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

TSCIPLINE AND MANAGEMENT OF CONVICT PRISONS. (Concluded from The Sum of Sept. 7.) PARKHURST PRISON. 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 edueation 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, Ist Jan., 1852 558 Received during the year 1852 164 - Removed to V an Di emen ' s L an d 722 81 Western Australi a Public Works at P or t smout h 11 Portland , f Dartmoor l2 Pentonville Prison lO Millbank 4 Stirling Castle invalid hulk 1 Pardoned Died on medical grounds. 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 off.cers would not secure a better result. Nearly one- Iralf 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 ch ap l a i n thus speaks of them : I cannot pass by this ortunity of observing, that ~ T rach is also d to the due subordinate officers of this estab l.athr.reanmt, including all their grades and departments ; labs , n far from being insensible to the advantage of men, who "ttri g areonunct. theirj ion with so respectable a body of anetz, I believe, one and all, anxious to add that of re ,to the accomplishment of our great object, for a l a aeo l li elng the poor boys sent here fit once more I often f eel onest society ; and as a minister of Christ give tom y g r ateful ii ; for the support which I know they instrument of nist.rations in that Gospel which is the one The chaplain cpner's conversion." .It is of the gre t a b i e d imi " 'Wards also observes : the immediate charge c t f ip °dance that those who have ordinary qualifications. these youths should possess no to this prison have been ivellelt of iminals who come vice ; deceit, lying, dishonest rained to every kind of vailing features in their charakan.d insolence are pre careful and judicious treatment, taog' ettliherefore, the most cation of right principles of moral i t y nersivith the incul alone counteract this evil ; and by utreligion, will in this good work, we hope, under there33ieontinuance to succeed in a very great measure." nine blessing, If it were possible, with due regard to econornY, to Obtain a much higher class of offi cers, for instace schoolmasters, in whom were combined the vigilannce and discretion which are essential for the safe custod y and discipline of prisoners, with the attainment s neees. sary for industrial training on the land and in the s h ops, there can be no doubt of the advantage which would accrue ; but such men cannot at present be found in suf d qualifications be ficient numbers, nor could such varie commanded without giving a very high rate of salary. It has b een sa id th a t the b o y s wou ld not attempt to i 1, and had sufficient 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 tan be spared. If the experiment of bringing together into one estab lishment 500 criminal boys, sentenced by law to remain e ll on z l were tried, it would doubtless be found that a wat.!ralatLle proportion of them would desire to go away, u t t l h unless prevented by the vigilance of officers rcw,ny ofeyi king he in the fields, and by the cere ()eking the doors and gates when they were 'viithin the walls, they would not fail to do so. The farming operat ion t s i ra l j l e G , 'as heretofore, been car ried on by spade husbandsaterins the year. The boys have been thoroughly meted draining t and trench - inn land, in sowing and plantin in different crops, and generally in all the wok that is required in tarrying on a farm. The crops have been somewhat above a gen eral aver. 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 lst April, 18M, 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 wardY, has been reduced to the ratio of 17 to 21, as eompared . w i t h 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 'd to 2 as compared with 1851, and of more than 3 to 1 'in comparison with 1850. The numbers showing the rr Torts for misconduct in the general wards, include ar..) , cases of trivial character, which were disposed of by admonition merely, without any punishment. Of this o .ass, 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 priman, and 171 not having any report against them from the school. " Ir. the general wards, 287 prisoners (more than two thirds; of the total number) had no report at all against them e for misconduct ; 41 others were only reported 18 were only twice reported, and 10 three times ; w:tkile 166 offences were committed by 12 individuals. " Escapes.—O n ly four prisoners passe d the prison ison 1 - ,oundaries att emp ti ng to escape. These boys ran from the labour pa r ti es on the land. Th ey we re almost im mediately retak en an d b roug h t b ac k to the prison. The July. first occu rre d ear l y i n January ; t h e o thers in y. 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 v. strict but salutary discipline is continually ob served, and that privileges' and advantage* keep pace wi 4 z.h 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." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION. The report of the directors of this company states that on the Bth of July the Royal assent was given to the act authorising the construction of the Blairgowrie 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 ]calf--year. But the directors do not hesitate to recommend the pro prietors to divide, as they did then, at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum. The directors are of opinion that 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 4,2941. The revenue for the half-year ending the 31st of July amounted to 18,0851., and the expenses to 11,7771., leaving 6,3081. 