The Sun. — London, England, 1851-09-30 00:00:00

t'4 , t/ o t k. T i tt ' 113:: , • 4 1 g 4,1 Au SUII OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. .I,IEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LA - TEST CESAREWITCH BETTING. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY EVENING 6 o'cLocx. 9 to 1 agst Mokanna—taken 10 to 1 agst Grand Duke 13 to 1 agst Hippolytus 20 to 1 agst Darkie 20 to 1 apt Lord Exeter's lot 40 to 1 agst Officious KOSSUTH. °he full accusation brought against Kossuth aeares in the Pester :Zeiturg, as one in the long list thirty-six persons whose names were affixed to the gellowe a kew days ago. To each name is appended e sketch of the 1i and the exploits that entitle the einer to the charge of high treason and its attendant 7'll.lislitnen , . Kossuth is thus described:—" Ludwig liossuth, born in Monch, county of Zemplin, Hun gary, 47 years old, of the Protestant religion, married, lather of three children, advocate and newspaper editor, Hungarian Finance Minister, and deputy of the city of Pesth at the Hungarian Diet, has (from the beginning t o th e en d o f th e 'Hungarian revo lution) played the principal part, and this pre eminence was particularly shown in October, 1848, when he prevailed upon the Diet to remain to gether and not obey the Imperial mandate dissolv ing it ; further, that he took upon himself the presidency of the provisional government, or so yelled committee of national safety, and issued paper money in order to furnish means for an armed resistance to the Imperial Government, which he de veloped in a dangerous manner by recruitings, orga aization of a National Guard, and ‘Landsturm'—that he himself joined Ike army in its invasion of the Austrian archduchy,' declared the succession of Francis Joseph a usurpation—transferred the seat of the Diet from Pesth to Debrecsin on the approach of Mae royal forces 'milder Windischgratz—that by means of exhortations and proclamations, by rewards, and martial courts, he raised the enthusiasm of the army and the peoßle, and excited them to go on with the revolution, and tried, to gain the sympathy of fo reign countries through his agents abroad—that he, finally, on the 13th of April, in a private conference, and on the 14th in a public sitting, proclaimed the festal separation of Hungary from the Empire, i out lawed the sacred dynasty, c hose a ministry n his eheracter of Governor, took the oath of independence on the 14th of May, and on the 181 h of May, and on June 27, 1849, preached a crusade against the allied forces of Austria and Russia, and ruled Hungary with the power of dictator, till at last he was com pelled by the events of the war to resign (August 11, at Arad), and soon afterwards fled into Turkey." Guyon is described as "Richard Guyon, Esq., native of Bath, in Somersetshire, England, who served us Lieutenant, in the Austrian Hussars, quitted the service and married a Countess Spleny, and be- Came a gentleman farmer. On the breaking out of tee revolution he joined the rebellion, and was soon sensed to the rank o(Colooel in the insurgent army. Fought at Minns warth and Tyrnau, stormed the pose of Bcanitzko, brought the news of Georgy's :Ltcroaeh to the Coinorn garrison,, conquered under otter, in the nights of July 1.3 and 14, 1849, at iiiegyes, and with the Polish and Italian legions covered the retreat of Kossuth to Orsova. He then escaped to Turkey with Bem." Besides the list of names which have already been given in The Sun, thirty-eight others of the fugitive llungariin insurgents were summoned on the 22d by an edict from the military courts, to appear and take their trial for high treason. Ninety days is given them, at the end of which period 1.1 who do not appear will be sentenced, end the sentence executed, as in the other ,airty-six cases, where the period given had long c-.e.apsed. Among these names are the following : Alex. Lukacs (the Hungarian Government Commis- pry), Baron Alednyanssy, Anton, and C. Rosslopi, 'Taunt Alexander Teleky, Colonel of Honveds, and Francis Pulsky, Kossuth's agent in London. GLASGOW AND SOUTD-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending September 27, 1851: Number of passengers (30,232), goods and parcels, horses and carriages ... £1,843 3 4 Corresponding week in last year for Glasgow and Ayr, and Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car , lisle Railways Cilasgew, September 29. COURSE OF EXCH. ..I,muoruziao •• 11 19J Ditto, three month S.. 12 0% Etotterdarn ••.. • • 12 o '4 Antwerp.. ........ 25 50 25 0 t'anaburgh • M.B. 13 10% Altona •• • .• ••••• • • • •• •••••• Zarin - , 3 days'eight • 25 2734 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 50 3Tarselilos 25 50 ..... • rhnktort on Mains.... 12034 .• ...• •• • • r - tenna, etree. 12 12 :Trieste, ditto.... • • 12 12 Poteraburgh,Sll. Itble.. a I.lz .. • ****** • .• •• 60% ilAreoloaa •• • •••• , •• S - 31 . 1.114.• •• •• •• Jr ... £3,371 5 9 LNGE.-(111:11S DAY.) ..... Ltghorn •• •• . • 30 67% :;,,noct •••••••• •••• •••• 35 50 slit n •• .••••••• •••••• VeniCO.... •. •.• • • • •• Maples •.•••••• •• •• •• 40 1 ,4 Pr.iorrno, per ^2........ 120% Messina .............. 120 % Li5b0n.......... •••• •• 6 34 wortu•• •••••• •• •••• •• 634 luto Janeiro .• .• •• ;:rtenos Ayres .• ••.• •• Slew York, GO days'aight . . . I Milladolphia •-• •• PRICES OD BULLION, PEE 01. rorcign Gold inbars.. Z 3 17 9 l'ortugtl Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.... 0 4 10% illveria bars ........ 0 5 O!4 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Sept. SUGAR.—To-day the better descriptions of yellow West India Sugar were operated in with more freedom , or grocery purposes; still merchants were disposed to sell at previous terms. There was a reluctance operate in refining brown and in inferior yel :;''N, although the terms acceded to were rather under *.hose of Friday. A public sale of 175 hhds Barba iloes went generally al previous terms, fine yellow sell lee- at 30s 6d to 40s, good mid to good 36s to 3Ss, low to `.riddling 33s to 355, good and middling grainy yellow Gd to 37s Gd per cwt. 10 pkgs Demerara, mid grainy greyish 35e, low brown ditto 325, ene lot very low soft 325. Of West India arrivals have been large since Friday. REFINED —To-day purchases wen upon a limited scale in Relined Goods by home dealers, rates are still on the decline, and 433 6.1 to 443 is now the general value of Frown lumps. In Crushed Sugar for exporta tion sales are trifling, and easier prices are taken. AlAtiatnus.—This isf,,ernoeu Mauritius Sugar met eeitb. uttention,..ancl rather lower rates were acceded to, vdthough supply was limited. At auction 616 bags were partly disposed of, low to mid brown at 27s to 28s, i,•',esd to fine 29s to 31e 61, ord to mid yellow 33s to 345, - Toed mid to god 34s Gd to 363 6d, good and mid grainy yellow 34s Gd to 36s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was much dulness in the market for Bengal Sugar Of 3,100 bags at auction a small portion only found buyers; good Icnaur went at 243 to 255; fine 26e; low to good soft yellow 27s to 31s ed; these rates are 6d to is lower. Other kireis went rather cheaper. Good white Benares at 39s to 40s; ord to mid 36s to 38s; damp and washed 34s to 193 Gd; mid yellow like Mauritius 33s to 345. Of Mad ras none were offered at auction, and little done pri vately, whilst easier rates were taken. FO - REIGN.—To-day the market for Foreign Sugar o . osentod an inactive appearance, few purchases were Platte privately for any purpose, and rather lower rates ~ e re taken. None offered at auction but 1,000 hhds 200 btls Porto Rico, and 310 cases 224 boxes 200 bags are declared. MoLassEs.—Operations have been upon a small scale, although there are sellers of St. Viocents 133 to 133 6(1; Trinidad and St. Lucia 123 to 124 6d; Antigua 13s 6d to 14s sa Bengal and Mauritius lls to 123; Cuba and Porto Rico 133 to 13s 6d. Jamaica Honey is wanted; good to find realize 46s to 58s, low to mid 37a to 453 per awt, of the supply of yet scanty. COFFEE.—This afternoon a reluctenco was shown to I, p'arate in Plantation Ce)!on Coffee. Of 298 casks and bags at auction, a small portion only found buyers; tether lower rates mid went at 51s t0 ... 63s ; low mid 494 to 503; fine fine ord 45s to 465; flue frd 43s to 443; other kinds 42s to 42s 6d; Triage 35s to 42.; and I'ea Berry 58s to 603. For other sorts of Coffee the market gas a dull aspect. public Rah , 276 bcsgi yellow Mangalore were with• drawn, and 136 casks 17 bags Cuba were nearly all token in : good bold celery at 58s ; mid 523; a small ya)rtion sold at 46a t0%503 for fine to fine fine ord. In Native Ceylon there is little doing, and 393 is the value of good ord. Cocos.