The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-06 00:00:00

LOWEST,'FFE, OCT. s.—The Jane, Cutts, of London, was towed in here this morning dismasted, and a complete wreck, having been caught in a heavy squall off Blake ney yesterday. BRISTOL OcT. s.—Wind lresh.--Arrd. Competent, St. John's, N.B, SWANSEA, OCT. s.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Sir Charles Napier, Swith, Cuba; Hannah, Webber, Prince Ed ward's Island. Sid. Richardson. ADELAIDE, S. A.—Circassia, Cuba. MUMBLES, OCT. 4,—Arrd. Pakenham, Booze, Ade laide, S. A. BELFAST, OCT. 4.—The Sarah, of and from Glasgow, for Oporto (with a cargo of iron) has put in here leaky, and must discharge. MARKET NEW S .--(THIS DAY.) GOVIIINT-GA1d.1104241. Our market was but moderately supplied with Vege tables, yet the demand for them ruled heavy at last week's quotations. In the value of Fruit, the sup ply of which was by no means large, we hare no change to notice. There were a few new Grapes on sale from Hamburgh. —Mulberries, 6d to 10d per pottle ; Peaches and Nectarines, 2s 6d to 7s Od per dozen ; Cucumbers, 2d to 10d per brace ,• French Beans, is 3d to is 9d; Apples. is 6d. to 3s; Pears, 2s 6d to 4s; Plums, 2e 6d to 4s; and Onions for pickling is 6d to 3s per half sieve ; Cabbages, 6d to 3d per dozen; Horseradish is 9d to 3s per bundle; Turnips, 2s to 3s; Carrots, 3s to 4s 6d; Onions, 2s to 3s; and Greens, is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches ; Hot-house Grapes, 2s to 4s 6d ; out door, ditto, 4d to 8d; P( rtugal ditto, 6d to 8d; Pine-apples, 4s to 6s; and Filberts, 10d to is per lb ; Lemons, 6s to 105 ; and Gherkins, 81 to is per 100; Walnuts, 81 to 10d per 100; Red Cabbages, 2s to 4s per dozen; Melons, 6d to 2s 6d each. NEWGATZ AND LEADENUALL. POULTRY.—Geese, 5s 6d to is 6d; Fowls, 2s Od to 32 01; Capons, 3s 6d to 5s 6d; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d; Ducks, 2e Od to 2s 6d; Rabbits, 8d to is 21; Hares, 2s 9d to 3s 6d; Grouse, 2s 91 to 3s Od; Partridges, is 61 to is 91; and Pigeons, 61 to 8d each; Fresh Butter, 9s to Ils per dozen lb. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 3s 101; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 35 6d to 4.s 4d per 81bs. WEXTBCRAPEIL. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s to 3s 101; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 61 to 4s 21 per Sibs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 9d to Is per lb.; Turbots, 2s 6d to 12s; Brills, 2s to 6s; Cod Fish, 4s Od to 6s Od; Haddocks, is to Is 6d; Whitings, 4d to 6d; Mackerel, 61 to 81; Lob- sters, is to 25 each; Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair; Thames Flounders, is Od to is 6d; Fresh Herrings, is to is 6d; and Smelts, is 6d to 2s Iper dozen; Eels, 91 to is per lb ; Oysters, 12s to 36s per bushel. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from Eid to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41bs loaf. SIDE MARKET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 2d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 2id; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2:}d to 24d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3,;,d to 310; 961 b to 1041 b, 31d to 4d; Calf Skins, 2s Od to 5s Od; Lamb Skins, is 8d to 2s 9d; Horse hides, each, 7s 6d; Shearlings, is Bd. to 2s 4d. EAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 103 per load. A moderate supply, and a slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 12s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 12s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 3/ 13s; Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 15s; and Straw, Id 4s to 11 lls per load. Trade dull, at late rates. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, OCT. 5. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCF. ARRIVALS. Sept. 28th.—Coral Queen schooner, Lord Wm. Beres ford, from Plymouth; Gipsy Queen schooner, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Baronet, from Dartmouth; Fair Rosamoud schooner, William Lyon, Esq., from Plymouth. 30th.—Talisman cutter, Captain H. N. Smith, R.E., from western ports. Oct. 3d.—Fanny cutter, Sir Edward Scott, Bart., from Mediterranean. and proceeded to Portsmouth. sth.—Sapphire schooner, Right Hon. M. Gibson, from weaterp ports. _ SAILINGS. Sept. 29th.—Gipsy Queen schooner, Sir H. B. Hogh ton, Bart., for Portsmouth; Coral Queen schooner, Lord Wm. Beresford, for Portsmouth. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Sapphire, Elizabeth, Fair Rosamond, Magie, Ariadne, Stormfinch, Aurora, Gondola, Cygnet, Enchantress, Foam, and Talisman. On the 4th inst. the Columbine yawl, of 90 tons, J. H. Smith Barry, Esq., came into harbour, and was hauled up on Mr. Ratiey's patent slip, to have great alterations made. The brig yacht, of 225 tons, building by Mr. Joseph White for Lord Conyngham, is in a forward state. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. STIRLING RACES—TRuRsDAy. The Caledonian Handicap of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and only sif declared. Two miles. (8 Subs.), sof whcm _ declared. Mr. Dawson's Priestess, 3 yrs, sst 81b The Caledonian Cup, value 105 sJvs. Three miles. Mr. Dawson's Priestess, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Arnold) 1 Mr. Binnie's Whizgig, 4 yrs, Bst (H. Robertson) 2 Lord Eglinton's Solon, 3 yrs, Est 12:b (Walker) 3 2tol on Priestess_ Won by three lengths. The Buchanan Stakes of 5 sovs. each, the second to save his stake. Ono mile and three-quarters. (5 Subs.) Mr. Wrather's Maid of Masham, 4 yrs walked over. The Sauchie Stakes of 5 soya. each, 2 ft, and 25 added; the second to save his stake, &c. Heats, once round and a dis. (9 Subs.) Mr. Dawson's Billy Brown, Est 41b (Arnold) 0 1 1 Mr. Smart's Aspasia, 7st 51b (H. Robertson) 1 2 3 Mr. Pattison's Jonathan, 7st 81b ...(Simpson) 2 0 2 Hon. Capt. Sandiland's Confederacy, 7st 81b 0 3 4 Mr. Halliwell's The Prince, sst 101 b 0 4 0 Mr. Prince's Potluck, sst 101b...(T. Johnson) 0 0 0 Mr. J. Laing's Sir Walter Scott, 7st 41b 0 0 er The first heat was won by a length, the second by a length and a half', and the third cleverly. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Furse'i hounds—Mon., Bramblecombe, Rides leigh; Thurs., Torrington Wood, at half-past ten. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 29th day of September, 1849. ISSUE IMPALITMENT. X. Notes i55ued........ 28,292,200 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .. .• 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,83-5,123 Silver bullion .... •• 457,077 X 28,292,200 I £28,292,200 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cazhier. Dated the 4th day of O c t o b er , 1849. BANKING DEPAITMENT. P roprietors' capital • ,55 143,000 ••• • • • 3,583,647 Public • deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 9,068,559 Other deposits .. . • 8,801,393 Seven day and other bills •• • • 1,013,446 Government securi ! ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,385,582 Other securities • • 11,511,145 Notes •••• •• .. Gold and silver coin.. 962,183 £37,020,045 i £ 37,020,045 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1849. Dated the 4th day of October, FASHION.—MANTLES AND 111ANTSAUX.—We have seen a case, just cleared at the Customs, containing the latest results of Parisian ingenuity in cloaks. These certainly show a great advance in taste, and are alike remarkable for ease and grace, and an absence of all ap parent labour in the production of distingue effects. There is, likewise, much distinct novelty in their contour, and clearly evince their having been fashioned by those who are gifted with an intuitive perception of elegance of form and dignity of carriage. Some few days wilt elapse before the exposition of these exquisite garments, or they are dispersed amongst our aristocracy, as they are des tined to serve the Messrs. Jay, of Regent-street, as models for the adaptation of their winter requirements, but their arrival may be noticed as sufficiently indicative of the progress of the industrial arts amongst the modestes of France.