The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

TUEA ,TRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, mr. 13. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS: EVENING, SErr. 20, Will be performed GEM: %NEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parsel!e, Leigh Murray, A. Wigan, Bedford, Keeley, and O. Smith ; MISS Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALITS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CROBIIAM. To conclude with WHAT 1 NO CAB? ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATKR. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, Szrr. 20, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. Farren, J. Johnstone, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Sarah Lyons and Bartlett, &c. With SIIYLOCK; or, THE :MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE ERVED." TIIE WANDERING MINITREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'g ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRE. Sole Le3See and Manager, Mr. 11711 Pam Cooke. The unanimous voice of the public Press has pronounced the New Classical Burlesque to have reached the acme of perfection. No spectacle produced at the Xtaphitheatre has ever created so g 'eat a sensation. The Dresses and appointments have met with un qualified approbation, while the Classical Groupings and Grano Ballet are nightly received with demonstrations or delight from fashionah e and crook dod audiences. Mr Cooke will (by desire) introduce his highly-trained Barb steed, whose matchless per formance Is pronounced perfo , t. Miss Emily ooke will continue her ele,ant Equestrian Act on a rapid seed, concluding with her wonderful Feat of Leaping through 113 Balloons. Continuation of the Battle of Waterloo. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 20, And during the week, will be presented (the 9th time) the New Classical Burlesque, entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PILETON; or, THE Fl EBY COUR•ERS OF THE SUN, with its magnificent Tableaux, military evolutions, and grand ballet. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, In which that matchless wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, will appear on her rapid Courser and Marvellous Flight throu4h 16 tialloons. Concluding with (81st time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. • THIS EVENING, SEPT. 20, The Brilliant Routine of Entertainments on this occasion will include the Panorama of CHUSA.N, -;plendid MENAGERIE. First Exhibition of the rare Baboon, "Hamadryas," Promenading capa risoned Elephants. EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fish in large Glass Tanks. Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by Miss Poole, the p ,polar English Vocalist. The whole concluding with THE " FEAST OF LANTERNS," brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLOiION of CHINESE WAR JUNKS. Concert at Six. Fireworks at Nine. Admission, Is. OAILY WEATHER TABLE. -. TUESDAY, SEPP. 21, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places et nine o'clock on Monday morning. The stations ar3 arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON- -N. ge ntle breozo — cloudy. FOLKESTONE-S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., calm—cloudless. G REENlVlCEl —Gam—cloudless. S T ROOD—N.W. calm—partially cloudy. S WIND ON—N.W. light breeze—cloudless. CAMBRIDGE—S.VIr., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARNIount—W., gentle breeza—cloudless. LANCASTER gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SNAP—S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. The return from the following place indicates the slate f the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock BIRMINGHAN—N., gentle breeze—overcast HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tfit4 DAT —Morning 31 min. after 3 I Evening 50 min.aft. 3 T)-MeP ROW —Morning 6 min. after 4 i Evening 21 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Ssr•r. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterda.y.l 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.12. WIND, S.W. - Fine weather. t-r -c E4* q r" eCo-,6 LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1853. Notwithstanding the stringent provisions of the new act for the prevention of offences against women and children—notwithstanding the sum mary jurisdiction thereby conferred on magistrates, and the energetic determination with which the law is put in force against the brutal offenders by many of our magistrates, we regret to say that these horrible outrages have apparently increased in number and in atrocity, and that even six months' imprisonment, although accompanied by hard labour, appears to be insufficient to deter the cowardly ruffians from indulging iu their favourite recreation of habitually ill using their wives or female companions, of venting at home the ill humour excited by a course of drunken profligacy out of dome If we turn to the records of the Police Courts, we find a black catalogue of crime, all characterised by the same unfailing attributes, committed, without cause or provocation, upon miserable women, who have linked their fates with those of their cowardly assailants, and who That part of Colonel JEBB'S Report which re frequently, with extraordinary devotion, would lates to Parkhurst (see The Sun, Sept. 9) is pecu excuse or mitigate the conduct of the prisoners, tinily gratifying. Changes have been introduced forgetting the crimes in their unchanging and un- ef late years, having for their object first to give altered love for the criminals. With few excep- greater encouragement to good conduct, and next tions, we find the complainant, after narrating a to provide better for the industrial training of the piteous and harrowing tale, urging something boys. These changes have been attended with in extenuation—something that may be taken growing success. The instances of misconduct into account by the pre/Acting magistrate when itive decreased by a larger ratio each year—in deciding on the punishment. "Heis a good bus- Iced, most of the offences are committed by the band when sober," is frequently asserted by the boys of the first year's standing ; by the second meek and long-suffering creature, and sometimes year they begin to understand that the strictness she is prepared even to take a portion of the blame o f the discipline is intended for their good, and to herself, and, by " a pious fraud," to acknow- that their rewards and privileges increase with ledge that she had given provocation—anythine good behaviour. Only four attempts to escape she will confess to, to save the " father of her chil- were made last year, and these from open field dren" from well-merited disgrace and punishment, work ; and the chaplain, who has been connected to retain the means of support for herself and with many schools, testifies that in none has lie children, which, in the majority of cases, are de- seen such uniform steadiness of conduct, and such pendent on the prisoner at the bar. We cannot attention to the instructions of the masters, as in feel surprised, then, at her forbearance, when the this juvenile prison school. Nor does he think irritation of the moment has subsided ; for his that, even leaving out of consideration the former imprisonment, generally speaking, breaks up her training of these boys in every species of vice, he home, and consigns herself and children to the can ever expect to see a better moral state tender mercies of the union workhouse. There exist, taking human nature as it is, than is no doubt that the unmanly miscreants who amongst them. An evening school of one hour's figure at the Police Courts fully understand their duration daily, is attended voluntarily as a re feelings, and are well aware of the consequences ward for good conduct by 108 scholars, and these that must result from their own punishment. are permitted to write home and receive answers They, th th erefore, calculate on the lengths to which every three months, a privilege greatly valued. as ey in ma e y as proce e d w ith i mpunity ; but sometimes, There is one statement made by the Chaplain which at present we s h a ll not which deserves t h e ser i ous a tt en ti on o f a ll con further allude,esto they suffer their vile malevolent corned in the education of the working classes, passions to get the bette r of their judgment, and and perhaps of all classes. We give it entire : inflict injuries o f the occasion sent mostauthorised serious descriptio n "Th e Ch a pl a i n expresses his opini on th a t lessen that may more formid a bl e th an l ay the t i me spen t i n