The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1849 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. DIE CESAREWITM—The following are a few addi tional particulars of this race:—Miss Ann took a decided lead immediately after starting, followed, in a ruck, by Smuggler Bill, Itaby, Amazement, Glenalvon, Legerde main, Malton, Vatican, and several light weights, in their rear being Lady Evelyn and Dulcet. This order continued to the bushes, where Vatican and Smuggler Bill were beaten off. Miss Ann maintained a slight lead a few yards down the hill, and was then passed by Malton, Glenalvon, Raby, Legerdemain, Easedarius, Lady Evelyn, and Amazement, the latter having a slight lead. In the bottom, however, Legerdemain took up the running, followed by Raby and Lady Evelyn, and in this order the race finished, Legerdemain pinning cleverly by a length, the same between Baby and Lord Chesterfield's mare; Essedarius fourth, Malton fifth, and Glenalvon sixth. Miss Ann ran under protest, on the grouud that she has been running under a wrong description. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. CAMBRIDGESIME STAKES. Bto 1 agst Legerdemain 20 to 1 agst Glauca 10 to 1 agst Raby 20 to I agat Malton 16 to I agat Woolwich 25 to 1 apt Gilllingwood 16 to 1 sgst Ribaldry Match (Eioughto❑ Meeting)—Even betting between Beehunter and Clincher, the former for choice. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Pitsford (t) 30 to 1 agst Clincher (t) Clincher was recently purchased by the Earl of Airlie, WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Sweepealies of 50 soya. each, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b•• fillies, Bst 51b; not engaged in the July, Cbe.ter• field, Rutland, Clear well, or Prendergast. A winner of 200 boys, or upwards to carry 51b extra. Criterion Course. (7 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Officious Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; for two yrs old, 7st 31b ; three, 9,t; fillies allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 80 sovs.. if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) Col. Feel's Gladiator f, 2 yrs (G. Brown) I Mr. Merry's Countess, 2 yrs (W. Oates) 2 Mr. Lister's Rochester, 3 yrs (J. Sharp) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's Snowdrift, 2 yrs (Dockeray) 4 Duke of Richmond's Buffalo Gal, 3 yrs ...(Flatman) b Betting-2 to 1 agst Malibran f, sto 2 agst Rochester, 3to I agst Snowdrift. The Gladiator filly made nearly all the running, and won easily by a length. Run is 1 min. 17 sec. Match-200, Bst 71b each D.M. Mr. Payne's t,lauca . (Flatman) 1 Lord Stanley's Strongbow (F. Butler) 2 Betting-7 to 2on Glauca. Won by a length. Run in 1 min. 47 secs. The Town Plate of 501; for three yrs old, ist 41b; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst Illb; six and aged, 9st Ilb. The winner to be sold for 200 sou., if demanded, &c. T. NI. M. Mr. Death's Antagonist, .5 yrs (W. Abdale) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Sauter la Coupe, 3 yrs ...(Rodney) 2 Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy, 4 yrs (Wintringham) 3 Major Pitt's Lazybones, 4 yrs (Sly) 0 Doke of Richmond's Buffalo Gal, 3 yrs (G. Brown) 0 Mr. Raassbottom's 1, by Velocipede, out of Miss Wilfred, 3 yrs (Pettit) 0 Mr. Crawfurd's Glutton, 4 yrs (S. Rogers) 0 Mr. Daley's Dover, 4 yrs (Bartholomew) 0 Betting-2 to I agst Dover, 3to 1 agst Swiss Boy, 5 to 1 agst Glutton, and 6 to I agst any other; the winner not mentioned. A very fine race, entirely between the first three, ended in favour of Antagonist by a head, half a length between the second and third; Miss Wilfred filly a very bad fourth. Run in 3 min. 38 sec. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 so's. each, 10 ft, for two yrs old. Last half of Ab. M. Mr. Undummy's Young Bamboo, Bst 41b (Pettit) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Slang, Bst 81b (Tern pleman) 2 Lord Strsthmore's Second Hand, 7st 101 b (J. Smith) 3 Duke of Bedford's Scamps Via, Sit 41b...(F. Butler) 0 Mr. Bouverie's Harding,stone, Bst 21b ...(G. parson) 0 Mr. Payne's Sergius, 7st 121 b (Flatman) 0 Bitting-5 to 2 agst Hardingatone, 3to 1 agst Ser gius, and 4to 1 each agst Scamps Via and Slang. The winner made all the running, and won by a length. Run in 55 seconds. _ . The - Bedford Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b.; 31b allowed,lec. Winners of sweepstakes amounting to 500 sovs., with 10 subs or upwards, to carry 71b, all other winners of sweepstakes or plates to carry 31b extra; weights accumulative up to 101 b. To start at the Ancaster Post and finish at the Duke's Stand. (11 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Nutshell, Bst 71b (Marlow) 1 Mr. Nevis's fby Nutwith, out of Agnes, Bst llo...(Sly) 2 Col. Peel's Sisyphus, Bst 101 b (Flatman) 3 Lord Chesterfield's f by Don John, Bst 41b (F. Butler) 4 Betting-6 to 5 agst Sisyphus, and sto 4 agst Agnes filly. No other menti , .)ned. The Agnes filly made the running into the curds, where Nutshell, who had been waiting on her, wont up and won cleverly by a length; the same between second and third. Run in 1 min 22 sec. Sweepstak• s of 200 s ,vs. each, h ft, tor three yrs old fillies. Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.) Lord Chest,rfirld's Lady EvFl n Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie -Withdrew her stake. Mitch, 100, h ft, A F.—Lord Bateman's Goodwood, 3 yrs, Bst 7th agst the Duke of Bedford's Mato, 4 yrs, Bst 41b. Off by consent. SALE OF HORSES.—Justice was sold this morning for 51 gutne,s, Win fur 56 guineas, and Slashing Alice for 150 guineas. NEWMARKET, WEDNF.SDAY NiQUT. EN ritiEs FOR THURSDAY. llanlicarfo; three yrs old. D.Nl.—Sidney, St. Denis, P,,quita, The Probe, Cotton Lord, Chicot, Snow storm, Rearguard. Sweepstakes of two yrs old and upwards. First half of Ab. M.—Farthingale, 3 yrs—Le Beau. 2 yrs—Bishop of Romford's Cob, aged—The Old Fox, 3 pi—Philoso pher, 5 yrs—Mounseer, 3 yrs—Shropshire Witch, 4 yrs —Re , onant, 2 yrs—Oquytos, 3 yrs—Chatterer, 3 yrs —The Fiddl.-r, 4 yrs—highland Fling, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes for two yrs old. Winner to be sold for 150/. T.Y.C.—Rubina, General Sedlitz, Blondette. Handicap Plate. A.F.—Wanota, 5 yrs—St. Antonia, 4 yrs—Cotton Lord, 3 yrs—Rathmines, 5 yrs—Sister to hammer and Tongs, 3 yrs—Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs—Radul phus, 6 yrs—Bl f, by Velocipede, ca,t of Miss Wilfred, 3 yrs—Tarn Wadlin,3 yrs—Abel Kader, 3 yrs—Houn seer, 3 yrs—The Comet, 3 yrs—The Probe, 3 yrs— Maid of my Soul, 4 yrs—Westow, 3 yrs—Black Cock, 5 yrs—R ,sslyn, 4 yrs—Paquita, 3 yrs—Quinine, 3 yrs —lone, 3 yrs—Keleshes, 5 yrs—Cymba, 4 yrs—Knight Errant, 3 yrs—Flapper, 3 yrs—Smuggler Bid, 6 yrs— The Juggler, 3 yrs—Dulcet, aged—Borneo, 3 yrs— Ben Lomond, 6 yrs—Thringarth, 3 yrs—Colocynthis, 4 yra—Nautila, 5 yrs—Snowstorm. 3 yrs. LATEST BETTING. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 10 to 1 agst Ribaldry 12 to 1 agst Glauca 12 to 1 agst Woolwich 15 tc 1 agst Mahon THE 15 to 1 ng9t Knight of Avi nel—t. 115 to 1 agst Legerdemain 20 to 1 agst Crucible 25 to 1 agst Joe o'Sot—t. 25 to 1 apt Nunnykirk. DERBY. 1 20 to 1 agst Clincher MANCHESTER WATERWO RKS, BURSTING OF THE WEIR AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY BY THE FLOOD.—A violent snow and thunder-storm occurred on Friday last at Glossop, at the foot of some of the Yorkshire and Derbyshire hills. Since that occurrence the exceedingly heavy and continuous fall of rain and snow on the summit of the hills in question has been productive of serious consequences. The Manchester corporation has commenced a series of works for the collection of the five streams which flow from these hills through the Longdendale Valley, principally fed by some powerful springs near Woodhead, with a view to supplying Manchester with this water. The cost of the reservoirs and other works will probably be not much less than a million of money, and their con struction proceeded very satisfactorily up to Sunday last, when an accident occurred which will probably throw the works back by several months. For about ten days there had been an almost uninterrupted fall of rain on the hills. The weather cleared up for some hours on Saturday, but about ten o'clock on Saturday night the rain commenced again, and never ceased till ten o'clock on Sunday night. The water came down literally in torrent 4. About two o'clock on Sunday the flood down the Eden brook so completely overtopped the new weir which the company have erected across that stream, as to completely carry off the coping of the immense barrier of stone-work. In consequence of the break ing down of this weir the new river course, for the purpose of carrying off the floods, was rendered useless, and the water, consequently impounded into the valley behind the embankments of the river (which had been raised to about twenty-four feet above the pipes), and collected there, until half-past five o'clock on Sunday evening it flowed over the top and cut down and swept away the embankment itself. The immense volume of water thus liberated from all control burst down the vale of the Etheron with fearful violence, sweeping everything before it. The lower story of the mills of Messrs. Hobbs and Sidebottom was flooded in an instant. From two to three thousand pieces of printing cloths and shirtings were entirely destroyed in this mill, besides a quantity of yarns, and the flood washed down the day and Sunday-school attached to the premises, and part of a warehouse. It also washed down a great number of yard walls, and the fences of the sur rounding fields. A bridge for carriages across the partly river Etheron at this point was swept . away, and will have to be re-erected, sever a l of the piers be ing destroyed. Other buildings and property of various kinds fell a prey to the overwhelming flood, and it is supposed that the loss altogether will be about 3,0001. