The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. - - FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The Paris papers, which we have just received, bring us the report of the trial and the sen tence of the now notorious Beauvallon. We need not remind our readers that this man escaped a capital conviction on the charge of murder, and that on the recent trial of his accomplice for the perjury by which such impunity had been secured, he ren dered himself again amenable to the law by returning with abundant interest the false swearing which had been so serviceable to himself. Nearly two months have elapsed since this occurrence, and it having been ascertained in the interval, by the preliminary inquiry which in France supersedes the forms of our grand juries, that a sufficient case existed far the prosecu tion, the prisoner on Friday last was brought to the bar of the Court of Assize to plead to the charge against him. We must beg of our readers to observe the methods by which, in France, a person moving in distinguished literary society, and professing to cor rect and inform public opinion, endeavours to exempt himself from an inculpation, alleging that he had been swearing and suborning false oaths in order to shield himself from the penalties of murder. We will not trouble ourselves to pronounce an opinion as to the truth or falsehood of the circumstances on which the defence is based—we simply pray our readers to remark—what on either supposition may be most plainly inferred—the ideas which must be generally current in a society before which such pleas as these are confidently urged by one very competent to select those which promised best for his reputation and his release. The original charge against Beau vallon was to the effect that he had laid a plot for in volving a troublesome rival in a duel, that he had taken a treacherous and deliberate advantage of his inex perienced adversary in every particular, and that he had at last coolly and circumspectly shot ninet eanugh the brain with a pistol, of which he knew the exact capabilities, and which he had brought hot to the field from that very morning's practice. On this charge he was acquitted by . the evidence of his second, D'Ecquevilley, who swore that Beauvallon had never seen the pistols before. For this evidence D'Ecquevilley was tried as a perjurer in August last, and after endeavouring to clear himself by chal lenging the witnesses against him, and asserting that his family was ranked among the noblesse of Franche Comte in the 17th century, was righteously con signed to infamy for the remainder of his life. This judgment, therefore, decided that the guilty fore knowledge of the weapons had been duly proved. But, as Beauvallon on this occasion swore to the contrary on behalf of his friend, even as his friend on the former occasion had so sworn on behalf of him, he himself now became liable to a similar charge, and the same evidence which convicted the second is consequently brought forward to convict his principal upon the self•same count. In due succession, there fore, the several witnesses appeared to prove that Beauvallon had risen early in the morning to practise at the target, that he had called to inform persons of his intentions, that he had deliberately gone through the exercise in the garden of his second while his doomed victim was shivering in the snow, and that the instrument was actually found black and smoking from the discharge by the surgeon in attendance. To all this Beauvallon replies simply by a contradiction, which carries, of course, the usual weight of such affirmations from the mouths of such culprits. His grand defence rests upon the demolition of the evi dence tendered, by M. Meynard, which was mainly instrumental in bringing the affair again before the public, and which originated these two trials of the second and his principal. The attack which is to destroy M. Meynard's credit and restore Beau vallon's character is conducted as follows :—Beau vallon alleges that Meynard's entire testimony is the invention of falsehood and the suggestion of spite, arising from the fact that the latter had been defeated by himself in a competition for the good graces of a certain lady. In corroboration of this assertion, and as witnesses to his own character, he adduces the only matter which beyond his own reiterations, he has hitherto employed in the shape of proof throughout the trial. He produces in court, with apparent re luctance, the private letters said to be addressed by this very lady to himself, immediately after that flight to Spain by which he had eluded the fine im posed on him by law for the support of his victim's widow. We trust that these effusions, which will be found in another column, may be care fully perused. So singularly do they insinuate facts in favour of Beauvallon—his compulsory participa tion in the duel—his distraction even after so blame less and inevitable a homicide—and, as if by pro phecy, the persecution to which malice and envy would subsequently expose him—that a suspicion as to the pen from which they really proceeded could not possibly be repressed. " Was not this letter written for your own defence ?" asked the President of the delinquent, observing that it had neither post-mark nor other proof of authenticity. The pri soner's advocate adroitly demurred to such a ques tion, which the reader will perhaps answer for himself after perusing half a dozen lines. "Believe me," says the writer, " it is not necessary to have done people harm to be detested by them; it is sufficient to be superior to them in every respect. Do you believe, for example, that you will ever be forgiven your success in the world, your position at the head of a widely-circulated journal, your book so much applauded, and those honourable decorations which you have obtained at the age of twenty-four ? Listen !—I tell you that in less than three months you will pass—you, so good, so upright—you, soft ness incarnate—for a bully, with a hard heart and a pitiless hand." But, the true force of the whole allegation will not be felt till the reader arrives at the intimation that this lady, who administers consola tion, who deprecates treachery, who cheers the spirit and confirms the piety of the exile, who so rejoices at the intelligence that he is improving his " fine qualities " by the example of a Spanish Ministry, and his mind by the libraries of the Escurial, whose confidential devotion is exposed, and whose second-hand praises are repeated in order that the latent virtue of her beloved correspondent may be made known to the world—is the wife of another man ! That high sense of honour which murderere and adulterers never lose in France precludes, of course, the disclosure of the lady's name, and M. Beauvallon throws himself with confidence on the delicacy of his countrymen in relying upon the un attested letters of an anonymous adulteress for esta blishing his unsullied innocence and clearing his clouded fame. We hope so bright an appreciation of himself, and so just a calculation of his audience as is shown by his selection of such a mouthpiece to proclaim his merits, will not be lost in this country. That they were not made without a little encouragement may be gathered from the following fact. M. Granier de Cassagnac, whose name figures with most equivocal credit in this nefarious murder, who is the brother-in-law of the assassin, and the owner of the famous pistols which were lent for the deed—who, at the late trial, endea voured to intimidate the witnesses by challenging a dangerous deponent in the witness-room, and whose conduct; was rebuked in open court by the Pre sident, has so far retained the favour and confidence of his former gossips in high office that he has re cently been dispatched on a Government mission to Rome, there to represent in some sort the French nation, and advance French interests at that pivot of Christian politics. With such countenance to his friends and party, how hard it was of the Court of Assize to sentence M. Beauvallon to eight years' imprisonment HERALD. —The defenders of the " Peel system of currency," who are now falling into a wretched minority, are very fond of speaking of their oppo nents as " the Birmingham sect ;" meaning thereby to delude people into the notion, that, excepting a few followers of Messrs. Spooner and Att wood, the whole commercial community are well satisfied with the present beautiful system ! Yet, every now and then some broad and undeniable fact comes to light, 'bleb, utterly destroys this illusion ; and then, all that these fact by