The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-09 00:00:00

trb Mbitten SUN OFFICE, Seven c'Clock, BETTING AT MANCHESTER (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Haco (taken freely). 7to 1 agst Heapy (taken). 12 to 1 agst Captain Cornish (offered). 100 to 8 agst King of Trumps (taken). 100 to 8 agst Friday (offered). 100 to 8 agst Gossamer (offered). 100 to 8 agst Newminster (offered). 100 to 7 agst Caracara (offered). 100 to 7 agst Grapeshot (offered). 00 to 6 agst Hungerford (taken). DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Marley Hill (taken). 25 to 1 agst King Tom (taken). ST. LEGER. 6 to 5 on West Australian (taken). 4to 1 agst Sittingbourne (offered). 7to 1 agst Rataplan (taken). Bto 1 agst The Reiver (offered). CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 50 to 1 agst Mistletoe (taken). CESAREWITCH STAKES. 100 to 7 agst King Pepin (taken). ROCHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MEMBRS' PLATE. Herbert. Chase ... Six ran. Three beats. WEST KENT STAKES. Econom Four heats. Ten ran. RAILWAY PLATE. Warbler After a dead heat with Lady Blanche. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Colonel the Honourable Charles Beau• mont Phipps, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 9. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations, have re ceived through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Brussels, enclosing the Royal Decree permitting the entry of grain into Belgium free of duty. By order, J. EMERSON TENNENT. (Copy.) 3IINISTERE DES FINANCES. Leopold, Roi des Belges. A thus presents et a venir, saint. Vu l'art. 3 de la loi du 22 Fevrier; 1850. Sur la proposition et de l'avis unanime de notre Conseil des Ministres, Nous avons arrete et arretons : Article unique. Sont libressi l'entree : Le froment, l'epeautre monde, le meteil, les pois, les lentilles, les feves (haricots), le seigle, le mais, le sarrasin, les feveroltes et vesces, l'orge, la dreche (orge gormee), l'avoine, Pepeautre non monde, le gruan, l'orge perlee, les farines et moistures de toute espece, les fecules et autres substances amilacees. Notre Ministre des Finances est charge de l'execution du present arretee, qui sera obligatoire le lendemain de son insertion an Moniteur. Donne a Lacken, le 28 Aofit, 1853. (Signed) Par le Roi : Le Ministre d'Etat, Gouverneur du Brabant, chargé temporairement du Department des Finances, LIEDTB. Le Ministre de Affaires Etrangeres, LEOPOLD, H. DE BROUCKERE. CROWN OFFICE, SEPT. 9. The name of the Peer of Scotland, chosen to represent the Peerage of Scotland, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland, in the room of Francis William Earl of Seafield, deceased—The Viscount of Strathallan. ADMIRALTY . , SEPT, 1. Corps of Royal Marines—S - cond Lieutenant John Cobb, to be First Lieutenant, vice H. N. Gell, duces. 3tl. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LOB,E;--I1;N;;:TS. Norfolk Militia Artillery—Adjutant John Gilbertson, to be Captain ; Edward Clough Newcocue, Esq., to be Lieu tenant, ; Charles Cory Althia, Esq., to be Surgeon, Aug. 27. Ist Regiment of West York Militia—Robert Hedley, Esq., to be Captain ; Lieutenant Thomas Nelson, to be Captain, Aug. 27. 2d Regiment of West York Light Infantry Militia— William Henry Thornton Duesbery to be Ensign, Sept 5. [This article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday, 26th August :—] 2d Regiment of West Riding Militia—Ensign Valentine Hicks Labrow to be Lieutenant, vice Watson, resigned, Aug. 12. 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Sir James George Fitzgerald, Bart., to be Lieutenant, Sept 2. Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry— Oswin Baker Cresswell, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Cuth bert. resigned ; Henry Hind Forster, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Cresewell, promoted ; Cadogan Hodgson Cadogan, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Shafto, appointed to the Royal Horse Guards. CUSTOMS—ISLE OF MAN. After our hearty commendations,—By virture of the powers vested in us under the sth section of the Customs Tariff Act, 16 and 17 Vic., cap. 106, to remit and reimpose the duties levied on unenumerated articles legally import able into the Isle of Man, these are to authorise you under the said section of the Customs Tariff Act, to allow all articles enumerated in the Tariff of the United Kingdom, and not enumerated in the Tariff of the Isle of Man, and which under the Tariff of the Island, would be subject to an ad valorem duty of 15 per cent., to be admitted free of duty so long as the order permitting such free importation shall continue unrescinded. For which this shall be your Warrant. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, this 27th day of August, 1853. (Signed) ABERDEEN. JOHN SADLEIR. The Commissioners of Customs. Authority to allow articles unenumerated in the Tariff of tho Isle of Man, and subject to an ad valorem, duty of 15 per cent. under such Tariff, to be admitted duty free. BANKRUPTS. John Henry Gould and Frederick Herman Gould, whole. sale lace warehousemen, Watling-street, to surrender, Sept. 22 and Oct. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bank. raptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-street; Jones, Sise-lane. James Palmer, builder, Brighton, Sept. 21, at twelve, and Oct. 19, at two, at the Court of Bank ru pt c y. Stans feld, official assignee • Snow and Blake, College-hill. at Win. Howl e tt, b u ild er , H ove , near Br i ghton, Sept. 19, half-past twelve, and Oct. 28, at halft-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Bas intal!ll-street Jones, Chancery-lane. - D ,. ll ard Henry Parkes, corn chandler, Ebury-street, , - "uulco, Sept 15, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 19, at official aasi t one: at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, Bench-w e ßt , Brundrett, Randall, and Simmons, King's Will iani u4 Ald ra er p t. l o e n . s ent. 22 and oct. .grocer, late of Wolverhampton, Wlitmore, o fft,. ; ;L. at the Birmingham District Court. Leeds. assignee, Birmingham ; Dunning, George Booth, ship owner .. at half-Past eleven, and Oct'. 14 8 191'1% half past twelve, at the o PNrearmouth, Sept. 15, Newcastle-upon-Tyne District' assignee, Newcastle-upon-T yne Wakley, official ryn - derland ; Dixon, New Bosw e ll-C olir ; s° u and Sons, Sun ton -buildings, and Newcastle .lip oiv ßarle, Southamp- BANK OF An .Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturday ENGL.Azth. 7th end Bth Victoria, cap. 2, • the 3d day ef Septmber 18533. for ISSUE DEP., Government debt.. 15 1 2 1 0 4 Other securities ....., . : 984 .1 9 0 0 0 0 Gold coin and bulli on 16.162'640 Silver bu11i0n— £30,162,64p M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Notes issued ........ 30,162,640 £30,162,640 Dated the Bth day of Sept., 1853. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ..., .. ...... .. .. 3,634,523 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,701,598 Other deposits ...... 11,017,313 Seven Day and other 81U5.............. 1,447,059 , Government securities (includg. Dead Weight Annuity) .... 12.773,176 Other securities .. .. 14,546,194 Notes • • .... • • ...... 7,696,695 Gold and silver win .. 337,428 £35,353,493 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated tho Bth day of Sept., 1853. ........ 435,353,493 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 6th day of Sept.► 1853, is 255. lid. per 1 andred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of this da ) SUGAR.—To-day West India sugar was purchased with caution for home trade purposes, and prices compared w ith last Friday in some cases show a decline of 6(1 per cwt. Barbadoes rather cheaper, brown selling at 32s to ea low to middling yellow, 34s to 35s ; good mid . 3,313 dfing, 36s to 36s 6d per:ewt. The auctions for next week comprise 300 hhds Barbadoes, 200 hhds Jamaica, 70 hhds Demerara, 10,000 bags East India and Mauritius, and 6,000 bags brown Pernambnca sugar. RTFINED.—To-day refined sugar was dealt in with cau tion ; for home trade purposes brown lumps closed at 45s to 45s 6d, and low to fine grocery 468 to 48s. The export demand for crushed sugar does not decrease. EAST INDIA.—To-day Bengal sugar met with more at tention, and at auction 15,000 bags were sold at full prices; middling to good white Benares at 37s to 38s, and like Mauritius fine 36s 6d to 37s 6d, low to good 34s to 36s per cwt. COCOA.—To-day several parcels of West India cocoa were sold at full prices. In auction 65 bags Trinidad sold at 34s 6d to 37s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—To-day several parcels of Native Ceylon were sold privately, and prices closed firmly at 48s to 48s 6d for good ord. TEA.—To-day there was an increased demand for both black and green merchants are also less inclined to sell. The value of ord and good sound common Congou is lld to 114 d per lb. SPICES.—To-day pepper was in active demand and re alised an advance of id per at auction 576 bags Mala bar were sold at 4ad to 4id for heavy, and one lot at 5d per lb. SPIRITS.—For Demerara rum there are yet many buyers, and prices continue to advance, supply decreasing. Sales have been made at 3s 7d to 3s 11d for 32 to 42 per cent. ovenproof. TALLCW.—A material increase is apparent in transac tions in Russian on the spot since last week ; prices have also advanced, the ships arrived not having the quantity of tallow that had been expected, and the Russo-Turkish question being less satisfactory. OlLS.