The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-26 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. DIONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (TUESDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—By advices f:om Hamburgh the price of gold is 427 per mark, whic'i, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. the (ine: for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 6, and the exchange at Hamhurgh on London at short being 13. 5 it follows that gold is 0.47 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 7 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 81. 17s. 10/d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 32:; , , and the exchange at Paris on Londoa being 25. 10, it follows that gold is 0.90 per cent. dearer at Paris than in Lon don. The course of exchange at New York on London is 107 per cant., and the par of exchange betwe en Eng land and America being 109 23 40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 2.57 per cent. against England. More business has taken place than usual at the Stock Exchange in anticipation of the settlement of the account, which stands for t he 27th instant, and this arises very much from the character of the account, a great portion of which has been conducted by the means of options. To-morrow, which is the day pre vious to the general settling-day, is the day especially devoted to the settlement of options, and hence great difficulty arises until the options are actually declared, in ascertaining the real state of the account, and whether the speculations for the rise or the fall predo minate. The more experienced jobbers anticipate no scarcity of stock, but rather the contrary, as there have been indications, within the last few days of sales by the public. The amount of continuation would of itself almost establish this fact in the present state of the market. Nevertheless, it is necessary for the transac tions of tomorrow to be completed before the true state of the account can be known. Several holders of the certificates or " titulos" given to the British Legions of Spain complain of the unjust usage they have received at the hands of the Spanish representative in this country. It is well known that the sum of 50,000/. has been sent to London to pay the first instalment (one-sixth) of the debt due to the claimants. In the advertisement which declared that payment of this first instalment would commence on the 28th of July certain regulations were announced, which had nothing to do with the admission of claims, but which were merely made for the purpose of facilitating business. According to these, the original holders were to be attended to first, and to be paid on the production of their certificates, till the 19th inst. After that day, the holders of the certificates by endorsement were to send in their certificates for examination, and after the expiration of six days, and on certain days in the week, these certificates were to be paid likewise. All this seemed perfectly just ; the only distinction made be tween the two classes of payments was, that one was to be paid a few days before the other, and, as this did not seem to compromise any claim, no one would have suspected unfairness. However, on the 20th of August, the day after the time particularly appropriated to the original holders, had expired, another advertisement ap peared, in which General Alava stated, that in conse quence of an injunction issued by the Vice-Chancellor to restrain the payment of " certain certificates" by reason of legal questions of title arising between the original holders and the endorsees, and also of various notices signed by persons to whom certificates had been delivered, requirinc , that the present holders should not be paid, no further payments, except to the original holders or their representatives, would be made " until further notice." The consternation of the endorsees of the certificates at such an announcement may easily be imagined. Persons who had for a valuable considera tion purchased documents, declared on the face of them to be negotiable, were told, when the very money to which they were entitled was lying in store for them, and they had been already invited to participate in it, that they were not to touch a penny until " further no tice." Thus they at once saw their property reduced to a mere cipher at the moment when they had every reason to expect its realization. POST.—A letter, in the form of a pamphlet, has been addressed by Mr. Henry Fairbairn to the Share holders of the Southampton Railway, on " The prac ticability and expediency of carrying merchandise by horse-power, without impeding the present arrange ments of the steam locomotive passenger trains." Mr. Fairbairn considers that the charge adopted by the Company for the conveyance of goods might be re duced, by the proposed application of horse-power, about five hundred per cent., the rate of one half penny per ton per mile being sufficient to cover ex penses, and to ensure the proprietors a much more con siderable revenue than they can hope to derive at the exorbitant charge of threepence per ton per mile. It appears to have been assumed, in one of the reports of the Directors, that goods carried by sea from South ampton to London by the railroad shall be at the charge of 19s. 311. per ton for the 77 miles, whereas the freight by sea is only 7s. 6d. per ton ; whence it is clear. as Mr. Fairbairn observes, that no heavy commodities, such as coal, lime, slate, stone, and numberless other articles, can be conveyed to the metropolis through the former medium. Mr. Fairbairn has a variety of plans for the introduction of his new principle, in connection with the railway. One of these, for instance, is, that horses should be placed upon the line for the conveyance of merchandise during the night, " turn-outs," or side railways, being constructed at various points by means of which they nny make their temporary exit before the commencement of the ordinary steam traffic in the morn ing. \Ve have not time to go in into the numerous &tails which he brings to bear upon the subject. He, how ever, makes the necessary reference to the coal mines in different parts of England Wales, to the purposes of which he conceives the Southampton Railway is espe cially adapted, in the event of horsepower being em ployed in conjunction with steam, inasmuch as the ready supply of chalk or chalkstooo that might always be provided at the Southampton terminus of the line would afford Welsh and other vessels frequenting Southamp ton a return cargo of a most valuable description not now to be obtained. Chalk is, it seems. It very desirable material in the irou foundries, being equally useful with limestone in the smelting, in which process 15 cwt. of lime is required for every ton of iron made. Its utility in agriculture needs no pointing out, and it is as sumed that in Northumherland and elsewhere an ex tensive demand for it might be created. The convey ance of stone, slate, timber, agricultural produce, and cattle will, it is taken for granted, give unlimited occupation to the line under the new system. The effect upon the works of the railway seems to be the great matter to be considered. Upon this point Mr. Fairbairn finds that there would be an advantage in the substitution of horses for the ste,:m-engine, since the whole weight of the motive power, ny which derange ment to the rails and sleepers is produced, will be re moved, the horse touching only the centre of the road. He thinks, and so do we, that the public would wil lingly dispense with some portion of the velocity by which steam travelling is distinguished—that a reduc tion, of fares would !.)e deemed a satisfactory compensa• tion for a certain sacrifice of time—and that, if the rate of passage be made 33. 6d. from Southampton to London, as he could afford to make it upon the new plan, the number of p ;ssengers will be increased co twenty times the present number. The perpetual trampling of horses in one track might cause so much destruction to the centre of the line as to diminish the security of the rails, and produce an accumulation of mud and sand, but this, it is thought, would be obviated by placing within it planks, brickwork, asphaltum, and other durable materials. Whether Mr. Fuirbairn's scheme be or be not re ducible to practice we shall not undertake to say ; but he has at all events, c:;pounded it with great clearness and cleverly as, his opinions on that head being fortified by an amazing col:ection of details touching the eco nomy of the change as well to the Company as to the public ; and the shareholders of the Southampton Rail way, whether they avail themselves of them or not, aro deeply indebted to him for his suggestions. BERAI.D.