The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-22 00:00:00

HAMB URG IMPROVEMENTS. The following remarks upon the rebuilding and im provements of Hamburg, which have taken place ac cording to the plans and under the direction of an Eng lish engineer, Mr. W. Lindley, are abridged from a re cent number of the Allgemeine Zeitung. They exhibit strongly the admiration with which the practical science of England is regarded by Germans. In the very im portant matter of sewerage, however, it is to be feared, that instead of pointing out the way to the burghers of Hamburg, most of our great towns will have only the credit of copying their example:— " The newly erected part of Hamburg offers a cheerful and elevating prospect to the eye. I have just returned from a walk round the Binnen Alster, Gaslight and moonshine strive together to illuminate the basin—a lake in a town, and the rows of splendid palaces with which the calm water is on three sides surrounded. Nothing like it is to be seen in Germany. A large town, situated on a bay, and reflected in the sea, can alone surpass Hamburg. The fourth side of the Binnen is, however, still disfigured by a windmill. There should stand a colossal statue of Charles the Great, the founder of this rich commercial city. This is all we shall at present say upon architectural beauties or deformities. Much more admirable than the external appearance is the simplicity of the plan for transform ing the old into the new Hamburg, and the energy with which that si m pl e pl an Ins been carried out. The bandeputation,' or building committee, selected from the richest and most independent citizens, has won for itself in this position the most deserved honour. "Riches give power, and power gives confidence ; and thus has it come to pass that alterations, renovations, and changes have been carried out in the republic, in a manner seldom ventured upon even in the capitals of absolute monarchs. Bat a second fortunate circumstance was, that the gentlemen of the building committee were able to obtain and hold fast the services of a competent man, who deserved their entire confidence This man is the civil engineer, Mr. W. Lindley. His name is as worthy to be known and honoured by all Germans as that of a general who has gained a victory in an important engagement. The qualities which form a general may also find an employment in peace, in the conception and execution of great works. Lindley has shown that he possesses the coup deed of a general and the perseverance of a soldier who is sure of the result. He is a man who ever keeps in view the end proposed, and this is, or ought to be, the great principle in war as in peace. Lindley calculates, and calculates correctly. Hence he is as sure and precise as Wellington. . . . If we had had a Baron von Kubeck in North Germany, and a Lindley by his side, many things would have been different, and better than they are, especially in the rail road department. " This may sound like mere panegyric, but my object is not that, but simply to invite attention. Come and see the new Hamburg. You find not here Roman aqueducts, nor cloacea, the antiquity of whose colossal ruins is still the subject of wonder, but what is much better and of more practical utility. The dense population of England, its great wealth, and the practical character of the English intellect have raised the profession of the civil engineer in that island to a hitherto unattained perfection. Works have been executed there for the use and comfort of the public, that is to say, of densely crowded millions, of which the greater part of the inhabitants of the Con tinent have scarcely an idea. What does the German boy learn of 'comfort' within the house, or of practical utility abroad ? In Berlin he • goes perhaps daily across a gutter full of decaying matter, without any outlet, to his school ; and when there what does Fe learn ? The source of the Rhine ; is he also taught its outlet ? No. He is told that the Maas is a Dutch river, and that the German Rhino loses itself in the sand. The boy does not know how to answer when asked ' Which port upon the German coast is nearest to your dwelling ?' But he can, perhaps, and indeed most likely, explain the project for cutting through the isthmus of Panama. Come and see in Hamburg the sewers, the state water works ; compare the plan of the old town with the existing one ; this is essential for those on whom the task of legislation and government falls. At a time when the great fire had deprived many thousand families of shelter, courage was not wanting to expend millions upon sewers, bridges, in short, upon whatever was practically useful and enduring. The memorable example was followed by the citzens of Bremen, who, early foreseeing the future importance of an outer harbour for Bremen, directed their efforts to obtain one, Q lite opposed in this respect to the opinion of a ruling man in Hamburg not long since, who said that the fortune of Hamburg was not dependent upon land c imtnunication, and declared himself opposed to turn pike roads. Since that time things have advanced with giant strides. The fire cleared the town of old buildings no ion ter useful, as the code of Napoleon freed the left bank o' the Rhine of a thousand ahsurd regulations no longer in accordance w ith t h e age. And the " bandepu ta io i" of Hamburg went courageously to work at the rebuilding of the city, and h a d t h e great- good fortune to have a Lindley at hand. "Lindley, who had been called to Hamburg in the matter of the Hamburg-Btrgedorf Railway, already knew the locale, and immediately Fet about a compre hensive plan for the new buildings, the boldness of which at first alarmed the multitude of common-place individuals, but found the most complete approbation and support among those in authority, who knew, from personal experience, what wonderful works were carried out in England. The Ilaus' - atrg building committee went bravely to work, and Lindley's plan has been exactly carried nut, because ha calculated it exactly. Would that Berlin were as fortunate as Hamburg— would we had a Lindley for Berlin ! Sewers and water service by means of steam are as necessary for Berlin as bread for th • hungry. That the railroads of England have been intrAuced on the Continent is excellent, has been already productive of great advan tage ; hut there are other good and great things in England worthy of our emulation and of our imitation. Before all, we wish fr r our sateranen a clear enlarged view to the practical. Our aykaowledgments as Ger mans are dual to the burgoma-aers of Bremen, who opened the Bremen harbaur, and to the Prussian minister who planned the Zuilverein, for examplf s to be followed. Still, =all work is necessary. To-day the Crown Prince of Sweden stands upon an eminence, whence he can look over the river &be. lie seas four toll districts. Is that practical? It makes us blush before foreigners to be a German, and yet the sorrow is greater than the shame. " For Hamburg there still remains much without the walls to be done. Too narrow has the former view of what was necessary bee ime for the present time. Which point of the Upper Elbe is the most convenient for communication between the two shores ? Ham. burg is placed on toe point on this side, still no direct street leads to it—!iardly credible but true. The works on the left shore ore still less to be praised. I asked a Han .verian captain what success the Harburg harinur would have in his opinion. The work is about as good as if it had been executed by heathens. The vessels must pass from Alt na, where they could conveniently unload, through a dangerous passage to unload at Harburg. What point would be most convenient for an outer harbour on the Lower Elbe during the many winter months for Hamburg vessels ? Is it Gluckstadt? as is the opinion in Cop,nha , r,:i or Brur,buttel ? It was during the Lime of Napoleon when Hamburg was unc borne ville, that tLe opinion of the Fre.ath engineer was in favour of Brunsbuttel. That Cuxhaven will riot be suffi cient for the future is certain. Upon th, se and a hun dred other equ illy important questions the opinion of experienced English civil engineers should be taken, for our Germans h ive in such things no extorience, and the Duch are not always to be truster?. " Ali this, however, -is only- a preface to what I wished to say. The proverb says republicans are un thankful. There has arisen in Hamburg envy and slander against Lindley. Lindley has worthily an swered the unworthy clamour. A civil engineer, with his drawings and calculatiors, has as diffi cult a task to stand peaceful and firm amidst the tu mult of the citiz - Jis as a Scipio or Wellington. How ever, it is true that the executive authorities in Ham burg were wrong when they gave out money for the public works beFore it had been granted in the legal way by the Burgerschaft. The Burgersehalc stand upon their rights ; it is desirable that they should, equally, whether the amount were a hundred or many hundred thousand pounds. However, when envy or hatred is allowed to mix itself with this just opposition, it becomes one of the most melancholy sights which a republic can offer. This, however, is but for a time ; but the works of the English engineer will be enduring." THE HORSE TRICK AGAIN.-THE BITER BIT.