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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 30. (Before Mr. Commissioner FAKE.) THE LINENDRAPERY TRADE.-IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. IN RE WILLIS AND DAVY, LINENDRAPERS OF OXFORD- STREET. After repeated examinations in relation to the bank rupts' extraordinary mode of carrying on their business, this day was fixed for his Honour delivering his judg ment upon the bankrupts' application for their certificate, and which was to the following effect ! " These bankrupts began business in May, 1840, with 1,375/. capital, and failed in July, 1843, owing 22,647/, their assets have realised 7,5241. They apply for their certificate ; only one of the assignees, Mr. Dillon, op poses, the other takes no part ; and the public is, in my opinion, greatly indebted to Mr. Dillon for his faithful performance of his duty, and I can only regret that the other assignee should have taken any other course. It is, in my opinion, the bounden duty of assignees to bring every case that seems to demand investigation fully and fairly before the Commissioner ; the assignees are trus tees for the whole body of creditors, and are not justified in retiring from their duties, and throwing the burden of opposition On individual creditors. Mr. Dillon has per formed his duty faithfully, and I thank him for it. Four offences have been charged against the bankrupts 1. That from the commencement of their business they propped their credit by accommodation bills. 2. That some of those bills were drawn on persons whom they knew to be men of straw, and alsO drawn artfully so as to appear like good trade bills. 3. That they raised money at most extravagant rates of usury; and 4. That they deluded Messrs. Dillon and Co. into giving them extended credit, by utterly false representations. I must pronounce them guilty on each of these charges. It ap pears that their first act was to lay out nearly 3,0001. beyond their capital on the premises where the business was carried on; and the natural consequence was, that they were soon in want of money, while as early as September, 1840, an accommodation bill was drawn. Soon after a regular and extensive system of drawing such bills was established, and, in pursuing it, they on these occasions drew bills of considerable amount on a person named Tucker, whom they knew to be a shopman at Messrs. Hitchcock and Co.'s, in St. Paul's Churchyard, at a trifling salary—addressed them to him as if residing at Kingsbridg,e, in Devonshire, and made them payable at Messrs. Barclay's, where he had no account. To make the cheat more effectual they had the acceptances written in pale ink. By degrees they became more and more involved, and raised money at a most ruinous rats of interest. A Mr. Berkley Wilson was examined, and he said he had often advanced them money; on one occasion he had received 104 for the loan of 1004 for three weeks, which is at the rate of 170 per cent. per annum. Lately he refused to lend, because (says he) I knew that from the enormous discount no trade could stand against it.' A Mr. John Gould was examined, and he said that he had lent them money upon two bills of exchange, at 404 per cent. per annum, but he had also lent them money at higher rates of interest. The rates of interest (says he) depended upon the urgency with which they required money. If they came to me for 1001., and owed me no more, I would, perhaps, charge them 2/. 2s. for a week, or ten days; but if they wanted another 100/. before the first was repaid, I would charge them 31. 3s.' This is at the rate of about 1001. per cent. per annum. When asked whether he could state any one transaction with accuracy, he answered, I have had so many that I can not state with accuracy any one transaction.' When one William Bryson was examined touching the nature of his transactions with the bankrupt, he said—The clerk would come to me for a loan, repayable the next slay, or in two or three days--sometimes a week, but I liked short loans ; he would then repay me with such interest as we might agree on. If he came-for 501. for two days, I should most probably charge him 30s. or 21. fot' the loan. The rate of interest I have mentioned was the neral rate of interest I charged to the bankrupts. I may h a at received more than 21. for the loan of 50/. for ten dayslssis is very likely I have. I clear up every thing at the end the week, to keep my head clear of the matter. I reqac,-e3 more interest when they were more urgent, liecause it w.ll-thl probably cost more to get the He began to lend beiri money money. b , in August, 1841. In March,lB43, when they wets.' in the most hopeless state of insolvency, they were desirou., of procuring an ex tended credit from Messrs. Morrison, , Dillon, and Co., and with that view Mr. Wills called on the 22d, and said to Mr. Dillon, We take stock twice a year. This year our sales are increased one-third, and our profits are in creased. We are better off than we were ; besides our own capital, we borrowed of Rogers 7,000/., but we have paid off a part. We are doing well.' Mr. Dillon, in consequence, agreed to give an extended credit. Now the whole of this was false. Such is the complexion of this case. It was urged in defence that the bankrupts were justified in drawing accommodation bills, and endeavouring to struggle on, partly because they were supported by the credit of Mr. Rogers, a relation, and partly because they looked forward to the spring of 1843, when trade would be brisk. The latter ground might have furnished some excuse had their circumstances been less hopeless, but their right to deceive and defraud Mr. Rogers, because he was a relation, I cannot com prehend. At all events, nothing will justify their reck less manner of raising money, their system of drawing accommodation bills, which I shall always look upon as a most serious offence, the fraudulent nature of some of those bills, or their false statements to Messrs. Morrison; and I do not think, considering the magnitude of this case, that I should do my duty to the public if I were to allow their certificates earlier than the 31st of July, MR which will be five years from the date of the fiat against them." Upon an application by the bankrupts for protection, The Learned Comartssmaza granted them protection fur twelve months. POLICE INTELLIC 4 ENCE. (SATURDAY.) BOW-STREET. The Hon William Rose Touchet was to-day finZ t lY brought up and committed to Newgate to await his trial. Mr. Smith is going on as favourably as can be expected. Two little boys, named Williams and Thompson, and a girl, named Diana Hughes, were placed before Mr. Twy ford, charged With stealing in the dwelling-house of Mrs. Early, - of Took-street, Adelphi, two watches, a ring, breast-pin, and several other articles. The prosecutrix stated that she left the prisoners in care of her house on Friday, while she went out on some domestic errand. On her return she found that her boxes had been. broken open, and the articles named above were gone. She immediately gave information to the police, and in the. evening Pocock, one of the officers, found Thompson, and upon his person he found dupli cates for some of the articles which had been stolen. He said he had given .the other articles to a boy, who went by the name of " Goose." The officer went in search of this personage, and ultimately found him in a cellar in St. Giles's. He immediately said, " Oh, I know what you are come abAt ; you want the pin," and he pro duced the pin from his pocket. The girl, it appeared, had pawned the articles. The little boy, in his defence, admitted that he had taken the articles in question, and given a portion of them to Williams, The girl said she-had no idea that the things had been stolen when she took them to pledge. The whole of the prisoners were committed. On Friday Michael Reid, a well-dressed young man, was brought up for further examination upon the charge of stabbing and severely wounding James O'Flaherty, a tailor, of 2, Dolphin-place, Holborn, now an inmate of King's College Hospital. The prosecutor, also a young man, was placed in the witness-box in a very weak state, having been conveyed from the hospital in a cab. The evidence taken by Mr. Twyford at the hospital on the 19th inst. was read over to him by the magistrates' clerk— that he had knOwn the prisoner about a year and a half; that on Saturday evening, the 17th inst., be tween nine and ten o'clock, the prisoner and a woman of his acquaintance called at witness's residence in Dolphin-place, where they drank and conversed together in a friendly manner. At about half-past eleven the prisoner told the woman that he wished to leave, but she declined going, and consequently a quarrel arose, during which he struck her ; this led to the interference of witness, who desired him to leave the house, and was endeavouring to put him out, when the prisoner struck him a violent blow, and knocked him down. While struggling on the floor he seized a pair of button-hole scissors, and stabbed him in the breast, arm, forehead, and groin, and sub sequently took up a large pair of shears, and cut a deep gash in his back, leaving witness ultimately wholly insensible. Witness was immediately attended by two'surgeons, by whose advice he was afterwards taken to King's College Hospital. The prosecutor was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Duncoinbe, the prisoner's attorney. He denied having struck the first blow, or used any violence to wards the prisoner. They had been drinking a small quantity of rum and some porter, but were not in toxicated. Witness's wife was present during the scuffle, and also:Jane Furphy, the prisoner's com panion. Joseph Friar, policeman 137 F division, stated, that while on d uty in Holborl.Lo l rl b t . be l night in ques tion, the prison er ran out of a quarter to twelve o'clock), and p tn-p ace (at about said, " Oh dear, what shall Ido ?”, His hands a T 3r er? covered with blood, and there appeared to be what u was the iseorcut upon his thumb. Witness asked him matter, and he replied , t hat a m an had been knocking about, and that he w as ver y much hurt. He d h de lm d that the man lived at No. 2, Dolphin - Place, and pointed out the second-floor of the house, afterwards observing that he must go home in a cab. In an swer to witness's inquiry, he said, that he lived at No. 8, Amelia-place, Gravel-lane, Houndsditch, and then went off in a cab. In about ten minutes afterwards witness went into, Dolphin-place, and saw some women looking out of No. 2; they were exclaiming that " the man was stabbed," and having called to witness, he went to the second floor, where he found the prosecutor lying in his own blood, quite insensi ble, and attended by two medical gentlemen, who said he was in a very dangerous condition. Witness then prweeded to the prisoner's residence, and took , him i'titfi 6hstody, having found him sleeping in bed. - . Mr. tvart Thomas, the house-surgeon of King's 'College J-1 - ' ital, deposed to having admitted the • __,.