The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-27 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF BANKP UPTCY. Aug. 26. ( Bei,l • r. Corn miti•iiinier FANZ.) IN RE ORKIDGIL. ins.o7vent, ricserib,i as of Eetlstreet, Red Lion square, was prosed by .I , lr. Nicholls on the ground that he described li.msef as of no ha •iness or employment, yet in two years had ecotraeted debts to the amount of 2.0001., for which, accord ing to the insolvent's own statement, he had not received any cnnsideratien or ;any property to give up. The Learned Coun. tel -utankitted that his statement alone excluded the insolvent fri , ni the h rorfit of an interim order. Mr. Du srca tc. for the insolvent, contended that as the Op-. g creditor's d.bt had been incurred on bills discounted on large trio rest of no less than 47 per cent., the insolvent was not responsible to the (reposing creditor. 'the Leaned Coxmisstowea said, that he could not eon sider thei ndividual conduct of creditors, or whether the con d et of m.e hid assisted the prospects and back. d up assertions of expec anctes of fu i ure fortune. The lending money. and assi.(ing persons to keep up appearances, might do so very un intentionally. The Court, however, had not to look to the conduct r f creditors, but to that of debtors. Mr. Dos CAN said the opposing creditor was a bill broker, and insolvent had never misrepresented his expectations to him ; and he (the creditor) had no right to come in and claim for money advanced on such usurious interest. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that facts might arise so that any person advancing money might meet with punish ment ; but he mint hear the case. The insolvent was sworn, and said that up to 1842 he had been a merchant at Corfu. and since then a clerk in a mercan tile house, at a salary of 250/. a year ; and had on the death of his father, on expectancies, had incurred tke debt. He, however, had only received 3501., but always expected more. !slr. DUNCAN again submitted that a person coming into Court to oppos , must come with clean hands, and not with pro (1 in his having taken 47 per cent. 'the Learned COMMISSIONER said, that if people were to Zit. nil on expectancies, and their swearing to their belief, there y.ould he no end to fraud. The insolvent was not justi fied in toaking such statements. Mr. DoNc• )4 said that the proof of the insolvent believing a fortune was cowling to him, was giving up his situation. The COMMISSIONER said it was a proof of idleness. The COMMISSIONER dismissed the petition, with leave to apple for a protectional order on the Bth of February. The insohmt will be confined in prison until that time. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Bt fore Mr. Bailin PLATT. ) cA cr 4 . a Peden, is labourer, aged 30, was convicted of an un n ral °fit:nee upon a child of the age of nine years—and Mr. Baron PLATT ordered sentence of death to be recorded against him. FORCERy. — rOliam Coleman Balls, 55, a printer, was in ,dicted with felonioustj' forging a paper writing, purporting to 'se a rccoiiit for 301.. 1 a drfiaud John Rand7il and others. Mr. Ball , ntine conducted the case for the prcsecution, and 'lie. O'Brien defended the prisoner. Feoro the atatement of the Learned Counsel for the prosecu tion. and the evidence adduced, it appeared that the prisoner had been the Secretary of the " Uniied Brothers' Birming ham Provident Sueiety" for live years, and that they deposited their fund: with the Yitisbury Savings' Bank; that the society held its rneeting4 at the City of London public-house, Sidney -4treet, Ci'y-ro:d, and the crisosier, as the among which werethe secretary, kept and had access . to all the books of 'be soct book both of which were the minute book and the depositors' Bank, upon required to be produced, at the Finsbur*' s ".we . ooricty. It th , , withdrawal of any portion of the funds of .' ll4 e ~A the appeared that the prisoner according to the case ai . .7.7" Rat of the prosecution, by the secretary of the society. to th e sank, and gave notice of the withdrawal of the UL M!: istated in the ind ctment, and that at the expiration of the ,!;ce , ttn , money wk= recetvid by the prisoner, he t.irging of the trus'ees to the rectip , . The facts of the case tar, t. 'thin the last few day- been tufty eiven. CYBNIEN th&n addre,std the jury un behalf of the ;orison .r. The jury fuun,; the pri-or er Gui ty. Mr. Hai on PLATT, to passing .enien^e, said that the offence the prisoner had eourltit• etf war one of a very seriou4 charac ter. ire tAai the sect-oar, of a savings' bank, and by the act be had toriminted, he had pint). ered the poor depositors of A'qeir b:rrl , ato he sentence, therefore, necessarily 71 ,,,5r be a severe one. He then sentenced him to be transported r ten POLICE IN l ELLIGENCE. \ S/011,- /MUSE v ell-ciresseti Margaret Scott, was w'Ait pavintr r.-)bed a cow:try gentleimin of a ;gorse coniainmg seven sovereigns and six half-so‘e r:•:gd,. The case proved to be one of those robberies which nightly talcs , place with the assistance of men, who are al,ays at hand to receive the money stolen, sometimes by v:o elce, sotneAtnes by ingenuity, from respectable ; person.. The complainant was returning to his inn from New street, at about eleven o'cl ck the night before, when the prisoner b 4 gan to caper and dance before him. His arnta.i.uneint at such an exhibition was so great that he never observed the lady touching his person until his watch was halt out of his pocket. A policeman (Kinsey, 656) however bad silently observed her pranks, and rsusoecting that there was method in them watched her, :and siien was convinced that she was manoeuvring the utleman out of his property. The policeman had seen 2. s:)abby genteel fellow. with whom she had been im raerfLately before whispering, suddenly quit her com pany, and th ti saw h.r " acting a scene," as above dr.ecrib-,li At leiigru she tumid up a court, and the p.)liceman ran torAard aid took hold of her, and asked the gentleman whether he had been robbed. "No," replied the latk?r, but upon putting his hand into his pocket he at onco missed his purse, and then told the `l3Oll eusLn lid" GA's sake to hold the woman fast. The Trisor_er then dropped the purse which contained the r.,overeigi:s arid iiiilf-sovereigns at the policeman's feet, and was ccaveyed to the srtion-h.iu*e. The prosecutor informed S r John Pirie that he was y sober at the time 4;:" Vie occurrence, acid that cotrpletely deceived by the uncle tricks of the si) dill'ereat from the usml adoiiled by per iet he wN man _ „ act(' r. S - r J. Pi HIE applawled the conduA of Vie policeman, that he mutt s(nd h, prison, r for trial.. Be that rol)b , .. , cies were commit it-d in great numb, , ri erg• I.lAitt b ti:e assists' at of the wale companions of most abandoned women of the town. ...or wished to avoid the inconvenience to the Central Criminal Court wcuid her roseet 1)(.: aid that 5n such a case it would be most criminal to forego a preiecutiov, and committed the . I</E pri2l3,ler cur trial A voung ruin, named Philip Brinkman, was brought bef o re sir 61mi:titan Niarshall, locum (earns for the Lard Mayor, in the „„„„„i y o f Harvey. a Metropolitan policeman ( 4 R). .charged Lavic.ff, pawoird a number of gold and silver NratPhes en!ria,teil to him to clean and repair. It appeared t - ketm t ststi:ari-tit of the constable, that within these few mant'a,, C - te pri.-oner, on the tkatli of his father, a watchmaker ,of long standing suit repute in the City, had succeeded to his •shich he carried toa at 13, Union-street, Bishopsgate. On S..turday week, the constable stated, the prisoner wa. t•tund o th e steam. at Gieenwi‘h, it, a state of mAd irrtnll e3.:,.;:,threatening to thr•tw his daughter, a child of about two . ivilitm he hail ith hi .1, into the river. On being taken i.e t-sist,ti etc hint and gitv: one of the co. stables sever kicks And severe tAlls, but wa- at length o,erpnwereo and tak. ti to the s at 0.,-hou.e at Greenwich, where, on being atc - arehe.J. ti•teen pa.vtibrok.irs' duplicates, relating to various ;44.41 and silver wai - M , es :41,1 other valuabte prop, rty, were laund on hi:n. W en brought before Air. Gr , ves, on the fol iomog al ay. the prisoner was a-ked what he was, arid to whom duricates found on him belonged. After some hesi ta: ion, h.