a • papers can do, is to try to evade such a convenient silence. Thus, we expect, will they deal with the following admirable resolutions, unanimously adopted, last week, by the Chamber of Commerce of That t h e is ci t y of Edinburgh :-- Chamber has observed with regret, but without surprise barrassment, and loss, the t great inconvenience, em munity of this country ha s be en whiche the commercial com en exposed through the recently operation of certain laws ntiy enacted for regu lating and controllin th Great Britain and Irel and.e business of banking in " 2. That the effect of this legislative interference has been to prevent the conversion at th e p roper ti me into w th e . of the requisite proportion of capital con venient and necessary form of a curren c y h pass from hand to hand, by basing it partly onigehold— ean an article of commerce which may be exported t o foreign countries in the course of trade, at the very time when a free and unrestricted currency is most required at home—the result of which, under any circumstances, necessarily is to impede every branch of commercial and manufacturing industry ; an d when the export is large, to cause embarrassments of the most alarming description. " 3. That, in the opinion of this chamber, no satis factory reason has been adduced to show that the banker or money-merchant should be more severely checked and hampered in his transactions than the merchant whose dealings are only in money's worth; or that the free and unfettered action of the one is not as indispensable to the healthy state of an in creasing commerce as the other. " 4. That Parliament having given its sanction to the formation of so many railways, and at the same tirr? ' ha 4 ing afforded every facility for the free im portation of articles of food, has acted with manifest inconsistency in interfering with and shackling the monetary system ; for with the right hand Govern ment gives the greatest possible encouragement to domestic railways, and does everything in its power to extend foreign trade, while with the left it fetters the hands by which these undertakings are to be car- ' ried on, and renders the very causes which require an augmentation of the currency, the certain means of ruinously contracting it.' " 5. Thatan , so fax as the existing monetary laws neutralize the excellence of the banking system of Scotland, this chamber has always viewed them as directly subversive of the best interests of the coun try. Free competition in banking, a numerous pro prietary, unlimited responsibility, and a paper cur rency convertible into silver or gold on demand, has been by long experience matured into a system better suited to the wants and trade of the country, safer in itself, more economical and convenient, more impli citly relied on by an entire people, than any system ever devised by any state for the service of its sub jects ; a system which no state can give, and which no state ought to be allowed to mulitate or take away. " 6. That in the opinion of this chamber no effec tual remedy for the evils existing in the monetary affairs of this country can be pointed out short of the repeal of the various Acts to which these evils can be clearly traced." A more crushing and unanswerable exposure of the atrocious follies of the present system it is impos sible to conceive. And we should be glad to see the Chancellor of the Exchequer compelled to give a ra tional reply to it. Meanwhile, however, the car of our commercial Juggernaut rolls on, daily crushing its victims ; and the multitude, awe-struck or terror struck, do nothing to arrest its course I The Govern ment journal of last evening quietly says, " The pro perty of many substantial, or at least solvent, houses is being daily frittered away, however, by these sus pensions, and the chance of one or two additional failures increases with every preceding stoppage. Some parties conceive that when all the corn paper and the bills of the other largest insolvent houses have arrived at maturity, the worst will be over ; but this is tantamount to saying what we apprehend is too probable—viz., that unless some unexpected re lief is afforded, there will be firms dropping of weekly until Christmas." This is much the same thing as admitting, that by the time we reach 1848, half the merchants and wholesale traders of London will be in danger of bankruptcy. For, by that system of mutual dependence which always grows up in a com mercial community, every man largely engaged touches a dozen others ; and, however safe his posi tion may have seemed, the fall of three or four of the number almost inevitably shakes his footing. Such is the present state of affairs in the metropolis of corn.' merce ! Is it necessitated by any bygone events ? Surely not. But why, then, do the merchants of London endure it, without imperatively demanding the removal of the cause WORCESTERSHIRE AGRICUL TURAL SOCIETY. WORCESTER, SATURDAY. — The annual meeting of the Worcestershire Agricultural Association was held here yesterday, and considering the decline which has been noticed in many of the provincial agricultural associations, this meeting was a very successful one— in some points it exceeded all former meetings of the society. The proceedings of the day consisted of ploughing matches, digging matches, exhibition of stock, roots, corn, fruit, and agricultural implements, closing with a dinner in the evening. The ploughing matches were not well contended, and in the show-yard there was observed a falling off in the number and quality of sheep and pigs exhi bited. The agricultural implements, however, were. first rate, and were the largest collection ever got together here or at any other neighbouring meetings. The chief premium for the best collection was divided between Messrs. Proctor and Ryland, of Birming ham ; and Messrs. Webb, of Worcester. Lord Ha therton, Sir Thomas Winnington, late M.P. for Be wdley ; Sir John Pakington, M.P.; Mr. Foley, M.P. ; General the Hon. H. B. Lygon, M.P., and many eminent agriculturists, attended the cattle and implement exhibition. Among the bulls shown was one which took a prize at the Royal Agricultural So ciety's meeting at Southampton. About 2-101. was distributed in prizes for cattle, corn, roots, fruit, implements, and in rewards to agri cultural labourers for long and faithful servitude. The dinner took place in the evening, at the Crown Hotel. About one hundred and fifty gentlemen sat down at half-past four o'clock, Mr. C. E. Hornyold, of Blackmore Park (president for the year), in the chair. Among the company were Mr. Foley, M.P., Sir Thomas Winnington, Mr. James Taylor, Hon. General H. B. Lygon, M.P., Mr. H. Lechmere, Hon. and Rev. W. W. C. Talbot. Mr. P. V. Onslow occupied the vice chair. After the usual toasts had been given from the chair, The Hon. WILLIAM COVENTRY gave the health of the chairman, to which that gentleman responded in a brief speech. The " Members for the County" (replied to by General Lygon and Mr. Foley), the " Members for the City," and other local and appro priate toasts, were afterwards given and responded to, hut nothing of interest transpired until— Mr. T. G. CURTLER rose to give "The Health of the Members of neighbouring Agricultural Societies." In the course of his remarks introducing this toast, Mr. Curtlet urged the necessity of increased exertions being made by the farmers, in these altered times, to increase the produce of their farms. It behoved landlords, also, he said, to aid their tenants —(Hear, hear.) They were now thrown upon their own re sources, and the time was arriving when the landlords ' must go without their rents, unless the produce of both corn and stock could be considerably increased beyond what it now was in that county, for it was impossible that they could go on as they now were. —(Hear, hear.) It was, however, impossible that any considerable incrase in the produce of the land could be obtained unless the landlords took mea sures for assisting and encouraging their tenantry.— (Hear.) Unless this was done when the effect of the present position of the agricultural interest should be come to be fully felt, in the course of three or four year? time, the land must of necessity to a consider able extent, and especially the heavy land, go out of cultivation.