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

IRELAND. SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPT. GLASCOCK,R.N• DUBLIN, OCT. 11.—The following announcement will be read with regret by every one acquainted with the many excellent qualities of the subject of the obituary notice : " The awful uncertainty of human existence (says the Evening Mail) is forcibly shown in the account which has just reached us, of the death of Captain Glascock, R.N., who left Dublin in perfect health and spirits on Friday evening last, accompanied by his wife and daughters, to pay a visit to his relations at Ballynrowan, near Baltinglass. It appears that i❑ getting from the stage-coach into Mr. Cummins' carriage, he was attacked with apoplexy, for which, from his active and temperate habits and uniform flow of spirits, he appeared a most unlikely subject. Medical aid was immediately procured and every possible exertion made, but, alas, to no purpose. Captain Glascock had left Newry the day before on retiring from the office of inspector under the Poor Relief Act, and the fact of his having been presented with 22 public addresses from his district committees proves he was eminently calculated to command and to excite the co-operation of those who served with him. The services of Captain Glascock in the navy were well known and duly appreciated by the Lords of the Admiralty, and his death will be the source of the severest grief to his surviving family and nume rous friends. The Cork Reporter publishes the following highly important return of the numbers of cattle, pigs, and sheep, exported from Cork to England for two years, ending respectively May 1, 1846, and May 1, 1647 ; it is extracted from the official returns of the Corpo ration Tolls Committee, and the estimated value has been set down by one of the most experienced and competent parties engaged in the trade : " Entered for Export from May 1, 1845, to May 1, DISTRESS IN IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF 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 you are probably aware, made this subject my principal study for a long time past, and bei n g ccnstantly 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 hinds 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 have an interest in preserving the good order of society, is proceeding as fast as can reasonably be expected ur.der 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 7 .hill Hotel, near Dublin, Oct. 7. TO TUE 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 hotrors 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 the 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 little better 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 hand 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 much capital, and under more favourable circumstances than Ireland has yet afforded, to raise it from its late condition of mere self-supporting existence. . The co nsequence h as b een t h at th ese wes t ern coun ties are almost entirely occupied by the cottiers and small hold ers above described, not only arising from their backward state as regards the production of articles of barter, but encouraged by another casual circumstance in the!iature of the c oas t, w hich b e in g in deep g u lf s and inlets, supplied them w ith an abun dance of sea weed, whicapplied to the land was favourable body of the P letothe propagatio n of the potat o . pec H u e li n a e r e l plethe w re ith a e re ut n t o h w e peculi arlyy th fa e vo g re without food, and th e few above eo them rents which could supply their only means of reliev ing the rest. In other countries one interest may come manu facturer relief of another; the farmer may reli eve the and merchant, and vice versa, a s the case requires it ; but in Ireland there is but one interest, 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. 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. J. F. BURGOYNE. Dublin, Oct. G. 1846. 78,224 pigs, at 31. each 6,050 horned cattle, at 61. each 20,750 sheep, at 1/. ss. each £296,909 From May 1, 1846, to May 1, 1847. 19,510 pigs, at 4/. 