The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-09 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE. - - MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The beneficial effects' f the slight relaxation that has recently taken place in the London money market, have been entirely nullified by the heavy failures occurring in London and Glasgow, as well as by some unfavourable occur rences in this town, which, though not arising out of the ordinary transactions of business, are calculated to inspire distrust amongst mercantile men. The appearances of increased demand which were ob served last week are entirely at an end. The demand for goods and yarn has been on a very limited scale, and manufacturers have, in many cases, accepted prices a shade lower than those prevalent last week. Notwithstanding the heavy losses to which the millowners have been compelled to submit during the last twelve months, the rate of wages has been gene rally well supported ; but we now learn that notice has been given by the millowners at Mossley, to the effect, that a reduction in the wages of the spinners, to the extent of ten per cent., will take place on the 17th of September. It is to be feared that this is only the commencement o f a general reduction throughout the district. We extract the following remarks from the over land circular of Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor, of this town : 7 " A retrospect of the course of business transacted in this market during the past month affords little 'matter fur satisfaction. The operations of buyers, both for the home trade and for export, have been on the most limited scale, being principally small in vestments for the assortment of stocks. No doubt much of the present dull and stagnant condition of demand is attributable to the embarrassed condition of the money market, and the high rates demanded for discounts; at the same time, it must be admitted that the discouraging accounts of large stocks and unremunerative sales, from some of the largest foreign markets for the vend of British cottons, would, even in an easier state of monetary affairs, have a depres sing influence en business here. The high prices of food consequent upon the late dearth in Europe, have materially limited the means of continental con sumers, and one of the results is observable in the diminished demand for our yarns and textile fabrics. Our home trade also languishes from the same cause. Under the blessing of Divine Providence, a plentiful harVest this season has been granted, and in due course its salutary effects will be felt here ; in the first instance in the improvement of our home de mand. It can hardly be expected, however, that the irnpr9veragnt should be speedy—the people must save before they can spend. " The recent failures here much tend to limit con fidence, and the reckoning with the United States speculators in grain threatens disasters. Flour shipped in vast quantities in June and July, at eight dollars fifty cents, with freight at 3s. 6d. per barrel, and arriving here when the market is dull at 265., must give rise to serious apprehensions for those engaged in the venture. How far this reverse may, in its consequences, influence the American trade here remains to be seen. A large proportion of the increase in our exports to the States consists of con signments by our manufacturers, &c., and in the event of a disturbance of monetary affairs, and the shock of credit which threatens to follow in the -wake of these overdone speculations, we shall fear an ad verse result to these shipments. 'We repeat, that although we believe that circumstances are in opera tion which will restore our trade to comparative healthiness and activity, we apprehend the amend ment must be the work of time. The drain of nearly seven millions of bullion during the past few months will take some time to correct, and money facilities are not' likely to be had on easy terms for a lengthened period. Foreign markets, if not kept down by the ill•timed shipments of needy con signers, must soon experience greater lightness arising from the limitation of supplies ; and when cleared of redundant stock, a prospect of be'ter prices, both for manufacturers and merchants, will be opened to them. The greatest difficulty to be overcome is the short supply of cotton. Stocks of goods and yarns (with the exception of India qualities, &c.) are by no means hef.lvy. Were an active home demand to spring UP, high' prices would be immediately established ; and were our mills to resume full work, the demand for cotton would be met with correspondently en hanced price, which would at once check business." ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY.—The flannel market has undergone little change from that of the preceding Monday. The; demand is steady, and prices are the same. The wool market is still inactive, and the manufacturers buy for immediate use • only. HALIFAX, SATUILDAY.—There is no improvement in the trade of our piece hall this week, and the scarceness of money is generally complained of. The demand for yarn has been very inanimate, and the buyers offer rather lower prices. The supply of long wool in the market is not large, for the season, and the growers hold out for better rates than can be realised here ; but the staplers continue free sellers at late prices. In the short wool trade there is no change worth noting. r 4 LEEDS, TUESDAY —The cloth halls were well at tended both on Saturday and to-day, and in our • market altogether there is a better feeling; the de mand for winter articles is on the increase, and likely - to continue very fair for some time to come, the wea ' Cher being most propitious.--Manchester Guardian. THE CORN TRADE. LIVERPOOL, CORN•EXCIIINGE, SEPT. 7.—The • 'imports from Ireland and coastwise continue ex • tremely limited. From Canada there are 3,143 /inarters of wheat and 37,366 barrels of flour, and from •`"'' • foreign ports they are again very heavy. The exports amount to 2,256 quarters of wheat, 331 quarters of oats, 6,609 quarters of Indian corn, 3,318 barrels of corn meal, 33:3 sacks and 21,184 barrels of flour. The _ weather in the early part of the week was favourable a-- ). ,for the completion of harvest, and in this immediate neighbourhood the fields are mostly cleared. For aa-a.:.three days past, however, heavy drenching rains have -sr , a fallen, which may impair the condition of the new wheat. For wheat there was daily a good consump tive demand, at the fall prices of Tuesday. Flour met ), an extensive sale at 255. 6d. and 255. for Western ' Canal and the best Canadian descriptions ; and Balti 2'note, Philadelphia, and. Ohio were offered at 245. ~ r per barrel ; unsweet, 20s. and 18s. 6d. per barrel. Oats in moderate request at 3s. 2d. per 451 b. for good old Irish. Barley was flat. Beans and peas without _ change of value. Indian corn met hut a slow sale at .275. per 4801 b. for New Orleans, and at 31s. and 30s. for prime and yellow New Jersey and Galatz. In dian meal was offered at 13s. 6d. to 14s. 6d. per barrel, and few transactions occurred. At our Corn ' Exchange this morning there was a good attendance • of the trade and a large show of samples of all kinds of grain, flour, &c. There was a large consumptive de• snand for wheat at the full prices of this day week, and some choice mixed American fetched 3d. per 701 b. advance. And for flour there was also a large sale at „"255. and 253. 6d. per barrel for Western Canal, and for other kinds in proportion. New oats scarce, and the few samples offered fetched 3s. 2d. for Newry, and „ 3s. per 451 b. for Scotch ; old were flat, at former rates. Barley, b eans , an d peas, were w i t h out c h ange, . • - and in moderate demand. Oatmeal was held for 30s. • to 31s. per load for Irish new. Indian corn and In- - alien corn-meal wer e i n f a i r request at previous rates. ---- HULL CORN-EXCHANGE, TUESDAY.-There has been 3 decided change in the temperature during the past -week, and on one or two days some quantity of rain L has fallen. This will prove a benefit to the turnips, which were beginning to look anything but right, and being followed by a cold brisk wind would do no harm to the grain crops. The fields are now rapidly clearing of Wheat, and other grain is being fast se cured. Without any material extension of business, a firmer feeling has pervaded the market since our last report. The majority of importers preferring to land rather than submit to previous low rates, there is less stuff pressing for sale than we had previously to re _ port. Much now depends upon the course pursued by farmers. 