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

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. TIMES.—We have perused with attention the whole correspondence published by the official journal of the United States, with reference to the transac tions which led to the cessation of intercourse be tween the American Government and M. Guillaume Tell Poussin, the accredited Minister of France, and we publish in another place the three very extra ordinary letters which appear to have terminated this dispute. That of Mr. Clayton, the American Secre tary of State, addressed directly to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs (contrary to all diplo matic usage), is certainly a very startling produc tion, and whatever may have been the indiscretion of if. Poussin, it must be confessed that the tone of the Minister of the United States is such as has seldom been employed in the relations of one friendly State to another. If language " highly offensive and discourteous, both in manner and in substance," be a disqualification for public duties, Mr. Clayton has rendered himself obnoxious to the charge of using it ; and his communications both to M. Poussin and to M. de Tocqueville are in the style usually adopted by the head of a department in reprimanding his own subordinates, but are utterly unfit to be addressed to the co equal Ministers of a foreign Power. M. de Tocqueville's dispatch, on the other hand, is marked by an evident, and perhaps an excessive, desire to smooth over an incident for which he could not be held personally responsible. With regard to the merits of the two claims for compensa tion in which the disputes originated, we infer from these papers that an impartial umpire would decide one of them in favour of France, the other against her. M. Porte had purchased 500 bales of tobacco, at a public sale by authority, which took place in the American barracks at Puebla. Two weeks after wards it was discovered that this property had been wrongfully seized and sold, and it was forcibly taken back fromlM. Porte's warehouse by American soldiers, the purchase-money being returned to M. Porte ; but in the meantime this tobacco had. been twice resold at a profit, and M. Porte was made not only to forego his own profit, but to indem nify the next purchaser for that which he would have realised if the sale had been a good one. The American authorities having committed the ori ginal blunder of selling this property with a bad title, would seem to be bound to make good the losses or profits which had accrued on subsequent transfers. Suppose that at a Custom-house sale in this country property which had been improperly seized was dis posed of to the highest bidder, and that this property had subsequently passed from hand to hand in the operations of trade • it would be intolerable for the Government to seek to cure its own error by an nulling a series of posterior bona fide transactions. The more equitable course would be to indemnify the original owner whose property was wrongfully seized. In this case an attempt was made to show that M. Porte knew that the tobacco in question was private property, and could not be legally dis posed of; but in the case of a military sale of con fiscated property this fact would scarcely alter the question, and the fact itself was by no means proved. Upon the whole, then, we think that M. Porte's claim was entitled to favourable consideration from the American Government, and certainly could not be disposed of by a curt refusal. In the second case, the French Government raised an objection to the payment of salvage, on the ground that the service which rescued a brig and her crew from certain de struction was rendered by a steamer of war of the United States navy. This objection is clearly un founded in law. The books are full of instances of claims of salvage allowed to salvors in the maritime service of different States ; and it is a matter of public policy that officers and crews of all vessels should have the same inducement of salvage or profit to in duce them to hazard their own lives in rescuing other vessels from shipwreck. This doctrine has been con stantly acted upon by the Admiralty Courts of all maritime nations, and it is for the interest of French shipping that it should not be repu diated by France. Commander Carpender's claim for salvage was, we think, a good one, though he subsequently abandoned it, and the French Minister had certainly no right to demand the censure of an officer who had only asked that acknowledgment of his services to which the mari time law entitled him. Such questions as these are of course open to discussion and to differences of legal opinion, but to quarrel about them indicates a com plete absence of that dignity which the American Ministers seems so anxious to assert. They must, moreover, have been perfectly aware at the moment that they broke off their intercourse:with M. Poussin, that the French Government was on the point of recalling him, and that the appointment of his suc cessor had for some weeks been under consideration. Mr. Clayton's letter of the 14th inst. was there fore a gratuitous embarrassment to the French Government, aimed not so much at M. Poussin as at the French Foreign Minister himself. It would have been well for the credit of the American statesmen if they had more fully consi dered and followed the most important precedent afforded by their own history in a case of this nature, which places in a very striking light the forbearance and wisdom of the immortal founders of their own commonwealth. Citizen Genet, who was dispatched as French Minister to Washington in 1793, was in his way a sort of M. Poussin. War had just broken out between France and England, and the whole solicitude of the American Government, then presided over by Washington himself, was directed to the maintenance of the neutrality of the United States. Genet openly set this policy of the American Go vernment at defiance. He illegally issued commis sions to privateers, and even equipped armed vessels in neutral harbours. He bullied and outraged the Go vernment ; he intrigued with the war-party in the House of Representatives. The Cabinet demanded his recal, for which, indeed, there was ample cause. Some members of the Government pro posed that his passports should be sent him, but this harsh measure was steadily opposed both by the President and by Mr. Jefferson, for they viewed it, as in all cases, insulting to the nation which had the misfortune to be represented by such a man, and they found that it had seldom been resorted to without leading to war. Their patience was rewarded, for M. Genet was shortly afterwards superseded, and remained in America in the station of a private citizen. The same result might have been attained without this fracas in the present in stance. In recent times we have witnessed a more frequent repetition of this proceeding, which was unknown to the more formal habits of the last cen tury, except in most serious cases of rupture. But we revert to the subject chiefly to deprecate such methods of self-redress as discourteous, dangerous, and undignified. They tend to lessen that indepen dence with which it may sometimes be the duty of a foreign envoy to speak and act in the discharge of his public duty. They flatter the lowest order of popular passions at the expense of the Ifeelings and the con sideration due to a foreign country ; and every case in which such an event has taken place without leading to more serious consequences serves as a pre cedent to cause the repetition of the practice to be lightly thought of. Lastly, they introduce a novel and inconvenient distinction between the person of an envoy and his public commission, which lowers his official character and effaces the public and national stamp which ought to belong indelibly to all his actions. CHRONICLE.—The Hungarian refugees may be considered safe from Imperial indignation by this time ; and, notwithstanding the arrival (or expected arrival) of English, French, and Austrian fleets in the Bosphorus, we apprehend no immediate danger to the peace of Europe from the recent misunderstand ing between the Czar and the Sultan. , But the state of the affair, and the relative position of the parties, are far from satisfactory ; and it strikes us that the line of defence, or apology, adopted by the agents and self-termed friends of Russia in this country, has not been particularly remarkable for sound judgment or for tact. We have been told, apparently from diplomatic authority, that there is no harm in asking; that the right to prefer an unreasonable claim stands upon the same footing as the right to refuse it ; and that a refusal simply leaves a claimant where he was. But this is a mistake, and would imply a very low tone of public morals. There is a laxity of principle in preferring an unfounded claim, and a loss of self-respect or dignity in abandoning it on the first exposure of its groundlessness. Our estimate of the Emperor's character would rather lead us to suppose that he was carried away by a sudden im pulse, that he mistook the treaties, or that his am bassadors exceeded their instructions, than that he simply meant to try the effect of a Nor willsurpriserude or . startling