The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-25 00:00:00

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God grant that my sons at sixty years of age may receive the same compliment from your successors. My connexion with this place is so well understood, that little remains for me to tell you ; but, if I do describe to you the first part of my grandfather's life, I trust you will receive it in the way in which I intend it. I mean that it should be heard, not by setting suns in the world, but by rising suns, and think not, gentlemen, that I am proud or make a boast of my origin ; althougk I tell these things, and am in one sense proud of them, yet I do not boast of them. My grandfather was the son of a re spectable farmer at Normanton, in the county of York. At the age of 15 father and son differed, my grand father could not agree with his father—the reasons are unknown to me, and my grandfather, an enter prising boy, left Normanton, for London, and rode his pony up. When he got to London, which in those days was an arducus task of some 15 or 20 days' travelling, he found himself as destitute of friends as he possibly could be. He sold his pony for 151., and during the time that the proceeds of the pony kept him he found employment in an iron ware house, kept by Mr. Bicklewith. He hired himself for three years for 1.51., the price of his pony.— (Cheers.) His occupation was to clean the counting house, to put the desks in order for his master and the clerks, and to do anything else that he was told to do. By industry, integrity, and perseverance he gained his master's favour, and in the course of a few months he was considered decidedly better than the boy who had been there before Inm. He was termed 'the Yorkshire boy,' and the Yorkshire boy, gen tleman, progressed in his master's favour by his activity, integrity, and perseverance. He had a very amiable and good master, and at the end of a very short period, before he had been two years in his place, he stood high in his master's confidence. The trade in which he was engaged was only a cast-iron warehouse, and his master assigned to him, the York shire boy, the privilege of selling flat irons, the things with which our shirts and clothes are flattened. The washerwomen of London were sharp folks, and when they bought one flat iron they stole two. Mr. Bickle with thought the best person to cope with them would be a person working for his own interest, and a Yorkshireman at the same time. My grandfather sold those articles, and that was the first matter of trading that ever he embarked in in his life. By honesty and perseverance he continued to grow in hiss master's favour, who, being an indolent man, in a few years retired, and left my grandfather in possession of this cast-iron business in London. That business was carried on on the very site where I now spend my days, in York -yard, London. Various vicissi tudes in trade took place in the course of my time. My grandfather left his business in London and came down here, and my father, who carried it on, supplied him with money almost as fast as he spent it here, but not quite so fast ; and it is there I spend my time, engaged in selling the produce of this country, and you know to what an extent the iron produce of this country has risen up. My grandfather esta blished the ironworks at Merthyr and Cyfartha, but my father was not left the whole of the Cyfartha establishment—he was only left three-eighths of it— but by purchase he obtained the whole of it, and by his benevolence I have succeeded to it. During my time the concern has not dimished, and I pray God it never may diminish; and I hope the rising gene ration will see that by industry, integrity, and perse verance wealth and rank in life, in the profession they have chosen , are attainable by everybody. Who s t ar t e d with humbler prospects than my granfather ? No man in this room is so poor but that be can command fifteen pounds. I have told you this before, and lam proud of it. Depend upon it that any young man who is industrious, honest, and persevering will be respected in any class of life he may move in ; and do you think, gentlemen, that there is a man in England prouder than lam at this moment ? What is all the world to me unless they know me ? And you all know me, and you would not be here to night unless you thought me entitled to your good will."—(Cheers.) DISEASE AMONGST POTAToEs.—It is with great concern and regret that we are obliged to notice the fact of disease now existing in potatoes to a considerable ex tent. During the last month (Sept.) it had been no ticed here and there, and spoken about, though sparingly, it having been the general opinion that it could hardly be expected this year's produce would be entirely free from disease, as most probably some few among the seed potatoes might have been slightly diseased, and have escaped detection. Until within the last fortnight this was generally thought to be the extent of the evil ; but the potatoes brought to this city on the last two market days have shown it to be otherwise, for no; only were partially diseased ones observed amongst them in several instances, but after they had been kept a few days, the number of infected potatoes was found to have increased. The disease communicating thus rapidly, suggests at once (now that the season for storing them has arrived), the great importance of thoroughly examining those which are to be laid up, and of adopting the most ap proved plans for keeping them in a sound state as long as possible. There were fewer carts with potatoes in our market on the last two Saturdays than there had been for several weeks previous, and the price which had come down to fourpence and fourpence•balfpenny per stone, has now risen again to fivepence-halfpenny and sixpence.—Carlisle Journal. The Observer, of yesterday, Oct. 24, gave eight folio columns of Commercial and Monetary Afleirs, up to the latest period of Saturday. The Observer, of Sun day, Oct. 10 and 17, which together contained sixteen folio columns of City Intelligence, Revenue Tables, &c., have been twice reprinted, and copies; of either can be had all this month (October). Price of the Observer (40 columns), ed. There is scarcely a club-house, institu tion, library, or news-room, in all England, Scotland, Ireland, the Continent, East and West Indies, America, &c.. in which the Observer is not taken in, and fre quently duplicate copies. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at six and concludes at ten o'clock on Sunday morning. A Monday edition of the Observer, with accurate Markets, best adapted for the country and abroad, regularly published at four o'clock on _Monday afternoon. It will be seen by the subjoined article that the Observer, of Oct. 24, will fur nish the latest possible intelligence to the United states:—From the Observer, Sunday, Oct. 24—" De parture of the steamer Washington from Southampton, this day.—The great importance of every hour's intelli gence at this particular crisis in mercantile and mone ,esetary, affairs induced Mr. Peabody, a gentleman long connected with she American press, to send copies of to-day's Observer by a special messenger to Sonthemp . ton; to be placed on board the steamer Wa.shingeon, for the New York and Boston papers. This vessel was to leave Southampton at an early hour this morning for New York. The Observer is the only London paper ac- Wally printed and published to-day which will be sent from England to America by this conveyance, and it contains, consequently, one day's later news. We • should remark, that this spirited effort on the part of the gentlemen referred to, is only another instance of his successful endeavour to convey to his countrymen the latest European intefligence." DESPERATE LEAP /ROM WESTMINSTER •BRIDGE. —On Saturday forenoon, about eleven o'clock, con siderable excitement was created amongst the persons passing over Westminster-bridge, by an attempt at suicide. It appears that the unfortunate individual is named Crawleyshire, and has long carried on an exten sive building establishment in Derby. During the past few days he has been visiting the metropolis. At the hour before stated, he was observed to mount one of the pier heads of the bridge; and before he could be stopped he leaped head-foremost into the river. An instant alarm was given, and in the course of a few seconds, a son of Willi am Campbell, and another waterman, rowed to the unfortunate man, and at great risk succeeded in pulling hi m into their boat. They then conveyed him to Westminster o n spital, where he was put into a warm bath, and everything Hospital his case thi g don e f or hi m t h at t h e nature o f regained; and it is to be hoped that he may recover from the effects of his s u b mers i on . N ot t h e least idea c an h e formed as to wh a t i n d uce d t h e party to make such a desperate atte mpt AsSOCIaTIO N YOB, oR association TmT p Rt upon hi s lif e . aiECTioX OT CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS. — An told, for the erecti on o f eithertea new formi ng , we are temporary, or permanent churches and schools, f or such parishes s r or cle rg y men as may require them,— an d to rent or leas e done in the case of buildi ngs intended forteretphoermal, individual have poses. The plan has b een pursued (as p a su is- an enterprise) for some ti me , an d various churches thus been constructed, including one f or then (which was commenced and fi n i s h e d within fourteen days). The rent has, in no case, b een calculated at a higher average than at a rate of 21. per week, or Bs. 6d. per year, each sitting.