The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

ALLEGED LUNATIC'S FRIEND SOCIETY. TO THE E'DITOR OF THE SUN. St. ,L+rnes's, Jersey, Oct. 120850. San —Having met on a casual visit to this island with the account of a trial in the Royal Court, I have sent you, the report, which I trust you will find to be sufficiently interesting to give it a more extensive circulation by transferring it to your columns as a case involving the liberty of the subject under a form of law superior to that of England, the result of which most happily was that the lady was set at liberty. I cannot help contrasting the laws and customs of Jersey (the good old Norman laws of our ancestors), where no person can be confined as a lunatic or he deprived, of the administration of his property, with out six of the principal people of the same parish, and competent to form a judgment, appearing in open court to testify as to their derangement and inca pacity ; thus the liberty of the person and his pro perty is guarded with the utmost care and precaution. I would contrast this with the practice in England, where the certificate of two doctors consigns a man or wornln to the most horrible of all confinements (probably for his life, if in the hands of interested parties), depriving him at the same time of all civil rights, the certificate often concocted and signed in secret, rendering the boasted liberty of the subject a delusion and a snare. The result or consequence of this open court prac tice in similar cases is, that with a population of more than 40,000, which this island contains, there are not forty persons in confinement on the ground of lunacy, not one in a thousand ; while in England, according to the report of the Commissioners in Lunacy, there is more than one person in every two hundred confined in public or private lunatic asylums. I trust that another session of Parliament will not be allowed to pass over without the laws of lunacy (both as they affect the liberty of the subject and his property) being placed on a more sure, rational, and improved foundation ; so that for the future so many persons will not have to complain of the misery and ruin that has arisen from the present system, and to . this very important object I very respectfully solicit your aid.—l remain your very obedient servant, WM. BAILEY, Secretary to the Alleged Lunatic's Friend Siciety, No. 44, Craven-street, Strand, London. (Extract from the British Press of Jersey.) ROYAL COURT, Ocr. 2. (Before Sir Tnomaa Le Breton, Knight, Bailiff, and Judges Ph. Le Mlistre and E. L. Bisson.) _ _ Six Principaux of the parish of St. Helier, con voked at the instance of the Attorney General, con. formahly to the demand he made to the Court, pre sented themselves at the bar to give evidence before justice as to the conduct and state of mind of Miss Blizi Harriet Patrick, who had been shut up in the General Hospital. • Mr. Advocate Godiray opposed the interrogation of the Principaur, as his client did not reside in the pariah of St. Helier, but in that of St. Lawrence, the constable of which alone had a right to lay the infer • 'nation. He aslcd also by virtue of what authoriry this person had been placed in the cells among females of deranged minds ; and as she had been left for several days among lunatics, and losing her usual rest, was it to he wondered at, if she appeired somewhat stupe. fied to those persons who had been to interrogate her at the hospital? It must also be noticed that of the six Principiux summoned„ more than half were scri- vi i)c rs. The Attorney-General replied that when this woman was placed in the hospital she resided in the parish of St. Helier, and it was on the complaint of Captain Reck, at whose house she lived, that the con stable of St. Helier had her taken to the hospital. If she had been placed in the lunatic cells he could not tell who hail given the order. This woman was of a very violent dispiition, and Captain Rock had been compelled to have recourse to these measures, as she had riot only threatened to put an end to her own life, but also to that of his children.. Mr. Advocate Godfray replied, that all the persons in the hospital were :surprised to see this woman among the lunaticsi, and they all agreed in saying that she Was perfectly quiet, and of a very mild disposition. Trcie Court, in adopting the principles advanced by Mr. Advocate Godfray, was of opinion, that they had no rig►ht to alter the practice, and that the informa tion should have been given by the constable of St. Lawrence. The Court was furtiPr of opinion, that a great illegality had been committed in placing Miss Patrick in one of the lunatic cells without any autho rity, and ordered the said lady to be set at liberty. PUBLIC DINNER at DEVONPORT. Pi.vatotrre, OCT. 19.- - I_,,st evening about 150 of the electors of Devonport and tzltonehouse entertained their repreientelves, the Right lion. Henry• Tufnell and Sir John itotuiliy, at dinner at M orshead's Royal Hotel, 71...voriport. Mr. Trips occupied the and wcs supported by Mr. John Williams and Mr. Moses ,L•trrey. The vice-chairmen were 'Jr. Eve:lg and Mr. Oran), of Mvonport; and Messrs. PoiLird and Pa“ie, of S':ocehouse. Tie ball-room Wai decorated with fl igs, and each toast w.aa grected by vocal and instrumental music. After due honour had been ioyaily dime to the MIMe of her 1,1 , je:,ty,- th,, Royal Family, and the Navy and Army, 36(;., Toe C11A1211.4.11 proposed the health of. the guests, which were received with considerable enthusiasm. No dou.b.-, their members did all they could for the‘in terests of the boroulz'n, but their el:Au - is-for public re spect stood on much higher grounds, as they were constantly endc,vouring in the -House to advance the social, moral, and intellectual condition of the nation, or rather of the whole world, and the truth of this encctnium could be best proved by a candid review of their Parlisonentary conduct. Mr.Tufnell had first ap peared before Oe'constituelicy about eleven years since, w he t ' after a contest, the canvas for which had lasted three months; and every means, fair and unfair, bad been exercised by their opponents, he was returned by a very large majority. Two contests had subse quently occurred, and each time the majority had in creased. Sir John Romilly commanded also a majo rity of 200 ; ne - had been twice opposed, and twice elected. From all ap7 - earances there was not the slightest chance hereafter for any opponent against . either of them. Mr. TUFFNELL, as the elder representative, took pri airy in returning thanks. He held the same opinions now as when in 1839 he first appeared, com paratively a stranger, before them. Those were no eequsintances he sew around him, but the same whom Admiral Codrington, had before he knew them depicted as possessing sterling merit and unclevieting principle. He (ear. Tuinell) had made at Devonport a thousand friends, and he hoped not one enemy ; he had always been careful not to say one word to dernage an opponent. Great changes had oc curred since he first hr.d the honour to express to them his adherence to the principles of free trade ; those principles were now in the ascendant, and it was appa rent even to our enemies that the prosperity of the coun try Was increased and increasing under them; neverthe less there was a strong and powerful party who would, either by crooked or other means, attempt to subvert the principles of free trade. To that party the in crease of our exports was very provoking, so was the decrease of the number of able-bodied paupers, and the augmentation of the public revenue. All this struck di,rnay amongst them, and they pretended to desire to make an appeal to the people, nod yet when the constituency in Ireland amounted only to 2 per cent. of the population they opposed an enlargement. In England the constituency were only 8 per cent., and he hoped to see it increased. It would be as impos e sible to turn the sun from his course as to alter the system of free trade. It had been alleged that last session was bsrren of any useful measures. A free constitution had been given to the colonies, and an enlarged franchise to Ireland ; those were two good measures at least; and it was hoped that the future would progress in furtherance of reform. Ile trusted that the Ministry, of which be was not now a mem ber, would look well to economy, not to dock off the pay of the really working man, but to abolish every unnecessary office. Those taxes which pressed heavily on the industrious should be removed. Al though a r'eformer he was for gradual, not rash measures. The great Jefferson had justly said that , liberty was a plant which ought to take root gra dual ly ; if snete.hed at suddenly a degeneracy into tyreney of the worst kind would follow. Of this sentiment he (Mr. Tufaell) had had ample proof during a recent visit to the Continent, where, in some of the petty states over which the tide of revolution had passed, acts of the most tyrannical character had follow?d ; even in France measures were now being taken against the fre e d om o f the press. It'was - by the spread of education th a t t h ese ev i ls were to be avoided; and he was happy to congratulate the inha bitants of Devonport and Stonehouse on their pro gress in that direction. Their mechanics' iustitute :' and pre , ,:ent lisp ley of art and manufacture at th e i r exo-eitien of arts were highly creditable: Th e y s h ou ld rein r her that - ihe principles of civil and commercial polity must either progress or retrograde; it would -- not do to lay down their arms ; there were active par-. ties now at work in favour of protection and reaction. He hoped to be always found on the side of progress ; the