The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-16 00:00:00

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Chester and Holyhead Railway was held yesterday at the Euston Station. The meeting was made special to consider and determine as to the creation and appropriation of the additional capital authorised to be raised by an Act passed in the pre sent session of Parliament, or of some part thereof; and also, to consider and determine - upon the expe diency of reducing the number of the directors of the company, in conformity with the provisions of the same Act• Captain Moorsome, R.N., chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr. Gifford, the secretary, was called upon to read the following report of the direc tors for the past half-year : " The causes which have operated to delay the com pletion of the Britannia Bridge, and with it the opening of the entire line, beyond the period contemplated by the directors at the half•yearly meeting, are explained in the accompanying report from your engineer, Mr. Stephenson. The board much regret that circum stances beyond control should have retarded a work so essential to the full utility and value of the undertaking. " The directors have the pleasure to inform you that the main line of the Mold Railway has been inspected and approved by the Government Engineer, and was opened yesterday. The construction of this branch has been effected at a moderate cost, the full advantage of which will be secured to you by the tenor of the agree ment for the purchase, already laid before you, and sanctioned at the meeting of the 30th of March last. Arrangements are in progress for bringing the various coal workings into connexion with the line. " The directors have continued to give unabated at tention to the employment of the steam-packets in con nexion with the railway. The actual returns of the company's vessels are now nearly equal to the Govern ment packets, although the latter make twenty-eight, and the former only twelve trips in the week ; the ex perience of twelve months in their working, proves that both must be running at considerable loss, and that all would be benefited by the whole service being performed either by the Government or by this company. The directors stated in their last report that they had, at the invitation of Government, submitted a proposition for undertaking the whole packet service between Holyhead and Kingstown; that tender not having been accepted has been withdrawn, and the question therefore remains unsettled. " The following return does not include either the amount due for the conveyance of the mails or the toll payable by the Shrewsbury and Chester Company. The Post-office authorities insisted upon the amount of remu neration for the conveyance of the mails, previous to the commencement of the Treasury contract, being referred to arbitration; and although the directors appointed their arbitrator in September, 1848, no decision has as het been given, in consequence of the Post - office not aving furnished their arbitrator with instructions. " The number of passengers conveyed from Ist Janu ary to 30th June has been—by railway, 119,911; steam boats, 6,637; making a total of 126,548. " The gross receipts have been— From the Railway. From Steam-boats 25,576 10 0 ... 3,381 13 8 5,473 12 2 0 0 0 933 211 ... 55 15 1 Passengers Goods Parcels Total £31,983 5 1 ... 43,437 8 9 " The working charges have amounted to 23,6791. 12s. 104. from the railways, and 11,5361. lOs. 4d. from the stew in-b oats. " The Act authorising the raising of further capital, for which your sanction was obtained at the last half yearly meeting, received the loyal assent on the 26th June. By this Act the Company have obtained the restoration of the power of borrowing on debentures, which had been merged in the former creation of pre ference shares, whilst the shares which the said reso lution of the last meeting authorised the directors to create, are reduced from 735,000/. to 525,0001., leaving, however, a discretionary power eventually to capitalise the loans by a creation of shares. " In order to meet the liabilities of the Company, and to avoid the sacrifice which the immediate raising of ad ditional capital to complete the line would entail, the di rectors have solicited the assistance of the London and North-Western Company, who have agreed to advance 100,0001. on the seem ity of a resolution of the board pledging itself to aet upon the power conferred upon the directors at the last half-yearly meeting, whenever re quired by the London and North-Western Company to repay the loan by means arising from a further creation of preference shares. "7. At the last meeting it was intimated that interest would be paid on the original shares, until the line was completed by the erection of the bridge over the Menai Straits, in accordance with the construction put by the Government upon the contract with the Treasury for the conveyance of the mails, the commencement of which is dependent on the same circumstance. But the directors now feel it to be their duty to state, that since the funds necessary for the payment of this interest could not be provided otherwise than by a new issue of pre ference shares, at a rate of discount, or of en hanced interest, which would render the transaction permanently injurious to the interests of the company, they cannot recommend the proprietors to purchase an illusory advantage at such a cost. The only mode of meeting the difficulty appears to be by a creation of shares, under the powers of the last Act of Parliament, representing the amount of interest due, and issuing them, discharged from the payment of all calls, to the proprietors of the original shares. If it should be the pleasure of the proprietors to adopt this course, the di rectors recommend that these shares should not be issued until the next half-yearly meeting, by which time the entire line will be completed, and dividend will then be payable out of traffic. " The arrears of calls due at the last half•yearly meeting amounted to 46,7861, of which 11,6901. have been received. Notice of forfeiture has been given to the holders of 506 shares, upon which, in the aggregate, 6,8921. 10s. have been paid; and the directors are using every means to recover the balance, although they anti cipate but partial success. " By the removal of the offices of the company to the Euston Station, an annual saving of rent will be effected; and the directors have revised the establishment, and placed it upon the most economical footing. " Agreeably with the intimation given you in the last report, powers have been obtained by the Act of this session of Parliament to reduce the number of di rectors to twelve, and the board recommending that the reduction be forthwith effected have received the resigna tion of Mr. Collett and Mr. Thomas, which, with the previously reported vacancy of Mr. Laird's seat, will leave the number of six representing the general body of the shareholdors, and on your approval of the reduc tion of the board to twelve, the directors appointed by the London and North-Western Company will be re duced in the same proportion. The directors recom mend that the remuneration voted to them by the pro prietors should also be reduced. "It is proposed to declare a dividend of Bs. 3d. per abate, on the preference shares, to be made payable on the 20th instant. _ In conclusion, the directors are compelled to state, that the causes specified in their report of the 16th March last, as having disappointed, in respect to the traffic of the line, ' even the most moderate expectations that were entertained at the time when this company was formed,' have continued to operate to its detriment. The terrible calamity with which Ireland has been visited, the consequent depreciation of all property con nected with it, and .the diminution of the intercourse between the two countries, is obviously beyond their control. Your interests have also in a minor de gree been injuriously affected by the unavoidable delay in the completion of the Britannia Bridge, the tar diness of the proceedings in forming the harbour of refuge and packet pier at Holyhead, and by the competi tion of the Government steam-vessels with those of the company, at a heavy loss to both parties. The first of these impediments to the development of the traffic, will very shortly be removed. The second and third, it is beyond the power of the directors to obviate ; but they cannot believe that her Majesty's Government will continue to compete for a traffic, the whole of which, under present circumstances, would be utterly insuffi cient to remunerate any other party than the proprietors of the railway. Bat, whilst thus laying these facts before the shareholders , without disguise, the directors also feel i t to be equally their duty to express their confident expectation, that with the restoration of Ireland to its ordinary state of prosperity, and the further develop ment of local traffic, the position of the shareholders will be materially benefited, and that the returns of the railway will be still further improved upon the com pletion of the harbour of Holyhead. In the meanwhile the directors have used their best endeavours to ad minister the financial concerns of the company, and to avail themselves of its credit, so as to obviate the neces sity, otherwise unavoidable, of increasing the capital upon terms detrimental to the interests of the existing pro prietors. Mr. Philip Hanbury being the auditor who goes out by rotation, now offers himself for re-election." The statement of receipts and disbursements, includ ing outstanding charges of the railway and steam-boats connected with the traffic to 30th of June, 1849, repre sented the receipts from the railway from the Ist May, 1848, to amount to 78,7861. 3s. 7d., while the total work ing charges were set down at 51,475/. 105. Bd., showing a profit on the railway of 27,3101. 