The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-08 00:00:00

"7, RAILWAYS AND THEIR ---, RESULTS. , --- ' ritailways may be regarded as a new form of landed pro --- i -\ e4y ; the shareholders have a direct interest in the soil, , ).. , , .... are the most dependent for the remuneration of their ~ --/-- , yon the general prosperity of the community. They ,e<!.../ z - ,.:' : ,,-. .... 1 prepared lines of traffic such as could not have been <I L ,--:.----:,--:-„„ -f.• ." fined until they were fast being realised. Pope has 5.,...... are 'A ' ridiculed Dryden for the extravagant wish uttered by one of ..... j his ranting heroes : " Ye gods, annihilate both time and space, And make two lovers happy ;" but merchants have obtained what was denied to lovers ; steam has " annihilated time and space," but the happiness to be conferred depends upon the use to be made of the ad vantage. We are not of those who view the progress of railway specu lations with unmixed alarm, " though the cry is still, they come ;" their advent appears to us auspicious of advantage to all classes ; they bring producers and consumers into imme diate contact ; they dispel that mystery which ignorance of the operations of each other threw over the relations by which they are united ; they enable labour to circulate; and they create new varieties of employment for an in creasing population. Their continued extension must hasten the dowttfal of monopoly, for persons will not long endure that the value of an immense amount of pro petty should be made to depend on the most variable of climates and the most uncertain of chances. Pro- prietors will not endure that the price of shares should be determined by the fluctuations of the barometer. Just at this moment, while the ardour for obtaining investments so ab sorbs attention as to prevent men from looking forward to the means of securing sure returns, the question of the perpetua tion of traffic may to some extent escape notice; but it must .ome at no distant date, and then the railway aristocracy will find that their only safety is in perfect freedom of trade. Without adopting the golden dreams of a recent writer in the Westminster Review—at least to their full extent—we Lave a confident belief that railways will originate great im provement in agriculture ; they supply to the farmer the great incentive of markets for his produce; and as soon as the farmers distinctly perceive what they are now beginning to learn, that their prosperity depends upon the prosperity of their customers, they will identify tbeir interests with those of the manufacturers, and see that they arc themselves in reality manufacturers, and dependent upon the economic laws which render trade prosperous or otherwise. The progress of railways has shown that each successive crisis of distress, which has produced much misery and confusion in the commercial world, must be attributed not to want of capital, but to want of facilities for its investment in the remunerative employment of labour. Had our commerce been unshackled twenty years ago, capital would not have been sunk in distant mines or wasted in foreign loans. It was sent abroad because it could not be profitably employed at home. Our restrictive laws fixed a limit to production, and tyrannically said to every industrial pursuit, "Thus far shalt thou go, and no further." Monopoly aped the attributes of the Divinity, and arrogantly sell itself up in the place of Providence. English capital, to escape from its thraldom, sought refuge in adven t.urea that bordered on insanity. Since that time monopoly has slightly relaxed its grasp; the bird of prey, indeed, still clutches us, but the talons no longer rankle in our sides. A means of home investment has been opened to us, and its onward course must sweep away everything that impedes domestic investment, and its necessary consequence, the free development of British industry.—The League. RAILWAY EXACTIONS. (From the First Number of the North British Railway and Shipping Journal, a new Railway Paper, published in Glasgow.) Tht re is a great desire on the part of every one con nected with the management of public conveyances, INltetl Er these be carried on by means of coaches or canals, by steam-boats or railways, to screw and exact from :he public the very last farthing that the latter can aff)r.l. Tt e only calculation, on the part of these individuals, seems to be, not how they can make their trades profit al le, by meetirg the demand on fair and equitable terms, but how, in fact, they can give inferior accommodation, and impose charges, not altogether amounting to actual prohibition, upon travelling. In the Case of steam-boats and coaches, however, then: is a remedy: the high seas and the public roads are not patent to them, as plant belonging to the medium in, or upon which, they move ; and consequently, steam boats can oppose steam-boats, and coaches, coaches. But with railways, as yet, it is a very different matter — that interest has the monopoly all to itself, and the con sequence is, as we have remarked above, that the last farthing is exacted, and the least possible accommodation given, to that simple and suffering body—the public. Now, it is with no whatever towards railways that we take up the pen to denounce this error—for error we must call it—on the part of proprietors or di rectors; but, on the contrary, it is with the most friendly feelings towards them and their purses that we do so, for we feel convinced, that unjust as the system is to ards the public, it is so, in as great a degree, towards themselves and their constituents. The number of railways in Scotland, as yet, is small; sad it has been customary when the charges by these vc been complained ef, as being excessive, to point to the still higher rates imposed in England ; but that, we conceive, is no argument at all : we wish to view Scot tish railways as pertaining to the country in which they exist, - and therefore the system laid down for their management should accommodate itself te the feelings, habits, and means of the Scottish people. The English are a richer people than the latter ; that is, there are more individuals amons;st them who can afford to travel by first and second-class carriages, and, there fore, it may be said that the railways are mainly sup ported by these classes,—the working people being, in fact, entirely prohibited (excepting in a few cases) from travelling at all. But in Scotland it is different : there are not, in that country, enough of first and second-class passengers to support railways ; and, consequently, if the English system were adopted, similar to that exer cised on the Birmingham and London, the South Western, and the Grand Junction, our establishments might shut up shop altogether. The system arrived at, therefore, is Scotland seems to consist in giving accommodation, and charging fares, as nearly as possibly can be, approaching to the English system, but only modified to such extent as will admit an ascertained quantity that will submit to travel and from that quantity to draw as much money as will pay the proprietors a dividend. What is the consequence ? People grumble and Llama the directors, which, of course, the latter don't care a straw about; but these grumblings, in the course of time, grow into such a respectable form, as we shall ee, that they reach the Legislature, and there it is that the railway proprietors find out their mistake at last, but perhaps when it is too late. It is a very fine thing, to be sure, for a set of di rectors, to sit in a splendid boardroom, with courteous engineers and civil secretaries at their sides, and upon smooth soft leather chairs, to 101 l while they hear plans developed for their own especial behoof ; but there are such thine,s as committees of the House of Commons, and thank God there is a House of Lords ; and as see.r,ie'y any railway now exists but what may improve its traffic by an extension here, or protect its interests with a branch there ; it happens so that the gentlemen of the leather-bottomed chairs may find themselves standing at the bar of a Parliamentary Committee, and rubbing shoulders with humble witnesses, while the fate of these branchers lies in the dictum of five discreet M.P.'s, who have a far greater sympathy and respect for third class passengers, than for Lords of the board room. Then it is that the poor third °lamer at last find out that Is; is something better than a horse or an ox, and Os at he has a " locus stanili," more dignified than that of a mere be-cindered, be-frozen, be-rained upon, pcn ny- a • miler. How very galling, under these circumstances, must it be to these dignified dirt ctors, to find that their nicely arranged plans for extending their sway and monopoly are in clang or of being knccked upon the head, and th e f ee ;i 3 z.s o f the committee turned against them, by th e evi.lencz.. of :=ome simple countryman,• who graphically re latee, that for years, he and t he rest of his com p eers have . been obliged to submit to heavy exactions and comfortless journeys, in order to be carried in open car riages to only within four or five miles of their village. Th , n it is that the poor girl's botribaz2tte gown, with "the hole burned in it ; the labourer's Sunday hat, with the damaged nap ; and the good wife's well-hained shawl, with the indelible stain—not to mention the cin der- burned eyes - , the coughs and colds, the consump tions and deaths—all memorials of the railway system, appear as incontrovertible facts in grave array, against the shame-fiteed and detected directors. Let us indulge in what may be considered by those who have tripped it to St. Stephen's, as being too fa miliar a narrative for such a grave subject; but which %vs?: bev , to assure the rearieros a true picture of w h a t does take place. Th e ComMittee breaks up for the day—the pro moters of the different Bills retire to their temporary apartments to consult—a half hour's quietude ensues ; tlnd then may be seen pursy fat gentlemen throwing themselves into cabs, or met 'twixt Charing-cross and Temple-bar, puffing, blowing, and sweating, in the midst of. a (le.:pairing canvass;—there is - no white-bait dinner for them that Zlay. After their fatigues—;instead of re tiring to indulge in " port and a pleasing security”—they must meet in consultation with wigless counsel, energetic engineers, and sanguine solicitors, there to consider whether, through the re-examination of some plyable witnesses, Mr. Queen's Council Poss'ein, or Mr. Sergeant Wring'em, can redeem their shattered case. It is something like a consultation of doctors over a dying patient, with this difference, that the fees are in a far greater degree higher. Well, then, they meet again next day, and the learned gentlemen exhaust their powers of eloquence and per suasion. Never was there such a case before—such hits made—such thrusts sent home. The Committee sit like statutos,—patient,—imperturbable,—dignified. They