The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-04 00:00:00

deorge Hanson examined—lreside at No. 32, Castle lane, and am a plumber. My sister lodged in the house, in the second floor front ; her name is Ketorea Hanson. Benjamin Hanson is my nephew. I was in the house No. 10, William-street, on Friday ; I went there about four o'clock in the afternoon, and remained until about twenty minutes to eight. I was that time in my sis ter's room, on the second floor, when I heard an explo sion, which shook the table and chairs, and the paper I teas reading fell off the table. The next moment we were nearly suffocated by the smoke and sulphur toge ther. My sister fell down by the concussion, and I took kter dow stairs. She called out for Abraham Hanson, stir soft, who was in the parlour. A person bore said the Jury were under the impres -01 ljaat tke sister of the witness was dead, whereas she ilkne ,fill alive. `Eke Coitow expressed the utmost surprise at the rotate:rant, as ]se had sworn the Jury to inquire into the cause of her death. Crow, the summoning officer, said he had been de ceived by the witness, the names of the deceased having been furnished by him. The SoaoNER said it evidently was a mistake. Examination continued—When I went down stairs I was obliged to return on account of the smoke, on thigh I got out of the landing window, and fell on the top of the parlour. I lay for ten minutes, or there abouts; before I came to myself. A person in a regi mental dress then helped me down into Castle-lane, where I lay on the pavement for some minutes, being hart by the fall. By the CORONER—There was in the house, the firework-maker, Arthur SteinkoptY, or Harding—he was a middle-aged. man ; and Eliza, his wife ; Ann Hitchins, who was turned fifty, and lived on the second floor, as well as my sister ; Eliza Jenkins, a middle-aged woman, who lived on the first floor, over Steinknpff's rooms ; Abraham Hanson, aged 15, who lived with his mother, but was assisting Steinkopff. I do not know the names of the other sufferers. I have seen in Harding's apart ments rockets, squibs, crackers, Roman candles, &c. ; all of them were made on the premises. They were all finished in the parlour or shop. On Friday evening .1 heard Steinkopff in the shop, but I did not see him there. I have seen him at work at them, but do not know what quantity of gunpowder there was on the premises. I have seen as much as a gross and a half of fire-works on the premises. By the Jury—On the Friday before the explosion he was served with a summons, at the instance of Carter arid Digby, the common informers, for selling a squib, a craeker, and a Rowan candle. He attended at Queen square on Tuesday, and was fined 40s. He refused to pay the money, and was sent to prison in the van. On Friday his mother sent the money, and he got out. He was a sober and a particularly kind and generous man. John Graham was also in the parlour ; he was about 18 or 19 years of age. Another person was also there whose name Ido not know. The explosion took place in the front parlour. Steinkopff, I should say, was sober that evening. A Jeror said the witness must be wrong as to his state ment of there being only a gross and a half of fireworks on the premises, he (the Juror) having himself seen four or five gross there. Deborah Jenkins daughter of one of the deceased, examined-1 am nine years and a half old. The de cgennaspendwittrhdunrwSntelnintkhonpffkitnhhaedn,faonudr t o w r 0 five re b ls ar o r f el c s o n o l. f . position. O n F r id ay even i ng h e came h ome a bout dark. l Me was sob e r t h en. H e h a d on l y a p i nt o f p o rter, but three pots and a pint of gin after he came in. Several person s were in the parlour, mrs among whom was Mrs. Hitching ( m Herding, a n d Alva . ar : Harding, Mr. hats '(g boy ), boy), and a h stran Hans i on d ) , John . Graham, Wil strange lad they cannot g fi e nd a , who came In. The I ki to bos. While I was there Jo ' Grah am hnnor the man in the jag ivAtirowder igto the fire out of kept throw an iro n . thing. He i X fp threw into the Ere seine composition. He b H lo e w a t l i s , o e 1 , 44 a squib to the candle, saytit e g m d ow e l woman up. It did not go off. There was a ;purls , on it, and be threw it down on some gunpowder in a tea-tray, which all went off. By the Jury —l then went out b ecause they teazed toe, and 41 A minute or two afterwards the explosion took place. I was in the yard when the explosion too k place. I tried to open the latch to let them out , but could not op en it. I heard those within sa y , .. oh ' m y God, let us get out." I ' let us get out"—" Oh, never knew it to be fastened so that I could not open it before that time. IBy the CORONER—Mr. Steinkopff was perfectly sober. Mrs Hitchins sent for some of the beer, and ' Mrs. Harding sent for the rest. Mrs. Harding had taken a pound that day for fireworks. They dried the on fireworks before the fire on a tea -tra y , piling one ,another. Sometimes they were covered by a cloth, but \ n et on that occasion. Dy the Jury—l never saw the strange lad before. Joht: Graham, Mr. Steinkopff, and the strange lad, came home together. Mrs. Hitchins was tipsy—more so after the gin and beer was brought in. She was a very tipsy woman. Ido not know how the door %, became fastened. Crow here stated he had a most important witness in I obi r oom, who would clear up much of the mystery. Ir., EVEN INti EDITION. DREADFUL EXPLOSIOrst LOSS OF SEVEN LIVES. THE INQUEST. Oa Sa'ur,lay evening an inquest was held on the . i des before Mr. HIGGs, the Deputy Coroner for /. 1 1 stminster. The inquest-room was densely thronged. The Jury having been sworn, and Mr. Sugg ehosen as tareman, The CORONER asked Crow, the summoning officer, 41 e names of the deceased persons. Crow said he understood their names to be, Arthur Steinkopff, otherwise Harding, Eliza his wife, Anne Hitehins, Eliza Jenkins, Abraham Hanson, Ketorea - lanson (his mother), Thomas Jenkins, and John Gra lam. The Jury then proceeded to view the remains, and on :heie return, It was intimated to the CORONER that some mistake ad arisen is the names of the parties, on which The CORONER had them again read in the following f, der :—Anne Hitchin, Ketorea Hanson (subsequently i i oved to be alive), Abraham Hanson, Thomas Jen kins, Eliza Steinkopff, or Harding, Arthur Steinkopff, or Harding, John Graham, and Eliza Jenkins. It was then found that they had the names of eight persons, whereas they had only viewed the bodies of seven, including that of the person dead before the oc , urrence. some conversation arose on the point, which was put an end to by the CORONER saying, perhaps the evidence of the witnesses would clear up the difficulty. A. person present however, said that the body of Mrs. Steinkopff had not been viewed, it still lying at the hos pit LI, when The CORONER then said—That made only seven names remaining. He would see what the examination of the witnesses would bring forth. The following evidence was then adduced : Thomas Irons, a police constable, 158 B, was the first witness examined. He deposed as follows :—About half-past seven o'clock on Friday evening, I heard a loud report as if a boiler had burst while I was in the Vaux hall-bridge road. I instantly ran towards Elliott's brewery, from whence I considered the sound proceeded, when f was informed that an explosion had taken place on the premises of a firework manufacturer in William street. I proceeded there, and found the house, No. 10, shut up ; I saw a quantity of smoke and a good many p e , oll lo about the house ; I broke the back door open, the front one being shut ; I rushed into the premises, sad, in doing so, stumbled over a woman ; I then went ba c k, being nearly suffocated ; the house was on fire, fOt games raging under where I was, viz., on the bese ts:Ann door ; I then returned and took out the woman, aid got her over a wall ; she was insensible, and was rerrhayed. as I believe, to the hospital ; I, with the assist ance of other constables, got out a bed and a few other ttrtieles that were within reach. B' the CORONER—I saw no other person on the premises ; it was only by falling over the woman that I was aware she was there. I then went round to the fruit, when Elliott's engine arrived and got to work ; I then went to the top of the adjoining house with two of the firemen, where I remained about a quarter of an hour 1 or twenty minutes, during which time the fire kept burning ; it was impossible for any person to enter the i premises, the progress of the flames was so rapid ; the adjoining houses also caught, but, by the great exer tions of the firemen, was prevented extending further. By the Ttny—Nothing was saved out of the house in which the fire commenced. By the CORONER—About nine o'clock this morning I and the firemen took three bodies from the lower part of the premises, and two from the first floor ; they were lying on the joists ; there was also one taken from off the joists of the parlour floor ; they were all very much burnt. By the Jury—There was a corpse in