The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-04 00:00:00

t g 13 11 it t ir rW ty FRANCE. The Credit has the following as to the affairs of Russia and Turkey :—" The difficulties which at this moment exist in Constantinople relative to the extra dition of the Hungarian refugees do not appear to us to have the importance that Russia seems to attach to them. The Emperor tries, no doubt, to get up for himself a wrong the more, real or apparent, in addition to all those which each of his predecessors was so anxious to inscribe in the great book of the destinies of Russia opened by Peter the Great. Neither have the Ambassadors of France and England been wanting to the policy followed constantly by the Powers they represent. They have protested against the imperious demands of Russia. It is an error to suppose that these manoeuvres of traditional policy of Europe involves a general conflagration. On the contrary, a return has been made to the normal condition of European policy, which had been temporarily abandoned by means of the Russian intervention in the domestic affairs of Austria. Russia has reverted to her natural designs, and it may be said, to her destiny as marked out by Providence. She has directed her views from the west to the east. Far from having anything to fear from the immoderate pretensions of Russia and from the noble resistance of the Sultan, we ought rather to congratulate ourselves at this salutary diversion of a danger which was becoming imminent, or which, at least, was threatening enough to become an obstacle to a satisfactory solution of the affairs of Italy, and even to the re-establishment of order in Germany. Besides, do not the exigencies of Russia and Austria —even their very menaces—cover the real embarrass ment of these two Powers, notwithstanding their recent victory of Hungary, if the Porte sought to throw off the yoke that Vienna and Peters burgh have imposed on her European possessions ? It is the custom of diplomacy to affect much anger, and we are inclined to believe that the wrath of the Czar and the Emperor is anything but sincere. What would they do with those gallant and Hun garians ? Do they mean to shoot them, to give them the knout, to shut them up in Spilburg, or send them to the mines of Siberia? Evidently not. A service is even rendered to those august Sovereigns by refusing to deliver up those noble refugees deserving of re spect all the more that they are unfortunate." The National publishes a declaration signed by Ledru Rollin, Etienne Arago, Martin Bernard, Lan dolphe Rattier, Rebeyrolles Madier, De Mouian, the younger, giving their reasons (not being allowed to plead the violation of the Constitution) for not sur rendering to take their trial at Versailles. AUSTRALIA. We have received files of papers from Adelaide to the 19th of May inclusive. The following vessels had arrived at Adelaide from England :--The ship Stebonheath, with 373 free emigrants, last from Plymouth 31st January ; the Ancient Briton, from Newport, 22d December, with one passenger; and the William. ' , Hyde, from Ply mouth, 28th January, .with 104 passengers. The Adelaide Observer of the - 12th May says The most unexpected of these arrivals is the Wil Ham Hyde, having on boaid railway engines, rails, and all the materials of construction. Mr. Parker, the superintendent, and Mr. Cart Wright Hill, engineer and surveyor, have arrived in the same vessel. The Ancient Briton brings the fuel, and therefore nothing seems wanting to enable the ccmpf-ny to go a-head. "Besid:s these arrivals, Hardy's' Shipping List' con tains the names of the following ships bound' for Ade laide, or Adelaide and Port Phillip, namely; the Cal cutta, Elleralie, Susannah (emigrants), Childe Harold, Dorothy, Inconstant (emigranta), Florentia (emigrants), and Royal Sovereign. The latest day of sailing named being February 9th, several of these vessels will shortly be due. The number of ships advertised in the same publication for New South Wales was six and for Port Phillip six. " The Garland Grove left Plymouth on the same day as the William Hyde." The emigrant ship Susannah, 514 tons, with nine cabin and 216 steerage passengers, arrived at Ade laide on the 18:h of May, as also the brig Sarepta, 330 tons, from Swansea, with cargo and one pas. senger. The Susannah had a fine passage of 101 days from Plymouth, during which three deaths and three births occurred. MINING INTELLIGENCE. •-••• ADELAIDE SHARE MAR KET, MAY 18.—Adelaide, 1/. 10s.; Belvidere, 51. 55.; Burnt Barra, 166/. ; Enterprise, 41. 15s. ; North Ka punda, 1/. 83. ; Mount Remarkable, 13/. 10s. ; Port Lincoln, 51. 53. ; Princess Royal, 211.; Provincial (31. paid), 31; Royal Mining Company, 75.; Wheal Gawler, 171 ; Wheal Grainger, 71. 10s. RAIL WAY IN 'll ka LIC,EN CM. GLASGOW, BARRkIEAD, AND NEILSTON DIRECT. — The half-yearly meeting of this company was ap pointed to be held at the office, Glasgow, on Friday, but in consequence of the non-attendance of a sath cient number of shareholders to constitute a meeting, it was adjourned sine die. A special meeting was also to have been held, for the purpose of authorising the directors to borrow money, with a view to save the shareholders being called upon at once to pay up the whole amount of the 5 per cent. guaranteed stock. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD. On Friday meeting was held at Ludlow to promote the carry ing out of this line. The Mayor took the chair, sup ported by Earl Powis, Hon. R. Clive, M.P., Colonel Salwey, Mr. J. Bailey, M.P., and principal land owners. It was stated that the cost of constructing the line (a single one) would be 430,0001. About 2,000 shares had been disposed of out of 5,200. The amount of each share had been reduced from 201. to 181., and it was probable that no more than 121. per share would be called up on the line, which would cost 8,0001. per mile. Resolutions were passed expressive of the importance of obtaining the earliest railway communication for Herefordshire with the manufac turing districts and metropolis. ROUEN AND HA vuE.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday, M. Charles Laffitte in the chair. The report stated that the total outlay on capital account during the half-year amounted to 209,083 f. (8,3631.), but this was reduced by 30,984 f. produced from the re sale of land, &c., to 178,098 f., making the total expenditure on the un dertaking, up to the 31st of August last, 58,119,264 f. (2,324,770/0 The directors have endeavoured in every possible way to avoid every new expense on capital account. They consider that account as closed, stating that no new expense shall be entered upon without the consent of the shareholders. The works on the line are at present in the moat satisfactory condition. The traffic has increased so as entirely to make up for the loss of the preceding dividend. The receipts from the Ist of March to the 31s of August last amount to 1,797,564 f. (71,902/.), including 1,010,888 f. for passengers, &c., and 771,987 f. for goods. The total charges and expenditure of working amounted to 1,462,900 f. (58,516/0, including 583,609 f. (23,344!) for interest and reimbursement of loans, leaving a net profit of 334,664 f. (13,3861.) From which must be deducted the settlement of the loss of the last half-year, 32,093 f., leaving a surplus of 303,570 f. (12,1421.), or 7f. 50c. per share, and 2,570 f. for the next account. The receipts of the past half-year compared with those of the corresponding period of 1848 show a net increase of 664,191 f. (26,4571.), of which 492,6281. (19,7041.) has been in the goods traffic. This traffic, which during the corresponding period of 1848 had fallen to 32,487 tons, had risen during the last half-year to 121,246 tons, being an increase of 88,759 tons. This increase is stated to be due to the improvement of trade, and the traffic brought on the line by the opening of the Dieppe Railway, amounting to 28,793 tons. The increase in the working expenses amounts to 109,561 f. (4,3821), chiefly caused by the additional traffic. The report adverts to the f ncouragement and assistance given by the Government to improve the navigation of the Seine, and, in fact, to favour everything which may form an opposition t o the railways. It goes on to state that the question of maintaining to Rouen its iicoasting ;trade, which, moreover, had never lost, is not the only one entertained; it is thought to make the mouth of the Seine a roadstead for ships of war. A loan of 60,000,000 is askedi for, and a new Bill to alter the law which has for centuries regulated everything connected with river property. The rail ways, by lowering their tariffs, have produced a reduction of nearly one-half in the price of carriage of all kinds of good s , and the result has been that the transports have doubled ; and if the documents of the last few years be examined, it be seen that the quantity, which has beendoubled is divided al most equally between the river conduct and d the rail ways. With reference to the s of the State towards railway companie s , it ask to be supposed that France - and forei gn ' e l e s uri lt tries will contribute new capital to such en t erpesze; if nothing is done for the companies already existing Can the Government hope to find 240,000,0001. (9,600,0000 for the Paris and Avignon line as long as the traces of the devastations of February shall not have been effaced by a just indemnity, and as long as an end shall not have been put to the unto ward situation in which the laws of concession have placed the railway companies ? This com pany has united with the Rouen and Dieppe Com pans2s in an application to the President of the Republic to obtain an inquiry as to the best means of ameliorating the situation of railway companies. The realisation of certain amounts will enable the di rectors to pay one-half o f th e ac k now l e d gmen t s o f liquidation which were issued to the shareholders in exchange for the coupons of the third dividend. The dividend (7f. 50e.) for the past half. year and the half of the acknowledgments of liquidation, or sf. per share, are now payable at the office of the company.