103. each 17,532 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 176,1421. We find, however, against this loss, an increase of exports, within the last year, of 11,482 horned cattle, and 67,260 sheep ; or , about four times the number of each within 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 84,0751. in that of sheep, making, according to the above table— Value of stock, &c., exported from Cork in 1845-6 Do. in 1846-7 .. .. £296,909 294,243 Decrease "Now, we believe there are few would suppose that, in money value, the difference for the two years would be 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 176,142/. the extended cultivation of green crops and feeding of cattle produces an increase within the same period of 172,967 Z., thus nearly making up the loss. These facts must command at tention, illustrating, as they do, the immense value of the green-crop system, and its , applicability to the ag riculture of this country. W e have reason to be lieve that they have been already brought under the notice of Members cf the Government." REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The Conciliation Hall Repeal party held their usual weekly meeting to-day. Upon the motion of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, Mr. Manalcn LaYNE took the chair, and briefly addressed the meeting. Mr. J. O'CONNELL handed 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 atr oc i ous c owardly 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, he 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'CONNELL again rose, and congratulated the meeing on the glorious new s from Italy. He said that his Holiness had with a small band overthrown a large body of anted 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 ^gainst the Belfast Vindicator, an organ of Conciliation Hall, at the last assizes. Mr. SCULLY, M.P., next addressed the association. lie 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 rot 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 10 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 50/. CITARING-CROSS nosPiTar...—Yesterday afternoon a m-eting 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 outpatients had been relieved, at a cost of 2,4251. 15s. 11;,1., which make total number of persons of near 130,00 who have a taken of the benefits of the instituti on s i nce itscpnrorn niencement in 1818. Of the patients a d m itt e d l ast year, 1,522 received recommendatory letters from governors and subscribers, and 8,239 were freely admitted without any recommendation whatever. THE LATH 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, Water-lane, Blackfriars, in the tenure of Mr. J. Whitaker, furniture broker. Cause unknown. The ground-floor of raises burned out, and the rest of the premises seriously ad by fire and water, and the roof burned off ; la d gsuread i'l the Sun Fire-office. Mr. E. Bennett, printer, back roo m on first floor burned out, and contents con siderably d al! , .7. Hambletonaged by fire and water ; uninsured, Mr. Miss Purday, the front similar damage ; uninsured. contents consumed,ontroom, second floor, burned out, uninsured. No. 29, and Miss Purday burned to death; by water, and one windowsvEridge-street, slight damage anguished by firemen withtzken out. The fire was ex- Ole parish, and one of the Weszt Brigsde engines, one of of England Off ice , and ;fifty-wen hired anxiliari es ." .COMBLIOSION OF SEWERS, G tru , lIALL.—The Court -of Sewers of the city of London wa l s ci °c some time yesterday with the censideration of the question e n front o f ing an improvement by widening Wood-;11sti°11 of effect t:et the premises now pulled down by Messrs. deputation of the inhabitants attended, and il enforcedtheA claim which they and the rest of the public bad to ha ve /he continuation of this most desirable impro v ement % , hich had already been begun , carried out. It app' ar that Messrs. Morley asked more than 3 , 0001 . for the g • d which is about 7 feet in depth and 100 feet i n rouP length.--a charge universaliy deemed unreasonable. , :rh e r*,;einniissioners ultimately, after some discussion, agreed to give 500/. in part of the improvement, and , t 6 t h e corpoation has agreed to give 5001. more, the inhabitants expect that the work will be at length accom plisiA. EXTS.A.ONDINA v BIRTH.—Last Sunday, the wife of an industrious man, a patient of the dispensary, residing WI Park-street, with a family of six young children, was tefcen in p remature labour during an attack of fever, and -vas sefely delivered, within an hour, of three boys, all of -whom died in a very short time. The mother is doing -well, the fearer having been immediately cut short on the .irth of the :infants.—Aberdeen Herald. Loss or A Noss.—The Inverness Courier says t, a. few days since, while a carpenter was at work an la-'s shop, a cat chased a rat amongst some planks /dews aon the rafters over his head, and the rat threw clown an adze which was lying on the planks. The ' vise caused the unlucky carpenter to look up, and the e ,‘139 Ole falling adze severed his nose from his sace. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1847. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 11, 1247. 