the house at the time, which was also found ; it is not included in this inquiry ; I heard no explosion after I got there ; I knew the deceased, Arthur Steinkopff, or Harding, but I cannot positively identify the body ; he occupied the front parlour and the kitchens ; he was a dealer in fireworks, which he made on the premises ; I cannot say what quantity of gunpowder was on the premises, but the parlour and th window were full of fireworks ; I cannot say whether the bodies were those of four males and two females or not ; they were all very much burnt. There appeared throughout this part of the inquiry a difficulty as to the number of bodies got out of the ruins, and the number of persons on whom the inquest was held. Crlw,the summoning officer, said he had a witness in attendance who could clear all that up. A Juror—ls it a fact that the man Harding had that day been liberated from confinement in the Westminster Bridew ell, having been prosecuted for selling fireworks? Witness—Yes he was fined 40s. for the manufacture and sale of fireworks, and in default of payment was committed. He came out about ten o'clock that morning. A Juror hoped the Coroner would take a note of that. Eiizabeth Nixon, of No. 6, Phcenix-street, St. Giles's, examined—l have every reason to believe that the un known lad is my son. His name is Benjamin Bentley. He was eighteen years of age. My son knew Stein kopff, or Harding, when they lived in Crown-sli ect, Soho. On Friday, not having anything to do, he came in and changed his things, and went out. Not coming home all night, I was fearful he was at a house k pt by Steinkopff's mother, but not wishing to go there, I sent a person to inquire after him, when I learned that she had sent him down the day before with 2/. to get a per son out of prison, and that she had left him in William street, busy at work making fireworks. Since that I have not seen him alive, but should say, from the re mains of a striped shirt on one of the bodies, that it is the re nains of my son. Richard Lillywhite examined am in the employ of Messrs. Elliott, brewers. I went with the engine belonging to that firm. I found the house in flames. I smashed the windows above, and did my best endea vours to extinguish the fire. I did not notice how the windows of the parlour were. Whether they were open or not I cannot say. A person here said there was no policeman or engine there for forty minutes. The Jury said that was altogether erroneous. As such a charge had been raised, it was proper that it should be rebutted. Several persons who had been present at the time of the explosion said that was quite incorrect. The witness said that he was there with Messrs. El liott's engine several minutes before eight o'clock. Inspector Forbes examined—Several minutes before eight o'clock I received information at the station-house of the fire. I hastened there, and arrived at five minutes before eight. I saw the flames as I was going along York-street. The person who had stated that no police or engine was present for forty minutes was then sworn. He said, My name is Phillip Chesney, and I live in Cathe rine -street, close by. I heard the explosion about twenty-two minutes before eight o'clock. I went to the back, and saw the child who has been examined, and who said, " Mother, mother, come out." The door, however, was fast. I then ran home and put on a jacket, and went back to the front, and with another person tore lip a grating, and with it forced in the door. The house was one body of smoke and fire. No one could get in for the beat. By the CORONER.—The glass of the parlour window was forced out by the explosion. I saw that the fur niture in the room, &c. was all thrown on a heap, and burning. When the doors were broken open no per son came out. I did not see a policeman there until after eight o'clock. There was not a great crowd there, and if any policeman had been present he must have kept himself behind. A deal of noisy and desultory conversation then followed as to the time the occurrence took place, and the arrival of the engines, which was of no public inte rest. Several witnesses were examined as to that point, from which it appeared that the witness Chesney was mistaken, and the Jury totally exculpated the police and the firemen from any charge of having been dilatory or neglectful. The CORONER wished it had been more conclusive. He did not think it necessary that any adjournment should take place for the production of other witnesses, as their evidence could only be confirmatory of that already given. The CORONER then proceeded to read the evidence of witnesses, particularly that of the girl Jenkins, when A Juror said there were several explosions, one after another, which, in his opinion, had affected only the lower portion of the premises. The upper part, he considered, was not touched by the explosion, but was destroyed by the fire consequent from it. A lengthened conversation then arose among the Jury and other persons, as to whether the doors of the house were fastened or not, Mr. Chesney declaring that they were bolted. A person, however, who stated that he had lately resided in the house, most positively said that there were no bolts to the front door. The Jury considered it was probable the force of the explosion had shaken the premises, by which the doors became so fastened as to render it necessary to break them open. The Coaorata then made a few further remarks on the melancholy and awful occurrence : after which the jury, at about half-past ten o'clock, returned a verdict— That the deceased persons were suffocated from an ex plosion of gunpowder, but how that explosion was oc casioned there was no evidence to show. The CoRoNEa then said that the verdict did not apply to the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Harding, of whose body the Jury had not had a view. It was then too late to enter into that ; and he should, therefore, postpone it until Monday (this day.) It is proper to mention that the names of the per sons sworn to have perished, and on whom an inquest has been held, are Mr. Steinkopff or Harding, Mrs. Hitchens, Mrs. Jenkins, Abraham Hanson, Benj. Nixon, John Graham, and Thomas Jenkins ; being seven persons ; although the bodies of six only have been discovered ; there must, therefore, still be one in the ruins. SUICIDE OF A CLERK IN THE COLONIAL OFFICE. On Saturday evening an inquest was held at the Northumberladd Arms, Charles-street, Westminster, on the body of Mr. Joseph Miller, a married man, with two children, and many years clerk in the Colonial Office, who committed suicide in the Northumberland Arms, a little before six o'clock on Friday evening. The particulars of the suicide have already appeared in The Sun. The following is the only additional in formation relative to the habits and state of mind of the deceased : William Newness had known the deceased for the last three years. Was, like himself, a clerk in the Co lonial Office. Saw him yesterday, and he appeared labouring under great excitement, arising from the circumstance of several creditors pressing him on that day. His manner showed great depression of spirits on the two previous days. His salary was 2001. a-year. Deceased bought the pistol now produced two months ago, and carried it about with him for some days before he shot himself. He had had his nativity cast, and believed that he would not survive the year 1840. This impression often made him dejected in his mind. About two months ago, when his creditors were pressing him, deceased told witness that he would destroy himself, and that he had bought the pistol he had in his possession for that pur pose. He was a very sober man. He said a few days ago, that owing to severe pecuniary embarrassments, he he could hold out no longer. On Tuesday he was ob served putting his hand to his head, and pressing it very much (when he was told to bathe his head in cold water), which he was never observed to do before. John Edwards, a clerk in the Colonial-office, has known the deceased twelve or thirteen months. During that time, with the exception of the last fortnight, he had been very cheerful. During the last fortnight he seemed to labour under great depression of spirits. Had seen the pistol in his possession, and heard him say some time age that he had it for the purpose of shooting birds. Was not of a bad temper, but seemed very nervous. He said two days ago that he felt a great pain in his head, and a swimmin g in his eyes. Put his head on that oe ealion into cold water to bathe it. For eight days past he has often put his hand to his head and pressed it. He did this in a very marked manner about three hours be fore he shot himself. . . The Jury, after a few moments' consultation, returner a verdict of Temporary Insanity. MR. WAKLEY AND HOSPITAL SURGEONS. In the course of an inquest held on Friday before M r Wakley, at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of a young woman who was accidentally burned to death, Mr. Herbert Mayo, one of the head surgeons of that in stitution, having given his