The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-15 00:00:00

SANITARY CONDITION of MARY LEBONE. On Saturday an unusually full meeting of the vestry of St. Marylebone took place at the Court house, for the purpose of receiving the report from the committee appointed to inspect and report on the sanitary condition of this vast district of the metro polis. Mr. J. F. Stanford having been called to the chair, Mr. SCAICE, the parish surveyor, read the report, of which the following are the most important ex tracts : " Your committee find that in the highway dis tricts there are several roads which, from various causes, as the want of proper sewage, &c., have not as yet been taken to by the vestry, and are consequently not reptlred or lighted. Your committee recommend that application be made to his Grace the Duke of Portland and Colonel Eyre, the freeholders of this (listrict, to put all the roads on their respective estates into proper condition forthwith to be taken to as parish roads, under the provision of 3 George-IV., chapter 84, section 26." After at very great length entering into details as to the crowded and filthy conditiOn of the houses in the vicinity of Marylebone Police-court, and other dis tricts of the parish, the report proceeds : " The demoralising influence of so many persons of both. sexes being under the necessity of so congregat ing cannot be too severely animadverted upon. - your committee recommend, in order to produce uniformity of cleansing, lighting, paving, and rating, and (or the purpose of placing every court, alley, and place in-the parish under the direct control of the vestry, that committees of survey be forthwith ap pointed to view all the places enumerated in Appendix 1, in order that. all may partake of the benefits of general superintendence, and to compel the landlords, where necessary, to the performance of their duty in this important particular, which, they regret to say, has been , in many instances greatly neglected, and which requires, therefore, to be legally enforced. " The report on the subject of nuisances recom mends immediate steps to be taken for the-removal of furniture, and. other goads -.exposed for sale on , the pavement of the thoroughfares, - and the removal of slaughter-houses and melting-houses, which frequently render the air of an entire neighbourhood unwhole some. :" Your committee report that in several cases dur ing their inspection, they ascertained that swine were kept, to the manifest nuisance and injury of the neighbouring inhabitants. Your committee directed the surveyor to take the necessary proceedings for the removal of the same, and your committee recom mend that printed notices be served upon all persons sio offending ; and if the swine are not removed within seven days from such notice that legal proceedings be instituted against the offending parties, and that it he the duty of the beadles, from time to time, to endea vour to ascertain if swine are kept, and to report the same in their weekly report boOks ; and the vestry are recommender' to rig idly carry into e ff ect the powers vested in them by Pcirliament to put down this evil. "Your committee find in many places through the parish accumulations of dust in the yards and cellars of the houses, and there is very general com plaint of the dustmen refusing to remove the same unless they are paid for so doing. Your committee find that this nuisance of the accumulation of dust, exilted to a much greater extent until within these last few months, when, from the circumstance of the vestry having taken the slopping of the parish into their own hands, the contractors have be come alarmed lest the vestry should also take upon them the removal of the dust, and have become more attentive, but the exactions still continue. Your committee are of opinion that this practice should be suppressed by the vestry. " Yonr committee regret to be under the necessity of remarking that there appears to be generally great indifference on the parts of landlords of houses to the wants or co - infests of the poor, most of the premises in the occuoation of the poor being badly drained and ventilated, very dirty, and no attention paid to cleansing or repair. In many cases the basements are so dark as to require candles to descend to the ground floor, there being as few windows as possible, no openings .aver area doors, as such openings, even unglazed, would subject the owners of the house to the window- tax, the law, to avoid the tax, requiring that the passage should be absolutely dark ; the con veniences, in, many cases only one for several houses, , and where there is one to each house it is generally much neglected. In many parts of the districts, as maybe seen b.y reference to the notes of the inspec tors, as in Gee's -court, Barratt's-court, Gray's-build ings, and Calinel-buildings, the privies of the houses are in a most i'oul and offensive state, in many cases the tops of these pla ces b e i ng removed, or where they remain, the seats, floors, and passages are covered wiGh filth, :Your committee, in reference to the pri vies in foul condition, and other nuisances contained in the notes of the daily inspection of the whole of the district committees, recommend that the -provi sions of the Act of Parliament 9th and 10th Victoria, chapter 96, he forthwith had recourse to for the abatement of the nuisances. (.! continuing taeir researches into the sanitary con dition of the districts, and turning to those subjects the management (if which the Legislature has placed in other hands, your committee approach a subject of theaitmost impsr tance in a sanitary point of view, but over Which the. parishioners have no control what everl viz.;- firstly ' - the sewage of the parish. They regret that while they _have through the pariih sur- veyor obtained now for the first time a complete know ledge of the state of the sewage of this great parish, they, are compelled: to declare that it is manifestly in sufficient for the wets of the locality, no fewer than 280 streets and waiyi in the parish being wholly with outproper sewage,.and a great portion of the remainder defective or incomplete. Every person who has at all considered the subject must be aware that the forma tion of cesspools underneath and contiguous to inhabited houses, ;es a fearful source of sickness and disease; and vet the formation of these noxious depositories of filth has been for a long series of years absolutely forced upon the public by the absurd prac - ticeon the part of the Sewer Commissioners of pre venting any, drain from a privy being laid into a sewer; of late, h oviever, and since the evil has caused a frightful amnion) ation, the Commissioners themselves are loud in their , condemnation of cesspools, and eves solicit that the drains may 'be laid into the sewer. Against the condnct of these irresponsible parties the vestry have repeatedly and ineffectually protested. " They recommend that application be immediately made to reduce their numbers, and to trap the remainder ; and that, if more ventilation to the sewers be required, this he obtained from the crown of the arch in the roiedway, and not in the immediate proximity of the houses. " Another evil of the most fearful character in sanitary point of view is the water monopoly; and yourcommittee - regards the monopoly as essentially different from all other on account of its vast import ance as an absolute necessary of life. Opposed alike to alrnioilopolies, and anxious to procure for the rate payers s supplies, whether of gas or water, at the cheapest yate, aa,d of the most excellent quality, still *hey feel that in. the matter of lighting, the rate payers having the choice of candles, naphtha, oil, camphine, Sec., are not necessarily at the mercy of the gas companies. But, as regards the supply of water, there is no choice ; the rate-payers are com pelled to submit to all the exactions of the water companies, and are entirely debarred from obtaining any other supply. The West Middlese x Company, in particular, wlao brought their water into the parish under the express pretence of defeating monopoly, of giving a cheaper and a purer supply, after a few years entered into an agreement with the other companies, parcelled