The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-19 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Vigilant, 5, screw gun-vessel, was taken into the ship basin, at Portsmouth, yesterday, to be masted and rigged for the first-class steam ordinary. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Firebrand, 6, com missioned at Woolwich by Commander J. M. Bruce in November, 1859, for North America and the West Indies, having returned to Woolwich to re cruit her ship's company and undergo some slight repairs, yesterday completed her discharge of stores and baggage, the property of deceased officers and men belonging to that ship, as well as the Impe rieuse, the Centaur, the Sphinx, Princess Charlotte, and other ships of war engaged on the olnua station. The Firebrand, according to an authentic Admiralty circular, lost by yellow fever in the West Indies and at Halifax one assist.-paymaster, two engineers, one additional boatswain, and 47 seamen. She also landed 28 invalids at Port Royal, 14 of whom subsequently died in hospital there. The services of the medical officers of the Firebrand under the eventful circumstances were such as to call forth the highest praise and commendation from the C om mander-in-Chief on the station. It is not the intention of the Admiralty, as affirmed by severa l of the morning journals in their Naval Intelligence of yes terday, to pay off the Firebrand, w hich, after the slight repairs necessary, will resume her duties. The Lords of the Admiralty having approved the naval short rifles (five grooves, and one turn in four feet) being substituted for the Enfield short rifle of 1856, the former is to be forthwith used through out the service. Notice WEN yesterday given at Chatham Dock yard that the next examination of candidates for apprenticeship at that establishment will be held on the 6th and 7th of January, 1862. A list of the names of the candidates is to be forwarded to the Admiralty one month beforehand. The examina tions will be conducted by the Civil Service Com missioners. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander d'Arcy S. Preston, to the Medea ; C. C. Scott, master, to the Indus for the Styx; J. C. Thomas, second master, to the Jackal ; Charles P. Hodges, second master. to the Dee; J. H. B eane, supernumerary i n th e Asia, promoted to the rank of chief engineer ; G. M. Dooley, acting engineer, transferred from the Fis gard to the Asia as supernumerary ; J. Petts, act ing second-class assist.-engineer, additional, to the Arrogant for the Handy, vice Hawkins ; T. C. Thomas, paymaster, to the Hawke ; T. Hockings, paymaster, to the Formidable; Henry S. Collins, paymaster, to the Donegal ; and Luke Masterson, paymaster, to the Cornwallis. THE A.RMI Gen. Sir R. Dacres, attended by the garrison staff, yesterday inspected on Woolwich_common the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and sth batteries of the 13th bri• gade Field Artillery, recently arrived at headquar ters from India. The batteries were paraded in heavy marching order on the review ground, and from the fact of their having sustained heavy losses and rendered most important services in the late campaign, they excited much interest. The General expressed himself in terms of high commendation as to the result of his inspection, which was fully ac quiesced in by every one present. By direction of the General commanding at Malta garrison, various junior officers attached to the Royal Malta Fencibles Artillery will proceed to Wool wich to join Lieu t. Portelli, who is undergoing a course of gunnery and equitation exercise under the brigade officers of the Royal Artillery. The officers named for the purpose are Lieuts. W. Sciortino, J. Rutter, P. Bernard, F. Gatt, and G. Speranza. The arrangements for the subdivision of the depot brigade of Artillery being complete, the strength of the depot at Warley is to be augmented by the for mation of an additional battalion. A separate staff at each of the stations—viz., Woolwich, Sheerness, and Warley, is under considerations. Lieut.-Col. Radcliffe and Dr.Fogo have been ordered to do duty with the Warley depot. The colonelcy of her Majesty's 22d Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry has become vacant by the death of Gen. G. R. Kemp on Monday last. The deceased General was in the 82d year of his age. The non-commissioned officers of the 10th brigade of Royal Artillery have forwarded to Mr. Tuohay, professor of sword exercise and gymnastics to the Royal Naval College, and her Majesty's ships Ex cellent and Britannia at Portsmouth, a valuable ring and an address, in which they express their thanks for the very able manner in which he instructed them in the new sword exercise. This exercise, as remarkable for effectiveness as simplicity, contains but four cuts, four guards, and two points, the latter delivered direct from the guards. The" attack" and " defence" is apparently a system of loose play,such as might be expected in a melee, and containing but few movements. It liras been now some time adopted throughout the naval service. The 33d company of Royal Engineers, which has been placed under orders to proceed to Malta, has been augmented to 120 non-commissioned officers and men from the depot companies at headquarters, Brompton. The 31st company, which embarks for Gibraltar, has been completed to 100 men of all ranks. Intelligenee was yesterday received from the office of the Quartermaster-General that the 31st and 33d companies will leave Chatham about the 26th, and embark on board the Himalaya screw steamer. The 34th company, which has just arrived at Chatham from Shorncliffe Camp, is to be raised to its proper strength of 100 men of all ranks before proceeding to Bermuda to relieve the 26th con- Pally, which returns to England. Lieut. R. 11. Vetch will take the command of the 34th to Bermuda. Several important alterations and improvements having been effected in the carriages and waggons for the 12-pounder Armstrong guns, the Ordnance Select Committee, on the recommendation of the Superintendent of the Royal Carriage Department, ordered the same to be adopted forthwith. The im provements effected include the removal of the elevating screw plate, instead of which the carriage is fitted with a longer elevating screw, the gun being secured to the carriage by a chain and ring. Solid pins, with an eye at the end for a leather tie, are substituted for the split pins at present used for securing the washers of the elevating screw bolt and traversing screw. A stout iron plate is pined over the ent. of the lid of the centre-box of limber to pro tect it when limbering up, and the top of the box is covered with canvas to keep out wet. Grooves are also made along the platform of the waggon to allow the moisture to escape and to admit a current of air underneath the boxes. The tops of the oilcans have been strengthened, and the key for unscrewing the metal plugs removed to the centre limber box, so as to be out of the way of the knapsack. A notification was Yesterdayreceived at Chatham, that the reeen t experiments made with thel2- pounder (81 ce et.) Armstrong g uns h aving primers led to the conclu sion that the use of may be dispensed with, a new vent-piece for guns of the ab ove ca lib re h as been approved, in which the di ameter of the ver tical part of the vent is 0.222 in., and of the hori zontal part, 0 31n- It has also b een directed that the old pattern vent-pieces which have been issued should be returned into store, and the vents altered to the above dimensions. THE LAW OF ARREST FOR DEBT IN FRANCE. The Civil Tribunal of the Seine has just decided a q ues ti on of some importance relative to the right of provisional arrest for debt in the case of foreigners. M. Laffrentz, a foreigner, who was arrested on the 3d inst. for a debt of .5,7311, the amount of three bills of exchange, drawn by a M. Schoemaker, and endorsed to MM. Mitchell and De pierre, applied to the Tribunal by counsel, demanding that his arrest should be dec:arud null, on the ground that M. Mitchell, being alao foreigner, was not entitled to exercise the right of provisional arrest. On the other hand, the ad vocate of MM. Mitchell and Dopierre argued that, although M. Mitchell, the gerant of the company, was not a French