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THE 8 1 3 N, LON_DON S V _.. _ lONIAN ISLANDS. COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON PRICES OF SHARES An Extraordinary Gazette of the lonian Islands MR. VICARS. ,s 4 BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM dated the Ist, contains the following letter, dated the The commission directed by the Lerd Chancellor PANIES' STOCK. 31st ult., from the Lord High Commissioner (Mr. to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Edward From the Official List. Ward) to the President of the Senate of the lonian Vicars, of Liverp ool, s p irit merchant, was opened PUBLISZIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FAIDA.Y EVENING. Islands, proposing an amnesty for political offences :- yesterday before Mr. Commissioner Barlow, at the LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21. " Highness,-The time has now arrived when I Sheriffs',Court, Red Lion-square. The case appeared can, with propriety, call your attention, and that of to excite very great i n t erest, and the court was JOINT-STOCK. BANKS. the Senate, to a ques ti on in which I feel the deepest crowded long before the time appointed for opening Dividend Amount interest. the commission. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. " The year 1848 was marked, throughout Europe, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Renshaw , and Mr. Wills appeared Artnum. -- Share. by a seri es o f so ci a l convulsions so rapid and so exten - for the commis sion, which had been g ranted by the -- - x s. d. A s. d. .- 3iFe as to be without a precedent in the history of Lord Chancellor, on the application of the sister of Australasia .......... 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 22% mankind ; and it is much to the credit of the lonian t h e su pp osed lunatic, Miss Hannah Vicars; and BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon .............. 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Commercial of London 01. per cent. too 0 0 20 0 0 - - States that, at a time when the wildest principles Mr. Malins, Mr. James, and Mr. Jolliffe were 100 0 0 25 0 0 - were enounced, and the oldest monarchies shaken, by counsel for the alleged lunatic, Mr. Edward Vicars. ( l ion nieeaelie e . 100 i. .. 7 . 1 11r .. ..... .... :: Si. per c a c r e n n t t t .: the universal craving for political change, their peace The Learned COMMISSIONE:I. having stated to the' 25 - 0 0 25 - 0 0 -- should only have been disturbed by the attempt made jury the duties , they had to perform, Londn and Westmin.str 61. per cent. 100 0 0, 20 0 0 - upon the towns of Argostoli and Lixuri by a band of Mr. ROLT proceeded to open the case to the jury - 13 0 0 - London joint-Stock ... 61. percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16% armed peasants on the 26th of September, 1848. at some considerable length. The facts stated by the Provincialef Ireland.• 81. per cent. 100 0025 0 0 - ` c What the history of that attempt was-whether Learned Gentleman will be found in the following Dtliottno;iNe'ew f c11ar1e01af......... 8 L er cent. 10 0 o 10 0 10% Provntg.. :1 1: per per cent. cent. 10 5 00 0 0 2 35 1 0 o 0 0 _- it were of native or f Nat. foreign origin-whether the bulk evidence , w hich was adduced to the jury :-Matthew " . ..n n t i. ..._ lO o - of those who took part in it, were influenced by the Vicars was a wi ne and s p irit merchant at Liverpool, so l :t i h tto A , u N st e r w au . a ....... .... 5 0 1 1, per ceee 20 0 0 22 1 0 0 0 - prospect of plunder, or by the wild hope of effecting a and brother of Edward Vicars. The brother was Union of Australia - .... 61. per cent. 25.0 0 25 0 0 - revolution by the miserable means at their command about 46 years of age, and a partner with him and 6/. per cent. 210 0 - -it is of little use now to inquire. Their design has a person named Moore. The brother had property Union of London... .. 61. per cent. 50 0 o 10 0 0 10% Union of Madrid .•••• - 40 0 40 - been characterised as "an insane project by the Go- to the amount of about 6,0001. His brother was vernment Procurator Fiscal, in his report upon the fond of his glass, and was addicted to drinking. He nisuizANcial COMPANIES. case. The few men of any note, who were said to be first saw something strange in hiS brother in 1847. Dividend Amount connected with the movement, have sought safety in On one occasion he lost his luggage, and told him he Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. foreign lands, or have been set at liberty from the knew he should do s o. On one occasion his brother - - supposed insufficiency of the evidence produce d told him it was no use eatin g , as he had no bowels, £ s. d. X a. d. and that all he ate went into his legs ;he also Albion ••••••• • • • • • • • V. 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 against them ; and the prisoners now in cust od y , Alliance Brit. and For. 7114 s 6d &bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 - appear almost without exception, to have be en the said that he had no brains. He then went to an Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 5% dupes of needy adventurers, who did not scruple to asylum, from which he escaped in October, 1848. Atlas• 136.6d.pr sh. 50 - British Commercial 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 o sss expose their followers to dangers, which they had not Saw him after it at his sister's house. He conversed ctoerictly .. . . ,Med....&. . . . .. Gen . .L . ife sprct. & bs . too 0 0 to 0 o is a great deal upon electricity, said it was the moving County the courage to share. Crown .. -.•..•• • • •• 31. 100 0010 0 0 60 "IS it necessary, or desirable, to bring these pri- power of the earth ; that people might be made 14s. 50 0 0 50 0 - soners to trial upon a charge of high treason, and thus mad by it, but that he could not be played r le s ,'W e ' o i: l , - ; *** - - 6s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 5% to re-open, after the lapse of nine months, wounds, upon by it, as he was in the secret. He European ag' Life w .. :::: 4 5 per per cent. eent. 2 5 5 0 0 0 All l p 2 ald 6 . - 15 which in every other country, and in much graver said he could prove, from the Scriptures, that FtmilyEndownont Soc. 41. & be. 100 0 0 4 0.0 " - case's, time has allowed to heal ?-I cannot think so; people could be made, by electricity, mad, and that G ' ire as .. ° . ns' ::: :::: •... 61. per cent. eent. 20 ste 0 ek. 0 3.0 0 12 - 2x.d and I feel sure that I only speak the sentiments of people could converse by it at any distance, and that Giardian ........ •• • ••• • . P 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 49% the Queen, my Royal Mistress, in recommending by it he had heard voices from heaven. While his Imperial Fire L •• •. •• • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 1 , 3 50 10 0 0 0 220 5 Ife e m ri nity l M fe a ' rii;;:::: to yodr Highness, and to the Senate, to throw a brother was in confinement he had his case investi veil over the past, and to put a stop to all legal pro- gated by Dr. Thornby who reported in writing id up n o o n t L aw i,l w l } l 'i l f e e : : : : : : : : : : : .• 11. 1 1 1 1 1ct s. bs. 16 00 6 00 0 00 0 00 t 1 10 3 0 1 - 2% 10 0 0 - ceedings by an amnesty, from which I would only his case • the result of Which was p that witness 50 0 0 20 0 4% - Legal and except those men who have proclaimed their own like to ;,dvise his sister to release his brother The 10s. 25 0012 10 0 16% guilt by quitting their country, or those who may witness then proved that several letters which had London Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 16% &Urine.. • - .. ... 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9% be proved hereafter to have been in any way con- been read by Mr. Rolt in the course of his address to cerned in the foul and cold-blooded murders corn. the jury were in the handwriting of his brother, in Jl ,,i ,: lt d. 1n 4 111 . 8e2 - F eniL d i . f . e 4 5 1 . 1 p. e p r e c r en ct t .. 50 20 0 0 0 0 22 10 0 0 0 _ 2% - ,.. a a.:0 n e,... I Lfe • - mated by the refugees upon their return from Greece which he alluded to the power of electricity to make Palladium . Lit e• ... in May, 1849._ _ - 141 "I was at first disposed to add to tlis list of excep- thieves and rogues ; people mad; that madhouse -keepers were a set of that they would soon be all put ZL e at all x • • •.. se p.sh. &bs. - Pi °teeter Life •• • • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - P ic r e u e v k it i n ie t . L . if . e . •••• • • • • 11. 5s 5 & . bs . 10 8 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 26 lions, the parish priests now in custody, and whose an end to, and that all the gold of California should ........0 010 0 5% conduct has been peculiarly culpable ; but lam not prevent him from putttng an end to them. Royal Exchange 6/. per cent. Stock. - 200 willing to hope that the clemency of the Government, Cross-examined by Mr. MALINs-His brother had Sun Fire r. . ife . 6/. 10s. - - 203 . 11. 6s. 44 and the bright example of their spiritual superiors, travelled in the wine and spirit trade, and was at one Universalimtt° Life lO% pr cut. 100 - 0 0 9 - 0 0 - whose prudence and moderation throughout this try- .ybegan ... r a Life Si. per cnt. - 40 0 4% time a very good man of business. drink When the Yi eo 1 ing period have been beyond all praise, will inspire business his brother began to heavily. He them with a Jager s en se of the duties, than beseem was very fond of his glas s , and was often tipsy. DOCKS. their holy calling, and teach them to redeem their He did not think his brother ' s wife made him a good Name of Company, Dividend ' Amount per of Paid. Price. past errors, by se tti ng , i n f u t u re, a better example to one. She was given to drinking, and died while his brother was in a lunatic asylum. It was his sister's ~ Annum. Share. X s. d. X a. d. their flocks. East and West India 6/ pr cent. Stock. - " I am too well aware of your Highness's kindly doing that his brother was put in a lunatic asylum. East Country - 208 * . per sh. 100 0 0 sentiments towards your native island, which I too Had visited his brother at the asylum ten or twelve 134 - have learnt to value, for I have seen, during my re- times, but had never spoken to him, because Dr. London .... ...... • . 