out the metropolis into districts, and placed the whole community at the mercy of this great monopoly, both as regards supply and price. "Your committee are convinced that a matter of so much public is nportance should not be left at the mercy o f any coaninercial company, but that a control for publi c purposes should he exercised by the go verning bodies duly elected in every locality in the metropolis. `" The attenyon been stree t of the aggregate committee has recent insi:Ui" rail" to this circumstance during their water e en., from observing that the supply of as re arils public health and comfort, forms ineCkernnpts7l9.alveinlyden? public of the companies' arrange- V-priesecantnnot while the law remains constituted as profit being of course the ruling object of the seveiar they have found in most lolrnaTa'nies. For instance, buildings for example) the, su i l ttes r : fr gt. o y f o t r he Nvate r is laid on \say in Gray's .house, the ape in the depth of the area in ro a c h to which (owing to the window-tax) is through a dark passage, while the prix 1t is in the back yard, as far as possible frooa the supply of water, no drains ru ening through the houses, and the r ' no water to cl mime them; the filth accumulate:e is the cesspools trad drains, while the ordinary waste, water, which r night otherwise be turned to go o d ac . count in cleans ang the drains, runs direct into the ae wer, and no l or tion of it through the drains. "In addition tc, the defective supply doled out t o the parishioners, at an enormous charge, there are forty-nine public street pumps in the parish, erected by the vestry, ra lintained at an annual expense of 2601. Your tarn rnittee bg . to suggest that it would be highly di tsitwai ble that parochial or district boards, elected by thee rar tepayers, s hould be empowered by the Legi s l a t e re e ither to contract for the supply of water, or, if necessary, to supply it themselves to the sever a l di stride, e, the expense to be levied by a general rate. • • Under l e head of lighting, and in condexion with the exti ems importance of the subject, as re • in Bards alt atte pts at sanitary improvement, your COM- Init Ue eanno t but call on the vestry most strenuously to urge once more upon the consideration of the Go vernment an el th e Legislature the absolute necessity, if there bet ns zytlx ing like sincerity on the part of the proposer/ . of sanii :try measures, of repealing that most THE SUN,.LONDON, MONDAY unjust and unequal and obnoxious tax which places a heavy penalty on the formation of a. 1 l openings for the admission of light and air, the fi ge 'admission of which is indispensible to the mainten of health. So long as the window tax continues render the habitations of all classes, and of the ial :pcc se especially, gloomy, fetid, and impure, no attempts ai . Art pa ith remedy of minor evils can be attendea ' success. The remedy of this crying grievance .' g . 8 ° simple, and so completely within the power of th,. 4 Legislature, that its continuance can only be regarded as a convincing proof of indifference to the most ob vious and practical means of carrying out real mea sures of sanitary reform. " Interment in towns has engaged the serious at tention of your, committee, and they have come to the conclusion, notwithstanding all that may be urged in its behalf, in connexion chiefly with the wishes and feelings of surviving relatives, that the health of the living must be considered in conjunction with the in violability and sacred duty of the interment of the dead, and that the present practice is too highly detri mental to the health of the surrounding neighbour hood to be permitted to continue under a prudent system of sanitary regulations. They trust that means may be devised of putting an end to the prac tice, and of gradually closing the present graveyards, without outrage to the feelings of those whose rela tives have been deposited within them ; and of con ducting funerals at a distance from the metropolis, decently and respectably, with little or no addition to the present cost. " There is also another, and in the case of this parish in particular, a most important element in the . calculation, which it is impossible for those who have taken a part in the administration of the poor-laws to overlook, viz., the immigration of pau pers from Ireland and from the country districts, bringing with them the seeds of disease and death, already sown by the misery and want which drive them, frequently almost in multitudes, to seek refuge in the metropolis, and whose deaths make a grievous addition to the due and proper average, which it cannot, be pretended that any sanitary regulations in Marylebane would prevent. "In making these observations your committee have no wish to deny or to abate the value of proper sanitary regulations ; on the contrary; they are most anxious to recommend and to adopt them in every possible way. They only wish to guard against the error of enthusiasm or of design, which would sup pose it possible that such regulations can obviate the effects of crowded cities, of unhealthy labour, of dis • sipation, and of want, in the propagation of disease and in the hastening of death. "In the meantime they are firmly of opinion that representative and freely-elected bodies, properly con stituted under the sanction of Acts of Parliament, and armed by the Legislature with sufficient power, are capable, not only of carrying out, but of per forming in the most efficient and constitutional man ner everything possible, and which ought to be done, in the way of sanitary regulation, as a means, and a most important one, of improving the condition of the town population ; and it is with the view of contri buting to that very important end that they submit this report to the serious consideration of the vestry of Marylebone. (Signed) " GEORGE DANIELL, Chairman, " And by the whole of the Committee." Mr., G. DANIELL said he was requested as the organ of the committee, to move the adoption of this report forthwith, consequent on the close approach of the meeting of Parliament, by which, in all proba bility, at an early period, the question of sanitary re form would be discussed. He thought the report would clearly prove the fact that so far as the local authorities had control, sanitary improvement had been efficiently carried out, and it also showed that if extended powers, were given .to representative boards, like that vestry, there would be no complaints of mismanagement in that respect.—(Hear.) With regard to the question of sewage a startling fact had come out in the inquiry of the committee, namely, that there were nearly 300" street in blarylebone which had no sewers at all.—(Shame, shame.) This had been the effect of placing the power in the hands of an:irresponsible and self-elected body of commis • sioners, whereas if the matter had been placed in the hands of a representative body elected by the rate payers, there would have been as much improvement with respect to sewage as there had been in paving, lighting, and cleansing. 'Another most important fact had come out in the inquiry of the committee, namely, they had proved that the statement which emanated from Lord Morpeth, that Marylebone was the most unhealthy parish in the metropolis—that it was worse even than Whitechapel—was erroneous. Mr. HAKES seconded the resolution. Mr. H. C. WILSON supported the motion for adopt ing the report forthwith. Mr. W. , WILLiAms hardly thought that the vestry should be called upon to adopt so important a report from a mere reading. lie thought it desirable that it should be printed. • _ Mr. JOSEPH also thought this course necessary, and that there would be plenty of time, as it was not at all probable that the sanitary question would be touched by Parliament before the Christmas recess. He could, as a medical man, bear his testimony to the healthy condition of Marylehone, and particularly of the workhouse.—(Hear.) As a proof of this, only that morning an, old woman had died in the work house, after being there upWards of thirty years, at the age of 103.