The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCTI. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed firmly, at an advance of id. per lb. on Americans and Surats above Friday's rates. The sales were 1 2,00) to 14,000 bales (1,000 for export, and 3,000 on speculation), comprising 600 Pernam and Maranbam, 62d. to 71d. ; 1,200 Bahia, 61d. to ; 250 Egyptian, 6.1 d. to Bd. ; 2,500 Surat, 'lid. to sid. ; and 50 Sea Islands, at 11d. to 120. per lb. The Railway Share Market continued quiet, and prices tended downwards. C.)mmercial advices from Milan mention that the fair held at Brescia had proceeded with anima tion, with an important rise in the price of several articles of merchandise. From Naples we learn that in the neighbourhood of that city the yield of silk from the cacoons had been small, but in the neighbourhood of Caiabries, on the contrary, the Crop was more favourable. It is, nevertheless, stated that not more than half an average produc tion has been bbtained in Naples, Calabre, and Sicily ; consequently the spinners, in most instances, refused to sell except at exorbitant Prices. A large number of French and Ita lian purchasers wore present. From Lyons the letters state that silks and silk manufactures Were advancing in price, but buyers were not re- Strained in consequence, as the advices from most Parts led to the inference that a further advance Would ensue. Although there is very little specu lation in France in this article still the require naents of the manufacturers are sufficient to absorb every parcel offered for sale. The high prices of silk on the continent are likely to occasion increased remittances of silver to China, in order that supplies may be obtained from. that quarter, as the profits on consignments at the present time are very large. The amount of the precious metals taken out by the steamer Indus, which leaves Southampton to-day, as will be seen by the following table, is very large : Alexandria (gold) Bomhay (silver) 115,705 Madras (gold) Do. (silver) Calcutta (silver) 161,299 Penang (silver) Singapore (silver) Do. (gold) Hong-Kong (gold) Do. (silver) Canton (silver) Shanghai (silver) Total With regard to the affairs of the Royal British 'hank, nothing official has yet transpired ; but it is confidently asserted that the depositors mill receive 20s. in the pound, the assets "jug sufficient for that purpose without any n ail being made on the shareholders. It is said that the Bank had 70,0001. in bills, which, at the last moment, it could not got discounted ; and t his accelerated the stoppage. The losses are esti teated at 60,0001. to 70,0001. The excitement h aling abated, there is now no longer any a pprehension of any further difficulties of a similar description, although throughout yes terday several rumours, not possessing the ghtest foundation iu fact, were circulated ~, a f tecting the credit of other establishments. 'his being the " fourth" of the month there is a teod demand for money at full rates. The Directors of the Bank of England at their bo ard meeting to-day made no alteration in the minimu m rate of discount. A. rumour has just been circulated that payment / ill be resumed to•morrow by the Royal British t ' h ank. The Funds have been further slightly depressed, ?lying to the arrangements in progress for the 10th ' n et, when the account will 19e settled. Many n e t e induced to close their transactions, rather h an " carry over," as there seems little pro spect of an advance in prices at present. Consols have been 942 for money, 941- I T for the l oth inst., and 954 ± for October. The New 3 Per Cents. are 95 and the Reduced 95 to 954. =chequer Bills have been dealt in at 123. to 15s. Premium, the Bonds at noi, and the India Bonds 4t 15 3. to 16s. premium. The Foreign Market continues dull. Turkish 6 Per Cents, are not better than 1031, and the 4 Per Cents, are nominal. Spanish 3 per Cents. h ave been 25, Russian 5 per Cents. 109, Mexican 42 i. Peruvian 4i per Cents. 81±, and Dutch 2i Per Cents., 65±. 6 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign S tooks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 Y ; Mexican, 22 i ; Peruvian, 80 2 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 58 60 ; P ortuguese 3 per Cents., 45i 6i ; Russian 5 per B ents., 108 10 ; ditto 4 , , per Cents., 98 100 ; Spa nish 3 per Cents., 44/ 5± ; ditto Deferred, 25 ; ditto Passive, 6i 7. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1856. great Western l jorth•Western 'oath-Western Brighton Midland 1511 th-Eastern C aledonian 4 P2at No r thern 4, , 4,l neashire and ,273 tistol and Exeter Yorkshire 6,814 1855. £28,152 65,549 17,571 18,567 31,167 25,126 12,847 22,693 23,166 6,909 tut Lancashire ,klanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln N orth Stafford N orth London Ulster Railway 7,791 9,834 7,207 2,605 1,432 7,342 9,069 7,100 2,355 1,354 Waterford and Limerick , dinburgh and GlaQgow 4145 tg0w and South-Western o eottish North-Eealtern D utch Rhenish G reat Western of Canada Norwegian Trunk 1,106 6,250 7,253 3 814 3,588 8,972 9(37 1,034 5,889 6,639 3,717 2,893 6,747 781 .Railway Shares are depressed, the average &- o hne in prices being to 1 per cent. North-West ern, Great Western, Midland, Eastern Counties, 4 -North-Eastern, Berwick, and North British are most affected, French Shares rule dull, and t here is very little inquiry for the Colonial. Mining Shares are without alteration, but Bank Shares are heavy, in consequence of the failure Yesterday. Western of London have been down t o 46. Miscellaneous Shares remain steady. The price of Consols for money at 2 o'clock yes terday was and not 952 as erroneously quoted. The error, however, was self evident, as the prices were differently given in the preceding remarks and in the official list. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON& O'CLOCK. ( From , the Official List. Plainest) done. kill* Stock !I Per Cint. Reduced Annuities 9 51 A 5 '',,, per Cent. Consols Annuities 941 i Pew 3 per Cent. Annuities . 9 58 i i ' s4 g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 7-16 ' 44 4 Bonds, £l000 , Ditto, under £ lOOO l7 P ‘ 44 sols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2Ad. £IOOO £SOO Small l2 16 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3A per Cent. lOOl PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO( It'xican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 226 Peruvian Bonds 41 per Cent — Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1622, £ St., 5 per Cent IOJ Spanish Bolids, :3 per Cent — Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. _ Ditto Account Tarkibli Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account .