The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. ' PRICES OF SHARES , Mary P yne , a young woman, was placed at the bar INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept. 24. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. before Mr. Combs, charged by Mary . Pyne, her (Before the CHIEF CommissioNea.) PANIES' STOCK. IN RE GEORGE FYSON ROPER. mother, residing in Brighton-street, Somers-town, This insolvent, described as an artist and designe r, with havin g violentl y assaulted a nd at te m pted to From the Official List. PUBLISEIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. strangle her. The prosecutrix, whose face was co applied to be discharged from prison upon his in- LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. term order of protection, granted upon the filing of vered with marks of violence, and who was in a feeble state, said that the prisoner lived in the same house his petition under the protection statutes. as herself, and was in the habit of leading a dissolute 3fOINT-STOOSI mamma. Mr. DOWSE supported. Mr. PHILP, a solicitor, opposed, and examined the life, staying out late at nights, returning home intoxi- Dividend Amount per of insolvent, who stated that ha was honorar y secretar y cated, and beatin g her in a cruel manner, but she Name of Company. Annum. Share. Paid. Price. to the Needlewomen ' s Society, bu t received no salar y avoided a p rosecution, to avoid the disgrace consequent --- ---- - or emolument. He did not, as secretary, buy and upon exposure. On the previous night the prisoner .6 s. d. I a. d. Australasia .... •• •• .. 245. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - sell goods, nor did the society. Persons wishing to came home excited by liquor, and on being remon- BritshNorth American 51. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -- have linen made up went to the institution, whence it strated with she became outrageous, raved at witness, Ceylon ...........• •• 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - was given out to the n eedlewomen. He was a de- and after beating her in a violent manner, seized wit ' Colonial. signer of fashions for ladies dresses, and bought the I - ness by the throat, knocked. her down, and keeping Gloucestershire ...... 151 per cent. - - _ paper upon which he drew the designs, which he tight hold of her, swore she would strangle her, and lonian ••-•••• •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 o 25 0 0 Londn - r - sent to his subscr ibers. Mr. Ph ilp contended that h a d it not been f or t he interference an d assistance of Ditt and Westminsto .• 61 ' per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - - 13 0 0 - the insolvent wa s a trader ( o wing more than 3001.), the inmates of the house, who called in the police, she London Joint-Stock.. 61. per cent. AO o 0 10 0 0 - consequently could no t petition under the Protection would have strangled her. Provincial or Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New. - Act. Several witnesses proved having heard the cries of National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. SO 0 0 22 10 0 - The CHIEF Comeirsseoxen thought otherwise, and " Murder," and on proceeding to the apartment of sat. Provnciel of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - thes/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - granted the discharge. prosecutrix, they found the prisoner and her mo. So l t ) t i h tt l ' u N st e r w an; 1: •.: :: 61 per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - IN RE HENRY EDWARD SUCKLING. ther on the flour together. Tne prisoner had the union of Australia •• • • Cl. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - t... Z to a or ..., T ... This insolvent, a private tutor, lately residing at mother's hair twisted round her arm, and she had hold 0nd0n..... 61. per ce n t. - 210 0 - .•• • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Southgate, was opposed by Mr. Macrae on behalf of of her throat tightly, and the old woman was black Union of Madrid ..... 1 - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - several creditors, and by some in person. Mr. Sir- in the face and nearly insensible, and the prisoner's good supported. violence would no doubt have proved fatal had not the INSURANCE COMPANIES. The creditors opposing were chiefly tradespeople prisoner been forced from her mother. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price for small amounts, and the Learned COMMISSIONER A police-constable confirmed the evidence. He Annum. Share. recommended that some attempts should be made to took the prisoner to the station-house. arrange their demands. Mr. COMBE inquired of the mother what she wished £ 5. d. I s. d. Albion -•••••••• • • • • 3L 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 82 The insolvent having omitted to describe himself as the prisoner to be done to : did she wish her to be Alliance Brit. and For. 71143 ad &bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 214 of Jersey, where he had been residing, the case was punished ?-She replied that she only wished to be Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 a adjourned for an amended description. protected from her violence, not for her to be severely e ' lri tl tt h Commercial •• 1 7 3 e 5 . . 6 6 0 d . . 50 50 0 0 0 5 6 8 17 1 74 IN RE WILLIAM HENRY HOBBS. punished. Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 The insolvent, a lighterman, was opposed by an Mr. COMBE did not send the case for trial, but l'untY"""" .. •• •.31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 62 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14% old German named Arnold Jager, who complained fined her 405., or six weeks' imprisonment; and she Eagle • that Hobbs bad been guilty of a breach of trust. The was bound over to keep the peace. European Life ••• • • • 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 10% insolvent General •• .. .• ...... - - 50 0 54 ,in 1835, was appointed executor to the will SOUTHWARK. Gl:cm - 130 cif Jager's daughter, under which the interest of 3401. Daniel H. Harrington, a young man working in a GJardla i n ............ 51. 100 0036 10 0 54% was left to the father during his life, and afterwards tanyard at Bermondsey, was placed at the bar,_ with Imperial Fire :: :: :: :: 121. p l e 2 r e. cent. 500 100 0 0 0 0 501 0 0 230 16 % the property was to pays to the sisters of the testatrix. his face frightfully disfigured, so as to render it almost Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & Its. 100 0 0 20 0 0 41 Insolvent paid the interest regularly until about three impossible to distinguish a single feature, charged with Law . Fire ,. Law 1..ue:::::::: ::.: 11.-16 s 100 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 3 % /4 years ago, and then it was discovered that the money committing a rape on Emma O'Donnel, a child be- Legal and General Life - ' 50 0 0 20 0 44 had not been invested. The insolvent acknowledged tween seven and eight years of age, the daughter of a Licensed Victuallers • • - 5 0 0 1 o o London Fire .. •• •• •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 174 that he had applied the money to his own uses in his man in the same employment. London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 17% bHiiness. It was also stated that the insolvent's barges Mr. Binns attended for the prisoner. tarine ••••••• •• • • .. 155. per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 1 had been taken under a deed of assignment to a Mr. The circumstances which gave rise to the condition 11ed. Invlid&Gen.Life 01, p er ct. 50 0 o 2 0 0 2 National Lean Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 27i Christall, who was co-executor with insolvent under in which the prisoner appeared at the bar of this National Life.... a will, for property which the insolvent had realised court are as follow :-The prisoner and the father of Si.s/. per cent. 150 0 0 20 0 24 • 3/. p. sh. & bs. - - 145 and not accounted for. Mr. Christen was still a cre . the little girl, the subject of this case, have for some Professional Life .. ••••• 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 125.6 d ditor for 900/. years worked together in a tanyard at Bermondsey, Pr otector Life........ 51. per cent. - - - The insolvent admitted the facts, and offered no and on Saturday last the former went to lodge at the r i r o o c ei k az i n fe t Life ••••• • • • 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 stock. 0 0 10 0 21 6 2 4 excuse. He was sixty-eight years oiage, and had had house of the latter, who is a widower, occupying, %oval Exc • h • a • n • g • e • : . • • • • • •1 6/. per cent. ki s t twenty-one children. with his three children, a small tenement in Noah's Su i l i Fire r. . i . ..... - - 209 11. 6s. - - 48 The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said it was a very cruel Ark-lane, Bankside. It seemed that there were two Unite tt cl e Kin fe edom .... 41. per cent. 20 004 0 0 3% case, and although he should not remand the insolvent beds in one of the rooms, in one of which the pri- Universal Life........ 10% pr cat. 100 0 01 10 0 0 - for a breach of trust, yet it was a most fit case for the goner slept with the father of the children, while the briotoria Life.... - 412 6 44 application of the discretionary clause. The insolvent latter occupied the second. On Sunday night last • DOMES. would be discharged after the expiration of six months O'Donnel and his sister, the aunt of the children, from the date of the vesting order. went out to visit some friends, leaving them at home Dividend Name of Company. per Amount of Paid. Price. IN RE HENRY BLACKBORO. to mind the house. Between eleven and twelve Annum. Share. Mr. Cooke, with Mr. Sargood, opposed on behalf o'clock the prisoner (the lodger) returned, and, - - x 5.