12s. 1 Id. The total receipts of the steam-boats, dating from the Ist August, 1848, amounted to 6,8831. Bs. 3d., while the working nal:F!s had reached 19,9991. 55. ld., showing a loss of "' llsl ' l6 s• 10d on the steam-boats, which , - when de ducted from the led surplus,. left the rest profit on traffic ( exclusive of general balance toll and mails) at 14,194/. 16s. Id. company to the 30thaO'fe.V' from the formation of the ,5871 uu l e, 1849, placed the total ex penditure at 3.581 3,628,5401. 1 ls. 81., leaving balanceas.Cid"and tha receipts at of 46,9531. 9s. Ild. The en-4ineer's report Was asfl " I beg to off r the following a re r s j t — on th e state of t i s l i --- n o nT a Bridge, the works on No. 9 contract, and the ar ß s a Contract . being those alone which are unfinished. —Since my last report, the lining of the Ll ' an 9 da Bangor Tunn , b; has been completed, so that at this and mo ment the line may be r e g arded as entirel y finished upto ßangor station. Of the works between Bangor s t at i on and the Britannia Bridge, there remains to complete-- one tunnel front, which is in a forward state; No. 12 Cutting, which will b e ready for ballasting next week; the remainder of the contract is ballasted, ready for the permanent way, and 2 20 ya rds of lining in the Belmont Tunnel, which is commenced , and may occupy six weeks. The cost of completing this portion of the contract will be 9,000/., and I have no doubt about the line being finished up to the Britannia Bridge by the lit Oct. Britannia Bridge--The masonry of this contract is completed as far as practicable, prior to the floating of the tubes; awaiting that operation, the progress of the remainder will depend upon the lifting. In this latter proceeding there has been some delay, owing to an un- THE soundness in one of the large castings of the new hy draulic press in the Anglesea Tower, which occasioned so much leakage, as threatened, at one time, to render a new casting necessary, which would have delayed, for several weeks, the process of lifting the tube, which has been, as you are aware, floated into its position for being raised. I have, however, the satisfaction of reporting that the leakage has been successfully stopped, and that the operation of lift ing is progressing, and might, by this time, have been completed; but I have deemed it prudent to lift by short stages only, and to build up step by step underneath with brickwork, in order effectually to guard against the serious consequences which might arise from any failure or derangement of the hydraulic presses, whilst the tube was suspended from them. Such an accident I believe to be very improbable; but, after the fracture that took place in one of the cross-heads during the lifting of the Conway tubes (which was fortunately discovered in time to prevent a very serious disaster), I do not feel that I shoul be justified in omitting in the case of the Britannia tube (where a mishap would, in all probability, interfere permanently with the navigation of the straits) any one expedient which caution can sug gest. With these feelings, therefore, I have, with your sanction, resolved to follow the course alluded to, notwithstanding it will protract the time of lifting in each tube a fortnight or three weeks beyond the period originally contemplated. The arrangements for floating the next tube (which, with that already being lifted, will enable us to complete one line of rails across the Straits) are in a very forward state, and will certainly be ready by the 24th instant, with the view of taking ad vantage of the spring tides of the 7th and 10th of Sep tember, if it should be deemed expedient to do so. Upon this point I am hardly able to decide positively at this moment, for if any delay should take place from some unforeseen contingency, it may be advisable not to float the next tube until the following spring tides. No great loss of time would ultimately arise out of this postponement, as the interval would be occupied in removing the presses from their present positions into those for lifting the second tube; and some advan tage would be gained by lessening the time during which the principal channel for navigation would be interfered with. On the other hand, I think it very desirable not to allow the season to advance further than absolutely necessary, before the next floating takes place. This latter consideration appears to me so important, that we shall not fail to avail ourselves of the spring tides from the 7th to the 10th of September, if consistent with the further consideration of the circumstances I have mentioned as affecting the question. The present arrangements will, I believe, admit of one line of railway being completed in the course of November. This conclusion is arrived at from f the results of our recent expe rience, and cannot ar mislead; but I am bound to a dd, that the operations control,are so dependent upon casualt ies which man cannot that the most careful calcula tions as to time any maynotbe exac tly verified. Ido not , however, seereasonable grounds for doubting that o ne line will be finished throughout by the date above mentioned, or, at the l a test, before the end of the year." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, observed that it was so little encouraging, that if he were to consult his own feelings he should lay it on the table, and leave it for the proprietors to move its adoption or rejection as they thought fit; but such a course would not be respectful to the shareholders, and ho should therefore at once propose its reception. Their affairs, no doubt, were discouraging, but not quite dis heartening, since they had much to be thankful for, although their early anticipations had not yet been fully realised. The tubes over the Menai Straits were progressing satisfactory, if not rapidly. The two smaller ones had been safely carried to their final resting places in the air, while one of the larger tubes was now to be seen midway between the water of the Straits and the top of the pillars upon which it would eventually be placed. Now, it might have remained there obstructing the na• vigation of the Menai, and serving only as a monument of the recklessness of engineering daring, and the folly of railway speculation; but he could give the proprietors this gratifying information that it would ere long be lifted, by the same hydraulic machinery that had raised it to its present eminence, to a position, and applied to a purpose that would entitle it to be classed amongst the wonders of the world. The second tube, he could promise, should soon follow it, and when they obtained an unbroken railway communication from the metropolis to Holyhead, they might reasonably hope for a large increase in their traffic. He regretted much that the tender alluded to in the report had not been accepted by Government, whom he could not avoid ac cusing of having been guilty of injustice towards this company. Men who had ventured their repute. tions and their means upon such works as the Chester and Holyhead Railway embraced might have met with more encouragement at the hands of Government, but it was useless to go into the details of their negotiations with the Admiralty and the authorities, as it could serve no good purpose, while, if they ultimately succeeded without Government aid, their triumph would be so much the greater. The delay which had taken place in the works of Holyhead Har bour was a source of great annoyance to him, and so indeed was the whole result of their operations; but if the proprietors thought he was not sufficiently energetic to fill the office of chairman, to which he was elected at the last meeting, he was quite willing to resign it in favour of any more efficient man.—(No, no.) He, how ever, felt that, desponding as their prospects might be to some, he could yet be of service to the concern, and if 1 the proprietors were prepared to confirm him in the chairmanship of the company, he was ready to go on encountering and, if possible, surmounting all those difficulties which must ever be incident to an undertaking of so much magnitude as this, and yet which no human calculation could foresee .—(Cheers.) Mr. MORGAN really could ,not take so desponding a view of the company. The line, there could be no doubt, was a good one in all points of view but the difficulty of its works, and he could safely affirm that there was not a railway in the kingdom that linked together interests of greater magnitude or importance than did this. To our vast American and West India trade it would prove a most valuable adjunct ; and on the completion of the Irish Midland Great Western line, which would unite the important harbours of Dublin and Galway in the west of Ireland, the mails and passengers from the United States, Canada, Nova Scotia, Newfound land, New Brunswick, in fact, from every part of the western world, would be conveyed to the shores of England in about seven days, or three days earlier than by the present route, and by which means the most dangerous part of the voyage would be avoided. It might be madness to say so, but with such facts before him he had no hesitation in predicting that the ultimate profits of the line would not only be sufficient te remunerate themselves, but in time, to pay off the National Debt.—(Oh, oh.) At all events, of this he was satisfied, that all those who rated their shares at less than 70/. would live to regret the bargain.—(Hear.) The resolution for the adoption of the report was put and carried without a dissentient voice. The dividend was then declared, and the retiring auditors re elected; after which the meeting became special, and a resolution was passed sanctioning the re duction of the directors to twelve, and their remunera tion to 1,0001. a year. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. BANK OF ENGLAND. THE LATE MR. PATTISON, M.P. A general court of this corporation was held yesterday for the purpose of electing a director for the remainder of the year, in the room of the much-lamented James Pattison, Esq., one of the venerated liberal representatives for the city of London. The Court opened at eleven o'clock, and at the close of the pro. ceedings, at four o'clock, John Oliver Hanson, Esq., the gentleman recommended by the Court of Directors, was declared to be unanimously elected. AUSTRIA. The rumour of the defeat of the Russian grand army, which appears in the Presse, is somewhat con firmed by the accounts which were received in Vienna on the 10th, by the respective manoeuvres of Georgey and Paskiewitch. It appears that General Grabbe, on his advance from Altsohl to Losonz on the 22d ult., found that the place had been quitted that very day by General Georgey's rearguard. He con tinued his pursuit of the Hungarians on the 23d, but he soon found that he had lost their track, and it was but on the following day that they fell in with General Georgey at Gomor. It was then found that the Hungarians, to the strength of thirty thousand, had taken up a strong position on the heights of Mishkolz, on the left bank of the river Sajo. The Russians advanced to the onset, and a series of battles ensued on the 23d, 24th, and 25th ult., in which the fortune of war was equally divided between the combatants ; but on the 26th, General Georgey, whose manoeuvres are wont to puzzle his antagonists, quitted his posi tions, and marched in the direction of Tokay. Part of the Russian army was then left behind at. Mezo Kovesd, and General Grabbe marching in pursuit of Georgey crossed the Theiss at Tissa Fured, by way of Porosslo. This march was one of extreme difficulty and danger, for the morasses between Porosslo and the Theiss cover many miles, and the bridges and all other means of communication had been destroyed by the Hungarians. At length the Russians, though in a sad plight, succeeded in gain ing the left bank of the Theiss, in spite of the opposition of 2,500 Honveds, and a few troops of Hungarian horse. A pontoon bridge was then con structed, and the whole Russian army crossed the river, leaving their baggage behind, and commenced forthwith to throw up entrenchments around the posi tion which they had taken up on the left bank, close to Tissa Fured. THE APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF HIS MA JESTY THE EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH. VIENNA, AUG. 13.—The visit of her Majesty the Queen of Prussia to Pillnitz, and her return to Sans Souci with Prince John of Saxony, his Consort and _t_ e ise a s r informed has on daughter, appears to h ave re f e re nc e t o an e ven t which pron_ equal happi ness t o b o th th e roya l f am ili es . Em W peror eFranci s demandedthe best i au n t h o m r iatryr marriage t thethe eldest daughter of Prince John of Saxony, Princess Maria August a Frederika, born Jan. 22, 1827, and that the negotiati ons are ' already terminated. It is further announced th a t t h e elde st so John, presumptive heir t o the thronen o f of Prince Prince Albert Frederick A ugustus, is affianced to Saxony, the Princess Charlotte, eldest daughter of l: or two alliances will forma yet closer union between the SUN, reigning families of Austria, Prussia, and Saxony.— German Papers. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—FOT most numbers and qualities of yarns some further advance has been re quired to-day. In this upward course spinners have felt themselves urged on by the continued rise in cotton. They have found it very difficult, however, to carry the buyers along with them. The ma nufacturers hesitate ; the India merchants are waiting the arrival of the mail; and the continental houses are disposed to watch the effect of the large shipments of previous purchases, which are now going out, before committing themselves to extensive operations at much higher prices. There has been some degree of irregularity in the market, however ; for, while most parties agree in stating that little business has been done, there are others who report a fair amount of transactions, on the whole, for the German, the Russian, the Mediterranean, and the home markets. In what has been done the full prices of last week have at least been paid, and, to some extent, more or less of an advance. The goods market has also been, for the most part, inanimate. It has, indeed, been easy to dispose of printers' cloths, and the lower qualities have shown a tendency to still higher prices. But the wider shirtings, particularly of the lower qualities, and various other articles suitable for India, are expe riencing a diminished inquiry, and the prices of some of them are not fully sustained. Long cloths, T's, and domestics are still neglected. We have advices from New York to the 31st July. The operations of speculators had raised the price of cotton lc to ie. per lb. Spinners were buying from hand to mouth. Little was doing for France, and nothing for England. The manufacturers of heavy cottons were still labouring under large stocks, with little demand and depressed prices. The accounts of the wheat crop were very good, and prices were still rather declining. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been another and the flannels were eagerly noon. Heavy goods, such as ker gboouoci bought market upbefore to-day, seys, have been dull of sale, and the transactions have been more limited than on the previous week. In wool prices remain steady, with little business doing. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Stocks continue very low, and middling class of goods meet with ready sale, especially those adapted for the foreign markets. Prices remain firm, and the late advance seems to be fully maintained. SATURDAY.—.We have no particular change to notice this week, in our report of the state of trade, either in wools, in yarns, or in manufactured goods, everything remaining about the same as re ported in our last. LEEDS, TIIESDAY.—LittIe business done in the Cloth-halls to day, and we can quote no alteration in prices. THE DANISH BLOCKADE. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY EVENING.—The United States mail-steamer Washington, Captain G. W. Floyd, arrived here at 6 P . M . f rom Bremen. She left Bremerhaven on Sunday morning, and has encountered a tremendous gale from the south-west during nearly the whole of the passage. The Washington brings the intelligence, so welcome to the mercantile interest, that, in conformity with the stipulations of the armistice between Denmark and Prussia, the blockade of the German ports, including the rivers Elbe and Weser, was formally raised on Saturday, and that the Danish blockading squadron has been withdrawn, the three frigates heretofore cruising off Heligoland having departed for Copenha gen, thus permitting free ingress and egress to the respective ports. This measure had already produced its favourable effects at Bremen, and ships under all flags were crowding to their various destinations, laden with produce from all parts of the world. A number of merchant ships had entered the Weser, and commerce was resuming its activity. The Washington saw a number of ships pressing forward with a fair wind for the Elbe and Weser. The American frigate St. Lawrence, 44, Captain Paulding, had left Bremerhaven for a cruise in the Baltic. The Washington has on board 200 tons of cargo for New York, and brings 57 first-class and 104 second-class passengers for New York, and 6 for Southampton ; total, 167, exclusive of children. The following was the cargo delivered at Bremen by this steamer :—Specie, value 1,6001.; 74 bales of furs, 126 boxes of manufactured tobacco, 10 cases and 4 hogsheads of manufactured tobacco, 153 packages of whalebone, 50 bales of sarsaparilla, and 203 packages of sundries. She will sail hence for New York on Monday with upwards of 200 passengers. BALLOON ASCENT. LEEDS, AUG. 14.—Mr. Charles Green, the veteran aeronaut, made his 422 d ascent in the Royal Victoria balloon, from the yard of the White Cloth-hall, Leeds, la , .t evening. The day was very unfavourable for an ascent; the wind was very high, and during the after noon there were several slight showers of rain. The inflation of the balloon commenced at half-past three, and terminated about half-past five. About half-past six the car was attached, and at seven, the hour an nounced for the ascent, Mr. Green seated himself in it, accompanied by his brother, Mr. Henry Green. The balloon was then removed to a more favourable spot for the ascent; and precisely at twenty minutes past seven Mr. Green cried out " Let go," and the balloon ascended very beautifully in a north-east direction. In five mi nutesi it disappeared from the view of the spectators n the Cloth-hall, and although raining heavily at the time, hundreds of people rushed from that place into Kirkgate, the market.place, &c., where another view of the beautiful machine was obtained. It now appeared to be rising more rapidly, but owing to the cloudy state of the atmosphere, it totally disap peared about fifteen minutes from its ascent. Mr. Green states that they met with different currents of air during their voyage, and after being up about half an hour they descended about three miles beyond the city of York, and 28 from Leeds. The voyagers slept at York and returned to the Crown Inn, at Leeds, at half-past nine this morning. This was Mr. C. Green's fifth ascent from Leeds, and was announced as his farewell visit. The first balloon ascent made from Leeds was by Sg. Lunardi, who was the first aeronaut in England. He ascended from the White Cloth-hall, Dec. 4, 1786, and descended at Thorp-arch. The bells of St. Peter's, St. John's, and Trinity Churches were rung and the avenues to the Cloth Hall were guarded by the military and civil power. Half a guinea was charged for admis sion. Since that time nineteen balloon ascents have been made from Leeds by different persons, viz :—Mr. C. Green, Mr. G. Green (son of the veteran), Mr. W. W. Sadler, Mr. W. Russuw, Mr. and Mrs. Graham, and Lieut. Gale. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Five weeks since a letter, with the signature of " A Hungarian," appeared in the Times, in which the anonymous correspondent, not content with political discussion, introduced a malicious insinuation with re gard to liossuth's early life. Neither myself nor my friend Colonel Bikkessi would have sought an opportu nity of entering into a discussion on the merits of the present struggle—a question which we are content to leave in the hands of the people of England; but when insinuations were made, professing to relate to matters of fact, and affecting the private character of an indivi dual, we considered it necessary to challenge the accuser to give some definite shape to his accusations, in order a r b e l f e u d t , a i ti f on an . y were brought forward, have obtained any information on the subject from ttolu 'A 'ti f vw t e e e r am a sa n igtihs i ft n a t cb e te r o v re il of five weeks—quite sufficient to Vienna or Presburg—tho " Hungarian" again comes forward. Owing to the circumstance that Colonel Bik kessi has definitely quitted England, and that I myself was absent from London, no earlier notice has been taken of the second communication. The " Hungarian" states that he meant particularly to speak of Kossuth's public life, but at the same time he repeats his insinuations. He speaks of accusations which have never been refuted; why, then, does he not specify them? If he can do so, let him do it; if not, the English public will know what epithet is applicable to a arson who attempts, by a n anonymous charge, to d e f ame the private character of a political enemy. I remain your obedient servant, PULSZKY. BOY DROWNED IN THE ARTESIAN WELL, ORANGE STREET.—On Tuesday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the board-room of the workhouse of St. Martin-in-the- Fields, relative to the death of Samuel Ensor, a boy aged ten and a half years, who was drowned in the artesian well which supplies the fountains of Trafalgar square. The deceased was the son of the engineer of the works, which* are under the direction of Messrs. .Easton and Amos, and situated in Orange-street. About six o'clock in the evening of Monday, during the tem porary absence of the men, he, in company with an other lad, went into the engine-room to look at the works, when Mr. Amos entered, and deceased, having been previously forbidden to go into that place, from fear, stepped backwards to hide, and in consequence of the well being at the time partially uncovered, he fell through the aperture, descending a depth of no less thin 140 feet from the flooring into the water, which is 60 feet deep. It was some time before he could be got out, when he was found to be quite dead. Ver (Let, " Accidental death." From Natal the advices are still encouraging. Business was improving and the frontier trade was in creasing, notwithstanding the 101. license enforced by the Government. At the late sale of suburban allot ments prices had varied from 21. to 101. per acre, ac cording to the description of land. There is somethieg in the last hour of the day, if it have been itself a happy one, which seems to concen trate all the pleasant things of the past. It is like a fine evening sky, calm and sweet, and full of rays, that are all the rosier, because they are the lash—Eliza Cook's Journal. PORTUGUESE GRAIN.—A vessel has arrived in the docks from Faro (Portugal proper), with 14,181 alges of wheat, the production of the place. This is an unusually large and important arrival of wheat from this district of Europe. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1849. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN SWI CZERLAN D. The Paris papers give the following details of a fearful tragedy recently enacted in the town of Ber thoud, in Switzerland :—Jacob Moser, of Gondisweil, in the district of Kulm (Argovia), was 45 years of age. He had long inhabited the town of Berthoud, where he was generally beloved and esteemed. He was a widower and the father of five children ; his conduct was regular, and he supported his family by exercising his talents as a musician at public balls, and as a teacher of the art. . The eldest child was a girl eighteen years of age, who at six displayed so much talent for music that she was already famous as a concert performer ; she had latterly resided in French Switzerland, where she earned her livelihood by teaching. Besides supporting hi s f am il y , M oser had to maintain his aged parents. All these burdens caused him to contract debts which he was unable to liquidate. These burdens, an unfortu na t e a tt ac h men t, the wretched condition of his children, despair, blighted affection, and the prospect o f a debtor's dungeon in the distance, proved t oo muc h for the poor man's fortitude. The f our c hild ren residing with Moser consisted of two sons, aged seventeen and thirteen, and two daughters of fifteen and seven years of age, all idiots, and three of them dumb. The boy who escaped was t en years o f age. The family slept in two contiguous chambers. In one lay Moser, one of the girls, and one of the boys; the other three slept in the adjoining apartment. The surviving son deposed that a t a b out two o ' c l oc k , on the terrible night in question, h e was awo k e b y his sisters, and perceived that hi s f a th er h a d ar i sen . The father, on being called, replied that he was writing in the next room. On returning he knelt down by the side of the bed, prayed aloud, and gave the children to understand, in a few broken sentences, that he was going to Berne. Young Moser soon afterwards went into the adjacent room, and found the four children lying dead. They had all been strangled with a small rope, found around the neck of one of the girls. A letter in the handwriting of Moser, sen., was dis covered, announcing his design. He wrote— " I ask pardon, in the name of God. I can no longer endure existence, and I cannot resolve to leave behind me, abandoned to their fate, the poor children who are not yet brought up. Those who know me will be convinced that I could not. Once more, I suppli cate for mercy and pardon, for lam not actuated by vengeance or ferocity, but by despair." The following additional lines, written after the perpetration of the unfortunate act, indicate the regret of Moser at its accomplishment, but betray no doubt of the forgiveness of God : " Now," wrote the poor wretch, " now I have done all ; but were the deed not done, I could not do it. May God in heaven be merciful, and grant me pardon !" Moser consummated the tragedy by blowing out his own brains. The body was discovered under the bridge of the Emme ; it appeared to have been so placed as to fall into the river after the commission of the suicide. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Croydon, Aug 14. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and . _ ... . Special Juries). HARRIS AND OTHERS V. COLONEL FOX, M.P. This was an action to recover from the defendant a very large sum of money upon six bills of exchange drawn by him. Mr. Sergeant Channell, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Mr. Peacock were for the plaintiffs; Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Bramwell for the defendant. The plaintifisln the action, it appeared, were the part ners in the Plymouth Naval Bank. The pleas did not disclose any substantial ground of defence except that there had not been due notice of dishonour. The jury intids-C;;;returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. • - • - The CHIEF BARON inquired what amount the plaintiffs went for? Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL said the sum total of the bills was 6,7881. _ A verdict was accordingly recorded for that amount. Application having been made for immediate judg. ment, - _ _ Mr. CHAMBERS said he trusted the Court would not allow immediate judgment. He was instructed that for these bills and others, to a very large amount, not more than 2,0001. had been given, and a bill in Chancery had been filed in reference to the whole transaction. After a short reply to the statement of Mr. Chambers by Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL, The CHIEF BARON said he should not grant imme diate execution. HARRIS V. FOX, ESQ. This was another action by the same plaintiffs against Mr. George Sackville Lane Fox, the son of the former defendant, to recover the amount of 16 bills of exchange, some of which purported to have been drawn by the Colonel and accepted by his son; others to have been drawn by Leon Solomon and accepted by the defendant, and the whole of which bore the endorsements of Solo mon and a person named Benjamin Joseph, and so en dorsed by the latter to the plaintiffs' bank. The same Learned Counsel were engaged in the cause. Mr. PEACOCK opened the pleadings, and read a number of pleas that had been made by the defendants, some of them being want of consideration and fraud. There were also the usual pleas denying the endorsements. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL having opened the plaintiffs' case, called the following witnesses:— Mr. J. Dolby, a clerk at Cox and Greenwood's, the army agents, said—The signature to these bills is that of the defendant. I know that he is an officer in the Royal Horse Guards Blue. By Mr. CHAMBERS—Mr. Fox is quite a young man. He has a very youthful appearance, and looks quite like a youth. Mr. T. Pegler, a clerk in Messrs. Dixon's bank, proved the signature of Colonel Fox, the drawer of the bills. Henry Joseph said, I am the son of Abraham Joseph, of Plymouth. I know his handwriting, and also that of Leon Solomon. The endorsement to these bills I have no doubt are their handwriting. By Mr. CHAMBERS—Leon Solomon is in court. He is my brother-in-law. Ido not know where he carries on his business, but he lives in Maddox -street, and I suppose he carries it on there. Abraham Joseph is my father. He lives at Plymouth, and is a bill discounter. This was the case for the plaintiffs. Mr. CHAMBERS said the defendant in this case was an extremely young man, an officer in the R o y a l Ho r s e Guards, and it happened in an evil day that he became connected with Joseph and Solomon, and having some expectations, it appeared that Solomon resolved to make a terrific example of him. His Learned Friend, Mr. Peacock, had gone through the pleadings very elaborately, but he had omitted altogether to tell the jury what was the amount of the bills which were the subjects of the present action. He would, however, tell them; and the fact was, that though the defendant, a cornet in the Royal Horse Guards, had only come of age in the beginning of the present year, the total amount of these bills, for which he was now sued, was 14,720/., whilst, as he was instructed and hoped he should be able to prove, not more than 2,0001. had been advanced upon them. His instructions were that this money had been advanced while the defendant was under age, and that the bills had been obtained from him upon the representation that a larger sum should be advanced; but he had never received one farthing, and he was now called upon, under these circumstances, to pay the large sum of money he had mentioned. He begged the jury to consider who were the plain. tiffs in the present action. They were described as the proprietors of the Naval Bank at Pl ymout h, an d in their presence he did not shrink from expressing his opinion that it was perfectly clear they must hive known that this was not an honest mercantile transaction, and he felt some confidence that the jury would entertain a similar opinion. He would ask them whether they considered that a bank of respectability would have discounted the acceptances of a cornet in the Horse Guards, who had only just come of age, to the amount of 14,0001., without making some inquiry? He telt certain they would agree with him that no respect able bankers would have discounted such bills; or, if they had done so, they would have shown clear and satis factory reasons for such a proceeding, and, at all events, have produced evidence to show that they were no par ties to any fraud. His Learned Friends had not called Leon Solomon, although they had heard he was absent, but he should do so; and, notwithstanding his being a hostile witness, vet as he was aware that a bill in Chan eery had been filed, and as he should now inform him, in addition, that a shorthand writer was engaged who would take down every answer he gave, he believed he should be able to getlsome truth out of him. The Learned Counsel again remarked upon the conduct of the Naval Bank, and said he was assured that every respectable banking firm would shrink from the suspicion of being connected with any dishonest transaction, and would feel it their duty to produce their books and their clerks to clear themselves; but here nothing of the sort had been done, and there was not th e slightest eviden ce o f t h e plaintiffs ever having given any consideration for these bills. The Leaned COUNSEL then called Leon Solomon. The witness got into the witness-box, but declined to be sworn to give evidence until he was paid his expenses. The CHIEF BARON inquired who he was subpoenaed by? He replied by the defendant. The CHIEF BARON—Then be must pay your expenses, or else I cannot compel you to give evidence. Some discussion took place as to the amount that was to be paid, and at length a sovereign was given to the witness, and he was sworn. He was then examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—He said, I am a capitalist, and I am in the habit of advancing money to gentlemen for their accommodation. I live in Midden-street, and carry on my business there. I was 4 "ormerly a " capitalist" at Plymouth. I is my custom to travel about to different parts of England, to supply the officers of the army with plate, jewellery, and money. Mr. CH AMBERS—Then you are in the habit of going to the places where the cavalry regiments are stationed for the purpose of lending money to the officers? Wit ness—Yes; but I am not particular whether they are cavalry or infantry officers.—(A laugh.) Examination continued—l have kept a banking ac count with the plaintiff for twelve years. I also bank with the London and Westminster, and Sir John Lub bock's banks. I have known the young gentleman, who is the defendant in this action, for two years, He is a cornet in the Blues, and he was not of age when I first did business with him. I advanced him a small amount before he was of age. I cannot say how much ; it might have been 5001. , or a little more. I cannot recollect if it was 1,0001. He owed me money when he came of age, but it is impossible for me to recollect the amount. It was not 5.000/. It was 1,0001, but I cannot reeelleet if WAA 2 004. My name is upon all tee bills, gill! their ti.u.wunt is nearly 15,000/. Some or the bills wk re ac cepted at my house, and others at the House Guards, where the defendant was on duty. The six bills for 7,5001. were all accepted at one time. At this stage of the case, it being seven o'clock, the further examination of the witness was postponed. August 15. HARRIS V. FOX. The above trial was resumed this morning, when the witness Leon Solomon was again called, and further ex amined by Mr. CHAMBERS. He said—l cannot recollect whether these bills for 7,5001. were accepted at the Horse Guards, or at my house. I have so many similar trans actions that I cannot recollect them all. When I took them defendant owed me money. It was not 10,0001. that he owed me, but he did owe me more than 4,0001. He owed the money jointly with his father, Colonel Fox. I cannot say how much he owed me when he came of age. I swear that when he renewed any bills I always gave him the old ones. When he gave me these bills I was to have advanced some more money, but I cannot recollect how much. Mr. Clams Ens —Surely you can tell la how much more money your were to give for these bills of 7,5001.? Witness—l really carnot recollect. I dare say I gave him some money. I will swear I did give him some. I cannot recollect whether It was 1001. or 1,000/. My books would have enabled me to speak correctly to that transaction. The CHIEF BARON inquired if the witness had been subpcened to produce his books? Mr. CHAMBERS said unfortunately he had not. Examination continued—l know I gave the defendant several hundred pounds on this occasion. Mr. CHAMBERS —Did you make any inquiries re specting the circumstances under which all these bills had been drawn by the father and accepted by the son? Witness—l dare say I did. Mr. CitAmnEus= - And were you not perfectly aware that they were accommodation bills? Witness—l dare say they were. _ Examination continued—l sent all the bills to my father-in-law Abraham Joseph, at Plymouth. Joseph and I are not partners, but we do business together in the discount way. The bills were all seat to the Naval Bank, and Joseph gave me some money, and I also had some from the bank. The bank paid the full value for the hills, less the discount. They gave me credit for all the bills that were endorsed by me and Joseph, and credit for those which ho endorsed. I cannot tell how much money came to my share. I have no recollection of the nature of the settlement with Joseph. I have no letters or cheques referring to the transaction. Some letters passed between us on the subject, but Ido not know whether they are destroyed or not. The way in which we do business is, that I send Joseph all the bills I receive, and he gives me half the amount; and when they are paid into the Naval Bank credit is given us for the amount of the bills, less the discount. We usually divide the profit upon every transaction, but I cannot say how much Joseph had for his share of these bills. I swear that the bank placed the full amount, less the discount, to my credit. I do not know how much discount they charged. That depends upon circumstances. I will swear it was not .50 per cent. (Two bills for 2001. each, drawn on the 2d April, at one month's date, were here shown to witness.) He said—l discounted these two bills for the defendant, and gave him 1001. in cash and 300/. worth of jewellery for them. These bills were discounted for me by the bank, and at that time they held the defendant's dishonoured acceptances for 3,7001. M. CHAMBERS—Did not the bank make any inqui ries with regard to these two additional bills, when so large an amount of dishonoured acceptances were already in their hands? Witness—They made no inquiry of me. In continuation he said that he paid in the two 2001. bills of the defendant's with two of Colonel Fox's ac ceptances for 500/. each, and he produced his banker's book to show that credit had been given him for 1,3911. 