•• lO3. Dividends on the above nayable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders 651 TWO O'CLOCK Consols, money 914 5 Ditto Account (October) 93.1 THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Sept, 3.—Th e 11 , 0 Yal. ship Marco Polo, belonging to the Black tiall line, is advertised to sail on Friday, the sth, for Melbourne. She bas on board a large cargo and about 400 passengers. This afternoon, owing to the announce 3,zont that the Kent is off Dover, with dates from Mel bourne to the 10th of June, the owners of the Marco Polo have telegraphed to the Postmaster-General, Iv-ling for Permission to detain their ship until Sunday, to give Merchants and others an opportunity of answering letters they 'may receive by the Sent. TIIE SUN, LONDoris THU RS C)A EV,ENING, SEPTEAIBEIt 4, ',<",,S(. SHARE MARKETS. 'VHIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. iierIWAYI. Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day IPaid. Business this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. LeatOß, Colnpans. Cowinr Prior. yesterd London & N. Wo3t. L. &N. W. Caledon E. lJn. & E. C Gt.Nr ton E. Count Caldontan Do Gt. Wean Yk. Now. Borw. Y. &N,'c[• . Do.. Do S. Easterr Do [ Pet° Co. Do L.& N. W. & Mid Ll. Stekton Darliugt. Midland.. En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... Do L. SiN.W. Gt North n Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do int Wean . 97 - 100 100 - 105 12 - 14 139 - 141 . 4 ... 4i '! • • • 27 = 29 lioi = lir 12 - 134 23i -21 i 113 - 111 2i - i : ii 57 - 6:1 135 - 140 - 3 - 20 32i -33 i 91 - 93 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Dobai. bo. 6 per cent. Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. !Myth and Tyne I 0 pc a. pref. (iwl. p.t501 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO oho% &Ho. Gu. 5i pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 , jork dißandons 44( )un.Prth Ahor.J. 4. Anglian Cls. A Sh . Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7p. c. q:as.Co.Ex,spcNo. Do. No. 2 )o. New 6 p. a. St ?last Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent )o. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent.. !last Lanca9h. 6p. ets W. York. ;F. sthf. Ellin. & GL 5 p.c. sh. 41d. Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness 31as. &5.W.G.5 p.c ;rent Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. a. Redeom. at 10 p. c. prem.. DD. 4i p.c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red . at 5 p. c. pm... R.N. of Scot. lat Pre It. S. &W. (Ireland' Do. 4per a. Prof. S R. W. (1. ‘Ol. Eai pt - )o. con. rod. 4 p.c. 0. con. red. 4 p. c . Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. S'a Do. Chester 8 p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do Do. do. d 0....... .. & York. F. VI Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &Brigh. #3.5 p.k Do. Pref., sp. c. • Do. New Guar.6 p. e Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. 4 Nuneaton 5 p. ct - on. & S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... .ondy. & Coler. Sh Londy. & Ennis. L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 ... all 1.0( too 100 100 - 102 16 - 17 41 - 5 6 - 6 107 - 112 100 - 105 - P 1 12i - 134 • •• • • 79 - 81 ••• --- U 7 - 119 110 - 112 103 - 105 10i - 10/ 6 - 6A 95 - 97 89 - 91 89 - 91 99 • 101 94 - 101 161 -17 j 10 104 73 - 75 - A 38 140 ••• ''' ... t• "'" Ike. ••• '''' ••• 159 - 161 124 - 127 - 4 65 -- 68 all 10 100 100 100 100 Do. do. 34 per conk. Warypt .&Carl.4 p c. Du. 4{ per cent...... Do. do. VI id. Consol.6 p.e.St Do. Con. Br.rsir. 6pc D. 4i p. c. Pref. - Ditto L. & I3.Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66, Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 5 p. o. St, c Do. 5 p.c. Est De. 5 per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British N. S. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do, do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c Do. do. Quarters ... Do. York &S. Pnr North Staffordshire. Ox, Wo, W. 1516 pe Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Prof South Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p e sh S. Wales Ona. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c.... 4.Yorksli.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar. , 5 p. c. Do, do. d J Stock. & Bartl. g. 5 p. a. till July 1, '56 Waterfd.& Kilk.6 pc dl tOO !00 .00 LOC ••• .'... all (() all all 136 - 138 99 - 101 89 - 1& - I.ii, 100 100 all all 15 all 105 —1( 7 f;s3 5 1 44. i - i,l 103 : 110 16 - 16 24 - 25 100 - 103 10 - 10} 27 -• 28 2 - 3 p, lid MINES. 1 111 iglu% Fria . . - ••• 10,4 all 'Anglo Californian 20 7 kustralian i li 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy or ... ... 60 all Bleonar. Iron & Coal ... ... 20 14 British Iron 5 7 35 26i Brazilianlmp.(issued at 1:!5 pm.) 30 all I Do. Cocaes & Culabo 3/ 4 20 15 :Do. St. John Del Re:, 21 23 1 i Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica I * 1 0 40 all Cobre Copper 54 57 55 5 le t Coloniai Gold — ... St. all Copper Min. of En,.. 30 35 25 all IDo. Prof. 7 p. cent 26 '2B ... le :Copiapo . l6 18 2 11 Fortuna i id 20 all'General l4 —l5 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinlieg 1 i 41 all Great Polgooth . • ••• • 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite, 2i lid 1 all Liberty • ••• 3 all 'Linares . 7 8 5 11 Lusitanian id t ' 1 all i illariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde — .. 20 all Pontgi.Sil.tz Le• Min 9 11 5 1 Port Philip — ••• 1 all IQuartz Rock — ... 50 all 'Rhymney Iron 25 27 15 all Do. New ~ 6 8 30 14i Santiago de Cuba... 21 21 • ... Os. 'Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 1 2/ 21 1 all South Australian..... 1 1 all ,Do. Scrip 1 all I Do. 10 per cent Prof ... ... .. 41 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. I 11 10 all fin Croft .. 281 all United Mexican . 3/ --41 3/ 1 all Waller . • • 1 all West Mariposa......, 1 1 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia .4. ... 94 ul MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 25 3 / 4 —26 t 1.0 ,11 I Australn. Royal Mail I‘,l all Berlin Water Works 63 _ 50 40 Brit. American Land _ 100 3 Canada..., 126 128 St 00 o.o4).6p.e.Jank7elly 13 3 / 4 1141 1141 St. 100 Do 6 p.c. Feb & Aug " St. 100 Do. 6 p c. Mar & Se p t 5 ail Crystal Palace ll 5 all Do. Preference...,..,, bi 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc 1 t Duston Iron Ore 20 15 3 / 4 Easters Steam St. 100 Electric Telegraph 94 96 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir 5 all En.diAns Cop Sm Co 1 —1/ 1 3 / 4 25 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Gen. Stearn Navigat. 