The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-13 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. PALACE COURT, Oct. 12. (Before Mr. W. BRENT BRENT.) POOR JONES AND THE LOAN SOCIETY.---FORD v. JONES. At the rising of the Court Mr. Cox, an attorney (Willoughby and Cox), applied for redress on the part of William Jones, whose case, in consequence of his appearance at Worship-street Police-court (re. ported in this journal on the 2nd instant), has excited a good deal of public commiseration, and for whom subscriptions have been received by Mr. Arnold. It will be recollected that Jones had all his furniture swept away under an execution at the suit of a loan society, of which Ford was said to be the embodiment. The loan raised was 61., on which payments had been made reducing the debt to 31. 18s., when an action vas commenced, Jones had suffered several afflictions in his family. The action was begun on the 6th of July last, the writ being endorsed for 31. 18s. debt, and 11. 10s. costs. Jones paid 11. off the costs. On the 14th of August a declaration was filed, and the plaintiff gave the defendant till the 30th of the same month to pay the balance of the costs ; in violation of which promise, three days before the time expired, judgment was signed and notice given to execute a writ of inquiry on the 31st of August. on . the day heron, the defendant saw the plaintiff, paid bias 103, the balance of the costs, and an instalment of 3s. The writ of inquiry was, however, executed, and on the following day an execution was levied for 31. 18s. debt, and 51. las. costs. Credit was given for 10s, and the execution was in the whole for 91. Is. The goods were removed on the Tuesday and sold on the following Friday at a great loss. The goods were sold for 141. 15s. The officer paid over 91. ls. for the debt and costs as appeared from his return, and the balance of 51. 14s. went in the expenses of the officer and the expenses of the sale. It was known that Mr. Hewlett, the deputy-prothonotary, exercised a con troul over the officer, and on examining the return he made the officer refund 11. Is. to Jones, so that in ad dition to the 11 3s. paid, which had not been allowed, besides the 10s., the execution had absorbed 91. Is. for debt and costs, and 41. 14s. the expenses of the sale. On the affidavit which he held in his hand there was a clear case of oppression, and he therefore applied for the assistance of the Court. The Learned JUDGE said, the difficulty was that the defendant had not come before the execution was executed. Mr. Cox showed that he could not have applied in time to stay the execution, as it was issued on a Saturd ty, and the property sold on the Friday fol lowing. It could not be said that there was an " irregularity" in the case. There was something more, and, without asking for the sympathy of the Court, there was enough on the affidavit of Jones to ask the Court for a rule to set aside the inquisition, or to have the money not allowed refused. There was no complaint against the plaintiff's attorneys, but the plaintiff had intethred, and as he had settled the action, he must take the consequence on himself. The COURT granted a rule nisi, observing that in the early part there appeared to have been a good deal of leniency shown to the defendant. It was understood that the present application was m vie on public grounds, in consequence of the pub licity given to the case. It had been taken up by a gentleman. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • MANSION-HOUSE. TVi?li cm Burns was brought before Alderman Wil liam Hunter upon the charge of robbing Messrs. Cook, Son, and Co., the extensive warehousemen, of St. Paul's Churchyard, of a quantity of silk goods. James 1335:5 ick, of Charlotte-street, 13Iaekfriars road, plumber, said—l am executing some work on the premises of the prosecutors, in St. Paul's Church yard, and I hive several men employed there, among whom was the prisoner, who was paid off on Thurs day evening in the last week. On last Wednesday evening, between three and lour o'clock, I saw him at the bottom of the stairs of the lower warehouse. He was taking away some loose tiles, and I went and asked him what business he had there, to which he replied that he was with a bricklayer, setting a stove. I immediately ordered him off the premises, and made a communication on the subject to Mr. Cook. He has not since that period been employed. Mr. Francis Cook, a partner in the house of Cook, Son, and Co, sail the premises had been under repair, and Mr. Beswick had been employed to do the neces sary work. The firm had, within the last ten days, lost some goods, and in consequence of some informa tion which they received they communicated with the authorities of the police, with whom arrangements were made. On Thursday evening, between five and half-past five o'clock, a strict watch was kept upon all persons entering the premises, and at about half-past five witness saw the prisoner enter at the front door, and walk through the front part of the warehouse and down the stairs leading to the basement floor. Two of the detective City police were then placed on the premises in such a position as to be able to see what might take place, and at five o'clock the next morning an alarm was given by them. Upon going down stairs he saw the prisoner with the policemen, and observed in his possession a large quantity of silk articles, the property of the firm. Storey and Barnes, the officers selected for acting upon the occasion, stated that they remained in their positions till a quarter to three o'clock yesterday morning. There was a light from a street lamp through the windows, and the prisoner was seen going from the fore end of the warehouse very cautiously and without his shoes. From the ware house he stole along to the silk-room, and was seen meddling with some goods there, and which he brought to the place where the light reflected. He then pulled off his clothes, and began to bind the articles, which consisted of silks and satins, round his legs, thighs, body, and arms, and so strong was his appetite for plunder that he incumbered himself beyond the chance of escaping :from an ordinary pursuit. Having stowed away the goods, he forced his clothes over them, and looked, as the officers said, " more like a moving mummy than a Christian." He then went to the counter, filled his pockets and cap with some of the choice property there, and walked to the part of the warehouse from which be had first been seen to issue. One of the officers walked round to meet him, and immediately gave the signal. They s oon found him in the silk-room, crouching down between some silk goods, with his cap in his hand, and took him into custody. Alderman HuNTER, having given the usual caution to the prisoner as to anythin g he might think proper to say, asked him whether he wished to make any defence ? The prisoner—No ; nothing. _ _ Committed for . trial. The prisoner is supp9sed to have been concerned in other robberies upon the same firm. Mark Isaacs was finally examined before Alderman Carden upon the charge of having committed a most desperate asqault upon John Courtoy. Alderman CARDER—I cannot in this case commit for a higher offence than a misdeakpanour. I am sorry I cannot commit for a felony. Violence se completely unprovoked is not often heard of. I shall allow you to bail, but I shall demand two good sure ties in 50/. each, and your own security in 1001. The Prisoner—l have bail, my Lord, to any amount. GUILDHALL. Charles Bishop, of Park Farm, Richmond, was brought up for final examination before Sir P. Laurie, charged with wilfully and corruptly giving evidence, against the statute, on the 15th of June. Sir P. LAURIE said he was satisfied there was enough to send the case for further inquiry. The prisoner was admitted to bail, himself in 100/. and two sureties in 501. each. WORSHIP-STREET. Charles Baines, a powerful labourer in the docks, whose feet were encased in a heavy pair of boots thickly studded with clamp-nails, was charged with the wilful murder of Mary Anne Baines, otherwise Moody, a woman who passed as his wife. Eliza Andrews, a girl eleven years of age, stated, —The prisoner and his wife occupied the first floor of my mother's house, No. 5, Minton-street, Bethnal green ; and, while alone in the h o u se , a b ou t h a lf-p as t ten on the night of the 26th of last month, my mother having gone out, I was called to by the prisoner's wife, whom, upon going upstairs, I found standing alone on the landing. She had nothing on but her chemise, and asked me to fetch her clothes out of her room, a s she was afraid to enter it. I entered the apartmentto do so, and saw the prisoner stretched upon the bed wi th all his clothes on. On returning with his wife's clothing she began to dress herself, and made some observation to the prisoner, who immediately jumped off the bed, and, snatching his wife's clothes from her in the passage, threw them upon the bed, and again lay down himself, but had not done so more than a couple of minutes when he jumped up again, and, rushing into the passage to his wife, I saw him deal her a kick in the stomach, with his boots on, as hard AS ha could. The deceased staggered backwards, but saved herself from falling by catching hold of the ban nisters, upon which the prisoner dealt her another violent kick on the breast, and returning to his own room, again threw himself down on