The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Birmingham has just been spared an ex hibition which certainly would have tended to justify its olden fame for specious and ephemeral wares. The Prince of Canino, ex-President of the Italian Re• public, has just been lecturing the British Associa tion on the difference between the little blue magpie of Spain and the little blue magpie of Siberia. Of course it is interesting enough to see a great man able to find comfort for the wreck of his political hopes in so simple a theme. Mhe was at Bir mingham, however, Mr. George Dawson and some other gentlemen, who card more for men than for magpies, and who desired some more piquant con trasts than that which the Prince had chosen, waited upon him to request that he would accept of a soirée. From the Prince's reply it appears that the soiree was to have been "in connexion with their admiration of the truly heroic Roman people ;" and would have consisted of speeches by Mr. George Dawson, the Prince of Canino, Mr. William Potter, and other statesmen, expressing what is called sympathy, with what is called the cause of the Roman people. Either an actual engagement, or a little good sense, prevented the Prince from accepting the soirée. To satisfy the gentlemen, however, he took pen and paper and wrote down in their presence a rhetorical sort of reply, intended to do the duty of a speech. It ap peared in our Saturday's paper, and therefore we need not repeat it. Being written extempore by a foreigner, and in the presence of the Birmingham sympathisers, one is not surprised to observe that it contains in a very small compass quite a florilegium of old British clap traps. After the testimony of his own conscience, the Prince knows nothing so flattering as the appro bation of " gener o u s and truly free Britons." He will never be dumb, he says, "whenever his feeble voice may be raised in favour of liberty and civili zation." Had he been able to attend the soirée, he would have greeted every Englishman present as " a friend to the oppressed and dread foe to the oppressor;' and would have said how much he ad mires a Constitution which, whatever its theoretical defects . , "works so admirably in practice," and makes us greater, and happier, and freer than any other people in the world ; " whilst," he concludes, " better framed constitutions, without the vigi lance of an enlightened people, can make pseudo monarchies, or, what is worse, mock republics." Of course the sting in the tail is a cut at cousin Louis Napoleon and his citizen subjects, as the Prince would express it. President Lucien thinks it very hard that his game has been spoilt by another President, and that President a cousin. It was not so in old Bonaparte's days. He would not have objected to see a Bonaparte in stalled, under one name or another in every capital in Europe ; aad Lucien, who possibly in herits some of the family traditions on this point, may think, that for the sake of a Bonaparte, France might have pardoned the dangerous freaks of young Italy. We in this country are out of the family circle, and are h app il y w i t h out any Bonapartist pre judice. We take a p ure ly p o liti ca l v iew of the affair, and on that view it does not appear to us perfectly decorous that i n a so rt o f public interview with cer tain citizens of a great English municipality, a Bona parte should denounce his cousin as a knave, the French Republic as a humbug, its President as an impostor, and its citizens as fools. This island is out of the conti nental quarrel, and on that account affords a refuge to the Prince of Canino, who cannot land in a single port of Europe without being accosted by a policeman and requested "to move on." The condition of such an asylum is that refugePs should keep their quarrels and grievances to themselves. Were Mr. George Dawson and his friends really very formidable people, a public interchange of sympathy upon Roman and French affairs between them and the ex-President of Rome, lately at war with France, end just now warned off the French soil, might tend to interrupt the good understanding between us and our neighbours. We are entitled to express our own opinions up on F renc h an d I ta li an affairs as freely as we please, but when we enter into personal relations with a principal actor in those affairs for the p ur p ose o f express i ng our sympathy with him, and against the constitutional authorities of France and of Rome, we are evidently going the way to embroil ourselves, and it is not our fault if we do not. But what i s th e cause i n wh i c h the good people of Birmingham were so anxious to tender their sym pathy ? That of " the truly heroic Roman people ?" No such thing. Never was there a grosser imposi tion. There was nothing Roman about the affair except the locality. Mazzini, Garibaldi, and their associates, whatever their virtues, were not Romans, nor were their objects Roman. They were Italians, and their avowed object was an Italian Republic. By secret conspiracy, by overt insurrection, by actual in vasion, and by downright international hostilities, they made war against all the Princes, Powers, and Potentates that occupy the Italian peninsula and the neighbouring islands. The old scheme of an Italian federation they had pronounced treason against their cause, which was no thing less than a Democratic Republic, whereof all Italians should be citizens, and Rome the centre. There are many grave questions involved in such a project—questions which a Lombard, a Venetian, a Sardinian, a Tuscan, or a Neapolitan, might answer for himself, because he would have them put to him, and would be obliged to answer them; but which an Englishman need not answer, and if he is wise will not answer in a practic a l an d o ff ens i ve manner. In vasion is invasion, and war is war. These are grave realities, and woe to those who plunge gratuitously into the quarrel. The conflict at Rome was not between an indigenous population and an army of strangers. It was between strangers and strangers. About twelve thousand democratic strangers from Italy and other countries had ob tained possession of Rome, driven out its lawful Sovereign, and, under the protection of its walls and consecrated monuments, declared war against all the G ov er nmen t s l ong es t a bli s hed in Italy. Other strangers whether wisely or not, whether properly or not, we will not now discuss, but at least in more lawful guise came to drive out those first strangers, and restore the original status quo of Italian affairs. Into the many other questions involved we will not go. We only observe that the Prince of Canino was not merely the head of a Roman Republic. He was the nominal head of an Italian democracy, that is of an army of conspirators and invaders, collected from many countries for the conquest of the entire Italian peninsula. How much further their ambition went we will not dare to say. A Prince, an ex-President, and a nephew of Bonaparte, of course would be a very great catch at Birmingham ; b u t we presume that even there will be found a few persons who expect some merit in those whom they are delighted to honour. What, then, is the Prince of Canino except what he is by the accident of his birth ? He is a naturalist. Two years ago he attended the meeting of the British Association at Oxford, looked like the pictures of his uncle, talked a great deal, and read a paper on a new genus and three new species of bats. His likeness to Bans ea] tuxes unctuous, hairy, and large. His talk was c-f peace and the blessed agency of science in allaying party heats and international jealousies. People were charmed to hear a Bonaparte talking in this manner, an d na t ura ll y th oug h t w h at a h appy thing it would have been for mankind if Napoleon had taken to stuffing birds instead of slaying men. IVe do not think that the Prince was quite true to these . amiable prof ess i ons w h en h e h e l ped to intro duce into Rome a b an d o f a d ven t urers col l ected from all. parts of Europe —when he drove out its lawful Sovereign —when he undermined, or threatened to undermine, the Vatican, and to destroy all the monu ments of Rome, whether Pagan or Christian, sooner than admit that Sovereign's allies. This might be heroic, but it was neither pacific nor scientific ; and instead of allowing the Prince to proceed on his ornithological course the Association might well have asked him a few questions about the clean and un clean varieties of the human species, the vampires and the vultures he helped to collect into that Noah's ark the "pseudo-Republic" of Rome. CITY OF LONDON GENERAL' PENSION SOCIETY. The annual general meeting of the subscribers of this society, which was established thirty years ago for the permanent relief of aged and decayed artizans and others, and their widows, &c., was held yester day ; Robert Obbard, Esq., in the chair. The Secretary, M r . GEORGE MENCE, read the report, which detailed the results of the management during the past year. Two elections have taken place, at which eight new pesioners have been added to the list. There are now 58 aged persons receiving relief from this charity. Three pensioners died in Decembervace last year, s i nce w hi c h no death had taken • No less than 13 died in the year preceding, and nine the year before that. During the present fearful and wide-spread mortality, not one of the Pensioners, roost of whom are away by betweendh 70 and 99 years of age, has been swept :nen are rec e i v i ng 275. and the women lBs. death. The month, The and the dire c t ors h ave not felt justified i t n p rec f ommelnd ing any increas e . I n consequnce of h April last a large access i on had been mad e e sti t v o a th in e funds of the charity. A great number of the annual subscribers have doubled their subscriptions. Not withstanding deaths and other casualties amongst the subscribers an increase of GO!. has been made in the annual subscriptions this year. The net proceeds of the festival, after deducting a ll expenses, amounted to upwards of 5001. in donations alone. A legacy of 2001• has been received, and the former secretary has repaid to the charity the whole of the balance due from him. During the year nearly 8001. has been paid to pensioners. Stock to the amount of 435/. 