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LW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 28. (Before Mr. Commissioner EveNs.) IrtlE RANLIMPTCI OF SIR FRANCIS C. KNOWLES, BART, The bankrupt, who lived in Mayfair, was one of the trustees of the Marylebone Bank, came up to pass his last examination. The following is a copy of the balsone-sldet, which extends from September 27, 1083, to July, 1347 : s. d. To upditors.. . 3,555 11 0 Creditors holding security ly salary as Trustee Of the Mary kboue Bank .. 450 0 0 Presents from relations Dividend on stock in Marylebone Bank 75 2 4 Interest on my shares in the West Lon don Cemetery . .. Profit on the purchase of the Llyn Madoc Estate Dividend on Consols Bent received from the Llyn Madoc Estate • • Amount received as trustee of Mr. Wiiaser ►.mount due to me, as per statement of my affabig 25 0 0 877 0 0 43 10 1 2,277 11 2 1,600 0 0 251 16 11 £28,141 1 5 £ s. d. By amount of my cl; *rn on the Maryle it bone Bank By the Glamorga iron and Coal Com pany—amount paid by me towards the capital of that c0mpany.......... 4,997 11 8 By property By liabilities 3,555 11 0 Hy housekeeping and personal expen diture. . . By interest, as per account By losses 594 16 2 £28,139 3 8 The fiat, which was issued on the petition of Charles Bagley, of Leicester-street, Leicester-square, gunmakcir, is dated March 3, 1847. The Solicitor for a creditor at whose suit Sir F. C. Knowles is in custody applied to the Court to know if he might plate upon the proceedings a claim for the debt for which the bankrupt is imprisoned ; the object being, that the bankrupt might apply to a judge at chambers for his discharge from custody in respeet to the particular execution founded upoi this debt. The COMMISSIONER inquired, why the creditor did not prove his debt in the usual manner? The Solicitor replied, that his client was not disposed to do so, because, by so acting, he might be supposed to give up his claim against two other persons who were joint contractors with Sir F. C. Knowles, and who, it was believed, were perfectly solvent. The Co*scipstoNEß said he could not admit the claim ander: any other circumstances than those under which .be would admit a proof. Unless the creiitpr in question was willing to take his share in common with the other creditors, and thereby re lease the bankrupt from custody, he must refuse the application. The Solicitor said he could not do that, unlessthe other co-contractors consented. Application refused. line Solicitor for the bankrupt stated to his Honour that Sir F. C. Knowles had been five years in custody, aryl ,:ipr, , ssed a hope that the Court would fix an early cl,ly for the certificate meeting. He trusted his Honour would take the meeting, as Mr. Commissioner Fon tlanque, to whom this fiat belonged, wa9 out of town, and would not return until the 17th of November. The CommrssioNEu consented to do so, on the un derstanding- that there would be no opposition ; and the 28th of October next was fixed for the certificate meeting. (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD. ) Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD disposed of a long list of cases, including those belonging to Commis sioners Fame and Holroyd, who are absent on vaca tion. None of them merited a detailed report. Alexander Carroll, of the Strand, proprietor of the Satirist newspaper, came up for his last examination. It was adjourned at the instance of Mr. Duncan for two mot-its. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept. 28. IN RE FRANCIS NIGGINSON. This insolent was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, lately holdi an appointment in the Coast Guard. lie was opposed by Mr. Dowse, and by a creditor in person, and was supported by Mr Cooke. The case occupied the entire day, but the facts may be stated in a few words. The insolvent, having patoted an invention for the substitution of iron for wood -in the construction of houses, was desirous of building on his own account, and accordingly obtained from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests permis sion to erect eight houses and a hotel in New Oxford street, the construction of which was contracted for by- a Mr. Martin Cubitt, of High Holborn, for 25,0001. After the works had proveded to a certain extent Cubitt failed, and in his balance-sheet filed in bankruptcy made no mention of any money paid to Uzi by the insolvent, although the latter was ex amined, and stated that he had paid Cubitt 3,500/. on account. Cubitt obtained his certificate, and the in solvent, who has been upwards of twelve months in prilson, was now opposed upon the ground that the payments to Cubitt, credited in the balance-sheet, ere untrue. Both Cuhitt and the insolvent were examined at gnat length, each positively repeating his former statement. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said the case was one of great doubt, and one in which the Court could not unerringly decide one way or the other ; but, looking at the relative testimonies of the insolvent and Cubitt, contradictory as they were, he was of opinion that the evidence of the latter was not sufficiently conclu sive to warrant the Court in remanding the insolvent or at,bributing to his statements the stigma of perjury. The insolvent was therefore entitled to the benefit of tthe Act, and would be discharged forthwith. WESTMINSTER C&UIVTY COURT, Sept. 28. (Before D.-C. MOYLAN, Esq., Judge.) LiTua:u v. IiON. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, M.P. The plaintiff in this case sought to recover, on be frialf of Lis wife, housekeeper at Berkeley House, Bpring-gardens, the town tesidenee of Earl Fitz. harllinge, from the Hon. Grantley Charles Fitzhar dinye Berkeley, M.P., the sum of 19/. "for money paid, goods sold and delivered ond,:bresstrAs6 and luncheons sunpliel ta i .flie r defendant between April, 1342, and Septernber, The JUDGE—State the nature of the case. AY. DOD, solicitor—YOur Hononr, this is an action brought by William Latham, on behalf of his wife, who IS housekeeper at Berkeley House. Having been appbinte:4 to that situation by the late Countess Berkeley, Inany years bad, she still continues to hold the 'appointment under the present Earl Fitzhardinge, and the action is brought against one of the mem bers of the family, to recover the sum of 191. 133. 101, fur breakfasts, lutcheons, wax lights, wash ing, money paid, &c., for him, from April,. 1842, 4awn to September, 1844. During the period the present bill was incurred the Countess 3 4 f Berkeley was living. On the 3cl of October, 1844, the Courites died, and up to that period Mrs. La 'ham was housekeeper at Berkeley R ouse. The ravuntess was in the habit of residing chiefly away from London, at a place called Cranford Lodge, a n d was very seldom in town. During her absence from London allowed her sons and daughters to oc cupy sleeping rooms in Berkeley House. The plain tiff, who was on board wages, received strict orders from the Countess that her sons and daughters were to pay for everything they had, wax lights, the wash ing of die bed-linen, and even for beating the carpets in their rooms. The plaintiff did or got all this done, and the various sons and daughter paid her every year for what she did for them, except the de fenclaut. He had, however, paid several previous bills, and the present was the last. He should call Irs. Latham, who would distinctly prove all that he had stated. Mrs. Frances Latham was then sworn, and stated that she had been sixteen or seventeen years house keeper at Berleeley House. The Countess Berkeley died in October, 1844, and the amount now claimed wt” for articles supplied to Mr. Berkeley during her litime. Her Ladyship paid her board wages every t4lree monos, and ; the sons and daughter paid for everything they had, with the exception of Mr. Henry Berkelelyi• They merely had the use of the rooms, and she kelp: . their accounts in separate b ooks, 4n( - 1 gave them bills c f what she had expended for tbem. Che JUDGE—II* many were there occupying roams in Berkeley House ? Mrs. Latham—F our; Lady Mary, the Hon. Grantley, the Hon. C raven, and Mr. Henry. Mr. Grantley and Mr. Craven only - .2atne to town during the session of Parliament. By Mr. DOD—The letter produced is in the hand writing of the Collates... It is addres4cd to me, and the postscript says, "If ever you send carpets to be heat, or put me to any expense for my sons, I will Ji3eharge y ou : , By the Juune—l have settled hills of the same Treture before with Mr. Grantley Berkeley, and he p a id me by cheque. The List payment was in 1842, jn August of that year. From that cheque, which *as for 241., a balance remained d ue to him, for which I Wore given him credit in the present bill. Afar some further proceedin gs , The Jun, u „„id—l think the case has been satisfac torily provid. Is VA% Berkeley in town ? Mrs. Latham—l don't know, your ecmour. The Juror —lf he is ordered to pay it in two or three weeks, I suppose that will du. ,pop—Yes, your Tionour,, NEw 7 1 - • , t . 1... e An order was then made for the payment of the debt and costs on the 20th of October. