The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-07 00:00:00

THE CRIMINAL LA.W AS APPLIED TO JUVENILE OFFENDERS. (FROM A CORR7SPONDENT.) It is not always to questions upon a right under standing of which the well-being of society very largely depends, that the public attention is most earnestly directed. Were the corOrary the case, thoughtful men would not so often as at present have to deplore the existence of dingerous evils with which isolated power is incompetent to grapple, and for the removal of which no organized effort is made on in extensive scale. This is no doubt to be accounted for in great part by the indispo sition which vast numbers of persons feel to trouble themselves about matters which have no immediate bearing upon their own interests ; and by the strength of preconceived notions in others resisting the force of arguments and reasonings which are at variance with long-established opinions. By both these adverse influences has the great work of reform in our prison discipline and in the treatment of our criminals generally been hindered. The subject has never yet taken any large or firm hold on the public mind, and hence the probability of a practical solu tion of the momentous problems which it involves being speedily arrived at is not very apparent, however strenuously its growing importance/hay be now and then urged by a few men, whose convictions and dis interested zeal in the cause of social improvement are not to be weakened by neglect. But in proportion to the general apathy should he the efforts of those who have the opportunity to endeavour to awaken public attention to this question, and, therefore, though it may not have assumed any new phase, it will net be amiss to reiterate some of the considerations arising out of it which have already been advanced. Our purpose at present is only to allude to one particular branch of the general inquiry to which we have ad verted in the few preceding remarks. First, then, it is admitted that the number of ju venile criminals, who chiefly have their origin in our large towns, is perfectly startling. It is also esta blished, on reliable authority, that if we investigate the antecedents of the adults who appear at the bar of our courts of j ustice, the commencement of their vicious courses dates from an earlier period of life—that habits of theft are rarely formed after the age of 20 years— so true is it that in this, as in other cases, " the child is father to the man." Here, then, as we shall en deavour to show, a course of action, in dealing with offenders against the laws, is so clear, as scarcely, ac cording to our perceptions of th 9 matter, to admit of doubt or hesitation. _ To frame laws to meet the requirements of indi vidual cases is altogether impossible, and all that can be done is to base them upon such principles as admit of general application; but we hold that before any sound principles in criminal jurispru dence can by possibility be arrived at, the most prevailing and prolific sources of criminality must be traced out and attentively considered. Hitherto, they hwe not been eliminated with sufficient clearness. It has been too much the habit to look upon juvenile theft as the result of depravity of heart. The opera tion of the ragged schools has done something to dis sipate such impressions, and had the results of those institutions been limited to this aloie, they would have effected a great good which could not have been so readily attained by any other means. We have been that habits of crime are rarely formed in manhood, but are in the great majority of cases to be referred to an earlier period of life. To what remote or proximate causes, then, are they mainly owing ? More than anything else to what may be termed the accidents of birth and situation — to the absence of parental or other necessary con trol at the outset of life—to destitution and vagrant habits consequent on the want of moral and industrial training, and also to the direct instigation of wretches who sow the seeds of moral peAilence for the sake of the harvest of per sons! grin which they hope afterwards to reap. Many of the children in our large towns have not only to endure a lot of Fqualid filth and poverty, but are besides in a state of the most brutal and debasing ignorance which it is possible to conceive. Living in this de graded and benighted state, with no settled purpose or pursuits of any kind, and with the most scanty and un certain supplies of the necessaries of life, need we won der to be told that from among such the ranks of crime are being continually recruited ? Would not the wonder arise if the care were found to be otherwise? Others, again, less ignorant, it may be, but equally deficient, from their previous position, in moral and industrial training, and without any settled means of livelihood, are thrown into the way of temptation, and succumb to the momentary pressure of its influence, but without any native propensity to follow a lawless career. Other kindred causes of juvenile criminality might be easily enumerated ; but, as we have said, we are now only briefly sketching some of the broader features cf this painful Subject, which—without entering into such minute 'shades of difference as to give it an almost endless variety of aspect w ithout changing its inhe rent character—are essentially applicable to our present purpose. Tito point which we would suggest for confidera ' Lion is this :—I4 the present mode of dealing with the numerous cliss:s of offender; which we have just adverted to the best adapted for the interest of society ? Or is it not rather a blind and indiscrimi- Nets mode of tampering with the outward symptoms of moral dis-a3e wit.hout reference to their cause ? We think there are substantial grounds for arriv ing at the letter conclusion. We have no wish to see criminals of any description become the objects of mawkish humanity or sickly sentiment; but it does not follow that all efforts which can be made to reform as well as punish youthful criminals must he open to such objections. There cannot be a doubt that our present penal system, in far too many cases, not only fells to attain its direct object, but is positively mischievous in fostering the very principles which it is intended to correct. With the young, especially, the discipline should be reformatory as well as punitive. It would be idle to insist formally upon their sust:eptibility to good or bad impressions or upon the inveteracy of early habits. Commit them to a gaol, and you expose them to comtamination of the mo,t dangerous character. Though not in all, they are in numerous, instances brought into contact with callous anti depraved wretches whose example and influence tend only to sear the conscience anti to stimulate to still higher attainments in vice and crime. By way of illustration, we may observe that Baron Aiderson, in his answers to the questions pro pounded to the judges by the Select Committee of the ,use ( f Lords appointed to inquire into the opera tion of the criminal law, mentions a case tried before him, in which a robbery was planned. in one of what is called our best-regulated gaols, the instru in-tit being a boy, and the principals adult thieves." It has b.•en ob:erved that crime has is emulation as well es virtue ; and that the young delinquent thrown 100-e among a herd of criminals aspires to tha pre-eminence of the burglar, the rubber, or the murderer. But this consideration, important as it is, is not the only one which demands at tention. Even if contamination be avoided, the prisoner, in the generality of cases, hes undergone no training which will counteract the influences of his original position end convert him into a useful rrewber of society. What wonder, then, that he again finds his way to the bar of justice with augmented guilt? If for these reasons it is highly impolitic to commit young offenders to prison, such commitzals are also cruel and unjust in instances where the parties have, in the ways already hinted at, been led into dishonest courses, without evincing what may he denominated direct criminality of character and disposition. The question here naturally recurs, in what way can the treatment of juvenile criminals be improved so as most effectually to prevent their relapsing into guilt after a first conviction, and maintaining the cur rent of adult crime ? We think by society in its col . lective capacity doing that which has hitherto been left to the operations of spentisneeus benevolence, by the establishment in every county of places of confine ment and instruction suited to their age, condition, and circumstances. Such places, as recommended in a recent report of the S'affordshire magistrates, should be asylums in the the nature of industrial schools; and to them all offenders under a certain age —say 15 or 16 years—should on conviction be invariably sent for longer periods than the usual terms of im prisonment. " Without this," as the same magis trates remark " there is reason to fear that good impressions produced, and good resolutions formed, will frequently not be permanent. The temp tations and inducements to a relepse into dis henesty will be too powerful, and the best efforts in great part unavailing, while, as a necessary consequence, the growth of juvenile crime will remain little checked, and a large portion of the expenditure incurred in the attempt to