The Sun. — London, England, 1851-09-03 00:00:00

P !Ix+ h44_ RAILWAY PAS S ENGERS ASSU RANCE COMPANY.—(TIIIS DAY.) The fourth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company took place this day at the offices, 3, Old Broad.street. The chair was taken by the Chairman of the company, John Daan Paul, Esq. The SECRETARY (Mr. A. Beattie) then read the r eport, from which it appears that the receipts for the half.year amount to 3,155/. 15s. 9d., and exhibit a growing progress when compared with those of any previous six months since the formation of the company. The tickets of the company may now be obtained at the principal stations on fifty railways, and the number of agents at stations and in towns amounted to 874 on the 30th June last. 2,0681.8,5. 63. has been paid as compensation during the last six months, and the entire number of claims adjusted from the period of the commencement of the company up to this date is two fatal cases, and ninety-nine cases of personal injury. The gross receipts for the weeks since 30th June, as compared with the corresponding weeks of last year, show an extraordinary increase, which is most strikingly evinced in the issue of sin. gle journey tickets. Thus, for the week ending August 17th last the gross receipts were 1311. 7s. 7d. against 741. ss. 103., whilst the issue of single jour ney tickets amounted to 761. 15s. Id. against 211. Os. 10d. With one leading company, the Lancashire and Yorkshire, the company has just concluded an ar rangement for the insurance of 1,355 of their men, and there are other companies now in communication with the directors on the same subject. The terms on which these insurarces have been effected are as follows : Class 1. Engine drivers... 265. 6d. per ann., to insure 601. „ 2. Guards, stoker:, breaksmen, &c. 19s. 6d. „ „ 3. Porters,policemen, gatekeepers, &c. ss. 3d. „ „ 401. In case of fatal accident, with a weekly allowance in each case for personal injury. The business has been so much extended during the past six months as to render it necessary to make a call of 53. per share on the proprietors—the reasons for this call have been stated in the circular an nouncing it, and the directors have only to say that they do not anticipate any necessity for a further call being made hereafter. In the statement of the half-year's accounts it was mentioned that the whole amount, viz., 2,0681. Bs. 6d. paid as com pensation during the last half-year had bee n char g ed to revenue, and that of this sum 1,4251. was on ac count of accidents to the Post-office and railway ser vices, which hazardous description of business had been undertaken before the experience of the com pany had enabled the directors to frame calcula tions of a more correct nature than the imperfect statistical data of the reports of the Board of Trade had suggested ; and as such risks (at the rates pre viously charged) terminate with the current policies, this degree of loss cannot occur again. The direc tors therefore leave it to the proprietors to say whether the sum of 1,426/. should be charged to the preliminary expenses in the capital account, and scattered like those expenses over a period of years, inatead of being charged on the revenue of the last six months alone. If this is done, the charges for work ing expenses and compensation for the last six months will be 2,4381. 7s. 21., leaving a balance over the gross receipts of 717/. Bs. 7d. They are not, how ever, prepared to recommend the division of the balance of 7171. Bs. 7d. that would thus remain to the credit of revenue account on the 30th June; for the unadjusted claims, and the propriety of having a re serve to meet possible claims in the approaching winter months, induces them to believe that the proprietors will not desire the division of any portion of this balance till the working of the company has been more developed. The CHAIRMAN then offered a few observations on the present circumstances of the company. He dwelt on the large amount of claims for compensation al ready made and adjusted, and which prove how widely this novel application of the principles of life assurance are already appreciated by the public. In the infancy of the scheme the directors had to pro ceed on very imperfect and deceptive data, but they are now enabled, from the lessons of practical expe rience, to attain a precision in their calculations, which will enable them to extend the sphere of their operations with security and profit. Their pro spects are in a highly satisfactory state of progres sion, as manifested by the great and steady increase of business which appears on the face of the report presented. Although this company was oniginally started as a commercial speculation, still it must be highly watifying to the feelings of its members to reflect on the vast benefits which con tinually arise from the compensation afforded by it to those persons of slender means who are so unfortu nate as to meet with accidents on railways.—(Hear, hear.) After commenting on the different para graphs of the report, the chairman concluded by mov ing its adoption. Mr. FRITH seconded the motion. He said the only feature connected with it to be regretted was the re fusal of three great railways—the London and South 'Western, the London, Brighton and South Coast, and the South-Eastern, to allow insurance tickets to be issued on their lines, whilst all the other principal railways of England, Scotland, and Iceland have readily facilitated the objects of the company. The other statements contained in the report he regarded as highly satisfactory. Mr. LEE STEVENS said he did not intend moving any amendment to the motion, but he could not con cede the merit of administrative talent to the board, with the exception of the chairman himself, who was worthy of all confidence and praise. He regretted to find the chairman supported to-day by but two di rectors out of nine, and the number of shareholders present scarcely exceeding that of the representatives of tie press who were in attendance. The CHAIRMAN said he must call the Hon. Pro prietor to order for indulging in irrelevant remarks. Domestic affliction and personal illness accounted for the absence of several of the board. vol. ~ Mr. STEVENs again attempted to enlarge on these topics, but a general expression of impatience caused him to shift his ground to the consideration of other alleged grievatices. He launched into the expression of innumerable regrets, which merely seemed to in duce a belief among the other shareholders present that he was, for some unknown object, speaking ugainst time. He persevered for some minutes amid continual interruption, but finally sat down without making any substantive motion. _• _ The report was then unanimously adopted. Mr. CARY moved that the sum of 1,425/. should be charged to the preliminary expenses as recommended in the report, which being seconded by Mr. Stone, pas6ed . withcut a dissentient voice. Cordial and unanimous tiaariiisvire then severally voted to the directors, the Chairman, and the Snre tary, and duly acknowledged. The proceedings then terminated. THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE, LOUIS NA POLEON BONAPARTE, AND THE PRESI DENCY OF THE FRENCEI REPUBLIC. (From the Jourual des DEbals.) By the side of the journal, busied with what is called the candidateship of the Prince de Joinville, to connect with it hopes of more or less prompt re alisation, there are others which speak of it for the purpose of joining calumnies to the Prince's name ; it is to these only that we desire to reply. Of the candidateship of the Prince de Joinville we shall not say anything. We comprehend all the noise which is made round that respected name. We are aware of the passions, the pretensions, the good or b a d, th e patriotic or personal inspirations which have con ceived the idea of that candidateship. We are aware of the proceedings which have been resorted to formerly and recently for that purpose. We know also that no decision has been come to, and we are glad to perceive in that adroit temporisation Some traces of the wisdom which governed France for eighteen years. That candidateship is, perhaps, i n this age of the unexpected, amongst the decrees which Providence may issue to save our country. It may be, at some given moment, in the midst of great embarrassment and danger, the sole chance of safety that will remain to us. Yes, that is possible. There would be too much pride, after so many humi liations lavished on us by destiny for the last four nktrs, to set aside one of the serious chances which fo tune may offer us. There would be too much !else virtu e in responding by the inflexibility of a principle to the cry of necessity, to oppose the pre tended dignity o f a name to the safety of a people. In face of a national wish sincerely expressed—in face of a great public peril, clear as the light of day, the Prince de Joinville would not have any choice to ma ke ; he would not hesitate, we are convinced. But all that is the future, i s the unknown. Let - us speak of the present. The future, the problema tical future, is the candidateship of the Prince de