highest honour to which he aspired was that of being the .faithful representative of the borough of Devonport. Sir J. Itommnr, in cordially thanking them, could not look beck to so long a period of service as his honourable colleague. During his connexion of three years he had had, however, many opportunities of re alizing the truth of the statement which had been i made previous to his first visit—viz , that he should find the confidence of the constituency not easily ob tained, but when once pc;'essed a firm friendship would follow. Like Mr. Tuffnel, he had not con fined his attention solely t o the welfare ' of e d bo - , rough, hut h a d taken higher grou n d s the s‘elfa7e of th e " emp i re at large.' I' andVi looked the this view his especial care had naturally been directed to that department with which he was best acquaint d—he meant the law. He had endeavoured to give every men a full and entire control over his own property, ithoee any unnecessary legal restrictions ; and this endeavour he hoped was a means of advancing the general prosperity of thy, nation. A sincere friendship existed between himself and his honour able colleague, who, from circumstances, had greater opportunities of effectually attending to those things which were more essential to the borough itself. He hoped the alterations lately made in the law would not be found entirely useless; and that by the countenance of her Majesty to the present Ministry he should, as one of them, be hereafter enabled to prosecute further beneficial measures of the same class. Those healthful measures propounded and enacted by Parliament were of little service unless secured by a proper system of law. In calculating the good or bad effects of any great public measure, it was no use to look to the result of one year or two to estimate its utility on a lengthened period of time. He was old enough to recollect the feelings of dejection which existed in England at the close of the war; if it were possible for the spirits of that time to arise from their graves, how pleasantly altered would they find the state of the country when coin , pared with the picture of their forebodings. A fo reigner (M. Lamartine), who visited this country in 1822, described the squalid and miserable condition of the people then, and the vile spirit of acrimony . wirch prevailed at all public meetings ; he possessed a small property here, and sold it, apprehensive of the consequences. That traveller had visited us again recently, and given a very different description of the country ; instead of squalid wretchedness, the workmen and their children were well clad, and the spirit of acrimony had vanished. The account might be highly coloured, but it was in a great measure true. Those gigantic fortunes which were made in former times were not so easily realised now; the middle classes were, however, more prosperous. Of all modern changes, none was more important or striking than that in the character of the Members of the House of Commons. It was a complaint that eloquence has disappeared, that there were not now those displays of fervid oratory which formerly existed. True, the House had become deliberate and business like. Young Members go in knowing comparatively nothing, and they are shortly possessed of true know ledge ; formerly all attention was given to elcquence, and none to business. Now Members, whether in office or in opposition, devoted themselves most sedu lously to the improvement of those Acts of Parlia ment which were introduced, whether favourable or not to their enactments, and useful suggestions met attention coming from what quarter they might. He looked forward under Providence to that day when h; like his Hon. Colleague,and in his company, could look back to a connexion of eleven years with the bo rough of DeVonport. lie hoped his Parliamentary conduct would meet the approval of his countrymen, and especially of his constituents. Due honour having been done to her Majesty's Mi nisters, the Mayor and Corporation of Devonport, the chairman, &c., the company separated, after an enter tainment which lasted five hours. GOVERNMENT SCHOOL ofDESIGN A lecture on characteristics of style in relation to ornamental art was delivered on Friday night by Mr. R. N. Wornurn, before a very numerous auditory, consisting chiefly of the pupils of the school. The styles selected for illustration were the first modern styles, the Renaissance, the Cinquegento, and th e Louis Quatorze. Of the Renaissance there were four different varieties, and of the Louis Quatorze two, making in all seven. All of these were individual enough, except the Renaissance, which was somewhat of a chaos, as it was a combination of many. The Renaissance might be termed in general the revival of art, and especially of a peculiar style of art, namely, that which was connected with revival of the ancient style of ornament. Both the ancient and the modern styles might be said to have commenced in symbolism and ended in sensualism. The whole of the period he was now about to address himself to spread over about 500 years. The modern school was first deve loped in Italy. A new style of foliage and tracery, owing to the exaggeration of the Saracenic style, was the first characteristic, and it was kn o w n as th e Tri gento. Having pointed out several illustrations of the style, the lecturer observed that the activity and deve lopment of the new style was owing to the Latin Con gress at Verona,whileVenice,which was rich in Byzan tine models, took the lead in the revival of classic art. By its introduction the prestige of a thousand years was broken up, and the Quartogento, the first great variety of the 11.maissance, was established. The first of the modern styles was a transition style from those preceding it, and embodied an intricate display of delicate tracery and scroll-work, being a slieu modification of the Byzantine and Saracenic. The cathedral of Florence exhibited fine specimens of this species of decoration. The Quartogento was a more positive and distinct style, which was well developed in the ornamentation of the brazen gates of the Bele tistry of San Giovanni. Specimens of these were ex. hibited &playing exact models of fruit, flowers, and ibliago, observing an ornamental arrangement of de tail. In that period was also found the first appear ence et he scroll shield work. The bast example was one cowaining the lion of St. Mark, on the watergate of the 1) seal Palace at Venice, while the tracery stilt exhibited strong mark; of its Saracenic character That. kind of decoration appeared to have had some connexion with heraldry. Another feature of the Quartogento was the introduction of the grotesqu, arabesque decoration, in which figures of men, ani male, were introduced into the arabesques. Ie feet, the style was a very complicated one, although it was not confused. Although from this styli all religious symbolism was excluded, the reli gious sentiment was not absent; but it was trans • terred from a secondary to a primary object in the &sign, and the decorations were made auxiliary to some religious design which occupied the prominere place. Not so the Cinquegento style, in which orna mentation was the chief objeat. It was tong in much favour with the jewellers, at it embraced a great vs ricty of decoration, and was rendered still more at tractive by the labours and ingenuity of ilobbime and Benvenuto Celliva. It was so great a favourite with the French that it was sometimes called the French style ; so that the French and the Renais sance became convertible terms. The whole history of art did not afford a parallel to the mixture of ele ments in the Cinquegento style, which included ara besque?, animals, scroll shield work, natural imita tations, antique forms, ornaments, &c. The best samples of the style were to be seen at Fontainblean and at Rouen. In the manufacture called Henry the S!cond ware specimens of the Saracenic element were mixed up with these combinations. Our own Eliza bethan wm, properly speaking, an elaboration of the same style, with the exception of there being a strik ing preponderance of strap and shield work. That style was not fully developed until the time of James the First—the tracery and strap work without the shield being indicative of the time of Elizabeth, while the predominance of the shield-work denoted the time of James the First. Crewe Hall and Yarmouth House were referred to as displaying the peculiar characteristics of the Elizabethan style, and Canonbury House those of Jamcs the First. Such were the four branches of the revival or renais sance, and designs containing all the elements her indicatA were properly celled the Renaissance; sometimes they were called French, and Henry IV. In all these varieties the elements of the Byzantine and Saracenic character and origin were distinctly preserved. The Renaissance might he said to be an approximation or combination of previous styles rather than any peculiar style. Proceeding to the Cinque. gento, which was the most perfect of all the modern styles, and which, under the development of Raffael and Julio Romano, formed the most splendid exam ples of Roman art, he observed that it was said to have originated in the excavation of specimens of ancient art, and that the principal monuments of that style might be found in the Vatican Loggi, the Villa Madonna, and the ducal palace at Mantua. The ara besques of Reffael were said to have been suggested by the ornaments of the baths of Titus, and these gave a striking impulse to this style. Some of the designs of the Vatican were purely ludicrous, while others might be termed merely fanciful. The designer, like the poet, had his licence as to