The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-31 00:00:00

GERMANY. Lettters from Berlin, of the 20th instant, in the Kolner Zeitung, state that a Cabinet Council was held on the morning of that day, to consider, it is said, the bearings of certain dispatches which have arrived from Warsaw. It is stated by the well-in formed that the contents of these dispatches are by no means favourable to Prussia, and that the proposals of Count Brandenburg have met with but an indif ferent reception. The " free consultations," as pro posed by Prussia, have been declined, and all nego tiations referred to the established treaties of alliance. There can be no doubt, however, that the orders which General Griiben has received to attack and expel the Bavarian troops if they should enter Elec toral Hesse, remain in full force. A telegraphic dispatch from Cassel of the 28th inst., in the Kolner Zeitung, states that in the course of Sunday night all the troops at Cassel have received orders to leave that city, and that they are marching to Hanau. They will thus be in a position to join the Bavarians and Austrians as soon as they enter the Electorate. The Munich papers of the 221 state that General Von de Mark and Colonel Hess have repaired to Vienna, to attend the military conferences which are now being held i❑ the Austrian capital. An order has been issued by the War-office for the purchase o► l ,600 horses for the cavalry and artillery. A letter from Karlshrue of the 26th inst., in the Kohler Zeitung, announces the dismissal of M. Kliiber, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. his place in the Cabinet has been given to Baron Bildt. This change of persons in the Baden Cabinet is of great importance at the present moment, for it implies a change of policy, and as M. Kliiber negotiated and supported the Military Convention with Prussia, it is to be ex pected that his successor has espoused the cause of the anti-Prussian party. GREECE. We have received Athens journals to the 18th inst. The elections were going on, and, contrary to the general expectation, they had not led to any dis turbance of public tranquillity. There were not sufficient returns at the above date, to lead to any positive interference as to the respective strength of parties. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—It was expected that the complexion of the reports from America, as to the growing crop of cotton, wonld have imparted addi tional strength to our market. But the Liverpool speculators having remained quiet, a sympathetic feeling has, as usual, shown itself on our Exchange. A telegraphic announcement of the actual movement of Austrian troops towards Hesse-Cassel has, how ever, contributed still more to restrain operations. This has been very evident among the German mer chants, whose purchases to-day have been much smaller than they were last Tuesday ; for, though they have a general persuasion that war will be avoided, there is yet enough of danger to render them, for the moment, increasingly cautious. The India houses, having cleared the market of various numbers, are necessarily pausing at present. The home manufacturers, whose consumption of yarn is materially diminished, are still buying extremely little. Although, however, there has been a want of animation in this deparment, the spinners have made no change in their quotations, and a general firmness grevails. For doubled yarns, from 60's to upwards of 100's, there continues to be some call ; but fine single, of good quality, is still ne glected. The cloth market is generally steady as re gards prices, but inanimate and the transactions by no means considerable. Light printing fabrics are more depressed than most other articles. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The flannel market con tinues much the same as it was the preceding Mon day. The buyers are offering less money for pieces ; and, in some cases, lower prices have been taken. The manufacturers purchase the raw material very spar ingly, and seem to have no fear of prices getting up. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—The manufacturing interest of this town are now complaining much of the dulness of trade; and many weavers, we under stand, are waiting for employment. On the whole, the autumn trade has not proved so satisfactory as was anticipated. The throwsters continue fairly sup plied with work; and, up to the present, we hear of no lack of employment in this department. The market for thrown silk is, however, very unsatisfac tory ; prices of the article being scarcely more than those now demanded for the raw material. There is no new feature to note in the raw silk market since our last publication. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There is a continued depression in the state of our market, which, indeed, seems to be generally expected at this time of the year, being between the seasons. We have had scarcely any buyers in town during the week, and nobody buys, except fur immediate wants. Fancies, and light goods g-nerally, are in the best demand. Ilattrax, SATURDAY.-Our Piece Hall has been but slenderly attended to-day, and there is not much disposition to purchase worsted goods, except at a re duction to which the manufacturers cannot assent, as the advanced rates on goods have never kept pace with the repeated advances on yarn. The yarn trade is in a rather stagnant condition. The mer chants are struggling for a fall in the quotations ; and the xnanuFacturer3, in the face of a firmer state of the wool market, refuse to give way. A fair business is doing in long wool, at a trifling improvement in price. Short wools are a little firmer, but not much doing. LEEDS, TucsnAr.—The markets both to-day and Saturday have bean tolerably attended, and more business has been done. Heavy winter goods met with a ready sale • and, with approaching cold weather, the demand for this description of goods may still improve. QUARTERLY RETURN OF MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS. This return, just published by authority of the Re gistrar-General, comprises the births and deaths re gistered by 2 189 registrars in all the districts of England during the summer quarter ending Septem ber 30, 1850; and the marriages in more than 12,000 churches or chapels, 2,869 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, and 623 superintendent registrars' offices, in the quarter that ended June 30, 1850. The :turn of marriages is not complete; but the defects are inconsiderable, and have been supplied from previous years. The general result of the return is favourable in a high degree; the marriages in the spring quarter are more numerous than in any correspond ing quarter of the last twelve years ; so also are the births in the summer quarter; and the deaths are 86,044 instead of 135 358, which they were in the quarter ending September, 1849, when cholera ravaged the chief towns of the kingdom. The decrease of deaths implies necessarily the decrease of sickness and suffering ; the increase of marriages and births indicates improvement in the condition and prospects of the great body of the people. MARRIAGES, The marriages in all England in the quarter ending June 30, 1850, were 39,018, The numbers in the spring quarter declined rapidly from 1846 to 1848, and roe still more rapidly up to 1850; thus following and portraying the state of the country. London, Che shire, Lancashire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, and South Wales presented the greatest fluctuations, and the greatest increas3 of marriages in the June quarter, 1850. Thy marriages increased in Middle sex, Hertford, and Buckingham; in Essex and Suf folk the marriages declined, as they did also in Devon and Cornwall; in Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worces tershire, and Warwickshire—the coal and iron re gions—the marriages increased; they increased also in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Der byshire—the seats of the thread, lace, and other manufactures. In the great agricultural county of Lincoln, the fluctuation was in an opposite direc tion ; the marriages rose from June, 1846, to June, 1848, and then declined. In the East and North Ridings, in Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, in Monmouthshire, and North Wales, the marriages increased in 1850. The marriages in Portsmouth and Plymouth declined, in Bristol and Cheltenham they increased ; in Stoke-upon-Trent (the potteries), in Coventry, and in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, the increase was consi derable. It was still greater in Leeds ; Halifax and Sheffield shared in the general advance. Hull, Wol verhampton, and Salisbury—where cholera was ex ceedingly fatal in 1849—have little more than the average marriages. BIRTHS. 