—Builder. END OF THE LONG VACATlON.—Yesterclay the long vacation, prcperly so now called, terminated. By the alterations consequent on the passing of the Uni formity of Process Act, no deelaraken, plea, leplication, or other pleading be filed or delivered between the 10th of August and the 24th of October. This day (the 25:h) may therefore be considered as the first day flow be filed of the practical term, as neclaratz i olis may delivered ; and in ell cases a eere the parties' time or • • demurring , &c., for pleading, replying, rejoining, ex pired other pleading must be delivered this day to prevent judgment. The time for appearing after service of a writ of summons, viz. eight days, was not affected by the limit a ti on o f the time for other proceedings, but a defendant served with a copy of writ of summons is bound to appear within the eight days after service. THE METROPOLITAN BENEFIT SOCIETY'S ASYLUM. —The Venerable Archdeacon Manning has presented 5/. to this valuable institution, the objects of which are warmly supported and advocated by Lord Robert Grosvenor and Lord John Manners. Several Provident and Benevolent Institutions have also recently presented donations to its funds. 0 tzR4:l5, r 3 • , j? 4 2,2, es- • THE SUN, LONDON, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE NEW STEAM SQUADRON. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—" There is a general movement among the steam-ships of the navy. Or ders have been received at Woolwich for the Acheron, Driver, Minx, Niger (screw), Pluto, Prometheus, Rattler, Sphynx, Spiteful, Trident, Blazer, Triton, and one or two other steamers, to be got ready for commission and for sea with the utmost dispatch.— Nautical Standard. In addition to the above we add the steam-frigates Retribution, 800 horse-power, and the Centaur, of 640 horse-power, fitting with the utmost possible alacrity at this port. The Centaur is already rigged. If steam is to be used as an auxiliary in any offensive or defensive future warfare, there can be no doubt about the expediency of trying, in time, the best means of applying that auxiliary, and proving to what extent it may be relied on in an emergency. The Arab, 12, Commander W. Morris (b), has completed ber complement, and will be inspected and paid advanee on Tuesday, and sail most probably on the following day. Besides Mr. Main, as assis tant to the Astronomer at the Cape, the Arab takes out to that colony Deputy-Commissary-General Miller, Assistant-Commissary-General .Inglia, and Commissiariat Clerk Robertson. The Comet steam-vessel, Commander Johnson, in spite of the threatening appearance of the weather, left the harbour this morning with the dredging-vessel in tow, which she is ordered by the Admiralty to convey to Port Patrick. That she can make any progress through the Needles, unless the weather materially alters, is not to be calculated upon. She is not sufficiently powerful to make head against wind and sea with such an unwieldy craft in her rear. Nevertheless, the attempt to execute the orders given is highly praiseworthy; and, if the same diligence had been used on board the Cambrian, we think that ship would have been clear of the British Channel by this time, whereas she returned to St. Helen's again yesterday morning or the previo us night, and is at present anchored there. Another of those fearful accidents which happily are not so frequent at the contract works for the steam basin as their stupendous nature might lead us to expect, took place yesterday morning between six. and seven o'clock. A man named Fleming, about 55 years of age, fell off the " traveller," a scaffolding with tramways used in placing the stones into the basin, and was killed on the spot. He had been a petty officer of a man-of-war, and was in the receipt of a pension of 28/. per annum for long servitude. The plan of fitting the lower rigging of ships with Lieutenant Rigmaiden's iron shrouds is highly ap proved of on board the St. Vincent, to which they were fitted when last in dock. They are clear of the fire of the guns, and possess numerous other highly important advantages over the old system. The forces landed in the Tagus from Sir Charles Napier's squadron were mostly disembarked and afterwards embarked in the paddle-box boats of the steamers, which were most particularly efficacious in that work, combining double stowage for the men with almost infallible safety, it being next to impos sible to swamp or capsize them. Sir Charles Napier was highly delighted with them, and writes, we be lieve, that no steamer may be sent out to him not fitted with them. The Flying Fish, 12, Commander Dyke, was at St. Helena on the Bth of September, all well, ac cording to letters received on Saturday. The Waterwitch, 8, Commander T. Francis Birch, was at Kabenda on the 11th of July, about to pro ceed to join the Benguela division of the coast of Africa cruising squadron. Subsequent letters from her to the 6th of August have been received, at which date she was cruising in 3.38 south latitude, and on the 31st of July had taken and burned a slaver brig of 97 tons. On the 6th of August she made prize of a fine brigantine of 120 tons, which she sent into St. Helena for adjudication. At the date of our first letter (11th of July) the Styx steam-sloop, Commander Chads, was about sailing for St. Helena. Wind W. by N., fresh breezes.—Weather cold and hazy, with rain.-5 o'clock P.M. The following are the promotions and appointment of the past week : PROMOTIONS. Mates—Reginald Bateman (1846), Stapleton John Greville (1846), John Henry Howard (1847), N. D. Blennerhymett (1831), Edward F. Dent, acting mate (1844), Henry D. Hickley, acting mate (1846), and the Hon. Arthur Leopold Cox Cochrane (1845), to the rank of Lieutenant. Assistant Surgeons—Alexander Browning and Evan Evans (1842), to the rank of Surgeon—the latter promoted and appointed to the Bellerophon, for his services in the Gorgon steamer, while in the Parana River. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—William Ellis to the Alert, G - . IL Richards to the Acheron, Frederick Kemble to the Coast Guard service, Graham Ogle to the Victory, from the St. Vincent. Lieutenants—H. A. Hollinzworth to the Raleigh, W. N. Lockyer to the Caledonia, George Raymond to command the Widgeon Dover steam-packet, Gr. T. Smith to command the Blazer, H. D. Hickley to the Persian, vice Deane, deceased, F. Moresby to the Cambria. Masters—W. J. Luke to the Fly, F. J. O. Evans to the Acheron, James Rundle to command the Cock atrice, G. H. Loveridge (acting) to the Alert. Paymasters and Pursers—Wymond Hamley to be Secretary to Commodore Plumridge, James Huggins to the Ocean, Henry Cooper to the Fly, Henry Tucker to the Acheron, C. E. P. Hall (acting) to the Alert. Surgeons—Robert M'Cormick to the Fisgard ; Thomas W. Jewell to the Victory ; Benjamin Blinee to the Ocean. Chaplain—Rev. Charles D. Everest to the Belle rophon. Second Master—Joseph W. Smith to the Ache'. on. Mates—W. E. Stone, C. B. Payne, 1) Spain, C. T. Currie, and John Burgess, to the Excellent. :; Murray, from the St. Vincent to the Victory; Mansell, from the St. Vincent to the Asia. Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. Robert Fulton to. the Cockatrice ; W. G. M'Clare to the Poictiers; Ellis Hambly to the Caledonia. Clerks—Edward G. Hooper to the Hibernia ; .B en jamin Heather, in charge, to Blazer. Midshipmen—William Clark to the Asia; augh Hathorn, to the Excellent. Naval Cadeti—J. Suttie to the San Josef; G. P. Kemp and Percy A. Mackesy to the BelleroOton. Masters' Assistants—P. H. W. Oke and D.amiel Pender to the Acheron ; Robert Wheatland, ac:t lug second master, to the Cockatrice; W. G. Aldr. acting second master, to the Blazer ; W. H. Shairp to the Asia ; 'William Pearse to the Fly ;. John Chaople to the Oberon ; John Molloy to the Hecate ; Will iam Lory to the Victory. OPENING OF THE CHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY. THE MIXED GAUGES. On Saturday the ceremony of opening tYs line of railway, which has been looked forward to with so much interest by the inhabitants of the two great towns which it connects, took place pursuant to the announcement in the public journals. At ten o'clock in the morning a special train started from Padding ton station, with the gentlemen who had been fa voured with invitations to be present by the Great Western Railway Company. The train performed the journey in gallant style, having reached Chelten ham a little before one o'clock. In a considerable part of the journey the train travelled at the rate of seventy miles an hour, and yet there was not the slightest sense of apprehension, and scarcely any conscious oscillation—a feature which is assuredly peculiar to express travelling by the broad gauge. On arriving at Cheltenham the party were invited to a splendid dejeuner ;in the Plough Inn. They sat down to the repast at half-past one, Viscount Bar rington presiding on the occasion, and C. A. Saunders, Esq., of the Great Western, filling the vice-chair. The Noble