The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept. 17. (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES HARVEY WEIGHALL. The insolvent, formerly a tailor of Conduit-street, and now an artist of some celebrity, came up for his discharge. Mr. Cooke supported ; Mr. Sargood opposed, on the ground that the insolvent had vexatiously defended an action brought by the detaining creditor, Mrs. Levi, of 131, Strind, on a bill of exchange for 401., payable seven years after date. It appeared from the examination of the insolvent, that the bill was drawn upon him by his brother-in law, Mr. John William Edwards, and he alleged that his defence of the action had been advised both by his solicitor and friends on principle. They were willing rather to incur the risks of a heavier loss by defendi ng an action upon it than paying the money for 9n unjust claim. About the time that the trial taok place he had pledged nine paintings, of the value of 2001., to blessrs. Bayley Brothers, of the City, for the sum of 50/. He had been engaged by the proprietors of the Panorama of the Nil e E x hibi t i on , i n t h e E gypt i an Hall, to paint the figures and animals in the pano rama, but he had no interest in the exhibition. J. Giles, clerk to Mr. Charles Lewis, solicitor, of the Albany, attorney for Mrs. Levi, produced the record, showing that the insolvent had put in no le's than 17 pleas to the action, and that the costs of the plaintiff in obtaining a verdict had been 1101., whereas, if the action bad been undefended, the costs would have been no more than 81. The witness was subjected to a severe cross-exami nation by Mr. Cooke, from which it appeared that he knew nothing himself of the circumstances attending the trial. Mrs. Levi was Mr. Charles Lewis's mother, and the bill was endorsed by Mr. Lewis to Mrs. Levi. Mrs. Levi sometimes advanced money upon bills for her son. Mr. Lewis left for Edinburgh last night, ani the clerk who was present at the trial was not in that court. Did not know that Mrs. Levi discounted bills when it was necessary to have an in nocent holder. Mr. Cooke contended that there was no case of vexatious defence to go to the Court in the absence of Mrs. Levi, Mr. Lewis, and his clerk. Perhaps Mr. Sargocd, in their absence, would volunteer his ser vices touching the innocent holding of the Bill. Mr. S irgood : All I know is that I am an innocent holder of my brief. The COMM ISSIONER—And you have received con , sidsration for it, no doubt.—(A laugh.) I have no doubt but you are one of the most innocent parties in the ea e. Can you seriously ask me to remand fur a vexatious defence in this else without producing the witnesses who are acquainted with the facts ? SAIIGOOD—If the Court thinks that they ought to have been here, I cannot say more than that my client ha, been put to an unnecessary expense of a hundred pounds. Mr. COOKE—I Wish it had _been five hundred pounds. - The CounT then declared the insolvent entitled to hii discharq. Mr. SARGO , )D asked that Mrs. Levi might be ap pointed ...ssi4nee cf. the estate. The Cos;mts,sroNEß- 7 dt required an effort of the Learned Gains.l to, manta thii request. Mr:. Levi will not tra a propr person to discharge thcacdwies. IN TUE MATTE 2 GF WILLIAM TOON. The iasohrent, of lioibora-hill, applied fur Mr. Hughes oplio:ed; Mr. Sargood sup• p.) It snyeftroil that the insolvent had held 85 shares in the 1 7,.11 Diemen's-Land Cmupcny, upon which he 20?. ehare. IL had lost the shares, but if h had ri;t, they were - of no value to the creditors. There wa•:,a cAll of N. per share due upon them, and with that call paid, the shares were selling at only 303. per share. He had received rent for a house at Regent-park, - formerly occupied by Mr. Romeo Cotes, and recently let at 110/. a year. He could not recollect whether be had received any rent since January last, as he had been under the ne cessity of borrowing money upon his receipt notes. Mr. HUGnEs—Receipt notes • What Rre these ? 1 1;le Insolvent—Suppose that I W 1.13 in want of money, I should come to you, Mr. Hughes—(Laugh ter)—and give yoenly receipt for rent coming due to me . and you would maliq an advance upon them. cousussioNea decided that the insolvent must produce the. detaining,creditor, to prove the existence of a debt, as he admitted his . arrest to have been a friendly one. He must also produce a small cash book. An adjournment for a short period only was ordered for these purposes. IN THE MATTER Or JAMES STRIDE. The insolvent hat kept an office in the Strand fur the sale of tickets of admission to the concerts at Exeter Hall, &c. He had also kept a betting-office in Bow-street. Mr. LUCAS applied that, the_, : insolvent might be liberated on bail. His ll9Noua said that he hattaly thought, in a case where debts bad been contracted in about six months to the amount of about 700/., for which consideration h2d been received, beides several thousand pounds for which no consideration was alleged to have been given, that he ought to accept bail. Seeing, how ev‘er, that there was one loss on the part of the insol vent to the amount of 4001. entered in his Schedule, in consequence of the insolvency of Mr. Stammers, proprietor of the Wednesday Evening Concerts, bail would be accepted. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Ann ilrearthy, 26, and Jane Hades, 38, were in dicted for stealing five sovereigns and twelve shillings from the person of William Stephenson M'lntyre. Mr. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Parry defended M'Carthy, and Mr. Ballantine appeared for the other prisoner. The prosecutor, who is a Scotchman, and who de scribed himself as a commission-agent, and as having formerly been a superintendent upon the Eastern Counties Railway, deposed that on the night of the 20th of August, about eleven o'clock, he was in Whitechspal on his way home, when he met the prisoner ealeCarthy, who accosted him, and asked him to treat her. He told her he had no objection to do so, but he would not go to a public-house, and she then said she would take him somewhere else, and he accompanied her to a coffee-shop in Somerset-street, Aldgate, and she took him up stairs into a bed-room and shut the, door., She then put her hand into his waistcoat packet and took out five sovereigns and some silver. He gave an alarm, and the other priscner and several other persons came up stairs eel iwo the room,- and 'Liles went close to him end put her arm round his neck and over . his face, 'a;: , } in en instant dui beentile insen sible, and did - rot recover his recollection until th, , CAlowiz,l4 mnre.ini.r, betWcen six and seven o'clock, whyn li, ..f.Ateel 1 - .lthstlf lying in a place called Lady Llko"s-grove,. al - y,ut a mile from thus coffee-house wi.ere the rubbery was committed. The prosecutor: added that he disgois,,d hiintell, and walk,:d about the neighbourhood or several evenings in the expectation of meeting with the prisoners, but failed to do SO ; and at leegth he was taken to the coffee-shop by a policeman, end he there saw both the prisoners, and recognised them as the parties who committed the robbery. _Mr. PARRY cross•exemined the prosecutor with Considerable severity, end elicited from him that he was a married man, and that at the time this occur rence took pace his wife was lying dangerously ill at home, in the charge of a nurse. He also said that he did not know that M'Carthy was a street-walker at the time she accosted him, although, of course, he said he did not believe she was a virtuous woman, end he declared that his only object in accompanying her to the coffee-house wai to give her some refresh ment, which he considered she stood in need of in her unfortunate position, and that he had no improper in tention. He likewise said that upon one occasion he had been charged before a magistrate with being drunk. The counsel for the prisoners commented in strong terms upon the conduct of the prosecutor, and urged that it was clear he had told a palpable falsehood in asserting that he had gone to the coffee-house with 9e prisoner M'Carthy solely for the purpose of giv ing her some refreshment, and they said that this being the case the jury ought not to give credit to any portion of his testimony. They also remarked upoa the frequency of these cases of robberies alleged to have been committed by the influence of chloro form, or some other agent of a similar description, at the present time, and it was urged upon the jury as being very probable that married men, and persons in the position of the prosecutor, who found themselves in the predicament of accom panying a prostitute to a place of this de scripuon, would be very glad to excuse them selves to their wives, or other persons, by trumping up a story about chloroform. The Learned Counsel also remaeked upon the circumstance of the prosecutor being discovered at such a distance from the Owe , sphere the robbery was alleged to have been com mitted, and the extreme improbability of his having been dragged through the streets by two women in a . state of insensibility, without the circumstance at tracting the attention of the police ; while, on the other hand, if he was drunk and unconscious of what he was about, which they suggested was most likely the truth of the matter, nothing was more likely than that he should have staggered to the place in question and have there fallen insensible. The jury - , after deliberating a short time, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. James Brooharan surrendered to tele his trial upon a ch a rge of stealing' 671. el., the moneys of of Charles Anderson ‘Vorsiey Pelham, Earl of Yar borough. ' Mr. Cletbsen prorcuted ; Mr. Parry was for the defsece. eaeWilliam Fewkes, b....use stewatd to the Noble I:oo,4eposed that the prisoner was hall portPr at his ' THE, SUN, town residence, No. 17, Arlington-street. On the 314 of July witness wis about to p-oceed to the Isle of Wight, when the prisoner told him that a sum of 671. 