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 Southcoto 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 ; Aneas Clarke, vice Reilly, promoted ' • Francis Place, vice Saunders, promoted ; Edward Jackson Bruce, vice Smith, promoted ; William Powell Richards, vice Fitz Hugh, promoted ; John Edward Hope, vice Moody, promoted ; Henry Walpole John Dashwood, vice Hardy, promoted ; Al gernon Brendon, vice Bolton, promoted • James de Havilland, vice Lugg, promoted ; Sidney darden, vice Fraser, promoted ; George Allix Wilkinson, vice Lam- I bell, promoted ; William Windham Augustus Lukin, vice Soady, promoted ; William Walker, vice Dyneley, promoted, Oct. 1. Corps of Royal Engineers.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Secor.d Lieutenants—Alexander Ross Clarke, vice Wrottesley, promoted; Edward Bainbrigge, 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 ; Bobert Mann Parsons, vice Crofton, promoted ; Frederick Brine ; Arthur a'Court Fisher ; George Montagu Stopford ; Edward Bridge ; Henry Reynolds Luard ; Montagu Stopford Whitmore, Oct. 1. . Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. Vere Poulett, commonly ellled Viscount Hinton, to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir P. regrine 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, vies Martin, deceased; William Bamforth, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Stanhope, promoted; Thomas aylor, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice 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 July, 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 tober, 1847, and the sth day of January, 1848. S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General. National Debt-office, Oct. 12, 1847. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Thomas Wakefield, merchant, Nottingham. Thomas Wells, confectioner, Sudbury, Suffolk. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Lyon and Edward Lyon, stock and bill brokers, Birchin-lane, to surrender, Oct. 19, at half-past one, and Nov. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman•street; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry• chambers. Whitfield Palmer. jeweller, Uxbridge, Oct. 19, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; Williams, Alfred-place, Bedford- square. William Walker, paper stainer, London-wall, Oct. 19, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane. _ . William Henry Stray, hat manufacturer, Lambeth walk, Oct. 19, at two, and Nov. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry chambers. Henry Toyne, linendraper, Shoreditch, Oct 22, at half-past twelve, aad Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street buildings; Jones, Size lane. George William Jones, newsvender, Birchin-lane, Oct. 22, at half- past one, and Nov. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, 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, 3t 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 ; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Ed ward 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 ; Lawrence 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 and Evan Gregson, timber mer. chants, Blackburn, Lancashire, Oct. 26, and Nov. 17, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Jacques and Co., Ely place, Holborn; Holroyd, Halifax, Yorkshire 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. Groasmith, Romsey Extra Southampton, brewer, Nov. 2, at two—G. Pile and W. J. 13. Staunton, Sal vador-house, Bishopsgate-strect Without, wine and spirit merchants, Nov. 2, at one—S. H. Billingay, Com mercial-roa.d, 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, linondraper, Nov. 4, at leven—f. 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— rs N th, Devonshire, i o r E v e e w 2 t W. Handley, Birmingham, wholesale saddler and army accoutrement manufacturer, Nor. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—C. N. Cutcliffe, Pilton, Devon lhahe toa i g tme h tiph , sket e D o en : pe v a : ru n , shire, surgeon and apothecary, Nov. 3, at eleven, at the o r o at l e n tanner, man manufacturers, e r3s: at Nov. eleven,a, at Court, Exeter—J. Thuell and W. Jeffery, Buckfast eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. Thuell, Broad- Waetstiahlel, Court, Mass Wtw.elFv.e, chfster—J. Wilson and W. Crichton, Manchester, calico printers, Nov. 3, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester— ?. 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, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. B. Robinson, Burton-upon-Trent, draper, 29. 