The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-30 00:00:00

C-itri) Mb Won SWEARING IN OF THE SHERIFFS.—This morning the new Sheriffs, Mr. Alderman Carden and Mr. Hodgkin son, were sworn in before the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer with the usual formalities. The corporation returned from Westminster in the City barge. FRANCE. The following is the article, for the publication of which, in the C'orsaire, prosecution of MM. Cour tois and Laurent has been ordered "A salary of 500,000 francs was abundantly suf ficient for the expenses of the First Consul, who com bined the greatest glory with the simplicity of the manners of Washington. In our day millions are not enough for a .President. He has already been obliged to extend his hand, which had narrowly escaped being rejected, and soon the emptied box will be presented again. We must do to certain persons the justice to say that they drink healths and smoke with the first comer—private so'dier or General, it is all the same to them. Napoleon felt disgust at swillers and gluttons as well as at smokers. He was never seen banding a cigar to a soldier, and during his reviews there was no champagne nor grilled fowls. He was Dot the flatterer of the soldiers, and he regaled them only with glory. To his troops, when attenuated by hunger, and who cried 'bread, bread,' the young General of the army of Italy replied 'Bread ! before eight days you shall have it and to spare.' This un comfortable consolation was sufficient. That bread, so long waited for, came. But, in the mean time, the enemy appeared. As at Malplaquet the bread was cast away, the soldiers rushed into fire, they beat the Austrians, and then returned gaily to eat a morsel of barley bread moistened with spring water. Since that time, when people were fed with glory, how cookery has progressed! On the 18th Brumaire, General Bonaparte, in answer to those who demanded guarantees, cried,',.' Grenadiers ! have I ever deceived you when I promised you victory ?' In our day, in similar circumstances, the reply would be, Grenadiers, have I ever deceived you when I pro mised you good cheer ?' In the time of the Em peror, to obtain a decoration, it was necessary to have deserved it—such little importance was set on the re cognition of services to come. In the baggage of Napoleon there were no barrels of crosses by way of provision, and no shovels to distribute them. Yet, let us not be deceived, the era of the Cresars, predicted by a guest of the Elysee, has commenced. It has been already remarked that soup makes the soldier. In our day, and with perfectly liberal views, cham pagne, trailed fowls, and Havannah cigars form the materiel of reviews. But, is the gratitude of a full stomach more lively or more lasting than that of the heart ? In their decline the Roman soldiers touched the stomachs of their officers, and flung away the helmet and the cuirasse which had become too heavy for their effeminacy. In our days disregard for discipline, and forgetfulness of glory, would be still worse, and, what is the saddest of all, the disorder comes from a high quarter. A society of the 10th of December would seem to the Emperor a strange means of government. Disorder under the appellation of beneficence I I repeat to you that, in our days, if the sword of Austerlitz do not end in an old curiosity shop, it will be turned into a spit, and that of the Elysee into a larding-pin. The buckler of Francis I. will become a turbot dish, and his cuirasse a frying pan. The glorious sword of Aumale and of Ivrey, which already fell into the hands of a cheffonier of July, will become a bacon knife, and the column of July be made into pots." A letter from Lorient of the 25th inst. gives the following description of a lately-invented bullet of a most destructive nature : " M. Lagrange, an apothecary, residing in this town, has been for the last fifteen years labouring at the preparation of a bullet of the most destructive kind. Although it appears that he had completed his labours for some time, he did not communicate his discovery to the Government until within the last few days. An experiment as to the effect produced by those bullets has been made under the inspection of Admirals La Susse and La Guerre, Lieutenant- General Laplace of the Artillery, and of a commission appointed by Government. The success of the experiment is said to have exceeded all expec tation. Each bullet on striking the object against which it was directed, exploded with a detonation as loud as that of the gun from which it was fired, and produced a most destructive effect. It bursts in stantly on striking any object which opposes resist ance, whether it be earth, wood, or stone. At the conclusion of the trial the members of the commission, addressing the inventor, said, Sir, your name ought to be inscribed amongst the members of the Peace Congress, for after your invention it will be impos sible to think of making war.' M. Lagrange s=serts that with a gun-boat, armed with four pieces of can non, he could sink a ship of 120 guns in twenty mi nutes. lie is in tre:Ay with the Government for the sale of his secret." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The '‘ertnan papers have telegraphic dispatches from Hamburgh and G.penhagen of the '26th inc. The Commander of the Danis.,ll troop) has received instructions to prohibit the navigation on the Eyder, in case such a measure should be recommended by military necsities. The Kind of Denmaile and the Prince Ferdinand have lest Copenhlgen f,r Fieniburd, where they in tend to remain for a term of eight dap. Mr. SasEAL seconded the resolution, which was passed unanimously. The Rev. Dr. KING proposed—" That this meeting regards with feelings of deep regret the continuance of the slave trade by the subjects, and even by the connivance of the officials of Spain and Brazil ; and this meeting is of opinion that the time has now fully come when the honour of the British nation, as well as the claims of righteousness and benevolence, re quire that our Government should insist upon the treaties which have been entered into with Spain and Brazil being carried into immediate effect." H. DUNLOP, Esq., seconded the resolution. Passed unanimously. JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P., was then intro duced, and was very warmly received. He said there had been entrusted to him a resolution, which he was now to move for their approval. Hating slavery as he did, earnestly desiring the suppression of the slave traffic, and believing that the present juncture was one peculiarly favourable for attaining that object, he could not but feel proud that this great city had moved in the matter, and promulgated a plan of ac tion, such as,would, if well carried out, go far to ren der certain the success of what was so desirable. The feeling of the people of this country had long been strongly inimical to slavery—since the period of the last war—he meant that which terminated in 1815. So strong was the feeling then, that one of the first instructicns of Lord Liverpool to the British repre sentative of the Congress of Vienna was to secure the consent of all the powers to issue a declaration against the slave trade. Accordingly, in a little time a so lemn declaration was issued and agreed to by Austria, England, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, and France, as well as Spain and Portugal, in which it was deter mined that the slave traffic should cease for ever; and ever since that period England had been carrying on negotiations to completely attain that object. As far as the United States were concerned, they had most implicitly observed their stipulations as , regards the trade. So had France in respect to hers, and conjointly with Britain she had maintained the squadron for the blockade of the African coast, in order thereby to extinguish it. Now, with regard to the treaty with Spain, he must say that if they had a right to look for the bservance of faith with them by any country, that country was Spain. She was under the greatest obligations to England. But for the liberal sums they had expended, and the aid they had given her in the Peninsular war, her monarchy would not now have been in existence. But not to speak of that, or the assistance they had given her in securing her independence against Don Carlos, he might refer to the vast sums she was indebted for to British commerce and industry. He did not speak of the 400,000/. mentioned, which was given to indem nify parties who might lose by the suppression of the trade, but to the one hundred and seventy- two mil lions of British capital which she owed, and which, he thought, must be held to give them an extraordinary claim upon her. If they were to join earnestly and sincerely in the attempt to put down the traffic, he certainly was of opinion that it could be much more efficiently done by s'ationing a portion of the squadron off the coast of Cuba, to pre vent the approach of the slavers, than by keeping the whole on the coast of