The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-22 00:00:00

INUNDATIONS IN BELGIUM. In consequence of excessive heavy rains on Thurs day, Friday, and Saturday in different parts of Bel ; iuin 9 extensive inundations were caused, and vast damage was done.. The railway communications Letween Brussels and the French frontier were in terrupted.. The Brussels and local journals contain long details of the inundations, and from them we compile the following :- FRIDAY.—The waters had risen so high in the direction of Hal and the environs of Anderlecht, that most of the cellars and lower parts of the houses were inundated. At the Northern Railway station at Brussels, horses had water as high as their breasts. From Ha l to Brussels, the overflowing of the &nine caused the fields to resemble a vast lake. In the valley of Etterbeck, of Saint Josse ten Noode, and Schaerbeck, the waters came in floods from the adja cent heights, carrying with them masses of sand and earth. In the environs of Isque and Wavre, the earth in several places was undermined, and large masses fell in. The great highway ws covered with earth. Communications were entirely in terrupted and the crops were destroyed. Lightning struck a wall at Opwyck, and entirely destroyed it -8 ,me of the bricks were thrown a distance of 600 feet. At Meysse,- the buildings of a farm and all the crops they contained were destroyed by lightning, and at Wemel the roof of a house was set on fire, but the flames were extinguished by the rain. At Antwerp, at about half-past four in the afternoon, there was a tre mendous storm, and a deluge of rain fell. Many of the streets presented the appearance of lakes, and in the lower parts of .the town the wiser in the houses was several feet deep. At about seven there was a whirl wind which did immense damage in the country dis tricts near the city. In the nearest villages, many large trees were uprooted—at Deurne a clump of 28 was blown down. The lightning struck several buildings ,in Antwerp. Fires were occasioned by lightning at Oorderen, Clampthout, Wilmarsdonck, and other localities. In some places the crops were injured by the lightning. At Ghent, the rain fell, according to the local journals, in " cataracts," and there was a large rising of the waters. In the quarter Saint Sauveur, a large sugar manufactory was destroyed by lightning. Ac Grammont the river overflowed, and the light ning struck some buildings- At Denterghem se veral persOs sought refuge in a mill ; the lightning struck it, ;and three were killed, five or six were seriously injured. At Thielt some barns and crops were destroyed by the lightning. At Merckem, Woumen, and Wercken, there were vast inun dations, which did incalculable damage. At Courtrai, the rain fell in torrents for two days, and the light ning destroyed some buildings; it also very nearly struck a railway y train. At Liege the river rose con siderably. At Namur the Meuse rose a foot and a half in the course of an hour. At Hoves, near En. ghien, the lightning struck a woman who was nursing her children. SATURDAY.—The Southern Railway was greatly injured by the waters. Near Mons not only were the rails carried away, but the water chug deep into the embankments. The train from Paris had to stop on reaching Mons. All the neighbourhood of the city was under water, and presented a fearful spectacle. A boat was procured to convey the letters to a part of the railway which was uninjured, and where a locomo tive was waiting. The violence of the waters was such that it took several hours, and required extraor dinary efforts on the part of the boatmen to reach the locomotive. The letters were then conveyed to Hal. There the line was inundated, and a man had to carry them on his head to a rising ground, where a cart was procured to convey them to Brussels. At B:ussels during the night alarm guns were fired. At daybreak the Chaus,4e d'Anderlecbt was inun dated for a length of about 500 yards.—At ten o'clock, at the place called the Tete de Monton, the water was, a yard deep. The Veterinary school at Curegkem was entirely submerged. All the ma nufactories, &c., on the banks of the river were inun dated. Boats were out in all directions to assist the per sons in danger of drowning. The communes of Molen beck-Saint-Jean and Lacken were inundated, as were also the Faubourg. of Flanders and the quarter between the Porte de Ninove and the Rue de Gnu. Tne waters of the Seune were higher than in 1839. At twelve o'clock the inundation reached the lower parts of the town, and made great progress in the Fcarter of the Rue d'An.derlecht„ in, the Rue de. la iancee, the Place - dei Martyrs, the Chaussee de Flandre. Between Brussels and Hal the railway was destroyed on a length of between three and four kilometres. Vilvorde,. Hal, •and all the vil lages surrounding Brussels were under water. At Hal the waters rose with such violence that they threw down a house. At five o'clock the inundation was more considerable than in 1820. Not only were all the faubourga near the river inundated, but waters continued to rise in the lower parts of the town. The authorities were on foot, and the inha bitants were in dismay. A' lock on the Charleroi gave way, and the waters rushed into the Senne. A veritable torrent was formed in the Rues de Flandre, du Rempart des Moine?, the Marche crux Cochons, the Rues d Ophem, Locquenghien, &c. The waters fell in cascades near the P,,nt des Barques. Tne Corn Market and several other streets were inundated. Men waded through the water to convey provisions to the inundated families. The rain again began to fall heavily. At seven o'clock the cannon of al trm continued to thunder. The inundation became more and more menacicg, it invaded all the streets of the centre of the town and the vicinity of the S )uthern Railway station. The Place S. Gary became impassable, and the Grande Place and the Place de la bloom& were in danger of being inundated. The bourginestre traversed the inundated streets on horseback, and ordered beds to be provided at- the hospital for the relief of all accidents. SUMDAY.-At Brussels, at midnight, the rising of the waters had not ceased, and the inundation ex tended from the Faubourg d'Anderlecht to the Place St. Gery, and covered all the streets on both sides. The waters of the Senne extended from the Quai de la Fiancée to the Place de la Monnaie by the Rue Fosse-aux-Loups, and to the Place des Martyrs by the Rue Chant- d'Oiseau, thereby int-rcepting all communication with the Northern Railway. All the cellars of the neighbouring houses were inundated. In the lower parts of the Theatre de la Monnaie there were six feet of water, and some of the machinery was inundated ; no perform ance was possible. In the Rue de la Fiancee a vast quantity of objects was swept away by the violence of the waters. Near the bassin Sainte Catherine some sacks of salt were carried away, and a work man, in trying to rescue them, was so severely in jured that his life was considered in danger. Very many of the gas lamps could not be lighted in consequence of the water having got into the pipes. The horse of a gendarme, on duty on the Boulevard du Midi, 'took fright at the flood and threw the man into the fosse, in which there was 30 feet of water ; he was drowned, but the horse was saved. On the Boulevard de rEntrepOt, near the Canal de Charleroi, a crowd assembled to see the falling of a mass of water ; a protecting bar having given way, four men were precipitated into the torrent, and three of them were drowned. Near the church of Bon- Secours and in,some streets near the quarter of the Vieux Marche the water was five feet deep. The church des Riches Claire 3 was surrounded on all parts. In the Faubourg de Flandre, however, and in the interior of the town the wators sensibly diminished, and at eleven o'clock had fallen 11 feet. Warehouses containing oil, beer, spirits, and other de scriptions of merchandise were completely destroyed. A great number of cattle perished, and about flay houses or buildings were so injured that they fell. All night the authorities were on foot, and active measures were taken in different parts to prevent the waters from extending. In the quarter Leopold the watees dug large ravines. At Etterbeck considerable damage was done. The town of Hal greatly suffered, and several persons were drowned. From observations taken at the Royar-Observatory at Brussels, it appears that on the 15th'atid 16th the quantity of water which fell was 78 millimetres : with one exception, in 1839, it is the largest quantity since 1833. Die local paper 3 are filled With accounts of the inundations in different parts of the kingdom. Without going into details, it may be mentioned that incalculable damage appears to have been caused at Tournai, Audenarde, Synghem, Asper, and Eecke by the overflowing of the Escaut ; at Ninive by the overflowing of the Dendre ; at Marcy-les-Enghien ; LIVAUX Saint Anne, &c. &c., the destruction was chiefly of growing crops, and agricultural produce. At several places farm buildings were destroyed by lightning, and at Lavaux a young man was killed. Part of the town of