• I s of Messrs. Pawson and Bradbury, assignees of Hugh having procured a candle from the eldest daughter, a East and West India... Cl. pr cent. Stock.d. - . d. - 1404 Swan, a bankrupt. Mr. Nichols supported. The girl about twelve years of age, he proceeded up stairs East Countr •2os per sh. 100 0 0 - 224 debts amounted to 7411. to bed, leaving her in a room below waiting for the (4 10 3 1 d t e t n o 8enda..................5i. pr cent. Stock. - 122 41. per cent. - - - Tne insolvent said he was a linendraper, and had arrival of her father. The prisoner, however, in- et. Katharine. .... 4 per cent. Stock. - 80% carried on business at Brewer-street, Somers-town, stead of going to his own bed, got into that where Ditto, Scrip , . - - 85 0 0 - and at Exmouth - street, Clerkenwell. At the former the two children were asleep, and when the elder So li ut i h tt a o m ßonds.. •• • . 141. pr cent. - - - ponds , .. .. •• 21, per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 9 3 4 place he compounded with his creditors for ss. in the sister afterwards went up into the room she found pound on 400/. or 5001. of debts in September, 1848. E m ma, her sister, crying piteously ; and when DRIDGES He became acquainted with Hugh Swan in October, asked what was the matter with her she de- Dividend Amount 1848. Was now in custcdy at the suit of Swan's scribed the manner in which she had been treated Name of Compsny per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. assignees, upon an acceptance for 3501., given in by the accused, and, exhibiting her neck, showed March, 1849, fur goods had from Swan. Had no in- marks of violence, which she added were inflicted by 4. a. d. Z. 8. d. voices with the goods, but the parcels were all entered _ _ the prisoner to prevent her from making a no i se or S j o h t a i t ri h n w g r - l c c - 15 - 100 0 0 - - with the prices in a memorandum-book, which S wan calling out while he was assaulting her. Soon after Ditto Nw of 73 p.c.. " 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 gave him. That book was not filed, because his wife the discovery of the prisoner's brutal treatment of the Waterloo .... •....... - Ditt) Old Ann. of 81 11 4s Od. 100 0 0 - - ' 60 0 0 23 114 had been unable to find it, although he believed it was child O'Donnel, the father, returned home, and the Ditto Nw ditt o of 7i. 11: 15: od - 40 0 0 21 at his house and could be found. Could not say why circumstances attending it having been communicated Vauxhall .... .• • Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 Swan let him have so many goods. Did not know at to him, he immediately rushed up stairs in order to WATER.WORRS the time that Swan was in difficulties and about to be- inflict summary vengeance on his child ' s assailant. - 1 Dividend Amount come bankrupt. A meeting of creditors was held at his At that time the pri sone r w a s in his own bed , pret en d- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price• house on the sth April last, when Mr. Parrinton valued ing to be asleep, when O'Donnel, full of rage and Annum. Share. the stock at 1411., besides furniture, fixtures, &c, vexation, ordered him to get up and get out of his --1 _ 4 s. d. The creditors wished him then to make an as s i gnmen t house, declaring that if h e did no t , a ft er hi s i n f amous East London. •• .• ! 81. per cent. 110 1 i d i; - 160 or to sign a declaration of his insolvency, which he re- behaviour to the child, be should drag him out and Grand Junction .• •••• : 41. per cut. 50 0 0 - 72% Kent.......... •• •• •• 3l. 10s. 100 0 0 - 78 fused to do unless he was allowed to retain his fur- throw him down stairs. The prisoner, finding that it Lambeth - 97 niture. He was then sued on the bill, and on the Gil was useless to remain quiet any longer, vociferated New ltivr Lndn Brdge 1 21.105. - 15. cat. - 57% of May an execution was put in, but nothi ng o bt a i ne d that h e was i nnocen t , an d en t rea t e d t h e f at h er t o let Wes h el a i ll atu - e . 5 . e . x . ... ..• ..• , 6 1. 1 os. p er 100 0 0 pr cut. - - 112 98 - except a few fixtures. Between the sth of April and him remain there until the morning, and that he the 6th of May his had sold about 601. of stock, upon would then explain all. O'Donnel, however, was not CANALS. the produce of which he had lived ever since, and the to be appeased by such entreaties, and he at once car rest had been taken by the landlord under a distress tied his threats into effect by dragging the pri- Names of 10, I Dlvldencll Price. Companies. al Dividend Names of for rent. He offered 2s. in the pound at the meeting senor out of bed and inflicting such chastisement Companies. 4 1 4 perti per 4 Annu .. Price. _ se Annum. c and 3s. afterwards, but it was declined. upon him in the height of his passion as to - - _ Mr. COOKE contended that the insolvent had not render it a matter of difficulty to distinguish .e x I been a fair trader ; that the dealings with Swan were a feature in the offender's countenance after it Aslatn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 i 21.105. 50 Barnsley...• 160 121. 180 Neatli ...... 1001 161. 340 very suspicious ; and that the account of the disposal was over. The prisoner was too ill after the punish- arknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Oxford...-. 100 201. . 200 Birmingham 40, 1 41. 874 Peak Forest. 7g , 3/. 18s. 70 o . f the stock of 1411. was very unsatisfactory. The ment he received to be conveyed to the station-house taken into ctn.: Coventry.... 1001 251. 2C 8 insolvent had no right to make terms with his ere- but on the previous afternoon he was ' Regent's.... 33 11. Os. 18% ditors, as he did when asked to assign his remnant of tody on the charge. Derby ••• •• 100 1 61 . 63 Rochdale.... g 5 41. 504 property to them, and therefore was not entitled to Mr. Caudle, a surgeon of Guildford-street, stated Ellsmre&Chs,l33 355. 41 Somrset Coal 150 71 10, 130 GrandJunctnooo 41. iclyi Do.Lk FdSt 12 61:p. c • • - an immediate discharge. that the child was brought to his house, and upon the C !.. r r a a n nll B o n rr:y i 100, 21. Os. 33 Stffr 4 &Wore 140 281. 405 1n \ 100 11. 108. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 161. - Mr. Nicanaes replied, that nothing had been examination he had no doubt a capit a l o ff ence was Grantham .. - : - - stourlorldgc. 145 201. 290 Flennt & AM' 39 75. 6d. - Severn and - 1 prov al to show the trading of the insolvent had been committed. He described the particulars, which are, Lancaster . 100 4?. 324 Wyeßall. (26 21.05. 24 anything but fair, and submitted that as no centradic- of course, unfit for publication. Leole&Livrp 100 241. 1 315 Warwick& / lion held been given to the insolvent's testimony, that Mr. A'BECKETT having duly cautioned the pri- Leicester .... 100 51. 66 Birming. j lOC 41. 644 Leicstr&Nthl 83 41. 48% Warwick& must be taken as correct. soner, the latter denied the offence, and said that he Lo.ighboroghil42 701. 510 Na t •} 100 31. 42 The CHIEF COMMISSIONER sail, the insolvent's got into his own bed the moment he went • v up stairs, inm tth " h 100 81. - Worc P st ° r n i:cl ..., o 1 5 7s 31. ' 404 Mntgernrysh 100 - - Blrming. j mariner was straightforward, and he thought he had and never stirred out of it until he was dragged out dan MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wins & Brks - 115. 74 stated the truth. It was remarkable that S wan, cruelly beaten by O'Donnel. although in court, had not been called by either The prisoner was committed • on the capit d charge GAS-LIGHT AND CORM COMPANIES. party. Tne bock which had been spoken of ought to to the next Central Criminal Court sessions. h. ......t..... 1 __A l a , a I Dividend I A mnrmt . . The CHIEF CommissroNEß Fa i (I, the insolvent's mariner was straightforward, and he thought he had stated the truth. It was remarkable that Swan, although in court, had not been called by either party. Toe bock which had been spoken of ought to bs produced, and for that purpose h 2 should adjourn the case until to morrow (this day). At present he saw nothing to call for a prolongation of the insol vent's imprisonment. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Alandester Guaidian of this day.) 111ANCLIESTER, TUESDAY.