The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-21 00:00:00

EVENING ED i ON S PHUT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. (FROH THE EVENING PAYERS OF YESTERDAY.) (From the Globe.) The passages in Mr. Milner Gibson's speech of last week at Manchester, which refer to the extension of the suffrage for Members of Parliament, suggest one or two paints for reflection, which we may take up as I:isure occurs. " I defy any man," says Mr. Gibson, 4• to argue in the abstract upon the subject without being landed on universal suffrage. There is nothing whatever on earth so difficult as to draw the line which is to separate the qualified from the unqualified." We do not exactly know what the able orator means by arguing in the abstract upon a question which is not an abstract one. Abstract elector% and abstract mem bers, of a British Parliament, -- are to us as difficult of conception as Crambee abstract 'Lord Mayor. It may be said their political relatious may be matters of abstract consideration. But we say, 110—We fiud an actual, not an abstract state, in ex - ,stencE.. ; and we should as soon think of arguing abstractedly what was the best superstructure to place upon gig en foundations, as what was the best suffrage for a given empire. Nor is it with us simply a question between qualified and unqualified individuals—the question is, what public etiinery will work the intended public .ends I t is obvious that a question of suffrage must be widely varied in its ingredients by the functions of the ai sembly which the suffrage is destined to constitute. Tae argument for universal suffrage for a town couneil, or vestry, stands on a very different fentiee from that tor a chamber of national legislature. When the doe.- tritte of self-government is laid down as a rule without cxeeption, we must a-k whether self-government means a e government of self-will at the moment, or govern - - by what is recognised ultimately as the will of t ? Men are always tempted to seek to make :rill of the moment absolute, and prevalent over the; Will of others, to ire diitant or less combined. 'rtic q t.' ion then is, whether witat is called sell:g , ,vernisseirt, it eirried into fail operation by popular suffrage, can peovide any security for the prevalence of the collective wilt of all those who are capable of forming a real .tonion, ter far klki for the. Ultimate will, which results froqx r‘.4l,ction experiTnee. IF ail that is meant by self-government is the emancipation of se.f-wiit, in the plpulAr trilss,s, from feeling any restraint ~1•ove them, wo can well unbrstand how that result may be effected ; but we do at undz!rstAnd how the ends of Government t;,,n be provided for afterwards. (From Cie Standard.) We have copied ferns the Times of this morning a very able article upon the subject of open questi.ons, l'eply to the ,11;rning tiiro , licle's defence of such Wa have no disposition to enter upon tcvo contrerersialists, or th ground tal:cn up by to enetiniber the Time; wiih our usistance. - It occars, ho Toyer, to us, trait Coe present crisis eifsril 3 a re nvi-keble and a useful test as to the safety of open Tn: country is thrc •tened wth war one sseion of the. Cobinst, it is known, desires to rasiesnin the natioeal iettoests and honour, and on nets with good re Igen upon the support ut the Censervai.ive opposition for support in doing s ; another sectiun - of the Cabiect t) be tray the nitionAl interests and honour, and re- Flea for aid upon nearly lice ililvile of Ant party i 3 usually Is the qaestion of peace or war, then, to be an open gess tio.s? Are we to hive a Secretary at War coining (la ani to mave the army estimates in a epeech drioune ing as Weals and criminal the purposes for which those estimates are respired ? -Tnia we certainly shall have if . there be war, cad if Mr. Mac ‘ailay remain Secretary at War. for lie is one of the net-English traitor section in the Cabinet. Every one can see the absurdity of open questions in such a cite, but what is the difFerence between an open question of peace or war, and nn open question upon any other mater of . primary interest ? It has been suasgested by s o me wise insn that the executive ought not to inteioere in legis li!lon otberwie than by a negative on what seems impolitic. Whether this suggestion be good or bad, —and much may be said jr, if not against it—the practicedifferent ; the executive dees take part in is • debates upon !- matters of primary interest, and taking part in any such deba:cs, it is clearly bound to take part in all, for the business of a Government is not to he done piecemeal. Well, then, the Government tokcs one part and its members take another part. We can see the folly and absurdity of this when it concerns v ar, because then we have the opponent, whom the de fection of the members of the Government aids and cecourage.s, distinctly marked out ; but is not the folly and absurdity just the same in domestic questions, though the opponent, aided and encouraged, is not so obvious as a foreign enemy ? Is not the aid and encouragement just the same ? Upon the other question ra sed between our Contemporaries—the possibility of a Conservative Ad- Ministration mainta'ning its position—the crisis also gives,3olllVe light ; we see by that light very clearly that htt Conservative party can m ,intain its position in offiee, and that no other can, for the Conservative party is the only party in the country either willing or able to main tain the national interests and honour. (From the Courier.) By the extraordinary expresses of the morning pa pers the news for some time past bruited in the Paris papers conies confirmed, that the Queen-Regent of Spain has abdicated her high functions by a manifesto issued on the 12th instant at Valencia. The result is, that the new Ministry, of'. which General Espartero is the presiding, but nominal chief, only remains provisionally charged with the Regency until the convocation of a new Cortes. A second Royal abdication within one month would, in ordinary . times, (Ache curiosity and attention, but present circumstances invest it with a more extraordinary irate rest, as it can hardly fail gravely to complicate 3611 more the actual involved state of political relations with • France, for, on the Spanish as on the Eastern question, we tied Lord Palmerston and M. 'niers again in presence, and each, as before, with sympathies and policy repul , iee, if not hostile, to the other. As a matter not ,ble only, but one on which conclusion may already have cents t iken in Paris, the Syrian intervention of the British may be reciprocated and answered by the Span ish intervention of the French Minister, and we may ex pect to find the former in the curious dilemma or pro testing against the application of the very principle of interference in the one case, which he was the first to sanction and the most vigoroas to act upon in the other. Far the position of Maria Christina in Spain is the counterpait of that of the Sultan in Syria ; the one is virtually deposed from legitimate authority by relractory generals and subjects, as the other by rebelli ous vassals and Pacbas ; and the Duque de la Victoria in Spain enacts the same role as Mehemet Ali in Erypr. Should French armies march •to restore rightful rule of a Queen-Regent, what must be the coninsion of Lord Palmerston, when to his remon strances against their forcible entry into Madrid, M. Thiess, or any other French Minister, shall coolly reply by producing a Gazette Extraordinary of the hlno)ardment of Beyrout. The compulsory abdication of Maria Christina is therefore in the catalogue of facts accomplished. She reigns no longer even in dumb show, far since fhe fall of Zea Bermudez she has never ruled. Of the prestige of sovereignty she was ravished at La Granja, end of the pretence she has been despoiled at Valencia. Mob and military law in the vulgar pe-son of Sergeant G irvia performed the first achievement ; law, popular and military, personified somewhat more decently in the garb of the Madrid Junta and conquering Eipar tcre, perpetrated the second. CII;S!.1013S. MODERN EMBROIDERY.—The style of modern embroidery, now so fashionable, from the Berlin patterns, (fates f orn the commencement of the present century. AOent the year 1804-5, a printseller in Berlin. named Pnilipson, published the first coloured design, on checked pater, fur needlework. In 1810, Midame Wittich, who, being a very accomplished embroideress, perceived tho great extension of which this branch of trade was _ caoahle, induced her husband, a book and prititseller of lledin, to engage in it with spirit. From that periet4 i he trade has gone on rapidly increasing, though within the las s 1 years the progression has b2en infinitely mot e raidd th,tn it ba I previously been,owing to the number of new pub lt,hers who hive engaged io , the trade. By leading busts lq , to th 3 commencement of the year 1840, there have be, t) no I , •its than 14,000 copper-plate desigas published.--- The Art .., ff c l , N E 7 Pe m a: r fe Ew s ot a k, R by (;ie Countess of Irt/ton ease with which 11,.. ,. lA I N IN CIRCASSIA.--From the s a alighted from his sac Ale, as well as t o o change i n - carse wrapp„ of 1 :h e c r e ss ' •hew consisting of the chflicolty i‘s n.,,n.:,:n Ircaistan warrior, we bad some winterF, 1 ,d ar ozlii. ' ' v g Th our friend of a hiindred a; irx,rni en wa had last seen him, he pcarA to 1).1 man, comfortably clad, end surrounded hy ! )id that had supervened `sitseeranipdr s. o But the stirring times have revived the energies of his youth. On the mounted his the Russians, he b,ad fling aside his staff, retainers.