The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-15 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. ' FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONlCLE.—Thoughtful politicians are still by no means free from anxiety as to the possible con sequences of the misunderstandtng between the Sultan and the Czar. After the events of the last two years, he must be a bold man who should venture to prophesy that there will be no wars, no invasions, no pulling- down or setting-up of kings, no fresh insur rections or revolutionary changes, within a given period, in any specified division of the globe. Russia may descend like an avalanche upon the Danubian provinces of Turkey, or fall like a thunderbolt upon her capital. But, as far as we understand the language of indications, or can interpret this writing on the wall, we should say that she is safe for some time to come at all events. Indeed, the unkind blow levelled at her dignity and independence, can hardly fail to give her great additional strength, as the just reward of the firmness, courage, generosity, and confidence in hitherto unappreciated resources, which it has called forth. It is now clear that the wrecks of the Hungarian army which took refuge in Widdin consisted of several thousands. The Emperor of Russia's demand (we are informed as from diplomatic authority) is limited to three of the leaders, natives of Russian Poland, whose alleged treason against their liege lord is of long standing, and has nothing to do with the recent abortive struggle in Hungary. The palpable object of this demand therefore is to give him a distinct locus standi, and so enable him to back his brother Emperor with more effect; since it is quite clear that, if the Poles are given up to Russia, the Hungarians cannot be refused to Austria. On the other hand, if Austria withdraws or modifies her claim, the Czar would have scarcely the shadow of a pretence for peremptorily insisting upon his own. Virtually and practically, therefore, the decision is in the hands of the Cabinet of Vienna; and we are very much mistaken if they will allow their young Emperor's sense of obligation to hurry him into the fatal imprudence of risking a general rupture in the present crisis of his destiny. To say nothing of the undue aggrandizement of a powerfnl ally—the House of Hapsburgh have more to fear than any Sovereign House in Europe from whet Canning deprecated as a " war of opinions." All that the God of Marriage has bestowed upon them in the course of centuries, might be torn from them by the God of Battles in six months. The familiar couplet wears now a warning and prophetic air— " Bella gerant alii, to, felix Austria, nube QllO3 dat Mars obis, dot tibi revs Venus." If the Imperial friends, setting the public opinion of the civilized world at defiance, were to club their forces for the dismemberment of the Ottoman empire, and their projects were to succeed beyond their fondest expectations, there might come a fearful day of reckoning for the youngest and weakest of the two. Indeed, the chances are, that (by the time Lombardy was lost, and Hungary, perhaps Poland, again in arms) they would end by presenting an exact parallel of the giant and the dwarf. " Come on, my little fellow, this is glorious work. Glorious work for you; but all the spoil falls to your share, and all the hard knocks to mine. You have got more plunder than you know what to do with ; but I have already lost a leg, three fingers, and an eye." The Russians of rank in Paris are said to shake their heads and look grave at the notion of their Czar retreating from any ground that he has once deliberately taken up. But has he personally taken up the ground which common report assigns to him ? May not his intentions have been misunderstood, or his instructions exceeded ? Let it be remembered that the concentration of so large a body of armed refugees in a frontier fortress might create rational alarm, and justify a friendly remon strance. The cautious and dignified attitude he has preserved since the French revolution of Febru ary surely entitles him to the most favourable construction of his motives until they are thoroughly elucidated by his acts ; and every fresh version of the occurrences at Constantinople confirms our original belief, that nothing has happened of a nature to pre clude an arrangement satisfactory and honourable to all parties. One version runs that the origin of the affair was an intrigue in the Sultan's Cabinet; the Islamite Lord Grey, having (it is said) instigated Prince Radziwill to use strong language, with the view of creating an embarrassment which might up set the Islamite Lord Palmerston. According to the Debate, the autograph letter with which the Prince was charged was in the terms following:—"The revolutionary element has been put down. The war in Hungary is terminated. I send you my aide-de camp to submit to you several demands calculated to insure order." This appears to leave an ample mar gin for the exercien of forbearance and discretion in the ambassador. The degree of each which he exhi bited may be partly collected from the reply : " Your aide-de camp has demanded the extradition of the llungarian refugees who have come to my States for an asylum. That demand being of a nature to cast odium on the two Powers, I have to pray your Majesty not to insist on the point." In calculating the probabilities of a rupture under such circum stances, the character of the Ambassador is an im p wtant element, and we published on Saturday a letter from Widdin, which (even admitting our corre spondent to hive been misled by the prejudices of the place as to the more serious charges) leaves little doubt that the Prince was not a likely man to soften down the asperities of an ungracious mission. The correspondent of the D jbats states that he entered the Sultan's presence uncovered, and merely saluted him by raising his hand to his hat. The Sultan, it is added, having demanded through his Minister of Foreign Affairs the reason of so unusual a proceeding, the Prince replied that it was the military salute; to which the Minister's rejoinder was, that he came not as a general but as an ambassador. If this be true, it was fortunate for the Prince that the Sultan did not follow the example set by a Czar of Russia in the sixteenth century ; who, when a Venetian envoy ventured on a similar piece of insolence in the Muscovite Court, ordered his hat to be nailed to his head. The re presentative of England entered as the unlucky envoy fell dead, and instantly putting on his hat, he walked to the foot of the throne, and dared the Czar to repeat so horrible a breach of the law of nations on the person of one whose countrymen would be ready and able to exact a fitting atonement. Manners change with times. The Emperor Nicholls is not more likely to imitate the example of his ancestor, than is Queen Victoria to imitate Queen Elizabeth when she warned the Speaker of' the House of Commons that his head would be in danger if he persisted in bringing her lists of grievances instead of money bills. But (with the simple change of Turkey for Venice) there would be a certain degree of similarity in the situations, if (which we do not expect) the Czar should literally adopt the peremptory, although un authorised language of his aide-decamp. Nor (we repeat) have we the smallest doubt of the power or willingness of the British nation to make good the pledge she has given for the due enforce• ment of international justice and the protection of the weak against the strong. Can we forget what was effected by an English army landing on the coast of Spain, when the entire Continent lay prostrate at the feet of the greatest of modern conquerors ? Can we forget that a handful of English sailors, co-operating with Turks in defence of a Turkish town, tore (so Napoleon stated at St. Helena) the empire of the East from the grasp of that very conqueror, and reversed the destinies of the world ? We recal these proud passages of English history to neutralise the enervat• ing influences of contemporary croaking, and because distrust in our capacity for war may lessen our secu rity for peace. But the becoming spirit in which the affair should be taken up and carried through was admirably expressed by Canning in the concluding sentences of his famous speech on Portugal :—" This, then, is the reason—a reason very different from fear— the reverse of a consciousness of disability—why I dread the recurrence of hostilities in any part of Europe ; why I would bear much, and would for bear long ; why I would (as I have said) put up with almost anything that did not touch national faith and national honour, rather than let slip the furies of war, the leash of which we hold in our hands, not knowing whom they may reach, or how far their ravages may be carried. Such is the love of peace which the British Government acknowledges, and such is the necessity for peace which the circum stances of the world inculcate. I will ' - push these topics no farther. I return, in conclusion, to the object of the address. Let us fly to the aid of Por tugal, by whomsoever attacked, because it is our duty to do so ; and let us cease our interference where that duty ends. We go, not to rule, not to dictate— but to defend and to preserve the independence of an ally. We go to plant the standard of England on the well-known heights of Lisbon. Where that standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come." TIMES.