Chairman, in adverting to the circum stances under which they had that day met, expressed his regret that they were unavoidably deprived of the presence of the chairman of the Great Western Rail way Company, who would have presided much more efficiently than he could expect to do. The public of Gloucester and Cheltenham had now the benefit of a railway communication between these two towns, and he had no doubt they would duly appreciate the ac commodation provided for them. The gentlemen present had that day assisted at the inauguration of this railway, and the public would now witness the workings of the mixed gauges. The Noble Lord, after some further observations of a general nature, resumed his seat, and immediately afterwards rose and proposed the " Healths of Mr. Saunders, the se cretary, and Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the Great Western Railway Company," and, in doing so, took occasion to pay a high compliment to the great ser vices and distinguished talents of both gentlemen. Mr. Saunders and Mr. Brunel severally returned thanks. After some other observations from other gentle men, the company proceeded to examine the point of junction between the broad and narrow gauges. Mr. Brunel courteously explained the way in which the junction between the gauges is effected, without any stoppage, inconvenience, or danger whatever. So ex ceedingly simple does the question of the mixed gauges appear, now that the perfect practicability of running trains in the two togeOer has been esta blished by experience, that every one wonders how any doubts could ever have been entertained on the point, and especially that men of Mr. Stevenson's reputation should not only have considered the practicability of working the two gauges together a doubtful point, but pronounced it absolutely imposssible. As this is the first instance in which the question of the mixed gauges has been reduced to the test of experiment, the matter, as might be expected, excited very great interest. The question is now for ever set at rest. No one will hereafter pronounce an opinion adverse to the principle of mixed gauges. The Cheltenham and Gloucester Railway is now open to the public, and while it must prove a very great accommodation to the inhabitants of these two towns, it cannot fail to prove an important feeder to the Great Western Railway Company, and augment considerably :the constantly-increasing stream of traffic which daily flows through that great channel of communication. SMALL OFFENCES AND EXPEN SIVE JUSTICE. At the Woodbury petty sessions, (Woodbury is near Exeter,) held on Monday last, before T. Garrett, Esq , " who," says the Western Times," did not arrive until an hour after the expiration of the time ap pointed for commencing the business of the court." Samuel Bond, an old man, with furrowed cheeks, and tottering gait, was charged with stealing from an orchard belonging to Mr. Chick, of Otterton, three appples ! on Sunday, Sept. 21. The prosecutor stated that he had lost a great many apples from this orchard before, and had detected the prisoner plucking them from a tree. The prisoner, in his defence, admitted being in the orchard, but denied having taken any apples, and vehemently protested that the prosecutor had sworn false, having said before the "Archdeacon" that the number of apples stolen were but two! The prosecutor said he could not say what the apples were worth, but he should think one penny. The prisoner was fined sixpence and the costs, which amounted to nine shillings I He petitioned the court to allow him a fortnight to pay the money, which the hon. magis trate said the law did not sanction, adding that if not paid within half an hour, he should commit him to prison for a week. A person in court immediately lent the money, and the fine and costs were paid. A similar charge was preferred against an elderly labouring man, named Robert Hall ; who had been detected in an orchard, belonging to Mr. Blake, of Withycombe Raleigh ; the prosecutor stated that he did not wish to press the case against the prisoner, as the apples were of very trifling value, and he had evinced contrition. The value of the apples—one penny—and a fine of twopence was inflicted, including costs, which amounted to thirteen shillings I Speaking of these cases the authority from which we have taken this report states : " The proceedings at Woodbury on Monday last exhibit the defects of the present system of gratuitous and volunteer justicing. The business did not com mence till one hour after the time appointed, by which all the suitors were delayed, and as no second magistrate made his appearance, those cases which required two magistrates to adjudicate thereon, were necessarily postponed, and the suitors, after having been brought a long distance, not unattended with expence, after being kept hanging about the whole day, were dismissed with the consoling reflection that they were robbed of a precious day's time, and the sundry expences incidental to hanging about the inn —because two magistrates could not be found zealous enough to discharge the duties which they had volun tarily undertaken to perform. It is worthy of remark, that the only magistrate who attended was the junior Mr. Garratt. This gentleman's father was a trader in London, saved money,came into Devonshire, and bought a large estate. By virtue of possessing this estate, he was made a justice of the peace, and by virtue of his son standing before the world as his heir, he also has been made a magistrate—there being a mysterious con nexion between the possession of acres and a know ledge of the principles of the law. We have nothing to say against Mr. Garratt, who, we have no doubt, is as worthy to administer the laws as other gentlemen selected in the same way. But we doubt whether the public will be satisfied much longer with this system of magistrate•making. If gentlemen of landed for tune require the office for the completion of their dig nity, the least they can do when honoured with it is to attempt to understand its duties, and to "sacrifice" so much of their time as may be necessary to discharge them. We would also draw attention to the heavy costs which these courts entail upon the poor. Here are two old men detected in stealing apples. The cases were considered so very trivial, that fines of sixpence in one case, and twopence in the other, were deemed sufficient to satisfy the ends of justice; but the cor morant law required larger satisfaction—the costs attached to the sixpenny fine amounted to nine shil lings ; whilst the costs attached to the twopenny fine amounted to thirteen shillings. Without remarking on the enormous disparity bEtween fine and costs, and the cruel injustice which these costs inflict on the poor, we would ask on what principle of justice can we account for the higher amount of costs being attached to the lower fine? AURORA BOREALIS. Last night, shortly before ten o'clock, one of the most splendid appearances o f t hi s phenomenon, which is more generally known as the " Northern Lights," took place, the whole heavens being illuminated by rays of light of th e most magnificent and splendidly varied colours, assumed by the phenomena in its transit from the point of rising, a few degrees from the horizon, to the zenith. The whole of the rays were charged with electric fluid, the corruscations being rapidly repeated, and varyin g i n th e i r appare n t force from point to point. The phenomenon arose d ue west, passing through the zenith towards the north east, and varying in degrees towards due north, the moon shining in its fullest splendour at the time ; it was witnessed with great effect, the heavens having the appearance of being charged with the rays of an immense fire ; and it was really believed that an im mense conflagration had suddenly burst out in the metropolis, and hundreds of persons, cabs, and other vehicles, were flying in all directions for the engines, and in several instances they were turned out, but the mistake was soon discovered. The appearance of the phenomenon, which exceeded an y th a t h a d b een seen in London for many years, lasted from ten minutes to ' ten until nearly eleven o'clock. 0 --..-3,-- -TEUATIVE BAXER'S SOCIETY.—On Saturday evening last a meeting of the Operative Bakers' Society, for th e diminuti on of th e t i me of labour in the trade e twelve hours per day, forwasth held at the White Swan, .11igh-strte.t, Deptford,'purpose of adopting a re solution in accordance with the views and objects of the society. The chair was taken at . 7:11 eight o'clock by Mr. Payne, and Mr. Ives submittePdasat resolution on attendancet from behalf of a deputation, which was in members constitu tional the general committee. In this resolutio n of the society pledged themselves to use all and available means that might procure a tion of the very long hours of labour, during which th; journeymen bakers of the metropolis were obliged to pursue their avocations, to the exclusion of improve ment, domestic enjoyment, healthy recreation, and even of sufficient rest. Mr. Sutton seconded the resolution, which was unanimously adopted. The meeting was well and respectably attended, and the members present ap peared to take great interest in promoting the objects of the society. THE ALLEGED MURDER A3l GRAVESEND. GRAVESEND, OCT. 23.