—(Hear, hear.) He cordially concurred in the remarks made the other day by Lord Lyttleton at the Stewpony meeting, on the subject of the ridi cule which had been attempted to be passed by a certain portion of the press on the rewards to agri cultual labourers, and contended that much might be accomplished through the instrumentality of these associations to advance the condition of the agricul tural labourer, and especially if the Legislature would assist in that worthy object. The lot of the honest labourer was very deplorable, for after all their long and faithful service they were left in their old age to share the common lot of the most despicable of their class in the common workhouse. He thought that if the parish had the voluntary power of erecting a num ber of cottages by degrees throughout the country — a certain number of cottages to a certain extent of land—and spreading the cost over a number of years, they might by these means rescue the honest la bourer by degrees from that fate which awaited him in his old age, the common fate of paupers. Mr. FOLEY, M.P., in replying to this toast, said he concurred in Mr. Curtler's remarks. Mr. F. WOODWA.RD (one of the guests at Drayton Manor a fortnight ago), also replied to this toast. After some remarks on the application of chemistry to agriculture, Mr. Woodward addressed himself to the question of tenant-right. Generally speaking, he agreed with the system of leases, but there were exceptions to it, and, therefore, he was for the adoption of the principle of remunerating an offgoing tenant for the improvements he had effected, and the money he had laid out on his farm. Under the present system he might take a farm, and in the first two or three years lay out as many thousand pounds in improvement, but his landlord might at that time, if he chose, turn him out without a farthing of com pensation.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped, therefore, that this question would be taken up by the farmers, and pressed upon the attention of the Legislature in the ensuing session. —(Cheers.) The CUASUMAN then gave "The tenantry of Wor cestershire, and may they ever meet with a corres ponding liberality on the part of the landlords." Several other toasts were given, but nothing fur ther of general interest transpired in the course of the evening. Mr. Foley, M.P., offered a premium of 51. for the best crop of Sweep turnips of not less than six acres. BELFAST.—DINNER TO D. R. Ross,. ESQ.' On Thursday evening last a numerous and respectable party of the personal friends and supporters of the late repre sentative of Belfast, D. R. Ross, Esq., entertained that gentleman at a public dinner, in token of his past ser vices in Parliament, as well as of his consistent advocacy of the principles of civil and religious liberty. The en tainment took place in the Music Hall, and about 150 gentlemen were present. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—We an nounce with much regret the death of Mr. Whiteway, banker, of N ewton Ab b ot. He was out shoot i ng at Kingsteignton on Thursday afternoon, and while in the act theohf e otherreloadingh e ad exploded, p o wl n o e ads e e dk f ltlhae and d b o a nt r h r t barrels cs o hp f oa h tr g is e fowling piece, through Times. I n v it \ h V E s T passing e t n spo t. — Western e a y a h ave b een for t visited i the xi presentt News-room d ws du r o r o in m i g month;has the weather riit. u — nn W su we 'r ek n and the show-board in the Exchan ge been decked nearly every day with the stereotype tele graphic announcement, "no communication for fog." There have, indeed, been occasional glimpses of sun shine, but only su ffi cient to mak e i ts a b sence the more felt. At the time of our going to press the wind was southerly, and there were no indications of the weather clearing up.—Liverpool Albion. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The steamer Antelope has arrived off the port, from Brazil. THE LATE MADAME ALBERTAZZL—The Queen- Dowager, with her usual liberality and benevolence, has sent a donation of 101. to Mr. Frederick Beale, 2al, Regent-street, for the benefit of the children of the hate favourite vocalist, Madame Albertazzi. DOCR.S. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .. - -. Commercial •• •• ' 4 -5. d. - East and West India • 61. pr cent. : Stock. - - East Country •• •I 11. per sh. 100 0 0 - - Landon ••• • • • - 101 St•Katharins •• • • .... 5 per cent. ; Stock. - - Southampton •• • • .... 21. per cent. '5O 0 0 0 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. 8. albion .... ••••• • • • .• 31. 101. 500 0 0 50- 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17% Ditto Marine.• • .... 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas . •• • • British Commercial • • 75. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% Clericl,llled.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20% 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 Eagle ...... ...... •• • • 61. 50 0 0 50 0 5% Eng.& Scot. Law •• .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life ••• • • • 531 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Freemasons' ..• • • .... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe ..... .. . • ...... 61. per cent. Stock. - 124 Guardian ...• •• • ....• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 4634 Imperial Fire ••• • - -6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 210 imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine - 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Life •••••• • • • • • • 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Legal- and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - London Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Landon Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Marine -'.• • • • ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invlld& Gen.Llfe 4141. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 231 National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life ••• • - ... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Pslladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Phcenix . 31. p. et. & bs. - - 185 Protector Life •• • • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s. Provident,Life • • •..... 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life .. .•••• • • . • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 431 Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 181 3un Fire • • - - - Ditto Life . • • • - - - VicLria Life • • - - 4 0 0 - LIST Or SCOTTISH COMP.A.NIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 ! 167 Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 1 150 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 00 1 200 Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162 National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr sent. - 50 0 0 88 Western Bank.. •• • • - 50 0 0 79 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 6% Clydesdale Bank••• •• • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 12% Eastern Bank.. ••• . • • 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 111. 5s Caledonian Bank • • ..• 7311. pr cent. - 210 0 4/. 85 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 61.9 s City of Glasgow Lank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 121. 8s Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 22 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. ;100 0 0 10 0 0 1251. Insur. Co. of Scetind• • Si. per cent. I 10 0 0 All paid. 8% North British Insur. • • 5141. pr cent. '2OO 0 0 10 0 0 23 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. percent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin. & Glass. Railway 11.10 s. per s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 5034 Ditto, 3 Shares 7s. 6d. p. 3. 12 10 0 All paid. 13 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 - Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. i5O 0 0 . All paid. , - qlasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent., 25 0 0 All paid. 18% 'ilsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. 39 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. 39 r.tandard LifeAsserncej 51. per cent.! 50 0 0 I 2 10 0 9 WATER-V/ONRS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. : per of i Paid. Price, Annum. Share. - - £ s. d. East London. ..... •• • • 81. 100 0 0 - 195 Grand Junction ••• • • • 31. 10s. 41 13 4 - 90 Kent ••••• • • • • • .... • . : 31. 100 0 0 - - Vauxhall ............ 100 0 0 - - West Middlesex .• • Si. 15e.prent. 63 12 9 f - 111 COURSE OF EXCH linsterdarn 12 12 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 8 Rotterdam .... • ..... 12 12 26 40 ilamburgh .....•M.B. 14 6 altona• • . Paris, 3 days' sight .. •• 26 Ditto, • • •• •....... 24 30 Marseilles • . •• • • • 26 40 • • 26 40 Frankfort on Maine.... 