the bed. After she had received these kicks the deceased groaned very much, and made her way down stairs to my mother's room, where she placed herself on a chair, burst out crying, and asked me to help her down upon the floor, which I did, and went out for a nei g hbour, who assisted in lifting her upon my mother's bed, after which my mother came home and sent for the police. Dale, a constable of the K division, stated—Upon being sent for to the house at half-past twelve o'clock, I found the deceased lying upon the bed, evidently very dangerously injured, and on being in formed by her that the injuries had been inflicted by the prisoner, who was still upstairs, I desired the landlady to call hi m d own . O n entering the room where his wife was, he went up to and kissed her, and s/Aed, if, he should assist her to the hospital, to 'which`the Ideceased r e pli e d "N o, you are a b rute. " The pnsontr s, upon that sat ccolly down, and said t /. i . M S w f, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1849, Mr. Smith rose and said—My friend has now ar rived at a certain stage, but has not gone far enough to proceed further with his case. I find on reference to 51 George 111., c. 155,an Act of Parliament passed for the relief of Dissenters, and known by the name of the Toleration Act, that it is provided. "That no congregation or assembly for religious worship of Protestants (at which there shall be present more than twenty persons besides the immediate family and servants of the person in whose house or upon whose promises such meeting, congregation, or assembly shall be had) shall be permitted or allowed, unless and until the place of such meeting, if the same shall not have been duly certified and registered under any former Act or Acts of Parliament relating to registering places of religious worship, shall have been or shall be certified to the bishop of the diocese or to the archbishop of the archdeaconry, or to the justices of the peace at the general or quarter sessions of the peace for the county, riding, division, city, town, or place in which such meet ing shall be held." Now this chapel, it appears, has been registered in the court of the Archbishop of York ; and that brings my friend within the first portion of the Act of Par liament. And if the Act stopped there, there would no doubt be a good registration. But the section goes on to say, And all places of meeting which shall be so certified to the bishop or archdeacon's court shall be returned by such court once in each year to the quarter-sessions of the county, riding, division, city, town, or place, and all places of meeting which shall be so certified to the quarter sessions of the peace shall be also returned once in each year to the bishop or archdeacon ; and all such places shall be registered in the said bishop's or archdeacon's court respectively, and recorded at the said general or quarter sessions ; the registrar or clerk of the peace whereof respectively is hereby re quired to register and record the same ; and the bishop, or registrar, or clerk of the peace to whom any such place of meeting shall be certified under this Act shall give a certificate thereof to such person or persons as shall request or demand the same, for which there shall be no greater fee nor reward taken than 2s. 6d., and every person who shall knowingly permit or suffer any such congregation or assembly as aforesaid to meet in any place occupied by him, until the same shall have been so certified as aforesaid, shall forfeit for every time such congregation or assembly shall meet contrary to the provisions of the Act, a sum not exceeding 201. nor less than 205., at the discretion of the justices who shall con vict for such offence." So that (continued Mr. Smith) it lies upon the Dis senters to see, once in each year, that the registration of their chapels is properly returned from one court to the other—either from the court of the bishop of the diocese to the court of quarter sessions, or from the court of quarter sessions to that of the hikhop of " She's a hypocrite; she's only shamming to collect a mob round the house." I told him not to talk in that manner, as iI felt satisfied his wife was dying, upon which the prisoner violently exclaimed " What the h—l has that to do with you ; what do you want here ?" and starting up, and pulling off his coat, ordered me out of the room, or he would at once show me the way out. I told him to sit down and keep quiet, or he might get himself into worse trouble than he already was in, and he took my advice for a short time, when two other constables entered, and one of them having been dispatched for a cab, his wife was lifted into it, and conveyed to the hospital. I, in the meantime, took the prisoner into custody to the station, on the road to which he ac knowledged that he had kicked his wife, and said that he had core home very much intoxicated, upon which his wife made some remarks he did not like, and a quarrel ensued between them, followed by the vio lence * . deposed to. The prisoner, however, was per fectly sober when I first saw him, and I put no question to induce him to say what he did. Some other facts of a similar nature were deposed to by the wife of a neighbour, named Marling, who found the deceased lying upon the floor in excruciating agony; and Mr. Charles Harper, house-surgeon to the London Hospital, stated that the woman was brought to that institution at half-past two in the morning, suffering from acute pain in the region of the abdomen. Witness examined her, but could find no external marks or contusions of any kind, and she seemed going on very well till the next night, when he was called to see her at three o'clock in the morning, and found her dying. She survived till three o'clock the next afternoon, when she expired, and on a post mortem examination of the body, he discovered extensive inflammation of the membrane covering the smaller intestines, which had no doubt produced death ; but he could not positively state the cause of the inflammation itself, which might have been induced by either natural or mecha -1 nical means, such as a violent kick on that part of the person ; but this injury, if it were so, could not have been long inflicted, as the inflammation was evidently of recent origin, and all the rest of the organs were perfectly healthy. When called upon for his defence, the prisoner said that he had only this to state—that be owned he did kick her as described, but the deceased was al vrays in a very ailing state, and was frequently in the night obliged to get up and spit blood, or she would have been choked by it. He displayed a care lessness almost amounting to indifference throughout, and Mr. ARNOLD having directed the depositions of the witnesses to be taken by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, fully committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial upon the charge of murder. the diocesa. If that be not done, the place is no longer a legalised place of worship. Divine worship may be performed in it ; but if it is not legally registered, the parties have no locus standi in court. My friend must prove that there has been a certificate from the court of the archbishop to the court of quarter sessions; and if he do not do that, he cannot proceed any further. Mr. Marratt —I have shown all that is required, and all that we can show. We have no authority, jurisdiction, or power over those courts. Mr. Fisher—lltve you no pa-ver to register at the quarter sessions? Mr.. Marratt— Yes ; but we should be exactly l7i would make r s in the same position us we are n t ow. It l no diffvrence at all. It seems have the opportunity of registering their chapels in two or three different places, and then it is provided that these several courts shall send an account of the chapels registered in them from one court to the other ; so that if a chapel be registered at the quar ter sessions, it must be certified from thence to the court of the bishop of the diocese ; and vice versa. But under these circumstances I contend that we have done all that we have to do, and all that we can do. We are not the clerks of these courts, and have not the means of compelling them to send the certificates from one court to another. DISTURBING A CONGREGATION. (From the Doncaster Gazette). EIIILIP3 V. KING AND OTHERS.