The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-30 00:00:00

THE SVN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 60, 1844, SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. • Pursuant to notice given in the columns of the Weivh iman, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Carmarthen, and the ad j acent parts of the county, was held in Car , anarthen Town-hall, last Wednesday, for the purpose of meeting a deputation of the Great Western Railway Company who were desirous of explaining the means they ,purposed taking for the establishment of a rail way throughout South Wales, so as to connect Ireland and South Wales more closely with the metropolis. A great number of gentlemen attended. About half past twelve o'clock the deputation, consisting of Charles ..Russell, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Board of Di rectors of the Great Western Railway Company, F. L. Gower, Esq., Mr. Saunders, the Secretary to the Corns , party, and Mr. Hunt, arrived at the Town-hall, and the business of the meeting was commenced immediately. The Hon. Colonel TREVOR, having acquiesced. in - a motion that he take the chair, proceeded to observe that no event that had occurred for years which'promised to great benefit to thecounty of Carmarthen as the extension of the Great Western Railway acroas:the Severn, near Gloucester, and the makitrg of a railway through South Wales to Fishguard. It would open oat an increased traffic on all sides ;, in Ireland on the cue side, and on the other side through Bristol, to Worcester, to 13irmingham, and to all the great markets of the north and west of England. It would enable tho inhabitants of Carmarthen shire to reach the metropolis in an almost incredibly shbrt apace of time, he believed in eight or nine hours. —(Hears) A gentleman belonging to the deputation corrected him, and he was now, happy to state that if the railway was carried out, and a station established in Carmarthen ' the distance between Carmarthen and London could be performed in seven hours.—(Cheers.) The very want that the agriculturists of South Wales had 'long suffered under—that'of being unable to take their produce to the manufacturing districts where it would be rapidly consumed—would now be supplied. --Nothing would be easier than for a farmer to s,nd his stock by the railway up to London or Bristol. Scotch cattle were brought to London by steamers, in both a living and slaughtered state, and if it remunerated a Scotch fernier to send his stock to London, it would most assuredly amply repay a Welsh farmer: A Welsh farmer had greater facilities for grazing grounds—be ought therefore to be able to compete. He took the op portunitynf stating that he was warmly in favour of the proposed rellwa,y, and that he was empowered by Lord Dynevor to state that he was very anxious that the rail way ) . .ould take place, and would, when his land was re:Fared for the purpose of the railway, take shares of th's Railway Company instead of money, to the amount. Mr. RUSSELL said that the. Directors of the Great Western Railway, in pursuing their progress westward, Thad been desirous not only of examining the character (of the country to be traversed, but also to satisfy their 'own minds of the opinions entertained by the gentle men in South Wales respecting the scheme, and the de gree of cordial support probable to be received. Hitherto, be had much pleasure in „saying, that the support had been most satisfactory.—(Cheers.) At every place at which they had held meetings, every gentleman of the town and neighbourhood lad been unanimous in his ex- Fression of cordial approval, and proffers of every pos ssible countenance and support. Thus far, the progress of the deputation had been through the manufacturing and mineral districts of South-Wales. Now they were in the midst of an agricultural district, and it was most import ant, most essential, and in fact absoletely necessary to the prosperity of the railway, that all interests should iunite s tu support it. Hitherto the means afforded to the agriculturists of South Wales had been circumscribed and limiied ; by the railway 'a facility of intercouse would be epened up and extended to every part of the empire, end establish the connection between the agricultural and manufacturing districts on that sure basis which is Itnint!ed - on their common interests. In the earlier period of the constructiousa railways, the landed gentry bed manifested a decided and vehement opposition to them. They are now, and there is an example here to-day, liberal and zealous supporters; many gentlemen, in order to have the railway run near their estates, had gratuitously given their lands for its formation, and the gentlemen in some parts of South Wales had expressed their willingness to take shares in lieu of money as com pensation for the land through which therailway will pass. In Chepstow, the tenants of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort had petitioned his Grace to support the rail. way. One object of the:visit of the deputation was to secure the approbation of the gentry of South Wales. He was not at present in a condition to state the exact course the line would take. Mr. Brunel!, at that very moment, was engaged in" taking an accurate survey of the country. Great 'pains had been • taken to give an accurate account of the _amount of traffic in South Wales, and it much surpaised his expectations. If the line were adopted, it would open a corn - munication with all the great manufacturing districts, with the metropolis, and witli tfils south of England and the south of Ireland. It would be the great highway and thoroughfare for the.southern portions of the ern spire,. When the deputation was in Ireland a short time since, th y has! held communication with some persons deeply interested in the question, and he found they were willing to concur in the speculation, and to extend the scheme from the harbour of Wexford to Waterford and D iblin—to Cork, Limerick, and so on throughout the south of Ireland. If he found the same cordial sup perteZistirs throughout the Principality, he was autho vised by the Great Western - Company to state that no effort should. be withheld; and they were quite ready to contribute their full share of assistance in the under taking.—(Cheers.) D.Moßats, Esq., M.P., p ro p ose d t h e fi rst reso l ut i on. lie did hope that the landed Interests of South Wales would not suffer this vast undertaking to languish for want of that cordial support which they could so readily render it. If the present opportunity were lost, it would all probability be a very long period before another such would occur—before such an advantage would offer itself again. D. A. S. DAVIES, Esq., M.P., had much pleasure in seconding the proposition, Wales was blessed by Pro vidence mith great and peculiar advantages. She had a beautiful country, vast natural resources, industrious in habitants, and an acute and intelligent population. Yet with all this, in consequence of her remoteness from the metropolis, numerous disadvantages had been felt. Dif ficulty had been experienced by the inhabitants, both in the transmission of their produce and of themselves. Both these desirable objects could now be maintained by the proposed railway, and ,he trusted that they would not lose the chance now laid before them by any apathy on their part in not puttine- their shoulders to the wheel. If the opportunity was lost;' he was afraid it would never return. He (Mr. S. Davies) had felt so great a degree of interest in the proposed railway, that he had taken a considerable number of shares—((;.heers)-,--more perhaps than he had been justified in doing by the station he held in the county. CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting Pugh then read the second resolution, which was seconded by Caltain J. G. Phillips, R.N., and was also carried unanimously. T. C. MORRIS, Esq., proposed the third resolution, appointing a Committee to obtain subscriptions. Dr. BOWEN seconded the proposition, which was car ried by acclamation. R. G. THOMAS, Esq., wished to express the great satisfaction be felt in . being appointed one of the Com mittee to procure shareholders, He was convinced the measure was fraught with great benefit to South Wales, and thought that the deputation, as had been stated by Mr. Saunders to be the case on the establishment of the Great Western Railway, would be the harbingers of the greatest good to the inhabitants of South Wales that ever appeared.—(Cheers.) H. R. DOWNMA.N, Esq., observed, that in developing the coast line, Mr. Saunders had not stated whether,it would run through Llanelly and Pembrey or not fi He wished to know, because these two ports were the outlets of all the mineral resources of Cannartbenshire. Mr. SAUNDERS said that the line would pass through Llanelly, but he was unable to state whether it would pass through Pembrey or . not. CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq., proposed a vote of thanks to Colonel Trevor fur his able conduct in the chair.—(Cheers.) Colonel TREVOR returned thanks, and expressed his perfect satisfaction with the coast line of railway. R. G. THOMAS, Esq., proposed the cordial thanks of the meeting to the Great Western Company for pouring forth their capital in support of the undertaking, and for sending down the deputation to explain the purposes and objects of the railway.