—Prices are steady for seal, 80 tuns at auction to day in part sold. Pale at 341 10s, tinged 341, and brown 33/. 30 casks sunflower oil 401. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—THIS DAY. Amsterdam .... ........ 11 15N ;G'braltar ...• • • • ....... Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Leghorn .• • • .......... 29 85 Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 17341 Genoa ................ 25 42iz Antwerp ...... ••••.. .. 25 22%) Milan .........• .•• • • • Brussels .............. 25 22% i Venice ................ Hamburgh ............ 13 634 i Naples ................ 41% Altona .. •••••.• • • • • • • • Palermo .............. 125 Maria 25 2IA ' Messina . Ditto, ' three months • • 25 22% Lisbon . ..... 125 1 A Marseilles.. • • Bour d e aus .... •• -- Rio Janeiro . .... Frankfort -on-Maine .... 119%' Buenos Ayres.: . Berlin .. .New York, 60 days' sight Vienna ••••••• • • • • • • 10 55 !Philadelphia .......... Trieste ••• • • • 10 59 palms OF zurzioll, PEA oz. Petersburgh............ 38% !Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ................ 50 !Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz ••.. • • ............ 50 jMeaican Dollars .... 05 0% 8arce10na.............. f New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Seville ................ —Sllverin bars ...• • • 0 5 2% NOTTINGHAM TRADE. [ The Hosiery trade has this week ruled rather quieter, although for all ,hand-wrought goods there still exists a large demand, and one which is likely to continue, so long as the present free demand for goods for Australia and favourable state of the home market are maintained. Orders do not continue certainly to pour in as formerly reported ; but there are now a sufficient number of them in hand to last for some time. For lower-class goods the demand is still very small. The American trade is, however, commencing very favourably—several of the buyers having arrived, and a good many being on the way ; so that in a fortnight or three weeks we may look for a considerable arrival of American buyers—an event which, besides sustaining the current activity of the trade, may also impart, it is to be hoped, a start to the lower class of goods. The only question which seems to cloud our prospects is that of the wages question. The committee of the cut-up and selvege heel branches of the frarnework-knit ting trade, have issued an address to the manufacturers and workmen stating that the great advance in the price of provisions and other articles of consumption has necessitated them to ask for an advance. It is charac teristic of Nottingham on these occasions, and in the present prospects of the trade it is a feeling we should certainly like to see preserved, that the masters and men are usually disposed to consult together with the view of coming to an accommodation. And, in this instance we believe, that on cut-ups and selvege heels an advance of lid. and 2d. was offered ; on Sutton goods 3d. ; and on wrought goods 6d., 9d., and ls. This week also the pantaloon workers have come forward with a similar demand and have been offered 6d., 9d., and is., to com mence on Saturday first. With the exception of the Sutton goods, these advances have been accepted by the men. The Suttons are those goods which are made upon three distinct frames for tops, feet, and middles ; and, so far as our inquiries go, we really would advise the men to reconsider well the position of the case before determin ing on anything like a strike. Nottingham, in this re spect, has been a sort of model town. In Manchester we consider the men to have behaved disreputably in the mode of raising and enforcing the "ten per cent. ;" and the masters in refusing to meet and reason with them, to have behaved little better. In Nottingham we believe the manufacturers to have offered as much of an advance as would be politic for the well being of the trade. The men must remember that their wages, as well as everything else, are regulated by the state of the supply and demand ; and that what ever the manufacturers advance to them, must be laid on the price of our productions. By over-doing the ad vance, therefore, the trade might very soon be destroyed ; and where would they be then ? The Germans would inevitably enter the London market as soon as a frac tion above competition price was laid on. The recent tariff of the Chancellor of Exchequer reduces the duty on this class of goods to the nominal point of 6d. a • dozen, and it is only by a shade of difference (5 per cent.) upon the cost of labour at home that our manu facturers are enabled to keep their ground at all. Better for the operatives to rest contented with that amount of advance which is really practicable than to ruin the trade by throwing it over to the Germans. After all, it will be found that the advance now offered by the Nottingham employers is equivalent (in some branches at all events) to the Manchester shibboleth of "ten per cent." Two houses have, moreover, advanced Merino this week is. a bundle ; and it is decidedly looking up. Silk and spun silk are also dearer. The operatives should also take these counteractives into consideration. We do not wish to appear to take the part of one side more than another, but rather to off e r goo d counse l an d pre vent mischief. Some of the men have appealed to us through the medium of anonymous letters ridiculing the advance. We cannot depart from our usual course of disregarding unauthenticated communications ; but we must say that the idea of an advance of ss. a dozen seems ridiculous, even as a joke. We are happy to state, that since our last report, the lace trade has experienced a complete resuscitation in al most all its branches owing doubtless to the desired return of more settled and seasonable weather. In many de partments, and especially the common lace and edging branches, the manufacturers are totally unable to supply the demand, mainly in consequence of the extremely high price of yarns, which renders the manufacture of inferior classes of goods at the price offered by purchasers quite impossible. Were the yarn merchants more reasonable in their demands, their ultimate returns would certainly be much greater than they at present are, and the amount of benefit conferred on trade generally would be incon conceivable. The future prospects and anticipations of our merchants and manufacturers are of the most en couraging nature ; indeed, there is no period in the an nals of the lace trade when they were more so. Great preparations are consequently being made, either in the erection of new factories and warehouses, or in the repa ration and enlargement of those already existing. The alternation of the seasons had operated materially to the deterioration of the black and white silk branches, and it appears probable that they will continue in that con dition for some time to come. On the other hand, the demand for plain bobbin nets is exceedingly active, as also is the inquiry for goods produced from the pusher machines, which are partly employed executing present orders, or in making preparation for the winter season. Saxony edgings still remain rather flat. The hosiery trade in all its departments is rather duller than last week, but yet continues tolerably brisk.—NottsGuardian THE CHOLERA.—Between 20 and 30 cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred in Newcastle and the immediate neighbourhood within the last few days, all terminating fatally. It appears to have broken out a place called Bill Quay, on the south bank of the Tyne, towards Shields, the first case reported being that of a woman residing there, who was seized on Thursday, and died the day following. Since then, five more cases have occurred at Bill Quay. DiarThcea is very prevalent in this district. STRIKE OF SEAMSTRESSES, &c.—A very large number of seamstresses employed at the most inferior descrip tion of under-clothing, have at length refused to work for the miserable pittance doled 0 ut to them • female waistcoat makers, and th ose em pl o y e d on slop clothing, have also turned out for an advance of wages ; and the tailors, cap makers, and others employed in the large exporting houses, have made a demand for an increase of pay, alleging that the advance that has taken place in the prices of bread, meat, coals, and other necessa ries, requires that a proportionate advance should be made in their pay. There is scarcely a doubt that the h as in t e request will be complied with, as severa l s hi pp i ng houses h ave l arge or d ers to complete, and offers of ad vanced wages were made b y a great number. e itEPAVING OF FLEET-STREET.--Yesterday morning the 1::. end s of Fleet-street, from the foot of Ludgate -34_ a lisbury-square, was closed, by order of the Lo rdLo was made iftereding carri a a yor, for a few days, for the purpose of repaving busily „:: "' d ay. A large number of workmen were through Stonecutetrsire the day, and considerable progress reet Tvudor leet- passing to tht f lacing the granite stones. All vehicles thence up Ludgate-1; ; but those going proceeded along Shoe-lane, et, into Faningdon-street, and through New grid ge _ at a et tr re : e etgt: westward Temple-street, wholewent f thisand grWehaitteafrindarsim-sptroertetanituttlio and lou.grare is to undergo con ordwir ohe repaved forthwith siderable improvements 4 The Maho as far as Temple-bar, sioners. POPULATION OF ELTROPEANe medan population of European Turkey d c , - , -- not exceed three millions ; Bulgaria may be reckoned certainly to contain three millions of Christian s • Wallachia,roned Te l nt:zelrCity Commis millions and a half ; Moldavia, one milli on al , ah two Albania, Bosnia, the Hezegovine, and Montenegro, h a lf ; millions. The bulk of these Christians profess the Greek faith. There are from 700,000 to 800,000 Greeks in European Turkey. INTERDICTION UPON SMOKING AT PRIBURO.