The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-02 00:00:00

j7Jittr Aad THE FUNDS-(C ()SING PRICES). BRITISH Baiik div. 201, 3 per Cent. Cons. ............ 991 3% per Cent. Red New 3 54 per Cent............. 101% New 5 per Cent................ Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1880 ..... 12 Oct 11% Jan. 1880.............. 12% Indian Stock. .... •••••••••••••••• •••• FOREIG Austrian, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent Brazilian Bonds 86% Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Chllisn, it per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 184, 5 per Cent...— — Mexican, 5 per Cent 34% Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct — Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct — Portuguete Bonds, 5 per Ct FUNDS. Ditto Bonds 90 pm. Ditto under £l,OOO 6B pm. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I)id - . Ditto 5001. Ditto 68 pm. Bank Stock for Acct — Consols for 100 India Stock for Acct — si FUNDS. Russian, 5 per Cent............ Ditto, Metallic Vanish, 5 per Cent., 1840... 22 7 s Ditto, 1842.......... ...... Ditto, 1843.....•..•.—.•..•..•• • Ditto, 1841 Ditto, 3 per Cent 354 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct — French, 5 per —r French, 3 per Cent...—. 811 5O . Exchange 251. 60, Dutch. 234 per Cent .. 62% Ditto,:s per Cent 99 SHARE& Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid)... ...... .... 105 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Caledonian (5 paid) Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Churnet Valley, 2 paid Eastern Counties (25 paid) Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent.,l/13s4d. paid,No. 1 % Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid 60% Ely and Bedford, 1 paid 1 17 Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid............ Hull and Selby, 50 paid 67 Kendal and Windermere, I% paid..- ......... Lancaster and Carlisle, 10 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) ....... ...... .. London and Greenwich (121. 15s. 4d. paid) ..... Diito, Preference or Privilege, .£lB 178 2d paid 22% London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) London and Croydon Ditto Guaranteed, 5 per Cent., 2 paid 2% London and York, 2% paid 3% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto, Half Shares, ::0 paid 47 Manchester and Birmingham Midland (100 paid) Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid North British, 5 paid Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid ll South Devon, 10 paid 12% South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) .....„ 42 Ditto New Shares, 4 paid Trc nt Valley, '2 paid B% York and North Midland (50 paid) lll3y Ditto Half Shares ('25 paid) Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid 75% Central of France, 2 paid 4l, (r Ditto Constituted 9% Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid ~......... ..... . Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, I paid .....„ Faris and Lyons, 2 paid ...... 3 saris and Orleans (20 paid) ... Paris and Rouen. 20 paid OXFORD, Nov. 1.--The Rev. W. Goodenough Penny, M.A., Student of Christ Church, and Perpe tual Curate of Ashendon, Bucks, has resigned his studentship, on conforming to the Roman Catholic faith. It is also announced, and the intelligence has produced a deep sensation, that the Rev. John Henry .Newman has intimated to the Rev. Mr. Williams, the late candidate fur the Poetry Professorship, the impossibility of his continuing a member of the Anglican Church. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—If Government be not positively im pervious to the lesions derived from well-ascertained and established facts, obtained by an investi ga ti on con.lucted by a Select Committee of the House of Commons which sat in the last session, the duties on tobacco must undergo an early revision, with a view to a material reduction of their present enormous amount. This course is not merely dictated by sound policy; it is demanded by stern necessity. The contraband trade has increased so steadily—it has acquired a system so perfect, and an extent so enormous, that its precautions against de tection bid defiance to the regulations of the Excise and the vigilance of the Coast-guard. The revenue is robbed to an enormous extent ; and the fair trader .. i s gt length, either reduced to the alternative of becon2ing a guilty participator in the illicit traffic, or he is involved in ruin, through in . ability to compete in the market with the .l o w: prices at which the smuggler can afford to supply the article. Within the present week, a tobacco and snuff-manufacturer (named Thomas) carrying on business in Ratcliff-highway, appeared at Lambeth-street Police-office to answer two infor mations, charging him with having on his premises 1733-lbs. of smuggled tobacco, which had been found by the Customs' officers on thesth and 7th ult. The truth of the charge was admitted by the de fendant, who stated, in excuse, in the first place, that the house in which he had resided and carried on business had been upwards of half a century in his family ; and that such was the competition in his business at present, through the means resorted to by smuggling and adulteration, that goods were sold for much less than they could be fairly manufactured for. He should, therefore, throw himself upon the consi deration of the Court. " Mr. Henry—Then, what you mean to say is, that you cannot carry on and live by your business without smuggling ? Defendant—Why, Sir, I did not say that exactly ; but I have said that there is so much smug gling and adulteration in the trade, that there is no get ting a living in a regular way." The man was convicted in penalties amounting to 1681. 18s. sd. lie also stands exposed to proceedings in another form, for having adulterated stuff in his possession, on which he will be liable to penalties amounting to 6001. Yet, notwithstanding the high amount of penalties on detection, and the vigilance of the Excise and Custom-house officers, it is estimated that from twenty to twenty-five mil lions of pounds of tobacco are annually smuggled into the United Kingdom—a larger quantity than finds its way into the market in the legitimate course of trade! The returns made to the Select Com mittee of the House of Commons to which we have alluded, show, that with a population which has doubled in numbers since the commencement of the present century, the consumption of tobacco on which the duty has been paid has not increased in a proportion approaching to that ratio. In the ten years, from 1808 to 1818, the consumption of duty-paid tobacco was 189,083,261 lbs. ; while from 1818 to 1828 it was only 172,706,368 lbs.—showing a decrease on the whole of that period of 16,376,893 lbs. The Committee remark, that the decrease was greater by 6,000,000 lbs. The obvious conclusion is, that this great decrease in the amount of duty-paid tobacco consumed was owing to the extensive smuggling, which supplied the deficiency. If the twenty-four years from 1820 to 1843 be referred to, it will be found that the average yearly quantity of tobacco paying duty was 19,916,893 lbs. This shows an increase only of 1,818,5671b5., compared with the ten years from 1808 to 1818. The evidence ap pended to the report displays a most instructive comment on the system of high duties. The nu merous ingenious schemes to which the smugglers have recourse to deceive the revenue officers, both afloat and ashore—the desperate risks they encounter —and the accurate calculations upon which they enter as to the chances of detection, and the number of " runs" which cover loss sustained by seizure—these matters were detailed to the Committee by witnesses who had themselves been actively engaged in smug gling, or had participated in the traffic, but who were indemnified by the Committee against the conse quences of their evidence. STANDARD.