Africa, with the view of thwarting their getting off. He believed that the present Government, or at all events the Noble Lord at the head of Foreign Affairs, was anxious to adopt such a course. It unfortunately happened, however, that if Lord Palmerston was to make any move in this direction, there was a party ready to cry out that he was desirous to involve us in war. Now, he knew that there was no man more anxious to preserve peace between the United King don: and other countries than Lord Palmerston. He had had the honour to be employed under him for several years upon foreign missions, and he was per suaded that no man could have been more anxious to do all in his power to avoid war than he was after the revolution of 1830. But somehow it did happen that there was always a faction ready on every occasion to i alarm the public, by declaring that he was going to re volve the country in war. He (Mr. Macgregor) believed he never would do so—(Cheers)--while he was sure, at the same time, that he would take care to claim the rights of British subjects in every country. He now came to the question of Brazil, and he must con • fess that here was a greater difficulty presented than in the other instance. They might certainly send the half of the African squadron to blockade the coast of Brazil, and they thereby would do much to prevent the importation of slaves, but such a course would be objected to by traders, and by the mere utilitarians. He hailed their present meeting with great delight and hope. The resolution which he had to propose contained a reference to their West In dian islands, and the pia judicial effects on them of competition. Adhering as strongly as he had ever done to the principles of free trade, he must say, as regards West India distress, that to slavery, in great part, it must be ascribed. That was the main draw back to the prosperity of their West India colonies. Suppcse slavery abolished, and he had no doubt be sides, that from the increased value of labour in Cuba and Porto Rico, a greet encouragc merit to the free celauial labour would take place ; it would be more in demand, and commercial activity and success would advance in a proportionate ratio. This remark he thought was completely applicable as respects alike Jamaica, Guiana, and Trinidad. It was an observa tion with regard to the commercial opinions he hell as respected the policy which had been carried out by the late Sir Robert Peel, and adhered to by the Ministry which had succeeded that great statesman— that virtuous and good man. Of that system of fiscal policy, alike as it respects the West India colonies and the country at large, of that policy he approved, and begged to state, that while on moral and com mercial grounds he desired the abolition of slavery, and regarded it as an obstacle to West Indian pros perity, he could never consent, because of the distress that might prevail there, to return to the principle of monopoly. Mr. Macgregor concluded, amid applause, by moving the following resolution :—" That this meeting is of opinion that the depression and distress of our West India colonies have been greatly aggra vated by the non-observance of the slave-trade treaties on the part of Spain and Brazil, and that some of the best results anticipated from colonial emancipation have been frustrated by the continuance of the slave traffic." The resolution was seconded by the Rev. G. BIA Tic, and carried. Mr. tame, M.P., in moving the third resolution, said that he also felt satisfaction in meeting them this evening, on account of a subject in some respects per sonal to himself. It might be in the recollection of many whom he had now the honour cf addressing, that during the ,last session of Parliament a motion was tabled in the House of Commons for the purpose of abolishing the maintenance of the squadron on the coast of Africa. It was intimated to her Majesty's Ministers that many of the usual supporters of the Government were not likely to vote with them on that occasion. The First Lord of the Treasury called a meeting of the friends of the Government, and inti mated to them that if the House of Coe:mons resolved that this squadron should be abolished they could not carry that resolution into effect. That resolution was lost, consequently it was not necessary that her Majesty's Ministers should resign. As be, how ever, had voted in the minority, he felt that there was some reason for him explaining his con duct. He fully believed that, independent altogether of that squadron, there were other means within the power of her Majesty's Government for abolishing the slave trade, and one of the most efficient means in his mind was the existence of those slave-trade treaties which they entered into with Brazil and Spain. He also considered that the ships employed on the coast of Africa were totally unfitted and ill equipped for the purpose. On the other hand, it was maintained that the trade would break out with in creased vigour if the squadron were withdrawn, that the coast would swarm with pirates, and altogether destroy the legitimate trade, and that all attempts would be defeated for the civilization and Christian ization of Africa. Since that period the evidence re ferred to by Dr. King and Mr. 13lyth had appeared, from which he found that the slave trade was alto gether abolished, north of the equator, to a distance _oi_tf 2,500 m il es , w i t h t h e exception of the Bight of Li tt iho e en n in, n ue f , x a tphe s an p td a ei c tv e ui rd o ee f n l cenese,sc he h es s a a n ry 3 0 wouldfCto rb me the i d l iess posed. s u l p n p tO c or o t n sanctions o i f d et this - s squadron. lie was b oun d t o say that, according to the beat of his belief, all the Mi n i s t ers were working out the abolition of the slave trade by the measures of the Noble Lord at the head of Foreign Affairs—that Noble Lord whose genius had already piloted him through all the wiles of foreign diplomacy —and whose heart was in th e ri g h t place, as regarded the abolition of the slave trade. One great want in our treaties which had forcibly struck him was having no power to punish the cap tain, supercargo, &c., of the slave-trader. Af ter having been taken, they were immediately released, and found their way back to Rio ard Cuba ; and it had been given in evidence, that some of these indivi duals had been captured by cur cruizers as often as six times in a very short space of time. A consider able anti-slavery feeling now prevailed both at Rio and Havannah, and he could not doubt that the sympa thies of the great maritime states of Europe, and of the United States of America, were strong in the same direction. The Hon. Gentleman set down by moving the following resolution : " That this meeting regard the prosent as a fitting time fur bringing prominently before the British public the continued existence of the slave trade; as well as for enlisting the sympathies and energies of the Governments of Great Britain, of the United States of America, of France, of Denmark, and of other countries which have already condemned the in famous traffic, in a vigorous combined effort for the effectual suppression of a system so abhorrent to every sentiment of religion and humanity." Mr. R. BAIRD seconded the resolution. It was carried. On the motion of the Rev. Dr: SMTTII, the follow ing resolution was next adopted, with which the pro ceedings terminated : " That this meeting adopt petitions to the Legisla ture, that his Lordship, the chairman, be authorised to sign them in its behalf, and that a committee assist his Lordship in this business, and adopt any measure that may be necessary to attain the object of the meet ing."—Glasgow TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. CESIREWITCH. 8 to 1 agst Landgrave 11 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 13 to 1 agst Russborough 13 to 1 agst Backbiter 15 to 1 agst Trouncer 16 to 1 agst Wanota 16 to 1 agst Lady Eden 20 to 1 agst Chantrey 30 to 1 agst Essedarius CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 6 to 1 agst The Italian 16 to 1 agst Loadstone 25 to 1 agst Hagley 25 to 1 agst Sysiphon NEWMARKET TWO YRS OLD TRIENNIAL. 3 to 1 agst Aaron Smith 7 to 4 agst Hernandez NEWMARKET THREE YRS OLD TRIENNIAL. 5 to 4 on William the Conqueror 4 to 1 agst Hardinge DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Prime Minister 40 to 1 agst Lightfoot LARGE SALMON.—There was caught at Saneel fishing water, on Tuesday, a salmon which weighed 43ilbs., and measured in length 4 feet 3 inches, and in girth 2 feet 1 inch. :No improvement has taken place in the fishing; the quantity taken at present is small, almost without a pre cedent, the prices consequently continue very high, salmon being ls. 4d. per lb., grilse Is. ld., and trout Bd.