The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TFIE PUBLIC JOUNALS. THE ATTEWIT TO LAUNCH THE GREIT EASTERN. I. ((Prom the Ti axes.) The consummate engineer muse possess not only grandeur of ideas, but accuracy of execution. His eye must be microscopic as well as telescopic, and as fitted to inspect a mite as to comprehend the heavens. The higher his aspirations and the more daring his plans, the firmer grasp must he have of every detail, and the surer must be his footfall at every step. If there is nothing too great for him to adventure, it is because there is nothing too little for him to care for. The case of the monster ship which it was yesterday , attempted to launch at Linaehouse is a proof of this. The greatest and m )•st wonderful of modern constructi'ns is complete, and only waits for a fit machinery to move it from the place where for four years it has been the admira tion of the world. Yet, until cables and drums and breaks are made to do their work, it must re main stranded and unable to realise the fond hopes of its projectors. The Leviathan," as we believe it is now is one of those gigantic conceptions which we owe to thegenins of these latter days, Within the last 30 years practical science has altered the face of the globe and changed the destinies of nations. It is now almost core monplace 'to dwell on the steamboat, the ra•lway, and the 'telegraph, or to remark that we live in a wonderful age—an age of enlightenment and progress. But we may take the last 10 years, and, from a consideration of what has been done, deduce the ?act that boldness, perseverance, and skill are working greater prodigies than ever. In this country we are in the midst of the movement. The most memorable scientific enterprises of late years have been the Britaimiabridge, the Subma rine Telegraph, the Crystal Palaces of Hyde-park and Sydenham, the Atlantic Telegraph, and the wonderful ship which was for the first time moved yesterday. All these have been carried out here, and we have learned from them to interest ourselves deeply in the progress of important works. The " big ship" has been for the last year or two the great topic of interest in our island of Cyclops. Here was a work by the side of which all the achievements of former times would be diminished to nothing. The world had been of late accustomed to large-sized vessels, but this was great with a greatness out ofall comparison with its predecessors. Former competition only looked to an increase of a few hundred tons. The Cunard line and the Collins line were content if they alternately oirdid their rivals by 20 feet of length or an extra half knot in the hour of pace. But the new ship disdained com parison. Her principle was new, her size was new, she would be propelledbyaunion of p Priers iieve r before joined, she would elver the water iu a new man ner, she would necessitate anew system of business to sail her at a profit, she might even be expec'ed to call new towns into existence on the shores of harbours sufficient to shelter her. The longest steamer in existence is less than 400 feet ; the new ship is 680 feet ; the principal saloons form a suite 400 feet long ; the burden is nearly 23,000 tons— nearly five times that of any vessel afloat. The nominal horse-power of the screw engines is 1,600 horses, that of the paddles 1,000 horses. She car ries two steam-propelled boats, each as large as a good sized Thames steamer. She is to carry 4,000 passengers, and, should it be necessary, could con vey 10,000 troops to India in little more than a month. It cannot be wandered, then, that we have all been interested in the great work, and taken a patriotic pride in it ; that many of us have been to see it, have looked at it from land and water, ad mired its sharpness and cleanness of build, gaz'd down from its lofty sides to the ground, some sixty feet beneath, wandered over its decks while the whole fabric resounded with the clang of metal, and have returned home to expetiats on it as one of the few sights which haVestot report. asiesrea- •• The public naiistf.ll444l naturally feel disap pointed that for a nireaifi'agleast the launch must be postponed. :The'sffijYtikiletioved for about four feet, and that ssalle-'l.f . twould'seem that the im mense mass was allotect: to stir too suddenly, and was then bro ug ht Up •*itli . a jerk. The consequence was that site stuck fast, and hags remained sticking. Yet the ev il i s certainly much less than if it hal burst from all restraint, and the whole bulk had ruOsed downward to the Thames. Happily, the breaks were sufficiently powerful and the chains su.fficiently strong to prevent such a calamity. So - we may hope that the defect will be remedied by this day month, and that the close of the year will see the " Leviathan " introduced to the deep. The present failure may certainly have tried the patience of the distinguished visitors, though they cannot have anticipated anything very exciting from .a gradual motion which was to last two days and a night. Like the ii.thiattie Telegraph the , g reat ship must look for success to a second trial. We. seem to have been a little unfortunate in our grandiose schemes of late. The Valentia cable laas -parted, " Big Ben" has cracked, and now the " Le,viathen" will not budge. If we add to these the collapse of that elaborate structure the Sepoy army, we have a pretty good list of failures for I.S. ,51. owever, when the strong man sees an obsts.cle he feels that he is on the threshold of an achievement. The breaking of the cable in the Atlantic will doubtless lead to inventions that will ens.ble us to lay cables everywhere. The stoppage .of the great ship on her ways will teach us how to launch dozens of great ships in future. In these things we confess to being optimists. The most dangerous part is that of a prophet prophesying negatives. It is not so long ago that locomotives were pronounced absurdities, and the Electric Tele graph was looked upon as an i .genieue toy. Every succeeding triumph of marine architecture has been looked upon wi , h mistrust,which saccess has continn ally dissipated. The Great Western, the Great Bri` taro, and the Himalaya, have one after another caused the wise and cautious to s h aka their heals. The great ship, we hope and believe, is destined to a prosperous career, and to be the model for many another giant of the seas. Nay, we can foresee a day when its primacy will have vanished, and when it will be remenab red as a meritorious work of original conception, bat surpassed by the subse quent progress of science. However, we have now to do with to-day, and we cannot but congratulate the public on the completion of this stupendous work. India in four weeks, Australia in five—these are words of good omen to the world ! • How all the deeds of war and diplomacy sink into insignificance compared with tile effects produced by the progress of science ! Here is the world brought together and its peace secured by the application of mec h an i ca l la ys, while the great and the good, and the noble and the powerful, have been trying in vain meralkty and reasoning, negotiation and treaties, age upon age. We may well rejoice at such an event as the launch of this vast structure, and we have little doubt that. we shall shortly re joice at it. Putting aside the gain to commerce and civilization, it is plain that the result must be to strengthen and consolidate this widely and ex tended empire. It has always been objected to the British dominions that they lie scattered over the g lobe too far from the mother country and from each other to be useful in peace or secure in war. Thus India was in flames for weeks before we knew it and for monehs before we could remedy it. Thus the Calfre or the Maori may count upon his term of unpunished lawlessness. In a war with Euro pean countries, or with a combination of European countries, stilt further evils might be apprehended. But with the progress of science the world is be coming smaller and our dependencies more easily managed. Time and mind are working for us. This Indian revolt would have been a more terrible affair even ten years back, when ocean steamers and clippers were few. In a few years hence we may couut on having made a correspond ing advance. With a telegraph stretching west ward to Newfoundland, and eastward to India and Australia ; with " Leviath anal" to carry our troops by sea, and railways to forward them by lend, we may reckon on holding our own in quiet and security. (Prom the Morning !Jerald. ) To affirm that the spirit - of the present age is exclusively mechanical would be a gross exaggera tion, but its d om i nanc y cannot b e d e nied. In au in dustrialand commercial country the aim always is t , obtain a maximum of result from the application of the minimum