menace upon the Porte.rationalf anxiety be quieted by the con fid ent assurances persons or personages who can h ave no exclusive likeet w o e u e r n e . knowledge of what passed at Constantinople the representatives of the five Powers, send, selves ' can do no more than speculate on th e e ff ect which the remonstrances of England and France may produce at St. Petersburgh. The French papers, so far as they have yet spoken out, condemn the Emperor, but they do not go beyond strong cen sure; they make no appeal to arms; and they attach no paramount importance to his demand, except as indicating a determination to fix a speedy quarrel upon Turkey, and then drive her out of Europe, or at least attach her Danubian territory to his own. In support of this view, the Assemblie Na tionale (a Conservative journal, which an evening contemporary has kindly associated with ourselves in the alleged design of setting France and England to gether by the ears) points attention to the complete revolution effected in the politics of the south-eastern division of Europe by the close alliance of Russia with Austria, which, in all former disputes between the Czar and the Sultan, invariably took part against the Czar. Austria is the only power that could throw two hundred thousand men upon the flank of the Russians in their advance upon Constantinople; and THE it was the threatened advance of Marshal Wittgen stein's army that enabled Prince Metternich to inter vene with effect in favour of the Ottoman Empire in 1828. How long could Turkey hold out single handed against her old enemy leagued with her old ally ? Her troops may be brave and her coffers well filled; but a nation in the transition state between bar barism and refinement, has lost the force of fanaticism without acquiring that of civilization ; and fearfully outnumbered, as she infallibly must be, she might be crushed, unless France and England were to hurry to the rescue in good earnest, and back her with both an army and a fleet. Could they, or either of them, do this, without virtually making common cause with the insurgents in Hungary and Poland, as well as with the dissatisfied population of Germany and Italy? And then (ask the French movement party) would England—orderly, insular, self-seeking England— co-operate in such a course ? Nay, would Lord Pal merston himself, fond as he is of exciting an occasional disturbance in an allied State, consent to kindle what Canning wisely deprecated as " a war of opinions" throughout the world? " -- Beware Of entering in a quarrel, but once in Bear it that the opposer may beware of thee." If (which we earnestly deprecate) a hostile interven tion should be forced upon us, we must abide all consequences; and Great Britain has more than once succeeded (as in the cases of Spain and Portugal) in upholding or restoring the independence of an op pressed nation, against far greater odds than she would have to enconnter as the unflinching ally of Turkey. As to the dispositions of the French people we believe that the best of them, including most of the higher and nearly all the middle class, , are ad mirably disposed towards this country. Ihe Presi siden t, so far as his personal feelings are concerned, would certainly prefer the English alliance. But an influential section of the Moderates, headed by Count Mold, are favourable to the Russian alliance ; M. de Lamartine, whose voice still finds a ready echo in the breast of Young France, terms it " the cry of nature," because it would exile England to Asia and the Ocean ; and no one can deny that the volatile character of our neigh bours across the Channel renders it impos sible to calculate on their steady adherence to any set of opinions, or any line of policy to which their Government for the time being might stand pledged. It is understood that the French Government have ratified the proceedings of their representative at the Porte, and have promised to second the remonstrances addressed by the English Government to the Czar. But they decline joining in the note dispatched by Lord Palmerston. The tone of this note appears to be earnest, dignified, and conciliatory. Ample justice is done to the intentions of the Emperor in seeking to make himself the bulwark of social order and the champion of stability. There is no approach to me nace, and the possible consequences of obduracy on his part are shadowed out with a degree of vagueness which does the highest credit to. Lord Palmerston's diplomatic penmanship. This is surely the wisest and most effective mode of addressing a Sovereign who possesses an army of 700,000 men, and is revered and obeyed by more than 60,000,000 of human beings as a god. The only check or limitation on his authority is one mentioned in the Memoirs of Lord Cloncurry, who relates* that one evening at Rome, in a private circle, "the comparative merits of democracy and despotism being under debate, the risk of mischief at the hands of a senseless ill-condi tioned tyrant was urged as more than a counterpoise for the good that could be done by a bene volent and wise autocrat. Against that risk,' ex claimed Count Pahlen, we have a safeguard. Here is the Constitution of Russia!' and starting up he closed the argument by drawing a dagger from his pocket and flinging it upon the table. The dagger and the cord have certainly played a prominent part in Russian history ; but the present Czar is idolized by the hulk of his subjects, and perseverance in his late demand would certainly cause noim mediate diminution of his popularity. Fully admitting, however, the giant strength of des potism, and perfectly conscious of the habits of occasionally uncontrollable self-will engendered by it, we are as far as ever from believing that reason, justice, and hnmani will be deliberately disre garded or defied. We say, with Mr. Webster, the American orator :—" This reasoning mistakes the age. Moral causes come into play as the progress of knowledge is advanced ; and the public opinion of the civilized world is rapidly gaining an ascendancy over the mere brute force. No matter what fields are desolated, what fortresses surrendered, or what provinces overrun. There is an enemy that still exists to check the glory of these triumphs. It fol lows the conqueror back to the very scene of his ovations : it calls upon him to take notice that Eu rope, though silent, is still indignant: it shows him that the sceptre of his victory is a barren sceptre : that it shall confer neither joy nor honour, but moul der to dry ashes in his grasp. In the midst of his exultation, it pierces his ear with the cry of injured justice : it turns to bitterness the cup of his rejoicing, and wounds him with the sting which belongs to the consciousness of having outraged the opinion of mankind." Will the enlightened and cultivated Emperor of Russia recklessly confront such an enemy ? We deliberately repeat our conviction that he will not. HERALD. —In another part of our journal of to day will be found a most interesting letter of Louis Kossutb, the late Dictat or o f H ungary, d a t e d Wid din, Sept. 20, and addressed to Viscount Palmerston, herltjajesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. When it is remembered that this man, lately the Dictator of his country, and within the last six weeks all-powerful from Presburg and Pesth to the frontiers of the Turkish Empire, is now a wanderer and a fugitive—a suppliant for a resting-place to men of a race and a faith different in all respects from his own—one is tempted to reflect on the mutability of fortune—to remember how fleeting is political fame —to consider what a mere echo i s p o liti ca l renown even in countries not labouring under the throes of revolution or great and sudden political changes. At any time, however, the eloquent words of Kossuth would find a ready acceptance and echo in England. Though forced into extreme opinions by the nature of his position and unfortunate conjuncture of cir cumstances—yet men of all shades of political opinion in this country have felt that the original cause for which Kossuth combatted was founded in law—in charter—and in prescription—that he at first sought to obtain for Hungary that to which Hungary was clearly entitled—her ancient laws—her ancient constitution—her separate administration. Though the Dictator may have since gone beyond his original intent in pronouncing the deposition of the House of Hapsburg, yet there are not wanting those who would justify so extreme a step, and the majority of even moderate men are not slow to allow, that, if not jus tifiable, there are many palliations and excuses to be offered for a proceeding which, at the first blush, seems to have been rash as well as unwise, and politi cally inexpedient. Without, however, entering into these debateable questions —every generous, candid, and noble mind will be inclined to pause on the words of a remarkable, though a fallen man—on the words of one who, if he have erred, has suffered, and i s n ow suffering, for his error—on the words of one who, it is certain, has not enriched himself by the ruin of his country. Kossuth states, and we believe be states truly, that the Hungarian insurrection was not prompted by the spirit of disorder, or the ambitious views of a faction. Hungary