—Berwici Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Sarah Hawkins and Catherine Lee were charged with having robbed a man of his watch. Michael Haydon, an active detective officer of the City police, was on London-bridge a few nights ago, and ob served the prosecutor and the two women, one of whom stood away from the others. He expected that the women were in a conspiracy to plunder the man, and be followed them closely. The man soon sepa rated himself from the women, and the officer ascer tained that he had been robbed of his watch, and pursued the two prisoners in a cab into which they had suddenly flung themselves, directing the driver to go on quickly in any direction. Haydon and the prosecutor:got into the cab, - and after having repeatedly asked the women for the watch, which they positivley denied any knowledge of, told the cabman to • drive with "all the lot" to the station-house. Arrived there the prisoners stuck to the assertion that they were as innocent as the unborn, and the female searcher, after a very minute examination, pronounced that they had no watch or other valuables in their possession. This judgment was very strongly in fa vour of the prisoners, but Haydon, who had not only observed the prosecutor's manner upon finding that he had been robbed of his watch, but the agitation and hurry of the accused, said he considered it to be necessary that the surgeon of the police force should be consulted upon the subject. • Accordingly, at the Mansion-house, Mr. Childs, the medical gentleman, undertook the office of searcher, and proved himself well qualified fur the performance of the duty by in troducing to the astonished eyes of the prosecutor the identical watch, which he declared he had found upon the person of Sarah Hawkins. It is proper to state that the fact of the finding by the medical officer did not prove that the female searcher had omitted the ordinary means of ascertaining the fact, but it certainly showed that the assistance of a medical searcher may be often necessary in cases of con cealment. The prisoner Lee said she had never seen the other woman before the night they were taken, and that their acquaintanceship began as acquaintanceship often commenced amongst those who had no place to go to in misery. As for the watch, she never was so much surprised at anything as at finding that her new friend was in possession of such a thing. Sarah Hawkins said she saw, as she was walking along Pudding-lane, by chance, something glittering at her feet. She picked it up, and finding that it was a watch, and that she might be robbed of it, she hid it. —The prisoners were committed for trial. BOW-STREET. Antonio 21Ioltoni, who was last week remanded on a charge of having caused 3,000 spurious notes, re sembling the notes of the Lombardy Venetian Bank, to be engraved by Mr. Lee, in Holborn, wed again brought up fur further examination ; but Mr. Bush, the solicitor for the prosecution, having stated that he had been as yet unable to obtain efidence that the notes were forgeries, beyond the testimony already adduced, at his request the prisoner was remanded for another w ?ek. Mr. lIEN HY was of opinion that enough had alreedy been proved to justify the committal of the prisoner for trial; nevertheless, it might be desirable to make the case more complete. AIA RLSORO UGH- STREE T. George Tyler, landlord of the Sun and Thirteen Cantons, C cetle-street, Leicester-square, was sum moned by the police for permitting drunkenness and disorderly conduct in his house. From the statement of the police it appeared that in consequence of a disturbance in the street, between persons who came out of this house, and who got fight ing together and were taken to the station-house, a con stable was placed to watch the house, and saw persons at three and four o'clock the same morning come out of it. A constable proved that on going into the house he found numerous persons, male and female, present. The landlord was in the bar, and he was not sober. He did rot see any one in masks come out of the house, although he saw seven or eight persons in masks in the street that morning. Inspector Monckton said the defendant, although summoned before, had not been convicted, but it was one of the worst conducted houses in the district. Mr. Duncombe, for the defendant, said the in spector had no right to make such remarks. With respect to the charge before the Court, the defendant kept a night-house, and, as the law stood, he had a right to keep it open all night if he pleased. The charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the house had not been brought home to defendant. Mr. BROUGHTON convicted the defendant in the penalty of 405., and at the same time advised him to thoroughly reform his system of management. SOUTHWARK. George Wood, switchman, in the employ of the Brighton and South Coast Railway Company, was charged before Mr. Ingham with having wilfully and negligently omitted to turn certain points or switches upon the said railway when signalled to do so, thereby endangering the lives and limbs of persons passing along the said railway. Mr. Ballantine, assisted by Mr. Church, attended on behalf of the South-Eastern Railway Company, who were the complainants, and Mr. Sutton appeared on behalf of the Brighton Company. Mr. Ballantine, in stating the case, informed the magistrate that a short time ago the two companies dissolved partnership, and their officers were quite distinct from each other. Considerable difficulty was thrown in the way of the South-Eastern Com pany by the servants of the other, and the present case was brought forward to ascertain where the blame laid. The defendant was employed as switch man by the Brighton Company, and was stationed at the Bricklayers' Arms Junction, and it was his duty to attend the points for all trains which passed along the railway. Instead of performing that duty he neglected it, and detained a ballast train belonging to the complainants, which was making its way to the Bricklayers' Arms Station, and compelled the driver to go to New Cross. The de fendant's conduct had placed the lives of several people in jeopardy, as another train passed them before they got fifty yards out of the way, and bad they crossed the line there must have been a fearful collision. To prevent such further difficulties arising, the directors of the South-Eastern Railway Company made the present charge, so that the whole circumstances might be fully investigated. The Learned Gentleman then called e l n 4 g t h i u oe f - d t b r i e v e p r s r e o s n e n t t h e m S o o n u t t b h - E hadas t e c r b n a r g e line, o a f n a d o b n a l l t a h s e t Thomas Dingley, wh o sa id h e was an i nspec t or o f t rain ,ti o f t i r . o m To get t 0 the London-bridge the la c ehe w aa Bricklayers' compelledA s to latter place to go on the Brighton line,junction and at the the detend an t was employed to turn the switchesall the tr a i ns . Th ere was an excursion trainnear for lY due' but witness h a d t wo m i nutes to cross the line. How ever, whe n h e got to tire on e junction, the defendant, re fused to turn the points, and had he t ttaken tram to New Cross th ere mus t have been u a collision. his Witness hoisted th e usua l s i gna l , and remonstrated with defendant as to his conduct, but he answered biro by abusive language, and told him he should stop half an hcur for corning there. Had he crossed the line after being so long detained they must have been cut all to pieces, as the other train while passing actuall3 touched the lest truck. It was the defendant's duty to have allowed him to piss instead of detaining him. In cross-examination by Mr. Sutton, witness said that a train bad started five minutes before, an d another wee expected, so that the line was not clear. Charles Thurston, engine -driver in the South. Eastern Company's employ, said that be was with the train in question, and heard the defendant refuse to turn the points, although repeatedly faked. It was three miles from London-bridge to the junction which turned off to the Bricklayers' Arms station, and the distance could have been easily performed before any other train passed. Witness could have crossed the line in perfect safety bad the defendant done his duty, but he laughed at them, and said " they were a bad lot altogether." In answer to the complaint, Mr. Sutton said the defendant was exonerated from all blame by the Brighton Railway Company. He bad only performed his duty, and acted in accordance with the orders given to him by his superintendent. He should be able to show that his conduct was correct in every way. A train had just passed, and another was due, consequently he was justified in not allowing the bal last train to cross the line. His worship would see the necessity of his acting strictly to the orders deli vered to him, and dismiss the complaint altogether. The directors of the Brighton line had offered to have the affair investigated before the Commissioners of Railways, but the South-Eastern refused, and now sought to punish the defendant for acting properly for the protection of the public and the rail way company. The Learned Gentleman called a number of servants attached to the Brighton Com pany, who said that when the complainant wanted to cross the line a train was