The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-06 00:00:00

flaiit of the Majestic in Howe's ; was senior of the I Ners in her hard fought action with and capture of L'Hercule, when her Captain (Hood) was mortally Wounded ; while commanding the llazard, captured, after an action of nearly two hours, the French ship of-war Neptune, of 10 guns, 53 crew, and 270 soldiers; served as agent of transports at the capture of the Cape in 1805. - 7.. AW .111V73 POLICE. Edward John Stephenson, alias Eklivard Williams, Was again re-examined at Lambeth-street, on the charge of obtaining goods from tradesmen to a large amount, and further remanded for a fortnight. Francis Kirby, of whom the police have been in search since January last, was brought up at Ken sington yesterday, charged with having committed a 'violent assault on Charles Baldwin, a servant of the Bishop of London, and also with having stolen some planks, the property of his Lordship. The prisoner Was committed to Newgate. George Watt, late of the firm of Thomas and Watt, warehousemen, of Bow-lane, was brought before Alr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with obtaining goods by false pretences. The evidence gave suffi cient ground for his remand till to-morrow (Friday). Jane Refford, a country-girl, summoned her mas ter, William Knott, at Marlborough- street, yesterday, for an assault. He *as fined 4/. and costs. It transpired at an inquest held before the Coroner for Surrey on W e d nes d ay, t h a t grea t i rregu l ar ity attaches to the present h o ldi ng o f i nq u e sts, the death qheld ten urring in one j ur i s di c ti o n,and the inquest been , i occ n another. Several railway cases, and others of rent occurrence, were cited. The inquest ought, by strict rule, to be held near the spot, and in the one county in which the death takes place. PINE ARTS. - Dania the eminent French sculptor, now in Lon has Just completed a fine bust of Adelaide Kemble, im the character of Norma. .• maxima/my aND SCIENTIFIC. The German naturalists- hold their meeting this Yeztr at Mayence, and as soon as their proceedings !here have closed, a large portion adjourn to Stras burg to share in the labours of the French scientific egress. Gratz is appointed as their place of meet s for 1843. THEATRICAL. • s ,The Dubli n Th eatre i s to open on t h e 22d inst. +Lir. Wallack is engaged. The E to arl an d C ountess of Albemarle have returned at w denham Hall, from a visit to Lord Fitzwilliam entworth Park The m ar • are expe c t ed i 'Vs and Marchioness of Aylesbury Th e 1 -Varis for the winter. his seat litce of Somerset, who has been indisposed at d from ' Stover Hcuse, bear Torquay, has recovere s late illness. Duke not and Duchess of Richmond are t° leav e G or d on C ast l e f or G oo d woo d Park, Loathe close of the ensuing month. e Earl of Chesterfield's hunting seat, Gedling has been full of noblemen and gentlemen dur -4w g the l as t week, who have bagged an immense quan .Y of game. The Countess de St. Aulaire leaves Paris this day, anproceeds, by way of Calais, to this country. c !le Earl of T an k erv ill e h as arr i ve d a t Chilli ng h am a te, in the nor th o f E ng l an d. da ord Rokeby arrived in Portman••square on Mon d last, from a visit to Viscount Melbourne at lirecket Hall. WiThe French Ambassador recommences his select ner parti es next week. Maidenh ea d Burdett C outts h as ta k en Clifd en H ouse , near +maidenhead Berks, for a term. b The Prin ce o f C apua an d f am il y l e f t H anover L o d ge , "`Kent's Park, for Malta, on the 24th ult. MISCELLOUS. An i ron ra i l i ng round the AN top E of the Monument is now in course of construction. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OE LORDS. Parliament was prorogued to-day by Commission to Thursday, the 10th of November next. Shortly after twelve o'clock the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Earl of Shaftesbury, entered the House robed as Lords Commissioners, and having taken their seats on the Bench below the Throne, Mr. Goodbody, acting as Deputy-Usher of the Black Rod, was commanded by their Lordships to summon the Commons to the Bar to hear the Com mission for proroguing the Parliament read. Mr. Goodbody then proceeded to the House of Commons, and shortly afterwards appeared at the Bar attended by Mr. William Ley, together with several other officers of that House, but not a single Member was present. The Commission for proroguing the Parliament having been read by the Clerk at the table, The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, in obe dience to her Majesty's command, and by virtue of the Commission that has just been read, we do declare and notify to you, that it is her Majesty's royal will and pleasure, that the Parliament should b e pro -I:_ogy.edt is _ to Thursday, the 10th d ay of November, next, prorogued a ccor di ng l y. The 04.ficers of the House of Commons then retired from the bar, and the Lords Commissioners left the House. LA W INTELLIGENCE. SOLVENT COURT—(T HIS DAY.) IN RE THOMAS TUDOR PUGH. The insolvent in this case had been an extensive carcass butcher in Newgate market, and also was in the habit of .selling upon commission. His petition to be discharged was' opposed by Mr. Hubbard, the extensive salesman of Newgate-street, on the following ground s . Th e i nso l ven t use d to get money from lvir. Hubbard to purchase beasts in Smithfield market, which were then to be sent to his (Mr. Hubbard's) premises and slaughtered, he being allowed es. commission upon each, and Mr. Hubbard taking whatever profit might arise. The insolvent having received money to purchase 25 beasts delivered only 18 to Mr. Hubbard, immediately after Nihich he was given in charge to the police, and brought before the Lord Mayor; but his Lordship bad some dotlbt as to whether the charge could be entertained criminally, and he was discharged. The insolvent was then arrested upon a civil process, and now sought the benefit of the Act. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS, after censuring the solvent's conduct as fraudulent, ordered him to be Imprisoned at the suit of Mr. Hubbard for six months fron- i the date of his vesting order. • IN RE JOHN WOOD. The insolvent was the proprietor, in conjunction with his brother, of very l arge an d e x t e nsi ve brick fields a n d kilns, at Nettleby, in Oxfordshire. His discharge was opposed by Mr. Douce, on behalf of a creditor, n ame d Farrell. It appeared that the insolvent had been arrested at the suit of his brother-in-law, and subsequently sold out his interest at Nettleby to a gentleman named Thompson. He also disposed of a quantity of furni bare and farming stock. His books having been pro duced after his examination, Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said this case was a very bad one. Every statement. in the balance-sheet varied, and the insolvent gave his evidence in such a manner as to be contradictory of them. The case should, therefore, stand adjourned generally, with 21 days' notice to the opposing creditor. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A tall fine-looking young Scotchman, in the garb of a respectable mechanic, who gave the name of Hugh Steele, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, on sus picion of being concerned in the robbery of nine 51. notes, and other property, from a gentleman residing in lodgings in Arundel-street, Strand. , Sergeant 'Western, F 6, stated that the rob b ery had been committed some time back, it was believed by a female, who had acted as servant in the house where th e gentleman lodged, and who had absconded. S he Wills ' thought, however, to have had accom plices, and one named Johnson had already °cob 'apprehended. From information which he (Ser ant Western) had received, he proceeded to itenfrewshire, in Scotland, where he succeeded in capturing the prisoner, who acknowledged that he was acquainted with the person already in custody and the female, but he denied all participation in the robbery. A letter, however, which had been found custody, s th to3, the lodgings of the man Johnson, who was now in the prisoner acknowledged to be in his handwriti ng . The letter was couched in something like the following term :—" How the police found my address in London it is impossible for me to imagine, unless you gave it, because no one knew it but You. The captain of police was at me yesterday asking about a woman, and if she had any 51. notes When I saw her in London. I hope you have not told th e po li ce that shecame to Scotland with me, for I shall tell the truth, and you do the same. I the case is more serious than ever I anticipated, but mind and tell the truth," &c. hi Mr. HALL said this was quite enough to warrant bi in remanding the