—William Wilson was op •ain brought up before the Magistrates at eleven o' c/ ock this morning, when further evidence in respe cl,`. to the charge of his having caused the death of hi!: re puted wife was gone into. The miserable man was apparently in a deeper state of dejection of mind,, and evidently labouring under greater physical debility than during the previous examinations before the bench into this certainly doubtful case, in so f as the immediate cause of the death of the unforti u late woman is involved. Police-constable Lewis, who had not been pre viously examined, either before the coroner or n is gis trates, now deposed that between two and tl iree o'clock on Wednesday, when on duty in the sta ti on house the witness, Elizabeth Rose, c a me t o hi m an d told him that there was a woman killed by her 7 hus band in a house in New-court, to which he ii n me diately proceeded, and on going in he saw the pri. sc .ner in a room on the ground floor, sitting on a chair and alone, but he did not know then that be was the al leged murderer of his wife. Witness stood at the d oor, and John Bridal, the prisoner's landlord, cam e in, and pointing to the prisoner, said, " That is the 7 man who killed the woman." At that moment Mr. E .un dens, the doctor, came in and went up stairs, wh et a he (witness) took the prisoner into custody and foil o wed the doctor up stairs. The prisoner sat down iin a chair, and the doctor, after feeling the pulse of de ceased, told the witness that she was dead. Will:,ness upon this said to the prisoner, " You must come with me, you are my prisoner." The prisoner fell fro rt L the chair on the floor, and continued in a fit and i n sen sible for about three minutes. When he reco v ered Bridal said to him, " Oh, Wilson, what have you done ?" Prisoner replied, "Oh, Bridal, lamal - te art broken, ruined man." Prisoner appeared to wi t ness to be in great mental agony. On the way to the station-house prisoner told Bridal, who was sup ort ing him by the arm, to let him "walk by himself ' i vith the policeman" (witness), and then said that th ,e de ceased, whose name was Mary Ann Pewter, w as not his wife. He made no statement whatever resp ec ting her death, or the cause of it, to witness. The prisoner, who during the delivery of the i fore• going evidence seemed to be greatly agitate I, was asked by the Mayor if he wished to ask the v 6,tness any question ? but he declined either doing so, or, as the eviLknee was now closed, saying anything. Mr. Oakes (after some consultation with the Itt ayor and the other four mQgistrates present) said, t at he was of opinion that the death of the deceased r rsulted from the violence used towards her by the pri ironer; that, alth oug h a c h arge o f murder could not I e; sus ttaeinne to in ( sus tained, b as it not di:ir.oak appear that the prisoner h Ed in- Ld dtotake v a e wa c y e b th e e woman's life, yet it WL evi dentes) did t h a b t e d h i e s e io r u g l i d e g n o b t i , s d a f u t t e y as r hearing the evidence a magistrate if he did not sen d the case as on , 3 o f marrnbsleaupgrhistoenretrowaajsurtybefnor committed tria for trial at the next assizes f or th e county of Kent on the charge of manslaughter. All the witnesses were bound in he av y person 4 recognizances to appear and give evidence at the trial. The court was again this day densely crowded to hear the decision of the magistrates, as a report bad been circulated that the prisoner would be dis charged, the inquest jury having given a verdict tan tamount to a declaration that they were of opinion that the death of the woman was the result of natural causes. CONFLAGRATION AT ANDOVER, CAUSED BY A FIRE BALLOON. On Friday evening an extensive fire took place at the farm of Mr. Francis Russell Loscombe, one of the board of guardians for the town of Andover. It appears that a fire balloon had been inflated by spirit at the house of Mr. Reynolds, a currier, for the pur pose of amusing his son. t ascended about seven o'clock in the evening, at which time the wind was blowing strongly from the north-west, and the balloon was carried over the town, in the direction of the new church, situate at the top of the High street. In passing over the tower of the church, it seems that the balloon struck against one of the pinnacles. It then turned over, and became a heap of flames ; and in falling down alighted on one of the barns upon Mr. Loscombe's premises, which are situate within a few yards of the church. This building was soon on fire, and the flames extended with extraordinary rapidity to the adjoining stacks, owing to the violence of the wind. As soon as it was possible the engines arrived, and the utmost activity was used by the firemen, assisted by the inhabitants, to extinguish the devouring element, but before this could be done the large barns adjoining the stack yard, sand the whole of the stabling were on fire. At this juncture a heavy storm of rain descended, which caused a temporary check to the fury of the flames; but they soon broke out again with renewed force from the lower part of a wheat rick, hitherto untouched. A violent breeze then again sprung up, and the fire extended to a large barley rick, pea rick, and some outbuildings. It was evident little good could be effected in saving this property, and the at tention of the firemen was directed to the cutting off the communication with the neighbouring streets, many of the houses in which are thatched. This object was happily effected by pulling down some of the smaller buildings, and the church, as well as the adjoining houses, were saved. The flames were then driven in the direction of a large rookery close to the farm, where several fine elms were set on fire and consumed. The trees having commenced burning, the rooks who inhabited their tops were soon dis comfited, and flew about uttering discordant cries, many of them falling dead in the flames. The danger was at this time increased by the falling of the trees ; but fortunately no lives were lost. By midnight the further progress of the conflagration was checked. The damage is calculated at several thousand pounds. The following is the report of the agent at the Farmers' Fire Office, in which establishment Mr. Loscombe was insured : " October 22, 1847.—Fire at seven A.M., at Mr. Loscombe's farm, called the Wilderness, Andover. Cause—descent of a fire-balloon upon a wheat stack. Damage—Burned two large wheat ricks, one barley rick (the produce of upwards of twenty acres), one pea rick, very large), two double barns full of corn (unthrashed), and about twenty quarters of thrashed corn ; stabling, piggeries, and out-buildings con sumed. Live stock saved, but much injury is done to tho surrounding property." A BOILER EXPLOSION-FOUR PERSONS KILLED. A fearful boiler explosion, which has already re sulted in the deaths of four persons, and so severely scalded fuur others that but slight hopes are enter tained of their recovery, occurred on Thursday morning last, at New Hey, near Two Bridges, about three miles from Rochdale. The premises in connexion with which this acci dent has taken place are known as the new Hey Mills, and are at pre3ent occupied by Mr. Samuel Berry, as a woollen manufactory. They are three storeys high, and consist of two portions, known as the old and new ends or mills, extending in all about forty yards in length, the former portion being about twelve and the latter thirteen yards wide. Both steam and water power are employed to drive the machinery. The driving power of the water is applied by means of a wheel of about three and a half or four horse power, at the end of the old mill; while the steam-engine of about sixteen-horse power, is situated at the other extremity of the building. These build ings formed three sides of a square, the fourth being the end of the new mill, into which a door opened from the enclosure thus formed. This space, being almost wholly covered by a roof, supported by pillars, formed a favourite place of congregation for the children of the mill, during their leisure time ; and here, on Thursday morning about half-past eight, some six or seven of them were engaged at play. About that time, the breakfast hour being over, the water wheel had been set in motion, and the engineer, Robert Booth, was on his way from the warehouse to the engine-house with some tallow preparatory to starting the engine, when suddenly the boiler ex ploded, reducing the whole of the out-premises to a heap of ruins. The children in the court or yard immediately rushed to the door before spoken of, in order to escape into the mill ; but by the force of the explosion, this door was so forcibly driven inwards, that the strong iron latch by which it was fastened had been bent so as to render their efforts to open it altogether futile ; and it was not until the manager of the mill, who happened to be near at the time, had with a large hammer forced up the latch, that they could escape from the fiercely scalding steam. The door being opened, five children rushed into the mill, all most dreadfully scalded; they were immediately conveyed to some of the adjacent houses, medical aid was obtained as soon as possible, and every attention was paid to them. Search being made as soon as the escape of the steam would permit, another child was found in a recess just