The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

CENTRAL NE W CRIMINAL COURT. RT (Before the COMMON-SERGEINT3 George Barton, 19, tailor, William Barton, his father, and Hanbury, an elderly -looking man, were indicted for stealing a quantity of parchment and paper, valued at above 201., the property of Messrs. Chaplin, Horne, and others, the well-known railway carriers. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin appeared to prose cute, and Mr. Cockle defended the younger prisoner. The facts of the case, which have been fully re ported within the last few days, were these :—The elder prisoner, Barton,'who is a well-known old thief, and had evidently carried on the same game as the present for some time, had been in the habit, in 67n - , junction with the other prisoner, of stealing lawyers parcels thit had been sent by rail, and the plan adopted on this occasion was this :—He had watched the porter carrying the parcels (which being deeds and papers were tied up in a particular way with red tape) from the prosecutors' cart, which delivered them in town after their transit by rail, and having made up some false parcels to represent them, he sent his son on the morning of the 27th of September to Messrs. Gregory and Falkner, and also to Home, Loftus, and Young, two well-known firms, to effect the substitution of the one parcel for the other. The parcels being left at an early hour and before business commenced, the younger prisoner came, attired like a porter with a book in his hand, and the fictitious parcel, and asking if his fellow servant from the railway had been there, said, " Oh, he has made a mistake and left the wrong parcel,"and having obtained possession of the one just left, gave the false one in its place, leaving word that when the porter, who was supposed to have made a mistake, called again, he was to come on to him at some public-house he named. In this instance they had returned the parcel anonymously, the deeds not being of any value to them, and there not being a probability of a reward being offered for their return, the younger Barton being then in custody. The jury found them all Guilty. The COMMON SERGEANT said they evidently thought that the parcels contained money. The lad, who had been instigated by his father, he should order to be imprisoned for six months ; Hanbury, who had aided in the offence, to seven years' transportation ; and the elder Barton, who was the prime mover in the affair, to fifteen years. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Oct. 24. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.—Edw. Toghill, 11, and Edw. Shae, 11, were indicted for having stolen nine silk handkerchiefs, the property of John Hitchcock. Mr. Hughes defended the prisoner Tognill. It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor keeps a shop, No. 139, Edgeware-road, and that on the evening of the first Saturday in the present month, between seven and eight o'clock, the two boys were seen by a policeman, who had been watching them for n9arly half-an-hour, to stop at the shop in question, when Toghill went in while Skae remained on the outside, looking through the window. Pre sently the former came out again, and at once ran across the road and went into White Lion-passage, -whither he was soon followed by his companion. The policeman, D 95, followed them into the passage, where he took Toghill into custody,but not until something had fallen from him. Another policeman, who was near, having seen something dropped by the prisoner Toghill, picked it up, when it proved to be the hand kerchiefs in question, which, on the boys (with the property) being taken to the prosecutor's shop, were identified by the prosecutor as those which he had just lost. Mr. Humus having been heard on behalf of Toghill, The Learned JUDGE said the facts were so few, and the case was so clear, that, he did not think it necessary to recapitulate the evidence. The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. The Learned JUDGE said that it might appear somewhat strange to the jury when he informed them that that little boy, Tcghill, was one of the most notorious thieves in London. There was, however, another part of the present indictment as affecting that bay, upon which, with a view to another pro ceeding, he must take their opinion. The prisoner Toghill, in addition to the theft, was further charged in the indictment with having been twice previously convicted. Evidence would now be laid before the jury to support that part of the indictment, and that having been done, then he would ask them whether that portion of the indictment had been sustained. Mr. Maude, the deputy clerk of the peace, was then sworn, when he produced the two previous con- victio ns. Lockyer, one of the officers of the Westminster House of Correction, next proved that the boy at the bar was the same boy as had been sent to that prison under the convictions which had just been read. The first time was on the 17th of August, 1847, when he had been sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment and to be once well whipped ; and the other time was on the 10th of the same month, in the present year, when he had been sent for one month, and also to be: well whipped. On those occasions he had come under his own name of Edward Toghill, but on the 25th of August, 1848, he had been sent to that prison fur three months, under, as in the last named instance, a summary conviction, and to be well whip ped, when he came in as " James Smith." The Learned JUDGE—Then he has been twice summarily convicted to your prison at Westminster ? Lockyer replied in the affirmative. The Learned JUDGE then said that the questions which arose out of this casa were of so much im portance in a public point of view, that he was extremely glad to find that the boy was represented by counsel. It happened that this was the first conviction which had taken place in that court under the new Act, and therefore, anticipating that such a conviction would ensue, an application had been made to the Secretary of State for the Home Depart meat, for the purpose of settling a point upon which the Court had held some doubt—namely, as to whether by the recent statute the jurisdiction of that Court of Sessions had been taken away in such cases. The reply to that application had been, that the jurisdiction of the sessions had not been taken away. However, notwithstanding that answer, such was the state of the law upon the subject that he was most anxious that the opinion of the Learned Judges should be obtained in the matter. He saw that the question was surrounded by so much diffi culty that he was desirous for the question to lee pro perly and fully argued before the Court above, for he was greatly puzzled as to the mode of proceeding under the statute. There was an Act which gave the power of transportation for life in cases where evi dence was produced of two previous convictions. That was the 7th and Bth of George IV., c. 28, s. 11, and what he wanted was, that the whole question should undergo a full argument, in respect of that and the last Act ,before another tribunal. Mr. Ilnanns was inclined to think that that Act had been repealed as to the mode of giving evidence of former convictions. The Learned Junou.—Yes, that was so; the 6th and 7th of William IV., c. all, no doubt repealed that portion of the 7th and Bth of George IV., as to the mode of giving evidence as to previous convic tions, for under that statute evidence of previous con victions was not to be given in the charge, or even read to the jury, until after the finding of that jury of a subsequent felony, except when evidence as to character was given. But the difficulty which pressed upon his mind was, as the law at present stood, whe ther he ought not to have sent the whole question which the indictment raised to the jury at once, and that he should not have left the one question only— namely, the guilt or innocence as to the theft charged, but that he should have called upon the jury to have determined by their one verdict the two questions which the indictment had raised in respect of the boy Toghill. He would, therefore, with a view to the matter being properly settled for the future guidance of these sessions, grant a case to the Learned Counsel in the matter of that boy, whom he would remand until the next sessions, in order that the Learned Gentleman might consider the course he should take. Now, as to the other boy , S kae, he had been sum marily convicted as recently as the month of August last, and he had also been convicted three or four times previously. It was quite clear that he was a very bad boy. Mr. HUGHES said that he had had an interview with the father of Toghill, who was a very respectable man in his rank of life. He was the foreman at a tailor's, and person. was a very industrious That father had informed hi m t h at hi s son, so long a s he was with him, was an exceedingly good boy, but that he had managed to get hold of some bad connexions, and then when he left home he was into these ' acts. The truth was that he wasethe scapegoat of older thrown thieves, who havinghim to into the scrape, es caped themselves, and left him get onasie might. solicit the The father had requested him toCourt ‘ that in any sentence it might pass upon his son it so arranged as that the boy might be taught some trade or handicraft, whereby he might , when his term of punishment was over, be enabled to earn an honest livelihood. The Learned JUDGE—Just so ; the son to be taught a trade, but not at the expense, or by the efforts of the father, who had neglected him. He could not conceive a more atrocious case than this was. Here was the foreman to a tailor, with a good situation, with only three children, so recklessly neglecting one of those children, who as yet had only reached the age of 11 years, as that in little more than two years he had been committed to prison no fewer than eleven or twelve times, and by the various terms of his imprisonment of those two years he had spent fourteen months in gaol, and now that father bad instructed his counsel to say that the child bad 11- .....