—The advices received by the America sta`e that improved accounts from Liverpool and Manchester had given rather more life to a previously quiet market at New York. They also speak as unfavourably of the growing crop as did the last reports. luflueneed by these statements, the aiditional II per L t v h e r p t o h o e l market requirement openedbriskly yesterday mornin g , wn lb; but as the holders showed a disposition to be realising, a tameness ensued, and ifully one half of the attempted gain was lost. But the ten dency of the raw material to rise in some degree has helped to bring forward again some.of the buyers of export yarns, who were already prepared to operate from the actual want of supplies for their customers. Large orders have been received from the European continent, and the merchants have effected a fair amount of purchases. The India hOuses have also bought with some freedom in various numbers up to 60's, to which they have been encouraged by the im rhiseetho: r mule or wa t er , an d in i im provement which is going in thol. pe r lb. in bundlessearticlesatCalcuttoaf. a l l ' in he os c t on a s ll eq q u u e a n li c t e ies is a : some kinds id. The home consumers of low and medium counts, having a bad trade for their fabrics, are working up their stocks, ard making only few and trifling purchases. The value of the yarns they use is, however, firmly maintained. Doubled yarns continue dull; and the finer counts of single have not been much called for, either by our own manu facturers, or by the Russian buyers, whose term of shipment is nearly run out ; but the spinners are in possession of ample contracts. In the de partment of goods there has been no response to the movement in cotton and yarns. The home buyers want confidence to Operate ; and the mer chants receive discouraging accounts from most foreign markets. The letters which came to hand last night, from Calcutta,; exhibit a serious loss upon sbirtings and most other cloths. The Braz:lian markets continue depresse'd ; and the malignant fever was re-appearing in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. At Constantinople an unfavour able effect was producO upon prices by the report of a decline in Manchester ; and there were but few orders reaching the market from the in terior. With such advices, these several classes of buyers have stood decidedly aloof from business to. day ; and, as stocks have now rather accumulated in the hands of the manufacturers, some degree of weakness, and a:great deal of irregularity, have shown themselves in prices. We understand that the stop• page of looms, or the plating them on short time, is now extending in varions districts; and the state of thislday's market must cause a further adoption of that measure. We do not hear of the return to work of any of the self-a c ti ng sp i nners . ROMIDALB, MONDAY.—We have had considerable activity in the flannel market again to-day, and a fair business at former prices. There has been a rather better demand for wool, and the manufactu rers have shown a greater disposition to buy than on the previous Monday. Prices are firm. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAv.—There is evidently more doing this week, but our manufacturers still complain of unremunerating prices. In thrown silk there is also a good deal doing, but at prices inade quate to the present price of raws; the mills, how ever, are working full time, in consequence, we presume, of orders for thrown silk from the conti nent being still on band. There has again been a large business done in raws this week, at full prices, and we understand some of the merchants are now _hold - ing for higher rates. The overland dispatches from India and China are now in, and fully confirm the accounts of short crop in the latter country, which is now declared will not be more than that of last sea son, viz., a deficiency of one-fourth as compared with former seasons ; but this scarcity may in some mea sure be counteracted through a considerable quantity having been sent by the overland route, and conse quently will arrive here two or three months earlier than by ship. By these means we shall have more raw silk on our markets here for a time, and less on the way. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our market conti nues to be pretty brisk, though the amount of goods that have changed hands has not been so large as the previous weeks. Several foreign buyers are in town, and have been during the week, but seem to be with holding their orders, in the hopes of buying job stocks, although there has been an advance in the wool market. IN RE RUGLI SWAN. This insolven', the person alluded to in the fore going case, applied for his.dileharge. Mr. CooK stid the insolvent hid been adjudged bankrupt, and had been examined, but his last exanai natiozi had been adjourned sine die. A 9, howe7er, the proceedings were still pelf ling in the Gnirt of Binkruptcy, the creditors hoped this Curt would re mit it b &el; to th, other tribunal. Tile CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the rule of this Court w4F, th it where a bankrupt had b2en adjourned sine die, application Inuit be made to the Think rupt Commissioner to rehear the matter, and only in case of his refusal would this Court entertain a petition. - The case was then adjourned ; the insolvent to apply to the Bankrupt Commissioner to rehear him. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 1;1 A R YL EBOA E. Mr. Alexander Slav( r, jun., a draper residing at Ch&enhain, was brought. before Mr. Broughton by Mr. Collard, Superintendent of the Great Western Itail way Company's poli ce , upon t h e c h arge of hav ing, by throwing a glass bottle out of the carriage in which he was riding, inflicted injury of an alarming nature upon James Wise, one of the company's guird4, and who, in consequence of the hurt he has sustained, may probably lose his life. James Winchcombe, a p :rter in the employ of the company, deposed that on the same morning he was standing on the platform at the Farringdon-road sta tion just as the excursion train from Cheltenham was p.isir,g towards London, at the rate of nearly forty miles an hour, and while he was count ing the nuinb:!r of the carriages he saw a bottle thrown fr nn the hand of a person in the carriage No. 17 ; it struz:k Wise upon the head. Mr. BROUGHTON—Da you know who flung it out ? Witness—l do not, but lam certain as to the num ber of the carriage it came from. Mr. BROUGHTON—What was the effect of the blow ? Witness—The-guard, who as well as myself was on the platform, was knocked down as if he bad been shot, and when I picked him up I first thought he was dead. He remained quite insensible for a quarter of an hour. The bottle was by the force of the blow broken to pieces. Mr. BROUGUTON—What was done with the poor fellow after he was raised from the platform? Wit ness—He was lifted into a gig and conveyed to a surgeon's at %Vantage. While I was wiping the blood from his face he fainted several times. H e seemed very ill indeed, and I felt quite alarmed about him. Mr. Collard, the superintendent above alluded to, stated that in consequence of information received at Paddington by Mr. Saunders, the secretary, upon the arrival of the express train, as to the serious oc currence to the guard, he (witness) awaited the arri val of the excursion train, and when it came in he took gtod care to prev en t th e egress o f th e occupan t s o f N o. 17 carriage until after he had made the inquiry which he considered necessary. lie mentioned what had occurred at the Farringdon station, when several of the passengers denied all knwledge of the affair, and asserted positively that the bottle was not thrown from their carriage at all. Presently one of the gentlemen said that it was not thrown maliciously, and directly afterwards defendant admitted that he threw it at the request of a gentleman who had passed it to him, but it was not aimed at any one, and the unfortunate oc currence was therefore quite unintentional. The defendant, on being asked what he had to say, remarked that to the best of his belief it was not at a rai!way station that he threw the bottle. Mr. BROUGHTON—I can't allow you to be at liberty until I have some information as to the condition of the guard; he may for aught I know have by this time lost his life through the injury he bas sus tained. I don't for a moment believe that you in tended to do the poor fellow any harm, but under the circumstances I can't let you go w ithout good security for your re appearance. kr. Collard said that he would proceed at once to 4 , J E-I,i,FarTinsoo4-road station and obtain a properly au- TtbitlitcaV:4ettificate as to the wounded man's con -Ira.ti4-';4\ N 4 . 44 _ 1 , 0 , , _,,,,, it-.:•,44 - 11 e Ottdalit was, prior to the closing of the court, . 1 ,% 7 % , linsit .. ti ' : two highly -respectable persons put ' .. , . esum of 801. each for his being f0rth ,..... it c - -- eZ„ ''' N. a s THAMES. Elizabeth Harding, an elderly woman, was brought before Mr. Ingham, charged with committing a savage assault on a German woman, named Mary Bobias, wh ose he a d was covere d with adhesive plasters. It appeared that both women lived at 5, New Phillip-street, St. George, alongside the Blackwall Railway, and that the prisoner was relating to the prosecutrix some scandal about the landlady of the hoarse, which the other did not wish to hear, and a row ensued. The women struck each other, a regular fight ensued, and both tore each others' hair out by the roots. An Irish woman, named Elizabeth Lumley, after interfering and making the parties "fight fair," separated them. The prisoner then went up stairs, and filled a teapot from a kettle of water, which very fortunately was not boiling, and after throwing it over the complainant, broke the teapot over her head, and in doing so inflicted two severe wounds, causing her to bleed profusely. Harding left the German woman weltering in her blood, and went up-stairs again and brought down a candlestick, with which she struck her victim another violent blow on the head and inflicted a still more serious wound than she had done before, and she was under the necessity of going to Mr. Ross, a surgeon in High-street, Shad well, who dressed her wounds. She was in a very weakly condition from loss of blood. The prisoner, in her defence, said she was nearly strangled, and her hair was torn from her head by Bobias, who was the first aggressor. Mr. INGHAM inflicted a penalty of 31., or imprison ment for one month. CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT, NEW