The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-24 00:00:00

GERMANY. _ The Swabian Mercury publishes the outlines of the new constitution of the Germanic Confederation which Austria proposes to sn'..;mit to the conslderation of- the Council of States which she has assembled at Frankfort. This constitution is a combination of all projects which formerly have been started to meet the difficulties_ of the question, viz.—a Directory, in which Prussia and Austria preside by rotation, while the lesser states are represented in batches ( gruppenweis ); and, - in -addition, a representation of the people, or rather of the peoples, proceeding from the Diets of the individual states. The Austrian Monarchy, with all its Crown lands and dependencies, is to form part of this Confederation. The Kolner Zeitung has the following remarks re specting this plan, and its chances of success :—" In the_first instance we are bound again to repeat that a union of Germany, which exceeds the limit of an international alliance, with the Austrian Monarchy, composed as it is of a majority of non- German states, is neither founded on natural wants nor supported by historical precedents. Indeed, a want or necessity is quite out of the question. Germany is large enough and strong enough for all reasonable purposes, and the only thing she wants is, to be left alone and undisturbed. But a disturbance it would make if she were brought into contact and Bound up with a variety of foreign and semi-barbarous elements. Whatever advantages such an union might offer to Germany are equally attain a)ple by common alliances and treaties, and there is nothing which could indemnify us for our loss of cha racter, weight, and strength, if the foreigner were entitled to dictate to us in our own affairs. As for the system, of representing the lesser states in batches (gruppen system), we can only say that it deprives those states of that independence and equality in the Confederatio,n which Prussia at all times clailned for tAgm." • HOLLAND. 'Thu HAGUE, SECT. 21.—1 n consequence of a reso ration lately passed by the Netherlands Government, all the ditties, oetrois, and tolls hitherto imposed by the Government'on,ibe Netherlands Rhine were abo lished in favour of every flag on that river on the 15 th instant. The Government, has, however, reserved to itself the privilege of claiming the various dues from those Ri verton States which shall impose less favourable OuditiOna upon the Netherlands flag than upon their own. j The energy of the Government in taking this step while the question relative to aboli tioo, whole or partial, of those dues is a matter of intricate deliberaqon by the Rhenish Navigation Company COmMissiOners, will very materially lessen .the difficulty. of their task. There can be no doubt that the other GovernMents will do the same. The Netherlands Government has likewise abolished all transit , duties on its territory, and the navigation dues on the Yssel ; similar measures are in progress relative to the duties levied by France and Belgium, 'he Riverain states of that river. The commission charged with the liquidation of the succession of his late Majesty William IL, has ap pointed some members to examine the accounts and the works of the edifice which his Majesty had built .at the Ilague.—Dutch Papers. M. DE LAROCHEJAQTJELIN AND • THE LEGITT MATISTS. The following is a translation of the letter addressed by M. de Lerochejaquelin to the editor of the Eyene ment in reply to the manifesto of the Count de Chambord : " Monsieur le Re•lacteur,—Neither the officious articles published in several journals, nor the semi official letter of M. Ponjoulat (of which I was not aware until after that which I wrote to the journal the Ordre on the 4th of this month), obliged nee to break the respectful silence which I intended to pre serve, but now, in presence of the mad document which you have published, I am compelled to reply to my excommunication. As regards the Legiti matists of France, the circulars signed De Barthelemy contain the authentic signature of the five persons who are named in the manifesto which you publish. " Ail denial on that point would be a falsehood. It is therefore to toy great regret that I must reply to an official document. I accept my excommunication in full. It is evident that we do not hold the same principles. I do not believe that legitimacy is a mystery—that the representatives of France ought to obey the crders of the King under the Republic no more than under the Monarchy. I never had any doubt on that theory. Parliamentary faults must in future ascend higher than their authors—such is the consequence of the orders which have been issued. The legitimacy of national right com prised the expression of the national sovereignty of all - the 'generations which have preceded us during 900 years. I could not find any titles more noble or more French, or rights more respectable, than those of an institution vshich constituted the lasi of our fathers during so many centuses. I demanded that the nation should return to the national principle— I never demanded to create it. The right of legiti macy is now represented to us as a mystery which must not be discussed, which it is dangerous to fathom. It is represented to us that the national will, freely expressed, is an attack on the rights of legitimacy. In politics I cannot defend what I do not understand. If the man holding a private station could at a respectful interview, during ' which no discussion was permitted, personally make • his love and his unbounded devotion subservient to the desire expressed by an exiled Prince in such terms as merely suppressed, but did not repudiate, his honourable convictions, the politician cannot accept, either for himself or for his friends, the humiliation of this indescribable public manifesto, 'whose consequences would be'as fatal to the principle .of authority as to the principles of liberty. This is no longer a question of persons—it is a question of principles. I have a right to say that mine are not those of the men under whom I should have to make an act of discipline. The appeal to the nation is not, as has been said, a revolutionary act ; it is the nation itself in its sovereignty putting an end to the era of revolutions. I did not dements an appeal to the nation on the principle of legitimacy. Every body can recollect '. that the questio❑ was thus stated, ' Republic or , Monarchy. The Legititnatists, by supporting them selves on the solid popular basis of au appeal to the nation, levelled all the harriers which had been raised more formidably than ever. If Monarchy had bee❑ proclaimed iu principle, there would have been no thing more necessary than to show the reason, tra dition, glory, and the passed utility of legitimacy. • Political parties could not, in the position which cir cumstances had placed them, do otherwise than sub , mit honourably in presence of the national lew of France of nine centuries, ntknowl , , , :dged and remem bered by the nation. They do not wish it. I cannot help that. The severity of the language of the neneifesto is not moderated by a single world implying good intentions. I leave to others henceforth the care cf defending those doctrines, which, in my ignorance, I. believed I could main tain without being placed outside the pale of public opinion. I shall ever remain faithful to the interests of my country by obeying the laws which govern it, without troubling myself in wishing for or anticipat ing the authority to which I shall have to submit hereafter. It will be permitted me to guard religi ously in reserve, for the satisfaction of my conscience, the political symbol which has hitherto formed the faith o my whole life; but I admit it never can be possibly applied if the manifesto which you have pub lished take effect. " H. DE LAROCHEJAQUELIN. " Paris, Sept. 21, 1850: " COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN STEEVENS, 44Tu REGIMENT. MALTA, SEPT. 15.—A general court-martial as sembled on Thursday last, by order of Lieut.-General Ellice, commanding the troops, when Capt. William Steeveni, 44th Regiment, was put on his trial on the following charge :—For having been drunk on duty, and when under arms in command of the main guard, on the 7th Sept., 1850. Thee Court was composed of Lieutenant-Colon e l Emmett, R.E., President ; Lieutenant-Colonel Warde, R.A. ; ' Major A. L. Cole, 69th; Captain Calleja, • .R.M.F. • Captain Maltei, R.M.F. ; Captain Browne, 44th ; 4aptain Fieldeu, 44th ; Captain Bowen, 69th ; Lieutenant-Colonel Paxton, 69th; Captain O'Hallo ran, 69th; Captain Tylee, R.A.; Captain Messiter, ;;Captain M'Mahon, 44th ; Captain Fenwick, 44th ; and Captain Baker; R.E., members. Captain Gardiner, R.A.; officiating as Deputy Judge-Advocate: The evidence for the prosecution tended to show that Captain S. was drunk at the time expressed. Lieutenant Cooper, his subaltern on duty, swore also to that point, but he also swore that half an hour be fore, at the club, he was not drunk. The prisoner's orderly, who was behind him from his leaving the club till his arrival on the square, where '• the main. guard is situated, also swore that he had not seen him drink anything. A sergeant of the guard swore he was drunk. • Captain Spring, 44th, who placed him under ar rest, also swore to the same fact, as did one or two others. For the defence, Lieut. Llielethwait, 44th, swore that at twenty minutes to half.past eleven he and prisoner were, yachting. The prisoner steered the boat as of was exposed to the sun. That from the time of embarking till their return to Ricasoli, at half•pat three P.M., they had drank three glasses of brandy and _water between them, and Captain S. ;,,, was sober. That he was sober at five P.M., when he :.