The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-15 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE The intelligence received from the Cape of Good Hope to the 10th of July is highly important. The Government decree appointing the colony to be a penal settlement had arrived out, and w-s communi cated to the public in the official Gazette of the 21st of June. It was printed afterwards in some of the local papers, surrounded by a deep black border ; while the proprietors of other journals refused to print it in their regular newspapers, but gave it in a supple ment, encircled with the same mournful insignia. On the 4th another most impressive display of public feeling took place in Cape Town relative to the intro duction of convicts from the mother country. " This meeting (says the Cape Town Mail) was held in the open air on the Grand Parade; where, notwithstand ing a most unfavourable state of weather (the rain pouring down in torrents during a greater part of the time), an immense multitude of anxious men, of all ranks and classes, assembled and stood for six hours, amidst the pitiless pelting of the storm, listening and responding with eager shouts, while thirty successive speakers, comprising some of the most able, influen tial, and wealthy members of the community, drenched to the skin, moved, seconded, and enforced a series of powerfully-worded resolutions ; the whole of which were unanimously carried with thunders of approbation, and ordered to be embodied in one more petition' to the Queen and Parliament of Britain. The Hon. J. B. Eden was called to the chair." The following were the resolutions passed at the meeting : " I. That the introduction of criminals under sentence of' transportation, exile, or banishment from the United Kingdom, or any other quarter, is injurious and degrad ing to this colony, and ought to be resisted. "2. That the British Government has no right to degrade into a penal settlement the Cape of Good Hope, which became a portion of the British Empire by capitulation and cession of a friendly power, and n u t by planting or conquest—with its rights and privileges as a free and not a penal settlement solemnly guaranteed; and that all attempts so to injure and degrade it are un just and tyrannical, and may be constitutionally resisted by the inhabitants as British subjects. "3. That the insertion of the Cape of Good Hope is the Orders in Council of September 4, 1848, as a place to which convicts may be conveyed, simply by an order from one of the principal Secretaries of State, in opposi tion to the petitions, remonstrances, and protests of the inhabitants, presented to her Majesty and both Houses of Parliament, is subversive of the right' and privileges of this community. "4. That the conduct of Earl Grey, in first directing the Governor to ascertain the opinions and wishes of the people on this vital question, and then acting in defiance of their unanimous decision, is an exaggeration of insult added to injury towards an unoffending community, which proves him to be unworthy to retain any place is the government of a free people. "5. That the conduct of the Governor, Sir Harry Smith, in refusing to take upon himself the responsibi lity of suspending this injurious and degrading measure, ' when he found the universal dissatisfaction which the proposal excited at the Cape, supported by arguments of a weighty nature,' as all Governors of distant possessions are expected to act in emergencies, and as Sir Charles Fitzroy and Sir William pension did last year in the two penal settlements of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, for which they immediately received the entire approbation of her Majesty's Government; and his determination to carry out the measure in violation of a pledge to the contrary given to the people in the name of her Majesty's Government, and in contempt of an op position on the part of an injured and insulted people, such as never was beture equalled in any part of the British empire, being absolutely universal, prove that the Government of this colony, as at present adminis tered, is wholly at varidlce with the just and inalienable rights of British subjects, and perilous to the honour, safety, and happiness of the country. • 6. That it is the right and duty of the inhabitants of this colony, individually and collectively, in:their private and public capacities, to oppose the execution of this injurious, degrading, despotic, and dangerous measure, by all constitutional means, and that one of the most effectual means will be to sign and rigidly adhere to the following pledge:— " We, the undersigned colonists and inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope hereby solemnly declare and pledge our faith to each other, that we will not employ, or knowingly admit into our establishments or houses, work with or fur, or associate with, any convicted felon or fel.ms sent to thi s co l on y un d er sentence o f trans portation, and that we will discountenance and drop con nexion with any person who may assist in landing, sup porting, or employing such convicted felons.' " 7. That a petition be presented to the Queen, pray ing that the Orders iu Council of the 4th of September, 14348, in which this colony is named as a place to which convicts may be tra ns p orte d, b e revo k e d, an d t h at h er Majesty ta.ty retuse her consent to any proposal that may be made by her Ministers, to insert the Cape a; any future time among the places to which convicts or per sons under sentence of exile or banishment may be conveyed. And that her Majesty may be pleased to order the remov.l of such convicts as may have been conveyed to the Cape under the authority of the said Orders in Council. " 8. That as the colonial department of her Majesty's Government has justly forfeited the confidence of the people, appiicatiota shall be made with the least pos sible de' ay, to the Qleen and both Houses of Parlia ment, praying that the Cape of CI- mil Elope may be ex pressly excepted, by an Act passed for that purpose, from among those places to which offenders may be conveyed by virtue of Orders in Council. " 9. That the most cordial thanks of this meeting and of the whole colony are justly due to C. 13. Adderley, Esq , M P., for his generous and able defence of our rights and privilege s as a free people, and that he be resp-ctfully requested to present our petition to the House of Commons, and to support its player with the weight of his character anal talents. " 10. That it shall be left to the Committee of the Anti-Convict Association to select a Peer to whom the petition to the House of Lords may be confided, and it is , recommended th at, s:hould it be f oun d conven i ent , hi s Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the wise and prophetic enemy of transportation, may be requested to demand an audience of the Q seen, and personally to present our petition to her Majesty." A deputation of the Anti-Convict Association waited on his Excellency on the 18th of June, which was cour teously received by his Excellency. The Hon. Mr. Ebden said May it please your Ex cellency, we have toe honour to wait on your Excellency with an address from the Anti-Convict Association. The Act of Lord Grey, in having made this colony a penal settlement, without the consent and in opposition to the wishes of the people, and the many aggravating and collusive circumstances attendiug it, as recently , brought to our notice, have, I am grieved to say, ut terly destroyed the coati lenco of the public in her Majesty's Government, and brought the local Govern ment into contempt. The people of this colony have no longer say faith in the promises and pledges of the Go vernment. To your Excellency, as the representative of our Sovereign, we appeal in the hour of peril and danger to protect us from the moral pollution we are threatened with." His Excellency expressed the pleasure he always ex perienced on receiving the representations of the people. He had already shown the interest he felt in the welfare of the colony. On the opening of his administration, he had called on the people of this colony tor their confi• dance and support, and he knew no reason why they should be withdrawn from him on this occasion. This, said his Excellency, is the anniverary of the battle of Waterloo ; for four-and-!orty years have I served her Majesty—l say it with pride—and I would rather that God Almighty would strike me dead than disobey the orders of her Majesty's Government, and thereby com mit an act of open reb , Ilion. Mr. Ebden than read the address. "May it please your Excellency,— "The members of the associ tnr preventing this colony from being used as a penal settlement again wait upon your Exe?llency, to entreat you, by all that is held sacred among men, to save the people committed to your charge from the injury and degradation with which they are threatened. " Your Excellency is now aware that the opposition to this fatal measure is universal. Your Excellency, as Governor, has pronounced it an injury and degradation, and that yonr Excellency muat feel is what no British Sovereign can inflict on any people without a violation of the original compact, and of the coronation oath—it has been pronounced injurious, and tending to alienate the affections of the people from her Majesty's Govern ment, by a resolution of the Legislative Council—all the