16 all General Screw Steam 13 131 13 3 a 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 3 _ 4 2U 10 Magdalena St. Nay I g 10 all Siediteran. Thee. Tel. 8 io 10 all Merimn&S.Americn. 41 4i 4 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. ... 11p 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel . 10 5 Netherlands Land.— 11 20 all Do. Do. ..,. - 4i 5 3 Do. 8p c P iss at ld s _ 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 21- 26 N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. J all N. B. Australasian,.. a 10 15 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 131 13 13f 1 all Oriental Gas 1 —1/ 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" p IP Pm a ll Peel Er. Ld. & Mini.'. 24 2i 50 all Poninsular& Oriental 65 67 66} 6 50 10 Do. New 4 -- 5 p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 71 73 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1 3 / 4 1 1 Ditto Now - 131 - 25 all South Austral:Land 35 3 / 4 - 36 3 / 4 1 al: Submar. Tel. Scrip -- 1 all Do. Registered 21) 5 Truaa , Co.U.Can. • - 100 28 Val Dionten'k I,ano 16 —. 17 V.o2.6P•astuZiJuly „, WARWICK RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SELLING STAKES. Desdemona COUNTY STAKES: Lord Alfred Ten ran. DONCASTER - RACES. Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs each,ls ft, with 100 added. St. Leger course. Age st lb Mr. Sykes 6 9 0 Typee 6 8 12 Hungerford Saraband Lady Tatton 4 7 9 Alembic 5 7 6 Courtnnay 4 7 6 Yorkshire Grey 4 7 3 Stork . Vandal Bo!ton Imogene Lundyfoot 3 7 0 Marchioness Age st lb Mishap Pantomime Gortschakoff 3 6 8 Termagant 3 6 6 Prince of Orange 3 6 2 Gaudy Freston Kestrel Colt by Orlando out of Clarissa 3 5 10 Houghton 3 5 7 Pan niure Miss Harka way 3 5 5 THE FATAL CATASTROPHE IN LITTLE SWAN-ALLEY. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. We have paid a second visit to the scene of this dis aster, and on a further inspection of the neighbourhood we are impressed with the truth of our hastily-formed opinion of the dilapidated state of the houses, which are a disgrace to the City of London and unfit for the habi tation of human beings. Visitors to this great metro polis, as well as its inhabitants, as they crowd the lead ing thoroughfares and admire and extol the capacious buildings and gorgeous architecture which embellish our streets, little dream of the close confined avenues and dilapidated and filthy houses which lie hidden behind, veiled from the sight by a fringe of elegance—where squalor and wretchedness are to be found, and from whence pestilence and fever walks forth upon the breath of heaven, carrying death and desolation to all arounes The state of our metropolis, with regard to the dwellings of the industrious poor, is a disgrace to humanity and the age. Compelled from the imperious necessity of labour to locate themselves near where they earn their daily bread, these unfortunate individuals are obliged to accept any accommodation offered to them, and the grasping middleman, in the hopes of getting as much as possible out of his lease, turns a deaf ear to their entreaties for cleanliness, decency, security, and comfort; and then we are sometimes startled, as in this instance, with the announcement of the fall of a house, burying the wretched beings alive, and in many instances, as now, attended with loss of life. It is high time that some stringent powers were enacted to insure safety in dense and over-crowded localities, for the mere appointment of a district surveyor under the present act, to examine and keep secure the outside, is but providing half a re medy instead of a whole one. He may examine the outer walls of a house, and find them secure; but, having no power to enter and examine the interior, he is unable to say if that be secure, aad if not to order it to be made so. In this instance we find the danger was within, and had the house, internally and externally, been examined by an official responsible for his acts, in all probability we should not have to announce and deplore so lamentable and fatal an accident. On interrogating Mrs. Palmer, whose husband was killed, and who had herself a miraculous escape, she furnished us with the following details :—We occupied the back room on the first floor of the house, for which I paid Mr. Crane 2s. a-week rent. There were my hue band and myself, the baby in my arms, my boy, who was out in a situation, and my other children, Eliza beth, James, and Thomas Pullen, by a former marriage. We lived in the one room. My husband is a dock la bourer, and I am in the habit of going out washing. On Tuesday my poor boy was kept later at work at his situation than usual, and so his life was saved. About 9 I was preparing my husband's supper, when I heard a noise as if the walls were cracking, and saw dust falling from the ceiling. I said to my husband, " Oh, I am sure the house is falling." He replied that I was always thinking so ; it was the man in the next room sharpen. ing his knife. I said there was a noise of the man sharpening his knife, but it did not cause the walls to crack or the duE.t to fall, and I was sure the house must be falling. Nothing further was said, however ; we had our supper, and shortly after 10 o'clock we went to bed. In consequence of the baby crying I got up about 5 minutes to 12 o'clock, and gave him some milk. He fell asleep in my arms, when I felt toe board of the floor shaking under me. This was a few minutes after 12. I felt the shaking of the floor more, and I called out to my poor husband, "Oh ! Good God ! The house is falling ; save my poor children !" He got up, and said, "My God, the place is falling." The walls and floors wore shaking; he was trying to put on his trousers, and going to the corner of the room where my three children laid on the floor, to save t hem, no doubt. That is the last I saw .of them. I ran to the stairs screaming for Mrs. King to escape with her family. As I got towards the bottom of the stairs, they gave way under me, and as the house fell, I was thrown out with my boy in my arms on to the pavement in the court. I can recollect little more than that I and my baby were saved, and that we were nearly suffocated by the clouds of dust and mortar. My child was hurt by the fall. I have la'ely had strong doubts about the security of the house, and bad talked to my husband