Tournai was inundated, and in some of the houses the water rose as high as the sa loons. At Ghent the river overflowed, but it does not appear that much damage was caused. Tne lower parts of the city of Liege were inundated, and navi gation on the river was interrupted. Near Charleroi all the fields were submerged, and the injury done to crops was immense. The lower part of the town was sub merged to a depth of between tw ) and three yards, end the Sambre rose with such rapidity that it was almost expected to cover the bti lge. The church on the Place Verte was completely surrounded with water. The workmen of the railway station em ployed f'ascines, sods, and dung to keep out the water, but without effect. Boats were swamped on the INlarohienne, and it was found that several persons had perished. In consequence of the inundation the price of flour rose six francs the sack. Tt e service on most of the railways was i nterrupte d , _ _ At Valenciennes there have been extensivo. inunda tions, caused by the overflowing of the Scheldt. The neighbouring country has also been under water. At Orchies, near Lille, some damage has been done, and several fields inundated by the overflowing of the Marque. At Maubege, also, there have been inundations which have done considerable injury. FRANCE. The Debats says :—The heavy rains which have lately fallen in various parts of the territory have given birth to some apprehensions for the corn har vest. Although, undoubtedly, certain partial damage has been cauaed we are happy to be able to say that, according to the information which we have received, the injury as yet done has been inconsiderable, and that the harvest, though perhaps inferior to the last one, which was unusually abundant, gives every pro mise of being above the average. Besides, the crops bad been in part got in, and but few hail-storms have taken place, a cause of injury which is far more disastrous to the husbandman than a heavy fall of rain." ITALY. The Concordia of Turin of the 16th relates a curious anecdote of Monsignor Franzoni, Archbishop of Turin. When the Carabineers came to arrest him on the late occasion, he said to the officer—"l suppose you found a letter, which must have given you great pleasure, among the papers you seized yesterday." " Which ?" asked the officer. " Why that which informed me that I was to be arrested, and my papers seized." The officer immediately re ported the circumstance, but the letter in question was not to be found among the papers which had been seized. The Risorgimento of Turin quotes a letter from Naples of the 7th, stating that the King of the Two Sicilies has been divlaying groat uneasiness of late, having learnt that General Narvaez has trusty spies at the Neapolitan Court. The facts of the case are stated as follows :—Prince Carini, the Neapolitan Ambassador at the Court of Madrid, having solemnly protested to General Narvaez that the marriage of Count de Montemolino with a Neapolitan Princess was prompted by no po litical motives, General Narvaez suddenly produced a copy of the marriage contract, the terms of which had been kept a secret by the Court of Naples, and which therefore could only have been procured from some person intimately connected with it. In this contract, the Count de Montemolino is styled Charles VI., King of Spain and of the Indies. Prince Carini ap peared thunderstruck, and immediately wrote to his Court, stating the circumstance, which caused great astonishment and displeasure. Letters from Bologna of the 13th state that the country continaes to be infested by robbers. THE WIESBADEN CONGRESS. The Union publishes the following letter from Wiesbaden, dated the 16th :—" Yesterday being As sumption day the Count de Chambord went to church at eight o'clock. All the seats were filled with Frenchmen; the foreigners of different countries filled the lower parts. The life of the. Count de Chambord, at Wiesbaden, is a very active one. All the day is taken up with audiences. Every one is re ceived by the Prince, and every one snakes his re marks on the situation of affairs. The ex-peer, the representative, the banker, the merchant, the writer, and the farmer arrive in their turn with their ideas, sometimes their advice, but they are in their turn surprised to find the Prince well-informed on all the subjects on which they address him. The Count de Cbambords aid to some persons who were well acquainted with his laborious habits, My friends appear to be astonished at finding me well acquainted with what takes place in France: to what do they therefore think that I devote my attention, if it be not to ascertain the wants of my country ?' There is, in fact, nothing which he does not scrupulously study. He knows the general situation of France and the particular state of each department; he knows what works are useful to the inhabitants, and the names of the men who found and direct them ; he thoroughly understands the questions treated on in the Councils General; he takes interest in those which are debated in the Parliament; the army finances, public works, and education, all is known to him, and this is the reason why he is able to surprise persons of different professions and of different voca tions when they are speaking to him on subjects with which they are exclusively occupied. In addition to these private audiences there is a general one every day, at noon, for all new corners, and in the evening a second general reception fur all the French present at Wiesbaden. In these receptions, which are very numerously attended, the Count de 'Chambord goes from one room to another and speaks to every one, with the most perfect kindness and condeseen sion. The reception yesterday was one of the . most brilliant. Some visitors, formerly of a contrary way of thinking, were present. Mine. de Behague, who was present for the first time, passed from one saloon to the other leaning on the arm of Viscount Walsh, when suddenly the Prince, leaving a group, stood opposite her. Mr. Walsh drew back, saying, ' Mon seigneur, we form a barricade." We must not make barricades,' replied the Prince, we must unmake them ;' and then turning towards Mme. de Btaague, I have just, maiame, made use of an expression which reminds you of a sad event ; I solicit your pardon ; I know that your brother was killed in 1834 when raising a barricade ; no one could have regretted that misfortune more than I did. Have the kindness to tell Midame Baillot, your mother, how sincerely I shared in her grief.' Madame de Behague could only reply by her tears. Several visitors are beginning to leave, to give place to others. The representatives will carry with them from Wies baden a deeper conviction than ever, that the Legi timist party possesses not only in its principle, but in the Prince, who represents it, a power of reformation which no other party can equal. Let us add that their union will remain strongly cemented, and in that they will yield at once to their inspiration, to the wish of the Prince, and to the general interest of France." RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. WEST LONDON RAILWAY. The half-yearly general meeting of this company took place yesterday at the London Tavern, for the pur pose of receiving the report of the directors and trans acting other business connected with the company. The chair was taken shortly after one o'clock by , Stephen Bird, Esq., the deputy chairman of the com pany ; and the minutes of the last meeting having been read, . Mr. TURQUAIND, the new secretary of the company, then read the following report : " The directors, considering the action at law against the London and North-Western Railway Company as the subject of the greatest interest t 3 the shareholders, proceed to notice it first in their half-yearly report. The action stood for trial, and the jury were chosen in the month of June last, and the directors hoped it would have been tried before the Court of Common Pleas rose for the vacation, but the number of special jary causes in arrear was such, that the c3urt did not even reach the list of new causes; your directors, however, feel confilent that it will come on for trial in December next, and they still entertain the same opinion as to the result which they expressed to the shareholders at the last half-yearly meeting. The traffic on the canal shows a total increase of 3,600 tons over the previous half-year. In the traffic from the railway there has been an increase of 4,300 tons, but Ito the railway there has been a decrease of 2,500 tons. The directors have been applied to by the Ince Hall Coal Company' to afford them facilities in the transit of coal on the canal, by the formation of a stage, for the purpose of enabling the railway trucks to discharge coals at once into the barges—tbe directors, feeling that the additional traffic which would be thereby brought on the canal must be considerable, have acceded to the application. The requisite outlay is estimated at about 1001. The directors regret that it is not in their power to report more favourable upon the circumstances connected with the state of the accounts of Mr. Thomp