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

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. "CHRONICLE. —Thoughtful politicians are still by no means free from anxiety as to the possible con seqtfences of the misunderstandtng between the Sultan and the Czar. After the events of the last two years, he must be a bold man who should venture to prophesy that there will be no wars, no invasions, no pulling- down or setting-up of kings, no fresh insur rections or revolutionary changes, Within a given period, in any specified division of the globe. Russia may descend like an avalanche upon the Danubian provinces of Turkey, or fall like a thunderbolt upon her capital. But, as far as we understand the language of indications, or can interpret this writing on the wall, we should say that she is safe for some time to come at all events. Indeed, the unkind blow levelled at her dignity and independence, can hardly fail to give her great additional strength, as the just reward of the firmness, courage, generosity, and confidence in hitherto unappreciated resources, which it has called forth. It is now clear that the wrecks of the Hungarian army which took refuge in Widdin consisted of several thousands. The Emperor of Russia's demand (we are informed as from diplomatic authority) is limited to three of the leaders, natives of Russian Poland, whose alleged treason against their liege lord is of long standing, and has nothing to do with the recent abortive struggle in Hungary. The palpable object of this demand therefore is to give him a distinct locus standi, and so enable him to back his brother Emperor with more effect; since it is quite clear that, if the Poles are given up to Russia, the Hungarians cannot be refused to Austria. On the other hand, if Austria withdraws or modifies her claim, the Czar would have scarcely the shadow of a pretence for peremptorily insisting upon his own. Virtually and practically, therefore, the decision is in the hands of the Cabinet of Vienna; and we are very much mistaken if they will allow their young Emperor's sense of obligation to hurry him into the fatal imprudence of risking a general rupture in the present crisis of his destiny. To say nothing of the undue aggrandizement of a powerful ally—the House of Hapsburgh have more to fear than any Sovereign House in Europe from wh it Canning deprecated as a " war of opinions." All that the God of Marriage has bestowed upon them in the course of centuries, might be torn from them by the God of Battles in six months. The familiar couplet wears now a warning and prophetic air— " Bella gerant alii, to, felix Austria, nubs Clam dat Mars aids, dat tibi retina Venus." If the Imperial friends, setting the public opinion of the civilized world at defiance, were to club their forces fur the dismemberment of the Ottoman empire, and their projects were to succeed beyond their fondest expectations, there might come a fearful day of reckoning for the youngest and weakest of the two. Indeed, the chances are, that (by the time Lombardy was lost, and Hungary, perhaps Poland, again in arms) they would end by presenting an exact parallel of the giant and the dwarf. " C )me on, my little fellow, this is glorious work. Glorious work for you ; but all the spoil falls to your share, and all the hard knocks to mine. You have got more plunder than you know what to do with ; but I have already lost a leg three fingers, and an eye." The Russians of rank in Paris are said to shake their heads and look grave at the notion of their Czsr retreating from any ground that he has once deliberately taken up. But has he personally taken up the ground which common report assigns to him ? May not his intentions have been misunderstood, or his instructions exceeded ? Let it be remembered that the concentration of so large a body of armed refugees in a frontier fortress might create rational alarm, and justify a friendly remon strance. The cautious and dignified attitude he has preserved since the French revolution of Febru ary surely entitles him to the most favourable construction of his motives until they are thoroughly elucidated by his acts ; and every fresh version of the occurrences at Constantinople confirms our original belief, that nothing has happened of a nature to pre clude an arrangement satisfactory and honourable to all parties. One version runs that the origin of the., affair was an intrigue in the Sultan's Cabinet; the Islamite Lord Grey, having (it is tail) instigated Prince Radziwill to use strong language, with the view of creating an embarrassment which might up set the Islamite Lord Palmerston. According to the Dtbats, the autograph letter with which the Prince was charged was in the terms following :—"The revolutionary element has been put down. The war in Hungary is terminated. I send you my aide•de camp to submit to you several demands calculated to insure order." This appears to leave an ample mar gin for the exercise of forbearance and discretion in the ambassador. The degree of each which he exhi bited may be partly collected from the reply : "Your aide-de camp has demanded the extradition of the Hungarian refugees who have conic to my States for an asylum. That demand being of a nature to cast odium on the two Powers, I have to pray your Majesty not to insist on the point." In calculating the probabilities of a rupture under such circum stancei, the character of the Ambassador is an im pertant element, and we published on Saturday a letter from Widdin, which (even admitting our corre spondent to have been misled by the prejudices of the place as to the more serious charges) leaves little doubt that the Prince was not a likely man to soften down the asperities of an ungracious mission. The correspondent of the Debuts states that he entered the Sultan's presence uncovered, and merely saluted him by raising his hand to his hat. The Sultan, it added, having demanded through his Minister of Foreign Affairs the reason of so unusual a proceeding, the Prince replied that it was the military salute; to which the Minister's rejoinder was, that he came not as a general but as an ambassador. If this be true, it was fortunate for the Prince that the Sultan did not follow the example set by a Czar of Russia in the sixteenth century ; who, when a Venetian envoy ventured on a similar piece of insolence in the Muscovite Court, ordered his hat to be nailed to his head. The re presentative of England entered as the unlucky envoy fell dead, and instantly putting on his hat, he walked to the foot of the throne, and dared the Czar to repeat so horrible a breach of the law of nations on the person of one whose countrymen would be ready and able to exact a fitting atonement. Manners change with times. The Emperor Nicholas is not more likely to imitate the example of his ancestor, than is Queen Victoria to imitate Queen Elizabeth when she warned the Speaker of the House of Commons that his head would be in danger if he persisted in bringing her lists of grievances instead of money bills. But (with the simple change of Turkey for Venice) there would be a certain degree of similarity in the situations, if (which we do not expect) the Czar should literally adopt the peremptory, although un authorised language of his aide-de camp. Nor (we repeat) have we the smallest d albt of the power or willingness of the Briti - 4h nation to make good the pledge she has given for the due enforce ment of international justice and the protection of the weak against the strong. Can we forget what was effected by an English army landing on the coast of Spain, when the entire Continent lay prostrate at the feet of the greatest of modern conquerors ? Can we forget that a handful of English sailors, co-operating with Turks in defence of a Turkish town, tore (so Napoleon stated at St. Helena) the empire of the East from the grasp of that very conqueror, and reversed the destinies of the world ? We recal these proud passages of English history to neutralise the enervat ing influences of contemporary croaking, and because distrust in our capacity for war may lessen our secu rity for peace. But the becoming spirit in which the affair should be taken up and carried through was admirably expressed by Canning in the concluding sentences of his famous speech on Portugal :—" This, then, is the reason—a reason very different from fear— the reverse of a consciousness of disability—why I dread the recurrence of hostilities in any part of Europe ; why I would bear much, and would for bear long; why I would (as I have said) put up with almost anything that did not touch national faith an i national honour, rath er th an l e t slip the furies or war, the leash of w hi c h we h o ld in our hands, not knowing whom they may reach, or how far their ravages may be carried. Such is the love of peace which the British Government acknowledges, and such is the necessity for peace which the circum stances of the world inculcate. I will push these $ ,pica no farther. I return, in conclusion, to the object of the address. Let us fly to the aid of Por tugal, by whomsoever attacked, because it is our duty to do so; and let us cease our interference where that duty