—The repeal faction in Ireland has been so utterly routed and disgraced by the proceed ings of her Majesty's Attorney-General in that king dom—let us never forget to whom we owe so great a service—that we should be ashamed to refer to their ignominious overthrow for any less purpose than to correct a serious error or to estab lish a useful principle in politics. Most of our readers will recollect that up to the commence ment of the State trials last year, it was the constant cry that Mr. O'Connell and his ac- Q ompliecs, priests and laymen, were not free a gen t s , that the people it was who urged them onward, and the inference was not very logically d rawn, that to deprive Mr. O'Connell of the power of controlling the people, by putting him into prison, must lead to civil war and anarchy. This rea soning, did not, however, prevail with the Right Hon. T. B. Smith ; he put Mr. O'Connell into gaol —the luminary was eclipsed behind the walls of the Richmond Bridewell ; but the threatened night of anarchy did not follow; Nox nulls seeuta est. On the other band, the obscuration of the portentous star was followed by the most peaceful, the most cheerful, and the most prosperous day in Irish his tory. True, he has been let back once mere into our system ; but, like other comets, he comes back shorn of his beams, and al most destitute of a tail, and no longer "with fear of change perplexing kings," or any body else— comes back, not merely to be comparatively quiet himself, but to cause the quietness of others. Now this very clearly proves the falsehood of the notion that Mr. O'Connell was not a free agent last year—demonstrates that it taxed all his energies and all his audacity to excite the sedition of which he w as represented as the passive instrument. The peopl e are the same people who collected at monster meetings, established arbitration courts, promised to meet in Queen's Parliament on with or without the College-green hear any thing of the se rrt zot pr ojects now ? writ. Why do not we people are afraid ? Because the eaters, could 1 hardly be because the puni-hment ofthe case, millions of reP hardly reach the m. e n r e s e , we for weoh&ard get how many millions, it is so lon g of them. No, it is in truth because Mr. sell is afraid, because he has had a shar p hint that it is not safe to challenge the Governmentp "go either to war with him or to law with hirn"—because Mr. 'l'. B. Smith has shown the danger of " hurling defiance at the Saxon" that the repeal movement, monster meetings, /I d all, are dead and gone. Now it is obvious that if the prudence or cowardice, call it which you will, of the one man, Mr. Daniel O'Connell, is sufficient to produce this sedative effect, Mr, Daniel O'Connell was the author and master, not the creature and servant, of the extinct sedition. So absolute and complete is still the man's power in his faction that he is able to control even the most violent, and what were believed the most enthusiastic, journals in that faction. Upon this subject we refer to the annexed extract from the Dublin Evening Packet, by which it will be seen that the Nation itself has been muzzled. There can be no doubt that, in the course of his treasonable progress, Mr. O'Connell may have felt something like an external pressure—just as the midnight summoner of cut-throats in Tipperary catches behind his ear some vibration of the blast which he blows into the crooked cow's horn, but still it is merely his own breath he feels, and when the breath ceases the discordant vibration from behind ceases also. Mr. O'Connell at Mallow " hurled defiance at the Saxon," with gesticula tions which are to be eternised in marble or in brass. Some of the poor savages about him shouted " lead us on against them." Foolish people inferred from this that the people were more forward for mischief than Mr. O'Connell. Now it was nothing of the kind. The whole was the in cendiary's own work. At the Mallow meeting he stood precisely in the position of the conjuror of the last century— " Katterfelto with his hair on end, At his own wonders wondering for his bread." Mr. Moore has said of his countrymen something like this— " Oh there never were men, if our leaders would let us, More form'd to be loyal and blessed than ours," and the truth of the proposition seems to be sup ported by the events of the last year. Now what is the useful principle that we would deduce from this ? That in all cases of popular disorder, the leaders are always the leaders in fact as wel l in appearance, and that they are the only fitting objects of punishment. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT OLDHAM. TWENTY-ONE PERSONS KILLED. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) It becomes our painful duty to record one of - the most extensively fatal catastrophes that has happened in this neighbourhood for many years past ;—one, indeed, more terrific in its nature, and more fatal and disastrous in its consequences, than anything that has occurred since a similar catastrophe at the fire proof factory of Mr. Nathan Gough, near Oldfield road, Salford, on Wednesday the 13th October, 1824, by which eighteen or nineteen persons lost their lives. This dreadful accident occurred on Thursday afternoon last, in a suburb of Oldham, named Lower House, Greenacre Moor, at the mills of Mr. Samuel Radcliffe and Sons, called the Lower House Mills. The firm, now consisting of Messrs. Josiah Radcliffe and Brothers, the four — sons of the deceased Mr. Sa muel Radcliffe, had recently built a new mill ad joining their old one, at one e n d ; an d about half-past three o'clock on Thursday afternoon, the whole of this new mill fell in with a tremendous crash, at a time when there were thirty two persons in it, of whom there is reason to fear that twenty-one have been killed, as the bodies of fourteen had been found and taken from the ruins up to noon yesterday, and seven others were missing. Of the remaining eleven, five were more or less hurt, of whom one is not expected to recover; and six escaped with little or no injury. The following, we believe, will be found a tolerably correct list of the different class of sufferers : KILLED. The bodies of the following were taken out of the ruins during Thursday afternoon and evening:- 1. Joseph Tweedale, of Lower House; a manager; aged 48 years; has left a widow and five surviving children ; two of his sons being killed at the same time. 2. Robert Tweedale, of Lower House, a son of No. ; a twister; aged 17 years. Q. James Tweedale, of Lower House, a brother of No. 2; a reacher or assistant in drawing-in; aged 12 years. 4. William Mannock, of Dirtcar-lane, one of the hands, an assistant or reacher-in, aged 12 years. 5. Susannah Wright, of High-street-hill, a twister, aged 40 years; has left a widower and five children. 6. Edmund Wimpenny, of Fouleach, a twister, aged 50 ; has left a widow and a large grown-up family. 7. Ann Buckley, of North Moor, a twister, aged 22 years. She was the daughter of Joseph Buckley, a blacksmith, and was unmarried. _ . 8. John Kershaw, of Bath Bank ; a drawer; aged 26 years ; has left a widow and one child. His brother James is amongst the missing. 9. Ann Ogden, of Fouleach ; a twister, aged 25 years ; unmarried. 10. George Taylor, of Lower House ; a fly dealer and also apparitor at St. James's church, Greenacres Moor; aged 63 years. He did not work at the mill, but was coming to fetch a key from his wife to get into his hoase. He has left a widow, who is hurt ; and his neice, Hussey, is killed. 11. Daniel Dunkerley, of North Moor, or May gate-lane ; a beam carrier and jobber for dressers ; aged 35 years; has left a widow and a large family of small children. 12. William or Robert Butterworth, of Green acres Moor; a weaver ; aged 24 years; has left a widow. The following persons were found yesterday morn ing and forenoon : . . 13. James Ridgway, of Lower House, assistant in twisting or drawing-in ; aged 16 years. 14. Mary Ann Hussey, of Lower House, twister; aged 28 years. She was unmarried, and the niece of Taylor (No. 10), with whom (and his wife, Han nan Taylor, who is numbered amongst those hurt) she resided. MISSING.-SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED. 15. Ann Hulme, of Henshaw-street, Priest Hill ; a twister ; 26 years of age ; has left a widower (Ralph Huline, a power-loom jobber) and one child. 16. Hannah Slater, Rhodes Field; a twister; aged 26 years • has left a widower and two children. 17. Elizabet h Smethurst, of North Moor; a twister; aged 26 years; unmarried, but she has left a child. 18. James Kershaw, of Lower Moor (brother of 'No. 8); a drawer- in ; aged. 30 years; has left a widow and four children. 19. William Whitehead, of Lower House or Fou. leach; an engineer; aged 25 years; unmarried. 20. Sarah Watmough, of Lower House; a twister aged 26 years; has left a widower and three children 21. Ann. Ashton, of Priest-hill ; age not ascer. tained ; unmarried, and a sister to John Ashton, shoe maker. It would thus appear, that at the time our re porter left, about one o'clock yesterday, there were, besides the fourteen persons known to be killed, and whose hodies had been found, seven others missing, being, in all probability, under the ruins, and doubtless all dead, viz., two men and seven females ; so that the total number of persons who have lost their lives by this dreadful accident may be stated to be twenty-one persons; twelve males and nine females; of whom sixteen were upwards of twenty years of age. Most of the bodies were fright fully crushed and mangled. MAIMED AND OTHERWISE HURT. Hannah Taylor; lived on the premises; a twister; about sixty years of age; she received a compound fracture of the leg, and is otherwise very much hurt; it was apprehended that her shoulder was dislocated. she mas the wife of No. 10, who is killed. Betty Dearden, of Lower- house ; aged 40 years ; a twister. She was got out about six o'clock on Thursday evening, very much scalded and bruised; she was taken from the top of the boiler. She is married, and has several children. William Mills, of Pipe Row, or North Moor; a bi icklayer. He has received several cuts on the head, and was on the roof when the building fell. Mrs. Rayner, of Lower House; wife of the carter; so much hurt hat she is not likely to recover; she was going past the stables when the accident oc curred. Joseph Travis, of North Moor; bricklayer; said to be maimed. 