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Friday, N ov. 2, at his residence in Park-lane, for the reception of the Lord Mayor elect, in order to signify Her Majesty's approbation of his Lordship. On the same day (the first of Michaelmas Term) the Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., in Park-lane, and will afterwards proceed to his Court at Westminster, where the Noble and Learned Lord will sit on that day. During the remainder of the terra the Lord Chancellor will sit at Lincoln's Inn. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT CHARLOTTE HARRIS. — A memorial adopted at a public meeting held at Taun ton, praying for a commutation of the sentence of death pronounced upon this unfortunate woman, at the last Summer Assizes at Bridgewater, for the murder of her husband by poison, but the execution of which sentence was stayed on account of her being enciente, has been answered by Sir George Grey to the effect that he sees no grounds to warrant his interference with the due course of law, AUSTRIA. AND HUNGARY. VIENNA, Ocr. 4.—The Hanseatic Consul at Con- ! stantinople has sent a letter to Berlin, dated, Sept. ' 21, in which he states, that both the Russian and Austrian Ambassadors at Constantinople, Messrs. Von Sturmur and Von Titoff, had quitted the ca pital on the 2d of October. Comorm was delivered up to the Imperial troops on the eve of that day. The tete-du-pont was oc cupied, and two battalions of infantry took up their positions within the walls of the city. In the morning, the Hungarian soldiers, to the number of about twenty-five thousand men, received their pay. They manifested complete indifference regarding the fall of their city. This, however, is not the case with their leaders. The above intelli gence is confirmed by an official report, dated, Head-quarters, Acs. Szemere, Haynik, and Ivanka, have actually effected their escape from Widdin. The Pasha him self furnished them with passports. Kossuth is furious that he has not been able 1 ,03 obtain a similar favour, and also that he has been so shamefully abandoned by all his former partisans. Another account says he was completely stripped, and has also effected his escape to the mountains in Cephalonia. Intelligence from Corfu, of the 30th, says the Lord High Cornmiisioner and the President of the free towns of the lonian Isles are doing all in their power to get possession of the insurgent chiefs. Fourteen individuals had already been tried, and were sentenced to death by hanging, at the time our informant quitted the islands. Sixty three persons received corporal punishment, and according to the extent of their crime received the additional sentence of from one to several years' imprisonment. One of them was sentenced to impri sonment for life. On the 19th, 250 shops were destroyed by fire in the Bazaar of Suo ; the damage was estimated at 1,500,000 piastres. It is not known whether the Government will permit the Bazaar to be rebuilt of stone. BERLIN, OCT. 7.—The Government has given M. Von Bodelschwing, its Plenipotentiary at the Ad ministrative Council, an order to make immediate pro positions relative to a speedy convocation of the Diet. to regulate the affairs of Germany. There has not been any note of the kind received. Like all imper fect intelligence, the report has originated from incor rect statements. The actual version is as follows : On occasion of the Swiss disputes, M. Von Wesen dorff, Plenipotentiary of Russia, communicated to M. Schleinitz, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a confidential dispatch from M. Von Nesselrode, in which that Minister expressed to its Envoy the desire to see Prussia and Austria of one accord on the Swiss question. Among other things, he called the general attention of the Cabinet of Berlin to the fact that the action of Prussia depended entirely on its good understanding with Austria. It appears that M. Von Schleinitz subjected this note to the same fate that befel the note of Lord Palmerston on the Ilungarian question. INTRAMURAL BURIALS. On Tuesday evening the National Society for the sup pression of Burials in Towns held a meeting at their rooms, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Mr. G. A. Walker, president, in the chair. The minutes of the previous 1 meeting having been confirmed, Mr. TIIICKE read a copy of the memorial presented to Sir George Grey, Bart., and the Secretary of State's reply thereto. The memorial, which was voluminous and comprehensive, stated that the society was convinced, from long okservation and innumer able facts that the burial of the dead amidst the living was demoralising, dangerous to public health, and destructive of life, as being an active agent in gene rating cholera and other maladies—and that supported in that conviction by a Select Committee of the House of Commons in 184 - 2 —by the House of Commons in 1845—by every enlightened person—by members of —the:medicalfaculty — by a large portion of the clergy by the press almost universally—and, finally, by the Board of Health—they respectfully suggest to the Secretary of State the propriety of advising her Majesty to issue an Order in Council for the imme diate closing of all graveyards in cities and towns—a measure that would be attended with the most sani tary results, and which would receive the approbation of the Legislature and secure the thanks of her Ma jesty's liege subjects. To which the Secretary of State gave the sub joined reply : " Whitehall, October, 1849. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter trans. mitting a memorial from the committee of the Society for the Abolition of Burials in Towns, on the subject of intramural burials. " C. J. Thicke, Esy." 't H. WA:DDINGTON. Upon the imition of Mr. WILSON, the answer was entered on the minutes. Mr. Tuicae real the following letters :—From Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., congratulating the society upon the public being alive to the barbarism and un healthiness of intramural burials ; from Mr. Wake• field, Macclesfield, stating that measures were being taken and public meetings called there to close the overgorged churchyards, as being the primary cause of disease and death; from Waterford, announcing that in that city all the burial places were about being closed; and from an inhabitant, complaining of the overcrowded, disgusting condition of St. Paul's Churchyard, Covent-garden, which, according to the writer, was so full that the bodies were interred Iwithin a foot of the surface, and sent forth a most pestilential stench. The CHAIRMAN alluded to a communication received from certain inhabitants of Hampstead, respecting the non- interment of a body that was kept in a house four months. Through the interference of the society measures were taken to bury the body. Mr. A. MARSHALL felt it to be his duty to expose the disgusting, unhealthy condition of St. Giles's churchyard, which, in 1808, was deemed so over crowded, that an Act of Parliament was passed to enable the authorities to raise money to purchase more ground for interments; which Act remained a dead letter to the present day. It had been closed ten years, and then re-opened. Since then 700 bodies had been annually buried there, in a space under ten acres.—(Hear, hear.) He had seen grave. diggers at work there before six in the morning. It was un necessary for him to tell the meeting that the most disgraceful methods were adopted to clear away and make room for fresh bodies. The smell, at certain times, from the burial-place, which was saturated with human remains, was dreadful. In 1817 the then vestry clerk complained of its having been kept open ; and Pennant, in his work on London, described it as an abomination, and that he bad seen pits filled with human bodies in it, while others were left open for new corners. Ile (Mr. Marshall) heard that the Board of Health and the parochial authori ties were in communication respecting its immediate closing.