possibilities, but mechanical impossibilities, and a vio lation of the laws of gravitation, were painful as well as ludicrous, and could not be brought within the range of good taste. For instance, the gro tesque arabesques of Michael Angelo might be gro tesque without being ludicrous and ridiculous. Spe cimers of these as well as of ornament, by Albert Direr, were referred to in illustration of this. But where an attempt was made to combine impossibili ties, such as placing animals on the slight stems of I foliage or flowers, then the ornament became ridicu- Inns, while it was easily seen that the gradual dimi- Tition of the bulk of the stem, as the burden dimi ni.:bed,was orte.of,the greatest beauties of foliage, and that-rafr.,he be obseeved in all the best 'examples of the style. If tbat due, proportion was net observed, then the design became rather painful and objectionable. , In a continuous scroll that diminution of hulk was i not necessary, as it was merely a repetition of the same ornament. The arabesque was the most promi- neat feature of'the Cinquegento, and it included every element of claAsical' form in its greatest propor tion, combined will conventional forms of animals, fruit, flowers, &c., and an elaboration of the pure acanthus scroll. Another chief feature was the ad mirable play of colour in its ershesques and scrolls; indeed, the excellence' of the' best specimens of the Cinquegento style was much indebted to co lour, and it might on the whole be considered the cul minating point in ornamental art, presenting the • mast Perfect forms and the most elaborate ma- Meat. It applied wholly to the sense of beauty, in its most attentive feature, without leading the mind to ultsrinr nnd., as in the Byzantine end cynahnlic THE SUN, LONDON, styles. For a century afterwards there was little progress made in ornamental art. In the lith cen tury a new style bsgan to develop itself, differing in many particulars from its predecessors, which was called the Lcuis Quatorze. The Jesus College, at Rome, was a type or model of that style which origi • nated in Italy. A cup in possession of her Majesty drawing of which was exhibted) was a combination of all these styles. The great feature of the Louis Quatorze style was the absence of colour, the elabo ration of gilt stucco work, and the infinite play of light and shade. After this followed the Rococo, which was a debasement of the Louis Quatorz-, and evinced a total absence of symmetry. Versailles was the great repository of the Louis Quatorze style, the principal ornament of which was the flower scroll or shell foliated. The Louis Quinze could scarce be called a distinct style—the coquillage or shell work figured greatly in the Louis Quinze, although it was not to be found in the Louis Quatorze. The Rococo style was the perfection of the bizarre in ornament. Perhaps its greatest feature was the rejection of symmetry in its details, and also in its most central and prominent parts. There was not a single flat surface—the play of light and shade was studied, all the ornaments being convex or concave. That was a striking contrast to the Eliza bethan style, where the ornaments were flat. How ever Watteau reduced the elements of the Quatorza style to a flit surface and applied it to manufactures by the introduction of colour. The Quatorz, the Quinze, and the debased Rococo styles, were the last development of classic ornament. These were the great leading developments of ancient mediaeval and modern art. The lecturer having again enumerated the leading characteristics of the several styles, ob served that the 19th century was full of promise for the advancement of art, and pointed out specimens of recent works in Munich, by Gattner and Klenzi, in illustration of this revival of art. The specimens were of the Byzantine character He also pointed out the beautiful designs produced on a French ribbon by the simple combination of the introduction of a leaf on a geometrical basis, and concluded amidst much applause. It was difficult at times for us or for the audience to follow him, as the lecture was read with somewhat more rapidity than consorted with the interesting, but somewhat complicated and elaborate details to which reference was made. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Mr. George Barker still continues his lectures on English ballad music with unabated success every evening at this temple of science and art. In the course of his lecture Mr. B arker remarks that the cultivation of the voice has been allowed by some of the most eminent medical professors to be one of the most healthful . exercises that could be taken ; indeed, the exercise of the voice to the lungs was what walking was to the body ; it strength ened the respiratory organs in a manner most effectual. He then proceeded to describe the various national styles of music, such as the gushing melody of Italy, the grand and massive compositions of Germany, the light and laughter stirring style of France, the romantic and imagina tive style of Spain, while the hold, striking, and im pressive ballads of England, Scotland, and Ireland, told of the free and generous nature of her people. In conclusion, the lecturer illustrated his discourse by singing many beautiful and appropriate ballads, and among them we noticed the following : " Llewellyn 's Bride," " Friends of my Youth," The Rose of Cashmere," " Wreck of the Emi grant Ship," &c. GERMAN Y. The Paris Journal des Dhbats states, as a commu nication from London, that " the quarrel between Austria and Prussia continues, and becomes more 'iniwated. The two Cabinets still carry on the war fare of notes, declarations, and proteStation% It is difficult to obtain the communication of these diplo matic com:nunications, which are remarkable for acri inuny of tone and style. They are kept in the most profound mystery. I have been enabled, however, to obtain the reading of a dispatch of Prince Schwan zenberg to the Baron de Prokeech, dated the 24th of September, and to make a few but very brief extracts from it. They are sufficient, however, to show that Prussia, anticipating the approaching ratification of Austria to the treaty of the 2fl of July, wished to listort the clauses, and withdraw from its execution, ind that Austria maintains the true sense of the treaty against Prussia herself, who prepared, dis cussed, and concluded it. The following are ex tracts The Prussian Government declares that, having fulfilled its part of the work of peace, it cannot intervene for the cessation of hostilities in the affairs of Schleswig-Holstein, except in the name of the Confede ration, and in virtue of a new mission. It maintains that it has assumed no engagement of intervention to that effect, peace having been simply accepted on one side as on the other, with the object of leaving. such a resource to events, and of abandoning the defi nitive arrangements between the Duchies and their Sovereign to the two parries interested, in admitting even the eventuality of a solution by the chances of war.' No one can be mistaken as to the profound sig nification and object of this opinion, announced in so positive a manner by the Cabinet of Berlin, namely, , e,at peace had been simply accepted on one side . as on he other, with the object of leaving a free course to -vents, and of abandoning the definitive arrangements of the question between the Duchies and their So vereign to the two parties interested, by admitting, even expressly, the eventuality .of a solution to the chances of war. We cannot, under any con dition, admit an explanation of such a nature. It is in manifest contradiction with the principle that peace is not concluded to afford an opportunity if recommencing the war,—a principle which, how ever, it is necessary to maintain, more particularly in the present case, seeing that Holstein is a federal German state, which on that very account is bound by the treaty of peace which Prussia has concluded in the name'of the entire Germanic Confederation. This Confederation is also in contradiction with the iuty of self-preservation, a duty which the Confede ration cannot reject. It is also in contradiction with the duties that the Confederation is bound to fulfil towards its members, fir, if on one part the Confederation cannot abandon its own rights and those of the different federal states to the eventualities . of war, on the other, it ought not to confine to' its subjects a sort of full power which would unauthorise them to maintain, by arms, against their legitimate Sovereign, pretensions, imsginary according to some, and founded in right according to others." SIIOCKINr, MURDER OF AN OLD WOMAN NEAR HAV ERFORDWEST. South Wales has been the scene of another shock ing murder, the circumstances connected with which are involved in much mystery, the perpetrator of the offnee having up to this time managed to successfully elude the vigilance of the police and magistracy. The deceased person was an aged woman named Elizabeth Bernard, and she was found lying in a ditch under a wall nearly opposite the Wesleyan chapel. When found she was in a very prostrate state, and her per son bore marks of considerable violence. She was removed to a neighbouring tavern, where it soon be came evident that she had received severe injury of the spine and other parts of her person, and notwith standing she received the best attentions of Mr. Brown, a surgeon of the town, she continued to grow worse, and died. Information of the occurrence being communicated to the coroner, that functionary issued his warrant for the holding of an inquest, and Mr. 