son, the late secretary of the company ; the re peated assurances given by Mr. Thompson, previous to the last half-yearly mesting, in duced the directors to express a hope that the company would not ultimately suffer loss on his account. The directors were informed shortly after that meeting, that Mr. Thompson had left this country, and without giving them any means of communicating with him until within the last mouth, when a letter was received from him dated from the United States. The directors have lost no time in opening a communication, and have ad dressed a letter to him, urging upon him the necessity of relieving himself from his present position with the company. The directors report that they have ap pointed Mr. William Turquand the secretary to the company, in the room of Mr. Thompson; and they fur ther report that they have made arrangements by which the annual expenditure of the company is considerably reduced." After some di scuss i on , i n w hi c h th e d e f a l cat i ons o f Mr. Thom pson , which amount to betwe:-..n 8001. and 900/., were stron glyre d marked upon, the report was agreed to, recei ve d, an the accounts which acco a m d an report were de opted ; but the: adoption of mg. In the ferred for consideration t o p ani n e t d h the r m eeting. course of the discussion on the recommended a doption or the report, Mr. White strongly directors of the company to joinw i th the London and North - Western Company in anine the ar rangement by which the pu bli c might be induced to avail themselves of the facilities afforded by the rail way for the Great Public Exhibition of 1851, and also how the traffic on the canal for the same pur pose might be improved. If some such course were not adopted he was afraid the omnibuses would run away with all their traffic on that important occasion, and the shareholders of the company would be greatly injured. After some other business had been disposed of a vote of thanki to the Chairman was carried unani mously, and the mec-ting: separated. WHITEttAVEN AND FURNESS. The half-yearly meeting of this comp any was held on Tuesday,at the office, Guildhall-chatnbere, the Earl of Lonsdale in the chair. Tne report stated that the near approach of the works to c omp l e ti on h a d enabled the directors to estimate with accuracy' the outlay still to be incurred. The arrears of calls and the amount still to be taken up on debentures would be sufficient to meet the requirements of the company. The portion of the line between Ravenglass and Bootle, four miles and a half, was opened f or t ra ffi c on the SUN, Bth of July, making 21 miles open, and leaving 14 miles in the course or construction—namely, from Bootle to the Furness Railway. It is expected that the whole of the line from Whitehaven to the Fur ness Railway will be opened in the course of the next month. In the latter end of June the southern portion of the viaduct over the Esk was burned, and in the course of a week afterwards was re built at a cost of 6001. The cause of the fire has not been discovered, but precautions have been taken to guard against a similar casualty. A plan for effect ing a junction at Whitehaven with the Whitehaven and Maryport Railway was in the month of May last submitted by the two companies to the trustees of the town of Whitehaven. The plan consisted of a direct line of tramway between the stations of the two com panies, with a very convenient and ample connexion from both railways to the harbour ; and at the same time the estimated outlay was very limited compared with the cost of any other mode which had been de vised of effecting the object. A committee of the trustees reported against the adoption of the plan, notwithstanding that in other large towns no incon venience whatever has been found in practice to re sult from precisely similar arrangements. The ne cessity of this connexion is felt to be so important for the due developement of the traffic of the line that the directors will not relax in their endea vours to carry it out in the cheapest and most efficient practicable mode. The• total earnings of the NI miles between Whitehaven and RavFai glass, from their opening in July, 1849, to the 30:h of June last, have been 4,5151., and the total number of passengers carried 71,618, of which 7,742 were first-class, 30,427 second-class, and 33,449 third class passengers. No part of the large traffic in minerals which has always been expected to arise between Whitehaven and Furness, on the completion of the railway throughout, has yet come upon the portion opened, nor can it until the line is completed to the junction with the Furness Railway. The full development of this traffic will still depend upon a connexion through Whitehaven with the railways to the north. The report of Mr. Dees, the engineer, stated that the line was on the point of completion, and the permanent way laid on eight miles out of the fourteen unopened ; so that with favourable weather the whole line would be ready for opening in a month. The whole of the works have been executed by the contractors in a very substantial manner, and when the embankments become consolidated the rail way will be kept in a very efficient working order at a trifling cost per mile. The capital account to the 30th of June showed that 264,3881; had been re ceived, and 297,892/. expended, leaving a balance against the company of 33,504/. The revenue ac count for the half-year stated that 2,466/. had been received, and 1,650/. expended, leaving a balance of 816/. The CHAIRMAN, on moving the adoption of the report, stated that the line would have been open at the present time were it not for the sinking of an em bankment and the burning of a portion of the bridge over the Esk. He had no doubt that the line would be ready for opening at the time specified. The works on their line had proceeded more slowly, on account of finan cial difficulties, than the works on any other line in the kingdom of the same length , they had one consolation, however, that their line of 35 miles in length, when completed, would not exceed the cost of 10,000/. per mile. The Maryport and Car lisle the Furness Railways had cost 15 , 000/. per mile, and they were enabled to divide 2 per cent. per annum ; but this wag not so bad when it was considered that some of the best railways did not average more than 31 per cent., as shown by Mr. Yeses table. 'Their line had good gra dients, and would be worked cheaply. With regard to the intended junction line between the two rail ways at IVhitehaven, the company were autho rised by Act of Parliament either to carry it through tbh town on a viaduct, or under it by means of a tunnel. The length of the junction line is about 800 yards. It was not intended to construct it in either of the ways mentioned, but he had no doubt they would be able to construct it as a tramroad at a very moderate cost. In answer to questions, it was stated that since the accounts had been made up above 5,0001. of the bills given for arrears on calls were paid. Sinee the open ing of the line to Bootle the receipts had been in creased between 30/. to 40/. per week. ' ' Resolutions were passed adopting the report and accounts, and re-electing the retiring directors— , Messrs. W. Miller, R. C. Hildyard, Q.C., M.P., J. Peile, G. Pew, and E. Stanley, M.P. The retiring auditors were also re-elected. Mr. LEVY, on moving a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, which was carried unani mously, stated that he was quite sure that it was not one of the worst undertakings in the kingdom, and that the shareholders might rest perfectly satisfied that they had honest accounts and the true state of their affairs laid before them. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compliment, said that it would require 58,0001. to finish the line. Towards this sum they had 20,0001. at the banker's, the contractors would take 20,0001. in debentures, and they would receive about 15,0001. on bills, which would nearly make up the whole sum they required. The meeting then separated. end of last week. In ncne of the recent ebbs of busi ness has there been so much of this state of feeling, on either side, as on this occasion. Under these circum stances, not only the transactions, but the mere at tempts to purchase, have been :o fe as to afford no thing like a test of prices. Ia all but the finer yarns, however, there is certainly a bias in the wrong direc tion, and a positive giving way in some kinds. Pin-cops, cop twist, and warps, of the medium counts, have yielded in the greatest degree, some id. per lb., others rather more than that, as might be expected from their relative dearness. As regards goods, little more can be said than that there is but too obvious a weak ness in the prices of many descriptions. The advicea from Constantinople are again more favourable as to gray and white calicoes, and also yarns ; but, of course, the merchants infected with the prevailing feeling of the day have stood aloof like others. From Mexico and Hevannah the commercial accounts are of a complexion decidedly to re strain further shipments. The letters from China are still unsatisfactory. At Calcutta, a large business had been done in Manchester goods, but not on paying terms; at the same time the supplies were heavy ; the prospects in the interior, ho Never, and the season of the year, were in favour of the market. In yarns the tendency was to improve. A;ainst the exporters to this market is to be noticed a further de cline in the rate of exchange. Atogether, the India merchants have had no inducement to operate to-day, especially in the present aspect of !natters here. Roc UDALE, MONDAY.