retire—Jie bell rings—al! rush on again with breathless expectation-6.n awful silence pervades--the chairman, with his hat agee, reads the finding of the Committee as to the p ream bl e — all is up with the Curcaddock and c ross-my-loof ;Junction Branches—the Drumbungo direct hos carried the day. Out rush the latter, not unlike sag col-boys whoopi ng and hallooing, on the anr. uncetnent of a holiday ; white the former stand gapnig, and wond er i ng , and thinking, and, in fact, looking vf ry like felon s th at have just got the last sen tence of the law pas' d u p on t h em. This .is one of the 'says by means of which ra il way etions are punishah'e. CONTINENTAL RAILWAYS. THE PENN LEILILLEUR COMPANY AND .. ITS SITI3SCRIBERS. The appeal against the decision of the Chamber of Com merce by several of the sulmcribers fhr shares in the above Company, was brought before the Cour Royal of Paris on Wednesday. The apportionment of the 30,000 shares granted to the Company by the Rothschild Company after the fusion was suspended until the result of the appeal was known. On the Ist of September the Chamber of Com merce divided against the claims of several subscribers for shares in the Pepin Lehalleur Company, which the direc trrs had declared void in consequence of the non-psyment.of the first fifth within a period of eight days presented by a circular. M. Da, counsel for M. Barreau, opened the case before the Cour Royal. He said that his client, a gentleman c f wealth, applied in the month of June for two hundred and fifty shares, but the Directors accorded him only one I TIFF SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1845 hundred and fifty, and requested him to make the first pay ment of a fifth of the amount within eight days. This order did not, however, appear to be very strict, for on the 15th of the following July the Company, by a circular, requested the shareholders to effect their payments as soon as possible, without fixing any decided time. The Pepin Lehalleur Company had not, in fact, any necessity for these funds until the publication of the royal ordonnance. On the 2d of August the royal ordonnance appeared, and allowed the several companies competing for the execution of the northern line until the 25th of August to deposit the " caution money," amounting to 30,000,009 for the principal line of the north, and 6,000,000 for the branch from Fain poux to Hazebrouck. The subscribers, then, who had not paid, hastened to pay their instalments ; but on Saturday, the 9th of August, the crowd was so great at the place where the money was received, that all who presented themselves could not be attended to. Several of them took their money en Monday the 11th, but the officers then refused to receive it—at least fur the present. At that time negotiations were pending between the Company and that of Rothschild for uniting, and as sow' as the fusion was effected, the refusal to receive the first instalment became definitive. By the treaty between the Companies, Rothschild accorded to Pepin Lebal - lair 30,000 shares, representing in value 15,000,000 francs, upon the 300,000 shares representing 150,000,000 francs for the sole line of the north. If M. Pepin Lehalleur had dis• tributed the 30,000 shares between all the subscribers, they would have had a right to one share for every twelve; but in consequence of the omission of their names, those retained on the list had one share for nine. He (the Learned Counsel) maintained that neither M. Barreau nor many other subscribers, having no propor notice of payment of the first fifth, had as much right to be admitted upon the list of shareholders as those retained upon it, and concluded that the Court would declare valid the offers t ey had made. The execution of such a division would be simple, for the Pepin Lehalleur Company would only have to give them one share out of every twelve. M. Moulin next pleaded the case of M. Lagondeix, another of the subscribers. By a' letter of the 7th of August, addressed to the Pepin Lehalleur Company, M. Lago ndeix subscribed for 2,000 shares of 500 francs each, amounting to a sum of 1,000,000 francs. A lettre d'avis, calling for the first instalment of 200,000 francs within eight days, was dated Ist of August, but bore the post-mark of the 9th of that month, for the half-past eight o'clock evening, delivery. The period of eight days, then, as regards M. La gondeix, would not consequently expire until the 16th. He presented himself to pay his instalment of 200,000 francs on the 11th of August, and on the following Monday, but they refused to receive it. As a question of right, M. La gondeix differed essentially from that of the other sub scribers, since he did not receive the lettre d'avis until so long after date. M.. Chaix d'Est-Ange then addressed the Court fir M. Pepin Lehalleur and the Directors of the Company, He said he was sure the Court would confirm the previous decision. The act of the Society passed before M. Casimir Noel, notary, recognised as shareholders only those who had, according to article 7, effected the payment of the first fifth on subscribing, and required the other payments to be made at a period subsequently indi cated by publication in a judicial journal; but for the first instalment this publication was not necessary. It was even at the moment of subscribing that the first instalment should be paid. Subscribers presented themselves in crowds, it was true, but very few of them were eager to comply with the conditions of the act of the Society. So true was this, that M. Pepin Lehalleur, bound to pay the " caution money of 36,000,000 francs," for the two lines on fhe 25th of August, was not able to obtain fr,ms the subscription in both England and France more than 15,000,000 francs for the Northern line, and 3,000,000 for the branch, so that be had not more than half the capital necessary. In such a position as this he should listen to the proposition of theßothschild Company. Was this fusion contrary to the law ? Certainly not, In the discussion in the two Chambers, all the speakers, and the Ministers, agreed that two or more companies might legally unite. The subscribers who had been so slow to fulfil their engagements changed their minds when they heard of the fusion announced by the newspapers. It was then that they awoke from their apathy, and came forward to claim their snares. It was attempted to prove an exception in the case of M. Lagondeix. So, there was a difference. M. Lagondeix produced the circular bearing the postmark of the 9th of August, when everybody knows it was not the post stamp which made the date certain. Nothing would be easier, after receiving a letter by a messenger or porter of a commercial house, than to put it in the post some days after wards, in order to give it a false date. He did not say that M. Lagondeix had employed this ruse, but he referred to the date of the letter, which limited the period to eight days, though it might be possible that for certain reasons it was not sent to him until the last day but one, to let him know that he had not more than one day to make his payment in. The letter alluded to was, however, dated August 1, and the real offers were not made until the 17th, more than fifteen days afterwards. They (the Company) had besides good reason to think that M. Lagondeix was not their real ad versary—that another pleaded in his name. It appeared that he had sold what interest he might have had in the ,Company. But with respect to the lettre d'avis, it was evident that it could not have been written before the 9th, for the application of 31. Lagondeix for shares was only two days before. AL Fernaux, the Advocate-General, next addressed the Court. The action was of consider able importance. Independently of private interest, the public interest was in some measure concerned in it. Justice should not come to the aid of jobbing and specula tion. The decision of the Chamber of Commerce appeared to be founded equally upon equity and law. It was not for those who, neglecting the fulfilment of their engage ments, had perhaps forced the Pepin Lehalleur Company to unite with a company more powerful than itself, to complain of the fusion which their faithlessness had rendered neces sary. The subscribers were sufficiently warned of the time of payment by the act of the Society, and by the subse quent circular. This cause was governed not only by the article 1,176, but also by the article 1,696 of the code civile under the head of La Vente. The Court, after a delibera tion of half en hour, confirmed the decision of the Tribunal of Commerce, and levied the cost of the proceedings upon the appellants. 'The distribution of the shares will there fore immediately take place. The works on the atmospheric railway intended to ex tend to the St. Germain Railway are now carried on actively. It is known that the 'atmospheric tube was to be laid down from Nanterre to the Place du Chatea de St. Germain. From Nanterre to the Bare of Picq, it will make use of one of the other roads, thus describing a curve to the right of the old road, and crossing the roads of Chalon and Montessan, in the ward of Vezinet, by means of two bridges already finished, it will proceed towards the Seine, near the bridge of Picq. A viaduct of twenty arches will follow these two bridges, sow in a very advanced state, and afterwards a tunnel two hundred metres in length. This also is nearly finished. Leaving the tunnel, a deep cutting is made in the forest of St. Germain, and another tunnel not so long as the first is constructed opposite to the avenue of Loges. The railway named La Ceinture submitted now to in quiry, and the plans which lie at the Prefecture of the Seine, will be 12,459 metres length at the part already under consideration, and will be constructed for the purpose of communicating between the St. Germain, Rouen, the North Lyons, and Orleans Railways. The expense of the line is estimated at 8,500,000 f. The starting point will be Batignolles The road will pass behind Montmartre and Clig naucourt to the extreme north of La Chapelle, of Li Vilette, and of La Petite Vilette ; will pass under Belleville by means of a tunnel opening above Charonne, afterwards crossing St. Maude, the plain, and arriving at the extremity of Birey, it will cross the Seine on a bridge to reach the station of the Orleans line. ROUEN AND HAVRE.