- repheil that he was a watchmaker, and that the refs-red to watches which hid been left with him to repair, and which he had suhequently pawned. As, on ex iattntiation ..f the duplicates, almost all the articles were found •to hs,,e b..en pawn din mond in, the prisoner was transferred ito the City for the further investigation of the charges against Tice first case entered into was that of Mr. Morris Hart, of daydon-sqinste, who said that he had entrusted a silver watch to the prisoner to be cleaned. It was the one produced by the pawnbroker, who, it appeared, had advanced 20s. upon it. He (the prisoner) could not tell the market value of the watch, bit it was one above all value to him, as it had been brqueatt ed to him by hia father. The pawnbroker said that it vas worth about 3/. The p isoner, who seemed to feel his melancholy situation. said nothing in answer to the charge, and was in this case fined twenty shillinp, together with the value of the watch, or in detati!t of payment to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in liridewell for three months; he was informed at the same time that the magi-trate had au'hority, if he saw fit to exercise it, to order the prisoner to be whipped at the expiration of his term kif imprisonment. The investigation of the other charges :axainst the prisoner was adjourned until Wednesday next, in .coalsequence of the absence of witnesses, until which day he was remanded. _ _ _ A sturdy fellow, named Marriott, one of the cadger tribe, was placed at the bar, charged under the following circum-tances : It appeared that Messrs. Christie, the extensive hatters in Gracechurch-street. were about to transfer one of their workmen from their , establ , shinent at Manchester to London; but, being ap. :prehensive that from the simplicity of the man he ; might meet with some mishap on his arrival in London, ttliey had taken the precaution to furnish him with implicit directions in writing as to the course he was to adopt en his reaching the great metropolis. tie arrived, as he stated, by the Parliamentary train, at Easton-square, and found himself, about twelve o'clock at night, at the Spread Eagle, nearly opposite his etnployees house, and was walking off with his luggage, when the to ison , sr claw up and insisted on carrying asti'e of his trunks. which the complainant declined; but, being strongly pressed in the politest terms by the prisoner, he at length reluctantly for a moment relinquished possession of the -truck, the prisoner obser‘ing that be was well acquainted with 4.he rim ; instead, however, of conveying the property to its slestinctieu, the prisoner immediately started off towards Thames-street, where the countryman, perceiving that the - rime did not correspond with that of the street to which he had bea'n directed, called on the prisoner to halt, and taking the trunk from him retraced his steps, and at length retched his master's whither the prisoner followed him and demanded In;irpence, as the price of his politeness, and declaring that. he would have that sum or wise the box as a security for it. :Fortunately at this moment one of Messrs. Christie's porters, -Vito had been directed to await. the arrival of the complainant at the door of their house, came forward and gave the prisoner tutu the care of a policeman, when he modestly reduced his clamn to twopence for showing the gentleman his way. &1r C. Ma tastiAtt—What induced you, prisoner, to take this poor fellow en ouch out of his road ? Prisoner—l thought the gentignian might like to look at the monument, as he was a stranger in London. t'iir C.. 31AKSHA LL—Yes, you thought that the corn -021,,a,t, was a st-anger, and that is would therefore be an act of kindness on your part to lighten him of his trunk; bia , t. , 4 i t , i, my opinion that you intended to ,teal it. I biiall and you to Ilridi well as a rogu, and vagabond for one month. short, resolute-htftking man. dressed like a sailor, was charg,i,ci by Mr. Gedye, a victualler, of llucklersbury, with ui,,ing threatening language to him in his house on Sunday evening. Gethe stat-d that the prisoner came into his house and wked for money ; not considering him a proper object, lac declined giving the prisoner anything, end desired him to withdraw, when the prisoner refused, and he was obliged to tutu him out. On tt:is the prisoner was very abusive, and said that he ,hoped soon to see his (Mr. Getlye's) house in the same eondtion oaßlistopiapt, he had lately come from, that to say, iu flames. The prisoner had previously stated ;that he was b..rn at. and had recently left Pittsburgh, in tthe United States, in which a most destructive fire had taken ;Aug. :Sir C. MARSHALL 'aid that such conduct on the part of the prisoner was inexeu,able, as in every case where a native of the United States needed and had a just claim to assistance, the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY IVIORNINd-, AUGUST 21, 1845. Arm.rican Camaul was sure •o interf•ro with the utmost promp titmit- and humanity. `►r Chapman Marshall said t ha , he theretore comidered it his duty to send the prisoner to Bride well for one month. WORSHIP-STREET. DISASTROUS Occu a stx atm r. Charles Taylor, a master plumber, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with having incautiously iseharged a rifle, loaded with ball, and dangerously rounded a man named Charles Chapman, a wheelwright, living in Great Cambridge-street, Hackney-road. It appeared from the evidence, that between nine and ten o'clock on Sunday morning, the prisoner, accompanied by another man, was seen to enter a vacant piece of ground at the back of Great Cambridge.street, and after chalking a mark to serve as a target, upon a small buttress projecting from the railing at the side of a gas factory, he retreated back about 70 paces, and discharged the piece in that direction, but the report was instantly followed by a loud shriek from the wife of the man Chapman, who occupied a small detached cottage at the end of the field, and who was at that moment engaged in gathering vegetables in his garden. Some of the witnesses imme diately hastened to the spot from which the cry proceeded, and discovered the unfortunate man lying upon the ground, with his shirt and waistcoat stained with blood, which was flowing profusely from a wound in the head, behind the lobe of the right ear. He was instantly raised and carried into the house, and two surgeons having been sent for, they pronounced, upon examination, that the ball, after penetrating the head, had dropped into ate neck, and that the wound would most proba bly be attended with a fatal termination. The prisoner, in the meantime, was about to leave the field, apparently unconscious of the injury he had occasioned, when he was stopped by a shoe maker, named Buckley, and informed of the disaster, on which he immediately surrendered himself, and expressed his anxiety to be taken to the station-house, declaring in a state of ex treme agitation, that be bad shot his best friend, but that the occurrence was purely accidental. Sergeant Godfrey stated that he had examined the ground where the unfortunate transaction had taken place. and was of opinion that the rill.) mast have been very carelessly or un,kil fully discharged, as the ball, instead of reaching the mark, had struck the wooden railing of the gas factory, passing over the heads of some children who were at play in the field. Thomas Richardson, one of the boys referred to by the ser geant, said that he distinctly heard the whistle of the bullet as it passed close to his head, and saw the man Chapman fall to the ground immediately after. A medical certificate, signed by two surgeons, named Hooper and Chambers, was handed to the magistrate, which stated that the injured man was suffering from a gun-shot wound in the neck, from which the ball had not yet been extracted, and that his life was in considerable danger. In answer to the charge, the prisoner, who was greatly af fected, said that having sold the rifle to a gentleman, he had gone to the field fur the purpose of testing it, but from the unsteadiness of his hand the bullet had taken a wrong direction, and struck the unfortunate man Chapman, who was one of his most attached friends. He had been ever since exceedingly grieved at the melancholy occurrence, and could assure the magistrate that it. was wholly accidental. Mr. BINoHAMi •aid it was his duty to remand the prisoner until the result of the injury the wounded man had received could be ascertained ; but he would accept bail for his future app•arance, himself in 100/., and two sureties in 501. each. The bail was immediately procured and the prisoner libe rated. evening. about six o'clock, he received information that the prisoner's husband, who had been ailing for some time, was then lyin; cn his death-bed in a house in Ten-bouges-lane, Battersea, and that the prisoner was pouring out the foulest abuse upon him as he lay in that awful state. Dr. Connor told him that she was prolonging his life, for if she had let him alone he would have died two hours before. Witness found the prisoner doing what had exactly been stated to him, and he dragged her nut of the house, and entreated of her to be more quiet. He left her, as he thought, in a more tranquil state, but on his return she was as violent as ever, and slaking use of the most horrible language, but this was outside the door. He then took her into custody. The old man was still alive, but in an hour afterwards died. The prisoner said the old man had been eighteen years on her hands, and she had worked for him night and day. She was not scolding him, but a drunken Irish nurse that had been sent into the house by the neighbours. Sergeant Payne, 11 V, proved that the prisoner was a most foulmouthed woman, and had been repeatedly convicted. Mr. Pi's tag said he could scarcely have believed that a woman could have acted in such a manner to her dying hus band, and if such a solemn scene as that would not prevent her making use of bad language, all he could say would be of no avail. He should fine the prisoner 205., or commit her for fourteen days in default. The prisoner was committed. PecunaTtoN.