'They cannot easily forget the agreeable high prices of the last six months, and those who can hold we think will, and see whether a cessation of -.arrivals, which is now pretty sure to take place, will riot give them a better result than present sales will do. There has certainly been less inclination to sell it some of our local markets the last week. Z. At to-day' s M ar k e t we h a d on l y a sma ll s h ow o f Wheat from the farmers—less than our millers needed—it was very free sale at full last week's prices, rather more m oney b e i ng paid in some instances. A good enquiry for foreign Wheat, but little or none u ff e ring afloat, and our stocks are also trifling, parti cularly of useful red Wheats. The quality of the new Barley shown (merely s a m pies) was very fine, and th ere i s no doubt this is the best crop on the ground. The season for Grind• ing Barley is now on, and the demand good at pre sent moderate rates. We have still arrivals of Foreign Oats, which are aaleai,.le at the above currency. Beans are inquired for, but being landed are gene rally held above present rates. From the general improvement failure in the crop of this a rticle some is confidently 100k.4. , d for. • Rye-meal still attracts great attention, and is a sl.ade darer since our last. It is being used mixed • With water for pigs, and with brewer's grains for 0. , tows with great advantage, in both cases mixed Water put to it in a large tub and drained off after standing some time, has proved good for young cdves.—(From Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular.) y INEWCASTLE •CPON-TYNE, SATURDAY.—The wea ther this week has bean for the most part of a bois terous character with occasional showers, but they .„ L ave not been of sufficient importance to impede har va vest operations. At our market this morning we had • a pretty I :air supply of wheat f rom t h e growers, the great bulk o.f which consisted of the new crop; and Its condition Laing much improved, and such 'b e i ng warated by our mill s ers for mixing, Et clearance early effected at about the rates of this day slinnight, whilst, by submitting to a decline of about 2s. per quarter, a fair extent of business was done in the best description of south country and foreign, but middling qualities were most difficult to move, although offered at a greater reduction. Flour was much pressed for sale in the early part of th e week, at a decline of 2s. to 3s. per sack ; but there being very little offering to-day, rather more firmness was displayed by sellers, and the comparative scarcity of the article enabled holders to obtain rather more money than could have been obtained earlier in the week. Barrels are sale able at 265. to 28s. according to quality. In rye little passing. Grinding barley in fair demand, and late rates fully sustained ; for malting samples no in quiry. Malt continues to evince a drooping ten dency,. and the low price at which barley is likely to set in will doubtless cause holders to manifest some anxiety to realise their stocks previous to the new appearing at market. Beans and peas without change. The show :of oats from the country being moderate, and principally of the new crop, sales could only be made by submitting to easier rates, but in the value of old we have little variation to note. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-lIOUSE. The LORD Mayors said he had received from a fellow-citizen a communication upon a subject to which the public press frequently referred in its energetic attempts to have a system established for the improvement of the health of towns, He should openly read the letter, in accordance with the request of his correspondent:— " May it please your Lordship,—l request to call your attention to a shameful desecration of the last resting place of the dead, which I have just witnessed with horror and disgust from the window of my counting-house, which overlooks the very small churchyard of St. Ethelburga, in Bishopsgate-street Within. I saw the men employed in digging a grave the spot, however, must have been often the recipient of human remains ; for at least six sculls and several large and small bones were thrown up and treated with that apathetic indifference which familiarity with such employment alone can account for. The sculls, as thrown up, were knocked to pieces by the men, and by them were shovelled in negligently under the mould that had been thrown up. Whilst this was going on several boys were occupied in detaching the nails from portions of the coffins, an occupation which seemed to afford them much mirth, for they seemed very merry indeed. During this scene the effluvia from the spot was offensive in the extreme. " I beif to apologise for thus intruding on your Lordship s valuable time, but knowing your Lord ship's desire to abate whatever is offensive to the morals or health of the citizens, over whom you so worthily preside, must be my excuse for begging that your Lordship will permit this communication to be read in open Court. The authorities with whom it rests to prevent the recurrence of such scenes will be thereby reminded of their duty in a manner more effectual than by the mere representation of an indi vidual.--I have the honour to be, &c. &c., FREDERICK CARSON, " Firm of Samuel Phillips and Co., St. Helen's-place.' His Lordship said, that amongst the numerous complaints made to him relative to desecrations of the description mentioned by Mr. Carson, was one from Dr. Farquhar, of No. 101, Drury-lane, who called upon him the other day for the purpose of re questing his magisterial attention to the condition of the burying-ground attached to Elim Chapel, in Fetter-lane, a place of worship which he believed belonged to the body of Dissenters called the Pri mitive Christians. A carpenter had, the Doctor said, called upon him, and having mentioned that he had buried two of his children in that ground, expressed the greatest apprehension that their bo dies would be cut in pieces, and mixed up with others in compliance with the regulations which seemed to prevail there. In order to be sure that there was no exaggeration in the statement, Dr. Farquhar said that he had visited the burial ground himself, and he found that there were actually on the spot two or three cart-loads of human re mains packed up in coffins for carting and removal to some other place, which it might be, perhaps, con sidered necessary, on some future occasion, to dese crate in a similar manner. Dr. Farquhar denounced such treatment of human bodies, which thus appeared in the various degrees of decomposition, as an out rage of the most appalling kind, and stated that the exposure in the close neighbourhodd was calculated to engender diseases of fatal character. Now, nothing could be more congenial to his (the Lord Mayor's) feelings than the power of applying a remedy to such an evil ; but he could not act as a magistrate on this occasion. Dr. Farquhar was then referred to the ward authorities, but he said that he should leave his statement to be disposed of as the Chief Magis trate might think fit, upon which he (the Lord Mayor) adopted the present mode of letting those who had the power of dealing with the question know what was going forward in the churchyards of the metropolis. Thomas ill'Carthy and Mary Doherty were charged with haviug fraudulently obtained a sovereign from Mr. Nagle, the owner of a public-house in Tower street, St. Martins-lane. The prosecutor walked into a public-house at six o'clock one morning to treat some friends, and he saw the two prisoners and a young man of respectable appearance, who addressed him by name and claimed acquaintance with him. While :- they were talking together, one of the prosecutor's friends told him that he was conversing with a thief, whereupon the male prisoner knocked down the man who gave the caution, and at the same time the person alluded to as the thief whipped the watch out of Mr. Nagle's fob and de camped. On Wednesday the two prisoners called upon Mr. Nagle and told him that if he was willing to pay 41. 10s. to a Jew, in Petticoat-lane, he could get back his watch ; that the female prisoner, who was the original receiver of the property, had sold it to " Smouchy," and that they would all go to the crib to get it back. The prosecutor consented to ac company the prisoners to the Jew, but took care to plant two policemen to watch their movements in the neighbourhood. The prisoners, after having pointed out a person in Petticoat-lane as the man who had present possession of the watch, proposed to the pro secutor that he should put a sovereign into their hands to hand to the Jew as a guarantee that all was right, and with that sovereign they attempted to escape. Committed for trial. BOW-STREET. John Robson, alias Thompson, alias Spore, and many other names, was again placed at the bar, charged with obtaining charitable contributions by false pretences. The particulars of the case appeared in our paper of Monday last. The officers of the Mendicity So ciety now attended, with a large number of letters, supposed to be written by the prisoner, and sent from time to time to Lord J. Russell, Lcrd Eldon, Vis count Morpeth, the Marchioness of Londonderry, the Duke of Northumberland, and other noblemen and gentlemen, from many of whome he had received donations, at one time or another, during the past 12 months. It will be remembered that the prisoner was given into custody by Mr. It. W. Grey, M.P., who, suspecting his character, had caused the police to be in waiting to take him into custody, on a second application, at his house in Belgrave-square, and after receiving five shillings from the Hon. Gentleman. It appeared from the letters, all of which wore read in Court, that the prisoner had assumed different names, and dated them from different parts of London. It was amusing to observe the incongruity of these documents when read one after the other ; for, accord ing to them, the prisoner had been confined to his bed from a