6d., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of T. Christie, Birmingham. T. Oakes. Walsall, Staffordshire, wine and spirit dealer, 2s. 10d., 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, 11illbrook, Southampton, fly proprietor, Nov. 4, at one—W. temple, Motcombe. strtet, 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-Ty ne—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. Adiington, John's-row, St. Luke's, corn dealers—E. Adams, jun., and R. Watt?, York-street, Westminster, licensed victuallers—J. Row ley and J. E. Evans, Hatton-garden, bookbinders—J. Thorp and J. Gee, Manchester, machine makers—J. 1 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. 13. Brander, and J. R. F. Burnett, Vauxhall, rectifiers (as far as regards the said R. B. Brander)—Right Hon. Lord Howden, G. llorsington, 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 seedsmen (as far as regards the said J. Gray)—R. Atkins, jun., and J. Sercombe, St. James'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-deal r. Enoch Hemingway, Ashton-under-Lyn3 licensed vic tualler. Collin Saffery, 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, publican. 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, Rutherglcn, 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 and Nov. 5, at one, to 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. 15 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 4 ,. 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 b u ildi ng t o some exten sive alterations. Owing 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 su bd ue d i n l es s 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.. Th e or i g i n o f t h e di saster is attributed to the Joiners on th e p rev i ous n i g h t h av i ng left a very hot fire in one of the rooms, which had ig nited some pegs, the ends of which in one direction corn municated with the flues, and in the other with the skirting-boards of the room. PRINCE Lcno IS LA ND. —A deputation is now in petition to Govern m ent not to re newi the appoint ment is of the pre sen t governor o f P r i nce ) EDWARD b Edward Island. Circumstances have for some time rendered a continuation of Sir Henry Vero Huntley in his office anything but desirable, and the well-being of 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 number and station of those who object to his peculiar course of action. The deputation consists of the Hon. Mr. Pope, Speaker of the House of Assembly, the lion. Mr. Palmer, representative of Charlottetown, and Andrew Duncan, Esq., one of the principal merchants of the island. The second named gentleman was a member of the Executive Council, and only resigned his seat at the board i n consequence o f hi s own and the public feeling with regard to this question. The petition bears the names of all the sheriffs, thirty six justices of the peace, forty-three commissioners holding judicial office, and above four thousand three hundred electors, including all the principal merchants and other inhabitants of the island ; and the prayer of the petition is supported by the recorded opinion of a majority of the present members of the House of As sembly itself.—Liverpool Mercury. OUTRAGE AT CHATHAM.—Terence Cook and Ed ward nice, 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 examination of the first three pri soners. The charge against them was for an offence of frequent occurrence lately in the neighbourhood of Chat ham. The prisoners forced an entrance into the . White Lion public hous e i n t h at town , an d broke a quantity of glass. Being ulti mate l y ex p e ll e d from the premises, they threw heavy stones t h roug h 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 Blbs., struck the bedpost, and drove the landlady, with her infant, to a closet for 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 I Is. 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 days' imprisonment. All the prisoners were removed in custody. USE OF TUE 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 Hasbro'. 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 me 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 in the course of some excellent remarks, " expressed his sense of the sound decision which the company had come to on the question of Sun day trains."—(Great applause.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Three men, named Martin, Palmer, and Jeffery-, 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, Funnell, 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 Nevvgate•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 when 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 young 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 after the 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 sail 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 the 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, which 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. [ADIPERTISEMENT.]