reform them will be comparatively useless." We would not, how ever, as the report recommended, make such confine ment in any way supplementary to ordinary impri sonment in gaol. For the reasons already assigned, we would keep prisoners of the age in Tendon, both before and after trial, altogether clear of the felon's gaol as a place unlikely, in any state of things, to be productive of beneficial results. Th e discipline of the asylums should be severe, hut pater nal in its character, and should include both religious and industrial training, with a view to putting the in mates into some settled way of livelihood, and guarding them against the assaults of casual temptation. Toe great object is to fortify them against the influence of old associations and old habits when they are restored re, - Lek el; the position of free agents. On this subject the ey. John Dutton, in his excellent pamphlet entitled at Vie Prison and the School," has the folio wing re . m aelts `_'..our confinement must be correctional rather than ( - penal. To effect so desirable a change Reformatory &Awls should be established in every district, so 'Hate; juvenile otTkindPrs may escape the contamination e. of oar gaols, and he treieei to habits of • in ' L,dustry an I virtue. Strict discipline is more ueccssary in -• a corrective than in a preventive syt&m, but strictness TT'• does not by any means imply severity. Habits of order and regularity are neturait) irksome to those who hey,- been accustonrd to liecentiousness and all the freedom of a wandering li!c: to them there is punishment, and that of some intensity, in submitting to rigid rule; but that this punishment should be corrective as well as punitive, the improvement of the mind must be cennected with the restriction of the person. The youthful offenders should b 3 taue,ht to reel not m -rely the wickedness, but also the fully of evil courses. Order and industry, when continuously practised, will have greater attractions than irregularity and idleness. With juve nile offenders we have to contend not so much against depravity of disposition as againet evil habits; these habits have been farmed by training in vice; they can only be counteracted by a careful training in virtue. " A very large proportirm of commitments consists of persona b eween the ages of fifteen and twenty, that is of persons who have for the first time an op portunity of exhibiting tie pernicious results of the mis-education to which they have been abandoned by the neglect of the State. The State, thus meeting what may in the great re aj arity of cases be fairly attributed to its own improvidence, is fairly bound to strive that new habits should be superinduced by its care in place of the old and depraved habits which the St ate allowed to be formed. This would not only be in accordance with strict justice, but with sound economy. The industry of young offenders being made to defray, at least in part, the expenses of their own support; the charge on the counties for their maintenance would be considerably reduced, and thus the training in virtue would b 3 obviously cheaper than the present abandonment of these wretched beings to the chances, or rather the certainty, of the influence of vicious counsel and vicious ex ample from the adult occupants of our gaols. A certain part of the earnings of the prisoners might be set apart, to be given them when the period of their sentence has expired, in order that want may not tempt them to crime on their liberation, but that they may have an opportunity of seeking work and rein stating themselves in society. Experiments of this kind have been tried with the best effects in the Refor matory and Industrial School of Detention established near Tours, in France, at Auburn, near Philadelphia, and the Reformatory Prisons of Peutonyille and Park hurst, in our own country." Such institutions would, to a considerable extent, be self-supporting; and if they were not, experience has shown that the cost of those which owe their origin to philanthropic effort, and to which, of course, as the law now stands, parties can be admitted only after undergoing a sentence of imprisonment, has been more than repaid in the diminution of the number of re-committals, and the consequent saving effected in the cost of maintenance and fresh prosecu tions; thus proving that in the case of juvenile de linquents reformation is not only the best, but also the cheapest policy. Although not bearing upon this point, we may re mark that it would probably be found advantageous that two or more magistrates in petty sessions should have the power not only of sending young vagrants to the asylum, but also of summarily committing in cases of a first offence where the prisoner was under a certain age, and the property stolen was of a trifling amount. . _ _ _ glehurst), Liverpool, milliners—H. Mitchdl and J. M. St. John, Calogan row, King's-road, Chelsea, furniture deal.irs—R. Brown and J. Brown, Bodrain, Cornwall, drapers and Via dealers—E. Gooddy J. Hill, C. P. Smith, and W. Hill Oa far as regards E. Goo , :dy, Man chester, dealers—W. Cave and A. Cave, Rathbone-clice, Oxford-strocr, English and foreign toy warehousemen— W. Heilie;ll and G. Ilesketh, Tyldesley-blnks, Lanca shire, grw.crs and drapers—J. D'Haurrgard and C. Fiers, Manchester, fmeign commission merchants—J. Barber. J. Barber, jun., A. W. Barber, and F. Thomp son, Norwich, wholesale grocers and tea dealers — J. Powell and T. Archbold, East Tilbury, Essex, coal merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Charles W. Ward, Sudborne, Sufi )11E, innkeeper. John Ro ivbury, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, fishmonger. Richard Pook, Cadbury, Devonshire, innkeeper. Robert Crowe, Norwich, carpenter. George Sturdy, Helmsltty, York-hire, ironmonger. John Simpson, aswaldkirk Yorkshire, carpenter. David Richard& C trdiff, Glacaorganshiro, cord wainer. Thomas Richardson, Kinv,ston-upon-Ilull, wheelwright. Jonathan Aston, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, firmer. Henry Rose, Sturminster Newton, Dorsetshire, cabinet- ThomsF, Swanse3, Glamorgan hire, weaver. rn.mas Berry. Aylesbury, cabinetmaker. \Villiain Fletcher, Donington-on. VIE-3ane, Linlolasbire, James Staves, Kingatonrupon-Hull, ishwmalccr. Robert IlAsou, Kingston-upon-11u 1. Joseph Wattleworth, St. Bees, Cumberland, drnpor. Jame: Ellis, Blinchinhampton, Glou.testcrshire, canfcc- tioner. Thomas Kennedy, North Shields, drap'r. William Foster, North Shields, grocer. John Williams, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, ropcuitkr. Benjamin Richards, Christchurch, Moamouthsbire, sail maker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. W. Moncur, Kettle-bridge, Fife3hire, mere' ant, to meet within Hall's Tontine Hotel, Cupar-Fi`e, Sept. 9 and 30, at two. D. M. Moore, Birneyknowes, Haddingtonshire, farmer and cattle dealer, to meet within the George Inn, Had dington, Sept. 13 and Oct. 4, at one. C. Manson and W. Wighton, Perth, drapers, to meet within the Star Hotel, Perth, Sep..l2 and Oct. 3, at une. Here then, we think, a tolerably clear course of action is opened up. We add nothing as to the vast importance of the subject, which we are glad to see taken up in so well-considered and judicious a manner as it has been by the Staffordshire magistracy. We hope to see it attract equal attention in other coup• ties, and we may then expect to see it brought to a practical iisue. FORGERIES ON rtiE AUSTRIAN BANK. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.—This morning James Hill, charged with forgeries upon the Austrian Ba,,k to the amount of 15,000/., was brought up before Mr. T. Beale and Mr. H. Luccock for final examination. Mr. T. 11. Gem, who appeared as solicitor for the prosectrion, said the case had already undergone con• siderable inquiry before the court, but had been ad journed in consequence of the absence of material witnesses expected from Vienna. Those witnesses had now arrived, and, after hearing the additional evidence which he should lay before the court, he en tertained no doubt that the bench would feel it their duty to commit the prisoner for trial. Kerr Roth)!ph Kopp Felsenthal, Chief Commis sioner of Police at Vienna (examined through an interpreter), deposed that he was conversant with the nature of the notes produced. The one with a hole in it was a genuine note of the Bank of Austria for 100 florins, or about 101. in English money. It was payable by the Imperial Royal Central Exche• quer of Austria, or by any of the branch public treasuries of that kingdom. The other note pro duced was an imitation of the genuine Austrian note, and required the stamp of the imperial eagle to make it perfect. It was calculated to deceive any person who did nut bastow snore than ordinary attention upon its appearance. Witness produced two genuine notes, which he had obtained from the Royal Exche quer of Austria. They were signed by the name of the same person (the chief cashier) as those alleged to be forgeries. Herr A. Moser (examined through an interpreter) being sworn, stated that he was in the office of the Minister of Finance at Vienna. He knew the signa ture of the chief cashier attached to the genuine notes produced. The signatures were printed with the body of the notes, and afterwards the imperial eagle was stamped upon them. The alleged forgeries were imitations of the Austrian note, and