—(Hear.) Several other gentlemen expressed their earnest de sire that the report be printed, and ultimately Mr. G. DANIELL withdrew his motion for the adop tion of the report, and moved— " That the report be received and printed." This resolution was seconded and carried nem. con. Sir W. STIRLING, in eulogistic terms ; proposed— " That the thanks of the vestry be presented to Mr. G. Daniell and the gentlemen of the committee, for the immense service they have rendered to the parish in the performance of their laborious duties, and in furnishing so excellent a report. Mr. NICHOLAY seconded the resolution, which was put and carried unanimously ; and Mr. G. DANIELL, on the part of himself and the committee, acknowledged the compliment. The report of the committee, with reference to the question of the suppression of mendicancy in the me tropolis, was brought up and read, but its considera tion was deferred till Saturday next. The vestry, after some unimportant routine busi ness, separated. HAMBURGH and FLANDERS MAIL BRUSSELS, Nov. 10.—The average price of corn during the week ending Nov. 6 was—NV-:eat 21f. 45c., Rye 13f. 98c., being a rise on Wheat of 57c ., and a fall on Rye of 3c. VIENNA, Nov. 4.—ln the Bourse to-day the al ready depressed railway shares had a still greater downward tendency, and prices were given which we have not known for years. Towards the close they recovered a little, but there was almost imme diately a reaction, and at the close of the Bourse the exchange could be scarcely maintained. Added to the unfavourable accounts from London yesterday, the report was spread today, propagated in the first instance by the Ober Post Aniptr Zeitung, and which was of course false, that the Queen of Spain had been poisoned. Musica, Nov. 6.—Our corn market to day was well supplied, viz., 11,291 sheffels. The demand was great, and the sale rapid, so that only 30 sheffels of wheat and 84 sheffels of rye remained unsold. Hops were rather higher than last week. MATENCE.—. Both our export and import trade is increasing. The imports come from the Maine and go up the Rhine. The consumption of this place and the environs is supplied by our increas ing large Friday's markets. The average price of 1 wheat is 13fl. 18kr.; oats, 4fh 35kr. About three millions were actually paid here and in 'Worms on the 28th of October. We do not yet know what sum was paid in at Frankfort, Cologne, and Berlin. At all events, not more than a fourth part of the share holders have declined their payments and have left the company, forfeiting their already paid 20 per cent. It is therefore clear that the opposition will not triumph, and that the railway will be carried. The returned shares will, according to the statutes, be annulled, and will be put up to auction, or sold to new subscribers at 80 per cent. The vintage has commenced under unfavourable auspices. BRUSSELS, NOV. 10.—CFIAMBER. or REPREiENTA- , TIVES.—M. Zoude, President, in opening the Chem-- ber, said that he was called to fill. that chair by the privilege of seniority. He had the honour to be President of the Chamber by a title which, according , to modern ideas, would be repudiated ; for an age some what advanced was a motive for exclusion from the Legislative Chambers. Such, however, had not been the idea of the Congress when it doereed the institu tion of the Senate. He, however, congratulated the youngest among them, that they 'Night one day. enjoy the same privilege. The Chamber then pro ceeded to the nomination of the Committee for veri fying Committees,r the powers.. vibi ß c i the terms . of the regulation are b six in number, are each; composed o c c n se m ve it a te m e e h m members, who are chosen by lot. t'flkbhleoertfi,:secitoknredd,enatrQde, verifyF ze t i o oooi. the elections of the third, those of Mons, Atli, and Charleroy, and. San Nicolas ' Tourna a y r ; the fourth those of Ghent, Termonde, Soignies, Thuin, and Hug Liege, Yirviers, and W meet to. of liasselt, Tongres, MaeseyciZ ni a r al le fifth those the sixth those of Bastogne, B Antwerp and Ypres, and Dinant. The Chambers are io morrow at two o'clock. IlimnuaG tr, Nov. 9. COMNIRECIAL INTELLI••' GENCE.—The tone of the Bourse to-day Was Very; favourable, and money more abundant. Funds calm,; railway as the rail-; I s N h , a N re o s v firm B. w T i t h h e itt lle funds,b s a s i n ewel l ss way shares, maintain their former prices, though there; is not much business doing. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE COAST OF AFRICA SQUADRON. ;PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 13.—The Waterwitch, 8, Commander T. Francis Birch, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the west coast of Africa sta tion, where she had been engaged in the suppression of the slave trade, chiefly on the Kabenda station. She is last from the island of Ascension, which she left on the Ist ult., at which time the Tortoise store and guard-ship, aptain Hutton, was the only man of-war at the island. The Commodore Sir Charles HA , - stham, K.C.8., in the Penelope steam-frigate, was t mu at K Tebenda, together with the Heroi ne , 6, Com mander 26, Captain Manse], second in com mand,The o Win, n d ds was at egt. Paul de Loando at the above date, and had just previously taken a fine prize, with about 300 slaves on board. The Styx steam-sloop, Commander Chads, was off Congo; all well. The' Flying Fish, 12, Commander Dyke, had gone to St. Helena. The Hound, 10, Commander Wood, was off Cape Lopez ; all well. The Contest, 12, Commander M'Murdo, was off Mayumba Bay. The Ferret, 8, Commander Spigg, was off Banda Point. The Ranger, 6, Commander Anderson, had relieved the Flying Fish at Benguela. The Grappler iron steam sloop, Lieutenant Com mander Lysaught; the Bittern, 16, Commander Hope ; the Kingfisher, 12, Commander Horton ; the Devastation steam sloop, ommander R. C. Mitchell ; the Albratoss, 14, Commander Farquhar ; andethe Snap sloop victualling tender, were in the Bights; the latter had been armed with one of the Water witch's guns, and papers by the Commodore, and put upon the establishment of the slave cruizing squadron. The Philomel, 6, Commander W. C. Wood ; the Favourite, 18, Commander Murray; the Rolla, 6, Commander Ellicombe ; the Rapid, 10, Commander Dixon, were at the Gallinas, or on the Sierra Leone station. The Britomart, 10, Commander W. C. Chamber lain, on her passage from England, had not arrived upon the coast when the Waterwitch sailed. The Dart brigantine, Lieutenant Commander E. A. Glyn, had arrived at Ascension prior to the Water witch sailing thence, and had gone to report herself to the Commodore. The squadron generally was exceedingly healthy. The cruizers had been very fortunate in captures in the Bight. The Contest had taken two recently in those waters. Ascension was particularly healthy ; water and turtle were plentiful. The Waterwitch has been especially vigilant in the search and capture of slavers, of whom she has taken twelve, and 1,060 slaves on board of them. Lieutenant Payne, late of the Heroine, has come home by Admiralty order, and Lieutenant Carmichael from the Devastation, inva lided. The Waterwitch has been very healthy all the time she has been out, only having lost one man by sickness on board. She has proved hersellf a fast sailer and an excellent sea boat. Mr. White, of Cowes, bulk her, and she was a member of the first experimental brig squadron of 1844. She has gone to Sheerness to be paid off. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Rigge, sails this day for Lisbon with dispatches and supernumeraries for Sir Charles Napier, &c. Captain Bruce goes out in her to join the Queen, and Com mander Little to join the Caledonia. The Beretta Junior transport, Lieut. W. Thomas, agent, returned from Cowes to Spithead last evening. An accident having occurred on the Dover packet station, by which the Garland steam-vessel, Mr. Luke Smithett, Master Commanding, has been disabled, having been run into; the Undine steam yacht, Master Commanding George Allen, was ordered from this port to supply her place pro tem., and sailed yes terday at noon accordingly. The Sinbad lighter sailed yesterday with stores for the eastern yards. The Birkenhead steam transport, Commander A. H. Ingram, having at last, after seven weeks' labour, been refitted for service, sailed to-day for Plymouth, to be employed in the transport of troops. The Helena, 16, and the Frolic, 16, have been re moved from the basin, and the Prince Regent and the Retribution will be also removed as soon as the tides will admit, in order that the experiment of docking the Terrible may be tried. His Highness Prince Callimaki will accompany his Excellency Suleiman Pacha, Ottoman Ambassador at Paris, in a visit to this dockyard and the Govern ment establishments at this port to-morrow. They are expected here about half-past one, and will be accompanied by the Ottoman Consul-General. The following are the appointments of the past week : Captain—G. F. Rich, to the Vanguard, vice Wa les, deceased. Commanders—G. Kenyon, to the Cygnet ; Lord A. Baauclerk, to Stromboli. Lieutenants—The Hon. A. A. Cochrane, to the Terrible; C. R. Bomber, to the Victory; F. Go denge, H. F. Mills, W. Creek, R. Ward, T. Bridges, and A. Grose, to the Blenheim ; W. K. Jolliffe, to the Cygnet ; Waiter J. Pollard, to the Penelope; Thomas Davies and Henry Harvey to the Strom boli ' • J. R. Thompson, to study at the steam factory, Woolwich; Thomas Tribe, to the Coast Guard; William Bowden, to the Gladiator. Masters—S. S. Flinn, to the Blenheim ; T. B. Wells, Acting, to the Cygnet ; W. J. Wood, to the Coast Guard. Pursers—R. H. Goddard, to the Blenheim ; S. J. Spark, Acting, to the Rapid ; Edwin M. Stone, Act ing, to the Stromboli. Chaplain—G. R. Lewin, to the Blenheim. Surgeon—Hugh Jameson, to the Blenheim. Second Masters—W. P. Heins, to the Porcupine; H. J. Josephson, to the Birkenhead ; W. Turton, Acting, to the 211 wander; C. J. Pulfer, Acting, to the Prospero; E. Youell, to the Oberon. Clerks—R. Curgenven, in charge, to the Comet; 11. F. Kirkham, A. Arlington, and C. J. Webb, to the Blenheim ; N. Giles, to the San Josef. Assistant Surgeons—W. C. Patrisk and J. C. Ingles, to the Victory ; J. C. Murray and H. L one y, to the Bittern ; H. D. Scott, to the Columbine ; H. Arnot, to the Scout; Arthur Adams, to the Fisgard; J. Henderson to the . Ocean ; J. Muirhead, to the Fly ; E. Adams, to Plymouth Hospital ; R. Q. Scott, to the San Josef. Midshipmen—W. D. Garland and John Bushell, to the Fly ; E. Smithett, to the Grampus ; and E. Deli son, to the Stromboli. Naval Cadets Alexander Macdonnell, to the Acheron ; Philip Patrickson, to the Fly ; W. M. Crawford, to the Terrible ; W. Parry, to the Trafal gar ; Oldmixon, to the Queen ; Charles Hemsted, to the Stromboli ; J. F. Lenon, to the Asia. Masters' Assistants—G. H. Burney and Edward Smy the, to the Blazer; Charles M. Palmer, to the Mwander ; '.l'. C. Jones, to the Birkenhead. Piormou'rn, Nov. 12. Her Majesty's brigantine Dolphin, 3, Lieute nan t-C omman d er th e Hon. Robert F. Boyle, arrived here yesterday from Portsmouth, and anchored in the Sound. The merchant schooner Flora, of Exeter, Captain W. Pearce, which came in yesterday with wine and oranges for Plymouth and Exeter, left Oporto on the .sth instant. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Polyphemus, Commander James M'Cleverty, and a French gun nery frigate, were lying in the Douro. Political animosities at Oporto have ceased, and business has resumed its wonted course. There are about thirty or forty English merchant vessels in the port. Freights 40s. per ton for London. Wine trade brisk, prices range high. Oranges 7s. to 7s. 6d. per box. the grain crop in the neighbourhood is indifferent. The barque Lady Peel, of Falmouth, Captain Johns, which left Quebec on the 14th of October and arrived yesterday, spoke the Lady Milton, of Liver pool, on the 16th of October, off Cape Cattie, bound to Quebec, and on the 6th inst., passed the barque Cambria, of Gloucester, dismasted, waterlogged, and abandoned. Nov. 13.—Her Majesty's brigantine Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant-Commander the Hon. R. F. Boyle, which put in yesterday, last from Portsmouth, bound to the coast of Africa with dispatches, has received so much damage that she is obliged to go into harbour to make good defects. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Tartarus arrived from Portsmouth yesterday, on her way to Malta with supernumeraries for the squadron under Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker. Her Majesty's ship San Josef, 110, Commander Hall, is to be paid off, and will be re-commissioned by Captain Sir Henry Leeke for the Flag of Admiral Sir John West. There are belonging to the various clubs 621 yachts, measuring 29,250 tons, and manned by 4,430 men besides 800 masters and stewards. USELESSNESS OF HONG-KONG.-ISt. It can never be a colony, by reason of its limited sirs (eight miles long by two to four in breadth), rocky, barren structure; incapability of producing any of the necessaries of life, for the consumption of even one day. 2d. It cannot ever• be a commercial emporium, by raison of its bad geographical position, distance from any populous or productive territory ; by the poverty and piratical' character of its inhabitants; and the absence of all inc port or export trade of any kind, after six years' occu pation, and an expenditure amounting to several millions stkrling.—Montgomery Martin's China. , . 1, 1) , e, Professor r d . t. t:e a r vi i : Mr. Charles Grey, of the Treasury, one of the , secretaries to Lord John. Russell, has gone for the benefit TIOCNA D N VE o n :10 e s w r.: y _ O s b i i r e72/er. of his health, with his family, to Malta, where he will .nrusEIIIENT.]—NERVOUS DEBILITY, INDICES-1 t ract of a p l t t r er Nri ro s 0 1 SPlarrs CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS,—E%-, m -Ir. Iledcalf, of Beverley t--- , June 17, 1847.. with i ndige . uon 'and • ft, - . For six years I have been troultled termed the nighttnare rvousness, causing a complaint commonly. bed for weeks together' requently so severe that I dared not go to, in the medical professio'n without advice from the, most proficient out from it in its worst stage I any good result. When suffering! trial ; by their use I am noww"u prevailed upon to give your pills ai life, nor enjoyed sounder healgth,,, e w sn ' t \A I never slept better in my . i rIVIVSSOr J.4IIOIVSY'iI establishment, iii - , 't.raaa, Limn. mats, "4: 41 LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCERY CUIMP, Nov. 13. (Before the VICE-CLIANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) GLENNY V. LLOYD. The plaintiff in this cause was, until the end. of June last, the proprietor of a monthly publication celled the Horticultural Magazine, which he then sold, reserving to himself the copyright of a number of articles which had been written for, and published in, his work. The defendant is the publisher of a cheap weekly paper styled the Gardener, Florist, and Agri culturist's Newspaper, and appears to have printed in it some of the plaintiff's articles. One especially, on the tropeolum, was reproduced almost verbatim by the defendant in his journal of the 6th instant ; the plaintiff thereupon filed his bill for an injunction to restrain this piracy, and a motion was now made for an order to this effect. Mr. BETLIELL, with whom. was Mr. SOUTHGATE, dcttailed the above facts. His HONOUR granted the injunction. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Nov. 13. (Sittings upon Crown cases resumed before Lord Denman, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Al derson, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Colt man, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Justice Williams.) THE QUEEN V. HORATIO NELSON WEST. According to the statement in this case, the priso ner was tried before Chief Justice Wilde at the Central Criminal Court on Saturday, the 19th June last, and found guilty of uttering ten forged instru ments, purporting to be scrip certificates of the South- Western vc nwith intent to defraud indictment contained ten counts, RailwaythTeCompany,hprisonere with the utterance of 80 forged instruments, the only e d e e h s r t s e c r ha persons. rgi n g y distinction between the counts being in the description of the instruments, and in the na me o f th e person to be defrauded. It was proved upon the trial that it was determined by the company in November, 1846, to create a number of new shares, and that a Bill was pending in Parliament relating to such new shares ; that the new shares had been allotted to the old proprietors ; that the course pur sued in relation to the new shares teas this— that letters were written to the old proprietors, giving them the option of subscribing for the new shares, and that new shares were accordingly allotted to such proprietor as desiredit, the allot ment being intimated by a letter to the pro prietor, who was required therein to pay a deposit of 51. per share to the banker of the company. The pro prietor took his letter of allotment to the banker, and paid his deposit of 51. a s hare accordingly, and the banker gave a receipt for the amount paid, and also signed the letter of allotment as a voucher that the deposit had been paid. The proprietor then took the letter of allotment, so signed by the banker, to the office of the company, and there received in exchange an instrument signed by two of the directors in the form of the eighty instruments, which are the sub ject of this indictment, and which instruments were denominated scrip, and the instruments proved to have been uttered by the prisoner were the same in form and contents as such scrip. It was further proved that the posses sion of the scrip was the only proof required by the company of the title of the holder arid of the payment of the deposit. At the close of the case for the pro secution, the prisoner's Counsel objected that the eighty instruments uttered by the prisoner did not come within the description of those mentioned in the statutes of 2 Geo. IV. and 1 Will. IV., c. 66, s. 4, 10, and 26, and that the utterance of them was not an offence within the statute. The question was re served for the opinion of the Judges. Mr. Ballantine now appeared to argue the case on the part of the prisoner, and was followed by Mr. Hill on the part of the Crown. At the conclusion of the argument, _ _ _ Lord DENMAN said the Court would sit next Satur day at three o'clock, to hear Mr. Ballantine's reply. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 13. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr, Justice CRESSWELL.) LODER AND ANOTHER V. PURDAY. The trial of this action, which was brought to recover damages for the alleged infringement of the copyright of a musical composition called " Festal," was resumed this morning. Mr. Sergeant BYLES, for the defence, said the de fendant (Mr. Purdy) had never before been charged with pirating the copyright of any person, and in the present case he was confident that he should clear his character from any imputation, if the jury would give the statement he should make, and the evidence he should produce, the favourable consideration with which he was satisfied they had heard the case of the plaintiffs. It had already, he 'presumed, been proved almost beyond dispute that the melody, or air of " Festal," to which the words and the accompaniment were adapted by the plaintiffs, was not a matter of copyright. The statement of the plaintiffs' counsel, therefore, that the melody was a mere stray thing about the world when Mr. Bellamy adapted it to a song, was entirely incorrect; and he should show that for many years it had been known by its present name, and was arranged precisely in the same key and on the same notes. It was alleged, as one reason for accusing the defendant with piracy, that he had made a colourable imitati ea of the title page of the plaintiffs edition, so that the public might mistake it for the original. That, however, had nothing to do with the present action, which was for the infringement of a copyright; and, if the plaintiffs had been injured, they might make it the subject of a separate action. The plaintiffs were no more entitled to claim the melody than any other publisher, for he should prove that in 1836 and 1837 the very same air, to which was at tached the same name and a similar anecdote, was played by the Artillery band at Woolwich. The master of that band would tell them that the air " Festal " was well known, that it came originally from abroad, and that it was played by the band, and he would produce the book from which the band then played. The anecdote which preceded the music in the book was in these vv , o a rds r : e -- e " This who" This was w ai r r o tei t with com 'iinetPie wall estal of his dun geon th e night hispo com posed chains by C uponap t before he was executed." Now that, he conceived, was an improvement upon the plaintiffs' anecdote. He had also another copy of Festal, which was yes terday handed to one of the plaintiffs' witnesses, who stated that it was almost exactly the same; and he should prove that it was given by a gentleman of the name of Jeffries to a Mr. Glover in 1842 or 1843, in order that he might compose a song to the melody. The anecdote prefixed to that copy stated that " the air was composed by Colonel Festal, a rebel, who scratched it with his chains on the dungeon wall the night before he was executed in Russia.' He would further show that the air had been in existence nearly twenty years, and that it was contained in the piece called " The Prisoner's Dream." It was then next alleged by the plaintiffs that the words of their song had been slavishly copied by the defendant. He, h only that there was no general it runs totally diff eren t f ro m owever i , dentity contended ,but t h nota t beginning to end. The person who wrote the words had never seen the words attached to the plaintiffs' copy. The defendant was next charged with copy ing the accompaniment to the song. Now, there was no great merit in writing an accompaniment, for it was as easy to do that as to commit the alleged pi racy itself. The gentleman who wrote it would prove that it was an accompaniment entirely invented by him from a melody laid before him for that purpose. The Learned Sergeant then submitted that there was no greater similarity between the two than would ne cessarily arise from two composers being engaged in preparing an accompaniment from the same melody. Then, with regard to the title of the composition, they would see that it was as old as the melody itself. It was only known by the name of "Festal , " when played by th e Artillery band at Woolwich , and it was also th e name prefixed to the MS. given by Mr. Glover to M r . Jeffries. The Learned Sergeant then subm submitted that, the uponth v a e t r , dictof these u f r a y c . ts being proved by the evidence h e s h ou ld g i ve, t h e d e f en dant would be en titled The following witnesses were then called : Mr. W. Collins, the Master of the Roya l Art ill ery band at Wool w i c h, said the book A produced be longed t o the regiment. He was well acquainted with the air ca ll e d " Festal," and never heard it mentioned u n d er any ot h er na me. The band was in the habit o f p l ay i ng i t as man y as seven or ten years ago. They played an accompaniment with it, and the accompaniment was almost note by note the same as the plaintiffs'. Had compared the plaintiffs' and the defendant's accompaniment together, and they differed very materially from each other. The band had played a Russian melody for twenty years, which was nearly the same as the plaintif f s'. Cross-examined—Never saw the air of " Festal" adapted to a song until the summer of 1846. Was quite certain the first six bars of the defendant's ac companiment were not the same as Mr. Loder's. Re-examined—Could not say who the author was that wrote the music of " Festal," as played by the band at Woolwich. His impression was that it had been brought from some part of the continent of Europe by one of the officers of the army. Mr. Thomas Gilbert, who had been twenty-two years in the cavalry band, said he copied the music of " Festal," which was used by the band, a b ou t nine years ago, from a MS. provided by the then master of the band. Mr. Coombes, also one of the band, said, about eight or nine years ago he copied, on the front of the music used by the band, the following words, which he obtained from a MS.:--" This air was composed by Colonel Pests], who scratched it with his chains on his dungeon walls the night before he was executed." 