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

FRANCE. THE FETE AT BRUSSELS. Two balls were given in the course of the evening-- one by the Royal Society of the Grande Harmonic ; the other by the municipality in the equare of the Hotel de Ville. The King entertained at dinner the directing committee of the Exposition, the jury, and the other artists who contributed to the grand Jae of the 24th, both native and foreign. The King, the Count of Flanders, a n d th e P r i ncess Ch ar l o tt e , presided at one table, and the Duke of Brabant at the other. His Majesty and the Princes conversed often and with much affability with every one present. The foreign artists were the object of particular attention. The finest weath er f avoure d th ese interesting fetees from the commencement. The ball in the open air last night was, however, interrupted near its close by a heavy fall of rain, which commenced about eleven o'clock, and continued nearly the whole of the night. But the following morning was cloudless as the pre ceding ones, though the rain chilled the air. The day held up well to the last moment. These files will be long remembered with pleasure. Brussels has not been so crowded for many years, and the hotels must have made a golden harvest. The city will to-morrow, no doubt, resume its wonted appearance; as, even at the l ate h our at which I write, I hear in all directions th e note of preparation for departure by the morning trai ns . Times. MORE 'MAN A CENTENARIAN. —An elderly lady named Power, wh o i s now i n h er 110th y ear , w „ s _, , ojour n during the early p ar t of week, et the Clinon Hot e l. si,, had just ret urne d f rom v i s i t i ng the Great E xhib ition ! Th e old lady appeared to be in excellent health and spi r it s. _ Bristol AMERICAN NOTIONS or MATRIMONY.—The 2V ew York Leader entertains some strange notions upon mitri mony. Tho editor thinks that custom will reconcile any extremes. I The spirit of our century has destroyed the ro mantic notion of first love, and all those arabesque fancies, implanted within the female breast by a fallacious admira tion of puerile poetry. Habit and continuous presence re duce us to w n admiration of a rattlesnake, and why not then of a mite? That man, we aro afraid, has had a peculiar j caperleace.—Allicrica n Pap er , 117 11 8 • The following are extracts from a document dis covered amongst the papers of one of the persons lately arrested in Paris, and who was implicated in what is called a German plot : " The Central London Committee to the Sections. " Present Month of August. " The moment is not distant when the middle class s ha?ll;compelled to abdicate power in favour of the prole.taires. The important point in the approaching revolution is to place the government in the hands of the operatives. The Congress has consequently re solved to transmit the following instructions to all the sections, to be observed at the approaching revo lution :- 1. At the moment of the revolution all existing Governments shall be overthrown. " 2. The people themselves shall immediately elect revolutionary committees which shall take the go- Yernmont into their hands. The central committee shall be established in the first important city in the hands of the revolutionists. All the revolutionary committees :,hall forthwith send delegates to the cen tral committee. "3. All taxes shall be abolished. The means for supplying the expenses of the State shall be furnished from the confiscation of the property of the princes and the traitors to the people ; by the seizure of thc banks and Treasury ; by a forced loan on all capi talists ; by a new paper currency. " 4. All the debts of the State shall be cancelled without any indemnity, and the circulation of the old paper money forbidden. " 5. The State shall take charge of all mortgages, and no mortgage can be redeemed. "6. All the enemies of the people shall be dis armed. The revolutionists between 17 and 60 years of age shall compose the army ; the unmarried men Shall fight abroad, and the remainder at home. The people shall be constantly armed. " 7. All the ordinary tribunals shall be closed, and replaced by others named by revolutionary commit tees. The public prosecutor shall be appointed by the central committee. " 8. The means of existence of all the defenders of tile revolution, as well as that of their families, shall 15si secured. Everybody shall labour, but the State must provide each with employment, and sufficient wages sball be fixed by the committee of operatives. " 9. The State takes possession of all railroads, steam-ships, and all other means of public communi cation. Tile same course AM be adopted with re spect to manufactories and workshops which shall not be fully employed, and of which the State may be under the necessity of employing all the operatives. The agricultural labourers shall be employed on the lands of the State. 10. Schools and other institutions shall be estab lished in the palaces of the princes and tae mansions of the rich. Children shall be brought up and edu cated gratuitously." BRUSSELS, FRIDAY, SEPT. 26, MIDNIGHT.