man, the other partner was, and that the company twist co nsequently be entitled to the same privileges as it' all the partners were Frenchmen. After hearing the Advocate "'Penal lisnoist, who spoke against the validity of the ar rest, the Tribunal d ec id e that, as Mitchell was not acting in his individual bt e ' a eitY, but as the representative of a French company, arrest was good in law, and must be maintained accordingiy. JONES S TARGET v. THE ARMSTRONG G I7N. These interesting experiments were resumed at Portsmouth yesterday, with the plates placed in an upright position, instead of at an angle of 50 deg., as on the trial s which took place on the 21st ult. The tests of ysterday can only be applied to the principle as advocated by Mr. Jones as afforci:ng comparative results of the effect of the 100-pounder A r mstrong throwing a 1101 b. bolt with 141 b. of powder upon iron plates placed in a vertical posi tion and at an angle of 50 deg. The results of the firing yesterday and on the previous trial will afford most valuable data from which correct deductions may be drawn as to the precise effect of shot upon iron plates, whether of ships or batteries, at various angles of inclination. It has been argued that these results might have been obtained by less expensive methods ; but the partisans of such a creed can know but little of the matter they so coolly decide, for no manipulation of figures could give the results which have been and will be gained from the firing , at the angulated target when the two trials are fully reported upon and concluded. The p!actice took place from the same gun, with the same weight of projectile and charge of powder as were used on the last trial. The target, it may be requisite to repeat, was faced with four plates, two on the left of 41-foch iron, and the two on the right of 5-inch. The 5-inCh plate on the former trial, with the plates at an angle; received only one shot which made an indentatiOn of a of an inch at its deepest indent. The 41-inc h l plate averaged an shot yesterday indentation of 11 inches. No. struck the junction of the midship . 41 and 5 inch plates a little above the centre, makii?g indents on the edge of the 41-inch of 19 inches, old on the edge of the 5-inch of 1 inches, but showed no symptoms of cracks. This shot was a remarkable illustration of the support afforded by the strips of iron plate let into the face of the wooden backing to support the edges of the armour-plates against the impact of the shot, and proves that the expen sive process of tongueing and grooving the edges of the plates can only tend to render them vastly weaker. than they would be in their normal state as plain metal slabs. The former trial proves this as con clusively as the one of yesterday. No. 2 shot struck the midship 41-inch plate—the one that had been so tremendously pounded on the last trial — and brought it down upon the Griper's deck from off the face of the target, the parts of the plate where it had been so severely punished previously by the shot separating and flying off in large scales, and being scattered about the Griper's deck, while the main pieces remaining on the deck, instead of unfortunately falling overboard, as did one subse quently, afforded a capital opportunity for its exa mination. No. 3 took effect in the centre of the midship 5-inch plate, making an indent of 11 inch. No. 4 made an indent to the right of No. 3 of la inch, with several cracks, the diameter of the indent in all the instances being about 7 inches—that is, taking in the bulging inwards of the plate, the given depth of the indentation being only in the circum ference of the part of the plate struck by the shot. No. 4 struck the upper part of the remaining 41- inch plate on the outer edge, and broke out a semi circular piece 18 inches in dia.meter, separating the layers of the metal to some distance, and driving portions of the surface of the plate on a level with its reverse. No. 7 struck the ouiside 5-inch plate right on its centre line, one-third of its length from the top part, making an indent of 1 inch. No. 8 shot struck the same plate, on the same line as the last shot, but one-third of the distance from the bot tom ; and No. 9 struck on the same central line, and between 7 and 8, the indentations averaging 11 inch, and the edges of the plate bulging outwards from.;the centre where three shots had been planted in a perpendicular line. No. 10 shot struck the 41- inch plate on the lower part of its inner edge, the outer circumference of the blow being 2 inches, however, from the actual edge of the plate, and broke of an irregular-shaped piece 24 inches in length by 17 inches in breadth, and causing a severe crack two feet distant from the centre of the blow, also starting one of the pine backing bolts back through the inner skin. No. 11 shot's outer and upper circumference touched No. 5, fracturing the plate 12 inches by nine, the broken piece being only supported in its position by the other portions of the plate. The 12th shot struck the outer edge of the outer 5-inch plate, carrying sway a portion about the diameter of the shot, and causing a crack in a perpendicular line through Nos. 7,8, and 9 shots on the same plate, the crack being three feet in length and open A quarter of an inch. No. 13, the closing shot, brought down the outer- 5-inch plate from the target, and toppled it overboard most unfortunately, so that any further examination of its state at present was precluded. An examination of this plate would:havelbeen the' i most importantland interesting part of the day's proceedings, as giving the most conclusive evidence of the comparative re sults of firing at vertical and oblique objects. The plate was immediately buoyed, and will be reco vered for examination with the remaining two plates still on the face of the target, which will be removed from their present position for that purpose. Until this has been done no precisely accurate conclusions can be arrived at as to the ac tual difference in the effect of shot, of the same calibre, fired at plates in an upright and an oblique position. On laminated plates thegreat injury:caused by the shot's impact, it is not on the outed surface, where the blow is actually struck, but on the inner surface, or reverse, and consequently, as befire stated, no positively correct results can be arrived at until the inner surface of the plates have been carefully examined and contrasted. From an exa mination of those portions of the plates which had balged off from the pine backing it could be, how ever, plainly ascertained that the fracture on the plates' reverse, caused by the indentation of the shot when the plates were upright as yesterday, was vastly greater than when they were placed obliquely as on the last trial. One other matter was obvious at the close of yesterday's firing, and was one of no little importance. It was that if a plate's fastenings on an upright side of a vessel were destroyed the plate itself must fall overboard and leave that por tion of the side defenceless, whereas this would not so readily happen on sloping sides. When the plates have been removed from the target, and the one recovered that has been sunk, and all carefully examined, it will be necessary to return to the sub ject again, containing as it does points of the very highest importance relative to the form of our future iron ships. The principle advocated by Mr. Jones may be correctly termed deflection, whereas the one tried yesterday was resistance. A NEW FIELD FOR THE COTTON SUPPLY. While the narrow-minded and conceited people of the rebellious States are offering their corrupting cotton bait with one hand, and presenting with the other a blank to be filled and returned by England and France, recognising them as a power in Christendom, the enterprising people of the North have turned their attention to a field that will furnish an abundant supply of the raw material for nearly the whole world. That field is Central America. It contains a greater area of cotton-pro ducing land than all the " Seceded" States alto gether, and the quality of the cotton is as good as the best that is produced in any country. In the Southern States the cotton plant, an annual, is killed every year by the frosts ; whereas in Central America