about leaving. Last Satur day night week Mr. Crane called upon me for the 2s. week rent. I said, "Mr. Crane, you had better have something done to the fire place, for it's not safe for me or my children ; we shall fall into the cellar some of these days." There was a large crack by the side of the fire place. He said that ho would call in a few days and look to it. He went away, but nothing had been done to the place. My husband war 31 years of age, Elizabeth Pullen 14, James 12, and Thomas 9, all of whom are dead. Last evening a meeting was held in the Ward School Room, London-wall, to consider what steps should be taken in reference to the accident ; Mr. Deputy Hale presided. A subscription was at once made for the sufferers. A resolution was also carried, that Messrs. Perkins, Saunders, and Wadd should be ap pointed a sub-committee, and that they, with the sub scriptions received, should purchase such furniture as was requisite for the poor persons whose goods had been destroyed, and otherwise minister to the necessi ties cf the survivors. The coroner's inquest will be opened by Mr. Payne on Friday next. On the news of the accident reaching the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor immediately repaired to the spot, and gave instructions that every possible attention should be paid to the injured persons. In the course of the morning several members of the Court of Common Council commenced a subscription for the sufferers, the lit being beaded by the Lord Mayor with a donation of 51., and which in a very short period amounted to up wards of 701. This morning Mr. Waddington, Mr. Perkins, Mr. C'arke, Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Elliott, assisted by Mr. Jones, the ward clerk, met at the same place, and commenced an inquiry into the state and condition of the survivors, with a view to their temporary relief. At the same meeting reports were received from Mr, Woodthorpe, the district surveyor, stating that mea sures had been taken to secure the adjoining houses which the inmates fled from in alarm the previous night leaving their little property behind them, in order that they might enter in safety and remove their fur niture. It was further stated that the walls of the ad joining houses, from the defective state of the founda tions and the heavy stacks of chimneys in m an y i ns t ances resting on the outer walls were in a very insecure state. , It is to be hoped that prompt measures will be taken to guard against another similar calamity. On inquiry at St. Bartholomew's Hospital this morn ing, we were gratified at bearing that the injuries of many of the unfortunate individuals were not of so serious a character as might have been expected from the nature of the accident. The only inmates of the hospital at present are John Seibert and his wife, who ere much bruised, particularly the wife, Jane Hodwin, Julia King, and Henry King. The deceased George Palmer was the husband of Mrs. Palmer above referred to, and the three children, Elizabeth Pullen, 14, James Pullen, 12, and Thomas Pullen, 9, also dead, were her children by a former husband. ... The inquest on the bodies of the above unfortunate persons will take place to-morrow (Friday). DARTMOUTH, Wednesday Morning. —The mail screw steam-ship Tynemouth has arrived, after a rapid run down Channel. This is the second ship of the new monthly line of mail steamers to the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Point de Galls, and Calcutta. She leaves this port on Saturday morning, the 6th, alter receiving the mails. She has a full cargo and 60 pas- sengers. SWIMMING —WOOLWICH BATHS.—A grand swimming gala took place at these baths yesterday, for the benefit of W. Woodbridge, under the patronage of the military schools. After several races had been well con t es t e d, Mr. Woodbridge illustrated this useful art by a vaaiety of scientific swimming, floating, diving, smoking, drink kg, and undressing under water, assisted by Mr. W. Smith, &c., to the great delight .and satisfaction of a vely numerous company. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr. Commissioner Tiolroyd was the Commissioner of the day, but the cases were simply for audits on small estates. CITY SHERIFF COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) NICHOLSON, OTFICIAL ASSIGNEE, &C., V. JONES. The plaintiffs in this action are the assignees of Messrs. Williams, formerly bankers in Smithfield, to recover the sum of 11., the balance of an account. Mr. Hudson appeared for the plaintiffs, and called one of the bankrupts, who proved that they had an account open against the defendant, and there was a balance due on the present bill, which had been made payable at the banking-house, and he had only paid in 211., but the bill was taken up and consequently the balance claimed was now due. The defendant persisted that he had paid the whole amount, and complained that the bankers had charged 3s. 6d. for making out the bill and ls. for taking it up. His Honour said they had nothing to do with the charges, and as he could not doubt the evidence he should make an order for the amount. Judgment accordingly. BIRD V. DIGGES V. ELDER.-.--.EXPENSES OF WITNERBBS UNDER SLYBPCENA TO THE SUPERIOR COURT. The plaintiff in this case is a performer at the Britannia Theatre, Eloaton, and the defendant is a dramatic author, and the claint was for 104. for attending as a witness at the Queen's Bench in an action brought by defendant against Mr. Lane, the proprietor of the Britannia, for performing a piece belonging to the defendant without having obtained licence so to do. His Honour said he did not like to encourage such cases, as he considered that witnesses ought to get their money from the parties at the time, and asked what was the result. Plaintiff said it was settled out of court, and de fendant received 101. for damages. His Honour said the law was by no means clear on the point, but he thought that it was the duty of the attorney to pay the costs ; not doing so caused a great deal of mischief, and left these courts to investigate the case. Mr. V. Field, a solicitor, said he always paid the wit- nesses. Mr. Hudson said it was not the general practice ; it would be unreasonable to ask an attorney to pay wit nesses, perhaps from 200 miles. His Honour ultimately gave a verdict for the amount claimed. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. It was stated in the Court of Bankruptcy this morning that a petition bad been brought in in this case, but as it had not yet been balloted, any further reference to it would be premature. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) BOW-STREET. BURGLARY WITH VIOLENCE.—Two young men, named Ford and /li'Dougall, were placed at the bar, charged with burglariously entering the house of No. 5, Great Queen-street, and also with stabbing a policeman. Police constable 154 F stated that this morning shortly before two o'clock, he was on duty in Great Queen-street, and saw Ford walking about the street, and in about ten minutes after he saw M'Dougall. He watched them fer a short time, but lost sight of them, and immediately after he heard a deep dull sound, as if a door had been forced open. He made his way to the area of No. 5, Great Queen-street, and looked down, and saw the pantry and coal-cellar door open. On look ing down a second time, the doors were closed, but he did not see who had done it. The sergeant then came up, and he told him that he thought the doors in the area had been forced open. He was erdered to watch the spot. Shortly afterwards he saw Ford in the pan try, and 111‘DJugall1lying;down in the area. He then ,prang his rattle for assistance, as both prisoners began to climb up the area. A brother constable came up, and he told him to take charge of Ford, and he would secure M'Dougall. Just as M'Dougall was coming over the area rails he drew a knife and+ cut his scarp, which he threw into the area, after which he appeared to return. When he again ascended the area he made a stab at him, which he warded off, and the knife for tunately only made a small wound on Mg hand. He threw the prisoner on the ground and kept him there some time. Finding Ford was overpowering his brother constable he left M'Dougall and went to his assistance. 111‘Dougall then got up and ran away, with the knife still in his possession. Police constable 29 F stated that a litt'e after two o'clock this morning he was passing down Great Queen street, and from what was told him he went and got a lanthern. He looked down the area of No. 5 and saw Ford in the pantry, the door of it leafing to the area be ing open ; ho also saw M`Daugall lying down i-i another part of the area. He immedia`ely sprang his rattle and both prisoners began to ascend to the street. Just as 111‘Daugall got to the top he appeared to fall back again, and when he ascended a se cond time he saw he hail a knife in his possession. While M'Dougall was at the rails he was struggling with last witness, and fearing he would do the constable some serious injury he (witness) pushed him back, and he then made a stab at him likewise. While they were engaged in a struggle with Ford M‘Dougall got up and ran away, but he was eventually apprehended by another constable in Wiid-court. After the prisoners had been securely confined in the station-house, he (witness) went back to Wild-court, as he saw him drop a knife down the area of one of the houses in the court. Hs found the knife produced in the area of No. 10. It was open when he found it. Police-constable 344 A said he heard the noise of a r‘ttle this morning shortly after 2, and saw M'Dougall running towards Wild-court, and a constable following him, calling out, " Stop, thief," and saying be had a knife in his possession. As he was passing IVl'Douga,ll made a stab at him, but he caught hold of his collar and threw him down. He heard the knife fall down the area. Inspector Mitchell, having taken the charge at the station, proceeded to examine the premises, No. 5, Great Queen-street, and found the door that led from the raa, to the pantry forced open, and on a safe near the spot he found a "jemmy," whicia corresponded with the marks in the pantry door. Both the kitchen windows had been prized open. Mary Stapleton said the premises entered by the men, No. 5, Great Queen•street, were in the occupation of Mr. W. H. Cox. At:half-past 11 o'clock last night she securely fastened the premises. The " jemmy" did not belong to Mr. Cox, and was not in the safe when she went to bed. Nothing had been taken from the pro• raises. Inspector Mitchell asked for a remand. The magistrate then remanded the prisoners till Thurs• day next. MA.RLBOROUGII-STREET. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—Morrice Medlicott, an eccen tric-looking young man, was charged before Mr. Bing ham with assaulting James Palmer, one of the door keepers at the Pantheon Bazaar, Great Marlborough street. Complainant stated that on the previous afternoon the prisoner, who was the worse for drink, endeavoured to force his way into the Baz'tar, to the great annoyance of the visitors. Witness expostulated with him, and trie I to persuade him to go away, but all to no purpose, as he persisted on his rights as a " true born Englieman" to enter the place. Witness, in order to get rid of him, took him into custody, and handed him over to a policeman. The prisoner then became very violent and struck and bit complainant about the arms and face, and It eventually required the united efforts of throe policemen to Ledo him in the station-house. The prisoner, who made a rambling statement about the rights of a "free-born Englishman," was fined 403. The money not being forthcoming he was committed to prison for 14 days. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY BY A TICKET-OF -LEAVE MAN-- Michael Cocklin, remanded frim. last Saturday, was brougl.t up this day, at balf-pait twelve o'clock, before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a watch value 4/. from the person of John Clifford, a seaman lo3ging in Rat- cliff-street, St. George-in-the• East. The case was clearly made out against the prisoner on the first examination. The prisoner snatched the watch from the prosecutor's waistcoat pocket on the morning of the 28th ult., and handed it to a confederate. He was pursued and overtaken. It was proved that he was a ticket-of-leave man, and although only 25 years of age had been repeatedly in custody for serious offences. Cochlin admitted his guilt, and said he wished the magistrate to dispose of the case summarily. The magistrate said he would dispose of the case sum marily if the watch was forthcoming by this day (Thurs day), but otherwise he would commit the prisoner for trial. On the prisoner being put to the bar, Mr. Selfe asked if the watch had been restored to the prosecutor ? The prisoner—l have not got it ; I never had it, sir. Mr, Solfe—Yea you had. Two witnesaeo ow you steel the watch in Ratcliff•highway, Where is the pro- secutor ? A policeman said the prosecutor was not present, and that the pris:,ntr's friends had settled the matter. Mr. Selfe would