—We have permitted a few days to elapse that we m i g h t o b serve w h e th er pu bli c it y wou ld bring any con t ra di ct i on or exp l anat i on o f a ta l e which recently appeared in our police reports. Not only, however, has no evidence of this character been forthcoming, but th e su bj ect has been reproduced to d the eprouced under circumstances emi nen tl y favourable c ause of justice, and we a re th ere f ore warranted in ne w recounting the following incidents as having actually occurred in the 19th century in the capital of the best go verned countr y of Europe , In Store street, Commercial-road, there lived with decent thrift, a few weeks ago, a working gunmaker, named William Jones, who was induced, in one of those transactions to which the poorer classes are driven, to become security for an acquaintance to a certain loan society at Stepney. The amount thus raised was only 51 , and it deserves to be remarked, as dis tinguishing this case from others, that the poor man, even after the consequences which we are about to relate, still speaks of his friend as an honest and well meaning man, who deserved the assistance he re ceived. The loan, according to the custom of such associations, was to be repaid, with its interest, by specified weekly instalments, and up to a car tam period those conditions were duly fial- THE SUN, filled by the original borrower. At this time, however, through some misfortune, default was made, and the officers of the loan society immediately fell upon the surety. The very first intimation which William Jones received of his position was by the service of a writ from the Palace-court. Inexpe rienced as the poor man was in such matters, he knew enough of this dreaded tribunal to feel that its clutch, unless shaken off by some sacrifice or other, for boded utter ruin. He proceeded, therefore, without a moment's delay, to the secretary of the benevolent " society," and was by this officer informed that the costs had commenced with the sum of 11. 10s., and that nothing but the instant liquidation of these ex traordinary expenses, could stop the progress of the suit. Even these terms were preferable to the terrible talons of the Palace Court, and the unfortunate man therefore accepted them, paying one sovereign, his whole stock of money, at once, and undertaking to provide the remainder before the close cf the -week. But in the meantime the pestilence was at its height. The destroying angel visited the little workshop in Store-street, and when the call was made on William Jones for his promised payment, five of his family had been smitten down, and three were lying dead corpses ! It is not very surprising that under such a visitation he was unable to raise the sum required ; but the Palace Court, itself happily in the very agony of extinction, could take no cognizance of a plague. Another peremptory call was served upon him, and in the warrant of this modern Inquisition he read the number of his days in the event of a further default ! Agonised and bewildered he again repaired to the loan-office, and received a promise of protection in the event of his paying down 135., which he contrived to do. With this assurance he returned to his deso lated home, but with the light of the very next morn ing a familiar of the Palace Court made his appear ance and swept off the furniture and contents of every room in the house, under an execution for 9/. ls. With such an incident tales of this kind usually con clude, but on the present occasion there is yet some thing more to be added. The furniture was trans ferred in bulk to the sale rooms of an auctioneer, himself an ex-officer of the Palace Court, and the prompt and hearty co-operation of these kindred spirits in the work of plunder was striking indeed. The goods were put up to auction before the eyes of their late owner, who watched with natural anxiety the disposal of his property. To his astonishment he observed that in place of his own bed, on which his children had died, and which was worth at least eight guineas, a very inferior one was offered for competi tion, and knocked down at 365. On further examina tion he found that other articles of his property had nut been inserted in the catalogue of sale; and, among the rest, a Kidderminster carpet had been kept back. The result of the whole arrangement was, that the total produce of the goods, which had cost him more than 501., amounted to 14/. 155.; and when he applied for the difference between even this sum and the sum for which they had been distrained, he was informed that it would be a matter of settlement between the auctioneer and the Palace Court, and that in all probability the extra expenses of the said Court would swallow up the balance. In this distress poor William Jones adopted a course which, if, as in his case, it effects little else, has at least the advantage of giving publicity to truth, and of depriving such wicked deeds of that darkness in which alone they can be done. He repaired to a magistrate, and told the tale which we have now repeated. The cursory inquiry which then followed confirmed the substantial truth of the sufferer's statement, but procured no effective redress. The auctioneer could not recollect the particulars of the transaction ; the porter, whose duty it was to attend such sales, "never took notice of the addresses of purchasers ;" and all the parties to the business treated the poor man's ruin as an accomplished fact, which it was extremely troublesome, and wholly un professional, to bring again upon the table. Pub licity, however, rarely fails in these days to bring either conviction to imposture or redress to wrong. The case of poor Jones has not only attracted many substantial proofs of sympathy in the form of sub scriptions remitted to the police magistrate for his use, but it has even been more seriously taken up by some discriminating advocate, and an attempt is now being made to extort redress from that very Court which so conveniently served as the instrument of the original injustice. In our last impression it was reported that a solicitor, acting under private instructions, presented himself before the Palace Court, and without any misplaced petition for sym pathy or compassion demanded the reconsideration of the case as having involved oppression even beyond the liberal customs of that tribunal. The Learned Judge who presided, arguing, as we presume, from comparison, thought that "there had been a great deal of leniency shown to the defendant." As cases go in the Palace Court this might possibly have been true. Perhaps the proceedings against William Jones present rather a favourable specimen of the business transacted in that snug retreat. We venture to think, however, that public opinion will take rather a different turn. The Court, however reluctantly, granted the rule applied for, and the case will be re considered. We are not competent to define the exact character of legal practice which may be considered as equitable and merciful according to the traditions of the Palace Court, but if William Jones's plight re mlins what it now is, we are sure it will be time for Englishmen to forego their proverbial pride in their Constitution and their laws. A deputation of the Lambeth Anti-cholera and Dwellings Improvement Committee waited on the Sur veyors of Pavements at the Vestry-hall, Lambeth, on Friday evening, to present a resolution, unanimously passed at a numerous meeting held at the Clayton Arms, Kennington-oval, embodying the sense of that meeting in favour of the introduction into the parish of Lambeth of the street-orderly system of cleansing the streets, courts, and alleys, by which means the able-bodied paupers would be advantageously employed, the parish rates lessened, and the health and comfort of the inhabi tants promoted. The Surveyors of Pavements received the deputation with great courtesy, and evinced every desire to further their objects; and referred them to the Board of Guardians for the purpose of carrying out their excellent resolution.' This is one of the happy re sults flowing from the large meeting presided over by Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., at the Horns Tavern, a few evenings ago. THE FIRE IN LONDON-WALL.—On Saturday it was ascertained by the surveyors connected with the different insurance companies that policies to the undermentioned amounts had been effected at the respective offices for property deposited upon the premises belonging to Messrs. Gooch and Cousins, in London-wall, arid which were burned down on the 6th inst. : —The Sun Insurance Company, 18,000 L; the Alliance Insurance Company, 11,5001.; the Atlas Insurance Company, 6,0001.; the Union office. 