i n t e ll ec t ua l i nstruct i on, and n a police magistrate is to pronounce applying more to industrial occupations, has It is unhappily not nec essary to very go far back worked well, and that, according to his experience, to adduce instances that maybe referred to as fitting in industrial employment aught to form a part of the illustrations of the crime of its disgusting ' details and the trivial and inadequate grounds routine of every school intended for the working on which classes." We certainly do not undervalue the it is perpetrated. Two cases were reported Saturday, in our really religious instruction given in our schools e m ou u r ß t,_ cases of assaultsl'egoarded as for the poor, but we are confident that the zeal fair types of the ordinaryu wives, expended upon securing sectarian instruction in The first was heard at the Southwark Police almost all of them, might have been employed prisoner, DIVID before MR. COMB& The PUY, described as a man of H erculean frame with the happi es t resu lt s i n i n d us t r i a l e d uca ti on . , was Joint on ELLEN, his occupation of the body and mind, desirable for the health of adults, indeed for that of every accused of an aggravated assault wife. The unfoi tanate complainant was found person, is by the police insensible immediatelyafter the re- , learned, too , ls necessary for children. What is better learned if acquired amidst before the Ma- the urit ' is • volting outrage. When she came sin which life is to be occupied than melancholy if it be gis ' trate to detail the particulars of her a mere isolated section of life, hardly ill as scarcely to be connected with story, she was so weak and the rest • and what is of r y was the the last imp oo a ane _ able to give her evidence. Her sto c the '• children recognise the in " the habit power of earning an usual one—the husband had been honest livelihood somewhere • of ill-using her," a deplorable fact, of which her and somehow. In schools in manufacturing dis own tracts this is peculia r l y proceedings afforded the most powerful con- ~ important, since most 1 ,- and operatives there learn but some firmation. He came home at 7?,001 1 druna, minute portion in the poor creature, dreading his wrath, concealed the whole proc ess o f some manufa c ture, and are herself under the bed to avoid his violence. He perfectly at sea when through any cause that ma did not perceive her at the moment, and there- ntl facture, or their own particular part of needs their services. Boys trained it, e-- e • fore contented himself with stripping the mantel- longer amed as at shelf of it s ornamen t s t o prov id e th e means of Parkhurst to do every part of the work of a f arm, carrying on his d egra di ng d e b auc h. Th e wife could emirate successfully if they could do saw the ar ti c l es , so d ear to t h e f ema l e h eart, car - no thi ng else ; and lads who had learned bla c k- ried away in silence she dared not interfere. Sad smiths' work, carpentering, bricklaying, (1-;c., could in the "wide wide world." " experie nce h ad convinced her of the hop training possesses a u elessness hardly be quite at a loss of attempting to arre:4 the scound re l in his mad For or criminal youth such . increases their chances career. She saw the property g ,- -. without veutur- double value ; it not only ins to utter a syllable —too happy • but should they if they remain at home, , in escaping the .' of success . who know personal violence to which she would be exposed'relatives (if they have any or their if detected in her concealment, the scene of their Alas what a them) prefer their removal from frightful picture of the state in which ' training industrial in • the she had old temptations, their lived, the terror reigning supreme, that could •school may b . literally a little fortune prison b a nish! every other idea from her despai r ' - The N .14,W -m g mind- , to them in our labour-craving colonies. _.., Two or three.imes the ruffian returned, but on ' averacte number of the boys has been 563, and each occasion., she sought the friendly refuge, and their carman 'amounted to 2 0081. Is. 3d., r earnings have succeeded in escaping observation. At length the a small sum per head, of course, compared with :crisis arrived'; at seven o'clock he came, home that of the adults in Portland ; ' but the differences a . oody and stalky--bile means of carrying on his in the case are too obvious- to need mention. ",:e , ,e - drunken debauch being probably wanting. The The resultis that the net cost of each boy is ineryiatett miscreant Aretched upon the bed under ' l lB/. 83. ld. ; for this sum, however, we have THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1853. which she was concealed, when she unfortunately coughed. The discovery was thus effected. Her first exclamation was " Spare my life, and let me go ! ! "—what .horrible words of long-continued and harrowing brutality were contained in the brief appeal ! She was not, however, mistaken ; the man who had vowed to love and cherish her, who was bound to be her protector through life, "dragged her by the hair of her head from under the bed, jumped on and kicked her until she be came insensible," in which state she was found by a policeman, who was called in by an indignant neigh bour, who did not, however, venture to interfere for the protection of the injured woman. It was elicited in the course of the investigation that the poor creature had about six weeks previously had a premature confinement in consequence of the prisoner's brutality, that " she was a very honest woman, who acted honestly towards her husband" —that " she had been lying under the bed more than five hours !" and " had bruises all over her body." The wretched woman was so ill indeed, that Mr. COMBE declined to adjudicate summarily on the case, and remanded the prisoner for a week in order to ascertain the result of her injuries. The other case was of a similar description. EDWARD LEACH, also a powerful, determined looking ruffian, was charged before Mr. BRODERIP, at the Westminster Court, with violently assault ing his wife. As in the former instance, it was an indignant neighbour who called the attention of the Police to the outrage, and thus secured its punishment. Th e miserable suff erer h a d been long accustomed to constant and al most uninterruptedatii rill e fabuse.horrorW ran the case was through h c th s e e the complaina n t, " w h ose r i g h t C w e a u s r e t all o e n d s o e n eing eye presented a most shocking app earance f rom the effects of recent violence, and whose face and neck was covered with contusions." " She had been married two years, and it was his daily habit to ill-treat her. He never came home in the evening without doing so (!). On Thursday morning after breakfast he asked her to give him sixpence. She replied that she had not got so much, when he leclared with a fearful oath that he would kick her brains oat, and forthwith commenced beating her abut the head !" This was apparently bad enough, but it further appeared that the mis 3reant was in the habit of biting her ! and that ;he was " covered with bruises all over her body." When assistance came he threatened, in anguage too horrible for repetition, that " if he .:ould get at her he would kill her, and would kick her liver out." The unfortunate woman, like her fellow-sufferer, vas declared to be " a sober, quiet woman, al ,vays attending to her home" Indeed it is a remarkable fact, that it is the best-disposed women, of unimpeachable conduct, that are selected Ls the victims for such horrible and unprovoked brutality. Women who turn on their assailants —who bandy epithets and are ready to resort to blows—are seldom thus treated. The mere fact )f striking a woman shows the cowardliness, com bined with ferocity, of the culprit. This is an additional reason why protection should be af forded to these unhappy sufferers ; and why, if the social experiment has failed, other and more stringent means should be devised to repress out rages alike disgraceful to humanity and to the national character, where such outrages are pos sible—where ruffians could be found so vile as to take part in such transactions, and the law should be incapable of condemning them to adequate expiation. We are no advocates for corporal punishment. We have felt, with the lamented hero who has so recently passed from amongst us, that flogging, un less under very peculiar circumstances, should be excluded from the articles of war. That our gallant sailors and soldiers, men in whose minds a feeling of honour should be diligently cultivated, should be freed from the disgrace of the humili