just due, and a dreadful collision must have taken place. In fact, signals to that effect were hoisted, and the complaining party must have been aware of that circumstance. The present case was full of spite, and ought not to have been brought before a magistrate. Mr. Ballantine contended that the complainant was perfectly justified in taking the present course. It was of vast importance to the public as well as to the railway companies that the dispute in question should be settled. He considered that the defendant had acted wrongly, and ought to be punished as an example to others. Mr. Sutton informed the magistrate that the de fendant had only acted according to orders, and had he not done so he would have been discharged from his situation. He thought the evidence he had pro duced ought to be received as a complete denial to the charge. Considerable discussion took place between the Learned Gentleman and the Magistrate, when the Litter delivered his judgment at some length. He was of opinion that the defendant had acted rightly, and according to the orders of the railway company, which were " that no train should be allowed to cross the line when another i 3 just due." In performing that duty he had most likely prevented a collision, hich might have been attended with fatal circum stances. He should dismiss the complaint. GERMAN Y. Letters from Darmstadt of the 27th inst., in the Deutsche Zeitung, state that the.. Diet of the Grand Duchy was suddenly dissolved on that day. THE POST-OFFICE SITE. (From tho Liverpool Albion.) FINAL DECISION OF THE TREASURY IN FAVOUR OF THE BLIND ASYLUM SITE. We are enabled to present to our readers an exact copy of the official letter from the Lords of the Trea sury relative to the choice of a site for the new Post office in this town : "Treasury-chambers, 27th September, 1850. " Sir,—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having had before them your letter of the 19th ultimo relative to the site of the proposed new Post-office at Liverpool, I airidirected by their Lord ships to inform you, that the purchase of the Blind Asylum, as a site for the new Post-office, has been virtually effecVl; and my Lords consider that situa tion to be, on the whole, the most convenient of any for the postal service and the accommodatio❑ of the public. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " S. M. LEAKE. " William Brown, Esq., M.P., Richmond-hill." SLAVE-TRADE TREATIES. Last night a public meeting, called by the Lord Provost, in compliance with a numerously and in fluentially. signed requisition, was heLl in the City ball, Glasgow, for the purpose of considering the pro priety of adopting resolutions, and appointing a com mittee to prepare petitions to the Legislature for en forcing the treaties ratified between Great Britain, Spain, and Brazil, for the suppression of the slave trade. Shortly after seven o'clock the following gentle men, among many others, entered the hall, and took their places on the platform :—The Hon. Sir James Anderson, Lord Provost; Alexander Hastie, Esq., M.P., John Macgregor, Esq., M.P., Rev. Dr. King, Rev. Dr. William Symington, Rev. George Blyth, Rev. Mr. William Anderson, Rev. Dr. Buchanan, Rev. William Arnot, Rev. Dr. Lorimer, Rev. R. Jeffrey, Rev. James Patterson, John Henderson, Esq., of Park, Henry Dunlop, Esq., of Craigton, James Turner, Esq., of Thrushgrove, J. Mitchell, Esq., W. P. Paton, Esq., Charles Baird, Esq., Nathaniel Ste venson, Eq., Robert K e ttl e , Esq., r. W. Smeal, &c. JOHN HENDERSoN, Esq., of Park, moved, amid loud applause, that the Lord Provost should take the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the i meeting., said be had no hesitation in complyingwth the request that had been made to him to take the chair. It was well known that the only countries in which the slave trade could be carried on were Spain and the Brazils, and that was done in defiance of solemn engagements—engagements which, if carried out as they ought to be, would cause the trade to cease entirely. Was it a position in which this coun should be placed with regard to any foreign power, that treaties should be regarded as nothing ? If means were taken not to supply the market in Brazil, if the treaties were carried into operation, the market there would cease completely. It was with a view of having this subject brought more fully before them that this meeting had been convened, and he was pleased to think that, from various indications, it might be inferred that Government were not satisfied with matters as they had been. He was glad to find this view confirmed by a letter he held in his hand from their talented and noble countryman, the Duke of Argyle, which was as follows : " Invirary, Sept. 10, 1850. " Sir,—l regret that private business and engage ments render it impossible fur me to attend the public meeting to which your letter refers. "My impression is, that the present Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs i 3 disposed to use every ex ertion which circumstances admit of for the suppres sion of the slave trade ; although, at the same time, expressions of opinion from public bodies must tend to strengthen his hands in such endeavours. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " AIaGyLE.” MEWSI' ittei'Rev. Dr. SYMINGToN moved—" That while iirmi'eting is gratified to know that slavery has been 2aboli'Shoitjay the great majority cf civilized nations, . deeply laments the continuance of that system in the lilted States of America, in Brazil, and the colonies • of Spain, and regards it as condemned alike justice) hiunstnity, and sound policy." 14 11 S THE SUN, LONDON, EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1850. WANDS W ORTH: John Carter, a labourer in the employ of Mr. Morrison, a market-gardener and cow-keeper at Put ney, was charged before Mr. Beadon wish stealing 1,200 cabbage plants, growing on the enclosed ground of Mr. J. Hargood, also a market-gardener, in the Upper Richmond-road, Putney. At the first hearing of the case William Haynes, jun., a labourer employed by Mr. Hargood, proved that at six o'clock in the morning, whilst driving away some cattle that had trespassed on the ground, he saw the prisoner pulling up the young plants. He told his master, and the prisoner was given in charge. Police•constable Cock, 143 V, produced a large market ba!ket filled, 'with upwards of 1,200 fine healthy plants. Tile prisoner here protested that he had asked Mr. Hargood's foreman (W. Haynes, sen.) if he could have a few plants, and Haynes, sen., said they were going to be dug in, and he could take whet he liked. He, prisoner, did not take them secretly, his master (Llr. Morrison) was looking through the hedge ; his grounds adjoin Mr. Hargood's. Mr. BEADON said this gave the case a serious com plexion, and the prisoner's master must come to clear himself. On the second hearing, Mr. Haynes, sen , swore he never gave the prisoner leave to take the plants in question, nor any others. _ _ . Mr. BEADON said he wished to hear some explana tion from Mr. Morrison, but not on oath, gs it might be his duty to commit him for aiding and abetting. Mr. Morrison said he saw the prisoner pulling the plante, but did not know that he had not leave to pull them. Mr. BEADON—You, as a market-gardener, ought to know that cabbage plants are very dear this year, and that it was not likely that such a large quantity would be given away. The prisoner was committed for a month, with hard labour. RICHMOND. Thomas Taylor, aged about thirty-five, who had formerly been a gentleman's servant, and had been employed for two years as waiter in the private room and keeper of the plate at the Castle Hotel, Rich mond, was brought up before Captain Price and other magistrates, on a remanded charge of being concerned in committing a burglary at the above house. Mr. Basil Francis gave evidence on the previous examinations, and said he was manager to Mr. Bull, the proprietor of the Castle. On Sunday morning, the 15th, about seven o'clock, he was sent for to the Castle, and went into Mr. Bull's sitting-room, who was out of town. His desk, as also Miss Bull's, was on the floor, and all the papers scattered about the room. Th.:. bottom of a set of silver castors was on the table, but the tops of the cruets had been taken away. Four silver salt spoons were missing from a drawer, and two small boxes containing money broken open. lie went into the front room adjoining, where all the drawers were open, and the windows open externally and internally. The prisoner used to attend solely upon Mr. Bull when regularly engaged, and was well acquainted with the habits of the family. He was afterwards employed only occasionally in another de partment, and fioally discharged on the 29th of May last for gaining admittance to the premises in an im proper manner. Police •constable Creed, 200 V, proved that he had apprehended the prisoner at a coffee-house in London, but found none of the property on him. Both Mr. Bull, the proprietor, and Mr. Francis, his manager, now stated that they had no fresh evi dence to offtr, although satisfied the prisoner was guilty. The prisoner was then discharges, with an intima tion from the bench that he could again be appre hended. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—Hon. W. J. Ward (1850), to the Portland, 50; F. H. Lambert (1847), to the Excel lent gunnery ship ; John K. Simcoe (1850), to the Alarm, 26, West Indies ; George B. Dewes (1841), to the Coast Guard ; P. Robinson (1844), to the Coast Graard. at Ports mou th. Clerk's Master—John Hales ( 1 829), to the Coast Guard. the Assistant—H.flig-shil3 Assistant-Surgeon—William Francis (1850), to N. Somerville, to the Firefly steam-vessel, for the Coast of Africa. Mr. Button, late first-class assistant engineer of the Tez.zer screw-schooner, upon whom a court of in quiry was recently held, has been reduced to an as sistant of the third class. Albatross, 12, Acting-Commander Elliott, was paid off at Chatham on Saturday. For the previous three days a seaman belonging to this brig was placed on the poop with a large placard on his back, with the word " thief " printed-on it, he having robbed one of his shipmates. On paying off the vessel he was committed to Maidstone gaol for one month. Bonetta, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Forbes, will be paid off at Chatham tomorrow. The warrant officers and men now belonging to the Cumberland, 70, ordinary guard-ship at Chatham, have been paid the wages due to them for the Poictiers. Furious, steam-frigate, is ordered from Portsmouth to the East India Docks, to be fitted with her machinery. Garland, Dover steam-packet, is ordered to Wool wich to have her defects made good. Resistance, troop-ship, Master Commander Man ser Bradshaw, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morn ing from Quebec. She has brought home between 400 and 500 troops (principally Royal Artillery and Sappers and Miners), and about 130 women and children. She was towed up by the African and Jasper. Retribution, 22, steam.frigate, Commander War den, took on board her powder and live shells at Spit head on Saturday. St. George, 120, Captain Nins, C. 8., has been re moved to her moorings abreast of Torpoint (those occupied by the ordinary guard-ship). By letters from the Serpent, 12, Commander Barker, dated July 24, from Hong-Kong, we are sorry to state that her crew were sufferkg from sick ness. No less than forty were in hospital ; bat we are gratified to state that no death had occurred, and that some of the persons who had been afflicted were convalescent. The Commander-in-Chief of the East India station, Rear-Admiral Austin, C. 8., was at Penang, August 6, and in a fortnight was to proceed to China, where the gallant Admiral will remain for some months. The Contest and Sphynx had joined the Admiral, and the Fury, steam• sloop, Captain Wilcox, was to be dispatched from Penang August 7, for England, to be paid off. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY. - Her Majesty's steam sloop Firefly, Commander G. A. Seymour, arrived at Spithead at 5 A.M. this day, from the eastward. The Sprightly steam-tender, went out to her at 11 A.M., with supernumeraries for Plymouth, and packages for the coast. The Firefly is to sail this evening. The Dutch man-of-war schooner sailed from this harbour at 6 this morning. Port-Admiral Sir Bladen and Lady Cape), Captain Charts, C. 8., of her M4jesty's ship Excellent, and Flag-Lieutenant Cochran embarked at 3 Far., and went out to Spithead to pay a visit to Captain Bouri cius, on board the Dutch frigate Prim Von Orange, which is expected to sail for Flushing to morrow (Monday). Wind yesterday, W.S.W., light breezes. To-day, S.W.by W., strong breeze, squally and cloudy. Prvmourn, SEPT. 28.—The Mariner, 12, from the East India and China station, is ordered to be paid off at this port on her arrival here. The Thetis, 36, Captain A. L. Kuper, in conse quence of having got aground between Drake's island and the Main, has been detained at this port. After she had been towed into harbour by the Con fiance, men from each of the ships in commission were sent to assist in lightening her, that she might be taken into dock. The object, however, failed, and from the neap tides now present, she cannot be taken in until next Saturday, the sth day of October. An accident that was likely to have been attended with serious consequences happened to the diver belong ing to the Impregnable, 104, the guard-ship, who went down to examine the bottom of the Thetis, to ascertain what damage she received by striking on the rock, when, instead of lowering him gently to the bottom, he was by some mishap let go by the run. He was immediately pulled up and released from his case, when blood was issuing from his nose and mouth. He is, however, doing well. Thc Portland, 50, Captain Chads, is fast progress ing in her rigging, but she is not expected to be ready for sea until the 20th of next month. The Kestrel, brigantine, has been ordered by the Admiralty to be sold out of the service. The Firefly, steamer, will take the mails from this port for the coast of Africa on the 2d proximo. Six warrant officers, who have been employed in different parts of the dockyard, have this day been ordered to resume their duties afloat. The Greenock, new iron steam-vessel, proceeded this morning to the Land's End to try her engines. DOCKYARD.-Mr. A. T. Gard, having served his probationary time as third-class clerk, as had his ap pointment confirmed. A shipwright named Orlando Dewer, who has been on the establishment three years, has been or dered to be discharged, in consequence of a repre sentation by Captain Johnstone, the late commander of the Scout, 14, having been made to the Admiralty that the said Dewer entered, and afterwards run from, the said ship. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have granted a pension of 101. per annum to the widow of John Row, late shipwright in this yard, whose death was occasioned by a fall whilst working on the Sans Pareil, 80. The Lords of the Admiralty have forwarded the liberal sum of 201. to the funds of the Royal Dock yard Orphan Asylum. Several gentlemen of the neighbourhood have become annual subscribers to this valuable institution. QUARTERLY PAYMENTS.—The quarterly payment of salaries and pensions will commence on Tuesday, at the Pay-office, in the following order :—Salaries and civil pensions, on Tuesday ; commissioned and warrant officers and cooks, Wednesday; artificers, A to K, Thursday ; and L to Z, Friday ; commissioned and Marine widows, relatives of officers slain, &c., on Monday, October 7; half•pay, Tuesday, 8. Recalls on and after the 90.1 during the month, from ten A.M. to three P.M. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 28.—ROYAL MARINES —Orders have been received here to resume the recruiting service for this corps immediately, and the following have been appointed to recruit for the Woolwich divi sion :—Captain Rea, with 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 1 private to proceed to War wick ; Captain -Max well, with 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 1 private to proceed to Chipping Norton; acd Captain Foote, with 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 1 private to Woburn. The standard height of the recruits is to be sft. 71in., and age, 19 to 24 years. Similar parties wilt be detached from the other divisions. The Portsmouth divisic.l will send to Salisbury, Chippenham, and Farnham; the Chatham division to Sevenoaks, Chelmsford, and Bury St. Edmund's ; and the Ply mouth division to Exeter, Taunton, and Okehampton. Captain Maxwell and Lieutenant Cooper, of the Woolwich division, have returned from leave, and Captain Buchannan and Lieutenant Clement have each an additional month's leave for the restoration of their health. The Hercules, store ship, Master Commander Ful ton, arrived at Greenhithe on Friday last, and brought up at moorings there. The company of Royal Sappers and Miners she brought home from Gibraltar have been sent up to Woolwich to join head-quarters, and the invalids of line regiments sent to Chatham. ROYAL SAPrERS AND MINERS, SETT. 29.—The 2d company of this branch of the Ordnance Corps, under the command of Captain llutchinson, Royal Engineers, arrived yesterday evening at WToolwich from Gibraltar. The company came home in the Hercules store-ship, and were transferred, with their baggage, into the Advice steamer, for conveyance to their head-quarters at Woolwich. The sth company of the same corps, under the command of nijor I3ur mister, Royal Engineers, arrived at Woolwich at six o'clock A.M. to-day, in the Resistance troop-ship, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and will land at the dock yard here, and join head quarters to morrow. ROYAL ARTILLERY, SErT. 29.