•left Ricasoli for the club; and again at eight P.M., - • 'when he returned to Ricasoli under arrest, as he said, for being drunk, he was sober. Ensign _Blood deposed to prisoner being sober at 'the club before going to main guard. 'Ensign Bell'deposed to conversing with him in the square, and he was sober. - Mr. Dingell deposed to talking to him before 7 ' 141,.! SJ;: tc. mounting guard, to seeing him go through the usual routine of duty on guard, and that he was sober. The defence was, that Captain S. was, from his residence in the West Indies and the coast of Africa, subject to vertigo, especially after exposure to the sun, and was so seized. Dr. Barry, P.M.P., proved on oath that a person who had been abroad might be so affected, and espe cially at a time when the air was impure; that he would then present appearances similar to a drunken man. The Court at one o'clock deliberated on their verdict. The result of the decision will not be officially known until the proceedings have been sent to Eng land, as the general has no power to confirm the pro ceedings of any court in which the penalty of death or cashiering is the award. It is currently reported (upon what grounds I am ignorant) that the sentence is fatal to Captain Steavens' commission, but that he is strongly recommended to mercy. All who know the captain hope most cordially that his commission may be saved —or, at least, the regulated price•—in case of a fatal verdict. EXTRAORDINARY GALE IN THE C HANN E L . LOSS OF LIFE AND RIVER BOATS. (From the Liverpool Albion.) On Saturday evening a storm arose in the Channel, which was marked by most extraordinary charac teristics of violence, and was, perhaps, unprecedented in the suddenness with which it burst over the waters. The principal sufferers were the small boats, or gigs, out on speculating excursions for employment in connexion with the vessels coming into port. A great number of these left the river, as usual, during the night and the early part of the morning, with the wind north-east and a perfect calm, so that there was no reason to apprehend the slightest danger, and many of them ventured out a greater distance than usual. About nine o'clock the wind veered round to the south .west, and there were slight indications of a coming storm, but nothing serious was anticipated. About half-past nine, or thereabouts, the wind had assumed a more westerly direction, and was accom panied by a drizzling rain. In an hour afterwards a strong gale sprung up from the W.N.W., and the change is described to have taken place as unexpec tedly as a flash of lightning or a clap of thunder. Such was the strength of the gust that the small craft were, with the greatest difficulty, preserved from being capsized at the onset, and a heavy sea setting in, they were tossed about like so many shells upon the waves. It required the greatest skill to keep them from being turned over or filled with water. Two of gigs, in different parts of the Channel, were completely overpowered, and that much life was not sacrificed is only owing to those efforts of huma nity which are occasionally called forth, and which, in fact, constitute a trait in the character of Bri tish seamen, and are, with rare exceptions, exer cised in every case of danger and distress where a fellow-creature calls on them for aid. Shortly after the gale commenced a boat called the John, owned by a man named Lock, was de scried by Capt. Bell, of the Jenny Lind steamer, about a mile and a half outside the North-west Lightship. She was evidently in great distress, and the cap tain's attention was particularly directed to her by thinking that she belonged to Peter Cropper, who, with his men, had breakfasted on board the steamer at six o'clock in the morning, and had afterwards left in quest of a ship. Captain Bell no sooner saw the boat and the state she was in than he determined at all hazards to go to her assistance. The sea was raging tremendously at the time, beating over the paddle-box and the funnel, and the waves were of such magnitude and strength that even the powerful steamer seemed in the greateEt peril. The John, when first observed from the steamer, would be about a mile distant, and it was only oc casionally that she could be seen in con sequence of the foam by which she was sur rounded. At one time it was feared that she had en tirely disappeared, but, shortly afterwards, she was observed again, a large wave having washed over her. In another moment she was capsized, and rolled over three times, and her crew, consisting of three men, named Richard Gordon, Joseph Davies, and Jol,n MA - lowan were struggling in the water for their lives. M:Gowan and Gordon succeeded in getting on the keel of the boat, and held fast by their hands and knees, whilst the third, Davies, kept himself up with the rigging and the oars. The Jenny Lind proceeded towards the drowning men as fast as possible, and, a screw-steamer being in advance, Captain Bell hailed it to lower a boat and assist in saving the men. This ves • sel being much nearer to the scene of the disaster, and having proper boats on board, was much better quali fied to save life than the Jenny Lind. But, although Captain Bell shouted to them till he was hoarse, no one on board paid the 'least heed to his appeals be yond looking over the bulwarks at the men who were struggling for their lives. We have not ascertained the name of the vessel, but, doubtless, inquiry will he made, which will lead to its discovery. Ceps tain Bell also hailed an Irish steamer, which im mediately stopped its engine; but the Jenny Lind had by this time approached near enough to render all the assistance that could be afforded under the circumstances. The object of those on board ,the Jenny Lind was to get alongside the men, so as to roach them with the lifebuoy without increasing their danger, and this was a movement which re quired considerable caution. However, it was soon accomplished, and the means of safety were first of all extended to the unfortunate man Davies, who was supporting himself upon the rigging, and appeared nearly exhausted. The man immediately grasped the buoy and was as quickly dragged on hoard the steamer. Not a moment was lost in throwing the buoy to the other men, and it was seized with avidity by M'Gowan, who was also rescued. As he left the keel of the boat his companion called out to him for help, and caught hold of his leg. The buoy was again thrown, but Gordon, unable to hold out any longer, had let go his hold of the keel and sunk. Another moment might have saved him. It is supposed that the men had been in the water nearly half-an-hour. At first they gave themselves up for lost, but, when the screw steamer neared them, they had some hope, and called out to one another to keep up their hearts. They were, however, disappointed in their expec tations of help from that quarter. It is sail that poor Gordon at once gave way to despair, and called upon God to protect his wife and family. Davies and APGo wan were supplied with hot coffee and clothing on board the Jenny bind, and soon sufficiently re covered to express their gratitude to Captain Ball and his crew, who had zo nobly rescued them from death. I: is true their thanks were conveyed in rough and ready phrase, but they were none the less sincere. An effart was made to save the boat, but this was found impracticable in consequence of the heavy sea which prevailed. The Jenny Lind, as it returned to Liverpool, passed a sunken gig to the west of the Wharf Buoy, Rock Channel. This wou ld i n a ll pro b a bilit y b e t h e Frank, a gig which had been capsized abreast of Dove-bank, about nine miles out. It appears that the Frank, with four men, was towing alongside of a ship called the Juno, and another small boat, the Ellen, owned by Daniel itoydan, was towing astern the same vessel, with a complement of three men, When the gale set in both boats were in imminent peril, and it appeared inevitable that they would be lost. The Frank, however, from some cause or other, as yet unexplained, appeared in the greatest danger ; and eventually the crew lost all control over their boat, and it was overturned. The men kept hold as long as they could, but in a few minutes they were scattered amidst .the waves in different directions. This was a trying moment for the hands