calculated to deceive, Cross-examined by Mr. Edmonds—The imperial eagle was stumped upon all the notes issued out of the Austrian Exchequer. Oa the notes said to be forged no eagle had been stamped, although an engraved punch with the eagle upon it had been ordered by the prisoner and completed. Mr. Edmonds—Would the note be taken in Austria without the eagle being stamped on the face of it ? Witness—l have known it taken without the impres sion of the eagle. Mr. Edmonds—Do you know that of your own knowledge ? Have you ever seen any person so take it in an incomplete state ? Witness—l have not seen it taken, but I am in the office to which notes which have been issued are returned, and I have seen notes come back without the impression of the eagle upon them. Mr. Edmonds—Look at the reverse side of the note said to be a forgery, and tell me if it is not very different from the note said to he genuine? Witness —The printing is certainly different. Mr. Gem said that was all the evidence he should then offer on the part of the prosecution, and upon which he a.ked the magistrates to commit the prisoner for trial. Mr. Edmonds hoped the magistrates would accep bail. Mr. Gem urgPd the importance cf the case as a reason %%by the Court should refuse bail. The Magistrates sail they should commit the pri soner to take his trial at the next assiz , s, an I refusA to accept hail. . . _ Mr. 14: linonds—Then they must apply to a judge. That which was frequently deemed important there was not so esteem*'d elsewhere. lie had known notes of the "Bank of Elegance" impose upon persons even in that court, but nobody dreamt of calling them for geries. The witnesses were then bound over and the pri soner was removed. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 31st day of August, 1850. awns nicpARTNENT. Notes issued.• •• •• •• 30,103,815 Government debt •• 11,015,100 Other securittes .. • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,833,857 Silver bullion • • .. •• 219,958 THE SUN, LONDON, SAT U RDA Y EVENING, SEPT EM BE RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND BIRI4/NGIIAIII. Tue half-yetsrly meeting, of this comr.ny was held at Shrewsbury yesterday ; the Hon. Robert Clive, prebiuled. The - SEC3ETARY then read the report of the di rectors. The CHAIRMAN said he had to congratulate the proprietors upon the fact that under the circumstances of their traffic they had received 12,9621. during the last half-year. Now it was highly satisfactory that under all the difficulties with which they had had to contend such a result had been arrived at.—(Hear.) lie deeply deplored the diff•rences which had hitherto existed between the Shrewsbury and Chester and London ani North-Western Companies', and he would make any personal sacrifice, or incur any troulde, if by such a course he could put an end to those points of difference by which the mutual in terests of the two companies were then separated and injured. • A SUIREUOLDER asked why the opinions expressed by the Chairman had not before been put into prac tical operation ? The CHAIRMAN could assure the proprietary that he had always entertained the name opinions, and be knew also that such were the sentiments of their worthy chairman, Mr. Ormsby Gore. He then read correspondence between Mr. Glyn, the chairman of the London an 1 North-Western Company, and Mr. Gore, the chairman of the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, from which it appeared that Mr. Gore pro posed to Mr. Glyn to refer the differences exis•ing to arbitration. The directors of the London and North- WesFF•rn Company declined, unless the Shrewsbury and Birmingham gave up an agreement respecting the Shrewsbury and London traffic (vice the Shrop • shire Union line from Wellington to Stafford), which the Court of Chancery had decided in favour of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company. He (the Chairman) thought it right that this correspondence should be read, because it showed that after all a good feeling existed, and ere long he hoped some ar rangement would be made by which all matters of dispute would be amicably settled. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. W. Chance, of Birmingham. Upon this a long and desultory discussion took place with regard to an agreement between the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and Shrewsbury and Chester Companies, for the purpose of the mutual protection of their through traffic from Liverpool to kVolverhampton. This agreement did not allow either company to arrange with any other company without both being consenting parties. If either party broke the agreement, it entitled the seceding party to the right of using the other line to prevent its traffic being shut out. Mr. BIRD, Mr. GRACE( ' and other influential share holders, contended that this agreement, which had led to unpleasant consequences, ought not to have been entered into without the consent of the share holders. The CHAIRMAN intimated that at the last half yearly meeting of the company the directors stated, they had entered into an agreement with the Shrews bury and Chester Company, and that they proposed to make such an agreement permanent. the agree ment was soon afterwards sealed. The directors un derstood they were making the agreement under the sanction of the shareholders. What the directors had done they had done conscientiously, and if they had failed to accomplish all that was required by the pro. prietors they could not help it. Mr. THORNEYCROFT ' of Wolverhampton (one of the directors), believed that the agreement was f o r the good of the company. He had been anxious to obtain an adjustment of all difficulties, and for that purpose had had an interview, along with a deputa tion from their company, with the London and North Western directors in London. He was most desirous that a contest, in which the Birmingham and Shrewsbury had had in their favour two decisions of the Vice-Chancellor and one of the Lord Chancellor of England, should be fulfilled. Those objects were at present defeated. All the Birmingham and Shrews bury Company wanted was justice, and ultimately he entertained no doubt that they should prevail. After further discussion the report of the directors was received and adopted. Mr. OLIVER, then moved the appointment of a de putation to confer with the directors of the London and North-Western Company, with a view to an amicable arrangement of the disputes between the two companies. The motion of Mr. Oliver was discussed at con siderable length, was opposed by Mr. Alderman Geach and Mr. Akroyd, and ultimately withdrawn. The retiring directors were re-elected; and Mr. Akroyd, of Stourbridge, was elected auditor in the stead of Mr. Castles, to whom a vote of thanks was proposed by the Chairman. On the motion of Mr. HAINEs, of Brougham, a motion was agreed to suggesting a traffic arrange ment with the Chester and Birkenhead Company, similar to that existing with the Shrewsbury and Chester Company. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. Z 30,103,8 i 5 I £30,103,815 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the sth day of September, 1850. BANNING DEPAZTHINT. Proprietors'capital.. 14,553,000 Rost . .......... 3,536,662 Public deposits (In alading Exchequer, Commissioners of lovernment securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • 14,430,817 Other securities • • 11,419,381 Votes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 10,421,070 Gold and silver coin•. 665,758 National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts)" 8,261,2g1 Other deposits .. .. • • 9,231,099 81ven day and other bills.. •••.. .• • • 1,305,011 £36,937,056 £36,9 i 7,056 M. MARSIIALL. Chief Cashier. 1850. Dated the sth day of September, ST. JOHN'S CHURCH , WATERLOO A p p w u i t n d u o p w i , n c t o h n e t a e i a n 3 i t n w g i g n e d f o e w e D t o s u f p s e t r . . j o f o n h , i s s u as r . c — b h e , e r n recently put up in the eact window of St. John's Church, Waterloo road. The design comprises in the centr e a ue manner of the early Christian painters, with figures xion, of in the St. John, Mary Virgin , Mary Magdalene , at foot of th - e u c r ro - ss& the cross is surmountel by a p e l i can in her piety, above which wh are angels holding a crown of vi ne leaves. The border con tains figures of the four Evange li s ts, with their emblems be neath the feet of each ; also the Agnus Dei, chalice and wafer, &c., comprised in a rich mosaic, in which are introduced passion flowers, crosses, the emblems of the Trinity. The colouring throughout is rich. In the design generally a se verity of feeling adapted to the devotional character of the subject has been observed, at the same time with an endea vour to avoid the imperfect drawing of the early artists. The work has been executed by Mr. Wilmshurst, from the designs of Mr. N. J. Cottingham, at a limited cost. The reredos and sacrarium are decorated in polychrome (less successfully than the window); and a large painting of the entombment of our Lor,l is in progress for the former. The style of the church is Domestic G r e e k, so to spe a k : the strictly correct character of glass for such a building is still a question. Builder. The (been has referred to the Attorney• General, for his advice and opinion thereon, the petition and claim of Robert Radcliffe, Esq., of Foxdenton Hall, Lancashire, Hyde House, Dorset, and the Circus, Bath, to the ancient barony of Fitzwalter, as lineal descendant of Jane, sole surviving child of Henry Radclyffe, fifth Earl of Sussex, and teeth Baron Fitzwalter.