The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—It is one feature of such visitations as that under which we still lie, that they bring out the national character, and, not the least, its defects. The sluggishness and independence of operation, the capri cious diversity and stubborn incredulity of opinion, for which the nation is remarkable, may be traced in bold relief throughout the columns which relate to the present epidemic. We can afford to make this admission, because, after all, the worst growler amongst us, and the warmest admirer of continental customs, cannot deny that the cholera has hitherto fallen much more lightly on this than on any foreign city. Though London cannot boast the clear dry air of Paris, the never-failing freshness of its splendid buildings, or the beauty of its ornamental fountains, yet its proportion of deaths by cholera is only a quar ter of that lately suffered by Paris, light as that has been compared with the devastation of 1832. The result exactly tallies with the comparative mortality of the two cities under ordinary circumstances. The truth is London, in some important respects, is far in advance of its more pretentious neighbour. Our sewers are, it is true, still in a disgraceful condition, but a gulley-hole every now and then is better than a con tinual gutter ; the sooty smoke of our coals mocks all our attempts at external or internal decoration, but it is not so acrid or subtle as the fumes of wood and charcoal ; our domestic arrangements for cleanliness are every way imperfect, but in Paris they have not so much to be mended as made ;- we convert a noble river into a nuisance, but in Paris the very pavement reeks with abomination, and Smithfield, bad as it is, cannot produce the stenches of the Place de la Con corde; the abattoirs of Paris and its extramural cemeteries are patterns to the world, and particularly to this country ; its site also, on rock and sand, is the finest in Europe ; but the profligacy and recklessness of the people render them careless of health, not to say life, and mar the natural advantages of climate and position. The comparison of London with Paris is more than satisfactory—it is triumphant; that, however, is no reason why we should not look our own errors calmly in the face, and endeavour to remove them. The cholera of 1849 is an exact repetition, but with an increased severity, of that of 1832. The character of the disease, the path and manner of its approach, the cities, the localities, and the classes most obnoxious to its influence, its warning symptoms, and its hope less climax, are all the same. It is our fate to be tried with the recurrence of disasters. At the interval of 17 years we have had the same political crisis ; and at the interval of 20 years we have seen the same speculative mania, with the same ruinous conse quences. O course the object of this recurrence was that we should employ against the second attack the experience derived from the first, and everybody who remembers the cholera of 1832 will remember that such was the general resolution. " The cholera came upon us unprepared," we then said ; "it was new and unknown ; all our remedies failed, nor did the time admit of preventive reforms. We have, however, pined experience. .The disease will now be acclimated, and become pepodi cally epidemic. Let us prepare in time against a second attack." It seems only t he other da y that this language was in everybody's mouth. What is the result ? We cannot give a better reply than what is contained in the notification from the General Board of Health published in Tuesday's Gazette. The fearful warning of 1832, the slow but certain ap proach of the disease over the continent from India to these islea, the numerous excellent suggestions offered by the Board of' Health as much as a year ago, and repeated till now, have ended in this—simply this, that when the disease has carried off 13,000 persons, we are only just beginning, in a few districts, to adopt really effective measures of prevention. We are only just beginning to search out the cholera in its incipient and curable state, and arrest its course while under human control, instead of waiting at our hospitals to receive the dying, or at our graveyards to bury the dead. The actual cholera is an almost hopeless affair. However medical men may parade their cases of re covery, it is questionable whether any patients have been restored by medicine from a state of collapse. Even at a much earlier stage we administer our re medies almost by rote, and leave the rest to nature or to Heaven; so little confidence have we in our know ledge of the complaint. There is no doubt, how ever, that the cholera is generally preceded by a premonitory stage, of a very distinct character, which is by no means intractable; so that if we could only place the population under circumstances more fa vourable to health, with better air, better water, and more roomy dwellings ; and if, further, we could dis cover in any individual the first stealthy approaches of the disease, we should be able to avert, in almost every instance, the last fatal attack. 'We are aware that men apparently in full health and strength have been suddenly struck down, and cholera has been not so much a disease as a mere form of death. In this country, however, such cases are so rare that we need only concern ourselves with the more known and general type of the disease—namely, diarrhoea gradually, and by certain known stages, advancing to cholera. There could be no doubt as to the pre cautions proper to be taken against such a complaint. After improvement in drainage and such permanent conditions of health, the occasional measures neces sary were, first, a close and frequent examination of suspected districts, with a view to discover the in cipient disorder; then prompt remedies for cases so discovered or for any persons spontaneously ap plying for them ; then the removal of persons threatened with cholera from situations likely to promote it, and thinning the crowds whose very number was engendering disease. Amid much that was desperate, and still more that was precari ous, these measures were of undoubted utility. The Board of Health has been recommending them now for a twelvemonth, and suggesting the most convenient methods. Yet, till within two or three weeks, none of its suggestions had been adopted. The most effectual means hitherto discovered for bringing incipent cholera under treatment has been house-to-house visitation. At the date of the latest reports to the Board, this plan had only been pursued little more than a week in Bethnal-green districts, St. Luke's and Islington, Lambeth, Newington, St. Olave's, St. Saviour's, St. George's, Stepney, 'White chapel, Poplar, and Greenwich, in all instances with a very slender staff of visitors, yet by September 15 they had discovered and brought under individual treatment 7,819 cases of the various earlier stages of cholera, only 25 of which, thanks to this visitation, passed into actual cholera. The value of this visita tion has been signally demonstrated by a comparison with the districts where no such precaution was taken, and where the mortality remained much as before. A house-to-house visitation at Sheffield gives the same gratifying result. Yet this obvious course has only been adopted in some dozen instances, and that only just now. The same may be said of other suggestions, such as the removal of nuisances, the cleansing of dwellings, the dispersion of crowded dis tricts, the separation of those who could be moved to more open spaces, and houses of refuge for the curable sick ; excepting that these plans have scarcely been adopted in one in stance. The still more obvious and . peremptory duty of providing a sufficient medical staff for the sick to apply to on the first approach of disease, urged as it has been by the Board for more than a twelvemonth, has been but rarely and slightly discharged, and in some cases resisted by the parochial or union authori ties. The City of London Union itself, as our readers will see by the proceedings before the Lord Mayor, takes the lead in disobedience. In other cases it has been administered with repulsive and odious forms of the New Poor-law, notwithstanding the fact that many persons would rather die of cholera than of "the union," or of "outdoor relief." The epidemic to all appearance now rages less violently and less widely ; it is mercifully abated ; and the local autho rities of the metropolis have only just begun to make a stand against it. We have gained great experience, useless for the present, valuable as it may be twenty years hence, when we shall most probably neglect its warnings once more. We are unwilling to assign base motives to this scandalous neglect. There is a vis inerti c e in society more powerful than its positive sins. Sluggishness, jealousy of interference, procrastina tion, incredulity, downright stupidity, are perhaps the best names we can find for the thing. An ex cuse, however, has been alleged often enough— ftener, perhaps, than really felt, and that is economy. That argument has been disproved a thousand times