ZEALAND. A numerous and respectable meeting was held last evening at the school-room, Lambeth-green, for the purpose of hearing from the Rev. T. Jackson, Bishop Designate of Lyttelton, an account of the spiritual. condition of the diocese 'which is to form the scene of his future labours, and of the principles and plans of the association propounding the settlement in New Zealand. Among those present we observed the Rev. C. B. Dalton, Rector of Lambeth; the Rev. W. Curling, Chaplain of St. Saviour'e, Southwark; Rev. A. Clissold, Minister of Stockwell Chapel; Rev. S. Statham, Incumbent of St. Peter's, Walworth ; Rev. A. Nugee, Rev. J. C. Brown, Rev. W. Bowyer, Rector of Clapham, &c. The Rev. C. B. Dalton, having taken the chair, opened the proceedings by prayer, after which he informed the meeting that the bishop designate would leave England on Tuesday next, for New Zealand, and was expected to return in the course of a year, in order to be consecrated. The R s s siedde e r v tah . beTl e p J eoe a wt c ie k or sg i n an , t tthhee greatcbo i courses h er su o eg p t ohdfeasuiwgd which ni a c t ha e , sh t p h ee e e n do hr a e d ow - f attention to the erroneous principles upon which England had lately been refusestead o o f f carryingh on the work of colo nisation, and observede t expatriat ingthose whom we found troublesomepeople , ultdo us—instead of doing what Mr. Charles Buller activity have call "a hete rogeneous shovelling out o f paupers," w sent out those who represent e d the industrialestsrllld iaoluenGentlemanl the intellectual and moral power, and the religious principle of the country. The Reverend Gentleman reviewed in a masterly manner the history of colo nisation from the earliest period down to the present time, and observed that in all cases where colonisa tion had been successful the best classes of the parent country had been represented, and that, in any effort of the kind which England should make, the religious element was too essential to be omitted. Mr. Jackson then described the geographical position of the settle ment as most favourable to the purposes of coloni sation, and spoke in terms of enthusiasm of the natural advantages of the soil, the general character of the climate, and the certainty with which every indus trious man might provide himself and his family. The address was listened to with attention, and the speaker was repeatedly applauded. A collection was made on behalf of the mission, and the rector an nounced his willingness to receive contributions for the same object during the year. How TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH AND UTILITY OF THE AF MY WHILE DIMINISIILNG ITS NUMEXII.S.-At the Seaford Cliff explosion, Government allowed the Sappers and Miners to excavate and prepare the works. " The men," it is said, "like the work, and prefer it to being shut up in barracks and garrisons,"—a good hint to Government what to do with the waste power of the soldiery in the forwarding of other great public works that might never otherwise be undertaken, at the same time, also, strengthening the force physically and materially, instead of letting it run to waste. —Bui.'cler, Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. .1 nnum. Share. - I E. s. d. A. s. d. British ••••••.. • • • • •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 13 Ditto rrovincial- •• 11. 83. 20 0 0 20 0 0 1834 Brighton -....• • • • 5l. 20 0 0 - - City of London .. •• •• 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 - Continental Consolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 Equitable - ....... - -50 s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 28 Imperial ...... -•• •• 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Independent ....... • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 48 London• •.... - - • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ditto - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 210 0 i'hxnix . 4341. 50 0 0 49 0 0 29 Ratcliff..... .„ 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General II. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15y, Weatmins tor Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 - 4834 Ditto, New •• -- -12 s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9U tasT OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of i Paid. Price. Annum. Share. E s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 195 3aledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . Cl. per cent. 10 0 0, 10 0 0 1134 llydesdale Bank •.. - 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 1314 Jommercial Bank Eastern Bank .. •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 914 Edinb.Sc Glasgow Bank 61. p er cen t . 50 0 50 0 4 X Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 12 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 ( I 15 Northof Scotlandßar.k 41. percent. 20 0 0 5(. 0 2X worth British Bank • • - - - Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 3 0 13234 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 ss Western Bank .. .. .• • • 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 b 0 0 0 731, 4 Alliance Fire and Life 8%1.pr cen t . 10 0 0 1 0 1 0 20U B. Accord. Lif eaad Fire - 20 0 0 10 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per sent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 14J 6d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Colonial Life ... ... - 50 0 0 1 0 0 11. 4s. City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 17s Edinburgh Life. Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20 East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 - Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 234 Hercules Insurance Ce. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - ['astir. Co. of Scstlnd 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 18s Mercantile Life National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 223.6 d North British Insur. North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 , - ;cot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 j - Scottish Union Insrnce. 6 1 „0. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 !248.0d Standard Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 I 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per gent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 116 s 3d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - A. s. d. A. a. 4. Auction Mart •••• • • • • 21. 55. 50 0 0 - 25 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 lb Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 Ditto, Half Shares.. - - I 210 0 5 Canada ............. Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 89 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per_cent. - - - filty Navigation .... - - - 9434 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.&bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reverslonry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106 Gen.SteamNavigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 l4 0 0 2734 London Institution ... - - 178 15 0 - Russell Institution .. .. - - 126 5 0 - Penlnslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 1 50 0 0 79 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 96 Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18.4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 62 South Australian ....• 11. per share. 25 0 0; 25 0 0 - Van Dieman's Land.. - ,100 00,29 0 0 34 MONEY MARKET—The premium on gold at Paris is 7i per miße, which, at the E ng li s h Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce fur standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.34; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.30, it follows that gold is 0.16 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from liamburgh the price of gold is 4331 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. l7s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, g i ves an exchange of 13.9 1 ; and the ex- Fhange at llamburgh on London at short being 13.81, it follows that gold is 0.35 per cent. dearer in Ham burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at Co days' sight is 110/ per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0 .67 per mit. in f avour o f Eng land, and after making allowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the pr esent rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. FATAL TERMINATION OF A SHAM FIGHT. — A letter from Cologne of the 19th, in the Independance Beige , says, " The manceuvres of the troops collected here termi nated yesterday by a sham fight. The 18th regiment, com posed almost exclusively of Poles, was opposed to the 34th, mostly Prussians and inhabitants of the Rhenish provinces. The fire having opened between these two corps, at the first discharge three fell mortally wounded. The 18th had, it appears, loaded with ball. - Orders were at once given to cease firing, but it was with difficulty that the officers could get the order obeyed. Amongst the three victims is a young man named Dietz, formerly the editor of an opposition jour nal. An investigation has been ordered, but it is not likely that it will be attended with any result." HALIFAX, SATuaney.