succession of broken legs and limbs, which occurred regularly every other week for a consider able length of time past, although dat;ng his applica tions for relief from the Commercial -road, from South wark, from Fenchurch-str ee t, an d o th er l oca liti es , equally distant from each other. The prisoner did not deny that he had written most of the letters produced, but adhered to his state ment in the one addressed to Mr. Grey, that he had suffered severely from the failure of a joint-stock bank in the north of England. Mr. JARDINE said he had taken care to have the whole of the letters produced recorded, in order that, on a future occasion, if the prisoner should ever be again detected in this kind of fraud, he might have the punishment he so well merited. At present his Worship regretted that, being a first conviction, he was only enabled to inflict the punishment of three months' hard labour, to which he then sentenced him. WESTMINSTER. James Savage and William Durant, respectively aged 16, were charged under the following circum stances : Mr. Lazenby, of Little Chelsea, said that on the previous afternoon he discovered from twelve to twenty boys in his gardens stealing fruit, and suc ceeded in capturing the prisoners. Not only bad the boys stolen an immense quantity of fruit, but they had split the trees in several places, and torn up a great number of artich - lres by the roots. Complainant produced an exceedingly large apple, apparently twelve or fourteen inches in circumference, and said that he had for fourteen. years, paid great attention to the culture of the tree upon which it grew. The apple now was not near so large as in all probability it would have been, and it was a source of much vexation to find that this tree had been en tirely demolished by the boys. Mr. BRODER'? observed that depredations of this sort were now carried on to so serious an extent, by organized gangs, that he should suggest the propriety of checking the offence by the employment of police constables in plain clothes in the neighbourhood of gardens. a oa r n d t s e n s n. uniform,A t pr e e a n the nt dtook the pnwatchedopportunity tunit y the of com mittingcon- stable was ife fa e spfs prop ow n p t ! c a ro l ny s, tsa that bb el es h dw i s e , as n and opthl plain e ne dt clothe,be s n c u r g i p bst the object wou ld h e effected. the off ence t h e momen t his b ac k was turne d . be r eaprotected,s well edressedl l The prisoners, who pretended that they went into the ground to get, their caps, which were thrown there by some other boys, were committed for two months each. WlSBEkelf, SEPT. 4.—We have a very small at tendance of growers here to-day. A few samples of new wheat are offering, and find buyers at last week's prices. A large supply would have met a good de mand on the same terms, and this remark applies to old as well. New oats fetch 10)1d. a stone for good mealing quality. LZEDI, SEPT. 7.—The arrivals of grain are mo derate this week. The weather continues fine for harvest. Wheat finds free sale at fully Friday's prices; the little new here goes off at extreme rates. Barley as before. Oats, shelling, and beans, without variation in price. WORSREET. Mr. Charles Clayton HIP-S , a fan T cy-soap manufucturar and wholesale perfumer in Fell-street, Cheapside, was brought up in custody of Holland, the warrant officer, charged with an ar avated assault upon Georgiana H os ki ns, a respectable and modest-looking young woman, sixteen years of age. The complainant stated, that feeling anxious to pro cure some respectable employment, she was recom mended to call at a linendraper's in Goswell-street road, to which she went on Monday evening ; but on communicating her errand she was informed by the owner that there was no vacancy in his establishment. She accordingly left, but had only gone a short dis • tance from the door when the defendant, who had been previously standing at the counter, apparently trans. THE SUN, LONDON, TRURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1847. acting business, but who had then taken no notice of her, suddenly came up, and representing himself as a commercial traveller for wholesale houses in the linendrapery business in the City, intimated that he should have no difficulty in furthering the object she had in view, as he had been requested by a large house in Shoreditch to procure for them several respectable young persons as assistants. After some further con versation, in the course of which he referred to seve ral respectable firms with which he was connected, she accompanied him to various shops where he had busi ness to transact ; at the conclusion of which he pro mised to introduce her to a person who would require her services. The defendant then asked her to ac company him to the house of a friend of his in the neighbourhood, where they would have every facility to complete the negotiation, and at which he would furnish her with his address, and conducted her to a house in what she had since ascertained to be a noto rious locality, called the Vinegar-ground. They were shown into a room, in which she was startled to find a bed, and the defendant almost immediately seized her, and, forcing her upon it, proceeded to acts of violence too gross to be described. She resisted to the utmost of her power, and screamed loudly for as sistance, when he told her that her cries were quite useless, for that if a policeman came he could readily escape, while she would be taken to the station. She, however, continued her screams and struggles, so as to prevent the completion of the offence, and at length succeeded in escaping into the street, in a state of ex treme terror, followed by the defendant, who made her promise to wait a few minutes, while he entered a jeweller's shop ; but the instant he had done so, she hastened to the house of a female friend in the City road, to whom she communicated the particulars of the outrage to which she had been subjected, and was protected home to her father, who subsequently went round to the shops she had indicated, and having there obtained the defendant's name and address, took out a warrant for his apprehension. Mrs. Jane Supple, the lady referred to, corrobo rated the latter part of the complainant's statement, and deposed that upon reaching her house the young woman was in a state of dreadful excitement, and her whole appearance denoted the ill-treatment to which she had been exposed. Mr. Vann was about to address the Magistrate on behalf of the defendant, when Mr. HAMMILL said that after the convincing evi dence he had heard, he felt it his duty to remand the defendant upon the charge, but would, in the mean• time, accept bail for his future appearance, which must be defendant himself in 2001., and two respon sible sureties in 1001. each, with 24 hours' notice to inquire into their sufficiency. SOUTHWARK. _ Edward Price, landlord of the Elephant and Castle beer-shop in the Kent-road, was charged with as saulting Mark Redman, under the following circum stances. _ _ . _ . The complainant, whose eye was blackened and swollen, stated that some days since he was induced to purchase a ticket in a sweepstakes for the St. Leger, held at the Elephant and Castle, in the Kent-road. He called there a few days ago to know the result of the draw, and the running horses, at which thile the defendant was in the bar, of whom he made the necessary inquiries. He (complainant) asked him if he was more fortunate in drawing a good horse this time than he had been on former occasions, and was answered that the Morse he had drawn was not amongst the starters, therefore, he had nothing to expect. Complainant made a remark, that although he had often expended money in the purchase of tickets, still he never got anything by it ; and added, that he thought there was a great deal of trickery and humbug about those things, and that he should take care and not throw away his money again on sweepstakes. The moment he made those remarks the defendant got into a passion, called him by an offensive epithet, and when he (complain ant) retorted, and said that he did not deserve the application bestowed upon him any more than the man who had uttered it, the defendant immediately struck him a violent blow on the face that made his nose bleed, and blackened one of his eyes; not con tented with this, he seized him by the shoulders, and was thrusting him out of the house, hut on seeing that he was bleeding, his assailant ashamed to eject him into the road in such a condition, permitted him to remain in the house until it stopped. The defendant, a very powerful man in comparison to the complainant, said the latter had exaggerated the facts—that when he entered the house, on being apprised that the horse he had drawn was not a starter, he became extremely abusive, and taunted the sweepstakes got up at his house as a regular piece of humbug, and insinuated that he had been choused out of his money. Such language was im proper, and he desired the complainant to quit the house if he could not behave himself, and he (de fendant) admitted that he was about to turn him out when he lifted up an umbrella, and made a strike at him with it, and he merely pushed him on one side, but declared that he did not strike him, or give him the black eye of which he complained. The