The Sun. — London, England, 1851-10-14 00:00:00

THE GOLD REGIONS. A company has been advertised for working one of the California mines belonging to Colonel Fremont. The title is to be the Agua Fria Gold Mining Com pany, and the proposed capital is 100,0001. in 11. shares, to be paid in full. It is situated to the south east of San Francisco in the Mariposa district, and, according to the prospectus, the vein of gold quartz to be explored is supposed to be of an average thick ness of four feet, commencing at the summit of a bill ,of 150 feet above an adjoining creek, and containing 18,000 tons between that and the water level. Speci mens :of the vein, assumed to be of an average quality, have been essayed at the United States Mint and in London, and have also been tested at the Bank of England, and would give a gross value of 8701. per ever. Almost inexhaustible profits are there fore held out as the prospect of bringing machinery to bear upon this single spot. Unlike some pre vious concerns that have been noticed, its direc tion is entirely composed of persons of unques tionable respectability, and there is also reason to believe that those who are interested in the mive, as the original lessees under Colonel Fre mont, are acting with perfect sincerity. They have deposited, it is said, specimens to the value of 5,0001., in token of their good faith, to be applicable as a guarantee for all expenses previously to the working of the mine, and they also appear to have backed their representations with the best evidencce that was avail able. In the face of these things, however, it is ne cessary to caution the public against wild anticipa tions. The speculation is a legitimate and desirable one, but it is still thoroughly a speculation. Assuming the machinery to be safely on the ground, and large gains in course of realization, those gains must be shared in a great degree with the persons employed. There are also other contingencies to be taken into account—possible contests regarding rights, the diffi culties of supervision, &c. It is, moreover, to be noticed that if even these points be set aside, the real question of profit to the English shareholders must depen tirely upon a mater upon which the pros peobs it e e not explicit, namely—the consideration they are to pay to the lessees for the privilege of working. It is announced that "the terms on which the assign ment has been received are such as, under the cir cumstances, must be considered most liberal ;" but their precise nature should, if possible, have been fully stated. The last accounts from Sydney regarding the gold region reached to the .6th June, but were extremely meagre. Full particulars to that date have now ar rived, and it will be seen from the following extracts that they are very satisfactory : Extract of letter dated Bathurst, 231 Jane, relative to the Turon gold diggins:— "I started in company with -, and reached the Turon about 1 o'clock, followed the river up about two miles, and found the -- party. After partaking of dinner joined the diggins on the river bank, and tried 111 ,7 band at the rocker. Continued at this that afternoon and next day, and then cried enough.' We got some gold dust, but not much, and from all the inquiries I Leiade I found that every one procured some, quite suf ficient to repay the working man, but not enough to maize it worth a gentleman's while to forego his other occeoations and more legitimate modes of makin g money'.A party of three men, by working steadily, may realise from two to three ounces a-week; and as it is all dust there, and every shovelful contains some, all may get a certain proportion. There have been no lamps dug up at the Turon, so there is . less chance, and Con sequently less excitement. My opinion is that it will re solve itself into a steady article of production, a new ex large popula port from th e colony, upon which a very tion may be employed, but without any detriment to the other branches of industry in the country. A propor tion of the population will become gold-diggers, but sufficient, in a very short time, for all the other wants of the cobnists will be procurable at present wages. All gloomy apprehensions have completely subsided in this di:Alio:, and I should, hope before lung will in all others. Shepherds and men acustomed to light work will never attempt to get a living by digging; as soon should I think of doing so; and should Suture discoveries, like the Turon, require constant steady hard work to be re munerative, there is Nile fear of old hands taking to ii." Extract from letter dated Bathurst, 25th June, relative to discovery of gold and its efEct on sheep farmers in the neighlsourhcomi. I am happy to state that everything at my station up to this period is going on satisfactorily, not a single person leaving, nor any inclination evinced to do so. In sterofkrf apprehensions of scarcity of labour, there is every reason to anticipate a plentiful supply from the dis appointed parties at the diggins. " Tho j i are flecking here from all quarters, some well equipped, others the reverse. At the same time fresh fields of gold are almost daily discovered, and the metal will no doubt be obtained in other parts of the colony, and thus equalise labour in the several districts. Yet I am inclined to think the largest field will be found here, and if so, I think that existing interests will be rather improved than injared, and that fresh resources will be developed. The carcase of the sheep will be more pro fitable, while the fleece in the London market will main tain a remunerative price. On the whole, the gold dis covery will ultimately be attended with glorious results, ante colony will advance rapidly. " The proportion of the fortunate is small compared wi* the bulk, but that will always be the case when every man thinks he has as good a eha/Ice as his neigh bour. lam informed that at the Turon the gold has not yet been found in lump:, but there is abundance in small parcels, and most persons at work find a more cer tain return for their labour, procuring nearly loa per day on average. " I could purchase gold here to a ?valley - re if I had the • fund.:-31. per oz. for dust free from quartz; the piece weien the Governor purchased was ()Greet to me at 645. per ca." ALLEGED POISONING BY A MOTHER. BATA, OCT. 10.—The circumstances of an extra ordinary charge of poisoning, which was preferred against a very respectable looking woman yesterday, have been already briefly narrated in The Sun. At the private investigation before the magistrates the prisoner stated her name to be Elizabeth Slater, UV charge against her being that of attempting the lire of her child, by the administration of poison. This morning a public examination wss commenced in the Sessions Court of the Guildhall, before Mr. F. Dowding (mayor), and several other magistrates. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Williams, of the firm of Taylor and Williams, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Hellings. The alleged husband ef the prisoner, Mr. Slater, and who it transpired is really Mr. Crosby, a solicitor, in practice at Bristol, was in attendance, and took notes of the evidence. The prisoner, whose real name is Elizabeth Lewis, has hitherto carried on a highly respectable seminary, in conjunction with her mother, at Redland, near Bristol. She appeared very faint and ill, but occasionally passed notes to Mr. Crosby during the proceedings. Mrs. Searle, No. 28 et, wife of James B. Searle, chemist, of , ivertou-street, Widcoeibe, daposed that the first time the prison er carte to her house Was on Sa turday, the 7th of June last. She then took furnished aparthient s for o ne week, stating that her husband, 2 r. later, would be th ere on Monday, and, if he ppwed of th e rooms, they would take ' them for a month or six weeks. The- prison e r appeared in the f_amily-wa y. She gave her name as Mrs. Slater. On Monday she we n t t o the railway n to meet her husband, and returned with agentleman who called himself Mr. Slat er . He remained a s h or t time, and g tifhetnnarz,lw7 again. [The witness was here asked Mr. e r t sb liem '!n Was p res ent, when she pointed out wn . o was sitting by tin gs .3 ,a, the side of Mr. Hel . prisoner was confined on Tuesday,the 10:h, of a girl. She was attended by Mr. Lawrence, surgeon, who was recommended by witness. The primer remained4tahboouft Jul month at Mr. Searle's, leaving on the The child was dry nursed, and healthy.the chihreisoner arranged with Th u e ly. witness for nursing sum to be paid being 10s. per week, beside s the a for washing. A fortnight after the prisoner left, r she called, in the baby. company with Mr. Slater, a n d the end of another fortnight the At 'lnez went into the drawing-room, anyd cajled again. to bring the baby up to there, which she desiredd. witness she afterwards entered the room ea id. When , r. Slater was ietaaging upon the sofa, and Mrs. Slater st ee di by him. Witness heard the 'prisoner say as I close tered the room, " Shall I, or will , you ?" en s de Mr. Slater replied, " I don't care which: The baby w in elle room at the time. The same night the bab was taken very ill, being very sick and relax e d i n I . bowels. It also shrieked very much, and kicked about. The baby was restless almost immediately after Mr. and Mrs. Slater left, and became worse in the night. Next morning, Mr. Evans, surgeon, was c t i :lea in to see it, and upon his recommendation the child Was sent to witness's sister in the country. Durin g Um time the prisoner called with a gentleman wituess did not know, and finding the infant gone, told f her orm s i h n e ought not to have sent it away without in - her wheng het to told her if she would write to she ; -,,.w 4 hed to it 'shewould get see again, was brought home. afterwardsTi wrote, . and the child loe ing day, e eemeani n e e d prisoner called on the fol on the lath e a s e r pterabe b r y Mr. Slater. That was mained about two • They took tea and re with them alone pa r t ea hours, the child being teem the child h ea l h een utle time. 