The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-16 00:00:00

THE SUN*, THE MURDER OF A WIFE AND CHILD AT CLA_PIIAM. Yesterday, at noon, the inquiry, on the part of the coroner's jury, into the cause of death in the instance Maria Weston, aged 39, and Maria Elizabeth 'Weston, aged one year and nine months, the wife and child of James Weston, who were found with their throats cut at Clapham, on Saturday morning last, in r.ecordance with information furnished to the police by Weston himself, was held at the Two Brewers, High-street, Clapham, before Thomas Higgs, Esq., coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster. The jury (sixteen in number) having answered to their names, proceeded with the coroner to view the bodies, which lay in the cottage, No. 1 , in Carpen ter's-buildings, High-street, Clapham. The appear ance of them was accurately described in The Sun of yesterday, so that any repetition of the description of the frightful scene is unnecessary. Thejury having re-assembled, The CORONER said that the particulars of the awful affair were already well known throughout the neigh bourhood in consequence of what had taken place at the police-court on Saturday last. It probable might not be necessary to make the proceedings very lengthy, but during the inquiry he hoped that the jurors would dismiss from their minds anything they heard out of doors with reference to the matter. Mr. Haydon, the churchwarden of the parish, was chosen foreman of the inquest. The first witness called was, Mr. John Charles Parrott, surgeon, of North side, Church-row, Clapham-common. He deposed that about half-past seven o'clock on Saturday morn ing last he was called to attend at the house numbered 1, in Carpenter's-buildings, in consequence of infor mation he received from the police, to the effect that a person living in that house had destroyed his wife and child. He attended almost immediately after receiving the information. Upon proceeding up stairs he saw the body of a woman lying on the floor, by the side of the bed, on her back. He took hold of the wrist to feel if there was any pulsation, but he found there was none. Immediately after wards he discovered that the throat was frightfully cut, and upon examining the wound he found that the incision extended from one side of the neck to the other, and penetrated through the centre of the throat, piercing the trachea and the epiglottis, and the carotid artery, and entering into the spinal column. On the right side he felt the incision, and he found it to be of a most jagged character. The wound was full seven inches in length, and nearly severed the head from the body. Upon turning round from this examination, he (witness) saw the body of a child, which appeared about two years old, lying on its face on the bed ; the body was quite warm. He turned the infant round, and in doing so he found the throat to be cut in a very similar way to that of the woman's before-mentioned, excepting that the incision in the case of the child had quite divided the spinal column. The infant was quite dead, the wound being about 5 inches long, and proportionately deep. The bodies the jurors had viewed were the same. By the Foreman—You stated the body was warm. How long do you suppose the deed had been com mitted ? Mr. Parrott—l should suppose about an hour. By a Juror—Was the body of the woman warm ? Mr. Parrott—Not quite so warm as that of the child. 'I he mother, I think, had been dead about two hours, the child about one. By the CORONER—Was the woman fully dressed ? Mr. Parrott—Except her stockings and shoes. CORONER—Was the child dressed ? Mr. Parrott — No ; it was perfectly naked. CORONER— Did you see any other marks of violence on either the child or mother ? Mr. Parrott—l did not see any. CORONER—The woman who laid out the body said there were other wounds or bruises upon the body. Was that so, or did it arise from a discolouration of the flesh by the clotted blood ? Mr. Parrott—l did not see any other wounds ; discolouration might have been so produced. There were marks of blood upon the bed-posts and the side walls of the room. The wounds were clear incised wounds, such as might be made by a sharp instrument like to a razor. Examination in chief continued—He (witness) knew the deceased two or three years ago. She came to him for medical advice. She did not appear to be at all a woman of weak intellect, and so far as he knew, bore a very good character. By a Juror—The child was not covered by any bed clothes, or any other cowering. By the Foreman—The child being on the bed might in some degree account for its being warmer than its mother. By the CORONER—He saw a razor in the room ; the police pointed it out to witness as it was lying upon the floor. The CORONER thought there was one important point in Mr. Parrott's evidence, and that was that it was (rite clear from his (Mr. Parrott's) statement, that the woman had not herself killed the child, and then destroped her own life. Mr. Parrott said that the appearance of the wound, so jagged as it was, proved that it must have been a stronger arm than hers by which it was inflicted. When he saw the body, the left leg was extended, and lying outside the door, the right leg being drawn up towards the body. Either of the wounds would produce instant death; the hands and face were bloody. By a Juror—There were foot prints of blood upon the floor, but whether they were made by the police constable or another party, he (Mr. Parrott) could not say. Witness saw nothing of the other child ; she had been removed before he arrived at the house. Inspector William Coleman, of the V division of police, stationed at Clapham, being sworn, deposed that at about a quarter past seven, on Saturday morn ing last, while he was at the police station in New street, a man—a stranger to him, but whom he had since found to be Jas. Weston—called in a hurried manner at the station-house in New-street, and ad dressing him (the inspector), he confessed that he had murdered his wife and child. [The particulars then given by the inspector were precisely the same as those furnished yesterday in the report of the c 1312 at the Police-court in The Sun.] By a Juror—Weston admitted that he had com mitted the murder with a razor which he took from his waistcoat pocket. ( rhe razor was here produced ; the maker's name upon it was " W. Barrymore.") The prisoner cried and sobbed very much while mak ing the statement he had done to him, the inspector. He (the prisoner) gave his name readily as James Weston, 1, Carpenter's-buildings, High-street, Clap ham, and also produced a key, which he said was that of the house containing his wife and child, whom he persisted in saying he had murdered. By the Foreman—Weston did not say he had murdered the child until after the sergeant had gone, when he wept bitterly, and told all the circumstances of the case ; and also as to the confinement of the other child in the adjoining room, as he (witness) had stated at the police court. By the CORONER—The prisoner said, " they were going to be disgraced that day, and he could not bear it." He said he had been forced to take drugs, and he should be disgraced and his family, for he had offended some one, but he could not tell who. Witness asked Weston whether ha had any quarrel with his wife, and he said " No ; we have had no particular quarrel : we have had trifling quarrels, but never any thing serious. We went to bed very comfortably the over-night, and it was only after the clock struck four this (Saturday) morning that I was tempted to do this." Witness asked the prisoner whether he heard the clock strike " four." He said " Yes ; and I then got out of bed, struck a light, went down (did not say stairs) and got the razor ; but when I returned my courage failed, and I felt I could nut do it ; but the tempter came again and I was prompted to it. When I attacked my wife she was dressing herself, and in the bed. I afterwards killed the child." By a juror—Did you ask him why he did this P Inspector—l did ; he said, " I cannot account for it : my poor dear wife was a good wife, and the child was a beautiful baby." At this stage of my inquiries the prisoner burst into a flood of tears, and I ques tioned him no more. After this the a'ked me for some breakfast, and I gave him some coffee and bread and butter, which he appeared to eat with considerable relish. He asked for a second portion of breakfast, which I gave him. CORONER—Did he eat it ? Inspector—No, he said he would not, as he thought it to be poison. CORONER —Did you threaten him at all, to induce him to make this statement ? Inspector—No, I did not; it was quite voluntary; he freely answered the 'questions I put, after I had cautioned him. He came to the station in the first place on his own accord, and gave himself up, and he was detained on a charge that, by his own con fession, he had wilfully murdered Maria Weston, his wife, and Maria Elizabeth, her child. He is now in custody. In answer to a question put by a juror. Inspector Coleman said there was another