—Bath Chronicle. SINGULAR SUICIDE. —The Nashua Gazette says : A man from Litchfield came to that town, purchased a coffin, took it back to Litchfield, dug his grave, put his ceffin into it, got into it himself, took laudanum, waked up next morn ing, and found himself alive, got up and hung himself. He left a letter, with live dollars enclosed, to pay for filling up his grave. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending Sept. 3, 1850. exclusive of Custom Duties paid or payable thereon on the importatisn thereof into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 255. lid. per cwt. From the Mauritius 21s. 2id. „ From the East Indies ... 295. 91d. Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... ... 2 1 5. Oid. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN ILL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, Sept. 6. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Peacock, on the part of the Post•office authori ties, appeared before Mr. Alderman Gibbs to execute a summons against the notorious Joseph Ady for his neglect in paying the postage accruing on 2,280 letters which had been returned to him from the Ge neral Post-office. Ady was called for three times by the summoning officer, but did not appear. The ALDERMAN then called— _ _ Mr. Thomas G4labin, who stated that he was a clerk in the Dead Letter-office, and the whole of the 2,280 letters, returned to Ady, had passed through his hands, the postage of which amounted to 19/. Henry Daniels, a letter-earlier, proved having pre sented the letters, and also that he had demanded 191. as postage. Joseph Ady informed the letter-carrier, in reply to his application for the amount, that he bad no money to pay for the letters. The MAGISTRATE ordered that a warrant of dis tress should at once issue against Ady for the payment of the amount. GUILDHALL. Edward Parker Simpson was brought up before Alderman Finnic, upon the charge of embezzling the sum of 251., the money of Mr. Robert Woodward, so licitor, of 27, Bouverie-streut, his master. lie was fully committed to Newgate to await his trial at the ensuing sessions at the Central Criminal Court. Thomas Banks was placed at the bar for final examination, charged with obtaining 101. under false pretences, and with uttering a forged cheque for the same with a guilty knowledge. Anne Wallis, barmaid to Mr. J. R. Abbot, of 31, Coleman-street, stated that on Saturday week last prisoner came there and presented a cheque, saying that he came from Mr. Cooper, of the Bankruptcy Court, and wished to know if Mr. Abbot would have the kindness to change the cheque for Mr. Cooper. Witness took the cheque, which was drawn by a Mr. John Weston on Messrs. Prescott's bank, to Mr. Ab bot, who, knowing that gentleman, gave the prisoner the change directly. Witness knew the prisoner as being connected in some way with the Bankruptcy Court. He went away as soon as he hal obtained the change. Edward Champion, clerk to Messrs. Prescott and Co., stated, that they bad no account at their bank with any p9r,on of the name of Weston. Henry Alfred, clerk to Mr. James Cooper, of the Bankruptcy Court, said he was acquainted with pri soner's hand writing, and he believed the cheque pro duced to have been written by the prisoner. He also thought the name of " John Weston," was in the handwriting of the prisoner. isoner here asked for a further remand for the i.urpoie of procuring legal assistance. Alderman FINNIs said the case was so clear that there was not the slightest ground to remand it. Ile would, therefore, commit him to the Old Bailey fur trial on the above ch trge --Committed accordingly. IVORSH/P-STREET. mTpoho Honora Donovan, a robust middle-aged Irish wo man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged at the instance of the parish authorities of St. Mary, s i Thomas with the following scandalous a s Spenceley, gate-p or t er o f th e wor kh ouse , V on hiLachapel, stated that the prisoner, who was accompanied by two ragged and wretched-looking children, presented herself at the outer gates on the preceding evening, and applied for admission, stating that she was utterly destitute, and had not a farthing of money to procure that much worth of bread for her famishing family. andSheplacedwith r was appropriated accordingly her to casual paupers. at once taken into the house, two child ren i n th e r ece iving Eone of th e wor kh ouse nurses , s t a t e d that on Tappan,directing the prisoner to go to bed shortly after her admission, tie prisoner exhibited a great reluctance to do so, and requested to be allowed to lie down in her clothes. Witness, however, insisted upon her taken them off, and having with some diffi culty stripped her of them, she said she was always in the habit of sleeping in her shoes, and expressed her determination to keep them on her feet ; but wit ness took them forcibly off her, and while doing so a large quantity of silver rolled out upon the floor, which was picked up and fcund to amount to two guineas in value. The prisoner made a loud outcry for the restoration of her money, but it was retained possession of, and it being considered a very bare faced imposition, the parish officers determined upon giving her into custody that she might be adequately punished. When called upon fur her defence, the prisoner, in a whining tone, said that the money had been given to her by her brother, who was a miner in Wales, and she considered it a hard case that she should be deprived of her little store, which she intended to apply for the support of her children. Mr. Hammer, said that the prisoner's conduct was a gross imposition upon the hardworking ratepayers, and having, under the provision of the amended Poor law, directed her secret hoard to be handed over to the parish authorities to be applied to the general purposes of the 'nor, ordered the prisoner to be com mitted for a month to the House of Correction as an idle and disorderly person, and that her children should in the meantime be properly provided for in the workhouse. CL ERKEN WELL. William Leggett, Edward Rouhe, James Wren, and John Manly, were placed at the bar before Mr. Tyr whitt for final examination, charged by Messrs. Browning, oil merchants, of 113, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, with having been concerned in extensive robberies on that firm. The whole of the prisoners were fully committed to Newgate fur trial. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. Between thirty and forty streetwalkers and their " drivers"—the women who follow what is called " dress lodgers," to receive the money earned by their infamous trade—were brought to this court, having been apprehended by the police, in consequence, as understood, of orders issued by the Police Commis sioners, to clear the streets of the nuisance and ob struction occasioned by the increasing number of streetwalkers. The constables said they were not very long in ap prehending the number in custo d y , hut, if t h ey could have got more assistance, they w ould h a v e had at least as many more. Mr. Hennerica said the streets at night had be come so infested by loose women, that no person in a decent station of society could take his wire or daughter through them, without having tlieir eyes and ears shocked by scenes that could be witnessed nowhere so conspicuously as in England. Th e nuisance had grown so intolerable that it must be abated by the exercise of the law. Fines were inflicted varying from 7s. to 20e, or a inflicted on th e " d r i ve r s ." proportion a t e i mpr i son ment. The heaviest fines were EXTRAORDI NARY SIGIIT. Monday r-- - ••••••lfil the morning a road between G reenw i c h and Woolwich were astonished by sehhight, about five o'clock, the travellers on the seeing the highway actually covered with millions and mil lions of young frogs or tadpoles, similar to the flight of locusts which invade and devastate whole countries at a sweep. Xiiidstone Journal. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. The half-yearly-meeting of this company was held at Lancaster on Thursday ; Mr. E. W. H.asell in the chair. The CHAIRM&N said, the report will show that this rail way has gone on progressively improving in its traffic, and that it is so far improved that the direc tors are prepared to recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, still retaining a small balance in favour of the traffic account.—(Hear, hear.) It was an honest dividend, and paid entirely out of the traffic revenue. The directors had taken the greatest pains to attain this object, and they have used their best endeavours to keep down expenses, as well as to promote the traffic upon the line. The passenger traffic is progressively increasing; the goods traffi 3 likewise continues to do so, and he could not give a better proof of that than by calling atten tion to the last return of the traffic on this line, for the week ending the 25th of August last, when the total amount was 5,2041, whilst the total amount of traffic for the corresponding week last year was 4,2121. g iving within a very small fraction an excess of 1,0001. in a week.