51. pr cent. Stock. - 115 21 _ cent visit to Cephalonia, proofs of industry, enterprise, Litchfield had told him not to de so. On one occa- s Ditto Bonds- •• .• -4/. per cent. - - and perseverance, which some of the other islands sion his brother whistled to let him know that he saw t.Katharine .... •• • • 4 per cent. Stock Ditto, 5crip ........- * - - 80 _ will do well to emulate, not to feel sure him, but he never beckoned to him, or called to Ditto 80nd5........ 4341. pr cent. -- - _ that this recommendation will receive your cordial him to come to him. His brother was always well Southampton •• • • - 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - concurrence, as it will, I hope, that of the Senate. clothed when he went to see him. His bro- BRIDGES We are entering upon a new era. Changes long de- ther on one occasion, after he had escaped from Dividend Amount - sired by the lonian people have been discussed in the the asylum, said that he had pledged himself before Name of Company• per of Paid. Price. lonian Parliament with the cordial assent of the Pro- God and man to do away with lunatic asylums, and Annum. Share. - tecting Sovereign, and although her Majesty's plea- he would either conquer or die. They had lent £. a. d. X. s. d. sure upon the details of the measures submitted to her a person of the name of Birchenoff, who kept Charing-cross •.• • • • - - 25 0 0 - Southwrk,NwSub.Av. - 632 12 5 - - has not yet been communicated tome, I entertain no the Royal Railway Hotel at Liverpool, 5001., Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 358. per cent. 50 0 0 - - doubt that the Bills introduced by Lord Seaton, with and the part that Mr. Birchenoff had Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - 33% Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. 60 0 0 27 her Majesty's sanction, will, in the course of a few taken in endeavouring to release his brother from the Ditto Nw ditto of 71 11 • is. oa - 40 0 0 24 weeks, form the basis of large constitutional reforms, lunatic asylum had hastened on the demand they Vauxhall .... ... kr: ' . - 11. 70 10 3 - 18 which are the more likely to be lasting and satisfac- had made for the repayment of that sum. An WATER-WORKS. tory, because adopted without any of that popular arrangement was made in 1845, by which his brother excitement which has been fatal to the cause of was not to attend to business, but his account was to be Name of Com p an y . Dividend Amount ' per of Paid. Price. rational liberty elsewhere. charged with 1751. a year to pay a clerk, which was 1 Annum. Skare. " The lonians have only to look around them to see charged against him during the whole time he was in - I Ig o 8 0 0 00 ' dOOOO. £ a. d. ' how diffic u lt it is to build even where it is easiest to a lunatic asylum. Witness had refused to advance East L0nd0n.......... Grand Junction ...... 5 4 1 1 3. . 1 p p. 8 e ei i ri ce e n. n t t . . 180 - destroy ; and when they look back, as I trust they his brother any money to oppose the commission, but - 81 Lambeth - .1 ...: :•. :: 75 will do, some years hence, to the turbulent times had done so to his sister in support of it. The rea- NT N a e ti. w R ha iv u r . L . . n . d . n . !r . d .!. e 51. 2 p L e r l Os. - through which we have passed, and contrast their son he refused to do so was because he thought his cut. 100 - 0 0 - 99 - 55 own peaceful progrfts-the attainment by legal and brother was not sane. Since the Lord Chancellor had - 99 West Middlesex . . . 61.05, pr cnt. - constitutional means of a free press, free municipal ordered the commission he had advanced 2001. - 121 institutions, a free representation, and of that growing John Bristowe, of Broughton Furness, knew Mr. GAS-MIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. control which such institutions imply, over the con- Edward Vicars well. He used to drink freely. In Dividend Amount duct of their own affairs -with the fate of other 1846 he was called to see Mr. E. Vicars, the servant Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. countries, whose wild aspirations for freedom have telling him her master was going mad. Mrs. Vicars Annum. Share. left no solid monument behind, they will do more told him that Mr. Vicars had run down a 11 1t. ss. 4 2 40 0 ' 2 0 0 . d O O . Z l l 2 8 . _5 O O . d O O . justice than they have sometimes done of late to the steep place into the river. When witness saw a t t l:t h o • r • r • o • v • i • a • c • i • ••• • • 14 8 motives and conduct of that power under whose Mr. Vicars he was in bed praying, and scratches were Bristol - .... ... a1 ..... •.•. 101. p er cent. 20 0 0 Brighton .......• •• .. 51. per cent. 15 2 00 0 0 g 0 0 00 130,3 0 0 2-351(01 friendly auspices these blessings have been achieved. on his body. Mr. Atkinson, the surgeon, was sent - of London .. • • • • " I recommend, therefore, to your Highness and to for, and on his coming, he said, let him get out of Cit y ontincntalConsolidat. 925. pr share the Sesiate the proclamation of an amnesty embracing bed. Mr. E. Vicars then got out of bed, and attempted Equitable ........ •• • • 50s. pr share ) 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 all those who are about to take their trial for the oc- to get out of the window, but witness and Mr. Atkinson Imperial Independent... .. .. :..•• •• •• 2 .percent. 1 50 48 0 0 50 0 0 67 . per cent. 50 0 0 40 0 0 62% currences of September, 1848. I think this the proper prevented him. He then got into bed again, and began L0nd0n•....... :: •.•... - preliminary to the work that we have in hand. I feel to pray, and he continued in that state or a week. - 50 0050 0 51.pej i. cent. 1 5 0 g l' i ! , 0 tt4 (:) 0 . 1 5 8 confident that such an act will afford the purest satis- On one occasion he told witness he had been agre n uf........... • • :::::: faction to the heart of her Majesty the Queen; and if to hell ; that he had had a very pleasant journey ; United General - ...... 4341. pr Cent. 50 o 0 50 0 0 13 there be individuals here foolish enough to misinter - that he touched at a ver y nice island; that they WVint2i o ute e r Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 45 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9 pret it, or to ascribe to a want of firmness in the found the old hell was full, but there were two new Government a leniency produced by the consciousness ones which were ver y p leasant. On another occasion CANALS. of a superior power, I can only warn them that they when witness called upon Mr. E. Vicars, he said he al Dividend' trice. companies. Names of 2 ; I .; 1 'Dividend will find themselves deceived. It is the overwhe lm i n g was ver y g lad to see him, as he was going to Names of Companies. A I per I-A ,inn per price. disparity of strength that may be brought to bear b y die at six o'clock that evening, and he wanted el Annum. I i 6 , the general government, with the aid of the protecting to tell him what to do about his funeral. lie took ---1 x i - i i 4 0 0( 0 ) 2d. 18 1 1 0 . . - s power, upon all who violate the law, that justifies the out his watch and said he had onl y an hour or two to Ashton Oldhi i 97 71, I 113 Macclesfield. act of grace which I now propose, and in which, for live. Witness said he must go , when Mr. E. Vicars BarnSlV.. • • 160 121, , 180 Neath ...... the ree,ons assigned in this message, I trust that your said he had better stop till he was dead. Witness went ISrknk&Abrg 150' 51. 'B5 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. -- Ilirmingham 35 41 Highness and the Senate will concur." away, and when he returned he found Mr. E. Vicars Coventry.... 100 251. 21081 R Peak es ent Forest. e .. 78 31 i L i. - 17 In compliance with the Lord High Commissioner's making a good supper. The witness then alluded to Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.. •• :: 41. Os . 5034 Ellsrnre&Chs 1331 565. 41 Somrset Coal I s o 71.105. 130 recommendation, " His Highness the President of the other acts of singularity committed by Mr. E. Vicars , ' Lrewash ... 100, 321 - Do•Lk FdSt 12 140 161• p. c. - , Senate and the most illustrious the senators of the particularly his refusal to take food, which he perse - GrandJunctn 100 51 . 85% Stffr d&Worc 2Bl. 310 United States of the lonian Islands," issued the follow- vered in for u wards of a week , and reduced himself Grand Surrey 100 21. 30% Shrewsbury.. 125 151. Grand Union 100 , 11.10 s. 24 Stoarbridge l - Grantham • • 150 - - Severn and - 14 5 20/. 300 ing proclamation :- almost to a skeleton. On one oc casion witness went " flaying seen the message of his Excellency the with Mr. E. Vicars to Liverpool :he did not speak !Donut & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Ra 11.3 26 31 . 00 • - Lord High Commissioner, dated 31st July, 1849- for the first 20 miles, but on the occasion of witness Leeds& Lien) 100 301. 325 Warwick&l . Leicester.... 140 Si. 6334 Birming. s 100 41. 63 '.eicstr &Nth 83 41. 6 4 50 5 W ic arw ept ic e k n n "The Senate. fully concurring in the sentiments mani- getting out of the carriage, Mr. Vicars said no 100 31. 43 fested by his Excellency in that message-accord an am- earthly power should remove him from the carriage, Loughhorogh 142 701. Nlonmouthsh 100 - Worcstr & nasty to all those persons who stand committed to take and it was with the greatest difficulty he was got out. rn Mntgorysla 100 - 81 ' - Birming. 78 21. 41 He their trial for the occurrences in Cephalonia on 26th was afterwards taken to a lunatic asylum, in the Ary eltnMwb 100 - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 10 September, 1848. This amnesty does not extend to those neighbourhood of Liverpool. On one occasion he wh ) proclaimed their own guilt by flying the ir c o u ntr y told witness that a whole workhouse mbe made LIST 01' SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES ight -nor to those who may hereafter be found to have been occasion he said he Dividend Amount in the mad by electricity. On anot h er itn e fiested in the cold- blooded murders committed Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. said island in the month of May, 1849. would fight for the lunatics as long as he lived, and Annum. Share. "By order of the Senate, A. L. Dusman. I would spend all the money he had for them. " slicting Secretary to the Senate for Cross-examined by Mr. JAMES-After Mr. Vicars ..i 0. d. Xs. d Bank of Scotland the General Department. had been taken to the asylum witness sold , :ritlsh Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 204 " Corfu, Ist Aug., 1849." all his furniture, by order of Mr. M. Vicars. ; ledonlan Bank C ji t y ty de o s f d G a l i a e sr a w n e . a . n . k 6 11• per per cent.cent . 