153. on account of these bills, 81. ss. only having been, as it appeared, deducted for interest. The witness was pressed a good deal upon the subject of the transactions with the bank, but he persisted in the statement that the plaintiffs had given full value for the bills. Mr. CHAMBERS asked the witnees whether he had ever got any bills discounted by his London bankers? —The witness said he would rather not answer the question. The CHIEF BARON asked Mr. Chambers if he could carry the case any farther? Mr. CHAMBERS replied that he was afraid he could not. The CHIEF BARON then addressed the jury, and said that the formal evidence which had been given on the previous day entitled the plaintiffs to a verdict; but the defendant had endeavoured to make out the pleas he relied upon by calling Leon Solomon. There was no doubt that he was a hostile witness, but the defendant was entitled to call him, and it was to bo regretted that he had not also been subpoansted to produce his books, the contents of which he said would have enabled him to speak more clearly with regard to the matter. It was im possible not to see what was the nature of the transac tion between the defendant and some of the parties, but the plaintiffs sued as bankers and bond fide holders of the bills, and upon the evidence that had been adduced they were in law entitled to the verdict. At the same time he felt it his duty to state that it was not customary for respectable banking firms, and there was nothing before him to lead to a conclusion that this bank was other than respectable, to bring actions in this manner upon their customers' bills, and it certainly was the habit of the eminent London bankers to return such bills, when they were dis honoured, to the parties from whom they received them, and never to bring actions upon them except under par ticular circumstances. He must, therefore, admit that he concurred with most of the observations that had been made by Mr. Chambers upon this point, and he would add, if respectable parties did not lend their as sistance in this manner, persons would not be able to scramble through dishonest transactions so easily as they often did by such means. He did not impute to the Naval Bank at Plymouth that they had done so in this instance, but he did hope the present proceedings would be a caution to them ; for, upon some future oc casion, they might meet with a jury who would take a very unfavourable view of their conduct. It was highly important to the mercantile community that the law re garding bills of exchange should be strictly enforced, notwithstanding some unfortunate persons who had been swindled out of their acceptances might occasionally be the sufferers, and he felt it to be his duty, therefore, in this case, to tell them that in law the plaintiffs were en titled to a verdict. The jury, after consulting a short time, asked his Lordship if they were to understand that they were bound to return a verdict for the plaintiffs? The CRIEF BARON said he thought they were. The plaintiffs had done all that the law regarding bills of exchange required of them, by proving the signatures of the endorsers and acceptors. It was then the duty of the defendant to impeach the instrument, and the jury must understand that it was not only necessary for him to show that the bills had been fraudulently dealt with, but also to show that the plaintiffs were cognisant of it, and he must impeach the bills in their hands. A good deal, no doubt, had been proved in the case, which told its own story; but he could not see anything to impeach the title of the plaintiffs, and they were, therefore, by law entitled to recover. The jury, after a short consultation, said they were sorry that, under the direction of his Lordship, they had no power to return any other verdict than one for the plaintiff. A verdict was then recorded for 14,4701., the jury refusing to give any interest for the period the bills had been overdue. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bristol, Aug. 15. The business of the assize was brought to an abrupt termination this morning. Never was so uninteresting an assize known, and never was a cause list on this cir cuit run through so rapidly; no doubt the fear of cholera entertained by all partie s had something to do with it; but independently of this the cause list was a very rotten one; nineteen common juries were got through the first day (Monday), and eleven yesterday. Scarcely a single case has gone to a jury. In the undefended causes, ofcourse, proper verdicts were taken, but nearly all the other ac tions were referred; and it was amusing to see the anxious countenances of the different barristers who had friends as counsel in the causes, hoping that they might be appointed arbitrators to decide between the parties, and thus obtain, in the long vacation, good fees to make up for a very bad circuit,—for such, as regards emolu ment, it has been to most parties. Whether the heavy expense of a reference will be the means of increasing a love for litigation is extremely questionable. We never recollect a circuit in which there has been matter of so little interest. Three causes were left last night, but they wore all referred this morning, and Mr. Justice Cresswell left the court, and the business was all over by ten o'clock. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 15. CIVIL SIDE .—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) HULL V. THE STAR FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. This was an action on a policy of insurance against fire, effected by the plaintiff for 284/. 16s. Bd. with the defendants. To which the defendants pleaded-Ist, That they did not make the policy; 2d, That the policy was made by fraud and covin, and that there was a mis description of the kind of goods spun in the mill on which the insurance was effected. Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. H. Hill appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. Mathews, and Mr. Atherton for the defendants. It appeared that the plaintiff, Mr. Richard Hull, was a commission agent at Manchester, and the defendants were a company called " The Star Fire Insurance Com pany," carrying on business in London. The plain tiff had a mortgage for three hundred pounds upon a " hardware mill," and in manufacturing " cop-bottoms," at a place called " Goldshaw Fold." In this mill a quantity of what were called " strippings " of cotton were made and worked up, in the process of the manufacture, in which articles by themselves there was no danger of fire; but they were apt to get mixed with the oil of the machinery, and when so mi xe d an d teazed by a machine called a "devil" they w ere li a bl e to become inflammable and burst. into flame. Th e p l a i nt i f f was anxious to insure this mill to prot ec t hi s i nterest therein, and he therefore applied . to a g ent l eman named Bird, the Manchester agent of the Star Fire Insurance Company, and that gentleman accompanied him and made a survey of the mill for the p urpose of having an insurance effected up it, and at that time there were six or seven " devils at work in his presence teazing " strippings." In September, 1846, a policy for 5001. on the mill was granted, and that policy having lapsed, the plaintiff effected another policy for 5001. in the West of England Insurance-office. Mr. Bird a ft erwar d s came t o the plaintiff, and representing to him the superior cheap ness and advantage of insuring in the Star Fire Insurance Office, and the great value of the mill, the plaintiff was induced to effect a further insurance for 3 OW. in the Star Insurance Company, and the policy was duly de livered. On the 13th of February last the mill took fire, in eonsegii , ne9 of the -pont on ous combustion of some " strippings," and the mill was burnt to the ground. The . West of England Insurance Company paid the amount of the insurance effected with them, but the de. fendant's company refused all payment, alleging various grounds of objection exbodied in their pleadings. For the defence, it was contended that the mill was described in the policy not as a " waste" mill but as a " cotton" mill, and that a waste mill was a far more dan gerous property, and it was also provided in the policy that "No bought flyings or strippings, nor any other waste than that produced by the owner of the said mill, should be spun therein." To this it was answered, that the defendant's agent, who effected the policy on their behalf, himself saw what kind of a mill it was, and that if this defence were intended to be relied on, the defen dants knew at the time the policy was effected with them that it was void. It was eventually agreed to refer the construction of the policy to his Lordship, who decided in favour of the defendants, reserving leave to the plaintiff to move the Court above to set aside that judgment, if in their opinion it should be erroneous. - Verdict accordingly for the defendants. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Olsen Divine and Peter Divine, aged respectively 19 and 28, were indicted for the manslaughter of George Brounou, at Manchester, on the 20th of last January. Mr. Joseph Pollock appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Atkinson for the defence. It appeared that about half-past ten o'clock on the night of the 20th of June last the prisoners were drink ing at the Spread Eagle public-house, in the Rochdale road, Manchester, when the deceased entered the room in which they were and joined the party, and whilst passing the prisoner Owen Divine accidentally trod on his foot, on which the prisoner Owen immediately jumped up, and struck him a violent blow on the face ; and a fight thereupon ensued, in which the deceased was knocked down, the prisoner Owen Divine falling upon him. The other prisoner then came up and kicked the deceased, whilst on the ground, on the body, he at the time having on a pair of heavy clogs tipped with iron at the toes. The deceased was at length dragged away from them, and then cried out to the person assisting him, " Oh, Billy, either my heart is kicked, or my ribs are broken." He was carried to a surgeon's, where his face was dressed, and he was then taken home. He remained in bed a few days, and then got up to obtain some one to do his work for him, but was obliged to return to bed, and he lingered until the 25th of April, when he died at the workhouse, to which he had been obliged to be removed. A post mortem examination showed the cause of death to have been abscess in his side, where he had been kicked. His LORDSHIP, at the close of the case, said there was no evidence against the prisoner Owen Divine, and as to him directed an Acquittal. Mr. ATKINSON having addressed the jury for the other prisoner, HiSLORDSHIP summed up, and the jury found the prisoner, Peter Divine, Guilty. The sentence was deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Elizabeth