prisoner. Sergeant Western said he only wanted to appre a.ded the woman now. She was known to the 'lice by no less than four different names, and he ; Ted to h ave h er i n a f ew days. He understood she Was ‘ in Derby s hi re . i HALL then remanded the prisoner till the 14th CL ERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) A little boy named Arthur Clarke, residing in Bell alley, was charged with picking pockets last night in Sadlers Wells' Theatre. Last night, at half past nine, the prosecutor was going into Sadlers' Wells Theatre, when he was hustled into a crowd of little boys at the entrance to the gallery. lle was squeezed very much, and felt a pull at his pocket behind. On looking round he sa►v fie prisoner with an open knife in his hand, and fe'.t that his coat pocket was completely cut away; he said so, when one of the prisoner's associates said, "Oh Arthur, you have cut the boy's pocket out." The prisoner immediately ran away, taking with him the prosecutor's gloves and handkerchief, but was afterwards arrested. The constable isam he was a notoriously bttrl tlia racter, and was nightly picking the reliets of gen tlemen about the theatre. Mr. GREENWOOD !mid lie knew the prisoner well, and would senti him to the Old Bailey, where he would be transported. He was then committed. ROBBERY OF DIAMONDS WORTH NINE THOUSAND POUNDS. Information was received at Bow-street this morn ing o 1 the following great robbery of diamonds at Covent-garden Theatre last night. It appears that Mr. Wolfe, who is a German diamond merchant, and is staying at the White Hart Tavern, -Bishopsgate within, had received a supply of cut diamonds a few days ago, frtim Brazil, to dispose of in the way of his business. W hilst sitting in the coffee room of the above tavern in the morning, he showed the diamonds to a friend of his, whom he thought might become a purchaser, and he observed two per sons who had the appearance of foreigners, and wore moustaches, intently watching his movements. He incautiously mentioned in the coffee-room his inten tion of going to Covent-garden Theatre in the evening. He went to Covent-garden accordingly, and he observed the two foreigners whom he had seen in the coffee-room in the same box with him. His suspicions, however, were not excited, but on leaving the theatre, he missed the tin-box from his breeches-pocket, which contained the diamonds. The box was seven inches long, and five inches broad, and two inches deep, and the end of it was visible, protruding from his pocket. Bills have already been issued offering a reward of 4001. for the recovery of the jewels. The detective force arc al ready on the track of the foreigners, and it is ex pected the robbers will soon he brought to justice. CORN AVERAGES (iENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF LRITISti Wit eor the Week ended Oct. I, 1842, made up trom the lleturiis el the Inspectors ‘ii the different Cities and 'lawns in Englan.. and Wales, per Imperial Quarter Wheat s3s. 2d. 1 Oats Berle% 2B;. sd. I Rya AVERAGES OF TUE LAST sIT WEEKS. Woks ending WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. i BEANS. IPE k 4 18 7 31 6 33 11 32 6 14 9 31 5 33 1 32 5 18 8' 29 4,33 5 33 6 17 6 10 32 10 32 11 18 4 29 10 3 3 0 33 IS 6 31 0 3: 4 33 7 Aug. 17 55 0 Sept. 3 53 3 10 ... 17 52 8 24 5l o Oct. 1 27 3 27 2 27 2 27 2 :7 1 28 5 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES or THE SIX wy.:P.Es Wheat 53.. 341 Oats 18 , 5 Beans 33,. 4d . yp I . 6J, Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat......... 184. o.i. Oats Barley Os. Od. I Bye ... 1 is. 6d.1 Pease .. 9 61. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) WHITECHAPEL. The supply of Hay and Clover was a fair one, and the trade good. Of straw there was a better supply, and the demand good. Clover, 2/. 10s. to 51. Bs.; flay, 2/. Bs. to 4/. 75.; Straw, 1/. 1 ls. to 1/. 15s. COLONIAL MARKET. The price of merchandise was scarcely altered, and but little business was done. B. P. Sugar sold very slowly, but prices not lower. Mauritius and Bengal sustained former rates; Refined Sugar flat. Coffee dull, but prices were not lower. Cassia Ligna was much sought after. Rice was flat, and prices gra dually gave way. Pepper was also flat; and scarcely a sale made in Pimento. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russian Tallow was steady, and full prices were paid. 48s. to 48s. 6d. for fine /ellow Candle on the spot, and 48s. for delivery up to the end of the year. Some sales were made in South American Tallow at extreme prices. TEA MARKET. The market was in a flat state, chiefly owing to the non-arrival of the India mail, which leaves the trade in a state of suspense. Common Congou was offered for cash, at Is. Bd. per lb. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Oct. 1, 1842 : Passengers Merchandise 395 1 4 £1,428 8 10 Corresponding week last year ...£1,457 14 6 Darlington, Oct. 5. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. WEST INDIES. The following is the only intelligence of interest brought by the Royal Steam-packet Company's steamer Dee : JAMAICA.—Every thing quiet. Lord Elgin gain ing more popularity; he and Lady Elgin had gone into the country for her Ladyship's health. The House of Assembly would commence their session some day this month, and affairs were very harmonious between the Governor and the Members. The sugar crop was expected to average about 60,000 hogsheads. The Ist of August ships had all sailed, and there was pro duce at hand to load the vessels in port. The want of labourers was very much felt, the wages not being sufficiently high to remunerate the negroes for their work, which consequently caused a refusal to labour on their part. The Electra had arrived with specie from Carthagena, which ship of war, with the steamer Spitfire, were in port. LIMA, JUNE 18.—General Lafuente on the part of the Peruvians, and General Baliviana on behalf of Bolivia, had come to conditions of peace at Puno, so that now in those quarters matters are settled. A change was expected in the Government, it being an ticipated that the ensuing elections would have a majority against the existing administration. The Callao arrived at Callao from Liverpool on the afore mentioned date. MExico.--The day after the Dee sailed from Vera Cruz, 1,500 troops were to sail from Campeachy. Three French vessels were engaged to convey them, and they would be accompanied by two sailing Mexi can ships of war and the steamer City of Dublin. The Mexican soldiers were suffering very much from the prevailing fever • several had died. The Briti s h s hip s of war Rover and Victor were at Vera Cruz. HONDURAS.--,Nicaragua and other States who re fuse to pay the indemnity required by Great Britain, are still blockaded. HAVANNAIL—Fever still raging very fearfully. At one time there were 26 cases on board the Dee; two seamen fell victims to its violence, and the ships, ge nerally, were severe sufferers by the loss of different members of the crews. The GovernmEnt had issued an order, that if any British sailor or officer was found on shore with any sharp weapon above 16 inches long, they should be condemned to six years' hard labour in the chain gangs. It appears that this proclamation was issued on account of some Spaniards having got worse off in a scuffle which ensued between them and some sailors belonging to one of the steamers. Exchange on London, 13 to 15 prem. Freights—To Great Britain, 2/. 10s. to 3/. ; to Falmouth and a market south of ll'amburgh, 21. to 2/. ss. ; to the Mediterranean, 2/. 10s. to 3/. The steamer Medway was at Nassau; the Solway had sailed from Havannah fGr the Gulf; the Teviot was going into Corunna as the Dee was leaving; the Volcano British man-of-war steamer was to sail from Bermuda on the 12th ultimo for Halifax; the Styx surveying vessel was at Fayal. Passengers--Jamaica, Messrs. West, Martin, and Atkinson. Lima—Messrs. Aguie and Gillman. De merara—Mr. and Mrs. Forster, three children, and servant. Barbadoes—Miss Reece and servant; Mr. Reece died of consumption on his passage. Grenada— Messrs. Richardson, Gilbert, and Captain Roepel, R.N. St. Vincent—Mr. Porter. Martinique—Mr. Bourgie. St. Thomas--Mr. Jewesson. Bermuda— Captain Beresford, 54th regiment. Fayal—Mr. Wat son, botanist, from the Styx surveying vessel. T -- L Eco TsE._MAThßegfUulnSerWl EoLfLESLEY.