ating cat. We would also have the disgusting and degrading punishment excluded from the civil code, with the exception of one class of cases. Let the man who wantonly, and without provo cation, brutally ill-treats his wife, be flogged— soundly scourged at the whipping-post. No punish ment could further degrade the MURPHYS and the LEACHES above referred to. They are already lead to every moral influence. There could be no feeling of self-respect in the brute guilty of such iorrible atrocity. Nothing but fear can act ou inch minds. The evil has reached to a fearful height, and nothing should be left undone that could prevent or even diminish its magnitude. done the utmost possible to turn into useful men those who would have been the pests of society, and have saved ourselves we doubt not, on the whole, many times the cost of their train ing in saving the cost of repeated offences, trials, and punishments. In this light the education at Parkhurst is even pecuniarily cheap. Much has been frequently said on the too great attention paid to the comfort of the prisoners, and the danger of divesting a prison of its whole some terrors. The Report adverts fully to this subject (Sun, Sept. 7th). Colonel JEBB fully ad mits that, n otwithstanding the moral advantage to be gained by a long course of industrial train ing, it must not be gained by sacrificing the dis tinction between employment and hard labour ; the greatest profit which can be realised is that of deterring others from crime by the prisoner's narrative of his prison experience, and by deter ring the prisoner himself from incurring a second imprisonment. In Scotland, Sir JOHN KINCAID reports that thieves and vagrants, before whipping boys under 14, and hard labour in all cases was allowed, found the comforts of a prison greater in many cases than what they enjoyed out of it, and the idleness was quite to their taste. Hence, in justice to the community, after a full and costly trial of the merely reformatory system, a great change has been made. Reformation is still consi dered a primary object, butt the leading feature of the system is to be of a strong deterring cha racter." Crank machinery, severe labour in oakum picking ; and, where medical considera tions do not interfere, a wooden bed with just clothing enough, for the first month, to be suc ceeded by the usual bed on good behaviour, are the deterring expedients suggested. It is justly, however, observed that, added to the loss of liberty, the personal cleanliness required, and the regular habits which give an air of comfort to a prison, are at first great additions to the punish ment. If, as Mr. F. HILL well remarks, we fur ther remember the previous habits of most prisoners, and that in prison they are cut off from all companions, must rise at six o'clock, can not remain in their dirt all day, but are com pelled to wash themselves well ; that they have then to labour severely with the prospect of losing their dinner if they do not ; no pipe, no snuff, no laughter, whistling, singing, or shouting ; no gambling, no drinking,—and if we remember the pain of breaking off a single bad habit, it will be apparent that even " if the prisoners were fed on turtle instead of barley broth, and slept on down instead of straw, there would be but few appli cants for their places." In a word, the honest labourer out of prison need not grudge the prisoner the diet and comforts without which it is found by experience, that neither his bodily nor mental health can sustain the confinement. Colonel JEBB concludes his Report with a brief advertence to the great importance of measures preventive of crime. These he arranges under three heads—systematic pressure on the acknow ledged causes of crime, such as drunkenness, low lodging-houses, receivers of stolen goods, &c. ; measures to check the increase of juvenile criminals, such as rendering their homes more decent, and, especially, the industrial education of the lowest classes, as yet the class reached by no Govern ment scheme of education ; and, in combination with the proposed corrective reformatory disci pline appropriate to the various classes of crimi nals, a distinct effort in behalf of discharged pri soners. Under such a complete and harmonious system it may well be hoped that we shall gain rather than lose, if the cessation of transpor tation shall compel our adopting it as far as prac ticable. The second preventive measure sug gested will be attained to a large extent when Lord SHAFTESBURY'S plan, which was praised but dropped last session, is brought into operation. We trust that nothing will hinder its adoption next year. His Lordship is just one of those voluntary coadjutors whom Colonel JEBB desires, and who ought, as he observes, to be adequately encouraged by the Government. The public are much indebted to the Colonel for his able and suggestive Report. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 18. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Princess Alice. and Count Alexander Mensdorff, went yesterday to the top of Lochan-y-gar. The Hon. Mary Milted was in attendance upon her Majesty. Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld, had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday. AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS..—Another instance of the wonderful rapidity with which messages of public importance can be transmitted by the electric telegraph, from the most distant points, was given in the thin? edition of The Sun yesterday evening. The States- General of Holland were yesterday opened by the King, who delivered a speech of more than usual length. It was concluded at 1.25 p.m., and by five minutes after three the whole, translated into English, was received at The Sun office, and was published in our third edition within a very short time afterwards. Although the dispatch contained no less than 1,750 words, the trans lation and transmission to us only occupied the brief space of one hour and forty minutes! One remarkabh feature of this extraordinary express, for so it may be justly termed, is, that it had to cross the German Ocean for many miles. We are indebted for this early receipt of the speech to the Electric Telegraph Company, Lothbury, who, we must say, are entitled to very great credit, not only for the expertness which they have dis played, but for the extreme accuracy with which the whole was conveyed along the mystic wires. SHIPMENT OF SPECIE.—The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon amount to 429,0001., of which 395,0001. is silver for Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Canton, and 7,7001. gold for Singapore and Hong Kong. The only other important remittance is 25,0001. gold for Alexandria. AUSTRALIA.—Accounts about a fortnight later than those previously received have been brought by the overland mail. The dates are Sydney, the 19th of June ; and Adelaide, the 6th of July ; but the details given respecting the general course of affairs are very limited. According to a commercial circular pub lished in the Sydney Gerald of the 11th of June. goods were being offered freely. "Our importations," it is said, "continue heavy, and at the present rate of consumption far in excess of the demand." The later private letters also describe a tendency to decline, and buyers were apparently every day becoming less willing to operate. The productiveness of the gold fields of New South Wales had, however, considerably increased. The mines at the Ovens were likewise yielding largely, and new deposits were from time to time discovered. The prices of stocks and shares at Sydney remained steady. Gold was at 755. per ounce ; wool, is. Bd. to ls. 11d. ; oats, 12s. per bushel ; hay, 241. per ton ; and the rate of exchange on England, 2 premium. INCOME-TAX.—Claims of Exemption.—lt is very desirable that persons having claims for repayment of in come tax on the ground of exemption, by reason of their incomes being less than 1501. a year, should be made aware that they must send in such claims, so far as re gards the years ended the sth of April, 1852, and the sth of April 1853, to the surveyors for the districts in which they reside, or to the head office in London or Edinburgh, as the case may be, on or before the 10th of October next, and that no such claims can be received after that period. This rule applies as much to case, where cl finis have been established in former years ;IF to those where claims may now be made for the first time. MODEL LODGING-HOUSE AT WlNDSOR.