—IMPORTANT CASE. Mr. Marratt was for the complainant; Mr. Smith fur the defendants. The case, which is one of im portance in regard to the registration of Dissenting chapels, had been adjourned on two former occasions , the parties not being ready for trial. After some preliminary conversation, it was now agreed that Mr. Marratt should open the case, and then rely upon the decision of the bench, if a point were raised as to the legal registration of the chapel in question. Mr. Marratt said—l have the honour to attend here on behalf of the members of the congregation of Protestant Dissenters worshipping in the chapel in Spring gardens, in this town, who have preferred an in'ormation against John King, of Rotherham, printer ; Mark, Glossop, of Doncaster, shoemaker; and Margaret King, of Doncaster, widow—the charge against those parties being that they disturbed the congregation during the time of divine service. The case has already been brought before the bench, and adjourned until we could complete certain searches with respect to the proper registration of the chapel in questi )n. I had, when it was first brought forward, searched in the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the West Riding at Wakefield, but was prevented making a search in the office of the Clerk of the Peace of Doncaster by the death of the late Mr. Brooke. Since that adjournment I have searched in that office, and also in the court of the Bishop of the diocese of York. And I find that the requirement of the Act of Parliament has been ful filled, which says that Dissenting places of worship shall be so registered. I believe by the same Act of Parliament something is required to be done by the courts of the Bishop and of the quarter-sessions, over which we have no control. But, however, that may be, I shall show that this chapel was registered in May, 1822, and I shall put in evidence to that effect. The information now before the bench refers to two distinct offences, one being committed on the 12th of August and the other on the 21 of September last; and if I should establish either of these cases I have little doubt as to the decision of the bench on a subject of so grave a character. I shall not, however, dwell on the seriousness of the case, because there are some matters which will suggest themselves to the bench without any observations of mine. As I said before, the offences were committed on the 12th of August, and the 2,1 of September, but the principal one was that com mitted on the latter day. On that day, which was Sunday, the congregation were es usual engaged in the performance of divine service, and the disturb ance took place about ten o'clock. It seemed that they assembled at nine, that they began with singing and prayer, then followed an examination of the chil dren as to their religious duties, then prayer again, and subsequently the sermon. About ten o'clock, when the congregation were singing, the parties in the vestry and the whole of those in the chapel were surprised by an incursion from the defendants, who made the disturbance now complained of. It may be necessary to state that the chapel is next door to a house which was formerly occupied by Mr. King, who was some years the minister of the chapel. For the convenience of the resident minister, who bad been usually allowed to reside in that house, a door had been broken out in the wall which divides the house from the vestry of the chapel. But within a very recent period Mr. John King, one of the defendants, had thought fit, for some reason or reasons best known to himself, to open an entrance by taking away the door altogether, thus leaving nothing between the passage of the house, now occupied by Mrs. King, and the chapel vestry. And in consequence of this, and to keep possession, the congregation have thought fit, and have felt it their duty to keep a person al ways upon the premises. On this particular Sunday, Mr. John King, his mother, and a person named Mark Glossop, entered the vestry by this opening, in the wall, and some observation was made by the former to the effect that Mark was to take posses son, " Now, Mark, take possession." Fortunately for them some persons in the vestry prevented the taking possession. An attempt was made, but they did not succeed in taking possession. The disturbance, however, was such as rendered it quite impossible to go on with divine service ; and one by one the congregation left the chapel until the service was completely broken up. If this be proved I shall have established clearly that the congregation were disturbed. From something which has fallen from Mr. Smith I am led to infer that he will have two grounds of defence. But those are matters with which we have nothing to do. It is not for the bench to decide what are the doctrines to be observed in this chapel ; but whether this be so or not I am pre pared to prove that the doctrines now being preached there are those upon which the chapel was originally founded, I can show that no change whatever has taken place in the doctrines held forth in that chapel. That is one of the grounds of difference; and I would now tell Mr. King, who is within the sound of my voice, that he is very wrong if he supposes that on this ground he can prove a title to the possession of the chapel in his own right. Mr. King—l never said so. Mr. Marratt proceeded—lf I show that Mr. King carne in the manner I have described, and said to Glossop " Now, Mark, take possession," what are we to infer but that it was his object to take possession of that chapel ? Or why should he thus interrupt the performance of divine service in the place ? But if he suppose that he will have possession of the chapel by this means he is much mistaken. No, he has no more right to go there and take possession, than he has to go and take possession of the Doncaster parish church, or even the cathedral at York. I will now call the witnesses. Mr. Fisher—Could you not refer this matter to some competent person ? Mr. Marratt—l think not, sir. I have a mass of correspondence here on the subject. I am afraid I could not under the circumstances. Mr. Smith—My friend has been throwing out some very improper observations respecting Mr. King, who is constituted one of the four trustees of this chapel. Mr. Marratt—One of them, Mr. Snow, in Baxter gate, called upon me to say that he is not one. Mr. Smith—l hold a brief written by Mr. Snow, and given to me by him as one of the trustees. Mr. Collinson, the magistrates' clerk—We have nothing to do with that. All we have to do with is the disturbance. The trustees may be left out of the chapel altogether, if it be proved that the chapel is licensed. Mr. Wm. Ibeson, clerk to Mr. Marratt, was called by that gentleman and examined. He said he went on Saturday last to mace a search in the Court of the Archbishop of York for the registry of the chapel in Spring -gardens, in Doncaster. The clerk of Mr. Hudson, the proctor, was with him. This is a true extract from the book, and examined by witness.— [Extract put s uti l t i ): l l, ih —lt was last Saturday afternoon when he searched. Did not search anywhere else. Had not searched in the office of the clerk of the peace at Doncaster. Mr. Marratt then called his next witness—Miss Lucy Phillips. Mr. Fisher —But you have power yourselves to register at the quarter sessions. Mr. Marratt—For some reason or other, it seems, th;s chapel was registered in the court of the bishop of the diocese. It is enough for me to prove that L they have registered the chapel, and it is for others to certify from one to another court. And I contend that it is not incumbent upon us to prove that the return has been made. If it has not been made, we cannot help it, and we have no means of compelling others to make it. We have done all that the Act of Parliament requres us to do • we have registered the chapel in the court of the bishop of the diocese, and surely we are not to be called upon to see that the persons connected with that court make the necessary returns of the chapels therein registered. Mr. Jackson—But the question is whether you are not liable to a penalty if it be not done, and whether it is not your place to see it done. Mr. Marratt—We are not required to do so. We have done all that we can do in showing that the chapel is registered in the proper court. And I submit that I am now entitled to go on with the case. Mr. Fisher—l think it is necessary that you should register every year at the quarter sessions. You are bound to comply with the terms of the Act of Parliament. Mr. Marratt—Had we at this particular time registered in the court of the bishop, and also in the courts of quarter sessions at Wakefield and Doncaster, and could not have proved that it had been duly certified, we should have been just the same as at present, and liable to the same objection. Mr. Fisher—You can go now to the court of quarter sessions at Doncaster and certify, and then for one year you will be protected against all dis turbances. Mr. Marratt—l am very sure we have done all in our power. And if those returns have not been made, and have been neglected by the laches of the clerks, or other causes, it is hard that we are to be deprived of redress for injuries received. Mr. Jackson—lt is your duty to see, from time to time, that the register is complete. dr. Smith—lt is not sufficient that a chapel should be once registered, and no more ; but it must be done once a year. The magistrates retired to consult on the point raised by Mr. Smith. In half an hour they returned in te. court. Mr. Fisher then said that the bench were unani mous in the judgment he was about to give ; but he was happy to say it was one which would not deprive Mr. Marratt of any remedy which his clients were entitled to by law. The Act of Parliament respecting registration was somewhat ambiguous ; and they were not going to express a decided opinion as to whether it were requisite to have an annual registry at the quarter sessions. His own private opinion was that all these Dissenting chapels ought to be regiatered at the quarter sessions once a year. However, they would not on this occasion bind over the parties to appear at the session to answer the charge, nor would they require the complaing parties to appear and prosecute. Two courses were open to them. They could prefer an indictment at the quarter sessions, and proceed directly in the same manner as if the parties had been bound over. If they got an indict ment, they could have a bench warrant, and bring the defendants