125 Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... •• •.. — Vienna, effec.fio• ••• •• 10 18 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 18 Madrid •... LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar•• •••.•••• •••• Leghorn .. Gemoa ..... Milan ,..... Venice .. Naples ......•••• •... 39 Palermo, perm. .. .... 119 ..... .. Sl% Oporto .... • ..... IN Rio Janeiro . ...... 2t • Buenos Ayres ........ New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia Cadiz • • ............. 48% Barcelona Saville•• •• •• .... • . • PRICES OP BULLION, PIA OZ, Foreign Gold is bars.. X 3 17 9 New Dollars •• .. • • 0 4 9% Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 ISUver in bars ...... •• 0 4 11% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Oct. 12.) SIIGAR.—To-day there was not much inclination shown on the part of the home trade to operate in Raw Sugar, whilst there was a falling off in the export de mand ; merchants appeared desirous to sell, and a de cline in the value of nearly all kinds took place; the purchases made by refiners and grocers were upon a small scale only in West India of all kinds, although there were sellers upon rather lower terms ; at public sale 125 hhds of Barbadoes went at a decline on former rates. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was not much de sire evinced to operate in Bengal Sugar ; and at public sale 1,947 bags went at barely former rates ; 9 hhds 1 trc Trinidad went at 36s for low yellow : the total pur chases to-day were only 470 hhds and trcs, and the market closed with a dull aspect for both free and slave labour Sugar. MAIIRITIErS.—This afternoon there was a large public sale of 9,435 bags 298 casks ; the whole found buyers, but merchants were compelled to submit to a reduction on former rates of 6d for the better, 6d to Is for inferior yellow, and Is to is 6d for brown sorts. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were operated in with caution by the home trade, although further re duced rates were taken ; we quote standard lumps at 53s to 53s 6d, and brown grocery at 52s to 52s 6d per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar was only in limited demand, first sort at 28s to 29s per cwt. FOREIGN. This afternoon there was little desire evinced to operate in Foreign Sugar privately, either for home consumption or export ; and at public sale 84 hhds Porto Rico were only in part sold at barely former rates ; fine yellow at 46s 6d to 47s 6d, good 43s to 455, middling 40s to 42s 6d, and low at 38s per cwt. MOLASSES.—In West India only a moderate business has been concluded, although lower rates have been ac • cepted ; Dominica selling' at 18s, St. Vincent's 16s, and Montserrat at 163 6d to 17 s per cwt. The market is well supplied, and the stock is much greater than it was in 1846 at this time. East India Treacle is wanted, and wt. British thecocratoeAs.—obAtailtnheoduhgahvethbeereen lisBsatdoels9irsepetroc Plantation upon further reduoed terms, still the pur chases made have been to a small extent only in all sorts by private treaty, and at public sale 333 bags Grenada were only in part disposed of, good bright red at 44s to 455, middling dark 425, low 39s to 40s, damaged 38s to 40s; 27 bags of Trinidad were disposed of, good dark red 44s 6d to 455, ordinary and middling 40s to 41s. For Foreign full rates are asked, but there has been little passing privately, and 48 bags of Bahia at auction were taken in at 40s for good red. COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon was only in moderate demand, and at public sale 1,630 bags 138 casks were only in part sold, at a fall on former rates of 2s—mid coloury 48s 6d to 535, low mid 47s to 48s, fine fine ord 45s to 465, fine ord 43s to 44s 6d, good ord and ord 37s to 41s, pea berry 54s to 61s, sea damaged 43s to 44s 6d, and triage 29s to 33s per cwt. By private treaty sales have been made at 333 to 336 6d for good ordinary native. _ _ TsA.—On the part of merchants there has been a desire to sell; all descriptions of Congou since Tuesday last, and a further decline in the value has taken place. Although prices have given way during the last three weeks id to id for low and middling kinds, and Id to 2d per lb for good to fine; still the purchases made have been upon a small scale in all sorts; the town and country trade only purchasing su ffi cient for their present use low as pr ices are, and large as the consumption is. Pou chong is dull of s a l e , b u t i n t h e va l ue we h ave li tt l e vari ation to make known; the tendency of prices is down wards. Souchong is little required, and can be obtained upon rather lower terms; whilst there are several parcels on offer. Green is in large supply, and is offered at a further reduction in prices, making the decline during the last three wcel;s id. to id. on sommon, and 2d. to 3d. on the better sorts: still :the purchases made have been to a limited extent only in all kinds. For Pekoe Tea the market has a dull appearance, and there are sellers upon low terms, whilst there is a plentiful supply. None has been submitted to public competition since this day week, and during that time none was received—whereas duty was paid on 498,6761bs at this port. Prices are low in comparison with those of former years. RICE.--To-day there was no public sale of East India Rice, but privately there was a much better demand, and the rates obtained were 6d to Is per cwt above those of Friday: several parcels were sold—Bengal, low to fine sound white 13s to 16s, Cargo 10a to lie, pinky white Madras lls 6d to 12s, and yellow Ils to lie 6d per cwt. SPlcits.—Black Pepper, of all kinds, has been operated in with caution by private contract. At public auction 2,000 robins of Malabar Pepper were nearly all taken in at 2-id for half heavy quality. White is offered at 3id to sid, but there are few buyers to bn met with. Pi mento is much wanted, and in consequence of the small supply buyers are compelled to pay the stiff rates of sid to 54d for ord to good. For Ginger prices remain much the same as those previously current, but there has been little passing privately. Of Cassia Lignea the supply is small, and prices range high, as there are several pur chasers. Nutmegs are wanted, whilst the supply is less plentiful, and prices are firm. For Mace the market is firm, and there is a good demand existing, whilst the supply is small. In Cinnamon there has been little passing, although there are sellers upon low terms, and the supply is good. S PIRI TS,—To day sales were made in Leeward Island at is 10d for proof strength, a❑d East India at is Sd to is 9d. Jamaica met wite little attention, and low to fine quality can be obtained at 3s 4d to 4s 8d for 30 to 39 per cent. over proof. Demerara of strong quality is dull of sale at 3s 2d to 35 5d per gallon. Of Brandy there is a large quantity offering for sale at low prices. INDIGO.—The extensive quarterly sale of East India commenced to-day, and the quantity declared amounted to 17,920 chests. Previous to the opening of the sale a proposition to lower the amount of deposit to 51. on all chests amounting to less than 301. having been made and carried by a large majority of the trade, it was agreed that the subject should be represented to the Importers as a reasonable request, considering the present low value of the article. Before the opening and during the progress of the sale, 334 chests were withdrawn. 867 chests have passed the sale this day. The effect of the present state of commercial distress and of a scarcity of money, without a parallel, has been severely felt on this, first day of Indigo sale. The attendance of both export and home buyers was very small, and throughout the biddings have been very languid. OILS.—For Cocoa Nut there has been much inquiry, and in consequence of the scanty supply buyers have been compelled to pay much higher rates. At auction 10 casks of fine Cochin were sold at 70s to 70s 6d, and 40 casks of repacked from tanks at 67s to 70s 9d per cent. There are several orders in the market unexecuted, but the home trade are almost the exclusive purchasers. Palm met with little attention. Although Linseed Oil can be obtained upon further re duced terms, still the home trade operated with caution, and the export orders concluded have been of little mo ment, whilst the supply has been plentiful. Rapeseed Oil has been only in moderate request. TALLOW.