—(Cheers.) Dr. C. MORGAN seconded the motion. - CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq., returned thanks. The meeting then - separated. PROPOSED RAILWAY FROM WYMONDEIAM TO EAST DEREHAM. A meeting was held at the Assembly Room, East Dercham. on Thursday, the 26th September, to take into consideration the proposed Railway from Wymond ham to East Dereham, which was numerously attended by the landowners of the neighbourhood. Among those present were the Right Hon. Lord Sondes, Right Hon. Lord Bayning, F. W. Keppel, Esq., the Rev. Philip Gusdon, John Gusdon, Esq., Rev. H. Collison, Rev. B. Barker, Rev. C. H. roullaston, G. Cooper, Esq., A. Moore, Esq., &c., &c. W. W. Lee Warner, Esq., having been called to the chair, the business of the meeting was opened by Mr. BIDDER, who recapitulated many advantaget which would result to this town and neighbourhood, from this branch of the Norwich and Brandon Railway, and stated that the line to Wymondbam could be exe cuted in the least time, and with the least capital (110,0001.) He said, the scale4of charges would be the lowest possible, and similar to those on the Norwich and Yarmouth line, and instanced the following t—By first class carriages from Dereham to Norwich, 2s. 6d. ; by second class, is. 6d. ; by third class 10d. ; and that coals might be brought from the ship's side at Yarmouth and delivered in Dereham at 4s. 6d. per ton : and he provcd that by means of this line, speedy transit would be af forded to almost every part of England. He mentioned that every inch of land on the Norwich and Brandon title had been agreed : for without having recoarse in any instance to a jury, and that they only wanted to ascer tain if the general feeling of the lan downers here was favourable, and to receive their co-operation before they proceeded at once with the work, contemporaneously with the main line. Mr. BUSH, a London solicitor, at considerable length advocated a line from Lynn to Norwich. He stated that the railway from Dereham to Norwich would be fifteen miles in length, commencing at Neatherd's Moor, and terminating , a quarter of a mile from Norwich ; that on this line there was no elevation of any importance ; that the soil was of the most favourable kind ; that the land had been surveyed; eminent engineers had declared it practicable ; that a single line with double bridges could he constructed for 150,0001. ; and, backed by a con tractor who had been engaged in some of, the most*ex tensive similar works in England, and by a powerful bOdy of capitalists, the Company whom he represented was prepared to carry such a railway into effect. In reply to a question from the Chair, as to the names of these gentlemen, Mr. Buss declined-to give them, but stated that if the meeting was adjourned — for ten days, they should be present to speak for themselves.—(Cries of "No, no.") JOHN Gusnox, Esq , who appeared as the representa tive of his father, stated that the proposed line, byway of Wymondham, would be advantageous to this part of the county, as •at Letton they were now far removed from any water carriage, Norwich, Brandon, and Narborough being each eighteen miles distant. Lord BATNINO thought the direct line to Norwich would be more beneficial to the town and its neigh bourhood. The Rev. Philip Gurdon, F. W. Keppel, Esq.; and R. Freeman, Esq., having • addressed the meeting, it was moved by Mr. Gidney, and seconded by Mr. ReeVs, " That the railway from Dereham to Yarmouth, the metropolis, and the manufacturing districts is,. in thy opinion of this meeting, essential to the interests - of this town and neighbourhood." The next resolution, moved by Mr. Page, and seconded by Mr. Elvin, " That the proposed branch of the Norwich and Brandon Railway, by way of Wymondham, to East Dereham, appears to be well calculated to carry out this object, and is deserving of the support of this meeting." The third resolutien was moved by Lord Sondes, and seconded by F. W. Keppel, Esq., " That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the projected railway from Lynn to Dereham would be highly beneficial to the town and neighbourhood." Mr. Ald,ns then moved; and Mr. Gidsey seconded, " That a Committee, consisting of W. W. Lee Warner, Esq., Mr. Reeve, Mr. Gidney, Air. Thomas Harvey, Mr. Rams&le, Mr. Buck, and Mr. Elvin, be appointed to co-operate with the Norwich and Brandon Company, and to watch over the interests of the town and neigh bourhood." The thanks of the meeting were then Toted -to the Chairman, for his able conduct in the chair, and, seconded by Lord Bayning, it was carried unanimously. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night a working man named William Dodds, employed on the Pontop Railway at South Shields, died from injuries which he had received whilst following his avocation on that line. It appears that during the night of the preceding Friday he accompanied the coal waggons down to South Shields, the coal being shipped in the Tyne ; about midnight, and whilst seated at the end of a light waggon, he had fallen asleep. This circumstance was not observed by the man whose duty it is to link the empty waggons together, and when the train was drawn by a horse to another train of waggons which were standing near, the lour fellow was jammed between them, by which the - -- a 0 , , sower parts of his body were crushed in a shocking man• it assn carried unanimously, and by acclamation. ner, and he lingered in great agony until Tuesday, when *the CHAIRMAN then said :that he wined to ask Mr. he expired. It is a remarkable and painful circurn- Saunders for a sketch of the:proposed line. • Two lines s t a n ce that a man named Gibson, brother-in-law to had been mentioned, and, lie wished to have it explained Dodds, was killed in a similar mariner, and from the to the meeting which line the Great Western Company same cause, only about a fortnight ago. It is stated that , pueposel adapting, and what advantage the line had over . • the men on the Pontop line have been overwrought since the other, M. SA UNDERS, Secr e t ar y t o t h e G reat W estern Rail- the cessation o f th e p i t men ' s str ik e , i n consequence of Mr. the addition a l d eman d f o r ma l s , an d t h e anx i ety o f t h e way Comp an y, wou ld pre f ace his eb,ervations b y stating coal-owners to make up the leeway, or, in other words, that when the question of a line of railway through to compensate themselves in some measure for the loss :South Wales was first mooted, the resolution of the j they sustained during the strike by selling as many car- Great Wettern Company was that they would have the goes of coals as possible at the pr esen t a d vance d pr i ces . best line that cou ld b e got f or, al l purposes.—(Cheers.)- Some, if not all of the men, have lately worked 20 hours 'hey determined that no local interests should influence I per day out of the 24 ; but this practice, injurious to them a but that the line should be a great national coin- health and dangerous —nay .fatal to life—has now been munication between tho southern portions of the empire discontinued by the employment of a double shift. and the metropolis.—(Cheers.) The progress of rail- D EATH Or A FEMALE HOUSEBREAKER.—Friday .ways in England had brought to a point a number of brauches near the riv e r S evern , so t h at the point at, forenoon an inquest was h e ld a t th e H ouse o f Correction at Ilford, before C. C. Le w i s , E sq ., one o f th e which to commence th e S ou th W a l es R a i lway had been readily fixed—th e Only quest i on h a d b een whether the Coroners for Essex, on view of the body of ls:rs. Frances river sheuld be crossed at Gloucester or below.. Green, aged twenty years, who died in that prisen on That questi on res t e d yet undec i ded, but, whichever Monday morning before. From the statement of Mr. it is, is to. be the best -line for all, purposes. Anderson, the Governor. of the Prison, it appeared that in January last, the deceased was found guilty of bin.- With regard to the • coiet line and the inland line, glary, and was sentenced to twelve months . imprison the Company had decided to have the coast line, pro- meat.. On the 17th instant she had been delivered of a seeding through. Newport; Cardiff,s'Neah,- and Swansea female infant, and was going on pretty we ll unt il Su n d ay to Carmarthen, and from then c e t o F is h guard with a branch night last, when, for some reason o r o th er , an d t h ough 4o Milford. The great object t o b e atta i ne d was two females were in care of her she got out of bed an d the combining of all the co m merc i a l, manu f actur i ng and walked about the ward for a short time on her bare other interests in the countie s through which the line feet. From this, and her then d e li ca t e s t a t e , s h e caug h t true the distance would h ave b een rat h er s h orter,. passed.—(Hear.) If the li ne had been all inland, it was but cold, and though every attention hadb een p a id t o h er , s h e lingered until Wedne s d a y morn i ng , w h en s h e b re a t h e d the 'difficulties of engi neer i ng w h u ld b e great, an d a l l the her last. A private nurse, who had been employed to great mineral districts would be left out of the question. attend the deceived, ase, well as one of the wards .. It had been his good fortune,,in former days, when the Great Western Railway wa s i n i ts i n f ancy, to traverse women, were examined as to th e t rea t men t w hi c h s h e many received, and both deposed to the fact that the de many places and towns in South Wales to solicit sub- , ceased herself had acknowledged that-she had nothing de scriptions for that undertaking. At Aberga,venny, whatever to complain of ;. on the contrary, she ex- Neatli, Cardiff, Swansea, Carmarthen, and other places, pressed her gratitude for what had been done for her. subscriptions had, been received from all classes of people. The husband of the deceased was called before the jary, It was a pleasing recollection to him that at that time, he and asked if be had any complaint t o ma k e ? H e rep li e d had peresiaded some tradesmen to take shares w h o were that he had not, and that it wa s hi s opinion' that she had now holding them an d were .d er i v i ng considerable profit fbeen kiedly treated. He said th a t h e h a d on l y b een rom:them, a.:'l who spoke. thankfully, and even grate- to him for having * married three weeks- to the dec ease d w h en she coin 'fulley, ng persuadd them to take part in mitted the burglary for which sh e b a d b ee n pun i s h e d . so ged an investm ent e .