it is perennial. The best variety, the auguilla, commercially known as the Sea island, is a native of Honduras, and was introduced into South Carolina shortly after the revolution. The cotton of Central America is equal in quality to that grown in Jamaica, South Carolina, or Florida, and superior to the best productions of India or Egypt. The yield per acre is more than double that of the Southern States, there being two crops a year. The soil is almost inexhaustible, the climate is delightful, and labour cheap. On the Pacific coast there are extensive plateaux, which are only waiting the attention of the careful and thrifty planter; and the forest trees which would need to be cleared are such as always find a ready market at remunerative prices in the Northern States and Western Europe—such- as mahogany, cedar, and Brazil wood. The climate of Central America, though warm, is not oppressive; it is not so debilitating:as:to prevent white men from engaging in active out-door em ployment. It is exceedingly healthy. Free labour is abundant and cheap. There are no slaves, and the services of the natives can be procured at the average rate of 25 cents (ls Old) per head per day. This is less than one-half the cost of slave labour in the cotton districts of the South. There is little doubt but that the prime movers in the "filibustering" expeditions sent out to Nicara gua well understood the importance of that country as a cotton-growing region. Poor Walker was only a tool for the wicked and crafty projectors of the present rebellion. To possess themselves of Central America was the first part in the " Seces sion,' programme. They are not so mad as to sup pose that the Southern States can, for any lengthened period, influence the cotton market. They were anxious to extend the area of their power at as early a day as possible—in advance of the attention of other nations being drawn to that section. Thtar clamourabout "Ring Cotton," their anxiety to secure the favou ra bl e notice of Europe, has part l y been occasioned by the fear that some rival would appear on the stage t o put all their assumpt i ons and pretensions to the test. That rival has ap peared, and through Northern enterprise it will soon be made apparent to the sham, greedy, tinsel rigged chivalry of " Secession," th a t t h e move which they have precipitated will nitimatelyend in discomfiture as cotton producers. The advantages which were kindly left for them by the not over- • scrupulous Manchester manufacturers, and the too indulgent weavers of Lynn, will pass for ever. Their attempts to perpetuate and extend fraud and violence, their lust of dominion, their greed for gold, have blinded their eyes to their own interests. They had not mach to hold up for the admiration of the world ; but their " peculiar i nst itutions" were tolerate& Now the little which they had will be taken from them. The people of Britain are getting aroused to their interests,and we hope to their duty. They see that of Canolipa, and they are beginning it will not Jo tust to the caprices of such a race as the chivalry to active steps for their yearly supply of cotton from other resources. India and Jamaica will soon be able to provide for the mills of England. On the other hand Massachusetts cad loQk with safety to the fields of Central America for aS much of the raw material as she requires, and of a better growth than she has been accustomed to receive from her disagreeable neighbours of Mississippi and Carolina. We should like to see the two countries, England and the United States, co-operate in the develop ment of Central America. From all that we can learn of the productive capacities of that region (and our authorities are entirely reliable and pretty com plete) the same attention bestowed upon it which has been given to the " cotton zone" of the Southern States would be five-fold more remune rative. We should like to see earnest inquiries in that direction commenced by English gentlemen who are interested pecuniarily in/the growth of cotton, and by that other numerous and influen tial class whose sole aim is to overturn and de stroy the barbarous dominion of slavery.—London American. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 18. (Before Mr. Whateley, Q.C.) EXEMPLARY CONDUCT OF A LICENSED VIC TUALLER.—Maria Smith, 21, Margaret Levy, 29, and Thomas Burke, 26, were indicted for stealing the sum of 4s. lid., the moneys of William Staples, from his person. Mr. Foot prosecuted. Mr. Taylor defended Burke. The prosecutor was a farm labourer, and lived at St. Mary's Cray, Kent, and on the morning of the sth inst. he was in the Two Spies public-house, Catherine-street, Strand, and joined in with the three prisoners, who were standing in front of the bar. Smith thrust her hand into his pocket and took out an old purse, containing three shillings, two sixpences, and three halfpence, which she passed to Levy, and from Levy it was handed over to Burke. Mr. Lawson, the landlord of the house, had some suspicion of the prisoners, and on hearing the prosecutor say he had been robbed, he ran round the counter, locked the doors, and sent for the police. Burke said he would knock the land lord's - brains out if he did not open the door and let them out ; but they were given in charge, and part of the money was found on the floor. The prisoners were found guilty, and former con victions were proved against Burke and Smith. Levy was not known. His lordship sentenced Burke to three years' penal servitude, Smith to 18 months, and Levy to six months' hard labour. In returning their verdict the jury said they wished to add that they considered the conduct of the landlord very praiseworthy and creditable, and that it would be well if all landlords acted with equal promptitude under such circumstances. His lordship said he quite agreed with the jury. Mr. Lawson had conducted himself very worthily in the matter, and it ought to be mentioned to his credit. Joseph Edwards, 26, and John Church, 22, were indicted for being found by night unlawfully in possession, without lawful excuse, of implements used in house-breaking, to wit, skeleton keys and a jemmy. John Daniel Morton stated that he was • the manager of the Pakenham Tavern at Knightsbridge. On the evening of Aug. 20 the prisoners went there and sat in the concert-room and ordered some ale. He went down stairs, and on returning missed Church, and he proceeded up stairs to a floor above the concert-room, where he found Church, who said he was in search of the closet. Church was in the dark, near the door, which was open, but had been seen locked just before. He seemed very anxious to find a closet, but the witness would not let him go, and sent fora policeman. Then he made a rush to the landing-window and threw something out on the tiles. The prisoners were given in charge, and next morning a search was made, and the skeleton keys were found under the window, and a chisel, or jemmy, was picked up in the yard. Several skeleton keys were blind on a mat near which Edwards had been standing, and on Chinch the police found knives and boxes of lucifer matches. Inspector Firman, A division, said the keys had been tried, one opened the door on the staircase, which had been locked, and two of the others un locked every door in the house. The prisoners were found guilty, and it was stated that they were well known. The learned Judge sentenced them each to three years' hard labour. Catherine Jones, 20, servant, was indicted for unlawfully assaulting and neglecting her infant child, name unknown. She pleaded guilty, It appeared from the depositions that the pri soner was delivered of a female child at 6, Bird street, Oxford-street, on May 25, and the landlady had charge of the infant until June 9, on which day the prisoner took it away and returned without it. She said, when questioned by the landlady, that she had left it at a friend's house. On June 10 P. Con stable, 319 S, was on duty in Grove-end-road at two o'clock in the morning, and, hearing a cry, he went to the spot from which it proceeded, and there he found an infant, crying and almost in convulsions. It was raining very fast at the time, and he took up the poor little creature and carried it to Marylebone workhouse, where it was received and placed in the nursery. The child was then in good health, but it died on the 2d of August. The identity was proved by the clothes the child had on. A warrant was issued, and the officer who had it took the prisoner into custody in Queen's-gate gardens. She said she did not care anything at all about it. There seemed to be a good deal of sympathy felt for the prisoner. His lordship said it was a very painful case to deal with, but he hoped the position she had been placed in would be a warning to her for the rest of her life. He should sentence her to be imprisoned for one month. John Madden, 20, was found guilty of stealing a roll of handkerchiefs, the property of Henry Gan ner, from a shop door. There were six former con victions against him. The learned Judge said he should give him one more chance in this country, but if ever he came here again he might rely upon it as a certainty that he would be sent to penal servitude for a long period. At present the sentence upon him was that he be kept to hard labour for one year. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. Payne.) ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.--Thomas M'Carthy, 20, was indicted for stealing a gold chain and other articles, the property of Joel Morris Lissack, from his peron. Mr. Tayler prosecuted. _ _ The prosecutor said he was a commercial travel ler, and lived in York-street, Strand. At a few minutes before twelve, on the 31st of August, he was passing through Wellington-street, Strand, on his way home, when the prisoner suddenly came up to him and made a snatch at his watch. Pro secutor caught the watch, but the chain broke, and the prisoner had possession of that. Prosecutor laid hold of him, and the prisoner then seized him by the throat, and, by twisting his scarf, nearly garotted him. The sc ar f gave way an d th e pr i soner escaped, but was pursued, and captured in Tavis tock-street, by Charles Woodburne, 16 F. Part of the prosecutor's chain was found close by where he was stopped by the prisoner. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to six years' penal servitude. Charles Dollar, 38, Edward Firman, 31, and Emma Firman, 30, were indicted for stealing a purse and a bag containing £5 103. from the per son of Caroline Hooking. yv Mr. Kemp and Mr. Warton prosecuted ; Mr. F. H. Lewis defended. The prosecutrix gave her evidence in a very confused manner. The case sought to be esta blished for the prosecution was this :--On the 13th of Septe:nber she and the prisoners were drinking at the Jolly Farmers' beer-shop, East Barnet-road, Enfield, and they got the worse for liquor. The prosecutrix had a purse with £3 in silver in it, and a bag with £2 10s. in gold. They went down a lane, when Emma Firman hugged her round the neck, and Dellar thrust his hand into her pocket, and took both purse and bag. The two male pri soners were afterwards seen in the plantation, and information of the robbery having been given, a search was made there, and near to where they were seen the purse and bag were found, but empty. The prisoners were apprehended by a ss_rgeant of the Enfield police, at the Ridgway-road public-h ou se,a d on Firman he found £2 6s. 2d., on Dellar 2s. 10,W. and on Emma Firmin £2 in gold and Bd. The . prosecutrix was subjected to a long cross examination, The c hparpei picture Flynn,rwr examination, but she was very deaf, and seemed ~,ie rm 9e , ,,a ll tda h ec Tp wi r t a ot s e p d pi scarcely to . know what she was talking about. ing five Scorer. He was also indicted under the Bailee Act, for unlawfully . disposing of the same. It appeared .rn Property coterdAfohrrsaraaml that the prisoner had worked for the prosecutor, a picture-frame maker, in Old. -street-road, and was entrusted with some frames to gild. He went to a shop where he was known, and said that they had been ordered by a gentleman, but as they did not suit they had been turned on his hands, and he sold them. He was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. Eliza Hickey, 17, servant, was indicted for ob taining by false pretences, from Thomas Constable, at Enfield, 21b5.90z. of pork, with intent to defraud. Mr. Pater prosecuted. The prisoner, it appeared, got the pork by repre senting that she had been sent for it by somebody's housekeeper, which was false, and on bein g t a k en before Mr. Meyer. th e magistrate, was sent to this court for trial. The evidence as to the fraud being clear, the jury found her guilty , but recommended her to mercy. His WorNhip quite agreed with the jury, and observed that he thought the case ought not to have been sent to the sessions at all. .He hoped, how ever, it would be a warning to the prisoner for the future, and he should sentence her to one day's im prisonment, the effect of which would be that she would be immediately discharged. Thomas Dowson, 22, and William Connelly , 16, were found guilty of ste a li ng t h e sum of I 4 1 5s. from the person of William Barrow, Connelly was sent ence d to fc r months' and Dawson to twelve calendar nlC , nths' h ar d l a b our. Mr. Langford prosecuted. ca of larceny from the per sonAwneurme b d e i r sp o o f se lh oefr. r f THE SUN LONDON, TRU SDAY EVENINI4, SEPTEIVIBER 19, 1861. SURRjy SESSIONS. (Before Mr . Tilson.) John Taylor, 45, was indicted for unlawfully ob taining from C. Croft, by m eans o f f a l se pretences, a number of drain pipes worth £33, with intent to cheat and defraud Mr. Jennings, engineer and manu facturer, Holland-street, Southwark. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Croft, the manager to Mr. Jennings, that on the 27th ult. the prisoner came to their factory and stated that he was a builder, and had purchased several houses in the St. George's-road, for which he required a large quantity of drain pipes. He referred to Mr. Horton, a boiler maker, and said he had a wharf in the Bel vedere-road. Witness did not suspect anything wrong then, neither did he make inquiries about the reference, but allowed him to have goods to the amount of £33. When the last load went in on the 2d inst. histsuspicions were aroused, and, upon in quiry, he found out that it was all false what the prisoner had stated, and that he had sold the pipes for half their value as soon as he got them in his possession. Inspector Bocking, T division, said he had known the prisoner for some years as a swindler. In April, 1858, he was sentenced to four years' penal servi tude for similar frauds, there being no less than seven indictments against him. About six months ago he was liberated with a ticket of leave. The jury found him guilty, when The Deputy-Chairman sentenced him to 6 years' penal servitude. Edward Thomson, 34, described in the calendar as a clerk, was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of T. Ottaway, with intent to steal therein. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, had been pre. viously convicted of a similar offence. The Deputy -Chairman sentenced him to 10 years penal servitude. - Mary orth, 28, was indicted for steal ing at Egham a silk dress, value £5, the property of W. Jemmett, and another dress, value £5, the property of Richard Roberts. This prisoner was connected with Thomson, but as she had acted under coercion from him the jury acquitted her. NEW COURT. (Before Mr.' Johnson.) THE GE.ANBY-STREET RIOTS.