'l'. Lloyd, the acting superintendent of the Fisguard dis trict police, apprehended a woman named Jane Evans, upon suspicion of having been concerned in the old woman's death, but, although she made use of one or two expressions while in custody which made it highly probable that if not actually taking part in it, she was not ignorant of the mode in which the homi cide was perpetrated, sufficient could not be elicited to fix any charge upon her. A great deal of evidence was taken before the coroner's jury, but it was of a very contradictory and unsatisfactory kind, and cal culated to parplex rather than assist the jury i❑ their efforts to discover upon whom the crime might be charged. From the results of a post mortem exami nation of the body made by Mr. Brown and Mr. Mil lard,surgeons, it was found that the death had been caused by violence inflicted with some blunt instru• men•, but the mode in which that violence and injury were inflicted could not be discovered, and the jury were driven to the alternative of returning an open verdict, " That the deceased Elizabeth Barnard died from the effects of violence, inflicted on her by some person or persons unknown." It now remains for the police and magistracy to endeavour to use their efforts fur the discovery and apprehension of the per petrator or perpetrators of the dreadful and cowardly murder. DEEP SEA FISHING.—Our readers will be delighted to learn that the project of a deep sea fishery, in connexion with this port, so long spoken of, is at length, after encoun tering some preliminary difficulties, about to be carried out with stictes.i. ThB Rob Roy has been three times out during the week, and with die trawl net . , has caught a large quan tity of excellent flat aud' other Lit ;'some of them of kinds that have seldom been seen here before. Yesterday she brought in upwards of three cart loads; all of which were sold off immediately on being landed. Two companies started, but now they are amalgamated, and as they have abundance of capital and enterprise, we may anticipate that henceforth this much-neglected branch of business will be prosecuted with vigour, greatly to .the advantage of the community at large and the profit of the parties engaged in the venture.—Aberdee n herald. BURGLARIES. --The attention of housekeepers has been called by the Commissionersof the lietropo'itan Police to the following simplified means by which burglaries are usually committed:-First, by persons entering with false or skeleton keys, while the family is absent on Sunday. Second, by passing through" an empty house in the neigh bourhood, and entering front the roof, through the attic window. Third, by means of shutters insecurely fastened which can. be unfastened by persons from the outside, by hand. The utmost vigilance of the police (stat e th e Com missioners) could not be so effectual in preventing burglaries as a very little care on the part of the housekeepers them- TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1850. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. John Stevenson, alias Wilkinson, alias Johnson, alias Williams, aliai Price, alias Bacon, alias 'Willis, alias Ferrars, alias Wilson, was placed at the bar before Alderman Challis for final examination relative to a charge of obtaining various sums of money from a great number of respectable London firms by means of fraudulent representations. The previous depositions having been read over, Daniel May, the detective officer attached to the Fleet-street station, who had undertaken the * task of collecting all the necessary evidence to substantiate the various charges against the prisoner, stated to the Alderman that two gentlemen, of the namesiof Lucas and Burroughs, were in court for the purpose of pre ferring charges of a similar nature to those already brought against the prisoner at the bar. Alderman CHALLIS said, he did not think it was ne cessary to take the evidence in any other case where the circumstances were precisely the same. It would only be occupying the time of the Court to no pur pose, as there was already more than sufficient to send the prisoner to the Old Bailey. The worthy Alder man further added, that he thought if the case were made public gentlemen would smile when they read the names of the respectable firms that had been duped by the prisoner's schemes. He was surprised that no one had questioned the ability of the prisoner to produce oil, turpentine, or naptha at such extraor dinary low prices as 2d., 31., and 4d. per gallon. He thought that it might eventually prove a piece of wholesome experience to all who had suffered on the prisoner's account. Mr. Rose, one of the gentlemen who had been in duced to advance about 201. to the prisoner on his bare assertion that he could make naptha at 2d. per gallon from sawdust, said that there was certainly some excuse for himself and other gentlemen, when the prisoner's exterior and mode of address were taken into consideration. There was no doubt that the prisoner was a very clever fellow in the line of life he had chosen to adopt. He however hoped that others might be bens fitted by his experience. On being asked what he had to say in his defence, The prisoner replied that he could only reiterate what he had before stated. He had always obtained his living honestly and industriously as long as he could obtain a situation. Alderman CHALLIS—AIIow me to caution you. You are not obliged to make any statement, but whatever you say is being taken down in writing. Prisoner—lt lam implicating myself in the state ment I have made I shall say no more. Alderman CHALLIS—What you have said is tanta mount to acknowledging that when you have been unable to live honestly you have resorted to dishonest means. Prisoner—Then I shall reserve my defence. Alderman CuALLis—Then you stand committed to take your trial at the Old Bailey Sessions. They are now on, and you will therefore not have to be detained very long. The prisoner was then removed from the bar, and conveyed to Newgate to await his trial being called on. STEAM-BOAT COLLISION. A collision took place yesterday in the river, oppo site the Fishery, wh;re the chn,nned is particularly narrow, between the Pelican awl jax steamers, the former going out for Lin icn, and the latter coming in from Liverpool. For a considerable time before any accident could be anticipated, the Ajax had stopped her engines, and the Pelican, having also shut off her steam, came drifting slowly on, but from the fact probably of its not being understood sufficiently soon at which side she was to pass, too near to avoid a collision. She ran into the Ajax at the fore gang way, cutting down the bulwark to the deck, and sink.. ing her considerably, while she rose h e rself in an imposing manner. From whatever cause, neither vessel appeared to reverse her engines until after they came into contact. The Pelican sustained no da mage of any moment, having merely her how ropes cut, part of the bird at her head broken, and a slight perforation made in the woodwork under the bow sprit. Having picked up her beak out of the water, she proceeded on her voyage. It a striking proof of the strength of this vessel, that though she actu ally rode up on the other, her cut-water was not in jured in the slightest degree. The breach of the Ajax, being confined entirely to the 'part above the deck, is not so serious as to interfere with her sailing on her appointed day. It must be mentioned to the credit of both captains, that when a collision became inevitable, they were heard on shore warning the passengers to keep off from the part where the vessels touched. Owing to this commendable precaution, no person re ceived a hurt of any kind, as it is highly probable would otherwise be the case, from the crowds nn board each. Both vessels belong to the same company, are exactly of the same size and model, except in the mode of propulsion, and are perhaps the largest and finest channel steamers afloat. It ought to be stated that the Ajax in coming up was crossed by a smack, which may have occasioned some deviation in her course.— Cork Examiner, FOREIGN FUNDS. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, OCT. 19. Active Debt,2% per Cent •••••• • • • • • 5G 1-16 56 , 1( Ditto, 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • 67% 67 15-16 Ditto, 4 Pereenl.•• •• •••••••• • • " Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent •••••• • • •• _ Last India Loan, 4 per Cent •••••• •• •• Frankfurt, 3 per Cents. • • ••••••• •- • • Russian 5 per cents., Hope & Co. •• .. 104 N . _ Ditto, ditto, Steiglitz •• •• •• •• •• •• Spanish New 5 per Cents.;• • • • • • •• •• •• Ditto, 3 per Cents. .. •• • • • • •• • • • • •• Austrian 3 per Cents., Meta Hies...... Ditto '4', per Cent. ••••••• • •• • • •• Commercial Company, 4 1 /, per Cent •• 16i% 169 HAMBURGH FUNDS, OCT. 18. Bills. Money. Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent... •• 105 - Ditto, 3% per Cent. ••• • • • ••• • • • Bank 5hare5......................... ••••'•• • • • • • " ••••••• Prussian 5 per Cent. ••• • • • • ••• • • • 106 Anglo-Russian Loan •••• • • • •• • •• -- 106 Hamburgh Certificates, 5 per Cent.• •• • 96 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. • • •... 96 Ditto Stleglitz, 4 per Cent. ••••• • • • • 83 Hamburgh, 3% per Ccut. •••••• • • • • • • 8438 80% Lubeck Loan (!8:10) ••••• • • • • • • • • 98 97yG Belgian Loan, 2% per Cent Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 74;i 74 Ditto, in 1001. Shares;• ••••••• • • • • • • 74% 741, Ditto,s per cent. •.•• • • • • " —• • 97 96N, An glo - Swedish Loan •• •• ••" •• Ditto, Transport Loan ............ Ditto, Ilyp., 4 per Cents ••••.