—There has been little desire manifested to purchase Russian on the spot, since our last report, whilst on the part of merchants there is less firmness, and they hare taken 46$ 6(1 to 47s 6d for fine P.Y. Candle, which rates are rather under those that existed previonsly. For forward delivery only a limited business has been concluded at 45s 6d to 463 3d. and at which there is a desire to sell. Home made met with a good demand at 47s 6d to 48s 6d nett cash, but at which there is a desire to sell, as the supply is good. Other sorts of Tallow met with little attention, and prices bavo slightly given way. At public sale 406 cks of Taganrog were sold. THE LONDON GAZE I TE, (THIS EVENING.) OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 11. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—Samuel Digby Wright, vice Greville, promoted; Augustus Young Earle, vice S. R. B. Swinney ; Honourable Leonard Allen Addington, vice Bent; Arthur Vandeleur, vice Glanville, promoted; Andrew Spotswood Orr vice Jervis, promoted ; Charles Rowland Hill, vi ce Atkinson, promoted ; Patrick John Campbell, vice Dumaresq, promoted ; Francis Corn wallis Maude, vice Tupper, promoted ; Arthur William Twiss, vice Heyman, promoted ; Reginald Curtis, vice Dew, promoted; Allan Sievwright, vice Robertson, pro moted ; Frederic Southcote Seale, vice East, promoted ; John Boulton, vice Hoste, promoted ; John De Luttrell Saunderson, vice Taswell, promoted ; Montray Anketell, vice Winterbottom, promoted ; Philip Dickson, vice Singleton, promoted ; aEneas Clarke, vice Reilly, promoted •, Francis Place, vice Saunders, promoted ; Edward Jackson Bruce, vice Smith, promoted ; William Powell Richards, vice Fitz Hugh, promoted ; John Edward Hope, vice Moody, promoted ; Henry Walpole John Dashwood, vice Hardy, promoted ; Al gernon Brendon, vice Bolton, promoted ; James de Havilland, vice Lugg, promoted ; Sidney Carden, vice Fraser, promoted ; George Allix Wilkinson, vice Lam bell, promoted ; William Windham Augustus Lukin, vice Soady, promoted ; William Walker, vice Dyneley, promoted, Oct, 1. Corps of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—Alexander Ross Clarke, vice Wrottesley, promoted; Edward Bainbrigge, vice St. John, promoted; James Murray, vice Gordon, pro moted; Georke Ranken, vice Porter, promoted; Francis Horatio De Vere, vice Wilson, promoted; Henry Ray mond, vice Dawson, promoted; Bobert Mann Parsons, vice Crofton, promoted ; Frederick Brine ; Arthur a'Court Fisher ; George Montagu Stopford ; Edward Bridge ; Henry Reynolds Luard ; Montagu Stopford Whitmore, Oct. 1. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. Vere Poulett, commonly called Viscount Hinton, to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant ' • Sir Peregrine Palmer Fuller Palmer Acland, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.8., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; William Miles, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; John Batten, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenani, Oct. 1. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire The Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeo•-• manry Cavalry—Frederick Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Edward L. Cresswell, resigned, Sept. 18. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Rid ing of Yorkshire. First West York Yeomanry Cavalry—Walter Thomas Spencer Stanhope, Esq., to be Captain, vies Martin, deceased; William Barafortb, Gent., to be Lieutenant, v ; Thomas Taylor, Gent., to be L Naylor, oted promoted; Samuel Jackson, i i c e e u Lieutenant, Stanhope, vic promoted; ro m Gent., to be Cornet, vice Bamforth, promoted; Thomas Barff, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Drake, resigned, Oct. 7. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1847. Cbtrli Mittton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12. '-STOCK SIMMS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. A s. d. A s. d. Australasia .......... 40 0 0 40 0 0 BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 44 :lommercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 :lolonial. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 London Joint-Stock ••• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 Sfetropolitan . 25 0 0 710 0 Provincialof Ireland• • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 44 Ditto, ........Si. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 19% i Nat. Provnclal of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New... •••• .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Onion of London• •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 CANALS. Names of Dividend Names of Dividend Price. per Price. Companies. 2 2 per , Companies. Ann um. . Annum., Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.51. p c 70 Monmonthsh 100 101. Ashby-d-la-Z 113; 41. - Mntgemrysh 100 51. - Barnsley. •• • 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 15 Basingstoke 100 - - Neath .• • 100 201. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 86 Nottingham. 150 121. - Dromford .. • • 100 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley 100! 41. - Regent's.... 33 11. 45. 20 Derby .. • . 1001 61. 63 Roohdale .. • . 85 41. 54 Ellsmre&Chs 133, 41. 54 Shropshire .. 125 81. - Erewash • - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd 100, 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. C. - GrandJunctnlloo 61. 80 Stffrd &Worc 140 281. 275 Grand Union 100! 11. 105. 21% Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glamorgnsh 172 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305 Olstr& Brkly 100 - Strtltd on Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham -1150, 121. - Seven' and) Huddersfield. , 57 - Wye Rail. 26 11. Bs. 30 1 Kennt & Avu 39, 7s. 6d. 5% Tmt &Mr 50 301. Lancaster - sey •• .. Leeds& Livrp,loo, 341. 505 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester .. • .11401 101. 75 Worestr Leicstr &Nth, 831 41. 36 Birming. j7B 21. 41% Loughboroghll42l 701. 530 Wilts & Brits 67 11. 11 THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10th Geo. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ex ceeded the actual revenue thereof, for the year ended the sth day of July, 1847, by the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand three hundred and ninety-two pounds three shillings and one penny. The Commissioner! for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that no sum will be applied by them on account of the Sinking Fund, under the pro visions of the said Act, between the 12th day of Oc tober, 1847, and the sth day of January, 1848. S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General. National Debt-office, Oct. 12, 1847. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Thomas Wakefield, merchant, Nottingham. Thomas Wells, confectioner, Sudbury, Suffolk. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Lyon and Edward Lyon, stock and bill brokers, Birchin-lane, to surrender, Oct. 19, at half-past one, and Nov. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry•chambers. Whitfield Palmer, jeweller, Uxbridge, Oct. 19, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; Williams, Alfred-place, Bedford-square. . - William Walker, paper stainer, London-wall, Oct. 19, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane. William Henry Stray, hat manufacturer, Lambeth walk, Oct. 19, at two, and Nov. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry chambers. . _ _ ------- Henry Toyne, linendraper, Shoreditcb, Oct 22, at half-past twelve, aad Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Jones, Size-lane. George William Jones, newsvender, Birchin-lane, Oct. 22, at half past one, and Nov. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, o ffi cial assignee, Basing hall-street; Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane. William Hurst Ford, innkeeper, Burford, Oxfordshire, Oct. 21, at half-past two, and Nov. 25, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Goddard and Co., Wood-street, Cheapside. William Henry Lewis, straw bonnet maker, Ludgate street, Oct. 22, at twelve, and Nov. 