'Witness told had had great trouble witvherivt. unwell, ell and she their satisfaction at the way the Theychild "pressed and the baby was not worse on that d was nursed, Saturday ortnight the prisoners calledevening. Last again b t eleven and twelve o'clock in the morning- T -we e° was asleep in the parlour on the sofa. g W . itue b ; baby the prisoner alone with it. On her retur n the left bal l , wa .,.. s till as l e ep, hut putting out its tongu e an d movin f its lips. The prisoner was sitting on a chair leaning over the child, end with her hand near its face. s he sail to her, "Mrs, Searle. the baby has been inclined to Z r e sick." Witness replied, "I am sorry for it, for she has not been sick for a long time." Th e b a b y was sick, and w it ne ss was go i n g ; to fetch a towel to wipe its mouth when the prisoner told her not to mind, and wiped its mouth with her pocket handker chief. After the prisoner left the child was a gain seized with sickness and diarrhcea, but not so vic lent as before. The next visit of the prisoner wau on Saturday last, when she asked if she could ha. ee a room to herself. Witness told her the drawing rooms were let, and she had no room except a bed room, where she would be alone. She accepted that, and the baby was taken to her. She said she was very glad to see the baby so much better. ,Vi tness left the room, and on her return the prisoner was nursing the child, and again said it was inclined to be sick. The baby vomited, and had diarrhcea afterwards ; but not so violent, and it seemed very weak and prostrate. The pri soner called again last Tuesday. She appeared very excited. She inquired if she could have a room alone. Before that, on going into the parlour, witness found the prisoner in a corner of the room with the child in her arms, where she could not be seen from the shop. A police inspector was in the shop, but prisoner did not know it. She was afterwards in the bedroom about twenty minutes with the child. When the child was brought down to witness, she found it had been sick over its nightgown. The child was very prostrate afterwards, and suffered from sickness and diarrhcea, and remains very ill now. The nightgown and napkins were given to the police inspector. The child appeared, also, on these occasions to have a dif ficulty in swallowing. Cross-examined by Mr. Hellings—The prisoner came to my house on the 9th of June, and was confined on the following day. Once or twice the baby sucked to relieve the mother ; that was all. She did not con tinue to suck for ten days. I don't know how long she did. I can't swear anything about it. When she used to suckle her the baby was fed upon milk and water. During the month the baby had tops and bot toms and different foods. Mr. Lawre nce was applied to by the prisoner to recommend a nurse for a month. I said I had no objection to take charge of the child myself, as Mrs. Slater said she was going to London, and that was agreed to. She appeared to be very fond of the baby, and I think it likely she told me to take all possible care of it. She made me a present of a shawl before she left. When she left she did not say " Mind take care of the baby." She directed me to inform her if anything happened to the baby, and I would not swear she did not give me directions if it was ill to call in Mr. Lawrence. She came to see the baby about a fortnight after she left, but I do not know that my husband wrote to her first. I believe not. The baby never would retain much milk on her stomach ; she was sick when she took much ; she would never retain it. Tops and bottoms and arrowroot were given it—the former are farina ceous food manufactured entirely for babies. I swear the prisoner never wrote to me requesting that I would get Revelenta. We got Revelenta for the baby. When we get letters of no importance we destroy them at once generally. The proceedino, which had lasted nearly six hours, were then adjourned. MURDER BY A FEMALE AT DAVENTRY. The town of Daventry has been, during the last week or ten days, in a state of great excitement, in consequence of the murder of a married woman, named Elizabeth Pinckard, who resided in a lonely house about a mile from the town. It appears that on Monday last the husband of the deceased left home about nine o'clock with a horse and cart, to attend a fair some few miles dstant, and was accompanied by his son, a man of middle age, holding a small farm in the village of Thrupp. They were absent the whole day. Towards the afternoon a person, named Bird, happened to pass the house, and seeing the door open he entered, and discovered, to his horror, the de ceased in a sitting posture in one corner of the room, a corpse. She had a piece of narrow tape, such as is used for apron strings, tied round the throat, and one end was fastened to a small hook in the window-blind. On the husband's return, he at once suspected that she had been murdered, though the prevailing opinion at the time was that it was a case of suicide. Cir cumstances, however, have come to light, which have induced the police of the town to effect the capture of Mrs. Pinckard, the wife of the deceased's son, on suspicion of having murdered the old lady. The deceased, it seems, some time since had left her by an uncle the interest of 1,0001., which at her death was to he divided among her children. She had only one child, the husband of the prisoner. The inducement fur depriving the unfortunate female of her life is supposed to have been to obtain possession of the 1,0001. her husband, it appears, was in diffi culties, and there was a distress on the farm. The prisoner was seen to leave the house of the deceased about three-quarters of an hour prior to the dis covery of the murder. The body when examined was covered with wounds and bruises. The inquest was resumed on Friday last at the Town-hall, when evidence was adduced confirming the above details. It was again adjourned. The prisoner is about fifty five years of age. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night :—] FRANCE. Tree Messager has the following on the Ministerial crisis : " We have to request the reader not to confound the information which we are about to give with the approximate news which find their way so easily into journals, and often unknown to the chief editor. At a Cabinet Council held a few days back, with the President of the Republic in the chair, that high functionary proposed plainly to his Ministers to repeal the law of May 31. That proposition was ener getically opposed by the majority of the Cabinet, and particularly by M. Leon Faucher. The President having persisted, the Ministers then tendered their resignation. The Minister of the Interior declared that for his part he would not keep his portfolio unless the l?, in question was maintained, and M. de Persigny sent away on some foreign mission. Two days after this council, the Prefect of Police waited on the President of the Republic, and, after long and fruitless efforts to convince the head of the executive power of the danger of repealing the law of May 31, also tendered his resignation. We are, consequently, in the midst of a ministerial crisis; it ie even more than a mere ministerial crisis, for the withdrawal of M. Carlier indicates a change of sys tem. Different opinions may be formed of the Pre fect of Police, but it is the judgment of the public which fixes the signification of political men, and public opinion has made of M. Carlier one of the personifications of resistance to the revolution. The withdrawal of M. Carlier consequently would signify that the Government is no longer disposed to persist in the political system which it has hitherto pursued. What could confirm this indication is the fact that well-informed persons assert that M. E. de Girardin had, three days ago, a conference with the President of the Republic. M. Veron, it is said, openly ad vocates the formation of a De Lamartine Ministry, which, perhaps, M. de Girardin would enter. In the event of this combination succeeding, measures of the highest importance would be proposed at the same time as the abrogation of the law of the 31st May, such as the abolition of the octroi duties, a re duction of the land-tax, and in