—A con versation ensued relative to the refusal of the town of Havre to fulfil the agreement which it had entered into to guarantee an interest of 4 per cent, on a cor- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1849, tam amount of capital. It was stated that no satis factory answer had as yet been obtained on the point, but that the board would endeavour to bring the matter to a favourable termination. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, approving of the dividend of 7f. 70c. per share, and re-electing the retiring directors, Messrs. C. Laffitte and Lawrence, after which the meeting separated. MADRAS.—The survey of the intended line of rail way for Madras has been completed for a distance of thirteen miles, and the results are favourable so far as the engineering details are in question. The road is almost level, presenting a rise only of 4f feet per mile, somewhat under 56 feet through the whole dis tance. For the first two miles out of Madras the soil is but indifferent, and will require to be strengthened. The next two miles is composed of very loose material, consisting of two parts of sand, and one of clay ; for a mile and half further on the ground is half sand and half clay, after which the line runs through a soil well calculated to sustain the weight of the iron road. BRITANNIA TUBULAR BRIDGE.—The new cylinder for raising the tube having been fixed in the hydraulic press, operations commenced on Monday, raising it at the rate of six feet per day. Its action and struc tural strength are stated to be of the most improved and perfect character. RAILWAY RATES.—With reference to the efforts of the railway directors to obtain powers to increase their rates, it appears that the subject is now under the consideration of the Commissioners of Railways, and that they are desirous to receive any written statements containing information on the subject. MR. PIPS HIS DIARY. MONDAY, OCT. 1, 1849.—Up mighty betimes, and to Brushwood for a Day's Shooting, by Invitation from Mr. Tibbitts, whose Father, the rich Furrier, did die the other Day, and leave him a Fortune, and now he bath rented Brushwood Manor to shoot over for the season. But Lack, what a set of young Rogues I found there of Tibbitts his Acquaintance, a-smoking of Cigars and short Pipes, and a drinking of Ale and bottled Stout at 10 o'clock of the Morning I Mighty ashamed of, though diverted with, my Company, to hear their loose and idle Conversation, and how none of them could pro nounce the letter 11, and to think what an unlettered vulgar Fellow Tibbitts is, and that I should demean myself to associate with such a Companion only because of his Riches, and Wine, and Dinners. One of the Party, Wiggyns, did tell me we should have a prime Lark, which, this being the first day of Pheasant Shooting, I did think droll ; but divers Larks, indeed, were shot before the Day was over. So we into the Fields, and a Keeper following us with the Dogs, and: whenever I did look over my Shoulder, did catch him grinning and making Faces behind our Backs. But strange to see how much better the Rogues did shoot than I expected, though the firing at Tom-Tits, or any thing almost, and do understand that they got this Skill at the Red House, Battersea, through popping at Pigeons and Sparrows let loose from a Trap ; which do seem but a cruel and barbarous kind of Sport. But little Birds were not all they shot, for one Higgs aiming at a Hare did miss, and in stead of the Hare hit one of the Dogges, and sent him yelping and limping Home. But good Luck. to see how careless the Fellows with their Fire-Arms, carrying their Guns, full cocked, pointing right in one another's Faces, and one, drag ging his Piece through a Hedgicafter him, it went off, but finding it had only carried iR the Skirt of his Shooting coat, we had a good Laugh of it. Another, with a double barrelled Gun, having shot off one barrel at'a Blackbird, I did see, reloading ; the other Barrel being still loaded and at full Cock. He, forcing down the Ramrod with all his might, I did catch him by the Elbow, and point to the Cock of the Gun, and methinks I did never see a Man on a Sudden tremble so terribly, or grow so pale. Getting beyond Brushwood, into a Field hard by, Mr. Wiggyns did let fly at some Ducks, for one of those Larks he had been talking of, which did bring down upon us the Farmer, with his Bull-Dog, and cause us to make off with all the Speed we could. I in mighty Dread of being seized as an Accomplice in shooting the Duck, fearing the Farmer, who is hor ribly enraged with the Game-Preserving at Brush. wood, for that the Game do eat up his Crops; and, truly, the Game Laws are a great Nuisance. Home from our Shooting, with our Bag, carried by Tibbitts his Tiger-Boy, very full, with a brace or two of Pheasants and Partridges, but many more Brace of Chaffinches, and Yellow-Hammers, and Robin Red breasts, and so to Dinner, where all very merry, and so to Bed.—Punch. WATER FOR LONDON. ous effect, as the dealers act th en with great caution, from the fear that the market may be inundated with scrip, and a rapid decline the consequence; and in a rising market, so soon as a , large maker is known as a seller, the dealers immed:iately become timid, as they know he could at once depress the market by continuing a seller to an al: most unlimited extent. Second, to the dealers, altb ough the stock of pig iron were not 50,000 tons, and they think the whole is purchased from the makers the maker can at any time defeat the most just calculation of supply and demand by placing 100,000 tons or more of scrip on the market, for which there nmy not be one ton of iron in existence. Now, I would suggest that an understanding should be come to, that no iron should be sold till it is made, or could be handed over to the dealers when paid for as his property legatly • and were this the case, I am confident in a ver y short time the trade would be better for all concerned ; and, in order to accomplish this obj , ?.ct, I think the makers should come to an understimding amongst them selves, to establish public &Tots at the Broomie law and Port•Dundas, where they could send in their iron, as made, and in selling the iron, grant an order on the store keeper for the iron, ho could grant a warrant for it, and relieve the masters from all further trouble at delivery ; the dealers and storekeepers could arrange the charges as to store rent and shipping the iron, which I think would not on an average a xceed ls. to is. 3d. per ton. This would give dealers and inverters more confidence, as they would then know what extent of iron was in the market, and they would be removed from the fear of a large additional quantity being thrown on it, and it would also prevent forced sales by needy makers, and give the dealers also the security that it was iron they were buying, and not paper, representing minerals - yet in the bowels of the earth. AN IRON MERCHANT. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Six o'CLocx. CESAREWITCH. 4 to 1 agst Vatican 7 to 1 agst Raby • 9to 1 agst Glenalvon 15 to 1 agst Glen S. tddel 20 to 1 agst Mahon 25 to 1 agst Amazement 25 to 1 agst Kissaway 25 to 1 agst Fire-eater 25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn 25 to 1 agst Esse& tius 30 to 1 agst Carthttgerian No change in the C•ambridg;eshire or Derby. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manehelter Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.