— William Thomas, a tun-man, who has been twenty years in the employ of Messrs. Young and Bain bridge, the brewers at Wandsworth, was charged with the fol lowing felony : Police-constable Daley, 127 R, having been informed that the prisoner on several Sunday mornings past had been in the habit of taking a new birch broom from the brewery to his home in the Almonry-yard, he watched on the previous morning, and at seven o cleek saw the prisoner leave the premises with a new broom, and go towards his own home. He stopped him, and asked what he was going to do with it, and he said to sweep a hog-stye, after which he in tended to take it back. The prisoner was then taken into cus tody, and upon being searched at the station, two large lumps of coal were found concealed in the breast of his flannel jacket, he had coal and wood in each pocket, and even his hat was half full of small lumps of coal. The prisoner said it was a bad job, and could not the constable let him off that once ? The manager of the brewery said there was no doubt about the coal, wood, and birch broom being the property of the firm, but he could not swear to them, and Messrs. Young and Bain bridge would be satisfied with a summary conviction, which would alone he a great punishment, as the prisoner would never be employed again by that firm. Mr. PAYNTER ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 205., or be committed for fourteen days. TRIAL OF JOHN REAS THOMP SON, STOREKEEPER AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, FOR EMBEZZLING THE SUM OF 10,9201. 10s. 5,1. CAPE TOWN, M 3, 1845.—The Court being formed, at ten o'clock, A.M., the prisoner John Rees Thompson, late naval storekeepyr and agent victualler at Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope, was placed at the bar, charg• d with having embezzled the sum of 10,920/., the prop , rty of the Queen. He was dre.sed in a suit of mourning, and looked extremely agitated and unwell. Some of the jury were challenged ; and the indictment being read, the prisoner in a weak and tremulous voice pleaded - Not Guilty." The Attorney General opened the case, stating the facts as they appeared in evidence, and the law of the case, and then call:d Thomas Collings, chief clerk in the Imprest-office, Somerset House, London. This gentleman's evidence was remarkably well given, and showed that he was thoroughly consersant with the different matters in troduced for his elucidation. He stated that, having ar rived in Simon's Bay on the 9th of February last, under directions from the Lord Commissioners of the Ad miralty, he proceeded immediately to Green Point, near Cape Town, and there on the same night arrested the prisoner, who shortly afterwards was conveyed to Simen's Town, to be present during an investigation into the state of his cash account, which Captain Chas. &len, of H.M.S. Winchester, and Mr. Collings had been ordered to commence. The result of this inquiry gr n ) ved that the prisoner had taken up large sums of ;,Ley f t ,,- - u the Commissariat, unauthorised by the Ad tii; rat, an d h ut : omitted to debit himself with the same ; for money, duly approved by the never been us. d, but %s ere office during the exantin tet:,:u"rn:t.dttnia;derferr.q.:uTiheliotitinill,L: 14 ' 41 entries had been ation of his accounts ; hctiliA; " made, evidently (as it would se..- f6a ' deceiving the Admiral, when that office: shot ! td cease to the purpose of inspect the balance of cash on hand ; that tn " rifoner had sworn, before a justice of the peace to the ti and correctness of his accounts, knowing that he him self had falsified them, and that they were perfectly incorrect ; that Mr. Thompson had kept back five quar t, rs' accounts (which should have been sent to England), doubtless with the view of delaying as long as possible the detection that would inevitably occur when the total amount of disbursements came to be compared with the total of receipts, as shown by Mr. Deputy Commissary. General Palmer's accounts, the amount of the deficiency amounting to 10, 201. 10s. sd. The next witness called by the Attorney Genet al was Captain Charles Eden, of her Majesty's ship Winches ter, who merely corroborated what had been said by Mr. Deputy Commissary-General Palmer proved the fact of his having from time to time made certain ad vances to the prisoner, whose receipts for the several amounts thus advanced were exhibited in court This terminated the evidence for the prosecution. The defendant's Counsel now endeavoured t, make it appear (and the attempt aas indeed an unfortunate one) that the fact of his client having appropriated to his own private purposes nearly elev. n thousand pound. of the public money, us ele,irly d, rnonstrated by the strongest possible evidence. was ascribable to a sort of general confusion in the dockyard offices, and the want of clerical assiAiince. The Attorney-General ably and most eloquen:ly ad dressed the jury on behalf the prosecution ; but in an account like this it is impossible to do credit to his re marks, but the substance of them .as as follows :-11, calicd the jury's attention to the strength and clearness of the evidence atTOrded by Mr. Thomas Collings and Mr. Deputy General Palmer, and spoke of the fradu. I,nt intention with which the prisoner had evidently mode ti- tirious enirb s in the accounts, omitting !o debit Itiut,. - !If with Very large amounts actuallt received froin the Commissariat, and chart;ing himself with some few much smaller amounts which he had rrver obtained. Mr. Porter reinted the idea of suppo,ing that the 'a ant of proper clerical assistance or any such existed) could destroy the proof that Thomson had embtzzled 10,000/. lie (the Attorney-General) complimented very hand somely Captain Eden and Mr. Thomas Collings on their indefatigable exertions during the investigation into the cssh accounts. Ile said Captain Eden was an ornament to hi , profession; and that Mr. Collings had, after the most laborious exe ‘ rtinc, produced art abstract of the particulars concermeg every procuraWe cheque bearing Thompson's signature, That had passed through the Cape of Good Hope Bank* since 1841, when he first kept an account there. The jury, after a deliberation of about ten minutes, returned with a verdict of " Guilty;" and on the 14th of May he was brought up to receive judgment, and after disposing of a motion of arrest of judgment on some alleged informality in the indictment, the Court sen tenced him to be tran,ported to Van Dietnan's Land for a term of fourteen years, and until so transported, that he be confined and kept to hard labour in the gaol of Cape Town. or such other place as the Governor shall direct—the whole period of such imprisonment and trurportation not to exceed fourteen years. Thu Ai; lean Journal says :—" Although the result of this trial has been rno,t unfortunate to one individual, it does not entirely withdraw the censure from others, or Higher Powers,' whose business it was (or should have been, Oh ! twist lamentable fact that it was not), to examine and look over the accounts of the subordi nates, and thus by check and tally, at short intervals, have removed the possibility both of error and temp tation." John Rees Thompson is about 43 years of age, having light air, sandy whiskers, and blue eyes, regular fea tures, and sharp nose ; and in height is about sft. 6in. Ho is of gentlemanly appearance, and mild and good address. He usually wore a white hat, and a variety of dresses, rarely two days alike. He is said to be liberal hearted, intelligent, and convivial. He was born in Scotland, in 1802, and received his education partly at Harrow. His father (the late Sir John Rees Thomp son, Knight), was originally a clerk in humble circum stances, at Leith, and by dint of industry, perseverance, end Iva!, became a Commissioner of the late Navy Board. On the abolition of that appointment, the Lords of the Admiralty, to mark their sense of Sir John's dis. tinguished services, bestowed on his son the joint ap pointment of Naval Storekeeper and Agent Victualler at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, where he arrived in 1829, to enjoy a salary of 7001. per annum, free house, &c. Thompson's habits were always those of extravagance. His intimacy with persons of immoral character, for whom, even us a married man, he kept up separate esta blishments at an enormous expense, plunged him into a vortex of pecuniary difficulty. He played so well the part of an accomplished, bland, warm-hearted gentle man. that he won the favour and esteem of every Admi ral under whom he had served, as well as Captain Charles Eden, of her Majesty's ship Winchester, his in timate friend and companion, who remained by him up to the moment that his guilt was proved—not believing it possible that Thompson would have acted any other than an honourable part. When judrment was passed he (Thompson) wore a blue military cloak, the collar being raised, and but a smull portion of the face was visible ; yet sufficient to indicate how the sword had worn the scabbard, and to show the force of mind upon matter. Much sympathy a n d od feeling is afloat in behalf of his family, and for the man there is every pity and sorrow, but for the error there is not the shadow of an excuse; and it will be some time ere the elements of Simon's Town are quieted after so extraordinary a disturbance. A MAYOR COUNTERFEITING A MAN-SERVANT. -- The Mayor of Windsor, Thomas Clarke, Esq., was placed in a very unpleasant situation, a few days since, in his journey from