—(Hear.) They looked with great satisfaction upon the well working of the arrange ment with the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, and the terms were exceedingly fair for the proprietors of both lines—that is to say, on a monthly examination of the affairs of both lines it will be found that each line keeps its own—in other words the Lancaster and Preston and the Lancaster and Carlisle lines appear to be keeping up their just pro portions of traffic, and consequently they are justly and righteously receiving their fair proportion of profit.—(Hear.) He hoped before long both the Maryport and the Newcastle and Carlisle Railways woull fulfil the original intention of joining in the central station at Carlisle, for it was of the greatest importance in the way of convenience to the public. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the line and works from Preston to Carlisle, and the very limited quantity of working stock which belongs to the company, are in good order. Ucon the expi ration, next year, of the existing contracts for main tenance and renewal of the way and works, the directors confidently expect, from the experience of other companies, to he able to enter into a new con tract, for any length of time, and with perfectly re sponsible parties, on the same or more favourable terms, and therefore it appears unnecessary to lay aside any specific depreciation fund on that account. The London and North-Western Company find all the stock, except the goods, coal, and cattle waggons— the renewal as well as repairs of which the latter, and also the contract prices paid to that company for the rest of the stock, are regularly charged against the current revenue. The arrangement made with the North-Western Railway Company, whose line con nects this at Lancaster with Skipton, and there with the Midland Company's line, has been found to work conveniently for the public, and with advan tage to the companies. The Maryport board have agreed to refer to arbitration the pecuniary terms on which the settlement should be effected, and the Maryport Company be admitted into the Carlisle station as tenants instead of joint proprietors. The directors have delayed the adoption of any legal pro ceedings against the Maryport Company for enforc ing the original agreement ; but it is now the fixed determination of the directors to take at once such steps if the Maryport Company shall at all hesitate to carry out the more recent one made by their deputa tion. The Newcastle and Carlisle Company's traffic likewise could be perfectly well accommodated in the same station; and the directors of the Caledonian have intimated to the directors of the Newcastle Company their readiness to afford such accommo dation accordingly, on terms to be settled by arbi tration. The revenue account showed that 102,086/. bad been received during the half-year ending the 31st of July, and 44 974/. expended, including 1,8441. for Government duty, and 1,4701. rates and taxes, leav ing a balance of 57,1121. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was adopted, and the dividend, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, was declared. The retiring directors, Mr. 11. Howard and Colonel Maclean, were re-elected, as was also the retiring auditor, Mr. J. Salkeld. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman for his valuable services to the company, and the meeting separated. MARYPJItT AND CARf.ISLE.—The half-yearly meet ing of thii company was held at the Seahouse Arms Inn, Maryport, on Wednesday last. There was an unusually large meeting of the shareholders; F. L. B. Dykes, Esq., chairman of the board of directors, presided, and having formally opened the meeting, announced that a Lumber of the shareholders had met that morning, and agreed to a "resolution which they 7, 1850. hid p'aced in his hand, and which was as follows : " That a committee be appointed, consisting cf Me“.srP. George Harrison, George Saul, William Cowan, William Ostle, and George Gill Mouneey, to inquire fully into the affairs cf the company, with full powers to call for and examine all persons concerned, and all books, pzpers and documents, and to take all steps requisite for affecting a thorough investigation, and to report thereon. Arid that this meeting stands adjourned to the 231 of October, for the purpose of receiving the report of the said committee." Mr. Harrison being a director, some discussion took place as to the pro priety of constituting the committee wholly of share holders, not directors ; and eventually an amendment to that effact was submitted, when 26 voted for i., and 20 for the original motion. Tao name of Mr. Gilfricl Hartley was then substituted for that of Mr. Harrison, and the meeting adjourned. Previously, Mr. George Cowan stated that the balance next year in favour of the company might ba expected to be 6,000/., equal to 4 per cent. lA'AI kRK ET.—The directors announce that this line will be re-opened on Monday. LONDON AND NORTH- WESTERN.—A further por tion of this company's Buckinghamshire Railway, from the Claydon Junction to six miles cf Oxford, will be opened on the 16:h inst., and the re mainder into Oxford by November. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Sept. 6.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of West India displayed firmness, and generally were not disposed to accept former rates, which checked the demand for both grocery and refining sorts. The operations are 350, making for the week 2 ; 589 hhds, &c. At former rates there are several buyers. REFINED.—To-day a fair business was transacted in Refixed goods by home dealers, but there was no advance in the value. At public sa'e yesterday 13,000 Tittlers and Leaves and 170 trcs and cases Dutch Refined, duty paid, all sold; fine Loaves 555, good 533 61 to 543, infe rior 50s to 503 6d, damaged 48s to 533 6d, ditto and broken 45s 6.1; Tittlers, sound 503 to .525, and damaged 491 to 50s 6d fee cwt. EAST INDIZ—This afternoon the biddings were brisk at the public sales of 2,545 bags Ben; al, and full rates were obtained; indeed, in some cases there was a small advance. Fine white Bemires realised 42s 6d to 435, good mid and good 403 6d to 425, mid 393 6cl to 40s, damp and washed 39s to 42s 6d. Of Penang 718 bags were sold at 323 to 33a for brown, and at 33s to 34s for low yellow. FOREIGN.—To-day the market for Fureign Sugar pre sented a firm aspect, but business was checked by the reluctance of holders to sell by private treaty. There are several buyers at previous rates. At auction 3,767 mats Manilla went at 303 to 31s for low damp brown Muscovado; two lots rather better 34e, and one lot very ord 293 61 per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius met with a good demand, and at the public asks of 3,000 bags full rates were obtained ; fine yellow selling at 39s to 403, mid to good 36s 6 Ito 38s 6d, inferior 35s to 365, walled 3 is to 375, good to fine brown 32s 6d to 343 6J, low and mid 30s 61 to 325, grey from 363 to 38s 63, and grainy 41a per CUFFEE.—This afternoon there was less activity in the market for Native Ceylon, and prices declined is to 2s; at auction 1,000 bags 11 casks were sold, good ord at 46s to 46s 6d, fine ord 47s to 47s 6d, da maged 363 to 435, better sorts 44s to 465. Plan tation met with less attention, and a reduction of fully is took place, but at auction 169 casks 939 bags were all sold, good went at 59s to 635, mid 56s to 58s, low mid 53s 61 to 555, fine to fine fine ord 49s to 533, in'orior and damaged 443 to 48s, pea b. rry 54s to 60s, damaged 43s to 565. Of Rio 102 bags sold at 42s to 428 6.1 for good ord; and 59 bsgs Costa Rica at 503 per cwt for fine fine ord. COCOL.—Holders of West India are firm, and off•red none at public sale this welt, but a fair business was transacted privately. Red Trinidad 45s to 50s, grey 43s to 455, and Grenada from 403 to 48s. Foreign has been sold to a fair extent at 29s to 31s. MoLAssEs.—Sale‘ have been only to a limited extent, although sellers are willing to accept the lower rates of 13s to 15s 61 for West India, and Its to 12d for Bengal and Mauritius, but arrivals continue upon a limited scale. This afternoon at public sale 27 puns Bahia Molasses were taken in at 13s 6d per cwt. TEA.—The market presented a quiet aspect up to Wed nesday, and rather lower rates were acceded to for both black and green. Since then buyers have operated with more freedom, and holders are firmer, whilst the rates ob tained are qual to those current this day week. Congou has been sold to a fair extent, ord and good ord at 1 lid to I lie], medium sorts is is ()id to Is lid, and better kinds Is 2d to is 7d per lb. Green is in steady demand, the better kinds especially, and there is only a limited sup ply. The demand is better fur scented and Pekoe Teas at late rates. There has been no public sale this week, and none has been imported. SrlcEs.