colony, from Table Bay to the remotest frontier, have so lemnly and indignantly denounced it, and at the same time expressed their determined resolution to oppose and resist it to the uttermost of their power. And we all feel that any attempt to carry out this injurious and degrading measure by force will involve this unofftnding community in the direst calamities. " Your Excellency is therefore respectfully reminded that the moral well-being, prosperity, and happiness of the people whom you govern should be the paramount consideration with you, their Governor, and that it is therefore your duty, as representing the Queen, to over look ell minor considerations, and to protect, at all ha z irds, that moral well-being, prosperity and happiness against injury and degradation. by suspending the pub lication and operation of aoy Order in - Council, or of any other order, authorising you to receive convicted felons into this colony." His Excellency then read the following reply:— "Government House, Cape Town, June 18, 1849. "Gentlemen,—My duty dictates the line of conduct I tatnilelsth bound to pursue, w hi c h i s recor d ed i n my m i nute o f inst., whi c h I l a id on t h at d ate on the table of the Legislative Council ; and from which as I there state, nothing can or shall induce me to swerve. " My dispatch to Earl Grey of the 24th ult., accompa nied by the numermouasn: etitions, addresses, memorial s , &e., signed by so thousands of the community, will prevent this colony frombecoming a penal settle ment, or I am deeply mistaken. " This Earl Grey address the subject shall accompany my fi rst dispatch to on . 6. While I thus tell you that my duty I do n o t receive in this colony the persons i n qI requi res e.sti me to ni,an to turn them loose upon the colony', course which would be inevitably productive of ill consequence s . They cannot be released from control or deprived of protection, unless employment and protection shall be found for them. In what place of separation or security they will be received, pending ultimate arrangements, I shall determine hereafter, and announce for the in formation of such of the colonists as mop be willing to give the parties in question the means of honest liveli hood. " g. G. Suers." Mr. Ebdeu—Tour Excellency having alluded to this day being the anniversary of the glorious battle of Waterloo, you will pardon me adverting to an anecdote recorded of the Duke of Wellington on that memorable millilli THE SUN,_ occasion. When it was intimated to the Duke that the allied Sovereigns wished to kill Napoleon, indignant at the suggestion, he advised Blucher ‘• to have nothing to do with so foul s transaction;" observing, that Blucher and 'himself had acted too distinguished parts to bec..ma executors. So, I would say, let it not be imagined fur a moment that your Excellency, distinguished as you are fur your services in this colony, will consent, under a mistaken sense of duty, to be made the instrument of enslaving a people you are bound to protect. His Excellency—The case, Sir, is not analogous. The Duke of Wellington was a free agent, and what be said was law. lam not a free agent, and must carry out the instructions of the supreme Government. The deputation then withdrew. (From the South African Commercial Advertiser of Jane 27.) Besides the pledge not to employ convicts, and to drop connexion with those who do so, banks, insurance offices capitalists and others, the most respected, and influential members of this community, are pursuing a course that will in the end render the enforcement and demand of the measure altogether impracticable. The felons will be thrown for support on the Governor at once, and so long as they remain in the colony. Will he venture to employ them on public works at the expense of the colony? The payers of rates will demur to that. It is said that, for greater security, the people in the country districts have resolved to employ no European labour whatsoever until the power of smuggling thieves and murderers amongst them as free emigrants shall be taken out of the hands of their rulers by Act of Parlia ment. This is to be lamented, but it is natural, and what might have been foreseen. (From the South African Commercial Advertiser of July 7.) From all parts of the colony accounts continue to pour in respecting the exasperation of the people. This itself is a most enormous evil, for which the local Government as well as Lord Grey are deeply responsible. Yesterday the bakers of Cape Town unanimously re fused to tender for supplies of biscuit to the commissariat, lest it should be used for the support of the convicts on their arrival. Every man is doing his duty, as Eng land, no doubt, expected. The people are of one mind and one soul. (From the Cape Town Mail of July 7.) The Governor has, we understood on good authority, now decided upon having the convicts expected by the Neptune conti,ed on Robben Island, and not distributed, even on application, until her Majesty's pleasure is known; and that a proclamation to that effect is to be issued forthwith. To accommodate them, the lepers and lunatics are to be removed imine , iiately to Amsterdam Battery and Paarden Island (Salt River). If this be so, it may go soma way to satisfy the minds of the colonists, who can now hope, by continuing a determined and unanimous resistance, to see the hateful Order in Council revoked, as soon as the home Government shall receive the despatches of the Governor, and hear of the pro ceedings of the people. The following ef ju i ly m : p_ortant Government notice was issued onth the 9th " Colonial-office, Cape of Good Hope, July, 9, 1849. "It having come to the knowledge of the Governor that a combination has been formed among certain per sot, s residing in Capa Town, for the purpose of pre venting contractors supplying the Government with food and other necessaries for the convicts who are shortly expected to arrive in the colony, and that the same com bination has been employed to prevent gentlemen from accepting the vacant seats in the Legislative Council, whereby the necessary business and legislation of the colony will be seriously impeded, the action of the colo nial Government obstructed, and many private persons injured in their lawful trades and occupations; and it having been further represented that some the banks in Cape Town have likewise combined for the purpose of refusing the usual accommodation and assistance to such contractors, and to any gentleman who may accept seats in the Legislative Council, with a view to embarrass, distress, and injure such persons; his Excellency feels, though with great regret and reluctance, that the time has arrived when it becomes incumbent upon him to step forward and assist those persons who are likely to suff.r from such combinations. " His Excellency, therefore, desires it to be notified that persons so circumstan ce d will receive pecuniary advances from the Colonial Treasury upon real or such other securities as may be approved by a board of officers, to be appointed for that parpose; these advances to bear interest at the rate of five por cent. per annum. " And inasmuch as it will be necess ,ry, in order to carry out this measure, that the Government shout,' issue promissory notes payable on demand, and as Go vernment collectors and accountants are prohibited from receiving, on account of the Government, any bank notes or other paper money issued by the local banks, except upon their own responsibility, now Government officers of every description are hereby permitted and required to receive as cash, in payment of all dues, rents, &c., upon the responsibility of the Government, such Government promissory notes as may be issued on this occasion. '• His Excellency desires it to be distinctly understood that this is only a temporary measure, caused by the exigency of the present moment, and that so soon as the combinations have ceased, and the reasons for the pre sent messur,s have terminated, no further a ivances will be made. Care will, however:be taken, that the repay ment of these advances by the persons who may have received them will not be suddenly required, but proper arrangements will be made for their gradu liquidation. " By command of his Excellency the Governor, (jigned) " JOHN MoNTAGII. " Secretary to the Government." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SEPT 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market remains in much the same state as yesterday, Grest Western, Quarters, having been done at 9% dis.—Ditto, New 17/. Shares, 6% dis.— Midland stock 55 1 A. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 14, STOCK EXCIIANOK. The share market opened this morning with an appearance of improvement, but before the close it became 6 it, and prices had a downward tendency. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 22/. Shares, , per cent. till 1850, 9.41 dis —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths. 5% dis.—London and North. Western, 115 - Ditto, New Quarters, 13s. 9d. p.—Midland, Halves, 17'% 8 North Staffordshire, 7!y. 1 dis. South-Eastern and ..over ( No. 4), 6% - York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 4% dis.—Belfast and Ballymena, 20. bIANCHESTER, SEPT. 14. _ _ Srocz Ezell/Ilium—The transactions to-dry were as f.,1- low :—Manche ter and Birmingham (C) Quarters, 2 c.— N,rth Staffordshire, 7 7-16 dis. Bolton and Bury, 23% dis.— Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 5% ds. - Preston and Wy.e (A), 6—Dover ( No. 4), Scrip, 644—West Riding Union, 64 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference (Scrip), 10%—Sheffield, Prete-ence, 10 YORK, SEPT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as folluw :—Great Northern, 7 Ditto, Preference, 5/. 11 s.- -York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, 12%—Ditto (G. N.E. Purchase). 31. 3s. 9d. GLASGOW, SErr. 13. STOCK EXCRANOE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Aberdeen, Preference, 6. s 4—Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 9—Glasgow and Garnkirk, 3i—Ditto, Quarters, 9 3 / 4 —Scottish Central, 20. The London Gazette of last night contains in structions from Lord Ashley and Mr. E. Chadwick, as representatives of the Board of Health, authorising Mr. Austin, the secretary of the said board, to prosecute the guardians of the peor of the city of London Union, the guardians of the Greenwich Union, the churchwardens of St. Margaret's, Westminster; the churchwardens of St. Saviour's, Southwark; and the managers of the burial•ground of Tottenham-court Chapel, Middlesex, for wilful violation and neglect of orders issued by the Board of Health for the prevention of diseases and nuisances. CHURCH EXTENSION IN ST. PANCRAS.—A lady has offered, through the Hon. Captain Maude, 100/., to meet nine other similar gifts, towards a church dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the parish of St. Pancras. It is proposed to erect the church in th., newly• formed eccle siastical district of which the Rev. David Saing has been appointed the incumbent. The names of two other per sons willing to contribute to the same extent have been handed in. PlRATES.—Extract of a letter from Lloyd's Agent at Salonica, 30:h August:—" I regret having to report that the Nohd Meta, Captain Dalenzi, has been commit ting depredations, with a band of pirates, at the Island of ThasAos, where they plundered on the 22d inst., an Austrian merchant ves.el; from thance they went to Mount Athos, where they landed and committed various acts of plunder. They then proceeded to the Gulf of Cortessa, landed at Ichiasse (marked in the charts Imbole), plundered the custon-house, and killed the three custom-house officers in charge. I have forwarded a report of these proceedings to his Excellency her Nfajesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, who will pro bably dispatch the Tartarus, Commander Sir Godfrey Webster, in quest of these freeboters." DUNLELD BRANCH OF THE SCOTTISH MIDLAND RAILWAY. —We understand the directors of this com pany have again had under their consideration the pro priety of proceeding with the Dunkeld branch of their line, and Mr. Licke has personally gone over it within the last few days for that purpose. The result is, we hear, a determination to contract for seven miles of the proposed branch, bringing the line to Birnatn Hill, within three miles of Dunkeld. This will be important news for the Highlands as well as to Dunkeld itself, from the stimulus which it is likely to give to the de mand for the minerals and wood of the district, as well as facilities to tourists and travellers.—l'erth Courier. LEICESTER TRAWL—There having been buyers in the town from various districts has caused business to be active amongst the manufacturers. It is also expected that a fair autumnal trade will be doing for some time to come. Prices of material are firmly maintained. The wrought hose branch have obtained another advance of 31 per dozen, a step to which we believe there was no . opposition " This affords a gratifying proof of the improved state of trade in Leicester since 1848, and a general impression prevails that this state will continue at present. It is very desirable on every ground that the workmen should rightly appreciate and seise upon the rreient opportunities of improving their circum stances, which higher wages, combined with cheap pro visions and full employment afford. They should bear in mind that on their attention.to this will materially de pend their ability to main ta n their advanced wages. Each individual should now aim so far at personal inde pendence as to save something from his earnings to wards supplying his wants when his labour may not be so much in demand, instead of bi ink; compelled, when trade somewhat &clines, to propose working at reduced wages. It is too obvious that amongst workmen this is often entirely overlooked, and that instead of perform ing more labour, and producing more goods at a time of brisk demand, they even do less than in a bad state of trade, and when the demand is falling off N teligh‘g m Journal. • RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. BRETANNIA-BRIDGE. We may further observe, no damage of any con sequence was done to the tube by its fall. The ex traordinary test to which it must have been subjected is only another guarantee of the security of the structure, as it his since been determined that it descended seven inches. A new press has been cast, similar to the broken press, with some modification of the bottom, to counteract the effect of contraction in such large masses of metal, which appears to have been the cause of failure. The recurrence of such an event is highly improbable, but precautions have been adopted by Mr. Stephenson to guard against any damage either to the tube or the parties employed in raising it, and even avoid any further delay if such should be the case; and no difficulty whatever can be apprehended in completing the operation. The new cylinder is expected in about a fortnight ; and within days after it is fixed the tube will, in all proba bility, be at its proper level. The only important conseqnence of the accident, as regards the bridge, Las been the serious delay in replacing the press. LEEDS AND THIRSK. Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held at Leeds, "for the purpose of formally confirm ing the preference dividend of 6 per cent. on the capital paid up, on the extension shares." There was a very small attendance of shareholders. Mr. H. C. Marshall, chairman of the board of directors, pre sided. The CHAIRMAN said, the only business which the directors had to bring before the shareholders was the formal recognition and confirmation of the preference dividend to the shares of 1848. He then submitted a resolution to the effect " That inasmuch as the preferential dividend of 61. per cent. per annum on the extension shares had been confirmed by their Act of Parliament passed in 1849, the nominal amount of the said shares shall be 201. each, and a dividend on that sum at the rate of 61. per cent. per annum shall be paid from the 9th of July, 1849, such dividend to be paid on these shares halt yearly in preference to all other shares in the company (except only the preference quarter shares), on such day ai the directors shall from time to time appoint." That amounted simply to paying six per cent. upon the paid -up portion of the shares. The necessity for the present meeting arose from some question at the last half-yearly meeting of the company as to the Acts of Parliament and the previous resolutions of the company being sufficient, and as to the compe tency of that meeting to constitute these under the Act of Parliament preference shares. This resolution, therefore, was merely carrying out what was the de cision of the company at several previous meetings. He begged to move the adoption of the resolution. Mr. SMITHIES, of Knaresborough, thought that, in consequence of the great quantity of preference stock, they ought to adopt some measure in order to protect the holders of the old stock. The holders of the original shares would be seriously injured by grant ing those preference dividends. He wished the holders of the 201. shares of 1848 to have their money without any loss, and he thought they would be satis fied with receiving 6 per cent, with power to the company to redeem the shares at par. They were now liable to pay the calls upon those shares without any preference at all, and he thought it would be treating them handsomely to give them six per cent. and to redeem the shares on the terms he had men tioned. He bagged to move, as an amendment, " that the shares be redeemable at a future time at par." Mr. J. JACKSON, of Harrowgate, seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN said at the last half-yearly meet ing it was held, and it appeared to him rightly held, that the shares were preference. The present meeting was held simply for the purpose of formally confirm ing what the company had already determined upon, and it would not be right, it seemed to him, to enter now upon the consideration of the conditions on which those shares were held. The holders of these shares had no notice of a meeting to be held for such L a purpose, and, if the amendment was pressed, he did not see any course but to adjourn the meeting and to call another meeting, in order to take into consi deration the proposition now made. Mr. SMITHIES did not wish to do anything which was unhandsome to any one, but he thought they ought to pay some respect to the circumstance of the original shareholders. it appeared to him that the shares were not preference at all at present, and that the amendment he had proposed was quite in unison with the objects of the present meeting. The CHAIRMAN said, the directors held at the last meeting, and they held now—at least he did—that the shares were preference—(Hear, hear)—and, if this meeting were to determine that they were not preference, he believed that the right to the prefe rence could be enforced against the company.