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN , from his knowledge, declared St. Giles's to be one Of the most crowded churchyards in London. In less than ten acres of ground it contained 48,000 bodies. A. witness before the Select Com mittee of the House of Commons was asked when it would be filled? He replied, "I have asked the same question, and was told that . it would never be full."—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Mr. SHAND begged to direct the ;attention of the meeting to the frightfully dangerous condition of St. slave's and St. John's burying grounds, Tooley-street. They were surcharged to repletion. From 1832 to 1847 upwards of 4,500 had been buried in the narrow space which these grounds occupied. When in office he and his brother officers did all in their power to close them. He had a committee of inquiry appointed, comprising the rector, himself, and others, who examined the old ground, and found that the bodies were interred within eighteen and nineteen inches of the surface, and some so close to it that they touched the coffins as they walked along—(Hear)—yet the villainy of sextons, grave-diggers, and otht-rs, suc ceeded in continuing these abominations. Within a few years twenty-eight members of one family were buried in one grave. The grave-diggers could, by boring, tell the state of the coffins underneath, and whether the bodies were fat or lean, or putre fying. Southwark churchyard was also overgorged. A short time since a young grave-digger belonging to it died. Before his death, addressing his brother workman, he said, " Jim, bury me close to the church. There you will not have to cut me up." And so he was buried. But, after the fire, his and the bones of hundreds were disturbed. The school-house, containing 250 children, was built close to the churchyard, the efliuvia from which was so dreadful, that the police told him that, especially in the morning, they were compelled to take it " wide width," that is, avoided it as much as possible.— (Hear, hear.) He regretted that these abominations, so offensive to the sight and so dangerous to health, were tolerated, although they had sufficient money to purchase new ground. The rector told him that, when he read the burial service, he invariably adopted the precaution of taking his position on the bide whence the wind blew.—(Hear, hear.) !, Cross u thvv B a o r i l l c e , s, w , b in" The CHAIRMAN said that in 1839 a vestry was held hen ly a in r g e . s g o r lu nn ti nd resolution f N o v r as re- p o r p np en n i s n e g d, the in consequence of the aversion that existed to bury in the " Irish Corner ;" a corner that had been cleared to make room for a bodies.thousand On hame to bury . that occa sion one gentleman said th a t it was a s in such a crowded neighbourhood within 18 inches h of s the surface. It was even suggested that th co urse would be to remove th e f ragments of flesh fle e sh t and bones, with the coffin-wood, if the expense was not too great. The funds of the vestry and the health of the living were placed on opposite scales ; the former preponderated.—(Hear, hear.) He was not astonished at the police being annoyed by the effluvia from graveyards, for their dark colour and loose tex ture made them excellent absorbing surfaces, During the day the superficial stratum absorbed the heat emitted from the sun ; at night the earth lost by radiation the heat it had received in the day, and the gases eliminated from the grounds, obeying the impulse of gravity, ascended, scattering themselves over the human habitations of London ; if heavier, they remained diffused through the lower strata, poisoning the inhabitants living close to and under graveyards.—(Hear, hear.) He had strong hopes in the good intentions of Government, and felt confident that her Majesty's advisers would comply with the prayer of the people, and put down for ever burials amidst the living.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. EvANs was willing to give Government the benefit of good intentions ; still, when he beheld the Board of Health passing over their President, Mr. Walker, and going wild chases in search of infor mation, he could not conceal his disapprobation of such conduct.—(Hear, hear.) If any man could give information upon intramural burials, Mr. Walker, who dedicated upwards of ten years to uprooting and exposing the abomination, and who not only devoted his time, but also his purse to that object, was the man.—(Hear, hear.) Why, then, had the Board of Health thus passed over Mr. Walker ?—(Hear, hear.) He wished to know how the bodies of paupers were to be carried out of London ? The CHAIRMAN—By rail or river. A sweeping legislative enactment—and nothing else would do— would meet every exigency. Dr. G. G. WaTsox, of Liverpool, informed the 'meeting that in Liverpool the authorities and the Board of Health were consulting upon the best mode of closing the graveyards, and of carrying into exe cution Mr. Walker's measures. After some further observations by Messrs. Watt, Tennant, Harrben, and other gentlemen, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—We stated in our last, that there had been an increase of business, both in yarns and goods, on the two preceding days, accom panied with rather more of cheerfulness than had previously prevailed, though without any improve ment in prices. We have now to state, that on Satur day, the disposition to purchase became somewhat further apparent ; and the result was that the aggre gate business of the three days reached an amount by no means inconsiderable. It would appear that the low range of prices has been lat terly attracting the attention of merchants and others, and inclining them to operate. Just as this fact begins to show itself, the Europa's accounts from the States, tending to strengthen the prevalent appre hension of a backward and short crop of cotton, give rise to a very extensive speculative and trade demand in Liverpool, whereby id. per lb. is added to the value of current American qualities, and id. to s.l6d. to that of other descriptions. The effect upon our own market has been an exhibition of excitement to-day, which contrasts most singularly with the apathy of buyers and the spiritlessness of sellers, precisely a week ago. Spin ners have universally raised their prices ; and, indeed, many have declined to sell at present, preferring to wait and see what course events may take. The transactions have, however, been on a fair scale, at jd. and, in some instances, id. advance. In goods it has been more difficult to obtain higher rates than in yarns, and in many kinds the attempt has failed; but in others lid. more has been realised. The market has, however, been a most irregular one in all departments. We observe much uncertainty and anxiety Is to the course which things may now take. All parties are perplexed and embarrassed; and although it is generally felt to be almost impossible that yarns can now go any lower, but, on the contrary, are likely to go higher, the satisfaction which this impressioa is calculated to afford is seriously diminished by the apprehension that the whole benefit will be absorbed by the in creased price of the raw material. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a tolerably good attendance of buyers in the market to-day, and the business transacted has been much the same as that of the previous Monday, both in price and amount. In the wool market there is no change worth reporting, except that prices are firm, and the demand is limited. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.--We have still to notice a continued activity in the throwing de partment; and the manufacturers, in some in stances, are working to order for particular classes of goods. The weavers may be said to be fairly employed ; and in the dyeing depart ment we are happy to report an improvement. The late news from China, coupled with the general activity of this and the continental markets, is having its effect on the prices of raw silks, and from the tenor of the accounts, it is likely that present rates will lie fully maintained, with a probability of advance in the finer descriptions of Chinas ; as those, when contrasted with the prices of Italian silks, may I now be considered below their value. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—For the season the market has been good. The fancy manufacturers have not many orders in hand, but hope that, as the season advances, business will improve. Many very superior patterns have been shown. Wool remains firm, but not much doing. HALIFAX, SATURDAT.—The demand for worsted goods, both plain and fancy, is pretty much the same as it has been for the last week or two ; and there is no change in the quotations. The spinners are still full of orders, and some sorts of yarns have realised rather higher rates. The sales of wool are not extensive, as the spinners are generally well stocked; but the market exhibits considerable firmness. LEEDS, TIIESDAY.