not allow justice to be defeated. He directed a summons to be issued for the attendance of the sailor, and remanded the prisoner till Saturday. LITERATURE. The Sketcher. By the Rev. J. Eagles, A.M. 1 Vol. Blackwood. This volunr consists of a series of papers origin ally published in Blackwood's Magazine, full of art criticisms, and offering the greatest attractions to the amateur painter. The author, the late Rev. J. E igles, was himself an accomplished artist, as well as an enthusiastic lover of nature. His papers are full of suggestions of great practi cal ♦alue to the student, and the criticisms on the different styles of some of the old painters are evi dently the opinions of one who has deeply studied the subjects he discusses. His descriptions of scenery, and his directions for the selection of a spot for a sketch, will be very interesting to the landscape painter. The first half of the volume is occupied with the author's own meditations and remarks ; but in the latter part he introduces a companion under the name of Pictor, with whom he has many pleasant conversations. The reader gains by this addition, for numerous graceful and musical scraps of verse are introduced as the production of Pictor. The following is a sample : " THE PAINTER'S GRAVE. Where shall the sunbeams play I Where shall the moonbeams light I For him who bade them stay, With hand of power and might— Upon the Painter's grave. Where the stormy pageants rise, The harmless lightning fly I Where the magician lies That fixed them in the sky— Before the Painter's grave. Where shall the flow'rets shed Sweet odours 1 O'er his earth Who from their lowly bed Gave them immortal birth— Upon the Painter's grave. Where shall the aged rest, And own one friend he found, That thought grey ha'rs were best, And age like holy ground? Upon the Painter's grave. Where shall the maiden meek, Whose beauty would not die, Go lean her pen-ive check, Or look with gentle eye I Upon the Painter's grave I" Together the two painters wander among some of the beautiful scenery of rural England, wisely dis coursing on the various landscapes that present themselves to their view, and mingling imagina tion and criticism, fact and fancy, in a very fasci nating manner. One point, however, in which both of them agree, is open to dispute. They de cry any attempt at scientific knowledge, which the author appears to regard with a mixture of con tempt and indignation, as though it destroyed all taste for the picturesque, and offered nothing in its place but a string of hard names. He shares, in fact, the same idea that Campbell expresses in his beautiful lines ou the rainbow, when he says— " When Science from Creation's faca Enchantment's veil withdraws ; What lovely visions yield their place To cold material laws." However eloquently this feeling may be expressed it is one that the philosopher will - be hardly dis posed to tolerate. He who devotes himself to a laborious research into the hidden laws that govern the world around us is probably as great an enthu siast in his own particular study as the painter or poet in his. Their superficial knowledge of botani cal or geological terms may indeed produce an un imaginative pedant, but it is to be questioned if one who would rest satisfied with such limited in formation would at any time have proved a very ardent worshipper of Nature—the harmony and beauty of the governing laws of natural science, the wonderful completeness of the minutest parts of that marvellous governance without which not even a sparrow falls. The author himself proves indirectly how little an acquaintance with funda mental principles need mar the imaginative enjoy ment of a cultivated mind, for he enters into the minutest principles of his favourite art ; he tries experiments ih mixing his colours, he studies the effects of light and shade—nay, he houses in the most beautiful localities, to select which would be the most suitable and effective position for taking a sketch what hills or trees would be bettor omitted or retained, and how a careful ar rangement of the object will best preserve the spirit of the scene—yet few appreciate s ) highly all the charms of a beautful view, or could feel so quickly all its imaginative associations. The fol lowing passage from the earlier pages of the work shows what au elevated view he takes of his favou rite pursuit, and how well he expresses the feeling of all true artists : " Ii in any way I pretend to instruct, it is that I may learn ; for that is but a poor art or science which is soon mastered. The advantage of a true pursuit is, that it never ends; and this is thoroughly the case with the sketcher. New fields of beauty open to him at every step he advances ; he lays up ne v acquirements, and all of them come to him with delight. It should be our happiness, not our lamentation, that Art is long, Life is short'—' Ars longs, Vita brevis'—for surely we would not wish the pursuit to end before life, nor with it; we might be pardoned rather for the belief that whatever is good will never end. Why did Cato in extreme age learn Greek, but that he looked to converse with Homer and Hesiod, and Pindar, in the meadows of asphodel beyond the Styx It is the instinct of taste to believe itself immortal. It is, if not a positive virtue, akin to all the virtues, and they die not. It is showered down to us as the fruit of that plant' which Milton asserts grows not on mortal soil,'— ' But lives and spreads aloft by those pureeyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove.'. Where is the fountain head of al Harmony ?—what is Art ?