before in the discussion of sanitary subjects. In the present instance it is " Penny wise and pound fool ish," for it is obviously better to cure a hundred cases of di arr h oea th an h ave one w id ow an d h er children on the parish perhaps for ten years. On this point the Board says— " The most common argument o against the . immediate and energetic adoptionthe d preventive me.asures . directed by the General B expense. The epidemic is consideredearof Health, ignorant is their as an evil with which it is eless to grapple; by the which has among the better informed, a fals e economy, and fatal results, has h sults, in some instances led to the most which were been the ground of resistance to measures tv instantly necessary to save life. But it should bei that parochial expenditure cannot be avoided during no k nown se ason of public calahiity like the present. Money must be spent either in saving life or in the maintenance of pauperism, widowhood, and orphanage. In this case, economy is, pn the side i of humanity, and the m os t ex ;y' ill things sto do nothing. The ratepayers 4 beitsformed that the want of compliance with the orders of the General Board of Health on the part of th e en Begirds of of guardians of the metropolis has already tailed eaorraouslAnd lasting expenditur e on the parishes, arid thatethis expenditure is daily augmenting in a vastly kesater ratio Alien the whole amount required to carry out the nesdfilypreventive measures. The parish of Lam beth, for eetample, was, up to August 27, already burdened with 61 cholera widows and 226 cholera orphans, who mustfor years remain a costly burden on the parish. From a small court in Bishopsgate-street, Peahen court, the parish cf St. Ethelburga bad already re- !~ t • - coived, up to August 29, one widow and 12 cholera f o rphans, whose maintenance, until they are able to provide for themselves, will cost the pa rish, according to the estimate of a competent authority, not less than 4201.; while a timely expenditure of 301. in putting the court in a proper sanitary condition would probably have prevented the occurrence of a single case of cholera,. The funerals of persons who have died of cholera in the metropolis alone have already incurred an expenditure of not less than 50,000/." We can easily believe this, for we have known similar results from the more common case of epi demic fever, engendered and diffused by poverty, closeness, dirt, and other removable causes. All neglect, whether private or public, is sure to be retaliated. A pestilence is a call upon the public to perform a common duty ; and if th at call be dis obeyed, we shall probably suffer a more serious punishment than the drowsy rebu kes of conscience. Besides an increased danger of infection, we shall have to support the wives and families of those whom we now leave to die. CHRONICLE.—We have much satisfaction in learning from the postscript which Lord Brougham has appended to the second edition of his recent letter to Sir James Graham, that he intends, immediately on the re -assembling of Parliament, to resume his labours in relation to the important Bills constituting the Criminal Law Digest ; and it will, therefore, not be without advantage to state briefly the history of these measures, so that the public may be in a position to judge for themselves as to what degree of value ought to be attached to them. No sooner had Lord Brougham, as Chancellor in the Reform Ministry, been entrusted with the Great Seal than he determined to carry out the enlightened scheme of digesting the criminal law—a scheme which for many years had occupied his thoughts and stimulated his ambition, and the practicability and expediency of which had been remarkably illustrated by the signal success of the partial Consolidation Acts which, in 1827 and 1828, had been introduced and carried by Sir Robert Peel and Lord Lansdowne. Accordingly, in the summer of 1833, a Commission was issued, at the special instance of the Chancellor, by which the fol lowing eminent lawyers—Messrs. Starkie, Bellenden Ksr, Amos, Wightman, and Austin—were empowered and directed "to digest into one statute all the statutes and enactments touching crime and the trial and punishment thereof; to digest into one other statute all the provisions of the common or unwritten law touching the same ; and to inquire and report how far it might he expedient to combine both these statutes into one bodes of the criminal , law, repealing all other statutory provi s i on s. In 1836 Mr. Jardine was nominat ed a Commissioner in the place of Mr. Austin; and in October,e 1 i5 837 0 , the Commission, having expired upon the f t i h n e Crown, nt trheesiessuseedverbayl h l e e r tte p r r s es p e a n t t e aj ( sty. obedience w to these Commis sioners ; and, after urging numerous arguments, and elabo rate Reports were annually made by the expreseing a decided opinion in favour of embodying in one digest both the written and the unwritten law respecting crimes and punishments, and in another the written and unwritten law of procedure in respect of indictable offences, they proceeded to frame two Bills in accordance with these views, and to offer sug gestions for such partial alterations in the law as they considered to be necessary. In 1843—having in the interval owed their continuance in office princi pally to the liberal and far• sighted policy of Sir James Graham—they presented, in their Seventh Report, the original draft of the Digest of Crimes and Punishments; and in the following year a Bill, founded upon this valuable Report, was laid before the House of Peers by Lord Brougham. Lord Lynd hurst, then Chancellor, highly approved of the Bill; but as it related to a subject of very great importance, and was, moreover, from its very nature, incapable of being duly scrutinized and corrected by the Legislature, the G wernment deemed it expedient that it should be referred to another Com mission, for the purpose of being carefully re vised. A fresh Commission was consequently issued in February, 1845, which empowered Messrs. Starkie and Bellenden Ker to finish the Digest of Criminal Procedure—then on the eve of completion—and directed them, in conjunction with Sir Edward Ryan and Messrs. Vaughan Richards and Amos, to reconsider the subject matter and revise the language of both Digests, and to report fully thereon. In ac cordance with these directions, the Learned Commis si proceeded to examine most minutely the Bill of Crimes and Punishments, and the reports on which it was founded ; and, aided as they were by the criticisms of reviewers and by the suggestions of many lawyers who felt an interest in the subject, they were enabled to make many valuable altera tions in the structure of the Digest, and to present a further report in 1847, in which it was embodied in its revised form. The measure, having thus re ceived a very full consideration, was again brought in by Lord Brougham during the session of 'lB4B, and was referred to a Select Committee of the Lords. The mode in which the Bill has since been dealt with is thus described by Lord Brougham, in his letter to Sir James Graham. "As chairman of that Committee, I addressed letters," he says, " to all the Judges of the three kingdoms, requesting the obser vations upon the Digest, submitting it to them, to gether with copies of all the Reports upon which it had been founded. Waiting for the answers of those learned persons, I postponed .to the next session all further proceedings with the Bill. Again, I presented it at the very beginning of the session just ended; again it was referred to the same Select Committee; and again we anxiously expected the answers of the Judges. The session has, however, passed away with out any answer whatever from any of the English Judges—though valuable suggestions have been communicated from those of the other two kingdoms." Whether Lord Brougham is justified in concluding from this circumstance, " that the Judges of England are satisfied with the Digest, and have no suggestions to offer," is a matter respecting which opinions may well differ; but we are much mistaken if there can be more than one opinion respecting the inexpediency, not to say the impropriety, of the conduct of these eminent and learned personages, in thus declining to assist the House of Lords in its praiseworthy attempts to im prove the administration of justice. As the sworn interpreters of the law, the Judges are obviously capable, in a pre-eminent degree, of giving sound advice respecting the amendment of it ; and we can not help feeling that in this instance they would have best consulted their own real interest and dignity, had they net treated with a silent disregard, which may readily be mistaken for contempt, the expressed wishes of the Second Estate of the realm. A minute examination of the Digest was not asked, and could not be expected from men whose time, during nine months of the year, is amply occupied by judicial duties ; but surely it was not very unrea sonable to imagine that those who live by the law would willingly bestow some small portion of their three months' leisure in form ing and expressing