at once before the court, so that the trial might proceed in due course. Then if they found that registration was necessary, they would save a large sum in expenses, and they could register the chapel at the court of quarter sessions, which would take place in the present month. They would then be on safe ground, and in a position to indict any offending parties with sure grounds of success. He (Mr. Fisher) was the more inclined to think that re gistration was necessary, because he saw in Mr. Archbold's book that the averment of registration at the quarter sessions was an essential part of the form. He had only one other observation to make, and in it the bench were unanimous. They deeply lamented that a respecteble body of Protestant Dissenters, who were no doubt actuated by good motives, should have come before the Court at all ; and they hoped there would be no repetition, either on one side or the other, of the complaint. They earnestly recommended the parties to select some proper person or persons, to whom they should refer the case for settlement. Let the trust deed also be submitted to the same person or persons, who should reside at a distance, and be unconnected with both parties, and who should be at liberty, should occasion require, to call in some legal gentleman to explain the law of case. He had no doubt that in this case both parties were acting from good motives ; but it was to be hoped that they would not again permit such exhibitions to take place as had been partially witnessed on the present occasion. He hoped, too, that what had taken place would have the desired effect of preventing any similar occurrences in future. Mr. Marratt assured the bench that all his clients required was peace and quietness, and that their worship should not be disturbed. If it had not been the case, they would not have come there. Mr. Smith said that as his friend had made" that statement, he must in justice to his clients say that they were persons of very great respectability indeed, and that they were the trustees under the deed prepared by Mr. Baxter in 1842. And further, he would say that it was an undeniable fact, that the parties who had brought this charge against them had changed the form of religious worship from that for which the chapel was originally built. Mr. Marratt—l deity that altogether. Mr. Smith continued—lt was perfectly manifest, and well known in Doncaster, that those persons had changed the form of worship from porio to adult baptism. They now denied the doctrine of infant baptism, which they said was anti-scriptural, and contended that adult baptism was the only baptism allowed by the Scriptures. Thus the place was per verted from its original intention. It was built by subscription, and the trustees were bound to maintain it according to the original form of worship. They had a duty to discharge; and as trustees they were bound to see that the place was not occupied for any purpose but that for which it was built, and that the doctrines stated in the trust-deed should be main tained. These doctrines, however, had been changed ; from poi° baptism they had changed to adult bap tism ; and the defendants had acted as they deemed right under the circumstances. Mr. Collinson said there was a legal way of settling that matter. _ Mr. Smith, after a conference with his clients, said there was another matter, which was that those very respectable clients of his friend were summoned for an assault upon his (Mr. Smith's) clients, having given some black eyes and he knew not what besides. How were these matters to be disposed of ? Mr. Fisher said they could prefer a cross indict ment at the sessions, if they thought proper. It all arose out of the same transaction ; and if the present defendants were indicted at the sessions a cross indict ment could be preferred. No order would be made at present on either of them. The bench were of opinion that Dissenting chapels should be registered annually, and that they could not have protection unless that were done. This closed the case, and the parties on each side, accompanied by several of their friends, left the court. THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE of the board, but the chairman expressed his belief that the alarm which such a proceeding would occa sion in the parish, which was comparatively free from the epidemic, would have a most mischievous effect, and probably bring about the calamity which they were anxious to avoid. Mr. Robinson, the medical officer of the parish, stated that he had seen many cases of cholera which might have been checked, and the lives of the patients spared, by earlier medical assistance. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Mr. Clarkson thought it was unfair to add to this already irregular evidence such statements as these, unless it was intended to give the parish an opportu nity of rebutting them by other testimony. Mr. Liddle could have no means of knowing what the parish had done or were doing to avert the epidemic. Examination continued—He derived his impres sions solely from what was said by the chairman and other directors in the course of the discussion, and he presumed that the parish had not appointed medical visitors, because the chairman declared that the system was a dangerous one, and did more harm than good. Cross-examined—l did not tell the directors that I was surprised the Board of Health had issued such an order. I stated that I was ignorant of their pro ceedings in the matter. I admit having expressed my sense of the obligations due from the public to the board of directors for what they had already done to prevent disease in the parish. My reason for ceasing to act for the Board of Health is the com parative disappearance of the disease. This closed the case on the part of the Board of [lp.Oth. The directors of the poor of St. Pancras were summoned before Mr. Jardine, at Bow-street Police court, on Friday, the sth inst., at two o'clock, to answer the charge preferred by the Commissioners of Health, that they did unlawfully wilfully violate and neglect certain regulations and directions issued in pursuance of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act by the General Board of Health, on the 15th of September, 1849, by which directions they were required " to appoint four duly qualified medical men to devote their whole time to house-to house visitation throughout the affected localities of the said parish." About forty of the directors were in attendance on the day in question, including the churchwardens of the parish, but, on the application of counsel, the hearing of the case was deferred till Wednesday last. The arguments of counsel were then heard, but the proceedings were again adjourned till yes terday, and our report was consequently deferred. As the decision of his Worship, however, has been still further postponed, we present the case as it at present stands. Mr. Bodkin appeared to support the order of the Board of Health, and Mr. Clarkson represented the churchwardens and directors of the poor of St. Pan cras, who again. attended in large numbers, and up., peered by their frequent though irregular expressions of opinion to be made interested in the proceedings. Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case, stated that if he believed there could be the slightest doubt raised in the mind of his Worship, even by the ingenuity of the Learned Gentleman who represented the defend ants, as to the authority of the Board of Health to issue the order now under consideration, he should approach the subject with great anxiety, because not only the parish of St. Pancras, but every parish inthe United Kingdom, would be effected by the decision of the Court, and might claim the right, which St. Pancras had asserted, to regard the directions of that Commission as so much waste paper. It was hardly necessary to refer to the constitution of the Board of Health. The Court was aware that an Act was passed in the 11 th and 12th of Victoria (c. 123) for the better prevention of nuisances and epidemic diseases, by the provisions of which the Board of. Health were empowered, under an order of the Privy Council, to issue " such directions as they may think fit for the prevention and mitigation of epidemic diseases ;" and, further, to "authorise and require guar dians of the poor, and parochial boards, by themselves or their officers, or any person specially or otherwise appointed by them, to execute or aid in the execution of such directions ;" and " to provide for the dispensing of medicines, and such medical aid as may be required," and to do such other things " as may be necessary." This was the general effect of the 10th section of the Act, and such were the regulations and directions which the Board of Health had authority to carry out " any time after the issuing of the order of the Privy Council, and while it remained in force." It would be seen that these powers were invested in the Health Commission so long as this order remained unrepealed ; and in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of 1848, therefore, the Board issued the order in question, directing the guardians of St. Pancras to appoint four competent medical men to devote their whole time to house-to-house visitation. That order was disobeyed. Now he (Mr. Bodkin) would re spectfully ask those gentlemen who had attended upon the summons what had been the results hitherto of the system