of power. By such processes produc tion is increased, while labour is economised. Dur ing the present century this principle has been ruo e and more reduced into practice. The steam-engine has been improved ; vtreets and the interior of fac tories and private dwelli ngs have V eon illuminat by gas; the electrictelegraphhaa be en invented, uniting Islands and continents ; while railways have con quered time and distance. In naval archiectur- , o ur advances have been p us. The clipper s hip, with or without the auxiliary screw —the screw itself, almost i superseding the paddle-wh ee l , which it certainly will do n vessels of war—and th s increased tonnage of our me rcantile marine, prov e t h at mechanical genius W been as active on the ocean a s on the land. The _ hay 3 Indian, the Cunard, and th e Peninsular and Oriental steam fleets were once thought to have exhibited colossal dimensions never ishea to be su r p asse d ; but they "hide heads" before the Great E a stern, the launch of which c onamence d yester d a y. With all the details of this monster specimen of naval architecture on. readers are familiar, the whole having been explained by its builder, Mr. Scott Russell, a t the scientific of congress recently h e ld i n Dublin, t h e proceedings which were copiously reported in our columns. ,v . e may, however, upo n thi s occasion, remind the pu blic that she is of the giganti c burtilen of 22,000 tone, that her paddles are as large in their circumfer ence as the equestrian circus at A.stley - s and that Ave can generate a propelling force equal to 11;500 horse puw,r, Which it is computed would set in motion all the cotton mi!!s iii Manchester .at 'ii - A! and the same time, or raise 132,00) fttt,il6ris of water up to the top of the Moouttrit in one minut?. She will be held at her inoOrings by two anchors of seven tons weight each, with a ciiain of 140 fathorns evel:l7 liuk of wb'ch will weigh GA!). The buiider having completed his work, the genitts of the e n gi n e er h as again been called into requisition to move the enor mom bulk of w oo d an d i ron into the stream of the Thames ; and, however ma gn ifi cen t th e conce ptio n of this mighty structure may be, it hardly exceeds in grandeur the Ingenious contrivtances adopted to. ensure the success of the, crownit,g atlievement. What an.Xloll3thon4ht, what continuous reflection, what patient calculation, what foresight of possiqe contiugoncie3 and eventualities, Mr: Brunel has bestowed upon the solution of this problem Never was a launch so daringly adventurous ; never was the adaptation of means to an end surrounded by so many difficulties. An ace )unt of the CjIIIII9IIC3- ment of the interesting experiment of launching this monster steam ship is givfin in another column. At twelve o'clock she was christened, appropriately enough, " Leviathan," by Miss Hope, daughter of the chairman of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. Soon after the attempt was made to put her in motion, and although this succeeded to a certain extent, further operations were arrested by an accident to the machinery, by which we regret to learn that several workmen were more or less injured. - It will be unnecessary to enlarge on the prepara tions that have been made, or on the machinery used on this interesting occasion, as the details, down to the most minute points, have already ap peared in this journal ; we would rather assume that the Groat Eastern is ready for sea, and offer some remarks, albeit they must partake of a specu lative character, as to the probable success of this great commercial experiment. Thera can be no doubt, ceteris paribus, that large ships are more profitable than small ones. A vessel of 3,000 tons can be worked more economically than four vessels of 750 tons each. The wages of three captains are saved, and the relative proportions of the subordi nate officers and crew are largely diminished. Ex perience shows that the wear and tear is less costly, and hence, excepting in the coasting trade, and in shallow waters, large tonnage is displacing small. But it is possible that excessive dimensions may prove uuremunerative ; for, though the Great Eastern will have the advantage of carrying coal to last out the longest voyage, and may run to Cal cutta or Me bourne in thirty days, yet it may be urged that she will never be certain of finding a full cargo at the ports she may frequent; and those ports must be few, on account of the enormous dock accommodation she will require. Then arises another point, which actual experience alone can answer—will she pay by the conveyance of passengers ? Upon this point we have some data to guide us. Before the Peninsular and Oriental Company monopolised the steam carrying trade to India and China, some 50,000 tons of the finest merchant ships in the world used to convey British manufactures, iron, Szo., to India at about 20s. per ton, and brine , produce from India at 3/. to 4/. per ton ; and this they were enabled to do because a considerable part of the expenditure on sailing the ships was derived from the profit on passengers and valuable goods, packed into a small compass, now carried by steamers. There can be no doubt that passengers will pay a high price for speed, for every merchant is sensible that time is money ; and even the opulent tourist, who travels for pleasure, instruction, or health, will agree to the same terms. It is therefore reasonable to expect that the Great Eastern will command a very large remuneration from those classes, and we know, from the experience of the Cunard line, as compared to the packet ships between Liverpool and New York, which it superseded, that the rapidity of the voyage largely increased the num ber of passen g ers. Another fact bearing on this inquiry may here. be mentioned. Before the Cunard line was formed, the merchants of Liver pool who were connected with American houses always freighted goods in American bottoms, for their interests were as foreign as the trade in which they were engaged, and they cared nothing for the British mercantile marine ; but, when the Cunard steamers began to run, the merchants were com pelled to give them the freight of their goods, and for this reason—the steamers made the passage in 10 or 12 days, while the sailing-snips occupied 30 t o 40 days in the transit. The English exporters drew bills upon the American consignees at a date, and of course it was necessary that these should be accepted and provided for at maturity ; and, as their payments frequently depended upon. the sale ...i- Vererge.odaecnxistgnea, the difference between 10 days and 20 days became of serious import ance, and hence it arose that the Cunard's got the freight exclusively for lighter and more costly com modities, and retained it till the Collins' or Ameri can line was started in opposition. Now if the Great Eastern can accomplish the voyage to Calcutta or Melbourne in 30 days, a similar reason will ensure her the freight; but, as already indicated, the vast quantity she can carry at one time may not always be ready, and to put her on demurrage would be ' ruinous to shippers. We may present the subject under another aspect, and it is opportune to the future government of British India. The outbreak of the mutiny took our Ministers by surprise, and they were unable to dispatch a military armament by steam to the East, because the available number of ships could not carry coal for the whole distance, and foresight had been wanting to supply the depots at the Cape of Good Hein. Hence troops ware forwarded by the slow process of sailing vessels, and brave men had to conttnd against fearful odds for a protracted pe riod. If the Great Eastern should realise the expec tations of many, and proves capable of reaching Calcutta in a month with 10,000 troops on board, would it not bed wise policy to add half-a-dozen such leviathans to the Royal navy, even should they remain inactive for years? \Yuen the people of India knew that we possessed assured means of landing 60,000 troops upon their shores in 30 days, would they not dre ttl ta rebel ? And it the ships, from the fear they inspired, were never sent upon a mission of repression, would not the tranquillity they enforced amply repay the cost of their con struction and repose ? We think it would, an 1 the proclama , iou of Nana Sahib confirms that opinion. Ho was aware that we could reach India rapidly over the isthmus of Suez, and hence he announced that we had been annihilated in the attempt. How would such cunning ruilrans feel when conscious that we could strike an avenging blow in one short month ? Thus, been, we have considered the qua lines an d ca p abilities of this most extraordinary vessel under commercial and mili eu - 7 aspects, n e ', in parting with the subject, wish