---There were but few mer chants in the Piece-hall to-day, and the inquiry for goods is riot so brisk as it has been, but there is a THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1850. pretty fair business doing, chiefly to order. The ex port houses are not giving out fresh orders for yarn SO freely as they were; but the spinners have full em ployment, and there is no change in the quotations. The wool market is not very active, and the sales that are made ere at full late rates. LEEDS, TIMSDAY. —We continue to have good average markets at the cloth halls, and the woollen trade generally is in a satisfactory state. The clothiers are well employed by direct orders from the mer chants, and business is good in the warehouses, both for the home and shipping trade. AFFAIRS OF CALIFORNIA. (From the Pacific News of August 1.) Since the sailing of the last steamer the condition of the overland emigration has taken the strongest hold of public attention. The immense crowd who are coming to California by the route of the plains is beyond the capacity of that region to sustain their teams ; and towards the latter end of the journey, when within about 300 miles of the Pacific siae, about the sick of Mary's river, the teams have given out, and there will be an utter inability on the part of thousands to pass the Sierra Nevada, unless assisted from this side. This is already prepared to be done by private enterprise, and there is no probability of fatality from destitution before the end of the journey is reached. Another great object of public interest has been the great number of murders and assassinations which have lately taken place in the San Joaquin mines, most of which have been traced to the fo reigners of Spanish descent, and but one opinion is expressed—namely, that they shall and must quit the country, or abide, perhaps, extreme consequences. Meetings have been held to that effect, and some of the first citizens of the country are appointed to see the undertaking carried into effect. The foreign miners' tax has worked well, either compelling aliens to pay for their intrusion upon our treasures or compelling them to leave the placers for our daily- arriving fellow-citizens. The mines are yielding largely at present, but there is more associated labour in the forming of dams, &c., than formerly, as isolated enterprise has not been so successful as heretofore. The gold region has . scarcely been scratched yet, but the surface of the richest places has been:superficially dug:over, although not a tithe of the mineral deposit has been extracted. A settlement has been formed on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, in the upper end of Carson Valley, by the Mormons, and, from its agricultural capacities, is likely to flourish, although the gold on that side has not been found in great abundance. A perma nent settlement there will be of great importance to future emigration, overland, 23 they will be within a short distance of that desert where all real danger is apprehended by the belated or exhausted emigrant. There has been no further news of collision between the American settlers and the Indians on the Trinity river. The mines there have not turned out well so far. (From the San Francisco Herald of August 1.) The numerous murders in the southern mines have exasperated the citizens of Tuolumne county to such a degree that, assembled in mass meeting, they have issued peremptory orders for all foreigners to leave the country fortwith. Fifteen days is the limit allowed by this mandate for their preparation to depart. A committee of citizens has been appointed to determine what foreigners shall be permitted to remain, and all the Americans in the county have been called upon to lend their aid to carry the order into effect. Bands of foreigners are already leaving, and it is highly pro bable the expulsion will take place without any dis turbance. The four Mexicans that were found in the act of burning the bodies of two Americans near Sonora have been acquitted of the charge of murder. The waters have fallen in the upper and lower mines, and already the miners are availing themselves of the advantages of the season for the prosecution of their operations. In most instances the average yield is greater than in any former season, and there is every prospect that more gold will be collected this summer than ever before. Several crushing machines are being put in operation in the Mariposa and other mines where the gold bearing quartz is found in suf ficient quantity to repay the outlay. Exploring par ties have found gold farther up the slope of the Sierra Nevada than it has hitherto been sought for. Parties are every day extending their explorations, and while the dry season lasts the miners seem determined to employ their time diligently. The law for the collection of taxes from foreign miners, although carried partially into execution in some of the counties, has generally been inoperative. The amount of revenue derived from it is very small, and it has had a very injurious effect in the southern mines. A development has recently been made in the Pro bate Court of this county which has taken our citizens by surprise. The judge has been charged by Captain Folsom, one of our most respectable citizens, who is agent for the large Leidesdorff estate, with having sought a bribe for deciding in his favour a suit com menced by the public administrator, to gain posses sion of the estate in virtue of his office. The charge implicates the counsel of the public administrator, Messrs. Dwinelle and Holland, whose fees in the transaction were fixed at 5.000 dollars each. The case will be brought before the District Court for in vestigation. The most gratifying activity prevails in this city at present. New buildings, mostly of brick, are going up in every quarter, and the most extensive arrrange ments are being made for the fall trade. It is ex pected that a very large amount of business will be transacted during the coming season, and the prepa rations for it are on a scale proportionate to its antici pated extent. THE NICARAGUA ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 23.—We understand that the Nicaraguan route to California was to be opened fur traffic on and after the 15th of September. Grey town (the ci derant San Juan de Nicaragua), the Atlantic port of the new route, can be reached direct in 26 days by the West Indian mail steamers from Southampton twice a month, and also by the Liver pool and New York steamers. We extract from the .New York Herald the following description of the route referred to : " The States of Central America are too little known, even to our own countrymen, who are daily becoming more immediately connected in unity of in terests, politically and commercially, with them, and with their prosperity. It appears almost self-evident that our population will soon prefer the route to Cali fornia by Nicaragua to that by Panama. Companies of men travelling to California will find the latter route much less advantageous than the former. The whole state of comparison between the two may be comprised in a few words. In passing from one ocean to the other, by the way of Panama, an econo mical person will have to pay, in the way of detention and other incidental expenses, about 75 dollars. By the Nicaraguan route, 15 dollars will suffice to trans port him across the country. Tolerable accommoda tions may be obtained for about nine dollars, and one may go across in a cart for seven dollars. When the steamers of the Nicaraguan Company are running, the passage will be made, through Nicaragua, in 23 hours, or in ten hours less than by Panama. ven were the advantages of speed greater over Panama, the sa lubrity of the climate by the Nicaraguan route must be deemed an advantage that Panama cannot possess. The Nicaragua route is, also, by many a mile, near e r to all the ports of the United States and Calafornia, and this is an important advantage in shortening the passage. So much:interest will be taken in this new route that we will look at it more closely. The first point on the Atlantic is the port of San Juan del Norte. This is a neat town, having large houses, ca capable of containing from 30 to 50 persons, and we are informed that large companies can obtain these shelters for about a dime a day each :person. From San Juan to Grenada the river is ascended for about 90 miles to the lake, through which, to Granada, 90 miles more have to be passed. On the lake, at nume rous points, provisions are abundant and very cheap, while fine hunting and game give charms to the tra veller. At Granada, a city of /2,000 inhabitants, all the comforts of life are to be found. From this latter place to Realejo, on the Pacific, which may be reached by a good cart-road, there are a number of towns and cities. The scenery in this region is full of tro pical grandeur and loveliness, such as Humboldt has recently described with such vivid earnestness of colouring in his Cosmos. Beautiful valleys, magni ficent,mountains, extensive lakes, clear skies, luxuri ant vegetation, delicious air, an d a h ea lthf u l climate invite the traveller, and designate it as the country which will soon furnish the popular path to Califor nia. The railroad across Panama will thrive in the course of two or three years, and will carry over much freight, but the passenger traffic will be chiefly car ried on by the new steamers of the Nicaraguan route. Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males ... ... Females ... ... Males Females ". 