child by t%e former husband, living with a brother of the de• ceased at Rushmere, near Ipswich. Joseph Weston (brother of the prisoner) said, that he was well acquainted with his brother's disposition, bnt he had not seen him since Midsummer; Mr. Higgs coniequntly dispensed with his evidence, as he could add nothing to the statements in elucidation of the ease: he knew nothing of the cause of death of his brother's wife and child. sergeant Langston, 19 V, simply repeated the i.lence he had given on Saturday last at the police c- nut in the Wandsworth -road, as already published is this journal. In answer to further inquiries put by the coroner end jury, Langston stated, that he searched the pri soner, and found upon him three knives (produced) commonly called pruning knives, used by gardeners, a small portion of tobacco, a door-key, and a piece of paper, something like a bill, stained with blood. Upon going into the house, he found the bodies as above de scribed. He clearly noticed the print of a woman's foot upon the landing, as if she had endeavoured to get into that room steer being attacked. He opened that room door, and there he saw a child about nine years of age, apparently an intelligent child, sitting upon the bed. She appeared frightened at seeing him (witness). Upon being questioned, the child said she had not heard any noise during the night, or at least she did not recollect it. The child was removed, by order of Mr. Herring, the relieving officer, to the union house, where she now remains. Witness found in the room, upon the bed, one shilling in silver, and one halfpenny in copper, a nightgown of the baby's on the floor by the side of the bed, and another, full size, also on the floor, covered with blood. By a Juror—The child who is now at the union was sitting on the bed crying when he (witness) en tered. Some of the jurors having intimated a wish to hear the evidence of this child, the daughter of de ceased, Mr. Herring, the relieving officer, said that he was certain, from what he knew, having had the child at the house, i. e. the union, since Saturday, that the poor orphan was not aware of what had happened, nor even of the death of her mother at present. The CORONER said, therefore, that at the present, at least, she should not be called. Charles Newman, of Saville House, Tooting, labourer, said that he knew both the deceased and the prisoner, her husband. Deceased was about 39 years of age. Witness called at 1, Carpenter's-buildings, about seven o'clock on Friday last. Weston was quite sober all the evening, and he said he had not been at work that day. He (witness) sent for a pot of porter, which they drank between them. Deceased and her husband appeared quite friendly. Weston said he had been much troubled of late, and could not sleep. He had intended to go to see his brother, as he wanted to see him, but when he was on the way to London he said he felt in trouble for his wife, be cause she was unwell when he left her that morning. After this deceased said that Weston looked very unwell and was falling away very fast. Weston I looked in tlh , glass, and said, "I don't look well, but I shall look worse to-morrow." By a Juror—There was only Mr. Weston present when he (witness) first went in. Weston had said, in the bearing of witness, that he thought some one was trying to do him an injury, and that he had been to the station to inquire about it. 'Witness considered that the prisoner had been bad (he meant " weak") in his mind for some time past. He appeared to be quite a different man to what he once was. His wife appeared, of late, to be afraid of him. By the Foreman—Weston said he was afraid some one was going to expose him, but he did not know who. Witness had known Weston ever since he (Weston) was twelve years of age. Witness did not know that Weston had attempted to commit suicide before. He had only known him intimately during the last few months. By a Juror—Do you not think that jealousies and other unpleasantness occurred in consequence of the children by the former husband ? Witness—l do not know ; they generally, so far as I know, agreed very well. By the Foreman of the Jury—Mrs. Weston was employed in the large school at Mr. Pritchard's, as laundry-woman, up to the timeof her death. She was a very industrious person. Sarah Weston, daughter of deceased, was then called, but she stated that she heard no noise during the night of Friday last. The poor little thing evi dently knew nothing of the awful occurrence. She stated her age to be 9 years, and exhibited much in telligence. Upon being introduced to the inquest-room she wept bitterly. This being the whole of the evidence, The CORONER proceeded to sum up, and after an elaborate exposition of the law in the instance of vo luntary confessions, the Foreman of the Jury ex pressed a wish that the court should be cleared ; this having been done, a consultation of not more than a quarter of en hour's duration took place, after which the following verdict was returned :—" Wilful murder in both cases." The proceed ings then closed, the inquiry having occupied four hours. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. On Saturday morning last, the 13th inst., a frightful accident occurred at the Whitehaven terminus of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway, by which one life was destroyed, and considerable damage done to property in the vicinity of the station. The passenger train which leaves Ravenglass at seven o'clock in the morning reached Whitehaven shortly after eight. Several persons who were await ing its arrival observed that it did not slacken its speed as usual on approaching, and as it entered the station with great velocity they became alarmed for the safety of the entire train. The engine dashed on through the station, which is merely a covered shed, and passing over the ends of the rails, where it is now apparent that no sufficient check or obstacle existed to its further progress, it knocked down the yard wall separating the premises of the railway company from the adjoining dwelling-houses, tore away the outer wall of a substantial stone-built house, occupied by Mr. Pennington, a respectable schoolmaster, carried away the whole of the kitchen belonging to the build ing, and broke through the partition wall between that apartment and the back parlour, and there lodged, more than half of its huge bulk being within the residence. The passengers who bad come by the train seeing that they were passing through instead of halting at the station, became greatly excited, and several of them leaped from the carriages to the platform, for tunately without injury to any of them. The rest retained their places until the train and tender were unhooked from the locomotive. The engine -driver, stoker, and guard saved themselves by jumping to the ground the moment they perceived that an accident was inevitable. The most melancholy part of the affair is, that when the engine burst into the :kitchen of Mr. Pen nington, a little girl, named Jane Pennington, about ten years old, the daughter of the occupier, was seated at the fire, singing and watching the prepara tion of breakfast for the family. She was instantly knocked down by the stones and timber forced into the room, and the off. wheel of the engine passed over her body, crushing and dreadfully mutilating her. She was killed instantaneously. Her brother, Matthew Pennington, a little fellow about eight years old, had just quitted her side, and stepped into the parlour,the wall of which was the next moment thrust in, with the firegrate, fire, chimney, and household furniture. The child was thrown to the floor and the heated grate and burning coals coming in contact with his forehead, he was much burned and bruised, but not, it seems, mortally hurt, and hopes are enter tained of his speedy recovery. The terminus being situated in a populous portion of the town, a crowd soon collected on the spot, who rendered prompt assistance to back the engine and extricate the body of the poor girl from the ruins. Saturday being a holiday for the school•children taught by Mr. Pennington, he and his wife had not risen at the time the melancholy event happened. Had it occurred on any other working-day, the whole family would have been seated at breakfast, and the consequences must, in all proba bility, have been still more disastrous. As it was, the wreck presented was distressing in the extreme ; a mingled mass of stones, mortar, household furni ture, ornaments, domestic utensils, and children' wearing apparel, with the fearful engine towering over the scene, and belching forth vapour, smoke, and fire. The cause of the accident is variously stated. The railway is an incline, sloping to Whitehaven for nearly three miles, but at the gentle gradient of 1 in 100 feet. There had been a severe frost on Friday night which had rendered the rails extremely slippery, and the engine-driver states that, although he used the ordinary precautions of putting on the breaks, and even of reversing the engine, long before reaching