—Yesterday the directors of the Windsor Royal Society (of which his Royal Highness Princess Albert is the president) opened a lodging-house for unm arried workmen and labourers. The model lodging - ho use formed a p art of the original scheme of the society, but the difficulties ex perienced in procuring suitable premises, and adapting them to the purpose, have delayed until now the carry ing out of the praiseworthy intention. The directors very judiciously took on lease one of the large houses in Church-street, the residence formerly of noble families attached to the Court, but in latter days used for the most ignoble purposes, and suffered to fall into the last m omp o oe d n i o f : stage dilapidation. This house they thoroughly re paired, drained. and ventilated, provided with every convenience, and fitted up with sleeping accommodation for 50 single men. Side by side with this new and com the same startlity, sr t l h od e gi re n e g e - p h t o io u li s l e of is tra a m no p t s h ; er so house of similar di " Beer-street," licensed under the Public Health Act, and are to be admitted by that the two estab lishments, when in full operation, owniilnl.gpresent Mondaym u ch s cr e et,, contrast ond , a , G s i H n - l o a g n a e r t ” h ' s The celebrated lodgersbr ated advance ; or, in case of admission paintings morning, on payment the s s i !• o a n t e after o f 2 s . m o per nd week,ay, town n ow the occup a ti on i s t o be liln a be no slight boon to th e wor ki ng the following Monday, w h en not n only very sc a r ce , b u t like Windsor, where e c x o o m r e b ita, weekly. ntiy h i g This, w lodgings for single men are d k i sri c A t Y inspectors W ° ltrs' Anew tethe c lasses. sysipts TltltChTatlNoSfrEacp-rpooßi n s t i o n; R . works and management of the traffic, is being adopted by the York, Newcastle, Berwick, North Midland, alid Leeds Northern Railways. MONEY MARKET. AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed heavily, but prices were not much lower. The sales were 5,000 bales, including 100 American for exportation, 250 Pernams and Maranhams, at bid. to 71d., 200 Egyptians at 7/d. to Bid., and Surats at 3id. to 41d. per lb. The Railway Market opened with a general de cline of 1/. on Saturday's quotations, but rallied to some extent before the close. The dates from Sydney are to June 19, by the Overland Mail, and they report flatter markets for imports, with increasing supplies, which is pre cisely what has been anticipated. The gold yield continued very satisfactory. The accounts received yesterday from Washing ton state : "The Government have recently been apprised of the existence in large quantities, on our southern coast, of a most valuable article of commerce with China, not before known to be obtainable here. We refer to what is known in science as bicho do mar, corrupted in the language of commerce into beehe le mer. The Chinese call it trepang. The attention of those in Washington whose duty it is to see that our national resources are developed as much as possible, had been called to this new source of wealth by a distinguished naturalist. This article is called on our coasts the sea slug, and will be recognised as an unseemly, jelly-looking substance of a dirty brown colour, hard, rigid, and scarcely possess ing any power of locomotion or appearance of animation, and varying in size from, say six inches in length and two or three in girth to two feet long and six or eight inches girth, which may always be found in very large quantities strewed on the shore, between high and low water marks, on our southern coasts." The following is a comparative statement of passengers arrived at the port of Quebec to the 31st August, 1852 and 1853 From whence. 1852. 1853. Increase. Decrease. England 6.997 7,335 338 Ireland 13,025 11,092 1,933 Scotland 4,710 3,673 1,037 Norway 2,027 4,440 2,413 Germany Lower Ports l,OlB 382 636 32,507 29,180 2,751 6,078 2,751 Total Decrease 3,327 From their agents in Venezuela and New Gre nada, the Committee of Spanish American Bond holders have letters by the Orinoco. In neither case can these be deemed satisfactory, because they are inconclusive. The Government of the first-named Republic does nothing but promise, and it will depend upon the energy of the agent, who was greatly exerting himself, whether they will do anything. From New Grenada, having settled its claim upon Peru, there may be better news ere long. The amount of specie, 210,000 dols., brought by the Arabia steamer from New York, is all r France. The Ripon steamer, from Southampton, takes out 429,0701. in bullion, chiefly for Singapore and China. The scarcity of silver in China will induce shipments hence for some time to come, but the 4,000,000 dols. coming from Mexico will doubt less suffice for about a month. To Russia further sums will be forwarded this week, and 100,0001. is already engaged f or . Th e quan tity of Imperial eagles still in the Bank of England is large. To France not much bullion is going, but a new loan for that country is more talked of. There has been an exceedingly quiet market for English stocks, and prices are less buoyant. Con sols have been 951 toe for transfer, and 958 1 for aciount. Exchequer Bills are 3s. to 7s. discount. These have been the only securities dealt in. The absence of any authentic news from the East, and the demand for money, said to have increased a little this morning, a r e th e p r i n cipal causes of the existing heaviness, and have no doubt occasioned the money sales made. Most foreign securities are well supported, in the absence of any large transactions. Mexican have been done at 254 and 25g ; Grenada Deferred are 9 to 4 ; and Brazilian New 46 per Cents. 98. Vene zuela Stock has been at 36 to 37. Peruvian is about 76 to 78. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been at 46'1, and the Deferred at 224. Danish Bonds have been at 851, and Dutch 21 per Cents. at 631 to 64A. Nothing has been done in Russian stocks. The Railway Share Market has given way again after yesterday's improvement, but the change is not material, except in the Caledonian, which are down 21., the Oxford and Wolverhampton 1/. to 21., and the York and North Midland 1/. French shares are rather buoyant, and with increased. dealings higher rates have been obtained. The Gold Mine Shares are steady, and the Nou veau Monde are in demand at higher rates. The Australian Bank Shares have been in favour at better rates, but the Land Companies' are heavy, and the Australian Agricultural have declined 1/. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official List.) Buginess done. per Cent. Consols Annuities 954 $ i onsols for Account Exchequer Bills, ld. £IOOO £5OO 7 3 d Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. ;ruffian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent .... ........ 93 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent ............ 85,. Grenada Bonds, Deferred \toxic= 3 per Cent. Ditto Account ipanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 46i Ditto for the Account . Vene„uela Bonds, 3A per Cent. i Ditto for the Account 37 6A c i vi a d n c n g d e : o 2 n i t I p i e e r Cent. 12 Guil .... Dutch Exchange, Ditto for the Account 64 ,-i HALF-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto October Account 9SA i MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is without particular altera tion. At the Dutch sale of Java all sold at z florin above the previous rates. Floating cargoes maintain full prices, and both Havannah and Brazil have been in request. Refined is firm. Brown lumps are 45s to 45s 6d per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 1,093 hhds, 154 tierces, 373 barrels, there were taken for home consump tion 1,593 hhds, 166 tierces, and 666 barrels. The stock in the same places is, 10,825 hhds, 1,692 tierces, 3,494 barrels. COFFEE.—The market is quiet, but quotations are much the same. Native has been at 47s 6d. to 49s for low to superior, and Plantation Ceylon has been dearer for colory. Mocha has been in more demand. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 392 puns, 1 hhds, there were taken for home consumption 221 puns, and exported, 163 puns, 333 hhds. The stock in the same places is, 9,236 puns, and 361 hhds. SALTPETRE.—At auction 972 bags partly sold at 29s for fine 2i per cent. refraction, but mid 7 per cent. was taken in at 28s. RlCE.—There is a fair demand. COTTON.—Not much is doing. TEA.—The demand is good, and rates tend upwards. Common sound congou llid to is Oid. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is steady at 51s on the spot. PONTEFRACT RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SCURRY STAKES. Solyman BEDFORD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ORDER OF RUNNING. 