—Morning Paper. INSPECTION OF BURIAL-GROUNDS. The follow ing burial-ground s in the metropolis have been visited and inspected by the General Board of Health since the 3d ult., viz.:—Portugal-street, belonging to Clement Danes; Christ Church, Westminister ; Whitefield Chapel, Tottenham- court-road ; Spafields, St. Anne's, Black friars; St. Andrew, Holborn ; S t . Thomas's burial groun, Golden-lane; New Bunhill-fields, Golden-lane; St. Botolph, Bishopsgate ; Wycliffe burial-ground, Stepney; Loch burial-ground, belonging - to St. George the Martyr, Southwark; St. Mary, Newington ; St. Ann, Soho; St. Clement, near Eastcheap; St. George the Marty, Southwark; Cross Bones, Southwark; St. John's, Clerkenwell; St. John's, Clerkenwell, in Benjamin street; New Bunhill- fields Cemetery, Dover road; St. George, Hanover-square, Uxbridge-road; St. Olave, Silver -street, Falcon-square; St. Martin's, in Drury-lane; St. Paul's, Covent-garden; St. Giles in the Fields; St. Olave's, Southwark; St. Mary. Islington; St. Saviour's, Southwark; Colliers Rents burial-ground, White -street, Southwark; St. Mary's, Lambeth; St. Mary's, Blackfriars-road. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The ordinary meeting of this socity was held last evening, at the Society's Room, 20, Bedford-street, Strand; J. E. Gray, Esq , F.R.S, President, in the chair. Numerous dona tions to the library and herbarium were announced. Mr. Bidwell presented specimens of Lastrea cristata, collected near Ipswich. The continuation of Mr. Cole man's p aper "On the Pl ants i ndigenous to Horsham, Sussex," was read, POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.—IIOLYREAD AND DUB LIN.—In order to ensure the postal arrangements being kept complete this winter between England and Ireland, the Admiralty have ordered the Vivid packet from Dover, and the Undine from Woolwich, round to Holy head; and to accommodate the public who now leave Dublin at eight in the morning , and Holyh ea d at s i x in the ev en i ng , i t i s rumoured that others will follow, to convey an additional mail at those periods, while all towns throughout the line aro to be benefited by a second delivery. A TIME TO BEGIN.--At the Liverpool Police- Court, on Wednesday, an Irishwoman, charged with an assault upon one of her countrywomen, palliated her conduct by saying that she " never interfered until she We murdered with a pylori" ..... 8% an e, jay; rcs; irk- Vow Vito , THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1849 . MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) TA IT. Our Edinburgh contemporary is more than usually attractive this month, both in regard to fiction and c? iticism. The review of the concluding volume of Bras brooke's " Pepys" will be found to be one of the most delightful magazine articles for October. Mr. Percy St. John continues his entertaining " Tale of the Mexican Gulf ;" among the other continuations al,o are those of " There and Back Again " and " O'Cleery's Tenant-right." " The Modern Vassal" is happily brought to a conclusion. In addition to the customary literary and political registers, there is a plentiful sprinkling of poetical contributions. In the Obituary will be found memorials of the Bishop of Norwich (Stanley) and of Dr. Cooke Taylor. ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. Part V. Upwards of five calendar months have elapsed since the popular poet adventured upon a new path in literature, and already she has become a popular journalist. Our felicitations are hers, but—better than all felicitations—she has secured to herself the knowledge that, through her own graceful efforts to elevate the character of cheap periodicals, she has rendered her name more than ever a favourite in the households of England. Those already familiar with the effusions of Eliza Cook's sensitive heart and fertile fancy cannot, however, be in any degree sur prised that she has chosen her materials so judiciously —that she has collected such fragrant blossoms in her poetical herbarium—that she has gathered into her literary casket such gems of thought and: jewels of imagination. For all that we can conjecture, her acquaintance with conchology may be small; yet we would trust to her capacity to select the most brilliant shells in a ramble along the sea-beach. She may be no lapidary ; yet we would wager her appreciation of precious stones is not narrow. She may be but slightly versed in the science of botany ; yet we are morally certain she would discern beauties in the wild wood-flowers as well as in the more cultivated efflorescence of a garden or a conservatory. A nosegay in her hands, we doubt not, would be arranged as eloquently as any floral billet d'amour ever dropped from an oriental lattice in the twilight. For Eliza Cook, though many may fear she has " degenerated" into the journalist, is still, still the poet. In illustration of this we need not point alone to the five charming compositions contained in the present " part " of her periodical—. verses not unworthy of the bard of " Melaia"— but the fact is visible in the general tenor of the Journal, and in the charms of very many of its contributions. " A Song for the Ragged Schools" is written in a key singularly plaintive, and with a pathetic and appealing cadence at the close of each stanza. It is a voice chaunting the plea of wretched ness in the mother-tongue of so many kindred cele brities. It breathes the language of Hood and Proctor, of one who has sung of the outcast of London—. " No one heareth her, no one heedeth her But hunger her friend, with his cold gaunt hand, Graspeth her throat, whispering harshly, What dost thou in a Christian land?'" Who that has lingered with pleasure over Eliza Cook's lines on the " Old Farm Gate," on the " Old Straw Hat," or, best and sweetest melody of them all, her " Old Arm-chair," will not love the music of her recent verses on " The Churchyard Stile ?" Her stanzas again on " Fortune and Love" will not only have been welcomed for the beauty of that golden ejaculation—. " Let the desert of Life give Eternity's blossom!" but will doubtless have induced many to have applied to the writer herself that previous exclamation— " Oh! 'tis pleasant to know there are beings about us Who tune the most exquisite strings in our heart!" Of a different tone is her bitter and sarcastic allusion to those who are " Better Fed than Taught." The touching sketch of the "Blind Boy," reprinted only a few days since in our own columns, will have been sufficiently admired by our readers to require no explicit commendation from ourselves. Silverpen, among the miscellaneous, and, generally speaking, anonymous contributors, still continues to be indus trious—instance the agreeable and earnest biography of "John Ashmore, of, Birmingham." Several essays of considerable excellence are scattered through the successive numbers—the most charming of which are " The Oasis in the Desert," and " The Sunshine of Life," the former having our decided preference. Stories, fragments, memoirs, criticisms, and a swarm of brilliant particles of wit and wisdom, christened very felicitously " Diamond Dust," compose the rest of the varied and entertaining materials of Eliza Cook's periodical. THE ART JOURNAL. Maclise's most facetious and Shaksperian picture of " Malvolio " has been admirably engraved by Staines; and Webster's capital painting of the " Truant," by Phillibrown —both of the originals being well-known portions of the collection in the Vernon Gallery. Added to these embellishments, the Art Journal for October contains a charming sketch of Marshall's very exquisite statue of Sabrina, a production which has recently been copied in porcelain statuettes of singular ele gance by Alderman Copeland. The recent exhibi tion of art and manufactures at Birmingham is de scribed in the present number of this periodical with a prodigal profusion of very excellent woodcuts. Beyond which, the publication is replete with inte• resting information appertaining to art and artists. COLDURN'S UNITED SERVICE. As we shall take the very earliest opportunity to refer to the leading article in this eminent naval and military journal, an article referring to the recent court martial held on the late Commander of the Childers, we shall abstain from saying more at present than that the writer coincides for the most part with the views already and repeatedly ex pressed by ourselves. Although we are gratified to record this circumstance, seeing that it possesses some importance, as the expression of one of the worthiest organs of the profession, we cannot for a moment allow it to be supposed that the course adopted by the United Service Gazette has been to us a matter of the smallest surprise. No other opinion, indeed, could be formed upon the matter without the grossest violation of all the first and commonest principles of justice. " A Qui liye " gives us a smart reminiscence of his military career in the shape of " An Episode in the Affghanistan Campaigns.' " A Few Odd Fishes, not Sea Serpents " will prove, on perusal, to be not less amusing than truthful. One other paper in the number for October we must, perforce, particularise, we mean the argument, penned by a surgeon, " On the anomalous Positi on an d T reatment of Military Medical Officers." The subject is unquestionably one demanding not only the serious consideration, but also the speedy interference of the authorities." CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA. RETURN OF CASES, Om 4. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Diarrk A - FATHER SHOT BY HIS SON. Late on Thursday night the neighbourhood of Chiswick and Hammersmith was thrown into a state of great excitement by its becoming known that a dreadful attempt at assassination had been made at the residence of Captain John Farmer Monkhouse, situated on the Mall, fronting the River Thames at Chiswick. Captain Monkhouse himself was the un fortunate victim of this horrible crime, and the per. petrator was his second son, Henry Monkhouse, a sa►lor, who is now in custody. It appears that the occurrence took place about half-past ten o'clock, when a cab drove up to the outer gate of the premises, and the bell was rung by the cabman. It was answered by one of the female ser vants, whom the cabman told that a gentleman in the cab wished to see Mr. Monkhouse. The servant went in with the message, and in a minute or two afterwards Captain Monkhouse came to the front door. On seeing him, the son, who was inside the cab, exclaimed—" I see him ; there he is ;" sprang out of the cab, and instantly discharged a pistol at his parent, which took effect in his neck. Mr. Monkhouse, senior, immediately fell, and at that moment a second pistol was discharged, which, however, lodged in the ceiling of the hall. The son then jumped into the cab, which was immediately driven off in the direction of Acton. Mr. Perfect, surgeon, of Hammersmith- terrace, the nearest medical man, was sent for, and instantly attended, when the unfortunate gentleman was removed to his bedroom, and, on examination, it was found that a ball had entered the front of the neck, and passing the wind. pipe and the carotid artery, had passed out under the right ear, and was found in the nape of the neck. Information was then given to the police on duty near the house, and was immediately forwarded to the head station at Brook-green, Hammersmith, with a descrip tion of the son. Inspector Jecks, T division, who was on duty at the head station, instantly dispatched police-constable, Henry Reason, T 247, one of the mounted patrols, in the direction the cab had taken, and copies of the description of the accused were also forwarded by constables in cabs to the nearest stations of each of the other divisions, with directions to take instant measures to secure the fugitive ; to which promptitude of action is mainly to be attributed the caption of the assassin by the patrol Reason, at the Bell public-house, Ealing, from which he was removed to the head station, where he arrived before 12 o'clock. On him were found a pistol, several bullets, percussion caps, and some gunpowder. The prisoner made no answer to the charge when it was read to him at the station, and he was then removed to one of the lock-ups—a constable being placed in attendance with him during the night, in order to prevent any attempt at self destruction. The excitement caused on Thursday night was yesterday greatly increased, and the mur derous attempt forming the principal topic of conver sation throughout the district, the family of Captain Monkhouse having been long resident at Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith, and Chiswick. From inquiries made at the residence of' the unfortunate gentleman it appeared that he was still alive, but in a most dangerous state. Throughout the day a crowd was collected in front of his residence. Long before the hour appointed for the opening of the Hammersmith Police court (two o'clock) a large crowd had assembled outside, anxious to obtain admission to hear the examination of the prisoner, who was brought from the station house on Brook. green about half-an-hour before. Mr. Beadon, the sitting magistrate, took his seat on the bench at two o'clock precisely, when those who were concerned in the case were admitted into the body of the court,, which will not hold above thirty or forty persons. Amongst the leading inhabitants present were Mr. J. Frere (a local magistrate), the Rev. Mr. Bowerbank (Vicar of. Chiswick), Captain West, &c. Shortly afterwards the prisoner was placed at the bar. He appeared to be about 5 feet 5 inches high, stout made, and florid complexion, with dark brown hair. Throughout the examination he maintained the utmost composure, and seemed utterly careless about the painful situation in which he was placed. The charge entered on the police-sheet was as fol lows :—" Henry Bathurst Monkhouse, aged 27 years, a mariner, charged with discharging a loaded pistol at John Farmer Monkhouse, in the parish of Chis wick, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm." Elizabeth Baines was the first witness called—She deposed that she was in the service of Captain Monk house. She knew the prisoner at the bar, who was the second son of her master. On the previous night, shortly after ten o'clock, she answered a ring at the gate bell, and on opening it saw a cabman stand ing there and a cab in the road. The cabman asked her if Captain Monkhouse was at home ; and on her replying in the affirmative, he said, a gentleman in the cab wished to speak with him< Witness abut the gate to go to tell her master, whom she met in the doorway of the house, and told him what the cabman had said. Captai n onkhouse desired her to go and ask the name of the gentleman ; and she went back to the gate and asked the cabman what the gentle. man's name was. The cabman replied that he did not know; and at that instant the prisoner rushed past them, exclaiming, " I'm a Monkhouse, and I'll speak to him." She then saw the prisoner rush for ward towards her master, and directly heard two shots go " bang, bang !" Witness saw her master fall, and the prisoner instantly bounced out of the gate, while she went to her mas t e r's assistance, and found him crawling on his hands and knees into the front parlour. _ By Mr. Beadon—Could not say where the prisoner came from, as she did not see him until he rushed in the gate. Saw him take something out of the breast of his coat, which she believed was a pistol. The prisoner declined to ask the witness any question. William Siezer deposed that he was the driver of the cab No. 613, belonging to Mrs. Birch, cab pro prietor, Horseferry-road, 'Westminster. On the previous evening, betwen seven and eight o'clock, he was on the stand in the Minories, when the prisoner asked him the fare to Chiswick. Witness told him that it was nine miles, and with back fare it would be 14s. The prisoner agreed to go. Witness followed him into a public-house opposite the stand to have something to drink. Having had what he wished, he went into the parlour, where the prisoner was sit ting. On entering, the prisoner was in the act of putting his hand into his trousers pocket and had before him on the table a lot of silver money, which the prisoner attempted to hide. Witness went out and told the landlord of the circumstance, who went into the parlour, and in a minute or two the prisoner came out and got into the cab, and witness drove off. On reaching the White Horse, Knightsbridge, the prisoner told him to pull up. They went inside and had some drink. The prisoner seemed to be known there, and told the woman at the bar that he would bring her some scent, and left his handkerchief as a pledge. Witness then drove on to Chiswick, calling at several public-houses on the way, the last being the Black Lion, in Black Lion lane, near the prisoner's father's house. The prisoner got out there and went in and spoke to the landlady, who seemed to know him ; but he had nothing to drink. The prisoner then got on the box with the witness to show him his father's house, where the cab was to stop. The witness th e n corroborated the tes timony of the first witness as to the delivery of the message, and her returning to the gate to ask the gentleman's name, and the prisoner, who was at that time standing on the further side of the cab in the road, rushing on to the gate and his hearing a noise. The witness was here very cloa.ely questioned by Mr. Beadon as to what the noise was. The witness at first said like something falling, but at last ad.