-. • Pioaecurii aenati,n-wpahtiicehnt hadon tpheeneStruattleddaytmheorrniignhgt, v . , - .22.:.-I . „'"tvitkPatzer: ve wounds, one of them of a most clan \ c•- , .. - kelgi _ talk , in the back, caused apparently by a 4, 1 \,. ~ continued in a precarious,state for a week, 11 wgOlow out of danger. )r.Q.4., TAE SUN,___LONDON, MONDAY MO/tIING, SEPTEMBER 91_1844., the policeman then took him and the other prisoner to I the station-house, where the complainants gave an ac count similar to that which they had given before the 1 magistrate. The policeman added that the other two 1 men escaped before he had time to get to the place where the outrage was committed. Bryan, although cautioned by the Magistrate as to the statement he made in answer to the charge, said that he had been out with his fellow-prisoner and another man, and that as they were passing the common they were met by the two complainants and another gentleman; that one of the gentlemen shoved up against him (Bryan), and, on asking what he did it for, the answer was a blow, which he returned, and this led to a scuffle, in which the parties on both sides joined, and during which they (the prisoners) were beaten very much, as their appearance now testified. He added that neither he nor his com panions had any intention of robbing the com plainants, and that he earned his bread by hard labour, that of a porter in Newgate Market. Caffery gave a similar account of the transaction, and, exhibiting his clothes to view, said that for taking the part of Bryan when he was struck, he was knocked into the ditch and nearly smothered in mud. Mr. COTTINGRAM, said that as the charge was not ripe for committal on that day, inasmuch as the other two men engaged in the outrage were not in custody, he should remand the prisoners until Wednesday. Peter M' Walter, a fashionably-dressed young Irish man, was brought up on remand from Wednesday last, charged with robbing public-houses and taverns in this district, and also at the west end of the town. The Court was thronged with parties who had been plundered, as well as by a numerous auditory anxious to hear the examination. The following additional, evidence was adduced : Mr. Thomas Dobson stated that he lodged at Perry's Coffee-house, Seymour-street, Euston-square, and that on last Tuesday week the prisoner came to that house with a carpet bag in his hand, and stated that he had just arrived by the train from Manchester. He engaged a bed, and witness left home early next morning, and when he returned at night he found his room had been entered in his absence, that his trunk had been forced open, and plundered of five sovereigns, a silver watch, with a gold chain, a chesterfield coat, and two silk handkerchiefs. Upon inquiry, it was found the prisoner had decamped the same morning, soon after the departure of witness from the house. The witness here identified the coat worn by the pri soner as his property, and he was compelled to "doff' it, which he was very unwilling to do, while at the bar. The head-waiter at the Gloucester Coffee-house, in Piccadilly, stated that a well-dressed yuong man hired a bed there, and when all the inmates had retired to rest, he went into the rooms of several gentlemen who were sleeping there, and succeeded in robbing them of their purses, containing the sum of 141., a gold watch, and other articles, with which he got clear off. The witness added, that the prisoner resembled the thief, but he would not undertake to swear positively to his person Cotterell stated, that information had rppeared in the flue and Cry of six different robberies of public houses at Manchester by a man, answering the de scription of the prisoner, with a carpet bag. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that he should commit the prisoner on the three first charges, and that he should be brought up again on Wednesday, and that probably LAMBETH-STREET. when publicity was given of the examination in the Ann Patten, residing at 15, Little Collingwood- newspapers, other parties who had been robbed would street, Whitechapel, was on Friday brought before the attend.: Hon. G. C. Norton, in the custody of police-constable The prisoner requested the return of a prayer-book K 248, charged with cruelly ill-treating a little child found in his possession when he was taken into of seven years of age, the son of a man of the name of custody. Patten, with whom she cohabits. The application for its restoration was opposed by Police-constable 248 K deposed, that in consequence the publican, who stated that since the prisoner was of information which he received he proceeded to the taken into custody he had ascertained that several rob prisoner's residence in Little Collingwood-street, and beries had been committed in Dublin by a man an demanded to see the child. There was 'at the period swering the prisoner's description, and that he had a crowd of 100 people round the door. The poor reason for believing that the prayer-book would be little fellow was brought down from an up-stairs found to have been part of the produce of one of them. room, and he presented so emaciated and dreadful The ,prisoner, who seemed very depressed in spirits, an appearance, being entirely covered with bruises was then conveyed back to the county gaol. from head to foot, besides being one mass of filth and Add to Lambeth - street. rags, that the constable deemed it his duty to take the Saul Fitehell, a German Jew, charged with rob child to a surgeon to have him examined. The sur- bing his employer, Mr. Adolphus Lipman, outfitter, geon gave a certificate, which stated that nearly every of Pearson-street, Ratcliff-highway, of nine watches, part of the body presented dreadful marks of external was brought up for re-examination. violence, great discolouration of the skin, and gross The police-officer stated he had been unable to dis neglect ; the child was besides in a very enfeebled cover any further facts towards the inculpation of the state, apparently brought on by want of proper prisoner. nourishment and food, Mr. Lipman, a young man of the same persuasion, The poor child was here stripped by order of the and the most benevolent of his order, now solicited magistrate. He seemed a perfect skeleton, and the the magistrate on his aggressor's behalf. He said whole of his body presented marks of the most severe that though he had been very ungrateful to him, yet chastisement and ill-usage. Such was the dreadful his poverty had not allowed him to withstand tempta appearance of the poor child, that it caused a shudder tion, and he himself freely forgave him, hoping that a and exclamation of horror from every person in the Divine Providence would recompense him and turn Court. The whole of the boy's flesh, from the neck the prisoner's heart. He was in a foreign land, and and back downwards, was completely discoloured, his inability to procure work from this act would being yellow, black, and blue, caused by the most more than punish him. " The poor man," continued severe blows and bruises, while in other places the Mr. Lipman," came in poverty and rags to my house bones were nearly protruding through the skin. for a refuge, and the temptation was too great for Mr. NORTON asked the little fellow what his him" mother beat him for, and whether he was hungry? He said further things in extenuation of his guilt, The child replied, after regarding the prisoner with but the Magistrate said he regretted he could not at looks of terror, that he was not hungry now, for the tend to the benevolent dictates of the complainant, policeman had filled his belly, and his mother beat but must commit him for trial. him for stealing the sugar and begging victuals. --- THAMES POLICE. Several of the neighbours here stepped forward, , Christopher Pratt was on Friday charged with as and said that the prisoner was constantly in the habit saulting a lad named Thomas Kettle, potboy to Mr. of stripping the child, and beating it in the most Ottway, landlord of.the Camden's Head public-house, 4eadful manner with a heavy strap, and knocking it Church-lane, Limehouse, under the following singu 4e•w* with her fist. On Thursday last she knocked lar circumstances •Iks.yri in the most brutal manner, and said she It appeared that on Sunday Mr. Ottway had a leg him 4 1' Lim if he dared to cry. (The poor child of lamb for dinner, of which a considerable portion would , riz black-eye, and his head was also was left. He and his wife went for a walk, leaving had a shock.. - the lad Kettle, in whom he placed the utmost confi severely cut.) Sarah Reeves infon."'