--In the nominal prices of yarns, there has been but little change . to -day as compared with this day week. The continued stag nation they have experienced has certainly, however, rendered spinners increasingly desirous of selling, and has thus given an actual advantage to buyers in the transactions that have taken place. Both home consumers and exporters still manifest a great want of confide - ace : a very limited bin•iness has been done, and the day has closed un satisfactorily in all respects. Almost the only excep tion to this statement is to he found in the finer counts of India qualities, for which there has been more in quiry since the arrival of the overland mail. The difficulty of selling goods is sensibly increasing. The day's operations have been insignificant; and prices in general must be quoted rather lower. The east ern advices have produced no favourable effect on fabrics suitable for that quarter ; nor, indeed, were they calculated to do so. The 'same may be said as to the intelligence from other markets, Our immense exports of the lighter cloths, since the commencement of the present year, have deranged the relation betwixt prices here and in distant markets. and the giving way we are now experiencing is, in fact, a corrective process, quite indispensable to the resumption of regular business. As regards the home demand, much disappointment is felt. A good harvest has not yet been followed by the effects that were looked for, and heavy goods can not be said to be firm in price. The makers of stout cloths and the spinners of export yarns, disheartened by the Ain deteriorating condition of their long unfavourable trade, are more than ever disposed to reduce their production, a measure never adopted except when things become hopelessly bad. In addition to the millowners who have lately resorted to short time in this town and neighbourhood, we hear of several others who are doing so, particularly at Rochdale. From Constantinople commercial letters to the 15th ult. have been received to-day. As they make no mention of the hitch betwixt the Turkish and Ms , sin Goveramente, it may be presumed that. tha _far bad not then transpired beyond the political circles. It has been feared that this rupture would con siderably injure the trade of Manchester with Constantinople : it can, however, have little effect in this respect, as the demand can hardly be less than it has been for some time back, and the Greeks regard the affair without alarm, as one which can lead to no serious consequences. Independently of this matter, however, the advices are calculated to confirm merchants in their recent course of abstinence from purchases; for, instead of there being at Constantinople a fair autumn demand, as had been expected, there continued to prevail a general and extreme dulness end depression. At the same time advices of the 25th August, from Tabriz, continue to give the most discouraging accounts of trade in Persia. In these mr:kets there is an overstock of British manufactures. presumed, that dm. _faca. nd the political circle- ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had to-day a very thin attendance of buyers in the market, and the business transacted has been more limited, with little or no change in prices. Heavy goods are yet difficult of sale, and but little inquired after. The wool market has been quiet, and prices much the same as they were the previous Monday. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have little to add to our last report, further than that the manufac turers have been making more progress in the sale of their goods the last few days and, as the cholera decreases, we may expect a continuance of demand, especially as there is an upward tendency in the price of raw silks. There is an increased inquiry for thrown silks for export, which keeps the throwsters fairly employed for the present. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The market is very quiet. Among the fancy manufacturers there is much complaining. A steady business continues in the warehouses. Not much done in wool, but prices are firm. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.-Our Piece Hall has not presented a very animated appearance to-day, but the trade is steady, though not brisk. The manufacturers complain that they rye not able to obtain an increase of price equal to the advanced cost of the raw material. There is no variation in the de mand for yarns which go off well, and-the quotations are very firm. A moderate quantity of wool is changing hands at slightly improved prices. LEEDS, TUESDAY. There has been but little business done at the Cloth Halls either to-day or on Saturday last, and there is less doing in the ware houses than for many weeks.. Prices steady, and stocks light. RETURN OF EIGHT JEWISH MEMBERS TO THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, JAMAICA.—We perceive, by the letters and papers received from Jamaica of the 17th inst., that eight Jews were elected representatives in the House of Assembly, which contains altogether but forty seven Members. The gentlemen thus honoured are— Mr. Magnus for the parish of Trelawny (which ranks second in the island); Mr. Georgo Phillips for St. James; Messrs. Lindo and Hart : for St. Mary Mr. Edward Lucas for Port Royal; Mr. Lyon for St. Do rothy; Mr. Salons for St. Thomas-in-the-Vale; and Mr. Philip Laurence was again returned for Kingston. Whilst at home the Lords dread the unchristianising of a Parliament having 650 odd Members by one Jew, a Parliament in the English colonies admits eight Jewish Members in a house of forty-seven Members, and does not fear being Judaisad by them. What an suomaly!— Jewish Chronicle. "CAN YOIJ TELL DIE WHERE I LITE ? " -At the last meeting of the Ipswich Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing Reform Asscciation, as the Chairman was dwelling upon the inconvenience sustained by the inha bitants and visitors to the town, in consequence of the want of names to the streets, and numbers to the houses therein, a voice exclaimed, " Can you tell me where I live? for I don't know myself; it's somewhere in a street without a name, or numbers to the houses." Such is the state of the town of Ipswich in the middle of the 19th century, and in the 12th year after the passing of the local Act of Victoria, for lighting, paving, cleansing, and otherwise improving the town, that a rate-payer is induced to ask aloud, " Can you tell me where I live?' —Correspondent of the Ipswich Express. REPRESENTATION OF CORN.—A vacancy has oc curred in the representation of the city of Cork by the death of Mr. Daniel Callaghan. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BURNLEY.--We gave in our last a brief account of the frightful cas ua l ty which occurred on Tuesday week, by the bursting o f a boiler at Mr. Slater's mill, Sandy Gate, near Burnley, end stated that two persons had been killed, and two others so severely injured that they were not expected to recover. We regret to add that the loss of life was greater than we mentioned, three persons having died on the day of the explosion from the injuries received. In quests were held on the bodies on Friday morning, be fore Mr. John Hargreaves, the coroner. After a lengthened inquiry, the jury returned a verdict of acci dental death in each case. They added, that they ex onerated the boiler-maker from all blame, but recom trcee in m separate recom mended a stronger construction of boilers in future; they recommended the engineer to take care that in future the recommended t o peg h indicating the pressure should b e of proper length ; and alli Ibuildings a m n cI i L I , o w i e noevrs over h w a h t i ci boilers n o be epyla cpersona should h ave to work.--r es er Gu ar d ian. OFF FALMOUTH, OCT. 2.--Johan Julius, Harsen, Batavia, and sailed for Hambur gh. PENZANCE, OCT. 3.--Wind • e nil' li.N.E.—Sld V . la, Mogadore, LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 3. (Before Mr. Commissioner PmLurs.) IN RE CHARLES GILL. This insolvent had been a grocer in Devereux• court, Strand, and had also held a situation in the Temple. Ile bad offered to pay his creditors 6s. in the pound out of a sum of 1101., realised by the sale of a policy of insurance effected on his own life, but the offer was refused ; and it was suggested that a fiat in bankruptcy should be taken ,out. The insol vent's solicitors, Messrs. Lewis, however, considering that the expenses of a fiat would consume the whole assets, advised the insolvent to go to prison by means of a friendly arrest, and let the money be distributed by this Court Upon this advice he acted, and there was now 1301. paid into the Court, with a prospect of about 401. more. Mr. NicnoLs, who opposed, objected that an insol vent was not entitled to choose his own time to take the benefit of the act. Mr. COOKE having been heard in support, Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said, he thought the insolvent had acted very honestly, and on very good advice, the result of which would be that the credi tors would receive nearly 105. in the pound. Ile thought the insolvent was entitled to the benefit of the act, and ordered him to be discharged forthwith. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. William Charles Hitehins, of Tavistock-row, Covent-garden, and Benjamin Henry :illayers, of 23, King-street, Covent-garden, were brought up for final examination, charged with obtaining a quantity of papier mach6 trays, value 261. 