of house to-house visitation in affected localities ? Surely they could not be ignorant of that which was within the experience of every one else—of the fact that hundreds of lives had been recently spared by the timely arrival of medical aid to arrest the progress of the disease in its earliest stages. The evidence of its operation was all on one side. Mr. Clarkson objected to this mode of dealing with the question before the Court, unless the Learned Counsel intended calling witnesses to show that the state of St. Pancras, at the time this order was issued, was such as to justify the measures directed therein. His clients were as sensible as any body of men, pro bably, of the value of house-to-house visitation when ever there was any necessity for it. Mr. Bodkin did not apply his remarks to any par ticular parish in speaking of the beneficial results of the system. Indeed, he had said all that he wished to say upon that point, wishing simply to urge the importance of the practice of house-to-house visitation. But the defendants, it seemed, choose to set up their discretion in opposition to the judgment of the Board of Health, affirming that in their parish no such pre cautionary steps were required ; and they had been heard to say that they would not tolerate any inter ference on the part of a Government board with their right to manage their own affairs in their own parish, of the exigencies of which they must be the best judges. This was in reality the secret of their op position. Now, the main obj ec t o f this sanitary Act, in investing the Health Commission with absolute powers of control over the parochial boards, was to pat an end to these qu•stions of con flicting authority, and to spare the country the disgrace attaching to such unseemly contentions in a time of pestilence. Hence the power given to autho rise and require local boards to make adequate provi sions to furnish prompt and adequate medical aid, supply medicines, and take such other measures to " prevent or mitigate" disease as they—meaning the Board of Health, and not the parochial board—may deem necessary to meet the exigencies of the case ; so that a local body might not be permitted to set up its private judgment against the experience of the whole world. Let us once permit the parish of St. Pancras to exercise a right of independent control in such an emergency, and we shall find ether parishes, in which the cholera had been and was being attended with the most fearful mortality, asserting the same right, with awful consequences to the public health. He would only ask the Court to contemplate such an opposition, in certain districts, when the cholera was recently at its height. And the fact that the epidemic was now, happily, on the wane did not diminish the authority of the Board of Health, who were alone the properly constituted authorities to exercise a judg ment as to the expediency or necessity of their direc tions. The Learned Counsel then referred to the provisions of the Act of 1849, and the Amendment Act, relating to the recovery of the penalties incurred by local boards ; remarking that even if difficulties should arise upon this point, which he did not appre hend, it had been ruled in the superior courts that the fact of there being a difficulty in indicting for a penalty (as in the case of a quasi corporation) did not in the slightest degree affect the liability of the body. After quoting the Queen and Birmingham, and the North Western Railway case, in reference to this point (which appeared to be regarded of secondary importance), the Learned Gentleman concluded with the observation that he left the case with great confi dence in the hands of the Court. The principal question was one of mere law—the interpretation of the statutes. The defendants would, no doubt, say that the order of the Board of Health was uncalled-for and unnecessary; and his answer to that suggestion was that they (the directors) were not to be the judges—all discretion, for the time being at least, having been invested inn superior tribunal. Copies of the Gazette containing the order of the Board of Health, &c , were then put in, and were about to be read by Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, when that form was dispensed with by mutual consent. Mr. JARDINE wished perfectly to understand the Learned Counsel (Mr. Bodkin) as to one expression in the 10th section. He found the Board of Health therein authorised to do certain things, such as cleans. ing and disinfecting houses, &c., and also to authorise and require guardians and local boards "to provide for the dispensing of medicines," and to afford to persons affected "such medical aid as may be re quired." Required by whom ? Mr. Bodkin—" As may be required" in the judgment of the Board of Health. Mr. Clarkson rose to reply for the defendants It was abundantly manifest that Mr. Liddle, the only witness called for the Board of Health, had furnished, by his own evidence, a complete answer for the present complaint. He had proved that the directors of the poor in St. Pancras, so far from desiring to evade their solemn duties during the awful pestilence with which the metropolis had been afflicted, had ac tually anticipated the Board of Health in the provision of remedial measures in the event of the cholera breaking out in their district. They had neglected nothing ; they had violated nothing. Long before the order came to them they had fulfilled such of its directions as the condition of the parish re quired, by causing the appointment of several addi tional medical officers in the parish. And now, thank God, there was no longer any occasion to take those steps which, if the cholera had raged in the parish, they were fully prepared to take, without the direc tions of the Board of Health or any other board. But, was there any such necessity existing at the time ? Mr. Liddle had answered the question by stating to the directors, on the 18th, his ignorance of the fact that the Board of Health had contemplated issuing such an order to them ; for, such had been the sincerity of his clients, that Mr. Liddle wis compelled himself to admit the obligations due to them for the prompt, active, and efficient exertions they had made to avert the epidemic. Thus much for the moral view of the question, to which his clients wished him more particularly to address himself. Now, as to the legal question. As a lawyer, he was satisfied, firstly, that the order was illegal ; and secondly, that the directors had no power to obey it without violating the local Act by which their own body was constituted. They had no power to appoint medical officers. They had shown their anxiety to do their duty in the late crisis, by going to the parish vestry and using their influence to obtain additional medical officers, but the power of appointing them was exclusively given to the vestry, to whom therefore, if to any one, this impossible order should have been directed. Then, as to the order itself. His clients had no desire to overthrow it on technical grounds; they had a much better ground to go upon, being as sincere as the Board of Health in their desire to preserve the public health ; but any thing more indefinite or absurd could not be well conceived. The Act of 1848 no doubt empowered the Board of Health to direct certain local boards to do such things " as may be required" to meet the exigencies of the case ; and, among other things, he found specified the finding of medicine to be adminis tered in cases of diarrhoea, or other premonitory symp toms of cholera; the appointment of four medical visi tors, &c. But the discretion was evidently intended to be placed in the local board ; it was they who were to judge of what was required in the parish over which they presided. How could it be otherwise? If it was intended that the Board of Health should take these matters into their ;own hands, then they must not not merely direct the appointment of four medical visitors, but state who shall be appointed, where they shall go, and what they shall do. They must spe cify the localities that are affected also; and not only did the order direct certain things to be done, but it required that they should go and see them done. So that, after providing medicines, they would have to see that the people took them—(A laugh)—and if he wished to ridicule the order, he mirth fairly add that, according to the terms in which it was ex pressed, they could not legally administer the slightest relief to any one actually afflicted with cholera, authority being given only to administer the medi cines to such persons as were suffering from diarrhoea or other " premonitory symptoms."