20 1 0 0 10 10 0 , 1 2 1,4 3 Had refused to give an account to the attorney of THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT Mr. E. Vicars of the sale of his furniture, stating Commercial Bank RAILWAY.-Mr. C. J. Carttar, Coroner for Kent, held that he was indemnified in what he did by Mr. M. 7 , astern Bank -•• •• 61. per cent. 25 uOlO 0 C. 91. 7s an inquest yesterday at the Castle Tavern, Woolwich, Edinbic Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5% touching the death of Hannah Murphy, the wife of a Vicars. Witness considered electricity thunder and Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 ao 0 0 25% lightning.-(Laughter.) The drinking habits of his labouring man, who was killed at the Woolwich station Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 _ National Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1434 - 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12954 - on the evening of Sunday last. From the evidence it wife witness believed had made Mr. E. Vicars Corth of Scotlandßank 41. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.3 s unhappy. A few days before Mr. E. Vicars' appeared that the deceased, with her husband and three north British Bank d - - or four friends, all natives of the emerald isle, had been illness he had been hunting and drinking. Witness '-taoani Rank of gi i .. per cent. 100 0 enjoying themselves at Woolwich during the afternoon, had not said that Mr. E. Vicars was mad fr om d r i n k, Western Bank •••••• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ; 4 1u kberdeen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 2 0 8 ' 2 - and after p tying visits to half-a-dozen di ff erent public- Mr. Atkinson had s a id in witness's presence that Mr. houses were returning to the railway station in order to E. Vicars must be kept away from his wife, fo r B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - proce'-d to Lonion, when by some accident they got se- her drunken habits made him mad. The place Mr• E 2)0 0 0 000 12 ; 10 0 0 00 0 21.18 2 7 t ti i t e r nenFire Guarante e nlstini.... 101.4/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 9s 6d C e e l t it East bo e ou b ff rG o a f lheu E o Ltg n l eiag Life e a d n iL d ti f IE .r .: per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 parated. The deceased, imagining that her husband had Vicars ran to in the river would not take him up . t o - 6611.. per p e r cent. ce n t . 1 2; 0 5 0 0 taken his ticket and gall , . through the station, hastened his knees. Mr. E. Vicars had never told la m a l n a 3 s . . r ss . C B: . o o t , f Law 'CI.S p p e e r r cceenntt.. 10050 0 0 0 0 102 1 17 0 : 0 __ after him, as she supposed, and finding a train alongside to the best of his recollection, that he had been shut the platform she grasped hold of one of the third class in a ward with a man who was mad upon the see a Co . i Life.. B.od. - carriages in order to obtain a seat within it. The train up . dercules Insurance C. IL per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 o \ 208.6 d was in motion at the time, and the deceased, continuing subject of electricity. Itsrcan a t i i mercantile Life e a n . ci . 1 . , if . . e 4 5 1 1 : . per cent. ee ' 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . Life Assoc. of Scotland 81 per cent 10 0 0 1 0 0 ]l.6s to hold on, was dragged along a few paces and then fell Mr. W. Atkinson, was a surgeon, practising in 0 10 0 3s. 6d • between two carriages in such a position that a part of Broughton Furness. Had known, Mr. E. Vicars North BRI h I 5% j * r s nsur... .pr cent. 200 0020 o 23% the train passed over her chest, and caused for more than twenty-seven years. Had often seen North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 instant death. It appeared that the train de- him too much excited by drink. This witness ScoottishMag Lifnd e and Guar. - - 20 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 - - ceased attempted to get into was going to corroborated the evidence of the l ast witness with Sct. . a Gen. Life 5 Scottish Union Insrnce. NI. pr cent . 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s Gravesend from London, and just in the opposite direc- respect to the attemptof Mr. E rears to throw r. E. 1 standard Life •••• .• • • per ce • itan ' 51 cent . 50 0 0 45 0 9% tion to that in which deceased wanted to go. Evidence - himselfout of the window. Witness thought it was Unitedl 0 0 i 148•6c1 Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 . having been given to show that every proper precaution . right he should be removed to a lunatic asylum, and MISCELLANEOUS. was taken for the preservation of the passengers from he appeared to him to have settled down into a species injury, the coroner remarked that the accident appeared Dividend Amount of monomania. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, to him to have arisen entirely through the woman's own negligence. The poor creature appeared to have The inquiry, which was commenced at eleven Annum. share. Missed her husband, and without knowing whether o'clock, was at six, by the wish of the jury, and by - X. s. d. IX. a. d. the carriage alongside the platform belonged to the u p consent of counsel on both aides, adjourned till this tustralian Agriculturl 11. 100 0030 0 0 16 k or down train, she had run forward andattempted to day (Wednesday). nglo-Mexican Mint II. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 • Ditto, Half Shares.. _. - ~.... - _2 10 0 - THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT Itamwar.—Mr. C. J. Carttar, Coroner for Kent, held an inquest yesterday at the Castle Tavern, Woolwich, touching the death of Hannah Murphy, the wife of a labouring man, who was killed at the Woolwich station on the evening of Sunday last. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased, with her husband and three or four friends, all natives of the emerald isle, had been enjoying themselves at Woolwich during the afternoon, and after plying visits to half-a-dozen different public houses were returning to the railway station in order to proceed to London, when by some accident they got se parated. The deceased, imagining that her husband had taken his ticket and gone through the station, hastened after him, as she supposed, and finding a train alongside the platform she grasped hold of one of the third class carriages in order to obtain a seat within it. The train was in motion at the time, and the deceased, continuing to hold on, was dragged along a few paces and then fell between two carriages in such a position that a part of the train passed over her chest, and caused instant death. It appeared that the train de ceased attempted to get into was going to Gravesend from London, and just in the opposite direc tion to that in which deceased wanted to go. Evidence leaving been given to show that every proper precaution was taken for the preservation of the passengers from injury, the coroner remarked that the accident appeared to him to have arisen entirely through the woman's own negligence. The poor creature appeared to have missed her husband, and without knowing whether the carriage alongside the platform belonged to the up or down train, she had run forward and attempted to get into one of them while it was in motion. No re gulation of any railway company could possibly avert acts of this kind on the part of headstrong passengers, and he felt it due to the South-Eastern Company to say that, as far as his experience went, he believed their regulations were equal to those of any company in the kingdom; they carried, he believed, over their Green wich branch, more passengers than any other railway in the kingdom, especially at Easter and Whitsuntide, and as far as he knew, he believed they had never before had a fatal accident to a passenger upon their line. Mr. Finnigan, the superintendent of the company, who was in attendance, said it was quite true, they never had. The jury expressed themselves satisfied, and returned a verlict of Accidental Death. THE CROPS IN THE NORTIL—POTATO DISEASE. —ln the course of last week various rumours were in circulation here about the appearance of the potato dis ease in several districts of the county. We have made very minute and pretty extensive inquiries in the higher and lower districts of the county, and in some parts of which we Aberdeen shires; and the only safe conclusion at we can arrive, from the numerous communica tions now before us, is, that the disease had appeared among some of the earlier sorts in several quarters of the county. The wh ic h rceoposrilrat n were in circulation ap pear to have bee n y magnified; and in some cases where disease was reported, it is s till d ou btf u l Is he cher the appearances which of the g av e erise to the r e p o rt wi re really the produc t malady or not. several however, un - plots Trroug hout the lower part of Mora y shire, of lkeable symptoms have appeared iu the white early kind, and also a mong some of t he late wl,fte kidney sort; but at present it is not so extensive as to give rise to alarm. — Elgin Courier. T H E LIVERPOOL TRAGEDIES. The unfortunate man Colkin, who murdered his two children in Oriel street, still lies at the Northern Hospital, and is favour ably progressing towards recovery. and e is very peaceable a nd reserved in his demeanour, speaks but e. John Eager,, the. person shot by his brother . in Cunliffe strt et, also progresses we ll. Of course ne ither of the cases can be tried at the present assizes.—Liverpool i•iie Assoc. of Iscatiand 81. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 11. 6s Mercantile Life .• . 41. per cent. 10 0 0 0 10 0 3s. 6d. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 208.6 d north British Insur. • . 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 I 23% Worth & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 0 11 0 icot. Mag. and Gen. Life 0 0 0 15 0 icottligh Union Insruce. 641. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 9 3 , ‘ tl t n a i n te l d ard Dep.Life. . . . . . Assurance . i • s sl.3zx.A Nou per cent. z lOO S. O 1 0 0 148.6 d zzce ' Dividend Amount same of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. share. X. s. d. X. s. d. tustrallan Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 40. 10 0 0 10 0 0 Ditto, Half Shares.. 2 10 0 Canada ... • • . . •• .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. 89 City Navigation . .. 90 Comp .Cppr 5121'8E11g. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 Equitable Reversionry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 104 Gen•SteamNavigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 14 0 0 London Institution ... 78 15 0 Russell Institution.... 26 5 0 3 Peninslr& Orient.Stra. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7134 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 i Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 i 60 0 0 South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 Van Dieman's Land.. 100 0 0 23 0 0 1% Ilion LEVEL BRIDGE.—The High Level Bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle was opened - for the passage of trains on Wednesday last, the morning mail tram south being the first that passed. There is only one line of the permanent rails laid, but the other is in a forward state. The carriage way is also just approaching completion, and in a few months it is expected the entire structure will be made available for public use. The Government inspector visited and inspected the bridge on Saturday, when several weighty trains passed over, and he expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the nature and security of the work. The passenger trains, which previously passed along the temporary wooden stage erected alongside the bridge, now pass along the bridge itself. The general character of both the mason and metal work of this magnificent structure is of the most solid and substantial kind. The mason work was let by contract to Messrs. Rush and Lawton, the firm having been extensive contractors on various lines where the works had required strength and solidity in the mason work, dispatch in the execution, and a careful superintendence. These requisites have not been ne glected with regard to this noble structure. The con tract for the metal and iron work was let to Messrs. Hawks, Crawshay, and Co .n l w v h il i s c o h n, th a e n y d w u er e e ll, a a s n si d ste j. d by the firms of Messrs. Losh, six e da approachesrches, each of about sixty-six feet in length , formed of cast iron i l i t a b v b in o g t a a n s d p C a no.o of bridge w L o h n s s w t s o The l2s feet, b c f ury pillars and bearers, from the design of R. Stephenson, Esq. Mes .rs. Losh and Co. executed the castings for he approaches, and Messrs. Abbott and Co. the arches. The stipulated price was about 120,0001. The arches are circular, and made of cast iron, the whole weight of which is above 6,000 tons. The railway is carried over the banks of the arches in the usdal manner, and below this is formed, by suspension, a carriage and foot road forTh This portion r convenience o e n f ietnhce b e o r f i d vehicles icl es however, and willfoo t notb passengers. e com pleted in l ess t h an another month, the workmen being busily engaged i n l ay i ng down Ne w.e as m ile us tur ha n v a e l. the wood pavement.— Newcastle a feeling, a faith in whatever is self sacrificing and divine, whether in willrelgon or in art, in, common sense the divine to an g th ks e r i y ac o r r ifi t , l an aw d , or s y llo_ reason us out of article in the market.—Eliza Cook's Journal. Mercury. The value of three things are justly appreciated by three classes of persons. The value of youth by the old, :be value of health by the diseased, the value of wealth the needy.—Eliza Cook's Journal. HOP INTELLIGENCE. BOROUGH, AUGUST 20.—0 n Friday evening the first pocket of new hops arrived at market, the growth of Mr. Henry Smith, of Etchingham, Sussex. On the following day another pocket arrived from Mr. Henham, of East Peckham, Kent. The Sussex pocket sold at 10L, and the Kent pocket at W. 45. per cwt. The picking will not generally commence before the 20th of September. The accounts from Mid Kent this morning come much worse. The mould is making sad havoc in many of the best grounds. During the past week there have been large sales of yearlings (1848) and old hops. We have a firm market to-day, and last week's prices fully supported. The duty estimated at 65,0001. to 70,0001. et the e e n smallin o mh ho e ps of s t h h o e w t s g t g n r o o d u i n s d p s o , MAIDSTONE.—The m ou ld i s rapidly increasing, s w iti h o i n ch to ar g e ro " w p . lat T ty h , t ; cold nights are much against them. CRANBROOE.—The plant does not in general pre sent so promising an appearance as reported in our last. The high winds have beaten the bine severely, and the coldness of the atmosphere has very much retarded its growth. The whole of the plantation still remains in a state of fluctuation, with the chances against it. Those whose opinions we last week stated to be in favour of 80,0001. duty, do not now feel so sanguine on the matter. ROLVENDEN.—The hops are gone back for this last week. Our crop will be very short this year. The greater part of our ground will not do anything. In EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1849. a few partial grounds we may get 110 cwt. per acre. Duty 65,0001. WEST MALLING.—Some few grounds have im proved in appearance, where the burr has come into hop and shows itself, while others look as black and drooping as blight can make them, and not having strength to force the burr. Mould is increasing. If they are not much better at other places, we cannot see how the present estimated duty is to be realised. EAST MALLINCI.—We cannot report any percep tible improvement in the blighted grounds ; but in the more favoured gardens there is decidedly an im provement. No mould to notice. WROTHAM.—The hops present a very unfavourable appearance in this part, and there is not so much as any appearance of burr on many of them. BRENCHLEY.—Our hops continue very bad, with the exception of a few favourite pieces. We shall not average two pockets per acre. YALDING.—Our hops are getting on favourably in the good grounds, but the bad are past all recovery. BIDDENDEN AND SmARDEN.—The hops are making but slow progress. The bine is very short, and but little burr. The hops come out slowly, the cold nights being much against them. A bet has been made that Smarden will not average 1 f cwt. per ac re; they have improved a little sin ce th e b e t was made. EDENDRIDGE.—There is a slight improvement visible. The wind and cold nights are very much against them, but still the burr is getting into hop. HURSTGREEN.—We can quote no general improve, ment in hops this week. Many seem to stand still, and not yet out into hop, while a few are improved and many get worse. FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, AUG. 20.—The very best grounds are progressing pretty favourably, but the hot days and cold nights do not favour the blighted and backward plantations. Duty for the district supposed to be over-rated at 4,0001.; last year it realised 12,9001. WORCESTER, AUG. 15.—The Worcester Journal says the duty is laid at 7,0001. to 8,0001. PAYMENT OF THE HOP DUTY. —The day fixed for the payment of the first instalment of the postponed duty is the 15th October. The second instalment is payable on the 15th November. Maidstone Gazette of this day. Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Goff, promoted, Aug. 21. 17th Light Dragoons—Alexander Learmouth, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Re, , d, promoted, Aug. 21. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain the Honourable Augustus George Charles Chichester, from the Gth Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Eccles, who exchanges, Aug. 21. 4th Regiment of Foot—Thomas Edward Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Poyntz, pro moted, Aug. 21. sth Foot—Second Lieutenant George John Stewart, to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Forster, who retires ; Ensign Edward Reginald Simmons, from the 47th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase,, vice Stewart, Aug. 21. 6th Foot—Lieutenant and Captain William Eccles, from Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Cap tain, vice Chichester, who exchanges; Frank M-Pherson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davies, promoted, Aug. 20. 12th Foot—Lieutenant James Clarke Hearn to be Captain, without purchase, vice Lewis, deceased; En sign Frederick Bagnell to be Lieutenant, vice Hearn, Aug. 8; James Fielding Sweeney, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cole, promoted, Aug. 21. 13th Foot—Henry William Somerville Carew, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lynch, promoted, Aug. 21. 16th Foot—Captain William Ashmore to be Major, by purchase, vice Brand, who retires ; Lieutenant George Patrick Goldie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ashmore, Aug. 21; Ensign and Adjutant Charles Coote Grant to have the rank of Lieutenant, Aug. 20; Ensign William Armstrong to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Goldie, Aug. 21. 17th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander M`Kinstry to be Captain, without purchase, vice David Cooper, who re tires upon full pay, Aug. 21; Ensign Richard Bolton Neynoe to b 3 Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Perce val, deceased, July 27; Ensign Henry Baxter, from the 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice M'Kinstry; Ensign Frank M'Pherson, from the 6th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Neynoe, Aug. 21. . . _ 22d Foot—Ensign Andrew Hill, from the 79th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, ♦ice Alexander Miller, dismissed the service, but allowed to sell, Aug. 21. 