--Tne merchants attended pretty early in the market this marninae as it was the wakes; an], in the latter part of the day, the streets were generally crowded and impassible. The pieces in the market were soon cleared off, at advanced prices ; and twice that number would have been sold, if the manufacturers had had them to offer. There is no change in the wool market. MACCLESFIELD, Tuesnar.--We have no new feature to note in the staple trade of this town, the manufacturers becoming more generally en gaged for the autumn trade. The buyers having heretofore taken advantage of the necessities of manu facturers, when large •quantities of goods of various styles have been prepared for the autumn trade, has caused the latter, in most cases, to prepare only to order this season. This principle having been gene rally acceded to by the buyers, the trade may now be said to have fairly commenced, as a proof of which the dyers are well employed. In thrown silk there is certainly more doing, but prices are far from remune rating, when the present high price of raw silk is taken into account, and ae are sorry to report the market for the latter in a buoyant and advancing state. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—A good trade has been doing to-day, though perhaps altogether not so many goods have changed hands this wee as did last, partly owing to the unsettled state of the weather and the present shooting season. The fancy manufacturers complain of the slackness of their branch of business. IfALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The amount of business transacted in our Piece Hall to-day has been about an average for the season, and prices have not under gone any alteration. Yarns are still brisk, and the quotations are as high as they have ever been. Toere is a little more doing in wool, at late rates. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The woollen trade is without alteration since our last report, and still continues in a satisfactory state. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 17, Isso. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...•256 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... "" 53 Tubercular Diseases ... 166 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 1 06 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 22 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... ... ... 69 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion., es . 51 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. 12 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e. ... 8 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 7 Diseases of the Skin, Sze. 1 Malformations L.• 3 --- Premature Birth 36 ••• ••• Atrophy Old Age Sudden ... 0 Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 18 Causes not sptcifie d ... 3 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 874 Population Deaths in eorre- Deaths Enumerated, spending week in the 1841. of 1849. Week. West Districts... 301,189 . . 231 ... 129 North Districts.. 376,568 •• 272 ••• 179 Central Districts 374,199 ... 307 154 East Districts ... 393,067 ••• 833 587 ••• 181 South Districts.. 503,346 ... ••• 231 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 2,230 ... 874 Males ... ... ••• ... ... 441 Females ... ... ... ... ... 433 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1850. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIRD COURT. (Moro Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY.) William Augustus Sheen, 34, gentleman, was in dieed fir bigatny with M3ry Whilleber Greene, his wife Cecilia being then alive. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry prosecuted ; and Mr. Robinson defended. Tire prisoner is a tall military looking man, wear ing large mustachios and whiskers. M. BALLANTINE, in stating the case for the pro secution, said that charges of this character were ge nerally, as far as the jury were concerned, merely confined to the actual facts of the marriages, and that the other circumstances connected with the offence were for the consideration of the court to direct them in their judgment; and as in this instance the facts were abundantly clear, he should but briefly allude to them. Toe prisoner, who it was evident was a mere f'ortune•hunter, and had behaved most heart lessly to those who had become his victims, was mar ried to his first wife in 1838, when she had a good fortune, and all that the prosecution now knew of her was, that she was in Boulogne penniless, and unable to coma over to this country. "Without entering into the circumstances under which he be eline acquainted with hie second wife, he would merely state that she also was a lady of fortune, and that in the year 1848 he was married to her. After they had been married soma time, during which period he expended a great portion of her for tune, she became acquainted with the fact of the pri soner being a married man ; up m which she imme diately left him, after which he commenced hunting her, and holding out threats, for the purpose of ob taining money from her ; upon which her relations, having obtained the necessary evidence, took the pre sent proceedings, which could be proved without the appearance of the second wire. Mr. John Baker, the parish clerk of St. Mary, Dover, proved the marriage of the prisoner on June 23, 1838, to Cecilia Charlotte Franchall. They stayed at Duver a short time, and then went on the Conti nent. Witness saw the first wife alive in Boulogne about a fortnight ago. Cross. examined—At the time of the marriage the lady appeared to be between 30 and 40. Captain Morris Burchell, a retired officer, proved the identity of the prisoner and the marriage with his first wife. Mr. John Farrell, parish clerk of St. Mignus the Martyr, in the City, produced the certificate of the marriage of the prisoner with Miss Miry Wbilliber Greene, spinster, on the 2.1 of February, 1818. Mks E. J. Greene, sister to the prisoner's second wife, deposed to being present at the marriage. It was not until the July of 1849 that she heard the pri soner bad been married. Taxed him with it, and he said his first wife was kinder to him than her sister. Her sister had been abroad after she was separated from him. A letter, partly in French and partly in English, and addressed to this witness from the prisoner, was then put ,in and read. Its contents, which were couched in a somewhat incoherent style, proved that the prisoner, partly by threats and partly by an ap peal to her feelings, wished her to let him again ob tain possession of her sister. In cross-examination, witness said that her sister is about thirty-eight. I cannot say exactly where she is now. She left Dover the week before last, and is somewhere on the Continent. She came from Paris to be married. I was living at Richmond at the time. I heard from my sister about four days before the marriage, and came up from Richmond to be present. I did not then see the prisoner for above half-an-hour. They left for Paris. It was in July, 1849, that I heard from my sister of his being a married man. I was then living with Colonel Rose, at Richmond. H e but not i A a L n L y to Ti m N y E_ sis i te w r i . by Mr. AN treated me as his daughter. H e is dead. At his death he Re-examined me money, s Colonel Rose's adopted daught er . M y s i ster is now very ill. Thomas Barnes, a City p o li ce - consta bl e, sa i d that he went to appreh en d th e pr i soner at 0 ldard ' s Coffee .house, Waterloo-road, and when he told pri soner that he took him on a warrant for bigamy, pri soner said, " I do not understand you, or know what you mean." Witness then told him, and he sail he had a greater charge to make against Miss Greene— that of murder. He further added there might be some mistake—they might mean his brother. After some further evidence, Mr. ROBINSON addressed the jury for the defence, complaining of the statements made by the prosecu tion, and denying that the prisoner bad any money with his wife beyond the amount spent for ordinary expenses, and also that it was most unfair that the first wife was not present, and also the exact circum stances under which prisoner became acquainted with his wives, ' both of whom were older than himself. The Learned Counsel then called Mr. Joseph Crawford, Consul-General at the Ha vannahs, slid that he knew the prisoner, who had moved in the best society at that place, an! also at Paris. This gentleman produced a letter from the pri soner's first wife, ,written in the mildest spirit, and expressing her intention of not being present at the trial, as it would only serve to assist