The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-06 00:00:00

in trti Mbition THE FUNDS—(CI BRITISH Bank Stock ex dlv 2Ol 3 per CcAt R e d 99% 2,per cant . Cons. ..... 100 'Xs per Cont. Red r.ew 3U per Cent. lO2 New 5 per Cent.. Long Annuities Co; expire Jan. 1860 l2l Oct. 11 13-16 ,OSING PRICES). FUNDS. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Pm. Ditto under £l,OOO Pm• South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annwties... Es. Bills, 1,0001. 1)4(1... (35 pm. Ditto 5001.. ............. 65 pro. Ditto Small..— 65 pm. (Bank Stock for Acct.... 7. Jan. 1860............. 12 3-16 Indian ..... Consols for Act. lOO India Stock for Acct.... FOREIU FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent 101% Brazilian; Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Chllian, 6 per Cent 1 01 Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — Mexican, 5 per Cent ..... Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct — Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct — Portuguese Bonds, S per Ct Russian, 5 per Cent Ditto, Metallic ..... ipanisli, 5 per Cent., 1840 24' Oitto, 1841 Ditto, 1842 Ditto, 1843. Ditto 1848 • iper Cent . ........ 35}.. Venezuela Bonds, `..), per Ct French, 5 per Cent.... —t -c . French, 3 per Cent. Exchange ........ —c. Dutch, '234 per Cent Ditto,: per Cent SHARES. Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) ....... ..... .. • 5 Eastern Counties (25 paid) .... ..... ... l3 Ely and Bedford, 1 paid ...... .............. ... IX Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 paid ... 10X Great Western (75 paid' Ditto Fifths, 12 jia:,d ' 2si Lancaster and Cs•: lisle, 10 paid London and !touth Western (41/. 6s. 10.1. paid) 74 Lynn and e.ly, IX paid Manctsster and Birmingham r;itto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) ) .4ewcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 41 paid) ... Ditto New Shares, 4 paid York and North Midland (50 paid) — Ditto Scarhoro' Branch, 10 paid Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid 79 Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid ..... Paris and Lyons, 2 paid '7i earls and Orleans (20 paid) l9 Orleans and Vierzon, 2 paid .. 8% SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TROM TUE EVENING PAPERS OP THIS DAY. GLOBE.--The coloured man, Fraser—whose affecting case of complicated distress and suffering, as described by himself on an application for relief to the magistrate at Queen-square Police-office, and published in the newspapers, had called forth strong sympathy, and produced a considerable subscription for his relief—has proved to be a heartless impostor, and his tale of woe a tissue of falsehoods. It appears that some doubts of Frazer's sincerity had been produced in the mind of Mr. Bond, the magistrate, in consequence of a letter, signed " Justitia, ' in which the writer suggested that the party was the same who, by a similar tale—but varied so as to show, if Fraser and the individual he alluded to were identical, that the representations he made were false and fraudulent— had imposed on him some months ago. These suspi cions were communicated by Mr. Bond to Frazer, who was questioned by Mr. B. as to the circumstances mentioned in the letter. The fellow stoutly de nied any knowledge of the circumstances, and ad leered to his original story. Mr. Bond observed that he would not act upon anonymous infor mation, especially where the statements were positively denied by the person accused. The pub lication of the proceedings has, however, brought forth further proofs of the imposture ; and Dr. Ayton, of Soho, yesterday put the matter beyond all doubt, by calling at the Police-office and requesting to see Frazer, whom he strongly suspected of being the same fellow who three years ago endeavoured to im pose on him. The applicant's evasion of close ques tions, and refusal to give any reference to persons who could substantiate his tale, created suspicions of his truth, and he declined to relieve him. On Frazer's being introduced to Dr. Ayton, the worthy Doctor immediately recognised him as the individual who had endeavoured to work on his sympathies. The account, as given in the report of the pm:eedings, is quite a scene : "Frazer entered the hearing-room, and was imme diately recognised by 1 2;r. Ayton as the person of whom he had spoken. " Frazer 'appeared very confused on Dr. Ayton put ting th.; question—' Don't you remember having paid me a vuat at No. 1, Frith-street ?' and after much hesitation replied that he did. " Dr. Ayton, after repeating the story above given, asked him if he did not say that he wanted to return to his family at Guiana ? " Frazer, whose confusion increased, replied that he did not say he had got a colonial appointment there, and added that he (Dr. Ayton) gave him nothing." " Dr. Ayton replied he knew he had not, because he would give no references as to the truth of his account. He now pronounced him, in the presence of the magis trate, to be an impostor. " Mr. Bond, addressing Frazer, said, he had particu larly pressed him as to whether he ever had any inten tion of going to Guiana, or had ever said so, and in an swer to his repeated inquiries he declared he never had. " Frazer hung down his head. " Mr. Bond ordered him to withdraw." The timely detection of this impudent impostor— who, it appears from numerous letters addressed to the magistrate, has been levying contributions on the charitable for some years—has prevented his obtaining more than a small portion of the moneys sent to the office for his use and benefit. But we must confess our surprise that, on the full detection of his imposture, Frazer was merely ordered by the magistrate to withdraw. He ought certainly to have been ordered into custody, and com mitted as a rogue and vagabond, if not prosecuted as a cheat, who had obtained money under false pretences. While distress abounds, as it does, in this vast metropolis, it is gratifying to find that where a case of well-authenticated suffering is brought be fore the public, subcriptions are usually forwarded from different parts of town and country for its relief. It, however, becomes the duty of those;who consent to receive and apply such subscriptions to investigate the cases, in order to test their truth. Such fellows as Frazer arrest the current of benevolence, by excit ing doubts respecting the reality of accounts of genuine distress. Of all impostors, those who impose on the benevolent feelings of the charitably disposed, by tales of pretended suffering, are, when detected, the most deserving of punishment. We still hope that the heartlass vagabond whose case we have alluded to will not escape. STANDARD.—As we anticipated, the promotion .of Mr. Erle to the bench is made the subject of com plaint with that part—we rejoice to say a contempti bly small part—of the Conservative party who, by their own confession, have taken their side in politics principally with a view to make profit of their politi cal profession. " The Government," says the worthy organ of this respectable band of mercenaries, "began in Ireland with a certain Mr. Howley, who was pro moted for no reason that any one could find out, ex cept that he was a Whig. The same thing may be said of the appointment of Mr. Erle to the bench, for, although he is very unlike Mr. Howley in re spect to the public recognition of his fitness for pro motion in a professional sense, yet, with all deference to him, there are several men of Conservative politics at the bar, equally competent with him to discharge the office ofla judge." The Government " began in Ireland" with Mr. Sergeant Howley, and the Go vernment could not make a wiser, or more auspi cious beginning. Mr. Howley may be a Whig for anyting we know to the contrary, or he may be a Conservative ; he is, we know, certainly a Roman Catholic. If, however, he is a Whig, the Whig Goverament neglected for eleven years the claims of a gentleman whose pro - motion would be an honour to any party, and that was a kind of honour of which the Whig Govern ment stood very much in need; we are, therefore, inclined to suspect that Mr. Howley is not a Whig. Be that, however, as it may, Mr. Howley's claims upon the gratitude of the Queen's Government, whe ther Whig or Conservative, were the very highest that could be offered by any man. He was for many 7ears the most hard-worked provincial judge in Ireland, presiding at the sessions of the most turbulent county in the island, Tipperary. To the faithful discharge of his duty he sa crified a respectable and rapidly improving pral...Aice at the bar, and not only did he w or k h ar d , he did his work well, according to the unanimous 'testimony of those of all parties who were the wit nesses to his judicial conduct. Repeatedly have we ourselves been called upon by Conservative gentle men of his county to give publicity to his sessional