—L o n _ Is horse, and taken the field at the head of hi 3 atners.—Longworth's Year au: ony nes Circassians„ \Wiliam Addams Williams, V ; I nd l. l l3 li . s i s i•Nl a r re s : '..;" ! un. , , Mr. Willi= Addams Willi'asr;ll;l for Llangibby lizi,.: V...lliams, have arr;ved at the Royal' thtel, Clielen barn, from nyde, Isle of Wight, en route Cast!e, M,,n near hsa ire. CO.':IM 1 T TA I. OF it. PEA RSE.—c, Mondav an aceou. , t wiz; given in 7'ile Sun of the murderous a`_ tempt or Mr. Pearat-, a surgeon at Kensington, on the life of ia ..rif..., while at dinner, on F, iday last. Yesterday ti , ,• iriforunite man was placed at the bee before the K •r u ,ington M Igi3trate;, when a long investigation took Plate, but no new facts were elicited. Mr. C. Phillips " erg , ged for the prosecution and Mr. Clarkson fur the dt,f-tic,.. - Mr. Rose. a surgeon, who was at table '''''' Mr. and Mrs. Pearse, at the time, was the prin e'Ld witness. A servant girl also was examined, and stated t h at s h ort l y a f ter t h e pi s tol had been fired, .;l c found a bullet on the carpet in the dining - room . ;.:P . PeAred from th e ev id ence o f the surgeon who attended 5 vap i n :7 . l f a e t , that the wound was very slight, but as she t o ea!l h t .,. ax of greet excitement, it would Le inexpedient a'!l the evideneiewiteess. The Magirrat ts after hearing I h ti e commit ted ,Nlronsulted together for some time, when hi2Pearse to Newgate, attempt to murder for the felonious app,,./r earl cave rv id,_" i fe. and bound over Mr. Rose to in • hi., ~, ~ • , f ' 5‘ v ult at. the Centrs' Cr urinal Cour:, heavy bon: ov,:s r equired ' ,. --- ' a , '' t '-' '.. 431 % 1 112.' ' his intenticr, t 4 prcceeei as -.r. Ruse had stated it wris pearse ill the afterpon ., ___ conveyed few days to Egypt. Me. v " "I 4 in a fly to Newgate. 1 THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. INQUEST ON THE BODY. (Continued from our First Edition of yesterday.) Mr. John James Leech—l am a surgeon, Lying at Vauxhall. On Saturday evening last about six o'clock, I was requested to attend at the South Western Rail way station in consequence of an accident. Immediately on my arrival my attention was directed to the de ceased. It was stated to me that one train had gone upon another. There was another medi ca l man exa mining deceased in t he ladies' waiting room when I ar rived, and he said that she was dead. She was then removed into another room. I examined her, and as certained that she was dead. I assisted Mr. Andrews, the ether medical man, is openin g the jugular vein, and about four ounces of blood flowed ; no ef fect was produced by it. Blood was at that time flowing from the ears, which led us to infer there was an injury at the base of the brain which was the anise of death. That flow of blood must have been oc cesionei by some blood-vessel having given way. There was no apparent external violence, nor was there any apparent injury of the body. The flow of blood proved that there was a fracture of the basis of the skull, which would be produced by any percussion. Blood would not have flowed from the ears in consequence of any rep . ure of a vessel in the brain, unless such rupture had been the consequence of a violent blow or fall. William llosgood—l am a porter in the employ of the South Western Railway Company. I live at 2, Lark-hall-lane, in the parish of Lambeth. I was at my eznpleyment at the station on Saturday last, at about ten minutes before six. About that time the train arrived. I was then on the platfcrm. It was the quarter past five mixed train, which arrived about that time. It should have arrived at a quarter past five. It left Southampton at half-past one. It was called the halt-past oue Southampton train. It was behind time 16 minutes. Ti:,2 train was stopped when I ran up, after seeing the passenge7s come out. This was after the accident. I had not noticed the train bef ire, and cannot tell whether it was stopetel or not. I saw the passengers coming out, and ran up to see what was the matter. This was not at the usual place of getting out. The train was not then on ler the covered way. That was the reason why I ran. There wag nothing the matter with the first car ricqes that I saw. I went to the last one. There was no noise nor anything to attract my attention, except seeing the passengers getting out. In the last carriege the first thing I saw was the fern de, whoa: lip is cut, lying bleeding. There was another female, and a man else, hi the seam carriage. The deceased was down with her face lying no the other scat, mid her legs under the scat on which she had been sitting. She did not appear sensible, nor dal she move. Tne other female was assisted cut. I got into the carriage where the deceased was lying, and lifted her up. Mr. Dunn, who was vending on the steps, asked me if I was the Company's servant? I sail yes, and he said lay hold here, and as soon as I had got hold of the deceased, he left me. I considered she was dead when I lilted her up. With - assistance, I took her into the waiting room. The moment I hid her clown a medical gentle man came forward and examined her, and pronounced her dead. Her bonnet was thrown back when I lifted her up ; I cannot say if it was ereshed. Blood was coming from her mouth and cars at the time. I did not see any cut or injury about her ; I could not perceive • any bruise. On my oath I did not bear any noise prier e to seeing the passengers running. I was about 2ao yards from the train. 1 did not beer any noise as of a collision between two trains. There was no appearance of a blow on the body of the deceased, and I cannot tell what occasioned the flow of blood from the ears and mouth. From the information I have received, it is my opinion that her death was occasioned by ono train running against another. I did not particularly look at the carriage in which the female was found, but it did not appear to me to be injured. Tae inside was not • injured. Ido noteknow where the carriage now is. Alexander Tweedie, M.D., of 13, Montague-place, Bedford-square. I got into the half-past one o'clock Southampton train, at the Walston station, on Satur day last, about five o'clock. The train had been ex pected three-quarters of an hour. It should have are. rived at Walton a quarter after four. The train was a very long one. I got into th e last of the fir s t elan carriages ; we started with two engines. I understand it was what is termed a mixed train. We reached the station at Nina E'ms after stopping at the intermediate stations. I think we arrived a few minutes after six. The train ia which I was had stopped, as I believe. Up to that time nothing had occurred relating to this investigation. I heard distinctly another train coming up. - I have frequently travelled by the South Western Railway. The place where we stopped seemed scarcely 33 far as the usual place of stopping. It was not so far as the platform, which is, I believe, the usual place of landing. I suspect that at that time the engines which had brought us up were detached. We had been there only a few seconds before I thought I heard the sound of another train coining up. Almost immediately afterwards there was a severe concussion or collision, which appeared as if some powerful body had run against the back of the carriages and propelled them forward. I was thrown forward by the concus- sion, and struck against the forehead of the gentlem.►n . .., _ opposite. I was stunned ; I soon recovered, and finding the carriage at re,;t, and hearing loud shrieks, I stepped out. On proceeding a fev paces torivard my attention MIS arrested by the shrieks of a lady, stating that she was severely wounded. She was bleeding profusely from the face. The glass of the post carriage in which she W. 13 sitting was shivered. I got some of the attendants to assist her out and c Irry her to the waiting-room. Immediately after several other persons were brought into the waiting-room ; among them the deceased. I assisted in the examination of the deceased. She was dead. There wits blood about the face. I requested she might be removed from the room, as many of those present were alarmed. I had not, to my knowledge, seen her before on that day. I did not go afterwards to see what had occasioned the collision, nor of my own knowledge do I know. Cross-examined by Mr. Burcham, the solicitor to the Company—l am the author of the letter signed Verax," in the Tinies of Monday. The pestacript is also my writing. I saw at least a dozen other persons wounded in the waiting-room. No one can tell what may be the result. I think it likely that some of tbo persons injured may have inflammation of the brain. I have not seen the carriages this morning. Mr. Burcham said that the carriages had been care fully preserved in the state in which they were at the time of the accident, and that the servants of the Com piny would show them to any person desirous of seeing them. David ickland—l am in the employ of the South Western Railway Company, as engine driver. I was so on Saturday last. I left London at eight in the morning, and returned again from Southampton on that day, as the diver of the engine called the Crescent. The train was a mixed train. We arrived at Southampton about a quarter before one, and left again about thirty-four minutes after one. We were coming to the Nine Elms station ; I had the conducting of the same en gine, the " Crescent." There were fourteen carriages attached from Southampton. The usual time of start ing was half-past one. We bad only one engine on kav►ng Southampton. We took on tour fresh car riages at the Andover-road station, and one at Basing. stoke. I had passengers. I received no addi tional