outside the door, into which he appears to have run for shelter; he was also much scalded, and was instantly re moved. On proceeding further ' John Leach, a scourer, was found in or n e ar th e fire-hole, in the engine-house ; he was much crushed and scalded, and was removed in a dying state. Some children of the village assert that on the explosion taking place they saw the boiler high in the air; but from all appearances, there can be no doubt that the boiler itself passed under ,the cistern before alluded to, de stroying the drying room and the outer wall, and ploughing up the field in its passage ; while the end, with the main stay which passed through the boiler attached to it, passed over the yard or open space, going under and demolishing the joiners' shop, and then destroying the gas works and gasometer. With regard to the cause of the explosion, nothing certain can of course be known prior to the holding of the inquest ; but no doubt the primary cause was defi ciency of water. The boiler presents, generally, an old appearance, being patched in one or more places. It was worked at low pressure. The engineer, Booth, is a young man, not more than twenty years of age, and has driven the engine at New Hey Mills but a short time, but he is well spoken of as to his general ability and care. The mill has fortunately escaped wholly uninjured. About eighty hands were em ployed in the mill, and the stoppage of the machinery, consequent upon the accident, will, on the whole, throw about 120 persons out of work. Of the par ties injured by the explosion, John Leach, aged 56, a scourer, survived but for two hours; Jane Taylor, aged 14, expired late on Thursday night ; Thomas Clegg, 11, about half-past nine yesterday (Friday) morning ; and Thomas Sutcliffe, 10, about noon. Edwin Clegg, James Wolfenden, and Arm Platt, each aged about 13 years, are so severely scalded that but slight hopes of their recovery are entertained ; while John Belfield, a spinner, aged 43, although much injured, it is thought, may recover. Leach was a widower, but his children are all grown up. Belfield has a wife, and, it is said, six children. — Manchester Guardian. An inquest was opened on Saturday, before Mr. Dearden, the Coroner for the district, which, after hearing some routine evidence, adjourned to Thurs day next. rADVERTISEMENT.—A DISEASE OF THE CHEST AND A LONG-STANDING COLD CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PlLLs.—igr. James Kilroe, clerk to Mr. Maclaughlin, proprietor of the Castlecoote mills, Ros common, caught a most dreadful cold, from which he suffered for several months, and though he received the best medical advice, yet nothing prescribed afforded him any relief, and fears were entertained that the disease was terminating in a confirmed affection of the lungs, whereupon he resolved to try Holloway's Pills and Clint. ment, and those unparalleled medicines for the cure of coughs, colds, and asthmas, shortly effected a perfect cure, after so many othr e means had failed.—Sold by a ll druggists, and a t Professor Holloways establishment, 244, Strand, London. THE MONETARY CRISIS IN SOUTHAMPTON.-It is but just to the large mercantile and trading firms o f Southampton, that we should notice the mischievous;, though happily unfounded, reports that have crept into circulation affecting the stability of establishments of long standing, and of individuals of abundant means to meet their engagements three- ma. The banks of the town have acted with considerable liberality wherever rcquired— but in no case have their judicious and . valuable service s f u been improperly asked fori;tah:d.awrerfbjevlifdeevnet we e re l thy m pointgla to Southampton as singularly favoured at this extraordi nary period of monetary pressure. Business seems to have been conducted w which has rendered the storm that has shattered so many old-established houses in London and other ports com paratively innocuous at Southampton.—liampshire Ad. vertiser. THE IRON GIRDER C O 2,IIIIISSION.-A correspon - of the Builder states, that the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the construction of iron girders, having sent to the engineers of various railways for returns ut information, tutio u o f Civil E counter e r c s i c u u r l g a i r n l g i as th i e s m s u e to d r fr e o cu m se t , he Insti- MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1847. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT Or L'.I2,7CIcUPTCI - , Ca. 23 Only one Commissioner sat to-day (Mr. Commis sioner Goulburn), and the cases before him were of an uninteresting nature. The certificate of Samuel Waters, a hatter at Luton, was suspended for twelve months on the ground of excessive expenditure and total recklessness in trading. The certificate of another bankrupt, named Walker, an oilman and grocer at Peckham, was adjourned for six months on the grounds of improper trading and having kept no books. she was aware she had been passing had money ? She '4 < • n 4 .4 :.< At! was seen she had something in her hand, which on being taken from her, proved to be the purse belong ing to Mrs. Kent. The jury found her Guilty. The CHAIRMAN remarked upon the nature of the offence, by which railway travellers had of late so severely suffered, and then sentenced her to three months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MA A SIOA-HOUSE. The good effects of the operation of the Seamen's Registration Act are already sensibly felt in the powerful check given by it to the ingenious frauds committed by multitudes of our seamen, who have been long in the habit, upon arriving at distant ports of deserting to other vessels for increased wages, and, of course, subjecting their own ships to all the incon venience and hazard of deficiency of hands. Since our last account 98 summonses have been granted from the Mansion-house against seamen for not giving a reasonable account of the loss of their former tickets of registration, and every one of them have been fined. George Penner George was charged by Mr. Cole man, clerk at the Registrar General's-office, with having deserted the Nereid, at Quebec. Captain Escott, master of the ship, having proved the offence, to which the prisoner offered no defence, The LORD MAYOR said that the complaints of the desertion of seamen were daily made by the owners, and to the commercial world it was of the utmost importance that every means should be adopted to check an evil of such magnitude, calculated as it was to inflict great pecuniary loss upon the owners, and to debase the ancient character of the British seaman. He hoped that the owners themselves would more frequently avail themselves of the opportunities af forded them of prosecuting offenders against so useful an enactment as that upon which Mr. Coleman called upon him so often to adjudicate. Mr. Phillips, of the firm of Phillips and Tiplady, stepped forward and thanked his Lordship for the suggestions given, and stated his intention to prose cute in all such cases from their vessels. Mr. Coleman complained of having great difficulty in prevailing on owners to attend and give evidence in such cases, or to give information to the Registration office on he subject, with the exception of Messrs. Phillips and Tiplady, and two other owners whom he named. The defendant was committed for thirty days. William King, second mate of the Arcadia, was charged with a like offence, which was proved by Mr. Walton, of Newman's. court, Cornhill, the owner. The defendant was committed for asimilar period. WORSHIP-STREET. On Saturday George Battley, described as . an actor at the Britannia Saloon, Hoxton, was charged with violating the person of a modest-looking young woman, about 17 years of age, named Eliza Clarke, the daughter of a widow at Kingsland; and Henry Pitt, a performer at the same establishment, was charged on the preceding day as an accessory to the offence, and remanded till next week on 2001. From the statement of the complainant, who was so distressed and agitated that her evidence was scarcely audible, it appeared that she had been acquainted for about two or three months with the prisoner Battley, who had paid h's addresses to her, hut that in the early part of August a misunderstanding arose be between them, and she resolved to break off the acquaintance. From that time she saw nothing more cf him until the middle of that month, when she was requested by a female friend, named Mary Plater, to accompany her for a walk, and while passing down Maria-street, Kingsland-road, they saw the man Pitt, with whom her friend was intimate, standing at the door of a house, into which he invited them to enter. The girl Plater immediately complied, but witness hesitated outside, when Pitt caught hold of her, threw his arm round her waist, and dragged her into an apartment on the ground floor, in which the prisoner Battley was seated. A conversation ensued between Plater and the two men, and after remaining there a short time the light was suddenly extinguished by Pitt, who hastily left the room with Plater, and on her en deavouring to escape after them, the door was slammed in her face, and locked on the outside. The prisoner Battley caught her at the same moment by the back of her dress, which be tore down, and, throwing her violently upon the floor, placed his hand over her mouth, and