—(A laugh.) This was no laughing matter. The fact was that, apart from the fact that the Health Commission had no authority under the Sanitary Acts to issue such an order as this, the thing itself was an absolute nullity. With respect to the penalty, the Learned Counsel for the Board of Health was quite sen sible of the difficulty, he might say, the im possibility, of enforcing it ; and to show that the Le gislature never intended such an interpretation of the 10th clause as was now set up, there was actually pro vision made in the previous Act, which must be read in conjunction with the amended Act, directing that all penalties should go to " the guardians of the poor." So that the Court would be placed in the ludicrous position of requiring the defendant to take 61. out of one breeches' pocket and putting it into the other. He knew perfectly well, as his Learned Friend had just hinted, that there was a fresh provision in the Amendment Act, authorising the appropriation of the penalties, by the Board of Health, for the expenses of these proceedings; but if there was an excess of receipts from this source the guardians could sue the Board of Health for the balance. [Hr. Bodkin in formed the Learned Counsel that he was mistaken, as the excess was to go to the Treasury ; upon which Mr. Clarkson abandoned the argument.] In conclu sion, the Learned Gentleman repeated that his in structions were more especially to justify the board of directors on moral grounds, as their chief anxiety was to be acquitted in the eyes of the public of the im putation which the issuing of this order reflected upon their character as a body. The Board of Health, with out making inquiry, or even permitting themselves to be informed, as to the sanitary condition of the parish or the means taken to prevent disease, and without giving the parties accused of neglect the slightest opportu nity of defending themselves, had taken these extra ordinary and despotic steps (he did not use the term disrespectfully), even while there existed another tribunal, namely, the Poor-law Commission, to whom the directors were responsible for any neglect or breach of the law, and who possessed ample autho rity to require of them the execution of any duty which the Legislature had imposed upon them. jAUDINE said it was extremely difficult to interpret these sanitary Acts, as both the Learned Counsel had admitted; and as he did not feel justified in a case of so much public importance as this to give an off-hand decision, he should take some time to look into the respective clauses and consider the arguments submitted to him. He would adjourn the case, there fore, to Friday, at twelve o'clock. The clerk to the directors, with several of the board, was in attendance at this hour, but his Worship stated that he had not yet had sufficient time fully to satisfy his mind upon the subject, and must therefore again defer his decision. He had sent the solicitors on either side intimation of this circumstance. THE STORM OF SONDAT.—The steamer Bir mingham left Dublin on Saturday evening last for this port, and encountered on her way the terrific gales of Sunday last. On board this vessel there was a heavy cargo of live stock —cows, pigs, and sheep—and upwards of two hundred deck passengers. During the fury of the gale on Sunday morning, Captain Williams, fearing that exposure of the passengers to the " pelting of the pitiless storm" might result in the loss of life, put into Holyhead about nine o'clock in the morning, and re mained there until half-past twelve o'clock that night. Whilst at Holyhead, the captain had the cattle taken out of the hold, and the passengers were placed under cover of the hatches. The gale having moderated, the Birmingham was enabled to put to sea, and reached Liverpool on Monday evening, with the passengers and cargo safe and well. Owing to the length of time the steamer had been out, the stock of provisions laid in by the passengers (the most of whom are persons about to emigrate to America) was entirely consumed, and had it not been for the humanity of Captain Williams, who had a sheep killed and prepared, many lives would have been lost. When the vessel arrived here, the passengers presented a highly complimentary address to Captain Williams, detailing the above facts, and speaking in the highest terms of his humanity and attention.—Liverpool Mercury THE SAILORS HOME.—MUNIFICENCE OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—On Thursday, at a meeting of the board of directors of the above excellent institution, held at the " Home," in Well-street, near the London Docks, for the transaction of general business, the report stated that the establishment was now com pleted, by the erection of the eighth and last dormitory, and which bears the name of the " Adelaide," from the circumstance of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, with her characteristic benevolence, having defrayed the entire cost (420/. ss. 9d.) of its erection. During the past year 112 ships have been manned from the " Home," and 4,633 boarders have been received, making a total during the last fourteen years of 31,992 seamen who have passed through the institution. Advices from Breslau of the 6th of October report the wool market dull with scarcely anything doing for England. The quantity offered amounted t" 25,000 cwts., of which 10,003 had. been d is p osed of, leavin g a stock on hand of 15,000 cwt. to the above date. Mr. Clarkson considered such an interpretation of the words as perfectly preposterous. Mr. John Liddle was then examined by Mr. Bodkin —He stated that he lately held the situation of assistant medical superintendent to the Board of Health, by whose directions he waited upon the directors of St. Pancras at the vestry-room, on the 18th of September last, to ascertain what had been done respecting the order of the board issued on the 15th. The chairman and other directors replied that additional medical officers had been appointed in the parish, previous to their receiving the order, and they had besides an inspector of nuisances constantly on duty; and if the state of the parish was deemed hereafter such as to require it, they were prepared to appoint, or have appointed, medical visitors to go from house to house. Witness reasoned With them upon the necessity of obeying the order DREADFUL EXPLOSION AND I MOLD, OCT. 10 —lt bei ng Ch es t er f a i r to-day, there LOSS OF LIFE. I was very little business done here, with the attendance Last night, shortly before 11 o'clock, much alarm ' small. Wheat, 13s 6d; barley, 9s; oats, 5s 61 to 5s 9d was occasioned in the immediate vicinity of Brook- per street, Bermondsey, by an explosion upon the premises Ehobbet. rtyr„ Ocr. 9.—Having but a few buyers and sellers in the occupation of Mr. Bailin, firework-maker, at this day's market (owing to Ab erge l e f a i r ) , the wheat carrying on business at No. 4, in trade was by no means soetive as l as t wee k ; se ll ers, that street, by which however, appeered equally fi as m as befor e , and main two, if not more, lives were sacrificed, and several taie last week's prices, viz., 14s to 84 s 6d for new.eand persons severely injured. 1.5 s per hobbet of 168 lbs for old. Barley remained It appears that at the time of the calamity not stea d y at l ast quo t a ti ons . Brans and peas continued o c t o fewer than thirteen persons were in the premises, meet a limited inquiry, at late prices. Oats at 6s to 676d ai l i ce d when suddenly a loud explosion was heard, which ing a tolerable s h are of attention, r blew the tiles off the roof of the house, forced the hohbet of 1051bs. windows out, both in back and front, lifted the INVERNESS, OCT, 9.—01 d wheat, per quarter, weighing floorin s from their bearing= 01d 64 barley, per bushel, 45s to 50s; new ditt o , dit to , 4 2s to 44s ; g gs, and sent two children perq ditto,uarter,we2iths to 0 weighing 0 54 5 1 b per bu s h e l 25s sleeping in the first floor out of the window. The to ois; new ditto, extraordinary noise occasioned per by the report had bushel, 21s t o 22 s Od. Oatmeal, imperial att ,oll42llb , 16s per6 d , scarcely subsided when an immense sheet of blue and second, 15s; barleymeal, lls 8d; peasemeal, 14s to 15s ; bran purple flame issued from the various apertures in the per stone , Od to 8 d; first flour, per 2801 b, 36s to 375; second, building, and at the same time men, women, and 28s; oatmeal, best, per ston e o f 141 b i mper i a l, i s 8 d to Os Od; children were to be seen rushing through the fire, second, ,,d l b s. 6d; barleymeal, is 4d; peasemeal, is 6d; first flour, s cash 3s 3s credit; secono, 2s 3d cash, 2s 6d credit. Pots whilst their frantic cries for assistance could he heard Z'oes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 7d ; veal, 4d at a long distance. to 6d; mutton, bel to Ed; pork, 4d to 6d; fowls, each, 00d to At this conjuncture Mr. Perkins, an inspector of God; chickens, per pair, 00d to Qd ; ducks, each, cod t o the A division, with Mr. Hornsby, an inspector of 00d; eggs, pr dozen, 8d to 9d ; butter, fresh, per lb, 12d to the M division of police, arrived with a powerful body Od; salt, 12d to 00d ; croudie (curds) 20 to Od ; four-pound hay, per stone, t t3d o t 7 o d, 9d credit, 60 to 71d; coals, per cwt, 9d ; of constables, which was exceedingly fortunate, as it is quite probable that, had it not been for the assist ance of those officers, several other persons would have lost their lives. Owing to the highly inflammable character of the contents of the premises the flames rose so high as to endanger the houses on either side. Information of the misfortune was promptly forwarded to the engine stations, and, with as little delay as possible, the engines of the London Brigade, with Mr. Henderson, the district foreman, and Mr. Connorton, with the West of England engine, arrived at the scene of de struction. Plenty of water having been. procured from the mains in the district, the machines were in stantly called into operation, and vast bodies of water were thrown upon and into the burning mass ; but, in spite of this, the fl imes continued to spread, and it at as not until the house was gutted that the firemen could get the mastery over