(Hear.) They did not want He also admitted that she had been a suspected ,cha inchvi'duals to take large amounts of shares ; they wanted large numbers of per.sens each to take small' amounts. before, and racter hitherto every disposition had been shown to support bury her. this Maitland, one of the visitingmagiatrates, on hearing, declared that the body should be in. the' railway scheme, Find he had no doubt of the same re :Wit in Carr intrtheushirea — The Company could then tarred at the county expense. The jury expressed,them make certain that the Railway Bill would be carried in selves p erfectl y satisfied with the treatmen t w hi ch the do the next session of Parli ament. He did not pretend to ceased had experienced, and returned a verdict of "Na say they would have the same amount of traffic as the • D total death." . . Great Western Railw a y h ad, . but they must consider a , ESSELS IN THE GIVER —A com pl a i n t h av i ng b een ELIYERT OF WOOD GOODS INTO CRAFT FROM V that that railway had, in c onsequenceof the high p r i ces of' materials at the time it was constructed,d the South cost nearly made to the Customs authorities, respecti ng the disc o v e ry four times as much per mile as it is s u p pose of a short delivery of a quantity of l a th woo d sa d fire ,4 Wales Railway will cost. act that if they go t a f ourth of wood from the vessel into craft, as com p are d with t h e the profit, and were only put to a fourth of th e expense, foreign measurement per bills of ladin g , an d reques ti ng the profit, pail posse, will be the same as on the Great that instructions might be issued to th e p r i nc ip a l officers Western. . in the woodfarm and watergu a rd d e p a rt men t s t o wa t c h D. MORRIS, Esq., observed that in addition to what the tidewaiters more strictly, and tee that they did not leave the deck, or go into the cabin for their meals, ,&c., had :b9en said relative to the two lines,dhbee begged to mooted when the deliveries of lathwood and firewood were . going inferris the meting that the question had John G u est, Inoo- t. — on, for that, at such times, unmeasured wood was frau hadnt a meeting at which were present Sir uest, who dulently thrown into the ighters, and "that almost in taken 200 'shares, and Mr. Cravvshay Bailey, who ; every delivery the importers and . the revenue, were had taken 300 shares, and , they had stated Abet if they !robbed by parties to a very considerable extent, and that had 'followed their own interests they would support the he if the tidewaiters were in such cases made an example of inland line, hut having regard to the interests of t i and puni s h e d f or a neglect of duty, it would have a salu• public, they had sacrifi ce d t h e i r own interests 'and sup- ! ported the line, sq., the C h a irman o f t h e Carmarthen- , tary and b enef i c i al effect—directions have been, issued DAVID ! to the prin c ip a l off i cers of the woodfarm and waterguard coast P E I shire Quarter-ses s i ons , w h o was rece i ved with applause, departments to i ssue th e most express i nstruct i ons to the said :—I bee b een requeste d to propose a resolution, and tidewaiters on th e su bj ect, and to elution them not to leave the deck of their vessels during the time that any in doing so, I will say that if 'ever there was a railroad lathwood or firewoodis being framed or delivered, under that deserved the favourable consideration of the Leis • any pretence whatever ; and the inspecting officers:have . 'attire, and the patronage of the Government, it appears received instructions to make a report to . the board of to Ire that this is that railroad. I look on it not merely .• - , any officer that they may find absent on such 'occasions .M- a conmiereiel undertaking.. It - is a national work, it ' - from the place Is a great political work, it is a great State enterprise. e ' -Foe it will connect Ireland mo r e c l ose l y with ais Conn- 1 THE , GAM E-LAWS. — At Wandsworth police-court on Thursday, Mr. Paynter refused to convict a person try,. and tin-rely contribute to the integrity of the empire. 1 rho Ives seen ti shoot a pheasant near Wimbledon-park, It, wilt bind Ireland to this country 11 more enduring i q . 1 r d who could not produce a certificate. It was on,llie -13°4 ; n't these wilict are furg'ed by force " vi°lene ''' - '. l 1 d that the person had been given into custody that but by the links which are farged by the arts of peace, I group • 1 the magistrate would not convict, as the party ought t o - by seicnce, and by the genius'of Brunel— (Cheers.) Mr. .. _, hays been previously ti 114134.914 BOROUGH. OF MARYLEBONE RE GISTRATION. (Before C. D. MOYLAN, Esq.) The Revising , Barrister sat in the Paddington Vestry room-on Friday to revise the list of voters for that parish. Mr. Allen appeared for the Liberals, Mr. Greenwood for flit Conservatii-es. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. The following is a statement of the number of claims and objections made by the Reformers and Conservatives in this district :--- • khost of poor fisher Men appeared before Sir J. Key, to answer several informations laid against them by the City water-bailiffs, for fishing in the Thames with - illegal nets, thereby damaging the fisheries to a serinuaextent. ,:The justice-rooth was much crowded by dredgermen arid. others employed in the fish trade, the proceedings being of the greatest moment to this class of persons. The complaints were laid under a Code 'of regulatiens passed by the Court of Aldermen as far back as 1785, for the better preservation of the young fish in the river; and which enacts that no net shall be dragged in the Thames for flounders above London-bridge , less than 2i inches in the mesh, and not more than sixteen fathoms long. • Mr. Rough, one of the bailiffs, in proving the case against several of the offenders, stated that he caught most of them fishing at about midnight with the net produced, which, so far from being 21, the average was full 1 , the Use of which must have seriously de teriorated the fisheries, inasmuch as the nets drew the young- : fish. The defendants, in answer to the charge, positively denied that the nets were' illegal, but admitted that they might now he found within the measurement, as the twine shrunk from itsoonstant immersion in the Water.: They eomplained of some recent alterations which the Court - of Alderman : had 'adopted in the fisheries, almost precluding their gaining a livelihood. Sfr J. KEY—The nets I am bound to condsmn, and 15m sorry!for, you. , The men then lift the justiee-r, om. • MAR I, MORI UG MS E E T.. ." Abraham Myers : was brOught up for final examina• tion, charged with having wilfully and maliciously 'stabbed John Clayard, livery-stable keeper, with in tent to murder him. Theprisoner c ;onti the prosectitor were each pro vided with legal assistance. Mr. Clayard,_ who was in court, with his arm in a sling, was calledon to give evidence, and was accom modated with a . seat in the witness-box. His state inent"was as follows :—I am a livery-stahle keeper, and keep the White Bear-yard, Lisle-street, Leicester square. On Tuesday last I was at the house of Mr Banlss, the Crown, in Cranbourne passage, with some friends. About half-past six o'clock I was standing in front of the bar, when Myers came in. Some words ensued betweed us, but. I forget what they were. Myers said to me that if I called him the same name which 1 had called him to a friend, he would punch my head. I called him the name, and he then struck me on the mouth.- I got up, and blows ensued. I held him against the corner of the bar, and he tried to force my eye out with his thumb. He put his fingers into` my mouth for that piirpose. I told him if he did not take his fingers out of my . mouth I would bite theni. He persisted, and believe I bit his fingers. We. were parted, and I sat on a stool ; while sitting there he came up to me and we had another tussle. I: told him tobe quiet, as I did not wish to hurt him. Myers ,went into the tap-room, but came out again almost immediately, and *anted me to fight, and he then kicked me. I did .not kick him again, but I kicked his hat, and afterwards went into the parlour. •In the parlour: words ensued with Myers and some other persons in'the parlour about his having kicked me. About half an hour after this, Myers came in to me and asked nie why I kicked his hat. I told him because he had kicked me in a brutal manner. Myers 'wishedto force his conversation on me, but I told him :to drop it, as we had already been a nuisance to the company.. I got up and went to one end of the room, and Myers went to the other. Two persons came in and. sat near Myers. Myers spoke to one of them, andsaid, " You are not going away just yet, give an eye to my coat,'; and then went out. In ten minutes or a quarter , of an hour Myers returned, and sat down' for a time in his chair. lie then rose as if to light his cigar, arid. I said to Myers, don't let us have any. animosity between us, shake, hands. I held out my band, and I forget whether I said, here's my heart with it, but I might have said so. Myers took hold of nay right' hand with his left, and put his right hand behind him, and scuffled with his _coat pocket. He then suddenly made a blow at my breast, and he was about to repeat it,. when I saw he' had. - a knife in his hand. I rose up and seized the knife, and my thumb was cut across. This was done all' in a breath, and Myers, when he made the blow, said, " You b—, rii have yoUr I heart." I staggered, but did not fall ; and Myers stepped back and placed himself against the door,: looking round the room, as if h e wis h e d :to stick -the knife into somebody else. Myers remained against the door about half a minute, and some per sons called out; " You villain, you have murdered the,man." Every one in the room appeared afraid to approach Myerk on account of the large knife in his hand. Myers opened the door and ran out, and I did not see him again until I saw him in custody at the station-house, after I had got my wounds dressed. I had two wounds ; ,one on the breast, and one on the hand. The hand was very much cut. Cross-examined—Myers commenced the quarrel, by saying, if I- repeated the tern i) which I had applied to him, when speaking to another person, he would punch my head. I did apply the term, but I forget the precise words. It was not, You are a b 13;--.". —ln the scuffle Izot the best. I did not use any language to_ Myers t 0 warrant him in striking me.. I did not abuse him; or his house; nor did I tell hikn'that he had better hire a gig, to go in the coun try46.fight it out. I told him that I was too much for him. I had been drihking that day, and so had MYerS . , but I did' not think Myers was drunk. John Acton, Waiter at the Crown, said Myers and Clayard had - been quarrelling during the afternoon, and.aftewards they, went into the parlour. Heard a cream and ran into the parlour and saw Myers with a knife in his heti& t Was about to seize Myers, but his„rnasier shock his head. t f h o e llowed an d se i ze d M yers, and Myers went out and Passage, and then r an ou t o f held him till a po li ce-consta b le tt d hh r o re e p hw p o e uh d si em t h . e d ow k i i nt f e r: i ns n ds came up. Crosseexamined—Witness did not hear any bad Myers. landlord of the Cro wn , was na examined, Mmers.ajl le a i pe n dh d bß h y i a i nC e h 1 vsaidtaehrned to ce - went to corroborate the statement made :by ClaYard. He was of opinion that Clayard tried to4ooth Myers rather than to provoke him. Myers appeared to be inclined to quarrel with any one. - - The knife was produced: It was a b u t c h er ' s k n if e used: for cutting up the larg es t si oints. It was sur prising to think that any man attacked with such an instrument could have escaped with comparatively so little injury as the prosecutor. • Mr. Thomas M'Queal, assistant to Mr. Morgan, surgeon, No. 71i- St. Martin's-lane, said he dressed the prosecutor's wounds. There was a wound on the left side of the chest, and a wound on the ball of the thumb:: The wounds had evidently been inflicted with a knife or some sharpinstruinent. The wounds were not dangesiOsts. Inspector. Aggs, who took the charge, was asked as to the state of the prisoner when brought to the station-house?--s-The inspector said Myers appeared to be drunk. ' • Reformers. Conservatives. TotaL Claims . 2 Objections On Mr. Moylin taking his seat, Mr.. Brown, one of the overseers, said he wished to explain the cause of an omission in the list of claims and objections. He had been absent from England during _ . nearly the whole of the month Of August. On leav ing London, he directed that all communications relating to parochial matters were to be handed to , the vestry-clerk. This was done with every communication except one, and that was the claiiiis and objections , made by Mr. Allen. That_ gen tleman enclosed' thenrin a sealed envelope, and his (Mr. Brown's) 4 servan ; thinking that it was a private com munication, did not forward it to the vestry-clerk, but kept it until his return to town on the 30th of August, when it was impoifsibte to get the list printed and placed on the church doors' Within the time prescribed - by the Act of Parliament. • He had stated to Mr. Allen the cause of this Worth - nate omission, and had expressed his willingness to; do all in his power to rectify it if it was..possible to do r so in a legal mannt r. Mr..Mlen said lie had invariably followed that practice Lie had done so- to prevent theni from being mislaid or lost; and personally delivered the letter containing them ut Mr. Brown's house. Mr. Brown frankly admitted the service. ThovItEvIsING•BARRISTER doubted whether the Act gavn him powerlo interfere. He was empowered, by the 26th section to (teal with a list which had been published in some way, and whether correct or incorrect, but not with one that had not been published at all. - Mr, _Allen said it was - hard that claimants who had compiled with the Act of Parliament should suffer from the neglect of the overseer. The. REvzsitif‘aaßrasita said the question was whether he could -revise an unpublished list. Mr. Allen said,tfie mistake might have been rectified on the return of the'overseer to town. Mr. Brown admitted that he might have written the iist,lut it could not have been printed within the time reqinied by the act. The REvist , 44 BARRISTER said, in that case Mr. Broirn ought to have sent in a written list. The Act im posed heavy penalties on overseers for neglecting to re rartrlists, notices of lvhich were served upon them, to the Town Clerk.-- He could only deal with the claims as those Or persons omitted from the published lists,by the overseer. Mr. Brown said the mistake would not have occurred if the claims and objections had not been enclosed iu,an envelope. When he first saw the envelope, he thought it captained a circular from some charitable institution, or frota the Home-office, requiring some ridiculous re turn: Aft. Allen thought he could hardly say that as a Con servatille.—(A laugh.) As the parties who 'claimed did not appear, and their qualificatiOns were not made out, their claims were not entertained.l Sergeant Adams' name was objected to by the Liberals on the ground that he ,was the landlord, but not the oc cupir of the house, which he let furnished. His name had been struck . out ,of the list last year and the year before, and it was again struck out. The names ot several persons who were in the service of the Government, and others who were not duly quali fied froin various causes, were struck off the list. EAST SURREY REGISTRATION. Mr. S. C. Fish, the Revising Barrister, held his court, on Saturday, at the Horns, Kennington, to revise the lists "of voters in the parishes of Clapham, Streatham, and Lambeth. Mr. Meymott attended on behalf of the Conserva tives, Mr.. Jeans for, the Liberals, and Mr. Sydney Smith, the well-known anti-corn-law lecturer, also appeared to support a new claim made in the Lambeth district. Mr. Rowland-Evans, of Lower Tulse-hill, attended to support his claim to vote, which was objected to ou the ground that he had not sent in a proper claim. It appeared ;hat Mr. Evans had merely written a letter to the overseers requesting them to place his name upon the list of voters for the county, his quali fication being a 50/. rental. The REVISING BARRISTER said this was not a proper notiCe. The Act of Parliament specified a particular forni, which must be followed, at all events; in mate rial particulars. As this had not been done, he could not allow the claim.. Mr. Evans said he thtfriglii it was hard that' he should be disfranchised, when it was quite clear that he had a legal- qualification. He wished to know whether he could not now amend his claim. The REVISING BARRISTER said he could not do so. The claim must. be sent in by a certain day in July, or it could not be received. The claimant could easily obtain a Ropy of the _proper form, and he must renew his application next year, when his name would be placed on the list. The claim was then disallowed. In the parish of Lambeth, Mr. W. G. Aime claimed to vote' in respect of an original lease of a house in Devonshire-street, Kennington, let to sepa rate tenants, each paying less than 101. per annum, but ;producing in the whole more then 101. a year, clear of all charges. The claim was opposed by the overseers. The REVISING BARRISTER asked on what ground the overseers opposed the claim ? Mr. Meymott said that the objection was, that the property in question being within the borough. of Lambeth, was properly the subject of a borough qua lification, and not one for the county. Mr. Smith said he appeared in support of the claim, and he apprehended that the claimant was clearly en titled to vote for - Oe county. He said it was an im portant.question, and he should be very glad to have -the Barrister's decision upon it. The claimant held the. lease of a large house, which was let to several tenants, some of 'whom, however, paid to the amount of 10/. a year, so that there was no borough qualifica tion. The 25th: section of the Reform Act appeared to be framed with the object of preventing two persons from qualifying for the same property, but in this in stance, if the present claim was not allowed, the pro perty would confer no vote whatever. Mr. Smith concluded by stating- that one similar case. had oc curred-last year in the parish of Bermondsey, and the Revising Barriiter allowed the claim. Meymott said he recollected the case referred to by Mr. Smith, but he did not see any analogy between it and the present claim, because, in the former; there were several s eparat e houses held under one lease, whereas, in - the present case, it was one house only; which was ;clearly of greater value than would form a borough-qualification, and, therefore, it could not confer a vote for the county. Mr. Smith contended that the cases were similar. There were several different holdings by tenants in both:cases, none of them being of sufficient amount alone to confer a borough qualification, and he there fore Summittedthat the lessee was entitled to vote for the county. • The REVISING BARRISTER said, if he understood the question rightly, the subject of the claim appeared to he a house split into several tenancies, all of them under 101. a year. Mr. Smith said this was so. Mr. MALTBY aiked Myers what