The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-13 00:00:00

IRELAND. SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPT. GLASCOC K,R.N. DUBLIN, OCT. 11.—The following annoui 'cement will be read with regret by every one acq minted with the many excellent qualities of the subjec of the obituary notice : " The awful uncertainty of human existe nc e (soy a the Evening Mail) is forcibly shown in the - aco'ount which has just reached us, of the death of Co pt a i n Glascock, R.N., who left Dublin in perfect I tea).th and spirits on Friday evening last, accompanies I by his wife and daughters , to pay a visit to his rr :Is tions at Ballynrowan, near Baltinglass. It appears that in getting from the stage-coach into Mr. Cu mmins' carriage, he was attacked with apoplexy, for which, from his active and temperate habits and t miform flow of spirits, he appeared a most unlikely subject. Medical aid was immediately procured ar u I every possible exertion made, but, alas, to no purpose. Captain Glascock had left Newry the day b efore on retiring from the office of inspector under the Poor Relief Act, and the fact of his having been pi •esented with 22 public addresses from his district coi r imittees proves he was eminently calculated to comn is Ind and to excite the co-operation of those who ser' r.-K1 with him. The services of Captain Glascock in t`e navy ,were well known and duly appreciated by t he Lords of the Admiralty, and his death will be the source of the severest grief to his surviving family a ind. nume rous friends. The Cork Reporter publi shes the followi mg highly important return of the numbers of cattle, pii ;s, and sheep, exported from Cork to England for tvv• o years, ending respectively May 1, 1846, and May 3., 1847; it is extracted from the official returns of tis ,e Corpo ration Tolls Committee, and the estimated value has been set down by one of the most experi enced and competent parties engaged in the trade : " Entered for Export from May 1, 1845, fro May 1, 1846. 78,22 4 pigs, at 3/. each 6,050 horned cattle, at 6/. each 20,760 sheep, at 1/. ss. each £296,909 From May 1, 1846, to May 1, 1847. 19,510 pigs, at 4/. 10s. each 17,5.32 horned cattle, at Si. lOs 96,426 88,010 sheep, at 1/. ss. £294,243 " Thus we find, first, that the deficiency in the number of pigs exported in the last year, owing to the loss of the potato crop, was 58,714, which, taken at their average value in the previous year, would give a loss, in that item, of 176,142/. We find, however, against this loss, an increase of exports, within tlae last year, of 11,482 horned cattle, and 67,260 &beep ; or, about four times the number of each witlain the past year, compared with the pre vious one, and with an increase in amount at the same rate , of 68,8921. in the value of horned cattle, and 84,075/. in that of sheep, making, according to the above table— Value of:' stock, &c., exported from Cork in 18441-6 Do. in L:846-7 £296,909 294,243 Decrease _ .. 2,666 "Now, we believe there are few would suppose that, in money value, the difference for the two years would 'l3 e so small. The facts, however, are as we have shown. While the loss of the potato crop causes a deficiency in the returns from the sale of pigs for one year of 176,1421. the extended cultivation of green crops and feeding of cattle produces an increase within the same period of 172,9671., thus nearly making up the loss. These facts must command at tention, illustrating, as they do, the immense value of the zre:e n-crop system, and its applicability to the agriculture of this country. We have reason to be lieve that they have been already brought wader the notice of Members of the Government. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. Tb.e Conciliation Hall Repeal party held their usual weekly meeting to-day. Upon the motion of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, Mr. MAURICE LEYNE took the chair, and briefly addressed the meeting. _ _ Mr. J. O'CONNELL banded in 12/. from the county of Kildare, and in doing so took occasion to notice the late murder which took place in the county Tippe rary. He said that in denouncing the atrocious cowardly midnight assassin, he also felt obliged to denounce those landlords whose crimes were equally deserving of public reprobation. In conclusion he called on the Government to interfere at once, and adjust the question between landlord and tenant, an nouncing his intention of attending the tenant-right meeting about to be held at Kilmarthomas, which, ho said, would be a quiet meeting, as the requisition call ing it was signed by 60 priests. Mr. O'Connell also postponed his motion for the expulsion of his cousin, Mr. Charles O'Connell, from the association, before he sat down, observing that he had heard that his relative would be able to explain his conduct by the following Monday. Some remittances having been acknowledged, Mr. O'ComsEi.r. again rose, and congratulated the meeting on the glorious news from Italy. He said that his Holiness had with a small band overthrown a large body of armed soldiers, because his cause was just, and a just cause always succeeded.—(Hear.) The Learned Gentleman having announced the in tention of the Roman Catholic Bishops to meet in Dublin on the 19th of October, to call on the Go vernment to make immediate provision to feed the lower orders of the people during the coming winter, concluded by calling upon all classes of Repealers to: join in a subscription to liquidate 4001. damages awarded against the Belfast Vindicator, an organ of Conciliation Hall, at the last assizes. - Mr. SCULLY, M.P., next addressed the association. He expressed his sorrow at having heard of Mr. Roe's murder, and said that the only thing to prevent a repetition of such scenes would be to establish tenant right throughout the county, give long leases, and let at low rents.—(Hear, hear.) It was idle, in his (Mr. Scully's) mind, to say that the indiscriminate use of arms was the cause of all the murders ; such was not the fact, for the worst murders ever com mitted were committed with sticks and stones.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. RAY having brought up a report showing the decline of trade in Dublin since the union. Mr. O ' CONNELL again came forward, and having called on the people to attend to the registrations, proceeded to refer to the state of the country. He stated that their beloved Queen had ordered a general collection for the relief of Irish distress, yet the felon Times was loud in its calls on the people of England to give no more charity, in order that they might be allowed to starve.—(Hear, hear.) The rent at half-past four o'clock was about 501. CHARING-CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the governors and committee of the above hospital was held in the board-room of the institution, in West Strand, Charing- cross, for the transaction of general business. The report for the past quarter stated that the number of in-patients had been 302, out patients 3,564 ; in addition to which, 371 cases of acci dents and cases of emergency had been received. It was to be regretted that, notwithstanding the utmost care in the expenditure, the resources are too limited for the full exercise of its useful operations, they stand ing greatly in need of augmentation. During the past year, 1,052 in-patients, and 8,709 out-patients had been relieved, at a coat of 2,4251. 15s. 114 d., which make a total number of persons of near 130,000 who have par taken of the benefits of the institution since its com mencement in 1818. Of the patients admitted last year , 1,522 received recommendato r y l etters from gove rnors and subscribers, and 8,239 w ere f reely admitted without any recommendation whatever. THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.—The following is a copy of Mr. Superintendent , Braidwood's official report :—" October 11, 1847. Seven o'clock P.M. — A fire broke out at 28, W ater-lane, Blackfriars, in the tenure of Mr. J. Whitaker, furniture broker. Cause unknown. The ground-floor of pre mises burned out, and the rest of the premises seriously damaged by fire and water, and the roof burned off ; in sured in the Sun Fire-office. Mr. E. Bennett, printer, back room on first floor burned out, and contents con siderably damaged by fire and water ; uninsured, Mr. liamblet" (private), similar damage ; uninsured. Miss Parda c Y, the front room, second floor, burned out, contents uninsured.onsred , and Miss Purday burned to death; by water, and o . 29, Ne w B r id ge - stree t, s li g ht damag e tinguished by fireoraweindow tak en ou t. Th e fire was ex the parish, and one o 7 't: 'ith six Brigade engines, one of fifty-seven hired auxiliaries; West of England Office, and COMMISSION or S i 7 l vl London w as t o Rs a GIJILDHALL.—The Court of Sewers of the city occupied some time yesterday with the consideration o f the question of effect ing an improvement by w id en i ng w olsrs. M street, orley. A in front of the premises now pulled d own by deputation of the inhabitant s attended, and enforced the claim which they and the re s t o f the pu blic the continuation of this most desirable im f t rovement,eared had t o h ave which had already been begu n , carried out. that Messrs. Morley asked more th an 3,OOOI!PfP ground, which is about 7 feet in depth an d 100 ?r eet tl?e n length—a charge universally de eme d unreasonable. The Commissioners ultimately, after some discussion, agreed to give 500/. in part of the improvement, and as the corporation has agreed to give 500/. more, the inhabitants expect that the work will be at length accom plished. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—Last Sunday, the wife of an industrious man, a patient of the dispensary, residing in Park-street, with a family of six young children, was taken in premature labour during an attack of fever, and was safely delivered, within an hour, of three boys, all of whom died in a very short time. The mother is doing well, the fever having been immediately cut short on the birth of the infants.—Aberdeen Herald. Loss or A NOSE.—The Inverness Courier says that, a few days since, while a carpenter was at work in his shop, a cat chased a rat amongst some planks - placed on the rafters over his head, and the rat threw doivn an adze which was lying on the planks. The 330 iis caused the unlucky carpenter to look up, and the ban. -. 7W 3 of the falling adze severed his nose from his Isos I ' THE SUN, DISTRESS IN IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR Or THE TIMES. Sir,—l hope you will, in justice to those who have appointed a general collection in the churches on the 17th (the day of the Thanksgiving), and still more in pity to the unhappy people in the western districts of Ireland, who will again perish by thousands this year if they are not relieved, publish the accom panying statement, which has been prepared by Sir John Burgoyne, for the purpose of explaining why another effort of this sort is necessary. It may be satisfactory to you that I should add my testimony on three main points, having, as yon are probably aware, made this subject my principal study for a long time past, and being constantly in the habit of receiving information, both written and oral, from all parts of Ireland in reference to it. These points are— First,—That the new Poor-law will be enforced in Ireland to the utmost extent of the power of the Go vernment—that no assistance whatever will be given from national funds to those unions which, whether they have the will or not, undoubtedly have the power of maintaining their own poor—and that the collection of the rates will be enforced as far as it can be, even in those distressed western unions in which some assistance from some source or other must be given. Secondly,—That there are certain unions in the west of Ireland where the social system was so en tirely based upon the potato, as described by Sir J. Burgoyne, that it was impossible that the habits of the people could be so suddenly changed, and new modes of subsistence so suddenly established, as to allow of the crowded population which had grown up under the potato system supporting themselves with out assistance in the second year after the failure. And Thirdly,—That the change from an idle, barbarous, isolated potato cultivation, to corn cultivation, which enforces industry, binds together employer and em ployed in mutually beneficial relations, and requiring capital and skill for its successful prosecution, sup poses the existence of a class of substantial yeomanry who hare an interest in preserving the good order of society, is proceeding as fast as can reasonably be expected under the circumstances ; and that if the rich and highly-favoured portions of the empire give some further temporary assistance to these distressed sections of our population, to enable them to " tide over" the shoals upon which they have fallen, the harbour will, ere long, be attained. If you consider my testimony on these points of any public value on the present occasion, you are at liberty to make any use of it you think proper ; and it is Sir John Burgoyne's intention that his paper should be published with his name, which, consider ing the accurate information he has obtained in the management of the Relief Commission, cannot fail to carry great weight with it. Believe me, Sir, yours very faithfully, C. E. TREVELYAN. Salt-hill Hotel, near Dublin, Oct. 7. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Notwithstanding the impatience expressed at the demands for Ireland, we must still, in common charity, afford her considerable assistance. Distress still hangs over that country, from which she is quite unable to relieve herself. It is not the ordinary distress of a lowering the condition of the people from one luxury or comfort, but it is the reducing them from the lowest state that can support life to one without means even to do that. Absolute famine still stares whole districts in the face, and we must not allow ourselves to become callous to the horrors of such an evil because we have had it before us for any given period. But it is said that it is their own fault, and origi nates in an erroneous and improvident system ; sup posing it to be so, are we to allow thousands to die of starvation because they were enabled by Provi dence to subsist previously, for almost ages, on an erroneous system ? The only other argument against extraneous relief is that the country ought to be called upon to make sacrifices to relieve itself, and that the property of Ireland must support its poverty—a just maxim un der ordinary circumstances, and one that has been adopted by the Legislature in the provisions of the new Poor-law. That law, being duly carried out, will compel all that can contribute for the support of the poor to do so in proportion to their means, and will reduce the demand on others to what cannot possibly be met by that provision. The extent of the effect of the loss of the potato in Ireland, however, is still not perfectly understood, particularly as affects all whose income was dependent on the land, up to the greatest proprietors. The great mass of a dense population spread over the face of the country lived, as is well known, on the potato. A family once located on from one to three or four acres of land was provided for; a cabin could be raised in a few days without th expense of a six pence ; the potatoes, at the cost of a very ltttle labour supplied them with a sufficiency of a food with which from habit they were perfectly content ; and a pig, or with some a cow,, or donkey, or pony, and occa sional labour at a very low rate of wages, gave them what was requisite to pay a rent, and for such cloth ing and other articles as were absolutely necessary, and which with a great proportion were on the lowest scale of human existence. The foundation of the whole, however, was the possession of the bit of land; it was the one, and the only one, thing absolutely necessary; the rent conse quently was high, and generally well paid, being the first demand on all money received, in order to se cure that essential tenure, and only what remained became applicable to the other objects. Although of the lowest grade, it was an easy mode of subsistence, and led to the encouragement of early marriages, large families, and a rapidly increasing population ; and at the same time afforded the pro prietor a very good return of profit for his land. We can hardly wonder at the continuance of this impro vident system, as it has been called. The entire loss of the potato in 1846 threw this whole class into absolute destitution, whatever little means could be obtained went for food, thousands died of want, and of course not a shilling of rent could be raised among them, thus spreading distress to many superior classes. The next to these were the small farmers who cul tivated from 6 to 20 or 30 acres, and may be supposed to have been exempt from being much affected by the calamity, but were not so. They were in fact without capital ; the food for themselves, families, and dependents was still the potato ; they had a cow or two, perhaps a pony and a cart, and two or three pigs. Their farming was of the most slovenly de scription, and their selling produce, after paying their rent, afforded a littl e b e tt er clothing and a little more of comforts than enjoyed by the cottiers. Still, the main stay was the potato. When that went, everything else at the disposition of this class was required for food, and with a great number was insufficient ; the payment of rent was not only im possible, but all the little stock and other means for future continuance of their habitual occupation were disposed of; and a great number of this class were added to the absolutely destitute. Here again is experienced another falling off; for these constituted the lower ratepayers, whose contributions for sup porting the poor can not only no longer be looked to, but who will themselves, many of them, add to the number of paupers to be supported. The extent to which these two classes were affected by the loss of the potato may be estimated by the numbers that it was found necessary to furnish with mere food for many months in 1847, which at one time amounted to 3,000,000 individuals. It is usual to consider the property in Ireland generally as fairly chargeable with the remedy for the result of this calamity after the first helping band given to it, but it cannot be so adjusted. In all parts the evil has been felt, but in some much more intensely than in others, On all the eastern side of Ireland, from north to south, the proximity to the English markets induced a greater cultivation of produce for barter, and there are more farmers, graziers, &c., independent of such an article as the potato, although there is mixed up with them a large number of cottiers ; but