18s. 7d. has been added to the society's funded property, which now amounts to 7,306/. 3s. The total working expenses, including printing, stationery, advertisements, rent, salaries, and miscellaneous have been 299/. 6s. Bd., leaving a balance in the Bank of England of 454/. Bs. H. r'-+--, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The subjoined conditions concerning the opening of a State Loan are published, agreeably to orders issued by the Imperial Royal Finance Department on the 14th of September, 1849 :-- " 1. The loan to be opened will consist of the nominal sum of 71,000,000 of florins, in State Bonds, at 4} per cent. "2. Thess bonds will be emitted for the sums of 1,000 florins, 500 florins, and 100 florins, to which the half yearly coupons will be annexed, on producing which the interest:will be paid at the National Debt Pay-office. "3. As long as it is permitted to invest interest, which, when due, is payable.in Frankfort-on-the-Maine, or in Amsterdam, in Five per Cent. State Bonds, the coupons of the present loan, as they become due, may be employed u the same way. "4. For each 100 florins of these State Bonds 85 florins Conventional currency in ready money is to be paid. " 5. The subscription begins on the 22d of September, 1849, and will close on the 4th of Octiobor of the same year. " 6. In addition to the pay offices mentioned in the paragraphs 2 and 9 of the annexed condition, the bank ing. house of Hope and Co., in Amsterdam, is empowered to receive subscriptions, deposits, and instalments. Sub scriptions, deposits of earnest money,. and instalments can therefore be made at the above-mentioned banking house, in the same way as at the pay c ffices, which are mentioned in paragraphs 2 and 9 of the annexed condi ditions of the present loan. " The Imperial Royal Chief of the Pt ovince of Lower Austria, " GUSTAVUS COUNT 'CIIORINSKI. " Vienna, Sept. 15, 1849. CONDITIONS CONCERNING THE OPENni - O OF A STATE LOAN. "In accordance with a resolution of the Diet sanc tioned by his Majesty on the Bth of January, 1849, a loan for the Imperial Royal Austrian Finances will be negotiated on the following terms : " 1. The loan will be made by way 'of voluntary sub scription. Every one is at: liberty to .subscribe to the same. The lowest sum for which one can share in the loan is fixed at the nominal worth of ],ooolls. in State bonds. Two or more persons can unirk, and under one name subscribe for this lowest sum, and: they will be con sidered as one subscriber. "2. Every subscriber has to present a memorial, which is free from stamp duty, to the offices of the Na tional Bank, to the provincial pay -offices, or to such offices or persons at home or abroad as- will, having been appointed, be separately made kno frn. From such offices or persons blanks for such intmioriali are to be had gratis. "3. Every memorial must have the carneet money appointed in par. 4 enclosed. A zec:iipt will, on de wand, be given to the subscriber for the memorial and enclosed earnest money. "4. The earnest-money is 10 per cue nt. on the sum subscribed, and must be paid in ready m oney. " 5. Should the amount of all the subscriptions ex ceed the sum of the loan to be made by one-fifth, then the several sums subscribed will only be accepted by the Finance Department in proportion to the whole loan, and always for such an amount as can b e divided by 100 without leaving a remainder. "6. In proportion to the diminution. (according to par. 5) of the sum subscribed will be the reduction of the earnest-money, and the sum exceeding the reduced earnest-money will, on demand, be mid back to the subscriber. "7. Within 14 days from the termination of the period appointed for subscription, the mum total of the subscriptions will be made known in the Vienna Zeitung; and, at the same time—should the case mentioned in par. 5 have occurred—the proportions in which the diminu tion of the sums subscribed have to take place. " 8. The payments of the subscriptioms, or of the sums diminished, according to par. 2 5, are to be made in ten equal montlily instalments, and as the earnest money deposited at the time of submeiption counts for one instalment— " On the 14th November, 15th December, 15th January, 15th February, 15th March, 15th April, 15th May, 14th June, 15th July, Each separate instalment must conta 1849. 1850. iz such a nominal amount Of the loan as is divisible by 100 without a re mainder; the means of doing which is given by the per mission to make anticipatory instalmec,ts, as contained in par. 13. `` 9. The payments are generally to be made at the principal pay-office of the National Bank in Vienna. The subscribers are, however, at liberty to mention in the subscription memorial one of the branch establish ments of the National Bank, or, if there is none, the Provincial Receiving office, at which they wish to make their payments. " 10. Five or Three per Cent. Exclequer•bills, as well as Partial Mortgage Bills (Partial. Hypotheka An weisungen) will be considered as cash., as well for the earnest mOney as for the instalments. The interests on those Five per Cent. Partial Mortgage Bills which are not due must be paid up by the subscriber from the day on which the bonds are deposited to the day on which the interests become due. " Ii . The earnest money (par. 4) will be considered as the first instalment. After having paid the second instalment, the subscriber on returning the receipt (par. 3) will receive a bond ad interim on the loan, and the amount of state bond corresponding to the first instal ment, the bonds bearing interest payable half-yearly from the day on which the payment WaS made. Should the case mentioned in par. 5 have occurred, the amount of earnest money will be rectified according to par. 6. The second instalment then becomes the earnest money, and a corresponding amount of State Bonds will only be handed over to the subscriber when the third instal ment is paid, which will then in its turn becom e the earnest money. In this way each subsequent instalment willbe considered earnest money, and when made the State Bonds corresponding to the preceding payment will be handed over to the subscriber. " When the 10th instalment is made, the State Bonds corresponding to the 9th and 10th instalments will be delivered to the subscriber. " 12. The bond ad interim on the loan must be pro. (laced at the payment of each instalment, that such pay ment may be entered on it. " 13. Each subscriber can pay all or some of the in stalments at onca before they are due, and receive the corresponding amount in State Bonds. A partial an ticipatory payment of the instalments can, however, only be permitted when the amount of State Bonds corre- sponding to the same can be divided by 100, without a remainder. " 14. Should one single instalment not be paid upon the day on which it becomes due, the earnest money is forfeited to the treasury of the State, and the subscriber has neither rights nor obligations as to the future instal ments. " 15. He who subscribes to a higher amount than 25,000 florins, or collects subscriptions to an amount surpassing that sum, and deposits the earnest-money required in par. 2, will receive a provision of a per cent. on the amount of the payments made." It was rumoured in Vienna that the Austrian and Russian Ambassadors had quitted Constantinople. ITALY. The Osservatore Romano, of the 10th, states that many members of the late Assembly have left Rome. A large assembly of the people was remarked outside the Porta Pia on the 9th, notwithstanding the decree which prohibits such meetings.—As the master of the band of the 25th Regiment of the French army was returning from Frascati to Rome, several shots were fired at him simultaneously, but without effect. The police were in search of the perpetrators. The following Bill has been presented by . the Minister of War to the Chambers of Turin : " Art. I. The Government is authorised to deliver horses belonging to the army, to private individuals of the state under their responsibility, after an estimate of their mercantile value and of their probable life, for no more than eight years. Art. 2. The private individuals who shall have received such horses shall incur the obligation of keeping and restoring them at the first notice, or in lieu of them others of equal capacity for service, during the time respectively fiscd by Art. I, after which they shall be free from every responsibility. Art. 3. If during the said time the nation were to place itself on a war-footing, Government shall have the right of using the said horses during the war. Mares in a state of gestation shall be exempted from the service. Art. 4. The Minister of War and Marine shall take the proper measures in concert with the administration of the Do m-tin for the execution of the present law." According to the Concordia of Turin. the Austrian army in Italy is now distributed as follows :-Ist Corps, under the command of General Wratislaw, occupying the provinces of Milan, Lodi, and Cremona. 