he had to say ? Myers=-1 have. only this to say, that I was intoxi cated ut the time; and so I cannot contradict anything the 'witnesses 116,0 said. I don't know what hap pened, and was so unconscious of what took place, that wizen I got sober in the morning, I did not know what it was for that I had been locked up. I was quite drunk, and I had been out drinking all day. Mr. MALTBY fully committed" the pr'soner for the attempt to murder, and refused bail when applica tion was made to 'him. The ItEvrsiziG BARRISTER inquired whether the whole building, if let, would not be worth more than 10/. a year ? Mr. Smith replied that it would. The REVISING BARRISTBR said that under these circumstances he did not think that a county quali fication had been made out. It was clear that the building was worth more than 10/. a-year, and being within a borough, it clearly conferred a right to vote for that borough, anti the fact of its being split into severattenements made no difference. John Locker, a well-known dog fancier, was charged with _having attempted to steal a valuable little dog belonging to Mrs. Parsons, of Halfmoon-street. Mrs. Parsons said she was walking in Curzon street about nine o'clock on Friday evening, when she suddenly missed her dog ; she turned round, and saw the prisoner attempting to cover it with a cloth. She called " Stop thief," and the prisoner then ran off with he do g, n but d over dropp er the animal when pursued. A person named Cadwallader Waddy said he fol- loii vd uOk the prisoner. t t The prisoner, it appeared, had enticed the dog by the.-well-known means of a piece. of prepared liver. Mr. MALTBY fined the prisoner 51., the value of the dogyarid 20/. additional fine, or six months' hard la bout.. - _ Mr. Meymott said the 25th section of the Reform Act declared that " no personshould be entitled to vote in the election of a knight of the shire, in respect of any estate or interest in any house, warehouse, &c., if the same were of such value as would confer on him or any othelr. person the right of voting for any city or borough, whether he or any other person shall or shall not have actually acquired the right to vote for such city or borough in respect thereof." The REVISING Birtaima said he had no doubt upon the point. He thought the claim could not be sustained, and therefore the name would be expunged from the list. When Mr. Fis.H had gone through the Lambeth list, le addressed Mr. Clark, the vestry clerk, and complimented hitin and the overseers upon the careful manger in which the lists had been prepared. The whole of: the revision ' having been gone through, Mr. Meymott addressed the Revising Bar rister, and said that .on his own behalf, and he had no doubt Mr. Jeans would concur with him, he begged to tender his thanks for the courtesy they.had experienced at the hands of the Revising Barrister, and the extremely careful and efficient manner ,in which the several lists had been revised. — on . Friday a very gentlemanly-looking man, who gave , his name:John Kennedy, was charged before Mr. Maltby with having committed an act of gross indecency that afternoon in Kensington-gardens. Notwithstanding all the precautionary measures adopted by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to'guard against' the abominations practised by a lot of gentlemanly dressed miscreants, complaints conti nue to be made almost daily of something disgust ingly-offensive liming been perpetrated by a fellow that too in thelight of day. In order to prevent ,dark or Kensington-gardens, and either in Hyde such scoundrels from having an opportunity of in dulging in their disgraceful propensities, the number of constables has been greatly increased, so that it will in future be next to impossible that the guilty can escape without detection. In the present .case Denny Farrow, one of the extra-men, saw the p r i soner l eave one f the alcoves in the North-wood, and approach three ladies and a little girl. As soon as he had overtaken them, the prisoner exposed - himself in a disgusting manner. The ladies separated, evidently to avoid the fellow, when he followed one of them who was going towards the gate, with his per son still exposed. While following the lady, the prisOner came close to the spot where witness (who was pretending to be reading a book, but *as all the while watching the prisoner's move ments) was standing. The prisoner was taken into custody, and exclaimed vehemently against the officer for interfering with him as a gentleman. The . above facts were all corroborated by John I The REVISING BARRISTER said he was very glad they had concluded their labours; and he thanked the agents on both sides for the assistance they had ren dered him, and which, he said, had rendered those labours comparatively light. • The court then adjourned. We have heard that on the recent visit of a section of the Archieological Association to Dover, the Duke of Wellington, as constable of Dover Castle, refused to al low the learned members admission to that ancient and interesting fortress, to make sketches or memoranda. The Duke. has no sympathy with antiquarian or histo rical Pursuits ; witness his reply on being remonstrated with on the dangerou3 position of the National Records, placed over the ammunition iri the . Tower.—" He would take care that the gunpowder received no, injurjr.r.:— keh 'Herold. .14Ifirquis - of Exeter, Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, has, it is said, received an intimation that his presence will bo required on official duty t Wilic4or on the 9th and 10th of October. 1 Harvey, another officer, who witnessed the prisoner's conduct from the opposite side of the Serpentine. The prisoner• (who pretended to be greatly affected at the position in which he stood, and tried by dint of rubbing and squeezing to show a tear in confirma tion of his assertion) said in his defence, that it was • quite impossible.he could.be guilty of the offence im puted to him, as he was a married man, - and had only been in London , a - few•days.. If the officers persisted , in the accusation be should b e lost - to society and ruined for life. He was in• the habit of carrying a handkerchief in his hand, arid from this must have arisen the errors they had fallen into. He could assure the Magistrate on the word of a gentleman that there was not the least foundation for the charge. Mr. MALTBY said that be had the sworn testimony of two witnesses - that the offence had been committed, and he should, therefore, .pass 'a sentence of three months' imprisonment and bard labour. :.entente took the prisoner by surprise, and he begged to be let off with a -fine. To back this 'ap peal he made another ineffectual effort to shed tears. No effect, however, was _produced in his favour, and he went to prison in the van. - • 1711,10N-HALL. Thomas Purren and Jeremiah Cross, two draymen, appeared on hail to ans er the charge of causing the death of Mr. Scutt. • Mr. COTTING GAM, addressing the accused parties, said that since.tlasinquiry that had taken place with respect 100 Mrs Scott's death at that court, an inquest ha i been held on the bkaly of the deceased, and a ver diet of accidental death returned. This was the result which he (the 'magistrate) - anticipatsd, and in dis charging the accused, he seriously impressed on their mind. the necessity, in f uture . o f having some person attending at the heads of their horses while they themselves were ,engtioed in unloading their drays. Ilad that precaution been adopted in the present in stance, the life of a human being would not have been sacrificed, and they would not have been placed in the unpleasant position from which they had been just discharged. - In the course'of the day ati-aged man, in the garb of a sailor, applied for advice' under these circum stances :—The applicant. Stated that he was a native of Prussia, but had been fifty-one' years in England, ten of which he had served this country on board a man-of war. He was now, in his- old age, in great distress, and considered-that he had some claims for his ser vices, althouglehe was 'allowed almost to perish in the street. • •, - - Mr. COTTINGLIAM, who, deplored the situation of the old min, questioned 'him on the subject of the nature of his services, from'which it appeared that he was wounded. on board the Orion, line-of-battle ship; in an engagement. with the Spaniards off Algesiras, and that he also received another wound in the head from a splinter while servingsin the. Montague, in the West Indies, and lastly that he was in the ever memo rable battle orViafalgar. : He added that he derived no. pension foishia services; not being long enough in the navy to entitle him. ~He had waited on the Prus sian Consul, Who refused to send him to his own country, saying that as he had fought and bled for England, they had a right to' maintain him. Mr. COTTINGUAM, who interested himself- very much in the fate of 'the old, tar, - advised a memorial to be drawn up, setting forth his services, and addressed to the Lords of the - Admiralty, with a view that his case might be taken into conaideration, and be granted an asylum in Greenwich Hospital for the few remaining years of his life. • The magistrate had the memorial dispatched to the Admiralty, and it was accompanied by 'a note frorn 'himself, calling the attention of the Secretary to the case. The applicant, with tears of gratitude, thanked the magistrate, and he was desired to call in a few - days to be informed of the result of the application on his behalf. Shortly before the termination of the business of the day, two deputations of tradesmen waited on the magistrate to solicit his advice with respect to two grievous nuisances, the one' a lucifer manufactory, in Kent-street ; and, the ether an exhibition of wax works, at a house situated in the populous vicinity of