-;There is much (*illness in the market for West India, and prices have still a.downward tendency, lqw and middling red Trinidad can be obtained at 40s to 435, good to fine 44s to 508, grey 355 to 40s, and Grenada from 32s to 39a. A. small parcel of low Dominica at auction only realised 32s per cwt. In Foreign transac tions • have been small, but sales are not pressed, and prices remain at 263 to 28s for Bahia aad Para, at 30s to 31s for Guayaquill. TEL—An Improvement has taken place in the de mand for lower qualities of Congou, yet at previous rates there are sellers; a fair business bus been concluded, low ord at 8d to Sid, good ord 9d to 9d, and blackish leaf at 10d to 11d. In stronc , sorts transactions have been upon a , small scale at 11 to is Id, and in superior and Pekoe kinds at is lid to Is 6d; an impression exists that lower rates will prevail for these sorts on account of large supplies. There is at present no further reduction to notice for green, still dealers operate with reluctance, supply Ins not decreased, and the lower sorts are least in request, but Imperial is offered at a reduction. Few trrr.sactions have taken place in Scented or Pekce sorts, arifit at previous moderate terms there are free sellers. Ai% Souehong purchases are trifling, although 9d to 1s 7 , ^r lb have been accepted for ord and mid, is Id to 2s l'Or good to fine. There are few buyers of Oolong, and lid to is 7d it the value according to quality. RICE.—To-day East India was loss in demand, and previous rates were barely snpported. At auction 623 bgs Bengal sold at 93 to 9s 6d for good white, a few lots fine 9s 6d to 10s, damaged at Cs 6d to 8s 6th 400 bga altylras sound Coringa grain 7s 6ci to 8s 6d; 475 bags .Tava mid white 9s to 95 6d, and damaged 4s to 96 per g wt• Of Sago Flour 20 bags went at 131. SPIRITS.—A fair business has been transacted in Demerara Rum during the last few days; 32 to 40 per cent over proof realized 23 to 2s 4d, and 28 to 30 over is 101 to is 11d. E:st India met with little attention, and be obtained at is 3d to is 3id proof. Saks are upon a small scale in Leeward Island, and there are sellers at is 44c1 to is sid proof. Jamaica of good and fine quality sells more freely, no ad vance has been established, but a few buyers are to be met with for inferior. For low and middling the rates the rates taken are 2s 3d to 2s 6d for 28 to 32 per cent OVc.l proof: good middling to good 30 to 34 over 2s 7d to 2s 10d, fine and superior 34 to 38 over 31 to 4s 2d. Small parcels of Havannab have been sold at Is 2d to is 2id proof. Stock of Rum in 2,100 puns, and smaller than last season. Holders of Brandy have confidence, and there is an increasing demand. Sales of Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1850 have been made at 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1849 ditto 4: 7d to 4s 9d, 1848, ditto 5s to 5s 2d, older 5s 4d to 6s 4d, low to middling 2s 9d to 3s 9J, and Bor deaux 2s 2d to 2s 4d. British made Spirit is still quoted at 9s 5d to 93 6d cash, and Gin at 7s 10d for 22 under proof with a good business doing. In Geneva sales have been made at is 7d to is Bd, and fine at is ld to 2s per gallon. SPICES.—To-day at auction 81 chests Cassia Lignca from Ilamburgh were taken in at 115 s for mid, and 600 mats from Havre at 1103 for rather broken. Of Pimento 60 bags at .51d for mid. Pepper is rather higher, and 535 bags Malabar sold at 3/d to 31 for half heavy, and damaged 3,/d to 31d. Of Cochin Ginger 209 cases 49 bags went at very moderate rates; low and ord at 21s 6d to 294 mid to good 33s to 435, one lot fine 575, da maged went at from 193 to 363. FRUIT.—New Valencia Raisins are in large supply, and chiefly fine quality. There are tellers at 37a to 305 per cwt. For old a good demand exists at 27s to 295. New Currants are much in demand at 423 for fine, but old are dull of sale with sellers at 24s to 563. New Turkey pulled. Figs and Sultanas are not much in de mand, and offered at 60s to 655. In Muscatels pur chases are ilimited with sellers at from 60s to 70s, and lower terms are looked for. SALTPETRE.—There is no further reduction in prices; at the same time purchases have been upon a small scale. Calcutta 2to 5 per cent. refraction at 21a to 28s 6d, and lesser refraction at 253 to 27s 6d. At auction 16 boxes and 12 bags Bombay were taken in at 25s for 46s to 51s per cent; and not refracted 27s 6d. British refined, however, has been purchased with more freedom at 293 6d to 30s. Nitrate of Soda is held for 14s 6d to 15s, but there is less business doing. COCIIINEAL. — TO - day Cochineal was less in demand, and former rates are supported with difficulty. At auction 100 bags Honduras were in part sold at 2s lld to to 34 6cl for ord to fine Silvers. INDIA RUBBER. —Today at auction 805 bags and 31 cases fiue old well-seasoned at is 8d to 2s. INDIGO.—I,I East India transactions have been again trifling for all purposes, although there are sellers rather under previous terms, and an impression exists that a further reduction will take place. The quantity declared for auction on Tuesday next is now 21,370 chests. In Spanish transactions are small, and a desire is evinced to sell Sobres at 2s 6d to 3s Bd, and Cortes at 3s 8d to 4s 9d per lb. TALLOW.—Although lower rates have been again ac cepted for Russian on the spot, yet only limited trans actions have taken place, and there are sellers of fine old yellow Candle at 28s 61 to 38s 9d, new at 39a to 39s 3d per cwt. For delivery the contracts entered into are of little consequence, although the rates taken have been 38s 9d to 393 for last three months; and 39s 6d to 40s for the early part of next year. Home melted is, however, in good request, and realised 38s to 38s 6d, net cash. Other sorts are at present not much in request, and there having been a lair supply rather lower rates are accepted. At auction GOO pckgs South American were in part sold at 35s to 35s 6d, low 34a to 34s 9d; 120 casks Australian—Beef 36s 6d to 37s 6d; Mutton 38s to 393. For auction 100 eks, &e, are declared. Oils.—There is a reluctance to operate in Linseed Oil for all purposes, and prices continue to decline ; sales having been made at 31s to 31s 3d per cwt on the spot. For delivery there are sellers at 30s 3d to 30s 9d, and few transactions have taken place. Operations to a fair extent have been made in Rape Oil—brown at 303 6d to 31s, pale 325; Foreign Refined 33s 6d to 345, and brown 31s 9d to 325. Palm met with greater atten tion, and rates have improved; fine sort realizing 27s to 27s 6d. In Olive transactions are of importance, and the upward movement continues, Gallipoli realizing 411 to 411 105, and other sorts 39/ lOs to 40/ lOs per tun. Purchases are limited in Seal Oil, and a desire is evinced to sell pale at 331 to 33/ 10a, and other sorts 301 to 321 10s. Cod remains dull of sale, and can be obtained at 361. Several transactions, how ever, have taken place in Southern; rates are, however, ❑ot !utter, and rule at from 311 to 331 105 for low to fine. Sperm is still wanted, and there is no increase of supply; the rates paid are 851 to 871 for fair to fine. lleadmatter is selling at 921 to 94/. There are few buyers of Cocoa Nut; Cochin is offered at 32s to 341, Ceylon 31s to 335, and Sydney 28s to 30s. Lard Oil is held for 42s to 455; East India Ground Nat 31s to 31s 6d; Teel Seed 29s to 293 6d. Of East India Fish Oils 40 tuns at auction were sold at 261 15s to 28/ 15s per tun. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 9.9, 1851. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Gustavus Charles Du Plat, now her Majesty's Consul at Warsaw, to be her Majesty's Con sul-Gooneral at that city. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 20. _ _ Tho Queen has been graciously plaused to appoint James Green, Esq., now British Viee-Consul at Blew fields, in the Mosquito Territory, to be her Majesty's Consul at that port. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 29. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Emilio Althans as Vico-Consul in London for the Re public of Peru. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 30. 3d Regiment of Foot—Surgeon Henry Cooper Reade, from the 97th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Stevenson, de ceased, Sept. 30. 17th Foot—Sergeant Michael Bradford to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crowe, appointed to the 30th Foot, Sept. 30. lath Foot—Lieutenant Thomas William Mostyn, from the 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Abbott, who exchanges, July 16. 28th Foot—Qtsrtermalter Samuel Spenco, from the 82d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Cowan, who re signs, Sept. 30. 43d Foot—Assistant Surgeon Robert Browne, from the 38:h Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Sept. 30. 75th Foot Lieutenant Charles Compton Abbott, from the 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mostyn, who exchanges, July 16. 76th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Thomas Hearn, from the 26th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Doran, deceased, Sept. 30. 