The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-18 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. The weather this morning is very fine, and the sea comparatively smooth. The French steam squadron. with the Reine Amelie brig yacht, and La Favorite cut ter, left their anchorage this morning at a quarter past six o'clock for their own harbours. The Inflexible and Belle Poule sent up top-gallant masts and topgallant yards this morning, and hoisted the blue peter for the recal of all officers and seamen from the shore, as early as half-past six o'clock. The Belle Poule got under weigh at half-past eight, and the Inflexible at half-past nine o'clock. They were soon out of sight. Spithead is now solely occupied by British men-of-war. The line-of battle ships, St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, flag of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart. ; Caledonia, 120, Captain Milne ; and Queen, 110, Captain Martin, will leave Spithead in a few days for a short cruise, and, to • gether with the Albion, 90, Commodore Lockyer, if they can fall in with her, try their sailing qualities. Rear- Admiral Bowles, C. 8., will vacate his seat at the Admi ralty for the time, and hoist his flag (blue, at the mizen) on board the St. Vincent, as Commander-in-Chief of the squadron. Captain Rowley will not go out in his ship, the St. Vincent, on this cruise, but will remain ashore' to assist his gallant father in the flag duties of the port, the very precarious health of Sir Charles render ing assistance in his office necessary. We are not aware whether the experimental brigs will join the squadron or form one of themselves • we should imagine the latter. Portsmouth has been the scene of several shocking acci dents during the late rejoicings. On Monday, about half-past ten, a labourer in the dockyard, named Thomas Smart, was struck by a ladder, which was blown down by the violence of the wind, by which his skull was hor • ribly fractured, and he died soon after being conveyed to Hasler Hospital. He was aged about sixty, and has been a number of years in the dockyard. Last evening, whilst the jury had retired to allow time fur the Coroner to draw up his inquisitions in the case of the accident on the King's Bastion, information was brought to the Coroner that a few doors off, at the sign of the Valiant Soldier, an elderly man was standing at the bar drinking, and talking about the French to the landlord, when he cud • denly vomited a mouthful of blood and fell upon the floor a corpse. An inquest was held upon the body this even ing, and a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God " returned. A young woman was dragged out of the sea near Point beach on Sunday night, during the terrific storm which prevailed about one o'clock ; which, toge ther with the two soldiers killed by the gun, and one at the same time severely injured, and the accident on board the Reine Amelie, form a catalogue of disasters seldom paralleled in so short a space of time in one locality. The pay-boat went out about twelve o'clock to take the advance wages to Spithead for five of the brigs. The wind to-day was, at daylight, north-west, and this afternoon west-north-west, with every appear ance of a dry night. THE LATE SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE KING'S BASTION AT PORTSMOUTH. TUESDAY, 9 P.M.—An inquest was held this evening before Mr. Cooper, the Coroner for Portsmouth, on the bodies of the unfortunate young men, Michael Walker and Alexander Miller, gunners of the Royal Artillery, who were killed on Monday by the accidental discharge of a gun they were loading whilst announcing the ar rival of her Majesty and the_King of the French at this port by a royal salute. The jury having viewed the bodies, which were iden tified by a comrade of the Royal Artillery corps, William Henry Bent was sworn, and deposed—He was a captain of the Royal Artillery, and commanded the detachment stationed at Portsmouth ; he was on duty on Monday, the 14th instant, on the King's BAS tion, on the Portsmouth lines ; the deceased men, Michael Walker and Alexander Miller, belonged to his company, and were under his command on the bastion. He was there for the purpose of directing the royal salutes for her Majesty Queen Victoria and the King of the French on their arrival at Portsmouth. At about a quarter to four o'clock in the afternoon, in accordance with preconcerted signals, a salute was commenced firing, and the deceased, together with another gunner, Archibald Guthrie, were on duty at No. 3 gun. The g un had been once fired (there being only four guns on the bastion it was necessary to fire each gun five times, and one of them six, to produce a Royal salute). He was going to give the word of command to " fire," when suddenly the gun was discharged without the word. On the smoke clearing away, the bodies of the two men, Walker and Miller, were discovered lying on the ram part in front of the guns, at some distance from their muzzles, each having an arm torn away, their thighs shattered, and Walker, his head horribly disfigured from the blast of the powder. He had the bodies imine diately conveyed to the works below the bastion, and covered over. The bones protruded through the skins of the bodies, where the blast had taken effect. By a juror—lt is usual to stand upon the works to charge the guns upon the King's Bastion. By the CORONER—The guns mounted on the King's Bastion are 32-pounders. Witness—Walker was never heard to speak or utter any sound after the accident. He examined the gun im mediately after the accident, and there was no defect whatever in it. They are all new guns on the King's Bastion ; and, in order to prevent the possibility of ac cident, the sponge to clean out the guns was wet, and a bucket of water was kept close at hand to keep the sponges well wet, notwithstanding the heavy raia which was descending. His inference was, that a piece of the flannel cartridge had remained in the gun after it was first discharged, which ignited the second charge on its being rammed home. By the Foreman—No blame whatever can possibly attach to the soldier who stopped the vent with his thumb. The rammer was blown away, and has not yet been recovered. Cannot answer the question " whether the man who stopped the vent did his duty ?" He is a very steady man, and was at his post. I believe he is thoroughly careful, and that no blame whatever attaches to him. He is an old soldier, and has seen service ; he is a very goad man, and understands his duty perfectly. John Saunderson was then called, and stated that he was master-gunner of the lines. He went on duty at the King's Bastion on the 14th in-A. His duty was to see the guns loaded, under the direction of Captain Bent. He saw Miller and Walker, deceased, load No. 3 gun, having sponged it and turned the sponge. Archibald Guthrie had charge of the vent ; saw his hand over the breech, but could not tell whether his thumb was on the vent or not. He suddenly heard a discharge, without the order to " tire," and on the smoke clearing away, he saw the bodies of the two men, whom but a moment before he had observed loading the gun, lying on the rampart, blown to pieces. A similar accident occurred when saluting his Majesty William IV., as Lord High Admiral, in 1838 ; but then the gun was not well sponged, nor the vent well served, which doubtless, was the cause of the accident. (The other part of this wit ness's testimony was merely corroborative of that given by Captain Bent.) Archibald Guthrie deposed—ls a gunner of the corps of Royal Artillery quartered in Portsmouth. Has been gunner for nearly nineteen years. Was on duty on the King's Bastion on the 14th inst., and served the vent of No. 3 gun, the same which caused the accident. The bodies which the jury had viewed were those of Michael Walker and Alexander Miller. • Is No. 4 of No. 3 gun. The duty of the deceased was respectively to sponge and load, and his to serve the vent. The gun had been once fired, and deceased were engaged in reloading it. lie had his thumb upon the vent, Isis bare thumb, when the gun .exploded. He saw the gun previously sponged by No. 2, Alexander Miller. The sponge was carried to the breech, and it appeared to him the gun was properly sponged. Walker loaded the gun. Saw him put the cartridge into the muzzle, and a few moments after he did so witnessed it explode. There was scarcely time for the cartridge to have been thrust up to the breech be fore the explosion took place. He had his thumb upon the vent in the way in which gunners are taught to place their thumbs in serving the vent. Tne ignited wadding, &e., was flying about from the other guns as they were discharged, the wind was blowing so very strong at the time. Could not remember any accident having occurred in con sequence of the sparks or wadding from other guns hav ing blown into the muzzle of a loaded gun. It is the duty of Saunderson to see the guns are properly served. On the explosion takin g place it blew his (witness's) thumb from off the vent an d burnt it very much, laying it open from the hand to near the top (witriFss appeared with his left arm in a sling). The deceased were blown from each side of the muzzle of the gun. His experience. as a gunner did not enable him to explain accurately the cause of the heartrending calamity. By a juror—Thinks such a circumstance might have happened as a spark flying upon the flannel cartridge be fore being put into the gun. This being the principal evidence touching the direct cause of the death of the young man, the Coroner summed up, and the jury returned an unanimous verdict of " Accidental Death." A wrist find two fingers stuck together, believed to belong to the body of Walker, were picked up today about twelve o'clock on the beach, about 100 yards from the King's Bastion, in a line with the mouths of the guns, but neither the other members blown off nor the rammer have yet been found. . - CLERICAL INTOLERANCR.