—A question of considerable import ance to Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey, the contractors upon the above line, has just been brought before the Court of Ces sation. It was an application to annul previous judgment obtained by the administration of imposts of the city of Rouen, condemning Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey to pay duty or import upon some materiel : stones, &c , dug from one part of the ground through which the railway passes, to be used at another. The circumstances of the case were, that during the excavations a considerable quan tity of flint and various kinds of stone were found, and used at whatever part of the works it was required ; and upon this the administration of imposts claimed the usual sum per load. This claim was resisted on the ground that the materiel was all mixed together just as it had been found, an integral part of the soil; but the administration refused to allow the objection, and in thirteen months the amount of impost reached the sum of 108,006 f. 70c. The Court. adopting the argtunent of M. 3forcau, for Messrs. Mackenzie and Bra.ssev, annulled the previous decree of the Cour Royale of Rouen. The question will, however, come before another Court of Appeal. • . . - PARIS AND STRASKTRG.—The commerce says it is, now almost certain that the adjudication of this line will take place early in November, and that the ordonnance would appear very soon. RECEIPTS OF' THE BELGIAN RAILWAYS. --The following was the amount of traffic on the above rail , :ays during August last : Francs. Cents. ' - Passengers Baggage .. " 65,067 73 Merchandise Extraordinary sources 1,365,393 82 Corresfjondinp; month of 1844......... 1,205,166 50 The In tependence of Brussels sates the result s o f the workiig of the line daring the month of August to be moat satisfactory. The increase in the income is evident; and, in fact, exceeds all expectation. In August last the increase from passengers over the corresponding month of 1844 was 80,00Gf, ; frem ' baggage 7,000 f. ; and from merchandise, 73,000 r. 'The difference between the produce of July and a which proceed from travellers, 14,000 f. from the baggage, August is 140,000 f. in favour of the la tter month, 108,000 f. and 18,000 f. from merchandise, though there was a diminu tion in the quantity and weight of the latter. In July the railway conveyed 353, 9 56 ordinary passengers, exclusive of the military; in August that number rose to 368,489, or 25,000 more, and that in a month of bad weather, and unfavourable for travelling. This month is that during which foreigners travel most, and that which our own tourists choose for tra velling. As these two kinds of travellers usually take the carriages of the first and second class, we see the distribu tion of these travellers amongst the different classes modified singularly: thus, while in some the proportion of the num ber of travellers en diligence to the total number was 11 per cent., it rose in July to 12 3 / i , and in August to 14% per . cent ; the proportion ofthe number who t oo k th e i r places in the chars-h•bancs rose from 244 in June, to 274 in July, and to 301 in August, and consequently the proportion of places taken in the carriages of the railway descended to 641 per cent. to 59i, and to 544. It is probable, besides, that the continuance of the rain induced a portion of the travel lers usually going by the railway carriages to go by the chars-I-banes, and in sending others from the latter to the diligence. The traffic of foreign travellers, and the watering season, caused also an increase in the mean product of each traveller. For the diligences it was in the months of June, July, and August, 4f. 30c., 4f. 58c., and 4f. 82c.; for the chars-k-bancs 2f. 35c., 2f. 51c., an 4f. 61c. ; but for the common carriages the product was If. 09c., If. 08c., and lf. 15e. The general mean product upon all the passengers rose from lf. 76c. in June to If. 92c. in July, and to 2f. 13c. in August. During the first eight months of 1844 the total income was 7,235,6741. 35c, and within the same period of the present year 8,074,001 f. 4c. It is supposed that the re ceipts, which in the whole of 1844 were 11,230,000 f., will reach the suns of 12,500,003 f. by t he end of this year. Ont.E.txs AND JOIGNY.—The Minister of Public Works has determined that this railway shall immediately be un dertaken, and that, for greater dispatch, the operations shall eler.poafno3f: two that 1 0 ) e the li r v b id e e t d we in e, t i o t t b s e vo L s o t i a n t g io a n n s, d o j n o e ign at y t . he river Loing and the HAvRE, DIEPPE, AND Fie I.IIP —Mr Newman, principal engineer of the Havre -road, (says . the . Journal des Che nitii a n ‘ s .r d e r an F d i, o l t a , e p e p a o m in p t . e d T e h n e g e -in-ehief of the roads of works will commence under his direction in a few days. To hasteninthteir execution the whole into three sections, each of of the two lines has been divided I l t in is y, hoped which will be entrusted to a skilful that both these lines will be opened by n ge n A treaty concluded between the Havre Company of Dieppe charges the first with the working lines to branch upon the principal trunk. This tr v e o at n v e 7R advantageous to both companies. It will avrid the " double employs" and the chances of accident on the common trunk, and has the advantage of proportioning the expenses of working to the activity of the traffic—that is, to the amount of the receipts. As soon as a second instalment is effected, which will not be long hence, the shares of the roads of Dieppe and Fecamp will be quoted at the parquet. In a few days they will be at London and Liverpool. SCHLESWIG AND HALSTEIN.—On the 18th of September (just one year after the opening of the Baltic Sea Railway) the Rendsburg and Neumunster Railway was opened to the public with great ceremony and show. This line has been completed in an incredibly short space of time. viz , five months, and with the exception of the terminus at Rends burg, which is not yet finished, it is found to answer per fectly. The zeal of the directors and 'engineers has effected this great result. It is now fully shown that the line ope rates most advantageously for the traffic of west and south Schlesein, and its construction having cost no more than 43,7501., there can be no doubt of the returns being very great. BAMBERG AND LICHTENFELS.The Royal North Railway from Bamberg to Lichtenfels will be opened on the 15th inst., and Vizi journey may then be performed in three hours. It is a distance of fifty miles. MOEDLING AND LUXEMBURG.—This line - was opened on the Ist of October with all the usual ceremonies. TELEGRAPHS IN AusTruA.—Several engineers have left Vienna for Trieste, commissioned by the Austrian Govern ment to commence a teleg,raphic communication between Trieste and Venice. With respect to the great projected line of telegraphs, it is to be commenced on the line between Vienna and Alilin. SWITZERLAND.—Conferences of engineers and statesmen are being held in Turin, for the:purpoe of constructing a rail way between TuriD, through Bunden to the Bodensee. 'rbirbr Mbition THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES) ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 98 A 1,4 98% Long Annuities toes.uireJ an. 1860 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ll 3-16 11 3-16 India Stock 266 265 India Bonds, 1,0001 63 63 Cunsols for Account .. .... . . Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK ?HICKS PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account — Ditto Deferred — Portuguese 5 per Cents. B4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto Deferred — Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 43 Dutch, 2% par Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific 94 95 Ditto Account 95 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE RAILWAY SHARES AT ON' O'CLOCK. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 2% Bideford andTavistock... 1% 2%... ...... .... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 .. . 3134 16% 16% 43 95 95 CLOSING 'ICE?. 64 I %P 89 10% ~ 57 157 i 5,6 5 !43 111 2 414 Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ... 5%%% Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% 2% •• • Canterbury and Dover.. 1% — , , Chelmsford and Bury ... 1% — , , Chester and Holyhead-. 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester l l4 44 Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford 2%...... 3% Direct Manchester (Remington's) Dublin and BeltastJunc. 5 Dublin and Galway..... 4 Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 22%4 22 Ditto New 41. 16s. 7%%1A p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 11....61.135. 4d. l% p Eastern Union 2O .. ... 34% . Ditto Extension . ... 11,6 — East & West of England 1% 21 %6 Ldinburgh and Glasgow 50 :.,.... •—•• Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,6...... 18 3 A... . 18 3 % Edinburgh and Perth... 11 / 2 — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 / 4 3% 3% Glouc., Aberystw ith, and Central of Wales 1 %...... 31 ,2%% 2% Goole and Doncaster .. 1% 6% 6% Grand Union l% 4 l,f, 3% 3% Great Eastern &IVestern 2% ...... 3% 1 ,4 4 4 .ireatNorthof England -100 .218 219 Ditto, New Great Western BO 164 167 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2%..... 4% ... ...... !lull and Selby 5O lO4 105%........ 105% Leicester & Birmingham 225. 24% p 2% p Leicester and Bedford... 225. 3,4% P— 3% p Leicester and Tamworth 495. Liverpool& Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 6,i .. 6% Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmingtnloo 219 218 1 4 2l B l] Do. Thirds . Ditto Extension ...... 1% 3% 2% . 2g London and Blackwell. 161. 135.4 d 9% 94 Do. New London and Brighton Ditto, Sixths ......... 014.... 2 1 ,4 . 2% London and Croydon, 134 15s. 9d. 234 ....-. ...... . . 23 1 / 4 Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford .. 1%...... 21 1 ,f....... ...... 2% London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d... 10 ...... lO Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d 23 %.. . 23% London, Hounslow, and Western ........ ....... 2 Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 78%..... .. 78% Do. New Do. New London and York 2%...... 6 3 / 4 7 6% 6% London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% 44... 4 l /4 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ... ..... 21,44 3 3 / 4.. 3 34 Lynn and Dereham l% Manchester and Leeds... 76 l5l 1541 l5O Manche:ter and Birman. 40 Do. % Shares Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction ... 1% 2% ..- ....... .. .. 2% Manchester,Buston,and _ _ ~ I %P 43/4 11 1 5 i /i 22 • !4P 1% p 344 5% Matlock 225....... 8% ra 81,4 p Midland 100 174% r:74 174 Midland,liirm., Derby... 100 Midland Great Western, (Irish) Do. Extension, No. 12% — ...... ...... ... 3 1 / 2 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 67 . Nevvoastle and Berwick 5 - 21 1 / 2 ._ 20% Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Junction... 136..... • 4% 3 ... 4% Newark, Sheffield, and Boston North British Do., New ... ..... North Devon 2 ...... 3%. ~,,,•, ..... 3% Northern and Eastern Do. Scrip - 56 Do. New Quarters ... 1 N. Kent & Direct Dover 21 /z.... 4%%: . 43g North North Wales Stafio 4 rdshire 42s. ..... 6 1 4 5.: 4 1 3 p 5% p Norwich and Brandon... 14 Northampton, Banbury, 5 1 / 2 ... ..... 5 Nottingham and Boston 1% 4 14%* ... 4% Oxford,an d Cheltenham Gosport, Ports • mouth, 86 Southamptn 2 %42s p..... 2% p Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 / 2 lB4 l'.? Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Ferth and Inverness ... 21,4 ••••••• ..... 3 t( 2 Preston and Wyre Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Scottish Central - 1 / 3 Sottish Midland 1 i h. ••• 6t /di- Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 21..... 8%%. B l /2 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Somersetshire Midland 2% 6% 1 . ) , ( 3 ... ..... 5% South Devon T S s o oe u :l t ti lt h lEL M nasd i d t l e a Dr n no d : . e .. D . v . 0 . a . v . i . t . 3 . 3, 3 2 1 2: 2 1. 4 : . d . . ...I : : 4 3 : 7 0 ! . ... ys ii . : 1p .. ...... .... ....... .....::........• 7 4 , 6 2 t332 9 1 iouth 'Wales ........... .., 2% ... 87% 8 1 ,4 went Va11ey..... 2 "'••• 18 1 / 4 17% ['rent Vall ey and Holv head Junction ......... 1% .... 2 5 / 13 . ... . 2 1 / 2 Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 . 43 - t . ' 1 .... ..... A / 5 Warwick & Cheltenham 1% ...... 3% 3...... 2% .. Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wickliv, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia ........ ...... 1% B%i' Of" 3 IA Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton ... ...... 1%,..,.. 3 1 / 2 2 3i, 3%••• 27g Milts, Somerset, & Wey •Tmoutli_... .... ... ......... 2 1 / 2 ...... 10 1 / 4 % 10 ... 93,„ Worcester, Shrewsbury, - -- - - - -- - A and Crewe Union ..... 1%..... 37 ... Worcester and S. Wales 425. - .......... 3% fork and North Midland 50 86 Do Selby . ... '• .. ""' ...... 86 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 8 ...... I:3 ........ Bordeaux. Toulouse, and Cette ( Mackenzie's)... 2 .. Do. (Espelete's)... ... 2 .••• • ............... Central of Spain ... 2 Demerara ... ..... . 2 l /z 2% 3-- Dendre Valley 2 Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Dutch Rhenish 5 ...... East Indian ... Great North. of France 13 1 4 2% 11% 4% (La!flue's) 1)o. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 3 X I / 2 --••••""" Do. Peppin le Halleur 4 .. •—•••—••• Great Western Bengal... .55....... 1 3 / .. . ..... •• • _ Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 4 1 ,4 ....••• Lyons and Avignon 2 - ......••• Luxemb0urg......... Na3nur and Licgo - - -•• • • Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordaaux... 6 Over Yssel 413 a 4d — Paris & Lyons, Latiltte's 2 P P a a r r i i s s & an L o y ß o o n u s, e ( n Calon' . s . ) . 20 2 42 2% ..... .......... Paris and Strasbourg (Gannoron's) 2 ... , T,woo li le : ra . ti ( zFax ( : nie oin t . : h. ) :roesfd Nantes, Spain L . a. : 1 ‘. i E ..ni. . a s .. .. t c. ..).-... 2 224 ..... . 2 27 5 A r ..... . . . . : .. .. . MINES. 41 3 / 4 2 3 / 4 2 3 / 4 21/2 ea I del Monte Unregd. ..... ..,....... 43,4 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Oct. 7.) SPIRITS.—AII descriptions of Jamaica Rum have been purchased extensively, principally by the home trade, and the rates paid exhibits an advance of ld to 2d per gallon. For Calcutta there has been much inquiry, and stiffer rates are offered, but the supply is not ample for the demand. Brandy has met with more attention ; several parcels have been sold at firm rates. Geneva is wanted, and prices rule high; export sort selling at 2s 4d to 2s sd, and fine fit for duty at 2s 7d to 2s 10d. The value of British Corn Spirits is lOs 2d per gallon, nett cash. INDIGO.—The quarterly sale of East India commenced to day—the quantity declared was very large, and amounted to 17,126 chests. A large proportion was actually sold at the following rates as compared with the July sale :-_Ordinary and middling consuming qualities 3d. advance, middling to good shipping qualities 4d ditto, a few perfect lots 6d ditto. 971 chests all Bengals have passed the sales, of which 350 are returned as bought in. 011..5.—A considerable increase has taken place in the demand for Linseed Oil, and an advance in the value of Is to Is 6d per cwt occurred. Rape Oil h as b een i n exce ll en t request, and bring stiffer rates. In Palm several purchases nave been made, and prices are on the advance ; Cocoa Nut is wanted, and the parcels disposed of privately were upon fully former terms; Olive Oil has beeen in extensive re quest; holders show much firmness. Seal Oil has met with more attention, and purchases to a fair extent have been made, but not at better prices. Prices rule firm for Sperm, and a good demand has been experienced by private contract TALLow—Prices have ruled firm for Russian on the spot since last Tuesday, and the town and country trade pur chased extensively. The demand has been good for Town Tallow at 41s to 415 Gd per cwt nett cash. Of other descriptions several parcels r have been di spose d o f pri vately at firm rates. The trade for the most p ar t are in dined to get well stocked with Tallow, in consequence of the large consumption there is going on. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. VACANCY IN WARWICKSIIIRE. In pursuance of' the directions of an Act, passed in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 111., intituled "An Act to repeal so much of two Acts, made in the tenth and fifteenth years of the reign of his present Majesty, as authorises the Speaker of the House of Commons to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown for making out writs for the election of Members to serve in Parliament, in the manner therein mentioned, and for substi tuting other provisions for the like purposes :" I do hereby give notice, that the death of Sir John Mor daunt, Bart., late a Member serving in this present Parlia ment for the southern division of the county of Warwick, bath been certified to me in writing, under the hands of two Members serving in this present Parliament; and that I shall issue my warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the said county, at the end of fourteen days after the insertion of this notice in the Landon Gazette. Given under my hand the 6th day of October, 1845. CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE, Speaker. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Winston, merchant, Copthall-buUdings, City, to surrender Oct. 16, at half-past one, and Nov. 20, at two. Belcher, official assignee; Cox, Size-lane. Joseph Middleton, hay salesman, Aveley, Essex, Od. 13, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 20, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; G. and E. Fenchurch-street. John Mortimer, bookseller, Adelaide-street, West Strand, Oct. 13, at two, and Nov. '2O, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basing hall-street ; Donne, New Broad-street, City. Samuel Laurence, dealer in watches, Bedfiird-street, Covent garden, Oct. 14, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, London ; Strutt, Buckingham-street, Strand. William Garrett Thackway, tailor, rnion-place, New-road, Marylebone, Oct. 16, at one, and Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Justice, Berners-street, Oxford-street. Joshua Swallow, sharebroker, Manchester, Oct. 18, and Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester; Reed, Friday-street, Cheapside ; Sale, Worthingliton, and Shipman, Manchester. William Lawton Hall, victualler, Liverpool, Oct. 17, and Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Company, Bedford-row, London ; Green, Liverpool. DIVIDEND DECLARED. S. Askham, commission agent, Bradford—first div. of 11d. in the pound, Oct. 7, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. DIVIDEND. In the Country. J. Knight, butcher, Wigan, Oct. 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on day herein mentioned. M. Wrake, jun., bricklayer, Canterbury, Oct. 28—B. Ling, timber dealer, Fore-street, Limehouse, Oct. 28—J. Kirkham, butcher, Lapus-street, Pimlico, Oct. 30—J. Mitchell, livery stablekeeper, Montague-street, Montague-square, Oct. 30— J. T. Taylor and T. P. Wilkinson, plumbers, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Oct. 30—A. Hindes and J. Thompson, stock brokero, Leeds, Oct. 29—W. R. Watts, chemist, Bath, Oct. 28—J. Cadogan, jun., hat warehouseman, Brecon, Oct. 30— D. Dames, paper stainer, Liverpool, Oct. 30—J. Banning, stationer, Liverpool, Oct. 30—T. Powell, brick maker, Aller ton Bywater, Yorkshire, Oct. 28—J. Robinson, spirit mer chant, Beverley, Oct. 28—J. M. Leader, coach maker, Ox ford-street, Oct. 28—W. Butterill, grocer, Sheffield, Oct. 28 —W. R. Carscaden, hosier, Leeds, Oct. 28—W. Matthews, pianoforte maker, Lisson-grove North, Oct. 28—J. Reece, ironmonger, Axminster, Oct. 28. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. and R. Rees, stationers, Abergavenny—J. Grover and H. Saxby, chemists. Lewes, Sussex—G. Parker and G. Wardlaw, cotton spinners, Glossop, Derbyshire—J. Lamb and A. Sym, Roman-cement makers, Winchester-buildings, Great Winchester-street—J. Anderson, J. Lamb, and A. Sym, East India agents, Lothbury (so far as regards A. Sym)—E. Moore and J. Brodie, blacksmiths, High-street, Wapping-- J. and E. Hall, small ware manufacturers, Salford—F. Dimes and G. Elam, artists' colourmen, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury—T. G. Shaw, W. W. Heap, W. J. Maxwell, and J. B. Hinde, wine merchants, Manchester (so far as re gards W. W. Heap)-11. Brawcombe and C. Cummins, cur- Hers, Bristol—F. A. Fynney and J. W. Adams, stockbrokers, Manchester—F. Kingwell and S. G. Wicks, wheelwrights, Phoenix-street, Soho—W. Sankey and J. C. Ottaway, sur geons, Dover—W. Wilding and J. G. Saunders, hatters, Shrewsbury—J. and J. Oke, mercers, Bodtnin—J. D. Smith and J. Clay, printers, East Harding-street, Gough-square— E. Shepley and J. Swain, fire-brick makers, Higher-hill, Lan cashire—H. Blaker, B. Valiance, and H. M. Blaker, surgeons, Brighton (so far as regards H. Blaker)—W. Dutton and H. Williams, skinners, Leftwich, Cheshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. premises merchant, of M r.Rutherford, Gl asgow . Glasgow, Oct. 11 and Nov. 8, W at il t l w il e m lve Ai , Revan and Arnott, tea merchants, Glasgow, Oct. 13 and 31, at twelve, at the Chambers of Mr. Monteith, Glasgow. at the MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. - - - --- These sessions were held yesterday before the Learned Assistant Judge and the usual bench of magistrates. The calendar contains a list of sixty prisoners for trial, fifty-six of whom are charged with felony, the remainder with assaults, misdemeanours, &c. DARING ROBBERY IN THE REGENT'S PARK.