even these latter have in some degree more resources in available means for the application of their labour. These districts, therefore, may reasonably be re quired to make the necessary sacrifices to struggle through the difficulty, and may comprehend, perhaps, four-fifths of the country, but the remaining fifth-- that along the west of Ireland —remains in a most deplorable condition, and has not within itself the possible power of relief. The west of Ireland is far removed from markets, and it would require the judicious application of mu c h capital, and under more favourable circumstances than Ireland has yet afforded, to raise it from its late condition of mere self-supporting existence. The consequence has been that these western coun ties are almost entirely occupied by the cottiers and small holders above described, not only arising from their backward state as regards the production of articles of barter, but encouraged by another casual circ umstance in the nature of the coast, which being dance of sea we inlets, in deep gulfs and peculiarly favourable wt supplied them with an abun dance applied to the land was Hence the great bog of propagation of the potato. without food, and the body the people there are now above:h m em ean w s without the rents which could supply their ing the rest. In other countries one interest may c relief of another ; th e f armer may relieve the to the hethmanu lecturer and merch an t, an d v i ce versa, requires it ; but in Ireland th ere i s b ut one inetegtaste, being that in the produce of the land. _ It may be assumed, perhaps, that the people having now gone through the periods of dearth of the last two years, ought to be sufficiently provided for by the abundant produce of the present season. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, OCTOBER 13, 1847. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAN SION-HOU SE. Three men, named Martin, Palmer, and Jeffern were charged with having assisted a boy named Parker and a man named Puckeridge, who were com mitted a few days ago, in robbing Miss Delamere of a purse containing gold and silver. A well-dressed young woman, named Mary Anne Ward, was charged with having made a desperate attempt to rescue the three first-named prisoners. The whole party were identified by policemen Haydon, Hiddington, Funnel!, Noon, Spittle, and Jenkinson. Martin, Palmer, and Jefferys had been brought up on Monday, and remanded upon the evidence of some of the policemen above-mentioned, who had been watching the operations of the gang on the day Miss Delamere was robbed, and distinctly swore to the identity of each. 'While they were taking back the prisoners to the Compter, Mary Ann Ward, who had primed herself with gin for the enterprise, insisted upon having some conversation with Martin, and on being refused the indulgence " bonneted" the officer who held him by a blow on the top of the head. Upon being pushed away she returned with increased vigour, and struck and kicked and again " bon neted" the policeman. Several fellows in the crowd, which followed, or rather surrounded the police men, joined the woman, whose ferocity delighted them, and who at last became a most serious and dan gerous impediment to the performance of the duties of the force. It was with the greatest difficulty the officers succeeded in conveying their prisoners through Newgate-street to the Compter. Some of them were for securing the woman, but Haydon gave her the opportunity to depart, as the great object was to con vey the three members of the gang to prison in secu rity, and he knew that it would be no hard matter to catch hold in due time of a person disposed to run such hazard for her " pal." As he supposed, her ap prehension was soon effected, and the policemen de scribed her violence and skill in the crowd as calcu lated to excite a general row against them, and did not for an instant doubt that the rescue had been re gularly concocted. The LORD MAYOR having directed that Mary Ann Ward's should be the first case investigated, heard all the particulars of the attempt to rescue. It appeared that several women, as well as men, had assisted in that attempt, and that the throng was so great, and the exertions of the women—who, no doubt, calculated upon an immunity from the blows which male assailants must have expected, so powerful —that if handcuffs had not been used the issue would have been most alarming. In her defence the woman said that Martin was a friend of hers, whom she held in the light of a hus band, and she had no notion that a policeman had any right to prevent her from communicating with him. She was then committed to Bridewell, after having bestowed her malediction upon the whole gang of officers. The three male prisoners were then placed at the bar, and evidence was given to the effect that they had been all apprehended on Sunday. Palmer was seen in the Borough by Haydon, and followed by him into what is called a " flash crib"—a place to which thieves resort—where the pursuit was at an end. Palmer, on being told what he was charged with, swore that he was engaged in shooting in the country at the, time the robbery was said to have been committed, but whqn informed that his com rades would meet him at the bar he said it was all up with him. The other prisoners, who were as dexterously followed and secured, denied not only all knowledge of the robbery, but of each other, although every one of the party charged was identified as a principal agent in the "swell mob," and had been convicted at the bar of the Central Criminal Court. THAMES. Charles Mortimer , a powerful-looking you ng man , with a cast in one of his eyes, was charged with the following brutal assault on a young girl named Louisa Sheppard. The prosecutrix stated that on the previous night, as she was passing by Baker's-fields, Limehouse, she saw some boys running aft e r th e prisoner, and-calling him " boss eye." He chased them, but did not catch them, and then he turned and ran after her. She screamed, and said she had done nothing, but he seized and struck her several violent blows, dashed her head against an iron railing, and he had a large stone mug in his hand, which he broke about her head, cutting her severely. A policeman came up and rescued her. The prosecutrix pulled off her bonnet and exhibited her head, which was completely covered with plaisters. Police-constable K 216 said that his attention was attracted by hearing the loud screams of a female, and cries of " Murder," proceeding from Baker's fields. On going to the spot he found the prosecu trix bleeding profusely from wounds in her head, and took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was con stantly pestered and annoyed by boys and girls teazing him. Mr. YARDLEY observed that he was a most ill conditioned fellow, and fined him forty shillings or fourteen days' imprisonment, with hard labour. He was locked up in default. CLERKENWELL. BIGAMY.— William Dennis Daily was finally examined, charged with intermarrying with Mary Barry whilst his first wife was alive. Harriett Gabally, of No. 3, Croker-street, Hoxton, deposed that on the 29th of December, 1842, she was present at tho marriage of her daughter, who was now in court, to the prisoner at Shoreditch Church. Mary Barry, of No. 30, Essex-street, Strand, de posed that she accidently met the prisoner, who re presented himself to her as a single man, and they were married at Bloomsbury Church on the 29th of December last. She afterwards discovered that his first wife was alive and living with her mother. Frederick Anderson of No. 5, Hays's-court, Soho, was present at the celebration of the second marriage. Richard Walker, 33 G, apprehended the prisoner on the sth of the present month, at the door of the House of Correction, where he had been confined for felony. 'Witness told him he wanted him on a charge of bigamy. He replied "I am aware of it. Wit ness produced a certificate of each marriage. The prisoner, in his defence, said—l am guilty of marrying both wives. He was fully committed for trial, and a certificate of his former conviction for felony was produced against him. On leaving the bar several women in the body of the court rushed forward eagerly and shook hands with him, when he burst into tears, and they cried also. He was conveyed to prison. EXPLOSION IN A DISTILLERY. -On Thursday evening, a frightful accident, attended with loss of life, occurred at Mr. Busby's distillery, Black Pitts. The coppers, containing liquor intended for the process of distillation, were in progress of being " got round " to the proper heats, when one of those huge vessels burst with a tremendous explosion, vilieh scattered ruin around it, and in the convulsion, we lament to state that three poor fellows were scalded to death, and a fourth so deplorably injured, that very slight hopes are enter tained of his recovery.—Dublin Evening Post. [ADvERTHEmENT.]—BAD LEGS AND WOUNDS OF ALL KINDS CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.-If these valuable medicines be used together, acc rding to the directions given with them, there is no case, however obstinate, bad, or long standing, but may be shortly cured by their surprising efficacy. Thousands of persons, who had been patients of large hospitals, and under the care of the greatest surgeons of the day, with out deriving the least benefit, as a last res ource, use Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which alway s cure them, and frequently in as little time as a cut finger w ou ld require when treated in the usual way. —Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Bs PARTICULAR ABOUT DATES.