—A few weeks since the following circumstances, disgraceful in their effect, and ridiculous as proceeding from an individual appinted to teach good will and charity with all mankind, took place at the village of H , a few miles from Ipswich. It appears that in this village stands a chapel attended by a body of Christian Dissenters, in connexion with Stoke Chapel, Ipswich. No regular minister being appointed, the service is sPrved by an occasional lay preacher, a highly respected inhabitant of this town, who journeys over fur the occasion every Sunday. On the Saturday previous to the day on which the circumstance; we wish to relate took place, a persaa living near the chapel was surprised by the clergyman of the parish calling upon her, and asking in a loud tone, " what time the abominable practices would commence on Sunday." Not under standing him, she asked for an explanation, when it ap peared he ref e rr e d t 3 th e p er f ormance o f di v i ne serv i ce. She replied, that two services were performed in the day —in the morning at ten, and in the afternoon at tw o . The clergyman left. On the Sunday afternoon, whil e the person w h o o ffi ciated as minister was seated in the vestry previously t o the r ser a v n iy, he was surprised by a loud knocking at the doo he found the clergyman opening it, to his sur prise,an i n of full i. canonicals, book in band, and followed by a stri ng si , nnd girls. "I am come to denounce your pr oce edings , " q uot h A the Rev. Gentleman, and began an excited !r s' atioti s oon as the minister recovered his surprise at the nove l s he gave the clerical disturber to understand tliat se s e u n e t: proceedings would not be allowed, and if persisted in c a N I .. po4corn - would be called, and a ch arge exhibited 7 .—. ' i '. l, This appeared, if not to produce a calm , / ... r. — at lettAto preven t further annoyance, for gathering up' ‘ 4l ,- -ha robedis 'red, saying, " I can only do what lam eI . . b9undfo dic: e Scriptures—shake o ff the dust of my , "I — reit, is Os against you." The zealot then per ; Jfirnietiille .liC I bodily and quitted the spot, not how -1 Mr - before 9.19 Lira-taught labourer, thinking he might (..,... ) , •-: ------ tiv.iitifie paison some unnecessary labour, cried out to 14 hip" "Fetr: you won't have much trouble to do that, IP • - ,A...A 1....1 .. 1.,...........‘in 0 rr.nrn ”—.CHFEAII PlirninLio FRENCH RAILWAYS. (From the Constitutionnel.) A circular of the President of the Committee of Stock brokers recommends the members to abstain from all negotiations in reference to the railways which have re cently been adjudicated, until it receives the royal sanc tion. A Ministerial journal published the above cir cular this morning, accompanying it with a warning to the more ardent speculators. This is very well ; but there will be some difficulty in repressing speculation, which is the inevitable consequence of the system of financial companies adopted by the law of 1842. Spe culation was not relaxed with regard to promises of shares in the Bordeaux and Vierzon railways, and the jobbers are yet on the Bourse using the activity of cartesien atoms. We do not know if they profess to be stock-brokers, but true it is that promises of shares in the Bordeaux and Vierzon lines realise enormous pre miums to the profit of those men who are most conver sant with the usages and resources of the Bourse. Without doubt these operations have no legal character any more than bargains for time, which, however, do not inspire the Committee with similar scruples. Although the circular of M. Courpon does not appear to us to produce a great effect upon the speculators, we think, however, that it would have been more proper to have published it on the Bth than the 12th ; that might, perhaps, have prevented some dupes from trusting, be fore the adjudications, to the promises of shares in a rival company, and of losing 10 per cent. upon the spe culation. Now this company seems to play, with regard to the Mackenzie Company, the part of the fox in the fable of the " Fox and the Raven." In effect, all is not over with the adjudicated company. Many things re main to be arranged, and more than one detail may stop the confirmation. With regard merely to the sinking fund, how will it be fixed ? To redeem the capital in twenty-eight years will require a . large reduc tion from the receipts, or else a combination, which the company does not seem to have agreed upon, and which M. Dumon awaits with impatience. However, it may be the excluded companies are still in hope, and are using more means than one to carry off the prey from the pro visional conqueror. (From La Patrie.) M. Courpon, President of the Committee of Stock holders, has, by a special circular, recommended the members of the company to abstain from all speculation, in reference to promises of shares in railways. Why was not this circular published before the late adjudica tion ? It might have opened the eyes of some dupes of the second order. As to the speculators, they know what they are about, and it is perfectly useless to give advice to them. Besides, the three excluded companies from the late adjudication do not despair of resuming their posi tion in the affair. It is said that the victorious company is sufficiently embarrassed respecting the redemption of its capital in the short and unheard-of space of twenty eight years. (From La Pa trie of the 156.) A report was current this afternoon on the Bourse, that two of the companies who had presented themselves for the adjudication of the Bordeaux Railway, had proposed to contest for the Vierzon line, in case the Minister, withholding his sanction to the aljudication made to the Bartholony Company, should make a new adjudication. (From the Paris Globe ) We frankly avow that we are of the number of those who are astonished at the boldness of the company to whom the Bordeaux Railway has been adjudicated. Until proof to the contrary, we believe ourselves to be fully authorised by the most simple calculations to ex pect a reduction' of duration of near fourteen years of the lease; the ch . ances of success are but little favourable to the operation. The National more penetrating, without doubt, than the general good sense, than the Government and the reporter himself, pretends to de monstrate that the term of the Mackenzie tender pro duces the identical results of the expose of the Minister of Public Works, as well as the estimate of M. Dufaure. In short, if the National is to be believed, the forty-six years of the Minister, the forty-one years of M. Dufaure, and the twenty-seven years of the company, are in reality the same. " The calculations of the Minister and M. Dufaure," says this Radical paper, " were equally wrong, because they had both a basis equally wrong. Thus, the Minister and the reporter both admit that the company would expend a capital of seventy millions, whilst the capital necessary is only sixty-five millions. They both admit besides that the sinking fund must be of the entire capital, which is a palpable error. The capital will, in effect, be divided into two parts—two-thirds devoted to the laying down of the rails, and which will not be repaid, and one-third to the acquisition of material, and which will be repaid at the end of the term. Now, what is the object of .a sinking fund ? The reconstitution of the expended capital. Therefore, since a third of the capital will be restored by the repayment, it evidently follows that the sinking fond need only provide for the two-thirds which will not be repaid." If ever the National has been an imprudent and dan gerous friend it is now. In desiring to prove too much it compromises that which it seeks to defend, and raises arguments to answer itself. It is true, as it pretends, that a third of the capital is devoted to the acquisition of material, but it is not true that this third is to be re imbursed to the company. No one is ignorant, except the National, that this reimbursement is never made upon the original price ; we know on the contrary, that at the end of the term the company receives only, as a valuation of old materials, what they may be declared entitled to—that is to say, after a reduction of fifty per cent. at least. In adopting, then, this fifty per cent., as the amount of reimbursement for the company, it will be seen that a sixth enly of the entire capital escapes the necessity of a sinking fund. Until the most ample explanations on the part of the Mackenzie Company, we are warranted in expressing our doubts upon the advantages of its operations. We will add, that it is impossible that this company can fix its sinking fund upon a higher rate than one per cent., as has been established in the report of the Commission. Now, by the system of annuities, we only reimburse, at the end of twenty-seven years two hundred and seventy days, a capital of forty-four millions (according to the calculations of the National), and not the total sum of sixty-five millions, from which it is true would have to be deducted seven or eight mil lions paid by the State under the head of reimbursement of material. We sincerely wish that the Mackenzie Company may be able to furnish in this respect the ne cessary explanations. We are, as it is well known, far from being opposed to the system of companies, but we are also desirous that these companies may never become the subject of ultimate embarrassment to the State, and on this head we will quote the words of M. Dufaure, in his report upon the railway from Orleans to Tours (ses sion 1844). relative to the Barry Company, which pre sented itself in competition with the Drouillard Company : —" We ought, gentlemen, to receive with some dis trust the advantages which are promised to us by the competition excited between the applicants for conces sion of railways. We know the results which have been already produced. It is because the Government and the Chambers had too favourably listened to them, that the two sessions of 1839 and 1840 have been employed in affording aid to so many companies who were on the verge of ruin—in discharging some from the terms of their contract ; in dispensing others from onerous obli gations which they had themselves incurred. The dis credit which has attached for so long to all railway pro jects has, perhaps, had no more direct or powerful cause than that which we have just referred to.' I THE MANCHESTER REGISTRATION.