84th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Lightfoot to be Cap tain, without purchtt4e, vice Mitchell, deceased; Ensign George F. Tod Whitlock to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Lightfoot, Jane 26; Ensign Henry Currie, from tho 97th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Tod Whitlock, Sept. 30. _ _ _ (Extract from the Dublin Gazette of Sept. 26, 1851.) Crown and Han3per Office, Dublin. In pursuance of an Act passed in the fortieth year of the reign of his Majesty King George 111., intituled "An Act to regulate the mode by which the Lords spiritual and temporal and the Commons to serve in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, on the part of Ire land, shall be summoned and returned to the said Par liament," I do hereby give notice, that the Right Hon, Denis St. George, Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal, has been chosen by a majority of votes to be the Peer to sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, in the room of Charles William, Earl of Charlevillo, deceased. Dated this 23d day of September, 18M. C. Friz-Simorr, Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper. BANKRUPTS. James Bassett, hotel and eating-house keeper, High street, Shoreditch, to surrender Oct. 9 and Nov. 13, at 1, at:the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall .street; Jenkinson, Sweeting, and Jenkinson, Lombard-street. William Hayhow, boot maker, Ratcliffe highway, Oot. 15, at twelve. and Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basingball-strcet; Stridden, Raquet-court, Fleet street; Archer, Bloomsbury-street, Bedford-square. William Marston Whalley, licensed victualler, South Minims, Middlesex, Oct. 14, at two, and Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane, Lombard-street; Melton and Baynes, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn- fields. William Wickens Holman, draper, Bath, Oct. 15, and Nov. 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Mardon and Prichard, Newgate-street. Pearce Manasseh Hadley, corn merchant, Cardiff, Oct. 15, and Nov. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan, Bristol; Greenway, Pontypool, Robert Hunter, linen draper, Swansea, Glamorgan shire, Oct. 14 end Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Leman and Humphries, Bristol. John Williams ' iron m ' aster Cadonton juata Neath, Glamorganshire, Oct. 14, and Nov. 11, at eleven, at tho Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Brittain and Sons, Bristol. George Marshall Bass, grocer, Louth and Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Oct. 15 and Nov. 12, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry Chara bers • Bond and Barwick, Leeds. John Heywood and James Heywood, provision mer chants, Liverpuol, Oct. 15, and Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; De.ige, Liverpool. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. James Peacock, butcher, Crawley-BEIIW, Oakley-square, Camden-town. James White, plumber, Trafalgar- street, Walworth-road. James Dale, clerk, Church-5u eet, Old Kent-road. John Costar, lodginghouse-keeper, Cambridge-terrace, E igware-road. William Henry Meek, silversmith, Brick-lane, Old street, St. Luke's. Montgowry Hunter, ensign in the 18th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, Jermyn-street, St. James's. G. Newman, stahle-keeper, Grove-road, St. John's-wood. William tickers Smith, attorney-at-law, Denbigh-street, Belgrave-road, Pimlico. Henry Lack, pig jobber, Underwood -street, Mile•end New-town. William Barrett Accountant, Strand. Joseph Bell, surveyor of inland revenue, Hereford-place, New Peckham. - Thomas Pitkin, milkman, John-street, Portland-town. Thomas Baxter, reed maker, Mauchetter. Richard Christopher Heigham, brewer, Norwich. Mark Metcalf, bookseller, Liverpool. Alexander Pinder, blacksmith, Salford. John Waddington, blacksmith, Burnley, Lancashire. James Whitehead, wood turner, Ashton-under-Lyne. Samuel Wood, furniture broker, Bridgwater. Thomas Smith Elstob, innkeeper, Ipswich. Thomas Gibson, farmer, Hawcoat, Lancashire. John Green, glass and earthenware dealer, Hull. Hannah Hoggard, blacksmith, Edwinstowe, Notting hamshire. Charles Holt, ale dealer, Manchester. Job Shottin, assislant to a pawnbroker, Heaton Norris, Lancashire. William Edward Waddington, currier, Barnsley, York shire. Felix Webb, needle pointer, Studley, Warwickshire. William Woolford, stuff presser, Apperley-bridge, Yorkshire. William Reynolds, farmer, Pitney, Somersetshire. John Rose Holder, commission agent, Ferry-side, Car inarthanthire. Samuel Newell, retail brewer, Birmingham. James Woodward, grocer, Lichfield. Rees Jones, jun., grocer, Abertillery, Monmouthshire. Jetnidi Rabb, general shopkeeper, Ilalberton, Devonshire. William Cook, farmer, Plumstead-common, Kent. William Henry Leigh, attorney-at-law, Blackburn, Lancashire. Thomas Copland, commercial t ravelier, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Daniel Burton, printer, Bradford, Yorkshire. Nicholson Marshall Robinson, builder, Bramley, York shire. Thomas Files, dealer in boots and shoes, Walcot, Somer setshire. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY LAMENTABLE SUICIDE. BRISTOL, SEPT. 29.—This morning, between nine and ten o'clock, the neighbourhood of St. Paul's, Bristol. was startled by the intelligence that a very respectable tradesman of the name of Baker, residing in Milk-street, had committed suicide. It appeared from the evidence adduced at the inquest, which was held this afternoon, before Mr. Joseph Baker Grindon, the city coroner, that the deceased, Mr. Francis John Baker, was a highly respectable plasterer and painter, of about forty years of age, carrying on business in partnership with his father, and, until about four weeks since, in the usual manner. At that time his two sons, who were his only children, sailed in the Cosmo for the United States, having been induced to do so by the continual solicitations of Mr. Baker's sister, who has been a re sident of the United States for the last twenty years. From the period of their departure his mind became very depressed, and indeed so much so as to excite the apprehension of his friends. This morning (Monday), however, he rose at the usual hour and went about his business, giving directions to his workmen. At between nine and ten o'clock, the unfortunate gentleman not having come to his breakfast, search was made for him, when it was discovered that one of the upper workshops was fastened, and being forced open, the body of Mr. Baker was found lying on the floor quite dead, the greater portion of his skull and brains being blown about the room, and a gun lying with the barrel on a vice, and some string fastened to the left hand of the deceased. From the appearance of the gun, &c., the deceased must have fastened the string to the trigger and to his hand, and then placed the muzzle in his mouth, as the upper jaw was broken, and the whole of the cranium blown off. From the whole of the evidence it appeared that up to the period of his children's departure the deceased was of a very cheerful temperament, but since, he had fre quently been found crying about them, and lamenting their departure. The jury returned a verdict of tempo rary insanity. Du. 3/VITALE IN LIVERPOOL: In consequence of a previous announcement that Archbishop M•Hale would preach at St. Nicholas's Chapel, in this town, in aid of the charity school attached to that place of worship, the chapel was crowded to excess on Sunday last, although the charges for admission were 2s. 6d. and ls. A WHALE IN THE CLYDE•—On Friday afternoon as Mr. Lamb, of Greenock, was rowing along in a a small boat with two lads near the mouth of the Gareloch, he dis covered a whale grounded on the shore, when they immedi ately rowed towards it, and after a vigorous struggle of two hours, succeeded in dispatching it with the boat-hook, when it proved to be of the bottle-nosed species, measuring twenty-two feet in length. It was towed towards Greenock, and exhibited to the public on Saturday. We believe the carcase was sold for 101. The appearance of this monster of the deep in our water caused considerable excitement among the denizens of the coast; and before it was secured, numer ous boats put to sea in chase, armed with pitchforks, spades, beat-hooks, rusty swords, and every offensive weapon that could be laid hold of. After it had taken the ground, and before it was killed, it created a dreadful commotion in the water, blowing and lashing the sea into foam, and sending the spray from twenty to thirty feet into the air. The hugh tish measured between six and seven feet in diameter, and the tail was six feet broad.— Glasgow Poet. NORTHUMBERLAND-110USE.—In consequence of the great influx of visitors a rule has been adopted of granting tickets of admission to those persons only who shall previ ously leave a printed card, and not a written one, as hereto fore, with the name and address of the applicant. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept 29. Three Commissioners sat to-day. The Chief Com. missioner heard the unopposed cases, and Commis , sinners Law and Phillips the opposed applications. (Before Mr. Commissioner LAW.) IN THE MATTER OFTUOMAS WILSON RICUARDSON. This insolvent, who has been before discharged under the Act, was opposed by Mr. Nichols for a Mr. Burgh. Mr. Sargood supported. It appeared that the insolvent had been engaged in " play transactions." He had been in partnership with a person named 13rown as tailors. He had likewise been a clubhouse-keeper at the West end, and had frequented and betted at races. The complaint on the part of the opposing creditor wa , 4 that an action brought on a bill of exchange for 104/. had been vexatiously defended. The insolvent alleged that it had been accepted in the name of the partnership, and he knew nothing of it till he was served with a writ. He had paid money to defend the action, but on the trial no defence was made. In addition to the other occupations the insolvent Was in 1845 lessee with a Mr. Thorn of the Pavilion Theatre, and lost about 7001. by the speculation. It was proved in evidence that the law costs of the action were 841., and that they had been increased 701. by seven pleas pleaded. Mr. Commissioner LAW thought that it was hard enough for a creditor to lose his debt without being put to 841. law expenses. There needed some altera tion of the law on that subject. There had been a vexatious defence, and the insolvent would be dis charged in seven months from the vesting order. (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN THE MATTER OF PIERCE O'BRIEN. This insolvent, who had kept a beer-shop in Stam ford-street, was opposed by Mr. Cooke for Messrs. Goding, the brewers. Mr. Dowse supported. It was complained that the insolvent had impro perly contracted a debt with Messrs. Goding, and had pleaded to an action. The house in Stamford•street was rented of a lady, and the insolvent promised it to Messrs. Goding, but put in another person. He ad mitted that he bad made a false statement in his sche dule with respect to the party. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS told him that the case nearly came within one of the penal clauses. He strongly recommended him to be careful in his future conduct. He had behaved shamefully towards Messrs. Goding, and had vexatiously defended their action. He adjudged the insolvent to an imprisonment of five calendar months for the vexatious defence from the vesting order. Both Courts sat to late hours. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The September adjourned session of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced yesterday morn ing at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green. There were 41 prisoners for trial, the whole of whom, with three exceptions, were charged with felony. Mr. Witham presided, in the absence of Mr. Sergeant Adams, and the following magistrates ,were present : —Mr. Turner, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Bayliss, Mr. Bentley, the Hon. Captain Fitzroy, M.P., Mr. A. Smith, &c. The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the grand jury, and dismissed them to their duties. ROBBERY AT THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Philip Smith, 26, was indicted for having stolen a portmanteau, containing a dress coat and other arti cles, and a hat-box, containing a hat and other articles, the property of Mr. William Bunn, from the premises of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. • Mr. PARRY appeared for the prosecution, and briefly stated the facts of the case. The prosecutor (Mr. Bunn) said that he was a so licitor residing at Ipswich. On the afternoon of the 15th of September he went to the Shoreditch station of the Eastern Counties Railway, having with him a portmanteau and a hatbox, containing various articles of wearing apparel. It was his intention to go by the three o'clock train to Ipswich. He arrived at the station at half-past two o'clock, and having given his luggage in charge of the porter, he went to the refreshment-room. He had only been there for about five minutes when the porter came to him to make an inquiry as to whether he had sent any person to fetch his luggage. He denied having done so, and went away with the porter, and the prisoner was subsequently given into custody. John Ives, porter at the Eastern Counties Railway, said that on the 15th instant the prosecutor arrived at the Shoreditch station in a cab, and gave a portman teau and hatbox into his (witness's) care, and having marked them, he put them into the booking-office. A few minutes afterwards he was engaged in taking some more articles to the office, when he observed the prisoner taking away the luggage of the prosecutor. The prisoner had got away with it about ten or eleven yards. Witness asked the prisoner what he was doing with the luggage, as it did not belong to him, and he replied that it belonged to his cousin, who had ordered him to take charge of it, and that his cousin was then in the refreshment•room at the eta' EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1851. tion. Witness then went to Mr. Bunn, of whom he I made some inquiries, and the prisoner was given into the custody of Trew, the officer. Patrick Hoy, an officer of the Easton Counties Railway, said, the person of the prisoner having',heen described to him, he went in search of him, and found him crouched up in a corner of the refreshment-room, but not in the public part. He told the prisoner he wanted him on the platform about some gentleman's luggage, to which he made no answer. He was then handed over to Trew, another officer. George Trew, an officer of the City detective police, said, that two of that body, at the desire of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, were always in attendance at the principal stations, and on the day in question the prisoner was given into custody by the last witness for stealing the portmanteau and other property. He said that he thought that it belonged to his cousin, named Jones, who was a mechanic, living at Colchester. On further inquiry he said that he had been for the last two or three weeks lodging at TOM'S Coffee-house, in Holborn ; but such statement appeared to be entirely destitute of foundation. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he never was before a magistrate until the present charge, and he hoped the jury would deal leniently with him. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for six months. James Day, 40, was indicted for unlawfully as saulting Ann Hore, with intent, &c. It appeared that on the night of the lath of Sep tember the prisoner invited a little girl, named Ann Hore, aged thirteen, into a show at Copenhagen fair, Copenhagen-fields, and after the performance took her to a retired part of the fields, and there committed the offence which formed the subject of the present indictment. The jury found the prisoner Guilty ; and he was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for twelve calendar months. Charles Tedman pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having stolen a purse containing the sum of 4/. 10s., the property and moneys of Harriet Bamfield, from her person. Several previous convictions were put in against him, and he was sentenced to be transported for seven years. - John Norris was found guilty of stealing a purse the property of Jabez Palmer, from his person ; and being an old offender in crime he was sentence d to be transported for seven years. John Maxwell was convicted of stealing a watch, the property of Francisco Monteso, the mate on board the Italian vessel Speranza, lying in the Lon don Docks. He was sentenced to imprisonment for six months. The other cases tried were of no public interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WES7'IWILVST.ER. John Ray, a labourer, employed by the sub-con tractor for the building of the new suspension-bridge at Chelsea, was summoned for working upon the Thames for hire and gain, he not being a freeman of the Waterman's Company. J. F. Wing, a waterman at Chelsea, stated that since the bridge had been commenced, the defendant and a great number of others, at different times, had conveyed the surveyor and other persons engaged on the works to and fro, in boats, to the college and to the various piers in the neighbourhood. When any body came, they called for a boat, and it was answered by one of these men pulling off and rowing them wherever they wanted to go. Mr. Hone, from Waterman's Hall, having proved that the complainant was a freeman of the company and that the defendant was not, Wing went into the specific charge against the de fendant. On the day mentioned in the summons de fendant was at work all the afternoon rowing persons backwards and forwards to the college and the piers. Mr. ARNOLD asked whether he had any evidence to show that the defendant had done so for hire or gain ? Wing replied that he had a witness to prove that he was a paid servant of the contractor or bridge com pany. _ - Zan Brown, who appeared from the office of Mr. Jerwood, solicitor, Ely-place, Holborn, on the part of the contractor, said that to save time he would readily admit that the defendant was a servant of the con tractor at the works of the bridge. His answer to the case was that be had a right to do what he was charged with having done unlawfully. Mr. ARNOLD inquired whether he was to under stand that defendant had only conveyed persons con nected with the works to and fro, without receiving payment for that specific act? Wing replied in the affirmative. Mr. ARNOLD—You do not say that he took any money of the persons for so carrying them, or took anybody else and charged for their conveyance ? Wing—No, Ido not; but lam a freeman and get my living by working upon the river, and if this man and the others in the same employment were not row ing the perscns belonging to the bridge backwards and forwards, I or some other waterman would have to do it. They have no right to row persons upon the Thames ; a waterman ought to be employed. This man is a servant of the contractor, and carries him and others as part of his labour, a n d therefore I con sider he is working for hire, which he has no right to do upon the Thames. Mr. ARNOLD—DO you contend, then, that if a gentleman has a yacht that he cannot be put on shore by his own man in his own boat unless that man is a freeman of the Waterman's Company ? Wing—l do. If it is in the jurisdiction of the Waterman's Company the boat must be navigated by a freeman. Mr. ARNOLD —lf your view is the right one, no gentleman could have a boat of his own pulled by his own servants. Wing—No, he could not. Mr. ARNOLD—If residing on the banks of the Thames he could not employ his own servant to assist him in rowing his own pleasure boat without being liable to a penalty ? Wing—He could not unless the servant was a freeman. Mr. Brown contended that this was not the " hire and gain" contemplated by the statute. The defen dant was a carpenter's labourer employed by the con tractor, who was using his own boats for the purpose of conveying surveyors and others connected with the works to and fro when the watermen who were em ployed were not at hand. He then cited a number of sections in the Act of Parliament and several of the bye-laws made by the Waterman's Company, show ing exemptions for " woodmongers" (non-freemen) and others in working craft with goods, merchandise, &c., with a view of showing that the spirit of these clauses was in favour cf his position. The magistrate's attention was also called to other portions of the Act by Mr. Hone on the contrary. Mr. ARNOLD entertained a very strong opinion that a man employed for other and general purposes could not be said, unless paid specially for the conveyance of the persons, to be working for hire or gain within the meaning of the section, and thought it did not contemplate a man being rowed about by his own servant as an offence. He was, however, not pre pared, without a careful examination of the whole of the law bearing upon theoubject, to determine it. Mr. Brown observed that it was preposterous to conceive that Wing had put the right construction upon the law. If the view taken on behalf of the complainant were correct, a gentleman having an estate a couple of miles from a plying-place on the banks of the Thames, and wishing to cross, would be put to a serious inconvenience if be were to have to wait while a freeman was being procured. The same question as this had been unsuccessfully mooted while the Thames Tunnel was in the course of for mation. Mr. ARNOLD thought the matter deserved consi derable attention ; and Mr. Brown having stated that his principal could produce the Bridge Act, and would probably wish to adduce further argument, the case was adjourned for a week. CLERKENWELL. Yesterday Luiji Graziani, Davide Barnardotti, and Michael Angelo Mencherine were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with having been concerned in a murderous assault upon Edward Dixon, a journey man baker, residing at the White Hart, Portpool lane, ,Gray's Inn-lane. The prosecutor deposed that on Sunday night he was proceeding to his home, when several foreigners fell upon him • the prisoner Graziani knocked him down by a blow on his head with a tremendous bludgeon, and while he was on the ground Barnar dotti rushed upon:him with violence, and stabbed him in the shoulder-blade with a knife. He bled pro fusely from the wound, and was attended by Dr. Taylor, the parochial surgeon of Clerken well. In addition to the wound on the side, the prosecutor exhibited other wounds and bruises on his person. Porter, 101 G, and several witnesses were exa mined, and the case occupied a considerable time, and caused great interest. Mencherine was discharged for want of evidence ; the other prisoners were remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. CHARGE or MURDER.—James Parker, a caster monger, about 40 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with assaulting ani wounding his wife, Ann Parker, who had since died from the effect of the injuries she had received. Police-constable Silvester, G 226, said—Between sevens and eight o'clock on Saturday evening I was on duty near Shoreditch Church, when the prisoner's brother ran towards me, and requested me in en agi tated manner to proceed immediately to No. .5, Ed ward's-place, Old-street-road. On reaching the house I was shown into a bedroom up stairs, where I found the deceased lying on the floor insensible, and observed that blood was issuing from her mouth, and also from a frightful cut over her right temple. I then examined the bed, and noticed that the sheets and pillows were also saturated , with blood. With the assistance of another constablel placed the woman in a chair, in which she was carried down stairs, and conveyed in a cab to the hospital. I afterwards re-1 turned to the house, where I had previously seen the prisoner seated in a lower room, in a state of intoxi cation, and took him into custody. On acquainting him with the charge the prisoner at first made no reply, but on his way to the station-house he re peatedly exclaimed, " I will be stout at heart, and stick to my text; I have done nothing more than my duty." William Smart, a tin-plate worker, living a few doors from the prisoner, said—About three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the deceased came to my house and was soon afterwards followed by the prisoner, who appeared greatly incensed against his wife, and attempted to strike her, but I interfered and prevented him. The prisoner several times ordered her to go home, but she refused to do so, and said that 3he was in danger of her life. The prisoner at length left her at my house, where she remained until four o'clock, when she was taken home by my wife. About an hour afterwards I again saw the prisoner at his own door, who appeared much excited, and said to me " I have given her something that will teach her to tell tales to my brother about my being the cause of our drinking;" to which I answered that he certainly set her a very bad example, as he was almost always drunk, and would some day do her a fatal mischief. William Parker, the prisoner's brother, deposed to having called upon the prisoner on Saturday after noon, when he ordered him out of the house ; but, in consequence of information which subsequently reeached him, he returned at seven o'clock, and on entering the bedroom of his sister in-law he found her lying upon the floor, bleeding profusely from a wound over her right eye, and in a state of insensi bility. He immediately hastened down stairs to ob tain assistance, but not finding his brother in the house, he went out and found him dancing and sing ing in front of it, with a can containing about a gallon of beer in his hand. He then proceeded in search of a policeman, to whom he communicated the particulars of the outrage, and the injured woman was conveyed to the hospital. Mary Anne Parker, the daughter of the last wit ness, gave corroborative evidence, and Inspector Brennan produced a certificate from Mr. Attfield, house-surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, stating that on being admitted into that institution the wounded woman was suffering from severe con tusions about the skull and compression of the brain, which terminated fatally at three o'clock on the pre ceding afternoon. In answer to the charge, the prisoner positively denied having assaulted his wife, and declared that the injuries were accidentally occasioned by her having fallen out of bed. The prisoner was ordered to be remanded ifor a week. HAI UM E.RS.MITIL CuMOUS CASE OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.