evidence, addressing the Coro ner, said he wished to know why he should have been summoned, when the house surgeon was fully cupable of giving the required testimony? Mr. WAKLEY—Thera is no occasion for your atten dance if you will, as I understood you some time ago to say you would, produce a case-book in which are described the nature of the disease and the daily treatment of the patient whose death we meet to in- quire into. Mr. Mayo—l certainly did consent to the keeping and production of such a book ; but h aving maturely con sidered the matter , and advised with Mr. Tuson, my colleague, I must b eg leave to with d r aw thatpro mise. I consider the house sur g eon's evidence quite enough. Besides the book you speak of would not be an official record. Mr. WaKLEv—lf the house surgeon was to see you make the required entries then his statement would be sufficient. He himself is not a responsible person, in asmuch as he is not paid, but t ay for his situation. Mr. Mayo—His situation is one of great responsi bility, and I contend that, without a book or my atten dance, his statement would be considered quite satisfac tory to a jury. My opinion is that you have no right to insist upon the production of such a book, neither do I think that your duties as Coroner authorise you to see that surgeons of hospitals do their duty, which I believe they at present do. You have no right, therefore, to impose upon us such a check as you wish. We look to be treated by you with courtesy. Mr. WAKLEY—I believe I have always treated you and every other gentleman with courtesy, and I will just remind you that it has been out of cour tes y alone I have listened to your observation s, they being quite ir relevant t o t h e case we h ave met t o inve s tigate. I say, as I • said before, that 1 do not know if such a book were kept te t w h o a u t la l a ro c i bs O ev u i alod question.compel a Bill into Parliament book is quite The necessity of such a t and I shall endeavour by bringing to make it an official document. Until then, in the a im bs pera l i o v f e a d book of that description, I shall think it ray surgeon, whose patient the deceased North London Hospital a case-book is k ept - and pr.- to summon the head At the house surgeon That I shall duced without being asked for, and the swears to the correctness of the entries. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1839. carry my object in the course of time I have not the least doubt. Mr. Mayo having again said that he should with draw his former promise, and act upon the alternative by attending himself if summoned, the conversation, which excited great interest among the students, dropped. THE PENNY POSTAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. The following was omitted by mistake in our evening .. . _ _ - edition of Saturday.] SIR—I take the liberty to point out the fallacy of a supposition which is entertained by a great number of persons unacquainted with Post-office business, and which is also the belief of a reviewer of my pamphlet* on the Penny Postage plan, as appears by his remarks in your journal of the 25th inst. It is supposed by the reviewer in question, and by a great many persons besides, that the public could be made to assist in facilitating Post-office bu siness if there were boxes placed outside Post-offices, each intended for the reception of letters addressed to a particular part or division of the kingdom. To any one acquainted with the childish ignorance, that generally prevails respecting Post-office arrange ments—with the fact, that hundreds of letters are posted by men, women, and children, who can scarcely read or write—and that thousands are posted by persons who would be unable to say, from any particular point, whether Bristol, or any other town, was east, west, north, or south,—l say to any one acquainted with these circumstances, and there is no one connected with the Post-office department but what is acquainted with them, the supposition that the public could, in any way be made to assist in despatching Post-office busi ness, by an external arrangement of letter-boxes, is known to be erroneous. But even if it were pos sible to induce the public to drop their letters into particular boxes, according to the route by which such letters would be sent, it would not be of the least service to Postmasters, because letters even for the same county are sent by mails that are des patched in different and almost opposite directions. Thus from this town (Southampton), for instance, letters for parts of Wiltshire are sent by a mail that travels due north, while letters for other parts of the same county are sent by one that travels due west ; and as the sorting boxes in every office are arranged in mails, that is, the boxes that hold the letters for the particular letter bags that are sent by any mail coach, or cart, are placed together, letters . taken from the same external box (supposing ex ternal boxes to be erected), would perhaps have to be sorted into quite distinct and opposite parts of a post office. It was from a knowledge that the public never would submit to any troublesome Post-office regu lations—to anything beyond dropping unpaid letters into a box, and applying to Post-office windows to post-pay letters, that convinced me that there was a formidable objection to Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of stamped covers, in the trouble they would give the public, independent of the insuper able objection which I have pointed out in my pamphlet—which is, that stamped covers would compel the pre-payment of postage, and reverse the very laws of business of intercourse, which regulate that the greatest portion of the expense of episto lary correspondence should be paid by the receivers of letters. The value of Mr. Hill's plan, as com pared with mine, may be estimated by the following statement : Stamped covers are objectionable, inasmuch as they would create a temptation to forgery; the sale of them must be restricted to certain individuals ; the public would find it troublesome to attend to regulations concerning their use ; they are not adapted for collecting the ship and foreign letter postage ; they would destroy the Post-office money order department, and deprive the public of one of the most valuable services of Post-offices, which consists in transmitting, by means of money-orders, small sums of money ; and, combined with all these objections, stamped covers would force every one, whether writing to demand the payment of debts, or giving information, to pay that postage , which ought to be paid by the receivers of such letters. To the plan I propose no such objections can be made. By means of it, in a very short time, without the least trouble to the public, with scarcely any inconvenience to the Post-office department, a low and uniform rate of postage could be introduced, with its payment optional, thus preserving to the public a mest indispensable privilege. And lam prepared to prove, before any competent umpire, that my plan would not require any more time or trouble from Post-masters than the plan of Mr. Hill I By means of stamped covers a low and uniform postage would prove to be a miserable failure, both as respects obtaining a revenue and giving satisfac tion to the public. But by allowing the public the privilege of optional payment of postage, and an exemption from all kinds of trouble, which as I have shown in my pamphlet, is quite practicable with the introduction of a penny_ postage, Mr. Hill' s suggestion would prove to be one of the most re markable and valuable results of human ingenuity. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM COOPER. • A Letter to the Right Hon. the Postmaster-General, showing the practicability of the penny postage, without having recourse to stamped covers or abolishing optional payment of postage. to be forwarded by the French Post-office at the charge 1 of the receivers. Suppose, again, a person were to take forty-eight letters to the Paris Post-office to be forwarded to London ; he would there have to pay, under existing arrangements, the whole charge of postage between the two capitals, namely, two francs each, or a total of 960 francs (equal to four pounds sterling), of which half would be retained by the French Post-office, and the remainder paid to the English ; but by a new arrange ment which might, and indeed must, be made, he would have to pay only one franc upon each letter, or a total of 480 francs (equivalent to two pounds sterling), for postage to Calais, with the additional charge of one penny (ten centimes) each, for their subsequent transit to London. The pennies thus received by the French Government would have to be paid over to the English Post-office, in the same way that the collection is to be made from the various Postmasters at home, and of which we shall have to speak presently, under its proper head.