—ETON COL b fi o f Saturday n nal ly determin e d oxt, it a to ha takevr b iptihaeoeladtneriMogartqhuoisfohreas oec been arranged that the remains of the deceased 3. uon their arri va l Nobleman shall reach Upon at Eton the e o n the College preceding they will a t e r r epo noo s n o w ti o r r i o ng th that night, most probably, in Election• hall, lie in state until its removal to its final resting-place on willodplaee on the following morning. In consequence-ot' the absence of the Provost , who is expected to return from Brighton in the course of to - morrow, various other arrangements connected with the funeral pro cession have not been determined upon. The, cere mony will be conducted as privately as possible; but it is expected that the whole school, with all the au thorities of the College, will attend the funeral, to pay the last tribute of affectionate regard to the memory of the venerable and illustrious Etonian. There will be no indiscriminate admission of the public to the interior of the College chapel during the ceremony-- that privilege being confined to those who are known to the authorities of the establishment. It has been determined that the remains of the deceased Noble man are to be deposited in the same vault with those of his old and valued friend, Dr. Goodall, the late Provost, in which are also deposited the bodies of Provost Bland (who died in 1746) with his wife. the Rev. Mr. Briggs, Fellow of Eton (who died a year or two since), and Miss Keate (the sister of the Rev. Dr. Keate, late head-master, and now one of the Canons of Windsor.) The tomb, which is of sufficient di mensions to contain 20 coffins, is about 18 feet long, feet wide, and 8 f ee t i n h e i g ht. We e are auth or i se d t o con t ra di c t a paragraph which 1 v. appearedAn Curling,iinou of our columns on Tuesday last, tharg'ng the Ro n with d violating his faithf u lof promise St. Savtioopurrea's,ohSofuorthtwhearfku, a Swimming Society at Westminster. We have been assured by the Rev. Gentleman, that he was never asked to preach such sermon, that if he had been he should have declined t o do and oe . THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, Ifi42. SPECIAL COMMISSION. Would ask, were the Jury to infer, in the absence of all evidence upon the subject, that these three men were present when the plan was proposed to burn down and destroy the house of Dr. Vale? There was nothing to show that these men were there at all till after the fire had been lighted, and they might as well involve in the crime all those who wire mere specta tors—who had taken no part in the proceedings, and had given no countenance or encouragement to the rioters. There was nothing whatever to show any premeditation on the part of his clients. Mr. METEYARD, on behalf of Hamlet Jackson, William Shaw, and Dimmock, said, with regard to Jackson, when he looked at the statements which had been made by the witnesses against him, they were of the most alight and flimsy texture : and as regards the great bulk of the witnesses who had been exa mined, he must say that men who could stand coolly by, and see the property of their neighbours de stroyed, without making an effort to arrest that de struction, and who afterwards came before the Court to point out the offenders, stood before them, to say the least of it, with somewhat ragged reputations. Mr. ALLEN, who appeared for Edge, Harris, Mel lington, Saunders, Cartledge, Williams, and the two Bursts, spoke in extenuation of the prisoners to the effect that their original intention appeared to be to destroy the furniture, and the fact of a fire being lighted in the front of the house; and the furniture being brought out and placed upon it, sufficiently es tablished that fact. Now, if that was the conviction of the Jury, as it was his, these men were entitled to an acquittal. Had not the Learned Solicitor-General thought proper to scout the testimony of the witnesses against the two lads who had been acquitted, they would, perhaps, have had the painful reflection of hav ing recorded a verdict of guilty upon testimony ut terly unworthy of credit. He would commence with the last of his clients, young Hurst.—(The prisoner, a diminutive boy, marked in the calendar " 11 years old," but who did not appear older than A boy of 9, was here ordered to stand up.) He would ask the Jury seriously whether they believed that boy went to Dr. Vale's house with the premeditated intention of demolishing and destroying his house? (The trail was proceeding when the train left.) BURNING OF THE REV. DR. VALE'S HOUSE. STAFrORD, TUESDAY.—The following is the con clusion of the evidence given on Tuesday in this case. John Nichols was at the fire, and saw Winston throwing furniture on the fire. He received the things out of the windows. He said "It was the Lord's work, and that he was feeding the hungry and clothing the naked." He appeared to have taken a little drink. Witness thought it very extraordinary language for any man to use. Richard Hawkins saw Whiston burning and de. stroying property to a great extent. He said "Glory, glory ! when 1 have done some things lam going to heaven." The house inside was on fire as well as the fire outside. There were more than a hundred people at the burning. Joseph 'Woolly, parish clerk of Cadderswall, was at Dr. Vale's on Monday, the 15th of August, about half-past two o'clock. The mob were then breaking the windows. Some were inside. Phillips threw a dressing-table on the fire, and jumped on it. He said, God was on their side and no one could harm." Phillips threw many things on the fire. 'Williams then threw a bed on the fire. About an hour and a half afterwards there was a fire in the house. When the engine arrived Williams endeavoured to cut the hose with a knife which Cartledge handed to him, but he was prevented by Cyples. Richard Edge and Josiah Gilbert, two others of the prisoners, were throwing furniture out of the windows, and Whiston threw a pianoforte on the fire. Some of the mob were in a state of intoxication. The witness was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Price, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Lee, as to the identity of the prisoners, but his evidence remained unshaken. Thomas Moorcroft was then recalled, and identified the several prisoners he had assisted in taking into custody on the premises of Dr. Vale. He pointed out Harris, H. Jackson, Wagstaff, Shaw, Gilbert, and Richard Cyples arrested Williams with the hose in his hand, which he was endeavouring to force open in a part where it leaked. Williams endeavoured to escape over a wall. Michael Holt knew James Saunders for 20 years past. He saw him at the Market Hall on the morning of the 15th of August. He was then throwing stones and breaking windows. Elizabeth Brammer, who resides near Dr. Vale's house, saw John Owen, the day of the fire, break the bottom row of the pane. 3 of glass in the dining-room windows with a book. A PI'ALLIN G MURDER at (From the Derby Reporter of this day.) On Friday morning last, intelligence was brought to Derby, that a daring burglary, at tended with murder, had been perpetrated at ae fi b a o k u l t vi s n i g x i n m ii r i t e i s ou l l i a e r n s ce o . f the house of the Miss Goddards, of Stanley, We the l t i r a a v i e, ts Za p ird fr t o l n i M r. Radford, the Magistrate. l'he shous elarge in w o l n i i e c , ll s t t a h n e d in i g i 8 as G o n o el d a a r n d d s re sided not within 100 yards of any other residence. It is a large brick house, surrounded by orchards and fields, and the direct approach to it is by means of a private road. The two Miss Goddards were considerably advanced in years, the deceased (Martha) being in her 70th year, and the sur vivor (Sarah) but few years younger. They have resided alone in this (the family) house, without servant or assistant, for more than forty years; and although their habits were somewhat' eccentric, they had the reputation of being very charitable, kind, and humane ladies. Their father was the Vicar of Tideswell, in this county, and they possessed a comfortable independence. In April last, we published an account of a bur glary committed on the same premises, when two men decamped with some articles of silver and several sovereigns, without committing vio lence. A few weeks ago a .second robbery was committed, and some linen and other articles Charles Hatton—Saw John Owen break the win dows, and then he took a chair and broke the sash to pieces, and threw the chair out of the window. He was quite drunk after that, and was unable to get away, and his friends threw him over into a field, where witness found him, and pointed him out to the constables. George Bailey identified Joseph Hurst as very ac tively employed with an axe splitting up tables and chairs. George Barker saw Dimmock breaking the wood work of the windows. He was very drunk, and his brother-in-law and others were endeavouring to per suade him to go home. Robert Cope deposed that Dimmock was one of the four persons who put a bed upon the fire. Thomas Wain, a hairdresser of Longton, saw Eaton with a piece of iron trying to break open the door. Hains was very active in the work of