--Th e police of Friburg bas just promulgat ed two meas ures by the bellman, one interdicting every person under 16 years of age from smoking ; and the other recommend ine• parents not to allow their children to play with chemical matches. LAND AND ASSESSED TAXES R EC EIPTS.—Under the 16th and 17th Vict., cap. 68, receipts for land and as sessed taxes, or for the income tax, are, from the 4 th ult., exempted from duty. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1853. age, considering the land is the heaviest description of clay. The steward, whose duty it is to superintend the farm ing operation, reports : " The marigold wurtzel averaged above 43 tons per acre upon the whole crop ; the wheat seven quarters per acre, &c., which I attribute to the superior value of spade husbandry, complete draining, and the careful application of the sewage (liquid manure) from the prison and barracks, farmyard, and every other avail able source. " We grew about three acres of flax, which has proved to be an excellent crop of first-rate quality ; and I be lieve that if we had the means of preparing it (even if it were only so far as to render it marketable in its first stage) we should find it not only a means of furnishing profitable in-door employment for the prisoners in wet weather and during the winter months, but it would be found to be a fair paying crop." ing him with the murder of Eliza Grimwood. Have you any other evidence ? .• Goff—No, I have not, sir. Mr. Combe (to the prisoner)—Then you are dis charged. Ai soon as the prisoner, who never uttered a word, left the court, Ann Jennings addressed his worship, say ing that she was afraid of her life, and was sure the pri soner would do her some harm. Mr. Combo told her to keep away from him, but if he annoyed or ill-used her she should have protection. The prisoner Lameschall is the third man who has been charged with this murder, and discharged. The first was Hubbard, a bricklayer, who cohabited with the deceased at the time, and the second a soldier, who gave himself up at Dublin three or four years ago, and was brought to this!court, when it was a scer t a i ne d that he charged himself with the murder with an idea of getting out of the army. GUILDHALL.—NEW SYSTEM OF PAWNBROICINGF.— Shortly after the disposal of the night charges; a poor woman applied to Sir R. W. Carden for a summons against a woman of the name of Scannell, who keeps what is termed a " leaving shop," for unlawfully detain ing an apron and a handkerchief. The applicant stated that she was wanting bread on last Sunday fortnight, and sent the articles in question to Mrs. Scannell's leaving shop, in Black Horse•court, and obtained an advance of sixpence upon them. At the expiration of a fortnight she sent sixpence and a penny to defray the expense of redeeming her property, but Mrs. Scannell had expressed an inclination to burn the articles rather than let her have them. Sir R. W. Cardan asked what she sent a penny for ? —Applicant said she did not know ; but that was the usual charge. Roe, the summoning officer of the court, said it was a charge made in lieu of interest. Sir R. W. Carden wished to know if any ticket was given with these pledges ? Roe said such was never done, as the property was generally pledged for a certain number of days, for which a specific charge was made, and if not redeemed within that period the keeper of the leaving shop kept the goods. Sir R.W. Carden inquired if there were many of these leaving shops in the city of London ? Inspector Shelford said, unfortunately the city was overrun with them. He believed in his district (Moor lane station) there were at least from thirty to forty, and they were the greatest difficulties the police had to con tend with in tracing stolen goods, as they were recep tacles for all kinds of property, and open at all hours night and day, Sundays included. Sir R. W. Carden expressed great surprise at the existence of so many of these establi,hments in a place like the city of London, and wondered, as the system was a gross robbery on the community of pawnbrokers, that no steps had been taken by those immediately in terested to suppress it. If the attention of the public was called to these sinks of iniquity, he had no doubt but that the subject would be brought under the con sideration of the Government before very long. A summons was then granted against Mrs. Scannell. Repeated complaints have been made at this court against the leaving shops in the neighbourhood, but hitherto the mode of doing business in that line has been so cunningly contrived as to deprive the magistrate of all power to interfere. DISCIPLINE AND MANAGEMENT OF CONVICT PRISONS. ( Concluded from The Sun of Sept. 7.) PARKHURST PRISON. In my last report I stated that, during the preceding year, several important alterations had been introduced into the daily routine. One object of these changes was to afford increased facilities for the industrial training of the boys ; another to give greater encouragement to good conduct. Having been in full operation during the whole of the year 1852, a judgment may be formed of their effects. The governor thus speaks of them : " In my last report, pages 61 and 62, I stated that the direct incentives to industry and good conduct which were granted to prisoners here from the Ist April, 1851, had been productive of a marked improve ment in the conduct of the prisoners during the last nine months of that year. A return which I am en abled to append to this report will show that the same routine, followed out during the whole year 1852, has been attended with even more satisfactory results. The proportionate number of instances of misconduct in the general wards has been reduced to the ratio of 17 to 21, as compared with 1851, and of 2 to 7, as contrasted with 1850 ; while the proportion of prisoners not re ported at all during the year has been augmented to the ratio of 3 to 2 as compared with 1851, and of more than 3tol in comparison with 1850. The numbers showing the reports for misconduct in the general wards, include many cases of trivial character, which were disposed of by admonition merely, without any punishment. Of this class, there were 129 cases in 1852, so that the number of punishment was only 579. "In the junior ward, the improvement in general conduct was not less remarkable ; the number of pri soners not reported at all bears a very high ratio in contrast with any one of the three preceding years, 98 boys not having been punished for any misconduct in the prison, and 171 not having any report against them from the school. " In the general wards, 287 prisoners (more than two thirds of the total number) had no report at all against them for misconduct ; 41 others were only reported once, 18 were only twice reported, and 10 three times ; while 166 offences were committed by 12 individuals. " Escapes.—Only four prisoners passed the prison boundaries attempting to escape. These boys ran from the labour parties on the land. They were almost im mediately retaken and brought back to the prison. The first occurred early in January ; the others in July." The chaplain of the junior ward observes : " No punishment is ever awarded except by the go vernor or myself, nor without great carefulness and deli beration, that every offence may be dealt with according to the circumstances of the case and the disposition of the prisoner. Most of our offences have been committed by prisoners of the first year's standing ; about the se cond year they generally begin to feel that we are inte rested in their welfare, and that it is for their own good that a strict but salutary discipline is continually ob served, and that privileges and advantages keep pace with good conduct." The chaplain expresses his opinion that lessening the time spent in intellectual instruction, and applying more to industrial occupations, has worked well, and that, according to his experience, industrial employment ought to form a part of the routine of every school in tended for the working classes. As regards the religious and moral state of the priso ners he observes :-- "I have to report very highly of the orderly and good conduct of the generality of our boys, and of their at tention to the rules of the prison. Leaving out of con sideration altogether the long training which our boys have had in evil practices, and thinking only of what human nature is, I suppose I must never expect to see a better moral state to prevail than that which now exists." The chaplain of the junior wards remarks upon the same points : " The conduct of the prisoners during the year has been very satisfactory. The great improvement which commenced under the alterations made in 1849 has con tinued to progress up to the present time—a further evi dence that industrial employment is a great handmaid to secular