carriages, until I got to Woking-common. There were one or two more put on then, but I cannot tell exactly. We took on a fresh engine at Winchfielil. It was the Woking-common Pilot, and as I was behind my time it came to sack me. It was placed before me. It left at Farnborough, joined me again at Woking-corn- mon, and assisted m(7 up to Nine-elms. I did not rceeive any additional carriages after I left Woking-common. I stopped at every station. I arrived at the terminus at about fily-two minutes after five o'clock, but I did not look at any cock. Nothing h ippened either to me or to the train up to the time of our arrival at the terminus. The train was stoppfd at the usual place. We stopped fifteen or twenty 'birds before we came to the Bell. I cannot say to a yard or two, but I should say ten or fifteen yard 3 be llied the point. It was the usual place, or within a yard or two of it. We have to stop before we come to th. points. The points are to enable the engines to go cff one line on to the other, when detached from the carriages which are pushed forward under the covere4 way. I detached my engine from the carriages on their arrival. , I am sure it was detached. I was in the engine next the carriages. I was in the act of drawing at the time the accident occurred. I had just got. the tad rope tight. I cannot say whether I had cleared the points at the time the accident happened. There is a person whose duty it is to attend to the tail rope, and to give an order to go on when all is right. AtThr the engine was detached I received an order to go on. I did so, and just as the rope was got tight the carriages were struck behind. The object of the tail rop is to "'lo'w the engine to get out of the way, so that the . .. t r . _" . .:ges may pass wider the shed. I cannot tell erae,, is ni , e i t e e r te. I n „ t a r: d rii g g o e b o e n l:3 t i lie in o , th other line, sufficiently u he carriages to pass me or not. The co.l;sion was not severo against the engine ; there were about a n r, o t t i g 6 , , a a i , t . to myse e ts a t a i, Chadreasion e d the collision. I did i ,to my en,ri . . s , t o th e t ra i n at the time. when I. felt I was struck. I did ceainst tae until I was told, "t know not expect that we were i' allot Lad coma in eTine-drircr of the other train to!il did not see 113, and did there, and had no knowledge iasetieahr for i l h h e but that the r - oa r d le wa n t s 'i LT: is John Wilford. His 20 minutes after. train is what is called the n This was about rive was about six o'clock. 1 a train. His time to ar rive before or after his time or t:a ti n i r sure saliethi7r he believed it was not much either one s occasion, but he It was very dark. at the time. I cou7daYn or the other. t t i , read—not more perhaps thin. 100 °.., t r s r far on f :..,., ;. „. a :?::'. givers was a liiik i .eg - 0.1 ..- ,: . ''"' 7 ePt ~,. d :1..; , Z. :•. o , .2iVoti 2.7:).• n eves at taiy ..! : 5t.4:0..5. There were no ligi.ts p a '' out at Kingston, Merton, or Wandsworth. Theta were lio i E SUl\l: LONDO \T. WEDNESDA Y, OCTOBER 21, 1810. orders given to any one that I heard. I cannot say i of my own knowledge whether any orders were given to the guard to have a light at the back of the carriages. I believe there were two guards to the train. Such orders might have been given without my hearing. At Wandsworth stadoa I went to make inquiry about the fast train. The policeman there bad gone up the line to make a signal to the fast train that we were standing there. The person I went to make enquiry of was a time keeper. I asked him if a signal had been passed up the line to inform Wilford that we were standing there. He said there had. I asked him, because I knew it was coming on the time that till fast train should be there. No accident whatever had occurred up to the time of our arriving here. We had just got the line tight, but I cannot tell whether they were stationary or not ; at all events, if in motion. they were not moving at th•e rate of one mile an hour. We were a minute and a half from the time we stopped until the rope was tight. I had no occasion to stop my engine after being in motion, to enable the rope to be attached a second time. I was delayed first from the want of a pivot-engine in leaving Southampton. s By the Ju-y—l hail fourteen carriages, they might weigh about two tens each. I could not in any mariner have prevented thic collision. I did not hear the whistle of the other train coming. I have been - engine-driver in this Company since February last. I was stoker foe two years and a half on the Bolton Railway, and after wards as engine-drivel% I had been on the Manchester and Liverpool,and the Kingston and Du Winfor nice years before I came to this Rang, iy. I have been a driver ever since I came here, and for nine years before. I have had no professional education as an engineer. There is no particle:, tr education for engine drivers. The knowledge is all acquired by prac.ice, and unless a wan is a stoker first he his no me ins of acquiring tint knowledge. - A bystander hcre attempted to ask some questions, but the Coroner interfered to prevent him. He stated that as one of the parties whose lila had been in jeopardy he had a right to ask. some questions. The ConoNER s6d that if he had any evidence to offer he weul,i examine hint, hut he could nut permit bystanders to interfere in the examination of witnesses. The w itness then stated he had been delayed before, and that wet weather, by mak:og the rails slippery, would frequently occasian delay. It is usual to give instructions at the stations if the trains b,fore are behind their tint-. that they may slacken their speed. It is usual on the Manchester line for the next train' to get off the road, to allow the first train to pass ; and I should adopt the same 'rule on this line. I have seen others do iL ; hut have no orders. It is unattended with danger. There is not the s!ightest danger attending it. There arc signal flags used on such occasions. You could get on your own line again to continue your journey. At all the principal stations, and at several points on the line there are sidings where you can get out of the way. I think there are three pilot-engines engage.l on at.: line. There is no danger of collision from them when trains get off the line, because in front they can see our fires, and at night vve hare :amps. Mr. Easthope, the Chairman of the Company, hero said that there were signals by flags by day, and . by thn exhibi:ina of a rcd lamp at night, which were incarial4 used whenever such a chJege as that alluded to by wit- ness took place, and it teas directly contrary to th-.! rules of the Campany for any such change of rails to take place w:thout the signal having been previously made. The persan who had before interrupted the proceed in7s again interfered, and said wishad to kanw a 'D:reetor was permitted to interfere and he was not ? It was not fair. The CORONER said that the Director was a party di rectly interested in the inquiry, which he was not. George Watts Roberta—l am guard in the employ of the Company, and was - on duty on the fast train on Saturday last. I left the Nine Elms statirn at elevtn o'clock in the forenoon, and arrived at South- ampton at about two o'clock. I staid there until about four minutes after three, When . 1 left with the f,;st train. The name of the engine was the Eclipse. There were I two vans, and five first class carriages attached.' The vans were filled with passengers' luggage. I should sty we had nearly sixty passengers. I sit in the van behind the train, where the breaks arc. The last sta- Con we stopped at on our road up, was at Woking-com mon. Nothing happened until we arrived at Nine Elms. In coming into ‘Vandsworth, where the road curve;, the steam was thrown if, and my break was applied as a caution, which we generally use. It would, of course, lessen the speed we were then going, about 27 cr 28 miles an hour. Applegate, a painter, was in the van with me ; he got in it at the Farnborough sta tion. I desired him to look out, as it was a nasty foggy night, to prevent running into the half-past one o'clock train at Wandsworth, which might be late. I shoul!i think we ware then three-quarters of a mile from the Wandsworth station. The speed was lessened until we saw the bridge, and . then we put the steam on. I did not see any signal at that time, which caused me to les sen my speed. I had no control over the engine. It was by the jridgment of the driver and myself that the speed was lessened. John Welford was driving the en gine. The night was foggy, with a slight rein. We passed the Wandsworth station, Lut I saw no signal., lam certain no signal was given there. I looked out for one, to see it it was requisite for me to lessen my speed on getting to Nine Elms. I had not on that night received any signal at any part of the line. We were not exceeding 20 miles an hour then, but after passing the curve the full power of steam was put on, and we ran in at the usual rate. I asked Applegate what was the time, and he looked at his watch and it was ten minutes to six, and I remarked we should be in about five or six minutes before time. I looked out, and said I can discern nothing beyond the engine. and I suppose they (waning the half-past one train) have had gsot in. I looked out to see to be prepared to . . come in. Previous to corning to Mr. Perth's Louse, I pat-my hand to the break to be prepared ; that is about 1,000 yards from the terminus where we usually stop. The engine -man shut off the steam when we had gone about 30 or 40 yards beyond Mr. Perth's houie. The break was put on by me at the same time, and the whistle was