in the other gig. It was as much as they could do to preserve themselves from a similar fate; and to unloose them selves from the ship, in order, if possible, to save the drowning, would increase their risk. They, however, boldly resolved to run the hazard ' and they imm e di a t e l y l e t go f rom t h e larger vessel and launched themselves forth to the assistance of those who called for help. The storm was now at its height, and the waves every moment threatened them with a watery grave. The men in the water were at ever and anon obscured by andthe itmountains obviousof w that er if which washed over them, e utmost exertions were not used they w ou ld be entio hacl r t el o be y lost. They Th ll e o y n were oi r eed e some up y o a n rd e s , distant from at each other, and having e r x ell a different course to take up an o th er . th e y were all rescued; but it was on l y by trauoarP nary effort and une x ampled bravery. Cummings,l who was the owner of t h e capsized boat, had suril and he was only saved by one of the men forcing an oar under his body and buoying him up. In the meantime the boat had become half full of water, and it was expected every moment that she would sink. Oae of the men, named Devlin, was so impressed with this conviction that be ac tually took off his clothes and shoes in order, if ne cessary, to swim for his life. We are happy to say Out the precaution proved unnecessary, and that, after encountering one of the most violent gales ever experi.eiced in this Channel, they arrived safely at the Prince's Basin about noon. several other boats were also placed in jeopardy, and it is feared that more were lost than those men tioned. One belonging to Thomas Neale, vs hich was missing for some time, turned up late in the after noon, having taken refuge at Crosby Lightship. The unfortunate man Gordon, who was drowned, was, we believe, very steady and deserving, and he has left a wife and family of young children to deplore his loss. The poor woman, who is near her confinement, is in the greatest distress. This is certainly a case which should recommend itself to the benevolent, and we gladly yield to the suggestion that subscriptions should be left at the office of the Albion until some one more competent to undertake the duty shall step forviard to provide for the blame diate wants of the widow and her children. The brave men to whom those* saved are indebted for their deliverance should not go unrewarded, and we feel sure that we do not appeal in their behalf in vain. SUN, THE LONDON, A YANKEE COURT OF JUSTICE. Yesterday the room of the Third District Court was the scene of a very bloody affray between three of our citizens. Dr. Dupes and Mr. D. Veau have been partners in a saw mill in the third municipality, and having lately dissolved partnership, some legal proceedings have taken place between them. Dr. Dupes, in settling the accounts of the partnership, was assisted by Mr. Severe Wiltz, alderman of the third municipality. Yesterday the parties met in the 'Third District Court, to try a rule arising from these legal disputes. The rule had been tried, and Judge Strawbridge had left his seat and the room, when an altercation arose be ta-een Dr. Dupes and Mr. Veau, the former charg ing the latter with net accounting for money he had collected, and the latter pronouncing it a falsehood and a calumny. Mr. IViltz, seeing the dispute was approaching a serious issue, interfered, and stood be tween the parties, when Veau addressed to him some very abusive language, calling him a liar and a ca• lumniator, with reference to Mr. 'MHz's endorsement of Dr. Dupas's charges. Thereupon Mr. Wiltz, who is a gentleman of powerful frame, struck Veau, knock ing him down on his knees. Before he rose, Mr. Veau drew a dirk and stabbed Wiltz in the breast. Wiltz turned to leap over the railing separating the clerk's stand from the portion of the court-room allotted to the bar, and as he did so, Veau gave him another severe cut in the thigh, but at the satne time fell himself suddenly on the floor, as if he were dead. It appeared, afterwards, that he had been stabbed in the back by Dr. Dupes, who avowed the act as one done in defence of his friend. The knife, which was a very sharp one, struck the spinal column, and immediately paralyzed his lower limbs. In the meantime, Mr. Wiltz had leaped into the judge's stand and drew a pistol, when he cried out, ' Gentle men, lam badly hurt," and fell in the stand. The gentlemen were then taken up by their friends, and physicians sent for. In a little while they ar rived and examined their wounds. Mr. Wiltz was able, with the assistance of his friends, to go down the steps, and was put into a cab and carried home. His wounds are severe and painful, but not danger ous. Mr. Vertu was entirely prostrated by his in jury, and it is feared that it will prove mortal. The gentlemen engaged in this unhappy affair are all highly respectable Creoles, and men cf families.— New Orleans Delta. DEATH OF A FEMALE BY TAKING SAVINE. On Saturday an inquest was held by Mr. Baker, at the Crown, Mary-street, Kingslind-road, upon the body of a married woman, named Harret Cole, aged 34, who had been deserted by her husband, and bad died from the effects of a medicine called savine, which she had taken for the purpose of procuring abortion. Mr. John Nicholls, surgeon, Queen's-road, Dalston, stated that the deceased, during the last three weeks, had daily called upon him with one of her children who was unwell. Deceased herself made no complaint. On 'Wednesday night last his attention was called to her. He found her in bed at her lodgings. She was suffering severely from internal pains. He heard from of-male in the house that she was in the family way, and that it was supposed she had taken a decoction of savine to procure an abartior. She was fast sinking. He gave her some medicine, and she rallied a little. She died the following morning. He made a post mortem examination of the body, and found the sto • mach in a state of inflammation, which was suf ficient to cause death. The uterus contained a foetus about three months old. The iaflainma don of the stomach might have been caused by a decoction of savine. In rimy cases life has been sacrificed by a person taking it to procure aborilon. Mr. Finer, parish surgeon of Shore , ditch, stated that a few weeks ago the deceased called upon him to request that he would give her something to destroy the child with which she was pregnant. She offered him any money if he would, but he refused. Eliza C'everly, a single young wo man, stated that on Tuesday last she accompanied deceased to a herbalist's at the corner of William street, Shoreditch, where she bought twopennyworth of savine. She boiled it in some water, and on Wed nesday afternoon she drank it. Soon after she was taken very ill, when witness went for a doctor. Verdict —" That the deceased died from an inflam mation of the lanwele, caused by taking a decoction of savine, and the jury cannot separate without express ing a strong opinion that great blame is attached to herbalists and others indiscriminately vending such articles." SADLER'S WELLS. At Sadler's-wells within no great distance of Bag nigge-wells, is another medicinal spring, which was formerly he'd to be in high repute, not only by the ci tizens id the neighbourhood, but by the wealthiest and n , J)lest in the land. In the last century Sadler's- wells were frequented every morning by 500 or GOO per sons ; and not a hundred years have passed away, since the daughters of George the Second used to quit St. James's every day, to drink the waters. The spring from which Sadler's-wells derives its name was discovered in the reign of Charles the Second, sa the garden of one Sadler, who made a considerable sum of money by opening a place of entertainment near the spot, which was afterwards superseded by the present theatre. Noorthouck writes, in 1773 " Here apprentices, journeymen, and clerks, dressed to ridiculous extremes, entertain their ladies on Sun days ; and to the utmost of their power, if not beyond their proper power, affect the dissipated manners of their superiors. Bagnigge• wells and the White Con duit-house, two other receptacles of the same kind, with gardens laid out in miniature taste, are to be found within the compass of two or three fields; togeteer with Sadler's wells, a small theatre fo: the summer evening exhibition of tumbling, rope-dancing, and other drolly, in vulgar style." On the 15th of Octo ber, 1807, Sadler's-wells Theatre was the scene of a fearful catastrophe. A cry of " fire" having been raised, the terrified audience in the gallery made a simultaneous rush to the doors: The avenues becom ing blocked up, several persons were crushed to death, while others, in a fit of desperation, flung them selves iAo the pit. No fewer than eighteen persons s-..e..ra killed, and several others were seriously injured. At Sadler's-sils, in front of the Sir Hugh 'Myddle ton Tavern, is laid the scene. of Hogarth's "Evening." For many years the theatre was celebrated fur its aquatic exhibitions, which were contrived by removing the boards from the stage, and introducing a flow of water from the New River. Here, also, for many years, the famous Grimaldi performed his inimitable antice. Under the auspices of, and by the refined taste of Mr. Phelps, Sadlel's-wells Theatre has been converted to worthier purposes, and is now deservedly popular with those who prefer the plays of Shakspere and Massinger to a monster concert at Covent-garden, or an exhibition of horsemanship or wild beasts at Drury. lane.