—The labours of the revising barristers of this division of the county are closed, and the following is the result, as far as the Ntanchester polling district is concerned:—Objections by Conservatives, 550 ; struck off the list, 404. Objections by the Leaguers, 1,355 ; struck off. 215. Gain upon objections to Conservatives, 189. New claims by Con servativt s, 1,015 ; allowed, 756. New claims by Leaguers, 1,898 ; allowed, 1,189. Leaguers gain upon new claims, 443. Deduct from this number 189 gained by Conservatives on objections, makes a total loss to Conservatism of 244. DR. WOOLF.— The German papers received yester day contain a letter, dated Constantinople, September 25, relative to this enterprising traveller. It would not deserve notice after the important communication which appeared in The Sun, ,if Mond.tv, if it did not state that the Ameer, who, according to Dr. 'Woolf's letter of June 27, was then at Samarcand, had eturued, and manifested great kindness to the doctor. We therefore presume that the information, whatever may be its authority on which this letter was written, must have been of later date than that transmitted by Dr. Woolf from Bukhara. The following is a translation :—" Constantinople, Sept. 25.—The most recent accounts from Teheran speak again somewhat more favourably for our countryman, Dr. Woolf. The Emir, of Bokhara, after his return from Samarcand, sent for Dr. Woolf, gave him a very good re ception, presented him with 100 pieces of gold, a horse, a kaftan of honour, and gave him permission to commence his return journey. Nevertheless, p apple in Teheran had little confidence in the affair, and strongly suspected that the Emir would cause the missionary to be over taken and murdered on his journey. Of his actual de parture we have yet no intelligence. It seems he was waiting until the Persian embassy, then in Bokhara, should sat out. Should he succeed in joining it, his safety may be regarded as secured." A curious delusion appears to have prevailed for centuries amongst the inhabitants of the Isle of Wight with regard to a royal residence being established in it. The general impression was, that, in the event of the Sovereign sleeping a night on the island, all claim to the territory was forfeited by the British Crown. This delu sion appears to have been favoured and encouraged by the course adopted by King George the Fourth, who, when he was in the habit of visiting Mr. Nash, the architect, at East Cowes Castle, as Prince Regent, always slept on board the Royal George yacht, anchored in the roads, and, subsequently, after his accession to the Throne, when the Manor House was purchased, and fitted up ns a royal residence, and called the King's House, he was never known to pass a night under its roof. So popular had this absurdity beccme, that many people in Cowes might be found at this moment, who really believe that her Majesty passed the night on board the yacht, but that, for obvious State reasons, the fact is not avowed. Hcw this delusion could have continued, after King Charles's captivity in Cariabrooke Castle, is astonishing ; but the natives account for that by pointing to his unhappy eO. TILE LATE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.—B 7 the demise of the above estimable Duchess the families of the Earl and Countess of Galloway, the Honourable Captain Keith Stewart, RN., the Hon. E. and Lady Katharin e Stewart, Lady Charlotte Crofton, Lady Eliza beth Inge, Lord and Lady Churchill, &c., are placed in mourning. Tan Boox o calf,S.hoTrtaly e Mysteries of nhaees published, handsomel y of London." The first number will be filled with account of the election of Alderman Gibbs as Lord n Mayor. The second will give facsimiles of the receipts of the Alderman during his churchwardenship of Bt. Stephens, Walbrook.—Puneli. ANOTHER COAL-PIT EXPLOSION TILE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1844. FURTHER PARTICULARS. NEwesmr..E-neox-TystE T UESDA Y.—Another col liery explosion has occurred in this district, by which five persons have been injured, two of whom are not expected to live. The explosion occurred at Coxlodge Colliery, about two miles from this town, last night, during what is called the " shift." The colliery belongs to Messrs. Bell, Brandling, and Co., and the underground workings are extensive. As, fortunately, no lives have been lost, the circumstances under which it occurred have been clearly ascertained. Before recording the facts gathered from personal inquiry, it may be well to Five the account furnished by the organs of the pitmen in this town. Mr. Feargus O'Connor and Mr. Beasley, the latter of whom acts as clerk to Mr. Roberts, " the pitmens' attorney-general," visited the colliery this after noon, and, soon after their return, a printed announce ment was made from the office of the Miner's Advocate, stating the circumstance thus : " As far as we can gather the facts of the case are as follows :—James Anderson and William Collins, two shifters, being done with their work, John Brown, deputy, requested them to help him to get stone tram way plates out of the goaf,' as it was likely to fall ; they went with hiai, but had to return on act.:: of the goar working—(that is, creeping or heaviog). James Anderson told him to take his candle back, as there was danger if the goal" felL The deputy then went and tried his candle at the stenting, and there he allowed the gas to ignite and fire the pit. The said John Brown, the deputy, is a man who has been brought up to the plough, and who, during the late str,ke, got into the favour of the masters by dishonourable tne,Les, and, to say the least of it, the entire cause of the explo sion is attributable to him, he not knowing his duty. " The same account states that this is the third time this pit has fired within a month, and on each occasion has roved fatal to a few. FIELD SPouTs.—For several days, within these two last weeks, the hills and dales of Auchans have been the scene of as choice sport by as choice a party, as any son of Nimrod could delight in his heart to meet with. Sir Charles Lamb, the Due de Coigney, Lord Seymour, Major Campbell, Captain Petat, and several other guests of distinction at Eglinton Castle, accom panied by the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, all in ---- shooting graith adorned, While pointers round impatient burned, Frae couples freed"— have been awakening the echoes of the sylvan haunts and well-preserved covers of Dundonald and Auchans, with the animating din of "dog and gun" to great pur pose. On the 2d inst. no fewer than 343 rabbits fell be tore their unerring aim. On the 4th, Sir Charles Lamb and the Due de Coigney alone bagged 65 head of hares, partridges, &c. ; and on the Bth, not fewer than 100 hares, besides 29 head of the feathered race, were brought down by the " mortal triggers" of the party. On one of these days the Earl of Eglinton shot a fine strong woodcock, which is the first we have heard of this season.—Ayr Observer. HIGII TIDE.—On Wednesday morning, at high tide (25 minutes past four o'clock), the Thames overflowed many of its low-lying embankments on both sides of the river, above and below London-bridge, occasioning loss and serious inconvenience to the occupiers of several river. side premises, whose cellars, kitchens, &c., were flooded. At high tide the depth of water at London bridge was twenty-eight feet seven inches. The late heavy gales are supposed to have caused the high rise of the river. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE EDINBURGH AND GLAS GOW RAILWAY.—EarIy onWednesday morning, one of the workmen at Cowlairs lost his life, while connecting a carriage to one of the trains, having been jammed betwixt the buffers of the two carriages. When the accident occurred, a carriage was dispatched to the station for medical assistance, but the poor man's death was almost instantaneous, owing to the force with which _ _ the carriages came into collision. He has left a wife and young family-.—Scottish Guardian. Lord Ashley, the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, Lady Charlotte Penrhyn the Bishop of Salisbury, Dowager Lady Carnegie, Sir E. Parry, Sir R. C. Glynn, Bart., and the Hon. G. Ryder, M.P., have liberally contri buted a fund for the formation of a gipsey school esta blishment at Farnham, Dorset, with the view of edu cating that neglected wandering race of people. Lord Ashley has taken very active measures to establish this novel school, at which seminary it is intended that the children shall be instructed with every regard to the re ligion of the Established Church. It is to be sincerely hoped the experiment nviaiming the youthful mem bers of that tribe, by affording theta the means of intel lectual instruction, will sweeed. FASHIONABLII MOVEMENTS AT BRIGHTON.—Chia Justice Doherty has arrived at the Norfolk Hotel, for the purpose of taking a house here for the winter. Mr. Justice Pennefather, who has recently left Brighton for Ireland, has derived great benefit from a residence on this coast. The Countess of Effingham, w'r.lo has lately arrived at the Norfolk Hotel, has just taken one of those splendid mansions of Mr. Nugee, on the . Eastern-terraee, where Sir Robert Peel is residing With his family. The Duchess of Somerset was de sirous of taking the corner mansion, but Lord Petre had previously engaged it, and we understand that there is not a house vacant large enough for her Grace. The Duchess has been in treaty for Sir Isaac Lyon Gold smidt's house on Adelaide-terrace. The Duke of Devon shire was down here on Monday to see his house in Kemp Town, which is about to be occupied by Lord and Lady Granville. Lord Francis Egerton has taken a house on Eastern-terrace. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's are expected in Eastern -terrace, to-morro: - ... The Countess of Glengall, Lady Twysdeu, Mr. and Lady Harriet Maynard, Sir John and Lady Campbell, Lady Augusta Baring, Baroness" Rothschild and family, Lady Charles Somerset, Sir Hugh Palliser, the Earl of Rosse, and Sir Charles Des Vceux, are also among the visitors at this fashionable watering-place, which con tinues very full of company. EDUCATION. SURREY CHAPEL SCHOOLS.