—No change since our last ; market flat to-day, but rather more goods delivered to order. Prices unaltered, stocks in the Cloth Halls light; business in the warehouses still continues rather quiet. wet silk handkerchief, or worsted stocking, or other flannel substance, drawn over the face, without being folded, permits free breathing, and excludes the smoke from the lungs. 4. In the event of being unable to escape either by the street-door or roof, the persons in danger should immediately make their way to a front room window, taking care to close the door after them; and those who have the charge of the household should ascer tain that every individual is there assembled. 5. All persons thus circumstanced are earnestly entreated not to precipitate themselves from the window, while there remains the least probability of assistance ; and even in the last extremity, recourse may generally be had to joining sheets or blankets together, fastening one end round a bedpost or other piece of furniture in the room. This will enable one person to lower all the others separately, and the last may let himself down with comparatively little risk. In all such cases it is advisable, if possible, to select a window over a doorway rather than over an area. FOR BYSTANDERS. 6. On an alarm of fire it should be the object of all persons to direct their of to save the inmates, and see that instant notice is forwarded to the en ,sine and escape stations; also ladders and ropes should be sought for. 7. Two well qualified persons (constables or others) should ascend to the roof through the adjoining houses; it is often the case that most efficient assistance can from thence be rendered the inmates by an entrance to the upper part of the house on fire, either by the attic windows, the loft door, or by removing the tiles. 8. When the fire occurs in a narrow street or court assistance can be given most efficiently from the windows of the opposite house, particularly by means of a ladder placed across the street from win dow to window. 9. When no other means present themselves the bystanders had better collect all the blankets, bed ding, &c., at hand, and thus be prepared for the inmates throwing themselves from the wiudows ; if there be a scarcity of bedding a blanket or carpet held stretched out by several persons will serve the pur pose. At each of the City police-stations a jumping sheet is always at hand, and has frequently proved of great use. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 10. (More Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) HENRY PATERSON'S BANKRUPTCY. The bankrupt was a horse dealer and the proprietor of the Hippodrome, Notting-hill, Bayswater. His debts are said to be about 5,0001., including 1,0781. due to Messrs. Tattersall, 5001. to the Mercers' Company (for which the company has the security of two other names), and about 1,0001., as put into the bankrupt's business by Mr. James, nephew of Mr. James, of the firm of Howell and James. This was a meeting for the proof of debts and the choice of altrade assignee. Mr. Pain (of the firm of Pain and Heatherley) ap peared on behalf of the creditors, and Mr. Wettoß for Messrs. Tattersall. Mr. Fry also appeared on behalf of Mr. Delarue wholesale stationer, and father-in-law of Mr. James, to watch the proceedings. Messrs. Tattersall tendered a proof for 1,0781. on a bill of exchange for 1,0001., with expenses thereon. An objection having been taken to the proof; Mr. Richard Tattersall, jun., said the bill was the accept ance of the bankrupt, as drawn upon him by his father, Mr. Paterson, sen., and had been received by their firm from the latter, in liquidation of a debt. The CommissioNtstam-Was the bill received by yoarself from Mr. Paterson, senior ? Mr. Tattersall —No, your Honour. The CommissioNza—Ts the member of your firm present who did receive it ? Mr. Tattersall—No. The COMMISSIONER—Then call the bankrupt. The bankrupt was called, and his evidence went to show that his father called upon him, and told him that if he would give him his acceptance, Messrs. Tattersall would cash it for him. He thought it very kind of Messrs. Tattersall, and gave the acceptance. About an hour afterwards he received a messsage from Messrs. Tattersall. Upon waiting on them, he was informed that his father being largely i❑ their debt, they could not discount the bill, but would re tain it as security for the father's debt. To this pro posal he consented. Mr. WETTON informed the Court that his client had subsequently obtained judgment against the bank rupt for the amount now sought to be proved. The COMMISSIONER-1n what manner was the judgment obtained ? Mr. Wetton—By default. The COMMISSIONER—Then that goes for nothing, Mr. Jones, a creditor upon a bill of exchange for 721., submitted that his Honour would not admit the proof upon such evidence. Mr. Wetton submitted that the bill having been re ceived for a bond fide debt, due to his clients by the bankrupt's father, and judgment having been obtained thereupon, the proof must be admitted. The CoadMiSstoNEa—l will allow it to be entered as a claim, and to be the subject of further consider ation on a future day. But 1 will not receive it as a proof. Mr. WETTON trusted his Honour would so far al low it to be received as to admit his clients to vote in the choice of assignees. The COMMISSIONER—I will not. A somewhat warm discussion then ensued between the contending parties, in which Mr. Fry, Mr. Wetton, and others took part. As far as could be ascertained, Mr. Fry alleged that the bankrupt had never mentioned a word to Mr. James that there was such a claim upon him as this 1,0781., or he Mr. James, would never have put 1,0001. into the business. Ile further complained that Messrs. Tattersall had not acted fairly in allowing the bill to remain unpaid several years, and not proceeding to obtain judgment until after Mr. James had parted with his money. The elder Paterson had been many years in Messrs. Tattersall's employ, and they ought not to have adopted the course they bad. Mr. WETTON, in reply, said, that the debt owing to • Messrs. Tattersall by Paterson, sen., was a bona fide one, and that they had not ta k en any ear li er pro ceedings against the bank rup t f rom a fee li ng of re luctance to raise obstacles against a y oung man suc ceeding in his business. His clients had not now made him a bankrupt, and only sought to prove for the debt. Mr. FEY said the fiat was obtained on the bank rupt's own petition, and left the court by no means satisfied with the explanations that had been given. Mr. Joseph Smith, farrier, o f N ott i ng -hill , was chosen as the trade assignee. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Oct. 10. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge.) James Ilolyfield, 22, was indicted for stealing a Dutch clock, value 205., the property of the guar dians of the poor of the parish of St. Mary, White chapel. In a second count of the indictment it was described as the property of the Right Rev. the Bishop of London, and in a third it was laid as the property of some person unknown. Mr. O'BRIEN appeared for the prosecution. From the statement of the Learn e d C ounse l i n open i ng t h e case, and the evidence subsequently given, it seemed that the circumstances out of which the case arose were of a singular nature. A p oor man name d Ch as. Lawrence and his wife were removed from their dwelling, 11, King's Arms -court, to Whitechapel workhouse, suffering from cholera. After they had been there some time the case became urgent, and they were removed to the London Hospital, where they both died shortly after admission, and their children, three in number, were taken into the workhouse. By a recent Act of Perna went the guardians of the poor of any parish are empowered to take possession of the property of any pauper to whom they had been giving relief, after that pauper's death, to reimburse themselves, as far as the value of the property goes, for the relief given ; and availing themselves of this power, the guardians of St. Mary, Whitechapel, took possession of the furniture in Lawrence's lodgings, and by their direction it was removed to a shed adjoining the workhouse. The prisoner was at that time an in-door pauper, and he was seen by som e o f th e officers of the •stablishment leaving the pl ace w h ere t h e f urn i ture was d epos i te d with a Dutch clock, which had belonged to Lawrence, under his arm. To get to the shed from the male side of the establishment, which he had no right to leave, he must have got over a gate ten feet high. In order to prevent any question as to the ownership of the property, it was laid in the indictment, first, as belonging to the guardians, then as the property of the Bishop of London, to whom, as ordinary, all the property of intestate persons belongs until adminis tered to ; and thirdly, as the property of some person unknown. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he should not have taken the clock, or even thought of going to the shed at all, had he not seen the task-master go and ransack some boxes and take some trinkets, which he afterwards gave to one of the female paupers, to take improper liberties with her. There were plenty of persons in the house who could prove that what he said was true. The Learned JUDGE then called the task-master, who was one of the witnesses for the prosecution, and asked him pointedly whether there was any t ru th i n the prisoner's statement ?-lle positively swore that it was false. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to three months' hard labour. Frederick William Molloy, aged 61, a bald-headed man, with an impudent expression of countenance, was indicted for fraudulently obtaining by false pre • tences from Henry Mantling certain meat, drink, and lodging, to the value of 65., with intent to cheat and defraud him of the same. The prisoner appeared to be excessively deaf, and when called upon to plead he pretended not to hear the question, though it was repeated loudly, close to his ears" at least half-a-dozen times by one of the officers. At length the indictment itself was hwided to him, with a written request that he would either say that he was or was not guilty, and after reading it over attentively. he said boldly " guilty." The evidence upon which the indictment was founded was as follows : —On Saturday, the 30th of September, the prisoner presented himself at the Cale de Paris, in the Haymarket, and told the head waiter, who appeared on this occasion as prosecutor, that he wanted a dinner and a bed. The waiter, observing that though somewhat respectably dressed, he had no luggage, told him that they were not in the habit of providing lodgings for gentlemen who brought no luggage ; upon which the prisoner said it was all right, his portmanteau would arrive next morning, and he wrote a letter to Mrs. Ridley, Barnes-terrace, Surrey, requesting her to forward it; but it was afterwards ascertained that there was no such person as the address indicated. That day the amount in curred by the prisoner was 165.; and his dinner, with wine, the next day came to 63., the sum mentioned in the indictment. When the witness presented his bill, the prisoner said all his friends were out of town, and as he was short of money he would give him a cheque for 51. upon his bankers, and he wrote as follows, upon half a sheet of note-paper : " Pay to Mr. John Esden, or bearer, the sum of five pounds. 41 , 51 " F. W. MOLLOY. " Messrs. Spooner and Attwood, Gracechurch street." This was promptly forwarded to the bank, and it was brought back by the messenger, marked " No account." The prisoner was then given into custody. He was searched by Sergeant Gray, 10 C, but no money whatever was found upon him. In answer to the COURT, The waiter said that he should certainly have given the prisoner into custody had he not given the cheque, or paid the bill when it was presented to him. He should personally be the looser of the amount. The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to three months' hard labour. Though this was the only charge upon which the prisoner was indicted, and the above all that transpired in court, there were several persons in attendance pre pared to prove other cases of precisely the same kind, and from letters and information in the hands of Sergeant Grey, the officer who had charge of the case, it appears that the prisoner has for some time been systematically victimizing hotel and tavern keepers both in London and in the country with a degree of cunning and audacity worthy of the great Dando himself, whom he equalled, if not excelled, as a swindling tactician. In July last he patronized the Warwick Hotel, near the Great Western Railway terminus at Paddington, with his presence, but when the bill had reached a guinea, Mr. Pearson, the landlord, discovered what his cus tomer was, and very prwlently ejected him from the house. At \Valkeu's Hotel, in Dean-street, Soho, he lived in sumptuous style for two months ; and when the bill was presented to him, he talked in grandilo quent terms of his high connexions, and gave a cheque, like the above, upon Alessrs. Spooner and Co., for the amount. Sergeant Grey produced a letter which had been received by the proprietor of the Café de Paris, from the landlord of the Pied Bull at Streatham, stating that at the latter place the pri son, as " Mr. Mitford, 6, Park-street, Park- lane," had run up a bill which he went away without paying. Mr. Pawsey, landlord of the Hare and Hounds, Hampstead, was in attendance at the court, to show that the prisoner had run up a bill at his house to the amount of 61., in respect of which lie gave another valueless cheque upon Messrs. Spooner and Attwood. He practised the same game upon a tavern-keeper at Shepherd's Bush; and other in stances, showing how extensively the prisoner had pursued this system, could be given. His name also figured conspicuously in the circular of the Trade Protection Society. Mary Merrick, 26; Bridget M'Kenzie, 22 ; Cathe rine Pratt, 34 ; and Mary Ann Sullivan, 17 ; were in dicted for robbing 1) avid Dorward, a master mariner, of a gold watch, gold chain, four gold seals, a 51. note, two sovereigns, and other articles. Mr. Parry appeared for the prisoner Merrick, and Mr. Payne defended M`Kenzie. Sullivan pleaded guilty. The prosecutor stated that he accompanied the prisoner Sullivan to a disreputable house in the vicinity of Ratcliff-highway, kept by the prisoner Pratt. He was induced to partake of some gin and beer, and directly aftetwards he fell asleep, and when he regained his consciousness, he found that he had been robbed of all his money, his watch, with gold chain and seals attacked, and a portion of his clothing. The only evidence against the three prisoners, who pleaded not guilty, was the positive statement of the prosecutor that they were present in the room when he drank the potation, and that when Sullivan said she took the money at the instigation of Merrick, the latter said, " Well, you were a fool to be persuaded to rob the man by me." The Learned JUDGE withdrew the case from the jury as regarded Pratt and M'Kenzie, but left it for their decision as regarded Merrick. The jury returned a verdict of Acquittal. Sullivan was sentenced to six months' hard labour, The Learned JUDGE told Pratt that she had ex perienced a very narrow escape, for had she been convicted the sentence upon her would certainly have been ten years' transportation, for though there was a want of legal evidence against her, the court was satisfied that the prosecutor had been " hocussed" in her house, and robbed with her knowledge, and she might tell her associates, and the keepers of houses like her own, that every perso❑ who suffered this practice of drugging in their house would, if con victed in that court, be sent out of the country. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. John Desmond, of 45, Long- alley, was brought for final examination before Mr. Alderman Carden, charged with stabbing a City constable. From the evidence taken on the former occasion it appeared that while William Smith, 244, was passing Sharp's-alley, in \Vest-street, the prisoner came and flourished a most formidable stick with a knob in the shape of a life-preserver over him, and at last made a blow at his head, which the officer avoided. Smith offered to take no notice of the affair if he would go away quietly, which he refused to do, and struck the constable, who took him into custody, when a desperate struggle ensued, during which the officer was pelted with stones by a crowd of 150 to 200 persons, who had assembled. The prisoner was so violent that eventually it required five officers to convey him to the station, when it was discovered that Smith had been stabbed under the left ear nearly touching the carotid artery, also in the breast, between the first and second ribs on the left side, and also on the left knee. Although the officer did not see a knife with the prisoner, one witness swore that he saw him flourishing it during the struggle, and that he caught his arm and jerked it out of his hand. Another witness also deposed to seeing the prisoner with a clasp knife, and a third proved picking the knife up, which fell at his feet when jerked out of his hand. They all identified the knife, and further stated that the large blade was open. Mr. Charles Borlaise Childs, surgeon to the police force, deposed to the nature of the wounds, which had they been a little deeper would have proved fatal. The knife produced was such a one as would have inflicted the wounds. Smith called the attention of Alderman Carden to the knife, which had some plaster on it, and the pri soner was a mason. The prisoner denied it was his knife, or that he ever had one. Alderman CARDEN commended the forbearing con duct of the officer, and fully committed the prisoner for trial, and the depositions being made out, he was conveyed to Newgate. CLERKENWELL. Thomas lll‘Donald, a