—Captain Deere's company, sth battalion, from C?nada, and Captain Kennedy's company, 7th battalion, from Newfound land, arrived at Woolwich at six a.m., in the Re sistance troop-ship, and they are to disembark to morrow, and will be played by the band up to the garrison to join head-quarters, on their return from foreign service. The companies were under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Dalton, of the third battalion, recently commanding officer of Artillery at Kingston, in Canada. Lieut.- Colonel Palmer has succeeded Lieut.- Colonel Dalton in the command at Kingston. Capt. A. Bsnn's• and Capt. Gambier's companies, both of the 2nd battalion, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark for Malta and Corfu, the former to relieve Captain Shone's company at Malta, since the 19th of October, 1844, and the latter to relieve Captain Rid dell's company, 6th battalion, at Corfu, since 19th of October, 1844. These companies are expected to embark in the Resistance as soon as she is re-vic tualled, and ready for sea again. These companies are the last that will proceed to foreign stations this year. SEPT. 29.—The Resistance, 42, troop-ship, Master- Commander Bradshaw, arrived at Woolwich at six o'clock A.m. to-day from Quebec, Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, having on board a company of Artillery from Quebec, and another from Newfoundland, and a company of Royal Sappers and Miners from Halifax, besides large detachments of invalids from these stations. According to present orders, the troops will disembark at two o'clock P.m. to-morrow at this dockyard. She has brought home about 700 men, with 90 women and children. The Wasp and Geyser steam-sloops are both ex pected to be commissioned during the present week. WRECK OF THE SUPERB. The loss of life consequent on the wreck of the above steamer appears to have been greater than has yet been stated. Upon a comparison of the passenger list, which we extract from the Jersey Times and publish below, with the names of those saved, at least seventeen persons have been lost, 3till leaving, if the list in question be correct, three or four unaccounted for. List of persons saved :—John Trery and son ; J. Hamel, of St. Malo ; Achille Queou, of Argentan ; George Bowerman, of Jersey; Dr. Harral ; Emile Peigney, of Paris ; Le Gros, of St. Malo, bootmaker ; John Currier, of Birmingham ; Benjamin Johnson, of London; Robert :T. Monteith, Caroline Humbly, Charlotte Maule, Charles Bastin, of Paris ; G. Pinch, of London ; Ellen Willis, of London, whose uncle and sister were drowned; Alfred de Baillieul, of St. Ser van ; J. B. Hamilton, wife, two children, and nurse, of London; Mrs. Norman, and daughter; James Harris, Jersey; Henry Lomas; the stewardess; John Frost; Jos. Johnson, engineer ; John Steward, seaman ; John Belot, steward ; Priaulx, captain ; Fleming, mate ; Charles Amy, seaman ; Ph. Cun ning, carpenter ; Moilet, seaman ; Gaudin, second mate; William Cox; Nicholas Du Pont, of Guern sey, pilot; thirty.eight in all. In addition to the list of persons drowned pre viously published are the following :—Mr. Willis and niece, Mr. Pinson, Mrs. Baker and child (bodies found), and a person from Gorey (name unknown). The latest estimates of the number of passengers on board the Superb, as stated by the Jersey Times, make it 42 or 43, and of the crew 15 ; 57 or 58 in all. Drowned, 17; saved, 38 ; unaccounted for, three or four. The Superb, which was left high and dry en the rocks by the receding tide after the accident, has now disappeared, having sunk in deep water. CORONER'S INQUEST. (From the Jersey Times.) On Wednesday, at half-past one o'clock in the afternoon, a coroner's inquest was summoned by the Deputy-Viscount, to view the bodies of Mr. Isaac Ililgrove Gossett and his wife, who met a watery grave in consequence of the steamer Superb having struck on one of the Minquiers Rocks. The Attor ney. General and Solicitor-General were present at the inquest. The jury, having been sworn, proceeded to examine the bodies of the deceased in one of the offices of Mr. Philip Winter Nicolle, who identifie' the said bodies. The body of Mr. Gossett was found about an hour after the accident, and was brought to Jersey by the cutter Jupiter ; that of Mrs. Gossett was found on the day following the accident at sea, and was c onveyed to La R ocque , G rouv ill e , an d thence to St. Helier. The jury then returned to the Court-house, when the following witnesses were heard : Joseph Johnson—l was engineer on board the steamer Superb. Nothing particular took place be tween leaving St. Male and the time we struck. We were steaming at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, with the tide in our favour. It was about a quarter before ten when the vessel struck on the larboard paddle-box. It was a pointed rock. The steamer canted over and filled immediately. She fell over some lower rocks. This took place eastward of Maitrelle, about a mile and a half from it. We had never passed so close before. Ido not know why she was taken by that passage. I was on deck near the engine. The captain, John Priaulx, was on the larboard paddle box. The mate, John Fleming, was at the wheel. I heard the captain cry out "port" before she struck. He did not speak in a louder voice than usual. As soon as the vessel struck, I, the cap tain, and two or three others put the boat out for ward ; the people rushed in so that she got full. The boat made away round the stern of the vessel to get on the rocks. About five minutes after she must have swamped. He did not see it. All the passengers were clinging to each other in the water. There must have been ten in her. ',roe stern of the steamer was under water. The cutter Jupiter was about eight miles off when the steamer struck. We made an alarm for the cutter. She then came towards us. She sent her boat. Six or seven ladies and the stewardess got down in her by a ladder, and were taken . on board the Jupiter. When the boat returned she took back to the Jupiter the reminder of the passengers in two trips, and afterwards the luggage. The captain, deponent, and the crew re mained with the Superb. I cannot say whether the captain was on hoard the whole of the time. We began to save our things, and got what we could out of the steamer. We continued till the evening to carry the things to the cutter. We left for Jersey about 7 o'clock in the cutter. We reached St. Helier's harbour about 10 o'clock. The body of Mr. Gossett was on board. When the vessel struck I did not hear any orders given by the captain. When they left for Jersey in the cutter the captain went off with two fishermen in a boat towards the vessel. The boats were of an ordinary size ; one could contain 12, the other 8. When the steamer struck she remained hard and fast on the rock. About 30 feet of the stern was under water, and the water came nearly as far as the chimney. I did not see the captain go into the boat. I do not know the exact number of passengers that were on board; the list of them was washed over board, as also the cash-box. If all had stopped in the vessel, the whole of the passengers would have been saved. I heard the captain say on board the Jupiter that he trusted to the mate. The mate afterwards said that the captain gave the orders how to steer, and he obeyed the orders. When the c a pt a i n sa id the above he was speaking to the crew and passengers of the Jupiter. He trusted, he said, to the mate, who he thought knew the passage ; but (he added) it can't be helped, the vessel is now lost. Philip Amy—l was a sailor on board the Superb. I was at the wh2•el. About ten minutes before we struck Mr:Fleming came to replace me at the wheel. He told me then that he was going to pass through the reeks, as he had passed there several times in the Camilla. Captain Priaulx cried out twice " port." Mr. Fleming did not obey the word. He cried out once more " port," which word was obeyed, and the steamer struck on the rock. He could not see the rock himself. Several other witnesses were then examined, and the inquiry was adjourned to Friday, continued all day until nearly five o'clock, and was again adjourned to hear further evidence. RA IL WA Y INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND MR MINGH AM AND LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The differences existing between these companies, ari,ing chiefly from rival claims to the through traffic between Birmingham and Liverpool, impose not only an immense loss upon the companies, but are extremely detrimental to the interests of the public. The Stour Valley line has approached completion for some months past, but owing to various circum stances it continues closed against the public. To arrive at Shrewsbury from Birmingham a tra veller must take one of two routes, the inconveniences of both being pretty equal. If desirous of proceeding by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line he must travel from Birmingham to Wolverhampton, a dis tance of fourteen mites, before he reaches the railway, and, objecting to this mode of conveyance, he must proceed from Birmingham by the London and North- Western line to Stafford, and thence by the Shrop shire Union (London and North-Western) to Shrews• bury. This route is fifteen