both projectors and pron. ietors that ample measure of success which they so richly deserve. AFFAIRS OF THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK. At a large ani influ.3litial meeting of the depo sitors and others, creditors of the Liverpool Bo rough Bank, held at the Bank yesterday, Mr. Wrigley in the chair, the following offer was made on the part of the b znlz :—" That the clairos of all depositors and other creditors for amounts exceed ing 2)01. should b 3 satisfi,d by the promissory notes of the bank, payable at 6, 12, 18, or 24 months' date, bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum." _ With regard to this offer the following resolution was adopted upon the motion of Mr. W. F. M`Gregor, seconded by Mr. Thos. Gair :—" That this meeting considers it advisable to accept the offer of the directors, under the sanction of a com mittee of depositors consisting of the following gentlemen :—" Messrs. J. H. Wrigley, B. Darby shire, WM. Hope, P. G. Hepworth, P. Rawson, Thos. Gair, Tyson, and W. F. M'Gregor." A conference then took place between the com mittee so appointed and the directors, and a com mittee of shareholders in the bank, when, after ex planations by the directors' :ind shareholders' com mittee, trio latter came unanimously to the follow ing resolutions :—" First, that the offer made on the part of the bank be accepted : second, that Mr. Sellar, the manager of the bank, be requested to send a copy of the minute to each depositor and other creditor of the bank for an amount exceeding 2001." Mr. BRANCKEIt, one of the deputation - sent to confer with the bill brokers, returned from London on Monday night, and at the meeting yesterday. (Tuesday) he reported that the bill brokers had ac ceded to their requests, though some preliminary matters as b the manner in which the bills shall be taken up are not yet settled. A committee of seven depositors was formed to act in the matter with the committee of fifteen shareholders and four gentlemen unconnected with the bank. Some rather augrY discussion took place relative to the non ' pr r oduction of a roug h b a l ance - s h eet b y t h e &me othes,ioannciiydeonsiderable excit emen t was c au sed by *.zi) s t i o ' v r e y t notes, the tes, joayinic reised wish of - some 'depositors to eliCit a verbalWhahe o s o, isatr of Lnce from the directors rela the seven per cent. promis too long dated. some persons co ns id ere d t o b e far PROGRESS 01' THE N , esults of th e d i iitOti G OLD -FIELD.—One of the egions i s gra,lually though b u t s l ow l y June 3, to Sydney, 1 1 devrsloping itself in the shape of an exoort. The gold en• =erect for export the week cndi, g ; and to this amounted in the aggregate to 820 ounces should be added 300 ounces taken by D. passenger whc.-1 declined to make an entry of it at the cuetoins.—Austra lian and New Zealand Ga,zette. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Nov. 3. OfiD (Before the Reeorclor.) John Bentley, 23, was indicted for a felonious assault upon Sarah Catherine Harditiv. Mr. Sleigh prosecuted, Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoners The prOSecutrix in this case was the daughter of a person iu humble circumstances, who obtained her livelihood by letting lodgings, and the prisoner was one of the lodgers in her house. There was this peculiar:ty in the case, that the prosecutrix, who is 30 years old, was both deaf and dumb, and her evi dence was interpreted to the court and jury, appa rently with very great facility, by Mr. Downing, the secretary to the Deaf and Dumb Institution. According to her evidence she wos alone in the Louse with the prisoner, and, having gone into his bedroom in the morning to clean it up and perform th. , , necessary domestic offices, not knowing that he was there at the time, he laid hold of her, an 1 com mitted the offence imputed to him by the pre sent indictment. It appeared that immediately her mother returned she told her what had happened, and the prisoner was taken into custody. Tne defence set up was that the prosecutrix was a consenting party to what took place, and wit nessei were called who spoke to her having commit ted various acts of indecency upon several occasions with other lodgers in the house. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. John Brooks, 27, Caroline Richardson, 38, and Harriet Peech, 21, were indicted for a burglary in the dweiling-house of John Coleman, and stealing 2301. in gold and bank-notes, his property. Mr. Poland conducted the proseeution ; Mr. Ribtou defended Brooks and Peech ; Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Sharpe were counsel for the other prisoner. The prosecutor is the landlerd of the King's Arms public-house, Meeting-house-lane, Peckham, and it appeared that the robbery in question was committed on the Ist September. On the after noon of that day the prosecutor had a very consi derable sum of money in gold and notes in a bag and a box in a drawer in his bedroom, and about 6 o'clock he went there and saw that the money was all safe. He went up again shortly after 9, and he then found that the drawer had been forced open and the whole of the money stolen. The evidence against the prisoner was entirely of a circumstantial character. It appeared that all the prisoners werein the habit of frequenting the prosecutor's home, and that Brooks was in front of the bar shortly before the robbery must have been committed, and that the other two prisoners were also in the neighbourhood, and two witnesses who lived opposite tne King's Arms swore very positively that about 8 o'clock in the evening of the robbery they saw the prisoner Brooks in the prosecutor's bedroom with a candle in his hand. From inquiries that were subsequently made it turned out tlaat Brooks and Peech cohabited together and that almost immediately after the robbery they wade purchases of jewellery to the amount of 501., and this jewellery was found in their possession when they were taken into custody. With regard to the prisoner Richardson, evidence was given that she was seen coming away from the back part of the prosecutor's premises on the night .of the. rob bery, and that when the other prisoners were taken into custody Peech sent a person named Allen to Richardson to ask her for some money to make her defence, and that she then made a sort of admission that she was concerned in the robbery, and had part of the proceeds. The jury found Brooks and Richardson guilty of stealing the money, and acquitted Peech. The Recorder sentenced Brooks, who had been before convicted of felony, to six years' penal ser vitude, and Richardson to be kept to hard labour for 12 months. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Peter O'Brien, 29, nailmaker, and Simon O'Brien, 26, nailmaker, were indicted for assaulting John Whittaker, a police-constable, and causing him bodily injury. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clark prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley defended. The prosecutor, who appeared in great suffering, and bad to be carried into court, remained in a reclin ing position while giving his evidence. He stated that upon the night of the 23d August he was on duty near Chelsea-bridge, when his attention was called to the two prisoners, who were on the bridge creating a disturbance, and had assaultdd some man who was there. He requested them to move away, but had no sooner done so than he was assaulted by both the prisoners, while some women held him. They beat, kicked, and nearly strangled him, by forcing their hands into his regulation stock ; for tunately some officers came up, and rescued him in an almost dying state. They prisoners both said that if the other constables had _not coma. up theT wouldhave killed him and thrown him over. The jury found them guilty. _._ ~.. The Common Serjeantsaidthe case was the most brutal he had ever tried, and if the unfortunate constable lost his life, which was not at all impro bable, they would then be tried for their Jives and suffer the extreme penalty of the law ; at present he should pass upon them the severest sentence that the law allowed, and that was three years' impri sonment, with hard labour. The Court was occupied until a late hour in the evening tryinc , a man named Ryan for an assault upon one of' the General Omnibus Company's servants. The case, which was but partlygone into, stands adjourned until this morning, and as another de fendant has to be tried in connection with it, we defer the report until it is completed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 3. BOW-STREET.