defendant then called two witnesses who were drinking on the premises at the time to rebut the complainant's statement as to his having struck him, but they equivocated so much that the Magistrate re marked that he did not place any credence in their statements, but believed the main facts as described by the man who had been assaulted. Mr. COTTINGIIA M then said, that the conduct pur sued by the defendant, a strong and powerful man, in comparison to the complainant, reflected much dis grace upon him. He then inflicted a penalty of 40s. and costs on the defendant, and at the same time addressing the young man who had been assaulted, advised him in future to refrain from throwing away his money in the purchase of tickets on races. LAMBETH. Samuel Shepheard, 143 L, was brought before Mr. Elliott, by order of the Police Commissioners, on a charge of violation of duty. Police-sergeant Thomas Veness, 2 L, deposed that on Monday night the prisoner, after going on duty, had deserted from his beat, and on the following morning he, witness, took him in Tooley-street. Inspector Evans said that on Monday morning the prisoner, who had been about six months in the force, had been taken before the Commissioners, in Scot land-yard, and fined 2s. for being irregular. Mr. ELLiorr observed that the prisoner's conduct on the occasion was very gross. and his having been fined by the Commissioners on Monday morning, in stead of acting as a check or example to him, seemed to have a contrary effect. The Magistrate sentenced him to pay a penalty of 405., or, in default of pay ment, to be committed to prison for fourteen days. Charles Gibson Reggers, a journeyman baker, in the service of Mr. Marshall, of Loughborough-place, Brixton, was finally examined, and fully committed for trial on various charges of embezzling the moneys of his master. The statement of the prisoner was added to the depositions, by her own desire, and she signed it. The prosecutor, in answer to a question put by the magistrate, said there was not one word of truth in what the female prisoner had stated. The prisoners were then committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. THAMES. Two soldiers, named Joseph Stordy, a private in the Coldstream Guards, and Edward Darby, of the Grenadier Guards, surrendered before Mr. Yardley, on a charge of feloniously receiving a gold watch and appendages, value 30 guineas, the property of Mr. John Sercombe. The case has been repeatedly before the magistrate during the last three weeks, and every exertion has been made by the police to discover two women of the town, who first administered a noxious drug to the prosecutor, and rendered him insensible, and while he was in that state, plundered him of his watch and money. The exertions of the police to discover the women have proved unavailing. The prosecutor, who has been seriously indisposed since the robbery, could not attend till to-day, when the prisoners, in pursu ance of an order of the magistrate, were surrendered by the sergeants of their respective regiments. Mr. Sercombe, a middle-aged gentleman, stated that on the night of the 19th of August he was re turning home, after dining with some friends, when he met with two women opposite the National Gal lery, and went home with them to a court in the neighbourhood of Tothill-street, Westminster. He sent for some wine, and drank a few glasses with the females, and became very unwell. The two girls then mixed something in a tea-cup, which they assured him would do him good. He drank it off, and became insensible immediately. He had no farther recollection of what passed, and did not re cover from his stupor till the following morning, when he found himself alone in a room. His watch, and all his money, consisting of fourteen or fifteen sovereigns, and about 7s. 6d. in silver was gone. There was an old woman in the house, but he did not seen any other person. He left the house as soon as possible, and upon reaching the court he saw two soldiers, whom he firmly believed left the house next the one in which he passed the night in the court, and they ran away on seeing him approach. He gave immediate information of the robbery to the police. A gold watch, guard, and chain were produced and identified by Mr. Sercombe as his property. The value of the articles was thirty guineas. In answer to questions by the magistrate, Mr. Sercombe said he was satisfied a noxious drug was mixed in the tea-cup. It took immediate effect upon him. Mr. 'William Byas, pawnbroker, of No. 147, Rat cliff-highway, stated that on the evening of Thurs day, the 19th of August, the gold watch and chain just identified was brought to his shop, and Stordy asked 50s. upon it. He questioned the prisoner, who said his name was Hutchins, of St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross, that the watch was his own property, that he had had it in his possession 19 years, and that it had been left him by his father, who was in posses sion of it 55 years. Darby said, " You need not be afraid, Sir, I know the watch and guard-chain to be my comrade's property, and have seen it in his posses sion several years." Witness was not satisfied with the statements made by the two soldiers, and gave them into the custody of the police. Police-sergeant Covey, No. 7 11, stated that when he took the prisoners into custody, Stordy said the watch had been in his possession eight years, and that his father, who lived in Cumberland, had had it 15 years. Witness asked him who could prove that he had had the watch in his possession so long, and he referred to the other prisoner, who he said was his cousin. Darby confirmed all that Stordy said. Witness told them he was not satisfied, and he should lock them up on a charge of stealing the watch. Stordy then said, " tell you the truth—the watch was given me by two girls, and they are in a public house close by." Witness accompanied the prisoner to a great many public-houses, but he pretended he could not find the girls, and he locked him up again. On the following . morning Stordy said Darby gave him the watch to pawn before he went to the pawn office. Stordy, on being called on for his defence, said he was brought into the affair innocently. He knew nothing of the hocussing and robbery, and had never seen Mr. Sercombe before. He met two girls at Pimlico ' and they brought him and his comrade down to Ratcliff-highway, and asked them to pledge the watch. Darby made a similar defence. He was fetched away from his barracks by Stordy. He went out and saw the two girls, and he accompanied them to Rat cliff- high way. Mr. YARDLEY said a most serious robbery had been effected, and although the evidence did not go far enough to implicate the prisoners in stealing the pro perty, he should commit them to Newgate for trial, for feloniously receiving the watch and chain, they well knowing them to have been stolen. Hamilton Murray, who is well known in the dis trict as a broker, man in possession, and hanger-on at police courts, and the Whitechapel County Court, was brought up on remand, charged with fraud. It appeared in evidence that on the 12th of June last Mr. Pike, landlord of the Fox and Goose public- house, in Shakspere's-walk, Shadwell, went to the Whitechapel County Court, to take out a summons, and was accosted by the prisoner, who, on learning his business, said he would do it for him, and repre sented himself as the bailiff and officer of the Court. In adjournment took place to a neighbouring tavern, where the prisoner repeated, over a pot of ale, that he was the bailiff and authorised to take out summonses. lie procured some printed forms which were filled up with the names of plaintiff and defendant, and next day Mr. Pike had an interview with the prisoner at the Fox and Goose, and gave him 7s. 9d. for the purpose of taking out summonses, that sum being named by the prisoner as the fees payable when process was obtained. The prisoner at the same time received a written authority from Mr. Pike to take out money already paid into Court by one of the prosecutor's debtors. The prisoner signed a receipt for the money paid him by Mr. Pike, but he never took out any summonses, and Mr. Pike soon ascertained he was an impostor, and had been convicted of felony. Mr. Gregory, one of the bailiffs of the Whitechapel County Court, said the prisoner has no official ap pointment whatever, but was a mere hanger-on about the Court, and printed cautions had been posted warning suitors against the malpractices of such persons. Mr. Pelham made a defence to show Murray only represented himself as an agent. The prisoner was committed for trial. A well-dressed woman, named Mary Boyle, was charged with unlawfully knocking at the door and ringing the bell at the house of Mr. Stevens, soap manufacturer, in Dock-street, Whitechapel, near the new Mariners' Church. Mr. Gilbert, nephew of Mr. Stevens, stated that on Tuesday night the prisoner came to his uncle's house, in Dock-street, and said she wished to have an interview with Mr. Stevens. He refused to call his uncle, and desired the prisoner to quit the house instantly, which she declined doing, until he threat ened to give her into custody, when she left the place. About five minutes afterwards she returned to the house again, and rung the bell. She re peatedly asked for