146,970 births were registered in the quarter which ended in September. The births are invariably more numerous in the first and second than in the third and fourth quarters of the year; and they are in the last fewer by 8,757 than in the previous (June) quarter ; the number and the proportion to the popu lation are, however, greater in this than in any of the corresponding quarters since 1839. The increase of births is greatest in London, in the west midland counties, and in the north-western counties (Cheshire and Lancashire). INCREASE OF POPULATION. The excess of births registered over deaths in the guar ter was 60,926 ; which, if all the births were regiitared, would be the natural increase of the po pulation. In the same time, 53,703 emigrants sailed from three ports of England ; 1,394 from Plymouth, 7,684 from London, and 44,625 from Liverpool. This leaves a narrow margin for the increase of po pulation ; but many of the emigrants entered at the English ports are from Ireland, which has been for many years diffusing a stream of natives over Eng land as well as America. The progress of the whole fixed and moving population of the country can only be determined accurately from a comparision of the returns of births and deaths, of emigrants and immi grants, with periodical enumerations. THE SUN, STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The mortality is much below the average ; and the public health has never been so good since 1845 as in the present quarter. The rate of mortality is 1,901 per cent. per annum. At this rate lin 211 persons living died in three months. The chances of living through this quarter were 210 to 1; the average chances of living through three summer months (1839-50), for persons of all ages being 192 to 1. The rate of mortality in 506 districts, comprising chiefly small towns and country parishes, was 1.693 per cent. per annum in the quarter ; the average summer rate (1840.50) being 1.832 per cent. The rate of mortality in 117 districts, comprising the large towns, was 2.206 per cent. per annum, the average rate (1840-50) being 2.517 per cent. The juxta-position of the figures in the table sug gests the melancholy reflection that more than seven millions of people, inhabiting the metropolis and all the cities and great centres of industry, are still ex posed to a mortality which is not inherent in their nature, but is due to the artificial circumstances in which they are placed. The waters, the sewers, the soils, the churchyards, the houses emit poisons. To every 10 natural deaths, 4 violent deaths—deaths from these poisonous exhalations, are superadded. Still, after the scarcity—after the great epidemics of influenza—and after the catastrophe of last year— the return even to the wonted degree of health is a relief to the nation ; and health above the average, not only in places scourged by cholera, but in nearly all the towns of the country, is cheering, as it seems to show at once that the imperfect sanitary measures in progress are already beneficial, that the country is recovering from its loss, and that the wants of the people are now more abundantly supplied than they have been of late years. The deaths in London during the thirteen weeks ending September, 1846,-7,-8,-9,-50, were 12,409, 13,187, 13,503, 27,109, and 11,578. The zymotic diseases were fatal to 3,011 persons in the last quar ter, and it is chiefly, if nozi exclusively, to the dimi nished intensity of these maladies that the improve ments in the health of the inhabitants of London is ascribable. Small-pox destroyed 109 lives, measles 178, scarlatina 316, hooping cough 300, croup 57, thrush 59, diarrhoea 1,161, dysentery 73, and cholera 87. The deaths from diarrhasa in the same time last year were 2,457 ; the deaths from cholera in the five summer quarters of 1846-50 were 197, 98, 153, 12,857, and 87 ; so that fewer persons died of the dis ease in summer 1850 than in the summer quarters of 1846,-7,-8. Nine deaths from purpura and scurvy were returned, or less than half the number returned in the summer quarter of 1847. The decrease of scurvy is a favourable symptom; it always demands attention, as nothing is more threatening to the health of large bodies of people than a disease which involves the whole fluids of the body, and is the pre cursor of the most fatal epidemics. Thirty-six deaths from poison, 26 from burns and scalds, 53 from hanging and suffocation, 94 from drowning, 137 from fractures and contusions, 19 from wounds, and 19 from other violence, were re gistered. The increase of the deaths from hanging, strangling, and suffocation is considerable. The increase in the deaths from poison also deserves at tention. Some alteration of the law to regulate the sale of poisons seems to be required. Arsenic is taste less in food ; it is inevitably fatal ; it can be detected in the body after death ; and it can be procured by any person in shops almost as readily as sugar. The placing of the sale of a commodity under restrictions is attended with difficulties ; but to nip in iti bud the practice of domestic murder by the administration of a tasteless poison is worth the effort, and will count against such inconvenience. The deaths in the workhouses, hospitals, and other public institutions were 2,407, L 953, and 1,719, in the three quarters of the year 1850 ; and of the 6 079, 3,498 were males, 2 581 females. One in six deaths of the inhabitants of London took place in public in stitutions during the three quarters. The mortality was generally low in the south eastern and midland counties. Southampton suffered severely from scarlatina. Essex was visited by diarrhoea, and a few cases of cholera ; Norwich suf fered from a severe epidemic of scarlatina. The poor, whose dwellings were in unhealthy places, suffered most. Scarlatina prevailed in other parts of Norfolk, and raised the mortality. In Wilts, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset, where cholera was very fatal in 1849, the mortality returned to its normal state. Small-pox and scarlatina are also noticed in the west midland counties. In Hereford small-pox pre vails to a considerable extent. The registrar of Burslem ' in the Potteries, ascribes " the increase of births and decrease of mortality to improved sanitary arrangements, abundance of em ployment, and cheap food." Bilston, which suffered last year so much by cho lera, from the neglect of sanitary measures, is now losing lives from the neglect of vaccination. Diarrhoea prevailed in Birmingham ; cholera was fatal in a few towns in different parts of the country, but was nowhere epidemic. The mortality of Liver pool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and Hull was below the average. Criekhowell presents an exception to the generally prosperous state of the country. At Tynemouth (North Shields) the police arrange ments to prevent the influx of vagrants have tended to promote the health of the population, as most of the infectious diseases have been traced to this source. In fact, in one locality, Pumpwell-lane, in the township of North Shields, which is the resort of these persons, it is said that the Poor-law Union had better pay rent for the whole property and shut it up than incur the great expense which it entails on the union. THE COASTS OF OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. The joint commission of the army and navy officers, detached by Government to explore the whole coast of the United States lying on the Pacific Ocean, with reference to its permanent defence, adaptation to naval establishments, and other important specified particu lars, returned to this place a few days since, having nearly completed their labours. The commission is made up of three from the navy and three from the army. Captain L. M. Goldsborough, Captain Tan Brent, and Lieutenant Linsa Lunt are of the navy. Colonel J. L. Smith, Major Cornelius Ogden, and Lieutenant D. Leadbetter belong to the army. The coast of California, north of San Francisco, includ ing the whole of Oregon, to 49 degrees, has been thoroughly examined, and valuable information ob tained. In the course of this examination, and after visiting our possessions lying along the Straits of Fuca, Admiralty Inlet, Puget's Sound, &c., up to our boundary line at the 49th parallel of latitude, it became necessary to proceed to Beaver Harbour, on the north-east part of Vancouver's Island, in order to obtain a fresh supply of coals for the propeller Massachusetts. This vessel was transferred to the naval service for the special purpose of accommodating the commission, and for conveying its members to the places connected with their prescribed duties. At that place an abundant supply of bituminous coal, of an excellent quality for steaming purposes, was readily procured, but as Beaver Harbour was reached via the Gulf of Georgia, and thus by what is termed the inside passage, and the north-about route was the one pursued in returning, it seems that Vancouver's Island was completely circumnavigated, and that the party in question went as far north as 51i deg. Coal was found to exist ie immense quantities all round and about Beaver Harbour, and also on the seaward side of Vancouver, opposite that harbour, and on the mainland, obliquely opposite and still to the north ward. The beautiful harbours of Victoria and lisqui malt, the former a settlement of the Hudson Bay Company, were