the station, no effect was produced thereby. This state ment, however, is controverted, and it is alleged that no effort was made to check the speed of the engine, notwithstanding the ice upon the rails, until the train hal arrived too near the terminus for the breaks to avail. _ _ In the aft ernoon o f S a t u rday a coroner ' s j ury was summoned to hold an inquest on the body of the un fortunate child, but after having been sworn, and attending to view the remains, the inquiry was ad journed till yesterday morning at 10 o'cbck. BAPTISM OF A MAN ATTACHED WITH CHOLERA-- Much excitement was aroused in Haverfordweat on Mon day last, in consequence of its being publicly rumoured that the death of a man named George Thomas had been caused by his being baptised that morning in the Priory Mill leet, according to the creed of the sect calling themselves, " Latter-day Saints," by Brother John Thomas, a mason in this town, who fills the office of " priest" in that denomination. The deceased, it wai stated, was labouring under an attack of cholera at the time the rite was administered, and that he had been urged or forced to receive it by his brother. The death of the poor fellow having ensued soon after wards, the Coroner, J ames O we n, Esq , very properly considered it his duty t o h ave a pu bl ic inqu i r y i n t o the cause of his death, wh en , t h ese f acts b e i ng f u lly esta blished by evidence, the jury returned a verdict " That the dece2Ti died of cholera, hi s d eat h b e i ng acce l era t e d by immersionin cold water by John Th omas , a t th e re quest of the d ceased."— Welshman. BOLD TRIC.—A woman on Monday stole a pair of trousers from outside the shop of Mr. Reigate, pawn broker, Deansgate, then coolly entered the shop and pledged the trousers to the owner, who did not discover the theft until the thief had escaped.—Manchester Spectator. FIRE AT GORDON CASTLE.—On Saturday last a tire took place at the offices attached to Gordon Castle, the seat of the Duke of Richmond. A hay-stack and agricultural implements, valued at between 200 L and 3001., were destroyed.--Scotsman. THE DREADFUL CATASTROPHE IN PI:eILICO.—INQUEST ON THE BODIES. The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate men who met their death by entering the foul sewer in Warwick-street, Pimlico, was held yesterday, at the Clarendon Tavern, Pimlico, before Mr. Bedford, the Coroner for Westminster, and a jury of respect able householders residing in the immediate neigh bourhood of the occurrence. The inquiry naturally attracted a large concourse of people to the tavern, but a strong body of police were in attendance to preserve order, and none but those who were engaged on the inquisition or in some way connected with the deceased individuals, were allowed to enter the room where the investigation was gone into. Shortly after one o'clock, twenty-four gentlemen were summoned and sworn on the jury, to inquire how and by what means Henry Wells, John Walsh, Thomas Gee, Daniel Peart, and John Attwood, came by their deaths. Mr. Davies having been unanimously chosen foreman, the jury at once proceeded to view the bodies; after which Mr. William Richard Wells, chemist and druggist, of 31, London-street, Fitzroy-square, identified the first body as that of his brother, who was a surgeon, 33 years of age. Mr. r Inspector as being the b Russell, Bdivision, the second , of the P division, who was only 21 years of age when he entered the force in June last. Morris Kholer, labourer , of 6, Compton street, Soho, identified the third as the body of a carpenter, aged 34, who had been a fellow-labourer of his in the employ of the Commissioners. Daniel Peart, a cordwainer, identified the fourth holy as that of his son, aged 22, who had been 3 flushing labourer. George Attwood, fireman, of 26, Wilton-street, identified the fifth and last body as that of his son, also a flushing labourer, aged 29. Morris Kholer, a flushing labourer, was then called and sworn. He stated that he saw Gee, Peart, and Attwood enter the sewer in Warwick-street on Friday morning about half-past five. They appeared to him to be in perfect health, and quite sober. They had a lantern with them, and in answer to a question he put to them, they said they hoped to complete their work in the course of the day. He was a sewer watch man, in the employ of Mr. Humphries, of Chelsea, the contractor of the Pimlico sewers work. He was re lieved at six o'clock on Friday 'morning by a day watchman, and he had not seen the men who entered the sewer since the time he had mentioned. Edward Jordan, a sewer labourer, residing in Bloomsbury-market, deposed to the opening of the sewer, in Warwick-street, on Thursday evening, about six o'clock, but he could not smell anything. He did not go down, but on looking into the sewer he saw that there was about a foot and a half of water in it. Gee, Peart, and Attwood were engaged with him on the work, and on examining the sewer they deter mined not to go down that evening. Soon afterwards he was relieved by the last witness, and he saw no more of the sewer till the next morning at about ten minutes past six, when he again went on duty. He asked the last witness, who had been on night duty, if the men had gone down, and was told that they had been down since ten minutes past five. Accordingly at breakfast time he hol loaed down to them to come up, but he could get no answer, and therefore he went to a neighbouring grating and again holloaed out Hill ; still there was no answer, and becoming rather alarmed he went to Christmas, the bricklayer en gaged on the work, and told him the men had been down since half-past five and had not been up again. At half-past one he was joined by a fellow-labourer, to whom he observed, " These men have been down since half-past five o'clock and have not been up again. It is rather strange, as this is pay-day." Still nothing was done till about half-past three, when he was joined by Magrath, another labourer, and a wide grating or entrance to the sewer was opened. On looking in he saw the clothes of the men, but it being his duty to watch the opening in Warwick-street, he returned to that spot. About five o'clock Carter, the time keeper, came to him. He said, " This is a very serious thing, there has- - been three men down since five o'clock this morning, and they have not been up since. lam only a labouring man, and I don't know how to act in the matter." Carter replied, " Well, I should advise you to keep the hole open, as Christmas is coming." While they were talking in (his way Christmas, the bricklayer, and Farmer, his man, came up, and went down the hole. They were down about an hour, when they returned to the hole and called out,." Don't make a noise:; don't create any alarm ; we have got our hands on the dead bodies." They then came up and having procured assistance they began digging in different parts of the sewer, but it was not until four o'clock the next morning that the bodies were got out. lie then saw the bodies of George Peart and Attwood brought up through the second hole that had been dug and carried to the Clarendon Tavern, where they were undressed and washed. He did not smell anything offensive at any of the boles. By the Jury—He was not employed by the Commissioners of Sewers, but by Mr. Humphries, their contractor. Christmas was a bricklayer in the employ of Humphries. Christmas and Turner were the first who went down the sewer after the alarm had been given. It was about five o'clock on Friday afternoon. They were down about an hour, when they came back and said they had put their hands on the dead bodies. William Christmas, bricklayer, of L Portland street, 'Wandsworth-road, stated that he had recently been in the employ of Humphries and Co., contractors of Chelsea, and frequently had been employed in opening all sorts of sewers. Some of them were very foul indeed, containing a large amount of deposit, but although he had heard a good deal of the danger of opening those sewers, he had never felt any fear at engaging in the work. On Thursday evening he saw Gee, Peart, and Attwood at the hole they had opened in Warwick-street ; Gee wanted to go down, but the others thought it had better be delayed till the following morning, and they went away home. On the Tuesday morning, about eight o'clock, he was near the spot again, when Jordan, the last wit ness, told him that the men were down, and in the course of the day he received tne inromation that they had not come up from time to time, but he was not surprised at this, as on the previous day he had heard the men say that the work in the sewer would occupy them till: four o'clock. Towards five o'clock [he became somewhat alarmed, and finding that Jordan fancying that the men might have got out at some other entrance, was about to fill up the hole in Warwick-street, he told him not to do so. Soon afterwards he was joined by Christmas, and having received lamps, they went down the sewer. They passed along the various branch ing sewers, and saw by the chalk marks and splashes on the wall