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birtt %baton FRANCE. Tne Commission of Permanence met yesterday, and At for three hours. It was rumoured that they had decided to convoke the Assembly for the sth, but no thing certain was known on the subject. After the sitting the President of the Committee (M. Leon Faucher) and the Secretaries had an interview with the Minister of the Interior. The cholera has broken out in Algiers ; 150 persons have died of it in two days. General Neumayer has declined the command offered him at Rennes; should he persist in his refusal he will be placed on the retired list. GERMAN Y. The Kolner Zeitung has a letter from Berlin of the 28th ult., staticg that the invasion of Electoral Hesse by the Bavarian and Austrian troops was originally intended to come off on the 23d ultimo, and that the Prussian armies took their positions according to this contemplated measure. The invasion did not, how ever, take place, and whether it is only adjourned, or whether it will come off at a later period, will depend on the decisions now taking at Warsaw. The same paper states from Dusseldorf and Coblentz that the 16th Regiment of Foot at the former place has received direct orders to take the field, and, that the younger corps of the Landwehr have been summoned to take their place in the army and assemble at Coblentz. The Kolner Zeitung, of the 30th inst, states, in its second edition from Vienna of the 26th, that the offi cial news of the march of the two corps in the Tyrol and Vorarlberg and the announcement that a part of the Italian army is proceeding to Germany, added to the military preparations now going on at Vienna and in Austria Proper, have created a violent panic on the Exchange. The price of silver has risen by 4 1 , and its elo , ing price was 21, while gold stood firm at 28. The only consolation which the Austrian stockholders have is, that war is utterly impossible without a na tional bankruptcy, and therefore they disbelieve the possibility of a war. " These men," adds the cor respondent of the Kolner Zeitung, " forget the bank ruptcy of 1811, and there is no reason why the same event should not take place in our time. The first cannon which Austria fires against Prussia is the signal for a break down of her finances; it is bank ruptcy and the repudiation of her notes which must sick down to the level of the notorious French As signets. Even the friendship of Russia cannot assist Austria in her painful position. Russia can give guns and bayonets, but no money. It is conse quently almost passing belief that a real war is in tended. Still this trifling with serious events is most reckless and criminal. It proves that the re-establish mens of absolute power is the last and only idea which pervades the rulers of Austria, and that even credulity herself must now despair of the realization of the Charter of the 4th March, 1849." Advices from Cassel are of the 27th instant. Fifty two of the officers who have sent in their resignations have received the Elector's permission to quit his service. The rest are still retained. The Kolner Zeitung states, from Frankfort of the 27th instant, that the Elector, terrified by the ap proaching Contingencies and the danger which might result to him from as advance of the federal troops into his territories, has entered a solemn protest against the intervention of Bavaria. The Federal Council, feeling that nothing but energetic measures could help them in this dilemma, has dispatched Count Rechberg as Civil Commissioner, with instruc tions for Prince Thurn and Taxis, the Commander of the Bavarian army, to send his troops immediately into Electoral Hesse, and to follow them with his staff. The Prussian agents at Frankfort, on hearing this news, immediately dispatched a messenger to Berlin to ask for further instruction. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES, The proposal made to the British Government by Russia and France has caused a considerable sensa tion. A very emphatic article has appeared in the Hamburgh Nachrichten representing the Duchies and the whole German people as ready to back Prussia to the utmost in any such event. The Commander of the Prussian garrison, General Von Hahn, is re ported to have arrived at Kiel, where it is stated he appeared in plain clothes. UNIVER ITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 30.—At a congregation holden this day, the following degrees were conferred : M.A.—William Collins Badger, Queen's College. B.A.—Hugh Proby, Trinity College. Edmund Oldfield, M.A., Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, was admitted ad eundem. At the same congregation, Mr. Latham, of Trinity hall, was appointed (by grace) an examiner at the previous examination in the Lent and Michaelmas terms of the year 1851. THR CURACY OF SELBY.—There were originally several candidates to supply the vacancy in the above named curacy, but these were by resignation of the remainder reduced to two, viz.—the Rev. Francis Whaley Harper, M.A., St. John's College, and the Rev. T. A. Scott, M.A., of Clare-hall. The Vice- Chancellor appointed yesterday (October 29) for the election, which took place as under. The hours of polling and the number of votes registered for each candidate were as under : Ten to eleven, A M... Harper 63 .... Scott 20 1.30 to five P.M..... „ 149 .... „ 48 Seven to nine, P.M.. „ 54 „ 48 At nine a scrutiny was called, and Mr. Harper was dec'ared to he the successful candidate. Trig LE Bes PRIZE.—This prize, founded out of a fund raised by some students under the late Rev. C. W. Le Bas, at Haileybury College, to provide a last ing memorial of their respsct and esteem for him, and given annually for the best English, essay on ge nera► literature, the subject chosen being in connex ion with the history, institutions, and probable destiny and prospects of our Anglo-Indian Empire, has been adjudged to Alexander Howell Jenkins, M.A., of Cnrist's College. MEDICAL EXAMINATION.—The examination for the licence, ad practicandum in medicina, will com mence on Monday, Nov. 4, at ten o'clock, at the Arts School, under the Public Library, and will continue that and the three following days. Candi dates for the . degree of Bachelor of Physic will be examined at the same time by the Regius Professor of Physic, the Professor of Anatomy, and the Down ing Professor of Medicine. KING ' S COLLEGE.—There will be a meeting of the fellows of this society on Saturday next, to supply the vacancy in the provostship, caused by the decease of the late Dr. George Thackeray. The Rev. Richard Okes, A. 8., 1822, MA., 1825, lower master of Eton, 1838, and the Rev. Harry Dupuis, B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834, j assistant master of Eton, are mentioned as candidates for the office. NELSON SETTLEMENT. NEW ZEALAND. A nieEting of the absentee proprietors of the Nel son Settlement, New Zealand, convened by the com mittee of the same, was held at the New Zealand House, yesterday, at one o'clock, Mr. I3urnard in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that as the New Zealand Company had surrendered their charter to the Government, and as the Government now stood in the place of the direction, it was held desirable to urge on them the claims of the absentee proprietors, now entirely neglected. He proceeded to state gene rally that the resident proprietors enjoyed all the advantages of the allotments of land in the colony— that the company's chief and other agents were dis posing of the land in blocks of 8,000 acres, and that the value of the allotments made to the absentees was most materially lessened by the power of selection given to the settlers on the spot. Cattle runs, of the best description, had been given to individuals, to the extent of 7 ; 000 acres, at a nominal acknowledgment ; and allotments made eight years since to the non resident proprietors were no now worth one-third of their value at that period. _ _ Letters were read to this effect from Mr. E. Tolle mache, resident in the colony, and generally com plaining of the injustice done to the original pur chasers. The writer advised no person to purchase more land than he possibly could dispense with in the new Canterbury settlement at 3/. per acre, when it could be got at Otago for 10s., and at Wairee and Rangatee for 55., of better quality. He considered that, as there had been compensation given to resident proprietors, it should also be given to absentee pro prietors ; and complained bitterly of the valueless character of a l arge port i on of the land allotted to to him—viz., 7,400 acres, which represented a cost price of 11,000/. The CHAIRMAN said the resident proprietors would have to depend upon themselves, not upon the New Zealand Company ; for when application was made on the score of compensation they were neither prepared to admit the validity of th e appeal, or to give- the claim any furtherance. Mr. P. YOUNG said the non-resident proprietors were left the skim-milk of the land, white the resi dent proprit:tora got the