—John Kirby Richards, an at torney's clerk, was charged with forging a number of cheques upon the London and Westminster Bank. It appeared that the prisoner obtained possession of a blank cheque-book by forging the order of a gentleman named Collins, residing at Bayswater. Mr. Collins knew the prisoner formerly as a clerk in the employ of Mr. Bowen May, solicitor, aud expressed his belief that the order and the writing on same of the forged cheques were in the prisoner's handwriting. It was further proved that the pri soner had sent a companion with one of the cheques to the Holborn branch of the bank ; but, the for gery being detected, the messenger was accompa nied back to the prisoner, who was taken into custody. The vi enc e showed that upwards of 1001. worth. of cheques, for amounts of about 101. and 121. each, had been put into circulation, although only two of them were cashed by the bank before the detection of the forgery. Sergeant Smith, of the detective force, proved that, after he apprehended the prisoner, the latter in his presence asked Mr. Collins if the matter could not be arranged. Some blotting paper was found in the possession of the prisoner with the name Collins upon it, similar to the signature to the cheque. The extraordinary conduct and observations of the prisoner's advocate (an attorney's clerk) here induced the magistrate to interpose. Mr. Jardine said—Your interruptions are com ing to a point at which I must interfere. You are no solicitor, and, for aught I know, have no busi ness here. I wilt not have person's insulted, and in future I shall require some proof that you are en titled to be here. The advocate here handed in his authority as clerk to a solicitor in practice, and said he had been 35 years attending the courts ; but it was painfully apparent that he was labourin g under the effects of potations deep and strong. At one time he began No cross examine the solicitor for the prosecution instead of the witness, and at another solicited con sideration for the wife and family of Mr. Collins (the principal witness for the prosecution). At a later period of the case the prisoner took the cros,--examination of a witness out of his advocate's hands, much to the indignation of the latter. Mr. Jardine observed that he was desirous of giving every reasonable indulgence to the prisoner, who was so unfortunately defended. It was his belief that the prisoner's advocate was intoxicated. The Attorney's Clerk—Then I must pledge my word that I have drunk nothing to-day. You have hitherto treated me with respect. Mr. Jardine—Because you have deserved it. In future I shall not be satisfied with a general recom mendation from an attorney that you are engaged to attend the weir ipolitan police courts for him, but I shall require a special authority in each case. (To the prisoner)—Whom did you employ ? Prisoner—l engaged this gentleman, and gave him a guinea. His name is in the list of solicitors at the prison, as recommended by the visiting justices. The list is kept to protect prisoners from persons who pretend to be solicitors and are not. I particularly asked if he was a solicitor, and, being told he was, said I should like to have him, if he was one, for I had had business with him. The Attorney's Clerk—l have fought battles for this man that nobody else would dare to do for him. (To the prisoner)—You must not complain against me, sir. Prisoner—l don't complain. The Attorney's Clerk—May I ask your worship to recal the imputation that I was intoxicated ? By my soul I have not taken even a glass of ale this day. Mr. Jardine—l hope it is •o ; but your conduct is so different from ordinary,,that the impression produced on my mind was that you were intoxi cated. - - The Attorney's Clerk—Pray recal it, sir. I have 14 childreu. Mr. Jardine—l cannot meal the btgeraent that neli Was; ttni is, my impression. M!. Collins--it i the Opinion of every one in court. The priongT wa3 committed for trial in three C 4130. A further charge of forgery, under similar cir crinksta,neeg, was preferred against the prisoner by Mes,rs. Dickeson and Co., lymkers, with a similar result, the prisoner being committed in two mare Cases. WESTMINSTER.—Jane Harris, a smartly dressad young woman, having the appearance of a milliner's apprentice, was brought up on remand, charged with attempting to pick the pockets of females in Westminster Abbey, in company with another female not in custody. Mr. Lewis, sen., attended for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that, in conse quence of a communication from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster to the superintendent of the B division of police, in Itwhester-row ' that there were frequent robberies of females in West minster Abbey, upon the congregation leaving divine service, Sergeant Loome, au active detective of the B division, with another officer, were sent to the cathedral list Sunday week. When they en tered, the sergeant saw the prisoner and another female, who was by the side of her, sitting among the congregation. As he knew them, upon the close of the service he watched them. Upon the congregation moving out he observed them go in an opposite direction. He directed the other officer to follow the prisoner's companion, and he watched the motions of the prisoner. He saw her attempt to pick the pockets of two ladies, and put her hand in the pocket of a third respectable woman, but she took nothing away. Mr. Paynter asked if the prisoner was known. Loome stated that ever since she was seven years old she had led the life of a pickpocket. The prisoner denied the statement. Dennis, the gaoler—On ! I have known you from that time. Inspector Humphreys made a similar remark. Loome added that in 1852 she had 18 months imprisonment for picking pockets; in August, 1855, one month from this court ; and in April last three months from Marlborough-street, for a similar offence. She was sent for three months to the House of Correction. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—George Thom son, alias Smith, and William Jones, alias Turner, who refused their addresses, were charged with burglary at the premises of Mr. Browning, timber merchant, No. 36, Little Windmill-street. Mr. Browning said that between 3 and 4 o'clock that morning, hearing an unusual noise in the lower part of the house, he quietly opened his bed room door, and then noticed the bottom sash of the window on the landing-pl ace was wid e open. He waited a minute or two, and then a light appeared, by which he was enabled to see the shadow of a man on the wall, which, however, quickly dis appeared. He walked softly to the head of the stairs, and on descending some of them and stoop ing down he plainly saw two men in the kitchen. He called out, and then made a noise. One of the men dashed down something he had in his hands, and both rushed up stairs and out at the street door, which they shut violently after them. He instantly pursued the men, calling out, " Stop thief," aad following them down Pulteney-street, where Jones was stopped by the police. As one of the men went through the timber-yard he threw something down, which at first he thought was glass, but it proved to be a brass tobacco-box, which had been taken from the house. Mr. Beadon asked the prosecutor if he saw the faces of the two men. The prosecutor replied that he had no good opr or tunity of seeing their faces, as they wore their hats over their eyes. But he was positive Jones was one of the men, as he never lost sight of him from the time he ran out of the house. On his return he examined the house, and found that the lock of the timber-yard gate had been forced ; that the kitchen window had been opened and the iron grating thrown back. In the parlriur his writing-desk had been forced open and a large quantity of postage stamps taken out. The key of the padlock of another desk had been removed—a tea-caddy and two other boxes wrenched open—the woodwork and door in front of iron safe wrenched open, and the safe itself had been at tempted to be forced without success—the marks of violence being deep and many. There were seve ral drawers open, from which several articles had been taken. Police-constable C 85 found on Jones a jemmy, which had been used to the iron safe. Police-constable C 42, on searching Smith, found about 270 postage and receipt stamps in his posses- Mr. Beadon said he should commit the prisoner for trial. Inspector Webb said that it was believed that a former convictirm could be established against one or both of the prisoners. Mr. Beadon would order them to bs brought tip next Tuesday, to give the police an opportunity of inquiring into that matter. SOUTHWARK.