—London and its Celebrities. FOREIGN FUNDS. DUTCH FUNDS.—ADISTEIIDAM, SEPT. 21. The tendency of the Inland funds was again unfa vourable. Transactions in Spanish debt were very brisk. Austrian funds continued their downward ten dency; Russian more in favour. Mexican very ani mated, at an improved exchange. Brazilian, i per cent. higher. Active Debt, 2% per Cent.• •• —•• • • • 57 57% Ditto, 3 per Cent .• .........• ••• • • • 681( Ditto, 4 per Cent... •••••.•• • . • . • • 89 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.......... East India Loan, 4 per Cent ........ 88 Russian 4 per Cents., Hope & Co. .... 105% Spanish New 5 per Cents.-........... Austrian 5 per Cents., Certificates .. •• 77% Ditto 21i per Cent., Certificates .. .. 41% 41% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent •• lIAMBURGH FUNDS, SEPT, 20. Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent... • • 105% Ditto, 3% per Cent. .............. Bank Shares •••••••• • • • • • • • - .... .... • Prussian 5 per Cent. ••••.. .. • ...... 100 99% Anglo-Russian Loan ••••• • • • • •• IC6 Ditto (1850), 434 per Cent 5 . ,........ _ Hamburgh, 3% per Cent. ...... • ... 89'ti 89% Lubeck Loan (1850) • • .... • .... 98 98 Hamburgh Certificates, 5 per Cent... . • 93 95% New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. .. .. .. _ Ditto Stleglitz, 4 per Cent. • • • • • • 10" J Belgian Loan,2% per Cent.. —...•— .. _ Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .•• . • • 74 % Ditto, in 1001. Shares •.......... •• . Ditto,s per cent... Anglo-Swo.lish Loan ................ Ditto, Transport Loan ........ —..— Ditto, Hyp., 4 per Cents .... .. .. .. 96% Norwegian 4 per Cents. •• • • ..... .. .. 100 Spanish New 5 per Cent •. .... 11% 11% Ditto, 3 per Cents. — ........ .. 31% Ditto, 1846...................... . Angto-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent •. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. •• • • Ditto 3 per Cent. ................ National Bank Shares ............ American, 6 per Cent. ••—..•• .. • • • • 106% 1061 f RAILWAYS. Ditto, i ll em i o c a ta r )o l gi l g b td n t . :: :: P ap i e r d nr rr g ig ii l l: oi d i r r . ::: ,ii t t l i n i . t y y l t b eds . u : l h r b g : . Sharesr... eg . .. : :... . ... .. . •• . . ... . •.: :. .. . :: . • .. : . ••: . .•.: . ..... . ..... . : 9 9 09 057 5 :1 I : : 9 91 7 i l : 13,1.3): D :ci i ktte t tti t ioeo o i et: , , 15k s ;: : :pwr c i ego o ri i ri i ic d ti e m i s n .t.: l . s N.u. F. Ion•••••• • • • . • • - y Dttbr, 5 pyr Cents...—. • 103 1 9 0 9 i, .o e . I' s ! h el 1 : n : :: .•.• .. ..: :. .• • . ..• 1 3 39 1 1 i l it i -.., 14 Ditto, rriprity iiltares, 4% p erCel4. 101' 101 Altona and. Kiel . t . r . n ;ont — :: lis, 13 6% • Copenhagen-Roeskilde ___ n O e lu n c d l s is b t u a rg d t .. ..... ........ .... •.... .. .. I p 3 an 7 y y, . ;hee . E li xtran ea g tcleonStLeaomndCon, Company "I wan I sch to whip in the Lucilla," said a Dutchman to the clerk of a s hipping office. " Well," said t h e clerk, pen in hand, "what's your name?" "It ish Hans Vanes- En an an derdaursevsneymendeymiteheitench u pfeldm itdesch u pyoneridromp 1" said Dutchy, gravely e;ecting his old qu id, and taking a fresh one. " Heavens !" said the clerk, "du voa know what it is in English?" "Yaw, Ira does. It is Von Smidt !" PORTSMOUTII DOCKYARD.—Mr. Rigby, of Ports mouth Dockyard, has resigned his appointment of Assistant Inspector of Steam Machinery. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 23. (Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.) IN RE FORD AND REEVES. The bankrupts were ship and insurance-agents, in Leadenball-street. This was the last examination meeting. The accounts are in course of preparation by Messrs. 11.1ackillop and Young, and Mr. Lawrance applied for an adjournment to the 9th of November. The Court acceded to the application. The debts of the bankrupts are said to be about 6,000/.; their assets are nominal. • TUESDAY EVENING, IN RE MATTHEW BATTON. The bankrupt was a cattle-dealer at Newbury, Berk!". His debts are about 1,6001. ; his assets 1751. This was an adjourned last examination meeting.. Mr. Lowrance supported ; Mr. Lucas opposed. Ulti mately an adjournment was again ordered, that the bankrupt might show the manner in which a sum of 1,300/. had been disbursed. INSOLVENT Di 2;13 FORS' COURT, SO. 23. (Before the CIVEF COMMISSIONER.) IN RE GILMORE BARTCHAELL. This insolvent, a young man who has held the rank of First-Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, was op posed by Mr. Dowse, on his application to be dis charged, on the part of Aar. Gregory, upholsterer, in Regent-street. Mr. Atkinson, of the firm of Messrs. Atkinson, the perfumers, of Old Bond .street, ap peared in person. Mr. Cooke supported. The complaint on the part of Mr. Gieg,ory was fraud. The insolvent became of age in January last. The aggregate amount of his debts and liabilities ex. teed 4,0001., but his bona fide debts were under 1,200/. his bill transactions with discounters had been considerable, and his present debts, without con sideration arising on bilD, were 1,348/. His insol vency was attributed to not having kept his expendi ture within his income, and to having fallen into the hands of bill discounters. There was nothing for his creditors beyond a debt of honour from a Captain Fitzroy, now in Sydney. It appeared that on the 16th January last the in solvent quitted the service, and on the 29th of the same month paid a visit to the establishment of Mr. Gregory, when he saw Mr. Smith, the foreman. At that time he owed Mr. Gregory an account of 261., and proposed to Smith to give a cheque on Messrs. Cox and Greenwood for 361. and to receive the diffe rence. Mr. Smith had only a 201. cheque in his pos session, which he gave to the insolvent, and be handed to him his cheque for 461., which he told him not to present until the following Saturday. When the cheque was presented there were no effects, and it was communicated that the drawer of the cheque was no longer in the Artillery. In a few days afterwards the insolvent sent for Mr. Smith to the Queen's Prison, to which place he had been taken on the 6th February, on a judge's order. Nothing had been obtained on account of the cheque. Smith was cross-examined with the view to show that the insolvent had told him that he bad no money at his bankers' before he gave him the cheque, but he denied the allegation. The in solvent, however, positively declared that he had made the statement before he obtained the cheque in return. He expected to have had some money paid into Cox and Greenwood's by a Captain Fitzroy, who had pro mised to make him a remittance from Sydney; it had, however, not arrived. Mr. Atkinson stated that the insolvent owed his firm 41. 17s. 6l a and on the 4th of February handed aoh que for 101. on Cox and Greenwood, and re ceived the difference. One cf his assistants, who was not present, paid the money to the insolvent. The CRIEF COMMISSIONER said there was not proper evidence before the Court. Mr. Atkinson said he hail appeared, as he consi dered it a swindling transaction. The insolvent, on his examination by his own counsel, stated that he had got into the hands of bill discounters when under age. They came to the bar racks, and off;?red to lend money, and officers gave their bills, getting some money and jewellery. He gut a " discount watch" for 251., which was only worth 41., and other articles were charged for in the same manner. He had no idea of his arrest on one of the bills, as the party had invited him to break east. Mr. Dowse urged a case of fraud against the in solvent. At all events, when he gave the cheque, he could have had no reasonable expectation of paying the debt he had contracted. Mr. COOKE addressed the court with till viaw to save the insolvent from a judgment for fraud. He said he had been ruined by bill discounters. The Curer COMMISSIONEU was of opinion that the case of Mr. Gregory way not so specially proved as to call upon him to give a judgment for fraud. It was, undoubtedly, a case of contracting a debt without reasonable means of payment, and he adjudged the insolvent from the vesting order to an imprisonment of five calendar months. IN RE DAVID JONES. This insolvent, a clerk to the Poor-law Board, ap plied to be dL‘charged. He had a salary of 175/, a year, and purchased some property in the Wands worth-road, o❑ account of which he got into litiga tion and into pri , on. It was stated, that in the "Wandsworth -roac, there were many houses vacated in consequence of the cholera last year, and a gentleman who was examined, said there were more than twenty now in a row unlet• The insolvent, vsto was supported by Mr. Sargocd, was ordered to b 2 aiscbarged. The court sat till five o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . 130 W-STREET. Alm Bartlett, potboy at the Duke on Horseback, in Holland-street, Blackfriars-road, was charged with stealing a cashbox and its contents (131. 10a.) belonging to his employere, Messrs. Moore and Lock- Ea, the landlords. Constable F 40 met the prisoner near Temple-bar on Sunday morning, the 15:h inst., and seeing some thing bulky concealed under his coat stopped him and inquired what it was. the prisoner refused to sa tisfy the curiosity of tne offic e r, w h o c o n sequently took him to the station. It afterwards turned out that he had just absconded with the cash-box from the above house. Mr. JARDINE committed him for trial. Thomas Miller, salesman in Covent-garden mar ket, Thomas Ilewson, his nephew, and Rose Symonds, were charged with several violent assaults upon the police. Constable F 94 said that he saw Hewson and the young woman in a narrow court near the Artichoke public-house, after twelve o'clock at night, and told them to go away. They refused to do so, and Hew son, who was 'drunk, said that they lived there, it being the side entrance to the public-house. Witness did not believe this, and, after two other useless at tempts"move on," he went to the to ascertain htnl if they did li ve th ere . H e was At Artichoke o r e make followed by them, and an altercation took place in the house, during which witness was assaulted by Hewson, while the woman relieved him of his staff. In the meantime Miller, who lived in the house, came down stairs in his shirt and helped the others to eject him from the place. They succeeded, but witness re turned with a brother constable, F 130, and, having regained possession of his staff, proceeded to take them into c ustody. They were re s i s t e d w ith s avage violence, witness being severely beaten by Miller, who employed a tin-kettle and a' rolling-pin to attack him with. A clasp-knife was flung at them during the affray, but he could not say by whom. Witness struck Miller a smart blow with his staff, and even tually he went willingly to th© police-station. The defence of Hewson and the girl was that they were out late, looking at an Irish wake which had been going on, and that the interference of the police man was most unwarrantable. Miller said he was disturbed by the noise, and got out of bed to see what was the matter, when he was treated with great brutality by the police, who also used infamous language. Corroborative evidence was given by Mrs. Hew son, who resided in the house, and by her son, a youth of about 15, who slept with his mother and a married sister on the night in question, and was, with them, di s t ur b e d i n their bed by the fighting on the stairs. Both these witnesses declared that they had not such a thing as a "rolling-pin" in the house, but had always had to borrow one. Mr. JARDINE believed the statement of the consta bles, and w as resolved to protect them in the fair execution of their duties. He fined Miller 31., and Hewson 11. The girl was discharged. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. A summons was obtained last week against Sir James Sutherland Machenzie, of the Army and Navy Club, by a woman named Mary Smith, for cutting open her head with a gin bottle on the 16th inst. The summons was to be heard yesterday, but at the time appointed neither party came into court. The assault arose out of the following circum stances :--The defendant, who was on terms of inti macy with the complainant, called on her, and was asked to stand some gin. He gave a shilling for that purpose, and when the gin came he demanded his change. No change was forthcoming, and being ex cited he threw the bottle at the complainant and cut her head open. Mr. liVler, from the office of Mr. Dod, stated to the chief clerk, Mr. Leadley, that Sir James had com promised the business with the woman by paying her 31. and compensating the doctor. The summons was of course discharged. LAMBETH. Eliza Jones, alias Long, and Esther Stone, two well-dressed married women, were finally examined before Mr. Elliott on charges of defrauding trades people by the follywing means : The Prisoners, who generally dressed in the style of servant s to respecta b le f am ili es , en t ere d th e s h ops of tradesmen, principally grocers, and gave a small order —generally two ounces of tea and a pound of loaf sugar, and obtained change for a sovereign. When the change was given they took exception to the price of the sugar, refused to take the things, and got the sovereign back. Then they changed their minds again, and offered to take the goods upon the tradesmen returning the change with the goods. They then asked for some other small articles to di vert the attention of the shopkeeper, and having paid for the latter they carried away the goods, the change, and also the sovereign ; and since their commitment for re-examination several communications have reached the magistrate to prove that they carried this system of imposition to a vast extent. One of the witnesses, Mr. Gannon, a grocer in Duke-street, Lincoln's Inn•fields, deposed, that about two years ago the prisoners, with a third woman in their company, entered his shop, and Jones having given her usual order, and getting the change for a sovereign, played off the usual trick of returning the goods and ultimately taking them, and when asked for the sovereign all three women used the most so lemn aeseveratione that he had token it up. He (Me. Gannon) felt morally certain he had been "done" at the time, but he still submittal to it, and on counting his cash at night he was satisfied that he had been swindled. In about six months after the prisoners again called at his house, awl having gone over precisely the same course as respected a small order, attempted by the same means to defraud him of another sovereign. He toll them, however, that once was quite enough to be done by them, and desired his servant to go to Bow-street and fetch • a constable. The prisoners assured him he was much mistaken in their character, and begged he would not give them into custody. He, however, declared he should; upon which Stone stooped down, and exclaiming, " Why, here it is," took the sovereign from the floor, and gave it to him. He did not then wish to have any trouble with them. Having subsequently seen by the newspapers that two persons answering their de scription had been committed by one of the city ma gistrates to Bridewell for a similar offence, he went to that prison for the purpose of seeing and recognis ing them, but they had been discharged a few minutes before he got there. John Spittle, a City officer, deposed to having had the prisoner twice in custody on charges of de frauding tradespeople by the means above de scribed, but upon both occasions they had been dis charge& The defence set up was that the prisoners were the wives of two young men, journeymen carpenters, who had always borne good characters, and were in ex cellent employment; but the present inquiry has dis closed the fact that the prisoners had been married from a house of ill-fame, where they had resided for some years before. The prisoners were fully committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court on four charges. THAMES. William Robinson, a coal whipper, aged 28, was brought before Mr Ingham, charged with attempt ing to murder Lydia Short, a woman about 30 years of age, who was led into the court with her head bandaged, and in a very weak state from loss of blow]. The prisoner, a malicious, savage fellow, has been frequently in custody-for,assaults- and outrages, and came out of prison last Saturday. He was suspected of murdering a woman • named Caroline Willis, who died under suspicious circumstances, and on whom a coroner's inquest was held two years ago. The prosecutrix, in a low tone of voice, said that she lived at 10, Taverner's-walk, Shad weil, and had cohabited with the prisoner for some time. On S - turday night they quarrelled in consequence of a friend of hers, a young man, coming to see her. The prisoner asked her if she was going to sleep wish him? and she said she was not, and there was a sailor up stairs, and she was going to stay with him. The prisoner asked her to turn him out, and she said she would not. The prisoner forced her into another bedroom, and threatened and commenced beating her. She struck him twice, and he took up a knife and drew it across her head, and inflicted a dreadful wound. Tne blood gushed forth in torrents, and she fell down from weakness and swooned away. (The woman, who looked very ghastly and was very faint, was then conducted to a seat near the witness-box.) The prisoner, who was much excited, said he gave " his veiU' (the prosecutrix) 4s. out of 6s. which he had received