—Wed nesday evening a numerous meeting of the former scho lars and others, friends to liberal and unobjectionable education, was held at the Surrey Chapel, lilackfriars road, for the purpose of commemorating the opening of the schools, which were first established during the con nexion of the late Rowland Hill with the chapel, whose centenary has lately been completed. AYR HORSE FAsa.—Our Michaelmas Fair was held on Thursday last. This is never reckoned a very business-doing market ; but we must say that it would have been the reverse on this occasion had there been a sufficient supply of good horses. Many persons willing to purchase were, in consequence, obliged to leave the market. The total number of horses in the market would not exceed two hundred ; and we should think that at least six-tenths of these were of an inferior de scription. Good draught horses, therefore, brought ex cellent prices. We are assured that, in the generality of cases, these were fully fifteen per cent. above those of last year. On an average, good draught horses brought from 29L to 351. One pair that we heard of, sold at 75L; and in two instances, where single horses were purchased, 38L to 431. were the prices obtained. We noticed a very fine colt, which brought fifteen guineas. Horses of a scondary character sold from 15/. to 20/. ; and, to all appearance, a good many changed owners. There were only a few carriage horses in the market ; and we did not learn of any having been sold. For a fair animal of this description, we heard, in one instance, 221. asked. We noticed a very excellent pony, rising upwards of four years old, which brought, we are informed 201. For another, in finer condition, 22L was asked. Altogether, the market was a very fair one.— Ayr Observer. TEE LATE STORM IN IRELAND.—We regret to state that a shipwreck, attended with melancholy con sequences occurred off the coast near Rush. Between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, and when the storm was just attaining its highest pitch, signals of distress were loudly and frequently heard by the people on shore ; but the point froin .which the wind blew, and the absolute danger of any such attempt, precluded the possibility of any assistance being afforded. Through out the night the greatest fears were entertained for the safety of the vessel and crew, evidently placed in a perilous p(mitb.n, which the morning but on ttohapily realifed : for ,at an early bone yes ; erday morning p:,rtions of the cargo, c on s i,ting of palm oil, were: discovered lying along.ihe coast at dill,- rent places. In a short time afterwards it was dis covered that some of the crew had suceivded in getting to shore, from whom the melancholy intelligence was learned that. the captain of the vessel, his wire, and one of the crew, had been lost, and the truth of this state ment was confirmed by.the bo.iies of the two last men tiomed persons being washed on shore almost at the same moment. The body of the captain has not yet been fottlid. The vessel belonged to, or sailed from Halifax ; but we have not yet been able to ascertain its name, or wh ero, bound to.—Cork Repo; ter. LONGEVITY.—There is now living at Leaken, upcn the estate of Fowlis, in the parish of Kiltearn, Ross-shire, a cotter of the name of Donald .Ross, who is above 105 years of age. He has always been of temperate habits and good conduct, and is still in possession of his facalties. and able to walk about. He is a native of the parish of I,nelibroom, and has resided in Kiltearn, near to the foot ~f the huge mountain of Ben Wyvis, for the last half century, during which period he is not known to have been once unwell. He has a son and a daughter with him. The latter is a cripple. They occupy a small croft of land, whicao enables them to keep a cow and a horse. The cow supplies them with milk, and the horse carries home their peats. These constitute their entire means of living ; and thus the old man, although cheerful and contented, wants many things which would tend tor es ider his latter days more comfortable. The climate of au) locality of Ross's residence must be peculiarly heallt hy. We find, in the statistical account of Kiltearn, wri nn by Dr. Robertson, the parish minister in 1791, the follui ving well-attested instances of longevity: —About the year 1706, Katherine Mackenzie died at Fowlis, in the 117th year of her age. In 1782, Mr. Brown, factor, of Fowir s, died in his 107th year. In 1775, Kenneth Munro) died in his 100th year; and Mrs. Munro, his wife, idled soon afterwards in her 88th year. The only instance we shall add is an heritor of the parish, who had in en a Member of the last Scotch, and of the first British Parliament ; he died about thirty years ago, in his nfnet)-fourth year ; and, within these few years, a sister and daughter of the same gentleman died here, who Ifft re very little short of the same age."—lnverness Couries. AKOTHER FATAL COLLISION.—LIVERPOOL, WED. NESDA;To—The Elizabeth, Captain Brown, arrived at this pore - this morning, from St. John's, New Brunswick, reports ha ving been in collision with the schooner Emma, Captain K emp, and to have been from the coast of Mo rocco, on the 12th inst., off the Fawcett-rock. The schooner :immediately sank, but, with the exception of the cook, tthe crew were saved. The only pnssenger on board was also saved. The voaather was rough and dirty at Ilia , time_ • SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. mom THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Civil disabilities—as penalties for hold ing doctrines and observing ceremonies which differ from those of the Established Church—are not yet extinct. Roman Catholics have obtained emancipa tion, and Dissenters relief, from the invidious and im -1 politic restrictions which the legislation of the darker ages had imposed, and the intolerance of more enlight ened times had long refused to remove. The Jews, however, still remain under the curse. The Corporation ofLondon, in its highest Court, clings to the prejudices against Jews for which the Corporation was pre-eminent in those days. gone by when such prejudices prevailed more generally than, happily, they now do. The Court of Aldermen torture their little wits to twist and distort a statute couched in plainest phraseology, into a meaning foreign to its spirit and design, to afford a pr-text for their pre-determined decision. The Ward of Portsoken hid elected for its Alderman Mr. David Salomons—a gaatleman whose intellee:nal superiority, great wealth, high po•eition i.i com mercial society, uniuipeach.thla honour, awl ev ' tensive benevolence, unrestrained by seeterim dis tinctions, all men agree to .id in it eel cu~nmen+l, Mr. Salomons has served the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex with a fidelity, zeal, and hospitality seldom equalled, never excelled. He has also served the same high office in 3 county in which one of his estates is sitiinte; Ana is a maiei• • trate for at least two counties. Yet, on presenting himself for the purpose of being admitted to the office to which he had been elected, a form of de claration was placed before him, which he was re quired to subscribe ; but to which, as a Jew, he had conscientious and insu?erable obitaa s,. lomons applied for a short adjouroeleot, i=i order that the qaestion ,night be argued by eoun.: E .!. whether the required form of declaration is applicable to his case ; and if so, whether the obnoxious form is imperative on the Court, antl, com pulsory on the individual, or whether the former has not a discretion vested in it by law, and -the party held responsible for exercising the functions of Al • dermanic office, not having qualified in the terms of the statute. This reasonable application was refused. The election was declared void ; and a precept for a new election at once ordered to issue from the Court. Mr. Salomons has declared his intention of bringing the question, as to the validity of the proceedings of the Court, before a higher tribunal. When Mr. Salo mons was elected Alderman of another ward (that of Aldgate), and was ousted by the Court of Aldermen on similar grounds to those now taken, he was barred from obtaining redress from the superior courts by one of those technical objections by means of which legal ingenuity frequently defeats the claims of justice. He will, of course, take care, in the present case, to avoid such an occasion of defeat. The whole ques tion will, we hope, be placed fairly before the Judges, to be decided on the fair construction of the terms of the statute, and in conformity with the principles of law. The objection urged by the Aldermen who con tended against Mr. Salomons ' admission as a member of their Court, would equally apply to the admission of a Jew to the Court of Common Council—it would, doubtless, be taken if a Jew were to be returned as one of that body by any one of the City wards. The corporations of Birmingham, Southampton, Ports mouth, and other towns—to whom the Act pressed by the Aldermen of London against Mr. Salomons is equally binding as on the Corporation of London— admit gentlemen of the Jewish persuasion to office. The declaration required to be made is in lieu of the sacramental test; which was enforced or not, at the pleasure of the corporations : some requiring a rigid observance of the statute by which the tokens of atoning grace were prostituted to the purposes of party, and the most solemn rite of the Christian faith was received as the passport to secular place. The annual Act of Indemnity, passed every session of Parliament, relieved persons who had omitted to observe this required religious proof of peculiar fitness; and thus Dissenters, by a side-wind, were admitted to corporate offices. The Corporation of London was, however, among the most earnest sticklers for the lttiv of excluson—ex cept, indeed, when the eoffers of its Charaberleie were exhausted, and the tines imposed by their charter upon persons who r:J'Ll•ed to tae;., upon thorn elves offices to which they had been elected, afforded the Corporation au opportunity of re.. plenishing their empty exchequer 'from the pockets of wealthy Dissenters. Then, indeed, they were liberal with a vengeance. Under such circum stances, the Corporation was in the habit of select ing the richest and most consistent Dissenters for Sheriffs. These, of course, objected to take the sacra mental test ; and, to avoid the annoyances and more substantial evils of resistance, generally paid the fines. The records of the Corporation, still in existence, show the use to which this monstrous perversion of a perse cuting statute was put in those days by the Corpora tion of London. An observation, which had passed into a proverb from a conviction of its truth, is not yet for gotten, that the building of the Mansion-house was paid i'or by lines impo:letd upon Dig,s, , nt:rs. At length the question as to the legality of these flues was brought to an issue by a Dissenter named Evans, who had the courage to contest the power of the Car poration to fine him for not taking upon himself an office for which he was disqualified by law. The case was carried by appeal to the House of Lords ' • and Lord Mansfield's judgment, in pronouncing thedeci sleble and La of fthe Ileoursnee is among the most lumi nous o f th a t Learned Judge ' s very able judgments. STANDARD.