that town to Southampton, accompanied by his daughter. a young lady about twenty years of age. On his arrival at the Farnborough station from Windsor, he proceeded thence to Southampton by one of the fast trains, by which only first @lass passengers are conveyed, a limited number of servants only being permitted to travel by these trains, for whom ac commodation is afforded at second-class fares. Mr. Clarke placed his daughter alone in a first-class carriage, and took a ticket for himself as a servant, thereby saving 35., and seated himself in a carriage exclusively devoted to that class. Shortly after the train bad left the Farnborough station, it was dis covered that instead of Mr. Clarke being the lady's servant, he was no less a personage than the Mayor of Windsor. This extraordinary fact was instantly, by means of the electric tele graph, communicated to the railway authorities at the Southampton terminus, where, upon the Mayor's arrival, he was ushered into a private room and charged with having tra velled as a servant to the young lady who was with him, when in reality he was her own fatl.er. lie was made to pay the difference in the fair which he had saved by the ruse he had practised, and very politely told that he had rendered him self liable to be fined 40s. The money was paid and the Mayor and his daughter pursued their ourney to the Isle of Wilht 'TEE EXPLOSION AT JARROW COLLIERY. JA IiROW. SUNDAY NIGHT. —The excitement prevailing here to-day has been greater than at any previous period since the explosion. The bodies of about 30 of the sufferers were this afternoon consigned to the grave in Jarrow churchyard, the funeral being witnessed by upwards of 3,000 spectators, many of whom had come from a considerable distance. The bodies were placed in decent coffins, which were waiting to receive them when brought to the surface, and were conveyed to the churchyard in carts belonging to the colliery. Some of the surviving relatives of each joined in the melancholy proces sion, and, as usual in the colliery districts of the north of Eng land, the Old Hundredth Psalm was sung on the way to the burial-ground. The scene was exceedingly solemn. Unremitting exertions have been made by relays of men from the various collieries in the district, directed by many of the principal viewers, who relieved each other at intervals, to penetrate the workings of the mine in quest of the bodies of the sufferers. 16 had been recovered last night, and 15 others were found to-day, all sadly mutilated by the explo sion. Indeed, mary were so much disfigured that impossible to identity them. One body, thought to be the George Cram, found yesterday, was to day discovered to that of Thomas Love, Cram having been found this afternoon Love, who had been conveyed to Cram's house, was aceordingly removed to his own, and Cram placed upon the vacant couch. In several cases the surviving friends have had to mourn over a heap of mutilated remains, without even the melancholy satis faction of knowieg with certainty they were those of their de ceased relativec There are yet four bodies in the bowels of the earth. One, that of a boy, is supposed to be under that of a horse, which he was employed in attending, and which is still partial! buried in the rubbish blown down from the roof and sides, so as nearly to block up the way. The three other bodies are supposed to be further in ; but it is hoped that all will be got at before the morning. The damage done to the mine is very great, and the roof has fallen in several places, so 11,e the workmen have to clear the way an d re pl ace the stoppings and bratticesn as they advance, to carry the air with theta. 1 here have been 33 lives lost by this explosion, 34 in the Low main, and 4 in the Bensham seam, including Defty the overman. William Cranston, the only survivor of those at work in the Low main, and whose miraculous escape, after being upwards of 36 hours in the fetid atmosphere, was de scribed in a former communication, still remains in a very precarious state. The bleeeng last night ha, had a salutary effect, and he has been sensible at intervals during the day. When the funeral procession was passing his door, he heard the singing, and was much excited ; but his excitement was somewhat allayed on his being told it was a prayer meeting, he being entirely unconscious of the real state of matters. He has never once referred to the accident, arid, of course, it would be imprudent to mention it to him under present cir cumstance*. John Adams, who was in the Bentham seam, has been worse to-day than yesterday, having had a slight relapse. He is not, however, considered in immediate danger, and hopes are enter tained of his recovery. Several of those taken from the I3ensham seam are still suffering severely from the effect of the choke-damp, though none are in imminent danger. FIGHTING A DUEL.—Napoleon, when he was told that a cannon ball had killed a sailor who had hid himself in a coil of rope in the hold of a man-ef-war, observed, " A man can never avoid his fate ;" a fact well illustrated by the follow ing circumstance :—An Englishman, " brave as Julius Caner," challenged a Frenchman to mortal combat. Knowing John Pull to be a dead shot, the Frenchman, being the challenged party, and having the choice of place, time, and weapons, se lected night, a large dark apartment, and pistela. The seconds were to remain outside and give the word, after which each was to fire when he pleased. " Fire !" cried the seconds, when the combatants had been locked in, and declared them selves " ready." But no sound was heard. Johnny Bull could find no mark for an aim ; and his adversary hearing him groping about :the room fired at random. John was safe enough now ; and after searching every corner of the room in tain for any indidieatiun of the whereabouts of his antagonist, at length exclaimed,—" Come, I'm tired of this Inn ; besides, I'm satisfied ;" and he accordingly groped his way to the lire. place, and fired up the mouth of the chimney. There was a shriek, and a yell, and down came the Frenchman, dead as a door nail ! —Asse, icon paper. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO COL. LASCELLES Or THE: GRENADIER GVAILDS.—On Monday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, an accident, attended with serious conse quences, occurred in South-street, Grosvenor-square, to Col. Lascelles of the Grenadier Guards, and a cousin of the Ear) of Elarewood. The unfortunate gentleman, who is of a very corpulent habit, was riding a spirited horse, when in turning the corner of Park-street the animal stumbled and the Gallant officer was thrown violently to the ground, the left side of his face coming in collision with the edge of the kerb stone. (in being raised from the ground he was found to be completely insensible, and the left eye was forced from its socket and lay ssaeoted on his cheek ; i e was immediately convened to his • in Upper Grosvenne-street, and Messrs. Alexander residei., —.out, were promptly ;# attendance , but he still and Lister, sue.., --testate*. remains in a very prec.... • - TIOWLING.--yester .• SUDDEN DEATH OF CAF.. 'eels. Captain Joseph Lz day morning, between six and seven o 'quark ; re, Dowling, barrack-master of the Scotch Fusilier siding in Stafford-row, Pimlico, was found by his serv.... lying extended in the passage of his residence quite dead ; a surgeon was sent for immediately, who pronounced him to have hcen dead some hours. The deceased gentleman had a latch key of the street door which he always let himself in with, and it is supposes' that on his arrival over night he was seized with a fit of apoplexy and expired immediately. An inquest is to be held on the body this day. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.—A daring attempt was made ens Sunday evening to break into a small villa or cottage situated amongst a cluster of new and partly finished buildings in the neighbourhood of Westbeurne green, Harrow-road, by a rough-looking mats having the appearance of an excavator. He was watched, it being broad daylight at the time, by several persons who became cognisant of his proceedings, and who took the precaution of acquainting the police therewith ; but he, in the meantime, while in the act of entering the house by the parlour window, broke a pane of glass, open which he itnme diately retreated; and notwithstanding every exertion on the part of the police and others at hand at the time, scampered over the railway and effected his escape. The only person., it appears, in the house at the time were a lady and her child, Rho rushed out for protection in the greatest state of alarm. It is supposed that the fellow must by same means have been aware of the lone state of the house, otherwise he would net have dared to effect his object at such an hour. This impudent attempt should place persons on their guard not to leave their houses and women in such lone places without a due amount of protection against such offenders. R ollimit y O F JEWELLERY, &C., AT SIR JOHN CA InPIDELL.6.—On Monday information was forwarded to the 3letr.politan and City police, that on the night of the 22d inst. the dwelling-house of Sir John Campbell, No. 39, Curran street, Maytair, was robbed of the following articles of jewel lery, viz. .