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." Lo- - slial'rreholdjZo°fNthisAcNompaSn:UonTH" Mr, I V- P. Snell hasp ddressed an able letter to the the subject of the pro- WESTERN. Posed extension lines to Exeter, and the general policy of the compan, in which he suggests that before pro beeng witt, eithe r of the extensions, endeavours should made to come to Western Camp an P e aceable t erms w i t h t h e Great y for a p eriod of ye least 21 ars. He proposes th at a comm ittee of s h areholders be formed for the purpose of urging upon the directors, with all the weight the prop.rietora can command, the most pacific and prudent policy that ma be possible for them to adopt. GR A.ND JUNCTION Oli pt : R , A t N r eE fe . rring to It is proposed to confirm the agreement entered into tl i a t t h c t O h rtl e pt ) r y iB t a h n e d r S ig t d r ir abnudrgobeli7ations of the co , pany from Blesinef and St. Dizier to Gray. [A DVERTISE3LENTd — HoIIow a y 's Ointment and pill s are superior remedies for the cure of erysipelas.--le William Pa rsons , of St. George's, Pill, near Bristol, was r afflicted for upwards of two years with erysipelas in his legs, so bad at ti mes as to lay him up for a month toge ther; the medics I aid he received, besides a weekly at tendance at the Bristol Infirmary, had no good effect whatever in the Usease, consequently he determined on giving Hollow; ay's Ointment and Pills a trial, and they have been the: metc,ns of effecting a radical cure of his al legsl druggists, in an aln lost unprecedented short time.—Sold by : and at .Profetwor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, ) L en d ort, 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 25,60&1., 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 ona 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 maxinzum, rate of 3 per cexit. per annum, 1,7201., making the amount of the second charge on net revenue, 8,2181,, leaving a balance of 1,722/, 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 th,a 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 2,762,6921. had been received, including 277,2101. on the Granton section, and 2,983,1751. ex pended, including 436,5901. on the Granton section, leaving a balance against the company of 220,4831. The average consumption of coke was at the rate of 18 . 181 b• per mile for passenger trains, and 37.431 b. per mile for goods trains—the average being 28 . 751 b. The train mileage shows an increase of 23,108 miles over the 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. TAR SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1853 age, considering the land is the heaviest description .of. OLIC.E —INT,.ELLIGENCE clay. The steward, whose duty it is to superintend the farm- MANSION-HOUSE.—HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY A ing operation, reports : FEMALE.—A well-dressed young woman, named Celia " The marigold wurtzel averaged above 43 tons per Smith, was brought before Alderman Salomans, upon acre upon the w h o l e crop ; the wheat seven quarters per the charge of having assaulted and robbed a gentleman acre, &c., whi c h I a tt r ib ute to the superior value of on the Queen's highway. The case attracted a crowd. spade husband r y, comp l e t e draining, and the careful James Hall, potboy at a public-house in Hounsditch, application of the sewage (liquid manure) from the said : Last night as I was leaving my place at a little prison and barracks, farmyard, and every other avail- after twelve o'clock to go home, I saw the prisoner strike able source. a gentleman in the stomach and knock him down. She "We grew about three acres of flax, which has proved then put her hand in his side pocket and took out his to be an excellent crop of first-rate quality ; and I be- pocket-book. He tried to get up, and I went and helped lieve that if we had the means of preparing it (even if it him, along with another person, and the policeman then were only so far as to render it marketable in its first came, and she threw th e p oc k et -b ook i nto the road. stage) we should fi n d it no t on l y a means o f f urn i s hing The policeman picked up the pocket-book and took the eo tdwh you ?u gentleman, t tthotheep which wb t o li the ad gentlemanbeen profitable in-door employment for the prisoners in wet prisoner into custody. Whilst the officer held her, she dr i replied,nki , "Have ,,l(ido weather and during the winter months, but it would be found to be a fair paying crop." o s l a i m ee e ina t n im p e iok so e m d e np. money dropped EXPENSES OF THE PRISON AND EARNINGS OF THE n r o r i t d o robbed fro c m ro h s e s r . , ex w am hi Cross-examined by the prisoner : There was another PRISONERS. s m i n a e n s s, present, hnt th ewpt prisoner w n i o s t h h e i d n thing o a at xalilt upondo h with er. f t he e The total cost of the prison, exclusive of buildings, amounted to 12,562/. 