—Mary Ann Cox, 14, and Har riet Cox, 10, were brought before Mr. Burcham for final examination, charged with stealing a purse containing a 5/. Bank of England note from the person of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith; iu a cheesemonger's shop in Newington-causeway. Mr. Neale attended for the accused. The prosecutrix stated that on Sunday night, the 24th ult., she was in the shop of Mr. Prince, cheesemonger, Newington-causeway, when she had a purse in her dress pocket containing a 51. Bank of Eagland note. The two prisoners were standing on the side were her pocket was, and suddenly they rushed out the shop. Witness immediately put her hand into her pocket, and missed her purse and contents. She then ran out of the shop, and saw the prisoners running across the road, whe n she pursued them, and they were captured by a police-constable. Witness added that her purse was safe in her pocket when she saw the prisoners standingbeside her, and she had just withdrawn herha hand from her pocket. The robbery must have been committed immediately afterwards. Sergeant Turpio, 6 M, said he took the prisoners into custody, and on Harriet he f oun d a c i rcu l ai Porte-monnaie, containing the sum of 19s. 4d. The other was also searched, but nothing was found on her. Since the last examination he had inquired at the;r lodgings, No. 2, Little Windmill-street, New-cut, and ascertained that they had lived there with another girl about two months. All he could learn about their means of sub3istence was that they went out in the afternoon and returned at night, and seemed to have plenty of money. They told their landlord that their friends in the country supplied them with funds. Mr. Burcham committed them for trial. THAMES.—A most painful sensation has been created throughout the whole of the eastern part of London by,the statement of.a seaman named Wm. Williams, whose deposition was received by Mr. Selfe a few days since on board the Dreadnought Hospital ship, off Greenwich, when he stated that he had been violently assaulted early on the morn ing of Saturday, the 24th ult., b, two police-con stables of the B. division in Ratcliffe-highway. The man was still a'ive yesterday morning, but ap peased to be sinking fast, and he is not expected to survive many hours. No steps have been taken to bring to justice the two police-constables, Nos. 60 and 186 of the Hdivision, who have been identified by Williams as the persons who assaulted him. It is believed that his statement can be corroborated in several material particulars by Mrs. Bond, his landlady, and by a woman of the town named Mary Anne Powell, who, it is rumoured, was with the sailor when he was illused, and, on remonstrating with Brown, a 186, was taken into custody by him and locked u p on charge of being disorderly. She was brought before Mr. Selfe on Saturday , the 24th ult., and on th e oat h o f B r own only was sen tenced to 10 days' imprisonment and hard labour for being di sor d er l y .. H er term of imprisonment expired on M on d ay morn i ng, an d her evidence, if she has any to give, could be made available. Yes , terday afternoon Mr. Selfe received a communica tion from M r . Bowdler, the junior clerk, relating to the supp ose d connection of the woman with the case of th e sa il or Wi ll i ams an d Mr. Selfey after observing th a t it was very des i ra ble that some in quiry should be in s tit ute d, se nt for Inspector Dendy of the H di v i s i on, who was presen t when Williams gave his d epos i t i on upon oat h ; b u t at 6 o'clock, when Mr. Selfe had disposed of all the business before him, th e i nspector ha d no t a rrived. A great number of p ersons h ave b een anx iously inquiring of the officer s w h en there wou ld be a public inves tigation of the charge against the two policemen, any or whether th e matter was to b e hushed up. The reply, of course, was---" We know nothing about the affair. There are no policemen in custody, and we are not a ware that i n vestigation will ever take place." Th e pu b l i c are muc h dissatisfied with the course that h as b een ta k en i n this case. At Moscow, lately, great curiosity was excited by an experiment being made with a new desciiption of loco motive, running along the streets, and so constructed as to cause the wheels to lay down a sort of wooden rails as they advanced. The locomotive dragged af:,er it a number of carts heavil y fectly succeeded. Th e author of laden. The exper iment, thou g h the first made, had per the invention lea t ra d er of Moscow , n amed Prokhoroff. The Prase contradicts th e ne ws that Count Migeon intends to appeal aga i nst the reoteOcti of the Caen of Colmar. _HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. :c h g o is 3 tr i ct s r t . ) :en .T o i .:. d i a t . "-iort of the Tendon rose from 988 111 1 -- ( 1- ;:; 16 - -I the week that the (From lice 1,, in Iri th l p d r N ele li ct s in fe g gi e:' ": e e e r lr el to , ended last Saturday (Oci, - otk'r• of males were 531, those of feniales FAG. 10 years of 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,008 ; but to admit of comparison with the deaths of last week, when the population had increased, the average must be raised proportionally to the in crease, in which case it will. become 1,109. The deaths now returned were, therefore, fewer by 62 than would have occurred if the average rate of mortality had ruled. In the present returns typhus (common fever being included under this head in the table) numbers more deaths than any other zymotic disease, and scarlatina shows an almost equal number. To the two diseases 56 and 53 deaths respectively, are referred. More occurred from scarlatina (17) in the north districts than any other of the five metropOlitan divisions, and only 8 from that complaint on the south side of the river. Only 11 deaths from measles are returned, and even of these only one occurred in the numerous population on the south side. At 8, Melhourn-street, Somers-town a commercial tra veller and two daughters died of scarlatina within 84 hours. The medical attendant states that the ftther " was struck down in 28 hours." In this and other instances in which scarlatina or typhus was fatal, had drainage, offensive gtillies, or lower apartments flooded with sewage are complained of generally by medical attendants. The deaths from diarrhoea are now reduced to 31 ; of these 13 oc curred in the south districts, only one in the west. Three deaths are retuned as caused by cholera and " choleraic diarrhoea or fever." On the 29th Oct., a seaman, aged 18 years, died of "cholera" after 12 hours' illness, on board a ship in the Commercial dock. Another case occurred at Osborne-cottages, Lewisham, and the third in Regent's-road, Mile end. Fourteen women died after childbirth ; eight infants died from inanition or want of breastniilk. Three persons died of diabetes, one of cholera, four of delirium tremens, three of intemperance. Be sides three persons aged 91 years, a labourer is re turned who had attained the age of 100 years ; he died on the 27th Oct., at 3. Durham-yard, West-street. Last week the births of 921 boys and 864 girls, in all 1,785 children, were registered in Lyndon. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average number was 1,467. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.774 in. The highest barometrical reading occurred on Satur day, and was 30.02 inch,s. The mean temperature of the week was 51.6 deg., which is 4.6 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years, as deter mined by Mr. Glaisher. The mean daily reading was about 6 deg. above the average till Thursday, and continued in a less degree above it till the end of the week. The highest reading occurred on Mon day, and was 64 deg. ; the lowest was 37-8 deg., on Saturday. The range of the week was therefore 26.2 deg. The mean dew point temperature was 49 deg., andthe difference between this and the air tempera ture was only 2.6 deg. The wind, which previ ously had been generally in the south-east, blew on I the last three days mostly from the south-west. Rain was measured only to the amount of 0.06 inch. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 31. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat 173 Tubercular Diseases .. Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses - 126 Diseases of the Heart and Blood - vessels 47 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration ~ l9O Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles .. 4 Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations .. 4 Premature Birth and Debility 29 Atrophy Old Age i,udden 1 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 32 Causes not specified DEATHS TRON ALL CAI7BEB Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. spondiug week in the 1851. of 1856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts I Totals 2,362,236 969 1,047 Males nmales.. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total ~ 1,785 From the London Gazette of Last Night. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, OCT. 