ends. We go, not to rule, not to dictate— but to defend and to preserve the independence of an ally. We go to plant the standard of England on the well-known heights of Lisbon. Where that standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come." TIMES. —We have permitted a few days to elapse that we might observe whether publicity would bring any contradiction or explanation of a tale which recently appeared in our of poEce reports. Not only, however, has no evidencethis character been forthcoming, but the subject has been t reproduced under circumstances eminently favourable a s warranted having ° in the cause of justice, and we are therefore now recounting the following incident s actually occurred in t he 19th cen tury in the capital of the best governed country of Europe. In Store street, Commercial-road, there lived with decent thrift, a few weeks ago, a working gunmaker, named William Jones, who was induced, in one of those transactions to which the poorer classes are driven, to become security for an acquaintance to a certain loan society at Stepney. The amount thus raised was only 51 and it deserves to be remarked, as dis tinguishing this case from others, that the poor man, even after the consequences which we are about to relate, still speaks of his friend as an honest and well meaning man, who deserved the assistance he re ceived. The loan, according to the custom of such associations, wa s t o be repaid, with its interest, by specified weekly instalments, and up to a cer tain period those conditions were duly ful- filled by the original borrower. At this time, however, through some misfortune, default was made, and the officers of the loan society immediately fell upon the surety. The very first intimation which William Jones received of his position was by the service of a writ from the Palace- court. Inexpe rienced as the poor man was in such matters, he knew enough of this dreaded tribunal to feel that its clutch, unless shaken off by some sacrifice or other, for boded utter ruin. He proceeded, therefore, without a moment's delay, to the secretary of the benevolent " society," and was by this officer informed that the costs had commenced with the sum of 11. 10s., and that nothing but the instant liquidation of these ex traordinary expenses, could stop the progress of the suit. Even these terms were preferable to the terrible talons of the Palace Court, and the unfortunate man therefore accepted them, paying one sovereign, his whole stock of money, at once, and undertaking to provide the remainder before the close of the week. But in the meantime the pestilence was at its height. The destroying angel visited the little workshop in Store-street, and when the call was made on William Jones for his promised payment, five of his family had been smitten down, and three were lying dead corpses ! It is not very surprising that under such a visitation he was unable to raise the sum required ; but the Palace Court, itself happily in the very agony of extinction, could take no cognizance of a plague. Another peremptory call was served upon him , and in the warrant of this modern Inquisition he read the number of his days in the event of a further default ! Agonised and bewildered he again repaired to the loan office, and received a promise of protection in the event of his paying down 135., which he contrived to do. With this assurance he returned to his deso lated home, but with the light of the very next morn ing a familiar of the Palace Court made his appear ance and swept off the furniture and contents of every room in the house, under an execution for 91. ls. With such an incident tales of this kind usually con clude, but on the present occasion there is yet some thing more to be added. The furniture was trans ferred in bulk to the sale r ooms of an auctioneer, himself an ex-officer of the Palace Court, and the prompt and hearty cooperation of these kindred spirits in the work of plunder was striking indeed. The goods were put up to auction before the eyes of their late owner, who watched with natural anxiety the disposal of his property. To his astonishment he observed that in place of his own bed, on which his children had died, and which was worth at least eight guineas, a very inferior one was offered for competi tion, and knocked down at 365. On further examina tion he found that other articles of his property had not been inserted in the catalogue of sale ; and, among the rest, a Kidderminster carpet had been kept back. The result of the whole arrangement was, that the total produce of the goods, which had cost him more than 501., amounted to 141. 153. ; and when he applied for the difference between even this sum and the sum for which they had been distrained, he was informed that it would be a matter of settlement between the auctioneer and the Palace Court, and that in all probability the extra expenses of the said Court would swallow up the balance. In this distress poor William Jones adopted a course which, if, as in his case, it effects little else, has at least the advantage of giving publicity to truth, and of depriving such wicked deeds of that darkness in which alone they can be done. He repaired to a magistrate, and told the tale which we have now repeated. The cursory inquiry which then followed confirmed the substantial truth of the sufferer's statement, but procured no effective redress. The auctioneer could not recollect the particulars of the transaction ; the porter, whose duty it was to attend such sales, "never took notice of the addresses of purchasers;' and all the parties to the business treated the poor man's ruin as an accomplished fact, which it was extremely troublesome, and wholly un professional, to bring again upon the table. Pub licity, however, rarely fails iu these days to bring either conviction to imposture or redress to wrong. The case of poor Jones has not only attracted many substantial proofs of sympathy in the form of sub scriptions remitted to the police magistrate for his use, but it has even been more seriously taken up by some dr=criminating advocate, and an attempt is now being made to extort redress from that very Court which so conveniently served as the instrument of the original injustice. In our last impression it was reported that a solicitor, acting under private instructions, presented himself before the Palace Court, and without any misplaced petition for sym pathy or compassion demanded the reconsideration of the case as having involved oppression even beyond the liberal customs of that tribunal. The Learned Judge who presided, arguing, as we presume, from comparison, thought that "there had been a great deal of leniency shown to the defendant." As cases go in the Palace Court this might possibly have been true. Perhaps the proceedings against William Jones present rather a favourable specimen of the business transacted in that snug retreat. We venture to think, however, that public opinion will take rather a different turn. The Court, however reluctantly, granted the rule applied for, and the case will be re considered. We are not competent to define the exact character of legal practice which may be considered as equitable and merciful according to the traditions of the Palace Court, but if William Jones's plight re mains what it now is, we are sure it will be time for Englishmen to forego their proverbial pride in their Constitution and their laws. is A deputation of the Lambeth Anti-cholera and Dwellings Improvement Committee waited on the Sur veyors of Pavements at the Vestry-ball, Lambeth, on Friday evening, to present a resolution, unanimously passed at a numerous meeting held at the Clayton Arms, Kennington-oval, embodying the sense of that meeting in favour of the introduction into the parish of Lambeth of the street-orderly system of cleansing the streets, courts, and alleys, by which means the able-bodied paupers would be advantageously employed, the parish rates lessened, and the health and comfort of the inhabi tants promoted. The Surveyors of Pavements received the deputation with great courtesy, and evinced every desire to further their objects; and referred them to the Board of Guardians for the purpose of carrying out their excellent resolution. This is one of the happy re sults flowing from the large meeting presided over by Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., at the Horns Tavern, a few evenings ago. THE FIRE IN LONDON-WALL.'