18s. 6d. After deducting the woman earnings of the prisoners, a sum of 2,008/. ls. 3d., and Mr. A. D. Ellis was next called, and the moment he house-rent paid by officers, 192/. lis. 6d., the net cost appeared in the witness-box the prisoner said, in appeal of the prison was 10,362/. ss. 9d., and the daily average ing tones, to the alderman, " Oh,lord,this my fellow's number of prisoners during the year being 563, the net a Jew: , (Laughter.) The witness said : As I was cost of each was 18/. Bs. id. 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, and at the same time intreating him to get up, "For ' " said she, "if the p o li cemen come here and find you drunk, 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 s h e th e n 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. CONCLUSION. Having briefly noticed the ope r r e a e t , anionodf thethe probable systemof discipline which is now in for ce, and m of ay tra e ns n p e o c r e ta ss t a io r n y i e n ff effects s o e f q u s o e n m e e e of of t t h h e e c d h i a s c n e g n e t s i n w n h a i n c e e to Van Diemen's Land, I would venture, in conclusion, to call your lordship's attention to the great importance of preventive measures. Under this term I would be understood to include, firta s ystematic pressure upon th e ac k nowledged causes s 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, - Mr. E. Howell (the prosecutor) was then called. He said : The prisoner is a stranger to me. I had 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. CLERKENWE LL. CHARGE AGAINST A ROMAN , CATHOLIC PRIEST.— Pierre Paulzenntti, the Roman Catholic priest, was finally examined before Mr. Tyr whitt, charged by Mrs. Jemima Downes, of No. 2, Foundling-terra c e, G ray ' s -i nn - roa d , 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 called 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 prisoners 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 at yle of a priest (in black), quite different to the garb h e now appeared in (a rough brown suit). Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had paid great attention to this painful case, and after regro tting 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 irs. Downes to be a respect able woman, and there wa,l3 no distrust upon her evi dence. The prisoner then left the court with his friends. SOUTHWARK.—THE ADJEDEE OF ELIZA GRIM WOOD.—Peter Lameschall, th e Dane, was again examined on the charge of having mur tiered Eliza Grimwood. Mr. Combe said—ls there any further evidence in this case ? Now Goff is present, I ie 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 th e description given of the foreigner who was last seen with the murdered Eliza Grim wood. It appeared that she meta foreign gentleman in the Strand, and was driven in a cab with him to her lodgings in Wellington-terraci 3, Waterloo-road, at 3 o'clock in the morning of the 26th" of May, 1838. At 6 o'clock the same morning she was cUiscovered lying on the floor of her bed-room with her throat cut from ear to ear, and stabbed in several parts of 13 er body through her stays. The foreigner was not apprel ►ended, although a descrip tion of him was widely circulated, and a reward of 1001. was offered for his apprehHnsien. The cabman who drove them from the Strand on that fatal morning stated that the foreigner was a tall( a. man by two inches than he was. The cabman was fr ye feet six inches in height, and the prisoner therefore is considerably under the height. The cabman was tr tnsported in 1846 for rob bing a gentleman of a goli I brooch near the Surrey Theatre, and he is employei I. as a coachman to a judge at Hobart Town. I have also examined the Police Gazette and other document s, and I find the prisoner don't answer the description given of the foreigner. , ay Mr. C om b e to Jennings— . What have you to say to -3;-• ? Do y ou s till adhere tt ) your statement of Mon d Jennings yes, occa sions, when he thrashed me, 'that he would serve me in the same waterway that he had served Eliza Grimwood, over the N only that, your vrorship, he said he I do. He told me on several viould cut me to pieces and put me in a pickle tub, and send me to llolland. (Laughter.) Mr. Combelt 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 a) ighted pretence for charge ing bim with the murder of Eliza Grimwood. Have you any other evidence ? BANK RETURNS. Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross —Prich ards and Allaway saffron WaldeD.. and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone —W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and C 0... Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co Taunton Bank, Taunton —H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co, Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield. Leatham, Tew, and Co WW:,by Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and "Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co _ ....................................................... Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co York Bank, York— Swann, Clough, and Co JOINT-STOCK BANKS Bank of Westmorland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley , Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire U n i on Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pony, Cheltenham Coventry- and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle. City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley_ Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,408 Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 23,661 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 150,175 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,202 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,700 Hull Banking Company, Hull 26,605 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,550 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester.... Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provine ial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-off ice, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,179 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 66,244 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth. Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 342,180 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 41,656 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 31,2 '63 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 76,45 cz.:o Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 70,U. II West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 5,20 2 York Union Banking Company, York 67,09 3 York City and County Banking Company, 88, 68. 0 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 111,6 8 5 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, August 13, 1853. 9,688 9,503 48,188 9,478 29,182 19,490 45,390 33,332 9,868 22,810 13,665 102,172 25,261 19,187 35,327 41,358 1,293 16,020 26,648 2,794 55,855 19,712 66,581 49,475 10,091 9,469 35,072 28,900 21,903 33,866 45,465 3,225 30,401 49,486 56,160 22,8'08 51,. 567 46,: 226 9,( 306 12,9. 37 25,7 i >5 26, 16 ;8 31,2/ ;9 2,79 Goff- - -No, I have not, sir. Mr. Combo (to the prisoner)—Then you are dis charged. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 6th day of August, 1853 :- 'Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,922 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman 4,421 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 29,669 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co 22,884 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple -Marshall and Co 10,146 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. ledford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 33,020 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire ~ Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester- H. M. and G. Tubb 14,280 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,337 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,105 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 6,708 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 62,035 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 13,0 31 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 23,844 Bath City Bank, Bath- G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 35,615 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire- H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge- Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs, Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son. Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry--Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster -Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport--Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robi ns , Fos ter, and Co 111,949 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 51,581 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow' Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk - beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham -Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford -Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams d Huntingdon uuaHnli Hull, n p; o Ban kn Smith, and Town iB lir atnh deKingston-uponßrothers, County andun tyc o. -Hull Bank, Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead --Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford- Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington- Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton -Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J, C. Gotch and Sons • Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lrne End-C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 26,756 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and C 0..., 30,340 COMPETITION OF REAPING MACHINES AT STIRLING.- Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene 12,968 Tuesday having been the day fixed for the competition of Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 81,837 reaping machines, a very great assemblage of persons con- Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan gregated on the occasion at Stirling from all quarters of the dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co country. The morning trains were exceedingly, heavy Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle and all the conveyances from the town of Stirling were ton and Cradock crowded. The fields chosen for the competition were Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and finely situated about a mile westward of Stirling Castle, Co. on a farm occupied by Mr. Dewar. Although the Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn charge was 2s. 6d. by 10 or 11 o'clock there must have Regis-Gurneys and Co. been nearly 1,000 persons within the field. Thousands Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis were congregated on the heights and at all places Jarvis and Co whence a view might be obtained. Deputations were Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst present from the Hi g hl an d an d A gr i cu lt ura l S oc i e t y and Co. of Scotland, the Royal English Agricultural Society, Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Irish Agricultural Improvement Society, and North- Co. West of Ireland Ag r i cu lt ura l S oc i e ty. A mong th ose Marlborough Bank, M ar lb oroug h an d W i lts present on the ground we observed the Duke of Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl- Buccleuch, the Marquis of Tweeddale, Sir W. Gibson borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, Craig, Mr. Cardwell,l &c. No less than twenty- and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough -Tan one machines had been entered for competition, and ner and Co throughout the whole day they were consecutively at Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and work. Some were hand-machines, and few, we under- Son stand, were withdrawn. The whole seemed to cut the Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co grain better when driven up against the " lie " or inall. Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial nation of the grain ; when driven in the reverse direc. Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co tion almost invariably a good deal of stubble was left. Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre- We heard several farmers express the opinion that the con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old work would prove severe on the horses, and that the Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, machines would be most applicable to extensive Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co farms, where relays of horses were at hand. Hope's Newark Bank, Newark -Godfrey and Riddell machine did very good work, but it was considered that Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and the trial really lay between M'Cormack's machine a n d Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, that of Bell. The latter out down the wheat rapidly, and Co leaving the ground exceedingly smooth and free of Newbury Bank, Newbury -Bunny & Slocock stubble. The decision of the judges had not been Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham announced up to the hour of the post leaving Stirling mond, and Co on Tuesday. A large company of noblemen and gen- Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk tlemen dined after the competion in the extensive hall Bank, Norwich-Harveys • and Hudsons of the Golden Lion Hotel at Stirling. Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur- POSTAGE STAMPS.-There is a provision in the new neys and Birkbeck Stamp Act (16th and 17th Viet., c. 59), which will take Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not effect from the 10th of next month, to facilitate the pur- tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co chase of postage stamps or stamped envelopes without Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co a license. It is provided by the 15th section that the Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth-Harris Postmaster-General, in writing, may authorise and and Co. appoint any person in the service of the Post-office to New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co sell postage stamps at any particular house or place to Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith be specified for that purpose, and also any messenger or an d C o. other pers on emp l oye d i n the delivery of letters sent by Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os post to carry about for sale, and to sell at any place, westry-Croxon and Co. postage stamps ; and also such persons shall, during the Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, period that such authority and appointment shall re- and Co. main unrevoked, without any license, be at liberty to Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton sell at any house and place specified, or, if authorised, bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton to carry about postage stamps, and shall not be liable to bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton any penalty or forfeiture. bridge-T. H. and S. Beeching ............... THE SHOEMAKERS' STRIKE IN DEVONPORT.-On Tues- Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney--J. W . day evening a crowd e d meet i ng was held at the Tern- Clinch and Co. .................................... perance-hall, Fore-street, to consider the demands of the Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank workmen and to enlist public sympathy in their behalf, and Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and C 0.... Mr. J. Elms presided. The meeting was addressed by Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and C 0... Messrs. Prenary, J. Truscott, A xwor th y, an d others on Peter b orough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter - behalf of the workmen ; and Mr. Reed sp o k e i n v i n di ca - b oroug h-D . Y orke and Co. .. - tion of the course he had pursued, and promised to advance Pembrokeshire Bank, HaverfordWe ... ..... ....d . the wages to his men when the price ofleather was reduced. W. Walters.. .. ............... Resolutions favourable to the claims of the workmen Reading Bank, Rea ding - Simond .