— (Hear, hear.) Clearly, there was no stipulation hitherto made by the company that the shares should be redeemable at par. Mr. SMITHIES did not wish to be in any way fac tious, and would withdraw the amendment. Several shareholders expressed their opinion that Mr. Smithies had taken the proper course in with drawing his proposition, and Mr. J GOTT seconded the original resolution, ob. serving that he entirely agreed with what the chair man had said upon it. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. The proceedings here terminated. As considerable public misapprehension appears to exist as to the causes and consequences of the accident at the Britannia- bridge, which has delayed the opera tion of raising the tube, and of which no authentic details have hitherto been published, the following extracts from the evidence given by Mr. Clark at the inquest on the body of Owen Parry, who was killed by the accident, will be read with interest : Menai-bridge, Aug. 18.—Mr. W. Jones, coroner. Edwin Clark, being sworn and examined, deposed as follows :—I am resident engineer of the works at the Britannia-bridge, and am acting under Mr. Robert Stephenson. I superintend the whole of the iron work. I was upon the works yesterday (the 17th of August). We were raising the tube. The deceased was not engaged in the operation of raising the tube. We were raising the Anglesea end of the tube by means of an hydraulic press. It was twenty inches in diameter inside ;, the thickness was about ten inches. It was about ten feet long. We were forcing water below the piston of the press with a steam engine, which, raising the piston, drew up the tube after it. The weight was about 2,000 tons. The pressure;on the circular inch in the press is about 2 7-10 tons. We had ascended 2 feet 4 inches, when the bottom of the press suddenly separated from the body of the press and fell, together with the water con tained in the press, on the tube beneath. The cross head of the press, on which I was standing, descended about 2 feet 4 inches, and I was thrown on to the boiler of the engine -room. I saw the deceased, with other men, come along the top of the tube, and ascend a rope-ladder about 100 feet immediately beneath me, and immediately afterwards I saw the body of the deceased lying upon the tube just under the press. The portion of the press that fell was, I should say, about lf tons weight. It must have struck the rope ladder on which the deceased was ascending, and then fell upon the tube, breaking some of the castings and damaging the tube. The cylinder had been already tested, having raised the tube 24 feet. It had not been previously tested, on account of the difficulty of providing an apparatus for testing so large a cylinder. It is usual to use such cylinders, even with 4 tons upon the inch; on the present occasion there was only 2 7-10 tens. We were watching the cylinder con tinually, and it showed no symptoms of giving way. The cylinder alone was the cause of the accident; no other part of the machinery gave way. The tube, by the compression of the timber beneath it, descended about 4f inches. We were wedging the tube up be neath, by driving in planks as it rose, and, on the re moval of the planks, uuderbuilding with brickwork, to avoid any chance of accident. The superficial area of the fracture is about 1,000 square inches, the tension per square inch on this area being at the time about a ton. Four tons per square inch would have been deemed secure. There was at the commencement of the operations a great deal of leakage from this press, but it took place, at the top, and was remedied by the addition of a new collar below the original collar. There was no leakage near the fracture. The rope ladder bears marks of being struck by the descending mass of iron. The deceased had ascended about forty feet." SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Walsall on Tursday ; Mr. C. S. Forster occupied the chair. The report stated, on that part of the line between Great Bridge and Bescot, the contractors are carrying on the works with the greatest possible dispatch; and they have every reason to expect, should the weather continue favourable, that the portion of the railway between Dudley and Bescot, which completes the main line, will be open for traffic early in November next. The directors are desirous to correct an erro neous impression that the whole of this company's line of railway has been open for general traffic, in stead of 11 miles of line, which was the only portion opened, and that for passengers merely (between the towns of Walsall and Birmingham), until the month of April last. This small length of line was worked by the London and North-Western Company, in conjunction with eight miles of their own line, under au arrangement by which the last-named company received (beyond their working ex penses) a mileage proportion of the net profit. This arrangement terminated in the month of May last, from which date a further section of this company's line, namely, from Walsall to the Alrewas junction of the Midland Railway (about 17 miles in length) was brought into work fur passengers and parcels. The directors have resolved to decline the publication of any traffic statement until the whole line has been d LONDON. SATURDAY _EVENING, -SEPTEMBER 15, 1849 opened for traffic of all descriptions, and a reasonable period allowed for the fair development of its re sources. A change in the accounts will then take place, and distinct capital and revenue accounts will be kept in the usual manner, dividing correctly the two classes of expenditure. The directors have within the last few weeks concluded and affixed the company's seal to an agreement with the London and North-Western Company, for the use in per petuity of the London and North-Western line between Walsall and Birmingham, and of ample station accommodation in the latter place at a graduated rental. The directors announce that an offer has been made (not by a public com pany), to take the line upon a lease for 91 years, at a rental equal to 4 per cent. upon the expended capital, except that for the year 1850. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, stated, that their prospects were brightening, and he believed that their railway was established upon a sure foundation. He admitted that their Bill was obtained during the railway scramble in 1845, and that they were injured by the extravagant pro fu,ion of the Legislature of 1846. In reference to the offers of a lease of the line, then in a state of ne gotiation, it did not at present become him to speak. He might, however, say that the offer made was a mi nimum offer, and the only alternative was improved conditions. Looking at the present state of their fi nancial affairs he at once admitted that 8/. 10s. would not be sufficient to complete the line. They were, however, in good credit, and he recommended unanimity. Mr. P. WILLIAMS, one of the directors, said there was only a deficiency of 30,0001., and if they made another call of 103. per share they would not owe a farthing. Mr. bAINBRIGGE, of Derby, thought the share holders would generally prefer paying a 10s. call than owe a single farthing, Mr. CHANLER was of opinion that the line could be completed without further call. Mr. J. WILLIAMS complained of the price paid for rails. They had given 4/. per ton more than the mar ket price. He intimated that a committee of investi gation might be necessary. Mr. CHAWNER said he had the means in hand of answering Mr. Williams's opinion, that large amounts of traffic must necessarily pass along the line and would, in all probability, pay 6 or 7 per cent. Mr. WRIGHTSON a.ked the Chairman if it might be understood that the directors would not require any further call from the shareholders ? He recommended the directors to carry on the undertaking with economy and energy, and he had no doubt the result would be successful. The CHAIRMAN replied, that no further call would be required for the completion of the line. The result was that the meeting disapproved alto gether of the leasing at present of the line to any contractors until the capacity of the line was fully developed. The meeting broke up after a vote of thanks to the chairman. EASTERN COUNTIES. DISPUTE BETWEEN THE ENGINE -DRIVERS AND THE CO MPANT.