--This day is the last of the festivities with which this city less commemorated the epoch of its independence. Even at the hour I write the crowds that throng the squere of the Hotel do - Ville, or the Boulevard d'An yens, are yet on their way home ; they still linger near the scene of the splendid fireworks, and still ad mire the illumination of the building which is so en deared from its historical association with the Bruxel lois. The Hotel de Ville of Brussels is so well known that any description would be superfluous. Of all the buildings of Brussels nut of a religious character, it is certainly the one that presents the greatest inte rest both as a work of art and as a historical monu ment. Its tower, bold and graceful, rising to the height of :370 feet; its delicate open work ; its hall, where the rich guilds of Brussels were wont to as semble; its saloons, where the states of Brabant were wont to congregate ; the buildings in front that witnessed the terrible punishment of the Counts of Egmont and Horn by order of the stern Duke of Alba; the Bruidhais, near at hand, where the dread ful night that preceded the execution was spent ; the window where, it is said, the inexorable Viceroy be held their execution ; in fact there is not an inch of ground, not a stone in that square that does not tell some wild tale of the past while the house of Austria held dominion in Brussels. The fag sde of this grandest of those municipal palaces with which the Netherlands abound, is this night one blaze of light. The escutcheons, the shields, the painted, the graven, and sculptured em blems of ancient municipal or baronial persons, that cover its front, are delineated with the utmost accu racy with lamps of many colours. The houses with the Gothic facades that form the square, the old pa laces of the wealthy burghers of the Netherlands, are similarly decorated ' • flags wave from every balcony and house-top ; and festoons of lamps presenting the triple colours of the banner of Belgium, run in curious tracery all round. Bands of music perambulate the streets, playing select passages from the favourite operas ; or, more grateful still to the Flemish spirit of the old town, the national airs. Many private houses in the neighbourhood of the Hotel de Ville, particu larly the Montagae de la Cour, rue de Madeline, des Fripeurs, &e., are also illuminated. Tac great display of the night, however, is that of the fireworks on the Boulevard d'Anvers; and there, long before the hour appointed, the mass of the popu lation of Brussels assembled. Tee darkness of the night, the heavens only dimly lighted with stars ecareely seen through the hez is most favourable for the display. From every quarter of the city and the surrounding villages human beings are pouring, and the busks of the canal of Anvers, the grand basin, the borders of the Senne, are lined with spectators. From the gate of Scheerbak to the canal on one side, and to the Boulevard de i'Observatoine on the other, is one mass of people. Detachments of troops of the line, infantry and cavalry, are stationed here and there to preserve order and maintain the pessage free. This daty they perform, however, with the greatest ease, as it would be difficult to find a more orderly population. Every one seems in good humour, and desirous of remaining so. The fireworks began precisely at the hour indicated, half-past 10 o'clock. The first rocket that shot up was hailed with the loudest acclamations by the multitude, and the shouts of joy increased as the dazzling meteors traversed every part in the heavens until they became one vest sheet of flame. This display lasted till half-past 11 o'clock ; it was admirably executed, and does great credit to the pyrotechnists ot Brussels. The effect produced by the blue lights, in the brilliancy of which nearly every face in the multitude could be seen, was very fine. At half past 11 all again was dark, and the multitude began to move away ; and before midnight the Boulevard d'Anvers and the Porte do Schaerhals were nearly as lonely as they usually are at such an hour. Numbers of persons go to teke a last look at the Hotel de Ville, and then etude one to his home. The display closed the faes of Brussels. Yesterday took place the distribution of medals of honour to recompense acts of courage, devotedness, and humanity during the past year. The ceremony was held in the ancient temple of the Atigustinee ; at one extremity a gallery was appropriated to the members of the Royal Family. The Princes arrived at one o'clock, and were received with demonstrations of the greatest respect. The Count of Flanders oc cupied the royal box, and the Duke of Brabant took his place in the fauteuil. The whole of the Ministers were present. The Minister of the Interior opened the business of the day in an excellent speech in praise of those citi zens whose conduct rendered them deserving of re ward. The medals, which were of gold, silver-gilt, and silver, were then distributed by the Prince Royal to those who most distinguished themselves during the inundations of 1850. Pensions were also granted to them on the Caisse de Retraite. The ceremony lasted till five o'clock, and at their departure the Princes were again acclaimed with the greatest en thusiasm. THE NEW NATIONAL GALLERY. , The following is a copy of the report of the Com missioners appointed to consider the question of a site for a new National Gallery : " Office of Woods, &c., July 15, 1851. "My Lords,—ln compliance with your Lordships' directions conveyed to us in Mr. Hayter's letter of the 26th of March we have considered the question referred to us—namely, an eligible site for a new National Gallery. " The evidence obtained in the session of 1850 by a Committee of the House of Commons in regard to the present National Gallery, and the report of a Com mission appointed in the preceding year to examine into the state of the pictures, have convinced us that no site will be so far suited for this purpose as to justify a large outlay of public money in the con struction of a new gallery unless it shall combine the following advantages : " An insulated position, where the gallery may be secured from the obstruction of light and air occa sioned by neighbouring buildings, and where addi• tional space may hereafter be provided for the increase