cream. He agreed with the chairman as to the necessity of self-reliance on the part of the committee, and then moved a series of resolutions calling on the New Zealand Company to aid them in obtaining compensation from the Government, on the ground that it would be injustice to the non-resident proprietors to withhold it, when the resident proprietors were receiving it at the hands of the agents and local arbitrators. The resolutions substantially embodied the statements made by the preceding speaker. The resolutions recommended that, in the event of compensation being refused, the non-residents should relinquish their allotments, and claim the money which they had advanced, with interest thereon. Mr. WHITE, an original allottee of the section, con sidered himself peculiar' ly aggrieved by the preference THE SUN, given to resident proprietors. If the sale had been completed to him by the company in a reasonable time, he would now be in the possessiou of compensa tion, as he intended to have sent his son out as a settler. In this respect the directors were to blame; but he admitted that the Government were to blame also for the excessive severity of the terms they had proposed to the directors. He fully coincided in the resolutions; and he believed there was justice enough in the British Government to cause them to entertain their claims. A SHAREHOLDER said the directors had had 160,000/. in money for awards of land, and asked what bad become of it. Mr. TOLLEMACHE said that 200,000/. more, bor rowed from the Government, had been spent. The CHAIRMAN thought the money could be ob tained from the Government through the Court of Chancery. He did not think the proprietors would get an acre from Lord Grey, except he was compelled by the Parliament to give it. Mr. Mooaz (ten years a resident in the colony) bore testimony to the fair play always shown by the resident settlers in the colonies to the absentee pro prietors. They were for the most part men of the highest standing in the colony. He had left the colony, however, in 1847. The CHAIRMAN said the matters complained of re ferred to December last. Mr. MOORE still believed those gentleman had only one feeling—to do justice to the non-resident pro prietors. It was not the settlers, but the company's agents, that were to blame. This statement as regards the resident proprietors was, however, strongly combatted by the chairman and other speakers. A general resolution, embodying the spirit of the series of resolutions propounded, as the sense of the meeting, was adopted. A deputation was then appointed to wait on the directors of the New Zealand Company to enforce the claims of the non-resident proprietors, in accordance with the resolutions, and the meeting separated. TEETOTALISM. The Parliamentary vacation is the era of harmless enthusiasm—the season of balls, dinners, and demon strations. The Poles and the franchise, and the coming Exhibition, church sec:lrities from within and religi ous aggressions from without, supply the plea for an entertainment or the topic of a discussion ; the tide of talk and the tumult of convivitNY every corner of the kingdom, visit impartially an d she scenes are as various as the objects of the fuss. -At Bury the political, at Bristol the theological, dilouities of , the day are dealt with. At York municipalsplen dours add lustre to the efforts of commercial and me "la nical ambition ; while here at head-quarters we et invited by Lord Dudley Stuart to dance in the name of benevolence, or may go, with the more sober phi lanthropy that befits the occasion, to learn at Drury lane the mischiefs that arise from fermentation. On Monday there gathered in that shrine of unreality the friends and advocates of teetotalism, those advocates not a less medley set than usually occupy the ample stage. One lingering representative of the scat tered House of Commons appeared to testify the interest of the Legislature ; two ministers of religion raised their voices against alcohol ; the Comic Annual and the Charter had each a son and supporter there; the backwoods of America and the labour market of England each contributed a quota. In deference to the genius of the place a semi-dramatic air was thrown over the proceedings, and the exul tations of a pure morality were tempered by the softer influences of mirth. In place of the usual orchestra, Mr. Shapcott and family preluded and interluded upon the saxhorn, and the traditions of the green room were consulted by the introduction, hi Ojibbe• way attire, of the Rev. George Copway, alias Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh. Whether the ordinary attrac tions which Drury-lane offers are directly con ducive to the elevation of the species may be matter of controversy, but on the occasion we commemo rate there was no room for dispute. The purpose of the assembly was strictly and solely a moral one, for the teetotal society is, to borrow the words of one of the speakers, " a man-uplifting society." The theatrical accompaniments of melody and strange raiment ; of the " Drum Polka" and Indian finery ; the presence of an accomplished comedian in the per son of Mr. George Cruikshank, were a wise, and perhaps a necessary, addition to the sublimer por tion of the entertainment. Mere moral excitements are apt to weary without some occasional intervals of recreation and repose, and, besides, the committee had not been so successful as they could have wished in the oratorical department. Lords Ashley, Harrowby, and Kinnaird, with Mr. Silk Buckingham and other untitled philanthropists, had been compelled to decline attending from the pres sure of other engagements. The cause of total ab stinence had even to mourn a more important refusal, Field Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington having some public duties to perform which prevented his coming to town. In the absence of these dis tinguished persons the desired variety of thought and elocution was hardly to be procured, but the speakers made up in earnestness what they wanted in force of argument or grace of style. They said a good many hard things of those who still acknowledge the utility of fermented liquors. They threw out warnings to the clergy and religious classes, to the aristocracy and educated section of society, as to the danger of falling in the rear, and announced that " the people were going before the priests, who could not be in duced to forego their one glass of wine after dinner, though admitting that the working classes were driven by alcohol to pauperism, sickness, and death." The three chief speakers of the evening were Mr. Lawrence Heywood, Member for Derby, Mr. George Cruikshank, and Kah -ge-ga• gab. bow h The first of these, who occupied the chair, con sidered himself qualified by an experience of fifteen years to speak in favour of teetotalism ; but inde pendently of his own experiences he had a powerful support in the admonition of the wisest of Kings, " Look not upon the wine when it stirs itself in the glass, because it bites like s serpent and stings like an adder ;"—the argumentum ad verecundiam: which, Mr. Heywood proceeded to base on this text being that Solomon was himself a teetotaller. The state of the logical faculty revealed by such an inference is not encouraging to those who may have thought of resigning their after-dinner glass, nor is the one other proposition enunciated in the same speech much more encouraging;—" If a man never takes a first glass he can never be intoxicated." Un doubtegy ; but it is equally true that if a man never ate turtle soup or venison he would be in less danger of becoming a gourmand, and that if he re stricted himself to dry bread he would be tolerably secure. As for the individual experience, that is in variably met by some opposing experience ; and while we congratulate the Member for Derby on his undi minished vigour we must beg to decide f o r ours e l v e s whether the addition; or !subtraction of alcohol from our drinks is most conducive to our own. We will pass to the caricaturist. Mr. Cruikshank, after bearing witness to the sufferings he had endured because his mother had in his early days :held the poisoned chalice to his lips, said that he had pictured the opposition of the clergy to temperance in a very striking manner. " I recently," he says, " made a sketch, but thought it t oo s tr ong t o publish, of a clergyman with a Bible in one band and a bottle of rum in the other. For that idea I was indebted to my friend the Indian Chief, who threw it out at a late meeting at the London Tavern." It would have been as well, perhaps, to have removed instead of adopting the misconception of the Ojibbeway. The fact that rum has done more to degrade and ester. minate the Red Indian than religion has done to rescue him could not `be truly represented by such a figure, nor could the idea communicated by Mr. Cruikshank to his audience be limited in their minds by such an interpretation. The reserve which deemed the picture too strong for publication was very effectually discarded