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. • (Before the RECORDER.) Yesterday James Casey, 33, labourer, was indicted for cutting and wounding Charles Wrench, with in tent to murder him ; and in other counts the intent was laid to be to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. PARRY, at the request of the Court, watched the case for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner and prosecutor were both inmates of St. Giles's workhouse, and the pri soner had always exhibited the appearance of a sullen and morose disposition. On the night of the 31 of September, without any previous quarrel having taken place, it appeared that he suddenly seized Wrench by the neckcloth and drew a knife across his throat, inflicting thereby a severe, but, as it turned out, not dangerous wound. Mr. PARRY cross-examined the witnesses with a view to show that he was not in a sound state of mind, but, with the exception of his being sullen and evincing an indisposition to take his food, or to asso ciate with his companions, there was nothing to show that his mind was really affected. It appeared in the course of the case that the prisoner was dirty in his habits, and the prosecutor had on several occasions forcibly taken him to the bath to be washed, and this appeared to have occasioned an ill feeling towards The jury found the prisoner Guilty upon the second count,• and he was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for eighteen months. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Daniel Sinclair, aged 34, described as a mariner, was indicted for bigamy, in having feloniously inter married with Jane Wells , his wife Anne being alive. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Huddlestone prosecuted, and Mr. Prendergast appeared for the prisoner. It will be unnecessary to detail the circumstances of this case, as they have been given within the last few days in the police reports. The prisoner was mar ried in 1839, at Newcastle, to Anne Joyce, and it appeared that in 1845 he married Mrs. Wells, a widow, his former wife being then alive. It also ap peared that, during the interval between 1839 and 1845, the prisoner had married another woman, who had since died, and that he was convicted of that offence, and sentenced to twelve months' imprison. ment. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for seven years. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. BULLOCK.) Mary Doyle, a simple-looking young Irish girl, was indicted for a misdemeanour, in having unlaw fully deserted her illegitimate child, and left it chargeable to the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields; and Margaret Grath was charged as an accessory to the commission of the offence. Mr. Huddlestone conducted the prosecution for the parish of St. Martin. It appeared that on the day mentioned in the in dictment the child referred to was placed in a door way in Bedfordbury, and both the defendants were seen in the act of leaving the spot, and were taken into custody. The prisoner Doyle in her defence told, with great apparent artlessness, a very affecting story as to the cause of her committing the offence. She said she had been in respectable service with a gentleman in St. Pancras, and some time ago, having a holiday, she went in the boat to Greenwich, and during the journey she got acquainted with a young man, who succeeded in seducing her, and th e resu l t of that in tercourse was the birth of the child. She knew no thing of the father, and could not find him, and for a considerable time she paid 4s. a week to a poor woman to keep the child for her, but, finding herself unable to continue the payment, she applied to St. Pancras parish for assistance. They, however, refused to do anything for her, and, although she offered to pay half her wages if they would keep the child and enable her to remain in her situation, they refused to do so, and she was, in consequence, driven to commit the act with which she was now charged. From some inquiries that were made by the Court, there appeared to be reason to believe that this story was quite true, and that it was entirely owing to the refusal of the parish authorities to assist her that the unfortunate prisoner had been induced to commit the offence and endanger the life of her infant. The jury, , after deliberating for some time, wished to know whether, under the circumstances, the pa- , rish of St. Pancras was not legally bound to support the_ child ? Mr. BULLOCK said he should decline to express a legal opinion, upon that point, but, whether they were or not, it would not make any difference with regard to the charge against the prisoners. The jury then returned a verdict of Guilty, but at the same time expressed their opinion that the prisoner Doyle had been induced to commit the offence by the cruel conduct of the authorities of St. Pancras parish in refusing to assist her, and they begged to recommend her most strongly to the mer ciful consideration of the Court. Mr. HUDDLESTONE said that, although the parish of St. Martin had felt it their duty to the public to institute the present prosecution, he was instructed to state that, from inquiries they had made, they had reason to believe that the prisoner's story was quite true, and that she had been driven to commit the offence in consequence of all assistance being refused her • and he therefore b egge d t o say t h at t h e parish of S t. Martin cordially joined in the recom mendation to mercy. He had heard that the master of the prisoner was willing to take her again into his service, and he suggested that probably the Court, under the circumstances, would respite the judgment until the next session. Mr. BULLOCK acceded to the suggestion, and judgment was, therefore, respited. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a full Bench of Magistrates.) THE CASE OF CHARLES BUTLER.—In the course of yesterday, a woman, of the name of Eliza Harris was put to she her, and indicted for having stolen tour handkerchiefs, the property of E. W. May. Mr. WILDE appeared on behalf of the prisoner, and as soon as the case was called on, said that he begged, althoUgh at that moment he was appearing as Counsel in tha case then before the Court; respectfully to ask to make an application in the case of Charles Butler, - whose, caßerJae had- recently seen referred to in a letter whirl. he had not felt himself called upon to reply to, in conseqUence of the terms in which it had been couched not being those which one gentleman ought to address to another. The Learned JUDGE—Mr. Wilde, you had much better confine your observations to the public busi ness which is before the Court. I did not expect that you would have answered the letter you refer to. Mr. WILDE—But, my Lord, I made an application to your clerk for a copy of the notes in that case of Charles Butler, and on Saturday I received an intima tion from your clerk that on Tuesday morning I should have them. Now, I have been here in Court the whole of the morning, but up to this moment I have neither seen nor heard a word about them. The Learned JUDGE—If you received such a re ply as that you were told that which was not correct. It should have been on Wednesday. The answer should have been that you should have the notes after my return to town on Tuesday. Now, as I did not return to town thi s morn i ng unt i l ten minutes to ten o'clock, I was not able to look over the copy to see that the notes had been properly copied. Under the peculiar circumstances of this case, and the circum stances under which the copy of the notes has been applied for, I conceive it to be a matter of neces sity, as well as duty to myself, that b e f ore the copy has been handed to you I should examine that copy, and see that it had been fairly, correctly, and pro perly made. Since I have been on the ben c h t o - day, rny clerk has retur ne d the original notes t o me. I will examine the copy, and you shall have it to morrow morning. Mr. WILDE—Very well. Now, I understand that certain pap ers h ave b een c i rcu l ate d th is m orn i ng amongst certain m em b ers o f th e b ar apper ta in ing to that case of Charl es B u tl er . Th ose papers did not contain any reference to any case wherein those mem bers of the bar had been or are at all concerned, but they did not contain a reference to a case in which I had only been engaged, but am concerned. Those papers, it would seem, were put into circulation be hind my back, for I was not in court, and I find that they have since been withdrawn, whilst I, in whom alone rests all connexion with those papers, have not only not seen them, but have not had one handed to me. The Learned JUDGE—Mr. Wilde, I well know the object with which these observations are made on this occasion. I well know why these statements are made— namely, that they should form the subject of a report in the public papers to-morrow. They are not made for the jury. You are, I believe, aware and ar e cogn i zant of the letters which have appeared in the publi c papers, wherein your name was con tained, and of course you are well aware whether those documents containing certain charges against me were sent forth to the world with your knowledge or not, and whether those charges are true or are un founded. Whether that be so or not I know nothing upon the subject. But I have thought it right, as a f:ir proceeding to myself as well as to all parties, to state the case, and to make some private