—On Saturday it was ascertained by the surveyors connected with the different insurance companies that policies to the undermentioned amounts had been effected at the respective offices for property deposited upon the premises belonging to Messrs. Gooch and Cousins, in London-wall, and which here burned down on the 6th inst. :—The Sun Insurance Company, 18,0001.; the Alliacce Insurance Company, 11,5001.; the Atlas Insurance Company, 6,0001.; the Union office, 6,5004 ; the Legal and Commercial, 15,0001.; the Imp2rial office, 9,0001.; total, 66,000/. The wool was insured under floating policies, and the above, therefore, covers the stock in certain warehouses in various parts of the metropolis. Upwards of twenty men were busily engaged yesterday (Saturday) in get ting the immense quantity of salvage out of the ruins, and taking it away to be dried and sorted. This will occupy at least three weeks or a month, when it will afterwards be sold by auction, and there is no doubt it will realize several thousand pounds, which will be di vided for the benefit of the several fire-offices concerned. The dessicated floor of the London Coal Exchange c3nsists altogether of upwards of 4,000 distinct pieces of wood, of various kinds and qualities. Tha great feature of the affair is, that the whole of these pieces were, only a few months since, either in the tree in the growing state, or cut from wet logs, and were prepared for use in the course of a few days, by their method of seasoning. The names of the woods thus introduced are black ebony, black oak, common and red English oak, wains cot, white holly, mahogany, American elm, red and white walnut (French and English), and mulberry. It is mentioned as a proof of the rapidity of this mode of seasoning, that the black oak is part of an old tree which was discovered and removed from the bed of the Tyne river, about the latter end of last year. The mulberry wood, introduced as the blade of the dagger in the city shield, is no less than a piece of a tree which was planted by Peter the Great when working in this country as a shipwright. The patentees state that no one piece of the 4,000 occupied more than ten or twelve days in seasoning.—The Builder. THE KING'S•ROAD, EATON•SQUA.RE.—This fashion able locality, so far as regards the central portion of it, called the King's-road, which leads in a direct line to the westward from the Palace, is still, owing to the non-ar rangement of the misunderstanding which exists between the local authorities and the owner of the property, left in a state of total darkness. The road lamps are left entirely unlighted at night,which is the cause of much in convenience and danger to pedestrians, as well as to the drivers of vehicles passing along the road, and which will, of course, not be at all lessened by the advent of dark nights and bad weather, to be expected at the en suing season. The present condition of the place is cer tainly very inconvenient to the public, and very disgrace ful to the parties concerned, and it is hoped that some satisfactory arrangement will speedily be come to on the subject. Above all things the inhabitants should remem ber that they cannot be compelled to pay their paving, lighting, and watering rates so long as the principal thoroughfares in the district are neither repaired, lighted or watered. SUNDAY LABOUR AT THE POST•OZTICE.—Bags from Sheffield and several other large towns were re ceived at the Post-office in consequence of the new re gulations as to letters, &c., passing through London. Moat of these were well filled, but they were not opened in consequence of the order of the Postmaster issued on Saturday, postponing the increased Sunday duty for a fortnight, on the ground of the necessary arrangements for carrying it out no t h av i ng b een qu it e com pleted. The order ono on the Sunday o that the country into trydel operation iveries yesterday. shouldb be reduced to The Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands her(n o w Sir Majesty Henry a Knight George ra Ward)nodcuCross etr h ov a Dsa s sl been iuesormf xathni die laosner,Secretary preerrt nominated onuerfuy rs b at y to.. T h o a n e i l a a n n p d o S li t ii ae l urge. the lonian Senate; C teur-General to the lonian Government; and Chevalier numaschino, President of the Legislative Assembly of the lonian Islands, have been nominated Knights Com manders of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. The Earl and Countess Grey left town on Satur day, for Howick Hall, Northumberland. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, OCTOBER - 15, 1819: the other two had fallen down dead. He, however, liberty , create d innumerable difficulties. Pius IX. heard some one groaning dreadfully, and at once de- nevertheless, acquiesced in the wishes of France, and termined upon going in to the rescue. He rushed in published a. proprio motu, in which he granted his and having got hold of the body of Christmas he subjects the liberties fbr which he considered them succeeded in dragging him out, but the smell, the fitted. That act was maturely examined by the excitement, and the exertions had so overcome hi m committee, which, however, did not conceive that it that he became quite insensible, and could reme mber had a right to decide on the merits of the institutions nothing afterwards. of a foreign. people. A great majority beheld in it a Inspector Tunstall stated that on Friday valuable concession and a real blessing for evening he repaired to the outlet of the sewer the Roman people. It granted them most and found that it had been opened. l iberal municipal and provincial institutions. It He was told that a police-constable had gone in, but contained, it was true, only the first germ of the had not returned. In the course of the evening the representative form of! government, but were the body was recovered, when he found it was that of Romans prepared for a system which England had Walsh. It was carried to the Clarendon Tavern, and required two centuries to establish? Pius IX. had everything done to restore animation, but to no pur- promised additional laws, and the word of the Holy pose—life was gone. Pontiff was a sufficient guarantee of his sincerity. Mr. William Ord, a doctor of medicine, stated that The Committee had been of opinion that the moment he was called in on Friday night to see the bodies. had not arrived when the Pope could dispense Christman, he was told, had been sent to the with the presence of the French troops. It was, hospital, but he saw the bodies of the three however, the interest of France to abridge the labourers. They were quite dead, and it was his occupation of Rome as much as possible. She opinion they had died from asphyxia, produced by had not been actuated by a spirit of conquest, inhaling sulphuretted hydrogen gas. He had seen but a desire to rest ore the Holy Father to his patients die under the influence of hydrocyanic acid, throne and effect a reconciliation between him and which was similar to sulphuretted hydrogen, and his people. That object had been already partly through the medium of a test paper he had satisfied attained, and the instant France had accomplished himself that tine sulphuretted hydrogen gas existed in her mission her troops would be recalled from the this sewer to a large extent. To inhale that gas which Italian shores.. was produces Iby the decomposition of animal M. Thiers leaving concluded, the Assembly ordered and vegetable matter in a closed sewer was instant that the report should be printed and distributed death. The bodies of these unfortunate men were among its Members, and that a day be ulteriorly fixed quite blue. r..rhe discolouration was produced by the for its discussion. action of the, gas on the iron in the blood. The exisience of the gas could be easily ascertained by lighting a candle. The candle would flicker and burn blue if the atmosphere was impregnated with the gas. There were other tests, but this was the most common. Mr. Lorrink, the assistant surveyor to the Com missioners of Sewers, explained the process of flushing, and then stated that he was the superintendent of the flu shing department of the Commis sioners. 0 a the 6th of October he received an TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Su. o'CLocK. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 8 to 1 agst Rathmines 10 to 1 agst Ribxldry 12 to 1 agst Crucible 12 to 1 agst Raby 16 to 1 agst Collingwood 20 to 1 agst Legerdemain 25 to 1 agst Vanguard 25 to 1 apt Robert de Brus 25 to 1 agst Jock-o'-Sot 25 to 1 agst Minimum intimation that the Warwick-street sewer re quired cleansing, and he gave directions to the local i aspector to ascertain the state of the sewer. He 3 !eceived a report that the sewer required inspection, al 3d these men, who were sent down to take the ler gth of the sewer and the amount of deposit in it for the purpose of completing the in spection. Be and those , engaged under him were aware of ti le occasional existence of bad gasses in sewers, and directions .were always given to the superintendents and local surveyors always to take precautions to ascertain if such gases existed in a sewer if it was operated upon. One of the ob jects these men had in view was to ascertain if the sewer was fr , se from bad gas. By the CO.RONER—But is it necessary to send men info the gas to ascertain the fact of its existence ? Witness—lVo ; there is an opening in Warwick street for that purpose. The CORO • rma—Yes ; but that opening appears to be too small for the extent of sewer. Witness— -That is the only means we have of ascertaining the existence of foul air. The Coe nst ER— By sending the men into it ! Then these I lad calamities may occur every day when sewers are catered by labourers ? 