of the collections, or for the other departments of art I which it may be deemed desirable to unite with a i National Gallery. " A site which may be easily accessible to visitors resorting thither on foot and in public conveyances. " If these conditions are admitted to be indispens able in the selection of a site, it is obvious that the choice is limited, sand other considerations have been pres4ed on our notice, tending still further to reduce the number of the sites which we can venture to re commend. " The neighbourhood of the royal parks would supply fame of the above-mentioned requirements, inasmuch as they would secure the gallery, at least on one side, from the obstruction and inconvenience cf adjoining buildings. " There are, however, objections to the vicinity of Re'gent's -par's on account of the clay soil, which is tilought to be unfavourable to the preservation of pictures, and not to he selected while preferable situ tionl can be obtained. The dry soil of Hyde-park and Kensington na turally attracted our a t tent i on. 1 Mftia MlVlgrgi.k , INQUESTS. SUICIDE THROUGFI SUPPOSED JEALOUSY.-011 Saturday Mr. 11. M. Wakley held an inquest at the Talbot Tavern, Agar Town, St. Pancras, on the body of Thomas Sanders, aged 52, a bricklayer, residing is one of a row of cottages near the above house, called Cambridge Cottages, who committed the fol lowing act of determined suicide. It appeared that deceased, who was in comfortable circumstances, had for nine years cohabited with a female who recently suddenly left him, as he believed, to join another man. He had since been very de sponding, and on Tuesday morning last, not being seen as usual, the inmate of the adjoining cottage looked through his window and discovered him lying on the floor surrounded with blood, and an open razor by his side. Mr. Aldridge, surgeon, was sent for, when de ceased was found to have nearly severed his head from his body, and although still living and every assistance having been rendered him, he shortly after ceased to exist. Verdict—" Temporary Insanity." DEATH FROM RECKLESS DRIVING.—On Saturday Mr. H. M. NValeley concluded an inquiry at the Uni versity College Hospital, commenced on a previous day, relative to the death of Frances Netershell Moore, aged 41, the wife of a paperhanger, living at 49, Wilsted-street, Somers Town, who died as alleged from injuries received in being knocked down by a horse and cart, driven at a furious rate, by a youth named Thomas Perkins, in the employ of Mr. Dickens, butcher, Camden-road Villas, Camden Town. It was also stated that the deceased, who was an habitual drunkard, was drunk when knocked down, which opinion was partly confirmed by the assistant-surgeon and nurse of the hospital, who expressed their belief that on her admission she was intoxicated. Mr. WAKLEY said he could not help observing upon the reckless way in which butchers rode and drove their horses through the streets, as though empowered so to do by law. Six of the jury were for a verdict of manslaughter, r but eventually one was returned as follows :—" et the deceased died from injuries received from a horse and cart driven at a furious rate, but whether th a t was from the misconduct of the driver, or the horse running away, there was no evidence to show." Per kins was then cautioned and censured, and the inquiry terminated. REVIVAL or INFANTICIDE...-011 Saturday Mr. H. M. Wakley held an inquest at the College Arms, Camden Town, on the newly-born infant of Jane Smith, a single woman, in the service of Mrs. Dick • enson, Pakenham •street. Mrs. Dickenson said that s h e suspec t e d S m ith h a d given birth to a child, and interrogated her upon the subject, w h en she ad m itt e d t h at she had, said the in fent was in the pail which was half full o f wa t er , an d in which she (Mrs. Dick enson ) f oun d th e b o d y . S m i t h begged forgiveness. Dr. Sheeting exa m i ne d th e b o d y , an d f oun d t h at the child had breathed freely ; and the organs were healthy, but that the brain was congested from a blow or fall. H e cou ld not swear whether death resulted from the head or drowning. Verdict—" Deceased was found dead in a pail of water, but whether it was wilfully murdered or not there is no evidence to prove." Mr. Wakley held a second inquest at the College Arms, on the body of a child found wrapped up in a brown piper parcel, in a ditch in Swan's-lane, Highgate. Dr. I3rougharn said that the child must have been twelve months dead. The body was so decomposed that he could not soy whether death was caused by violence or otherwise. The leg was broken. Verdict—" Found dead." SUICIDE OF AN INNKEEPER.—On Saturday Mr. C. J. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, assembled a jury at the King's Arms, Eltbam, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. James Styles, aged 55, late landlord of the Chequers Inn, Eltham, Kent, who committed suicide on Tuesday morning last. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Edward Styles, son of the dccerved, that his father had been attending to the business as usual up to twelve o'clock on the night before his death, and shortly after that hour he retired to bed, apparently in good spirits. At eight o'clock on Tuesday morning witness, as was his custom, took breakfast up to his father's bed room, and upon entering he saw deceased suspended by a rope about his neck from the bed post. The deceased was immediately cut down, but life was found to have been extinct some time. A few days previous to his death the deceased appeared very low in spirits, but on the night before the fatal act he had recovered his wonted cheerfulness. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." IMPROVEMENTS 11V BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The extensive erections at Billingsgate for the pur poses of the fish market are progressing rapidly. The elevation fronting the Thames alr ea dy p resen t s a prominent appearance. The dock in which the oyster-boats used to anchor while unladen bas been filled up, and the front of the new market towards the water brought out flush with the Custom-house quay. The building is of brick, upon a foundation of Aberdeen granite, the corners of the clock tower and offices being orna mented with rusticated quoins of Portland stone. Toe passages to the market from th 3 vessels are spa cious, the whole of the superstructure above them being supported by neat, substantial iron pillars, cast at the foundry of Messrs. Haywood and Company, of Derby. The to wer in the centre of the front of the market facing the Thames is surmounted by a gilded flying fish, and in the body of it will be placed a clock of large dimensions, which will show the hours on each of the sides. The whole of the most un sightly building now standing, hitherto used as the fish market, will be taken down, and a spacious light iron and glass roof erected upon iron pillars for the upper market. The new building is to be efficiently ventilated, and well cleansed daily by periodical flushing, the supply of water being so furnished as constantly to flow through the drains, the water-closets, and urinals. The surface drains, both in the upper and lower markets, are intended to carry off the filth and water from cleansing the fi h, &o. These will have a plentiful flow through them, to assist in its removal, and to keep them perfectly sweet. The water for these pur poses it is proposed to draw at once from the river, engines and pumps being employed to force it to the heights required. The pure water it is proposed to obtain by sinking a perforated cast-iron cylinder into the bed of the river, so that the water will become filtered as it percolates through the stratum of gravel, in which the cylinder is placed. This is the same kind of system as that adopted for another purpose by Messrs. Calvert and Co., at their brewery, and which has been found to ans wer admirably. The whole of the above supply will be pumped from the river by an oscillating engine, which will also work a set of pumps for relieving the market of the sewage water and other impurities, to be conveyed into the river at low water, under the bed of the river. The market being enclosed on three sides, and the lower market (which, when finished, will be ussd for the sale of shell- fish, &e.) having only the well holes for the admission of light and air, it has been thought advisable to provide means for efficiert ven tilation, as it could be done in connexion with the general improvement of the market at a trifling in crease of expense. The plan, upon a principle pa tented by Mr. Bessemer, is to be accomplished by a ventilating disc, which will draw off the foul air from the lower and upper markets, while it is calculated to be highly beneficial to both in producing a current of air in close or sultry weather. The cost of the yen. tilation, water supply, &c., is estimated at 1,840/. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTOItS' COUR T, Sept 29. Three Commissioners sat to-day. The Chief Com missioner heard the unopposed cases, and Commis sioners Law and Phillips the opposed applications. (Before Mr. Commissioner LAW.) IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS WILSON RICHARDSON. This insolvent, who has been before discharged under the Act, was opposed by Mr. Nichols fur a Mr. Burgh. Mr. Sargoocl supported. It appeared that the insolvent had been engaged in " play transactions." He hsd been in partnership with a per; on named Brown 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 was that an action brought on a bill of exchange for 1041. had been vexatiously defended. The insolvent alleged that it had been accepted in the name of the partnership, and be 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 had 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 TUB EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Philip Smith, 26, was indicted for haring 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 pca.ter, he went to the refreshment-room. lie had only been there for about five minutes when the porter can le to him to make an inquiry as to whether he had sent any person to fetch his luggage. He denied haring lone so, and went away with the porter, and the prim iner was subsequently given into custody. John Ives, porter at the Eastern Counties Rails ray, said that on the 15th instant the prosecutor arrive d at the Shoreditch station in a cab, and gave a portnittn teau and hatbox into his (witness's) care, and Lay::ng marked them, he put them into the booking-oiiice. A few minutes afterwards he was engaged in .taking some more articles to the office, when he obaervei the prisoner taking away th e l uggage o f t h e prosecta, tor. The prisoner had got away with it about ten or eleven yards. Witness asked th e pri soner w h a t he was doing with the luggage, as it did not belong to him, and he replied that it belonged to his unpin, w h had ordered him to take charge of it, and that cousin was them in the refreshment-room at the Ottla " These large open spaces not only afford a present security against the inconveniences to which the gal lery is exposed, but they are the only grounds which remain safe for future years amidst the growth of the metropolis. " P-,:om information which we have received we believe that from 15 to 20 acres of land, with a front age tc , the park, might yet be obtained at a reasonable price, which