that the men had passed that way. There was about two feet of deposit in the sewer. Resuming their search they at length came to one of the bodies. He thought it was Gee. Looking farther on they saw a second. They were lying in the sewer with their faces down wards. On discovering this they returned to the hole in Warwick-street and told Jordan not to make a noise, but to get them a rope, adding that they had seen the bodies. The bodies were lying about 200 or 300 feet from the hole in Warwick street, but he could perceive no bad smell. On their return to the hole they found Mr. Wells, the surgeon, and others, waiting; and after consulting together, they set to work making an opening in another part of the sewer. When the opening was effected the doctor was sent for, and he immediately came. The doctor, a man named Allsop, and himself, agreed to go down. Allsop went first, the doctor afterwards, and be followed. When they had got about 100 yards in Allsop called out thit he could go no further, and they turned round to get out again. Immediately afterwards the doctor fell down on his face, and on looking back he saw Allsop hur riedly crossing the body of the doctor. Allsop rushed by him, saying he could stand it no longer, and he turned round with the intention of lifting the doctor up, but no sooner had he done so than he fell down, and from that time he remembered nothing till he came to after being rescued. By the Jury—The bodies were about fifty yards from the opening. Their heads were towards the opening, and from that circumstance he concluded that the men were returning when they fell. There was nothing unusual in the smell of the sewer. He had repeatedly been down sewers before, and the smell of these was like that he had experienced before. Mr. Nicholas Libstone, a butcher, in Pimlico, stated that on 'Friday afternoon he heard two little boys say, "They are digging up yonder for three men who have been in a sewer all day," and being a motiveshaet matter, last of butwitness t h ey curiosity aanpdp h e e oa trrheeedpr all l r i repaired to at al loss consultationshse spot. w h at a u l bi r e g o ue found to do. A little boy, however, who was standing by sail he knew where the outlet of the sewer was in the fields, as he remembered its being built, and if they would go with him he would point out the spot. They accordingly went, and the sewer was broken open, but the stench emitted was so horrible that they could not go near the spot. When the smell had partially subsided Mr. Wells, the surgeon, sai I he would go in search for the poor fellows, and if there was a spark of life in them he would bring them out, and apply his lancet to them. Allsop then entered the sewer, followed by Wells and Christmas, but they had scarcely been in three minutes before he heard a splash. Allsop then came back and said the other two had fallen down dead. lie, however, heard some one groaning dreadfully, and at once de termined upon going in to the rescue. He rushed in, and having got hold of the body of Christmas he succeeded in dragging him out, bat the smell, the excitement, and the exertions had so overcome him LONDON, TUESDAY T'4I4iNING OCTOBER 16, 1819 .fiber he became quite insensible, and could rear er nothing afterwards. Inspector Tunstall stated that on Y2 r id a y evening he repaired to the outlet of the sewer and found that it had been opened. He was told that a police-constable had g,ene in, but had not returned. In the course of fly, evening the body was recovered, when he found it was that of Walsh. It was carried to the Clarendon Tavern, and everything done to restore animation., but to no pur pose—life was gone. Mr. William Ord, a doctor of medicine, stated that he was called in on Friday nie,t to see the bodies. Christman, he was told, lead been sent to the hospital, but he saw the bodies of the three labourers. They were quite dead, and it was his opinion they had died from asphyxia, produced by inhaling sulphuretted hydrogen gas. He had seen patients die under the influence of hydrocyanic acid, which was similar to sulphuretted hydrogen, and through the medium of a test paper he had satisfied himself that the sulphuretted hydrogen gas existed in this sewer to a large extent. To inhale that gas, which was produced by the decomposition of animal and vegetable matter in a closed sewer, was instant death. The bodies of these unfortunate men were quite blue. The discolouration was produced by the action of the gas on the iron in the blood. The existence of the gas could be easily ascertained by lighting a candle. The candle would flicker and burn blue if the atmosphere was impregnated with the gas. There were other tests, bat this was the moat common. Mr. Lorrick, the assistant surveyor to the Com missioners of Sewers, explained the process of flushing, and then stated that he was the superintendent of the flushing department of the Commis sioners. O.i the 6th of October he received an intimation that the Warwick-street sewer re quired cleansing, and he gave directions to the local inspector to ascertain the state of the sewer. He received a report that the sewer required inspection, and these men were sent down to take the length of the sewer and the amount of deposit in it for the purpose of completing the in spection. He and those engaged under him were aware of the occasional existence of bad gases in sewers, and directions were always given to the superintendents and • local surveyors always to take precautions to ascertain if such gases existed in a sewer if it was operated upon. One of the ob jects these men had in view was to ascertain if the sewer was free from bad gas. By the CORONER—But is it necessary to send men into the gas to ascertain the fact of its existence ? Witness—No ; there is an opening in Warwick-street for that purpose. The CORONER—Yes ; but that opening appears to be too small for the extent of sewer. Witness—That is the only means we have of ascertaining the existence of foul air. The Conosien—By sending the men into it ! Then these sad calamities may occur every day when sewers are entered by labourers ? Witness—l don't think so, because if you carry a light it burns blue for some time before danger commences. The CoRoNER — do you think these poor men were aware of that ? Witness—l do. The CORONER—What lights do your men use ? Witness—A Davy lamp. The Coal:nun—What is the principle of that lamp ? Witness—lt is surrounded with a gauze wirework, to prevent the flame acting upon the air. _The CORONER—Then this seems to be the worst of all lamps to use in testing the existence of gases, for the air you say cannot act upon it so as to pro duce the blue appearance you have already spoken of? The witness—No doubt that may be so, but for our work that is the best lamp. The CORONER—WeII, I really think you ought always to have recourse to some chemical test before you allow men to enter a sewer. A Juror—Do you attribute any blame to any one in connexion with this calamity ? Witness—No. Mr. Henry Batterbury, of No. 4, Maldon-road, Haverstock-hill, stated that he was an inspector of flushing; in the service of the Metropolitan Commis sion, and in the discharge of his duty he inspected the Warwick-street sewer with Gee and Peart, on Monday last. They went through the whole of it, and passed about ten or twelve feet along the sewer in which these men were destroyed. Gee went in a little further, and said he could see very curious blue lights. He felt that the sewer was hot and damp, and called Gee back. They returned by King's Scholars Pond Sewer, and when they got out Gee ob served " What a curious smell was in that sewer; it smelt rancy, like rotten cheese ;" and he asked him if he did not know what that was. Gee said he did not. He told him that it was gas, and Peart said it was very like some gas he had once experienced at Paddington. He then told them not to go into that sewer or any other that was close without having man-holes firat opened. The CORONER— Then you were aware of, the existence of bad gas in this sewer ? Witness—Yes; because we returned an account of its existence. A Juror—Was any one else present but the dead men when you gave the instructions you have men tioned ? Witness—No. A Juror—Were you aware of tha existence of this sewer before ? Witness—No, but Gee, I understood, was through it before. A Juror—Should you have any fear of going through this sewer in the event of any further in quiry being required ? Witness—No. Mr. T. Jennings, a surgeon, of Warwick-street, stated that he was called in to see the body of Mr. Wells. He found Mr. Wefts was quite dead, and recommended that he should be taken to the hospital. A Juror—Did you not attempt any restoratives ? Witness—No. A Juror—Mr. Wells was your opposite neighbour, I think ? Witness—He was. A Juror —Why did you order him to be taken to the hospital, then ? Witness —Because I.did not re cognize him. The inquiry was then adjourned till Thursday, at two o'clock. committee, which, however, did not conceive that it had a right to decide on the merits of the institutions of a foreign people. A great majority beheld in it a valuable concession and a real blessing for the Roman people. It granted them most liberal municipal and provincial institutions. It contained, it was true, only the first germ of the representative form of government, but were the Romans prepared for a system which England had required two centuries to establish? Pius IX. had promised additional laws, and the word of the Holy Pontiff was a sufficient guarantee of his sincerity. The Committee had been of opinion that the moment had not arrived when the Pope could dispense with the presence of the French troops. It was, however, the interest of France to abridge the occupation of Rome as much as possible. She hai not been actuated by a spirit of conquest, but a desire to restore the Holy Father to his throne and effect a reconciliation between him and his people. That object had been already partly attained, and the instant France had accomplished her mission her troops would be recalled from the Italian shores. M. Thiers having concluded, the Assembly ordered that the report should ba printed and distributed among its Members, and that a day be ulteriorly fixed for its discussion. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John TVM. Bird was brought before the Lord Mayor under the following remarkable circum stances : Mr. Thomas Rennell, clerk in the Government Emigration Office of the port of London, 70, Lower Thames-street, said, about ten days ago the defendant brought to me the paper produced, at the Emigration Office, to show that he was a qualified person. The paper was as follows " Royal College of Surgeons, London.—John William Bird passed his examination on the 12th day of July, 1827, having previously left for inspection his indentures and certificate of having attended his proper course of lectures, as by Act of Parliament " MORGAN JONES , required. " MARTIN LUTHER, Registrar. " JAMES DUKE, Mayor." I told him to leave it for the inspection of Mr. Smith , which he did, and I gave it to Mr. Stai'i,h, observed that the defendant was not on the list of surgeons, and left the paper with me. Two or three days after the defendant came again, and I returned to-him the paper, saying that in the absence of the production of his diploma, together with the fact of not finding his name on the authorised list of surgeons, Mr. Smith would not allow him to pass. The defendant then asked me to let him look at the book that he might satisfy himself, and then he took the paper and went away, and I did not see him till he was in custody. Mr. E. A. Smith, of the Emigration-office of the port of London, said—About ten days or a fortnight ago I received the paper produced as a certificate from Mr. Rennell, the last witness, to show that the defendant was a surgeon, and properly qualified to practice as such, in order that he might obtain the appointment of surgeon on board the Lord Granby, a barque, bound to Port Adelaide with emigrants. As soon as I saw the paper I looked to the list of the College of Surgeons, and refused to pass it. After wards, in the performance of my duty, I was on board the Lord Stanley emigrant ship, at Gravesend, and I asked for the surgeon to examine the passengers with me. The defendant then presented himself, and we went through the examination of the passengers, and he gave me a certificate of having examined the medicine chest, and on looking at the signature I thought it was the name of the person I had rejected, but I was not certain, and I made some inquiries the next morning which confirmed my suspicions. I went to the College of Surgeons to ascertain whether the defendant was a surgeon, and finding that he was not, I went to the owner of the ship to say that he would not be allowed to proceed, and the defendant was brought to my office on the 12th instant, and he pro duced the paper purporting to be a certificate, which I had originally seen and delivered to Mr. Kennell, but it had received the additional words which appear written across it—" Passed, S. S. Smith, assistant to Lieutenant M‘Lean." I asked him how he came to write my name on it? He said I authorised him to do it. But that was not true • and I sent for a police constable, and gave him in charge. Mr. E. Belfour, secretary to the College of Sur geons, Lincoln's Inn-fields, said no such person as Morgan Jones or Martin Luther belong to the college. We have nn such officer as a registrar. The certificate produced is forged. I have belonged to the College since 1810, and I never recollect such names as belonging to it as Morgan Jones and Martin Luther. Mr. T. Marchant, clerk to Mr. Bottomley, the owner of the Lord Stanley, said I know the defendant from having seen him on board the Lord Stanley in St. Katharine's Docks about three weeks ago. I understood that he was to be engaged as surgeon on board that ship. On Thursday, the 11th of October, the defendant brought to me on board the Lard Stan ley, at Gravesed, the paper produced, and said it was passed by Mr. Smith, and I went with him to the owner at Gardener's Hotel, Gravesend, and he there told Mr. Bottomley that he would find everything satisfactory. Mr. Bottomley was satisfied, and came back to London. On the following clay, in conse quence of the misunderstanding which had arisen about the passing of the ship, I went to Gravesend, and afterwards I followed the defendant and Mr. Bottomley back to town. Mr. Bottomley took the defendant to Mr. Smith's office, and I joined them with Mr. Davidson, the broker, and I went with the defendant and Mr. Smith to Fenchureh-street station house, where the former was given in charge. The LORD MAYOR, after having given the defendant the usual caution, asked him whether he wished to make any observation ? Defendant said no. The LORD MAYOR—It is my duty to commit you for this very serious offence. The public are greatly indebted to the establishment of the excellent office to which these gentlemen belong, for their exertions to prevent frauds and impositions. It is certainly an offence of considerable magnitude for a man to use such means of obtaining an appointment, by which the medical treatment of 300 or 400 men is placed in his hands. I consider it to be my duty to back the efforts of emigration officers, by directing the City Solicitor to prosecute. A gentleman, who stated his name to be Storey, and that he was a surgeon, here stated that he and a physician had signed a certificate for the reception of defendant into a lunatic asylum. The defendant's wife said her husband was in the habit of acting in such a manner as left no doubt of his insanity. The defendant—l had a violent typhus fever a few years ago, and I have not known what I have been doing for some time, my head is so much affected. The LORD MAYOR—The jury must act upon evi dence upon the plea of insanity. This business seems to have been done with much ingenuity, and I commit the defendant for trial.—Committed. GUILDHALL. William Gardiner and John Pryor, servants in the employ of Messrs. Brown, Richardson, and Co., of 23, Old Bailey, hay salesmen, were charged with robbing their employers, and John Harrison, of Bishop's-court, Old Bailey, was likewise charged as being the receiver. It appeared from the evidence taken at the first ex amination that for some time past quantities of hay, clover, &c., had been missed, but no suspicion fell on the prisoners, Gardiner and Pryor, who were carmen. However, on the Bth of October, two officers, named Harmes and Ham, observed the two prisoners, about eight o'clock in the morning, with their carts, draw up, one in Seacoal-lane, off Skinner-street, and the other left. his cart in Fleet-lane. They were both seen to take a truss of clover hay each, and proceed up the steps leading to Bishop's-court, followed by the officers, who saw them pitch them into the prisoner (Harrison's) stable. Harmes instantly went up and asked them who directed them to pitch the clover hay there, and they replied that they did not know they had any authority for doing so. He told them that if that was so they must consider themselves in custody, upon which Harrison said, then if that is the case, 1 will have nothing to do with it. I won't have it here, and he put the hay out of the stable. The prisoner Harrison denied all knowledge of Gardiner or Pryor, and on account of his good character of 17 years, he was discharged. Since then other information had been obtained, an i he was summoned to day to appear. Several witnesses were examined, from which it appeared that Gardiner and Pryor had been in the habit, for some months past, of leaving two, three , ? four, and six trusses of hay at a time , in Harrison s ' stable, in Wheatsheaf-yard, and it was also shown that he knew Pryor well, and had been seen paying him money. Gardiner declined saying anything in defence. Prior said, that all that had been stated by the witnesses was false, and Harrison still persisted in his being innocent of all the transactions imputed to him. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL committed them all for trial, but said he would take bail for Harrison, him self in 1001., and two sureties in 501. each. Harrison appealed to his master and a friend, who had been in court and heard the evidence, to beccme ball for his appearance. the former said, that knowing the prisoner so many years, he, at the first examination, thought he was innocent respecting the two trusses of clover hay, but, after what he heard that day, he was inclined to think differently, and, therefore, would rather not be one of the sureties. The other person, who also came to be bail, if requisite, declined on the same grounds. The depositions were then read over, and the pri soners were conveyed to Newgate. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A lady, accompanied by two gentlemen, applied to Mr. Bingham for advice under these circumstances : On Saturday the lady was attracted to a fur shop in Pogent street, by the display of cheap ticketed goods in the window. She went into the shop, but not finding the inside answered the expectations raised by the outside, she was about leaving the shop when the person in charge of the shop put his arms out and barred her egress, with the intimation that she would not be allowed to leave the place until she had made a purchase. Being much intimidated, she agreed to become the purchaser of what were represented to her to be a pair of minx fur cuffs, at the price of 14s. 61. She paid the money, received a regular bill of parcels, and was told if the cuffs did not suit they would be changed any time within three months. The lady, as soon as she got home, obtained an opinion as to the value of her purchase, and she was then informed that the same sort of cuff for which she had beva con strained to pay 14s. 64., might be bought in any re spectable shop fur half a crown. To-day the lady returned to the shop, and required the tuffs to be changed. The owner or manger of the shop would only make an exchange on these terms, that the lady should take a pair of cuffs at 303., paying the diffe rence. These 303. cuffs were wort}, about 103. Of course the offer was refused ; and F,3 the,lady could get no real redress, she had comp to that court fOr advice. The lady would not Inive taken so much trouble about the matter, had it not been for the alarming manner of the man, who by his conduct effected the compulsory sale his goods. Mr. BINGHAM said he wriuld tell the applicant the advice he gave to anothr,r party the other day who had made a similar complaint to him, which had re ference to the same e:aop. He told the complainant to go back to the sl' i op, and require the goods to be taken back, or the money to be returned. If a denial was given, as i'a fact it had been given with scorn, then to go to the County Court, and take out a sum mons for the amount. This was done, and when the day of hear;, n g arrived, the complainant received back the whole of the money and costs, without going into court. He had no doubt a similar course in this case 'would produce a similar result. The parties thanked the magistrate, and promised to follow the hint. This is the third or fourth case of the same sort which has been at this court within the last week or ten days. Air. - Gamble of Rupert-street, Haymarket, said a parcel, evidently containing money, had been left at his house on Tuesday last by mistake. He had in vain attempted to disccver the owner or the sender, and he wanted to know what course he had best pursue. The parcel was directed to J. H. Kemble, Rupert-street. Mr. BINGHAM advised Mr. Gamble to make the circumstance known to the police at the Vine•street station WORSHIP-STREET. George Montague Byatt, a respectable-looking young fellow, dressed in sporting costume, was charged before Mr. Ilammill with the following ex-, traordinary conduct in one of the carriages of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and refusing to pay his fare from Colchester to London. Thomas M'Crachan, one of the railway officers, stated—While engaged in - collecting the passengers' tickets, on the arrival of the Parliamentary train from Colchester at the Stratford station, about nine o'clock on Saturday evening, I heard a cry of alarm from one of the carriages I had just quitted, and on return ing to the compartment observed the prisoner squat ting down between the seats at the bottom of the carriage. One of the female passengers told me that he had been concealing himself under her seat; and upon my asking him the meaning of his being in such a position, and demanding his ticket, he replied that he had delivered me up his ticket before, on the other side of the vehicle, and that as soon as he bad done so he fell asleep and rolled off on the floor. I, how ever, felt satisfied that he had not done so, and as I was convinced I had not seen him before, and that he was not sitting upon either of the seats when I col lected the tickets from those passengers, I accompa nied him in the carriage to the terminus at Shore ditch, where I formally demanded his fare from Col chester, and as he refused to pay it, or at least did not produce it, and as I knew nothing of him, I felt it my duty to lock him up. Mrs. Anne Wilson, the female passenger referred to, stated—l came from Chelmsford on Saturday night, and whilst the train was proceeding between Romford and Stratford I several times felt something touching my feet from beneath the seat on which I was sitting. I supposed at first that it was caused by the restlessness of some dog belonging to one of my fellow•passengers, and therefore took no particular notice of the circumstance until after the officer had collected the tickets from that compartment of the train, when it struck me that the motions I had felt were not those a dog would be likely to make, and on stooping down to feel that the.parcels I had with me were safe my hand came in contact with the face of a man without a hat, whose head appeared to be emerg ing from just under my seat. We were in almost total darkness at the time, and feeling naturally much terrified, I exclaimed that I was being robbed by some thief in the carriage, upon which a gentleman who sat opposite called for the guard, and the ticket col lector having come back and turned on his light amongst the passengers, I discovered the prisoner crouched down on the floor, in a position half sitting or kneeling, and at a very 'short distance from me. He asked me if I had been robbed, to which I replied in the negative, as I found that my parcels were safe, and he then observed that if he had robbed me it would be better for me to have him searched. The collector then asked for his ticket, and he said he had given it up before, as he wanted to get out at Mile-end. Mr. John Griggs, clerk in a commercial house on St. Dunstan's-hill, fully corroborated the preceding evidence, and added, that it was not until the tickets had been collected from that compartment, and the last witness had called out that she was being robbed by some man, that the prisoner emerged from his place of concealment, when he distinctly SAW him rise from between the seats. When called upon for his explanation of the singu lar position in which he had been discovered, the pri soner declared that he was among the first of the passengers who had delivered up their tickets upon the temporary stoppage of the train, but that as soon as he had done so he found it necessary to sit down at the bottom of the carriage, as he was in rather delicate health, and the draught that poured into the train was both cold and annoying. He called a young woman named Mary Bunn, of Danbury, in Essex, to confirm . his assertion ; but, though she deposed pretty posi. tively to seeing the accused deliver up his ticket at Stratford, there were several inconsistenciesin her statement, and Mr. HAMMILL, after expressing an opinion that her evidence could not be implicitly relied on, and that she had been altogeth e r mistaken in the principal fact in her testimony, considered that the charge had been fully established, and sentenced the prisoner to pay a penalty of 405., under the byelaws of the company, or in default to stand committed to the House of Correc tion for a week. A BROUGH HILL TRICK. A Westmoreland farmer, who had several times been taken in by the Yorkshire horse-dealers, in retaliation contrived the ful• lowing scheme to deceive the biters. At the last 13rough Hill Fair ; he had a pony of good shape and action, but unfortunately by some accident it had lost one of its ears. On making application to a currier, he was readily supplied with one just the same size and colour as the one lost, which he fixed upon the pony's head by the bridle. The plot was successful; the pony was sold to a Yorkshireman, a bargain soon made, the money paid, and the bridle of course was given over, the farmer dis appearing in the crowd. The purchaser, on going to put a halter on the pony, took off the bridle, and to his sur prise the false ear also. He made some search for his brother " biter," but he was no where to be found, for he had made off from the hill in great glee at having suc ceeded in deceiving the Yorkshireman. Carlisle Journal. THE HOUSEHOLD TROOPS IN THE REIGN OF JAMES I—An officer has favoured us with some interesting military extracts from old exchequer records, which ex hibit the expensive manner in which the househould troops were equipped at their first formation, in the reign of James I. We find in an old warrant addressed to " Giles Simpson, his Majesty's goldsmith, the sum of 731/. 