has ever been loyal to her Sovereigns in the worst of times, but Hungary has ever felt that if subjects had duties, so had Sovereigns, and it was not until she was threatened with utter annihilation as a nation that the kingdom of Hungary remembered that she owed a faithful adherence to her own charter and to the House of Hapsburg only so long as that charter and that constitution were preserved inviolate. In the struggle so long and so gloriously maintained Hungary has fallen; but she has fallen by a success which must in the end be more untoward to Austria than defeat and disaster now are to Hungary. Be this, however, as it may, all the most prominent of the actors in the Hungarian quarrel, and many of the troops, have taken refuge in the Turkish terri tory. They received the assurance that they were welcome guests, and that they would receive the pro tection of the Padisha of Widdin. For four weeks this protection was accordingly accorded to them. But at the end of that period a fresh demand having been made for their delivery by the cruel Czar of Russia, it was intimated to Kossuth, to Casimir Bathyani, to Messaros, to Perczel, and to the other civilians as well as military men, that they would be surrendered unless they abjured the faith of their fore fathers in the religion of Christ, and at once be. came Mussulmen. .T.hus, as Kossuth says, five thousand Christians are placed in the terrible alternative, either of facing the scaffold or of purchasing their lives by abandoning their faith. How much less civilized—how much more hard hearted are hlelarted are men in Austria in 1849 than in 1739, just helplessyearesh antecedently.children—far The true-hearted wife of him, are, like Madame poor old mother—his innocent and far from being permitted to join prisonersM sdana e in zetkhoerhieasn, Ketzriz and herchildren—liketheein Austrians. Co u n p t eesrsh Perhaps r s e w z y e , dasnodf Guyon—like Countess Madame Rufhay, kept close shot or perhaps of may next hear of their b their being more mercifully or attentive decapitated. return to the letter of Kossuth. Th d t ee d. To document will, mournful as it is, well rep a y an The subject touched on in so melancholy utl a ve straiperusal. the Hungarian Dictator is not exhausted, and we by shall have occasion to recur to it again and again. we IRISH PRODUCE.—The vessel Geraldine, arrived in the river from Tralee, has brought 127 tons weight of slate slabs, forming the cargo ; and the ship Adam, arrived on the same day from Londonderry, has brought 72 tons weight of muriate of potash, forming her entire cargo. SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENTING, OCTOBER 10, 1849, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. After the business of the court was concluded a Mr. Fowler, of the firm of W. L. Nicholls and Co., 16, Aldersgate-street, London, entered the court, and addressing Sir Peter Laurie said, that knowing his desire at all time to expose anything like fraud or deception, he had thought it most advisable to call his attention to a person in Dublin who was now trying tovictimize the tradesmen of London, and whohe could prove was nothing better than a swindler. If Sir Peter had no objection, he would read the letters, and it would then be seen what sort of a person the indi vidual was to whom he had alluded. The first was as follows : "Dublin, August, 20. "Mr. Nicholls : Sir,—Please to send me a sketch and prices of Fairbank's weighing machines. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " JOHN CRAWFORD, Merchant. "Mr. Nicholls, 16, Aldersgate-street, Dindon." Mr. Fowler said, that on the 24th of August an answer was sent, stating the prices, with 15 per cent. discount, and an extra 5 per cent. for prompt cash with good references, or cash before delivery. On the 25th they received the following letter : " Dublin, August 24. "Gentlemen,—ln reply to yours of the 22d inst., please to forward, per British and Irish Steam-packet Company, six weighing machines, 5 cwt., 51. 55., with wheels, and one ditto, 10 cwt., 81. Bs., without wheels. "Discount, 15 per cent., and 5 per cent. off net for prompt cash.—l am, gentlemen, yours respectfully, "JOHN CRAWFORD. " Messrs. W. L. Nicholls and Co." He (Mr. Fowler) answered this letter on the 27th of August, requesting some references, or a banker's order, before the goods could be sent to a stranger. Sir P. LAURIE—A very proper precaution. Mr. Fowler—On the 28th we received the following communication : "Dublin, Aug. 28. "Messrs. W. L. Nicholls and Co. "Gentlemen,—Agreeable with your request, I beg reference to Mr. Maurice Nolan Cordwood, merchant, /1, Hawkins-street, or Mr. James Clancy, discount office, 10, Anglesea-street, both of this city. " I am, gentlemen, yours respectfully, "JOHN CRAWFORD. _ _ " Mews. W. L. Nicholls and Co., 16, Aldersgate-street, London." lie might here remark that neither the first or third letters were paid, although there was something like the appearance of a stamp having been on. His sus picions were aroused, and he wrote back to Mr. Crawford on the '29th of August, saying that he should prefer references in London or cash, and also should like that he paid for his letters, and would forward four postage stamps for those unpaid. Not receiving any answer, and seeing the report in the papers, which came before Sir P. Laurie, respecting the attempt by Gilmour to obtain goods from Mr. Tidmarsh, of Eyre-street hill, Holborn, under similar circumstances, he suspected that his customer might be in some way connected with that person, and therefore he called on Mr. Tidmarsh for the purpose of comparing the handwriting. They, however, did not agree ; and by Mr. Tidmarsh's advice, he wrote the following letter to the Mayor of Dublin :- 16, Aldersgate-street, London, Sept. 29. "My Lord Mayor,—ln consequence of some proved swindlers having within the last few weeks attempted to obtain goods from London tradesmen, but which attempt was frustrated and exposed by Sir P. Laurie and the Mayor of Liverpool; and having also received an order from a stranger (to us) of your city, whose letters bear suspicious appearance, we have taken the liberty to address your Lordship, thinking you will feel happy in protecting the characters of respectable parties from unfoundQd suspicion, and equally willing to expose to the world all trickery and fraud. . " Herewith is enclosed three letters from the party who has written to us, with our answers at the head of each. You will please to observe that the postage of two of the letters was unpaid, and for which we had to pay double-4d.; also, that we have received no answer to our letter of the 29th ult., which was a . reply to that dated Dublin, Aug. 28, 1849. " We remain respectfully, "Your Lordship's obedient servants, "W. L. NlcHou.s and Co. " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin." On Saturday last they received the following letter from the secretary to the Lord Mayor of Dublin : "Dublin, Mansion-house, Oct. 5. " Sir,—l am directed by the Lord Mayor to acknow ledge the receipt of your enclosures of the 29th ult., and in reply, to inform you that his Lordship, on inquiry, has learned that your correspondent, Mr. Crawford, of Dublin, is a person of no means or character as a trader, and there is much reason to suspect that his referees, Mr. Clancy, of Anglesea-street, and Mr. Nolan, of Haw kins-street, are in collusion with him for the purpose of defrauding London merchants. " The affair is in the hands of the proper authorities here with the 'view of identifying those persons with these malpractices. "I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, "TIMOTHY O'BRIEN, jail., " Secretary to the Lord Mayor. " Mr. W. L. Nicholls, 16, Aldersgate-street, London." Sir P. LAURIE observed, that the tradesmen of London ought to be exceedingly obliged to the Lord Mayor of Dublin for the promptness with which he had attended to Mr. Nicholls' letter and the informa tion he bad forwarded respecting the parties. He (Sir P. Laurie), however, did not see how he could be of any beneficial good. Mr. Fowler said, that he merely called for the purpose of publicly exposing such a person before tradesmen should be taken in previous to his charac ter being known, as there were many tradesmen who were most anxious to execute an order speedily, with out taking the very necessary precaution of making inquiries. He held in his hands some numbers of _ _ .he Trade Protection Record, and he there found that from the 30th of June his name was published as being a bad character, and well known to all the protection societies, and there could be little doubt that he was carrying on a regular system of swind ling. Sir P. LAURIE said, that cases like the present could not receive too much publicity; and he al ways was of opinion that the vigilance of the press in exposing such persons did more good than all the trials at the Old Bailey in defeating the schemes of such parties. Although he had no control over the matter, still he was exceedingly glad Mr. Fowler had come forward and made the state ment which he had done that day. Mr. Fowler thanked Sir P. Laurie for his atten tion and withdrew. MARYLEBONE. James Cavanagh was brought before Mr. Brough ton, charged on a warrant with having made an