on Saturday, and she got what she wanted for housekeeping with the money. When he came home late on Satarday night, and not seeing her down stairs, he asked where Lydia was, and the wo man below refused to tell him. Hearing a noise in a room above he went upstairs, where there were two men—a white sailor and a black sailor, whom she in tended to rob. He made her come down stairs, and asked her if she was going to sleep with the white man upstairs, and she said that the " darky " was right for 6s. if he (the prisoner) had not spoiled it. He told her to go into her own room, and she said she would not, and threw a plate at him, and in the senile which took place some images and a teaplt were broken, and she fell against the edging of a wainscot and cut her head open. She was very drunk at the time. The prosecutrix was recalled, and said she was was not quite sober, but she was certain that the pri soner cut her head with a knife. She had cohabited with him at different times for eight years. Two women of questionable character and appear ance gave evidence of the quarrel, which arose in con sequence of the prosecutrix expressing her intention of sleeping with the sailor, and said they fuund the prisoner holding up Lydia Short, who was bleeding profusely, and he said she had done it herself with a teapot. &lr. Daniel Ross, a surgeon of High-street, Shad well, was called into the station-house on Sunday morning at one o'clock, and found the woman in a state of syncope. There was a wound on the right temple above two inches in length, completely divid ing the temporal artery. The woman lost a large quantity of blood, and all her clothes were completely saturated with it. In answer to questions by Mr. INGHAM, the witness said the wound was an incised one, a clean cut. The sharp edge of a broken plate or teapot might have in flicted such a wound. Stockley and Button, police comtables, said they found a large clasp knife on the prisoner, and disco vered the remains of a broken image an a broken teapot in the room where the woman received the wound. There was no blood on any portion of them. They raw nothing of a broken plate. Mr. ROS 3 examined the knife very closely, and said there was no blood upon it at all. The wound might have been inflicted with it. Mr. INGuam said, the edges of the broken pieces of teapot were jagged, and be should not think it likely the wound was inflicted with any of them. Mr. Ross said he could not at present say what would be the consequence of the wound. Erysipelas might ensue. Mr. INGIIAU—Then I shall remand the prisoner for a week. THE DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUN'T'IES RtkILWAV. BRENTWOOD, MONDAY EYENING.—This afternoon, at one o'clock, Mr. Lewis, the coroner for the western division of Essex, resumed the inquiry into the cir cumstances connected with the death of the nine un fortunate persons who were killed on the Eastern Counties Railway on Thursday morning last. Mr. Glynn and Mr. Ellis, two of the directors of the company, Mr. P. Ashcroft, superintendent of works; Mr. G. Richardson, the coaching superinten. dent; Mr. Gooch, locomotive superintendent; and Mr. Roney, the secretary, were present, for the pur pose of giving evidence if required. Mr. Maynard, of the firm of Crowder and May nard, attended on behalf of the company. The first witness examined was, George Kirby, who said he was a foreman in the employ of the Eastern Counties Company, and was on the engine at the time of the acci dent on Thursday last. lie was at the break. A man named John Snowdon was drivin g . He had the entire control of the engine. The guard was on the foot-plate, but he had nothing to do with the en gine ; nor as far as he (witness) was aware, had he anything to do with the speed of the engine. The morning was very foggy, and they could not see more than 40 yards before them. He recollected passing Shenfield station, when the usual sound was given. The whistle was also sounded between the two bridges, and again at the time of the accident, as soon as they saw the men before them, and at the Seven arch-bridge. 'We were not going more than eight or ten miles per hour. We heard nothing of the men being on the line till we saw them. All three men on the engine were on the look-out. • When I saw the men they were about twenty yards before us. The break was on what we call easy," and we directly put it hard on, I saw Snowdon pull his lever over in order to reverse his engine. The men at that time ap peared to be standing in a group. Witness had been on the line only three weeks. He had observed men on the line before the accident occurred, but he did not notice what they were about. He (witness) had worked on the Bristol, Birmingham, and Gloucester line. He had not been previously employed as a fire man. He was a fitter. When the accident occurred Snowdon was standing at his engine and the guard and witness were keeping a look-out. There was no talking. John Jasson, the second guard, was next called. He was on the train on Thursday morning last. He was on the fourth carriage from the engine. The train consisted of two second-class, two third-clasp, one first-class, and one break carriage. It left Ingate stone at 11 minutes before 8 o'clock. He knew that was the time because he looked at his watch. That was a minute behind their proper time. It was very foggy, and the fog increased by the time they reached Shenfield station. Between Ingatestone and Shenfield the engine travelled at the rate of 25 or 30 miles per hour. After they passed Shenfield they put the breaks on, and slackened the pace of the train. As the train proceeded between Shenfield and the Three-arch bridge, the driver whistled two or three times. After the train passed the Three-arch-bridge the driver shut off his steam and the whistle was sounded. He saw nothing of the accident, nor did he know of it until they reached Brent wool. The train was brought to a standatilL before they reached Brentwood. The ine cline commences about half a mile beyond the Three arch-bridge. He was not aware that there was any thing to indicate where the incline commenced. When the accident happened the train was proceeding 10 or 12 miles per hour. He was aware that men were engaged in ballasting the line, but he did not know that they were ballasting that morning. There could be no certainty as to the place where they would be found on any particular day. A Juror—lf you had had a telegraphic notice to logatestone that men were at work under or near the Seven-arch-bridge, would the pace of the train have been slackened, or would it have made any diffdrence in your arrangements? Witness—The driver would have continued cautiously. I cannot say what else would have been done. Edward Muirhead, the engine-driver of the ballast train, said—Fie was on the foot-plate of the ballast engine on Thursday morning, he was on the left hand side of the engine. He was p waiting until the ballast trucks were empty. The signal-man gave him a signal, and he then sounded his whistle. He saw two men on the ballast-truck which was not unloaded. Hs heard a whistle from the passenger- train engine, and he called out to the men to clear the road, for the train was coming. He dii not think the men heard him. He looked round, and saw the passenger-engine knock down one of the men against the step of his (witness's) engine. At the same moment tbQ train went over the others. When it had passed he saw the men were dead. The passenger-train was not coming " hard." The " steam" was off. When the whistle was sounded the train was 30 or 40 yards away. If the whistle had been sounded at the Three-arch bridge, the noise of his engine would have prevented him from hearing it. He thought the noise of his engine would have prevented any one from hearing the whistle of the passenger-train. He (witness) had been on the Eastern Counties Railway about a month, during which time he had been working a ballast engine. He had been bringing ballast down the line from Clare-street factory. He did not think the driver of a passenger-train could form any idea as to the spot on which a ballast-engine might be. Per haps on that Thursday morning a driver might have expected to find the men ballasting at Brentwood station, as they were at Brentwood the night before. He did not know that any notice was given on the Eastern Counties Railway as to the place where men would be employed. He had been far seven and-a half years on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line. It was customary to give such notice there. Edward Drury, of Brentwood, said he was a fire man in the employ of the Eastern Counties Railway, and was on the ballast-engine on Thurday morning. He confirmed the evidence of the previous witness, and added that he did not hear the passenger-train until he saw it within five yards of the men who were struck down. The steam blowing off from his engine would prevent him hearing a whistle. The train was going at the rate of eleven or twelye miles per hour. John Patience said he was