23d Foot—Major Charles Crutchley, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Holmes, deceased; Cap tain Harry George Chester to be Major, without pur chase, vice Crutchley, July 24; Captain Daniel Lysons to be Major, by purchase, vice Chester, whose promo tion by purchase has been cancelled, Aug. 3; Lieutenant Francis E. Campbell to be Captain, vice Chester, July 24; Edward Gascoigne Bulwer, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brady, promoted, Aug. 21. 26th Foot—William Mosse, Gent., to be Ensign, u ith out purchase, vice Hinchliffe, promoted, Aug. 21. 30th Foot—Frederick Luxmore„ Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pennefather, promoted, Aug. 21. 35th Foot—Ranulph Charles Lee, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Digby, promoted, Aug. 21. 45th Foot—Edward Evans, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Griffin, promoted, Aug. 21. 46th Foot—George Norris, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bennett, appointed to the 86th Foot, Aug. 21. 48th Foot—Bache Harpur Heathcote, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cairnes, promoted, Aug. 21. 53d Foot—Frederick Richard Solly Flood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fenton, promoted, Aug. 21. 56th Foot—Ensign Morton Robert Eden to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Lanauze, who retires, Aug. 21. 60th Foot—Hugh Parker Montgomery, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robinson, pro moted, Aug. 21. 62d Foot—Charles Cooch, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Dawes, appointed to the 89th Foot, Aug. 21; William Whitehead, Gent., to be Ensign, without pure'iate, vice Wood, superseded, Aug. 22. 6911 Foot—Ensign William Tracey to be Adjutant, vice Bowen, promoted, Aug. 21. 74th Foot—John James Hood Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bruce promoted. Aug. 21. 78th Foot—Captain Charles Thomas Bentley, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Lamert, de ceased, Aug. 21. 79th Foot—Wemyss Thomas Cockburn, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Hill, promoted in 22d Foot, Aug. 21. 82d Foot—Lieutenant George Edmund Halliday, to be Captaia, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Moore, deceased; Ensign William Alexander Bailie, to be Lieu tenant, vice Halliday, August 10. 85th Foot—Arthur Savory Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fraser, who resigns, 93d Foot—Arthur Rose, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Middleton, promoted, Aug. 21. 98th Foot—Lieutenant John Riordan to be Quarter master, vice Fagan, appointed Paymaster ; Quarter master James Fagan, of the 98th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Edward Hunter, who retires upon half-pay, Aug. 21. Rifle Brigade—Sergeant-Major Henry Peaoocke, to be Quartermaster, vice Richard Taylor, who retires upon half-pay, Aug.2l. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant George Lyon, from half-pay 99th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Douglas, promoted ; August 21 ; Ensign George Granville Gower Munro, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Lyon, who retires, Aug. 21; George Mignon Innes .Gent., to bo Ensign, by pur. chase, vice Munro, Aug. 20; Charles Douglas, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Powell, promoted, Aug. 21. MEMORANDIIM.-The names of the Lieutenant of the 98th Foot (July 10, 1846), are "John Riordan," not " Reardon,' as previously stated. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Leicestershire Regiment of Old Militia—Edward Howard Sanders, Gent., to be Ensign, May 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. The Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Edward Dolman Scott, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Sir Francis Edward Scott, Bart., pro moted, Aug. 14. WHITEHALL, JULY I L The Lord Chancellow has appointed Robert Slaney, of Newcastle-under-Lyne, in the county of Stafford, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan cery. BANKRUPTS. Albert Paine and George Frederic Davies, woollen drapers, High-street, Southwark, to surrender, Aug. 30, at twelve, and Sept. 28, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; De Jersey, Saint Ann's-lane, Aldersgate. Harry Farncombe Hodson, ironmonger, Romford, Aug. 29, at one, and Sept. 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Jones, and Wright, Swithin's-lane. John Bowers, wine merchant, Worcester, Sept. 4 and Oct. 6, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Letts, Bartlett's-build ings, Holborn; Smith, Birmingham. William Haden Richardson, tube manufacturer, Dar laston, Staffordshire, Sept. 11, and Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assig nee, Birmingham; Chesshire, Birmingham. Frederick Burt, bookseller, Plymouth, Sept. 4, and 26, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Ilernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Elworthy, Plymouth ; Stog don. Exeter ; Surr and Gribble, Lombard• street. James Skinner, jun., linendraper, Bristol, Sept. 4 and Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Cornish and Parnell, Bristol. Edmund Chadwick, Joseph Shaw, and Abraham Gartside, cotton spinners, Oldham, • Sept. 4 - and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Conrt. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gre gory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row ; Schofield, Oldham ; Ascroft, Oldham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. _ _ W. Sikes, H. Sikes, and T. Wilkinson ' London, bankers Sept. 14, at eleven—J. Sheppard, Shirley, Hampshire, brewer, Sept. 11, at twelve., In the Country. _ _ C. Beasley, Bristol, mercer and draper, Sept. 11, a eleven, at the Court, Bristol. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. _ _ 3. Barlow, City-road, engineer, Sept. 14, at half-pas twelve—J. Brown, Ixworth, Suffolk, innkeeper, Sept. 14, at eleven. In the Country. R. Roberts, Toxteth-park, Lancashire, grocer and builder, Sept. 12, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Ellis, Liverpool, printer and stationer, Sept. 12, at —, at the Court, Liverpool—G. Bate, Wolverhampton, Staf fordshire, joiner and carpenter, Sept. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, Sept. 11. W. Simmons, Marden, Kent, dealer—L. M‘Lauchlin, Liverpool, merchant—J. Morris, Brecon, druggist—T. J. Fehr, Birmingham, dealer in bonnets—W. Giscard, Ely, Cambridgeshire, clock and watchmaker—S. Sill, Worcester, draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Hughes and J. Roberts, Tintern, Monmoutshire, wire workers—G. N. Tootal, T. Barff, and T. E. Flint, Leeds, stock and share brokers—O. Lindberg and W. Fellows, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, coal fitters and ship brokers—J. Clark and G. Clark, Cambridge, bakers and flymen—R. Atkinson and T. Atkinson, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, drapers—C. Goldsmith and W. B. Bell, Green walk, Blackfriars-road, brewers—T. Stanford and W. Lewellin, Bridgend. Glamorganshire, linendrapers—W. Cardwell and E. Cardwell, Manchester, stock and share brokers—W. Singlehurst and J. Singlehurst, Liverpool, general brokers and commission agents—J. J. Cordwell and J. Polkinhorn, Shoreditch, oil and Italian ware housemen—T. M. Webbe and W. White, jun., High street, Kensington, bakers—J. Bentley, W. Bentley, and J. Booth, Oldham, Lancashire, iron and brassfounders— J. W. Sutherland, G. Chasemore, and T. L. Robinson, Croydon, Surrey, bankers (so far as regards J. W. Su therland)—A. Hutchinson, T. Summerson, and J. Har ris, South Stockton, Yorkshire, timber merchants—T. North and S. Parsons, Nottingham, coal masters—J. Priestley, R. Griffith, and E. Cox, Liverpool, brokers (as far as regards J. Priestley)—J. Stepple and R. Wilding, Tottenham-court-road, shirtmakers and outfitters —S. Moyer and G. Oppenheim, Manchester, commission merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Edward Cowduck, Little Brighton, Lancaster, labourer. Robert Shepherd, Little Brighton, Lancaster, plumber and glazier. Joseph Turner, Bury, Lancashire, operative cotton weaver. William Barlow, Holmfirth, Yorkshi re , por k b utcher. Robert Cooper Purnell, Worcester, journeyman carpenter. William Pike Donne, Sittingbourne, Kent, painter and glazier. Herman Schirmacher, Bebington, Cheshire, dealer in music. William Hill, Cullompton, Devonshire, brewer and beer seller. James Taylor, Tiverton, Devonshire, painter, plumber, and glazier. Cornelius Springett, Linton, Kent, assistant to a beer shop keeper. Elizabeth Nt.rcer, ITarriPtshfun. Kent. grrq . .er. Jaie, J. Carver Guppy, Cuttruluuth, Dufs.L.hice, veLe rinary surgeon. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. W. Brown, Glasgow, corn factor and grain merchant, to meet within Carrick's Royal Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 29 and Sept. 19, at one. EXTRAORDINARY COMBAT. Captain Rochfort, of the British and Irish Com pany's screw-vessel Rose, arrived at Dublin lately from London, and reported having on his passage fallen in with a whale of large dimensions, on a Sun day morning, at two o'clock, seven miles south-west of the Lizard. This monster o f th e d ee p was suffer inga thresher. well-known e T n h e e m s e i e formidable r o m f d his b t e r e—-fishi c b reat u a severely at the time in a n encoun t er w ith t wo re s s w g o e rd nerally an g ( o l together through the waters, and are reputed to be joined in a league of unrelenting enmity against the cetaceous animals. Captain Rochfort and the crew saw the combat for about three-quarters of an hour, but being obliged to continue their voyage home wards, they had to forego the pleasure of witnessing the struggle to its close, and of taking in tow to Dublin the body of the vanquished whale, for of his being eventually worsted in the affray there was no doubt whatever. The sword-fish was seen once driving his tremendous weapon into the belly of his victim, as he turned on his side in agony. The thresher fastened on his back and gave him terrific blows, which were heard at a distance with great dis tinctness. The latter not having any power to strike in the water, it was the instinctive policy of the sword fish to make the attack from below; this causing the whale to rise above the surface, which he did at times to a remarkable height, the other assailant, which wai about 20 feet long, then dealt out his blows unsparingly, with all the force of his lengthy frame—between them their victim must have suffered extremely ; he spouted blood to an immense height, and crimsoned the sea all around to a considerable distance. Being within 200 yards of the ship, to which the whale appeared to make for protection, the conflict was dis • tinctly visible to all on board, who regretted it was not permitted them to await the issue, and carry off the prize from epicurean whalers, whose palates are satisfied, notwithstanding all their labours, with the tongue of their unwieldy antagonist, upon which alone they condescend to feast, leaving the carcass to some coarser appetite, or, as it may be hoped in this instance, to some lucky fishermen, whose toil in se curing it will be well repaid. It is considered un usual for marine animals, such as were engaged in the struggle now narrated, to be seen in such a lati tude. But this point must be settled by naturalists. —Dublin Mail. EXTENSIVE BANK FORGERIES IN MANCHESTER, An extensive forgery on the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank has just been discovered. Two men implicated in the felony have been appre hended, and it is supposed that the investigations which are about to be commenced will lead to the discovery of a number of serious forgeries upon the same company. The circumstances connected with the present case are, that on the 20th ult., in conse quence of an advertisement which appeared in the Liverpool Mercury, a person named Lindley applied for a situation, and received an answer appointing a meeting with the writer (a Mr. Robinson, who at that time called himself Openshaw), at the Stork Hotel, in that town. After that meeting a further in terview took place at the Corn Exchange, in Manches ter, at which Robinson, after giving Lindley two letters, the one to post and the other to deliver, gave him a cheque upon the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank for 3371. 155., desiring him to get it cashed. This Lindley did, and returned with six 501. notes the re mainder of the amount being in gold. The notes, at Ro binson's request, were subsequently turned into gold at the Bank of England, and Robinson pocketed the money without taking the trouble to count it. At another interview, a few days afterwards, Robinson offered Lindley a situation, but requested him to re turn to Liverpool, promising to communicate with him upon the subject, and giving him money to de fray his expenses. On the Tuesday following Lind ley began to suspect from various circumstances that he had been duped, and, having called at the branch bank in Liverpool, he there related the above circum stances, and an investigation took place. The cheque purported to have been drawn by Messrs. Collinson and Simpson, brewers in Manchester, who have an account with the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, and it has been pronounced by Mr. Simpson to be a forgery—and a remarkably clever one—of his handwriting. The circumstances were communi cated to the detective police, and on Friday last Robin son was apprehended by one of the Liverpool detec tive force in the shop of a man named Macauley, who was supposed to be an accomplice. They were taken into custody, and examined before the magis trates on the following (Saturday) morning. Ro binson was clearly identified, and a young man of the name of M'lntire related another instance of having been duped by the same individual. Macauley, however, did not seem to he implicated in the charge beyond having been seen in the hotel with Robinson and also at the bank when M'lntire was cashing another cheque, which Robinson had given to him under circumstances precisely similar to those detailed in the case of Lindley. We understand that the above is only one of a series of forgeries which have been recently committed, and from which the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank has been a sufferer to a considerable amount—pro bably not less than from 1,2001. to 1,5001. The prisoners have been remanded to afford time for insti tuting further inquiries into the subject. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Aua. 20, 1849. Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thurs day next, the 23d inst., for his late Majesty King Charles Albert, father of the King of Sardinia, viz.:—Tbe ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces, and ear-rings, black or w hite shoes, fans and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or:plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday the 30th instant, viz:—The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Sunday, the 2d of September next, the Court to go out of mourning [From the _Dublin Gazette, Aug. 17, 1849.] CROWN AND HANAPER OFFICE. In pursuance of an Act, passed in the fortieth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, inti tuled " An Act to regulate the mode by which the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons to serve in the Par liament of the United Kingdom, on the part of Ireland, shall be summoned and returned to the said Parliament," I do hereby give notice, that George John Danvers, Earl of LanesboroUgh, has been chosen by a majority of votes to be the peer to sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, in the room of John, Earl of Mayo, deceased, Aug. 14. C. FiTz-StmoN, Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper. WAR-OFFICE, Aua. 21. , yal Regiment of Horse Guards—George Philip CeLil Arthur Lord Stanhope to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gambier, promoted, Aug. 21; Thomas Lord Rib. blesdale to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Breedon, pro moted, Aug. 22. Ist Dragoon Guards—William Peareth, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Carew, promoted, Aug. 21. 7th Dragoon Guards—Thomas Joseph Reddington Ffrench, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Middle ton, promoted, Aug. 21. Ist Dragoons—John Inglis Jones, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Stocks, promoted, Aug. 21. 3d Light Dragoons—Edward Howard Vyse, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ricketts, promoted, Aug. 21. 10th Light Dragoons—Thomas Manners Townley, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blair, promoted, Aug. 21. 16th Light Dragoons—Julius Alexander Sartoris, MARKET' INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Aug. 21.) SUGAR.—Today full rates were obtained tor moat sorts of West India Sugar; on the part of home dealers not much desire atm evinced to make purchases. The public sales of 170 hhds and 6 tres Barbadoes went at steady prices; low yellow at 37s to 37s 6d, middling 38s to 395, good to fine 39s 6d to 41s per cwt. The market for raw Sugor closes quiet. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar met with less de mand for home trade purpos , s, still refiners were firm. and good brown lumps could not be obtained under 496 per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held for full rates, and is wanted. MAIIRITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauritius Sugar submitted to public competition amounted to 1,640 bags. Thera was not much desire evinced to operate, and former rates were barely supported; good yellow went at 395, middling 37s 61 to 38s 61, low 36s to 375, good and fine brown 34s 6d to 365, middling 333 63 to 345, fair to good grey 36s to 38s 6d. EAST INDIA.----This afternoon grocery sorts of Madras were in limited request only, and 2,000 bags at auction only partly found buyers at about the former value; good and fine strong white went at 43s to 44s 6d, mid. 41s to 425, and fine soft yellow 39s to 39s 61. 1,500 bags of other sorts all sold, but at rather lower rates; ordinary and middling soft brown went at 30s to 325, good and fine 32s 6d to 33s 6d, ordinary yellow 33s 6d to 345, and middling 34s 6d to 35s 61. 1,000 bags Bengal went at barely former terms; good and fine white Benares at 40s 6d to 42s 6d, damp 40s to 425, and strong white at 45s to 47s per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, but several parcels are declared. By private treaty few buyers were to be met with, and sales can be made upon rather lower terms. MoLAssEs.—Prices keep on the decline for West India, and buyers operate with caution; the stock also continues to get larger. The sales are confined to 150 puns, chiefly good Antigua, at 18s 61 per cwt. In East India Molasses few sales have been made, and sellers are willing to accept 15s to 16s per cwt. Honey has advanced in value. CocoA.—With West India the market is still well supplied, and prices contiue to recede, whilst the home trade demand is limited. The value of red Trinidad is from 39s to 475, and grey 38s to 425. The demand for Foreign has been limited, and sellers are willing to acept 26s 6d to 28s per cwt, as there is still a large stock. COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee met with at tention. At public sale 126 casks 1,410 bags were offered, and nearly all sold at firm prices; Native, real good ordinary went at 36s 6d to 375; Plantation, good 58s to 635, low middling and middling 50s to 57s 6d, fine fine ordinary 44s to 495, other sorts 36; 6d to 435, a few lots fine 70s to 71s, and pea berry 59s 6d to 65s per cwt. _ _ TEA.—Congou, large sales have been made, whilst holders display much firmness, and higher rates are likely to prevail. We quote ordinary and good common quality at Bid to 9d, mixed blackish leaf 9id to lOid, blackish leaf 11 d to is Op, ditto strong is Id to is fine and Pekoe flavour is 4d to is 10d per lb. Green has realized full terms, and a good business was con cluded in all sorts, whilst an advance is likely to take place. Public sales of tea will be declared shortly, yet large parcels will not be brought forward. RICE.