the case for the prosecution, and could not aid the position in which her unhappy husband was placed. Mr. GURNEY, in summing up, said there was no blame at all to be attached to the prosecution for the course they had pursued, nor was there any necessity for further wounding the fqelings of the first wife, by bringing her up to this court as evidence. All the jury had to do with was the fact of the two mar riages. The jury found him Guilty. Mr. BALLANTINE said he understood prisoner had 15,0001. with his second wife. Miss Greene was recalled, and said she believed her sister's fortune was above 10,000/., but it was settled on her. The solicitor for the prosecution, who was also so licitor to the lady, said it was above 10,0001., settled on her, but he heard that the prisoner had dissipated nearly all of it. After some further discussion the Court said they would take time to consider what sentence should be passed. The prisoner, who stood with his arms folded du• ring the whole of the trial, tr)ing to look very un concerned, then walked out of the dock with a Military step. Mary Fitzgerald, 47, married, a decent-looking woman, was indicted for feloniously intermarrying with William Beckford, her husband being then alive. Mr. Clark proseco‘ed, and Mr. Billantine, who had been retained through the humane interference of the Under-Sheriffs, appeared fur the woman. Mr. CLARK stated the case to the jury, and in so doing said that, although undoubtedly an offence had been committed, still the manner in which the charge had been brought forward was highly reprehensible, and cast great discredit on all parties, as no public wrong would have arisen if the proceedings had never been instigated. The facts were these :—ln the year 1824 the prisoner was married at Marylebone to a man named Fitzgerald, who, after living with her some time, deserted her and enlisted in the army, first going with his regiment to Ireland, and then to India. She was then married to ber second husband at St. George's, Bloomsbury, in 1831. After she had lived with him for six or seven years, Fitzgerald came home and came to claim her from her second husband, who, however, continued to live with her altogether for sixteen years, and had five children by her. Finally the first husband got discharged from the service, and it appeared made use of the power the commission of bigamy gave him to work upon her fears to extort money from her, she still living with her second husband, and some disagreement taking place, he left her, and for some time allowed her money to support the children ; but ultimately withdrawing that sup port, and she falling ill, they became chargeable to the parish of Richmond, where they lived, when the se cond husband made known the whole affsir to free himself from them, and these proceedings were taken and the poor woman sent here for trial. Mr. BALLANTINE having most warmly commented upon the shameful character of the proceedings, con tended that she might have thought her husband dead when she again married. The jury found her Guilty, and she was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment in Newgate. Mr. GURNEY said he should not allow the expenses. The poor woman, who was in a fainting state during a great portion of the trial, was obliged to be carried from the dock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. William Clayton was brought up on remand, charged with stealing a 40/. Bank of England note, a 10/. ditto, and 101. in gold and silver, the pro perty of Mrs. Jane Lawrence, of 38, Rainor• street, St. Luke's, about seven years ago, and absconding with the same. After the evidence taken on the previous examina tion had been read over, the witness, Catherine Hart, who stated that she saw prisoner take the money from a desk in the parlour of 12, Golden-lane, where Mrs. Lawrence was then living, came forward and requested to be heard, as she had something further to state relative to the case. She said that a young man who was outside the court, came to her the day before, and told her that he came from prisoner's so licitor. He said he wanted her to compromise the affair, as it was likely to go wrong with the prisoner if she appeared again, and confirmed her testimony. She declined to enter into any compromise whatever, whereupon he endeavoured to dissuade her from her intention not to abandon the prosecutrix. Finding he could not persuade by ?ecuniary offer, he tried wh-it effect threatening lan guage would h ave , an d ac cordingly told her that it she appared again she should suffer for it afterwards, as she was onl y swear ing away the life of the prisoner for th e pu rpose of extorting money from the prisoner and his friends. He then told her that she would be severely, punished if she attended the examination yesterday. He made use of similar threats to a shopkeeper in the neigh b mrhood with regard to witness's appearance against prisoner. Several parti , s were present at the time hi made use of the threatening language towards witness. Alderman KELLY directed oae of the officers of the court to see if the party was still remaining outside, and to call him in if he was. In two or three minutes the officer returned usher ing in, much to the astonishment of every one in the court, the gentleman who had acted as interpreter in a case just heard, in which a girl of the town was accused of robbing a French gentleman. The accu • sation made against him was then read over, when he denied a great portion of what had been stated, but admitted that he had called upon her and asked her if she wished to compromise the affair, and, on her de clining to do so, ha told her that she was swearing prisoner's life away by perjuring herself, and that she would ultimately be severely punished for it. He did not say he came from the prisoner, but that he had been requested to call on her by his solicitor, as they believed, and he still thought so, that her whole aim and object was to extort money from the prisoner. Alderman KELLY said that from his own statement he had been guilty of an indictable offence by intimi dating a witness. The worthy Alderman then re primanded the party for his conduct, which he thought was rather a serious offence, and he was allowed to depart. Tnis case was remanded from last week for the attendance of Mr. Serle, the secretary to the Camber well Savings Bank, who appeared and stated that the prosecutrix withdrew her money, amounting to about 1501., on September. 11, 1843, but they had no note or memorandum in any of their books signifying what money it was paid in. Alderman KELLY said it appeared to him that there was a great deficiency in the management of a savings bank, to pay such a large sum out without making an entry of the notes and cash the demand was met with. b r Mr. Hrc aanwfc said, from the nat ure of the C 1 6 re and the respect a bility of the accused , he w ould irleil l a little into the character of the witnesses. lop 13ragd.11 was then examined.—fle was out taros. II ii been in various einp!nY tiun. porter, and waiter. He then gave en account cf b b e i l s i proceedings during the day and up to the thn e si he was assaulted, as he alleged, h -y the prsoner.. ed Wren was also examined. His account Or materially from that of Bragdeil. ' tape , A third person, named Wright, an aqua° he was examined, and his statement contradicted 1 Ments, story of the other two. fur' Mr. HARDWICK said charges like that brougbt a ward against the accused were ery to !nakd:loa difficult to repel. Independently of the inert were character of some portions of the evidence, ther e 11 ,, o f such manifest discrepancies between the stistemeal._o as printer, all the three witnesses, and such direct contradictlo,_ of parts of their stories, that he could not hesitater, stating his belief that the charge had been fabricated for the purpose of extortion. He should discharge prisoner, and bind him over to prosecute. bar, Bragdell and Wren were then placed at the and the depositions of the now.complainant tsken. o„ The complainant said his name W AS not Jack s° A , it was Michael JasburA, and he resided et Bu r ° walles Hall, Knaresbor b ough. tie The deposition was in substance t he same a defence. r se in The prosecutor was bound over to appear next week. CLERKENWELL. , A Wel l' ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.