and religious education in reforming prisoners, and in fitting them for a better class of society than that in which they had passed the early period of their life. " The prisoners have acquired much more industrious habits ; they work more cheerfully in the fields ; our re ports for idleness and indolence in that department have very much decreased. "Prevention is at all times better than cure. How ever, the best that can be done for them now is done, and, I believe, with great success. I consider, under existing circumstances, that the system pursued at Park hurst is admirably suited to their necessities. "I unhesitatingly state that I have never seen in any school, and I have been officially connected with many, such uniform steadiness of conduct, and diligent atten tion to the instructions of the masters. Though I visit the schools every day, I do not remember having once observed disorder or inattention during the year ; and on the Sabbath•day, when the whole prison is assembled, morning and afternoon, for scriptural and catechetical instruction, general order prevails. Formerly we have had more trouble with the boys on this than on any other day. I consider that there cannot be a more decisive proof of the great improvement in the prison than this change. " I take a class of 20 boys every Sunday evening, and examine them in Scripture and the Church cate chism, giving them also some general advice in a fami liar way. This I confine to the boys in the evening school, dividing them into five classses ; I find it a useful help to the other means employed for their instruction. " The evening school is still continued, and with much advantage, as an encouragement to the boys. It is open for an hour every evening in the week, under the super intendence of one of the masters. None are admitted but those of very good conduct, having badges. The average attendance during the year has been about 108; more than one-half of the junior prisoners. They are also privileged to write letters to their parents once in three months, and receive letters in reply—a privilege greatly valued by them, and beneficial to them in many ways." NUMBER AND DISPOSAL OF PRISONERS. Remaining in confinement, let Jan., 1852 558 Received during the year 1852 164 - 722 Removed to Van Diemen's Land Bl JP Western Australia ,f Public Works at Portsmouth 1,7, Portland ,P Dartmoor lf Pentonville Prison 7/ Millbank ~ Stirling Castle invalid hulk Pardoned 12 10 4 1 on medical grounds.. Died 186 Remaining in confinement 31st December 1852 536 - 722 PRISON OFFICERS. It has been a question with some who are well quali fied to form an opinion, whether a different class of officers would not secure a better result. Nearly one half the present officers have been sergeants in the army, who, in addition to the habits of regularity they never fail to acquire in the service, have been specially se lected, as being particularly qualified for keeping boys in good order without the necessity of resorting to pun ishment, a result which is generally considered a sure indication of good discipline. The remainder of the officers have never been in the army at all, but have been carefully selected from a large mass of applicants with a special reference to their qualifications. The chaplain thus speaks of them : " I cannot pass by this opportunity of observing, that much is also due to the subordinate officers of this estab lishment, including all their grades and departments ; and I am far from being insensible to the advantage of labouring in conjunction with so respectable a body of men, who are, I believe, one and all, anxious to add their quota to the accomplishment of our great object, that of rendering the poor boys sent here fit once more for a place in honest society ; and as a minister of Christ I often feel grateful for the support which I know they give to my ministrations in that Gospel which is the one instrument of a sinner's conversion. The chaplain of the junior wards also observes : " It is of the greatest importance that those who have the immediate charge of these youths should possess no ordinary qualifications. The class of criminals who come to this prison have been well trained to every kind of vice ; deceit, lying, dishonesty, and insolence are pre vailing features in their characters ; therefore, the most careful and judicious treatment, together with the incul cation of right principles of morality and religion, will alone counteract this evil ; and by patient continuance in this good work, we hope, under the Divine blessing, to succeed in a very great measure." _ If it were possible - , with due regard to economy, to obtain a much higher class of officers, for instance, schoolmasters, in whom were combined the vigilance and discretion which are essential for the safe custody and discipline of prisoners, with the attainments neces sary for industrial training on the land and in the shops, there can be no doubt of the advantage which would accrue ; but such men cannot at present be found in suf ficient numbers, nor could such varied qualifications be commanded without giving a very high rate of salary. It has been said that the boys would not attempt to run away if they were under sufficient moral controul, and had sufficient inducements to remain. This may be very true of a school, where the stay is more or less voluntary. It will, however, be generally admitted that a penal school or prison for criminal boys should have some features by which it could be distinguished from a school for the honest or destitute. This distinction would naturally cause it to be less attractive. It will also be admitted that the attractions to a juve nile of a school of any kind are not of such an amount as that much can be spared. when If the experiment of bringing together into one within the estab lishment 500 criminal boys, sentenced by law to remain there, were tried, it would doubtless be found that a The farmsivn considerable proportion of them would desire to go away, that unless prevented by the vigilance of o ffi cers they were employed in the fields, and by the cere mony been thoro u g hly of lockin g the d oors gates when they were walls, they would not fail to do so. L operations have, as heretofore, been car husbandry during the year. The boys FARMING. Crops, and generall Yin ing land, in sowunhly instructed in draining and trench ing on by and planting, taking in different have been somewhat above a general aver. carrying on a farm. The crops all the work that is required in POLICE INTELLIGENCE Mr. E. Howell (the prosecutor) was then called. He said : The prisoner is a stranger to me. I bad been making free with liquor, and was in Houndsditch at about twelve o'clock last night. I met the prisoner first in Bishopsgate street, but Ido not recollect where. I walked with her. I had a pocket-book and a half sovereign and ss. or 6s. in my pocket. A bag in which I kept the money was left in my pocket, but the money was taken. I also lost a hankerchief. I recollect fall ing in Houndsditch. The prisoners gave me a violent blow or push on the pit of the stomach, and I fell and cut my head open. I lost nearly three half-pints of blood, and was in a very weak state from the loss. I did not speak to any other woman to my knowledge. The prisoner : I am perfectly innocent, my lord. The robbery was committed by another woman. I tried to prevent the gentleman from being robbed, and he never charged me at all with the robbery, and I called out murder, because they told me they would murder me. The prisoner was then committed for trial. CLERKENWELL. CHARGE AGAINST A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRlEST.—Pierre Paulzenntti, the Roman Catholic priest, was finally examined before Mr. Tyr whitt, charged by Mrs. Jemima, Downes, of No. 23, Foundling-terrace, Gray's-inn-road, with having inde cently exposed himself, and also with attempting to stab her with a knife. Mr. Woollett, barrister, attended for the defence. Mrs. Downes, having been sworn, reiterated her for mer evidence. Mr. Woollett questioned her closely upon the various points, but without shaking her evidence. She shed tears, and sail she was very sorry that she was obliged to come forward in so painful and delicate a case. Henry Patman, a vender of fish, of No. 16, Pugh street Bagnigge-wells-road, gave confirmatory evidence. He saw Mrs. Downes beckon to her husband, who came up, and said something to the prisoner, when he took something from his pocket like a knife, and made a stab at him. Thomas Downes, the husband, said—On his wife tell ing him of what had occurred he touched the prisoner on the shoulder, and said, " What is this about," on which the prisoner took out a knife and made a stab at him. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Might it not have been his spectacles, and not a knife ?—Witness—lt might. William Henry Maskell, sergeant of the G division, produced the memorandums found in his possession, also a knife and a pair of spectacles. This being the whole of the evidence, Mr. Tyrwhitt (addressing Mr. Woollett) said he had looked over the papers found on the prisoner, from which it would appear that he had come from the dio cese of Como, and that he was a missionary priest. They had been signed by the Bishop of Como, and bore his seal, entitling him to say mass and describing him to be a " worthy character," &c. Mr.