—BAD LEGS AND WOUNDS OF ALL KINDS CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—If these valuable medicines be used together, ace rdin to the directions given with them, there is no w case, hoever obstinate, bad, or long standing, but may be shortlycured by their surprising efficacy. Thousands of person: i, 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 resource, use Holloway's Ointment and Pills , which always cure them, and frequeeLtly in as little time as a cut finger w ou ld require whe n treated in the usual way.—Sold by all druggists, tu id at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BA 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 tie 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 exti .a 2,000/. ; so, one night, he sat down to give the columns " one count more." At the close of his tas k he jumped up and rushed through the streets in a shomiver of rain to the house of his clerk. The clerk's head, c sipped and drowsy, emerged from an attic window, at the, sound of the knocker, to inquire the errand of his x nidnight visitor. " Who's there Y" he mumbled, "am I what do you want ? " "It's me, ye scooneral " e xclaimed his employer, " ye've added up the year of our Lord amaag the poords I "—Caithness Chronicle. AQUATICS.-- On Monday last, a " pair-oared" match for 251. :aside, came off on the Tyne, between Anthony and. .Richard Maddison, of Swalwell, and William Snowbull and Joseph Errington, of Derwent haugh, village's on the Durham side of the Tyne. Snow ball and Erriligton having won the choice of position, took the north: side of the river, and the Nladdisons the south, and aft ,er some manoeuvring they started them selves, and got well away, the Derwenthaugh boat taking a sligl it lead. In this way they swept along with great; speed, and on reaching the Skinner's Burn the Mad.lisons b rid made up their lost ground. From this point the atr ttggle for the lead was severe, the boats keeping together without any indication of advantage being gained by either until arriving at Elsa ick-staith, when; the Mad disons showed a point or two ahead. The Derveenthungl 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, aiid filially came in winners by six boats' length. A skiff matcb. for 100/. a side, to come off on the Tyne, from the High-level Bridge to Scotswood Pridge, on the Ist of No-iember, has been agreed upon by Clasper and Maddi , sor I.—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 island. There are large quantities of apples imported at the present time from France, Hovland, and Germany, and they mate i 1,- assist our own abundant crop n making _this <esteemed descriptigit of fruit very plentiful. SUPPLY of GAS for the SOUTHERN f VISIT OF SIR R. PEEL TO DISTRICTS of LONDON. A meeting of the inhabitants of Latol)eth an:; Southwark was held on Mnn Ivy ev,ning, thc• Elephant and Castle, to receive the report of a com mittee recently appointed to inquire into the compa rative rates (per 1,000 feet) at which gas is furnished to consumers in different districts of the kingdom. Mr. BROWN having been called to the chair, Mr. SAVAGE, a member of the committee, pro ceeded to communicate to the meeting the informa tion which had been obtained on the - subjeCt. He stated that the committee, of which he was a member, had been appointed at a 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 throughout the kingdom to be— Wakefield, 4s. 6d. per 1,000 feet; Manchester, 4s. 6d; Birmingham 6s. 8d , proportionally less to consumers of large quantities • Devonport, B righton, East-end 'of London, and danterbury, 6s. Bd.; Dorchester, Norwich, Yarmouth, and Hull, 6s. Bd. ; City of London and West-end, 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 urged in justification of the com paratively high price of gas ; but, as the products of the distilled coal defrayed its first cost, that could not fairly be adduced as an argument. :Ir. Savage pro ceeded to quote an extract from a daily newspaper of the 27th of September, showing the reformat ion 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 51 per cent. Another GENTLEMAN said that, living close to the London Company, he paid Bs., while, as he under stood, in Leicester-square, the 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 esta'olishi.:g gas works of their own ; and in Canterbury a threat to do the same had reduced the price from I ls. 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 c,..hic 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 hi 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. Thii 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 the 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 THE COUNTESS OF GOERLITZ. —The Count de Goerlitz, who was accused by the German Spectator, and the Man/Leim 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, TUESDAY.