1,981 BIRTIM IN TIIE WEEK. Oats - Beans ... is annually export e d. G ums of different kinds enter largely into commercial transactions. The house re ferred to above imported, in three years, into Liver pool, of gum senegal, nearly 600,000 dls. Dyes of all shades and hues are abundant, and they have been proved to resist both acids and light. Gold, which is found at various points of the coast—from the Gambia to the Bight of Benin, and probably to a much greater extent—is obtained by the natives by washing the sand which is brought down from the mountains by the rivers. Besides these may be specified wax, hides, horns, pepper, ginger, arrowroot, ground nuts, copper, mahogany, teak, and Gambia wood. Cotton of a very beautiful stap!e, yielding two crops a year, is indigenous, and thrives for twelve or fourteen years in succession without renewal of the plant. Coffee, of a quality superior to Java or Mocha, is raised in Liberia, and can be cultivated with great ease to any extent. It bears fruit from thirty to fourty years, and yields ten pounds to the shrub yearly.- A single tree in the garden of Colonel Hicks (colonist), at Monrovia, is said to have yielded sixteen pounds at one gathering. Sugar cane grows in unrivalled luxuriance, and, as there are no frosts to be dreaded, can be brought to much greater perfection than in our southern stater. Indigo, caoutchouc, tamarinds, limes, oranges, lemons, and many other articles which are brought from tropical countries to this, might be added to the list. Indeed there is nothing in the fer tile countries of the East or West Indies which may not be produced in Western Africa.—Colonization Herald. obtainable. Barley, beans, and peas, met with a slow sale at late rates. Flour was in improved demand at tho full prices of Tuesday last for Ami , rican, but rather lower terms were taken fur French. Yellow Indian corn was neglected, but there was some Equiry for white at 27s to 27, Gd per quarter. CORK, SEPT. 2 3.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s ; extra 14s 6d; seconds, 12s Od to 12s 6d; households 9s to 105 6d; thirds, 6s to 85 per cwt. Oatmeal lOs to lOs 6d; Indian meal 6s 9d to is Od; wheat meal, 10s to 10s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 6/10s Od to 611550 d per ton. Bran 4/ to 4/28 ea per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s to 335; average 30s; dealers 32s to 40s Od; average 36s per ton. Straw—Farmers 1 I s Od to 2 s Od ; average 185; dealers 255 Od to 005 Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to od; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9J per lb. Eggs— 4s 10d to 5s Od per hundred. Coals -- Newport 14s; Lydney 15s Od; Smiths' 14s Od ; Culm 13s Ott per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 008 per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 6d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 4id ; mutton 4id to 6d; veal 4d to bd ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 710 s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5s to 815 s; Valonia 15/ tool; French 61; Spanish 9/ to 10/ per ton. Fleece Wool 155 to 00s per s tone. Hemp 32/ to 341 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 13s to 14s; red ditto 15s to 2Us per barrel ; Newfoundland 8/ lOs to 9 10s , er ton. Timber—Memel, BCs per ton; red pine, ditto, 21 15s per t on ; d ea l s, 13/ to 18/ per 100. Market 205 to 325; salted 21s t o 32 s per cwt ; ca lf . skins 3d to 30 per lb. Potato es , w hit e 5d to 9d; Meier! Od to Od ; Guano— P eruv i an , 11/ ; I chaboe, 8. 10s per ton ; Tar—Archa nge l, 19 c p er b arre l . 1(1x; yelloW HIGHWAY ROBBERY byMISTAKE The following singular adventure is related in the French journals :—A party of gentlemen met a few days since for a day's shooting in the neighbourhood of Montereau. The house in which the sportsmen spent the night was situate half-way up a declivity overlooking the high road. At about two o'clock in the morning one of the inmates hearing a noise, raised a cry that their vehicle was being stolen. The party were soon astir, and hearing a noise of wheels as of a coach going off; seized their weapons and rushed out in pursuit of the thieves, whom they soon suc ceeded in coming up with, thanks to a cross cut. The first of the party on the spot immediately seizad the horses' heads and stopped the carriage short. The people inside the carriage upon this immediately be gan to cry " Thieves !"—a degree of audacity at which our sportsmen grew exasperated, and cocking their guns they levelled them at the driver. The latter per sonage, together with the individuals inside the car riage, were seized with terror at this demonstration, and precipitating themselves from their seats, rushed off into a neighbouring coppice, where they were presently lost sight of. Congratulating them selves on the recovery of their carriage, the sports men returned with it in triumph dead beaten, but swelling with pride at their exploit. It was now determined the carriage should be safely secured in the coachhouse, but what was their surprise at finding the place already occupied by their own carriage, which the servant had placed there the night before without their knowledge. The cry of " thieves," which they had considered as the height of audacity on the part of the travellers, was now accounted for, and the gentlemen thus interrupted in their journey were the bonis fide owners of the carriage which they d been but too glad to abandon, in order to save their lives threatened by a band of armed ruffians. The affair was serious, and in order to avoid the accu sation of robbery on the Republic's highway, accom panied with violence and other aggravating circum stances, it was deemed expedient before retiring to rest to knock up the authorities and apprise them of the circumstances on which they relied for their defence. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 1550. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*196 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 40 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 162 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 118 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 28 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... „. 88 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ..• Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ..• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... ... Premature Birth ... •• ••• A truphy Old Ag e ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... ••• ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Deaths in corm- Enumerated, spondina week 1841. of 1849. West Districts... 301,189 . . 215 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 277 . Central Districts 374,199 ... 271 . East Districts ... 393,067 ... 449 youth Districts.. 503,346 ... 769 ... 44 GITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Yesterday a Court was held; Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. ... 30 ... 24 ... 43 ... 36 858 Deaths in the Week. 119 167 132 213 227 TIM GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY. Some of the members having complained that the contractor for the works had not taken care to replace the large stones which had been removed in the pro gress of the works, and that much danger and incon venience to the public had been the consequence, Mr• Chadwick, the contractor, was called in and ques tioned upon the subject. The contractor stated that the most laborious ex ertions were being made to finish the extensive works, and that he had had to encounter the greatest diffi culties ; that in several places it had been necessary to take up the pavement four or five times ; that it was impossible, at times, to get the men to work ; sea that the masters complained of the conduct of the con tractor in monopolizing the employment of labourer s all over the City. He said, however that he expected the whole of the en ormous wor k s would be com pleted by Saturday next.—(Hear, hear.) He believed it would then be acknowledged that the greatest PaYe • ment operations ever undertaken were finished to the satisfaction of the public.—(Cheers.) Mr. Heywood, the surveyor of the Court, presented a report to the following effect : "It has recently been reported to me, that within th e last few months several loads of fish-shells and other refuse have been thrust down the gully gratings in the vicinity' of Billingsgate-market, by which not only be e a serious impediment at times arisen to the proper eel° of the sewers, but expense has become chargeable upon this Commission for the removal of the:obstruction. certain courts, in which sewers of small diameter bo re been laid, the gullies have been constructed in such manner as to intercept solid substances thrust dowe,t h : gratings, and pr even t any t hi ng b ut liquids passing oil, the sewers. In o ne i nstance, a gully so constructe d 107 been obliged to be cleansed twice a week, such has bee! , the quantity of rubbish thrown down it, and the Who le of such gullies in the poorer neighbourhoods are fre; quently choked up, and require constant attentiov• have before mentioned to your Hoe. Court. that the practice which ex i sts i n t h e poorer neighbourhoods, o f throwing shells o f fi s h, cinders, and every imagin able refuse down the gu lli es , i s f raught with great ev il to the sewage, and conseq uent expense to th i s Comm i ss i o n, a°d I am induced to bring the subject again before Yee , f 0 after the best and constant attention for the last 1- 0 years, it is found a l most i mposs ib le to keep the serieto in certain dist r i c t s c l ear, the inhabitants appear in, , to consider each street gu ll y as a proper and legiti ula ,, a : dust-bin. By th e 69 t h c l ause of the City of Loa d w es Sewers Act, the act of throwing improper substace down gullies is consit u t e d an o ff ence, and made Pnish. f able by fine, and protably th e d etect i on an d conv iction'' . one or two offend ers wou ld d o more towar d s its Pre' vention than anythi ng e l se, an d it aears to me tbat , be is by the age nc y o f the po li ce that this detection e a° best accomplished; for, as the police are at all hours_re duty in th e p u bli c t h oroug hf ares, the offence m ust,.' L e quently co me un d er t h e i r observation, and I b eg to sub mit for your consideration the question as to the e x P5 diency of calling th e attention of the Commission er Police to this nuisance.''