—Thos. Harvey, W. Buck, and James Pulbrook, costermongers, were indicted for unlawfully, with divers other persons, riotously and tumultuously assembling together in Granny-street, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, and there creating a great riot and disturbance. Mr. 0. B. Harrison prosecuted, and. Mr. Lilley and Mr. Oppenheim defended the prisoners. The particulars of these disgraceful riots have so recently been reported under the Lambeth Police court news that it will be unnecessary to go into any details. It appeared from the evidence of Sergeant Stephens, L division, that on Sunday night, at 11 o'clock, a great riot took place in Granby-street be tween the costermongers and the brothel-keepers and thieves residing there. On going to the spot he found that the windows of 71, Granby-street, had been smashed, and the best part of its contents thrown out into the street, a saucepan falling on the head of a constable. It required an extra force of constables to quell the riot, and eventually the prisoners were given into custody. The main evidence against the prisoners rested on the testimony of Mrs. Leach, a notorious brothel ! keeper, and a female, whose husband was undergo ing penal servitude. They were cross-examined by the defendants' counsel, and some disgraceful facts were elicited, which ended in a verdict of acquittal. Henry Rosenberge, W. Jones, Henry Williams, and James Turney were next indicted for a similar offence at the same place. Mr. Lilley, instructed by Mr. Edwin, prosecuted; Mr. Thompson defended Rosenberge and Jones, and Mr. Oppenheim defended the others. The defendants in the last case were witnesses against the prisoners. The latter were notorious bad characters, and had previously attacked the costermongers in a public-house. They were fol lowed into 71, Granby-street, and then a general row commenced. Mr. Thompson here said that he had consulted with the learned counsel for the other prisoners, and with their advice they all withdrew their plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty. He (Mr. Thompson) thought that the ends of justice would be met, and a repetition of such riotous conduct prevented for the future, on the Court calling on the pri soners to enter into recognisances to appear and receive judgment when called upon. Mr. Johnson considered that such a course was preferable, and he hoped that such disgraceful scenes on Sundays would never occur again. The riots in Granby-street had really become a by word, and they must be put a stop to by the strong hand of the law. The prisoner must enter into re cognisances to come up for judgment whenever called upon. The prisoners, having obeyed the orders of the Court, were liberated, Joseph Pratley, police constable of 291 M, was indicted for 'committing an indecent assault on Mrs. Charlotte Ann Fawdon, the wife of a leather dresser, residing in New-street, Bermondsey. Mr. Baker Jones prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley, in structed by Mr. Edwin, defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix, a very respectable middle-aged female, who had brought up a large family in Ber mondsey, said that she had known the prisoner some time, owing to his being the constable in a case in which she was a witness. On Tuesday night, the 27th nit., she expected her two daughters up by rail from Leatherhead. Consequently, about ten o'clock, she was proceeding towards the London bridge Terminus to look after them, when she passed the prisoner on duty in Bermondsey street. He spoke to her, and asked her where she was going to, and on her telling him, he said it was on his beat, and he would go to ti e rail-. way and inquire for her. They accordingly went there, and found the train had come without her daughters, and when they descended from the rail way she gave the prisoner money to get a glass of ale. After that the prisoner asked her if she had seen the ruins of the late fire in To . oley-street. She said she had not, when he said, " Come along with me, and I'll show you, as it is on my beat." She foolishly accompanied him, and when at the back of the ruins he indecently assaulted her. She ran away from him, and proceeded to the station house in Bermondsey-street, and asked to see the inspector, when she was told he was not in. The prisoner came up at the time and pushed her away. Witness was perfectly sober, and when she got home prisoner told her husband what had occurred, and on the following morning they went to the station-house and lodged a complaint against the prisoner, who was taken before Mr. Combe at the Southwark Police Court, and committed for trial. The complainant was severely cross-examined by Mr. Lilley, but her evidence was not in the least shaken. She denied most strenuously having been in the least under the influence of liquor at the time. In fact, she was perfectly sober, not having drunk anything except tea that evening. She would not have gone with the prisoner to the ruins of the late fire, only she knew him to be a married man, and expected him to be well conducted. Mr. Lilley then addressed the jury in an eloquent manner for the prisoner, contending that there was no evidence to corroborate the testimony of the pro secutrix, and they ought to be careful before they convicted any person on her sole statement. The prisoner had been in the police some years, had a wife and family, and a character for honesty and sobriety. The 'Chairman summed up the case very care fully, and, After a short consultation, the jury retnrricta -re. diet, of s The Chairman observed that the prisoner had been justly found guilty of a very serious offence, and he should not be doing his duty to the public unless he passed a severe sentence on him, namely, twelvemonths' imprisonment with hard labour. This case terminated the sessions at a very late hour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Sept. 18. MANSION-HOUSE. —James Cornwall and Judah Davis surrendered themselves to undergo their final examination upon a charge, the former of stealing a quantity of parchment deeds, the pro perty of Messrs. Cox and Son, solicitors, of Sise lane, and the latter of receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. It will be remembered that the prisoner Cornwall was in the employment of the prosecutors as junior clerk, and in that capacity he had access to the fire proof room, in which deeds and all valuable securi ties were kept. On the 26th July Mr. Cox hap pened to go to a box to get a deed, and noticed that a number had been removed, and on furt l aer exami nation he missed altogether between 400 and 500 deeds. He questioned the prisoner Cornwall, and after at first denying all knowledge of them he ad mitted that h' had stolen them, and had sold some of-them to ',: iie prisoner J)avis, who is a mar i ne - store dealer. D ior about 2d. per lb. The defendants have bee r a remanded from time to time, in order to trace one missing property, being admitted to bail on each occasion. Mr. Wontner, who appeared for the prosecutors, said that all the deeds had at last been recovered, although it had been very difficult, as some had been brought from France, Bavaria, and some from Bel gium. Such being the case, as the defendants had given all the information in their power, Messrs. Cox did not wish to proceed any further against them, if his lordship thought they could with pro priety withdraw from the prosecution. The Lord Mayor said, taking that into conside ration, as the defendants had done all in their power to repair the mischief they had caused, he thought he should be justified in discharging them. The defendants were accordingly allowed to leave the court. John Uslinson, 14, Wormwood -street, watchmaker, was summoned before the Lord Mayor to answer a complaint made by a young man named Slater, charging him with detaining a watch worth 505., which the complainant had left with him to be re paired. There have been numerous complaints at this court of a similar character against the same party; and although a great number of summonses have been issued against him he has never yet made his appearance. Applications for summonses are being continually made in which the complainants have left watches and different articles of jewellery to be repaired, and have been unable to get them back until a summons has been issued against him. The complainant Slater stated that he left the watch some weeks back, and had called for it a good many times, but had always been told that it was not done. The Lord Mayor made an order for the restitu tion of the watch, or payment of its value, 505., and ss. for the complainant's loss of time, and 2s. cost of the summons, or in default one month's impri sonment. GUILDHALL.—HE WAS AND HE WAS NOT A DESERTER.