visited by the commission. Dqui malt is described as one of the very best anchorages that can be conceived for ships of any draught or size whatever. Both these places, it must be remembered, are on Vancouver's Island, and lie along the Straits of Fuca. After accomplishing all that was re quired in the quarters mentioned, the commission next directed its attention to that part of our coast running from the southern cape of the straits of Fuca to Columbia River, and then to that river itself, to gether with its tributaries. In the course of these examinations we learn that a party was dispatched to visit carefully a large and well•sheltered harbour, known thereabouts as Shoal-water Bay, and having its entrance some 30 miles north of Cape Disappoint ment, or in the neighbourhood of midway from that cape to Gray's Harbour. The prosecution of this service confirmed the fact that the waters of the har bour and those of the mouth of the Columbia ap proach each other within a very short distance—a distance involving a portage at present almost im practicable for waggons. A whaleboat was hauled over it by a dozen or so of Indians without any great difficulty. It is thought that Shoalwater Bay is destined to become a point of material consequence in many respects. Its average length, that is, of the bay proper, is some twenty miles, and its breadth some six or eight. The bar, too, at its entrance is understood to present no serious obstacle to the admission of ships of the largest class at all sMsons of the year. But one of the most remarkable features of this place is, that a ship may probably approach Baker's Bay, or CapeDeiigsahpt miles. It rid its entrance, within some six or It abounds, however, with sandbanks, but there are good channel ways between them, and the whole sheet of water is as placid as a summer's lake. On leaving the Columbia and coasting along to the south ward, the commission touched off the Umpqua, and ascertained that its bar-water was practicable for commercial purposes under certain circumstances. Indeed, an American schooner was at the time lying at anchor in the river, and had reached her position without difficulty. The lands of the Umpqua Valley are described as being even more fertile than those of the Willamette, and the proximity of these valleys is a matter of singular importance. Upon the whole, we learn that the examinations of the commissions hare proved highly interesting, and we are certainly happy to observe that our Government is already en, gaged in the preliminary steps towards fortifying our Pacific possessions and availing itself of their admitted advantages for naval establishments.—California Courier. ROBBERY A T THE SOUTH WALES RAIL WAY STATION, NE TYPORT. NEWPORT, MONDAY.—Last night, or early this morning, the South Wales Railway station was broken into, and a considerable robbery effected, evi dently by some one who had a thorough acquaintance with the private business of the office. The latest train up from Swansea through Newport comes in at about half-past nine at night ; and the earliest, or mail train, down from Gloucester in the morning, comes into Newport at half-past five, so that the robbery must have been effected in the in terval. When the clerk and porters came into the office to receive the mail train this morning they found that one of the octagonal win dows, looking out on the platform, had the top and bottom squares of glass broken in the corners next the slides (which were let into the sash, and were not easily discernible). The slides were open, and the windows slightly ajar. This of course awakened in stant suspicion, and on looking round it was dis coverel that a drawer, in which the clerks kept the keys of the iron safe, had been forced open, and the keys were gone. This led the way to the room in which the safe was deposited—a small private room on the plat form side of the station. Here they found the office door unlocked and open, and within the safe was disco vered to have been opened in the ordinary way by keys, and rifled of its contents, which amounted to about 451. The usual practice was to make up the receipts of each day, and send them to the terminus at Chepstow every succeeding morning ; but this was never done on Sunday mornings ; and this the men, therefore, who effected the robbery must have been perfectly cognizant of. There are other circum stances which sanction suspicion, among which is the fact that the thief, or an assistant, placed a detonating signal on the line some miles up to wards Chepstow, so that any special train which might by some possibility be coming down at the time the robbery was being effected might thereby be stopped. The guard of the mail train, hearing this signal ex plode, immediately caused the train to be stopped, and had to walk down to the Newport station to ascertain the cause. There, of course, he was speedily ac quainted with the reason of the delay. All the facts of the case point to some one who had a thorough knowledge of the premises and the routine of business at the station ; and the active police force of the borough are on a train of suspicion which will probably lead to the capture of the robbers. The superintendent of the borough force, in the course of his investigation, found the leathern bag, marked in brass " S. W. R.," ripped open and the contents gone, in a field called Baneswell-field, through which a pathway leads through the station as a public road. Great blame is attributable to the company in not keeping one of their policemen on duty at the station all night, as the police of the borough are not permitted to go on the premises as a portion of their town beat. Had they been, in this case, or had a railway policeman been there on duty, the robbery could not easily have been effected. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. On Tuesday afternoon, immediately after the dis posal of the important charge relative to the burglary at Mr. Holford's, in the Regent's-park, an unusual bustle was observable in the neighbourhood of this court,:it being known that a warrant had been granted by Mr. Broughton, on the part of Mr John Wilson, a member of that important body the Marylebone Vestry, against Mr. Samuel Steele, also a vestryman, for an assault committed by the latter upon the former gentleman. _ _ - Mr. Hogging appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Ballantine for the defendant. Mr. Hoggins said that, in this case, it had been the most anxious wish of his client that the defendant should have made the amende honorable to him, whieh he assuredly would have done, and for doing which ample time and opportunity had been afforded him, but such not having been the case, it was not to be supposed that Mr. Wilson would tamely submit to the infliction of a most wanton and cowardly assault ; he should brefly relate the circumstances connected with this truly unpleasant transaction :—On the afternoon of the 12th inst., as Mr. Wilson was quietly walking down Marylebone-lane, he received a severe blow on the back part of the head ' • and on turning round to ascer tain who had inflicted it, he found that Mr. Steele was the aggressor. Fearing that the blow might be repeated, Mr. Wilson, in his own defence, struck at Mr. Steele. The parties were then separated, and hostilities ceased. Mr. IVilson, though naturally very much annoyed, as well as hurt, by the unpro • yoked assault, sent a message to Mr. Steele, saying that he would not take any ulterior proceedings if that gentleman would make an apology for the attack, and put a guinea into the poor-box. This, however, Mr. Steele declined. The assault, it could not be denied, was a most wanton and cowardly one, and his (Hr. Heggins's) client now appeared to de mand such punishment for the outrage committed upon him as his Worship might think fit to inflict. It appears that the between the parties originated in the following circumstance :—A number of pigeons, the property of persons in the neighbour hood, had become great pets with the inmates of the Marylebone workhouse. By these poor persons, who were glad to have anything animated to exhibit kind ness towards, the birds were daily fed. But, lo ! a ruthless bird kidnapper walked off with no less than forty-three of them, to be sacrificed at a shooting match. The paupers were exceedingly cha grined at such conduct, and many of the vestrymen sympathised with them, amongst others Mr. Wilson, who said it was a shameful thing that the birds should have been taken away. Nay, more, " Ru mour, with her thousand tongues," had hinted that their abstraction had not taken place without the cog nizance of same of the worthy vestrymen. Amongst them the name of Mr. Steele had been mentioned, as one who well knew what had become of the birds. Mr. Wilson had upon oce occasion sketched a picture of a bird, and had written under it " How about the pigeons ?" but in reference thereto had not men tioned or used Mr. Steele's name in any way what ever. _ . . _ _ Mr. John Wilson (the complainant) examined—On the 12th inst. he was walking away from the vestsy meeting, when, on