— Charles Mason was indicted for stealing a Victorine (tippet) from the person of Lucy Curtis. The prosecutrix, a lady residing in the neighbourhood of the Regent's-park, stated, that on the afternoon of the 23d ult. she was walking on one of the bridgesover the Regent's canal, near St. John's-wood, accompanied by two of her daughters, when the prisoner suddenly rushed upon her from behind, and, after seizing her suddenly, snatched the Vic torine off her neck and immediately ran away. She was greatly alarmed at this sudden attack, and called for assist ance, but no one came, and she saw no more of the prisoner until he was taken into custody on another charge, when she at once identified him as the person by whom she had been attacked. The daughters of the prosecutrix confirmed her testimony, and also identified the prisoner. The prisoner was found guilty. He was next indicted for stealing some carpenter's tools, to which he pleaded guilty. The COURT sentenced bum to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction for each offenee; there to be kept to hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL Jam Williams, a young man who stated himself to be a law clerk, was brought before Mr. Alderman Humphery, charged with being in the building, 1, Fig Tree-court, Tem ple, with intent to commit felony. Mr. Hans Busk, a barrister, residing in chambers at the above-mentioned building, stated that about noon yesterday, white he was sitting at his table he heard a key working in the lock of the door, he walked towards the door, and heard two other keys tried. Witness then suddenly opened the door, and found the prisoner. Witness said to him, "This accounts for all the doors being picked here." The prisoner clasped his hands together, and exclaimed, "Have mercy on me." Witness took him down stairs to give him into cus tody, and at the door the prisoner star ted off. Witness pur sued him through two or three courts, and 'gave him into custody on a staircase in New-court. The officer produced four keys he found in the prisoner's possession. Mr. Alderman HumPRERY called upon the prisoner to state who he was, and where he lived. The prisoner said he lived with his mother at 8, Lombard-street, is the Mint. The keys found on him belonged to his master's door. He was a law dark. _ Mr. Alderman HUMPIIERY asked with whom he lived? The prisoner declined saying, as it would disgrace his master. Mr. Alderman HUMPIIERY asked him w hy he entered these chambers? The prisoner said he was inquiring for his cousin, to whom he had lent 10s., and who had promised to repay him that day. The prisoner again refused to state by whom he was em ployed, and the Alderman remanded him till Friday, that the, officer might make inquiries about him. BOW-STREET. A tobacconist, of the name of Bush, residing in High Hol born, was charged with having 81b. 4oz. of smuggled goods (tobacco and cigars) in his possession. Mr. Potbury, from the office of the Solicitor to the Cus toms, called several Excise officers t o prove that they went to the defendant's house on the 18th ult., in consequence 'of suspicions entertained by them, and under the authority of a warrant granted by the Police Magistrate at Lambeth, an d proceeded to search the house, having previously read tl.e warrant to the defendant. The defendant's wife ran up-stai rs into a bedroom, but was followed by one of the officers, 'w no saw her take a parcel of American Cavendish tobacco oat of a drawer. A box of cheroots was subsequently- found in. the room, The defendant addressed the officers in a tone of ale fiance, declaring that the Commissioners might do what th ey pleased with him ; in consequence of which, Mr. Pot tin ry stated, the authorities had instructed him to press for the severer penalty, instead of that usually indicted in such c as ea, where the offend was a first one, and thedefendant expressed his contrition for the same. The defendant said he had not much experience in the trade, having been only a year and a half in business n a a tobacconist. He was led to purchase the goods by the tarts of a Frenchman, but had kept them out of the way at the suggestion of a friend. 3lr. TwyFortn, after examining the Act, observed that the extreme penalty was 1001., but the magistrate had the power to mitigate the penalty to one fourth of the amount. Mr. Potbury did not desire to press for the full penalty. the quantity of goods found being very small. Mr. TWYFORD then ordered him to pay 2.5/. with the , :orts. The defendant immediately paid the sum, and was ills charged. Caroline Evans, a servant maid in the employ of her 31a jesty, was brought up from Windsor Castle, on suspicions of stealing a coat from a fellow-servant, named Hall, at 13uck- j ingham Palec file case w s t only very shortly taken, to admit of the re mand of the 'prisaner for a week. MAULBOROUGH-STREET. CONVICTION OF A NOTORIOUS BEGGINCT-LETTER bIIFOS- TOM—Yesterday William Smith, a grey-haired man, of re spectable appearance, who has been known to the Mondieity Society for the last thirteen years as one of the most succes ful begging letter writers in ndon, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having attempted to impose on several noblemen and gentl. men by meaus of petitions, statements of distress, and also with having obtained money under similar fraudulent pretences from a gentleman named Olive, residing at No. 4, York-terrace, Regent's-park. One of the society's visitors, named Fergusson, produced an enormous bundle of petitions to persons of distinction, which hal been forwarded for investigation to the society. Amongst parties who had been imposed upon were the Bishop of Norwich, the Earl of Eldon, Earl Jermyn, Lord Bexley, and Lady Shaw Stewart. The visitor stated that Lord iekley, on being applied to, had sent a soveici4n to the society for the applicant; the Bishop of .Ncr.vieli had also acquainted the society with the fact of having been ap plied to. As the petitioner was perfectly well known as an impostor, norsford, one of the constables, was instructed to take steps to insure his apprehension. Tie constable, after considerable trouble, got upon his track, alai on Friday last he succeeded in meeting with him in Kensington, and taking him into custody. Mr. Olive stated that the prisoner some time ago made application to him for assistance, and received half-a-sove reign. Shortly afterwards the prisoner made a second appli cation, and was then told he could not be relieved unless he brought a recommendation. The prisoner went away, and returned with a letter of recommendation, purporting to be ' written by Mr. Mackenzie, of Cornwall-crescent, a friend of his (Mr. Olive's), and it was on the str en gth of this letter that the prisoner obtained a sovereigi. A flw days ago the prisoner paid a third visit, and, in order to escape detection, he assumed all the feebleness of age and infirmity. 'lle prisoner brought the following letter:— " Sept. 29. "My Christian Sir,—l hope you will be pleased to feel for an old servant of the Religious Reformation Society, who, through long affliction, is brought to the greatest of distress with a family of five motherless children ; and, as my health is ruined, the doctors of St. George's Hospital wish me to go to my native place, as that will only restore me to health. My native home is Scotland (the prisoner is an Irishman), but through my long illness I have not the means to go there without the assistance of a few Christian friends. You by doing this act of charity will be rewarded by God. I beg to enclose the certificate of the Secretary of the Society, and I pray to God that he will send me a friend in you to Lelp me in this distress. " WILLIAM SMITH, who begs to wait your kind answer." Having previously ascertained from Mr. Mackenzie that the letter of recommendation was a forgery, he (Mr. Olive) bad requested his footman to look out for the prisoner. When the prisoner had delivered his letter be went to him, and accused him of being an impostor, telling him to leave the house, and to think himself fortunate in not being given into custody. The prisoner, who while in the house appeared hardly able to crawl, no sooner found the door open than he scudded off with surprising agility. The letters were sent to the Society, and it was then ascertained that the signature of Mr. Finch, secretary to the Reformation Society, was a forgery. Mr. Fergusson stated that the cases of the Bishop of Nor wich and Lord Bexley could not be brought forward, as their Lordships were at present not in town. The prisoner bad no defence to make. Mr. H.AnnwicK inflicted the full punishment the law per mitted—three months' hard labour in the House of Correction. CLERKEN WELL. A middle-aged woman, named Charlotte Perry, a pauper, in Islington Workhouse, was charged by Mrs. Laman, the matron of that establishment, with refractory conduct. Mrs. Laman deposed that on Monday afternoon she found the steps of the hall-door sprinkled and discoloured with ink, and on inquiry she ascertained that the prisoner had caused it by throwing an inkstand containing ink out of the window of one of the wards whilst in a passion. In the course of the evening the prisoner quarrelled with another pauper, saying she was drunk, and her conduct was so violent and refrac tory whilst parties were in the supper-ward at supper, that she gave her into custody for the peace of the inmates. Her conduct was generally refractory. Mary Bexworth, an elderly pauper, was called, but she would not give any positive evidence. The prisoner, in her defence, said that Mrs. Laman was out when another woman, named Godson, was about to set down her name to report her, and she admitted having thrown the inkstand from the window. At supper-time she had another quarrel with Godson, and on the arrival of Mrs. Laman, she said I was more fit for a hovel in Saint Giles's than any other place. I said, I was more fit for gentleman's service. She denied being refractory. Mr. COMBE—Why is such a person as this kept in the workhouse at all? Mrs. Laman —She is burdened with a child, your Worship. Mr. COMBE—She seems able enough to support herself and child ; is anything the matter with her? Mrs. Laman— No, Sir; but she is always ill after these fits of passion. The prisoner said, she had been three years in the house; she was unwell. and she wished to go out of the workhouse. Mr. COMBE—They will soon let you go if you wish to go. You are committed for seven days to the House of Correction. A female voice in Court—Never mind, Charlotte. This person was brought forward, and said she was the prisoner's friend. Mr. COMBE cautioned her. She seemed to think nothing of seven days' imprisonment, but if she was brought there she would get more unless she conducted herself properly. John.Fkteher, a beer-shop-keeper, 31, Goswell-street, St. Luke's, was charged by Mr. Lewis Jones, of the Coach and Horses public-house, Fann-street, in the Liberty of Glass house-yard, with representing himself to be a metropolitan police-constable, for the purpose of obtaining admission into his house, contrary to the Police Act, which subjected him to a penalty of 101. The prosecutor deposed that on Monday night last, at eleven o'clock, the prisoner came to his house in company of another man, and wished to go up stairs,- where a Phi lanthropic Society were holding their meeting. He said lie came there to look after a person named Evans, who had robbed the man then with him. Witness' informed him that no