143. 63. was required for the payment of rates and taxes on the following Saturday, and he gave him that amount. The prisoner went away on the 7th, and did not return till the 9ch of August, and witness then put some questions to him respecting the money, and he said he had been to Brighton races, and that he had been robbed of every shilling of it. By Mr. PARRY—Prisoner had been eight years in the service of the Eail of Yarborough, and he had repeatedly entrusted him with money to a consider able amount. He appeared very much distressed when he related the story of his having been robbed, and said he hsd been obliged to state in whose service he was at the railway station at Brighton, and to beg a free passage back to London. The money he gave the prisoner was part of the proceeds of a cheque for 2,0001., drawn by Mr. Williams, the Earl of Yarbo rough's land steward, but he did not know from what source it was derived. The different rate and tax collectors were then called to prove that the prisoner bad not paid the sums which they were entitled to receive from the. Noble Earl. Mr. PARRY, at the close of the case for the prose cution, submitted that there was no evidence to sup port the allegation in. the indictment, that the money belonged to Lord Yarborough. The COMMON SERGEANT ruled that the evidence es tablished that net. Mr. PARRY then addressed the jury, and he con tended that as the case stood they would not be justi.. fled in coming to the conclusion that the prisoner had stolen the money of Lord Yarborough, particularly when the fact might have been clearly established by calling the Noble Earl himself, or at all events his steward, Mr. Williams. He then commented upon the other facts of the case, and the probability that Iw the prisoner had told the truth when he represented that he had been robbed at the races, and he concluded by earnestly urging them, in a case where a man had always borne a good character, to give him the bene fit of any reasonable doubt they might entertain, and say that he was not guilty of the charge made against him. The COMMON SERGEANT then summed up, and the jury deliberated for sometime, and, from•an observa tion made by one of them, loud enough to be heard, it appeared that they were discussing the point whether the money had been proved to belong to the Earl of Yarborough. Mr. CLARKSON interposed, and requested the Com mon Sergeant to direct the jury upon this point, as it was one solely of law. The COMMON SERGEANT said he had already told the jury that in law the money was properly described in the indictment as being the property of the Earl of Yarborough. The jury then again deliberated for a short time, when they inquired whether they were bound to re turn a verdict of guilty or not guilty. The Common SEEGEANT said—Certainly. The jury again turned round, and :n a few minutes gave a verdict of guilty, but most strongly recom mended the prisoner to merey, on account of his pre vious good character. Hi was s-ntenee,l to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 5-ix inowhs. POLICE IN'fELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Elizabeth Williams and John MO ram were brought up, charged, the firmer with steeling a silver watch, guard, key, and seal, vidne 3f. 10s , from the person it Janes Itriberts, and the letter with assaulting the prosecutor, fur the purpose of aiding and abetting the female in committing the robbery. The prosecutor said that he was walking along Victoria-street between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday night last when, he met the prisoner Wit liams, who stilled him to accompany her home. He a.ked her where the lived. Before she had time to reply a man crossed the road immediately behind, and struck him a violent blow under the left ear. The man then ran away in the direction of Saffron-hill. On perceiving the approach of two officers in plain clothes, prOsecutor retained his bold of the female until they arrived, when he gave her into custody. He gave a description of the man to the constables, who soon after apprehended the prisoner. On feeling his pockets he missed his watch, with a seal and key at tached to the guard. Toe watch was found in the female prisoner's hand. Both prisoners were fully committed for trial. •. BO W-STREET. • William Christie was charged with stealing 221. 103. in gold, the property of Mr. William Henry Cole, wholesale druggist, No. 101, High Holborn. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Cole for upwards of ten Sears as light porter, and implicit confidence was placed in him. In October last, while the clerks and other servants were upstairs at tea, the prisoner who had been left in charge of the ware house, went into the counting-house and took from r the desk, the key of which was accidentally left in the lock by the cashier, gold to the amount of 221. 104. There was a large sum of money in the desk, but he only appropriated the above sum. The prisoner ab• sconded from his employment the same day, and nothing was hoard of him, although a strict search was made, until Tuesday, the 31 inst., when he was apprehended in New Bartholomew Fair, held in the Chalk-road, by a police-sergeant of the E division. He at first denied that his name was Christie, but he afterwards admitted that it was, and that he had been in the employ of Mr. Cole. The prisoner's wife was heard on one occasion to say that her husband had stolen 221. 10s. from his employer's shop, and that he had absconded with the money. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. MAIIYLEBONE. John Edwards, an omnibus driver, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, on the charge of having caused the death of a little girl, named Jane Abbott, aged six years, I\lr. James Seymour, 4, Richmond-street, South wark, deposed that on the previous afternoon, at four o'clock, he was passing along Carlisle-street, Porte man-market, when, jest as an omnibus, driven by the prisoner, had turned the corner of the street, the child ran off the pavement directly under the horses' legs ; she was knocked down, and the two near wheels of the vehicle went over her head, thereby depriving her almost instantaneously of life. Mr. LONG—At what rate vas the prisoner going ? Witness—At a very moderate rate, Sir ; and it Was quite itnpossible for him to have prevented the la mentable occurrence, as there was no time for him to pull up. Witness was quite satisfied that the death was entirely accidental, and that no blame whatever was attributable to the prisoner. Another witness, nerned Page, corrohoruted the above evidence. He lilted the little girl from the road, and conveyed her to the house of a surgeon, but b:,fore he arrived there she was dead. Mr. LeNG felt satiblied, from all he had heard, that the death was purely accidental ; but as an inquest must be held upon the body of the deceased, it was his duty to require security for his (prisoner's) being forthcoming- on a future day. He was bailed, himselt in 50/., and his employer in the like amount, for his re-appearance at the court on Friday next. LONDON, LAMBETH. Mr. Nottage, the proprietor of several cabs, was summoned to produce the, driver of the cab No. 1,439, to answer a charge of furious driving and endanger ing the lives of several of her Majesty's subjects, and accordingly produced John Allen, badge 393. Samuel Capping, 97 P, deposed that on the 4th inst., at about haif• past nine o'clock, he was on duty at the Surrey Gardens, and observed a cabman drive out of the rank, and proceed along Penton-place at so furious a rat, as to endanger the lives of several per sons who were leaving the gardens. Witness followed him, and overtaking him in Newington -crescent, took down the number both of his cab and his badge. The defendant declared he knew nothing whatever of the circumstance related by the constable, and that he had not been to the Surrey Gardens, or near them, on the evening in question, and that at the time spoken of his cab was on the rank in King-street, Cheaps ide. Capping admitted that Allen was not the person in charge of the cab at th© time, but a different man, and that the number of his badge was 7,703, while that of Allen was 393. sai(it y h e at ar A s, ll a