going down Mary lebone-lane he received a blow on the back of his head. He turned round, and was told by a gentleman that it was Mr. Steele who had struck him. Having reason to be lieve that Mr. Steele was a pugilistic character, he thought that the best method he could adopt would he to place him hors de combat as soon as possible ; and he confessed that he then pitched into him with all his might and main. What became of Mr. Steele afterwards he could not tell. Defendant had threat ened on a previous occasion, in the board-room of the vestry, to knock his (complainant's) d— head off. At the time when Mr. Steele struck him, be (complain ant) was surrounded by twenty or, thirty of his friends, or rather party, who go by the name of the " Alligators" in the parish. By Mr. Ballantine—l have drawn two pigeons on paper, but put no name under the drawings. I was not aware at the time that any pigeons had been taken away. At another meeting I drew another carica ture, and subscribed it " Sam Steele's pigeons." I spelt the word " Steele's," and not "steals." Upon another occasion I exhibited some caricatures about Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P. His head had not been much hurt, but his hand had ; he admitted that that was caused by the severity of the blow which he gave to the defendant. It was Mr. Matthew who pointed out the caricature to Mr. Steele. Mr. BROUGHTON—A most injudicious act indeed. In reply to a question from the bench, complainant stated that it was on the evening of the 2d instant that defendant told him he would knock his d— head off. The assault now complained of did not take place till the 12th. He (complainant) had proposed an ar rangement through Air. Jones, his solicitor, to the effect that defendant should make him an apology, and pay his doctor's bill, as also bis law expenses, amounting altogether to 41. Mr. Richard Humphreys, 72, Wimpole-street, said that he witnessed the assault ; the blow given by Mr. Steele was rather a severe one, but had certainly been repaid with interest by complainant. Witness was a member of the vestry, and bad attended at the meet ing on the day alluded to, at the Court-house; he heard no harsh language pass between the complainant and defendant while there. At this period of the proceedings Mr. Ballantine addressed the Bench, and said that it was not his in tention to take up the public time any longer with the particulars of this contemptible and most ridicu lous squabble; it was quite evident that Mr. Wilson had been in the habit of drawing caricatures when his time might be otherwise much better and most pro fitably employed both for himself and fellow parish ioners. The story of his client having taken away the pigeons was a gross fabrication, and a slanderous invention of a set of mischievous persons such as were always found infesting every public institution. The character of his client, however, stood too high to have it for a moment thought that he would be guilty of so mean and contemptible an act. In his (the Learned Gentleman's)• opinion complainant had placed himself in such a position that the bench mild not entertain the least sympathy for him. His client, however, offered to make an apology to the public and the bench, having, as he must admit, committed the first breach of the peace ; thus far he would go on public grounds, but not at all on Mr. Wilson's ac count. He (the Learned Gentleman) said he believed that Mr. Broughton knew something about the Mary lebone vestry. Mr. BROUGHTON—Yes ; I am a member of it. Mr. Ballantine—l thought as much, and have frequently laughed on reading reports of the vestry's proceedings, which I suspect have been occasionally LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3l, 1850. exaggerated. And ex uno disce omnes, said the Learned Counsel. Only think, your Worship, of the complainant requiring defendant to pay the doc tor's bill! For what ? for injuries inflicted by his own hand upon himself, in consequence of his knuckles coming in contact with defendant's head. Mr. BROUGHTON said that although he was a mem ber of the Marylebone vestry he had never been pre sent at any such scenes as those alluded to by the Learned Counsel. The rector generally took the chair, and several noblemen were in the habit of at tending. With regard to the case before him, he should say that Mr. Steele had taken the law into his own hands, and committed an infraction of the peace. Moreover, he had "slept on it," and carried a grudge in his breast for several days previous to his assaulting the complainant. Had he struck him on the spot, he (the magistrate) should have fined him ls. only, but as the matter stood, he felt it his duty to inflict upon Mr. Steele a fine of 40s. and costs, or in default of payment thereof, fourteen days in the House of Cor rection. The fine and costs were forthwith paid, and the "pigeon affair" having thus been brought to a con clusion, the parties interested therein quitted the court. SOUTHWARK. A few days ago Sarah Bennington, the wife of a tradesman, applied for relief, being with her husband and two young children reduced to a state of utter destitution, in consequence of a fire which broke out in their house, and destroyed every vestige of their property. The applicant, a respectable-looking woman, in s tating her misfortune, said that her husband was a writer and grainer, and carried on business at No. 5, Grange-place, Grange-road, Bermondsey. That on the evening of the 19th inst., while her husband was engaged in the front kitchen, varnishing a picture frame, by some means or other the stuff caught fire, when he was in the act of placing it away in the cup board, and set the place in a blaze. She was up-stairs at the moment, putting her two children to bed, and hearing her husband cry out she ran down, leaving the children above, and on approaching the kitchen she saw the place in a blaze and her husband trying to ex tinguish it. He desired her to run up for the children, and she returned to the room, and having snatched them up, she descended, but owing to the dense vo lumes of smoke she fell senseless in the passage with her children, and in that condition was dragged out by some of the neighbours and saved from being burnt. The house being a small one was soon burnt down, and not a vestige of their furniture or her hus• band's tools were saved, every thing being consumed; leaving them utterly destitute and reduced to want the common necessaries of life. She added that her husband was severely injured in his attempt to quench the fumes, and their misfortunes were aggravated from the circumstance of the poor man's mind being very much affected in consequence of the occurrence. Mr. A'BEcKETT directed inquiries to be made in reference to the case, and Guest, the summoning officer, having ascertained the truth of the above state ment, and that the facts were far from being exag gerated, directed that the poor applicant should receive a sovereign from the poor-box, observing at the same time that he considered the case one de serving of public sympathy, inasmuch as it was that of a tradesman and his wife and children being re duced to destitution owing to the ravages made by a fire, from which they narrowly escaped with their THAMES. On Monday last a woman named Bridget Donovan was charged with being unlawfully possessed of a 501. note, of which, after having changed it at the Ship, in High-street, Poplar, she gave such unsatisfactory ac counts, that she was remanded to allow further time for inquiry. The publicity given to the fact through the medium of this journal led to the apprehension of Catherine Fitzgerald, sister to Bridget Donovan, who was brought upyesterday by Sergeant Milstead, 12 K, who stated that seeing the report of the case he made inquiries in the neighbourhood of Barking, where the prisoner's sister was stated to have lived, and ascer tained that Mr. Samuel Vaines, a butcher, residing there, had lost a note to that amount, but had not missed it until Sunday last. Mr. YARDLEY—Have you him here? Milstead— No, sir; he is an ailing man, 80 years of age, and cannot attend to-day. He said he suspected his ser vant, who was sister to the person who had uttered a 501. note at Poplar. That about three weeks ago his servant's brother and sister had called to see her. It was Sunday, and he went to church leaving the key in his box, and he suspected that the note must have been stolen at that time. When witness told the pri soner (Fitzgerald) the charge for which she was taken, she said at first that she knew nothing about it, but on being searched at the station-house, she said there was another woman and a girl cleaning the place at the time, and they perhaps had taken it and lost it, and her brother perhaps picked it up afterwards. Prisoner—Oh, you wicked man, I did not say that. Mr. YARDLEY-LI believe the woman -Donova❑ is remanded till to -morrow. Has the prisoner anything to say ? Prisoner—Yes. There was another woman charring with me. Master trusted her with the keys, and young master said he was sure it was she that did it. Mr. YARDLEY—When the woman Donovan was brought up, some constable stated that he bad seen her in communication with a fellow to whom some suspi cion attached previously to the_note being changed at the Ship. That person, I suppose, is her brother, and I presume you are on the look out fur him. Milstead—Fie is easily found, Sir. Mr. YARDLEY—Strictly following up this strange case, the prosecutor ought to be here in person. Does he know the number of the note ? Milstead—No, Sir. But he knows the person from whom he re ceived it in payment of meat. Mr. YARDLEY—WeII, you must have him here when the other woman is brought up, and the case can be rendered more entire. The prisoner, who made no further defence, was accordingly remanded. THE FIRE AT GRAVESEND. GRAVESEND, OcT. 30.