* Now what becomes of the " puzzler" that upset Mr. Hill ? You " mouse of a Quarterly Reviewer, is it not " a mountain in labour," &c. ? We are ready to admit that if Mr. Hill tied himself to a plan of pre payment by means only of a stamp, he must have been sorely " puzzled" at the question. But did that gbntle man and his collaborateurs never reflect upon the possi bility—nay, the facility, of carrying out the principle of a uniform pre-payed penny post without the assistance of any stamp whatever, but merely by the payment beforehand of hard cash ? It appears not ; neither does it appear that the Quarterly Reviewer himself ever once thought of it, great as is his capacity for finding fault on the one hand, and suggesting alteration, if not improvement, on the other. " If it be objected, that the charge of sea-borne letters is too heavy to admit of this arrangement without loss, we reply that the cost of transporting letters by the steam boats is much less than by the mails. `IIONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (SATURDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—It was hinted yesterday, late in the day, that a further pressure on the Money Market was looked for, in consequence of the state of the exchanges, and it was sensibly felt in the course of the day that this notion had not been without foundation. One of the explanations current, which, however, is too extra ordinary not to be received with the utmost caution, is, that a new mode of contracting the circulation has been devised in the Bank parlour, and that the Di rectors intend to take loans of money, from whatever quarter they may be offered, at the rate of 6 per cent. As this would involve all the consequences, so much complained of, in banking establishments of less note, of rediscounting, and other symptoms of tottering credit, it would affect public opinion more respecting the Bank of England than any of the pre ceding acts of the court. To the disgrace of borrowing abroad would be added that of borrowing at home, and borrowing, moreover, on such terms as must absorb the greater part of the spare capital of the country. That it would be effectual, therefore, for the purpose intended is perfectly clear, and what lends countenance to this report is the consideration, that as almost every other expedient has been tried, without success, to contract the circulation, so this, as a last expedient, may have been determined upon. It was too generally current, at least, to allow it to be passed over without notice, and it is to be hoped that some of the organs of the Bank may in the course. of Monday give a► flat contradiction to it. POST.—Money was not quite so plentiful at the Stock Exchange to-day, as it has been, but in Lombard street the same scarcity was not experienced. Accom modation was readily enough obtained, although the amount required in anticipation of the monthly payments to be made on Monday (the 4th) was of course consider able ; but we do not learn that bills were to be dis counted, unless those of the very first description, at any thing below the Bank rate of six per cent. per annum. The Dutch letters received in town this morning mention that some anxiety was evinced by the capitalists of Amsterdam with regard to the intended raising of a new loan, as intimated in the s peech delivered on Mon day last by the King to the States-General. A com munication was daily expected to be made by the Go vernment on this subject. The sum proposed to be borrowed is fifty-six million guilders, but nothing has yet transpired to show for what object so large a sum is wanted. The projected drainage of the Harlemer Mer will, it is presumed, require a large appropriation ; but there must, no doubt, be other important public objects in view, for the furtherance of which the aid of the Go vernment is deemed necessary. We alluded this day week to the unfortunate posi tion of one of the Cornish Mining Associations. We have since received some particulars upon the subject which we now lay before our readers. The works of the Company in question, which consist of ten or twelve mines, are known by the name of the " Great Wheal Fortune Mines," and are situated near Marazion , but we understand that only about half of the number have been in operation. The association may be considered rather a private than a public one, as the shares have. we rather think, never been in the market. The spe culation was concocted four or five years ago by a gen tleman in the %Vest-end of the town, who then held, and perhaps still holds, a situation in a public office ; but, for the present, he is believed to be out of the way. Many persons of character and responsibility at the West-end are, it is well known, largely inte rested in the undertaking. The names of certain Noble Lords are before us, and it is reported that no fewer than thirteen clergymen, several of whom are dignitaries of the Church, have shares in it. The capital paid up by the adventurers amounts, it is be lieved, to between three and four hundred thousand pounds. They have for some time past been paid by the manager ten per cent. on their interest, which has doubtless come out of the capital, for although the mines worked have been producing ore of pretty good quality, yet, as the expenses are high, no profit has accrued. It is asserted that the mines can be made to meet their " cost ;" but as there are claims outstanding, and the shareholders do not appear to be disposed to come for ward with more money for the purpose of liquidating them, it is very likely the creditors may be induced to lay their hands on whatever property there is at the mines, and that the workings of the latter may be sus pended. CH RONIC L E.—Money is again more in demand, both in the Stock Exchange and Lombard-street, and things look gloomy. The Bank of England continues to draw heavily upon its credit account with France, and is said to be re-discounting bills with the brokers at six per cent., for the purpose of contracting the circulation. We formerly stated the amount for which the Bank of England had operated on their credit with the Bank of France at 1,500,0001. Yesterday they drew again for 200,0001. , and, taking other similar bills into calculation, their credit with France must now be nearly spent, unless the original amount was extended during the late visit of one of the members of an eminent mercantile firm to Paris. The season for the best portion of our export trade with the Continent is past, and, instead of being able to tl l 7l l. ! , .be,exchange from th a t source , we s h a ll h ave to payoy s lniports of silks, p r i n t s , an d ot h er pro d uce. T he inateasecl'demand for money which has been felt to-day may have been caused by the provision which must he made for the bills falling due on Monday the 4th of the month ; but there is only one opinion as to the very difficult position in which the Bank of England stands, and much of it is attributed to the conduct of the Di ' rectors, who ought to have adopted, in November 1838, chose measnres for curtailing the currency which they are only now pursuing. At that period the drain of gold was set in strong against them, yet they took no precau tionary steps in consequence ; but, actuated by a desire to keep up the value of the stock and dividends to their proprietors, continued giving money freely, and only now endeavour to counteract the consequences of their past improvidence, when too late to overcome the mischief of their extravagance. The loan they have had from the Bank of France must soon be repaid, and the result of that alteration of circumstances must have a very serious effect upon the exchanges. No doubt gold has accumulated both at Hamburg and Paris, as well as throughout Germany, which in time must find its way back to this country in payment for British manufactures ; but the Foreign merchants know the necessities of our case, and keep up their gold in anticipation of low prices. In Russia money is parti cularly scarce, notwithstanding their large exports of corn ; and Turkey must import 500,000 quarters of wheat, for which she will have to pay at the rate of 40s. per quarter —a more exorbitant price in that country. It is surmised that the Autocrat has been hoarding gold for some time past to be prepared to take advantage of the unsettled state of things in the East, as well as to defray the expenses of the Circassian cam paign ; but the price of gold here being under the mint price, it does scarcely more than defray the expense of freight and insurance. Among the news brought by the overland Indian mail we observe an account of a public meeting held at Calcutta on the 19th of August last, to receive the Report of the New Bengal Steam Fund Committee, at which the Lord Bishop presided. The Report states that the cash p a id into the Bank on the first instalment of shares amounts in round n umbers to 10 lacs, or 100,0001., paid by 401 firms. Several native ladies and gentlemen had taken a large amount of shares. Resolutions were passed expressing the unabated desire of the public for the immediate establishment of the communication, their determined resolution to continue ) to use every means in their power to obtain it, and de , ploring the loss which the cause had sustained by the decease of Lord William Bentinck. Favourable accounts are given of the progress which the cultivation of the tea plant is making in Upper Assam, and it is said that a considerable increase of produce will be shipped this season, of an improved quality. HERALD.