en nd h w ad been i asan l‘lr.N° t t 'o t r fourteenag exceedingly his em ployment steady and well-conducted man, and he was perfectly certain the officer must have made some mistake in taking down the number. Capping repeated that he had been most careful in taking down the number, and could make no mistake about it, as the cab was standing still at the time. Mr.ELLIOTT remarked that the circumstance would appear inexplicable to him if he bad not heard of the practice recently adopted amongst the cabmen of changing their numbers. In this case, however, it was fortunate the constable bad taken the number of the driver's badge as well as that of the cab, and he hoped that the matter would be followed up, and strictly investigated. With this view he should ad journ the summons for a week, but feeling satisfied that the present defendant was not the aggressor he should not trouble him to attend again. WORSHIP-STREET. A robust fellow named Joseph Saunders was charged with having burglariously broken into the dwelling house of a gentleman named Chapman, residing in Victoria-place, Haggerstone. The prosecutor stated that at ten o c clock on the preceding night, after carefully securing the lower part of the house, he retired to rest with his family, and shortly atter three that morning he was awakened by his wile, inferint:d him that felt :;aistied there were thieves in the house, as she had jtht heard the sound of fac,tsteps in the passage. Witness in st,;ntly le3 , 3taned staire, and upon entering the b ivhich he had previously heard a sort of rambling noise, he observed the window open, and a man in the act of making his way through it, and before he had time to intercept him he leaped into the garden and disappeared. On examining the place he found everything perfectly safe, and no article had been disturbed hut a candlestick, which was left on the table, the light having evidently just been ex tinguished. He then proceeded to the street-door to give information to the police, and in a few minutes two constables arrived with the prisoner in their custody. Police-constable No. 56 stated that while on duty at the rear of the premises, the prisoner suddenly pre sented himself on the top of the prosecutor's garden wall, from which he dropped into the street, and started off, with his cap and boots in his hands. After a sharp, pursuit he was stopped and secured by an other officer. On searching him at the station-house a large knife was found in his possession. The prisoner declined offering any defence, and was committed for trial. CLERKENWELL. Rebecca Harris, alias Rebecca Keene, aliai Brown, alias Philips, alias Allen, aged about 30, and of re spectable appearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combo, charged by Mr. J. Sawyer, attorney, of No. 9, Gray's Inn-square, with having been concerned in the following extensive robbery : The prosecutor said that in the month of Septem ber, 1849, his wife's aunt was indisposed, and advised to have change of air, when witness searched after some apartments in which her property might be de.- posited during her absence at Brighton. He saw a bill in a window for apartments to let in South-street, Stoke Newington, and on making application he had an interview with the prisoner, who represented that she was servant to the landlord of the house, who was not at home, but she was authorized to negotiate with any party wishing to take the apartments. Witness explained to ber that he merely required the goods to be protected during the absence of his relation in the country. Terms were arranged, and entered into, and the goods, with valuable plate, were conveyed to the house, he (witness) having satisfied himself through a reference given by the prisoner. His relation re mained at Brighton for two months, and on her re turn to London they proceeded to the house for the purpose of redeeming the property, when they found the place deserted and empty. Witness instantly proceeded' to the Featherstone-street station, and gave information, with a description of the prisoner's per son, to Sergeant Harvey, who knew her to be con nected with a notorious gang of swindlers, called the Bennett, Keene, Itansford, and Stacey's gang. The officer immediately instituted inquiries, and he traced the prisoner to a lodging in a mean apartment, No. 32, Tash-street, Gray.'s Inn-lane, with the man Keene, in the name of Harris. She was identified by witness. 0a searching the place, numerous dUpli cates were found for property belonging to the prose cutor's relation, together wi-h some of the articles which had been placed under the care of the prisoner. The prisoner. said nothing, and was remanded until Monday next. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.' LEEDS AND THIRSK. A special meeting of this company was held at Leeds on Monday. Air. Msrshall presided.. - The CHAIRMAN said, that of the three subjects which the meeting was assembled to consider, the most importaat•was that which stood first, namely the terms under which they would issue the shares, under their Act of 1849, to the extent required for furnishingg the additional capital necessary to com plete their line ; but as at the last meeting the share holders appointed a committee to inquire into the management of the line, he thought it would he ad visable that the meeting should first of all be inf)rmed of the result ef that inquiry. Ile should state that the committee had gone into a very full investigation and had had lengthened communications with the di rectors. The committee did not think they were ap pointed to report to the shareholders, and had laid before the directors their opinions upon certain Mat tere, and the grounds upon which they had founded those opinions, with a request that the directors would draw up a report. This the directors had done, and the report, which he would now call upon the secretary to read, had" the concurrence of the com mittee so far as regarded the statement of their . . opinions. The Secretary then read the report, of which the following are extracts : " That the committee appear to have very carefully examined the traffic arrangements at the various stations along the line, and considered the. sources of further traffic, in coal, lime, manure and merchandise generally; that they have pointed out what they consider to be de fects in the present arrangements fur securing and col lecting the traffic, sad made several important sugges tions to the directors for the further development of the local resources of 'the railway; on which the directors have come to the resolution that they will take the re presentations and suggestions of the committee into their immediate considrration, with the view of effecting such improvement in the management of the traffic as will, to the beat of their judgment, tend to promote the true interests of the undertaking. " The directors are gratified to learn that the commit tee (assuming that secure connexions are made with the Stockton and Darlington, Clarence, and Stockton and Hartlepool Railways), entirely concur in the opinion which they have so long entertained as to the value of the Northern Extensions, and the large through traffic which they are justified in anticipating over the whole length of the line, on its completion to Hartlepool, Stockton, Middlesborough, and the Durham Railways; and they trust the.shareholders will accordingly, with ourt further delay, put the directors in a position to complete the undertaking in the manner now proposed by them." BRISTOL, SigrT. 17. Mr. NEwsAM, in reply to a question, stated that the committee had visited every station, and found that by the establishment of an agency to collect goods an increase of the traffic might be expected at nearly every one. Hitherto this had been neglected. Going northwards they found that nearly all the towns on the line; still had carriers regularly carrying goods to Leeds ; that minerals and merchandise were thus conveyed to towns which ought to be supplied by this line; that coals were carted to Horsforth in large quantities, while very little indeed was conveyed by the Leeds and Thirsk. After diligent inquiry the committee came to the following unanimous resolu- tion : " That, in their opinion, the Leeds and Thirsk Rail way possesses within its reach a local traffic —more esp.!. cially in minerals, merchandize, and manure —consider ably beyond what is now realized, and which they think ought by this time to have been mate E xtensively deve loped than it now is." • (Hear, hear, and applause.) The committee were fully convinced that the line might be made far more productive than it is now if there was an effective traffic management, either by a more efficient staff, or by the appointment of a committee for traffic manage ment.—(dear, hear.) He would now rend them the second resolution they had placed before the board of directors : " That, from the examinations and inquiries made, the traffic management up to the present time appears to have been inefficient, and has net secured to the line the full advantages which belong to it." lie did not think it advisable to lay all the evidence they had collected before the proprietary ; he thought it would suffice if they apprised the board of it— (Hear, hear)—and left the board to take those steps which were found really to the advantages of the shareholders generally.