2d Corp:, under General d'Aspre, occupying Central Italy, south of the Po. 3d Corps, under Lieutenant- Marshal Appel, occupying Brescia, Bergamo, and Sondrio. 4th Corps, under Lieutenant -Marshal Thum, occupying Como and the frontier of Switzer land. The Ist reserve corps, under Lieutenant-Mar shal Woger, occupies the Venetian provinces. The garrison of Venice is 8,000 strong, under General Gorzkowski. The garrison of Bologna is commanded by Lieutenant•Mar4hal Wimpffen. allawa,,,. mi.imoill THE SUN, The report and accounts having been approved and adopted, the necessary officers for the ensuing year were elected. New trustees of the life fund were then appointed, in consequence of the death of several of the old trustees, and it was directed that the whole stock should be consolidated, and transferred into their names. Votes of thanks having been passed to the direc tors and the Chairman, which were briefly acknow ledged, the meeting separated. FRANCE. The Gazette de Hopitaux announces the still fur ther decrease of the cholera even beyond what had been anticipated. On Thursday and Friday the number of cases in the civil hospitals were only 16 from the former, and 17 the latter ; while the deaths on Thursday were 13, and on Friday only 7. In private houses the deaths were, on Wednesday 21, and on Thursday 18. The Municipal Council of Narbonne, having been dissolved by a decree of the President of the Republic, a new election took place on Sunday and Monday, when, after a warm contest, the Socialists succeeded in electing their 27 candidates, 25 of whom were members of the late Council. LONDON, The Milan Gazette of the 17th states that a great parade was held there on the preceding day, to cele brate the end of the revolution in Italy and Hungary. In the absence of Field-Marshal Radetzky, General \Vratislaw assisted in his name. A letter from Leghorn in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 17th states that the military Gover nor has threatened judgment by martial law against all persons who are found with packing-needles about them, in consequence of wounds having been lately inflicted with such instruments. By a decree dated Pavullo, 10th inst., the Duke of Modena has reduced certain taxes as follows :-1. The increase of one fifth upon the direct tax, imposed by the edict of the 22d of January last, is remitted for the two last rates to be paid ;• 2. Two of the four rates to be paid as a forced loan by rich landholders, merchants, and capitalists are suspended ; 3. The de duction from salaries and pensions ordered by the decree of January 22 is to cease from the end of Sep tember ; 4. The increase of ten per cent. on indirect taxes is taken off from the 15th inst. PIG MANURE.—Mr. Samuel Pocock, of Thoul stone- farm, after referring to a debate on the subject, at the last meeting of the Frome Agricultural Society, remarks—" Well knowing the excellence of pig manure, five years ago I was induced to try it solely for turnips. I tested it against guano and bone dust. The result was quite equal to the guano, and beat the bone dust hollow. My farm is one part clay and another sand; I found the same result on both. I have also the manage ment of a farm at Hampstead, a poor thin soil, and there the manure was equally beneficial. I have continued to use it ever since with the same results. To carry out any plan convenient farm buildings are necessary. I have a large dry shed, in which, first of all, I put a layer of dry coal ashes, about a foot thick and four feet wide, to which the deposit of the pigs is taken both liquid and solid, and as soon as it begins to ooze out I put on more ashes, and so on till it gets to about four feet in thickness. I then begin a fresh layer, and treat it in the same man ner. After lying some time it is turned two or three times and then it is fit for drilling. I have put in this year 45 acres of turnips with nothing but this manure, and the result is now open for the inspection of any who may choose to see it. I found the droppings of three pigs, carefully preserved, to be ample for two acres, and quite equal to three sacks of bone dust per acre. lam not l speaking theoretically, but from actually experience; and I consider that if we can get such valuable manure for nothing but the labour, it is much better than to put our hands in our pockets and paying 28s. or 30s. per acre for artificial manures." The plan suggested from practical experience of preparing a drill manure for turnips, by an admixture of ashes and pig manure, I believe might be extended to a very large number of farming districts wiTh decided advantage. In the ease of the ashes, they should be always prepared with as large a portion of charcoal iu them as possible. Those from coals are, it is true, peculiarly useful for many soils, from containing a portion of sulphate of lime in them as well as charcoal; but these are not com monly obtainable to any large extent; but then the farmer has very often the means of sharing vegetable substances; but let him ever remember not to burn, but to merely char these matters.—Somerset County Gazette. OCEAN CURRENT.—A bottle was picked up on the 3d instant on the shore of South Uist. In it was found an enclosure showing that the bottle was thrown over board from a whaler off Cape Farewell, in April. This enclosure was immediately carried by the person who found the bettle to Mr. Young, the factor, who has kindly sent it to us, and as it seems to have been thrown into the sea for the purpose of testing the direction of a great ocean current, we have pleasure in making the enclosure public :—" John Young, surgeon of the ship Alexander, of Dundee, journeying to Davis Straits, 19th April, opposite Cape Farewell, I cork and hermetically seal this bottle, and commit it to the deep. Should any chance to pick this up, have the goodness to report us in the newspapers. Ships in conreany, viz., the Lady Jane, of Newcastle, and Regalia, of Kirkaldy. Bo faithful.' " —lnverness Cow ier. A FRENCII CENTENARIAN.--The Constitationne/ records the demise of an old lady named Moulinet, in the commune of L'flotellerie, in Normandy, at the ad vanced age of 102 years. At the ago of 72—i. e., 30 years ago—the old woman sank her pro, erty in an an nuity, and the seller of the annuity flattered himself that ho ~had made a capital bargain, whereas be has paid about four times the value of the property. Widow Moulinet, like almost all centenarians, preserved her faculties almost up to the hour of her death. A short time since she kept fowls ; one of the hens laid its eggs in the garret, which .was reached by means of a ladder. She told her daughter to ascend and fetch some eggs, but the "girl" (herself some 75 years of age) was afraid of falling, and came down again. " Come away !" ex claimed the mother of 100 years old ; "you are fit for nothing." On which she actually clambered up the ladder herself, and descended with an apronfull of eggs. " Really," she said, " the young people of the present day are not worth a rush." THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO CUBA..—EI He raldo (the official organ of the Spanish Government) says:—" The President of the United States, General Taylor, has just published a proclamation wherein he warns the citizens of the Union not to compromise themselves by taking part in an expedition which is beign organised in that country for the invasion of the island of Cuba. The document to which we allude may serve as a piece of salutary advice to the zealous Spanish autho rities on the other side of the Atlantic, in order that they may be prepared to receive the invaders and administer to them the severe chastisement which they deserve; as the Honourable President says, there is no doubt that the expedition is directed against Cuba, and not against 3lexico, as at first believed. This is in accordance with our own advices, which some time ago informed us of the plots that were being hatched abroad by certain spurious sons of our possessions, expelled thence for their vices, their anarchical tendencies, and from a regard for the tranquillity bf the peaceful, loyal, and laborious inhabi tants of the mother country, under whose parental laws they enjoy so much happiness and prosperity. We do not hesitate a moment to affirm that if the authors of the expe dition, which is said to be composed of some 400 men, the very dregs of the populace of the United States, succeed in effecting a landing in Cuba, they will dearly pay for their temerity. Oar valiant solders will give a very good account of the affair, and it is probable that not a single individual of those who tread the soil of the island will be allowed to re -embark. But although we are quite easy and confident of the issue, we cannot but feel astonished at the benevolent calmness with which the first magistrate of the United States confines himself to warning his fellewecitizens not to take part in the enter prise—an immoral enterprise, destined to carry brute force and anarchy into the territories of a friendly nation and an ally. We believe that he might have operated more efficiently had he availed himself of the police and the armed force of the state for dissolving