(4l. the magistrate that directly dence, in charge of the house. On his return in the ' -,. Lo d, of whom the child evening he proposed to have some of the lamb for the prisoners back was tu. ; , the poor little supper, but on looking he perceived it -was reduced appeared to be dreadfully -Id pick u . p the to the mere bone. Thinking Kettle had been at it, fellow would run into the streets, 4;" - d, which he he said, "Thomas, I always told you to-ask me again potato parings, or anything he emit: , The er. if I did not help you sufficiently at dinner time, to would eat in the most voracious m. neighbours were constantly giving the p„.lm* little which the lad answered, though with an embarrassed wol.:1d and conscious air, " Oh, Sir, you always give me boy bread and butter to eat, which the woman , . (if she knew it) take from him, and then beat liL:m 1 more than enough, . t h,,zg of the lamb. Next . day, however, seeing that in the most violent and cruel manner. She had her self seen the prisoner beat the child till it gasped for : - ‘ i4 suspected him of taking the lamb, and breath. •.• • might lead to the loss of his situation, he Ert 2st . er team. f o i s towing curious . statement :—lie said that Mr. NORTON said he would not call upon the pri- made The w ho it seems, is a person in easy cir soner for any defence, for he fully intended to send the prisoner, the h abit o f frequentng the house, Sunday her for trial. The worthy mag i s t ra t e th en as k e d cums t an ces and a.. and had some beer. where the father of the . child was ? an d on b e i ng i n - came in the afternoon- °ll . the back kitchen, and formed that he was outside the Court, desired that he f S o h u o n r d tl h y im aft p e l r ou l g i h e i t n tl g e w aw en a -3, -,4 1 :Y at the leg of lamb. might be brought forward. to . make so free In answer to several questions put by the magis- He told the_ prisoner he had no rig.'i Pratt rose trate, the fellow said h e did no t k now th e c hild was w ith M r . Ott wa y's property, upon V. ° beaten, and as to victu a l s h e h a d th e s ame as his w ife. u p an d s t ruc k him. Kettle threateneq. . tlll h at he s Mr. NORTON—Do you mean to say that you are mas t e r, which so provoked the prisoner, •-, married to the prisoner? The father—No, Sir, I se i z ed the boy by the neck and drew the k." 1 1% live with her. which he had used in cutting the lamb several The MAGISTRATE—You must be an unfeeling times across the lad's throat, at the same time brute to see your own motherless child used in such uttering the most dreadful imprecations, mixed a cruel manner, and squander away your money on with awful threats, that if Kettle ever uttered a word a worthless woman, instead of clothing and feeding about the lamb, he'd certainly do for him. In draw the poor boy, who is in a dreadful state ; and tl. ing the knife across his throat Pratt inflicted two only question in my mind is, whether I shall not slight wounds in the lad's throat. The effect pro order you to be included in the indictment. The duced upon the boy's mind was such, that through the magistrate then ordered the officer to take the child treatment which he had already received, and the ap to the workhouse, to be placed under the care of a prehensions of ulterior consequences, he preferred surgeon. lying under the imputation of having himself stolen The prisoner was then remanded to complete the the lamb, rather than by disclosing the truth subject case, and ing himself to the emnity of the prisoner, nor should Mr. NORTON said he would in the mean time con- he ever have disclosed the facts but for the fear of be sider whether the father should not also be prosecuted. ing discharged by a kind master. Mr. Ottway, on As the officer was bringing the woman to the po- hearing this statement, not wishing :to prosecute the lice-court, it was with great difficulty he could pro- prisoner for the felony, but at the same time desirous tect her from the violence of the crowd. of protecting his servant, made him apply for an as- The prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial. An application by his attorney for bail was refused. MARYLEBOIVE. On Friday Sarah Sims, cook to Mr. Satchell, 6, Winsley-street, Oxford-street, was placed at the bar for final examination, charged with having concealed the birth of her male infant. It appeared that in consequence of Mr. Satchell suspecting that the prisoner had given birth to a child, he sent to Mr. Jones, surgeon, Berners-street, who questioned her (prisoner) respecting it, when she at length admitted having been delivered, and said that the infant was in her box in the kitchen. The said box was opened, and the dead body of the infant was found therein ; there were no marks of violence upon it, and a coroner's jury had returned a verdict that it had died from want of medical aid at its birth. The prisoner, who cried and had nothing to say, was committed for trial. _ _ _ UNION-HALL. Owen Bryan and John Caffery, the former beaten very much about the head and face, and the latter with his clothes covered with mud, were brought be fore Mr. Cottingham charged with two other men, not in custody, with a very daring attack on two gentlemen named Joseph Clarkson and Benjamin Palmer, and robbing the latter of a sovereign and some silver, on Kennington-common. From the joint statements of the complainants it appeared that they resided at Camberwell, and that, as they were returning home that morning about one o'clock, when they arrived near the vitriol works on Kennington-common, they saw the two prisoners and two other men (not in custody) standing together near the - stile which leads in the direction of Camber well. The moment the complainants arrived at the stile they were attacked by the four men ; Mr. Clark son received a blow which knocked him into the ditch, upon seeing which Mr. Palmer ran to his assistance, and struck his assailant (Caffery), and he reeled into the same ditch into which he had previously thrown Mr. Clarkson, who, having recovered himself, in return attacked the three other assailants, and he and his friend Mr. Palmer fought them until nearly the whole of their clothes were torn off their backs, during which one of the ruffians called out, " That - (meaning Mr. Palmer) has money in his pocket," and at the same moment a snatch was made at his pocket, and a sovereign and some silver stolen. During the conflict two of the assailants ran away, and policeman, 94 L, hearing shouts for help, hastened to the spot and secured the two prisoners, one of whom (Caffery) lay sprawling in a deep and muddy ditch adjacent to the place where the affray commenced, and it was with some difficulty he was ichwere extricated from th e s it ua ti on i n w hi c h h e was pl ace d. The complainantstorn produced r p o i d e u c c e e s to their show hats the and violence which they were attacked; and they added that the two prisoners were en d gage in t h e attack upon them, which they had no doubt was done for the purpose of robbing them. Policeman, 94 L, stated that, he • • hearing cries for help, he hastened to the spot, and found they proceeded from Caffery, who was lying in the ditch nearly smothered in mud. The complainants were cl ose t o the spot, as also Bryan, the other prisoner, and the former related the manner in which they had been at tacked. Having extricated Caffery from the ditch, sault warrant, which, upon a statement - Of the facts, was instantly granted. This was on the Tuesday, and on Wednesday evening, the prisoner having informa tion that the process was out against him, waited in the tap-room of the Camden's Head until all the other customers left, for the purpose of putting his threats against the complainant into effect. Mr. Ottway being at the bar about half-past nine o'clock on Wed nesday night, heard a violent scuffle in the tap-room, and, on proceeding to the spot, saw the boy (Kettle) on the ground, and the prisoner kneeling on his chest. Kettle, who was utterly insensible, and continued so for some time, was rescued from the prisoner's grasp, and taken up stairs. On recovering he said, that after the other parties left, Pratt tapped him on the shoulder and said, " So you have taken out a warrant against me ?" Kettle admitted that he had, upon which Pratt struck him a violent blow upon the stomach, which at the same time felled him and doubled him up, so as nearly to deprive him of all sensation. Ex hausted as he was, he, however, remembered that Pratt first jumped with his whole weight upon his body, then knelt upon his chest, and seizing him violently by the throat, endeavoured to strangle him. The poor lad, who seemed to have suffered very severely, gave his evidence with considerable difficulty. Pratt was ordered to pay 41., which not being forthcoming, he was locked up in default for one month. CROYDON. SINGULAR CASE.JS:II. Riciard Lacey, a gentleman of fortune, residing at Chelsham, and George Standen, his groom, attended before Messrs. Reid, Adams, Lucas, Sutherland, and Barclay, the presiding magis trates, the latter to answer a charge of having un lawfully shot at and wounded a setter dog, the pro perty of Mr. W. Russell, a farmer at Chelsham, and the former with aiding and abetting his servant to commit the act, for