Mr. Stevens, and he told her he could not be seen. The prisoner peremptorily refused to leave until she had seen Mr. Stevens, and he was compelled to give her into the custody of a police constable. The prisoner, in defence, said she was a deeply injured woman. She was formerly servant to Mr. Stevens, and she lived under his protection for a series of years, and had borne him seven children, four of whom were now living. Mr. Stevens sup ported her, and behaved very well to her until within the last two months, when he abandoned her, and .she was thrown upon the wide world with her four children without any means of support. Mr. Ste vens had repeatedly made the most solemn pledges that he would always maintain her and her children, but at the instigation of others he repudiated her. She merely went to the house on Tuesday night for the purpose of having an interview with Mr. Stevens, and he was denied. She knew that Mr. Stevens was at home when she called, and that Mr. Gilbert denied him. Mr. Pelham, who was instructed to plead the cause of the woman at the bar, said the connexion which had so long subsisted between her and Mr. Stevens was well known to Mr. Gilbert, and put some ques tions to him. The witness stoutly denied that he knew anything whatever of any such connexion as that alluded to. He also swore that he was not aware that Mr. Stevens was by repute the father of the prisoner's children. He knew nothing about it. Mr. Pelham—Do you mean to swear that, Sir ? Mr. Gilbert—Yes, I do. Mr. Pelham then called Mr. John Jackson, a re spectable hatter, residing in Stepney, nearly opposite the Court, who said he kne w all the circumstances of the affair, and the prisoner stated that which was perfectly true, and Mr. G ilbert was cognizant of all the facts. He had endeavoured to obtain something like justice at the hands of Mr. Stevens, and had communicated, in the most delicate manner, with some members of his family, to avoid exposure, but without success. Mr. Stevens was reported to be worth 30,0001. to 40,0001., and would not support his children. The prisoner had endured great distress and anguish of mind for several weeks past, and she was in possession of fifty pawnbrokers duplicates re lating to property she had pawned to maintain herself and four boys. Mr. YARDLEY was satisfied that Mr. Gilbert knew more than he thought proper to divulge. When people came into a court of justice, they were bound to tell the whole truth. He then pressed Mr. Gilbert very closely, and he extracted from him that he was aware of his uncle's connexion with the prisoner, and HOP INTELLIGENCE. ALTON AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, SEPT. 7.—Hop picking has partially commenced in Alton and the country districts, and will be very general next week. We shall be able to speak with more certainty of the prospects of crops in our next report. BRENCHLEY.—The cold nights of the past week have greatly retarded the growing out of the hops, and the planters' estimate of last week cannot be realised. We have had a white frost, which has tinged some to a brownish colour, and caused a kind of pre mature ripeness. Picking partially commenced yes terday. Mr. Samuel Bates has received from his hop-factors (Messrs. Doggett and Harryman) an ex cellent gold-laced hat, as a prize for his first new pocket sent to London market this year, CRANEROOK.—The ungenial state of the weather we have experienced for the last few days has mate rially retarded the progress of the hop towards per fection, and we find on the most minute examination into some plantations, combined with an extensive inquiry among those who have been hitherto consi dered good judges of the plant, that we shall not grow so many, by a considerable quantity, as we did last season. DARLINGTON AND ASIIBURNHAM.—The crop in these parishes will come down short ; it being esti mated at less than two-thirds of last year. IGHTHAM AND SEAL.—The hops have certainly gone back the last few weeks, but some few grounds, where the bine was backward, in the damp situa tions, are still in a flourishing state; but upon the whole they cannot grow what was expected some weeks ago. MAIDSTONE.—The hops have not made that pro gress which could be desired, yet most of the plan tations are doing well. The weather has kept them back from coming to perfection. It is to be hoped the planters will not begin picking too soon. Next Monday appears to be the day fixed for general be ginning. OFFHAM.—Our hops will be good in quality, but the parish will certainly not average more than two thirds of the growth of last year. TESTON, WATERINGBURY, MEREWORTH, 84c.—The hops have been sadly injured by the cold nights, both as to quality and fitness for picking ; and the general observation is, the hops want picking but are not ready. The picking will be delayed a week or ten days in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather, and it is very plain that the crop will fall short of what was generally expected a fort night since. TICHHURST.—A succession of cold weather having stopped the growing of the hops, many of the back ward sorts will be small. Picking in this neighbour hood will partially commence about the Bth or 9th instant, and generally in the following week. YALDlNG.—Picking was begun here by two or three planters yesterday, and will be general by the end of the week. The mould is progressing rapidly in some ground.—Maidstone Gazette. BATTLE.—The hops appear very good in quality, but the quantity will be something less than last year's growth, the atmospheric change from warm to cold having produced such a state of stagnancy among them they will not do much more in respect to size. Fifteen cwt. to the acre will be a first-rate crop ; but they appear well equalised; or every planter will get a quantity proportionate to the culture and richness of his lands. BILEDE.—The hops in this parish, excepting some gardens, have very much improved, and look well and healthy. There is every appearance at present to grow nearly as many as last year. Picking will com mence in about a week. BRIGHTLING.-Our report this week upon the hops is changed. The very singular weather we have had during the week, cold, hot, windy, and rainy, has retarded the progress of the hops in this parish. The rust is coming on, and some kind of insect making great ravage among them, giving but a faint prospect of improvement ; therefore the thought of growing as many as last year must be done away with, and the duty must come down. Several Ns ill begin picking before next week is out. . . . _ BURWASII. — The past week has been a most un genial one for the hops. Even in the best plan tations they have made, apparently, no progress at all. " They are going back ; they really seem every day to get smaller instead of larger ; in many gar dens they are going off too, getting brown, and in some places mouldy," Such is the tale told now by almost every planter. Report Teaks of the same being the case in many parts of Kent. Picking will commence here in a few days, and will be general in about a week. Elyruoaximv.—The din of preparation among our hop-growers is now actively going on for the ap proaching picking, which will, hereabouts, be pretty general before the close of the present week. The late hard frosts have been anything but favourable to their ripening well. FARNHAM.—Some of our planters have com menced picking, and they quite answer their expec tations. I think it will not become general till the latter end of the week, as those groands which were much blighted are considerably backwarder than those more favoured. Our duty is estimated at 5,500/. FLETCIIING.—Hop-picking will commence pretty generall7 in this parish in the course of the ensuing week. the hops are small, and scarcely an average crop. HURSTGREEN.—The high winds and cold nights of this last week have considerably injured the hops in this neighbourhood. Some grounds do not took so flourishing or so good a colour as they did a week ago. The hop-picking will commence this week. MATFIELD.—The hops have improved but little during the past week. The weather has been very cold during several nights pasts, attended with frost. The picking will become general this week, and the crop will fall very far short of last year's produce. INEwlcK.—Our hops continue to look well, and p ir commence oa i ncukdr hopngnog groundse d n o e u r b al t l , y waabo utshalli lthe looking will we prod uce more upon an average than last year. fai re r - r crop and a good sample. W e expect picking will ma N rkabl i y EL w D erl, co mmence in some gardens thi s wee k. NORTH im.--The hops ha ve much improved, and are now ripening fast. The picking commence the latter end of this week, and will become general by the middle of the week following. ROTHERPIELD.—The hops in some gardens in this f n e e c i t g i o h n b o u w r h h i o c o h d h w a as v e n a n o t t c a i r p r a a t e e d d , a t v h i n a t g. s b t a e t e e n o f s e p i s e e r with mould. Picking, in some instances, has com menced, and will become general by the middle of the week. TusnainGs.—We perceive a slight change in some grounds, which are not looking so bright ; we hear the mould is making its appearance. Notwithstand ing, our hops generally are getting into good condi tion, andj if the weather continues favourable, will come down well. UCILFIELD.