used. lam certain the signal was given by the use of the whistle, and it had also been used pre viously. I did not sre any signal to warn us after we left the Wandsworth station. I am sure no signal was made. I have before now seen signals given at the station at Wandsworth, and at the station at Kingston under similar circumstances. It is the order of the Company that signals should be given under such circumstances, but I saw none such on the pre sent occasion. There was a concussion at about 100 yards from the points. At that time I should think our speed was from five to eight miles an hour, we bad shut off our steam, and the break had been applied. We were going at the usual rate we go at to take us in. OR ecling the concussion I got down and ran forward and found it was occasiored by the engine going against the hall-past one train. I saw no signal given to warn the driver of the Eclipse that the other train was on the rails or that there was any obstruction to his going up to the usual place. The signals at night are a red light for danger, green prceaution, and white when it is all right. I do not think there was a greater rate of speed on the engine at that time than would hive carried him up to the points, and I do not think that he could prevent run ning into the other train, as no warning had been given. Nor could I attach any blame to him. I examined the other train end saw that there were no lamps lighted, and I lighted mine, and attached it to the last carriage of my train to prevent a simiLr occurrence. The spot where the light should have been exhibited, is just before the place where the concussion took place. I examined the place, and there was no thing there but a white lamp at the time. There ought to have been a signal there, hut there was not. There ought to have been a red light there, and 1 attribute the accident to the fact that a red light had not been substituted for a white one. I believe there is a per son appointed to look after the light, but I do not know who it is. The engineer of the Eclpse was perfectly sober. He is a very steady man, and I always teel, as a guaro, perfectly safe with him. I em quite certain there was no negligence on the part of \\Telford. Many and many a night I have seen that red light, in.the room of the white one, on going in. I saw the time by Applegate's watch by the .light of the coke falling from the engine, On arriving at the station imme diately after the collision, I despatched a person to see what was-the time, and he returned and told me it was five or six minutes to six o'clock. The passenger who bad before interfered, here ob served that he was of opinion it was later. Jacob Applegate, a painter, residing_ at South Lam beth, was in the luggage van with last witness, on Saturday last, and corroborated his evidence in every particular. On their arrival at Nine Elms, immediately after the collision, witness went to the c:ozk at the station, and it was six minutes to six. Willians Inglethorpe—l am a policemr'n in the ser vice of the South Western Rsilway Conipany. lam stationed at the Wandsworth station. I remember the half past one train arriving there on Saturday last It was about twenty-five minutes to six. It ought to nave arrived at seven minutes pist five. That train a l- wa y s stops there, but some of the others tic, riot. I: stops to take up passengers, and to collect tickets. Tue tickets we r e collected on that occikion. While they cvz-ro collecting, 'I was a few hundred yards up the line with a signal 1;04 to stop . the fist t ra i n, as t h e half-past one train was storping. 'There were three different colours in the I(lN:thorn, red, gr een , anti white. I thought it was pose the fast thin might come up before t h e st „ppin. 4 trivia lcit the station. I rcinainid th e r e f rom ten to LtVCiVe. 1:11.)UitS: 1 did not hear or see anything of the - fast train, until the stopping train had started from the station. The stoppi ng t ra i n may have re mained at the station for seven or eight minutes. I was returning to the station when the fast train passed Th„ topp i og train must have started five or six mi nutes at that time. I was from 400 to 500 yards from the station at that t t i r m r, e in . , bN2coauligghtls e w on e s r i e d,r h e o d w t n h i t n s t u h r e_ passing of ... : , , i , .. 1.: . lb, t,:,j,:s ici the ia:n? arij :- ,!.. j, , r :F^ , ;', , _ ,F;l ti^:nt Ilir,t,lll.7l(flasetlrsr,c.l for the stoppin ? trAlo. t o . ,e.iell sl-1 tt.e tr:1: -. nod the red to stopit. I do not kuow what the white is for; there is no particular signal belonging to it. I have never heard any orders respecting the white light. It is the ordinary light with which we go about. The engineer of the fast train seeing no signal light, would conclude all was right, and go on as usual. There was r.o other person on duty Wandsworth except Mr. Hihlitch and InT , eif. I rather think he told me to go•up with the light. I had-started before the train had actually settled. I had no orders from the driver of the stopping train to go up the line and show a light. I never had occasion to use the signal lanthorn before. I have been in - the Company's service ever since the opening of the railway. . Mr. Francis, the passenger, who had frequently be fore interfered, here expressed a desire to know whether any register was kept at Wands North of the rime of the arrival of the trains, end was informed that there was not, but that the g uards were in attendance, who cou:d furnish him with any isiforrnation. --------- Johri \\Telford, the driver of the fast train, was then called, and after being cautioned by the Coroner, ex pressed his willingness to stat e to the Jury all he knew, and was. examined , b ut not o n oath. He deposed as kn Comp an y. oat u rday after noon I left Southa m p ton a t three o'clock, with the South Western ste a r am an engine-driver, i n t h e emp l oy o f t h e n t-1 Eclipse, the tender, and seven carriages, Nothing Fr ticular happened to us until we got in, when, in come is:gut:llll past one train, which was sta n di no . ltat the top of the kept„ in the yard at the lh I ran into the half- Yard. There was a white light in it ; on that occasion, q ti u m e e n . ce olf,htehesirgentieling limpno there ought to have been a red o ne . Th e w hi te li g h t is used merely to sh ow a light, andoa seeing_**. it I pre tawied all was right, and I uni erstoo , by seeing, it that the road was clear, and that I r&ght go on. The pla to where the accident occurred was rather better than 100 yards from the points, and at the time our speed was about six or seven miles ffi an hour. Th ere was no steam on at all at the flew, and the sp ee d was j ust sucient to. carry us to the points. I had shut the steam off op posite the Whitehouse, about eight hundred or nine hundred yards from the terminus. The break was put down at the same t i me. The thistle was sounded before I shut off the steam, Wht.tn I saw the last carri2.ac of the half-past one train, I reversed the engine. Tao collision had not cccurred at that time. I did this to stop the speed, and prevent the coili:lion with such force. I suppose I was & L OA or ten yards from the carriage when I first saw it, It WAS quite dark at. the time. \Veen I saw the last earri,ge I did all I could to prevent the collision taking place. have been an engine-driver two,years. CORONER What distance would it take you to stop an engine end train going at the rate of !ire or a x wiles an hour? Witness—lt wcu!d take fift3. or sixty•ya:ds to stop it in. When I reversed the canine I put on the steam to stop the train. I "put off my steam in Wandsworth cutting, fearing the ether train might be . there. I saw the policeman, who gave me no s , gniL to warn me. If a ri:d ight had been exhibited here I should have seen it. It is usual to exhibit a light on the last car riage of a train after dark. There was no light on the h a lf-past one o'clock train. 1 should say we continued the whistle a minute, and I attribute the accident to there being no signal-light exhibited at the terminus. I have been a driver five years, two years here, and time at. Leeds ; before that I was a stoker. lam 22 years of age. I am receiving 7s. a day, it is as much as any driver re ceives. I was is a workshop before I was a fi:eman. I should have seen the red light at Mr. Perth's as far as I did the white one if it had been exhibited. Mr. Perth's is half-a-mile from the terminus. It is a gas lamp with different coloured glasses. I shut off the steam at the usual place. If two engines were blowing off their stern strong it might prevent them hearing our whistles. The light behind the carriages is a red light. There are buffers to all the carriages. I had no extra orders as to speed on that day. The CORONER said that he wished to put it to the jury whether or not there was any necessity for car rying the case further. If they thought there was no carelessness attributable to the driver he thought they need not carry the icquiry any further. It was an unfortunate circumstance that lights were not exhi bited, but when it was s h own t h a t a c ase was one of accident and not of negligence, such must be their verdict, and they wou!d then award a dcodand agaicst the engine. A Juror said he thought they ought to have some evidence as to the non exhibition of a signal light, The CORONER said that undoubtedly the cor.dict of that person had been bglily culpable, but it could not be said that the person neglecting to show the light was within the jurisdiction of the Court, and the Court had no power over the man, even if it could 1 - e shown who he was, or bow it was, attributable to his neglect. Over him the Company alone had jurisdiction to reprimand or dismiss him. A Juror suggested that it would be better the room should he cleared, which was accordingly done, and aft: r remaining in deliberation about three quarters of an hour, the room was opened, and Mr. Joseph Lecke, the engineer of the Company ex amin?d. Since the collision he had examined the engines and carriages, they were rlightly injured, they were not broken to pieces or forced in. In only one instance had a fracture taken place, and in that one the pole of a gentleman's carriage had been forced through the back of one of the carriages. None of the car riages bad been smashed or splintered, in three Daly had timbers been shaken. , Mr.