—A Scotch trades man, who had amassed, as he believed, 4,0001. was sur prised by his old clerk with a balance-sheet, showing his fortune to be 6,0001. "It canna' be," said the prin cipal—" count agen." The clerk again declared the balance to be 6,0001. The master counted him self, and he also brought out a surplus of 6,0001. Still he had a lurking doubt of the existence of the extra 2,0001. ; so, one night, he sat down to give the columns " one count more." At the close of his task he jumped up and rushed through the streets in a shower of rain to the house of his clerk. The clerk's head, capped and drowsy, emerged from an attic window, at the sound of the knocker, to inquire the errand of his midnight visitor. " Who's there ?" he mumbled, " and what do you want ? " "It's me, ye scooneral I " exclaimed his employer, " ye've added up the year of our Lord amaag the poonds !"—Caithness Chronicle. AQUATICS.—On Monday last, a " pair-oared" match for 25L aside, came off on the Tyne, between Anthony and Richard Maddison, of Swalwell, and William Snowball and Joseph Errington, of Derwent •haugh, villages on the Durham side of the Tyne. Snow ball and Errington having won the choice of position, took the north side of the river, and the Maddisons the south, and after some manoeuvring they started them selves, and got well away, the Derwenthaugh boat taking a alight lead. In this way they swept along with great speed, and on reaching the Skinner's Burn the Maddisons had made up their lost ground. From this point the struggle for the lead was severe, the boats keeping together without any indication of advantage being gained by either until arriving at Elsysick-staith, when the Maddisons showed a point or two ahead. The Derwenthaugh men, tough and active, made a desperate effort to recover their lost ground, but in vain; the Mad disons slowly, but steadily, drew their boat away, and finally came in winners by six boats length. A skiff match for 100/. a side, to come off on the Tyne, from the High-level Bridge to Scotswood Bridge, on the lst of November, has been agreed upon by Clasper and Maddi son.—Durham Advertiser. IMPORTATION Of APPLES.—A vessel arrived from Jersey has brought an entire cargo, comprising 2,000 bushels of apples, the produce of that i s l an d . There large quantities of apples imported a t t h e present time from France, Holland, and Germany, mate rially assist our own a b un d ant cropand in they making _this esteemed description of fruit very plentiful. SUPPLY of GAS for the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS of LONDON. A meeting of the inhabitants of Lambeth am Southwark was held on Monday evening, at the Elephant and Castle, o receive the report of a com mittee recently appoined to inquire into the compa rative rates (per I,ooofeet) at which gas is furnished to consumers in diffeant districts of the kingdom. Mr. t3RowN having xen called to the chair, Mr. SAVAGE, a mariber of the committee, pro ceeded to communicatc to the meeting the informa. tion which had been cbtained on the subject. stated that the committ2e, of which he was a member, had been appointed at 1 , former meeting, held at the George, Camberwell to inquire into the cause of the high prices charged for gas in the southern districts of the Metropolis. The committee had ascertained the price of gas tiroughout the kingdom to be-- Wakefield, 4s. 6d. rer 1,000 feet ; Manchester, 4s. 6d ; Birmingham 6s. Bd, proportionally less to consumers of large quantities ; Devonport, Brighton, East-end of London, and .CEnterbury, 6s. Bd.; Dorchester, Norwich, Yarinouta, and Hull, 6s. Bd. ; City of London and West-eld, Deptford, Ipswich, Exeter, Wellington, and Taunton, 7s. ' • Ramsgate, 7s. 6d. ; London street lamps, ss. ; while in the southern districts of London, Southwark, Lambeth, Cam berwell, &c., the charge is equal to Bs. per 1,000 cubic feet. The price of coal in London had been urgsd in justification of the com paratively high price cf gas ; but, as the products of the distilled coal defrayed its first cost, that could not fairly be adduced as an argument. Mr. Savage pro-. ceeded to quote an extract from a daily newspaper of the 27th of September, showing the reformation which had been effected in Manchester in the rateage of gas lights. He thought that a deputation should be ap pointed to wait on the three companies which supply the southern districts, to state the facts he had enu merated, and to urge upon them the necessity of a reduction in their prices. Mr. DOWLING said that one of those companies charged Bs. in the borough, while down at Greenwich they only charged 6s. Mr. WARD said that the Commercial Company sup plied their customers at 65., and still were enabled to pay a dividend of 5i per cent. Another GENTLEMAN said that, living close to the London Company, he paid Bs., while, as he under stood, in Leicest er - square , t h e other side of the water, the same company charged only 7s. Mr. SAVAGE stated that in North Shields the in habitants had saved nearly one-half by establishing gas works of their own ; and in Canterbury a threat to do the same had reduced the price from I Is. to Gs. per 1,000 cubic feet. _ A deputation was then appointed to wait on the companies to urge a reduction to 7s. per 1,000 cubic feet, and the meeting separated. DREADFUL MURDER BY A MANIAC. BRUSSELS, OCT. 10.—Our city has again been the theatre of a most fearful crime. A bootmaker, of the name of Dupuis Dubois, living in the Rue de la Fourche, had been subject to attacks of mental de rangement. He was living very unhappily with his wife and her sister's child, a little girl seven years of age. During the night he was seized with one of his attacks, and while in that state killed both his wife and his young niece, by striking them on the head with a hammer, and then cutting their throats, and then the unhappy man cut his own throat. The tra gical scene must have taken place between three and four in the morning, for at that moment the patrol, who was passing, heard shrieks in the house. He rang the bell, but no one opened the door. This morning, when the neighbours entered the chamber, the most horrible spectacle presented itself to their view. The woman and the little child were lying on their beds, which were literally inundated with blood, which was still flowing from the wounds. The poor maniac is still alive, but it is impossible for him to survive during the day. Whilst this horrible murder was being committed, a dreadful fire broke out in the beautiful embroidery magazine at Sablon. The ladies who were sleeping on the second story, were with difficulty enabled to make their escape through t windows by means of ladders. A great deal of property has been destroyed. Very early this morn ing the Procurator of the King, attended by the Chief of the Police and a medical man, went to the scene of the assassinations, and also of the fire. MURDER OF TAE COUNTESS OF GOERLITZ.—The Count de Goerlitz, who was accused by the German Spectator, and the Manheim Evening Gazette, with the commission of this terrible crime, has written a letter to the Francfort Journal, and several other papers, saying that in order to reply to this horrible imputation, he has accused these two journals of ca. lumny before the Tribunal at Darmstadt, HORRIBLE MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. BIRMINGHAM, TRESDAY.—About half-past ten o'clock this morning the inhabitants of Moor-street were alarmed by cries of murder proceeding from an eating- house nearly opposite to the Public-office, and kept by a man named Matthew Davies. The police, several of whom were near at tho time, immediately ran to the spot, and in the back yard a • frightful spectacle presented itself. The wife of Davis lay dead in the gutter with her throat cut from ear to ear, while her husband stood quite unconcernedly in the door-way. The circumstances of the case ap peared to be these : Davies and his wife, for several months past, have lived on very unhappy terms, and he was in the habit of ill-treating her. His conduct has lately been re markably bad, and last week it was so outrageous that on Friday she was compelled again to seek the pro tection of the magistrates. A warrant was accord ingly granted against him, and this morning he was to have appeared before the Court to answer the charge. In the course of yesterday Davies, while under the influence of liquor, upbraided the deceased ; but this morning, apparently more subdued in manner, he entreated her to abandon legal proceedings. She positively refused to do so, when he went into the brewhouse, where his wife and a Mrs. Yarnold were, and sharpened a common table-knife, and soon after Mrs. Yarnold, happening to look up, saw Davies approach his wife, as if for the purpose of kissing her. He pla ce d his left arm round her neck, and drew the knife repeatedly across her throat, almost severing her head from her body. Mrs. Davies struggled to free herself, drew up her handkerchief to her throat, and by a desperate effort broke from him and rushed into the yard, when she fell. Two officers took the murderer into custody, the whole occurrence occupying not more than three or four minutes. Three of their children were in the house at