—During the last two or th ree wee k s considerabl e interest has been manifested by the employes in the locomotive department of the Eastern Counties Railway, i n consequence o f t h e 'engine drivers, at least a large portion of them, employed on the line, intimating their intention of leaving the company's service, unless an injustice which they consider is done them is forthwith remedied. Their principal complaint is that several of the old expe rienced hands have been discharged, and young fire men created drivers in their place. This step, it is alleged, is simply introduced for the purpose of ob taining cheaper labour. The old hands, although not in age—the discharged servants averaging in age from thirty-five to forty—have, according to the scale of wages when they entered their employ, Is- 6+-1- per day, while the newly-creat e d drivers from thefiremen only get salaries ranging from 4i. 6d., 55., to ss. 61. It is this new system that has given rise to so much alarm among the old hands of the company, it being su , pected that in due course of time they will be discharged ; not that their conduct is complained ot, but because their pay is 7s. 61. a-day, a scale of wages which can be considerably reduced by the more numerous employ ment of firemen as drivers. The old hands, however, maintain that even with the new drivers the company does not allow them salaries which they had fixed in their scale of wages. With a view of inducing the board of directors to reconsider the unfair position this new scale of remuneration places the old engine drivers in, they yesterday placed in the hands of Mr. Hunter, the locomotive superintendent, a memorial for presentation to the board. GREAT NORT II or SCOTLAND.--The Duke of Richmond and other landed proprietors interested in the construction of this line, from Aberdeen through Elgin, Furres, and Nairn to Inverness, held a meeting a fear days since at Gordon Castle, with the view of carrying the project into execution. OXFORD, WORCESTER, ♦ND WOLVERHAMPTON.— Meetings of the inhabitants of places along this line have been held, at which its present position was taken into consideration, and memoriAls in accordance with the suggestions of Lord Redesdale to the Railway Commissioners aKreed to. LLAIELLY. The half -yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Old Jewry, but, in consequence of the peculiar position of the company's affairs, reporters were not admitted. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD V.A.NCEMENT OF SCIENCE. BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.--Tbe Town-hall was last night opened for promenade and conversation. It presented a crowded and brilliant assemblage. The electric light (Mr. Gassiors battery being used for its exhibition) was extremely effective. There was also a considerable display of Birmingham manufac tures, and various successful experiments were per formed upon metals. The whole of the proceedings, which were of an exceedingly interesting description, passed off with great éclat. This morning the sectional meetings of the associa tion were well attended. Of the papers read and discussed the following may be mentioned : Sir R. H. English—On an Atmospheric Phenome non seen in Switzerland. Admiral Sir C. Malcolm --O n an Extraordinary Sate of the Weather in India during the latter half of February last. Sir David Brewster—Account of a New Stereos cope; description of a Binocular Camera; and on a New Form of Lenses, and their Application to the Construction of two Telescopes or Microscopes of Equal Optical Power. Mr. G. G. Stokes—On a Mode of Measuring the Astigmatism of a Defective Eye. Rev. Professor Powell—On a New Equatorial Mounting for Telescopes; on De Vico's Comet. Mr. R. Rawson—On the Friction of Water; on the Oscillations of Floating Bodies ; remarks on Elliptic Integration. Mr: T. Hopkins—O n the Mirage ; on the Quan tity of Vapour in a Vertical Column of the Atmo sphere. Mr. Claudet—Researches on the Theory of the Principal Phenomena of Photography in the Daguer reotype Process. Dr. Andrews, F.R.S.—Report on the Heat of Combinations. Mr. Bantempi—lnquiries nn some Modifications in the Colouring of Glass by Metallic Oxides. Professor Scnrceter, of Vienna—On the Allotropic Conditions of Phosphorus (with experiments). Dr. Gladstone--On the Compounds of the Halo gens with Phosphorus. Mr. M. Ebelmen—On Artificial Gems (with illus trations). Professor Forchammer—On a New Method of Determining the Organic Matter in Water. Mr. W. West—On the Presence of Nitrogen in Mineral Waters. Dr. Daubeny—Report on the Action of Carbonic Acid on the Growth of Plants. SECTION C.--GEOLOGY AND PHYSIC AL GEOGRAPHY. Sir R, I. Murchison—On the distribution of Gold Ore over the surface of the globe, and a Comparison between the A uriferous Products of the Ural Moun tains and California. Mr. R. Mallet—Report on the statistical and Dynamical Facts observed as :the results of Earth quakes, prepared at the resuest of the association. Notice of experiments in progress for the Direct Measurement of the velocity of Transit of Earthquake Waves. Mr. J. Hogg—O n the Geology and Geography of Mount Sinai, and the adjacent counties. Mr. H. E, Strickland—On vegetable remains in the Keuper Sandstone of Worcestershire. Mr. J. Plant —On the discovery of Beds of Keuper Sandstone containing Zoophytes in the vicinity of Leicester. SECTION D.—NATURAL HISTORY, INCLUDING PAY • SIOLOG Y. Mr. A. Hancock —Notice of the occurrence on the British Coast of a burrowing Barnacle ; being a Type of a new Order of the Class Cirrhipedia. Mr. C. S. Bate—Notes on the boring of Marine Animals ; on the Tubicola. Mr. C. W. Peach—On the Luminosity of the Sea, with sketches of some of the animals ; some new to the British coasts. Mr. H. E. Strickland—On additional Bones of the Long-legged Dodo or Solitaire, recently brought from Mauritius; also, Report of Experiments on the vitality of Seeds. Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes—Contributions to the statistics of the production of Sugar in the British dominions in India. The Chevalier Bunsen—On the relative amount and extent of the different races in Prussia and Ger many ; and on the statistics of Prussia with particu lar reference to Railways, and the system of Public Instruction, according to the Pstest rmturns. Professor Handcock—On a Form of Table for collecting Returns in Ireland. Mr." Heaton—On the Cause and Prevention of the wcillation of Locorn4ive Engines on Railways. Mr. Roberts—O n a Machine fur forming Mould ing out of Sh ee t Metal. Dr. C. Finch—On the Disease and Causes of Dis ability which incapacitate the Native Soldier for mi litary service in the Indian Army; and Mr. Phillips—Notes on Tumuli in Yorkshire. Tonight the great dinner of the association takes place in the Town-hall. Between 700 and 800 tickets are said to have been issued. To-morrow arrange ments, upon an extensive scale, are made for excur sions to Dudley, the iron districts, Leamington, and the castles of Warwick and Kenilworth. LAW INTELLIGENCE. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. Sept, 14 , CRABTREE V. SIR PETER LAURIE AND OTHERS, GAR NISHEES, THE " WEST INDIA BANK." DEFENDANTS. The defendants in this case were indebted to the plaintiff, and the latter i►sued an attachment against certain moneys which stood to the defendants' credit in the Union Bank, of which Sir Peter Laurie and others were the trustrees. • Mr. Locke appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Randall for the defendant, and Mr. Ryland for the garnishes. The RECORDER aske I whether the " West India Bank" were a chartered or incorporated company, because it it were proof mu4t be given of the fact ? Mr. RANDALL said, he was not prepared with the proof suggested by his Lordship, but there was no doubt of the bona-fides of the company, and the records of the court would show that it had been sued simply as the " West India Bank." The RECORDER said that might be, but it was ne cessary, from the general laxity of evidence given in that court, that proof should be given that it was an incorporated company, or that the names of the mem bers should be set forth in the declaration. Mr. LOCKE submitted, that if the garnishees ad mitted that this money belonged to the " West India Bank," it was sufficient proof that it had a bona-fide existence. The RECORDER said, as far as the present proceed ing was concerned such admission would be sufficient; but if it subsequently appeared that the " West India Bank" had a right to recovery back the money, they might find themselves in a very uncertain position in respect of their right, for where was the proof before the Court that there was, or ever had been, such a company ? Mr. LOCKE said, that a verdict in favour of the plaintiff would not prejudice any future claims of the bank ; and he submitted that it was not requisite that such bank should be formally proved to have been constituted pursuant to Act of Parliament. The RECORDER was of opinion that the fact should appear on the records of the _court to show that the bank was properly sued. Mr. RANDALL would remind his Lordship that the institution was well known to the public by the title of the " West India Bank." The RECORDER had never known a banking firm sued simply as a banking company, without proof of the legal constitution of the company being given. He never heard of Hoare and Co., or Childs and Co., being sued simply as described by the title—it was usually shown who the company were, or that the company was instituted according to law. Mr. RYLAND said that the Union Bank, for whom he appeared, had not instructed him to make any ad mi-sion, nor could he do so, unless it were proved that the " West India Bank" was properly sued. The RECORDER said that he would not encourage that great laxity of evidence which appeared in the case before the Court. He could not allow the case to go to the jury without such proof. They might as well sue the " Pump at A ldgate," as the " West India Bank," one had as much reason as the other. Mr. RANDALL could assure his Lordship that the bank was incorporated by royal charter, but the charter itself was now in the West Indies, and utterly inaccessible