'John Lee; of the Star Inn, Saddleworth, plasterer, who was running out at the time ; cut in several places, and much bruised about the head, neck, and lack. He is a brother of Thomas Lees, plasterer, who had a narrow escape from the sixth story. Thomas Mellor, Higginshaw-lane, or Greenacres Moor, a bricklayer; slightly hurt. ESCAPED WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURY. Joseph Mellor, of Dirt Car-lane, one of the en gineers; he was got out a few minutes after the accident. Robert Brierly, cf Greenacres Moor, a painter ; his brush was struck from his hand by some of the falling material. John Rushworth, a painter. Thomas Lees, of the Star Inn, Saddleworth, plasterer. John and Thomas Whitehead (brothers), of Man e} ester- street, nEllwrights. Thomas Win ile, millwright. James Whitworth, a stoker, who had a narrow escape. He was mending the fire under the boilers, in the fire-hole, below the ground-floor of the new mill. Hearing a tremendous crash and fall above him, he crept along the fire-hole, which is arched under the yard, and in this way escaped unhurt. It would be a vain attempt to endeavour to depict the scene which ensued on the fall of the mill. The hands in the old mill, about eight hundred in number, quitted it immediately, and commenced working with the greatest energy, to remove the mass of building materials, and iron beams, pillars, &c., in order to rescu e any of the sufferers who might still sur vived. On e or two were thus rescued more or less hurt, and several bodies were also found; and, during the afternoon and evening, twelve bodies were taken from the ruins. On the first alarm, which, as may be expected, spread rapidly throughout Oldham, hun dreds of anxious relatives, chiefly women, might be seen hurrying towards the premises, in order to ascer tain if their relatives were amongst the sufferers. Several surgeons of the neighbourhood were promptly on the spot, and rendered every assist ance in their power. Amongst those mentioned as being first, were Messrs. John Henshaw, Wilkin son, Enoch, Dunkerley, Rowntree, and Fawcett. They inspected several of the bodies as they were discovered, and pronounced that life was totally ex tinct. They also examined several of the living suf ferers, applied dressings to their injuries, and gave directions as to their being conveyed home. We understand that a subscription has been com menced already for the bereaved families, and also for the living sufferers; and the authorities of Old ham have convened a public meeting for this, Saturday evening, to promote this object. We understand that there is some intention to propose the transfer to this fund, of a considerable sum, report says 4001., the balance of a subscription some years ago, for the suf ferers by the destruction of the Union Mill by fire. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 1.) MOLASSEEL-West India are held with firmness, and the market is not largely supplied : a parcel of good Antigua has been sold at 24s per cwt. East India cannot be purchased upon lower terms, but there is at present not much demand : one cask of Madras in bond at public sale was taken in at 7s 6d, and 17 hhds of Ben gal Treacle at 21s per cwt, duty paid. RICE.-For Java less demand has prevailed this week, and former rates are barely supported. Middling white rather broken at lOs to lOs 6d, good middling ditto lOs 6d to 11s, and good bold 12s 6d ; sea damaged how ever all sold at 6s 6d to 9s 6d, ditto and repacked 5s to 9s 6d per cwt. Madras, of 600 bags at auction a part only sold at 9s 6d to lOs for mid white rather dusty and broken, 9s to 9s 6d for low ditto, and 5s to 8s 6d per cwt for sea damaged. Bengal mid and good white at lis to 12s per cwt. Cleaned Rice at 23s to 27s for Carolina, and 13s 6d to 18s per cwt for Patna. TEA.-Importers have manifested firmness this week, and none has been submitted to public competition. For common sorts of Congou there has been a brisk demand from speculators. Common has been selling at 10d to 101 d, good common lOid to 104 d, but middling coarse ltd to Hid, but middling and middling blackish leaf is to Is 2d, good is 2id to ls 4d, fine Is 6d to is Bd, Pekoe flavour is 9d to 2s 4d, choice, andkich 2s 'sd to 2s 6d per lb. Pouchong at Sid to 9Lfl Souchong' some parcels have been dis posed of aefullzates.slmperial 2s 9d,to 3s 3d. Gunpowder at 3s 3d tola6d. 4:ln Dyson large purchases have been made and pricesorscstilt advancing, common selling at 2s 6d tols,Bd, and micl'26k9d to.3s.'A better demand has existed foraoung'llykons), and" buyers are compelled to pay high prices, owingto the scanty supply, faint has been selling -at %.'to l .2s 2d, andfother sorts at 2s 4d to 3s 3d: Scentedi k Orange Pekoeaat 3s 4d to 34 sd. Twankay yellow leaf has beerfrselling atils lid to is 2d, for the better sorts there are still severql buyers at.,fully former rates, Hyson kinds fetching Is 911 td 2s sd, and brightish leaf is 3d to Is 8114 The parcel` ofsCapeedisposed of show an,advance on. former rates of id -to Id per lb. The demand increasest for Flowety and Plain Orange Pekoe, but-at'present,no advance h'i's been obtained in prices. To lay several parcels of Tea t werVisposed of at stiffer rates ; the closing prices of common Congou were 101c1 to lOid, and Twankay ordinary at is lid to is 2d.per lb. SPICES.-This afternoon ,at public sale 8 casks of limedsNutmegs,twere offered ; and solitat 3s to 3s_2d; and one lot from Sydney 2s 9d 'per lb ;+.4 6asks.l27 bags Cloves all taken in at is 5d for dark Amboyna t 'and 10d to lOid for bright Bourbon.; 2 casks low Dutch Mace 2s 8d ; 280 bags E. LiGinger partly sold-yala bar ortt, at' 20s, mid' 37s * to• '4ls, and sea.damaged 27s to 39s percwt ; 174 bags Nutmegs in,,the . she4taken'in at le6d per lb. White l Pepper'..wascmore inZaemand, and 50 bags at publictsale all sold at full prices -mid at 5d to 5*(1410w mid 4111 to 4id, and sea &am 4/d per lb. A good demariccforf Cassia Lignea, good ord :coarse 1 to lilb bundles went at 51s to 52s 6d,ilow mid 's3s 6d, mid 56s 6d to . 57s 6d, good mid rather thin quill'sBs 6d, fine thin quili l / 4 6446d, ,, 5ea damaged 475, half bundles ditto 52s 6d„chests-broken 48s 6d to 493, broken ends 53s 6d,broken 495. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There has been only a limited business transacted itz Jamaica Rum this week. Although the market is welKsupplied:still mer ch ants 4 will4no tosubmiV to lower rate ,and havellobtained 3s 104Pt0,55, 6d4for smallaparcels 30eto 36 per'cent.O P. Leewardsaare he s iowith-firmnessjand at - 2s 4id to 2s , 5d per gallon proof ; a fair business has been transacted; De int rara small parcels at i 3.3c1,,t0" 3s 6d for strong qualities. Calcutta Rum at 2s 3d protf with certificate. The arri vals of all sorts of Rum keep small, whereas - the delive riew are large. The stock - of West India is 2,900, and of East , 'lndia 2,400 cask#lesst than it was last year at this period. The demand hasincreased for Brandy this week; Cognac,Thest brands of tht vintage of 1838, hhds 5s Id, puns 4s lld ; 1839, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; 1840, 'Ads 4s 10d, puns( 4s 8d ; 1841, hhds 4s 9d, puns 4s 7d ; 1842, hhds 4,6 d, puns,4s'4d ; low 2s lld to 3s 3d, and mid to'good mid 3s 4d.t0'35 10d per gallon. For Geneva there are fe - wfshipping.orders ,• ls 9d to is 10d is the value of expiiitt sort; and 2s 6d to 3s 6d for fine fit fon-duty. The price of tnglish Corn Spirits has declined 2d •, it is no/.,10s 2clsPer gallon cash. FRUIT.-No new Valentias have arrived, and all the new Turkey Pulled Figs and Sultanas ate sold, and delivered, and at present much sought after. Currants, old-Trieste 393 to 40s, old Cephalonia and Zante 41s to 425, old Patras 40s to 455, new Patras 48s to 50s; at the latter prices sales have been made to-day : for old Mus catels there has been a good demand. CocnINEAL.-Importers are still anxious sellers owing to the continued large arrivals, and a further decline in prices of Id per lb has taken place ; buyers have operated with caution and of 157 bags Honduras at public sale only two-thirds sold at 4s 2d to 4s 6d per lb for low to good bold silvers. SALTPETRE.-This afternoon the market was better supplied with rough, and buyers wero less inclined to do business: at public sale 224 bags of Madras, and 1,002 bags of Calcutta were offered, a part only found purchasers at a decline on former rates of 6d for the better, and 6d to is per cwt for low and mid qualities. Madras 61 per cent refraction, fine white sold at 255, damaged 20s 6d to 21s; Calcutta, common sound grey 17 per cent refrac tion 235, good but inferior colour 6 per cent 265, fine white 8} per cent 25s 6d to 265, and unrefracted 22s ; Madras 6 ; } per cent fine grey was taken in at 25s per cwt. Irirdoo.