—(Applause.) The commit tee thought the management wholly inefficient, and he would give them an illustration of the effect of this inefficiency :—The committee found that nearly the whole system of conveyance from town to town along the line still existed. Then they found that this line was charging such a freight and offering so little advantages, that between Leeds and Ripon, a line of 58 miles was actually competing with the Leeds and Thirak, the distance by which was only 29 miles.—(Hear, hear) There must be something wrong for such a state of things to exist.—(Hear, hear.) Then the Rothwell Ilaigh coal was carted instead of conveyed on this line ; and lime was pur chased and conveyed from Knaresborough instead of being obtained from the works on this line. Such a state of things could not exist under a proper system of management.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN thought the Committee should give their report in writing, in order that those who had the management of the line might have the opportu nity of giving their answer to the allegations made against thema—(Applause.) Another long discussion ensued, in which Mr. R. Jowitt,Mr. Farsyde, Mr. Stables, the Chairman, Mr. Durham, and Mr. Newsam took part, the last com plaining that in important negotiation with other companies the care and responsibility of making vital arrangements had been left to Mr. Tennant and Mr. Nash, instead of some of the directors lending their influence. That he spoke the sentiments of the com mittee was, he said, proved by the following resolu tion, which they had unanimou s ly p asse d That considerable pains havo been taken by the traffic) managers to secure traffic arrangements with the York, Newc as tl e , an d B erw i c k , the lidland, arid the London end North-Western Railway companies, and also to some extent with the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Northern Railway companies; but they think it probable that had the directors snore generally as sisted personally in their important negotiations, results might in some instances have been obtained more favour able to the Leeds and Thirak Railway. The CHAIRMAN said he would press as a motion that the committee should put into writing what they had to say upon the subject, in order that it might be printed and circulated among the shareholders, so that the directors might put into the same form what they or their officers had to say in reply.—(Hear.) Mr. FARSTDE seconded it. Mr. POWELL and other members of the committee objectel to this, as it would place them. in a position hostile to !lie board. Mr. TENNANT, traffic manager, in reference to wlaitt had fillen from Mr. Newsam as to the state of th e freights and traffic arrangements enabling rivals to convey goods a distance of 50 miles, in opposition to the Leeds and Think, the distance by, which was WV,D,NESDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER lB, 1850. only 29 miles, said the last weekly returns showed that from Leeds to Ripon, the poibts indicated, this company conveyed 284 tons, whilst by the other route only 12 tons had been carried ; and he asked whether any sensible traffic manager would reduce a fair tariff upon 284 tons of goods fur the sake of gain ing an additional 12 tons ?—(Hear.) Resolutions were passed adopting the report, and conveying the best thanks of the meeting to the com mittee for the labour they had taken in the investiga • tion, and fur the valuable hints they had given to the board. After some discussion resolutions were passed to the effect that so many of the preference fifth shares as have not been issued be offered to the shareholders in the proportion of one preference fifth share to every 401. of nominal capital held by them ; that such shares shall (subject to the payment of the dividends on the existing preference shares) be entitled to a preference dividend of 7 per cent. per, annum for seven y oars certain, from the Ist day of Octob ,, r next, on the capital from time to time paid up on them, and until such time as they are redeemed by the company ; that the calls of 1/. each be payable in October, 1850, in January, April, July, and October, 1851, and January, 1852. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to Mr. Farsyde, said that to complete the line from Wath to Northallerton and Stockton (in the manner proposed by the direc tors) would cost 225,0001.; and, in reply to Mr. Con stable, be said the cost of the line from Wath to Northallerton would be 66,0001. After several names had been proposed, and one or two gentlemen bad declined serving, the following were elected unanimously as additional directors : Messrs. J. Brook, T. Constable, J. Kitson, J. Stable, and C. Newsam. This would increase the number of directors to 14. It was then resolved, that of these new directors one should go out of office by ballot in 1851, two in 1852, and two in 1853. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman the pro ceedings terminated. THE! SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.—This line, ready for the Government Inspector on the 16th inst., the junc tion at Sandhids, from Waterloo, being completed, it is proposed to work the traffic with carriages adapted for en omnibus line, with England's light passenger engines. There will be no so-called first-class car riages, with divisions holding only six in each com partment, but carriages wide enough to held ten in each compartment, allowing eighteen inches to each, with cushions, &c., and these to be called, what they really are, second. class, and charged second-class mileage ; the present second-class to be called third class, and the third-class fourth 'class. By this are rangement the omnibus competition .will be met, and the public accommodated at a cheap and expeditious rate. The economy of the plan is thus shown : Two second-class carriages, ten inside, 60 pas sengers ; two (so-called) old first-class, six in side, 36 passengers—difference, 24 passengers; causing a saving of two carriages in each train, equal to eight tons' weight, besides first cost, and wear and tear of line. The trains running each way every hour will be equal to two second-class carriages, 60 pas sengers; two third-class carriages, 60 passengers; two fourth-class carriages, 80 passengers ; equal to per train 200 passengers, or 5,000 per diem, and 35,000 per week; which will leave no margin, we fear, for cheap trips, beyond what will be afforded the public daily. An arbitration inquiry, in reference to the value of some land belonging to the E trl of Derby, which will be required for the eaters-ion line of the railway to Sandhills- bridge, is now proceeding at the Primrose Hotel. The arbitrators arc Mr. J. A. Picton, for the company ; Mr. Satter, for the Earl of Derby; and Mr. Bellhouse has been appointed umpire. Mr. Pollock and Mr. Aspinall, barristers, are retained for the company, and Mr. Segar for his Lordship. The witnesses examined on behalf of the Earl of Derby are Messrs. Young, Culshaw, Haigh, Hay, and Reed. A mongs t th e gen tl eme n w h o w ill give evidence f or th e company we may name, we believe, Messrs. Hornblower, Gee, Wylie, and Henry, C.E. 50,000/. is the sum claimed by his Lordship for the land which will he required; and we under stead that the latter witnesses intend to prove that it will be improved in value to the amount of 100,000/., owing to the line being made.—Liverpool Albion. ItLILWAYS IN AUSTRALIA..—The directors of the Sydney Rail wa y Company made their first deposit of 7,000/. in the Colonial Treasury in May list. The railway will proceed from Sydney through the southern districts. According to a Vienna paper, the Austria, the rail roads of the Austrian empire now embrace an extent of 290 Austrian miles (about 1,400 English miles). The traffic of these lines in 1849 was 1,236,361 pas sengers and 17,880,800 quintals cf merchandise. Other lines are in course of construction. The same journal mentions that the state has just adopted an invention which will give the power of ascertaining the exact spot where the wire of a subterranean electric telegraph may have broken. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. STOCK E XCIIA,NOIC.—The market was very active to-day, and a considerable amount of business was transacted. The following were, the closing prices :—Great Western, 71%—, Midland, 393 —South Devon, Preference, 8%. LIVERPOOL, SEP.!. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was firm to-day, and a large amount of business doing. The transactions were as follow :—Eastern Counties, Preference, 6 per Cent., 114—East Lancashire, Quarters, 2 —Great Western, 72,4 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 48 1 4—Ditto, Fifths, 8 c. dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 7 1 4 dis.— Lancaster and Carlisle,Thirds, 1: 3 / 1 p.— Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 5 'A -I[sl/2—bitto, New Qu ar t ers, 2 p.—Ditto, Fifths, Liverpool, Chester, and Stockport, 3 dis.—London and North- Quarters (0), 2 P .—Mi dland, 39 , N —Ditto, Ar i est p e . rl, Ditto, Halves, 22 dis.—North Union (A), 236—Ditto (B). 123 4—South-Eastern and Dover, o. 3), 19 14—Ditto, ( So. 4), Regis cent, till 1850, 19% c. Dutch Rhenish, 5 1-16 dis. 4% dis.—York and MANCHESTER, SEPT. 17. Newcastle, and Ber- It l ve9 6 ire 6 v2 ; :(6DGl. tlNo —Scottish Cioti:s C (l)6 e l pti(rreNdar Thirds, —The share market was active to-day, No a r T t o li c il K li E dl x a ca nd, ANGE. and prices steady. The transactions were as follow : —East Lancashire, 9:3i —Great Northern, 12 5.16 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 49% ex div.—Ditto, Fifths, 8 dis.—London and North-Western, 115—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 p.—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), p.—Man cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 18—Ditto, Quarters (No. 1), 8 34 Ditto, Preference, 83,E —North British, 6 j l — North Staffordshire, 1044—South-Eastern and DoVer, 19 1 / 3 —Ditto, Consolidated Stcck(No. 4), 6 7-16. BIRMINGHAM, SEpT. 17. STOCK EXCHANO.—Th , e share mar k e t was fi rm to -d ay, and a fair business doing. 'l he transactions were as follow : London and North-Western, 11. IBs. 9J. p —Ditto, Fifths, 2. 5 ; 1 p.—Coventry and Nuneaton,p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 9 dis.—South Staffoi . dshire f 3% dis. YORK, SEPT. 16. STOCK Excrimmn.—The orrly transaction to-day wa:=— York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), 11% HEALTH of LONDON DURLVG the WEEK. - (From the It - gistrai-Generat' s _Return.) The deaths registered in the metropolitan districts ,n the week ending last Saturday wer e 929. Exclud ing last year, in which the rat e o f morta lit y was ex cessive f:•oin a violent epidemic, the deaths at present do not differ much from the average of the correspond ing weeks in previous years. Last week there were 7 fatal cases of smell -pox, one of which occurred to a woman who had turned 25 years ; of measles there were 15; of scarlatina 33; of hooping-cough 20; and of croup 7. None of these complaints seem to pre vail to an unusual extent at the present time. But typhus numbers 47 persons as its victims, and this disease now exhibits a slight increase. The registrar of Hoxton Old Town observes that it has increased considerably in his district during the last month. The deaths from diarrheas diminish as is usual in this month, and last week they numbered 78. There were only 4 deaths from cholera, two of these hap pened to young persons, and two to men of somewhat advanced life. Toe following are the cases in detail: In Camden-town, at 7, Hertford-place, on the 13th of September, the daughter of a smith, aged 4 years, " English colera (24 hours), convulsions (4 hours)." Mr. Holl, the registrar, adds that "the neighbourhood is crowded and dirty, and the stench from butchers' stables in Skinner's-place, close adjoining is much complained of. L ast year a mo th er and child di e d o f malignant chol era i n Hertford-place. Nuisanc es which were ch ec k e d last year by the appointment of an inspector ar e aga i n appear i ng ." In Holloway,:at 4, Palmer-mews, on 7th September, a girl aged 11 weeks, "cholera infant= (24 hours), diarrhoea (2 days." " She was brought up by hand, and fed on rice milk for the last 6 weeks, the mother having gone out as wet-nurse." In St. Olave's, at 17, Webb street, on the 12th September, a man, formerly a journeyman ship wr i g h t, age d 65 years , died of "cho leraic diarrhoea (3 days)." "Ile was of weak health, and had severe rupture." At 5, Newington-cause way, on 7th S e pt em b er, a b at -d yer , age d. 58 years, " cholera (29 h ours ) , inflammation of the bowels." MONEY MARKET—The premium on gold at Paris is 7i per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 102 d. per ounce fur standard gold, gives an ex• change of 25.34; and the exchange at Paris ou London at short being 25.321, it follows that gold is 0.06 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4331 per mark, which, at the English IVlint price of 3/. 17r. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.9 : 1; and the ex change at qamburgh ou London at short being 13 81-, it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer in "Ham burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1101 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 21-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cert. in favour of Eng land, and after making allowance for difference of interest end charges of transport, the present rate leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. The Friend of India says that "creating bi - ihops is the mon,mania of the day. On cvery rock on which a sea-gull can stand it is found that a mitre can be comfortably accommodated. We have a' Bishop of Gibraltar, with a. thousand Protestants to look after; and one at Victoria, with a population fur which our honourable masters would consider at *Dal, chaplain =lndent." : s otiti4 0 , ... it 04 4 , . z V 4 , -4' E 41 DONCASTER RACES. (THIS BAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (Continued from our Third Edition). THE ST. LEGER - . DECIDING HEAT. Voltigeur ~, ~, ••• ~, Russkrough ... ... ... •.• Bolingbroke was placed third. ... 2 STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Gual dian of this day.) MANC3ESTER, TUESDAY.—A cessation of business for four or five weeks (with the exception of such small purchases as were unavoidable) had latterly so reduced the stocks of yarn in the hands of the home consumers and the foreign buyers, as to produce among them that sort of uneasiness lest the advantage of lower prices should be let slip, which rendered a renewal of operations, within a short time, a matter of pretty great certainty. Towards the latter end of last week, there were indications of our near ap proach to the turning point, to which we have been brought somewhat sharply toeday by the effect, on the Liverpool market, of the Europa s advices of storms destructive to the cotton plant in some part of the states. A good deal of excitement has prevailed, and very extensive transactions would have taken place, at something like the rates of last week, but spinners have stood out for an advance of id. to id. generally upon bundles, ss hether mule or water. The manufacturers have supplied themselves to a moderate amount ; and some of the ship pers have bought with considerable freedom— in a few instances clearing out rather large parcels. As might be expected, much irregu larity has shown itself amongst sellers, some of whom have raised their quotation in a greater, others in a lesser, degree than we have stat e d a b ove . I n t h e department of goods there has not been equal anima tion. Manufacturers will not sell on last week's terms ; there is, however, a hanging back on th e s id e of buyers, which is partly attributable to their having operated rather freely, at lower prices, a few days ago. ROCEIDALE, MONDAY.—The manufacturers have had another brisk demand for flannels to-day, at prices much the same as those of the preceding week. For wool, there has keen a very limited demand, and the manufacturers prefer working up the stocks they have on hand which have been laid in at lower rates than they can purchase at present. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—OLIT manufacturers continue more actively employed; the prospects of a batter demand inducing them to produce more gouda than they have latterly Leen doing. A good i rquiry generally exists for thrown - silks of useful descriptions; and a fair quantity has changed hands during the last week. There are also orders again in the market for the continent, which contribute to keep the mills at full work. In the raw silk market there has been current business at full prices; some of the merchants are still looking_ for high er ra t es . HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have had equally as good a market to-day as last week, though not quite so much has been done in the hall-, although .the demand has been brisker ; but the wool market having advanced, the manufacturers are holding back for an advance, not knowing whether they can supply at the price. The trade of the week has been very good ; several American buyer& having been in town. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—There is no noticeable change in the worsted trade, either as regards de mand Or prices. Neither can we report any altera tion in the state of the yarn market. The spinners are fully employed, and the quotations continue firm. The sales of wool are moderate, and late rates are rather stiffly maintained. LEEDS, TuEsDAY.—The market has been quiet to. day ; but, on Saturday last, a fair business was trans. acted. Large deliw.ries are still being made to order, and business is good in the warehouses. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOITTIIANFTON, WED;M:DAY.