- Locke then gave evidence as to the signal lights. The Solicitor to the Company said that ho was desirous of showing that this was an instance of accident arising from individual neglect, and not from want of general arrangement. The CORONER would have parties caled to, prove that if it were thought desirable, although he considered sueh evidence irrelevant to the p'esent inquiry. Mr. Joseph Woods was then examined—l was at. Southampton when this accident occurred. lam the superinvmdent of the locomotive department on the South Western Railway. The Company has an engine called the E c li pse. I know that it was employed on Saturday last. I have the regulation of the signal. lamp at the Nine Elms Station. j Th ere are th ree co loured glasses used—it is .rt revolving light with a there is a n - o b struct i on red, a green, and two white glasses. The red is caution to the engine-drivers arriving f ro n down the line ; givetn ; t a signalie green when n the station is for giving to come in slowly. The white is a negative signal, that extra caution is not necessary. The on 1) t h - e guards of trains have is a red lamp, and a red lame is attached to the night carriages. There is a white lamp on the front of the en s ine, an d a sma ll s ' g nal•• lamp attached to the tender, with t h e red light turne d aackwards, to give signals wh en the train is delaye d . Tile light of the stationary signal-la m p is in the care of a man named John Turner ; his duty consists in at tending to the signal-lamp, and the crossings in its neighbourhood. The red is to be exhibited when there any kind of obstruction on the line. I was not at home on the night in qucation, and cannot tell whet her or no Turner attended to his duty as he ought to do. I saw the Eclipse on Saturday night ; it had received slight damage, but not to arty great extent. This was about 11 'o'c'ock. The buffer was slightly in jured, and an iron rod a little bent ; I/. would re• pair all the damage. The engine ran yesterday to Southampton and back. I have examined the carriage in which the deceased .was, and the injury is very slight. The collision was not so violent a one as it has been represented in the Times. The statement of damage done is confirmatory of the statement of Wll ford as to the speed at which he was going. I think this accident would not have occurred it Turner had done his duty. The coneuet of Welford has always been good. The jury, after deliberating a short time, returned the f o ll ow i ng verdict:—" The deceased was aceidontally end we pl ace a d eo d an d of 3001. on the Eclipse ioc-Inotive st eam - eng i ne , t h e proper ty o f th e L on d on and South West ern Railway Company, and we attribute the accid ent to the want of proper caution not having been t a k en by hoisting a signal light to warn the driver cattle E c l i p se of the obstruction on the li ne, and cannot but deprecate the rate of speed the trains are brought up to the terminus." dissatisfaction depicted on their countenances at Mary-i lebone yesterday. We have no doubt, that with the able assistance and experience of Mr. Coppock (who, much to his honour, gratuitously devotes his talented aid to the.Llberal interest on every Middlesex registra tion), and of Mr. James, the active and intelligent Secretary of the Middlesex Reform Registration Club, the Register will next year be still further purified, hut if an' election were to take place even this year, the Reformers of Middlesex will be happy to hear that two Liberals would be returned. In addition to the above mjority upon the objections, the Libzrals have also succeeded in placing on the Re g ister 401 new claims. In conclusion, Tve feel it due to Mr. Coventry, one of the Revising Barristers, to say that his impartiality and gentlemanly feeling, has won the admiration ti a d esteem of al! parties. CENTRAL CHIIIIINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Oliver Death surrendered to take his trial for wilful and corrupt pznjury. Mr. Cimdwi y ek Jones appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Pnidips and Mr. Clarkson for the defence. M r . Jones briefly addressed the Jury, and said that the defendant was a constable belonging to the City Police, and et the time the occurrence took place be was employed as a reserve man, and his duty was to visit public-houses, and see tbvt proper order was kept in than. O. the Ist August he went to the house of the prosecutor, whO keeps a beer-shop in Field-'ane, and he aft, , rwards la d an .inforuntion against the.prose eutor for allowing gaming in his house, and upon the hearing of the information he took his oath to that fleet. It would be proved that no gaming took place it the lions:, ,and that the charge was entirely ground ess, and he , apprehended that under the se circum stances the ilefetyla.nt must be found guilty of the of fence imputed to him. Evidence was then adduced to show that an informa tion against the prosecutor was heard at Guildhall, and !he defendant, upon that occasion swore that he went into the prosecutor's house at half-past ten o'clock on the night of the Ist of August, and he saw persons play ing at cards there. summons, it appeared, was dis missed. Dennis O'Brien, the pro&ceutor, deposed that he re mrn.hered on the night of the Ist of August th,t the defendant eama to his house and remained there for ten minutes or a cunt-ter of an hour, and he came a4ain soon afterwards with another policeman named Cole. He was quite tare there was no card playing going on on that evening. The witness, on being cross-examined by Mr. Phillips, wouid not swear that cards were not used in his house on the day before the Ist of - August, ansi he admitted per Fons did play at cards on that day, a!though he di-nizd that they had since. He also said that he had a p tek of cards in his house at the present time, and he did ridt ailow them to be used. S,!v'ere.l other witnesses wer.:l examined, and they all stated that there was no card playing in the pro secutoi's house in the night in question. It was ad mitted, however, that cards were frcuently played in the house before the information was issued, and upon examination the witnesses contradicted each other in several r.articulars. The REcor.DER when the cesa was nearly con cluded, put it to Mr. Jones, whether he thought it Rely urder all the circumstances that he should ob tain a conviction. Mr. Jones admitted that he did not, and he said he had conferred with the prosecutor, and he assented to withdraw from the prosecution. Tile Jury imnit!diate4 returned a verdict of " Net Guilty." Mr. J acs app:ied for the expenses, and ' The RECORDER sdid that he thought the inquiry had been a very proper one, and he should thereiore hilow the expenses. SURREY QUAitTER SESSION'S. The General Qaarter Sessions for the county of Surrey, took place yesterday, at the Court House, Kingston-upon-Thames, betore B. Barnard, Esq., Chair man ; J. T. Briscoe, Esq., M.P. ; W. Denison, Esq., ; W. Cranford, Esq., M.P.; H. Kemple, Eig„ M.P. ; J. Trotter, Esq.,• M.P.; S:r Henry Fletcher ; Sir R. Ficldtsick ; H. L. Long, Esq. ; R. Hedger, ; E. K. Adams, Esq. ; Colonel Challenor ; E. W. Edged, Eiq. ; D. Barclay, E,q. ; the Rev. Arthur Onslow, and a number of other Magistrates. Mr. Smallpiece, the County Treasurer, made a re port of tho state of the finances of the county, from which it appeared that since the last meeting of the Court, he had received the sum of 10,3931. ss. Id., and had disbursed 9.0691. 19s. Bd. leaving a balance in his hands of 1 3231. .Various bills it appeared were in course of payment, but the rate tit present in collection, was quite sufficient to meet them, and no new rate would be required. Mr. Jefftey called the attention of the Court to a circumstance which ho thought required immediate at tention. He had that day gene into the Kingston gaol end had examined the place appropriated for the recep• Con of the prisoners who were awaiting their trial. It was a room about twenty feet square, and in this room sometimes so many as twenty prisoners were kept for four or five days. They were all ironed, and a chain was passed through the irons of each prisoner, and se cured at both ends by staples in the wall. At night a quantity of straw was shaken down for them to lie upon, and in this wretched state they were kept for several da3s, and their situation at night, when closely con fined, must be most dreadful, and must approach suf focation. He believed that in every other prison in England irons were now done away with, exupt is cases where prisoners were refractory, but here they were not only ironed, but literally chained down to the ground. The Court would also recollect that the pri soners were persons of all ages, and some of them were only charged with a first offence, while others were adepts in crime, and yet they were all kept together in this manner. If he had not seen it he never could have believed that such a state of things existed, and he i thought it . would be a disgrace t o th e coun ty o f S urrey i if the Court allowed it to continue. Mr. Briscoe thought the Court was much indebted to his Hon. Friend for bringing the subject to their no tice. He had not the least idea that such proccedings were adopted in that gaol, and ,it was quite clear that they ought not to continue. Mr. Gorse, one. of the Visiting Magistrates, said that perhaps it might be considered that some blame was to be attached to the Visiting Justices for not havin; re medied the evil before, but the fact was, they were not aware of it, because at the time of the Sessions, when the prisoners were brought for trial, they were in attend - once upon the Court. He agreed with both the Hon. M,igistrates that such a state of things ought not to Le allowed to continue. subj.