to the parties. The bank had no place of business in London, which certainly placed him in a position of some difficulty, but it was clear that the plaintiff would not have sued the West India Bank, unless the debt had been credited to the West India Bank. After some delay, Mr. RYLAND said that as the parties were not prupired with the necessary proof, he was ready to admit that in the books of the Union Bank there was a sum of 3001. placed to the credit of the " West India Bank." The RECORDER said that, under these circum stances, the jury would find a verdict for the plaintiff; but, had the objection been persevered in a di&rent result must have followed. His Lordship then ex plained to the jury the nature of the proceedings, and said that as they had admitted that such hank was properly sued, they would find for the plaintiff for the sum which the garnishees admitted to be in their possession. - The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff-3001. NUBROYD AND ANOTHER V. BARING AND ANOTHER, GARNISHEES, BATHURST, DEFENDANT. This was also an attachment issued by the plaintiffs against certain moneys held by Baring and Co., merchants in the city of London, belonging to the defendants. Mr. Locke and Mr. Randall appeared for the parties. _ _ _ It appeared that the plaintiffs were sadd:ers in the City, and that Mr. E. Bathurst, the defendant, held a Government situation. He formerly lived in the City, but had removed from the jurisdiction of the Court; and, a. it \Nes supposed that Messrs. Bating and Co. were in possession of 3001. belonging to the defendant, the present attachment was issued to re cover a debt of 1571 34. 4d. John George Theobold, a clerk in the service of the g4rnishee, proved that all the money standing to the defendant's credit at Messrs. Barings was 431. 3s. 4d. Verdict for the plaintiff, 431. 34. 4d. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mrs. Bennett, alias liemsley, alias Griffiths, was brought up for final examination, on the charge of obtaining 601. worth of goods from Messrs. Wilkinson and Co., Ludgate-hill, under false pretences ; and two more cases having been established against her, the depositions were maid out and read, and she was con veyed to Newgate, she having, by advice of her solicitor, reserved her defence. LAMBETH. William .Myers, a cabman, and Michael Murphy, a suspected character, who have been in custody since Monday week, on a charge of robbing Mr. Satcher, a master tailor, of fifty sovereigns, were placed at the bar before the lion. G. C. Norton for final exami nation. The witnesses who had been previously examined in the case were subjected to a lengthened cross-ex amination by Mr. Binns, who attended on behalf of Myers, the cabman, but nothing favourable to the prisoners was elicited. Mr. Evans, the landlord of the Watermen's Arms public-house, Bermondsey, deposed that on the even ing of Sunday week the prosecutor and the prisoner Murphy entered his house, and the former called for a pint of beer, which the latter drank. The prose cutor, while in front of his bar, threw a small leather bag on the counter, and said it contained fifty sove reigns, his property. He (witness) recommended him to leave the tnonay in his care, and offered to give him a receipt for it, but the prosecutor said he should take care of it, and put the bag in his pocket. Suspecting that Murphy, who was with the prosecutor, was a bad character, and intended to rob him, he requested the witness Cronin, who was a customer ot his, and who was in his bar at the time, to follow the parties, and see that the prosecutor was not robbed. Police 'constable Scott, 245 M, was next called, and said that on the evening ot Monday week he saw the prosecutor on a brewer's dray, near Bermondsey square, and the witness Cronin told him that he had some property about him, and that he was followed in a suspicious manner by the prisoner Murphy, who was close by. The prosecutor at the time got off the waggon, and attempted to go into the public house, but being tipsy at the time, the landlord pre vented him. Mr. NORTON—You were told by the witness, Cronin, that the prosecutor had property about him, that he was followed by a suspicious character, who was pointed out to you, and you yourself saw that he was very much intoxicated. Now, I wish to know, after all this, how it was that you did not look after and prevent the man from being robbed ? Scott—The fact was, sir, he ran across Bermondsey square and I lost sight of him, while the two men, Cronin and Murphy, were quarrelling together. The quarrelling continued for a quarter of an hour, and I concluded that Murphy would lose sight of the man. Cronin—The quarrelling, as you call it, did not last many seconds, and it consisted in Murphy say ing he should mark me and serve me out another time for following and pointing him out as a thief. Mr. NORTON—Did you tell Scott, the policeman, that the prosecutor had 501. about him ? Cronin— Of course I did, and told him I saw it; and also told him that unless he looked after the man. and that the gentleman was robbed, he alone would be to blame for it. He asked me how I knew the gentleman had property about him, and I said because I hid seen it. Scott—When I asked the prosecutor myself whether he had any properly about him or not, he said he had only a watch, and nothing else. Mr. NoßTokt—My own impression is, that the prosecutor was in such a stite of drunkenness at the time that you would have been perfectly justified in detaining him for safety, particularly after you had been told that he had 501. in money about him. Your conduct at least was exceedingly ca re l ess an d indiscreet. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. John Percy Hening, Henry Roberts, and Thomas Crotax, who have been so frequently examined on charges of victimising the public, by collecting sub scriptions fora sochty which had no existence, but which they called the " Animals' Friend Society," and putting the money so collected into their own pockets, wire placed at the bar for final examination. One additional case was taken against the prisoners, where they received ss. from a gentleman named Hubbard, and the prisoners were fully committed for trill. - Mr. Norton received the following donations for the poor-box, viz., the remaining half of a 51. note from " D. T. ;" the remaining half of a Reading hank note for 51., No. 11,041 ; one sovereign from "M. A. D ;" the remaining half of a 51. note from "M. B of Exeter ; the remaining half of a note, No. 96,237 ; and half a 51. note from " A. R." TH A .11E S. Mr. William Champion, mister of the ship Roman Emperor, surrendered to his recognizinces to answer a charge, under the 10th section of the Merchant Seamen's Act fur harbouring and secreting four men who had deserted from the Navarino, at Port Ade laide, in December last. The facts ofthe — case were partly heard On Wednesday last, on which occasion Mr. Frede rick Pelham, for the defence, took an objecion under the 2d section of the Act, which r , ,quirei that no seamen shall be' taken to sea without a written agreement; and argued, as there was no proof of their having signed articles with the Navarino they could not be considered deserters. Mr. YARDLEY said, that as the case was a very important one he would take time to consider the ob jection. This cloy, in pronouncing his decision, he said, though I had little doubt on the former occasion I have still less no N. It has been distinctly proved that these men were engaged illegally, and there was ample evidence to show that they were desr.lrters. The only question is, whether there is suffici-nt proof of guilty knowledge on the part of the defendant, and that there was, any person who heard the evidence could not have the slightest doubt. As regards the penalty, I hold it to be my duty to inflict the heaviest in my power. Mr. Pelham—Perhaps I may be permitted to sug gest the imposition of a fine in one case, and the sus pension of the other summonses for a month, to show that my client has not offended in the same manner before. Mr. YARDLEY—No ; I will assume that this is his first offence; and even then I should not feel in clined to remit the penalty. Such an offence once committed requires ample punishment. The practice must be put a stop to. You may if you please apply to the proper quarter, but I will not back the appli cation. Mr. Pelham—My client is left in the lurch by the owners, whom he intended to benefit. Mr. YARDLEY-1 cannot help that. He has no claim on the owners, and must take the consequences. The defendant was then fined 101. and costs in each of the four cases. The amount was immediately paid. WORSHIP -STREET. Charlotte and James Jackson, the female a smart and very good-looking young woman, and the male a well-dressed young man of very respectable appear ance, were placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold for re- examination. They had been remanded for robbing the house of Mr. Tullet, a tradesman in Whitechapel, whose ser vice the female prisoner had entered on Tuesday se'nnight. On the following Sunday she was left in charge of the house, while the,family were at church, when the house was plundered of a very large amount of property, consisting of plate, jewellery, apparel, &c. The prisoners were apprehended some days afterwards, when there was found in their pos session a box containing much