—Benjamin Edgington, a young man about 20 years of age, was placed at the bar before Alderman Salomons, charged on his own confession with being a deserter from the 45th Regiment of Foot. City police-constable 267 said he was on duty on Holbern-hill on the previous evening, when the prisoner came to him and stated that he was a de serter from the 45th Regiment of Foot. The prisoner now stated that he was not a de serter, but he had stated that he was to the officer in order that he might be sent to prison. He had, he said, been travelling through the country, and had been taken up at Farningham on suspicion of being a deserter from the 45th Regiment. He then convinced the magistrates that he was not a de serter, and they discharged him, at the same time telling him that if he gave himself up as a deserter again he would be liable to three months' imprison ment. He had made the confession to the officer in order that he might be sent to prison. Alderman Salomons asked him whether he had ever been in the army, for he looked as if he had. The prisoner said he had not, but he had been in the 2d Tower Hamlets Militia, and was in it when it was disembodied. He then travelled down into Wales, and had since been going about the coun try on the tramp. He was about to proceed to Kent to the hop-picking when he was taken up at Farningham. _ Alderman Salomons did not feel satisfied that he was not a deserter, and therefore remanded him for a few days, and ordered the officers to communicate with the commanding officer At Aldershot. The prisoner was then removed. SCANDALOUS CONDUCT OF AN UNDERTAKER.— Charles Morris, a poor man, residing at 12, Little Surrey-street, B lackfriars-road, applied to Alderman Salomons, after the night charges had been disposed of, for his advice and assistance under the following distressing circumstances. The applicant stated that last Sunday week his daughter, 7 years of age, died of dropsy, and in con sequence he went to an undertaker for the purpose of burying the child in Bow Cemetery. This man agreed that if the applicant paid him down 10s,, to pay for the ground in the cemetery, he would wait a short time for the remainder, 28s.,untilhis friends could raise the amount by subscription. On Mon day last the interment was to have taken place, but on arriving at the cemetery it was discovered that the ground had not been paid for, and that, conse quently, the child could not be buried. After making every effort, ineffectually, to induce the authorities at the cemetery to allow the funeral to take place, the corpse was obliged to be brought back to town, and was deposited at the undertaker's premises, with the understanding that he (the undertaker) was to pay the money for the ground, and bury the body this day (Wednesday) without extra charge. The previous night, however, the undertaker brought the corpse to the applicant's mother-in-law, in Snow hill, and endeavoured to thrust it into her house, but she would not allow him to do it, and he was , obliged to take it back to his own place. He then threatened to take it this (Wednesday) evening to the mother's, in Blackfriars-road, and leave it there; and if he did it would be the death of his (Morris's) wife, who had, in consequence of what had occurred been prematurely confined. He therefore wished to know what he should do under the circumstances. Alderman Salomons said it was a very sad case, and very disgraceful conduct on thes part of the undertaker, but he did not know how he could assist him, as the magistrates had no power in such a case. He thought it was a case for the parish or else for the Commissioners of Sewers. Morris said that no delay ought to take place in whatever was to be done, for last night the body burst, and was now in an advanced state of decom position. Alderman Salomons considered that it was dan gerous to the health of the community, and that the most prompt mode of proceeding would be to apply to the West London Union, and the authorities there would undertake the immediate interment of the child. Groves, an officer of the court, was then sent with the applicant to the West London Union, where they saw Mr. Phillips, the master, who at once called the attention of Mr. Webb, the relieving officer to the nature of the case. Mr. Webb imme diately proceeded with assistants, Groves, and the applicant to the undertaker's house, where they had to witness a scene of a most revolting character. They found that the coffin containing the child had been placed in an underground cellar that was not only low and filthy but was also swarming with rats. They removed the poor child's remains to the West London Union, where they were placed in the dead-house, and the interment will now take on Friday. The father came back to the court to tender his sincere thanks to the worthy alderman for his kind ness in assisting him under his distressing difficulty. He also stated that Mr. Chas. Butler, a respectable undertaker of Farringdon-street, had agreed to bury the child in a decent manner. Alderman Humphery, who was on the bench at the time, told the applicant that he h a d a reme d y against the undertaker in the county court. The applicant thanked the worthy magistrate and left the court. BOW-STREET.--VALUE OF THE NEW POST OFFICE BANKS.—Henry Ricketts, a lad of about 18 years of age, employed as cowman by Mr. Bannis ter, of Silver-street, Golden-square, was charged by Henry Fairhead, an elderly men, in the same service, with robbing him of £2l 10s., being the greater part of 30 years' savings. Mr. Lewis, of Marlborough -street, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Abrams, of Bow-street, for the defence. Henry Fairhead deposed—l am i n the employ ment of Mr. Bannister, and have been for 27 or 28 years, The prisoner and I have occupied a room together at No.l Cottages, Upper Gower-mews, for about seven months. I was carman and he was cowman in the same employment. He earned 18s. a-week. I had b saving money all the time I had been in Mr. Bannister's. I l as t saw my money safe last Sunday three weeks, when I put on a new pair of trousers, and put the money from the pocket of the old to the new. I last counted it about nine weeks ago. There was -yea ill sovereigns and half Tney were all discoloured and dark from being so long carried in the pocket. I used to keep the money in the watch pocket of my trousers, and at night I used to put the trousers across the back part of the bed, O n W e dnesday last I missed £2l 10s. out of the £32. I missed it by noticing that my pocket felt light, which induced me to count the money. I have lent the prisoner money ' at different times, la., 2e., and 3s. at a time as he wanted it, from the time he came to last Wednesday week. I remember his bringing home a watch and chain about six weeks or two months ago, and tell ing me he had been to Chislehurst to fetch his watch. He said he had left it there for a person to mind for him, who had let him have a little money because he was hard up. On Sunday night week he brought home a new coat, and said it had cost him £1 14s. On Wednesday I saw a half sovereign in the hands of the landlady. She put it on the table and he took it up. It was a very dark one, as every one present noticed, and he was told of it. He said he took it in payment of his wages from Mr. Bannis ter, who was then present, and denied that he had given him half a sovereign at all, saying he always paid his men in silver. The prisoner then said that he must have taken it at a public house near the Middlesex Hospital. Cross-examined—When I looked at my money last Sunday three weeks I did not count my money, but it looked right. I thought I had got about what I ought to have. I has quite £32 all the time the prisoner was sleeping with me. I always used to feel my pocket at night to see that my money was there, but not to count it. I had only looked at my money twice during the nine or ten weeks since I counted it. The money was very dark. Mr. Corrie said there was very little in the point as to the colour of the money. On looking at some sovereigns be had received but the previous day, he found they were quite as dark as that now pro duced (part of prosecutor's money). Cross-examination continued—l told the land lord I suspected that the prisoner had robbed me, and the same evening I told the prisoner. He used to get up at a quarter of an hour before me. I got up at a quarter past four. I could not swear that my money was not safe when I got up. I do not know that he was in the habit of buying clothes from a tallyman, but he told me he bought the coat of one. I kept the money rolled up in the bag, without any strap, or string, or buckle. Matilda Rarey—l live with my husband, who is a watchmaker, at Castle-street, Oxford-street. About