—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 the time, immediately ran to the spot, and in the back yard a frightful spectacle presented itself. 1 1 : - e wife of Davis lay dead in the gutter with her throat cut from ear to ear, while her husband stood quite ur:cdncernedly 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 11:4s 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 Davit-s approach his wife, as if for the purpose of kissing her. He placed his left arm round her neck, and drew the knife repeatedly across her throat, alrn( st severing her head from her body. Mrs. Davi, s struggled to free herself, drew up her handkerchief to her throat, and by a desperate effort broke froi» 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 final:v 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 \Voolnough, 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. %V ool 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. \Voolnough said that it wa s qu i te 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 u i a t t t e i o d n , t h i a n t t fixing hein v i e t s s t g p E ai r tn i i ti o l nn t N o - .w way s l a l ya e sideration his former :good character, and the fact of ;s his p ( r N o l r p l . e o r G s naign one,el 1 and that the cha rge was coloured against the defendant. The Magistrate, taking- into consideration the circumstances so forcibly urged by his Learned Ad vocate, mitigated the penalty to 10s. and coots. PIRACY IN SOUTH ANIERICA.—TWO piraticAl boats, fitted out in Monte Video, have lanly conirnittcd a num ber of depredations on coasting craft in this and toe interior rivers, putting, in one instance at least, the c,•ew to death. We trust her Britannic Majesty's naval forces in these waters will not remain indifforont spectators of such atrocious proceedings, though s actio!,eil by the proteges of the authorities of his Maji?.ty 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 raoist,—Durham Advertiser. v o r,, TuLsi , Av. The " crisis" has been 01,;:-;t tvri en 'Cl)::nge to-day in the excitement been Gccasioned by a whisper from a well inf.n-med circle that Sir R. Peel will arrive here to- 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 dp!.,ire of eliciting from the merchants and men of bu.imsi in this locality the real opinions prevailing in reference to the great Bank Charter Act of 1844, nod its asserted evil influence upon the present cir cunistarces of the commercial world. The people of Liverpool have not been very generally informed of the honour which is to be conferred upon them, and it i 3 not yet accurately known whether Sir R. Peel hai accepted an invitation or intimated an intention. It is only certain that Mr. Charles Lawrence, the father of the Mayor, Mr. G. H. Lawrence, and who resides at Mosley-hill, five or six miles from the 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 p(incipal gentlemen of the place have been already summoned. L'Td Sandon, the late Member for Liverpool, and Sir T. Birch and Mr. Cardwell, the present Members, have been request(d 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, to prcp.ire to display all that is worthy of being shown to tr:e very best advantage. A steamer will be ready in 'he course of to-morrow to take the party across the water to Birkenhead, where Sir Robert Peel will, no doubt, be greatly interested. The sight there is extraordinary : a model town, laid out ac cording to the rules of architects and the aspirations of sanitary commissioners, in that state of ruin and lilapidaticu v‘hich results from leaving the work half done, unfinished, and never likely to be completed; docks which would be magnificent, if they had been constructed as projected ; and works, ofevery descrip tion, would have been the finest in the world, if the builders could have only got beyond the founda tion story. In a word, that Birkenhead, in whose " future" was rested so much " faith," is now suffering the inevitable sorrows which spring from precocious prosperity and unfounded speculation, and to our dis tinguished visitor the spot in ruins without being ye. ot ruble, will probably be a study. • . Gil s .o, the celebrated sculptor, will be here :t1(1 the object of his journey, it is stated, is to t rd the inaugur,:tion of the statue of Huskisson- S;r L. feel will preside over the ceremony, and his presence will give to the eccasion, long expected, great additional eclat. The statue (one by Gibson, and presented to the town by the widow