165., under false pre tences. Both prisoners were fully committed for trial on the charge of feloniously stealing the trays. There was a second case then entered into. Alderman Gums committed them on this charge, also, for stealing, and also for unlawfully obtaining the goods in question. The depositions being made out and read, the pri soners declined saying anything, and were conveyed to Newgate. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James Moore, the proprietor of a Hampton-court omnibus, was summoned before Mr. Bingham for cruelty to two horses, his property. George Sutton, the, defendant's driver, was sum moned before the Magistrate in the first instance, when the following evidence was produced : Frederick Stewart, the waterman at the Knights bridge stand, said, on Friday week his attention was attracted to a crowd near Hyde Park, and on going up he found that one of the horses in an omnibus, which the defendant Sutton was driving, had dropped down dead. He ekimined the animal, and found it in a pitiable condition. It was a small puny horse, utterly unfit for such labour as omnibus work. It was in a wretched condition, seemingly from starva tion and overwork. It had wounds on its shoulders, produced by the collar, which had been painted over with flour of brimstone, and the holes in the raw flesh plugged up with fuller's earth. One of its legs also had a wound on it. Witness inspected the other horse, which the driver was vainly attempting to make draw the omnibus ; but the animal, which was hardly a shade better in condition than its wretched companion, was quite unable to perform the task from weakness. This horse also had large wounds on the shoulders daubed with flour of brimstone and fuller's earth. The driver said the animals had been inspected by the horsekeeper of his master before they were put to the omnibus on the morning in question. Other witnesses having deposed to the shocking condition of the live and dead animal, and to their complete unfitness for the work which they were re quired to perform, Mr. BINGHAM said, it would be quite inconsistent to punish the driver in such case—it was clearly the master who ought to be made amenable to the law. As the new Act gave a power tojnagistrates to reach the owners of horses where cruelty was proved, he should di/charge the summons against the defendant, and make the owner the principal. Yesterday the owner, James Moore, appeared to the summons. The evidence of the'cruelty, in substance the same as had been given on a previous day against the driver, was then gone into. The defendant said, he had not been able to attend to his stable for several days previous to the occur rence, owing to a severe attack of cholera. He was not aware' of the bad condition of the horses, other wise he should not have sent them out, and he hoped for a lenient penalty as he was in very poor circurn stances. Mr. BINGHAM said his first intention was to have inflicted the full penalty of 51., but taking into con sideration that the defendant had lost one horse by ' - u.ttscsla.ed. d mitigate the amount to 40s. in- choleia, lie wOu' eluding costs. August, the prisoner Smith sent the waiter at the Clarence-hotel to his house, who informed him that Captain Smith wanted to speak with him. Witness proceeded to the hotel, where he saw Smith and Mr. Collins in the coffee-room. Captain Smith produced the cheque for 71. 10s. on the Commercial Bank, Lothbury, and signed " Charles Frazer." Smith asked if witness would cash the cheque ? saying it was crossed, and the proprietor of the hotel bad left town. Witness looked at the cheque and found it was made payable to Mr. Collins, who came forward and spoke of his family, whom he (witness) was ac quainted with ; and from the knowledge he had of them he cashed the cheque and paid down 71. 104. on the table. Mr. Mullins—Whom did you give the money to ? j Witness—l suppose to both. I noticed Smith take up what I supposed to have been half the money, when he said to Collins, " Here, we'll halve it, as usual," and he took the other half from the table, when witness thought he was " done." When he gave the money he had not noticed that the cheque was postdated. Witness paid the cheque away to his brother, who paid it in to his banker's. It was returned to witness. On the 3d of September witness re ceived a message from the Clarence hotel that Smith wished to see him; he proceeded thither, when he was informed by Smith that Frazer had been seized with cholera, and could not go to Gravesend that day to send the money up in time. He after wards saw Smith and Collins, who told him that Frazer had died of cholera, and they referred him to their solicitor, Mr Lawes, at Mr. Hall's, 49, Moor gate-street. He saw Mr. Lawes, who assured him that the cheque was a good one, that Mr. Frazer's brother was a wealthy man residing at Gravesend, and that the drawer of the cheque had not sent to his brother, and by some means had not got the money. Lawes introduced witness to Mr. Hall, of 49, Moorgate-street, as his friend, when he (Mr. Hall) said the cheque was a good one, and the trans action was honourable, and that the money would be paid on the Saturday following. The prisoner Lawes acquiesced in all he said. Mr. Williams object - id to this sort of evidence as to what Hall said. After some discussion on the point between the professional gentlemen and the Bench, Mr. COMBE said, it was admissible for the consi• deration of the judge at the trial ; it might include Hall in a charge, but it would not exonerate Lawes. By Mr. Hobler (to Mr. Cutbbertson)—lt was on the faith of knowing Mr. Collins' family and seeing Collins present with Captain Smith, that he cashed the cheque. He would not have done so for Captain Smith himself, as he was sorry to say there were other transactions before the present in which be had been involved with him. Mr. Mullins said that this was the whole of the evidence he had to offer that day, but he would ask for a remand in order to produce other evidence against the prisoners. The case of Mr. George Mills, coachmaker of Goswell-street, had been completed, and he suggested that the whole of the witnesses already examined should he bound over to prosecute at the Central Criminal Court. Mr. COMBE ordered the witnesses to be bound over, and he remanded the prisoners for the production of further and necessary evidence. '.Ehey were then conveyed to prison. bound to consider all the plans which had been sent in, as far as they were capable of doing so, and then take the opinion of competent persons as to their merits. Sir JOHN BURGOYNE said the subject was one of great difficulty, and he thought it reasonable that time should be given to consider the whole of the plans. He thought there could be no doubt as to the propriety of consulting persons of competent knowledge a 3 to the merits of the various plans, and that he was sure would be done. The motion of Mr. Chadwick was then put and carried. Mr. CHADWICK then moved that each statement of ;he details and principles of the plans should be circu [ated to the author of each plan. Mr. Alderman LAwnENJE objected, on the ground that by adopting such a course they would furnish to the author of each plan the merits of all, which he considered a most objectionable course. Mr. CHADWICK said he believed the competitors themselves were desirous that the course proposed should be pursued. The Rev. Mr. CowIE also objected to the motion. Mr. CHADWICK said he would not press the motion if there was a general feeling against it. Several members requested Mr. Chadwick to with draw the motion. After a short discussion, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. CHADWICK also moved that the statements be ordered to be sent in as early as practicable. After a short discussion the motion was agreed to. Mr. CHADWICK then moved, that whin such state ments were sent in, a special court be summoned wi'hin fourteen days after they were so sent, in order to consider them. Mr. CHADWICK said that en imputation had been cast upon him, that he had already come to a fore gone conclusion. Now all the opinions he had formed on the subject had appeared in the blue books and official documents which had already been published, and beyond that he was perfectly open to consider the merits of every plan in an impartial spirit. There was, therefore, no ground for the allegation. It was his opinion that their efforts should first be directed to house drainage, next to street drainage, and lastly to the purification of the river. The propositions he had made on the subject of house drainage had already been unanimously approved of by the courti Mr. LAMBERT JONES was of a very different opinion. _ _ The resolution was then put and carried, and the court adjourned. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, SEPT. 26.