destruction ; and when the engine arrived he asked was there any man to help him to shift it off the ground again. Hannah Phillips also saw Eaton engaged in destroy ing the kitchen door by striking it with a large piece of iron. George Leece—Knew James Hurst, the prisoner, for two or three years. He saw him breaking the shutters, and throwing the panels on the fire. Hurst is about 12 or 13 years old. George Barlow saw 'Millington breaking the -win dows with a staff. The house was then on fire. The witness also identified Smith, On his cross-examination he admitted that he had been tried for a highway robbery and acquitted. There was another charge about a watch, and a third charge about taking a tambourine, but he was acquitted. He was taken up for gambling, but his accuser did not venture to face a Magistrate. Charles Harvey acted as a special constable, and took Millington into custody the evening of the fire. He was lying very drunk in a field at some distance from the road. stolen. On arriving at the house, the place where the murderers entered was pointed out to us. A door (which was at the time open) leads froni the coal-house into the kitchen, and another door leads out of the kitchen into the house-place, where Miss Sarah Goddard was sitting about half-past twelve o'clock on Friday morning, when she heard a noise in the coal-house. The three rooms are in a direct line, and the doors lead di rectly one to the other. The deceased had re tired to bed. On hearing the noise, Miss Sarah Goddard went in the directio n of t h e coal - house, and was startled by meet in g ( to u se her own words) two stern savage looking men, who shook their fists menacingly at her, and then im mediately knocked her down and beat up her sutnaimrse,rcnifnudllya7.s soon a s she bad slightly v illains then proceeded re covered she escaped into her own bed room, the door of which she bolted. She had not been there long when the door was forced open, and the two ruffians demanded a 51. note which they said they knew she bad in her possession. She deni e d h av i ng a 51. note; and they answered, menacingly, that money they wanted and money they would have, for that they were determined not to starve. She then gave them two sove reigns and a few shillings, but they still de manded the 51. note, and after again beating her severely, partly with crow bars and partly with their fists, they. went. in the direction of her sister's room. After the l a pse of some time , and when she thought the m en h a d gone away, Miss Sarah went to her sister's room, arid was horri fied to discover her lying across the bed, co vered with blo o d, w i t h h er legs hanging over the side she moaned , " Sarah— Sarah !—man—man !" and never spoke after wards.the Not dari ng to l eave house, poor Miss Sarah r ema i ne d w i t h h er insensible sister until dayligh t be an to dawn , and then ran down the road t o t h e cottag e of a labourer named Scattergood, w h om s h e a larmed, and he and his wife immediately got u p and went to the house. Miss Sarah told them w hat had hap pened, and on go i ng i nto decease d's bed room they were shock e d at the spec t a cle that pre sented itself. Th e d eceased was lying across the bed, with her legs resting on a chair (tire posi tion in which her sister had placed them), and she was literally a mass of blood from the head, to below the middle. The bed clothes were sa the bed-side ; an d t he turated ; there wa s a l so a poo l o f blood on the floor by w all and door post were stained, as if, after the blo w s , th e blood had spurted t h at d i stance . Mr. Boden, surgeon of Small e y, was i mme di a tely sent fbr. The poor creature did not die until between seven .and eight o'clock, but she was insensible the whole of the time, the only evidence of life being a gentle action of the respiratory organs. The surviving sister (Miss Sarah) also presented a h o rrible spectable. He r thee and head were covered with blood, and a finger had been broken by a blow from a crow-bar; but, strange to say, she is riot dangerously wounded. Her face on Saturday morning was terribly discoloured, and her appearance was most d e pl o rable. The wounds inflicted on the head of th e deceased (evidently by some blunt instrument) were dreadfil ones; there were three severe cuts on the left side of the forehead, a fracture of the skull, bruises on the neck and hands, and one finger broken. It is supposed that deceased got out of bed on t i tiiem n es ien l:ith in orde r t o es cape from them, and that they then struck her with the crow bar several all th e i r p o wer. The mur derers seeing missed two Si. notes in a drawer. On examination in front of the house, two footmarks were found on the flower borders. In danforerdfuruler order to prevent an escape by the front door, the villains had placed a hedge stake across the door frame, and tied it to the handle of the door, so that a person attempting to open the door from within would be foiled. A well-known character in that neighbourhood taken into custody ablesoenimplicated in the murder, named o n suspicion Keeling o t. beinglla s i r b n e p e l n i e and d ve Green. These parties THE INQUEST, examination. After the usual preliminaries bad been gone through, an inquest was . held on the body on Saturday morning, before Mr, H. Mozley, Co arelimlaannden able Jury. The Co roner, and a respect survivor was not in a state ,to give an account so clearly as could be wished of what really did take place. The foregoing statement is an exact recapitulation of what Miss Sarah Goddard gave upon exami nation before the Magistrates, as also that of Mr. Robert Boden, the surgeon. The Jury returned a verdict of “ Wilful Mur der against some person or persons unknown.?' In the course of Friday a handbill, of which the following is a copy, was issued : . " WILFUL MURDER.-1001. REWARD. " Whereas the dwelling hous e o f t h e two Misses Goddard, at Stanley, in the county of Derby, was burglariously broken into, and en tered early in the morning of the 30th day of September, and both of the inmates inhumanly beat about their heads and fae e c . ~ one of whom, has since died from -the wounds inflicted; — Notice is hereby g iven, that a reward of 1001. will be given -to any person who shall give such information as will lead to the conviction of the perpetrators of the above crime, on application to Mr. R. W. Birch, solicitor, Derby. 0 Stanley, Sept. 30, 184'2." The following letter has been received by Sir Henry S. Wilmot, Burt., by which it will be seen that Government offered a reward of 1001. (in ad dition to the reward of the same amount offered by the friends of the deceased), for the disc9very and conviction of the murderer or murderers:— ti Whitehall, 3d October, 1842. " Sint,--I am directed by_ Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the reti3ipt of your letter of the Ist inst., re l a tive to the mu r d er o f a l a d y named. G odda rd, at Stanley, about four milesfrom Derby, on Thursday night last;—and I am to in form you. that M this . case a .reward .of 1001. will be paid by -the Government (in addition to the reward of like amount offered. by the Enoch Maher resides at Hanley, and saw the mob at Earl Granville's engine; from thence they went to Dr. Vale's, where witness remained two hours. Saw Williams and Toft in the house; the latter had a tea pot, and the people were drinking out of it. He afterwards rolled a barrel into the fire. Sampson Whitehouse helped to put a bed on the fire. Witness was at the police•office at Stoke when the windows were broken, and was taken into custody, but dis charged. Was in Dr. Vale's house, in the study, and up stairs in the bed-rooms, about a quarter past three o'clock. It was to see who the parties were that were doing the mischief. Was never charted with being concerned in the attack upon Dr. Vale's house. James Carter saw Joseph Saunders breaking fur niture in one of the rooms. He met him next morn ing, and told him he was sorry he had seen him so engaged the night before. Saunders had been in the witness's employment for some time previously. Samuel Bailley knew Hollins for several years, and saw him among the mob throwing articles upon the fire. Thomas Jackson was also engaged with a big stick breaking the windows. Witness had been pre vious!y with the mob when they were breaking the windows of the police-office, and was twice in prison. Was charged with having taken some money, and was fourteen days in primal, and on the second occasion two months. The man in the factory said to him, that if he would tell of somebody else there was a pardon for him. Hollins' uncle charged him with stealing money from his mantel-piece. Thomas Coke—Has known the prisoner Thomas Cotton for several years. Saw him in the study putting furniture on the fire. Ephraim Baxter saw John Powell breaking chairs and throwing them through the window. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated that the case for the Crown was then closed. The only witnesses who had not been examined were a surveyor, who had made a plan of Dr. Vale's house, and another person, who was not in a fit state to be examined. The Court adjourned at a quarter to seven till half past eight the following morning. WEDNESDAY.—The Judges took their seats this morning, at half-past eight o'clock, and the trial of the prisoners charged with the burning and destruc tion of property at the Rev. Dr. Vale's, was imme diately proceeded with. FOR THE DEFENCE. Mr. Puica said he would, in the first instance, call the attention of the Court to the indictment, and started two objections upon the face of it, which the Chief Justice held to be untenable. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, before his Learned Friend commenced his address, he wished to state that after consulting with his Learned Brethren, there ap peared to him two of the prisoners, namely, William Hollins and Thomas Jackson, who were not proved to have taken any part in the proceedings, except upon the evidence of the boy Richard Bailley, and he thought, after the account that witness had given of himself, and the circumstances that had induced him to give the information, he would not be exercising a sound discretion if he did not state that he had no in tention to press the charge against them. The CHIEF JUSTICE—Then the better course will be to acquit these two boys at once, as the others may wish to have their evidence. The Jury then, under the direction of his Lord ship, returned a verdict of acquittal in the case of William Hollins and Thomas Jackson, and they were ordered to stand aside for the present. Mr. PRICE had been instructed to ask a question of Mrs. Vale, who was in court—namely, whether she had not called upon Whiston for his assistance at the commencement of the riots. Mrs. Vale replied in the negative. Mr. PRICE then, on behalf of Whiston and Colt ekugh, addressed the Jury. The offence with which his clients stood charged was of the most extraordi nary nature, and their object should be to endeavour to procure some information as to the cause of so much wanton and useless destruction of property. He would, in the first place, observe that did not appear that these persons had been actuated by any feeling of ill-will or hatred towards the prosecutor. He would take the case of his two clients in the first instance, as if it had been made out, and he would take it that they were there. But he would put it to the Jury to weigh the evidence on that point with great caution, beeause he hoped, by-and-by, to be able to satisfy them that the witnesses on that point were mistaken. They would inquire whether the riot was not insti gated by persons who were not then present on their trial ; because, in his opinion, there was nothing to show that any one or more of the prisoners were the insti gators of the conduct of tLe rest. When these parties, who were in his opinion the real offenders, were be fore them, it would be fur the Jury to decide upon their culpability, and for the Court to punish them. The Learned Counsel then proceeded at some length to comment upon the evidence that had been given as to the part taken by his clients in the out rage, and contended that the discrepancies were such as to make the Jury receive it with very great caution, much of it having been obtained from parties who were mixed up with the proceedings of the mob, and who would naturally endeavour to shift the responsi bility upon other shoulders. He was sure that even the Rev. Prosecutor himself would be the first to join the Jury in the solemn and merciful exclamation, " The Lord forgive them, for they 'know not what they do." Mr. LEE then addressed the Jury on behalf of Phillips, Smith, and Tott. He relied principally upon the vague and uncertain nature of the evidence, as it affected his clients. With regard to his clients, lie friends of the deceased), to any person who shall give such information and evidence as shall lead to the discovery and conviction of the murderer or tnurderer4; and Sir James Graham will ad vise the grant of her Majesty's gracious pardon to any accomplice not being the actual perpe trator of the murder, who shall give such evi dence as shall lead to the same result. " I have the honour to be , Sir, your obedient servant, "T. M. PHILLIPPS. " Sir H ^ S. Wilmot, Bart., Chaddesden Derby." CAPTURE OF THE MURDERERS. Two men have been taken into custody at Belper, and we understand the evidence against them is clear. We shall endeavour to obtain full particulars, and publish them in a Second Edition. SHOCKING MURDERS BY POISON. BOLTON -LE4I/ °ORS, TUESDAY.—No recent event has produced so deep a sensation as the crime which we are about to describe. The prisoner, whose name is Betty Eccles, the wife of a man in humble circumstances, was brought into Court in the custody of the police. The evidence adduced on the present occasion was to the folloWing effect : The first witness called was Henry Eccles, the husband of the prisoner. He said he first became acquainted with her in 1840, and married her in 1841, in the latter part of the year. She had then three daughters, who all appeared very healthy. Shortly after that witness had a dispute with her, and did not go near her for about a month. When he returned he found the two youngest children were dead and buried. She informed witness the youngest died of the measles, but did not say what the other died of. In June last the prisoner had a child be longing to James Heywood to nurse, and witness left home in the day, and on his return next morning found the child dead. On Sunday, the 4th of Sep tember, witness saw his daughter Alice go to bed well. Next morning he left home, and returned on the following Saturday, when he found her dead, his wife informing him that she had been taken ill on the Tuesday with fits, and died on Saturday at noon. Last f.-lunday but one witness saw his son William alive and well on his going to bed. lie went to work on the following morning, and afterwards heard he was dead. Witness returned home on the Friday evening, and found it was so. A. little boy, aged twelve years, gave evidence respect ing the leath of Heywood's boy, and his brother William, both of whom were well shortly before. The apprentice to Mr. Mosscropp, druggist, deposed to supplying the prisoner with a pennyworth of arsenic, which she said she wanted to destroy mice with. Mr. John Denham, surgeon, of Bolton, deposed to examining the whole of the bodies in question. The stomachs and bowels of these bodies were given to Mr. Watson. _ _ _ Mr. Henry Hough Watson, analytical chemist, de posed to testing the contents of the stomach of Wil liam Eccles, from which he produced no less than twenty-eight grains of arsenic. The contents of the stomach of Alice Haslam he found to contain about thirty grains of the same poison. The stomachs, or their contents, of Nancy Haslam, the boy Heywood, and Hannah, were also subjected to similar tests, and arsenic was produced, with the exception of the cases of Hannah Haslam and Heywood, whose bodies were much decomposed. James Harris, police inspector, deposed to taking the prisoner into custody. She denied having pur chased arsenic at Mr. Mosscrop's shop. The CORONER then briefly summed up the case to the Jury, who, after a consultation of about ten minutes, found a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner, for having caused the death of William Eccles, Alice Haslam, and Nancy Haslam, by the administration of arsenic. She, on being committed, coolly turned to the Jury and thanked them for their kindness, and was then removed amid the hootings of the crowd. PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY. (From the Liverpool Standard.) A numerous meeting of the English Shareholders in the Paris and Rouen Railway, was held in the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, at one o'clock, on the 29th ult., for the purpose of receiving a Report of the Directors and Engineer, with respect to the state of the concern up to that time. On the motion of Mr. C. Lawrence, Mr. Moss was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN commenced by stating that the Directors had convened the meeting for the purpose of answering any questions which the Shareholders might desire to ask. The best course, in his opinion, would be in the first instance to read the Report, in order to enable gentlemen to put more pointedly any questions either to the Directors, or to Mr. Locke, or to Mr. Reed, who were also present. As