2.3o—Preparation Stakes. 3. o—Two year-old Stakes. 3.3o—Produce Stakes. 4. o.—Bedfordshire Stakes. 4.3o—Town Plate. ARRIVALS. Two-year-old Stakes—Lady Audrey, Campstool, Bal moral, King Alfred, Tormentor, Shakspere, Seaweed filly. Produce Stakes—filly by lon out of Taurina, Star of Surrey. Bedfordshire Stakes--Retail, Ethelwolf, Ticton, Haco, Madame Landeau, Perfidious. Scurry Handicap (to-morrow)--- Leybourne, Puritan, Nathan, May-day, Michaelmas Maid, Madame Landeau, Corybantes, Auckland filly. ENTRY FOR QUEEN'S PLATE.—Retail, Herbert, Truth, Lamartine, Stamford, Ariosto, Odiham, Ethelwolf, Warbler, Reiver, Tickton, Jouvence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—ONE O'CLOCK. PONTEFRACT HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Sally Warfoot colt (taken freely). 5 to 2 agst Braxey. 5 to 2 agst Balrownie (offered). 5 to 1 agst Defiance. CENTRAL CRIMIATAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Patrick Bryan, aged 20, described as a sailor, and John Graham, aged 20, also a sailor, pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging them with stealing a watch, a chain, one coat, and other articles, the property of Wm. Reid, and one watch, the property of Alexander Sloker. It appeared that there were former convictions against the prisoners, and the Court sentenced them to four years' penal servitude under the new act. Thomas Cornish, 21, described as a poulterer, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with feloniously breaking and entering the warehouse of William Vaug han, and stealing therein his moneys, value 6/. Is. 3 3 / 4 d. The prisoner excused himself from the charge on the plea of poverty and want. The Learned Recorder, however, said he could not admit such a plea at a time when employment was so abundant, that no able-bodied person like the prisoner need be with out a shilling in his ocket. Indeed, matters had so altered for the better, so far as the labourers were concerned, that the masters had, to a certain degree, became the servants of their workmen, and they were compelled to submit to dictation in regard to the wages they paid. This state of things arose from the scarcity of labour, and the general prosperity of the country, and while it lasted no excuse of the nature set up by the prisoner could for a moment be entertained. The sen tence of the Court, therefore, was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the space of six calendar months. Henry Johnson, aged 22, described as a clerk, pleaded guilty to two indictments, one charging him with steal ing a telescope, value 9s. 6d., the property of Robert Gogerty, and the other charging him with stealing a spoon and fork, value 383., the property of Frank Cleusow. A former conviction was proved against the prisoner, and he was sentenced to four years' penal ser vitude, under the new act. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) The time was occupied in this court the whole morning in trying prisoners for uttering ba3e coin, and of whom there were 15 for trial. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT GREENOCK. We are indebted to the courtesy of the Glasgow Con stitutional for the following report of the proceedings at Greenock, on Monday, when an address was pre sented to Lord John Russell. It had been intended to present the address to his lordship in the Town Hall, but in consequence of the numerous applications for admission, . the corporation wisely determined to avail themselves of the ample ac commodation of the Mid Church (Rev. Dr. Brown's). The doors of that edifice were accordingly thrown open at 11 a.m. All the seats were speedily occupied by respectably dressed ladies and gentlemen. On the plat form we observed Provost Martin ; A. Murray Dunlop, Esq., M.P. ; Major Darroch, of Gourock and Drums; Sheriff Marshall ; Provost Phillips, of Paisley ; Pro vost Birkmyre, of Port-Glasgow ; Provoit Houston, of Renfrew ; and Lorne Campbell, Esq. The Magistrates (in their chains of office) and Mem bers of Council of Greenock, viz. :—Bailies Spiers, Campbell, M'llwraith, and Neill ; Treasurer Sword Councillors Arbuckle, Caird, Steele, Shaw, Kerr, Sel lars, Hamlin, Haddow, Robert Macfie of Airds, and Ballantyne ; and the Water Trustees, viz. :—Walter Service, Esq., John Hunter, Esq., William Curtis, Esq., Robert Blair, Esq., Hugh Ritchie, Esq., James Lang, Esq., Hugh Cameron, Esq., and Andrew Laing, Esq. John Kerr Gray, Town Clerk; George Williamson, Procurator-Fiscal ; John Adam, Town Chamberlain ; Robert Steele, Esq. of Knock, Andrew Anderson, Esq., Dr Ninian Hill, T. 0. Hunter, Esq., Thomas Turner, Esq., John Miller, Esq., W. Macfie, Esq. of Langhouse, Rev. Dr. Brown of Mid Church, Rev. Dr. M'Culloch of West Church, Rev. Mr. Morton, Rev. Mr. Laugh ton, Rev. Mr. Stark, Rev. Mr. Bonar, George Blair, Esq., Dor.ald N'Donald, Esq., Neil Campbell, Esq., Dennistoun, Esq., Thomas King, Esq., Robert Wright, Esq., Charles C. Scott, Esq., John Scott, jun., Esq. Lord John Ruisell who was accompanied to the plat form by his youthful son, arrived from Roseneath a few minutes before 12, a beautiful little Government screw steamer, having heen placed at his Lordship's dispoial by f the Admi ' :•alfy. ;His Lordship's appearance on the plat orm was hailed with much enthusiasm. His Lordship having been seated, Provost MARTIN immediately proceeded to present the address. In doing so he said--My Lord, the Town Council of Green i nck are greatly honoured by your pre sence this day, to receive the address which they desire to present expressive of the high consideration with which, in common with their townsmen they regard your Lordship. (Cheers.) The numerous and important measures which,Kluring your public career, you have either originated; or supported, may not have met with unanimous ayproval, nor in a free country, where every citizen forms and may express an independent opinion, was this to be expected. But, however they may differ on questions of policy, the British people never fad to recognise and to reverence high moral principle, and this, in your Lordship's case, has secured to you the respect and esteein of all parties. (Great cheering.) The principles of civil and religious liberty which have been long and succes4fully advocated by your lordship may now be upheld without the hazard of personal danger. It past times it was - far otherwise, and it is to the lasting honour of your illustrious house that in the day of need it gave to this great cause one of its noblest martyrs. (Cheers.) Thanks to your lordship and to others of kindred mind, both in our orbs and in earlier times, the safeguards of freedom have been established on a basis that we may hope cannot be shaken. When your lord ship carried your great measure of Parliamentary reform, there were gloomy forebodings of evil re sults; but it must be a source of just pride to you that these have proved to to be unfounded, and your own sanguine expectations have bden . realised ; for, while neighbouring nations have been convulsed by insur rectlon or revelution, the people of this country have kept their onward course, not destroying but amelioriating their institutions. This contrast, so favourable to us, ought to reconcile thoSe who were hostile to your measures, and should cause us to mourn that so many nations are not blessed with like happy privileges. (Cheers.) Com mercial freedomihas likewise been extensively promoted by your lordshij, and although there was diversity of opinion on this subject also, it is possible other causes may to some extent have contributed their aid. Ido not think it can be denied that to the comprehensive reform of our commercial laws, and of the principles of taxation, must :be attributed in a great measure the present unexampled. prosperity and comfort of alk classes. (Renewed applause.) My lord, I will not de tain you longer iby alluding to other questions of pro gress, which have derived advantage from your lord ship's support ; but, rejoicing that it has fallen to my lot to represent the corporation and inhabitants of Greenock on this occasion, I pray that you may long continue to adorn the high station you occupy, and that you may be long spared to maintain the honour and th, liberties of this empire, and to promote the prosperity and happiness of a grateful people. (Much applause.) The town-clerk O l en read the address, as follows " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD JOHN RUSSELL. " My Lord,--We, the provost, magistrates, and council lors of the town of Greenock, in Council assembled, avail ourselves of the opportunity afforded by your Lordship's