• • • • • 96 3 i Norwegian 4 per Cents. ••••• • • • • •• • • )00 Spanish New 5 pdr Cent •••••••• • • • • • • 10 % Ditto, 3 per Cents. .. •• •• •••• •• •• 32 81 Anglo-Portugueac Loan, 234 per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 258 per Cent. • Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• • • • • • • • • National Bank Shares .............. - American, 6 per Cen a t A . Damb. Bed rg. •••••• • • • • • • "••• • • • 92 r • e • w • • • • ;s • • • •• •• • • 10656 1! Ditto, Priority Shares •• ••••• •• •• • 105 Berlin and Hamburg •• •• •• • • ''" '• •• 90 893( Ditto, Priority Shares .. ........• 101 100 , 4 Ditto, second emission •• •• •• ••• • • • -- Alagdeberg•Wittenburg 51 i. Ditto, 5 per Cent 5....... .• .. •• •• .. 90 Cologne and Minden .• ....•• ••••• •• 971‘ Ditto, Priority Shares .. •• •• •• •• •• 101 Ditto, 5 per Cents... •• •• •• •• .. • • •• 103 Frederick -William, Northern; ........ 38 1 ,,j 31ecklenberg .. •• .. •••• •• .... •• .. .. 31% Ditto, Prierity Shares, 4 j per Cent. 101 101 Altona and Kiel .............8734 Gluelistadt .......• .. •• .. •• Rendsbnri........ •• •• •• • .... "• •• •• Exchange on London, 13 7 ; three months, 13 5%. SHIP NEWS. QUARANTINE NOTICES. Leghorn, Oct. 12. The quarantine on all arrivals from Ystad up to Got tenburv,, from liimburgh and all the other ports at the mouth of the Elly!, Lubeck, Travemunde, Rostock, and Wismar, has been fixed at six days. Owing to the appearance of cholera at Ithaca, the Board of Health has decided to subject all vessels from that island to the quarantine enforced on arrivals from Cephalonia, viz., 12 days. THISTED, OCT. 12.—A. Ischvinter with foremast cut away was stranded on Ronne, Oct. 9. The Norwegian brig Julie, from Christiana for Franc-, was stranded in the Vest.tr Agget, Oct. 9; crew saved. A Swedish vessel, laden with pitch and tar, is ref orted to be stranded on Ilarboore. RIGA, OCT. 14.—The Sarah Barry, loading masts End timber, drove on shore nr. , ar the lighthouse at 13,Id:ra, sod it is feared will become a wreck. 11.ionuNG, CCT. 12.—The Myrtle, of Inverkeithing, from Fraserburgh for Bremen, came on shore on the Skulling, Oct. 10, a di relict. Lattevrc, OcT. 10.—The Princess, bound for St. Pctersburgh, coal laden, was stranded yesterday during a heavy gale from N.N.W., on Fafearing, near this place, and went to pieces ; craw stiv(d. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTEL WALES, JULY 31.—The brig Lady Ilowden has bee n wrecked at the Fjoelands. GRAVESEND, OCT. 21. —Wind N.E.. fresh, cloudy.— Arrd. the Gloria, from Bilbon; the Border Chieftain, from Charente; the Ann, from Amsterdam; the Ma tilda, the Reward, the Dee, and the Donna Celina, from Guernsey; the Judith, from ltostcck; the Princess, from Charente; the Stolpe, from Dantzie; the Vesta, from Wyborg; the Wave, from Seville; the Roscommon, from Harlingen; the Director, from Jersey; the Phcenix and the Scandinovian, from Callao; the Fye noord, from Rotterdam; the Achilles, from Christiana; the Hero, from St. Petersburgh; the Neptune and the Venezuela, from Havre ; the Giraffe, from Tonningen; the SJho, from Antwerp; the City of Boulogne, from Boulogne; the Preciose, from Oporto; the Caled ,nia, from namburgh; the Ranger, from Amsterdam; the Magnus, from Rio de J ane i ro; the J ane, from Crori• s a d Caroline, t ; the from ll Archangel; e bdni from the lr rad n Y r l r te i n b c o e w ; , t f h r e o m IMarya lags; the Challenger, from Callao; the Joseph Fentoe, from Charente. Sid. the Tiger and the Wilberforce, for Tonningen; the Albe mar l e, for Shanghai; the H uron, fur Boston; the Ingeb org, for the Baltic; thaw, for Guayaquil. VESSELS SPOKEN WITII.—Th e Shenandoah, from Liverpool, Oct. 8. in long. 18 . A l arge steamer, b oun d the John Bag- W., Oct. 13, at 19 P.M., in long. 13. The Nautilus, of Dartmouth, Sept. 17, in lat. 37, long. 10. The ship Kirkman Finlay, outward bound, Oct. 13, in lat. 48 N., long. 10 W. The ship William W a 'd, o f Li ver p oo l, outward bound, Oct. 13, in lat. 50 N., long. 9W. The schooner Eliza Cornish, of Liverpool, outward bound, July 28, in lat. 57 S., long. 63 IV. The bri Pauline, of Antwerp, for Rio Janeiro, Aug. 31, in lat. 10 S , long. 26 W. The ship Earl of Ihrdwielte, outward bound, i n l a t. 36, long. 12. Th e b : i g Wilhclmiva, from Liverpool Sept. 15, in lat. 16 N. , long. 27 W. The ship S a ndf o rd, Natal, 16, in l at . 52 N ., l ong. 7W. The brig Isabella , for Constantinople, Sept 26, iu Ist. 36 N., long. 7 W. t. 6 fo.e GLASTONBURY rset agiioior ed), p of A Wells, llBY G — la ( stonbury, Shepton, &c. (So- Frm a —The o Correspondent.) are o holding continu a l meet i ngs comp l a i n i ng th a t e are they have ho railroad; for, although so comparatively near the Great Western and Ex eter lines, travellers have no means of reaching those towns except bythe old-fashioned jog-trot route. They Fay (and with much. truth) that were there a more swift mode of conveyance, their splendid cathedral (one of the finest in England), the far-famed "Abbey Ruins," and the "Tory Hill," where Holy Joseph first erected the Christian standard i the stupendous " Cheddar Cliffs" and " Wbkey Hole," where Henry VIII. once nearly lost his life, &c., &c., would be visited by thousands of the curious. The judges, too, greatly complain of the inconvenience during assize time, and the London newspapers to the hotels and reading-rooms are materially delayed iu consequence: COLLISION AT SEA. —On Friday night last the schooner Ann, of Limerick, when off the Start, was run into by a large barque which appeared to be a foreigner. The schooner was struck first on the bow, by which her boW sprit and cutwater were carried away, and the bow other wise injured. She was also struck on the starboard quarter and had her bulwarks and stancheons carried away. •The barque immediately after the collision run away before the wind as if nothing had occurred.—Dereapart Indenenilent. THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOM —The board of this ex cellent institution hare just issued a "special appeal to the wealthy and worthy , of the land." It appears that they have under their care, at . Park House, Highgate, and Essex Hall, Colchester, no lras than 10 patients, and the total number. of persons thei institution has dependent upon it is IG3. There are now 170 eligible patients seeking admission at the ensuing electi on , an d the board can only venture to admit 15 of the number. They are anxious to erect a building properly adapted to the care and education of the idiot, which, they say, ought to contain not less than three hun dred beds, and which will be arranged so as to serve in all respects as a model institution. Her Majesty has set an ex ample of pa•ronage by a contribution of 250 guineas, so as to secure ja perpetual presentation to a bed, the right to be ex ercised by the Prince of Wales. Looking at the affecting nature of the calamity which this asylum is intended to alle viate, -we shall expect to see numbers of those blessed with wealth eagerly availing themselves of a method, by 'whi c h, in the ;words of the aeal, "they may hlers certainly and permanently pp the most u nhappy of their fellow-creatures:' 1144 TEROMINQ OrIMATION AT THE 'GLA'sGoI Y EYit isinltmALT. Considerable interest _was last week excited by the cr.se Of a than in whose left eye 'a Hying parasitic' animal "(cysticercus) existed, and could be seen to move be ' hindlite transparent part or corner of the eye. This, though 'only tb4 sixth case of the kind on record, is the second Which 'has occurred at the Glasgow Eyelnfirmary within the last. tNi. 6 years. The last example was in a girl, who was aucedssiully operated on by' Dr. Mackenzie, and who, after the retz'oral of the 'parasite from the eye, enjoyed pe r f ec t ' The subjeck : of the pre=cnt notice, having been made acquainted with tlie nature of his disease, and the good result of the forner case, came down from England to put himself under tl se care of, Dr. Mackenzie, who on Friday extracted the offe riding animal from 'his eye, and has dismissed him also quite well, tote eye presenting no appearance of ever having been operated on at all. The animal in question has a neck ab out a third of an inch long, formed of rings, some what.aftez the fashion of a tapeworm, and bearing a =rims head arraed w i t h suckers. I ts ot h er en d i s a transpar en t b ag , about of an , inch in diameter, the wavy motions of which were boautif u Ti: yseen i n f ront o f t h e pup il . — S co tti s h G uar di an . COLONIA L; ArrousTxtENTs.