183/143r; he e lo r v ec e eed rivacofmropm ti young lady a m oserofmusic,said, in s. o f the August, EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1847. music of " Pestal," together with the. above anecdote, and he requested his friend Mr. Jeffries to write a song to accompany it. Mr. Charles Jeffries said, he received by post the MS. of the music referred to by the preceding wit ness. He published an edition of "Pestal" in January, 1846, and the words somewhat resembled the " Pri soner's Dream." He preceded it by the anecdote which he received from Mr. Glover. The plaintiffs' words as much resembled those of the " Prisoner's Dream" as his own. Mr. Charles Purday, brother of the defendant, gave evidence to the same effect as the previous wit nesses with respect to the difference between the plaintiffs' and the defendant's compositions. Mr. Wiliam Grantham, a musical composer, pro duced a MS. of the accompaniments which he had prepared for the defendant's edition of " Pestal," and stated that when he wrote it he had not seen the plaintiffs' copy. Mr. E. J. Gill stated that he was the author of the song attached to defendant's edition of " Festal." He had not copied it from Mr. Locler's edition. Mr. Henry Oakey, and other witnesses, were then called, and they agreed in stating that there was no greater similarity between the productions of the two parties than would arise from their taking the same melody as the groundwork of their compositions. This concluded the case for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD replied at some length. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, 40s. damages, and stated that they found the similarity between the two compositions was not accidental but designed, and that the defendant's was a colourable imitation. A verdict was,then entered for the plaintiffs, with leave reserved by the Learned Judge for the defend ant to move the full court to enter the verdict for the defendant upon certain points of law that arose in the course of the trial. ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 13. The Learned Judge sat to-day, and disposed of ordinary business only. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday the Lord Mayor received from Mr. Hodgson, the Superintendent of the City Police, the following letter, which was written by Assistant- Inspector Scott, and transmitted by the Lord Mayor to the Sanitary Commissioners. It is worth atten tion at the present moment : " Moor-lane St a ti on , N ov . 8. " Sir,—l respectfully beg to submit the following report for your informati o n, in consequence of ill ness and death i n the neighbourhood of Barbican, Bridgewater-square, &c., supposed to be caused by exhalations emanating from a burial ground situated in Golden-lane, part of which is within the City, belonging to a man named Bamford, who has it on a lease. I sent police-constable 125 (Eadc), who is on the beat, to the burial ground on Sunday last, when he saw 11 graves open, about 28 feet deep ; one of them contained nine coffins on each other. The graves are merely covered over with planks, until they are quite full, leaving them about a yard from the surface when the ground is covered in. They are frequently left open, as described, for a week or ten clays; the ground is therefore seldom free from an effluvium of decomposed matter. On my rounds at night I have witnessed the obnoxious smell arising from the rear of the graveyard in Sun court, which is almost suffocating. I am also informed by:police-constable 125 (Eade), that a shopkeeper, named B ouver i e , 10, G o ld e n -lane, op posite the burial ground, states, that during the last three or four years he has kept the house 32 persons have died there; and at certain times he has absolutely been compelled to fumigate his shop, the smell from the graveyard and sewers being so offensive. A publican, named Duffy, in Golden lane, is very seldom without a medical man in his house, attending his family. A person, named Par rock, 12, Brackley-street, is compelled to leave his busivess (although a good one) through illness. The courts leading from Golden. court, Crown court, Collins'-court, Sun-court, Hotwater-court, Turk's:Head-court, and Willis's-court, are thronged by very poor persons, and are much affected by the stench. The houses in those courts are small and thickly inhabited, nine or ten persons living in a room, which causes the fever to rage rapidly. A metropolitan police-constable in formed police-constable 123 (Eade) that six persons are now lying dead and a great number lying very ill in the localisy of Golden-lane, between the burial ground alluded to and another burial ground called St. Thomas's, those grounds being only 300 yards apart in Golden-lane. I further beg to call your at tention to the undermentioned names, persons who have died within the last three weeks in the imme diate neighbOurhood of Golden-lane ; also to the names of persons (as far as it is practicable for the police-constable on the beat to obtain) who at the present time are labouring under illness—it is pre sumed fever. [Here follows the list of twelve persons who have died and of twenty-five sick persons, and their addresses, which can be authenticated by the constables on the beat, 125 Eade, 163 Goodear, and 119 Speck.] " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " CHARLES SCOTT, Assistant-Inspector. " I have endeavoured to gather the above parti culars as quietly as possible, and have no doubt that much more important information could be obtained if a public inquiry were made, and that it would be found that this report very much underrates the magnitude of the evil." BO W-S TR EE 7. ' On Saturday a young man, named Charles Dibdin, described as a law writer, was placed at the bar, on a charge of being concerned in a burglary on the premises of Messrs. Bullock, auctioneers, of 211, High Holborn, and stealing plate, value 50/. ' Mr. Edward. Bullock stated that he was roused at five o'clock yesterday morning by the police, who said his premises had been broken open during the night. On going over the house, he discovered that an entry had been obtained by means of a skylight at the back of the auction-room. The thieves cut out a pane of glass from the office window, broke open a chest, and took away the plate in question, which belonged to his brother. He also found some plated articles had been left by the thieves, who had, how ever, torn off the silver rims from several of them. They must have obtained access to the roof of the auction-room from a new building adjoining. Weston, 189 F, proved that about two o'clock in the morning he met the prisoner walking alone from the direction of Holborn. The prisoner observing that he was noticed by him, put on an air of noncha lance and commenced whistling. This induced him to suspect the prisoner was after no good, and he fol lowed him to 24, Parker-street, Drury-lane, where he entered and shut the door. He then returned to his beat in Holborn, and there found the prosecutor's door open ; and he and his sergeant having satisfied themselves that a robbery had been committed, they went to Parker-street, and took the prisoner into cus tody. On searching under the mattress in his room they found a bunch of skeleton keys, chisels, and other house-breaking implements, and in his pocket was a key, which he stated opened his door, but the landlady declared it belonged to no door in her house. The prisoner declared that he knew nothing of the robbery, and that he got the keys from a young man at a public-house in Compton -street. He was remanded for a week, in order that further inquiries might be made, as the plate had not been discovered. Mr. William Disney Oliver a barrister, in Plow den-buildings, Temple, was charged with driving a street cab without a license. It appeared from the evidence of Thomas Holland, driver of a Hansom's cab, that at one o'clock that morning, Mr. Oliver, who was inebriated, was passing along Picket-street, Strand, and getting into his cab, took hold of the reins, and drove off. A cabman ran up and stopped him until Holland arrived, who asked whether he wanted a cab, upon which the prisoner applied abusive epithets to both of them, and was about to run off when he was given into custody. The prisoner denied having taken too much drink, and said that being in a hurry to get to the West end he jumped into the cab, supposing