•ct was then specially referred to the Visiting Committee of the gaol. COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM. The Comrnittee appointed to superintend the erection of the Lunatic Asylum for the county of Surrey then made a report, which led to a very animated diinu sion. The itvort, after referring to matters connected with the building, concluded by stating that the Com mittee regretted to inform the Court that they had ex pent all the 75,0001, voted for the erection, e xce pt 4,0001., and that that sum would not complete it, and they could not tell how much more would be re quired. It also appeared that the building, instead of being calculated to accommodato 350 patients, accord ing to the original plan, would not receive more than 280. Colonel Challenor said, that, as one of the Com mittee, he could not allow the Report to pass without observation. The county had voted the sum of 75,0001., which they considered amply sufficient for the purposes of the building. They now found that they had uecrly got to the end of that sum, and, in stead of the building that was promised to the county, they found they could not be able to accommodate so many patients by 70 as was proposed. He thought that great blame was due to the architect and surveyor, who had deceived the Committee, but the County ought not to soff,r. He should therefore submit a motion to the Court that the Committee should not spend any more money than the remainder of the 75,0001., and that the building should ha completed to its present extent of accommodation for '2B 0 patients and no further. Afar a lengthened discussion the motion was put and negatived. INTELMGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A man named Joseph Thacker was charged with hating thrown an iron pin, about the size of a small poker, at a policeman, with intent to do him soaie se -601)7. injury. The - dr.fend int, who sated that. he was a waiter, had been taken to the station-house for drunkenness and vio lence on the preceding night. Inspector Brake, how ever, who, whenever he can with propriety, discharges persons who have work to vo to in the morning, without sendivg them before the Lord Mayor, allowed him to depart. The return made !or this indii7gence was the most marked ingra:i' Polieunan No. 540 was the man who prq!ect,tl Hin irjury in lb@ s'rects and couvry: Linn to the tation-hf - o - se, but the dcfen.knt Wa3 u) sooner at liberty than he seized the first opper toni!y of retuning ti compliment by snatcliiilgthe iron fr.,nl tr.wl:. in the street, dehherately taking aim ,11'; n'~ i+ po'cotnan. The wenpon hut it th;tud a tort of Sid' blew 111 yang :roman who stood near him and marked her. The defendant also struck another person, and upon being again taken into custody, endeavoured to do another policeman the most desperate mischief. The LORD MAY oR—How can you account for this condo et after the kind manner in which you had been treated in the station-ho•ne? Defendant—l do declare my Lord it was oh! an accident. LoRD MAYOI--D) ym; to gtv tit The. Loi ictus I:ear. kyr; thisac cident happened ? Defendant—Why, you see, my Lord, ns I w•as gait c,r along, I saw this here trioek going 9100; too, and so I tAtes hold of the pin, when out it fLw• quite unexpected, and away it went against the y,ung Worn n. Thy; LORD MAYOR—This heavy piece of iron flew out of your hand ? Defendant—That's just it, my Lord. Iron wiil fly sometimes. The LORD MAvoa—You might have killed the po liceman. It would appear as if policemen were made to be khoek , id and kicked about by drunken %agaboodc. I shall endeavour to• protect them when they meet with such fellows as you. Defendant—l am very sorry, my Lord, and rhope you'll let me 4o this time. The Lola) MAYOR—Certainly not. You shall be remanded, and the City So shall receive instruc tions to prosecute you. A gentleman waited .upon the Lord Mayor to inform his Lordship that Mr. Joseph Ady, who had so fre quently been complained of for putting people to the expense of postage, by writing to them that he would communicate matters to their advantage upon the pay ment of certain fees, was hard at work at his old (rc.. cupation about unclaimed dividends. It came to his (the communicant's) knowledge that Mr. Ady paid a boy •1/. a thousand for copying his old piece of intelli gence, and that great numbers of these letters were directed to the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, and other distant places. The consequence might be, as was the case years ago, that some credulous poor people might endeavour to scrape tog titer the means of coining to this country upon the representations of this indefatigable correspondent, and be obliged to de pend upon parochial relief for the rest of their days. • The LORD MAYOR said he had no doubt of the vigilance and activity of the press in doing all that was necessary to prevent any such contingency. He con sidered Mr. Ady's perfeverance, notwithstanding ail that had been said and done in the matter, as strong a proof as could be afforded of the disposition of the people to listen to impostors. iMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY IN THE RIVER THAMES. The Navigation Committee are making a stir about the condition of various parts in and about the river Thames, which has, particularly since the removal of that frightful nuisance, old London-bridge, presented many serious obstructions in its capacious bed. There can be no two objects more disgraceful to the spirit of those who are competent to effect extensive improve ments, than the bridges of Batteriea and Putney. In consequence of the awkward and unscientific manner in whicL these crazy oh bridges have been erected, the tide, as the ratermon say, sets eross-ways amongst them, so that all sorts of craft pass frequent Iv at consi derable hazard, and many lives are annually lost by the upsetting of boats at time jottings of the narrow arches.. The Committee are endeavouring to prevail upon the proprietors to widen the arches, and to make such other-alterations in the bridges as may correspond with the changes which the river is undergoing, where amendment is more difficult, and the advantages likely to reqalt ore leas palpable. 13.2f0re Mr. R. L. !ones thought of his grand project of removing old London bridge altogether, a very important alteration was made in that fabric by the enlargement of the central arch, accomplished by throwing two arches into one ; and the judgment of the bold or, chitcct who advised the experiment was highly commended. Experiments something similar are, we understand, not only recommended by the Committee to the shareholders of Battersea and Put ney bridges, hot pressed upon them as indispensably re quired under existing circumstances. Hitherto athiee, recommendations, and explanations have been unavail ing, but if the proprietors continue insensible to the pre,:ent applicAions, it will be the duty of the Naviga tion Committee to proceed for the attainment of the great public object with the assistance of the City So licitor. Indeed, the Navigation Committee are blamed by many for not having tred the efficacy of indictments in the cases of these twa perilous eye-sores. They surely, it is thought, go up the river often eno ug h on w h a t they call their viewing excursions, t o ascer t a i n th e nature of the nuisances, except they set out upon their views with a vision as dim as it is often said to be upon • their return. In them lies the juri,diction called the conservancy of the Thames, for the Lord Mayor is merely the nominal head, and his Lordship's Courts of Conservancy are merely the form al type and ostentation of their authority. While they are about the business of improvement, it would be as well if they included Hampton Court Bridge in their views. That bridge, next to those which we have mentioned, presents the most dangerous impediments to the navigation between London-bridge and Staines, the limit of their power. Mr. Walker, the President of the Society of Civil Engineers, is now engaged in the laborious work of im proving Westminster Bridv, end during the operations there the Commissioners will not permit the ballast en gines to be worked in the vicinity from the apprehen sions entertained, it is said, of the foundations of some of the piers. The moment, however, the improvements are completed, the most eff!ctu4l and entire means will be adopted to clear away all the obstructions arising from shoe's and other impediments, which have so vastly increased, and as it were sprung up in that part of the river since the removal of old London Bridge, with its dangerous cataracts. We trust and believe that the Committee will act with zeal and expedition. THE REGISTE Al lONS. Result of the day's MIDDLESEX. proceedingi Without, Ald St. M att k, , , ------ - , W. petnnai-green Overseers, taco 2') ; sustained 15. Libor.,), 'i 6 ; sustained 4. Tory, taken 24 ; sustained 4.1'14en St. Mary, St. Botolph sustained 2. Tory, taktn 3 • sustained 3. gate --Liberal, taken 3 ; Trinity, Mi W no il ri i e t : s c — h tained 27. Lib ape % ers . , ... ~„ Liberal, taken 7 ; sustained, j. Tory, taken 19 ; sustained 7. - sustained 1. Tory, taken 2. . , . Tower, W i t hout—Liberal, taken 1 ; sustained 1. Artillery Ground—Liberal, taken I ; sustained 1 ; Tory, taken 2 ; suitaine.l 2. St. Peter Ad Vincula—Overseers, t., l ' ° , e , 1. a . : Mr. Coppeck for 1 D , the Reformers, and il-r. it(c`y, on thanks lot belita of the 'Forks, then expressed the ir perieneed ;ruu► the urbAnity and kindness they h.a " Mr. Coventry, and the proccctlines ter vitiated. , o bk!c . tions upon rrh° follow in, is the result of' the 785, All:t onea, 7j4 the whole revision :—Overseers, Tory, 8t32, isustaine.d Liberal, So), sustained, 479 ; ~3 61 From which it wil be seen, that the - 1.1. c.. so - ntqrs have seined a m iiirita upon tiii,i revi,ron us cr their opponents of 119. xrres•ino - a We cannot close our report without e• . .