Joinville ; the present is the calumny which is flung on his name. It is sail that this hope of some poli tical men, received by the Princ e , We can affirm, with the discreet moderat ion which his p os i t i on calls for, is in reality on his pa rt a means of di v i s i on i n the party of order, and a premeditated attempt ' to trouble the State.' It is said that rather than leave to others the honour of saving the vessel, he wou l d blow it up! And it is to the Prince de Joinville, and in such language, that these calumnies are ad dressed! To that son of King Louis Philippe, who in all difficult cr dangerous positions always bore so high the flag of France 1 To him, who bringing back from St. Helena the mortal remains of Napo leon, menaced to blow himself up rather than be . tray, with the precious deposit entrusted to him, the honour of the French name ! And it is (he writer, devoted to the defence of the Elysea who have so, ittle memory and so little justice! The Prince de Joinville had in 1848, at the moment THE SUN, when the news of the catastrophe which overturned the throne of his father, reached him in Africa, an unexampled opportunity of troubling the State. He could have returned to France, and attempted a civil war. Who would venture to say that appear ing all of a sudden in the midst of the fleet at Tou lon, escorted by some battalions brought back from Algeria, the young conq ue r o r o f M oga d o r and St. Jean d Ulloa would not have found there numerous parti sans ? Was it courage which was wanting to him ? Was it popularity ? W as it goo d right ? Why then did he proceed w ith s t o i ca l re s ignation to a land of exile ? Because his patriotism silenced the dictates of his youth and of his courage ; because in the frightful disorder into which the insurrection of Pa ris had thrown France, when the minister of the Go vernment then existing, such as it was, wrote to him praying for his abstention, in the name of public safety, he would not consent to be a cause of disorder, 'added to so many others. They who in other times attacked twice in full peace, in the name of I know not what imperial legitimacy, the existing Government (we admit that they honourably re pented of such conduct afterwards), were they more patriotic than the Prince de Joinville ? That is a question which we take the liberty of addressing to the Constitutionnel. But let us suppose, a fact which is far from being proved to us, let us s uppose that the candidateship of the Prince de Joinville was openly avowed by him, and frankly supported by a considerable faction of the party of order. In what, , we ask, is that candidateship more calculated to trouble the State' than that of any other which . may be avowed, that of General Changarnier, or of Gen. Cavaignac, or that of M. Carnot ? Either there must be only one candidateship permitted (that which the Constitution interdicts, or i t must be admitted that a person may be a candidate to the place of President, in competition with that privileged candidateship, without being an an archist, a factious man, and a cri minal citizen. And what if we were to say that the candidateship which troubles the State, whi c h di v id es the party of order, which holds sus p en d e d ove r the country the formidable problem o f the un known, was precisely that which the journal to which we reply, supports, in contempt of the constitutional law ? We do not say so, through respect for universal suffrage, which on some given day, we admit, may have the advantage over the Constitution itself; but whilst waiting for that day, is it not true that the Constitution ought to be observed ? It was fram e d aga i ns t us , b u t i s it we who give the example of disobeying it ? And they who cry up a candidateship which the law of the country declares to be unconstitutional, who have flung into the midst of our embarrassments and our perils that terrible difficulty, who every day call the national sovereignty to this double trial, once more we ask, are they acting well thus to come and lavish abuse on the august exiles who wait, without asking anything, and without violating any law, until the will of the country shall have been pronounced ? Our repug nance to treat such questions before the hour of ne cessity is well known, and consequently it is with great regret that we have entered on this matter; but we will not recoil from the task which lies before us. We wish for the Prince de Joinville a totally different destiny than that which the zeal of his friends, or the previsions, more or less enlightened, of his partizans, prepare for him. We wish it to him, not for his honour of prince, since we believe that a great prblic necessity may, on any given day, counsel for him a sacrifice which would not cost his dignity anything, but we wish it to him for his happiness. But should the Prince de Joinville be induced by the sentiment of a great duty to descend seriously , into the lists in which, before long, will be con tested the destinies of France, there is one thing of which we are sure—that the Prince de Joinville would not accept a political candidateship in order to divide the party of order, but to unite and rally it ; not to trouble the State, but to restore to it security , and repose; not to blow up the vessel, but to extin guish the fire. It is only in this way that a son of King Louis Philippe could remain faithful to the patriotic reminiscences and liberal traditions of his family." GERMANY. The National Gazette of Berlin, of the 30th ult., says :—" We learn that the vessels and the materiel of the German fleet will be equally divided between Prussia and Austria, and will from Ist January next cease to belong to the Germanic Confederation. In order to indemnify the States who have contributed to the formation and support of the fleet, Prussia and Austria will in their place pay their parts of the general expenses. In consequence of the shores possessed by Hanover, she is allowed to have a certain part of the materiel, on paying a certain indemnity for the same. Until the commence ment of next year the expenses will be pro vided for by means of payments by the different States to be decided on. The Germanic Diet has examined the question whether the laws now in vigour are sufficient, in case of need, to protect the Confederation and the separate States of Germany from criminal attempts. We learn it will shortly adopt a resolution on that point. It will probably limit itself to an interpretation of the resolutions now in vigour. The Commission the Diet has appointed to examine the questions relating to the liberty of the press has finished its labours. The report is ready, and will, it is said, be soon presented to the Assembly." The intelligenz-Blatt of Frankfort states that the Germanic Diet, in one of its late sittings, adopted a resolution to the effect that the fundamental rights of the German people are abolished, and that the different Governments have been requested to promulgate this decision as promptly as possible. ITALY. The Milan Gazette of the 28th ult., announces that the brigadier of carabineers, who, in 1849, ar rested Ugo Bassi (the priest who acted as chaplain to Garribaldi's troops, and was shot by the Austrians), has been assassinated at Carnacchio. The Tuscan Monitore publishes a series of regula tions issued by the Minister of Worship at Florence on the 28th ult., concerning the right of censorship reserved to the bishops by the new concordat. By these regulations, every bishop has the right of cen sorship over ecclesiastical works to he published within his diocese; a work rejected by one bishop cannot be approval by another, and there is no appeal from the decision of a bishop in such matters. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of thin day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—We have again to re port a somewhat inanimate state of things in our market, owing partly, so far as goods are concerned, to the degree in which some descriptions are en gaged ; while it is traceable, to a much greater extent, to the same cause, so far as relates to yarns. But the requirement of rather higher prices, which was made last week, is also found to have something to do with this quietness, standing in the way of business between parties who have orders to give out, on the one hand, and such as are open to receive them, on the other. Considering how remarkably bare of supply the yarn market i., and how free from stock that of goods continues to be, while the actual demand is still good, and the prospect for the future encouraging, it is remarkable how slow and difficult is the upward course in prices. A settled cautiousness marks the conduct of all parties, at present, keeping down the spirit of speculation amongst buyers, and moderating the demands of producers. These features, taken in connexion with the general state of commerce, are very justly regarded as evidences of the safe and healthy condition of the trade of this district ; and the pre vailing desire is that it should not be disturbed by any forced action upon prices. It is, therefore, seen with satisfaction, on our Exchange, that there is that sort of halting in Li►erpool which naturally follows an undue advance. The articles least in demand, in our markets, are perhaps Indian descriptions of yarns and goods; yet, although comparatively dull, they are steady as re gards value. Fine yarns are also quiet. In 30's reeled water, there is rather a hardening in price, while a decided firmness is maintained in the lower counts, and a general steadiness in warps and cops. The latter remark applies also to printing cloths, and to the stouter makes of cloth, taken at large. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDLY. — After a long absence of demand for goods, the expectations of our manufac turers have been somewhat revived by the presence of several influential buyers, who have operated to an ex tent sufficient to , warrant the conclusion that a resump tion of activity will shortly take place. The thrown silk market does not exhibit any material signs of improvement ; and considering its past unsatisfactory state, it is a matter for congratulation with the trade that prices retain their firmness. In raw silk the late activity displayed by consumers in the purchase of chinas has for the present considerably subsided, and in the meantime the deliveries for the mills continue satisfactory. ROCHDALE, MONDAY. — We have had a dull, heavy market, and a rather limited amount of business has been transacted. For kerseys and coarse goods the manufacturers are asking more money, in order to meet the extra price asked for low-priced wools. The wool market has been slack, and prices have been much the wee as last week's. HALIFAX, SATURDAY. — The attendance in our piece hall to-day has been but slender; and scarcely any goods have changed hands, except a few lastings, i,n e sales o f th e l ower an d th e fi ner qua liti es . Yarns are still isnaesgreatly depressed state, and the present un satisfactory quotations are with difficulty maintained. of wool are moderate, as the spinners buy only fur present use, and prices have undergone no alteration. LEEDS, TUESDA.T.—The markets at the cloth halls have been flit both today and on Saturday last, and there is not much doing to order. Business is dull in the warehouses, considering the season of the year. LONDON, THE LONDON GAZETTE, t. 2. WHITEHALL, S 1, 1851 SEPT. 1, - -• The Queen has been pleased to appoint Samuel rton Este, Esq., to be Deputy Chairman of the Metropoli, Commissioners of Sewers. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Macdug, auctioneer, Llanolly. BANKRUPTS. William James Paxman and Catherine Paxman, silk dyers, Hare-street, Bethnal-green, to surrender Sept. 13, at eleven, and Oct. 11, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Crosby and Compton, Church-court, Old Jewry. John Wall and Thomas Young Wall, brewers, Chat ham, Sept. 8, at half-past one, and Oct. 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Wright and Bonner, London-street, City. Henry Adams Newman, clothier, Jewry-street, Ald gate, Sept. 8, at eleven, and Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Reed, Langford, and Meriden, Friday-street, Cheapside; Sale, Worthington, and Ship man, Manchester. William Strange, jun., bookseller, Paternoster-row, Sept. 8, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Gidley, Crosby-hall-chambers. Dumas Bonnet, spirit merchant, Mark-lane, Sept. 13, at one, and Oct. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Lewis, Albany - -court-yard, Piccadilly. William Hero Luckins, coachmaker, Kennington row, Kennington, Sept. 8, and Oct. 17, at two, at the court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba singhall-street; Cates and son, Fenchurcbstreet. Robert Thorpe, last manufacturer, Stafford, Sept, 16 and Oct. 7, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. Matthew Pattison, ironmonger, South Shields, Sept. 16 and Oct. 17, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-- upon-Tyne; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Crosby and Compton, Church-court, Old Jewry. John Phillips, grocer, Longton, Staffordshire, Sept. 16 and Oct. 7, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Evans and Sun, Liverpool; Smith, Birmingham. Thomas Webb, tailor, Stourbridge, Sept. 16 and Oct. 7, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Price, Stourbridge; Smith, Birmingham. John Midgley, carpenter, Kingston-upon-Hull, Sept. 17, and Oct. 15, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Saxelbye, DIVIDENDS. In the Country. J. Wright, Tamworth, scrivener, Sept. 23, at half past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Artley, North Burton, Yorkshire, miller, Sept. 24, at half-past twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull —R. Gooddy and W. E. M'Kee, Kingston-upon-Hull, millers, Sept. 24, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon- Hull—R. Gooddy, Kingston-upon-Hull, miller, Sept. 24, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. NOTJCES OF CERTIFICATES. In the Country. T. Davis, Halifax, commission agent, Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—T. Mills, Painswick, Glou cestershire, quarry master, Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. W. Garrow, Booth, Lancashire, merchant, certificate of the second class—E. Hedges, Chilton Fcdliats, Wilt shire, builder, certificate of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Porteus, G. T. Macartney, and T. Fitzgerald, Man chester, trimming merchants—J. Pander, A. Cowan, and A. Smyth, Manchester, merchants (as far as regards A. Smyth)—C. Pin and J. S. Norton, Gresham-street, button and trimming dealers—J. Maclean, A. Smith, and T. Irvine, Liverpool, ship carpenters (as far as regards A. Smith)—H. Wheatley and J. B. Swan-cham bers, Gresham-street, boarding and lodging-house keepers—J. Lings and G. F. King, Whitecross-street. Southwark, and High-street, Southwark, wholesale and retail cheesemongers—J. F. Coventry and R. Glover, Liverpool, brokers—W. J. Longstaff and Mary Ann Longstaff, Sunderland, grocers and flour dealers—H. B. Harle and W. Clarke, jun., Leeds, attorneys—J. Mars land and E. Marslancl, Stockport, Cheshire and Man chester, calico printers—J. Taylor and J. Troughton, Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, woolstaplers—H. At kinson and T. Eldrid, Regent-street, whip makers—J. Whitaker and J. Crowther, Buslingthorpe, Leeds, dyers —J. Easterbrook, W. Scatchard, and T. Ellis, Sheffield, machinists—O. Stuhlmann and E. Elliott, Manchester, merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Timms Hunt, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, ironmonger. C. H. Oury, Heigham, Norwich, bookseller's assistant. T. Davies, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, auctioneer. T. W. Davies, Llanelly, Carmsrthenshire, printer. J. Graham, Cockermouth, Cumberland, ironmonger. T. Smith, Bloxwich, Staffordshire, butcher. R. F. Bubbings, Thorpe-next-Norwich, Norfolk, wheel- Wright. S. Blezard, Pilkington, Lancashire, tailor. G. B. Coggan, North Curry, Somersetshire, schoolmaster. W. Gay, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, joiner. E. Cook, Timberland Dales, Lincolnshire, farmer's bailiff. fr. Pirkinson, Bradford, Yorkshire, woolcomber. J. Baker, Walsall, Staffrtrdihire, retail beerseller. P. Grove, Walsall, Staffordshire, grocer. J. Cotterill, Darliston, Staffordshrrt., b9er-homo keeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Rainie, Echt, Aberdeen, farmer and cattle-dealer, to m-et within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, Sept. 8, and Sept. 27, at two. T. Lesslie, and J. Lesslie, jun., Dundee and fluthven, quarriers, to meet within the British Hotel, Dundee, Sopt. 8, and Sept. 29, at one. J. Kennedy, St. Andrew's, builder, to meet within the Star Inn, St. Andrew's, Sept. 6, and Sept. 26, at twelve. A. Laing and A. R. Barlas, Leith, merchants, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Sept. 8, and Sept. 29, at one. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PREROGATIVE COURT, Sept. 2. This was the second caveat day after Trinity Term. Dr. Haggard presided as surrogate, and disposed of several motions, but none of them possessed points of public interest. ARCHES' COURT, Sept. 2. This was an adlitional court day after Trinity Term. Dr. Haggard sat as surrogate, and heard proctors' motions only. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates, at the Guildhall, West minster.) THE ROBBERIES IN NEWCASTLE-COURT. James Wise, aged 29, was indicted for having stolen from Isaac Friedlander a pair of scissors and one ear-ring drop, his property, in Newcastle-court. Mr. lorry defended the prisoner. It will be in the recollection of our readers that on the Bth ult., at Clerkenwell, a woman of the town was convicted of having committed this robbery in conjunction with a man who upon that occasion made his escape from the officer and the prosecutor. Upon the Learned Judge asking how it had happened that the man had not been indicted with the female priso ner, the officer assigned as the reason the escape of the man. Another officer then informed the Judge that the man was at that moment in the court, sit ting behind the dock, whereupon his Lordship di rected that he should be taken into custody. This having been done the man now appeared at the bar to take his trial. The facts of the case are simply these :—The pro secutor, who is a Jew hawker, was passing through Newcastle-court, in the Strand, in the early part of the last month, when he was called into one of the houses by the prisoner and the woman. The hawker went in, and the two prisoners took the articles in question from his box, and on his finding that they did not mean to make any purchase, he required that the goods should be returned. The male prisoner thereupon told him that if he did not at once quit the house he would kick him out. The hawker consequently walked out, to avoid the alternative visitation, and communicated to the first policeman with whom he met the treatment he had received. The policeman went to the court with him, and there they saw the woman get out of the window and go towards an - other, where she was in the act of handing the stolen property to another woman, when the officer took both of them into custody. The male prisoner, seeing what was going on, ran away, and thus it was that he had not been apprehended at the time. The case was now clearly proved against him. Mr. HORRY having addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, The Learned JUDGE left the matter to The:Jury, who at once returned a verdict of Guilty. The Learned JUDGE said the prisoner was one of the most notorious thieves in London, and had upon more than one occasion been convicted. He had re ceived a sentence at the Central Criminal Court of six months' imprisonment, and from himself he had received a sentence of twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. (This conviction was upon the present occasion proved by the production of the cer tificate of the fact, and the identification of the pri soner by the policeman who had been in attendance upon the case). It was quite clear that such a man was totally unfit for a longer residence in this country. The sentence upon him therefore was, that he be transported beyond the seas for ten years. The Prisoner—Can't you give me something more ? My brother has been transported, can't you punish me for that also ? I want to know. Hadn't you better try me for that also ? _ The Learned JUDGE—You are sentenced for ten years. Take him away. ' Thomas Baker, aged 35, was convicted of having unlawfully and indecently assaulted Mary Ann Baker, a little girl about ten years old, his stepdaughter, with intent. The prisoner offered a most disgusting defence, and accused his wife of the most abandoned conduct, ani also asserted that she had instructed her daughter to trump up the present charge against him out of a feeling of revenge towards him. The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence upon th WEDNESDAY prisoner, said it was about the most disgusting case it had ever been his misfortune to have heard. So utterly disgusting had been his address to the jury that it had been almost impossible for any person, even he who filled the judgment seat, to abstain from rising up to put a stop to the further utterance of such filthy and foul language. The case was one which r oust be marked with full seeerity. The sentence theyefore was two years' imprisonment with bard labour. R e m-, Blaney, aged 32, was indicted for having unlawfully and maliciously inflicted upon John Loxton, a policeman, D 208, grievous bodily harm. Mr. Pullen, who appeared to prosecute, said that he was heetructed by the Solicitor to the Lords of the Treasury u. nder the recent Act of Parliament. It appearet; that on the morning of the 4th ult., about two o'clock, the Prisoner and some other persons were ma ki ng a grea t di e !vrbance in Orphard-street, Port man-square, when the policeman on duty desired the m to desist and to go the;" way home. The prisoner continued the noise, and Upon the policeman going towards him to take him into custody he placed his back against the wall and began to kick him severely. He gave the policeman several kicks upon his thighs and on the lower part of the stomach, and the effect of the latter was to produce two ruptures of the abdomen, from which the medical gentleman who gave testimony upon the present occasion, said the officer would never recover, but must for the rest of his life wear a double truss, and even that then be would he subject to constant pain. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against the prisoner. The Learned JUDGE said that this was a species of offence which the Court always visited with severity. The sentence, therefore, would be nine months' im prisonment, with hard labour. Jane Jones, aged 22, was indicted for having stolen from the person of one Antonio de Vecchia a purse containing the sum of 241. 17s. ld., his property. Mr. Jackson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Parry defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor, an Italian, in the service of General Gabriel, living at No. 7 , Con naught-place, Hyde-park, on the night of Wednesday week went out with a friend soon after nine o'clock, and that on his return towards home shortly before ten, as he was passing down the Edgeware-road he was accosted by the prisoner, who was extremely urgent that he should accompany her to her lodgings. This invitation he declined, saying that he was much obliged to her, but that be had a nice bed at his own home. As they were passing the end of Cumber land-mews she drew him a little way into them, where saying that she would give him a kiss, the prisoner coughed and stamped, and on the instant two men rushed forward, each taking hold of him by his arms. The prisoner instantly thrust her hand into the breast pocket of his coat, and having drawn from it the purse containing the money in question, ran off. The prosecutor by a violent jerk succeeded in releas ing himself from the grasp of the men, and ran off in pursuit of the prisoner, the sight of whom he never lost until she turned into Berkeley-mews. In the progress of his pursuit he encountered a policeman, who, hearing what had happened, joined in the hunt. On arriving at Berkeley-mews they went down and discovered the prisoner behind some cabs with a light shawl on. On the ground in front of her was .her black silk mantle, which the officer picked up and put over her shoulders, upon which the prosecutor at once recognized her as the woman by whom he had been robbed. The prisoner was then conveyed to the station-house, where she was searched, and 181. 17s. ld. found upon her. The policeman and the prosecutor returned to Berkeley mews, and there they found the empty purse. The prosecutor added, that when the men laid hold of his arms, one of them tried to take his watch, ;but the sudden jerk by which he had released himself from their grasp hed frustrated the attempt. Mr. PARRY, at some length, addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. The Learned (Tunas recapitulated the evidence, and The jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned JUDGE then sentenced her to impri sonment and hard labour for six months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Elizabeth Sammon, No. 6, Foley-place, was brought up for examination, charged with having been con cerned in fraudulently obtaining two pianofortes from Messrs. Rust and Stahl, No. 320, Regent-street. It appeared that a person of gentlemanly appear ance called, in July last, at Messrs. Rust and Stahl's shop and hired a pianoforte for a lodger, as he said, at so much per month. The pianoforte was sent to No. 6, Foley-place, where the person lived who made the bargain, and who gave the name of Sammon. In a day or two afterwards the same person called again, and said he wanted to hire another pianoforte for another lodger. Another pianoforte was sent, the value of each being 30 guineas. From information which Mr. Rust subsequently obtained, he went in person to No. 6, Foley-place, and saw the prisoner, from whom he demanded the return of the pianofortes. The prisoner said they were locked up in one of the rooms, and she dared him to take them away in Mr. Sammon's absence. Mr. Rust applied to the police, and by their aid succeeded in gaining information to the effect that the pianofortes were in the hands of a pawnbroker named Clarke, in Long-acre. The pri soner was taken into custody, the person who came to the shop on both occasions and hired the pianos not being to be met with. Robert Tilling, carman, proved the delivery of two pianos from Messrs. Rust and Stahl, at No. 6, Foley place. On the first occasion witness saw Mr. Sam mon, as well as the female prisoner. On the second occasion the female prisoner only was present. William Barnes, painter, had been employed to do work at No. 6, Foley-place. The person who em ployed and paid Max went by the name of Bowsley. The prisoner then represented herself to be the house keeper of Bowsley. Edward Perryman, assistant to Mr. Barnes, helped to remove one of the pianofortes from No. 6, Foley place. The piano was taken away in a coal van, but