which offence, by an Act of Par liament passed in the 7th and Bth years of the reign of George IV., they had incurred a penalty of 405., besides the value of the dog. Mr. Richards, solicitor, of Croydon, attended to support the complaint. It appeared, from the testimony of several wit nesses, that on Tuesday, the 20th of August, about eight o'clock in the evening, the complainant's setter (log strayed .into Mr. Lacey's premises, and he was heard to give instructions to the other defendant to get the gun and shoot him, and directly afterwards the report of a gun was heard, and the animal was seen to run limping away, and it eventually appeared that he had been very seriously injured, so much so as to render him utterly useless for the present shooting season. Mr. Russell, in answer to questions from the Bench, said the dog was a very excellent one, and at this period was worth at least 101. Mr. ADAMS inquired whether the animal was at all mischievous, or whether there was any reason for the defendant's attempt to destroy him? Mr. Russell said he was a remarkably quiet, inoffensive dog, and he could not conceive what motive there could be, except that of mischief, to destroy him. The defendant, St'anden, in answer to the charge, admitted that he Acot the dog, and said the reason he did so was because he thought he was a dog who had frequently come howling about the premises at night. M r . Lacey said the family had been very much an noyed by the dog's noise, and he certainly gave di rections that means should be taken to get rid of him, but he denied, positively, that he told Standen to shoot him. _ _ _ Mr. ADAMS said he supposed he only told him to keep the dog quiet, and he had certainly taken effec • tual means to endeavour to do so.—(A laugh.) The Magistrates, after a short deliberation, ex pressed an opinion that the charge had been made out, and they adjudged Mr. Lacey to pay a fine of 405., with 31., the value of the dog, and 12s. costs. The other defendant, who appeared only to have acted under the orders of his master, they fined 20s. Mr. Lacey said he should not pay the fine. The Bench replied that if he did not, he would be committed for fourteen days. Mr. Lacey said very well, he would go to prison. In a short time, however, he appeared to think better of it, and he requested the Magistrates to allow the matter to stand over for a few days to give him an opportunity of producing evidence to show that the dog was not so much injured as was represented, and the Bench granted his application, upon the un derstanding that if he failed in doing what he sug gested, the original decision would be enforced. The same defendants were then charged upon another information with having unlawfully killed a terrier dog, the property of Mr. John Brown. It appeared in this case that the dog in question was missed from Mr. Brown's premises on the morn ing of Wednesday , week, and the same day it was seen in Mr. Lacey s, caught by the leg in a large rat trap, and shortly afterwards the animal was shot by the defendant Standen, and then buried in the dung hill. A search-warrant was obtained, which was executed by a constable named Tappan ; and on his questioning the defendants, they at first denied all knowledge of the dog, but when he found it in the dung, - Mr. Lacey said to Standen, " Never mind, George, don't be afraid, they cannot hurt us." Mr. Lacey, in answer to the complaint, with great earnestness declared upon his word that he knew nothing about the dog being shot, and said he was ready to take his oath of it, if the Bench would allow him. lie wished the Magistrates to question his servant, and he said he would clear him. The Magistrates said they had no right to ques tion a defendant, but Standen was at liberty to make any statement he pleased. Standen then, evidently much to the astonishment of Mr. Lacey, said the truth was that his master knew all about it, for that when he told him the dog was in the trap he gave him the gun and told him to shoot it. The Magistrates said they had no doubt that this statement was correct, and they expressed their sur prise that a person in the station of Mr. Lacey should have pledged his word, and have offered to swear to the truth of which he knew to be false. Mr. Lacey still asserted that he knew nothing about the dog being shot. Mr. ADAMS said he did not believe him, and he thought his conduct had been very disgraceful. The other Magistrates said that they quite con curred in what had been stated by Mr. Adams, and they only regretted that the evidence was not suffi cient to warrant them in convicting him, without the statement of his co-defendant upon which they could not act, and they should certainly in that case have inflicted the full penalty. The information against Mr. Lacey was then dis missed, and the other defendant was fined in the mitigate - 1 penalty of 20s. CHARGE or ARSON.—A man named John Nay was examined on Saturday, before J. W. Suther land, Esq - ., and other Justices sitting in Petty Session, upon a charge of having wilfully and ma liciously set fire to and destroyed a stack of hay, at the parish of Sutton, the property of Francis Gosling, Esq., the banker. It appeared that the fire took place about four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon and be fore it was got under, upwards of ten loads of hay were entirely consumed. The evidence against the prisoner was that, just before the fire broke out, he was seen by a little boy, named Chapman, sitting upon a gate close to the stack, and on his looking rounel!it minute or two afterwards the prisoner was gone, and he then heard a " whiz , " and at the same moment the stack burst into flames. The prisoner was met by a young woman, coming in a direction from the stack, and it appeared that he gave an alarm, and assisted to extinguish the fire. On -his being questioned by Mr. Gosling's gardener, he said that he was the first at the fire, and on the gardener telling him that could not be for that the gate was locked, and that he had been obliged to b et over it, and fell - down in doing so, and that at this t i me there was no one near the stack, the prisoner re plied, 4( There you have done me I'll allow—you have beat me there." After a very careful inquiry the Magistrate said there was a very strong case of suspicion, hut they did n't think the evidence suffi cient to warrent them in committing the prisoner to take his trial. He would therefore be discharged, but they should require him to enter into his own re cognizance to appear on a future occasion to answer any complaint that might he preferred against him. GRAVESEND. On Friday, on the county Magistrates, Messrs. Oakes, Tickner, and Spencer, presiding at the Town hall, High-street, for the purpose of disposing of is the e on S t c h iQ e persons under arrest, the following charge was entered upon against a Mr. William Smith, a gentleman, but scion present e a n t holds a lieutenantcy in one of the regiments stationed noble family, a fictitious name, for conducting ; himself in a most mischievous and wanton manner. at who,Chatham,in reality, and The prisoner not being in custody of the police to meet the charge, assumed Mr. OAKES informed his brother Magistrates that he had been waited upon early that morning by the friends of the unfortunate young gentleman, in the hope that he might be liberated, as he had to mount guard at an early hour on that day, and if he was not in attendance, the consequences might prove most ni ous to him. He, therefore, consulted with the s, 1 2 15 to the offence the prisoner had committed , polic, %t that it was one of those foolish boyish and fine. n At n d h* freaks, he ~. --.e I rn m , to be set at large, so that he mght go on du. t : ( ', Iney, therefore, would adjudi caten the absence of the accused. upon the case 1.. Mr. TicioiEß—But N7 lle fe is the bail-book ? W as there no security given fora Tann'g liberation from th e custody of the police ? Mr.OAKES (very low)—No, no; the police are sa tisfitd. Now let us hear the evidOce- John Newing, police-constable 10, s ,;?ted, that be dem?. tween twelve and one he saw four young gj:' walking up Rarmer-street in rather a noisy a. lively style, and Presently he noticed the accused kick his heel against one of the Star steam-packet boards, placed against the rails in the crescent at the top of the street, and broke it i . :? Pieces. He then ilfuslly den - in quired of him for what reason helli:!1 so maged the board. No satisfactory rep : wlv,th!ya giv and he then felt bound to take him into custouw having been numerous complaints re specting ~ile breakage of the several steam companies' boards. Mr. OAKES—WeII, we fine the accused ss. for the offence, and if the officer will go down to the Falcon Tavern and present my comp limen ts to Mr. French, stating file amount of the fine, it will be paid. The officer acted according to his directions, and in a few minutes returned with the silver. THE POOR MAN'S LAW.