—This day the prisoner Samuel Marder (not Marden, as he gave his name on Monday), was brought up on remand, charged on suspicion of having set fire to the house No. 5, which he had occupied, as it appeared for some years, in the Crescent, at the top of Harmer-street, in the name of Lunn. This day Mr. Francis Southgate, solicitor, attended to Thedefend e v theien evidence o accused.police fo f retia n to the constable Robert Aitkins,Corporationkhamfiarendo Wic en gines, was recapitulated. NVickham was closely cross examined by Mr. Southgate, butwithout shaking in the least his evidence as given on Monday. The fact of findi ng t h e all but burnt box, or rather the remnants of the embers of the box and its combustible contents, with the candlestick as it was found imbedded in it, was again proved; and Mr. Southgate admitted that it was a most supicious cir cumstance, but might be accounted for by the ad mission of the policeman kh lc am that he had thrown such a quantity of water (some six or seven buckets), as might have, from its forcible action, thrown the candlestick and its burning candle into the bottom of the box where it was found, and now lay as produced before the bench. Mr. H. Newman, agent to the Phoenix Insurance Company, was re - examined, and in reply to Mr. Southgate, stated that on the sth of the present month, when he, as agent to the company, made the in surance, he bad made a survey of the furniture of Mr. Marder on which the insurance was effected, and be lieved he was fully justified from such survey in esti mating its value at the amount insured—namely, 2501. He also on the same day, when Mr. Marder applied for insurance of his stock in trade for 2501, went into the shop, and said, on viewing it, to Mr. Marder, ‘, You surely have not stock in trade here to justify me in insuring you for the amount you claim—that is 2501." Mr. Marder then told him (witness) that the boxes on the shelves in the shop contained a quan tity of lace highly valuable, and greatly beyond the amount of insurance —namely, the 2501. Upon this statement he (Mr. Newman) made no further objec tion, but gave Mr. Warder the receipt for the premium of insurance 500/., not including fixtures or anything on the premises but the stock in trade and the furni ture. The witness on taking a cursory survey of the furniture in the different apartments in the house on the sth inst. believed the value to justify is making, as agent for the office, an insurance on them t o th e amount (2501.) for which they were assured. The stock in trade in the shop he did not examine, resting upon the assertion of Mr. Marder that the boxes in the shop contained a quantity of lace at least equal to 2501. The stock in trade was insured on the sth. To Mr. Oakes—Examined the furniture and stock in trade on Monday evening last—the day after the discovery of the fire and the investigation into it before the magistrates. Found the rooms scantily furnished, as compared to the first survey he made, when about to effect the insurance. Found in the bedroom the wardrobes he had seen on the sth instant, but there was nothing in the drawers. Found in the shop two bits of lace—a sort of bordering apparently for a woman's dress, but could not state the value. It was so insignificant in value that he could not take upon himself to say what it was worth. To Mr. Tickner—There certainly was no property in the shop, nor yet in the rooms as furniture, to jus tify the amount insured ; still, there was no material difference in the appearance of that quality of furni ture to justify him in saying . that he could have dis covered the removal of any article. At the same time it appeared to him, on the examination he male on Monday last, that there was a great scantiness of furniture as compared with when he surveyed it and made the insurance for Mr. Marder, on the sth inst. The receipt he gave for the premium of 1/. paid to him by Mr. Warder was binding on the Phoenix Company. On all insurance companies he believed such receipt would be equally binding. There would he no dispute about the payment of the insurance. In this case, as there'. was no clsim, no insured pro perty having been destroyed, the Phcanix-office would not prosecute. They were satisfied with leaving it in the hands s of the magistrates and police of Gravesend. Mr. Southgate said, that although he could not get over the suspicious facts as proved before the Bench, yet he felt bound to tell them that he had evidence to show that Mr. Marder did not set fire to his house. Mr. Marder ovviA a half-year's rent, which it was not convenient to him to pay, and he was determined " to bolt." He had removed on the Saturday night a portion of his stock in trade, which chiefly belonged to his house of business in London, and intended to remove the remainder on Sunday night, when the fire occurred, which frustrated hi s intention. Mr. Oakes—Yes, Mr. Southgate, but how can you account for the position of that candlestick in that box ? And again, how can you account for the fact of the insurance of the furniture and stock in trade a few days before this, as you call it, accidental fire-- admitting your own statement in defence of your client, that he was surreptitiously leaving the town to avoid payment of his rent ? Mr. Southgate—l admit that the whole evidence at present against Mr. Marder. I will refrain from entering into rebutting it at present, and confine my self to asking you to admit this poor, aged, and un healthy man to bail. The Magistrates, after a moment's consultation, decllred that they could not accept bail for the pri soner; and having expressed their intention to com mit him for trial, agreed to have him again brought up on Friday morning to perfect the depositions against him on a charge of arson. The court was crowded during the inquiry, the municipal members of the town and several of the gentry of the surrounding country being present. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DEMERARA. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. M'Chlery in the chair. The report stated that, notwithstanding the delays occasioned by the recurrence of the rainy season (which from its severity caused a total cessation of all out door work for some weeks), the line has been pushed on to Porter's Hope, and that in eight weeks more, or by the close of the year, the important station of Victoria would be reached. The engineer's report is highly satisfactory as to the condition of the works, the embankments, the bridges, and the railway plant generally. The committee of management at Deme rara state that the line as far as Porter's Hope station would be opened for public traffic on the 7th of this month, when also additional carriages for third-class passengers would commence running regularly. The committee had occasionally been much embarrassed from want of funds, which at times threatened to stop altogether the progress of the works. Official notification was sent to the Governor of British Guiana some months ago of the confirmation by her Majesty of the ordinance granting a loan of 50,000/. for the advancement of this undertaking ; but at the same time, the necessary authority was not given to Governor Barkly to negotiate bills for any part of that amount, so that at the present moment this loan, with the exception of the 17,0001. originally advanced, has not been made availiable to the company. The directors understand that the packet appointed to sail on the 2d proximo will carry out instructions from the authorities on the subject, and in the meantime they have every confi dence that the Governor, who has always evinced a strong desire to promote the success of the under taking, will continue to make such temporary advances from the Colonial treasury as will remove any ob stacles to the advancement of the works. The sum of 9,5111. has been received for the conveyance of goods and passengers by the railway—an amount which the directors believe to be sufficiently encouraging, con sidering that the line has only been open to a mode rate extent, and at the same time the process of con struction has been going on. The directors anticipate with continued confidence that these returns will stea dily increase as the line progresses, and the peculiar advantages of railway communication become more apparent, and that they