—what is Music ' •—what Poetry ? Are they only hereseen, heard, and felt ere ? What are they, and the genius that interprets them, but gifts falling on earth unperceived as the dews of heaven—as from a divine and infinite storehouse ? It is some such belief that gives perpetuity to study ; it sanctifies innocent and im proving, because vie.uous, amusement. He who has it, walks the hills and valleys with an elastic step, elated with the dignity of duty, and happy in his thankfulness. "It is important that every one who has a pursuit which is justified to his conscience, should have a per suasion of this its perpetuity, and of its progression to wards a better excellence. There was a hopeful signifi cance in the fabulous heathen invention of the golden chain connecting heaven and earth. It is abhcrrent to our instincts to believe that any of the links that make together the chain of human perfection (and Taste, which is the perception of beauty, truth, and every virtue, is a link), will be suddenly snapped, and all con nection broken, and for ever. It cannot be. The notion would take from life its energy, its charm, and every object for which life is worth anything. It would make the biography of the brightest genius but an elon gated tombstone. lam persuaded that there never was a sketcher who at some time or other—nay, many times, when his sense of the beauty of the scene before him and his work were growing together—has not had such thoughts pass through his mind. They naturally, there fore, and fitly, belong to the preface of the following attempt." _ _ . The author is described, in an introductory me moir, as having been an artist of great ability as well as a connoisseur. He was for many years a contributor to the pages of Blackwood's Magazine. The papers bearing the title of " The Sketcher" appeared many years ago, but he remained among its most esteemed contributors to the last. His latest article was the review of " Once upon a Time," by Charles Knight. As well as these pa pers on Art, he was in the habit of writing ou clas sical subjects, and on the topics of the day. He lived a retired life, though his abilities were highly prized among his immediate circle of friends. At one time he was curate to the Rev. Sydney Smith. All interested in the study of the beautiful, and of which he was such a devoted admirer, will find pleasure and profit in this volume, while those with a lesser share of the taste and talents of its author will derive lunch gratification from its perusal, if the claims of nature and art are not wholly indifferent to them. On the Treatment of the Insane without Afechanica Restraints. By John Conolly, J.D.N Smith, Elder, and Co. A deeply interesting work on a subject which naturally enough has long engaged the attention of the humane and benevolent. The reader has presented before him a picture of the Asylums for the Insane as they flourished in their brutality and iniquity in times past, of the difficulties with which the advocates of the. principle of abstinence from mechanical restraints have had to contend, of the progress they have made, and the improved mode of treatment, generally speaking, adopted in most of the asylums of the present day. The contrast is sufficiently striking, and must be contemplated by the author, who has done so much to promote this improved treatment, with the deepest satisfaction. Indeed, Dr. Conolly confesacs as much, and in proof of his continued anxiety to have the good \work furthered we find him offering a number of suggestions whereby the management of public asylums may be improved. The various objections made to the principle with which be is identified, wemay add, are ably combatted and illustrations dreg from the experience of medical mom both at home and abroad contribute largely to the esta. blishment of his views as embracing the true prin ciples of successful treatment. The following ex tract- will show how asylums were conducted in the "good old days :" "Secrecy bad long been the protection of the oMeers. The physicians administered medicines of which the na ture was concealed. Visitors were, as much as possible„ excluded. Toe committee of managers were equally ar r igant and ign-irant. Every abuse reign:ll uncontrolled. The poorer patients were half starved. There was, no classification withi n d oors or w i t h ou t . Cl ean li ness and ventilation were disregarded. Numbers of patients were huddled together in small day•rJom4. Some slept three in a bed. The use of chains seems to,have been very general. The actual disappearance of many patients was never accounted for ; and some ware supposed to have been killed. In reporting the number of deaths, several —sometimes 100 out of 300 —Were taken from the list of dead, and placed in the list of cured. A general system of dishonesty and peculation prevailed. The physician was dishonest; the steward falsified his accounts an d burnt his books ; and the matron, a worthy coadjutor, made a profit on the articles purchased by her for the use of the house." Having shown the progress made in the practice of non-restraint in public asylums, Dr. CJnolly re marks : "But the example set in them has forced some degree of reform into every institution for insane persons, hoe. ever private. Even in workhouses, although still deft& cient in the proper means of treating the many recent cases almost unavoidably sent to them, the principles of treatment are better- understood than formerly, so that the number of furious cases brought into the county asylums is probably less than it used to be. The old method of at once, and indiscriminately, fastening down every troublesome patient, made many frantic who are now preserved from that dreadful aggravation of their malady, and preserved by the kindness and judgment of the medical officers of parish unions. The very great improvement in private asylums has been mainly pro. moted by the indefatigable industry of the Commis sioners in Lunacy during the last ten years ' • but some of the improv e m en t, it is bat just to say, has been spon taneous on the part of the proprietors of the most re• spectable of such establishments, men of high character and education, and not without a considerable sacrifice of money. It is yet to be regretted that licences cannot in all cases be restricted to persons so qualified and die. posed ; an.l that the mbst 'specious appearances, includ ing prompt and wonderful unfastenings and dressings of the astonished patients, are too successfully emp'oyed to make the inspection of the Commis-;inners futile. As too many of the private asylums are still deficient in the means of non-restraint, and either superintended or visited by medical men who have taken no pains to ac quaint themselves with the practice of large asylums, I have never ventured to say that mechanical restraints can be wholly abolished in them. It occasions, there. fore, no great surprise to find that the managers of only thirty-seven private asylums, out of eighty-four from which returns were made to the Commissioners, had contrived to conduct their houses without mechanical restraints when the Eighth Report was published. There is too much reason to fear that, in the faurty-four other private asylums from which no returns were made, the discreet silence proves the preservation of most of the old abuses." There is, it will be seen, need for closer inspection, as well as fur more discretion, in granting licences to insure proper treatment for such of our unfortunate fellow-creatures as, by the