London-bridge, on the south side. At the first of these places, here was carried on a brisk trade in lucifer matches; upwards Of a dozen men and boys being employed in the manufactory. The stench arising from the process'of making the matches was intolerable, an& the manufactory itself, being nothing but a wooden erection, waaexposed every moment to conflagration : • in which 'case great and extensive damage wodd:acdrue to - the owners of the adjacent premises. With respect to the exhibition, it was stated that a fellow with a big drum and a pandean pipe was stationed at the door all day long, from eight in the morning until eleven o'clock at night. That during the intervals he was not engaged in beating away on, .the driiM - he was exerting his lungs to the utmost limits of their power by bawling out, " Walk in,' ladies and ;gentlemen, and behold the astonishing works of natur." The result of such an exhibition was, -- that it caused great crowds to collect opposite, and who blocked the thoroughfare, and gave great facilities for picking' pockets. There was scarcely a day passed that persons passing to and fro from the City, were not • robb e d by th e gangs o f thieves infeSting the spot. ' Mr. COTTINGIIAM, having listened to the complaints in each case, advised .the .applicants to indict the parties at the ensuing sessions. On Friday Thomas Iretson, who, under the as sumed rank' of a lieutenant in the na v y, h as con trived to commit several robberies at different lodging-houses, was brought up in custody along with a young woman named George, who passed as his wife, charged in conjunction with steali ng various article f furniture and other goods, the property of persons with whom they had. been lodging. Both the prisoners were in a wretched plight, Watson being without coat, waistcoat, shoes or stockings, and the woman equally ill-dressed. It appeared, that in the month of February last the male prisoner,engaged apartments at the house of a person named Jenkins, in Thomas street, describing that he had recently arrived from India, where he had been in active service as a lieutenant in the navy, and that he, was then placed on the half-pay list. Shortly after he had taken up his abode there he was joined by the woman, Whom he introduced as his wife, and they remained there until the September following. At the latter part of the month the pri soners absconded, and on their departure it was dis covered that they had completely stripped the rooms they occupied, not only of chairs and tables, but also table and bed linen, glasses, and in fact every portable article th e y cou ld di spose o f . Inquiries having, been made, it was discovered that the prisoners were merely cohabiting with each other, and that Watson was a glee-singer at one of the con certs held at a public-house. On that occasion both the prisoners were taken into Custody and brought to the court, 'Watson at the time being dressed like a midshipman." He declared .that he had been in the navy, and that his friends being respectable he ex pected a remittance, which .would enable him to re deem the whole of the Missing articles which he had emplOyed the woman to pledge at different pawn brokers' shops. The complainant having expressed a desire to comply with the offer and not press the charge, the prisoners were accordingly discharged. They, hoWever, had not been long released from con finement when they engaged lodgings in York-Street, Westminster, where Watson again resumed the cha racter of a naval officer living on his pension; and he had not been many weeks there before he and hi s fellow-prisener, abSconded, stripping both the rooms they occupied of a considerable quantity of property. Thence they were traced to Belvidere-place, Borough road, where they. took lodgings at the house of a Mr. Smith, whom they plundered of goods to a serious amount, and ~then left: the house, locking up the rooms, and leaving a letter behind stating that they were without the means .of paying their rent, and that as soon as a', remittance from the country came to hand, they would arrange all their affairs. Nothing more was heard of either party until the preceding day, when their were taken into custody. Policeman'Hockaday, 'l7B L, in describing the circumstances-under which he secured the prisoners, stated that. he found them at one of the low and filthy lodging-houses in the Mint, Southwark ; that the male prisoner had scarcely a rag to cover him, having got rid of his naval uniform, and his unfor tunate companion was nearly in as miserable a plight; that in Watson's possession he found, besides a num ber of duplicates relating to stolen property, also the copies of several songs, the reading of one of which excited much laughter. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that it was evident Watson had, for a cansiderable length of time, carried on a system of robbing lodging-house-keepers,' and had contrived, by assuming to be a naval officer, to obtain admission t o thei r houses: Although he had passed the-other priioner off in all instances as his wife, it . , was now iatisfictorily proved that she was no rela tion to him, and th a t h e ' employed her to pledge and sell the produce of his plunder. Under all circum stances, he should commit the prisoner Watson for trial, but he sbould be brought up again, as other charges were likely to be preferred against bim; and, with respect to the.other prisoner, he should discharge her, as she was evidently the victim. EDMONTON PETTY SESSIONS. Friday being • appointed for the examination of Patrick Harvey, late a constable in the N divisiOn of po lice, an the charge of committing a murderous assault upon the person of Robett }foment, his acting sergeant, the large room at the Angel Inn, Edmonton, where the sessions are holden, was densely, crowded with persons anxious to see the accused and hear the proceedings. Mr. Hayward; from the office'of Mr. Ma,ule, the so licitor to the Treasury, attended to prosecute, and Mr. Games, a solicitor, appeared on the prisoner's behalf. Mr. Hayward, after stating the nature of the case, commenced examining Hannant, who gave his evidence as follows :—I am a police-constable belonging to the N division, and my number is ;125. In consequence 'of an arrangement with my sergeant and Mr. Risley, I, on the morning of Sunday, the 15th inst , went to a field be longing to the latter, at Winchmore-hill. I etoo4 sear - • a tree, and remained there about an hour and three quarters, when I observed Harvey, the prisoner, in the seine field, awl c.ening toward, where I stood. Ile, came within six or seven yards of me, and then turned towards a cow that was lying (leen. I saw him pat the cow up, and drive her towards the fence, and to within a few yards of where I was, and then stop, as if to milk the animal. This was abin, twenty minutes to four o'clock. I got nearer to him,' and distinctly heard milk falling into some vessi - d. The prisoner then got up from the cow, having. as I !uppesed, seen me ; aed was about walking off; when . I seeet up to him, and snit, "Harvey, you villain, what are you about ?" He . replied, " What do you mean ?" and -at that mo ment I heard Something spilling from his coat pocket. I then put my hand behind - to ascertain what it was, and felt his hand very wet. He then tried to trip me up with his foot, and in the' scuffle we both fell to the ground, I unn.!rmost. Wldie en the grow ;d I took :a bet;.!e from the prisener'S getat-et.et pocieee and this I lediew to he ,he one praidu*. When he lay on the grotto], tb p!ieener said, " I know I ete, guilty. I declare to my God its poverty that drove me to it.. I'm in great want. Prey fergive ale for the seke of my wife and dear children ; don't diAgraeo me." I sail that I could not, and he - then asked me te let him get up. I did se. and he then ask,el me what I hitereled to do with him. I said. " Hervey, I'll ire.et you as sheaf any one else." I bed hold of his ceitor at this tithe, aed hr' requested, if I held tilin g it might he by the. hand. I aecerdingly caught 11°0 of his left hand, and was in the act of putting the bottle I had taken out of • his pocket into my own, when he mede a desperate effort to get away, and at the ite:q mement he struck me a,. terrible blow oe the top of my h ea d w i t h hi s staff, which he must hive drawn from his pocket. Monti I did not observe him do so. I became stunned with the . cffeete of the blew, but I recollect receiving several vehers— more than two or three certainly ; and I ahem recollect . the staff breaking. The Staff peelteed (which broken in two) is the same. I; has the prisoner'-non . bee, 392, upon it. As well as I ree.elect, I grasped livid of the prisoner, upon which" he struck me, end we 'pale fell to the ground together. I have no knowledge ..