will ultimately be amply re munerative, especially as various modifications of the existing goods tariff are about to be adopted with the view of insuring to this company the entire carrying trade of the east coast district of this colony. Since the last meeting 5501. has been received on account of outstanding arrears. The number of forfeited shares now amounts to 1,005, upon which 3,7751. has been received by the company. The report of Mr. Manifold, the engineer, stated that the works during the past six months have been impeded by the severe weather and enormous amount of rain which fell during the months of April and May. In the course of two months, if the weather continue favour able, the line will he compl.eted to the village of Vic toria. The bridges (now numbering nearly 100) are in good order; in one or two instances pitch-pine timbers have been removed and greenheart substi tuted. The embankments are in all respects substan tial, and the permanent way is in good order, as is also the rolling stock. Several of the new trucks in course of construction have been completed. The stock of pitch-pine sleepers has been exhausted; more sleepers are being laid down, and will make a more substan tial and lasting permanent way. The general state ment of accounts to the Ist of October, 1850, showed that 193,2441. had been received, including 3.519/. for goods-traffic, and 5,9921. for passenger, traffic ; that 190,700 f. bad been expended, leaving a balance of 2,544/. at the bankers' in the hands of the Demerara committee. The CHAIRMAN said he would be happy to answer any questions ; and in reply to Mr. Ridgway, stated that the line from the terminus at Georgetown to the station at Porter's Hope, was 13 miles in length, and to Victoria 15 miles ; the latter being two miles from the former place. It was a question whether they would go beyond Victoria, because when they got to Victoria they would have the greater portion of the traffic. Mr. RIDG WAY considered the report very satisfac tory; lie believed that their traffic would improve considerably, and that the undertaking would prove successful. He would be glad to see the line extended to Mahaica, which place was about five miles beyond Victoria. He concluded by moving the reception and adoption of the report. Colonel WARREN, on seconding the motion, ex pressed his surprise that pitch-pine had been used on their works, for he thought that no person having any knowledge of that material would use it in outdoor work. The CHAIRMAN said, they were in the hands of their engineer; the pitch-pine sleepers were brought ready made from the United States, where they were found to answer very well. Tne greenheart was much more expensive, and so far as they had gone he had heard no complaint of the pitch-pine sleepers. The report was unanimously adopted, and after a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman and directors the meeting separated. LONDON AND BLACKWALL.—The Fenchurch-street station of this railway has recently undergone con siderable alteration, to admit of the increased traffic attending the opening of the East and West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Railway, which joins the line at Stepney, and proceeds to Bow, Hackney, and Islington, the line being only com pleted to the last place. The north side of the London station is exclusively devoted to the Black wall traffic, and the south side to that of the Birmingham Junc tion. There are 224 trains running in and out of the station during the day—viz., from eight in the morn ing till ten at night, the trains running for both lines every quarter of an hour. These do not include the luggage trains. WHITE HAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION.—The re maining portion of this railway, extending from Bootle to the junction of the Furness line, near Broughton, in Furness, will be opened for general traffic to-morrow, the Ist of November. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE.—On Tuesday the Government Inspector went over the further extension of this company's line from Chester to Warrington, about twenty miles in length, con necting the town and docks at Birkenhead with Man chester, Chester, and Wales. The new line, com mencing at Chester, joins the London and North- Western at Warrington, over which it runs to Man chester. The new route, besides abbreviating the journey to these points by cutting off the existing circuit at 'Crewe, will offer an outlet for the free transit of goods to and from the port of Birkenhead, for the trs 'visit of raw material to the manufacturing and agricultural districts. The stations at the towns accommodated are Durham, Frodshain, Moore, Nor ton, and Warrington. The line will provide a direct route from Birkenhead and Chester via Holyhead to Dublin, and the opening train starts from Birkenhead this day (Thursday) at ten o'clock. GREA T WESTERN EXCURSION TRAINS.—This com pany's excursion train on Sunday took 750 persons out of London to various parts of the West of Eng land. The excursion train from Bath and Bristol on Tuesda v, and which returned with them last night, took abc , ut 300. It is observed that a l arger num b er of excur zionists avail themselves of these trains from Bath, Cheltenham, and other places, where public meetings have been held against them, than from other towns ori the route where no meetings have been held. RAI LWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE. — . l he market has not been so buoyant to-day, a nd prices heve again receded. The transactions were as follow :—Great Western Stock, 69A—Ditto, New 171. Shares, bi LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was quiet to-day. and price 3 lower. The sales reported are as follow : East Lancashire, 81 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consoli dated, 481 4ic.—Ditto, Fifths, 7 F R dis.—London and North- Western, 116 1 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 318 p,--Ditto, Quarters, 1 15-16 c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 8M c.—Midland, 41 1 j s c—Ditto, Halves, 22 3 4 c. dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent., ln c.—South-Eastern and Dover, 19% c.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 16',4 Ditto, Preferenc,, (unpaid up), 4 1 % dis. —York and North Midland, 22—Dutch Rhenish, 5 dis. BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 30. Srocic EXCHANGE.—The share market was dull to-day. The only transactions reported were—Shrewsbury and Bir mingham (A), 8 , 4 dis.—South Staffordshire, 3% die. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending Sunday, Oct. 27 ... £16,359 4 2 SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. -- Gross traffic receipts for ,he week ending Oct. 26 : Passengers ... £9,703 19 2 Carrying account .. 2,720 611 Total 4:12,421 6 1 Corresponding week last year... 11,253 9 2 SIIROPSIIIRE UNION RAILWAY.—(Open FO miles.)—Traffic for the week ending Oct. 27 : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £242 19 9 Goods and live stock ... 216 2 10 Total •• .. £459 2 7 Corresponding week last year ... 325 14 2i CHESTED AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending Oct. 27 : MAIN LINK. Passengers ... £1,348 6 3 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 74 4 4 Goods, cattle, &c. .•• 586 13 0 ➢fails ... 575 0 0 Total .. £2,584 3 7 MOLD. Passengers ... ... ... .£34 8 3 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 1 19 4 Goods, cattle, &c. ... ... 76 13 7 Total ... ... ... £ll3 1 2 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers £149 18 5 Parcels, H. C. and D. 5 17 6 Total ... ... ... £155 15 11 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Oct .27 ....£14,614 8 6 Corresponding week in last year, (201 i miles open) .. ... ... ...£12,104 4 3 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—(I6O miles opened.) Return of traffic for the week ending Oct. 20 : Passengers, &c. ... ... ... £2,898 2 7 Goods, &c. ... ... ... 4,722 18 2 Total .. £7,621 0 9 Corresponding week last year ... 