—A geld bracelet set with garnets, a chair bracelet with ha's.. an elephant's hair chain set in gold, two pair of ear iiigs to match, a diamond crescent brooch, a diamond star brooch, a pink topes brooch , a cameo brooch, a brooch set with stones,various A. 3sL . twolsmeaod small pendants a tt ac h e d w i t h grey h a ir a n d initial', '‘ F ," or " F. A. Mc. ," a pair of filagree earrings and. a brooch to match, a lava cameo brooch set in gull, a red cornelian paddock with small gold chain and key, a small gold brooch in shape of a true lover's knot set with tor quois and hair in centre, a diamond ring set with three or four stones, a gold signet ring , engraved, a female holding a snake, and a small moon.tone ring with several stones, and a rosewood dressing .case, mounted with silver. SHAM ATTORNEYS—In consequence of the dis grace brought upon the profession by sham practitioners, several attorneys have resolved to prosecute such parties, and enforce against them the penalty of 501., to which those practising as attorneys without being duly qualified are sub- jee:ed. • DeaTis WHILST SWEARING.---On Monday Mr. Bed ford held an inquest at the Black Horse, Bedfordbury, on the bnoddysome of Joh companions Jones, aged forty-eight, a porter. The d ecease d a went on S a t ur d a y a f ternoon i n t o th e Coach and Horses, St. Martin's-lane, and whilst there drink ing, he wt s accused of falsehood by some female, who knew Lim. In rebutting the charge he used the terrible oath of " May God strike me dead. The oath was hardly uttered when he was seized with paralysis of the left side. He was h taken t a o f r h o o n s ! HApalpoit, in which he died is a few poet-snortem examination proud that he died of apoplexy. Verdict accordingly. EXTRAORDINARY GUNPOWDER BLAST.—On Tues day, in one of Mr. Hosken's granite quarries, near Penryn, a fine mass of granite, which admeasures about 14,000 cubic feet, its weight ab -cc 1,000 tons, w as d etac h e d f rom t h e surround ing rock by means of a charge of 251bs. of gunpowder. In the explosion the entire mass was seen to leap from its natural bed. —Falmouth Pael:4l. DARING STREET RonnEar.—At a late hour on Sunday night, as a gentleman named Laming was walking along Friar-street, Southwark, he observed two women pm " ceedine• in the same direction. As he was passing them they rushed at him and tried to throw him down, and in the effort t o save hi mse lf from falling he seised the prisoner's companion, who in a very adroit manner snatched the gold pin out of the breast of his shirt. The moment she got possession of the pin both women ran away and got into Blackfriars-road. One of them was secured, but her companion made her escape, and the pin has not been recovered. The woman who was taken wa' committed yesterday from the Southwark Police-court for three months at the treadmill. DEER STALKING. — The fores , s have not yet been much entered in search of the antlered tribes. Deer are said to be in fine condition, but they have not yet cleared off the velvet from their horns At Glengarry three red deer and a roe have been shot. Sir H. Meux and party have also been successful in killing ,several, one of them with a good head. At Cawdor, the Hen. 0. Duneombe got a fine stag. and Lord W. Thynne a roe. L or d L ovat an d hi s so ns have, at Glen• strat hfsrar, secured se vera l stags. — S co t c h Reformers' Gazette. 111011 LICE BELOW STAIRS.—Monday afternoon between two and three o'clock, Mr. Seyville, a gentleman residing in the Walworth-road, unexpectedly returned from Gravesend, where he had been with his family, and discovered that the cook, Mary Tu rner , w h o m he had left in charge of his house, had invit e d a l arge party of h er f r i en d s t o an afternoon assembly. The company were all in high glee in the drawing room when Mr. Seyville inopportunely returned. Various were the expedients to which the unlucky visitors had recourse to secrete themselves some being found in the coal cellar and every imaginable place where they could hide. Mr. Seyville contented himself with turning the 1 arty out, ircluding " the founder of the feast," thus giving a very unpleasant termination to their entertainment. GAME PRESERVING.—We have heard a strange tale 'elating to Sir H. Verney and game preserving. Sir Harry has, on many occasions recently, opposed the practice of game preserving; to kill the game on t h e farms in t h e i r occupa ti on . Thi s lib erty a nd he, a short time since, gave his tenantry leave has now beets taken from the occupiers, and we understand that Sir Harry has let the manor of Middle and Steeple Claydon t o a person of the nam e o f B oy d , w h o res ides in London. The game is now to be rigidly preserved, and an appointment of keepers and lookers-out has taken place ; six persons are now so emplo)ed. It was only in November last that the Baronet gave his tenantry the right of shooting, and now in August they are given to uncle. stand that it has been let for a valuable consideration. W e trust, for the credit of Sir Harry, th a t this statement ear, be denied.—Ayesbury News. ACCIDENT ON TILE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.— On Monday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, an ac cident occurred by which a fine horse, value upwards of 401., belonging to Mr. Hoofe, the contractor of the Tunbridge Bromel line was sacrificed. It appears that some labourers of Mr. Hoofe were at work under the direction of Henry Bailey. the foreman of the works at the Tunbridge station, drawing timber, and, on crossing the line at Tunbridge, disconnected the leader from the train. At this moment the first up trair from I lover came along, and the engine shuck the poor anima.: on its haunches with such violence, as to knock it down, when the whole train, consisting of about thirty carria;es, passed over it, the sudden shock causing considerable alarm to the passengers. At the time of the occurrence there was a dense fog. The corn harvest has commenced in all parts of Wales. In Carmarthenshire considerable difficulty is expe rienced in obtaining good reapers, and advanced wages are freely offered. The weather is now every thing that the most sanguine could wish for, and the country ii necessarily deriving considerable benefit from it, irsialnyagm. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IN RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. Front the Official List, I'UBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENMG LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26. ZAILVIATS. D Per Annum. Amount of Share. s. d. _..., 41. Os p4ri eh. I it. 25 0 0 100 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 'lOO 0 0 2/.166. per st‘.,l 50 0 0 50 a 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 2, - , 0 0 25 0 0 .50 0 0 0 0 e 0 11 0 4) as 4 6 CZ A 50 0 41 2.5 0 0 .50 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 '1,,0 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 ...... Bs. per sh. 2/. 5s p. I la 3d pr. sh 10/. per et. 10/. per ct. 101. per ct. 61. O. p. sli 11. p. eh. 81. per et. 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A Tuoinir,asolatif TENANT.—Mrs. Harriet Meek, of Lei• cesicr-stree!. Leicester-square, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick, for threatening to indict summary vengeance on her landlady, Mrs. Kemp, of No. 6, Leicester-street. Mrs. Kemp proceeded to say that she had let part of a house in Leceister-street to the defendant's husband, a barber by trade, but she cou;cl get neither rent nor possession of her house. The whole neighbourhood had been kept in an uproar weeks past, owing to the defendant's goings on. And mat ••••••l4o.tue to such a pitch, that the inhabitants had got up tern Magistrates of this Court to interfere, in order a petition to • , s ce ,;f the neighbourhood. to preserve the pe.. '4 h recollected that a petition had re- Mr. HAanavicif Pa k , cently been sent to him, '' '1 4.44 by about twenty of the inhabi ---4,:-11/ proceedings at a house tents, complaining of some dist, 4 been referred to the in Leicester• street, wh ch petition ha. - police. .n She "' I . ower to M s. Kemp—Your Worship. I've done all czet , get rid of Mrs. Meek, but she won't go away. drink sent in through a hole in the window and, when three parts drunk, she collects a mob, and harangues them j' it . the treatment she has received from me and my husband. Mr. HA RDWICK—What threats has she used ? Mrs. Kemp—she said last week she'd take the first opportunity of stabbing me and my olitman . _ _ _ Mr. 