-..............--..a. , .. been made the scapegoatlT the present conviction should of other persons. It was a very gross case. ... op goer one, and it turned r of transportation, that prove to be a that the Court retained the 1)01,7 ' transported prout for most undoubtedly this boy would tt, ont to Park seven years, with a view to his being D'• 'de . If , hurst, where he would be taug ht some .4t- vi however, he should turn o u t as he bad . - I 'fherto - c ad -. done, incorrigible, then he would be sent on ID, 1 the convict ship and forwa rded to another country. He was satisfied that the eleven or twelve convictions of which they bad heard were not the only convic tions which this boy bad been the subject of, and that if inquiries were to be made at the City prisons, or at those of Surrey, or even at Maidstone, it would be found that he had been an inmate of some of them. He would now put the jury in possession of the career 6 f the boy. On the 18th of February, 1847, he was sen i:nced to two months' imprisonment ; in May, in the sane year, he was sentence d to one months' .' imprisonOent i in July, in the same year , he was sen t en ced to an other imprisonment for one mo n t h ; in the following ,September he was se nt to p rison for one day, and to be ."hipped;N on the 17th of that month he was sent for two months ; and on the 31st of December following he was again sentenced for one month, and to ba whicued. Then he had not been heard of until the 231 of .jay, in 1848, when he was committed for one month and to be whipped ; and again on the 25th of April, in the present year, he bad been sentenced to three months ' imprisonment, and to be whipped. Those were the eigh.: occasions of which a previous mention had been made, but since then it had been ascertained that there had b: en three sub-. sequent convictions, where the boy had .'*en sent to the Westminster House of Correction. lie would now order the boy to be remanded till the next session. The sentence upon the other boy was his months' imprisonment with hard labour in the West' minster House of Correction. POLIC M E IN ON-HO USE. TELLIGENC.A. ANSI John Garry was brought before Alderman Salo mons, charged with having defrauded the shopman of a pawnbroker upon what is called the " duffi,ng rig." The proseeutor, who is employed in the neighbour hood of Houndsditch, stated that on the 26th of June the prisoner called at the shop, and brought with him a box containing what appeared to be a ship chrono meter. He said the article was made by Brockbank, of Cowper's-court, Cornhill, and that it had cost 801. or 80 guineas. In consequence of this representation the prosecutor gave him 121. in advance upon the watch or chronometer. That (yesterday) morning the prisoner, no doubt encouraged by the success of the former speculation, called again, and produced a silver watch, for which he wanted an advance. The prosecutor, upon examining the article, found that it , was what was called amongst the trade a " duffer," or ' watch got up for the purpose of deception. It was considered necessary to detain the prisoner, and place him in the custody of a policeman, and the prosecu tor was the more strongly induced to secure the fellow , as it had been found, upon an accurate examination of the chronometer, that the 80-guinea article was not one of Brockbank's making, and was worth no more than about 2/. 10s. The prisoner, upon being asked by Alderman SALoMoNS, after the usual caution, whether he wished to say anything, said, "I pledged the chronometer for a person whose name I gave at the time, and I know nothing more of its merits." The prisoner was remanded for further examination. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Daniel and James Wilson, two respect ably-dressed persons, were charged with assaulting and attempting to extort money , from Mr. Thomas Clarke, a builder, residing in Bentley-crescent, Kingsland. The complainant stated, that while returning to his own residence, between ten and eleven o'clock on the preceding evening, he stopped to procure some re freshment at a public- house in Forest-row, Dalston, where the two prisoners were seated with several other persons in the parlour • but be had no conversa tion with either of them, as ;hey were entire strangers to him. He remained there altogether about three quarters of an hour, and on leaving, noticed that he was followed by the prisoners, who overtook him a short distance from the house, and the first of them, Daniel, in an abrupt and menacing manner, demanded his address. He ordered them to go about their busi ness, and, refusing to give his address, asked them for what purpose they wanted it; upon which Daniel Wilson threw himself into a fighting attitude, and exclaiming that he owed him money for goods sold and delivered, insisted upon imme diate payment. He told them that they were i entirely mistaken, as he had never seen either of them before that evening, upon which both pri soners declared that they would follow him about all night till they either discovered where he lived or got the money, and then pushed him about, and con ducted themselves in such a threatening manner that he became seriously alarmed, and begged them to let him alone. The prisoner, Daniel Wilson then struck him in the face with such force that his hat was knocked off his head, but he was fortunately stopped from further violence by a - police-constable who MO been watching their movements, and who hastened up and took them both into custody. .Loftus, a constable of the N division, stated, that hearing a loud altercation in the street, he went up and found the prisoners hemming in the prosecutor, of whom they appeared to be demanding money, but who protested that he knew nothing of them. Witness asked what the money was owing for, and they said for goods, but would not specify what kind. They both followed Mr. Clarke threateningly, one on each side, and on witness demanding their addresses, they both refused to give any, further than that they lived , in London. Daniel at length struck the prosecutor in the face, and witness thereupon took them both in custody to the station, on reaching which one of them specified the " goods" as pale brandy, amounting to 193., whilst the other increased the amount in his version to 2/. 153., and said it was for spirits of all kinds. The prosecutor declared he did not owe either of them a farthing, and witness was positive that not a word had been said in his hearing as to what the money demanded was owing for previously. Mr. Vann, who appeared for the defence, intimated that though his clients were now certainly in some what reduced circumstances, they had both of them formerly held a respectable position in society as licensed victuallers, and, as he was instructed, the prosecutor had been in the habit of visiting one of their houses, and in that manner incurred the debt which the prisoners had demanded the payment of as previously deposed to. The prosecutor, with much earnestness, assured the Magistrate that there were no grounds whatever for such an allegation, and that he had never upon any occasion, to his knowledge, entered any house kept by either of the prisoners, who were both entire strangers to him until they had beset him in the manner described. Mr. HAntmiLL considered that an assault of a very aggravated nature had been committed upon the com plainant, and sentenced each of the prisoners to pay the full penalty of 5/., or to stand committed in default to the House of Correction for two months. -- - The prisoners were incapable of paying the money, and at the close of the court were taken off in the van. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE COUNTESS OF LANS VELDT'S (LOLA. MONTES) BAIL. —Yesterday, Messrs. Davies, father and son, attorneys of Warwick-street, Regent-street, against whom summonses were issued a few weeks ago, calling upon them to show cause why they should not pay over to the Crown the sum of 5001. each, being the amount of their recognizance for the appearance of Mrs. Heald, Countess of Lansfeldt, to answer a charge of bigamy, preferred against her in August last, were in attendance to answer the case against them. Mr. Bodkin, who appeared for the Messrs. Davies, said he applied here to-day on behalf of the two gentle men who, some time ago, became surety for the attend ance of Mrs. Heald, Countess of Lansfeldt, to meet a charge of bigamy. In consequence of her failing to appear the recognizances were directed 'to be estreated. His object now was to have the case go to the Quarter Sessions, and he thought it would be acting quite ministerial_ if the magistrate directed a distress warrant to be issued against the defendants, not that they were desirous of evading the payment of the 1,0001., but rather that they should have time to appeal against any decision that might be given against them. After some further remarks of not the least interest or importance, Mr. Bnicaux directed an order to be issued, and as the amount of bail was over the sum stated in the Act, they . would have the power to appeal at the Quarter Sessions. Notice of appeal was then given, and the parties lef the court. CLERKENWELL. John Shillingsworth, a powerful-looking man, 30 years of age, who was described in the police-sheet as a labourer, residing at No. 9, Dorset place, Islington, was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with the following murderous outrage and assault upon Elizabeth Sbillingsworth, his wife, by which she is seriously wounded and in danger. Theprisoner's face, hands, and clothes were covered with blood when he was placed before the bench. ho l u t se ap tx p o eared from the evidence of William Harring ton, of sided, that o tb . ao l tn o ~irnDor whichet - p t l h a c e e, prisonerngtoann, d th h e is a w d adjoining n i r n e g . and ala w l tshd e adyhbiVgfahmt family, when about eleven o'clock he was sitting from the prisoner'when they were at tracteds wife, yhring cries of Murder " with. They also heard the whose voice he was acquainted ience towards her, which prisoner swearing desper ately, and evidently usin gv i induced witness and his daughter, ter, who i s seven t een years of age, to proceed to and enter the house, when they found the prisoner's wife lying on the flooras ov er ound in the parlour, bleeding profusely from a dreadful w on the side of her head, whilst the prisoner w her holding her down and squeezing her throat. her them to Ist' that s a t co h v e e r e ( d p T is it o h n e b r l ; wood, bad w c h u i t c h h i c s a uwsief ) . ''s throat. t t l e i r i o i e a v t e On seeing them enter the room he jumped up in a a t a i t t l e hs n y ee d r r r i a gr s n o e :n sa . in e d r te dreadful rage, tucked up his Eh;rt s 1 eeves, and threatened witness and his daughter with violence if 71 1 c l e i 1 1;5.2, 1 . ,, , • - they did not quit the place, which they instantly did, to save themselves, and, under the full impression that the prisoner had murdered his wife, he (witness) pro ceeded immediately in search of a policeman, and t meeting with Sergeant Miles, and an officer of the N Won, they repaired to the house of the prisoner di- • -_,ok him iuto custody. Witness procured the and 1 - se of a surgeon, who dressed tne wounds of ' wife, who was now confined to her bed a deplorable state and insensible. 1 0 N, stated that on Tuesday t :lock , he was on duty near a 1,2 received informa pnight e tl-apsltaellet, Islington,about ere instantly and on 9, Dorset place. He went , th , d *th tion that a man had nearly murdead his wife . at No. entering the house he saw the prisoner covere vet She was • 1, • • • blood. His wife was on the landing-p.... bleeding excessively, and on seeing witness arta ol.s brother officer she faintly said, " That is my husband and he has done it, take him into custody." On questioning her as to how he had done it, she replied that he had done it with an earthenware utensil, with which he beat her violently whilst she was in bed. On taking the prisoner to the station-house he admitted that he had done it. He was locked up on the charge of maliciously cutting and wounding his wife, who , wa s unable to attend. Witnes s p roduced a surgeon 'a certificate, pronouncing the state of the prisoner's ,- wife, and that she was quite unable to leave her bed to give evidence against the prisoner. Police constable 494 N confirmed this testimony. Mr. AusioLD inquired of the prisoner whether he wished to say anything to the charge against him ? Th e prisoner coolly said—l was in bed, when my ‘ wife and myself quarrelled, and she struck me with l an earthen jar, and I don't deny having struck her ' w ith it in return. Mr- ARNOLD asked Sergeant Miles if the prisoner was drunk at the time ? Miles—He appeared to have been drinking, but he was not drunk. The prisoner was remanded for a week, to ascertain the fate of hil wife. SOUTHWARK. i Two sailors named Conolly and Reece were brought 1 before Mr. Seeker for re-examination, charged with stabbing William Brookman, a waterman. The complainant, who appeared extremely ill, and has been an inmate of one of the Borough hospitals ever since the outrage, stated that on Wednesday morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, as he was re turning home, in walking down Tooley-street he heard the cry of " Murder." He proceeded across the street, and at the corner of Morgan's-lane he observed a man lying on the ground, and the two prisoners standing over him, one of whom (Reece) he saw give the prostrate man a violent kick in the face. The moment this cowardly act was committed the two prisoners ran away towards the water side, when he (complainant) followed them in that direc tion, and on coming up with them he remonstrated with Reece for having brutally kicked the man, and at the same time expressed his determination not to let them escape the punishment they deserved. At this i instant Conolly drew out a long and sharp-pointed knife, such as is used by sailors for cutting ropes, and, flourishing it about, swore that he would stick it into the first man who approached. C onoll y I then rushed at him (complainant) and struck him in the back with the knife—Reece, his companion, at the same time urging him to repeat the blow. As soon as complainant was wounded he fell to the ground, upon which both of his assailants ran away. A policman coming up soon afterwards, and finding that he was stabbed, had him placed in a cab and conveyed to the hospital, where he had remained up to that day. lie added that he was still very weak from loss of blood, and was rendered incapable of using his right arm owing to the infliction of the wound. Thomas Palmer, whose face was very much dis figured in consequence of a kick inflicted on the bridge of his nose, stated that on the morning in question he was walking down Tooley-street with a woman, when the two prisoners came up and intentionally jostled him off the pavement into the road. He went up and asked them why they did it, but had scarcely uttered the words when Conolty struck him a severe blow on the neck that knocked him down, and before he had time to recover himself the other prisoner gave him a violent kick in the face that disfigured it in the way in which it now appeared. With some difficulty he raised himself from the ground and pur sued his assailants, and came up with them at the moment that Conolly stabbed the complainant. Policeman Hunt 82 M, stated, that hearing tha cry of " Police," he hastened to the spot, and saw the complainant lying on the ground, bleeding from a wound near the shoulder. Having procured a cab he sent the wounded man to the hospital, while he went in pursuit of his assailants, whom he found on board a ship near Topping's-wharf. The witness Palmer accompanied him on board, and when that person pointed out Conolly as 'the man who stabbed the complainant, Conolly exclaimed, "Yes, I am the boy, and here," added he, holding out a knife, " is the knife that did it, and I tried all I could to do for him ;" he repeated the latter words several times. The policeman added that he then,took both the pri soners into custody, and he produced the knife with which the complainant was stabbed. Mr. Hartshorn, an assistant-surgeon at the hospital, described the nature of the wound inflicted on the complainant, and said it was on the right side below the shoulder-blade, an inch and a-half in length, and two inches in depth, and that the point of the weapon would have penetrated the lungs had it not struck against the ribs ; the complainant was now out of danger.