—We have sincere pleasure in di recting attention to the proceedings of the meeting held yesterday in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion house, for the purpose of adopting measures for the establishment of baths and washhouses for the accommodation of the working classes of the metropolis. The proposed plan has been already tried in Liverpool, where public baths and washhouses for the poor have been es tablished upwards of two years, and we cannot doubt therefore that such an arrangement would tend most materially to the improvement of the health and comfort of the working classes of this great metropolis. We could have wished that this excellent design could have been associated with some comprehensive plan for improving the dwellings 140commodation much cheaper a an s d up p e r r o io v r id o in rd g e t r h , e b m ut w a it t h s, onfotthoenlyo poor, rate than is accessible to them at the present moment ; but we must not reject an acknowledged good because benefits of even greater importance re main yet to be supplied. The distinguished aus pices under which the meeting of yesterday took place encourage the hope that the two objects may eventually be combined. Meanwhile, the associa tion which is about to be formed cannot fail of doing unmixed good. It is the melancholy con dition of the poor , that there is sca rce l y a necessary of life for which they do not pay considerably more, by comparison, than the rich. But there is, perhaps, nothing for which the operative in a large town is more extravagantly taxed than forrent. Pub lic attention has been prominently directed to this fact by the report cf the Sanatory Committee of the House of Commons. Miserable dwellings, in confined and unwholesome situations, underlet in single rooms to the poorest class of tenants, have been known to yield three and even four times the expenses of the entire tenement. Thus the metropolitan artisan will often be called upon to pay a fourth of his weekly wages for the mere shelter afforded to him self and his family by a single room. In this con fined domicile must they all sleep (the sexes indie eriminately mingled), abfl the whole of the do mestic 'Affairs ' ineluiling evashing end cocking, be performed. Yet, for a less rent, two comfortable and wel:-ventilated rooms, with access to a wash house, might be afforded by the eomi;truetion of barracks, capable of accommodating a con siderable number of f am ili es under the same roof; each edifice, if desirable, being provided with the baths and other conveniences contemplated at the meeting of yesterday. In order, however, to effect this object, the matter should not be left to miner trading speculators. ti gua rantee fund should provided,' and. a 9ystent organised, by which numbers might be lialged in the same building; and the experiment might be tried for a sum comparatively unimportant; , when the vast benefits it would confer are te.ken into consideration. Associations for the I , purposie of retailing to the poor cheap provisions, and even cheap coals, are far from unconunon ; bait we have never yet heard of any attempt to carry out the principle to cheap lodgings. In the present condition of the poor the parlour of the labouring man, the place in which most of his leisure hours are passed, is the tap-room of a public-house—for want of that decent accommodation which his home cannot afford him; and which is eventually, by his desertion of it for such a substitute, rendered infinitely more miserable than it need to be. Any scheme which would avert such consequences would effect a purification at once moral and physical; and would do more to benefit the working classes than anything that has hitherto been devised for their benefit. LYNN.—DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT COETINE.--As site s( of elaßbolauerkebrso,rolautgehly,pwrieorrey,employed Middleton,in diggi digging they ondtihse. covered three stone co ffi ns in a good state of preserva tion, one of which contained a complete skeleton. We understand that the proprietor of the land has presented them to the Lynn Museum.— Bury Farmers' Journal. The weather at Killarney during the last week has been very bad. On Wednesday a dreadful storm sprung up on the lakes, and a large party bad to take shelter for the night, at Glena Cottage, as the passage across the lower lake was extremely perilous. The mail-car to Kenmhre was thrown over the cliffs on the same even ing—the driver sustained serious injuries, and the horse was killed on the spot —Cork Examiner. Such has been the effect of the mildness of the pre sent season, that in the orchard of Lieutenant John M. ..Liles, near Castleisland, an apple tree is to be seen, part in blossom, part knitting into fruit, and part bearing the 4;,1L rsrnum nail 1111711 P_ Tra lee Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 16. (Before Commissioner Sir C. F. WlLLums.) IN RE F. W. N. BAYLEY. The insolvent is the well-known author of several popular songs, and as being a general contributor of the lighter species of literary articles to the different pe riodicals as well as certain of the newspapers of the day. He this day came up for his interim order, having pre viously petitioned the Court, and consequently been dis charged from custody. He was described as an author, and residing at Nelson-square. His debts and lia bilities were stated to be 4,3231, and his assets 384., but he observed that his real debts were only 7501. After some preliminary conversation, Mr. Bayley said, as he had no Counsel present, he trusted that he might bo allowed to make a proposition to the Court, and perhaps the Learned Commissioner might. have heard of his name before. 10-.wis.(4 solicitor)-The insolvent was in this C iur r srul made 1 propositio to pay 50/. a 37:2:3,r, but from th4t k - ',ay to riii3 his creditors have never ret!Pivecl C. F. Wit.Liami—Tho I shall tak , , care not to be le!utioti. Mr. 3e.viey—My former prop ition was that of the Learned Commissioner (Evans), and I acquiesced in it, but that depended upon the contingency of my engage !rent at the Illaxtritted London News. I wish, Sir Charles, to pay all my juAt debts, and I therefore pro po,,e Iny gniiwas a-week up to the Ist of June fro:n that period ten guineas a-week until my dobts ar ? entirely liquidated ; and from recent circum stances, I have every reason to hope that I shall.be able to fulfil my promise. Sir C. F. Wn.Liams—Are there any other eredit,lrs of the insolvent here, who wish to oppose his application? Two ',;:dieitors here started up for their respective ant i both cj'‘vitorn almost in the same breath, t;iey !t , , whom the gum of 251. or 2a. wn dll Sir C. F. .rirmue.ms--And I %ow hold in my han:i>. an agreement for allowing him time to pay creditors to the amount of hundreds. Mr. Bayley—lf your Honour will only afford me a littledeley, I have very sanguine hopes that I shall have ou necessity to trouble the Couit again. Sir C. F. lirmukats —I can see no objection to so rea sonable a proposition, particularly as its tendency is likely to be for the benefit of the creditors. One of the solicitors referred to, sharply said that the Court had no power to grant any- delay. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—At present I do not dismiss the petition, neither do I grant the insolvent's application; my anxiety is invariably for the benefit of the creditors, while, at the same time, I shall never press with unne cessary severity upon an insolvent ; but I shall never permit myself to be told (and that, too, all but rudely) in this Court that I have no power to grant " delay," if I should think the circumstances of the case are such as to justify it. Mr. Lewis (for a creditor) had no objection to the de lay prayed for, if the insolvent were remitted back to custody, for even at the end of a week or a fortnight he might, like a great many others, be non est inventus. Sir C. F. WXLLIAMS—But here are creditors to a large amount agreeing to his discharge, and your two paltry 251. debts shall not prevent this man from having the benefit of a short delay. Mr. Lewis—But, Sir, the debt of 6001. is disputed by the insolvent in his schedule, and we have no proof that such a debt ever really existed. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—Then you can call the party. Mr. Bayley—l came here, Sir Charles, to face my cre ditors, and with a determination to pay them as soon as I possibly can ; and the great majority of my detaining creditors have all agreed to my discharge. Besides, I respectfully submit that now being out of custody, you cannot send me back to prison. A Creditor (Mr. Reynolds)—l am a detaining creditor for 1861., and I have signed his discharge. Sir 0. F. WILLIAMS—My first obieet is the protection of the creditors, and when I do my duty to them, I shall always listen with indulgence, and at the same time with firmness, to the application of an unfortunate insolvent. Opposition may sometimes be very proper, but at other times very injudicious ; and in this case I shall pro nounce no opinion. It has been objected to the insol vent that he did not pay over the 501. it year which upon a former occasion he had consented to do ; but the in solvent's answer to that was, that the offer was wide when he was editor of the illustrated London "Ways, but after a short time thk was, to use his own peculiar ex pression, carried away from him. Thus, being stripped of his situation, he had not the means of fulfilling his prooisa, and common sense. common law. and conunon eciuitv released him front its fulfilment, and I shall exert th't, p . owers which are conferred upon me by the statute. Lewis-13nt, Sir, he was in enctorly, and the sta tute, I contend, gives you the power of remanding him. Sir C. F. WILLWIS—He is now here, and how came he here ? Bayley—l obtained the protection of the Court, and my detaining credidors agreed to my discharge. Sir C. F. WILLIAII—Then I shell not remand him. Another creditor liore said he wished to be heard in opposition to the insolvent, to whom he bad lent 301., upon the faith OF his giving up a portion of his salary upon the Illratrated Landon .f*ws, and that, too, at tha very period when he had not been connected with it for a month. I rued to cash cheques for him at five guineas a week, some of which were paid ; tint when I latterly applied at the office, the cashier (Mr. Little) could not even tell me of his " whereahlits," and even the pro prietor himself repudiated all knowledge of him. Mr. Bayley—My editorship. Sir, ceased in January, it is . true ; hut still I was to be paid for such contribu tions a‘ might be used. It is a common practice at newspapers to draw cheques for salaries, and band them over to other purties. Addressing himself to the hzt opposing creditor, the insolvent asked him if he did not know that he had been in Dublin during the trial of Mr. O'Connell ? The Creditor—l know nothing at all about it except what you now say. It was ultimately )rdered that the petition should not be dismissed, but that no day should hi fixed for the " Anal" order, which would secure the inAvent's cre ditors. 00Tontet 17. IN THE MATTER OF RICHARD WILSON. The insolvent, who applied by Mr. Hughes for his final order, was opposed by Mr. Dawson, of St. Swithin's lane, on the ground of having fraudulently contracted a debt with him, and being a trader at the time, thus putting the case entirely out of the jurisdiction of that Court. The evidence adduced, which was of a somewhat ex traordinary character, in point of hard swearing on one side or the other, went to show that Mr. Dawson had advanced the insolvent a sum of 200/., under agreement, to be paid within a month, with a further sum of 1001., by way of interest ; the said sum being required by the insolvent to free him from incarceration, on account of some interest on a mortgage to a third party. At the expiration of a month, the borrower and lender went down to Wolverhampton, to receive a sum of 500 L, which the insolvent had represented was due to him from an estate there, and out of which the sum ad vanced by Mr. Dawson, with the interest, was to be paid ; when on the morning of' the intended settling, the insolvent left without Mr. Dawson's knowledge, that gentleman being informed by the landlady of the inn, in answer to his inquiry if Mr. Wilson was stirring yet ? " Stirring, Sir, Lor' he be gone an hour or more." After some considerable wrangling on both sides, Sir C. WILLIAMS said that he would examine the in solvent a little, and he having been sworn said, that so far from his " levanting," as stated by Mr. Dawson, that individual had actually walked arm in arm with him to the coach, and had seen him off to London. Mr. Dawson, emithatically—it's as. fdse as God is true. _ _ Sir C. WILLIAMS, after remarking upon the extraordi nary evidence. said ho should much like, for his own gratification, and for the exposure that seemed so much wanted somewhere, that he could adjourn du- case for the examination of witnesses on this point ; but as the case was out of the jurisdictien of the Court, he could only dismiss the petition. POLICE INTYLLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) lif )111-STik*REt. NIUNDER IN T STR.AND.—A young Mali, who gave his name Thomas Stokes, but which our reporter was given to understan,l was not his real name, tra veller to a lace-manufacturer at Honiton, NAAS brought up before Mr. Hall, charged with the, wilful murder of Onediah Garrett. I Mr. Robinson appeared for the prisoner. Charles Fox was the first witness examined, and. he stated that he was a warehouseman in the service of Messrs. Harvey and Co., silversmiths, in the Strand. On the Ist of September last, at about nine o'clock in the evening, he saw the prisoner standing against the wall of Mr. Harvey's house, in Durham street. Witness told him to go a little lower down ; and he (prisoner) sail, " What haw you to do with it ?" The witness then went up the yard to fetch the shutters for Messrs. thrvey s shop, and on his return he saw the prisoner talking to the deceased. The prisoner threw himself into a fighting attitude, and said to the deceased, " I would do for twenty five such - as you." Witness did not hear the deceased make any reply. The deceased came to wards witness, in the direction of the Salisbury Arms public-house. The prisoner followed him, and laid hold of his collar. He wanted the deceased to go into the public-house, but the deceased said, " I w ill have nothing to do with you." The prisoner then let "Come, will you fi g ht ?"he go the deceased, and said, deceased peplied, No, I will not have a n ythi ng t o d o with you; if there was a policeman here I would g i ve you in carge for committing a nuisance." The pri soner and the deceased were then standing on the steps leading to the Salisbury Arms. The prisoner seised the deceased with both hands by the collar, and threw him violently down backwards, and fell on the top of him. The prisoner said to the deceased, "There, what do you think of that?" and he went into the Salisbury Arms. The deceased was then lying on the ground, and witness went and picked him up. He was quite insensible. Witness bathed his temples, and he came round a little, and said, " 1 am dying," and pointed to where the prisoner had gone. Witness carried him into Messrs. Harvey's house, and he became quite insensible. He died on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. George Powell, residing at No. 2, Durham street, corroborated the testimony of this witness. Mr. Skegg, surgeon, residing in the Strand, stated that he had attended the deceased since the accident. He died on Wednesday afternoon. The cause of death was concussion of the brain. The blow which hP raPPivPd in the grufflp wi+h +ha cient to cause the concussion. The deceased appeared to be a delicate young man. Elizabeth Garrett, the mother of the deceased, ;vas called to prove his name. She stated that he was 28 years of age. Mr. Robinson said the prisoner would reserve his defence until his trial. The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate to take his trial for the wilful murder. An elderly man named Anthony Galloway was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with breaking the lamp over the door at the residence of the Duke of Northumber land, at Charing-cross. The officer stated that he was on duty last night at Charing-cross, when he saw the prisoner deliberately break the lamp in question. He came up to him, and the prisoner said the reason be had broken it was that he was a brother of the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. HALL inquired if any one was present from Northumberland Houae, to prove whether the lamp wits a public or private one P—The officer sail there was not. ['ho prisoner, in his deFence, tid that he hail often tried to gain admistsion to this (.inoir to sttte his case to the nrigistrato, but he 11441 a!tt ays een refused. He had be ti in great distress for a !i..ng true, and could dot get any relief. Mr. HALL inpired why he we.,;; to the I) , ike of Northuntb,rland's house? Priso!)er—Becaus,! there relationshipbetNg.en The Duke's father was my father. I have lite(t fur thirty y ars in Limehouse, but having been taken iii, timp ow), I have bean in great distress. Mr. lIALL —Nell, that is n•o justification. But, how ever. lum compAled to charge you, as th , evidence is ❑ot naplete against ywl. The prisoner was then disc!s.aryed CLERKEIV WELL. A great portion of the time of the court was yes terday occupied in inquiring into the case in which two men, named John Terne and Thomas Triggey, were charged with obtaining money on false pre tences from Anne Griffiths, the wife of a labourer, living in Sow cs-buildings, Somers-town, the par ticulars of which appeared in Monday's Sun. Mr. GREENWOOD, who took the ‘reatest painto sift the affair to the b o tt o m, sa id th e proscotrix wit.= just the kind of person upon whom designing persons would soonest fasten. He would commit th.? prisoners for trial to the Old Bailey.—They were committed accordingly. We are - requested to acknowledge the receipt of los. by the magistrate, from P., for the prosecutrix in the above case, which has been handed over to her. A lad named Bryant was charged with stealing a quantity of leather and woollen cloth, value 71., the pro perty of Mr. Hitchin, a respectable tradesman, residing in Gray's Inn-road.