-, conviction that this success of the Liberals is mainly to be ascribed to the unwearied attention bestowed Ilohnes, upon each case by 111-ssrs. Copp ock, r egistration at and James, who have throughout the The acuteness of tended on lkhall of the Reformers. observation possessed by these gentlemen has beet the means of exhibiting to the public a few of the subtle IllarfLilvV , s let' w 1,1,.) ,h,.. , f. ,,1, s t,,,, , , , htit inn often •'" t..:,:. eve the -Libij, takeectirs'l ;12kea 27 ; sus- •!!; eded irt the : Lion. entertained by the 'farms, and it U . l !mince tact were wanting, it was to be found in the gloomy MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Now Pi ice Current of October 20.) SUGAR —The IVest India market has I resented a tran quil appearance since we last wrote. To-day the trade evinces, little desire to do business, aed the demand was limited for both geecery and refining purposes, the private sales ateoutited to only 200 hhds and trs, but the merchants displayed firmness, and the rates of Friday were supported, the scarcity of money and pur chases made this week fell'ng due in the Christmas week tends to operate against budness ; a bett• r demand is, however, est eeted to take place. There was no public sale. The Gazette average price is now 57s 10d, in 1839 37; 1141, and in 1839, 31s 1044. REFINED.-From the grocers a good demand has ex isted for R feed geode, and prices have been steady. In Dutch Crushed Sugar small sales have been made at 31; on board at Amsterdsm. To.dey the market was quiet for Refined goods, and prices ere rather easier. Standard Lumps selling at 102, to 102 s 61, Pieces and Bastards less in request; Treacle sells freely at 38; 6d to 44; 611. Fur Bonded Crushed Sugar a good dement' at 33; 31. Metsurrius.—Fine yelluw fetched 85s 6d to 87e, mid and good 83a to 85;, low mid 81s to 82s, good and fine brown 794 to 80s 61, law and m;d 74; to 783 per cwt. Ease. ENDIA.—This afternoon the public sales consisted of 2,175 bags groan B-ngal, and 6,642 bags Siam, tlae former was tic arty all taken in above the value, viz., at 653 fur low dingy, a few lots sold at 70; to 72; Gd for bright quality ; the latter was held for stiff prices, but a part only was sold at 253 to 28; 64 for low and fine white. FOREIGN.—The market this afternoon was quiet, 319 chests 140 bids Pernambuco, and 15 chests Bahia were offered at auction and taken in above the value, the fernier at 23; to 29; for low soft to fine strong white, good fine brown and yellole 23s to 243. the bids have, however, since been sold, low mid white at 25s 61 per cwt. MOLASSES.—For all descriptions of West India a fair demand has existed, Dominica ord at 40s, Montserrat good 42;, Antigua fine 45a per cwt. To -day 100 puns West ladia were sold privately, Anti gua fine at 45; to 46s per cwt. COFFEE.—Since Tuesday last all clean descriptions of British Plantation have been in good request, and the rates previously established have been supported. This afternoon holders of East and West India displayed firmness, and there was a good demand for all clean sorts from titre, home trade. The public sales consisted of 206 casks 49 brls 20 bag; British Plantation, and 331 bags Foreign, of the former 100 casks were Jamaica, and being of clean and chic fly superior quality, all sold at stiffer prices, fine and very fine of favourite marks fetched 145 s 6d to 150;, middling and good middling 115; to 1214, good and fine fine ordinary 87s to 105; ; the latter was Berbice, and being unclean, nearly the Merle was taken in ; a few lots however sold at 86; to 93; for low middling and middling. Foreign went at 434 Gd for fine ordinary Bahia good and fine ordinary Rio 42e 61 to 435, being steady rates. Cocoa.—West India at auction found buyers at 51; to 55s 6d for middling and good mid red Trinidad, and mid red St. Lecia 47; to 48s per cwt. TRA.—The attention of the trade last week was princi pally occupied at the extensive pu')lie sales, which com menced on Tuesday and floielied on Friday ; the attendance throughout was numerous of town as well as country buy ers, and who were desirous to purchaee ; the merchants also being disposed to sell at something like former rates caused the demand to be very extcn,ive for both black and green descriptions, aed as t'le sales drew near to a close there was an increased spirit in the biddings, on the last two days nearly all that p asse d the hammer finding buyers. The speed - .tire nierket has been inaeiive since lasi Tues day, hut prices have been steady for Company'a Congou at 2; 3 i cash, and 2; 4d to 23 4,11 ni - h prompts. To-day' s were firm for free trade, but there was less dispositi o n evinced on the p art of the trade to purchase. For public snle on Tuesday next 8,000 pkgs are declared ; the specula!ive merket is cuiet. but Corn,sarty's Congou for cash is not offered under 2; 31 , 1 per lb the delteeres of Tea during the past week h tau been' large, ainoueting to 437.000:b3. Thie afternoon the trade le:v.1410 spering'y of all kiiids o! Tea, and this is chiefly to be et.rilace , l to the auctions d,e clared ; prices were bewever free and closed tie common free trade Ceneeu 23 311 money, and Corritteny'e Congo!' 21 31 1 , t s v, , s , and Tosarkay- 2,13.: to Rue!, BRANDY, :len Ileneesos —ll:porters India Ruin are not disOoSA tO =,l!.;:i it 49 any' duction, and the demend fur tseth Jemer • " t " er wards ha; been limited for home use as ping; the total sales since Our Isst h a t 7 e ' l ' b ,a e:"n 3o ol,i t y o 2 3 5( 6 ) puns Leewards, proof at 3; Ved, _4; a st e t India oo over at 64 to 65 4d, and for a sm jl all7 fine quality 7s 3d has been pa:id. 1 the declirs, we former rates. In Brandy, prie i l e r of 1836 at vintage quote Cognac first Brand of i tee, hhds 5.. pa c s ci s, of f p o, very e d puns 4, 101; 53 2d in 1.17d5, and in puns ss; d ; 31.3 9, poos 4s 411, birds 1838, hhcis, 4; pod 4s 61, Geneva for e x t ent at , , puns 45 8 18 11 i t o es, fine quality for et'. f 4 r ;,) , bLit .'appear disposed to force holders geueraq ee. h a ve ppena much lower ' sales, although prices in Fra nce EVEN iNG ED 1140 ~; !3~ 19. ;nd are ns follows •--vintage 1840, 33 7d to 3; 9i; 4,7 d to 43 9 ; 1838,' 53 to 5 24 ; 1836, 53 51 to 5s rd oums arils slowly, but in prices titt•rc Was no change -day . SetoE:.—This th.-rnoon 6 542 bags Fepper, 162 boxes ( I : s asLa wg Llgnes, 46 hagi Pi.nento, 36 pkgs Nutmegs, offered. s T a h The ngal principal nn d 1,61 art l o b f a4" t s h the ileab,aprer Geionngseirs t esderoef Mar alab, and was mostly taken in at fu ll p rices, v,, e 2 itt,,661, at 4 , 1 ; a few lots Sarnatra sold at 31t 1 for ordinar, and Z"` for middling, being stiff prices. Cass;a wasall sold at : 84q 61 to tsss for middling mixed, being ratherNhuitgheerr-. Pimento sold at 2id to 3d for ordinary sh ell y . and Ginger pray sold at neatly former rates. Feurr.—There has been a brisk dem and for Valencia. R,is;n3, at 423. Currants have been more in request,. A cargo of new nate is selling at 723. RICE —Bengal midd , ing white realised 12s 6 1 t o 13e, . good and fine hold sorts are wanted at 133 6:1 a 14a, Ja va 93 to I ts 6.1 off red for parcels of lo w and good white. Cayoli,sa at 34s to 36a. For export 933 is wanted. Tis 1 : 238 bags gal, and 2,243 'Dis Sian' were off red at afternoon auction, the ß fo en me r all sold st pres .l°lus rates middling and good white at 133 to 143, the latter W taken in at 103 for middling white. Finks—Prime new lions have been in good reque st ' '. end hae commanded stiff prices, but for ord sorts ti.o de - "' mead has been limited ; holders however display firr o36 : to Otis . — P T a h lo cre has been a better disposition evinatilt.: puroliase common hinds of Fish 0;1s. Co' at 281. 0 15 , - buyers at 231 to Se' 2 a 6 l / 3 ?o i r t lo o w 3C' d i ark lol Seal fetched 301. Sperm at 1061. to 10 • 6/ 10 , fo r be. Oil 'at quality. Headmatier fetched 1091. 10s. Linseed 0 2 , 13 on the spot, and 983 61 to 9 8s 91 for delivery. F°fri• Rape, prices are firmer; P.:le at 39s 6d ; and Or' '. Coao s 373 61 Palm first quality at 361. East Ind ia . 0 fi S r, o e u tph.ei ernvf,ol4l:; Not at 41s to 42a. prices are on the advance for Olive. Gallipoli is sdllag at 63/. and Spanish . at 661 to rnaPu 571 :, f o r TALLOW.—Mere has been an excellent de Russian Tallow on the spat since we last wrote, and pric_ e . 4 . b rr a i v Te c h . a b is c sat e i n flti, s ,rr t en e noo l a y ni:iphraii T ege o ss w . Town Tallow has becalm/El in " (I°s" were firm at 52s 31 ne st Y=ll3 , Candle on the spot, 52? 