'HA Rnw ici— Why did you say this ? Defendant—lt's all false. They're lawless villains; for they've set the law at defiance, and took my gods for rent several times. I'll explain all the circumstance from the beginning to th• end. ilr HARDwicic —l'd rather not hear them. Mrs. Meek would not be denied her say, an I accordingly she was permitted to give her own history of the various seizures, commencing at the first attack on the four-post bed stead, and ending with the abstraction of the brass bowels of a Dutch clock for broker's expenses. Having at last made an end of her story, Mr. HARDWICK asked her why she threatened to stab the complainant? Mrs. Meek—l never said such words. I told the people outside of the house that Mrs. Kemp and the old man ought to be stuck for using me so shamefully, not leaving me a bed to sleep on. Mr. HARDWICK-It appears that your husband's distress has been brought on by drink? Mrs. Meek—Everybody re spects my husband, and it was because he is so much respectod that he took to drinking. _ _ Air. HA RDWlCl—That's the oddest reason for taking to drinking 1 ever heard. But, Mrs. Meek, you must recollect that the neighbours complain of the noise you make. Mrs. Meek—lsn't a woman allowed to scream murder when her goods are seised ? What else could she do but scream and hollow ? Mr. HARDWICK—There is apetition against your disorderly conduct fining on you must recollect. Mrs. Meek—A petition ! Pooh ; that's got up by Mr. Pope, because Mr. Kemp promises his sons situations under Governm-nt if he'd sign it. Mr. Kemp says he's got great in fluence with the Ministers, because he got a good many •otes for Mr. Leader and Evans. Air. HA RDWICK—The complainant has sworn that she goes in bodily fear of )ou, and I must therefore call on you to find bail. two securities in 201. each. EITANSIVE HO/SWEAT Or JAWALLIAY AND RECOTEITT or THE Pao?Ears —John Clarke, a middle-aged Irishman, who des• rib'-d himself as a laboere., living in Church. street, St. Gile.'s, was charged on suspiei ,, n of stealing a rosewood dresxing-ease, courainirag jeweliery of the value of 3001., from the hou.e of Sir John Campbell, of No. 39, Curson•street, ~lay fair. It appeared that on Friday afternoon the butler of Sir John Campbell arrived fr m Leith at Blackwell, and hired an orn iiNfs to convey the family luggage he had brought with him to CurzGn-strut. On arriving there, and as the unloading of the omnibus v-as being proceeded with, the prisoner came up and began to assist. and, as the butler supposed he was one of the men belonging to the carrage, he was permitted to carry diffe rent packages into the hall. Amongst the luggage was the dressing-case in questioe, which the butler had himself placed in the ball. In about a quarter of an hour afterwari - is it was missed, end the prisoner had also taken himself off. As he wee passing along Curzon-street with a package under hi+ arm he was met by the housemaid, who knowing that he had been assi , ting in unloading the luggage asked him where he was going o; he repi - I that he was sent with a message to Gi afton street, and passed on. Information of the robbery was ;. , :iven at the station-house cf the C in Vine-street, Piccadilly, and between eight and nine o'clock yesterday evening Sergeants Driscoll and Miller, ail prehended the prisoner in the gallery of the Adelphi Theatre. On being informed of the nature of the charge against him, he deni d knowing anything abut it, or that he had been in Curzon -street, on the evening in question. The constables having also ttared nut that the prisoner had taken a box to No. 5, Pipe-maker's-alley, Beam dbury, immediately proceeded there, and in the front rem, on the second Poor, the door of e bkh was opened by a key found on the prisoner, the dress ing -case was found, with the whole of the contents excepting a brooch and finger-deg, which the prisoner is supposed to have disposed of, to furnish himself with ready money. The landlady of the house also identified him as being the person who brought the box th• re ; he had but a few days previously hired the room The lock of the dressing-case had been forced, and a key of a patent luck, which had been taken from the inside, was found on the prisoner. When taken into custody he bad only Is. 6d. about him. He declined saying anything in his defence, and was re. mended until Tuesday next. THAMES. ASSAULT WITH INTINT.— Thomas Looney, a respectably dressed man, who spoke with a strong Irish accent, and who is a sort of hanger-on upon the medical profession, was charged with assaulting a little girl, named Sarah Wintile, servant to Mr. Carpue, a medical practitioner, residing in the Globe road, Mile-end, with intent to commit a rape. The prosecu. trio. who said she was fourteen years old last April, stated that the prisoner, whom she had once before seen at her master'a house, came there on Saturday, and on being told her master was not at home threw her on the sofa and made the Intel' pt charged in the sheet, at the same time exposing his person. She resisted, and he told her to be quiet and not inform her master. Her opposition brought down a gentleman who was upstairs, or: which the prisoner desisted. Day, a constable of the K division, apprehended the pri•- soner on Sunday morning in bed at his lodgings, 27, Paradise row, Bethnal-green. The prisoner, when called on for his defence, said he was under the influence of drink at the time, and remembered no thing. He could not, therefore, t xtenuate the offence with which he had been charged, but to show his previous character he had sent for a professional gentleman, who, unfortunately, was not able to attend. He was then committed for trial, with permission to put in bail, himself in 30/., and two sureties of 401. each. The required bail not being forthcoming, he was committed to Newgate. FIRST CONVICTION LINDER THE NEW ACT FOR Tflll PREVENTION OF SMUGGLING. —Janus Spink, a seaman belonging to the South Esk, was charged with having in his possession On beard the above-named vessel four pounds and a quarter of foreign manuiactured tobacco, the same net having Paid duty to the Queen. The charge was made under an Act passed in the present e•sion, Pith an.i 9th Victoria, cap, t 47, which is intended to amei,d and seonsolidate the laws relating to Customs and Excise. As the law previously stood any person found possessed of, or carrying and conveying any quantity of foreign manufactured tobacco exceeding 61b and under 300115., rendered himself liable to a fine of 1001., without any power ou the part of the magistrate to mitigate the amount if the Customs chose to prefer information s . With respect to quanti ties under 61b., the magistrate had a jurisdiction independent of the Board of Customs. and generally imposed a fine prceor tionate to the amount of duty sought to be evaded. This. however, did not extend to tobacco seized on board ship; for however small the quantity. the vessel was de facto liable to deten tion, and every person on board could be proceeded against in a Customs' information for thelool., per alty, without any power of mitigation on the part of the magistrate. This provision was found productive of great inconvenience, h i _ asmuch as several offences against the excise laws must either go wholly unpunished, or the put the machinery of the Board of Customs into action, and scarcely a week passed at this Court without the presence of some person from the office of the soli tor of Customs to support informations involving the heavy pe nalties which were subsequently remitted on application to the board. In fact, it vs as a sort of child's play. which nearly pa raly wed the law far any effective purpose. The 57th section of the new Act is intended to remedy this defect by authorising the magistrate to proceed to the conviction of smugglers in this and other cases, without an order from the Board of Cus toms, in cases where smuggled tobacco does not exceed 61bs., and smuggled spirits are not above one gallon, the right of the Customs, however, to proceed by way of information, if they choose so to do, still being retained. It was under this sect], n Spink was brought up yesterday by an o ffi cer of Customs, named James R o b ertson , w h o p rove d the case. He found the tobacco under the caboose, and the prisoner, admitting it to be his, was taken into custody. The duty on the tobacco would amount to 2/. 41. sd. Mr. Beocanir having observed that this was the first con viction under the Act, fined the defendant 21. 10s., which was shortly afterwards paid. WANDSWORTH. AbUSING A DYING MAN.—Alice Donner, an old woman who vends fi-ewood about Battersea and Wandsworh, was brought before Mr. Paynter on the following extraordinary charge : Police-constable Langton, 36 Y, itated that on Saturday Name of Comp Any. Aberdeen .. ••• • • •• • Armagh, Coleraine, fel Portrush • • Birmingham & Gloster Ditto, New, iss. 74 di. Do. Halt Shares .. • • Brighton, Lews,& Ilast. Bristol and Exeter • • • • Do. New Ditto and Gloucester C tlectonian unbridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Clichester & Brighton Churnet Valley ... Co , ••ntry, Nuneaton, Bir., & Leicester.. • • Cornwall •. • .... •• -• Direct Northern • • • • • • Direct Norwich Dias, Beet:les, & Yrnith Dublin & Belfast June. Ditto and Galway •• Do. and Mullingar • • Eastern Counties. . • • • • Do., Perpetual, No. 1 Ditto, ditto, No. 2. Eastern Union Do. Extension Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. New Quarters .. • Ely arid Bedford .•• • • 3rand Junction •• • • • • Ditto, Half Shares • Ditto, Quarter Shares Gt. Southern & Western • Do. Exte»sion • • • • • • Do. Additional • • • • • • G-eat North of England Ditto, New .. • • • • • • • Do. New • . ••• • • • Oreat Western Ditto, Half Shares— Ditto, Fifths. Guildford, Farnham, & Portsmouth • • • . • • Harwich • • • • ••. • • • • • • gull and Gainsborough null and Selby .• • .. • • Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. half Shares • • • • Kendal & Windermere Kentish Coast • • • • . • • • Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford Liverpool & Idancliestr • Ditto. Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares frandon & Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds Ditto, New IA Shares London and Blackwall London and Brighton I Do. Consolidated Bthir - .•ondoli and Croydon Ditto, Guaentd, 5 p, c. London and Greenwich Ditto, l'ref. or l'riv London and S. Western Do„ New Cons. Bths Ditto, New : •• • • Do. New • „ London and York Lndonderry & Coleraine Do. & Enniskillen Lynn amtl.;ly ••• • • • Do & pprop4m. Manchester ap4 t eetls I -Ditto, Half Shares,. Ditto, Qaaiter Ditto, Sixteenths Manchestr & Itirming Ditto, Quarter Shares Midland . • • • • • • • • • • • • 1)40, Fifths .• • •• • • 1/o. Se•Nd • • • .... • • • Ditto, ti ISerliy Newcastle & Berwick Newcastle & Carlisle • • Newcstle & 1)arl. Junc.l PP. !flog 1JF4114111411 Newry li.:urt!*o?..ell: • Newark - and 51ic44:14! , : North British • ft , 7 Do. New • • • • • • Northern and Eastern .! Ditto, Scrip, i55.51.d.1 Ditto, Quarter Shares Nprtti •• •• North Wares • • • • Korwieh . and Brandi. M .. NeW • • • • • • • • • o•X•twil bF WAF&'Si , frf *yid ?,,, - • • Iticlimond • • • • • • •• • • Scottis Central ••• • • • Do. Midland • • • • • • • • Sheffield and Lincoln • • Sheffield & Nunchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares .south Devon ••. • • • • • • South-Eastern & Dovr.: Ditto, New iss. 32/Air. Do. New, No. 2 • • • • Do. New, No. 3 .. • South Waler. Staines and Itiehmontll Trent Valley • • .• Trent Valley and llolyH head Junction Waterford & Kilkenny West C0rnwa11........ Yarmouth & Norwich. Ditto, New .. Yoi Lk North Midland Ditto, Half Shares.. Do., Scarbro' Branch, Ditto, SQThy Scrip .. Ditto, Extension .... Bordeititx and Toulouse Do. and Cette Boulogne and !.miens. Dieppe and Palls June. Gt. Northern of France' Lyons and Avignon.... Orleans and Vierzon Orleans & Bourdeauf Paris& Lyons (Laffltte) Do. (Ganneron's). • • Do. (Calon's) • • • • .. Paris and Strasbourg .. [':iris & St. Quentin • • Paris and Orleans..... Paris and Rouen • . ltoyal North of Spain.. Rouen and Havre •• Sambre and Meuse • • • • itrasbourg and Bale • • roars & Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ...... • • Do. (Levevres) 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 ZOrZeT.STOCX BANYS. Dividend Amount Name of Ccmps,ny. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. s. d. s. d. Australasia •• •••• • •• 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 31 Britsh North American 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45% Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24 Colonial. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15% [Amin and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27 London Joint-Stock ... 6!. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Metropolitan ••.•• • • •• 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 4S Ditto, •••• • • • • 81. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 N a tional of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 20% Nat. Provncial of Eng. 5 /. per cent. 100 0 0 35 o'B 37 Ditto, f 25 0 0 25 0 0 251 q Union of London... ! 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 n o N A e u ‘ s v t . r . a . 1 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union .z . :,,,.; ID;_vidend Names of 2.). Dividend price. Names of Companies. 0 I per : Companies. e, per Price. .= - Annum. cn 1 Aunum.l e7] . - X' 1 £ Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.55. p c 72 Monmouthsh 10: 9/. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4/. ' 70 Mntgonirysh 100, 51. 9t Banisley •• • . 160 121 . 180 Macclesfield . 1001 - i'f.. Basingstoke.. 100 - 5 Neath ...... 100 20/. 36.1 Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Nottingham . 150 12 - 260. Cromfbrd .... 100 181. ; 150 Peak Forest . 78 31. in Dudley ••• . • • 100 4/. 80 Regent's.... 33 11. Derby •• • • -1100 1 8/. , 103 Rochdale ... • ii" , 4/. Ellsnire&Chs 133 i 41. ! 58 Shropshire • •1125 8/. Erewash ...,1001 32/. 300 Serurset Coall IsO 71.10 i. ' 12d- Forth & Clyd :1001 4/. Oft . DO.Lk i'd Sti 12 6/. p. c. ! 11 Grand.l unctiilo(i 71. 120 ZSttlrd &Worcll4o 28/. 44' Grand Union 1,4( 11. 10s. 24 Shrewsbdry..,l2' 15:. :230 , in Glaorgnsti .172 li3 . ! 210 Stourbridg , ,..ll4s 20/. 30, Glstr& lirklyl' 00 - 8 ,Strtfrd on .vi 79 1/. 10s. 2 - i' Grantham .. 15( 12/. 100 ISevens and 1 26 I/. Bs. ' 29 llnddersileld.l 57 - • 20 Wye Itail..S Kennt & Avn! 3i. 7s. 6.1. 12% Trtit & Mr- Lancaster ... -i7 1/. 10. 40 1 Bey. 4 „. 50 30/. 445 Leeds& Livrc 1(1' 34/. 560 il'hams &Med P. - , lo Leicester .. • • 14e 107. 105 iWorestr &' 7s AL , 49 Leicstr &Ntb! B3 4/. , 60 1 Binning. i Loit,,zhborogbjl42 70/. • 1050 i Wilts & Mks 67 11. 4s, 11 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Nano of CompaleY• I Per Annum. Shaf ; Paid. Price, re. THE HARVEST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR.,—As you did me the honour of inserting a letter from me last week regarding the harvest, I will, if you please, follow up my report by giving you a description of its present aspect. A greater part of the wheat is cut, and the remit is far more than the farmer's anticipations. A moat respectable and intel ligent individual, who has about 100 acres of wheat, informed me that lie should have a great deal more than he had last year from the same norqber pf acres i and he added, " My cousin ; who farms about the same quantity, will hFve 300 s ake more than he had last year." This fact, when taken into considera tion with the splendid erop of last season, sufficiently proves what j have stated in my fast letter, that this 15 one or the must Wuntifel harvests within the memory of !pan, • A great deal of rain f& here on Tuesday, otherwise the weather has been beautiful and dry ; healthy' breeses prevail, which is more congenial to corn than inten:e heat without air. I would just ado one word, by way of information, as to a field of wheat I saw this season—and it is the eighth succes sive year, with one year excepted—on which wheat had hem grown on the same ground ; the soil was not much deeper than the portfolio on which I awn writing, and the crop was the fi nest I think I ever saw, It was the produce of 't paniel's patent manure," and grown by him on big eetate Vl'insjey t. near Bath. An eminent agriculturist, one of the 14.14.5c0l this county, who was with me at the time, pronounced it to be " marvellous ;" plod I think you will allow, after this, I may again subscribe myself CORNUCOPIA. Wiltshire, August 25, 1845. MARKET NEWs.—(YESTERDAY.) Rs: inanikwra. SMITHFIELD.—Coarge Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 5/ ; u.erul ditto., 5/ 4s to Si 8a ; fine Upland ditto., 5/ lOs to 5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/15s to 6l 6s ; Oat Straw, 11 las to 11 18s ; Wheat Straw. 1/ 18s to 2/ is per load. Trade steady, at about last week's quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 183 to 4/ 18s ; use ful ditto, 5/ to 5/ lOs; fine Upland ditto, l 19z; to 5/ 16s Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 614 s • Oat straw, 1/16s to 1/18s ; Whe a t Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ 2s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. lIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Thiy, 3/ 13s to 4/ iweful 4/ to 4/ s ; lige Upland - ditto, 5/ 105 to rll6s ; Clover Hay, 4/15s to 6/ 10 8; Oat St raw .l/ 16 s to I, lBs Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. Ne w Nesdow Hay 31 to 41 iqs 4 .10 ! 4p4 New Vierar 41 to 5 5s Pr; ' CQLONX4%L SUGAR.--The market for British Plantation is without alteration, nearly 1,000 casks having found buyers, inclusive of those sold by auction. The public sales have contained chiefly 145 casks Barbadoes, 303 casks 4 -faij St. - Lucia, iitl Pf ;Pi4 at da» VO 6 4s' for . goOd fl-1 middling greyish to tine yellow Barbadoes, and 45s 6d to 50s for good brown to fine greyish yellow St. Lucia, being for the Barbadoes and the grocery sorts of St. Lucia rather f.,...hi;ap,sr ; hat the strppg refin:tig qqal;tiq . pf the latter brought fully the pre vious-yallie: 'The oitthitity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 263 hhds tierces 100 barrels. There were taken foz 1,1a2i3 Wick 144 tierces 31 . 0 barrels.''` The stock, in the same raw,. ia 12.058 htula 1.233 tierces 2,200 barrels. COFFEr —893 bags Ceylon and 3,810 bags Port at auction, the forer was prarix, all in tit 465_t0... ;,, m but chiefly at,fs t prO cu4ty. 'The latter partly sold, tont went ar S ery Irregularly at 47 od to ps for titil 914t0 mid col , ly givOity, 400.11)0 quantity landed last week at the East and 11 , ' , .5t India Dotlks was 204 nuns 23 hhds, and there were taken thy home eonsumpt'on 246 puns 62 hhds, and exported Cig wins 387 Mids. The stock in the same place is 10,182 .„ puns 1,249 hits. illiDgi - 01 . 4,201 bags Bengal at auction, only about 500 were disposql of at 1.2 s 1p 13s Od or mid willt?, wfliph is fully 4s below the prices of last week ; the remainder was after. wards withdrawn, although there ;teemed more inchnatiop to purchase at the rethletion pi:diced ; Ss as.-600 bagalktalabar Pepper only partly sold at aid for good heavy shot klud, which is the former value. TALLOW.—P•Y•e i le4ls Qd to 41s for ord, and 41s 6d per cwt for new. Town is 44s per cwt. TEA.—There is a fair demand for consumption. Large pghlic; sales of Tea are announced for to-morrow. (From the Lonoiou New Price Current of Aug. 26.) SUGAR.