the expedition at once. Perhaps the laws of his country do not allow of this course. In this case we will only observe that we are no admirers of that cherished unlimited liberty which, in order to propitiate all, consents to the public organisation of robbery, piracy, an el assassination. We believe that the President of the United States would not have spoken in such mild terms if, instead of dealing with a conspiracy against the rights of Spain, he had been called upon to deal kith some society formed in Jamaica for fomenting the insurrection of the negroes of Louisiana and C aro li na , or o f the Indians of Florida, and for laying the basis of an interminable civil war in the y F A beforenu x rt tezore o'cIock,STREET. afternoon,nrcan heart of the United States." E sholNrtlpersona James Powell, formerly secretary to Espartero, bat latterly acting as waiter at the Druid's Hall, Farring don-street, committ e d su i c id e. During Monday he . seemed extremely dejected, so much so that his wife deemed it prudent to ask Mr. Taylor, hatter, who oc cupies the shop under the Hall, to go up stairs and speak to him. Mr. Taylor did as requested, when, on entering the front room, he found him looking out of the window. Having inquired what was the matter with him, the unfortunate man turned round and looked him full in the face. Mr. Taylor laid his hand on:bis shoulder, when all of a sudden he heard the report of a pistol, and in an instant Powell reeled round three times and fell to the ground a corpse. Medical aid was in stantly sent for, and Mr. Bullin promptly attended. He found that the deceased had shot himself through the heart. The deceased, when he went out in the morn ing, pledged his coat at a pawnbroker's, and with the money advanced on it bought the pistol. At one time he was in very affluent circumstances, but was then about to leave his situation. About six weeks since he lost the sight of one of his eyes in drawing a cork from a bottle of ginger beer. SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN 111/DE-PARK.AbOIIt half past five o'clock on Sunday morning, a lad, while pass ing through Hyde-park, discovered a man's hat on the south bank of the Serpentine, near to one of the seats directly opposite to the receiving -house of the Royal Humane Society, on the north bank, to which place the lad immediately proceeded and gave information of the circumstance. The officers of the society with the greatest promptitude instantly manned one of the boats and rowed across to the spot, where, on throwing in the dreg close to the shore, the body of a man was got up, placed in the boat, and conveyed to the receiving house and put in a hot bath, but life was found to be quite extinct. Oa an examination being made of the body the deceased was found to he about fifty years of age, and that his face was covered with bruises, there being also a large wound over the left eye, from which fresh blood was still flowing. The deceased was dressed in a dark dress-coat, silk Waistcoat, and dark buckskin trousers with a check on the cloth, white cotton stock. ings, and low shoes, nearly new. On both legs, from the feet up to nearly the knees, were largo scars, cover ing nearly the front of his legs. On his person were found a pair of silver spoetacles, a pair of wire spectacles, a p3nkriffe, e, hall crown and a b..Nipence in silver, r.nd threepence halfpenny in coppir, but nothing whatever to load to hia identity. The body was subyiequently removed to the dead-house of St. Margaret's, Westrnin- ster, at Knightsbridge, where it awaits a coroner's in quest. Up to a late hour yesterday tho body had not been identiiied. FOREIGN CATTLE.—The steam-ship Wilberforce, arrived at Blackwall from Tonningun, has brought 183 head of horned eattla; and the Eider, from the same place, 152 oxen and cows, and a quantity of grain, the produce of Denmark. The vessel Neptune, which arrived on the same Jay from Bremen, brought 170 oxen and cowa, in addition to a large general cargo of provi• sions and merchandi s e, th e produce of the Hanseatic States. It will be observed that the arrivals mentioned as having taken place on one day comprise threo of the largcst average supplies of horned cattle from the conti nent, but they offer also other features entitled to special notice, inastnueh as there have never before been two such arrivals from Denmark on the same day, and no such supplies have lately taken place from firemen, in conscquonce of the late disturbed state of affairs in that part of the continent of Europe. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25 3 1849. plaint was made said it was a most disgraceful charge. Mr. George Morris, of No. 100, Oxford-street, hosier, said—l have known the prisoner very well since 1842 as James Green. I mentioned to the So ciety for the Protection of Trade that I had seen him in the street. I did not mention the name of Went worth, and did not know anything -of it, but I described him, and they knew him.—(A laugh.) Mr. George florae, Warden and Deputy Governor of Coldbath• fields Prison, deposed that the prisoner was sentenced in May, 1847, to two years' imprison ment for fraud on two indictments, in the name of James Edward Green, and he served out the period of imprisonment, and was discharged on the 9th of May, 1849. Mr. Lewis—l shall now complete the evidence with regard to the mathematical instru-nents obtained from Mr. Beck. A pawnbroker then produced a box of mathematical instruments which had been pledged at his shop on the Bth of September. Mr. Back swore that he believed they were the instruments which the prisoner had obtained from him on the 7th of September. Here the card containing Mr. Reynolds's name, which the prisoner handed to Mr. Beck, was produced. Mr. Reynolds said he never had given that card to the prisoner, but he believed the prisoner had taken it out of a drawer in the house in Saville row and ap plied it to the purposes of deception. Mr. Jeremiah Little, of Camden-house, Kensington builder, said—l produce an agreement made between the prisoner and myself when he took the house, 14, Sherborne-street, from me for three years, at 421. a year, in the name of Wentworth. He called at my house and introduced himself without ceremony as James Wentworth, Esq , civil engineer to a railroad in the Indies, and said he wished to take a house for Sir John Hamilton's daughter. I said I had no ob jection, and he said the lady was in reduced circum stances, but her money would pass through his hands and I would be perfectly safe in letting the house. He appointed to meet me next day at his office, 31 A, Saville-row, where I saw all appearances of respectability, and I said it was a matter of indiffer ence to me whether I let the house to the lady or to him. I saw some persons with drawing implements, apparently very busy, and I finally let the house to him. Soon after he got possession I found that in stead of Lady or Miss Hamilton, there were eight or nine dirty children in it, and I suppose it is all going to pieces.—(A laugh.) The prisoner —How can you be sure that Lady Hamilton is not there ?—(Great laughter.) Witness —I am sure she is not. The prisoner —I am sure she is.—(Lauhter.) Mr. Lewis—Have the children been taken out of the workhouse and placed there ? Witness—l be lieve they have either come out of the workhonse or out of a wretched four-roomed house in the neigh bourhood. Mr. J. T. Snow, butcher, of Pollen-street, said let chambers to the prisoner on the 23d of July. He is now in occupation, but has not been much there of late. The prisoner —They were only chambers—bache lor's chambers. Mr. Lewis—Do you know anything of his wife and children ? Witness—He had a wife and six children in the workhouse a short time ago. Mr. Little—l dare say they are in my house now.—(Laughter.) The prisoner —I am still in occupation there. I have no idea of leaving it.—(Laughter.) Mr. Snow—He introduced one lady as Lady Hare wood to me—(Great laughter)—and he had several other visitors whom he described as persons of rank. I have seen a great many vi-itors to him whom I did not consider at all respectable. The prisoner —That's saying nothing at all. Mr. Lewis—Have you got any rent yet ? The prisoner—l took the chambers by the quarter, and of course he could not get any rent yet. It's quite time enough to pay when the time arrives. Alderman GIBB 3 —I remand the prisoner until Thursday next, in order that the depositions may be made out, and then I shall commit hi►n for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Charles Brown, a powerful excavator, was charged before Mr. Hammill with violently as saulting Mr. Charles Freer, the actor, and a pollee constable who had attempted to capture him. Mr. Freer, it appeared, in addition to his theatrical engagements, had lately embarked in the business of a licensed victualler in Norton-folgate, and during his temporary absence at a late hour on Satur day night, the prisoner and a number of blackguards forced their way into the house, and conducted themselves in such an offensive and out rageous manner that it became necessary to get rid of them. The landlady went round the bar to induce them to leave, and the other men voluntary went out, but the prisoner refused to do so, and on Mrs. Freer placing her ha n d on hi s shoulder to persuade him, the prisoner struck her right and left, first on the head, and then two violent blows on the bosom, which sent her reeling from him, and was about to follow up his