respectable-looking young man, was finally examined before Mr. Combe, charged by Mr. William Ledger Broxholme, chemist and druggist, of Holloway-road, with stealing five shil lings' worth of lozenges, and a quantity of drugs, &c It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that he advertised in the Times newspaper for an assistant, which was replied to by the prisoner, whom he took into his employ as an "improver," condi tionally that he was to be with him six months, and at the expiration of that term he was to receive 201. per year for his services. The prisoner had been in his situation seven weeks. Witness had occasion to go to the north of England on business, where he was detained for three days. His confidence in the pri soner having been shaken in consequence of his having told him a wilful lie, prior to his leaving London, he marked some lozenge bottles with ink, in order to ascertain on his return the quantity which were missing, and from ten of the bottles he missed 41bs. of lozenges. He had given the prisoner notice to quit. On Tues day night last the prisoner, in company of another man, both being intoxicated, came to his (witness's) house for the purpose of annoying him, when he (prisoner) said that he imputed to him a charge of robbery, and he would make him prove it. Witness put him out of his shop. He gave information to the police, and the prisoner was apprehended in bed, at the house of Dr. Browne, of Hampstead. John Armstrong, 164 S, proved having taken the prisoner into custody at Dr. Browne's house. lie was in bed at the time. He told the prisoner that he wanted him on a charge of stealing lozenges, drugs, and chemicals, from Mr. Broxholme. He denied the charge. The prisoner told witness where he kept his box, and handed him the key of it. The servant handed a bundle to witness, which contained an empty stopper bottle with Mr. Brozholtne's name upon it, a tooth-brush, a preparation of ether, a piece of German soap wrapped up in paper, a piece of Windsor soap, some matches in paper, four ounces of castor oil, and other trifling articles. He took the prisoner to the station-house, where he was locked up. Wituess produced the ,Ivhole of the articles. Mr. Broxholme identified them, and added that he could positively identify the paper in which the soap was wrapped. It was of a peculiar manufacture, and was made exclusively for him. Mr. Redd—lndeed ! Is there any peculiar mark upon it by which you can so' positively identify it ? Witness—The manufacturer makes it only for me, according to sly order. Mr. Coarse—They may have made it for others for aught you know. 'Witness (pedantically)—True. Mr. Mallet, the clerk—None of the lozenges were found ? The witness answered in the negative. Mr. Read closely questioned the witness, who hesi tated, contradicted hims e lf, an d answere d in a most peculiar manner. - Mr. Read here said that the prisoner was highly respectable, and incapable of robbery. He had Dr. Browne, &c., to identify some of the articles which the prosecutor had sworn to, and urged that be should be dismissed, and not degraded by being sent for trial. He questioned Mr. Broxholme Ps to whether it was usual for the prisoner to make entries of the sale of lozenges in his books, or whether his wife was allowed to sell them during his absence in the country. Witness replied that his wife never served, and that there were no entries of their sale by the prisoner during his absence. The prisoner was remanded from Monday until yesterday, for the production of the book, when he was admitted to bail for his appearance. Mr. Read assured the bench that he could satisfac torily prove how the prisoner became possessed of the articles. At this examination the prosecutor came to the court accompanied by Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, to conduct the prosecution ; and, after further evi dence was gone into and the book examined, Mr. Read called upon Mr. Combe to discharge the prisoner or hear his evidence, to prove how the pri soner came honestly by the property. Mr. COMBE said he must send the case before a jury. By calling on him to discharge the prisoner he was asking him to discredit everything the prosecutor had stated. Mr. Humphries inquired the value of the whole of the property ? Prosecutor—A sovereign. He then said—Half-a-sovereign ; then—A pound more or less. Mr. Read said that the prosecutor had the hardi hood to swear to everything produced—even to a piece of paper, a small bottle, and an old tooth-brush. Dr. Brown and his son were present to give evi dence on the prisoner's behalf, and he bonjured the bench not to brand his character by sending him to trial. Mr. CoMBE—You want to make me judge and jury in the case. It is contrary to all practice to do what you ask me. Mr. Humphries—lf you heard the evidence it would only entitle you, if it created a favourable impression, to admit him to bail. Mr. COMBE—I have no hesitation in saying at once that I will take bail for his appearance at the sessions. The prisoner's defence was then reserved, and he was fully committed for trial ; he was, however, or dered to find hail, himself in 1001. and two house keepers in 50/. each, for his appearance at the sessions. The required bail was produced, and the prisoner left the court with Dr. Browne and his friends. MARLBOROUGH-SI-BEI:T. Catherine Keirnes, otherwise Catherine Lake, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged at the instance of the authoritirs of St. James's parish with wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Dore, the relieving overseer, stated that about a year ago the prisoner made oath before two justices of the peace, then sitting at the board room of St. Martin's workhouse, thst she was the aunt of three children at that time chargeable to St. Martin's parish. The effect of this oath was to cause them to be removed to their alleged birth settlement in St. James's. The children had been maintained in the workhouse ever since; but as it had recently come to the knowledge of the board of guardians that the prisoner was the mother and not the aunt of the chil dren, it had been determined upon to take proceed ings against her. In defence, the prisoner admitted she was the mother of the children, but she was too poor to sup port them, and that was her excuse for having taken a false oath. Mr. Dore said he should be prepared with legal proof of perjury in a few days, and the prisoner was accordingly remanded until Friday next. THAMES. Charles Jones, a labourer, was finally examined, charged with stealing 2 cwt. of white lead and 13 brass screws, the property of his employer, Mr. Bar ber, wharfinger, of Tower-stairs ; and Jacob Vanden burg, with receiving the same knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. Hobler was for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine, barrister, with Mr. Pelham, for the defence. The charge against Vandenburg excited consider able surprise, he being known, as was observed by the magistrate, to have frequently given information which led to the detection of several" robberies. The facts are briefly these :—The white lead and screws were safe on Friday the 21st ult.; and were missed on the following day. They were subsequently traced to Vandenburg's shop, who said they were left there by the prisoner, with whom he affected to treat for the purohas., his real object being to keep possession of the property, until he could give information to Sergeant Kelly, 2 H, with whom he acted in con junction respecting such matters on previous occa sions. When Vandenburg's house was searched, some gas fittings and other articles were found, which a Mr. Loyd, of Gray's Inn road recognised as similar to some he had lost upwards of a year ago. Mr. Hobler said he could not proceed with that charge, as the person supposed to have stolen the property had absconded. Jones admitted the charge, and accwed Vanden burg of being a habitual purchaser of stolen goods, who, when it suited his purpose turned round on and victimised his instrument. The additi anal evidence against Vandenburg was that of Benjamin Aslin, 90, Rosemary-lane, 'who deposed that on the morning of the 223 ult. Vanden burg asked him what he paid for white lead per cwt., saying he was going to send a few pounds to his brother. Witness said, " If you send at all, you had better send a quarter cwt. in a cask." Mr. Ballantine, before calling witnesses for the defence, wished it to be understood that Vanden burg carried on business in a large way as a marine-store. dealer, a lawful calling, which it was almost impos sible to carry on without occasionally getting stolen property. It was well known that in courts of law nine-tenths of the cases of theft were proved by pawnbrokers who had received the property. Why should not marine-store-dealers, who were similarly exposed, be treated in a similar manner? Vandenburg had often before taken in stolen property, and then gave information which led