—The papers received from Mexico by tht , packet Tyrian do not cot a favourable impres sion of the state of parties atvedyaffairs in that country. The success of the federalist n would seem to be a'l but conzummated so fapri:acias.rtrlt.e subjugation of the state of Yucatan and its rsgeepnitraa badi on from ove r r t u h n e Mexican Union. For the ' Campeche, forming its sea-board gulf of Mexico, and the far most important and richest department of the province, from the richness and abundance of its prizeable woods and other prodoutfeheel.e‘susniollnil, Choonwqeuveesrt . or secession of Yucatan from maomdent, on would perhaps be a matter account of the scantiness ofitsp . o t p s u g l r a e t a io t n distance n toPaatiffrrnoi paucity of its means of annoyance, with ; the capital, but for the evidence it would seem of the weakness of the central Government in its ord ina bility to despatch some trifling reinforcements fortheseliel of the places besieged or districts invaded, although it was sufficiently evident that an additional force of one or two thousand men would have been amply sufficient to put down the insurrection and dis -IKrse the miserable band of insurgents. Thus the most important place of all Campeche was beleaguered by the federal insurgents, and although assaulted with superior forces was defended with great spirit by a feeble garris son, which however for want of succour was compelled to agree on a capitulation it appears, by which unless relieved within a certain time the place was to be given up to the besiegers. After all, Yucatan is not Mexico, and its entire separation and independence would inflict no great damage perhaps now, whatever might be the else hereafter , tor, as before observed, it is a poor and thinly Populated country, and adds neither to the strength nor resources of the republic at tho present time, however susceptible of development and extension hereafter. Besides, these thehese little rebellions and temporary spas among partsaaliy of and union have been so frequent, e nod arc so suddenly patched up again by some sort of compromise understanding with the dis a:dents for valuable considerations , nr cular score little peril to that on that parti dteintegrity of the republic need perhaps be apprehen SUN.—We have still to notice considerable hen. viness, and even a downward tendency in the rates fnr bills of Exchange, on the Continent, which were • his afternoon as follows :—Paris, 25f. -12ic. to 40c.; Amsterdam, 'l2 1, to r i f ; Hamburgh, 13 74 ; Ant werp, 12 14 ; and Frankfort, 1-19 ; 1-. The favourable intelligence from the East, respecting the declaration of the French Consul to Mehemet Ali. of the intention of his Government to rem a in n e u tral in the approaching conflict between him and the Four Powers, having been substantially confirmed, the prepa rations for war by the determined Paella have ceased to excite any serious apprehensions among the specu lators in the funds, who appeared to be going a-head for a rise. Unless the bulls should be disposed to carry over their accounts, or it should turn out that they are not prepared with funds to take up all the stock they have contracted for, we may expect sonic tight work on the settling day (the 27th) among the jobbers for a fall, although, until the books are made up, it is difficult fur a looker on to say which party will have the best of it. The continuation en stock at present seems to indicate that it is in favour of those who have purchased in anticipation of a rise, and who are quite unconnected with the Stock Ex change. Consols for immediate transfer rose about per cent., being marked 904 on the opening of the market, and 90} lat its close. For the October account the quotation was 901 to 91 ; Bank Stock im proved to 168} and 169 k ; East India Stock was rather heavy at .2481, but the Reduced Three-and•a-Half per Cents. improved to 99i to 4 ; and the New Three and-a-Half per Cents. to 981 to 99 ; Exchequer Bills were 225. to 265. premium ; and India Bonds par to 2s. discount. Spanish Bonds left off at 26 ; Portuguese New at ; Colombian at 25i- ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 52 : 1-, being all steady. The Great Western Railway Shares were at 28 to 28 ; the New at 11 to 12 ; the Hull and Selby at 3to 2 ; the New North Midland at ; the London and Birmingham at to 83 ; and the South Western at 18i to 19k premium. Brighton Shares were at 9 ; Blackwall at :4- ; and North Midland at 13i discount. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE M.ORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) The death of Dr. Otter will afford the Government an opportunity of gratifying the Liberal party, and of ornamenting the Church by the elevation either of Dr. Hampden or Dr. Arnold to the bench. It is, moreover, to be desired that Oxford should have its proportion of preferment. Of the 12 mitres vacant during the adminis tration of Lords Grey and Melbourne, no less than nine have fallen to the lot of Cambridge men ; neither have the selections from Oxford been happily made. Dr. Grey, the late Bishop of Hereford, was the brother of the Pre mier. The very lukewarm liberalism of Dr. Longley, the Bishop of Ripon, the second Oxford prelate, has been thrown into the background by the bolder apostasy of the Bishop Salisbury, the third and last see con ferred on Oxonians. We exonerate the Government from blame in this untoward mistake, because the real opinions of Dr. Denison were too well masked, up to the hour of his consecration, to have allowed of any suspicion of his political integrity ; nor could renegad ism so flagrant and ungrateful have been predicted of a professed friend without subjecting the accuser to the charge of gross uncharitableness. On hearing the declaration of Dr. Denison in the House of Lords, that " his conscience prevented his voting for the Whigs," it was remarked by a Witty Peer, that " the Bishop might be conscientious, but that at any rate he had not the fear of his Maker before his eyes "—pointing to Lord Melbourne. It is certainly desirable that the arnende be made to the Oxford Liberals, among whom there are several who are not likely to prove counterfeit. Dr. Hampden has been well tried ; and having gone, perhaps, more triumphantly and courageously than any other man of his position through the ordeal of persecution, he has a strong claim on a Liberal Government, especially on that Government on whose account he was selected as a victim to party venom. The high merit pertains, moreover, to Dr. Hampden, of having conciliated his enemies, without deserting one friend or compromising a single opinion. We believe the Government to be fully conscious of the policy as well as principle of de fending and distinguishing those who suffer for con science sake. (From the Timer.) In a week or two hence " The British Association for the Advancement of Science," which bears exactly the same relationship to the regular forces of philosophy as a militia regiment does to the troops of the line, will go into quarters, according to its annual practice, for a few days' pastime and parade. From one motive or another, though of course wholly disconnected with the cogent reasons which often deter a certain class of itine rants from showing their faces twice in the same town, the governing Council of the Association, whose preten sions to all sorts of profundity emboldened us to desig nate them " their Deepnesses; have so ordained mat ters, that both the place of rendezvous, and also their presiding savan, known by the title of " his Unfathonz ableness," shall be annually changed. These arrange ments, it must be owned, discover considerable tact. Apart from mere subordinate pretexts, the love of dis play, a passion for speechmaking, an appetite for plea sure, and an insatiable lust for pulic homage, constitute the leading objects for which this Bobadil corps is pe riodically embodied. What with notes of preparation addressed to local authorities, and the sanguine hope that trade will be considerably profited by the expected encampment, the various towns selected for the Association's gatherings are in the habit of putting themselves to great expense for the purpose of bil letting and glorifying its members. Now, its commis sariat department is perfectly aware that this sort of thing, when once tried, will never admit of a second experiment in the same place. The enormous outlay incurred for splendid entertainments, requited by shallow blarney, is ascertained to be no go. For the same reason their Deepncsses' habit of electing a presi dent whose high scientific distinction can give eclat to their proceedings, or whose neighbouring park suid cellar can sumptuously contribute to their convivialities, will not admit of being practised a second time upon the same dupe. A single trial of the office of " his Lb:fathom ableness" is found to suffice. Whether its occupants have had sufficient science to detect and despise empyricism, or sufficient common sense to be disgusted with fawn ing parasites, the fact is indubitable, that no philoso pher or nobleman who has once been induced to take the chair, and dissuaded from deserting it in the middle of the campaign, can possibly be relied on to under take, on any terms, a repetition of the preferment. Accordingly, the necessity of choosing such a place of rendezvous and such a president as shall afford con currently a reasonable prospect of obtaining numerous recruits and splendid entertainments, seems to have determined the council not only to pitch their tent this year in the large city of Glasgow (which, while suffi ciently distant from their last encampment to en courage a hope that the scandal of former fooleries may not have reached the west of Scotland, is. more over, a peculiarly favourable locality for securing a star4l4 crowd and every description of refined indul gence), but also to wheedle the Marquis of Breadal bane into the unfathomable chair, for