—W. Odell . and J. Brown, Es(ls., Are appointed members 'of the Legislative Council of Al • 4 JITVICk. MM WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. James Clarke, house-surgeon of Shoreditch workhouse, accompanied by one of the trustees and other officials of that parish, attended before Mr. Arnold to obtain his advice as to the proper mode of proceeding against a young man named John Sayers, who was suspected to have administered poison to one of the male inmates, whereby his life had been placed in imminent danger. Sayers, a spare, sickly-looking lad, about 16 years of age, was brought up in the custody of Waller, the beadle, but not placed at the bar, the charge net having been formally entered at the station-house. Mr. Clarke stated that on the morning of Wednes day last he was hastily summoned to the workhouse infirmary, to attend a pauper named William White, whom he found suffering from severe pains in the sto mach and bowels, accompanied by constriction of the throat, with violent purging, sickness, and other symptoms denoting that something of a poisonous and irritating nature had been administered. The proper remedies were so promptly and successfully applied that the man was now convalescent, but the liquid discharged by the patient had been unfortunately thrown away in his absence, and he had not, therefore, had an opportunity of analyzing its contents. He considered the case, however, to be of such a suspicious nature, that he felt it his duty to make a formal report of the facts to the board of guardians, who instituted an immediate investigation into the matter, in the course of which they obtained such disclosures from some of the other paupers as to induce them that morning to subject the 13:)y Sayers to a close examination, and he then admitted that he had a familiar acquaintance with the properties of arsenic, acd had been on intimate terms with one of the male paupers in the refractory ward, of a most abandoned character, who had been sen tenced to transportation for stabbing, hut had since returned to the wor khouse :and that he had also been present when the latter administered chloroform to a dog, which became almost instantly insensible. Under these circumstances, they deemed it advisable to submit the facts for the magistrate's opinion as to whether there was sufficient evidence of criminality to au , tain a criminal prosecution. William Macdonald, a pauper in the house, was then called, and stated that on that day week the accused accosted him in one of the wards of the workhouse, and in reference to the illness of the man White, who was then in a very dangerous condition, told him that he had mixed up some stuff to give to another pauper, who went by the appellation of the " Old Prophet," and that he was sorry it had been taken by White, for whom it was not intended. Witness asked him what the stuff was, to which he then replied that it was a strong dose of Spanish flies, but subsequently said that it was arsenic, which he had procured from a doctor's surgery, and intended to give it to " the Prophet," who had predicted that he would die upon the gallows, a prophecy he was determined should never be realised, unless it was upon his own account. White, the man who had taken the supposed poison, and who occupied the same ward with Sayers, then stated that on Sunday se'nnight, after the inmates had had their breakfast, he noticed that Sayers had left the basin of gruel apportioned to him wholly un touched, and he accordingly drank it himself, with the assent of the accused to his so doing; but, ob serving a glossy brown-coloured sediment at the. bottom of the basin, he questioned him as to what it was, and he answered that it was only the brown sugar with which it had been sweetened. A few hours after he had taken the gruel he was seized with such violent pains and sickness that he was obliged to go to bed, and continued in a state of excruciating suffering until the medical officer was called in, when he gradually improved, but he still felt himself in a very shattered and debilitated condition. In answer to a question from the Magistrate, Mr. Clarke intimated that, from the description of the sediment discovered by the man White at the bottom of the basin, he should be induced to infer, if any de leterious ingredient had been mixed up in the gruel, it must necessarily have been cantharides, which would present an exactly similar appearance. Several other witnesses were in attendance, and about to be examined, but Mr. ARNOLD &aid it would be useless to pursue the inquiry any further at present, as he had no power to entertain a charge which had not been regularly entered at the police station, and brought before him in the usual manner for adjudication ; and he would, therefore, recommend the parish authorities to enter into a further investigation of the case, and adopt at their own discretion such steps as the facts would justify, and bring the matter properly within his ju risdiction. The parish authorities expressed their intention to adopt the magistrate's suggestion, and the accused was transferred back to the workhouse in the charge of the beadle. SOUTHWARK. Alexander Waterman, ETt 7 y oung man apprenticed to a bookbinder, was placed at the bar before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with robbing Mrs. Hannah Robin son, the wife of tradesman. The investigation of the charge excited much interest, owing to the hitherto unblemished character of the accused, and the numerous witnesses who came forward to prove that it was a case of mistaken identity on the part of the complainant. Mrs. Robinson stated that on Saturday night, about a quarter before twelve o'clock, she went from home, accompanied by her daughter, a girl about fifteen years of age, to make some purchases, and that while walking along Cross-street, Blackfriars-road, she stooped to pick up a child who had fallen down. While in the act of stooping she felt a hand in her pocket, and immediately seized that of the prisoner, who was close by her side. In withdrawing his hand from her pocket he dropped a half - crown on the pave ment, and she exclaimed " You have robbed me," and tried to detain him, but he ran , away, and c rosse d Blackfi jars •road, into the street opposite. She added, that she kept him in sight nearlr front the nrJmeet he tried to- make eocape until he was taken into i s t t i u lac b l ta n op portunityas custody ; and that she missed is. out of h er poc k et. Itl of t cross-examination e seeing et. ei sinogn erh,she faceis dbdyi ?ns a rtt shey So by hadm h o net,, g on behalf light. That she saw him run from Cross-str e et to cf her George-street, on the other side of Blackfriars-road, and knew that he and no other person was the man who robbed her. _ The complainant's daughter confirmed the part of her evidence v%hich related to the prisoner's identity. Frederick Jones, apprentice to an engineer, stated that he heard the complainant cry out ." Stop thief" in Cross-street, and saw the prisoner, who struck him a blow in the mouth which knocked him down, run ning.away. He (the prisoner) crossed Blackfriars road into George•street, and witness pursued him in thot direction, and only lost sight of him for a few moments, and while he was near the end of George street the prisoner came running back again, and he was secured. The witneis added that he was confi dent as to the prisoner's identity. Four policemen deposed to the circumstance of taking the priioner into custody in Robert-street, and the complainant charging him with robbing her in Cross-street. They added that he was violent in his conduct, and kicked one of them on the leg. Nei ther of the policemen, however, witnessed what was alleged to have first occurred with respect to the robbery. - s - • Mr. - Solomons said that, notwithstanding the de gree of confidence with which the complainant and the two other witnesses spoke as to the identity of the prisoner, he would show, by the most incontestable proof, that he was completely innocent of the alleged charge. The facts were shortly these—The ac cused, who had served four years of his time to a bookbinder, and was a young man of unexception able character, went on Saturday evening to the George public•house, in George-street, lilackfriars road, where he remained with two other young men until half-past eleven o'clock, at which hour his mother went to look after him. He at last came out of the parlour to the front of the bar, where his mother stood, and she asked him to give her some money which he had previously promised her, but in stead of complying with her request, he pulled a half penny out of his pocket, and by way of derision offered it to her. She felt indignant at his conduct in offering her the coin, and gave him a slap in the face; upon which he exclaimed, " I shall not go home to night," and immediately ran out of the house. The mother instantly ran after him up George-street, and into Robert-street, calling out " Stop thief." This sbe did thinking he would atop and return, but be continued running, and she saw him stopped by a policeman ; and when he was in custody she saw the complainant come up at the moment, and accuse her son of having robbed her in Cross-street, as above de scribed. Mr. Solomons added that he should call forward witnesses to prove that it was altogether a case of mistaken identity, and that the accused had not been in Cross-street at all on the night in ques tion, not having crossed the Blackfriars-road, but ran, pursued by his mother, in quite a contrary direction. Five witnesses were then called on the part of the prisoner, and amongst them his mother, a highly re spectable looking woman, who described with mi nuteness the circumstances that occurred in the pub lic-house, and pursuing her son when he ran away from her, declaring that she had not lost sight of him from the moment he ran out of the public-house until she saw him in custody. She remonstrated with the complainant, who came up and charged her son with robbing her in Cross-street, although she (witness) assured her that she was mistaken. Yet she persisted in the charge, and her son was taken away to the sta tion house, and locked up for the robbery. The poor woman lamented that she herself was the chief cause of the arrest of her son by calling out " Stop thief," which she did thinking he would return and accom pany her home, instead of which it led to an unfounded charge being alleged against him, of which her son was entirely innocent. The landlady of the George and her daughter con firmed the account given by the mother of the priso ner as to his being irt that house until half-past eleven o'clock on the night in question, and the other cir cumstances as related by her, adding that they saw him run up George-street towards Robert-street, quite in a contrary direction to the street where the alleged robbery took place, and that they heard the mother shout " Stop thief " after him. Other witnesses spoke as