threatened, if she made the least outcry, to dash her head through the boards. He then proceeded to acts of the grossest indecency, and, in spite of the most strenuous resistance in her power, forcibly perpetrated the capital offence alleged against him. She was so exhausted by her struggles with her assailant, that she remained some time in a state of total insensibility, and finding upon recovering her senses that the door had been just opened by Pitt and Plater, she rushed past them into the street, leaving behind her her bonnet and shawl, which were imme diately brought to her by the girl Plater, who, when she upbraided her with her infamous conduct, laughed at her, and told her not to mind what had happened, as the prisoner would, no doubt, act honourably to wards her. She was deterred by shame and terror from communicating to her mother the treatment she had sustained until some time after, but accidentally met the prisoner the next day, and abused him for his con duct towards her, when he told her she was very foolish, and that he had only acted as he had done to secure her wholly to himself. The mother of the complainant, a respectable looking woman, stated that for the last two months she had remarked her daughter to be labouring under extreme mental depression ; but all her efforts to elicit the cause of her melancholy were unsuccessful until Sunday last, when her brother, who was aware of her former acquaintance with the prisoner, ad dressed her seriously upon the subject, and advised her to think no more about him, as he knew that he had spoken disparagingly of her. The prisoner's name was no sooner mentioned than the girl became greatly agitated, and, snatching up a knife from the table, made a plunge with it at her breast, in which she inflicted a slight wound, but her arm was in stantly seized by her brother, who wrested the weapon from her and prevented her doing herself more serious injury. The girl then burst into tears, and promised to tell her mother all if her brother left the room ; and upon his doing so, threw herself upon her knees, made her mother promise not to murder her for what she was about to relate, and then told her the whole particulars of the outrage to which she had been subjected. The witness pro ceeded next day to the theatre, where she saw the prisoner, and indignantly asked him how he dare to place such dishonour upon her child; upon which he carelessly inquired what she expected of him, and whe ther she thought he was going to keep her, but ultimately promised to call upon her the next day and enter into some honourable arrangement. He, however, did not keep his appointment, and having, when she again called upon him, told her insultingly that he should not marry her daughter, and never intended to do so, she gave directions to the police for his apprehension. The girl's brother, Joseph Clark, confirmed his mother's statement, and described his sister's conduct as having been always hitherto irreproachable ; and Smith, a constable of the N division, proved that after taking the prisoner into custody at the theatre on the night before, and acquainting him with the nature of the charge, ie expressed his readiness to meet it, and said that he should then have witnesses in attendance to prove that the young woman was of loose charac ter, and had favoured several persons in the theatre in a similar manner to that which he insinuated with regard to himself. Upon being called upon for his defence, however, the prisoner did not repeat this declaration, called no witnesses, and having merely declared that the young woman's statement was much exaggerated, expressed his intention of reserving anything else he might have to say for the present. Mr. HAMMTLL therefore ordered him to be brought up, for the depositions to be taken, on the day ap pointed for the re-examination of the other defendant, Pitt, and declined receiving bail for his future ap pearance. LAMBETH. On Saturday John 111 arson, who is described as a master-builder, was again placed at the bar before Mr. Norton, and further examined on a charge of swindling. In addition to the evidence before adduced, and which appeared in The Sun, Sergeant Goff stated, since the last examination he had, in consequence of the publicity which the case had obtained, received a number of letters, disclosing many circumstances concerning the doings of an in dustrious gang of regular swindlers. His Worship would recollect that, when apprehended, some cards of the firm of " Thorton, Outtram, and Co., Essex Wharf, Fore-street, Limehouse, and 1, Great Win chester-street, London," and also a letter with a copperplate heading, " 1, Great Winchester-street," were found upon his person. On that morning he had received a letter in reference to these people which furnished additional evidence. Goff further stated that Day, upon whose cheques large sums of money had been obtained by the prisoner and others, and who was represented to be a man of large pro perty, lodged in the house of a person named Hennell, a shoemaker at Eltharn, Kent. Since the last exami nation he (Goff) found that this Hennell was not long since discharged from prison, where he had been for nine months for obtaining goods under false pretences, and since his discharge had managed to swindle one person out of boots and shoes to the amount of 401. In reply to a question from the Magistrate, Goff said that Hennell had absconded from his residence since the apprehension of the prisoner, and, as well as Day, had up to the present eluded the vigilance of the police. The prisoner was committed on two clear charges, but will be again brought up preparatory to his final committal. LONDON SESSIONS. (Before the RECORDER, Aldermen KELLY, GIBBS, H. SIDNEY, HUNTER, HOOPER, &C.) These sessions commenced on Saturday morning at Guildhall, and there was a very crowded court, in consequence of the case of the exposure of a glan dered horse for sale in Smithfield-market being ex pected to come on for trial. After several other cases of minor importance had been disposed of, Wm. Duchwel‘ was indicted for having exposed for sale in Smithfield-market, on the 15th instant, a mare, he knowing her to be suffering under the visita tion of the disease called the " glanders." Mr. Laurie conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Payne appeared for the defendant. Mr. LAURIE, in stating the case, said that the pre sent prosecution had been instituted by the Corpora tion of the city of London, under the 011 l conviction that if the practice of the commission of which the defendant was accused were to be permitted to be carried on, it was impossible to calculate how la mentable, how extensive, or how fatal might be the results. A feeling of public duty as well as a feeling of humanity, therefore, had induced the present prosecution. It would be found that on the 15th inst. the defendant was discovered by one of the police on duty to be offering for sale a mare which was glandered, and the City veterinary surgeon having been called upon, had examined and pronounced her to be suffering from that noxious disease, and that she had been sent to the knacker's, where she had been killed, and afterwards a post mortem examination made, when proofs of the most convincing description as to the presence of the disease had been found. The defendant had pleaded "Not guilty," that was, if the mare was so afflicted he had not known it. Now, it was somewhat difficult to understand such a plea when it had happened that during the early proceedings of the seizure of the mare, and the taking into custody of the defendant, he had said that the discharge from the nostrils was the result of a cold and not of the glanders; and furthermore, that the mare had been examined by a veterinary surgeon of the name of Dawes. How was it that, without a word having been uttered upon the subject of the glanders, the defendant should mention the disease, unless he had known that the mare had been labouring under it ? It was of the utmost importance that a stop should be put to the exposure of these horses in the public market, and therefore the City authorities had directed these pro ceedings.. Several witnesses were called who entered into a detail of the matter, which went to the establishment of the case as opened by counsel. Mr. PAYNE, on behalf of the defendant, was per fectly ready to admit the necessity there was to pre vent the existence of such a proceeding as that with which his client was charged, but at the same time, in his particular instance, he was prepared with wit nesses to prove that he had not been aware, any more than was his master, Mr. Bardell, that the mare had been afflicted in the manner which had subsequently been discovered. The question of knowledge on the part of the defendant was the only question in this case, and in support of his assertion, that he was ignorant of the fact, he would, in the first instance, call the man's master. James Bardell was examined, and now stated that he was an extensive omnibus proprietor and job master ; that he always had from 80 to 100 horses, and that the defendant had been in his service for seventeen years. This mare had been sent up to him by one of his hay farmers, either for him to work or to sell, whichever he might think the better. Ile tried her, but found she was of no use to him, and he con sequently directed the defendant to sell her at Smithfield for 31. 