--"A poor donkey-driver was charged with driving his ass without a badge empowering him to do so. Mr. OAKES observed that if the laws were made they must be attended to, and the least they could fine the prisoner was the amount of expenses he had incurred, viz., 7s. 6d., w hick the poor fellow reluctantly paid out of his hard-got earnings, and was then allowed to depart. THE LATE TRIAL OF BELANEY FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having observed a long article in the Times of last Saturday, on the above subject, we beg to sug gest to you and your readers, that that most useful kind of knowledge (medical jurisprudence) by which doctors and other scientific persons are enabled to state the properties of poison to juries, as in the case of Belaney, is totally distinct, and has no reference whatever to the origin or cause of disease, and its treatment—for instance, telling a jury that the knife, as in the case of Dalmas, was drawn in a particular way across the throat, and that it could not have been so drawn by the deceased herself, is undoubtedly most useful for the purposes of justice; but such know. ledge has nothing whatever to do with the cause or cure of any disease, nor does it bear the least analogy to it In our opinion, poisons, or anti-medicinal prepara tions, should be prohibited by law; they can never tend to the cure of any disease ; they only serve to mystify the otherwise simple science of medicine. We are, Sir, your obedient servants. BIORISON, MOAT, Sc. Co. For, and on behalf of the body of Hygeit ta. British College of Health, New-road, London, August 31, 1844. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Record the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise Week Total. ended Name of Railway. £. s. d. Aug. Arbroath and Forfar — 23 Birmingham and Gloucester 3,026 8 5 24 Brandling Junction 1,087 1 4 24 Bristol and Gloucester .. l,lOO 10 10 23 Chester and Birkenhead 638 18 4 22 Dublin and Drogheda. 755 4 10 27 Dublin and Kingstown 1,173 2 8 25 Dundee and Arbroath 360 13 2 24 Durham and Sunderland 7lO 10 11 24 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,665 10 7 25 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,510 0 9 24 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 2,014 12 5 24 Glasgow and Greenock 1,486 17 7 24 Grand Junction 9,697 14 10 24 Great North of England 2,305 19 1 25 Great Western 23 Liverpool and Manchester 24 London and Birmingham 25 London and Blackwall 1,457 2 6 24 London and Brighton 27 London and Croydon 29 London and Greenwich 877 1 1 25 London and South Western ....... 22 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 939 3 3i 24 Manchester and Birmingham 3,528 16 3 24 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 8,909 9 0 24 Midland Counties 24 Newcastle and Darlington 1,103 12 11 24 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,904 5 10 25 Newcastle and North Shields 23 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,919 12 5 Paris, Corbel and Orleans 26 Paris and Rouen 6,556 0 0 24 Preston and Wyre 740 14 6 24 Sheffield and Manchester B2O 10 2 29 South Eastern 24 Taff Vale Ulster — 25 Yarmouth and Norwich ....... ....... ... 391 17 10 24 York and North Midland SUNDAY TRAVELLING. Mt. C. Phillips, churchwarden of Margaret Rora ing, attended at Dunmow to prosecute an information against Messrs. Price and North, the proprietors of the Circus, for travelling through that parish with their waggons and properties, on Sunday, the 18th instant. Mr. James Price being present, his case was taken first. The Rev. William Shepherd, the rector, deposed, that on the morning in question, while he was performing Divine service in Leaden Roothir.g Church, his attention was attracted by a loud rumbling noise, which continued for several minutes, of vehicles passing along, and noticed, through the window; a waggon, appearing to he loaded with planks ; on his way home he found, at the King William public-house, five different vehicles, three having on them " Price and North, Riding masters, London ;" one " Thomas Barthrop, of Lon don; and one the name of a brickmaker, from North ampton; he took the names down and went into the house, begging to be introduced to either Mr. Price or Mr. North. Not finding any person to answer to those names, he asked for the party who had charge of the vehicles, and on his remonstrating with them, one of them attempted to vindicate Sunday travelling, by violent and blasphemous (though not abusive) argument. The horses were feeding, and one ve hicle, apparently the carriage for the individuals, had a great drum behind; witness afterwards saw two of the vehicles passing through Margaret Ro :thing, in the evening, loaded with planks. Ryan, police con stable 88, corroborated Mr. Shepherd's testimony, and said he saw the vehicles, and desired the persons to go away before the after noon service would commence. They did not, because, as they afterwards said, they did not wish to go into Chelmsford during the Sunday. The conveyances had two horses abreast ; one carried a large drum, musical instruments, and several men ; saw them again at four o'clock. and they went on. By consent of the bench, Mr. Price only attended to answer the charge, as Mr. North was then (two o'clock) present in the pavilion at the commencement of the amusement. Mr. Price pleaded that he could not deny the charge of travelling on the Sunday ; they always endeavoured to avoid it, but in this instance were unable to do so ; he had hoped that by putting up at a lone way side inn they should disturb no one ; at the same time he objected to the information, their vehicles being described as waggons, which he respect. fully contended they were not. They paid duty, he sail, for the band carriage to the same amount as for a gentleman's carriage. He was not aware of any Act of Parliament being in force to prevent their travel. ling on Sundays, and had never heard of such a prose cution before.—The bench were of opinion that the vehicles carrying the planks were fully within the meaning of the Act laid in the information as waggons. and . they must convict. The Rev. Mr. Shepherd. said that this was the first time he had brought a matter of this kind before the bench, because he had always succeeded in his object by persuasion, arid remonstrance, and had been enabled thus to uphold the majesty of the law. That, he begged to submit, was his only aim, and therefore the most lenient fine the justices thought proper to impose he hoped would suffice ; at the same time, in order to show the accused he had no vindictive feeling, he should make no charge for his attendance and expenses incurred in coming there, and he should withdraw the information against the other defendant, Mr. North.—Mr. Price, on finding that the magistrates were about to decide on a con viction, again urged that their travelling vehicles could not be described as waggons, when the bench ordered the room to be cleared. On Mr. P. being re-called, the chairman informed him that they had, after mature consideration, determined upon the con viction, and 20s. fine, including costs.—Chelmsford Chronicle. A Fist" won= CAPTURING.—The Bay of Luce, Wigtownshire, whether from depth of water or other wise, has long been famed for the superiority of its flounders. Fresh water lochs and rivers furnish different kinds of trout ; and it is the same in the open sea, as regards the distinctions between genera and species. In Luce Bay there is a variety of flat fish, alike large and tempting to the palate—say from five to t-ix or more Founds, rivalling in delicacy the finest sole. Still that is no thing, compared to what we are about to relate on compe tent authority—the testimony of Mr. J. Irvine, tacksman of the Balcarry fishery, kindly forwarded to us by our antiquarian friend, Mr. Frain, of Castle Douglas, On Monday, the 19th, the precise date of our last publica tion, a fish was caught in the beautiful bay named above, of the flounder species, which measured from head to tail four feet three inches ; in breadth twenty-two inches from the tip of the one fin to the other ; and in depth of chest or body six inches. and weighing 5 llbs ! Mr. Scott, innkeeper, Auchencairn. not only saw the fish weighed and measured, but he partook of a portion of it, which tie, in common with others, considered excellent. Of the facts of this case there can be no doubt, and the only difficulty con sists in accurate scientific classification. On consulting Baron Cuvier's " Animal Kingdom," the highest authority on such a subject, we have arrived at the conclusion that the marine stranger described must either have been a specimen of the halibut, which attains to great size and weight in the northern seas, but of which there are smaller species in the Mediterranean, or a rombus, of the turbot genus, which is also shaped and finned like a flounder. Pre vious to cutting up so rare an order in our own waters, it is a pity it had not been previously presented for ex amination to some individual curious in natural history. Since the above was written, we have received from Glenluce five flounders, which together weighed 191bs.— Dumfries Courier. MR. PRITC ARD.—The Nouvelliste des Flanders states that this gentleman inhabited Bruges some fifteen years ago, in the corner house of the Puits aux-Oies, and the Marais, and that he left there in debt to many persons. This is, no doubt, an incorrect assertion. A propos of debts, we may state, that a few days ago, a Belgian, an officer in the Garde Civique, u as speaking in very disrespectful terms, in a caki, of Queen Victoria and the Duchess of Kent; and ass, rted that the latter illus trious personage owed considerable sums of money in Brussels to persons who could never procure payment from her. An Englishman present., who spoke French well, being indignant at the speaker's insulting remarks on our gracious Queen and her respected mother, told him very plainly, to his teeth, that he was uttering falsehoods, and defied him to give the names ~ f the par ties to whom, as he asserted, her Royal Highness was indebted. The calumniator was completely taken by surprise, and after muttering, lik e a bl agueur , " V ous etes Anglais, et mj oi e suis Beige," left the cal. Our coun tryman remained there more than an hour afterwards, but the other did not think proper to return.