-- Mr. Samuel Greenwood, of Roston, near Oldham, came to Liverpool yesterday, for the purpose of purchasing some cotton, arm as he was walking no Dale street, he was accosted by a little man, who entered into conversation with him about Manchester, Oldham, and the business which had brought each to Liverpool. The stranger said he had come for the purpose of buying a horse, but the old man, who had one to sell that would suit him, wanted thirty guineas for it, and because lie had offered him only thi rty poun d s, he would not let him have it at any price. He added, that he was very anxious to get the horse, and he would give any man two sovereigns to buy it for him. Mr. Greenwood said he knew nothing about horses, but it he could du him a good turn lie had no objection. At this moment a tall man walked up, and the little man said to him he had found a friend who would purchase the horse for him. The tall man replied that he dare not sell the horse to him (the little man), for fear of displeasing his master. After this conversation the three walked to a stable near at hand, and looked at a chesuut horse. They returned, and went into a public-house in Moorfieltis; but finding company in each room, they left without getting anything to drink, and walked on to another house, where they had three glasses of ale. They sat talking shout the badness of trade until Mr. Greenwood told them he had an appointment to meet a gen tleman, and must leave them. They left the public-house toge ther, and after they got into the stre e t, th e y quest i one d M r. °re enwood as to his ' - method of toing business, wheth e r wi th y read /ne his tranosn,f ? C or on credit. After sa ti s f y i ng t h emse l ves that - (ais were all in cash, and that he must have a ,er\ahle sti about . hint, the little to the tall on, ' man said (Mr. Greunwo"oe)‘' I'll hand the money over to this roan the 311:i .t o nd he will buy the horse for me." Ac cordingly moneys were handed to Mr. Greenwood, and he passed theasked f th e the pretended h orse se ll er. Mr. • Greenwood then as p two pounds which were pro mimed him by his first said the man, " ni give v(t,l,,ntaoinntance for his trouble. "Oh," i matters appeared quite handed him over the gold. ta. e ,,l ver ' i lin , " and so saying, he ! t e, not content with re- ' correct, but the main who sold the l a l r o ceiving the cash in the way alread y ,ra e n t t ate . d, said to Mr. so. that do. We Greenwood, "11l tell you what we not have want you to pay your own money, guirvgeedYowuaittlhin:onioney to tell my master a lie, and then we will This hit of duplicity was back again." earnestness, that Mr. Greenwood began to suspect much honesty of his would-he friends, and told them h e would have nothing further to do with them, and walk e d o Q with the sovereign. His first acquaintance followed him, and offered him half-a crown for his trouble, but Mr. Greenwood stoutly declared he would not part with the sovereign with out seeing further into it. The fellows, finding themselves trapped in their own net, walked off rather sheepishly, and Mr. Greenwood reflects with glee on his narrow escape from a heavy loss, and the admirable manner in which "the biter was bit ten.'—Liverpool,fercury. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MgRNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1847. THE BANK OF FRANCE. The report of the operations of the Bank of France during the year 1846, read by Count d'Argout, the Regent, at the late annual meeting of the shareholders, has just been published. The extreme importance con nected at the present moment with all that relates to this establishment, induces us to give textually the principal portions of the document. We commence with the statement of the circumstances which led to the loan incurred in England, and the advance in the rate of discount : " Two principal facts first of all attract attention. Never did the discounts attain the same amount ; and next, an extraordinary diminution in the reserve has taken place during the last months of the past year. In 1839, 1840, and 1845, the operations of the Bank and its branch establishments reached the vast sum of 1,500,000,000 f. ; but in 1846 this milliard and a half were again exceeded by 226 millions. The mass of business was more considerable at the be ginning of the year than at the end. In fact the dis counts of the first half year of 1846 reached the sum of 818,000,000 f., whilst during the last six months they amounted only to 800,000,000 f. During the first half year the reserves of the Bank and the branch establish ments increased from 208,000,0001'. to 252,000,000 E, whilst a contrary movement took place from the month of July. Each year, during the summer and autumn, from 50,000,000 f. to 60,000.0001. in specie are drawn from the Bank and dispersed in the provinces, to pay for large purchases of silk, woollens, wines, and other produce. About the end of November and the begin ning of December they return to Paris, and again find their way to our cellars. For a great number of years this movement has taken place with the greatest regu larity. In 1846, the withdrawal of money commenced as usual, and continued, with more or less rapidity, and and without interruption, up to January 15, 1847. The following is an account of the sums drawn out from the month of July, 1846: July 17,538,000f. August 2,901,000 September October November December January 14 10,604,000 The causes of this movement are numerous and various, and it would be impossible for us to assign to each its just share of influence. The most active of all is, with out contradiction, the scarcity of food. This cause has acted in a double way on us ; for specie has been ex ported to the countries which sold us the surplus of their harvest, and to the countries which, being deficient alike in corn and money, are provided with funds at Paris, either by the aid of credit, or by the with drawal of investments previously effected in France. The arrival of the precious metals, sent by Mexico to England, and thence dispersed over the Conti nent, has diminished in importance. From that circum stance it has been inferred, on the one hand, that the metallic circulation, exposed besides to permanent causes of reduction, had fallen off in a considerable por tion of Europe. On the other hand, it has been maintained that this circulation, without falling off, had ceased to be sufficient fir the greater amount of transactions and new calls on it. However this may be, the increased demands for money is a fact which cannot be contested. What then has taken place ? From all quarters applications were made to the Bank, the great storehouse of specie, considered inexhaustible, and not long since deemed excessive in its magnitude. The interest rose in several places, and as the Bank continued to discount on the same conditions as before, the demands were redoubled. Thus, for four consecutive months, we beheld day by day millions issuing from our cellars, and either in the shape of ingots or sf. pieces, proceeding to Russia, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and even Spain. As to the specie thus removed from Paris, and retejeed in the departments, th e y cou ld not return to the Sank, as, when provisions become dear a larger areojelit of money is required to pay for the daily pur cheses. This situation called for restrictive measures on the part of the Bank. In a neighbouring country, no hesitation is ever felt in such a case. A more severe legislation than ours imposes this painful duty on most institutions of credit. The Bank of France made it a point of honour to postpone for the time every decision of this kind until the end of the year—the period when accounts are settled, and when, in consequence, money is much required. In acting sow e think that it rendered a great service to business. The bank had even indulged in the hope of being able to pe , s through that difficult period without changing its rate of discount. It neglected no means, spared no sacrifice to arrest the diminution of its reserves It purchased from the Bank, and had ex tracted the silver contained in 5,000,000 of pieces that had been called in. It procured in Paris, and- in the pro vinces, four or five millions' worth of gold and silver articles, and it borrowed from the English capitalists 25,000,000 of francs. The produce of that loan it employed in purchasing in London gold bullion and piastres, which are being at present coined in Paris. At last, the moment arrived when it was no longer allowable to put off taking a decisive step ; and on the 14th of January a decision of the Council raised the rate of discount I,n bills and advances to five per cent. Of all the measures that the Bank could adopt it was the least prejudicial which it had constantly supported with all its might. Will this measure suffi:m ? We hope so, but we dare not affirm it. Time will decide. Since the 15th the reserves have ceased diminishing ; the securities in our portfolio remain at the same amount ; the average of the length of the hills dis counted does not exceed 53 days. This is all that we can announce at present." The following shows the amount of discount operations during the past year : "The increase in the discount of commercial paper has been 187,000,000 E, which divi 'es itself into two very unequil pert=; that of the first six months, amount ing to 72,000,000 E; aed that of the second to only 15,000,000 f. It is the same for the branch Lmke; their discounts in 1845 show an increase of 34,000,0001, which Has almost entirely for the first six months, being for that period 31,148 0001.; whilst for the second six months it was nay 2,928,000'. The discounts of the Bank and the branches amounted together to 1,618,000,000 E; exceeding those of the ptece,ling year by 221,000,000 E The average of the amount of securities in the Central Bank rose also from 124,389,000 E to 151,747,000 E, being an increase of upwards of 27.000,000 E The Bank has discounted at Paris 868 922 bills in 1845, and 926,390 in 1846. The increase was 57,408, end their average value had risen from 1,155 f. to 1,2851. The period they hal to run varied only from 47 days 7-10:13s to 45 days 9-10ths." The part referring to the running accounts and circu lation of notes is thus conceived:— " The different running accounts offered in 1845 a maximum of 121,000,0001., and a minimum of 42.000,000 E ; in 1846 the maximum was 108 000,0001; and the minimum 45,000,000 f. In 1845 the running ac count of the Treasury varied from a minimum Of 90,000,0001. to a maximum of 164,000,000 E; in 1846 the maximum was 138,000,000 f. at the date of the 18th of March, and the minimum 34,000,000 f. on the sth of December. This running account was at present 46,000,000 f. The whole amount of running accounts of every nature can be d for at any time. The minimum of the circulation of the central bank's notes had nrykrgone lit' le change in the let two years. From 247,000 000 E the minimum had fallen to 24 3,000,000 f. The maximum, on the contrary, had risen from 289,000,000 E to 311,000,000'. It was to be remarked that the discounts, which are effected the last day but one of every month, temporarily aug ment the circulation by about 20,000,000 f. The notes that form that excess re-enter the bank the day after by the lodgments of the 30th and 31st. The best way to estimate the real importance of a circulation is by its annual average, nut by a maximum indicating only an accidental state. The average (41845 was 259,000,0001., and that of 1846, 261,000,000 E The difference of the two averages was only 1,500,0001." The following refers to the general business of the bank:— "The average of the reserve of the Central Bank in 1845 was 236,000,000 f. ; in 1846 the average fell to 171,000,000 f., being v, reduction of 65,000,000 f. This is explained by the extensive exportation of specie pre viously referred to, which took place at the end of the year. The general movement of specie, of notes, and of transfers has been reduced from 15,096,000,000 f. to 14,868,000,0001'. ; the diminution being 228,000,000 f. The movement of notes and specie has increased the former by 259,000.000 f, the latter by 44,000,000 f.; but the mass of transfers has declined by 532,000,000 