would afford a space for the construction of a, gallery on an eligible site. " If the outlay necessary for such purpose be deemed inexpedient., it appears to us that no eligible site can be obtained except by appropriating for this purpose a portion of Kensington-gardens. " There is ample space for a gallery, and for any future additions, on the side of the gardens adjoining the Bayswater-road, as marked in the plan, and there are at present no residences which would be injured by the construction of such a building. " These gardens are of such value for the health and recreation of the inhabitants of the metropolis that any interference with them, even for this impor tant national purpose, may be deemed objectionable. It may be observed, however, that the adjoining gar dens would not only add to the beauty of the building but would also increase the attractions of the gallery. " The dryness of the soil and the comparative free dom from smoke would favour the preservation of the pictures, while the distance from the more crowded districts of the metropolis would be less felt on account of the beauty of its approaches. " There is another space marked on the plan as a paddock between Kensington Palace and the Bays water-road, which also attracted our attention, but the appropriation of this ground to the purpose of a gallery would, although it is not within the boundary of the gardens, necessitate the removal of many beau tiful trees, and interfere to a greater degree with these grounds than the site previously mentioned. " Between these two sites, therefore, we beg to express our decided preference for the one already referred to adjoining the Bayswater-road. " SEYMOUR, COLBORNE, C. L. EASTLAKE WILLIAM EWART, R. WESTMACOTT, " The Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury." ATTEMPTED BURGLARY. HEROIC CONDUCT OF AN OLD LADY. — Between the hours of one and two o'clock on Sunday morning last a daring attempt was made to force an entrance into the cottage of an independent old lady, named Willis, living near the Addlestone station, by two young men named Collyer and Tovey, both of whom were shortly afterwards apprehended by Police -constable Ayling, No. 35 of the new county constabulary. On Monday afternoon the prisoners were examined at the office of Mr. Grazebrook, magistrates' clerk, at Chertsey, before the Hon. Captain Cavendish, and fully committed for trial. From the evidence taken it appeared that the prosecutrix (who is upwards of 70 years of age) re tired to bed on Saturday night between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, there being no person but herself in the house, and she having previously fastened the doors and shutters. During the night she was awoke by the breaking of glass. She got out of bed and went to the top of the stair case. She then saw a man looking through the back bed-room window. She asked him what he wanted there, and told him to go about his business. She then saw another man, and both of them tried the back door, saying, " Money they wanted, and money they would have." Almost im mediately afterwards she heard them at the front sitting-room window down stairs. They were en deavouring to cut through the shutters with a knife. She tied a piece of string to the handle of the shutter, which she held with her left hand, whilst with her right she used a long iron candlestick to prevent the knife coming through the shut ter. She then returned up stairs, and found that they were trying to open the window over the front door. This she prevented their doing, having previously armed herself with a sword walking -stick. She told the villains that if they came in they should have it. She also told them to recollect the Frimley murder. She had previously thrown them out a shilling and some bread and cheese from one of the windows. She had recognised the features of one of them (Collyer) to be those of her next door neighbour. She said to Collyer, " Oh Tom, oh Tom, you worthless boy." She then heard a scrambling noise, as if they were running away. During the whole of this time the constable above alluded to (Ayling), who had watched the parties to the premises, had taken oft his shoes, and concealed himself in the garden: Tovey was ap prehended by him at the time, and Collyer about an hour afterwards by the same constable. The pri soners contented themselves by a mere denial of the charge, and were, as above stated, fully committed. The old lady is in the receipt of an annuity, and had taken her quarter's money on the previous Thursday, a circumstance which, it is presumed, had come to the knowledge of the accused parties.—Sussex Express, 30, 1851. line, the effect of which was to overturn the tender Some waggons were destroyed, and the tender was damaged. John Malthouse, 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 deport 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 train passed, or he would not have found them closed. The points always closed by the force of the train 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 i that three waggons'were destroyed, and the pointsman's box was knocked down. The sig nal-tnan was thrown under the roof of the box, 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 had left the place. Mr. PAYNTER said it was a very singular tcci 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 poi❑ts 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 trai❑ 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 quite 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. PAYNTER said he should remand the prisoner until that day fortnight, in order to ascertain whether the wounded man was likely to recover. He would accept bail, two sureties in 