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing. ball-street ; Lawrance and Plows, Old Jewry-chambers. Edward Saunders, builder, Stamford-terrace, Asylum road, Old Kent-road, Oct. 22, at one, and Nov. 24, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings; Curritt and Osgood, Guildhall chambers. Henry Owen, carrier, Fleet-street, Oct. 29, at twelve, and Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Oct. ews e i 2 t e4 h : e ß y a at , st m ihne e g r hc c ao h us, -street; st t t , ro efPe Bankruptcy.ht ; il L p o a t w -l r a a n n e c , e andC J oh n son , i t y p , 0 2 ffi 2 W c a i n a i d i l li a a N s m s o ign v P . Old Jewry-chamhers. Richard Coleman Kingsford and Henry Lowry Barn well, millers, Straton, Kent, Oot. 29, at one, and Dec. 2, a t twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, o ffi cial assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Wright and Co., Essex-street, Strand. John Williams, draper, Cheltenham, Oct. 26 and Nov. 23, at one, at the Bristol Distr ict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Packwood, Cheltenham. Roger Dewhurst and Evan Gregson, timber mer chants, Blackburn, Lancashire, Oct. 26, and Nov. 17, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott. official assignee, Manchester ; Jacques and Co., Ely place, Holborn, London ; Holr o y d, Halifax, Yorkshire. William Bate, millwright, Bridgnorth, Oct. 23, and rNov. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court - , Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Weeks, Cook's court, London; Mole, Birmingham. Thomas Cooper, stockbroker, York, Oct. 28 and Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Wigglesworth and Co., Gray's Inn; Parkinson, York; Harle and Clarke, Leeds. James Burt, James Burt, jun., and William Tottie Watson, commission agents, Manchester, Oct. 27 and Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthing ton, and Shipman, Manchester; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside; Atkinson, Dibb, and Bolland, Leeds. EXPLOSION IN A DISTILLERY. —On Thursday evening, a frightful accident, attended with loss of life, occurred at Mr. Busby's distillery, Black Pitt. The coppers, containing liquor intended for the process of distillation, were in progress of being " got round " to the proper heats, when one of those huge vessels burst with a tremendous explosion, which scattered ruin around it, and in tho convulsion, we lament to state that three poor fellows were scalded to death, and a fourth so deplorably injured, that very slight hopes are enter tained of his recovery.—Dit6lin Evening Post. BELGIAN CATTLE.—The steam-ship Triton, usually trading with passengers to and from Ostend and the metropolis, has brought 256 sheep, the produce of Belgium, being the first instance of a large quantity of this description of cattle having been brought from that country to the port of London, or, that we are aware of, to any other port on the'English coast. For some considerable time past there have been small supplies of calves, a d also, we believe, swine from Belgium, and the extension of the traffic to another and important description of live stock will command attention, and is of interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Patrick Hurley, a labouring man, was charged with having resisted and assaulted Police constable Jessop, of the H division, while in the exe cution of his duty. The policeman stated, that while on duty in Thrall street, Spitalfields, at 8 or 9 o'clock on the preceding evening, he saw a number of young men congre gated beneath a gas- lamp, gambling with halfpence, and, observing a boy in the act of climbing up the lamp-post, with the apparent intention of extinguish ing the light, he pulled him down and gave him a slight push, which caused him to fall. An immediate outcry was raised by the bystanders that he had kicked and killed the boy, which brought out the mother of the lad from an adjoining house, who com menced abusing him for ill-using her child, and called out the prisoner, who advanced towards him with a pair of fire-tongs, struck him with them several severe blows, and then retreated into his house, the door of which he secured. While endeavouring to effect an entrance, he was assailed with a perfect shower of stones, brickbats, and other missiles of a similar description from a mob of at least 150 persons who had collected around him, and he was at last compelled to use his staff in self-defence until another officer came up, when the prisoner gave himself up to the latter constable, and was conveyed to the station house. In cross-examination by Mr. Vann, who appeared for the defence, the policeman admitted that he had struck the wife of the prisoner upon the head with his truncheon while her husband was entering his house, causing a wound which bled profusely, but de clared that the woman had attacked him first, and that he then bore the marks of her finger-nails upon his hands. In answer to this, Mr. Vann stated that he was not only instructed to give a total denial to the charge, but that he had numerous witnesses in attendance, who could prove that the policeman himself had acted with such a degree of wanton and brutal violence upon the occasion as to show incontestably that he was a person totally unfit to discharge duties of such a nature as those he had been intrusted with. The learned gentleman then called Charles Brackley, a cabinet-maker, who stated, that while standing at his own door at the time in question he saw the prisoner's son, a boy of only eight years of age, playing with some of his schoolfellows near his father's house, when the policeman came up, and without any apparent provocation seized him by the collar, repeatedly slapped him in the face, and then kicked him so violently that he was knocked down in the road. On hearing the cries of her son the prisoner's wife came out and asked him what he meant by such conduct, when he instantly struck her on the face, and on her husband interposing for his wife's protection struck him in the face also. The prisoner upon this retreated into his house, and his wife was in the act of following him, when the constable struck her such a violent blow upon the head with his truncheon, that the blood poured out in a stream from the wound, and she fell back into the arms of a female bystander, who con veyed her with assistance to the house of a neighbour ing surgeon, by whom her injuries were dressed. Upon observing the treatment his wife had sustained the prisoner immediately sent for another policeman to protect him from the complainant's violence, but before the arrival of the second constable the com plainant commenced dealing blows with his truncheon indiscriminately upon the persons surrounding him, and, amongst others, upon the witness, who received a severe bruise, and afterwards burst open the pri soner's door with such violence that its hinges were completely forced off. The constable whom the pri soner had sent for at length came up, and the prisorer at once placed himself under his charge, and went quietly with him to the station-house. Two respectable looking married women, named Bewley and Sedgwick, confirmed the evidence of the last witness in all its leading particulars, and the latter witness added, that just before he had assailed the little boy, as before described, she had observed the constable staggering along the street in such an unsteady manner that she felt perfectly satisfied he must have been intoxicated. Inspector Ellis, who received the charge at the station-house, said that when the prisoner was brought there he at once preferred a complaint against the constable to the same effect as the witnesses had just detailed, but the constable appeared to him to be per fectly sober. Mr. Vann intimated that he had several other wit nesses in attendance, who could depose to the same facts, if the magistrite considered it necessary to hear their evidence ; but Mr. HAMMILL said that he had heard quite suffi cient to satisfy him that the police-constable had grossly exceeded his duty in assailing a child of such tender age in the way in which it was conclusively proved that he had done, and that the prisoner had only acted with the natural feelings of a father in in terposing for his son's protection. With regard to the constable's subsequent violence towards the child's mother, he was unable at that time to enter upon it ; but he should at once order the prisoner himself to be discharged, and direct an immediate representation of the facts of the case to be forwarded to the proper authorities, who would no doubt cause a searching investigation to be instituted into the conduct of the officer. Inspector Ellis intimated that a report of the case, together with the magistrate's observations, would be forthwith laid before the Police Commissioners, and the prisoner, who seemed to be a hardworking indus trious man, was thereupon liberated. THAMES. Jane Smithers, described as a sempstress, and to be 30 years of age, who refused to give her address, was brought before Mr. Yardley, on a charge of stealing 28 yards of Orleans cloth from the shop of Mr. John Berriman, linendraper, in High-street, Shadwell. The prosecutor said, the