in the speech, and we can only excuse Mr. Cruikshank on the ground that a perpetual search of the ridiculous has an in toxicating effect no less than draughts from the black bottle. Morally speaking, therefore, the cari caturist makes a bad advocate, and, like the Member of Parliament, may be dismissed. The third remark able orator, Kah - ge-ga-gah-bowb, added his Indian reminiscences to the total of civilised experience. The most forcible part of his harangue was a bit of personal relation. A cousin and associate of his own bad been in boyhood the wonder and delight of his companions. When the chief returned to his tribe after long absence, he found his early friend dead, drowned in a fit of intox ication, the work of the white man's rum ; he there fore was for total abstinence, of which he should endeavour to erect in his own land a monument. The Indian argued well from his premises, for he knew that " firewater" had been the destruction of his kind, and that the appetite of the red man could admit no partial indulgence ; he drew no overstrained picture of the facts, and, perhaps, his recital was the most natural episode in the history of the meeting. Whatever of absurdity lay in his rambling language and grotesque attire was due, not to him, but to those who played off his incoherent and irrelevant appeal as a part of the evening's amusement ; and certainly Kah-ge- ga-gah-howh was not more ridiculous than the caricaturist, or a worse logician than the represen tative. To drive drunkenness entirely out of the world would indeed be a glorious achievement; but the gentleman who hoped he might live to see that more than golden age must be prepared for an antediluvian if not a Rosicrucian term of existence. We also acknowledge a hope that religion and morality may avail by their progress to moderate all sensual indulgence ; but we doubt how far an external covenant will suffice to remedy man's frailties or accelerate his perfection. At all events the late Drury-lane meeting has not done much either to convince the doubtful or conciliate the reluctant. Questionable caricature and untenable arguments from Scripture are not of much avail NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, for two yrs old. D.M. Hippogriff F by Venison, out of Tarn Wadlin's dam •o• 1 The Glasgow Stakes. A dead heat betwsen Hernandez, Bro. to Dro.kolowe, and Ariosto. Subscription Plate of 501. D.I. Tophana ... ... ... *VS d 6* St. Rosalie ... ... ... ... ... Deciding heat for Glasgow Stakes. Ariosto ... .. 1111. .• 11 Ili. ... Brother to Drakelow 7... .1111 .1111 •• • Hernandez ... 11.. ... ••. 1111. tie 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 9 ... 3 BLACKBURN TURN-OUTS.--The spinners of Messrs ' Alstead and Co., of Water-street, will continue out, and at present there appears no likelihood of the differences being amicably settled. The self-acting winders of Mill-hill have resumed work, and have obtained an advance of five, and, in some cases, 7 1 A per cent.—Manchester Guardian. IMPORTATION OF HORSERADISH.—A very remark able importation has just taken place by a vessel from Ham burgh, consisting of the large quantity of 1,043 packages of horseradish, consigned to order, the produce of the place. So large an importation of this esculent, which as a raw vege table is not liable to duty on importation into this country, _has never before taken place. 1:1„Its-e - CROWN, PLEAssi—An illiterate labourer tried to 1, - )ake the officials understand that an uncle of his wife had, he :..sacl heard, left him a legacy, and he " wanted to know the rights - "' He gave the name ad the exct date of the death, and a clerk retired under pretence of searching for the docurueflt. In a very short time he re turned with " No such will in the place—half-a-crown, please." " Half-a-croone ?" said the countryman, " Wat vor?" "Half-a-crown," repeated the clerk. " Wat, vor telling me nought ?" " Half-a-crown !" was again let off with a load explosion, over the stiff embrasure of white cravat. " But darn me if of pay't," persisted the expectant legatee. " Half •a-crown !" The countryman went on rais ing a storm in the office, in the midst of which the " Haif a• crown" minute guns were discharged with severe regula ,ity. At length, however, the agriculturist was obliged to .' „,':umb, and after a mighty effort to disinter the coin from under smock-frock, frock, and out of the depths of a huge pocket and a 'eat her purse, the poor man was obliged to produce and pay over whal t was probably a fifth of his week's earnings. This circumstanc having attracted, Mr. Wallace's attention note of the name of the testator, and, and it, he took a after p the y inquirer had lei?' found it in the Calendar, and by and-by, by dint of a little' m,. .noeuvring, got a sight of the will. In it he actually found tha: the_ poor man had been left a small legacy.—Dickens's Househola .117°rcis* POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. On Tuesday afternoon, immediately after the dis posal of the important charge relative to the burglary at Mr. Holford's, in the Regent's-park, an unusual bustle was observable in the neighbourhood of this court,:it being known that a warrant had been granted by Mr. Broughton, on the part of Mr John Wilson, a member of that important body the Marylebone Vestry, against Mr. Samuel Steele, also a vestryman, for an assault committed by the latter upon the former gentleman. Mr. Hoggins appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Ballantine for the defendant. Mr. Hoggins said that, in this case, it had been the most anxious wish of his client that the defendant should have made the amende honorable to him, which he assuredly would have done, and for doing which ample time and opportunity had been afforded him, but such not having been the case, it was not to be supposed that Mr. Wilson would tamely submit to the infliction of a most wanton and cowardly assault ; he should brefly relate the circumstances connected with this truly unpleasant transaction :—On the afternoon of the 12th inst., as Mr. Wilson was quietly walking down Marylebone-lane, he received a severe blow on the back part of the head ' , and on turning round to ascer tain who had inflicted it, he found that Mr. Steele was the aggressor. Fearing that the blow might be repeated, Mr. Wilson, in his own defence, struck at Mr. Steele. The parties were then separated, and hostilities ceased. Mr. Wilson, though naturally very much annoyed, as well as hurt, by the unpro • yoked assault, sent a message to Mr. Steele, saying that he would not take any ulterior proceedings if that gentleman would make an apology for the attack, and put a guinea into the poor-box. This, however, Mr. Steele declined. The assault, it could not be denied, was a most wanton and cowardly one, and his (Mr. Hoggins's) client now appeared to de mand such punishment for the outrage committed upon him as his Worship might think fit to inflict. It appears that the ill-will between the parties originated in the following circumstance :—A number of pigeons, the property of persons in the neighbour hood, had become great pets with the inmates of the Nlarylebone workhouse. By these pcor persons, who were glad to have anything animated to exhibit kind ness towards, the birds were daily fed. But, lo ! a ruthless bird kidnapper walked off with no less than forty-three of them, to be sacrificed at a shooting match. The paupers were exceedingly cha grined at such conduct, and many of the vestrymen sympathised with them, amongst others Mr. Wilson, who said it was a shameful thing that the birds should have been taken away. Nay, more, " Ru mour, with her thousand tongues," had hinted that their abstraction had not taken place without the cog nizance of some of the worthy vestrymen. Amongst them the name of Mr. Steele had been mentioned, as one who well knew what had become of the birds, Mr. Wilson had upon one occasion sketched a picture of a bird, and had written under it " How about the pigeons ?" but in reference thereto had not men tioned or used Mr. Steele's name in any way what ever. . _ _ Mr. John Wilson (the complainant) examined—On the 12th inst. he was walking away from the vestsy meeting, when, on going down Marylebone-lane he received a blow on the back of his head. He turned round, and was told by a gentleman that it was Mr. Steele who had struck him. Having reason to be lieve that Mr. Steele was a pugilistic character, he thought that the best method he could adopt would be to place him hors de combat as soon as possible ; and he confessed that he then pitched into him with all his might and main. What became of Mr. Steele afterwards he could not tell. Defendant had threat ened on a previous occasion, in the board-room of the vestry, to knock his (complainant's) d— head off. At _ _ the time when Mr. Steele struck him, be (complain ant) was surrounded by twenty or thirty of ,his friends, or rather party, who go by the name of the " Alligators" in the parish. By Mr. Ballantine—l have drawn two pigeons on