the time. He was led before the magistrates, who were sitting not twenty yards distant from the spot, and remanded to await the result of a coroner's in quest, which takes place on Thursday. CAUTION to RAILWAY SERVANTS James Saxby, a point and signal man, on the London and Brighton Railway, was finally examined before Mr. Simeon and two other magistrates, for the county of Surrey, at Croydon, on a charge of neglect of duty, and having caused by such negli gence a collision between two trains coming in oppo site directions. Mr. Games attended as the solicitor of the accused. From the evidence of Inspector Woolnough, and other servants of the company, it appeared that on the night of Friday, the Ist inst., at forty-eight minutes past ten o'clock, when an up and a down train were due at the Croydon station, the defendant, instead of being at his points, as his duty directed, was in his box on the other side of the line, and the consequence was that both trains were on the same line of rails and a collision took place. By the careful look out and prompt exertion of the engine -drivers on both trains, and the steam being shut off, the shock was not very great, and the injury done was of a comparatively slight nature. The defence set up was, that the sight of the de fendant had been impeded by a number of empty carriages being placed on the line in such a position that he could not see the signal from his box. The defendant received an excellent character from Mr. Adams, the superintendent, and Mr. Wool nough, the inspector, for the two years he had been a servant to the company. They both admitted that he was the most expert point turner on the line, and up to the present occurrence was considered an ex ceedingly careful and steady man. In reply to a question from one of the magis trates, Mr. Woolnough said that it was quite con trary to his orders for the defendant to be in his box when a train was due; and that had not the accident happened he should have felt it to be his duty to have reported him for being absent from the points. Mr. Games admitted that his client had acted im prudently, but hoped the Bench would take into con: sideration his former !good character, and the fact of his losing his situation, in fixing its penalty. H(Mr. Gaines) admitted that th e investigation wasae proper one, and that the charge was in no way coloured v circumstancesoea The te:m again iit aiggai st ests Magistrate, a the : fttoeh; idefendant.ptbacl.k in ginto consideration the y na u it r v ge t d o i b o y s. h a is nd L c e o a s r t n s. ed Ad - PIRACY IN SOITTIIA24Eruca.—Tvvo piratical boats, tithed out in Monte Video, have lately committed a num ber of depredations on coasting craft in this and the rivers, puttin g , i n one i nstance at l eas t, the crew interior lto death. We trust her Britannic Majesty's naval forces in these waters will not remain indifferent spectators of such atrocious proceedings, though sactioned by the Proteges of the authorities of .his Majesty the King of the French.—Buenos Ayres Paper, July 31. In taking up the potatoes in the garden attached to the Darlington Workhouse the production was at the rate of 450 bushels per acre. The potatoes are of .the green top kind, and, having been set with salt and ashes, when taken up the land was quite naoist,—Durham Advertiser. VISIT OF SIR R. PEEL TO LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The " crisis" has been almost forgotten on 'Change to-day in the exciterneelt which has been occasioned by a whisper from a well' informed circle that Sir R. Peel will arrive here to' morrow. The visit of the Right Hon. Baronet, as it is rumoured, is partly suggested by a yearning for amusement, and is in some measure dictated by the desire of clicking from the merchants and men of buainess in this locality the real opinions prevailing e I in reference to the great Bank Charter Act of 1844, and its asserted evil influence upon the present eh'', cumstances of the commercial wor ld. Th e peop l e of Liverpool have not been very generally informed of the honour which is to be conferred upon them, end it is not yet accurately known whether Sir R. Peel has accepted an invitation or intimated an intentions It is only certain that Mr. Charles Lawrepee, the father of the Mayor, Mr. G. H. Lawrence, and evil° resides at Mosley-hill, five or six miles from OA town, will entertain the ex-Premier during his stay, and that the Mayor will, on Friday evening , at the Town-hall, give a grand dinner, to which all the principal gentlemen of the place have been alreadl summoned. Lord Sandon, the late Member for Liverpool, and Sir T. Birch and Mr. Cardwell, the present Members , have been requested to meet Sir Robert Peel, and Will accompany him, with the Mayor, as guides in his proposed inspection of the docks, and all the other lions of the neighbourhood. Orders have been issued north and south, both up and down the Mersey, td prepare to display all that is worthy of being shod to the very best advantage. A steamer will be ;TIM in the course of to-morrow to take the party acro o the water to Birkenhead, where Sir Robert Peer will, no doubt, be greatly interested. The eight there is extraordinary : a model town, laid out tie cording to the rules of architects, and the aspiration§ of sanitary commissioners, in that state of ruin ande dilapidation which results from l eav i ng t h e wor k hal' done, unfinished, and never likely to be completed; docks which would be magnificent, if they had bee° constructed as projected ; and works, ofevery descrip' Lion, which would have been the finest in the world, 11 the builders could have only got beyond the found tion story. In a word, that Birkenhead, in who so " future" was rested so much "faith," is now suffering the inevitable sorrows which spring from precocion § prosperity and unfounded speculation, and to our dig' anguished visitor the spot in ruins without being if g" nerable, will probably be a study. Mr. Gibson, the celebrated sculptor, will be her e to-night, and the object of his journey, it is stated, ig to attend the inauguration of the statue of Huskissons Sir R. Peel will preside over' the ceremony, and b 1 presence will give to the occasion, long expected, gee§ l additional éclat. The statue (one by Gibson, eilts, presented to the town by the widow of th e statesman is to be raised in front of the Custom-house ; though the affair will be got over as quietly as peg' sible, it is only to be anticipated that the local enthU siasm will manifest itself in a manner which will somewhat assimilate to the bustle and confusion 0: tending the recent visit of Prince Albert on layinti the first stone of the Sailors' Home. The most earnest exertions are being made by do authorities to get St. G eorge ' s H a ll , a new building+ still in an unfinished condition, of which every W' habitant of Liverpool is enormously proud, into sucP order as would warrant their pointing it out to the Right Hon. Baronet ; and if the interior can be so f§ c c cleared of bricks a n d d us t as t o a d m i t o f entrance tin examination, it will be one of the first objects to which his attention will be directed. So far as we are enabled to learn, Sir R. Peel W ill not remain more than two days ; and the progranU as at present drawn u p, d oes no t prov id e occupti°o for any longer time. He will be here by an early o train to-morrow, and will leave on Saturday, and job,. the fifty hours as mu c h feting and feasting as possih ° will be crowded. Thi s w ill be the first time he hr ever sought public n o ti ce i n Li ver p oo l ; an d as he is f here, perhap s , more popu l ar th an i n any ot h er c ornea of the kingdom, he will find no cause to regret t el favour he is about to accord to his admirers. ,he RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 12, STOCK EXCRANGE—The Share Market has been VI much depressed to-day, and prices still continue to have downward tend ency . Th e sales are—Birkenhead, Lartc.;: shire, and Cheshir e , 22/. Sh ares, 5% dis.—East Lancasb' r ; New Quarters, 265. 3d. dis.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48 „ - g Great Western, Halves, 57—Di tto, Fifths, 213/4—Lall'i shire and Yorkshire, Fifths, p ar —Di t t o (late llud. She:), Halves, 8M dis.—Liverpool, Chester, and South' pert, dis.—London and North-Western, 149—Di t t o, ters. 11 p.—Ditto (L. M. and B ), Quarters (A.): 34 Midland, 108—Ditto, 401. Shares, 3914—Ditto, New Italy; 134 dis. Ditto (B. and D.), 80—North Staffordshire, i; —Preston and Wyre, 34—Shrewsbury and Chester (5. , . QS . and C,), 4 1 / 2 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,2 L iv 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 2, A P' MANCHESTER, Ourosita 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancl; shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 9-16 dis.—East La ia n g ca New, 5% dis.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West id ti: n, 4 1 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 321. Shares, 6 7v dis.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branches, Hal'el 2 1 4 dis.—London and , North-West ern ( M anchester Birmingham), Quarters (A), 3 p.—Ditto ditto (13), 3 P. -- Ditto, ditto (C), 3 5-16 p .—L ondon and South-Westerl, New Thirds, 1% dis. — Manchester, Sheffield, and Line oll / 1 ; shire, Preference, % dis.—North B r i t i s h T h i rds, par— Scr; Staffordshire, 7-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 28 1 / 2 i c Ditto, No. 4,2 N dis.