to the furtherance of justice, as it would be shown he had endeavoured to do in this case also. Mr. Hobler—Since the case was last here it has been ascertained that no entry of the white lead was to be found in Vandenburg's books. Mr. TARDLEY—Of course not ; as Vandenburg had not made the purchase, the time for such an entry was not ripe. For the defence Alexander Verver said he was with Vandenburg on the 22d ult., when Jones was in the shop with the whitelead and screws. After he left, Vandenburg sent witness to Leman-street station house for Sergeant Kelly, but, as he was proceeding there he met another sergeant, who told him Kelly was not tolbe found at the station-house just then. Sergeant Wakefield, 5 H, met a person whom he believed to be the last witness, but could not swear to him, proceeding towards Leman-street on Saturday fortnight, about three o'clock. That person asked whether Sergeant Kelly was at the station-house, to which he replied, he did not know, but it could be ascertained there. He then asked what would be the most likely time to see him, and witness replied, in the evening. Mr. YARDLEY, in committing the prisoners for trial, observed that the strongest point against Vandenburg was, the conversation he had had with the witness Aslin, respecting the price and disposal of white lead on the day of the robbery. The depositions were then read at length, but Vandenburg was admitted to bail, himself in 801, and two sureties in 401. each. WESTMINSTER. Two stable-helpers, named Mason and Rosatrider, were charged with cruelty to a horse. Barkley, 131 B, proved that on the preceding even ing he saw the defendants leading a horse through Tothill-street into the Broad Sanctuary, Westmin ster. He had one of his fore legs tied up, so that he hopped upon the other three, upon which he remained standing for twenty minutes, until he was placed by the side of another in a pimlico omnibus. The novelty of the horse having one foot so strapped up that he could not place it on the ground, and working his Way along upon the other three, attracted a vast number of persons, who followed it into the Broad way. When the horse was put to, his foot was let down, and he appeared to draw with the other horse in the omnibus extremely well. He appeared in excellent condition, and when in the omnibus quite up to his work. The explanation of this odd tear was, that the horse, although valuable and serviceable, is extremely vicious, and in consequence of its kicking propensities, it was found necessary, in taking it some distance from the stable to the omnibus, owing to the carriage -way being under repair at the place where they ordina change horses, to deprive it of the use of one of its legs to prevent its doing any mis chief to the others until put to, when no fault could possibly be found with it, as it then became extremely quiet. Mr. BRODERIP considered that as the evidence clearly proved that there' Was nOthing cruel in the winner in which the horse's foot was tied up, the I charge could not be sustained • but said that thi s sor t of thing could not be permitted in the streets, and if it were repeated he should find some method of deal ing with the offenders. - Defendants were discharged. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OcT.9. Congregations will be holden for the purpose of granting graces and conferring degrees on the follow ing days in the ensuing term, October—Thursday. 25 th. November—Friday, 2d; Thursday, 15th; Thursday, 22d; Thursday. 29th. December—Thursday, 6th; Monday. 17111. No person will, on any account, be admitted as a can didate for any degree. whose name is not entered in the book kept fur that purpose at the Vice• Chancellor's house on or before the day pre-et-ding the day of con gregation. F. C. PLUMPTRE, Vice-Chancellor. Univer-ity College, Oct. 8. Yesterday being thedayon which the Vice Chancellor is annually nominated by the Chancellor, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the letters of nomination were read in convocation after the usual manner, by the Senior Proctor, the Rev. Godfrey Bolles Lee, M.A., Fellow of New College, when the Rev. Dr. Plumptre was sworn, and entered on the second year of his office. A convocation will be holden on Thursday next, the 11th inst., at two o'clock, for the election of a virger of the University, in the room of Mr. Norris, deceased. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE, OCT. 9.—Since Saturday we have had heavy rains, and although we had a fair show of country wheat at market this morning, the condition was not improved, and consequently sold only slowly; while south country new wheat, of which a few samples were offered, sold at Saturday's rates. Old wheat wanted for mixing was in demand, and brought full prices. Barley rather more inquired for. In other articles no change. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, OCT. 9.—The sup. ply of !mists this morning again very large, exceeding the number of last week by 100, part unsold, quality middling, trade sluggish at previous rates. The number of sheep and lambs also large, which met with dull sale at a reduction of 2s per head. A quantity remain on hand. Arrivals:—Beasts, 300; sheep and lambs, 7,000. Beef, 5s to 6s; mutton, 4d to sd. LEEDS, OCT. 9.—There is a large show of wheat, and the trade is firm, and fine dry parcels generally held for an advance, but this checks business and prices cannot be quoted over the full rates of Friday. Barley steady. Oats and spellings as Wore. Beans as dear. No al teration in other articles. Arrivals:—Wheat, 10.721; barley, 804; oats, 789; beans, 600; flour, 666; lin seed, 257. Dununr, OCT. 9.—Our market to-day was well sup- Vied. Wheat and oats met a brisk demand, and the test qualities of both were 3d to 6d dearer. Malting barley supported the currency of Friday, but grinding qualities were scarcely so easy of sale. Rather higher rates were demanded for Ibdian corn, but there was scarcely any business transacted. White wheat, new, 19s 64 to 23-; red ditto, 16s to 21s; barley. 9s 6d to 14, 9d; here, 8. to 9s; new oats, 7s 9d to 9s 6d; rape seed, 25s to 26s 6d per barrel; oatmeal, 9r 6d to 10s 6d; h.lcurs' flour, 133 to 16s per cwt.; Indian corn, 25e to 29s per 4801bs. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 9.—There were in the market to-day 84 mks oatmeal, each neighing 28016 s unperittl, whereof bl sold thus:-27 at 11 Bs. 6at 11 71. 6d, 26 at 117 s, 6at 1/ 6s 6d, and 16 at It 6s I'd; average price of the whole 11 7s Id 7-12ths. 7 sacks flour, whereof 2 suld at 31s, 2 at 30a. and 2 at 295. 18 sucks pot-barley, whereof 13 sold thus:-2 at 116 s, 1 at 115 s Od, 1 at t/ 4s, 3 at 11 3s 6d, 1 at 1/ 3s od, 2 at 112, Od, and 3at It Is 6d. 1 sack broaemeal, which was not sold. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, OCT. 9. Supplies of all kind• small. Oat straw, from 8s Od to 11s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat ditto, 8s Od to 10s Od; I, arley ditto, 7s Od to 8s Od. Hay, from 7d to 9d per stone, DAI.HEITH MEAL MARKET, OCT. B.—There were 138 bags of oatmeal, 7 of barhymeal, and 3of pot-barley at this day's market. Oatmeal down on the top 6d per bag, and on the second and third qualities Is per bug ; barley meal down is per beg; pot-barley alto fell is per bsg Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. imperial ••• Barleyrneal, per ditto Peasemeal Flour ... ... ... First Second ... 26s 6d 25s 3d ... 18s 6d —s Oct —s Od —a Od —s Od —s Od 21s 6d —1 Od Third 24s Od —a Od —s Od —s Od Od Pot barley ;T.-YESTERDAY., iHaswell l9s ad Jonassohns Lumley . l7s 9d Lambton Plummer ........ .... Russell's Hetton Stewart's Whitwell ... Caradoc ..... .... Kelloe lBs 6d South Hartlepool Whitworth lss 9d Adelaide Tees Seymour Tees South Durham St. Helen's Tees Pees West Tees ........... Graigola Birchgrove 2os 6d Nixon's Merthyr and CLrditf .... Sidney 's Hartley Ships at market, 113. HERRING TRADE. WicK, Ocr. 3. We are yet unable to report a revival in the staple trade of this place, and, indeed, of the north-east coast of Scotland. In fact, it is im possible adequately to pourtray the present depressed condition of the herring market, or to predict its consequences to the many thousands that directly depend upon the business, unless a change fur the better speedily takes place. The real state of matters may in some faint degree be imagined, when we state that 13s. per barrel, for full grown brands, may be quoted as the present price in our local market, and that in not a few cases the returns from distant mar kets do not even realise that sum. Now, as it is well known that the fishermen, on an average, re ceived this year fully 11s. per cran, the fish-curer has barely 2s. to meet the price of barrel, salt, sta tion rent, coopers' wages, expense of gutting, packing, and many other items. Last advices from Stettin represent a trifling im provement, both i❑ demand and prices, and hold out hopes, which we trust the sequel may prove