the sole purpose of bleeding his Lordship's bucks and bins as a holocaust to impudent quackery. (From the Morning Herald.) In another column will be found a letter on the Corn laws, signed " A Constant Reader." Our Correspond ent endeavours to establish that a repeal of the Corn laws would be beneficial—because, the English soil (as he alleges) does not produce a sufficiency of food for the population of England—and, because, it is only neces. sary (so runs his argument) to repeal the Corn-laws, in order to induce the foreign and colonial landowners to feed the whole mass of war labourers. Of the truth of neither of his propositions does our correspondent furnish aoy sufficient proof. He does not prove that the English soil is unable to feed the population of England. He does not point out the mode by which, if the Corn-laws were repealed, the labourers of England might be supplied with food, through the instrumentality of foreign and colonial land owners. To the assumption that the soil of England is unable to feed the population of England, it may be sufficient to oppose a simple denial. The occurrence of temporary scarcities proves absolutely nothing on this point. And when our correspondent dilates on the steri lity of the uncultivated lands of England, as rendering them incapable of " paying" if taken into cultivation, he forgets, as it seems to us, the reasons which ren der it, at present, unprofitable to cultivate these poorer soils. Temporary scarcities of corn prove nothing, we repeat, as to the incapacity of the soil of England to feed her population. There are, let it be remembered, times of plenty, in which the poor are found to be de prived of the power of consuming all the cheap corn grown on the soil of England. If then, the presence in our markets of cheap home-grown corn does not necessarily remove the distress of our labourers, the iwnotruoidd,ucatisosnuriend, have to ly our m markets of " cheap" foreig n corn short, c h eaper corn t the s such c h i a buorer w effect. It ao ist. a s not, s in at nothe means of bettering his condition. It is an increased power to consume corn—whatever its market price. Unless th e l a b ourer ' s power of consumption shall b e increased, it is probable that the cheaper corn shall be come, the more miserable will be the labourer's con dition. i s c tre CHARTIST NIEETINGu n ."—A meeting was held last night in the H a ll, 41 , Q t from thebetween m 't h e proceed ings of which it appears that the e ; t, that physical and moral force Chartists of Aberdeen havec y o e o e a in they have engaged, for twelve they met ; and that they are about o to form a un it e d nths, the Hall in which so ciety for the purpose of carrying on h People's Charter.—Aberdeen Herald t . e agitation for the PRINTING IN TURKEY. —The art f was introduced into the Mahomedan o- printin g the reigns of Achm et 111. an d X Louis __ Empire i n V., and wa E from the Court o f Versailles illy Mehemet F,fr e d; B Ambassador from th e " Brother of the Sun. " The house - that contained the fir st p rintin g p ress is now used for the Sultan's favourite women, "and in all the dreams of perfect felicity (says the American writer Willis) W hi c h visit those who have once seen it, it rises as the paradise of retreats from the world." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE NORTHERN CIRCUT7'.—LIrEBrooz, Aua. 24. DROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) The Court was occupied the greater part of the day with the trial of several cases in which death had been caused by injuries received in fighting. They were of no public interest. I Villia ut - 11ontgontery was indicted for the man• slaughter of Daniel Wall, by stabbing him in the belly with a knife. It appeared from the evidence that on the night of Saturday, May 23, about 12 o'clock, the deceased, Wall, was passing from Salford into Manchester by the New Bailey bridge. He was in company with two young women of the name of Fox, and a young man named Leach. As they approached the bridge they saw Montgomery strike a woman, beside whom he was standing, a blow in the face. Wall said ho was no man to do so, and said if he had been beside him when he did it, he (Wall) would have served him in the same way. Some blows were exchanged, both Wall and Leach striking the prisoner ; indeed, according to the testimony of one of the wit nesses, the prisoner was treated with great bru tality. Wall and Leach then passed over the bridge, Wall being first with one of the young women ,and Leach following with the other about ten paces behind. They heard the prisoner running, and he passed them on the middle of the bridge. He went round in front of Wall, and, according to the testimony of Leach and his companion, struck him, without any previous scuffle, twice in the belly. Wall flung him down, and ran away, shouting murder. Leach then came up, but seeing something in the prisoner's hand like a dagger, ran away also. The prisoner immediately after came back across the bridge. He was running, and without a hat. The young woman who was with Wall at the time did not appear as a witness. Wall, it appeared, ran off to a house near the bridge, and it being then found that he was wounded, he was taken to the infirmary. He had received two stabs close to the navel, from one of which the bowels protruded. He died about four days after, and it was then found that the intestines were wounded. When the prisoner was taken into custody a clasp knife, which corresponded with the wounds, was found on his person. He did not deny the act, but said he did it in self-defence. From the appearance of the clothes of the deceased there was some evidence of there having been a scuffle at the time the wounds were received. The Jury, after consulting for some time, returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentence was deferred, his Lordship intimating that he looked on the case as one of a very aggravated kind. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25. SEDUCTION:AINSCOUGH V. ASHCROFT. Mr. CRESSWELL stated that the plaintiff was farm bailiff to the defendant's father, at Marlin Mere. The daughter lived with her brother, who was also in the ser vice of the defendant's father, at Bury-park. One of the brothers married a sister of the defendant ; this brought about an intimacy between the parties. The defendant had paid his addresses to the daughter for 16 years, promised to marry her, and having acquired an influence over her affections, seduced her ; she be came the mother of a child, he then discarded her, and now refuses to make her any compensation. He had hoped that the defendant would have arranged the matter, and not have made it necessary that this young woman should be called into the box to tell the story of her own shame, but as he had not done so, he must take the consequences. Jane Ainscough—l lire at Bury House. The de fendant's father has a windmill near my father's house. The defendant is 29. I have known him 17 years ; my brother married one of his sisters. 16 years ago Robert Ainscough began to pay his addresses to me. I had a child by him on the 23d of June last. I asked him to marry me before the child was born ; he said his folks were not willing that he should marry me. Since the child was born I have not spoken to him, and lie has done nothing for the child. Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER-It is ten months since I was foolish enough to allow the defend ant's attentions to come to a point. lam 25. My fa ther hail 13 shillings a week for managing the farm, and my brother had the same when he left. The defendant offered to my brother to pay 41. a year for the child ; he did not promise that to my father. Mr. ALEXANDER, for the defendant, said a more trumpery case had never come before the Court ; the proper place for such a case to be disposed of would have been to have applied to a Magistrate under the bas tardy law. It was quite plain this was an action to put money in the pocket of the plaintiff. The Learned Judge summed up, and the Jury found a verdict of 401. damages. DOE DEM. MIORT V. IT. HELEN'S RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action in which the lessee of the plain tiff sought to recover in ejectment the railway, with the tolls and dues, as mortgagee. By the Acts of Incorporation the Company were em powered to raise two sums of 30,0001. and 40,0001. by mortgage, and were anthorised to assign the under taking, with the tolls and dues. The lessee of the plaintiff was a mortgagee for 1301., and the proviso for redemption was upon six months' notice, or default of payment of interest. The interest was in arrear, and the action was brought. The form of mortgage was according to a form prescribed by the Act. There were other mortgagees to the full amount of the 70,0001. The Act provided that one should not be preferred to another, but all should share the proceeds alike. Mr. CaEssWELL objected that the action would not lie to recover the railway itself ; and, subject to the opinion of the Court on that point, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff. WESTERN ClRCUlT—Bmsroz.,.4ua. 24. • MATTHEW'S V. NEALE. This was an action for damages for injury done to the character of the plaintiff by the defendant, in ap plying slanderous epithets and insinuating that he had been insolvent. It appeared by the