6,500/. ; the Legal and Commercial, 15,0001.; the Imperial office, 9,000 L; total, 66,000/. The wool was insured under floating policies, and the above, therefore, covers the stock in certain wareheuses in various parts of the metropolis. Upwards of twenty men were busily engaged yesterday (Saturday) in get ting the immense quantity of salvage out of the ruins, and taking it away to be dried and sorted. This will occupy at least three weeks or a month, when it will afterwards be sold by auction, and there is no doubt it will realize several thousand pounds, which will be di vided for the benefit of the several fire-offices concerned. The dessicated floor of the London Coal Exchange consists altogether of upwards of 4,000 distinct piecf s of wood, of various kinds and qualities. The great feature of the elvisir is, that the whole of these pieces were, only a few months since, either in the tree in the growing state, or cut from wet logs, and were prepared for use in the course of a few days, by their method of seasoning. The names of the woods thus introduced are black ebony, black oak, common and red English oak, wains cot, white holly, mahogany, American elm, red and white walnut (French and English), and mulberry. It is mentioned as a proof of the rapidity of this mode of seasoning, that the black oak is part of an old tree which was discovered and removed from the bed of the Tyne river, about the latter end of last year. The mulberry wood, introduced as the blade of the dagger in the city shield, is no less than a piece of a tree which was planted by Peter the Great when working in this country as a shipwright. The patentees state that no one piece of the 4,000 occupied more than ten or twelve days in seasoning.— The Builder. THE KING'S ROAD, EATON" SQUARE.—This fashion able locality, so far as regards the central portion of it, called the King's-road, which leads in a direct line to the westward from the Palace, is still, owing to the non-ar rangement of the misunderstanding which exists between the local authorities and the owner of the property, left in a. state of total darkness. The road lamps are left entirely unlighted at night,which is the cause of much in convenience and danger to pedestrians, as well as to the drivers of vehicles passing along the road, and which will, of course, not be at all - lessened by the advent of dark nights and bad weather, to be expected at the en suing season. The present condition of the place is cer tainly very inconvenient to the public, and very disgrace ful to the parties concerned, and it is hoped that some satisfactory arrangement will speedily be come to on the subject. Above all things the inhabitants should remem ber that they cannot be compelled to pay their paving, lighting, and watering rates so long as the principal thoroughfares in the district are neither repaired, lighted or watered. SUNDAY LABOUR AT THE POST- °MC E.--Bage from Sheffield and several other large towns were re-. ceived at the Post-office in consequence of the new re. gulations as to letters, &c., passing through London. Most of these were well filled, but they were not opened in consequence of the order of the Postmaster issued on Saturday, postponing the increased Sunday duty for a fortnight, on the ground of the necessary arrangements for carrying it out not having been quite completed. The or n d oT e w r heSir thatL Henry t he country deliveries should be reduced to one on the Sunday came into operation yesterday. Honey High George Commissioner Ward ha s b o f teheenloniannominated lslands ( her Majesty a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Count' Dusmani, Secretary to the lonian Political Senate; Chevalier Xidian, Procura teur-General to the lonian Government ; and Chevalier Dumaschino, President of the Legislative As sem bly o f the lonian Islands, have been nominated Knights Com manders - menders of the Order of St. Michael and St. G eorge , The Earl and Countess Grey left town on Satur day, for liowick Northumberland, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1849 going to the Sydney and New Zealand division of the station, en route to the Pacific and England ; and in that case the Albatross will come direct to England to be paid off. Captain Philip King (1830), who, as stated last week, is about to emigrate to New South Wales, having received a grant of land from the Colonial office, will receive the retirement of 18s. per diem as soon as he reaches the required seniority. By the deaths of Captains Wallis and Creyke, re tired Captains Septimus Arabi❑ and Thomas Ball Clowes become entitled to succeed to the retired pay of 20s. per diem, in accordance with the terms of the Order in Council of 1844 ; and by the deaths of Corn • manders Whipple and Cunby, Commanders John Popham Baker and James Gordon (1821) succeed to the half-pay of 10s. per diem. SALUTING THE POPE'S FLAG.—Previously to the the departure of her Majesty's ship Prince Regent, 90, Captain W. F. Martin, Pope Pius arrived at Naples in Ferdinand's own steamer, and, although his Majesty was on board, the Pope's flsg floated at the mainmast head ; and as she passed the noble two decker, Captain Martin ordered a salute of 21 guns to he fired, at which his Holiness was very much de. lighted. HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP SERPENT.—This sloop, fitting at Portsmouth by Commander Charles Barker, proceeds at once direct to the East Indies to relieve the Albatross, 12, Commander Farquhar, ordered to Devonport to be paid off. STOREKEEPER AND AGENT VICTUALLER AT HONG KONG.—Commander Charles Parker (1829), son of the late Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, and half-brother of the present Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., has been appointed Storekeeper and Agent Victualler at Hong• Kong, vice Paymaster and Purser N.'Knight, recalled. A SECOND " TERRIBLE.".—It is reported, on very good authority, that the Admiralty are about to ap propriate the 800-horse power paddle-wheel engine:: taken out of the Retribution for another magnificent ship like the Terrible. She is to be of 2,000 tons, and the construction of this gigantic steamer is to be confided to Mr. Lang, of Woolwich Dockyard, who designed the Terrible. We need scarcely remark that she will stow more coals and carry a heavier armament. The Reverend Robert Gleig, M.A., Chaplain General to the Forces, having returned from his tour of inspection of the Regimental Schools and Libraries in Scotland and Ireland, has resumed his official duties at the Horse Guards. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal.) Although a fair proportion of business has been trans. acted since our last, many buyers have not been able to have their orders completed within the period originally agreed upon. South Frances, South Basset, Condurrow, Trev6key and Barrier, Trelawny, and other shares, have been in demand. In Wheal Adams, a very considerable im• provement has taken place; the discovery is represented to be worth from 701. to 801. per fm. There have been inquiries for Birch Tor shares, bath here and in the country, at about our present quotations, and some busi nt•ss done in Wheal Franco. Shares in the following mines have changed hands during the week:—Devon Great Consols, East Wheai Rose, Bedford United, Stray Park, Trelawny, Trehane. Treviskey and Barrier, Tincroft, Birch Tor and Vitifer, Tamar Consols, Wheal Franco, Kingsett and Bedtord, Treleigh Consols, South Tamar, South Frances, Tre thellan, West Caradon, West Wheal Tolgus, West Wheal Treasury. Captain Puckey of Fowey Consols Mine, having, at the request of the directors, inspected Hawk moor Mine, has forwarded a highly favourable report, which will be found among our mining intelligence. He states it is very rare to find a good course of copper ore so near where any former company ceased working, as they have it in the 20 fm. level ; he was not, however, alto gether surprised, as the appearances in the 10 fm. level indicate something good below. He considers the lo cality good—having Devon Great Consols to the North, Bedford United to the east, with some of the lodes running through llawkmoor, and Gunuis Lake Mine to the South. Taking all things into consideration, the water-power at hand, and the very favourable inch , cations, he considers it a valuable mine, and, with spirited development, highly probable to make a per manently profitable one. Grambler and St. Aubyn account meeting was held on the 9th instant, when a profit of 1261.. 10s. Bd. was found for the tour months ending August, which, with the balance from last account, leaves to credit 4371. 6s. 2d. We understand from our local correspondence, that a valuable branch of yellow copper ore has been cut in these mines from one to two feet wide, on the course 01 the eastern drivings. The usual quarterly meeting of the Callington Mines Company was held on Wednesday; the financial state ment showed a balance of 1,6591. 2s. 1 ld. against the. mine, less June subsist of 1081. 10s. The Kelly Brae Mine, which it appears is worked separately, sustained a loss on the three months' working of 7291. 7s. 7d., which, with a balance brought from last account, taking credit for the twenty-first instalment of 2,0001., leaves a balance against the mine of 1,7611. 19s. 6d. At the Tamar meeting the accounts showed amount of silver-lead ores sold, 21,808/. 16s. ad. for the year, show ing profit of 3,686/ 3i. 9J., which, with other receipts, made a balance of 7,381/. 18s. 23., out of which two in dividuals have been paid, amounting to 5,760/.; to the reserve fund 5761., leaving in hand 1,0452 183. 