f, Tho amount of bills not met was 94,000 E, compensated for, however, to the amount of 47,0001. by different sums afterwards recovered. The credit balance, which at the commencement of 1846 amounted to 37,576 E, was now 50,635 f." The operations of the branch banks are thus re ferred to : " The branch banks together discounted, in 1846 , 229,806 bills, of an average value o f 1,862 E, and at; average period to run of twenty-six days. The amount of the bills from branch bank on branch bank had in creased from 8.800,000 E to 12,600,000 f., an augmenta tion equal to 40 per cent. We see with pleasure the progress of these discounts, as they render e d eas i er the commercial relations between town and town, and de partment and department. The general average of the values held by the branch banks have risen f rom 54,000,000 f. to 68,000,000 f. The sums in hand showed on an average the sum of 42,600,000 f. The amount had varied from 59,000,0001. to 23,000.000 f. - The reserves of the branch bank are always very inferior to the sums that have to be paid on demand." Tie document concludes as follows : " Such, gentlemen, have been the principal events of the last year. The bank has had to struggle agaiast events of an extraordinary character, which it was im possible to withstand, and which hare not occurred for the last twenty-eight years. It has made numerous efforts to resist the consequences of the insufficiency of the harvest, and of the exportation of specie. It has spared no pains to supply all wants, and it will always seek to conciliate the interests of commerce with the prudence commanded by the rules of its institution. EAT!! IN THE SNOW.—Tbe snow-storm which has affected the whole country nearly, has been most severely felt in the vicinity of Bath and Bristol, which is composed of of a hilly country, and in which neighbourhoods the snow drifts have in many places been very deep and extensive. In many parts the drifts have been more than five or six feet in depth. Oa Thursday, as some persons were passing up Brentree hill, in the neighbourhood of Westbury-on-Trym, and within two miles of the city of Bristol, they discovered the body of an aged man, an agricultural labourer residing in the neighbourhood, nearly buried in the snow. The body have - i ch been was quite cold and stiff, and he had evidently been dead for some hours. A loaf of bread was found under his arm, from conjectured that on the nrevums night lie mils': yoverzamkeinwgithhisizy u e i a t n la d e hill,lost andhis way,hayntgoebueennfoprtruo: nate man sank ..Best.ogN: babe Wr i g n h t t h w e a C s o fi u n r e t d osfl. Eerchinin g , and perished from the inclemency of the weather. t paper. - on Thursday, Miss Emma sold spirituous liquors out a licensa in the saloon of the W ' ' with alhalla, in Leicester sq uare. CULTURE OF BUCKWHEAT This grain havirig of late, as a make-shift, been much sought after, we, at the desire of several inquirers, beg to repeat the substance of some instructions regarding its culture, long since given by us in reply to a corres pondent. It has been used in England for feeding poultry and pigs, and has been extensively grown in woods, and places contiguous to them, for the support of partridge and other game birds. It has been long grown on the continent as bread stuff, nor did it escape being employed in parts of the county Wexford, over 200 years ago, for the same purpose, mixed and ground with equal quantities of wheat. We have grown it ourselves, on poor land to plough in as a manure, to be used green for feeding pigs and cattle, to be used by game, and to be given dry in grain to pigs, or crushed and mashed for ranch cows. It is useful for all these purposes; but its value is greatest when grown on land too poor to give any other grain crop, or green crop, without the aid of manure, or at a time too late in the year to grow any other grain crop. The best time to sow it is in May, when there is no danger of its being injured by frosts, the slightest of which would severely affect it. Three bushels of seed, per Irish acre, if to be used for soiling, will suffice to well-prepared land. If designed to produce ripe grain, a less quantity of seed will suffice. After the land is well ploughed, the seed can be harrowed in, the land rolled, and the stones completely picked off. It will, in good seasons, pro duce ripe seed the latter end of July ; but, although it will have the best of the seed ripe, then the tops of the stems will be seen green and in blossom ; hence the necessity of using much caution in liar • vesting it. It should be mowed off closely, allowed to lie on the swath a couple of days till well soaked, or dry, and then tied into small sheaves, and carefully stooked till perfectly dry, when it can ba made into small stacks well ventilated and carefully thatched till wanted for use. The flour, when ground, is very white and sweet when made into bread. There is a prevalent notion that, when used alone, either as soiling for pigs or cattle, or given as food to man or beast, that it is apt to produce what is termed vertigo, or a dizziness in the head. This we cannot say of our own knowledge, although we have used it in every way and for every purpose that we have ever heard it applied to. It is believed by some that because it will grow upon poor land better than most other grain crops will, that it will not exhaust land very much for subsequent corn culture. This, we believe, is a mis take. We have tried it in various ways, Oe of which we will now record. We sowed it in a piece of poor land beside rape, neither manured, and beside a naked fallow sowed oats and clover the following year on the entire field, and by far the worst crop had been on the land previously occupied by the buckwheat, notwith standing that, from its thick and heavy foliage, it de stroyed all the annual weeds similar to which the other parts of the field were very pregnant. As it is easy of cultivation, it admits of being sown late, and ripens early, it is well worth a trial at this time; but, as we have alrea-ly said, it will be but a make-shift, either for human food, the food of farm stock, or even as a fallow crop in poor land, that could be more profitably em ployed growing turnips if the means were at hand. — Irish Farmers' Gazette. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE The new play of Feudal Times, by the author of The King of the Commons, was produced here on Thursday with great and deserved success. As in his former play, the author has chosen a Scottish story for the subject of his drama. The date of the play is 1482. James 111. (Mr. 11. Marston), King of Scot land, is apprehensive of an invasion from his brother, the Duke of Albany, who, with the assistance of Eng land, is seeking to depose him. His nobles, headed by Douglas, are jealous at the favours he confers on Walter Cochrane (Mr. Phelps), and when Cochrane is created Earl of Mar their discontent breaks out, and James finds he can place no dependence upon them. Margaret Randolph (Miss Laura Addison), who dearly loves Mar, now comes forward, and being the last of her race, she appoints him leader of her clan, He, however, at length falls into the hands of his foes, and is confined in Douglas Castle. In his prison Douglas. Earl of Angus, comes to him, and offers to spare his life on condition that he will join their party. This condition he indignantly rejects ; Margaret, in vain prays him to ac cept it. He is surprised, and says that he will rush out and die on their swords, and then the horrid truth is told. His enemies have ordered that he shall die a felon's death, and suffer by the hangman's hands. As a last resource, she gives him a dagger, bidding him show Roman courage, but he re pli‘!s, as he rejects " I have a nobler courage than the Romans—submission," and as the door opens he rushes out and endeavours to force a passage ; he is driven back, wounded and dying. In his dying agony he springs up, drives Douglas back from Mar garet, and falls dead at her feet ; she rushes on the sword of Douglas, and falls on her lover's body, ex claiming " How happy 'tis to die thus," and the curtain falls. The play is powerfully written, and admirably acted. Miss Laura Addison, as Margaret, !Bore than sustained her well-earned high reputation, and Phelps, as Cochrane, was most spirited and chivalrous. G. Bennett, as Douglas, Earl of Angus, was both in acting and making up the very beau ideal of an old proud, rough, overbearing, ignorant, and irritable feudal chieftain. Marston, as the King, was very gcod. Phelps, Marston and Miss Addison, were called 'for at the conclusion, and the play was announceYfor repe tition every evening without a dissentient voice. The house was crowded. FALLING OF TWO HOUSES IN CORE, AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF 'MIR EY INMATES. From an early hour this morning that part of Fish amb!e-lane immediately to the rear of the Courthouse, was crowded by hundreds of gaping people, who g►zed with wonder upon two completely gutted wrtcks of houses, and upon a huge pile of ruin that nearly blocked up the thoroughfare, in which stones, mortar, slates, pieces of furniture, shuttered crockery, fragments of wearing apparel, were heaped up in one indiscriminate wreck. As to the houses, with the exception of the flooring of one little closet still supporting a' bed, not a single joist is standing—the several floors and all they contained hav ing fallen into the street with the front wall, not one stone of which stands upon another. At the first sight of this dismal ruin one would naturally suppose, that underneath that mass of rubbish there lay the mangled bodies of a number of human victims ; but, happily, such was not the case—for although thirty human beings were hushed in sleep when the first rumble of the parting wall was heard, not a single person was killed or iniureJ ! We understand that in one of the houses, a sailor slept with his wife and children; and he being more easily aroused than others, from the habits of his profession, was alarmed by a slight crash, and by perceiving that part of the room in which he lay, was yielding in a curious manner, he immediately discovere,l the danger, and gave the alarm. The confusion that followed can scarcely be imagined, as the inmates of the falling houses awoke to a full consciousness of their fearful position— the walls cracking, the floors crushing under their feet, an instant destruction seemingly inevitable! Some ran to the back, while others a tually slid, with the ruined walls, into the street ; more were shielded by a chance beam, others by some of those marvellous means really providential, but often attributed to chance. Many re mained in the ruins. The alarm was soon given ; in fact, the thumh r of the falling walls aroused the neighbour hood, the whole population of which were at once in the street. On the first alarm, the clergymen of the Fran ciscan Chapel, which is only divided by a narrow river, or mill race, from the hacks of the homes, were on the spot, and lent every assistance that humanity could dic tate. They provided clothes for the shivering creatures who thus, in an instant, were bereft of shelter and pro perty—all they had in the world. The Rey. Mr. Hurly, of St. Peter and Paul's Chapel, was also foremost in the good work. By the courage and intrepidity of the young lads of the neighbourhood, who boldly risked their lives over and over again, those who still clung to the standing portion of the ruins were brought away in safety. The police also lent valueble assistance. The above sketch of an accident, that but for a miracle of Providence, would have produced a dreadful loss of life, will, we trust, be sufficient to enlist public sympathy for the unhappy sufferers, whose houseless, foodless, and deserted state indeed merits compassion.