--There has been more difficulty to-day in obtaining money at the easy rate which the Discount Market assumed at the commencement of the week, both for commercial purposes and upon the Stock Ex change. The screw is, therefore, again in full opera tion, and its influence will, of course, in many instances be severely felt until after the 4th of this month. The sudden alternations which have taken place in the value of money for commercial purposes during the past three months, are but too strong evidences of the unhealthy state of our eurrency system, and that morbid action which is constantly attempting to re gulate it. The Exchanges also show, as well as the last Bank return's, that the late negotiations between the Bank of England and the Bank of France for a supply of bullion, against merchants' bills, has not enabled the Bank of England to increase the standing stock of its bullion. That far-famed nego tiation created the greatest astonishment in the prin cipal cities of the continent. That the Bank of Eng land (which, on many parts of the continent, is falsely considered to be a " National Bank") should borrow of the Bank of France, was considered by the multi tude, who were not aware that the bank corporation was merely a private joint-stock company, as a most singular piece of finance ; but, notwithstanding this mis apprehension, that operation of finance, on the part of the Bank of England, caused also much surprise in this country. The bullion thus obtained is forced here by bills of exchange, for which the Bank must eventually provide, in its own paper ; it does not come as the ba lance of a fair interchange of commerce in favour of this country, because the speculations in foreign corn, and the immense sums absorbed by American securi rities have outbalanced our exportations. England, different in its commercial position and re lations from the rest of the world, is, nevertheless, its great, and, we might say, only monetary emporium. The Bank of England, from its position, is, to a degree therefore, the money arbiter of the world ; we, there fore, feel the effects of all monetary convulsions be fore other countries. But whilst our present currency system endures, the commerce of the country must be subjected to constant vacillations in the market value of money. The Bank of England, to protect itself, extends or curtails its circulation and discounts, according to some given rule, and of course all the other banking institu tions do the same ; thus, during a calm, the industrial energies of the country are excited by an increased cir culation, whilst on the first whisper of danger it is suddenly blighted by contraction. A double standard would cure all these evils ; the Bank might then issue its paper with safety. The late Mr. Canning said, " You may pile your paper to the heavens, but let it rest for support upon a foundation of gold. This assertion is correct to a degree ; had that clever and able statesman, however, but adopted the words " silver and gold" it would have founded an axiom for the guidance of future monetary legis lators. The Bank of England is compelled to tamper with the currency of the country to protect itself ; and unless " the bull is taken by the horns," and the sys tem which impels the Bank is reformed, the commer cial, manufacturing, and agricultural interests of the country will never be free from periodical derangement. MEMORIAL AGAINST AND 1)E -FEAT OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SUNDAY TRADING. On Saturday, at the usual meeting of the Marylebone Vestry (Mr. A. Daniell in the Chair, on the motion for confirmation of the minute relative to the suppression of Sunday trading in Marylebone. A tobacconist, named Duffill, put in the following memorial against the suppression of Sunday trading : " Showeth, That the resolution passed by your Hon. Board on Saturday last, the 26th of October, if con firmed, will inflict a great hardship and injury on him and his family, as well as all other small tradesmen who are dependent, in a great measure, on the business done by them on a Sunday evening. Your memorialist does not consider that selling cigars on Sunday evening, pro duces immorality, or profanes religion, and that it is certain that it does not produce intoxication. It is a pleasant, harmless, and inoffensive amusement, always ending in smoke, as your memorialist trusts the resolu tion will do.—(Loud laughter.) Should it not, it will increase what you say is an evil, by transferring the custom of cigar shops to public houses, who are licensed to deal in tobacco and cigars, and number ten to one as many cigar shops. It will also have the effect of pro hibiting the open sale of Sunday newspapers, and still allow them to be published, thereby encouraging the se cret sale of them to the injury of shopkeepers that are dependent on them for support." In anwer to some questions put to him, he said that if the snuff-shops and newsvenders were obliged to close their houses, it would only increase the trade of the publicans, who would deal more largely in cigars and tobacco. Mr. GIBSON moved the rejection of the minutes. He s'id he would never sanction a crusade against old applewomen, or deprive the labourer of his small indul gences, while they did not even blame the excesses of the rich. He would not, by his vote, give in to the cant ing hypocrisy of the promoters of this unjust measure. Mr. CLAPS. vehemently expatiated on the enormity of smoking, &c., on Sunday, and wished those doing so to be punished. Mr. SKINNER supported the original motion, and read a letter from the Dean of Chichester approving of it. Mr. COPELAND also approved of the measure. Mr. COCHRANE and Mr. JOSEPH contended against the hypocritical assertion of superior sanctity in the pro moters of this measure, who sought to make the Sab bath a day of moody discontent, whilst they knew that in Gloucester-place, only one street in this large parish, in the 100 houses there were 700 servants employed during the day every Sunday in the year. The question being put from the Chair, there appeared— For the rejection Against it Mnjority r . —32 The question was then put, that the order of Satur dly last, for removing hackney coashes from Oxford street, be confirmed, which was lost by a large majority. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. John Green, a master butcher, residing in the West minster-road, was brought up to answer a charge of felony committed on Saturday morning. George Ellington deposed that he is in the employ of Mr. Ward, a meat salesman, in Rose-street, New gate-market. On Saturday morning, between six and s,.ven o'clock, the prisoner came to look at and cheapen a pig which he did not purchase. The prisoner had been frequently in the habit of cheapening things which be never purchased, and which were afterwards missed, hence witness was ordered to keep a " look out" after him. After the prisoner had declined to purchase the pig, he tried to do the same by a piece of beef, but he went away without buying either the one or the other. About half an hour afterwards he saw the prisoner come up when they were very busy, and he took the pig he had inspected from the shambles, and marched off the length of three or four shops, when he was cap tured with the pig on his shoulder. The prisoner, when called upon, said he had no de fence. He had attended Newgate-market for twenty four years, and had dealt with Mr. Ward, the prosecu tor, hundreds of times, and never before was he charged with a dishonest act. He was very sorry for what had occurred, and hoped the Court would be merciful. Alderman WHITE said it was a fit case to go to a Jury. There was no excuse for such a robbery. Mr. Kentish, the beadle of Newgate-market, said that complaints were made weekly of carcases and joints being stolen. 