charges, distinguished alike by their ability and their tendency to promote peace and the love of order in a lawless and half-savage population ; and this has oc curred at a time when, under a Whig Government, such notices were more likely to obstruct than to advance his promotion. Now we say, observing the distinction that we have taken above, between the gratitude due by the Queen's Government gene rally, and partisan Government of any kind, that it were a criminal neglect in any Government to over look such merits. Something surely is to be allowed for services to the Queen and the country, though these services are not rendered through any party ? But Mr. Howley is a Roman Catholic. Was not this a most fortunate circumstance in the case ? Was it not a happy contingency, that at the very time when Whigs and Repealers sought to recruit their ranks by solemn assurances that Roman Catholics, of all classes and denominations and degrees of merit, were to be proscribed and persecuted, a Roman Catholic gentleman was found with such claims from talent, character, and services, that by promoting him the Conservative Ministers were in a condition to give the lie to their incendiary calumniators? How se verely the blow was felt by both Whigs and . Re pealers, is proved by the alacrity withwh which they united with the mercenaries in raising a clamour against Mr. Howley's appointment t o the coif.ur We pass by with contempt the insinuated sneer against Mr. Howley's competency. That gentle man's learning and talent are universally acknow ledged by those best qualified to judge of both, and to judge of his pretensions. We come to Mr. Erle, Ow competency 14 admitted! toolse it would be as useless to dispute it in this country, whete he is known, as to dispute Mr. nowley's Wave , - tency in the country that has witnessed the Learned Sergeant's oareer. But, says the organ of the mer cenaries, though Mr. Erle is competent, there are others as competent. Doubtless—but would thtse others, Mr. Erle's equals in Competency and in standing at the bar, take the office conferred upon him ? Would Mr. Erie himself take it, Supposing him a Whig, were his friends in office, or likely to come into office ? We think not. This calls for a little explanation. According to the rule adopted of late years, and adopted, as we are persuaded, upon good grounds, there is no promotion of puisne judges to the chief seats. These are usually filled by the Attorney or Solicitor-General, as vacancies occur. A lawyer is therefore " shelfed," according to the phrase, when promoted to a puisne'judgeship. Nobody ever dreamed of naming Sir William Follett, Sir Free prick Thesiger, or their probable successor s for the late vacancy, because every one knows that a chiefship is the object of ambition with a first-rate lawyer, or one who thinks himself such ; and this object is attainable only in ordinary cases by passing through the office of Attorney or Solicitor- General. It is upon this ground, we presume, that Mr. Erie did not solicit a puisne judgeship from the Whigs, who, absit invidia, promoted some gentlemen of very in ferior pretensions to his ; and it is upon this ground we say that Mr. Erie (supposing him a Whig) would not now accept a !mime judgeship were his friends in office, or likely to be in office. But if none of his equals in professional competency and standing would accept of the seat conferred upon Mr. Erle, how was the Government Ito act ? Was it to descend to men of inferior profession com petency and standing, rather than promote a poli tical opponent, though a very moderate politician ? Would this be to do justice either to the country or to the profession ? We believe that the public will not say that it would. But the lawyers, we are told, abstained from voting at the late London election, from a consideration of the too great liberality of the Government in dispensing its patronage. This is a self-contradicted falsehood. At the late Lon don election the Conservative lawyers had nothing to complain of on this head—for nearly all the legal appointments, if not absolutely all, from Sir Robert Peel's accession to office, has been of Conservatives, upon this good reason, that the majority of the bar are Conservative ; and the late Government had provided for all their best men who would take the offices that happened to fall vacant. The imputation cast upon the bar by our Contemporary is not only false, it is libellous. The members of the bar are not political mercenaries, as the organ of the mer cenaries would represent them. They are indepen dent gentlemen, and the reason why some of them did not vote at the late London election was, that the election occurred in the vacation, when they were out of town ; many of them out of the kingdom. We hope that we have said enough upon Mr. Erie's ap pointment. The interests of the country are not served by keeping alive controversy upon such subjects. INDISPOSITION OF SIR L. SHADWELL.—The fol lowing notice was posted in the Vice-Chancellor's Court this morningt—" His Honour the Vice-Chancel lor of England will not sit to-day, in conseqUence of in disposition.—Nov. 6, 1844." STATE OF TRADE.—The accounts received by the late arrivals from India and China, do not appear to have made any change in our market. Yarn continues very scarce, and exceedingly firm in price ; in goods there is a moderate and steady demand at unaltered rates.— ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Nov. 4.—There has been snore business doing in the market to-day, but the prises have been considerably lower. It is a general rent-day in Rochdale this week, of which the merchants take advantage, as it obliges the small manufacturers to sell. Pieces have been sold to-day at a reduction of from 2s. to 4s. a couple. The wool market still remains heavy. —Manchester Guardian. CURIOUS DISCOVERY.—A highly curious and inte resting discovery, not only to geologists, but to others likewise, has just been made at the Pentwyn ironworks, near Pontypool. While the workmen engaged on those works and occupied in one of the mine levels, were pro ceeding with their operations, they met with a fossil tree of very considerable size. It was found in an erect posi• tion and perpendicular to the plane of stratification. The circumference at the base, immediately above the point of junction with the root is six feet, and from thence it diminishes to four feet, in a height of about five feet. THE MARBLE FOR THE SCOTT MONUMENT.—This ponderous block of marble, the largest, we believe, that has ever been brought to this country, was on Friday brought up from Mr. Maxton's yard, Leith, to Mr. Steel's studio, Randolph-place. The workmen of Mr. Maxton requested to be permitted, at nine o'clock, when the time was their own, to give a hearty pull, in order to be the first, as they said, to set in motion the block that was to form the statue of the illustrious author of "Waverley," and accordingly, on Friday morning. up wards of one hundred of the workmen drew the large mass from the gate, a considerable distance along the road, amid the loudest cheers. Twenty first-rate horses were then yoked to the truck, and, after many painful efforts, they succeeded in putting the wheels in motion. They proceeded along Junction-street and up Leith-walk, followed by a crowd of per sons, which increased at every step. Just before coming to Leith-street, the horses were put to their speed, and took the steep in a gallant style, amidst the cheers of the spectators. The hill was gained in a short time, and the cavalcade went slowly again. When it arrived oppo site the monument great cheering again took place, and the horses were put to their speed. The car arrived at Mr. Steel's stuaio, in Randolph-place, a little after eleven o'clock, having been about an hour in its progress from Leith. The streets through which it passed were, in various places, indented with the marks of the wheels. This splendid block consists of 200 cubic feet of marble of the purest quality, weighing upwards of twenty-five tons, and measuring nearly ten feet in height, and from six to seven across. The expense of conveying it from Leith will cot be less than 504—Caledonian Mercury. On Monday, the 4th inst., a general assembly of the Academicians was held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in Trafalgar-square, when Mr. William Dyce and Mr. William Calder Marshall were elected associates of that nstitution. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 5.) SUGAR.