-Wil liam Jackson, a florist, &c., of Earl-street, Kensing ton, appeared before Mr. Paynter, to answer a sum mons granted under the Police Act, for having in his possession two plants called geraniums, reasonably supposed to have been unlawfully obtained. It appeared that Messrs. Lee, , , the well-known and extensive seedsmen and nurserymen near Hammer smith-gore, purchased some time since an entire new geranium, called the Mountain of Light, with varie gated leaves, for twenty guineas, which had only been imported into this country a short time previ ous. A few days since he ascertained the defendant had two cuttings of a geranium of a similar descrip tion, and he was now quite satisfied they had been surreptitiously obtained, as the geranium they bad purchased was the only one in this country. The present proceedings had been instituted for the pur pose of discovering the person who bad sold or given the plants to the defendant, and also for the protec tion of the valuable and unique flowers in the prose cutor's gardens, as it was detrimental to their fre quent flower shows, and to their business generally, to have cuttings stolen from them and sold to other gardeners. The defendant said the cuttings in question were brought to him among a number of others, and he was not acquainted with the person who had brought them. He gave nothing for them, and they had been given to him as one gardener would do to another. There were only two cuttings of the geranium amongst them. He was in the habit of receiving plants from gardeners, and had received some from the grounds of the Duchess of Bedford, and also from Lord Holland. Mr. Leo said the object of the present proceedings was to trace the person who had given the defendant the plants. He had, however, traced a third cutting from the same geranium, which had been either sold or exchanged. _ _ The defendant said when he received the cuttings he did not know they were of any value. Mr. Lee said he had evidence to prove to the con trary—that he was cognisant of their value. Charles Sunderland was then called, and said he was foreman to the prosecutors. The geranium in qustion was the only one of the kind in this country, and was of considerable value. From some informa tion he received he went to the defendant's premises on Wednesday last, and while walking through the place he saw the two cuttings in flower-pots. He asked the price of them, and the defendant's wife said 41." each. He immediately purchased them , and sometime afterwards he again went to the defendant's, and his wife said he must return the plants, as they were worth a sovereign each, and she had got into trouble through them. In answer to a question from the Magistrate, The witness said if he bad not seen the geranium upon Mr. Lee's premises, he should at once have declared when he saw the plants at the defendant's premises that they were quite new. Mr. PAYNTER said the defendant would get into serious trouble if he took in valuable plants in that loose manner. Mr. Lee said he did not wish for any conviction ; he only wished the defendant to inform the Court of whom he had received them. Their gardens and flowers were much exposed, and he wished to punish those persons who had stolen them. The defendant again declared that he did not know the person who had brought them to his house. Mr. PAYNTER said he would give the defendant a fortnight to discover the person, and it would be to his benefit to use all the means he could to do so. He should order the summons to be adjourned, and the defendant to enter into his own recognizances to ap pear on that day fortnight to answer the charge. The defendant having paid the required fees was then liberated. WANDSWORTH. THE LATE DISTRESSING ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—John Stubbings, aged 26 years, described in the police-sheet as a pointsman, was brought up in the custody of Mr. Thomas Bent, the officer employed expressly upon the South-Western Railway, and placed in the dock before Mr. Paynter, charged with neglect of duty by improperly shifting the points at the Nine Elms junction, thereby endan gering the lives of the passengers. Bent handed the magistrate the following certifi cate : "St. Thomas's Hospital. " I certify that William Matthews is in St. Thomas's Hospital, in great danger from a compound fracture of the loft hip bone, and from several other injuries. His recovery is very doub;ful. " TICRELL, House Surgeon." Mr. W. Wadman Young, the superintendent of the line, was present to watch the proceedings on behalf of the company. An imperfect account of this unfortunate accident appeared in this journal of yesterday, and it is only just to the South-Western Railway Company, who are entirely exonerated from any want of caution, to place the facts before the public in its proper light. For some considerable time past self-acting points have been laid down at Nine Elms, one line of rails reaching to Waterloo terminus, and the other to the goods depot at Nine Elms. In June last a man was expressly employed for the purpose of watching and holding the points as the trains passed, in order that they should not shift and cause any accidents. When any trucks were required to enter the goods department, his only duty was to push open the point, and the line would then run the trucks into Nine Elms. On Thursday last the pointsman was taken suddenly un well, and the prisoner, who had been connected with railways for some years, and who was generally em ployed as a plate-layer, was directed to take charge of the points, being considered at the time qualified for the duty in every respect. He performed all his duties properly until Saturday evening, when he inadver tently, or from want of proper judgment, pushed open the points as the 7.20 train from Twickenham arrived for Waterloo. The train necessarily passed into Nine Elms, and the tender came into collision with some trucks, from the effects of which the tender was over turned and damaged, several trucks destroyed, two horses killed, and several persons narrowly escaped with their lives. The passengers were terribly alarmed, but fortunately escaped from any serious in jury. Matthews, one of the porters, was thrown under one of the waggons, and the prisoner fell under the box, which was also knocked down. Mr Young, the superintendent, was speedily upon the spot, ac other officials, and assisted in placing co mpanied by everything in order. The following evidence was add'aced before the Magiatrate:— Richard Richardson was first examined, and he deposed that he was an engine -driver in thOservice of the South-Western Railway Company. He had charge of the eng i ne w hi c h was attac h e d to t h e 7.20 train from Twickenham on Saturaay evening last. On arriving about 300 yards from the Nine Elms Junction, he blew his whistle and thut off the steam. He then noticed that the signals and points were right for Waterloo terminus. On arriving about three yards from the points he then noticed that the points were open for the goods department, and the train immediately passed into that place. The ten der struck the trucks which were stmding upon the line, the effect of which was to overturn the tender Some waggcns were destroyed, and the tender was damaged. John Maithouse, pointsman, said he was standing within a short distance of the prisoner on Saturday evening last. The 7.20 train was expected, and wit ness saw the points were correct for Waterloo. He hoisted the signals that the line was all right, and when the train passed it went into the goods depart ment, instead of proceeding to the terminus. Witness examined the points after the accident had occurred, and found them perfectly right. They must have been open as the trai❑ passed, or he would not have found them closed. The points always closed by the force of the trai❑ passing. In answer to questions, the witness said he did not see the prisoner push open the points. He had them correct shortly before the train approached. Richard Carey, another pointsman, gave similar evidence, and added,that three waggont*ere destroy Ed, and the poiutsman's box WAS knocked down. The sig nal-man was thrown under the roof of the hex, and Matthews, who was standing near the trucks, was thrown under the broken trucks. Mr. Young said he was sent for, and upon arriving immediately afterwards he found all the passengers had alighted and bad left the place. Mr. PAYNTER said it was a very singular acci dent; generally he found railway companies did not employ sufficient persons to prevent accidents, but in this case it seemed that they had employed too many. Mr. Young said the points were self-acting, and if the prisoner had not touched the points, but put his hands in his pockets, the accident would not have oc curred, as the points would have been closed, and the train would have passed on to Waterloo. He did not believe the prisoner had opened the points purposely ; but it was from an error of judgment. Mr. PAYNTER, asked the prisoner if he had anything to say in answer to the charge. He need not state anything unless he thought proper ? The prisoner said he had no idea that the points were wrong when the train passed. He was certainly strange to the points, as he had only been placed there for two days. He was standing by the points when the train passed, and he thought they were all right. Mr. PAYNTER asked the prisoner how long before he let .an engine pass ?