—The Merlin, on arrival here of the news of the Sultan's refusal to give up the refugees, was immediately dispatched to the Admiral with letters, received frcm the Ambassador at Constantinople. The arrival of a French steamer from Marseilles and Italy, in quarantine, a case of cholera having occurred on board, has set the town in commotion. Her Majesty's steamer Locust, relieved by the Oberon, has arrived from Naples. She brought no news of any importance. her Majesty's steamer Antelope, from the lonian Islands, arrived 3 esterday, reports that the two revolu tionists, for whom, dead or alive, the Lord High Com wissioner bad offered 1,000 dollars, had not been taken, and the island of Cephalonia was still disturbed. The Sharpshooter (steamer) and the Racer (briv) were there, and the fleet cruizing in the vicinity. The Queen was in sight off Corfu on the 21st, and the lonia steamer was sent out to tow her in. She did her best for six hours, then cast her off, and Mrs. Ward and family quitted her, proceeding to Corfu in the steamer. On the :ollowing morning, distant eight miles from the an chorage, the Antelope, bound to Malta with the mails, took her in tow. The Thetis was in sight on the 22d. The Prince Regent, from Naples, bad joined the Admiral. She was at Argostoli on the 17th of Sept. The flag , ship (Caledonia) had a great deal of sickness on board, and was cruising for the health of her crew. The Tartarus steamer has been again employed in seeking for pirates. She has not, however, met with any success, and having remained a day at Smyrna to coal, she has prcceeded on her mission one more. By the Antelope arrived the veteran General Pepe, Colonel Marchese, the celebrated Manini and family, and several others whose late career has rendered them con spicuous. Our acting Governor, Colonel Jones, allowed them to land, and they are in town. lie properly took a guarantee for their good conduct, and their promise to leave the island soon. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey; Spitfire steamer, and Locust (tender to Triton), Lieutenant C. J. P. Glinn, in ordinary. On a Cruise—The Caledonia, 120, Captain T. W. Carter, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., the Cummander-in-Ciiief; Howe, 120, Captain Sir J. Stirling; Queen, 110, Captain C. %Vise; Power ful, 84, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas; Vengeance, 84, Captain the Right Lion. the Earl of Hardwicke; Prince Regent, 92, Captain Martin; Thetis, 36, Captain H. Codrington; Racer, Captain C. W. Beddoes; Frolic, Captain N. Vansittart; Odin, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham; Porcupine., Lieutenant E. F. Roberts; Bulldog, Commander Ivey; Rosamond, Commander Foote; Obe ron, Lieutenant Gardiner; and Sharpshooter steamer, Lieutenant Commander BlAley. On Surveying Duty—The Volage, 6, surveying ship, Captain Thomas Graves; Auxiliary cutter, Lieutenant G. W. Geary; and Research cutter, Lieutenant Lord John Browne, both tenders to the Volage. At Gibraltar—The Janus steamer, Lieutenant Powell. At Constantinople—The Tartarus, Commander Sir G. Webster. At Venice—'l.'he Ardent, Lieutenant Nowell. En route from Malta to Alexandria, thence to cruise —The Growler, Commander Stoddart. En route to England, from Malta—The Terrible, Captain W. _Ramsay. En route from Malta to Tunis, Algiers, Tangier, and Gibraltar—The Volcano, Lieutenant Commander Wiles. MAIL STEAM•PACKETS. At Malta—The Triton, Lieutenant C. J. P. Glinn ; Antelope, Lieutenant F. Smith. En route to Marseilles, from Malta—The Medusa, Lieutenant Bathurst; Medina, Lieutenant A. Darby. En route from Rialta to the lonian Islands and Greece —The Merlin, Licatenant J. H. Turner. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM PANY'S FLOTILLA. At Southampton—The Pacha, Erin, Indus, Sultan, Ripon, and Queen. En route to Gibraltar and Southampton, from Malta —The Euxine. En route from Southampton to Malta--The Hindostan. At Constantinople—The Tagus. UNITED STATES' SQUADRON. On a Cruise—United States' steam-frigate Mississippi, bearing the flag of Commodore Charles W. Morgan ; Constitution frigate, Lieutenant J. S. Rowan (Acting); Jamestown corvette, Commander Mercer. FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN P iRT. The French steamer Leonidas. Yachts—Petrel, Firefly, and Sapphire ; Russian Government corvette Calypso ; Tunis brig Nassir; Ottoman schooner Sajah Catera. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 2.—Her Majesty's ship Ganges, 84, Captain Henry Smith, is ordered up harbour to refit, previous to sailing for the Mediterranean. Her Majesty's iron steam-vessel, Trident, went up harbour to-day. The Hecla steam-vessel was paid wages yesterday, and sailed today for the coase . Her Majesty's frigate Alarm sailed yesterday for the West Indies. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Confiance is ordered to take in stores for the eastern ports. Captain Creyke, R.N., di^d this morning (not of cholera), at his residence, Albemarle-villas, Stoke. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—It is stated that the Court will remove from Osborne to London on the 9th instant. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert will be again dismantled, and will go up to her winter moorings shortly. The Leander, 50, is alongside the yard jetty, under the sheers. Captain Dacres joined en Monday. A party of riggers commenced rigging her yesterday. Her masts have been wedged. The foremast appears to be placed very far forward. She is a remarkably handsome ship; but on account of the peculiar formation of her bottom, and great height between her decks, her hold is shallow, and her room for the stowage of provisions and water rather confined. Her gun-carriages are on board, and she will receive her guns immediately. She can fire four guns ahead in a line with the keel, and the same number aft. As yet we believe we have no sailing frigate fitted with pivot guns, but we can see no reason why they should not be so fitted; a heavy long pivot gun forward and another aft on the spar or weather deck of the ship would be of great advantage to her. She would still have her two forward and two after guns on her main deck to fire in a line with the keel when required. The Serpent, 12, was commissioned by the master on Tuesday last. The brig has been brought into the basin and masted. A party of riggers are employed on her. The Scourge, steam-sloop, has been ordered to be prepared for immediate commission. The Fire Queen, recently paid off, is to be brought forward again immediately, probably to replace the Dwarf in Irelard. The Encounter will not go to Spithead till to-morrow (Thursday), where she will await orders. The Confiance, steam-tug, Martin master, sailed in the afternoon of Tuesday from Devonport for Portsmouth and Deptford, with stores, conveying Mrs. Stigant and family, widow of the late storekeeper of this yard, to Portsmouth. The Heels, steam easel, embarked her mails at Devon port on Tuesday r ning, and sailed in the afternoon for the coast of Africa. The Wolverine, 12, Commander M. Falcon, has been taken into dock at Chatham to have her bottom cleaned, which was very foul , end was to b e p u t out of dock yes terday, when the Wanderer, 12, was to have been taken into dock to be opened for survey, &c. The Wolverine has completed her complement of men. The Horatio, steam screw guard-ship, is ordered to be fitted with a steering apparatus, proposed by Mr. J. J. Fincham, assistant master shipwright at Chatham. Mr. Turner, late superintendent of shipbuilding at Bombay, and who has been Chatham Dockyard since the arrival of the Meanee, superintending the return of stores brought home by that ship, has been ordered to proceed to Liverpool and the Frith of Forth to report on quaran tine ships at those places. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—ll. W. Wright, 'and H. V. Haggard, to ;he scourge. blaster—J. W. WI. Mill, to the scourge. Masters' Assistants—J. A. R. Petch, to the Scot ur --- 1. - ; Thomas Turpin, to the Ganges. _Midshipmen—Horace Johnson, to the Leander; Chat v. E. Stevens, to the Serpent ; Francis Stanley, to ti Encounter. Chaplain—Charles Thlgrave, to the Leander. Navel Instructor—M. P. Sambell, to the Leander. Naval Cadet—John D. Hopkins, to the Leander. Clerks-0. D. Sibbald, to the Leander ;G. Buie* 1, to the Ganges; Richard Allen, to the Scourge. Clerk's Assistant—T. W. Harriott, to the Scouriv • Purser—Frederick Gilbert, to the Scourge. TO THE EDITOIt OF THE &UZI- SlR,—With your usual impartiality, I am sure you will not object to my stating, through the medium of your journal, that there has been for some time past another plan before the public, suggested by Mr. IL H. Fulton and the promoters, which, if carried out, would afford a pure and ample supply of water to the metropolis. It is proposed to take the supply from the Thames (the only sufficient source) immediately above Staines, the water to be conveyed from thence in a close con duit to Hampstead, so as to afford perpetual high ser vice to every portion of the metropolis. From experiments which have been made it is ascertained that the quality of the water at. Staines is exceedingly good. Staines by the course of the river is thirty-seven miles