remarks upon the step which has been taken and upon the case itself—wishing that one, or two, or three of the members of the bar should see, as far as I am con. cerned, what information and documents I have in my possession. Those remarks were not made pub licly, nor were they intended to be made public, at all events at present, and most probably never will. I must say that nothing can be more improper than that you should in this public court, assembled for the performance and discharge of public business, address me when sitting in this seat in the discharge of my public and judicial duties. It is most improper and most unusual. With respect to the case itself, all I can now say is, that the matter is not in my hands. I have nothing to do with it beyond the fact that, having found that my character and conduct in reference to it had been pubLely and severely assailed, I did write a letter in my defence, and an explanation. As regards yourself, I do not think, as far as we two are concerned, that there should he any communication between us, as I think you should nut have taken the course you row have on this occasion after what has transpired. With respect to the notes of Charles Butler's case, my clerk did not inform me of your application for them until Friday last, and I replied that you should have the copy after my return to town on Tuesday. I did not deem it necessary, as so short a time only had to elapse, to come purposely up to London, but I did under the circumstances feel it right that I should examine, the copy of the notes before they were handed to you. In adopting that course I think that I am only doing that which is but simple justice, as well as a duty to myself. Iconsider that lam bound to see that the notes of this case are fairly and cor rectly copied. In respect of the papers which you say I have withdrawn, I beg to say that I have nothing to withdraw, and that there is no document in the case which I should wish to have kept back. The course you have taken this day clearly has for its ob ject the again causing a subject of a painful de scription to be reported in the newspapers of to morrow morning. But, sir, I cannot suffer the dignity of the bench to be lowered by this discussion. What may have passed between you and other learned counsel, in reference to the papers to which you allude, I must leave to yourself. Mr. WILDE—I say I knew nothing about the papers, but you published words on the 30th of January, 1846, which are not true. You charged me on that day, when shielded by your judicial robes, with a mis statement. That accusation was not correct, and therefore I cannot address you as a private individual after what has occurred. The Learned JUDGE—I cannot allow this discus sion to proceed. I cannot permit such irregularity to be persisted in, and I must say—and I am glad to find that I am not alone on the bench at this moment— that this is not the time nor is it the place for a discus sion, the only object of which can be the publication in the papers of its report. Mr. WILDE —I beg to insist that a public investi gation shall take place into this case. I require that that shall be done, and I ask you to cause such an inquiry, for you have the power to do so. The Learned JUDGE—This is very improper. I shall take my own course. I know my duty, and I am not to be deterred from its performance by any expressions of this kind on your part. The conduc of a judge may be inquired into in public, and— Mr. WILDE-But 1 charge you with a misstate. ment, and— 1. he Learned JUDGE—If you persist in this discus sion, Mr. Wilde, I must adjourn the Court. Mr. WILDE —1 wish you would. Mr. MILLER, interrupting, said, that he as well as the other members of the bar were very much pained at witnessing such a proceeding as that of which they were now the auditors. He was quite sure that the misunderstanding which appeared to have arisen be, tween the Learned Judge and his Learned Friend might have been easily explained and corrected. The Learned JUDGE—Look at the utter helpless ness of, and the position a judge is placed in, if he is to he subject to such an improper and painful scene as this. If this course of proceeding is not discon tinued I shall at once adjourn the Court. Here the matter dropped, and the trial of Eliza Harris was proceeded with. After the evidence for the prosecution had been brought to a conclusion, Mr. WILDE, in addressing the jury on her behalf, said that, in reference to what had occurred in respect to the case of Charles Butler, he thought the matter ought, in justice to the judge as well as to himself and all the parties concerned, to undergo an official inves tigation. The Learned JUDGE took occasion, when summing up the evidence in the case of Eliza Harris, to say that it must be apparent to every one who was pre sent at the time that the only object there could be in agitating the cause of Charles Butler was that the matter should form the subject of a report in the papers of to-morrow morning. He would not dis grace the bench and the high office he had the honour to occupy in the present instance, by any further ad verting to the matter, and so stepping out of his line of duty, other than by remarking that a person who had filled that chair in that court for twelve years, and many years a similar position elsewhere, possessed, he trusted, such a character as would enable him to meet_such statements as had been made against him fearlessly and successfully. The prisoner was found Guilty. The COURT sentenced her to one month's impri sonment. Shortly after this Mr. Walesby entered the court, and, at the request of the Learned Judge, tried the succeeding case. The Learned JUDGE then left 'the court, but in less than half an hour returned, and, handing a paper to Mr. Wilde, said that he had availed himself of the kindness of his Learned Friend Mr. Walesby in trying one of the prisoners, and that during that time he had quitted the court on purpose to examine and compare the copy of the notes in the case to which the Learned Counsel (Mr. Wilde) had referred. He had made that examination, and he now handed the copy to the Learned Gentleman. There was great sensation manifested in the court during the above proceedings. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday the court was much crowded in conse quence of a knowledge of the fact that Charles Sil rester was to be brought up for re-examination, on the charge of having committed a daring robbery in the daytime, at the shop of Mr. Morris, watchmaker . , Margaret-terrace, H a r row - roa d ; i n addition to j'eb act of plunder it was imagined that he, with a, con federate not in custody, had for some time mast car ried on their nefarious practices to a etmsiderable extent. The evidence given on the first oc.;casion was to the effect that on Tuesday, the 21st instant, while Mr. Morris was dining below stairs, the prisoner, probably by the aid of a picklock kev, effected an entram:e into the premises; and on Mr. Morris, who had been alarmed by a noise overhead, going up to ascertain what was the matter, the prisoner, who was then in the parlour, struck at him twice and escaped by the front door into the street ; went up to a chaise which was standing a short distance off with another man in it, and taking from his pocket a handful of watches, threw them from him towards the vehicle in question and made off as fast as he was able. Three watches and a gold case were found in the chaise and in the road, and' in an instant the man who was seated in the vehicle jumped out, saying that he would endeavour to capture the thief. Ihe pri soner was ultimately given into custody through the exertions of Drake, a parish constable of Paddington, who followed him into a marine-store shop in the North Wharf-road, and there saw him thrust three other watches and a chain beneath a quantity of rags in a basket on the counter. The prisoner was given in charge, but his friend got clear off; the horse and, cart were given up to the care of the police. The whole of the property recovered, which was produced by a constable of the D division, No. 198, was iden tified by prosecutor as having been stolen from his shop. On being searched' at the station-house, the prisoner had up on hi m a box of lucif ers an d other I articles. Yesterday the additional evidence in this case was that of Mr. Samuel Pocock) Smith-street, Kenning ton, who deposed that about three weeks ago he sold the chaise spoken of to the prisoner for 3/. 