I paper, but put no name under the drawings. I was not aware at the time that any pigeons had been taken away. At another meeting I drew another carica ture, and subscribed it " Sam Steele's pigeons." I spelt the word " Steele's," and not "steals." Upon another occasion I exhibited some caricatures about Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P. His bead bad not been much hurt, but his hand had ; he admitted that that was caused by the severity of the blow which he gave to the defendant. It was Mr. Matthew who pointed out the caricature to Mr. Steele. exaggerated. And ex uno disce omnes, said the Learned Counsel. Only think, your Worship, of the complainant requiring defendant to pay the doc tor's bill! For what ? for injuries inflicted by his own hand upon himself, in consequence of his knuckles coming in contact with defendant's head. Mr. BROUGHTON said that although he was a mem ber of the Marylebone vestry he had never been pre sent at any such scenes as those alluded to by the Learned Counsel. The rector generally took the chair, and several noblemen were in the habit of at tending. With regard to the case before him, he should say that Mr. Steele had taken the law into his own hands, and committed an infraction of the peace. Moreover, he had "slept on it," and carried a grudge in his breast for several days previous to his assaulting the complainant. Had he struck him on the spot, he (the magistrate) should have fined him ls. only, but as the matter stood, he felt it his duty to inflict upon Mr. Steele a fine of 404. and costs, or in default of payment thereof, fourteen days in the House of Cor rection. The fine :And costs were forthwith paid, and the "pigeon affair" having thus been brought to a con clusion, the parties interested therein quitted the court. SOUTH WARK. A few days ago Sarah Bennington, the wife of a tradesman, applied for relief, being with her husband and two young children reduced to a state of utter destitution, in consequence of a fire which broke out in their hcuse, and destroyed every vestige of their property. The applicant, a respectable-looking woman, in stating her misfortune, said that her husband was a writer and grainer, and carried on business at No. 5, Grange-place, Grange-road, Bermondsey. That on the evening of the 19th inst., while her husband was engaged in the front kitchen, varnishing a picture frame, by some means or other the stuff caught fire, when he was in the act of placing it away in the cup board, and set the place in a blaze. She was up-stairs at the moment, putting her two children to bed, and hearing her husband cry out she ran down, leaving the children above, and on approaching the kitchen she saw the place in a blaze and her husband trying to ex tinguish it. He desired her to run up for the children, and she returned to the room, and having snatched them up, she deccended, but owing to the dense vo lumes of awoke she fell senseless in the passage with her children, and in that condition was dragged out by some of the neighbours and saved from being burnt. The house being a small one was soon burnt down, and not a vestige of their furniture or her hus • band's tools were saved, every thing being consumed, leaving them utterly destitute and reduced to want the common necessaries of life. She added that her husband was severely injured in his attempt to quench the fi tmes, and their misfortunes were aggravated from the circumstance of the poor man's mind being very much affected in consequence of the occurrence. Mr. A ' BECKEIT directed inquiries to be made in reference to the case, and Guest, the summoning officer, having ascertained the truth of the above state ment, and that the facts were far from being exag gerated, directed that the poor applicant should receive a sovereign from the poor-box, observing at the same time that he considered the case one de serving of public sympathy, incsmuch as it was that of a tradesman and his wife and children being re duced to destitution owing to the ravages made by a fire, il'em which they narrowly escaped with their lives. . _ Mr. BROUGHTON—A most injudicious act indeed. In reply to a question from the bench, complainant stated that it was on the evening of the 2d instant that defendant told him he would knock his d— head off. The assault now complained of did not take place till the 12th. Be (complainant) had proposed an ar rangement through Air. Jones, his solicitor, to the effect that defendant should make him an apology, and pay his doctor's bill, as also bis law expenses, amounting altogether to 4/. Mr. Richard Humphreys, 72, Wimpole-street, said that he witnessed the assault ; the blow given by Mr. Steele was rather a severe one, but had certainly been repaid with interest by complainant. Witness was a member of the vestry, and had attended at the meet ing on the day alluded to, at the Court-house ; he heard no harsh language pass between the complainant and defendant while there. At this period of the proceedings Mr. Ballantine addressed the Bench, and said that it was not his in tention to take up the public time any longer with the particulars of this contemptible and most ridicu lous squabble; it was quite evident that Mr. Wilson had been in the habit of drawing caricatures when his time might be otherwise much better and most pro fitably employed both for himself and fellow parish ioners. The story of his client having taken away the pigeons was a gross fabrication, and a slanderous invention of a set of mischievous persons such as were always found infesting every public institution. The character of his client, however, stood too high to have it for a moment thought that he would be guilty of so mean and contemptible an act. In his (the Learned Gentleman's) opinion complainant had placed himself in such a position that the bench could not entertain the least sympathy for him. His client, however, offered to make an apology to the public and the bench, having, as he must admit, committed the first breach of the peace ; thus far he would go on public grounds, but not at all on Mr. Wilson's ac count. He (the Learned Gentleman) said he believed that Mr. Broughton knew something about the Mary lebone vestry. _ _ Mr. BROUGHTON — Yes ; I am a member of it. Mr. Ballantine—l thought as much, and have frequently laughed on reading reports of the vestry's proceedings, which I suspect have been occasionally LONDON ~, TH URSDAY EVENING except with an audie nce p artl y 'gaol., ult OCTOBER and • I 1850. Si , partly coarse. The as s u m p tion that total ab 3•/ inence and temperance are on e and the same thi• .)g, that he is by implicati on a drunkard who does not con fine himself to the ci stern or the s p rin g , is a piece of illib er ality not over consistent with the r ,olitical tone prev alent at teetotal assemblies. Let tl Jose who re quire artificial restrictions use them and profit by them ; those who do without are 'not chargeable with setting a bad example because their morality is a principle instead of a force.—Time;?. he no dispute about the payment of the insurance. In this case, as there was no claim, no insured pro perty having been destroyed, tbe Phaaeix-office would not prosecute. They were satisfied with leaving it in the hands of the magistrates and police of Gravesend. Mr. Southgate said, that although he could not get over the suspicious facts as proved before the Bench, yet he felt bound to tell them that he had evidence to show that Mr. Marder did not set fire to his house. Mr. Marder owed a half-year's rent, which it was not convenient to him to pay, and he was determined " to bolt." He had removed on the Saturday night a portion of his stock in trade, which chiefly belonged to his house of business in London, and intended to remove the remainder on Sunday night, when the fire occurred, which frustrated his intention. Mr. Oakes—Yes, Mr. Southgate, but how can you account for the position of that candlestick in that box ? And again, how can you account for the fact of the insurance of the furniture and stock in trade a few days before this, as you call it, accidental fire-- admitting your own statement in defence of your client, that he was surreptitiously leaving the town to avoid payment of his rent ? Mr: Southgate—l admit that the whole evidence is at present against Mr. Marder. I will refrain from entering into rebutting it at present, and confine my self to asking you to admit this poor, aged, and un healthy man to bail. The Magistrates, after a moment's consultation, declared that they could not accept bail for the pri soner; and having expressed their intention to com mit him for tria►, agreed to have him again brought up on Friday morning to perfect the depositions against him on a charge of arson. The court was crowded during the inquiry, the municipal members of the town and several of the gentry of the surrounding country being present. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DEMERARA. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. M'Chlery in the chair. The report stated that, notwithstanding the delays occasioned by the recurrence of the rainy season (which from its severity caused a total cessation of all out door work for some weeks), the line has been pushed on to Porter's Hope, and that in eight weeks more, or by the close of the year, the important station of Victoria would be reached. The engineer's report is highly satistactory as to the condition of the works, the embankments, the bridges, and the railway plant generally. The committee of management at Deme rara state that the line as far as Porter's Hope station would be opened for public traffic on the 7th of this month, when also additional carriages for third-class passengers would commence running regularly. The committee had occasionally been much embarrassed from want of funds, which at times threatened to stop altogether the progress of the works. Official notification was sent to the Governor of British Guiana some months ago of the confirmation by her Majesty of the ordinance granting a loan of 50,0001. for the advancement of this undertaking ; but at the same time, the necessary authority was not given to Governor Barkly to negotiate bills for any part of that amount, so that at the present moment this loan, with the exception of the 17,0001. originally advanced, has not been made availiable to the company. The directors understand that the packet appointed to sail on the 2d proximo will carry out instructions from the authorities on the subject, and in the meantime they have every confi dence that the Governor, who has always evinced a strong desire to promote the success of the under taking, will continue to make such temporary advances from the Colonial treasury as will remove any ob stacles to the advancement of the works. The sum of 9,5111. has been received for the conveyance of goods and passengers by the railway—an amount which the directors believe to be sufficiently encouraging, con sidering that the line has only been open to a mode rate extent, and at the same time the process of con struction has been going on. The directors anticipate with continued confidence that these returns will stea dily increase as the line progresses, and the peculiar advantages of railway communication become more apparent, and that they will ultimately be amply re munerative, especially as various modifications of the existing goods tariff are about to be adopted with the view of insuring to this company the entire carrying trade of the east coast district of this colony. Since the last meeting 5501. has been received on account of outstanding arrears. The number of forfeited shares now amounts to 1,005, upon which 3,7751. has been received by the company. The report of Mr. Manifold, the engineer, stated that the works during the past six months have been impeded by the severe weather and enormous amount of rain which fell during the months of April and May. In the course of two months, if the weather continue favour able, the line will be comp!eted to the village of Vic toria. The bridges (now numbering nearly 100) are in good order; in one or two instances pitch-pine timbers have been removed and greenheart substi tuted. Tile embankments are in all respects substan tial, and the permanent way is in good order, as is also the rolling stock. Several of the new trucks in course of construction have been completed. The stook of pitch-pine sleepers has been exhausted; more sleepers are being laid down, and will make a more substan tial and lasting permanent way. The general state ment of accounts to the Ist of October, 1850, showed that 193,244/. had been received, including 3,519/. for goods-traffic, and 5,992/. for passenger traffic; that 190,700?. had been expended, leaving a balance of 2,5441. at the bankers' in the hands of the Demerara committee. Passengers ••• Parcels, IL C. and D. Goods, cattle, &c. Mails ... The CHAIRMAN said he would be happy to answer any questions; and in reply to Mr. Ridgway, stated that the line from the terminus at Georgetown to the station at Porter's Hope, was 13 miles in length, and to Victoria 15 miles ; the latter being two miles from the former place. It was a question whether they would go beyond Victoria, because when they got to Victoria they would have the greater portion of the traffic. Mr. RIDGwAY considered the report very satisfac tory; he believed that their traffic would improve considerably, and that the undertaking would prove successful. He would be glad to see the line extended to Mahaica, which place was about five mile s b e y on d Victoria. He concluded by moving the reception and adoption of the report. Colonel WARREN, on seconding the motion, ex. pressed his surprise that pitch-pine had been used on their works, for he thought that no person having any knowledge of that material would use it in outdoor work. The CHAIRMAN said, they were in the hands of their engineer; the pitch-pine sleepers were brought ready made from the United States, where they were found to answer very well. Th e green h eart was much more expensive, and so far as they had gone he had heard no complaint of the pitch-pine sleepers. The report was unanimously adopted, and after a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman and directors the meeting separated. LONDON AND BLACKWALL.—The Fenchurch-street station of this railway has recently undergone con siderable alteration, to admit of the increased traffic attending the opening of the East and West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Railway, which joins the line at Stepney, and proceeds to Bow, Hackney, and Islington, the line being only com pleted to the last place. The north side of the London station is exclusively devoted to the Black wall traffic, and the south side to that of the Birmingham Junc tion. There are 224 trains running in and out of the station during the day—viz., from eight in the morn ing till ten at night, the trains running for both lines every quarter of an hour. These do not include the luggage trains. WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION.—The re maining portion of this railway, extending from Thotle to the junction of the Furness line, near Broughton, in Furness, will he opened for general traffic to-morr ow , the Ist of November. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE.—On Tuesday the Government Inspector went over the further extension of this company line from Chester to Warrington, about twenty miles in length, con necting the town and docks at Birkenhead with Man chester, Chester, and Wales. The new line, com mencing at Chester, joins the London and North- Western at Warrington, over which it runs to Man chester. The new route, besides abbreviating the journey to these points by cutting off' the existing circuit at Crewe, will offer an outlet for the free transit of goods to and from the port of Birkenhead, for the transit of raw material to the manufacturing and agricultural districts. The stations at the towns accommodated are Durham, Frodsham, Moore, Nor ton, and Warrington. The line will provide a direct route from Birkenhead and Chester via Holyhead to Dublin, and the opening train starts from Birkenhead this day (Thursday) at ten o'clock. GREAT WESTERN EXCURSION TRAINS.—This COM pany's excursion train on Sunday took 7.50 persons out of London to various parts of the West of Eng land. The excursion train from Bath and Bristol on Tuesday, and which returned with them last night, took about 300. It is observed that a larger number of excurtionists avail themselves of these trains from Bath, Cheltenham, and other places, where public meetings have been held against them, than from other towns on the route where no meetings have been held. Total ••• MOLD. Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ... Total RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 30. STOCK EXCITANGE.-1 he market has not been so buoyant to-day, and prices here again receded. The transactions were as follow :—Great Western Stock, 69%—Ditto, New 171. Shares, 5 tAlis. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was quiet to-clay. and prices lower. The sales reported are as follow :7 East Lancashire. Bt,4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consoli dated, 46 1 / 4 ic.—Ditto, Fifths, 7i dis.—London and North- Western, 116 1 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 1 / 4 p.—Ditto, Fifth,* 3 1 / 8 p.—Ditto, Quarters, 1 13-16 c. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 814 c.--Midland, 4l c—Ditto, Halves, 22 , ti c. dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent., 1331 c.—South-Eastern and Dover, 19% c.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick., 16 , ,i Ditto, Preference (unpaid up), 4 1 4 dis..—York and North Midland, 22—Dutch Rhenish, 5 die. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 30. STOCK ExcuAivois.—The share market was dull to-day. The only transactions reported were Shrewsbury and Bir mingham (A), sq dis.—South Staffordshire, 3% dis. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT WESTERN RA ILWAY. --Return of traffic for the week ending Sunday, Oct. 27 ... £t6,359 4 2 Selina-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for the week ending Oct. 26; Passengers ... Carrying account ... £9,703 19 2 ... 2,720 611 --- Total ... ... ... £12,424 6 1 Corresponding week last year... 11,253 9 2 SimorsnißE UNION RAILWAT.—(Open :30 miles.) —Traffic for the week ending Oct. 27 : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... Goods and live stock .., £242 19 9 ... 216 2 10 Total £459 2 7 Corresponding week last year ... 325 14 24 CHESTED. AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Trailic for the week ending Oct. 27: MAIN LINE. ... £1,348 6 3 ... 74 4 4 ••• •• • I STEAM-BOATS. ... 586 13 0 ... 575 0 0 ... £2,584 3 7 ... ..£3-1 8 3 ... 1 19 4 ... 76 13 7 ... £ll3 1 2 ... £149 18 5 ... 5 17 6 Passengers . ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Total £155 15 11 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.) Traffic for week ending 0ct.27 ....£14,614 8 6 Corresponding week in last year, (2011 miles open) .. ....£12,104 4 3 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.— (160 miles opened.) , .. Return 0: traffic for the week ending Oct. 20 : Passengers, &c. Goods, &c. ... £2,898 2 7 ... 4,722 18 2 Total . ..• ....£7,P21. 0 9 Corresponding week last year ... 7.077 8 0 WRECK OF THE BRIG CUMBERLAND HULL, TUESDAY. This morning particulars reached this town of the wreck of the brig Cumber land, of Newcastle, Humphrey Clarke master, which took place on Thursday last at Kilnsea, near the entrance to the Humber. Early on the afternoon of that day the coast-guard on duty at Kilnsea observed the brig approaching the shore, with a signal of dis tress flying. During the gales she had got on the Stony Bricks at the mouth of the river, but as the tide was flowing at the time, she succeeded in getting over them, not, however, without sustaining so much injury that she had five feet water in the hold, and was obliged, in order to save the lives of the crew, to run for the nearest land. About four o'clock P.M. the brig struck heavily about a mile to the south ward of Kilnsea, and, a sea breaking over her at that moment, the unfortunate master, Clarke, was washed overboard and drowned, the decks were blown up, and the crew obliged to take to the rigging and tops to save their lives. Messengers .had meanwhile been dispatched to the Easington station for Mr.Certe's rocket apparatus, and on its arrival every possible effort was made to save the crew, but, owing to the state of the tide, it was two o'clock in the morning of Friday before a communication could he obtained with the vessel. The rocket apparatus from Spurn point, and the small tender belonging to the life- boat there, were also brought to the spot, and the tender being hauled off to the brig (by means of the No. 6 rocket-line only), succeeded in bringing the mate and four seamen safely ashore. A second attempt was then made to rescue the remaining four men, when, unhappily, the boat upset, and one of the Spurn life-boatmen, named John Barnton, who had nobly volunteered his services, was drowned. The remainder of the crew of the tender had a very narrow escape, but providentially reached the shore in safety. he boat, however, being lost, no hope remained of releasing the four poor fellows in the rigging of the brig until another could be ob tained, and their cries for assistance during the night, heard distinctly by those on land, were most heart rending. Oa Friday morning a cart was dispatched to Holmpton, another coast-guard station to the north ward of Easington, for more rockets. The messenger was overtaken on his return by Captain Ellis, R.N., Inspector-General of the Coast Guard, who, with his secretary, Mr. J. W. Safe, and Lieutenant Smyth, inspecting officer of the Coast Guard at Patrington, were on a tour of inspection in the district. Captain Ellis, on learning the particulars of the wreck, and that part of the crew were still on board the vessel, desired that the rockets might be removed to his car riage, and all haste was made to the shore. The apparatus was then again set up, and a rocket pa'sing through the foretopsail, laid the line close to the men, who speedily availed themselves of it. A coble and a small fishing boat had by this time been brought to the spot, and Captain Ellis generously offered 51. to the fishermen to make an attempt at boarding the wreck. The effort was made accordingly, but the tide was running so rapidly that the boat missed the vessel and was swept to leeward. The rocket line was then attached to a smaller boat, which happily succeeded in getting alongside, and brought the poor fellows—wet, cold, and exhausted— safely ashore. Warmth, food, and rest, however, quickly revived them, and they expressed their thanks to their deliverers. Too much cannot be said in praise of the exertions of the Inspector-General of the Coast Guard, his secretary, and Lieutenant Smyth. The rescue of the crew also afforded an additional testimony to the value of Mr. Carte's rockets in sav ing life from shipwreck. Without them on this oc casion, it is believed that every soul on board the brig would have perished. The Cumberland was a fine brig with a general cargo, valued at 4,0001. The crew consisted of the mate, eight seamen, and the captain, who, as we have already stated, was washed overboard on the ground ing of the vessel. He was an unmarried man, and belonged to Newcastle. The ship and cargo, we hear, were partly insured. There is some probability that the vessel may be got off, and part of the cargo is being unshipped with that view. A subscription has been set on foot in this town on behalf of the wife and family (five children) of Barn ton, the Spurn life-boatman, who was drowned in venturing his life for that of others. THE IRON DISTRICTS. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—The sequel to the recent quarterly meetings of the South Staffordshire masters, as anticipated, has proved anything but satis factory. The prices fixed at Wolverhampton have proved altogether illusory, and at the present mo ment, although the heads of the trade expressed a firm determination to maintain existing rates, certain de scriptions of iron may be bought for cash at prices dependent upon the needy circumstances of the seller and the prompt payment of the purchaser. Within a few days of the termination of the meetings referred to the eminent firm of Thorneycroft and Co. offered by circular a reduction of 10s. per ton, and the con sequence has been great confusion in the trade. It is stated that purchasers who contracted for their re quirements at last quarter's figures are loud in their complaints, and consider themselves unfairly treated. It may be talon for granted that if a house like that of Thorneycroft's can set aside the decisions of guar. terly meetings of which its partners are members, little confidence can be attached to the deliberate re solutions of these trade assemblages. An authority in these matters, after alluding to the fact that such firms as the Messrs. Barrows and Hall, Messrs. Foster, Messrs. Williams, an'l other first-rate iron estab lishments, adhere to the prices at which they were supplying their customers during the last quarter, says—" It is contended that the Messrs. Thorneycroft intend to restrict the advantage they offer to a mere reduction of 103. per ton from the nominal prices, ex cept in the article of sheet. iron alone ; and if this be so the practice has been so general that it affords no real occasion for complaint. In fact, the procedure resolves itself into nothing more than putting the public in possession of what has been for some time practised among the initiated. Still it is throwing the apple of discord, and some assert that the custo mers of this firm will be allowed an abatement of 103. per ton on present contracts throughout the whole scale of last quarter's payments ; in which case, however unwilling other masters may be to adopt a similar course of short-sighted self-interest, a further reduc tion in the price of iron may he expected to ensue." As a natural result of this state of things, little busi ness is done, and the manufacture of iron in South Staffordshire is gradually on the decrease. The exposition of 1851 has, however, given an op portune stimulus to the iron manufacture in one or two favoured districts. The works at Woodside, near Dudley, under the active management of Mr. Cochrane' one of the partners, are fully occupied those e d in f castings for Mr. Paxton's building, and Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the engineers and ma chinists, at Sinethwick, are equally industrious in the work of preparation. In both these extensive estab lishments the men are fully employed six days and nights of the week. To the wor k people of South Staffordshire and East "Worcestershire the employ ment thus afforded in a time of need is a real " god send," and promises to mitigate in some degree the effect of the general