-To- day there was less business doing in East India Indigo in consequence of the accounts being highly favourable for the crop ; the general estimates are , 140,000 to 150,000 ; some parties estimate it as high as 160,000 maunds; half the crop had been secured in ex cellent condition. OlLS.—There has been a large demand for Linseed Oil this week at 23s 6d to 23s 9d per cwt on the spot, and for forward delivery many purchases have been made at similar rates ; the market is still well supplied with Oil. Rape is not much wanted, and there are sellers at 35s 6d to 36s for pale, and 34s Gd to 35s for brown. For Cocoa Nut Oil 27s to 29s 6d per cwt is the value. Palm 26s to 275. In Olive Oil there has been a good business transacted—Gallipoli at 441 to 441105, Spanish 411 to 431, and Barbary, &c. 401 to 401 lOs per tun. For common sorts of Fish Oils there are very few export orders, and the demand has been limited from the home trade : holders have experienced difficulty in ob taining 351 to 3515 s for pale Seal, 33/ for Cod, and 27/ to 32/10s per tun for low to fine Southern. The stock of Seal Oil is not above half of what it was last year at this period. In Southern there is little difference ; arrivals of Cod are near at hand. With Sperm 881 to 901 per tun is the value of fine British. TALLOW—lmporters of Russian have been more inclined to realise this week, in consequence of there having been large arrivals, and accepted prices 3d to 6d per cwt under those previously quoted. On the spot, however, there has been a good business trans acted, at 408 3d to 40s 6d for old, and at 40s 9d to 41s per cwt for new Petersburgh yellow candle; at these moderate rates some of the trade are inclined to get well into stock. This afternoon at public sale 193 packages New South Wales Tallow were sold at 39s to 39s 6d, and 321 packages South American at 38s to 39s 6d per cwt. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 17s ; Buddle's West Hartley, 18s ; Davison's West Hartley, 18s ; Hasting's West Hartley, 18s ; Hebburn Main, 19s 9d ; Holy well Main, 19s ; Morrison's Hartley, 16s ; New Tanfield, 15s 6d ' • Ord's Redheugh, 16s ; Old Tanfield, 15s 6d ; Pontop Winser, 16s ; Ra vensworth's West Hartley, 17s 6d ; Shipcote Un screened, 14s ; Tanfield Moor, 18s 9d ; Tounley, 17s 6d • West Wylam, 17s 3d ; Wylam, 17s ; W. E., Bewicke and Co., 22s ; W. E., Clark and Co., 18s 6d ; W. E., Clennell, 18s 6d ; W. E., Wilde, 21s 6d ; W. E., Killingwitb, 2153 d ; W. E, Neumasb, 19s 9d ; W. E., Wharncliffe, 21s 6d ; W. E., Braddyll's Hetton, 24s 3d ; W. E., Lambton. -24 s 3d ; W. E., Pemberton, 21s 6d ; W. E., Russell's Hetton, 23s 6d ; W. E., Rich mond, 22s ; W. E., Shotten, 23s 9d ; W. E., Sunder land, 21s ; W. E., Healdon, 2ls 6d ; IV. E., Hugh Hall, 22s 6d ; W. E., Sharp's Tanfield, 15s 9d ; W. E., Adelaide, 23s 9d; W. E., Barrett, 21s 6d ; W. E., Hunwick, 19s ; W. E., Richardson's T e es, 2 0s 6d ; W. E., South Durham, 21s 6d ; W. E., Tees, 23s ; W. E., Hetton, 20s ; IV. E. West Tees, 20s 6d ; Ing ham Flacton, 20s ; Levis Merthyr, 21s ; Sidn e y' s Hartley, 17s ; West Hartley Netherton, 18s ;W. E., Devonshire, 21s 61—Ships arrived, 14. COURSE OF EXCHA. A msterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 N GE.—( YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice .... Naples 39i Palermo, per oz llB Lisbon 55 Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia -- PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 gi Silver in Bars 0 4 11# Rotterdam 2U. 12 6, Antwerp 25 95 llamburgh M.B. 13 13 Altona l3 73 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles 25 95 Bourdeaus 25 95 Frankfort on Maine l2l Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. fi. 3 M 953 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Saville Contrary to the general apprehension in the early part of the season, potatous have turned out a very abun dant crop in the county Tipperary. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Farringdon Wan tage. Barnes and Mk dley. £8,877 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, Oct. 31,1844. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM CHANDLER, chemist, Minories, surrender Nov. 12 and Dec. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry; Shearman and Slater, Great Tower-street. THOMAS GOLDSWORTHY, merchant, Old Broad street, City, Nov. 13 and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street ; Lawrance and Co., Bucklersbury. WILLIAM BROOKE, beerseller, Snow-hill, Nov. 12, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers; Wood and Blake, Falcon-street, Aldersgate street. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON and LEWIS HENRY FOLGER, cabinet makers, High-street, Shoreditch, Nov. 13, at three, and Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Harrison, Walbrook. ROBERT OWEN, provision dealer, Manchester, Nov. 15, and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Faulk ner, Gregory, and Bourdillon, Bedford-row, London ; Cooper, Manchester. CHARLES PITT, victualler, Bristol, Nov. 12, at one, and Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Watts, Bristol. WILLIAM BARRETT BRIDDICK, iron dealer, Durham, Nov. 13, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 16, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wak ley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hartley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, London ; Brignal, Durham. INSOLVENT PETITIONS. M. Milton, horse dealer, Somerset-street, Oxford street, Nov. 15, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. W. Keinch, dealer in calves, Whitchurch, Bucking hamshire, Nov. 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. M. H. Willock, Pulteney-street, Golden-square, Nov. 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. D. V. M'Dermott, gentleman's serTant, Lodge-road, Regent's-park, Nov. 15, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. E. R. Lancaster, dramatic author, Three Falcons court, Fleet -street, Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. G. Russell, mason, New Sleaford, Lincolnshire, Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. S. Brewer, innkeeper, Falmouth, Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee. J. Webster, farmer, Salton Cheney, Leicestershire, Nov. 20, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. R. Appleton, warehouseman, Manchester, Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. B. Scholefield, clothier, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, offi cial assignee. R. Chadwick, shopkeeper, Tideswell, Derbyshire, Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Frazer, official assignee. J. Wilson, cabinet maker, Morpeth, Northumberland, Nov. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee.: G. G. Atkinson, cabinet maker, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, Nov. 19, at half-past one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee. G. Taylor, farmer, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynas ton, official assignee. J. Page, coal dealer, Littleworth, Gloucestershire, Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hut ton, official assignee. D. Wood, cabinet maker, Cheltenham, Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official as- signee. W. P. Morris, dealer in wines, Bristol, Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. J. Hawarden, clerk, Charterhouse Hinton, Somerset shire, Nov. 19, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee. T. P. Sperling, blacksmith, Binegar, Somersetshire, Nov. 19, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Mil ler, official assignee. T. Hill, schoolmaster, Gloucester, Nov. 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NO'YEMBER 2 1844. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 1, 1844. It is hereby notified, that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty- have received a dispatch, dated the 2d of October, 1844, from Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., Vice- Admiral of the White, and Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's vessels on the North American and West India station, and the seas adjacent, announcing that the blockade, imposed on the 30t1i of March last on the port of San Juan de Nicaragua, was no longer in force. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 30. The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint the Right lion. Edward Earl of Ellenborough to be a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Colonel James Dennis, of the 3d Regiment of Foot, with local rank of Major-General in India, and Colonel Thomas Valiant, of the 40th Regiment of Foot, with local rank of Major-General in India, Companions of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be Knights Commanders of the said Order. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint the following officers in the service of the East India Com pany, vz., Lieut.-Colonel !Edward James Smith, of the Bengal Engineers, and Lieutenant-Colonel John Gavin Drummond, of the Bengal Native Infantry, to be Com panions of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 1. 7th Foot—Lieut. S. R. Woulfe, from the 3d Foot, to be L eutenant, vice G. C. Urmston, who retires on half pay of the 3d Foot, Nov. 1. 66th Foot—Captain C. B. Caldwell, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice A. Mainwaring, who exchanges, Nov. 1. 80th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon M. W. Murphy, from the 33d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Tardrew, appointed to the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, Nov. 1. 2d West India Regiment—Lieut. J. E. Boggis to be Captain, without purchase, vice Pack, deceased ; Ensign A. Macpherson to be Lieutenant, vice Boggis, July 26 ; G. J. Ivey, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Macpherson, Nov. 1. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant W. St. Leger Angelo to be Captain, without purchase, vice Raining, deceased ; Ensign W. Rogers to be Lieutenant, vice An gelo, July 25 ; F. Brydon, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rogers, Nov. 1. BREVET.—Captain C. Campbell, of the 39th Foot, to be Major in the Army ; Captain F. E. Manning, of the 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to be Major in the Army of the East Indies, Nov. 1. MEMORANDUM.—The exchange between Lieutenant J. Le Merchant Carey, of the 34th Foot, and Lieutenant Sir T. Erskine, Bart. of the 71st Foot, as stated iu the Gazette of the 20th Aug. has been cancelled. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 31. Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieut. T. C. C. Moore to be Captain, vice Captain I'. Waters, re tired on full-pay ; Second Lieut. S. B. Ellis to be First Lieut., vice Moore, promoted. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. G. F. Young, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Oct. 22. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire. D. Scott, Esq.; to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 8 ; J. Silver, Esq., to be ditto, Oct. 19. Supplement to an Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in Eng land and Wales, in Circulation during the Week end ing Saturday, the 19th day of October, 1844. The under-mentioned Parties having omitted to transmit their Amount in proper time. PRIVATE BANK. Name, Title, and Principal Place of Issue. lAverage Amount. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. S. E. Welldon, butcher, Cambridge, Nov. 26, at half past eleven-4. Harley, plumber, Woburn, Bedfordshire, Nov. 22, at twelve—J. E. Bunker, merchant, Lower Shadwell, Nov. 22, at eleven—J. F. Sporer, tailor, St. James's-street, Piccadilly, Nov. 26, at half-past two—F. Sharman, shoe factor, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, Nov. 26, at two—S. Southey, cabinet manufacturer, South street, Finsbury-market, Nov. 26, at three —W. Brown, auctioneer, Rickmans w orth, H e rtfordshire, Nov. 22 , at twelve—J. Crambrook, d ra p er , Deal, Nov. 2 2 , at one— hAa.if-pCroassstfietlwde,lscrivener, E W . hiptercah3a,,pelgr-road,, Ileathfield, Nov. 22, at Sussex, Nov. 22, at two—R. Cross, saddler, Jermyn street, St. James's, Nov. 22, at half-past one— J. Groom bridge, licensed victualler, Abbey-street, Bermondsey, Nov. 22, at half-past two—J. Green, merchant, Great Winchester-street, Nov. 22, at three. In the Country. J. Jones, bookseller, Stafford, Nov. 27, at eleven at the Birmingham District Court—J. Parker, corn miller, Hull, Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court-- S. Appleyard, stuff merchant, Manchester, Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—G. D. Thomas, grocer, Wem, Shropshire, Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—W. Webb, hotel keeper, Leamington, Warwickshire, Nov. 25, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Perry, retail brewer, Birmingham, Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. H. Rodd, commission agent, Great Newport - street, Long-acre, Nov. 22—F. C. Hopkins, commission agent, Tottenham-court-road, Nov. 22—A. Tregear and T. C. Leis is, pianoforte sellers, Cheapside, Nov. 22-11. Clarke, builder, Sheffield, Nov. 25 —T. Sedgwick, grocer, Leeds, Nov. 25—N. Roskell, merchant, Liver pool, Nov. 23—T. Kemp and R. Davies, builders, Bir mingham, Nov. 23—T. Ashley, builder, Lyonshall, Herefordshire, Nov. 22—J. Holdroyd, farmer, North moor, Northumberl an d, N ov. 22—T. Griffiths, tailor, Stoke-upon-Trent, St a ff or d s hi re , Nov. 22—R. Williams, butter dealer, Bristol, Nov. 22-11. J. Dixon, carpet manufacturer, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Nov. 22 J. Todd. jun., ironmonger, Bury-street, Bloomsbury, Nov. 22. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Ayre, jun., and J. Saxelbye, attorneys, Hull—W. Jones, R. D. Hughes, and G. Jones, slate merchants, Pimlico (so far as regards W. Jones)—S. Adlain and G. Gregory, plumbers, Devizes—J. Brooks, Jun; and M. Williams ' bell-hangers, Birmingha m —T. J ones an d J. Davies, drapers, Chester—S. L. Samuels and J. Engel, umbrella manufacturers, Little Alie-street, Goodman's-fields 11. Lea and J. Wells, machine makers, Bradford, Yorkshire—W. and H. Jupp, corn merchants, Old Brentford—H. Combe, J. Delafield, and W. Delafield, Castle-street, Long-acre (so far as regards W. Delafield and J. Ward, as executors toJ. Delefield)— W. J. Vernon and W. R. King. type founders, Newcas tle-street, Strand—E. Forster, E. Forster, jun., and.J. Forster, grocers, Colchester (so far as regards J. Forster)—M. Ford and M. Tyler, shopkeepers, Wiclewar, Gloucestershire—W. Tarbotton, R. Tarbotton, and J. C. Tarbotton, curriers, Hull (so far as regards J. C. Tar botton)—T. Colven and J. Smith, bricklayers, Counter street, Borough—E. G. Bray, T. G. Bray, and A. G. Bray, masons, Petertavy, Devonshire—B. Palmer and B. Adams, ironforgers, Birmingham—J. W. and R. J. Ryder, pawnbrokers, Devonport—G. Henderson and W. Hole, drapers, Totnes, Devonshire—E. Neal, T. Neal, and J. Neal, wine merchants, Tonbridge-wells (so far as regards E. Neal)—W. Lacomber and J. Thyer, cabinet makers, Manchester—G. Topham and M. A. Jones, straw hat manufacturers, St. Alban's—Jh. and Js. Uns worth, farmers, Pemberton, Lancashire—H. Cowie and J. P. Hall, jun., ship brokers, Liverpool—H. Pinhorn and J. Strachan, tailors, Southampton—J. Merson and T. Wright, jun., linendrapers, St. Helen's, Lancashire —R. V. Moyse and G. Cork, cattle salesmen, West Smithfield—T. Cornfield and F. Rodbard, schoolmasters, Dorking—J. W. C. Walker and T. Martin, attorneys at-law, Southampton. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. JOHN GRAHAME, wine merchant, Edinburgh, Nov. 6 and Dec. 2, at twelve, at the chambers of R. Deuchar, Edinburgh. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Oct. 29, 1844, is 31s. lid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Francis Patrick 11PDerinot, one of the City police men, was brought before Sir John Pirie upon the charge of having been the confederate of a thief in robbing a gentleman. Mr. Timothy Jones, of No. 8, Racquet-eourt, Fleet-street, stated that on Monday last, at about half-past eleven o'clock at night, he went into the Burton Coffee-house, in Cheapside. He was cer tainly excited at the time, and a man, who appeared to be a Jew, asked him to drink. As witness was leaving the place, the person who asked him to drink was waiting for him, and struck him. The blow was repeated, and the assailant followed witness and con tinued his violent conduct. Witness missed his watch, and his stick was also lost in the scuffle which took place. Witness went to the defendant, and pointing to the person who had acted so outrageously, requested him to take the offender into custody. The defendant refused to take the man into custody, and witness then said he was determined to go to the station-house and report the case. He accordingly reported the case at the station-house, and the defendant was sent for, but there was some difficulty in finding him, and indeed he was not found at all ; but when witness was going to the station-house he saw the person who had as saulted and robbed him and the defendant speaking together, and a woman was following them. Sir JOHN PIRIE —Had you been drinking? Wit ness replied that he had been drinking, but he knew what he had been about. The stick produced and the knob to it was his property. Inspector Waller stated, that at six o'clock in the morning of the night of the robbery he was on duty at the Bow-lane station, and, in consequence of information which he had received, he called the de fendant into his room, and asked him if he had heard about the robbery. The defendant said he did know of it. Witness said to him, "Do you know anything about the stick the gentleman had ?" He replied that he did, and that it must be there. Witness said it could not be there, as the thief had not been there; and then the stick dropped from his clothes, and he went into another room to be searched, and the knob of the stick was found upon him. Henry John Teague, policeman No. 402, stated that he requested the defendant to produce the pro perty, and the defendant went into another room with him, and pretended to feel about; he lifted up his trousers, and pulled it out of his boot. David Smith, policeman No. 482, stated that about half-past one o'clock he saw the defendant talking to a prostitute, and he afterwards saw her give him the stick, and the defendant gave him (witness) the stick. Witness sent the female away because the defendant said she was a prostitute. As soon as she went away witness saw defendant screw off the knob and put it in his pocket, and the defendant offered him the stick to take home to his children without the knob, and witness refused it. Sir JOHN Plain asked the prosecutor whether he had any doubt upon his mind that he pointed out the person who had robbed him to the defendant, and that the defendant had refused to take that party into cus tody ?