employed` ballasting on Thursday morning, and had assisted to unload the trucks. As soon as they had unloaded, the ballast• engine was directed to come back to the station-yard. He 'saw the first man struck down. He (witness) jumped away when something caught him on his side and took his senses away. When he recovered, at the lapse of about five minutes, he saw all the men lying there. It was very foggy indeed, and he could see a very little way before him. He could see the Seven arch-bridge, but not the other. He did not hear the whistle of the passenger-train, on account of the great noise from the ballast-engine. He had no no tice of the rate at which the passenger-train was run ning. He did not hear any one say that the train was due. CORONER—Why did you go upon the up-line ? Witness—Because it was safer we thought than standing on the ballast, from which we might slip. James Hurrell said he had been up with a message to the men who were killed on Thursday morning, and was just returning when the accident occurred. It was a message to three of the unfortunate men to come away with him. He had delivered his message when the accident occurred. Directly he delivered his message he turned back, and had got about sixty yards out of the road when he heard something. On turning round, he saw one man knocked down, and another under the firebox of the engine. Some of the men were knocked one way, and some another. He saw the driver reversing his engine as he passed over the bodies. The steam from the ballasting-engine was blowing off at the time, and that would probably prevent any one from hearing the whistle of the ap proaching train. Thomas Chalk said, he was employed with the de ceased men on Thursday morning. When he had unloaded the trucks, the gangsman said, " The train is coming ; get out of the road chaps." He got out of the way, and immediately afterwards he saw the train coming. It knocked a man down. He heard a whistle just as the gangsman made his re mark, but he did not know from whom it proceeded. John Snowdon, of Braintree, the guard of the train by which the men were killed, was next called, and cautioned by the Coroner in the usual manner. His evidence was as follows :—I had charge of the engine on the morning the accident occurred. The engine was entirely under my direction. The guard was put upon the engine to show the driver the gradients upon the line. Before the accident I shut off the steam. I did this at the Three-arch-bridge. That was on account of its being too foggy to come along the curve. It was a little on the other side of the Three arch bridge. The fireman put on his break as soon as I shut off the steam. I whistled likewise, and a little after that I saw a group of men on the line. I whistled again and reversed my engine, and brought it to a standstill. That was about 150 yards after first seeing the men. When I went over the men I was travelling at the rate okeight or ten miles per hour. The gradient there, I think, is about lin 100. (his 1 in 90) I have:no particular direction given to me as to the gradients, but I generally inquire about them of the guard. I had no knowledge that they were ballasting near Brentwood. If I had known that the men were ballasting there I should have come by the spot at the came speed. I have read the company's rules, and I don't know of any regulations to drivers with respect to ballasting. I have been on the Eastern Counties Railway for five weeks. I came from the lilaryport and Carlisle line, on which I worked nine years. I was never discharged frOin any line. I am not aware that it is usual on any line of railway to give notice of ballasting or any other works that may be proceeding. Consi dering the state of the incline, and a speed of ten or twelve miles per hour, I do not think I could pull up under 300 yards. If I had seen an engine on the spot I should have stopped. Several questions were put to the witnesses, but nothing of material importance was elicited. The CORONER said a notice bad been sent to him that a form was always given to the drivers on the Great Western Railway Company of any works that were proceeding, and he thought it was a very excel lent precaution. Mr. Ellis (a director) said that the company would -be very glad to adapt the same course if necessary, and directed Mr. Ashcroft to apply to the Great Western for a copy of the form. Mr. Ashcroft said there was nothing in the form used by the Great Western Company that was not strictly attended to on the Eastern Counties Com pany, and that the notes on the bottom of the rules did not apply to ballasting, but to repairs where it was necessary to break up or interfere with the main line, when notice was posted at the engine-houses two days before. The CORONER, in summing up the evidence, said they had examined a great many witnesses, and he believed very properly so • but at the same time, he might observe that the facts of the case were in a very narrow compass. It appeared that the poor men were at work between the two bridges on the morning of Thursday last, that they had unloaded three trucks of ballast, had closed the doors, and that it having become necessary to put back their ballast trucks, the men stepped on the line in order to get out of the way. At that moment the up-passenger train came up, and killed them on the spot. All the evidence went to:prove that the morning was ex tremely foggy, that the train was not behind its time, and that there was no negligence on the part of the driver. Those men who had escaped had been enabled to give very little account of it, but they agreed that intimation of their danger was given to them to a certain extent that the train was due, and that the steam going off from the ballast-engine prevented them from hearing the noise of the approaching pas. stinger-train. It was very probable that the gentlemen of the jury knew what was the law with regard to the common highway or road. If a person driving care lessly ran over a child, having previously seen it and not stopping, that person was guilty of murder. If he did not see the child, but at the same time was driving carelessly, he was guilty of manslaughter; bill., if he were driving with care, and a child ran suddenly before him, and was killed, the person so driving would be acquitted on the ground of misad venture. That law was applicable to railways as well as common roads. Such was the state of the case, and he left it •to the jury to form their own judgment. After a consultation of about an hour and a half, The jury returned as their verdict, " That the death of nine men has been caused by misadventure, and at the same time express their regret that more caution has not been exercised for the protection of the men employed on the line." Since the beginning of last Sear, thirteen new Congregational Chapels, in London, have been projected or built. Besides these, fQur others may be expected to Le undertals.en THE LATE ACCIDENT ON T' GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. SWINDON, SEPT. 23.—This afternoon an investiga tion was gone into before the county magistrates, at the Goddard Arms, into the circumstances attendant on the late alarming accident at the Wootton-Bas sett station. The ma g i s t ra t es p resen t were the Rev. IL T. Ripley, Rev. Giles Daubeny, Mr. S. C. Sadler? Mr. A. Goddard, and Mr. H. N. Goddard, T.,. 11 , 8 policeman on duty at th e ti me o f th e ac cident, IT l '7, ham Whitsiwas brought up in custody, and cha r g ed by the Great Western Company with neglect of (WY , under the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 97, sec. 13, C°lll' monly called Lord Seymour's Act. The witnesses exami ne d were B en j am in Ailest e ll ' gine-driver ; Robe r t Morgan, stoker; Chas. George' station•master at W oo tt on Bas;ett ; Richard Burtc a ; h superintendent of th e G rea t W es t ern police at , t ., e Bristol station; Tho mas P erre tt, serg eant of Pl c at tha Bath station; a n d tendent of the Chippenham station. There wer e facts elicited by th e examination beyond those alrea dy reported. Tne following is, p-nhaps, the mos t 1° teresting portion of the evidence : Richard Burton, superintendent of the Great Imes" tern police at the Bristol station, deposed ---I w 15 1: the train on Friday night. W e p as sed Illtler 0 bridge where the signal-post was, and passed the ebe tion all right. I was looking out of the train at ht time, and saw the policeman with the signal li g o We had passed the station only a short time wh ere we came into collision with something. I sanggwere to the people to keep th e i r sea t s , an d the yvor-s Lorn hardly out of my mou th b e f ore w e went b ° o t.