witness did not know where. Mr. Clarke, pawnbroker, 55, Long-acre, had known the prisoner for about twelve months, and had taken articles in pawn from her. There might have been a piano among them. The case was remanded at this stage of the pro ceedings for a week, for the production of the pianos. Yesterday Mr. Clarke was in attendance with his books, but not with the pianos. Mr. BINGHAM inquired why the pianos were not produced ? Mr. Clarke understood his books only were to be brought into court. Mr. BINGHAM said the pianofortes must be pro duced, and remanded the case again for that purpose. TVESTMINSTER. Daniel Foley, a labourer, was charged with the following disgraceful and violent conduct : Mr. Morgan, baker, Great Peter- street, stated that about eight on the previous evening the defendant, who was intoxicated, fell down against his shop front, when, in crder to prevent his windows being broken, he went out and assisted him to move away, but had scarcely done 5o when defendant turned round and made several kicks at him, which, had they taken effect, must have done him serious injury. A con stable fortunately came up while he was so engaged, and prevented defendant doing him any mischief. The next complainant against defendant was an iti nerant vendor of pickled eels and such like dainties. He was quietly seated behind his stock in trade when the accused came up, thrust his dirty paws into a jar of eels, and began throwing them about, and, having so menaced the safety of his goods and stall that ho was apprehensive the whole would be destroyed, a policeman was sent for, when defendant made off. A third charge was exhibited by a police-constable. Directly he took the accused from Mr. Morgan's door he attacked him in a violent manner, and after wards repeated the assault. Defendant's only excuse for all these offences was intoxication. Mr. ARNOLD observed, that his conduct had been disgraceful in the extreme, and not only committed him for a month, but ordered him to enter into his own recognizances to be of good behaviour for six months. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1851. THAMES. William Smith, aged 63, a tall, gray-haired man, dressed like a yeoman, who did not utter a word during a very long investigation, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with being concerned, with two others not in custody, in stealing 1531. from Mr. George Gibson, an engineer of High-street, Poplar. The prisoner was described as a farrier, of Cotton street, Poplar, but he is a well known " magsman." A box of artificial eyes, a scent bottle, a gold watch and chain, a pair of spectacles, and some other property were found upon him. Mr. Gibson said—l have lately arrived in England from Calcutta, and have been staying at the Captain of Man of War Tavern, in High-street, Poplar. I have known the prisoner eight or nine days. He was in the practice of coming into the coffee room and conversing with me, and he learnt that I had a good deal of money. Yesterday morning I had occasion to call upon Mr. Miller, of the firm of Miller and Ravenbill, engineers, at his private residence, St. John's Wood. lam a stranger in London, and I said to the prisoner the night before, that I had to go up to St. John's Wood, Marylebone, and asked him to direct me the way there. He wanted the address, which I gave him, and appointed to meet me at the Yorkshire Stingo, in the New-road, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, on my return from St. John's Wood. After giving me thi s di rec ti on (the Yorkshire Stingo), he left me. Aft er l eav i ng St. John's Wood yesterday I went to the Yorkshire Stingo, and was partaking of some bread and cheese and ale at the bar, when the prisoner joined me. We had some ale together, and went away arm-in-arm until! we reached Oxford street, when I said, "I know where lam now." He proposed to adjourn to a publie•house, where we had sixpennywortb of gin and water. He called for one glass and I for the other; and after we had drunk it he said, "Excuse me, I have business .over the way ; wait hare for five or ten minutes," and he left me and had scarcely got across the street when a man came into the house and said, " Ah, Mr. Gibson, I am glad to see you out ; how do you do ?" I said I was very well, and was waiting for a friend. Mr. YARDLEY—Did you ever see that man before ? Mr. Gibson—Yes, once before at the house where lam staying—only once. We went upstairs to a billiard-room and I seated myself near a window, where I could see Mr. Smith come over again. When I had stood at the window 10 or 15 minutes the man said, You had better give it up, Sir; he is not coming back." A third person then came into the room, and in a polite manner said, " I beg pardon, gentlemen hope I don't intrude is this a private party ?" I said the room was as free for him as for us, and he seated himself close to us, and called for brandy and water. A conversation was then got up about America, and the second person, whom I met downstairs, asked me if I had ever been in America. I said I had not. The second person said, " I have heard a good deal of America, but I was never there." The third person said he had just arrived from America. The second person said he should like to know a business man from America. The third person said he knew nothing of business, and that he had lived as gentle man's servant to a bachelor in America, who died a little while ago and bequeathed 22,0001., and that there was a provision in the will that 4001. was to be given to the poor of four different parishes in England. ME. YARDLEY—Did he name the parishes ? Mr. Gibson—No, sir. He said the parishes were immaterial—he could choose which he liked. He then asked me if there were any more poor people in the parish to which I belonged. I said I bad no doubt there were. He asked me which parish it was, and I said it was Wolverhampton, in Staffordshire. He said if I could show him a sufficient proof of my re spectability, and that I was a man of substance and fit to be trusted, he would give me 201. to dis tribute among the poor. He also said the second person should have 201. to distribute among the poor of his pariah. After this was talked about for some time, it was proposed to return to the City, and we all three got into an omnibus and proceeded to the Bull's Head public-house in Leadenhall-street. When we got in there we had more brandy-and water. The third person, who was gentleman's ser vant to the rich bachelor in America, proposed that we should meet him again, and receive 201. each. The second person proposed that it should be done at once, and the deceased bachelor's servant said he should be happy to meet us in an hour if we could bring him some money to convince him that we were re spectable men. I then went to Poplar and fetched a 101.-note and 531. in gold. Mr. YARDLEY—And was robbed of the whole of it ? Mr. Gibson—Yes, sir. At 10 'minutes to 6 I re turned again to the Bull's Head, and waited until 10 or 15 minutes past 7, when the person who said he had 4001. to distribute came there, and we were joined by the other man, who produced a roll of notes and said he had 501. in his possession. Mr. YARDLEY—Are you sure they were bank notes ? Mr. Gibson—They appeared like it. I pro duced my money, and the third person said, " I am now convinced you are respectable men, and will give you 201. each for the poor at some future time." He got up, as if he was about to leave, and the se cond man said, "Don't leave us. I will get you a receipt for the 20/. at once." The third man then put a roll of sovereigns in his hat, and said he was ready with the money. The second man put his 50/. in his hat, and said to me, " You leave your money in it, and let us go out and get two stamped receipts for 20/. each." Mr. YARDLEY-..