- mitted it was like a report of a gui:i j or pistol. Examination continued—When Xkie prisoner came out, witness asked him what that noise was. The prisoner smiled and said, " Oh, that is nothing." The prisoner then got into the cab and ordered him to go back into the high road, and pull up at the White Hart public-house round the corner. Witness there asked him for his fare as he had brou g ht him to hi s destination, but he said he wanted to go to Ealing, four miles further, and witness agreed to go there for a sovereign. On reaching the Bell public- house on the Uxbridge road, at Ealing, he stopped witness and went inside, and on his return he told him to drive him to his brother's house at Castlebar-hill, which he did. The prisoner there rang several times, but it was not answered, and witness drove him back to the Bell. Witness there asked him for the sovereign (his fare), but the prisoner said he had no sovereigns to spare. While witness:was speaking to the landlord relative to the fare the patrol came in and took the prisoner into custody. The patrol then deposed to apprehending the pri soner. On asking him if his name was Monkhouse he said it was not, and asked witness what he wanted with him. Witness told he must go with him to the Ealing station, and called another constable to his aid. At the station the prisoner pulled out from the two pockets of his coat the barrel and stock of the pistol produced, which he screwed together and handed to witness. The prisoner said, "If I had a brace of loaded pistols I'd blow my brains out." Witness found in his waistcoat pocket eight bullets, six percussion caps, and some gunpowder; also some documents in the name of Monkhouse. He subse quently brought him in the cab to the head station at Hammersmith. Mr. Thomas W. 0. Perfect, the first surgeon called in, was next examined. He deposed that he was fetched about a quarter past ten o'clock on the previ ous night by Miss Alonkhouse. On reaching the house he found Captain Monkhouse in a back bed room, and ordered his removal to his own bedroom. The captain was very faint, and vomiting blood. On examining his neck, he saw that a ball bad passed through the black stcck the captain wore at the time, and perforated the flesh of the neck exactly over the thyroid cartilage of the windpipe, or centre of the most projecting point of the windpipe. It did not perforate the air tube, but passed down on the right side of the neck and through the throat, wound ing the gullet, and, striking against the clavical ♦er tebrae, descended between the external and internal carotid arteries in the direction of the sternomastoi deus muscle, and came out a little posteriorly, where it was found among the clots of blood in the collar of the shirt. Witness gave up the case on the arrival of Mr. Halford, of the firm of Bowling and Halford, surgeons of Hammersmith, the medical attendant of the family. Mr. Halford deposed to having seen Captain Monk house between one and two o clock that afternoon. He was in a state of great danger. The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday next. Up to a late hour last night the wounded gentleman was, still living. NEWS OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION. We are indebted to the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette of last night for the following further in teresting details : " TO THE EDITOR OF THE SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE. " Pilot-office, Hull, Oct. 4. " Sir,—l have no small gratification in being able to forward what I believe to be an authentic account of Captain Franklin and his companions. The True love, Parker, arrived her last night from Davis' Straits, bringing a plan which Captain Kerr, of the Superior, received from an Esquimaux, describing the ships under Franklin to be beset on the north side of Barrow's Straits, and Sir J. Ross's ships on the south side; he also states that on tha 30th of March, this year, be (the native) was on board Franklin's ships, and that a daily communication was maintained between the respective commanders. The plan is drawn by lead pencil, and is a very creditable production. Thomas Ward, Esq , the owner of the Truelove, will by this mail forward the plan and other information to the Lords of the Admiralty, to whom he has already forwarded a telegraphic com munication. Sincerely hoping and believing that this information is based on a sound foundation, " I am, Sir, yours obediently, " DALE BROWN.' The communication referred to by Mr. Brown was published in The Sun yesterday, signed Thomas Ward, owner of the Truelove. (From the Eastern Counties Herald, Oct. 4.) DAVIS'S STRAITS FISHERY.—Loss OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND OTHER WHALERS.—RUMOURED INTELLIGENCE OF SIR. JOIN FEANYLIN.—The John 0' Groat's Journal of Friday night contains a para graph to the following effect :—"A letter has just been received here from Kirkwall, announcing the arrival there of Captain Paterson, of the Jane, of Newcastle, and Captain Lee, of the Prince of Wales, of Hull (both vessels having been wrecked at Davis's Straits), with 30 men, brought by a Danish vessel. Captain Paterson has in his possession a sealed bottle with some docu ments from Sir John Franklin, addressed to the Ad miralty, and picked up by the natives. The contents are not known. Lady Franklin is in a neighbouring island, and is not aware of this important arrival." Upon this subject, we may state that we have seen Captain Lee, who arrived here on Monday last, by railway, from Edinburgh, and who states that the bottle in Captain Paterson's possession was picked up in 1845, about four years ago, by some of the Es quimaux, who gave it to the inspector of one: of the Danish settlements, and that officer gave it to Captain Paterson this year to bring to England, but it cannot be of the slightest service towards unra velling the mystery which at present surrounds the position of Sir John and his brave companions, who were in latitude about] 66 deg. N., when the bottle was thrown overboard. OD the 19th of July, Capt. Lee boarded the North Star discovery ship, in search of Sir John Franklin, of whom her commander hail then heard no tidings. The North Star was in lat. 73 50, and pursuing her way to the northward, with all well on board. Captain Lee gives us the following particulars of the loss of his own vessel and of two others, together with the most recent intelligence of the progress of the fishery : The Prince of Wales was wrecked on the 12th July, in lat. 74 30, by .being " nipped" or subjected to heavy pressure between two floes of ice. She had on board 1 fish, 17 tuns. The Lady Jane, of New castle, and the Superior, of Peterhead, were similarly wrecked on the 12th June, and the united crews of those two vessels had subsequently to pull between three and four hundred miles, in open boats, to reach the Danish settlements, where they all arrived in safety. Their united strength would be of great assistance to them in their journey. The Lady Jane was the property of Messrs. Plummer and Co. ' of Newcastle. She was built in London in 1772, has been afloat 77 years, and registered 390 tons. It is reported that at the time she was crushed in the ice she was a full ship, The Prince of Wales was alone when she was lost, and many miles distant from either vessels or land. The headland called the Devil's Thumb bore about S.E. by E., distant forty miles. Seven boats were manned and laden with provisions and a few clothes, but the distanc3 which they had to travel, the difficulty of moving the boats over the ice, which lay between the wreck and the opfn water, and the perils of a subsequent journey of 300 miles over the sea, before they could reach any human habitation, compelled them to desist from bringing much clothing, and many cf the men lost nearly all except what they stood in. The crew consisted of 48 souls-24 being Shetlandmen and 24 from Hull. Strong gales from the southward were blowing, with thick hazy wea ther, when Captain Lee and his comrades were com pelled to abandon the ship to save their lives. 