of the statesman) is to be raised in front of the Custom-house; an& th , •ugh the affair will be got over as quietly as pos sible, it is only to be anticipated that the local enthu siasm will manifest itself in a manner which wilt somewhat assimilate to the bustle and confusion at tending the recent visit of Prince Albert on laying the first stone of the Sailors' Home. The most earnest exertions are being made by the authorities to get St. George's Hall, a new building, still in an unfinished condition, of which every in habitant of Liverpool is enormously proud, into such order as would warrant their pointing it out to the Right lion. Baronet ; and if the interior can be so far cleared of bricks and dust as to admit of entrance anJ. exarnin:,Con, 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 will not remain more than two days ; and the programme as at present drawn up, does not provide occupation for any longer time. He will be here by an early trait t morrow, and will leave OA Saturday, and into the fifty hours as much filing and feasting as possible will be crowded. This will be the first time he has ev,tr ,ought public notice in Liverpool ; and as he is here, perhaps, more popular than in any other corner of tie kingdom, he will find no cause to regret the favour he is about to accord to his admirers. :norr )x. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 12. Stocr. EXCBANGE.—The Share Market has been very much depressed to-day, and prices still continue to have is downward tendency. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire, 22/. Shares, 5/ 4 dis.—East Lancashire. New Quarters, 2Gs. 3d. dis.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48-- Grcat +‘' este rn, Halves, 57—Ditto, Fifths, 21/4—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, Fifths, par—Ditto (late Lind. and. Shed ), dis Liverpool, Chester, and South ') rt, dis.—London and North-Western, 149—Ditto, Quar ters 11 p.—Ditto (L. M. and B), Quarters (A.), 314 hilar.d, 108—Ditto, 40/. Shares, 39%—Ditto, New Halves dis.—Ditto ( B and D ), 80—North Staffordshire, Adis.. —I)! eston and W) - re, 34—Shrewsbury and Chester (S., o.l* and C.), 41, 2 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 21. 18a. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 2, 1 ,4 p. MANCHESTER, Ourom 12. STocic ExciIANGDT—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lama-• shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 9-16 dis.—East Lancashire, New, Sty- dis.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding June ti n, 4 1 4 ei.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 321. Shares, 6% Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branches, Halves. 2t. dis.—London and North-Western ( Manchester and tiirmingham), Quarters (A), 3 p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 3 Ditto, ditto (C). 3 5-16 p.—Londo n and South-Westerns N 1t dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, Preference. dis.—North British Thirds, par—North S:i.fllirdAliire, 7-1 G dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 28 1 ,5-- Ditto, No. 4,2:/, dis.—South Staffordshire. 2 dia.—York. Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference (guar. 6 per cent. till p.—Ditto, Extensions, No. 2, 5-16 p. LEEDS, OcrosEtt 12. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New Shares, 5!,( 2 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 2ss. dis.—Great Nor; kern, 5 dig.—Ditto, Extensions, 1% dis._Lancashire Yoikshire (11'e:t Riding Union), 595. dis.—Leeds and "I';iirsk, dis.—Uitto, New, 13% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 3 Is. dis.-I.(Aceser and Bedford, ss. dis.—Manchester, S!ik 111 , 4:1, any Lincolnshire, Preference, ss. dis.—North Br).- Is. dis.llitto, Extension, ss. dis.—North 85. dis.—North- Western, 5 dis.—York, NeW castle, and Berwick, No. 2, Bs. 9d. p.—Midland, New, 5 p. SHEFFIELD, OcronEn 12. STOCK EXCIII NGE. —The sales are—Lancashire and York ( \Vest Hiding Union), dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 1 , l Q p.—Ditto (Grimsby' and Sheffield) 1.21. 10. , . Shares, 31. ls. 3d.—York, Newcastle, .did Bet Ni.' 2, p.—Ditto (Great North of England Parch.), p. HULL, OcroBER 12. STOCK EX - CHANCE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting l: arid Bost. n. Vis.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, l'rtferel.ce, No. I, Gs. p.— Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 48-- Newcastle and Bawiek, New, IA p.—North British, Quer erSs 7s. dis. —North Staffordshire, ls. ad. dis.—North Western, dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, OCTOBER 12. STOCK EXCHANG .s.—The sales are—Great Northern, 5 1 4 di , .—Great cf England, 220 ex d.