correct, that a further melioration will take place. The season for shipments to that and other continental markets being now nearly over, and a cessation of exports on an extensive scale having taken place from the east coast, the addition to the present stock on hand cannot be material. Hamburgh has declined a shade since the date of previous letters. From Ireland, last accounts are very unfavourable. In many markets, where a large consumption for merly took place, the demand is now scarcely per ceptible. Indeed, we fear Ireland need scarcely be trusted as a herring market. The potato failure, and the extraordinary low rate at which American beef and bacon can now be had, with other cir cumstances, combine to show fish-curers that they must look somewhere else for an outlet for their fish. This season 161 vessels have sailed from Pulteney. town Harbour with cargoes of herrings. About three fourths of these have been sent, to the Continent, and the remainder to home ports. Since our last report six vessels have been entered—three for Ireland, and three for the Baltic. A good many coopers, we are sorry to see, have been paid off; but from the deficient stock of barrels, we should hope they will not remain long unem ployed. - A few good cargoes of Norwegian billetwood have arrived this week. Last price was 9d. per solid foot. —Joh4 o Groat Journal. HOW TO ESCAPE FROM FIRE. The Kent Mutual Fire•of}ice have just issued the following instructions to assist persons to escape from premises when on fire. They say—" The want of presence of mind at the time of an alarm of fire is by far the greatest hindrance to an escape, and for this no regulation can be laid down ; but a few simple directions to be observed by the bystanders and in mates, well considered and reflected upon in time of safety, will, in a great measure, tend to discreet and successful efforts in the hour of danger." YOB INMATES. I. Every householder should make each p erson i n his house well acquainted with the parts thereof which afford the best means of escape, whether the fire break out at the top or at the bottom ; and in securing the street-door and lower windows for the night, care should be taken that an easy outlet for every member of the house is not thus prevented in ca,e of fire. Tnere are many excellent fire-escapes invented for keeping in dwelling-houses, amongst which may be mentioned, Thompson's, Baylis's, But ler's, and Lee's. 2. Inmates at the first alarm should endeavour calmly to reflect what means of escape there are in the house; if in bed at the time wrap themselves in a blanket or bedside carpet, and open neither window nor doors more than necessary, and shut every door after them. $. It must be borne in mind that in the midst of smoke it is comparatively clear towards the ground, consequently progress through the smoke can be made on the hands and knees ; if there is much smoke a COAL MARK E' Buddle's W. Hartley 16s 6d Carr's Hartley Charlotte Hartlepool W. Hartley 16s 6d l Hasting's Hartley l6s Holywell Main North Percy Hartley lss 9d New Tanfield l3s 6d Ord's Redheugh Ravensworth'sW.Hart 16s Od W est Hartley Wall's End, &c. Brown's Brown's Gas Hedley Hilda l7s Gd Hotspur l7s Od Riddel l's..... ... ... 17s 9d Urpeth Eden Main lBs 3d Bell Braddyll Hetton RAILWAY flAith lti ARKETS. BRISTOL, OcT. 10. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market was not so ani mated to-day, still a good business was donee at the following quutations:—Great Western, Quarters, 12 1-16 din.—Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 11 1 43 dis. ex div. LI V ERI - 001... OCT. 10. STOCK EXCHANON...- The share market was very dull to-day, and little business was transacted. Prices had a de clining tendency. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 22/. Sharps, 13 1 4 Caledonian, 134 c. Data, Preference, 9 1 4 —Great Western, 56 - Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 64 dis,—London and North. Western, 112 Ditto, New Quarters, LA p.— Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Eighths, 2 3 k—Midland, 50 —Ditto, Halves, 19% dis —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 474 dis. MANCHESTER, OCT. 10. • STOCK ExcliarAs. - The transac - ions to-day wer e as follow :—East Lancashire, New, 14 1 % ••- Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6% dis.—Preston and Wyre (A), 6 p.—North Staffordshire, 8 1 t 6 dis.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 19%. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 10. STOCK ExCNAII3k.-T.. e only transactions to-day were Midland Stock, 50 —Ditto ( Birmingham and Derby), 125 W. YORK, OCT. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—TiIe transactions re-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 7 1 / 5 Midland, f.o—North British, 11 ex div. South-Eastern, 17 7 , —York, Newcastle. and er wick (G. N. E. Purchase). .1 1 / B —York and Nutt' Mid land, 21%. GLASGOW, Ocr. 9. STOCK EXCHANOK. —The trans.ctions to-day were as fol low : - Caledonian. 27%—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70—Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 4'A —Wastpw, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves ( No. 1), 61. 16s.—North British, Preference, 51. Is. METeorouTAN PoLica. MAGISTRATES--If is not intended to fill up the vacancy in the metropolitan police magistracy caused a few weeks ago by the death of Mr. Cottingham. We unders , and it is in conteni• plation to carry ~till further the reduction in this depart• went of the public service, and that no new appointment will be made until the number of metrovlitan police magistrates shall have been diminished, either by death or resignation, below 20. It is believed that this arrange' meta, wh , ch will throw additional work on the rnsgie trates, will be very generally acceded to by the existing body, and the members will certainly deserve credit for their readiness in aiding the Government in carrying out such reasonable reductions as public convenience mei seem to require. MTH& On the sth inst , at Wykeham-lodge, Hersham, Surrey, the wife of Joseph Hardcastle, Esq., barrister at-law, of a son. On the sth inst.. at Shelley-house, near Ongar, Essex, the lady of the Rev. Alfred Bowyer Smyth, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Langley-lodge, Wilts, Mrs. T. Abay Fellowes, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at 9. Southwick-crescent, the lady of the late William E ward Few, Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., Mrs. J. R. Donald, of Miranda-cottage, Holloway, of a daughter. On the Ath inst., at Chepstow-villas, Westbourne- grove, Hyde-park, the lady of J. Fraser, Baddeley, Esq, Roylt Horse Artillery, of a son. On the 9th inst., at Chester-street, Belgrave-square, the lady of P. Benson Maxwell, Esq , Lf a son. MARIE. On the 10th i ns t , a t St. Ja R mes' D s Church, by the Rev. C. A. Steuart, Belford Hinton Wilson, Esq., her Majestfe Chargé d'Affaires to Venezuela, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Herbert Randolph. On the 9th inst., at St. James's Church, the Hon. Charles Cornwallis Neville, second son of Lord Braybrooke, to the lion. Florence Maude, third daughter of Viscount Hawarderl.„ On the 27th ult., at Borden, Andrew, second son o f Andrew Chittenden, Esq ot Bolney, Sussex, to Mary Anne, younger daughter of Edmund Barrow, sq., of Borden, Kent. On the 6th inst., at the Hotel of the British Ambassador, Paris, Tti , ,mas Bullock Webster, Esq., 15th Bombay, N I. fourth son of the late Edward Webster Bullock Webster, of Hendon, in the county of A. iddlchmx, Esq., :o Julia Rachel Stew. ns Price, youngest daughter of Benjamin Price, Esq., of Westbury, in the county of Buckingham, On the 6 h inst., at Addlestone. Surrey, John, second son of Richard Smith, Esq., of Addlestone, to Louisa Elizabeth , eldest daughter of the late Ph lip Kelly. Esq. DIED. On the lath of May, at Bathurst, New South Wales, aged 38, Mr. Willoughby James Dowling, solicitor, el test son of Mr. V. G. bowling:, of Norfoik•street, Strand, and nephew Of Sir James Dowling, late Chief Just ce of the colony, who'll' he accompanied in 18.1. On the , th inst., at Mary Port, Cumberland, Mary, the widow o: the late Captain V. illiam Thompson. On the sth inst., at. Marshfield, in the county of York , Jane Constantine, the vi ife of Pudsey 'Dawson, Esq., 0f Hornby Caslle, Lancashire. On thi. t:th at 'arnshill, Semersetshire, R chard Thomas Combe. Esq.. aged 79 On the 7th inst., at Wotton Bassett, of apoplexy, Richard Hooper, Esq. On the Bth inst., at 20, New Steine, Brighton, Anne, relict of Captain Robert Anderson. of the Hon. East India Corn pang's maritime 6iervice, eg€d 64. On the Bth in t., Alexander Brown, Esq., of Beil b Y Grange, orkstiire, son of William Brown, Esq., M.P. fo r South Lancesh re, aged 33. ---- - - - London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU G 112, :-.lrand, Printer, at The Sun Office. 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