order to make up for the deficiency of the budget that this would occasion, a considerable reduction of the army. There is finally on the lapis a combination much less eccen tric, but which is more difficult of realization. It is contemplated to form a Ministry, of which M. Odilon Barrot and M. Casa Bianca should be members. It is not probable, however, that M. Barrot would enter the Cabinet without conditions, and certain conditions would not be agreed to. All this is grave. It is pos sible, however, that from this mountain there will only iisue a few phrases, in a message, perhaps. It is, however, the duty of the journals to inform the public of what passes. Public opinion once warmed is a force by which many resolutions are deetroyed." GERMANY. --- A Frankfort journal of the 11th states that more political arrests have been made at Hamburgh. The engineer of the English steamer the Elbe having been arrested, and his papers seized, there were found in them some information which led to the several other arrests. w h T e r h e e i o n f g Prussia o a n r y r i v i s e d a t at p r P e i s l e l n n t i . t z on the 7th, the The Voss Gazette, of Berlin, states that the Prus sian Chambers are to meet on Nov. 20. A letter from Berlin states that the German Diet have auth or i sed the different states of Germany to abo lish th e censorship of the press, provid e d d ue p rov i 3 i o n ne made by t h e law against the abuse of liberty. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, OCT. 1852 The Commission for exa mining the e 1 852-3 has given in the follow ing report : The present system of taxation calls fur ameliora tion, but by no moans for a radical reform. It would be desirable to abolish some duties and to substitute others in their room, but the Government project of abolishing the duty on combustibles does not appear feasible. The duty on provisions of every kind f a lli ng chiefly upon the lower classes, it would be best t o commence the reduc tion of taxmion in that (porter." Then follows the fist of article s i n which the sections proposethe abolition of duty, and likewise a list, in which it is proposed a fresh duty shall he levied. On the discussion of the surplus fund o f th 3 revenue of the coionieq, amounting to 9,800,0001!., the Chamber were of opinion that a portion of this sum should be 7: ti ll r e e : l o t : t t h l:e i pzi s i l e a l t i t t ir :f . the interest on the colonial Prince Renry i an, aucl the remainder go to meet the current expen , the Grand Duchy I speech he dwelt chiefly opened the Legislative Session of o' Luxemburg u on the 9th . in his pon the necessity ot i ts some projects of coranaercial. improvementd. ITALY. A letter from Rome, in the Lombardo Veneto of 1 the 4th, states that the Pontifical Government is still trying, though in vain, to form a Papal army. The revival of the Order of Malta is spoken of at Rome ; but the chief obstacle to such a measure is the disper sion of the vast property formerly belonging to the Order, in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Austria, and Poland. The writer adds, that in conse quence of the refusal of the Federal Council of Berne to allow a Papal army to be recruited in Switzerland, the King of Naples will send his own Swiss regiment to the Pope, which are to pass for having come fresh from Switzerland, thus eluding the article of the convention passed between the four Catholic powers, which stipulates that no Neapolitan troops are to occupy the Roman States.— In another part of the letter it is stated that among the various persons lately arrested at Rome and in other parts of the Pontifical States, there are two monks, one of whom was found inscribed in the muster-roll of Garribaldi's legion. The Giornale dells Due Sicilie announces the death of Prince Don Giuseppe Maria, Count of Lucerne, one of the sons of the King of Naples, which occurred on the 28th ult. The Prince was only three years and a half old. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Robert Sergeant, aged 13, and Robert Caswell, aged 16, were brought before Sir Peter Laurie for final examination upon the charge of having robbed Mr. Deputy Hale, of Queen-street and Gresham street, of gold and silver amounting to 191. or 201. Upon the first examination it was proved that the warehouse of Mr. Hale, in Queen-street, was robbed by some person, who it was believed had, before the warehouse was closed, hidden himself on the premises, and at night escaped through the window, leaving a candle burning in a gallipot ; that Robert Sergeant, who was an errand boy in the house, had not made his appearance whe❑ the men were discharged from the house ; and that he and the other prisoner were apprehended at Greenwich, having in their possession sovereigns and silver and new clothes. Inspector Mitchell of the City Police, who had in vestigated the case, and caused the boys to be appre hended, produced two other boys who had been com panions of the prisoners. The new witnesses, each of whom was thirteen years old, said that before the robbery was committed Sergeant had told them that he intended to rob his master, and that Caswell was to wait for him outside; that they were invited to be of the party, but refused as they did not relish the job; that the way in which the robbery was to be effected was as follows :—Ser geant was to hide himself in a shed in the premises, and to wait there till the men and master were gone, after which he was to let in Caswell, and they were then to break open the counting-house door, and to take away the gold, lots of which were in the desk, but they were not to meddle with the bank notes. Inspector Mitchell said the thief had not taken any bank-notes from the desk. The usual caution having been given, The prisoner Caswell — said—The fact is, we all agreed to rob Mr. Hale for some time, but Sergeant put it off from night to night. It was to have taken place on the night when the Lord Mayor was elected. I had promised Sergeant to be outside on the night the robbery was done, but I did not go. He, however, called upon me afterwards, and told me he had suc ceeded, and so we went off together, and were appre hended at Greenwich, with some of the money about us. The prisoner Sergeant—These boys wanted me to get some money, and I agreed to rob my master. I got between the ceiling and the roof of the warehouse until the men and the master were all gone, and then I got down and I called to Caswell who promised to be outside, but as he did not answer me I went down, opened the counting-house door, broke open the desk, took the sovereigns, opened the window and got out, leaving a candle burning. That's all. Sir PETER LAURIE asked the police whether they suspected that any men were concerned in inducing these children to engage in such an undertaking ? Inspector Mitchell believed the prisoners to bo quite capable of undertaking a burglary without any uther assistance, and that Sargeant, although so very young, had been in custody in April upon the charge of having stolen a horse and cart. The prosecutor said he had employed the boy be cause he knew his father to be a very honest and industrious person. The prisoners were then committed for trial. BOW-STREET. An elderly female named Rachael Menzies was brought before Mr. Jardine on a warrant, charged with having, on the 30th of April last, obtained the sum of 501. under the false pretence of making inte rest to procure an office in the gift of the Lords of the Admiralty. Mr. S wainson, from the office of the solicitor to the Admiralty, conducted the prosecution. Alexander Beale said, I reside at No. 1, Welling ton-terrace, Clapham-rise, and have been in the ser vice of a solicitor as a clerk. On the 17th of last April I caused an advertisement to be inserted in the Times newspaper offering a douceur of 2001. to any person who could procure for me a situation under Government, or other situation, legally attain able, and about the middle of the same day re ceived a letter by post, signed with the initials "R. F.," and dated from 9, Denmark-street, Soho, inquiring if an appointment in Somerset-house, the salary commencing with 901., and progressing to seve ral hundreds, or a situation in a commercial establish ment, commencing with 701., and progressing to 5001. would suit the advertiser; that a deposit of 501. would be required at the first, 50/. when the nomina tion took place, and the remainder when the duties of the office would be entered upon, at the same time requesting that the advertiser would state his exact age ; in reply to which I sent an answer agree ing to certain modifications of the terms, and then re ceived another letter, mentioning that it would be necessary to see the Secretary to the Admiralty and some influential persons at Lloyd's, but all the great people were then out of town, appointing that I should call on the following Tuesday, adding that her claims on both establishments were of a much higher order than the situation in question. In accordance with the appointment I called, and was shown into a room where the prisoner was, when she said, " I suppose you are astonished at finding