'l7. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Rev. Father in God, Archibald Campbell, Bishop of London, to be Dean of her Majesty's Chapels Royal. WHITEHALL, OCT. 31. The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Right Hon. Charles, Viscount Eversley, the several offices of Governor and Captain of the Isle of Wight, and Governor of Canis brook Castle, in the said Isle, in the room of the Right Hon. William, Lord Heytesbury, G.C.8., resigned. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. The - Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Let terstedt as Consul-General at the Cape of Good Hope for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Fisher, Esq., to be Attorney-General, and Samuel Leonard Tilley, Esq., to be Secretary, for the Province of New Brunswick ; Jules Colin, Esq., to be District Magistrate for the Island of Mauritius : Joseph Shervingtou, Esq., to be Treasurer, and William Qain, Eeq., to be Accounta nt, for the Trea sury Department of the Island of Antigua. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 2. tphr T ri ovhuveg Councilh ß t i g h ht t Secretary elle for r o e n t e a y r r a a b od l fe e sa t t h ns e dt e L pf o ,i, rds o Plantations a t f jo th Foreign ns e Ah Co riv nm ae l i rs t a te c e of received, op y of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Yigo, report ing that no foreigner will be permitted to enter Spain unless provided with a passport, duly signed by the Spa nish Consul, or Consular Agent, in the country from which such foreigner may come. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 2. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affair°, a copy gold and silver from that and other paalerdtottseoHdoofo: of a Despatch from her Majesty's Cons ,f u ra l op a mp t o l hi s na l t a lef y d-p , at P oy e t r ih u set , reporting that, by a recent decree, the prohibition to ex portinfPtrheeo e r m u ß 3 has t o e hl t 30th been suspended. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov.NO 3. M h R R R oyal yl i niaoci t aitl coi a ir trteinApy:hcoßartftorTpii Artillery—Assistant-Surgeon a asaeet i itrii n ticyeF : ::pw F oAt. At which si r i jsavnesi. s:Teaaa Assistant-Surgeon fta..oe-sai Godfrey ireri C readgy . eoeio i cani nkl te je l hro3 ' oek : hs ff own n ell Oakes, from F Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fisher, promoted o M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-S urgeon , vice Rennie, promoted on the Staff; Assistant-Surgeon, Joseph Marmaduke Taylor, from the Staff, to b e As sistant-Surgeon, vice Holahan, promoted on the Staff ; Assistant-Surgeon Decimus Filius De Hodgson, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surge o n, vi ce B e tt s , resigned. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Henry George Savage to be Second Captain vice Brevet-Major E. C. A. Gordon, placed on the Seconded List. _ _ _ 4th Regiment of Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Richard Francis Valpy De Lisle to be Surgeon. sth Foot—Surgeon William Godfrey Watt, from tho 99th Foot, to be Surgeon. 6th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Goo. Hyde, M.D., to be Surgeon. _ 7th Foot—Staff-Surgeon ofthe Second Class, Edward Scott Docker to be Surgeon. Bth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Madden, from the 43d Foot, to be Surgeon. _ _ 9th Foot—Staff-S - urgeon of the Second Class, Brinsley Nicholson, M.D., to be Surgeon. 15th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Washington Patton, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lamprey, pro moted on the Staff. 16th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Edward L'Estrange, M.D., from the Staff, to he Assistant -Surgeon, vice Fraser promoted on the Staff. 26th Foot—Assistant Surgeon John M'Letchie, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Douglas, promoted on the Staff. 43d Foot —Assistant•Surgeon James Good, from the Staff, to be Assistant• Surgeon, vice Madden, promoted in the Bth Foot. 45th Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Henry Carden Herbert, from the Staff, to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Peake, pro moted on the Staff. 58th root—Assistant -Surgeon Eugene McShane, from the Staff, to be A s sistant -Surgeon, vice Montgomery, pro moted on the Staff. 60th Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Robert Owen Hayden, from the Staff, to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Nicholson, pro moted on the Staff; Assistant-Surgeon Frederick Wm. Wade, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 61st Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Charles Mackinnon, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reade, promoted on the Staff. 65th Foot--Assistaut:Surgeon Alexander Neill, from the Staff, to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice White, promoted on the Staff, 67th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Heard, M.D., from the Staff, to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice Shiell, re signed. 90th Foot--Assist.-Surgeon Edward Joseph Crane, from the Stall; to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Nelson, deceased. 92d Foot—Assist.-Surgoon David Shorter Skinner, f rom the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Grier, deceased. 99th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon Richard Cooper Todd, from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Watt, appointed to the sth Foot; Assist. ;Surgeon George Whitla, from the Staff, to be Assist. -Surgeon, vice Jones, appoints 'd to the ar, /t 1 Foot. gist.-S ur geon Wm. Alexanit Ir, from. the Rifle Brigade—A s Staff, to be A9sis t" Sur g' e ' n. Cape Mounted RifleL leo- - Asßist.-Sargeon ,Tosoph - . Rich and Kehoo, from th e , s i , aft', to be Assist. -Surgeon, vice gleten, promotedn o I TAL'le Staff. nos-a.O STAFF. am Ynel:os ti n Daniell , M.D., from the Ist Surgeon Willi West India Regiment, to Ao St a ff -Surgeon of the 3ec,,ond Class, vice De Lisle, appoireuts 4 to the 4th Foot. AssiJant-Sur„o•con John Gfilk 'ions, from the Staf f ! , to be ~ vice Hyde 4 app' !into(' to ga aw St-SurgeOn of the Secondel the 6th 'oot, v, froT.n the 1511 Assistant-Surgeon Jones Lampre. ad Class,Tice Docker, Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Seco. appointed to the 7th Foot, "l vle, from the 61st Assistant-Surgeon Herbert Taylor Rt. , ass, TiceNichol- Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second L son, appointed to the 9th Foot. BREVET. Dieted three The undermentioned Officers having corn. years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant to be Colonels in the Army, under the Royal War s t lit °I . I \ l ov. :5, 1854 : Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. Rowan, Royal Artil 14 ' 1 7. Lieutenant-Colonel John Chaytor , Royal Engii. wore - - ----------- - ADMIRALTY, OCT. 17. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet Cm Ty - 13 . Smith to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—John Meath Ws, Gent., to be Quartermaster, vice Ralph, deceased. COMMISSIONS S • GNED BY LORD LIEUrENIN County of Cardigan—John Pugh Pryse, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant. Hungerferd Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry- - Edv , tard Henry Frederick Dawkins, Gent., to be Cornet. Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery — Willia m Roo C bek son, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Gawne , „ pro moted. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Lieut. Frederick Clifton to be Captain, vice Hopton, resigned. East Kent Regiment of Militia — Ernest Christian -Wil ford, Gent., late Lieutenant 65th Regiment, to be Lieu tenant, vice Munn, resigned : George Shirley Max :Well, Gent., late Lieutenant 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant,, vice Schlottl, resigned; John Birkeley Michell, Gent.,. late Lieutenant 88th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pante • re signed; Henry Gillett, Gent., late Lieutenant Essex R flies, to be Lieutenant, vice Howell, promoted ; Henry E .rod rick, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Heseltine, prom o ted ; James Robert Blackwell Annypenny, Gent., to bt En sign, vice Paster, promoted ; Yhineas Bury, Gent., .:to be Ensign, vice Wildes, promoted. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION 0 F NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Nov. 2, 1857. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and I / la rifles, and to all persons interested therein, that the dist, -i -bution of proceeds arising from the Greek brig Aspis, ca p tured on the 15th May, 1855, by her Majesty's ship Niger, and the ship-of-war Le Milan, belonging to his Itnperia Majesty the Emperor of the French, will commence of / Thursday, the 19th November, 1857, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the shire of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Busi ness, to the, Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in each class : Flag share £7 5 10 Commander Sixth class £l 3 11 Seventh class 0 16 0 Eighth class Ninth class 0 5 3 Tenth class 0 2 7 ihiTClclass 3 11 2 Fourth class Fifth class ...... BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Charles Starkey, dust contractor, King's-cross. Mary Brown, grocer, Kiufare, Staffordshire. BANKRUPTS. John Martin, victualler, Strand, to surrender, Nov. 13, at half-past one, and Dec. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Tuck, shipowner, South Shields, Nov. 13, at twelve, and Dec. 16, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Henry Cockburn, watchmaker, Richmond, Nov. 16, at eleven, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Hendry, back and vat maker, Weymouth-street, Hackney-road, Nov. 17, and Dec. 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Frederick William Cox, grocer, Southampton, Nov. 12, at eleven, and Dec. 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Cumming, brewer, Plymouth, Nov. 12, and Dec. 3, at ten, at the Exeter District Court. William White, dealer in seeds, Plymouth, Nov. 12, and Dec. 3, at ten, at the Exeter District Court. Alexander Rutter., saw manufacturer, Sheffield, Nov. 14, and Dec. 19, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Tertius d'Oyley Pain, chemist, King-street, Hammer smith, Nov. 20, at one, and Dec. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Simes, painter, George-street, Portman-equate, Nov. 17, at one, and Dec. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Samuel Towers, looking-glass manufacturer, Pitfield. street, Heaton Nov. 17, at two, and Dec. 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hugh Roberts, corn dealer, Gorard, near Holyhead, Nov. 16, and Dec. 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Philip Ezekiel, general dealer, Manchester, Nov. 16, and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. James Moorhouse the younger, cotton spinner, Summer seat, near Bury, Nov. 17, and Dee. 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. William Bennet, grocer, Great Newport-street, Newport market, Nov. 13 and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fredericic Noake Baker, coal and slate merchant, South ampton, Nov, 20, at two. and Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Mary Ana Akers, baker and grocer, Brizemorton, Ox fordshire, Nov. 13, at One, and Dec. 12 , at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Francis Hill, commission Agent, Withy Bank, Worces tershire, Nov. 14 and Deo. 3, at half-past eleven, at the liriningham District Court. John Howl, screw bolt manufacturer, Darlaston, Staf ford, Nov. 13, at ten, and Dec. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Richard Austin, furniture dealer, Coventry, Nov. 16 and Dec. 9, at the Birmingham District Court. William Peck Swift, grocer, Bourn, Lincolnshire, Nov. 20, and Dec. 15, at half-pant ten, at the Shirehall, Not tingham. William Nathan Sykes Cope, tobacconist, Wellington street, Goswell-street, Middlesex, Dec. 1, at half-past ten at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Job Curtis and Henry Hunt Sayer, provision merchant, Cardiff, Nov. 11, and Dee. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. THE ROBBERY OE FROM THE COUNTESS OF ELLESMERE. —Edward Jackson, an oil and colourman, carrying on business in Leonard-street, Shoreditch, and Anne Jack• son, his wife, who stood charged with having fslonionsly received numerous costly articles of dress which had been stolen with a travelling trunk containing a casket of jewellery and other valuables to the amount of 15,0001, from the carriage of the Countess of Ellesmere, were yesterday phced at the bar of the Worship-street police court for further examination. They were again re manded. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A most interesting recovery from a vast complication of diseases, such as indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver corn plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, without the aid of medicine, by Du Barry's Reva leata Arabica Food, is recorded in the following lei ter :—Cure 52,422.—" Bridgehouse Frimley, 3d April, 1854. I have suffered these 133 years continually from diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in the ears, cons tip a ti o n, debility, shortness of breath, and cough, and during that period taken so much medicine that I can safely say I have laid out upwards of a thousand pounds at the chemists and doctors. Indeed I etas in utter despair, and never expected to get over it, when I was fortunate enough to become acquainted with your Reva,- lento. Arabica, which, Heaven be praised, restored me to a state of health which I long since despaired of attaining. My lungs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hear ing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaint ances.—l am, respectfully, JAMES ROBERTS, wood-merchant." Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors 01 Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ilre ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey, Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr..legram; Lord Stuart de Dories; the Dowager Countess of Castle- ' Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with fall in structions. In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; Mb, lis ; 121 b, 225. - The 121 b canisters aro sent carriage free, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, & Co., 77, Regent-street. London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chancel , for , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on time 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevin, for imitating " Da Barry's Revalenta Arabice. Food." !ADVERTISEMENT. 1— SMUT AND HEARING SPECTACLES — POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES.—S , and B. Solomon!, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and aro of larger, and all sizes, with increasing, powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, tho size of-a walnut, by which a person can be seen and a e - - h co a l l i f r m se ile an d d ist a a t n t t. he `hey ri Op e r a - answerh o us Opera-houses. s pkousoewonno thene a R I ad. c - every u Country y scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. Invaluable preserving Spectacle . Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occup at i on —can see with those lense s o f a muc h l ess magn if y ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dan gerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suitor at the most remote part of the world by send ins one of the glasses out at their spectacles in a letter, and stating the dist ince from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their ago. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deatness, entirely different from all of ners, surpassing anything of the % kind that bas been, or probably can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the sk in, is not perceptible, It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at churchand at pu bli c as semblies ; the unpleasant scnsatic n el 1 singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it aflor( 6 all the assistance that possibly could bo desired.-39. merle-street, Piccadilly.—Opposite the York Hotel, W. NARR,OW ESCAPE FROM THE MORMON MURDERERS AT SALT LAKE. 11),TIlni::olloteing narrative is feom the pen of John ai young Welshman who emigrated t o ,al. hekti, with his family, about two years ago. South d W co a u le n s c . il I B t luff is s ta c k i e t n y, from a a , privatefrom l e et t t e e g r , June 29 : " I guess you are anxious t o know the reason why I loft Salt Lake. I shall try, the first inplace, to infer en you what a man must do to be a Mor mon. He must give himself, his family, and all his possessions, over to Brighatn Young, and then he'll have to, give the tenth of ail his income--the tenth day's work—and he must keep from two to ten WiNea. If he don't agree to these things he had better . qt .t ; but by doing so he is in danger of losing . . 