2d. The report will be found highly satisfactory. By a statement made by Mr. Stainsby, after the Tamar meeting, respecting the position of the Tincroft property, it appears highly favourable for permanently profitable results, there being ore in sight to the value of upwards of 67,000/., with many hundreds of fathoms of ground unexplored. The directors, at their meeting on the 4th instant, declared a dividend of 7s. per share, being 5 per cent. on the paid-up capital. At the Comblawn meeting, the accounts showed a balance against the mine of I.;s. 4d. A resolution was passed for the purchase of a steam•eneine. At the Wheal Seton two-monthly meeting, the ac counts showed—Ores sold (less dues), 2,8501. 55. 2d.; leaving balance in favour of adventurers, 588/. 18s. 6d. In foreign mines, the principal transactions have been in United Mexicans, St. John del Hey, Imperial Bra zilian, Copiapo, and National Brazilian, and a few share in Guadalcanal and Australians have changed hands. FRANCE, The trial of Huber, at the High Court of Justice of Versailles was continued on Friday. After the Pre sident had refused to grant Hubert's request to have Blanqui and Raspail called up, the witnesses were called, and confirmed generally the facts mentioned in the act of accusation. These the accused admits generally. M. Lemansois Deprey gave an account of the in vasion, and said he did not see Huber take the Presi dent by the collar, as he was accused of having done, but Huber was much excited. Huber said his excitement arose from the danger to the Assembly, and asked the witness whether he had not said that if the petition was not read the Assembly would be invaded. M. Lemansois Deprey replied in the affirmative. 11. Bucher, then President of the Assembly, ad mitted that Huber had not dragged him from the President's chair, as was affirmed—he had been pushed off from behind. Mounier, Secretary of Police under Caussidiere, was cross-examined by the prisoner at some length, inasmuch as on him depended the truth or falsehood of Blanqui's accusation, that Huber was a paid secret agent, charged to betray the Republican party, no fact in that sense was elicited from the witness. Telegraphic dispatches from Madrid, dated the 7th inst., announce that the Cortes will be convoked on the 30th. Letters from Vienna of the 7th announce the arrival at that capital, from Presburg, of Ra detzky, Haynau, and Jellachich. Archduke William entered Comorn on the sth. News from Berlin by telegraph is to the effect that the meeting of the German Diet is decided on, and will take place immediately. AUSTRIA. The Oesterreichische Correspondent contains the fol lowingcorrespondence :—"Pesth, Oct. 6.—Yesterday afternoon there was a great sensation in Buda- Pesth. It became known that Count Louis Batthyany, the ex-Hungarian Minister-President, was to die on the gallows, as it had been proved by the evidence of seventeen witnesses, that he had, principally by means of bribery, been instrumental in compassing the abominable murder of the Minister of War, Count Latour. To-day, the 6th of October, being the anniversary of the murder, was appointed for Count Batthyany's execution. The gallows was erected on the so-called Holzplatz; behind the Neugebande. The Pesther Zeitung, late in the evening received orders to leave an open space for the sentences given by three court-martials, which were to appear in the number of the 6th, and to keep a press in readiness early in the morning. The sen tences of Count Batthyany, Count Stephen Carcly, and the guerilla chief Fekete, were ready to go to press when a new order arrived to omit the first sen tence, as Batthyany's execution had been put off. On this °account the Pesther Zeitung could not appear until noon. Official facts we have none. It is certain that Grenadiers formed a line up to the gallows, and that the Count, who had been exposed since the pre ceding day, was led out to execution." (It is the custom in Austria to permit the condemned man to receive any visits he pleases and to eat and drink whatever he chooses to command during the last three days he has to live. This is technically called being ausgesetzt (exposed), as curiosity generally induces crowds of people to visit the poor creature condemned to die.) " From this time the accounts vary. According to some the Count at tempted to stab himself with a dagger, others say that he tore open his throat with a nail. It is not positively known whether he is mortally wounded, but it is an indisputable fact that he is still alive. Count Stephen Caroly was sentenced to two years' arrest in a fortress, a fine of 150,000 florins (15,0001.), and to the restitution of that sum of money which he had received from the rebel-junto for the formation of a cavalry regiment. Fekete, a notoriously good for-nothing fellow, who after the month of March was the leader of the so-called Egalite Troop,' and subsequently guerilla chief, captured an Imperial money chest, which he did not even think it worth while to deliver up to the revolutionary Government. He was executed this morning by means of powder and ball." From the statement of the other German papers there appears no reason to doubt the attempted sui cide of the unfortunate Count Louis Batthyany, by puncturing his neck (in several places) with a needle (or nail). It was hoped at Pesth that the penalty of death would be commuted, in the event of the Count surviving, for his life was in imminent danger from the hemorrhage which had supervened, and which the surgeons were making every exertion to atop. The town of Pesth was much agitated, but no dis turbance had taken place. The following were hanged, on the 6th, at Arad : Schweidel, Damianich, Nagy Sandor, Vecsey, Torok, Aulich, Poltenberg, Knesich, and Leiningen. And the following were shot at the same time :—Ernest Kiss, Dessoffy, Lagar, and Lauer. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) THE MEDAL roe. EGTPT.—The Lords of the Admiralty have, we hear, determined upon recom mending that medals be issued to the survivors of the early service in Egypt, and that an official notice to that effect will shortly appear. CAVALRY QUARTERS.—AIthough nothing has' been definitely settled at present relative to the next years' stations of the cavalry in Great Britain, we have reason to believe that the following will be the changes : The 11th Hussars from Hounslow to Brighton, the 16th Lancers from Norwich to Houns low, the Bth Hussars from Ireland to Norwich, the Ist (Royal) Dragoons from York to Edinburgh, the 3rd Dragoon Guards from Nottingham to York (a station, as stated by a correspondent a few weeks ago, they have not garrisoned for thirty years), the 7th Dragoon Guards to Manchester, and the 13th Light Dragoons to Birmingham. The sth and 4th Dragoon Guards are first for Ireland. This infor mation must not be taken as official, as various cir cumstances may intervene to prevent its fulfilment. It, however, may be relied upon as far as our present information goes. The official notification and the letters of readiness to corps will be forwarded on or about the 18th of January, and the Irish moves com mence about the 15th of April. THE PRUSSIAN Rrri.E.—The authorities have gra ciously given orders for the admission, duty free, of a Prussian rifle, which Lord Arundel has procured for the Ordnance Board. This, we suppose, is the valu able zeind nadel spoken of lately in this and other papers, and found so much more efficacious, by reason of its range, than the muskets and rifles now in use. We shall be curious to, see whether any attempt will be made to introduce the weapon into the British army. The Secretaryship to the Board of Ordnance, vacant by the death of Mr. R. Byham, is now a matter of great competition among certain men of rank and family connexions. Amongst the candidates whose names have reached us are Lord Clarence Paget and Major-General Foi, the Surveyor-General to the Ordnance. The salary of the office is 1,4001. per annum. THE NAVY • ESTIMATES.—The Admiralty have already begun to stir the departments on the subject of the estimates for 1850-51. Orders have been sent to the dockyards from the Director of Works' De partment to furnish statements of the establishment at present borne and in fufure required. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE EAST INDIES. —We hear from the East Indies that the Gallant Commander-in Chief Rear-Admiral Sir F. Collier, C. 8., has entirely lost the use of one of his arms by the stroke of paralysis he sustained at Hong-Kong a few months since. He, however, persistsin retaining his command, as he feels assured his mental faculties 'are unimpaired. The Gallant Admiral had changed his intention of visiting Bombay, where everything was prepared for his reception ; he prefers wintering in one of the ports of China and was to leave Trinco malee very shortly for Hong-Kong. Afflicted, and physically helpless, as he is, it is not at all probable that he will remain out in so responsible a position as that of Commander-in• Chief during his full period of service ; and we should not be at all surprised, there fore, to hear of his sudden retirement from active afloat duties, and his return to England. STEAM DEPARTMENT.—SOMERSET HOUSE.