—South Staff or d s hi re . 2 dis.—Yld Newcastle, and Berwick, P re f erence ( guar. 6 per cent. "' 1850), % p.—Ditto, Extensions, No. 2, 5-16 p. LEEDS, OCTOBER 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tsales are—East Lancashir e ' New Shares, 5% dis.—Ditto, Qu ar t ers , 2 8s. dis.—Gre.fte Northern, 5% ) dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 1% dis.—Laucashi d and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 595. dis.—Leeds an Thirsk, 18 dis.—Ditto, New, 13 1 4 dis.—Ditto, Preferen ce ' 345. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, ss. di s .—M ane hee' Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, ss. dis.—North o r ; tisb, Thirds, I s . di s .—Ditt o , E xtens i on, s s. di s. —North Staffordshire, Bs. dis.—North- Weste rn , 5 di s .—Y or k, castle, and Berwick, No. 2, Bs. 9d. p.—Midland, New, 5 P' SHEFFIELD, OCTOBER 12. STOCK E XCRANGE.-The sales are—Lancashire and 1 -„,c shire (West Riding Uni on ) , 2 % dis.— Manchester, Shellac' and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, % p.—Ditto (Grillo/1 and Sheffield) 121. 10s. Shares, 31. ls. 3d.—York, Newcast l and Berwick, No. 2, % p.—Ditt o (G reat North of Eng l a nd Porch.), 1 / p. HULL, OCTOBER 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottin g ham, and Boston, 16s.—Bl ac kb urn, D arwen, and ,13olt°°' Preference, No. 1,6 s. p.—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 4 _ 1 8 " . ; Newcastle and Berwick, N ew , 1 / p.--North British, Qu m , ters, 7s. dis.—No r th St a ff or d s hi re, Is. 3d. dis.—N"" Western, 4Y 4 dis. NE WCASTLE-UP ON-TYNE, OCTOBER 12. STOCK EXCHANGL-The sales are—Great Northern, o dis.—Great North ©f E ng l an d, 220 ex d.—North r. 25'4 ex div.—Ditto, Thirds, ls. p.—North Staffordslo l ; ls. 3d. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, New Shar 'No. 2), 7 8 p. EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 304 103 ; -Airdrie and Bathgate, 7s. 6d.-Arbroath an d Fora" 261.-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. 1051 Caledonian, 371.-Ditto, New, 19s. 6d.-Caledonian Dumbartonshire, 11. 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 53/.-V' t side, 34 Bs.-Dunblane, Doune, and C a ll en d er , 1L 65.-Dun, dee and Arbroath, 351.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 27/.-Ditto, No. 2, 35/.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. 55.-Dundee and Nortll7 , Junction, 1/. 9s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 321-Ditto,l l6 , Reg., 16/.-Ditto, Quarters, 2/. 10s. 6d.-East ern C o unti o, 16/.-Ditto, York Extension, 81. 10s.-East of Fife, 4 1 . -East Lothian Central, 14 6 5.-Edinburgh and BatbgaL. - 51.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50/. 7 s . 6d. ex div,-Dit Halves, 151. ex div.-Ditto, Q uar t ers, 1 3/. 12s. 6d. ex ~7 -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 16/. 10s.-Ditto, P r "; ference, 201. -Ditto,N ew , N o . I, 3 / . 195.-Ditto, New, INT„S, ' 11. 195.-Ditto, Qua r t ers , R eg., ss. 9d.-Ditto, ditto (sc"l"l'L ss. 6d.-Edinbu rg h an d Northern, 181.-Ditto, New, Re , 14s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 7/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, . oe , - „," Reg., 19 8 . -Edi n b urg h an d P erth (New Co. ), -Ditto' Ilalves, ss. 6d.-Glas go w an d Ayrshire, 100 L-Ditto per cent. guar.), 1124-Ditto, New Stock, 401.-Dit to ' Halves, No. 1, 64-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, BL-Gl as gol: Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71. 155.-Glasgow and G arn k ir k,3B 155.-Glasgow General Terminus, 114-Glasgow and Gre e.. nock, 17/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 8/. I Is. 6d.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 71. 195.-Glasgow, Kilmar noc k , an d A rdrossan, , -Great North of Scotland, 17s. 6d.-Morayshire, 14 7s. -North British, 264-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ditto, Q 41. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarte rs N ew ( scr i p ) , 10s. 6d .-- Ditto, Thirds, Reg., 1/. 25.-Ditto, ditto ( scr ip), 14 2 5 ,-Din Fifths, 5/. 7s. 6d.-Scottish Cent ra l, 25/. 10 s. - Scotto Grand Junction, 55.-Scottish Midland, 16/. 15 5 .-Stirlia and Dunfermline, 3/.105.-Stirling and Midland, 71.-wishavi and Coltness, 451.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 1361. OS. -Ditto (Orig. New. and Ber.), 28/. ss. a. d.-Direct B om bay and Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian, 1/. 3s. 3d.-G reat Northof India, 2s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, 18.....madrast Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d. waters, GLASGOW, OCTOBER 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 35' 1 ;35 Ditto, New, 205.—Du n d ee an d Northern. J unc ti on , 223•' Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 525. Edinburgh and Northe ,° ' New, 20a.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 401. Shar e : 39%—Ditto, Half Sh ares, No. 2, 8 —Glasgow and Greenoc k ' 17s. 6d. ex div.—Great Northern 565. 6d. ex int.-311; chester and S ou th ampton, Bs. 6 d .—North British, Thir 225. 6 d.—Ditto, New Quarters (Scrip), 10s.—York, Ner i. castle, and Berwick (Great North of England Pinch.), 9%4 THE OVERFLOW or THE TAY.—The latest se" counts from Perth state that the overflow of the Te t . had nearly subsided, but agree in stating th a t t h e l o ss property must exceed 3,0001. or 4,0001. in value. •L' ° authentic cases of loss of life have been received. BIRTH'S. On the 4th inst., at Geneva, the lady of the Rev. Coombe Williams, of a son. ark On the 7th inst., at S. James's P arsonage , Vi c t or i a -P— , Mrs. Henry Philip Haughton, of a son. On the 9th inst., at Ashford Hall, near Ludlow, the la d y of Major-General Lechmere Russell, C. 8., of a son. On the 9th inst., at Teston, K en t, th e w if e o f the Rev. O . Jubb Perram, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Sutton -court, Chiswick, Mrs. TAP' peuden, of a son. ZARRIED. On the 7th inst., John Galliers, Esq., of Cumberland" terrace, Pentonville, to Mary Anne, second daughter of i Ollll Dunne Cooke, Esq., of Brampton Brain, Herefordshire. DIEB. On the Bth inst., a t Worsted, in the county of Nor f olk. John Foakes, Esq., aged 58. On the Bth inst., at Lower Phillimore-place, KensingtoO , Alfred Hardwick, E sq .. M.D. , age d 59. On the 9th inst., i n S pr i ng - gar d ens, M r. Wi ll i am B a l Y* On the 10th inst., J o h n R o bi nson, j un., Esq., of Norwood. 2, Lothon : Printed and Publi shed by 11111LDO YOUNG, 11 of No. • A Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112. Strand, in the Preoi n ; of the BMWs the County of Middlesex Wednesday, °dope 13, 1847. Undoubtedly the especial hand of Providence has been thus mercifully extended towards the relief of the people, in a manner that will greatly mitigate the general distress, but it still leaves a large amount absolutely requiring a great extent of human and humane exertion. Although the potatoes have succeeded better this year than on the two former, not above one-sixth of the usual quantity has been planted, and that not by the small occupiers, as usual for theirsupport, because the case appeared hopeless, and even otherwise the seed was wanting. The lands of many were ill adapted to other crops, or they had no means of tilling them; or even where they have put in turnips or oats, &e., the produce will be quite insufficient for their support, for it must be observed that it requires three times the quantity of land laid out in corn to what would be ne cessary in potatoes to feed for the year any given num ber of persons. Thus it must plainly appear that Ireland in all parts is still in much distress, but along the west very active and extended benevolence is required to be ex erted from elsewhere to prevent the most horrible scenes; that this calamity is continuous, and can only be gradually removed by a new order in the social system, which it will be the interest, and must be the effort, of all parties to introduce and to accelerate. Dublin, Oct. 6. J. F. BURGOYNE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 1 1, 1847. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—Samuel Digby Wright, vice Greville, promoted; Augustus Young Earle, vice S. R. B. Swinney; Honourable Leonard Allen Addington, vice Bent; Arthur Vandeleur, vice Glanville, promoted; Andrew Spotswood Orr, vice Jervis, promoted ; Charles Rowland Hill, vice Atkinson, promoted ; Patrick John Campbell, vice Dumaresq, promoted ; Francis Corn wallis Maude, vice Tupper, promoted ; Arthur William Twiss, vice Heyman, promoted ; Reginald Curtis, vice Dew, promoted; Allan Sievwright, vice Robertson, pro moted ; Frederic Southcote Seale, vice East, promoted ; John Boulton, vice Hoste, promoted ; John De Luttrell Saunderson, vice Taswell, promoted ; Montray Anketell, vice Winterbottom, promoted ; Philip Dickson, vice Singleten, promoted ; /Eneas Clarke, vice Reilly, promoted ' • Francis Place, v i ce S aun d ers , p romo t e d ; Edward Jackson Bruce, vice Smith, promoted ; William Powell Richards, vice Fitz Hugh, promoted ; John Edward Hope, vice Moody, promoted ; Henry Walpole John Dashwood, vice Hardy, promoted ; Al gernon Brendon, vice Bolton, promoted ; James de Havilland, vice Lugg, promoted ; Sidney Carden, vice Fraser, promoted ; George Allix Wilkinson, vice Lam bert, promoted ; William Windham Augustus Lukin, vice Soady, promoted ; William Walker, vice Dyneley, promoted, Oct. 1. Corps of Royal Engineers.