at least a general opinion on so important a measure as the Bill of Crimes and Punishments. Had they adopted this course, they would assuredly have taken the most effectual steps for securing to themselves the gratitude and respect of their fellow-countrymen and of posterity. As it was, they enjoyed, and we hope without alloy, the uninterrupted idleness of a lawyer's long vacation. No sooner had the Commissioners revised the Bill of Crimes and Punishments, than they gave their undi vided and earnest attention to the Digest of Criminal Procedure. The original draft of this Digest was completed so long back as 1845—when it was pre sented by the Commissioners in connexion with an elaborate Report; and it was also ac companied by the highly valuable suggestions of nearly a hundred practical lawyers, who had been requested to state the results of their experience re specting criminal procedure, and to answer categori cally a series of questions on the subject, which were contained in a paper prepared and circulated by the Commissioners. The arduous task of revising this second Digest was brought to a close only last July ; and the two measures, forming together a complete code of criminal law, are now ready to be submitted for the approval of .the Legislature. Our limits, of course, preclude us from examining these measures in detail ; but we can confidently assert that, from the earliest period of the nation's history down to the present day, no Bill has been prepared with one-tenth part of the care which, during sixteen years, has been unremittingly bestowed upon the Digests of the Criminal Law. TIMES.—The Carlisle agricultural anniversary seems to have been a very genial affair. Its tone is rather that of a harvest-home than a political reunion. In all ages and countries the autumnal equinox has been the time for such festivities, the labours of the year being then over and mind and body equally ex hausted. The drama, races, and games of all sorts, took their rise from the simple amusements of this season. The tired husbandmen, with their wives and their daughters, ate their new bread and drank their new wine, and anointed themselves with new oil ; killed the young of their flocks—the kids in honour of Bacchus ; greased and inflated the skins, performed various antics with them—particularly a certain dance, which seems the original of our horn pipe on eggs—and vied with one another in extempore verses and jokes of a rough description. The Fescennine verses, as old probably as Italy itself, were harvest•home jokes, which it took a good many centuries to refine into the satires of Horace or Juvenal. Thespis used to begin his season in September, muster his corps, mount his waggon, and w star o thr ough his still ruder the predecessors.villages with a Th s e u , c pr ce e s s s id u in n g .: deity of the occasion all over the world wa d ., Ba cchus, . under one name or another. The jolly h enioyed a large share of mortal affections, and tizgoo fun and laughter, eating and drinking,' and larki ng ll sorts, seem to have been the substance of wors hip, hilsngo a was not to be trifled with, for he could and would in filet terrible . vengeance on his contemners. Such is nil idea the world hay Always had of agri the natu ral cultural meeting after harvest, and Lord Brougham being a good scholar, as well as a man with a good deal of nature in his composition, and a fund of human sympathy about him, has instinctively fallen into it. We like him all the better for doing so. Accordingly, the ex-Chancellor, while giving some capital advice, did not forget to be more than usually entertaining. He discussed with suitable gravity the important subjects of sound farming accounts, agricultural ma chinery worked by steam, and clod crushing; but, over and above that living energy with which he dis cusses all subjects whatever, he associated the whole with an image which it is im possible for the most oblivious natures to forget. Whenever we see a farmer at his accounts, or a patent thrashing machine, or a clod that wants crushing, we shall think of the two Chancellors of England in a quadrille. Ten or twelve years since, these two celebrated men, who had long been contesting the Woolsack inch by inch, were en gaged in another sort of rivalry. Lord Lyndhurst I danced and Lord Brougham would not be beaten, so he danced also. There was no Queen of Beauty to award the prize, and the competitors still dispute it. Lord Lyndhurst thought he danced the best, and Lord Brougham was equally confident of his own superiority. We can quite understand that. The ideas of youth survive the physical graces and powers, and many a man can bound and pirouette in his soul, while his frame is racked with rheumatism, or swollen with gout. Everybody dreams that he can fly. It should be considered, too, that their Lordships saw one another, but could not see themselves, or, at least, as far as regarded themselves, were more aware of their intentions than of their performances. Lord Brougham still claims the victory, and leaves the matter in the hands of an impartial posterity. One thing, however, we are surprised at. It had been reported that Lord Brougham danced with the country lasses at Brougham-hall for several hours together, and his Lordship now wishes, with one of his customary adjurations, that the report had been true. His oniy regret is, that he cannot realise the rumour. Then, why does he refuse to believe it ? If he will take our advice, he will trust the public impression rather than his own memory, which may have suffered a temporary obfuscation. The pleasures of memory are happily not always dependent on fact. The dance of the Chancellors belongs to a series of solemnities. There is the war dance, and the death dance; now we have the law dance. But many grave men have danced. Socrates danced every night, lie said, in order to go to bed with his feet warm. Various great men of antiquity danced, and great authorities have commended the practice. Chancel lors Lyndhurst and Brougham will now be added. to the list. One of their most distinguished predeces sors betrays a lurking inclination that way. "Dancing to song," says Lord Bacon, "is a thing of great state and pleasure." Queen Elizabeth " danced high and composedly" before the Spanish Ambassador. A Cardinal once danced to please a Queen. There was something rather crusty about the Romans, and they did not dance. "Nemo saltat sobrius," says Cicero; but, in our humble opinion, if his contemporaries had danced a little more, t.':iey would have cut throats a little less, and Cicero him self might have obtained to a good old age. In the interesting scene described by Lord Brougham, we recognize some guarantee that neither of these men will ever be dangerous to the State. Lord Brougham was once the head of a popular* movement, and Lord Lyndhurst has occupied a similar position in an aristocratic combination. Plots, intriguer, ulterior designs, unavowed associates, corruption, and every thing short of treason has been ascribed to both in turn by their respective opponents. Had we no other reason to put faith in their innocence of purpose, we might find it in the fact of which Lord Brougham has now left an indelible record. His Lordship has alternately been terrible to a King, to a Government, to a House of Lords, and to an Opposition. Now, "he capers nimbly in a lady's chamber to the lascivious pleasing of a lute;" and therefore is at least safe from Gloster's temptation to be a villain. Without claiming for Lord Brougham all the qualities necessary for an agricultural leader, we shall be glad to see him put a little of his spirit into that feeble and diffident class. His Lordship is possessed by an honourable ambition to beat every body and everything. He sees a rival Chancellor dancing, and is unable to sit still. His rival is now tied by the leg, and his Lordship cannot refrain from informing us in a very solemn manner that he would gladly have passed an evening dancing with country lasses but for the indelicacy of appear ing to steal a march on Lord Lyndhurst. He walks over a field, ready, as its owner imagines, for the seed and sees it paved with intractable clods. lie is seized with as strong a desire to pulverize them, and render them pervious to sun, rain, and seed, as if they were so many blockheads in some part of her Majesty's Palace at Westminster. He sees the hob nailed clodhopper, the toiling plough, the ineffective harrow, the tedious flail, and all the helpless imple ments of the wretched husbandman, and immediately feels their pace too slow for his own natural gallop. So he calls out for steam, and peoples the field and the farmyard with a multitude of steam-engines, puffing and blowing on fifty different errands. It is, in fact, his own soul he puts into all the functions of husbandry. That soul is steam. Nothing will satisfy him but forwarding all nature by express. The general fault of husbandry lies in the other direction, for to one farmer of spirit and adventure there are two who will run no risks, try no experi ments, tolerate no innovation, go to no extra expense, and accept no aid from science. If his Lordship can put a little more life into these gentlemen, he will do them a great service. CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Tuesday the City Commissioners held a Court of Sewers at Guildhall; Mr. Deputy Peacock presiding. MR. MOFFATT'S CATGUT MANUFACTORY. With reference to a complaint against Mr. Moffatt, of 145, Minories, for carrying on a catgut manufac- tory, much to the annoyahce of his neighbours, a letter was read from Mr. Alfred Brown, of 147, Minories. Mr. Deputy WRIGHT said that Mr. Brown had in formed him that the offensive smell then arising from Mr. Moffatt's premises appeared to be something like burning hair. He (Mr. Wright) was satisfied that the manufactory was a great nuisance, and he hoped the Court would order another inspection to be made when the works were in full operation.