• the bank and turned. ove r. i n t o a ditch at the en tom. The second carriage t u r ne d o ver also. p" I got out I said to White, " Ilow did this oectuln He replied, " I don't k now , indeed.'' as ked if he had seen the hor s e-b ox i n the siding ro said he had. I asked him if it was properly °c lef' He replied that Skull t o ld hi m it w as all right w he relieved him. Skull W 23 the day Polic enia°. sa• said, " That is nothing to you, you should bar e ,, ag , tisfied yourself it was all right." His , answer. bid " Well, sir, I ought to have done so. as kea the if he had gone himself and examined whet,her horse-box was scotch e d o r no t. He said, `IC-°' did not." lacedbe' 11 [Scotches are triangul a r pi eces o f wood : fore and behind the fir s t an d l as t ve hi c l e whilst 'fp ing in a siding.] . as By the COURT—Th e pris oner h as b e en on the e policeman more than eight y ears . He was W' quainted with his duties. The prisoner in his def ence sa id, that on Fri g „ ~ night he relieved the day policeman, 'wht+. if it leaving, told him that everything was all rig, ` ' o bsi had not baen all right, he would have told lu i ° l n " . t ee was wrong. When this horse-box was plaee ° ,, e , - po , siding it was done by two men—a porter all"„ - r a; , ,e!, liceman. The policeman attended to the sliv" - e nti and the porter went and scotched the horse•W' e rlf the policeman afterward s s a w that it was P r f , n r c i sea done. He (the prisoner) did no t certainly g° oo• that it was properly scotched, b u t he went in ty3 $lOO sition where he could see it was a ll right, an d 1/(1 t g 3 the main line. .Another r e a son why he di a i naas 4 down was that it was the cust o m at the liroottne; so y sett station to leave all goo d s from one ton ° p ° 0 0 w wards on the platform. M an y of these things i: e 'Ti e to the platform on Friday ni g ht, a n d he was °il l; 1 19 look after them. If any o f th em had b e en at° . ` e i 01' would have had to pay for them or been distnisseigosl perhaps both. In the ne x t pl ace one _of th eir e lsof lamps stood in the middle of a public crossing+ an nn the, person passing might even accidentally tu rn red light; the consequence would be the et°P,Pdggere' any up train that might be coming on, be bat li e ported, and he would not b e b e li e ved if he sa id t doss did not turn on the red light. If be had g en !, bee -- en to see these scotches saf e his back would hay towards this signal post, and he could not hal dr ieg the light was meddled w ith. Several tin es boor the evening he had looked and seen that the dot,. box was standing where it 'was when became saig By the COURT—I cann o t distinctly say that scotches under the wheels. tin The MAGISTRATES said it was their bee-- opinion that the charge of neglect of duty s tate ° fully proved. According to the prisoners °w • os tril e mont, he had clearly not complied with t he n licenle m il 'tions which had been furnished him. Th e r•es ought to be particularly careful that their du i l e brei fully and properly attended to. It involve d t i s one! people and property to a vast amount. Th e n P: r teer. 6 ought not to have been satisfied with hill". v art,,,,'" representation, and there was neglect on °Zither' that extent. The consequences in this casel n i i „ b o t bee! been most serious—providentially they ha" note fatal. But the consequences of railway : s o VI! were so tremendous that the law in such c properly very stringent. The sentence of tbe to 10 trates was that the prisoner be imprisoned • space of two calendar months. THE COUNTRY M ( f ,f the quanto6 lon from Sept•( p ort t t; he 21st Sept.( 1 /*' The following is the official statement corn, &c., received in the port of I. cn 1 Essex, from the 16th Sept., 1850, to t both inclusive : i I ;',. ' g g , 3 IC a Pu 4 4 1 ........, r.-- - 45 b 6 1 9 10 5473 --- 12 eo, Colchester Harwich. Leigh ......... 1143 1;. 2 9 Maldon 979 1091 grallinAantDoluNrcmToarrrk,eStato.nd. to —The folslo°:ling ar e the pri me gi f Third First Ilil°o,l New Wheat. Barley. ° et9 i ii 3 20 61 ••• ... 45s Od 24s 6,1 23 3 _ 33 of Second 39s 10d 22s 1d 9,1 19s , od 28 ,1 ol ci Total quantity of New Wheat in market 4 02 c l'''' 05 . ;old 1,1 - o Do. •••••• ..... 30s Od 203 Od 1 ,5 ~, 37 , ' Barley do. 329 ( I re ' 316 5 ,41 Do. Oats do. 328 clr s '' 31 . 1 ;0 D 0.37 qrs., o ti r, SEPT Beans2l The follo wing a re the clu KIREALD for new grain : • * 105 .0,1 Wheat. First 3 40 8 : Second Third cid 22ss Barley . 6odd 20s ss Oats. Od 03 .....0.....8ea110q•ds Od 1 ..„..... .- n i i :r o i l 34s Od 18s Od 163 Od --s to ' 23 ' '" (4 Oatmeal, Der bag ot 2801bs imperial, 263 Od 05 to 47 1 e r GLASGOW, - SEPT. 18.—Provisions—Cheese,40d to ° s se per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 900 Irish PI cwt. Country fresh butter, 10d to Od per lb. toleel le ' O 3 dered, in lumps, eggs to 9d; country powdered, 0 Ait to, b! di to Od. Country gg, 10d per dozen ; carried he r r .pa •••• per 20, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2s 6d Per P al ' .4 0, dit' 0 2s Od. nns od ; ,4 1 PERTH, SEPT. 20.—Wheat, old, ON Od to ,-,' 2 ,, 1- . ..,.1, new : 3 pe 4s as to a 4 n O d s ibebaanrsl7o,osnalew, to 80s003d to 22s Od; ° ij a to 3 ' 18s • oal „.. per sack, 27s to 28s. KELSO, SEPT. 20.—Wheat, old, 32s to 35s Od; 0 , to 5 ,' e s to 33s ; barley, new, 14s 6d to 16a 6d ; ditto.„oldja ; coin d potato oats, Os to Os ; ditto new, 144 6d to w,' 0 0 4 oats 00s 0(1 to OJs Od ; ditto new, 13s to 14s 6d I_,l: bu 'she. ,t yer to 21s Od; beans, 18s to 20s per boll of six itoPer'o 233; d ' el STIRLING, .SEPT. 20.—Wheat, foreign, 205! ; or iey , ), home, 21s 3(1 to Os; ditto ditto new, 16s to 235 Ot i 6 a to 1 7. 64 1; boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 1 3 ' to 16$ 0 1, -in OD .., 1, 3 4 Oats, common, 14s Od to 15s • ditto new, .--- OOs Od; ,of ditto, Flemish, Os Od to 03 Od; ditto ditto now* 34s ; ' I, '" distillers, 31s to 33s 6(1; ditto brewers, 3 3 3 0 d to n , pe ase ; 0 0 per boll, 14s Od to;lss Od; ditto new, 150' d to 0 00 , 1 7;,„ C O p ! 3d to OS Od; flour, new per sack, 31s Od to 33s Od; 0 "- dto 2 7s ?d ' Per quartedri.oo, nevii ~,, d fdr i ie t t to stho , nb l ue B wt s te2 6 rB d sp t oe o rd 21tboOs, Od;3os ds ot oatmeal,od;lod ditto e p g e g r s l p o ; a : di i 0,f 7 i 5 7 e01 7 . , 7 8 ,10 1 0 1 5 0 E ; 61 1; per ,; hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 63s t° 1 1: zu 1_e.,: , , , " 0 0 average oa ß ts, EßLlC od lt, SEPT. 19.—Wheat, 38s 71 11 ; el' per imperial pe r r y i e al q®uasrtoedr.; beans, ls g a b 3 Ot , °' j HAWICE, SEPT. 19.—Wheat, old, 2 9, to ii j . po tato o( 0 1 ,1 new, OOs to 00s Od ; ditto old, 153 Od to 169 ° ! peas , * t 0 14s 6d to 16s Od ; common oats , 133 6d to 10 3, f s ix ill to 224 Od ; beans, 203 Od to 22s Od Pe r 141 ° • i ; bushels. f 011 0 inflAtlolg tr ,6i FALKIRK, SEPT.supplY 13 - '''. 90s 6. 10 market was 211 bolls; wheat at 15s 6d t° „ A . bettob per boll ; oatine2l, l 23l•lL_!..E.T . barley, 15s 6d to 20s 9(1 ; oats, 123004 to 149 tit' , to OOs Od load. , 00s Ofl ; I' DAT. 1 6 ' P COAL MARILET.—YEsTeI' .. '64 K 1 Wall's End, &c. Lambto ll '''''''' I ' t '''' it,' Bewicke and Co. Braddyll , gartleP A rld t'' • , gertbyr ~ Hetton ..... ...••• Haswell l7s Od Cardiff ... Ships at market. 23. 15s 9diStewart's .... 0 . 01 ..... ,i On the 20th inst., I V aotp.BISIZAuT d lE r . ; w i fe Rev. Fred • he W I erick Anson nark , t - On the 20th ' ' * of J. . Inst., in Sussex-gardens, HYue'r- scifl Liammtll, Dq 133 the Oa the 1 • ' 9th mast at H th h e Twickenha of Captain Lionel ~ ea - ous , ,liardg. Mackinnon, Coldstream ' 'sA V II OF A DAU9STRIt. the Lady On the 20th inst., at Cadogan-place, grf#' Spencer. Rectory, the 11 l On the 18th inst., at Woburn, Chertsey, the i i°ll. Locke King. son of the Rev. Guy Bryan, --------------------------- lil G On MARRIED. Regnisebir. the leth inst., at B' h the Rev•;i Colleg e, ' 'e ' Bryan, Vice-Principe? of Malta Protestant vo' e l t : ' On the 19th inst t E the of woo dbl. 1310 19 Essex, to Salome, eldest daughter of Sir Thom as ' field, Bart. ' , fit, - tov,,roil, , a ohnburg , A Isabel ° i Tr eldest son of t . be Hon. Lord Robertson, to r , n , 0 fourth daughter of the late Ballow', ' William naby, Captain R.N. J roes .I,ober ,e, ------------- of t lie On the 15th inst., at Ed p ii i tu fi r . gh , • Louisa,httbere.:ofiflieuet.he.. Lord Bishop of Gibraltar, anti eldest dau nant-General the lion. Si; Patrick Stuart, G. G . , 1r 0n her!. 6 67 . ,. , Oni the 19th inst., in Claremont-Equare, Chris , _i; gO l 0' Esq., Consul-General for Mecklenburgh Schwernre, n,s‘ ll On the 19th inst., at Westbrook -hay, liertfordAo awl oEfdtwhzeirdstßhyßdeenr,gvalotcin,agveasltos,o.n of tlle lion. Glan'cli late Georgiana Ryde - r. l ob On the 19th inst., at Leamington, Major getup _., 4 ' Str O e n at t fi h e e ld l , 9 E ti s i q l . l3 , s a t g , 4 161 1 4 101113 V Apr 1 lij John ft. , on t' lie 20th inst., at Teddington, Colonel , odi Royll E ' . ,ngineers, aged 75. tY $ edat69C.ombe-banks, 'ficio..e._, , tf e Than e t, ~,, On tbe 20th inst. at St. Peter's, Isle of - To' the wife of G. C. Redman Esq . r. ~,b ro ll, On the 20th inst., at 'Denmark -hill, kitt•---e Martha Gibbs, aged 83. London: Printod and Published by AlUxbm,Zaicil. No. 112, Strand, Pr ; nt 3 r , at 0 Ilk , Sto A e 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the SaisriO,voy "- Middlesex, Tuesday, september 24,