- Woollett here explained that it had appeared in the public prints that the prisoner was connected with convents in America. Such was not founded in fact. He had no power or authority here from Rome. He was connected with highly re spectable persons, whatever his state of mind might be. He was introduced in January last to the Rev. Dr. Melia. He was a foreign exile for political mo tives, and Dr. Melia was the party from whom he re ceived the papers alluded to. He (Mr. Woollett) sug gested that it might be a case for summary punishment, but he could call witnesses to show that his mind was not in a proper state. His present garb was more like a pauper's than that of a Roman Catholic priest, and the charge of attempting to stab he considered must fall to the ground. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that Mrs. Downes had given her evidence and conducted herself most creditably in the matter. Mr. Woollett made a powerful appeal to the bench, and said that the prisoner, under all the circumstances, was more a fit object of compassion than of scorn. He Milled The Rev. Dr. Raphaelle Melia, Roman Catholic priest, of No. 54, Lincoln's-inn-fields, who having been sworn, said that he was a missionary apostolic, and the only one doing duty in this country. The document was an authority given to him only to collect contributions for a church for Italians. In January last the prisoner was introduced to him by Mr. Gattie. Saw the prisoner three or four times, and observed something very pecu liar about his manner, but nothing indecent. By Mr. Tyrwhitt—The papers were genuine. The last time he saw the prisoner he said he was going back to his own country. The prisoner had no connection with convents in America. Witness appointed deputies under the above authority. Mr. Joseph Gattie chocolate maker, of Aldgate, had known the prisoner since 1834 in France. Never ob served anything evil or indecent in him. Recently he had noticed a change in his manners, so much so, that he considered he ought to be under medical treatment. He always dressed in the style of a priest (in black), quite different to the garb he now appeared in (a rough brown suit). _ _ Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had paid great attention to this painful case, and after regretting that a person of the prisoner's description should be involved in such a charge, said that under the circumstances, there was a doubt which would act in his favour, and he would dis charge him. He believed Mrs. Downes to be a respect able woman, and there was no distrust upon her evi dence. The prisoner then left the court with his friends. SOUTHWARK.—THE MURDER OP ELIZA GRIM WOOD.—Peter Lamesehall, the Dane, was again examined on the charge of having murdered Eliza Grimwood. Mr. Cornbe said—ls there any further evidence in this case ? Now Goff is present, he can tell me what he has done. Goff—l do not think there is any evidence to impli cate the prisoner. He is too short in stature, and does not at all correspond with the description given of the foreigner who was last seen with the murdered Eliza Grimwood. It appeared that she met a foreign gentleman in the Strand, and was driven in a cab with him to her lodgings in Wellington-terrace, Waterloo-road, at 3 o'clock in the morning of the 26th of May, 1838. At 6 o'clock the same morning she was discovered lying on the floor of her bed-room with her throat cut from ear to ear, and stabbed in several parts of her body through her stays. The foreigner was not apprehended, although a descrip tion of him was widely circulated, and a reward of 1001. was offered for his apprehension. The cabman who drove them from the Strand on that fatal morning stated that the foreigner was a taller man by two inche s th an he was. The cabman was five feet six inches in h e i g h t, and the prisoner therefore is considerably under the height. The cabman was transported in 1846 for rob bing a gentleman of a gold brooch near the Surrey Theatre, and he is employed as a coachman to a judge at Hobart Town. I have also examined the Police Gazette and other documents, and I find the prisoner don't answer the description given of the foreigner. Mr. Combe to Jennings—Wh at h ave you to say ' to day. Do you still adhere to your statement of Mon day ? Jennings—Yes, I do. He told me on several occa sions, when he thrashed me, that he would serve me in the same way that he had served Eliza Grimwood, over the water. Not only that, your worship, he said he would cut me to pieces and put me in a pickle tub, and send me to Holland. (Laughter.) Mr. Combe—lt is a ridiculous affair altogether, and the idle threat of a lazy vagabond towards a prostitute. The words uttered by such a man were without mean ing, and there was not the slightest pretence for charg- MANSION-HOUSE.—HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY A FEMALE.-A well-dressed young woman, named Celia Smith, was brought before Alderman Salomans, upon the charge of having assaulted and robbed a gentleman on the Queen's highway. The case attracted a crowd. James Hall, potboy at a public-house in Hounsditch, said : Last night as I was leaving my place at a little after twelve o'clock to go home, I saw the prisoner strike a gentleman in the stomach and knock him down. She then put her hand in his side pocket and took out his pocket-book. He tried to get up, and I went and helped him, along with another person, and the policeman then came, and she threw the pocket-book into the road. The policeman picked up the pocket-book and took the prisoner into custody. Whilst the officer held her, she said to the gentleman, who had been drinking, " Have I robbed you ?" to which the gentleman replied, "I do not know." At the same time some money dropped from her, which the policeman picked up. Cross-examined by the prisoner : There was another woman present, who had nothing at all to do with the business, but the prisoner wished to fix it upon her. Mr. A. D. Ellis was next called, and the moment he appeared in the witness-box the prisoner said, in appeal ing tones, to the alderman, " Oh, my lord, this fellow 's a Jew." (Laughter.) The witness said : As I was passing through Hounsditch, at ten minutes past twelve, I saw a man fall upon his back in the street. I crossed over to pick him up. The prisoner had her hand in his pocket, and was taking out different things, an d a t th e same time intreating hirn to get up, " For," said she, " if the policemen come h ere an d find youdrunk, you will be fined 51." I thought, from her manner and what she said, that she was his wife ; and I was going to leave them, when the policeman came up, and the prisoner then flung a pocket-book which she had taken from the gentleman into the road, and let some money she had in her hand fall to the ground. I helped the policeman to pick up the money. When the officer took her into custody she saw another woman, who had not interfered at all, and immediately accused her of having robbed the gentleman, and made an effort to seize her. Alderman Salomons : Did you see the prisoner take the pocket-book from his pocket ?—Witness : Most dis tinctly. Alderman Salomons : Did you see her strike him ? Witness : No. S. Obie, 694: At five minutes before twelve I saw the prisoner and the prosecutor in Church-passage, Bishops• gate-street. The gentleman was lying on the ground. The prisoner said, "He has been drinking, and I can't get him home. He is very obstinate." We then lifted him up, and I asked him whether he could walk ? "Oh yes," said the prisoner, "he can walk if he likes. We have been to the Bank, and he has put in 1001. there today." I said, "Do you know him then ?" She re plied, " Yes, he married my sister ; " and she then said to him, "Will you go home to Jane, or will you go to the station-house ?" He said that he would go home. " Oh !" said she, "Jane will be in a dreadful way when you get home." (Laughter.) I told him I'd take him to the station-house if he would not walk home, and she then took hold of him, and said, "Come along." I thought then that she was his sister-in-law. While I was taking her to the station-house she continued to scream out " murder," and that the Jew had committed a robbery upon her. At the station-house a half-sove reign dropped from her, and 3s 104 d. were found in her pocket. EXPENSES OF THE PRISON AND EARNINGS OF THE PRISONERS. The total cost of the prison, exclusive of buildings, amounted to 12,5621. 18s. 6d. After deducting the earnings of the prisoners, a sum of 2,0081. is. 3d., and house-rent paid by officers, 1921. 