—He was committed for trial. William Osman, and Mary, his wife, were placed in the felons' dock, charged with a wholesale robbery of ready-furnished lodgings. Mrs. Legatt, housekeeper, residing in Brewer-street, Islington, deposed that in the commencement of the pre sent year the prisoners came to lodge with her. As they seemed decent people, witness did not suspect their integrity. It was, however, discovered, on the previous day, that the prisoners bad completely gutted the apartment of its contents—furniture, bed-clothes. and even the feather-beds. Not content with rifling their own apartments, they extended their pillaging into the adjoining ones, which they denuded of their most valuable contents. Some idea may be formed of the extent of the plunder, from the fact that eighty-seven duplicates were found on their persons when arrested, which do not comprehend anything like the amount of property disposed of Police-constable 167 N took them into custody. The prisoners partly acknowledged their guilt. A large port►on of the plunder was produced in Court; but Mr. Combo remanded them for further inquiries. MARLBOROUGH-Si RE',ET. Frederic! Marinognc, a foreigner, of shabby-genteel appearance, was placed at the bar, on a charge of stealing a newspaper from a coffee-shop. Mr. Matthew Snow, the proprietor of a coffee-shop in Sherrard street, Golden-square, stated that the prisoner entered his rooms last evening, and while taking his eoff,e, perused the National. On his leaving it war; missed. lie was followed, taken into custody, and the identical paper was found upon hint. Sergeant John Greig, of the C division, stated, that on receiving the prisoner into his custody he proceeded with him to his lodgings in Rupert-street, Haymarket, and there found above a thousand newspapara ; six of them of recent date being identified by the prosecutor. Others were also of recent date ; amongst them were two of the Gazette de France, three of the National, two of the Morning Advertiser, three of the Jettrnaides Debats. Mr. MALTBY said he should remand the prisoner.until this dal• week. MAR YLEBONE, Margaret Reed, a young woman, was charged with assaulting the police, and with having a watch in bar possession, supposed to have been stolen. Police-constable, 85 I), said between six and seven o'clock this morning he saw the defendant and a young man get into a cab in Lissom-grove. A person told him that he had seen her in a public-house with a watch in her possession, which he thought had been stolen fro;e some person. Witness stopped the cab. The defendant immediately jumped out of the cab, and the watch fell out of her breast. The young man ran otf. She struck the constable repeatedly.—She was remanded until Se t u rday. . _ _ TINION•HALL Waiter Baker was charged with administering aqua:- fortis to a w_mnali named Sitldenham, with intent to kill her. it appeared the parties were acquainted, and that on Sunday night they met, and while they were walking, the prisoner took a phial out of his pocket, and saying the contents were oil, poured some down her throat, and then ran away. The defendant, finding that the liquid burnt her mouth, and some portion falling on her clothe 3 burnt them also, 'hastened to the hospital, where anti dotes were administered. The prisoner denied the charge, and declared she had taken the phial with the aquafortis from his pocket, and drank some of it, and that in frying to wrest it from her grasp, some of it went on his hands and burnt them. The prisoner was remanded until to-morrow. THAMES POLICE. Oe Wednesday, Mr. Sharpe, proprietor of the North Briton public•house, Stepney, appeared to answer the charge of permitting riotous and disorderly conduct in his house. A woman of the town, whose name our reporter did not catch, deposed that she was in the house when a scuffle took place. A man named Miles insulted another named Andrews very much, and then a scuffle ensued in front of the bar. There were four rounds, after which some per son asked was not that enough ? to which Miles answered, " No." They then set to again, when Miles fell and cut his head. The landlord was inside the bar. Some persons, and among others the witness, tried to go inside the bar, but the landlord pushed them out. He objected to their fighting, and said, " We'll have no more of this." He did not come between them, having enough to do to keep the people from the bar. Mr. Pelham, for the defence, said the North Briton was what is commonly called a night-house, and was open to an early hour in the morning for the purpose of affotling refreshments to persons frequenting the Pavi lion Theatre, the principal place of amusement to those residing at the eastern end of the metropolis. It could not be expected that persons frequenting the bar of such an establishment should be the most respectable, but for a house of the kind the landlord had, for a c , nsidertlble time, eenducted it in a highly creditable manner. The pariour was frequented by gentlemen and tradesmen for the purpose of social entt , rtainment. (Sotae of whom he called to speak to the transaction, and to show that the defendant did all he could to check the disturbance.) After hearing them, Mr. BALLANTINE said, that though well disposed to make every allowance for that kind of house, it was clear that a serious di,turbance had taken place. There were prostitutes and other disorderly persons at the bar, in addition to which a man had been seriously wounded, and none of the respectable t, adesmen and gentlemen looked after him, a poor wretched prostitute being the only person who looked after him, by going for a cab and taking him tinder her care to the hospital. He would mark his sense of the proceeding by inflicting the highest penalty, namely 54 The defendant, through Mr. Pelham, gave notice of appeal. •_• •_ Mr. Jahn. William Gray, plumber in the Commercial read, vras•eharged with 'assaulting a ltd named Christo pher J ames Lewis, who had been bound to him from the Parish of I.4imehoi;se. Lewis stated, that on Monday last his master charged him with idleness, and took up a rope, with which he heat him in a most cruel manner. His back was sore ever since. Douglas, the warrant officer, examined the boy's back, which was nearly black all over. His arms were also black, and he seemed tO have been punished cruelly. Daniel Murphy, in the employment of the defendant, said the boy was idle and negligent. He was rent with a thesia.ge on the previous Tuesday, and stayed away so long that he was fined 25., being at the rate of 3d v . an hour. The lad said he was ill and obligod to go horse. He had already suffered for hi.. illness by the tine, Murphy added, that iiside6 being idle and negligent, he eras also very insolent. Mr. BALLANTINE said that did not warrant such Px.. tretry_. iil-unge. It was evident that the boy her] been very cruelly beaten, and the defendant must pay a fine of 40s. The money was instantly AFFECTING STiftRY. At the Maidstcne Session: , , Sarah Greengrove, a girl about iift.:et, yearA Wtii charged with steal ing ten turnips, value 4d., the property of Mr. Charles Frederick Baxter. James Smith, a man in the employ of Mr. Baxter, stated, that on g.sing into the field yesterday (Tuesday) morning, about six o'clock, he observed the prisoner pulling turnips ; he went up to her, when she dropped them and walked away, but was apprehended in the course of the morning. The girl denied taking ten, but stated that she had come from Marden tnat morning, where she had been hopping, and being very hungry and thirsty, went into the field and drew four turnips. Mr. ELLts said, there was no direct evidence of her having taken ten turnips, but from her own admission she bad taken four under the circumstances stated. It did not appear that she was one of those that had com mitted depredations there before, and he should leave it for Mr. Baxter to use his own discretion in going any further with the case. Mr. Baxter said he wished to press the case, as he had lost a great many turnips, and he had be(n sub.,ect, to several severe depredations lately on his farm. Mr. ELLts thought this a very different case to that of an old offender. them, and he was determined to make an example of t" first one. Mr. aus regretted very much that his appeal to .74r. Baxter had no effect, for he felt extremely sorry to be, obliged to send her t o prison ; but as Mr. Baxte r seemea, determined to pre ss th e charge they had no alte rnstive but to do that. She was then sent;nced to pay 4d. ' the value of the turnips, 3s. 6d. costs, and 6d. penalty. Prisoner said she had no money, and was ordered sit down. Shortly after a b o y en t ere d t h e C our t, crVng bitterly, and on going to war d s t h e b enc h sa id t h at e had taker; his shoes from off hi s f eet an d pawned them to pay for hi. sister. He th en gave the money to the magistrates clerk, Mr. Case, and the girl was discharged. We understand that the money was refunded to tbe boy, and he immediately went to redeem his shoes. ASSAULT ON A NV BY HER HUSBAND, A.NL ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. (Abridged from the Cheltenham Examine".) nt• On Saturday morning th e n e i g hb ou rhood of Ar° ll l or pkasarit was thr own i n t o a state of great excitemen t, „ d r . a report that a man name d Young, a. c oh.l-dc.aler,resii"l, tl!ere, had stabb e d hi s w if e an d two c hild ren . and u' r i e he wards attempied suicid e by cutting ids own throa t ;: ' e a no , noon spread far and ncar, and the was be ,34 0 , the popul ace , w h o used no very vale lilt:gunge . 0 wards the culprit; and th ,- policemen stationed on nv . premises h a d some difficult). in pr eser ving order sin ° .