atrocious attack upon police-constable Leonard, 50 D, with a shoemaker's knife. The outrage took place on the 21st of August, since which period the accused has, until the last day or two, kept out of the way, knowing well that proceedings would be taken against him. The MAGISTRATE, after remarking upon the nature of the charge, and considering whether he should not send the prisoner to take his trial for the offence, ultimately came to the determination of dealing with the case summarily as an assault of a serious descrip tion, and inflicted a penalty of 51., in default of pay ment, two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. did walk before me, holding my hand in his. He stopped three times, and appeared to be listening, and then went on again. Going along he put bis arm round my neck several times and kissed me, and at last he put his arm round my neck, kissed me, and then stuck something sharp into my throat. I put up my hands directly and fell on the ground, and while I was down he kneeled on me and put his fingers on my throat, and held me down. I tried to speak, but could not. I also tried to bite his hand, and succeeded in doing so slightly, but he held my throat so tight that I could not close my mouth to bite him hard. I tried to say " You wretch," but could not. I got his hands away and got up on my knees, and then he knocked me down with a pistol. I saw it was a pistol. I got on my knees again and got hold of his right hand, and found there was some thing sharp, I thought a knife, in it. I got hold of it, and as I held it he put his hand to the back part of my head and his knee to my back, and so held me down while I had hold of the knife. I held it until it snapped to pieces. I felt something sharp cut the side of my neck. I got on my knees again, and then found he was gone. I did not hear or see him go. When I got up to walk away I felt that my throat was cut, and took up my gown and held it to the I, wound in my throat, but every time I breathed I 'felt the blood rush out. I got back over the same stile, and walked and ran until I got to a small cottage, and afterwards I was taken to the house of Mr. Ray, a surgeon, at Dulwich, where my wounds were dressed. I had no quarrel with the prisoner, but on the Monday before this happened I wrote to him because he had not come to see me as he had promised, saying I should write to my grandmother and go home to my friends ; that I had forsaken all for his sake, and that he ought not to serve me so; and, as we were walking together, he said—" What did you send me such a threatening letter for; did you mean it ?"—and I said " No, I didn't mean it." Ile said, " Well, I thought not." I told him I only did it to frighten him ; and it passed off then, and he said nothing more about it. Going through Dul wich, he said he had only got three halfpence more than was necessary to pay the train, but asked me to have a glass of ale, which I refused, saying I should do without it until I got to Croydon. He said there was something there for supper that he knew I should like, and some brandy also. There were no angry words between us at all. I knew he was in the habit of carrying pistols about him. I recollect every word in the letter I received that day from the prisoner. I gave that letter to him when I met him at Brixton, as he di rected me, and I have not seen it since. The letter said—" My dear Sarah, meet me at Brixton Church at eight o'clock to-morrow night. Don't come if you don't bring this letter with you. lam going to take you to Croydon. Don't tell Mrs. Chapman where you are going. If you don't bring this letter don't come. I remain, yours for ever,—S. Jordan." I read the letter over so often that I am sure that was what was in it. I read it over so often because I could not tell what might be meant. He had dated it the 17th, but it came to me on the morning of the 19th at nine o'clock, and so I thought he meant that night. The letter was written in pencil. I was in service until the 25th of July, when I left, by the prisoner's direction, to be married to him. I had given notice at the Registrar's office at Lambeth workhouse by his directions, and on the 25th of July, when I left my service, I went to Mr. Fraser's chapel, in Regent's-street, to be married to him, but he did not come at the time appointed. I saw him on the same evening, and be told me that his master had taken him out to work at three o'clock in the morn ing, and he could not come to me. William Hunt, a labourer, residing in a small lodge on Dulwich-common, within fifty yards of Dulwich wood, deposed that, on the night of the 19th ult., at about a quarter to ten o'clock, he heard a noise resembling that of a person wheezing, or who had been moaning and was out of breath. The noise came from the wood in the direction of a stile leading to Dulwich-wood. He was in the back garden at the time, and heard the sound of footsteps come to the front door. His wife opened the door, and on doing so screamed aloud, upon which he (witness) went to the door, and saw a person whose face was covered with blood. He was somewhat alarmed at first, but thought it was a trick to frighten himself and family, and pushed the person, who by this time had entered the house, out of it. Observing, however, that it was a woman, he followed her, and came up with her at the toll-gate. He then got a light and looked at her, and perceived that she was bolding her dress to her throat. He asked her if her throat was cut, and she replied it was, upon which he took her to the house of Mr. Raye, the surgeon. Mr. Edward Raye, surgeon, of Dulwich, deposed that on the night of the 19th ult. the prosecutrix was brought to his house, and on examining her he found her bleeding from a wound in the throat, and other wounds on her face and hands, and her whole person was covered with blood. The wound on the throat was three or four inches in length, and pene trated the windpipe just below the root of the tongue. On the right side of the neck there was another wound of about the same length, but only skin deep. Those wounds were produced by a cut ler's instrument. Her head and face were extensively bruised, and upon the scalp were several small wounds in the centre of the bruises, which were pro duced by blows of a blunt instrument. There were several wounds on her hands, made by a cutler's in strument, one of which laid open the joint at the root of the forefinger of the left hand. He dressed her wounds, and bad her conveyed first to the police station at Camberwell, and next to Guy's Hospital The young woman's life was in danger from the wounds in :the thrOat, and also from the blows on the head, which appeared to him to have been given with great violence. A pistol-stock would in flict such injuries, and a razor would make such wounds as those he saw on the throat and hands of the young woman. • Police-constable John Wood, 131 P, deposed to a h n a in _ v d o g t h o e n r th a r e t c i l g e h s t o i f n d q r u e e s s s n in Dulwich - wood, found ui a w ic b a 3 l 6 l o th y e a s r e ds ar f t r ic o l m es t v h ; e e r s e t y v l e e r y c m o s u e c t h o s a t a pol i o ned o fb withl blood, and , blood, as well as the bushes on both sides of the path. The witness also found on the spot a razor-handle broken produced.into jo t h w n o j pieces, eff rey s a , n d a constable, produced the aothb,orttle of blue ink, which he blade of a razor and the stock of a pistol which he found near the spot. Sergeant Pritchard, 22 P, said that On the night in question he went to the house of the prisoner's father, and from there to a house in St. Ann's-road, Brixton, where he found the prisoner in bed. Oo entering his room, and before he (Sergeant Pritchard) spoke, the prisoner said, "It's all right, I know what you have come for, admitted that he had been to Dulwich-wood, and that he knew all about it. On examining the fire-place he found some paper, which had recently been set fire to, and beside it was lying a small portion of a postage-stamp. John Plowman, a labourer, said the prisoner lodged in the same house with him at the time of his appre hension. The razor, or rather remnants of a razor, produced was his, and be had seen it safe in his room on the day of the night upon which the pri soner was apprehended. This witness also identified the pistol-stock produced as belonging to the prisoner. Mr. Charles Sanders, assistant to Mr. B. Cooper, the senior surgeon at Guy's Hospital, under whose care the prosecutrix has been since the 19th of Sep tember, described the injuries she received, and said that for some time her life had teen in great danger. This was the whole of the evidence, and the prisoner, under the advice of Mr. Games, his solicitor, offering nothing in defence, was fully committed for trial. The prisoner, who is of small stature and very juvenile appearance, seemed to treat the serious charge against him with the most perfect indifferenee. In fact, while the evidence was being taken against him, he seemed much less moved than any person in the court, and since his apprehension he seems to have very much improved in his appearance. At the con clusion of the case the unfortunate young woman, who so miraculously escaped from the assassin's hands, and the doom for which she was marked as the victim, was directed to be taken back to the hospital. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. At the Court at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, the 6th day of October, 1849. Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty i❑ Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the representation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint the Rev. John Pilkington Nurris, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to be one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 3. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant and Adju tant William Stratton Aslett to be Captain, vice Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Robinson, deceased; Second Lieutenant Charles Roberts to be First Lieutenant, vice Aslett, promoted. Commission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Durham. Augustus Sussex Milbank, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant, Oct. 2. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 6. The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, bath appointed Henry Bunny, of New bury, in the county of Berks, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknow ledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and re coveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Berks. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Henry Bell, woollen draper, Leeds. BANKRUPTS. Reuben Michael, merchant, Bury-street, St. Mary- Axe, to surrender Oct. 18, at one, and N0v.23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Gresham, Castle-street, Holborn. Daniel Slater, cabinet maker, Preston, Rutlandshire, Oct. 15, at twelve, and Nov. 26, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man-street; Barber, Furnival's-ins. Thomas Tidy, cheesemonger, Woolwich, Oct. 15, at half-past one, and Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Fitch, Union-street, Borough. James Bickerton, jun., hat manufacturer, Bread-street, Cheapside, Oat. 16, at eleven, and Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Luttly and Batt, Dyers'-hall. Daniel Holttum, sen., and Daniel Holttum, jun., car penters, Westbere Kent, Oct. 18, at two, and Nov. 22, at eleven, at the dourt of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. Henry Clark, cabinet maker, Leicester, Oct. 12, at eleven, and Nov. 16, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court, Nottingham. Bittleston, official as signee, Nottingham; Hardwick and Davidson, Weavers'- hall, London • Hodgson, Birmingham. Joseph Birley, grocer, Doncaster, Oct. 27, and Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Lammin, Adelphi; Collin son, Doncaster. Edward Brien, cabinet maker, Bristol, Oct. 25 and Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; White, Eyre, and White, Bedford-row ; William and Charles Bevan, BristoL Thomas Knight, silversmith, Bristol, Oct. 23 and Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; King, Bristol; Jones, Blax land, and Jones, Crosby-square. Georgo Bodington, chemist, Birmingham, Oct. 23, and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Vain', official assignee, Birmingham; Mot teram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Joseph Jones, licensed victualler, Liverpool. Oct. 26, and Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Keightley and Co., Chancery•lane; Woodburn, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Paarsa, Andover, Hants, ironmonger, Nov. 1, at two—A. Bohte, Sackvillo-street, Piccadilly, jailor, Oct. 30, at twelve. In the Country. J. Adams, Staplemead, Somersetshire, fuller, Nov. 2, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—R. Milner, Darlington, Durham. timber merchant, Oct. 31, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Butterworth, Green booth Mills, Lancashire, woollen manufacturer, Nov. 2. at eleven, at the Court, Manchester-11. Lister, Far Newland, Lincolnshire, miller, Dec. 5, at half-past ten, at the Court, Kiston-upon•Hull—T. Barraclough and J. Everett, Bottoms Mi!l, Yorkshire, woollen spinners, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Fairclough, Leeds, cloth merchant, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Holliday, Chatham, Kent, carpenter, Oct. 30, at half-past twelve—J. J. Weston, Cranbrook, Kent, cattle dealer, Nov. 1, at one—W. Hardwick, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, laceman, Oct. 30, at eleven. In the Country. J. Jackson, South Shields, Durham, brewer, Oct. 31, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. M. Adams, Holton-le-Beckering, Lincolnshire, corn factor, Dec. 12, at half-past ten, at the Court, Kingston upon• Hull—J. Longbottom, Leeds, machine and engine manufacturer, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds— T. Davis, J. Glossop, and J. Brankley, Morris-mill, Lancashire, dyers, Nov. 1, at twelve, at the Court, Man chester—J. Hickson, Greengates, Yorkshire, apothecary, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Court. Leeds—W . Ramaden, Wakefield, Yorkshire, painter, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—G. Brier, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, stone mason, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. By the Vice-Chancellor, Oct. 30. G. S. Corley, Oundle, Northamptonshire, music dealer—D. Allan, Coleman-street and Lothbury, mer chant—J. Philip:on, North Shields, Northumberland, printer—S. Bayly, Folkestone, Kent, cheesemonger—T. Christmas, Says-court, Rent, brewer—C. Shackell, Bridge-street, Bristol, tailor—T. Potter. Sheffield, printer J. Hutchinson, River-terrace North, Islington, apo itnhneckserepy—er—SaE. Moody,rshGrea jun., vesEyrlw e io lto e ya sew Royal Hotel, el, o Yorkshire, merset shire, ironmonger—W. Blacknell, Plumstead, Kent, baker—J. Greenshields and M. Strang, Liverpool, merchants. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Pendlebury, sen., S. Walker, and R. Pendlebury, jun., Manchester, cotton manufacturers (so far as regards R. Pendlebury, sen.)—T. Bunter and H. Whaley, Man chester, grocers—G. Packer and R. Packer, Duraley, Gloucestershire, linendrapers—G. Johnson and E. Gar rington, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, timber dealers—J. Horrocks, C. R. Jacson, and J. Atherton, Manchester, cotton spinners —G. D. Hedley and C. E. Prior, Bed ford, sur geons —J . W atson, and T. Taylor, Barbican, silversmiths —G. Knowles and W. Knowles, Salford, Lancashire, stone and marble masons—A. C. Veley, J. Cunnington, and A. Cunnington, Braintree, Essex, attorneys (so far as regards J. Cunnington)—Hannah Moxon, B. P. Moxon, and J. B. Moxon, Kingston upon-Hull—E. Ingall, H. Ingall, and S. Ingall, Sheffield, merchants—J. Holland, sen., and J. Holland, jun., Lei cester, builders—D. West and H. Foster, Penshurat, Kent, farmers—J. Chell and H. G. Hill, Manchester, oil and colour merchants—T. S. Tickell and R. Rendell, Wadebridge, Cornwall, surgeons—J. Ward and T. Ground, Birmingham, machine manufacturers S. Fisher and S. G. Fisher, Bungay, Suffolk, drapers and grocers—B. Andrew and 11. S. Andrew, St. Austell, Cornwall, linen and w oo ll en drapers—J. Lambert and I. Walton, Halifax, carpenters—J. Settle, IL Tbrelrall, and J. Hoyle, Wheelton, Lancashire, cotton spinners (so far as regards J. Settle)—C. H. Skinner, W. Skinner, G. Skinner, and J. Diggle, Stainton, Yorkshire, iron founders (so far as regards J. Diggle.) INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Adrian Lowe, Birmingham, metal dealer. George Bowes, Birmingham, journeyman slater. Samuel! Hall, Manchester, clerk. John Glen2ross, Manchester, joiner and builder. William Tindell, York, coal dealer. Joseph Cattaneo, York, watch and clockmaker. John. Stevenson, Durham, sawyer. John Siddle, Black-hill, Durham, grocer. John Fryers, Carnforth, Lancashire, wheelwright. Joseph Gawith, Worming Bank, Yorkshire, beerseller. John Edgar Robbins, Langport Eastover, Somersetahire, licensed victualler, Richard Gerard, Sr. Asaph, attorney's clerk. Richard Millen, Minster. Isl© of Sheppy, farmer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. P. Rattray, Glasgow, builder, to meet Oct. 12, and Nov. 2, at twelve, a ithin the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. G. Finlay, Glasgow, wine merchant, to meet Oct. 15, and Nov. 5, at one, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow. W. M'Ewen, Edinburgh, jeweller and watchmaker, to meet Oct. 13, at ten, and Nov. 3, at two, within Cannon's Temperance Hotel, Edinburgh. LADY FRAIVKLIN.