Vickery, a young person of respectable ap pearance, and believed to be well connected, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having attempted to destroy herself. She had been given into the custody of a policeman by the persons who saved her life at one o'clock on Tuesday. The defendant, it appeared, had been seen at nine o'clock in the morning loitering about the stairs at London-bridge, at which some labourers were em ployed. There was a wildness in her counte nance which the labourers attributed to gin, but which was supposed to proceed from excitement of a dif ferent kind. At a little before one o'clock she was observed again on the stairs, and then she suddenly slipped off her shawl and bonnet and flung herself into th e river, out of which she was, however, soon dragged by Perkins and Simmons, two of the workmen employed in the neighbourhood. By medical treatment she was so far recovered as to be able to attend before the chief magistrate, but it was evident that she suffered much in mind and body. Alderman GIBBS (locum tenens for the Lord Mayor) asked whether any one was present who could give any account of the defendant ? Scott (the Mansion-house officer) said that the unfor tunate woman had been tried three or four years ago for bigamy and. convicted, and that since that event she had acted in such a manner as showed that she was deter mined upon self-destruction. In answer to the Alderman's question whether she wished to say anything, the defendant shook her head, and hid her face in her hands. The ALDERMAN directed that her friends should be communicated with, and that she should be brought up again when more perfectly recovered front the almost fatal effects of her attempt upon her life. Honora Ryan, a moaning beggar, was brought up. She was heard long before she ascended from the cage to the justice room, crying in the peculiar style called the " allagone," so well calculated to touch the pockets of the tender-hearted. It was not until she was threatened with immediate imprisonment that she stopped her music to allow the charge to be heard. It appeared that she had called at the relief office of the city of London Union, and insisted upon being re lieved, declaring that she could get no work, and that she was starving. As the officer to whom she applied had grounds for believing that a little delay would not prove fatal, he directed the female searcher to perform her office, the defendant protesting all the time that she did not know what the colour of English money was. The officer's sagacity was rewarded. The searcher found, upon a very close examination, that the applicant had the sum of ss. Hid. in her possession, and it was considered necessary to send the case for adjudication, particularly as at the present time the means of supply ing the real wants of the poor are much diminished by the skill of the impostor. Alderman GIBBS—WeII, Mrs. Ryan, what have you to say in answer to this complaint, that, with money about you, you said you were starving and utterly desti tute? The defendant replied in the tone already de scribed, and, with a crying face not touched by a tear, that the money found upon her was not hers, but her poor mother's. Alderman GIBBS desired that the mother should be called. The defendant—She's at home in Tipperary, and there's no use in calling her. How the money which the searcher's hands reached became the property of the defendant's mother was ex plained in the following statement, which she made in substance:— The defendant came over from the other side of the water to work, and by chance, after wandering about, she met a lady, who, upon hearing her story, gave her 65., upon the promise that she would get home to her own country as fast as she could and hand over the money to her mother. As she was resolved to keep her word with the lady, and not break in upon the property con fided to her, she stitched it up in a rag, all but ono half penny, which she kept for her own trouble, and put it out of the way, as she thought, of everybody. She found, however, that she could not act honestly, even to her own parent without being put in prison for it; so because she was not a bit of a rogue she was treated just like as big a thief as ever came out of the country. Alderman GIBBS—How long have you been here? Defendant—Five weeks; and it is I that wish I never saw the place in all my days. Several of the police force said the defendant was one of the unfortunate beggars who were rather encouraged than repressed by denial, and spurned the idea of labour. Alderman GIBBS—I sentence you, defendant, to four teen days' imprisonment in Bridewell, where you will receive some notion of the labour to which you have been unaccustomed. Defendant—Give me back my mother's money, and let me go home. Alderman GIBBS—Your mother's money must go to pay for your support in prison, and you shall be sent home the moment you come out. The defendant then set up a "pallalu," and appealed to the tender hearts of all present in her usual style, but finding that she was disregarded, she turned round and walked in custody down stairs, muttering "Arrah, then bad luck to you all." GUILDHALL. A well-known burglar, named William Ash, was charged, before Mr. Alderman Carlin, with stealing upwards of 250 pair of boots and shoes, of the value of 1001. George Reid, aged 14, the son of Mr. William Reid, of 21, Finsbury-pavement, boot and shoe manufacturer, stated that about half-past ten or a quarter to eleven o'clock, the previous night, he, in company with another person, went to his father's shop, into which they were removing, and on putting the key in the door, to his astonishment found that it was bolted inside. While wondering who could have done it, the door was sud denly opened, the prisoner with another man rushed out, and the former felled the witness with a blow, and both darted off in different directions, but ultimately Ash was overtaken after a smart chase, and conveyed to the sta tion-house. James Donohoe, in the employ of Mr. Reid, corrobo rated the testimony of the prosecutor's son, and said that he started in pursuit of the prisoner, and over took him in South-street, Finsbury, and there gave him into custody. On returning to the house with the officers, they found three large sacks of boots and shoes packed up ready to be taken away. They bad been taken down from the pegs all round the shop, and he never saw the sacks before. The desk was broken open, but there happened to be no money in it. Frederick Nelson Johnson said ho was passing along Moor-fields, and saw the prisoner and another man run out of Mr. Reid's shop and run away. He followed the prisoner, and during the race did not lose sight of him. William Bryant, shopman to Mr. Reid, identified the property as belonging to his master, and which was safe on pegs and in boxes a short time before, as they were moving into the house, and had only gone out for a short time to get some refreshment. Police-constable 125 said he heard a cry of " Stop thief !" and on running to Finsbury-pavement saw a man running, followed by another. He hastened after them, and received the prisoner in custody from a me tropolitan officer. On searching Mr. Reid's shop he found a piece of candle, which had been recently lighted, and the three seeks of boots and shoes ready done up to be carried away. On the prisoner were found some lucifer matches. Mr. Reid, see., deposed that the property, which was packed ready for removal, was worth from 100/. to 1201. Alderman CARDEN asked the prisoner what he bad to say to the charge. Ash replied that he knew nothing about the affair. He was quietly walking along with his hands in his pockets, whe❑ stopped by the second witness. He was never in the house. Alderman CARDEN said it had been distinctly sworn that he was in the house, and when he ran away he was not, lost sight of. He should likp to bp informed whethe r tt:m pr!SOTler WSAS George Tr, w, of the City polio - , said he knew the prisoner well, and had had him in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery at Savory's, when so many watches were stolen. Alderman Carden committed him for trial. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 14.—The demand for wheat has been very moderate, and prices generally ld to 2d lower than this day week. Flour sells slo .v at a reduction of 6i per barrel. Oats and oatmeal are each in moderate request at prices in favour of buyers. Beans, peas, barley, and malt, without change. Indian corn not so lively as on Friday, still prices are about is per qr higher than this day week. LEEDS, AUG. 14.—The arrivals reported of wheat to day is moderate, but there is a large show of samples, and the demand is slow at is per quarter below Friday's prices. Barley nominal. Oats, shellings, and beans, steady. The weather to-day is fine but very little rain has fallen. Arrivals—Wheat, 5,945; oats, 1,391; bar ley, 838; beans, 244; rape seed, 244, linseed, 1,273. NEWCASTLE, AUG. 14.—At this morning's market we had a small supply of wheat from the farmers, with fair arrivals coastwise and from abroad. However, the busi ness was only limited, though Saturday's prices were supported. Oats met with rather more inquiry at late rates. Barley nominally as before. In the value of other grain no change. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 14.—We have again to report a small supply of fat beasts, which are of a very indifferent quality. A falling off in sheep, but a large show of lambs; in point of quality the former is about an average, while the latter is decidedly in ferior. The supply comprises 364 head of beasts. There is a better feeling pervading the beef trade to day, and though we do not alter our quotations, yet they are making more money, and little remains unsold. The number of sheep and lambs is 6,500 head. The mutton trade is more animated than for some weeks past. Small wedders have improved about is per head. In the lamb trade there is no alteration to notice, prices being fully equal to last week. Prices—Beasts, 5s Od to 6s 3d per stone of 141bs; sheep, 4d to is per head above sd; lambs, 5d to sid per lb, sinking offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, AUG. 14.