7,077 8 0 WRECK OF THE BRIG CUMBERLAND HULL, TUESDAY. This ^ morning particulars reached this town of the wreck of the brig Cumber land, of Newcastle, Humphrey Clarke master, which took place on Thursday last at Kilnsea, near the entrance to the Humber. Early on the afternoon of that day the coast-guard on duty at Kilnsea observed the brig approaching the shore, with a signal of dis tress flying. During the gales she had got on the Stony Bricks at the mouth of the river, but as the tide was flowing at the time, she succeeded in getting over them, not, however, without sustaining so much injury that she bad five feet water in the hold, and was obliged, in order to save the lives of the crew, to run for the nearest land. About four o'clock P.m. the brig struck heavily about a mile to the south ward of Kilnsea, and, a sea breaking over her at that moment, the unfortunate master, Clarke, was washed overboard and drowned, the decks were blown up, and the crew obliged to take to the rigging and tops to save their lives. Messengers had meanwhile been dispatched to the Easington station for Mr. Carte's rocket apparatus, and on its arrival every possible effort was made to save the crew, but, owing to the state of the tide, it was two o'clock in the morning of Friday before a communication could he obtained with the vessel. The rocket apparatus from Spurn point, and the small tender belonging to the life-boat there, were also brought to the spot, and the tender being hauled off to the brig (by means of the No. 6 rocket-line only), succeeded in bringing the mate and four seamen safely ashore. A second attempt was then made to rescue the remaining four men, when, unhappily, the boat upset, and one of the Spurn life-boatmen, named John Bunton, who bad nobly volunteered his services, was drowned. The remainder of the crew of the tender had a very narrow escape, but providentially reached the shore in safety. The boat, however, being lost, no hope remained of releasing the four poor fellows in the rigging of the brig until another could be ob tained, and their cries for assistance during the night, heard distinctly by those on land, were most heart rending. Oa Friday morning a cart was dispatched to Holmpton, another coastguard station to the north ward of Easington, for more rockets. The messenger was overtaken on his return by Captain Ellis, R.N., Inspector-General of the Coast Guard, who, with his secretary, Mr. J. W. Safe, and Lieutenant Smyth, inspecting officer of the Coast Guard at Patrington, were on a tour of inspection in the district. Captain Ellie, on learning the particulars of the wreck, and that part of the crew were still on board the vessel, desired that the rockets might be removed to his car riage, and all haste was made to the shore. The apparatus was then again set up, and a rocket paging through the foretopsail, laid the line close to the m:in, who speedily availed themselves of it. A coble and a small fishing boat had by this time been brought to the spot, and Captain Ellis generously offered 51. to the fishermen to make an attempt at boarding the wreck. The effort was made accordingly, but the tide was running so rapidly that the boat missed the vessel and was swept to leeward. The rocket line was then attached to a smaller boat, which happily succeeded in getting alongside, and brought the poor fellows—wet, cold, and exhausted— safely ashore. Warmth, food, and rest, however, quickly revived them, and they expressed their thanks to their deliverers. Too much cannot be said in praise of the exertions of the Inspector-General of the Coast Guard, his secretary, and Lieutenant Smyth. The rescue of the crew also afforded an additional testimony to the value of Mr. Carte's rockets in sav ing life from shipwreck. Without them on this oc casion, it is believed that every soul on board the brig would have perished. The Cumberland was a fine brig with a general cargo, valued at 40001. The crew consisted of the mate, eight seamen, and the captain, who, as we have already stated, was washed overboard on the ground ing of the vessel. He was an unmarried man, and belonged to Newcastle. The ship and cargo, we hear, were partly insured. There is some probability that the vessel may be got off, and part of the cargo is being unshipped with that view. A subscription has been set on foot in this town on behalf of the wife and family (five children) of Barn ton, the Spurn life-boatman, who was drowned in venturing his life for that of others. THE IRON DISTRICTS. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—The sequel to the recent quarterly meetings of the South Staffordshire masters, as anticipated, has proved anything but satis factory. The prices fixed at Wolverhampton have proved altogether illusory, and at the present mo ment, although the heads of the trade expressed a firm determination to maintain existing rates, certain de scriptions of iron may be bought for cash at prices dependent upon the needy circumstances of the seller and the prompt payment of the purchaser. Within a few days of the termination of the meetings referred to the eminent firm of Thorneycroft and Co. offered by circular a reduction of 10s. per ton, and the con sequence has been great confusion in the trade. It is stated that purchasers who contracted for their re quirements at last quarter's figures are loud in their complaints, and consider themselves unfairly treated. It may be taken for granted that if a house like that of Thorneycroft's can set aside the decisions of quar terly meetings of which its partners are members, little confidence can be attached to the deliberate re solutions of these trade assemblages. An authority in these matters, after alluding to the fact that such firms as the Messrs. Barrows and Hall, Messrs. Foster, Messrs. Williams, and other first-rate iron estab lishments, adhere to the prices at which they were supplying their customers during the last quarter, says—" It is contended that the Messrs. Thorneycroft intend to restrict the advantage they offer to a mere reduction of 10s. per ton from the nominal prices, ex cept in the article of sheet-iron alone ; and if this be so the practice has been so general that it affords no real occasion for complaint. In fact, the procedure resolves itself into nothing more than putting the public in possession of what has been for some time practised among the initiated. Still it is throwing the apple of discord, and some assert that the custo mers of this firm will be allowed an abatement of 10s. per ton on present contracts throughout the whole scale of last quarter's payments ; in which case, however unwilling other masters may be to adopt a similar course of short-sighted self-interest, a further reduc tion in the price of iron may be expected to ensue." As a natural result of this state of things, little busi ness is done, and the manufacture of iron in South Staffordshire is gradually on the decrease. The exposition of 1851 has, however, given an op portune stimulus to the iron manufacture in one or two favoured districtP. The works at Woodside, near Dudley, under the active management of Mr. Cochrane, one of the partners, are fully occupied in castings for Mr. Paxton's building, and those of Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the engineers and ma chinists, at Smethwick, are equally industrious in the work of preparation. In both these extensive estab lishments the men are fully employed six days and nights of the week. To the workpeople of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire the employ ment thus afforded in a time of need is a real "god send," and promises to mitigate in some degree the effect of the general stagnation of the iron trade an ticipated during the ensuing winter. The tin-plate trade in Wolverhampton and its neigh bourhood continues good, although unfortunately dif ferences still exist between some of the masters and the men. the The coal trade, dependent as it is greatly gr a in f o r iron rna9uf4etiire, is depressed, b u t the demo' .5,1 is do !testi° purposes during the winter months Wnt all probability, have the effect of maintaining Pres' prices. It is remarkable that the manufacture () o fi f re-irons, hollow-ware, edged tools, end other art t l b ' ese general use, remains brisk. Work 1 0 r i c es . branches is represented as abundant, but tbe P s paid by the Birminghani factors and th e o : r !is, earned by the artisans are exceedingly low. 1".„ in indeed, comparatively little ground to ooril al otbe r South Staffordshire of the present state of gletnid the than the iron trade. U n f o rtunately, we ar a e demand for exports of thi s staple article ; red the resources of capital have been too far tsg . with to allow of much working for stock." BANK OF FRANCE. DO The following is a return of the situation of the of Fiance on Oct. 24: 31 46 ASSETS. f. 339,211.241 0 Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks ." • • 105, 269 ' 6. 13 ••• •-• 207•480 34 Bills past due Bills discounted, but not yet due ... 1 4 3 9 4 : 8 5 0 5 1 0: 459°1 0 ° Bills in the branch banks —• ••• 0 790 0 I) Advances on coins and ingots... s ' - 17' 6 5 v . Ditto by the branch banks ••• j„` c ," 4 s I n u Ditto on French public securities .• 139 tT,4 - 2 84 Ditto by branch banks... 2,1 0 000 v 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du * Tres i •• s° ' ( o ) 0 ° Ditto on the loan of 150 n 3 .1 1. ° s° ' - (l °°'° ° Rentes of the reserve fund tons 10,0-° , „ ° , l ° 1- Rentes, disposable funds *** 42,227'.4' s ••• Investments of the new branch • b k /25 74 the public funds an sill 12,95% . 0 Hotel and furniture of • ihe Bank 4 ' ° ? °' 4 ° Real property of the branch banks 3, 5 0 - 0 4 ' 57 00 0 0 Interest . in National Discount Bank . 2 23(4° 0 Ditto branch banks .•• ••• ••• 649, 1 0 17 Bills protested at Paris '•' *" 276,173„4 Expenses of administration of the Bank . 29 18.