—Mr. Jones said there was not the least doubt of the correctness of both statements. He distinctly saw the man who bad robbed him and the defendant walking together, and in conversation, towards the Post- office. Sir Joust PIRIE—WeII, defendant, what have you to say in answer to this charge ? Defendant —Well, Sir, I allow I acted wrong. I know it was all wrong, but I had been out and drink ing a great deal, and I didn't know what I was about. The fact is, I thought it was a mere row the gentle man got into, and I thought it would be better for him to go home and drop it. I know I have acted against the regulations of the force, but I was tipsy, and I am willing to give my own watch to the com plainant in the place of the one he lost. Sir J. PIRIE—Your conduct has been most atro cious, but I regret to say there is not evidence enough to justify me in sending yeu to the Old Bailey. That you have been a confederate to the robbery I have not the slightest doubt. The defendant—l know it was all bad—all wrong, my Lord ; but I was tipsy, I assure you. Sir J. PIRIE—You must go to Bridewell, as a rogue and vagabond, for a month, and of course you will have nothing more to do with the police. The defendant was then committed to Bridewell. WORSHIP-STREET. William Bear, a schoolmaster, in Brick-lane, Spi talfields, was charged with having most cruelly treated one of his pupils, a little boy, nine years of age, named Crowe. The substance of the little fellow's evidence (which, from his extreme youth, was naturally rather imper fect) was, that while cleaning his slate with his hand in the school-room, on Thursday week, the master, without uttering a word of remonstrance, came be hind him and cut him a great number of times across the head and ears with a thick cane. On the next day, in consequence of his having soiled his own brother's book, the defendant kept him in until all the rest of the scholars had left the school but three of them, whom the defendant ordered to stop for the purpose, and then almost stripped the child, and whilst the three boys held him to prevent his making any resistance, beat him very severely all over his back with four canes tied together so as to resemble a rod. He complained of suffering great pain from the in fliction of the punishment, and, his person still exhi bited traces of the extreme violence that had been exercised towards him. The child's father (Police-constable 70 stated, that on coming off duty, at ten o'clock on the night of Thursday week, he heard the child, who was in bed, breathing very hard and groaning loudly, in consequence of which he examined him, and was ac quainted with the treatment he had received from his master. Pulling down the bedclothes, he found the whole of the child's back, from the shoulders to the feet, so shockingly scarified that it resembled a piece of raw meat, the canes having completely cut into the flesh. His wife urged him to take summary re taliation upon the master, but he resolved, instead, upon bringing him to this Court ; and it being at that time very late, and having to go on duty again early the next morning, he saw nothing more of the child until he returned home the next (Friday) night, at nine o'clock. On entering the room he found the child's face and neck completely covered with blood, owing, as he said, to the violent usage he had again sustained from his master; and on examining his person he found that one of his ears had been nearly cut through, and that there were several other ter rible cuts about his head and face.- The injuries were so severe, that witness was obliged to seek the assist ance of a medical person, who prescribed lotions ; but although these were applied, the child continued very restless, and could not sleep for three continu ous nights. The defendant gave the child a very bad character, said he had smeared his own and another boy's books (as defendant thought) intentionally, and he con sidered that he was only doing his parents a service by correcting him. He was not aware that he had cut the boy in the 4 back in the manner described, and declared that it must have been accidental, while the child was trying to screen himself from the other blows. On the second occasion he made the other boys hold him to prevent the child's kicking them, and that punishment was inflicted with a rod, is the usual way, and not with the four canes, as the child stated. He concluded Nsith an appeal to the magis trate, saying that he was a married man himself, and had children of his own. To contradict the defendant's statement, Mr. Bryer, an officer of the Court, and Fitzgerald, one of the warrant officers, were examined ; the former said the boy was cut all over his hack, from the shoulders to the loins, and that a great deal more violence had been used than was at all propel- for so young a child. 'he latter stated that the father of the child had stripped him for his inspection in one of the cells attached to the Court, and that he found the child " scored, from the bladehone all down the thighs," The injuries had certainly been inflicted with canes. and .....,11/Ir. - -11 '''';iighton, wh o sa t and not with a rod; when the-s against the defendant was applied for, and who witnessed the state of the child, had ordered him to attend beore Mr. Bingham and give evidence. Mr. BINGHAM said, that considerable latitude must necessarily be allowed to schoolmasters in the in fliction of chastisement on obdurate or contrary pupils, but in this instance he was clearly of opinion that the defendant had gone much beyond the mark. He was very strongly inclined to send the defendant to the sessions to answer the charge • but as the father of the child was i n somewhat needy circum stances, the justice of the case would perhaps best be met by permitting a compromise, and preventing the expense of further proceedings elsewhere. He should therefore allow him to step out of Court with the father, but in the event of the parties not coming to a satisfactory adjustment he should send the case to the sessions. The parties retired, and in a short time returned, the father of the child intimating to the magistrate that he had received a satisfactory compensation. A fine young fjllow named William Magness, dressed in the full regimentals of the 49th Regiment of Foot, was charged with being a deserter. As 56 N was on duty on the preceding night in Brunswick-street, Hackney-road, the prisoner's father, a highly respectable man, called to him and told him that his son, who was then out, would shortly return home, and that, as he was a deserter from his regiment, he required that he should be taken into custody. Witness waited about till eleven o'clock, when the prisoner returned, and then he took him to the station-house. The prisoner said he had obtained leave of absence from his commanding-officer to see his mother, who was in a dangerous state of illness, and on the expira tion of his parol he called at the War-office to obtain the necessary papers to procure his trans mission to his regiment at Weedon barracks, but that, unfortunately he met several acquaintances, who induced him to `take a farewell glass with them, and he got intoxicated. On recovering himself, his leave having expired, he was ashamed to face his officers, and went home again, where he had since been staying until given into custody by his father, whose object in so doing he could not account for. He was very fond of the service, and intended to give himself up the next day, had not this taken place. Had he intended to desert he should not have walked about in his regimentals, as the magistrate then saw him; and he trusted, under the circumstances, the magistrate would consent to let an officer accompany him to the recruiting officer who would be convinced of his intentions and pass him to his regiment, with out the disgrace of his being sent to prison. Mr. BINGHAM intimated to the prisoner that he should communicate with the War-office, and endea vour to make matters straight for him, but he was compelled to detain him until he received an answer from the militari authorities.