far as the Report went, he (Mr. Moss) thought it would be found satisfactory. In one respect certainly it must be so, for it gave an assurance that before they had again the pleasure of meeting, the opening of the line for the purpose of working would have taken place. The only question for the consideration of the Share holders now not connected directly with their own line, would be, how far they would think it desirable to give support to the projected continuation line to Havre, by taking shares in that concern. Some ex planations would be given to them upon that subject, and with those explanations he would leave it in their hands. Mr. SWIFT then read the Report of the Directors, of w hich the following is a copy : " Paris, August 30, 1842. "Rer ort of the Conseil d'Administration to the Ge neral Meeting. " Gentlemen—At the period of the general meeting last year, we were in a manner but preparing for our labours. "The first year had been employed in arranging the final plans, and accomplishing the formalities pre scribed by the law, in letting a portion of the works, and in entering into contracts for the engines, rails, and chairs: " Our plans and propositions have afforded general satisfaction to the legitimate claims of the localities, and were subjected to very little alteration. " The purchase of the land, which one year ago was scarcely commenced, has been carried on with the greatest activity, and now draws to a close. For this purpose the line was divided into two sections—the one containing 19 communes, and the other 29 com munes. The first section has all been purchased, ex cepting that part required for our goods station at the Batignolles, of which a few parcels remain to be ex propriated,* in order to complete this station. We are ertheless in posseision of a sufficient portion of the land to be enabled to commence the works. In the second section, all the land required for the railway and the intermediate stations, with one exception in the communes of Sotteville and Rouen, is already purchased. The contemplated construction of the Havre line required some alterations in our plans in these communes, or the land would also have been purchased by this time. The new plans have, how ever, passed the ordeal of the Committee of Inquest, and we shall now proceed without loss of time to ob tain the land. " Notwithstanding that the property required for the railway is divided into 7,500 parcels, the value of the land and houses, together with the difficulties at tendant on passing through towns and villages, such as Poissy, Mantes, and Vernon, the result has been satisfactory. The greatest portion of the purchases have been made by private contract. We have only had recourse to expropriation in a few cases, where the properties were of great value, and these were settled by the jury in the most equitable manner. " Great care has been taken in drawing up the dif ferent conveyances. As soon as the few remaining purchases are completed, an exact account of this por tion of our outlay will be made out. In the interim everything is so settled as to place the Company in perfect security. " In the last accounts which we had the honour to lay before you, the expenditure for the works amounted but to 200,000 f. (8,000/.); on the 30th of June last it reached the sum of 11,419,4041. 36c. (456,776/. 35.) ; and at the present moment it is 14,338,460 f. 41c. (573,5381. Bs.) This will show the activity which has prevailed in conducting the works. We -now lay before you the Report of the engineer-in.:chief, which will give you a more com plete account of the progress of our enterprise." (Then followS Mr. Lock's Report upon the state of the works.) " To this Report we beg leave to add, that the ad vanced state of the works leaves us under no appre hension as to their early completion, nor have we any fear that the expenditure will exceed the capital. Our hopes and calculations on these two points have not been disappointed. The whole line will be finished two years earlier, at least, than the time allowed us by the Bill. We shall thus be enabled to diminish the charge for interest payable during the construc tion of the line, and anticipate the period when the dividends will be paid from the profits of the railway " The result will fully justify the manner of con tracting for the works which we selected. We have taken advantage of the experience acquired in Eng land in these matters. Every doubt which existed as to the success on the application of thii mode of proceeding, so new to France, has been completely removed by the energetic means which our contractors have employed—difficulties have been overcome, and new methods introduced with perfect success. "Upon this subject we feel called upon to contra dict, in the most formal manner, the incorrect reports which have been circulated in respect to the want of harmony among the workmen of various nations em ployed on our works. We can safely affirm that, among the 8,000 men now employed, nothing has ever occurred beyond slight disputes, which it is almost i mposs ible to prevent among so vast a body of men, They have never been of such a nature as to compro mise or even retard the execution of the works. " In respect to the nature and solidity of the works, every precaution has been taken in older that they may stand the test of the most scrutinising examina tion. They have been adjudged according to specifi cations, drawn up after the most mature deliberation. An efficient staff of engineers has been placed on the different portions of the line to Retch aver the execu tion of the works in their most minute details. " We have never had occasion, in any matter of importance, as far as regards the works, to differ with the contractors : they have at all times, with the utmost promptitude, complied with the orders of the engineer-in-chief. • Ti:e few accidents which have really occurred on the line have been greatly exaggerated ; they were perhaps inevitable on such a difficult and extensive line of works, requiring so much rapidity in their exe cution ; but hey were most promptly attended to, and always at the charge of the contractors. " If these works have been adjudged on terms not hitherto obtained here, be assured, Gentlemen, that their solidity has not been sacrificed to a false economy; every means have been taken to secure I their stability, and to afford, at the same time, perfect security in the working of the line. A.railway is of itself a great monument. Its splendour is to be found in its utility. "During the period which has intervened since our last meeting we have completed our contracts for the supply of rails and chairs. The distance of the iron works is very great, and the extraordinary dryness of the season, together with accidents on the canals,have hitherto retarded the deliveries ; but. we have taken every means to secure the strict execution of our con tracts, and we have, besides, received the most posi tive assurances . that the whole quantity will be de livered within the present year. "'['he construction of the eugines, carriages, &c., for working the line has kept pace with the works ; two months ago there was but one engine at work in the manufactory where our locomotives are in the course of construction ; at this moment more than five hundred men are actively employed, together with the most complete machinery ever yet in appli cation here. " In fine, every part of our enterprise is in the most satisfactory position, for which we are greatly in debted to the powerful resources you have confided to our care. • " The calls have, been paid up with remarkable punctuality. " At the period of the last general meeting, the re ceipts amounted to 12,602,086 f. 23c. (504,0831. 95.) • on the 30th of June last they reached 28 , 320 , 991 f. 25c. (1,132,8381.); and at this present time they amount to 31,703,872 f. 35c. (1,286,1541. 18s.) "We have not been obliged to have recourse to legal proceedings to get in any of the calls. Ninety four shares only have been sold, and these sales have generally been caused by the death or absence of the party. " - Your example will not fail to produce a beneficial influence in the execution of great public works. In France, complete justice was rendered to you in the Chambers during the discussion of the law on Railways. " Our monthly outlay has increased with the pro gress of our works; and in the last six months of the past year it has progressed from 1,200,000 f. (48,0001.) to 2,606,000 f. (94,0001.), and it now reaches 3,500,000 f. (140,0001.) each month. " The total amount of the expenditure is 27,428,591 f. 31c. (1,097,1431. 