13s. 4d., to be by him employed for fine gold and silver, for the making of spangles for the rich coat for the guard of a new err c ion, being fifty in number, every one of them allowed arid rated in gilt spangles thirty-three ounces, at Bs. 6d. the ounce, and white spangles one ounce, at 6s. 8d the mince. By writ, dated April 19, 1604, 731/. 13s. 4d." In another order, addressed to " John Dawson, his Highness's tailor, the sum of 15/. is granted, to be by him em ployed for sewing silk, to set on the guards' velvet, of fifty rich coats, for fifty of the guard, of a new erection, taffeta, sarsnet, and other things, with the making, at 20e. the piece. By writ, dated April 19, 1604.' Another extract is dated May 1, 1604, addressed to "John Parre, embroiderer, granting the sum of 166/. 193. 11d., to be by him employed for stuff, crimson, satin of Bruges, and canvass, for the em broidering of fifty rich coats, of red cloth, for fifty of the guard, of a new erection, with roses and crowns im perial, and with the letters J. R., and all the bodies of the said coats embroidered over with gold. 166/. 19s. 11." It should be remarked that the "fifty men of a guard of a new erection" mentioned, were not yeomen of the guard, or beefeaters; they were actually the first nucleus of the household troops formed nearly 250 years ago."—. British Army Dispatch. A COUNTY OF KILKENNY ELOPEMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.—A man named Cody was killed last Wednesday, by a man named Walsh. The former was on his way from Callan, in the county Kilkenny, eloping with the wife of Walsh; Cody had others, aiders and abettors, with him, who were met by the unfortunate husband and his party on the road at Couls, where a fight ensued, and Walsh struck Cody with a pitchfork on the forehead, and killed him on the spot. An in quest was held, and adjourned till Sunday, and a verdict returned of " Wilful Murder." Sweet oil has been found a cure for the mildew which affects grapes. The stems are brushed with the 9/1 daily. Colchester . Harwich .. . Leigh ....... Maldon 4.: • 4 ' 511 - 1274, - ;,--- -, - I - 1323. - - a i c3CL ) r.i., 15 125 29 79 100, 5o 1681 334 720 CHELMSFORD, OCtuDzli 12.—At our market to• day there was a :good supply of wheat, the. bulk of which was disposed of at the same prices as last week. Spring corn of all sorts was unaltered in value. Wheat, white, old 44s to 475; new 45s to 483; red, old 9s to 425; new, 40s to 443; barley, —s to - s ; chevalier —s to —s; grinding 22s to 283; oats 17s to 235; malt 541 to 565; chevalier 54s to 583; peas, partridge, new 28s to :30s; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 286 to 30s ; old, —s to _s ; dun, new, 273 to 29s ; beans, tick, new 25s to 27s ; old, 28s to 305; harrow ticks, new 26s to 28s; old 29s to 31s; ma zagan, new 244 to 265; old 25s to 27s per qr. COLCHESTER, OCT. 13. 2 —Wheat, white 44s to 50s ; red 40s to 445; barley 283 to 325; beans, mazagan 24s to 283; middle and small 28s to 30s; peas 263 to 3Js per qr. HAnnINGTON, OCT. 12.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day : Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bean'. First 5Cs Od 31s 3d 21s 03 343 Od Second ... 408 8d 24s 6d 185 5d 31s fd Third ... 30s Od 183 63 15s 03 303 03 Total quantity of Wheat in market 585 qrs., 530 sold Do. Barley do. 367 qrs., 3z9 sold Do. Oats do. 343 qrs., 332 sold Do. Beans do. 46 qrs., 30 sold KIRICALDY, OcT. 13.—The following are the quotations up to this date:— FRANCE. During the course of the s itti ng o f th e Legislative Assembly on Friday, M. Thiers ascended the tribune to read the report of the committee .to which the bills relative to the credits demanded for the main tenance of the French army in Rome had been referred. M : Thiers said, that the Government had ac t e d wisely in su bm i tting to the Assembly, at the resum ption of its labours, a series of projects of law, which would afford it an opportunity of giving an explanation to the country on that important question. No serious discussion had arisen in the corn mittee on the required credits. It approved of the use made of them, and of the economy o b serv ed in their outlay. The political question alone had occupied the attention of the committee, and it had maturely inquired into the consequences of the expedition, and whether they wer e honourable and c onformable to its original object. Three years ago, when the noble minded Pontiff gave the signal of reform, all the well wishers of liberty and of Italy hoped that the people would be satis fi ed with prudent reforms, and not com promise by excesses the cause of liberty. They ex pected the less advanced would confine themselves to demand municipal institutions, and that the more civilized would not exceed the limits of constitu tional monarchy. Unfortunately, the faction who at one moment were masters of Europe, from Naples to Berlin, plunged Italy into an abyss. Everywhere they excited the people to claim institutions which were not in accord with their civilization and wants, and turned against their respective Governments the arms they should have united against their common enemy. They, more over, forced them to undertake an inopportune war, the result of which was, that Austria, after driving the Sardinian army from Lombardy, entered Piedmont, and would have overrun all the peninsula. The fac tions of Rome afforded her too plausible a pretext to invade the Papal States. It WAS under those circum stances that the French expedition to Rome was re solved upon. After her victory of Novarra, Austria could dispose of all her forces against Rome. The Catholic Powers became alarmed, and conferences were opened at Gaeta, at which it was de cided that they should unite in restoring Pope Pius IX. France naturally thought that she could not allow Austria to dominate morally and physically in Italy. Two: means offered themselves to prevent it —war, or the occupation of Rome by a French army. M. Theirs then contended that the expedition wa s enjoined, first, by the inter est of Franc e ; secondly, by the interest of Christianity; and, thirdly, that of Italian liberty. It was the interest of France that Austria should not be omnipotent in Italy. The interest of Christianity required that the Pope should be independent, and the conduct of France had sufficiently proved that the liberty of Italy had nothing to apprehend from her i ntervent i on. He then examined the question whether the con stitution had been violated. It provided—. " France respects foreign nationalities, as i t intends making its own respected. She under• takes no war from views of conquest, and never employs her forces against the liberty of any nation." Had France, he asked, gone to Italy to suppress Italian liberty and that of the Ro mans in particular ? Facts spoke loud enough to render the reply e asy, and to prove that the Constitutio n was neither violated in its text nor spirit. After the services rendered the Pope by the French army, Fran ce had a right to entreat the Holy Father to adopt means calculated to satisfy his people, and recommend him to achieve such reforms as would recon cile the Romans with the Pontifical sovereignty. France had found the Pope as generous and as liberal as he was in 1847; but circumstances had changed, and the use made by the anarchists of . what they t erme d liberty created innumerable difficulties. Pius IX. nevertheless, acquiesced in the wishes of Fr ance , an d published a proprio motu, in which he granted his subjects the liberties for which he considered them fitted. That act was maturely examined by the THE COU The following is the ol corn, &c., received in tl Essex, from the Bth ( both inclusive : tY MARKETS. statement of the quantiti 't of London from the pa 1849, to the 13th Oct., 1 NEW. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas. First 443 Od 25s 6d 20s Od —s Od I—s Od second 41s Od 21s Od ISi 6d —s Od I-s Od Third 37s Od 163 6d 16s 6d — s Od I—s Od Oatmeal, ner bag of 280ibs. imp.. 23s to 00s Od. GLASGOW, OCT. 11.—Provisions—Cheese, 48s to 50s Od per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Ski m m ilk, 18 s to 37 s per cwt. dountry fresh butter, 93 to lld per lb ; Irish pow dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 74d to Bd. Country eggs, 9d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 5s 6d per hundred, or 7d pe r d ozen . H ens , 2 s O d per pair ;ducks, 2s Od. KELSO, OCT. 12.