—Agreed to. STILL-ALLEY, BISHOPSGATE-STREET. One portion of the report of the General Purposes Committee consisted of an elaborate defence of the Commissioners, in answer to the charges brought against them by Mr. Jeyne at the late vestry-meeting of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, with respect to the sani tary condition of Still-alley, Bishopsgate- street. After a lengthened discussion, Mr. Alderman SIDNEY moved, and Mr. D e p u t y STEVENS seconded, a proposition that the report be referred back to the committee, and that they avail themselves of the assistance of Mr. Jeyne and Mr. Hopgood.—Carried unanimously: REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER. Mr. SimoN (chief medical officer) produced his report. It stated that during the past week the deaths in the city from cholera had been 67; from diarrheas, IS ; showing a still further decrease, and confirming the hope expressed by him at the last meeting, that the worst period of the epidemic was passed. So far, however, from recommending any relaxation of pre. ventive measures, he urged their prosecution with increased vigour. DISGRACEFUL STATE OF ST. °LAVE'S CHURCHYARD. Mr. SIMON then read an affidavit made by a widow lady residing in Monkwell street, near the General Post-office. The deponent stated that her house overlooked the churchyard of St. Olave's, and that on Sunday last the gravediggers commenced their work at six o'clock in the morning, and continued until noon, by which time they had thrown out of the grave four human heads in a " green state," with hair visible, and other parts of human bodies on which the flesh still remained.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. Simon recom mended that the proper legal proceedings be immedi ately taken against the perpetrators of the abominable outrage. It was finally resolved that the particulars be com municated to the General Board of Health, and that the sexton of St. Olave's be summoned before the magistrates. Complaints were then made of the imperfect manner in which Smithfield had been cleansed of late. The matter was ordered to stand over for considera• tion ; and, after the transaction of some routine business, the Court broke up after a very prolonged sitting. THE LATE FIRE IN CAMBRIDGE.—The inquest called to inquire into the origin of the late fire on the Market Hill, Cambridge, was resumed on Tuesday even ing, at the town-hall. The court was, as before, densely crowded, and several of the borough magistrates were on the bench. Mr. C. H. Cooper, the deputy.coroner, presided, and an immense mass of evidence was gone into. Mr. Lodge, the occupant of the premises upon which the fire originated, was in attendance, accompa nied by Mr. Hyde, his solicitor. The jury retired, and after an absence of about half an hour returned an open verdict, " That the fire originated on the premises lately occupied by Mr. Lodge; but how or by what means there is no evidence to show. We further find that the other premises consumed were burnt by reason of their con tiguity to the premises of Mr. Lodge." The above hav ing been couched by the coroner in the language of the law, and agreed to by the jury in that form, the jury were discharged. A subscription has been got up and closed, the amount having:reached a sum which will cover the losses of the destitute sufferers. An accident occurred on the 12th inst. on the railroad from Hamburgh to Berlin. A fire having broken out in the village of Lechsee, two fire-engines were sent off from Hamburgh by the railroad. At about two leagues from the city a waggon, in which s lo e c ri o o m u o sl t y ive hu a r n t d , a r n an d off the th fi e refe a n ilr iines Al w l were the engines and the firemen, got loose from the pieces. e t r h e e bmroeknenwetroe - BERMONDSEY MURDER. SOUTHWARK POLICE COURT.-(YESTERDAY; RE-EXAMINATION OF MANNING AND HIS WIFE. It was generally understood that the Mannings would not be brought up until to-day, yesterday having been appointed for the inhabitants in the diocese of Winchester to humble themselves before God in consequence of the continuance of the present fearful epidemic. No alteration, however, had actually been made in the day originally fixed for the re-examination of the prisoners, but no doubt the impression that a postponement would take place had considerable influence in diminishing the number of spectators who presented themselves for admission to the court. Before three o'clock, how ever, the court was well filled with spectators, who appeared anxiously to await the arrival of Manning and his wife. A telegraphic message, we believe, was sent on Tues day morning to Edinburgh, requesting the immediate attendance of Mr. Moxey in London, and this turned out to be correct, for at a quarter to three it was announced that he had arrived, and was in an ante room of the Court. It was thought desirable that his evidence should be given before both the prisoners. ,Mr. Binns and Mr. Solomons attended as before for the prisoners. The van arrived with them at a quarter past three, and they were immediately brought into court, fol lowed by Mr. Keene, Governor of the goal. Manning looked pale, and appeared as if he had been suffering from much mental anxiety, but no change could be observed in the appearance of his wife. On his way to the dock he re cognised Inspector Yates as he passed, and bowed to him ; and during a long interval which elapsed before the proceedings commenced, owing to the absence of Mr. Bodkin, he was engaged in conversatio❑ with Mr. Binns. Mrs. Manning also had a conversation with Mr. Solomons and Mr. Keene, to the latter of whom she expressed her de sire to have an interview with Mr. Moxey, which she was told could not be granted without an order from the magistrate. _ _ We believe they conduct themselves very well in prison. Manning seems to feel . his position the most ; whilst, on the other hand, the female prisoner retains that, complete nonchalance which has characterised her throughout the proceedings in the me. Mr. Bodkin not being present at four o'clock, Mr. Hayward conducted the case for the prosecution. The two prisoners were then requested to stand up, which they immediately did, Mrs. Manning having first thrown back her veil. The evidence of Mr. Coleman, the landlord of No. 3, Minver-place and Mr. Griffiths, the clerk in the Bank of England, was read over in their presence, and they attached their signatures to the depositions. Mr. Moxey was then called, and he recapitulated his former evidence. Mr. Richard Hammond, clerk to Messrs. "(Wick, stock-brokers, examined, said (in addition to his former evidence), that hearing of the murder on the 20th of August, I proceeded to the secretary's office, in the Bank of England, for the purpose of stopping the 1001., No. 15,043, sth June, 1849. I went then to the hall of the Bark to inquire if the note hail been received, and it was produced to me, and I identified it as the one which I had given to Bassett, and which I saw Bassett give to the person who gave the name of Patrick O'Connor. I recognised it by the number and the indorsement. I noticed that the name of Charles James Buckley was indorsed upon it, and that independent of the number enabled me to identify it. When the 1001. note was given to the person whom we understood to be Mr. O'Connor, Bassett and Mr. George Linthorne were present. Linthorne lives in Dean-street, Soho-square, and he is a share dealer. I saw him to-day at 'Change. He attends there every day. The manager of the office, Mr. Flight, is ill in bed. Ile lives at Elliot's place, George's- road, Southwark. I see the person who got the note present in:the court. lam sorry to say he was the prisoner Manning. I did not see the name Patrick O'Connor signed to the transfer of the shares, but I know of my own knowledge that the transfer represents the transaction upon which the note was paid. The witness was not cross-examined. Mr. Stephens, who was formerly examined, was then called, but did not appear, when the constable stated that Mr. Stephens, whom he had seen yester day, promised to attend ; but Mr. Stephens, he now g u ond Mr.