—The prisoners, who denied the charge, were committed. THE GREAT FIRE IN THE CITY. The fire which broke out on Tuesday evening in Lower Thames-street and King's Head-court was attended with a far greater destruction of property than was at first expected. It was yesterday ascertained that the stock in trade belonging to Mr. Bais was exceedingly heavy, and probably as large as in any house in the same line of business in London. The back warehouses in King's Head court alone were several floors high, and corn prised two large houses. It was on the third floor of this building that the outbreak commenced, but upon the spirits becoming ignited they ran down the stairs and through the cracks in the floor, having all the appearance of immense streams of liquid fire, so that it was at first impossible to tell where the flames commenced. Between this range of premises and the front establishment were two strong party walls. The only means of passing from one warehouse to the other was a very narrow doorway, but so great was the body of flame that it rushed through this aper ture and fired every part of the front building as well as the backs of numerous other houses in Fish-street hill, Thames-street, King's Head-court, and Pud ding-lane. No fewer than six parish engines were present, two from Calvert's brewery, several from the Custom house, nine land engines of the London establishment, and that of the West of England Company. Although the whole of this force was brought to bear on the flames, not the least check could be put to their violence, when it was deemed advisable to have the two large floating engines at Southwark bridge and Rotherhithe sent for. The hoses from these powerful machines were taken through the opposite wharfs, and by that means many tuns of water were momentarily thrown into the blazing mass, and eventually the firemen got the mastery over the conflagration. Fortunately, the church of St. Magnus, although exposed to so much danger, from the men standing on the roof with their hoses from the engines, did not receive the least injury. The following is a copy of Mr. Braidwood's official report of the extent of the damage done : " Tuesday, October 23, 1849—Called at half-past 5 P.m., by a stranger to a fire in Lower Thames street. On arriving found it was in the premises of Messrs. Bais and Co., wholesale and export druggists, carrying on business at Nos. 125 and 126, in that street. The premises were insured in the Hand-in- Hand, Phoenix, and West of England Fire-offices. The fire was extinguished by firemen with water from the New River Company and River Thames. Engines that attended-12 (land) of the London Establishment, the two floats A and D, six of the parish, the Customs, two brewhouse, the West of England, and several wharf engines. " The damage done is as follows : " Messrs. Bais's back warehouses in King's Head court.—Burnt down. About one-half of front ditto, in Thames-street, destroyed. " No. 121. Lower Thames-street, Mr. C. Francis, coffeeshop-keeper.—Contents insured in the Imperial Fire-office. Building unknown. Two back windows burnt out, and considerable damage by fire, water, and hasty removal. " No. 123, in the same street. —Mr. J. Jones, lodginghouse-keeper. Contents insured in the Phmnix. Roof of premises damaged by fire, furniture injured by removal, and skylights broken. " No. 124, in the same street.—Let out in tene ments. Similar damage. "No. 30, Fish-street-hill.—Mr. J. Cullen, to bacconist. Contents insured in the PLceoix-office. Considerable damage by removal. "Ditto, ditto.—C. Jayne (private). Contenta in sured in the Guardian. Similar damage. "No. 32, ditto, ditto.—Mr. C. Francis, coffee•shop keeper. Contents insured in the Imperial, and the building in the Guardian. Back windows burnt out, and serious damage by water and removal. " Ditto, ditto.—Mrs. E. Francis (lodger). Contents insured in the Imperial office. Furniture damaged by water and removal. "No. 33, in the same street.—Mr. J. Knott, booking-office. Contents not insured. Building un ,known. 13aek windows burnt out, roof nearly destroyed, and rest of house severely damaged by water, &c. " No. 34, in the same street,—Messrs. Rous and Mills, fishmongers. Insurances unknown. Back windows burnt out, back fronts considerably damaged by fire, and roof of premises by breakage. " No. 35, in the same street.—Mr. J. Connett, butcher. Contents unknown if insured. Building insured in the Phcenix. Back window frames severely scorched, glass demolished, and great damage to furniture, &c., by water. "Ditto, ditto.—Mr. Vialon, carpenter. Contents not insured. Backs rooms on third floor, used as workshops, burnt out, and roof over nearly destroyed. " No. 36, in the same street.—Mr. C. Raiford, licensed victualler. Contents insured in the Licensed Victualler's-office. Building unknown if insured. The skylights in the Britannia Tavern broken, and slight damage by water. " No. 37, in the same street.—Mr. J. F. Boor, eatinghouse keeper. Insured in the Licensed Vic tualler's office. Stair rails broken, and contents damaged by water and removal. " No. 1, Monument-yard. —Messrs. A. and R. Wilcoxon, upholsterers. Contents insured in the Mutual and other offices. Skylights broken, and slight damage by water. " No. 11, Pudding-lane.—Messrs. J. and G. Adams, fruit •brokers. Contents insured in the Sun, and the building in the Atlas. Roof of premises damaged by fire, and contents by water. "N o. 13, in the same thoroughfare.—Messrs. Nicholson and Co., warehousemen. Insurance un known. Roof of premises damaged, lead melted, and contents damaged by water. "No. 8, King's Head court.—Mr. Blank, basket maker. Insurance unknown. Front severely scorched, and glass broken. " No. 5, in the same court.—Mr. Vialon, plumber. Insurances unknown. Skylights broken, and slight damage to roof." During the whole of the day many thousand per • sons flocked to the scene, and it required the assist ance of a powerful body of police to keep them out of danger. LATEST PARTICULARS.—WEDNESDAY, 9 P.M. — This evening, whilst the firemen were engaged in extinguishing a small portion of fire burning in the basement, another explosion occurred, which at first, it was feared, had been attended with a loss of life. It appears that some of the men had entered the cellar with the branch of an engine, when all of a sudden a terrific explosion occurred from, it is supposed, the ignition of either a large quantity of saltpetre or some of the carboys filled with spirits. In an instant the flooring in the shop, which had hitherto withstood the action of the flames, was forced upwards, but fortu nately none of the firemen received any personal injury, although they had very hairbreadth escapes. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 24.—At a Congregation holden this day, the following graces passed the Senate :- 1. To appoint Mr. Hopkins, of Catherine Hall, and Mr. Sandeman, of Queen's College, mathematical examiners of the questionists who are candidates for honours in January next. 2. To appoint Mr. Gaskin, of Jesus College, and Mr. Ferguson, of Pembroke College, mathematical examiners of the questionists who are not candidates for honours. 3. To appoint Mr. Barrett, of King's College, and NIL.. Holden, of Trinity College, classical examiners of the questionists. 4. To appoint Mr. George Williams, of King's College, and Mr. Power, of Pembroke College, ex aminers in the Acts of the Apostles, in St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews, in ecclesiastical history, and in Paley's Moral Philosophy. 5. To re-appoint Mr. Rowland Williams, of King's College, an examiner of the classical tripos of the ensuing year. 6. To re-appoint Mr. Wrat islaw, of Christ's College, an examiner of the classical tripos of the ensuing year. 7. To appoint Mr. Cope, of Trinity College, an examiner of the classical tripos of the ensuing year. 8. To appoint Mr. Andrews, of Queen's C o ll ege , an examiner or the classical tripos of the ensuing year. 9. To appoint Mr. Peill, of Queen's Colle g e, an examiner at the previous examinations in the Lent and Michaelmas Terms of the year 1850. 10. To appoint Mr. Woollaston, of St. Peter's College, an examiner at the previous examinations in the Lent and Michaelmas Terms of the year 1850. 11. To appoint Mr. Witt's, of King's College, an examiner at the previous examinations in the Lent and Michaelmas Terms of the year 1850. 12. To allow Mr. Mathison, of Trinity College, to resume his regency. 13. To allow Mr. Bright, of Magdalene College, to resume his regency. 14. To allow Mr. Bernard, Hebrew teacher, 301. from the University chest. At the same Congregation the following degrees were conferred : Honorary Doctor of Law —Right lion. Sir James Stephen, Knight of tho Bath, Privy and Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge. Master of Arts—Walter James Armitage, Trinity College; Edmund Dorman Hodgson, Emanuel College. Bachelors of Law—Charles Busbridge Snepp, Caius College ; Arthur Sperling, Trinity College. R. S. B. Sandilands, M.A.,Christ Church College, Oxon, was admitted ad eundum. At the Congregation on the 17th instant, Francis Tate, M.A.., University College, Oxon, was admitted ad eundum. THE LUCASIAN PROFESSORSHIP. At a meeting of the heads of houses, holden yester day in the Law Schools, the Rev. William Haughton Stokes, M.A., one of the senior fellows of Caius Col lege, was elected to this professorship. There was no other candidate. LAW. The Downing Professor of the Laws of England began a course of lectures on the English law, at eleven o'clock on Monday last, at Downing College. The lectures will be continued every Monday, Tues day, Friday, and Saturday. CLASSICS. At a Congregation on the 31st inst., a grace will be offered to the Senate to con firm the report of the Syndicate, appointed April 25, 1849, to consider whether any and what alterations may be made in the regulations for the classical examination after admis sion ad respondendum quosstioni. CRIME AND SUICIDE.