10s. A charge of plate robbery at the residence of the Reverend Mr. Benton, Harrow-road, was next gone into. Charlotte Houlton, one of the servants, deposed that on Tuesday, the 14th instant, at about half-past three o'clock, she heard the rattling of plate, which was then on a stand in the hall, but thinking at the time that it was noticehe of it at r masterwho thatwas hmanodmlienngt;itinshea f h t e e r rwards s h e h eard the front door shut, took short n t o im further arid on her going up and opening it she saw a man, whom she believed to he the prisoner, running up the , road; he got into the chaise, in which another man was also seated, and they were quickly out of sight, She missed from the plate-stand seven silver forks and eight silver table-spoons. The prisoner, who by the advice of his solicitor, said he should reserve his defence for a future occa sion, stands committed for trial upon Mr. Morris's charge, but will be brought up again next Tuesday ; and it is expected that, ad interim, the police win be able to obtain some important information relating to other robberies supposed to have been effected by the same parties. I VESTMINSTER. Yesterday Thomas Henry Bird, a warder at the Milbank prison, was charged with carrying in to bacco to the convicts, contrary to the regulations. Mr. Gilham, solicitor, attended on behalf of her Majesty's Inspectors of Prisons. Captain Grove, governor of the Milbank prison, said that there had been an inquiry on the previous day, before the Inspectors of Prisons, with respect to tobacco having been taken into the Milbank prison. Witness spoke to the defendant about it, when he denied that he had taken tobacco to the convicts, but subsequently, on being confronted with the mother of a prisoner, named Brit on , w h o said in his presence that he had taken tobacco to her son, and had received s s. and tt handkerohief for so doing, he admitted it, but said he had done no more than 'other officers in the prison. NVitness made no promises of any kind to defendant before the observation fell from him, but then told him, that if he would let him know the names of the other officers to whom he had alluded, he would use his influence for him not to be prose cuted, hut only dismissed. 11. V. Laurence, the deputy -governor, proved find. ing a quantity of tobacco on Briton. At the time the governor made the observation with respect to using his influence to prevent defendant being prosecuted. he accompanied it with the remark, " That he, of course, could not tell whether he should he suece.ful in that respect." Defendant, in answer to the charge, contented him self by saying that the governor had told him that it he would answer the questions put to him, he would use his influence to prevent his being prosecuted. Captain Williams, one of the inspectors of prisons, said, that under the circumstances of the case, and in consideration of the governor having promised to use his influence in the defendants behalf, and the latter having made some disclosures, he hoped the magistrate would inflict as slight a punishment as he consistently could. They (the Inspectors of Prisons) had no desire to punish the defendant individually, but they had deemed it necessary to bring the case forward-in order to deter others from the commission of a like offence. Mr. BRODERIP, after commenting upon the breach of trust of which the prisoner had been guilty, said he did not feel himself justified in imposing a less penalty than 31. The fine was immediately paid. Michael Mahony, a boy about seventeen years of age, was finally examined, charged with breaking into St. Mark's College, Chelsea, and stealing a vast number of books, cases of mathematical instruments, and other articles. The investigation was brought to a close and the prisoner fully committed for trial. WORSHIP -STREET. Yesterday Mrs. Mary Anne Quin, a well dressed woman, and stated to be the wife of an opulent tradesman in Poplar, was charged with stealing a gold pearl mounted finger ring from the shop of Messrs. Walker and Co., jewellers and silversmiths in the Whitechapel - road. Henry 'Perkins, shopman to the prosecutors, stated , that on the preceding afternoon the prisoner entered his employers' shop, and requested him to show her , some fancy rings exhibited in the window. He ac cordingly placed one of the cards, containing rings varying from 15s. to 31. 10s. in value, before her, but after inspecting them she objected to them, as being too expensive, and desired to be shown some wedding rings. A card of that description was therefore handed her, and the prisoner having taken several of them off and fitted them upon her finger, replaced them upon the card, but while doing so she was distinctly seen by the witness to be attempting to practice a very common trick, from which his employers had before repeatedly sustained losses to a serious amount, called " ringing the changes," by substituting a thick brass finger ring she had . with her for one of those upon the card. Not succeeding, however, in this artifice, in consequence of his watch ing her, she requested to look at some other fancy rings, and a card of such, variously mounted, was placed on the counter, which she examined and re turned to him without selecting one ; but, not with standing the close attention he paid, he found, upon, looking at the card, that a gold ring set with small pearls, and worth about 255., had disappeared. Ile lifted her gloves, to see if it was under them, hut it was not, and then asked her if she hid seen it, but she denied that she had, and wished for some wedding rings of the cheapest quality, which, though satisfied she had taken the ring he missed, he con sented to show her, and the prisoner having purchased one of those at 3s. 61, immediately left the shop. He instantly communicated the circumstance to Alr. Brown, one of th e p ar t ners , w h o di rected him to give her into custody, and, having overtaken her at a short distance, he did so ; but, upon being seare,:hed at the police-station, the missing ring was nest re covered, and only three sixpences and the brass ring before referred to were found upon her. When called upon for her answer to the charge, the prisoner declared that there was no foundation for it, and said, that although she had certainly examined the more valuable articles, it was entirely from their being spontaneously produced by the witness, and that her intention on entering the shop was rnerelyto purchase a wedding-ring of a cheap description, to replace her own, which had been accidentally broken. A professional gentleman, who happened to be in Court upon other business, rose to assure the magis trate that he could vouch for the prisoner being a person of undoubted respectability, whom he felt ex treme surprise at seeing charged with such an offence, and hoped, if his worship felt it his duty to hold her upon it, that bail would be allowed to be tendered for her, which to his knowledge could be procured to any amount that might be demanded. Mr. HasisarLs. considered that a prima facie case had been established against the accused, but, after• some consideration, consented to accept bail for her future appearance, which he fixed to be, the prisoner herself in $Ol., and two responsible sureties in 401. each. The bail was Shc;itly afterwards put in, and the prisoner was liierated. THE BORNEO PIRATES. The following sequel to the account of the action of the Nemesis with the piratical fleet off the Borneo river is extracted from the Singapore Free Press of Aug. 5 : " Nine captives arrived here a day or two ago from Bruni, part of those who were on board the fleet of pirates attacked by the Nemesis. Their depositions had been taken by the marine magistrate, and we shalt give the sul , ,stance of the statements made by some of them. One of them, name d M uda, states Nacodak a l ong that- he is a re A ti e e of Lingin, f rom w hi c h h e sa i led about four mon th s ago in a p ra h u , o f w hi ch he was w ith seven other men, for Pulo Sa hassw'.. They fell in with a fleet of pirates one day's sale from Lingin, by whom they were seized. They 'cok the men out of the boat and shared them amongst an d cut h er a d r if t. They then pro the different prahus, tying their hand s an d f ee t, plun dered the boat, needed to Siantan, where th e y se i ze d severa l persons; at Pulo Soobie they took se ven men and women, and at Pulo Tambelan they seized three or four more. During their passage they saw a large schooner with raking masts, and also sighted a brig off Sarawak. At Pulo Sahassan they were fired upon by the inhabitants, on which they thought it best to shear off. They then debated whether they should touch at Sarawak river, but it was finally determined •to proceed to Borneo Proper, as it was said a steamer was in Sarawak river. They anchored off Moara river at eight o'clock at night, and next morning seized two fishermen on the shore. Between eight and nine P.M. -they descried the steamer coming down the Bruni river, and at noon the action commenced. The prahu in which this person was confined was the first that was sunk, after ten out of`the crew of thirty had been killed and wounded. Of the captives a woman and a boy were shot, the prisoners being made to sit on the deck during the action. The pirates and their captives swam on shore, where they were attacked by the Kadyan Dyaks, who, however, on ascertaining the captives, treated them well and took them to the Sultan at Bruni. About 40 pirates were brought in alive, and the captives were desired by the Sultan to take their revenge and cut them up. This they de clined, saying, ' God is great, and will punish the wicked.' The Sultan's people then tied the hands of the pirates, and about 200 fell on them and cut them to pieces, the Sultan undertaking to despatch half the number, while the other half were handed over to Pangeran Moormein. The captives, about fifty in all, were treated with kindness by the Sultan and his people. This man re lates, that while they were at Pulo Siantan the boats were all hauled on shore to have their bottoms charred. One of the Chinese