you have to treat with a lady. lam the person with whom you have been corresponding." I had previously received a commu nication signed Rachel Fisher to the effect that her father had been a Captain in the royal navy, and re ceived a valuable piece of plate from Lloyd's for ser vices rendered to the shipping interest, and at his death promises were given by Government to his family, which they had recently renewed, together with expectations of greater value from Sir F. Baring and other persons high in office. During the inter view, I said I prefemal an appointment in the Admiralty, upon which she said a deposit of 50/. would be required to defray her ex penses in town. and to serve as " a golden key" to the clerks in the shape of fees, for the information they could furnish respecting vacancies that might occur ; and on telling her that I would require some security for the deposit in the shape of a bill of ex change, she said she had no doubt her landlord, Mr. Menzies, would give his acceptance, at the same time producing letters from Sir F. Baring and the other authorities at the Admiralty. After making arrangements when I was to call again, to come to some conclusion about the deposit and bill, I left, and shortly after I received a note mentioning that her landlord was quite agreeable to lend his name, and that the situation could be immediately entered upon when the deposit was made, appointing a time to pay another visit, which .1 did, and she said it was usual to give some money to bind such an agreement, when I gave her a sovereign, out of which a stamp was purchased, and I drew on William Menzies for 501. at six months, which I left with her, upon promising not to ask for any additional security in her name. The next day she called at my house with the bill, and I handed her 47/. 155., deducting the sovereign and interest, at the same time giving her a memo randum to pay the remainder when the situation was conferred upon me. The money consisted of a 20/. Bank of England note, two 10/. notes, and the re. mainder i❑ gold and silver. Mr. JARDINS—It was left open to you which es tablishment you would prefer being appointed in ? Witness—l preferred the Admiralty ; but she said she should see the secretary before she mild give me an answer. Mr. Swainson said that the name of the First Lord and the Secretary to the Admiralty having been re peatedly used, although no specific engagement had been made by the prisoner, the Learned Counsel who had been consulted upon the subject was of opinion that the case ought to be proceeded with. Mr. JARDINE said that the prosecutor had certainly entered into a contract by giving the bill, and even the negotiation for the sale of a situation in a public office might be a criminal act, but it was well known that Lloyd's was not an establishment under the Go vernment; and the safer course to pursue would be to look upon it as a misdemeanour, and call upon the prisoner to find bail until he could look over the Acts of Parliament bearing upon such a change. The prisoner said that when the bill became due it would be taken up, and being provided with the re quired sureties she was ordered to be in attendance when called upon. CLERKENWELL. Garrotty C o nnor and Thomas Smith, well-known thieves, were placed at the bar before Mr. Combe, charged by Mr. Henry Price, of the African Chief public-house, Wilstead•street, St. Pancras, with hav ing burglariously entered his dwelling-house, and atolen Cl. in copper money. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Price, that on Sunday night last, at twelve o'clock, he deposited W. in copper money, rolled iu papers, in a cupboard behind th e b ar , w h en h e re ti re d t o res t witu his family and servants. At about four o'clock in the morning he was alarmed out of his sleep by the police, who informed him that thieves had entered the house, and that the prisoners were in custody. Oa getting up he missed the property from the cupboard in which he had deposited it on the previous night. The thieves had entered the house through a revolving fan-light over the entrance-door. Police-constable Pearse saw the prisoners loitering about the premises in the course of the morning, and eventually he observed Connor to leave the prosecu tors' house with a parcel, which he dropped, and a quantity of copper money fell on the ground. He stopped the prisoner and asked him what he had got? He said, " What somebody had given to him." He seized him, on which he resisted. Witness sprung his rattle, which brought the assistance of other con stables, and he was taken to the station-house. The prisoner Connor's cap was found in the house. Nye and Clarke, S division, proved having seen the prisoner Smith with the prisoner Connor prior to the robbery, and he was traced to a receptacle for thieves in Somers-town, where he was apprehended. Mr. Price and his barman identified both prisoners as having been in the house the night before, and Connor knew well where the money was kept. 3/. 3s. in copper money were found on Connor. The prisoners reserved their defence, and they were fully committed for trial. LAMBETH. John Ladwize Plaiston Texpand, alias Count de Chahane, alias :the Marquis de St. 41arinee, a tall, dark, middle-aged man, of rather remarkable appear ance, who described himself as having been an officer in the East India Company's service, and who had been taken at the Exhibition on Saturday evening last, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, o❑ a charge of giving a false character to William Wardell, by which he had obtained a situation in the service of Mr. Joseph Haydon, a magistrate and banker at Guildford. Mr. Haydon deposed that at the latter end of the month of August last he caused an advertisement to be put in the Times for an in-door male servant, and in reply received a communication from William Wardell, the person who was at present under exa mination at this court on a charge of attempting to defraud the South-Western Railway Company out of 201. Wardell having presented a three years' cha racter, signed "the Marquis de St. Alarinee," and strongly recommending him as a sober, honest, and excellent servant, he engaged him, and he (Wardell) remained in his house until taken into custody by Sergeant Goff on the charge of attempted fraud. Police-constable Richard Taurle, 163 L, said that he had known the prisoner for some years as Count Chabean, and understanding that a warrant had been taken out against him for giving a false character, he took him into custody on Saturday afternoon at the Exhibition. 'When witness first knew the prisoner he lived at Melbourne-square, Brixton, and at that time he thought Wardell was in his service. This was about the latter end of the year 184 d, or the be ginning of 1847, and in 1847 he knew him to be in the Queen's Bench Prison. In 1849 witness knew the prisoner to live in the Palace New-road, where he went by the name of the Marquis de St. Marinee. Sergeant Goff said that in a writing-desk, which the prisoner Wardell claimed as his property, he found several letters written by the prisoner, and amongst them the draft of the character he had given him to Mr. Haydon. He had also found in the possession of the landlady of Wardell (Mrs. Steers) a quantity of letters belonging to the Marquis (the prisoner), which he had not yet sufficient time to look through. From inquiries he had made he (Goff) found out that at the very time the prisoner gave the character to Wardell he was a prisoner in Maidstone Gaol for debt, and had been there for some time. Respecting Wardell he (Goff) bad, in addition to the present charge of attempted fraud on the railway, three dis tinct charges of felony to prefer on a future day. He should further, he thought, be able to prove that War dell had been tried and convicted at the Old Bailey, and he very much doubted that the " Marquis" was wholly unacquainted with his real character. The prisoner admitted that Wardell had not lived in his service altogether for more than two years, though he had given him a character for three, but said that he always believed him to be a man of ex cellent character. In reply to a question from Mr. ELLIOTT in re ference to assuming the different titles, the prisoner said that, though born in England, he was the son of a Sardinian gentleman who had been for many years a resident in London, and also for some years of his life a magistrate for the county of Middlesex ; and added that he was entitled to the dignities he (the prisoner) had assumed in right of his father. In proof of this, he said be had no doubt there would be found amongst his papers a communication from Prince Albert in reply to a communication from him excusing himself from not attending her Majesty's Courts on account of his pecuniary difficulties. He was, however, engaged in a Chancery suit, where property to a large amount belonging to his family was involved, and was in daily expectation of an ad vance of 1001. from the City. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that, according to the pri soner's own showing, the character given to Mr. Hay don of Wardell was a false one, and he should therefore remand him until the day Wardell would be brought up, but should have no objection to re ceive good bail for his appearance.:_ SOUTH WARK. Charles Stewart, a tall powerful man, with one of his arms in a sling, was placed at the bar before Mr. al'Beekett, charged under the following circum stances : A policeman stated that the defendant stood in one of the crowded thoroughfares of that neighbour hood, with a placard affixed to his breast, describing that he had met with a dreadful accident by the bursting of a boiler on board a steam-vessel ; that he was entirely deprived of the use of his left hand, and that his collar-bone, as well as three of his ribs were broken ; and that, i❑ fact, he was rendered totally incapable of earning his livelihood, and it concluded by soliciting the charitable feeling of the passengers. The policeman added that the personal appearance of the defendant, he being a very tall athletic man, and the circumstance of having the placard produced at tached in front of his breast generally attracted a crowd, and had the effect of causing an obstruction on the footway. When the defendant was taken into custody nearly 3s. in halfpence were found in his pockets, which there was no doubt he had collected in a very short space of time. The defendant still asserted that he had met with the accident described in the placard ; but the magis trate, doubting the truth of it, directed that he might be examined by the police surgeon. This having been done, the surgeon stated that, although the man's left hand had sustained some slight injury, still that it was not of so serious a nature as to prevent him from working, and that with respect to his collar bone and ribs, they were perfectly sound. Mr. A'BECKETT, in strong terms, reprobated the conduct of the defendant, whom he denominated a gross impostor, for endeavouring to excite sympathy by such means as he had adopted; in the first place, he had nut lost the use of his hand, and it was untrue that his collar-bone or ribs were broken. There was no doubt the defendant was a lazy, idle fellow, and that instead of obtaining his livelihood by honest means, he put in practice a system of imposture for which he (the magistrate) should sentence him to six weeks' imprisonment. THAMES. James East and William Phakr, two privates be longing to the East India Company's Sappers and Miners, were charged with wantonly and maliciousl e y damaging a cab, No. 1,348. Christopher Young, a respectable man, wearing the badge No. 7,980, said he was driver of the cab No. 1,348. It was nearly new, and the inside of it had been recently lined with a very expensive blue cloth and crimson velvet cushions and back. On Sa turday night, after he had taken two ladies from the Blenheim Hotel, in Bond-street, to the Great Western Railway, ha was hired in Portman-street by the two prisoners and a corporal, to drive them to High-street, Whitechapel. The corporal rode outside and the pri soners inside. On setting down his fare in White chapel he discovered that the inside of the cab had been cut to pieces. The leather of the roof was de stroyed, the cushions " hacked and slashed about," the windows scratched, and the panels of the door cut and scored. He immediately spoke to the prisoners about it, and asked them why they had been cutting his cab to pieces. They said they knew nothing about it, and referred to the corporal, who had been riding on the box. The corporal said he knew nothing of the affair, and walked away. The prisoners, who were slightly intoxicated, were giv en r into custody. In answer to questions by Mr. I AUDLEY, the wit ness said he put the cushions in the cab, turned them over, and put the crimson curtains in order only a minute before he was hailed, and was taking his horse's nose-bag off when he was hailed by the sol diers. Everything inside the cab was then in a per fect state. If anything had been torn or cut when the prisoners got into the vehicle it could not have escaped his attention: The prisoners, in their defence, said the damage was not committed by them ; they knew nothing of it. No knife was found on them, and they had no thing in their possession to cut the cloth and cushions with. Charles Milden, a coach trimmer, said the cab was one of the best fitted in London, and the repairs would cost 2/. 12s. The prisoners said the driver exclaimed, when he opened the door to let them out, " My cab is ruined ; you have done 101. worth of damage to it." Mr. YARDLEY ordered the prisoners to pay 31. to the cabman, including 4s. for himself and 4 s. f or his witness, or be imprisoned one month. The penalty was paid. TVANDS [VOR TH. John Stabbings, a pointsman, surrendered to big bail before Mr. Poynter, on the charge of improperly When made up in From what When PLACES. General post-Mace port dis- due. London: patched. America (by Brit. pkt.) N Oct. 17 .. Liverpool .. Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) NOct. 14 .. .. Liverpool .. Oct. 22 America (by U.S. pkt.) M Oct. 22 Southampt. Oct. 16 Africa (West coast).. Nll4th of the month Plymouth Oct. 3 Alexandria* • • ...... 1141911 & 30th of mo. Dover .. Oct. 18 Belgium Daily .. Dover .. Daily Brazil M,9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16 Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16 California(viaChagres) M2d & 17th of month' Southampt. Oct. 20 Cape of Good Hope N;l4th of month Plymouth.. Oct. 3 Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Oct. 20 Central America .. Mi2d& 17th of mon. Southampt. Oct. 20 Channel Isles •• N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Ta. Th. Sat Chili •• •• •• M 17th of the month Southampt. Nov. 5 France M&N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicedaily Greece* • •• •• N 7thl7th27thofmo Dover •• Oct. 20 Hamburgh , Tuesday & Friday London .. Tees. Sat. Holland 3l,Wednes. & Satan London .. Mon. Thur. Honduras .. N l l7th of the mouth Southampt. Oct. 20 Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead •. Twicedally India(via Sonthamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Oct. 23 India (via Marseilles) N lth&24th efmonth Dover • • Nov. 2 Mediterranean (via Southampton) •• M 20th of the month Southampt. 'Oct. 23 Mediterranean (via Ikiarseilles) N Bth&24thofmonth Dover • • Nov. 2 Mexico M 2d of the month.. Southampt. Nov. 5 Madeira .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16 Malta* ,701,17th,1 9 th, 27 th I Dover Oct. 18 / & 30th of month Naples* . N,sth 15th 25 th olmo Dover .. Oct. 22 Papal States . * N 'sth 15th 25th of mo Dover . • Oct. 2 A Peninsular... M,7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Oct. 16 Peru .. M,l7th of the month ISouthampt. Nov. 5 Tuscany* .. N,st,h 15th 25th of mo Dover • • Oct. 22 West Indies 17th of the mouth Southampt. Oct. 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. Southampt, Nov. * The mails to those cou n tr i es thus marked ( 5 ) are conveyed by French packet vi A Marseilles. CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from California, ttia the United States are now despatched and due by every American packet. In consequence of the large number of passengers booked for Egypt and India on the 20th of October, the day the n ext India mail is dispatched from Southampton, two steamers, the Sultan and Pottinger, will leave that port for Alexandria on the above-named day instead of one. The malls will be taken out by the Pottinger. This arrange ment will not interfere with the dispatch of an extra steamer to Alexandria on the 3d of November. THE REV. MR. GARBETT.—The Reverend John Garbett, M.A., Honorary Canon of Worcester, has been pre sented, by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, to the Vicarage of Harborne, Staffordshire, vacant by the secession of the Hon. and Rev. T. Law to the Romish Communion. ➢lr. Garbett, from his sound Evangelical views, his long expe rience as a Christian minister, and his conciliatory disposi tion, is well qualified to be minister in a parish so painfully situated, and in which the secession of the late Vicar is cal culated to unsettle the minds of the parishioners. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY'S FIRST DIVIDEND. — The shareholders have just received their first dividend, at the rate of 1 per cent„ since the first commencement of the Lae: ACM some ei. years shifting the points at the I line Elms junction of the London and South-Wes tern Railway, thereby en dangerinz the lives of the passengers. Mr. W. Wadhani Yoi ny, the superintendent of t is tY , informed the ma g i s t ra t e it ion the p oor fellow, Wil -lom the e ff ec t s o f th e i n • il:e that S Matthews, since i n a t South-14 extern ,s l,ast had e x R d t a i me i liw died l :, juries he had sustained. , A coroner ' s inquest had been which arftl d t, b The tt• , e j ury returned a verdict of accidental l Arboner was present during - e same evidence w a s a dd uce d oat heard at that cour t. H e (Mr. Young) had no additional evidence to off e r, with the exception that 4 the before investigation, held, t h e d a a coroner a r n o t th. er a s t .here was another pointsman pre sent in court, who saw the pris one r a t th e po i n t s j ust b arrived, and they were th en ri g ht f or tleleforat terminus. There was no doubt th e \ e V the e r prisorwr bad turned them o ver i na d ver t en tly. Mr. PAYNIC'ER said the verdict of the jury appear e d to acq nit the prisoner of all blame. H e should . put t l r h ar the ca se off for a certain time, i n o rd er that h e might have an woportunity to inspect the points before he gave bis d ecision. - The p . :isoner's bail was then enlarged, and he was ordered to appear on the loth of November. HAMMERSMITH. John King, aged 16 years, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Paynter, charged with stealing a quantity , of wal nuts, from the lawn of Mu!grave House, Ful ham, t be residence of Lord R.,.nelagh. Lon I Rinelagh deposed that his house was on the banks of the Thames, and the lawn and gardens were exposed to the river. He had been much an noyed by gangs of men landing upon his grounds from boats, and stealing the fruit. On Sunday morning he saw two persons in the gardens peeling walnuts, and on approaching unseen he found the prisoner and another man. The prisoner's com panion made his escape. The prisoner denied having stolen the walnuts, and said he had been upon the grounds to get his hat. Witness was satisfied to the contrary, and took him back to the place where he first saw him, and there found a quantity of walnuts in his cap. Witness did not prosecute the prisoner for the value of the walnuts, but for the purpose of preventing these men from trespassing upon his grounds. Folice•constable Bustfield, 48 N, took the prisoner into custody with the walnuts in his possession. Lord Ranelagh said he bad been informed the pri soner had been in custody several times. Some of the men who had entered upon his grounds had threatened two ladies, as they were promenading the garden a few days since. The gardens were not sufficiently protected to prevent persona from landing from the river. Mr. PAYNTER said the case was a very bad one, more especially when the offence was committed on the Sabbath. If the prisoner was brought before him again he would not give him an opportunity of pay ing the fine, but would commit him to prison for a long term. On this occasion he fined the prisoner 205., or three weeks' imprisonment. The prisoner was locked up in default. A FEMALE LAWYER At the Colchester Registration Court, a short time since, William Greenwood, a Conservative elector, was objected to by the Radicals, on the ground of insufficient value of hie house. Mrs. Greenwood stated that she rented a house, piece of garden, and a pump in Cistern-yard, North hill, for which she paid 271. 10s. In cross-examination by Mr. Philbrick, Mrs. Greenwood said the pump stood in a yard common to other houses ; that the value of her house alone was about 51., and that the annual rent she paid for the pump was 201. His Honour said a pump was cer tainly a very queer thing to give a vote, but it might do so for aught he knew at present.—(Laughter.) Mrs. Greenwood, in reply to Mr. Philbrick, added that the garden almost immediately adjoined the house, the gate by which it was entered being close by it. His Honour said the only question was whether the pump could be considered appurtenant to the house, there being nothing to connect it with it. The pump could hardly be considered in the nature of a building. Mrs. Greenwood—l beg your pardon, sir ;itis a copper pump, and cased in wood ; so that it is a build ing. There is a large cistern and two pumps at tached to it, which are covered in.—(Laughter). Mr. Church said it might appear yet, if the good woman's description were right, that the pump did come within the description of a building. His Honour—Yes ; it appears that this lady is a better lawyer than either of us.—(Laughter.) After a further description of the property, his Honour said he was afraid he should not understand it properly unless he went to look at it. Mrs. Greenwood—l really wish you would, sir. His Honour—l will then, for as she describes it it appears to me a very good building.—(Laughter.) As the good lady left the court she again urged his Honour would make a personal inspection of the place. His Honour—Very well ; I will call and see you again.—(Renewed laughter.) It appears that his Honour punctually kept his en gagement, and on the following day in court gave a description of the pump upon which the voter claimed as part of his occupation, and said he was of opinion that, from its peculiar construc tion, it might fairly come under the deno mination " building," and a much more valuable one, too, for the particular uses to which it was applied, than many a miserable shed, used only perhaps as a tool-house, which frequently assisted to qualify a voter. The value of the entire occupation was then beyond question, and therefore the vote might be al io w ed. —Essex Paper. SHIP NEWS. GRAVESEND, OCT. 13.—Wind, S.W., moderate, cloudy. Arrived—The Sisters, from Quebec; Ranee, from Halifax; Rhine, from Ostend; Sir Edward Bankes, from Havre; Countess of Lonsdale, from Hamburgh; City of Paris, from Boulogne; Soho, from Antwerp; Governor Van Ewyck, from Antwerp; Adonis, from St. Petersburgh; Osbert, from Dominica; Franklin, from Para; Catherine, from Archangel; City of Lon don, from Cochin; La Belle Birberie, from Rio Grande, Sailed—Asia, fur Calcutta; Menai, for Calais; Nep tune, for Tonningen; Pearl, for Dunkirk. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. George Henry Harrison, from the Mauritius, on the 6th of August, in lat. 35 S., long. 19 E. Richard Cobden, from Bombay for Liverpool, on the 7th of August, in lat. 35 S., long. 17 E. Delhi, from Madras for Cowes, on the 16th of August, in 1at.21 S., long. 4 E. Ship John Fielden, bound south, on the Ist ult., in long. 22 W. Scindia, from Singapore for London, on the 3d ult., in lat. 4 N., 24 W. Marchioness of Douglas, from Cochin . for London, on the 28th ult., in hit. 42 N., long. 33 W. Coromandel, from London for Callao ' in lat. 48 S. Brig Fanny, of and from Liverpool, fur thrbadoes, on the 20 ult., in lit. 2S N., long. 36 W. Barque Sandwich, for Liverpool, on the 6th inst., in lat. 49 N., long. S W. Bremen ship Ocean, with emigrants, bound west, in lat. 45 N., long. 37 W. Jahcz, of London, from the Cape of Good Hope, out sixty-six days, on the 4th inst., in lat. 47, long. 13. Bell, from the Clyde for Calcutta, on the 30th of Aug., in lat. 3 N., long. 21 W. Flevo, from Amsterdam for Batavia, on the 26th of August, in lat 3 N., long. 25 W. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-oflla by the nh,ht—and M by the morning—iispateli.] ROYAL ASSOCIATION for IMPROVING the CONDITION of the LABOURING CLASSES. Wpinson, MONDAY.—The annual meeting of the Royal Association for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes took place this afternoon, at Clay Hall Farm, near this town, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the president of the association, occupying the chair, supported by General Wemyss, the Marquis of Abercorn, Colonel Reid, M.P., and the elite of the gentry of the south of Buckinghamshire. A rumour that his Royal Highness would preside and distribute the prizes with his own hand having been circulated for some days previously, a vast con course of spectators, chiefly of the middle classes, assembled at the spot. Although the event was fixed for four o'clock the field was crowded long before two, the spectators amusing themselves with watching a ploughing-match, as that agricultural pursuit formed one of the eight classes to which rewards were distri buted. Clay Hall Farm originally belonged to Mr. C. S. Cantrell, of Windsor, but it was purchased by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and a portion of it added to the Home-park, the remainder being about to be devoted to agricultural purposes, on the " high farming system." Thee — pla - ce selected was about 400 yards from the Long Avenue, and the preparations for his Royal Highness's reception had evidently occupied a good deal of attention. In the centre of several large tents was one, the size and construction of which suffi ciently denoted the purpose for which it was intended. It was built partly on framework, and was in the Turkish style, with a tall cone at each end of an ob long hall. These cones were surmounted by two large half moons, and the edges were fringed with blue and scarlet cloth, ornamented with gilt crescents and balls. This erection was formerly the property of William IV., and had not, it was stated, been used since last required by that monarch. At either end of this pavilion were smaller tents, those on the one side containing the agricultural produce forwarded for in spection, and the others containing specimens of cot tage handicraft, such as spinning, knitting, needle work, carpenters' work, basket making, &c., forming in fact a kind of exhibition of domestic industry ; no very formidable rival to the national exposition, but sufficiently interesting to those who had at heart the objects of the association, viz., the encouragement of prudent and economical habits, sobriety, cleanliness, and