—Tbe ,royal -mail steam-ship Great Western his just arrived at this port with mails from the Gulf of Mexico, Havannah, and Bermuda. She brings specie, value 833,810 dolls., of which 50,760 dolls. are for the account of Mexican bond holders, also 203 scrota cochineal, and a general cargo. The Great Weitern h.s no mails from Jamaica, or the inward or leeward islands. These will be brought by the Tay, daily expected. Our Mexican accounts by this packet mention that Congress was at last assembled. and no doubt was entertained that strong measures would be taken for the financial relief of the country. The country' was tranquil, and the produce of the mines on the increase. Among the reforms contemplated were the raising of various prohibitions, and a further reduction of Custom-houFe duties, with the view of putting down the extensive contraband trade now carried on. General Arista, the present Minister of War, in all probability, will be elected to the presidency. The appointment of Mr. Falconet as their agent, by the English bondholders, had given general satisfac tion. He was expected to arrive by the next packet, and will be just in time to renew and terminate the negoliations respecting tire_ Mexican Foreign Debts, the Mexican Government being, as is said, well dis posed towards Mr. l?alconet. Mr. Bankhead, the English Minister, has been seriously indisposed, and intended leaving for Eng land shortly. Trade was very dull both at Vera Cruz and Tam pico, owing to the stock of goods being large and the smuggling of the Americans on the Rio Grande. The cholera prevailed, but not severely, at Vera Cruz : a few cases are reported at Tampico. At Jalapa the visitation of the disease was a very heavy one. The day before the packet sailed, Mr. Giffard, the British - Consul at Vera Cruz, was personally assaulted by a Spaniard. We have accounts from Havannah to the 2Gth ult. The prices for sugar were much higher, and the stocks were becoming much reduced. Although freights to England were extremely low, very little shipping was going forward. Consignments to the United States offered more advances, and there were more vessels available for that destination. Tobacco was still rising in price. Exchange on London 12i :to 13 premium ; Paris 2i to 2 discount. The island of Cuba experienced a severe gale on the night of the 21st of August, amounting almost Ito a hurricane. The injury- done in Havannah har bour was inconsiderable, but in the intericr a good deal of damage was done by the destruction of corn fields and plantain trees. The coffee plantations likewise suffered to a con siderable extent, and the sugar canes' were greatly ; • I uree.. The cholera had almost disappeared from Havannah and its environs, but still lingered in the country, and had broken out in an important inland district, pre viously unvisited. The result of the judicial examination of the officers and crews of the two captured vessels had not been made pubtie, but we understand that a decision bad been produced declaring the sailors to be inno cent, but condemning the mates of the two vessels to ten years' imprisonment, as having entered upon the voyage with a knowledge of its object. Her BiNesty's ship ladefatigable, Captain Smart, had left 1-10.vannah fur Jamaica. A Spanish line-of battle-ship, with two frigates and a brig, and several war-steamers, are lying in the harbour. The Matanzas market was about the same as that at Havannah in regard to prices, but the stock of sugar there was proportionably still smaller. The Legislature of Bermuda was prorogued by the Governor on the 26th ultimo. We have Nassau papers to the 24th August. Se veral vessels had suffered in the gale of the 12th and 13th of the month. Numerous disasters at sea were spoken of. Vid Bermuda there are dates from Demerara to the 17th ultimo. Meetings on the subject of constitutional reform continue to be held in that colony., FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday Mr. W. Baker, coroner, held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of George Jaggerd, aged 33, a bricklayer, living in Agar atreet, Globe-fields, who met wi h his death under the fol lowing circumstances :—ln April last the deceased and a man named Gaddy were at work on a scaffold springing an arch in brickwork under the platform of the Eastern Counties Railway terminus at Shoreditch, when a piece of timber forming one of the supports to the scaffold suddenly broke. The whole of the scaffolding fell, carrying deceased and Gaddy with it to the ground, about eighteen feet. Deceased received fracture of the right leg, and subsequently the limb was amputated, but henever recovered the shock, and died from exhaustion on Saturday last. Verdict, "Accidental death." TILE POOLE ELECTION.--POOLE, SEPT. 17.—Tbe writ for this election has only reached the Under-Sheriff by the day mail this afternoon. The election will not, there fore, come on this week, but will no doubt take place on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Gordon has announced a public meeting of the electors for this evening, at which he will avow his opinions on free trade, the admission of slave-grown produce, and the Colonial-office. On the first question he has done good service by a publication of some letters on the subject of free trade. It appears that Mr. Gordon has found his rents punctually paid, and that he has in consequence suspended the payment of all those due at Miehaelma4-day to New Year's-day, in order to give the advantage of in creased capital to his tenants as an encouragement to further Activity. A . BLIND FLORIST.—Mr. R. Welch, of Tutneg, who is totally blind, cultivates and rears, with his own hands, the varieties of flowers in their seasons, distinguishes the most beautiful from the interior, and points out their different qualities to astonished beholders. Ills pinks, tu lips, &c., aro the admiration of conuoisscurs. FriANCE. At a recent dinner of compositors M.. Pierre Leroux gave the following toast, which was drank with en thusiasm :—" To the brewers of London, not for having committed violecce, as the calumniator of the people say, but for having respected the line of a man who never respected the lives of his fellow-creatures, and for having contented themselves with marking him with infamy and manifesting spontaneously the horror and disgust with which his crimes had inspired them." We read as follows in a letter from Paris, published by the Independance of Brussels :—" At the death of Louis Philippe some of his former Ministers, amongst whom I may name MM. Guizot, D uchkel, and de Mon tebello, announced their intention of proceeding to England, to be present at the funeral. The rumour of this determination reached the Queen Marie Atnelie, and she immediately had a letter written to the ex- Ministers, requesting them to postpone their journey. ' The obsequies of the King,' said the letter, must be accomplished like his death, free from politics, and in the midst of the tears of his family? The ex- Ministers understood what the Queen desired ; they conformed to it, and it was only when the funeral was over that they proceeded to offer the Queen end the Orleans family the expression of their condolence. Thus it appears certain that, when certain journals speak of that august family being occupied with political combinations, they are much mistaken, for the truth is that they are altogether absorbed by their grief. Other journals revert to the question of the fusion, so often contradicted. What has tended to give strength to that rumour is - the movement which a certain personage has of late given himself—an-honourable man certainly, but who has had the misfortune of making himself remarked rather by his self 'importance than his merit. The following is the real state of the matter :—M. de Salvandy had quitted Wiesbaden, where he bad been very well received. He had gone to Baden, where he met M. Tillers. Ile was there some days, during which he had undertaken, Heaven knows with how little success, to convert to the Legitirnatist f a ith th e historian of the French revolution. Whilst he was there the news of the death of Louis Philippe arrived, and also an account of the mass which the Count de Chambord had ordered to be celebrated. M. de Salvandy immediately went back to Wiesbaden, and said to the Count de Cham bord, Prince, I come, in the name of France and in my own,. to thank Sou for the act of justice which you have just accomplished with respect to the King of the French.' The Count de Chambord received this solemn declaration with great kindness, but also with that re serve which he had given proof of in most of the recep tions at Wiesbaden. He mentioned that;when the dread ful accident put an end to the life of the Duke of Orleans, he had not hesitated to express his grief at that terrible event. 