—To• day importers of West India Sugar ma nifested firmness, and obtained fully former rates, in deed good and fine yellow kinds in some cases brought prices rather above those of Friday. The foggy state of the weather preventing the trade from pro perly inspecting the samples checked business, and the private purchases were only 300 hhds, gro cers and refiners were desirous to purchase all qualities. At public sale, 130 hhds 20 tierces of Barbadoes went briskly, at prices is above those of the former sale for middling, good and fine yellow, and 6d per cwt for low sorts ; fine fetched 62s 6d to 66s 6d, good 59s 6d to 60s 6d, middling 57s to 58s 6d, and low 55s 6d to 56s 6d per cwt. The market closed with a firm appearance for West India Sugar. There was no public sale to-day of Bengal or Mauritius. REFINED.—To-day several purchases were made in Refined goods by the home trade ; standard lumps at 725, and brown grocery 71s per cwt. Bonded crushed Sugar is firm at 28s 6d to 295. Loaves are in excellent request ; Turkey 2i to 41bs at 36s to 40s ; Hamburgh 6 lbs 32s 6d to 335, 9 to 10 lbs 30s 6d to 31s, 13 to 14 lbs 30s, Tittlers 20 to 30 lbs 29s to 29s 6d, Prussian 40 to 45 lbs 28s to 295. Pieces are in excellent request at 22s to 25s ; Bastards yellow at 18s to 19s, and brown 17s. Of Treacle some parcels have been sold at 12s 6d. Dutch Crushed Sugar is fetching 26s 6d to 27s 6d per cwt. MAumnus.—ln consequence of a reduction on pre vious rates of Ifto 2Tper cwt having been accepted for brown and infeViiir yellow sorts, of which the supply has principally - ioilgsted, buyers have been induced to purchase several -parcels ; middling. good and fine yellow have been - .b."got?d demand at the former currency, and the euppfy at -,roirket has been in sufficient for the demand. -AtauctaSii; 1,631 bags were sold—low and low mid brown sit.4os . to 425, middling 44s to 455, good 47s to 48s, fine 50s 6d, middling grey 52s ; a few lots of yellow fetched 52s for low, 53s 6d for mid dling, 60s for good, and 2 casks very . low brown 35s 6d per cwt. There has been no arrival since this day week, and the stock in first hands is small. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Java Sugar was sought after, but stiffer rates being asked, operated against business ; 347 baskets 1,000 bags, at auction, were only partlyl9s good 6d soundt disposed o 2o sbr o wn d o , w f d , na nal fine 6p s 16 y 9d e s ll tt 0 00 w 1179 a ss t , 60 2 dr!d s rnas to aryh 2 e d 2 1 5 6168, 6 5 d wt , oas g ih o s o d e ds 15s to 16s, damp 14s to 17s per cwt. MOLASSES.—Prices remain firm for West India, and a fair demand has prevailed for the better descriptions,- a parcel of good Antigua has been sold at 24s per cwt, but at present there are few purchasers of common sorts ; holders, however, are not inclined to press sales, prices ruling very low. In East India little has been done, For Jamaica Honey further reduced rates have been accepted. FOREIGN.—There has been little business transacted by private contract in yellow Havannah Sugar, and only 400 chests have been disposed of at 19s to 22s per cwt. To-day a floating cargo of 440 chests brown Bahia was sold, deliverable here for refining under bond, half white at 225, and the remainder brown at 18s per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee met with eager purchasers, and further advanced rates were paid; the parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 1,257 bags, were mostly disposed of at a further advance in prices of 6d to is, making the rise on good ordinary since Friday of 2s to 3s per cwt, ordinary pale at 545, good ordinary pale 54s 6d to 555, fine fine ordi nary grey Demerara sort 65s 6d to 676 6d, fine ordi nary 62s 6d, pea berry 70s 6d to 78s, low middling' coloury Jamaica kind 70s to 75s 6d, broken and triage 50s to 555. With Mocha the market was better sup plied, but the trade operated with caution, and 579 bales 10 cases at auction, were nearly all taken in much above what buyers were inclined to pay, good mid long berry ow greenishmid at 755, low mid 66s 6d to 68s, common green Mysore 45s ; a few lots were sold at 60s to 61s for lgreen Mysore sort, 51s 6d for fine ord, and b i b n agem fe s ri g o rc r hade ll eg : r.w 2l e 9 BrBe b sb a oa g igd s s B amt en y2 g i al were withdrawn. 100 so s re to so ts a ld 4 f o o s r middling , forgre en 5 bags Madras at 66s 64 to 70a for yellow. 9 casks ii bags of DbrciiniqUe were taken in at 58s to 60s for and fie drdinaty, and ktiod ordinafy 46s per cwt. COCOA.—This afternoon West India met with atten tion, 131 bags of Trinidad, and 22 bags of Grenada were offered at public sale; the former sold at stiff rates. m red at 403 Ed io 45s Ca, and ordinary grey 393 6d 40s 6d, and the latter at 42s 6d to 44 per . TEA;--- - -There hits demand for nearly emery description of Tea sirce this day week, and the general tendency of prices is upwards. For the lower sorts of Congou there has been a brisk demand from the trade and speculators t common selling at 10*d to lOid, good common I Id to Ilid ; in the better sorts the transac i tions are upon a more Mended scale at ratherhigher rates, but mid coarse has been selling at 111 d to Is, but mid and blackish leaf is Ofd to is 2d, good is 2d to is 6d, fine is 6d to is 6d. Pekoe Flavor Is 9d to 2s 6d. Pouchong has been in good request, and prices rule firm ; the sorts most in request are those from 5d to 9d. In Twankay, common selling at Is lid to Is 2d ; brightish leaf is 3d to is Bd, and Hyson kind, is 9d to 2s sd. Scented Orange Pekoe 3s 4d to 3s 5d per lb. Hyson has been much inquired for, common fetching 2s 6d to 2s Bd, mid 2s 6d to 34, and superior 3s 3d to 3s 6d. In Young Hyson the transactions are upon a more extended scale of stiff rates, faint fetching 2s to 2s 2d, and better qualities 2s 4d to 3s 3d. In Imperial several purchases made at 2s 9d to 3s 6d. Gunpowder is much wanted, and the par cels disposed of fetched 3s 3d to 4s 6d per lb. SPICES.—This afternoon, at public sale, 106 bags of Malabar Pepper were taken in at 3id fur good brown heavy; 688 bags of Sumatra were only partly sold at 2*(l per lb for rather stalky, being barely former rates; 158 bags of white Tellicherry, all taken in at 5d to 5-d fur small Coriander sorts. With Nutmegs the market was better supplied; 22 chests at auction were sold at 3s 8d to 4s 6d for brown Singapore, 3s 3d for inferior. Of Mace 14 chests fetched 3s 3d to 4s 4d, low is 6d to Is 7d. Of Piemento 30 bags were sold •at 4-id per lb. for mid. RUN, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The home and ex port demand has fallen off for Jamaica Rum, and the business transacted has been limited since this day week, but there is still nodecline in prices to notice. The total purchases since this day week are 60 puns at. 3s 10d to 5s 6d for 30 to 36 per cent over proof • arrivals, however, have fallen off considerably of late. Leeward Island Rum at 2s 4id to 2s 5d proof strength; Demerara, 3s 3d to 3s 6d for strong qualities. Calcutta at 2s 3d to 2s 3id per gallon, proof strength, with certificate. In Brandy large purchases have been made at firm rates ; holders are de cidedly less inclined to realise ; in France prices have opened higher than was expected. The quotations here rule as follows :—Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; 1839, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d ; 1840, hhds 4s 11d, puns 4s 9d ; 1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ; low 2s lld to 3s 3d, and mid to good mid 3s 4d to 3s 10(1 per gallon. For Geneva there are few shipping orders ; is 9d to is 10d is the value of export sort, and 2s 6d to 3s 6d for fine fit for duty. The price of English Corn Spirits has declined 2d ; it is now lOs 2d per gallon, cash. CINNAMON.—The quarterly sales of Cinnamon were brought to a close this afternoon. The demand through out was limited, and of the 2,300 bales offered, only 1,300 were disposed of at prices showing a decline of those of the last sales of 3d to 5d for good firsts, seconds, and thirds; ordinary sorts went from last sales' rates to 2d to 4d per lb decline. Java and Tellicherry was all taken in; Ceylon, first sort sound sold at 4s to 5s 6d, second sort 3s 4d to 4s 6d, and third sort 2s 9d to 3s 9d per lb. Mc - E.—lmporters of Bengal Rice are not inclined to submit to lower rates, in consequence of the stock here not being more than adequate to three months' consump tion. Privately several parcels have been disposed of at full rates, midding and- good middling white fetching Its to lls 6d, and good 12s per cwt. Java at auction sold at and after the sale, middling white rather broken at lOs 6d to I Is, good bold 12s to 12s 6d, and sea damaged 5s to Os 6d per cwt. Madras yellow sold at 8s to 8s 6d, and small parcels of white 9s to lOs per cwt. Cleaned Rice has been in good demand, Patna at 13s 6d to 18s, and Carolina 23s to 27s per cwt. The consumption of East India continues large. OlLS.