that the driver would come directly he saw the horse moving off. Mr. HENRI said it was wrong of the complainant to leave his cab unattended, but there was nothing in his license to allow another person to drive in his absence. He must, therefore, inflict a fine of 405., or three weeks' imprisonment. The fine was paid. Thomas Siff a letter-carrier in the Hammersmith district, was charged with stealing a letter contain ing half-a-sovereign, the property of the Postmaster- General. Mr. Peacock appeared for the prosecution. The case was precisely similar in its main facts to most of the Post•office robberies which have lately occurred, and the prisoner, at the request of the soli citor to the Post-office, was remanded till Wednesday next. WORSHIP-STREET Oa Saturday Anne Williams, a middle-aged woman of repulsive appearance, was charged with stealing four sovereigns, two half•sovereigns, and a pocket book from the person of a portly respectable-looking man named Phillips, who described himself as a dealer in plate in John-street, Whitechapel. The prosecutor stated, that while on his way home, through Commercial-street, Spitalfields, between six and seven o'clock on the preceding evening, he was accosted by the prisoner, with whom he entered into conversation, and who ultimately induced him to accompany her to her lodgings in an adjoining street. He was shown into a very wretched apartment, and while considering whether he would stop there or not the prisoner contrived to adroitly thrust her hand into one of the pockets of his trousers, and take out his money, amounting to the sum abovementioned. He instantly seized her by the hand, in which he distinctly heard the gingling of gold, and attempted to force the money from her, but she rapidly trans ferred it to her mouth, and although he firmly grasped her by the throat, in which he could plainly feel one of the sovereigns, and use his best efforts to compel her to disgorge it, she struggled herself away from him, and succeeded in swallowing the whole of the money. Witness upon this ran to the street-door and called fOr a policeman, into whose custody he gave her, and she was conveyed to the station-house, where, while preferring. the charge, he discovered that he had lost his pocket-book also, containing a pair of gold earrings and some valuable old coins, which was safe in his breast pocket when he first met the prisoner ; but although she had been closely searched by the woman appointed for that purpose, none of the pro perty had been found. When called upon for her defence, the prisoner denied having swallowed the sovereigns, or even seen the pocket-book, and declared that the only portion of the prosecutor's money that she had had was one shilling, which he had himself voluntarily given her; but this was, of course, refuted by the prosecutor, and the 1112gistrate therefore ordered her to be brought up again next week, and directed that in the mean time the peculiar factg of the case should be communicated to the prison authorities. iVilliarn Tereday, a tradesman in the Cambridge road, near the Eastern Counties Railway, was charged by his wife with violently assaulting her. The wife, a respectable-looking woman, but who bore the marks of recent ill-usage on her face, stated that the defenda n t, mho for a long ti me p as t had been almost incessantly intoxicated, got up early in the morning,and demanded money for gin; she evaded the request, and tried to persuade him not to have it, upon which he swore at and abused her, and flung a crockery dish at her head. The missile fortunately missed her and was smashed to pieces against the wall, and while she was making her way to the door to escape he seized a loaf and levelled that at her head also, but that likewise missed her, smashed through a pane of glass, and fell into the street. He continued " raving about" for an hour, and she at last gave him money for gin, which he drank and went to bed, but came down in a few minutes, and insisted upon more gin ; she refused him, upon which he beat her shamefully with his fists, and sending out for the spirits, obtained it upon rcredit, and drank it. He continued this course all through the day, alter nately drinking, swearing, and ill-using her, until 11 or 12 o'clock at night, when he made another de mand of money for a fresh supply of gin, and on her declining to furnish him with it threatended to pitch her down the stairs and break her neck. She at last consented to give him a sixpence, which he spent in as much gin as he could get for it; but when this had been drunk he renewed his violence towards her in such a fearful manner that she felt her life was not safe in his hands, and she was ultimately compelled to seek the protection of the police. She did not so much want him punished, notwithstanding his treat ment of her, as to have him bound over to insure her own safety. The prisoner, who scarcely seemed sober even while before the magistrate, gave a general denial to all that his wife had stated, but the charge was too clearly established to admit of a doubt, and he was ordered to find two sureties in 201. each to keep the peace towards his wife for one month, or be com mitted in default ; and in addition to enter into his own recogniamaces in 401. to be of good behaviour for the next three months; and, not being able to find it, was removed in the van. LAMBETIL On Saturday Robert Yutes, master shoemaker, was charged by Mr. Peacock, boot manufacturer, Walworth-road, with inciting the errand boy, in the service of the complainant, to rab him of boots and shoes. Mr. Peacock said, that having found he was robbed, he discovered that his errand boy conveyed a quantity of property, consisting of leather boots and shoes to the prisoner's shop, and on being questioned the lad confessed that the prisoner gave him Is. a pair for men's shoes, and 6d. for women's shoes. The prisoner admitted having purchased some of the property. He was remanded. WANDS WORTH. On Saturday Anne Johnson was charged by the Rev. Edward Whitley, incumbent of Somers-town Chapel, near Wandsworth, with endeavouring to ob tain charitable contributions by fraud. The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner represented to him her distress, with the letter produced. In order to judge of her want, he went with her towards Dunse-hill, where she stated she lived, but after a long ramble the prisoner admitted that all she had said was false. After some resistance he obtained the letter from her. It bore the signatures of Mr. Thomas Cubitt, Miss Champion, and Mr. Sanderson, all of which were forgeries. The magistrate committed the prisoner for a month to gaol. THE, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT READING. In addition to the intelligence respecting this dreadful occurrence which appeared in our Saturday's impression, we take the following particulars from the Observer :—" The name of the wretched author of the tragedy is James Hersey. He has for some years past been in the employ of Mr. Rimell, vete rinary surgeon and shoeing smith, of Friar-street, Reading, and until lately resided with his wife and four children (all boys) in a court running out of London-street. About six week s since he removed with his family to a house in East-street, the scene of the horrible occurrence. From the ; testimony of parties well acquainted with the deceased, it appears that for some time past he has entertained a suspicion of his wife's fidelity ; indeed, he has publicly charged her with having had illicit intercourse with an old gentleman on whom she was in the habit of attending as charwoman. Hi s accusa ti ons were a l wa y s empha tically denied by his wife, and it is ascertained that there never was the slightest ground of suspicion against her. However, quarrels have frequently arisen between them, and it is only a few weeks since that the de ceased man was brought before the magistrates, and held to bail to keep thepeace towards his wife. During the past fortnight the wretched man has almost en tirely neglected his work, stating as an excuse that he was unwell. On Wednesday the keeper of a beershop next door to his own house, having heard that he was poorly, inquired how h e was, upon which he replied, There's