'He added that the death of Louis Philippe (it is reported that he said King Louii Philippe) was to him a cause of deep effliction. Here M. de Salvandy exclaimed, " Dees your Highness authorise me to carry these words of affec tion to the Queen of the French ?" The Count de Chambord replied that he had always considered that his relation, Marie-Amelie (it is reported that he said Queen Marie-Amelia), a holy woman amongst the holiest, had soared above human af fairs, and that in that view she had an undoubted right to the respect of the whole world, and that he should be happy to send her the assurance of his respectful sympathy. M. de Salvandy added, "Does your Highness charge me with any kind message for your cousins ?" The Prince appeared to reflect, and then, after a moment's silence, he. replied with a little embarrassment, that his cousins not having sent him any message, he had no thing on his side to send them, but that he was certain that none of them could doubt of the affectionate sentiments which he felt for all the mem bers of the Orleans family. M. de Salvandy set off for atend. There he embarked for Dover, where he met MM. Guizot, Duchatel, and de Montebello. He an nounced to them that he was going to Claremont, " the bearer of the happiness of France." At Claremont his reception was cold, or, to speak more correctly, reserved. It had not been forgotten that after a conversation with King Louis Philippe, M. de Salvandy, committing one of those gross blunders which are usual with him, had taken the familiar expression of personal senti ments for an cffieial communication. However, the step, authorised by the Count de Chambord, had a character cf noblpnets and elevation, to which the Orleans family 'could not remain insensible. The Queen did not conceal that she was deeply touched with it. The family decided that there should be sent to the Count de Chambord an-official notification of the King's death. M. de Salvandy received the mission of carry ing this notification to Froshdorf. Such are the facts—nothing more, and nothing less." DENMA RIB AND THE DUCHIES. A letter froln Hamburgh of the 14th, in the /ea perlance of Brussels, says :—" We have received in telligence from Itendsburg of the afternoon of the 131 h. • The Danish men. of- war returned to take up a position in the port of Eckernfeerde, in which a ter rible cannonade took place between the batteries, which the Holsteiners, after the taking of the town, had thrown up by the side of the ace. The latter, vigorously at tacked, were forced to abandon the town, which bad been set fire to in different points. The flames during the night were seen at a distance of several leagues. It results from the ensemble-of the operations, and from communications received, that the Holstein army, after the first success obtained on the 12:h, was forced on the 13th to beat in retreat ; that General de Willisen, little sure of being able to maintain communications between the different divisions, was ;obliged to abandon the design of advancing further into the country; and that, attacked on the right and left by the Danes, he Was constrained by them to abandon Schleswig a second time, resuming his old positions in advance of the fortress of- Itendsburg. We may with some severity demand an account from this general of the floods of blood anew and uselessly shed; what decisive success could he have hoped to obtain, by ordering the army to penetrate a second time into Schleswig, without being sure of being able to maintain himself there and of receiv ing material assistance on the part of the popula tion, who remained completely impassible? It is known that the Danish army in Schleswig is concen trated in strongly fortified positions; that at every step, so to speak, formidable entrenchments are raised, and that some of them, those of Danne wicke for example, are considered impregnable. The past and recent checks sustained by the Hol stein army may, in great part, be ascribed to the exaggerated sentiments of bravery which the chiefs exclusively ascribe to themselves, and to the contempt they atl'ect for the Danes their enemies." A telegra phic dizleiteh received in Brussels says—" The German Reform of Berlin announces from Hamburgh, of the 14th, that the head-quarters of the Schleswig• Holstein army bad been removed to Wittense, and that a new atteck on another point was expected. There was a talk of the loss of 250 men." ITALY. The Modena Messenger mentions, on the authority of its Itinnan cornspohdent, that Mr. Freeborn, the British Consular Agent, at Rome, would shortly cease his functions. . The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states that on the 7th the curate of Monte-acuto, Wear y Tortona (Piedmont), was arrested on the suit of the public prosecutor, for having of late omitted the usual oremus for the King in celebruting divine service, and for having publicly declared that he would not pray for an excommunicated King, Ministry, or Parliament. Letters from Cagliari of the Bth, in the Risorgi mento of Turin, mention a serious misunderstanding that has arisen between the authorities and the Arch bishop of Cagliari, and that it is likely to render a re conciliation with Rome more difficult than ever. It will be remembered that a few months ago the Pied montese Govesnment named a commission to inquire into the revenues of the dioceses and churches of the kingdom. The commission, in the fulfilment of its duty, addressed a circular to all the prelates of the island of Sardinia, inviting them to send in state ments of their revenues. All the bishops, except the Archbishop of Cagliari, Monsignor Marongiu-Nurra, obeyed ; the latter refused, on the ground that the King's Government had no right to inquire into such a matter, and that its pretension was anti-canonical. And, in support of this view, he published a monitory circular, dated Nov. 13, 1849, warning the public as to the excommu nications which would be incurred by any person aiding in compelling him (the Archbishop) to furnish the required information. As the Siccardi law did not then exist, the authorities could not prosecute the prelate; they limited themselves to ;obtaining the required information at the Archbishop's expense, who was obliged to pay a large sum to the persons employed for the pur pose. But as the pious institutions of La Con tisdoria had not yet been examined, the commis sion again addressed a letter to the Archbishop on the subject, desiring him to give she neces sary information ; and, on his refusal, the tribunal ordered the papers and books of La Coutadoria to be sealed—an operation which was to be effected on the sth inst. But on that day the judge entrusted with the business found at the door of La Coutadoria, which is situated within the precincts of the archiepiscopal pa lace, an excommunication against the authors and abet tors of the " usurpation," written in the Archbishop's own band, and ending thus :—" Given from our violated domicile, September 4, 1850. Emmanuel,. Archbishop." The judge immediately caused this document to be taken down and transmitted to the public prosecutor, who commenced legal proceedings against the prelate without delay. The matter rests here for the present. The Piedrnontese Gazette of the 13th inst. states that the King, having received from the Duke de Nemours a notification of the demise of the ex-KW King Louis Philippe, his grand uncle, had gone into mourn ing for 30 days. 31ORTALIT Y in the METROPOLIS; NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED TDE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 14, 1850.,133 Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 171: Tubercular Diseases ••• 9 5 Diseases cf the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ." Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs 0, 91 Respiration ... ••• Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other OMB° 6 0 of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• Melformations... •-• Premature Birth ... Atrophy Old Age Sudden ... ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified *" 9 0 • " :3-2 51 3 e.. 959 DEATHS PlIC:b1 ALL CAUSES ..• ••• pestD ° Population Deaths in corre i„ ttd - Enumerated, sponding week S 5 6t ,," 1841. of 1849. 133 West Districts... 301,189 . . 347 ••• 195 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 345 ••• Central Districts 374,199 ... 373 ••• 176 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 600 *" 245 south Districts.. 503,346 ... 1,200 ••• 92 9 46 3 466 ..... 1,948,369 Males ... ... Females ... 2 ; 565 7 25 654 Total *ln this number are includ e d 38 by by Typhus Fever, 78 by Diarrhoea, and 4 by Cllo'ol. BIRTIIS IN TIIE WEEK. Males Femalcs THE COUNTRY MARIiS' IPSWICH, SEPT. 17. k 05; The East Suffolk agricult ura l exhibition - o f s tocat the held to-day, which caused a large .attendane% fool market. We had a fair supply of wheat, W hic- natlei buyers at an advance of is t) 2s per qua rter. f tho was not so tree of sale, and a trifle in favour 0, buyer. Beans and peas dearer. SO S ?10 / 300 PER QUARTER. ogq to Wheat, red 44s to 46s Beans .......•••••• 293 „ ss to Du., new oos to oth Peas ............... a' , 0 003 Do., white Do., new oos to 00s Rye.. ....... • nos to v s . 46s to 5(14 Oats.. ............ 0 0 0 0 : 1 1 0 n 0 00: Barley, malting 21s to 28. Malt ........... .