'Witness—l don't think so, because if you carry a light it burns blue for some tim e before danger commences. The Cone ,NER—And do you think these peer men were aware of that ? Witness—l do. The Com )NER—What lights do your men use ? Witness—A. Davy lamp. The Cone iNER—W hat is the principle of that tamp ? Witness—lt; is surrounded with a gauze wirework, to prevent the flame acting upon the air. The CORIIONER—Then this seems to be the worst of all lamps to use in testing the existence of gases, for the air you say cannot act upon it so as to pro duce the blue appearance you have already spoken of? The witnes s—No doubt that may be so, but for our work that is the best lamp. The CORONER—WeII, I really think you ought always to have recourse to some chemical test before you allow nien to enter a sewer. A Juror--Do you attribute any blame to any one in connexica with this calamity ? Witness—No. Mr. Henry Butterburo, of No. 4, Malden-road, Haverstockehill, stated that he was an inspector of flushings in the service of the Metropolitan Commis sion, and in the disohorge of his duty he inspected the Warwick-street sewer with Gee and Peart, on Monday last. They went through the whole of it, and passed about ten or twelve feet along the sewer in which these men were destroyed. Gee went in a little further, and said he could see very curious blue lights. He felt that the sewer was hot, and damp and called Gee back. They returned by King Scholar Pond Sewer, and when they got out Gee ob served " W;aat a curious smell was in that sewer; it smelt rancy, like rotten cheese ;" and he asked him if he did not know what that was. Gee said he did not. He told him that it was gas, and Peart said it was very like some gas he had once experienced at Paddington. He then told them not to go into that sewer or any other that was close without haring man holes first opened. The COILOSOR— Then you were aware of the existence of bad gas in this sewer ? Witness—Yes ; because we returned an account of its existence. A Juror--Was any one else present but the dead men when you gave the instructions you have men tioned ? Witness--No. A Juror--Were you aware of the existence of this sewer before ? Witness—No, but Gee, I understood, was through it before. A Juror—Should you have any fear of going through this sewer in the event of any further in quiry being required ? Witness—No. Mr. T. Jennings, a surgeon, of Warwick-street, stated that he was called in to see the body of Mr. Wells. He found Mr. Wells was quite dead, and recommended that he should be taken to the hospital. A juror—Did you not attempt any restoratives? Witness—No. A juror—Mr. Wells was your opposite neighbour, I think ? Witness—He was. A juror—Why did you order him to be taken to the hospital, then ? Witness—Because ',did not re cognize him. The inquiry was then adjourned till. Thursday, at two o'clock. - - FRANCE. DERBY. 18 to 1 agst Clincher 20 to 1 agst Mildew 20 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum 25 to 1 agst Sweetheart 40 to 1 agst B to Epirote 40 to 1 agst Pitsiord 40 to 1 rg4t Vultigeur A BUOUGH HILL TADIK. A Westmoreland farmer, who had several times been taken in by the Yorkshire horse-dealers, in retaliation contrived the fol lowing scheme to deceive the biters. At the last Brough Hill Fair, he had a pony of good shape and action, but unfortunately by some accident it had lost one of its ears. On making application to a currier, he was readily supplied with one just the same size and colour as the one lost, which he fixed upon the pony's head by the bridle. The plot was successful; the pony was sold to a Yorkshireman, a bargain soon made, the money paid, and the bridle of course was given over, the farmer dis appearing in the crowd. The purchaser, on going to put a halter on the pony, took off the bridle, and to his xur prise the false ear also. He made fOILIC search for his brother " biter," but he was no where to be found, for he had made off from the hill in great glee at having suc ceeded in deceiving the Yorkshireman. Carlisle Journal. _ . _ _ COWES, OCT. 13.—The Philomele, Ilamburgh to Mes sina, put in here to-day with damage and leaky, having been on shore off Nettlestone, where she struck heavily. It is blowing a heavy gale from E.N.E. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 13.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Wil liam and Joseph, Fraser, Qnebec, for Dover. 14th.— Wind E.—Garonne, Myers, Baltimore, for Rotterdam. The Queen, Shediac, for Bull, which put in here, 11th inst., leaky, has been placed on the mud in Camber. WHITSTABLE, OCT. 13.—A ship's quarter-board, painted white, marked " Knapes," in black, was picked up this morning at Swale Cliffe. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. A poor woman, who stated her name to be Murray, applied to Mr. Arnold for assistance under these circumstances : The applictint stated that, in consequence of the badness of trade in this country, her husband, who was a shoemaker, was advised by his acquaintances a short time since to go over to America, where he was assured he could get plenty of employment, and sup port his family in comfort. His friends subscribed together to pay the passage-money, and her husband set sail in a merchant vessel, with directions to her to follow him, with the family, in a few weeks after wards ; but the next information she heard of him was that the ship in which he had taken his passage had been run down by one of the large New York packets, and that her husband, with several others, had lost his life in the collision. She applied to the shipping agents in Change-alley, who con firmed the distressing intelligence, and she and her five children were now left entirely destitute, and without any means of support, except 2s. a-week and a loaf or two of bread which the parish overseer was kind enough to allow her. The applicant handed in a letter from a lady named Camplin, of Compton terrace, Islington, and a second from a person named Cooke, head master of a school at which two of her children bad been educated, the writers of both of which spoke in the highest terms of the woman, her dead husband, and children, and seconded her applica tion to the magistrate with much earnestness. Holland, the warrant-officer, also stated that on being referred toMr.lngoldby, a surgeon in Finsbury square, to inquire into the facts of the case, he had done so, and that the character given of the family by that gentleman was couched in similar terms to those employed by the schoolmaster and lady mentioned in the letters produced. Mr. ARNOLD said that it certainly appeared to be a very distressing and sudden bereavement, and or dered a donation to be presented to the applicant from the funds of the poor-box, which the poor woman very thankfully received. Mr. ARNOLD requests us to acknowledge his receipt of letters enclosing the following donations :-31. from a gentleman using the initals "E. M. W." for the relief of poor families suffering from visitations of cholera; ss. for an aged woman named Jennings, whose cruel robbery by her grandson, a watchfinisher, 25 years old, was lately mentioned in this paper ; and 1/. from " A Friend to Humanity;" ss. from " J. M." Birmingham ; 10s. from "S. D." and ss. from Mr. Hunter, of the Vane Arms, Stockton-upon-Tees, for the benefit of a working gunsmith named Jones, whose oppressive treatment by a loan society, under an execution from the Palace Court, we have more than once noticed. All the benevolent donors expressed a wish to see an acknowledmeut of their contributions in this paper. During the course of the sitting of the Legislative Assembly on Friday, M. Thiers ascended the tribune to rtad the report of the committee to which the bills relative to the credits demanded for the main tenance of the French army in Rome had been referred. M. Thiers said, that the Government had acted wisely in submitting to the Assembly, at the resumption of its labours, a series of projects of law, which would afford it an opportunity of giving an explanation to the country on that important question. No serious discussion had arisen in the com mittee on the required credits. It approved of the use made of them, and of the economy observed in their outlay. The political question alone had occupied the attention of the committee, and it had maturely inquiredlinto theiconsequences of the expedition, and whether they were honourable and conformable to its original object. Three years ago, when the noble minded Pontiff gave the signal of reform, all the well wishers of liberty and of Italy hoped that the people would be satisfied with prudent reforms, and not com promise by excesses the cause of liberty. They ex pected the less advanced would confine themselves to demand municipal institutions, and that the more civilized would not exceed the limits of constitu tional monarchy. Unfortunately, the faction who at one moment were masters of Europe, from Naples to Berlin, plunged Italy into an abyss. Everywhere they excited the people to claim institutions which were not in accord with their civilization and wants, and turned against their respective Governments the arms they should have united against their common enemy. They, more over, forced them to undertake an inopportune war, the result of which was, that Austria, after driving the Sardinian