—There were in the market to-day 70 sacks oatmeal, each u eighing 2801bs imperial, whereof 63 sold thus:-8 at I/ Itis Od, 13 at 11 9s 6d, 21 at 11 9s Od, 6 at 11 8s 6d, 12 at 1/ 8s Od, 3 at 1/ 6s Od; average price of the whole 11 8s 103 2-12ths. 3 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 325, and lat 31s. 1 sack barleymeal, which was not sold. I sack peasemeal, which was not sold. 25 sacks pot barley, whereof 11 sold thus:-3 at 119 s Od, 3 at 114 s 6d, 1 at 114 s Od, 2 at 113 s 6d, and 2 at 112 s Od. 2 sacks brosetneal, none sold. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, AUG. 14.-- Supplies of all kinds small. Oat straw, from 7s Od to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat ditto, 7s Od to 8s Od; barley ditto, 6s 6d to 7s Od. Old hay, from id to 9d; new ditto, 6d to 8d per stone. COAL MARK ET.—YESTERDAY. Holywell Main lss 6d ,Stewart's Ord's Redheugh Townley Walker's Primrose ... 13s Od.Whitworth l4s Od Wall's End, &c. South Durham l6s 3d Riddell's ..... ... ...... ... 15s 6d,St. Helen's Tees Gibson ...... - Eden Main l7s Od'Hartl e y —...... ... 16 s OJ Braddyll Hetton RAILWAY SUARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, AUGUST 15, STOCK Excmkwoz.—The share market was more active to-daY although prices are still lower. Great Western, Quarters, were done at 834 dis., and Great Western New 171. shares at 5 15-16 LIVERPOOL, AucusT 15. STOCK Excuisiok.—The shme •, market was more active to•da.r• The saes are—Great Northern, Preference, 5 per cent., 1% c. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3% dis.—Lancaster and Preston , Quarters, 13%—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 37 —London and North-Western, 128%—Ditto, New Quarters, 21. Bs. 9d. Ditto. Fifths, 5 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 2% p.— Midland, 62—Ditto, Halves, 14% dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, 10%- - South-Eastern and Dover, 21% —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, .4% c. dis. MANCHESTER, Au'Jun 15. STOCK ExcnAmE.—The transactions to-day were as 11:Mow Malt on and Driffleld, 14% d is.—Dover (No. 4), _Scrip, 67—Nort h Staffordshire, 5 7 7 8 dis.—Sheffield, Preference, 11%—East Lancashire , Preference, 7%—Leeds, Fifths„3% dis.—West Riding Union, 4 12, dis.—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 2 15-16 p.—Xurth ern Connttes Union, IN. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow:"" North Stafford-hire, 6 dis.—Birmingham and Stour - Valley, 10 South Staffordshire, dis. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—HIS Imperial High" ness the Duke of Leuchtenberg honoured the per' formances at her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday evening -with his presence. His Imperial Highness was acconr pqnied by bis Excellency the Russian Minister, Made" moiselle Olga de Leaner, Prince Richard Metternich , and the Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and at tended by the Chevalier Roux Damiana. Her Majest); Queen Adelaide's box was occupi e d by P r i nce Edgar d of Saxe Weimar, the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Mo s Wheatley, Miss Seymour, and the Hon. Witnal? Ashley. Amongst the visitors were the Marqui s of Bristol, the Marquis of Clanricarde, his Excel" lency the Swedish Minister and the Baroness Rohl: seri, his Excellency the Portuguese Minist e r, his E xc el " lency the Austrian Minister and the Countess Collor his Exellency the Brazilian Minister, and Madame La Marques de Lisboa, his Excellency the Neapolitan Am bassador, the Charge d'Affaires of France and Madame de Montberot. M. de Berg, the Count de Barke, the Baron Koller, Lady Mary Bentinck, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord George Gordon Lennox, Lord Saltoun, Lord Sow dys, Lady Keith, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington , Bart., and the Misses Codrington, General the Hon. Arthur Upton, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, the Hon. Mrs. Villiers, Sir Frederick Trench, Bart., ALP. , Sir J. Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley, Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, Bart., M.P., and Lady Barrett Len" nard, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., and Lady Howard, Sir Philip Acland, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Barnard, Bart., Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart.; Lady and the Misses Woodford, Mrs. Dodd, Mr. an d Mrs. Tudor, Mrs. Hennik er Wil son , Mr. andand = Mrs. C . J. Palmer, Major Buckl e y, M rs . Vi v i an , Li eutena nt' Colonel Ellis, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.-.. Th e following were among the visitors who honoured.the Eer formance at the Royal Italian Opera on Tuesday evening with their presence:—Prince and Princess Czartoryski' the Duchess of Cleveland, the Marquis of Titchfield, the Marquis of Douro, the Marchioness of Westmeath end the Hon. Mrs. Henry Murr a y, th e E ar l an d C ountess Tankerville, the Countess of Glengall, Earl Granville , Earl Compton the Countess of Norbury and th e Lad fee Charlotte and Isabella Graham Toler, Lady Mary Bi =n' tinck, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel and Mr. Bulteel, Viscount and "Viscountess Newport, Viscount Clifden; Viseosuns Maldon, Viscount Cantilupe, Lord Brownlow Cs cat Lord Arthur Hay, Lord Churchill, Lord Ernest Bruce , Lady and .the Hon. Miss M'Farlane, Hon. S. Cowper' [lon. John Fortescue, Hon. Colonel Arthur Upon, Hon: Henry Coke, Hon. Theobald Dillon, Chevalier and Madame de Horta, Lady Lawley, Sir T. Hare, Baal., Miss Burdett Uoutts, Marchese, Brancaleoni, Sir G. Armytage, Bart., Sir J. Talfourd, Sir Isaac Lyon, Lady and the Misses Goldsmid, Sir William Ably' Bart., Sir John and Lady Antrobus, Miss Burgoyne' Lady Davie, Sir William Molesworth, Bart., and Lad)' Molesworth, Lady Webster and Mr. Webster, Mr. Henri Greville, Mr. Gerard Sturt, M.P., Mr. Charles Greville' Mr. Claude Wilde, Colonel Wingfield, Captain Hop' wood, Captain C. Elli son, Captain Hamilton, M:. an d Mad. de Lizardi, Mr. F. L. Mulcaster, &c. &c. THE MURDER OF MRS. HEINRICKSON.—We derstand that the prisoner, John Gleeson 'w" sf i o s p rr t i o be the murder tried will b at e h defendedot f a r p s re H s present t n South crh. s Joseph ; L ei apnnhcLasi Pollock.v h e ire oAo l ast accounts which have recently appeared in the Livtsrp 00l pipers with respect to a friend in Scotland having CO° forward to supply him with money for his defence, lir e ' we believe, cot rect.--Illanchester Guardian. He who is not loved, is alone everywhere, sn a with every one.—Eliza Cook's Journal. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Dreadful Bad Legs cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter from John Eastman, Esq., of Buenos Ayres, dated April 3, 1:1349. "To Professor Holloway. My dear Sir,—Your Pills and Ointment are in very great repute here, and many wow:lean! cures have been performed by their use ; one in particulia r will relate. A Portuguese farmer, who had been confined' te the house with sore legs for more than five years, which Ten derad him incapable of following any kind of work, is no,tw 0 perfectly cured by the use of your Pills and Ointment that be can follow the plough and attend personally to the most kW rious farming operations." Sold by all druggists and at Pro' fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., at Gayton, Cheshire, Mrs. John Batiker vie Glegg, of a son. On thellth inst., at 19, Artillery-place, Finsbury, lgre• Joseph Freeman, of a daughter. On the I 1 th inst., at Liverpool, the lady of Lieutenta►nt Robert Hall, of her Majesty's ship Centaur, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Hornsey, Mrs. Charles Price, .of daughter. On the 12th inst., at Herne-hill, Mrs. Lane, of a son. On the 13th inst., at the Royal Crescent, Notting-hill, the wife of the Rev. Thomas Gronow, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Lyndhurst-road, Peckham, Mi-i S. Grimwade, of a son. MARRIED. On the 31st ult., at 24, Stafford-street, Edinburgh:, Air William Mackenzie, printer and publisher, Glasgow, to Afar garet, eldest daughter of William Law, Esq. On the 14th inst., at Bexley, the Hon. John Campbel l Lees, Chief Justice and President of the Council of the Bar hamas, to Ellen, seco n d d aug h ter of Francis Rivaz, Esq., i The 'Lilies. On the 14th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Willi am Noel, eldest son of John Sainsbury, Esq., to Emily St o rref second daughter of Andrew Moore, Esq., of Pelham-ere:pea' Brompton. On the 14th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, .IkleV ander, third son of John Sim, Esq., of Coombe-wood, Stirria9} to Agnes, second daughter of A rc hib a ld Billi ng , M. e' Grosvenor-gate, Park-lane. DIED. On the sth inst., George Frederick Hoppe, son of the la te Joseph Hoppe, Esq., of Larkfield, Kent, aged 21. On the 6th inst., at Penrith, Ann, widow of Capta in William Buchanan, R.N. On the 10th inst., at Paris, James Thomas Caldwell, - .E 5 11 commander in the Royal Navy, grandson of the l a t e Adalor Sir Benjamin Caldwell, G.O B. On the It th inst., suddenly, Sylvia, relict of Dr. Dontah° ° ' M.D., late of Suffolk-place. On the t th inst., at Richmond, Surrey, A nn , daughtXr of Major Richard Gardner, Bengal Service, aged 29. On the 12th inst., Margaret Jope, eld es t d aug h ter o f Robert Hid:lens, Esq., of ast Dulwich. f o London : Printed and Published b y MURDO YOUNLTI. 2 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. `„i Strand, in the Precinct of the Stmov. in the countY hLiddlesoz, Thursday, August 16, 1849,