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—Alexander Ross Clarke, vice Wrottesley, promoted; Edward Bainhrigge, vice St. John, promoted; James Murray, vice Gordon, pro moted; George Ranken, vice Porter, promoted; Francis Horatio DeVere, vice Wilson, promoted; Henry Raymond Pelly, vice Dawson, promoted ; Hobert Mann parsons, vice Crofton, promoted ; Frederick Brine ; Arthur a'Court Fisher ; George Montagu Stopford ; Edward Bridge ; Henry Reynolds Luard ; Montagu Stopford Whitmore, Oct. 1. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. Vere Poulett, commonly called Viscount Hinton, to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir Walter Calverley Trerelyan, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir Peregrine Palmer Fuller Palmer Acland, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.8., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; William Miles, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; John Batten, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 1. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire The Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeo manry Cavalry—Frederick Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Edward L. Cresswell, resigned, Sept. 18. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Rid ing of Yorkshire. First West York Yeomanry Cavalry—Walter Thomas Spencer Stanhope, Esq., to be Captain, viee Martin, deceased; William Bamfortb, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Stanhope, promoted; Thomas Taylor, Gent., to be Lieutenant, ♦ice Naylor, promoted; Samuel Jackson, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Bamforth, promoted; Thomas Barff, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Drake, resigned, Oct. 7. THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the, National Debt, in pursuance of the• Act 10th Geo. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ex ceeded the actual revenue thereof, for the year ended the sth day of Jelly, 1847, by the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand three hundred and ninety-two pounds three shillings and one penny; The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that no sum will be applied by them on account of the Sinking Fund, under the pro visions of the said Act, between the 12th day of Oc *ober, 1847, and the sth day of January, 1848. S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General. National Debt-office, Oct. 12, 1847. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Thomas Wakefield, merchant, Nottingham. Thomas Wells, confectioner, Sudbury, Suffolk. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Lyon and Edward Lyon, stock and bill brokers, Birchin-lane, to surrender, Oct. 19, at half-past one, and Nov. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Whitfield Palmer, jeweller, Uxbridge, Oct. 19, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; Williams, Alfred-place, Bedford square. William Walker, paper stainer, London-wall, Oct. 19, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, OltraJevery chambers ; Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane. William Henry Stray, hht manufacturer, Lambeth walk, Oct. 19 i at two, and Nov. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry chambers. Henry Toyne, linendraper, Shoreditch, Oct 22, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street buildings; Jones, Size-lane. George William Jones, newsvender, Birchin-lane, Oct. 22, at half-past one, and Nov. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ;Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane. . . William Hurst Ford, innkeeper, Burford, Oxfordshire, Oct. 21, at half-past two, and Nov. 25, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Goddard and Co., Wood-street, Cheapside. William Henry Lewis, straw bonnet maker, Ludgate street, Oct. 22, at twelve, and Nov. 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Edward Saunders, builder, Stamford-terrace, Asylum road, Old Kent-road, Oct. 22, at one, and Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as signee, Coleman-street-buildings; Curritt and Osgood, Guildhall-chambers. Henry Owen, carrier, Fleet-street, Oct. 29, at twelve, and Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. William Pithey, merchant, Philpot-lane, City, Oct. 22 and Nov. 24, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry-chamhers. Richard Coleman Kingsford and Henry Lowry Barn well, millers, Straton, Kent, Oct. 29, at one, and Dec. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street-buildings; Wright and Co., Essex -street, Strand. John Williams, draper, Cheltenham, Oct. 26 and Nov. 23, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Packwood, Cheltenham. , Roger Dewhurst an d E van G regson, timber mei.- 4 chants, Blackburn, Lancashire, Oct. 26, and Nov. 17 , at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Jacques and Co., Ely place Holborn ;. Holroyd, Halif ax , Y or k s hi re William Bate, millwright, Bridgnorth, Oct. 23, and Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Weeks, Cook's court, London; Mole, Birmingham. Thomas Cooper, stockbroker, York, Oct. 28 and Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Wigglesworth and Co., Gray's Inn; Parkinson, York; Harle and Clarke, Leeds. James Burt, James Burt, jun., and William Tottie Watson, commission agents, Manchester, Oct. 27 and Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthing ton, and Shipman, Manchester; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside; Atkinson, Dibb, and Bolland, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. 0. Richards, Fleet-street, law bookseller, Nov. 4, at half-past eleven—J. Whitby, Lynn, grocer, Nov. 4, at half-past twelve—J. E. Spicer and C. Poulton, Alton, Hampshire, paper manufacturers, Nov. 2, at twelve— W. G. Grossmith, Romsey Extra, Southampton, brewer, Nov. 2, at two—G. Pile and W. J. B. Staunton, Sal vador-house, Bishopsgate-street Without, wine and spirit merchants, Nov. 2, at one—S. H. Billingay, Com mercial-road, East, ironmonger, Nov. 2, at half-past one —J. C. Wolton, Halstead, Essex, ironmonger, Nov. 2, at half-past one —J. T. Groves, Millbrook, Southampton, seed crusher, Nov. 2, at two—T. Pierson, Warwick court, Holborn, money scrivener, Nov. 2, at half-past eleven—W. Stone, Wood-street, City, laceman, Nov. 2, at one—J. Donaldson, Regent-street and Margaret street, clock maker, Nov. 2, at twelve—C. 0. Robson, Fisbury-street, Finsbury-square, plasterer and builder, Nov. 2, at half-past twelve—A. Rainey, Regent-street, Piccadilly-, estate agent and auctioneer, Nov. 2, at eleven —W. Thorne, Crawley-street, St. Pancras, linendr a p er , Nov. 4, at eleven—J. Willer, Windsor, licensed vic tualler, Nov. 3, at eleven. In the Country. R. Nicholls, jun.. Birmingham, bookseller and sta tioner, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham— W. Handley, Birmingham, wholesale saddler and army accoutrement manufacturer, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the C cibl o oigra u uh r rp t t,s , ,tD: B nxe i ev r e, m oten i rs n_ h g i h rje a . —C. N. Cutcliffe, Pilton, Devon shire, surgeon and apothecary, Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Devonshire T h woollen u tanner,a tim P. n lV faN . c otJeffery,manufacturers, r 3: atß Nov. uec eleven, e s na t t actourtht,e E C xe o t u e r r t_, x . elte.r—wJe.staT4humella,ncßhersotaedr ealtevethne hotel keeper, Nov. 12, at twelv e , a t the Court, Man: chrster—J. Wilson and W. Crighton, Manchester, calico printers, Nov : 3, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester— P. Hansen, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and ship owner, Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Welsh, Carlisle, tailor, 3s. 6d., any Saturday, after Oct. 15, between ten and three, at the office of T. Baker, Newcat•tle-upon-Tyne. B. Robinson, Burton-upon-Trent, draper, 2s. 6d., any Thursday, between eleven a n d th ree , at t h e o ffi ce o f T . Christie, Birmingham. T. Oakes, Walsall, Staffordshire, wine and spirit dealer, 2s. 101, any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of J. Christie, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. G. Gale, Winchester, Southampton, corn chandler, Nov. 4, at two—S. Taylor, Tonbridge- wells, plumber, Nov. 4, at eleven—E. Palmer, Brighton, common brewer, Nov. 4. at eleven—A. Bartlett, Millbrook, Southampton, fly proprietor, Nov. 4, at one—W. 'temple, Motcombe street, Belgrave-square, turner, Nov. 4, and half-past one—E. C. Powell, Hanover-place, Neckinger-road, Bermondsey, baker, Nov. 4, at one. In the Country. J. Welsh, Carlisle, tailor, Nov. 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —J. Cox, Bishop wearmouth, Durham, grocer, Nov. 4, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —J. Donaldson, Wigan, Cumberland, common brewer, Nov. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—A. Johnson, South Shields, printer, Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—J. L. Butterell, Doncaster, grocer, Nov. 5, at ten, at the Court, Sheffield—W. Jeffery, Bucktastleigh, Devonshire, woollen manufacturer, Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. At the Court of Review, Nov. 2. G. Wilson, Huddersfield, cloth manufacturer—C. Curme, Hilperton, Wiltshire, common brewer—T. San derson, Leeds, corn factor—G. T. Rollason, Birming ham, glass dealer—G. Henwood, Leeds, carver. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. B. Goodricke and R. Adlington, John's-row, St. Luke's, corn dealers—E. Adams, jun., and R. Watt 9, York-street, Westminster, licensed victuallers—J. Row ley and J. E. Evans, Hatton-garden, bookbinders—J. Thorp and J. Gee, Manchester, machine makers—J. Shenton and T. Nicholson, Masbrough, Yorkshire, pot ters—P. H. De La Motte and J. S. Heaviside, Oxford, draughtsmen—J. B. Johnson and E. A. Stapler, Liver pool, tea merchants—T. C. Stainbrough and J. M. Pratt, Berners street, Oxford -street, wine merchants—A. Stocken and W. Angus, St. George's-place, Knights.. bridge, coach makers—J. Davies and E. Frier, Rath bone-place, Oxford street, perfumers—E. Coles and E. English, Belvidere-road, Lambeth, soap manufac turers—S. S. Hall and S. J. Hall, Circus, Mi nories, ship brokers Rebecca Brown and Mary Brown, Nottingham, lace cap manufacturers C F. Burnett, J. F. Burnett, R. B. Brander, and J. R. F. Burnett, Vauxhall, rectifiers (as far as regards the said R. B. Brander)—Right Hon. Lord Howden, G. Horsington, T. Richardson, J. Cargill, T. Cargill, and W. Cargill, Wingate Grange, Durham (as far as regards the said J. Cargill, T. Cargill, and W. Cargill)—J. Gray, J. Adams, and R. Hogg, Brompton-park, Kensington, nursery and seedamen (as far as regards the said J. Gray)—R. Atkins, jun., and J. Sercombe, St. Jamas's street, Westminster, tailors. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Jonathan Andrews, Bexley-heath, tailor. John Partis, Baker's-row, Walworth, confectioner. James Morgan, Waltham-abbey, farmer. Jane Robinson, Liverpool, milliner. George Walton, Duckinfield, Cheshire, provision -dealer, Enoch Hemingway, Ashton-under-Lyno licensed vic tualler. Collin Safferv, Chatham, fruiterer. Frederick James Busby, St. Ann's, Lancashire, car. driver. Charles Farmer, Liverpool, butcher. William Henry Smith, Liverpool, shopman. Charles Dransfield, Almondbury, Yorkshire, book. keeper. Daniel Hayward, Cambridge, instructor in the game of cricket. William Gravestocks, Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire sawyer. Edward Jarman, Barnwell, fishmonger. William Plane, Cambridge, journeyman blacksmith. William Gilbert, Cambridge, butcher. William Motteram, Cambridge, SCOTCH SEQESTRATIONS. R. Dow, Burnside, merchant and linen-manufacturer, Oct. 16, and Nov. 6, at twelve, to meet within the cham bers of J. Seaton, writer, Dunkeld. J. Miller, Rutherglen, grocer and spirit dealer, Oct. 18 and Nov. 8, at twelve, to meet within the office of T. C. Young, writer, Glasgow. B. M`Donald, Glasgow, spirit dealer, Oct. 15 an d Nov. 5, at one , t o meet within the writing chambers of W. R. Buchan, writer, Glasgow. P. Young, Glasgow, merchant, Oct. 14 and Nov. 4, at twelve, to meet within the writing chambers of Messrs. Macdowall and Murray, writers, Glasgow. D. Paul and J. Paul, Cairndow, Argyleshire, inn keepers, Oct. 13 and Nov. 5, at one, to meet within the writing chambers of W. Wilson, writer, Inverary. D. Cargill, Perth, merchant, Oct. 15 and Nov. 12, at twelve, to meet within the Sheriff's court-room, Perth. T. Muir, Edinburgh, bookbinder, Oct. 20 and Nov. 12, at twelve, to meet within the chambers of C. R. Sinclair, S.S.C., Edinburgh. R. Dalglish, J. Turnbull, and J. Broadley, Glasgow, manufacturers, Oct. 14 and Nov. 11, at one, to meet within the writing chambers of Messrs. A. and J. Mor rison, writers, Glasgow. G. Grant, Banff, fish curer, Oct. 16 and Nov. 6, at twelve, to meet within the chambers of A. Y. Rose, soli citor, Banff. Broughton Old Hall, near Manchester, was partly destroyed by fire on Saturday morning, and damage was done to the extent of nearly 1,0001. It was, to within a few years ago, the seat of the late Rev. W. Clowes ; and on his brother, Colonel Clowes, the present owner, coming into possession, he removed the furniture, for the purpose of subjecting the building .to.some exten si've' altefatiOns. Uwing to this circumstance the loss has been trifling, compared with what it would have been if the hall had been occupied by the family. The hall is situate about two miles from Manchester, and the alarm did not reach the police till some considerable time had been lost. The fire was entirely subdued in less than two hours, after destroying a large portion of the roof and of the cupola over the south front, beside the upper part of the grand staircase. As the walls and ceilings were in course of receiving embellishments, they also suffered much injury both from fire and water. The only tenants of the hall were three grooms, occupying the upper sleeping rooms, and they were awoke by a suffocating sensation, arising from the smoke. They tried to make their way down stairs by the principal staircase, but, finding egress that way cut off, they escaped by the windows upon some saffolding erected by the bricklayers, and thence descended by ladders which had been left reared against the scaffolding. The origin of the disaster is attributed to the joiners on the previous night having left a very hot fire in one of the rooms, which had ig- nited some pegs, the ends of which in one direction com municated with the flues, and in the other with the skirting-boards of the room. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.—A deputation is now in London bearing a petition to Government not to re new the appointment of the present governor of Prince Edward Island. Circumstances have for some time rendered a continuation of Sir Henry Vere Huntley in his office anything but desirable, and the well-bein g o f the colony would, no doubt, be served by the appoint ment of some other gentleman for the administration of its affairs. Indeed, no other course would seem to be at all politic, from the numb er and station of those who object L hi s peculiar co urse o f act i on. The deputation o the Hon. M r . P ope, Speaker of the House of c e s c is t t t s o f l or th forty-three principal merchants commissioners -three Assembly, the Hon. Mr. P a l mer , representat i ve o f Charlottetown, and Andrew D uncan , E sq ., one o f t h e principal merchants of the isl an d. Th e secon d name d gentleman was a member of th e E xecut i ve C ounc i l, and only resigned his seat at the bo ar d i n consequence o f hi s own and the public feeling with regar d to t hi s quest i on . The petition bears the names of a ll th e s h er iff s , thirty m ,justices bolding judicial office, and a b ove f our thousand three hundred and other inhabitants of the isl an d ; an d t h e prayer o f the petition is supported by th e recor d e d op i n i on o f a s ied electors, theincluding all majority of the present members of the House of As sembly itself.—Liverpool Mercury. OUTRAGE AT CHATHAM. _Terence Cook and Ed. - - ward Price, privates in the 63d Regiment, and William Berwick, a sailor, were brought before the county ma gistrates at Rochester, together with William Carson, William Armstrong and Angus M'Lean, Royal Marines, - captured since the exam i nat i on o f th e fi rst t h ree pri soners. The char ge against them was f or an o ff ence o f frequent occurren ce l ate l y in the neighbourhood of Chat ham. The pris oners forced an entrance i n t o th e Whi te Lion public house in that town, and broke a quantity of glass. Being ultimately expelled from the premises, they threw heavy stones through the chamber window in which the wife of the landlord was lying in bed, not having recovered from her recent confinement. One of the missiles, Weighing 71bs. or Sibs., struck the bedpost, and drove th e l andlady, w i th h er i n f an t, t o a c l oset f or shelter. All the prisoners were found guilty, and as Captain Baker, the presiding magistrate, observed, there were different degrees of guilt, so the Court would award different degrees of punishment. The judgment, there fore, was that Cook and Price pay a penalty of 405., and lls. 6d. costs each, or to be committed to the House of Correction for two calendar months; Carson, Arm strong, and M‘Lean, 21s. 6d. each, or twenty-one days' imprisonment; and Berwick 16s. 6d., or fourteen d a y s ' ' imprisonment. All the prisoners were removed in custody. Usa or THE TELEGRAPH.—Extract from a letter by a lady :—" Did you know what a mistake they com mitted at Masbro' about my ticket ? Directly after you left me it occurred to me that they had taken 195., first class fare, and given me a second-class ticket. So I called the guard at Chesterfield, who was a very civil man, and he soon saw what they had done, and spoke to the station -master to telegraph the message back to Masbro'. On arriving at Derby the guard went directly to the carriage, and told the ticket-taker the story, who was very civil also. He took my ticket, and went to the telegraph office. I suppose he found the message there that all was right, for he came to mo whilst I was hav ing my dinner, and brought me a first-class ticket, at which I was very glad. Here is the benefit of the tele graph, as I experienced it." CLERICAL GOOD SENSE ON SUNDAY TRAINS.—At an entertainment given in Cupar last week to Mr. William Aitken, late of the Fife Herald, the Rev. Dr. Craig (Relief) gave " Success to the Edinburgh and Northern Railway," and i n the course of some excellentdeeiion whichthe s hie remarks, o"ep Great applause.) an expressed had come n is sense on the th e sound question day trains."--(Great