—We have received the follow ing interesting communication from a gentleman at Orkney. His letter is dated Kirkwall, the 29th of Sep tember:—" Lady Franklin has been here and in Zetland for the last three months, with a view of having th e earliest opportunity of seeing parties returning from the whale fishing. Her Ladyship was in the northern isles of Zetland about the beginning of this month, and on her return here she proceeded to the northern isles of Orkney. While there, on Thursday last, two captains—Paterson, of the Lady Jane of Newcastle and Lee, of the Prince of Wales, of Hull—with part of• the crew of these two and another ve , sel, which had been wrecked at Davis' Straits, arrived here, and as they were understood to have the charge of some papers connected with Sir John Franklin's expedition, byw omhicshhe Esciui adbeenmapuicxk, and addressed picked up, ac r o e ns ed considerable th blet e A ime d a m go i: ralty, her Ladyship was immediately apprised of the circumstance, when she remarked, " that from the place at which the case containing the papers was said to have been picked up, they could not contain any account of the expedition later than the year 1845;' but as she was anxious to see the man, she immediately came here, when Captain Paterson, who had charge . of the papers, t o ld h er that he was informed by the parties who entrusted him with them, that they were dated in 1845; and as he left this on Friday for the south, the exact date, and any parti culars communicated, will doubtl ess b e i n a few days made known by the Admiralty to the public. Captain Lee, who is an old weather- beaten seaman, and h as b een in the habit of going to the Straits annually f or upwards of forty years, thinks it probable that Sir John Franklin and his party may yet be safe, though locked up in the ice, as they had four years' provisions with them, which, he says, they would e k e ou t to l ast for six years; and he, on going several hundred miles further up the Straits list year than usual, observed several land marks, which had been evidently erected by Sir John's party. Lady Franklin looks remarkably well, and she is always cheerful and hopeful, and much gratified by the kind sympathy she meets with from all classes."—Edinburgh Paper. The Bishops of Norwich, are it seems, " mitred abbots of Holm," which, it is argued, entitles them to a seat in the House of Lords, independently of the recent Act limiting the number of bishop who are Peers of Parliament. THE PASSENGERS ACT. (From last night's Gazette) At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 6th day of October, 1849. Present : The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the twelfth and thirteenth years of the reign of her Majesty, intituled the "Passengers Act, 1849," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for her Majesty, by any Order in Council, to be by her made with the advice of the Privy Council, to prescribe such rules and regulations as to her Majesty may seem fit, for preserving order, and for securing cleanliness and ventilation on board of passenger ships proceeding from the United Kingdom to any port or place in her Majesty's possessions abroad, and the said rules and regulations from time to time in like manner to alter, amend, and revoke, as occasion may require; And whereas it is expedient to revoke an Order in Council made at a Court held at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, on the 15th day of April, 1846, in virtue of the provisions of an Act (now repealed) passed in the eleventh year of the reign of her Majesty, intituled " An Act to make further provi sion fur one year, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, for the carriage of passengers to North America," and to make a new Order in Council which shall extend to passenger ships pro ceeding from the United Kingdom, not only to North America, but to any port or place in her Majesty's possessions abroad, out of Europe, and not being within the Mediterranean sea ; Now, therefore, her Majesty doth, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in pursuance and exercise of the authority vested in her by the said "Passengers Act, 1849," order, and it is hereby or dered, that the said Order in Council of the 15th of April, 1848, be, and the same is hereby revoked ; and that the following shall henceforth be the rules for preserving order and for securing cleanliness and ventilation to be observed on board of every passen• ger ship proceeding from the United Kingdom to any port or place in her Majesty's possessions abroad, out of Europe, and not being within the Mediterranean sea. 1. All passengers who shall not be prevented by sickness, or other sufficient cause, to be determined by the surgeon, or in ships carrying no surgeon by the master, shall rise not later than seven o'clock A.M., at which hour the fires shall be lighted. 2. It shall be the duty of the cook, appointed under the 26th section of the said " Passengers Act, 1849," to light the fires, and to take care that they be kept alight during the day, and also to take care that each passenger, or family of passengers, shall have the use of the fireplace, at the proper hours, in an order to be fixed by the master. 3. When the passengers are dressed their beds shall be rolled up. 4. The decks, including the space under the bottom of the berths, shall be swept before breakfast, and all dirt thrown overboard. 5. The breakfast hour shall be from eight to nine o'clock a.m. ; provided that, before the commencement of breakfast, all the emigiants, except as hereinafter excepted, be out of bed and dressed, and that the beds have been rolled up, and the deck on which the emi grants live properly swept. 6. The deck shall further be swept after every meal, and after breakfast is concluded shall be also dry holystoned or scraped. This duty, as well as that of cleansing the ladders, hospitals, and round-houses, shall be performed by a party taken in rotation from the adult males above fourteen, in the proportion of five to every one hundred emigrants, and who shall be considered as sweepers for the day. But the single women shall perform this duty in their own compart ment, where a separate compartment is allotted to them, and the occupant of each berth shall see that his own berth is well brushed out. 7. Dinner shall commence at one o'clock P.M., and supper at six P.M. 8. The fires shall be extinguished at seven P.M., unless' otherwise directed by the master, or required for the use of the sick, and the emigrants shall be in their berths at ten o'clock P.M., except under the permission or authority of the surgeon ; or, if there be no surgeon, of the master. 9. Three safety lamps shall be lit at dusk, and kept burning till ten o clock P.M. ; after which hour two of the lamps rosy be extinguished ; one being, nevertheless, kept burning at the main hatchway all night. 10. No naked light shall he allowed at any time or on any account. 11. The scuttles and stemports, if any, shall, weather permitting, be opened at seven o'clock a.m., and kept open till ten o'clock P.M. ; and the hatches shall be kept open whenever the weather permits. 12. The coppers and cooking utensils shall be cleaned every day. 13. The beds shall be well shaken and aired on deck at least twice a 'Week. 14. The bottom boar of the berths, if not fixtures shall be removed and 'ry-scrubbed and taken cn deck at least twice a week. 15. A space of deck-room shall be apportioned for a hospital, not less, for vessels carrying one hundred passengers, than forty-eight superficial feet, with two or four bed-berths erected therein; not less, for ves sels carrying two hundred or more passengers, than one hundred and twenty superficial feet, with six bed berths therein. 16. Two days in the week shall be appointed by the master as washing days ; but no washing or drying of clothes shall on any account be permitted between decks. 17. On Sunday mornings the passengers shall be mustered at ten o'clock A.M, and will be expected to appear in clean and decent apparel. The Lord's day shall be observed as religiously as circumstances will admit. 18. No spirits or gunpowder shall be taken on board by any passenger; and if either of those arti cles be discovered in the possession of a passenger, it shall be taken into the custody of the master during the voyage, and not returned to the passenger until he is on the point of disembarking. 19. No loose hay or straw shall be allowed balow for any purpose. 20. No smoking shall be allowed between decks. 21. All gambling, fighting, riotous or quarrelsome behaviour, swearing, and violent language, shall be at once put a stop to. Swords and other offensive wea pons shall, as soon as the passengers embark, be placed in the custody of the master. 22. No sailors shall be allowed to remain on the passenger deck, among the passengers, except on duty. 23. No passenger shall go to the ship's cook-house without special permission from the master, nor re main in the forecastle among the sailors on any account. 24. In vessels not expressly required by the said " Passengers Act, 1849," to have on board such ven tilating apparatus as therein mentioned, such other provision shall be made for ventilation as shall be required by the emigration officer, at the port of embarkation, or in his absence by the officers of customs. 25. And to prevent all doubts in the construction of this Order in Council, it is hereby further ordered that the terms " United Kingdom" and " passenger ship" shall herein have the same significations as are assigned to them respectively in the said " Passengers Act, 1849." And the Right Hon. Earl Grey, one of her Ma jesty's principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. WM L. BATHURST. RAILWAY Sti ttb ti A ICKETS. BRISTOL, OCT 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share ma, ket was m^re active to-day, the sales being—Midland, 50—Great Western, 58 Ditto, Quarters, 11% dis. MANCHESTER, OCT. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The transaclunA to-day were as follow :—Manchester and Bi‘mingham (C), Quarters, 1% p. —North Staffordshire, 7 7 4,—Caledonian, Prete_ence, 9 1 / 8 — North Union (B), 156 —West Riding Union, 6 1 / 2 0 d. Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 5 15-16—Great Northern, 12% n. d.— Fleet. woods, 7 did. BIRNIINGIIAM, OCT. 9. Srocx ExcHANGH.—Altho ,gh there was little variation in prices to-day, greater confidence existed in our share market. The prices of the principal lines of railway main tained the quotations of yesterday, but both buyers and sel lers were scarce. There appeared to be little inclination on the part of either the one or the other to speculate. YORE, Ocr. 8. STOCK Excrrams2.—The transactions t o -d ay were as follow:—Caledonian, 13 3 / 4 Great Northern, 71. 13s. 9J.__ North British, Preference, 5/. Is. 6d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), i itA, GLASGOW, OCT. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Aberdeen, Preference, 6% — Clyde-dale Junction, 62 —Monklands, 5 9—North British, Halves, s —Ditto, Prefer ence, 5/. Os. Gd. WILFUL MURDER AT SoOTHILL.—On the 30th of November last, James Buckley, son of Abraham Buckley, a manufacturer, sought shelter in the house of John Watkinson, a person residing on Leeds road-side, at Soothill, ab out h a l t-past seven o ' clock at night, saying that he was shot. Watkinson went into the house with him, and helped to take off his j icket-sleeve. The sleeve had holes in it like those made by shot, and some shot fell on the floor. Buckley said there were three young men on the road in the deep cutting leading down to Dewsbury, and when he passed them they said, " This is the man we want," and he turned round and saw one of them bad a gun raised to his shoulder, which was fired at him. Watkinson's house is at the bottom of the cut ting, about 200 yards below where Buckley had been shot at, but the report of the gun had not been heard. Dr. Hemingway was called in, and has attended the un fortunate young man until his death, which occurred on the 26th ult. There were 29 perforations in the right arm, and seven in the pack. Inflammation of the lungs came on with relapses, in May and July last. The deceased did not recognise any of the persons who attacked him. Mr. Lee, the coroner, held an inquest on the body of the deceased, on Saturday last, when the jury, after hearing the evidence of Watkinson and Dr. Hemingway, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person unknown."—Leeds Mercury. Mr. De Saila had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IFS WICII, Ocr. 9. Farmers are unwilling to submit to a reduction in the price of wheat to-day, and millers not inclined to pur chase only at lower pric: , .s. The sales made were not extensive, at prices scarcely so good as last week. Barley and peas rather cheaper. Oats and beans no variation in price. Malt a little upon the decline. Flour PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat 36s to 45 , Beans 2ss to 32s Barley... 22s to 29s Peas.. 2ss to 32s Oats., l6s to 21s Malt 4ss to 52s Rye.. ....... .. . 2is to 24s Flour, per sack 3ss to 404 AVERAGES FOR TEE WEEK ENDING OCT. 6. Wheat 2,510 quarters at 42s sd. Barley Oats Beans Peas 177 30s 5:1. Rye . HULL, OCT. 9. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states,—The harvest, with the exception of a few beans, is now secured throughout the whole of this district, and it gives us much pleasure to be able to report without hesitation as to its general good character. As regards wheat, there perhaps never was a year when draining and general good farming reaped so marked a reward. With hardly an exception such farms show a good crop, both in quantity and quality, while on naturally wet strong soils, and un drained, this is not tee case; but any deficiency here is more than c. mpensated by the superior character of other land, and on the whole we have no hesitation in writing the wheat crop at least a full averame; weights are various, say from 60Ib to 651 b. per imperial bushel Barley is less ;town iu this district than in former years, and is not of so general good character as reported in other parts of the kinglom. Oats are good in colour, condition, and sc.-iglu, but generally thought to be defi cient in y ield. Beans. though not full harvested, are likely to turn out the best crop this district has known for some years, both as regards quality and yield; the same applies to peas, which are secured in good condi tion. As reeards the all-important article of potatoes, we feel great difficulty in writing with any degree of confidence, opinions are so various, and (yen from the same districts so very contraeictery; we fear, however, that they are to a considerable extent affected with the disease of former years, but the quantity planted was less than usual. The importations of foreign grain, seed, and cake into this p ‘rt during the twelve months ending from September 29. 1849, were as follows:—Wheat 298 803, barley 304.579, oats 5 440, beans 83,158, peas 57.780, tares 10 732, linseed 291,644, rapeseed 31,549, oil cakes 13,405, bones 12,730. It might naturally be thought, that with such imports the stock on hand at the present time would be considerable; but such is by no means the case, indeed we hardly ever remember commenciug on the new crop with so little old grain in warehouse, and we believe the same remark applies to the stocks of farmers also. It is indeed astonishing, how rapidly our large imports have gone into consumption, and how very small a portion has found its way into the warehouse. The import of the week has been small of all articles, and but for the dulness of different inland markets, partly owing to increased deliveries from the fameris of new wheat, we should have obtained more money for fresh old, which is comparatively scarce. Grinding barley has brought Is more money. Our farmers brought a good supply of wheat for to-day's market, chiefly new, and such was free sale at fully last week's prices ; an improved demand for best runs of old foreign, with but little offering, except from warehouse, and that is held for 2s to 3s above current prices. We have lit tle inquiry for malting barley, but for grinding sorts a large sale at fully the advance noted. Good con ditioned beans and also peas, meet a fair consump tive demand at our currency. Indian corn is more in quired for at the currency of last week. A good sale for linseed at last week's rates, and for cakes a fair demand, chiefly confined, however, to English make. Rape cakes go off at 85s to 87s 6d, as in quality. No transactions in bones are rt ported. The following are the present prices of grain i— s. s. 5. ta Wheat, English, red 40 to 42 1 Peas, white and yel, 25 27 Do. white 42 45'Do. grey ... 24 aO Danizic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea. 40 42 nigsberg 44 47iDo. Petersburgh ... 37 41 Pomeranian and Do. Riga&Arcbngl. 36 —3B Hamburgh . 4O 4J Do. Konigsberg .... 35 37 Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland 3l —381 Linseed cakes, Hull 715 s Od Russian and Odessa 32 38,D0. fine foreign Oats, English Do. Danish l3 15 Rapeseed Do. Friesland l6 18 Rape cakes.. 85s Od to 87s 6d Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 —l e i Tares, English OOs —00 s Barley, malting 24 25 Do. foreign 20s 249 Do. grinding........ 19 21 Gu a n o 6l to 9/ 103 Beans 2B 3 4 . Bones ' do 85s Od to 87 s 6d Do. foreign Coax, OCT. 8. - Flour—First 13s 6d t o 14 s Od; extra 15s; seconds, 12s Od to 131 ; households 103 to I Is; thirds, 6s to 81 per cwt. Oatmeal 10s Od to 111; Indian meal tie 9d to 7. Od; wheat meal. 103 ud tolls per cwt. Indian corn 6/ to 6/ 15s Od per ton. Bran 3/ 030 d to 3/ 15s per ton. Hay—Farmers 20s to 30s; average 28s ; dealers 303 to i4s Od; averaue 32s per ton. Stt am—F.ll=er'; 16s Od to 25s Od ; average 22s ; dealers 26a Ott to OOs (Id ; average 231 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to bad ; household loaf 5d to bad per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d t o 93 per lb. Eggs -5s 6d to 5s 8d per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Cohn 13s per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 4d to Sad; veal 4d to Od ; pork 4ad to 5d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages bd per lb. - Hops Si 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ to s; Valonia 14/ 4)04 French. 