to the excellent character of the accused, and two of them, who were with him in the George, stated that on hearing the cry of " Stop thief," they followed in the direction he ran, which was towards Robert-street, and saw him stopped and taken into custody for an offence of which he was innocent. The witness added that he had not left the public-house more than two or three minutes before he was in custody. Mr. A ' BECKETT (edlressing the complainant) said—You have heard all that has been stated by the witnesses called for the prisoner. Do the contradic tions you have heard satisfy your mind that you are mistaken in the prisoner's identity ? Complainant-- Not at all. lam still convinced he is the man. Mr. ATECKETT—Then if that is the case, I have no other alterna'ive than to send the case before a jury. There are a few minutes certainly unaccounted for, and Cross-street being so near the spot where the prisoner was taken into custody, and the complainant, her daughter, and the young man, the other witness, speaking so positively to his identity, compels me to send the case for trial. Mr. Solornons hoped the magistrate would take hail for the prisoner's appearance to answer the charge ; he could have surety to any amount, his friends being convinced of his innocence of the alleged charge. Mr. AT ECILETT said that the sessions commenced that day, and that the witnesses might at once go before tha grand jury, and that there need be no delay in prosecuting the charge. The prisoner was then committed. - In the latter part of the day bail was offered and received for the prisoner's appearance to answer the charge. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BLACKWALL.—There is a report that the London and North- Western Company have come to an ar rangement with the directors of the London and Black wall Railway, in terms of which the stock of the latter company is to be purchased by the former, at 11/. 15s. per share. CALEDONIAN.—In consequence of the resignation of Captain Plunkett, chairman of the Caledonian Company, Mr. Fawcett, the largest holder in the company,with four or five other extensive proprietors, waited on Mr. Glyn, to ask the assistance of the Lon don and North-Western Company in the present diffi culties of the Caledonian. The answer of Mr. Glyn to the application was, that while there existed diffe rences among the directors the London and North- Western Company could not interfere; but if once the directors of the Caledonian were united among them selves the London and North-Western would render them all the assistance in their power. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY DOCKS OPPO SITE WOOLWICII.—The boring operations for the Victoria Docks, connecting the Eastern Counties Railway with the Thames, by means of their North IVoolwich branch, have just been commenced by the engineers, and the excavations, for which all the necessary engines and plant are being purchased, will shortly be begun. The operations are for a line of docks and canal, larger than any yet constructed on the banks of the Thames, along which they will ex tend a total distance of nearly three miles. One dock out of the four proposed, the westernmost one, is the flrst being constructed with the canal, locks, and river entrances extending over the track of the marshes, and intersecting the North - Woolwich Rail way, where the upper lock will be crossed by the rail way on an incline of from 1 in 100 to lin 200. The width of the one dock now commenced will average a quarter of a mile. The water area that will be afforded by these docks, at a cost, of half a million, will be 280 acres, equal to that of all the other docks put together. WHITEHAVEN AND PURNESS.—It is expected that the remaining portion of this line, from Bootle to the junction with the Furness Railway near Broughton, a distance of 14 miles, will be opened for passenger and goods traffic about the end of the present month. The length at present in operation, from Whitehaven to Bootle, is 21 miles, and when the remaining portion is opened the total length will be 35 miles. The cost of construction will be about 10,2001. per mile, which is much less than one-third of the average cost per mile of railways in the United Kingdom. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR VALLEY.—A meeting of the inhabitants of Wolver hampton was held on Friday last, to take into consi deration the non-opening of the Stour Valley Rail way to Birmingham. The Mayor said he had reason to think that if a deputation were appointed to wait upon the directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company with respect to the subject of which they had such just reason to complain, and without any reference to the disputes existing be tween that company and the BirminghaM 'and Shrewsbury, .and Shrewsbury and Chester Compa nies, they might be successful. He stronglfurged upon the meeting the propriety of adopting such a step. A general feeling of concurrence in the opinions ex pressed by the Mayor was manifested by the meeting, and it was proposed—" That .the Mayor, Mr. G. Briscoe, Mr. J. Barker, and Alderman Andrews be appointed t o con f er w ith the directors of the London and North-Western Company." Mr. Lowe seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. —The committee of shareholders, representing the holders of the fifth shares, have met the new board, who have agreed to modify the terms upon which those shares were created. The terms are as follow :-91. out of the 11/. called up, to receive the full dividend paid on the Lancashire and Yorkshire stock. The remainder of the shares uncalled (11/ ), to receive a guarantee dividend of 4,per cent., so far. as 10/. is concerned ; 1/. per share being considered as sunk, As this class of shareholders received under the terms of the crea tion, about 17 per cent. for a considerable period, or a total sum beyond that accruing to the ordinary hol ders of about 87,0001., the old shareholders are of opinion 'that an undue preference is being given; that a deliberate bargain, of which the fifth holders have had the sweets, is being violated, because the terms of the bargain are now adverse to them ; and that a new guaranteed stock is being virtually created, to the damage of the shareholders. It is said that one of the new board holds about 3,000 fifth shares. The whole - question, however, will have to be can vassed by a special meeting to be held on the 21 of November. The number of attorneys and solicitors at present in London, Westminster, and Southwark, and their environs, is 3,269 only. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. STO" . 1., - Acfr... ST OL win BRI. —Wve OCT. ha no change to ° tie e this shammarket. The Great Western shares wterB2,o principal stock operatal in, and piices are similar to °— last quoted. OOL OCT. 21. STOCK EXCHANCIE. LIVELP —The m , arket opened 105, morning, but on the arrival of later intelligence from -a n 'ne prices improved, at which a good business was done. ; yorksl transactions were es follow : Lancashire and Consolidated, 4931—Ditto, Fifths, 7 dis• London !tilt North-Western. 118—Ditto, New Quarters, 2% P. -I) .'l ° / Quarters (C), 2 1 ,4 p.—Midland, 43 3 / Ditto Halves, 2 . / 9 dig.— North British. 7'i —South-Easter; and 433/—Ditto, 2 0 %; York and North Midland, 211—Dublin and Belfast Juncti„,! heavily 28 dis.—Chester and Holyhead, Preference, guaranteed Di; per cent., 10 , 4—East Lancashire, 1 .3 1 —Glasgow , an d f Dli a ad fries, VA —Lancaster and 'Carlisle, Preston, 19 p. 611/2_Lancaste. MANCHESTER, Ocr. 21. 111163 STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a lair amount of ha ,/," done to-day, and prices have an advancing tendenq'pi t te, transactions were as follow : East Lancashire , OA - 7, 9 Preference, Fifths, par—Lancashire and Yorkshire, T.lion ), Ditto, Fifths, 7LA dis.—Ditto (West Riding s od 6 15-16 dis.—London and North-Western, blanch d, Birmingham, Quarters (C), 2 , 4 p.—Man c h e ster, Sh e 9 d, p. and Lincolnshire, 18 3 / 4 —Ditto, New 6/. Preference , 4s. 01 —North Stiffordshire, 10 dis.—Rcading, Guildford, and Reigate, guaranteed 5 , 4, per cent., IS.) , 4—South - Eastero f ; s l 4 Dover. 20 j 4 —Ditto (No. 4), R e gi s t ere d, 6 15-18 —Wi lar 2t% dis. BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 21. 0 ne' l Srocx Excuarioit.— The share market pres ented 13- 5 li• feature to-day. Prices we r e fi rm , but businesg ssl lstol' mited. The only transactions were in Birmingharn, n r od verhampton, and Stour Valley, at; 91. 18s. 9d —Londe' iiertto North • Western, 1171 A—Shropshire Union, buyers, 4, S 3;4 dis. STOCK EXCHANGE.— YORK The transa&io l9 ns to-day we re a 23 low :—Great Northern, 14— York and North Midland, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. of titieg The following is the official statement of the qua" - „ r ts le corn, &c., received in tho port of London from the Pi t 6ol Essex, from the 14th Oct., 1850, to the 19th Oct., both inclusive : ...."-- ~ • ' • Va ' :,•-• 1 ',.., 0 ; I 1 4 ; , 11 0 1 4 1 .../ „.....- s o Colchester—. 5O 230 ' I 61 134 0 , 411 Harwich - lv n ~4 ..".. Leigh SS6 If l B 5 6 ;4; 5 54 Mahlon • 819 192 5 V 9 ,:,;(.••••"; CHELMSFORD, OCT N.—Prices to-day were As 101 ,170 Wheat, white, old 44s to sgs ; new 43s to 4951 [ e dict 39s to 445; new, 39s to 43s ; barley, 21s to 23 5 ; C":iisSi 14 CHELMSFORD, OCT. 18.—Prices to-day were I°4, 110: a Wheat, white, old 44s to 50s; new 43, to 495; r fs lier 39s to 445; new, 39s to 43s ; barley, 21 s to 235 ; c haps9 23s to 255; grinding 2os to 225; oats 15s to 2 0 s 1 ' 3 . 28 , to to 55s ; chevalier 64; to 56s ; peas, partridge, ne w t° ..