— Cork Examiner. DEATH by POISONOUS MEDICINE. On Friday Mr. Waklev resumed the adjourned inquest on the body of Miss Sarah Ellen Collier. It appeared that the deceased died a few minutes after swallowing some medicine, and the proceedings were adjourned for a post mortem examination yesterday. Mr. James Pound was examined. He said, deceased was his cousin, and they resided at the same house. She died on Monday evening last, about twenty or twenty-five minutes after she had taken part of a mixture prescribed for her by Dr. Cronin. She took less than two. -table spoonsful. She had taken some medicine before that Dr. Cronin's assistant had prepared from the same prescription. That medicine did not seem so strong as this, which he believed had been pre pared from the same prescription by Mr. Corfield, chemist, of 47, High-street, Camden• town. As soon as she had taken the medicine she said, " How queer I feel !" she then walked out of the room, and he, seeing that something was the matter with her, followed her. When she got to the back garden door she fell. Mr. Corfield was sent for, who fetched Mr. Weathers, a neighbouring surgeon. She died about twenty minutes after his arrival. Deceased was not subject to fits; she was lively and cheerful just before she took the medicine. Mr. John Weathers, surgeon, of 41, l ligh-street, said that when he was called in he found deceased perfectly in sensible. The pulse was exceedingly tremulous, and she laboured under symptoms of having taken prussic acid. Finding the pulse rapidly sinking, he administered stimu lants internally and externally. He was assisted by Mr. Tunally, a surgeon, but their efforts were of no avail. The young lady died in about a quarter of an hour. He did not use the stomach pump because he saw that the poison was making such rapid strides, and thought stimulants the only chance of saving her. He considered the case hopeless from the first. The witness proceeded to state the results of the pest mortem examination, which had not left the slightest doubt on his mind but that prussic acid was the cause of death. The bitter almond water, which formed the chief in gredient of the mixture deceased had taken, was also tested, and found to contain a large quantity of prussic acid. Mr. Johnson, of 48, St. Martin's-lane, a friend of deceased, proved getting the medicine from Mr. Corfield. The pre scription had been sent to Mr. Corfield's about seven o'clock on Monday evening, but not dispensed till about nine o'clock. He said also that the quantity of the mixture taken by de . ceased was a little more than one table spoonful, and the spoon being measured, was found to hold half an ounce. The deceased, therefore, had taken more—probably three-quar ters of an ounce of the mixture. By direction of the Coroner, Mr. Corfield, the chemist, read the prescription, which Dr. Cronin acknowledged he had written. It was as follow:—" Compund spirits of am monia, two drachms ; tincture of opium, sixteen drops ; prussic acid, Scheele's strength, four drops ; compound strychnia powder, two grains; bitter almond water six oz., of which makes miztwe, and take two spoonsfui three times a day." By the CoßoNZß—There is no mark to signify whether the spoon is to be a large or a-small one. Mr. Corfield said, that having :never seen either of the medicines ordered, the compouna powder of strychnia or bitter almond water, and knowing no formula for them in the Pharmacopeia, he sent his boy to Mr. Bell, of Oxford street, where he obtained the almond water, twelve ounces of it, for which he had sent in writing. The powder was not obtained, but Mr. Bell sent a private form for making it, and a message that he had not got it prepared. Witness dispensed the medicine according to the prescription, but without the powder, and put in nearly six o unces o f th e almond water. He gave this mixture to Mr. Johnson, who called first, but did not give him any directions about it, nor tell him that it was deleterious. He followed the di rections for taking it that were on the prescription, and wrote them on the fable. By the CORONER—I do not find these medicines in either the London, Dublin, or Edinburgh Pharmacopeias. Dr. Cronin observed that there were two sorts of bitter almond water, one concentrated, the other diluted, of which any one may drink a pint with impunity. He had pre scribed the latter for Miss Collier. When made up at his house she had taken it with beneficial effect, and so had many of his other patients. The mixture produced was not of the same colour with those he dispensed from similar prescriptions. Mr. Bell, chemist, of Oxford street, said the almond water had been supplied to Mr. Corfield, because the latter sent for it with a written label and his own name and pro fession on it. The water is a saturated solution of bitter almonds. The ConowEn—What quantity of it would it be safe to take? Mr. Bell—That is very difficult for me to say. A few drops, perhaps half a drachm. I would rather not give a positive opinion on the question. If such a prescription had been sent to my house, and I had seen it, I should have waited on the physician who had prescribed it, to know if he was aware of the strength of the ingredients. Dr. Cronin said the prescription in question, as dispensed by Mr. Corfield, was not his, for the strychnia had been left out. The iron in that powder would have counteracted or decomposed the other ingredients. The ComicEn said, as there was no doubt as to the quantity of prussic acid dispensed by Mr. Corfield, and as Dr. Cronin seemed to raise that doubt, he should adjourn the inquiry to Wednesday next, that the mixture and the almond water should be analysed in order to prove the relative quantities of prussic acid they contained. OVERWHELMING IMMIGRATION OF THE IRISH POOR TO NEWPORT. (From the Monmouthshire Merlin.) The streets of our town present an alarming and lamentable appearance, being literally crowded with famishing and half naked strangers from the most dis tressed parts of Ireland, several ship loads of whom, amounting to many hundreds, have either been induced by specious promises of work and good wages in this neighbourhood, to pay their passage to Newport, or the more destitute of whom have been huddled together in the holds of coal vessels, for this country, at the expense of local committees, to lessen the number of famishing creatures at home. We have been informed, on authority to which we attach full credit, that handbills, setting forth the temptations of constant work, with half crown a day on our railways, or as labourers about our iron works, are industriously circulated through several parts of the south of Ireland, and that the bellman has been employed in many quarters, to tell the Utopian tale, rounded with God save the Quetta r on m-irket• days, in various towns in Cork c.unty.— Hence it is, that hosts of squalid beings are induced to embark on board fifty hulks, totally unsuited for a living freight, the miseries of whom, densely stowed upon damp ballast, suffering from famine and sickness during this tempestuous season, are almost beyond human expression. Cast, as most of them have been, brutally on our shores, emaciated, and in many instances diseased, they find the hope of employ [Dent an empty vision, and thus add to the multitudes of their unfortunate country people, whom they find crying with hunger from door to door. We perceive that a Noble Lord has moved, in the upper House of Parliament, for a return of the number of Irish paupers that have reached Newport since the Ist of Janu try, and inquiries from the Home-office have bet a received by the authorities of this town, in order to fur nish such a return. By the books of the Refuge for the Destitute, we find that from the Ist of January to the 16th instant, tern porary relief in lodging and food has been given to 369 men, 360 women. and /402 children ; whilst aid to an enormous extent has been afforded at the Union. The relieving officer has been engaged almost night and day, and Sergeant Huxtable and his wife, of the House of Refuge, have been indetatigable in their services to the poor. This is a matter of lasting credit to our town, and we pray God that we may be enabled to keep life in these miserable strangers, until better times arrive ; but it cannot be disguised, that the poor of the place complain bitterly of the increased privations thus brought upon them ; and that many persons who have been sub scribers to the very munificent relief fund of above 1,0001.