captives being sick and unable to work, they hanged him up to a tree, and then fell on him arni cut him to pieces. Another person of the name of Buwang states that he is a native of Columbo, a small island to the south ward of Lingin. About four months ago, about 3 o'clock in the morning, their village was attacked by pirates. He, his mother, and two sisters made their escape in a small boat and directed their course to Lingin, but were overtaken by the pirates and brought back. They were put on board a large prahu, their hands and feet being tied. The pirates then coasted along to the eastward, touching at several of the islands, such as the Tambelans, Siantan, Soobie, Sahassan, &c. They took several people at these places, men, women, and children. They several times threatened t o throw his little sister, a child of 10 months old, overboard, because she cried, but at Buwang's entreaty they did not do so. Another of the captives says that he saw the sick Chinaman hung up and cut to pieces after a feast. There seems to have been from seven to ten captives in each cf the pirate prahus, and it is probable, therefore, as only about 50 have been yet collected, that a number must be still in the jungle or have been killed in the en gagement, or afterwards by the Dyaks on landing, being confounded with the pirates. Every fresh detail we receive only adds a new horror to the picture of pirate life, and here we find it in the pirates amusing themselves, after a feast, by hanging up and cutting a poor Chinaman to pieces. MONET MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex- change of 25 35 ; and the exchange at Pubis on London at short being 25 42k, it follows that gold is 0.29 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advice) from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433} per mark, which at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9i ; and the ex change at Hamburgh on London at short bang 13 10, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. dearer in London than in Hanabnrgh. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF ,TUESDAY. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 28, 1847. The Queen ha, been pleased to approve of Don Isidro Lopez de Arce, as Consul at Malta for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. WAR OFFICE, SEPT. 28. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet Duncan James Baidie to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Sir Charles Slingsby, Bart., who retires ; the Honourable Philip Sydney to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Baillie, Sept. 28. 2d Dragoon Guards—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Smith, M.D., from the 93 ; Foot, to he Assistant Sur geon, vice Wheel( r, appointed to the Staff, Sept. 28. Regiment of Fart—Quartermaster Joseph Cart mail, from the 83d Font., to be. Quartermaster, vice Colborn, who exchanges, Sept. 28. 21414, Foot—Lieutenant Mansfield Turner, from the 32.1 Foot. to be Lieutenant, vice Patterson, who ex changes, Sept. 28. 29th Foot—Ensign Richard John Evans to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Galiffe, who retires; Ensign James Fraser Draper, from the 39th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Evans, Sept. 28. 32d Foot—Lieutenant William Patterson, from the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Turner, who ex changes, Sept. 28. 33d Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class James Townsend Oswald Johnston, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice James Murray Drysdale, who retires upon half-pay, Sept. 28. 39th Foot—Hugh Robert Hibbert, Goat., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Draper, appointed to the 29th Foot, Sept. 28. 48th Foot—henry Grattan Bushe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice J..hnston, who retires, Sept. 28. 54th Foot—l,orge Kinahan, Gent., to be. Ensign, without purchase, vice Hall, deceased, Sept. 28. 66th Foot. —Ensign Nicholas Kendall, to be Lieute nant, by pv rchase, vice Potts, who retires; Archibald Hamilton Dunbar, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ker.& ill, Sept. 28. 73d 1 . -foe t—Assistant Surgeon Benjamin Swift, M.D., from the 63d Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Foster, who resj'lges, Sept. 28. 75th t?oot—Lieutenant Henry M'Farlane, from half pay 49th. Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Piercy, appointed Paymasi;er ; Ensign Charles Frederick Tyler to be Lieutene int, by purchase, vice M'Farlane, who retires ; Arthur Mowbray Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchas C, vice Tyler, Sept. 28. 83d root--Quartermaster William Colborn, from the 3d F00t,.. to be Quartermaster; vice Cantina, who ex changere, Sept. 28. 87th Foot—Second Lieutenant Hugh - Lloyd to be First L';entenant, by purchase, vice Patterson, who re tires; p [wary Stephenson, Gent., to be Second Lieute nant, 13: r purchase, vice Lloyd, Sept. 28. 93d Foot—James Webster, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeot 1, vice Smith, appointed to the 2d Dragoon Guards . Sept. 28. 94th Foot—Lieut. John Mills Howson, from the 78th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice M'Alpin, deceased, Sept. 28. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Major George Cochrane to be Lieut.-. Colonel. by purchase, vice Tranchell, who re tires; Captain William Twisleton Layard to be Major, by purchase, vice Cochrane; Lieut. William Charles Vander:4,er to be Captain, by purchase, vice Layer(); Second Lieutenant Allied John Douglas Smith to be First Li lieut. wait, by purchase, vice Vanderspar; Andrea Campb ell Knox Lock, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Smith, Sept. 28. UNA.TTACEIED.—Brevet Major Walter White, from Caotaiai half-pa} Unattached, Town- Major of Dublin, to he Major, without purchase, Sept. 28. 'HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant Surgeon Thomas Honer Wileelfer, front the 2.1 Dragoon Guards, to be Staff smegeee of the Second Class, vice Johnston, appointed :o the 331 Foot, Sept. 28. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 24. C or p s of Royal Engine ers—BreVet Major Henry R rcland Brandreth to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Brevet M cjor Charles Ogle Streatfield to be Lieutenant-Colonel. vi( se , Grierson, retir , d on full pay ; Second Captain Frederick Augustus Yorke to be Captain, vice Streat 6,eW ; First Lieutenant Augustus Frederick Hippolito I)ac osta to be. Second Captain, vice Yorke ; Second faienteriont Honcurable - John James Bury to be I eirst Lieutenant, vice Dacosta, September 1 ; First, tei,ant John Bay ly to be Second Captain, vice Lan an, placed on Seconds d List ; Second Lieutenant Ale xander Mackenzie to be First Lieutenant, vice Bay ly, Sept. 3, C omrnis,ions by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. 1 1 royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—The Rii ;iat Hon George John Frederick Viscount Cantilupe to be Major, June 16 ; Francis Charles Hastings Rus sell,. Esq , to be Captain, Aug. 9. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. Duke of Cornwall's Rangers—Francis Glanville Gr( Ge►nt., to be Second Lieutenant, Sept. 22. BANKRUPTS. William Henry Hitchcock, William Connor, and John En wh Hitchcock, saw mill proprietors, Broadwall, Big sekfriars-road, to surrender Oct. 8, at twelyi, and No r 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, offs ei-al assignee, City; Solomon, Chester-terrace, Bo rot txh-road. omas Halstead, publican, Arundel-street, Strand, Oct.. 8, at eleven, and Nov. 8, at half-past twelve, at the Coale tof Bankruptcy. Turqualld, official assignee, Old Jew! y-chambers; Gates, Theobald's road. M. eadows Montague Wildbore, manufacturer of orna ment al papers, Newcastle-street, Strand, and Calais, Oct.• 11, at eleven, and Nov. 8, at twelve, at the Court of 131 ;nkruptey ; Graham, official assignee, Coleman strtwi. ; Sorrell, Fenchurch-buildings. Donald Mackintosh, tanner, Russell-street, Bermond sey., Oct. 9, at two, and Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Bell, official assignee, Coleman street buil !dings ; Cox, Sons, and Walrond, Sise-lane, Buck lers bury. S mud Williams, brush maker, Sloane-square, Chet sea, Oct. 12, at eleven, and Nov. 11, at one, at the Cou rt of Bankruptcy-. Johnson, official assignee, Ba sing ;hall-street ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside. Lartin Buggeln, victualler, Great Homer-street, Li ver pool, Oct. 15, and Nov. 12. at eleven, at the Liver poi I District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Kirk, Symorl's Inn, London ; Parsons, LiverpooL James Griffiths Davies, glass dealer, Manchester, Oct.., 14 and Nov. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict; Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Reed and Langford, Friday-street, Cheapside ; Sale, Wort hington, and Shipman, Manchester. _ DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W.. Sims, Great Queen-street, Liceolu's Inn•fields, coa2ll -maker, Oct. 22, at eleven—C. Green, St. Mary Oa. sr y's Dock, Southwark, wharfinger, Oct 22, al tw e h e—T. Bewley, Moulsham, Chelmsford, iron menu. fact u,^er 9 Oct. 22, at half past eleven—R. Johnson, jun. Pak e field, Suffolk, procer, Oct. 23, at twelve—J. Dodge Cumut.erland•row, IV alworth-road, ironmonger, Oct 22, at h if-past two. In the Country. W. North, Bath, innkeeper, Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Coax . C., Bristol—J. R. Henderson, Leicester, wine-mer chaut,, -Oct. 22, at twelve, at the Court, Nottingham—W. Lendon , sen., and W. Lendon, jun., Exeter, colliers, Oct. 28., at is rw, at the Court, Exeter—T. Hunter, Bishopwear tnouth,,, Durban), grocer, Oct. 12, at half-put ten, at the Court, i Newelstle-upon-Tyne—W. W. Spence, New castle-inton-T)ne, woollendraper, Oct. 20, at twelve, at the Co to:t, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Ji rid, Brynmawr, Breconshire, shopkeeper, 45., on Widne slay, Oct. 13. or any subsequent;Wednesday, between: the hours of ten and twelve, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. J. Falmouth, general furnishing ironmonger, Is. 6d , aJny Tuesday after Oct. 6, between the hours of eleven a ni 1 two, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. J. W. Marvey, Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, grocer, 2s. 6d. 1 any Tuesday after Oct. 6, between eleven and two, at tb4 office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. R. Loos' more, Tiverton, Devonshire, scrivener, 6d., any Tuescla ty after Oct. 6. between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. J. Shepherd and B. Shepherd, Exeter, wine and spirit merchants, 45., any Tuesday after Oct. 6, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. H. Lov utt, Liverpool, merchant, 45., on Thursday, Oct. 7, or , any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven etsd two, at the office of Mr. Cszenove, Liver pool. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Looln vood, Upper Baker-street, Dorset-square, builder, Q Jt. 19, at half-past one—J. H. Llewellyn, Strand, stir; ;eon, Oct. 19, at half-past one—G. South well, Whit stable, Kent, baker, Oct. 19, at twelve—E. Thomas, ldersgate-street, City, draper, Oct. 19, at eleven—J. M'Kenna, George-street, Hanover-square, and Russe II -street. Chelsea, tailor, Oct. 21, at half-past two—S. H - tup, Neithrop, Oxfordshire, carpenter, Oct. 19, at twei l .lie—P. Colston, Ashley-terrace, City-road, silk mercer,. Oct. 20, at half-past twelve—E. Wood, King Willie m a-street, City, tobacconist, Oct. 21, at half past one—J.. Barlow, sen., and J. Gill, Calvert's-build ings, South' n , ark, and Maidstone, hop factors, Oct. 20, at half-past 1' , velve—C. J. Hamilton, High street, Isling ton, bookse Is ler, Oct. 19, at one—W. H. Trencher, Regent-stret it Quadrant, furrier, Oct. 19, at two—H. C. Broom, Law ri . ante Pountney hill, City, grocer, Oct. 19, at eleven—El. Smith, Brentwood, Essex, cheesemonger, Oct. 19, at t e .o. In the Country. T. Hunte r, Bishopswearmouth, Durham, grocer, at the Court, ewcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 19, at eleven—J. Newman, Fr a mpton Cotterell, Gloucestershire, carpenter, at the Court 5, Bristol, Oct. 19, at eleven—W. Crump, Abergavenn y , Monmouthshire, earthenware-dealer, at the Court, !3 r istol, Oct. 21, at half-past twelve—T. Hill, Liverpool, it o nmonger, at the Court, Liverpool, Oct. 19, at eleven—S,. S. Hargill, Newlay, Yorkshire, at the Court, Leed.s, Oct. 21, at eleven—L. Marshall, Northal lerton, York sh, ire, grocer, at the Court, Leeds, Oct. 21, At eleven—J', F oster and W. Davey, Hunslet, Yorkshire, flax-spinner s , at t h e C ourt, L ee d s, Oct. 21, at eleven— EL Evans, Fires nor, Derbyshire, builder, at the Court, Nottingham„ O ct. 29, at eleven—A. Smith, Leicester, worsted-spins ter. at the Court, Nottingham, Oct. 29, at eleven—R. I !prices, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, wine merchant, at the Court, Birmingham, Nov. 13, at twelve Garda s r, Nottingham, baker, at the Court, Not tingham, Of t. 22, at eleven—C. Tabor and W. Clarke, Nottingham. , lace-manufacturers, at the Court, Notting ham, Oct. 21 2, at eleven—J. H. Denner, Noitirgham, pawnbroker, at the Court, Nottingham, Oct. 22, at eleven—W. B. Cooke, Repton-road, Derbyshire, tape manufactur e r, at the Court, Nottingham, Oct. 22, at half-past t ei ". —R. Weston, Manchester, music•seller, at the Court, Yi anchester, Oct. 20 , at twelve —W . Wain, Manchest e r, socket-book maker, at the Court, Man chester, Oct. at twelve. ittruZ - ke Court of Review, Oct. 19. R. Serge nut, Maidstone, oilman—W. F. Westall, Manchester, ihotel4teeper—Mary Elizabeth Bell, Finch lane, Cornhill, newsvender----.T. llaly, Suir- - w-street. S:rand, and St. Peter's-:.Ley, Coruhill, Parton, Poole, innkeeper-IR. Alrotnersl,-y, Stony Strat ford, Buckinghamshire, hat manufacturer—Sarah Bow ring, Pendleton, Lancashire, plumber. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Colter and W. C,l“,r, juin, Narrow-,trei4, riggers and ship .-han‘ilers—C. and V. E. Richardson, Selby, Yorkshire, attorney.. and , olicitors —W. H. Cope, J. Shaw, W. Robins, H. Crutchley, G. Lloyd, J. Horton, E. Deeley, S. Horton, .T Earlier, J. H. Pideoek, G. Jones, and B. SiAley, Patkfi,l,i Lon works, Staffordshire, ironunisters (as far as r: gards G. Jones and J. Barker)—F. Jay and C. A. Bartl: Paternos':er-row, propri: tors of the Rey. W. Ja- : 's wo% —G. Staples, G. Trotter, T. Tuckett, anti IV. J:icksor, Gloucester, coaehbuilders—C_ I. Humble arid IV, Mti bourne, Bishonwearmouth, Durham. ship ;:nil insura;:,q, brokers—R. Barton, C. R. Rcbinson., F. llobilvon, and E. Robinson, Manchester, merchants and calico. printers (as far as regards F. Robinson)—S. Taylor and J. Lamb. 11Ierchesier and Choriton upon- Medlock. grocers—T. Hunter and D. R. G. Walker, Budlei;t,, Salterton, Devonshire, surgeons, apothecaries, and ac coucheurs—R. White and J. Gillard, Plymouth, coal merchants and shipowners—B. Westrop and J. A. Melhado, Old Broad: street, City, stock and share brokers—P. Guy, R. Brown, and IL Brown, Brecknock place, Camden-town, cabinet-makers, upholsterers, and joiners—C. Coventry and J. Hollier, Dean -street, Soho, music-sellers and publishers—J. Lester and H. M. Jack son, Crown -street, Finsbury—J. Malcomson, J. Mal comson, J. Malcomson, R. Malcomson, W. Malcomson, T. Malcomson, and W. Archer, Liverpool—S. Blakeley, J. Blakeley, and J. Nuttall, Liverpool, masons and builders (as far as regards J. Nuttall)—C. N. Robertson and T. Garland, Church -street, Hackney, schoolmasters —II. Hirst, jun., and C. Farrar, Huddersfield, fame) woollen manufacturers—W. Matthews and R. Matthews, High Holborn, sta'ioners. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Jason Boulton, Ipsley, Warwickshire, needle- 'Raker. Samuel Stephens, Stonefield, Staffordshire, shoe-manu nufacturer. Francis Jewell, Bristol, licensed victualler. Thomas Douglas Homer, West Derby, near Liverpool accountant. James Eccles. Cheltenham, carver and gilder. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Paton and J. Paton,"Stewarton, Ayrshire, ti&ler merchants, to meet within the house .;f Widow John Smith, innkeeper, Stewatton, Oct. 2. and 30, at one. M. Wilahere and J. Pholps, Edinburgh, merchants or warehousemen, to meet within Cab's &de- rooms, Edin burgh, Oct. 5, and 26, at one. 1. Gillespie, Glasgow, tavern keeper and spirit-mer chant, to meet within the chatiabcTs of James Miller, writer, Oct. 4, and 25, at ten. W. Weddel, Edinburgh, draper and hosier, to meet within the chambers of George Cotton, Edinburgh, Oct. 5, and 27, at two. J. Aikman, Edinburgh, grocer, to meet within the chambers of John Young, in the Supreme Courts, Edin burgh, Sept. 29, and Oct. 29, at one. FATAL COLLISION ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday the investigation relating to the death of William Henry Sawyer was proceeded with at the Dock and liuck Inn, Wimbledon, before Mr. Carter, the Surrey Coroner. On Friday night, at half-past eight o'clock, a goods train of twenty-three trucks and vans left Southamp ton for London. It was increased to fifty-one, as several were picked up at the intermediate stations. The deceased acted as breaksinan in the last carriage but two of the train, the guard and his breaksinan being in the fifth from the engine. What with the heavy load and a fog, which rendered the rails very greasy and prevented the wheels "biting," the train was considerably behind its time. It lost eighteen minutes at Andover, was late near an hour and quarter at Woking, and by the time it had pissed Wimbledon station was more tnan two hours behind. Its proper time to arrive at Nine Dins %%as twenty minutes past two o'clock, which gave it full two hours in advance of the mail train. This reaches London at twenty. five minutes past four o'clock. At Kingston, the last station the goods train stopped at before the ac cident, the trucks seemed securely coupled. On nearing Wimbledon station the fog was found to be more dense, and on entering the cutting the rails were so greasy that some difficulty was experienced in getting the engine and train to grip the metal. To overcome this difficulty, the engine driver suddenly shut off the steam to bring the carriages closer together, and that being accomplished, the steam was as suddenly turned on, when the train proceeded at a quicker pace. On reaching the Richmond junction at Wandsworth, the guard missed thirteen carriages of the train, and con cluding that they had been dropped somewhere down the line, he went back on an engine