—North British, 25 ex div.—Ditto,_ Thirds, ls. p.—North Staffo r dshire, Is. 3d. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, New Shares (No. 2), 'S i p. EDINBURGH, Ocroßzu 11. STOCK ExcuANGD. - ..-The sales are-Aberdeen, 30/. 10e - Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 26!..-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. 10s.-- caledonian, 371.-Ditto, New, 19s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumb:iron - Ishii e, 1/. 10_.-Clydesdale Junction, 53/.-Dee' side, 3/. Bs.-Dtitiblano, Doune, and Callender, 1/. 65.-Dun' dee and Arbroath, 351.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 271.-Ditto, New, No. 2, :',51.-Ditto, New, No. 3,3/. 55.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 11. 9s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 321.-Ditto, New. Reg, 161.- Ditto, Quarters, 21. 10s. 6d.-Eastern Counties , 10.- Ditto, York Extension, 81. IN.-East of Fife, 41. 55- -East Lothian Central, 11. 65.-Edinburgh and Bathgate , 5:. -Edinburgh and G1a.,.;0w, 501. 75. 6d. ex div.-Ditto , 11 lives. 15/. ex div.-Ditto, Quarters, 131. 12s. 6d. ex div -E.Liiiiburgh, Leith, and Granton, 161. 10&-Ditto, Pre terenee. 201.-I)itto, New, No. 1,3/. IN.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 1/. 195.-Ditto, ters, KT . ., ss. 9d.-Ditto, ditto (scrip), EA.-Edinburgh and Noi them, 181.-Ditto, New, Reg., l4 i Is. 6d - Ditto, Newport, 7/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, I:eg., 19s -I , :diaurgli and Perth (New Co.), IL-Ditto , ll,ilvcs, si. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1001.-Ditto ( 6 cent. 'uer.), Ha-Ditto, New Stock, 401.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 61.-atto, Halves, No. 2, W.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 7/. 155.-Glasgow and Garnkirk,3Bl - General Terminus, 11/.-Glasgow and Gree nock, 171. 2s. Cd.-Ditto, Halves, 8/. Ils. 6d.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 71. 195.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 31. 9s'. -Great North t f Scotland, 17s. 6d.-Morayshire, 1/. 7s. 6d -North British, 231.-Ditto, Halves, 13L-Ditto, Quarters , 4/. los. 63.-Ditto, Quarters New (scrip), 10s. 6d.-Ditto , . Thirdg, lteg., 1/. 25.-Ditto, ditto (scrip), 1/. EiW::4, 5/. 7s. 6d.-Scottish Central, 25/. 108.- Scottish Gra::.l Junction, 55.-Scottish Midland, 161. 15&-Stirling an:t Dunfermline, 31. IW.-Stirling and Midland, 7L-Wishavt and Coltness, 45/.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 130/. 100- -Ditto (Orig. New. and Ber.), 28/. ss. x. d.-Direct BOmbar and Madras, Is. 93.-East Indian, U. 3s. 3 d.-Great Nord" of India, 2s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, 1a..-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot. Is. 63. GLASGOW, OCTOBER 11. STOCR EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, 3 5 %" . Ditte, New. `Os -Dundee and Northern. Junction Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 525 .-Edinburgh and N ' ortherri , New, As.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 40/. Share* 39%-Ditto, Halt Shares No. 2, 8 -Glasgow and Greenock , 17s. 641. ex div.-G at Northern, 565. 6d. ex int.-Maa" isbester land Southai::pton, Bs. 6d.-North British, Thirds, 225. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarters (Scrip), 10s.-York, NeW" castle, and Berwi c k (G reat N ort h o f E ng l an d Purch.), 9A' --- - THE OVERFLOW or THE TAT.—The latest se ciiis,t_i !row Pt r.h. state that the overflow of the Tai t :,i , a.ly subsided, but agree in stating that the loss 01 pr I ,QI must txceed 3,0 00 1 or 4,0001. in v a l ue . 1 4 ° u 1J tic t.aes of loss of life have been received. BIRTHS. eii the 4th inst., at Geneva, the lady of the Rev. cuombe Wiiliarrv, of a son. 011 tile 7th inst., at St. James's Parsonage, Victoria-park' Henry Philip Haughton, of a son. On the 9th inst., nt Ashford Hall, near Ludlow, the 10 1 / of Maj , :r- General Lechniere Russell, C. 8., of a s•n. 011 ,he 9th inst., at Teston, Kent, the wife of the Rey. G' t..t ,;.its, ut a daughter. Cte 10.11 inst., at Sutton-court, Chiswick, Mrs. TAP" e ~1:n, of a MARRIED. On ti!p 7th inst., John Galliers, Esq., of Cumberland' ter;:xcd, Ptntonville, to Mary Anne, second daughter of John Ce(k F.,q., cf Brampton Brain, Herefordshire. DIED. C)11 the Bth inst., at Worsted, in the county of Norfol k ' q., aged 58. • 8 at L0 , ... - tx Phillimore-place, Kenaingt o V' A Esq., aged 59. in Si. i.g-gardens, Mr. William Ball. On 1.1,.; luui inst., John Robinson, jun., Esq., of Norwood• C.; , : Yr ri 2J a7ll I'ul.l;si:ed by MIJRDO YOUNG, of Ni. 1 1 „ ' „ k Li: r. 4t The Sun Office, No. 112. Strand. in the Preeil!" - „_ 1 U tie County ci Middlesex Wednesday, October 3 " 0141.