of the stolen property, and upon the person of the female a shawl and other articles of dress belonging to her late mistress. Upon the man also was found a very valuable gold watch and appendages, besides other articles, subiequently ascertained to be the produce of other similar rob beries. Mrs. Martha Standenwick, a widow lady, residing at Tollington-park Villa, hornsey road, now identi fled the gold watch. The female prisoner entered her service on the 7th of August, and absconded on the llth, on which morning, having rung in vain fur the attendance of her servant, she arose and discovered that the latter was gone, and she missed her watch and its appendages, together with the plate, some j-wellery, a shawl, linen apparel, and other property. She identified amongst the articles now produced by the police a coral necklace, a coat, and parts of several dresses. Sergeant Kelly said the male prisoner, when appre hended, had the coat on his back, and the gold watch in his pocket. Mr. ARNOLD asked the prosecutrix if she had ever seen the male prisoner at her house ? The lady replied, that on the 9th, two days before the robbery, she was returning home about ten at night, when she met in the road leading to her house a man who she bad no doubt was the prisoner. She at first mistook him for a gentleman whom she had expected to call, and approached him in order to :peak to him, but he put his hand before his face and walked away from her. The . fonale prisoner had en tered her service in the name of Caroline Davis, with a written character purporting to be from a lady whom she had served three years. Mrs Emma Matthews, whose husband is a printer, residing at Walthnrn Cottages, Warner-road, Cam • herwell, next identified the female prisoner, wh) had entered her service on the 16th of August, and ab sconded on the following evening, when she went out on pretence of going to the post-otlice, carrying off two silver watches, a number of silver spoons, two brooches, and other articles, several of which were now produced by the police, who had found them upon the prisoner. Mr. ARNOLD asked if she had received a character with the prisoner ? Mr. Matthews replied that the prisoner, who then called herself Clara Watts, referred to a lady at Ware, in Hertfordshire, in whose service she had been, and witness having written to the given address, received in answer the note now produced, giving the prisoner an excellent character. Mr. ARNOLD, after some further inquiry, again re manded the prisoners until next Friday, when other charges will probably be preferred against them. SUUTHWARK. Ellen Grant, a very respectable looking young woman, was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with murdering her infant child. The prisoner, who was in a very weak state, was accommodated with a chair during the examination. John Slow, constable of the parish of Bermondsey, stated that on the 26th of August last he received in formation that a child had been made away with in a house in Crimscott-street. He accordingly proceeded to No. 10 in that street, and on going up stairs into the prisoner's bed-room he found her in bed. He told her that he understood she had delivered herself of a child, and destroyed its life. She turned round her head and told him it was all wrong. Witness then left her and went into the parlour, where he saw the body of a dead child, wrapped up in a cloth. Witness had it conveyed to his house, and afterwards he buried it. On the previous morning, finding the prisoner sufficiently recovered, he took her from the house and conveyed her to the police•station. John Chalice, surgeon, of No. 4, Alscott-terrace, Grange-road, Bermondsey, said that on Saturday evening the 25th ult., he was sent for to No. 10, Crimscott-street, where he found the prisoner in bed. In answer to his questions she said she was unwell from a female complaint. Witness then left her, and returned to see her on the following morning. She WAS then very ill, and frotn symptoms he observed he was of opinion that she had recently been delivered of a child. He told her his opinion, when she de clared that she had not been delivered of a child, and on his saying that he was convinced that she had, she acknowledged such - to be the case, and pointed to a box in the corner of the room. She gave him the key, and witness handed it to the mistress of the house, who unlocked the box and searched it. At the bottom of the box witness discovered the dead bldy of a female infant under a quantity of clothes. The box was taken out of the room, and the dead body was placed in the parlour. Witness then gave information of the circumstance to Slow, and after the coroner's inquest he made a post mortem examina tion, but he did not find any external marks of violence. The prisoner having declined to make any answer :o the charge, she was remanded until Monday. NOTTINGHAM.—The hosiery trade in all branches, with only one exception, is in a fair and healthy condi tion. The excepted case is that of silk gloves, which is much depressed, but the season of the year is decidedly against them. The bobbinnet trade is this week very dull, most of the foreign houses having completed their goods for Leipsic Fair, which commences on the Ist of October. It is at this fair that the lace principally finds a vast for the Russian dominions. There is a general opinion that an imp r ov e ment to some extent will take place in the lace tr a de at the latter end of next month, and in January for hosiery. The rapid improvement_ in the manufacture of threat nil! have a very bene ficial effect on the trade of England. Belgium, Western Germany, and Northern France. Large fortunes have been amassed by the manufacturers in consequence of their superiority in preparing that material.—/Votting ham Journal. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO M. DUMAS.-111. Alex andre Dumas, the celebrated romance writer, narrowly escaped destruction a few days ago. Acs was returni ng with his family from a hunting excursion, in a two wheeled carriage drawn by one horse. In di scending a steep declivity near Compihne, the h orse Was unable to sustain the weight of the chaise, and endeavoured to throw himself on one side into a valley some 40 feet below the level of the road. Happily the drag of the vehicle acted as a sort of anchor ; but the sud den shock threw the four travellers to a distance of 10 or 12 feet. Poor Alexandre Dumas escaped with some severe bruises and a broken gun; his son, with a torn pantaloon, and their friend with a long swoon frcm sheer fright. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, SEPT. 14.—Th e supp li es arc goo d of all grain. Torre is rather more mutation in the "hest trade, and a moderate busies passing in both old an d the finest descriptions of new at an improvement of l a per quarter. Very little doing in spring corn, and au descrip:ions are the turn cheaper. New. Old WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel : s. e, s. Sullolk,Essex, and Kent, red ... 44 to 47 43 to Ditto, white ... 4S —52 47 Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 43 —46 41 - ' 4 g Ditto, white ... ... 47 —5O 4 5 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 41 —45 40 Ditto, white ... 44 —4B 44 Yorkshire, red .., 41 —45 40 Ditto, white ... .. 44 —43 44 .0 '',, Dantzic and Konigsb urg , w hit e 43 -I Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 39 Mediterranean, red ... 34 "' BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels: Norfolk and Suffolk... Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Smell •• ••• ••• Grinding per 80 stone ... ... 20 —22 Foreign ••• ... 24 28 BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631b:— ~rnail, fine ... —— Foreign ... OATS, per stone : Mealing • ••• 9d to 100 31 to 1 21 Feeding —d to d 8,1 to „ Y i Foreign •• ..• —d to —d 8d to . - 4 SHELLING, per I°4l of 2611 b. —25 23' 2 6 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels PEAS, per Imperial Quarter:— Blue and white boilers Grey and Fced 0.. ••0 0 . CRP,. - .0 ~ ".' ... 0.... ••... - I' .... .0' ~.... .... 32 - I 29 - 34 26 - 31 26 - `" 'ALS. 2 45 rs Rapeseed ..• ••• 7 11 Shelling ... ••• Linseed Malt ... • • ..• Flour ... ••• AZAL Qrs. Wheat ... ... 9,897 Barley ... ... 1,546 Oats •.. 553 Beans... 1,5`18 Peas ... ••• 032 NEWI3URY, SEPT. 13 —The supply of' wheat to es,,,v 1i a fair average, by far the larger porthin being of the De crop, at a decline of about Is per quarter. We hare ° more lively demand than for sem.. weeks past, and ! pretty good clearance has been eff.ctud. Barley but 101 in offer, and late rates supported. Beans, Oats, an d peal:, short supply, with a dull demand, and late rate , bvrely supported. Winter tares plentiful, and sell front 5s to 53 6ti per bushel. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 14.—Since Tuesday there has bee ° a liberal arrival of foreign wheat, flour, barley, and pa s ' Several small parcels of grain, meal, and flour of the neW crop arrive doily from Ireland. The market this morning was well attended, and a fair extent of business 066 • ransacted in wheat and fLur,itt fully the prices of Tiler day. Oats and oatmeal supported late rates, with a 0 31) ; iterate demand f or eac h . G r i n di ng barley was Id to per bushel cheaper. Beans and peas were without chant; : in value. Indian corn is firmly held, and buyers ttl'• inoreing bad to pay an a d vance o f 6 d to is per Taller' but there were not many sales effected. EXETER, SEPT. 14.