—The prisoner said he could not tell. Mr.. Young said the prisoner informed him on Sa turday night that he let an engine through shortly before the accident ; the points were then quire correct. The prisoner again expressed his sorrow for what had occurred, but he believed the points were correct when the train passed. Bent said the life of Matthews was despaired of on Sunday evening, but that morning he was considered much better. Mr. PAThTER said he should remand the prisoner until that day fortnight, in order to ascertain whether the wounded man was likely to recover. lie would accept bail, two sureties in 201. each, and himself in 401., for his appearance on the day mentioned, to answer any charge that might be preferred against him. Bail was put in, and the prisoner was liberated. DEATH OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, THE NOVELIST. (From the New York .Herald of Sept. 16.) We have received the following telegraphic dis patch, last evening, from Utica : " Utica, Sept. 15, 1851. "The Utica Observer of this afternoon announces the death of J. Fenimore Cooper, which took place at his residence, in Cooperstown, yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, at one o'clock." This event, we presume, is not unexpected to the friends of Mr. Cooper, as it is known that his health has been gradually declining for several months past, although some had hoped that he would recover from the attack he experienced a few weeks since, which then threatened his speedy dissolution, as publicly an nounced. Few Americans have filled a wider place in the literary history of their country, or have left more enduring marks of fame as delineators of character, and in illustrating history, through the medium of works of romance, than Mr. Cooper; and a brief notice of his life and literary career cannot fail to be interesting. James Fenimore Cooper was born at Burlington, New Jersey, on the 15th of September, 1789; of course his age was 62 years, within one day, at the time of hi 3 death. His father was the late Judge William Cooper, a descendant of an English an cestor of the same name, who settled at Burlington, New Jersey, in 1769. The branch of the family to which the novelist belonged removed, more than a century since, into Pennsylvania, in which state his father was born but in early life established himself at the home of his ancestors, Burlington, New Jersey. In 1785 he removed to a settlement then commenced on Ostego Lake, in the state of New York, to which the name of Cooperstown, in honour of him, was after wards given. An interesting description of this early settlement, and the character of his father, the founder, of the village, with other pioneers of the place, are given in Mr. Cooper's novel " The Pioneers," one of his most popular works. Judge Cooper passed his time alternately at Cooperstown and Burlington from 1785 to 1790, in which latter year he removed his family, including his infant son, to the new settle ment, where be had erected the mansion in which both father and son successively resided, and where both passed their last hours on earth. Judge Cooper took an active part in politics, and was twice elected a member of Congress, namely, in 1795 and 1799. His son, the subject of this sketch, wes early placed at school, in Burlington, N. J., and was partially fitted for college at Albany by the Rev. Mr. Ellison, an episcopal clergyman. He completed his preparatory studies at New Haven, where he en• tered Yale College in 1802. Leaving that institution in 1805, he obtained a midshipman's warrant, and entered the navy. After six years in a service where he was said to he a favourite, he resigned his office, and retired to private life. In January 1811 he mar ried Miss De Lancey, a sister of Bishop De Lancey, of the western diocese of New York, and one of the oldest and most conspicuous families of this state. After his marriage Mr. Cooper resided for some time near White Plains, Westchester County, but at a subsequent period removed to Cooperstown, the former family residence of his parents, where he has since spent a great portion of his life. In 1821 Mr. Cooper commenced his career as an author, when the late A. I'. Goodrich, bookseller, of this city, published his first novel, called " Precau tion." It was issued anonymously, but Mr. Cooper was soon known as the author, and the discovery, perhaps, rather facilitated the sale of a work which, being simply a tale of domestic life in England, although finely drawn, was not peculiarly calculated to attract attention. It had, however, a fair sale, and the edition was gradually exhausted, but w e believe the author was never very anxious to revive the work in future editions, although it was republished in London, where it passed for an English novel. The foundation of Mr. Cooper's fame as a novelist was permanently laid in " The Spy ; a Tale of the Neutral Ground," which soon followed " Precaution," and immediately became extremely popular, both in this country and in Europe, where it was republished in English, French, and other languages. It is, doubtless, one of the most powerful historical tales ever written, and is regarded by many as the best work of Mr. Cooper. The charming novel of " The Pioneers; or, the Sources of the Sw.quehannah," fol lowed " The Spy," and was eminently successful with the public. It is the first of " The Leather Stocking Tales," so called, the o th e r s b e i ng " The Last of the Mohicans," " The Prairie," " The Path Finder," and " The Deer Slayer," which followed, but not in regular succession-some of his other works intervening. We should here mention that no American novels have been so extensively translated into foreign lan guages as those of M r . C ooper . " Th e S py " has had the greatest run in this way. In 1847 it appeared in the Persian language, at Ispahan. The novel of " The Pilot" was the first of Mr. Cooper's tales of the ocean, which have so much added to his popularity. To this classs 'belong also "The Red Rover," "The Water Witch," " The Sea Lions" "The Two Admirals," and some others. The following is, we believe, a complete list of the ' various romances and novels from the pen of Mr. Cooper, or of which he is the acknowledged author : -1. Precaution. 2. The Spy. 3. The Pioneers. 4. The Pilot. 5. Lionel Lincoln. 6. Last of the Mohicans. 7. The Prairie. 8. The Red Rover. 9. The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish. 10. The Water Witch. 11. The Bravo. 12. The Heidenmauer. 13. The Headsman of Berne. 14. The Monikins. 15. Homeward bound. 16. Home as Found. 17. The Pathfinder. 18. Mercedes of Castile. 19. The Deerslayer. 20. The Two Admirals. 21. Wing and Wing. 22. Wyandotte. 23. Autobiography of a Pocket Handkerchief'. 24. Ned Myers (a genuine biography). 25. Ashore and Afloat. 26. Miles Wallingford. 27. Satanstoe ; a Tale of the Colony. 28. The Chainbearer. 29. The Red Skins. 30. The Crater; or Vulcan's Peak. 31. Oak Openings ; or the Bee Hunter. 32. Jack Tier ; or, the Florida Reef. 33. The Sea Lions ; or, the Lost Sealers. 34. The Ways of the Hour (published in 1850.) Most of the above works were issued in two volumes each, and their variety exceeds that of any other American writer. Though very unequal in point of talent and interest, they have, with few exceptions, been well received by the public, and have proved a source of great profit to the author. Mr. Cooper was also the author of a popular " His tory of the United States Navy," in two volumes " Notions of the Americans, by a Travelling Batche lor ;" " Gleanings in Europe," in six volumes ; " Sketches of Switzerland," in four volumes; a small political work called " The American Democrat and a " Letter to his Countrymen ;" likewise "Lives of Distinguished Naval Officers," in two volumes. The " History of the Navy" has ben') ar, the other works less so then hi s novels. u , boat; here remark that the latter h av e a lways maint ained 8 high character for their moral bearing, althoug h r'3 of them h a ve been for the aristocra tic tec h and fondness for the disti nct i ons of high life whin popul they display. About the year 1827 Mr.. Cooper visited Billie'. where his fame had then been already es t a blished . was welcomed i n t o th e mos t refined literary 9 , aristocratic circles, but always sustained the c haracter so of an American by pla c i ng before the EurePeio public the truth with regard to his native country, his conversation, and by his c o ntributions to the Prei:yl when required to defend th e institutions an d rn e racter of the United Sates from attacks and "-he representations. Among others whose friendsbiP enjoyed was General Lafayette, and other fee° America in France, England, &c., &c. Several of the works referred to were during Mr. Cooper's visit to Europe. We belie was absent some ten ears, and on his return be cc ' er , tinued his literary labour-. Hi s popularity, bows of was checked by the attacks of the press en o rae $. his works wlikh were supposed to show an aristoathe tic tendency. He also had a controversy wit h h a Hon. Tristram Burges, of Rhode Island, and tbe,"„. Colonel Stone, editor of the New York Daily 4.," 11 ,71; tiver, respecting his (Cooper's) narrative of the .1 0 $0 of 14:ilte Erie. Mr. Cooper then commenced o,l3'nei of suing editors of newspapers for damages. G e fo Stone's case was submitted to arbitration , A r l' is f r , think 250 dollars was awarded in favour of for Cooper. He was successful, likewise, in e int9 . damages against Colonel Webb, of the Coutleo Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Evening Journal; Il e , Greeley and M'Elrath, of the Tribune. In these °s i bs publiked Mr. Cooper was materially aided by the cun i r ee tt be court uniformly pursued in his favour, and oge' ns .01 editors. It is doubtless, however, operated set his pecuniary interest. / *OP A writer in the International Magazine, in r ei b i r ing Mr. Cooper's works, says there was DC' t e , S , the guage in Europe in which a ll his novels, gm e ," (01 1 publication of the " Red Rover" did not apPen r i t - bss as soon as they were printed in London. been the chosen companion of the prince and the r o d sant, on the borders of the Volga, the Danube' t he Guadalquivir; by the Indus and the Gang el 'of Paraguay and the Amazon, where the name co i s Washington was never spoken, and our country known only as the home of Cooper. The Wr„ sf il. ° living no other writer whose f a me is so utuv,"-Der We may add that among the early admirers of 7, 11 , as a novelist, was the late Colonel Trumbull, the ore torical painter, whom we have heard express nrsir ference for Cooper's novels, even over those (). Walter Scott. 