—About five years since, a waiter in a restaurant in Paris, named ll—, married a girl of great personal attractions, who was at that time only fourteen years old. Having been arrested during the June disturbances, his wife, during his imprison ment, formed a criminal intimacy with a watchmaker of Belleville, named Desavoye. This intercourse was continued even after the husband had been liberated, but he had no suspicion of it. On Saturday last, Desa• voye, profiting by the absence of to see one of his children, which was at nurse in the country, visited the wife, and remained all night with her. On Sunday morning, when ll was expected to return, the por tress of the lodgings not having seen the lover go out, hastened to apprise the guilty parties of the risk of his approach. She knocked at the door violently, but re ceived no answer, and smelling a strong odour of char eoal suspected that the criminal pair had committed suicide. Under this impression, she hastened to a lock smith, and having had the door broken open, found the guilty lovers lying on the ground, and quite dead. A few minutes after H— arrived, but the portress detained him till a commissioner of police, whom she sent for, had arrived. That official soon made his appearance, took a glance at the bodies, and was the first to apprise the husband of his misfortune, but not till the remains of the adulterer had been removed. ll—, overwhelmed with grief, embraced the body of his wife, over which he pronounced his pardon.—La Presse. The Gazette of Tuesday night contains an order from the General Board of Health, appointed to carry the Nuisances Removal Act and Diseases Prevention Act into effect, to the churchwardens of the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, directing that they put in force certain regulations with respect to the Christchurch burial-ground, situate in the Broadway, Westminster. It also contains similar orders to the owners of the New Bunhill-fields cemetery, Deverell street, Dover.road; to the churchwardens of St. George, Hanover-square; to the churchwardens of the parish of Christchurch, Blackfriart-road; to the president, elders, and churchwardens of the vestry of St. George's German Lutheran Chapel, Little Alie-street,Whitechapel; to the churchwardens of St. Stephen, Walbrook; to the church wardens of the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth; to the churchwardens of St. James's Westminster (with respect to a burial-ground belonging to that parish, situate in the Hampstead-road); and to the proprietorsor managers of the burial-ground situate in Butler's-place, in the parish of St. John, Horselydown, Surrey. It also con tains an order from the same Board to the church wardens of St. Benet Sherehog, Bucklersbury, in the city of London, directing them to close the burial-ground of that parish for a certain period. STATE OF THE KING'S-ROAD.—TWO of the elements are wofully deficient in the neighbourhood of Eaton square, and the traveller, on entering its precincts, has good reason to apprehend that " Chaos has come again." The road is usually little better than a rudis indiciestaque moles of common mould, with a brickbat here and a pan tile there, to give it variety. The gas seems to have been all cut off in its prime, and the watering of the roads appears to he left to the voluntary contributions of our old friend Aquarius. Whoever ventures into this locality after nightfall, will run the risk of another fall unless he provides himself with the means of illumina tion in this region of obscurity. We should recommend a few of the celebrated dogs of' St. Bernard's to be en gaged during the winter season to perambulate Eaton square and its neighbourhood, with lanterns in their mouths to serve as guides to the benighted wayfarers. A few domestic puppies, or unhappy dogs of footmen, have already been engaged on this philanthropic service, and may be seen alter sunset acting the part of glow worms, or walking gaslights, in attendance upon the am bulatory inhabitants of the vicinity. We feel it our duty to ridicule the present darkness of Eaton-square as the readiest way of making light of it.—Punch. Elt 25-, 1840. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. " Roman grandeur" commonly ascribed to the subterranean constructions of London in general, and the almost Flemish purity claimed for the City sewers in particular, by obsequious reporters to the Common Council, are day by day disproved by fresh disclosures, which betray alike the foul condition of the sewers themselves, and the corrupt ness or inefficiency of the local authorities by which they are administered. The police, employed at Mr. Simon's instance as domiciliary inspectors, have lately it appears been mainly instrumental in bringing to light the underground horrors of the City. A va luable report from the Chief Commirsioner of Police, read at the last meeting of the City Commissioners of Sewers, and published at length in our yesterday's paper, shows that the police inspectors have visited no less than 14,000 out of the IG,OOO houses situate within the precincts of the City. They have brought their lanthorns to boar with great effect on the dark caves and noisome cellars of the City; and the flashing bull's-eye has shot its prying gleam into the hitherto unexplored recesses of many a noisome vault, black and pestilential as that pit in Tower Royal, which Mr. Deputy Lott picturesquely designated as a " yawning gulf." These scattered rays the press, with its broad reflectors, must now collect and con centrate, so that the inhabitants of the City may be enlightened as to the hidden dangers which lurk in the very ground on which they tread, and judge how far the men who for so many years have neglected or approved such abominations, and who still, be it remembered, uphold the horrors of intramural slaughtering and sepulture, deserve to be entrusted with the guardianship of the public health. The first thing that strikes us in reading the Police Commis sioner's report on the results of the late domiciliary inspection is the total number of the nuisances dis covered. Of these we count no less than 12,432, distributed among the 14,000 houses ♦isited, and exclusive of 366 out-door abominations. This total, it is to be observed, includes only the most crying grievances, and such as offend even the dull senses of the sufferers themselves, inured as they are to stench and squalor. Thus, cesspools only count as nuisances when burst, as in thirty instances, or when crammed to the very brim, as in 223 other cases. Privies within the houses are not accounted nuisances except when situated in cellars, as they were found to be in no less than 4,608 cases I Pools of 'stagnant water on the premises—drains absolutely choked up and useless—polluted water-supplies--cellars filled with putrefying rubbish, or, horrible to tell, actually employed as cesspools I—such are a few samples of the nuisances admitted to figure in Mr. Harvey's black list; such are the abominations which for years past have been glozed over in smooth reports on the cleanliness and salubrity of the City ; such are the disclosures in the teeth of which the Common Council are still bold enough to maintain that, since 1832, they have done all in their power— and all that could be reasonably expected—to protect the City against fresh invasions of pestilential disease. The conclusion, we think, must force itself on every unbiassed mind, that the sanitary affairs of the City require an administration more active and enlightened than that which can be given, in the in tervals of their business, by a council of traders; men, doubtless, very worthy and useful in their way, but habitually averse to sanitary innovation—utterly blind to the ulterior economy of broad and compre hensive sanitary measures, however costly at the out set—and numbering, it may be, amongst their body more than one proprietor of the squalid tenements which it is sought to purify. This view is strongly corroborated by a comparison of Mr. Harvey's report, just cited, with that by Mr. Haywood, the City sur veyor, which was read at the same meeting. To judge by this latter document, one would take the City for a perfect paradise of purity. During the last sixteen years our " Roman grandeur," we are told, has been extended by no less than 23i miles of new sewers ; the last open ditch has been covered in ; and not a single gully hole remains untrapped. Who, reading of such labours as these, can fail to be struck with the administrative ability of the City Commissioners, and the vastness of their sanitary enterprises ? What generous soul does not burn with indignation against those who, with us, charge the City authorities with neglect and incapacity, and dispute the policy of confiding collective interests to any other than a central management ? These lively emotions, however, are somewhat counterpoised and calmed when we find, on turning to the other report, that of the 16,000 abodes in this balmy Eden, 2,526—0 r nearly one in seven—were found by the inspectors to be actually unfitted for human inhabita tion by noisome stenches, resulting from bad drainage and the like. And so, all the way through, the Police Commissioner's report neutralizes