from London-bridge, and twenty and a half miles above Richmond, and the tidal influence, conse quently, above that point ; no part of this length of 20* miles is affected by the London sewage. At the same time it is considered to be just the highest point in the navigation where the abstraction of so large a quantity of water can be made at all seasons, for the proper supply of London without injury tb the interests of the navigation and mill owners. It must be observed that, between Henley Reach and Staines several tributary streams empty themselves into the Thames, and it is calculated that the aggregate amount of water afforded by these streams at ordinary times would supply a quantity amounting to 100 million gallons, the estimated amount for the proper daily supply of London. Owing to the use of the close conduit no impuri ties could be imparted to the water in its conveyance to the consumers, and no expenses for purchase or land or severance would be incurred by this plan, which expense has been found by the railway com panies to be one of the largest items, and to have ex ceeded the Parliamentary estimates to a greater extent than any other. The ordinary level of the water at Staines is fifty-four feet above low-water market at London bridge. The cost of raising and transmitting water to the necessary elevation by steam power is, I understand, so small in proportion to the quantity of water re quired that there is no excuse for the public refusing to avail themselves of this pure and copious source, in preference to any proposed higher up the river, as all injury to mill property and the navigation would thereby be obviated. It would be sixteen miles less distant from London than Henley Reach, and conse. quently save the expense of that extra length o conduit. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, M. SMART. 27, Mount-street. TILE PIG-IRON TRADE OF SCOTLAND. (From the North. British Mail, Oct. 2.) We have been requested to give insertion to the following letter, addressed to the iron -masters, dealers, and others interested in the pig-iron trade of Scot land Gentlemen,—The trade with which you are con nected has, within the last ten or fifteen years, so rapidly developed itself, and assumed so important a position in the mercantile interest of Glasgow, and the great fluctuations in the value of iron, and the vastness of the operations in the article, have attracted the attention of those having the means and disposed to invest in the article, . as well as the public generally, to the working of the trade, the ex traordinary system that you have latterly adopted for facilitating the transferance of pig-iron, or its repre sentative, excites the greatest surprise and distrust amongst most well-informed mercantile men, and prevents them, when they see a favourable opportu nity, from investing in the article ; and hence, I think, the present great depression in the value of pig-iron, when most other trades are in a healthy state , may be attributed. I would, therefore, offer the following remarks on the trade, and, I think, will readily show that if a more sound mercantile principle were adopted, it would be for the interest of all concerned : The apparent advantages of the present system are, first, to the ironmasters : that at any time when they require money, and are in good credit, even though they have no stock, they may sell almost any quantity of scrip, and get paid for it at once, and this sc r i p t o th em h as this advantage of not bein g find it not convenient a legal document, and though in honour bound by it at once to me de t l o i vet time, the d iron o so, on th e d y e demand, if delay f they de. but by a comm it' : livery from and the dealer has no re coursee' or r ction at law. They also have no interest to pay n nego tiating the loan. Second, f or the d other charge, eal for er, that the for he iron master charges nothing (nor, in fact, could though wished, as the iron when sold is seldom made) keeping the iron till the dealer finds it convenient to take delivery, and delivers it free of expe nse . The disadvantages are to the master, that the wealthy masters never require to resort to the selling of scrip for the purpose of raising money, and therefore they never issue scrip, but for pig-iron on hand, and the value of their iron is depressed by their less fortunate neighbours, frequently entering the market and sell ing scrip at 2s. to 3s. per ton below the market value ; and this in a doll market has a most injuri- MARYLEBOIVE. Mary Harding was placed at the bar for final ex• amination, charged with having stolen property to a considerable amount belonging to Mr. James Porter, an upholsterer, &c., in an extensive way of business in High-street, Camden-town. The Magistrate committed the prisoner for ti:rl WORSHIP-STREET. George Ewing, a congreve-light manufacturer, in Wellington•row, Bethnal-green, appeared to a sum mons before Mr. Hammill, charging him with having wantonly and cruelly tortured an ass, the prop arty of a rival trader in the same business, named Lester. It appeared from the evidence of a lad named Bird, in the service of the complainant, that while driving the animal in question, attached to a heavily laden cart, along the Bethnal-green-road, on the morning of the 24th ult., the defendant suddenly advanced from the foot pavement, and after inquiring whether that was Mr. Lester's donkey, to which the witness replied in the affirmative, instantly snatched his whip out of his hand, and exclaiming "I'll show you how to make a don key go," repeatedly drove the end of the handle, which was broken and jagged, with such force into the under part of the animal's flank, that it sprang forward in great agony, with the blood pouring from its side, and on witness stopping and examining it, he found that the flesh had been tarn away, and a laceration left at least six inches in length. The poor animal was also suffering from three other serious wounds in the same tender part of its body, and one of them was sufficiently deep for the admission of the end of a man's finger. Several bystanders, who had wit . nessed the act, expressed their indignation at the brutal behaviour of the defendant, who thereupon threw down the whip, and, exclaiming that he knew the best way to cure a donkey, took up several hand fuls of mud, and after rubbing them into the wounds, turned carelessly round and walked leisurely off. The poor animal appeared to be enduring the most acute pain from the cruelty to which it bad been subjected, and witness was obliged to lead it all the way back to his master's premises. His employer subsequently complained of the injuries his animal had received to Mr. Thomas, the secretary to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and by his advice the present proceedings were adopted. The lad's evidence was fully confirmed by thAt of two witnesses and Holland and Fitzgerald, the war rant-officers, and Mr. HAsimiLL, after characterising it as a most cruel and wanton outrage, said that this was clearly such a case, in his opinion, as was contemplated by the Legislature in investing him with a summary power to deal with it in an adequate manner, and he had therefore no hesitation in putting in force one of the clauses of the amended Act for the punishment of such offences, and should order the defendant to be at once committed to the House of Correction, and there kept to hard labour for two months. The defendant, who appeared astounded at the de cision, was then removed to the cells. CLERKENW ELL. - - - - Richard Matti Srn asoi-disant captain, Thomas Lawes, and Charles Frazer were again examined, charged with uttering forged cheques. The following additional evidence was adduced : George Russell, a constable belonging to the City, 34, said that on Tuesday, the 25th of September, i❑ consequence of information he had received he went to Kite's coffee-house, Blackfriars-road, where he found a mahogany writing-desk (now produced) in the private passage of that house. On opening it he found it to contain a cheque book, No. 5,676, of the Commercial Bank, Lothbury, and also a pass book on the same bank, the title within the book being " The Trustees, Commercial Bank, London, in ac count with Thomas Lawes." It was a blank cheque book. There were also two memorandum books in the same desk, and appeared to be cashed by Thomas Lawes. Mr. T. Kite, proprietor of the British Coffee-house, Blackfriars-road, said that on Tuesday, the 25th of September, a man called at his house, and requested that he might leave the desk until he called for it. Witness allowed him to leave the desk. • He never saw the man before or since. Mr. A. Paul, clerk to the Commercial Bank, identified the books (produced). The cheque book was issued from the Commercial Bank to the pri soner Lawes, whose handwriting witness identified in the book. John Hall, a waiter employed at the Clarence Hotel, Aldersgate-street, deposed that the prisoner, Captain Smith, had been staying at that hotel about three months. He