—The transactions in Black Pepper have much exceeded those of last week, and farmer rates are wall supported. At public sale 3,969 bags 30 rbns all soli; Sumatra good clean black at 30, common light darneged lid to 3d, Batavia or sound 2id to 4d, damaged lid; Madras, sound 3d to 3id, damaged lid to 21'1; and sound Penarg 2d to 3d per lb. Tho value of Malabar is 31 Ito 3id per ib. White has been in steady re quest at the former value; and at section 180 bags chiefly sold at 51 Ito 6id for good ord and mid. Cassia Lignea is much wanted, and realize leigh rates, as the supply is not sufficient for the demand. At public sale 186 boxes from Havre sold; good and fine at 100 s to 1064, mid 933 to 993, and 3,096 bdls at 9ls for broken. Cloves have been in fair demand at full terms; Bombay and Zsezibur at 61d to 61.1, and Penang 10.1 to Is 44. An increased demarel has been experienced for Nutmeg., and former rates are well supported. At auction 36 cases realized 2s 94 to 2s 104 for good bold limed Batavia; and 14 pkgs brown 2s ed to 3s 2J for mid and good, and low mid 2s 6d to 2s 7d per lb. Mace continues in fair demand at last week's valuations, with a smaller supply. At public sale 6 cases sod at 2s 41 to 2s 51 for mid, and better sort is worth 2s 6d to 2s 9d. For Cinnamon there are few orders; and prices have a downward tendency for must descriptions. Jamaica Ginger continues in good de mand, and full rates have been paid this week. At sue tion 154 boxes sold, fine at 6/ 14s to 71 17s, good 41 153 to 51 10s, Red other sorts 31 14s to 41 10s. For exportation sorts orders are 3et, small, and prices remain low. At auction 486 pockets and 4 bags ordinary rough Bengal sold at 17s per cwt For African and Barbadocs rates rule at 34s to 383. Pimento is still in small supply, several parcels have been sold privately at 6id to 6ld for mid to good. At auction 33 begs reslised 54d to i for low to good. For Cassia Buds holders demand leue to 110 s per cwt. Rice.—Today there was no public sales of East India Rice, end the small business done privately was at 3d to 6d decline. Of mid white Bengal some parcels were sold at 9s 2.1 to 101 per cwt. INDIGJ.—The quarterly sale of East India has been fixed fur the Bth of tic ober ; at present the quantity de clared is 7,055 chests. There continues to be a good demand fern shippers, and home dealers, whilst the previous advanoe of 3d to 4.1 per lb is well supporte 1 for Bengal, and since this day month about 1,200 chests have been sold. Madras and Kurpah are wanted, and the prices offered are 2d to 3.1 per lb above last quarterly sale, but the quantity on offer is small. EPlRlTS.—Liolders of Jamaica have confidence, and will not sell hut at full rates, still the sales made have been upon a limited scale this week, fine and very supe rior 34 to 38 over proof at 3s 64 to 4s 6d, good 30 to 35 over 2a 101 to 3s 34, ord and mid 2d 5d to 2; 6 i ; there are several buyers rather under these rates. For Lee ward Island the prices asked are Is 41d to is 5d proof, still rates have been upon a small sca'e The market is quiet for East India at Is 3d to is 341 proof. De merara met with little attention, but prices remain at 2s to 2s 21 for 30 to 40 per cent. ever proof. Brandy continues in excellent demand, with much firmness on the part of holders. The value of Cognise best brands of the vintage of 1847 is 5e 2d to 5s 41, 1848 ditto 4s 81 to 4s 101, 1849 ditto 4s 7d to 4s 9d, and iu'erior sorts 2s 10d to 4s 41. Sales are upon a small scale in Geneva at Is 61 to is 7d, and fine at Is 8d to 2s per gallon. There is no variation in the value of British made Spirit. TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 900 casks Sydney Tallow went at 34s 64 to 375, and inferior at 33s 6d to 345 31. 950 packages of South American 33s to 36s 31, very ord 31s 6d to 32s 6d; and 140 casks Odessa Sheep 35s 9d to 36; 3d. OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 500 pkgs Cocoa Nut Oil mostly sold. Ceylon at 285 64 to 29s 6d, Cochin 30s to 325, and Sidney 27s 64 to 27s 9d. FRANCE. A quantity of papers written in cipher, and said to deteil certain plans of the French refuge( s, have been seiz el in Parii. Several warrants of arrest bare been accordingly issued. Accounts from Montpellier state that an extentive manufactory of gunpowder for insurrectionary pur poses has been discovered in that town in consequence of an accidental explosion on the premises. Tee pro prietor has been arrested. At 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning the President left Evraux, having previously reviewed an immense number of National Guards collected together in its vicinity. The following is the account furnished of his progress after his departure : " The President had hoped to pay a visit to the village of Navarre, so long the residence of the Em press Josephine, and where her memory is still re vered. He was prevented by the necessity of adhering to his itinerary. "The President passed by Barney and Lisieux, on his way to Caen. his reception at the former place was most satisfactory—the more remarkable that it is considered the centre of democrsey in Norniarrly. As his visit to that town was a deviation from his original plan, yielding only to the earnest entreaties of the Mayor and a part of the population, he was en abled to remain there only a few minutes. Ile was received with mingled shouts of Viva Napoleon!' Vive le President and `Viva la Re f iublique " The President then resumed his route to Caen, and in a short time reached the village of Hotellerie, which is the boundary between the departments of the Eare and Calvados. On this spot were erected two columns adorned with foliage, and surmounted with tricolour flags, on which was inscribed in large letters the words ' Vive le President;' while on the vase was written, in equally large characters, The Department of Calvados to Louis Napoleon.' The population in a mass received him with loud ac clamations ; and the warmest and most earnest pro ceeded from the peasants and farmers who came from more than twenty miles round to meet him. At this place the prefect of the Eure took leave of the Pre sident, and the Prefect of the Calvados took his place in the carriage. " At half-past three o'clock the President arrived at Lisieux. The whole of the National Guards, the mayor, the municipalities of the town and the envi rons, the authorities of Lisieux, and a large concourse of' people, were waiting for him at the entrance of the Rue de Paris, where an elegantly constructed trium phal arch had been erected, bearing the inscription of Vive Louis Napoleon' on one side, and on the other, Dieu protege la France.' So soon as the peal of bells and the salutes from the guns announced the arrival of the President, one loud and long continued shout, intermixed with but rare cries of Vive la Repub lique,' was raised, and followed him on his way through the town. The President stopped for a minute at the Hotel de Ville, and then mounting his horse, with the Mayor of Lisieux on one side, the Prefect of the Calvados and the Minister of Justice on the other, and two orderly officers following him, he passed through the city between two lines of the National Guard of Lisieux and the environs. " The whole of the houses on his passage were adorned with flags and garlands, and bouquets of flowers were flung from the windows at his horses' feet as he passed. There was one battalion of the rural National Guard who carried flowers at the end of their muskets, out of compliment to the President. This battalion appeared the most enthusiastic. "On his leaving Lisieux, the President moved ra pidly on to Csen. The National Guards and the country people crowded the streets long after he left, and continued to cry Vive Napoleon.' "The President was expected at Caen at seven o'clock last evening." FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Aua. 14, 1850. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the hinour of Knighthood upon Alexander James E Imund Cock burn, Eeq., M.P., her Majesty's Solicitor• General. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 2. The following promotions have this day taken place consequent on the death, on the Ist inst., of Admiral of the Red, Robert Dudley Oliver:— Admiral of the White, John Crochet, to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue, John Mackellar, to be Admiral of the Whit-. Vice• Admiral of the Red, Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the Whit Bulkley Mack worth Prvd. to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. - Vice-Admiral of the Blue, J3mes Richard Dacres, to be Vice Admiral of the White. Rear• Admiral of the Red, Sir William Beauchamp Proctor, Bart., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White, William Ward, to be Rear- Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Villiers Francis Hatton, to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Francis Erskine Loch to be Rear-Admiral cf ale Blue. Retired Captains—Arden Adderley, and Sir Richard O'Conor, K.C.H., have been promoted to be Retired Rear-Admir ds, on the terms proposed in the London G:nctte of the Ist of September, 1846, without increase of half-pay. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. Summers Harford, E.q , to be Deputy-Lieutenant, July 9, 1850. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suff )Ik. Ist Troop of Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry—Fuller Maitland Wilson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Peter liuddlestone, Gent., resigned; Frederic AsOn Oakes, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Fuller Mxitlaud Wilson, Gent., promoted, Aug. 30. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of York,hire. 3d Regiment of West York Militia—George Lar e Rill., to be Colonel, ViC3 Cholmley, resigned, Aug. 31. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Bradley, lard refiner, R anelagh-road, Pimlico, to surrender September 13, at half-past one, and October 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall•strret; Morgans, Old Jewry. George Friend, bookseller, Kidderminster, Sept. 21, and Oct. 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Tudor, Kidderminster. _ _ William Thomas, baker, Southrop, Gloucestershire, Sept. 19, and Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Stanley and Waebrough, Bristol; Frankum, Abingdon. John Stork, wine and spirit merchant, Kingston-upon- Hull, Sept.2s, and Oct. 16, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds D:striet Court. Carrick, cfficial assignee, Hull; Phillips and Copt man, Hut!. William Ward, victualler, Liverpool, Sept. 18 and Oct 24, at eleven, at the Liverpuol District Court. Tur ner, otli.nal a;signee, Liverpool; Yates, jun., Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Ba•inghall street. R. Fenningi, Chancery-lane, law stationer, Sept. 27, at one--J. Geale, New Burlington-mews, RogEnt-street, jobnaaster and livery vtaWe k9eper, Srpt. 27, at hall past ono—R. Campling, Norwich, habenlather, Sept. 27, at twelve. In the Country. W. E Smith, Plymouth, shipwright, Oot. 3, at eleven. at the Uall of Commerc.., Plymouth—J. Hunt, Bath, victualler, Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—A. Guy, Chippenham, Wil:shire, money scrivener, Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—G. Jameson, Newcastle upon-Tyne, mercer, Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle.upcn-Tyne—J. E. Todhunter, Darlington, books: Dor, Oct. 4, at half-pait one, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—A. Duranty, Liverpool, merchant, Sept. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Ware ing, Liverpool, draper, Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—Elizabeth Hart and Martin Hart, Northwich, drapers, Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Jaffa and J. Willis, Liverpool, tailors, Sept. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND. J. Jones, jun., and T. Oakes, Kingawinford, Stafford shire, ironmasters, 2s. id., any Thursday after Oct. 12, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Haslam, Hertford, chemist and druggist, Sept. 28, at half-past eleven—J. Welch, Westbury, Wiltshire, innkeeper, Sept. 27, at half-past one—R. Campling Nor wich, haberdasher, Sept. 27, at twelve. In the Country. 11. Thurstan, Cheltenham, innkeeper, Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Bailey, Gloucester, saddler, Oat. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—G. Hornsby and R. P. Mould, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, buildere, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. H. Veitch, Durham, printer, Oat. 8, at half past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—G. A. V. Domer, Newcastle.upon-Tyne, merchant, Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—D. H. Haley, Birmingham, ironfounder, Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. 'CERTIFICATES GRANTED. G. Hammond, Grove, Milton near Gravesend, Kent, and Mi!wall, Poplar, wharfiager, certificate of the first class—J. Payne, Milton-street, Dorset square, livery stable keeper and dealer in horses, certificate of the se cond class—J. Perko, Cress-street, Islington, furrier, certificate of the third class—W. Rpgere, John-street, Edgware-road, licensed victualler—C. Hodge, Ply mouth, draper, certifica'e of the third class—N. Mould. Woolwich, licensed victualler, certificate of the second class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Rem; and S. Begg, Grenada, West Indies, mer chants—S. Begg and T. a'gg, London, merchants—A. S. Syer and 11. Par, Whitechapel road, window-glass, bad, and p .perhanging merchants—D. Goff and Martha Ann Berry, Somerset street, Portman-zquare, court milliners—J. Robinson and C. James, Notti - ghain, timber merchants—J. Apsley and A. Llowcroft, I3oz moor, Hertfordshire, coal merchants—B. Ea,gland and E. Swift, Oldham, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers-- N. and E. J. Kantrowitz, Salford, Lanca shire, tobacconists and cigar importers—Sarah Young and W. Young, Briton-!e-Moors, Lancashire, c ;moron brewers—R. Kay, G. Thompson, C. Thompson, and A. Thompson (as far as regards R. Kay), Dunstan Forge, near Gateshead, Durham, iron manufacturers—J. Edge, Elizabeth Pidgeon, and Catherine Pidgeon, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, mercers and drapers—R. Singlehurat, Matilda Singlehurst, Eliz ibeth Griffitb, and Mary Chap man (as far as regards E. Singieburst and Matilda Sin- THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, SEPT. 6.—The supply of wheat is small this week, caused in some degree by the prevalence of contrary winds; for old there is a moderate inquiry, and fresh English makes an advance of is per quarter; not much new offering, but last week's prices scarcely at tainable. No change in the value of oats and shelling. Good beans make full prices. Barley is held for ad vanced rates. Old- New. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. 8. s. 1. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... 41 to 45 43 to 45 Ditto, white 47 50 47 50 Norfolk and Hunts., red 42 —. 45 42 —45 Ditto, white ... 45 48 46 49 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 40 —44 40 —43 Ditto, white ... ... 44 —47 43 46 Yorkshire, red .., 41 43 40 43 Ditto, white ... 44 47 43 46 Dantzic and Konigsberg, white .. 42 47 Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 38 42 Mediterranean, red ... 31 40 BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— Norfolk and Suffolk... . Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Scotch ••• ••• . Grinding per 80 stone ... 20 23 Foreign ... ... 23 27 BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, flue 32 Ticks ••• ••• ••• ... 28 —3O Foreign ... 24 —27 OATS, per stone Feeling. ... 9d to 111 101 to 111 Feeding 9d to 101 91 to lud Foreign ... 84 to 91 Od to Od SHELLING, per load of 2611 b —23— 24 21 —25 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 36 33 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed •• - ... -'.. ~ ... 28 - 30 - - ~ ... 26 - 28 - - - VAL.S. ARIL] Qrs. Wheat ... ... 5,115 Barley ••• ... 2,162 Oats ... ... 2,201 Beans... ... ... 1,191 Peas ... 272 Tares... Pei 0.- Qrs. Rapeseed ... ... ... Shelling ... ... ••• 95 Linseed .. , ... .. 180 Malt ... ... • • •• • Flour ... ... ... ... -- '" --- 1 -- $O, Tr d l a LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 6.—The arrivals from 14.111 3 . coastwise, siace Tues:lay, ftsve bee: qui te 1.1 ., „ G ara i from foreign ports we have ' only received 3,1'1 Os Of wh at, and 1,513 sseits tied In 9 barrels et 5 ' O f 40 ° exports in the ea: e lime incl: de 9.4 quArterstce, frig and 1,661 quarters of letiiati c .rn. Tn o " es j e sti'l ° fine there has been little animation in the tr s cio , ‘ Or charge in the valuo of any article. At t his , I snd lh i l l lest mere was a limited attendance of htlY er- o f ott r business done in wheat aril flour was quite •ths ll o li ° character at Tuesday's prices. Oats te',: ‘ ,: i id 0 ,,•,• sale, at about late rates. The same may, ''d s sert', oatmeal, but new was readily saleable at 2 3 u di rodP e Barley, beans, and peas were in gm'cl dernall trf d elre ...; two latter articles may be quoted 6d 0"1 ger goli, o ladies b idian corn was qui'e neg'ecte 1 , an non 3 I at' change in value. EXETER CATTLE MARKET, SEr , • ". , bellli l el g --Th e to day was again well suppled, the bc es ' e b e r le ll'' is numerous, and sheep i early equal in nu m 5 , to i i • Is iven in lass Wedi. l'anDirrS—Ttukle,;lo3 to geese, 5.1 to 63 each; du:ks, 3s 6i to 5 5 ; 1°- y e ssle l ^9l 4s per couple; par:rittges, 3s 0.1 per brace; ' e, 0 ,1 1 , 6 eirtocosusp6let; hares, butter, 2 ; 0 6 1 -I pr to r 3 11; ; o e l g i g ss t •bl;6 Pti°g liv::b'Pl i t rotats es, 61 to 7 i • turnips, 5 !pe r score. Corp+' Is t r "••••"' 1 " 0 the hb.' i 1 s h a elts's a l ) kr l// - In : item, istoacbs GI IL? 03 The i tir j 4 1 hour but little business has been drue• 0 - siiir a 4 supposed to commence at 11 o'clock, bet -- 'ill' i o t els millers do not attend until very n e a r e at ' ro l 7 ll scrams to be extending it 3€ It . , and the Exeter be o f 0 , instead of bAng held in the morning, 1 /S i 3 ' ,pi° bedi 0/ practice in all other large totns, seems likevibe .ti e d an . afternoon or evening ma! ket. OP te stn toll Si going to press, the general price aslicd (of f r f orr ° ol sPilhruepalteswwasill6piropbearhbiyu.;h:ilg,:nfriomtb' P rie 4 pe ril 19 1 5 , gd to - l otto 0 0 New wheat 4rpaestyeds bl o u4 f I:o,:hsoef to o. d r quslity is worth 54 33 ' :ger °l llt i 4 5' v 4 se s e6k t O is Nothing on offer; but one dealer, said he woulrl,„g': o stss s o e,old sample if he could meet with ite •c' e " 2 , 41 ibsl i Is 1 Id to 2s per bushel; old ditti 2s 2a too pogittplo flour, 321 to 33s per sack of 2891b5. it,_ rfe- Al iec oseil 3112' yesterday',' n flour r n t o i sT e 34s filpneerflhouerrewtahsa3n4iantoot3h6esr pe r sacs ' so d pe S r n s o a s e a k. MAßKET, SEPr tt ' eu 6 sri l t s il b f :o96o e l i bc i9, e7r ie n bit il ; still so bare of samples that the business ' r sibe r 'si t :cartels ri, in e o s r t fairhi reporting; prices have Ittte°l2l? 42 ; middling BANGOR, SEPT. 6.—Wheat, best hong !,,, bstl °ll ol tendency.dnerimuTiahrn3e,d,erexfiisnteindg rofoerrko3elol-fitriocer.