the glowing statements of the surveyor. The glory of Mr. Hay wood's trapped gullyholes and " two miles of new sewer within one year," is dimmed by Mr. Harvey's hundredfold reports of intolerable " stinks from gratings ;" thousands of horrible cellar-privies stand in abatement of the honour due to a few hundreds of private drains laid down ; and the gratitude with which we learn that the intramural slaughterers have been registered, is checked by the reflection that this registration leaves the horrors of Smith field and its slaughter• houses not only una holished, but positively defended and maintained. Those who real, some tu o years since, the engi neer's report on the excellence of the City sewer age, and who now peruse Mr. Haywood's " satisfac• tory" statements, will be reminded of the Tooting child farm, which was visited monthly by parochial guardians, who at each inspection duly recorded their official " satisfaction" in the books; till suddenly the plague burst forth, and revealed, too late, how easy the conscience of a local board may be, and to what a mockery we trust our health when we confide it to parochial guardianship. We do not, however, deny that under the pressure of public opinion, roused by an immense calamity, and seconded by the strenuous efforts of the press, the Common Council are bestirring themselves at length, and have met by some partial measures of abatement the most crying of the City nuisances. Let them cease to gloze over in one-sided reports the notorious filthiness of the City ; let them, instead of practising a mistaken parsimony, at once carry out, on a liberal scale, the great principles of sanitary reform ; and then they may count on receiv ing at our hands a support as sustained and energetic as our previous strictures have been frequent and severe. We shall feel ourselves disarmed—and that with infinite pleasure•—so soon as we see the City in a fair way to be sweetened, and the terrible Destroyers that lurk in its foul recesses finally hunted out and ex pelled. To this end we hold the permanent sanitary organization of police, as suggested in the Commis sioner's report, a very important means. The moral character of the police would be raised, their influ ence with the people increased, and their utility for the maintenance of order greatly augmented, by this coupling of beneficent duties with their functions, heretofore exclusively penal. And, just as standing armies, by a progressive transformation from offensive to defensive, have come to be employed in maintaining the equilibrium which it was formerly their office to disturb, and may indeed be regarded at present as a sort of international police; just so, and by a like transformation, the domestic police of towns will, we trust, be employed more and more for the prevention of those crimes which it has been hitherto their duty only to detect and bring to punishment. It is, indeed, this substitution of prevention for cure which mainly characterises the modern sanitary movements ; and in proposing to engraft on our system of police a prin ciple so salutary and so humane, the Chief Commis sioner has our entire concurrence. The recent ex periment fully proves that the utilization of the police for sanitary purposes does not at all impair their effi ciency as a repressive corps. We have only to pursue and complete the transformation thus auspiciously commenced, and our policemen may become to the social body, what our doctors are daily tending to become to the individual man—the watchmen and conservative ministers of health, rather than the mere combatants of declared and too often incurable disease, THE PARISH OF ST. MARTIN AND THE PROPRIE TORS OF EXETER llALL.—Yesterday a special petty sessions, pursuant to adjournment, was held in the vestry-room of St. Martin•in-the-Fields, to hear the appeal of the proprietors of Exeter Hall, against their assessments. The magistrates on the bench were Cap tain Bagge, in the chair, E. E. Antrobu;, Esq., J. S. Brooking, Esq., and W. H. Marriott. Mr. Grain ap pealed against the assessment of the rates on behalf of the proprietors, and stated that for the past year the gross receipts amounted to 4,2001. whilst the expendi ture extended to 2,5001., leaving a balance of 1,7001., as the rateable value of the property. Mr. Le Breton con tended, that from the unquestionable success which had attended Exeter Hall, the parish authorities were per fectly justified in increasing their rates from 1,500/. to 2,5001, it appearing from the accounts that had ,been audited, that since the assessments made in 1843, the success of the concerts had augmented the income to more than 1,1001. After considerable discussion, their worships consulted together, and at length the appeal was confirmed, with costs. The vestry broke up. TIIE SUrPOSED CASE OF CATALEPSY.—The coroner's inquest respecting the death of Mr. Byron Blythe, at Bristol, terminated by the jury, after hearing some further evidence in addition to that already published in 71w Sun, returning a verdict that the deceased " Died from malignant cholera." An accidont occurred on Saturday last to :Richard Bremridge, Esq., M.P. for Barnst a pl e , who was hunting near Yuulstou with the North Devon hounds, when, in riding at a stiff pace, the bit of his bridle broke, and his horse galloped off without restraint. Mr. B. con sulted his safety by throwing himself from the saddle, by which, however, he sustained some severe bruises, and fractured a small bone in the hand. 'Rumour had exaggerated the accident, and much concern was evinced in town at what was feared to be the unfortunate fate of the worthy gentleman, which was relieved on the true particulars becoming known. We are happy to state that, after being detained to his room for a day or two in much pain, the Honourable Member is now doing well.—Devonshire Chronicle. THE INDIAN CORN AND MAIZE IN ST. JAMES'S PARK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—This Pyrenean Maize was pulled up on Oct. 9, 1849. The plants from the American seed remain standing in their growing state. The above sorts of corn have been cultivated here this year on two small plots of ground, of about ten yards square each, in Jrder to ascertain whether it can be profitably grown in the soil and climate of England. The seed, it i 3 said, was sown early in the spring, in one of the royal gardens, and was planted in the park early in May on that fine maiden soil—one plot in the highest state of cultivation, abundantly sup plied with manure; the other 'equally so, less the manure—in rows about 2k feet apart, and about six inches asunder in the rows. Soon after, at the proper time, it was moulded up with a hoe, similar to po tatoes, and so soon as the ear or pod was grown to about one-third of its expected size, the top of the plant was cut off within two or three inches of the ear, in order that the corn might receive the full ,benefit of the soil, the sun and the air; yet it was not ;it maturity, or judged sufficiently ripe to pull up for harvesting before Tuesday, the 19th of October. The seed, understood to be principally from the Pyrenees, was supplied by a Mr. Keene, a respectable farmer, lately residing there ; but there were also a few plants raised from American seed. Both sorts seem to have been planted on each plot, apparently to test their difference; neither of which were at ma turity before the aforesaid date, but the Pyrenees took the lead in ripening, and kept it. Mr. Keene, from a pamphlet published by himself, writes as follows : " The Pyrenean corn, or forty-days' maize, is 'from an estate in the Pyrenees where the average tempe rature is very little higher than it is in this country, and the experiment in St. James's Park has been suc cessful, there being now upon the ground a fine healthy crop. " The seed was sown late in the season, but its growth was marvellous, averaging one inch a day for the first sixty days. The flowering stalk began to shoot from the sheath about the fortieth day from the time of sowing [query planting, being myself present at that time]. and in a little more than 120 days it was ripe as it now stands in rows, with the flowering stalk cut off about an inch higher than the cob [it bears only one] containing the grain. "It is calculated that bread can be made from pure maize flour at the costof a little more than a halfpenny a pound. The bushel of maize weighing 601bs. will yield 1001bs. of bread, while on an average an acre of land will produce 48 bushels of flour. " The success that has attended the experiment in London, and those made simultaneously in other parts of the south of England, show that the plant is suited to our soil and temperature." Notwithstanding Mr. Keene's extensive knowledge, practical experience, and most flattering report of the progress of this Pyrenean maize, and though I regret to feel obliged to differ in opinion from such great authority, I cannot refrain from expressing my be lief that this experiment is a decided failure. For looking at the richness of the land—land within my recollection and observation that fattened the ox of George lll.