in search of them. In 'Wimbledon cutting he found them sta tionary, and quickly perceived that they had been run into by the mail train. The two last carriages had been forced on to the van in which the deceased was. All three were considerably shattered, and the poor fellow's remains were.discovered shockingly mu tilated. The testimony of the fireman of the engine attached to the mail train showed that there were no signal lamps placed down the line, or even at the Wimbledon station. On the engine passing under the bridge on the London side of the Wimble don station, the three red lights at the rear of the trucks were seen, and as subsequently ascertained, not more than 300 or 400 yards distant. The fog, as before mentioned, was thick, and the driver and stoker thought they were further off than they really were. The steam was shut off, the en gine reversed, and all breaks applied. The rate they passed the station (30 miles an hOur) was consider ably slackened ; but unfortunately the distance was not sufficient to prevent the collision. From the cir cumstance of the body of the deceased being found in the van, and the usual signals not being placed in the rear of the trucks to indicate there was a stoppage on the line, it is supposed that he must have fallen asleep in the carriage, and was in that state when the mail train came up. Mr. Stovm produced a copy of the regulations issued to the company's guards, &c., by which it was clear that the duty of the unfortunate man would have been to take the red signal some dis tance behind the trucks on finding them parted from the other portion of the train, and at a stand-still on the line. This he did not do because, as it is presumed, he was asleep. The breaking away of the carriages was satisfactorily accounted for by the failing of the connecting chains. The two trucks which parted were not coupled by the ordinary " screw," like those used with passenger trains. but by links and hooks. Two of the latter were found to have been carried away, and it is suspected that the sudden shutting off the steam in the cutting, the consequent bumping of the trucks together, and the strain in re-starting might have some effect in damaging the connexion. The CORONER at. some length addressed the jury on the important nature of the investigation. He then dwelt upon the leading points of the evidence, and thought, that if there had been any dereliction of duty by any of the company's servants, it was on the parr of the unfortunate deceased, who had suffered from his impropriety. The jury, after a lengthened consultation, returned a verdict of " Accidental death," the Coroner inform ing the officials of the company who were present, that the jury hoped that some more secure plan might be adopted in connecting the carriages, for should a similar 'failure take place, it might lead to another and probably more serious calamity. Mr. Stovin replied that the recommendation should meet with every attention. SURPRISING ESCAPE FROM PAISLEY PRISON. We recently noticed the apprehension of two ac complished housebreakers, who had entered both the Post-office and an apartment mistaken for the Stamp• office, in the course of one night, by means of false keys. An early hour this (Saturday) morning was fixed for the removal of these thorough-bred depredators, and the other prisoners indicted, to Glasgow, for the purpose of their being tried before the High Court of Justiciary next week ; but on the officers of the prison going about their busi ness this morning at six o'clock, they were surprised to find the outermost door of the prison, and the main gate immediately within it, both open, while the two culprits in question, with another companion, confined in a separate flat from themselves, were all missing. The names of the prisoners who have made so opportune an escape are James Campbell and Thomas Mackay, indicted for trial, with William Fox, a convicted housebreakerr, who was under sentence, and had but three months of his imprison ment to run. One of the two first-named prisoners had been suffering from fever of late, and he had been removed, with his associate in crime as a nurse for him, to one of the large airy front rooms in the south end of the prison. The apartment referred to,. though larger than the common cells, is one of a series of apartments constructed with double doors for the security of the most daring prisoners, and the outermost door is fastened by a strong bar, in place of a lock, from the corridor of the prison. It was impossible that this apartment could be opened when once fastened up, except frFomoxt,hteheoourthseidrep,riseoitnheer,r by a false key or otherwise. was confined in the flat a bove, the third story of the prison, in one of the ordina r y cells, and was locked up by a key that fastened twelve rooms. On exa ,nining the fastening of all the doors that ha ve been so cleverly opened this morning, there is not the slightest appearance of force or effort having been used beyond the application of well-fitted keys, the only change being that the lock of the outerm os t door of the prison appears to have been particularly well ailed to prevent its creaking or making noise during the operation. A warder sleeps on the same Hat in which Fox was confined, and this person did not hear the slightest noise from the proceedings, although the removal of the bar and pain( ck from the cell door in which Campbell and Mackay were confined can scarcely be effected even in daylight, and with the greatest caution, without making con siderable clanking and noisy.. The mystery that I,alrs over this ably accomplished prison-breaking :.(:erns principally to be, whether Fox had been fur' ni,hrd with tic• implements for opening the doors, or whether they Iltv hen opened by parties enteriug from the Outide, after having scaled the walls into the court-yard.—lle:; rew,,hire .Thfiirmer. A NIGiiT FROM HOME. An incident of a rati,kr interesting nature happened e at Perth last week. Three Luvs, two the sons 01 Sergeant Caripbell, and another whose name we have not learned, the oldest fifteen s ears, and the youngest eleven, took a fancy, on Thursday forenoon, being up the water-si.L on a ramble, to cross to the island eppoite Scone Palace, and known by the name of "tare woody island." They accordingly all waded :ieross, the water being comparatively shallow ; but after scjourning an hour or two upon it their state of mind m a y be conceived, whe n, ap preaching the bank to return, they found the river so swollen from a sudden flood, as to pre clude the entire possibility of any attem pt to recross. The poor little fell ows w andered about on the bank the rest of the day, earnestly gazing on th e opposite shore, and along it as far as their vision could stretch, or as far as an object could be seen, in the hope that some friendly form would appear and be the means of making known their situation and of bringing them relief. No one, however, although they occa sionally saw some stroller in the distance, came within hearing of their cry. The result was the shades of even ing descended, and with the darkness sunk their hopes of assistance for the night. They accordinglY, and with wonderful fortitude, although cold, hungry, and weary, set about accommodating themselves to their circumstances as they best could. Occasionally, they ran about to keep themselves in warmth, and At other times huddled together under a tree or bush for the same purpose ; and in this position they sometimes got a little sleep. At length the morning dawned, and they were again on the look-out on the bank, but several weary hours passed before they saw any one approach. It was eight o'clock when they saw a man, and their joy may be imagined when the Campbells found him to be their own father. We need not say on discovering his children , w hom he had searched for the wh o l e night, that he imm ediately stripped and waded across f o r them with all a father's anxiety and delight at finding thorn scat hl es s and even wonderfully ch ee rf u l. But one thing remains to be told. fie wanted to take his oldes t son over first on his back, but the son refused, saying , " : ye maim tak Willie, he's bare fitted, an' awful cauldf and on asking him to go second, he replied, `139, The tak this time, for he's littler than me!" little trio had had no food from eight o'clock the previous morning. —Perth Courier. RAILWA Y SHARE MARKETS• - - --- - LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 28. STOCK ExcawsoK.- The sales are--Birkenhead, Lance shire, and Cheshire, (late C. and 8., 5 p e r cent. on 55/- Shares till 1849), 35 1 ,4- Liverpool, Crosby , p -London and North- Western,and Southp9reeW. 159 1 ,v--Ditto , Quarters, 84 p.- Ditt o . Fifths 10% p.-Mi d l an d Stocky 115 y, -Ditto Halves, 1:1s p.-North Stafford s. hire, 1,t3 P . Shrewsburv, bswestry, and Chester, Preferenc e ( gu ar. 8 al Pe' cent.), 2 1 f; p.- South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 (issue Thirds, at 6 2-3 die.), 1 3 dis.-York, Newcast le. and Ber wick (G. N. E. Purch a se, guar. 6 per cent. till 1850), 2 1 / 3 P' -Dutch Rhenish, die. Al AN CH ESTER, SEPTEMBER 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, ham, and Boston, 1 11-16 dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, %Vest 'Wing Junction, 4 dis.