stagnation of the iron trade an ticipated during the ensuing winter. The tin-plate trade in Wolverhampton and its neigh bourhood continues good, although unfortunately dif ferences still exist between some of the masters and the men. THAMES. On Monday last a woman named Bridget Donovan was charged with being unlawfully possessed of a 501. note, of which, after having changed it at the Ship, in High-street, Poplar, she gave such unsatisfactory ac counts, that she was remanded to allow further time for inquiry. The publicity given to the fact through the medium of this journal led to the apprehension of Catherine Fitzgerald, sister to Bridget Donovan, who was brought up yesterday by Sergeant Milstead, 12 K, who stated that seeing the report of the case he made inquiries in the neighbourhood of Barking, where the prisoner's sister was stated to have lived, and ascer tained that Mr. Samuel Vaines, a butcher, residing there, had lost a note to that amount, but had not missed it until Sunday last. Mr. YARDLEY—Have you him here;? Milstead-- No, sir; he is an ailing man, 80 years of age, and cannot attend to-day. He said he suspected his ser vant, who was sister to the person who had uttered a 501. note at Poplar. That about three weeks ago his servant's brother and sister had called to see her. It was Sunday, and he went to church leaving the key in his box, and he suspected that the note must have been stolen at that time. When witness t)ld the pri soner (Fitzgerald) the charge for which she was taken, she said at first that she knew nothing about it, but on being searched at the station-house, she said there was another woman and a girl cleaning the place at the time, and they perhaps had taken it and lost it, and her brother perhaps picked it up afterwards. Prisoner—Oh, you wicked man, I did not say that. Mr. YARDLEY—I believe the woman Donovan is remanded till tomorrow. Has the prisoner anything to say ? Prisoner—Yes. There was another woman charring with me. Master trusted her with the keys, and young master said he was sure it was she that did it. Mr. YARDLEY—Wben the woma❑ Donovan was brought up, some constable stated that he had seen her in communication with a fellow to whom some suspi cion attached previously to the note being changf d at the Ship. That person, I suppose, is her brother, and I presume you are on the look out for him. Mdstead—He is easily found, Sir. Mr. YARDLEY — Strictly following up this strange case, the prosecutor ought to be here in person. Does he know the number of the note ? Milstead—No, Sir. But he knows the person from whom he re ceived it in payment of meat. Mr. YARDLEY—WeII, you must have him here when the other woman is brought up, and the case can be rendered more entire. The prisoner, who made no further defeince, was accordingly remanded. THE FIRE AT GRAVESEND. GRAVESEND, OCT. 30.—This day the prisoner Samuel Marder (not Marden, as he gave his name on Monday), was brought up on remand, charged on suspicion of having set fire to the house No. 5, which he had occupied, as it appeared for some years, in the Crescent, at the top of Harmer-street, in the name of Lunn. This day Mr. Francis Southgate, solicitor, attended to defend the accused. The evidence of police constable Wickham and of Robert Aitkins, foreman to the Corporation fire en gines, was recapitulated. Wickham was closely cross examined by Mr. Southgate, but without shaking in the least his evidence as given on Monday. The fact of finding the all but burnt box, or rather the remnants of the embers of the box and its with the candlestick as it w as it, w as aga i n proved ; and Mr. that it wa s a mos t sup i c i ous cir ccfsouooummun tsbdhtuagsinamt cir cumstance, combustible l : e addmb c du o e contents, admitted temeind in it, i g ht be accounted for by the ad mission of the policeman Wickham that he had thrown such quantity of wat er ( some six or seven buckets), ass might a ight have, from its forcible action, thrown the candlestick and its burning candle into the bottom of the box where it was found, and now lay as produced before the bench. Mr. H. Newman, agent to th e Ph oen i x I nsurance Company, was re - examined, and in reply to Mr, Southgate, stated that on the 6th of the present month, when he, as agent to the company, made the in surance, he had made ' a survey of t h e f urn i ture o f M r. Marder which the insurance was effected, and be lieved he was fully justified f rom suc h survey in esti. mating its value at the amount insured—namely, 2501. lie also ou the same . day, when Mr. M ar d er app li e d for insurance of his stock trade for 2501, went itito the shop, and said, on viewing it, t o M r . M ar d er, " You surely have not stock in trade here to justify y e r o beyond the me in insuring you for the amount . you claim —that is 2501." Mr. Marderlshelves niat thennn theei told y, shtho ep h c i 2 m osnot ( la w . n i teundepas Upon quan tity uttahhnai this the boxes on the she atimtyouonftlaocfeinhsiguhralynevetuable, anmdadg.erneaotlfyurbthe statement he (Mr. Newman) objec tion, but gave sir. Marder the receipt for the premium of insurance 500/., not including . fixtures or anything is making, on the premises but the stock in trade and the furni ture. The witness on taking a cursory survey of the furniture in the different apartments . in the house on the sth inst. believed the value to justify as agent for the office, an insurance on them to the amount (2501.) for which they were assured. The stock in trade in the shop he did not examine, resting upon the assertion of Mr. Marder that the b oxes i n the shop c on t a i ne d a quantity of lace at least equal to 2501. The stock in trade was insured on the sth. To Mr. Oakes—Examined the furniture and stock in trade on Monday evening last--the day after the discovery of the fire and the investigation into it before the magistrates. Found the rooms scantily furnished, as compared to the first survey he made, when about to effect the insurance. Found in the bedroom the wardrobes he had seen on the sth instant, but there was nothing in the drawers. Found in the shop two hits of lace—a sort of bordering apparently for a woman's dress, but could not state the value. It was so insignificant in value that he could not take upon himself to say what it was worth. To Mr. Tickner—There certainly was no property in the shop, nor y e t in the rooms as furniture, to jus tify the amount insured; still, there was no material differe nce i n t h e appearance o f that quality of furni ture to justify him in saying that he could have dis covered the remo v al of any article. At the same time it app eare d to hi m, on th e ex amination he made on Monday l as t, th a t th e re was a great scantiness of furniture as compared with when he surveyed it and made the insurance for Mr. Marder, on the sth inst. The receipt he gave for the premium of 11. paid to him by Dlr. Marder was binding on the Phoenix Company. On all insurance companies he believed such receipt would be equally binding. There would „„, the I The coal trade, dependent as it is greatly 'r, l ll for domestic manufacture, is depressed, but the demaeu.so is , wrestle purposes during the winter months w i ; a t tall probability, have the effect of maintaining Pro prices. f 10C 1 0 6 It is rem ar k a bl e t h at t h e man ufacture ° fire-irons, h o ll ow - ware, e d ge d too l s , a nd other st.,eo of general use, remai ns brisk. Work in 7ices branches is represented as abundant, but the . 1) ,, g 0 paid by the Birmingham factors and the rrb 7is, earned . by the artisans are exceedingly low. "` ! „, e l l io indeed, comparatively little ground to coroP — t he South Staffordshire of the present state of e l l,„; the than the iron trade. Unfortunately, we are demand for exports of this staple article " 110 n oel the resources of capital have been too far tame with to allow of much working for stock.” BANK OF FRANCE. the The following i s a re t urn o f t h e s ituation of t"" of France on Oct. 24:- 11 46 ASSETS. „ 0 10.. Cash and ingots . f• 35 ' 2. ` 641 i v Ditto in branch banks ' 20 69 7. ' 1 4 ) 10 Bills past due 49, 8 ° 1 ' 9 9 0 Bills discounted, but not et due ... 8 050, 61 0 Bills in the branch banks "' 197° Advances on coins and ingots... • 5 ' 1 ; 463 Ditto by the branch banks 1 , 5 0 86 10 Ditto on French public securities ' n 3 : 0 9 9 1:4 5 2 4 0 Ditto by branch banks.. Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor ". Ditto on the loan of 150 millions •••••• 55 k ° 00 °° , 0°°°°°:v'A °, Rentes of the reserve fund . ••• I° ' a3B I Rentes, disposable funds 42,227,` Investments of the new branch — banks — in • 12,9 59,7 20 0 7 1 the public funds Hotel and furniture of . tle Bank t O 5 A°l:l4 Real property of the branch banks u , 2 -14 ' 51 00 Interest in National Discount Bank 210,0 ° 0 Ditto branch banks Bills protested at Paris " 2 64 7 6, 1 17 683 17 9 expenses of administration of the Bank 0,81 t o Ditto of the branches ••• Miscellaneous ~• : "' " 069 77 • • -- ••• ••• 716 8 ' f,773, 372 ' . • _ An 0 Capital „, f.67,9v-, n o o - Ditto of the B ranc h B a nk s 2 %0 35(4 l o o Reserve fund *— ***, Ditto of the branch banks *** , Reserve-immobilie re •'• 4,w-4o • Notes to bearer, in circulation 422•47:,,,2100 Ditto of the branch b an k s DittO to ordei(post-bills) 3lj- 6 ..