army from Lombardy, entered Piedmont, and would have overrun all the peninsula. The fac tions of Rome afforded her too plausible a pretext to invade the Papal States. It was under those circum stances that the French expedition to Rome was re solved upon. After her victory of Novarra, Austria could dispose of all her forces against Rome. The Catholic Powers became alarmed, and conferences were opened at Gaeta, at which it was de cided that they should unite in restoring Pope Pius IX. France naturally thought that she could not allow Austria to dominate morally and physically in Italy. Two: means offered themselves to prevent it —war, or the occupation of Rome by a French army. M. Theirs then contended that the expedition was enjoined, first, by the interest of France ; secondly, by the interest of Christianity ; and, thirdly, that of Italian liberty. It was the interest of France that Austria should not be omnipotent in Italy. The interest of Christianity required that the Pope should be independent, and the conduct of France had sufficiently proved that the liberty of Italy had nothing to apprehend from her intervention. H e then examined ;the question whether the con stitution had been violated. It provided— " France respects foreign nationalities, as it intends making its own respected. She under takes no war from views of conquest, and never employs her forces against the liberty of any nation." Had France, he asked, gone to Italy to suppress Italian liberty and that of the Romans in particular ? Facts spoke loud enough to render the reply easy, and to prove that the Constitution was neither violated in its text nor spirit. After the servicas rendered the Pope by the French army, France had a right to entreat the Holy Father t o a d op t means calculated to sati s fy his people, and recommend him to achieve such reforms as would reconcile the Romans with the Pontifical sovereignty. France had found the Pope as generous and as liberal as he was in 1847; but circumstances had changed, and the use made by the afiarobiets of what they termed Two officers were also sworn as to assaults upon :hem. Mr. COMBE directed Nesbitt, the usher, to bring the prisoner back in order to reverse his decision. On entering the cell Nesbitt found the prisoner hanging, and nearly dead. She was brought into the court helpless, and in a faint state she said to the parish officers, " You drove my sister to this, and you'll drive me to it. I won't live." The prisoner was fined 51. for the assault ( upon Mr. Lloyd, or two months' imprisonment, ani 605., or six weeks for the assault upon the officers. titan THE DREADFUL CATASTROPHE IN PIMLICO. • INQUEST ON THE BODIES.—(THIS DAY) The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate men who met their death by entering the foul sewer in Warwick-street, Pimlico, was held this afternoon at the Clarendon Tavern, Pimlico, before Mr. Bedford, the Coroner for Westminster, and a jury of respect able householders residing in the immediate neigh bourhood of the occurrence. The inquiry naturally attracted a large concourse of people to the tavern, but a strong body of police were in attendance to preserve order, and none but those who were engaged on the inquisition or] in some way connected with the deceased individuals, were allowed to enter the room where the investigation was gone into. Shortly after one o'clock, twenty.four gentlemen were summoned and sworn on the jury, to inquire how and by what means Henry Wells, John Walsh, Thomas Gee, Daniel Peart, and John Attwoodi came by their deaths. Mr. Davies having been unanimously chosen foreman,ithe jury at once proceeded to view the bodies; after which Mr. William Richard Wells, chemist and druggist, of 31, London-street, Fitzroy-square, identified the first body as that of his brother, who was a surgecn, 33 years of age. Mr. Inspector Russell , of t he B division, identified the second as being the body of p olice -constable 169, who was only 21 years of age when of fe entered Morris Kholer, labourer , of 6, Com p ton street, div the force in June last. Soho, identified the third as the body of a carpenter, aged 34, who had been a fellow-labourer of his in the employ of the Commissioners. Daniel Peart, a cordwainer, identified the fourth body as that of his son, aged 22, who bad been a flushing labourer. George Attwood, fireman, of 26, Wilton-streets identified the fifth and last body as that of his sons also a flushing labourer, aged 29. Morris Kholer, a flushing labourer, was then called and sworn. He stated that he saw Gee, Peart, and Attwood enter the sewer in Warwick-street on Friday morning about half-past five. They appeared to him to be in perfect health, and quite sober. They had a lantern with them, and in answer to a question he put to them, they said they hoped to complete their work in the course of the day. He was:a fewer watch man, in the employ of Mr. Humphries, of Chelsea, the contractor of the:Pimlico sewers' work. He was re lieved at six o'clock on Friday morning by a day watchman, and he had not seen the men who entered the sewer since the time he had mentioned. Edward Jordan, a sewer labourer, residing in Bloomsbury-market, deposed to the opening of the sewer, in Warwick-street, on Thursday evening, about six o'clock, but he could not smell anything. He did not go down, but on looking into the sewer he saw that there was about a foot and a half of water in it. Gee, Peart, and Attwood were engaged with him on the work, and on examining the sewer they deter mined not to go down that evening. Soon afterwards he was relieved by the last witness, and he saw no more of the sewer till the next morning at about ten minutes past six, when he again went on duty. He asked the last witness, who had been on night duty, if the men had gone down, and wag told that they had been down since ten minutes past five. Accordingly at breakfast time he hol loaed down to them to come up, but he could get no answer, and therefore he went to a neighbouring grating and again holloaed out Hill ; still there was no answer, and becoming rather alarmed be went to Christmas, the bricklayer en gaged on the work, and told him the men had been down since half-past five and had not been up again. At half-past one he was joined by a fellow-labourer, to whom he observed, " These men have been down since half-past five o'clock and have not been up again. It is rather strange, as this is pay-day.". was done till about half-past three, when he was joined by Magrath, another labourer, and a wide grating or entrance to the sewer was opened, On looking in he saw the clothes of the men, but it being his duty to watch the opening in Warwick-street, he returned to that spot. About five o'clock Carter, the time keeper,; came to him. He said, " This is a very serious thing, there has been three men down since five o'clock this morning, and they have not been up since. lam only a labouring man, and I don't know how to act in the matter." Carter replied, " Well, I should advise you to keep the hole open, as Christmas is coming." While they were talking in his way Christmas, the bricklayer, and Farmer, his man, came up, and went down the hole. They were down about an hour, when they returned to the hole and called out,." Don't make a noise:; don't create any alarm ; we have got our hands on the dead bodies.' They then came up and having procured assistance they began digging in different parts of the sewer, but it was not until four o'clock the next morning that the bodies were got out: He then saw the bodies of George Peart and Attwood brought up through the second hole that had been dug and carried to the Clarendon Tavern, where they were undressed and washed. He did not smell anything offensive at any of the holes. By the Jury—He_ was not employed by the Commissioners of Sewers, but by 111 r. Humphries, their contractor. Christmas was a bricklayer in the employ of Humphries. Christmas and Turner were the first who went down the sewer after the alarm had been given. It was about five o'clock on Friday afternoon. They were down about an hour, when they came back and said they bad put their hands on the dead bodies. William Christmas, bricklayer, of 6, Portland street, Wandsworth-road, stated that he had recently been in the employ of Humphries and Co., contractors of Chelsea, and frequently had been employed in opening all sorts of sewers. Some of them were very foul indeed, containing a large amount of deposit, but although he had beard a good deal of the danger of opening those sewers, he had never felt any fear at engaging in the work. On Thursday evening he saw Gee, Peart, and Attwood at the hole they had opened in Warwick street ; Gee wanted to :go down, but the others thought it had better be delayec till the following morning, and they went away home. On the Tuesday morning, about eight o'clock, he was near the spot again, when Jordan, the last wit ness, told him that the men were down, and in the course of the day he received toe.)ititorma - tion that they bad not come up from time to time, bat he was not surprised at this, as on the previous day he had heard the men say that the work in the sewer would occupy