—Our hops have not been doing much to boast of during the past week—the cold winds and frosty nights will prevent their growing much more, notwithstanding, we shall grow a good crop at last, e aobhbeuaeilvten.vint Adgo The so commence Hhuneuedge Rgni cold majority uao. s e considering the blight we have had. Picking will t f o e% t v he d d ay u s ty , w . hen we shall be better dh O psai u nni :doe Picking unkindly thiskrpeoislpnaisdsnityr willef report or rbtt d eh; i e s s ttmhrhiaeCol atmosphere tct nothaveomoscompared rah r n eoer o wde t will with last y e a r . ci commence about the 9th inst. An esteemed correspondent of considerable authority on the subject on which he writes, has kindly forwarded us the following analysis of the amount at present cal culated as the probable duty. Ile estimates the seve ral districts as under — Kent ••• ... £127,000 Sussex ..• ••• ••• 51,000 Worcester ... •.• 4,500 6,500 Farnham. 1,000 Kingdom £190,009 —Sussex Advertiser. WANDS WORTH. Thomas Simpson, alias Swansey, a powerfully-made man, about 22 years of age, and Mary Green, were finally examined before Mr. Beadon, upon a charge of robbery, committed in Battersea-fields, under very aggravated circumstances. The evidence taken in the case was very lengthy, but the brief facts were these :—On Saturday night, the 21st ult., about nine o'clock, Alfred Lainson, the prosecutor, who is a joiner employed at Cubitt's, Thames-bank, was walking from Nine-elms to Bat tersea-bridge, and had got some distance across the fields, when the female prisoner came up and accosted him. He told her he wanted to have no conversation with her, and passed on. After walking a few yards, he was 'stopped by the male prisoner, who said, " You've been with my wife all the evening, and I'll punch your head if you don't give me something.' The prosecutor, believing he would carry his threats into execution, ran off; followed by the prisoner and a large fere.cious dog, which the prisoner continued to excite, by calling out, " Seize him" —bite him." A s prosecutor was trying to clear a mound, he . fell down. Ile then heard the prisoner whistle, and almost instantly he was surrounded by l.co or 12 men, to whom the prisoner addressed himself% saying, the prosecutor had taken liberties with his wife. The prisoner and the other men demanded money. Prosecutor asked them to accompany him to a public-house, and he would treat them to whateve r they liked. The men, however, would not go, but said it was money they wanted, and they should have it before he left them. One of the party sounded his waistcoat pockets, and pro secutor took out all the silver that was in them, which amounted to 4s. 6c1., and gave it to the male prisoner, who divided it. ''he prisoner then told the prosecutor to be off, and nevi rr l llto come there any more. Pro secutor added that he took no liberties with the female prisoner n'r any other woman. Police-consta'Ekle Birt, 95 V, 'proved apprehending the prisoner Si inpson in the Wandsworth-road, on Thursday last ; :he informed him of the nature of the charge !against him, when he denied being in Bat tersea-fields on that evening. Police-constv frale Wallis, 298 V, said he appre hended the fem sle prisoner on Friday night last; at first she denied all knowledge of the prisoner Simpson, but afterwards :acknowledged that she knew him, and cohabited with him. The male 1 irisoner denied having threatened the prosecutor or ebbed him. The female prisoner entered into a long statement the effect of wfaich was to charge the prosecutor with having met I - tei • in the fields, treated her, and then given her mono •y; that she walked with him about the fields some tire, when he made improper proposals to her, and she s l c dining to accede to them, he demanded his money ba.: k, which she refused to give him ; that he struck and she called out " Help," when Simpson cal ne up and called the prosecutor a good for-nothing scoundrel who then walked off, and she afterward s treated Simpson for prote ctin g She added that are met the prosecutor on the following Tuesday, al sd because she would not submit to his wishes, he r, if.id he would do for her and her man. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE GLASGOW,- PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK. The half-yearly" Meeting of this company was held on Monday at Greenock, Mr. J. Tasker in the chair, The secretary read the report, which stated that there was a steady progressive increase in both the pas senger and goods traffic; that the divisible balance for the half-year was 16,0151.; the directors, there fore, recommended that, after providing for the interest on loans, and the dividend of 6 per cent. on the preference shares, a dividend of 7s. 6d. per share on the 251. shares, and 3s. 9d. per share on the 121. 10s. shares, be declared payable on the 17th inst. Owing to the state of the money market, the directors considered it expedient, on advising with the Cale donian Company, to make a second call of 30s. per share on the preference shares. The increased rate of interest on these shares, as well as on the loans ob tained by the company, prevented a larger dividend being then declared. Their Bill for amalgamation with the Caledonian Company, after a severe struggle, had obtained the sanction of the 1 Legislature ; but the full advantages to be derived from it would not come ,into operation until the Caledonian Railway is open throughout, which may probably take place in the ensuing spring. The Bill for the diversion of the Glasgow and Ardrossan Canal near the goods station at Glasgow was allowed to pass unopposed, by which a better junction could be made with the Caledonian and Barrhead Railways, and also giving an opportunity to enlarge the goods station, when necessary, on their own land. The Bills for branches to the harbour at Port Glasgow and for a junction with the Ayr near Paisley had been sus pended until the next session. The directors regret that the Bill promoted by this company for branches to the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston and the Glasgow and Lesmahagow Railways was thrown out in favour of the Bill for the competing line promoted by the Glasgow and Ayr Company, which had been also suspended till next session. The Bill introduced by the latter company for the extension of the Bridge of Weir Railway to Port Glasgow and Largs had been thrown out in consequence of the opposi tion given to it by the directors of this company. It stated that on the recent occasion of her Majesty's visit to the Clyde, upwards of 50,000 passengers were safely conveyed along the line in the course of two days. The capital account showed that 793,890/. had been received, and 838,964/. expended, leaving a balance against the company of 45,0741. The revenue ac count for the half-year ending the 30th of June stated that 31,2961. had been received, and 15,2811. ex pended, leaving a profit of 16,0151., of which 6,7811. was disposed of for interest on loans, 7,5001. for divi dends on the whole and half shares, and 1,6181. for interest on the preference shares, leaving a balance of 6161. for the next account. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on the fact of their having had no accident, notwith standing the number of passengers who had passed over the line. He stated that 36,350 passengers passed along the line on the day the Queen was ex pected—namely, the 16th of August; that they had been much indebted to the Glasgow and Ayr Com pany for the assistance they had given them on that day. They were also indebted to their own servants for the activity and zeal manifested by them on that occasion. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was seconded, and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. PRIZE MoNEY.—Tuesday's Gazelle gives notice to the officers and company of her Majesty's sloop Panta loon, E. Wilson, commander, that an account of the tonnage bounties for a vessel, name unknown, supposed to be the Frederico, run on shore and lost on the 10th June, 1845, will be deposited in the registry of the Ad miralty on the 31st instant. A second notice is given that an account of the proceeds of the hull and stores of the brigantine Legeira, captured by the Penelope on 30th September, 1845, and of the tonnage bounty granted for the said capture, will be delivered into the registry of the Admiralty on the 17th instant. Notice is also given that an account of the proceeds of the hull, stores, and cargo of the steam-vessel Cacique, captured by the Penelope on 26th September, 1845, also of the tonnage bounty granted for the said capture, will be de livered into the registry of the Admiralty also on the 17th instant. THE DISAPPOINTED DUHES.