- his having struck me with.anything else than his statE I recollect getting up again, and getting hold of the prisoner, who bit the ..hand by which I hvld I then said to him, "Harvey, you villain, you have murdered me;" and I thii.k his reply was, " No, I have not, leave go Of me, and lie on my great-coat," which I have some flint recollection of his having taken if. I said, " No, I'll never leave you while I have life." At, this time a quantity of blood was flowing from my head.. and I felt myself getting weak, but I made an . elibreand; called Out " Murder," and immediately after .a boy in,. the servic. Of Risky, called Bill, came to my as sistariee. I told this lad ..upon hi,s coming up that I : caught the pri3oner milking his master's cow, and iseked him to assist me. The prisoner must have heard me, tell the boy this fact, the time I had hold of him.. The lad' assisted me, and we took th 6 prisoner towards :qr. Rise ley's house. When we had 'nearly reached that, the boy, went away for something or other, leaving me with the prisoner ; and, as soon as he was gone, Harvey made a desperate struggle to get away, and in the effort' he. dragged me ten or a dozen yards along with him. The boy'came again to my assistance, and we got the pri- . soner into the house. .11aiing done this, I asked Risley to lock'the doore,l a's . l felt myself exhausted and unable to do more. I also requested that a surgeon might be sent for, as I was it; a dreadful state. I also recelleet saying to the prisoner, " Harvey, you Tinian,. how could_ you use me so ?" when he answered, '`B y end id you, it serves you right . '; yoil'are always creeping about after me, Wtheit you hav6 no Business to do so," or words to that effect. I did not see the prisener use any instrti ment but his staff, but when I undressed I found that I had been stabbed in the arms, and I then thought he must have used a knife. Mr. Woodward here remarked that he was prepal.ed with evidence to satisfy the bench that Harvey hafi stabbed the witness with a chisol. William Freeman, the lad alluded to by the last wit ness, corroborated the last pai t of his evidence. • Mr. William Risley, a cowkeeper at Winchrnore-hill, was next called, and deposed that he had arranged with the complainant 'Tennant for th,s latter to sit up that night to watch his cows, in consequence of the latter being frequently milked.. On the morning of the 15th he heard Hannant say to . the prisoner " Harvey, you villain, you have murdered me ;" when the latter replied " B-y end to you, it serves you right, you are always creeping after me." Insp,nter Mellish produced the prisoner's coat, and said that on the morning in question he wrung milk from the pocket of it. The inspector also produced the com plainant's coat and shirt. They were pierced in several places, and the cuts in them corresponded with wounds on Hannant's body, and answered to the size of a moN tice chisel (produced) found in the field where the struggle' had taken plaCe. Mr. Sell, itdarpenter of - Wicclimore-hill, identified a quantity of tools which had been found at the prisoner's lodgings, and which had been missed or stolen from his (witness's) workshop. He had no doubt the chisel produced was his property, and he recollected having used it three or four days before the as'ault. He after wards missed it. Mr. Cresswell, surgeon; who was called to complainant directly after he was wounded, said, he had twelve or thirteen considerable wound': on the head and face. Two of the principal wounds were inflicted by the staff, and he found two on the head, 'caused by a cutting instru ment (he . should say by a chisel), and the wounds en the top of the breast, hands, and on the arms were in flicted by stabbing. These wounds might have been dan gerous to life, but they did not turn out so Cross-examined by Mr. :Games—Complainant's life was never in danger whilst witness attended him. The evidence as respected • the assault having con cluded here, Inspector Mellish said he had three charges of robbery to bring against the prisoner. The Bench 6:minket', and it was their opinion that it would not be advisable to go into those charges on the present occasion: The capital offence, they thought, had been fully made out against him, and they should cOn3 mit him to Newgate to take his trial on the charge of assaulting the complainant with intent, and if he should be acquitted of it, the charge of robbery might be pre,; ferred against him. The witnesses were then bound over in the usual re- . cognizance& to appear against him, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial. CORONER'S I NQUEST A coroner's inquest was held on Saturday at the Jolly Anglers, Lea-bridge, tq investigate the circum stances connected with the death of Miss Anne Sayers, aged twenty, who was drowned from a boat in the river Lea, under the following mysterious circum , stances : Mr. Hillary, a solicitor, attended on the part of d young man, named Edwin Newman, who was with the deceased. Charles Copping, a bargeman, said that on Thurs day evening last, about seven o'clock, he was on the towing-path on the banks of the river Lea, on the Essex shore, about 200 yards from the Jolly Anglers, when he heard a sudden cry. Witness only heard the voice of one person, which he took to be that of a man. He heard the voice several times exclaim,' " Boat!" before the barge got up to him. • William Matthews, Stanstead-street, bargeman; said that he was in the barge. Witness, on hearing the cry of " Boat," stopped the barge, and went to wards a boat he saw floating upside down. A man had hold of the keel. Witness held the man up with a boat-hook till the boat came from the shore, into which the man was placed, whose name, witness is informed, is Edwin Newman. By the CORONER—When I first ran with the hook to him I asked him if there was any one else in the water; he made me no answer. He appeared in a state of great agitation. Ur) Mr. Newman being' safely landed, and while he was stripping, I again asked him if there was any one in the waver, when he still gave no answer. CORONER—It is of importance you should be cer 7 tain. Did he, or did be not, answer? Witness—l am quite certain he gave no answer. By the solicitor—l am not certain that he heard . me, but I spoke loud. There were several personi around him, and he seemed in confusion. Thomas Taylor, waternan; in the service of Mr. Weeks, landlord of the Jolly Anglers, said tat about a quarter to five o'clock Mr. Newman hind a boat: He took one which was capable of carrying three or four persons. It was a light funny. A young woman, the deceased, was : with him. They both went away together in the funny. They went to:. wards Tottenham-mills. The gentleman appeared a practised hand at rowing. - About seven o'clock . wit ness heard a male voice exclaiming Boat, a hey !" It was a cry of distress. When he cried a second time witness jumped into a boat and rowed towards. him. He was as described by the last witness: was taken by witness into his boat, upon which Wit ness identified him as the gentleman who hired the boat in the morning with the deceased. He (witness) immediately said to • him, " Where is your good lady ;" he replied, " I left her behind, all right." By the CORONER—I am quite certain he gaVe me that answer. I asked him a second time. He seemed to be in liquor, -but was perfectly sensible, as he said to me, " Get Inc my coat and waistcoat" (they. were in the water), observing; am not going to pay five or six persons to pick up my things." His hat was also in the water, which he directed witness to fetch.- Witness got the coat and waistcoat. Evidence—On witness landing at the Jolly Anglers,. witness saw a: gentleman who had arrived in a' boat, who said, " Fcti• God's sake, go after that lady, for she was in the boat when I passed them." Mr. Newman was present, who replied to the gentleman uon ask , ing him about her, "I left her in the water.' Wit ness took the drags and dragged for her where the funny was upset, but not :finding her, he came back and asked Mr. Newman whereabouts she was. He. said at the Point, and that a boat, in which were three gentlemen, had run over him and swamped his boat. The gentleman above alluded to was seem . ; pauied by a lady and two children. • Mr. Newman's boat was not injured. Witness picked up the de ceased about three yards from where the funny was found. About half an.hour before witness lent out a beat to three gentlemen; Wh6 returned after Mr. Newman wasin the house, who asked Mr. NeWnian where he was upset? There was no bruise on the boat; showing that it had . been fouled. He was in a chair smoking a cigar when witness went to Mr. Newman, after witness went the first time to drag for the b.ody. • Mr. John Green, Learbridge, bog-builder, *id Sept. 21 20 Arbroath and Forfar .......... Birmingham and Gloucester • ...... Brandling Junction . Bristol and Gloucester • . • • • • • • • • • • . Chester and Birkenhead. • • • . • . •••• Dublin and Drogheda• • • . • ......... Dublin and Kingstown Dundee and Arbroath ..... Durham and Sunderland ............. Edinburgh and Glasgow . Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. Glasgow, Kilmarnock,. and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock..... ...... Grand Junction Great North of England •• •........ Great Western . .... Liverpool and Manchester .......... London and Rinningham London and I3lxckwxil•..... London and 8right0n............... London and ()Topton .. London and Greenwich .. London and South Western Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester and Birmingham........ Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc•• Midland Counties..." •........... •• Newcistle and Darlington .......... Newcastle and Carlisle .............• Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbel], and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen . •........ ..... Preston and Wyre...............• •• Sheffield and .Manchester...... • • • • • South Eastern........ Taff 'Vale... Ulster . • • .. • • • • 546 340 2,047 Yarmouth and Norwich • • York and North Midland . • • •• • • • • . vgIIN I :POOL, A 4; tbio t y A look fg thirte en to erif THE ATLANTIC STEAMERS.—LIVEIt MOUNING.—The Great Western we m evening She will then have been about out. The I I ibt rnia we confidently expect the same time. BIRTH'S. lad , ' (a A i On the 22d inst., at Lattriston, Kincardineshire, ' Robert Lyall, Esq., of a daughter. a oden wrigil On the 23d inst., the wife of the Rev. Willianl - ° Bayiy, of Kevushambury, Cheltenham; of a son; ',.,f , the R e/ ' On the 25th inst., at York- buildings. the wil e " hter. ' George Evezard Curate of St Marylebone, of a clAni Foster, . ()n the 26thinst., at Soho-square, Mrs. Edwah— of a son. • „.. u e°- f Willieln On the 26th inst , in St. James's-place , the w _......