brutality, when she was fortunately rescued from further violence by the entrance of her husband, who, with one of his waiters, seized him and attempted to extrude him. The prisoner, however, immediately commenced a furious attack upon hi s assa il an t s , one of whom, the waiter, he struck two violent blows upon the eye and face, and then beat Mr. Freer so severely that, as he stated, ho was still suffering from the injuries he had sustained, whilst giving his evidence. The prisoner was at length forced into the street, and given into the custody of Hussey, a constable of the H division, who attempted to secure him, but was instantly set upon by the prisoner, who struck I him several blows in rapid succession, and then, throwing him heavily upon the pavement, started off as fast as he could. The constable, however, pur sued him, and, a mob collecting, the prisoner ap pealed to them to rescue him, but some other con- stables came up, and after struggling and fighting for some time, he was ultimately overpowered and lodged in the station. Mr. Freer, who described the prisoner's conduct as that of a savage, stated that his wife was too ill from he violence to which she had been subjected to be able to attend; and the constable, who described the pri soner as mad drunk, having complained that he was seriously hurt from the blows the prisoner had also inflicted upon him, Mr. HAMMILL, who characterised it as a very bad case, sentenced the prisoner to pay a penalty of 60s , or three weeks' imprisonment, for the assault upon Mr. Freer; and for the attack upon the officer, one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction, without the option of paying any penalty, and ordered that one term of punishment should commence at the expiration of the other. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH BRITISH. The directors' report, to be preented to the half yearly meeting tomorrow, stat, s that tL paaaenger traffic for the half-year as compared with the corre sponding period of the previous year has been -18,1-S.—Passengers 531,887 £29.800 13 2 1849.—Passengers 485,605 34,745 15 3i ,The tonnage carried for the same period is -- 1848.--Goods & minerals, 137,557 tons £22,491 2 3 1849.—Goods & minerals, 195,185 tons 37,957 17 7 In making this comparison, it must be borne in mind, that the mileage has been increased from eighty miles to 110 miles, but that the general trade of the country has been very much depressed—a state of matters which has materially affected the revenue of all rail way and other carrying companies. Notwithstanding this, however, there has been a gradual increase of the traffic on the line. The receipt from passengers (although the numbers have fallen off) has increased about one sixth, and the receipt from goods about two•thirds, while the increase in mileage is three eighths. After making the various deductions for interest, working expenses, &c , the free revenue from the main line and Dalkeith branch is 15,2801. G. 10d., and from the Hawick branch 1,984/. Bs. 6d. The former sum will yield a dividend of 7s. 61 per share on the original and consolidated Dalkeith shares of 251. each, and of Is. 6 1. per share on the unconsolidated Dalkeith shares of 51. each, and will leave a balance of 8801. 6s. 10d. which may be laid aside as a f un d t o meet the depreciation of rails, &c. The directors would recommend that the revenue applicable to the Ilawick branch be carried over to next half-year's account. In consequence of the arrear of the ordinary business of the company, necessarily caused by the sittings of the investigation committee, and the books being occupied by the ac countant, the directors having found it itnprecticable to get the accounts and balance-sheet made out and audited this half-year in time to have the details of the sub-division put in such shape and published as they had intended. They have no reason to doubt, however, that their accuracy will be duly certified before the meeting takes place, and in the future re• ports the details can be more fully given. In the meanwhile they may state, that in charging the in terest of loans against the revenue, they have assumed ' the outlay for the several lines at the full amount mentioned in the investigation committee's report, as at 31st of January, 1849, the date of the last balance. From that amount they have deducted the amount of share capital; and, on the balance, which forms the loan capital, they have chargsd interest—first, at the rate of six per cent. on so much of the calls on the preference stock as were due and paid prior to the Ist of July ; and, secondly, on the remainder at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent., which is the average rate presently payable on the money bor rowed on debenture. Although this no doubt bears heavily upon the receipts, and consequently on the dividend of the past half-year, particularly as re ga rd s the half and thre e shares (which, however, are not likely again to be similarly affected), yet the directors conceive it to be the proper principle of charge, and they have therefore adopted it. In regard to the state of the company's affairs and its future prospects, it seems unnecessary for the directors to do more than refer to the report of the committee of investigation laid before the shareholders on the 9th ult. There were, however, various suggestions made in that report, regarding the future management of the company's affairs, to which the shareholders at their last meeting called upon the directors to give their favourable consideration, and to such of them as seem to require especial notice they will now briefly advert. The first suggestion to which they will call attention relates to an improvement in the form of keeping the books, and upon this point they may at once state that althou g h i n genera l t h ey think it some what hazardous to make any change upon a system which has been found to work so accurately as not to have produced, as stated by Mr. Cope, any "error effecting the result of the accounts as between the directors and shareholders, or the pub lic," in a series of transactions embracing nearly four millions of money, yet, as they desire to meet the wishes of the shareholders in regard to this, they have ordered the suggestions of the committee to be acte d on as far 1143 possible. For the reasons before given, it has been impossible to adopt them so fully in the present report and states of accounts as the directors could have wished. The next suggestions relate to the adoption of greater economy in managing and working the line, and in the construction of such works as are yet unfinished. The committee have done the directors the justice to state that the sub ject of economy in management was very fully con sidered and reported upon by them long before any investigation was thought of. It may, therefore, be enough at present to say that the views which the directors entertained coincided in a great measure with those of the committee, and that both before and since the date of the committee's report they have been acted upon to a very considerable extent. They will continue to be so whenever an opportunity occurs. As regards economy in construction of works, the directors may 'mention that, by curtailing plans, &c., they have very materially reduced the ex pense of such stations as have been re cently contracted for. They will follow the same course in regard to the remaining stations. The third suggestion to be adverted to relates to the running of additional trains to Portobello dur ing the summer months. Upon this point the di rectors venture to differ from the committee. These are already 19 trains daily to Portobello, and 21 from it. These appear to them to be ample as to number for the accommodation of the traffic. Whe ther a new arrangement may not be advisable is matter for fair inquiry, and due attention will be given to it. The fourth suggestion to which the attention of the directors was called refers to the introduction of new members into the direction, and the appointment of two auditors in place of one, as at present. These points will be fully considered at next half-yearly meeting, when according to the company's Act of Parliament, any changes which may be determined upon fall to be made. In the meantime the directors may say that while they doubt the expediency of appointing gentlemen from a distance to attend to the current business of the company, they will not object to any change by which the efficiency of the direction may be increased, and the true interests of the company promoted. The question of a depre ciation fund is referred to in the report of the committee, and is one of considerable difficulty. The directors do not think that any such fund is required in regard to the rolling stock; inasmuch as, from the great advantages afforded by the company's works at St. Margaret's, that stock has hitherto been, and may continue to be, kept up in an efficient state by the ordinary annual replacernents and repaits made upon it. But they concur in opinion with. the committee that a moderate sum ought to be set apart yearly for replacing the rails, chairs, sleepers, and other fixed stock, which cannot be kept up in the same way as the rolling stock. The only other suggestion in the committee's report to which the directors will advert is the recommendation that the resolution to continue the payment of interest on the quarter shares, passed at the meeting on the Bth of March last, should