prisoner entered his shop about half past one o'clock yesterday, while he was attending to a customer, and several others were waiting to be served. She asked the price of an ar ticle, and he gave her an answer, and requested her to be seated. The prisoner said she was in no hurry at all, and sat down. Directly afterwards he had occasion to leave the shop, and was not absent half a minute. As he was entering the shop again he saw the prisoner leaving it very quickly, and at the same time missed a piece of black Orleans cloth from a box near the door. He immediately went after the pri soner, and overtook her about 200 or 300 yards from the house, with the Orleans cloth wrapped up in an apron under her shawl. He took it from her, and gave her into custody. The prisoner asked the prosecutor if she did not at once say when asked if she had the Orleans cloth, that she had got it ? Mr. Berriman—Yes, you did. The prisoner —And gave it up to you, Berriman. The prosecutor (surprised)—You did, after I found it under your shawl. The prisoner very adroitly wished to leave an im pression on the magistrate's mind that a tender inti macy had existed between her and Mr. Berriman. She said she was a married woman, and had fre quently been to his shop. She could not expose him without exposing herself, but he knew very well that he had given her permission to take any article she liked from his shop, and she avai led herself of that permission. Mr. Berriman said he did not Orleans cloth. He only k new he shop occasionally to make purchases. I our shop on The prisoner—You know was at y g r iv a e s the c erh r g woman the the Sunday morning. is, whether you stole the property The prisoner--Well, o e i nungtsayinto practice before I could expose him but I will not add to his disgrace or my own. Mr. YAUDLET —Well, what of th h a e t f ? ere T ha he e question e n s e ti t o . n Mr. Berriman said, he never authorised the pri soner to take anything out of his shop, or treated her nhaheat when youaslh t never e t a fvoaeol customer took the gave a t t o hvh m ee e inwp r making small purchases. e custody statedo the thT eCrhweo that : s r r a e t i t s t that she said " I own I have done it ; Xmas M'Allen, a police-constable, No. 95 K, my family are in great distress." reidsiaaonnrnyeettry: The prisoner—That is true. My family are in great distress. He has authorised me to take things, or I should not have helped myself to the piece of Orleans cloth. He asked me to sit down, and wait till he was at leisure. An Irish girl then brought a glass of porter to him, and because I did not wait till the shop was cleared he came after me. Mr. Berriman repeated that he had never per mitted the prisoner to take anything out of his shop, but he thought that he had seen her in the shop frequently. The prisoner—Thought you had, indeed! Mr. YARDLEY said, the robbery was positively sworn to, and the property was found upon the pri soner. It was therefore hi; duty to commit her to Newgate for trial. SOUTHWARK. Yesterday Eleanor and Maria Hughes, mother and daughter, coffee-shop keepers in the Waterloo road, were summoned for unlawfully detaining a quantity of female apparel, the property of Elizabeth Newlyn. The complainant, a respectable-looking young woman, stated that she was the daughter of the house keeper of the County-hall at Winchester, and resided with her parents up to the month of June last, when she became acquainted with a man named Pearce, who had come down from London and represented himself as holding a situation in the Custom-house. He made overtures of marriage to her, and promised that if she cam e to London with him he would marry her there, and that they should establish themselves at a house in the Kent-road which he was then in treaty for, and advised her to bring away all her clothes and whatever other property she possessed, and not to acquaint her family of their intentions until the ceremony of their marriage took place, She listened to his solicitations, and accordingly left home, bringing with h er a ll that she possessed, amongst which were a watch, gold brooch, and other articles of jewellery. On their arrival in town Mr. Pearce took her to the coffee-shop belonging to the defendants, in the Waterloo-road, and introduced her as his wife, informing her his reason for taking her there to be in consequence of the house he had taken in the Kent-road not being yet prepared for their re ception. He also said that the ceremony of their marriage must be po-Aponed for a short time owing to unforseen circumstances, and he prevailed upon her un der the delusive promise of making her his wife, to re main with him at the defendants' house, where they lived together for several weeks, he putting off the day of their marriage, and making various excuses for not fulfilling the engagement, until at length he left the place altogether in debt for seven weeks' rent, besides other charges, amounting to between 71. and 81. As soon as he was gone, which he effected without acquainting her, taking with him her watch and some other articles of jewellery, the defendants laid claim to her clothes, and swept them all off for the arrears of rent due to them, although she repre sented to both mother and daughter the circumstances in which she was placed, and the cruel treatment which she had experienced at the hands of the man by whom she had been decoyed away from a respect able home, owing to the repeated promises he had made of marrying her. Since then she had made application for the restoration of her clothes, but the defendants refused to part with anything until the debt Mr. Pearce owed was liquidated, which she was unable to settle, and she would have been reduced to utter want, had it not been for the kind treatment she experienced from a family named Wilson, in Webber street, who had taken her in and sheltered her since her desertion by Pearce. In reply to Mr. COTTINGIIAM, the complainant said that it had been discovered that Pearce had a wife and two children, and all that he had asserted about his being in treaty for a house in the Kent-road were fabrications. He formerly lived in Winchester, but had not visited that place for 13 years, until the time she had the misfortune of meeting with him. She had not yet represented her situation to her family owing to what had happened to her, but was convinced they would again receive her. She added, she was destitute of clothing, in consequence of the defendants having claimed all. The defendants explained the amount of the debt the complainant and Mr. Pearce incurred while living at their house as man and wife, and that, on finding he had absconded, they levied a distress on the articles in their apartment. They contended that they were justified in the manner in which they had proceeded, and considered that an imposition had been practised upon them, owing to the parties having taken the apartments and passed as man and wife, a character to which they were not entitled. • They added, that the goods belonging to complainant had been what is termed " bought in," and that she could hare them again on paying the rent, &c. The MAGISTRATE then advised the defendants, under the circumstances, to curtail the amount of their bill, so that the complainant might be able to meet it, and to give her up her clothes. The defendants assented t 9 the suggestion, and the complainant then intimated that the family who had acted so humane a part towards her had resolved on having Pearce taken into custody. WANDSWORTH. Yesterday, as the magistrate was vacating the bench, John News, a mild and inoffensive looking lad, eleven years of age, was brought in by Ottley, 190 V, a policeman in plain clothes, and charged with stealing five small pears, valued at a halfpenny. The constable said he saw the prisoner and another boy less in size throwing at some pears growing in Mr. Oxley's enclosed garden, St. Anne's-hill. Pre sently the prisoner got over the paling and returned with five pears, when he took him into custody. He knew nothing of the prisoner previously. Mr. PAYNTER said the lad's countenance did not look like a thief's ; what did he do for a living ?