—Brussels British Gazette. One of the most important offices in • Gateshead in the olden times was the keeper of Gateshead Park, and about the year 1300 he was in the receipt of a salary of three-half-pence a day. When to this office wa, added that of keeper of the tower, which stood at the Gates head side of the bridge, an addition of a half-penny was added to the income. It is, perhaps, worthy of remark, that the Quakers were the first dissenters who located in Gateshead. George Fox and his friends complained bitterly of the conduct of the authorities of Newcastle. They several times attempted to hold meetings within the liberties of the town, but they were invariably conducted to the blue stone (the stone placed in the pavement on Tyne Bridge to mark the separation between the county of Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne), and ordered not to return at their peril. Brand states that their first meeting-house was in Pipewellgate, and he mentions having seen a grave-stone in a garden near the middle glass-house, belonging to the sect, which leaves no doubt they had also a place of burial for their dead. In 1674, the Friends appear to have had a meeting-house near the tolbooth, in the middle of the High• street, where they remained until they removed to Pilgrim -street, Newcastle, in 1699.—Newcastle Advertiser. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—CHANGE OF REGIMENTS.— The 2d battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards marched from Windsor to Slough, en route to St. John's-wood Barracks, this morning, at nine o'clock, under the com mand of Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and were relieved by the Ist battalion, who arrived from the Tower at noon, commanded by Colonel Moncrieff. The band of the regiment will remain at Windsor until the depar ture of the Court, in about ten days. BARTHOLOMEW FAIR.—On Friday a deputation of the inhabitants of Smithfield, attended by Mr. Swan, the solicitor to the numerous body of petitioners who at tended before the Lord Mayor on 'Wednesday, as re ported in this journal of Friday, waited upon the Mar ket.; committee, at Guildhall, for the _purpose of urgin g upon the fileOpps the restoration of Bartholomew Fair to what it was in 1t33.4. 44 the hopps that the Commit tee would agree to the prayer of the pgtitiona which were presented to the Lord Mayor, the deputation was empower p4 4 4 tender for portions of the ground, on be half of Messrs. 4 - ohnson, j. l ee, and Wombwell, for the erection of shows. The deputation was ordered to be in attendance at one o'clool.: stiOrtiy after which hour a long conversation took place between the Committee and Mr. Martin, from the office of the City solicitor; but, as no one iteitie4 as allowed to be present, the tenour of it cannot be siren. After waiting seine r t ie tatign were Wormed that the . fair C' 'allowt4 any extension of k ri g i e g e than 'it possesSed "last - Year. Mr. Swan wished the OotornitPea bpar . iV aratpuents which had been adduced b e f ore th e L or d ayol7 in ta : your of tiffs Igir being placed upon the same footing as in 1539. The cotntuitte; l however, were of /pinion that they could not interfere, and told Mr. Sean that the application for a restoration of the fair to its . orrner state must bP made to the Court of Common Conncil,_ • , , STOIM AP lI4V4Ef-14 fetter from linrfleir of Sunday last, given by the journ4 dy llu it ,s, ;vs ;-- r " About seven this morning, during a violent storm of rain, a hailstone, or rather a piece of ice, weighing, it is supposed, a l i llograrpme and a half (31bs. English), fell from an eleetrici cloud, beture tpfi Pf M. Dubois, Deputy. A woman who was passing at the tithe par rowly escaped being crushed by it. Among the frag ments gathered up were several larger than a man's fist." LEICESTER STATE or TRADE. — Business con tinues good. The season i 5 fully set in 7 and the d eman d for all kinds of the most useful r gnods peti - ,,ps h as " yet been greater for many years. Wools and yarns are sta tionary.—.Leicestcrshire Mercury. CORNWALL RAILWAY.—We understand the provi sional committee of this railway hale determined to leave the appointment of a Secretary, in the roam of Mr. Bond, resigned, to the directors who may be ap. pointed when the company shall be regularly formed. West Briton, MARKET NEWS.—SATURO A. Y .) cO*;TMNT.CILMMEN. Notwithstanding the supplies of both fruit and `'ear tables on sale here to-day were large, even for the till ). ofyear, a good business was doing at our quotati° rj ' The show of foreign fruit was very extensive :—P°l: toes, from 4s to Gs 6d per cwt ; Onions, is Gd to 2s Turnips, 2s to 3s ; and Carrots, 4s to 6s per doss bunches; Walnuts for pickling, Is 8d to 3s ; On i° ll for ditto, 3s GI to 5s ; Spinach, 6d to is ; Goose De r. ries, 2s to 3s 3d ; Currants, 2s 6d to 5s ; Cctnrd pe Plums, 2s to 3s 6d ; Orleans ditto, 3s 6d to 5s Gd; Gre7,, gages, 3s 6d to 5s ; Broad Beans, 6d to i s 6d ; APB arid Pears, 2s to 3s 8d ; and French Beans, is 6d to„, P per half-sieve ; Pine Apples (English), 4 s 6d to 7s ~ 4 ' and Filberts, 6d to is 3d per lb ; Pine Apples (Fore! and Colonial) Gd to 4s ; and Melons, 2s to 5s el% Peaches and Nectarines, 4s to 12s ; Red Cabjsage, s, ' to 6s ; and White ditto, 6d to is per dozen ; . Caeular, 4d to 8d per brace ; Horse-radish, 2s to Gspet,buntli°' Small Salad, 2d ; and Mushrooms, 8d to Is per pont Radishes', 4d to 8d per dozen hands ; Cos _Lettuces , 2d to is 61 per score ; Mulberries, 4d to Bcl - pei polite; English Hazle Nuts, 4s to 5s per bushel. • • ' 1 1 ,w1E - 4/04.1.TE aaD LEamErarßAili-,,h1 Wt had rather an extensive supply of P o ultry 0 1,6 1 to-Cay, while the demand for it, as well as. forqhc 5 10 : „ quantity of Gsine, was heavy, at but little variation drices. Tl:e supplies of each kind of meat being eid er sive, the trade ruled extra niely inactive, at our lions Beef, flow 2s 4.1 to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 25 6d,, 3s Sd ; Lamb. 35 4? ti. 4 8d ; Veal, 35 4d to 4s 4!" and Pork, 2s 6d to :3s 10d per 81bs by she carcase' NEWPORT. • Ilid With the exception of the primest Mutton s e steadily, at full prices, the trade was, throughout, .7 - , Beef from 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 641 to 3 9 4, Lamb, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ';and 1-0 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81b. BILLINGSGATE. Although the supplies of all kinds of fisll std large, the sale was steady, at last week's quotationS• WIIXTECILAPZI.. There was only a moderate supply.. of meat on 114 ! to-day, yet the inquiry for it was heavy, at late tale di Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3 5 :,k, Lamb, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 35 . 4 d to 4s 4d; and r°' - 2s 6d to 3s 8d per Blb. HUNGERPORD. Our market to-day was tolerably well, but not to sil heavily supplied with most kinds of produce. The r neral demand was heavy, at barely stationary prices. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the Metropolis rib from lid to 8d ; of household ditto, 6d to 7d Per loaf. HIDE MAILTLET. Raw hides at per stone of 141b.—Best steers and heif i v erk 5s 4d to 5s 8d ; middling hides, 4s 6d to 55 ; hides, 4s 2d to 4s 4d. Sheep and calf skins, at per ski s Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; lamb skins, 10d to 15 shearlings, is to is 6d. EAT DIARILETS. /40/ SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 155 to 4 1 Useful ditto, 4/ 6s to 4114 s ; fine Upland ditto, 41161 It 5/35 ; Clover Hay, 5/ to 61 6s ; Oat Straw, 11 6 51° f ot 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. I' average supply, and a sluggish demand, at full price %; CUMBERLAND.—COIVSe Meadow Hay, 41 to 41 Ir s , Useful ditto, 41 12s to 4/ 18s; fine Upland ditto, 51 .0 515 s ; Clover Hay, 41 18s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 118s,t,I'All 10s; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. rip/ Hay and Straw commanded a steady demand, 0 11° rates had an upward tendency. 101 WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31185 t° 4 , 0 11 Useful ditto, 418 s to 4/ 14s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 ,1 51 4s ; Clover Hay, 5/ to 6/ lOs ; Oat Straw , j o , to 1/ 85 ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 101 per Supply good, and trade rather dull. New Meadow Ilay sold at from Si 5s to 414 j and New Clover, 41 to 51 10s per load. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—Farpa t. fd The weather during this week has been very dli e f e l harvest operations ; with the continuance of such : se days longer, nearly the whole of the Wheat in th 4 04 11 trict will be secured in the finest order. The 1 0 ,0 to-day has been exceedingly dull, a few samples fr Wheat were taken off early at a reduction of le. W o od per quarter, but Old must be noted fully 3s. per lower. In Barley no material alteration. Osts o gii Shelling maintain their value, but Beans have dee .... . Is. per quarter. Per qr. of 601 Ex b. ? wi th! " : $ . 1°1 4 0 1 Wheat Suffolk, Essex, and Kent ..... R e 4-....• —to 5° 0 0 Ditto ditto White... -- 55 45 Norfolk Red ...... 4 ? 61 Ditto ditto White... 5, 1 , 64 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red ..... .. 4' 41 $ Ditto ditto White....- a u 4 1 Yorkshire Red 47 41 $ Ditto ditto ..... ....... White 51 til 0 Foreigr Red 41 2 4de Ditto ditto ..... ....... White.__,. 5 ' on 0 Per quer a 3 0 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk — 36 1 ,,, 0 0 Yorkshire ar d Lincolushirt — 34 0 Grinding ... .............. "••••..