'Mr. Ward said his losses were so very frequent that he was bound to call for an example ; but, as the pri soner had a large family, he hoped the worthy Magis trate would deal with the case in a summary way. Alderman WHITE intimated that but for the request of the prosecutor he should have felt it his duty to send the prisoner to Newgate ; it was a case which called for exemplary punishment ; and he, therefore, adjudged that he be committed to Bridewell, and kept to hard labour, for three months. TUESDAY'S HURRICANE•--SO tremendous a sea rolled into Ramsgate and Margate on Tuesday last from the N.E., that no steamer was expected to venture out. At the usual hour of departure, how ever, it was found that the Red Rover, Captain Read, was away from the harbour of the latter place, and at first fears were entertained that she had broken anchorage and drifted. These apprehensions, however, were soon removed, by notice, that the Captain, find ing it impossible in the tempestuous state of the weather to take in passengers, at the time, and knowing the anxiety of many to get to town, had ventured to steam to Herne Bay, where he intended to take in passen gers at a quarter before twelve o'clock. In accom plishing the distance from Margate to Herne Bay, the Red Rover had two of her men knocked from the helm to the deck, and at one period shipped two tons of water, but she arrived safely at a quarter before twelve o'clock at Herne Bay, where she took in 95 passengers, 30 of whom had arrived from Margate, though not without having encountered several land disasters. The Red Rover reached London Bridge having sustained but little injury in her bulwarks, but she was the only vessel that ventured out. Many persons expressed their opinion that the experiment was a very rash and unnecessary one. Some geologists at Chalons-sur-Soane have recently discovered a fossil elephant in a quarry at Pretez, near Tournus, in the Saone-et-Loire. The two tusks were nearly entire ; they are of a large size, and the ivory is white, but brittle. One of them has been uncovered to the extent of three or four feet ; but on the least exertion being used to raise it from its bed, it breaks into pieces. :These are not the first bones of this species of animal found at or near the same spot. A gentleman in that neighbourhood has two large teeth, found in dig ging a well, one of which is that of an elephant, and the other of a mastodon. The site of this commune, the calcareous strata of which run under the left bank of the Saone, was formerly, according to the opinions of geolo gists, an island in a great lake which covered the plains of La Bresse.—Galignomi. PENNY POSTAGE. (From the Polytechnic.) And firstly, as to Uniformity ; which,! to be ef fective, must be strict.. On this point, we shall begin by quoting a few lines from the article in the Quarterly : " We cannot give a stronger instance of the impossi bility of carrying the principle of uniformity into practice, than to state the clumsy and absurd shift by which in one very important class of cases Mr. Hill endeavoured to overcome the ilifficulty, His principle being that all letters should be pre paid at the rate of Id., and distributed me chanically without further demand or delay, it was asked how foreign letters, arriving in England, and already charged with heavy postages, were to be dealt with '? This was a puzzler." Was it ? If it puzzled Mr. Hill, or those who asked him the question, it would not have puzzled a fifth-rate clerk in the Post-office. " Puzzler" indeed. Why? Is there any difficulty in preventing foreign letters ar riving in England charged with " heavy," or with any postages ? We should think not ;we undertake to sad there is not ; none whatever. The largest proportion of foreign letters are received and sent via Calais. Let but the English Government give to the Paris Post. office a notice of its intention to deliver at Calais, Eng lish postage free, all letters going that way to the Can tinent from England, and arrangements will instantly be made on the other side of the water for the Frenchmen to charge the receivers with their own postages from that port ; and let it be further announced to the sam e authorities that all letters from their side of the Chaim& must be received pre payed at the rate of one penny each, and without any claim for foreign postage, and we will undertake to say that this charge (in addition to their own) will be readily and very willingly collected by the French Government, to be afterwards paid over to the English Post-office. This, however, is part of t , general plan for the collection of the postage revenue without the intervention of any stamp whatever, the absolute non-necessity of which we shall presently prove under its proper head. _ What, then, becomes of the " puzzler" that staggered Mr. Hill ? Is there any difference between forwarding letters to Calais and to Liverpool ? Is there any dis tinction ? To be sure there is a " distinction," because. letters going to Calais must be sent by water in a steam boat, and those to Liverpool by land in a mail-coach ; but this is " a distinction without a difference." There can be no greater difficulty in previously collecting e: penny each upon a thousand letters, to be packed in a bag and sent by a steamer to Calais, than there is in stowing the same number away in the boot of the Edin burgh mail after similar pre-paynzent. The only thing to be dune is to make the necessary preliminary arrange ments with the French Government, and all will go like clock-work. We must, however, again beg our readers to remember that this method is perfectly in compatible with the use of any stamp whatever as an indication of previous payment at the Stamp-Office. The whole business both with foreign parts and home departments, must be transacted in ready money by the Post-office itself ; a plan, the advantage of which, ill place of the proposed stamps, we shall, as we have just ' announced, point out and support with convincing, nay , overwhelming reasons. Until we come to this part of the subject we beg our readers to go along with us in putting the envelope stamp totally out of consideration, and remembering that we only speak of prompt payment in the coin of the realm. Let us take a case by way of illustrating the state ment we have just made, as to the practicability of put ting foreign and E ng li s h l e tt ers exac tly on the sam footing. Suppose a person were to take forty-eight letters to the London Post-office to be forwarded to Paris, he would be charged twenty-pence each, or a total of four pounds sterling, half of which would be retained by the English Post-office for the carriage of the letters to Ca lais, and the other half would go to the French Post office as the charge for their subsequent transit to Paris. But by the proposed new arrangement he would only have to pay in London one penny each, or four shillings for the whole, instead of two pounds, for which sum the i English Post-office would deliver them at Calais, thence SPORT IN G INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. (Farther particulars of Friday's Races.) First Race.—The running was made by The Dey of Algiers to the Ab. M. bottom, where Feather, who had been following, closed his account," and was seen no more. Near the Duke's Stand Joanina took up the running, and appeared to be win ning, but The Dey came again as fresh as a daisy, headed the mare, and won cleverly by a length. Second Race.—The Drama made play to the cords, where she was headed by the two-yr-old, and beaten easily by a length. Third Race.—A short quick run race, won easy by a length. Fourth Race.—The mare made running for about the dis tance, when The Dey went up, and ran head and head with her two or three hundred yards, then got his neck in front, and appeared to have the race in hand, but stopped close upon the post, and was defeated by a neck. Nursery Stakes.--Garry Owen took the lead, the others following him . ,so closely that we cannot say which laid second. At the T. Y. C. poet Assissin took up the running, with Little Wonder in attendance, and so they finished, the former win ning cleverly by a length. Ten-Pound-Note was third, Col. Peel's roan colt fourth (both well up), Garry Owen fifth, Miss Romer sixth, Raymond seventh, and Nicholas eighth. The last three beaten off. Sixth Race.—Bosphorus made all the running, and won by half a length. Seventh Race.—Flambeau waited the first quarter of a mile, made running the remainder of the distance, and won by ten lengths. Capote's Match.—The Malibran filly took the lead to the cords, where Capote ran by her, and wen by half a length. Ten Sovs. Sweepstakes.—The Colonel filly was backed freely at the commencement of the betting, but on Colonel Peel's declaring to win with Negus, the odds changed to 5 to 4 agst the Colonel filly (taken), and 6to 4 agst Negus (taken). The latter was never headed, and won in a canter by three lengths. SATURDAY. Match, 50 sovs, h ft. First half of Ab. M.—Lord G. Ben tinck's Sal Volatile, Bst 51b, asst Colonel Peel's f, by Veloci pede, out of Malibraa, 7st 61b. Off by Consent. Match, 100 sovs, h ft. T. Y. C.—Lord G. Bentinck's Ca pots, ist 21b, received 40 sovs forfeit from Mr. Graydon's Roe cius, Bst 71b. The Handicaps did not fill. EVENING EDITION•,,, FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, OCT. 31.