°, d" t4e crowd. In th e a f ternoon the depositions of t he i . j..: - ed woman w e re t a k en , at t h e h ouse. b e f ore W. GY The husband, Richard Young, apparently about f °Ttl. years of age, was lyi ng i n b e d w i t h hi s throat b sn ; d:tged up, quite sensible and collected ; ht' toll notice of his wife when she came into the room, sn tl , t ;; ° ,, ( l but little interest in th e p rocee di ngs. Th e fl, )o r ;-rt.; b clothes, and several of the articles, were s potted 41 ' blood. Mrs. Young deposed that her husband and berselfb lid a frequent disagreements together, and s h e h a d from him. Four d a y s before the assault they had ole o matters up. On the Friday night they went to be d kg very good term s . Ab out f our o ' c l oc k s h e wa s sw ° lo , by a blow in th e b owe l s , an d putt i ng h er h an d to Her bu e. spot, she felt the blood running from her. who was out of bed, cried out, " Mother V i l tn ra Mother Young." She said, "Oh Richard. lam st r h ti t ", you have killed me," and begged of him to gat a 11'. he did so, and went down stairs, leaving her in the a She ran into her son's room, calling " murder," sr :, heard her son say, " Oh don't, father, dout't do it ," words to that effect. She then ran out of the 1 3 °1 0 , and into a neighb our ' s , who applied bandages to t wound and stopped the blood ; it bled very much; be Henry Young slept in an a dj o i n i ng room , and IL—ba five o'clock was aw o k e by hi s mot h er rus hi ng into t hi , room crying "murder." She told him to run into 11 father's ro o m ; h e did so , an d f oun d hi s f at h er s itting ‘,i the side of the bed, and the blood running out of a g r gash in his throat. James Spring, poli ce - cons t a bl e 37, d epose d to be il l called in directly after the occurrence ; he found I r n u " e 2 was lying on the bed,covered up in the clothes; he turn ip him on his back, and found his throat cut, and the kn produced lying beside him, the pen blade being ° r o d Witness assisted the d oc t or t o d ress t h e wo unds, 11 .4, stayed in charge of the prisoner afterwards. fte,,, s f o lt Policeman, we are not our own k eepers ; d o you 1". I shall be transported ? I knew nothi ng of it till 2 . wife cried out ' I am stabbed.' I then recollected„ o t and cut my throat, in hopes we might die together. my throat because I thought I had stabbed my wi te ' fi g, Mr. Henry Taylor, surgeon—On seeing Mrs. l r ° 11 : 00 and being told what had occurred, requested to ocrt,', l t the wound, and found it an incised one ; it was ,t a w - „ t b, half an inch in length and one eighth of an inch in ° e che and was just such a wound as would be caused by bu t penknife produced. It was not at all dangerous, m'ght have been serious. it This being the whole of th e ev id ence , an d the prig „ declining to say anything in hi s d e f ence , he was 'Ol c witted to the assizes. Mr. Superintendent was bound over to pro secu t e , an d t h e witnesses to g l evidence. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDO ) ISEAY WIAILICSTS. SMITUPIBW.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 411 ,°!`:; Useful ditto. 41 12 s t o 51 ; fi ne U p l an d ditto, 3/ its ; Clover Hay, 4110 s to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 1 1 °, s „ v • 1/106 ; Wheat Str aw , 11 10 s t o 1/ 12 s per load ply but moderate, and trade firm. o 5; CUMBERLAND.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to -I, ;t. Useful ditto, 41 14s to 51 ; fin e U p l an d dit to , 51 ' 0 11 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 12s to 61 ; Oat St r aw, ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 11 15s por I ° 9- ' fair average supply, and a steady demand. OA% WurrEcEtA.Pti...—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/105t0 .,. to Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51 ; fine Upland ditto, 51 . 1 Es 5/ 8s ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 6/10s ; Oat Straw, 9 3, to 11 lOs ; Wheat Straw, 1/ ll s t o 11 138 per to Both Hay and Straw moved o ff sl ow ly, at our 4- t4tions. =MAT Inart.3CATB. were HAILSI-1.331, ()CT. 16.—Prime Beasts and °"'"i r , their in steady demand, at a trilling improveme". s d o ing. value. In all other ki n d s b f s t oc k very little ' 1 " v es l, Beef, from 2s Sd to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d t °4B ; 3: to 4s r and Pork, 2s fid to 3 s 4d p e r Siu 6 * .A.ituNnEL, Ocr. 15.—Although we had only a 1 1 1-"., 1 1 supply of fat stock o n s h ow t o -d ay , t h e genera l deill' o was in a sluggish state, at o u r quo t at i ons : —lk e f, 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Vettl, 31 6 ' 4s •, and I'ori, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per 81bs. CILICHESTER, OCT. 16.—We had a fair average O - 6 d fat stock on sale this morning, while the trade °i f on the whole, firm, and prices were well supported. B ee o from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s ; Veal, 3 14 to 4s ; and Pork, - 2s to 3s 6d p er 81b s . Calves, 18s to 30s; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to and Milch Cows, with their Small Calf, 161 to 181 Soun vete iaLL, OCT. 16. With Beasts and Sheep we - . aell supplied. the time of year considered, but the T' ll „h nerd of Calves and Pigs w e re c om p arat i ve ly i ful Dtt kind of prime stock was in st ea dy demand, ar full , week's quotations ; but in all other qualities of il ip limited business was done, at late rates. Beef, froulA to 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; Veal, 4s ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per Sibs. Supply Beasts, 41 ; Sheep, 1,820 ; Calves, 50 ; Pigs, 60. , t he t ROMFORD, OCT. 16.—For most kinds o f fat stool* in . supply of which was tolerably good, we h a d a ir tto o, quirt', at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s N u 'iod 2s 10d to 4s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and Pork, 20 0 0- to 3a 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18 s to 32s ; , ter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Mikh Cows, "- their Small Calf, 161 to 201 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH C0 111 :0 8 For the Week ended Oct 12. 1814, made up from the Returriorslek In pcctot in the different Cities and T own , in England and " per Imperial Quarter. lld Wheat ......... 46s 3d Oats /Os 6d I Beans ......... 21' d Barley AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks ending .WHEAT. ISAIILEY.I OATS. I aye. i BEANS. a tit-' 0 Sept. 58 11 35 9 20 5 34 4 38 14..„ 45113511201 35937 c 21 45 3 35 6 20 5 35 7 37 3 s g v 28 45 9 34 5 20 5 37 3 36 3 3 Oct. 5 46 1 33 9 20 6 37 5 36 8 ° 12 46 3 33 6 f.:O 61 37 10 36 11 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE six 3d Wneat......... 46. 4d. Oats ......... 20s. 18.1 343. 10 1 I Rye ......... 36; 4i . DUTIES ON TORZIGN CORN. Wheat ..... Od. Oats ......... 6s, 044 8ean5......... Barlev 4s 04.1 YINe ......... Si , . 6d., A letter from Hamburgh o f th e 4th s:ls • Lstl Saturday all the persons engaged on the daily j° ll ' the Correspondent Impartial de Hambou celebrat e f fy, 0 a dinner the sixtieth anniversary of the entry 0f.,-; ) ,,4 - r the compositors, na me d H e i n , on t h e paper. -if, that long period he h a d no t m i sse d hi s wor k a sing le iltiC He is now eighty- e i g ht y ears of age, enjoys ex e rr e b e te . , health, and doe s hi s wor k lik e a young man. were 220 persons present at the dinner, i ne ludin&do , the master printer s o f t h e place. One of these 8 1 76 - 0 0 men, M. Bodeeker, sent 100 pine•app!es, 400113• grapes, and an immense quantity of flowers ft' y feast." —010! dt ___ f BIRTHS. , % Jilt - o On the 10th inst., at W e lli ng t on -t errace , St . J o hn s' Mrs. Tillstone, of a son. : A L 0 ° On the 13th inst., at St. John's Parsonage, liesig.- - ' ycif. of the Rev. Frederic Myers, of a son. v of $ On' the I.4th inst., at H en d on , M rs. J ohn S. Tanquer' „ y ' daughter. of J P On the 14th inst., at the Circ us , G reenw i c h , the wite C, Templer, Esq., of a daughter.' file On the 14th hist., the wife of John Meadows Whim Lee,ent, of a daugter. ' i a sti li ' On t K he 14th inst ~f i n Gordon-place, Mrs. Sadler, 0 . - born daughter. i var On the 15th inst., at Kensington, the wife of Arthu r Burton, Esq ,of a aughter. ~stree t 1 On the '. - Itt ,t- the L. a inst.., - Mrs. John Vickers, of Stone,' Southwark, of a son. lose On the 15th lust , at La ven d er -hill, th e l a dy of '' , Gurney, Esq., of a daughter.tiv Of tr On the 15th inst., at Cl a ph am N ew - par k , the la' , ' , Lai. , _.--- - ' Laurence, Esq of a daughter.• • Ott lED MARR. -WO the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Charles Ci sl ti ise , f' Esq., of her Majesty's Customs, to Julia Sophia Pq niece of P. Squires, Esq. Mulharton Hall, oribili• On the 12th i ns t., 'St. Mary 11,1wit!'s, liensingt° ;biro B. Rix, Esq., Matching, Essex, to Laura Anne' daughter of the late NV. Bond, Esq., of Ashford, Kent. On the 14th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-squats' sr• Hayman, Esq , to ' Henrietta Maria, eldest daughte r ° hoa welt. of New Bond-street. Joys On the 15th inst., at St. Pancras Church, the Bet Mar, of Hanwell, to Ellen, d aug ht er o f I saac S ea brook' of itegent-square. Sit On the 15th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Fulba , to obi Boothby, Bart., o f A s hb ourn Derb. „ci s bet t, Louisa Cranstoun, re li c t o f th e l ate J o h n Al exan der Esq., of the Ist Life Guards. el DIED. Co l°° o l On the 14th inst., i n Ch a p e l- s t ree t, B e l grave - square , gel Sir Samuel Gordon Hi gg i ns , K . C . H ., E querry to he r s 0 Hip hness the Duchess of Gucester. On the 21st of Septembe lo r, at Madeira, Lieutenan.4° 0 Gordon Caulfeild, eldest son of Major-General Caul fe ! r of th On the 11th inst., a t B r i g ht on, Mi ss D o bi e, d a ugh'e late James Dobie, Es q ., solicitor, London. tt, On the 11th inst., at Upper Tulse-hill, William Esq., aged 75. Me re On the 12th inst., a t Ki ngston -upon- H u ll , J o hn est Esq., late of Leytonstone, Essex. On the 13th inst., at Hastings, John Fres t on, t he eld son of Mr. John Bunton, of High Holborn. Rev On the 13th in s t., a t Hinxworth, Herts, the Lafont, Rector of the above. 00 11.11/ On the 14th inst., Jane Theophila, wife of roge r Nunn, Esq., surgeon, of Colchester. On the 14th inst., at Walworth, Anne, relict of th e • Mr. Edward Edwards, of Great St. Helen's, aged 86' London: Printed and Published by MURDO TC ) , z l) „. 1 11 4 No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er , a t The Sus Oflicet„,,..,h — ty Strand,in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ‘i"-- Sot BoL l 44 esti oeportiot m anner trace has "e Char Pronotels no w Proj e , amount F rom r El BSttaBeae:4( ' "'n 13* 117 Postin i Ity 'PA t —.verpo 4ti roatin , th e vac : C° Per G • Per z Coal Too Cattl e, an ° "etal 4 Total o r ," c. c ° n veyan: 1, -4reel o, at , Gro s , ,e ductin E i ng the S„ t w 41'4 4 taodiA,4; tabl e ''t t A ionvot; Th eat toen , S 'fil I GI A Ck s T4 C A NI A r till 7 1 at °-SePtet o ti tjefi R.Otol p as.. 1 the t ati on kips Nhjt k 4 o h ' 'he, " Ao. 1. 11 N oi Iv: Part Oh ?, p th , 41 ' , 111 , 0 1 04 WE. _ 'th it , It Ir cog, a a 4 th e 4t ~ d for of t. 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