—Testimonials to va rious rejected candidates at the late election are in course of being raised by subscription. Really those proceed ings remind us of the custom of assuaging infant sorrows with comfits. There is one class, however, of electioneer ing little sufferers that has lor!en left utterly disconsolate. We allude to the noble dukes and lords, whose hopes of returning their nominees have been blighted. Is there nobody who will give the Duke of Beaufort somethin; nice to comfort him under his defeat in the return of Lord Granville Somerset at Monmouth? Has no kind constituency a sweatmeat for the Duke of Northumber land, to take away the taste of bitterness which he must experience from the rejection of his nephew, Lord Lo vaine? Then there is Lord Fitehardinge too, who has lost his puppet, and has been beaten by his brother Grantley Berkeley. Are there no g ood souls in West Gloucestershire who will find a toy to make his Lordship amends? Are all these poor noblemen to be left, unpitied, to bite the thumb of discontent?—Punch. A DUTIFUL SON.—The Minister of War has directed to be inscribed in the orderly book of each re giment of the army the following instance of meritorious conduct of M. Goecke, leader of the band of the 52d of the line. Goecke, at the public sitting of the French Academy, held on 22d July last, was presented with a Monthyon medal of Looor. for bis virtuous conduct. Goecke was an enfant de troupe of the sth of the line. He studied music, and as soon as he could derive from it any emolument, ho devoted the whole to the relief of his father and mother and nine brothers and sisters. Having at length become leader of the band of the 52d, he sent to his father the whole of his first month's pay, and has ever since remitted the greater portion of his earnings. When his father, who was one of the band of the sth, died, leaving the rest of his family destitute, Goecke, being then only twenty-two years of age, took the charge of all of them, and gave education to his brothers. RAILWAY TRAVELLING. —Thursday and Friday last being Dundee latter fair, the Dundee and Perth Railway brought up vast numbers of operatives on both days; one train of thirty carriages containing about 800 individuals. Our streets on Friday were as much thronged as upon a leading market, and we regret to have to add that much inebriety characterised the occasion. In contrast with the above, in some respects, we may observe that on Tuesday forenoon the pupils of the Charity and Industrial Schools of Perth, and those of the Industrial and Ragged Schools of Dundee, walked in procession through , the principal streets of the city, headed by their masters and matrons, to the number of about 200. The pupils walked two abreast, and although the files were pretty close on one another, the line extended the whole length of St. John's-street, in which we saw them. It was a ♦ery interesting sight. Each carried a tin bowl with a penny loaf in it, cut up and intersliced with ham or salt beet'. Though meanly clad they were remarkably clean, and most of them looking healthy. Their demeanour was most decorous. We understand the Dundee and Perth Railway Cempany gave them a cheap trip.—Perthshire Courier. Cunious CALCULATION.--Talking of calculation, I heard the following one at Rome, and I consider it curious. To find the year in which a new Pope will die, take the number of the Pope's name, add to this the number of the name of his predecessor ; to the sam of these two numbers add ten; and the result will give the year sought. Thus : Pius VII. succeeded Pius VI. ; well-6 f 7 t 10=23 : Pius VII. died in 1823. lEm succeeded Leo XII. ; 7 t 12 t 10=29 : Leo XII. died in 1829. The next Pope was Pius VIII. ; 12 t 8 t 10=30: Pius VIII. died in 1830. The calculation failed in the case of Gregory XVI., who should have died in 1834, but lived till 1846. But there it is re markable, that one step farther back, by taking in the number of Leo XIL makes all right :-16 f 8 t 12 f 10-46. The rule will not apply to the present Pope, whether m o take one or two immediate predecessors, as the year given in either case is past (1824 and 1842). But if we give him three (Leo XII., Pius VIII., and Gregory XVI.), we are then brought to the year 1855, and Pius IX. has eight years yet before him, to fulfil the high mission with which he appears to be entrusted, of setting the Vatican clock to the time of the nineteenth century.—Dublin University Magazine. FALL OF Two HOUSES.—Yesterday evening, about six o'clock, an alarming occurrence, nearly attended with coannrdotwhh a ena .du s s e otb r rre i et o ehe u nt ,ss condemned ooef. m o t f nhl ee l t i d f a e cp , bopyu h era a tt hr p ee p hd e aa n dt nh e ndabot become n aornma D c nee g u d eu l roe dilapidated. D f uey-court, o o Tu u s r he t es , owner gave the occupiers notice to quit, and even warned them of their hthraeetmeer l danger osu ti out. Three they r ema i ne d, but, with the four,T remained,nonehr ee themheofus andhouses, defied, from m u pre vailed upon to quit. Even wh en the windows o we o re h d h e c h autho ritiesr thee re moved, exception oved t th t u eo r fi n ntm occupants had departed were about to be pulled down, and workmen were engaged yesterday in the work of demolition. A few hours after they had left off, two houses, numbered 19 and 20, suddenly fell with a tre mendous crash. The parties in the court at the time narrowly escaped with their lives, and a little girl was literally buried in the ruins, but fortunately received no injury. Some of the other residents, when they wit nessed the accident, became alarmed for their safety, and forthwith commenced preparing for removal. PROPOSED REDUCTION OF WAGES. The mill owners of Mossley and the neighbourhood have re gpetrheceisn-at.gesTohfisthdeetoepremraintiavteiosnpionfntehres in l their u p e o m n p l r o e y d u t c e i n n manufacturers was made known to the work-people on Friday evening, by the following note, which was posted up in each mill :—" Notice—On and after the 17th of September, instant, a reduction of ten per cent. will take place in the wages of the spinners in our employ." This step has given much dissatisfaction to the operatives. who wished to work shorter time rather than be reduced. —Manchester Guardian. _ . . Duringthe s- ia;CnCinth there were brought into the markets of Sceaux and Paris 13,152 oxen, 2,390 cows, 6,701 cal ves , an d 94,611 s h e ep. During the month ofAugust, 1846, the numbers were-11,723 oxen, 2,680 cows, 5,106 calves, and 112,276 sheep. The average price r beef up t o the present period of 1847 had been lf. 3 c. theOkilogramme, and during the same period in 1546 was If. 9c. the kilogramme. believed she called at his residence to ask bin' f ' some money for the support of the children. Mr. YARDLEY said comment in this case Would to superfluous. The prisoner was acquitted, ant a r as t he Mr. Gilbert, he deserved t o be prosecute gross perjury he had committed. ---=------- _ ROBBERIES IN GRAVESEND' 1 Gravesend has been for som e time infested bylnu, titudes of thieves, who commit robberies inninge It . time under the very nose s of the police. Du 7, : last week several depreda tions were very coolly per , petrated, and the inhabitant s cry aloud 30. 0 t h e ~ Corporation for not stirring up the police, or, as 0 . t detachment of the force located in this district 0. called, " the fine-weather blue coats," to w ake s rits exertion for the protection of their propertY . f 0 s following instances, select ed indiscriminately r° 46 , number of robberies, will g i ve some notion of the ' cacy of the system of police at Gravesend. s le ft The hall-door of a house in Parrock-street was open by a servant one day last week, suci, with long walked a tall, genteel-lookingi fellow, w't'tiarrger cloak ; upon the servant's return she met the s what b e coming down stairs, and upon asking him %Dirt. had been about, was told that he called to visi t ~o e rl Ellis, who lodged their formerly. The girl Etc .. % iog him at once of,being a thief, and insisted upon pa ucal what he had under his cloak. The loud conve room roused the lady of the house, and -when shliroad the cause of the disturbance, the visitor tar n b e r to ed t ° and in the most courteous manner appeal _nt,0,130 protect him from the insolence of her Ise r". 00 be had the audacity to accuse him of theft, be c r s ay re. had made a very common mistake. T he 00 10 1 / buked the girl, who, however, persevered 5 01 ,1,A il lto in the . charge, that the gentleman wa s setsi ip h i, an irresistible desire to take to his heels, and - fl ed di tto . flight dropped a valuable dress. It afterwg,_ most, out that the dress was flung down to iroPeT•urrid that for upon examination of the room it was _ . „„ w d, lie a considerable quantity of plate had disaPPeP' i escaped. dere° Q ., plua a , A market-gardener, named Amos, iii i ; - _,a i n to 1 by two well-dressed ruffians, who 'iv s'retepee 0 back parlour of his house, under thebPort ticae to writing a letter. They contrived in a s in o f 0 00 0 i, break open a drawer in which WAS a su ove d, bf the which they appropriated, after Wing P g r u i a z Loncl °P plan they adopted, that they w ere re Id "family men." t0.,•0 a few days' 0 Several houses were robbed Is r " -1 laundless whe on Saturday, about seven o'clock, n le s' robbed of a large box of valuable linen, f Mr. g was delivering some clothes at the house ° Gough, of Harmer-street. thst the It will be seen from the above staternent .. 0 well police of Gravesend are not organized q uite tee t he as those from whom they are employ.---"A 1 13 . 