industry, among the labouring classes, whether industrial or agricultural. In order that those on the ground should not become wearied by waiting for the promised Royal visit, a military band was posted near the marquees, and their exertions contributed much to enliven that most monotonous of occupations, viz., awaiting some promised amusement or event of interest. The field committee consisted of Major-General Wemyss, Colonel F. Seymour, W. H. Wrench, Esq., the Rev. S. Neville, the Rev. T. T. Carter, Mr. Q. S. Cantrell, Mr. Hughes, H. Foley, Esq., R. Mangles, Esq., and the Rev. J. C. Lucena. All these gentle men were upon the ground, and were assiduous in their exertions to provide for the comfort and conve nience of those who were fortunate enough to obtain tickets to enter within the enclosure. Notwithstand ing the density of the crowd very good order was kept, and the police had comparatively a sinecure. A few bonnets suffered in the melee, but the wearers ap parently conscious of the superiority of their own ma terial, seemed to fear little for themselves, and to trouble themselves as much as to their apparel. In front of the pavilion a semicircle was formed by the children of the Cumberland Ragged School, to many of whom prizes were awarded for works of domestic industry, while small gratuities were promised to those whose teachers should report most favour ably of their application, cleanlines, and general conduct. At a few minutes to four his Royal Highness ar rived on horseback, and having taken the chair amidst loud cheers, the report was read by H. Wrench, Esq., hon. secretary. From this document it appeared that the objects of the association were to make domiciliary visits to the cottages of the labouring classes, and according to their merits to recommend them as candidates for prizes at the annual meeting of the association. The present condition of the society was very prosperous, although from the number of candidates the committee did not feel themselves justified in assigning rewards of any great amount. The good which had been effected in the various parishes where this system had been carried out was sufficiently evident, and they trusted that when it became more generally known, and its merits more fully appreciated, the association would receive the general suppon which its objects and en terprise deserved. The report_ recommended also that the system of domiciliary visitation should he commenced earlier in the year, and more continu ously observed, as by that means the general and uni form good conduct of those recommended would be ensured. At the conclusion of the reading of this do cument, His Royal Highness proceeded to distribute the prizes in the following order :• To the labourers who had brought up their fami lies in honest, sober, and industrious habits without parish relief, except in cases of sickness—to George Jeanes 1/., to Thomas 01laway 11., to William Hamlet 10s., to John Willis, 10s. To the widow of a labourer who had brought up his family in honest, sober, and industrious habits, whether with or without parish relief—Susannah Perrin 1/. To families distinguished for cleanliness and tidiness in house and person—Tiudal, Mayne, Parsons, Bean, Pierse, Curtis, Elkington, Bartlett, Puddle, Hart, Bosker, Cripps, Drake, and Shee, sums of 1/., 158., and 10s., according to their respective merits. To well-conducted servants, male or female, who have lived for the longest period of service in the same situation—Howard, Exall, Kingston, Kudick, Hunt, Lane, Stockbridge, Ing, Quelcb, Eades, NVoodison, Cane, Foster, and Duly, sums of 1/. and. 15s. Of the persons who received prizes in this de partment some had been in service as many as 50 years, while it was a common thing to find many of them extending over periods of from 30 to 40 years. Two of the recipients had worked on the royal farms 25 and 30 years respectively. To the best cultivators of gardens or allotments, being also persons of honest, sober, and good moral character—Spong, Pratt, Green, Bateman, and Little wood, sums of 1/., 155., and 10s. Prizes were also given to the ploughmen who had most creditably acquitted themselves in the per formances of the day, and to labourers, for the best collection of vegetables, approved specimens of handi craft, and needlework. One of the principal prizes for needlework was, curiously enough, awarded to a drummer of one of the infantry regiments stationed at Windsor ; and rewards were granted to nearly all the children of the ragged schools of the town, for the ability they had displayed in various branches of in dustry. The prizes to the ploughmen were of the most valuablo character, ranging from 2/. 55. to ss. In the majority of cases the recipients of prizes were aged persons ; some of them very feeble, and hardly abled to reach the table at which his Royal Highness was sitting. They appeared to receive the awards with gratitude, and those who exhibited article had the additional gratification of being in formed that the Prince would inspect their handi work at the close of the distribution. It was generally expected that as soon as the distri bution of prizes ceased his Royal Highness would offer some observations on the objects of the associa tion, and the results which had been brought about. Instead of doing so he rose hastily from his seat and proceeded to the marquee, where the articles of the exhibition were placed. He inspected the whole of them with great minuteness and apparent interest, and spoke in the highest terms of praise of the ingenuity and skill which they had exhibited. His Royal High ness then remounted his horse and returned to the Castle amidst the enthusiastic cheering of the assembly. In the evening the members of the society dined together at the White Hart Hotel, Major-General Wemyss presiding. The speakers confined them selves to the discussion of matters connected with agriculture and the industrial arts, and made no re ference whatever to party politics. At this meeting the healths of her Majesty and Prince Albert (the patron of the society) were drunk in the most cordial manner. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Ocr. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.— Prices were, if anything, firmer to-day, but no business of any importance was transacted. Midland Stock was done at 49—Vale of Neath, db.—Taff Vale, New, P. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was lower to-day, with very little business doing. Tho transactions were as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Cheshire and Birkenhead), 15% —East Lancashire, 14A—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 5554 —Lancaster and Carlisle. Thirds, 8 p.— London and North-Western, New Quarters, 3 p.—Midland 4814—South -Eastern and Dover , 19 1 ; ; ; , , MANCHESTER, OCT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been but a trifling business done in our share market to-day, and prices are about the same as last quotations. The transactions were as follow: Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1214 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 55% —South-Eastern and Dover, 19 —Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, New Preference, 7-16 p.- -North Stafforshire, 8 1 A dis.—London and North-Western, 116—Ditto, New Quarters, 3 p.—Midland Stock, 48%. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGL—The share market continues quiet, and prices generally pretty steady. The only sale reported on 'Change to-day was—South Staffordshire, 31. lls. 3d. dis. STATISTICS OF VEHICLES IN NEW YORIC..--.lt 15 said that there are now about 500 omnibuses owned and employed in this city, also 400 hacks and cabs, 600 carts, and 580 waggons. The average number of horses used with these vehicles, and for other purposes, is estimated at 8,000, The amount of fares collected by the stage drivers is com puted to be 3,000 dollars a day; and about 6,000 dollars are supposed to be daily expended in the hire of hacks, 044 &c. MYSTERIOUS DEATH of a LAP .; An investigation (which did not terminate au% nearly one o'clock on Saturday m orning) was oPe n s ' t on Friday afternoon before Mr. Wakley, the Corouthe and a jury of householders of M ary l e bone, at .„ Buffalo's Head Tavern, New-road, as to th e cir g.;; stances connected with the death of Mrs. '77,f Elizabeth Kelly, aged seventy, an independent 1814,,, large fortune, residing at No. 9, Nottingham-texts'', Regent's-park. The proceedings, from the rumours afloat °l' %e d il subject, had excit e d grea t i n t e rest, it being al le g.