—There has been a better demand for common descriptions of Fish Oils since this day week, but no improvement has occurred in prices. Cod has been selling at 33/, pale Seal 351 to 35155; Southern, good to fine 301 to 321 10s, and low to mid 27/ to 291 10s; Coloured Seal at 321 lOs to 331 per tun. Of Southern the stock is rather less, and of Seal not above half of what it was last year at this peviod. Arrivals of Cod are near at hand. For pale Seal prices are 20s to 255, and for Southern 5/ to 7/ per tun lower than on the sth of November, 1843. Sperm 881 to 901 per tun for fine British. Linseed Oil at 23s 6d to 23s 9d per cwt on the spot, and for forward delivery ; prices are, however, kept low by the large supply. There are few buyers of Rape, and the crushers expe rience difficulty in obtaining 35s 6d to 36s for pale, and 34s 6d to 35s for brown : the supply is good. Cocoa Nut 27s to 29s per cwt. Palm has met with a good sale at former terms. Prices are steady for Olive Oil, and several parcels have been sold, Gallipoli at 43/ to 44/, Spanish 41/ to 421, Barbary and Levant 391 to 401 per tun. FRUIT. —To-day new Turkey Pulled Figs were in ex cellent request at 655, and Sultanas 68s per cwt, being, however, lower rates. Valentia Raisins met with eager purchasers at 50s per cwt, at which the market is firm. In old Currants there was an immense business transacted at 45s for Patras, and 42s for Island Fruit. At public sale 41 butts 12 caroteels new damaged Patras Currants were offered, and sold at 45s to 50s per cwt. INDIGO.--The demand for East India was good in the middle part of last week ; several purchases were made by the home trade and exporters. On Thursday 270 chests of Bengal, mark H F and Co., were disposed of ; since then, however, the market has been in a quiet state, and in some instances there are sellers rather under the rates of the last quarterly sale, in consequence of the accounts come to hand from Calcutta. _ _ CocHINirL.---Tllis afternoon the market was largely supplied with Cochineal, three parcels of Honduras, amounting to 381 bags, were offered at public sale, and nearly the whole sold but at rather lower rates ; low to fine silvers feiched 4s Id to 4s 9d per lb. TALLOW.—lmporters of Russian submitting to a fur ther reduction in prices has occasioned an excellent de mand on the spot, old P.Y.Candle has been selling at 40s 6d, and new at 40s 9d to 41s per cwt. Upon these moderate terms some of the trade are inclined to get well into stock. For forward delivery several contracts have been entered into, and 40s 6d to 40s 9d are the rates paid up to the present year. Town Tallow at 42s to 42s 6d nett cash. Other sorts of Tallow are rather cheaper. At auction New South Wales sold at 39s to 39s 6d for good quality, and South American at 38s to 39s 9d per cwt for good and fine. The stock of Foreign Tallow has been fur ther increased. BEST METHOD OF PROTECTING BUILDINGS FROM LIGHTNING. Were our houses, magazines, and ships, built of iron, or did they consist of a framework of iron filled up with stone, brick, or wood, they might bid defiance to the ravages of accidental or wilful fire, as well as to all the lightning of the tropics. Strike where it might, the deadly fluid would be conducted quietly to the ground. In the meantime, however, we must have recourse to a less perfect system of protection, till advancing knowledge and receding prejudice shall have introduced iron buildings, and iron ships, as well as iron ploughs, iron roads, and iron bridges. As the conducting powers of lead, tin, iron, zinc, and copper, are as the numbers, 1-2- 2.4-4 and 12, copper is the best material for con ducting-rods. The quantity of metal in the rod should not be less than what is contained in a cylinder half an inch and two-tenths in diameter. The me tallic rod should be flattened rather than round, so as to have the greatest surface that is consistent with strength. The conductor then formed, should com municate with all the detached masses of metal in the building, such as leaden ridges, gutters, and metallic pipes. It should be placed as near the wall as pos sible, and pass directly into the ground. It should be attached to the most elevated point of the building, and if the structure is to consist of numerous ranges, such as the new Houses of Parliament, long, pointed rods should project from the most prominent parts into the atmosphere. In place of adopting the usual method of external conductors we would recommend the introduction of a vertical iron bar into the thick ness of the principal walls of the building. These bars should communicate with a horizontal wall-plate of iron uniting the whole, and from this wall-plate should rise all the external conductors which are to project into the atmosphere. These iron-plates and bars might be so united as to form a sort of carpentry which would add to the strength of the edifice.— The Builder. COURSE OF EXCHAI Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 64 Antwerp 25 95 namburgh M.B. 13 13 Altona l3 13 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles 25 95 Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine l2l Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 953 Trieste, ditto me d ia rid 364 6A Wad.° 3 36 Barcelona 36 Seville 1 GE.—(YE STERDAY., Gibraltar — Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan — Venice .... Naples 39i Palermo, per oz llB Lisbon 55 Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars...f3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9' Silver in Bars 0 4 11 On Wednesday last, William Stiles a coal guard in the employ of the Great Western Railway, was em ployed im conveying a train of trucks laden with coal from Dunhall to Exeter, two trucks were left at Hele +don, when Stiles got off the truck on which he was riding, to perform his duties at the station, and the en gtneer stopped the engine to enable him to do so. After stopping the engine, several.of the trucks moved .forward by their own force. Shortly after the engineer .11eard an alarm, and on getting off to see the cause, found the" deceased jammed between the outside framing of two of the trucks. The deceased called to the engineer to a-head, and they moved on the engine as promptly as possible and released him. He was taken to the sta tion-house, and a surgeon sent for ; but before he ar rived the deceased begged to be taken home, and was placed in a chair on his truck and brought to Exeter. Mr. W. P. Kingdom attended him en his arrival here ; his body was much bruised, his hands cold, and no pul sation could be felt at the wrist. The poor fellow died about twelvo o'clock on Wednesday night,— Western • , • Times. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Could' OP QUEEN'S TENCH ; Nov. 6. IN TIIE MATTER Cii" JACQUES BESSET. HABEAS In W -.se the prisoner'B esse t h ac k b ee n flier; O sew , l.ittnt, carrying on li - usinesa in LQdon and in Paris. He bkcarhe u bankrtipt, %tid the French Government demanded that he thotild iii*en tip to them under the provisions of the extratradition OAa person guilty of fraudulent bankruptcy in France, and who had escaped to Englawl. He was arrested, taken to the Mansion-house, and4onimitted to Giltspurzstreet Compter by the Lord Mayor, preparatory to his being surrendered to the French Government. Defore that surrender could take place, application was made to Mr. Justi.e Wightman, at chambers, for a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that the offence of fraudulent bankruptcy was an offence un known to the laws of England, and that, therefore, it was contrary to law to arrest a prisoner, or to keep him in custody on such a charge. Mr. Justice \Vightman considered the matter of such importance that he refused to decide at cham bers, and directed application to be made to the full Court. On Saturday Mr. Chambers obtained the writ of habeas corpus, and this morning the keeper of the Compter appeared on the floor of the Court with his prisoner. Mr. CHAMBERS, on being called on, moved that Jacques Besset be discharged. The return to the writ of habeas was then put in and read. It set forth the warrant of the Lord Mayor for his committal on the charge of fraudulent bankruptcy committed in France. Mr. JAMES said that an objection had been taken before Mr. Justice \Vightman that the prisoner was not in a position to apply for a habeas corpus, he being a French subject, accused of a crime committed in France, and in custody under the convention. Probably it would be better to take that point first. Lord DENMAN—Perhaps so. Mr. CHAMBERS contended that there was nothing to show that the prisoner was in a different position from other persons, and that the other side could not now raise the question upon affidavit. Mr. JAMES replied that he had a right to show by affidavit that the prisoner was not in a position to apply for his habeas. Lord DENMAN—The words of the Act of Parlia ment are, " that such person shall be committed upon such requisition aforesaid, and delivered up in case requisition shall he duly made." Now the words of the commitment are, " until he shall be delivered by due course of law." There is not a word about any requisition having been made. How can you