11s. 6d., the net cost of the prison was 1 0,3621. ss. 9d., and the daily average number of prisoners during the year being 563, the net cost of each was 181. Bs. ld. CONCLUSION. Haying briefly noticed the operation of the system of discipline which is now in force, and the probable effects of some of the changes which may be necessary in consequence of the discontinuance of transportation to Van Diemen's Land, I would venture, in conclusion, to call your lordship's attention to the great importance of preventive measures. tinder this term I would be understood to include, first, a systematic pressure upon the acknowledged causes of crime, such as drunkenness, lodging-houses and resorts of thieves, penny theatres and low places of amusement, receivers of stolen goods, &c. Secondly, I would advocate measures calculated to check the increase of juvenile criminals, by improve ments in the dwellings of the lower classes, so as to se cure the ordinary decencies of life, and generally by the education and industrial training of the lowest classes of children, who virtually derive no benefit whatever from any provision at present made by the Government. Thirdly, assuming a uniform corrective and reforma tory discipline suitable to different classes of criminals to have been established in all- prisons, it appears to me essential, in order to diminish the number of re-commit tals, that some effort should be made in behalf of dis charged prisoners. I feel persuaded that if the foregoing causes of crime were grappled with in a vigorous manner by the com bined action of legislative and local authority, and if the efforts of benevolence in applying remedial measures to the neglected condition of the ragged children who in fest the streets, were duly encouraged by the State, more good would be effected than any one unacquainted with the magnitude of the eviLs would deem to be possible. - The effect of such preventive measures would be a di minution in the number of criminals, and, if reference be made to the very heavy expense which they entail on the Government, it will be seen that, viewed merely on economical and financial grounds, they are deserving of attention.—l have the honour to be, my lord, your most obedient servant, J. JEBB, Lieut.-Col., &c. &c, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EDINBURGH, PERTH, AND DUNDEE. The report of the directors states, that the act for the arrangement of the company's affairs received the Royal Assent on the 4th of August. Provision is made for the representation at the board of the several classes of creditors and preference shareholders. The first class debenture holders, the bank creditors, the ordi nary contract creditors, and the two classes of prefer ence shareholders, have each the appointment of one director, the ordinary shareholders having the nomina tion of the remaining five ; the direction to consist of 10 members, as at present. The present board will be reconstituted on the 9th of November, when five of the present directors will resign their seats to make room for the corresponding number to be then elected by the creditors and preference shareholders. The debenture holders are further invested with the election of one of the two auditors of the company. Power is given to convert the loan capital into debenture stock or annuity bonds, bearing a fixed preference dividend or annual payment. The whole of the rolling stock and move able property is placed beyond the attachment of cre ditors, and permanently secured for the uninterrupted working of the traffic. To the prosecution of the mea sure, which has now passed into law, and the protracted negotiations which preceded it, the time and attention of the board have almost exclusively been devoted during the last 18 months. The revenue for the half year ending the 31st July amounted to 64,0201., and the expenses to 39,3121., leaving 25,6081., which, added to 5751., the balance from the last account, makes 26,1831. By the Arrangements Act this surplus is appropriated to the following 'purposes :—First charge payable on the 15th of May—interest on existing deben ture debt, 13,9901. ; interest on debentures in respect of ferry claims, 7521. ; interest on debentures to be issued to land claimants, and on special claims over the company's vessels, 1,5001. ; total amount of first charge for the half-year, 1,2421. Interest on debentures to bank creditors and others, 6,498/. ; interest on deben tures to the ordinary creditors from 15th May to 31st July, at the maximum, rate of 3 per cent. per annum, 1,7201., making the amount of the second charge on net revenue, 8,2181., leaving a balance of 1,7221. applicable to the payment of a dividend on the Granton preference shares for the half-year. The traffic receipts for the half-year show an increase of 3,3471. over the corre sponding period of 1852, and the expenditure an in crease of 3,4321. over the same period. The result is partly accounted for the general rise in the price of ma terials. The entire expenditure in the locomotive de partment showed the cost per mile per train to be 9 . 08 d. in 1853 against 8 . 28 d. in 1852. The capital account shows that 2,762,692/, had been received, including 277,2101. on the G ranton section, and 2,983,175/. ex pended,436,s9o/. on th e G ran t on sect i on, against th e company o f 220 , 48 3/. The tion of co k e was at t h e rate of 18'1814 alevaevrianegg a c including o balancensconsumption mp per mile for passenger trains, and 37.431 b. per mile for goods trams—the average being 28151 b. The train mileage shows an increase of 23,108 miles over th e cor responding period of last year. Of this increase 11,355 miles were run upon the St. Andrew's Railway, which was not open at the same period last year. SCOTTI: SH MIDLAND JUNCTION. The report of the directors of this company states that on the Bth of July th e R oya l assent was g i ven to the act authorising the co ns t ruc ti on o f t h e B la i rgowr i e and Kirriemuir branches. The works will be proceeded with at once, the lines being already staked out. The increase in the traffic during the half-year amounted to 1,7581. over the corresponding period of last year. The free balance on the half-year amounts to 6,3071., which falls short by about 3001. of the sum required to meet a similar dividend to that declared last half-year. But the directors do not hesitate to recommend the pro prietors to divide, as they did then, at the rate of 2f per cent. per annum. The directors are of opi n i on th a t an amalgamation with the Scottish Central Company, as regards the interchange and appointment of traffic, would be beneficial to both companies, and they intend to sub mit for that purpose the heads of a proposed agreement for the approval of the proprietors. The directors feel satisfied that the interests of the two companies are identical, and that a union of the sort cannot be viewed otherwise than as cementing in closer alliance two links in the continuous chain of the great route between the north and south. The capital account to the 31st of July last amounted to 665,1201., and the expenses to 660,826/., leaving a balance of 4,294. The revenue for the half-year ending the 31st of July amounted to 18,085/., and the expenses to 11,7771., leaving 6,308/. To this sum is added 3,2381. from the last account,- making 9,5461. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. A meeting of shareholders in this company resident in Liverpool was held there yesterday, to consider the present position of the company ; Mr. Arnaud took the chair. Mr. SCOTT (one of the committee appointed by the shareholders to look after their interests) commented at considerable length on the conduct of the directors, and recommended the shareholders to appoint a more independent and unbiassed directory. A long discussion ensued, and ultimately it was resolved, "That this meeting is of opinion that the question of amalgamation on a traffic agreement with either the Great Western or the London and North Western Railway Companies should not be entertained until. after the general half-yearly meeting, when the new di rectors will have to be elected ; and that this meeting further resolve to support the election of such directors as will pledge themselvas not to enter into any agree ment with either company except on the terms of a guaranteed delivered of 4 per cent. per annum." LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. Mr. W. P. Snell has addressed an able letter to the shareholders of this company on the subject of the pro posed extension lines to Exeter, and the general policy of the company, in which he suggests that before pro ceeding with either of the extensions, endeavours should be made to come to peaceable terms with the Great Western Company for a period of least 21 years. He proposes that a committee of shareholders be formed for the purpose of urging upon the directors, with all the weight the proprietors can command, the most pacific and prudent policy that may be possible for them to adopt. GRAND JUNCTION OF FRANCE. It is proposed to confirm the agreement entered into with the Paris and Strasburg Company, tranferring to that company the right and obligations of the company from Blesme and St. Dizier to Gray. r [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills are superior remedies for the cure of erysipelas.--Mr. William Parsons, of St. George's, Pill, near Bristol, was afflicted for upwards of two years with erysipelas in his legs, so bad at times as to lay him up for a month toge ther ; the medical aid he received, besides a weekly at tendance at the Bristol Infirmary, had no good effect whatever in the disease, consequently he determined on giving Holloway's Ointment and Pills a trial, and they have been the means of effecting a radical cure of his legs in an almost unprecedented short time.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE—SEPT. 8. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Saline from Nantes ; Hoff nung, Riga ; Maria, Stettin ; Carl, Riga ; Von Rostorff Rusenhagen, Dantzic ; Femrechina, ditto ; Rapid Tweel ingen, ditto ; Tramp, ditto ; Kathleen, ditto ; Gesina, ditto ; Catharina, ditto ; Reinhold, Stralsund ; Germania, ditto ; Walhalla, Dram ; Mette Catherine, Nykiobing ; Hong Kong, Rotterdam ; Bato, Dordrecht ; Concordia, Archangel ; Leda, ditto ; Triton, ditto ; Geo. Frederick, ditto ; Amor, ditto ; Cornelia, ditto ; Zwoontje Comelia, Konigsberg ; Stephen Wastrow, Berdianske ; Eliza and Jane, Cronstadt ; Toth Cringle, St. Übes ; Diedrich, Wismar ; Sjenke Boon, Randers ; Belsay Castle, Wy berg ; Staat Rensberg, Stralsund ; Two Sostre Wolga,st ; Formica, Hadsund ; De Trouw, Stettin ; Kleine Bernhard, Emden ; Wilhelmine, Thested ; Okkeline, Stralsund, Great Britain, Cronstadt ; Wilsons, ditto; Ann Moore, ditto, Ful mar, Riga; Active, ditto; Ebenezar, Rotterdam; Natal,ditto; Maria, Westerwik ; Admiral Peter Tordenskjold, Quebec ; Alfred, Srondkjeim ; Primrose, Stettin ; Twegde Brodie, Krageroe ; Cornelia, Archangel ; Barrackpore, Port Phi lip ; Tamar, Frederickshald ; Alherdina Edzuna, Peters burg ; Active, Riga ; Aleda, Memel ; Valhalla, Jacobstadt. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Union, for Gibraltar ; Vesta, Bremen ; Diana, Altona ; Brahmin, Adelaide ; Nephews, Antwerp ; Trio, Melbourne ; Spar tan, Jamaica ; Bury St. Edmonds, Mauritius ; Eleanor, Dunkirk ; George and Sarah, Antwerp ; Frances, Dun kirk ; Waborne, Dunkirk; Albatross, Antwerp ; Elizabeth, Antwerp. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Victor, for Dunkirk ; Superior, Demerara ; Anna Maria, Christiana, &c. ; Rienzi, Calcutta; Wesleyan, Rouen ; Waldemar, St. Petersburg. L 1 VERPOOL, SEPT. 8. The Martaban, in docking, ran against the Princes Pier head, and damaged her bow, which caused her fore com partment to fill. She lies in St. George's Basin. The Prima Donna, bound west, was spoken Aug. 20, lat. 36 N., long. 22 E. The Phoebe (s.s.), Liverpool to Constantinople, was spoken Aug. 24, lat. 37 N., long. 8. E. The Sela, British brig, was spoken Aug. 26, lat. 37 N., long. 1 E. fwo Dutch frigates, bound east, were spoken Aug. 26, lat. 37 N., long. 1 E. The Bella Donna, from Alexandria, was spoken Aug. 28, off Gibraltar. The Ashburton was spoken Sept. 3, lat. 47 N., long. 8 W. The Jane Tudor, of Beanmaris, was spoken Aug. 14, lat. 44 N., long. 52 W. The Almone, Quebec to Liverpool, was spoken Aug. 27, lat. 49 N., long. 39 W. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Sir C. Campbell, of Belfast, Liverpool to Coquimbo, June 27, lat. 54 S., long. 56 W. The Delta (ship), of Liverpool, to England, July 4, lat. 44 S., long. 44 W. The Callao (brig), of and from Liverpool, 25th, lat. 11 S., long. 31 W. The Charles Jones (barque), Callao to Queenstown, Aug. 11, lat. 25 N., long. 38 W. The Langsound (Norway barque), St. John's, N. 8., to Hull, 29th, lat. 47 N., long. 22 W. The William, of Harrington, from Whitehaven, Sept. 1, lat. 47 N., long. 15 W. The Booh-i-noor, Liverpool to San Francisco, July 19, lat. 30 S., long. 31 E. The Elennor, for San Francisco, July 28, lat. 14 N., long. 25 W. The Netherland, Liverpool to Australia, July 29, lat. 14 N., long. 25 W. The Edward, Liverpool to New York, Sept. 2, lat. 50, long. 9 W. ___ The Fourth Hector, from London, Aug. 29, lat. 46, long. 11 W. The Rebecca, of Glasgow, Aug. 15, lat. 48 N., long. 31 W. The Bidaford, to Quebec, Aug. 23, lat. 51 N., long. 10 W. The Marianne, Swansea, for King George's Sound, July 26, lat. 1 S., long. 25 W. The Camelion, Liverpool to Batavia, Callao to Cork, Aug. 30, lat. 34 N., long. 40 W. The John Parker, New York to Glasgow, Aug. 12, lat. 41 N., long. 71 W. COMPETITION OF REAPING MACHINES AT STIRLING.— Tuesday having been the day fixed for the competition of reaping machines, a very great assemblage of persons con gregated on the occasion at Stirling from all quarters of the country. The morning trains were exceedingly, heavy and all the conveyances from the town of Stirling were crowded. The fields chosen for the competition were finely situated about a mile westward of Stirling Castle, on a farm occupied by Mr. Dewar. Although the charge was 2s. 6d. by 10 or 11 o'clock there must have been nearly 1,000 persons within the field. Thousands were congregated on the heights and at all places whence a view might be obtained. Deputations were present from the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, the Royal English Agricultural Society, Irish Agricultural Improvement Society, and North- West of Ireland Agricultural Society. Among those present on the ground we observed the Duke of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Tweeddale, Sir W. Gibson Craig, Mr. Cardwell,] &c. No less than twenty one machines had been entered for competition, and throughout the whole day they were consecutively at work. Some were hand-machines, and few, we under stand, were withdrawn. The whole seemed to cut the grain better when driven up against the " lie " or incli nation of the grain ; when driven in the reverse direc tion almost invariably a good deal of stubble was left. We heard several farmers express the opinion that the work would prove severe on the horses, and that the machines would be most applicable to extensive farms, where relays of horses were at hand. Hope's machine did very good work, but it was considered that the trial really lay between M'Cormack's machine and that of Bell. The latter cut down the wheat rapidly, leaving the ground exceedingly smooth and free of stubble. The decision of the judges had not been announced up to the hour of the post leaving Stirling on Tuesday. A large company of noblemen and gen tlemen dined after the oompetion in the extensive hall of the Golden Lion Hotel at Stirling. POSTAGE STAMPS.—There is a provision in the new Stamp Act (16th and 17th Viet., c. 59), which will take effect from the 10th of next month, to facilitate the pur chase of postage stamps or stamped envelopes without a license. It is provided by the 15th section that the Postmaster-General, in writing, may authorise and appoint any person in the service of the Post-office to sell postage stamps at any particular house or place to be specified for that purpose, and also any messenger or other person employed in the delivery of letters sent by post to carry about for sale, and to sell at any place, postage sta m p s ; an d a l so suc h persons s h a ll, during the period that suc h au th or it y an d appointmentt shalllibert re main unrevoked, with ou t an y license, be sell at any h ouse an d p l ace s p e cified, or, if ot be au h authorised, t liable e e t d o o to carry about po s t age s t a mps, and shall n a any penalty or forfeiture. THE SHOEMAKERS' STRIKE IN DEVONPORT.—OR Tues day evening a crowded meeting was held at the pTem perance-hall, Fore-street, to consider the in their demand behalf.softh workmen and to enlist public sy Mr. J. Elms ry presided.jTrusTeoht, Aw etmexetinoogrwly, a was and others ddressed on p Messrs. rena ,J. pursued, and \ I r . a Reednd promisedsp ke i t n o a v d i nvdainceae tbieohnaolffotfhetheeonwrsoerkhme heand; the wages to hisv favourable hle when the to the priceof 1 claims ofthe workmen eat h e r Resolutions fa were passed, and, just prior to the meeting dissolving, Mr. Bayley proposed, which was seconded and unani mously adopted, that the masters should meet the fol lowing morning and endeavour to come to amicable <l, - y o, arrangements with the men. This having been decided on by the employers present the meeting dissolved. ________----- 101 Another meeting of the men was announced for the of No. 112, Strand,. Punter, Inc in II t SavoY , Publishet a l. $ 31 :72, 0 t 0 ,491 Y following (Wednesday) evening, to hear the decision of the employers. A vote of thanks having been given to LosNtranonNd:inPrtiheettvpirs.neciciuct of 9, vox the chairman separated. Middlesex, Friday, September • When any of these dates Sundays e t i' O e f g_t silli t cl 4l l ol(litp: dispatchet on the following day with the e aceptio,,,,' dor Southampton), and the Malta, both of which Will I " . day preceding. t he OF A SON. „ fri dib P i si On the 14 th of June, at Ferozepore, uPP : r well' k wife of Captain Edward Fulcher , 87th 13 ' e o l 01 4 ' Irish Fusiliers. w- , On the 6th inst., at Carnsdale-house, w o l' W. the wife of J. T. Danson, Esq., barrister/10 OF A DAUGHTER ,. Ws ' fe Of , On the 3d inst., at Blackheath -park , the lOW rick Currie, Esq., barrister-at-law. To ob On the 6th inst., in Wimpole-st r eet, MP ! " " MARRIED. b 9 the . :1111" On the Bth inst., at Farling,ton, flat', - f x'-g g 4 T. Richards, M.A., James L. RidgwaY , -D s4 "&if, '- ".' to Mrs. C. C. Cuff, widow of the late John ne y Curzon-street. ( h i orth , 7 0 . 11 ' On the 7th inst., at St. Ann's, Wandsworth' jCiis,is‘ P t William, only son o Francis Blake, Esq. , e • ''' Bedford-row, and Money-hill, Rickmanswortn, 014 Margaret, youngest daughter of James fioNve" Wr.ndsworth. BIRTIIS. On the ith inst , at Westwood-hall, I.i."' DIED. Colonel Powys, in his 59th year. der 3f 1:1 On the sth inst ,at Glasgow, Mr. Ale%eu 6 0 Comptroller of Customs, Kirkwall. _,,, in the On the 3d inst at Cork, Aldermen Grew" oill year of his ge of th e On the sth inst., Capt. H. B. Skinner, Marines, aged 62. Staffordshire:l tire, COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD—SEPT. f. f ig; The prices to-day were as f o llows :—Beef, 5 lanist mutton, 6id to 7d ; lamb, 8d to Od ; veal, 4 1411). lb. ; pigs, 9s to 9s 6d per score ; rough fat, 5s Oki P i ej hides, 2id to 3d per lb ; calf-skins, 3id to 4d pe3 EDINBURGH GRAIN— SEPT. 7. Wheat on the top 3s up, and average is 5d do ?1,•70-1(i on the top were 2s Od up, and on the average 0 Oats on the top same as last market, and the al , ar e down. Beans on the top is 6d, and the averag e mss ,tir AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Top of Wheat ... ..... .............. ..... 