—A letter from Beauraing of the 21st of this month, says, " We were for a time ap prehensive that the crop of potatoes would entirely fail in this part of the country, and we are agreeably sur prised at its having proved satisfactory almost every where. The crops of corn have been abundant and of good quality, yet the prices are still high. If they do not fall during the winter, it will be dfficult for many per sons to provide bread. The temperature of the month of October this year, as observed at Brussels, has been remarkable in many respects, especially for the sudden transition from heat to cold. During the 10th the mercury (in Reaumur's ther mometer) had risen to 21 deg. 8 min. ; about 79} deg. Fahrenheit. On the 11th, at 2 o'clock in the morning, a storm, accompanied with loud claps of thunder, arose. This is the first time that the phenomenon has been ob served at the Observatery at Brussels during the month of October. After the 12th the mercury fell in a few days to 0.4 below Zero, and on the 9 9th, in the evening, there was a pretty heavy fall of snow. The train from Brus sels to Liege was overtaken by a heavy fall of snow be tween Louvain and Tirlemont, which increased as it approached Liege. The railway was soon covered, and the train could scarcely advance, and the engine being, as it seems, old and worn out, we cannot tell what would have become of the train had it not found at Landen a second locomotive, which had been judici ously sent to meet it. FROM THE BANKS OF THE WARTHE, OCT. 15. In what times do we live ? 'We have good reason to ask this question, for what is passing among us is incredible in our age, and quite contrary to the usual course of things. What Prussian would have conceived a few years ago,that an echo of the interdict would appear in his country, and yet the first step is taken to bring down the dark cloud upon us. On Sunday last, after high mass, notice was given from the pulpit in our Church, and we are as sured at the same time, in all the Churches of the Archbishopric, that the Church put on mourning, in consequence of the removal of the great Shepherd , and that consequently from that moment not a Church bell should be heard, and that all the usual religious pomp should be suspended. At the same time all the faith • fel who desire to preserve the approbation of the Church, are enjoined to take part in the transactions of their life in the mourning of the Church. Since that day the Church bells are mute. From the neighbourinc, country we hear that some of the clergy have positively refused to celebrate marriages, and will have this time con sidered like the season of Lent before Easter ; others only re quire the parties to be married to refrain from all merriment and festivity at the celebration of their mar riage. Music at funerals, or public processions, as those which are usual among the Catholics , are for bidden. Those who know with what rejoicings the Polish farmers are used to celebrate their marriages, and how they go on those occasions through the town with their village musicians, know how sensibily they will feel this prohibition. What responsibility falls on those who have given occasion to this state of mot • The Archbishop is said to have written a letter to h sister, in which he says that he has no compl a int t . o make respecting his residence ; that in some respect it is preferable to the preceding. Other accounts, how ever, say that he is unwell, and has sent to this place for medical advice. BELGIAN I. UNDS—BaussELs, OCT. 31.51 Cent Actual Debt, 2% per '). Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. 1 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per - Cent II El i ----- 3 per Cent 95 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent ................ Society of Commerce, 4%per Cent ll4 72 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent National Society. — 12 ELchange on London (short) - - Brussels Papers, Nov. 1. . AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Ocr. 2}•107 live per Cents. Metalliquef 1: our per Cents. RI Three per Cents. • Bank Shares ls77}i --Aligemeine Zeitung, Oct. 29 THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEX• Per Quarter. Morpeth Penrith Sheffield -- Winchester Per Plushel. Cardiff Carmarthen.. Cowbridge-- Swansea `Jheat. Barley. s. to s. I s. to $ 8 38 68 ' 32 38 54 64 i 28 38 67 38 64 39 70 80 37 42 s.d. s.d. c. d. 8.4.1 00 9 0 0 0 40' 00 8 7 0 0 30r 100 110 00 561 30 10 0 4 0 501 Oats. S. to S. S. 8. 41 - 22 34 Is 28 23 48 40 8. tO f. 29 23 27 s. d. s. d. 00 44 00 23 00 40 22 34 42 45 s. d. •. d. 00 00 56 00 50 53 56 00 4 - 5 .4.‘ 44 3.75 B.d. s. d• 00 oe 00 e 0 o 00 00 0 0 60 Bf.lo 0 130 li 0 9 0 00 60 SO 76 SG 00 00 7 0 g 8 9 0 12 0 ' 5 7 ; g g o o e 5 0 so sa .CHANGE.-Nov, 2, Red. White. Wheat, Northumberland 4Bs 715....... 704 75:.1 - Norfolk and Suffolk O6 B. 70s 7.2s 75.. I Berwick and Scotch 60.. 63s - 4. 671. - Foreign 64'.. 70........ 68s. 755. I Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk ogs 4,2 s -s. -4.. - Foreign 32.. 335....... -s. -8. • t: Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 3ss. 455....... -8. -.4.,. a --- Grinding and Feeding ns 365...... -s. -4, g Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk.. Beans, Small 36s dOs -s ....0 - - Tick 42s 44.: -a, -s. - Pease, White 42s. 438. .... .- 4 ,. ...6. ---- Gray -s 6 Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 203. 31s . --s. -.- 44 28s 29g....„.,. --s. -- 4 .. - Foreign ... Flour (per sack) sls 53e ..-s. -- 4 . * -• ..... WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET:.-Nov. 1. 'neat, Red, Norfolk and Sutiblk ... •-, , 60s. to 67a. tioe '7%4 ' Lin. and Cam. ....s. 58.* to 665. fine 63i. Yorkshire White .fine 76 '. Foreign, fted . - - s ic . . 656.05.. toto 7602: 7V. .... -s. 60s. to 65a. fine . White to 7 4. nne 80s Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Lincolnshire - Yorkshire Wr,ld Foreign ..... -s. to -s. tine -* fine 645. Beans, New ---- Old Oats, P0tat0..,.. -s to 32.. tine 3e , --- Poland -s s. to 325. fine ;NS, - e'riealand and Small -s. -s to tn.. fine 30s. roz•ali.ng Shelling ......... Ma1t.......,.. Rapeseed 160 220 80 93 ' 130 16 6 7 0 80 16 0 210 7 0 9 0 140 18 0 9 0 99' NEWCASTLE CORN E Per 8011. Sarnardcastle Durham....—..... Richmond -- 5t0ckt0n„......... ITCH M. .RKEY Oats. THE DERBY. 17 t• 1 agst Wardan 18 to 1 agst Angelica colt 20 to 1 agst Launcelot—taken 20 to 1 agst either •f Lord Jersey's 20 to 1 agst St. Andrew 25 to 1 agst Brother to Euclid—taken 28 to 1 agst Lucetta colt—taken 33 to 1 agst Bokhara 40 to L agst Grey Milton—taken 40 to 1 agst Datura's dam—taken 1000 to 15 agst Velvet colt—taken 30 to 1 agst Little Wonder and Assassin—taken 200 to 1 even between Bonnet Rouge and Dreadnought LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. THE DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Launcelot—taken 16 to 1 agst Wardan—taken 25 to 1 agst Brother to Euclid—taken bOO to lb agst Wild Duck—taken 1900 to 30 agst Lucetta colt THE OAKS. 5 to 2 agst Crucifix—taken 10 to 1 agst Lalla Rookh—taken 10 to 1 agst Currency—taken ST. LEGER. 100 to 6 agst Gibraltar—taken HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Essex and Suffolk hounds will meet on Tuesday, at Bentley Hall ; Friday, at Dedham-street--at half-past ten. Mr. Surtees's hounds Wednesday, at Pradley Hall ; Satur day, at Belton Grange—at eleven. Lord Moreton's bOunds Tuesday, at Seven Bridges ; Thurs day, at Ampney ; Saturday, at Swindon—at half-past ten. Colonel G. Wyndham's hounds Wednesday, at Phillis Wood ; Friday, at Sillcox Common—at half-past eleven. East Essex hounds Tuesday, at Countess Cross—at half past ten. Essex Union hounds Tuesday, at Asheldham Church, South Hanningfield Tye—at half-past ten. Mr. Webb's hounds Wednesday, at Congleton ; Saturday, at Wexford Bridge—at eleven. Mr. Wall's harriers Tuesday, at Litton's Hill—at nint. The Middleton harriers Tuesday, at Haskings Penning. Herefordshire hounds Tuesday, at Castlewood's Oak; Fri day, at Fourchope—at ten. The Ludlow hounds Tuesday, at Thateher's Wood, near Bridgnorth ; Thursday, at Middleton Gorse—at ten. Mr. A. Smith's hounds Tuesday, at Tedworth : Thursday, at Lower Wick Farm ; Friday, at South Grove— at eleven. Mr. Herlock's hounds Tuesday, at Compton ; Friday, at Derry Hill—at half-past ten. The Boroughbrid g e harriers Tuesday, at Windmill, Hutton Moor ; Friday, at Aldborough—at half-past ten. Mr. Giles's hounds Friday, at the Kennel—at ten. The Quoin hounds Tuesday, at Steward's Hay ; Thursday, at Barkby ; Friday, at Ratcliffe-on-Wreck—at half-past ten. Lord Chesterfield's hounds Tuesday, at Nobott's Wood ; Thursday, at Thornby ; Friday, at Kelmarsh—at a quarter to eleven. The Heythrop hounds Tuesday, at Ditchley ; Friday, at Farmington Grove ; Saturday, at North Aston. The Berkshire hounds Tuesday, at Kennel ; Thursday, at Coomb Wood; Saturday, at Stamford Gate—at half-past ten. The Earl of Harewood's hounds Wednesday, at Becca Mill ; Friday, at Ribston Moore—at half-past ten. The Sinnington hounds Tuesday, at Nass ; Friday, at Crof ton Whin—at ten. The Eddlethorpe hounds Wednesday, at Castle Howard Inn; Friday, top of Unkleby Wood—at half-past ten. Mr. Fane's harriers Wednesday, at Sheeps Leys ; Friday ; at Postconibe. The Perthshire hounds Tuesday, at Keillour ; Thursday, at Rossie Priory ; Saturday, at Lintraw—at half-past ten. The Western Hunt Tuesday, at Resemorran Gate—at eight ; Friday, at Crowlas Gate—at ten. The Fifeshire hounds Tuesday, at New Inn; Thursday, at Glenduckia ; Saturday, at Scotstarric Tower—at half-past ten. The Badsworth's hounds Tuesday, at Ackworth Moor Top ; Thursday, at Wentbridge ; Saturday, at Shafton Two Gates— at half-past ten. Mr. Foljambe's hounds Tuesday at Lancr ° old ; Thursday, at Cantley ; Friday, at Laxton ; Saturday, at Thoresby Park—at half-past ten. Mr. Ramsay's hounds Wednesday, at Latham Grange ; Friday, at Findourie—at half-past ten. The Vine hounds Wednesday, at Traveller's Rest ; Friday, at Bramley—at eleven. The York and Ainsty hounds Tuesday, at Stearsby ; Thurs day, at Red House ; Saturday, at Ferensby—at half-past ten. The Northumberland and North Durham hounds, Wednes day, at Howick ; Friday, at Billingham ; Saturday, at Budle— at half-past ten. The Carlisle hounds Wednesday, at the Kennel; Friday, at Graham's Hill—at half-past nine. The Union harriers Wednesday, at Parkhead Friday, at Aikhead—at seven. The Lancaster Union harriers Tuesday, at Cross Hill ; Fri day, at Tortisholme—at ten. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) The Medea, steam-frigate, Commander Nott, arrived here on Monday, from the North American station. She left Quebec on the sth of October, and Sydney Cove, near Cape Breton, on the 12th ; her machinery in general is in a bad state, and her boilers are useless ; she sailed home principally, the boilers having leaked soon after she was clear of the Banks, and took nearly two days to repair, and again gave out when she was off the Start, with a strong east wind blowing against her ; she contrived, however, to get to Cowes, from whence the Messenger steamer towed her into Ports mouth harbour. She spoke the Rattlesnake troop ship, on Friday the 25th, with a fair wind. The Pique, 36, Captain Boxer, may be daily ex pected from Quebec, with Sir John Colborne on board. The Inconstant, 36, Captain Pring, is also expected from Halifax, having long since been relieved by the Winchester, 52. _ _ _ The Scout, 18, Commander Craigie, reached Dover on Sunday last and anchored there. On Monday she was the whole day working into the Downs to get an an chorage. She remained there till Wednesday evening, when, finding she was driving, and that her compressor was damaged, and having only another anchor to let czo, it was deemed advisable to slip, and run leisurely for Spithead, where she anchored on Thursday. The Scout's men are half on the sick list, and suffering much this cold weather, from change of climate. The sooner the men are paid off the better. The Persian, a new 16, is ordered for commission at Sheerness. The Fantome, a new 16-gun brig, has been commis• sioned at Chatham, by Commander Edward H. Butter• field. A court-martial was held at Plymouth en Wednes day on Mr. Crichton, the assistant-surgeon of the Pe trel, on a charge of drunkenness. He was dismissed the service. ROYAL GEORGE.—The operations upon the wreck of this ship are suspended for the winter season. In deed, for several days past the easterly winds have thrown such a sea into the Roadstead that nothing could be done, and the divers and sappers and miners are about to go to Woolwich. Within the last fortnight many tons of the wreck have been got up, together with the foremost capstan and an iron 32-pounder. It has also been ascertained that her stern-post is standing erect and the rudder unshipped, but close to it the pintles and gudgeons being of iron have decayed nod given way. IN HARBOUR.—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Medea, Sapphire, Numa (transport), and Messenger (steamer. AT SPITIIEAD —Hercules and Scout. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS: AProiNTmENTs.—Comm;;Cier Edward H. Butter field, to the Fantome. Lieutenants—M. Turner to the Hydra, W. Read to Prospero steam-packet, running between Milford and Waterford ; James A. Gordon to the Donegal. Master—G. H. Cole to Britannia vice Yule, W. Miller, to the Sapphire. Master's As sistant—David C. 0. Slaughter to the Sapphire. Second Master and Pilot—P. B. Roberts to the Alecto steam-packet. Assistant-Surgeon---pr. Thomas J. Layton to the Sapphire, Andrew Lillie additional to the Britannia. Mate—W. H. Moubray to the Hastings, F. W. Sydney to the Beacon,H. Bailey to the Excellent C. R. Hoblyn to the Revenge. Midshipman —Willi am : Cudworth to the Revenge. Cl er k —Henry Price ( pur ser half-pay) as additional clerk to the Excellent. CITY REFORM.—When thenumbers which showed that the Bill was lost was declared in the Court, Mr. Wheeler gave notice o f a mot i on to consider a re solution, " that it is expedient that the members of Common Council from the several wards should be re duced to such a number as will be more in proportion to the number of houses and amount o f ratea bl e pro perty therein, and that leave be given to bring in a Bill to effect the same. " I t i s expected that a long discussion will take place on the motion. Upon the rejection a short time ago of a general motion upon the subject, the supporters of it declared that if the Court had been full, the majority for the general reduction would have been immens e . Th e exper i ment w ill , i t i s believed, be tried on the next Court day. Wheat. Barley. Beans. Oatmeal.. 32 to yi 40 43 kherdeen 70 to 80 27 to 20 24 to 27 —to Berwick 4O 51 :20 27 17 25 33 35 Cold stream 46 50 24 26 17 18 30 Cupar (Fite) 4M 65 26 31 18 22 22 26 ...- Dunbar 4B 68 26 49 23 27 40 42 43 42 Elgin - Inverness Kelso . 42 53 23 26 19 23 32 34 J Kirkaldy 62 67 36 33 45 48 43 • Perth Tho size of the measure varies throughout the country. HADDING CON CORN MARKET.—Nov. 1. There was a good supply of Wheat ; sales heavy , and prices 1 111 c risen slightly. Wheat. Barley. Oats. pease. S4s Od 42s 6d 32s 0 , 1 46s Od 67s Od 37s Od 24a od —3 01 66s Od 31s Od 23r 0d —s Od - Average 3 l. 76. 51. 1 .12th. DALKEITH CORN MARKET.—Oct. 3L ' Wheat. Barley. ' O ats. Pease _ sOi Od 41a 6d I 48s 8d 49s 0.1 (93 0.1 35$ O•.i 24s 4d 48s Of 52s Od 26s 6d 16s 4d 441 (,d e irst Second First 'second Third Beans. scs od 4f3 , 445-u- Bean.. 4s °d^ Od 43 , Od There were 107 prisoners for trial at the Mari' borough Sessions, of whom 44 could neither read 00r write ! and 38 were under twenty years of age ! In the' same indictment were included a child eleven years o'a only, and a hoary-headed man of seventy-four MR. BRADSHAW'S SPEECH.—Our Contempo•• raries are astounded at the seditious and intersperate language of Mr. Bradshaw, but they are little aware of the spirit of disloyalty that pervades the Tor;ies in this quarter of the empir e . F or our own parts 'we are not s gat at all surprised a t th e approbation the . e x p ressi ons met with at a packed T or y hering, seeintT that at t 0 "no party" banquet that recently took place here, of honour of the Duke of W e lli ng t on , a s Lord. Warden ot: the Cinque Ports, where the Torie s happeTic d to 1 0 % the greater force of lungs, the health of her IN lajestl T ot received with comparatively cold indifference, that of thc.Queen Dowager was applauded to the ac"" —Dover Chronicle. HORIZONTAL FLAT wiTCH'.,,, with accurately finished jewelled movements, vrarran tei,l, offered in silver cases, price Four G u i neas and a Half ea ‘" - or, in gold cases, price Nine Guineas each, at T. COX r, and Sil SAVORY'S, on Watchmaker, Jewelleversmith, 47, Conihill, L•Pi (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street). N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in ez.chan BIRTHS. Lino' n On the 30th ult., a t. S out h W i lli ng h am R ec A e ry, shire, Mrs. A. Corbett, of a daughter. ..A of On the Ist inst., at Michael's-place, Brompton, the 1.4 Henry Robert Pearson, Esq., of a son. On the Ist in s t., i n Ch a th am - p l ace , Bl ac kfriars, Mrs. Allen Davis, of a son. On the Ist inst. at Manchester-street, Manchester-square, the lady of John Burges Watson, Esq., architect, of a son. MARRIED. On the 21st ult., at Thurles, Henry Penton, Esq., o f Penton' trifle, Middl esex , t o Eliza M la'.o Maria, eldest daughter of th e Major Langley, of 13rittas-castle, Tperary._ On the 31st ult., at Strood, Ke p nt, Mr. James W illiams Thomas, to Fanny Davis, widow of John Hedding, Ezq., Salisbury. On the 30th ult., at St. George's Church, Han'orer-squarer General J. P. Henderson, Minister from Texa s , t o Franaeh second daughter of John Cox, Esq., of Philad-Ap DIED. On the ith of August last, Richard Howe Cockerel], Est , Captain in the Royal Navy, anti late of the firm of Messrs. Cockerell and Co., of Calcutta. On the 30th ult. , at White Hart-lane, Tottenham, Miss Sarah Percy, one of the daughters of the late Rev. Josep h Percy, of Woolwich, Kent, aged 59. On the 31st ult., Th(unas, eldest son o ft e late Mr. Tho mas Burrows, Church-row, Limehouse, aged 32. On the 31st ult., Elizabeth, wife of J. Ashley, wine-mer chant, Chatiava, Kent. On the 31st ult., at New London-street, Mr. John Wright., aged 35. At Bayswater, Geor g e Drummond, Mos. Bac. Oxon , or ganist at St. Mary 's Church, Paddington, and Bays'eater Chapel, aged 43. On the Ist inst., at Chiswick, Mr. Thomsa Brady., of New , gate-street, aged SE. ....... London: Printed and Published by MURDO 'YOU. No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 11w,. Siati -f county of Middlesex. —Monday, November 4, 1889. 1;11.-nite .--,