—Cattle—The market was Mo de : rateiy supplied to-day. Prices remain nearly the sar°' as for several weeks previous. Fat beef, 8s to 8,6 d Ili score, ar d in a few inst ances 8s 911; cows and ealves, v % to 13/ e. ch; barreners, 4s 6d to 5s 6J per sc re. : noticed no Irish or forei gn b u ll oc k s. Butcher ' s ca l Y e ' 4id to 511 per lb; fat wether sheep, 5d per lb; eves' eid. A good lot of mixed maiden ewes and wether s were al.o sold for 5d per lb. There was a very lore supply of store pgs in the market. Pork Carcases- -- pretty g o od s u ppl y l arger t h an that of last week, b 1 ti d prices were n ear ly th e same, ragging from 7s to 83 v per score. Pannier—Turkeys, 4s 6d to 6s each; 01, 4 5s to 6s titl; duck s , 3 s 6d to 5 . 6il per couple; forT, 2s 61 to 4s; partrid g e s , 2 s to 2 s 6,1 ; h ares, 2s to 3s OP" roasters, 43 to 5s 61; butter, 10d to lld per lb; egg' 18 for 1 , .; ppotatoes, 7d to 8d p er score. Corn Excharly. —The market has been dull to-day, and but for the evident pressure on many of the growers, but little *heat would have been offered at the present low Pri ce. English wh ea t h as b een sold at from 55 to 5s 3d , bushel. In foreign wheat not much is doine; sortie of the merchants still ask 403 to 42a for red French, sad 47s for whit e , b ut thi s pr i ce i s only nominal, and 0113: infetior red has been sold at 363 to 38s pe r q uart (6 )lbs to the bushel), and white at 42s to 435. Barle,r , 3s 6d to 3s 10d per bushel; Few oats, 2s to 2s 2d Per bLiciel; old ditto, 2s 64 to 2s Bd. Fine flour, 293 P 3 3ls Per sack of 280 , b-30e being the more general figu re ' BARNSLEY, SEPT. 12.—A moderate amount of butt; has been done today in wh ea t, w i t h ou t much change in price. Butt er h as c h ange d hands at 14 d P e r lb; eggs at 9 for 6d; and potatoes at from 8d to 9LI pc. peck. .. ... .. ...., WETIIERBY, ►SEPT. 14...—The following are the price / of corn, &c., in our market of this day; —new wheat, 180 to 20s; whit,. ditto, 19s to 21s; rtd ditto, 17s to 19s per load; oats, 9id to 114 d per atone; barley, 294 to 323 ; lat-arit , , 12s to 14s per I.,ad. ENNISKILLEN, t'EPT. 12.—Wheat, 17s to 18s per bar' rel; oatmeal, Ils to 12s per cwt; oats, 8d per stone; beet; 4d to 5d per lb; mutton, 5d to Sid per lb; butter , 7d to 7il per In; fiikin, 304 to 225. No. of firkins 11$ new market, 860. ,- - - LLANIMST, SEPT. 11.—We had but a small market to-day, the prices scarcely maintaining the currenci quoted h.st week:—Wheat. from 14s to 17s; barley' 8s 6 1 to 10s; oats, 6s to 7s 6,1 per hobbet. RH YL, SEPT. 11.—The harvest being nearly over, w• had a better attendance at this day's market. Farmer. and dealers appeared in good spirits, although priceB were low. Quotations—Wheat. (r.ww.) 145 ad to 14i gds ditto old, 15s; barley, 8s 6d to 9.; oats, 61 3d to 7s per tt obbet. MOLD, SEPT. 12.—The average prices of grain to-dai were—new wheat, 143 6d; barley, 9s 6d; oats, 6s pit hobbet, with not a very full attendance, and business rather slack. INVERNESS, SEPT. 11.—New wheat, per quarter weighl 62:b per bushel, 45 s to 50s ; barley, 541 b per bobs 23, to 0 's; oats, 421 b per bushel, 21s to 22s Od ; seed oats, per qr, 421 b per bush, Os to Os Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 160 6J, second, 15s; barleymeal, 1 Is 8d; peasemeal, 14. to 15s; per stone, Od to 8d; first flour, per 2501 b, 36s to 375; seco nd' vi 28s ; oatmeal, be s t, p er s t one of 141 b imperial, Is 8d to Os " second, Is 6d ; barleymeal, Is 4d ; peasemeal, Is 6d; first flou r ' 2s 9d cash, 3s credit; secona, 2s 3d cash, 2s 6d credit. pota toes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 7d; veal, 4° to 6d; mutton, 54 to Ed; pork, 4d to 6d; fowls, each, 00 ,1, 00d; chickens, per pair, 00d to Gil ; ducks, each, OA ,;- 00(1; eggs, rr dozen, 7d to Od ; butter, fresh, per lb, 10d '- Ocl; salt, 12d to 00d ; croudie (curds) 21d to Od ; fourpoul loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, 6id to 7fid; coals, per ost, 9 " hay, per stone, 7d. COAL MARK E' Bate's West Hartley 14s 6d: Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main l3s Od Hasting's Hartley lss N I Holywell Main l4s 6d New Tanfield Ravensworth's W.Hart 14s 6dl T El . ras — aciw Y del Er ij airEstarr. B 165 od i Hetton 16s 9 1 Lambton Russell's Helton Stewart's IWhitwell ... Hartlepool I6.A Ihornlsy Whitworth l4s uu Adelaide Tees Pease's West l3s 9 1 Seymour Tees 'St. Helen's Tees Tees ..... .......... Howard's W. H. Neth 153 0, Ships at market, 79. l'anfield Moor .... l4s 6d West Hartley Wylam lss Od Wall's End, &c Bensbam ...... ........ 143 6d Gibson Morrison IN 3o 1 Northumberland Eden Main I 6s Od Lambton Primrose Belmont l6s WI ME 8. JERMY.—We understand that on Saturday last Mrs. Jermy and her servant Eliza Chestney passed through York towards the south, on their return frog the Lake district. Both were in an improved state of health, though traces of their sad bereavement were • still visible to the most casual observer.-IVakeilsid Journal. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—PainfuI Wounds in the Legs and Body Cured after Seventeen Years' duration by }Ra w l' way's O in t men t an d Pills.—Extract of a lette r from Mr • Staples, dated Belgrave-gate, L e i ces t er, Nov. 9, 1848- ai° Professor Holloway, " Sir,— I w as an i nva li d for 17. years, an' fering d rea df u ll y with painful ulcers in my legs and differeng parts of my body ; during this period I was attended by seve ral most eminent surgeons, but their remedies failed to do me the least good. I then commenced using your Ointment and Pills, and b y t h ese i nvaluable medicines alone, I am please d to state that in a short time all the wounds were soundly healed, and I gm restored to excellent hearth." —Sold by all gruggisttfr and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHi. On the 13th inst., at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mrs. George Crawshay, of a daughter On the 9th inst., at Aix-la-Chapelle, Mrs. Otte Wilden stein, of a daughter. At Chichez ter, on the 10th inst., the wife of the Rev. I'. Lowe, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Wenvoe-castle, Glamorganshire, the lady of R. F. Jenner, Esq., of a son. On the 11th inst., at Dedham, Essex, the wife of the Rev. Colin Campbell, vi car , o f a .on. On the 11 th inst., the lady of C. R. Gordon Canning, Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Albert-square, Clapham, Mrs. J. P. Phill ps, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Porchester-place, Blandford-square, the wife of the Rev. R. Belli:., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Craven-hill, Bayswater, lira. John Taylor. jun., if a son. iIARRIED. 'On Wednesday, the 12th inst., at Stoke-upon-Trent, by the Rev. E. H. Abney, of Derby, R. Ferguson Joseph, Esq, to Mary, second daughter of John Cuff, Esq., of Derby. On the I'th inst. , at St. George's, Hanover-square, Edward Rrsq., of Waresl e y, W orcestershire, to Louisa Id ot the late Rev. R. B er k e l ey, at Goths rAßi d u i s e ee L l ( only ) I u r Ingram, h t a i em n the same county. At Walthams•ow, Rog T, eldest son of Roger Cunlitfe, RobisEsq., f o jun ig ., Et Hhbury-place, t o M arion, daughter of C. bl• ,on. l. of Ley ton. At Glastonbury, on the 12th inst., John Osmond, second eon of the Rev. F. W. Item 'ent ao,f Gosport, to Maria, fourth daughter of the late T. Pickford, Esq., of City-road, London. and Glastonbury. DIED On the 10th inst.. aged 46, the Rev. Peter Hall, of Bath, rector of Milston, Wilts. On the Io,h inst., at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich , Captain Alexander B. Branch, K.H., ag-d 61. At Turton, Lancashire, on the 10th inst., aged 76, Peter Richard Hoare, E.q. On the 12th inst., at Kennington-gore, John Woollen Esq son of the Lite George 0. Woolley, Esq. On the 12th inst., at Ryde. Isle of Wight, George Selson , Esq., deputy of the ward of Tower, aged 67. On the 12th inst., at Bexlev-heath, Kent, Mr. F. Ball, of Peckham, Secretary to the Grand Sauey Canal and Dock Company, aged 28. On the 13th inst., at Mornington-road, Mary, the wife of Mr. W. Pullenger, of the Union Bank, London. On the 13th inst., at Milton-ou-Thames, aged 63, Nathan Lewis, Esq, of ['ernes, Surrey. On the 12th inst., George Woolley, Esq., of Norland-crew' cent, IS otting.hill, agei 76. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOIJ.NG, cf No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum Office, No. 1 12 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th e e ennty 9 1 Middleoz, Saturday, September 10,1849` Exten: CLAR. the 31i the pc] Coffee- Octobe AN 661. 13 'IOUS: Wye, ai entrap Messrs adapt e by the Other c amour Seven Prin Lion, n Master Co., si Carey- Datc COiir One o' Lake I tiler w to carr Porson bp' flu With. For 'veA)od A Rest or G in a bAT, t One I. Contra SON earde, within bt . auty bethar most d circled sire ar arrang tion e sap Pris of the The kltehei an eats with tt is the park, 1 estate, strict Is elms the esl thus a' South Dem be no,m build ir Throgi Routh! hotel, .Auctio T` N 1 .JL F i ~ STREI Also for th( adapte 3lan XICOI ping at and 12' Ti J. Can Richal Willie John . Ilenry John: John Georg James the c, The Consti Puting 46, I PA effect Vestei thg tt their Oast Tbi tqtrtt Ne blade Calk the Thy aPpro tonne /to ' 185 Lol