them till: four o'clock. Towards five o'clock the became somewhat alarmed, and finding that Jordan fancying that the men might have got out at some other entrance, was about to fill up the hole in Warwick-street, he told him not to do so. Soon afterwards he was joined by Christmas, and having received lamps, they went down the sewer. They passed along the various branch ing sewers, and saw by the chalk marks. and splashes on the wall that the men had passed that way. There was about two feet of deposit in the sewer. Resuming their search they at length came to one of the bodies. Ile thought it was Gee. Looking farther on they saw a second. They were lying in the sewer with their faces down wards. On discovering this they returned to the hole in Warwick-street and told Jordan not to make a noise, but to get them a rope, adding that they had seen the bodies. The bodies were lying about 200 or 300 feet from the hole in Warwick street, but he could perceive no bad smell. On their return to the hole they found Mr. Wells, the surgeon, and others, waiting ; and after consulting together, they set to work making an opening in another part of the sewer. When the opening was effected the doctor was sent for, and he immediately came. The doctor, a man named Allsop, and himself, agreed to go down. Allsop went first, the doctor afterwards, and he followed. When they had got about 100 yards in, Allsop called out that he could go no further, and they turned round to get out again. Immediately afterwards the doctor fell down en his face, and on looking back he saw Alsop hur riedly crossing the body of the doctor. Alsop rushed by him, saying he could stand it no longer, and he turned round with the intention of lifting the doctor vp, but no sooner had he done so than he fell down, and from that time he remembered nothing till he came to after being rescued. By the Jury—The bodies were about fifty yards from the opening. Their heads were towards the opening, and from that circumstance he concluded that the men were returning when they fell. There was nothing unusual in the smell of the sewer. He had repeatedly been down sewers before, and the that c‘ on nT o .h a Fe s yr Li 'Friday ar b ye s t odn di gg ing afternoon, g s h t e st 3 l‘ t y e l s d r . 2, t a h y N a , smell of th ese was lik e th a t h e had experienced bef ore . a n g b u h h t p c a h h r yo e , h a d r i e d n r two f P e r im t l h i little r c e o e men who have been in a sewer all day," and being urged by motives of curiosity he repaired to the spot He found the last witness and others in consultation about the matter, but they appeared all at a loss what to do. A little boy, however, who was standing by said he knew where the outlet of the sewer was in the fields, as he remembered its being bnilt, and if they would go with him he would point out the spot. They accordingly went, and the sewer was broken open, but the stench emitted was so horrible that they could not go near the spot. When the smell had partially subsided Mr. Wells, the surgeon, said he would go in search for the poor fel.ows, and if there was a spark of life in them he would bring them out, and apply his luncet to them. Alsop then entered the sewer, followed by Wells, who bad borrowed a boy's cap), and Christmas, but they bad s car ce ly b een i n three minutes before he heard a splash. Allsop then came back and said CLERKENWELL. Mary Anne Corney, a pauper girl, inmate of the Holborn Union-workhouse, Gray's Inn-lane, was charged by the parish officers under the following outrageous circumstances : The board of guardians and other parish officers were present, and their clerk, Mr. James, attended and stated the particulars of the case. The master of the workhouse was called as a wit ness, but he could not give a general description of what took place in the boardroom, when Mr. James said, that he could tell everything that occurred. He was then sworn. He stated that on Thursday morning last the gentlemen forming the board of guardians assembled in the boardroom for the purpose of transacting parish business and listening to the application of paupers. The prisoner, who had been brought up in the workhouse, and who was an orphan, had conducted herself in a most violent and refractory manner, and was in the habit of discharg ing herself from the workhouse without permission from the board. She left the workhouse a short time ago with a moiety, and returned again in a short time and remained in the workhouse until Wednesday, when she wished to discharge herself. Knowing her violent disposition and temperament, the board deter mined on not granting her any money, but they were willing to let her leave the house ; and she was called before the gentlemen of the board, as was the usual custom, to know what she required. She told them that she wanted to go out of the house. Mr. Mallett (the chief clerk) —You did not prevent her going out ? Mr. James—Certainly not ; she might go, but we would not give her anything, be cause we suspected that she wanted it for an improper purpose. She was in the habit of coming in and going out. She is a most violent girl. She has been brought up and educated in the workhouse. There is nothing will control her. Mr. CoMßE—Come to the point ; what did she do ? Mr. James—Why, your Worship, she was called into the board-room before the gentlemen of the board, and when she was asked what she wanted, she said " I want to go out, and a little money." She was re fused, and told to go, when she took up a large ink stand, peculiarly made with a plate stand to save the cloth on the table from the ink, and with a desperate aim, threw it bang at the head of Mr. Lloyd, one of the board of guardians. It narrowly escaped his head, and the ink splashed over all the gentle• men of the board, and he (Mr. James) did not escape. Mr. CoMaE told her that he would commit her to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. The prisoner—l have been in prison all my life through them. Where is the good of saying any thing here when everybody is against me ? I got a situation, and wanted two caps which would only cost 25., and they would not give me anything, but told me to go out ; and what was Itodo ? I felt vexed, and knowing that refused me, took up the inkstand and threw it at him. She was locked up, when Mr. Lloyd was sworn 85 to tho 415811u1t. THE EXPLOSION IN BERMONISEY. On Saturday we gave all the particulars then known of the dreadful explosion of fireworks and loss of life, on the premises of Mr. Barlin, firework maker, in Brook-street, Bermondsey. In the course of Saturday the bodies of the two missing children there referred to were found on the first floor of the build ing by George Gerrard, one of the fire brigade. The appearance of each indicates that they had been forced with great violence against the wall of the room, and the head of the younger one was rent in twain. The first two bodies found on Friday night by the firemen have been ascertained to be those of James Baldwin, aged 45, who was in Mr. Barlin's employment, and Mr. Barlin's eldest son William, aged 20. The ages of the two children found on Saturday are respec tively 10 and 4 years. The survivors in Guy's Hospital are Mr. Barlin, aged 46, with severe burns over the arms, face, and head; Mrs. Berlin, his wife, aged 40, face, head, and lower part of the body very much burnt ; Charles Barlin, aged 17, son of the above, face shockingly disfigured, and arms and chest burnt; Phoebe Wynn, aged 22, extensive laceration of the thigh by falling on some spikes in leaping from the first floor window. This woman, on being extri cated from the spikes, attempted to reach her mother's house in Newington, but fell down in the street from loss of blood, and was found in the neighbourhood of Newington by the police. From the statement made by Mrs. Barlin, it ap pears.that she had nine children, all of whom, with her husband, Phoebe Wynn, and the man named Baldwin, were in the house at the time of the acci dent. 