—He . was then removed. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday Coulson Douglas, master of the Thomas Baker collier, appeared to answer informations laid by Mr. Barber, the registrar, under the Coalwhippers' Act, for a violation of the statute, which requires that before discharging the cargo of any collier application be made at the coalwhippers'-office for a gang of registered men, and if the price offered be deemed sufficient the bargain is closed. Should it be refused the master is at liberty, after the performance of cer tain formalities, to employ any gang, whether re gistered or not, provided he pay no higher sum than what had been previously refused by the registered men at the office, and this was the offence which the defendant appeared to answer. A clerk from the coalwlippers -office proved that the defendant had of fered 4d. per ton, which was refused. A coalwhipper named Aveling stated that he assisted in whippingthe Thomas Baker on thv 25th of August, and received 7d. per ton, not from the defendant, but from Bow d ley, the basket man, by whom he was engaged. Mr. Pelham, who conducted the defence, whilst Mr. nobler appeared for the prosecution, called William Bowling, who swore that he engaged to clear the vessel, which was of 368 tons burden, for the sum of Si. 17s. Bd. He engaged with the men for 4d. per ton, but afterwards gave them a gratuity of 225., which would make it amount to 7d. Mr. BALLANTIN B, after commenting on the evidence of the last witness, who evidently edged very closely on perjury, fined the defendant Si., which was in stantly paid. A pawnbroker named Cranbery, of Shadwell, ap peared to answer informations laid by Birch, the no torious informer, for having demanded and taken more than the legal rate of interest. The article was pawned by the informer's wife, and the defendant pleaded guilty, urging that the offence was owing to the mistake of a lad, who was not sufficiently initiated into the routine of the business, having been only three months behind the counter. The defendant was fined los. and costs. In the course of the afternoon Birch applied to the magistrate for a moiety of the fine, not so much, he said, for the amount, as to try a question. Mr. BALLANTINE said he would have no objection, if the application were made by a poor person who had suffered from an overcharge, but he had doubts about doing so at all in what appeared to have arisen from a concerted plan. The allowance would be made in cases where the poor were benefited, but it was an matter when a trap was laid. He should, how ever, consider of it. Birch—Am I to understand, then, Mr. Ballantine, that lam refused ? Mr. BALLANTINE—Yes, for the present. - Birch—When am I to apply again ? Mr. BAL LANTINE—I don't know ; you must take your chance. CLERKEIV WELL. Yesterday John Clemenson, son of a gentleman of fortune, was charged with deserting his child, whereby it had become chargeable to Islington parish. Mrs. Lane, the wife of a labourer residing at Islington, deposed that on the Bth of September, 1843, the prisoner placed his son, a boy about eight years, under her care, and agreed to pay her at the rate of 4s. weekly for his maintenance. He paid the money for a few months, and thon left off altogether. He never came to inquire after his child, nor took the least interest in him. She sought for him every where, and being informed he had a situation on the Southampton Railway, went there, but he had left a few days before. She then went to Mr. Carr's, at Kensall-green, by whom the prisoner had been en gaged during the summer, but he had left that place too. She had a large family herself, and was so re duced in circumstances that she was hardly able to procure the necessaries of life for her own children. At length she was obliged to place the boy in the workhouse. Mr. COMBE inquired how much he owed her? The poor woman replied 121. 10s. Mr. COMBE asked what means the prisoner pos sessed ? The woman replied 1001. a year by his father's will. Mr. COMBE inquired if the prisoner had any other children ? The woman answered that he had three, and that he had suffered his wife to die in a hospital. Mr. Coins—Where are the other two children ? Prisoner—One of them is with some man at Deptford. Mr. COMBE—Have you paid anything for the maintenance of this child ? The prisoner owned that he had not seen the child for five months, nor contri buted a farthing towards its maintenance ; in fact, he did not know what had become of it. Mr. CounE—Where is the other child ? Prisoner —Dead. Mr Hicks, the overseer, said he considered the case so bad a one that he should certainly press for punish ment unless the prisoner would at once satisfy the parish. ' The prisoner, when asked if he would enter into an arrangement, admitted that he had been entitled to the receipt of 1001. a year, but gave arambling and most improbable account o f its being mortgaged. Mr. Comps—Are you willing to maintain your child, and pay this poor woman ? Prisoner—l can't. Mr. COMBE—Why ? Prisoner—Because I can't. Mr. COMBE—Then you will go the House of Cor rection for two months. He was committed accordingly. Henry Edwards, a stout-built young Welshman, was charged with robbing Mr. David Jones, a con stable, of U. 10s., his baton, and his son " Davey." The prosecutor accidentally met the prisoner on Tuesday, and, finding that he was a native of Wales, the place of his nativity, and that he had been at the Welsh School in Gray's Inn-road, a - companion of some young relatives of his took him to several public houses, where they had drink in abundance, and of every description ; beer, gin, ale, rum, &c.; when they reached the prosecutor's residence Jones was stupidly drunk, whilst the miscellaneous liquors and the large quantity he drank had the effect of rendering Edwards perfectly insane. In his delirium he rifled the prosecutor's pockets of his money and staff, and at a late hour at night dragged his son, a boy about twelve years of age, out of bed, and carried him in his arms in a state of nudity to a grocer's shop, a quarter of a mile distant ; he laid the boy, who was still asleep, in the corner of the shop, where some humane old woman put her shawl round him. The prisoner fetched a cab, put the boy in the cab, and drove to his own door, where he put the boy to bed, and went to bed in another room himself. The next morning the father was distracted at the loss of his child, and searched every place for him, but at two o'clock in the day when the prisoner awoke he brought h ome the son, but was immediately given into custody for the robbery. The staff was found on the prisoner's person. The prisoner, who has hitherto borpo an Irreproach able character, and whose father is a very respectable tradesman in Store-street, Bedford-square, solemnly declared he did not recollect anything whatever of the matter. He must have been stark mad. The father of the prisoner having indemnified the prosecutor to the full amount of his D e T,7:lary loss, f: - 1 g ed by 'the wish, of till the young man was clis ch parties. UNION-HALL. Yesterday, four lads were chargel with creating a disturbance in the St. Saviour's Unioß Workhouse, BIRTHS. WO On the 26th ult., at Louth, the lady of St. John Lucas, Esq., surgeon, of a son. ~.ten, On the 30th ult., i n th e Albi on -road, Stoke New i na . Mrs. Richard Heathfield, of a daughter. fer On the 30th ult., th e l a d y o f A . Mongredien, Esq., 0-f E ton, near Liverpool, of a son. On the 30th ult., a t L urgers h a l l, Sussex, the wife °f t 1 - Rev. Henry Foster, of a son. On the 30th ult., at Berners-street, the lady of Ed Witra Gould Bradley, Esq., of a son. .. On the 31st ult., in Finsbury -square, Mrs. William Qui tter ' of a dau g ht er. ....- MARRIED. Rofie On the 31st ult., at Great Ayton, Mr. Richard - - 1 00 Burgess, of Stokesley, to Sarah, eldest daughter of the Lieutenant James Allan , RN., Forres, North Britain. co pal On the 29th ult., the Hon. Horace W. B. Cochranett ic of son of the Earl of Dundonald, to Frances Jacobins, lil"" the late George J. Carnegie, Esq. On the 24th ult.,at Donnybrook Ch urc h, Vi r ginias...A h r s i ri oc Esq., of the 94th R eg i ment, to Elizabeth Alicia, only da li g of Colon e l P o i t i er. pc of On the 31st u lt ., at Tottenham, James Giblet Al; J. Elm Lodge, Lordship-lane, t o A nn , re li ct o f the is Tooth, Esq. DIED. At Ditton-grove, William Gerard, Esq., b ro ther of Sir Job Gerari, B ar t. On the 30th u lt., a t C ran f ord House, Middlesex , the Bight Hon. Mary, Countess of Berkeley, aged 77. Geono On the 26th ult., at Shnnion Court, Donnybrooks Howell. Esq., of Molesworth-street, Dublin. AO 4 On the 27th u lt., th e R ev. Peter John Wathers ten, Vicar of Charlton Horethorne, Somerset, aged 3 3 . ate, On the 29th ult., a t Cl arence Cottage, Gl o ucezter - g Regent's -park, Miss Elizabeth Morritt. Idid- On the 29th ult., Mi ss Eli za b eth Dagnall, at Cow ley, dlesex. On the 20th ult., in the Alban road Camberwell, Jobfl Esq., Paymaster and Pur ser , R.N. Esq., of On the 30th ult., at Hasti ngs , J ohn T om li n son, Allsop-terrace, New-road, St. Igarylebone. - - of 7 , r , 11 o telon: Printed and Published by MUBDO TO VN W. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , ' O . eIL Strand, in the Precinct of th e S avo y , in the Conn " Mildlesex, Saturday, Nove m b er 2, 1844. a nd refusing to do the work allotted them fora nigh* lodging, and fi r their breakfasts the next morning , having been admitted as casual paupers the pie before, and attempted to break the forms in we working shed. They now said that the work was too severe, in return for the bit of dry bread and some straw to lit down upon. _ _ The Porter said that it was craite child's 1 lay; ti of were only set to pick oakum. The defendant said he was a sweep, bat the nog Act threw him out of employ. Mr. TRILL—It seems easier work to pick oaks than sweep chimneys. Defendant—l'd rather sweep ten chimneys of morning than pick that stuff, it works the fingers 5° dreadfully—it is not made of rope, but of a coces.: nut fibre, and is so s tiff an d h ars h to unrave l , that 11 ' almost makes the fingers bleed. In answer to the charge of causing a disturbs -0 in the workhouse, they said that when they Wer e turned out into the work-shed they were so bitterlf cold that they merely moved the forms out of tihe way to give them room to run about and circus their blood to keep them warm, picking cocoa-no fibre being a very cold description of work. They were committed for seven days each. John Weston, a cooper by trade, was chargel With, inflicting a severe woun d on th e h ea d o f hi s wife Wit° a candlestick. The poor woman, although so ill, expressed a wi g that the prisoner might be discharged, saying that su• was equally as much to blame as he on the occasioa for she irritated him by contradicting him. Mr. TRAILL said that it was a miracle she had 1 14 been killed, and that the case should go before a jury The wife again supplicated that she might not be compelled to appear. Mr. TRAILL, finding the complainant so desirous °I screening the prisoner from punishment, rem arked , that it would be of n o use sen di ng t h e case f or t r ial. The prisoner must find bail to keep the peace, and in default he would commit him to gaol. The wife exclaimed that she would like to suffer the imprisonment instead of the prisoner. Henry Matthews, toll-collector at Waterloo-bridgef was summoned at the instance of Joseph Stubbs, 3 letter-carrier, for unlawfully detaining his hat in the toll-house. The complainant stated that on Monday last he, i s company with another letter-carrier, went to the Surrey side of the bridge, and paid , the toll. The other letter-carrier followed, and at the moment the, defendant called ou t an d sa id t h at w i tneas had 110 paid, but he contended he had, and, as he refused to pay again, the defendant snatched off his hat, and took it into the toll-ho use . C omp l a i nant, determ i n ed not to pay over again, instead of passing through th e gate, tied a handk erc hi e f roun d hi s h ead, and we nt over Westminster-bridge. Charles Mason, the other postman, confirmed the complainant's account as to the fact of hearing 1 1 put down the halfp enny on th e ta bl e of the w i c k" and it having been taken up by the defendant. The defendant, however, denied that the toll bad been paid by complainant (a policeman and another man connected with the bridge bearing out his or sertion), and that he th en se i ze d t h e h at for the toil. He believed the complainant would not have held o 0 had not the crowd urged him on by saying his hat could not be seized for toll, for that he was in the Queen's service, and that the clothes he wore, ba t and all, belonged to her Majesty. He was glad to have an opportunity of stating that postmen in the metropolis, in fancying they had a right to pass the bridge toll-free, like soldiers and policemen, were mistaken. Mr. TRAILL said that there must be perjury in the case, the witnesses flatly contradicting each other. The toll-keeper said that his two witnesses wed standing up close to the wicket at the time as a Pr ° : tection to him, as it was the day of the Queens opening the Exchange, and in four hours 9,000 Per : sons had passed thr oug h. N ot l ong since a case b{ nearly a similar desc r ipti on came b efore Mr. Tradh who decided in his favour, showing that he was quit e justified in seizing th e h a t o f any man who did 13°' pay the toll. Mr. TRAILL told him he had better be careful bo l he performed his duty, and not to act with rudoe s to the passengers, otherwise he would get himself int° trouble. The Magistrate, having heard a great deal pro an„ ,„ con., at length di sm i sse d t h e summons, but refuse d allow the defendant his costs. • GI?EEIVIVICH. FOWLES AGAINST BREDON BECK.--This case NO S , argued as to th e l ega li ty o f en f orc i ng an award mode 17 the arbitrator s a pp o i n t e d b y t h e Upper Watergate 1 urnway and Burial Society, of Deptford. Mr. Taylor, who appeared for the Society, directed attention to the 11th and 25th rules of the Societlt made by virtue of the statute 10 George IV., cap. as amended by the 4th and sth William IV., cap. 4 " and produced the certificate of their enrolment 11 Mr. Tidd Pratt, the barrister appointed to certiff that the rules were in conformity with the law. r ie then produced th e awar d made by the arbitrator, an d proved the defendant to be a member of the Society. The defendant was then adjudged lo pay_l4B.,o to the complainant, as senior steward of the Sacieti , and in default to be committed to Maidstont gaol 1 ° one calendar month. The defendant, who was exceedingly violent, and would neither take the advice of his solicitor to abide by the award nor abide by the judgment of th e . magistrate, was l e ft i n custo d y to reflect on the cir cumstances. W 0 OLWIC.H. Yesterday a poor widow named Rivers appear ed before the magistrate and said, she lived at Lime" house, but not being able to pay her rent she wa g compelled to walk the streets or go into the toil Her husba n d h a d wor k e d i n Messrs. Young ag Curling's yard many years as a caulker, and since hip death she had maintained herself by going ° Il nursing. Of lat e s h e cou ld ga i n no employ, and badi applied to the relieving-officer of Lewisham parr for out-door aid (her husband belonged to Bull': stead, which i s w ithi n t h e L ew i sham Union). P'e refused her any pecuniary assistance, and told her t o go into the house. This she refused to do, baviug been two or three times in it before, when she W i r badly treat e d b y M r. Burrows, the master. Jr-se pushed her ab o ut th e h ouse, and afforded better di e t to many inmates than he did to her. She wsts gen e ; rally in a weak and ill state of health, and sbe sa; those who wer e no t so treated with diet of a bette; sort than she rece i ve d . She would, therefore, nev ya enter it again. A gentleman present said he had always under stood. that th e t rea t men t at t h e L ewisham Union WP" excellent. Complainant said it might in some cases be so, but certainly not in hers and many others. Mr. GROVE said it was not in his power to °it° any pecuniary re li e f . She must settle thematte with the relieving.officer and the board of goardia°, s ' Mrs. Rivers said she offered to be pass e d home , t ; herown relatives, who lived at Brecon, and the bow promised to render the necessary means; but wb, e she went to the union Mr. Charles Atkins, th e beadle' drove her from the door, and although her brothe r promised, by letter to the guardians, to keep her fro. , troubling the parish again, yet she could not obta ll i money sufficient to pay her passage and food to g e to Brecon. The applicant then withdrew. o f Wild fowls, generally considered the harbingers of winter, have appeared in flocks on , the Moray Fit f an early period this autumn. A few days ago a floe* 0 - f fifteen wild swans was seen off the Longman, and one - I , these elegant birds was brought to town, having been shot on a Highland loch in the vicinity. tre hare be', of two others being shot elsewhere; and a gentlen recently saw as enormous flock of 200 swans, in one 7 r, our northern bays. On Sunday and on Monday we e k, some large flocks of wild geese were seen near Sesba n and attracted mu c h a tt ent i on f rom passers-by on ac` count of the noise created by their peculiarly discords cries. —lnverness Courier.