•..• -- ''''' ' 50 0 00 F ore i ge — • 34 h tut I , 1 Per qr.. f 631 b. le 3$ Seam, Small fine ••• ......... NO ........ .•••••••••••••••••••• -- 43 0 Ticks 40 5 ) Foreign •••••••••••- Oats, Velatt. a d Poled .. Atzallnf .. lid. to lid , Fcrtign —d to -- 4 . Pe i Le , Bmiling .. 255. to 2 II: 04. Pe; 1 .6. 0 M tlt R toesced THE ELECTION FOR CITY CHAMBERLAIN' t. election for the vacant office of Chamberlain 0115 1 4 appears, take place without delay, the b u s in e ss °lll l Corporation being obstructed in variou s wa y s bi d r want of such an officer. The last two elections, t 0 ply vacancies caused by death, took place fourZog days after the occurrenc e of th e vacanc y. Mr• " - t i t died Dec. 26, 1797, and the C o mm o n Hall for t he pointment of his successor was held Jan. 2", 1 79 , 9 ' r ill! Clark died Jan. 16, 1831, and the Common Hsh,,,sh,o"r election was held Jan. 21. In the present instaw'estie William Heygate having died on Wednesday, tb e rro o l mon Hall would probably have been held to-il l ° de but Bartholomew fair interfering, it will, be held t h l y e O f THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.—III the O t t ig tiS the week workmen have been employed inu t "k, the bells in the belfry of the tower of there" „bie' Exchange. There are fifteen of them, the notes o' a ",t are as follows :—B flat, A flat, G, F, E flat, Dr P B flat, A, A flat, G, F, and E flat. The fill' flat, weighs 4 cwt. Oqr. 261 b., and its cord Bcwt. 2 q*, *Ol,O, the four bells, A flat, G, F, and E fl a t, weigh teiv 10ewt. lqr. 91b., 12ewt. 2qr. 271 b., 15cwt. 2qr. 1 *; b 3 100 23cwt. 2qr. 241 b. The united weight of them is o f 10 lqr. 61b. They will all be fixed in the early Po ri 1 ) 0 4 next week. The tones of them a re d es cribed it s pie o extremely fine. After they are placed, the InrXo of the clock will be put up, with th e c hi m e weft ; S i° terday the statue of Charles the Second, Whicie bt I 0 the merchants' walk of the late-building was brolie the New Royal Exchange. This will be Pl' ice 4o. 44 , niche at the east end on the south sid e . It is c% s t Pi" of statuary marble, but in such a d eca y e d state that sculptor has not been able to restor e it to its ° e 'ol" appearance. The flag-stones are laid down in th, bed chants' colonnade ; but it will be some time ye , , D *lvi the encaustic painting will be finished. •The.te s 7,de pavement has not been commenced around the fie, the Wellington Testimonial ; the area it b ei ,l l4 ol o l with large square stones, which will h e continueu t i o s, , the whole exterior of the building. This oPe rti p ° is expected, will occupy three or four weeks.-- our Evening Edition of Saturday.) RAILWAY ACROSS HUNG ERFORD • B RIDG- B RIDGE' be remembered that at the meeting of the 1-. 10 ";j 4 sw, A South-Western Railway Company, held last vie c alla Chairman (Mr. Chaplin) alluded t o the pro:le e :4P; ways from Richmond, the promoters of one of I vo r he said, proposed to run the carriages across the n i z ei tk o ford Suspension-bridge, now approaching e () „, g 7 s t 1 !„ s and land the passengers at Charing-cross. ;id i ot w d , scheme is feasible will be evident from the fil e " ;et', s r name of Mr. G. P. Bidder, the well-known eng',„ l3- er ecl i :t pears in the prospectus elsewhere published. 4h i abe be no question that a terminus so situated w0„, 11 , 4 40 11 , d e the utmost benefit to the South-Western L'"„ n "„, Some interesting particulars of the scheme in c c/- rect o r with Richmond are given in the prospectus. flerfir" of eleven per cent. on the capital is expected."' Record. +big r. o r DEVONFOET.—A stir ha 3 been made it * 09 0) within the past week, which has given rise t ° dr 10 1.1 n e 5 tures of anything but a -^eful clip ter. _ anything but , peaceful characi•—• o s r" fie been received to enter seamen on board tne s er St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, for gene- vat O l ito A similar order has be e n g iv e n at th e other ports. Orders have been received to disehn m St ir . pensioners from the San Josef (ordinary), C 31 1; pl 6ce ;a o goyne, and to receive fifty able seamen in t i ll e 'ddiS; this order has alrvady been acted upon. ' ll l iti- o f to this, orders have been received to enter ct i vi ent dred able-bodied seamen in the rigging der', ing 6 5, this dockyard ; these men to have fifteen • o dolv week. Coming events they say, cast their Il i a Indie s fore, and these precauti ona ry' moveme nts wet° that a crisis is expected.— West Briton. ...........---- ......------' l A A BIRTHS. i v of ••••'" On the 27th of August, at Blackheath, the la 7. k a l. A I , Farquhar, Esq., of Hallgreen, Kincardine, 4111,tr o tOb w i o 0 da ro ut: ri l c l lt t cl e lo r ar . "Qh ' the 98tli of AugnSt, at Botikteirialth' f negl'? - ..laf' Hants, the wife ot A. Caswell; Esq., barristerat cbeo ~4 0 _„. On the 28th of August, at Greenhey's, near r'...'" c. M o `l. n a c t 1 1 1 l e a n 2B , o t h f a o fs u P g C tlit i-i ti . t Ryde, Isle of .• -- ' the wife of the August, nev.vaite a r t K Pr e e n s y tr of Yic r isr li a ; get p_ f_l, ght : g, 2 % t l h Y H o , A s, )n the 29th of August,' at St. Pe r te - r - ts — , IV; l : s rqr l et bal ; r ;P li' Wellborne, Esq., solicitor, Topleystre'eti SilLTl r iiisla" ;:a!letb, yAliti,rest dqught4 of IVA: Spence, 1 '' . 04 ,11 Srrey. ' - ' , gen 9l ..f.t. 1 "On'the 29th of August, at St. Mary Abbott 8, nt if Ft Henry Biugley Clark, Esq., to Jt.l4, pldr:A. 40„fifr: 7 ' ,„0 ~t4 r pley, Esq., both pf Lillis. tffp4Ce, Kn'*lnr,r„ . s 4 . i i _f_l,4o‘ Pa the' 24th - Of tgnst, 'at Sf. Mary, Pgr - p.t IfF.Koat paniel, son'efpqnielDavies z Esq.,OfW4rYflO tre Will ii " - PrPq, to diary, ,eidesf 'dluallter'pf tha late T. , i a - 6. !] ,, of Orouclf-end, floinsey. - , _ u bire, P':. of On the 29th of August, at Leighton, Becir ol 7 - do ughr ' Cowie, Esq., of Calcutta. to Caroline, youngest - the late L: T. , 17)evereit 4 -, $1: --.--- --- -1- . -- ii' PIET.). q 7 TOVitft§i On the 30th of 4pgast, at - his res*nCe? 39.° '''Zfth< 4 ' lile,Fraticis. Baily,'Esq., V,14-8., and Vresiclont 01 Astronomical Society, in the 71st year of his age. i. itri o„ ()n the 28th of August, at Roeclitfe, Leicester, _Si Heygate, Bart., Chamberlain of t-tf, ziti of 1:,94/4 4 1;Addis °Sr On the 27th of A+»•-- , -::- ---. 4 H a 4 a o, sti., ''. , ...,,,,tim , •!..*... 9 ' •, • P s '"" 'oo,lCentiltigton. -,, t gob On the 27th of August, at Mauer House, i-si . 00 , William Stairs Fry, Esq. r ntisb -t° dir. 01ilei Anthony 1 9 t p h a t o t ii ------------------.: 1)-0 iol3s ilOr s A c n u , g l n a s t t e o a f t C l o ‘ m ril London: Printed and Published by ailUli ~.. So. o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tmv iTiont:agplaecde,72.-. e- a No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T 8,47 ` . ° -.- 12ct4 - .C. 0134 bliddlezez, Monday, September Il i 1844. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. LEICESTER, AUG. 29.—A dreadful and somewhat singular accident occurred last evening on the Leicester and Swannington line, by which a fine young woman, in her 23d year, met with almost instantaneous death. The train which leaves Bayworth, a village about ten miles to the north-west of Leicester, at 6 P.M., arriving at Leicester at seven, consisted of twenty-six waggons loaded with coal, and two passenger carriages ; these last being placed in the centre of the train, thirteen coal waggons in front, and thirteen behind. This train stepped at Desford, about seven miles from Leicester, to take up two passengers, the deceased and an elderly woman named Darnells, who was with her. They were in the first compartment of the last carriage. It is supposed that the sudden jerk caused by the stoppage, fractured one of the axletrees, for the train had net proceeded more than a mile and three quarters, ahe a waggon was perceived to have broken down: It was dragged on however, about a hundred yards, when several more of the axletrees having broken, one of them (probably the one which first gave way) was forced endways into the ground between the rails, nearly its whole length, and the wheel at its other end turning up in a slanting direc tion, caused a dead stoppage, the suddenness of which broke the coupling chains attaching the engine, which proceeded a considerable distance by itself, and caused a tremendous crash. The waggons in front being at a dead lock, the two passenger carriages were forced up into the air by the resistless impetus of the thirteen waggons ofcoal which were behind. There were eleven passengers in the whole, and it appears nothing less than miraculous that the number killed should be limited to one only. Some jumped out ; parts of the carriage had closed together round the neck of one of the passengers, and he was in great danger of being strangled, but was timely rescued. Others were rescued by means of a ladder, and some idea may be formed of the height to which the devoted pas senger carriages were forced up, by the fact that a 12- round ladder which was at first obtained was found alto gether useless, and at length one about double its length being procured and placed as nearly as possible perpen dicular, two passengers, a man and a boy, were extri cated from their perileus situation. But the worst re mains to be told. The elderly woman whom I have mentioned, whose husband, a tailor, lives at Leicester, felt (as she herself expressed it) at first a kind of jerk, and then another, but more violent than the first, and thought they probably were about to stop the train for something, but almost before she had time to think about the matter, she heard a great