0 ecl ° ga ngg t public. It is believed that thew ell-disciPl_ Aitieren. of thieves are located with their parts of the town, that they diligentiti the r e ' families r ;wire s knowledge of the habits and circumstances '''..'n their spectable inhabitants, and that they follo, i'ell'io9 so information with the rapid movernent il l ; the host long distinguished and enriched some °' clever thieves in the metropolis. ;o;:az=a;;=,=6;;Gagrtja I S. RAILWAY SHA.RE MI Oar BRISTOL, SErrEanas„B 1 A nd zp.••• STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--oristo .0.4,2 10, New, IA dis. -GreatWeste n„,'Fifths 25--Ditte,„?'' cf •• le short! Midland, New, 5 p.-Ditto, New, 2',' P.--1'4,-„N s 7go ' . • d s,, sau 28-York, Newcastle, and Berwic! Extenlfti;eivcas.„,"-fefsr• a ß n e d rw N ic e k w;a 3 s4lo p ,.4l: p.-Ditto, ditto, N ° ' "- ,- Y-ilia d ''- bitto (Great North of Dm , ence), 3A p. ~,. tijOr LIVERPOOL, Stu-To/00 9 ' , s te --,° er off STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are 'Oh l „, ham, and Yorkshire 1 5 ' dis.-Bolton, Blackburaatro), 1 1 0 5 and West ,A3Preference (6 per cen t. lijing r)l3 ...' -Lancashire and Yorkshire, FifthsKlate West its. 3 j, f' . o4 _5l is.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, cor fers , 00 0 London and North- Western ' , 164 1 ,i- 4)1 , 1 ,3' she • C A P V °I ' p.- Ditto, New Quarters, 8 3 A p•-Ditto, .I''''' - b i re sa‘•,, of and Manchester), 23 p.-Mar:chester, She'' e 3 , 'di& of colnshire (late Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 3 / ... sortl i pry f - ord l s i i ci ii l r a e n , d Stock, 1161/.2 -Ditto, Halves , 2 q trbesbire' 4 ference (gap.-Shrewsburv, Oswestry, aauti;foteraaw... 8 per cent,), 215 p.--"S°o,lldis ), 14,' 5t4 Dover, ITo. 4 (issued as Third shares, at 6 3 -0 s oro s, York, Newcastle and Berwick (N. and B. 12 . "( p.-Dublin Junction, 14 dis. o hviames,tern,,A berai l I ' ifrs l ],o and Eas - t E e TS rn TheE Ju sil n i c aS t s i: a u rr-711768d0.ii.t;:j:; ham and Boston, New, Junction, 6 7-16 IN- Lonclo o d 1300,er ham), Q ua Preference Alli a nce, ( 1 g 1 ; ter, Sheffield rers (13) ' 5 p.-Ditto, ditto (0 , `i . ,9 . 6 IN 4 ,1 1 , 4 tewa,nB:Lii icn.copi.n-sbDirite,tor(r3eitaenrectibce:te;:a.Dib.,g,,oot: , Southampton, IN dis.-17NcEseltrtille).w:Str5npfs1:11/ cheste and Chest a e m r, p -O r ld a h ad LEEDS, S la6r. Bdpis'e ffiar ham, and Boston, 30s. 6d. die. - East STOCK EXCHANGE.-Th lIPTS3I° Atnue..-1" 2 1 ' ''' sf Great Northern, 3:Y 4 dis.- Huddersfield an d T -r /4 „ a ion) , 13i ktr, -Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding 71 Thins 0 die.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 10 p•--Leeds a ll is locl‘' e ll' ference, 165. 6d. dis.-Machetter., Buz and ~ / 4, 1 I,inc - if sli cf Midlad, 265. die.-Manchester, Sheffield. °A i i f shire, Preference, ls. 6d. p.-Micliand (rsle'i,Setioj, guar. 6 per cent), 934 P.--Newcastle and Be ll di PP is- s. p.-North British, Thirds, 153. 6d. p.--1 0 shire, 21. as. 6d. p.-North-Western, 595. dis. STOCK ExcIiSAIXEGFE.FIETteDs'aISer arE3le-BLEsidefierpoeliittletioti:va'll::: Midland, 18s. 6d. dis.-Manchester, colnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 9 1 4 dis• d i f ,..-:',3 ,1, Shares, 3% die.-Ditto, 121. 10s. Shares, 49. ....„0 1 ;11 (Sheffield and Lincoln), Preference, 45. 6 ,1. I' o /of New, 21 4 p.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick (la , jjj i p. and Berwick), 3 1 4 p.to (G. Pircha3o), ottioi; HULL, Surrabossa -- „ ro de, `,. 01 0 _,,' STOCK EXCHANGE,-The sales are-,Attl.''''i Woo p, - ham, and Boston, 218.-Manchester and Leed o ;„,, 5.4)1 Union), 12s. dis.-North British, Quarterssds (11" Ditto, Extension (scrip), Is. 6d. p.--D itt ' 355.-North Western, 595. dis. C. int. STOCK EXCI n 7. 3 5/. Or ANGE.EDINBURGH, SErrgo.-- den, 61 , , Airdrie and Bathgate - , 31./.heOsa.ales birerthA,bl'ile,irdnifblf,„slllo2o6:l°: -Ditto, Halves, 14/. 10s. -Ayr and u 5, ""4,..-idv." 10g.„ Caledonian, 32/. 155.-Di evi, !" ~fioo, , '", 1 1 .,qi and Dumbartonshire, 10s. Clydedale Ju li e ,' pend,'"„' 1, ~, Deeside, 31. 55.-Dunblan-e, Donne. an d .-;/. d or, ,t' - '3l. ',„ - ,1 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 39/.--Ditt9; New' Dan de s "'', 105.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 32/.-Ditto Nal; .....-Dal Qt r , -Dundee and Northern Junction, : 11 .; ' l.- ti... -I ? i ,; e°t .s l.-3 Perth, 341. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 181. 1,...?'„t yotb 4l ,,,,fgh .-, tors, 31. ss. 6d.-East of Fife, 41. 55.----'°----EJ111"0- orte''' 1/. 135.-Edinburgh and Bathgate. „ us ..-- „ Ditto , / 80 56 ' Ditto , ''' Yr ? Glasgow, 601.-Ditto, Halves, 181. . ' law" - , 1 ,0 3,, f l4l. 155.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantol3l,eorter 'O, I „ , Tence, 201.-Ditto, New, 31. 195.--DitiTitto, Sala iP ei , Edinburgh and Northern, 191. 17s. 6.-1• So'' , tts il ic, itto, Newport, 61. 135.-Ditto, ditto, .....Ditts; t $ , 10 4 1 , Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.) , I L s n s 'itts , _, ; ' ie e. , l ''', o k 5 5..6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1101.--;;,,,, /11 11- : I, ' i e - gf . 42/, 10s.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 81. 55.---I''',li, 8 1 . ' o il v eil , 10/. 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carl'...o; Gene it'leil'l, Glasgow and Garnkirk, 391. ex div.--61r1---Ditt%o',,;i, minus, 11/. 155.-Glasgow and Greenock, 4 „....0 1 7.ec0 0 ,i, n 9 i l. ar l n 2 o s e . k,6d.n-dDitto,rols'sraenfe, re n e, /. 3 . v ij o rtb I: ' 2 1 * .:;0+ 3/. 156,--Greac rthe rn?; 01 1,- / 1/. 125.-Great Northern (late Direct M s o rt 5 1, i 5.,, 301.-Ditto, t u t o a , r t era Halves, New s I ( 3 a I c . r i p l ) 5 , -Ditto (late London and Yorlqz 1 1 . 55(carter* lb i f isa e,-vitto, Oil: r d.* sco l o . -Ditto, Fifths, 6/. 2s. 6d.-Scot D ee it n tt°;a r l ' 1 2 6 15 ' 1 7 0°31 f% Grand unction, 195.-Scottish Midland, I,:stri, 110$001,y, bury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewsbury, and Newcastle, Midland, a and °lvi 4/. i lt.-, ' l' 'l ' terlos.-Stirling and Dunfetraline, 47 i, 10' so.,j (1 Berwick, 1-4/.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 81. 25. 6d--Diran < O O ou° GresVorto ' Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian, ls. 6,1 . -- 2s. 6d.-Great Southern 0f13139a1d-raps, aw and Coltness, , osiostif 5..,, iits.to9, :: norPidirro OP and Arcot, Is. ad. 0 011° of GLASGOW, SErTOI/I'2:er. an d o d -V 0 , STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales ar------, r z OO P i We, 495. 6d.-Caledonian, New, 245. 6d.----,---eQuarter; ~itto bartonshire, 12s. ad.-Dundee and Per0t.,..10 '51,,,""p. -Edinburgh and Perth, 295. 6c1.-Dittor 0, ne t 81. o r gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 11 01 / 4 el" air C 51 1.15 ne1165 / (40/. Shares), 43i.-Glasgow, Dumfries, it0..5.-- 0, 6 or . -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossaer 1 e h ' , TO 03 4 0 ., and Southampton, 18s• 3d..-North Brte!e/osstrie' S w c i e c t k ti ( sh G. G N ra . l . Jpuurchanctio.n, 10s.-Yorlr, 1 ... ,of 'del l " , The Right Hon. Henry ---------- 8 ~,..e9l, 004 the Board of Trade, arrived in O wn t lire . ing, from his seat, Stowey, Sornerse Laboucher :st.Leridoi ; to,: If eooo o j .Rnt On iett t t ivhh h h.. e e ee 1H565 : t t tut. h h hhi nT i i iefni n nrunse s sssty t tht. .. :,,, Hecker, :E3a a atis t tlss.l.ll, offgiu ll b e f.nu l a - r ati :ti v. 2 '' s os, : i 13 1 d : i.O3: P . : eSbt gearo9l wee of ::: ef I 51; 1 6 IT : a 7 0 1 ; 1 1 1 ------""''...---------Clie wita ° f Cie lady of ‘.1 4, Snow. of a daughter. e the On the 7th inst. at Blackheath -terra I Lady Arril C. Ingram, of a son. qua's' - ae ° On the 7th inst., at Cambridge-54-1 ' AOf of a son. On the 7th inst., at Tunbrid he lavi Kennet Pollock, Esq., of a daugh t e r . ge.wells, t On the dth inst., at Liverpoo,, jil libeie' ti . JEa.s eq inqu .. ea „ soi t rf o G, Lodudcarerdt,i,aEWsgainwrAfiglhtil, lejCldiles.Wt Cillaillgulbtiler4t:)? tilelli t/ e i S Golden-square, 'A i fi 't ' On th c e E e 7 s y q t l ll o n in s t t . o , a c t a ll e a r ry i nlee boAnnenCigh n o r cyb, Froderl alit° It'Strw-ii G to c is On the 7th ins t. . the Bavarian Chipe'lgtflidrotiiClitlet :I s ° t 1:0 daughter ofthe evre y square, Ll' at il n William Alosty'o, late Henry 31ostftl, Big.' Of ' il" county of Monmouth. ford row, ___..-------- , DIED. the MO °dd n hreo t r h w. ie7rnhomas Docker, Esq. brother•in-law, injgoseopfhtTbeholtphsoinn,stE.,s( .115'0.iistsetioott.ter Thomas, the late agEeldizsable.th Sophia, youngest surviviag tt P *id On on tthhee3d6tihnsintl.a,t Malvern-p:teellasd,,Pti. Sa.ryL,evesife,of D{ t• 4f ha rrlid"' Scott Peckham, P t On otlfieth6ethlaitnesFt.., itt, t ili C k li i f i t e o v n: E te s r q r . ace,Notting---1, A relict ; b Wi liir eheek6htahmi,nEsts.q, .a,ta:eldo-r7dsen. -colts!, Oreerivbc- I .t, -str l/ ' On the 15th inst., Miss Sophia Francis, Islington. iviti blifil ' On the 6th inst., Edward, brother of Sir John 5,, i, Bart., of Capheaton, Newcsstle-upon-Tyne, APd 8. COI On the 6th in. at Hesthorpe, Doneastar, ~ea, ~ youngest son of Captain and Mrs. Frank Banasden, l'Aie On the 6th inst.. at Hornsey, S h'a relict of ' , , op hi a, Moreton, Esq., aged 92. , i o Sol t°. On the 6th inst., e Rev. William Pearson, La-4. "of Clondeslei e of South Kilworth, Leicestershire, aged 81, i lt ' ; ° 3 ll nd : 40. 01 1 01 Printer,p r ited ~ , ,T„ ; , , ,,r us b u i in s ho e f fid eboy. No 112. ud• , Agy. O of the SeTDy. tbe Comity of Middlosof. its4T. ~. +~