miles longer than that by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, but the omnibus nuisance is thereby avoided. A serious opposition has long existed between the Shrewsbury and Birming ham and London and North-Western Companies, and until these differences are adjusted, which it is thought might easily be arranged by Mr. Gore and Mr. Glyn, their respective' chairmen, the companies and the public will be sufferers. It is now said that within two months the btour Valley line will be opened as far as Wedne:bury, thus leaving a distance of four miles uncovered between that town and the Shrewsbury Junction at Wolverhampton, when there appears no reason, except designed delay, why the whole length should not be travelled, and the com munication between Shrewsbury and Birmingham completely effected. The inhabitants of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Shrewsbury, and more especially those of the mining districts, have a great interest in the settlement of these injurious quarrels. GREAT WESTERN. On Friday Captain Lafllin, the Government In spector, went over that portion of this company's Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line running from Westbury to From-, and which is expected to prove the most remunerative part of the line, as it will con nect the clothing-trade and collieries of Frome with the manufacturing and other districts. Frome is about 12 miles from Bath and 104 from London. The line was to have been opened this time last autumn, but, owing to the depression in railway affairs, ex penditure and progress were suspended. Its cost has been about 100,0001., and it will require about 60,0001. more to carry the line to - Warminster. It will be opened in a few days for public traffic. THE RAILWAY EXCURSION TRAINS. The amount of locomotion in and cut of London yesterday and Saturday by the railway excursion trains was of an unusual character. Nearly all the principal railways had an cquipment of excursion trains. The Great Western Railway had three special ex cursion -trains, two out of and one into London. The latter left Bristol on Saturday at 7 o'clock, with 1,800 passengers, or about 1,0001., the fares to Lon don and back being 143. the first-class, 108. the second-class, and 88. the third-class ; being for the distance, 120 miles, less than ld. a mile, and giving three days' excursion. The two trains out of London were at similar rates. The one to Blenheim, Wood stock, and Oxford, over the company's newly-opened line between Oxford and Rugby, conveyed about 400 persons, starting from the Paddington station at 8 o'clock, and arriving at Oxford by 11 o'c:ock, and at Woodstock soon after. The various visitors had se veral hours between their arrival and the retur❑ of the train to town at 8 o'clock for visiting the univer sity, the cathedral and colleges, and other objects about Oxford. The other train to Bath, Bristol, and Clifton, left the Paddington station at 8 o'clock, taking persons to enjoy the scenery at and about Bath, and the springs and hot-wells at Clifton, returning with the other at about 11 o'clock r.m. Besides these trains there was the ordinary Sunday excursion•-train taking multitudes to Windsor. On Saturday the South-Eastern, in addition to the usual excursions to Ramsgate and Margate in three hours, took 200 persons from London-bridge at half past ten o'clock via Folkestone and Boulogne, for 30s. there and back, to Paris. The convoy is to return on Wednesday evening from Paris, and arrive in London on Thursday. The Eastern Counties conveyed 400 persons from the Shoreditch station to Cambridge and back for 88., 65., and 4s. respectively. The excursionists started at eight o'clock A.M., and returned at eight o'clock P.M. from Cambridge, arriving at Shoreditch by ten o'clock. The London and Brighton carried 1,000 persons to Brighton and back for 3s. 6d. each, and ss. 6d., start ing at eight o'clock and returning at six o'ctock, reaching London-bridge in two detachments at half past eight o'clock. The South- Western, besides their usual excursion trains to Windsor, took some hundred persons on a pic-nic excursion to the'N ew Forest, starting at seven o'clock and returning the same day; also to the Isle of Wight and the Needles, at Bs., Gs., and 3s. respectively. It may be interesting to add, that all these excur sions were carried out in good time and with perfect safety to the multitudes conveyed, and the heavy showers that fell on their arrival caused every avail able vehicle to be in immediate requisition. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LI VERPOOL, SEPT. 28. _ STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market was firm to-day at the quotations. The transactions were as follow: — Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 47 3 4—Ditto, Fifths, 8 c. dis.—London and North-Western, 115 , 4—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 5-16 c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, 18—Midland, 43—Ditto, Halves, 2l 13-16 c. dis.— St. Helen's (Railway and Canal). Preference, 115—South. Eastern and Dover, 205 —Ditto, (No. 4). Registered, 6 1 / 8 York and North Dlidland, 20% —Dutch Rhenish, 4 5 8 dis.— East Lancashire, c Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 17A c.—Liverpool, Chester, and Stockport, 3 dis. SErr. 27. STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The transactions to-day were m fol low:—Great Northern, 121 A—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 16 1 / I —York and North Midland, Preference, Loan COCKBURN.—We are happy to learn that Lord Cockburn's health continues to improv e , an d th a t it i s expected his Lordship will be able to return home in the be ginning of the week,— Scotsman, MONDAY GAS IN THE CITY. On S2turday, at twelve o'clock precisely, the chair man and some of the directors of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company, accompanied by Mr. Croll, their clef engineer and his assistants, assembled in Whitechapel, and immediately opened their leviathan main at the widest part of the road, where Commer cisl•street crosses. As soon as the aperture was opened the atmos pheric air rushed out in a rapid current, and con tieued flaring through for about twenty minutes; by that time the air was impregnated with gw, and con tinued for about ten minutes, smelling each moment stronger and stronger, until at last a stream of pure gas was emitted. The cap was then put upon the pipe, and the ground closed. The engineers and di rectors immediately posted off in carriages to a branch of the main pipe in Lothbury, where the same operation was repeated with the same success. Mr. Croll's assistants had been stationed in about thirty different parts of the City, at the extremity of the main pipes and at a stated moment, fixed by Mr. Croil, the caps being taken off the pipes, and the at mospheric air cleared out, the manifestation of the presence cf pure gas appeared. Wire gauzes upon Sir Humphrey Davy's principle were used at the orifices of the pipes. Inspectors had been sent round to secure the openings of the ser vice-pipes throughout the City, and every precaution was used to prevent accidents. It is a remarkable fact that the extensive works of this company, the greatest in the world, have been commenced and completed, and the pipes have been laid and charged with gas, without a single mischance. THE COUNTRY MAI{KETS. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 28.—The supplies of grain and flour the last four days are upon a moderate scale, and the general demand at the same time has been limited, without any change in the quotations of Tuesday. The corn market ruled dull yesterday morning, and buyers of both wheat and flour had a slight advantage as re gards price. There was no alteration in the_value of oats, barley, beans and peas. Indian corn maintained late rat€F, but the demand was languid; the best Ame rican yellow is worth 27s 6d to 28i per 480Ib. A quiet trade to-day. s. d. e. d Wheat, per 701 b English, white ,• 6 4 to 6 8 s. d. s. d DoMeal, perl96lb 14 0 to 14 6 Barley, English, pr Imperial quarter 26 0 27 0 Irish , Scotch, and anx,per 601 b.. 3 2 3 3 Foreign, grinding 3 2 3 Rye, per 4801 b . • 22 0 24 0 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 28 0 29 0 Irish and Scotch, Do. red .. 6 0— 6 21 Irish, best red •• 5 8 5 9 1 Do, lower quality 5 6 6 0 1 Manx, red and wh. 5 10 6 0 Dantsie, hi-limixed 6 10 7 21 Do., mixed .. 6 4 6 6 Rostock, .- 6 7 6 8 Ilamburgh and Lower Baltic .. 6 0 6 11 Americ:ln & r white 6 2 6 3 Canadian, tred 5 8 6 0 per 4801 b.. • • 25 0— 25 0 Dutch .. •• 26 0— 27 0 Egyptian .. .. 24 6 24 9 Peas, English, per Imperial quartr 30 0 34 0 Foreign .. .. 29 0— 30 0 lOats, per 451b:— 'English, Scotch, and Welsh, old 210— 2 11 Irish, 11C19, best mealing .. • • 2 5—2 51 Do., feeding • • 2 4 2 G Do., foreign • • 2 6 2 8 Oatmeal, English, Seotch,pr2lolb 23 0 24 0 I Irish, new .. .. 22 0— 22 6 Do , old . 21 0 21 6 Alitwerp '&l:ouvaln 6 0 6 1 French, red•. .. 5 10 6 0 Ilurgarian and Mariaropoli •• 5 7 5 8 Odessa, Polish .