125.) Although our resources are not yet exhausted, we, nevertheless, thought it expe dient at the commencement of the year to make ap plication to the Minister for Public IVorks for the re turn of our caution money, and at the same time to pave the way by complying with the various forms required, for claiming the loan of fourteen millions from the State. At this moment, even, we are press. ing the Ministers for return of the 3,600,000 f. (44,0001.) caution money, which must precede the loan of fourteen millions (560,0000 ; return of 4-sths of the same has just been granted, and it is perhaps owing to a greater respect for the letter rather than the spirit of the law, that the whole is not returned, for it is impossible for the Government not to perceive that our money would be much better employed in carry ing on the works than it is in the coffers of the State, that a security is only of real use in guaranteeing the formation of an association ; .but when a company has already executed works to the amount of twenty eight millions (1,120,0001.), the guarantee of a few hundred thousand francs must be perfectly useless. " You may rest assured we do not lose sight of the period when the payment of the loan will commence, and we have too much reliance in the interest which the Government takes in our enterprise, to have any fear in respect to useless delays. " As our works proceed, we are better able to ap preciate the future resources of this undertaking, and we have every reason to believe that our estimates of revenue will prove to be as correct as are those of the cost of the construction. " The Havre line is the necessary consequence of the Rouen line. It promises a vast addition to the number of passengers, and its construction will re move every doubt as to the extent of the transport of merchandise. " We have taken a prominent part with the Go vernnient and the Chambers in obtaining the assist ance of the State for this line, and we may say that to the example of the Rouen Company may be mainly ascribed the favourable terms of this Bill. , The coin . mon interest which unites the two Companies will. continue to be the best guarantee for their mutual co: operation. . "In conclusion, permit 119. Gentlemen, to refer . back to the origin of our undertaking. You will bear in mind that the law of concession dates from the 15th of July, 1840, some days after we met in general assembly to examine the modifications made in the law and in the statutes, but a graver subject then occupied and kept public attention in suspense. In the presence of great political embarrassment you did not hesitate to maintain the association. You had confidence in a better futurity. "You did not for a moment believe that one of the best creations of a time of peace could possibly be suspended by the mere rumour of war. By your energy and resolution, you gave us the first example how to overcome all difficulties. This confidence was nobly responded to by your associates on the other side of the water. If we allude to the circumstance of the Shareholders being of two nations, it is only for the purpose of assuring you that only one feeling has always animated them, although the object to be at tained was a great and national work, the advantage of which would exclusively belong to France. " On all occasions, under the critical circumstances which threatened our commencement, and in the pro gress to those better times which have now arrived, the English co-operation has never flagged; we have received all that we could hope for, the powerful as sistance of its capital, and the benefit of its great ex- perience. " Thus, nothing has been able to shake the first basis of our association ; upon it we have been per mitted to found one of the most useful and beautiful monuments of human activity, and to consecrate the noble alliance of the industry of two great nations." Tbe CHAIRMAN again rose, and expressed his it wn opinion that the Report was most Satisfactory. thes m a t l h l eesrte doubt an important fact, and therefore he would state it was being Director o n a w lhueoltaentdowwti time. nh a i n was s bt u as et to a tshieeglilnee pub licly;hd the first estimate of cost, and within the stipulated He himself felt sure, not only that the line P would be 1 completed, but that ever T part of the works, engines , stations, & e., would be turnished within the origi nal estimate; and Mr. Locke, who was present , would con firm him, and would state, that when the line should be opened, the Company would have paid all their engagements, and have some little capital still in hand. He trusted the meeting would not separate without returning their thanks to the Directors In Paris for their very gre at exertion in forwarding the undertaking. They and the English Directors had worked together for two . years, and although the English Directors had originally had reserved to them the power of voting by proxy on all points in which they differed from their French colleagues, they had never had occasion to put that power forth, so har moniously had the two bodies worked together. He had to add, that owing to the rate of exchange be tween the two countri es English Shareholders a sum of moneywho had would stand to the credit of those paid their calls in this country. A lengthened discnssion then followed on the ex tension of the line from Rouen to Havre, when the following resolutions were adopted :,--- " That this meeting , having heard the statements . just made as to the projected extl,nsion line from . Rouen to Havre (both as to its intrinsic.merits and its bear ing on the Paris and Rouen Railway), unanimously and strongly recommend all the Proprietors of shares in the latter line to take shares also in the forme r and, that copies of the proceedings of this day be for'. war d e d to each Proprietor. " That the thanks of the Proprietors are justly due, and are now accord in gly tendered, to the Directors generally, , and to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair to-day.' The meeting then separated. * By the word " expropriation" is meant the power to take the land required for the railway. On Thursday a somewhat novel parcel was re ceived into the Glasgow post-office, viz., a pair of boots, whose destination is Bombay, and for the transmission of which 6/. sterling was paid as postage. The reduction of the rates has been the means of sending some very strange packets through the post, and the transmission of ladies slippers from one place 'to another has become quite common; but we have never heard of gentlemen's boots undertaking suchnda long journey und er th e care o f t h e p os t •offic cannot holp thinki ng th a t t h ey w ill be rather a e k a ostl , pair to ,the desti ne d wearer , by the title they tumbled clit at Bombay amongst the E nglish over lande clesPathes.--.G/asgow ConstitOwnaL are MONEY MARKET and CIT Y NEWS, CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS -DAY. TIMES.—The declaration of the London bankers that the hours of business shall cease at four instead of five o'clock, which has long been in agitation, is now in a state of some progress. The whole of the City bankers have, it is understood, already signed it, and it is now in a course of signature at the west end. The agreement to close at four o'clock is merely expressed conditionally if the consent of the Bank of England to fall in with the new arrangement be obtained. The bankers themselves, and the number of persons engaged in their counting-houses, are looking forward to the operation of the plan with great eagerness, as the addition to domestic comfort which they would gain would be immense. On the other hand, there are many of the public who look with no kindly feeling on the proposed alteration of the old plan, and who think that the few who would be benefited would obtain their own convenience at the sacrifice of that of the public. That the liability of a banker to pay his checks should cease at five o'clock, they consider is already a suffi cient privilege ; and as it is the interest of persons en gaged in trade to have it in their power to procure cash as long as possible, they do not see why the time which is allowed for that purpose should be abridged. Besides, they are fearful lest, when the custom is once broken in upon, some further limitation - might be sought at a future time, so that the public might lose perhaps another hour in a year or two. That a great deal of convenience would arise to many individuels if the alteration were adopted, there can be no doubt, but the arguments on the other side are well worth attention. The proposal of the bankers has caused the same subject to be started at the Stock Exchange, where there is a notice of closing at three, which, it is said, may well be done considering the little business theta transacted. At present, however, it is no more than the conversation of