—Wheat, old, 30s 'to 37s ; ditto, new, 27s to 34; d ; barley, new, 13s to 17s Od ; ditto old, 16s Od to 18s ; potato oats, 14s to 15s ; ditto new, lOs to 13; Od ; com mon oats, 00s to 00s Od ; ditt o new , 00s to 00s Od ; peas, 00s to 00s Od; beans, 00s to 003 per boll of six imperial bushels. PERTH, OCT. 11.—Wheat, 32s Od to 443 Od ; barley, 18s to 23s Od ; oats, 14s to 163 ; peas and beans, 25s Od to 28s Od per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26; to 28s. FALKIRK, OCT. 11. —The supply of grain in this day's market was 441 bolls; wheat at 15s Od to 23s Od per boll ; barley, 14s 3d to 18s 3d ; oats, lOs 6d to 14s Od; beans, 13s 9d to 16s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. flAwicx, 11.—Wheat, new, 33s Od to 37s Od; ditto old, 00; to 00s ; barley, new, 161 to 18s Od ; potato oats, 13, Od to 15s Od ; common oats, lls to 14s Od • peas, 23s Od to 25 3 Od ; beans, 23 s Od t o 25s Od per boll Of six imperial bushels. BERWICK OCT. 11 . - -Wheat, 40s 4 } d; b ar l ey , 21 s Id ; oats, 17s 3443; rye, 003 Od ; beans, 00s Od ; peas, 00s Od ave rage per imperial quarter. COAL MARKS' Buddle's W. Hartley 178 Od Carr's Hartley Fluting's Hartley l6s 9d West Wylam West Hedley Ord's Redheugh Canfield Moor Butes lss Oct kk est Hartley Wylam ... IGs 00 Wall's End, &e. Bensham ...... 193 00 Bewicke and Co. Clarke . l7s Gd Clennell l7s 60 Ships at ; T. - Y ESTE !WAY. Hilda 2OB Od Urpeth Braddyll Hetton Lambton Russell's Hetton 218 Od Whitwell South Hartlepool Cownden Tees Tees Cowpen Hartley Garnant Stone 23s Od Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff 212 6d market. 32. RAIL WAY SAAR. MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market still continues in its downward tendency. The transactions to-day were as follow: Great Western, Quarters, 13 dis.—Ditto, :New 171. Shares, 9LA LIVERTOOL, Ocr. 15. STOCK ERMA NOE.—The share market was very dull to-day, and little business was transacted. Prices continue to decline. The sales are—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths, 7 dis.—London and North-Western, 107% c.— Ditto, New Quarters, 35. 9d. c. dis. --- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Preference, 101/2—Midland, 4 6—Ditto, Halves, 22 dis. —South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 5% c.—York, New.. castle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 5 1 4 c. dis.—York and North Midland, 21. MANCHESTER, OCT. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as fol follow :—West Riding Union, 76 dis.—North Staffordshire , 8 7 4 dis. —London and North-Western. 109 Ditto, Nevi Quarters, 1 / 4 n. d.—Manchester and Sheffield, Preference , 1 %—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 7 n dis.—South Staf' fordshire, 4 dis.—Caledonian, Preference, 8 - Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, 1 1 ,E p.—Dover (No. 4), Sell' , 6 13-16 c. There has been more business done, but price , have been rather depres , ed. BIR NUN MUM, OCT. 15. STOCK EXCHANOR.—Tt e only transactions to-day were... Shropshire Union, 31. 13:?. 9d. dis.—South Staffordshire, 4%. South Staffordshire sprung up this afternoon, other wise the market was dull. YORK, OCT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were a 5 follow :—Great Northern, 71 3s. 9d. Ditto, Preference, 51 North British, Preference, 51. Is. 6d.—York, Newcastle, a . n? Berwick (Newcastle E x t ens i on ), 12—Y or k and North Mi d' land, 21. THE BERMONDSEY MURDEE.—REMOVAL TO O MANNINGS To NEWGATE.—Yesterday morning, coo' trary to the expectation of the public and the prisoners themselves, these parties, committed for the wilful murder of Patrick O'Connor, at Bermondsey, w ere removed from the Surrey county gaol to Newgate. The orders were communicated to each of them by Mr• Keene, the governor, soon after breakfast, which rather surprised them, as they understood Wednesday to b e the day for their removal. The other prisoners committed for trial at the Old Bailey sessions having to be removed yesterday, it was thought advisable to convey the Mannings at the same time. Manning left at ten o'clock , in the county van, with fourteen other prisoners , guarded by Mr. Keene and the turnkeys. Mrs. Manning was conveyed afterwards to Newgate in a cab, attended by the governor and Maynard, one of his assistants. 0 " few persons were collected round the entrance of Horse" monger-lane gaol when Mrs. Manning left, and before the cab arrived at Newgate the news of her removal got wind, and a large concourse of persons was assembled 1 13 the Old Bailey, anxious to catch a glimpse of this note . rious woman. The cab drove up a little after eleven o'clock, and she was hurried into the prison. She keP l her countenance closely concealed by her veil, so that 0 . 1 person could see her Uwe. Both the pris oners t en ders° their thanks to Mr. Keene for the kindness displayed to them while in his custody. Sergeant Reed, for many years of the N divisioe of police, and Sergeant Gray, one of the old detectivest of the C division, have been promoted and appointed is' specters of the G station, Bagnigge wells•road, Clerk well, under Mr. Lewis, the superintendent of that dive' sion. The vacancies arose by the retirement on a pen sion of 80/. a year of Mr. Penny, an old officer of the Government of nearly fifty years, and a brother in spector, Mr. Scott, who, after being in the force nearly ten years, was called on to resign. By being rubbed long and often against the g'ret t loadstono of society, we obtain, in a thousand lift's minute points, an attraction in common with our fellows:. Their petty so rrows , an d smal l j oys — the i r o bj ec t s s' interest or employment, at some time or other have been ours. We g at h er u p a vast collect i on of moral all, mental farthi ngs o f exc h ange; and we scarcely find an y intellect so poor, but what we can deal with it in some way.—Eliza Cook's Journal. AUDITORSUIP OF THE COURT OF SESSION.---Th e filling up of this office (which was prematurely i n : flounced by several of our contemporaries, in a paragraph we inadvertently copied, and which wa s a ft e rworcill contradicted) is now, we understand, completed, Jo in Hunter, Eq., W.S., having received the appointment." Scotsman. f [ADVERTISEMENT-- A Remarkable Cure o Dropsy of the Chest by Holloway's Pills.—Extract of a lette from air. Munday, farmer, Kennington, near Oxford, date d Dec. 2, 1848 :—To Professor Holloway : Sir.—Having on $ former occasion apprised you of an extraordinary cure upon myself by your invaluable medieiue, it gives me great pleasur e to testify again to its efficacy in a case of dropsy of the ches t with which my shepherd was aillicted, to whom, the moment , was informed of the nat u re of his complaint, I recommended ' trial of your Pills, which a d v i ce was adopted with complete su c i i cess, for by taking a few b oxes on l y h e was per f ect l y cured, °I is now in sound he a lth .— S o ld b y a ll D rugg i sts, an d at P ro f e soof Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Leaden BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., at Sid Mouth, the wife of W. 11. Cullen Esq., M.D., of a son. On the 9th inst., at Brighton, the wife of the Rev. ThoM o Archer Houblen, of a son. • f On the 10th inst ,at Cadbury-bill, Yatton, the wife 0f Charles o n th Edward d 1 o w t a h r d inst,Robinson,atney, pu, the wife o f Willi a m Digbi Esq., of a d aug h ter. Seymour, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Southwold, Suffolk, the wife of dam es Williams, Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst , the lady of W. M. Cochrane, Egl a son. On the 12th inst., at Toft-hall, Cheshire, Mrs. Leyeestth of a son. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at St. Mary's Church, SouthamPt oll , Richard Coles, Esq., merchant, of Woolston-lawn, Southward ton, to Mary, o n ly d aug h ter of Captain Fernandes, It•l'L' - the same town. On the 11th i ns t., a t S t. G eorge ' s, Hanover-square, f Meg Lexham Fost er , E sq., to M ary. daughter of Hardman Ear' er Esq , of Allert.in Tower, near Liverpool. On the 14th i ns t., a t Ch r i st Ch urc h , Newgate-street,' Edward Sherman, Esq., to Miss Isabella Hunt. At St. Mary's Church, Cheltenham, Mr. Alesan d . rc i et Buckler, of Canonbury-park, Islington, to Emmeline, thl daughter of the late M r . John Cockrell, of Middl e ton-sclaa rei Pentonville. DIED. On the 4th inst., at his residence, New street, Horseferri. road, Mr. James Coombes, aged 51. r A t bt On the 12th inst., at her residence, Darlington-place, Mary, widow of the late James Evill, Esq., aged 88. ,ha On the 12th inst, at Hackney, Ann, relict of the late d° Stockdale, Esq , of King-street, Cheapside. On the 12th inst., at Alton, Hants, William Curtis, surg ed 13 ' aged 80. On the 13th inst., at Notting-hill, William Liddard , EA B6I- ' aged 77. _ of London: Printed and Published by MURDO TOSI Ceb i No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suva Office, t v 0 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cow' # Middlesex, Tuesday, October 16,1849. I G Fc Saloon No otb t 7: 1' 51 ,4 t9!4# t►Mg Own every c FROM the Rath Time. H. 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