--- Cripps, Esq., M.P., of a son ------ MARRIED . Bris tol, On the 25th inst., at the Church of of Holy Trinity , I";"ib hy the Rev: A. Rogers, Major Robert Brereton, late of the 42d Royal Highland Regiment, to Miss Anne ainiatie;ups daughter_ of the late Thomas•Maingar,Esq. of Hew et, Ville, in the Island of Guernsey. - ' eldes t On the 14th inst., at St. Pads. Hammersmith, Elsa' „. d e gas Radcliffe, dsugliter jun., n tte o l f a i t , e en C t l o i n a l r , l i e i s ie ll . e Boos, Esq to Mr. : 0 - 00, ~ On the 26th inst., at the Friends' Francis Lucas,; barrister, of , the Middle Templet Pf a ls . c b, eldest daughter of William Tindall, Esq., of P 'l' Surrey. ' iisto On the 26th inst., at Big] p gate Church, Jean B a p es Martel, of Boulogne-sur-Mer,°i(s,-Ann Carrion' John eta daughter of William Johnson, Esq Conmon Collocilwar Bishopsgate, City of London. • ' Meeting-house, r . co, /EN gll - D ter °I • On the 9th inst., at Islington , Jane, younger w—i' ' .the late Philip Chabot , Esq. d , • On the 16th inst., Mr. Moy Thomas, solicitor, age.,,-- 56Th • On the 17th inst., at Beaconsfield, Bucki, Mrs. r- ,l ° - 'Norris, widow of Mr. E. Norrii, srgeon. - o of On the 17th inst., at Brighton, u Franklin , youngest 6 Mr. Joseph Langridge, aged 29. e 1 joind er . On the 21st inst., at M - into-street, Edinburgh, —e,, iot/ Adam, aged 5 years ; and on the 24th inst.. Isabella neAto • aged 6, childr en of Lieutenant-Colonel llowden, the Army. On the 22a inst. , at B room Hall, near Sheffield, Mitt' the daughter of Samuel Newbt uld. E. On the 22u inst., in the Close of Salisbury, Mies P°r lllaan :rer On the 24th inst., in Welbeck-street, Cavendish -Ku- Mr. James Greening, aged 69. Adiall' On the 26th inst., at Carshaltoix, Surrey, Mary Atm ° ter of the late W. Charrington, Esq • —....""., London; Printed and Published by MUIILiO 'NS' ) ii4t ei No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Su* Office, bAStrddleand, in the 9AtblyPrecinct of the Savoy, in the sex, M, September 30,1844 k • that he assisted to place Mr. Newman in Taylorss funny, and asked him if there was any one else in the boar. Ile -L.'s all ri..rht, there was no one etie in the bolt but myself." lir. Newman did n 0 seem to witness intoxicated, nor, froin his manner. did it appear as if anyi.hing unusual had - taken , place. Witness dragg,:d the ricer with Taylor. - At tiiis point o:' the evidence tt.e Coroner suggfst ed an adj , ai - ntoent, hich %% as coLsented to by the Jur!' The inquiry was then adjourned to Tuesday morn' ing at ten o'e;,.c.k. Thy deceased i:as the niece o f M r . Bull, landlord of the Cat-and-Mutton, Cat-and • M utton-fields; wb..e re 'she assisted at the bar. The CORONER. directed Runnun, the, summenit i g officer, to u-e his utmost exertions to obtain - the thre e gentle:ll , Al who left in the boat, and of the gentle:rig' who .was accompirded by a lady and two children. f;'llL NE tv S.—(sATURDAY.) COVENT-GARBEN. b There sv.,s an inunexis supply- of Foreign - Fruit, , st i-c f as Al:rde , , Wzlmes, - sic., offering to-day ; while that both l'?ru:t and Vegetables of home produce was sg lift exteri,ive. 'Eke trade was not so b r i s k- as on . some Pr e. eed;ng, days, yet. prices were tolerably well OP: pried :-- Potatoes, from 3s Gd. to 5s Gd per cwt ; 000 d Is 6d to 2s 3d ; Turnips. 2s to 3s ; Carrots, 4s to GivO, Coleworts, or Greens, 25 Gd to 3s Gd per dozer' butirb e , s ' Onions for pickhog, 3s 6 I to 5s ; Cucumbers for 3s to 3s 6d ; Spinach, 6d to Is ; Cotnninn Plums, 11° 3s Gd ; Broad Beans, 9d 'to Is G 1 ; Apples and Frri 2s 3d to 4s ; and French Bea ns , i s 3d to - 2 s 3d per 135 ': sieve ; Pine Apples (English), 4a 6d to 7s 6d ; ()11 ;:, door English Grapes,. 4d to 8d ; Hoth ouse ditto, Gs ; and Filbe.rts, Gd to Is per lb ; Pine Apples tr ip reign and Colonial) Is to •3s6d ; and Melons. 2 ,,fi r 5s each ; Peaches and Nectarine s , 4s t o 12 s ; Bed 2s to 55 6,1 ; and Wnite ditto,- 8d to is 3°. Qet dozen ; CucumbCucumbers,eumbers, 21 to Gd brace ; Horse Badtlisi" 2s to Cs p..r ; Small Salad, 2d ; a n d Mushroot 9 ; 81 to Is p r pit:met ; Mulberries, 4d to 8d ,per P.07 t ;1; Enelish llazhaze Nuts, 4s to 5s per bushel ; Walnuts, 8d to is per 100 ; Brocoli, Is to 2s 3a r bundle. • LEADENPLAZU Of both Game and Veultry, the supplies offering '- day were sei.sonaoly good, while the demand -was steady' sin the following terms :—Fowls, 2s to 3s 6d ; Chick ens ' Is Gil to 2s ; Ducks, Is Gd to 2s 6d ; Hares, 2s to 2 6 'd Grouse, 24 to 3s ; Rabbits, 8d to is ; ,and . Pigeons , each. The primest Beef and Mutton were in detnlo w at very full prices. All other kinds of meat ruled bgag: —Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3 5 kr Lamb, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; a nd V g 2s 6d to 3s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. . • NEWPORT. ' • el We had only a limited supply of Meat on offering' t , to . the trade must be considered dull :—Beef, from 2s f" q; 35 6d ; Mutton, 24 8d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 3s 3d to 40 9 Veal, 3s 6d to 4s Gd ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Blbs 6 '; BILLINGSGATE. There have been full average supplies of Fish-P4j since our last report, and the trade may be coniklals tolerably steady. Salmon is selling es frow Bd_. per lb ; and Cud Fish. 2s to 8s each. - - WIEITECHAPEI • Prime meat was in fair demand, at fullylate,Oteli but otherwise the trade was inactive. Beef, from ts 45 to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 3s 8d t°.' , . 8d ; Veal, 3s Gd to 48 8d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Prihs: lIUNGMRPORD. 4lsl Although the supplies of most articles offering 1° is were rather on the increase, the general demist:l ' d ° steady, and previous rates were well supported. BREAD, , :4 1114 The prices of wheaten Bread in the Metropolis 4-0 from 7d to 7itl ; of household ditto, 50 to bid Per loaf. RIDE ~;(1 0 Raw hides at per sumo of 141b.—I3eSt iteetearral""' jP . 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; middling hide; 5s to 5s 4d , si tenor hides, 4s 6.1 to 4s 10d. Sh een and calf skiosbej per skin.—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s 6d ;_ long *to, sheep, 2s to 3s ; short ditto, 2s 8d to 2s 9d.; lamb - ." Is 6d to 2s 6.1 each. HAY MA K T 9.1/. 1 / 45; SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Bay, 3112 s to " Useful ditto, 41 6s to 4/ 18s 9 • fine Upland ditto, 5: ' 51 5s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 15s to 61 6s ; Oat Straw, 11AQf,ir it log ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s per load. • average supply, and a steady inquiry at full prices. iio . 9; CumnEuLAND.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 4 : 4 , t• Useful ditto, 41 12s to 5/ ; fine Uuland ditto , .51 7 - 0 5l 8s ; Clover [Jay, 41 10s to 6/; Oat Straw, 11 11,,g lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 lls to 1/ 13$ per load. '7 ll lll moderate, and trade rather active. Quotations stationary. WHITECHAPEL.-t-Coarse Meadow Hay,, 31 1 5 s to ti s p to ; Useful ditto, 41 6s to 41 18s ; fine Upland . ditto, 51 5s Clover Hay, 41 12s to 61 10s ; Oat 8s to 11 lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to II 12$ Per Trade throughout active at our quotations. itiDA t • _ i WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.--F o ven , The arrival of grain to this day's market is av e ancc of ingly small for the season of the year, and an 8 &len til con . 1 . f from Is. to 2s. per . quarter on new wheat wag s. wa ys :-,0 asked at the, opening of the market. T he , Or satnp:es of a few cargoes. near at hand, the o we as plied the demand, and prices closed about n ts a li ttle) last week. Barley nominal. In Beans, and c -a :,, t i, business done without alteration in v`iiinc . -... , ' -' bu OA Per qr. of 601 b. to the o:, FxriA• 4410 4 1 W neat Suftlilk, Easex. and Kent ft.d....... '4. 47 ,so !, Ditto ditto White... 52 , Norfolk Red ..... -- - 47 •„Z Ditto ditto White... - - 61 , 4, /, Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red....... . 46 V, Ditto ditto ..... -- White....— 50 4 ; i; VorksfP:e Red 46 4S ' e' 16 Ditto ditto White... 40 1 4 - 0 now.. , „,„„ tied — 4 8 46 A Ditto ditt0... . ........ White - Per quit t er P r r . Norfolk and Suffolk - .... il o Yorkelion and Lincolnshire —r" RS 51 Grinding -. .50 I. Foreig. - — 34 ~., ba it!, Par qr. , f 631 b. t? s '''sg Beane, Small fry ....... ....... ----- ....... .... -„a l Y, 11 0 Ticks ........ ....... ...... ...... . ................ - m i l. Foreign ......«.. —3 Oats, Potato a:.d Pola:.d ' __•r stos'p Meant,' ...... _ IPd to 12d , Fcrcign —d to --d• FL' i . bon' 5b011ing........... .......... ..... ........... .......r.. 25t. to 2 Gs. ...OL_l r J.so'„ Milt R merited.... ............ .............. 25% Os i'6l.oe. —.I. OS' ''" Barley, RAILWAY RETURNS. -0- RAILWAY TIIAFFIC.—The following are the Total ReeeiP ti g c h ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the d a t e to w,".. i stilw respective returns are made, together with the receipt) 0 03 ' • week in the previous year : Week ending Last week• NAME OF RAILWAY. 61 3,005 Tin i ttitlu,„ much profit tables, eXcee( advise those Th< last, t Many brougl form 2 pulled April, at Kin At for ad than a Pro , p( bridge that railwa3 The ready A la no app' next, u the off Drospci t on an v t . nim ' Rob'lit prietor early • sly, com p , also vi • 4 voidit light black 6 0s, brush ( °rim, succe; of F.op Who h, 'meta 811 0oti • th e Ditto Cashri An i n Si an , Ca s h, Ditto loth' s ingle „„ Ere Diem Frock The J. AS John Mich Robe Zda7/ The I Lieui Jame ENG' Bow real Tt Aorta by y, after ism Th Most end St N Starn: and Thor! Th and) castle saved Bradt coma SE 97! change Pany, 2,500, 4 ,000, Pany a Of 'rooter: Comps Der of Secret An 3)educ expi being bor. - ,; 1 113 d el t Dati ..__-_:::: rjr.i N. B tatlon rtl cam, Tw e , Cash'.