'The youngest children, James and Alfred (both killed by the explosion), were asleep in the front room upstairs, and three others, in the back room, while the remainder were at work with their father in the front parlour below, finishing off a large order for fireworks that were to be delivered on Sa- turday. The work consisted of many grosses of squibs, crackers, catherine wheels, blue candles, &c. At ten minutes after ten o'clock she asked her hus band if he would have supper, when he answered in the affirmative, and asked his son Charles (now an Guy's Hospital) to hand him over a chair. This the young man was in the act of doing, when, in passing the chair over the table, be knocked it against a lighted naptha lamp hanging from the ceiling, and the jerk threw a piece of red hot,wick amongst the ' heap of fireworks piled upon the table. An attempt was made to prevent the combustible materials from igniting, but without success. A bundle of crackers instantly exploded, and set fire to the other fireworks collected in the room—the persons present doing every thing in their power, by trampling them under their feet, and throwing water upon them to extinguish the fire. Finding it impossible to remain, Mrs. Barlin states that she and her husband retreated to the back yard. She heard her son William exclaim, " Mother, mother, come out," and called to him that she was safe ; but it is supposed that he had either not heard, or had misunderstood her; tor, believing that she was among the exploding fireworks, he rushed in with an idea to rescue her, and perished. Mrs. Bar lin, who is still ignorant of the death of any of her family, further states that on reaching the back yard, her first thoughts, after recovering somewhattrom the effects of the sulphurous vapour that had affected her, were for her children. It was found impossible to reach them by the staircase, but with the help of her husband she climbed on the roof of an outhouse, near the window of the room where three of them slept. They heard her cries, and the children then opened the win- dow, got out, and jumped into her arms. She had no recollection of what occurred after this, except being taken to the hospital. She states that there was no composition exposed in the front parlour, but that in the cases left for pssting and screwing up, and that there might be some gunpowder in the house, but not any great quantity. The following is the official report of the damage done to the premises Friday, October 12, 1849, quarter to eleven r M.—An explosion occurred at No. 4, New Brook• street, Bermondsey New-road, be longing to Mr. W. Berlin, firework manufacturer. The cause of explosion, the upsetting of a naphtha lamp. Contents, not insured ; building, unknown at present. Engines that attended—one parish, three brigade, and the West of England. Small house and contents all but destroyed by fire and explosion. Two men and two children burnt to death, and four persons taken to the hospital." HORRIBLE MURDER OF A WIFE AND CHILD AT CLAPHAM. On Saturday morning, soon after Mr. Paynter had taken his seat upon the bench, Mr. Parrot, jun., sur geon, of Clapham common, arrived at the court, and gave the startling intelligence that he was in attend ance to give evidence upon a charge of murder of a woman and child that had taken place at an early hour that morning. In the course of an hour the murderer was brought into court in the custody of Mr. Coleman, the in spector of the Clapham district, and placed in the dock. There were very few persons assembled, as the dreadful affair was comparatively unknown beyond the immediate locality. The prisoner, who is a middle-aged man, with nothing ferocious in his appearance, but much the reverse, was described in the charge sheet as James vlreston, age 39, labourer, and the words o f th e charge were "wilfully murdering Mary Weston, his wife, and Maria Elizabeth Weston, their child, by cutting their throats with a razor in the parish of Clapham. The first witness examined was William Coleman, who stated—l am one of the inspectors of police, and have the control of the Clapham section of the V division. This morning, at a quarter-past seven o'clock, the prisoner came to the station, and address ing me said, " I have come to give myself up." I asked him what for ? and he said, " For murder." (Here the prisoner burst into a paroxysm of grief which lasted for several minutes.) I perceived that there were marks of blood on his hands and coat, and I asked him who it was that he had murdered? and he said his wife. I asked him why he had murdered her, and how he did it? He replied, " With a razor ;" and he then put his hand to his waistcoat pocket and handed this razor to me (a black handled one). I saw that it was covered with blood. I then asked him his name and where he lived, and he answered, " James Weston, Carpenter's- buildings Clapham." 1 asked him if he had any other articles in his possession, when he handed me three knives, as also the key of his apartments. I then at once dis patched Sergeant Langton to his residence. Sergeant Langton was present, and heard all that transpired up to this time. After Sergeant Langton was gone, the prisoner said, " I have also murdered my child." I asked him the sex of the child, and he said it was a girl, and aged one year and nine months. He then said, " There is another child there also, I wish you would send after the man to have her taken away. I asked him how he came to do it, and whether he had had any quarrel with his wife ? and he replied " They were in the habit of having trifling broils, like other people, but nothing of a serious nature. I went to bed comfortably last night, and felt so up till four o'clock this morning, and after it struck four I got out of bed, struck a light with a match, went down stairs and fetched a razor (the one produced), but when I returned I felt I could not do it; but after being temptedlformed a resolution, and attacked my wife as she was dressing herself in bed." The pri• soner afterwards uttered several incoherent expres sions, having no reference whatever to what had transpired, but from the nature of those expressions I believed him to he insane. The prisoner further said, speaking of his wife, " We were to have been dis graced to-day, and I could not bear it." He further said Mr. Parrott gave him medicine some days previously. Prisoner—lt was on Monday week. Examination resumed—lie said he gave him some drugs and forced him to take them, and that it was done by the sanction and advice of the Rev. Mr. Pritchard. Mr. PAYNTER—Before the prisoner made these statements did you caution him ? Inspector Coleman—l did so, your Worship. After a little while he sobbed bitterly, and spoke in affec tionate terms of his wife and child. The next witness examined was Frederick Langton, who stated he was sergeant in the police force. He ' begged the Magistrate would pardon any discrepancies he might make, as the sight which he had witnessed had completely unnerved him. The witness then proceeded with his evidence, and said —l went to the house No. 1, Carpenter's-place, 11igh- street, Clapham, and got there about half-past seven o'clock. On my way thither I called on M r. Herring, the relieving officer, and he accompanied me. I found that the key the prisoner gave me unlocked the front door of the house which he rents. The was nothing to indicate disorder down stairs, but on going up stairs I saw the leg of a woman protruding on the landing, a bedroom door was open, and another leg rested against the door-stall, the remaining part of the body was in the room. The woman was lying on her back; she was dressed, all but her shoes and stockings. Un derneatla her head there was a man's coat, and a woman s boot was by her face. I also noticed two footmarks without shoes, as if some one had endea voured to get into the adjoining room. The marks had been made by naked feet. I went towards the woman's head and found her throat was cut. There was a very great deal of blood about the bedpost and bedding. There was a great fib wof blood over the room. Theyhead was very nearly cut. off_ The woman was dead, but warm ; the pulse 'La c k ceased beating. On a bed, and in the same roan?, I: saw a child lying on its face. I examined it, and its. throat was cut. (The prisoner here became over whelmed with grief.) The child was quite dead, br warm. I could not identify the bodies. I after wan i s opened the adjoining room door, in which direction I had seen the footmarks, when I there found a lit de girl sitting up in bed. I don't know her exact a: le, She might have been four or five years old. Prisoner—She is just upon nine years old. Examination resumed--• The child seemed v p ry frightened at me. I asked whether she had h(ardi anything ? and she said "No." Mr. John Parrott, jun., surgeon, was next sworn,, and said—l arrived at the house between half-past 7' and 8 o'clock. I found a woman lying upstairs with her throat cut. It was completely cut across. The cut had divided the windpipe and carotid arteries, and . penetrated into the spinal cord. The wound must have been instantly fatal. The woman was lying in a pool of blood. She %as dressed, with the exception of her shoes. I found a female child lying on its face., on the bed also, in a pool of blood. I turned it round,„ and discovered its throat cut so much as to have sepa-, rated the spinal cord, and extended to the muscles at ; the back of the neck. The razor produced would cause such wounds. I have some recollection of th deceased. I believe she was cook in a gentleman' 's house on Clapham common, and she had run a need' in her hand, which I extracted. I did not know sl ie was married. I should think the deceased must ha re endeavoured in her struggles to get out of the roc n a from the footmarks I saw ; but it must have been aft , e r she had been wounded. It appeared as if she I a) been trying to reach the other room. Witness s in answer to some further questions from the be ve:..h, that he had never to his knowl edge seen the prisoner previously. The Rev. :llr. Pritchard was a subscriber to the dispensary, an d he had since learned that he had given the pri so ner an order for medicine, which he now believed • was, administered by him. He understood the priso Der to. be in constant work; his house was comfortab'iy• fur nished ; and there did not appear to be any reason_ to suppose that he was ruined or disgraced. Inspector Coleman produced the'rnarria'ge certifi cate which the prisoner had handed to hira when he first came to the station-house, by which, it appeared he was married in April, 1847, being then a bachelor, to Maria Glover, widow. The surviving child was by a firmer husband. Mr. PAYNTER said he should remand the prisoner until Thursday next, when evidence must be produced to identify the bodies of the murdered woman and child. There was no necessity for the production of a great number of witnesses, as the facts in this case were very clear. _ _ The prisoner was then removed in custody. Mr. Thomas Higgs, the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, came to Clapham about six o'clock, and_ made his arrangements with Reid, the beadle, to hold the inquest on Monday (this day), at Mr. W. Ann's, , the Two Brewers. A great desire has been expressee to see the bodies, which has been very properly checke d by Inspectors Coleman of the V and Emmerson of the P division. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market throughout the week has been flat and dull, and the business done h. lB not. only been limited, but to effect sales very depreciated pri ces , have been obliged to be submitted to, everything having a . downward tendency. The transactions to-day were as fol low : —Bristo land Exeter, New, 113 8 dis. ex div.—Great Western, Whole Shares, 58 Ditto, Quarters, 12, dis.— Ditto, New 171. Shares, Bth dis.— Midland Stock, 49 Taff Vale, 5 per cent., par. LIVERPOOL, Oar. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to-day, and little business was transacted. The sales are- Caledonian, Preference, 8% - Lancashire and Yorkshi r e, Fifths, 6% dis. -Ditto, (West Riding Union), 6% dis. -London and North-Western, 109 1 4-Ditto, New Quarters, I.s. 3d. p.-Midland, 48-Ditto, Halves, 21% dis. -South- Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 51. 16s. 3d.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 41. 18s. 951...-Newry and Warrenpoint, 83' s . BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 13. STOCK EXCIIA.NOB.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 121. South Staffordshire, 41. Bs. 9d. ells. YORK, OCT. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 7N—York, Newcastle, and Her-. wick (Newcastle Extension), 12—North British, Thirds, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, OCT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—TIIO transactions to-day were a a follow :—Eastern Counties, New, 6 per oeat. guarantee J. 111 /8 Great Northern (B), 6 per cent , 4%—Newcastle arid Carlisle, 91IA—Ditto (Scrip) 9214—North British, 10. GLASGOW, Ocr. 12. STOCK EXCHANGIC.—The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee VA—Glasgow, Kib marnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. 1), 61. 16s.—Scottish Cen tral, 18. The health of the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, Ac cording to accounts which reached the Right Rover and Prelate's friends on Saturday, has undergone anot,ber unfavourable change within the last 48 hours, acid although the symptoms of the malady are occasionally mitigated, his strength is rapidly failing. It was, ru moured last night that; intelligence of the Bishc , V6 death had been received in town, but the statement we are assu red by competent authority is incorrect.— Tir,eehly Chronicle.: FIRE NEAR TIIAME.—On Friday, October 12, soon after eleven at night, a fire broke cut upon the pre mises of Mr. Thomas Sheen, at Werminghall, near Theme, Oxon, the estate of Viscount Clifden, and about an hour and a half afterwards flames were discovered upon the farm of Mr. William Hemmings, about a fur long off. The cause of the fire is a mystery, but it is possible, from the brisk wind setting in the right direction, that the second arose out of the first. An en gine from the County Fire-office at Oxford arrived on the spot as soon as possible, and speedily quelled the progress of the flames upon Mr. Hemming's ricks, but we regret to say that the whole of Mr. Sheen's ricks, nine in number, wero entirely destroyed, as well as the, greater part of the farm buildings. Too much cannot be said in praise of the indefatigable exertions of MY. John Ashurst, of Waterstock-house, in that neighbour hood, a magistrate for the county, who, together with his brother, the Rev. James Ashurst, vicar of Milton, and the Rev. James Statter of Wormioghall, were upon the spot nearly all the night, personally assisting and superintending the keeping under of the flames. Very great credit is also due to a Mr. Thomas Way, a farmer at Ickford, for his very able and practical aid in subdu ing the raging element, and all the agricultural laboure• is of the neighbourhood were upon the spot eager to rem' s er assistance. The extent of the damage done is ab out 1,000/., which it is understood is more than covered by the insurances. Application has been made to Mr. Al derman Browning, of Oxford, and that gentleman has set on foot an investigation of the matter through the medium of the police. [ADVERTISEMENT.]---Declaration of a soldier who fought at Waterloo, cured by Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— " 1 publicly state that Professor Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cured me of several ulcerous sores, which had their origin in imperfectly healed wounds received in the battle of Waterloo. The pain was of constant duration, and I was con fined to my bed always during the harvest months. I have now for two years been enjoying the best of health, solely in consequence of using Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which cured me in a very short time ; in gratitude for which I pub lish this testimony. (Signed) J. de Swart, of Lent, on the Vossepels, near Nymegen, Holland, Oct. 4th, 1849." Sold y all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Estab lishmen4 44, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 29th ult., at sea, on board the steamer Ripon, Mr J. Bowes Forster, of a son. On the 9th inst., in Bond-street, Mrs. Asprey, of $ daughter. _ _ _ On the 10th inst., at the Rectory, Cheadle, Cheshire, the wife of the Rev. Charles J. Cummings, of a son. On the 11th inst., at Grantham-house, Grantham, the wife of Dr. Joseph J. A Brown, of a son. On the 11th inst., in Finsbury-square, Mrs. Little, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Norwood, Surrey, the wife of B. E• Kennedy, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 12th ult., at St. Mary's, Dover, George Haves, Esq., of Finchley, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late_ Rev. Thomas Hyde.: On the 9th inst., at the parish church of Taddingtorl, Bright Wool, son of Mr. W. Wool, of Barnet, to Lavins- Elennor, only daughter of the late W. Wright, Esq., of Ted dington. On the 10th inst., a'. the Catholic Church of St. Michael and St. George, Lyme Regis, George Thomas Whitgreave, Esq., of Moseley-court, Sta ff ordshire, and Eaton-square, London, to Mary Juliana Charlotte , . eldest daughter o f Ad miral the Hon, Sir John Talbot, and niece of Lord Talbot de Malahide. On the 10th inst., at Aston Church, Edward Carter, of 14, Bed. rd-row, Islington, son of Mr. Jeremiah Carter, of 65, Basinghall-street, London, to Mary, daughter of Mr. William Fowler, of Birches-green, near Birmingham. On the 11th inst. , at the parish church of St. Marylebone , William Thomas Thorn, eldest ton of the late Mr. W. Thorn, of John-street. Oxford-street, to Mary Ann, eldest child of Thomas Mott, Esq., of Turnham-green, Middlesex. On the 11th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Alfred Willsea , youngest son of John Barber, Esq., Bracondale, Norwich , to Affery, only daughter of George Cullen, Esq., Finsbury. DIED. On the 24th of May last, at Adelaide, South Australia, James Tweeddalo, DI. D., R.N. On the 17th ult., of fever, Mary Anne 'Rawson, the wife of John Lamont, Esq. On the 29th ult., at Gla.gow, Margaret Finlay, wife of William Ross, Esq., and daughter of the late William For long, Esq, of Wellshot. On the 9th inst., at Sherborne-house, Spa, Gloucester, Airs' Green, ei,ed 80. On the 11.11 inst., at Hampstead, Mrs. Sarah Markham , relict of Mr. Henry Markham, late of Cambridge, aged bB. On the 10th inst., at 14, Regent's-villas, Regent's-park Fanny, youngest daughter of A. E. Gregory, Esq. lin the 10th inst., at North Walsham, Sarah, wife of the Rtv. Thomas Dry, head master of Sir W. Paston's Gramma r School, and only daughter of the late John Reid, Esq., of the Court of Chancery, aged 46. On the 10th nst., Elizabeth Agnes, wife of Henry . 11 . 1 1 3 " pisley, Esq., of Lamborne-place, Burks, and only remaining child of the Rev. Jk hn Nelson, D.D., prebendary of HeYtes bury. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG• of , 6 , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Nun Office, No. 1 `" Strand, in the Precinct ,f the Savoy, i n t h e c ounty Middlesex, Monday, October 15,1849 k Lon, Oxfc Con and R. R User paps the 1 turd rate let and ley Reg( an 1 perl( ance beyc lady drop rent prey few hair or Sc roe, 1 Not every Obs tneast lloste: 155, Londc Xstab