the conflagration. That having at length been accomplished, the fire men learnt that several persons were supposed to be in the ruins. Search was, therefore, made for the persons missing. After some time spent in turning over the ruins, the firemen discovered the bodies of two persons, one apparently that of a fine young man about 17 or 18 years of age, and the other that of a boy a few years younger. The firemen were then in formed that one was the body of a person called George, who had resided in Kent-street, Southwark, and worked on the premises, but the other could not he identified. Hr.. and Mrs. Berlin were also so severely injured as to be obliged to be removed to the hospital. Upon calling together the persons who worked and lolged in the premises, it was found that two more were inissiug, and from the account given by those who have escaped, there is no doubt entertained that they have also fallen amongst the ruins. They were both sleeping in the first- floor—one was an infant eighteen months old, the other was a child about four years old. At two o'clock this (Saturday morning) the firemen were busily engaged looking after the bodies, but had not succeeded in finding them. Respecting tho origin of the calamity the following particulars were obtained from one of the survivors. He informed the police that the persons who were in the lower floor were • engaged 'finishing squibs, when, by some means which he could not tell, the top of a naphtha 1 amp used in the room turned over, and the contents of it becoming ignited, fell in a sheet upon the fire-works, and before any one had time to escape the house blew up with a terrible noise. Amongst the number missing is a young woman named Rhoda, but where she came from is not known. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. COAL MARKE' Buddle's W. Hartley 16s 6d Carr's Hartley Chester Main l6s 6d Hasting's Hartley l6s 6d Holywell Main North Percy Hartley.. 16s Od', Ord's Redheugh Ravensworth'sW.Hart 16s Od ranfield Moor Butes l4s 6d Walker's Primrose West Hartley Wall's End, &g. _ _ WAKEFIELD, OCT. 12.—There is a good arrival of wheat and other articles. Wheat is buld with much firmness to-day, and last week's prices fully supported, and for fine samples rather exceeded. More demand for malting barley at a slight improvement. No change in the value of oats and shelling, with a moderate sale. A retail trade for beans at last week's prices. New. Old. WHEAT, per qr. . 601bs per bushel:— s. s. s. s. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... 42 to 45 42 to 45 Ditto, white ... •46 —5O 47 —49 Norfolk and Hunts., red ... ... 40 —43 41 —43 Ditto, white ... 44 —4B 45 —4B Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red 39 —43 40 42 Ditto, white ... 43 —46 43 46 Yorkshire, red .., 39 42 40 42 Ditto, white ... 43 46 43 46 Dantaic and Konigsburg, white .. 45 —49 Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 39 42 Mediterranean, red ... ••• ••• 33 38 BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels: Norfolk and Suffolk... ... 28 30 Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 27 30 Scotch ••• ••• Grinding per 30 stone ... Foreign ... ••• BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 63Ib:— Small, fine ... 30 —32 31 —34 Ticks ... - •.• ... 29 30 29 21 Foreign ... .•• —• ..• —— 26 —3l °NTS, per atone:— , Mealiug • ••• 9d to 101 Feeding 8d to 9d Foreign ... —d to —d SHELLING, per led. of 2611 b •z 3 24 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels PEAS, per Imperial Quarter : Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed 22 - 24 24 - 28 T.—YESTERDAY Eden Main Lambton Primrose Bell Belmont l9s Od Braddvll Hetton Haswell 193 6d Heselden Jonassohns ... 175 6d Lumley lBB Od Lambton Plummer ........ Russell's Hetton 19s 3d Stewart's South Hartlepool Whitworth l6B Od Xdelaide Tees Richardson's Tees l7s 6d , Seymour Tees South Durham lBs Od St. Helen's Tees Pees Garnaut 5t0ne......... 23s Od Iffoward's W. 11. Neth. 16s 6d Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff .... Ships at market, 120. Brown'5... Brown's Gas Clarke Clennell l6s 9d Gosforth Hedley Marton Heaton Hebburn lBs Od Morrison lBs 9. Northumberland Peareth Percy... Urpeth Walker Bil to 10d 91 to 10d 8d to 9d 22-23 34 37 ,• ... - 29 -- SI --- - 2S TALS. ARRI' Qrs. 17,6V9 Rapeseed ... Shelling ... ... ••• 1,113 Linseed .. .. 255 Malt ... ... • • ... Flour ... ... • 11.0 ... RAILWAY SHAKE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 12. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low : Great Western, Quarters, 12% dis.—Ditto, New 171. Shares, Bk/ 2 dis.—Tail' Yale, 5 per cent. Preference, par. LIVERPOW, OCT. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE'.- The share market was very dull to-day, and little business was transacted. Prices had a de clining tendency. The sales are-Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 6j/ 4 dis.- London and North-Western, 110-Ditto, New Quarters, Is. 3d. p.-Ditto, Fifths, 1 1 ,i p.-Midland, .18 1 4-Ditto, Halves, 2078 dis. - North Staffordshire, BJA elis.- South-Eastern and 1* over (No. 4), 5 1 / 8 -York, New cutle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 41. 18s. M.-Dutch Rhenish, 6N dis. MANCHESTER, Our. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. -We have not had such a dull week for a considerable length of time as the past; prices have continued to droop, and very little business has been done_ In consequenee of this week's traffic being more unfavourable. than was anticipated, London and North-Westerns have given way. '1 here has been rather more doing to-day. The following were the quota ions :-London Stock, 110-North Staffordshire, 8 5-16 dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6 3 A t dis. - Old Dovers, 17% - Dover (No. 2), 17 dis -Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, 91, , c.-Caledonian,Preference, 8N - Sheffield, Preference, 16 5-16. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-There was a considerable amount of transactions to-day, and prices remained firm at about last quotations. THE NEW LAW OF BANKRUPTCY.—Yesterday tha new Act, 12 and 13 Viet., cap. 116, to amend and cone solidate the laws relating to bankrupts, came into opera tion. The Act c mte.ins 278 sections, and a number of schedules, containing a variety of forms. It may be regarded as a step towards the codification of general laws. Fiats are now abolished, and proceedings in bankruptcy are to be commenced by " petition." In stead of 30/. in fees at the commencement of a case, 101. is to be paid in stamp duty. Henceforth no trader can pass on nis own petition, unless he has a clear estate of five shillings in the pound for his creditors. There are some stringent provisions as to the conduct of traders both before and after their bankruptcy. Nine offences are specifically mentioned, such as concealing or altering books, making away with property, vexati ous ly i ncurr i ng law expenses, or omitting to keep proper accounts. An appeal is given to one of the Vice-Chancellors in all matters of bankruptcy, especially with reference to the allowance, suspension, or refusal of a certificate. There are also provisions for arrangements of a private cha racter under deeds, and the majority of creditors are to bind the minority. The new rules to regulate the prac tice of the courts are expected to be shortly issued. His Honour Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce will be the At). pellant Judge in Bankruptcy. THE FIRI3 IN LONDON-WALL.—During yesterday (Friday) a great number of firemen and others were en gaged in the ruins of Messrs. Gooch and Cousins' pre mises, in London-wall, collecting the salvage remaining therein. Before six o'clock last evening as many as nine or ten waggon loads of wool, worth some thousand pounds, had been taken from the rains and removed to the Artillery-ground. The wool is but little damaged except by water, and should the weather continue fine, it is expected that the material will be sufficiently dry to be re-stocked in the course of a few days. The whole of the extensive space in front of Carpenter's Hall has also been covered with wool removed from the premises, and it is expected that the whole still remaining beneath the ruins cannot be got out for at least another week, so great is the quantity. A great deal of confusion has been caused in consequence of the bales having been broken by the action of the fire and their contents min gled together; it is therefore impossible to tell to whom the property belonged. The only course, therefore, left will be to sell the bulk by auction and divide the pro ceeds, according to the amounts insured, amongst the different offices interested. The assessors of losses and surveyors to the various insurance offices were busy during the day in endeavouring to ascertain the exact amount of loss, but as yet without success. HACKNEY BENEVOLENT PENSION SocrEm—The tenth annual meeting of the subscribers of this institu tion, founded for the relief of decayed housekeepers and others, was held on Wednesday night, Mr. J. Frankland presiding. The report of the committee expressed regret that the expenses of the last year exceeded the income by 14/. 