two or three months ago I first saw the pri soner. He came to our shop and bought a silver watch and chain for £3. He paid me with three sovereigns. I noticed that the coin was rather dirty, but we often have dirty money. A week or a fortnight afterwards he came to have it regis tered, and I believe he bought a gold watch, and partly paid for it. I afterwards delivered it (the gold watch) to him upon his paying me 155., the balance of the price. Catherine Peale—l live at No. 1, Cottage, Upper Gower-mews, with my husband, who is carman to Mr. Bannister. The prisoner has lodged with me for about seven months. He was to pay me 2s. 6d. a-week for washing and lodging, but I could never get my money. He was never out of my debt, and gave me much trouble. I used to ask him for the money, for when I told my husband to ask him for it he used to say he would, and sneak out without asking him. (A laugh.) The first week he came I lent him money to carry him over the week, and afterwards I lent him money occasionally, till I found I had so much trouble to get it that I would lend him no more. A fortnight last Saturday he paid me up what he owed me, 55., and gave me half a sovereign to take care of for him, and I kept it till last Wednesday, when he took it again. Another cowman, in the service of a different master, deposed that about three weeks ago he saw the prisoner in a public-house with gold and silver money in his possession. Bannister said he was at the cow-shed in the mews where the prosecutor lives, when the latter charged the prisoner with robbing him. The pri soner said he received the half-sovereign produced by the landlady in change of a sovereign which he had received from witness for wages about a month back. It was true that witness had paid him a sovereign on that occasion. The prisoner did not say he got the half-sovereign from witness. Mr. Abrams was about to offer some remarks on the case, but Mr. Corrie said it was unnecessary. It was clearly his duty to discharge the prisoner. The attempt to identify the money by the fact of its discolora tion was a complete failure. He (the worthy ma gistrate) had in his purse money which he had only received the day before, and which was still more discolored. As to the purchase of the watches, they appeared to have been paid for by instalments, which was nothing supicious in a lad earning 18s. a-week, and besides, all that t ok place prior to the period at which the money was last examined by the prosecutor, and found to be safe. The prisoner must be discharged, and he (Mr. Corrie) would re commend prosecutor to put his savings for the fu ture in the Post Office Savings Bank. MARYLEBONE.--CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. —FATAL FIGHT.—A man who give the name of Phillip Allard, horse-keeper, was placed at the bar before Mr. Yardley charged with having caused the death of a man named Daniel Rance, aged 41, a coachman, residing in York-terrace-mews. Charles Pusey, a middle-aged man, and who de scribed himself as a coachman, said—l left my home, in the same mews as the deceased, last evening, and called upon him. He told me he had been mending his children's shoes, and I invited him to have a drop of beer with me. We went to the Buffalo's Head, in the Marylebone-road, and Rance got into conversation with a skin collector. Shortly after prisoner, in company with another man came in, the former carrying a child on his shoulder. He was singing something about" In the Strand," and making the child say " Oh, oh." After he had finished he came up to me and said, "If I had not been an elderly man he would strike me and double me up," for, as he said, insulting him last Saturday evening. Rance came and I told him that he was wrong in saying that I was there from six to seven last Saturday night, when prisoner put his fingers in deceased face and called him a liar. Upon this Rance struck the prisoner OR his eye (both of his eyes were blackened) and they com menced struggling together. Mr. Yardley—Where was the child at this time ? Witness—He had taken it off his shoulder before this. In continuation witness said—They began to fight, and closed together, when Rance came down under- most by the parlour door. An oyster-dealer who was present caught up the prisoner, and after pull ing him into the parlour, shut the door, whilst Rance got behind my back. Shortly after the pri soner came out of the room, and met Rance, when they commenced fighting again. They had another round, when one got his foot on to the first stair of the staircase and the other on the second. Here they struggled till they both tell, when Rance's head went against the wainscot with very great force. I pulled Rance up, and he went behind me, when prisoner wanted again to fight him, saying, " Come along, I will go at him again," on which Rance said, " I am done," and within a second or so of his saying this he fell down as if in a fit. Mr. Yardley—After he got up this last time, and before he fell down as you say in a fit, was anything done to him ? Witness—No, your worship. Mr. Yardley—Was there after he fell ? Witness—No, sir, there was not—not the slightes' thing. Witness continued, and said—We picked him up and placed him partly on my knee and the knee of another man, when we noticed his eyes fixed, and his mouth had dropped. I called for water, but found that he could not swallow, and I then bathed his face. The police came, and a cab being pro cured, he was conveyed to the Marylebone work house, and I went to the station with the prisoner. Mr. Yardley—When ynu picked him up did he appear to you to be dead ? Witness—l thought he was dead, for he shoWed no signs of life. Mr. Yardley—How were they matched as regards size and strength ? Witness—They appeared to be equally matched. Prisoner—He was both stronger and stouter than me. _ _ — Elizabeth Tackson said she was housekeeper to Mrs. Dymes, landlady of the Buffalo Head, and proved seeing the prisoner commence quarrelling, when the deceased made use of very bad language. She also confirmed last witness's evidence as regards the fight. Mr. Fuller, house surgeon t o M ary l e b one Work house, deposed to the deceased being brought there quite dead, but warm. He had made an external examination that morning, and found bruises about the head and on the right eye. He could not tell the cause of death, as he had not made a post-mor tem examination of the deceased, which he should have to do before the inquest. Mr. Yardley—ls there any one here to identify the body of the deceased ? Inspector Braddick, D division, said there was not at present, but he could take one or two of the witnesses, and have it identified in about five minutes. Mr. Yardley said he would not trouble him now, as he should remand the prisoner till Saturday, in order to ha ve th e me di ca l ev id ence complete, and then evidence of identity could be given. The prisoner was then remanded till Saturday. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—NO PROTECTION FOR LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—Sampson Edwards was charged with assaulting Mr. W. J. Smith, land lord of the King and Queen, Paddington -green, and his barman. Mr. Smith said—At t en G ' clock last night there was a noise in my concert-room and I went upstairs to see What was the matter, when I found the prisoner fighting with my waiter. He was very violent, but after some trouble he was ejected from the house. He then pulled ós. from his pocket, telling me he bliould like to fight me five rounds for that sum, but I of course declined the challenge, upon which he struck me forcibly upon the breast. My barman interfered, when prisoner attacked him and threw him forcibly down upon his back. He (prisoner) had, as I understood, conducted him self in an indecent way towards a female in the room. Mr. Yardley—Had you known the prisoner before ? Mr. Smith—No, sir, he was a stranger to me until last night. Mr. Yardley—ls your barman here ? Mr. Smith—He is, your Worship. Sohn Pierpont (the barman)--I observed the pri soner and my master scuffling outside the house, and I rushed in between them, when the prisoner attacked me and threw me down. Sergeant Bewley, 349 A, stated that he was called to the house, and that the landlord gave the prisoner into custody. Mr. Yardley—What for ? Witness —For assaulting him, your Worship. Mr. Yardley —Did you see any assault ? Witness--No, sir. Mr. Yardley—Then you had no right to take the prisoner. Witness—Although I did not see an assault, your worship, the barman showed me His coat, which had been torn and damaged owing to the violence with which he had been laid hold of and thrown down by the prisoner. Mr. Yardley—Did, you observe any marks of personal injury? Witness—No, sir. , Mr. Yardley—Then I consider that the prisoner was unlawfully taken into custody. He is, there fore, discharged, and I shall in all future cases of a like nature adopt the same course. Mr. Smith then left the court, evidently impressed with a conviction that licensed victuallers had n ot that protection afforded them to which they o ught to be entitred. MARLBOROUGH-S TREET.