—(Hear, hear.) The report was agreed to, and a copy was orders to be sent to th e C omm i ss i oner o f Police.—Adjourneu ... 858 ... 460 ... 398 ... 702 ... 672 Total ... 1,374 *ln this number are included 30 by Scarlatina, 38 by Typhus Fever, sti by Diarrhcea, and 2 by Cholera. SUBURBAN VILLAGES.—A correspondent of the Builder says—Being a working man, and moving amongst that class continually, I hear a great deal about the desira bility of early trains on some of the lines of railway, that for a small sum would set a man down in London a few minutes before six in the morning, and in like manner remove him from this Babylon in the evening. I feel assured that were this the case, suburban villages would grow up of themselves; and a great deal of the hard-earned money of our artizana, instead of finding its way into the doctor's pocket, would, if not "saved," at any rate serve a more satisfactory purpose in providing for increased appetites, and rearing a more healthy population. The speculation (as far as the railway is con cerned) would probably not succeed at once, as it would take some little time for a sufficient number of mechanics to " move," to ensure full trains : but depend upon it an arrange ment of this kind would soon be taken advantage of. Pro bably a better "spec." would be for a few of our capitalists to secure a piece of land ten or a dozen miles out, and build, says 800 or 1,00 houses, and lay down a single line of rails for the use of the new town only, with trains every hour from five in the morning to ten at night. The sum paid for rent to include a ticket for a free passage on the said railway; and, by the way, a town laid out at once in this way would form a rare opportunity tnr what is now so much needed— perfect sanitary arrangements, water supply, fsc. ONE OF ALADDIN'S JEWELS FOUND.—Sacra mento (California) Transcript notices a discovery in the Auburn dry diggings of a beautiful quartz crystal, as clear as amber, and about three inches long and five inches in cir cumference, of which the following description is afforded : —ln the centre appear the most beautiful variety of forms and shapes ever presented to the eye. A cluster of green metallic moss—an enclosed formation like an amethyst— streaks of varigated hues and colours, perfectly transparent; and from the centre to the circumference of the crystal innu merable shoots jut out of some metallic substance, bearing an exact resemblance to the shining blue steel hair-spring of a watch. HEALTH of LONDON DURING the IVEF I. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) ; 4 In the week endi ng l as t S a t ur d ay, t h e d ea ths regli tered in the L on d on di str i cts were 858 —a resu which, comparatively, must be considered as a fav eti T r i l able indication o f th e s t ate o f t h e public health. ':,; the same week o f 1846, there were 863 deaths; 1,1" that of 1847, 1,169 ; i n 1848 , 1 , 038 ; an d in I : e e same week of 1849 th ere were 1 , 9 81. Th e avereed of ten corresponding weeks, corrected for increase populati on , i s 1.105 ; an d the present return sbeiv:: decrease of 247 on t h e est i mate d wee kl y mo rtal . In last week se v en d ea th s were reg i stered from sreti; pox, and f o ur were persons o f 25 years and °d, wards. Of these, a seaman brought from the Dr e6 i i, nought hospital ship, aged 28 years, died in the SrO b „ pox Hospital (which is now removed to the west to district of Islington) of "small-pox, confluent, 0 13) 77 tected (11 days' illnes) ;" and a mail driver, ag e ",e t a years, brought from the Marylebone workhouse, u l d i, also in the hospit a l o f " sma ll- pox, con fl uen t, unni e ,b feed (I'2 days)." He h a d b een vacc i na t e d in Y ell ; e ; but had no cicatrix. A man died of the same dice ho in Henry-street, Marylebone, at the age of 261 Iv e s is stated to ha ve b een vacc i nate d . T wo fatal .c o ne also occurred in th e su b di str i ct o f C r i pp l e gate, je e el of which a woman o f 28 years , w h o h a d not b e of vaccinated, died in child-bearing, after an °Mack ie , small-pox. Measles was fatal to 10 children, se a tn . tins to 30, hoopi ng - coug h t o 29 . Of t h ese three cove plaints the two f ormer ex hibi t l ess t h an the livtegy mortality. Typhus was f ata l to 38 persons; - e n a mittent fever, remitt en t f ever, i n f ant ile fever , the rheumatic fever, were each fatal in one case- 111 the corresponding, weeks of f our years (1846 -9 ) e nd deaths from typh us were respectively 34, 11 1 , 5 ' ia 73. Diarrhcea and dysenter continue to declivecier, the last four week s the numbers have bee n ' tic is sively 128, 85, 85, an d (i n l ast wee k) 61. Chnleril ber, et P --m returned in two cases ; on th e 13 t h o f Se e on , 6, Tarlington-stre e t, P a ddi ngton, an omnibus (20 ductor, aged 30, di e d o f " spasmo di c cholera en, hours)." On the 19:h of September, at 3 5, Q u ee rs, square, the daughter of a drum maker, age d 3 A Y been died of " ch o l era (2 d ays )." Th e d ecea sed ha b ilio us ill for nine months, suffering frequently fro m 11 1 ' headaches and di so rd ere d b owe l s . Last vvee :ll ep prsons died of phthi-i s or consump tion, w h ' e froni proaches very near th e wee kl y average number. IA other diseases of th e res pi ra t ory organs the deaths other were 88—about the usual amount. The svi de , W ,, u ses law-clerk died i n th e M etropo lit an Alre s "" m ;d 11 Ball's-pond, at the advanced age of 100 yea rs months. wean At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, th e • ne bes daily reading of the barometer was above 30 l o f the on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; the Inee e nme ea• whole week was 29.851 inches. The daily t e ."" ie rdS ture varied little during the week ; it rose e d iffers the end; the mean was 58.4 degrees, whic" . e k o of not much from the average of corresponding h vv e v ot o_ o seven years. The wind blew from the north the the first four days ; afterwards, generally Ir° tn south-east. • THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPS WICH, SEPT. 24. We had an increased supply of all corn at market this day. Wheats sold on same terms as last week. Barley did not find ready buyers. Beans and peas dearer. PER QUARTER.! PER QUARTER. Wheat, red 403 to 44s Beans 3os to 328 Da., new oos to 00s Peas 3os to 31s Do., white 4ss to 498 Oats o)s to 00s Do., new oos to 00s Rye.. ....... . 00s to 00s Barley, malting 22s -to 278 Malt oos to 00s Do., grinding... 00s to 00s Flour, per sack oos to 00s AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT 21. Wheat 1,314 quarters at 44s Od. Barley „ 00s Od. „ oos od. 29s 7d. Peas..... 2B HULL, SEPT. 24. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states:—The weather has been rather broken since our last, but the rain would be very acceptable to the farmers, who have lately complained much of so long a continuance of dry weather. There has been a fair business passing in all articles of the trade, and at full prices. To-day we had only a moderate supply of wheat from the farmers, con dition not quite so good as last week: the millers were only slow buyers at last week's currency. More inquiry for red foreign; some of the present import goes to granary. A continued good sale for barley, of which the arrivals are now more moderate. Beans and feeding peas find a consumptive demand. Arrivals of linseed increase, but the market is well supported, as is also the advance in cakes noted last week. The bulk of the rapeseed goes direct to the crushers ; only one parcel of cake on the market, and held at 92a 6d per ton. The following are the present prices of grain Wheat, English, red 41 to 44 Peas, white and yel. 27 32 Do. white Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 46 48 nigsberg 42 47 Do. Petersburgh ... 40 44 Pomeranian and Do. Riga & Archngl. 38 42 Hamburgh . 4O 44 Do. Konigsberg .... 38 40 Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland . 36 40Lins. c,Hull 7/10s Od tooosod Russian and Odessa 35 42'Do. fine foreign ... ...... 61 108 Oats, English Do. Danish l6 18 Rapeseed Do.Friesland l6 19 Rape cakes...92s 61 to 00s Od Do. Russ. & Odessa 16 18 Tares, English .4os —00 s Barley, malting 2 t 26 Do. foreign 20s —26 s Do. grinding........ 21 22 Guano 6/ to 1010. Beans 26 30 Bones, do 90s Od to 00s Od Do. foreign 26 28 Rye meal .. 6103 LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 24.—At this day's market there was a good attendance of the town and country trade, who, however, bought very sparingly of wheat at about the prices of this day week for old granaricd parcels, and a reduction of 1d per 701bs on fresh arrived foreign and Irish new. Oats were in moderate demand at 2s 5d per 45Ibs for the best new mealers. New oatmeal was rather lower, and 22s 6d per load was the extreme price [ADVERTISEMENT.I—A dangerous Ca se BrVf3ii° pelas, attended with Swelling and Inflammation , loway's Pills and Ointment.