crashing nose, and felt that she and her companion were being reared up in the air. Then something pressed her down nearly double, and she could compare it to nothing but being ground down by a kind of mill. The pressure was awful. She expected every moment to be killed, but while in this situation thought of her companion, and called to her, but received no answer. She felt for her while in this horrible condition, and could _touch her clothes, and in two or three minutes (though it seemed an age to her) she was extricated, sadly bruised, but without hav ing any bones broken, The ill-fated girl was extricated in about ten minutes, but quite dead. They were riding with their faces to the engine, and while one escaped comparatively unhurt, the other was completely jammed in between the coal waggon at her back and the opposite seat on the front, which pressing across her chest, produced suffocation, and almost instant death. Her name was Elizabeth Atkins. She was possessed of some personal attractions, and gained a respectable live lihood by dressmaking. She had been on a visit for ten days previous at Hugglescote, an adjacent village, and was returning to her mother's, at Leicester, when the fatal occurrence took place. At the inquest held the next day before Mr. Gregory, coroner, at the Rasby wharf, after hearing the evidence from which the above facts are taken, the jury returned a verdict of " Acciden tal death," and a deodand of 501. upon the passenger carriages. The jury expressed their disapprobation of those carriages being placed in the midst of a coal train, and strongly recommended that in future they be placed at the end of the train. The scene where the accident occurred defies descrip tion. The passenger carriages themselves were literally smashed to atoms, and each side of the line was strewed with springs, wheels, broken axletrees, broken glass, &c. The sight, I was informed by an eye-witness, was truly awful; those who escaped, expecting every mo ment, while scrambling away, to be crushed by the wag gons of coal, some of which were raised up to a great height in the air. It may be but justice to the management of this rail way (which was more exclusively projected for traffic) to state that during the twelve years it has been worked, not a single accident has occurred, except through the rashness or carelessness of the sufferers themselves. HIGHLAND MOORS AND 3TREAMS.—St. Swithin, the famous watery oracle, finished his six weeks' reign on the 28th inst., much to the joy of farmers and sports men, who now anticipate more success on field and hill. On many moors grouse ate in flocks, and so wild, that green cartridge will barely reach them : a few fine days will probably separate them into single coveys, again to secrete themselves among the heather. His Grace the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of March, and Lord Temple more, have killed an immense quantity in Glen Fiddich and Blackwater. Lord H. Bentinck, one day last week, killed three fine stags, two of them instantly shot right and left. Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., has terminated s short, but successful campaign on the Killin moors, having shot altogether 1,536 head. The party consisted of Sir Richard, his son, and Mr. Heathcote. Great as the number is, they would have bagged much more had the weather permitted. The Balmacan party—Lord Reid haven, Mr. Hoare, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Bainbridge —bad a fair day's sport on Saturday, having brought home seventy-one brace. On the same day Sir H. Meux and Richard Arabin, Esq., at Dundriggan, came in w1:1 1 six ti-seven brace. At Erchless Castle, Mr. Boul derson and if. Gray barged sixty, one b race . A not h er d ay Mr. B. shot a coupe of stags, right and left shots. At Invereshie, W. Evans, Esq., and G. Gisborne, Esq., had a fortunate day in the corries lately. They secured five stags, two of them by one rifle shot. The Red castle party have also been very successful, having killed two stags, a hind, and a roe—the latter Mr. A. Bailliedept.being his first shot a t d e . Some ;zee stags' heads have arrived here, for preserva- Gillanders, Highfield, J. W. Eyton, Esq., tion, from 317.". Fasnakyle, and Mr. Jones, Shiness. For angling, the Ness has improved from iPerease of water. The other (lay, Master W. Fraser, son of Affleck Fraser, Esq., landed from one pool three salmon, and a trout as large as a grilse, in the course of an hour and a half. A splendid clean run fish, weighing upwards o f 261b5., was taken by the rod in the Arndiljy on the Spey, last Friday, by J. Ella, Esq. This gentleman is a frequent visitor to the Highlands, and f seeks recreation jn angling, from his profession a l d u ti es in her Majesty's ItaL4'Opera baud, pf which he i s o ne of the most accomplished corformera. Mr, Arabin has caught some fine grilse in the riccr Ness ; and the no fishing has greatly improved. On Saturday some salmon were taken, weighing 271 b ; and yesterday several were caught from 181 b to 201 b weight.--Inverness Courier. INSURRECTION IN CANADA.—A return to Perl a. meat has been printed, showing the charges incurred on account of the Canadas, in respect of the army, navy, ordnance, and commissariat, in each of the years 1835 to 1843 inclusive, and the amounts granted by Parlia ment from the year 1837 to the year 1843 inclusive, in consequence of the insurrection in Canada, It Appears that, for the year ending March 1836, the total chiages of the army, navy, ordnance, and commissariat, in the Canadas, amounted to 165,134/. ; and, in the year ending March 1843, it was 606,6074 The largest sum was in 1839, when the charges were 1,629,070 Z The special grants by Parliament on account of the insurrection in Canada. amount, from 1838 to 1843, to the sum of 2,096,04c1. The largest sum in one year was in 1839, 1,000,000/. _ _ STATE OF TRADE.—LIVERPOOL.--There has bren a very fair business done this week, and more demand has appeared for consumption. Prices of most goods have been steadily supported, and the fine harvest wea ther we are now enjoying has had its influence in giving confidence to the buyers, especially in the cotton market All descriptions of grain, of course, are dull of sale, and dealers will not get into stock whilst the . present season able weather continues. Importers of flour and grain of all sorts will be very serious losers, the duties being now within a step of the highest rates ; even Canada flour, admissible at a mere nominal.rate, is entailing a loss of about ss. per barrel upon its importers. There is a good demand for shipping to all parts, and a large export business in manufactured goods is going on, with more prospect of remuneration to the shippers than there has been for a long time. In the metal districts, trade does not thrive as it used to do, and prices, especially of iron, are again receding, the orders on hand by the makers being unequer to the production. This is a bad sign in a trade where the consumption is so extended, and for an article that is, and always has been, one of our princi pal exports.—Liverpool Mercury. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Two men, named Frederick Ferrett and Robert McCulloch, were charged with being drunk, and a gentleman residing in Marylebone-street was charged with having indecently assaulted the defendant Fer rett. Ferrett was first placed at the bar. Police-constable Drane said, that about half-past one o'clock that morning he saw all the three defend ants in the Haymarket. M'Culloch called to him, and said, that a gentleman had attempted to take inde cent liberties with his friend Ferrett, and Ferrett thereupon made the same accusation. Witness seeing that Ferrett was quite drunk, and that M'Culloch was nearly drunk, refused to take the charge, but told them all to go the station-house and make the charge there. They did so, and the charge was taken against the two first defendants for being drunk, and against the other defendant for the indecent assault. The acting inspector who took the charge proved that Ferrett was drunk, and he was therefore fined five shillings. Robert M'Culloch was next charged with being in liquor. Mr. MALTBY required an explanation of this term, which was, that the defendant was not so drunk as Ferrett. Mr. MALTBY could not entertain the charge in that shape, and therefore dismissed it. The third defendant was then placed at the bar, charged with indecently assaulting Ferrett. After a very long investigation it appeared that there was no foundation whatever for this charge. Mr. Woolf, who appeared for the defendant, offered to bring proof that the defendant was a person of the highest respectability, but Mr. Maltby said there was no occasion for any such evidence. It was altogether an extremely improbable case, supported by most un satisfactory evidence. Both the defendants making the charge had been drinking, and one of them was quite drunk. M‘Culloch knew nothing more than what he- had learned from Ferrett as to the assault, and the state in which Ferrett was at the time rendered it impossible to depend on the accuracy of his story ; he should therefore order the defendant to be dismissed immediately. Mr. Woolf said it was the intention of the defend ant, against whom this most unfounded charge had been brought, to prosecute the authors of it. No man's character or honour was safe if such conduct was overlooked. Ferrett and M'Culloch were then ordered to enter into their own sureties to meet any charge brought against them. cpt) bai l 7 By At so 11 roi Star on GRIII Perier ee secret ary 40 %4. Of epllca kita th Goat 1