—To-day East India met with less attention privately, and at auction 2,400 bags white Bengal were taken in at lOs for good mid white rather broken and dusty, being the full value. SPIRITS.—OnIy small purchases have been made in Leeward Island Rum, and a fall in the value has taken place; the price is is 4id to is 5d proof, and on the part of holders a desire has been evinced to sell. East India is not much wanted, and prices are receding; only 250 puns have been sold at is 3d to is 31d proof. A good demand has been experienced in Demerara, but at rather lower rates, and the sales are 300 puns at is lld to 2s 3d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. The lower sorts of Jamaica have been dealt in with greater freedom by shippers and home dealers, still better rates are not to be obtained. About 250 puns have been sold at 2s 6d to 2s 9d for 30 to 36 per cent overproof. A fair business has been concluded in the better kinds at 2s 104 to 3s 4d, and choice marks at 3s 6d to 4s, of the latter the supply continues to get smaller. Former advanced rates are well supported for Brandy, and the home trade demand has been active. A further rise is also expected to take place, and prices rule as follows; Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1848 at 3s 10d to 4s, 1847 ditto at 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1846 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1845 ditto 5s 8d to 5s 10d, interior marks 2s 4d to 3s Bd, and Bordeaux 2s to 2s 2d. Geneva sells with more freedom at is 9d to Is 10d for exportation, and fine for duty at 2s 31 to 3s 3d. The market for British made Spirit is firm at 9s Bd, and Gin at 8s to 8s 6d for 17 to 22 per cent under proof. INDIGO.—The market for East India is firm, and pur- chases to a fair extent have been made by exporters and home dealers, while the rates paid are fully equal to the last quarterly auctions. For Spanish the demand is steady, at full rates. CoCimixAL.—For public sale this week large parcels are declared, mostly Honduras. A good business has been concluded since our last report, and full rates are paid. At auction 127 bags were for the most part sold —Honduras Silvers 3s 7d to 4s ld, black 3s 7d to 5s 2d; Mexican 3s 9d to 3s 10d, and Silvers at 3s 6d to 3s. 8d per lb. SPICES.—For Pimento former rates are readily offered, but few parcels are to be obtained by private treaty. The value is from 4d to per lb. For Cassia Lignea the market is firm, and there are several purchasers at 94s to 100 s per cwt, according to quality. The market remains firm for Cloves ; Bencoolen at is 4(1 to 2s, Amboyna Is to is 2d, Bourbon and Zanzibar 7d to Bid per lb. For Cinamon the demand is better, and merchants display firmness; for Ceylon of first quality they obtain 3s 9d to 4s 3d; second ditto 2s 8d to 4s, and third ditto is to 2i 10d. Black Pepper realised full rates, and by private treaty opera tions have been upon a more extended scale; Malabar shot at 31d to 3d, heavy 3d to 3/d, inferior 2fd to 20, Sumatra clean 2id to 2;1, and interior 2id to 2FI. White from 4d to 9d. Pod Pepper is further depressed in value, and at auction 184 bags went at 31s to 38s 6d per cwt for low and mid. For Ginger prices have varied little from this day week. Of African, 240 boxes and 1,192 bags at auction were sold at 36s to 37s 6,1 for mid and good mid; 30 pkts of shipping Bengal were taken in at 255; 22 boxes Barbadoes at 365 for mid small; but 134 pkgs of Jamaica were all sold at 41 17s to 81 5s for mid to good. Nutmegs are still wanted, and former rates are well supported. SALTPETRE.—For British Refined the demand has been active at 30s 6d to 31s per cwt, and there are not free sellers. In Nitrate of Soda several purchases have been made at lls 9d to 12s 6d per cwt, and the market firm. TALLOW.—The purchases made in Russian on the spot have been limited, and there is a desire evinced to sell fine P. Y. Candle at 39s per Cwt. Only limited sales have been made for delivery in last three months of the year, and sellers will accept 39s to 39s 3d per cwt. Home melted, however, finds a free sale at 378 6d to 38s 6d nett cash, but the supply is not smaller. Of Sydney and South American 1,600 casks at auction were for the most part sold at from 34s to 38s 6d; 80 cks P. Y. Candle were taken in at 368 6d for low, and 35 cks of Soap Tallow at 34s 6d per cwt. The value of Rough Fat is still 2s lid per stone of 8 pounds, and the market is well supplied. OlLS.—There are large arrivals of Cocoa Nut. At public sale 30 tons of Ceylon were taken in at 321. to 331., and the best is not worth above 351. per tun. Palm met with a much better demand, and an advance in the value has taken place; sales of fine quality have been made at 31s to 32s per cwt. Rape Oil met with a good sale, and the market is firm—pale 37s 6d to 38s, and brown at 375, but the market is better supplied. Olive Oil has been disposed of to a fair extent—Gallipoli 431 to 44/, and other sorts 39s to 421. Linseed Oil finds a more active demand for home trade purposes, and an advance in the value has taken place, sales having been made at 25s 6d to 25s 9d per cwt on the spot. For forward delivery the amount of business concluded has been small, and there are sellers at 258 to 25s 3d. Sperm is not much in demand, and fine quality is offered at 701 to 801. per tun. Seal 32/ to 331. for pale. At public sale 40 tuns were only in part sold—straw at 301 103 to 311, and brown 261 15s to 27/ lOs. Cod is cheaper, and only small sales have been made at 271 to 27/ 103 per tun. In Southern the sales made have been small at 271 to 281 for low to middling, and at 281 lOs to 301 lOs for good and fine. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, AUG. 21. The weather continues very favourable for the har vest; we had to-day a small number of farmers at market. New wheat sold pretty readily at from 41s to 50s per quarter ; old was neglected. Spring corn sold upon much the same terms as last week. Malt rather lower. Flour steady. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat 36s to 50s Beans 2ss to 32s Barley Oats ..... 16s to 21s Malt .. 47s to 53s Rye.. ....... ..,. 20s to 24s Flour, per sack.. 34s to 40s AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 18. Wheat 1,405 quarters at 43s 7d. Barley Oats Beans 3B 30s 9d. Peas lO2 28s Bd. HULL, Au°. 21. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states—" On the whole, we have had finer weather during the past week, although the temperature has ranged lower than usual or desirable at this season. Some early plots of wheat are cut, and in a week harvest work will be quite general. Arrivals are to a fair extent, chiefly from near small ports, and as retards wheat of inferior vality. Such is difficult to sell, and some concession has been neces sary on finer runs to make progress from the import vessel. Warehoused parcels are not generally offered, holders showing no disposition to throw away their pro perty. Hamburgh and Baltic letters advise a total disin clination to ship, at least to any extent, for this country; they report extension of disease in potatoes, and sales on speculation at prices very closely approximating to those lately taken on this side the channel. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers, quality chiefly very fine, and such was ready sale at fully last week's rates. For the little fine foreign on show there was a fair demand and sale at the reduced cur rency. The bulk of the import is inferior stale wheat, which is offered on low and attractive terms even for pig feed. Barloy of all kinds must be written Is. per quarter lower, and spring corn generally may be pur -0!--3ed nn rror- f ivhuro)l.- t' 7117 S 'hat; Iv 0 , „ v. - 0 nice i,wezli of sale bailey were sh own , 6,,/-day at a moderate price. The mark,lt is nearly cleared of Indian corn, but further arrivals are daily expected; the use of this article is decidedly on the increase on this side the island. The more moderate arrival of linseed tends to steady the trade, and the turn in sales is with the im porters. Less business passes in cakes, and crushers are easier to deal with. We continue without imports of rapeseed, and quotations are nominal; as may also be said of cakes. The following are the present prices of grain:— s. s. s. S. Wheat, English, red 41 to 46 Peas, white and yel. 27 30 Do. white 4B 50 Do. grey Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 39 41 nigsberg 46 50 Do. Petersburgh ... 34 39 Pomeranian and Do. Riga & Archngl. 35 —37 Hamburgh . 42 44 Do. Konigsberg .... 32 35 Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland 35 —4O Linseed cakes, Hull 71 5s Od Russian and Odessa 34 38 Do. fine foreign Oats, English .. ..... 14 17 Do. inferior foreign Si lOs Do. Dani5h........... 13 15 Rapeseed Do. Friesland l6 18 Rape cakes .B2s 6d Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 16 Tares, English ......00s —00 s Barley, malting 24 26 Do. foreign 20s —25 s Do. grinding........ 20 22'Guano Gi to Si lOs Beans 2B 211 Bones, do ...... 82s 6d to 00s Od Do. foreign ...... _... ..... _ . _ Coax,Au4a. 20.—Flour--Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d; extra 15s ; seconds, 13s 6d to ON Od; households lOs to 12s; thirds, 78 to 9s per cwt. Oatmeal 12s 6d to 00s; Indian meal 6s 6d to 63 9d; wheat meal, lOs Od tolls per cwt. Indian corn 6/0s Od to 615 s Od per ton. Bran 3/ lOs Od to 41 per ton. Hay—Farmers' 2s to 28s; average 24s ; dealers 25s to 44s 6d; average OOs per ton. Str aw—Farmers 17s Od to 30s Od ; average 27s ; dealers 35s Od to OOs Od; average OOs Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 60; household loaf 5d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d to 8d per lb. Eggs —4s lid to 4s Id per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to 6id ; veal bid to 7d ; pork . 4d to 5P ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. hops 61 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/ 5s per ton. Bark—Barbary 8/ to Si lOs; Valonia 141 to 01; French 7/ 10s ; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone. Hemp 311 to 35/ per tort. Fish— Scotch herrings 17s to 18s ; red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ lOs to 12/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s ; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 103 to ]6s; salted 12s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2id per lb. Potatoes, white 6d to 9d; Minions 00d to 00d • Guano— Peruvian, 111 10s; I c h a b oe 9/ p er t on; Tar—Archangel,2 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, AUGUST 21. STOCZ ExcillarGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Great Western Quarters, 7 1 4 dis.