- an . ll ... .. were passed, and, just prior to the meeting dissolving, Reading Bank, Reading -Stephens, Blandy: Mr. Bayley proposed, which was seconded and unani- and Co. .................................. 34 605 ............ ' monsly adopted, that the masters should meet the fol- Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. 5,910 lowing morning and endeavour to come to amicable Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches arrangements with the men, This having bee n d eci d e d and Co. ......................................... . Another meeting of the men was announced for the ter-Day and Nicholson 7,611 on by the employers present the meeting dissolved. Rochester C following (Wednesday) evening, to hear the decision of i Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons Rugby -A. Butlin and Son 11,076 9,775 the employers. 12,89 of thanks having been given to Rugby Bank, Rye Bank, Rye-R, C. Pomfret and Co the chairman sepa A ra v t ct..e.5,160 As 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. Combe 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 thiscourt, when it was ascertained that he charged himself with the murder with an idea of getting out of the army. GUILDHALL._NEW SYSTEM OF PAWNBROKING.— 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. 5,4:58 33,027 4,960 Roe, the summoning officer of the court, said it was a charge made in lieu of interest. Sir R. NV. 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 establishments 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. 23,490 0,938 1,992 13,966 41,450 29,150 23,064 2,845 17,361 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. 29,444 46,123 6,910 21,185 C USTOM-HOUSE—SEPT. 8. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Saline from Nantes ; Hoff nung, Riga ; Maria, Stettin ; Carl, Riga ; Von Rostorff Rusenhagen, Dantzic ; Femrechina, ditto ; Rapid T weel ingen, ditto ; Tramp, ditto; Kathleen, ditto ; Gesina, ditto ; Catharina, ditto ; Reinhold, Stralsund ; Germania, ditto; Walhalla, Dram,; Motto Catherine, Nykiobing ; Hong Kong, Rotterdam ; Bato, Dordrecht ; Concordia, Archangel ; Leda, ditto ; Triton, ditto ; Geo. Frederick, ditto ; Amor, ditto ; Cornelia, ditto ; Zwoontje Cornelia, Konigsberg ; Stephen Wastrow, Berdianske ; Eliza and Jane, Cronstadt ; Tom Cringle, St. Übes ; Diedrich, Wismar ; Sjenke Boon, Randers ; Belsay Castle, Wy borg ; Stadt Ronsberg, Stralsund ; Two Sostre Wolgast ; 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 ; Aiherdina 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. 70,317 6,055 9,053 10,003 32,851 25,596 46,753 26,810 16,945 LIVERPOOL, 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. 6,532 11,810 5,490 5,667 6,585 25,200 25,448 Two 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. 17,898 16,155 The Jane Tudor, of Beaumaris, was spoken Aug. 14, lai 44 N long. 52 W. 18,395 The Almiine, Quebec to Liverpool, was spoken Aug. 27, lat. 49 N., long. 39 W. 40,915 5,516 VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Sir C. Campbell, of Belfast, Liverpool to Coquimbo, June 27, lat. 54 S., long. Z . ,6 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, Ist. 47 N., long. 15 W. The Kooh-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 Park er , New York to Glasgow, Aug. 12, lat. 41 N., long. 71 W. 22,578 35,88 26,398 19,265 58,583 13,756 27,496 9,150 19,150 7,792 5,306 51,948 18,953 6,685 3,915 32,306 12.702 15,410 1,99 6,458 15,242 28,126 15,077 22,745 45,119 21, 895 14,098 44,175 63,320 9,553 2,779 26,395 11,660 29,010 31,059 8,21 s 8,395 38,656 11,026 9,173 11,284 28,052 STRIKE OF SEAMSTRESSES, &c.—A very large numl of seamstresses employed at the most inferior descrip tion of under-clothing, have at length refused to we irk for the miserable pittance doled out to them ; fern: lie waistcoat make rs , an d th ose emp l oye d on slop cothir have also turned out for an advance of wages ; and t h, 3 tailors, cap makers, and others employed in the lark t o , , exporting houses, have made a demand for an increa.3 of pay, alleging that the advance that has taken plr,ne in the prices of bread, meat, coals, and other nece! 3sa• ries, requires that a proportionate advance shoult I b( made in their pay. There is scarcely a doubt that the request will be complied with, as several shipping houses have large orders to complete, and offers of ad. vanced wages were made by a great number. REPAVING OF FLEET-STREET.