violation of natural laws, or a mysterious Providence, are deprive! of the blessed gift of reason. Prelatico Presbyterianism. By the Rev. Richard Dill, A.M. Dublin : M‘Glashan and Gill. The author of this work would appear to be one of those right•miuded men who will not wink nor connive at abuses in the Church, however great the hazard of "impracticability"—that, we believe, is the modern word for straightforwardness—and who accordingly have to suffer for it. Left exe cutor to the bequest of a Mrs. M-igee, for a Pres byterian College, Mr. DIU, it is his state ment not ours, was plied with all sorts of cajollery and appliances of coercion to abandon his trust, but plied in vain. Now, having contended suc cessfully for the proper application of the trust, we find him 'defending himself against certain alleged calumnies embodied in the minutes of the Presbyterian Assembly. Into the particulars of these it is not necessary we should enter. Those who feel interested in th© case will buy the book, in which they will further find an exposure and denunciation of the prelatic tendencies of certain dominant members of the Presbyterian Church in Leland. A. Descriptive Dictionary of the Tndi'zn, Islands and Adjacent Countries. By John Crawford, F.R.S. Bradbury and Evans. In the compass of a crown octavo volume those who are desirous to become acquainted with the history, products, &c., of these interesting islands and the countries adjacent, will find au ample and well arranged store of useful information. Some years ago the author published a descriptive ac count, which, instead of re-publishing, he has thrown into the present form, adding thereto all the information he has acquired since that period. The wisdom of this measure is apparent at a glance, for the reader has but to turn to a particular letter t , ) obtain what otherwise would occasion him some d:3gree of research, null perhap 4, in addition, a feeling of apprehension at the apparent inigriitude of his task to discover. An excellent !nip accom panies the work, and contributes to its sterling value. The Military ol•jamisation, Administration of Franc. By Thomas Jams Tir3A3ray. Thos. Cantley Newby. The second, and we suppole, concluding volume of a work on the above subjdct, the materials for which have been drawn, we are told, from official and other authentic sources of information. The generally recognised necessity for reform in our military system r2nders a reliable description of the way in which military affairs are administered by our warlike neighbours desirable, and so far as we can judge the volume before us may be de pended upon for furnishing the required informa tion in a lucid and methodical manner. GUARDS' DINNER ABSENTEES. (From Punch.) Various significant absences were observe .I at the dinner to the Guards in the Surrey-gardens. Some of these might have been less sarcastically remarked upon, had the committee thought proper to read the notes of ap logy which were transmitted from certain distin guished quarters. We have:been favoured with copies of some of the documents in question, and print then as a mere matter of justice : " Lord Cardigan presents his compliments to Mr. Sams, and very much regrets that a round of public d in ners, given to himself by his dependents, will prevent his dining with the Guards on Monday, and exhibiting to them the coat and inexpressibles in which be had the pleasure of winning the battle of B.llaklava. But hie Lordship sends the spurs which he use:l during his re turn from that exploit, and not even one of the carpere at his laurels will be able to deny that those articles have undergone hard service. " P.S.—He wonders that Mr. Satre 's good taste will allow him to keep in his window the picture of such a person as Lord Lucan." " The Earl of Lucan has received Mr. Sams's circular, and begs to intimate that he shall not attend the dinner to the Guards. The practice of making an undue fuse hcut the private soldier, who, in doing his best, merely does that which he is hired to do, appears.to Lord Lucan to be highly detrimental to the interests of the service. Besile3, the Ear! has to confidence in the committee, who appear to be chiefly members of an inferior class of society, and he has no guarantee that distespectial toasts, ralccting on thole who P-,e supposed to have caused the unavo . dahle tni•brtunce of the late war, may not be introduced. The Lord Mayor may be a respect able man, but real lords ought tot to be asked to asso ciate with annuals. " P.S.—He is surprised that Mr. Sams should deco.. rate (?) the corner of St. James's-street with a likeness of such an individual as Lord Cardigan." "Mr. Filder's compliments to Mr. Same, and certainly will not come to the dinner which it is proposed to give to the Guards. He believes that the affair will end disas trously, as it is most preposterous to believe that provi tion can be made for supplying 2,000 men with meat, chink, and tobacco for a whole evening at eo short a notice as one month. He would suggest the Postpone ment of the dinner until the summer of 1858, by which time the committee might, if they availed themselves of Mr. Filder's assistance, be able to make the necessary arrangements. But he must decline be in g party to any ill-considered attempt, as the comfo rt of British soldiers ought not to be risked in the hands of incompetency." , A CLOUD OF GNATS. —Galignanz records a singular phenomenon which occurred on Saturday at Saint Pons (Allier). At about six o'clock in the evening, atter vet) , 'fine day, the sky became suddenly obscured aul a cloud of gnats alighted on the town. The walls and roofs of the houses, and the pavement._ of the streets, wt re, it is said, c overed with the insects as with a thick black dust. The inhabitants, too, were attacked by the gnats and suffered a good deal from their bites. Not a few of the insects, it is alleged, not content with attacking people in the hands and feet, penetrated through their clothes and bit them severely. A letter from Constantinople, of the 21st, in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says " The council of Tanzimat continues to occupy itself with the question of railways, but thus far has decided nothing. The railway from Smyrna to Aidin was about to be C ected to an English company represented by a Mr. Wilkins, but the company sought to impose the con dition that it should have the preference for the railway from Constantinople. to Adrianople and Belgrade, and all at once a Greek, M. 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