—The boy, who was in his shirt sleeves, and had evidently very recently left off work, said he was employed at Mr. Bell's match manufactory in Garret-lane, where his father was also employed ; he admitted having taken the pears, and was very sorry, but the other boy was quite as bad as he. Mr. PAYNTER asked the prisoner what he earned a week, and he replied 10s." The largeness of the sum compared with the lad's youth appeared to create some surprise to the magis trate. Mr. PAYNTER observed, that the prisoner was liable to imprisonment for six months, but as this was his first offence he would only fine him 10s. and the value of the pears, and in default commit him to Kingston gaol for 14 days. The prisoner was removed in custody. THE HOP GROWERS. (From the Kentish Gazette.) On Saturday a numerous and highly respectable meeting, composed of the principal hop growers of the East Kent district, was held at the Royal Foun tain Hotel, Canterbury. The untoward position of monetary affairs exercises an injurious influence in every department of trade and agriculture through the country, and the hop growers, who are heavily taxed for their own pro ductions, are not exempt from the baneful effect. The question for discussion at this meeting was the necessity of applying to the Board of Excise for a postponement of the period for the payment of the duty fixed for November next, and the most advisable means to adopt by which to suceed in this important, and, to a large body of agriculturists, most momen tous object. C. Neame, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair, and the following proposition was carried with out a dissentient voice : " That a committee of the following gentlemen be appointed for the purpose of carrying out the opinion of this meeting, that an application be made in the proper quarter to obtain a postponement of the pay ment of the hop duty payable in November next, and that such committee do immediately take such steps as they consider proper for effecting this ob ject :—Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, J. P. Plumptre, Esq., M.P.; W. Deedes, Esq., M.P., Sir B. W. Bridges, Bart., Sir E. C. Dering, Bart., N. J. Knatch bull, Esq., W. 0. Hammond, Esq., J. Neame, Esq., C. Neame, Esq." We have to congratulate our hop growing friends upon this step of the East Kent cultivators, and, fur ther, upon the highly influential gentlemen placed upon the committee. At the present price of hops, to force a sale the grower must submit to a ruinous sacrifice ; and there is no doubt, unless the authorities grant the prayer of the committee, the sacrifice must be made to effect the payments. A simultaneous course of action through the hop districts would, we have no hesitation in believing, crown the effort with success. THE ECLIPSE AT PARIS.--But little could be seen of the eclipse which took place on Saturday morning, the sky being cloudy until about ten minutes after eight, at which period the most interesting moment was over. The moon had then gone beyond half the sun, and the latter body had the appearance of a crescent. The whole terminated at two minutes to nine, but the end could not be very clearly seen, a number of cloud s rema i n i ng the whole time flying about. LIEUTENANT MUNRO.—This unfortunate gentle man recently addressed a letter to Mr. Urquhart, one of the Council of Inverness, expressing his sincere thanks for the promptitude with which that gentleman and his colleagues petiti one d h er Majesty in his behalf. Lieu tenant Munro at the same time expressed his gratitude to Providence for the universal sympathy which has been evinced towards him. WEST RIDING REVISION.—The West Riding re vision is n ow over, but never since the passing of the Reform Bill did it excite so little interest. The result is understood to be a gain to the Liberals of from 290 to 300. But of course this estimate partakes of the vague uncertainty which marks the boundary between the parties erewhile denominated Liberals and Conser vatives.—Bradford Observer. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK ....This venerable prelate completed his 90th year on Sunday last, and we gratified to say is in the enjoyment of his customary ex cellent health. His Grace received the several members of his family to dinner in the evening, at Diehopthorpe, RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our Share Market has beett dull gloomy, and discouraging to-day. Prices continue to recede and little business is transacted. The sales are—Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 49 —Great Western, Quarters, 1 p.— Lancashire and Yorkshires (late Manchester and Liverpool), Fifths, par—Ditto (late West Riding Union), Fifths, 23i die.—Liverpool, Chester, and Southport, 1 .4 dis.—London and North-Western, 151%—Ditto, Quarters (London and Birmingham). 11 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, One-Eighths, dis.—Ditto, 101. Preference, !‘ dis. North Staffordshire, 1 ,4 dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 2 3 / 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 2, % p.—Ditto, G. N. E.. % p. MANCHESTER, Ocronas. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, liana shire, and Cheshire Junction, s%dis.—East Lancashire, New Quarters,l 3-16 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Mailw a y and Canal, 5 c. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire. Hal yes, 1 ,4 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 1 4 p.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 6 1 t i dis.— Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 15-16 diL—Leeds and. Dews bury, New Extension Scrip (pink), 1 dis.—Lond on and North-Western, (Manchester and Birmingham) 1(1 ,, 14 zt (A), 3% p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 3% p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 3% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 72—Ditto, Pre ference, % dis.—Ditto (Grimsby), 201. Shares, 41% dis.— North British Thirds, 1-16 p.—North Staffordshire, 5-16 dis. Preston and Wyre, Sixths, s%—Shropshire Union, 2% c. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 28 3 4—Ditto, No. 4, 2 11-16 dis.. LEEDS, OCTOBER 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Ti;e sales are—East Lancashire, 5 1 / 2 dis.—Ditto, New Shares, 5% dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 265. dis.—Great Northern, 5/. 6s. 3d. dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 1% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 32/. Shares, 6 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 7s. 6d. p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 58s. dis.— Leeds and Thirsk, 18 1 4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, I% dis.— North British, Thirds, is. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 7 s . 6d. dis.—Ditto, Extension, 4s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3s. 6d. dis.—Northern Counties Union, 31. 18s. 6d. dis.—North Western, 4Y B dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, % P. EDINBURGH, Ocromut 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 37—Ditto, New, 20s. —Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 54s.—East Lothian Central, 265. —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 3 / 4 ex div.—Edin burgh and Northern, N ewport, 7 14—Ditto, ditto, New, Regis. 21a —G rest Northern, 575. 6d. —North British, 26 x.(I. New, Quarters (scrip), 10s. 6d. —Ditto, Thirds, Regis., 235. —Ditto, ditto (scrip), 23s.—Shrewsbury and Chester, 10/.. Shares (guar. 8 per cent.), 98s. GLASGOW, OCTOBER 9. _ _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Nev, 21s. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, 31—Ditto, Quarters, 565.-- Edinburgh and Northern, 181.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 1001.—Ditto, 401.. Shares, 39 1 ,x—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlise, 7%—Great Northern, 625. ex int.—North Bri tish, Thirds, 245. The Observer, Sunday, October 10, contained near nine folio columns of the state of the money-market during the past week, including the official revenue tables issued from the Treasury, to the latest hour on Saturday. Price of the Observer, 40 columns, 6d. There is scarcely a club-house, institution, library, or news-room, in all England, Scotland, Ireland, the Con tinent, East and West Indies, America, &c., in which the Observer is not taken in, and frequently duplieate copies. The extensive publication of the Observer com mences at six, and concludes at ten o'clock, on Sunday morning. A Monday edition of the Observer, with ac. curate markets, best adapted for the country and abroad, is regularly published at four o'clock on Monday after noon. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Tam EARL OF ALDBOROI/011 AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this miraculot medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract from hid Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. 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