—Ditto, New 171. :glares, 4% dia. —Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 9 dis.—Midland Stock, 63. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 21. STocs EXCHANGE.—The share market was very firm to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire, 1534 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (M. and L.), Fifths, 338 dis.—London and North-Western, 130 c.— Ditto, New Quarters, 58s. 9d. p.—Ditto, Fifths, 5 38 p.—Midland. 6334 c.—Ditto, halves, 1434' dis.—North Staffordshire, 61i chs.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), VA—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur ohase) 6 per cent. till 1850, 334 dis.—Newry and Warrenpoint, 2. WEDNESDAY MANCHESTER, AUGUST 21. STOCK EXCHANOE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Dover (No. 4), 7—Ditto (Registered), 615-16—London, Fifths, 5% p.-- Fleetwood, 6N dis.—Londoa, New Quarters,2% p.—Manchester and Birmingham, 3 p.—Sheffield, Preference, 11% North Staffordshire, 6 dis.—West Riding Union, 4% dis.—Grimsby, Old, 16%—Newcastle and Carlisle, 95—Leeds, Fifths, 3:5-16 die. YORK, AUGUST 20. STocK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day have been as fol low: —Great Northern, B% London and North-Western, 129% Midland, :63—North British, Thirds, 3% —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, ;20%—Ditto (Newcastle Extension), 14—Ditto (G. N. 13. Purchase), 44—York and North Midland, Preference, 734. GLASGOW, AUGUST 20. STOCK EKCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow: — Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee (Newport), 62 - Glasgow, Kilmarnock► and Ayr, 45—Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness, 69 —York, Newcastle, and Berwwick (G. N E. Purchasse and Preference), 4 . METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—An extraordinary Court of Commissioners was held yester day at the court-house, Greek-street, Soho-square ; Sir John Burgoyne in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Woolrych) having read the notice convening the meet ing, stated that 58 plans for carrying into effect the object they had met to consider had been received. The names of the parties sending the same were read, em bracing the most eminent civil engineers of the country. A few of the plans were sent in anonymously.—Mr. C. W. Johnson was anxious to take the earliest opportu nity of communic itirg to the court that he had received a letter from Mr. Denton, civil engineer, stating that he was most anxious to present a plan for his purpose, but sufficient time had not been allowed him to prepare it, and asking for an extension of it to enable him to do so.—Sir H. de la Becht) said he had been informed, since he entered the court, that a question might arise whether three or four plans would be received, in consequence of not being presented before the chairman had taken the chair ; but as they had assembled for the promotion of information he should move that those plans be received, with any others that might be presented to the court.--- 'rhe suggestion met with general approbation. After some discussion it was proposed and resolved that the time for amending the present plans, and for sending in others, he extended to October 1, 1849. Some other ar rangements having been made, the court adjourned. DANGER OF PREMATURE INTERMENT.—On the morning of Saturday last, a young lad of the name of Pendrith joined the juvenile teetotal excursion peril which left Edinburgh for Hopetoun House. The del was an exceedingly unfavourable one, and many of the youths suffered much from the effects of the rain. Pen' drith was one of these. On returning with the party in the evening, he soon after went to bed, without anything being done to check the effects of a damp • skin, and 3H the Sabbath morning he was•seized with all the apparent symptoms of cholera. Singularly enough, Pendrith's father (who was a blacksmith, we believe, and residing in Greenside), and also his mother, died of cholera dur ing their son's absence, or immediately after his return, and were promptly interred. On the Sunday young Pendrith was taken to the Infirmary, and some parties who made inquiry in the course of the day as to how the lad was, got for answer, or imagined that they got for answer, that he had died. It is affirmed by those ac" quainted with the circumstances, that Pendrith, imme diately after his supposed decease, was conveyed to the dead house, and there the body remained for a number of hours. A coffin having, in due course, been prepared,. Pendrith was on the eve of being quietly deposited in it,- when, lo! he gave indications of still being in life! We need scarcely say that the beating of the pulse and heart surprised those in attendance. Restoratives being ern" ployed, Pendrith gradually recovered, and now he is so far himself again that he expects being out of the Infix' mazy in a few days.—Edinburgh News. [ADVERTlseamr.]—Dreadful Bad Legs cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter frees John Eastman, Esq., of Buenos Ayres, dated April 3, 1849 "To Professor Holloway. My dear Sir,—Your Pills and Ointment are in very great repute here, and many wonderful cures have been performed by their use ; one in particular I will relate. A Portuguese farmer, who had been confined to the house with sore legs for more than five years, which rep dered him incapable of following any kind of work, is now Se perfectly cured by the use of your Pills and Ointment that he can follow the plough and attend personally to the most kW-- rious farming operations." Sold by all druggists and at Pro fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. LONDON AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY.--- - Official managers have been appointed to wind up this company's affairs, projected in 1845, with a proposed capital of 5,000.0001. in 100,000 shares of 501. each, A large number of shares was taker, the deposit was paid, subscriber's agreement executed, and considerable sums of money came into the hands of the managing commit tee. The petitioners for the winding-up allege, that in stead of depositing plans and sections and three-fourths of the capital, as required by standing orders, with the Accountant-General, the committee of management entered, without the consent of the shareholders, into an agreement, which was never carried out, for an amaign" !nation with another rival London and Manchester line, by which the scheme was rendered abortive, and Was abandoned. Considerable litigation had taken place in the endeavour on the part of the shareholders to obtain an account of moneys received and expended, but witt' out a satisfactory effect, and the outstanding liabilities are considerable. An actuary, who has inspected the books, reports that they are voluminous but imperfect , more particularly as regards material documents, such as bankers' accounts, cheques, counterfoils, and scrip, signed but not regularly issued. He finds that the secre tary took away documents, which have either been de' stroyed or placed in custody, where they are at present inaccessible. The letters from Constantinople show that, owing to the largo imports of manufactures which have lately been made, the shipments of specie from that city, which had graduily lessened, are again becoming large. The next packet, which will be due in about . a fortnight, will bring, it is said, 100,0001. BIRTHS, On the 17th inst., at Sevenoaks, Mrs. William F. Holcroftr of a son. On the 18th inst., at Glocester-road, Hyde-park -gardener the wife of E. Montagu, Esq., of a son. On the '9th inst., at Gordon-street, the wife of the Rev. Henry Hughes, k>f a son. On the 19th inst., in Dorset-square, Lady Routh, of daughter. At Worthing, on the 19th inst., the wife of John Wake" man Long, Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Emmanuel Parsonage, Camberwell , the wife of the Rev. Robert Fayrer, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Sidmouth, Devon, the wife of Captain Cecil G. Johnson, of a daughter. 'On the 17th inst., at 10, Mansfield-street, Portland-placer the lady of John Carnac Morris, Esq., late of the Madras Civil Service, of a son. On the 17th inst., at Winchester, the wife of the Rev George Henry Sumner, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at Hagfield, county of Mayo, Alexander Henry, Esq , Shadwell, London, to Maria, eldest daughter of the late Coll M Donnell, Esq. On the 16th inst., at Bishop's Sutton, Hampshire, J. Mark ham Carter, second son of Edward Carter, Esq., of Ports mouth, to Friederica Josephine Fagan, relict of the lat e Christopher Fagan, Esq., of Calcutta. On the 16th inst., at the parish church, Leeds, the Rev. Charles Marshall, minister of the Episcopal Chapel, Syden; ham-terrace, to S ara h, d aug ht er o f J o h n Wilkinson, Esq., off Lyddon. DIED On the 14th inst., at Chichester, the Rev. Cecil Greene, rector of Fishbourne, Sussex, aged 46. On the 17th inst., at Bevenden•street, Hoxton, M. W Wilson, of Cockermouth, Cumberland, aged 48. On the 17th inst., Sarah, the wife of Benjamin Hamilton, Esq , of Croydon-common. On the frith inst., at Ponsonby-terrace, Vauxhall, Clement Hoare, Esq. aged 60, author of the celebrated " Treatise en the Grape Vine," &c. On the 19th inst., at Finchley, Rebecca, wife of James Come, Esq , M D., and daughter of the late Rev. J. 11 01- phrys, LL D. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUls No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Na. 1 1- ‘ ; . Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the eounti Middlesex, Wednesday, August 22, j 849„ CONT LODI day. ii and m and St to the Secret MOM an age 'rant ( • take t] It 1,1 , Securil • Tender P'c sena] r 'nay h, and pr. 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