--J. Stockbriage, - wit h th• known d by Ellen Buckley and s ad i hav ief, was charge ng committed the followin g daring 011tihr • rbbery. OW o The prosecutrix stated that on TUESCIBI e l p g she o left home to make a purchase, and was r„ etu r ,7 l :it• to her residence, when on crossing White ‘',. ° „"„ c teed h elds, she was followed by the prisoner, Wb° s", ‘ , o od. Sheer down, and assaulted her while on the gts• so ar the P rig a nd resisted, and cried out, on which took from her some lace she had just purchas e '' ifo o ran off with it. She called " Stop thief, sol d me stopped and given into custody dea ce. Sergeant Martin, 41 N, * 6 tand .s gave con rms. be 1 0- The prisoner said nothing in defence, remanded. . ... f. OBTAINING 1 GOODS By F ALSE PRETO C-S. VIC Ford, described ,as an architect, residing it s t mr. John Villas East, Regent's-park, was charge d n ul a bill' Bolton, furniture broker, of No. 10 4 9 m-dn and row, Finsbury, with having obtained by fon false pretences 601. worth of goods. c ' us r e. Prosecutor, being imposed on by the sPe -I : re peeS presentations of the prisoner, who gave biro e ' e , a •blessi ot respectability, which ultimately proved ir e " It entrusted him with a 1 f f rnitu re• olo arge quantity o 11 ~,,, a was shown that a considerable quantity of l" - u the had . been pawned and otherwise disposed of hi oa , prisoner a few days after he got possession of ' He was fully committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. isl e, dr CHARGE or FELONY —Mr. Mark Bothsc'avoity scribed eh as a merchant in Scarhery-streeti„,aillt ch apel, was placed at the bar, before bir , 'it; and charged with felonious] i• •ht vv atc " - of y stealng eight City rspe two diamond rings, of the value of 551., -• et of Mc. Joseph Samuel], a in terril jeweller City-road. ding „ blo t The prosecutor stated—ln . 1 t 1 bad . April as A business transactions with the prisoner, Outer:loode accept h the bill of exchange now produced " 3 ' 1 7 tba e received from me. The bill became du! ° . a lied 25th of June, but three that be "" b e . weeks beforet time to me several • .ri times fur fresh goods, the las iti. 1 i g the very day before the bill came to ma Sun day) h refused all these overtures ; but on the 2 3 ;„si he told me I should never see the bill 23 a in, 010 would be properly taken up, and, having e" ° „id be $ several. bank notes, the prisoner told me it w c ' o be pity to lose the opportunity of selling the g Do ds, ty 1, was in a position to dispose of a great nas ll ,, t g l o a . da s therefore, consented to let him have fresh goo Li-to bito agreement was drawn up, which was read ° ve i t l i f ered several times, and he signed it, upon which lu e . s f the to him eight watches and two diamond which a loe, value together of 551., at the ordinary 03°01 WO and h he went away with them. (The agre e° l resdt its up to the bench, and though not pu blic f toe general purport appeared be, front th e 5 oaf to the 'g e quent evidence, that either the value of theta' nnds should be paid to the prosecutor or the due ,g- -- W' selves returned.) On the bill becoming tbes ever, it was returned to me dishonoured, sw" o pen went in search of the pris o ner h im self, w hen ' # t , _„ no aVi reaching - his • residence I found that be hot 13 " ~ and that there was no one in the house. svitt le ' In cross-examination by Mr. Parnell the kout t wo said—l have known the prisoner altogether 0 c o ffee years. I found him last night at Howard;ebosiotss house, m in Duke's-place, which is a kind °1 , 3 as se ° s alt, like Capel-court for stockbrokers, 5 0 " w hole as did find him he bullied me, denied thei 0001 transaction, and told me I might d a s like 0 Jed the M goods. An reo3 r. fIA week,mmlnn ordered the prison er to be , sc ar $ p for aconsented in t h e roe but - aotinae to substantial • bail for his appearance' °l.° future appearah ..so, Tho required bail was immediatelY f nt aer 1 stockbroker being a merchant at Stepney, and the -floittoti at Pentonville, and the prisoner 1 the court with his f • friends. _.... Mr. Searle said he could not tell whether it was done or not by other savings banks, he only knew that it was never done at the Camberwell Bank. There was an entry of the money having been paid to Mrs. Lawrence, but it was in the handwriting of Mr. Green, the former secretary. He could not swear positively that he actually saw the money paid to Mrs. Lawrence, but he had no doubt that it was paid. John Krellick, a friend of the prosecutrix, stated that the money was the fruits of her hard-earned savings during twenty years of servitude, and that the loss of the money alleged to have been stolen by the prisoner proved her total ruin, as she was obliged to give up her shop and gain a subsistence the best way she could by plain needlework, or any employ ment suitable to her age. Ha stocked her shop at the time she opened it, shortly before losing her money, with goods to the amount of 201, for which he had never been paid, nor did he ever expect to be from the circumstances of the prosecutrix at present. He had advertised the prisoner at his own expense, and offered a reward of 101. fur his apprehension, but all to no purpose. Had known the prisoner for six • teen years, and he (prisoner) had been in the habit of calling upon him (witness) every evening to let him know how prosecutrix got on in her shop, but on the evening of the robbery, he never made his appearance and the landlady where he lodged said he had been there and taken away his things, and appeared in a very excited state, and his manner was very inco herent. Alderman KELLY said the case was of too im portant a nature to be disposed of lightly, and he would therefore remand it, to have Mr. Green's evi dence. The attempt to intimidate the principal wit ness only made the case more flagrant, as far as the prisoner was concerned, and he would therefore re mand the prisoner till Tuesday next. SOUTHWARK. Yesterday Francis Davis, a well -dressed young man, was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with being concerned with two other men in knocking down and robbing Alfred Greenland, a young man in the employ of Messrs. Sandars, cheesemongers, of Coiling wood-street, Blackfriars-road, of a bag con taining 3751., the property of his employers. The particulars of the robbery appeared in the newspapers on Friday last, when an account was given of the apprehension of Robert Archer, ene of the three implicated in the charge, together with the recovery of the bag containing the whole of the money of which the young man Greenland had been p'undered. Since then the police have been on the alert to:apprehend the other two men concerned in the offence, and it will be seen from the annexed examination that the police succeeded in that object, but that one of the prisoners escaped by knocking down a sergeant of the L division, by striking him on the head with a life-preserver. Sergeant Wright, M division, stated that in con sequence of information he went, accompanied by Sergeant Jones, of the L division, to the Olive Branch public-house, in the New Cut, at the corner of the Waterloo-road, between four and five o'clock on the previous afternoon. When they entered the house they observed Davis and another man standing in front of the bar, and, having strong grounds for suspecting they were concerned in the late highway robbery near St. S tviour's Church, they mentioned to them their suspicions, and at the same time intimated that they must accompany them to the station-house. Davis and his associate at once expressed their will- ingness to go, and they quitted the public-house, but had not proceeded more th an a d ortn yards in the direc tion of the station-house, when the man in custody of Sergeant Jones struck him a violent blow on the head with a life-preserver, which stunned him and felled him to the ground, and while he was lying thus pros trate, ran away and made his escape, none of the per sons by whom the police were surrounded making any effort to re-capture the offender. Sergeant Wright added that Jones, the sergeant, was unable to attend the present examination, in conse quence of the serious injury inflicted on his head with the life-preserver. Mr. Itobert Ward stated that he is a salesman in the Borough Market, and that on Thursday last, be• tween nine and ten o'clock in the morning, as he was walking along the passage near St. Miry Overies Dock, his attention was particularly attracted on see ing Archer, the man examined at this court on Thurs day last, together with the prisoner Davis and another man, walking slowly along. When they saw him they drew up with their backs to the wall, and it struck him at the time that they were "up to no good," particularly as he saw at a short distance a chaise standing, with a gentleman's coat lying on the seat, and it struck him that they wanted to steal the garment. He, however, passed on, and had not pro ceeded many yards when he heard one of the three men exclaim " Here he comes 1" and in less than a minute afterwards a cry of" Stop thief!" was raised, and on looking to the spot from whence the sounds were heard, he observed the young man, Greenland, on the ground, an I the three men whom he had pre viously passed running away, one of them having a bag in his hands. Witness saw the latter man cap tured with the bag and money, but the other t%s o men escaped at the time., and he has no doubt the prisoner Davis was one of the parties he saw upon that occasion. The prisoner asserted his innocence of the alleged charge, and accused the last witness of having given two different accounts of the transaction, with regard to his identity; that he could prove he was in bed in the house No. 8, St. Andrew's-terrace, Waterloo road, with a young woman named Caroline Lewis, at the time the robbery was effected, and that he had no hand in it. Mr. SECKER remanded the prisoner, to give time fur the apprehension of the others concerned in the affair, and who escaped from custody by knocking down the police-sergeant. I° T vE l n i t. E ooL, Li of pera salesw sack l a ' k n i i d n and rather Flourbarrel. lower. mall ll ' 04 A O uG U . N 2o. llll l )i ere Itiv!f:11.8- -"-Its_l:a;,testid• a t t,co at to-day's market. Wheat in retail der e- 00°1 d he prices accepted were ld per 70:bs lower trap o f 6- pTobret from is treme rate ebsnger deelirjug. Barley' and malt without Indian corn 8. in as which isquest at 6d Per . lo f vi , before. limitedshowery h ow movederoyraeto-day, o o s ff sdtal s dylo Beans oatmeal hyntmideaebtps:ral swqr:ieu,:baorra jet : bff.eg nieaiii o citrbi foci:sf lee , . 