• 5 9 5 10 Do., common .. 5 4 5 6 Egyptian •• .. 4 0— 4 6 Flour, English & Irish, per 2801 b 31 0 32 43 Do., extra fine 34 0 . 35 6 United States, per barrel •. 23 0 24 C Canadian .. .. 22 0— 22 6 Indian corn, per 4601 b, white .. 25 0 29 6 READING, SEPT. 23.—Wheat, old -40 s to 51s; new ditto, 42s to 50s ; barley, 23s to 28s ; oats, 159 to 20s ; beans, 28s ; peas, 27s to 32s per quarter. Fat bo gs , 7 s dto 7s 6d ; porkers, 7s 9d to 8s Od per score. Poultry—Fowls, per couple, 3s Cd to 3s 6d ; ducks, ditto, 3s Od to 3s 6d. Butter, led to 1 s per lb. Eggs, 12 to 14 for Is. ABERDEEN, SEPT. 27. Grain—Foreign oats 16s6d to 16s 9d, 401bs per bushel; oats, 16s Od to 17s Od, 401bs per bushel; barley, le•s to 19s Od, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 18s Od to 19s 0d,521bs per bushel; wheat 43s to 455; oatmeal, 13s Od to 14s Od per boll ; flour, 34s to 30s per sack. Provisions—Beef, 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d to 6d ; pork, per lb, 4d to 6d ; lamb, per lb, od to 64; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, new, per peck, 6d to 8d; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 7d; hares, each, Is Ed to 2s ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 9a; eggs, per doz, ed in 10d; cheesl, per cwt, 18s to 23s 8d; hens, per pair, 23 6d to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, is 6d to 2s Od ; ducks, ditto, I s 6d to 2s Od ; ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Os; turkeys, each, 2s:6d to 3s 6d; geese, ditto, 3e 6d to 4s; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 72s to 73s ; eggs. wholesale price, per dozen, bid to 54d ; 41b loaf, cash, sd; credit, 6d ; pork, per stone of 141bs, 3s 6d to (Is Od; poik fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, is 4d to la sd; barley dust, 8d to 9d; peasemeal, Is 8d to Is 10d; lids, 6d to 7d; bearmeal, is Id to Is 2d ; flour, 2s Od to Os Od ; barley, per lb, Id to 2d; barley flour, is 4d to le 51. DALICEITH, SEPT. 26.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were ISst 91b, 17st 101 b, and 15st 101 b. Oats, list 101 b, 12st 01b, and lOst 111 b. Barley, 16st 61b, 15st 131 b, and 14st 31b. Peas and beans, Itst 21b, Ost 01b, and list Olbs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 347 Wheat .........£2 8 0 £2 1 0 £1 12 0 783 Oats 771 Barley 1 5 3 1 3 3 0 16 6 8 Peas and Beans 1 10 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Average of wheat 40s lied. GLASGOW CATTLE _MARKET, SEPT. 26.—T0-day the numb, rs were —oxen, 955; sheep, 4,748; lambs, 2,637. Owing to the large supply of cattle at our market to day sales were effectect very slowly, and sellers had to submit to a decline of fully 2s per cwt. Best ox beef 43s to 445, current from 40s to 42., inferior from 30s to 36s par cwt, sinking the' offal; a great many turned out unsold. In consequence of the unusual supply of sheep sales were very dull, but sheep of good quality fully maintaired their former rates. Best wethers sid, cur rent 4d to 41d, inferior 33 to *I per lb, sinking the of mostly all sold. Lambs were somewhat morn scantily supplied this week than usual, which caused sales to be made very freely at from 4s to 143 per head , accordirg to quality; all sold. _ . _ MONTROSE, SEPT. 27.—There is still very little doing in our corn market. Barley is inquired after, and look ing higher. Wheat, old, 621bs, 423 to 435; new, 36s to 38s; barley, new, 531bs, 20s; oats, new, 401bs, 18s; 183 6.1 per qr. Oatmeal, per boll of 1401bs, 13s to 14s. DUBLIN, SEPT. 27.—The corn market to-day wa s largely supplied with new grain, and, with the exception of very prime wheat and' rapeseed, which fully supported their price, rather lower rates were submitted to for all descriptions of grain. - Wheat, new, 223 to 25s 6i; red ditto, 18s to 23s Od; barley, lOs 6d to 1330 d; bere, 85 6d to 9s 6d; cats, new, 7s i6d to 9s Od per barrel ; rapeseed , 18s to 225; oatmeal, 93 6d to 10s 6d; bakers' flour, 133 to 16s per cwt; Indian oorn, 26s to 29s per 4801bs. CORK, SEPT. 27.—We have had some further arrivals of foreign grain, but not to such an extent as we bad occasion to notice last week. The supply of home grai n is very liberal, the receipts for the week being—whea t 3,325 brls, at 15s to 223 91 per brl; barley, 8,271 briar at lOs to 12s per brl; oats, 16,366 brle, at 7s to 9 5 2d per brl. Wheat has been rather easier to purchase. Malting barley maintains its value, but grinding is 3(1 0 4d per barrel lower, while oats manifest r a th er a declin ing tendency. In prepared wheat we do not bear of aoY transactions passing. Of barley the stocks are as yet very light, and hut little business, in consequence, haa been done in the article. A parcel cf prepared oats (black) has changed hands at 8s 63 per barrel free on board. We quote the current prke cf the article 8s 63 to 8s 9d. The value of white oats is maintained, but w° have no sales to report. Large shipments of both de scriptions in the green state continue to be made. ou r stocks of flour are very light, and the supply moderate, still the business passiog continues to be confined to the supply of the immediate wants of the trade. In Indian corn we have very little doing, and even that little on the most retail scale. Indian meal is quite neglected. Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s Od ; extra 14s 6 d; seconds; Ils 6d to 1236 d; households 9s to 10s 6d; thirds, 6s to per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to lOs 6d; Indian meal 6s 94 to 7s Od; wheat" meal, 10s to 10s 6,1 per cwt. Indian corn 6110 s Od to 611550 d per ton. Bran 4/ to 4/2stid per ton. Hay—Farmers 18s to 355; average 30s; dealers 32s to 38s Od; average 36s per ton. Straw—F, nner! 13s Od to 2.35 Od ; average 18s ; dealers 00s Od to 008 average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to W.! household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. F res h b utter , Bd , 10d per lb. Eggs-4s 10d to 5s Od per h un d re d. Co als , Newport 14s; Lydney 15 3 Od; S mi th s ' 14 s Od ; Clll7 13s Od per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 008 per 0 % Whisky, 25 o. p., bs 6d per imperial g a ll on . Mee' —Beef 4d to 4fid ; mutton 4id to 6d; veal 4d to 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb.t Hops 710 s to 01 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2 s 6d to 3/ 55 ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5 s to 815 s; Valonia 151 to 01; Frenc h Cl; Spanish 91 to 10/ per ton. Fleece Wool 15s to 00s per WI Hemp 321 to 34/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 13s to 14s ; re ditto 15s to 20s per barrel ; Newfoundland 8/ 101 to 9/ lOs Pe r ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton ; red pine, 31 10s ; Yell ° ditto, 21 15s per ton; deals, 131 to 181 per 100. Market 20s to 325; salted 21s to 32s per cwt ; calf 4° l 3d to 3id per lb. Potatoes, white 5d to td ; Minion! Od to Od ; Guano— Peruvian, 11/; Ichaboe, 8/ 10s per tell Tar—Archangel, 198 per barrel. PADSTOW.—The potato crop is nearly all secured . in this neighbourhood; the yield is very good, and the qua li ty better than it has been for many years past.—Royal Corn wall Gazette. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 25th inst., at Fulwood, near Preston, the lady of Captain Ward, 65th Light Infantry. On the 27th inst., at Champitn-hull, the wife of Thoma s H. Bothamley, Esq. On the 26th inst., at Lansdowne-terrace, South Lambatilt Mrs. Alfred H. Engelbach. On the Bth inst., at Rome, the lady of J.ll. O'Bryne Red mond, Lai., of Killoughter-house, Wicklow, of an heir. OF A DAUGHTER. • On the 26th inst., Mrs. Charles Ellis, of Rusell-cou rt ' St. James's. MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at Hornsey, Charles Henry, eldest sOll of Mr. John Hunnard, of the Inner Temple, to Harrie t ' eldest daughter of Mr. John L. Atherly, of Lloyd-street' Pentonville. On the 26th inst., at St. James's-Church, Dover, Jose Goff, jun., Esq., eldest son of Joseph Goff, Esq., of Hal!, park, Hants, to the Lady Adela Knox, daughter of the Rig'" Hon. the Earl of Ranfurly. DID. of On the 26th inst., at Dalston, London, Mr. J. liraugh, St. Mary-axe, aged 60. On the 21st inst., Mrs. Ann Ap3ley Ranger, relict of Ranger, Esq., late of Hinton, Kent, aged 78. On the 25th inst., Mr. J. Fountain, of Denham, Bucks. b On the 27th inst., at Wayrnouth-terrace, City-road, Sa rit wife of Mr. W. Starkey, aged 77. On the 2 7 th inst., at Radnor-street, Chelsea, Mrs. Harding, aged 81 On the I ath July, at Jellasore, in the district of Pooree, Arthur Edward Clifton, Eq., 8.C.5., fourth son of The n 343 Clifton, Esq., of Lythann-hall, Lancashire. ~;„ be On tht, 2 ith in at Park. terrace, Highbury, Me'''"' wife of Louis Liepniann, aged 22. a, t'n the 26th inst., Mr. Aspin wa ll of Grosfenor . st r e Grosvenor-square, aged 57 Printed and Published by MURDO Y 01 ,7 ° ; . 12, No 112, &rand, Printer, at The S uu Odle& No' of of Straud, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Nan' Middlesex, Monday, September 30, 18501