4s. 4d. There were now twenty-four pensioners receiving 2721. per annum, and unless vigorous efforts were made to augment the society's funds, the Lumber of applicants to be el, cted half -yearly would be much re duced. The fund for building almshouses was progres sively increasing, and consisted of 800/. stock, besides a balance of nearly 301. The report was ri ceived, and after votes of thanks to the committee, secretaries, and to the chairman, the meeting separated. To BLACK GRATES AND STOVES.—Mix a gill of stale beer and two ounces of black-lead together; add a piece of common soda, the size of a nut. Having removed all soot and ash-dust from the grate, rub it over with the mixture. Take a hard brush and rub it well. A great brilliancy will soon be produced. A PuST , OFFICE IN A Fix.—On Sunday morning.- last a small parcel, while being stamped at the poem office, Nottingham, was shivered into many pieces,wh eu to the horror of the stamper, who has been ill ever since, the consternation of the worthy post-master, the fearful excitement of the clerks, sorters, &c., and the confusion of the whole office, the letters and newspapers were scat tered in all directions—from the remains of a glass bottle which had been directed to a teetotal medical gentle man of the town, log out sprung a frog.—Nottingham shire Guardian. BIRTH.% On the Bth inst., at Warwick-road, Upper Clapton, the wife of J. W. Gray, Esq., of twins— girls. On the 9th inst., at the Parsonage, Haggerston, Mrs Gilbert, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., in Paris, Mrs. Clayton Jennyns, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Hartham-cottage, Kentish-town, the wife of John W. Bennett, Esq , of a daughter. On the 6th inst., the lady of Mr. Emanuel Moss, of 24, St, Mary Axe, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Penleigh-house, near Westbury, the wife of the Rev. William Stow, incumbent of Dilton's Marsh. of a son. On the 9th inst., at Portobello, near Edinburgh, the wife of Thomas Coutts Loch, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Sonning, Berkshire, the wife of John Murray, Esq., of Albemarle-street, of a girl. MARRIED. On the 10th irst., at St. Mary's district church, Maryle bone, Captain John, late of the Austrian service, youngest son of the late Edward Gordon, Esq., of Lestriont, N. 8., to Amelia Cherry, youngest daughter of the late Sir Herbert Compton, Ch et Justice of Bombay. At Eliug, Hants, Captain A lexander A. Lighten, 3 5 th M. CharlesN .L, to Aerg,nEessqFollett, youngest daught er o f t h e l a t e a On the 2d inst., at Eatington, Warwickshire, Lieutenant T. J. R. Barrow, R.N., eldest son of Colonel Barrow, late of tha Coldstream Guards, to Martha Sophqt, only child of the late James Hogg, Esq., of Longcourt, Randwick, Gloucester shire. On the 9th inst., Charles Francis Webster Wedderburne, E sq , eldest son of the late Sir James and the Lady Frances Wedderburne, to Ann, youngest daughter of the late William Helyar, Esq., of Coker -court, Somerset. On the 9th inst., at Edinburgh, illiam Henry Oliphant, Esq., second son of the late J. S. Oliphant, Esq., of Rossie, to the Hon. Charlotte Murray, fourth daughter of the late Eight Hon. Lord Elibank. DIED On the 14th ult , at Home-lodge, Hammersmith, Charles Malec. Esq., agocl 72. On the 2;th ult., at the Villa Galli, near Florence, Frances Sophia Mostyn, w if e o f th e H on . Peter Campbell Scarlett, Secretary to her Majesty's Legation in Tuscany. On the 4th inst., at his residence, Windmill-street, Graves end, James Murray, Esq., aged 72. On the Bth inst., William Becher, Esq., formerly a captai a. in H. M. 31st Regiment, or Young Buffs. Ou the I Oth inst, at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. J. T. Hazard, Maria, relict of Samuel Williams, Esq., late of Tot tenham, aged 60. On the 11th inst., in Great Ormond-street, Anne, widow of the late. Major Brodie, formerly of the 4th (or King's Own) Regiment. London: Printed and Publi4l3ed by MURDO YOUNG , G' No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suli Office, Na 1 17, Of Strand, in the Precinct of the Storoy. in the county hVddlezes, Saturday, October 13, 1849, •` f Wheat ... Barley ... ... 3 211 Oats ... 1,313'1 Beans— ... ... ... 759 Peas ... ... ... ... 631 Tares ... ... ... ... LIYERPOOL, OCT. 12.—At this day's market there was a fair attendance of the trade. Wheat of good quality was in moderate request, and an advance of Id per lb was generally established. Now Irish was very difficult to quit at a reduction of Id per 701 es. Oats were rather easier to buy, and oatmeal declined 6d per 2401b5. Indian corn met a good inquiry, but the high prices asked by holders checked sales; yellow, 28s to 28s 6d per 4801bs. Barrel flour brought full prices, bat Irish sack flour receded 6d per 2801bs. Barley, beans, and peas, with a fair demand, brought late rates. NEWBURY, OCT. 11.—We have a large supply of wheat to-day on offer, most of which is of the new crop. There appears a growing feeling that prices have reached their lowest point, and millers being disposed to get into stock, we had a fair demand and a good clearance effected, at fully late rates. Barley an increased supply, with neve disposition to purchase, and last week's prices fully supported. Beans, peas, and hats, short supply, with a very dull sale , at unaltered rates. EXETER, O CT. 12.—Cattle market—Thero was an average supply of stock driven in, but the demand was excessively dull. Fat beef was not worth more than Si per score for the best, but no really superior animals were on offer, and prices ranged from 7s to the latter figure. Neither barreners nor any description of store bullocks were much inquired for. Barreners, 4s to 5s per score; cows and calves, 6/ los to 131; yearlings, 3/ 10s to 41 4s each; butchers' calves, 4d to 5d per lb. The demand for sheep was equally dull, good fat whethers were offered, by weight, at 414 per lb, and the best could be purchased at &id; ewes, 4d to 4#d per lb; store Rhe th er3, 30s to 33s each. A moderate supply of store pigs, but a slow sale. Pork Carcases—A large supply; prices ranged from 7s to 8s 3d per score. Pan nier—Tui keys, 4s 6d to 6s 61 each; geese, 4s to 6s ditto; ducks, 3s 63 to 5s per couple; fowls, 2s 61 to 4s ditto; pheasants, 5s 61 per brace; partridges, 2s 6d to 3s ditto; hares, 2s 6d to Ss each; roasters, 3s 6.1 to 5s ditto; butter, lld to is per lb ; eggs, 16 to 18 for Is; potatoes, 7d to 8d per score; turnips, 4d. Corn Exchange, one o'clock —Up to this hour the attendance has been but small, and as yet but little business has been done. Good English wheat is certainly worth quite as much as it was last week, the price ranging from 5s to 5s 6d; but this latter price, so far as we have heard, was only given in two instances, and the ruling figure for good sound English warranted wheat is 5s 8d per bushel. Foreign wheat is still relatively higher. Polish Odessa, to be delivered at Bridgwater, was offered at 40s per qr, 60Ibs to the bushel. French red wheat, at Exeter Quay, at 41s, and white ditto at 46s per qr. Not much is doing in barley, but malting samples must be quoted at 3s 6d to is 9d per bushel. New oats, 2s to 2s 2d ditto. Fine sour, 30s to 31s per sack of 2801bs. Two o'clock—There has been a fair stroke of business done, and a consider able portion of the best English wheat has sold at 5s 6d per bushel, some of our most respectable and influential merchants and millers having bought freely at the latter price. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, 00T. 11.—The sales of the week are again on a very limited scale, and prices are with difficulty supported. The refined market continues much depressed.—Bristol Mercury. SCARBOROUGH, OCT. 11.—The supply of wheat to-day is again large, prices continue to go down, and the de mand is very slow. In barley and oats no alteration. New wheat 5s 6d to 6s, old do 6s to 6s ad per 5 stones ; new oats 8d to 9d, old do 9d to 10d per stone ; malting barley 26s to 275, grinding barley 245 to 25s per qr of 32 stones ; superfine flour 37s to 38s, seconds do 32s to 33s per sack of 20 stones. KNARESB /ROUGH, OCT. 10.—We had a very large show of all descriptions of grain at this day's market, aid in wheat we have to quote a decline of is to 2s per qr. No alteration in other grain. Wheat 4s 6d to 5s ad, beans, 4s 3d to 5s per bushel, barley 26s to 295, oats 19s to 21s per qr. WETHERRY, OCT. 11.—The following are the prices of corn, &c., in our market of th is dap : —White wheat 16s to 193, red do 16s 6d to 17s ; barley 255 to 28s per qr, beans 12s 6d to 143 per load, oats 91 to 10d per stone. RIPON, OCT. 11.—Our market was well supplied with grain this day. The demand for good samples of wheat was extensive, and at a slight improvement in price. In oats, barley and beans no alteration. Wheat, white, 5s 6d to 63 3d, red do 4s 9d to t 9d, beans 43 to 4s 6d per bushel ; barley 24s to 30i ; oats 15s to 22s 61 per quarter. LLANGEFNI, OCT. 11,—Wheat, from 40s to 42s per quarter; barley, 22s to 245; oats, 13s to 14s. Butchers' stalls, beef, 41 to 5d per lb; mutton, 5d to Gd; veal 3d to 4.1; fowls, is 61 per cauple; geese, 9 s 3d to 3s; fat ducks, 23 to 2s 21 per couple; eggs, three for 211. DENBIGH, OCT. 10.—The average prices of corn at to-day's market were as follow;—old wheat, 155; new ditto, 13s 61 to 14s; barley, from 9s to 10s. old oats, Gs; new ditto, 5s to 5s 6d per hobbet; fresh butter from 9d to 10d; oat ditto, Id to Bd_ per lb. • iron .slftt ins Ta - two can In tl cete ' Cats wits mag .~_ ink.: for serte -- • perk reiine, by m - hon. • for tt • abash with quail L. 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