'The journey over the ice occupied nearly eight days, and their passage over the open sea was made in nearly four more. On the 19th of July they boarded the North Star, as above described, and were kindly received by her commander, but did not require any assistance. On the 22d, they saw the Lord Gam bier, of Hull, with no fish, but about four tuns of oil, the croduce of seals, &c. On the 23d, they reached the Danish settlement Proven. They were consider ably exhausted by the fatigue and loss of sleep during their travel, but were otherwise in perfect health. After remaining three vs eeks at Proven, they pro ceeded in a Danish vessel to Lively, or God Haven, as it is called by the Danes. It is the capital of their settlements. Here they remained until the 27th August, when they left in another Danish ship, and were landed upon the Orkney island " Papa Westre," on the 27th Sep tember (Thursday last), from whence Captain Lee and ten others of the crew proceeded on the same day, in a large boat, for Kirkwall, the capital of the Orkney Isles; from whence, on the 28th, they sailed in a clipper for Leith, leaving the mate and thirty-seven of the crew in the Orkneys, to be forwarded by other vessels. On the 30th, Captain Lee left Edinburgh, and arrived here on the Ist inst. On the 12th of June the following ships got safely through the "nip," and proceeded to the northward and west ward :--Alexander, of Dundee, with four fish; Advice, same port, four fish ; Horn, same port, four fish; Princess Charlotte, of same 'port, three fish ; James Green, of Peterhead, clean ; and Truelove, of Hull, six fish—seventy tuns. The Pacific, of Aber deen, seen about the same time, was clean. The Lord Gambier, of Hull, had, on the 22d of July, four tuns of seal and other oil ; the Jane, of I3oness, six fish—ninety tuns ; the Chieftain, of Kirkaldy, eleven bottle-noses—sixteen tuns ; Regalia, of the same port, clean. The Abram was understood to be to the southward of the other ships, and her success was not known. The French ships engaged in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland have had very bad success during the present season; several were re turning with less than half a cargo. The following extraordinary letter has been ad dressed to the editor of the Manchester Guardian : " Sir,—ln the Manchester Guardian of Saturday last, September 29th, you have inserted a short notice of in quiries recently made of the Bolton clairvoyante re specting the fate of Sir John Franklin, which, besides being essentially incorrect, seems calculated unnecessa rily to increase the uneasiness felt by his friends regard ing him. As a party concerned I feel it a duty, therefore, though with some reluctance, to communicate the real facts to you in detail. If disbelieved, their publication can do no harm; and if ever so little credited they are rather encouraging than otherwise. " Being cast into a mesmeric state, then, this woman asserted positively that Sir John Franklin is still alive and now comparatively well. He has undergone great hardships, but has overcome them, and is in good hope of getting to England in nine months and a half, provided no unforeseen accident occurs. The difference between the apparent time where he is and at Bolton is nearly six hours, indicating a difference of longitude of from 85 to 90. And afterwards, when asked, being still in the mesmeric state, to endeavour to point on the map where he is, she put her finger on the north-west side of Hudson's Bay, which is not very far from this longitude, though the map being on a very small scale, and very inconveniently bound up, in a volume of the ' Penny Cyclopmdia,' and required by her to be rested on her Eead, and held to her eyes, and thus reversed, no very precise indication could be so obtained. " As she is perfectly uninstructed, and unable even to read or write, it seems scarcely possible to suppose that she can know anything of maps whatever; and further, the indication thus obtained, both by difference of time and her pointing on the map, took the bystanders quite by surprise. They had not the least idea of loukiug for Sir John in this direction; and yet if his ships have been wrecked or abandoned on the west coast of .I!oothis or towards Victoria Land, it is possible, though it may appear to - us at present unlikely, that be may have tried to return to the eastward inside of Boothia, which, when he departed, was supposed to be an island. And if he has succeeded in overcoming the very great is precisely which must have attended such route, this precisely the direction in which he would appear. And further, if he got this length too late in the season to save th e Huthon Bay Company's autumn ship, his own impres sion would naturally be that he would be detai ne d t ill the ensuing spring , which would just make up the nine months specified before he expected to b e i n E ngland; this period not having been given by the clairvoyante as a prot heey, but as the impression on his mind, with which she professed to hive some mystereus means of communication. - - "It is true that she said that be had only three per sons with him; but other parties of his men are follow ing in the same direction, though some ware separated from him. She saw also the shells (dead bodies) of others in different postures under the snow. And she described graphically enough the deer, wild cattle, wild men, and rough tangled forests that she passed in going to him ; with an animal striped down the back and sides, which leaps very far, and may be the panther or wild cat. " She also professed to go and visit his ships, one of which she said was under water, with very thick tim bers, the other above it. And an old letter being also possessed from Sir James Ross, she was sent to visit him too. For this purpose she said she had to go much further. He is fast in the ice, and unable to turn his ship round, but intends returning to England when he can. She added that it was snowing heavily when she saw him ; ho had not seen Sir John Franklin. The difference between his apparent time and that at Bolton was nearly eight hours, corresponding to 110 degrees to 115 degrees west ; and when required subsequently to show the place on the map, she pointed to Bankes' Land almost at once, a position lull of probability. " Sir James Ross, she says, is well, but much an noyed at being stopped. Another ship is not tar from him, and neither of these have sails set. But their is a third ship much nearer, under sail, and coming ap parently from their direction; her difference of time is only two hours and a half, corresponding to 35 degrees to 40 degrees wes , . (Can this be the transport sent out last spring to renew their supplies?) She mentioned this ship first herself; only one person in the room knew that such a vessel had been sent, and in his in terest for the principal persons concerned, he had not thought of the transport sent to their relief till this third ship was mentioned. She expressed great astonishment at finding the clocks differ so much, and said they should be sent to the watchmakers to put them right. She also described Sir James Ross as being stouter than Sir John Franklin, and in better case (' more squash,' were her words). Sir John's cheeks, she said, are somewhat sunk through his fatigues, but his health is good, and he has now abundance to eat. Her description of his person was otherwise sufficiently near, and she specifically men tioned his being bald. " These, then, are the principal statements that were thus elicited. Many other details were added, not without interest, but this communication is already too long. Including the mesmeriser, four gentlemen were present during most of the time they were col lected. They will gain various degrees of present cre dit, according to the temperament of those who may receive them; and, in .truth, it would seem premature at present to place much reliance on them, though in these days, when we make the lightning carry our mes sages and the sun take our portraits, it is very difficult to draw the precise line betwixt the possible and im possible. In any case, it will be for the interest of truth that they are recorded when collusion is impossible. I enclose my card to authenticate my letter, but Ido not wish my name published. " I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, is POLYTECHNIC IN STITUTION. Doctor Bachhoffner has just commenced a series of lectures on electricity, and for the purpose of in creasing the interest and beauty of his experiments has revived the hydro-electric machine. Until the invention of this gigantic contrivance water was the greatest enemy the electrician had to contend with, but since the hydro- electric machine has been adopted the element has been made sub servient to its power. The Learned Professor ex hibited numerous experiments during his lecture, among them one particularly worthy of notice—an electric spark was given off three feet in length, much to the astonishment and delight of the audience. The power of the machine is best proved by contrasting it with the largest electric machine known, the glass plate being seven feet in diameter, but with its greatest force is exceeded by the hydroelectric ma chine by eight times its power.