\ e v r i st with B o h ed oids , ksi h on a n— d t ooKn you on to Re ut mea i n g a t t e o , e a a n yd that was t m h e r n . ce t o Ste phens had a summons to attend, and was informed yesterday that his presence would be required to-day ? The constable—Yes. The prisoners were then remanded to this day week, Thursday, September 27, at two o'clock. Mr. Binns stated that he had an application to make with reference to the expense which would be incurred in retaining counsel to defend his client. He had applied to a person of the first rank at the bar, whose services it was thought right to secure. He might mention the sum which was necessary, but, as the Court seemed to indicate a wish that he should abstain from doing so, he should simply remind the Court that all the property found in the possession of Mrs. Manning which had not the marking upon it —and that he did not wish to take—was to be held as the property of his client, and he should add, that if the Court complied with his application he should b e tothe other party u prepared to hand over nd under share, accusation, for the purposes of her defence. _ _ Mr. Solomons stated that he could not object to the proposal made by Mr. Binns, with whom he entirely agreed in thinking that they ought to have men of the highest eminence at the bar to conduct the defence. Certainly the sum which had been allowed was in adequate for the purpose of bringing counsel down special to the Old Bailey, or indeed to paying the expenses which must be incurred, without reference to the solicitor's perFonal remuneration ; for in such a case it was impossible that the remuneration could be commensurate with the labour that must be undergone. Mr. SECKER observed that he was not prepared to interfere further than he had done with reference to property to which the title was at least questionable. But he had the consolation of thinking that his re fusal to interfere could in no way prejudice the pri soners, because there were authorities to whom they might apply, and under whose directions the funds might be appropriated in the mode suggested in the proposition which had to•day been made. The proceedings terminated at five o'clock.; The next session of the Central Criminal Court, at which the two Mannings will be tried for the Ber mondsey murder, will commence on Monday, the 22d of next month. The presiding judges will be Sir F. Pollock, the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Mr. Jus tice Maule, and Mr. Justice Cresswell ; and, in all probability, the trial will take place before the first named judge. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry have been retained on behalf of Mrs. Manning, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Charnock, it is said, are or are to be engaged on behalf of the male prisoner. A retainer was sent to Mr. Clarkson, on behalf of M rs . Manning, but that gentleman• had already been re tained by the solicitor to the Treasury. The counsel for the prosecution will be Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Clerk. It is not yet known whether the Attorney-General will lead the case on the part of the Crown. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 19. The cases heard to-day before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque did not warrant a detailed report. Charles Larndin, of Newbury, an upholsterer, had his certifi cate suspended thr ee mont h s f or neglecting to keep proper books ; and Ki n g arid King, builders, of Islington, had th e i r cert i f i ca t es suspen d e d s i x mon th s , on the ground of reckless trading. In both instances, however, protection was granted. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept. 19. The cases disposed of in this court to-day were of little public interest. In the case of Henry Farrell , a comedian, and late manager of the Wakefield Theatre, an opposition was raised by Mr. Dowse:on the .ground of a vexatious defence to an action. The point was not established, and the insolvent was discharged. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) Philip Freeman surrendered and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with misdemeanour. Mr. CLARKSON, who, with Mr. Bodkin, was in structed for the prosecution, said that this indictment was preferred by the Commissioners of Lunacy against the defendant, for having unlawfully maintained a house for the reception of lunatic persons without having a licence for that purpose. The circumstances were shortly these :—ln consequence of information received by the Commissioners, they proceeded to the house of the defendant at Sutton, near Hounslow, where they found two persons of unsound mind, and, having ascertai ne d that the defendant had no licence, and that the persons in q uestion had been admitted without the certifi cate of any medical man, they had felt it their duty to institute the present prosecution The Commissioners had no desire to aggravate the offence of the defendant, but they at the same time felt that it was one which must be put down by the arm of the law, and they considered it essential that it should be publicly known that in every case where the Act of Parliament was violated the parties would be brought before a Criminal Court. The defendant was ordered to enter into his own recognizance to appear and receive the judgment of the Court on tho following day. Alfred Clark, 23, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Thomas Everett, with intent to maim and disable him. • Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and Mr. Paine defended the prisoner. The prosecutor deposed that he was a warder at Pentonville Prison, and thht the prisoner was ad• mitted to that establishment on the 7th of August. On the morning of the 16th he was engaged in un locking the cells of the prisoners confined in one of the galleries, and, after he had opened that in which the prisoner was placed, he was proceeding to the next one when he received a violent blo w on the back of his head, and on his reeling round from the effects of the blow, he saw the prisoner with the leg of a stool in his hand, and before he could recover himself the prisoner struck him a tremendous blow on the mouth, which felled him to the ground, and rendered him insensible, and when he came to him self he found he was in the hands of the doctor. The effect of the prisoner's violence was to dash out four of his front teeth, and he was obliged to keep his bed for several days, and was still under medical treat ment. A day or two before the assault was com mitted upon him he had occssion to complain of the prisoner being dirty in his cell, and he had threatened to report him and have him punished. By Mr. PAYNE—The prisoner, he believed, was brought from the Penitentiary at Millb ink upon the breaking out of the cholera in that establishment. Ile did not know how long he had been at the Peniten tiary, or whether he came from that prison with a good character. The prisoners at the Model Prison were locked up at eight o'clock at night, and remained alone until six the following morning, when the cells were unlocked. They were not allowed to converse or to hold any communication with each other or any other persons. They were very particular in their regulations regarding the cells, and the prisoners were compelled to fold up their beds in the form of a parallelogram, and, if they failed to do so, they were liable to be reported and punished. Two other wardens confirmed the evidence of the prosecutor, and in answer to a question put by Mr. Payne, it was stated that at the time the prisoner at tacked him, he appeared in a very excited state. Mr. Bradley, the surgeon of the prison, described the nature of the injuries received by the prosecutor. It appeared that the four upper front teeth were com pletely smashed, the four under ones loosened, and the lower lip was cut completely through. The prosecu tor, it appeared, was still under his care, and had been unable to resume his duty. .Mr.YArain inquired if it was not frequently the effect of solitary confinement and prevention ffom communi cation with others to irritate and excite the mind ? The witness replied that in some cases, un doubtedly, solitary confinement would produce irritation of the nervous system, but he had no reason to suppose that it was the case with regard to the prisoner. Mr. PAYNE asked whether the nervous irritation to which he had alluded did not in some instances amount to actual insanity ? The witness replied that it did, hut they were exceptional cases. By Mr. BODKIN—The prisoner had only been in Pentonville prison for 14 days, and he did not exhibit the slightest appearance of insanity. The general health of the prisoners was extremely good. Mr. PAYNE, in his address to the jury for the pri soner, urged that the discipline of the prison had affected his mind, and that, in a moment of excite ment, he committed the act in question; and although he said he could not attempt to deny that an assault had been committed by the prisoner, yet he submitted that, under the circumstances, he ought not to be convicted of the felonious intention imputed• to him by this indictment. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS having summed up, The jury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of a common assault. Sentence was deferred. Isaac Clark Chater, 42, was indicted for a felonious assault upon Maria Perry. Mr. Ballantine conducted the prosecution on be half of the authorities of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea. The offence imputed to the prisoner by this in dictment appeared to have been committed under very aggravated circumstances. The . prosecutrix, whose husband had died just before of erysipelas in the head, was suffering from the same malady, and in a state of insanity, and the prisoner was sent by the parish authorities to assist a nurse in taking care of her, and it appeared that while the nurse was taking some rest in an adjoining room the prisoner committed the act imputed to him, the unfortunate woman being at the time from her condition of mind quite unconscious of the outrage having been com mitted upon her. Mr. Baron PLATT summed up, and The jury,without any hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life. Sarah Jackson, aged 40, described as a widow, was placed at the bar. She was charged upon two indictments with attempting to murder her children, by cutting the throat of one and stabbing the other. Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prosecution, said that he should not have to occupy the attention of the jury with any evidence in support of the charges a g ainst the prisoner, because he believed there was no doubt that she was at that moment in a state of in sanity, and incompetent to understand what was going on or to plead to the indictments that had been preferred. Mr. M'Murdo, the surgeon of Newgate, was then examined, and he fully confirmed the statement of the Learned Counsel with regard to the condition of the prisoner's mind. Mr. Cope, the governor of Newgate, gave similar evidence, and the jury at once gave their verdict, " That the prisoner was of unsound mind and incom petent to plead to the indictment against her." Mr. Justice WILLIAMS then gave directions that the prisoner should be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. John Bloomer Weeks, a dissipated-looking young man, was indicted for feloniously attempting to dis charge a loaded pistol at Frederick Shipton, with intent to murder him. In other counts of the indictment the prisoner's intent was laid to be to do the prosecutor grievous bodily harm, and to resist his lawful apprehension. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Laurie prosecuted. The prisoner had no counsel. The prosecutor, a constable of the City police force, deposed that on the afternoon of the 4'h of September he was on duty in Basinghall-street, when the prisoner was pointed out to him as the man against whom a warrant had been issued for sending a threatening letter to his brother-in-law, and he went towards the prisoner to apprehend him. When he was about a yard and a half from him the prisoner pulled a pistol out of his jacket-pocket and presented it at him, exclaiming at the same time, " Stand off for your life. One step and I'll fire." Witness rushed at him, and the prisoner pulled the trigger; but the pistol missed fire. He then seized him and threw him on the ground, and when he was secured he said it was a good thing for him (prose cutor) that the pistol did not go off, or he would have " had it." As he was conveying the prisoner to the police-station he said he would have his re venge, and on his being searched a bullet-mould, some gunpowder, and two pieces of iron, were found in his jacket-pocket. The prisoner was quite sober at the time. The pistol was afterwards taken to a gunsmith, by whom the charge was drawn, and the pistol was found to contain gunpowder and a bullet. He subsequently conveyed the prisoner to New gate, and as they were going along, he said he wished he had shot him, for then he should be hanged, and he would rather be hanged than be transported for fifteen years, which sentence he knew he should have. Witness asked him what object he could have in shooting him as he had done him no injury, and the prisoner replied that if he had shot him he should be at liberty, and might have obtained his revenge. The prisoner put some questions to the constable in cross-examination, but did not elicit any fact that was favourable to him. Frederick Hammond, a person in the service of Mr. Lovell, a clothier in Basinghall-street, and who it ap peared was the prisoner's brother-in-law, deposed that he pointed out the prisoner to the policeman upon the day in question, and directed him to take him into custody. He then confirmed the statement of the officer with regard to what occurred when he endea voured to take him into custody ; and he also stated, that as the prisoner was going to the station-house he heard him say that he was determined to revenge himself upon Mr. Lovell, and that he would do for him. By the prisoner —Was quite sure he saw a flash of fire from the pistol when the trigger was pulled. He was aware that a warrant had been issued for the apprehension of the prisoner for sending threatening letters to his brother-in-law. Several other witnesses were examined, all of whom corroborated the above testimony. Roe, the City officer, produced the warrant which had been issued against the prisoner at the instance of his brother-in-law, Mr. Lovell, for threatening to do him some personal injury. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, made a long rambling statement, in the course of which he asserted that, although he had certainly pre sented the pistol at the officer, yet he positively denied having pulled the trigger. Mr. Baron PLATT summed up, and the jury, after a short deliberation, found the pri soner Guilty upon the third count, which alleged his intent to be to re sist his lawful apprehension. Baron PLATT asked the jury whether he was to understand that it was their opinion' that the prisoner did not mean to hurt the policeman, when he at tempted to discharge a pistol at him loaded with gunpowder and a bullet at a distance of a yard and a-half ? One of the jury said they certainly were of opinion that the prisoner intendel to do the officer some bodily harm. Mr. Baron PLATT remarked - that it made no dif ference to the Court what v erdict was pronounced, but he was anxious that the j ary should give such a one as would be satisfactory r nd reasonable to them selves upon after consideration 1. if they were satisfied that the prisoner had attempt ed to discharge a loaded pistol at the prosecutor at . the di stance of a yard and a-half, he did not see how they could come to any other conclusion than that hi s intention was, at all events, to do him some bodily harm. The jury then again d(dibe.rated, and in a few minutes returned a verdict of Guilty upon that count which alleged the prisonees intention to be to do grievous bodily harm. Sentence was deferred. Robert Thompson, 33, was convicted upon satisfac tory evidence of a criminal s assault upon a girl eight years of age, named Anna 'Ward, and he was sen tenced to be transported for ten years. NEW COURT. (Before the COPXMON-SERGEANT.) Alfred Smith, aged 34, labourer, was indicted for stealing a watch and chain, valued at 211., the property of Maria Foster. Mr. Ballantine prosecuted, and Mr. Robinscn de fended. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel and the testimony of the witnesses that the prisoner, who is a good-looking man, wearing spectacles and having his whiskers most tastafully arranged, was first known in London four years ago, when he came from Derby to seek employment as a journeyman baker, which trade, it would appear, he had followed. Shortly after that period he became acquainted with the prosecutrix, who is a waitress at some dining-rooms in Oxford-street, to whom he in troduced himself as Captain George Fitzroy. Campbell, an officer in the Spanish service. He then sported a large pair of military-looking moustaches, and his deportment and conversation being easy and gentle manly, served to carry out the deception to a person in her station, the more especially as he, having become aware of the fact that she had saved up a considerable sum of money, made her a proposal to become his lady, Iwhich proposal she, being somewhat f a ll en i n t o "th e sere and yellow leaf," did not fed at all disinclined to listen to, and the result was her acceptance of him as her lover; and matters went on most pleasingly for some time, the noble soi-disant Captain Campbell continually feasting on her sweet glances and the good fare provided at the dining rooms. After having been , acquainted for some ti me s h e l os t s i g ht lof him for twelve months, at the end of which he returned and accounted for his absence by stating that he had been reaping military laurels in Spain. He then renewed his protestations of love, stating that his letters had not reached, owing to the disturbed state of the continent. Absence having made the fair one's heart grow fonder, and I daily listening to the " hairbreadth stapes and perils he had passed by flood and field," she eventually agreed to " o'erlook the follies of his youth, and broken vows," receiving him again as her " bosom's lord:" Gratitude