statement of the Learned Counsel (Mr. Erle) that the plaintiff was en gaged in an extensive business at Castle Cary, in Somersetshire, and the defendant was a farmer residing in the same neighbourhood. The plaintiff, at. a former period, had carried on business at Yetminster, but some time since lie had purchased a factory, called Milton Mills, and attached to those mills was an extensive pond, well stocked with fish, which he had taken pains to preserve. The defendant had been in the habit of adding something to his income by introducing gentlemen to fish in the waters in the neighbourhood of his residence. In the course of the month of April the defendant on two occasions took a gentleman of property, named Hall, to the plaintiff's pond fer the purpose of fishing therein. Upon those occasions he was warned by the plaintiff's foreman ; but, notwithstanding this notice, they, in the month of May, came again, accompanied by another gentleman, of the name of Cripps. They were again requested to desist, and, paying no attention to the re quest, plaintiff's foreman, having received orders to pre vent any fish from being taken, adopted the very common expedient of beating the water with a pole. This in censed the defendant, and on that occasion the langu age was used for which the plaintiff now sought redress. He said, " Tell your master to go back to Yetminster, and pay the ten shillings in the pound he left, there unpaid ;" and added, " Why was 1 • turned out of Stuckey's bank ?" and upon an observation made by the plaintiff's foreman, he said, " Your master has no more property in these mills than I could cover with the tail of my jacket." This constituted the slander of which the plaintiff complained ; and (said the Learned Counsel) the Jury are aware how injurious such impu tations were upon the character of a man in such an extensive business as the plaintiff was, and he trusted they would mark their sense of the proceeding by award ing a fair amount of damages. Uriah Marshalsea (plaintifrs foreman) was called to prove the language made use of on the occasion. Mr. DERE addressed the Jury at considerable length in mitigation of damages, and argued that no applica tion had been made to the defendant to withdraw the offensive expressions, or it would readily have been complied with on the part of the defendant. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the Jury retired for half an hour, and returned with a verdict for the plaintiff.—llamages WALL V. THE BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COM PANY. This was an action brought to recover the amount of loss sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the al leged negligence and inattention of the Company. The Company were erecting a bridge across the river Avon, for which purpose a number of piles were driven into the ground ; and the plaintiff's barge in navigating the river had struck on some of those piles, in consequence, as was alleged, of the want of sufficient marks or buoys to show how far the piles extended, whereby the plaintiff had been put to the expense of unloading the barge, which had been obliged to undergo repairs, for which purpose she had been laid up in the yard five weeks. Mr. ELLS stated the case for the plaintiff, and called the following witnesses : John Gillham deposed that he was a trowman be longing to the Druid barge. On the 21st of February last she was coming down the river laden with coals ; when she came to where the bridge was being erected the captain of the barge called out to the mea at work on the bridge to know how much water there was over the piles, and the reply was " Six feet." Almost im mediately afterwards the barge, through drawing but four feet of water, struck. She remained on the piles had for a ttso gethour, out ancl her was c a g r o g t a withffan and t greatake her er difficulty. t o tdock yard, They .: Y ard, where she was five wee ks under re p air. There was no buoy or beacon to show where the piles were. On his cross-examination said that Mr. heard Sergeant ain Bompas, say the witness there were piles there , some time b efore they reached si he e had the bridge, and there were boards on each side of the river where the works were going on, which could be seen from the lock above. Thomas Oakley, another trowman, confirmed this witness's testimony, as did also Joshua Tavernor, the captain of the barge, who also stated that he had seen the ; ' , des the night before, and had endeavoured to TTIE SUN, LONDON, NVEDN'ESDAY, AUGUST 26. 1840. avoid them, but he was obliged to guess where they were situated, as they were completely covered by wa. ter, and there was no mark to guide him. On his cross-examination Tavernor said he had been told at the lock that there were only 2 1 ) ; feet of water over the piles. Jacob Nash, master of another vessel, was called to prove that, in navigating the river the next morning, his vessel struck against the piles, and there were no bea cons, which fact was confirmed by several other wit nesses. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS then proceeded to address the Jury for the defence, and said that he should be able to satisfy the Jury, by the testimony of competent witnesses, that beacons had been erected, and every proper and necessary precaution taken by the Company. Mr. Armstrong, surveyor and architect, was called to depose to the necessity of drivi ng t h e p il es, f or t h e pur r se of erecting the bridge. Mr. William Houseley, foreman to the contractor of the work, deposed that pieces of timber had been re peatedly put up as beacons, and that the timber had been frequently knocked down and stolen by the barge men, end that as often as they were removed they were replaced by others, as soon as the state of the tide would admit of it. Daniel Broomfield, a carpenter, deposed to his having erected beacons, and also that m ore t h an th ese were standing at the time of this accident. Several other workmen were called, and gave similar testimony. Mr. ERLE having addressed the Jury in reply, His LORDSHIP summed up, and atter an absence of half an hour the Jury returned into Court with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1401. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES. The following received sentence of banishment : For Life—Richard Hogg, Charles Green, ThomLs Miles. For 13 Years—Michael Bennett, Elizabeth Cleave land, George Isaacs, William Hill Fletcher, William Butcher, Elizabeth Weston. For 14 Years—J, Smith, John Brown. For 10 Years—John Richardson, Peter Sturgeon, John Sullivan, Frederick Mills, John Farrell, Wil liam Lush, John Jones, A. Taylor, John Thomas Hogg, John Martin. For 7 Years—W. Brown, Robert Owen, M. Byron, R. Warren, John Sel!wood, J. Peak, J. Charrington, W. Walker, G. Wilson, Henry Wade, John Williams, Dennis Regan, Richard Taylor, John Guy, J. Green ham, J. Fowler, George Wilson, J. Pyc, John Smith son, James Anderson, Robert Belcher, George Cook, John Risely, John Edmonds, Louisa Dale, Henry Goodwin, Dennis Glynn, Mary Lyon, George Rus sell, J. Brown, W. Smith, James Baker, William Mor ris, Mark Kimber. Imprisonment and Hard Labour in the House of Correction : For Two Years—John Smith, John Williams, Ben jamin Robinson, John Ratcliff, and William Deacon. For Eighteen Months—W. Bell. For One Year—Matthew Cunningham, J. Roberts, J. Horton, J. Smith, George Jeffrey, W. Taylor, J. Tooley, William Tooley, J. Gordon. A number of others were sentenced to shorter periods of imprisonment. The Court at its rising adjourned to Monday, the 14th of September next, which will be the last of the present Shrievalty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man of extremely diminutive size, who gave the name of William Wisp, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having, in a fit of drunken ness and valour, challenged a grenadier to fight, and in flicted upon the policemen several kicks and blows with all his might ; which, however, provoked nothing but laughter. Inspector Brake said that the little man was another instance of the effect of spiritous liquors upon the brain. The officers were obliged to tie his arms and legs, for they feared that, although he could'do very little harm to others, he might injure himself seriously. He con tinued to cry out .6 Police, police," although in the midst of them, and played off innumerable antics. From the statement of Police Serjeant Williams, it appeared that the attention of the police was attracted, on the preceding night to what at first sight appeared to be a monkey, leaping about the person of a soldier ; and when it was found that the little man was the ani ma► whose activity excited their surprise, they could not help joining the spectators of so remarkable an ex hibition. When Mr. Wisp made a rush, the grenadier received him with his open hand, and wiped him aside with great ease. Sometimes Mr. 'Wisp got behind his bony opponent, and mounting on the hips, began to slap the ears et the soldier with his fists. The noise and the crowd, however, became so annoying, that the only thing that was to be done was to separate the combatants, and the only way to do that was to deposit the little man in some place where he was not likely to meet a grenadier. He was accordingly conveyed by a policeman, who took him in his hand, to the station house, where, from his diminutive size, his activity, and his pugnacious qualities, he was very difficult of ma nagement. The LORD MAYOR—What do you suppose he got drunk with, Mr. Brake—gin, or porter, or wine In spector Brake—He was raving, my Lord. He must have had spirits of some kind—if not gin, in all proba bility bad brandy. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, my man, what made you so determined to conquer this grenadier ? What had you been drinking ? Mr. Wisp—Brandy, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—And how much had you ? Mr. Wisp—One glass, please you, my Lord—cold without. The LORD MAYOR—And that did your business ? Mr. Wisp—Yes, my Lord. I didn't know what I was a-doing, and I'm sure I berr the gentleman's pardon. The LoRD MaYou—fou cannot be in the habit of drinking ? Mr. Wisp—No, my Lord, and I'll never try it again. You'il never see me aga i n, d epen d u p on it, my Lord. Tile Loan NlAYoa—Why, certainly, it is easier for you to get out of the way than for anybody else. Are you in employment? Mr. Wisp —No ; not exactly. I have been a clerk, but I am not in work, and it was to support me in the want of a place that I ventured upon the brandy. The Loan MAYOR—NeII, I shall not fine you. You have had a night's confinement, tied hands and feet, and that I consider to be punishment enough. So go home, and drop drinking, or you will not only be led astray, but, like your old namesake,': you will lead others into the mire. BO W- STREET. Yesterday Mr. Creswiek, the card-maker, of Chan dos -street, Covent-garden, appeared before Mr. Henry, to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of 161.8 i. 6d., being the amount of poor -rates alleged to be due to the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Mr. Le Breton attended on the part of St. Martin's parish to apply for a distress warrant, and Mr. Moseley. the Solicitor on the part of the parish of St. Paul' Covent Garden, appeared to defend the case. It appeared that the defendant's house, in conse• quence of the recent improvements, is situated in both parishes, and the grounds upon which he refused to pay the rate to the parish of St. Martin were, that he bad for a series of years paid it to the parish authorities o. St. Paul's Covent Garden. The object the parties had view, in case the Magistrate refused to grant the ap plication was, was to give notice of the intention on the part of the parish of St. Martin, to move for a mandamus in the Clueen's liench to call upon the Ma gistrate to issue his warrant, and on that account all formal evidence was waived upon the subject. Mr. HErsair declined to enter into the question, although he had no objection to hear the evidence, for it could not reasonably be expected that he would issue a distress warrant, knowing that he would thereby sub ject himself to an action at law. Mr. Le Breton said that he had no objection, on the part of the parish which he represented, to offer an in demnity as to the consequences, should the application be acceded to. as no wish, s h , in which H ENRY could not listen to suc h a n offer, know ing th a t t h e J udges were averse to suc h a p rocee di ng . B esides , it not being a matter of tradition , but a ques tion of b oun d ary, which was in d i spute , there had b een severalcases Magis trates ought not to i nterfere. Mr. C or d er , clerk to the G u ardians of the Strand Union, w h o attended to give evidenc e, said that there w on the it had been dec ided that ei part of the to incur an unnecessary expense, settled by re f erence ; btr then the qu estion would arise wh e th er such a mode of sett li ng the matter wouldbinding on future occasions, o n the successors of be per sons at pr esent in office. authorities the case of S c t o . u P l a d ul b 's e , Mr. HENRY considered it would be the most advan tageous mode of settling the dispute, and there was no reason to doubt that future officers would find it advan tageous to adhere to any plan of the kind that might be laid down. After considerable discussion upon the subject, a me morandum was drawn up, and agreed up on b y the soli citors on b ot h sides, to be submitted , on the motion being ma d e to the Court of Queen ' s B e nch, to the ef fect, th at t h e Magistrate did not d ec li ne hearing evi dence, but d ec li ne d grant i ng a warrant of distress, as y the q uest i on arose upon a dispute d b oun d a ry, depend ing u p on contradictory evidence, and tha t an indemnit y bad b een o ff ered on , in-the-Fields, the part of the pa rish of St. Mar which the Magistrate declin ed to accept. There were several other summonses depending upon the issue of the application, which were consequently withdrawn ; and it was stated, that had warrants been granted, fifty more summonses would have been applied for on the same grounds. Tinzothy Sheahan, a p or t e r in Covent - garden , whose case appeared on Monday, and who stood charged with stabbing, under aggravated circumstances, a youth named George Hood, nephew to Mr. Martin, lithogra phic printer, Long•acre, was brought up for final exami. ;;on, to complete the evidence taken on Saturday last. John Vickors, a basket-maker, of Coven'-garden market, proved, that at a few minutes before nine o'clock in the morning of Saturday, the prisoner borrowod from him the imply ment produced (a long sharp iran tool, used by basket makers), to make a hole in the bottom of his basket. He was certain it was the same, as he had it lately repaired at the point. The prisoner having signed his declaration, that he was watching the prosecutor for three days to murder him, the witnesses were bound over, and he was fully committed for trial. QUEEN-SQUARE. Mr. George Fox, landlord of the Carpenters' Arms, Catherine-street, Pimlico, appeared to answer to an in formation laid against him under the New Police Act, charged with unlawfully refusing to admit the police. Mr. I)uncnnibe, Solicitor to the Licensed Victual lers' Protection Soeiety, appeared on behalf of the defendant. Police•sergeant William Jones, 24 A division, stated that on Sunday mos ring, the 16th instant, about ten minutes to two o'clock, he was passing through Cathe rine -street, Pimlico, and had arrived opposite the Car penters' Arms, a public-house kept by defendant, and hearing voices proceeding from the inside of that house, he was induced to listen. He heard the remark made, " that was one pint of ale and one pint of porter, and now I shall go." He retrained at the house, which is a corner one, until two o'clock, and during that time heard voices, and believed that there was card playing in the first-floor. He rang the bell and knocked at the door, and called to Mr. Fox to admit the police. In about eight minutes Mr. Fox looked out of a second floor window, and asked who witness was. He told him, and he came down and let him in. Police-constable 130 13 corroborated the evidence of the witness. Mr. GREGORIE said, as there was no other evidence to support the charge, it must fall to the ground. It did not seem to him that there were any disorderly doings in the house at the time the police were admitted, and therefore he should dismiss the case. A decent-looking woman, named Mary Ann God frey, was brought before the Sitting Magistrate, charged with assaulting John Reman, one of the gate keepers of St. James's Park, and breaking the windows of the lodge at Storey's-gate. The complainant stated, that on the previous even ing the prisoner wished to pass into the Park, but in obedience to the orders he received he prevented, her, upon which she struck him across the side of the face two or three times, and called him the most oppro brious names. He then placed her i❑ the lodge until he could see a constable to give her in charge, and while there she commenced smashing the windows, and was with difficulty restrained from doing further mis chief. In her defence the prisoner urged that the gate keeper pushed her with unnecessary violence, and re fused her admission because her dress did not quite square with his ideas of gentility. She was sentenced to pay a fine of 10s., or be im prisoned for five days. WORSHIP-STREET. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—Yesterday William Roseberry, a young man of very respectable appearance, who holds a situation in the General Post-office, was placed at the bar before Mr. Grove, the Sitting Magistrate, upon a charge of committing a most violent and unpro voked assault upon a married woman named Mary Birket. The complainant, it appeared, was walking home with her husband, when the defendant came round the corner of a street, from which they were four or five houses distant, and ran against them, and then, with out the slightest provocation, attacked them with his stick, with the butt-end of which he struck the female upon the head, inflicting such a wound that the blood was streaming from it when a policeman came up. A surgeon's bill for attending and dressing the wound, was produced before the Magistrate. The defendant alleged that, as he was turning the cor ner, the parties ran against him, and that the husband had struck him before he used his stick. The contrary, however, was sworn to by the other parties, who proved that the defendant first ran up against them, and then, without the slightest provoca tion,used his stick upon the female. Mr. GROVE remarked that a great number of similar cases of wanton violence had come before him, and he remanded the defendant until Saturday, to be then committed to Newgate for cutting and wounding the woman. GREENWICH POLICE. (Before Mr. J. TIIACKRAY, Chairman, and Messrs. SMITH and HARGRAVE.) The Magistrates were occupied for several hours in the investigation of the circumstances connected with a very serious imputation upon the character of Thomas Smith, one of the police-constables of the R division. Mr. Malalicu, the Superintendent, was present during the whole of the inquiry, which created a great deal of interest, and the Court was crowded. The following is an outline of the transaction : Mrs. Turner, the landlady of the Pilot public-house, East Greenwich, was charged upon an information with allowing drunken and disorderly conduct in her house, contrary to the tenor of her license. The constable Smith appeared in support of the chi rge, and upon the hearing it turned out that the house in question was in general very quietly and re spectably conducted, but that in consequence of a row ing match having taken place, there had been a little extra jollification among the winners, and the Magis trates, therefore, consented to dismiss the information upon the payment of the costs. A waterman, named Benjamin Allen, who, it ap peared, was the winner of the boat race, was then charged upon a warrant with assaulting the constable Smith in the execution of his duty. Smith, the policeman, being sworn, stated that on the night of the l2th August, about half-past eleven o'clock, he was on duty near the Pilot, when he heard a great disturbance in the house, and the landlady came to him and requested him to go in and clear it, but he told her he could not do so. Shortly afterwards, however, hear ing a cry of murder he did go in, and he then saw several men fighting, and the prisoner Allen abused him and struck him, and his companions forced him out of the house. He had not been drinking in the house at all or, this evening, neither did he draw his cutlass. He endeavoured to use his staff, but the people prevented him from doing so. Allen, in his defence, denied altogether the charge of assault, and added that the policeman had been in the house for an hour and a half drinking before the occur rence took place. Thomas Cobb was then called as a witness, and he stated that he was in the tap-room of the Pilot public house on the night in question ; and about a quarter past nine o'clock the policeman Smith came in, and he drank with witness and several other people in the tap-room, and he stayed in the house for an hour and a half. A dispute at length arose about the rowing, and some one shoved Allen against the constable, and h e was pushed out of the house ; and Allen asked him why he did not do his duty. The policeman then drew out his cutlass, and made a thrust at him, and all the per sons who were there called out " Shame." The CHAIRMAN, upon this evidence being given, ad dressed the constable, and asked him whether he had any observations to offer to the Bench respecting it ? He declared that the statement was false, and that he was not in the house at any time, except when he heard the cry of murder, and he denied positively hav ing drank there. Thomas William Platten, a person who was with the last witness at the house in question, confirmed his ►testimony as to the policeman having come into the public-house, and remained there drinking an hour and a half. The constable, however, still persisted that the charge was untrue, and the Magistrates upon inquiry, having ascertained that there were other persons who could give evidence u'on the point, the Chairman said that the question was one of great importance to the public, and he thought the matter ought to be dully investi gated. He, therefore , suggested that all the persons who were referred to should be sent for. The case was accordingly adjourned for a short time, when another witness named Thomas Stevenson, who gave his evidence with considerable reluctance, was examined, and he also stated that a policeman was in the tap-room drinking for some time on the night in question, but he could not, or would not, identify Smith as being the same man. The niece of Mrs. Turner and the servant were also examined, but their evidence was not material. John William Peck was then examined on behalf of the defendant, and he swore that he was well ac quainted with the person of Smith the officer, and on the night in question he was drinking in the Pilot, and he saw him there drinking with several persons for above an hour and a half. During the time he was there it began to rain, and the policeman went out for a short time, and when he returned they asked him what he went for, and he said that as it rained the ser geant would feel his coat, and if he found it dry he would think he had been neglectin g his duty, and ho had go ne out to get hi s coat wet to deceive him. The defendant Allen being asked if he had any thing further to say, replied, that he denied having com mitted any assault upon the policeman, and declared that he drew his cutlass, and threatened to strike hi:n, and that caused all the disturbance. The Magistrates then retired, and returned into Court in about twenty minutes, and the Chairman then said that the Bench had come to the decision of dis missing the charge against Allen, on the ground that they could not believe what was said by the policeman, who they thought had grossly misconducted himself. He had made himself amenable to the law by the gross perjury h e had committed, and although they did not feel themselves called upon to set the law in motion, they should direct that copies of all the depositions that had been taken should be forwarded to the Commis sioners of Police, in order that they might determine what further steps should be taken in the matter. The warrant against Allen was then discharged. COURT OF REQUESTS. TOWER HAMLETS. A MISTAKE—EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY,—" 'in takes will happen in the best regulated families," so says the adage, and it was a trifling " mistake' that brought Mrs. Caroline Gibbs, a dumpy pug-nosed woman, be. fore the Commissioners of this Court, as plaintiff against a tall Whitechapel baker, relative to a certain pigeon pie. " It was all a mistake, mum," said the tall baker, " and I don't mind standing half-a-crown to stash it." " If I do I'll never open my mouth again," said Mrs. Gibbs decisively. " I rayther think it was only weal, and 'am mum,''' said the baker persuasively. Mrs. Gibbs—lt was a pigeon pie, and you knows it well enough, ye swindling CommtssioNLt—We eitn't allow this. What is all this about the pigeon pie ? " He stole my pie, Sir, and he kncws he did," ex claimed Mrs. Gibbs, passionately. COMMISSIONER—Perhaps you will tell us the story Mrs. Gibbs, for we don't know much about it at present, " Worry good, Sir," said:Mrs. Gibbs, " I'm a wuman as always speaks my mind afore everybody. You must understand, Sir, that my little Billy, which is as nice as little fellow as ever lived—" COMMISSIONER—Never mind little Billy, but tell us about the pigeon pie. Mrs. Gibbs—l'm jist a coming to it, Sir; but as I was a saying, my little Billy was four years old last Monday. COMMISSIONER-1 have told you before, that I%e don't want to hear anything about Billy. Mrs. Gibbs—My God, Sir, how you flurries me ; I shall never come to the pint. COMMISSIONER—I don't think you will, indeed ; but go on your own way, it's useless endeavouring to con trol a woman's tongue. Mrs. Gibbs—Well, Sir, as it was Billy's birth-day, I invited a few friends to dine with me, and made a werry nice pigeon pie to treat them with, but when I sent for it from the baker's, they brought me one made of beef-steaks, as hard as a stool leg ; now, what do you think of that ? COMMISSIONER—It was rather a disappointment, but I suppose it was all a mistake. Gibbs—Never mind, I aint a going to pay for other people's mistakes. COMMISSIONER—WeII, didn't he offer to make you some recompense for it ? Mrs. Gibbs—Yes, half-a-crown ; and I don't mean to take less than 4s. Pigeons is werry scam: jist now, Sir. COMMISSIONER—Now, Sir, what have you to say about this pigeon pie ? Baker—lt worn't pigeon at all, Sir, nuthink more more nor weal an"am, I'll take me oath. Mrs. Gibbs—Oh, you willin, didn't I stick two of the pi g eons' feet outside, jist that I should know it ? Baker—Never see'd 'em, mum, upon my soul. Mrs. Gibbs—Ah, its werry convenient to be blind sometimes. COMMISSIONER—WeII, we have no evidence to the facts ; have either of you a witness ? Mrs. Gibbs—Yes, Sir, here's my gal Betsy. " Betsy," a slip-shod gill, was then called, who de clared that her " missus" made a pigeon pie on the day in question, but the baker sent her a beef-steak pie. The tall baker, not being able to disprove this, said he would admit that there had been a slight mistake in regard to the pigeon pie ; but Mrs. Gibbs had had an other instead, so it was only an exchange, and ex change was no robbery. ' The COURT, after a short consultation, adjudge,' him to pay the sum claimed. BOROUGH COURT of REQUESTS. TIM HOGAN'S GHOST.