—Several additions have been lately made to the Dissolving Views in and around the Eternal City, which have become a source of so much attraction to the visitors, no doubt in a great measure from the late stirring events of which Rome has been the theatre. LO URT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke Alexander of Wirtemberg, walked early this morning in the Park of Osborne. The younger branches of the Royal Family walked and rode as usual. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Roy al Highness the Duke Alexander, afterwards went out shooting, attended by Colonel F. Seymour. The Royal dinner party, yesterday, . included the Dowager Lady Littelton and Mr. Birch. Her Royal Highness the DuchesJ of Gloucester ar rived in town yesterday morning from her residence in Richmond Park. His Royal Highness Prince George visited her Royal Highness. The Royal Duchess left Gloucester House in the afternoon on her return to Richmond Park. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Lord Campbell, and the Earl of Carlisle. The Council sat two hours. Lord and Lady John Russell returned to town yester day from Woburn Abbey. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood arrived at their residence in Dowing• street yes terday morning from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We are happy to learn that Queen Adelaide is in the enjoyment of better health than for some months past, and, weather permitting, takes daily drives in the neighbourhood of Stanmore. Their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar and the Princesses intend to remain some weeks on a visit to her Majesty, the Duke Bernard of Saxe Weimar being at Batavia as Governor and Commander in-Chief at that Dutch colony. Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar is stationed with his regiment at Chichester. Mankind too generally mistake anarchy for liberty, ostentation for generosity, passion for love, and vanity for pride; yet how widely different are they all.--Eliza G'ook's Journal. WEST DISTRICTS. Kensington ... ... ... 1 1 Chelsea... .., ... ... 0 1 St. George, Hanover-square ... 0 0 Westminster ... ... ... 2 0 St. Martin-in•the-Fields ... 1 0 St. James, Westminster ... 0 0 NORTH DISTRICTS. Marylebone ... ... ... 1 1 Hampstead ... ~. ... 0 1 St. Pancras ... ... •• • "."'. 1 0 Islington ... ... ... 0 0 Hackney ... ... 0 2 CENTRAL DISTRICTS. St. Giles Strand 0 0 1 o Holborn Union - 1 0 Clerkenwell o 1 St. Luko East London West Loudon - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 City of London ~. _ 0 0 EAST DISTRICTS. Rhoreditch ... ... ... --- 4 0 Bethnal•green ... ... ----- 5 1 Whitechapel ... ... ... 4 0 St. George-in-the-East ... 0 0 Stepney ... ... ... 0 1 Poplar ... ... ... ... 1 1 SOITTLI DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark ... 0 0 St. Olave ... ... ... 1 0 Bermondsey ... ••• ... 1 1 St. George, Southwark ... 1 0 Newington ... ... ... 2 1 Lambeth ... • • ... 4 0 Wandsworth ... ... ... 2 0 Camberwell ... ... ... 2 0 Rotherhithe ... ... ... 0 0 Greenwich ... ... ... 5 0 Lewisham ... ... ... 0 0 Total ... 43 13 Total deaths from cholera, registered from Sept. 17, 1848, to Oct. 4, 1849... ... 14,316 Total deaths from cholera, registered from June 17, 1849, to Oct. 4, 1849... ... 13,225 NOTE.—The district of Kensington comprises the parishes of Kensington, Hammersmith, Fulham, and Paddington. Westminster district comprises the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evan gelist, with Privy Gardens and Whitehall, and the close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter. St. Giles's district comprises the parishes of St. Giles•in•the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury. The following are co extensive with the unions of the same name:—Hackney, Strand, Holborn, Eait London, West London, City of London, Whitechapel, Stepney, Poplar, St. Saviour, St. Olave, Wandsworth (Wandsworth and Clapham), Greenwich, and Lewisham. The remaining districts are co-extensive with the respective parishes of the same name. THE COUNTRY. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhoea reported to the General Board of Health the sth day of October, 1849 : _ _ Deaths. Cholera. Dlarrh. 8 2 5 0 0 1 0 Alnwick Anglesey (Holyhead)... Barnstaple Bedford and.Codrington Bedminster ... Berwick-upon-Tweed Birmingham ... Blackburn ... Bradford and North Bierley ... Bridgwater ... Bristol ••• Bromsgrove Canterbury ... Carlisle ••• Carmarthen Chester-le-Street (Harraten) Chippenham . Chorley and Croston . Choriton (Hulme) . Clifton (Stapleton) . Cockerm out h (Workington) ... Coventry ... Darlington ... Dewsbury and Batley ... Dudley (Rowley Regis, Sedgley, and Tipton)... ... Eccleshall (Bierlew) Ecclesfield (Barnsley)... Edmonton (Tottenham) Eton (Iver) Exeter ... Falmouth ... Farnham ... Forehoe (Costessey) Gateshead and Heworth Gravesend and Milton Great Boughton Headington Hoyden ••• • • . • Huddersfield (Golcar and Meltham) Hunslet (Whitkirk, Kirkstall, and Rothwell) ... Isle of Thenet (Ramsgate) ... Kingston-upon-Hull and My ton Leeds ... Leicester ... Leighton Buzzard Lichfield (Rugeley) Liskeard (Callington)... Liverpool Maidstone Maldon (Bradwell) Manchester and Ancoats ... Marlborough Medway (Rochester) ... Neath (Llansamlet and Ystrad- •• ••• - 5 1 ••• - 0 2 .• ••• - 0 5 0 1 2 0 ••• --- 3 0 ... ... - 4 2 .. • - 0 1 - 1 1 -, 1 0 - 3 1 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 6 0 8 0 ... .--- 3 0 .•• -0. 0 1 5 1 . •• 16 0 ••• - 0 1 ••• 2 0 ••• 1 1 ••• 1 0 ••• 0 3 ••• 1 0 ••• 0 1 ••• 1 0 • • - 2 0 ... - 2 0 ... eta ..... 2 2 0....11 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 8 0 ... 21 5 •••. 0 1 ••• ... 0 1 --- 1 0 - 4 0 •.• ... ... - 7 2 - 0 1 - 1 0 17 1 - 0 1 1 • 0 velltey) ••• Newbury (Thatcham) ••• Newcastle•on-Tyne and Byker Nowcastle-under-Lyne Northwich (Weaverham and Over) Oldham ••• ... Pembroke (Tenby) Penzance (St. Ives) ... . Peterborough ... Pontefract and Knottingley Portsea Island ... ~ Preston and Alston Redruth (Illogan) Rochdale (Whardleworth) Rochford Romford Runcorn •.• ••• •• St. Germans (Anthony) ... Salford (Greengate and Re gent•road) ... Sculcoates and Cottingham ... Selby --- Sheffield ••• South Shields (Westoe) Steyning (New Shoreham) ... Stockport ... Stockton (Hartlepool) ... Stoke Damarel (St. Aubyn) Stoke-upon-Trent Stourbridge (Kingswinford) ... Sudbury Tavistock Thetford Totnes (Brixham) Ty nemouth (Blyth) Walsall ... ... Warwick ... West Bromwich (Wednesbury, and Oldbury) ... West Derby (Evertors and Toxteth-park) Whitehaven Whittlesea Wigan, Upholland, and Standish Wirral (Birkenhead) Wisbeach Witney and Burford ... Wolverhampton, Willenhall, .- 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 ..M - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 3 0 2 1 - 3 1 - 0 2 - 1 0 0 1 •• • --- 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 3 6 2 0 ... 4 0 ... 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 9 0 0 1 ••• ... ... 2 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 11 2 ... ••• - 3 0 ••• ... 0 1 1 1 8 o 1 1 ... - 1 0 1 1 and Bilston ... ... ... -- Yarmoutb, Great (Southern)... 16 2 2 0 Total ... ... ... 293 SCOTLAND. Fraserburgh ... ••• ... 2 0 St. Vigeans, Arbroath ... 3 0 Arbroath "ID IGO ... ..... 1 0 Dundee ... ••• ... 1 0 Inverkeithing (since Sept. 24) 12 0 Hawick ... ... .. -- 1 0 St. Andrews ... ... ... --- 1 0 Total ..• .•• •.• 21 0 General total: — Metropolis ... ... 43 13 Country 293 64 Scotland 21 0 Total ... NOTE.—The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it i• found im. practicable to distiaguish every place separately. CHOLERA. DIARRHEA. Wed. Thu. Wed. Thu. LONDON. Oct. OCt. Oct. Oct. 3d. 4th. 3d. 4th. West Districts ... 8 4 1 2 North Districts ... 2 2 3 4 Central Districts ... 2 5 2 2 East Districts ... 11 14 4 3 South Districts ... 15 18 9 2 43 19 13 Total APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following gentlemen passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day :—Joseph Skelding, Bridgenorth; Robert Hamilton, Ipswich ; George Paton, Wethorby ; John Anderson, London ; William Robert Stewart, London ; Clement Madeley Smith, Horncastle. The difference between those whom the world esteems as good, and those whom it condemns as bad, i s in many cases little else than that the former have been better sheltered from temptation.