—VITRIOL THROWING. —Henri Bourmar, a French lad, was brought bef ore M r . Beadon, charged with throwing a quantity of vitriol over Bridget Murray, and thereby seriously injuring her. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, attended to prosecute. The complainant said she lived in service at 46, High-street, Bloomsbury. She was passing through Rathbone-place on an errand that morning, about ten o'clock, when she saw the prisoner, who was an entire stranger t o h er , com i ng down the street with a bottle in his hand. Thinking that the bottle con tained gin, she said to him jocularly on passing, " Is it not nice ?" The prisoner immediately threw a portion of the contents of the bottle in her face, and over her dress. Feeling a burning sensation, she screamed, and a bystander told her she had been burned with vitriol, and advised her to follow the lad and give him into custody. She did so, a nd the prisoner was taken to the station-house with the bottle in his possession, which, when examined, was found to contain vitriol. The complainant produced her clothes and bonnet, which were much burned. She also stated that she went to a surgeon, who applied remedies, and in particular attended to one of her eyes, the sight of which otherwise would have been endangered. The defence was, that the complainant had jeered the defendant, who, being a foreigner, was naturally much angered, and might have spilled a small por tion of the vitriol over her without intending anY serious mischief. The complainant denied having done anything more to provoke the prisoner than she had stated, and asserted that the vitriol was thrown over her designedly. Mr. Freeman, of Upper Charlotte-street, wit nessed the throwing of the vitriol; and knowing from the appearances of the girl what the stun was, he went after the prisoner and secured him. Another witness, named Gattie, also saw the prisoner throw the liquid wilfully over the cow' plainant. Mr. J. Brown, of Cross-street, chemist, proved that the bottle contained muriatic acid. The injuries sustained by the complainant were no doubt pro• duced by this kind of corrosive fluid. The prisoner was fully committed. COUNTRY MARKETS. HULL-SEPT. 17. At our market to-day we had a good supply of English wheat, which was taken off freely at is per qr advance on the currencies of last week. Foreign, with a limited sale, at is higher. Malting barley met with a fair de mand, and grinding samples were in rather improved re quest, and realised fully late prices. Oats more inquired after, at a slight advance. Beans and peas rather dearer• Linseed trade firm. Wheat....old white....per qr ... 50s Od to 66s Od Old red . „ ........ 40s Od to 48s Od New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic,_Konb , &c. old w hit e 54 s Od t o 63 s Oa Dutch, Belgian, and French. 50s Od to 58s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red s4s Od to 55s Od St. Petersburg a n d Ri ga, old 46s Od to 48s Od Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 36s Od Grinding 3os Od to 32s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 528 Od to E4s Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, ,per st o s l l 32f dt ot oosl 3 l o3d Friesland and Dutch osd Swedish and Danish oBl2kd to 05133 Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4Bs oa to 50s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick Egyptian 3Bs 0d to 40s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares .... Spring. —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding s2s Od to 56s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 0 0 to £lO 10 0 Foreign! BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 0 Bones 415 oto 5 0 0 NEWARK. .SEPT. 17. A good show of wheat from the growers to-day, and if fair trade, with a large attendance. White wheat, new, 60s to 64s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 30S Red do. 568 to 60s Oats, old, . 3os to 34° Old white sss to 60s New do 24s to 26s Red do. 45s to 548 / Beans.. 44s to 510 Barley, malting.... 36 8 t o 42s / Beans, new 37s to 400 Peas, ....a6s to 40s. SHEFFIELD-SEPT. 17. There was a good attendance to-day, and trade ruled fair at former quotations for wheat. Flour and other arti cles were unaltered. Red wheat, per of 3 imperial bushels...l7s Od to 25s Od White If f , ...Ms Od to 28s Od New red , f o o .17s Od to 26s Od New white ~ ), ...20s Od to 24s 6d Beans ~ ~ ... 16s Od to 18s Od Peas, per qr 54s Od to 55s Od Grinding barley, per qr 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, „ .. 35s Od to 43s Oa Oats 77 2ss 6d to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour--25 Od, 2s 2d, and 2s 5(1 per 141 b. LAST WORDS OF GENERAL LYON.—The last words of General Lyon. are reported by Dr. Reichenbach r of the lowa Ist. He was reclining in the arms of his body servant, and turning partly round, said, " Lehmann, I ara going up I" And he passed on to his promotion.—Ameri can paper. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Excursions Unattainable.—The're are multitudes in this metropolis who cann-t conve, , oiently absent themselves from their occupation to enjoy that change of • air and scene so neces sary to good health. Such persons will find that, next to country air. the best purifiers of the blood are Holloway's Pills. They impure the action of every human organ by expelling impuritie. and all other noxious matters which have gained .chrussimn either into the solid or fluid mate rials of which the body is composed. These Pills usually act as mild aperients. Holloway's Pills have been long regarded as the safest antidotes for disease both in cold and warm climates, and. the surest opponent to all complaints incidental to men, women, and children. BIRTHS. JENKINS.—On the 12th inst., at Charlton-hill, Salop, the wife of Captain Robert Jenkins, R,N., of a son. LAtruENcE.—On the 18th inst., at Clapham-park, the wife of Sydney Laurence, Esq., of a daughter. TREMAYNE.—On the 17th inst., at 8, El lace Dublin ) the Lady Frances Tremayne, of a son. , WILKINSON.—On the 17th inst., at 36, Great Cumberland place, the Hon. Airs. Green 'Wilkinson, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Cox—Swirrrox.—On the 17th inst., at St. Matthias's, Mr. Henry Cox, of Forest-gate, to Esther, youngest daugh ter of James Swinton, Esq., of 134, Leadenhall-street, city. H4RRI SON—BEDWELL.—On the 17th inst., at the parish church, Ware, Herts, S ,muel, third son of Daniel Har rison, Esq,, of Highgate, to Lncy Percival, third daugh ter of the late Francis Robert Bedwell, Esq., formerly of Walthamstow, Essex. DEATHS. BoRN.—On the 18th inst., at Twickenham, Emily Simp kin, youngest daughter of Henry G. Bohn, Esq., aged 17. BADCOCK.—On the 16th inst., at Battersea, Henry, infant son of the Rev. Henry B. BadCOCk, CIIANCE.—On the 16th inst., at Edgbaston, Geo. Chance, Esq., aged 71. DAvrEs.—On the 16th inst., at East Cowes Park, Charles Davies, Esq., aged 67. • GARDINER.—On the 9 . th inst., at Caton-green, near Lan caster, the Rev. William Gardiner, rector of Rockford, Essex, aged 57. HOWLETT.—On the 16th inst., at the Royal Military Col lege, Sandhurst, the Rev. Samuel Howlett, aged 28. WALK - HR.—On the 16th inst., at Edinburgh, the Lady Jane, wife of Major-Gen. Ed. Walker, C. 8., Command ing in North Britain. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No, :112,Strand• in the Precinct of the Savoy, Ltt the County OJ WIXV4 4 4Yi ,Septeiiler 19, 1801.