000: : ::. LEEDS, Aua. 20 —We have a fair arrive do ll r. utriatdrei o ( m m i lla o r t k he -l r an a e r , ti t e e le n s d . s to neutralise th° e to ." a; NEWCASTLE r freer the dull accounts f ? ro ß m N leyOats,uite rsehteaiiilinagtsabout FbreidtssoYs'eoloi. ~ , and Of 1 P ite ly CORN —the -DLIAOBnicloEnT: tz.113.-a len skit(; millers NElvc m: T re LE anxious L b; • y . m e A r SE:bEtITL,WeA : G. 1 :1 1 g o n. ° : ow. os . t ‘ her tir : ::: :: :,, i f change In prices. Barb and other k i n ds °` 11 111311 i Without the least variation. o n SOPP II ,4 i beast itunbme:lk9,eotodo4.ychange': Qu,41 0 good. About tifty head more than on v i t , fel clearltY middling. Trade tolerably active, and a nd a' " e Meted at last week's price& 0 b boet e i lastlambs in large supply, exceeding the number ° boo t 13 1 4 by 2 ' oo T d ntiv e at 6 P a° , 0. ra 0 a , oo' sb ee jto rates for both kinds of stock. Beasts, 0„, ' t 4 0 6 ... in 64; mutton 41 , to 5/d: 1,1113 b 4id to 51 1 The re fr o e 4o - 00. EDIN . EURGH MEAL MARICZT, AUG. 2 0-- : bioir* - the mealmarket to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each wet 9 , 6 d, sad t satimperial, which sold thus :-2 at li lOs Od, 5 at ' 6 „ s ai PS g 119 s Od. 2 sacks flour, which sold at 2 96 ; . t Vs, ga barley, whereof 5 sold thus:-1 at 21s, let 230, ' '''' at iv,. Rip EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW 111rAela,,6 000151 Oat straw , wheat from 7s 6d to 9s Od per kemple 4 'Od to 6 , 1 , Old hay, ditto, 7s Od to 7s 6d; barley ditto, 70 „, to 10 ,4 from lid to Is 2d per stone ; new ditto , I r u e o re i t ', LKEITH MEAL AIARKET, AUG. 19.-•":11e, ore bab a sa.es oatmeal, and 35 of barleytnesl at this cleY r l ce 3d . bag I dull. Oatmeal same on the inferi or ond p t „ • Ori e l u do wn t ,at sold at 25s 3d was of V ila ' ' meal Is 6dper hag Tho down. nd 3d Oatmeal,. per sack, of 280 lbs. First Pec e- d 255 Oil 83 6 3 '- imperial 293 Od 9 Od ..... 03 Barle • " ... ... p Puce', per ditto 16s 9 1 163 (Id ••" -a 04 easetneal ''• -.4 -- _A Flour " ... '" .- Od s od 0 sOd 3Od Pot barle ... ." ... 3' ... —s Od -- ilarnburgh beats, 24. Ik2o°eailr°, 131ri B Budd!e's W. eglnes Bartley Percy Hartley l3s Od ...r , COAL MARK Kl.—Yr.sicannAl• 1,8 „A ........ 5s .-- Hartley 14s Od Hatton .......... 1 0 .... ..'" Os No rth w Y ,••• 15 ~ v No 14s Oci Lambton ........ .. 15 " 13s 3d Haswell ........ . 4 Jonassohns Hartley h ~.•••' .;. 00 T fi id an e Moor I'a 1. Moor „, a .. e , Butes lls 9d Whitworth ............. i_ pd Walker's r s Primrose West , Hartley wYlam . • ohl '''' 13i 13s 6d Birch g. Graig ... ... e . Wall's End, &c .•• Hartley -- .... i"r ~• I , 01 /3 wicker and Co. 13s 6d Nixon's gee Y .., a n , 0 4 Belmont Braddyll 15a 3.llWhitworth COA. Ships at market. 59• MARLBOROUGH -STREET. ATTEMPT AT EXTORTION.—THE TABLES TURNED. —A very old gentleman, who gave the fictitious name of John Jackson at the station-house, was charged with having assaulted Joseph Bragdell. The substance of Bragdell's story was, that while looking into a shop window in Hemming's-row, the prisoner had acted with gross impropriety towards him, and that on meeting a police-constable be gave prisoner into custody. A companion of the prosecutor, named Wren, cor roborated this statement. The prisoner said he was a gentleman of inde pendent property. He had only arrived in town the preceding day and had taken up his temporary abode at the Tavistock Hotel. After dining yesterday he walked towards the Haymarket, taking his way through Hemming's row. Seeing something going on in a shop he stopped and while standing at the window he felt somebody press against one of his hands, which was banging down. He moved, and again he was pressed against, and then walked away. He was followed by the first witness, who asked him what he was going to stand for what he had done. He demanded an explanation, and the witness said he was not going to allow himself to he pulled about for nothing. He was indignant at this insinuation, and told the witness he would not submit to any such attempt at extortion—he would give nothing. He then walked on, but finding he was still followed he stop ped. The first witness then told him to come with him into a public-house and the matter might he set tled there without further trouble. lie refused the proposal. The witness said he had better do some thing, or he must take the consequences. The wit ness did not mention the word "money," but all hi s remarks assured him that his object W 23 money. He asked the witness if he meant to threaten him. The witness gave him to understand he knew the law, and if the matter was not arranged he would give him into the custody of a policeman. He told the witness he was ready to go with a constable, and a constable was then brought and he was taken to the station-house. The prisoner admitted he had not given his correct name at the station-house, but the police had been made aware of it, and he was willing to disclose it if required. The prisoner then mentioned his name and station. .... :____--------- f i ° BIRT.ITB. the Illf Berko, On the 18th inst., at O S F pe A enh B a O ra tild, " c o Silas Plmer, Esq , M.D. Do h, the ' On the 18th ins . t., at Devonshire - te rraco, Captain C3arles Target. A , OF • DATIGHT SIC. On the 21st inst , Lady Rivers. lo bo'' , 144 ' 9. On the 20th • i ' 11 t t et Bloomsbury ins ~ in Hart-street , -s re , _........ Rivolta. At 41031A'D • On Brough, F the 19th inst., at St. Ann's, Westin 0 An ne ' 14 sq., of Edge hill, Liverpool, t Fine bbe c dauoht 1 ,114 rof the late John Langton , F' sc i . ' colnshire. Ed t° Ao estly On the 20th inst., at Beddineton John F , e t o r j o Aw r Esq., of E ' Sul - o.7'f Bea"' e, Strand, and pso Mary 11 e ( est daughter of Andrew Collyer, Esq" ° ton, Surrey. inster,;lool/11;t, zo..si:o o_ ,qsn n :att t hir l .i i tee e iic l9th inst. ,at Brighton, in the 81 " i Ac" le L e f' ----- °Oils ei, L ,mar oc. On g _ r .1 ,la ,:k sed r rty c ki h nlo e s‘f r t, et : ha h ieot e c e lik , ito.ieui President slet 1 oofn.dc ' _ ot el of nr ri n t s h oc n e e : J . o ° F ri! r l e t ' 3 O r !; 7n till , county of Devo Do (? v n a t p lie 'Oth i r n i. st., in Carlton.terrace, the Bight i i°tl. I &W e ' wife of v y r n . the Bth inst., at 'ours, Charlotte, the . _,,,.. e,-;nter, and si• txr of Wjor-General BrothertVlocior•l:4loo D. ~-.:, ),nn the rt h e I I: t i I I : I n ; s e t t , at StißiteSbUry, Jain I L ! ivirkt ,: asra.n t i l h le enol l9th inst.. at Oxford-terrace, ilpe - r Alert' `-'' ke Edwar Is E- a so 3" So." 0. j i lia : til in le th i e 7t s i a l i me ns cO ' un a ty t. : '6-' ll , ecto , r 6tw o ti f ite L .o o t w l iek and Islip, Nerthan,P9_u_ 140' 's' rgaret, da.u:gijlh:tilleiniira;:onetTdFaegs.te :lorig°afet::;;;-e-ev6ri:ir.:°;re'clilierle On inst., at 'Valencia, co . • • bie Mg ' Abbe , • Catheringtoa-bouset ea Talbot.Cronal'it °f Le Ns nd tor : .a n .”nl : dl,2• Prin 000. 1:1 ?di tad and Publish ed by Iktl,SA/00100,,,,1atal inStrtlaiend,PrPerciinntectr, ofatt hreSs°vuoy-, t" "'Liege; Thursday, August 22, 1t35 0 . • WES LE YAN REFORM. A public meeting, very numerously attended, was held en Tuesday, at S'. Martin's-hall, Long-acre, for the purpose of hearieg the statements of the delegates, who have been assembled in consultation for the last few days, from various parts of the country, on the subject of reform in the Wesleyan body. The partial schism which was mated by the proceedings of the Conference of 1842 appears to have blazed out with redoubled fury, in consequence of further expulsions of old and well known ministers by the Conference which has just closed its sittings in London. An iutense public in terest has been excited in their favour; and, as the " martyrs" successively presented themselves on the platform, they were greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering. Mr. W. PHILLIPS, of Bristol, being called, to the chair, said he was one of the delegates appointed by the suf frages of about 2,400 members of the Wesleyan Society. He regretted that the Wesleyan Conference had thought it necessary to refuse an interview with the delegates, thereby shutting out all hopes of any arrangement.— (Hear, bear.) Not only were the religious, but the civil liberties of the Wesleyan people in danger. If any large mass of persons were educated in implicit sub mission to a priesthood, there was great danger of establishing a spiritual despotism.