—Eliza Journal RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK. On Thursday the adjourned meetings of this com pany were held at York. There was only a small attendance of shareholders, as a notification had been given that the business would be merely formal. The Lord Mayor of York presided. The first business was to adjourn again the meeting of the 4th of May last, which had been ad journed from time to time. Mr. CLOSE, the secretary, having read the notice, The CHAIRMAN said, owing to circumstances over which the committee had no control, they were un able to present their final report to this meeting. They would, however, in the course of Friday or Saturday issue an intermediate one, relating to the election of a board of directors and the future ma nagement of the company. In that report the share holders would have certain important questions mooted, which he hoped they would carefully consider against the next meeting, which was proposed to be held on the 25th instant. Mr. LOVE then moved that this meeting be further adjourned to the 25th of this month, to take place at half-past eleven A.M. Mr. BARSTOW, of Nunthorpe, seconded the motion, and it was carried. The LORD MAYOR having signified his inability to remain longer, Mr. LOVE WIIS called upon to preside over the ad journed extraordinary meeting. The formal opening thereof having taken place, Mr. FLEWS moved that it be further adjourned to the 25th instant, at a quarter to twelve. This motion was also seconded, and carried. The Cuaiamast next proceeded to the adjournment of the half yearly meeting. He said it was proposed that this meeting be adjourned to the 25th instant fur the purpose of enabling the committee to make their final report, and also to present the report of the accounts for the half-year. These accounts, he un derstood, would be ready for the committee to-day, and they would then give them that consideration which their importance demanded. Mr. Alderman MATTERSON proposed the resolution for the adjournment of the meeting, which «as se conded by Air. RAMSEY. Mr. T. GRAY, of Newcastle, said, in the last report of the committee an alteration in the fares of this com pany was suggested, and since then alterations had been made, and were now acted upon. In the north part of the line the alterations had given general satis tactien, and it was the impression there that the com pany would suffer considerable loss by the changes which had been made. Would the chairman explain the circumstances which had led to the changes ? Mr. APLARkS, one of the committee, thought it would be satisfactory for the public to know that there were important alterations on the main trunk line from York to Berwick, whilst there were altera tions on the minor branches and the market trains. The circumstances were these :—The fares were not the same all over the line. At the Berwick end they were very considerably lower than the York end. At the Berwick end the second-class fare was at the rate of lid. per mile; at the York end at the rate of 2d. per mile. At the Berwick end third class id., but lid. at York. And whilst the first• class at the Berwick end was 2id., it was 31. at the York end. The railway being one, and being placed throughout in the same circumstances as to dividend, &c , it seemed to the directors contrary both to prin ciple and expediency that there should be so great a difference in the rate of charging, and therefore they altered them all over the line. So far as Newcastle and York were concerned, the reduction was from 20s. to 16s. 6d. for first-class, whilst at the Berwick end there would be a difference of about I s. 'Then as to the second class, at the Berwick end the rates had been raised from lid. to 2d., and the third class from Id. to lid. The object in reducing the first class fares, whilst they kept the second class at the Parliamentary maximum, was to secure a larger number of first-classs passengers. His observation of the average number of first class passengers gave this result :—By the train leaving Berwick at eight o'clock he had observed, on an average, three first-class and a dozen second-class ; but since the alteration on two occasions, he had observed 12 first-class and 10 second-class passengers. Thus, as far as they could draw a general opinion from one fact, they found that the alteration had been decidedly beneficial. The committee thought the change was on a sound principle ; but, unfortunately, the clear ing-house had not given effect to the change, for until yesterday (Wednesday), at the North British, they IN ere charging on the old principle. When the changes have had a fair trial he thought they would be found to be very beneficial.—(Hear.) Then as to the market-trains, the fares for which had been raised to one fare and a half, so that instead of some parts of the line being charged double, they were now equalized throughout at one fare and a half. This was, hoNs ever, a subject which would receive further attention from the board. His opinion was, that the increased rates, whilst they would increase the revenue of the company, would not press hardly upon any one. Increased fares naturally lead to irritation, and the committee were not at all surprised that in some quar ters the public should be irritated. It seemed to them that if they could not revise the fares the chances of receiving a large dividend would be small indeed. They were running trains from Newcastle to South Shields at a halfpenny per mile, but then they had the river steam-boats to compete with. Then, as to the increased fares from Newcastle to Sunderland, he thought the complaints were made unjustly. The distance between these two places is eleven miles. By the rule now laid down first-class passengers were charged 2s. 9d. for eleven miles, but in this case they were only charged Is. Bd. For second class the charge would be Is. 10d., but be tween these two places they were only chargedhl t is. 4d.; by the third class the fare was only 9d., whilst on other parts of the line the charge would be eleven that times lid. He thought that when .these. the people of were considered, they wo uld see of that locality had no righ t to complain. Ile ex• plained, however, that if after trial these alterations w ere found to militate against the interests of th e co mpany, the hoard would not be against re-altering them. Mr. RAMSEY asked if they were to thank the Hon. Member for Sunderland for allowing the people of that town to travel chewr than other persons Mr. M'LAREN did no t k now whom they mere to thank, but such was the fact. After a short conversation, Mr. G RAY o b serve d , the quest i on he had asked had elicited rem ar k s w hi c h h a d g i ven hi m cons id era bl e satisfaction ; but still he had his doubts whether the changes would be beneficial. Mr. LEEMAN, secretary to the committee, said the time had now come when railway companies must apply to Parliament for power to lay increased rates of travelling, He believed that next session of Par liament a general application would be made to the Legislature, and it appeared to him that the public could not reasonably oppose it, seeing they enjoyed such great advantages by this mode of travelling. The motion was carried; and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS. The following set of questions, pointing to general provisions, have been issued to the incumbents of all the parishes in the metropolis by the General Board of Health : " Queries issued under the statute 12 and 13 Victoria, cap. 3, sec. 9 and 11, in respect to intramural inter ments in the metropolis. " 1. What is the name of your church or chapel? ar d inwhatyarish or district is it? "2. "rave you any consecrated bur A-grounds, and where situate? "3. What is the extent of each in square yards as near as you can tell? "4. About what quantity in each ground (stated in square yards) has been appropriated by faculty or by purchase? _ _ " 5. About what is the quantity of the above of which the owners are at present unknown? State the quan tity in square yards. "G. Are the burial-grounds, or all or any of them, open for use? " 7. If closed, when, and by what authority? "8. What is the txt(nt of the vaults, tombs, or brick graves under the church or chapel; how much of same is occupied? State generally what interments have taken place under your church or chapel, and still con tinue to take place. Is there room for many more inter ments in them? "9. Are there any other burial-grounds in your parish or district not connected with the Church of England; and if any, what, to what extent, and by whom held? 10. What is the population of your parish or dis- trict? " 11. Please to state, if you know, the number of deaths annually. " 12. What was the total number of interments within the burial-grounds, vaults, tombs, within your parish or district, connected with your church, in the years 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848? " 13. Please to state the relative proportion of the persons of the several classes interred, as far as you are able, specifying— " 1. The gentry and professional persons. " 2. Tradesmen and shopkeepers. " 3. Mechanics and labourers. " 4. Paupers. " [Note.