0 0. 6 ° 2.1 r. Cooper, in his politics, professed det",:. ua notions ; but his personal popularity 119 P e tired was not extensive, however he may have been suZ or esteemed among his own circle of friends. •` l3 r e , ligion he was a zealous Episcopalian, and often K ew sented the church of his village in the stated on: it tions of that denomination. One of his daughter-eigi, will be remembered, has appeared as an autborril particularly of a popular work called "Rural Wiz THE COUNTRY MARKE TS '. O The following is the official statement of the , e - 0 -1 0 1 . 11 corn, &c., received in the port of London from the r Essex, from the 21st Sept., 1851, to the 27th Sept.' both inclusive note inclusive : .4 I . 2 _ g i. 7, Colchester 163 Harwich ...... Leigh 140 7, 8 1v" ir Maldon ... 734 234 . a f011 °111 ,14 CHELMSFORD, SEPT. 26.—Prices to-day were twi t.. Wheat, white, old 39s to 45s ; ne w 58s to 4 4 " ,rhersit f011 °11 ;‘ 34s to CHELMSFORD, SEPT. 26. -es to-day were Wheat, 38s ; white, new, old 35s 39s to to 38s ; barley, 45s ; new 58s s to to 44" s % r t, w o ' sli sf -- DOS ° to —3 ; grinding 20s to 26s ; oats 18s to 25 9 ; "' 2 7. to 55s ; chevalier 54s to b6s ; peas, partridge! De to ,..i/ 30s ; old, —a to ; white, new, 27s to 295; old, ,11k 16. dun, new, 26s to 27s ; old, 27a to 29s ; beans, I V. Or to 29s ; harrow ticks, new 27s to 30s ; old —J to zagan, new 26s to 28s ; old —s to —s per qr. r ed COLCHESTER, SEPT. 27.—Wheat, white 405 to 4-ls 0 011. to 38s ; oats, 170 to 22s ; beans, mazagan 259 to gs 280 ti and small 26s to 30s ; peas, white 26s to 28s, greh De 30s ; barley, new, 26s to 30a per ISti W KIRKALDY, Sam 27.—The following are th e "i n° for new grain : i PeSgia Wheat. First 40s Od Second 353 Od Third 303 01 Barley. 2;s Od 22s 6d 203 Od Oats. 23s Od 20s 6d 19s Od I imperial, 'he followii Bean& od —s od od 64 od nl3:sare-Od the Oatmeal, per bait: of 2801bs P rice° 11ADD1NGTON, SEPT. 26.—T' grain at our market to-day : .139srld Wheat. Old. sew. I Barley. 1 Oa' . s „', l 30$ First ..,..45s Od ... 44s Od I 24s 6d i 21s ,"," A 349 0 a Second ...42s 6d ... 36s ld I 233 2d 1 199 0 ° 3 4$ , hd ago Third ......36s Od .. 3'.is Od 20s Od MI 44 —0 Total quantity of Old Wheat in market ' 67 (111 " 237 oia Do. New do. 2ro qrs. , 02 so.. Do. Barley do. 221 qrs., .„ N o 2lv 7,;id Do. Oats do. 232 clts" 19 P . ' Do. Beans do. 28 qi13.1 COAL BURKE' Holywell Howard's W.ll. Neth lss 00 North Percy Hartley l4s Cd West Hartley West Wylam W all's End, &c. Acorn Close Brown • ... l4s 9d Gesforth Lawson iLiddell Eden Main . . Lambton Primrose Belmont —16 s Braddyil Li etton Haswell ... l6s 6o Ships at market., :T.-YESTXRDAY. 163 95 DI; Lambton .............. 1 5, Lumley ......... .......• i 55 Scarborough ......... .. 6 , Stewart's ............. Whitwell .............. ii•Cs Plummer ........ 16 3 3, Cassop ..... ...... . . ` 4 7,1 lleugt. ......... 165 A Kelloe ......... 'South Hartlepool ... 163 ri Adelaide Tees ......... 119 inackhouse. .............. q 9 9 'Maclean's Tees .• 16A Ueer ...... •.........«•. 19 15 Birchg. Graigols A Derwentwaterilar i '" 145 I P " Hartley —.••••• .... 95 Sold. 93. RAILWAY SHARE BRISTOL, SEPT. 2). WI" STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been ve•trot !? : day, and the only alteration we have to quote is Western Stock, which closed at 82. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 29. ben O r !, STOCK EXCHANGE.-- The share market has go, active to-day, and prices higher. The transactions Wile follow :—Caledonian, Preference, 76—Chester an d r pao‘ head, 17 1 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 564-n l ,O 1r Crosby, and Southport, 26 dis. London 90 " Fiflb 6 Western, 116 1 / 2 —Ditto, New Quarters, 3 2 1 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, iS l lf Ditto, Preference, 11%—Midland, 47 1 4—Ditto , Ha lVe4 ' dis.—South-Eastern and Dover. 19%. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 29. , es s dO lja STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thero has been a large htle' ll ti oe to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. Th e - 55 5 4" tions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire/ oleo South-Eastern and Dover, 19 1 ,4—East Lancashir e ; SO Vhitehaven and Furness, 7—Eastern Counties, 65.1":iesbire' Staffordshire, 8 5-16—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lilly". P' 27 1 4—Ditto, Preference 11%—Ditto, ew Preference, BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 29. g 40 : ST( CK EXCIIANGE.—There was an improved fee ' ;.elf li hibited in the share market to-day, and stock sold %coded advanced rates. The transactions reported We e rr r eobarl and North-Western, 117—G rea t W es tern, 84 "; 0 7,791 and Birmingham (A), 61.75. 6d.—Ditto (B), 4 " '""' Of [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A respected Mem beb be gs Society of Friends cured of a Cough and Asthma II 130 way's Ointment and Pills. - Extract of a letter fro , P i r l ; oest jamin Mackie to Professor Holloway, dated Creengotel.,l! Loughall, Sept. I, 184S:—" Respected Friend , et . only an set of justice to thyself to state that I have P e lo st experienced the benefit of thy excellent pills and nig fe ted the cure of an inveterate cough and asthma, whieb. s :Lto 01 ",, so severely for three years that I frequently was obbli;`,,, e at about in my ruom all niGht, afraid of suffocation if Ie; bed. I then tried thy invaluable medicines, W,D,',„`'-;clieill," pleased to say have perfectly cured me."—Sold bY en r tiP e vendors throughout the civilised world, and at Proleos. oway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ..-1+ ANOTHER FATAL BALLOON ACCIDEXO . „A lancholy event disturbed the public festivities a t of 64, the 23d. The Majestueux, a splendid balloon 0, was 00 cubic feet, having just been filled at the gas - wo rks, flig ht. its way to the Hippodrome, whence it was to ta ke iLtet, sr Mr. Merle, the well-known aeronaut, and 81- 14 ? - kran ce ' sistaut chemist to Professor Barrall, of the Colleg e ue, 1/0" were in the car, directing the men w ho held the rePe.' ad, the fortunately, in consequence of a violent gust of 1 0 lifi r hoop to which the ropes were attached broke,_ sou ',. u psOt_ l s. jestueux darted into the air with the car and its Bonne It descended two hours later near St. Jean de 4 0 ( 1 about ten miles from Troyes. One of the two ser °l3 o - take; is not stated which) alighted unhurt, but the other° • Ow out of the car in a state of nearly complete suffocatioll /tow although immediately carried to a n eighbell rili . a g is i ter. -4 house, where medical assistance was promptly he soon expired.— Galignani. ------- DIED. go bero). On the 21th inst., at Western-road, Br i g hton, 9614 Pyper, Esq., M.D., aged 34. Br o s, On the 27th inst., at Upper Clapton , T homas iel ° t late of the Bank of England, aged 67. B osod,r On the 25th inst., at Islington, aged 77, An n ...G. Vi r • of the late J. F. Beland, Esq. ' . o s ad, P•"' On the 23d inst., at Shacklewell-lane, Slng ~,,a Carter, aged 40. On the 22d inst., Nancy °f , the wife of John D. P luer° :: t h: P ° of South-square, Gray's Inn. V eil On the 2tith inst., Mr. Samuel Sparrovis __. street, Red Lion-square, aged 72. ---- Ji pi London: Printed and Published by Pa1jR 1 29,,_1 1 0 . . , il No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun NIIIRD9 c e► vo oti' - Strand, in the Precinct f the Sar°T • b " - Palladiums ! Tuesian September 30, 180" ~iY t 174, 4 BIRTHS. WO OF A SON. d On the 25th inst., at Hill-road, St. John's4/o°-' the • ife of A. A. blieville, jun., Esq.: On the 26th inst., at Bellingham, Herefordshire, the 11 of Henry James, Esq. -in OF • DATIOFITER. On the 27th inst., the wife of Captain Charles V o °ll6 ri , if ' Royal Envineerc , 0 ..• on the 22d inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Job Bremner, Esq., M.D., R.N. ' ----------- MARRIED. s ogu il _t On the 27th inst., at St. Martin's Ch ur ch, Trafelg, to Clw John Hazlett, Esq., of Lurgan, county of Arreagui poor line, second daught er o f Th omas Osborn, E SC II ° ma t terrace, Greenwich, D epu ty C omm issary-Gene ra,. Esq., Pt On the 25th in s t., a t I 'over; W. M. Mac kenzie ' glo °l3 t7 " of son of Hugh B a illi e M ac k enz ie, Letitia, youngest daughter of the late AL Chor Pinaghy, couuty of Antrim. Esq., 70th (I I tt 1 , ~. 1 , *, ~ • 1 • v. • , ~, ' `?ic~ F T ' e Ip7; /11 111 41/4 ,„ .„.411.1 kttfi -0 ki r , t hll ~...... lc. k, , 141