temporary residence in our neighbourhood, to express thy. deep respect which we entertain for your Lordship's per sonal character, , and for your distinguished talents as a statesman. " it has been your Lordship's eminent distinction to con tribute to the freedom, the prosperity, and the happiness of this empire in a manner worthy of the illustrious house from which you are descended, and to which England is so largely indebted. "In the midst of party conflicts, it must be gratifying to your Lordship to feel assured that the purity of your motives, and the enlarged views and high spirit by which you are actuated, are not only fully appreciated, but have secured to your Lordship the lasting gratitude of your country. " We thank your lordship for the great services you have rendered to the cause of civil and religious liberty ; and we only give expression to the universal public feeling when we pray that your lordship may be long preserved by Divine Providence to be a blessing to this nation. " Signed in name, and by appointment, of the Magis trates and Council, and the Seal of the Burgh affixed hereto, at Greenock, the sixth day of Sep tember, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three years. " JOHN MARTIN, Provost." Lord JOIN RUSSELL, who appeared in the enjoyment of the most vigorous health, and who was loudly and most enthusiastically cheered, spoke as follows :- 1 Provost and gentlemen of the Council, it would be difficult, indeed, for me to express in words the grati tude which I feel for the honour that you have this day done me. I can only say that, I trust, in a more expressive manner than by words—by my public con duct—l may continue to deserve the approbation and good opinion of cities and communities such as this. (Cheers.) You have done me the honour of saying that it has been my lot to contribute to the liberties, the hap piness, and the prosperity of this country. I feel deeply such a compliment. I cannot but look back at the time when I first entered Scotland, and had the advan tage of receiving part of my education under distin guished men in the metropolis of your country. (Cheers.) At that period there was nothing like real representa tion of the people of this part of the United Kingdom —those exceptions of popular election which prevailed elsewhere did not find their place in Scotland, and the freedom of the press was a mere name ; for I do not re member that there was any newspaper at that time which really conducted public discussions wi h freedom and with openness. (Cheers.) I cannot but look at that time, to congratulate you, and to congratulate myself, that times are so greatly altered. (Cheers.) Your Provost has alluded to institutions in other countries which have failed—to liberties which have flourished for a time and have decayed, or without bringing their fruits to maturity. But the difference between those countries and this is, that there is here such a temperate enjoyment of freedom— such a for bearance in pushing rights to extremity, such a well considered appreciation of the value of liberty, the in stitutions derive all their force and all their grandeur from the character of the people among whom they axe introduced. (Loud cheers.) It is thus that if I at any time have been enabled to add to the privileges, to add to the power of the people, I have felt at the eminent, and I have been confirmed by experience since, that I was adding at the same time to the strength and security of the throne. (Loud cheers.) I am sure, gentlemen, that such will continue to be the case, and that while you value and esteem those privileges which you enjoy, and those privileges which you may hereafter obtain, you will at the same time consider that it is by the temperate use of liberty, that all these privileges can be best maintained to a remote posterity. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, your Provost has alluded to measures which have been under discussion with regard to the extension of the principle of representation and mea sures with regard to the extension of the freedom of t commerce. (Loud cheers.) I am happy, at least to say, without entering into any argument upon these l subjects, that your address confesses the inercas s e, be should not say confesses, but rather ioudlypr h ofla , nn increase of the prosperity and happiness o f p le— (cheers) —and thereby at the same time proclaims "p b that those measures were nut ill devised, and have not unsuccessful. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, with r regard t. to e th et e future, although I may take bi a o r r h a u s i lr t t r t e ru a s n t y that far ther part in the deliberations of P ; heated , much that excited pasty dissension and discussion having havin. passed away , t hat much which was m doubt having been sett led, there will be, with regard to f u t ure measures, if not an absence of party — a nd I don't expect any time when there shall be an absence of party in this country, or when an honest difference of opinien should not be expressed ; yet, I trust there will be that agree ment th at the course of lgislation may be still farther conducive to the happiness of the people at large. (Loud sheers.) Aod lot me say, h owe ver h owe ver important the questions that we have discussed in past years, and it would be difficult perhaps to find a time in the history of any country, when so many measures of importance have been obtained, without convulsion and without revolution, as have been ob tained and established in this country since 1833 (loud cheers)—l say, while this is the case, there still remains much for the consideration not only of all stattsmen, but of all men who are lovers of humanity, of justice, and who have a regard to the welfare gf their countrymen. It is thus with regard to legislatures, as the poet de scribes it with regad to the traveller in a mountain country. Although you seem to have mounted a con siderable ascent, there are still farther ascents before you— " Hills rise on hills, and Alps on Alps arise." (Cheers.) There is no time—l contemplate no time—in weich there will not be much for an enlightened and be nevolent Legislature to discuss, to arrange, and to es tablish. Very unfortunately, the very increase of civili sation, the very gatherings together of population, which are the fruits of industry, of commerce, of flourishing manufactures, and increased trade, bring with them their attendant evils ; and while we are occupied, while many benevolent men are occupied, in extending into remote regions the light of Christianity, there are too many al most at our own doors who, from the imperfection and the deficiency of education, on the one band, and from the crowded and ill-ventilated dwellings which they in habit, on the other, are almost as much deprived of the means of obtaining religious knowledge and instruction as the heathen in the most distant lands which our devoted missionaries have visited,. and where they have been ready to sacrifice their lives in the promotion of Divine truth. (Loud cheers.) Weil, ie ,tletntn but buese questions give rise to numerous and important matters, upon which men again may differ, but upon which I hope the conclusion to which they arrive may be conducive to the happiness of our country men. (Loud cheers.) I will not give any opinion upon these questions, I will merely glance at their nature. Our very freedom stands in the way of many regulations, which of themselves are beneficial. While in a foreign country, where despotic rule prevails, you find that there is an obligation to provide for the good venti lation, for the ordering and maintenance, by measures of police, of that which contributes to the health of the population of a city, our people, naturally—l must say I find no fault with such jealousy—object to the inter ference of any central authority ; and when the matter is left , to their own Government, they do not always provide those measures which it is for the good of our people they should provide. (Cheers.) What should be the limit ? Should you interfere? What should be the mea sure of interferenc How far can you limit the fieedom of the people in this respect ? How far should legislation be i itroduced into such matters ? These are important ques tions which the Legislature should consider. Then, in regard to education, what vast matters are opening, upon which men of the greatest intellect have already given their opinion to the world ? Can we rely upon the volun tary efforts of individuals in order to provide sound edu cation for the people at large ? Should you interfere, as the Government of America has