-For the poor of Wolverhampton ? Mr. Gibson—Yes, Sir. Well, Sir, I left my purse in his hat. Mr. YARDLEY—And your money too ? Mr. Gib son—Yes, Sir, 1531., which I brought from Black wall. I was getting up to go away, and the second one said " I will do the same as you have," and took hold of my arm by the side of the door, when I saw Mr. Smith, the prisoner, again. " Halloo," says I, "is it you ?" and he immediately seized hold of my other arm and was leading me towards the street, when I saw the third man following us across the passage. I immediately suspected something wrong, and said "Let me go, let go my arm," but they would not. I tried to extricate myself from them, but they pinioned me and dragged me off the doorstep, and the man in whose hat the money was ran across the street, and I saw no more of him. The other two men also disappeared immediately. I have never seen my purse and money since. _ _ Mr. YARDLEY—And you believed this story about 4001. being left to the poor by an American gentle man ? Mr. Gibson—Yes, Sir ; I was completely thrown off my guard; they both produced a good deal of money. Mr. YARDLEY—Are you sure you saw the prisoner a second time in Leadenhall-street ? Mr. Gibson— Yes, Sir; he appeared all at once. Mr. YARDLEY—You are a most credulous person, and have lost all your money. What are you ? Mr. Gibson—l am an engineer, and was in the service of the Indian General Steam Navigation Company. These are the wages which I brought home. Mr. YARDLEY—ShouId you know the other people ? Mr. Gibson—Very well indeed, Sir. • Mr. YARDLEY said the affair was cleverly con cocted, and the engineer was made the victim of a deep-laid conspiracy to defraud him of his money. There was some evidence the prisoner was concerned in the conspiracy, but, as the prosecutor was robbed of his money in the City, the case must go to the Mansion-house. He remanded the prisoner until this day, when he will be brought before the Lord Mayor. He directed the police to look after the other sharpers. LAMBETH. After the other business of the court had been dis posed of, Matthew Williams, a well-dressed young man, of rather respectable appearance, and who had been brought from the Mansion-house, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of receiving a silver pencil-case, and other articles, the property of Mr. Henry Isaacs, from a young woman named Mary Ann Boreham, with a guilty knowledge that they had been stolen. Mr. Gilham appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Hobler for the defence. Mr. Gilham having briefly stated the outline of the case, called Mr. Henry Isaacs, a City officer, and officer to the Committee of London Bankers, who stated as fol lows :—About the middle of July last I missed several articles from my residence, 157,Wenchurch-street, and my wife, in consequence, spoke to a young woman named Mary Ann Boreham, then in my service, re specting them. My wife told me— Mr. Hobler—You must not tell us what your wife told you, as that cannot be evidence against the prisoner. The magistrate having ruled this in Mr. Hobler's favour, The witness, Mr. Isaacs, said—On the 15th of August the young woman Boreham disappeared from my service, and, from what I had heard, I on the Monday following called on the prisoner at the place of business of his master. Mr. Byass, a wine merchant, in Langbourne-chambers, which is nearly opposite to my residence, and where he holds the situation of messenger: On seeing him, I said, " Matthews, do you know any thing of my servant girl ? " and his reply was, "I never saw the girl." I then left ; but from what I subsequently heard, I went back, and saw the prisoner. Addressing him said, " Mat thews (for such was the name I called him), you know where the girl is, I am certain, and if you do not tell me, I shall see Mr. Byass." The prisoner re plied that I might, with pleasure; and I went into Mr. Byass's office. When the prisoner was called in, Mr. Byass, upon being informed of the circumstances asked the prisoner what he knew of the affair; upon which the prisoner began to laugh, and his master checked him, and remarked that it was no laughing affair, but, on the contrary, a very serious matters and requested me to put such questions to him as I might think proper. I then said, "Did you ever see the girl ?" He replied, " No." I then asked if she had ever given him anything, and he replied that she had given him an apple. I then said, "I have lost such a description of articles as are likely to come into the possession of such a person as you," and produced a card containing a list of the things, 'and stated what a part of them were. The prisoner then said, " I havegot the slipper-tops, they were given to me by a young woman of the name of Hannah, a servant to Mr. Swift." I asked him his address, and he said "8, Church - street, Kennington," but added that he also lived at Hanscornb-crescent. Union-row, Clapham, for he had hardly removed. I then said " I shall take you into custody for having in your possession things that have been stolen from me," and I did take him into custody. At the station-house ho was searched, and a cigar -case was found in his breast pocket belonging to me. I have since seen the pencil-case, penknife, and the worked slipper-tops, found at the lodgings of the prisoner, and also a gold pin, found on a young woman at Camberwell, to whom the prisoner had given it, and identified all as my property. Oa the 27th of August I received in formation that the girl was discovered drowned in a pond near Brixton, about a mile and a half from the prisoner's lodgings, and at a place where she had never, lam convinced, been before. The shawl, apron, shoe, and bonnet produced were those worn by the girl when she left my house on the 15th of August, and the pin, pencilcase, and some other ar titles I have spoken of, were stolen from a small iron safe. City police-constable Charles Dodd, 511, deposed ;o finding the articles produced on the person and at he lodgings of the prisoner. Harriett Simmonds, a good-looking young woman, to whom the prisoner was paying his addresses, de posed to his having presented her with the gold pin produced, and also a knife, both of which articles had been stolen from Mr. Isaacs's house. Sarah Brown said the prisoner had lodged at her house for 14 or 15 months, and up to the time be was taken. He showed her the cigar -case and slipper-tops, and said they had been sent to him, but had never spoken to th e p erson w h o h a d sent them.l The slipper-tops, he said, had been passed through the letter-box. Hannah Gerrard, a servant at Langbourne-cham bers, Fenchurch-street, said she had seen the prisoner speaking to the deceased in the court where he lived on the day before she disappeared. The deceased was coming towards witness to speak to her, when she saw the prisoner leave the countinghouse, and, fol lowing him, she did not return. In reply to the questions of Mr. Gilham the witness said that she had seen the deceased and the prisoner speak together four or five times, and she had taken in letters from the former to the latter. Thomas Baker, a fellow servant to the prisoner, said he had seen the prisoner and the deceased speak together several times, and on one occasion the former gave him a package of five cigars to give to the latter. In reply to the questions of Mr. Hobler, the witness admitted having spoken to the deceased himself, aad said he assisted the prisoner in smoking the cigars she had given him. This being the whole of the evidence, Mr. Hobler contended that there was nothing that would induCe any jury to find a verdict against his client of receiving the articles spoken of knowing them to have been stolen ; on the contrary, there was nothing whatever to show a guilty knowledge. Mr. ELLIOTT differed from the Learned Gentle man, and said that his different and conflicting state ments, and particularly his assertion to his landlady that he had never spoken to the person from whom be had received the cigar -case and the worked slipper tops, when the contrary was shown to be the fact, was, to say the least of it, most suspicious. Had the slipper. tops been passed through the letter-box of his master, he (the prisoner) had no business, in his (Mr. Elliott's) opinion, to appropriate them to his own use. Mr. Isaacs here said that the father of the young woman was in attendance, and, as he bad come from the neighbourhood of Great Leigh, beyond Chelms ford, and was most anxious to have the fullest investi gation into the circumstances attendant upon the very suspicious death of his daughter, he hoped his worship would hear him. The poor man, who seemed much dejected, said, that from what he had learned, he did think that the inquest was hurried over exceedingly and unnecessarily quick, but this he supposed was owing to his daugh ter's apparel not being such as to denote her to be a person of consequence or fashion, and therefore no adjournment was considered necessary. He also learned that no medical man had been examined before the coroner, and that the evidence was very scanty. M. ELLIOTT could hardly suppose that a case of the sort could have been disposed of without the tes timony of a medical man, and inquired of Sergeant Merritt, 8 P, who attended before the coroner, whe ther such had been the case, but That officer replied in the negative, and said that since the inquest had been held there were rumours in circulation in the neighbourhood which rendered it very desirable that a further inquiry should take place. - On hearing this Mr. ELLIOTT said he should re mand the prisoner to a future day, when he should expect the whole of the witnesses before him. The father of the deceased hoped that the body would be exhumed, and a proper surgical examina tion take place before the next investigation. Mr. ELLIOTT observed that he had not the power, as the prisoner was not charged with being concerned in the death, to order this, but he had no doubt the authorities of Lambeth parish would, on the applica tion of the father, permit the body to be exhumed and examined. On the application of Mr. Hobler the prisoner was admitted to bail in two sureties in 1001. each. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. BRISTOL, SEPT. 2.