, 104. BIRaIINGLIASI, SEPT. 6. Iga in i ' STOCK ExenANGE.—The share market present teir had proved appearance to-day, and prices generally Sore r dency upward. The sales were—London 90d3flarici Western, Coventry and Nuneaton Stock, 126- - I Stock, 73. • C OO ASSAULT BY A POLICE.SERG SANT.---1)011C Wa e' stable Sergeant Ber r y , of the Salisbury force, s s t comm itt e d on Friday to ta ke his trial at the nect Len 00 a Bizet, charged wit h the com p letion of a criminal asault female who had been taken to the stati , saw., BIRTHS. OF A SON. Oa the 25 th ult. , at the Retreat, near Bi deford, the Wife of o F u re t d h e e rik d L in a s n t. g, Mrs. Alfred Warner. ordship-terrace, Stoke IsTeNvingt°' A AUGHTFII On the Ist inst., at P s i xton D -park, the Lady 3larY ° Lodi h th o e ns 4 e t . h On the 3d inst., at Lower Brook-street, the ocar°. w o od n e the Lady first., at u " pper Harley-str e _ t, line Gamier. On the 2d inst., at Tw d Church, Christopher Arlll.l'.g Hartley Girl . ' yor • daughter of the late Nev. Christopher Spurgeon, redo: and Great Bircham, Norfolk. " 11l IEI. On the lst inst.. at Cla u of sye negtenl-hall, Lancashire, Geor rtoog' the brother of Thoma s Fitzherbrt, Eici., Perk, Staffordshire. Oa the 3d inst., Lieutenant -Camel John Gordon Geddes, late in command of the 30th Regitnent. .‘..t Tonbridge-wells, on the 3d inst., George B. Porter, V4'' Joint Secretary to the Hor.rd of Trade. At Scarborough. on the 3d inst., Phiills, daughter of the late Rev. henry ILl(lyard, of Stokesley, Yorkshire. .0" Oa the 2d in.st., at Cattierington house, Herndon, A"--5 Francis or gan, E,q., aged 75. relict of At Hertford , on the 3d inst., Mary, t he lat e M John A f e h o rne, Esq., aged 86. ~......' - - dand Published—--!----------------- 1-----------Uli 0° f Londva : Priritc No. in, strand, Printer. at The Nun Office, N°• ,:," 0 - ' f Strand, in rte Precinct of the s s ,,-. i n t i g , c oaske - Dliddletiest Taugin't SeßteMbOr 7, 1552 1 P St. 0 t lc % 4t tu, befor i be p i Gelle ke Nl * 1 k, ' 11 1• 44 1 1 , 81, iS 4 a kl3tte