interfered, in order to provide education ? If you do interfere, how far should you insist that it should be a religious education Can you, on the other hand, provide a secular education and leave others, the ministers of religion, to give religious instruction ? I only glance at these questions in order to show that there are weighty matters still for the con sideration of the legislature and statesmen, and I only pray to God that they may b e resolved in a manner befitting the intellect, befitting the charater, befitting the spirit of an enlightened and a constant people. (Loud cheers.) Let me only say, that while these matters of internal legislation are of the utmost im portance, while they must occupy from day to day the minds and the time of those who are called to represent you in the Commons House of Parliament— while there are other questions of internal legislation, likewise of vast importance, upon which I have al ready, for my part, given my opinion, that further mea sures ought to be adopted, it is also to be considered, and I trust we shall none of us forget, that this country holds an important position among the nations of the world. (Cheers.) It is not once but many times she has stood forward to resist oppression, to maintain the independence of weaker nations, to preserve to the ge neral family of nations that freedom, that power of go verning themselves of which others have sought to de prive them. (Loud cheering.) I trust that character will not be forgotten, will not be abandoned by a nation which is now stronger in means, which is more popu lous, more wealthy than she has been at any former period. This, then, you will agree with me, is not a period to abandon any of those duties towards the world, towards the whole of mankind, which Great Britain has hitherto performed. Let us perform them, if possible, by our moral influence—let us perform them, if possible, while we maintain the inestimable blessings of peace ; ,ut while we endeavour to maintain peace, I certainly should be the last to forget that if that peace cannot be maintained with honour it is no longer peace—continued applause)—it become then but a truce, a precarious truce, to be denounced by others whenever they may think fit—(cheers)—whenever they think an oppor tunity has occurred to enforce by arms their 'unjust demands either upon us or upon our allies. (Much cheering.) I trust, gentlemen, that so long as I can bear any part in the public councils of this kingdom, such will be my sentiments, and such will be my conduct. Happy I am to find that you have done me the honour to signify your agreement with me in these sentiments. I shall conclude, therefore, thanking you again for the great honour that you have done me, by saying that I shall remain attached to that cause which has been expressed in plain words—in that which used to be the toast at our dinners, wherever Englishmen were met namely,—" The cause of Civil and Religious Liberty over the world !" (Cheers.) I trust that wherever the in fluence of Great Britain extends, that cause will be , naintained by her. I feel it is her sacred function ; and when she lets fall that standard from her hands, she will no longer deserve to bear her part in the con cerns of the world. (Loud and continued cheering.) Mr. DUNLOP, M.P., moved a vote of thanks from she inietbitants to the Provost and Corporation, for ,laving paid so just a tribute to one so honoured, and .o deservedly honoured, as the noble lord, and for 'laving permitted the community to witness the gratify ing proceedings. The proposal wal carried by acclamation. The LORD PROVOST having acicuowledged the com pliment, the meeting separated. NEW YORK.—The accounts from New York this week show a steady continuance of the recent improvement in the money-market. The offer of the Government to purchase United States' Sixes at certain specified prices had proved unsuccessful, except for a very small amount ; and meanwhile the large extent of importations, and the consequent increase of the customs' receipts, caused the surplus revenue to go on accumulating. A return, just published, of the declared value of the importations at the port of New York for the first eight mouths of the present year presented an increase over the correspond ing period of 1852 equal to 9,700,0001., the total having been 27,620,0001., against 17,910,0001. At the same time the balance of trade appears to have been favour. able to the country throughout, since much of the specie received from California had been retained. On the other hand, however, the large amounts of iron and other materials obtained by the issue of railway bonds, of all descriptions and at all prices, and which have been taken by our manufacturers in some cases with too little caution, must be taken into account. ARRIVAL OF SPECIE.—The specie arrivals yesterday were 245,0001., namely, 205,000/. from the West Indies, and 40,0001. from New York. The next steamer from the West Indies will arrive about the Ist of October, and is expected to bring 800,0001. of silver from the Gulf of Mexico. SINGAPORE.—The Singapore letters are to the 2d of August, and describe an active import trade, the sales of cotton goods having been considerable. Here, how ever, as elsewhere, there was a general tendency to pour everything upon the Australian markets. All articles suitable for them were quickly bought up, and a large number of vessels were waiting for cargoes thither. The last dates from the island of Labuan were to the 10th of July. The American steam-frigate Powhattan had ar rived at Borneo Proper, and was to coal at Labuan on her passage to China. _ _ DEPARTURES FOE AUSTRALIA.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a decrease, but they are still nu merous. They have comprised altogether 11 vessels-- seven to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 3,107 tons ; two to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 97 0 tons ; one to New Zealand, of 951 tons ; and one to Hobart Town, of 364 tons. The total capacity was con sequently 5,482 tons. The shipments of manufactures and ordinary merchandise are now certainly less exten tensive, and the rates of freight have a tendency to decline. WIFE BEATING AT MANCHESTER.—Yesterday George Turner, a tailor, living in Caroline-street, Hulme, Man' chester, was charged before the city magistrates with beating, kicking, and stabbing his wife. The wife, a poor emaciated creature, however, refused to give evi• dente. The policeman who brought the charge said she had been stabbed by the prisoner with a knife in one arm, and her body was covered with bruises inflicted by his kicks and blows. Mr. Kennedy, magistrate, asked the wife to tell him what t he p rison er b a d done. The poor woman replied timidly, " I don't want to say any thing against him." Magistrate—You must give your evidence. Wife—Well, I provoked him. Magistrate -- And what did he do when you had provoked him ? Wife —T don't know —he stabbed me in the arm, but I don't wish to say anything. Mr. C. J. S. Walker, one of the magistrates, then addressed the prisoner, saying, as his wife would not give evidence, he would be discharged , but it must be a warning, as they should certainly have committed him for six months had the case been proved. The prisoner, who displayed a sullen demeanour throughout, left the court without a word. TRADE IN THE PROVINCES.—The accounts of the state of trade in the manufacturing towns during the past week are satisfactory, since they show that the movement in the rate of discount has produced a feeling of considerable caution, without leading to any vague alarm or general want of confidence. At Manchester there has been a marked disposition to re strict the amount of production, and the desires of the various firms in this respect are greatly aided by the in fatuated conduct of the operatives, who shut themselves from work by their restless attempts to exact higher wages. At Birmingham, the transactions in manufac- tured iron continues to increase, and the reduction of 20s. per ton, declared some time back, seems to have been fully recovered. In the demand for general goods there is also undiminished activity, and the orders from the United States are heavy. The Nottingham report describes dulness both in hosiery and lace, the point to which prices have been driven by the cost of labour ren dering the market sensitive to every financial or politica l change. Stocks, however, are lower t han ever, and manufacturers, therefore, feel no inclinatio n to press sales. In the woollen districts the greatest animation stiil prevails, and in the Trish linen markets there has been a further advance. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.— Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 5/ 5s ; clover iitto, 31 15s to 5/ lss ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. A. fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, I Os to 11l Os ; clover ditto, 4t Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade rather dull. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN itAlLWAY. — Traffic re turn for the week ending Sept. 17, 1853 £20,745 7 5 Corresponding week last year Increase in 1853 £l,loo 17 10 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 17, 1853.... .. ......... . ... . 215,476 0 5 Corresponding week year 13,307 12 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 187,340 18 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 168,380 12 1 THE 'SUBTERRANEAN RAILWAY.--Yesterday the new act for making a railway from the north-western district of the metropolis to Battle.bridge was printed. This anxiously looked-for statute, to supersede the metro politan :streets and roads, contains 57 clauses. It is to be called "The North Metropolitan Railway." The capital Lit to be 300,0001., divided into 15,000 shares, at 201. a share. The rail wa y Is to be made according to the deposited plan. The plans are of a railway com mencing at or near the south end of Westbourne-ter race PaddingiLton, and terminating at or near Battle - bridge , by a jum ttion with the intended line of railway from Battle -bridge to Holborn. The company is authorized to interfere with the several streets to make the line. The surface is to be restored within three months after it is broken up, and no streets to be interfered with after the expiration of two years from being first broken up. At the expiration of five years from the passing of the act the powers granted to the company for executing the railway, or otherwise in relation thereto, are to cease t D be exercised, except as to so much of the rail way as is then completed. For securing the under taking 2V,5001. has been deposited in the Court of Chan cery. Be fore the New-road, IVlarylebone, or any of the streets ace i interfered with, a sum o 16,0001. is to be posited with the parish. The tolls are set forth in the act, and other particulars connected with this extra. ordinary rainy. THE COLLISION AT RORNSEY. CLERKENWELL POLICE COURT (THIS DAY.) Richard Partington Wood, the engine driver, and Joseph, Wood, the fireman, who stand charged with hav ing grossly neglected their duty, while driving an express on the Great Northern Railway, appeared again this morning at the Clerkenwell Police Court. Mr. Clarkson, as before, appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Rawlings attended to watch the proceed ings for one of the accused parties. Mr. Clarkson said he was happy to inform the court that the young woman, who was so dreadfully injured by the collision, was now in such a state as to be free from danger, while all the other parties who were more or less wounded were rapidly recovering from their injuries. Since the last inquiry experiments had been made into the cause of the collision by the Government engineer, and the result had shown beyond all question, that the blame in this matter rested entirely with the defendants. _ _ Mr. RAWLINGS then addressed the court for the defendant, and contended that the company were just as much to blame as the defendants. After a few observations from Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Tyrwhitt repeated that he bad come to the de termination to commit the defendants for trial. The witnesses were then bound over accordingly. The defendants, however, were again admitted to bail. DRURY-LANE. A new play in five acts, entitled The Betrothal, by a Mr. George H. Baker, was produced at this theatre last night, with a success which must be attributed more to the actors than to the author. Though the merits of the piece are of the slightest description, it being neither original in plot, nor remarkable for excellence of dialogue, it nevertheless affords some opportunities for stage ef fects, and for the display of those qualities for which Mr. Brooke, who takes the leading part, is so warmly appreciated. The character which Mr. Brooke supports is that of an old wealthy merchant, named Marsio, the incarnation of every fiendish passion, betrothed to a very young lady, Costanzi, promisingly acted by Miss An derton. A younger rival, really loved by the lady, ex cites the jealousy and rage of Marsio, who endeavours to get rid of him by poison, but unconsciously drinks of the cup intended for Juranio, and becomes himself the victim. We have said that there is nothing original in the plot ; but we must except an artful turn in the denouement, by which it appears that the old merchant was not poisoned irrecoverably, as is the usual stage fashion with villains, but only temporarily, so that he might take himself off, or be taken off, without crimi nality on the part of others, and allow the young couple a clear field. The last scene, in which Marsio supposes himself poisoned and dying, was an effective, almost an appalling, exhibition of impotent rage and physical agony. The house was well filled, and Mr. Brooke was called for after the fall of the curtain, and enthusiastically received. STRAND THEATRE. The stream of popularity seems to have fairly set in in favour of this pretty little theatre. The business, which during the past week, was such as has not been witnessed for some time past, bids fair, from the general rush to the doors last night., to continue during the pre sent week. This turn in the tide may, perhaps, in part, be owing to the change of company, and partly to the alteration in the style of entertainment. At all events, the light vaudeville, broad farce, and burlesque extrava ganza, seem better adapted to the little theatre than the five-act plays and comedies we were wont to witness there —and so seem to think the public hence, the success which has attended the new management. Last night the performances commenced with Paul Pry, the inquisitive hero being essayed by J. W. Sharp, the popular comic vocalist, who is engaged by the management to appear in a series of characters in broad farce. The piece, which is re plete with situations, was eminently successful. An Object of Interest followed, in which Miss Marshall ap peared for the first time as Fanny, the part being ori ginally played by Mrs. Keeley ; and when we say that, in our estimation, the public lost nothing by the change, we are perhaps paying Miss Marshall the highest com pliment in our power. The original Strand burlesque of Othello succeeded, and was followed by an amusing sketch by Stirling Coyne, entitled A Scene in, the Life of an Unprotected Female, and the apparently lengthy per formance concluded with a ballet divertissement, ar ranged by Madame Louise, and supported by Mddles. Falser, Elise, Marie Charles, Sidouie, and a corps de ballet. CREMORNE GARDENS.— Those unrivalled gymnasts, the Italian Brothers, take their benefit on Thursday, the 22d instant, and will, of course, command a most numerous attendance of the Cremorne habitues. The present is the last week of their appearance, as well as that of the circus company ; and, on that evening, we shall, for this season, see the last of the agile Milano and the fascinating Cushnies, who are about to perform for a few weeks in Glasgow previous to their engagement for the Christ mas pantomime at Drury-lane, where their talents will prove a most serviceable acquisition to the management, Should the weather prove favourable, the fete of Thurs day will not be the least brilliant in the annals of Cre morne. ANOTHER RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yester day another rise took place in the price of bread ; the 41b. loaf, second quality, is now charged 84d., and best 91d. A further rise is anticipated during the ensuing week. MAIL FOR AIISTRALIA.—The Postmaster-General has taken up the Neuler sailing vessel for the conveyance of the next mails to West Australia, Victoria. New South Wales, and Van Diemen's Land. The Neuler will leave Liverpool ou the 4th October, on the arrival of the day mail from London. All letters and newspapers reaching Liverpool by the above date, not addressed to be for warded by any other vessel, will be dispatched by the Neuler. Letters Ncill be charged is. the half-ounce; newspapers will go free. LATr 1 04 1 : B ourse w lea e XCept is for th Vened a roe end of allt,;etita. dos 1 ,0• " e * Orlea 87 4 . 50 I, 2f, 5 0 c• ; c• ; Pa] IV, ;925f ;L 3 617 a f t rn o i F Gre l ; qsf.'c• ; Shy