explain that, Mr. James ? _ _ _ Mr. JAMES—There has been a requisition to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State had issued his warrant, that has set the magistrate in motion, and he has committed the prisoner until he shall be released by due course of law, instead of until he shall be delivered by requisition. Such a discrepancy might or not be a reason for ordering a prisoner's discharge, but he contended that the prisoner being a criminal, a subject of another country, accused of a crime committed in another country, was not entitled to his writ of habeas. It had never been stated under which Act the application was made, the Act of Charles 11. or that of George 111. The prisoner was a fugitive criminal from another country, accused of that which is not a crime in this country. By the Act Charles 11. the relief by habeas was confined to subjects of this country accused of crimes which could be tried in this country. Upon that point there had been an express decision in the case of the King and M'lntosh, 1 Strange, in which the Court decided that a person in custody for treason committed in Scotland was not entitled to his habeas corpus, because he could not be tried for it in this country. The Act of .56th George 111., was only an extension of the Act Charles 11., and enacted that persons confined for anything but criminal, or supposed criminal matter, should be entitled to his habeas—thus remitting him to his re medy at common law. Mr. Justice Wthme.ms—What is his remedy t common law ? Mr. JAMES apprehended the writ of habeas ; but he submitted that at common law a fugitive criminal from another country could not be entitled to his writ of habeas. He apprehended the question was, whether a person in custody for a crime committed in France was entitled to his habeas. Lord DF,NMAN—That is to aay, whether our gaolers are to be gaolers for France without the con vention. Mr. JAMES submitted that the Court could not discharge the prisoner on account of the wording of the warrant—for to be delivered up by due course of law would be to be delivered up in conformity with the requisition, or in the event of their being no requisition, his being discharged under the provisions of the Act of Par liament. He also submitted that if the warrant were bad, and the depositions set forth a crime, the Court could remand him back to the same custody. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—That is only in cases in which the prisoner could be tried in this country. Mr. JAMES admitted that the Court would be taking upon itself to decide whether a crime, according to the law of France, had been committed by a French man in France ; but, inasmuch as the magistrate would have the power of issuing a fresh warrant, he submitted that to give effect to the Act of Parliament, their Lordships would remand him to the same custody. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Setting the magistrate's warrant out of the question, have we, proprio vigore, the power of committal under the Act ? Mr. JAMES apprehended that the Court had the power to remand, and that it could exercise that power, on finding a crime set forth in the depositions. He submitted that the depositions ought to be read, and the prisoner re-committed by the Court, in the event of any crime appearing in those depositions. Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN—That is to say that we are to discharge him under the warrant, and commit him ourselves de novo ? Mr. JAMES—Yes, my Lord. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL attended by desire of the Lord Mayor not to oppose the prisoner's dis charge, but to submit to whatever the Court might direct. Lord DENMAN.•••••It is a great misfortune that this, the first application made of this very important Act of Parliament, which may affect the administration of justice throughout the whole of Europe, should be made in such a very defective manner. We have no power to interfere. The gaoler has no power to detain this person, except what is given to him by this Act of Parliament ; and when we look to the wording of the Act of Parliament, we find that in this case the directions of the Act hare not been followed. It is clear he cannot be detained. We hare been applied to to remand him as having been guilty of some crime. We can know nothing of the commission of any crime except what appears upon the warrant. We have no power to take cognizance of any crime committed in another State, except under the provisions of the recent statute. It would have been unnecessary to pass that statute if we had possessed such a power as that which we are now asked to exercise. It should be distinctly understood that this writ of habeas is issued under the common law, and not under the Act of Charles 11. or George 111. The writ was secured by the petition of right, and was known to the law long before those Acts were passed. The prisoner must be discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY. ) MANSION-HOUSE. Three men, named Sadd, Clow, and Vaughan, were brought before Alderman Wilson for final examina tion, charged with having committed a murderous as sault upon an active constable, Locke, who attends at Nicholson's-wharf, in Lower Thames-street. The complainant was assisted into the justice-room by a policeman. His head was bound up, and he seemed to suffer extremely from internal injuries. At one time his life was considered to be in imminent danger, and he is still in a very serious condition. The complainant stated that on Saturday, the 26th of October, as he was taking a man from Nicholson's wharf to the station-house, whom he had taken into custody for drunkenness and causing obstruction to business, his prisoner began to be very violent upon wicking Thames-street. A mob collected around him, and a constable walked up to his assistance. When he reached St. Mary-at-Hill, the mob became violent, and forced him away from his prisoner and the constable, and he was knocked down and kicked. While he was getting up he was kicked on the thigh by the prisoner Sadd. " I told Sadd," continued the complainant, " that I should know him, and have him when I got out of the mob." He threatened to do for me, and excited the mob by call ing upon them to kill me. I was afterwards knocked down, but I don't know by whom, and when I got up again I was struck, by the prisoner Clow, in my face and eye. I was then knocked down almost senseless, and kicked all over when down. The pri soner Vaughan also excited the mob against me by calling upon them to kill me. After I had been taken to a surgeon, who applied leeches to my face, I wen t ' with the assistance of the police, to Thames-street, to look for Sadd, and I f oun d and took him into custody at the bottom of St. Mary-at-Hill. He said to me, ibtl a oo n b d dloodup have to on been yes terday, e " Don't take me, and I'll tell you who hit y ou ." I afterwards went, assisted by two officers, t o Dock head, and took Clo w into custody, and h e acknow ledged that he had struck me. I have been very ill samesinceame c onfinedfrom,dat yos nmtdyh havee b e i d n j. continuedu injuries I g l a r n e t c ot e o i s v p e is d tp , in consequence of the kicking I received, and I lost my sight for several days. I cannot sleep at all. Sadd said he had never kicked the complainant at all. Mr. Baron, for Clow, said he should reserve the de fence of his client for the trial. Mr. Hunt, for Vaughan, cross-examined the com plainants but elicited nothing at all centradictory to the statement made by the injured party. It was proved by another witness that Vaughan kicked the complainant, as well as called upon the f,Y kill him. Mr. Cornelius Smith, of 56, Gracechurch-street, surgeon, stated that he attended the complainant on Monday (his assistant having attended the com plainant on Saturday) , and found him suffering from internal injuries about the chest and body, and from both external and internal injuries of the head and face. The injuries were of a severe character. The com plainant complained of spitting of blood and difficulty of lifeathing. He was improving, but sot yet free from danger. Alderman Wasor4 refused to take bail for any one of the prisoners, and stated that it was his determina tion to send them all for trial for the felony at the Central Criminal Cosirt. The prisoners were committed for trial. An immense crowd, in the midst of :'Which it was evident there were several smugglers, attended to ii:Pr the examination of William Slack, a stoker on board the Ocean steam-vessel, from Rotterdam, who was charged upon an information with having been found on board that vessel in the port of London, the same vessel having concealed in her one hundered and forty pounds weight of tobacco, upon which the duty had not been paid. The Lord Mayor and Alderman Wilson sat to ad judicate, and very great interest was