• u„ s to O v. Do., grinding oos to Ns Flour, per sack.. AVERAGES FOR TEE WEEK ENDING sEr T i l d . Wheat 1459 quarters at 425 i Oats 0, 315• . Beans 42 Pea5.... . HULL, SEPT. 17. --Th e le Messrs. Tess for and Bright's Circular etat,'3: you rab tictuance of dry cold weather is exceediogll the to the completion of harvest operations, and ``, l l " i3. D 3 93 ception of beans very little remains in the," fi we e's, t k l a trade has been firm for everything during lu e is P 3l ti on some descriptions of fresh wheat is adta ne our of We had a moderate supply of wheat fron d cos ta r farmers, at this day's mark e t ; th e c ondition 0 6 0 3 P e r of the new was good, and w e i g ht about 62 0 , , s per V bushel—the prices paid were from 433 to , 2 s ofl3- ci beieg an advance of about I s p er qr on the r opey , week; but farmers asked a •sood deal more T. r were very stiff holders. Ab e tt er inquiry s o il priti c c and is more money obtainable: the dews",,f br ie ' s ,i pally on strong rels. With a good arriv 3l `. s ort r : fly from Denmark, and since the official linrdesere all made up, the instket is well supported, 0 1 „ereeft as ti tions m e et ready sale at the full currencro" a " n oest , - e a Oats unaltered in value. Beans are in g ood r e ' , ijine sc i is dearer, as are also peas of all description:oo4:o supports our quotations ; cak es ar e in great for for l ' a ia fully 53 per ton dear e r-71 5 s has been P al e d is Og7), makes, with few sellers at th e price. Ba l33Be s ey i 5 dearer, and for cakes full 5s p e r ton more in 0, The following are the present prices of gra in ''' . s. .5 2 8. 8. S ol. 91 Wheat, English, red 41 to 441 Peas, white and sS -**** Do. white ...... Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Blac k Se 4 0 42 nigsberg 42 —47 Do. Petersburg b •s: 58 40 Pomeranian and Hamburgh . 4O Danish, Holstein, & Do. Riga& q isiodt °° 6 ° I ° 3 Friesland 36 40 Lins.c,Hull ••- .... 00 0 Russian and Odessa 35 42 Do. fine foreign • .... to . 1 001 44 Do. KonigsAberregiwg:' Ootti Oats, English Do. Danish.... ...... Do.Friesland l6 —1 9 1 R ape cakes . .00 3 16• 4 Do. Russ. & Odessa 16 18jTares, Barley, malting 24 26; Do. foreign .......... 6/ to ' . OsOl Do. grinding 2O 22'Guano .............. o i to , 10 3 Beans 26 —3O Bones, do ..•••• 903 . 51, A; Do. foreign ...... 26 Rye meal .......... e • xt * r ' s t4i to e u ts CORK, SEPT. 16.—Flour—First 123 6d to 131 ' ;, h isclo , 65 best' English ...... 20, i 0; seconds, Ils 6d to 1216 d; households 9s to 103 6t l ; " 5 0d; p e r pet per cwt. Oatmeal 105 to 1056 d; Indian meal 65 9d, t , e „ 6; 150 er ste meal, 10s to lOs 6J per cwt. Indian corn 611 00 ° A " ;;SsiL' l e_ J O ton. Bran 41 to 4123rd per ton. Hay—Farmers 1 0 2 c 0 ...- sn , 0 0 ; 28s; dealers 318 to 36s Od; average 33s per ten- ° t i to ul6yli 14s Od to 23s Od; average 18s; dealers 31 L 6d t°o to average 005 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten °T.„ t ter, suslo - loaf 5d to eid per 41b. Fresh v*csloi 9d per lb. Eggs-4s 10d to 5s Od per buil"' 0J; c ot* Newport 14r; Lydney 15s Od; Smiths 4 0 1 0 , per l ot 135 Od per ton. Tallow 388 Od to 44t to Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 6d per imperisV, veal , fo r I v ; —Beef 4d to 4 1 1 4 ; mutton 4id W v - „ 1 , 3 3 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7cl; oarZtsi to y freo e ," Hops 710 s to 010 s per cwt. Bangor slates 3i 5 -* / „01; r r tes ' c i ton. Bark—Barbary 71 53 to 815 s; Valonia P e p; r e 61; Spanish 91 to 101 per ton. Fleece Wool 15 8 136 rer Hemp 321 t 0341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herti n g, 3 o, w ', e ll o° ditto 158 to 20s per barrel ; Newfoundland 8/ ' 3/ 100 ; $ lO O l ton. Timber—Memel, 808 per ton; red P ine ,: 100. cs if 0 1 ‘, ditto, 21 Ms per ton; deals, 131 to 18 1 P e ' t • giat' Market 205 to 325; salted 218 to 52s P er lit s , tol l; 3d to 30 per lb. Potatoes, white 5d t0200,11°- Od to Od; Guano— Peruvian, 111; Ichahe e ' Tar—Archangel, 19a per barrel. - L - feren w o a e s 0 perfectly a ilar,----=--- i phe l l l o ,—fl e l The Bristol Mirror mentions an elec I, lg o a pone, night was seen on Thusday night, De ar visi ble ' h ° allc T i i h reum as a 'c lig e at once a ball of electric fire, apparentlY elec ts) . 0 tli as the n os ' 4O O descent,f-ll from being g h eoanvbe,ns visible lt o t c o cu t g e i ed e s e er e s m i l t s p e 3 c s w s v e a be i ' , two masses of clouds in the south-eastern boriie,' e terci s l s THE Q , T r; Georg e o ',OPPOSED MURDER AT ros--° . 6t. OP anddaasrk,brnigothat star beingi rgo 0. bt, fternoon Hospital on the body Of. George Lindon , sg ed - t ; ° lapp e t the a c Mr. Langham held an inquest e c t rt ydv e j f r ° was suposed to have died from violence. -`" a ltint -• ill.' ot hers of Grt o aa el the eviaence of Frederick Towmes and ceased had been many years a clerk in the f i r m ° f ill and Co., East India many agents, of Bishopsge"-„ o 'c oa in was a man of very regul y ar habits. About ee ve- tbe o ° l c l ' the evening of Wednesday last the deceased left 4, rill g e o his usual health, to return to his residence, beard- - rN o ' of c 4 e ,, V place, 01(1 Brompton. He was not agaiu 'r scil lii 6. until half-past one o'clock on Thursday 'n °l)l l '3l3 ' st o ' was discovered by Police-constable B!oonidelcl,' of c cie s O3 on his face in the carriage-road at the fo o b 05 ibilitY: c o0; bridge, Pimlico, in a state of c..mplete We e yle ir s 13 bleeding from a - wound over the right temPlero• a d, sviioclr veyed to the police-station in the Cottage: ~ ifb ° ,' eo l la was carefully examined by Inspector Ctlint ulni le 0 0 0 0 lug from the symptoms he exhibited tliti on re occ itr labouring under the effects of intoxication, b e .At s ix ° 0 O s 11l je to one of the cells and carefully watched. •ones -4 ' not - having shown any symptoms of eeos c . i no tituti ll :,, ifb ° placed in a cab and brought to the above ' oti rge°l,o o ; was immediately seen by Mr. Rance, the boos co 0 0 se i'e. pronounced him labouring under pressurabower,r,co of' Everything was done for the deceased; thebe' ruP,tu„riie rallied, and died on Friday night frora , I'' blood-vessel on the Until], the result ofd iseas d Cii re " Natural death from apoplexy." , o rail 3l3 '4)ill i co [ADYERTISEMENT ]—Another BO'S- t OO yd.' of a Wound in the Leg by Holloway's Oititeilost te-Qoyere Andrew Milton, a hostler, residing at Dustup , s i bodl , s i du e; ago bruised his shin, and, bein of a full habit: rt to s O l inflammation ensues], whichgdefied everY, l e looc i Ve t s° tot afterwards an obstinate wound formed, eb : l ea bee' butt , g various treatments it would not heal, and I"' ,7tated; 0 0 " e Liollow d a i st ecial,,7o . :, that his surgeon urged him to have it fLoW ‘,,, nlie di st b wishing to lose his limb bel,re giving trial, he commenced, and he has reason to be o ..., v fee" bli ,t A nd r ~ pti did' for by their use he has effected a 50004 ilovveY " _....0 1 Sold by all Druggists and at Professor s.° 4. - th° lishment, 244, Strand, London. ~ ]{,AIL ov er 0 1 LONDON AND have NORTII-IVESTIM, be ire sr t o e 3d directors and Government inspector 11 , 0 , 1 5h/r e m , a further portion of this company's Duck ing e d on „ete of railways to Islip, and it Ivill be ° P e b n e jog e °l3s ' instant. The electric telegraph is now /7 along it. All wiOfenofthje.BlßTH'S. On the 14th inst , at Shute -house, IT4.tiV inst.,es , .E a s t q . t , h G e r u e OF A SOIC iiiillt"' t peg I Deo'. 01 , Surr ey ' of the Rev. R. E. Coplesto i of ,P P t OF A DAIJOIITEF. isfie the fe On the 12th • t ins ~ at llollybank, llants, Grenadier a the vc, Robert Mundy. On the 151; inst., at Tem le-grove, Viet S he- ' w ife the of of the Rev. Dr. Ro den. p ;vg-tov, „oat Oa the 16th inst., at Victoria -road, gen e- f the v of T. B. lloskyns Abrahall, Esq., Registrar o Bankruptcy. ,Gi3uararitot al ,oe t 00 Northop, Flintshire, to Emily On the 12th inst , at Acton, Thomas Lewis, PV c i' vi iit, 11. of the late Edward Lewis :Esq, a Pl° bter °' ---------------"--------------C.At..4.raa.S.D . -, 0°5;00' 00 Canon E . , sq., of the Elms, Acton gelOseilt‘, . ChaPel, So ° On the 12th • inst., at the .Episcopal • , /too, Ole- ' Rev. James Park Whalley, rector of 111'1.gnes ~,,ar youngest son of Frederick Whalley, Esq" tO , ivre ti , v a a " youngest daughter of Wyrley Birch, .'' hall, Norfolk. Jane, eldest dnvg aqlsl2init:tt‘'hiShuttithe precinct of the the i i s n at b ie le i d h on, f4p l viTeo h soc:O O O ilvtdnnn n rioeatnts t tnh h hhd: eecEe, Printed w:lll isughir,nserienjt,...s:: 0 104 t°l l.ll d g Esgto.:.ag,ategadßetl, jecg.oilhu.Ett:h.:icakr-sp. Df Da il 0 , On the 15th inst , at, New Brentforcl, the Res'. , /100 0 H C hyadrel park, a ß r k. ageda n cl iv a On the 15th inst . , at Grove-house, Hackney', t 0 1044 • S. Womersley, C C ' sr6,t.,so,.fatu el:rucitutesy.,l2'irsinvege:. Ls tbb. 0.5 etp 0 inst. Tho n s B. Itigg, Esq., of 460;e1 e t r l e i e surgeon a ir a t t b eQt;toevuesiletvi eland, A. Di at tersg:ttrEiz,,asbexet.h, th: wife o{ No. 112, Strand, lip --161/14°10 da,ndprPinutb,,rlishi 18u' tho co ll o % ti ot Ididdietwx, Wedwoday, beptember 14 lwvl