—To-day there was less desire shown to purchase West India Sugar of all descriptions, and only a small business was tr4POßted, Holders, however, for the roost part were firm, and refused to sell but at former rates, the supply at mar ket being still small in some cases, however, a slight *lime ig prices was submitted to, At public sale 1110 bads of Barbadoes Sugar went off at very full rateslow yellow at 40s, mid dling 49s 6d to 51s ad, good 54s to 420 fid, fine 43s to 545, and one lot of very fine 56s 6d per cwt. The total quantity of sugar sold to-day amounted to only 400 hhds and trcs. Eight vessels have arrived off the coast frEp the West Indies, chiefly laden with Sugar. REFINED.—To-day prices further declined for Refined goods, standard lump, selling at 675, and brown► grocery at 65s so 663 per cwt s at these rates, however, a fair buvineerivas done, but several parcels are offering for sale. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held with firmness at 4.3 s to 43s 6d per cwt, but there is still little to be had. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the market was better sup plied with :Mauritius sugars—fine yellow fetched 53s to 545, good 62s to 62s 6d, good mid 51s, mid 49s to 50s, low yellow 48. to 48s 6d, one brown 47. to 47. 6d, good 45. to 46s 6d, mid 43. to 44s dd, low 401 to 421, low to good grey 43. to 51s, washed 381 Od to bls, and sugar drainage damaged 4Os dd to 50s 6d. Ease INDIA.—This afternoon the market was better sup plied with Bengal Sugar—good middling white at 57s 6d to 58s, middling 55s to 565, low 54s 6d, damp and washed 53e to 564 6d, middling sound yellow not grainy Ms to 54s 6d, damp and washed 51s 6d to 52s 6d, low date sound grey 455, and damp 44s 6d, but brown was taken in above the value — middling damp bright at 40s, and good 40s 6d to 41s per cwt. FOREIGN- —To-clay several inquiries existed for all kinds of Foreign Sugar, and stiffer rates were offered. A floating cargo of 800 chests of fine white Havannal, was sold at 42s per cwt. A mixed cargo has been sold, but the particulars have not transpired. Cr:teem—This afternoon Coylon Coffee was in limited re quest privately, but holders would not take lower rates; t3eo bags 14 casks at public sale were partly sold at 47s to 48s for good ordinary Native; in casks, fine ordinary pale was taken in at 50s per cwt. 42 casks of British Plantation went rather cheaper; Jamaica, low middling mixed at 80s. fine fine ordinary 755, fine ordinary 555, good ordinary 47s 6d to bos, low ordinary 37s Gd to 40s, triage 80. ; Demerara. ordinary mixed red unclean 345. 52 hags of La Guayra were taken in, fine ordinary grey at 50%, and good ordinary at 45s to 48s per cwt. By private treaty anew par cels of Padang were sold at 395, and Rio at 31s to 35a per cwt. TEA.—An increased desire has been shown to purchase Con gou, and a good business has been transacted at 341 per lb ad vance for the lower sorts, whilst the better fully , opport late rates. Pouchong has been in excellent request, and brings stiffer rates, Twankey sells freely anci prices are firm. Of H.. son many parcels were tit-ported of. but holders at present eannct obtain better prices. For Young Hron a much better demand has been experienced, chiefly for exportathar. and sligW advance in the valu.' has taken place. vor Gunpowder prices do not improve, bur the trade are more inclined to get stocked with this kind of tea. Scented Orange P. kne is h, hi with tirrene.s, and there has been more doing at 2s 114 tg 3, 2d for good and fine. Rice.--The market for all kinds of East India was in a dull state all last week, and although there were sellers at a consi derable decline in prices, still few buyers were to be met with. Today Bengal Rice ag, sold to a fair extent privately a' If to 17s per cwt, according to quality..-none has been offered at publi , : sale. SIFICES.—Cassia Lignea is much wanted, and the supply being not ample for the demand, prices keep high. Black Pepper has been in excellent request, ani the rates pre viously established are supported for Malabar and Per nang, but Sumatra must be quoted at id per lb cheaper. White has been in excellent request privately, and stiffer rates are given. Pimento is much in request, and prices have risen id per lb. For Jamaica Ginger the demand has improved, and 81 pkgs at auction were chiefly sold at the former value. In East India the operations are upon a more extended scale at late rates. Mace fully supports the former currency, Nutmegs are much itt demand, and the tendency of prices is still upwards. Of inferior and jungle kinds of Cin namon several parcels have been disposed of, in consequence of holders taking very low rates. Setaffs.—Jamaica Rum has been less in request, but hold. ers were firm, and •pbtained former quotations • the sales amount to 200 puns, plain and middling quality 32 to 35 per cent. over proof at 3,4 d to 3s Bd, 33 to 38 over fine 4s 6d to 4s f3d, and very superior high flavour 5s to 5s Gd per gall6n, For Leward Island the demand has fallen off, and a decline in prices has taken place ; 220 puns having been sold at Is 9d to Is 9 1 Ad proof strength. Demerara is wanted, and prices keep up, for 150 puns 31 to 34 per cent over proof 2s 8d to 2s ltd per gallon has been given. Holders of c4l rnttg refase to reduce, but the demand bait become limited, Leeward Island is 4d to tad per gallon cheaper than last year. In Brandy sales to a large extent have been made for all purposes, and an advance in prices of 2.1 to 3d per gallon has taken place. Geneva has been in good demand for export, and priae4 have kdvaweed from la 11d to fis, fine; fit for duty.has been selling at 2.4 3d to '22 Bd. The market is very firm for British Corn Spirits, and the supply is not large ; 10s 2d per gallon is the value, nett cash. SALTrETIt.—To-du odgh mot with little attention, and of 1,610 bags of Calcutta offered at public sale a small part only sold at about the former value, viz., good strong grey, 54 per cent refraction, at 25s 6d, unrefracted 24i 6d to 25s ; da maged ditto, 22s 6d; the remainder was all tsliett strong grey, 2* per cent refraction, ;it iNs (41 . ; to per cent, pod strong 28s ; pef cent ditto 28s tid. There were buyers of the whole 6d per cwt under these rates. Ous.---Southern Oil has been in good demand at previous rates. For Seal the demand has been brisk by private con tract, and prices continue on the rise. The market for Cod is in a dull state, and pri.tes are drooping ; there are sellers at 301., but few buyers to be met With, For Sperm Oil price! do not improve, but the demand privately has been good at 81/ to 83/ for British, and 711 to 801 for American; at auction, however, 30 tuns were withdrawn. For Palm prices are fully as high, and several transactions have taken place priv a t e l y i 1 8 4 casks at auction fetched 2ss to 2fie per cwt f or l ow to Ike cp 7 ia ii ty. gi casks of Ceylon at auction were di: posed of, fine at 321 to 32/ 15s, voil 31/ 10s, and m;ddling at 30/ 5s to 301 104 per tun. For Linseed Oil furtirr reduced prices having been taken occasioned boyars to wine forward with increased freedoill The deniand for home con luntiCat hat been ie ' r7 rod. Rape, pale at 331 to 35s 6d and - brown 34s to 34s 6d. Olive, Gallipoli at 40/ to 401100 , finish and Sicily 36/ to 39/, Btrbary, Levant, and Portugal / lOs to 37/ lOs per ton. Lard Oil is 421 to 44/. TALLOW.— Prices have ruled firm for Russian on the Spot since this day week, and the demand has been very good for town and country consumption. For forward delivery.exten sive purchases have been made at 41s 6d to 4ls 9d for new for the last three months of the year, and 42s per cwt for separate months ; indeed, some parties will not sell at these rates. For other kinds of Tallow the demand has been active, and pricee continue on advance, although the market is yet well supplied. ADVERTISEMEN T . Deafness. 39, Albemarle street, Piccaililly.—Acnuatic Instrument, which can be sent to any part of the country by post.—lnvisible Voice Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not en' comfortable, nor more perceptible than having a small piece of wool in its place. They enable individuals at an advanced age , and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' standing, inst:10 1 1 to join in general conversation, and to catch the scu,:d of* distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into the ears to such en extent that the Enot severe cases of deafness cannot be observed. Also, original 1.?..:r Cornets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears. and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many' of those instruments have received the approbation of the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Britain. The newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its youthful, naturait and original state. Also. Achromatic Telescope., Open Glasses. Microscopes. &c. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Sole' molts, Opticians, are not in any way connected wish a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor mail part of the country. To prevent mistkkes, be c ntious, and Observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly opposite the York Hotel. Can be sent in the country by poet. [ADVERTISEMEN T.3—UANCERED BREAST : EX. 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