—A brief announcement appears in The Sun of this day of a fatal colliery accident which occurred yesterday afternoon at one of the Kingswood collieries, situated about four miles from this city. From inquiries on the spot, and at the Bristol Infirmary, where several of the sufferers were removed, the following details of this calamitous occurrence have been gathered. It appears that the accident happened at the Deep Pit Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Brain and Co., which is situated about half a mile from the Starveall Pit, belonging to the same firm, where it will be remembered some months since a dreadful boiler ex plosion took place, which resulted in the loss of seve ral lives. The routine business of the colliery pro ceeded as usual quite safe yesterday till about half past two or a quarter to three o'clock in the afternoon, at which time " a turn" of nine men were being hauled up the main shaft. The names of the men were—Bryant, Stone (married), Joseph Parker, Stephen Newman, John Parker, George English, John Bright, William Wiltshire, and Nathaniel Dix. They were drawn up in safety as far as " the stage," their accustomed landing place, at the mouth of the shaft, when just at that critical period, it is stated by the engineer Stone, the bolt of the reversing handle of the engine broke short off. He was instantly aware of the perilous nature of the consequences which were likely to ensue, and he caught hold of the " eccentric rods," and endeavoured to lift them. He also turned off the steam. Finding be could not lift the eccentric rods, he called out to a man (George King,) to come and help him, but before they could be lilted the accident happened, the cart with the poor men being drawn right up over the " shiver wheel," and then dashed to the ground, a depth of 25ft., the iron cart crushing them in the fall. The men, as soon as they were passing the stage, saw their danger, and two of them, Bryant and Stone, jumped out, and for tunately escaped uninjured. Another poor man, Stephen Newman, also jumped out, but must have miscalculated his distance, for he fell short and was precipitated right down the main shaft, a depth of 147 fathoms. Of course he was instantly dashed to pieces ; his body was discovered a little after four o'clock, dreadfully disfigured, so as to be scarcely recognisable. The other poor fellows were also much crushed by the heavy iron cart which fell with them, and which weighs about 3i cwt. The " cart," or iron bucket, on looking at it this morning, was covered with blood. They were immediately placed in carts, .in as easy a position as possible, and conveyed to the Bristol Infirmary. The two worst cases are those of .Nathaniel Dix and George English. Dix was found to have sustained a compound comminuted fracture of both bones of the right leg, fracture of the right thigh, extensive lacerated wounds of the left leg, contusion of the scalp and other parts of the body. His leg was amputated last night by Mr. Morgan, one of the surgeons of the infirmary. English sus tained a fracture of the skull, and an extensive wound of the cheek, extending right across through the lip, also severe contusions and injuries. The recovery of these poor men is extremely doubtful. The injuries of the remainder of the men who were precipitated to the ground with the cart consist chiefly of very severe contusions. On an examination of the broken bolt of the re versing handle of the engine, the immediate cause of the accident, there does not appear to be any flaw iu it. The engine, too, was, generally speaking, in good order. The broken bolt had been placed in the hands of Samuel Osborne, the blacksmith of the pit, prior to the investigation into the circumstances which must take place. Notice of the fatal accident had been forwarded to the coroner, Mr. W. Joyner Ellis, and after he has given the notice required by Act of Parliament to the Secretary of State, an inquest will be held. DESTRUCTITE FIRE AT BRISTOL. At about two o'clock on Tuesday morning a most alarming fire was discovered to have broken out in Red cross-street, St. Paul's, Bristol, one of the most densely , populated portions of the city, and which of course al most instantaneously spread terror and alarm through out the neighbourhood; and from the courts and houses were to be seen the male and female inhabitants rushing forth in almost a state of nudity. Upon inquiry it was ascertained that the fire was raging in the extensive workshops of Messrs. Laverton and Co., cabinet-makers and general furnishers, and which are completely sur rounded by dwelling houses. The alarm having been given, the police engine, and the engines b e l ong i ng to the various insurance companies, were speedily upon the spot; but from the highly inflammable nature of the materials and stock, and the premises being very old; all endeavours to arr Est the progress of the devouring ele. meat were useless, and by 3 o'clock th e w h o l e were in one vast sheet of (lime, illuminating the horizon for miles, and distinctly visible from all the heights surrounding the city. The whole of the premises and valuable stock, were totally destroyed. After the most searching in quiries, the cause of the fire remains enveloped in mys tery, inasmuch as there had been no fire in the polishing shop, where it originated, for more than a week; nor had there been any fire whatever on the premises during the whole of the afternoon of yesterday. Tho foreman of the works, Mr. Collins, states that he examined the premises on Monday evening, and found them all safe. Whatever the cause, however, the consequences have been lamentable, as the whole of Messrs. Laverton's valuable stock, to the amount of upwards of 2,0001., to gether with all the tools belonging to the eighteen work men employed, valued at nearly 2001, were burned. The premiac a, which are valued at about 8001., have been entirely destroyed. We understand that the premises are fully insured in the Alliance office; but the workmen are totally uninsured, and the Messrs. Laverton to only 500/. in the Sun office. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAT.--The pro prietors at their nest meeting are to consider the question of making a contract with the Bangor and Carnarvon Railway, now in progress of construction, for the use of the former THE COUNTRY MARKETS' IPSWICH, SEPT. 2. We had a largo.r show of ac:w wheat at this ( l e ' mai ket . Growers wero unriilling to vi duction in price, and sales were made at about last gli igee,, prices. Some choice heavy white wheats brout irla per qr. But little barley was offered for sale. Wre,,ll:o had a great deal of rain, which retards harvest rior"4 the barleys already show an alteration in colour. ....., PER QUARTER. rit/tilunia Wheat, red 36s to 38s Beans ........•••• Os to on Do., new oos to 00s Peas, new ...... 25s to ~', Do., white 4os to 47s 0at5......... •..... 005 to v,v: Do., new oos to 00s Rye.......... ..,. 00s O t t ; Barley, malting 28s to 00. Malt ........... .• 003 0 00 Do., grinding oos to 00s Flour, per sack.. 00s to AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AVG. 30. Wheat 461 quarters at 39s sd; Pea 5...... B3 I, 258 7 ' Beans l5 I, 300 °d• HULL T. 2. SIO Messrs. Taylor and Bright,'s Ci r cular state e : h ii yr continue to receive good reports of the crop s in '...,"00 c ality, and carting of wheat is now general. A" t he of all articles are now moderate, but quit° e q ual li t egli demand from the trade, which continues exne:fro. limited. We had a very small supply of whel l " of ste t our own farmers, which met ready sale at fully th,00,, of last week. A few samples of new w heat su t b e which were fine in quality and of good weig ht led' prices paid were 38s to 40s. A moderate sale for gr_ i t ing barley; nothing doing in malting qualities for;fo of stocks. Few oats afloat, and the market tne de pt dearer. Very few transactions in beans or Paso e n - u iel. in retail. Both linseed and linseed cakes are ver9l ( ..• A small parcel of German rapeseed—quality busts; ill sold at 241. English fetches 211 103. No rape cakes. - • ....• • 0 The following are the present prices of grain • 0 ; 0 B. 5. Wheat, English, red 36 to 38 Peas, white and Ye t 26 5 4 1 Do. white 3B —4O Do. grey ......... .• 47 Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea. 2 .... nigsberg 4O —42 Do. Petersburgh -; 38 , ... I: Pomeranian and Do. Riga &Ar ding" Q A o* I' Hamburgh 26 —3B Do. Konigsberg •••• v ier t ell o ; 01 Danish, Holstein, & 61 510 cl to 101 Friesland 34 —36 Li ns . e,Hull 7 1 . Russian and Odessa 30 34 Do. fine foreign ••••6i • ;06l Oats, English Do. Vanish.... - ..... " 80 00 0 Od to ON Do.Friesland l9 21 Rape cakes.- .. 00V 61 0 Do. Russ. & Odessa 18 20 Tares, English •"'. . 15' . 01 Barley,malting 25 —2B Do. f0reign.......... . 1 p Do. grinding 3 2 0 4 Beans Do., foreign ... 27 30 Rye Meal.,. ..•••••• CORK, SEPT. 3. -- 3252 Guano Bones, .............•• Beans t! d 0 1 l'llol Curr n v ei ;tl o Barrels. 37 White wheat l7s Od to 193 Od o ° s °d-- 20 4° 116 Red wheat 16s Od to 17s 6d 170 Od-- 0 Ditto oos Od to Od „ A „„„l6 4 ° 7 Barley lOs Od to OOs Od 00s v -23 Bere 147 Oats to to Ss 6d} 0 102 Ditto Bs 6d 9s 4d 1 4 136 Ditto 93 4d to lOs 8d 0 00 0 Pigs OOB Od to OOs Od 001 v" Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- - if ow' 12 barrels white wheat; 31 red; U barley; 1 6 b ere ' 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last ; , • s° ,O. Wheat, 1,053. Barley, 799. Oats, 2,689. 1- PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT.CURRS I iC t ' 6CO First quality .. ....... 75s First quality .... 651 Second quality Third quality Fourth quality Th Sec ir o d nd qu q a u l a it l y ity ... ................ 65s Fourth quality ............ Fifth quality .... Sixth quality 42 i Si x th qua lity ....... 23 . Return of Cattle sold f or wee k en ding Aug' A i: Pigs, 277. Sheep, 331. Cows, o ,l ' CORY. — Flour—First lls 6d to 123 6d; seconds, 10s Od to lls Od; households 9s to 10s 0d; t° 4 i4;0 1 7,‘ per cwt. Oatmeal 11s to 0080 d; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7 1 , edir,, meal, 9s to 9s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 51106 to 61 1 . o riV A ton. Bran 70s0d to 75s per ton. Hay—Farmers 16s W 3° ... . h Fstsr„,t 00s; dealers 508 to OOs Od; average 00sper ton. Stasy 4 0 0 ,""; 123 Od to 30s Od; average 00s; dealers 29s Od to to O h : average 001 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf br gd household loaf 4id to 5d per 41b. Fresh butt er 'cosr_ 93 per lb. Eggs-4s 3d to 4s 4d per hundred', Newport 14s Od ; Lydney 15 s • Landore ° °° 'ol 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 38 s Od to 39, 1 , P 7, Whisky, 25 o. p., 5 5 9d per i mper i a l gw,„,i °l/. Ad —Beef 5d to 7d; mutton 5d to 6id ; fo r d t 6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausag„, ol ,„3 bo,rA Hops 61108 to 0/ Os per cwt. B angor s l a t es 3/2s Do `" OP" ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 81 Os ; Valonia 151 to 01, 0 01 6109 ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Flee ce W 0 01145 to 151 ,„P e o r pol 1 ,4 Hemp 291 t 0321 per ton. Fi s h— S co t c h herrings 191 w.„ ditto, 26s to 00$ per barrel ; Newfoundland, 19/ 01 „. ton. Timber—Memel, 80s p er t on ; re d pine, 31 ,,,„ 1 '011 11 rd ditto, 21 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 15s per 11 "" Market 21s to 30s; salted 22s to 30$ per &ft ; 3d to aid per lb. Potatoes, whit e 4id to 7 t 1 ; 8 00 1 " OOd to OOd. Guano—Peruvia n , 11110 s; Ichab°a' per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. MARKE T RAILWAY SHARE MAR-Ei- - BRISTOL, SErr. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market to-4 8 1 W ,e i15 ( 11641 :a improved ; holders were firm, so that purchasers o ` — re ova dined to give advanced prices. The following W e so the closing prices : - Bristol and Exeter, 79 buyers , 76 tirsop sellers—Great Western Stock, b u y ers 704, seller 9, Stock, buyers 42, s e ll ers 42% e x div' Eastern and Dover. buyers 197, sellers, 20. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The m ar k e t h as b een very -- Ada wicht-,.11 particularly Midland and Leeds Stock, both of t r — ts list, in considerable demand, a t i ncrease d prices. TilQ,..9l'd tions were as follow : —Lan cas hi re an d Y or kshire, 48 Fifths, 9 dis.—London and N or th-W estern, 113— D icta Quarters, 1% p.—Manche s t er , Sh e ffi e ld , an d Lincoln era —Midland, 42—Ditto, Halv es , 20%-- dis.South-Ea st Dover, 19%—York and Nortb Midland, 16%. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 2. gb STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been trier 4 , 0 0 1 6 to-day, and the busine ss d one h as b een o f a fair 1S The transactions were as follo w : —E as t L an cashire , 9 disl —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 48 1 4—Ditto, Fift bs ',veldt London and North-Western, 113—M anc h es ter, She — $O." Lincolnshire, 24 1 ,4—Ditto Quarters (No. 1), 11 % Eastern and Dover. 19 15.16. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 2. ge l ke k e STOCK EXCITANGS.—The business in our Sha r° the yesterday and to-day has been unworthy of notLee' at ol w transactions which did occur being entirely regw London quotations. SEABORNE MA Tr,s. pod ° [N signifies that the mails are sent front the Gener al by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] uy tine Ingat—anu si by the morning —dispatch.] PLACES. G Wh one e r n a r p e o d s e t. uL :t i o n o Wha t F p r o o rt m London: patched. PO ' 9 America (by Brit. pkt.)N Sept. 15 Liverpool. . America (by I.T.S. pkt.) N Sept. 16 .. Liverpool '• s e pt.' America (by U.S. pkt.) 31 Sept. 10 .. SouthamPt a pt. Africa (West coast).. N 1 4t h of t h e month Plymo uth " s r o t.l . Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo . Dover • •• 0, 6 Belgium •• • • N Daily .. .. Dover 4 sept. Brazil .. • .. 9th of the month SouthamP.- s ot. , Buenos Ayres .. ••31 9th of the month SoutharoPt• s ot. California(viaChagres) 31 2d & 17th of month SouthamPt• s ot. v ie Cape of Good Hope N 14th o f month • Plymouth': sot. ' Constantinople* .. N 7th 17th 27th of mono Dover : 011 Central America .. 2,1 Lis 17th of mon. SouthamPi• Channel Isles •• N Mon., Wed., & Fri. SOLlthan 3 o • ao,pt• ° 011 Chill . 31 17th of the month SouthamPt• TaiO France & N,Twice daily Dover Sept. Greece* .. • • Nl7 th 17th 27th of mo Dover Tsest,..sf Hamburgh N,Tuesday & Friday London •.. ges. 4 ; Holland .. Wednes. Satur. London , s e pt•_%lls Honduras N 17th of the mou th S ou thamP , - oen. Ireland .. M& N Twice daily .. Holyhead •' sat. 7 4 India (via Sonthamp.) M,'2oth of the month Southarse" sept• India (via Marseilles) Ni7th&24thefmonth Dover• Mediterranean (via Southampton ) M 20th of the month Southall:l t pert, $S Mediterranean (via ISep t. 10 Marseilles) N 7th& 24th of month Dover t. Mexico •. 112 d of the month.. SoutharoP,o' s ot.. Madeira .. M 9th of the month Southsagm' ot . 1 0 Malta* 7th,17th,19th,27th Dover P.O /1 &30th of month , Septp" it Naples .. N,sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • so 6 t. Papal States* N ,sth 15th 25th efmo i Dover • : Sept. Peninsular.. 317th 17th 27th of mo:Southan l ll:l ß pt• Peru .. •... 31 17th of the mon th ISoathatuP I s ot. ° Tuscany* N sth 15th 25 lb of mo I Dover , Is e pt • A' oat Intl na X.Tr171.1.1 r.--al.Artiln• I ,7th,17th,19th,27th &30th of month Naples* .. N,sth 15th 25th ofmo D over .* Papal States* .. N 15th 15th 25th efmo i Dover • • Peninsular.. M7th 17th 27th of mo'SouthannT Peril .. • . 31'17th of the month 13ostharnP . • Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover West Indies .. ,M'l7th of the mouth SouthStsP'• West Indies (except I I t IS e P t. e i v Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. SouthansP ' 00 , * The mails to those countries thus marked ( 5 ) ar e c° t d French packet via. Marseilles. • "-- CiuroaNia.—Mails to and from Calif o r n i a , co the r are now despatched and due by every American packet" TEE HOLYWELL-STREET NIIISANCE.—"S °r • ice fr If eh time past the more respectable inhabitants of - -° ea iro ..; - street, in the Strand, have been put to great ins their bL y" to say nothing of suffering to a serious extent theio ness, owing to a numb er o f part i es t h ere tra fficking to r, gt. and books of a most o b scene and disgusting c harac es o f P late most of the re s p ec t a bl e i n h a bi tants of the pnr isb •anct i°ll Clement Danes and St. Mary-le•Strand have, in con) I Vicei with the officers o f th e Society for the Prevention ° I , to 0, 1 exerted themselves in a most praiseworthy Ena nfle to lo " . rid of the nuisance, and yesterday afternoon Sergel.oolllol wick, No. 2F, proceeded to the premises of W h e j, s . herf ii ,‘ agent in such matters, Mr. Henry Dugdale, Pnr - of P ; i l Holywell-street, and after making an extninn t f li ere,l premises found quite sufficient to warrant the on sending for a cart to remove the publications to P v olt, Police-court. At the same ti me th e c harge v i t s f o re _ . „t" against the defendant, who will have to apPenr " - refne'; sitting magistrate this morning. D ug dale, it will beito 10 bered, suffered a long imprisonment some short time a similar offence. —oe BIRTHS. f 016 OF A SON. On the 29th ult., at Felsha m Rectory, the Wif e o or, R On the 27th ult., at th e R ec t ory , R. Henerson. the wife of th e , I' oo' Pridden, M.A., rector , of West Stow-cum-WordweP►gr. or A DAUGHTER. On the 30th ult at Botanic-view, Liverpool , I ' ll* Duguid MARRIED. „ ns tot'!" On the 30th u lt., at St. J o h n t h e B a ptist's, LeY,wt-,e, to Eases, Charles R. Vines Es, of St. Helen's-P4cor Emma, youngest daughter of J o hn Greenhill, Esq. , °I place, Leytonstone . On the SOth ult., at the Church of the Holy Trinititpg. I tenbam, Walter, second son of John Walter Upwa rd ' ,dite of Hamilton - place, New-road, to Emily Ann third &lb of W. Bowles, Esq., late of Fitzharris-house, At Cambridge, on the 30 1) th lE ul -D t Mr. Thomas Holt, formerly of London,. aged 72. w ool , On the 23th ult., Mr. John Wilton, of Vicarage"' Stratford, aged 86. JamesSOUll On the 29th ult., at Turret-grove, Clapham, e .A o ' Esq., formerly chief clerk in the Comptroller of All' 3 / counts-office. aged 86. lian nat, On the 30th ult., at Gordon-place, Gordon-square, : after a very short VW° wife Cory, jsq On the 30th ult., Mr. Edward Sirnkin, of Neff Cavelldiall' street, Portland-place. 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