—There are reports in circulation to the effect that some very important changes are about to take place in this de partment with the view to economy and efficiency. Mr. Dinnen, inspector of steam machinery afloat, and who has been most actively and incessantly employed for many years in the various branches of marine 'steam machinery, and was appointed inspector of steam machinery in the last Experimental Squadron, has been appointed to the staff of the steam depart ment of Somerset House, at a salary of 4501. per annum. This is a most just and well-deserved ap pointment. Mr. Dinnen's great practical experience afloat renders him a most valuable servant. THE AUSTRALIAN SURVEY.—We have intelligence from her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake to the 9th of May. , On the afternoon of that day, Captain Stanley was about to sail for the northward to pursue his survey ing operations. They were to pick up the most easterly point of the Louisiade, and survey along its southern shore until they joined the survey on the coast of New Guinea, where Captain Blackwood, in the Fly, left off. Thence the Rattlesnake was to pro. ceed to Cape York, to meet the provision-ship; after which she proceeds to Arvo Island, to some of the Dutch settlements at Amboyna and Ceram, thence to the Coepany, in the islaild of Timos, ultimately returning to Sydney by the westward, as she did on her former cruise. HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP ALBATROSS.--WO stated a few weeks since that the Albatross, Commander Farquhar, now at Whampoa, had been ordered to ,Zngland, after taking charge of a schooner, the Aus• tralia, and navigating her to Sydney. From last ac counts there is reason to believe that her Majesty'a ship bhander will take ore of the schooner, as she Is THE ROYAL FORESTS. We promised our readers, on a recent occasion, some details respecting the actual condition, ma nagement, and produce of the Royal Forests. The principal domains of this class are eleven in number —four of which, includin g the New Forest, lie, for tunately, contiguous to the public dockyards in the county of Southampton; three are situated in North arnptonshire, one in Gloucestershire, one in Notting hamshire one in Oxfordshire, and one i n E ssex. In two of these—viz. Rockingham and Sh erwoo d forests—the rights and interest of the Crown have, with the sanction of Parliament, been decisively alienated ; in some others th e res p ec ti ve in terest of claimants have been completely defined and separated; but in the New Forest, and one or two more, these conflicting rights remain sill without any satisfactory regulation. Besides the woods above mentioned, there are also the Royal Forest of Windsor, with which most of our readers will be acquainted, Parkhurst Forest in the Isle of Wight, and Delamere Forest in the county of Ches ter. The aggregate extent of all these domains is not exactly stated, but it must considerably exceed 100,000 acres. The rights of the Crown, however, over these lands are not, as we have said , absolute, and in some cases a material limitation is placed upon the number of acres which may at one time he enclosed for plantations. We take the New Forest as the most conspicuous and important specimen of the class. This forest contains about 66,000 acres of land, hut though the title of forest is given to the whole, there are no fewer than 45,000 acres on which no trees are growing, so that the actual timber land is less than 20,000 acres. Of these, 7,200 have bean planted since 1808, and 1,200 are now thrown open ; that is to say, as we presume, 1,200 acres of plantations out of the 7,200 have arrived at such maturity as to re quire no further inclosure nor tending. Indeed, of the whole 7,200 an experienced surveyor reports, that they " demand no further expenditure, but should yield a considerable annual income independent of the accumulating value." When we come to figures, however, we find that the "income" of the matured plantations for the three years, ending 1847.8, was only some 8,0001., while the "expenditure on planta tions generally," was upwards of 17,000/, although the inclosures effected during this period extended only to 850 acres. The cost of planting an acre is set down at about ten guineas, so that the following statement has been given, though not yet adopted by the committee, as representing the balance of the account:— Expenditure in three years ... ... £17,256 15 2 Deduct for planting 850 acres, at 101. 103. per acre ... ... ... ... 8,925 0 0 Remains for management of plantations 8,332 0 0 Receipts from ditto 8,388 0 0 Surplus income in three years £56 0 0 It appears by Mr. Clutton's evidence that the 7,200 acres only, in their existing state, should produce an average rent of 10s. per acre, which for three years would be 10,8001., so that the difference be tween the actual surplus income and the surplus in come fairly due, even according to this limited esti mate, would on the three years be no less than 10,745/. This, our readers will admit, is a highly unsatisfactory conclusion ; and although it is true that the difficulty of making a calculation is very great, yet such a result far exceeds the mar gin which might be left for errors inci dent to an estimate of this kind, and is strangely inconsistent with what is represented as possible under different management. The total value of the area of the New Forest, exclusive of the timber, has been calculated at amounts varying from less than a quarter of a million sterling to upwards of a million and a quarter—a discrepancy which is of itself enough to show the extreme uncertainty of estimates in these matters. Still, we gather from the able and unprejudiced testimony of Messrs. Clutton that the general quality of the soil is not only good, but is admirably adapted to the growth of that timber which is most valuable in this country — namely, oak , indeed, there is a concurrence of evi dence to the effect that at least 30,000 or 35,000 acres of the forest are as well calculated for growing oak as any land in the whole kingdom. When, therefore, we learn from the same authorities, that " a rental of timber land under good management should be as large and as sure, after a certain period, as the rental from a like portion of cultivated land," we are warranted in regretting that the New Forest, in the 750th year of its existence, should not have been brought to pay its own expenses. Yet, as far as recent inclosures go, the highest encomiums are passed by the several witnesses on the hedging, ditch ing, planting, and general management ; and planta tions of oak timber are still recommended as the most promising method of cultivating the land. The deer are loudly condemned as a serious source of damage and no source of gain ; but some readers may, per haps, be interested in learning that the fern which forms so becoming an undergrowth in these woods is decidedly favourable to the growth and stature of the oak. We have not left ourselves much space for par ticularising the cost and produce of the smaller forests. Wychwood Forest, in Oxfordshire, is per haps as striking a specimen of management as any. In this case the accounts are not embarrassed by any charges for inclosing and planting, so that we can see our way a little more clearly. The rights of the Crown, it appears, comprise, inter alia, a title to certain drifts of underwood, the value of which royal privilege is determinable by the following figures : Receipts for the thee years ending 1847-8 £9OB 9 6 Expenditure during the same period... Excess of the cost of cutting over the value of the wood .... £G4 18 5 To this estimate should be appended the circum stance that s‘rions differences have occurred between the Crown and the Hereditary Ranger on the sub ject of their respective rights, and that the " expenses of the suit" between the said parties " had amounted in 1 ‘45 to a sum exceeding 7,0001." Yet it is calculated that this land, if cleared and let, would produce from 225. to 255. an acre rent; or if sold, 100,0001. The timber on it is valued at 60,0001., but no accounts represent the total net income of the whole property for the last ten years as reach ing 1,0001. Waltham Forest may, perhaps, be a more interesting subject to a Londoner than other more important hut less contiguous demesnes. The administration of the Royal estate exhibits a highly edifying relic of antiquity. It should possess a Ranger, but it appears to be altogether unascertainable in whose person this honour is now vested. It still, how ever, boasts a Court of Verderers, four in number ; but " as these officers are equally divided in opinion upon all subjects, it was found they could transact no business at their meetings, and they have therefore ceased to attempt it by holding any meetings at all." The result of these complexities has been " sus pension of all legal authority" over the district in question ; but we are greatly inclined to agree with Mr. Pusey's suggestion, that considering the opportunities of public recreation afforded by this tract of land, and the interminable expenses likely to follow on litigation, it may be inexpedient to disturb the state into which things have settled themselves. As much, however, cannot be said of the other Crown lands. Here are many thousands of acres, either producing returns ridicu lously inadequate to the value of the land, or posi tively entailing an annual expense, although it is clearly certified that if properly managed as planta tions they should yield a fair rent; if enclosed, should be as productive as any other land ; or if sold, should realise very considerable sums. One of those alternatives must be adopted without delay, for the country, when once informed upon the subject, will assuredly never permit the continuance of matters as they are.—Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. A poor woman, who stated her name to be Murray, applied to Mr. Arnold for assistance under these circumstances : The applicant stated that, in consequence of the badness of trade in this country, her husband, who was a shoemaker, was advised by his acquaintances a short time since to go over to America, where he was assured he could get plenty of employment, and sup. port his family in comfort. His friends subi.cribed together to pay the passage- money, and her husband ket sail in a merchant vessel, with directions to her to follow him, with the family, in a few weeks after wards; but the next information she heard of him was that the ship in which he had taken his passa g e had been run down by one of the large New York packets, and that her husband, with several others, had lost his life in the collision. She applied to the shipping agents in Change-alley, who con firmed the distressing intelligence, and she and her aye children were now left entirely destitute, and without any means of support, except 2s. a-week and loaf or two of bread which the parish overseer was kind enough to allow her. The applicant handed in a letter from a lady named Cainplin, of Compton terrace, Islington, and a second from a person named Cooke, head master of a school at which two of her children had been educated, the writers of both of which spoke in the highest terms of the woman, her dead husband, and children, and seconded her applica. don to the magistrate with much earnestness. Holland, the warrant-officer, also stated that on being referred to Mr.lngoldby, a surgeon inllinsbury square, to inquire into the facts of the case, he had done so, and that the character given of the family by that gentleman was couched in similar terms to those employed by the schoolmaster and lady mentioned in the letters produced. Mr. ARNOLD said that it certainly appeared to be a very distressing and sudden bereavement, and or dered a donation to be presented to the applicant from the funds of the poor-box, which the poor woman very thankfully received. Mr. ARNOLD requests us to acknowledge his receipt of letters enclosing the following donations :-31. from a gentleman using the initals " E. M. W." for the relief of poor families suffering from visitations of cholera; ss. for an aged woman named Jennings, whose cruel robbery by her grandson, a watchfinisher, 25 years old, was lately mentioned in this paper; and 1/. from " A Friend to Humanity;" ss. from " J. M." Birmingham ; 10i. from "S. D." and ss. from Mr. Hunter, of the Vane Arms, Stockton-upon-Tees, for the benefit of a working gunsmith named Jones, whose oppressive treatment by a loan society, under execution from the Palace Court, we have more than once noticed. All the benevolent donors expressed I wish to see an acknowledment of their contributions in this paper. CLERKENWELL. Mary Anne Carney, a pauper girl, inmate of the Holborn Union-workhouse, Gray's Inn-lane, was charged by the parish officers under the following outrageous circumstances : The board of guardians and other parish officers were present, and their clerk, Mr. James, attended and stated the particulars of the case. The master of the workhouse was called as a wit ness, but he could not give a general description of what took place in the boardroom, when Mr. James said, that he could tell everything that occurred. He was then sworn. He stated that on Thursday morning last the gentlemen forming the board of guardians assembled in the boardroom for the purpose of transacting parish business and listening to the application of paupers. The prisoner, who had been brought up in the workhouse, and who was an orphan, had conducted herself in a most violent and refractory manner, and was in the habit of discharg ing herself from the workhouse without permission from the board. She left the workhouse a short time ago with a moiety, and returned again in a short time and remained in the workhouse until Wednesday, when she wished to discharge herself. Knowing her violent disposition and temperament, the board deter mined on not granting her any money, but they were willing to let her leave the house ; and she was called before the gentlemen of the board, as was the usual custom, to know what she required. She told them that she wanted to go out of the house. Mr. Mallett (the chief clerk)—You did not prevent her going out ? Mr. James—Certainly not ; she might go, but we would not give her anything, be cause we suspected that she wanted it for an improper purpose. She was in the habit of comiug in and going out. She is a most violent girl. She has been brought up and educated in the workhouse. There is nothing will control her. Mr. COMBE—Come to the point ; what did she do ? Mr. James—Why, your Worship, she was called into the board-room before the gentlemen of the board, and when she was asked what she wanted, she said " I want to go out, and a little money." She was re fused, and told to go, when she took up a large ink stand, peculiarly made- with a plate stand to save the cloth on the table from the ink, and with a desperate aim, threw it bang at the head of Mr. Lloyd, one of the board of guardians. It narrowly escaped his head, and the ink splashed over all the gentle• men of the board, and he (Mr. James) did not escape. Mr. CO BE told her that he would commit her to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. The prisoner—l have been in prison all my life through them. Where is the good of saying any thing here when everybody is against me ? I got a situation, and wanted two caps which would only cost 25., and they would not give me anything, but told me to go out ; and what was Itodo ? I felt vexed, and knowing that Mr. Lloyd (pointing at him), that thorough bad man, refused me, I took up the inkstand and threw it at him. She was locked up, when Mr. Lloyd was sworn as to the ass cult. Two officers were also sworn as to assaults upon them. Mr. COMBE directed Nesbitt, the usher, to bring the prisoner back in order to reverse his decision. On entering the cell Nesbitt found the prisoner hanging, and nearly dead. She was brought into the court helpless, and in a faint state she said to the parish officers, " You drove my sister to this, and you'll drive me to it. I won't live." The prisoner was fined 51. for the assault upon Mr. Lloyd, or two months' imprisonment, and 605., or six weeks for the assault upon the officers. THE EXPLOSION IN BERMONDSEY. On Saturday we gave all the particulars then known of the dreadful explosion of fireworks and loss of life, on the premises of Mr. Berlin, firework maker, in Brook-street, Bermondsey. In the course of Saturday the bodies of the two missing children there referred to were found on the first floor of the build ing by George Gerrard, one of the fire brigade. The appearance of each indicates that they had been forced with great violence against the wall of the room, and the head of the younger one was rent in twain. The first two bodies found on Friday night by the firemen have been ascertained to be those of James Baldwin, aged 45, who was in Mr. airlin's employment, and Mr. Barlin's eldest son William, aged 20. The ages of the two children found on Saturday are respec tively 10 and 4 years. The survivors in Guy's Hospital are Mr. Barlin, aged 46, with severe burns over the arms, face, and head; Mrs. Berlin, his wife, ' aged 40, face, head, and lower part of the body very much burnt ; Charles Berlin, aged 17, son of the above, face shockingly disfigured, and arms and chest burnt; Phcebe Wynn, aged 22, extensive laceration of the thigh by falling on some spikes in leaping from the first foor window. This woman, on being extri cated from the spikes, attempted to reach her mother's house in Newington, but fell down in the street from loss of blood, and was found in the neighbourhood of Newington by the police. From the statement made by Mrs. Berlin, it ap pears that she had nine children, all of whom, with , her husband, Phcebe Wynn, and the man named Baldwin, were in the house at the time of the acci dent. The youngest children, James and Alfred (both killed by the explosion), were asleep in the front room upstairs, and three others, in the back room, while the remainder were at work with their father in the front parlour below, finishing off a large order for fireworks that were to be delivered on Sa turday. The work consisted of many grosses of squibs, crackers, catherine wheels, blue candles, &c. At ten minutes after ten o'clock she asked her hus band if he would have supper, when he answered in the affirmative, and asked his son Charles (now an Guy's Hospital) to hand him over a chair. This the young man was in the act of doing, when, in passing the chair over the table, he knocked it against a lighted naptha lamp hanging from the ceiling, and the jerk threw a piece of red hot wick amongst the heap of fireworks piled upon the table. An attempt was made to prevent the combustible materials from igniting, but without success. A bundle