201. each, and himself in 401., for his appearance ou the day mentioned, to answer any charge that might be preferred against him. Bail was put in, and the prisoner was liberated. but pep ela., ja The " History of the Navy" has been the other works less so than his novels. W e t 6 t i n i here remark that the latter have always mai n ` a— er ne high character for their moral bearing, although ', one of them have been disliked for the aristocratic tone and fondness for the distinctions of high life fi" they display. ro pe, About the ye ar 1827 M r . C oo p e r visited ' u where his fame had then been already was welcomed into the most refined liter /11 l eta aristocratic circles, but always sustained the 0 011 ear , of an American by placing before the Earq j e country, j 0 public the truth with regard to his native his conversation, and by his contributions to tbe when required to defend the institutions and i „ ratter of the United States from attacks a nd • ra be representations. Among others whose friendship , enjoyed was General Lafayette, and other friends America in France, England, &c., &C. • bed Several of the works referred to were puble established.ona be during Mr. C oo p er ' s v i s i t to E urope . \ere be lieve on , was absent some ten years, and on his return be tinned his literary labour;. His popularity, b' wel :f was checked by the attacks of the press on ° „ r istoc t r t a; ro his works which were supposed to show a tic tendency. He also had a controversy 'wi th ] t o Hon. Tristram Burges, of Rhode Island, and th e , a el e Colonel Stone, editor of the New York Dai l y A u di t tle tiser, respecting his (Cooper's) narrative of the Pa lo of Lake Erie. Mr. Cooper then commencedirsolPnel of suing e dit ors o f newspapers f or d am age'. -- d a re Stone's case was submitted to arbitration, 00 IR , think 250 d o ll ars was awar d e d i n favour o f for Cooper. He was successful, likewise, in suits . ei I'l e t l damagesow ese ea, b ; _Greeley and M'Elrath, of the Tribune. In th Mr. Cooper was materially aided by the course i tb , court uniformly pursued in his favour, and sga il ' et e e t . s ag y a e i e n d s , t of C t o h l e on A el lb l a 'S n r y ebb, of tb© Con and editors. It is doubtless, howe—vgere,enzolge jra°tuedillaagi':e': his pecuniary interest. A writer in the International Magazine, to r e A vi i- e : ing Mr. C oo p er ' s wor k s, says t h ere was not 1 e guage in Europ e i n w hi c h a ll hi s n ovels, sill, e ; publication of the " R e d R over " did not enPeara` e has as soon as they were printed in London. been the chosen companion of the prince and the Pee d nebe, the sant, on the borders of the Volga, the Da Guadalquivir; by the Indus end the Gag e % f Paraguay and the Amazon, where the name even °is Washington was never spoken, and our couetleto Th e woriu .sl 0 known only as the home of Cooper. living no other writer whose fame is sou ni v i i er ` ee r We may add that among the early admirers of eia, ie , as a novelist, was the late Colonel Trumbull, the P re , ileice' painter, whom we have heard e xpress ll is e %ir ference for Cooper's novels, even over those 0 ' Walter Scott. rAti e Mr. Cooper, in his politics, professed do n° as a politicisa notions ; but his personal popularity ' was not extensive, however si o je r gni e toe s nd t e he n eh l ew e d eahs a u m ar cohn zealouso f h h i s i sE o : pi - nil Episcopalian, circle acgo pe a. y o f friends* ' ll3 ' and often repro tions of that denomination. One ilna o n f tb h e is 5 t d astl ' ed i t : enr r :'e ss iii. ! will be remembered, has appeared as an a nt ' °- es: particularly of a popular work called Rural ID° THE COUNTRY MARKET The following is the official statement of the (Pl anl 1 corn, &c., received in the port of London from the P Essex, fro m th e 21 s t Sept., 1851, to the 2Ni 'Sept . ' both inclusive : . g j ' it 1 . g n 1 - ' • • 2 9 , = 4 -2 . 5 d i w ;s4 •--1 F. 0 c s Colchester —l 163 ____ ' --- .... Harwich - .... --.• Leigh , .. 14137, 175 8 1 9 ; i 3 165 1, 5° Maldon 734 2:34 ':::-----------' iq 01 0. VI CHELMSFORD, SEPT. ... , 6.—Prices to-day were —f d t Wheat, white, old 33s to 45s ; new 3 8s to .145; r e tier . Aevi..q. CHELMSFORD, SEPT. fOll°Vl to-day were - o Wheat, whit e , o ld 39 s to 45s ; new 3Ss to 445; bevi iiet 34s to 383; ne w , 35 s t o 3S s ; barley, —s to ; c ,,, a 1t5 39 —s to —s ; gr i n di ng 20 s to 265; oats ISs t o 25s c' t - 2 71 to to 555; chev a li er 54 s to 56s ; peas, partridge, ' 3e ,, to 30s; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 27s to 298 ; old;b9dun, new, 26s to 27 s ; o ld, 27 s to 09 s ; beans tick,,. to 29. s ; harrow ticks, new 27s to 308; old to zagan, new 26s to 28s ; old —s to —s per . red COLCHESTER, SEPT. 27.—Wheat, white 405 to 4 - J. I ta iddld to 38s ; oats, 17s to 22s ; beans, mazagan 25s to 26 s to and small 26s to 30s • peas, white 2tis to 28s, grey, n e " 30s ; barley, new, 26 ' s to 30s per qr. ,inlati °l4 KIRKALDY, SHIT. 27.—The following are the (1 — for new grain:— Wheat. Barley. First 40s Od 21s Od Second 35s Od 22s 6d Third 305 Od 20s Od Oatmeal, per bal.; of 280 lbs HADDINGTON, SEPT. 26.—T' Oats. 233 Od 203 64 193 Od imperial, 'he followii Beans. _ s od _ s od od Ps Od to B are tb 1 11"53 -5 3 t‘i I :5 tki 323 C kl ; o f e Vic° grain at our ma r k e t t o -d ay: — V llgs rlS ii Wheat. Old. New. I Barley. 1 Oats. 3 6 5 First .....45s Od ... 44 s Odl 24s 6d 1 21s Od 343 OLL Second ...42s 6d ... 36s Id I 23s 2d 119 s 3d, 3 4y 04 Third ......36s Od .. 3.is Od 2Us Od I 17s 6 ' 44 9 ° Total quantity of Old Wh eat i n market :6 7 qrs. 237 Sold Do. N ew d o. 2eo qrs., 2 S old Do. Barley do. 221 qrs. , ' fD q s° l4 Do. Oat s d o • 232 qrs., 2 19 so ld • Do. Be a n s d o. 28 qrs., COAL MARK ET.