-4; 308; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 26 s t o 29 s ; 251 dun, new, 27s to 293; beans, tick, new 25s to 275; to '2BS ; harrow ticks, new 25s to 27s ; old 003 to L'O'' zagan, new 24s to 25s ; old 00s to Oos per qr. reti 381 COLCHESTER, OCT. 19.—Wheat, white 445 to 4135; to 42s ; barley 22s to 28s ; beans, mazagan 25s to 265; and small 28s to 32s ; peas 28s to 32s per qr. rico° HADDINGTON . , OCT. 18.—The following a re the P grain at our market to-day:— 130 1 1 j • Wheat. ' Barley. Oats. hs First ... 48s Od 28, 33 233 Od Second ... 41s 7d 25s 8d 205 &I 00s 338 CI Third ... 32, Od 20s Od 18s Od .s 6 solo Total quantity of Wheat in market 500 qrs. , , 1)0 0 2 4 id Do. Barley do. 251 qrs., T oo , Do. Oats do, 514 qrs., o da Do. Beans do. 62 qrs., uetatied KIRKALDY, OCT. 19.—The following are the for grain : Polo Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. L . , „d First 443 Od 26* 6d 21s Od —S Od Second 423 Od 233 Od 20, Od Od ts• Third 353 0,1 193 03 17s Od —8 " Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 26s Od to GLASGOW, OCT. 16.—Provisions—Cheese, 4 05 to Ti s p er per cwt ,•_retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 2is Oc l r sh pos ° ,, A . cwt. Country fresh ' butter, lid to Od per lb. or' sa l e , oe dered, in lumps, 9d to 9/id ; country powdered, Wh cle .. 61 63 to Od. Country eggs, Is per dozen ; carried hen Glit tu b a citot per 20, or 9d per dozen. Hens, 2s 6d per pair; 2s Od. ditto' PERTH, OCT. 18.—Wheat, old, o's Od to 00s Od' ioso new, 36s to 415 ' • barley, new, 18s 4ld to 22s ('d ; ooli s tosea l t 18s ; peas and beans, OOs Oct to Oos per quarter. per sack, 27s to 28 s . 0 0 ' 2 9 KELSO, OCT. 18.—Wheat, old, 32s to 34s Od; ditto, it. o 0 .01 to 32s Od ; barley, new, 15s to 16, fid ; ditto old, 00' 1000 potato oats, 14s to 16s ; ditt o new , 14 s lid t o 1.5 s Od ; c u o j Od oats 00s Od to Osls Od ; ditto. new, I3s to 14s Od ; Pos s %b e ls. to 2ls Od ; beans, 21s to 23s per boll of six imperial b u : ditto' STIRLING, OCT. 18.—Wheat, foreign, 203 to 2 4 ' j e y,lol home, 20303 to Os; ditto ditt o new , 19 3 to 23 s Od; bar 194 0 °' boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 155 0 6 to , 0 Ca; Oats, common, 13s Od to 14s Od ; ditto new, 10s toll' 0 14 ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, 00 03 d Bean e distillers, 31s to 33s 6d ; c itto brewers, 33s Od to 34s ' .01' 1 per boll, 155 3d t o 00 s Od ; di tto new, 133 6d to 15s 6 d; p ec "po O 9d to Os Od; flou r , new per sac k , 31s Od to 33s Od; ditto ; ditto, 18s 6d to 20 s Od ; oatmea l, per load, 2 7 5 od to 27 0,1; ditto new 26s 3d t o 28 s Od ; di tto per peck of 7110 , 8d t° 104 1 ; fresh butter per lb, 9d to 10d; eggs per dozen, 9d to hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 75s to 80s Od. BaawicK, OCT. 17.—Wheat, 38s 10id ; barley, oats, 18s 2d ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, Ws Od ; Fe ls average per imperial quarter. , b rig' HAWICK, OCT. 17.—Wh eat, new, 27s to 32e Oui oat old, 00s to OOs Od ; ditto old, 15 s Od to 17s Od roo to oo 14s Od to 16s Od ; common oats, I3s Od to 15s ; to 23s Od ; beans, 20s Od to 24 s Od per b oll of X'""re bushels. FALKIRK, OCT. 17. —The supply of grain in this ' market was 447 bolls; wheat at I's lid to 25s lid pet 11 . ;,64 barley, 16s 6d to 19s Od ; oats, 1330 d to 13s 6d; bean!, to 16s Od per boll ; CI oatmeal, Os to Os per load. befb bdLASGulV, OCT. 19. Cotton—Our market .' a- r xccediogly quiet during the wt elt, the only effe c6 n :5001 Canada's advices being to make holders rather but there is no advance in price that ( an be n°t' " Littl° Is dling Orleans may still be (looted 711 per lb. o jef 3fl doing in goods and yarns. The spinners hav"ithe I advaucu somewhat commensurate to the riso 0,,0011 material, but manufacturers complain that 4bl, c , w eel‘ work to a profit, and some of them have begun tsl° to lessen the amount of their production. COAL MARK ET.—YEsranDAY. Bate's West Hartley 15s 3,1' Haswell .................. huddle's W. Hartley 15s 6d'Keepier Grange ...... Begbies Hartley Carr's West Hartley l5: fid Lumley ................. Clavering's N.Tanfield 13s 3d Russell's Ilettou •••"' Davison'sWest Hartley 15s 9d Stewart's ............... East Adairs Main 133 Od Whitwell ....• ......... North Percy Hartley lss 31 Caradoc ..... ••••"". South Peareth l'antield Moor ranfield Moor Butes l3s Od' West Kellee ..... West Hartley Wall's End, &c. !South Hartlepool ..... Acorn Close 14s 5 3 s 6d , i !, er Whitworth ing T . e . ;s : ............ • Brown . Bell and Brown ...... 15s 6d l i Maclean's Tees ......... Hedley Hebburn . lls 9diTees ...... . ......... Lawson Northumberland Original Gibson Walker Eden Main Bell 0 °(1 , lid ' 'OO6 16 3 'j 16 5 9 of 0 54 16 5 ,a 16 5 v si 155 Oil 16 5 1 63 9) 15 , 6 4 155 16 5 1 65 1)( 1 143 ,d 13i 1 43 61 144 3) 55 16,1 1 6 ' 0,1 16 5 pJ 195 14s 9(1 13irchg. Graigola •••••• 1 5a d 15s Od Cowpun Hartley ***** v 15, Od ilartley .... •••• A''d 61 15$ 9d!Nixon'a Merthyr Its ga 153 9d Cardiff ...•.•••• "*:: 15' o j "" Belmont lss 9d ''''' Braddvll 1 1-letton i 'C sn w a n pe (.l ti a l r o r r i p a e r t . S .. .. .......... •••• Ships at inarkur. 189. 2; 3 v oi 15 3 v Aa p , 01 ": o NINEVEH ANTIQUITIES.—For the last o _," v i the front of the British Museum has resente d . of o ' . scene, a new instalment of Mr. Lavard's collection umber tiquities having arrived on Friday last, and a gr e . a . t a o od e a „ r , ' of workmen being employed in unloading the car"il i e t": rying the works to a temporary place of deposit. of 10 1 most remarkable specimens brought by this last ar t ' 'lion (P ., the gigantic bull, already known by report, and 3 *t ot& nearly equal dimensions. Both these animals arc c ons , . w ith, on precisely the seine principle. The heads are hurol of u caps upon them, and beards elaborately curls t IA they have the large spreading wings so" fre(l°, ° bls' Assyrian antiquities. The side view of them is 1° , 1 ..141 and 01 a relief,being inclined atidsosbeaecnktalaeyrdsa.ppeTabretobebaed,inbnrowontvionrn,, the which they are carried so as to p resent a full front t o ft the front legs, are broug ht to the edge of the slab,,, fw; fifth leg being added in a statio nar y p osition, to cornZ ten with the others. These figures are in size from nirto o ? tw/ feet square. Another curious specimen is a groill' an human figures, in very high relief, each dressed i n a 000 mented with horns. This is at present in sep silte having been apparently sawn for facility of 0 01° 00 1 The other pieces, now unpacked, are fur the Ow, st 3, s r : that flat style which belongs to the specimens a' re „ - n ;reN ranged, and contain the representations of kings , 1 1 1 to t"„ 'S'c rangingla c r . s ' s A w o D i f t v h t a Eh r w a . e t i T i l n q i i c u es li v t , i t e si li s E : eN s c al i r t.n e ‘ :i v e— w h n ' o e sT l h l i n l a a a Es v e n cl e o u Et p a A i l y n i ge d t tL e d a b . One any n°:1 1: g o : co ° ' O l A , pgOP - Ira e ol AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by ni aol l -0. medicine, alter every other means had failed. See extract 0, le ei . Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Fe b ' lov e ' pis 0 1 ' Professor Holloway—Sir : I begtoacquaintyou that yoUr pot fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach whic h 11 1 14'11' eminent . of the faculty, at home and all over the co:lane' ' s o r 401 been able to eflect ; nay, not ever the waters of CarlP a o lllS ; 4 1 rieubad. (Signed) " Aunionotiou." These wonder/3'4110V Cure any diferise of the liver or stomach.—Sold (alO3 Ointni.nt) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, - • by .11 ven.lnrs throoKhoot thn I.ll.ltllia S eY. F A SON. On the 18th inst., a t Blackheath, the wife of the ole t Charles Badbarn. At Southsea, on the 18th inst., the lady of 6°l/1111 Chamberlain, R.N. Nlorr °ll‘' On the 18th inst., at the vicarage, East Derehan i, ' the lady of the Rev. B. J. Armstrong. - 'l O OF A DAUGHTICIC. lr the 111 On the 18th inst., in Avenue- road, Regent's - W . ' obi of Alexander Devaux, Esq. o . On the 18th inst., at St. Aubyn-street, D o'r . wife of J. Lane Cutliffe, Esq. . ulb' MARRIED. • - • 1 k" Alll l- •it On the 16th inst., at PeilWeFriS DiStriet Church, etiv-t John McDowell Skene, Esq., Oomma„deri R N., Inllgitr , ie Commander of the Coast Guard' at Falmouth, to ".1 . 1 - i Anna, eldest daughter of Maior-General Wood, an' $,, Colonel of the :Id West India Regiment. • .' ' Y eli t o Oa the l'Alt in.t., at St.' `George's, ilanover.squarot;so, ( It. W. 'larding, of Mot . cornb-street, Belgrave,"'qp(i:i ° Snail Martini, third daughter of Francis E. Scott, Sydenharn, Kent: ----- . Or. Lli.dlJ On the 18th inst., in George-street, Hanover-square, ill' Or'char, Esq., aged 65. .. /obi r On tl e 19th inst., at Brixton-place, Stirrep Snow, Esq. lO.Ol hire, .41 , On the 17th inst., at Benefield, Northamptons- , a , 1 4, - , Anne, only surviving daughter of the late R.-Berklti-,411L' On the 11th inst., at Soutlisea, Mary, young e tYlts• g of the late Rev. Ralph Smith, rector of Oakse3,', 7; 1 gr. - ' Un the 18th inst., at Langford, near Biggle s "ti"6o. ity• Barringer, of Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, agn 5 7, On the the 18th inst., in Hans-place, Chelsea; ag e ', - . o f Jasper de St. . d c a rt, On the 18th inst., Eleanor, the wife of Mr. Thi ci Golden-square. L Printed and Published by 11URDO .s 11 ,,1 ;No. 112. Strand. Printer, et The' Sun Offi cC ' go% Strand, in the Prceinet ' of 'the Savoy, in 0 Oct` b,„ C i r " eure gßle^. Fore c, - p a „, t Uketl '' F] Tl me t o m ir .l 'lll*. I 1 , a% ; I L lre ct --.lllbq?cas-' T '3 ' qr A?ter Ohl t the 1 hr. I p . 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