—lf the rank of the parties interred be un known to you, please to state the proportions of those buried in vaults, i❑ private graves, and in public graves. The answer to this may partly be derived from the rate of fees paid on occasion of each interment, and may be set forth in the annexed schedule.] " 14. How and when was each burial-ground ob tained ? by immemorial occupation, by purchase, or by gift ? " 15. Do you know whether the burial-ground is sub ject to any permanent charge either to the incumbent or to anyone else? " [Note.—Such cases as where the ♦icar's glebe has been taken for a burial-ground ; or a fixed sum is paid to the incumbent in lieu of fees ; or money borrowed for the purchase of the ground on security of the rates or fees.] " 16. Do the parishioners pay any fee to the churchwardens for interment in the burial-ground, or do the incumbent, clerk, or sexton only receive fees? " 17. To whom are the fees paid if yours be a district church or chapel ? " 18. How long is it probable that the present burial ground will be sufficient for the purpose of burial ? " 19. Are the grounds surrounded by dwelling-houses or other buildings, and to what extent, or iu what man ner enclosed, and what is the relative level of the burial ground compared with the adjacent streets ? " 20. On what days of the week, and at what hours, are funerals most frequent "21. Enclose a copy of table of fees relating to inter ments, monuments, tablets, &c., both in respect of church and chapel, and of charch and chapel burial grounds. " 22. Who receives orders for the interments in the burial-grounds, vaults, ' &c. ? and who selects the sites for interments ? the clerk or the sexton ? and who keeps the register? " 23. Have you any suggestions to offer in reference to the burial-grounds? if so, please to state them 7" TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—lfossuth ' s Protest against Russian Intel yen lion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out the Testimonini. 4 ,„'" All further Post-office orders to be made payable to Murdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... . £I,IOO 1 I From a Few Friends, for Freedom and Hungary, per A. A., Glasgow— through Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M ... 5 0 0 11. Pickering, Mahon, Yorkshire ... ... 0 5 0 Thirteen Friends ct Hungary, Rose-hill, Brigh ton, per Richard Ridley, printer ... 0 13 0 Mr. Jonathan Streeter, Brighton, per Lord Dudley C. Stuart, M.P. ... 1 0 0 Total ... .Z 1,106 19 1} SUICIDE or A CAB PRORFIETOR.—Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the R ill way Tavern, York-road, Lambeth, on the body of Air. Thomas Walker, aged 35, the large cab proprietor of the York road. Mr. C. Carruthers, surgeon, of the York-road, said that the deceased had been under his medical treatment during the last ten days. He was suffering from consumption. On Wednesday last, on passing the house, he heard something which induced him to go to the deceased's bedroom. He then found a wound in the deceased's throat, which had evidently been inflicted with a razor. Witness sewed up the wound and did all that was possible for deceased, but without effect, and he died in about four hours and a half. He considered that when he committed the act his mind was not in a sound state. The brother and also a sister of deceased were examined, from whose evidence it appeared that the unfortunate man had made an excuse for them to take him a drawer containing some papers, but which also contained the razor. This he succeeded in con cealing, and during the temporary absence of his brother he inflicted the fatal wound. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." A WEALTHY IRISHMAN.--Probate upon the will of the late Mr. William Murphy, the extensive grazier, has been just paid. The property is sworn tinder 645,000/. No sum approaching this has been left by any private person in Ireland since the death of Mr. Natha niel Hone, whose property was sworn under 500,0001. ANTIQUITIES FROM BOMBAY.—The ship La Belle Alliance, which bas arrived in the docks from Bombay, has brought several cases of Ninevite sculptures as a portion of her cargo. These antiquities are not in this instance specially consigned to the Government autho rities for deposit in the national receptacles, whatever may be their intended ultimate destination, but are con signed to a person in this country of wealth and taste. The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier have arrived at Seville, where they are to remain during the winter. They were received with great demonstrations of joy by the inhabitants. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—The works of thisline between Newport end Gloucester are going on rapidly, and portions of the permanent way are being laid. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TO WINDSOR.—ThiS company have made arrangements for opening their line from Slough to Windsor on Monday. PROPOSED COMPLETION OF THE WATERFORD AND LIMERICK RAILWAY.-The engineer who constructed the London and Brighton Railway is now in Caber, with a staff of assistants, surveying the unfinished parts of the Waterford and Limerick Railway, previous to making a proposal to the company of constructing the line to Carrick-on-Suir, which he considers to be the proper terminus, provided the river Suir is improved and made navigable for vessels of 200 and 300 tons burden.— C/o 11771e1 Chronicle. POVERTY AND CRIME.--A terrible " drams," to borrow the expression of the Constitutionnel, was enacted a day or two ago at the barrier° do Passy. A pastry cook, whose affairs were not very prosperous, thought to better his condition by establishing two shops in the interior of Paris, one in the passage Vero-Dueler, and the other in the house of a brother. Three days ago, the brother repaired to Passy for orders, but was told that the indigence of his relation rendered it necessary to shut up shop altogether. The same answer was repeated the following day. At the expiration of the third, the doors of the house at Passy were found to b© fastened; they were broken open by the police, and four corpses were found stretched on the floor. The wretched pastry cook had, it appears, prepared a " last supper," of which b e partook with his family, and having well seasoned the meats with arsenic, poisoned himself and his wife and two young aildren at the same time. POACHING. —On Monday night three men, one carrying a gun, were discovered poaching on the farm of Mr. Abraham Garrad, at Layer de Is Hay ; they were overtaken by Mr. Henry Garrad and the looker, named Barrel], by whom they were followed for'some distance. The men had no sooner got off Mr. Garrad's land thun they turned round, and having armed them• selves with two bludgeons, defied their pursuers to fol low them further, threatening to beat their brains out if they did. Neither of them, however, showed inti midation at the threat, and the parties shortly after wards bolted, and were chased as far as Abberton, where they wero lost sight of. The police have not yet ascertained the names of the parties concerned.— Essex Herald. THE BLESSINGS OF SLAVERY.-Eight slaves re cently attempted to cross the Ohio river, belo w Mays ville, in order to get into Ohio and secure their free dom. There were too many of them for the sluff, which upset, and four were drowned. The other four clung to the bottom and cried for help, which came to them in the shape of a gentleman, who bad them all put in gaol for their masters. Another slave, who was helping them across, was flogged to the extent of the law— thirty nine lashes. 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