—(Hear, hear.) He much deprecated the practice, now becoming common, of religious bodies receiving the money of the state; nothing was more detrimental to the spirit of true reli gious liberty.—(Bear, hear.) The Rev. JAMES BROMLEY was loudly cheered on rising. He pronounced the Conference an ecclesiastical despotism, without law and without control. The entire legislative function was vested in one house and in one order—that of the ministers, who were self-elected; they both enacted and enforced the laws; and though there was the appearance of a jury in the "leaders' meetings," unless the verdict was in accordance with the view of the presiding minister, he could carry the case before a court composed wholly of preachers, and get the sentence re versed. This had seen done in the case of Mr. Cousins Hardy, in Norfolk, who was expelled, notwithstanding a unanimous vote of the leaders' meeting in his favour.— (Hear, hear.) The Conference had also grasped the whole of the eve:naive power. This had been pain • fully exemplified a few days ago in the case of the Rev. Mr. Budden, of Holt.—(Hear, hear.) Thev had also grasped the entire of the patronage; for the lay committees, with very few exceptions, were the nomi nees of the Conference. The management of the finance was also engrossed by the Conference. Recently they had ordered a special collection throughout the king dom in aid of the contingent fund; and whatever might be the object, of which no account could be found, this was evidently a very arbitrary stretch of power.— (Hear.) It had been reserved till his case far she Con ference to abrogate the right of an accused party to be heard in his own defence. He had been charged with violating the solemn obligations under which be had en tered the society; he wished to meet that charge, and to have it either proved or disproved; but it was felt that that would be inconvenient.—(flear, hear.). Had his appeal from the sentence of the Bath district meeting been heard, he should have put some very awkward " brotherly question" to some members of the Confer ence.—(Laughter.) The last charge against the Con ference was that of adopting in their discipline the most corrupt, outrageous, and anti-ChristiarL principle that could ever be mingled in the jurisprudence of any body whatever—the question by penalty.—(hear, hear.) His principal objection to the proceedings cf the Conference was tbat they were directly contrary to scripture, which re quired all charges, especially against elders, to be sup ported by two or three witnesses.—(llear, hear.) The Conference made the accused the witness against him self, and if he refused to answer, pronounced him guilty and cut him off. They had not the thumb-screw or pinching foot of the Inquisition; but they had a power as despotic and arbitrary, and could cut off any minister, after thirty or forty years' service, from his means of support.—(Hear, hear, and Shame !) Though deeply feeling his expulsion, he rejoiced in the freedom it had given him; he felt ho could noa speak and act like a man.—(Cheers.) Meisrs.Wild,of Loudon, Martin, of Manchester, Mas singham, of Norwich, and several other gentlemen, afterwards addressed the meeting, which was protracted to a late hour. No resolution was submitted, but the feeling of the meeting was evidently unanimous in condemnation of the Conference proe.edings. , th T e c . l E a D n A C T h . e_s te s r m G a u a o r f d i t a h n ) the STATE OF TRADE. tiolders of MANC E F s r T o E m g cotton appear to have been rendered so uneasy by that course of wary and limited purchasing so perti naciously followed by the consumers as to have at length-made an effort to realise, the suddpnufss and vigour of which have caused a decline of 3-16 d. per lb. since Friday in most qualities of Americans. This has affected our market in a very sensible manner to-day, adding materially to that backwardness to operate on the part of buyers, and to that so. licitude about selling, among some classes of producers, which became apparent towards the latter BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... ••• 6Q9 Females ... ... ... ... 674 Total ... ... 1,363 *ln this number are included 24 by Scarlatina, 27 by Typhus Fever, 139 by Diarrhoea, and 8 by Cholera. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NoßmEniv clncuir.—Liverpool, Aug 21. CROWN COURT.—(R fore Mr. Justice WiGuT- Max.) William Threlfall, a respectable -looking man, and formerly a large manufacturer in Yorkshire, was placed at the bar, charged, on three indictmente, with forgery—on the first, with forging a bill of exchange Ryland, for 1,0001., with intent to defraud Charles Tyson ; f exchange for 2,0001 . , with the m anager o f t h e H u ll r,ri the second, with having forged and uttered the acceptance , o t f oa Joseph bill o in tent to defraud Thomas Whittaker and others; and on the third, with forging the acceptance of another bill of exchange for 1,0001., with intent to defraud Whittaker and others. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Bliss, Q.C., and Mr. Blair appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Aspinall for the defence. The Counsel for the prosecution proposed to pro ceed with the first indictment; on which the Learned Counsel for the prisoner moved, on affidavit of the pri soner and his attorney, to postpone the trial on the first indictment, on the ground that the charge had only been preferred on the first day of the assizes, and that from the shortness of time prisoner was not pre pared with his defence, nor acquainted with the parti culars of the case. His LORDSHIP thought that on so serious a charge the application of the prisoner was reasonable. He was, however, ready to try the other charges against the prisoner on which he bad been committed, if the Learned Counsel for the prosecution thought it desir able to proceed. Mr. Buss thought it would be more desirable that all the charges should be tried together, and the other charges also had therefore better be postponed. This was assented to, and the prisoner was ordered to be detained in custody to take his trial at the next assizes. His LORDSHIP. having got through the criminal business, then tried a short civil cause, and no other case being ready, his Lordship left about twelve o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) EASTIIAM V. WHITEHEAD. In this case Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. Cowling appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Martin, Q.O , and Mr. Atherton for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is an attorney at Kirkby Lonsd a le, to recover back 631 . paid by him as a deposit on 30 shares allotted to him in the North Union and T ren t Valley Railway Com pany, of the provisional comm itt e e of which company the defendant was a very act i ve member. It ap peared that a prospect us o f the proposed company was issued, a deposit of two guineas per share to be made to pay the preliminary expenses. The plaintiff ap plied for forty sh a r es , an d h a d thirty allotted to him , the deposit on whi c h h e pa id t o a banker by direc tion of the secreta r y o f the provisional c ommittee. This was in the autu mn o f 1845. The railway pa nic came, and 3001. only h av i ng b een subscribed towar ds the undertaking, n o f ur th er s t e ps were taken in it, and the plaintiff no w b roug ht his action to rec over back his deposit against the defendant as the most active member of the provisional committee. These facts having been proved, his LORDSHIP ruled that the plaintiff was en ti t l e d to recover th e amount claimed. Mr. MARTIN then t en d ere d a bill of exceptions to this ruling, and al so b ecaus e his Lor dshi p had not directed the jury that th e pl a intiff was n ot entitled to recover. Verdict for the plaintiff—Dainageg, 631. In the course of the day a number of eauses were settled ; and it is expected that the assizes will termi nate to-morro w. T fa li lla B cy i ::: :::"AT 6.,n ll: a s h P d lT Th A h L e s h T) --------- r f o t a he r.-54.e. should like to see this important subject taken up by . judicious fasted solely confirmed. That there is a disea ciation with it &spelled. Alas! how many hundreds are annually . sacrificed at the shrine a intemperance, whose and prejudice in asso lives might have been spared had efficient means been re s irteil to at an early period, before the habit became fixed d es . ted solely in an uncontrollable desire for stimulating rinks, we have not a doul,t the more wa see of the insane, the stronger is this ie of the mind ma.ni conviction fastened on our minds. There is ordinary int ox i ca ti on , an d t hi s may, to a certain extent, become a habit ; but there is, apart W ool this, a forma morbi of n: d 1- sanity, exhibiting itself almost exclusively- in yearning fur intoxicating drinks. We have often seen cases of this kind, a nd as o ft en have lamen t e d our inability seri ously to grapple with them until the disease ha s into positive delirium, and it is only at this stage that dl d e extende law allows us to interpose. —Dr. ' Forbes Ilrinslovis Psycho logical Journal. THE