—a larger sum, by the way. than the Irish land lords of half-a dozen counties of Ireland have contri buted during their people's extremest need—consider that Newport has been very ungratefully treated by those committees in the sister kingdom who have in flicted upon it this visitation. CRUEL TREATMENT of a BOY EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE. (From the Devizes Gazette). At the Devizes :petty sessions, held on Monday, one of these little fellows, who (attended by his mother), came from. Marden to tell his tale to the magistrates, particularly in terested us in his behalf. He was a hardy -lo,,king boy, scarcely, we should say, beyond ten or twelve years of age, and had, it appeared, suffered severely frim the repeated ill-usage of those under whom he had been put to work. On Saturday, the 30th of last month, he said he was at plough with a 'man named Absalom Hiscock, w!,oin he displeased by striking a favourite horse, when the ploughman seized from him the whip with which he was driving, and with the butt-end of it beat him in a brutal manner, not only upon his body, b u t over hi s h ea d an d a injuring one Of Isis eyes so m uc h th a t h e cou ld afctreors‘sv his face, ardsscrcely see. Notwithstanding this, the boy came to his work the next morning,• when he was put to clean the horses' legs in the stable, but, it would seem, he 39) who also cru e lly b eat hi m w i th a ( a did not perform it to the satisfaction o f hi s super i ntendent enough,on his retu rn h ome, l ie told his of an eld er b rot h er b oing warmed e by hearing of the little fellow's treatment, he went t o His cockand and threatened to thrash him for hi s cowardly conduct. ip. He did not, however, lay hands upon hi m ; b ut this led to misfortunes, fellow e n , aamt N s further unhappiness for the boy. His master (Mr. Stratton) on hearing what had been done, and of the interference of the brother, now took the little unfortunate fellow in hand, and with a halter-rein beat him severely for having "brought his brother to kick up a row on his farm." The Magistrate asked Mr. Stratton whether he did not at the time see that the boy had been ill-treated? Indeed, his eyes appeared then to be swollen from the first beating he had received. Mr. Stratton said he did not observe it at the time ; but he had since seen that the boy's eye was c on t use d and blood shot. lie admitted that he had " tan'd him smartly" ; but the boy was an obstinate and contrary youth ; and, in his opinioi • ), if masters and carters we re not to have the privi lege of beatilg boys when they did amiss why they might as well stop business at once Mr. SCSROMBEICG, however, made some remarks in reply to this assumption of " privilege," not altogether in unison wills Mr. Stratton's opinion. N o twithstanding, the magistrates dismissed the case against Cleverley ; also, as regarded the lad, that against Hiscock (though he and the lad's brother were bound over to keep the peace) ; and .n the latt er case, Mr. Stratton was called upon to pay the expenses of the summons, &c. DRE ,,, Fur , FRATRICIDE.—On Monday the Bth d c u a y r r e t n o g t , e t a h f e e r w i friend s n the h h n a n d s e mad a cocro e an nAlrll.aenanipe(poloni by ytnm, heresne senior, residing b p a e nd d l r he who lives near to -Onl leaving their so n an d daughter' •e -at Fullerton, To llcross. Abou t five o'clock, the daughter sh t a h oi ru e d e h A o t lo n l a se nl ° o D6 f : le a nn n dn o : t he r sister, ist e r , d ° i t a u t. I r s t n h i e e n d Dunn. After spending a short time there, the latter went to the house occupied by old Dunn, at about half•past five o'clock, accompanied by Dunn's two son 4, William Fell, and Allan. During the time some ham was getting ready for them, old Dunn accus ed his son Willi am with taking money from his mother the previous day, which irritated the son and caused him to lay hold of his fat her by the nose in rather a rough manner. The old man cried out to the other son, "will you see him murder me ?" when Allan, who was at that time using a ham knife, laid hold of his brother William and inflicted a fearful wound on his head with the weapon, and afterward ran it to the handle into his body immediately above the heart, which caused instant death. On Allan seeing what he had done, he at once fled. There was no intimation sent to the police, although living within a few yards of the house where the deed was co mmitted, but they heard of it about nine o'clock, and sent notice to Mr. Holland, the superinten dent, who resides in Airdrie, a distance of eight miles. It was after ten o'clock before the superintendent heard of it, and he, without imornent's delay, proceeded to the spot,which he reached in three quarters of an hour after receiving the re port. By that time the officers were on the right track, and after travelling several miles , the y succeeded in appre hending Allan Dunn, near Holy town, and had him con veyed to Airdrie. Next morning, he was brought up for examination, and committed to prison, where he now lies.— Glasgow Chronicle. IPSWICH.—EFFECTS.—EFFECTS OF THE HIGH WIND ON FRlDAY.—Considerable damage appears to have been caused by the high wind that prevailed early yesterday morning. For some hours it blew with considerable fury, and from seven to half-past it reached a perfect hurricane, carrying away tiles, chimney pots, palings, and, in one instance, de stroying a range of brick building, forming part of Messrs. Catt and Quadling's railway carriage factory, St. Matthew's. The building in question was 130 feet long by 30 feet wide, and at the time of the catastrophe there were 15 men inside at work on some railway carriages. Five of the carriages were completed, and three others in a very forward state. At half-past seven the work of destruction commenced by about a dozen tiles of the top row of the roof on the windward side being carried away, and in a few minutes after, the wind having gained admission into the building, tore away the skylights on the opposite side and blew them into a field, the roof itself being forced off almost at t he sam e moment. The workmen, being alarmed, thoug ht of mak ing their escape, but before they had time to do s o , bot h walls , the full length o f th e b u ildi ng , came down with a tremendous crash, smashing the windows, steps , and springs of the carriages to a considerable extent. The body of one was completely forced away front the fram e, and the others were more or less damaged. The men crouched under the vehicles, and with two exceptions escaped unhart; one man was seriously injured by a brick striking him on the back of the neck, the ether was but slightly wounded. As soon as the ala r m had subsided, the men were set to work to clear away the heap of ruins, and ascertain the extent of the damage. The total l o ss is estimated at several hundred pounds. The gable wall of an un finished house in New-street, London - road, was blown down at the same time, but luckily there were no workmen on the premises. A row of palings at Mr. Gower's, near n caused It is e xpectedtH- alifax ,o was torn up, and about thirty feet of the garden wail intelligence n f o ro t m be t e l n ie c co on u fi n n t e.d ry i adjoining the melon-ground of Dykes Alexander, Esq. was blown down. A girl in the service of Mr. Quadling, going out after breakfast, had a narrow escape from a tile that was blown from the roof above, an d fell within two inches of her h ead i n t h fr a o t n front, considerable striking h erap damagero as xn it t Lavedescended. be e s s h h i n p w p i n th g a a t t t sea, hw o a r n k d nf t hdaetvaisnitaet? will show to If ovich.—Suff'olk Chronicle. ' LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 20. The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in his Court in the Old Hall, Lincoln s Inn, to-day, and heard appeals. PEACOGIC V. illt; RNOT. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed this morning. The case came before his Lordship upon an appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice Chancellor of Eng land, setting aside an agreement entered into between the plaintiff and the defendant, and ordering the latter to pay the costs of the suit. The bill was filed by the ulaintiff, who was described in it as being a y oung man o f we intellect, and not free from intemperance, for the purpose of setting aside a contract which he had imprudently entered into, for the pur chase of a toy .shop in Cowes, in which advantage appeared to have been taken of his folly. It appeared that the plaintiff had been b roug ht up to the medical profes ion, and had failed, and he had then tried the army with no better ,uc cess, and about the year 1844 he went to reside at Cowe , where he fell in with the def en d an t, a p erso n practising as a doctor and apothecary in the town, the owner of a medical hall, an the secret proprietor besides of a toyshop or fancy warehouse, such as is found in watering places, and which had a private communication with the medical hall, and was managed for bins by a young woman. The plaintiff being at large for a profession, was persuaded by the defendant to think of keeping the toyshop as his future occupation. The young woman was consulted as to the value of the shop, contents, and premises, which she re presented as worth 1,5001. The defendant's wife inter fered, and told the young man they would not be too hard on him, and they would sa y 1,300/., at which price the birgain was cl ose d. An agreement in writing was then drawn up by a friend, a shopinan of the defendant, who had somehow acquired a little legal knowledge, and by this do cument the plaintiff, if he should relinquish busines , , was to give the refusal of it to the defendant, and tie defendant retained power to give the plaintiff six months' notice to quit the house. The plaintiff was next made to transfer to the defendant a sum of Bank Stock, and to give him a war rant of attorney for securing the remainder of the purchase money. On a former occasion an injunction was granted re straining the defendant from availing himself of these securities, and on the case coming on fur hearing the judgment was pronounced by the Vice-Chancellor, of England, which was now appealed from. His Honour, in giving that judgment, s a id th at t h e agreement con t a i ne d an, incurable vice, and that no person could read it without see ing that it was calculated to do manifest injustice to the young man ; thou g h possibly this effect had not been con templated at the time by the defendant (for by the pewer which the defendant possessed of giving the plaintiff six months' notice to quit, the whole benefit of the agreement for the sale of the business might be destroyed. His Honour acquitted Dr. Kernot of any intention to commit such a fraud; but, to say the least of it, it was imprudent, as be tween a young man who had failed in the medical profession and the army on the one side, and himself, a clever practi tioner, with a German degree, on the other, to employ a young man, with a smattering of law, who bad been in the service of the defendant, to draw up the agreement for them. The Doctor, he thought, had been ill advised to allow the cause to go on to a hearing, and he felt bound to decree the relief prayed, and with costs. From that decision the present appeal was brought. The arguments on the appeal appear likely to occupy the Court for a day or two. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Feb. 20. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took causes today, but nothing of any public interest came before the Court during the whole morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRIM.) DUTLIN V. MASTERS. This was a motion for a new trial. The plaintiff was the vicar of St. Sepulchre, Northampton, and claimed ex- officio to be entitled to certain vicarial dues, which it was alleged were not properly belonging to the vicarage. There was nothing of any public interest in the case. His HONOUR delivered judgment to-day, and refused to grant the motion, but directed the costs to be reserved. Leave was given to mention the subject again. DAWSON V. PAVER AND OTHERS. The plaintiff in this cause was the lord of the manor of Oswestry, in Shropshire, and also the owner of an estate on the manor of something less than one thousand acres. This estate was bounded by lands called Oxgang and Cliff Common, which belonged to the de fendants. Before the Act for draining these grounds was passed the defendants' property was drained by an ancient aqueduct running through the plaintiff's estate. That Act empowered the commissioners (the defendants), who immediately commenced draining their lands. The plaintiff filed a bill to restrain the defendants from proceeding with their operations, on the ground that his estate would be completely flooded. His Honour then refused to restrain the plaintiff:4 generally, but made a modi• tied order. The matter was eventually referred to a jury, and a verdict was obtained by the plaintiff. His HoNouß delivered judgment to-day in the cause, and after going through the evidence, decreed that the plaintiff was entitled to the costs, with the exception of those for two applications, and that the defendants were not, in the exercise of their powers under the Act of Parliament, to do anything calculated to obstruct the plaintiff's ancient drain ; also to restrain the defendants from using detrimentally the water-course or drains mentioned in the pleadings for the purpose of draining any water from the same. He did nut think he could proceed further. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb.2o. (Sittings at Guildhall.) No cases of the slightest interest, except to the parties immediately concerned, were tried during the morning. The Court had to wait some time before a jury could be obtained, and se'. eral jurymen who had been summoned. but who did not reply to their names, were fined 51. each. It does not appear to be generally understood that the sittings at Nisi Prins, whether here or at Westminster, in variably commence at half-past nine o'clock precisely, and that the Lord Chief Justice, who sat to-day, is as punctual as the clock, and that he deprecates, frequently in warns lan guage, waste of time whether on the part of the jury or the bar —frequently preventing unnecessary examination, and show ing the futility of many questions and their utter want of connexion with the matter at issue. His Lordship seems to act upon the old maxim, " Do not lavish your own time, nor waste that of others." COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 20. BARKER 27: TEASCE. In this case Mr. Martin and Mr. Willis appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Rowe for the defendant. This was action brought by the plaintiff, an advertising agent in the City, to recover front the defendant, a merchant, c irrying on business at Penryn in Cornwall, the sum i , f 1,2001. for advertisements, inserted in several London and provincial journals, for the Falmouth, Helston, and Pen zance Railway, of which the defendant was a member of the provisional committee. On the part of the plaintiff, it was contended that the defendant hid rendered himself liable by expressing his consent to have his name placed on the pro visional committee, and also, by altering one or more of the resolutions proposed at a meeting held in Penryn, and pro posed by Mr. Nash, the secretary to the company. For the defence it was contended, that the defendant did not attend the meeting of the company as a provisional com mitteeman, but as a member of the Town Council and Cor poration of Penryn, for the purpose of watching over the in terests of the town of Penryn in connexion with the proposed railway. It appeared, however, upon the evidence, that there was no authority whatever given on the part of the defendant to incur any expenses, and also at the time of the expenses having been incurred the defendant had not consented to act upon the committee. Another point also came out upon evidence, which was that the name of the defendant appeared first on the list of the general committee, but had afterwards been removed from the list, and placed among that of the local committee without his knowledge. , Under these circumstances, the LORD CHIEF BARON ruled that there was no evidence to go to the jury. The jury, by the direction of the Lord Chief Baron, ac cordingly returned a verdict for the defendant. Mr. MARTIN then tendered a bill of exceptions to his Lord ship's ruling. COURT OF BAAXIIUPTCY, Feb. 20. (Before Mr. Commissi , mer GouLeueN). NOVEL CASE.-RE TUE BIRMINGHAM AND BOSTON DIRECT RAILWAY. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Ashurst, the eminent practitioner in bankruptcy, attended before the above Learned Commissioner for the purpose of opening a fiat in bankruptcy under the following novel circumstances:— It appeared that an undertaking, called the Birthing ham and Boston Direct Railway Company, had been started by Lord Edward Chichester, as chairman, and seventy-seven provisional committee-men. An ad vertising agent had been engaged, whose debt amounted to above 700/, but no allotment of shares had taken place, and he therefore now appeared in the character of petitioning creditor. The circumstance, however, of no shares having been taken led to a meeting of the direc tors, who, for the purpose of compelling contributions by all parties who had applied as allottees, and with the view of dividing , the loss in equitable and equal propor- Lions, declared themselves bankrupts under the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 111., intituled "An Act for facilitat ing and winding up the affairs of Joint-Stock Compa nies unable to meet their pecuniary engagements." The Learned CoMMISSIONER having heard Nit.. Ash ur:l at some length, adjudged the company to be bank rupts, and warrants of possession were forthwith issued, and placed in the hands of Mr. Blundell, the messenger. POLICE INTELLIG'ENerr. MANSION-HOUSE. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF DIAMONDO.—On Saturday, as soon as the night charges were disposed of, a respectable looking man, named John Kerr, and stated to be the master of the barque Levenside, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a quantity of rough diamonds, of the value of nearly 2,000/., the property of his employers. Mr. Clarkson appeared on the part of the prosecutors, and Mr. Ballantine attended to watch the case on beLalf of the accused. After a few preliminary observations Mr. Clarkson called Campbell, wh o s t ate d that he was the mate of the barque Levenside. The prisoner was the captain of the ship, which was homeward bound from Bahia, During the voyage, witness had seen in the captain's possession some rough stones, but did not know what they were. The captain left the vessel before she arrived off the Dawns, and did not re turn to her. Mr. APlNlillan, one of the owners, afterwards came on board to look for the captain, but did not inform witness with what object. Mr. Ballantine declined asking any questions. George Forman, the landlord of the Albion, in East Smith field, was then called. He stated that the prisoner came to his house on the 21st of January last. On the 22d the pri soner called to witness, and asked him if he could recom mend him to a tailor. Witness went up to his bed-room, and recommended him fro employ Mr. Hoare, who was a neighbour of his. Witness observed on the dress in g -table some parcels of rough stones, which looked like gravel stones. Did not observe any seals upon the parcels. Ob served a tin canister, such as is used in tobacco shops, upon the table. On the Friday morning the prisoner was measured for some new clothes by Mr. Hoare, and after that fell into conversation with witness. Lie said that he had been three years trading about, and that be had traded upon his own account during the last two years. lie pointed out to witness the stones, which he thought were gravel stones, on the table, and said that he had purchased them upon his own account. They were of little value at the place from which they came, but they were very valuable over in this country. He did not mention the specific value of the ston,s,. but he hand e d witness a parcel, and said th at he wanted 5501. for it. Wit ness thought he was making fun of him, but the captain asked him to go and sell them, as he was too ill to go himself. On the prisoner's staring that he wished to sell the stones, witness went with Mr. Hoare, who was present, to Mr. Gideon. Dlr. Gideon, on seeing the stones, fetched in a Mr. Benjamin, who agreed to take them into the market. They then went together to the Royal Exchange, where they were (a-red for sale at the price of 5501., but that sum could not be ob tained for them. Witness went lack and told the captain. who then went to the table, and taking up all the parcels diamonds from it, he gays them to witness, telling him to , get what he could for them. This was on Friday after ' noon, and witness told him that it was then ton late to go into the City, but he would go to-morrow. The Captain then took up some diamonds, and said,' There are a few for you, landlord, and there are a few for ytu, tailor (to Mr. Hoare), for you have had a great deal of trouble about them." Witness put the stones into his coat-pocket, and Mr. Hoare did the same. The unsold diamonds were then put into the table-drawer until the next day. On the following morning witness took them to Mr. Benjamin, who took them to the house of Mr. Martin. That gentleman examined and weighed them, and agreed to give 1,7501. for them. He then gave witness a cheque on the Commercial Bank of London. Witness had been told by Captain Kerr to represent himself as his cousin, and witness did so. The cheque was cashed, and witness received 2001. of the sum in gold, a , .d the remainder in notes. The captain, on witness giving hire the money, handed him back a 30/. rote, and told him !hat it would do to settle the bill. The prisoner went away upon Saturday evening, and return( d on the Sueday evening, when he asked witness to accompany him to the rei.way station of the London and Dover Railway. Witness went with him, but they were too late, and the prisoner refused to return to witness's house, but told witness to call upon him on the following morning, at a coffee shop opposite the Shoreditch Railway station. Witness did se, and the prisoner then said that he would not go until the evening. In the evening they went together to the Dover Railway station, and the captain start,-(1, saying that he should return in a few days After witness had visited the coffee-shop in the morning, he went to Ir. Hoare and gave him his portion of the diamonds. telling him to sell them with his own, and get what he could for them. Hoare ' afterwards