•-Huddersfield and Blanches ter Railway and Canal, 1 dis.-Lancashire and Yorkshire Fifths (late Nest Riding • • London and mg •ra.n), 1 9-16 als o/a 1- is astern ( Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (0, Nottingei 4 '4 p.-Mancheser, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 74 C ' Preference, 1-16 p.-North Staffordshire, 1% P• 1 11 l) est o p an d W yre , H a l ve sA), 4 C. p.-South-EasternB D o ver, No. 3, 5 dis.-Ditto No. 4. 1 3 4 dis.-York, ~ castle, and Berwisk, Preerence (guar. 6 per cent. till 1850), 215 2 p.-Ditto, Extension, No. 2, 2ji, p. LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 23. Notting - STOCK EXCITANGE.-The sales are-Amberga te, ham, and Boston, 30s dis.-East, Lancashire. New, 3443_ Ws. -Ditto, Quarters, 17s. dis.-Great Northern, 41. 65.. it . dis.- Huddersfield and Manchester, 225. 6d. n• Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves (late Hud. and Sbeffi, 5 dis.-Dittsr (West Riding U n i on ), 34 5 . n. dis.-Leeds an Dewsbury, Halves, 20e. n. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk , 1474 dis.-Nurth British, Thirds, ss. tid. p.--Ditto, Quarters, 5a p.-lush Staffordshire, 265. 3d. p.-North-Western, 763 ' dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2,2/. Bs. 9d. p• EDINBURGH, SEPTEMBER 27. STOCK EXCHA NGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 321 .....-" Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, h°'_, Ditto, Halves. 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 2 /. 10s.-Ca'e. ' nian, 40/.-Ditto, New, 11. 17s. 6d.-Caledonian and Da 'Z' bartonshire, 10s.-Clydesdale junction, 534 -Deeside , 155.-Dunblane, Dowse, and Callender, 11. 7s. 6c1.-Dun dee and Arbroath, 391.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 29/. 10e.- New, No. 2, 39/.-Ditto, New, No. 3,3/. 75.-Dun dee and Northern Junction, V. I Is.-Dundee and Perth, 3.1' 12s. 6d.-Ditto, New, Reg., 17/. 10s. -Ditto, Quarters, °"" 55.-Eastern Counties, 171. ex div.-Ditto, 'York Extension, 8/. 10s.-East of Fife, 4/. 58.-East Lothian C entral, 1/. Bs. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 6/. 103.-Edinburgh an, Glasgow, 521. ss. ex div.-Ditto, Halves , 15/, 15s. ex an Ditto, Quarters, 13/. ss. ex div.-Edinburgh. Leith, an Granton, 17/.-Ditto, Preference, 2 01. -Ditto , New , N°• . * ' 3/. 195.-Ditto, New, No. 2,2 L-Ditto,L-Ditto, Quarters , Reg., 1t 3d.-Ditto, ditto (scrip), 75.-Edinburgh and Northern , 155.-Ditto, New, Re. 2i. 2s. 6d.-Ditto ditto (scrip). 12s.- Ditto, Newport, 8 / .35.-Ditto, ditto, New, Reg., IL 7!)...5a. -Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 25• -Ditto, Halves, ss. 6d -1 71 23. Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1071.-Ditto, (5 per cent. guar.), 1191. -Ditto. New Stock, 411. 155.-Ditto, Halves, , • D um fries, 6d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2,9/. 105. -Glasgow, and Carlisle, 8/.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 381. 15s. ex diy. - Glasgow General Terminus, 11L -Glasgow and Greenoclr, 17/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 81. M.-Ditto, Preference, 2s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 31. 12s' 6d. -Great North ...f Scotland, 18s.-Morayshire, 1/. 7s. 6d.-"" North British, 271. 55.-Ditto, Halves, 13L-Ditto, Qua': tars, 5/. 2s. 6 , 1.-Dttto, Quarters New (scrip), Reg., 10s. 9 4: -Ditto, Thirds, Rag., 11. 7s. 64.-Ditto, ditto, (scriP), oaten Bs.-Ditto, Fifths, 5/. 55.-Scottish Central , Midland, 17/. 155.-Stirling an d Dunfermline, 41.--„Stir;Midland, ling and Midland, 71.- Wishaw and Coltness , "- div.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 137 /. 158.--Ditto (Orik New. and Ber.), 31 /. 2 s. 6 d. - Direct Bombay and Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian , 1 /. Os. 3 d. - Great Nort h of India, 2s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras , Is. 9c1.-Madras. Ne lore, and Arcot, is. 6 d.-Scottish Grand Junction, Os- 26L- GLASGOW, SEPTEMBIR 27. &mew EXCRANGE.-The sales are-C a ledonian, 8°1 ' 4 7 Ditto, New, 375.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 9 s• -Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 655.-Edinburgh, Leith , an Grantor,, Quarters, 75.-Edinburgh h and Perth, Halv es, se• and Northern , Nee', 408- -Ditto. New, 265. Edinh uig 9d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 1061. ex div . ex new. -Ditto, 401. Shares, 411/, ex div. ex new -Glas g ow and Greenock, IVA ex div -Great Northern, 70e. 6d. ex Manchester and Southatnpton, 13s. 6d.-North British, Thirds, 275. 60.- Ditto, ditto (scrip), 265. 6d.-Ditto, Net Quarters (scrip), 10s.-Paisley, Barrhead, and Burial, 365. WIGTONSIIIRE.—In low and early lands all white crops are in the stack yards, and the beans in stook, and almost ready for stacking. The evidence of the barn yard is truly convincing and satisfactory, the quantity and being decidt dly above an average, and both grain straw of prime qualay. The turnip, on the whole, in 9 : promising crop, though we have seen early crops Wu better before thi-i seoson to the year. The law rains cto- Will 4r , stly recruit them, however , a nd ere the end of Po-O ber we expect to see them an excellent crop. The tato crop is also, on the whole , i n a better stsw andel:- ground than could have been expected by those wo° know that they were long ago affected.—Free Press or a . THE COLLIERS' STRIKE. — After bolding out f period of nearly three months on a combined strike against the mastaes, the operative colliers and miners of Lanarkshire have, this week, given way, and ag reed to return to their employment en the termsj they had ob j..eted to. Thus, they have been punishing themselves and injuring their families f or three months to no pur pose. This is always the ease with these unnatural ' strikes and combinations. We never y et knew on them doing the slightest good to the working man. We have no detailed esti nate of the loss on the strike PO terminated, but, one way and another , we imagine i! of will amount to at least 200,0004 —Scotch Reformers Gazette. A LITERARY SMUGGLER. — F or some days pasts the Oetroi officers at the Barriere du Roule remarked a lar man sitting in the far end of an o mnibus regulY his e n ' tering Paris with a parcel of newly bound boo ks on knee. Considering that this regular it y in v isiting Fari s with the same quantity of books was suspicious, tlier yesterday requested him to alight, and on his parcel discovered that though the outside books were bona fide volumes, the inner ones were of tin neatly painted, containing each upwards of a litre of spirits of wine. Being pressed with questions, he avowed that he had for about a fortnight quitted Paris by the Bar riare de l'Etoile and entered it by, Barriere du Roule, each time introducing spirits of wine without paying the duty. He was placed at the disposal of the officers of examining justice.— Galignan i's Messenger. ..... di l aths, t e ro ? ea n n they ,thee f 2 2a 3 5 dteheinni inst., a t ht W e ißr e i e s t c a b r l t o r n m k , Somerset , t i‘ o i n i , d.Loth ia ntLhaedy O lad of W. Gibson Craig, Esq., M.P., of a son. of On the t ß h e e v 2 . 2 E d d i w o e st r . d , ad o N il e a l o r d tr of S a t. so L o o . e, near Bath, :l e e :: On the 23d inst., at Montpelier-road, Brighton , of Major Woodward, of a son. E ss eXr On the 25th inst., at the Rectory, Leaden Rodin& the lady of the Rev. F. G. Rawlins, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., in Brunswick-square, the wife of u taiu Hathorn, Royal Navy, of a son. Wife On the 25th inst., at Harrietsham Rectory, Kent, the of the Rev. John C. B. Riddell, of a daughter. ha rt, On the 26th ins , ., at Wins o n House, near Bin ning the lady of James Ward Hoby, E , q., of a son, still -born. On the 2ith inst., at Northwick-terrace, St. John's - vr °v ` the wife of Thomas Sewer, Esq., surgeon, of a son• uu o f On the 26th i ns t., a t L am b e th-walk, Surrey, the w' Mr. George Wren he Grand, of twin f O MARRIED. St' On the 231 inst., at Jersey, J.,hn lichens, Esq.* ,„;, 1 HeHers, to Ramona Eliza Pearse, widow of the la te CaPb•-- Whit mar,h Pearse, R.N., C.B. Oa the 23d inst., at Betlev, Staffordshire, Clement 11._vr: kips, Earl., Cheltenham, to Elizabeth Dutton, eldes t dauguim• of the Rev. Wright Willett. DIED. On the 25th inst., at the Firs, Hampstead-beath, the Bight Hon. Sir .T din Bernard Bosanquet, late one of her Majesty Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, age d 74. On the 2ith inst., at King's.parade, King's-road, Cliels"* Mr. 'John Brock, aged 80. 0.1 the 2;th inst., in New Bond-street, Mrs. Jones, On the 26th inst., at the Rectory, Lawfurd, Essex, the Rev. W. Brett Whitield, , aged 78. On the 27th inst., in Pai k-place, Liverpool-road, Wagtail 14Ir. Sarah H Wows, atr.ed 71. ;MM. ------------ 1. Lon , ; on : Printed and Published by A.' URDO YOUNG, of No. II -0' • and, Print r, at .The Awe (Inc, Vu. 111, Strand. In the r r*ei t of the Savoy, the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, fleptsealSOP -1647, a to( clan the 4he 11411 • 1.0 Yr 4 Witt has, tett Also !ere at tt Dour Pelle ......:.. Th , *th e lbe toi fb; lor L hat I. ha* APi LOI ~.___. The 21 tree ."44 kr Tha k been th, i I 'Y t Of ta 4 II: %ti ka 1 04, 1 %4 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN [NCB, SEPTEMBER 29, 1817.