65i lb 6s 5 Al 8ar1ey.......... .................. 574 lb 40 g Sd Oath --Beans 67. lb 48 g u Wheat Barley. Oats.. Beans. Total Supply and Sales. 557 qrs sol d 4: 2 0 r, 371 qrs so ld 3: 544 ~... 726 qrs sold r 241-, ,, 81 qrs sold :80 V' £ l 2 l 1 1 53 9 7 8 6 1 0 1 : iii: 2 5 9 a' 12° Average of wheat Ditto of Barley ... Ditto of Oats .. Ditto of Beans .. BOSTON—SEPT. 7. of go A thin attendance of farmers. and small suppl 3 e5O, Prices :—Wheat, red, 52s to 57s ; w hite, 55s to ) 3 00 62s ; oats, 18s to 23s ; beans, 41s to 43s ; barb l' 00s ; peas, 00i to OOs per qr. NEWA RK—SEPT 7. A thin attendance of farmers at . the Corn" 3 e r A good supply of wheat at an advance of about 2,'6,5,5tj0 The prices were :—Wheat, white, 60s to 63s ; r 24i, 58s. Barley, grinding, 30s to 325. Oats, 22s 'b 25s to 28s—the former being 225 t., and the 11;100 Beans, 418 to 48s. Peas, 00s to 00s. Malt , per qr. DUBLIN—Ssm. 8. White wheat, 20 to 22s Od; red ditto, 25s Od oel: barley, 00s Od to 00s Od ; oats, lls Od to 14s Od; pe7, 27s Od to 3Js per brl ; oatmeal, lis Od to 13s 0 3,1 0 3 P flour, 16s Od to 20s Od per cw t ; Inainn corn, 28 0 ( It t per 4801bs. CORK-SKPT. 7. Brig. Carl 31 White wheat 27s 6d to 29s 6d Os 01-- 8 Red - ,7heat 27s 01 to 29s 6:1 ‘; o4°' Ditto 90s Od to OOs Od 00s Ditto Ors Od to OOs Od Barley OO5 Od to OOs Od) Od_ l6° Ditto Otis Od to Oils Od 003 Ditto Bere OOs Od t o 00 3 Od Os 04 13J Oats 99 Ditto lls 24 to 12s 6d lls 2d , Ditto old oos 04 to OOs 04 „, 'r cf` Pigs Quantity sold at the highest prices 00 14' 4 barrels white wheat ; 00 red ; 0 barley. 40 oats; 0 pigs. 0 4 / .1. Quantity of grain and numl•er of pigs sold Last so' fi;l, Wheat, 364. Barley, 0. Bere, 337. Oats, 2118., Return or cattle sold for week ending Sept. 3 Pigs, 268 Sheep, 321. Cows, eO. e. COIL Flour—First, 17s Od to 19s Od ; seconds, 15s Od LA. 16s Od ; households, 12s to 7145 601 si 7s to lOs Od pet cwt. Meal—lndian meal, s neil oatmeal, lls 6d to 12s 6d; wheatmeal, lOs 6d to 191'1'10, Indian corn, 71 lOs Od to 81 Os Id per ton. Br an ' •toslOs Od per ton. Hay —Farmers, 26s Od to 45s Od; Str 40s; dealers, 00s Od to 00s Od ; average, Os per ton. 55 3 0'; ; Farmers, 18s Od to 26s Od; average, 225 ; deale rs, 4 11 ' 00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten I°l Od ; household ditto, 7d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butte l :v 0 12d per lb. Eggs, 5s Od to Os Od per hundred. 11° ,.t, 4 ,1. 4t,,d to 841; mutton, shcl to 64c1 ; veal, scl to 8 4 ;,.P c .,:feicp; 6d ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d p er lb.— Fi B N )0 0 , 4 0 land, 001. Os to 001 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings , t . /50 Red, do., 30s per brl.- -Potatoes, white, 6d to 7' 8d to 9d.— Coals, Newport, 22s ; Lydney, 22s ;, g O cy f Od per ton.--Wniskey, 25 0.p., 6s 10d per iraP er n.fit.,/ Hides, market, 3Js to 365; Salted, 30s to 38s Pe r rv„ skins, 3id per lb - -Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to •?,`; :/ 4 "am Fleece wool, 23s to 21s per ston e .—H e mp, tor —Timber, Memel, 41. 5s ; red pine, 31. 1 5 s; tri‘' ‘ ,o, 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 191. to 201. per hundred." 7„. / 0 00 0, 8/. to 101.10 s. per ton.—Tallow, 53s Ca to 548 per 7,0 71. lOs to 01. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 19s. Per br' Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. per tor!. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 8. 4 STOCK EXCI L tNGE.—We have had an incre ,--e t i sion in the share mark e t t o -d a y, and a furtherhe from 1 to 2 per cent. took place in prices. ,;30; closed a little better than its worst point. ur' 1 3 '1, 1i ; Chester and Holyhead, 20 ; Eastern Counties; a ) 1 0 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72 2 ; London 039 P Western, 107 6i ; Midlan, 66i 6 ; Sou ,; Dover, 20i ; York and North Midland, 2 ' 4 Rhenish, 2 . 4, d. bt 9 MANCIJESTER, SEPT. 8. 00 00 00 STOCK EXCHANGE.— The market has been i f, Go° prices have given way very seriously, and c,, l °, s " ii3o; cases at 14, to 2 per cent. decline. Leeds, stock 108 ; Sheffields, ; Ditto (Pref.), 1 0 u"" 1/4 0 / lands, 653 ; Dovers, 20 1-16 ; Eastern Cotintie°, Lancashires, 178 9-16; Caledonians, 324; Lond on dis. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 8. 0 1 I ? STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was dull , fi ghtk only transactions th a t t oo k p l ace b e i ng in B i r d Derby stock at 39 ; L on d on an d North-Waste'''. at par. LEEDS, SEPT. 8. A L I STOCK EXCHANGE.—There h a s b een a d ec l i r nc a ing of 1/. in Lancashire and Yorkshire compeY e ai l ig 4 , O ° A terday morning- and other shares are also roc e iv g v e 4 cially York and North Midlands. The folloo, it if 0 , closing transactions, the market terminating A', - gbi i pt /1 point :—York and North Midlands, 274 ; Lan° pfil Yorkshire, 72i ; North-Westerns, 84 ; Leeds Fifths (4/. paid), 4 dis. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the Genes ° ' by the night—and M by th e morning --dispatch.] 'till Day when made up From ic''st 4,0 • COUNTRIES. in General Po s t.. port E 1 47., Office, London.* I2l)ittfbed' / 1 , , Sa t America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday ..., LiverpoN '' 1.16 America (by United Sts. SeP packet) ..........N Sept. 8 .......... LiverPoo' ... 1./ America (by U States too Seg •, 0 packet) ..........N Sept. 27 , „ seuthator „,„ ( t., i Australia (via South-i ton ' 1 ampton) .. .. .. .. .. Al Sept. 20.......... S o utballW , 9 04 ,0 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Sept. 8 15 , 4 r i Ditto (via Cape of kloed ~tb .' l i kat i 4 Elope) ............N Sept. 14 .......... I Plynto- - ~....s. .8 Africa (West Coast) .. N S ept. ~ 3 .........Plymouth ..'0.,1.r, Alexandria .......... N 5, :-.,_ 24, & 30 of m. Dover • • •i i ,o 5% . y.1' Alexandria ...........11 4th & 20th of mon., SoutharnP t o ' ) e ;o, 6 Bahamas ........... M Ind of the month iSoutinunP . ~,.0. 1 11 Belgium ............N Daily ....., „ , , ~ Dover •• 'i,;ll•":`t, , i Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. Sou t _ ha ,.,,, l nto o l,l;4o . Buenos Ayres ...... ..M.9th of the m on th .. Soutni""r . ' 6 ply oil I i 7 4 1 u t t: . I t.: , Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the month Ply:o Cape of Good Hope .. N Tiymo uT :;lsel'• Cape de Vercls India).... N' of the month. Ceylon (see India) I Sepn,t; • -,,, Utp ' I TO i 1" Ceylon ............ „NI 4th of the month P...)'- - ,, ° ,,,,pt0 0 j ep.' Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed ,&Frid.l l4o o t t: fl ioto 7l l - 10 Chi1i................M ‘ti & 17th of monthlSent o. . ,; ,4 ,0 1 China (see India) Constantinople .......N17,8,17,2 1 ,&27 ofm. D o ver •• • i i ,,:g S 4 e r Constantinople ........,4th & 20th of mond cont. of Europe M& NI Twice daily ...... .Dover '.... 96 southow .Ir * ~ fif 1 Egypt (see India) „ el k 1 France ........ M & NI Twice daily__ Dove r .. p . i0 . 9 . Gibraltar ........ .. M l 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. Sou thain Isept• P t ' li Greece (see India) •• Tithan 3 P Wri p ied i i f, Greytown ...... .... Ai 2nd & 17th of mon. "0-d n• •' Oc t " il Hamburgh .. .. .. .. .. NI Tuesday & FridayiLon -o n pt.o o moly 0 Havannah .......... all2nd of the month Southai , _„t. 0 Holland ............ mlWednesday & Sat Londonin.p• ,1 " ~„ io . O i S se pt'll Honduras ...... . „M 117th of the month. , ' o °'',`", rt ptoll ~e f t. India (viaSouthampt.)M,4th & 20th of mon. Sc alt :,. - .... " India (via Marseilles)M,Bll& 24th of month Dover .. i•stiLtd lonian Isles (see India) head •• OP; li Ireland .... .. 3+l & N Twice daily ...• •• I - It - .QP" . 4 1/ Li5b0n......... .... 31.7, 9, 17, &28 of m..S O ~0 00 0 D', f Madeira ............31 9th of the month Souto on .. , 0 Madeira ............ S 28.. .. .... .. PlYin ° 4. .5 4 ' Malta (see India) Dover ''''' , I" Malta ... .... ......N17,17,19,28, 30 of m. gel ) 1 Mauritius (see India) Ipic mouth ~.,'Octl,l° Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month - pto- sep- ;6 lqouthaw t , A Mexico „ . . .31 Ind of the month. IL- ~„r . . . • • ' yot,rs , Naples .-.- .., .. N sthl6th2sthofinon.lD ° 2; a opt oo _lle o if New Granada .. .. 34 2d & 17th of montbiSoo,ous pert ,, se pt. ) 6 New Ze iland .... , .. .. By pri , ate ship ..!Va n ~ , ...• , ,gept• 16 Papal States ........N ;th 1 sth2sthoflnon. Dov,e h '_ n i n ten :.pt. .4 Peninsula . . ".l •th 17th28thofmon Soout40,;)400 r Peru °tab "id t.. I I Port Natal ..........N 14th of Sicily •• •. ..........N sth) sth2stholmoM 1 "„......, v . .sept• Tuscany .. ~. „ ..., „N sth 15tb25thofmon. twvl.,.,iptoo month n w. " -- 1 6 Venezuela .. ........M 2d & , 7th of mon " I S P t. Van Diemen's Land (iee tO O e the monthlrlY2 n er ..., .• 'op t. 0 Australia) i Soutb s6nl 64 West Indies ........m 2d& IT th a: menthl ~, 01,0 33, „ 15 lion o, -Ini a rya - ' r ee SI 64 2 1; 1 u e :a, 11,, Me 'Awe s ' taehs; IC° pot%Me Vitto; Oti a f l, ces ) rev ;:r : , Wltistatil Ctob, . cot °' r Hal With * es of ) r i gh • 11. t)Ord Vi sa 4 / 1 4 Atiea rl. 4HI , 4 (,1 11. T CtPli Sta les R . hankers Lc First F. ti , Ztp t° ' tl ) , re j A 1 Nur n i s. v, , 48, Trztin Ge ne SL ke s 4.4 no s ' °l l kts' s , E ach „ ~`