excited. The prisoner had been brought up on Monday, when he was by mistake mentioned as the steward of the vessel. The Solicitor for the Customs attended to prose cute. A solicitor also attended for the prisoner. Coleby Atkinson Davis, officer of the Customs, stated that in consequence of information which he had received that a quantity of tobacco had been brought to the river by the Ocean from Rotterdam, he proceeded on board that vessel at Blackwell. He and a brother officer had waited her arrival, and she came into the river, not in consequence of stress of weather, but in the regular course of business, bring ing her Majesty's mails. Witness proceeded directly to the prisoner Slack's berth, and asked him to pro duce all the tobacco he had in his berth, or concealed near his berth. The prisoner produced three pounds of tobacco and a small quantity of spirits from the back of his berth, and said that was all he had. Witness told him that if that was all he could produce he should suffer no hurt, for that was but a small il quantity, but he (witness) was sure a large qua t.i.fir was concealed in that vicinity. Witness told the prisoner to stop and wait the istie, for no harm could come to him for what he had produced, and proceeded to take up the flooring boards adjoining the engine. The prisoner started up the'-ether ladder as quickly as he could, left the vessel, and went on to the pier, but witness helloed" Stop," after him, pursued, over took, and brought him back, and told him he must wait the issue of the search. The vessel then, having landed her mails and passengers, went on to London, and witness proceeded with the search. After about three hours' search he found, on the starboard side, above the prisoner's berth, that a piece of board had been, with great art, made the means of concealment. Behind the two planks which passed up to the beam of the engine-room a piece of timber was fitted in, and puttied and painted over like the rest. That piece, which appeared to the eye to be part of the solid mass, was capable of being removed by the application of a screw. Upon the removal of that little door, the timbers of the vessel were to be seen, and between the timbers was a hollow space, leading down to the bilge ; a string was attached, from which a great number of packages were suspended, encased with lead, in sueh perfect security that they might lie in the bilge water without sustaining the slightest damage. The contents were tobacco, and from the manner in which it was deposited it equally defied injury from steam or salt water. Some of the pack ages were lying between the timbers to a depth of ten, others to the depth of eleven feet, in the space, and some were four pound, and others six pound packages. There was no possibility of discovery that tobacco was in the vicinity of the place of conceal ment, for the encasement was not only impenetrable, but the cord attached to each package, and communi cating with the beam, was strongly impregnated with pitch or tar. The LORD MAYOR observed that the time occupied in preparing and depositing the contraband articles must have been considerable. The witness said there could be no doubt of that, as after he had found out the place of concealment, he was occupied two hours and a half in removing the packages. They had been wedged in by a forcing in strument. lie found the screw which opened the secret door upon closely searching one of the berths. Upon his cross-examination by the prisoner's soli citor, the witness said the prisoner introduced him to the berth, but not without hesitation. The prisoner trembled very much when he saw what was going forward. The witness was understood here to inti mate that he found the screw in the berth of the second engineer, who had run away upon finding that the vessel was about to be searched. The prisoner's solicitor—Now, did you not know the exact spot in which the packages lay, before you went into the vessel at all ? Witness—Not the exact spot. We had information of the neighbourhood in which the tobacco was deposited, but not of the exact spot. The prisoner's solicitor—And you pretend that the discovery arose from your ingenuity ? Witness The discovery of the exact spot arose from our in genuity, certainly. We knew that the tobacco was about the engine-room. I don't think you would have found it, Sir, if with the same information you had been there.—(A laugh.) The prisoner's solicitor—Did you not handcuff the man ? Witness—Certainly. We would not have done so if we did not know him to be guilty, and we did so becaus we knew he would have escaped if he had an opportunity. We were convinced that he and another were guilty. The other got away. The prisoner's solicitor—Pray, are you not an in terested party in this case ? Witness—Of course I am. The prisoner's solicitor—To what extent ? Wit ness—The informer gets a third, and I get a sixth. The prisoner's solicitor—Did you ever see this man engaged in a matter of this kind before ? Wit ness—Never. I never saw him before at all. The prisoner's solicitor—And you cannot say any thing against him as to any former charge ? Wit ness—Nothing at all. The prisoner's solicitor submitted that it would be unjust to commit his client under such circumstances. He had been two years on board, and had a wife and family, and could not have entertained an idea of ex posing them to the destitution consequent upon his detection in an affair of this kind. It appeared that one of the engineers was the party really engaged, and the prisoner was, at all events, entitled to the be nefit of the doubt. The LORD MAYOR said there appeared to be no mitigatory circumstances in the case at all. It was quite evident the prisoner must have hal guilty knowledge that the tobacco was on board, if he was not a participator in the fraud. It was eyident, too, from his behaviour when the officer went on board, as well as from the fact that a great deal of time must have been occupied in depositing the tobacco, that he was perfectly aware of everything connected with the offence. The prisoner was then adjudged to be guilty, and to pay the penalty of 1001. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Mr. G. W. Jones, the Secretary of the Hammersmith Suspension-bridge Committee, attended in obedience to a summons obtained at the suit of Mr. G. Lewis, Secretary to the Master of the Horse to her Majesty, to show cause why he had exacted a toll from Mr. W. J. Goodwin, her Majesty's Inspector of Stables, on a pair of horses drawing one of the royal carriages, on the 21st ult., contrary to the provisions of the Company's Act, by which the Queen's horses are specially exempted. Mr Bolton, of the firm of Bolton and Price, Lin coln's Inn, attended for the complainant, and was about to open the case, when Mr. Thomas, the defendant's counsel, questioned the jurisdiction of the Court, and urged that the Ham mersmith bench was the proper one to take cognizance of the present case. Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, observed that, as a general rule, all matters appertaining to the Palace and her Majesty's household were submitted to this office, as the chief Police-court. Mr. JARDINE said, there could be no doubt as to the jurisdiction of the Court, and, as the summons had been granted by Mr. Twyford, he should not hesitate to hear the complaint. Mr. Bolton, after directing attention to the several provisions of the sth George IV. (the Company's Act), by which her Majesty's horses were exempted from toll, stated the particulars of the alleged demand, and observed that the complainant had only been induced to request the interference of a magistrate by the frequency of these interruptions on the part of the Company's officers, and the impediments and imper • tinence to which her Majesty's servants had been con sequently exposed. Mr. Goodwin examined—l am inspector of stables and veterinary surgeon to her Majesty, and had occa sion to pass over the suspension bridge on the 21st of October with a small britschka and a pair of horses belonging to her Majesty; the former had the royal arms emblazoned upon it. I was accompanied as usual by a servant in her Majesty's livery. On reaching the toll-office Mr. Jones, the defendant, stepped out and requested me to atop, at the same time demanding where Leafile from and whither I was going. I refused to tell him; but said he knew my grounds for claiming exemption, and if he de manded the toll I would pay it, and he must take the consequences. Mr. Jodes was a stranger to me personally, but the toll'-keeper knew me well, as I had been in the habit of going over the bridge for years previously, sometimes as often B 3 three or four times a week, without paying toll, Cross-examined—l have been asked questions be- I fore, but have invariably refused to state where I was going, as I felt that the inquiry was impertinent. I have always stated