—YEsTiRDAY• 163 6d Holywell lss Od Lambton ............. • 15i gd Howard's W. 1.1. • Neth. 15s Os Lumley ................. 153 9 d North Percy Hartley 14s 6d Scarbo r ough ........... 6d , Vest Hartley lss 6d Stewart's ...............15e 9J West Wylam Wail's End, &c. Plummer ........ •• ••• 3d Acorn Close 1 65 Brown Gosforth Lawson. Riddell ..... ... s . Eden Main Lambton Primrose Belmont l6s 3o Tees ...... ....... •"" l9s Braddyll etton Haswell l6s 6d 'Hartley ........... Ships at market, 95 Sold, 93. AILWAY SHARE MARK , - v.TS. BRISTOL, Scrr. 2). ~teat STOCK. ExcnAttoE.— vp The share market has been , - - -,, re at co-day, and the on l y a l terat i on we have to quo te is in Western Stock, which closed at 82. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 29. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market h as been w ore active to-day, and prices higher. The transactions iclie'njy. follow :—Caiedonia n , Preference, 71/2—Chester an,. ( l, head, 17 1 4—Lancashire and Y or k s hi re , 56 1 ,4--L, lv r tb- Crosby, and Southp or t, 2 1 / 2 dis. ---London and Fiftbsr Western, 116 1 / 2 —Ditto, New Quarters, 3 p.—Ditto, 2 1 / 2 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire , Ditto, Preference, 11 —Midland, 47% Ditto, Halves, dis.—South-Ea s t ern an d Dover, In',.4 MANCHESTER, SErr. 29. STOCK ExcirA t xoE.—There has b een a l ar ge business done to-day, and prices had an u p war d ten d ency . The rg354--- tions were as follow:—Lancashire and Yorkshire, South-Eastern an d Dover, 19 1 / 2 —East Lancashire , ',7 o 'lth Wit itehaven and Furness, 7—E astern C ount i es , 65-16; "hire, Staffordshire, 8 5-16—Manch es t er , Sheffield, and LittecL y 'l, 27 , A—Ditto, Preference, 11' 5 ,4—Ditto, ow Preference , A l BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 29. STCCK EXCHANGE. —There was an improved feeling, at hibited in the shar e mar k et to - day, and stoc k so ld frel on advanced rates. The transactions reported were--Lon and North-West ern , 117—G reat Western, 84— Dure,i„:-bury and Birmingham (A), Cl. 7 s. 6d .—Ditto (B), 4 1 . 85.• n I the [ADVERTISEMEIcT.I—A respected Member o u r Society of Friend s cure d o f a Cough and Ast h ma bY, 13°0 way's Ointment a n d Pill s. E xtract of a letter f rom I%.';:' ne ar jamin Mackie to Professor Holloway, dated Creenag i n;. e l it Loughall, Sept. 11, 1845:—" Respected Friend, -1 only an act o f justice to thy se lf t o state t h at I h a ve pets is experienc e d th e b ene fi t o f t h y excellent pills and °Wi ll ' d in e the cure of an iaveterate cough and asth ma , which atgiatewan, so severely for th ree y ears t h at I frequently was o bli g ed t o t to about in my room a ll n i g h t, afra i d of suffocat i on if I ' ren j am bed. I th en t r i e d t h y i nva l ua b le medicines, whiclu",, c ine pleased to say have perf ec tl y cure d me."--Sold by all vendors throughout th e c i v ili se d wor ld , an d at Professor tie' oway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. we , ANOTHER. FATAL BALLOON ACCIDENT." on lancholy event disturbed th e pu bli c f est i v i t i es a t Cha l o n the 23d. The Maj es t ueux , a sp l end i d b a ll oo n of L'%' ° cubic feet, having j us t b een fill e d at the gas -works, I s : i tht. its way to the Hippod rome , w h ence i t was to take its " Mr. Merle, the well-known aeronaut, and M. Aubert, sistant chemist to Professo r B arra ll , o f t h e C o ll e ge de Fr4l,'Tcri were in the car, directing the men who held the ropes. t he fortunately, in consequenc e o f a v i o l ent gus t of W'nd hoop to which the ropes were attached broke, and the ts. jestueux darted into the air with the car and its oceur sa ,,i, It descended two hours later near St. Jean de Bonne it about ten miles from Troyes. One of the two aeroneu. t a s ken is not stated which) alighted unhurt, but the ether Wa s out of the car in a state of nearly complete ifssuffocation ra. although immediately carr i e d to a ne i g hbouring re d, house, where medical assista nce was promp tly admin's te be soon expired.— Galignani. BIRTHS. OF A SON. wife On the 25th inst., at Hill- roa d, St. J o h n ' s -wood, th e of A. A. Mieville, jun , Esq." On the 26th inst., at ' Bellingham, H ere f or d s hire, the wife of Henry James, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. we, On the 27th inst., the wif e of Capt a i n Charles Fan sha Royal Engineers. On the 22d inst., at Woolwich, the wife of John N. Bremner, Esq., M.D., R.N. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBE Lion. Witness then went to Mr. Bunn, of whom he made some inquiries, and the prisoner was given into the custody of Tre w, the officer. Patrick Hoy, an officer of the Eastern Counties Railway, said, the person of the prisoner having:been 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 bard labour for six months. James Day, 40, was indicted for unlawfully as saulting Ann lore, with intent, &c. It appeared that on the night of the 13th of Sep tember the prisoner invited a little girl, named Ann More, 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 41. 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 o ff en d er i n cr i me h e was sentence 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. WESTMINSTER. 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'a Company. J. F. Wing, a wa t erman a t Ch e l sea, 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. Mr. 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 he 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, and therefore I con sider he is working for hire, which he has no right to do upon the Thames. INir. 