brought him 50/. and said that he was to receive 901. more, as he had sold both their shares to Mr. Benjamin for 280/. The property has since been delivered up to the prosecutors by all parties concerned Mr. Cornelius Hoare was called, but he merely stated that all that had been said by the preceding witness was correct, the Learned Counsel not wishing to occupy the Court by recapitulating the evidence—When he sold the diamonds for 2801. to Mr. Benjamin he gave Foreman 140/. for his share. They had since returned the money to Mr. Benjamin. Mr. Benjamin Benjamin was then sworn—He stated that he is a general dealer in the Minories. He was introduced to Mr. Forman by the intermediation of Mr. Gideon, who was a friend of his. He accompanied Hoare and For man. After being introduced to them to' the house of Messrs. Blogg, Martin, and Co. He introduced Mr. For man to Mr. Martin. That was after the transactions with reference to the Royal Exchange, as stated by the first wit ness. Witness did offer them upon 'Change, but the gen tleman to whom he offered them refused to notice them. Received as his commission from Mr. Martin 25/. when the diamonds were sold. He afterwards received some diamonds from Mr. Hoare, and paid hith for them in the same ratio as Mr. Martin had paid for them. They weighed 399* carats, and witness gave 2801. for them. Witness afterwards sold them for 5201. Paid Hoare the whole of the money due to him. He only got back 1001. of his own money as yet, but is to have the rest. There are very few men in this country who are capable of making a safe purchase in rough diamonds. There are perhaps not three or four. It is quite a speculation wherein, perhaps, 1,000/. may be lost or gained either way. The weight of the diamonds bought by Mr. Martin was, as witness believed, about 2,500 carats. The diamonds produced are the same as witness received from Mr. Hoare. (The diamonds were here produced. A handful of green coloured, transparent, and angular stones.) Mr. BALLANTINE declined asking this witness any questions. Mr. J. M. Miller stated, he is one of the owners of the barque Levenside, of which the prisoner Kerr was the master. In consequence of hearing that something had happened with respect to a portion of the cargo of the vessel and the captain, he went down to Deal and awaited the arrival of the vessel for a week or ten dap . When the vessel arrived he went on board of her. He examined the cargo of the vessel, and particularly a drawer of the captain's cabin, when he found that a consignment of diamonds, mentioned in the bill of lading, was gone. Received two bills of lading from the mate of the ship. The ship's manifest said nothing about the diamonds. Witness afterwards made inquiries about the captain, who, he found, had landed at Folkestone. I In consequence of what he afterwards learned, he went to the coast of France. He first went to Boulogne, in company with the officer, named John Forrester. He went from Bou logne to Montreal, about thirty miles distant, and there he found the captain of his vessel. The prisoner returned with him to England, and on the voyage back he inquired whether Forman and Hoare had been taken into custody, and when he was informed that they were not, he seemed much surprised. He also remarked that he expected to .be transported for what he had done. He said that he intended to have gone to Havre, and from thence to America. He said also that he was very much alarmed when he heard that his owners had come after him, and would have thrown himself into the sea. He delivered up some money in notes and gold to witness. By Mr. BALLANTINE—There were no wages due to him. The owners of the vessel are witness, Mrs. Campbell, and Mr. MeKinlay. Forrester, the officer, then produced some money.which he took from the prisoner-2001. in notes and 841. in gold, be sides three diamonds. Joseph Beadle, a clerk at the Commercial Bank of London, proved the payment of the cheque to Hoare and Furman. Mr. Frank (!astelli, a merchant, of St. Mary-axe, from the firm of Castelli and Giustiani, produced the consignees' bills of lading, which he bad received from his correspondent at Bahia. Mr. Hermann Otto Poste proved that he was one of the consignees of the diamonds from their correspondents, Gautois Peltier and Company, at Bahia. Mr, Clarkson then said that he did not think it necessary to adduce any further evidence on that occasion, and the prisoner was remanded till Wednesday. GUILDHALL. George Smith, otherwise Jardine, was brought up before Sir Chapman Marshall and Ar. Alderman Fara brother„eharged with stealing a cash box, containing 501, from the bar of the Plough public-house, in Fore street, on the 2d of September, 1845. Mr. Robinson attend, d on behalf of the prisoner. It appeared that four men, on the day in question, drew up in a light cart, and called for some refreshment at the bar. While two of them kept the landlord in conversation, the other two walked up and down a passage leading to the kitchen, and one of them stepped in behind the landlord and stole the cash-box. He was seen to leave with something concealed under his coat, and the other three left directly afterwards in the cart. One of the men who was speaking with the landlord was cap tured next day, but was discharged, no proof being given that he either came or went away in the cart. The prisoner was looped after, but he went to Scotland, and was taken on his return recently, by Trew, a city policeman. Mr, Middleton, the landlord, who now keeps a public house in Soho, did not identify the prisoner, neither did the barmaid recollect him with certainty. On Robert Contra, the potman—who deposed in Sep tember, in 1845, that he knew the man who left the house with something under his coat, but not his name I —being called forward as a witness, Mr. Robinson pri vat,:ly handed to Air. Teague, the chief clerk, a . paper, purporting to be signed by Lifts, by which he agreed he would not appear, or give evidence in respect of the robbery. Mr. Teague showed it to the magistrate, and returned it to Mr. Robinson. Coutts then deposed that he was groom to a gentle man at Dalston. He lived with Mr. Aliddletou in Sep tember, 1845, but could not tell the contents of the cash•box ' or who stole it. He cer t a i n ly saw a man go out with something under his coat. The witness, in answer to questions by the magistrate, denied that he had seen anybody, or signed anything, about the rob bery. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL then called for the puduc ion of the paper, but Mr. Robinson declined to produce t while his client was in jeopardy, as he was bound to keep his secrets, and his position would not be uhered by his showing it to the clerk in confid ence . Sir C. MARSHALL agreed that Mr. Robinson ought not to be prejudiced, but neither should a respectable solicitor be a party to defeating the ends of justice. Mr. Robinson said he had no wish to do so, but his hands were tied till his client was discharged. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER remarked that if he were discharged then for want of evidence, he might be re-apprehended when proof could be given. The prisoner was then discharged. Coutta called on Mr. Robinson to prove the paper was in his handwriting, and in answer to questions by Mr. Robinson, who tore the signature off before he he showed Coutts the paper, said it was in his hand writing, and admitted most reluctantly that he had been to the prisoner's I •Jse, but not twenty times. He fur ther said the paper might have been read over to him before he signed ir, but he did not know. lie had been imposed upon by that document. Sir C. MARSHALL called for the production of the other part of the paper. Mr. Robinson claimed time to consider. Mr. Middleton said he did not beliese the potman had been tampered with, a:though the man previously in custody hail off,red him 201, to refrain from prosecution which he did not accept. The Magistrates consulted, and were of opinion that Coutts could not be effici(ntly prosecuted on the evidence obtainable there ; but Mr. Middleton might take pro, ceedings hereafter if he found himself in a better positio The parties then LI tired. CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. A 'busman in the service of a Mr. Birch, in Horse ferry-road, was fined 55., and costs, for loitering. Defendant said hu could not pay the fine. He had for some time paid a penny a day to his master's fund for the purpose of paying fines ; but having been dis charged he was unable to get the amount levied on him. The unlucky fellow here introduced a printed copy Of the rules regulating the fund, and which states that, for the security of the master, as well as the protection of the men, the latter shall pay a penny to his employer, in addition to his day's work, for the purpose of paying fines and other charges that might be made against them. Mr. Alderman GIBBS thanked the defendant fur the bill. They had often heard of such funds, but they n h e o v w e e r y gc however h a a n d y legal clearedproof u pt hoef doubt. thei r Greater existence; penaltiest h i could now be made, and, if those failed, imprisonment must be resorted to. The bill was impounded by the police authorities, BOW-STREET. Mr. Edward Whistler, a pawnbroker in the Strand, was summoned to chow cause why he detained a gold hunting watch, the property of the Hon. Robert Arthur Arundel!, which was pledged at his shop by a man named Alexander, who obtained it from the owner for the purpose of repairing it. Mr. Whistler admitted the possession of the watch, which he produced. Mr. Arundell stated that he resided at No. 17, Dover street. He identified the watch, which he valued at 301. He left it with a watchmaxer named Al, sander, in Par liament -street, about July last year, to be regulated. He applied for it several times, but never succeeded in ob _ • taining possession of it. He never gave any one autho rity to pledge it. He ascertained from policeman Cooper about a week ago, that it was at Whistler's. An attorney, who appeared for Mr. Whistler, took several objections to the jurisdiction of the Court; but these were overruled by Mr. HENRY, who added, that if Mr. Arundell had brought an action of trover, which was the only other cour6e open, it would have been much more expensive, to Mr. Whistler, and the complainant would certainly have teeovered his property. The Attorney then said that magistrates had the power by Act of Parliament to . award eumpensation to parties who were compelled to deliver up property un- lawfully pawned with them. In this case there was not the slightest imputation on Mr. Whistler, for the watch was pawned by a person having a shop and carrying, on business as a watchmaker, and therefore it was very ma' probable that he