71 103; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s . per stone.. Hemp 34/ to 35/ per tou. F ish— Scotch herrings 175 to 18s ; re ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 10s to 12/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, Ma i second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12s to 18s; salted 12s to 18, per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 245 l per lb. Potatoes, white 6d to 8d ; Minions 10d to 00d ; Guano— Peruvian, 11/ 108; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel, 191 per barrel. A SINGULAR DUEL. —The following anecdote, narrated by a Bromberg paper (Grand Duchy Posen), cannot fail to gladden the hearts of the University Peace Association. It is to be regretted that the names of the parties are not given in order that the actors might receive the Association medal: —" Two young men, members of a political club at Bromberg, fell into dispute upon the German question. One, an uncompromising German unionist, istgued that, much as he loved his native land (Prussia), he loved Germany infinitely more ; that unless German unity could be accomplished, Prussia would be lost ; and therefore he declared hi mse lf aga i nst a ll specific Prus sian-doms, and consequently against the Prussian cock ade, its symbol. The other, who is what is called, a stock-Preussier (Prussian to the back-bone), took fire at the last words, which he regarded as an insult to the Prussian cockade and colours, and so, in lieu of argument, he retorted by saying, Sir, you are a pitiful fellow. Whereupon the Unionist, thought sorely vexed at seeing his argument thus uncivilly cut short, bowed calmly and said, ' I never reply to an insult by insults; but you shall hear from me.' After twenty four hours' consideration, and in perfect harmony with the maxims of universal peace, he sat down and ad dressed the following letter to his antagonist:—' Sir, your yesterday's insult demands satisfaction; but as I am a married man I do not choose to set my life on a chance. I therefore propose that we shall fire with pistols at—a mark—in the pre sence of our seconds, and whoever makes the best shot shall receive a one hundred duller share, bearing five per cent. interest, in the Voluntary Loan. By this means you can satisfy your patriotism and my honour. Yours, &c." The Prussian laughed in his sleeve at this singular challenge —more singular than the beer duels of univer sity students—and accepted it; little disposed, however, to change his pitiful' opinion of the challenger. Well, out they went, seconds and all, to the shooting ground, .nd as it was declared that both were unpractised shots, the chances were equal. So, after measuring distance and loading pistols, with ail the gravity of a murderous conflict, pop went the challenger, and hit the bull's-eye, and bang went the challenged and missed the target; whereupon the seconds interfered, and condemnee the loser to hook up, and there the affair ended, to Chet universal merriment of the otherwise pugnacious tows of Brew uerg. " SUICIDE THROUGH A SMASHER —For some time past a peer, but r.-spectable, man, named James Horatio Nelson Miles, aged forty-three, endeavoured to procure for himself and family a subsistence ey basket making. One day last week he came across a smasher, who passed off upon him a bad halt', crown, which greatly affected his spirits, tor, trifling as it was, it was to him a severe Leas, Speaking of the occurrence, and of his poverty, he said, " That when he died his body would be carried to the grave in one of Nir. Derice's dust carts." On Monday he was found dead in his workshop, with his throat cut. and a razor, the blade of which was secured to tee hsndle ay a string, firmly grasped in his hand. A coroner s jury return 'd a verdict of Insani' y. BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., at 12, Bryanstone-square, the Hon. Mn.z Charle, Lennox Peel, of a son. On the 2d inst., at Great Marlow, the fife of Robert Ham mond, Esq., of a daughter, stillborn. On the d inst., the wife of Joseph Lucas, Esq., Upper Tooting, of a daughter. On the Fill inst., at Edinburgh, the lady of the Rev. T. Coombe Williams, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Barnet, the wife of the Rev. T. Tun stall Smith, M.A., of a son. On the 7th inst., at Castelnau-villas, Barnes, Mrs. Richard Stonnill, of a son. MARRIED. On the 29th ult., at Epsom, Mr. William D. Taylor, of North-end, Croydon, to E s th er, only daughter of George White, Esq., of Arthur-street, Landon-bridge, and Ashley house, Epsom. On the 6th inst.. at the Congregational Church, Middleton road, Edward Mackley, Esq., f 18, De Beauvoir-square, to Jane Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Captain William Crowe, of Yarmouth. On the 3d inst., at Warender-lodge, Edinburgh, Alexander Gibson Bowie, third eon of Robert Bowie, Esq., of the General Register-house, Edinburgh , to Georgina St. Clair, thi r d daughter of rchibald Millar, Esq., Medical Staff; British Army, H. P. LAMBETH. Stephen Alfred Jordan alias Dowland, who has been i❑ custody since the 19th of last month on a charge of attempting to murder. Sarah Frances Ewings in Dulwich-wood, by cutting her throat and beating her on the head and face with the butt-end of a pistol, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott for final examination. The first witness called was the young woman Swings, who had been brought from Guy's Hospital in a cab, and who is still in an exceedingly weak state, and still bears on the left side of her face the marks of the prisoner's murderous attack. She de posed as follows :—I have known the prisoner for more than a year and a half, and kept company with him for that time, and am at present in the family way by him. In the month of July last I went to live in Francis-street, Newington, and the prisoner came there several times to see me. On Wednesday, the 19th of last month, I received a letter from the prisoner through the post, desiring me to meet him at eight o'clock at Brixton Church. I went to Brixton Church at that time, and there I met the prisoner. He asked me how I was. I had not seen him for a fortnight before. He told me had taken a lodging, at Croydon, that he had got three months' work there, and that he was going to take me with him. He told me to write a note to my landlady, to say she would hear of me in a day or two. He had got paper and a pen and ink, and I stood under a lamp-post at Brixton Church while I wrote a note to my landlady, as he desired, on the cover of a book which he also had with him. I addressed the note to the landlady and gave it to him to put in the post. He asked me also to write a note addressed to him, that he might show it, as he said, to my friends if they asked him about me, and he told me to write in it that he would hear from me in a day or two. I wrote that letter as he requested, and gave him the letter with the other to put in the post. I consented to go with him to Croydon, but before doing so I said " How can I go without clothes ?" and he said " Never mind them, you can go without them for a day or two, nobody will see you, and I will come up with you to fetch them." I then consented to go, and asked him which way he was going? He repli e d that he was going ng to Penge-common, to take the train from t h ereto Croydon ; he said the lodging was a quarter ofamile from the station at Croydon. We walked to g ether for about an hour, and I did not know what way we were going, but he told me we were going to Dul wich-wood. We walked along by the side of the wood for some time, and we then got over a stile. He said that was the way. Then we got amongst the bushes. There was a narrow path with bushes on each side. We went a little way along that path. I walked first for a little way, but then I told him to go first as he knew the way better than I did. He THAMES. The two brothers, Joseph Hadley Riddell and William ilfoore Eclipse Riddell, who stand charged with committing most extensive depredations on the premises of Messrs. Edmund and William Pontifex, of the whitelead and chymical works, Mill-wall, Poplar, were again brought up. They were formally remanded until Tuesday. SOUTHWARK. William Mew, - ; respectable-looking young man, who was described as a commercial traveller, residing at Bexley-heath, where he has a wife and family living, was brought before Mr. Seeker for final exa mination, charged with administering poison to Helen Ealing, a young woman with whom he cohabited, with intention of destroying her. The prisoner was discharged. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER.—The market today has been very quiet. The advance of cotton in Liverpool on Monday was /d. per lb. The large sales made are inducing the spinners and manufacturers to hold off buying at the present prices. The sales effected in yarn at the advanced rates were very limited, whilst the demand for heavy goods was slight. It is said that should the present high price of cotton continue, the millowners will be compelled to resort to short time, or a reduction of wages. As many of the manufacturers are averse to adopting the latter alternative, it is not im probable that the operations of some manufacturers will be suspended for the present. Yarns may be considered id. to id. per lb. worse to-day, and considerable trans. actions re reported to have taken place. In goods a small advance has been asked, rather with a desire to check a disposition to business. The elevation of mind in its maturity is valuable, most especially from the discriminate retrospect it com mands over Ili fairy Noes of childhe)d,—Eliza Cook's Journal, DIED On the 7th inst., Mr. Riclaraßagshaw, of 31, Brydges street, Covent-garden, aged 43. On the 27th ult., at Douglas, Isle of Man, Frances Sophia, relict of the late George Ick, Esq., formerly of Antigua, aged 51. — On the 30th ult., at his residence Brrokland, St. Helier% Jersey, Captain Henry Fage Belson, Royal Navy. On the , st inst., Margaret, the wife of John Otridge, Esq., of Newington. place, -urny, aged 79. 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