—Yesterday morning the eastern end of Fleet-street, from the foot of Luclga,t- a _ hill to Salisbury-square, was closed, by order of th e Lord Mayor, for a few days, for the purprise of rel:,avinkr, the carriage way. A large number of workmen were busily engaged during the day, and considerable, p rogresr was made in replacing the granite 'cones. All vehicles passing to the east end proceeded along Shoe-lane, through Stonecutteristreet, into Farringdon-street, and thence up Ludgate-hill ; but those going westward went through New Bridge-street, Tudor-street, Temple-street, and Whitefriars-street, into Fleet-street. The whole of this great and important thoroughfare is to undergo con siderable improvements, and will be repaved forthwith as far as Temple-bar, by order of the City Commis sioners, 12,990 63,448 9,546 10,516 66,592 82,498 9,906 46,567 4,329 24,635 14,381 22,654 33,181 2,973 12,049 4,066 395 11,56 25,680 22,615 26,015 8,693 10,827 13,284 8,236 9,064 9,791 17,098 8,74 22,222 5,948 43,969 12,979 25,830 5,502 15,792 36,768 38,159 7,636 14,38' 7,262 64,954 10,224 10,671 33,78 11,781 43,523 COUNTRY MARKETS• DERBY SMITHFIELD--SEPT. 6- The prices tit-day were as follows :—Beef, Of i mutton, bid to 7d ; lamb 8d to Od ; vea l, 6ie t 10 lb. ; pigs, Nto9s 6d per score ; rough fa - 5, 5 5 ()(1 P i e b hides, 20 to 3d per lb ; calf-skins, 3id to 4d Per EDINBURGH GRAIN— SEPT. 7. Wheat on the top 3s up, and average is 5d dow n ;l do o on the top were 2s Od up , and on the a verage Oats on the top same as last market, and the avem"„ „p, down. Beans on the top is 6d, and th e average ." s ' AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER e l Top of Wheat ..... 656 lb 6 ? 03 Barley.... ...... 576 lb 4 v g 8 ,1 Oats Beans 674 lb 485 Total Supply and Sales. 557 qrs .......... sold 40 qrs 371 qrs ......... ..... .501d..... 354411 726 qrs ....... 81 qrs ...............501d ... 8 ° t i, u ri £2 19 8 11-Vr, 1 15 7 O'lL t ' ...sold 7260 1 3 6 4 3 '":i d 2 5 9 33.`"" Wheat, Barley, J3eans. Average of whcat . Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans BOSTON—SEPT. 7. iv of A thin attendance of farmers, and small suPP,A4' es Prices :—Wheat , red, 52s to 57s ; white, 558 W """, e. " l e y , 62s ; oats, 18s to 23s ; beans, 41s to 4 3 s ; W 00s ; peas, OOs to OOs per qr. NEWARK—SEPT. 7. Corn4ol, A thin attendan ce o f f a rmers at thope r A good supply of wh ea t at an advance of a bout a ti a The prices were :—Wheat, white, 60s to 63, ;to b 2 .2 8 r 58s. Barley, grindi ng , 30 s to 325. Oats, i s tte o 25s to 28s—the former being 225 t., and t 560' Beans, 445 to 48s. Peas, 00s to 00s. ha lt ' per qr. a DUBLIN—SEn. 8. 255 - iO3:; White wheat, 26s to 32s Od ; Ted ditto, . barley, 00s Od to 00s Od ; oa ts, Ils Od to 14s Od , , , D.o,' 27s Od to 3Js per brl ; oa t mea l, lls Od to 135 Clfiudidii' flour, 16s Od to 203 Od per ewi:; luaiau con' , 05 v per 4801bs. 0 94 1 0 , B 'lO 31 Waite wheat 27s 6d to 29s 6d 05 °CV 8 Beth - 7118ot 27s Od to 29s 61 la' Ditto o''s 01 Ditto 00s 0c ( 1 to 00s d to 00s 00d 00 $ ° d " Barley oos Od to 00s Od 0111° Ditto 00s Od t o 00 s Od} 00s Ditto 00s Od t o ON Od Os °4 14 , Bere 00s Od to 00s Od 139 Oats 99 Ditto lls al I2s 641 15 Ditto old oos Od to 00s Od pr Pigs O OB Od t o 00s Oct 00s v Quantity sold at the iqgliest price s op lt 4 bairreis white wheat; 00 red; 0 barley' . 40 oats ; pigs. st w e 00 Quantity of grain and num;, er o f pigs sold la iis , Wheat, 164. Barley, 0. Bere, 337. Oats, 21 3: , Retarn 02 cattle sold for week ending Sep Pigs, 268 Sheep, 321. Cow s, ' . 0 COWL Flour—First, 17s Od to 19s Od; el As ot o,sl i; ° ,, seconds, 15s Od t,, 16s Od ; households, 12s to 1,60,? 7s to 10s Od pet cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 73 pr ef i o oatmeal, Hs 6cl to 12s 6rl; wheatmeal, lOs 6 ,1 ,, t % Indian corn, 71 lOs Od to 8/ Os Od per ton. r3 6:i; 4 to 51 Os Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 26503 to4 s s 6 40s; dealers, ON Od to 0040 d ; aver Age, Os per, t f rs ij , Farmers, 18s Od to 26s Od; average, 22s Ldoa',: n toP I V 00s Od; average, Os. per ton. Bread. —Wbe a tter , ,Y Od; household dtto, 7d to Od pe:4lb.—Fres u " -- )10";;, 12d per lb. Eggs, tis Od to Os Ud per hundred. lA', 40 to 8(1; mutton, 50 to 6Ad ; veal, sel to B.cajh *lee 6d ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d perlb. — ,',.; land, 001. Os to 001 Os per ton ; Scotch her Red, do., 30s p er W.—Potatoes, white, bv,/ 8d to 9d.— Coals, Newport, 22s ; Lydney, 22s e ' r ialr L C r Od per ton.—WL'skey, 25 0 . p . , 6 s 10d per illiP ar e p e e Hides, market, 39s to 365; Salted, 305 to 38s 1. 31, e f Or skins, 30 per lb.--Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to Fleece wool, 21s in 21s per stone.—HemP ! , L A e li°4o ,. ton—Timber, Memel, 4/. 5s ; red pine, 3/. D s ; v)1 0 ; 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 191. to 201. pey hulldr e (cai. cf Si. to 101.10 s. per ton.—Tallow, 535 Pd to 54s P e; b r l' 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.— Tar, Archmgel, 19s. Po Peravian, 12/. Os to 001. per ton. CORK-SEPT. 7. RAILWAY SHARE MA.REO IT LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 8. 3 01(,,,'% • T ore etvo , STOCK EXCANGE.—We have had an ~,e r 0 Ilion in the sh are m ar k e t t o -d ay, an d a from 1 to 2 per cent. took place in prices. closed a little bet - ter than its worst point. ot ies,;) 1i ; Chester and Holyhead, 20 ; Eastern Coll s oa Lancashire . ' and Yorkshire, 72 i 2 ; Londop.p,oo O Western, 107 6i ; Midl an d, 66i 6 ; SP rij; Dover, 20e f, ; York and North Midland , Rhenish, 24 d. MA NOMMTER, SEPT. 8. s er s ,'"; STOCK EXCHANGE.— The market has bee ° s ei / , , '; o prices have given way ve r y ser i ous ly, and cl cases at "lito 2 per cent. declin e . Leeds', , 4 4 LF stock 108 ; Sheffields, ; Ditto (Pref.), t io lands, 658 ; Dovers, 20 1-16 ; E as t ern Coan .4o o; Lancashires, 17i 9-16 ; Caledo n i ans , 321; dis. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 8 - toV STOCK EXCHANGE.—The mar k et was all , ' , iv", only transactions that took place being in Biro,o Derby stock at 39; London and North-Westm at par. LEEDS, SEPT. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a de° l :eri 7,, 6? ing of 1/. in Lancashire and Yorkshire c0n 3 P,,,,, terday morning, a nd o th er s h ares are a l so ,7;154i cially York and No r th Midl an d s . The fau°ol:l3i9 closing transactions, th e mar k e t t erm i na ting o of point :—York and N or th Midlands, 271 c l " 0 Yorkshire, 72/ ; North-W es t erns , ; 1 . 4 ` Fifths (4/. paid), 4 dis. SEABORNE MAILS. --- -• (N sign'les that the mails ar e sent f rom the G elicol by the nigh. —and id by the morning —dispatch.] Poo 10 ii • F r om :, ftiV, for: 3 01. /j DistA t _./tf , C'O.IINTRIES, Day when made up in General Post- Office, London.* pOO l sd ' Liver $ O , SOWII4MP eP i t :1' $" )OUt bStil over ff ic io rcyrn't l „,i, Piyllt o Dove r ',p o l' o ll e Oa ° tA9 O 9Oi 1, SOU o p _ s . SOat n DoveGrote Sept soutD ser Soutb a „o e 1) °v 11)° °- i tti . e 1) PIP° th t , 16 ) piyo 3°- iixfpri oot n t on liit• PIYT IO P O 0 Sc'uSeuthala pi' „ .6eP'o gout Dove r 1 41 0 6 .er toei 16 1 . Do's o p 4 Sout li is,...o.l..,)FS°:VDFD6Pls°llDss°Ls°i4ooool'oolB:oti::ucti°:l:uviruu'uuuuri:nriltirtittig:tt'er'ciieltri:t:re-dd:ebl)roilaniou°l:Bs7.--u- Amelia a(byßrit.pack)N Americ; 1 (by United Sts. packet) .........N America t (by U States packer. t) ..........N Australivi (via South- J Lai Livery- 'Every Friday .... Isent. 8 . . ISept. 27.... ...... ampto. n) ..........M Ditto (vi. a Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) .............N Africa (t Post Coast) ..N Alexandr ta • • • • • • • • • • N Alexandri • • • • • • •• Bahamas . • • • • • • • • M Belgium ... - - • • • • • •-N1 Brazil Buenos Ayres * • • • • •• 31 Cape of Good Hope •• N Cape of Good Elope •• N Cape de Verde ......N Ceylon (see Ind. la) Ceylon .. Channel 151e5..., China (see India) Constantinople ..N' Constantinople .... . - • •• Cont. of Europe Al a N Egypt (see India) France ........ M 6ti N Gibraltar ...........M Greece (see India) Greytown .M Hamburgh ......... .N Havannah M Holland ........... M Honduras .1%1 India (viaSouthampt. )M India (via Marseilles .)M lonian Isles (see In , lia) Ireland ........M k N Lisbon.... .. .........M Madeira . Madeira Malta (see India) Malta ... Mauritius (see India) 1 Mauritius ...........N Mexico Naples . - ........N New Granada New Zealand..., Sept. 20 .. .. .. .... Sept. 8 Sept. 14 • Sept.. 3 ......... 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. 4th & 20th of mon. 2nd of the month Daily, 19th of the month.. 9th of the month.. Il4th of the month 114th of the month 14th of the month) Mon.,Wed.,&Ftid.l 2d & 17th of month) 7,8,17,21,&27 of tn. 4th fk 20th of mon. Twice daily .... • • Twice daily.... • • 4, 7,17, 20, 27 ofm. 12nd & 17th of mon. Tuesday & Friday 2nd of the month Wednesday & Sat. 17th of the month. 4th & 20th of mon., Bth& 24th of month Twice daily .. •• •• 7,9, 17, & 28 of n 3. 9th of the month 17,17,19,28, 80 of in. 114th of the month 2rd of the month.• sthlsth2sthofmo n. 2d & 17th of month By private OM sth sth 25thohnon. 7thl7 tb 28 thotroon. 7 d & 27th of mon 14th of the month sthlsth2sthotrno n, sthlsth2sthofm on • 2d& '7th ofiaontli Papal States . ~..N Peninsula M Peru Port Nata I ..N Sicily ..., ..N Tuscany , ....N Venezuela _3ll Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .... • West Indies .0° 2dgc. Mho; montbi, 1(41 all' 0 re 3 t " When any of these d a tes l a' l o A t ios °f - op „ d dispatched on the following di w ith the elc , "", j a De Southampton), and the Malta, p both of w hich vv day preceding. BIRTHS. OF A SON. v i er e l i r r" On - the 14th of June, at Ferozepore,,„ ftegi p wife of Captain Edward Fulcher, Sty"' CD IriSh the wife of J. T..Danson, Esq., On the 6th inst , at Carnsdale-house, 13°'f11.111' Of OF ADA UG FITED• if° le i ' he Ti On the 3d inst., at Blackheath-Par., t . ‘ ,l) rick Currie, Esq., banister-at -law. go. fob the 6th inst., in Wimiiole - str eet, --------- barrister eir MARRIED. 0 91 by t li . c On the Sth inst , at Farlington, liant,', ci o f Noe T. Richards, M.A., James L. RidgwAY, Pi,'"Call' pCi° to Mrs. C. C. Cuff, widow of the late John o:v4 Curzon-street. dsOrtiol?a,Vr r.i On the 7th inst., at St. Ann's, man of ,- pe r° ' William, only son of Francis Blake, BA . ' or tny I r,0 44 Bedford-row, and Money-hil, EickvaaulloSv W Ma a r n g d a s r w et o , rt y h o . ungest daughter of 3- D' n ' es O f s • D IED• -AP"' a es 3 0 On the 7th inst ., t W twood-hall, Staffo-t- oe Colonel Powys, in his 59th year._ 11100/Ida 6° On the sth inst., at Gla. • r i , 00 0 A l Comptroller of Customs, _wall. mo ld, 0 4 01 On the 3d inst., at G- Alderman NA th e p 1 yvar of his age. i\ maltlrinnetsh,eagsethd 6i2n.st., Capt. S• B. Skinner' °I 1 , tra po l o w LONDOg : Printed tnd. Publialisd of No. 112, Strtnd, Printer, at Tl,e SO. to oo Strand, in the ereninet of tile Savoy, ill biiddleaer, Friday, September 9, 180, ~,~. 9,210 r t % k fa t Ire 11 l't erht yeh tlt en C erth e l'it.. e u %.‹.....-- ",,,, Tic] the Ezeu a kr,es 04 TF