should suspect that the property was illegally obtained. Mr. HENRY said, had it been proved that Mr. Arun' dell had been guilty of any negligence in the matter, he might have been induced to award part of the money fot which the watch had been pledged (101.) to Mr. Whistler) but that gentleman had called day after day at Alex. ander's shop, and had chne his utmost to recover his pro' perty. The loss to Mr. Whistler was one which was DP cidental to his trade, which was very precarious. His prit.eiroo had always been that when the complainant bad :,eer, guilty of any lathes or negligences he must bear ettte r a whole or a part of the sum ; but where there was no negligence he thought it very unjust that he should be a loser. lie, therefore, ordered that the watch should . be delivered up, free of a n y ex p ense , t o its original' owner. Mr. Arundell said there was also a chain and seal which were not mentioned in the summons. Mr. HENRY uttered to grant a fresh summons, bat Mr. Whistler said, as the decision would no doubt be the t. acne ie that case, he would give up the chain at once* Th, parties thee left the Court. Charles Woodtiikl, who described himself as a groom, ti s cl.arged with assisting two others, not in custody, in e ltl " . guishing the lamps in the streets. The prisoner and two other men were found at a late bout. on Friday by a policeman of th e E di v i s i on pu tting out th; street lamps. They had exti ngu i s h e d two, an d were It, third, which they would have p u t ou t, b ut see i ng him c°1111;a up they desisted and ran awa y. H e f o ll owe d , an d succeed in taking the prisoner, but the others escaped. The prisoner said that the lamps wer e p u t o ut by his COur paimions. He saw it, but did no t ass i st. H e on ly ran ewsti " because the others ran." Mr. HENRY fined him 40s. under the Police Act. It was immediatey paid, and the prisoner liberated. CLEIIKENWELL. Since last Monday, upon which day Edward and-. 01 Burke were examined o n th e c h arge o f a mur d erous Wall in conjunction with other persons then unknown, upo n number of constables o f th e N di v i s i on of police, all" " r e mended to Sat= were taken a number of o th er I r i s h l a bourers ' taken before Thomas H asse l, 391 G, t h e man w h o had be e n d most seriously injured, w h en h e identified one of them, na n3c James Kelly. a at Kelly, as well as Pdward and Ell en B ur k e , wer e place , the bar, when Hassell crawled into court, and ha been placed upon a chair near to the magistrate, he gave_ evidence in the greatest app aren t agony, the ma i n tam which were contained in our report of Monday. Mr. Cook, the house-surgeon, under whose treatmept constable had been since he received the injuries, stated to nature, and advised his immediate return to the hospital. „, The prisoners, who each m a d e a l ong an d rambling &fell — were fully committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. A young woman, named Sophi a F e ll s , rcsiding rin 1341 court, Princes-street, Whitechapel, applied to the for his assistance under the following somewhat fled ° circnmstances The applicant stated that, a b ou t a f ortn i g ht since, ber ~ child was accidentally scalded, an d was i n consequ ence T o , veyed to the London Hospital, where it e x pi re d f r om th e juries it bad sustained, i n a s h or t ti me a f terwar d s . The of the child was subsequently removed from that institur9 to her residence, in a coffin purchased by herself, but , oo having the requisite means to bury it, she had applied tod. parish authorities, wh o , h owever , re f use d to ta k e an y sance whatever of the matter, and the body was WO state of decomposition. Fitzgerald, a warrant officer of the court, was directed joy mediately to accompany the poor woman to the relierts overseer of the parish of Spitalfields. In a short returned to the court, and stated that he had seen Mr. t bd layson, the relieving overseer, who said that the reason parish had refused to pu rc h ase ground, Itc., for the inteilerj of the body of the child w as , th a t if th e parents cou ld fo o l to buy a coffin they could also pay the other exP 6 tu rf attending the interment ; it wo u ld h ave b een a depa_r from their general rul e . H owever , t h e mag i ster i a l suP l e ,i,i tion should be attended to, and the body of the child DO be at once interred in a proper manner. MARYLEB ONE. a rr OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A CAB-DRIVER."' RI Fairchild, a cab-driver, vvas 'summoned by Chic 6 Blount, Esq., 29, Albany- s tr ee t, f or f ur i ous dril l ' l ' using abusive language, and not wearing his badges lo l It appeared from the evidenc e that Mr. Blount 11 , 1 11 0 the defendant's cab in Oxford street, to convey l o b and himself to his resid e nce. H e d rove regu lar en,t,;• until he passed a parti c ul a r omn ib us , w h e n he menced crossing the omnibus, and driving from one co s of the street to the other, until the cab came in con t• with the 'omnibus horses, and drove them on the p, way. The lady in th e ca b b ecame seriously 81 4 r 00 011 and insisted on getting ou t ; an d th oug h he (Dir• frequently called to the defendant to desist, 1 1: a nd not. The lady got out whil e th e ca b was i n mou°l l .ool with great difficulty Mr. Blount prevented kf r h Mr. falling. The defendant d eman d e d hi s fare, "t c to his Blount declined paying. H e th en f o ll owe d bw - abus ive residence in Albany-street, and used vet language. s O lt Mr. LONG said it was on e o f th e wo rst eage.d jA brought before him. H e fi ne d th e d e f en dant 3 1 / 4 1 : WO default of payment he was to be committed 10r . months to the House of Correction. MARKET NE WS.—(SA- "A covENT-Gols• to 611 Pine Apples, 6s 6d to 8s ; and a Hotisv-house Grap e s, 53 per lb ; Dessert Apples, 7s to 8s per half sieve ; NiLem di 4s 6d to 6s 6d per bushel ; Orange 8s to 15s; and __ ... 7 00 to 16s per 100 ; Cabbages 8d to is 4d per dozen ; toe to 12s per cwt; Horseradish, 2s to 4s per bundle; dos e 0 nips, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; and Carrots, 4s 6d to 7s per 9,1 bunches ; Celery, Is 6cl to 23 6d ; and forced Rhubarb , 1 '; ff per bundle; Onions, 5 s t o 8 s 6d per b ushel; Sea 1(a:' 6d to 3s 3d per punnet; and Potatoes, 2s per lb. NE , 477GATE AND LEADENHALLT.. , t te Owing to the large arri va l s o f country -killed mot(' trade to day was h eav y, a t our quotations ile from 2s 6d to 33 Gd ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 40 4 d; ' s ibs 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d Per to by the carcase. Turkeys, 5s to 8s ; Geese, 45 60 , ; 6s ; Ducks, is 6d to 2 s 6d ; T ame Rabbits, is to 1 5 :IT ; Wild ditto, 10d to Is 6d; and Pigeons, 6d to 1 0 d • Surrey Fowls, 6s to 9s ; ditt o Chi c k ens , 4 s to 6s; awl? 7,: d door Fowls, 33 6d to 6s per couple. Eggs, 103 to 100; Fresh Butter, is ld to I s 3d per lb; Hares, t and Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s 9d eac h. 2s o Vis LT, NEWPORT. ve 4 Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; M u tt on , 3s 8d to 4 s 6d ; 4a 2d to ss; and Po r k, 4 s 2d t o 5 a per 81bs. WEITECRAPEL. YeS 4 Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s fid ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4a 10d per 81b& Y•) BILiaNGSGATi. _ Turbots, 6s to 17 s ; B r ill s ,2 s t o 4 s 6d ; Cod-fish, 25 , s w.s. 6d to 13 11 Haddocks, 8d to is 9d; Whitings, 4d t o 8d ; an d L c n o 38; to 3s each ; Soles, 84 t o 3 s p er p a i r; S me l ts , is "4 t o 15; and Thames Flounders, 18 64 to 2 s p er d ozen ; Eels, to 301 and Crimped Scate, 8d to 10d per lb ; M ac k e rel, los per 100; Salt Fish, 2d to 8d per lb. HUNGERFORD. he re to' average supplies o f mo s t ar ti c l es were on sale Aoriceo day. Generally speaking the d eman d ru l e d h ea vy / had a downward tendency. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis al! 10 4 , 10d to 10 1 / 2 d; of Household ditto, 8 1 / 2 d to 9 1 / 2 d per 'W I/ MIME bIA2t7LET. `4lb 0 Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2 1 / 2 d to 3d per lb ; do. ° a ib 721 b, 3d to 3 ; do. 721 b tu 801 b, 310 to 3 3 4 d ; do. tA 881 b, 3%d to 4d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 44d to sd; do. 9 xOlll 1041 b, 5 1 / 2 d to 6d ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; f i g li• Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 4s 8d to os 8d; Kent and breds, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and Downs, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Y MSe . alto SMITIIFIELD.—M HA eadow Hay, A 2/ Ss ETAS to 3/ 15s; Clover polo 3/ 5s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 145 per Supply good, and trade dull. dito CUMENRIAND.--Aleadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 4/ ; Clover 10 01. 31 5s to 41 14s; and Straw, 11 12s to 11168 per A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. (V et WIIITECHAYEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5 s t o 3/ 15s• 10 ditto, 3/ 5s to 51; and Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 14s Per Trade dull, at barely late rates. • T DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.—EIGHT LIVES .14 05 n ort L A Large French brig, named the Emily, bound from i le .2life to Marseilles, with iron, was wrecked on Sunday, et "",. o'clock, mid-day, on the Ness Sands, and we are solos say that the master and seven seamen were lost, one _ 4 O only saving himself by swimming. Five bodies have 11 1 706 been picked up. It is a melancholy fact to relate, tha t 00 wretched crew were seen for some hours in the riggin,f4lt• assistance being at hand t o save th em , an d a great sea," pole ing over them all the time. Th e b r i g no d ou bt will s ; e ff down in the sand and be enti re ly l os t. 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On the 14th inst., at Montpellier-villas, Brighton, the w:fe 4)4 , the Rev. Richard Cox Hales,of a daughter. F TIPP daughter. o ° n itthe a e 15th inst., the lady of Edward Benjamin Clarkson, °fie: 17th inst., at the Chestnuts, Mitcham,• of a son. ty , th e On the 17th inst., at Ormley Lodge, near Richmond, SUrr dy of R. e h ard Atkinson, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the Pith inst., at St. George's, i -anover-square, , the, es mni C. Roupell, M. to Susan Elizabeth, ycungest daughter 49 Tr" Eyl,r, Esq., of Woodlands, Surrey. On th , , 30th cf De rasher last, r Fredericton , the llcn. W. B. K New innear, Solicitor-General,J a net Muir. wit.. of Bru nswiclL• On the 13th inst.. at stilton, Iluntingdwishir e, On the 13th inst., Crow, of Colerna n-s treet, agela .1t 0 the late Jo , eii V'se, Esq., aged 84 Charlotte, relic• _ „in AITYRDO YOITITG, of T'O• II?. 0, , tbh ' 7 ?► r NO. 112, Wet d, the Frame Druar7 22 41 the Of :cameos, Walsr. # 47. i