• , 6 7 4 Account-current with Treasury —* creditor 5 , 1 ° 1 1 '35 7 Various accounts current • • 7 '':3 76 ° Ditto in branches **, gt ° Bills payable at sight *** *** • 4, 7 "'" - 91 "' ••• ••• 1 ,408. 1) : 0 Ditto at branches Dividends payable *** "" 386,‘", 20 B,l° 49 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank •••• ,ci Sog a g Discounts, interest, and expenses •••• 2 ';'sB - ,6° 7 Exenses ated Ditto of branch anticip banks —* *** 1, 41 :51 85 a Re-discounts of th e l ast six months 24,f' 1 2 1'4,0 3 9 4 * l Ditto in branch b an k s Miscellaneous „• 99851 "" ••• ••• ••• 3' 2 . 716 65 f. 7 7 3, e Certified by th e G overnor o f t h e B a nk of v" er. The preceding account shows that the cas- il l oo, t tf has increased since last week by 4,000,000 f. "" n no,0 011 :, mercial bills discounted have increased bY 2, " - 0,00v h ; The protested bills have diminished b i res - seti d i vi The Bank notes in circulation have ac e Tre11 5 7 4 500,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Ali P . has, l increased by 900,000 f. The sundry or l increased by 3,000,000 f, LIABILITIES. BTS' ire THE COUNTRY MARK - a pL LIVERPOOL, OCT. 29.--The attendance 0-0,,,0l good. In wheat the demand was only re° de l Y l° .o , up porte na Pe ,it prices of this day week were barely was held firmly, and in fair request. Oa ts li n is f ' lower. Barley and malt quiet. Indian eor he'll demand. of ' 1 0 111 LEEDS, Ocr. 29.—We bad a tolerable arriesld ao and samples from many vessels had resell!, basie;;. , millers, in consequence, acted cautiously , a lt „ c riPl i transactions were lin.ited. Prices for all Ile- t e sdP ruled much the same as on Friday Ba rley 5 h , 1 last week's rates. Beans and oats unchanged' o f JO NEWCASTLE, OCT. 29. With a large suPP I Y ;e Pro from the farmers, trade ruled dull, although,,,, 0 04 4 made, Saturday's prices were maintained. x' l3- o rchi l :. of malting barley supported their value. but „ a ; Itiov ! sorts were rather lower. Flour and ether sr" - changed. 2 _ 9.''' . „01 1 NEWCASTLE CATTLE MA RKET , °Cis ti obe' ll o supply of fat cattle was 100 less than the ° c os tio show last Tuesday. The supply of slice ' l .iiiii" s smaller by about 600. The quality of both d ., es n - derg ° o ° o 4 of stcck indifferent. Trade on the whole had ",, -- ( 1 a g e a considerable improvement from last week, 6 , - a esli clearance was effected. Beef realized 3d to 6a P 41 more money. B eas t s , 600 ; s h ee p, 5.400. 13°34 ai to 5s 6d per atone; mutton, 3fd to .sid p e r lb. vi sto th EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 29.--There ,01,": the meal market to-day 13 sacks oatmeal, each weigbilL V,j imperial, which sold thus :-2 at ills 6d, 1 at 11 us, 7 il " 0 1, 6d, and 1 at 11 8s od; average price of the whole ',"01 10 : 10-12ths. 2 sacks dour, which sold at 295. 11 sacks 1 1 10 9 ' whereof 4 sold thus :-1 at 2 , is Od, 1 at 25s 6d, a ef ' - 0; 3 1 EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, Del tr-giis Oat straw, from 8s Od to lOs Od per kemple of 16 l e i' 61 " wheat ditto, 6s ocl to 7s Od ; barley ditto, 53 ' 3 " -(1 I Hay, from 10d to Is per stone. where a` l° DA LKEITH MEAL MA RENT, OCT. 28.--"` .. ,„ r jef °., i l). bags oatmeal 19 of barleymeal, and 2of el . "; bag o 0 s ° day's market; sales dull. Oatmeal down 9 ° . ' P I ; lOW top, and 6d per bag on the second price; ' 0 '' r id alteration on the prices of last week. ' o „„ d 1 2 11 6 i Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First •-•,-;e ° ,, 11 ,/ 2- 9 61 imperial .„ ..„ .., 27 5 Od 9 05 - ,, - ,1 PO Barleymeal, per ditto 18s Od 17 3 '-' fld ''' ...A o d 1 Peasemeal ... ... ::: —s Od •"' s ''' '. l. Oil —s Od I °d Pot barley 20s Oct I Od 1 9 Keel ler Grange ..... 10 Richmond.. .... 1 61 64 Russell's Hatton ••••• 166 53 54 Stewart's ............... Whitwell .............. 51 Heselden ••• ..... 16° 6 4 1 [(elloe ............... 143 sd Thornley ........ ..... Whitworth . ......... ." l5 Clevelacd Tees . ••'•'' • n Maclean's Tees ....... . 1 5i p Seymour Tees ........ 16° l'bet ... . ......... 155 Vernon;Tees ..... ' 1 90 v o ya , Birchg. Graigola 00'" 15/ C owpan Hartley ••••" ire 64, dartiey ... ...... ." Sidney% flartleY .. 1 Crosstield DierthYro Igo Gadley% 5te5.,01.40•0 . Deep Vein w e ' 9)- Stone ............... market, 76. COAL MARKE Bate's West Hartley 14s 9d Baddle's W. Hartley 15s Od Begbies Hartley Carr's West Hartley l4s 9d Chester Main l4s 6d Clavering's N.Tanfield 13s 3d Davison'sWest Hartley 15s Od East Adairs Main...., 12s 6d Coxon's West Hartley. 14s 6d North Percy Hartley l4s 9d Ravensworth'sW.Hart 14q 9d Tanfield Moor .... l3s Od Walker's Primrose West Hartley Wylam . l4s 9dl Wall's End, &c. Bewieke and Co. Northumberland Bill Belmont lss 6d Braddyll Hetton Ships at Messrs. HARDINGE g " DV a E n R d TI C SE O 7 B I7. i pil,..n o rev _ i 0 ii ~,all, be i dirli odi n fis ti p . t l e a ei i r e of t p o rteh t me h i e swe p sh u , oblileitc of fas that, i n cons equence of tb e ti , e l % of have determined to offer f ef o t n r hb tl e i i v i sider a b I e reduction liciieft:cluei_er:lrtl.lll4tci!cl4l:l; fiet public ei Their s t h h m e e a n s et s n u sit r si a ri n es c os e t iteo t ort h ne that t n,o the Sale thus Embroidery, Shawls, scarcvoensisting of Mantles, ( tett e tb r e servedly subjected to the l redtic t t l i l l 3 . l % - he -1 S 11:1: W -e 1111A' tinued for a limited period. tb B u n ti a ,i", id , „I.,eegi[nEs-itceDur'Sr:erEdeßgiTdbliyiSEgATENT.]-..-A desperate ' ii.."" `trio` OintmentSh no , iviue ri° " o ti about two near Holl o w C ay a ; s r i c i kon h .. an a na caused pill:lriagboi°tvel'itr: years ago with a midable wound, that spread o P "gh which'g to an a lstni ,l ' n e i A 'l. o° so that he could not put his f v o e o r t tteoethaee-iess,rloieunedse,r iiiijwoovno'o"sey,:it of all his efforts and the various heal; in this very bad state he r ampelied some tf. t resl o 1 Ointment to it, and regularly took the Pills; t in ' is re t i ; . 01 had such an effect on the wound that in litt!, e n - ,.:ggti . oP at t onth his leg was perfectly cured.—Sold by all "'.2 Lo° - he Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, S tra"' no t' „,ir se en v l 0 0, Lusus NATurt/E.—tWe have this we'..- - - ch ove'" 4 lt; premises.c of Mr. Thkas Lon g+ Malt ',i - pr itil c o - of taill'lclealcnl at j e o , in wi t i o a g t e t t n h a e y r • re be be termed “ a ivolii i ", von erg with two heads and two distinct necks. b o d y iri, e stO respect well kilned. The the h shoulder . s ra t i o ia a rly oa ti r ro e iTi t t e l levierything connected with theeamdsiasrefuslily and o t o 1 0 a fterl on ot e k i g a - e ce oped. The calf was dropped on Sunday cow belonging to Mr. William Smith, of Sh'i ci as s tli ac' dit.thisg;s3t,,htel h3o,c.uugrlll.(l)tunsdo, traidalynilo.eht,al3.ivveeet,a,b,nuliottepa.psioikr3tfeur.i_L:t3oc,tiaogriiii.fseitiilgotriPdal BIRTII9. OrOi reg' h h e e of Mil'ban Governor 00 On the t t wife of the27Rthev. k p O ri F so a n t A h . , s the ll w . l e 26 t h in. t. , at sToemnbery:etth-heowutsfee, of Spas .... On the 28th ininPsst..t :ia,.t at B lof C6l) tail, sten 036 .Gloac e On the 27th inst.,OF, 9cl' o Drayton. . ~, g a rsil ~/ 28th FRr.eSd.erKicennelY Davison.s in A GreatrA u °silt Stanhope -stye The W it° ' treet , '- . ~t!• On the inst., q- ca rc, thi rd l es, l or in New-road,' Fitzrof4cl j'iri tte fil On the :. , Bth inst ,at All ls C i a ß in stuthamptori, son of James Laing,. Esq ' So . i South Shields, to C" r # l o %. go ( ' second daughter of W. " 13. Page, Esq., S"outharnP"; diette• On the 29th inst., at St . . Luke's Church, C beise'" ri°- 0 ' nunean Campbell, rector of Pentridge, Dorset, t° i t 1' , C II S Savage, only child of the late Lieutenant - C olon eA Campbell, Kinght of Windsor. 94' DIED .4-:,idlera ll ' h At Dunbar, on the 24th inst , Christopher xi- - Ot of linderedge, aged 90. . t , ' rift} At the Rectory, Aston-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, a.ft,, inst., aged 86, the Rev. Nathaniel P. Johnson► l y ' , t ll three years rector of that parish. mrs. ll rs ie rj On the 2 ith inst., at Cheltenham, the Son• i ni liA• Au o f aged 84, only surviving sister of the /Ate Colville. r? ndel 0 I f s4' ~„.4 On the 28th inst., aged 79, George .* 3- ti, ' ' Croom's-hill, Blackheath. ea , .. , A het 4 On the 29th inst., at Newlands, Stanst e''' abe d , Soaines, aged 89. On the 28th inst. at Painswick, Gloucesterslliroei ii,litit' Mary, relict of the late P. Hammond, 5(1. ' i c., 04 house, surrey. frPf .7 ---- ---------- DO l° *0 • 11 1 L radon: Printed and Published by AIUR- c , ff i c e, - "ty 0 No. 112, Strend, Printer, at The Sun ‘-' , he 001 ,113 Strand, in the Precinct of the Saroly il" - aliddle4ex, Thursday, October 31, 18501 Flour O t •