-t 0 to, is , : Oa ~,,, flue peN 02R4ToiII quality, bl i, 203 a '3 d t o i 2 T ' f 3 e s ra g i: o ar- a de t s ui , t7 l :l ;s 3a t 8n o id31:11 / 3 . ' ::°'111;4 5 1: LERTON, SEPT. 4. old it 6i he st, ri ett i d 6s Od, new 4s 9d to 5s 6d, red ditto, old 4s, A 6at f e 0 0; • to 5s 3d ; oats 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; beans 35 uu -° 0 4 ' to 2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel. O d t Perk, WETHERBY, SEPT. 5. Whi:e w Vib bea ditto be n s 15s 1, s O o d d to to 16. s Od O o d d per per l l o o a a d d ;; obaartslelibao 101 61 ( 1 P e l ;sio is , o v ; r OM Iltrox, SEPT. s.—White wheat 53 6d to •, 5 bys lel 4: to 5s 9d ; beans, 3s 6d to 4s ;-2cl per bush 6f ~",:, , 6c l mi t° 1 91 ' oats 1 sOd to 223 per qr. KNARESEOROUGH, SEPT. 4.—Whe"," to -th L is beans 3s 9.1 to 4s 3d per bushel ; barley . ).* 9 w ^i Vt . stR" it ° 22s per. qr. , s i gelt° Qd, , SCARBOROUGH. SEPT. 5. Red w ho.- - L ogos 0 t °., ditto 6s 3d to 6s 6d per 5 stones • black oa t° p er4 r 'ss•r 1 9 5 to 2 24 , 301 to ,11 ditto 9d to Sid per stone , barley ' stones; superfine flour 37s .to 38,seeonds d itle tea' o. , sack of 20 stones. ~;,„ 8. C la ,„ t e I gi I SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 3.--Wheat, W..3.- , „ 1 o d; r l o :; o° ., ditto, red, Lis to 17s od ; beans, 1 Is 611 to 1 03 45 , go s ` - at iste to Os per load. Barley, 21s to 235; m alt .:e 6c l F e : lig* or (feed), 17, to 19s; ditto (mealing), 195 0 ''''. 9 to po _,' - 604 Millers' prices of flour, is 7d, and Is 8d Per; e igblo w eiro b INVERNESS, SEPT. Odd;3.--heat, per q r .: n glifte r ', ilWelb ushel, 3 , s td to 40s barley, l' f ' a usrt e ::bitlf? 5 , 1 b per bushel, I9s to 205 Od; old oats, Pc,,,,;,, oe't jo 421 b per bushel, 21s Od to 22s Od; nef.„7„l - e mi r i 0; 1 ; per bushel, 2's Od to Os Od. Os ta . fls"'"'t, , d; boll, 16s 6d to Os Od ; ditto second, 151 6 '• 01 Od; bra TO meal, Us 8(1 to Os Od ; peasemeal, 14e Od to gels Odd to4ll stone, Os 6d to Os Od ; first flour, per V°l b '''''pers tse' bi riri s . second ditto, 26s 011 to 233 Oci ; oatmeal, be,, st d ', o Os tee s mimegasel,rilasl, 2d d s B to d to os Os od 0 ; d;eadsietmtoesaeic,ond, I° ''' Ocl; gs 5° '4 4 i s 4dSo od s o sb, no rolso; 2s 4d cash, 2s 8d credit; second ditto, 25 ,., f. per rid to,v, to 6d; a; Potatoes, veal, t p o e stone,ebd mutton,6 d to 0d ; T. 'oodo ;6, fowls, each, 10(1 to I2d; chickens, 4 p d er to Ps i6r; h ;d t :g it r e .A .-h. )r il l each, Od to Od ; eggs, per dozen, 6d to " a y e (eUtoul p co er al l s b , , p l er Od c t w o t t:d 9d ; ; ditto ' , salt, 9d to 10d t cr o ee d edits w° 20; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6(1 • di tt j hay, per stone, 7'd to 0- 0 0 0 o p 01 1 °P0,0 11 THE CLOTHING MANL•2o,.6"%ibektri FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS , o' ci or fory been some improvement in the dernef b ochr, 04 , I this week, although the quantity wbice do OV - 0 ,1 tr ar i, has not been very large. At the London jet II Or the attendance of buyers is still very ale 0 4 are well supported at an advatiCes • - POI • Th e le upon July rates. iN p 5! 0 0, 1 10 BRI,ToL WOOL FAIR, SEPT. 4 '''' - ii o ttee ha ip , Effit i Of wool was cot so large as usua l :;: p e g r e e f il iafr o SP an average. A considerable done sit firm prices, and the gener b oth by bete Aof was as satisfactory as was expected, h ooli of 0 0v 0 1 0 sellers. h the 10 o THE TRADE OF LEEDS.--AlthORP- . 8 q 0- 1 the clothing district is in full operatidelseorrIy;e0:00:001101:00:10r; goods brought to the Cloth balls is cons( quence of the largo deliveries to ot , t he 01 6‘ appears dull. Prices ate looking balls 51 to in Il dr ; 0 1° merit of the wool sales, and s tocks A recast b i The wholesale buyers have bough t P, P I• A ll the week for the home trade, and t"' ses ioa• i'll", - o fs continue to be busier than u-tril sty tb ,.. e We eli s: : Og IP cti ewbffuh ß eticcl a thi ADFOßD MARKET, Tiitnis l4. o f cot e a l iffo lli t iti i t n t a l g e re s a a h n i e: n i r d: at' animation riifincremst hclptorPialcuereesn,:ar:;;lsiribolearcreer,eo-‘115: the couctry, continues unabated. . 0 0 hod g o f V o l without change. Yarns—The sPio et the co° bee°o ll° entry in getting an advance to cover rea lise b 95 ..d1 .11 ? and any advance thus has b, en ow 0 11 5 ' iv 0 , , k 0 ~..- to isluctently conceited. There 10 no et, riee d re•_,.. pc , spinners ate generally working to olla' o i g, boC o P e cOsfse no slackening is the demand for g e be en i l l, 0 1119 d Phi fling that the deliveries heire lilei,Lio the gbatol . si u go ;I P • with the contr..cts entered int° , ov iog o dO r iil turers have been unable to ale e° •s l' ir Th si number of cheap trips and turn t ct ien• jo cP g or wages, that have retarded the pro- d tro, i v to pos e war ~ gre it firmness in prices, with ac uP r. 5. - ", 131 ,- boo TRADE OF MANCHESTER, eediDlPlbe:•fOrsoffle, market euetinuss I cy inactive; e%ilict, suites 000 c 7 n ic s s u h iLl t e n n o d r ' e n - x " p t e u i goodsri. wards; and the ohito business i .i iire ke te 01' of all ‘,„ o f pt i V be di' Th e tet,dela she lf ie t ieo ff 4 4 markets, there being a very decided .; 1 , 0 031 ogre l it wand for the Eist Indies. In th e ) 5 dinf3l.tt t°,. are evincing more anxiety for busic e e s i :oo )l ' r , , ef, ° ' are effected concessions in prorate,ar bo" ere s 10 111 creased unwillingness to oc,o warceclOgl tested by purchasers, especiailf !. oiglit quotatiuns fur which articles shoW " value. c., .111::::aonr‘si,rt)e:vA.,ste,:ii:Aioir. rrt tsi ehAyi: fain u. 1. 1. .a r. t t h1,111111e532543453553u,,. notoo,s ~, (1( iv : jei • ~, risssi tisicoitguigeactirsebberi I b itu(i t ): tl rth, o :: i ese : 1,1 , 1 .. . c a t ... .1:..,. , . 00 ..... 11 ... 1 ...,..,. 1 ,.........:.::: ..:: fl l l - 4 6 3 ,, 4 ;:: 4 i : „0 9: 1 ! Bell ord , s an i d led C h o e .' u s:H: Hartley e yll-------------Al3RaKnE:rl".--cce;6'srg• Pge:: '' ' 1:;"- ::::1 .....e. d. A, ...13r: t ace onwrn: ti i ce e ki l c ( d l el:a N isn l oe o tio t r i c r ,,Bo . u .. t .. e . s 1 1 . 2 ) s s O a i lia es e e i V e h l s al % ... ,::: „.;:: 1 1 b i ' s t oi, li lownlev l3s o:l,lleugt, ....... ~......,,,, , West Wylam .1 Wylain n . d . ,..& .. c . . 1 4153 36 od :! cicc , :rsdto fa 1 , 1 8 o l e e : : : :::: 1 1 , 91 4 ,1 Wall's v • ' Isouth ll'ar` ".. ' 9 k.. , o s to : a t h . . Gibson. 14311 4 4 a , 0 ? 13 ti d d lir L r : o, 3 3i c i f i t e o 3 . a:r r.l3 l : fo e , r e ii ipd i:,;;; : : IV; a Teel ...'''. 1 4 9J Ilarton Morrison Origii 1 Eden Main Braddyll Iletton Haswell been August, l i E n 8::::::: Ships a • a 4 ' of t b0 46 ,4 ----:)6L....-"°':' ... °°°l-ri'°' QS. Cill' • sufferer for years, t a h n e d ,m ENT. j---,-- W e . , 81113 ..... # 0 n r i ° l,. sl ` te t ri; l l 4 and t. Asthma cured by Holloway's r ols'in 00110 otos', !or' of Mr. C. Zeitsen, of Nymegel3,' decla re . sods OP :,,e_r. perfectly cured of a weakness of 1,; OP at elly,;, f r [ b e r A e a l 3 t, v h su t the various remedies I uvitsraciedol'il:bnltlli ° I tw l sg . Y i t ., °t ly tkli s et t i'lle , i ;:g e t il F ll o o o l 3l 155 L‘d. siTiacrsrivotl;eo;yol;spiv:e.t:4Ell:,,:rj,s:-.tl, 001 pills, and I invite all who vri'a be 0 3 ,, —,, C. ~',l t co l or same remedy without delay " I Sgn,'" rn OA may be taken in all cases o old ii n ag e ' d 0, 0 -asthmatical affections.—Sold bY a.' ." - ( 4 ; I,OW rfro V . ; f OAP! 0 0 0 Holloway's Establi s hment, 244, Stran , 0f,10,1.01 CH ESTER AND LIOLVISADII,AII' o p S d 1 1 . ,D , the Week ended Sept. I, 850: ~vi O"- 3,552'. 3a. Od. ; Mold, 132/. 3s. iv""' 143. 6d. ; Total, 4,0661. Is. 4d. 11 1°I. 811iT164. "S i, O F A SO* 0 0 , ~. of Ocnhathrlees3gtalLutilnt.:Eastq.C, Barltognaitecrizriais.e;loo 00 0 0 : 6 0 i William O ffi n ia t m he s ci . d w in a s it t , ., r a . tsq3l. anchester, ""...fs. eh ro c/ ::aoo.l.itetn. thewth Ist inst., aotYNlTAoofbAortjouGglib)l73e° 13 , ° 0 Ile' ll t 5 ( i .1 . oinfsHt.,e:stilfmri,gEhstboner,.t,ll6:ife:hf..7 1411:1:dre ,ciorind iotfhheetii4,etthhlniinnnssettr..:TaaettmpTprulears:tAowiluiriacis,vldh:creoti:rei:iciirbriorofli•boirilti-',..; d E a s u Og g n' liter of . iswald Milne, il E 7 q d " °:1 ti.:; r 3fitf i ' leift;eel)%ll: tc) I l't s On the 4th inst., at Willesdrs Chugicitilo ig'' 111 Thomas peter„Esq., of I barn/ .iii,tsoo, q, eldest daughter of Charles 11 of )lf ice f gr . ° geO r '' , 4 ,1 of OthnetllieetPc;dnines:.., jaatnilersanDippasi,ec,,,liTier::s‘l:oolo ",,,,,, Montn , nthshire, aged 20. 111 e l of On the 4th inst . , at Carnbridge-t—e":11:8/'' e li ' et t.l) ' 7 1 11'4'3 83, William slars'din, of Tunbridge'"' i"say. l ale 0 4 Gunnell,On the sth inst., at China-terrace, cie rl‘ l' ~,,,, oi t i li fe e ini l n i ae o ni use of Esq.,Commons above 60. Yes iPP ( 1 11‘ ;# aged E,,, haying beea tir.. 00 0 , ~,. On the sth inst. Elizabeth, r ife °. , v 4. c,Ese ' of 10-Eersq-!.: rargaecae 4llie.genes-P4rl" Its, - ri , i rarP IP TROY 4.110ty nO On the 3d inst., at Brighton, - 4 . a. - ic aer C se r x: ew - n a g a the r sex-gardens, n 2 s d , Ili inst.. d t C.:rata rlil,Vl:dat:Te 80: :4 ' '''' 0 a the :-d inst 2 at CheltenbTo. ,Cr? 0( Esq., of the Stock Exchange, aged e , Beg 740'4. ter se ~....-,ov• I, __.,_ ) plO. t , 0 the Boulcott, in sEt;cia: Clarence- file - - _, l " - 9 ,- 311V°4VII" he London: Printed and üblishu‘• ,5),,, 8 0 10, 0 No. 1.12, Strand, Printer, u. sa cofi Strand, in the Pracinct of t er 7, JO ' Midale4ext 56turdap OPteraw A same place.