„d that the deceased had di e d i n a very mysterious w'of suspicious mann er , l eav i ng p ro perty to the va lt erl u 4 o f 30,0001., which was c l a i me d by Captain Fred Corner (late of the I n di an arm y), as the alleged °Da of the deceased lady, who had never been ma rried ' de who had a will in his pocket, stated to have been On by the deceased, lea v i ng th e w hole of the decesPedu lady's property to him. Th e registrar had ' refs to register the death, and hence the inquest' ed, The jury having viewed the body of the d eceo which lay at her residence, Margaret Liddell, a servant, was first Wal l ' • and stated that. she found deceased in her bed . i ci n f o t state of insensibility, in which condition sbe Ist de , several hours, and then died. Captain Corpers,„o, ceased's son, was aware of her condition, but 011;# dical man was sent for. She could not in alio s account for deceased's death. Believed she had great deal of property. The CORONER, after hearing this ev idence' c i s ' stilted with the jury, and resolved to adjourn tot quiry till nine o'clock the same evening, for a mortem examination of the body, which W aB en t,1 ;1 0 0 to Mr. Gilham, the head surgeon of the h ar p Infirmary. On the assembling of the jury, Captain Frederick Corner was examined —416,0 he was the son of the deceased lady, who was 70,..7,01• of age. She had been sickly many tinie s t ways had an abhorrence of doctors, an d woul. have medical advice until about four months D a me when a friend of his prescribed for her. T he 11 ,04 of his friend was Dr. Frith, of New-cros s, DeP'sool‘ He prescribed some pills for her, but she e el / m ots. two or three, and positively refused to take anY i f icet He repeatedly advised the deceased to ha ve tts. and so did the servant, but without effect. I A Aid By the CORONER—The deceased had trial pro: five years since, in whi c h s h e had left all P li e ";ble perty, which was very cons id era ble, to him' `iff o that will in his possession now , and had it ever I it was made, five years ago. hen " On the CORONER asking the captain Why , ' i t for s found his parent so near death, he bad not sear d sot medical man ? he replied, as a dutiful son , he u n l oOtt feel justified in going beyond the wish of a r and therefore he sent for none. Ann Meredith, a charwoman, stated that she d s employed at deceased's house. She bad ilalenrf her deceased until within about three minutest:oof death, when she was called to look at her. et 0 the family through the kindness of Captain vuhi A her late husband some time before his death. f o ol understood the captain to be the son of the ¢th lady, but could in no way account for the e Mrs. Kelly. Mr. Gilham, head surgeon of Maryleboashe mary, was then examined, and deposed the he made a post mortem examination. He found u t h t , e lungs, intestines, and liver all perfectly bealtP,J,: o t de: stomach appeared nearly empty, and he cou ld - n ollo tect any evidences of poison. The heart wa s fatty, but the ventricles were all healthy. 1 , 0 0 0 On the CORONER inquiring what was t .,,," e a iae r cause of death, Mr. Gilb a m s tated that it plicable. There was no disease of any organ'," de l thing_ to indicate what had been the cause , e It was impossible to say death. o vi b b i what was the adult' c " Captain Corner in answer to a juryman theas to far' he applied to S. Marylebone workhouse on r the ject of the death, said his object was to rec i l e el f _ a b e death, but finding he could not get it reg' s „; applied to the coroner's officer, and the cov ef ill'' the facts being communicated to him, issued 1115 . Ist rant for the inquest. The CORONER having remarked upon tlieS o e h g character of the case, the jury returned the f eon verdict :—" That the deceased bad died frT il d eteu mortal cause unknown to the jury, and not &s e " on making a post mortem examination." - - THE COUNTRY ---- MARIE 3IS ' ..O ' I The following is the official statement of the tItt,": 0 00,1, corn, &c., received in the port of London from ,tn." Essex, from the 6th Sept., 1851, to the 11th v e ' t both inclusive :—. A :4 I-. 0 0 P Colchester Harwich Leigh Malden 10 70 --- 1 ..vi tbUl { 311 'l - , i few 0 3,---4/0 Ob v . , CHELMSFORD, OCT. 10 . — Pric es t o -d ay wer e 0 - mi Wheat, white, old 40s to 47s ; new 39 s to 49; c hem . " 35s to 40s ; new, 3Gs to 40s ; barley, 25s to 28 0 ; i ttalt "to 23s to 30s; grinding 22s to 26s ; oats 18s to 25 0 ;., 0 0 I to 555; chevalier 54s to 565; peas, partridge, n e : tel l y 30s; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 27s to 29s ; old, -- ',7 . c k, .., dun, new, 26s to 27s ; old, 27s to 29s ; beans , ' ,'; to 29s ; harrow ticks, new 27s to 30s ; old —$ to "" 0 11 zagan, new 25a to 27s ; old —s to —s per qr. 1 0 COLCHESTER, OCT. 11.—Wheat, white 40 s to 4 0 ; 0 0 1 1 to 38s ; oats, 18s to 21s ; beans, rnazagan 25e to 26 0 ; 00 and small 26s to 30s ; peas, white 26s to 28 s , g re y , ne" ti l 30s ; barley, new, 26s to 30s per qr. ~ 000 KIRKALOT, OCT. 11.—The following are t h e q for new grain:— I rola Wheat. Barley. ...41 pi First 4ls Od 24s Cd --4 IS Oat& 21s 6 d 193 6d 17 s 6cl imperial, is followir Beans. ......5 Od .... 5 Od —3 Od Second 363 Gd i 22s 6d Third 32s Od 20s Od Ocl' f 28 3 Od to 305 . 6 00 1 Oatmeal, per bag of 280IbS are the P ri HADDINGTON, OCT. 10.— TL grain at our market to-day:— 134 Wheat. Old. New. I Barley. Oats.. 55 , 4 First . 448 Od ... 47s Od I 26s 6cl 21s 6 c; 3 45 P a j Second ...41s 10d ... 37s Gd I 24s 8d 19a 10a 533 , :ij Third..... 383 Od .. 31s Od 20s 6d 17s 6d 52nd Total quantity of Old Wheat in market 40 cl r3 " b63 1 : 0 0 Do. New do. 671 qrsq 2 9/ Do. Barley do. 297 qr 9.9 6 . 7 - 9 00 11 Do. Oats do. soo qrs., '54 Do. Beans do. 43 qrS., , COAL DIABBE' Buddle's W. Hartley.. 15s Od Carr's Hart1ey........ 15s Od flasting's Hartley 15s Od Holywell Howard's W. H. Net h lss (hi North Percy Hartley l4s 6d Ord's Main Ravensworth'sW Hart 15s Od Tanfield Moor ..... 13s 9d ranfield Moor Butes... 13s 6d Wall's End, &e. Acorn Close Hedley Hilda lss Lid Walker 163 Od Eden Main Ships at market, T.—YESTXROAT• 1 7 8 ;,A Liraddyll ........... •••• /0 y j detton ......... ••• ...... Haswell ..... ........... 1 70 !,,1 Latnbton •............. • pi ; 6 1 Russell's Hatton ..... 17 5 Stewart's .............. 15 3 Whitwell Caradoe ••••••••• j./ 0 •••••'" 1/ 0 South Hartlepool .... 159 d Cleveland Tees ........ 00 rees ...... .....•.•• 00 9 0 Wet Cornforth ...... 14 0 dartley ..... o l Nixon's Merthyr ° $OO Cardiff ......... . ..... 116. Sold, 60. O C ' FRENCH RAILWAY TRA-F fot o The following are the last returns of the g— ceipts of tho principal French Railways :---„, W dg e NORTHERN.—From Oct. 1 t o Oct. 7: 400,1141.; goods, 254,149 f.; total, 654,163 f. ROUEN.—From Sept. 28 t o O c t. 4: LP" - .4 4, 108,8451.; goods, 94,942 E; total, 203,787 f. mig ieer listvnE.—From Sept. 28 t o O c t. 4: A O, 38,470 E; goods, 36,724 f. ; total 75,194 f. ptisSeW ORLEANS.—From Sept. 29 to Oct. 5: 122,839 f. ; goods, 132,565 E; total, 255,40 41 or BORDEA.UX.—From Sept. 23 to Sept. 29: 111/3 _ 4 l l 76,848 E; good s , 54,7111.; total, 131,559 f. „ ag ed' . VIERZON.—From Sept. 29 to Oct. 5 : A tto 47,887 f.; goods, 42,877 E; total, 90,7641. NANTES..—From Sept. 20 to Sept. 30 : ,41 70,5781.; goods, 41,845f._; total, 112,423 E Dao oor STRASBURG.—From Oct. 1 to Oct. 7: 146,462 f.; goods, 83,823 f.; total, 230,2851. „OW" BALE.—From Sept. 22 to S e pt. 28 At * 29,1551.; goods, 19,479 E; total, 48,635 f. 1348001315- MONTEREAIL—From Sept. 24 to Sept. 30: A O l 12,486 f.; goods, 12,002 E; total, 24,488 f. p a OW MARSEILLES.— - 5 From Sept. 24 to Sept. 30: 53,693 E; goods, 28,457 f .; t o t a l, 82,1501. mi.d er LIONS.—From Sept. 21 to Sept. 27 275,773 f.; goods, 89,0901.; t0ta1,364,8631. PREVENTION OF D ISORDERS AMO NG Cs TT L fu. 1 1 / the late sessi on of P ar li amen t an A c t was rene w ed - e. other year to prevent di sor d ers amo ng sheep, c; : attlet yo' d other animals. The original Act was passed two BIRTHS. 11 0 OF A SON. lifOrti.°4 On the 10th inst., in Great Rusell-street, Be the wife of Mr. P. Lambert. tp OF A DAUGHTER. On the 11th inst., in New Bridge-street, Vac-- de wife of Frederic J. Farre, M.D. On the 9th inst., Mrs. Henry Dawson, of the B rillll4lll . house Hotel, Hanover-square. On the 9th inst., at Uxbridge, Mrs. Edward MARRIED. 1410 1 41 ° 6 01 On the Bth inst., at the Cathedral, Manchester , dFey IAI - land Feilden, Esq., third son of the late Sir Williarligtr Bart., of Feniscowles, near Blackburn, to Eliza w jef daughter of the late J. Kennedy, Esq., of Ancoate• On the 29th ult., at H.B.M. Embassy in Paris, m ij os ) 0 wards at the Protestant Episcopal Church, 41 , : to dyt D'Aguesseau there, Charles Marsh Lee, of Sa" s ., t ,P . Helen, daughter of the late Sir John Chetwode, of Chetwode, Bucks, and Oakley, Stafford. J° DIED. &Of On the 4th inst., in Upper Montagae-street, Loe „ f op 4 Slight, Esq., formerly naval officer in charge o f bet ra' Dockyard, Gibraltar. On the 7th inst., at Millard's-hill. Frame, A widow of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Courtenay Bs A re On the Bth inst., at West Drayton, Middlesex' the wife of Captain Lowthian, R.N., aged 82. On the 9th inst, at Dover, aged :31, Charles Frith, Park-village West, Regent's-park. r On the 11th inst., at the Lower Mall, Hanarae i . B. Ibbotson, Esq., aged 63. London : Printed and Published by MURDO I'll /0% 1 4 0 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ofri,L el G OP Strand, in the Precinct of th e Sa v oy, in fog dl s, TuetsdasiOctgbel 14, 18510 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1851. ha . , the lac tio 1 41, tit Ah to thi lAit 141 1 %it tk, 40 Nt t htli