person of that name was in the room, but he described himself as being an officer, 39 K division, and produced a truncheon. Witness suspected him, and refused to admit him unless he brought some officer in uniform to identify him. A boy present told witness that the prisoner kept a beer-shop in Goswell-street, and witness, as the Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society, deemed it his duty to give the prisoner into custody. Mr. CostuE—Can you form a notion as to his object in wishing to obtain admission? Witness—l cannot; but I suspect with no good one. The prisoner, in his defence, denied any bad intention. The person who was with him (a Mr. Banner) called on him and said that a person named Evans had robbed him, and he accompanied him to search after the thief. They went to two or three public-houses before they went to Mr. Jones's. He formerly was a licensed victualler, and kept the Albion gin-palace, Ratcliff-highway. He was sworn in as a special constable two years ago at the Thames Police-court. He answered other questions in an unsatisfactory manner. Mr. Comm did not believe a word he said, and thought he was an impostor. Sergeant Cole, G, said the prisoner had left No. 31, Gos - well-street, and was living in lodgings in Ormond's-buildings. The prisoner said he was about to sell the business. • Mr. COMBE told him he should convict him in the full pe nalty of 10/, unless he could produce satisfactory evidence as to his respectability; and he gave him until three o'clock that day to do so. _ _ _ The Prisoner then left the bar, and accompanied the officer who took him into charge on the previous night, for the pur pose of bringing forward some friends to confirm his state ments; but up to the hour of closing the Court neither the prisoner nor the officer made their appearance, and the im pression was that the prisoner had made his escape. After the closing of the Court the officer returned, and said the pri soner had escaped from him. QUEEN-SQUARE. Rebecca Larkman was charged with defrauding a great number of tradesmen of goods of various descriptions. The prisoner lived in the service of Mrs. Coward, a lady residing in Sloane-street, up to the end of June last, when, in consequence of repeated acts of she was dis charged. Since that time she has visited the shops of the various tradesmen in the neighbourhood who supplied the family, and representing that she was sent by Mrs. Coward and a lady who was staying with her on a visit, obtained property to a considerable amount. Evidence having been given to prove that the prisoner obtained a tea-urn, value 41. 10s., and a handsome set of fire-irons, from Mr, G. Gregory, an ironmonger in Sloane street, by pretending that she bad been sent by Mrs. Coward, The police stated that. there were no less than" seven other cases against the accused. Mr. BOND remanded the prisoner, who made no defence, for a week, in order that search might be made for the pro perty, and the necessary witnesses procured. Michael Walsh was charged with insulting Mr. G. Maffin, a gentleman residing in College-row, Brornpton. About two years ago Mr. Maffin unfortunately left his cab in the care of the defendant, who took the liberty of driving it away for an hour, a►nd bringing the horse back in a very harassed condition. Since that period he has had the im pudence to arrest the gentleman in the streets, and ask him for money for taking care of his horse and cab on the occa sion alluded to. On Monday afternoon he came up to Mr. Maffin, in Tz.ttersall's yard, in a drunken state, threatened to knock his head off, put his fist in his face, and otherwise grossly misconducted himself. The fellow said he was very sorry, and begged. the gentle man's pardon. • Mr. Bcisn fined him ten shillings. • He was committed for ten days in default. • SOUTH tV AR K. Bridget Smith, a middle-aged woman, and who has been twice remanded on a charge of sending a parcel containing sugar, amongst which it had been ascertained was a quantity of oxalic acid, to a Mr. Patrick John Smith, residing at Peace's Cooperage, Cornwall-road, and delivering it to a little boy of the name of Hyatt, with a request that he would take it to the prosecutor's house, and say that she was com ing to tea, and requested it might be made soon ; promising, on the boy's return, to give him a penny for his trouble, was placed at the bar. After the boy had delivered the parcel, on his return to where he had left the prisoner, she was gone. At the former examinations the boy swore that the pri soner was the person who had delivered the parcel to him, and evidence was adduced that she had been heard to use threats against the prosecutor, and that she would poison him. A good deal of recriminatory statements were made on both sides, and from which it appeared, that the prisoner had been engaged to attend the former wife of the prose. cutor up to the time of her death, in February last, and that there had been some familiarities between the prose cutor and the prisoner. At the last examination a copy of a certificate of a marriage between the prisoner and a Patrick Henry Smith, of St. John's, Paddington, on the 12th of May last, Whit-Monday, and' which the prisoner alleged was with the prosecutor, was produced. The prosecutor denied positively that he was the man, although her marriage was not denied with a man of that name. The prisoner also stated, that she could procure evidence to show that she was not in the neighbourhood of the Cornwall-road on the alleged day the parcel was delivered, ar.d that the boy Hyatt was wholly mistaken in her identity, and she was remanded f)r further evidence. (The previous examination appeared in The Sun.) . _ On the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mr. Games, a solicitor, said he appeared on the part of the prosecutor, but as he had not been before concerned in the case, he could only learn its exact position from the viva v. ce evidence contained in the report of the proceedings in the newspapers, and which, he understaod, was a most correct report. He believed the only point was the assertion of the prisoner that she was married to the prosecutor. Mr. Cormoiiam said, that was not the only point; the question of the marriage arose incidentally in the case, and must, be taken to be a collateral issue, the prisoner having asserted that she was married to the prosecutor; the truth or falsehood of that assertion must be proved. There was also another point or evidence: it was stated that an alibi would be produced, as thefprisoner had denied that she was near the Cornwall-road on the day in question. Mr. Game 3 said he was in a situation to prove the story of the marriage was a gross fabrication. Mr. CorrixGßaar--The evidence ought not to come from you, the prisoner must substantiate the fact. Mr. Hardman, the prisoner's solicitor, stated he had no evidence at present of the marriage, as he understood the beadle and pew-opener of St. John's, Paddington, where the marriage took place, had been summoned to attend by the prosecution. - Mr. Games said there was no doubt of the prisoner's mar riage with a Patrick liepiry Smith, but the prosecutor was not the man; the beadle and pew-opener were present, and he was re Idy to call them. He then called Joseph brake, who deposed tiat he was beadle of St. John's, Paddington, and prodree 1 the registers of marriages on the 12th of May, Whit-MOntay, at St. John's. The re gister was kept by the curate, and there was an entry in witwss's handwriting of a marriage of Bridget Smith with Patrick Henry Smith, on that day. There were five marriages that morning, and the last persons who were married he re collected, from the circumstance that the man was very dirty, and had the appearance of a bricklayer's labourer, who had just left his work; he wore a sort of flannel or fustian coat, he was a tall stout man, but as he kept his head down he did not notice him much ; the woman also looked dirty ; the man asked the witness and the pew-opener to be wit nesses, but not liking their appearance he declined; the man then went out after two witnesses who had attended a pre vious marriage and returned with them, when they were married ; the prisoner was the woman, but he could not speak as to the man; who wrote the names of the witnesses he could not say, but thought it was the clerk's writing; it appeared they were marksmen: the prisoner's name appeared to be written by the clerk. Mr. Cottingham minutely examined the entries in the re gister, and asked if the prosecutor had any objection then to write his name? Mr. Gaines said the prosecutor would have no objection to do anything the Bench wished, as he was anxious for a full investigation. The Prosecutor then wrote down his name in full on a piece of paper, which was handed to the magistrate. The pew-opener stated that she recollected the marriages taking place on Whit-Monday ? idle last marriage was be tween a man and woman, both of whom were very dii ty, and that she never saw a dirtier couple, the man appeared as if he just came from work, he wore a cap but held down his head. Mr. Games said he would call witnesses to show the prose cutor could not have been near the church. After a tedious examination of witnesses, Mr. COTTINGIIAM determined that as the charge was one of a very serious nature, he should decline to take bail, and wouki remand - the case - till Saturday_ The prisoner was then remanded, and will be bought up again on Saturday. On leaving the dock she requestel to see her son, which was immediately granted. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of pubro business. THE LORD MAYOR AND THE GOVERNORS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. Alderman WILSON brought up the report of the Committee upon the report of the Lord Mayor on the proceedings at Christ's Hospital on St. iMatthew's-day last, in which the president and treasurer of the Hospital refused to recognise the claim of the Lord Mayor to be head of the institution. It stated that the Committee had proceeded duly to consider the subject, and was attended by a deputation of the Royal Hospitals' Com mittee of the Corporation, and it appearing that the lists which were delivered to the Lord Mayor on St. Matthew's day last were inaccurate in point of form, and not according to the ;ancient practice, they were of opinion that the said hits should be returned to the presidents of the several Hospitals, and that they should be requested to correct and amend the same in proper form ; and they recommended the Court to give direc tions accordingly, and that the Lord Mayor be requested to hold a General Court for all the Hospitals at Christ's Hospital, for the purpose of receiving and confirming the corrected lists of governors. Alderman WILSON having moved that the report be agreed to, _ _ _ — Alderman Woon said the Governors of Christ's Hospital had, in denying the right of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation to be at the head of thatinsti tution, quite mistaken the extent of their own authority, and by their proceedings on the day the Queen visited the Hospital jeopardised the privileges which they exer cise:. If the matter was a question of precedence alone it would not be deserving of notice, but it had become necessary, from what had taken place, to insist upon the long-established existence of the right. It formed an essential ingredient in the constitution. of the Royal Hospitals, that the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons should form part of each of the Courts. In fact, without the presence of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, a legal Court could not be formed; so that, for the sake of a paltry dis tinction of rank, those who had made the experiment called in question the whole of the privileges of which they claimed the absolute possession. The Alderman having, referred to the authority of all the charters in support of the power of the Corporation, and spoke at some length in favour of the resolute legal assertion of the rights of the body, concluded by seoinding the mo tion, with the addition that copies of it and of the re port of the Lord Mayor relative to the proceedings on St. Matthew's-day, should be sent to the governors. Sir PETER LAURIE suggested the propriety of hold ing a conference with the governors, - which he con sidered to be a course more liLely to lead to a satisfactory issue than a charge against them could he supposed cal ciliated to effect. He was sure that the in isunderstand ing could be explained away. Alderman Woon thought a conference between a committee of the Corporation and parties. who had de liberately slighted and insulted the head of that Cor poration would be exceedingly humiliating; to the Court of Aldermen.---(Hear, hear.); There had. been expressed not a word of regret or acknowledgment 'of error by the governors, who had denied the authority claimed ; on the contrary, they had passed resolutions and mode statements of a very different tendency !in confirmation of their avowed belief in the superiority of their own powers. The only place in which the question could be settled was a court of law, and there was very little doubt as to the manner in which it would be settled before such an ordeal.—(Hear, hear.) Alderman WILSON was surprised to bear Sir Peter Laurie, who bad shown so excellent an example himself in promptly acknowledging the superior authority of the Lord Mayor in the Hospital over whitch he presided, allude in such terms to the conduct pursued at Christ's Hospital. It was quite evident that the intention of the governors was to show, in a way not to be mistaken, that they wholly repudiated the claims of the Cor poration ; and he was happy to find that the Lord Mayor had acted so resolutely in defence of their privileges. There was no occasion for a conference. If the go vernors happened to be amicably inclined, they had had plenty of opportunities of evincing the change in their sentiments. Sir PETER LAURIE said that he pr eferred an ami cable arrangement to an appeal to the law, by which an enormous expense might be incurred, such as had been incurred in the matter of the Irish Society. Indeed, he looked upon it as merely fighting fort-s, straw, and he considered a victory purchased in such a case for the sum of 50,000/. not very well worth such an expendi ture. He believed the governors of all the Hospitals were disposed to every proper respect to the ma gistracy of the City. Alderman LUCAS approved of the report, and of the spirited manner in which the privileges of the Corpora tion had been supported. The report was then agreed to, and - the Lord Mayor's report was ordered to be printed, and copies of it were directed to be sent to the governors. Upon the motion of Alderman Wit.soN, seconded by Mr. Alderman Woos, the thanks of the Court were unanimously voted to the Lord Mayor., for the molera tion and firmness with which his Lordship had acted at Christ's Hospital, in asserting the rights of the Cor poration. _ • The LORD gni oa, in returning tlrankg, declared that he had merely performed his duty, as he believed he bad done since he had had the honour of filling the office of magistrate of the City of London,—(Hear, bear.) STATE OF GILTSPUR-STREET PRISON. Alderman SIDNEY, after a speech in which he de scribed Giltspur•street Prison to be excessively crowded, and the prisoners to be in a scandalous state of insubor dination, in consequence, he alleged, of the negligence or incapacity of the City magistracy, moved that the pre sent overcrowded state of the house of correction in Giltspur-street—the want of classification and proper separation of the prisoners—be taken into consideration, with the view of applying an early remiedy. Alderman WILSON repelled the charge against the City magistrates, and said that Alderman Sidney could not be aware of the very excellent itaprovements in pro gress in Giltspur-street Prison when he spoke of the miserable arrangements. He also contended that, with the exception of a few profligate persons, the whole of the inmates were in a complete state of subordination. Alderman WOOD and Alderman I.,troAs also denied that blame lay at the doors of the raagietrates, and that there were any evidences of insubordination except in three or four instances, which were by no means to be wondered at, as there were collected in the prison mul titudes of the most abandoned characters to be foUnd in the metropolis. There was no opposition at all made to the motion of Alderman Sidney.—The Court then aiijourned. FLOODS IN THE NORTH. NEWCASTLE•ON-TYNE, SATURDAY.--A great quan tity of rain has fallen in this district within the last few days, which has swollen the rivers, and done considerable damage to property in their margins. On Thursday the rain descended in torrents all day, and yesterday the Tyne, at high water in the afternoon overflowed its banks for several miles, covering all the low grounds near Hexham arid Newburn,,carrying away the corn produce of several fields in stook, and doine serious injury to the potatoe and turnip crops. The quay at Newcastle was covered with 'rater, and the cellars in the neighbourhood completely inundated. During the ebb tide the current was su strong as to carry away several •essels from their moorrings, and the damage done among the shipping in the harbour was very extensive. The Ocean brig was driven on the Herd Sands, and the sea is breaking over her in such a manner that it is feared sbe will become a totvel wreck. The David, of Yarmouth, had her mainmast carried away, and the Dover steamer lost her foremast. The mate of the Atlantic, of Shields, was killed by the breeds ing of a warp, and the Blossom steamer was driven against the Brig John with such violence as to stave in her quartette, and she was oely kept from sinking with the greatest difficulty, her funnel being also carried away. It is impossible at present to enumerate the casualties that have occur red, as the ex tent of damage is not yet fully ascertained. 'The har bour was a complete scene of confusion from the vessels adrift ; several wherries were sunk, and indeed it was impossible fir a small boat "to live." 'lle police boat had a narrow esc , pe, having just got oat, between two vessels, when they were driven together with great vio lence. A great number of bowsprits have been broken, and an immense pile of broken warps has been collected in Young's dockyard by the police, who are protecting it till claimed by the owners. The ebb-tide to-day has brought down large quanti ties of hay and corn, a cow, several sheer, and a horse, and from these indications, it is apprehended the da mage done in the wed, of which only very partial accounts have been received hers, is very great. The Blaydon station of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was knee-deep in water ; and the line for several miles was covered. The garden grounds about Ilexhana are still under water, and it is feared that tho entire potato crop in those places will be destroyed. DEATH OF A FLAG OFFICER Admiral Benjamin W.- Page, the junior Admiral of th e Blue, died at Ipswich on Friday evening last, at a goa d old age. He entered the navy in November, 1778, with Rear - Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, K.C.8., a personal friend of his father, and was a midshipman on board the Superb in the ac tions with Monsieur de Suffrein in the East Indies, in which he was twice wounded by the side of his patron. He nag appointed acting lieutenant, in December, 1782, to the E'Ke ter, 64, at Bombay, and came to England with the admiral, and was paid off io 1783. Lo: d Howe confirmed him a lieu tenant November 20, 1784, and appointed him to the Astrea, 32, Captain Rai mer, for the Jamaica station; returned in 179 0 , and were, all hands and officers, appointed to the Mortarh, 74. In December, Lieut. Page was sent in the Minerva, 39, witb Captain It. M. Sutton, to India, and en joining Commodore Cornwallis, the flag-ship, the Crown, 64, paid off at Portsmouth in 1792 ; and in January, 1793, appointed first lieutenant of the Suffolk, 74, at the request of Captain Milner. On tbe 7th of June, having been on a cruise off Cherbourg and the French coact, the Suffolk was safely taken through the Needles' Passage to Spithead, being the first seventy.inur ever taken through the Needles; and she continued afa vourite ship with Lord Howe till the latter part of Nay' 1794, when Commodore Rainier was sent with her and others to escort a large convoy to India; and as acting cap" taro, Lieutenant Page was paid the batta, and after the cap ture of- Negapatam and Trincomalee was confirmed by t he Admiralty us a Commander to the Hobart, of 18 guns, Sep tember 12, 1795; and having conveyed the Bombay China ships to their home from China, was made Post Captain int° the Orpheus, 32, 1796, on Captain Henry Newcomb's demise, and received 500 guineas for care of convoy, through tile Admiral, officially. 