—Extract of a letter , Kiel, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, October 8, 1845 :—" b e e lf 11 nounce to you a most wonderful care wrought upono3‘?fserysi, your pills and ointment. I had a very severe attack 00 11' pelas in my right foot and ankle, with swelling and in, t ' at tion to art alarming extent. I was unable to move witu. g eis , to assistance of crutches. I consulted an eminent Pb.r n .,,, of no purpose. However, in less than two weeks, by th e ji oho your ointment and pilh, I was cured, to the surrise 07, 4 $ ll knew me. Si.ned, Joseph Gildon , a farmer. '—' sol w : 344, Druggists and at Professor Holloway ' s Establishment, °— Strand, London. ;430 c r e d f d a t h e i d y s :: : pubi. an The Carlsruhe Gazette of the 19th decree, prolonging for one month more the state a siege martial law proclaimed in October last. BIRTHS. gait al OF A SON. On the 22d inst., at Horncastle, the wire Of P'. Sketchley, Esq. " 0 . the Wife On the 2:d inst., at King-street, Finsbury -gill--e' of D. Hutchins, Esq., of Upper Tulse-hill, Brixton. OF A DAUGHTER- Aro crief fe i On the 23d inst., at Brighton, the Lady Louisa ---- E ll sq ., of On the 23d inst., the Wife of Alfred Keyser' _.....----- Norfulk-crescent, Hyde-park, MARRIED Tl loll3 . ail On the 21st inst., at Lewisham 'Church, Henry A mehilt Moore, Commander of the Emerald steam-s 1111), w t . ~,. of youngest daughter of the late William Wybournt Esq •' Greenwic 'T s ' On the? Ist inst., at Bishop's Castle, Mr. AlfredoN\id' dlese /c i eldest son of Roger Williams, Esq., of Brentford, „ o to Mary Ann, second (laughter of Samuel 13604 A'ss''' Bishop's Castle, Shropshire. „ E: har d On the 21st inst. at Lianbadarn raver, Cardiga,.!,--r:geliter J. Dickins, Esq., of Croydon, Surrey, to Caroline, ,A - of J. Maitland. Esq , of the East India-house. WED ter On the 21st inst., Louisa Susannah Thorp, eldest da of the late Sir William Plainer, Knight, and ughhe late Alfred Thorp. Esq., of Cambridge-terrace, wt.° k• Hyde-I , :a ta i a WiOnniatmheclr4utichkisnhttn.,knill.lEia.mixD.so.n:lgdesdonl,9o.nly son Of "P On the 17th inst., at Monzie Ca'stle, Robert Findlay', 1:544 of Batturich, Dumbartonshire. On the 17th inst., at Chepstow-villas , ~... gre, Eda, wife wife of'Thomas W. Rough, E`q• E‘q . of On the 18th inst ., at Brighton, HenrY Trewhitt, - , Sunbury, Middlesex . relict of On the 21st inst., at Werfield, Salop, Elizabeth, the late Rev. E. S. Davonport, of Davenport, aged 73 ' w ife On the 22d inst., at Rosenthal, Lewisham, Elizabeth, of Alexander Rowland, Esq., aged 72. , Ilant ° ' On the 21st iust., at Frogmore-house, Blacocater, Ann, the wife of Jonathan Miles, Esq. Bayswater, v., London: Printed and. Published by I.IIITUD O 11% 0. ti O. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e Sun 0111 00 1 J' an — t y of the Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy'. aLitic"Ssi Wednesaay, f,eptenuber 2 5 , isvti THE COMMERCE OF LIBERIA. To the commercial men of our country, Liberia prt sents herself as a theatre of extensive and lucrative business operations. Palm oil is produced by the nut of the palm-true,,which grows in the greatest abun , , dance throughout Western Africa. The demand for it, both in Europe and America, is daily increasing, and there is no doubt it will, ere long, become the most important article of trade. Camwood, red wood, bar wood, and other dye woods are found in great quantities in many parts of the country. About thirty miles east of Bassa Cove is the com mencement of a region, of unknown extent, where scarcely any tree is seen except the Cam wood. This boundless forest of wealth, as yet untouched, is easily accessible to that settlement ; roads can be opened to it with little expense, and the ne i g hb our i ng Kings will readily give their co-oper a ti on to a measure so vastly beneficial to themselves. One Liverpool house imported 600 tons in a single year, worth about 50,000 dollars. Ivory is pr ocura bl e at a ll po i nts, and constitutes an important staple of commerce. It is supposed that from 150,000 to 200,000 dollarec'worth rbtrbr Etat:ill FRANCE. In the Constitutionnel M. Veron, the redacteur en chef, gives the following account of his introduction to M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte : " After the Revolution of February, my colleagues, my friends, and myself had only one client—society. It was to defend it that the Constitutionnel carried on that rude war against anarchy and against So cialism ; supported the candidature of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, coincided in the message of the 31st Oc tober, and was the first to demand the revision of the Constitution with a prolongation of power for the actual President of the Republic. I had never seen Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, before his arrival in Paris as representative, when I received the follow ing letter •` Sir,—Wishing toss e near me allthe distinguished persons of my country, I naturally Mt a desire to make your acquaintance. Now that a inuual friend assures me that you would accept an invitation to a friendly dinner, I eagerly avail myself of the oppor tunity of having some conversation with a man whom I have often heard spoken of, etc. (Signed) " Louis NAPOLEON B.' This first interview was for me an obje. t of the most lively curiosity, I will say almost of emotion. The meeting was confidential ; I was certain not to find in Prince Louis Napoleon one of those ardent revolutionists, awakened by the coup de main of the 24th February, 1848, but the Prince had passed several years in exile. He had studied ques tions of political economy ; he had followed the labours of different Socialist schools ; he might show himself to be an impatient reformer, an im prudent and dangerous utopist. I was §oon assured on this point. • I think with the Constitutionnel,' said the Prince to me, that society must be replaced on eternal bases, that respect for the laws, for order, property, and family ties must be revived in the hearts of all, before important novations and great measures of progress are thought of.' In the interviews at various periods which I have had the honour, to have with the Prince, be neither sought to seduce me by the assured success of his cause, nor to attract me by promises. His simple and natural words overcharged neither his ideas nor his sentiments. He inspired con fidence because he neither sought to move you, nor to lead you away. Thus even in his every-day rela• tions the Frince showed an: impenetrable coldnes., without, however, ceasing to be kind. That safety of discretion which he has for himself he has also for others; his oldest friends declare that no one better deserves to have a secret confided to him. With the President of the Republic these solid qualities are shown by a politeness always equal and always re served; in his manners and his serious phy siognomy, might be recognised a reflective mind which isolates itself, and which sudden and unexpected grandeurs had neither surprised nor puffed up with pride. In politics, at the time of the election of the 10th December, two new virtues were invented—attitude and calm. It was said that Gene ral Cavaignac had the former, and Prince Louis Na poleon the latter. I have never seen General Cavaig nac iu his official receptions nor in the tribune, where he obtained more than one success; I, therefore, cannot judge of the merit of his attitude. As to Prince Louis Napoleon, it is in him an equality of temper which no external impression, no movement of soul appears able to disturb. Calm is a statesmanlike quality which even his enemies 'cannot refuse him. Without here completing this portrait, which I have only sought to sketch by way of document, I will confess that I feel confidence in this elevated, serious, and resolute character. When the Constitutionnel had to declare itself for one of the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic, I would not, however, follow the dictates of my per sonal feelings, and I more particularly consulted M. Thiers on the subject. None of the articles which supported the candidateship of the Prince were in serted until they had been read and approved of by that eminent statesman." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BASINGSTOKE; RACES.—TUESDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate of 3 soya. each, with 151 added, for three yrs old, 7st; four yrs, Bst; five yrs, Bst 91b; six yrs and aged, 9st 31b. Heats, about one mile and a quarter. Mr. Hayter's ch f Handsome Doe, 3 yrs, Est 41b... 1 1 Mr. Ca!fall's b m Francesca, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ... 2 3 Mr. Manning's b m Elopement, 5 yrs, 75t,131b 3 2 The Oakley stakes of 5 sow. each, with 25 added, for three yrs old, 7st 41b; four yrs, Bst 71b; five yrs, 9st 21b; six yrs and aged, 9st 101 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b.. Heats, about a mile and a half. Mr. Catfall's b c Blister, 3 yrs ••• .. 1 • bolt. Mr. Stallard's b t Woodspite, 3 yrs 55t 111 b... 2 3 dr Mr. Kimmin's c m Jessie, 4 yrs, 7st ... 3 2 3 Cipt. Delme's g m Rosewood, 3 yrs, Est Hl 4 4dr Mr. Bruyere'sbm Fanny Hill, 5 yrr, 7st 131 b 5 5 2 Mr. Winche's b f Impression, 3 yrs, 55t 111 b 6 1 1 The Railway Plate of 2 sovs. each, and 101. added, for three yrs old, to carry Bst ; 4 yrs, 9st ; 5 yrs, 9st 12Ib ; 6 yrs and aged, 104 41b. Heats, about ore mile and a-half. Mr. Ha) ter's o f Handsome Doe, 3 yrs, 5 t 71b 1 1 Mr. Cattail's c m England's Glory, aged, 7st 11b 2 2 Mr. J. Tubb's b m Francesca, 4 yrs, Est 21b