of crackers instantly exploded, and set fire to the other fireworks collected.in the room—the persons present doing every thing in their power, by trampling them under their feet, and throwing water upon them to extinguish the fire. Finding it impossible to remain, Mrs. Barlin states that she and her husband retreated to the hack yard. She heard her son William exclaim, " Mother, mother, come out," and called to him that she was safe ; but it is supposed that he had either not heard, or had misunderstood her; tor, believing that she was among the exploding fireworks, he rushed in with an idea to rescue her, and perished. Mrs.Bar lin, who is still ignorant of the death of any of her family, further states that on reaching the back yard, her first thoughts, after raps vering somewhat from the effects of the sulphurous Wpour that had affected her, were for her children. It was found impossible to reach them by the staircase, but with the help of her husband she climbed on the roof of an outhouse, near the window of the room where three of them slept. They heard her cries, and the children then opened the win dow, got out, and jumped into her arms. She had no recollection of what occurred after this, except being taken to the hospital. She states that there was no composition exposed in the front parlour, but that in the cases left for pasting and screwing up, and that there might be some gunpowder in the house, but not any great quantity. The following is the official report of the damage done to the premises :—" Friday, October 12, 1849, quarter to eleven P.M.—An explosion occurred at No. 4, New Brook-street, Bermondsey New-road, be longing to Mr. W. B3rlin, firework manufacturer. The cause of explosion, the upsetting of a naphtha lamp. Contents, not insured ; building, unknown at present. Engines that attended—one parish, three brigade, and the West of England. Small house and contents all but destroyed by fire and explosion. Two men and two children burnt to death, and four persons taken to the hospital." HORRIBLE MURDER OF A WIFE AND CHILD AT CLAPHAM. On Saturday morning, soon after Mr. Paynter had taken his seat upon the bench, Mr. Parrot, jun., sur geon, of Clapham-common, arrived at the court, and gave the startling intelligence that he was in attend ance to give evidence upon a charge of murder of a woman and child that had taken place at an early hour that morning. In the course of an hour the murderer was brought intocourt in the custody of Mr. Coleman, the in spector of the Clapham district, and placed in the dock. There were very few persons assembled, as the dreadful affair was comparatively unknown beyond the immediate locality. The prisoner, who is a middle aged man, with nothing ferocious in his appearance, but much the reverse, was described in the charge sheet as James Weston, age 39, labourer and the words of the charge were " wilfully murdering Mary Weston, his wife, and Maria Elizabeth Weston, their child, by cutting their throats with a razor in the parish of Clapham. The first witness examined was William Coleman, who stated—l am one of the inspectors of police, and have the control of the Clapham section of the V division. This morning, at a quarter-past seven o'clock, the prisoner came to the station, and address. ing me said, " I have come to give myself up." I asked him what for ? and he said, " For murder." (Here the prisoner burst into a paroxysm of grief which lasted for several minutes.) I perceived that there were marks of blood on his hands and coat, and I asked him who it was that he had murdered? and he said his wife. I asked him why he had murdered her, and how he did it? He replied, " With a razor ;" and he then put his hand to his waistcoat pocket and handed this razor to me (a black handled one). I saw that it was covered with blood. I then asked him his name and where he lived, and he answered, " James Weston, Carpenter's- buildir Clapham." I asked him if he had any other articles in his possession, when he handed me three knives, as also the key of his apartments. I then at once dis patched Sergeant Langton to his residence. Sergeant Langton was present, and heard all that transpired up to this time. After Sergeant Langton was gone, the prisoner said, " I have also murdered my child." I asked him the sex of the child, and he said it was a girl, and aged one year and nine months. He then said, " There is another child there also, I wish you would send after the man to have her taken away." I asked him how he came to do it, and whether be had had any quarrel with his wife ? and he replied " They were in the habit of having trifling broils, like other people, but nothing of a serious nature. I went to bed comfortably last night, and felt so up till four o'clock this morning, and after it struck four I got out of bed, struck a light with a match, went down stairs and fetched a razor (the one produced), but when I returned I felt I could not do it; but after being tempted I formed a resolution, and attacked my wife as she was dressing herself in bed." The pri soner afterwards uttered several incoherent expres sions, having no reference whatever to what had transpired, but from the nature of those expressions I believed him to be insane. The prisoner further said, speaking of his wife, " We were to have been dis graced to-day, and I could not bear it." He further said Mr. Parrott gave him medicine some days previously. Prisoner—lt was on Monday week. Examination resumed—He said he gave him some drugs and forced him to take them, and that it was done by the sanction and advice of the Rev. Mr. Pritchard. Mr. PAYNTER—Before the prisoner made these statements did you caution him ? Inspector Coleman—l did so, your Worship. After a little while he sobbed bitterly, and spoke in affec tionate terms of his wife and child. The next witness examined was Frederick Langton, who stated he was sergeant in the police force. He begged the Magistrate would pardon any discrepancies he might make, as the sight which he had witnessed had completely unnerved him. The witness then proceeded with his evidence, and said--I went to the house No. 1, Carpenter's-place, High-street, Clapham, and got there about half-past _er.sevenreg, o'clock. On my the relieving r th el a i t evi t n h g e key the prisoner gave way thither I called on Nelr officer, and he accompani ed me. il- i I fou nd me unlocked the front d oor , of the house which 116 ren ts. the was nothing to indicate disorder down stairs, but on going up stairs I ,saw the leg of a woman protruding on the landing, a bedroom door was open, and another leg rested against the door-stall, the remaining part of the body was in the room. The woman was lying on her back; she was dressed, all but her shoes and stockings. Un derneath her head there was a man's coat, and a woman's boot was by her face. I also noticed two footmarks without shoes, as if some one had endea voured to get into the adjoining room. The marks had been made by naked feet. I went towards the Woman's head and found her throat was cut. There was a very great deal of blood about the bedpost and bedding. There was a great flow of blood over the room. The head was very nearly cut off. The woman was dead, but warm ; the pulse had ceased beating. On a bed, and in the same room, I saw a child lying on its face. I examined it, and its throat was cut. (The prisoner here became over whelmed with grief.) The child was quite dead, but warm. I could not identify the bodies. I after s ards opened the adjoining room door, in which direction I had seen the footmarks, when I there found a little girl sitting up in bed. I don't know her exact age. She might have been four or five years old. Prisoner—She is just upon nine years old. Examination resumei—The child seemed very frightened at me. I asked whether she had heard anything? and she said "No." Mr. John Parrott, jun., surgeon, was next sworn, and said—l arrived at the house between half-past 7 and o'clock. I found a woman lying upstairs with her throat cut. It was completely cut across. The cut had divided the windpipe and carotid arteries, and penetrated into the spinal cord. The wound must have been instantly fatal. The woman was lying in a pool of blood. She was dressed, with the exception of her shoes. I found a female child lying on its face on the bed also, in a pool of blood. I turned it round, and discovered its throat cut so much as to have sepa rated the spinal cord, and extended to the muscles at the back of the neck. The razor produced would cause such wounds. I have some recollection of the deceased. I believe she was cook in a gentleman's house on Clapham common, and she had run a needle in her hand, which I extracted. I did not know she was married. I should think the deceased must have endeavoured in her struggles to get out of the room from the footmarks I saw ' • but it must hav e b een a f ter she had been wounded. It appeared as if she had been trying to reach the other room. Witness said, in answer to some further questions from the bench, that he had never to his knowledge seen the prisoner previously. The Rev. Mr. Pritchard was a subscriber to the dispensary, and he had since learned that he had given the prisoner an order for medicine, which he now believed was administered by him. He understood the prisoner to be in constant work; his house was comfortably fur nished ; and there did not appear to be any reason to suppose that he was ruined or disgraced. Inspector Coleman produced the marriage certifi cate which the prisoner had handed to him when he first came to the station-house, by which it appeared k i he was married in April, 1847, being then a bachelor, to Maria Glover, widow. The surviving child was Iby a former husband... Mr. PAYPITEIL said he should remand the prisoner until Thursday next, when evidence must be produced to identify the bodies of the murdered woman and child. There was no necessity for the production of a great number of witnesses, as the facts in this case were very clear. The prisoner was then removed in custody. Mr. Thomas Higgs, the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, came to Clapham about six o'clock, and made his arrangements with Reid, the beadle, to hold the inquest on Monday (thi s d a y), at Mr. W. Ann's, the Two Brewers. A great desire has been expressed to see the bodies, which has been very properly checked by Inspectors Coleman of the V and Emmerson of the P division. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. --The share market throughout the week has been flat and dull, and the bu-iness done has not •nly been limited, but to effect sales very depreciated prices have been obliged to be submitted to, everything having a downward tendency. The transactions to-day were as fol low : —Bristo land Exeter, New, 11% dis. ex div.—Great Western, Whole Shares, 58 Ditto, Quarters, 12 dis.— Ditto, New IV. Shares, 8 1 ,4 StOck, 49 Taff Vale, 5 per cent., par. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to-dav, and little business was transacted. The sales are— Caledonian, Preference, Lancashire and Yo r k s hi re , Fifths, 6 3 / 4 dis.—Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 6 3 4 dis. —London and North- Western, 109 1 / 2 —Ditto, New Quarters, ls. 3d. p.— Midland, 48—Ditto, Halves, 21 1 4 dis. —South- Eastern and 'over (No. 4), 51. 16s. 3d .—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 41. 18s. 941.—Newry and Warrenpoint, BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 13. STOCK ExcuAsiou.—Tlie translctions to-day were as follow :—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 121. — South Staffordshire, 4/. Bs. 9d. Cs. YORK, Ocr. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 7N—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick (Newcastle Extension), I.l—North British, Thirds, 314. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, OCT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Eastern Counties, New, 6 per cent. guaranteed. 11 1 / 8 Great Northern (B). 6 per cent , 44—Newcastle and Carlisle, 91 1 / 2 —Ditto (Scrip) 92% —North British, 10. GLASGOW, Ocr. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee 74—Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. 1), 61. 16s.—Scottish Cen tral, 18. The health of the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, ac cording to accounts which reached the Right Reverend Prelate's friends on Saturday, has undergone another unfavourable change within the last 48 hours, and although the symptoms of the malady are occasionally mitigated, his strength is rapidly failing. It was ru moured last night that intelligence of the Bishop's death had been rec:ired i❑ town, but the statement we are assu r€ d by compea nt authority is incorrect.— Weekly Chronicle.: FIRE REAR THAAIE.—On Friday, October 12, soon after eleven at night, a fire broke cut upon the pre mises of Mr. Thomas Sheen, at Werminghall, near Thame, Oxon, the estate of Viscount Cli den, and 4bout an hour and a half afterwards flames were tibcovered upon the farm of Mr. William Hemmings, about a fur long off. The cause of the fire is a mystery, but it is possible, from the brisk wind petting in the right direction, that the second arose ont of the first. An an gina from the County Fire-odice at Oxford arrived 00 the spot as soon as possible; and speedily quelled the progress of the flames upon Mr. Hemming's ricks, but we regret to say that the whole of Mr. Sheen's ricks, nine in number, were entirely destroyed, as well as the greater part of the farm buildings. Too much cannot be said in praise of the indefatigable exertions of Mr- John Ashurst, of Waterstock•house, in that neighbour hood, a magistrate for the county, who, together with his brother, the Rev. James Ashurst, vicar of Milton, and the Rev. James Scatter of Wormingball, were u pon the spot nearly all the night, personally assisting and superintending the keeping under of the flames. Very great credit is also due to a Mr. Themaa Way, a farmer at lektord, for his very able and practical aid in subdu ing the raging element, and all the agricultural labourers of the neighbourhood were upon the spot eager to render assistance. The extent of the damage done is about 1,0001., which it is understood is more than covered by the insurances. Application has been made to Mr. Al derman Browning, of Oxford, and that gentleman has set on foot an investigation of the matter through the medium of the police. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—DecIaration of a soldier who fought at Waterloo, cured by Holloway's Pills and Ointment. " I publicly state that Professor Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cured me of several ulcerous sores, which had their origin in imperfectly healed wounds received in the battle of Waterloo. The pain was of constant duration, and I was eon fined to my bed always during the harvest months. I tars now for two years been enjoying the best of health, solely . in consequence of using Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which cured me in a very short time ; in gratitude for which I pub.. lish this testimony. ( Signed) J. de Swart, of Lent, on the Vossenels, near Nymegen, Holland, Oct. 4th, 1849." Sold y all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Est ab lishment , 44, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 29th ult., at sea, on board the steamer Ripon, Mrs• Bowes Forster, of a son. On the 9th inst., in Bond-street, Mrs. Asprey, of A daughter. _ On the 10th inst., at the Rectory, Cheadle. Cheshire, the wife of the Rev. Charles J. Cummings, of a bon. On the 11th inst., at Grantham-house, Grantham, the wife of , r. Joseph J. A Brown, of a son. On the llth inst., in Finsbury-square, Mrs. Little, _of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Norwood, Surrey, the wife of B. E• Kennedy, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 12th ult., at St. Mary's, Dover, George Hay Esq., of Finchley, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Hyde.: On the 9th inst., at the parish church of Teddington, Bright Wool, non of Mr. W. Wool, of Barnet, to LaVilla Elennor, only daughter of the late W. Wright, Esq., of Ted.' dington. On the 10th inst., at the Catholic Church of St. Michael and St. George, Lyme Regis, George Thomas Whitgreaver Esq., of Moseley -court, Staffordshire, and Eaton-square , London, to Mary Jul'ana Charlotte, eldest daughter of Ad miral the Hoa Sir John Talbot, G.C.8., and niece of Lord Talbot de Malahide. 14, On the 10th inst., at Aston Church , E dward Carter, of Bedf, rd-row, Islington, son of Mr. Jeremiah Carter, of 65, Basinghall-street, London, to Mary, daughter of Mr. Williant Fowler, of Birehes.green, near Birmingham. On the 11th inst., at the pariah church of St. Marylebone, William Thomas Thorn, eldest son of the late Mr. W. Thorn', of John-street , Oxf ord-stree t , to Mary Ann, eldest child 01 Thomas Mott, Esq., of Turnhlrn-green, Middlesex. O n the 11th inst., at St. Mary' s , I s li ng t on , Alf re d ,„ ► youngest son of John Barber, Esq., Bracondale. Norv;riem' to Affery, only daughter of George Cullen. E , q , Finsbury. On the 24th of M ay last, D at IED Adelaide, South Australian James Tweeddale. M.D., R.N. On the 17th ult., of lever, Mary Anne Rawson, the "I le o Johnlamont, Esq. On the 22th u lt., a t Gl a . gow , M argare t Fi n l a y, wife rf of William Ross, Esq., a .d daughter of the late William •-° long, E sq , of Wellsot. On the 9th inst., at Sherborne-house, Spa, Gloucester , Air B. Green, a. , ed 80. On the bth nst., Hampstead, Mrs. Sarah Marlcha rci ' relict of Mr. Henry Markham, late of Cambridge, aged bEI• On the 10th inst., at 14, Regent's-villas, Begent's - P ar Fanny, youngest daughter Gregory, Esq. (In the Oth inst., at North Walsham, Sarah, wife of the Rev. Thomas Dry, head master of Sir W. Paston's Gramll3l; School, and only daughter of the late John Reid, Esq. , t Court of Chancery, aged 46. On the 10th nst., Elizabeth Agnes, wife of Henry Hip. pisley. Esq., of Lamborne-place, Berks, and only remaal! st: child of the Rev. Jim Nelson, D.D., prebendary of g o r e bury. ••••••••••••fi, London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y0131,4a 2, Nu. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum Office, No . of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in t . h . oostoW Ntiddleees, Monday, October 15,1849. sli to de wi stc rec for Ber per Rol Joh Tho Ale . Joh 1. E 2. T 3. 1' 4. F 5. ''y 6. L Ap sect tote 1 111 Prop Per c or AI W&r 1119 1 Bala corm steel: .good Is. u have 110411 e Deis Witt liatt] L. ford 21, IRA! kali mili ‘.4- _. __,------.". I. I