be rescinded. The directors would be well pleased if this recommendation could be carried out with justice to all parties, because the continuing to pay that interest is throwing an additional burden upon the capital account. They doubt, however, if it would be either expedient or fair altogether to rescind ti e resolution which was so recently come to, and they are rather disposed to recommend that the inte rest he paid down to the 31st January, 1850, being the date when the next half-yearly balance will be struck, and about which time, or very soon after• wards, the Kelso branch will be completed. The quarters will then take dividend along with the other stocks. This arrangement would carry out the spirit of the resolution of the Bth of March, and would, it is thought, do substantial justice to all parties. It is, however, for the shareholders to de c id e , an d t h e d i rectors have given special notice to enable them to do so at this meeting. In February and September, 1847, the directors were empowered, in order to meet ceatain over-issues of shares, to capitalise part of the money authorised to be borrowed under the Acts for the quarter and third shares, and to issue shares to that amount. A considerable portion of this has not been issued, and the directors would recommend the shareholders to authorise them to borrow the amount of this unissued stock, or of so much of it as shall not be issued, on debenture. A resolution to that effect will be submitted to the meeting. The capital account showed that 4,026,806/. had been received, and 3,753,5241. expended. The revenue account for the half-year showed the total receipts to have been 75,960/. 4s. 7d., and the working expenditure 39,3861. 15s. 3d. ; interest on loans 18,8671. 14s. 7d. ; making the total disburse ments 58,2541. 93. 101, and leaving a profit of 17,7051. 14s. 9d. The engineer's report stated that the Ilawick branch had been opened as far as St. Boswell's, 40i miles from Edinburgh. The distance between St. Boswell's and Hawick (about 12 miles) will be opened the beginning of next month. The Kelso branch is expected to be ready for opening about the same time. The Dense branyli (8 miles) was opened in August last. The North B erw i ck branch is expected to be ready for opening in January nest, and the Tranent branch will be completed next, month. THE THREATENED STRIA E OF ENGINE DRIVERS ON THE YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAIL. wAy.__The threatened strike of the engine -drivers and firemen on this company' s li ne, w hi ch was pro pos,,d to take place yesterday, has terminated in an amicable understanding, and the men have withdrawn their notices to quit. The directors, with the Lord Mayor of York, had an interview with a large body of thein, and stated, that desirous as they were for the continuance of a good understanding, they could not, LAW INTELLIGENCE, INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COUR7,Sept. 24. (Before Mr. Commissioner Puir.rars ) IN RE HORATIO CLAGGETT. This insolvent was opposed by Mr. Lucas, on the part of Mr. Marks and Mr. Lawrence Levy. Mr. Cooke, with Mr. Sargood, supported. Upon examination by the opposing Counsel, the insolvent stated that he had been " out of the way " for the last eighteen months. He had been insolvent before, in 1836, and again in 1845, on which last oc casion his debts were 27,0001. The debts in the present schedule were about 4,0001. In July, 1847, had borrowed 2001. of Mr. Levy, and gave a judge's order at the time. Did not then tell Mr. Levy that he wanted the money to pay some tradesmen's bills, which were the only debts he owed. He had bor rowed 100/. of Mr. Marks, but did not say that the money was to buy up an annuity. The furniture in his house at St. John's wood, and the carriage and horses, were the property of his wife, who had an annuity of 3,000/. a year. In reply to Mr. CooKE, the insolvent said he had borrowed the money of the opposing creditors at the rate of GO and 40 per cent. The Learned COMMISSIONER asked how the insol vent could expect to keep out of difficulties if he raised money at that rate ? Mr. Luc As said he was instructed that 101. only had been deducted by Mr. Levy from the 2001. bill. The Learned Counsel was about to address the Court upon the case, when Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS invited the opposing counsel to produce his clients, that they might (if they could) disprove the insolvent's assertion of their having taken such interest. Mr. LUCAS replied that his clients had ailed him if they could absent themselves for a short time, and he had consented, believing that the case would not come on so soon. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS thought their attend• ance so important that he let the matter stand by for a short time to enable them to attend. The case was accordingly suspended for an hour and a half, at the expiration of which time Mr. LUCAS announced that the opposing creditors had not arrived, and admitted that the insolvent had been correct in stating Mr. Levy's rate of interest, 10/. having been deducted from the bill of 200/. at one month. At the same time he could not see why, when the law allowed it, such opprobrium should he cast upon a man upon 60 per cent. upon hard money, while a west-end tradesman was allowed to charge 300 per cent. profit upon goods without complaint. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS did not refuse to grant the creditors what the law allowed them, but at the same time he thought that a person who took 60 per cent. interest could have but slender hope of ever getting his principal. Mr. CooHE said the insolvent had already paid away large sums to persons of the class who now opposed him. He had been left a fortune of 60,000/. or 70,000/. from his father, which, as well as a large portion of his wife's income, had gone that way, as he had been sued continually upon an annuity transac tion, which w as now f or t unate l y term i nated by the bankruptcy of the grantee. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said that no case had been made out against the insolvent, and it would be fur the insolvent's own benefit that the Court should say no more. He could not understand any excuse fur a gentleman borrowing money at the rate of GO per cent. discount, and it was a practice the Court could not look upon with approbation. As no case had been established, the insolvent was entitled to the benefit of the Act and to his discharge forth with POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSIOA -HOUSE. James Wentworth, who was same days ago brought up on ch arges o f sw i ndl i ng, having obtained goods by representing him se lf as th:, son of Mr. Godfrey Went worth, of Woolley-park, Wakefield, and nephew of Earl Fitzwilliam, was put to the bar before Alderman Gibbs for further examination. The justice-room was crowded with respectable tradesmen. The prisoner appeared full of confidence. Mr. Lewis appeared in support of the prosecution, which was brought by Mr. Owen, secretary to the London Trade Protection Society, No. 170, Regent street. The prisoner defended himself. The prisoner was in the first instance, it will be recollected, accused of having defrauded Mr. Beck, of Coleman-street, of mathematical instruments, and having, by false representations, obtained possession of the house, No. 31 A, Saville-row, and fixtures and other property therein, from the owner. Mr. Reynolds, of Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, and Moorgate street, surgeon. Mr. Lewis said he could show that the prisoner had in his dealings with Mr. Reynolds added forgery to the offence of misdemeanour, with which he was charged, by handing over to that gentleman two pro missory notes for 11081. in payment of the amount for which the contract bad been made, signed " James Wentworth," a name assumed by the prisoner for the purposes of fraud, and to which he had no claim whatever. The prisoner —Oh, then, the charge of fraud is abandoned, as you intend to prefer the heavier one of forgery. Mr. Lewis said the prisoner wss mistaken. Mr. Beck would proceed with the charge of fraud. The forgery would proceed without reference to that charge. It would appear from the evidence to be ad duced that the prisoner, instead of being the relative of a noble family, was a person named Green, who had been lately discharged from a criminal prison, and that he had been engaged in several cases in which gross plunder had been accomplished. Mr. Reynolds was called. The prisoner—Now, is this examination with re ference to the forgery or the fraud ? Mr. Lewis—The forgery. The prisoner—Very well. Mr. Reynolds proceeded. lie got possession of my house, No. 31 A, Saville-row, and some fixtures and furniture. He was to pay 1351. on the 15th of August, the day he got possession. I did not receive the money; but on the Bth of September he put these two promissory notes (the• one for 601. the other for 751.) into my hands. The prisoner—Now, I beg at you will make a special note of that statement. Mr. Reynolds—l refused to talie notes then in lieu of money; but I took them .afterwards. When I did take them I took them bellying the prisoner to be the man he pretended to be. The prisoner objected to such a course of exami nation, as it was the very course he meant to adopt in his cross-examination. Mr. Reynolds—After a good deal of conversation he referred me to his friend, :Mr. Wormold, the banker, director of the Norte rn Counties Coal Company, whom he represented as. the man of money in the concern, and he said, this t if I would show the signature to Glyn or Jones . 