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 of 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 the subject, 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 th e banks of the Thames, and wishing to cross, would be put to a serious inconvenience if he 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. CLERKEN WELL. 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 forei gners fell upon hi m ; th e pr i soner Graziani knocked him down by a blow on his head with a tremendous bludgeon, and while he was on the ground Berner 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, sad caused great interest. Menci;erine was discharged for want of evidence ; the other prisoners were remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. CHARGE OF MURDER. —James Parker, a coster monger, about 40 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with assaulting and 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 seven 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 an 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 ber 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 constable I placed the woman in a chair, in which she was carried down stairs, and conveyed in a cab to the hospital. I afterwards rc7 turned to the house, where I bad 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 she 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. Ile 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 for a week. HAMMERSMITH. CURIOUS CASE OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.—WiI iam 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 had purchased was the only one in this country. The present proceedings had been instituted for the pur pose of discovering the person who had 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. Lee 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 be 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 question 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 fl)wer-pots. He asked the price of them, and the defendant's wife said 4d. 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 had 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. PAYNTEI 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 Stabbings, 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. pital. " I certify th a t Willi am Matthews is in Thomas's St Hos . Thomas's Hospital, in great danger from a compound fracture of the left hip bone, and from several other injuries. His recovery is very doubtful. " W. TYRELL, 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 pointaman 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 paned 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 companied by other officials, and assisted in placing everything in order. The following evidence was adduced before the Magistrate:— Richard Richardson was first examined, and he deposed that he was an engine -driver in the service of the South-Western Railway Company. He had charge of the engine which was attached to the 7.20 train from Twickenham on Saturday evening last. On arriving about 300 yards from the Nine Elms junction, he blew his whistle and shut 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 standing upon the 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 , w i t hi n one day, at the time of his 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 he 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. Hi s son, t h e su bj ect of this sketch, was 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 be 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. T. 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 calculat( d to attract attention. It had, however, a fair sale, and the edition was gradually exhausted, but we 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 Su-quehannab," fol lowed " The Spy," and was eminently successful with the public. It is the first of " The Leather Stocking Tales," so called, the oth ers b e i ng " T he 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. t We should here mention that no American novels have been so extensively translated into foreign lan guages as those of Mr. Cooper. " The Spy" 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 Chainhearer. 29. The Red Skins. 30. The Crater; or Vulcan's Peek. 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. for ;" " 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 cof Distinguished Naval Officers," in two volumoa, MARRIED. c a re, Trafaigar On the 27th inst., at St. Martin' s Ch urc h, o e -y- Ca ro- John Hazlett, Esq., of Lurgan, cou n ty o f Armagh , t line, second daughter of Thoma s Osborn, Esq. , o f Burri-sq terrace, Greenwich, Deputy Commissary-General. eldest On the 25th inst., at Pover, W. M. Mackenzie , Es q ., tci son of Hugh Bane Mack enz i e , Esq , 7 0 t h Eegimen t ' o f Letitia, youngest daughter of th e l a t e M. Chorlen Esq . Vinaghy, county of Antrim. ___.....----"" DIED. Robert 9. py O pe n r. th E e s 2: , t i‘ h L i D ns ., t. a , g a e t d 3 7 1. estern-road, Brighton , On the 27th inst., at Upper Clapton, Thomas late of the Bank of England, aged 87. relict On the 25th in at Islington aged 77, Ann Belancl, of the late J. F Beland, Esq. ' a , Mr. if. Kingslas. , Carter, aged 40. • Esq. , On the 22d inst., nine 3 7 , the wife of John D. Finero , of S'onth-square, Gray's Inn. iv ,,,„, orth - Ou the 26th inst., Mr. Samuel Sparrow, of --- N street, Red Lion-square, aged 72. ______.....,••••___—, Bros► Esq•+ London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y° l l,„ No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , 't t i 01 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the C° ' Middlesex, Tucaday, September 300851. • ~.- -, aiab ' -~,. _- ~