—Superstition is sometimes rather ludicrously displayed in the lower class of the Irish, as was shown in the case of " Carney against O'Brien," which came on for adjudication before the Commissioners of this Court. Jerry Carney sum moned Terence O'Brien for the sum of 45., the al leged value of certain articles of crockery, belonging to Carney, which Terence had demolished while under the joint influence of " dhrops" of the " crathur," and the fear of Tim Hogan's ghost. " Plaze yer holy riverence," said Jerry, " I'm a poor widdy man wid four blessed childer iv me own, God help me, and it is not the likes iv meself that can afford to have me property murthered intirely by a blaggard spalpeen, like that same O'Brien, which same is a grate villin. COMMISSIONER—My good man, I don't understand you—how has he murdered your property, as you term it ? Jerry—Sure he bruk me baking dish widout min tioning, and the whole of my tay things. COMMISSIONER-What could be his motive for de stroying these articles? Jerry—Whin a man's tuk more arink thin he can carry &cent, thin he's mighty mischievous. COMMISSIoNER—You must enter a little more into the particulars, for I really don't understand the affair at present. _ _ _ Jerry proceeded to detail to the Court an account of the matter, from whence it would appear that they were both knights of the " had," and up to a very recent period were on good terms with each other. Jerry, as he described himself, was a " widdy," or, more pro perly speaking, a widower, and occupied apartments in a house that had formerly been tenanted by one Tim Hogan, an Irish hodman, who some twelve months since died there, owing to some injuries he sustained in a " shindy" or faction fight, and the superstition of the inhabitants of the court had raised a report that owing to some foul play Tim's ghost was in the habit of paying nocturnal visits to his old quarters, much to the discomfiture of its present occupiers. The defendant, it seemed, paid Jerry, the plaintiff, a visit, and by dint of certain noggins of whisky, got intoa state that would have rendered him a fit subject for the renowned Father Mathew to take in hand. As he was descending the stairs, no doubt seeing double at the time, his morbid imagination conjured up the spectre of Tim Hogan, hod and all, in the act of ascending a ladder. Terence roared with affright, and from the effects of the afore said noggins of whisky, and his alarm at the ghost's presence, stumbled against a shelf which contained all Jerry's crockeryware, and the result of this collision was the destruction of divers items, amounting in value to 43. COMMISSIONEn—WeII, what have you to say about this? Defendant—Yer Wurtchup, it's not a thrifle ud be frightening the likes iv Terry O'Brien, but whin ye kim to have to dale wid a ghost, surely its another thing intirely it is. A man towld us poor Tim's ghost would " hant" the place, bekase it wasn't a lair fight ; Mike Connor sthruck him whin he was down. The COMMISSIONER, after some sapient sayings about the superstition of Popery, adjudged the defen dant to pay the sum claimed in a fortnight. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of August 25.) SUGIAII.—For British Plantation there has been an ex cellent demand during the past week, both from grocers and refiners ; the purchases for the three market days have amounted to the large quantity of 1,800 hogsheads and tierces at an advance on former rates of 6d for fine yelloor, and Is for brown and middling yellow descriptions ; brown Berbice has fetched Ells ; Jamaica SSik, middling grey and yellow 83s to 85a, St. Kitts and Antigua good and fine yellow 86s to 875., and under 80s nothing of dry brown quality was disposed of ; several vessels have arrived since this day week, yet the quantity received does not exceed that of lgst year during the same time. The accounts from the West Indies being of an unfa vourable nature, particularly from Jamaica, which together with the increased deficiency in the comparative stocks here caused holders of Brit. Plantation to require advanced rates to-day, the trade were also desirous to purchase, and a good demand existed for both brown and yellow descriptions, from grocers as well as refiners ; the sales amounted to 800 hhds and tierces, and the rates paid were 6d above those of Friday, prices closed as follows, brown 801 to 82s. low and midd yellow 82s 6d to 84s, good and fine 85s to 87s 6d per cwt ; there was no public sale. IZEFINED.-To day the grocers purchased freely of re fined Goods, but no advance in prices can be quoted ; standard lumps are held firmly, at 108 s per owl. Treacle was in good request, common at 41s, patent 42s to 435, best old make, and golden syrup at 44s to 465. Pieces and Bastards were taken freely, fine qualities of the former realized 84s to 86s, and ordinary sorts of the latter 76s to 78s. The demand is limited for Bonded Crushed, and small sales have been made at 335. Loaves move off slowly at 37s to 395 for 10 and 14Ibs. NlAuatrws.—A good many parcels have been disposed of privately at higher rates ; 4,000 bags at public sale met with ready buyers, and at prices is above those of the last auction for brown and 6d for yellow elescriptions, low to fine brown went at 77s to 815, low yellow 81s 6 , 1 to 82s, middling to good middling 83s to 84s 6d, good and fine 853 to 87s 6d, low grey 803 per cwt.: EAST INntA,___This afternoon 1,273 bags Bengal and 1,036 cases 892 bags 31 pipes Manilla were offered at pub lic sale, the former went with much animation at an ad vance of is per cwt, low mid white fetched 84s to 84s 61, midd 85s to 85s 6d, good 86s, fine 89s, goad yellow 83s, washed and damp 82s 61 to 843 per cwt, the latter was a low parcel in bad condition, being damped and washed, it sold at full rates, viz. at 163 to 24s per cwt; the whole was disposed of. PotaticsN.—White ilavannah, at full prices, viz. at 35s to 37s for middling and good of excellent colour, the da maged sold at reduced rates, low soft went at 27$ 6d to 295, rather better 30s, good 31s 6d ; since the sales however 40 boxes of the sound have been sold at 375, and e 0 boxes at 36s Gd for good quality ; low and middling quality at 34s Gd for St. Petcrsburgh, the seller paying the Sound dues. Yellow is held firmly lor previous rates. The operations have been confined to a public sale of 150 boxes, which went at 22s Gd to 23s Gd for low and middling, 24s Gd fo good quality, and a floating cargo of 2,000 , boxes for this port at 25s for very go 3 d quality. For both white and brown descriptions of Brazil previous rates are asked. Bahia middling white at 26s 6d, yellow 22s 6i, soft grey 243 per cwt, being full prices. COFFEE.—The British Plantation market has presented a tranquil appearance since last Tuesday, and the opera tions in clean descriptions have been on a small scale, former rates, however, have been supported ; unclean kinds have been neglected, and there are sellers on lower , _~ EVENING EDITION., terms : at the public sales, consistina . of 243 casks 239 barrels and bags chiefly Jamaica, the trade showed little= inclination to purchase, and a small part only was disposei of, but the merchaats displayed firmness, and forn or rate; were supported. Tins afternoon there was little desire evinced on the part of the home trade to purchase Coffee by private coa treat, holders however were not disposed to s u,rait to lower rates for either East or West India. The public sales consisted of 1,200 bags Ceylon, 110 casks 60 brla ba g a British Plantation, 546 bass 130 bales Mocha, 163 Brazil, and 64 bags Coffee from the Cape, for the Ceylon holders would not submit to lower rates, and bought in 1,000 bags at 88s for good ord pale and yellow, only 8 55 was offered ; the remainder consisted of good ordinary, and sold at 87s, being Is tinder former rates. The British Plantation being unclean was n early al taken in at lower rates, viz. low middling and middling Berbice at 83s to 1005, Jamaica flue ordinary 82s to B‘ 3, Cape Coffee sold at 47s 6d to 50s for good ordinary St' Domingo. Brazil went at 405 to 41s for good ordinary, being rather cheaper. Mocha was partly sold at 905 to 92s for ungarbled much mixed with pods. Cocoa.—This afternoon 30 Ms Grenada at public ale sold at 48a 6d to 50a for good middling red, being re lower. INDIGO.—To-day the market was quiet, but prices We ll firm ; 5,300 chests being advertised for the neat quarterli. sale, which takes place on the sth of October, cau sea buyers to operate cautiously; about 1,000 chests of th e above are old goods. OILS.—For common Fish Oils prices have further jul‘d I roved 10s to 20s per tun ; privately large sales inQll CO have been made at 301; Pale Seal 331 lOs to 34/, snd brown 281 lOs to 321; Southern, low to fine quai. 26/ to 291; at public sale 240 tuns of the latter went ° with spirit, first sort at 281 10a to 291, second do 271 154 to 28155, third do 26/10a to 27/ lOs, black 25/ to 25/ 1 05 1 200 tuns are declared for auction. Buyers of Pale Sea for arrival at 32/ 15s to 33/, but no sellers thereat. Spai n ,' first quality at 971 lOs to 981; Headmatter, fine quality t° 4' 1001; inferior at 96/ per tun. For Linseed Oil 29s 6d 30s paid on the spot, and 31$ for delivery. Rape has If J ' proved to 40s 6d to 41s for pale, and 39s 6d to 403 la brown. East India Cocoa Nut at 42s for good quality. Palm at 37/ per ton. East India Teal Seed Oil at 31° to 393 Gd per cwt. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—J a maica Ruin b a g : maintained its former value. F or L eewar d s prices b a '; given way Id for com mon sor t s , goo d qua lities b av f ; brought previous rates ; the sales have been 250 puns Prr s at 3s 7d to 3s 74d, 2 per cent over proof 3s to 3 over 3s 9d to Os 10d, 6 to 12 over 3s mid to For Brandy holders are not inclined to submit to We' rates : we quote Cognac brands of the vintage of 1 836 4 5 in hhds Os Id to tis 2d, puns 4s lld to ss, 1837 bb d9 j s lid to ss, puns 4s 9d to 41 10d, 1838 hhds 4s 9d t°, 10d, puns 4s 7d to 4s 83, 1839 puns and hhds 4s 4 , a t ; 4s Gd. Geneva for export at 2s to 9 s Id. British Li ar - Spirits at lOs 3d per gallon. To-day proof leewards were not obtainable under 3 3 I per gallon, Brandy at the rates quoted above. SticEs.--For Cassia Lignea 76s to 77s offered for le rd parcels of low middling, and middling quality, but holder will not sell under 78s to 80s. es Nutmegs continue in good request, and folmer cat ch have been fully supported. At auction 36 pkgs. fair Dt t i , o fetched 3s Gd to 3s 8d ; Cinnamon has been ta's,`ir sparingly at former rates. Cloves have been sold to ; La; extent at stiff prices; sales of common Bourbon ma de lld per lb. This afternoon Pimento sold at 3id to 3d for midd lirlf quTALLOality, being i orßussian Tallow there has been a le u t h Letter demand on the spot since our last report ,h 5g Chandlers and Soapmakers have purchased largely. PC of the advanced rates of 52s 6d to 52s 9d for P. Y. s first quality. For delivery in the last three montbsoge 523 9d; South American at 44s to 505 for low t 0 c, quality. This afternoon prices were steady for P. at h2s 3d to 52s 6d on the spot and to arrive. a blY TRA.—The demand for Free Trade has conside r abated since this day week, several holders have been c 0 sa pelled to accept 2s 3d for common Twankay and 2 ' 3 l a st to 2s 3d for ordinary Congou, being a reduction au c v e Tuesday's rates of ; ) 2 -d to ?d per lb. In the specula 'll,, market Company's Congou has fallen Id to 14 pee d 5 t small sales tor, cash having been made at 25-3 d an 2s 30 to 2s 4d with prompts. Coin' Yesterday a good many psychoses were made i n al i pang's Congou at 2s 31c1 for cash, and 2s 3Ad to 2 ' with short prompts. In free trade prices were firin• of This afternoon the market closed quiet for all sortgoov Tea, but In prices no further vari a ti o n occurred. C „ d t o mon Congou and Twankay for cash left off at 25 to 2s 31d money. Company's Cong ou dull, at 2s 3" 2s 34d cash. IficE.—For Java former rates have been Bengal has met with a dull sale and prices have a Id to ward tendency, low to good middling white at 1, 2 ' mi n g 133 Gd, gond and fine 14s to 14s 6d per cwt. L' ar " at 34s to 36s per cwt. a wh ite This afternoon Bengal taken in at 145 for goo 12 , 6d being its full value, good mid white Bengal at per cwt. . par- MOLASSES.—West India at rather higher re Ant i g ua badoes of fine quality 46a to 475, mid 445, ge e no , c wt. 455, Dominica good 44s to 455, St. Vincent's 4 35 r maiatainewdo! IRISH MAR DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for ,KETS. he A U , t .'' WEEK ending ,- °T. From To A u v . e" 21r i 976 Wheat,per barrel .iet stone 21 6 39 u :^) 71S Bere .._...... ...... .. 16 sto - te ll 0 12 0 I 1 5 0 Barley 1,129 Oats '4 stone l4 6 19 0 16 1 41 Flour, per cwt... 14 stone — 0 0 - 0 833 Oatmeal —........ 8 stone IG 6 18 0 17 3 Sold to Bakers only. 9,618 Cwt. F10ur..... .......... ....... Average price Jf ihl)e,o. and 'lour 60, 4d, per sack Faits. from 21s. Od to '2l's 04 Receipts of Flour, 9 268 seconcis ....... from 15s, id. to 23 , ~° 1 Sales of Do. 9,61,4 .4-•- .1 rords .........from 9s. Od. to 1:11 ,' PRICK 01 Bag n. Quarterr. Loaf CORK MARKETS...Aug. ` - '2. gd Wheat (per 205t.)17s lid. t 0324. 011 Oats (per list. .. 13 .6d. to if • 0 Barley (per 165t.)12 0 13 I) 'Flour (per cwt ),..,6 11 ' 24 Oatmeal (per cwt.)... ...... Od. to 16s Pd. 4d. to 7d.—Mutton, sd. to Bd.—Veal, -Id to fd Pork, 41d. to sd..—Fresh Butte), 10d. to lid per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. ..... *" so To the C. 08,2101: y 3 rl. 91 11111.4........• . • 77 87 •••••••••••••••••••••••• •• 7 1 84 -.069 First Quality... ........ second Third ............ ....... .o••••• Fourth ' Fifth Sixth 80 ..... 5 3 61 ..... ..... CLONSIELL MA lIKETS,Aug. `-'2. d, Per l wt, s ds, . 0 " s. d. I. d. • t , IC . 0 Kew Butter ...... , oto 90 11 Hides (raw).......... - °, c 40 0 °atm. , 12 0 12 3 B acot' P,g5.... ....... .: 3 ° ~ ..-- Rendered Lard 0 52 9 t1ezd5..............0.23 J 0 9 Per Bat. 0 0 .... ?lour, Second ..- 0 44 i , ll' 10ur,11urda....... - *" 0 —Household., 0 42 01-- luunns..... 22 0 Per Barrel. ~ u 14 0 ..... aapesem. a; 0 0 I Barley ........ ....... *‘' 0 Bore 8 4 10 0 1 CA4Is ................... 6l KILKENNY MA RKETS. Os. DI to A 6 -Wl:eat,per barrel)3or. Od.to 37e. Od. 'beet 'l,er 11-...... 0 5 1 Bar .ey . 0 9 0 0 2:2 0 51t.ttca ............ ~ 4 0 1 tints Nll 14 6 Pork ......... ......• " 4 , 6 , 0 Flour (p,er bag) 1)1; 0 40 0 Ve& .....,...". -... '',l 0 'lO 0 4 Butter (per ewt.),,,90 0 9,i. 0 i. , rcs.O Butter ....- 6 Bacon Pigs Coals 35 0 36 0 Saa Ditto „........ 0 g U ' 1 0 1 2 Potatoes (per st.) ;" _ _I, A girl, named M'Geacliic, a fish retailer, present in c u st o dy on a ser i ous c h arge of having beeri rel9i.. strumental in causing the death of a Mrs. 13un te ,, n ,: el da/ dent in Argyle-street. It appears that, on We" ; " n t bu - afternoon, the girl M‘Geachic was hawking fis h . 1 .- 1 land in which Mrs. Bunten resided, and that she c5..e,. /v o her door, when an altercation took place relatire to su or , coppers which she alleged was owing her for fish cl a a ss id , met. occasion. The gi r l resor t e d t o bl o ws. and, it ' - it h * struck Mrs. Bunten a severe blow on the head s kull oaf weight or other he av y su b stance , b y w hi c h her fractured, in consequence of which she died on Th ur a nd evening. M'Geachie has sustained an examination' been commuted to gaol.—Glasyouy Argus. THE LATE MURDER AT LEEDS.--`" -r g-coi Tv jesty's free pardon is offered to the accomplice or arty who will give informa , ion as to the actual Pir i `' t his whom William Re‘nolds Rother was murtlere d eh :GO' town a few weeks ago. It was expected that `,""„; nal vernrnent would have offered a reward, but this has done. PATENT LEVER WA T CI4 6 ° 6 With silver dtmble.bottom cases ....................••• g iti With silver hunting cases .......................... .••••• o n n hic- This celebrated construction (tr.e most accurate ii „proc e a watch can be made) is now °fret-A, with the late' t , hole" rnents e. the detached escaper:,,mt, jewelled in '_ ° rit i mai% capped, hand to mark the seconds, ;lard enamel dial. 300 above taming power to continue going winding 13 1 ), at h t t ' S pri A ce nb i° printed warranty is gi ve n, w ith fixed terms , °n Watches will always receive any attention needed. T. COX SAVORY, d oor l Watchmaker, Sil ver an d Goldsmi,,a, 47, Cornhill ( Sev° from Gracechurch-street), Lontion• N.l3.—Second-hand W atc h es purchased in exchat__,-- BIRTH'S. the 431 On the 16th ult., a t Flat -rock, fC. North Caroli na, of W. Young, Esq., o f a son . k dy o At No. 13, Grove-road, S t. J ohn ' s-woo d, the '— Ellis, Esq., of Stanwell, of a son. Guil dfolll . On the 22d inst., the lady of D r , S per gin, of 14 1°. street, of a daughter. On the ‘.l3d inst., in Guiliford-stre e t, Russell-W ere' James P Beg lucknett, of a son. , A o f the On tho 25th inst., at Cadogan-pla ce , the tauYme R. Burgess, of a daughter Itt li If; D. joseP b On the 24th inst., at Wineheomb, Glocestershire, isiiogi Brown, Esq., of the Middle Temple and Bedford -T(0 g,, e ton, to Mary, second daughter of the late W. Str.ith, ellr n ' the same place. 1.10- ' On the 25th inst., at 13rompton Church, Joilo • Esq., of Vine House, Old Broropton, to Margaret Sr 3 e: daughter of Robert Baxter, Esq., of Bror.ipton-s o r t qua_ Mere' A On the 25th inst., at Burghclere, - Henry to ri p rier wether, of Whitehall-place, an d Cast)efield, ija n t °. eldest daughter of Sir James Fellow es , o f Adbury lwr I D I E D : LP - FridaY odr On the 18th inst., Walter Henry, aged 4, on t he ` 2 7 1 , 21st, George Frederick, aged 8, and on SaturriaP en of '' Alfred James, aged 2, the three sons and only c hildr d, St' Simmons, Esq., surgeon, of Tonbiidge-place, N ew.r°l Pancras. Da l ‘ er On the 16th inst., at Bo urnemou th, the Re v. F. of Wily, NI ilts, aged 67. J 111 03) : . ( On the 23d inst., at Henley-on-Thames, Mr . - , i ', l3 ,uht e " ° On the 24th inst., Miss Jessie Grant," youngest `-- thesolnattLh! the 24th . in G st r . a , nt ß , .of j. Cr isi u u te m b e e s d , fri t y s s q : , L o o f n G d o r n o . ve . c reg erit ' Cam At berwell. Yozford, Suffolk, Juliana Probyn, relict of the Be g ' Prebyn, of Longhope, Glocestershire. Wirid c ` aill. On the 25th inst., Sarah, wife of R. Gray, Es t i' place, Camberwell, aged 83. c DeW 4ri On the 22d inst., Caroline Cecilia, and Eldest daughter of the late Rev. Dr, -Nicholas, °L .ler, k :(l.' On the 22d inst., Winifred, the wife of Joseph TAY , ef of Fountain -terrace, CambArwell-grove. ,_: ni Vii. 1 wife of Mr- --:: Do i n g. On the 224 inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. G. J" Peckham, Surrey. (l i , v ff'sfle'rifier",ll.7l.9:( V• 0. London : P r i n t e d and Published '#), Al int 1) () s wot 0 ° No. 112, Strand, at The S' n Oriire, I\o. IL? , . ~40. the county of Middlesex. —Wednesday, August 21° ' `..—