- 4 tl t Ditto of the branches ' A - 6 4 79 °- Miscellaneous ... • *** 2- '7 6 09 L773, 372 ' 71 0 0,00 0 P LIABILITIES Capital ~„ • oo - Ditto of the Branch Banks *** 233 00 5° # 1 ° Reserve fund . *** **, 1 0 , 0 i '0 ' 4 Ditto of the branch banks *** 2 '00 09-%7°°°° ° Reserve-immobiliere ' 4 ' lo o A t) 422, 4 1 1 4. ' 4 400 " Notes to bearer, in circulation * *** Ditto of the branch banks ... **: 1' 3 91- 0 05 Ditto to order (post-bills) *** -19' 6 55 , 16 7 4 5 Account-current with Treasur; * creditor 5 ° ,4 , / 6'35 7 Various accounts current -... ••• 7(1 '4'41, 12° 0' Ditto in branches , 25•, 500 a Bills payable at sight ::* .* 4• 7 '''' • ••• ••• 1,400 5 0 Ditto at branches • • ••• 386, 75 0 Dividends payable *** 8, 73° 49 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank 15 02 Discounts, interest, and expenses 2 ,1-6 ' 8 0" ' ..• 258, 6 0 Expenses anticipated Ditto of branch banks *** ***. I 'l -3185 4 1 8S Re-discounts of the last * srx months • i 4 /4 4: 1: 9 :I 9 Ditto in branch banks Miscellaneous *** 99° ••• 16 0 f.77 3,3 1 01 3 9.7 ce Ban Certified by the Governor of the kef "'"" As o 0 4 , 4 1,0 11 .4. The preceding account s hows that th e C - 00,:d has increased since last week by 4,000,000( 002: mercial bills discounted h a ve i ncrea sed by 00, tr e The protested bills have diminished ui. it ied f f The Bank notes in circulation have decriyee; h 500,000 f. The balance to the credit a the dui 11 6 ' as, increased by 900,000 f. The sundry ar e increased by 3,000,000 f. A THE COUNTRY NIA Itl",; p rr ? LIVERPOOL, OCT. 29.—The attendanc e A . . lifi rg ft n o good. In wheat the demand was only 10° "„Td, 0 prices of this day week were barely suP„lv r : 0 01 F l oit was held firmly, and in fair request. u 5.- r p hl lower. Barley and malt quiet. Indian Co " II hti demand. or° 11l LEEDS, Ocr. 29.—We had a tolerable arr i val d Or ne o and samples from many vessels had rellt:1 bOr„ 0 0 millers, in consequence, acted cautiously , "7. p orig: 0 transactions were limited. Prices for 811 " - its oll ruled much the same as on Friday. Barlel " c o last week's rates. Beans and oats unchanged;,ool3o NEWCASTLE, OCT. 29.—With a large suPP:'„ the I k! , from the farmers, trees ruled dull, a lthough,;:: 0 . 2 made, Saturday's prices were maintained. •": o rdini • of malting barley su pp orte d t h e i r v alue, h e " i i e ler sorts were rather lower. Flour and ether a T he 29. changed. iv OA NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, OCT. to r' o pt) supply of fat cattle was 100 less than th e .riva°; o lo show last Tuesday. The supply of sheer, g et/roil smaller by about 600. The quality of both bad of stock indifferent. Trade on - the whole W I 1. 1 ;d 0 V t oo 4 a considerable improvement from last weel4,l 01' 1 '0 elf arance was effected. Beet realized 3d t 0 u ri s7 e f 4° more money. Beasts, 600; sheep, 5,400. r u - ' .JO to Sc 6d per stop.?; mutton, 3id to 5-id per lu re ' t e nt* EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, 00T. 29.—Tilior t ill the meal market to-day 13 sacks oatmeal, each we i g h gs , 1 imperial, which sold thus :-2 at 1198 6d, 1 at 11 t",s' IL ' i left 6d, and 1 at 1/ 8s Od ; average price of the wh0 , 1,A.1 0- 0. 10-12ths. 2 sacks flour, which sold at 295. 11 sacks rig s,t ' whereof 4 sold thus:-1 at 2' - 's Od, lat 25s 6d, Il e " P ro . p! ' ' EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, Or s , 60 Oat straw, from 8s Od to lOs Od per kemple of 1 6 ,7; 6° , wheat ditto, 6s od to 7s Od ; barley ditto, 6 , u..- 91 00 Hay, from 10d to Is per stone. vie r- DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 28.- .. " 311 ,,, e r f 1ey $l ,, b $ bags oatmeal, 19 of barleymeal, and 2 of pot":,:bad %IS° day's market ; sales dull. Oatmeal down 9 d P,:, - lei° top, and 6d per bag on the second price; in " -r 1 4 A 06J alteration on the prices of last week. au ~ i . I Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Sec on d ,-" 6' imperial .. ... ... 275 Od 26i O a 2 5 / 0,1 1 Barleymeal, per ditto ... Od 17 3 u A ltte ... ..s o , ± ~./ 1d Peasemeal _s Od Flour ... Pot barley —s Od I --8 cja 203 Od ---5 COAL MARK E ' Bate's West Hartley 14s 91 Huddle's W. Hartley 15s Od Begbies Hartley Carr's West Hartley l4s 9d Chester Main Ms 6d Clavering's N.Tanfield 13s 3d Davison's West Hartley 15s Od East Adairs Main , 12s 6d Coxon's West Hartley l4s 6d North Percy Hartley l4s 9d Ravensworth'sW.Hart I4s 9d 'Canfield Moor Walker's Primrose d 1 west Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. Bewicke and Co. Northumberland 8611 Belmont lss 6d Braddyll Hetton Ships at 01.4 i s 11 % — YES TXRDAY. 1, o ,{ Keel ier Grange '''''' L 0 ,1 Richmund- '' 16' j 9 41 Russell's Hatton "".• 1 6/ odStewart's ............... .4, Whitwell ••••• 16 „ ;•;„ Heseldea ..... ••• ..... 1 6° ‘. 1 6° ReNoe ............... " 01 rhornley ...... •••• ..... 1410 Whitworth . ......... IP 01 Cleyelacd Tees' •• Maclean's Te es ...... ." 64 Seymour Tees ........ j6i t ...... . ......... od Vern c n;Tees ..... •••• ' 19 0 0 ,1 Birchg. Graigola 0'1" 15 , 1 o i Cowpan Hartiey 14' 01 Bartley ............ •• Sidney s Hartley•..... Crosstield MertbYr*" 159 G ad ley 's Steant.i;:i Deep Vein 0511 Stone ............ market, 76. Messrs. HARDI [ N A G DIO it I b e '% ol , '0 - a E n a d T I Co.,Cs F o N.E 81,N T p4ll-111e re bete io of their to the public that, in consequence °f the ° li e 01' 8p Ipublic be ril b the o eh dispose premises, it has become imperatiO ollic" re l '; f e r e a t : s i n: l c t r l i a ' o ' h l ye determined to cffer for immediate , -I, : t . Offc 4 . ,!., ssrb. _., no uri ~. _,,, Embroidery, Shawls, Ilibb c ' , o ' if fide. Their en` ire Stock, 3 assurance e le of their valuable Stocß , s y er,; o t li; f t p s h r c i t a c e :t , h e 4 e , l , S e ' l a o l a e k -. t:Ii . : 1 1 11) ::: !1 :: , 0 ::::: 1 : 41 ire consisting of Silks, . 010 . % 13 il/e e , the es recherchi Selection of Dlilliner; for a" , %11 be e he °'' s7 t v ab ed lic y hm su e b n j t ec i t s ed so to em th i e ne r n ed tl u y et d io itli;fi T u h is t rs " ; l ,e . sv .l i ll w t i o e tinned for a limited period. tt , n d v ill tri 4 , Lei[ADvEnTisEm EN T.l--A desperate ii : tl O .--- 1 , nst c a u r re r d . by Holloway's Ointment an d : I " t irei l ;it fps, m ab i o d u a t bi t e w w . o yearsesidiim a g go ne n ar ith Ca a rr p ic l k o -on so that he could of all his efforts and the vario o u o s t r t e o m t e h d e ie r s r b te t n b o a t t p sp a r t e h ad is o f ver the leg to , a u n no , a , 01 1 i: 0 1 0 ‘ 1 :11 h, al; in • , this very bad state he pplied sonle of rest bA ° o Ointment to it, anti regularly too a k — the Pills; this t tl .° Us ecl o , f ' o l lo o l , had such an effect on the wound that in littlenrogg.s 00' month his leg was perfectly cured.—Sold by A ll v 4, 1. 0 be at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Stran d, 0 oli v e. li ee fro ~ Lusus NATuax.---*Ne have this w e- s Shi' e l c f3ll f P a lt r i e c ni k is rg es ate, of wh i‘ a l t r. may Th re ° a n rr'y be termed l ' 'l _ 33 ... ltW i i - e: ir l'i-e;3 4 e0°)411 calf' with two heads and two distinct neck bOdY.lCeklie the neck join together at the shoulder? t . , ' a v0' 1 7 1 11,0! respect well formed. everything connected with them is full)? 411 c,erno ° ,0 0 ,'. reit d >Pe • The calf was dropped Sunda,' 5.. CV 1. 11 ` .P it,_ . the curious may mWilliam on _ _,. sbad A , st „fr' a cow belonging to r. Smith, o' ;o va', t lie this city. It did not live, but as Dlr. Lag,' 6116 1, A rot o pportunity ...... ,,dis a digy, though not alive, yet " life-like." '''' haTvheeanheads aresinaieist d : :to , : jo 0 9, M ARRIED. u o On n nea t ti h hi e 28th inst., at All Saints',SouthaniPt°,lNjrlon3tete °I ft son of James Laing, Esq., South Shields, to u second daughter of W. Page, Es Southall t clo t '', eCl9mtplibinst., rectora S t. O f L Church, q ge ' prse b ot, ,l 9 n to e i C p D 7 '; so 3 Savage, only child of the late Lieutenant -C Campbell, Kinght of Windsor, 1 7,1' „, $ 9, of A u t i p oi t e m re b d a g r, e r ag t e h ( e i ' , 9 -t o t . h inst., Christopher - 1 '' , hfddleP. 113 „ tb e ittr eadrsBr6e,c rector r e tinhs A rte.e t , t ay h ge e Rectory, Aston-upon-Trent, DerhYs bire' k A. ' of that j;or Mr 3 .• l On the 2ith inst., at Cheltenham, the gen. fidors 0. aged 84, only surviving sister of the late fscl' Colville. ~, 1 0,311, •,.;, On the 28th inst., aged 79, George i ' 3 t o , ile Croom's-hill, Blackheath. A d, :3, Stans te (I On tho 28th ' inst., at Newlands, ag e ~ir Soames, Esq., aged 89. Spaatrliisahniel P. Johnsoet ,00111 rshi re ' 10 1/ On the 28th inst., at PAinswick, Gloucest! of Mary, relict of the late P. Hammon , house, Surrey. GI L ,noon • T. • rnnted and Published by 1V11111)“,,• ,e, Strand, in the Precinct of the 1.30,01. 12 . „ 01111, .„an• *inter, At 'll , e tlie 9v, "ex' Thursday, October 31,1891 '• ‘7" .- .: ~ . # o4. ° ' Cry BIRTHS. a 11 0 OF A SOL , A f Ca tii I On the 27th inst., at Bath, the Wil e ' O M 010 0 , Governor of Millbank Prison. On the 26th inst., at Somerset-house, SO , 4 0 1 iltas of wife of the Rev. P. T. Drayton. fg• 1 4 ° On the 26th inst., at Tenby, the wife 0 . , 3 L t 0 A OF A DAUGHTE R ' street *fp On the 27th inst., in Great Stanhope"*" r e, ' R. S. Kennedy, Esq. -O Fits ro y On the 28th i ns t., in New-road , lit , t Frederic Davi son . -,,5t..ii,b1,4