for this, his love's forgiveness, in duced the prisoner to unfold to her his determination to forego all prospects of future glory and advancement on the tented field, and sink the military in the civil life. The climax of the affair was, that he told her that a situation of a lucrative nature was vacant for him lin the Bank of England, which he meant to accept; under which representation he borrowed the watch named in the indictment, for the avowed purpose of cutting a dash amongst the influential friends who were to procure him the appointment, and with wgom he was going to dine, with a promise to return it the same evening. At a later period in the evening she saw him again, and he was without the watch and excused himself from returning it by stating that he had left it with his friends under the fear of being robbed. From that day he was non est until a few weeks ago, when she met him accidentally, and gave him in custody of the police, when he avowed he had pledged the watch a few days after he bad obtained it, and gave her the duplicate. In answer to the Court, she said that during their acquaintance he had defrauded her out of above 801. For the defence it was set up that the liaison exist ing between the parties was of an improper nature, and that the property was pledged by her consent, she sharing in the proceeds. This she positively denied, and the jury at once found the prisoner Guilty of larceny. The COMMON-SERGEANT, in passing sentence, ob• served that the attack upon her character by way of defence was only an aggravation of the offence, but she had sworn it was false, and, even if true, would not have been any answer to the charge. The prisoner was then sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. The COMMON-SERGEANT having learnt from the prosecutrix that she had not been induced to leave her situation, said he hoped she would not do so, and ordered her watch to be given up to her. The prosecutrix, who is a smartly-attired woman, between 30 and 40 years of age, thanked his Lord ship, seeming much pleased at again obtaining her property. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A well-known woman of the town, named Ann Jones, living in Newcastle-street, in the Strand, was charged before Mr. Alderman Farebrother with com mitting the following daring robbery. Mr. James Watts, of Nottingham, but at present, whilst in town, staying at Payne's Hotel, Monk well street, Falcon•square, said, that on the previous evening he was returning home from Islington., when the prisoner followed him for some distance, first walking on one side of him and then on the other, until near Thragmorton-street, when she suddenly whipped his silver watch, of the value of 3/. 10s., and which was secured by a very strong india rubber guard, which she broke, out of his pocket, and handed it to another woman, who ran off. lie instantly seized the prisoner who had taken the watch, thinking that if he ran after the one who had it he might lose both the delinquents, and held her in custody until he saw an officer, when she as conveyed to the station house and charged with the robbery. Alderman FAREBROTHER asked if he spoke to the prisoner ? Mr. Watts replied that he did not. Alderman FAUEBROTULa asked if she was known ? and being informed that she was, sentenced her to two months' imprisonment. BO IV- STR r ET. Yesterday two well-dressed young women, named Anne Saunders and Mary Anne Browne, were placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with stealing shawls and silk mantles from the shop of Messrs. Shoolbred and Co., drapers, in Tottenham court-road. An assistant in the service of the firm stated that, about three o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, ob serving the prisoners come out of the bonnet depart ment and walk down the shop on their way out, he saw the fringe of a new shawl hanging below a por tion of Browne's dress, which he communicated to one of the partners, and after they had left he followed them to a public-house in the neighbourhood, where they found two shawls and four silk mantles value 111: and upwards, in their possession, which they said they had purchased at another establishment, although the articles bore the private shop mark of the pro secutors. Jane Johnson, a shop woman, proved that about a month back the prisoners purchased a bonnet, on which they paid a deposit, and on Tu2sday came to pay the remainder, but never mentioned that they wished to purchase such articles as were produced. Mr. Jenkins, a partner, said, that when he dis covered a shawl concealed under Saunders' dress, the other prisoner attempted to escape out of the window, and resisted the officer who was called to apprehend them. The prisoners declined saying anything in their defence, and they were fully committed for trial. MARYLEBONE. Our reporter was requested by Mr. Broughton to give publicity to the following:— " Mr. Charles Elliott, whilst enjoying the fresh air and luxury of the country, wishes not to forget the suf fering poor left behind, and sends to Mr. Broughton a cheque for 101 —Sept. 19." William Fowler was charged wtth having stolen a pair of duelling pistols and case from the house of Mr. Longhorn, Seymour-place, Bryolistone-square. The property which had been pledged by the pri soner was produced and identified, and the prisoner was committed for trial. TVORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday June, Louisa, Anne, and Sophia Wright, four decent-louking sisters, varying from twenty to thirty years of age, the daughters of a master carman in Yuller-street, Bethnal-green, were brought before Mr. Arnold, charged with having feloniously stolen a large quantity of clover, oats, and other horse pro vender, the property of Mr. Zebedee Wilcox, a ginger. beer and sodawater manufacturer in the same neigh bourhood. The prosecutor having noticed for some time past that his horses were getting very thin and appeared to be almost starved and too weak for their work, he questioned his stable keeper about it, and the result being the receipt of information that the prisoners had been robbing the animals of their food, he put himself in communication with the police, and ulti mately, upon the production of further proof to that effect, gave the whole of them into custody. Mr. ARNOLD said that the testimony adduced was not sufficient, in his opinion, to justify the three younger prisoners' further detention upon the charge, and he should therefbre order their liberation ; the however, against the elder prisoner were of an altogether different description, and he should conse quently order her to be b roug h t up in a week fur the completion of the evidence against her, and in the meantime would accept substantial bail for her future appearance, if she could procure it. CLERKENWELL. Yesterday George Porter, who was charged with having violently assaulted and stabbed his wife, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm, was again placed at the bar for final examination befere Mr. Combc. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that the de ceased woman died of cholera, ond that she had been cruelly and brutally beaten and otherwise ill-used by her husband a few days before her death. The jury wished to bring in a verdict of Manslaughter, but at the suggestion of the coroner they eventually returned the above verdict. Mr. COMBE fully committed him to take his trial. THAMES. •Wm. Moore Eclipse Riddell, a man of respectable exterior and good address, was brought before the Hon. G. C. Norton, charged with having—in conjunc tion with his brother, Joseph Hadley .Riddell (who has been remanded)—plundered the firm of Pontifex end Co., whitelead manufacturers, of the chemical works, Mill-wall, Poplar, of property to an enormous amount. The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next, when his brother will also be brought up. Bail was refused. THE CotIiNTRY MARKETS. CHICHESTER, SEPT. 19.—There was a good supply of wheat this day, and the market more animated; best samples of prime now wheat fetched 11. a load more than last market. Barley rose in price up to 325, o ther descriptions of grain as of late. Wheat, 40e to 445; barley, 26s to 325; oats, 18s to 225• beans, 34s to 365; peas, 36s to 38s p er quarter. Flour, 28s per sack. Bread, 5.1 per 41b loaf. NEWCASTLE, SEPT. 18.—With a short supply of wheat both from the country and the coast at market this morning, the trade ruled very firm, and fresh thrashed samples brought readily an advance of fully .1s per quarter en the rates of Saturday; while foreign wheat has a good demand at a similar advance. A bar gain'of middling Dantzic fresh brings 48s per quarter; and a cargo from Wolgast 46s per 63 lbs. in the bushel. Oats a better sale, and in other grain no c h ange . NEWCASTLE C ATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 18. -- Th e supply of beasts good ; qu a lity middling. Trade rather better than last week, and the numbers exhibited were all cleared off. Sheep and lambs in good supply. a l ; though smaller than last market day. Both kinds 0 1 stock met with a_ good demand at former rates, and all sold. Arrivals—Beasts, 530 ; sheep and lambs, 6,000. Prices—Beef, as Od to 6s 3d per stone; mutton, 50; lamb, 4id to sid per lb. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, SEPT. 18.—There were in the market to-day 83 sacks oatmeal, each N eighing 2801bs imperial, whereof 77 sold thus:-0 at 1/ 10s 6d, 36i at 11 103 Od, 10i at 1193 61, 2 at 11 9s Od, l 8 et 11 8; 6d, 2 at 118 s Od, and 8 at 1/ 6s; average pne e of the whole 119 s Id o.l2ths. 3 sacks flour, whereof 1 - sold at 325, and 1 at 30s. 3 sacks barleymeal, none sold. 30 sacks pot-barley whereof 14 sold thus: ---- 1 at 118 s Od, 1 at 1/ 7a 61, 1 at 1/ 7s Od, 1 at 1153 Od, 5 at- El 4s, and sat 11 3s 6d. 1 sack brosemeal, whic h was not sold. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SEPT. 18."' Supplies of all kinds small. Oat straw, from 8s Od to 13s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat ditto, 1030 d, to 14s Od; barley ditto, 9 3 to lO s Od. Old h ay , f r om 7" to 9]; new ditto. 6d to 81 per stone. DALKEITH MEAL. MARKET, SEPT. 17.—There Wer e 77 bags of oatmeal, 7 of barley meal, and 0 of pot-barley at this day's market. Sales ready. Oatmeal down 641 to 3d per bag; barleyinval aho declined 6d per bag. Oatmeal, per sack, of 28() lbs. First Second Third, imperial .. Od 283 3d 278 Barleyrueal, per ditto 19s 6d —s 01 —s °„1 Peasemeal -s Od Od —3 Od Flour ... —s Od -0 Od Pot barley ... —s Od —s Od COAL MAIIKEI. Y ESTER DAY. Bate's West Hartley... 14s 6d' Eden Main .• ••• • Carr's Hartley Chester Main l4s 6d Bell East Adairs Main..... 13s Od Belmont Ilasting's Hartley l4s 9d Braddyll Holy well Main l4s i'd Hetton ... Newcastle Hartley New Tanfield l3s 3d Jonassohns ......... North Percy Hartley l4s 6d Lambton Ord's Redlieugh Rayensworth's W.Hart 14s 6d Plummer.. ...... .... t anfield Moor .. l4s 6d Stewart's ranfield Moor Butes... 13s 6d Cassop.. ..... ...•••••• Townley l3s 9d Haigh Hall W est Hartley . . l4s 9J Kelloe West Wylam Windsor's Pontop.... Wall's End, &c. Adelaide Tees Bewicke and Co. Brown's Gas l3s 00 South Durham Gosforth ..... Hilda lss 3d West Cornforth ..... Harton _ . ▪ 10 el 15 5 9,4 168 Od 16 3 3u .. 16s 3d 163 9d . 178 Od :. 15s 3d . 16s 3d 16 5 6d • 16s 6d ▪ 16s 9d • 168 3d 1 6 3 01 .. 16s Ed 16 5 Od .. 14s .. 168 0 1 .. 15s 9 d .. 15s 6d • 168 9d .. 15s 3d .. 14s 9d Hotspur l5B 9d Hartley Morrison lss th. Sidney's Hartley Northumberland Walker RAILWAY SHAKE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SEPT. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE. —ScarceIy any business was tranS - . acted to-day. Great Western, Quarters, were again depre ciated, closing at 10% dig. Li VERFOOL, Swr. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was pretty firm to. day. The transactions that took place were to a fair ex tent, at advancing prices. The sales are—Caledonian, Pre ference, 10—East Lancashire, 14 1 / 2 Great Western, Halves, 31—Lancaster and York, Consol. Fifths, 6s. 3d. dis.—London and North-Western, 113 Ditto, New Quarters, 4 3 p. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 61s. Midland,_alves 18% dis.--North Staffordshire, 7% c. die. —North Union (A), 223—South-Eastern and Lover, 19 1 ,4--• York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 41. 18s. 9d. dis. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 10. STocx EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Manchester and Birmingham (C) Quarters, 1 3 / 1 3 . —North Staffordshire, 7 11-16 dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6 15-16 dis.—Ditto, Halves, 16 1 4 dis. East ,Lanca shire, Preference, 7% n.—Do ver (N o . 4), S c rip, 6% Grimsby, 13%—London and N or th-W es t e rn, 114 n.--"A;g 1 ; chester and Sheffield (No. 1), 124—Ditto, .1-reference, —West Riding Union, 6 5-16 dis. - BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transactions to-day were-. London and North-Western, 115, and Shrewsbury and Bir" mingham, Preference, 214 p. YORK, SEPT. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 71. 6s. 3d.—North British, Qualtr,", ten:, 2%—Ditto, Pref e rence, 3 1 / 2 York, Newcastle, in 4 Berwick Extension, 11% ex in. Ditto (G. N. g• Par chase), 3 1 / 8 . GLASGOW, "SEPT. 18. STOCK ExctrAwGE. - The transactions to-day were 11 ,.: follow : —Ab er d een , Preference, 6'-4 —Glasgow, Kilmer and Ayr, 48 - Edinburgh, Path, and Dundee, Preferencen Yg Caledonian, Preference, 9A. . .. _ ROYAL ARTILLERY. —WOOLWICII, SEP T ' 19. Cal Lain Duprui.'s troop of Royal Horse A er y .-- 'lin 'bled cently joined at head-quarters, from Dublin, yesterday on the Common, in licavy rnarchingaosrrr, for.. Sir Thomas Downman, C. 13 1 the inspection of the Com'mandant, and Lieut.- General the Brigade Major ground at eleven o'clock, accompanied by Bingham. The men and horses of the tro:ip were ii. C.i.f., arrived on minutely in-pected by the Gallant Commandant of t .. h e garrison, who expressed himself highly pleased with la clean and soldierlike appearance of the men, and the ex: omen cellent condition of the horses, after their long from Liverpool to Woolwich. Captain Flude's eeroP2ll' company, sth Mondes tll next, a t ' 7th battalion, under orders to proceed to Gibraltar, to that relieve station, C t a l.: dill l Walker'snovi embark i n tl a under orders for that destination. p Hercules, 12 gun,, store-ship, at at G n bitbe, of tile Roy al Artillery 11 resent i)eta chm en r e w e Y Isl.. proceed at tha same time to fill up the comp '.. h p2ntes stationed at Malta, Corfu, and other piac°, in t e ADV Mediterranean r • Ch'Ot 1..' - ERTISEMENTI—ii Weakness of the and Asthma cured by Holloway's Pills. —Copy of a decla.ra tion of M r . C. Zeitsen, of Nymegen, in Holland, dated '24th August, 18,9:—" J, the undersigned , declare that I have been perf ec tly cure d of a weakness of the chest and difficulty of breathing, by the use of Hol:oway's Pills. I had been a sufferer for years, and was unable to get the least relief from the various remedies I tried, until I took these inestimable pills, and I invite all who may be similarly a fflicted to use t he same remedy without delay." Signed, ~ C. Zeitsen.r They.anu may be taken i n a ll ca ses of old coughs , r ecent colds, asthmatical affections.—Sold by all Druggists,and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. -- --,...-....•-•.................. ---- BIRTHS. On the ISth inst., at Holkham, the Countess of Leicester, of a dauhter. On the g 15th inst., at Dublin, the wife of Major Vica rs ' .Royal Engineers, of a son. t. Lady On the 16th inst., at the Grange-house, Edin burgh, Dick Lauder, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Swaff ham, the wife of the Rev. I f L. Johnson, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., in Endsleigh-street, the wife of T . F. Robinson, Esq., of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Dorchester-place, Blandford - sq uare, Mrs. Howell, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Sutton-place, Hackney, Mrs. W. N' Payne, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Highbury-park, Mrs, Edward Sas ton, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at St. Helen's Church, Isle of Wight, William Francis Oswell, Esq., of Ellesmere, Salop, to Jeraims Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late William Kershavr, formerly of H.M. 43d Regiment cf Foot. On the 17th inst., at Reigate, Thomas James, only son of John Osborne, Esq., of Ilamilton-place, North Brixton, to Mary Ann, only child of the late Mr. Norton, of Tilley, - Surrey. On the 18th inst., at St. Nicholas, Brighton, George lor rice, Esq., of the Grove, Ilighbury, Middlesex, and Oa klands, Bents, to Emm a S o phi a , eldest daughter of the late William Mark, E. q , formerly H. B. M.'s Consul at Malaga. DIED. On the 16th inst., at Dover, aged 81, the Right Hon. Lady Elizab e th T u ft o n, daughter of the la te Right Hon. Sackville, eighth Earl of Thanet. On the 14th inst., Captain Albert Fenton, Hon. E.1.C.5., Ist Bengal N.I. On the 13th inst., at Norwoo d, Surrey, Wilson Hooker Crick, aged 'B. • On the 16th inst., at Machynlleth, the Rev. E. Cculthurst, rector of Linton, West Riding Yorkshire. Oa the 16th inst., aged 49, Mr. Th o mas Burton, late of King Wiliam-street, City. On the 7th inst., a t Kennington , Benjamin Webb, Esq., aged 67, many years clerk to the Messrs. Gurney, short-hand writers. On the 16th inst., Anne Victoria, widow of the late Major H. P. Jervoise, of the Ist Royal Dragoons, aged 63. 1 -- London Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No, 112, Strand, in the Precinct f the Sioroy. in the countY o f: Middl esex; Thursday, September 29, 180,, II c o vtQorsGT eYerp o -, 1 Jai d. 4 WD when October' If e'the in a ,- squire 0 I t ti South al bereq. be rei. tb /.13 e T "Sevn ( It !it ch me Al fa , vitertilly 4 - 6 I n cons tha uest re re h and O nt b tAt'nshis ° "'ghts acurte ° 7 4, t0r c r s ar th e a , k ley ant" b A l he , s La la th e j 1 1 7:-.------ P 11 q.R I coon r i : • tr ( • other 11[ 4 ,. r. t. 7 4.4/ }ju tl~~~ 1; C o lnn(' 1 , 40 'Very 4 , 34 th e I aillv Ti me. , ' 9. 1 1 4 4 4 ♦ 1'44 14 s3i I THE SUN, LONDON I THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20. 1849