1.41)yd, the bills would be at once discounted, as the n: tine was well known to every banker in London.— (A,. laugh.) Upon in quiry of Mr. Wormold, I fouT id that the name of the party with whom I had b. evn negotiating was Green, and not Wentworth, and! . then I immediately entered into communication wiit h Mr. Beck. On Tuesday I wrote to Mr. Godix ey Wentworth, of Woolley-park, and received an. answer informing me that the person about whom wrote was not one of his family, and of course must; be an impostor and swindler. The prisoner—Now, my Lord a . before you proceed further in this examination, lop ply to you that as this is a charge of forgery cointlitttecl, if anywhere, n the country, to send it away from this tribunal, as t cannot be legally matter of inv tiry here. Alderman GIBBS said he would. satisfy the prisoner upon that subject, and read the Fc sery Act, by which a magistrate in the place in whic:.'a a prisoner may be apprehended may examine and c o mmit wherever the actual offence might have been cut Mr. W. Frazer, 171, New Bt n id-street, tailor—l know the prisoner, James Green, :since the year 1839. He was a customer of mine, and. • he was a bankrupt in 1840 in that name. lam a el •editor under that bankruptcy. lie was, I consider et 1, a merchant, and not an engineer. Cross-examined by the "prison, might have known you ten years before 1839. Prisoner —Did you not know nu! as Wentworth ? Witness —Yes. I shall explai a about that. You came to me after I had known you . long by the name of Green, and you said, " Frazer,. you know how I have been situated, and that I have not long been out of priso n , an d I am about to chanlp a my name by the advice o f my friends. " —(A laugh ) I reasoned with you, and sa id that it might be vei r awkward for any one to meet you an d address ou in the name of Green, a n d you then said t h at r my one to whom a property was left might change "ti is name.—(Laugh ter.) Afterwards you called an d left your name as Wentworth, engineer, and you r address as 31A, Saville•row. I find by my hook <,f entries that you called on the 29th of August as i d r. Wentworth, and there is an entry of the same kind under date of in your own h an d wr iti n g to the best of my jy 4, belief. ul There. is something h, m 3 about a Scottish , transaction. The prisoner —I want to hear :n1 ,thing of that. It is a strictly private transaction, a nd I have nothing more to ask you.—(A laugh.) The witness—l wish to:say son to thing about a pupil of the prhoner's. The prisoner —You are not to• volunteer anything here; I o bj ect to anything of the ' kind. The witness—The prisoner, by h lay of making some amends to m e f or th e l osses h e h'l s subjected me to, introduc e d me to a friend of his, a pupil, who he said was allow e d b y hi s parents 4001., ; and with whom h e had got a p rem i um of 5001. T et )00 found that hi s pupil had no property at all, and. th .at the young gen tleman had on l y just come out of prison, like him self, aft er t wo years' confinemen t.— -(Laughter.) The prisoner —lie :;N - ..was given. i a custody on that occasion, and the magistrate bt tfo: :e whom the coin- sonTHWARK. Yesterday John Chilcot Parnell, alias Richard, a dissenting minister at Bristol, and late a clerk in the Reading Post•ofice, was brought before Mr. Seeker for re-examination, charged with bigamy. The prisoner, who declined making any defence, was committed. METROPOLITAN DRAINAGE PLANS.—A correspon dent of the Builder saye- e -Will you kindly inquire how it is that parties who are desirous to compete for the drainage of London are not furnished with the necessary preliminary information, as it was stated would be afforded them by the Metropolitan Commissioners? It appears to me now, that although this step (taken two years too late) has the semblance of an opell question, there is still an under current at work that will render it almost a mere waste of time entering into such a corn' petition. I think the question of the entire drainage, &c., of London is one of so much importance that the plans submitted should be referred to a competent board of civil engineers —say the Council of the Institute, not withstanding it does not exactly coincide with a theory widely promulgated. If any proof were wanting of the correctness of this opinion, it is the fact that the quasi scientific mountain (alias the Metropolitan Commission) has been in labour nearly two years, and has produced something less than a mouse. COLLISION BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND POLICE IN BOYLE.—A row, which was likely to end very Seri ously, occurred in this town, between the police and some soldiers of the 34th depot, on Saturday last. The facts have been reported to Government; but as yet no public investigation has taken place. As we conceive it to be our duty to allude to this affair, we think it would not be proper to overlook the circumstances which led to it, and we therefore give. all the particulars which we could learn. It appears that two policemen were standing on the bridge, waiting fora car which was to convey them to their barrack at Knockvicar, and while there one of them was rudely jostled by a soldier, who evidently ap peared to be under the influence of liquor. The police man remonstrated with the soldier on the impropriety of his conduct, remarking that if ho persisted in it he should consider it his duty to have him put in the guard house, although he did not wish to have anything to do with him. This incensed the soldier, who became vio lent, and used threatening language, and upon the arri val of the car the constable had to push him aside, in order to get on it. Both constables then got on the car and proceeded homewards, but they had only reached the Pleasure-ground gate when they were overtaken by three soldiers, who dragged one of them off the car, took his carbine from him, and, broke it on the unfertu nato man's head. The other policeman, on coming to the assistance of his comrade, was violently assaulted, and some severe wounds were inflicted upon his head and body with the stock and barrel of the broken carbine. During the row the picket came up and made the three soldiers and one of the police prisoners. On convoying them through the street a number of persons were col lected as they passed along, amongst whom were many of the military and police, and at one period a serious affray was apprehended from the collision of the oppos ing parties. The arrival of the picket was fortunate, however, as some of the people, who witnessed the transaction, had commenced throwing stones and other missiles at the soldiers.—Boyle Garale. We are informed that Sir Charles Shakerley, Bart., has purchased for 600 guineas the two splendid pictures by Count d'Orsay, one being the representation of our Saviour, and the other tho portrait of Queen Victoria. The former is intended for the private chapel in Somer ford Park, and tho latter as a present to the corporation of Congleton.—Gloucester Chronicle. • in the present depressed state of the hareholders' pro' perty, submit to any extravagant increase of wage) They propos e d t o a d vance the wages of all the coal en so iliac none of them should recei ve less than ss. a day, but if, with the other terms PI engagingposed, the offer was n o t agree d to, they were prepa r to work the li ne b y engaging other hands. The representatives of the engine -drivers at first refit° this, and the directors left, without effecting a s ettle' ment of the difficulty. Oa Saturday, however, they intimated their a ccep t ance o f the terms offered t h by the directors, subject to the following modifie r ' tions :—that any special circumstances of long tw ig ; shall be co ns id ere d ; t h at the eoginemm on passenge r trains between York and Newcastle shall be ever , ' fourth day in the shed instead of every fifth; that • those between Newcastle and Berwick shall be on e day in the shed in the week instead of working ever , day, and fir emen o f two years ' standing to be 3 vaneed to 3s. 4d. per day from the date of the presen t month. • WiNnson RAILWAYS. - Experimental trips i t', e te being made o f th e G reat Western Company's in, into Wind sor b y M r. B runel and assistants. perceptible deflection is observed in the bridge cr° 3 l l; ing the Tham es , an d t h e li ne will be ready by the first of the month. The works at the bridge °, the South Western Company's line have been re commenced. HE CO UN Tl. The following is the official corn, &c., received in the po Essex, from the 17th Sept., both inclusive LIN MARKETS. r statement of the quant i t ies ? ri rt of Lo n d on f rom t h e ports 1 0 [849, to the 22d Sept., 184" f I C.' I CZ el: 7-1 74 CZ I a' C.sli 20 19 23 845' 71 174 103' 35 204 28:3 ; '237 Colchester . Harwich ... Leigh ....... Maldon 177 701 1170 ilif CHELMSFORD, :SEPT. 21.—At th e o pening v- nf (.) ~ market to-day an advanc e o f f u ll 2s per qqar ter °; wheat was demanded, at w hi c h terms a few trau sacti° a were effected, but these prices were not susta ille'` throughout, the sampl es disposed of later in t o t day realising on l y i s per quarter above laiga week's quot a ti ons . S pr i ng corn of all sorts W.; firm at last week's prices, with a fair bus Wheat, white, old 44 3 t o 4 7 s ; new 45s to 48s; au, be •',. 