61 for delivery in the , two mon hi, and 53s 31 for the spring, at whicb there w a a good deirattd. ,61 1, t:ue t to u gh n hep t tl a ris o nas . et — edas, Seventhday ' s ssaltlyeos- e 'rf t : leg of the sale 179 chests were svithdrawn, 776 1 .1.0 r. put up for the thosel3o chests were t 3 first time; 650 remain fur sale. ddaoy.n o established,tTbheea salebear ob ted p ' 5 i f or l o ocree iciP;vheabkornecb:ecu,ir.oo:: IRISH MARKETS. )(IRIAN MARKET NOTE for the WEE: Ji: ending 00'21. 6 jo 12 () ,6 II 0 t) 13 A •er9ge j i , a s f , 15 - ftoin 2,')33 Whe.it, per barrelVA 5,.0.re..... 94 tt 97i Here . r 0: Barley ti; 5t0t0,..... 14 0 1,91,8 Oats '.l itcri.t...... 9 '' tt Elour, per cwt S 5t....e....... - 0 t 95 OatineAl...--.- Sstow:...... 11 t i Sol:1 to Bakers only. A 10,3 a cwt. V tour.... ~ F 0 „„ ock, o. i Average pr•ce .ii 'A heat ion flour 56• i'",. 0 ,1 to '(l.,' Oil Fir .L. from 2 ,- - ' cd. to - 2. '''' ed Receipts of Flour, 13, - ) t 5 ) ''' '''' . ' • "wet n e from I;( 6 . ;.,. to 15S Sales of Do. 10.311) ;',.. .. ""'"' f ro 9 6 • ....•.......... .......• -- -fa • Pll.!Clr 'w artv4l , . ,4;i 4 " • Qua! ten 1 oat ~..I)%d. , i feast u ' 4 ' ter „ .- • " ' ed 04 4 ° ' COlt!i M A H.K.ETS. —Oct. 17 at op • tV Ilea.' pr , ..- - :`,3'..y.M. 01. to 2.2..0 ~1 . ...., e per 1 tst. . 8 1 1 ,'" 0 :1 4 g " I 'Y (p .:r 10st.) 9 0 :4 6 11(lot - : . (per ovt ). ;, Lteet,o a 4 t . i t r . te t s ,, l4 . e .... r c r, w h t. ,1 1. ,, . i . i . : .... ... - eb. t'd to 16s Y ‘ - 6 ,1 * Pork, 4,1 d. to 5d .• - R t ge r g e o h r is s. 7 , , i l , •:!;;; E . 6 3 l:od -- .lc e,3:l4l4aPe7ll :.: oun tri. To the .054 , To the l,lcrchants. ..•••* ki l':rst Quality 07, .....••••••••"...• ' • .-- . ...“........ 81 S. , 01)(1 aa 91 ...,...••••- ~.... ...., Third ... Fottrth Mtn 11l .........••••••"'......• 59 • Sixth 72 .......,..•••••••' . CLON !BELL AIA.nKETS.....Oct. 1 7 . 4, 11. Pet l'wt. 0 d. _ 94 ,v 1 1. New Butter .........56 6to 90 t ti:der irazit•••••••* -_„, 66 uw C 0 4 ..... t)atinca , ..... ...... ...12 9 12 .?. Bacon?. g;•••""*" . g 3 1 Rentlereu Lard 0 52 'l Heads ....•••••'"'"" a . 54) 0 .. tz..,. teleur, Second .. ... V 44 1 •1 I ;ow , 1it5.n 1 e ...... 'I; 0 --.II:HISCIIOItim 0 42 0 1 —..-- Youlats..... 14 0 Per P.m rel. .13 ' i .... alpcsetti 2ll 0 01 Parhry ...........••••• __ Hare 6 4 10 0 1 C. , .1s ~............. ,s -6 KILKENNY :.1A !tit Elb• 0 0 ,00 , te 0 ' 6 w%eat,por barrel)3o*. Od. to Ws. IV. ?..set 'ler 11. '".. ols 0 1 gz..r.t - ty 2O 0 22` 0 Morten .....•-••••• 0 4 0 r ~,tti '''e 6 14 ft veil, ............. •-• 0 6 1 .. Flour (•..er bag) s'' 0 4( 0 (, Pi i ........:.... F 0 0 010 Butter 'p er ewt.) 90 0 4 , - 0 eresr 13oltel •''' p 6 0 3 Bacon lls 33 0 86 0 'salt Dill.(` ~..... st. .• , Coals I 0 1 2 ,Votatoes ‘per ' 2 __....... SHIPPING INTELLIGN.Ne LLOYD. 11 II . - pm t°rte VESSELS SPOKEN WITII,-.-The Sumatra. from August 26, lat. 8 N , ion. 21 W. ; Stadt do dam t Batavia, 28:11, 10, lon. 23 ; Daniel. Cap wa- Verds to Rio Janeiro, 31st, lat. 12, lon. 25 ; J°b,_ ll l . , ° o ode l terford, 6th instant, lat. 50, lon. 18 ; FredliecKi bi to St. John's, New Brunswick, 15th, lat. 50, I<)r ivilliaip. the Hesperus, Jackson, arrived at Liverpool. ' 27 E. Calcutta to London, 22:11 July, lat. 34 S.. 1° 11. 1 , 0 Malabar, Clyde to Mauritius, 13th ult., lat. 12 ' London, London to New Zealand , 14 t h, lat. 12, 1011 " ds y ; Canton, bound to Batavia, and Wellington, same it Jane Anne, of" Liverpool, to Monte Video, lltb , lon 26 ; May &war, hound to Africa, 10th instant,l3"o; lon. 13; Albion, Cadiz to London, 12th, lat. 48 i od Leveret, Newport to Palermo, with loss of Maig in/ . 46 13 11 , 1 topmast, putting bck to the nearest port, instant, by the Runeo, arrived off Ff;irpri-, Perseverance,. of Larne, 9th inst. lat. 43, lon. 31 ',. r ivca a in at e lt ni:e t oot , ua;ltt river.9l. v h ,. art t lom - avn 4 ,cl.l 9 :rs9i , i o nibe n ayi;d 133 the 21 Thompson, iot b i y ua cbi t te h o, e nd4s B iotonau r ent i ,mw t t ilhroedopsQn_ outward-bound'. o c u e su n r ;1 1 : 1 ; Fa 33 . . lon. 4 E. ; Susan, of Chetter, Ann, for west 9 011 lit' t o -rit(7 .• miles cast of Cape de Gatt ; Mary M align : t o don, 7th inst . ; Zephyr, London to Gbraltar, 91b1,;284.• 45, lon. 11, by the Why-not, Dirt, arrived off Berri",„ - rb," Montgomery,. of Boston, lat. 53,13 1 v the Nacos Vieui,ifr arrived at Shields ; Giston, Stenpson, Mobil3lo,r„ t* pool, 6th inst., lat. 48, lon. 12 • Hesperus, Eric„ Liverpool, 12th- bit. 55, lon. ' l3, by the MrL r pool Stephenson, arrived at Liverpool. Eupheln is ' m kiatot aa ' t i 7 ,ar C b a u n r t g ot h i, to lo s th t. A m t: l g te , o, lat 11 N., lon. 24 ; 'by t he Telemaque, arrived at Gibr i a 9 lt t a h r% to St. Jago de Cuba, lat. 48, lon. 2, by the Vern t n r isod. son, arrived in the Downs. Duchess of Northumroso Ceylon to London, 231 June, lat. 18, lon. 83 °• l 's Jon° at.d-r, Bourbon to Bourdeau; 15th Aug., tat. 3 1 %;;p 011. 12 E., by the Barbara, Well ~ arrived at J- 4 1 100 , Hinda, Clyde to New Z stand 24th ult., tat- 4.1 " les 0° tat. Maria, 2 l' H ton ' ar (112,911tfygAi W. ; Gloria or Clara, M +lag; to Riga, 27th, 40 Oporto, by the arrived at Gibraltar. illness a for reidtiiitleridoen,e business D ro itwi el; , rs, Four year, ---..'"'""—...... Peter s ago the parish-clerk of St. front bt,fore 130 wife, Jane menial Hale, cleaned the church, and perforrne song who had last, agnd9dhianving 13d'ivdairisitghperbee,peia(niudsiiletlodahanitdsiedsien,fcolx,:.p.siciiiiptial td;cradin::fir: to inter riv 1 • offices. She wrs in the habit of titclfrbtodie! ate,y in the censcerated ground t"' `'tan of childrPen rematurely born, and those vib°,B 00 baptism,ioc for which she received a feet in Ja nußry her house for some time, ,rf oar of her liv 1. ' e 'boo I , she proposed to give up beus,c,„ ofv" in a coffin. panda sale of her c ffeets was advertised. • ''''" cepotso by his death lostthe edhic,ducepine; smell, which at the sale were annoyed by a e9O-bich her ,!,, . led to a search of the room, ir' nebiad ;n coffins wereTdhiisscloevderteod .a search Tli a poickTer-in-law and uncle took an active part ' ebo of hops was found the lx:dy of a P'uri‘Af pc' set was brok of to a en open, and there two bodies oil-. dren was etoatfb 4erb,e)f 1075 e e 0; the t fain: present, and recognised the coffin which o_l. 6j, his child, to bury which he had given the svoman %%vas six or f,un , seven years ago. In the same lumber-10, best used.l a large quantity of sheets and linen, which ha" „,sc away by her husband and lodger, and whi.l iald bale -,,i . y unwashed, some of the articles having been P abed. -ul-- in water wh• • " which had remained stagnant and undiaL _toy The val rotten, 15... c. ue of these articles, now completely hare A toOVO been at least 30/. There was also a ham. and carious who S. eatables 'in the gariet. The won" , house' always noted ' • for being dirty in her person and her tof still rem • ains there, and sleeps on a screen, with 3 °lasi tice aillow ; and it is said she has never slept in abed, gob the death of her husband. When spoken haven the - 0 sect of the concealed bodies, she said,"-I db„ry harm to them ; let every person choose his OWD, and jaw it." The affair has caused much disgust among the bitants of Droitwich. ft ----,,.. ;=,==.101 ,0-1--- . , 1 1• irf PRIZE CUPS.—Nero and Second-liand S- rg s s ad PRIZE CUPS are offered at very ItEDUCED PR,hi c r te ; ad selection may be raade from a great variety, both 0' "'— Patterns, at T. CO X SAVORY'S ~., „ J .§ ([O O Goldsmith and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, (Seven 1 ) °"' Graceehurch-street), London. s ef t Drawings of Cups will b e forwarded in answer 1° paid application. „ e ithe f It is desirable Letters for Prawinzs should nientie'sf be! the size or about the price of the Cup or Cups tbst 0 1 i required. t iodir S 'FE E L FIRE-IRONS, with Bronzed ' o e t. 15 s. per Set, Bronzed Fenders, 9s. A va rlet/ r ice O . terns and prices, from the above to 30s. at whiehlecetreg, fowlers are particularly handsome, with splendid sect, the „ o r richly intermixed with steel, the ends are steel, ana ere .iro oo porters for the fire-irons bronzed. polished steel 0 from 4s per Ed. tiro' c le i° Catalogues gratis, containing the prices of every Furnishing Ironmongery. Oxford-slr eet• RI PP 0 S and BURTON, Wells-street, Established 1820. BIRTHS. . I t ' f r.leb a'd On the 17111 inst., at Camberwell, the lady 0- 11.:,inson , Esq.. sur g eon. of a son. o f a O I L Oh the -..!.0111 inst., in corti!iil, Nlrs. F. Comroa", f 5, v" On the ::Oth inst., in Park - cresc ent, t he lady ° • Worms, Esq., (la son. ___...--------° _..----..---- il .4 A' lii Lc' D. , f ) 11:,f'' On tlie lit'i lost, a t In i w t t l oor ' 11 Ile,c:tine, jun., 12',q.; of the Stock-Excha n g e, .-1 ham, near ors e , ...,,. e ti to 3 11 'J' . Job , ' ( , :: -. r, 1 , 11 1 ). f Tt i l r ',.. , :::l V ;; l : „ li . N ;:ir.i.ft7,-'..aEt'illit-(;:ifn,le)ri,tlt7:l\rottin;.lll3.7l.s:: iiri::,uose4 (la (-I).:rih.'t; or (i : O l t i l I :' 1 ' 1 (1 i 3' ,....t ' . I° , ':l- a i(';- .S 7: t iii . ' dlG'.7%ciol:.rl:geit'sl,..llilleta;'net o °9,t ' lel:a :l ."l3:e ' ft ° i letret W,liiancif, fouris son of Mit-Alin Waller Clifton, r . 4 : ' t b ird Secretary of the Victualling Board, to Chrlstina Grant, .st., Boulogar. daughter of Major Martin, of Gipccure, near iler. On the 7th • Dimr) T• Richar(lsol', inst., at B Esq., of Bal late Captain in the Light Dragcotlsn'f ate agneres Bigorre, • inst., F. ~ t1: ‘ kb ..„ 1: ) ?, K S n t ‘. 3- . 0 , 11 1, n o g i e i 7 n t r late 'Thomas s , , , ,•, •.;,•:1'••••, l t. „, - : ; inteii iti:1)(! A l t ig No. lig, a t 11, e _ I L. 2. the county of IVliddlectx.--Wedncsday, ()doter 2 1 , ' t).