that the horse and carriage be longed to her Majesty, and were th,-refore exempt. On the occasion in question I was going frOM Hamp ton-court to the Queen's-mews at Pimlico, on her Majesty's business ; but I admit having repeatAdly passed over the bridge in the same carriage on m 7 own business, and having then also declined to pay the toll. Mr. Thomas—Then, I think, the case ought to end here. Mr. JARDINE—Were you on those occasions with her Majesty's carriage and horses? Witness—Cer tainly, your Worship. Mr. JARDINE—Then the Act clearly exempted him, inasmuch as it specified " her Majesty's horses," without any restriction whatever as to the service in which they might be engaged. The witness was further cross-examined by Mr. Thomas, but nothing material was elicited from him, except an acknowledgment that Mr. Jones and the toi::kPeper were both civil to him, although he consi dered the iii.",!2iry relative to his mission an imperti nent one. Mr. Jones explained it;?t about five years ago, in consequence of a complaint made lo v the Company upon this point, the secretary to the 11 , 1ii.?te: of the Horse authorised him to ask persons who clan2led exemption in the Queen's name, the question whici: he had put, as civilly as possible, to Goodwin, but' which he refused to answer. Defendant denied that he had applied for the toll ; it was paid by Goodwin without any demand being made. He also denied the assertion of the latter, that he claimed exemption. Mr. JARDINE thought that no one could suppose that Mr. Jones had been impertinent, in the general acceptation of the term, but, on this occasion, seeing that the carriage had the royal arms on it, and that the defendant might have known from the toll-keeper who and what Goodwin was, he was of opinion that the question ought not to have been put. He would hear the next case before poonouncing his decision. A second charge, precisely similar in its nature, was then preferred against the toll-keeper, William Moore, for demanding the toll of Goodwin on a sub sequent day. Mr. JARDINE repeated his conviction that the de mand, in the face of the Act, was altogether unjusti fiable. He felt it his duty, therefore, to inflict the mitigated penalty of 51. in each case. Mr. Thomas said the decision would be appealed against. Ti.' . .SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1844. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The foi;OwinF letter was yesterday handed to the reporter from ti;.? bench : " A. and B. lucky.; a five-pound note, which they request Mr. Maltby to aptly to the relief of the first poor persons he may think &saving of assistance, and request the receipt of the same may be acknowledged in the daily papers." CLERKEIV WELL. Mr. Thomas Ashworth, a chemist and dru lc 7ist, was charged with embezzling property to a considet' able amount belonging to his employer, and with at tempting to commit suicide. John Latham, a Bow-street officer, deposed that at three o'clock on the previous day the prisoner came to Bow-street station, and asked witness if he had not received information of a quantity of books having been stolen from a Mr. Ambler, and on witness re plying in the affirmative, he said, would you know the man who stole them ? Witness said he would not. The prisoner then exclaimed, "I am the man who committed that robbery, and I wish to give my self up." He was then locked up. Mr. Amhler, a wholesale bookseller, residing at 27, Compton-street, Clerken well, said about a month ago the prisoner came to him, assured him that he was in indigent circumstances, and requested some kind of employment. Witness, knowing that his friends were highly respectable, in some time after entrusted him with Prayer-books and Bibles as samples for country customers. In a few days after he received a letter from the prisoner, dated from Bexley, in Kent, in which he stated that he had lost the books, and requested forgiveness. The prisoner's friends having promised to make good the loss, witness commissioned the prisoner to take some books to Mr. Young, in Titchfield-street, Soho. The prisoner delivered the parcel, and borrowed money from Mr. Young. Witness subsequently learned that he had pawned the first parcel of books in several pawn-offices. The books were produced by several pawnbrokers' men. The prisoner's step-father, an elderly gentleman, residing in Baker-street, Clerken well, stated that the prisoner was insane ; his father had been seven years in a lunatic asylum, and died mad there, and his brother, a solicitor, cut his throat. The prisoner's father had predicted that his son would die mad, and he verily believed the prediction would be verified. The prisoner had twice attempted to commit suicide— once by throwing himself into the New River. He had been in affluent circumstances, but was now much reduced. Inspector Barton deposed that on the previous night, a short time after the prisoner was locked up in the cell, the constable, upon going the "rounds," saw the prisoner suspended there by his neckcloth. He was at once cut down, and was quite black in the face, and animation suspended. The police-surgeon was sent for, and he was, after a considerable in terval, restored. Mr. GREENWOOD directed Mr. Taylor to be sent for, that he might examine him regarding the state of his mind. Mr. Taylor came and did so, but stated the result to the magistrate in private. Mr. GREENwoon — decided upon remanding the pri soner, and added that Mr. Taylor had required fur ther time to inquire into his state of mind. The prisoner, who conducted himself throughout with perfect composure and decorum, was remanded. MARYLEBONE. On Monday an elderly gentleman, named Blake, was charged under the circumstances detailed in the following evidence : Caroline Mitchell, a little girl, nearly 13 years old, said that on Friday last, between eleven and twelve o'clock, she met the prisoner in Queen-street. He beckoned to her, and on her going to him he asked her name and address, which she gave him, and he made an entry of the same in his pocketbook. On Sunday she was standing at her father's door, and he beckoned to her and asked her if she could come out of an evening. She replied that she sometimes came out for her mother, and he pressed her to meet him at the corner of Nutford-place, at eight o'clock. He then gave her a shilling, and begged that she would not tell her father or mother what he had done. On the same afternoon the prisoner, whilst she was standing at her father's door, beckoned to her, and asked her if she could not come out of an evening, and on her saying that she was frequently sent out by her mother upon errands. he said he should like to see her at the corner of Seymour-place. He also said he should like to give her a ride in a cab, and some cash besides, if she would go home • with him. He took her to an adjacent mews, and there put his arm round her neck, at the same time saying he would give her some cakes. He also asked her if she would come out for a few hours, and ride in a cab with him. William Mitchell, the father of the girl, stated that on his daughter communicating what had occurred respecting her interview with the prisoner, he met the latter, and collared him, and held him until the arrival of the policeman. It was further shown that on the way to the sta tion-house the prisoner offered money to a consider able amount to the witnesses, in order to induce them to forego any charge that might be made against him. Mr. RAWLINSON, after hearing the evidence of other witnesses, came to the conclusion that it was his duty to fine the defendant 51. for the assault, and to require him to enter into his own recognizance in 1001., and two sureties of 501. each, for his keeping the peace and being of good behaviour to all her Majesty's subjects for the next twelve months. The required sureties were given, and the prisoner was liberated. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday a neatly-dressed little woman named Jane Brown, was charged with having attacked James Golding, a greengrocer at Shacklewell, with a drawn sword, and attempted to stab him. Inspector Howie, of the N division, stated that at five on the preceding evening the complainant came in a great fright to the station. house, saying that he had gene to the prisoner's house that afternoon to request payment of a bill for sundry goods he had supplied to the prisoner and her husband, and on knocking at the door it was opened by a woman, to whom he delivered the bill. As soon as he had done so the woman called out to the prisoner, who was up stairs, and who im mediately ran down and attacked him with a drawn sword she had in her hand, and with which she swore that she would run him through the body if he attempted to advance a single inch into the house. Directly this threat had been uttered she made a sudden and violent thrust at him with the sword, which penetrated the breast of his coat, and made a large incision, which he exhibited, but by a rapid re trograde movement he fortunately escaped the serious consequences which would otherwise have certainly ensued. The inspector added, that the cut which he observed in the man's coat was on the left side, imme diately over the heart, and the cloth was cut com pletely through to the extent of several inches. Seeing that there were obvious grounds for the com plainant's alarm, he dispatched Braman, a constable, to the house, and he, on arriving there, found her still in the passage with the sword in her hand, which she was flourishing about in a very menac ing manner; by a statagem he however, contrived to take the weapon from her, and conveyed her and the sword to the station. The inspector said, that for some time past a great number of tradesmen in that neighbourhood had been making almost daily com plaints at the station of impositions practised on them by the parties living in the holm, And requesting that the police would lend their aid in recovering proper ty they had been incautiously induced to leave thei The prosecutor was not in attendance, though he ha given him notice the night before to appear. Mr. BINGHAM said, as that was the case he was compelled to discharge the prisoner ; but that wourC not preclude the complainant from obtaining justice,. as he could take out a warrant against the prisoner' another day, and make her answer for the outrages s ,':• had committed. Th e - orisoner, who maintained a grim look of de - • fiance as sii7f' stood in front of the bar, and would. not; condescend to t.Z.!ter a single word in answer to what: had been proved agll'inst her, was then discharged, and walked majestically os:it of Court with an air of triumph. A fellow named George Le Corps , was charged 10yr a woman of very respectable appearanc`. named Platt, with having struck her such a violent Llow in th e mouth, that it was instantly filled with blooo l ,- and two of her front teeth were knocked completely ou!,- one of them having been picked- up off the floor by" a policeman, and the other very nearly choked ber from its being dashed down her throat. Her husband' , who interfered for her protection, also received two violent blows in the face from the prisoner. Ti* wantonness of the assault was fully proved, and the' prisoner was fined in the sum of 50s. to the Queen). and, in default, was sentenced to a month's imprisow meet in the House of Correction. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday, Captain Barker, an eccentric mariner (l a t e ni . :lster of a merchant ship, and now "out of a berth,") a?arged a woman of the town with robbing him of a silver watch. The prosecutor, when he first got into the w itness , - box,.. appeared i: elf-seas over. Mr. BRODERIP thereupon questioned him as 0 whether he had not been drinking, and he said he had not taken anything that morning but a pint of beer. The magistrate ordtned the case to be put back for two or three hours, ad also gave directions that strong drinks should a' in ,the mean time be prevented from reaching the captain's .-nouth. At two o'clock, the prisone." was again put to the bar, and Mr. Pelham appeared 1.,,:i defend her. Timothy Hayes, an Irish policeOlan, No. 201 l said he met with the parties at fon: o'clock in the morning, at a coffee-stall in the Comoiercial-road. They were wrangling, and the captain cNarged the prisoner with stealing his watch, and he followed her to a house in Buross -street, where, sure enough, he found a silver watch, with a silver chain, belonging' tu. another gentleman, but he could not find the captain f• Mr. BRODERIP—Where did , you find the other watch ? Hayes—Well, thin, it was in the gintle . man's fob. Mr. BRODERIP—Then it was not stolen ? Hay° —But it might have been.—(Laughter.) Mr. BRODERIP—And what sort of a house was it? E. Hayes—Och, a very respectable house the inside 01- it, and only tre (three) females there. Captain Barker (loudly)—Don't tell stories. In cross-examination by Mr. Pelham, the police" man said the captain and the " lady" had a converse; ,":on, but he couldn't identify the words; but she sala s i n was not guilty of the charge. Mr. Pelham—Then, you have identified the words Ca Barker—Don't tell; stories ; hold hard. M ptah, RIP inquired if the prosecutor had be r. Baoir: drinking since he left the court ? and Hayes replied " Nothing at a ll , y‘ er wortchip, ounly a bottle of sn";; water. I kept him b; himself to himself in the biol. room." " Ear l of The Captain said he iit:d been to the Effingham" concert-room to heZar a song, and bad " watch last about eleven o'clock, ai:id took it out to Se e what time it was. "He had not been drinking"' hold hard—he had only drunk two gi.4.536113 of beer' As he was coming down by—hold hard r After a long pau.3e, he slapped his hg.nd en , 11ii .. , thigh, and sung out—" I have it ! London Hospital and that's where I fell in with her. I missed U watch as soon as ever I went into the house, ap" was there about a quarter of in 'hour." Mr. BRODERIP—WeII, you are a very odd ral: What was you doing all that time? Witness —CU dling her up in my arms to be sure. tell Mr. BRODERIP—And had you seen your Il i ,' 4 safe before you began cuddling her ? Witness----i-e Sir. Mr. BRODERIP—And after the cuddling it ' gone ? Witness—Yes, Sir, certainly.—(Laug..'nf, Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, who was taking to depositions, said it was quite impossible to fix t' - robbery on the woman at the bar on such testimol; The man first said he missed the watch directil entered the house, and subsequently that a quar ter - an hour elapsed before he missed it. Mr. BRODERIP ordered the policeman to get in the witness-box again, and asked him in what gut% was the complainant? Hayes—Well, he tould nothing—he said he had missed his watcb.--04°11 laughter.) ofr Mr. BRODERIP—What can. you be thinking Was the complainant sober ? Hayes—Och, • wurtchip, she was perfectly sober. Mr. Symons—The man—the man. Attend to tbst Magistrate. to Mr. BRODERIP — The policeman does not appr.-ike know the meaning of words. Does he know meaning of the term " complainant ?" Captain Barker—Hold hard : helm a-port. b e Hayes, after a pause, answered the questi on saying " the prosecutor, yer wurtchip." Mr. BRODERIP—Was he drunk or sober? —Not perfectly sober. it? Mr. BRODERIP—Have you any doubts about Hayes—Yes, I have indeed. sal Mr. BRODERIP—Now do attend to me.' you one thing and mean another, I believe. What roal‘, you doubt he was not perfqtly sober ? Hay l His fate was perfect, but his Tulle was bad ; t he my doubts.—(Roars of aughter.) es p. Mr. BRODERIP—XOw do tell me what you re„t. Was he or was he not sober ? was I v " Sir, when he gave her in my custody. ir Mr. BRODERIP—Have you made any other, d quiries about this robbery? ,Hayes—l inquire d them both, Sir.—(More laughter.) Mr. BRODERIP said it was in vain to proceed ff s , / $ O. the case, and inquired for an inspector, and be i n . informed by Sergeant M'Cardell, No. 4K, that 0 . spector Rutt, who had been in the Court all the ulofdo ing, had been called away on business. Mr. Br 0 0 rip then said, it was very much to be wished that if inspector should always be in attendance to heaf_7;4.- the policemen gave their evidence, and to give to mation when required ; and he directed M'Carde,,,.‘ report this case to Inspector Rutt. It was quite e p a robbery' had been committed ; but from the pe° l/ 01 4 way in which the prosecutor gave his evidence , s o the more peculiar way in which the policeman g ot t his, the woman must be discharged. The poli cell was no doubt a most excellent and well-meaning To but he did not know the meaning of words or wh a , do on the occasion. He said a brothel was a v s & spectable house ;" the prostitutes in it be ° v ita " ladies," and other parts of his evidence were q u i, indescribable. The man was from the sister con° 6o 4 and whether he understood the English languag e it the meanin of some words he had made use °( i to was impos si ble to divine. He wished M'Card e ' t sio impress on the mind of the inspector that the esP w o i had been robbed, but from the testimony given t impossible to detain the prisoner. its 11 Mr. Pelham said it was most probable the c a p i 4 lost his watch before he left the concert-roorece Mr. BRODERIP—I don't know that. Th e P e ar will search them out, but it would be useless to ploy the policeman just examined. BIRTHS. Foc/4Y On the 3d inst., at Studley Castle, the Lady of S ir Goodricke, Bart., of a son. of ° On the Ist inst., at Camberwell, Mrs. Robert Sp ence, daughter. 14- On the Ist inst., in Selkirkshire, the wife of R. C olli pincott, Esq., of Over Court, Gloucestershire, of a son.A clod. On the 2d inst., at Eaton-place, the lady of T. D . Esq., M.P., of a daughter. 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