10s., at the same time saying that he was not to refuse 3!., rather than bring her home again. His belief at that period was, that though the mare might be labouring under an attack of cold, there was still not the least indication of glanders. Had he thought that the latter had been the case, instead of sending the mare for sale he should have had her killed. The witness then proceeded to say, that although the mare had been put into a stable with other horses while he had had her, not one of them had caught the infection. As a proof that he had no idea of the mare suffering under such an attack, he had offered to bet a sovereign to a shilling upon it. He did not see any iyinptoms or indications of the disease until the post mortem examination had taken place, and then he certainly did. Those indications, however, were too high up the nostrils to be seen prior to the death. Cross-examined—He had tried the mare at omnibus and other work, but had found her useless. Knew nothing about the nostril having been greased with the view of disguising the character of the discharge, and, what was more, he had not seen any of the latter. He first sent the mare to Smithfield three days after he had had her. He had not had her ex amined by a veterinary surgeon before she was taken to Smithfield. A veterinary surgeon of the name of Ainslie stated that he had examined the mare prior to her death, butihad not found any indications of the disease. He had seen a more violent and a worse discharge of mucus from the nostrils of a horse which had arisen entirely from cold. Cross-examined—On the post- mortem examination they had found the evidences of the disease. There were also tubercles on the lobe of the lungs ; but simi lar appearances usually resulted from age in a horse. ‘Vith reference to the contagiousness of the disease, he did not entertain the opinion that it was so much so as others did. H. Dawes, another veterinary surgeon, said he had examined the mare on the Friday evening after she had been taken to the knacker's, but had been unable to discover any symptoms of glanders, although he must say he regarded it as a case of suspicion. He had never seen her until that evening, and, therefore, if the defendant had stated that he had examined her prior to her being taken to Smithfield, he had said that which was not correct. Mr. LAURIE replied. The RECORDER then summed up, and said that th e simple question now was, had the defendant, when he offered this mare for sale in the public market of Smithfield, known that she was so glandered ? That she was so was quite clear from the evidence. Well, then, if the jury were of opinion that he was, their duty would be to find him guilty. It was a most serious case in every way. If the defendant were not himself guilty, he had no hesitation in saying that there we others who were far more so. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but said that they considered he had acted under the direction o his master. _ _ _ The RECORDER, in passing sentence, said he quite a th g a r t ee i d mp o r n ess t io h n is th la e tt c e o r point with the urthopedthat jury, a the punishment nd with which was about to be passed upon the defendant would be felt by the person under whose directions he had acted. With that view the Court intended to impose a fine, and until that penalty were paid to direct the defendant to be imprisoned, and atter the highly favourable terms in which his master had spoken of the defendant, if that person were a man possessing any conscience, or regarded his character, he would not permit the alternative to come into operation even for one moment. The fine the Court sentenced the defendant to pay was 101., which sum must be paid ere he could be set at liberty. If the Court did not think that there was some other person to blame, the defendant might rely that a much severer punishment in the shape of imprisonment would have been ordered, for the great frequency of this offence rendered it a matter of necessity that a heavy punishment should be inflicted, in order that others might be deterred. The fine was immediately paid by Mr. Bardell, the defendant's master. ESSEX QUARTER SESSIONS• On Saturday a well-dressed woman, who gave the name of Elizabeth Dolby, was indicted for robbing a lady named Kent of a purse containing 2/. 175., in a carriage on the Eastern Counties Railway. The prisoner came from London. Maria Kent, the wife of a tradesman residing at Upper Holloway, stated, that on the 7th of September last she got into a carriage at the Shoreditch station of the Eastern Counties Railway, and, having just paid for her ticket, she still had a purse in her hand with 2/. 18s. 6d. in it ; the prisoner followed her into the carriage, took her seat close to her, and got into conversation with her. Witness attempted to put her purse and money into her bosom, but being un able to do so, she stood up and placed it in her pocket, observing to the prisoner, that though rob beries were often committed on railways, she had never lost anything yet. To this the prisoner re marked that neither had she. They went on till they got to Ingatestone, about twenty miles from London, when the prisoner got out. Before reach ing Chelmsford witness discovered that her purse and money had been stolen. On reaching that station she gave information of the robbery, and, as every other passenger in the carriage volunteered to be searched, suspicion attached to the prisoner. On this witness promptly returned to Ingatestone, and gave information to the police. Cross-examined —ln the course of conversation, the prisoner told her that she resided at the west end of town, and was going on a visit into the country. William Conyers, a policeman, said, he received in formation of the robbery, and traced the prisoner to the neighbourhood of Cougar, where, he asked her if • FRIGHTFUL MURDER OF FOUR One of the most dreadful murders which has ever taken place in this country was committed in Cheap side, Birmingham, on Saturday, under the following circumstances :—lt appears that about six months ago a widow, named Ann Wilkes, opened a small shop in Cheapside, for the sale of cigars and small wares. She was a person of very agreeable manners, about forty years of age, and had evidently, in the early part of her life, moved in a respectable sphere. When her husband died she was left with four chil dren, three boys and a girl. On Saturday it was remarked by the neighbours that the shutters were not taken down, as usual, in the morning. A Mr. Edwards, living close by, feeling uneasy at this cir cumstance, determined, about eleven o'clock, to ascer- tain the cause. Having procured a ladder, he placed it against the window of the first floor, which was unfas tened, and entered the room. He found no person there, but being urged by the crowd outside to proceed further into the house, he did so, and advanced a fog steps up a narrow staircase, at the top of which he beheld a horrifying sight. Mrs. Wilkes was lying in a pool of blood, and at her side lay her eldest child, both of their throats cut from ear to ear. On looking further into the room he discovered by a glimmering light (for the room was darkened) the bodies of the three other children weltering in their blood. Ter rified at the sight, he ran to the window, and cried out, "My God they are all murdered !" A police constable, who was passing at the time, mounted the ladder, and got into the room to the assistance of Mr. Edwards. Both proceeded to the spot where Mrs' Wilkes lay, and discovered that she was breathing. They immediately turned their attention to her, raised her up, and with the assistance of Mr. Archer , surgeon, of Digbeth, bandaged the wound. After recovering a little she made many attempts to take off the bandage, but was prevented from doing so, and 1 0 a short time was removed in a cart to the Queen' s Hospital. Dr. Sands Cox, Dean of the Faculty, wa s immediately sent for, and within ten minutes' time was in attendance upon the unfortunate woman, and bound, up the wound with all possible speed. It was foun d that the injuries which she had sustained were of e very serious character, and although none of the pen' cipal arteries had been cut, yet the windpipe was divided in such a manner as to leave it exceedingly doubtful whether the unfortunate woman will re' cover. After she had been in the hospital a fell. hours, she appeared to be quite conscious, and evi l ' dently in much agony. During the time the solo': was being dressed she seemed inclined to speak, bn.; all attempts to do so were unavailing. Unhappily 1 ' was found that the life of the four children was tn . tally extinct. Their names are—John Hen!"D. Wilkes, aged 12 ; Mary Jane Wilkes, aged 8; V Liam Charles Wilkes, aged 6 ; and Frederick George Wilkes, aged 4. Information was immediately for' warded to the police, and Mr Superintendent Std" yens proceeded to the spot, and placed constables In possession of the house, at the saute time taking th e precaution to place a padlock upon the door leading to the apartment in which the awful crime was Pe!' petrated. In the room where the murdered fartuli were found two razors were discovered, a pparentlf new. No reason can be assigned at present for th commission of the deed. At half-past seven o '6ol on Saturday night the unfortunate woman was st i ' alive. The inquest will be held to-day. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS* LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 23, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been better to-dild and we have to note an improvement in prices, with a ,g,„ general demand for stock. The sales are— Birkenhead , l' 3 ;;"; cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 31,. Shares, 16 1 /s—E,„,a ste 4. Counties (Perpetual 5 per cent.), No. 2, 157T 4 —Great vv,c h ' s ern, 17/. Shares, 1 / 8 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Eq . ' i/ c. dis.—Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury)' dis.— Leeds and Thirsk, New,l4 dis.—London and 'Nat c. Western, Quarters (G. J.), 36th—Ditto, Quarters, New , 5 10 p.—Midland Stock. 105 1 / ‘ c.—Ditto, 401. Shares, 40 — id,'" c , (Birmingham and Derby), 78—North Staffordshire, 74, / c , dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. N.), New', 'Ys ; dis.—Ditto (Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester), 5% —Ditto, 101. Preference (guar. 8 per cent.), 31s. 3d. c. r 2 .4 Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 9/. 12s. 3d. Shares (. 13 ) , ,, ' c . dis.—Scuth-Eastern, No. 4, Thirds (at 6:14 dis.), 51s. 3 T O I dis.—York and North Midland (guar. 6 per cent. till 18 ' 3% p. MANCHESTER, Ocrourra 23. er STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, -"9lrre shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6' 4 dis.-East Anglian r e fererce, % dis.-East Lancashire, New, 6% dis.-Hu field and Manchester Railway and Canal (221. paid), 't n - r. dis. -Lancashire and Yorkshire ( West Riding Union), 5 "5' 4 4.,.. -Ditto, Fifths, 1,4 dis.-London and North-Western , l )it to, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 3 p.-- - Quarters (C), 3 1 / 4 p.-North Staffordshire, 1 1- 16 „? ve r, Shropshire Union, 645. 6d. dis.-South-Eastern and m° No. 4,2% . dis. LEEDS, Oc-ronEn 23. $t STOCK EXCITANGE.-The failure of provincial banks Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, &c., has added much the alarm and excitement of former weeks, and rumours 11 ; prevalent of other banks being severely pressed. The 5 5 , 1 , 14. are-Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Ridi ng U n i o n), °v . .; dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 19 dis.-Ditt o , N ew, la clis• Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, &c., 403. dis.-Midland , ference, 3 dis.--North British, Thirds, 123. dis.-North Seal fordshire 20s. dis.-North-Western, 47i 4 dis.-York, castle, and Berwick, No. 2, par. NE W CASTLE- UPON-TYNE, OCTOBER 23. ,; r e, STOCK EXCHANGE.-Tho sales are-East LincolnOm - I dis.-North British, Quarters, 255. dis. HULL, . 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The improvement in the - o nd°ll „,datt market has had the effect of causing almost a total susPem - u it, of business here, holders of stock feeling less disposed to goo and buyers unwilling to submit to even the slight adV . lll .l / ; All remain firm, and no rumours of failures in the Vilit 10 still the knowing ones shake their heads ominously ! $ ll . h feared the worst is not yet over. The sales are-North 6d• tish, Extension, ss. 9d. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 5 1 01 1 1 dis.-North Briti s h, Thirds, 13s. 6d. dis.-Great Nor' 5/. 15s. dis.-North St a ff or dshire, 1 1 / 13 dis. EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 22. 5 01 ' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdee% 4 04 -Airdrie and Bath ga t e , 31. 7 s . 6d.-A r b roat h an d •'" 261.-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/ 70. .. m ar Caledonian, 341.-Ditto, New, 145.-Caledonian ehc l „T e ,3 l ; bartonshire, 1/. IN.-Clydesdale Junctio n , 514-Dees' - a aa Bs.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 11. 65.-Dunde e o . 5, Arbroath, 341.-Ditto, New, No. I, 264-Ditto, New, Jane' 341.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31.55.-Dundee and Northern . t ,T e rt, tion, 11. 85.-Dundee and Perth, 291. 10s.-Ditto , ss , 13/. 10s.-Ditto ' Quarters, 2/. 2s. 6d.-East of Fife , '7 3, 41. -East Lothian Central, 11.-Edinburgh and Bathftwest 45.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 951. ex div.-Ditto , - 11 ,; r gb, 131. ex div.-Ditto, New Halves, Si. ex div.-Edil lu nitte , Leith, and Granton, 151.-Ditto, Preference, 20/. ll ' A d New, 3/. 145.-Ditto, Quarters, 2s. 6d.-Edinburgart. Northern, 15/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 10s. 6d.-Ditto, Nelfroat 51. 135.-Ditto, ditto, New, 6s. 6d.-Edinburgh and (New Co.), 18s. -Ditto, Halves, 5 5.-Glasgow and ,7- ;e 0, shire, 94/. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, ::;71. No. 1,4/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, halves, No. 2, 7/.-Gl O6 OO. Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 381 ' 01 -Glasgow General Terminus, 10!. 10..-Glasgow lic e, Greenock, 161. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 81.-Ditto, Prefly , 71. 195.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 3 1 . f oto Great North of Scotland, 17s. 6d.- Great Northern trio, Direct Northern), 21. 3s. 61-Ditto (late London ancE f Attef 21.-North British, 221.-Ditto, Halves, 10/. 1 03 . Quarters, 3/. I Is. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters New (scrip), 7 ,t ij usit Ditto, Thirds, 35.-Ditto, Fifths, 51. 55.-Scottish 1 - 1 4, 15 1 . 231.- Scottish Grand Junction, 55.-Scottish Midle n ,;vies' 10s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewsbury , 'stir try, and Chester, 181.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 31P- s'arl 6 ling and Midland, 71.-Wishaw and Coltness, . Newcastle, and Berwick, 1231.-Ditto, Extensions, •'• s ad 111.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 91. IN.-Direct BornhOl t h of Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian, 1/. Os. 3d.-Great J )l _ o 4 r Sol' India, ls. 3d.-Great So u th ern of Madras,l6.-Madr'' lore, and Arcot, ls. 6d. GLASGOW, Ocrourn 22. 42 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are -B a llochneP ot ersP Caledonian, 33%-Dundee and Perth, 29-Ditto, ( 2, 11 olsr 415.-East Indian Railway, 17s. 6d.--Edi n burgh en i ur e ttht gow, Half Shares, 11% ex di v .-Edi n b ur gh eh:L . 3)W°' Halves, 55.-Glasgow, Kilmarn oc k, an d Ayr, 9'.-kialVes' 40/. Shares, 37 3 / 4 -Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 5-Ditto,, ins goll No. 2,7 1 A-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6'5" - ' l .„„ a , and Greenock, 16 t,.. 2 -Glasgow Harbour Grand Jell,, c ,,";proef 6d.-Great Northern, 475.-Manchester and S„ou t '„a Alec' 75.,6d.-North British, Thirds, 255.-Scottish tion, 65.-Stirlingshire and Midland Junction, h re joi s Newcastle, and Berwick (Great North of England 1111 or Preference), 7. Mr. James Wetenhall, the compiler and p u blie P e o of the official list of priees of the Stock Exchange, Il te cl known under his name, and which has been eond uc so f by himself and his father before him for so 113 ., of years, died on Wednesday afternoon, after an illile' s bo about a fortnight. lie was much respected in so Stock Exchange, with which his family has beeP long identified. - -- BIRTS wod On the 3d ult., at lligatell H e,. l Colombo, in the Is-- Ceylon, the lady of Arthur W. 'hale, Esq., of a sou. ~,roffe On the 18th inst,, a t Paris, the wile of Captain l''' mery, R.N., of a son. Esq'' of On the 20th inst., the wife of Arthur Griffith, Lichfield, of a daughter, still-born. T. V ‘ On the 20th inst., in Dublin, the wife of Capta — Knox, 85th Light Infaatry, of twin sons. of AI llr On the 21st inst., the lady of John Dawson, Esq) marle-street, of a daughter. Dir e On the 21st inst., at Northampton-park, Islingto n ' Edward Dewick, of 'a son. d ry, J. On the 22d inst., at Hove-place, Brighton , „, Reeves, of a son. it f o. r o ' lie lw On the 22d inst., in John-street, Bedford-row, Nicol, of a daughter. / MARRIED. izobert On the 19th inst., at Pirbright Church, the Re` , 9cr Wedgwood, to Mary, second daughter of Henry 11a 1340 of llenley-park, Surrey. Georg: On the 20th inst., at St. George's, lianover•squa re 'vhill l P - Edward, second son of the late Lieutenant George ;,iciot6 Cowley, R.N., to Phoebe, only daughter of Janes Esq., of Gloucester-terrace, Old Brompton. Or DD. On the 21st ult., Willi IE am John Creswick, eldes t s ,,Var e ' William and Elizabeth Cieswick, of Markhara's" Chelsea. if 11° On the 17th inst., Lieutenant-Colonel Purchas, late 0 Madras Establishment. c 111 014)13' On the 19th inst., Mr. John Smith, of Streathalw -o Surrey, aged 68. On the 21st inst., in Guildford-place, R. G. Blick, sc i 4 i,etli , On the 21st inst., in Walcot•plac, Lambeth, i Aii S. I I . 0n Cole, the aged2ist inst. .., widow of the late W. Tidd, Esq ag ed 87 . : r 0 Or • On the 21st inst , at Walwo;tl,gLouisa, the wife -f AO ° ill" Matilda, the wife of W. A. Nunes, ag:Li '22..................„,../".?llarnmersin at Gordon Cottage, _---- ____— f - 2,70. 1 1 4. ---,......„_,—,.. Lan: on : Pr 'red c.o:o. PubL%hc! , l by X: URDO YOUN I; * l i; e Pre d obo ; , :tz,ind, Printer, at The .tun Office, No. 112, Strand, in t ootot et a the Uvoy, iu the County of Dliddlesex, IsfolidaY' 1847. ;~