39s to 425; new, 40s; to 44s ; barley, —s to - s ; ell eva ;4o —s to —s ; grindin g 22 s t o 28 s ; oats 17s to 23s ; in t to 565; chevalier 54 s t o 58 s; peas, partr i dge, new ‘2Bg :: 30s; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 28s to 309 ; old, _ a to - - ;,i,,,, dun, new, 27s to 295; beans, tick, new 25s to 271; old , a. to 30s; harro w ti c k s , new 26 s to 28s; old 29s to 319; ',- Eagan, new 24s to 26s ; old 25s to 27s per qr. . ~,4 09 COLCHESTER, SE PT . 22.—Wh eat, wh i te 443 t 0503 r re d dO to 443 ; barley 28s t o 32 5 ; b eans, mazagan 2 4s to 2 65; i n " - and small 28s to 30s; peas 26s to 30s per qr. HADDINGTON, SEI-T. 21.—Th e f o ll ow i ng are the prices of grain at our market to-day:— 13a 116 ' Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Od First ••• ... 54 s Od 47s Od I 23s 6d 343 6 , 1 Second ... ... 48s 6d 2.1 s 21 8s 5d ~: Od I Third ... .. 44s Od 19s Od 15a 6d '-'„'," 0014 Total quantity of Wheat in market 60 qrs., id 29 9 $o D , o. New do. do. 353 qrs., 7 3 solo Do. Barley do. 290 V., ' Do. New do. do. 00 qrs., „ :to ld Do. O a t s d o. 447 qrs, 4 '' s oli Do. New do. do. gm, ;Pi c' seta Do. B eans do. 2 00 2 qrs., ' - ,,,,tier10 KIRKALDY, SEPT. 22.—The following are the q u(4- up to this date:— NEW. rea l ,/ Wheat. B ar l ey . Oats. Bear's. I 5 0 " First 443 Oil 253 6 2is 04 —s 04 04 Second 423 04 22s 6d I9sOd—s o4 1 04 Third 4ls 04 20s 04 17s 04 —5 " Oatmeal, per bag of 28011 23s to 00s od. oal imp.,so GLASGOW, SEPT. 20.—Pravisions Cheese, 43 3 t° "et per cwt ; 0 0 r 54 to thl p er lb . Ski m m ilk, 185 to 3 ,.. cwt. Country fresh butter, 94 to 10d per lb ; Irish dered, in lumps, 9d to 104; country powdered, to 84. Country eggs, 94 per dozen • carried hen dittos per hundred, or 7d per dozen. lien ' s, 2s Od per pair; du 2s Od. 0 0 KELSO, SEPT. 2 1.—Wheat, old, 333 to 37s ; ditto, nelf, to to OOs 04 ; barley, new, 17s to 193 Od ; ditto old, 17s 0 6_ 05t , 20s ; potato oats, I3s to 15s ; ditto new, 12s to 133 ; c 2 45 mon oats, 12s to 14s 6d ; ditto new, Ils to 12s 64 ; P °3s wholesale_ to 25s Od; beans, 243 to 25s per ball of six imperial bushels.dtt STIRLING, SEPT. 21.—Wheat, foreign, 22s to 26s Ott; er home, Os 04 to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, Od to 24s ; barleY,ld ; boll of 6 bushels, 18s 04 to 18s 9d ; ditto new, 163 to 1 9 ' 6 4 ; oats, common, 12 3 Od t o 14 s O d ; ditto new, 1 2 s 04 t0_1191.03 ditto, Flemish, O s Od to Os Od ; d i tto ditto new, Os I"' Lost distillers, 353 to 38 3 ; ditt o brewers, 37s Od to 3 9 s ; bed per boll, Os 64 to NOd ; ditto new, 153 Od to 17s 6t1.; peas, 14s 6d to Os Od; flour, new, per sack, 34s to 35s ; ditto CoThi tad'ditto, 24s 04 to 25s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to 01, c , ditto new 26s Od to 28s ; ditt o per peck of 71bs, Sid to s 6a, t O o 4 °' fresh butter, per lb. 84 to 104; eggs per dozen, hay per ton, 45s to 473. PERTII, SEPT. 20.—Wheat, 40 s 04 t o 48 s 04 ; barley, ;, 9i2 1 to 25s Od; oats, 17 s t o 20 s; peas an d b eans, 25 s Od to '2 B i per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26, to 28s. 's FALKIRK, SEP'S. 20..—The supply of grain in this 4 5 1, , market was 112 bolls ; w h ea t at 20s, 0 4 to 2 3 s 6d per bop ot i barley, 14s 64 to' 18s Od ;, oats, lls 94 to OOs Od; beans, °S to 00s 04 per boll ; oatmeal, N to Os per load. ditto H AWICK, SEPT. 2 0.—Wheat, new, 33s Od to 37s- Od; old, COs to 003 ; barley, new, 173 to 19s 04 ; pcitato oats, 13s 04 to 15s Od ; common oats, 11s to 14s Od • p et s 233 °I to 25s Od ; beans, 2 : 3 s Od to 233 Od per boll Of six bushels. BfrawicK, SEPT. 20.—Wheat, 41s 2id ; barley,. 00s Od; oats, 00s Od ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, 00s Od ; peas, 000 0 4 a ve.. rage per imperial quarter. COAL MARK E Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main ids Od Hasting's Hartley l4s 9d Holywell Main North Percy Hartley.. 14s 6d Old Tanfield Original Tanfield l2s 6d Ord's Redheugh Ravensworth's W.Hart 14s Od Tanfield Moor Fanfield Moor Butes l3s 6d West Hartley West Wylam Wylain ........... 14s 6dl Wall's End, &c Gosforth Hedley Ilartou : I' ..YESTEISDAY. Idell 3elmont 6(1 L fletton Haswell , Hutton "' 1 1 7 7 5 s 36 :1 - 1 . 178 9il . 178 s Od 16 Lambton , 178 Sd Lumley , 16s 9(1 Russ!.l.ll's :Hetton , 1 73 3d ',Stewart's ............... 173 3d Whitwell ... ......... ~ 16s 6(1 C ar adoe ..... ....•»•• • 16 8 6d Cassop.. ..... .... . 178 Od Kelloe ..17s 3d West Hetton ............ 16s 6(1 Whitworth • 14s ed Adelaide Tees ,Clavering Tees ...... Pease's West ......... Tees ................. Anthracite........ le ow pen Hartley d- 14s 9i artley Nixon's Merthyr and C!...rdiff ...._•• sqs Od Sidney's Hartley iarket, 105. Morrison Northumberland '''''''' ''''' 155 16 6d 9 Percy lss 6d lZiddelPs ..... 16s 3d Urpeth Walker Eden Main • l6s 6d Ships at n The family of the Rev. Henry Jennings, of N Vatton Abbey, near DriffiAd, have been plunged into affliction by the following melancholy event:—About noon on the 13th instant, Mr. William 11. Jennings, Mr. Jeuning 6 youngest son, was out in the fields amusing himse if with a gun. Finding some cattle had strayed in the fields, be attempted to put them right, and in endeavourin g to do so ho struck one of the beasts with the butt• end of the gun whilst holding the barrel in his hands. The con' eus!ion produced by the blow is supposed to have caused the gun to discharge, and lodged the contents in his body. On the following day part of the char ge was ea' treeted, but the unfortunate young man sunk under the severe injury sustain'. d, and expired on Saturdav /t orn' ing. The deceased was 17 years of age, and. a fit athletic young man.— YorkAire Gazelle. DIOCESE OF OXFORD.—The Bishop of O x ford / 09 h pl l 'a e ye c r hu a r n e d h n es um in ilia h t i ion d s i h o ,.:l e l F;o ta to ° ordered pviriaecdetetsidl t r h aoy a u, t g a thho d eu a t y 26a of tilli o Or an A d sh h - e W h ed as ne g s i d v a c y shalliln the service appointed . on the occa s i on . [ADVERT kEAIENT.]—A Dreadful Enlargement of the Knee Cur e d b y H o ll oway ' s Pills.—Abram -Beinks d s e bye used I i t so al elderly m an li v i ng near the Dry Creek, South Australia; b"' such a painful affection and enlargement of the knee that he despaired of ever recovering the use of his limbs, the rituner °ll , s remedies that h e made trial of failing to banish or even ~ a: mitigate th e di sease . I n t hi s suffering condition be 'wail 3 vised to try llolloway's Ointment and Pills, and 'he eo'°^ meneed a regular application of them, which in a short tj b m tli effected a complete cure. The Adchide Observer, of the March, 1848, publishes this as one" among the many astonts,?.. ing cures effect e d i n sou th A us t ra li a by these invalu iblellle 4 0 ,, tines.— Sold by a ll D rugg i s t s , an d at Professor Hollo way Establishment, 244, Strand, London. v , On the 20th in s t., th e lady of BIRTHS Edmond L. Crews, Esq 'of Repn-park, Deryshir H e, of a son. 11 On the 21st inst b ., at ampstead, Mrs. David ?owe-' o f 4 daughter. N e ve, At Chelsea, on the 21 s t i ns t . , th e l a d y o f George . T. Esq., of a son. the vi t.° On the 21st inst., a t C amp d en - grove, Kensington , of R. G. Erlam, Esq., of a da ug h ter . r. ntaio On the 21st inst., at Wickham, Hants, the lady Of %war W. W. Powell, o f a eon . hi re, forks On the 21._t inst., a t th e P arsonage, Hors f or th, the lady of the R e v. W. H. B. St oc k er, of a d aug h::ter. the On the 22d inst., at Ireton-house, St. John's- WW I ' lady of Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda, Esq., of a son. _- DI ARRIED. vr On the 90th inst., at St. M artin ' s-in-the- Fiel d e . "en Bt Collinson, Esq , of the Middl e T emple, to Rosa Jane..:Y oll „,,, 1 7dis daughter of Thoma s L. P eacock, Esq of the T;ll.st• , House and Lower Hallirord. a of On the `2oth inst., a t Beaumaris, Thomas Kay,. Y s u ' o l l ite Pelham.place, Brompton, to Ali ce , e ld es t d aug ht er w t" J. Prichard, Esq., of Beddgders. • Wil l On the r2d i nst., at St. Marlin's-in-the-Fields, Iteni ti tit r Atkinson, Esq., o f Ki ng William-street, to Eliza, tl aug- e of Major Griffin. DIED. On the 14th i ns t ., at Tping, near lklidhurst, Sussex -A Ollll Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart., K.C.B. Oa the 19thinst., at Bali, Maurice P o w er , Esq pr of Lin' coin's inn, second son of the late Tyrone Power, E ick . ,_bire. On the 19th i rs t., a t B orr i dgc-lodge, Ripon, 1 !'u ri , P Richard Thwaites, Esq. On the 19th in s t., . a t B ury-m i ll-end, Hemel U ergst eittl, Hugh Smith, Esq., aged 63. r vat On the 21st in s t., age d 17, C harles, third son of-"T•"- D , q., of Appleton-liall, Cheshire. of On the 21st inst., i n Marlborough, Wits, Anne, l l'ild °W the late Thelviall Maurice, M.D. bill, On the 22d inst., a t L a db ro k e-place West, No' 1 incl.' Remick Herman Heltzmoyer, Esq, aged 67. cf On the 22d in s t., Alf re d, f ourt h son of J . Simpsori, Esq'' Thames-bank, Pimlico. rw scif On the 23d inst., a t Me c kl en b urg h-h ouse, Gray's it Intik Morris Lievesley, Esq., for E 6 years secretary of t 1 ,03 1 " 00 " ling Hospital. of At South-parade, Bath, Miss Sarah Smith, dr Ll,lghte r t i . the late Captain J. S m ith, H N., o f Fl ushing, near Falinot_l_7l _ o f London; Printed and Published by lIIURDO Y 6i0 61 : 3 , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun (Mice, 10 •,` - of Strand, in the Precinct of th e S avoy , i n the eq to," Dliddlesex, Tuesday, September 25, 1849. ...._, 60 CO ..-- 224 ,~' ~.~