—cultivated on the most scientific prin ciples by most able hands from the royal gardens, aided by this beautiful year of vegetation, together with ten successive weeks of the finest harvest wea ther almost in the memory of man—with these facts before my eyes, and with all due deference to the high authority who introduced the experiment for so laudable and praiseworthy a purpose as the public good—when I consider the soil, the culture, the summer, and, above all, the lateness of this crop be fore it arrives at maturity even sufficient to be taken under cover to harden and perfect, how can I come to any other conclusion than that the seed from the latitude from whence this came does not suit " the soil and temperature " of Great Britain sufficiently to be cultivated advantageously ? If the cultivator would be pleased hereafter to fur nish the public with the exact number of square yards in each plot, together with the exact number of pints of corn grown thereon, distinguishing the different sorts (if any) and weight, that would be a great fact towards enlightening our understanding in this matter. This Pyrenean maize was pulled up, and tied up in bundles of about the size of a common wheatsheaf, containing about eight to each plot of ground, with a truck standing by, for the purpose of taking them under cover to dry and perfect. The superintendent being present, very obligingly pre sented me with two of the ears of the Pyrenean corn, so that I am able and willing, and shall with much pleasure give a few seeds to any agricultural applicant who wishes to try to raise this sort to a suc cessful issue, and which shall be forwarded by post, free of expense. Query—Had this been a damp summer, such as we occasionally experience, of what value would this Py renean crop have been, beyond feeding cattle with it from its green state ? Again, admitting Mr. Keene's statement, that the Pyrenean corn bears but one cob, and produces six quarters of flour an acre—where is there an Eng lish farmer to be found, who would grow this sort of late, uncertain crop, so doubtful of arriving at maturity, when an acre of the same sort of park-like land would produce him (without the manure) up wards of four quarters of wheat (or an abundant crop of almost -any other grain), which, with the straw, would be of nearly double the value of the Pyrenean crop at all times, and under all seasons ? The late Mr. Cobbett's American corn I have culti vated in my garden at Grove Lodge, Winkfield, Berks, which proved more satisfactory. I have no interest whatever in this undertaking beyond the public weal, and I am, Sir, yours respectfully, nearly at the end of my 78th year, and an old agriculturist, &c., &c. W. P. NEEDHAM. 28, Lambeth square, London. STEAM FROM JAMAICA, via NEW YORK (From the Jamaica Conservative, - ,Sept. 20.) There can be little doubt that British interests must suffer in every way from the newly- projected line of steamers between this port and North America. The length of time occupied in a passage home by the British steamers has long been a source of much complaint—not because the vessels employed were slow, or because the accommodation was not suffi ciently good, but because, with different arrange ments, the same ships could prform the work in a much shorter space of time. In opposition to this it may be argued that the traffic between England and Jamaica is not of so much importance as to warrant a change of plan which, if less expensive in itself, would prevent communication with other islands, or render indispensable the building of new ships. Be this, however, as it may, America, being in a position to offer greater advantages, must almost monopolise the passenger trade between this port and England— an event which cannot fail to injure this branch of the commercial interest in the mother country. A passenger who leaves Kingston in the British steamer —say on the 24th of September—arrives in England about the 20th of October, which is an average pas sage, making the duration of the voyage from 25 to 26 days ; while by the American line of packets, a passenger leaving Kingston on the 19th of September arrives in New York on the 25th, sails for England on the 26th in one of the Cunard steamers, and ar rives in England on or about the Bth of October, thus completing the passage in 19 days. It may be, and has been, done in 15 to 16 days. The next item for consideration is the comparative expense of either route, and here again the Americans have the advantage. A first- class passage in the American boat from Kingston to New York costs 75 dollars, equal to .. £l5 12 6 A. first-class passage from New York to Southampton in one of the Cunard's boats costs .. .. 20 0 0 Total cost from Kingston to Southamp ton by the American line .. 35 12 6 By the English line a first-class passage from Kingston to Southampton costs... 52 0 0 Difference in favour of the American boats 16 7 6 A second-class passage by way of the United States costs— From Kingston to New York, CO dollars 12 10 0 And a first•class passage from New York to Southampton • • • • • • 20 0 0 Total from Kingston to New York ... 32 10 0 A second-class passage by the English steamer costs, at the option of the tra veller, 451. or .. .. ... ... 40 0 0 Difference in favour of the American line . 7 1 b 0 0a ,0 5 In point of accommodation, the American boats as would seem to have a decided advantage, inasmuch h have many important points overlooked by the Americans. We been sedulously attended to by the ..ew.gaw do not, of course, allude to the gingerbread , decorations which ostentation m s any in stances, have spared to gool taitimeel-gbu't there is in the 'substantial comfort American boats, for of a retiring roomineboxoaaasmPoefi too warm, too cool, or r e d a British steamer, if the rainy weather. On vessel be within the tropics, or if there be wet wea th er, the passengers must either endure the w e t or h ea t or ; deck, or they must retire to the rude half-deck (where there is not even a seat provided for them), unless they prefer the solitude of their berths or the warm dining saloon, where a smell of yesterday's dinner ever seems to linger, as if in anticipation of the coming meal. On board the American boats, on the contrary, there are neat and com f or t a bl e lounging rooms, hung with mirrors and protected by sash win dows. These chambers are capable of accommodating about 80 people at a time, and are a delightful resort after meals, when the spar deck is either too warm or too wet for pedestrian Qurcise. this arrangement alone is a consideration. -- - How it is that the Americans can afford to run their boats cheaper than the English matters little in the present inquiry —even now, we think the rates too high for a six days' passage, and we have no doubt that when Kingston shall have been made a regular berth for these boats the fares will be considerably reduced. We would also suggest that the steamers should leave here on the 18th instead of the 19th of the month, in order that their arrival in time for the departure of the Cunard boat may be insured. RAILWAY SHAKE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was not so ani mated today, and but little business was transacted. The sales are—Great Western, 55—Ditte, Quarters, 12 1 4 dis.— Midland Stock, 6 per cent., 1•:0. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very firm to-day at the quotations. The transactions were as follow : Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 6 5 / s dis —Liverpool, Crosby , and Southport, 3 3 / 4 dis.—London and North-Western, 111 IA —Ditto, New Quarters, 11s. 3d. p.—Ditto, Fifths, 1 1 4 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Preference, 10%—Mid land, 47—Ditto, Halves, 21 1 4 dis. South-Eastern and Dover, (No. 4), 6 York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N E. Purchase), 5 1 4 dis. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as follow :—London and North-Western, New Quarters, % p.— North Staffordshire, 8% dis.— Shropshire Union, 3% dis —South Staffordshire, 4 1-16 dis. YORK, OCT. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—North British, Preference, 5 ex in.—York, New• castle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 2 1 / 2 —York and North Midland, 19. GLASGOW, OCT. 22. STOCK Excumvatt. The transactions to-day were as follow :—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 48 —Ditto, Halves ( No. 1), 6Y 4 — North British. Quarters, 50s. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE, OCT. 23.—At this morning's market we have to note a fair quactity of wheat fresh to hand, and a moderate attendance, notwithstanding transactions were quite of a retail character, at the prices of Satur day last. Barley as before. Oats and other articles without alteration in value. Flour meets with moderate sale, at previous rates. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, OCT. 23.—Th e number of beasts at this day's market was less as com pared with last week by 100 head; quality indifferent; trade more lively, although part remains unsold. The quantity of sheep penned was smaller than we have had to note of late, and below that of last market day by 1,000; quality moderate; trade brisker at late rates, but part still on hand. Beasts, 600; sheep 5,700. Beef, 4s 6d to 5s 9d per stone; mutton, 4d to 5d per lb. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 23.—There were in the market to-day 65 sacks oatmeal, each Neighing 2801bs imperial, whereof 60 sold thus:-16 at 1183, 15 at 11 7s 6d, 2 at 1/ 7s 6d, 3 at I/ 6s 6d, 1 at 116 s Od, and 15 at 1/ ss; average price of the whole 11 6s 10d 2-12ths. 9 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 31s, 5 at 28s 6d, and 2at 28s. 23 sacks pot-barley, whereof 14 sold thus:-- 2 at 1/ 6s Od, 2 at 115 s Oil, 3 at 11 2s 6d, 2 at 11 2s Od, and 6 at 11 is Od. 1 sack brosemeal, which was not sold. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, OCT. 23.-- Supplies of all kinds large. Oat straw, from 9s Od to Ils Od per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat ditto, 7s 6d to 9s 6d; barley ditto, 7s Od to 88 Od. Hay, from 7d to 9d per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 22.—There were 152 bags of oatmeal, 15 of barleymeal, and 2 of pot-barley at this day's market. Sales dull. Oatmeal same on the top, but up 9d to 6d per bag on the second and third qualities; barleymeal 6d per bag down; the pot-barley was unsold. Third 25s Od 178 Od -3 Od —s Od —4 Od ... 171 3d ... 173 9d . . 181 6d ... 18s Od ... 17s 3d ... 18s 6d ... 185 6d ... 19s Od ... 17s 6d ... 180 Od ~.. 18s oa Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbg. I First _ 1 Second imperial .. - Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal ... ... Flour ••• ••• ••• Pot barley ... ... 27s Od 26s 3d 183 6d 17s 9€l .....5 Od ....3 Od —s Od —s Od —s Od —lod COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Bate's West Hartley... 16s Od! Jonassohns Buddle's W. Hartley.. 16s Gd' Lumley Carr's Hartley Holywell Main 163 6d N. Hettcn Lyons ... New Tanfield l4s Od Pemberton ...... Canfield Moor .... lss 6d Plummer Townley l6s Od' Russell's Hetton West Hartley West Wylam Wall's End, &c. 'Caradoc ..... Clarke. . l6s oq;cassop.. ..... Gibson Gosforth . Hedley Hilda l7s Od Hotspur Heaton Hebburn Northumberland Original Gibson Percy. Urpeth Walker Eden Main l7s 9d Lambton Primrose Bell Denis - on l7s 3d Haigh Hall South Kelloe ... 17s 6d West Belmont Whitworth lss 9d Seymour Tees South Durham l7s 6d St. Helen's Tees Tees West Cornforth .. l7s 6d Anthracite (thro' and thro') Cowpen Hartley Derwentwater Hartley 16s 60 , Llangennech 2os 65 Belmont lBs Od, Braddyll Hetton Haswell l9s 0(1 Hutton Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff ......... 2ls 6 d Risca Rock Vein los Od Sidney's Hartley Ships at market, 142. WINDING-UP OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.--The following is a list of abortive schemes now being or about being wound up under the provisions of the Joint-Stock Companies' Act:—Ban wen Iron Company, Agricultural Cattle Insurance Company, Marylebone Bank, British and American Steam Navigation Company, Compressed Air-Engine Company, German Mining Compaq , Godolphin Mining Company, India and Australia Steal°, Mail-Packet Company, Tontine Life Assurance, Isle 0 ' Wight Joint-Stock Company, Liverpool and Manchestet Saw Mills, London and Westminster Coal Club, Ms" gate Steam-packet Company, London and Westminste r Life Insurance, Merionethshire Slate Company, Niste„ r Dale Iron Company, Hilbricken Silver Lead Mibil* Company, North of England Joint Stock Banking Coo' pany, Patent Kamptulicon Company, Rio Dom Con' pany, Royal Thames Seam Navigation Company, S t * George's Steam-packet Company, Sheffield and Hetford Banking Company, Southampton Emigration Compaq' Universal Salvage Company, Vale of Neath and South Wales Brewery Company, Wheal Curtis Mining CO Ol. pany, Wheal Lovell Mining Company, York and Londetl Assurance Company; making a total of thirty cool' panics, of which four are insurance companies,_ lb u ! banking companies, six mining companies, and S i ' steam-navigation companies. i , 8- r MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at J. P is 12i per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.171 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchang® 25.46; and the exchange at Paris on London at sbo t : being 25.50, it follows that gold is 0.16 per sea t• in London than in Paris. By advices fr°: Hamburgh the price of gold is 4871 per mark, whic r at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce 0 0 standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11; and tb, exchange at Hamburgh on London at short bell* 13.12 i, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent, dearer London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange ; t o New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is l i d par cent., and the par of exchange between England 8 1 1 0 America being 109 2340 per cent., it follows that t , ; exchange is nominally 0.42 p er cen t. i n f avour of Vlti land. And, after making allowance for difference ill interest and charges of transport, the present rate v i a l leave a small profit on receiving gold from the tjoi' States. FALL OF A. NEW CHURCH.—At KingsdoWnt nest Widmer, a new church is building, at the expense (A. - 0 individual, and was externally approaching coropiet l ? e j but last week the west-end, which comprised a traeor l d window, and a bell-turret, suddenly fell to the gr ol oo with a tremendous crash. Providentially the wori o to had not arrived. The accident is ascribed, 100 11 1' wet weather, and a gale of wind.—Builder. [ADvEnTisnmENT.]--Take Hollo w ay's Pills. o . cases of Deranged Health or Impurity of the Blood.--Tis! estimable medicine is a superior remedy in all cases o f de b ar b,, nation of blood to the head, benumbed feeling in the 't o g impaired health, impurity of the blood, drowsiness, swi m ., ; ,, l e s. in the head, disordered stomachs, loss of appetite, ba d 'Z e it tion, and debilitated constitution the number of persons e". 01 of these affections by Holloway's Pills is incredible, 5 0 1 to of them had been for a long time sufferers, and had fail t i t s get relief from medicine prescribed by the first doctors in the profession. A steady course of these Pills will rester;rug, most weakly to a vigorous state of health.—Sold by all ~s ad gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 24 4 , °"' London. BIRTHS. — On the ISth inst., at Durham, the w if e of the R e y, hen ry Jenkyns, D.D., of a daughter. Ves'• On the 20th inst., at Felton, Salop, the lady of the Peter G. Bentley, of a son. On the 20th inst., at St. Michael's-terrace, Pimlico, - Edward W. Lower, of a dauhter. te r On the 20th inst., at Tonbgridge-wells, the wife of W AI Morton, Esq., of a daughter. On the 20th in s t., at Brighton, the wife of R. Bayley, of, a daughter. 8 1 1 ., On the 21st inst., in High-street, Camden-town, Mrs. Dyer, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., in Albany-court - y ar d , Piccadilly', the wife of T. Mortimer, Esq, .of a daughter, J. On the 23d inst., at Upper Woburn plac e , the W.. ;co,f ° Marshall, Esq., of a son - MARRIED. Of On the 20th inst.,. at Enfield Church, Sarah, datlg h e te b r es' Richard Browning, Esq., of Brigadier-hill, t o Frederick E sq ., of North-street, Manchester-square. • Cres' Lerman, _ ...-r-squ. o f t On t he 20th inst., at WilLn, Mr. John Collins, ~,gCS cent-place. Bridge-street, Blackfriars, to Charlotte. 31: 1 4 e sk daughter of the late Richard Norris, Esq., late of r r „ house, Tilshead, Wilts. , eorg," On the 20th inst., at the British Embassy, at Paris' f Anderson Croft, Esq., second son of Admiral Croft, ° lington, Yorkshire, to Mrs. Oakes, widow of the late Oakes, Esq., of th e M a d ras Civil Service. On the 2.d inst.,. Si r Johf D ED aahwood King, 13311 " °f o°l' ton On , Pucks. the 19th inst., at Brook-park, Flintshire, CaPtain INlse son, kijutant of the Royal Flint Rifle Corps, aged 2 . ,,5. . 0 0, At Weym ou th, D orset, on the 19th inst.,Nicholas tic' Esq., aged 65. Ilk 3/11' On the 19th inst., Willi am M a tthews, Esq., of rec rye, late of the St oc k Exchange, London. , ,003, On the 19th inst., at Brixham, Devon, Du'. ll ' aged 62, la' e foreman of her Majesty's yard, Chatilobo f , At Littlehampton, Sussex, on the 21 s t inst, M r ' Tilley, aged 47. Fief' Georg ge On the 21st inst., at Cheltenham, aged 65, cher, Esq., of Croydon, eldest son of the late Eel"' oe gor.l, Fletcher, of Beckenham, Kent. n 13 g zigc On the 22d inst., at Death• house, far Leighto_,..,,sbire Bedfordshire, Edward Vernon, Esq., Oecleston,,,tec'w, V,sq.f On the 22d inst., at Reigate, aged 69, William tA u► _....! late of Bakeham-house, Surrey. „,illO, of London : Printed and Published by MITRDO l r u%r o . 1 1 ; No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, my Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the Ix” — bliddleax, Thursday, October 25, 1e49. Aillk In Sha Howell John 11 Thoma Alexan John K Renry Ebeuez 1. ExeT 2. The 3. Perk 4. Five den 5. Year Pro G. Life 1 ♦pplii Ject of 3 to tile A TB The Rig The Rig' The Rig Sir Hem Sir Ric Cop Thomas Thomas James N The Rigi Michael Cha Sir Rich, Con Rey. Th, Edmond Henry C George 1 James 32 Prospe forwarde I, New ( LAI The DI for LOA.] for wild will be a' Furth Signed. 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