the house, and has not in any wa y been brought before the Committee. The necessity of transmittin g n ourb bullion attention,llion toI In dia, which has already been o nrgedha n s , been again brought forward by a mercantile cor respondent of great experience in Indian commerce. He refers to the opening of the Government loan in 1841 as one cause of the great pressure, since even though it failed to produce the sum required, it ab - sorbed a large amount of the capital which would otherwise have been employed in commerce, or in advances on landed security. This was accomi,a flied by the confiscation of 3,000,0001. of the mer cantile property in China, and while, as our cor• respondent observes, either of the events singly would have had a considerable effect, the action of both together was most severe. In addition to the causes of pressure already existing, the Company's treasuries in India have simultaneously suspended the advances to the merchants on the security of produce shipped to England. A suggestion, offered in conse quence of the scarcity , of bullion in India, and the quantity in England, is that a shipment be made to Calcutta to pay off the 5 per cent. loan. Advises were received in the City to-day of the arrival of the Royal Mail Steam Company's ship Dee, which landed the West India mails at Falmouth at A quarter past ten yesterday. Although a strong easterly gale opposed her passage, she reached South ampton, and her captain was in London before noon to-day. She has during this day been booked full of passengers for her next voyage, and all this was ac complished before the letters from Falmouth would reach the General Post-office. She brings 479,000 dollars on freight. POST.—A whisper has been current in the vicinity of the Custom-house, during the day, of some teas having been found to' have travelled out of their proper course, in the transit from their place of deposit to a place of shipment in bond ; and of their being, in con sequence, put under seizure. If the fact be as stated, it is to be hoped that the Government authorities will not fail to visit the parties guilty of this infringement of the revenue laws with the prescribed penalty ; or, what is perhaps more desirable still, to give publicity to the transaction, as well as to the names of the per sons implicated in it. Such a course of proceeding would be, at all events, and in any circumstances, proper ; but it is, above all, no more than is due to the fair trader, for irregularities of the nature of those pointed out cannot have been resorted to but for some disreputable purpose. The arrival at Southampton of the Royal Mail Steam Company's vessel Dee, with the West India, Mexico, and Havannah mails, is so far satisfactory to the commercial interest connected with the several places as to afford the assurance of her safety. It, seems, however, that the weather the Dee encoun tered was so bad as to have caused much delay, and even to have compelled the commander to put into Corunna for a fresh supply of coals, a circumstance that must have been attended with great inconvenience, as the steamer had on board no fewer than sixty passengers. The worst period of the passage was apparently when she was coming into the chops of the Channel ; but throughout the weather was far from favourable. It is a source of - vexation to the merchants that no alteration should yet have:been made by the Post-office authorities with regard to the delivery of the mails brought by these steamers. The bags continue to be dropped at Pal mouth, and a day is unnecessarily thrown away. Were they to • come on to Southampton with the packet they would be forwarded to town simulta neously with the account of her arrival. The Dee has, o n general freight, 479,000 dollars, 26,000 of which are remitted by the Mexican Government to wards the payment of the ensuing dividend on the foreign debt of the Republic. Had the money ar rived but a few days earlier it might, we believe, have been made available for the discharge of the de bentures recently issued, and which will, no doubt, enjoy all the privileges conceded to the holders in the andarra n c g o e . m h e a li v t e enheteernedapinpethaileasdt toy o ear n . th t s les s s u r h e l c j t i , zar an d d i those gentlemen need not be reminded of the fact, that it is no more than j ustice to the several classes of creditors that the interests of each should be attended to in virtue of their respective contracts. SUN.—Our own Funds remained in precisely the same condition at the close of business this day as they have been for some time past ; that is to say, an in clination to advance, while the jobbers are so well supplied with Stock, as to be able to answer any de mand for it, and at the same time indisposed to in crease the quantity they may have, and hence the almost total absence of business. Consols were 92+ 93 for Money, and 93 93* for the Account • Bank Stock, 247 249 ; Exchequer Bills are higher, the New, 50 52; Old, 51 53 premium. The inactivity to which the English Market has been reduced of late, has caused greater attention to be directed towards some of the Foreign Securities, and among them chiefly to Dutch and Belgian. The situation of the finances of the former of these two countries, while it presents no cause for exhibiting a decline in the price of its bonds, certainly does not warrant any expectation of a rise. It is extremely doubtful if the revenue of Holland has at all prom , mated to the expenditure, especially when the ex penses of maintaining the colonies be added. Large sums have for some time past been distributed among the native provinces in the east by the way of s u hil s e iuy or reward for exclusive comm ercial privileges, w e bee t: support the powerthus gai ned, great expenses. onate return annually incurred without any p lands Trading Company, although riginall benefit, has now become so to hn. po re; ta de n r ce th th e po r :vr . er. lihe o N f ethvearte inter f b o e r 3 m ro a n t d io : n t o a n n s d ol f i o d r a t p i r o i n v a o t f e future to this cond hloll is tertheee, wahnodletlofie ai N t % n io od % n p a n os ftwhieittslistfinantaetainooFiol ucorofnleetasidrnsiarz,ucasehmpr e g n a c l o m m o m s home on account asustain o ed f t . hir l s l W ela 3 t r e l could wish, inasmuch as the exclusive s ystem pursued country.; and this is not so favourabl e as the Dutch' heavy export in Batav ia itndirietterasrdhare forei obliged f d tera tion in the tariff with regard to one of their staple connsodities, coffee, and the new fruitless voyage tile a w e of Good Hope, i t s h l e e p re r h o y du so ce ni t e o h b e e ay s ; has caused a further decline, to and cousequently greater loss on this articl e. This w as purchased at the periodical sales shipped to the Cape in Dutch vessels, a n d in Holland, in by Britia'l ships, as b e i ng „ so brought the limits ofl`he East India Company' s c h ar t er ." Th e imported from within Two and a Ralf per Cents. per Cents., 100 . 1 1001 ; Belg i an,were 52 521 ; the Five 82 83 ; and Bra zilian lO2l 1031; Danish, , 63 64, ex div . The arrival ' of the dollars, though p , e e Dee, with about half a million of dividends- is not i.now xact portion on account of the n (itis currently stated to be 26 1 00 0, - caused Mexican Et firmness in the quotations of can Bonds, which were 331 33:1 ex div. In the Share Mari zet Brightons were still the favourite, and a fair e xtent of business was done. Some of it was doubtless, speculation, but the larger part was for investment ; she last prices were 361 361; London and Birmingham wei 'e 183 185; .Birmingham and Gloucester 39 41; Great Western, 82 83 ; the Half shares, 591 60 ; North Arselland, 56 58 ; the New shares, 271 281 ; South Eastern,. 23123 j ; E astern Counties, 8+ 81; Northern and EaCtern, 35 36' ' South Western, 571 58 ; and Blackwell,b. 7 per share. The quotations for the Bonds vvutTe—Colombian, '2l 211 ; Peruvian, 151 161 ; PortuViese Five per Cents.. 36 36i ; the Three per Cents, 211 214 ; Spanish' Five per Cents., 16* 16+ ; the Three per Cents., 21 21*. The circumstance of the Dee having ars:ved off Southampton at eight o'clock this morning, is o ffered a s another proof of the superiority of this port 4.:ver Falmouth as a station. Without going into ill .° question; it_ is beyond doubt that had the letter-bags been landed there, merchants would have had their letters to-day, instead of to-morrow ; and this is n ot the only instance. A very awkward attempted evasion o f the revenue laws has, it is said, been discovered to-day ; the a for !" I tick, which is of universal consump tion, is more the inside than the outside. I ip. us• J)r jse to . 0 . 0 L i 3 e o vo' , til e lori°- tit rb o 40Y)' tiro +l l JO" an c l u S t 0