1- eis life every minute, for they would rather kill hr at than let him be the means of letting the worle'l know how things are in their midst. M an y hair' .1 been shot down in trying to escape. I have see a dozens shot down iu the street ; acid three • eys before I left I saw three persons killed, merely eecause they intended to escape ; they were shot down in a place called Springfield, while preparing to leave. This took place about 8 o'clock on a Sun day morning, within fifty y ar d s o f th e ga t es o f th e city. Th e first was a young man called William Parish ; he received seven balls in his body. The second was his father, and the third was a man called Potter, whose body r ece i ve d as many as 15 balls. Th e old man was pierced in the back, and his throat cut in three different places. I saw them lying down, and I could name the persons who killed them. Brigham Young has got men for this purpose. Their number is 400. They are called the ' destroying angels.' Their captain's name is Wm.. Hickman, and the second in command is Por ter Rockwell. The walls around the city are. 15 ft. high, and they are surrounded by a deep and wide moat. The city is entered by four gates, which are watched is the night time. The gates are so narrow that only one vehicle can pass through at once. The , destroying angels' go out on the plains in the spring, to intercept those who may escape from the city. Many left on foot last January. They sleep by day and travel by night. I know of men and women who have travelled this way—the men dressed as women, and the women as men. I came across some who were very short of food ; the little they had they gave to the women, and the men were principally sustained by the women's milk ! I left Salt Lake City on the 17th April, in company with two. Welshmen and an African. The few Mor mons w Ito knew of our intention said that we should never reach the States alive, but I told them that I was determined to try whatever might occur. On Sattreday (the day after we left) we had travelled thieey miles from the city, when we saw three men following us. They were sent by the authorities Of Ow city to catch us. The name of one was Patrick I such, an Irishman by birth, and secretary to Brigham Young. This man fired his revolver at m e, but the ball went by without hurting me. They the In came near us on their horses and inquired our na, ales, and when we refused to tell them they sw , ere that they would blow 'our damned brains ou t.' With that one of them raised his revolver, as if he war going to use it—he had one on each Bide of his saddle. I then took out my revolver and told him to fire if he liked. I had six revolvers with me, and a rifle containing in all thirty-seven balls. Another ball was then fired at me which whistled by my left cheek. I then fired at him, and one ball hit him on the leg and another on the shoulder. (My friends by this time had run in the woods, and I was left to fightit out myself.) I then lost my footing, and one of the men ran at me with a knHe and cut my belt and took four of my re , volve:rs. I had the other two bid in my boots ; I I got h old of one of them and fired, and suc ceeded in keeping them off for some time till I had a chance to run to ~he woods, where I got the assistance of my friends. We continued to travel that day and the following night, and succeeded in reaching a place called Fort Bridger, which is 113 miles from the Valley. The number of our pursuers had Increased to 20, and we had to put to the woods again. We travelled till night, and were so fortunate as to meet a host of friendly Indians, who gave us buffalo meat to eat. The next day we overtook a number of waggons, known as Mrs. Babbit's train, in num ber 28. I was hired to drive one waggon , rw h ouble was drawn by mules. We had some They were iwith Indians called the Crow tribe.'g . About 600 We well armed, and about 1 , 000 se teonkilled about 30 s hots came into our ten t . Indiana, an d they killed five of our men. n —Leeds ilifdrcury. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 3. The transactions at our corn exchange this morning were at rather• lower rates for wheat, but importers resisted. In some instances an advance of about 2d per bushel was made on American red wheat from the low sales of last week. Quotations, however, can scarcely be altered for wheat and flour. Indian corn was the weakest article, and declined Gd to is on the week. In oats, barley, beans, and peas no change was made in price. HULL—Nov. 3. Wheat, English red, 48s to 54s ; white 56s to 6Ca; oats, 29s to 32s ; barley, 42s to 46s ; Indian corn, 39s 2 • linseed cakes, Hull, ill Os to —s 04; ditto, foreign, 81 15a to 101 103; rape cakcs, 6/ 5s 04 to 6/ lOs ; guano, 81. to 151. ; bones, 140 s 01; flour, —a to ---s; tares, --a to —s. NEWCASTLE—Nov. 3 There was a short supply of wheat to day, which sold off early at is per qr. advance. South country of fine quality scarce, and is dearer, but only a retail demand. Foreign not much in request, but late rates fully supported. Flour in better demand, at Saturday's rates. Barley and oata both firm. Beans and peas unchanged. LEEDS—Nov. 3. We aro fairly supplied with wheat ; the trade has re- covered from the dullness experienced on Friday, and there is a fair sale for all good wheats at fully Tuesday's rates ; other sorts unaltered. Harley comes in excess of demand, and prices give way without inducing much business. Beaus and other articles receding in value. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 53s 2d ; barley, 42s 100 ; oats, 25s 5d ; beans, 46s id ; peas, 47s 2/d ; rye, —a. Od. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTBRDAY. .11 17 Gibra:tar ......•••••• Ditto, three months .. 12 1 ,4 Leghorn •••••• ........ 30 45 Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 12 .;,( Genoa .. 25 85 Antwerp •••••••• •• •• •• 25 57 1 /e Milan .... •• • • •.1. •• •• - . - Brussels ....•• .... 25 573 y Venice.... -- ilamburgit 13 10M Naples • •••••• •• 42% Aitcna ..•• .. Palermo .... L'aris.• •• 25 32% Messina Do. three months .. .. 25 85 Lisbon .... .... 524 Marseilles •• •••• •• •• 25 87% Oporto •• •• .• •• •• •• •• •• 52% 30111dCallX •• •• •• •• •.• ,Rio ‘Tanelro .......... .• Fran Ittort-o; aine 120 ,'Buenos Ayres ... •••• • • • Berlin ................ •. ;New York,6o days' sight 'ienna ........ • • .... 10 46 'Philadelphia ...... 10 47 I PRICES OF BULLION, PEB OZ: Petersburg ........•• 343 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 4S Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz • • ...... 491 A , Mexican Dollars.... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville •• • ..... •. . ,Silver in bard ; 0 i 1% PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 7 per mills premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold it appears that gold is nearly 4-10:hs per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold •is 424 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 k per 1/. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore at about 1-13th per cent dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is variously quoted at from par up to 105 per cent., the latter being for first-class paper only. There is, consequently, at pre sent an advantage in sending gold from this country, as compared with drawing bills from America. BIRTH S. OF A BON. On Sunday, the Ist inst., at Upsall Natio, near Thirak, the Lady Cecilia Turton, wife of CaptAtin Turton, 3d Dra goon Guards. On the 3d inst., at 122, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, the Countess of Durham. OF A DAUGUTIR. On the 3d inst., at the Shrubbery, Epsom, the wife of James Norris, Esq. • Oa the 2d inst., at Loughborough-road, Brixton, the wife of Mr. George B. Unwin. MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at St. John's, Croydon, Charles, son of Charles Y a rdl e y, Esq., of Marlboiough-hill, St. John's wood, to Fanny, eldest daughter of Mr. W. J. Blake, of Duppas hill, Croydon. On the 3d inst., at St. Sampson's, Cricklade. Walter J. Tarte, 11.M.'s 31st Regt., fourth son of Win. Tarte, Esq., of Petersham, Surrey, to Louisa, youngest daughter of R. Kinneir, Esq., of Cricklade, Wilts. DIED. On the let inst., in London, the Rev. John Price Jones, M.A., of Elm green, Wilts, aged 64. On the 2d inst., in London, the Rev. John Mainwaring, rector of Geldestone ' Norfolk, aged 51. On the 2d inst., at Cambridge, William G. Heathcote, second son of J. M. Heathcote, Esq., of Connington Castle, Stilton, Hunts, aged 21. On the Ist inst., at Hadley, Middlesex, Mr. J. Leather, aged 70. On the Ist inst., at Fulham Cottage, Fulham, Mr. It. B. Wood, aged 77. On the Ist inst., at Swinton•street, Gray's-inn•road, Mr. Charles Cooke, of 12, Gray's-inn•sgaare, solicitor, aged 6 - On the 31st ult., at Booking, in Essex, Mr. Joseph Bal four, formerly of 13asinghall-street, aged 87. LONDON ::Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG • of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at Tla Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of tbc Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, 'Wednesday, November 4,1357. THE STN, LO.NDON, WEDNESDAY `EVENING NOVEMBER 4, 1857. ~~ f