had not paid his bill, and never saw him pay any money. The prisoner Lewes was in the occasional habit of visiting him at the hotel. By Mr. Hobler—The prisoner Smith may have paid a bill to his (witness's) master without his knowing it. By Mr. .Mullies—lt was usual to pay the waiter, who delivered the money to his master. He could swear positively to the prisoner Lawes. Mr. F. Cuthbertson, bootmaker, of 123, Alders gate-street, deposed, that on Tuesday, the 28th of METROPOLITAN SE WERS. A special court of sewers was held yesterday, by adjournment, at their office, Greek-street, Soho, at ten o'clock; Sir John Burgoyne in the chair. The following commissioners were also present :—Mr. Chadwick, Dr. Southwood Smith, the Rev. Mr. Stone, the Rev. Mr. Murray, the Rev. Mr. Cowie, Mr. Hawes, Alderman Lawrence, Sir H. de la Beebe, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Bidwell, Mr. Baines, and Al r. Lambert Jones. The SECRETARY having read the minutes of the last meeting, stated that up to the 20th of August 62 plans had been sent in, with reference to 51 of which concise statements had bem sent in. Since that date, and up to the Ist October, 54 entirely new plans had been sent, and also 32 additional or supplemental ones, snaking a total of 116, and, including the sup plemental plans, 148. The SECRETARY then commenced to read the names of those who had sent in plans, when Alderman LAWRENCE objected. He thought it was not necessary that the names of those who had sent in plans should be made known to the public. Mr. CHADWICK said it was considered unavoidable that the names should be read, and that course was adopted by order of the court. _ Alderm - an LAWRENCE said he had never known such a course adopted before, and he thought many of the authors of the plans would object to their names being made public. The Rev. Mr. CowIE said he protested against the proceedings With ngsofthreescpoecurt t t: the commercial i advantagesithrefeicetothedrainage l expected to be derived from the manure, be thought that point was not at present decided, and in consi dering the question of the drainage of the metropolis, it was at the very root of it that it must depend on what was to be done with the soil. With respect to the water question he would not say anything, be cause Mr. Leslie had a motion on the subject. Thirdly, he thought the competitors who sent iu plans should be remunerated, because it was unrea sonable to expect that men or talc—i, --la --a : plans without remunerr. Lion. He thought it was altogether a hasty and ill-considered pros-eding. He would, therefore, give in the following protest : .‘ I hereby wish to enter my protest against the present proceedings of the court in respect to the general drainage question, for the following rea sons :—First, That it seems to me to be the duty of the commission to lay down rules for the guidance of the competing engineers on general points of great importance, viz.:—the commercial value of sewage manure, and the mode of the disposal, whether in a diluted or a concentrated state. On the conclu- sion arrived at with respect to these points depend the main features of all plans, whether there shall be several outfalls or only one—whether the house drainage and the surface drainage shall be united or separated. And whereas the preliminary inquiries on these points are not completed, and the court has no opportunity of supplying the competing parties with the requisite data, the diversity of the plans will only lead to further con fusion and delay. Secondly, That it seems to me an essential point to be ascertained, as preliminary, how much additional water supply is required, and how much can be given; having fully concurred that we cannot expect an economic system of house drainage to answer well unless the metropolis is more abundantly supplied with water. That upon calling on the public at large to give in plans, some rule should have been laid down for the remuneration of the competing parties. For these reasor.s I fear that the present proceedings will lead to no practical result or benefit to the metropolis, but will rather aggravate the complaints against the commission; and believing that the court has been hurried into these measures by the urgency of the chief surveyor, sup ported by a portion of the public press, when they ought to have bestowed more consideration on the prelimina ries, I beg to tender my protest against the same. " MORGAN COWIE." Mr. CHADWICK agreed with some of the points to which the Hon. Member had alluded, but he could not see that they could at that court do more than order the plans to be classified. They had only received the plans a few e . ys ago, and they had not had time to give them consideration. He thought a classification might be made of the plans already sent in, and then they could decide whether they should be considered according to the separate classi fication, or consider them altogether. He would therefore propose that the author of er Ih plan sent in since the 20th of August be called upon to give in a concise statement of the main features of his plan, both in respect to the details and principles, and then that a special court be summoned to decide upon them. At present they were not in a condition entirely to support the proposition of Mr. Cowie, although be agreed with him on some points. Ile could not but regret that all that had been done by the trial works committee had not been made known, because if that !had been done a great benefit would have arisen. The surface survey and the subterra nean survey were the only works which had not been completed. With respect to the amount of remuneration, he did not see that they could consider that question at present, although they might do so at a future period. Alderman LAWRENCE thought the plans should be submitted to some eminent persons of competent knowledge, to examine and report to the court upon them, and unless that courre was adopted he was sure the City would object to the decision and proceedings of the board. Sir HENRY DE LA BECIaE thought that those who had sent in plans latterly should be placed on the same footing as those who first sent them in. He was of opinion that they ought to receive the plans merely, and then that they should have abstracts of the new plans and consider them; and that for that purpose the court should be adjourned. If teat was not agreed to, he would suggest that they should form themselves into a committee pro forma, for the prr pose of considering the subject. He would, there fore, second the motion for adjournment. The Rev. Mr. MURRAY agreed with the proposition cf Mr. Chadwick. He had looked at the plans which had been sent in, and he thought there would be no difficulty in making a classification. Of 52 plans 19 agreed in advising a double tunnel, and there were about 21 plans which might be considered miscella neous, and he presumed that of the 50 plans which remained, it was probable that something like an arrangement in general principles, as, for instance, whether two tunnels were necessary, would he found. lie thought the whole might be so arranged that there would not be more than five or six classes. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE said it was reported out of doors that there was great disunion among the memb3rs of the board, and he thought it would be most unfair to leave the decision of the merits of the plans in the hands of a board where the merits would depend upon a majority or minority. Six K. LA La. )3zcaz thought the board wis THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE, OCT. 2.—At this morning's market Two have to note a dull sale for all articles. A lair arr hval of grain coastwise. Also little in from abroad. For wheat the quotations of Saturday were barely suppor Led, but. the little business done hardly warrants a redact. itni. Barley and oats at about previous terms. The value, of olle , r grain remains nominally as before. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, OCT. 2.—At lids day's market we had a large supply of beasts, exceet hug the number Exposed for sale last week by 150 h Quality good. Although a brisk demand, part rem si us unsold. Number of sheep and lambs also large. I. to th kinds of stock in good demand at former rates, and b at few remain on hand. Beasts 700; sheep and lamb s. 6,400. Prices—B ef, 5s Od to 6s 3d per stone; mutt°. a, 4d to sid ; lamb, 4id to sid per lb. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 2.—There wu re in the market to-day 105 sacks oatmeal, each weighit g 2801bs imperial, whereof 89 sold thus;-13 at 11 9s, Bat 11 8s 6d, 24 at 1/ Bs, 26 at 1/ 7s Od, and 18 at 116 s (hi; average price of the whole lt 7s 5d 11-12ths. 4 se..i.ks flour, ovhcreof 2 sold at 31s, 1 at 30s, and 1 at 2 91. 