1798 and 1799 Captain Page was com pelled, by had health, to return to England. January' 1800, Earl Spencer appointed him to the Inflexible , armed en flute, and sent him with sealed orders, and more such ships, to take General Pigot and 5,000 trooPa to Gibraltar and Minorca, which they did safely and ra j pidly, and joined at the blockade and capture of G enera _ Massena, at Genoa; and the Inflexible carried about 600 French troops from thence to Antibes, and a convoy front Minorca, Gibraltar, and Lisbon, to England. Earl Spencrer again sent Captain Page with sealed orders to Admiral Lo Keith, who put part of the 42d Highlanders on board. the 111- flexible, whence they were landed in Egypt by her NIT March 8, 1801; and that ship was sent to Rhodes, &c.," . ' t dispatches for England, and returned to the blockade 0 Alexandria with Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton andthe squadron. On the surrender of Cairo Captain Page Wi'g sent to take the 13,556 French troops and follovel from Egypt to France. He embarked near ly 600 Fre nch artillerymen, and 12 of their guns, ammunition, &ea board the Inflexible, and all the others in ships P,.? under his orders, for Marseilles, and landed them there. le returned to Malta, and thence took General Coote and jtc e , 3d Guards to Gibraltar and Spithead, and was paid on '- March, 1802. He was soon after appointed to the Caroline' 36, for the Irish station from Cork ; he was sent with scal e .' orders in May, 1803, for the East Indies, and arrived there ILI 104 days, taking some French and Dutch ves-el., and so ) " f the ing the latter to apprise the Governor of St. Helena o renewal of the war in Europe, which enabled him to keeP our ships there for convoy, and to detain some Dutch v ea l sets. Admiral Rainier, having gone in quest of Adin.i,rai Lanois and the French squadron, which had recently saue re i from Pondicherry, and Captain Bathurst, in the Terpsi che with a few small ships, being left to protect the 138 D :t Bengal and that side of India, Captain Page assumed t to command, escorted the Company's ships for EureP,. e safety, and luckily captured the General de Caen , °L an a guns and 200 men, and Les Tres Unis, of 18 gun,' do pe - 140 men, privateers, from Bordeaux, before they had any mischief ; he ;hen took a large convoy of Bombay European ships to China, and back to India, in se fet Y'a 1804. The merchants of Bengal and of Madras each gao Captain Page 500 guineas for his exertions and succ ess, the Admiral appointed him to his flag-ship, the Trident,.'lo he brought the present Duke of Wellington to Englan d March, 1805, they took a convoy to St. Helena, leavi n g in miral Sir Edward Pellew in command of the sanad r° ; r oat c rag St. which Admiral Reimer had held eleven years. St. Helena the convoy was 44 sail, the same number 4 % ! as taken out in 1794, and having seen them all safe intues, Downs, September, 1805, paid off the Trident at Chl o art and received 500 guineas, with official thanks, from the .00 , of Directors, through the Admiral, for the care of ce i ni;ies Lord Mulgrave appointed Captain Page to the Sea Foie ar , at Harwich ; and on their being disbanded, Lord Melvill e ber e pointed Captain Page to the Puissant, 74, at Spithead, he had, with other duties of the port, to sit upon 167 ce` fro a martial, to go weekly to saperintend invaliding we ll a nd Hasler Hospital, examine candidates for lieutenancies!.4, proper-management of the prison-ships in Porcheste r, &c. October, 1815, the Puissant was paid off, and in Vice - Captain Page was promoteeto flag-rank, and rnadea, Admiral in July, 1830, and Admiral, November 23,184 THE BRUTAL LASH. oro NOBLE SENTIMENTS IN REFERENCE THE'' OF LORD METCALF. (From the Indian News.) ,:„„ lour" It gives us great pain to observe from the Inan' fs' nals that the opinion of many " practical men" 13 your of the re-introduction of the lash into the native be $ . This, should it take place, will, in our judgme a _ t ',., or fatal error. The doctrine that the lash has bee o ';., t t cessary is founded on a misconception which ought exist among persons making any pretensions to. ia`bor gence ; for the late instances of discontent and. 1 ,,t; more dination have been much less important, and can thaa clearly traced to improper treatment of the arillY,tba those which occurred before flogging was abolisinical Lord William • Bentinck. This opinion of the P r tiai' n man referred to is worth no more than the y te the of other practical men, that the Indians; who Owe-, bravest soldiers in the world, are cowards by and that the Indians who overthrew the Mogul despotienb ieto who have repeatedly beat off the British with eq° ll „, eig; bers, are incapable of organising, of themselves , art ae!', cient military force ; and that the Indians, who i n ,. cit` masses are gallant, faithful, and honourable, a rr re h ' e - s e life a race of liars, thieves, and scoundrels. l' he ancient prejudices which are fast vanishing before wi" of modern knowledge, and which, in all probahinl,oll,B, have no existence at a'l in the next generation; ha!' h it meantime, unfortunately, in the question of the I , P „. t 'ou the opinion of the veterans, with the Duke of Weih n '' their head, which will be taken. , the This painful subject has been suggested to us 1)3_00,o lowing paragraph in a letter to a private friend ire o r Metcalf, a practical man of another stampi o dic° I exceedingly deplore the contemplatedre-introuva,,, re.; flogging into the Indian Native Army, and have a l l halt' garded Lord William Bentinck's abolition of tlial 'trsn °ll. punishment as reflecting high honour on his adminl, s h If I had'the power - I would abolish it in the Britis notwithstanding the high authority in favour of its e" 1 , an In ce." A itS f O C the British army, it unhappily exists, an d It, tion, if no adequate substitute could be found, h o seol l ought we know, occasion some disorder among t d the dividuals whose minds have been brutified t backs scored by the whip ; but the Indians are t: ° r e' : sent restrained by military honour—by " fidelity he st salt"—and this cannot co-exist with the lash. The ventive of insubordination among them is just 0 an° i ter as tY , treatment by the local government and officers in ° t o to r It is but fair to. add, that private accounts me n t e 111 1 , 4 the contemplated brutalisation of a body of men t he' England owes a debt that ought to be requite d 0 than by the lash, had been suspended or given uP• FATAL ACCIDENT AT tl,prirjr .0 I a drummer attached to the band of the Royal 3,a 0 P i y was drowned on Saturday evening, near Charie`e Woolwich ; and the body was first observed b} decks convicts employed at the west end of Wool-roe" coro,e le ct yesterday forenoon, and taken charge of, that , 3 bee t he inquest might be held upon it. It appears the L'fir e a by his residence, in Frances-street, Woolwich, to Pr°'„„,re t he last boat up the river from Charlton pier, to join '.." 0 . 1 o t ll r companions; and lhe was observed in the fore tartrm vessel, by a female passenger, playing with a 1 7 110 o diately after leaving. the pier, and while doing e u ale balanced himself, and fell into the river. The doing m a le diately acquainted, the Captain of the N ac l eto e e i t ro he in c t o ro t steam-packet of the circumstance, and he b and remained near the spot for about ten or at e dc rs A Po% but the body did not rise to the surface, which rensing v i bable that the deceased had been stunned ill PP roe, the paddle-wheels.' ' ate° l r• AM,TERDAM, OCT. 3.-The ,ikh t oo t he Rapid, which recently commenced running T ri de r, °n o te lingen and London, was towed back to the 11 %„t of `„,ere 29th ult., in a damaged condition, and with SIN: in the hold. It had on board 75 cow:'' 15 the ' j e e p - 0 drowned or otherwise killed. The last arriv'!_ ; t he f r ool were the Thomas and Joseph, from Newcast;?_ 1 0, The Dorothea, the Paragon, the Shencliffe, and tn e g,ol. lo y , , Sunderland; and the Jantina Hendrika, fr" ni te b Ba„ e ipt ,s number of passengers on the so-called Do me re o v ar ce for the Month of September, was 67, 264 ' 0 . 3 lln ° t• th e amounted to 69,411 florins. The Hague PaP.,,eder the sudden death of Herr C, de Bordes, cowrie the order of the Dutch Lion, and Attorney-Gen er ' Q he ld Council of the Netherlands. , fair vv3' 11 . of BRAINTREE FAlR.—This importani, on Thursday and Friday last, and as respectsatohne:tPh Pee'hara: stock of most descriptions, arid the busineis_terabs..ntay counts that have reached us are of the roost t<_,"' d t he 'fl.;,-e$ eue ere 0 meter. The number of sheep and lambs cs- e p a ; Cher th of any former year, nearly 20,000 being . Pen, l tt• it ir ; a hors e, :41so a fair average number of bullocks In of mice' whole were in very excellent conditil arger n ot ` h ocei there . was a full supply, including s The %IIY 1 1 . .tban usual of very superior cart coltse.rounis, e,:pesl,,t._ too, of respectable buyers was num Thursday, and large purchases were wi. a cit indeed at considerably advanced rates ",', favourably with the,low prices produced by L n l u ;o% a b ▪ " ey er , -: tariff in 1842. Friday morning was 'wet _ a detie e o f. tita irte:_ and consequently there was a smaller atteo Wen „ t at e but still the rates of the previous day were traileaftellis fair' and a considerable deal of business veal re °t al l ier 0 . 1 : 1; 11 .apply of hops, generally an importan snl _ t be) was, owing to the backwarkness of the seail k i e g was ever seen there before; in fact, the .o P l , se a to tn i wt. over very few conld be bagged in time t to ' 9/. per in c g For those that were pitched, from 81 . manY be soM e ti e asked, bat few sales were effected at this rat , _ _ tt , fol io t hes t , gist nion notwithstanding the unfavourablekrenP: • idoM , the large hop- growing districts of the the nrs wa 7 e g prices will not be maintained. This wa s the t i es the t 7 e since the alterations at the Hyde Farm , by' t ondeo - sta that t o. the new arrangements; and a correr— e dealer s . to , co, jr were complaints amongst some of thes!aolt ratf i n as d oe O A. space purchased and fenced in for the t ; e ram- -,t, etoriaew", fined, for should the fair increase at t c° t l soon be . t au the last twenty years, it will s says, was, o. pro . ' - o f The space allotted to the horses, he L op e te nse t ore plained of as insufficient; and lie adds duil.. tied eo that the new proprietors of the memo i r s the ground for the purpose before it , which would render the enlargement ol 'sing raid. h rev' i• difficult and expensive.—Essex lie e to w' • STRATI - it the „ o h o BEVRLEY BOROUGH REGIST last, for this borough took place on barrister- ..vester, hall, before J. Wharton, Esq., the mid E I v . very ably supported the Liberals, a of th. be r ts ; the Tories. The following is the result ditto ; gar I Liberal freemen struck off, 3, ; 'T or yg f th ei holders struck off, 4; Tory ditto, lo lilt ° . Hull Advertiser. The res- , ,.. e id _ Wednescra, Av. NORTH CHESHIRE REVISION. . 11 ecie,ti 0d iq that ,w_iellitiP/iii:r.lfcalbl; i county revision in Macclesfield ie o n bjectio ° ',rocket ut :ti c v ja es l n',T i l e e e a ll 9.-- 4m 13 t h n e u n e . a f g e a u e l h 2 a . s The Bohn d s a r lt v ) ere stele s , l elY c a ol u m r t i, y . voters in the borough, and sustain ; Both P- • q lro REPRESENTATION or WIGA - 1 ) t s eno•e - to -- - ttp still actively canvassing the electors,. isitithe borot a i r l y r asoo It known of the state of political feel Ocknes se 2 P 10r 5 it almost certain, that unless Mr. d a must u- r f t he —I;• be enormous bribery, Captain Lin d : 3 that some o,__hes seems to be generally understoo ea , 1 .1 to botbl Y: to than offered, as agsinisgabnayckmainn inthehisexapeencateasti(otnn iniquity of such a course) would be tale amore self into a Parliament that has little more ;.-- 1• " ar as. j.• ',....ft•mi• r A z