4 'sacks barleymeal, none sold. 27 sacks pot-barl , sy, whereof 22 soul thus:-1 (Pearl) at 1/ 13s Od, 3at 11 6.9, 1 at 11 54 Od, 5 at l/ 4s, 3 at I/ as 6d, 4 at 11 Is 6d, and 5 at 11 Os Od. 1 sack brosemeal, which sold at a EDINBURGH "LAY AND STRAW MARKET, OCT. 2 . Supplies of all kinds small. Oat straw, from 7s 6cl to 103 Od per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat ditto, 75 6d to 9s Od; barley ditto, 6s 6c.1 to 83 Od. Old hay, from 7d to 9d; new ditto, 0.1 to Od per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, OCT. I.—There were 97 sacks of oatmeal, 6 of barleymeal, and 1 of pot-barle y at this day's market. Th© supply of oatmeal middlinye,-, barleymeal small; sales heavy. Top price of eatmei 275, or Is 6d lower than last week; flour and peasemee 1 none in market. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. imperial .. Barleynieal, per ditto Peasemeal Flour Pot barley ... First Second Third ... 27s Od 2O 3d 25s Od ... 19s 6d —s 01 —s '3d —s Od —s Od —s 3d —s Od —s Od —3 'Dd. ... 223 6d —s Od —s OIL COAL MARKE Hasting's Hartley l7s Od Holywell Main ..... 16s Od, fanlield Moor Butes l3s 6ci Wail's End, &c. Thornley Clarke Gibson liedley Hilda Hebburn l7s 9d Harton Percy ..... ...... 17s 9cil Ships at n r.—YESTETWAY. Lambton Primrose lBs. Zd Braddyll Eletton Hutt,on 3tewart's Hartlepool ... 198 ,Od West Hetton lBs .0d St. Helen's Tees Tees West Corn forth ........ 18s .3d Graigola Birchgrove... 20s ,6d Nixon's Merthyi and Cz.rdiff ..... 21s Ott n arket, 43. RAILWAY 6t1A111, 4 mARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 3. , - STOCK EXCIIANGE.-1 he transactions to-day were as f low :—Great Western Quarter I dis,—Ditto, Old, 58. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share market was further r'te pressed to day . The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancash:re, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 6 per cent. till 1850, Sq. lls. 3d. —Caledonian, Preference, 9 1 /—Great Northern, 5 per cemt., Preference, 2 dis.—Ditto (L. and York Extension), —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., Fifths, 61. lie. 3(1-- Lancaster and Preston, 2 dis.—London and North-Western, 111—Ditto, New Quarters, A p.— Manchester Sheffield, at d Lincolnshire, Quarters (No. 1), guaranteed 714. till 185:3, 12% c. dis. Midland, 50—Ditto, Halves, 19 1 4 dis.—Yorl4 Newcastle, and l'erwick (Original N. and B.), G. N. 1.3. Purchase, 6 per cent. till 1850, 4/. 18s. 9d.— Dutch Rhenirb, 6 3 / 4 MANCHESTER, OCT. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were Ea follow :—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 64 dis.—Sheffirdd and Lincoln, 19% dis. North Staffordshire, 7% dis. West Riding Union, 6% dis.—Sheffield, Preference, 10 i Dover (No. 4), y c. YORK, OCT. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to- day were a 3 follow :—Great Northern, 71. Cs. '3d.—North British, Pre ference, 31. Us. North-Western, Preference, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), 12 1 A ex in. —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 3 ) -A. GLASGOW, OCT. 2. STOCK ExcHANcE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low .—Aberdeen, Preference, 6% Caledonian and Dumbar tonshire, 9 1 4—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 102—Stirling and Dunfermline, 725. 6d. FOREIGN FUNDS. HAMBURGII FUJDS, SEPT. 29. Bills. Money. Hanoverian New Loan, 5 per Cent. .... 106 Ditto, 3% per Cent. ...........• •• 84 1 ,E 841 Bank Share - 3 •• •• ••••—•••• • • •• • • • • riassian 5 per Cent. ......... .. •• .• 106% Russian Certificate ••••••••• • .. • • • • •• 98 1 ,4 Ansio-Itussian Loan -. .. .. .• • . ... • . 105 1 % 10514 Ilainbur,gh Certificate, 5 per Cent .... Russian 4 per Cent. .... .. •• • • •....... New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••.. • • Ditto Stleglitz .• ~........ ~........ 84% 84 1 p, Belgian Loan, 21 % per Cent •• .. .. .• Anglo-Danish Loa n , 3 pei• Cent ...• .. 72 Ditto, in 1001. Stares ....• ... .. .. 7 2 % 72 Ditto, 5 per cent. • • •.. ••• •• 97 97 Anglo-Swodish Loan . Ditto, transport Loan .......... Norwegian loan, 1848 .... ..... .... 991% 99th Spanish New 5 per Cent •• • • .......... 10 1 % Ditto, 3 per Cents. ...... .......... 253 25% East India Loan. 4 per Cent •• ••• • • • Ditto, 1846.. • ••••••••••• ••••• • • • Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pe, Cent...... Ditto 3 per Cent. •••• .• .......... .._ National Bank Share 3 .....• •••• • . • . American, 6 per Cent. .............. 10534 105 RA I LWAYS. Minh. Bergd. •• •••• • • . •••••• • • • • • • 94% Ditto, Priority Shares •• • •••• • • • • 104 Bern and Hamburg ••••.•••• • • • • • • • 71% Ditto, Priority Sharel .. •••.•• • •• 98 Cologne and Minden .. • • ...• ••• • • • Ditto, Priority Shares . ..... ••• • .• Mecklenburg.. ••••.•• • • • •• A'tona and Kiel ..... •• .. 97 Hanseatic Steam Company •• •• •• DUTCH FUNDS.—AntsTnanix. OCT. 1. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 23% per Cent •• •• •••• • 53% Ditto, 3 per Cent • • •• •• •• •••• • • • • 631 2 % Ditto, 4 per Cent... • • ••••••.• .• • • 81 84% Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.. •• • • 84% 85% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • Spanish New 5 per Cents. - • Ditto 3 per Cent., Inland •• • • Exchangeon London, at sight ...... 12 12% Two m0nth5............... 12 07% On Hambargh, at sight .... 35 1-16 Two m0nth5......... •• •... 34% On Paris, at sight • • • • • • •• •• Two months. ••••••• • •• •• •• 56 % BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELs, OCT. 2. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ........... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions,FourperCent...• Ditto Three per Cent.. .. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions,ditto Ditt0,d1tt0,1840............ ••.• • . • 91% Ditt0,ditt0,1842............ • • • • • • 95% Ditto, 1844............... ••.•.•• • • • • • 87%% Ditto, Ditto, 1848 .... •.. Ditto of the City, 18L2 •• •• •• • • Ditto, 1843 •• •• •••• •• •• •••• •• ,••• 93 Bank of Celgium •• •• •• •• •• •• Issue of 1841 ..•• 101% 93% 103% 75% 97ji ASSURANCE OF RAILWAY PASSENGERS.—The new system of railway assurance comes into operation on the Great Western Railway between Paddington, Bristol, and intermediate stations, on Monday next, and arrange ments are being made far the same purpose with the other railways in the West of England. EADVERTISEMENT.]—A Sufferer from Severe De bility and a Shattered Constitution cured by Holloway's Pills. —Mr. Heintjes van Veerssen, a merchant, residing at Nyme gen, in Holland, had been suffering for years from a generri debility ; his strength had become so prostrated that he was quite incapable of attending to any kind of business ; his con stitution was rapidly giving way, notwithstanding the efforts of the cleverest medical men to arrest the decline. At this crisis he commenced taking Holloway's Pills, and by their use his health and strength are perfectly re-established, in gratitude for which blessing he desires that publicity be given to it, that others may seek relief by the same means.—Sold by all Drug gists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand,, London. BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., at Great Henny Rectory, near Sudbury, the wife of the Rev. J. W. Harding, of a son. On the 29th ult., at WoYlaton Rectory, Mrs. Charles Wil— loughby, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at llythe, the lady of Captain C. F. Skyring, R.E., of a son. On the 30th ult., at Eltham, Kent, the wife of George B. Wollasten, Esq., of a son. On the 30th ult., at Dalston, Mrs. Edward P. Bond, of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at the Priory Farm, Peckham Rye, Mrs.. Charles Stevens, of a daughter. NARETED. CA the 2d inst., at Broadwater Church, George Waugh, Esq., of Great James - street, Bedford-row, to Emily, thi r d surviving daughter of the late George Edmunds, Esq., ot Worthing. On the 2d inst., at Totteridge Church, Francis Kee, Esq. of the Royal Engineers, second son of J. 11. Koe, Esq., Q.C.' to Isabella, eldest daughter of J. 11. Puget, Esq. On the 29th ult., at Charlton Church, Isaac Offord Phillip; Stuart, Esq., of the General Register an d Record-office of Seamen, to Eliza, daughter of William Edwards, Esq., of New Charlton. DIED. On the 28th ult., at Belle-vue, Reading, Colonel David Williams, aged 8:. On the 29th ult., at Clapham-rise, John Close, Esq., of St. Mildred's-court, aged 50. On the 29th ult., at Eastbourne, Sussex, Allen Williams, M. 8., aged 32, only surviving son of Alen Williams, Esq., of St. Thomas-street, Southwark. On the 30th ult, at Amiens, Sir Samuel Scott, Bart., of Sundridge-park, Kent, aged 77. On the Ist inst., at Bromley, Middlesex, Mr. Nathaniel Gill.,aged 63. On the Ist inst., at Marine-terrace, Margate, Mrs. Innis, of Euston-square, Lodon, aged 69. On the Ist inst., in Seymour-place, Euston-square, Frances widow of John W. Caley, Esq., of Gray's Inn, and Queen square, Illoomsbury. On the 2d inst., at Camden-terrace, West, Mr. Edward Cutten, second son of Mr. Charles Cutten, of Greenhill-lodge, Harrow, aged 34. In London, Thomas Harris, Esq., Royal Navy, of George street, Devonport, aged 56. 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