nothing the matter with me, Mrs. Nutt ; but I have seen things that are wrong, and I have stayed at home to find them out.' Mrs. Nutt told him that he mus t h e wrong i n h is h ead to imagine such a thing, on which the wretched man observed, I'm right enoug h i n my h ea d ; t h ere ' s nothing the matter w ith me. ' Y ester d ay h e v i s i ted this same house two or three times, and at one o'clock took home a pint of beer for his own and his wife's dinner. About f our o ' c l oc k th e wre t c h e d man an d his wife were heard quarrelling by the neighbours ; and during the altercation deceased sent out his son Charles, who had just come home from school, to fetch his brother, then playing in the street. The poor little fellow had just descended the flight of steps in front of the house, when he heard a great noise be hind him, and looking back he saw his mother rush out of the front door, followed by his father, who at the same instant felled her to the earth with a poker which he held in his hand. The poor woman fell senseless outside, the wretched man retiring within the house, and closing the door after him. The poor boy ran immediately for assistance, and finding a police constable returned with him to the house. The woman wa- found lying on the door-step in a pool of blood, which was found flowing copiously from wounds in her head. A surgeon was immediately sent for, and she was removed to the hospital in an insensible state. The constable, on ascertaining that the wretched man had retired into the house, raised the door-latch, and proceeded into the passage, at the further ex tremity of which he was horror-stricken at beholding the assassin lying on his face and almost deluged in blood. After groaning heavily twice, he expired in the officer's presence. A medical examination dis covered that he had inflicted a frightful gash across his throat, extending from ear to ear. Mr. Houlton, the superintendent of the bo rough police, having by this time arrived, a care ful examination of the premises was made under his superintendence. The first thing discovered was a poker • this was lying just within the passage of the house, and from its bent appearance gave dreadful evidence of the violent manner in which it had been used. In one of the back rooms there was discovered lying on the floor, the deceased's neckerchief, and on a table in the same apartment an empty razor-case. Mr. Houlton then endeavoured to trace, by the marks of blood, the manner in which deceased had effected his object. The appearances were such as to leave little doubt that the - wretched man, after having knocked down hi s w if e , c l ose d th e d oor , an d supplying himself with a razor went into a shed or out-house in the back yard, and there inflicted the first gash. From this place he appears to have walked half-way across the yard, where, from the large quantity of blood which has escaped, he is supposed to have made the final gash. The wretched man then threw down the razor on the pavement, and attempted to return into the house, but in so doing he seems to have stumbled against the door-sill and fallen head long into the passsage, the position in which he was found. The wretched woman, though still alive, has continued in an insensible state since the dreadful . occurrence, and on inquiry last evening, was stated that she was in a very precarious state ; indeed, from the dreadful nature of the wounds sh e has sustained,r her recovery seems altogether improbable. 'The poor creature is nearly ten years older than her husband, has a hare lip, and is altogether destitute of any per sonal attractions ; therefore the fatal suspicions which her husband seems to have entertained are the more remarkable. Mr. Blandley, the borough coroner, has appointed the inquest on the deceased for Monday next, and it is said that some letters have been dis covered in the house which wi;l thiow a light on the case when it comes before this functionary. The de ceased had four children, the eldest of whom is 16 years of age." STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—LEEDS, NOV. 12.--W . e have still to report a con ti nue d d epress i on in this branch of trade, the little business that is done being chiefly in colonial wools from the last London sales, and at the reduced rates. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEEDS, Nov. 12. — The transactions in wool this week have been very small ; but there has been rather more inquiry, as the spinners and manufacturers hold very light stocks of wool, and will shortly be compelled to make further purchases, even for their present reduced consumption. LEEDS.—The markets at our cloth halls were ex ceedingly dull both on Saturday and Tuesday; -the latter was about the worst market of the year. There were scarcely any goods sold for shipping purposes, and, from the continued mildness of the weather, there was a great falling off in the demand for heavy winter goods for the home trade. In this state of the demand the manufacturers are still further nar rowing the production, although the stocks are lower than usual; prices in consequence are pretty well maintained. The mildness of the weather induces the drapers to hold off purchasing winter goods, and in consequence there ha s b een a f a lli ng o ff i n b u siness in the warehouses during the week. I3RADEOUD MARKET, THURSDAY,—We regret life cannot hear of any increased business doing in wool ; everything is as dull as it possibly can be, and scarcely a sale making either in Colonial or English. Of the latter the supply is not materially augmented, as the staplers are indisposed to purchase, and the country dealers who supply the commission houses abstain from sending, in the hope of a better demand. Prices are barely maintained for English, but Colo nial has had to share with the recent fall at the public sales in London. Yarns—The trade does not show the slightest indication of improvement. It continues to be on the most limited scale we have ever known, and every week adds to the gloom, as the time of working decreases with the shortness of the days, as but very few are lighting up. The embarrassmen t the trade is now labouring under is excessive, as i t affects every class, and the only means of bringing about a decided improvement is the extensive cur' tailment now adopted, which must, ere long, tell on wool, as the diminished consumptio n must increase the supply over previous years of activity, without which the hope of relief is ex tremely distant, as other substitutes are found it' woollens made from the low-priced colonial wools, and the reduced price of cotton is now telling mor e favourably in Lancashire, by the resumption of seine very extensive concerns, which had been closed during the continuance of the high price which cotton some time back commanded. Pieces—We do not hear 0f any material alteration in the manufacturers' position, who, for a long time, have had yarns at a very lo w s price. The disposition to mak e t o s t oc k i s a lmost 0 11 ; of fashion, for looms are stopped an d gas a bandoned as orders fall off. We rather expect some improve ment, as the business done during the autumn ha s been a short one, owing to the increased rate of in terest acting as a:barrier to the shippers' operations. The business done to-day is chiefly in plain good s ' Orleans, Paramattas, &c., at late prices. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY ETENING.—It is quite out of the question to report correctly the state oi our goods and yarn market. If sa l es h ave b e en mad to any extent, they have been made under such s peculiar circumstances as to form no correct the general state of things; as large quantities are for cash, or bankers' bills drawn, so that very 10 w rates indeed have been taken, especially for yarns. The general opinion seems to be that twist mile s ! sold for cash, though not at a paying figure. 'I"; market closes untowardly for both spinners and manufacturers. and LEICESTER.—The demand both for the London a • are country trade has been more limited, and hosiers e still further curtailing their making. Spinners.a.r li es sdle• working short time, and, much machinery index of Wools remain flat, and but little doing. Confidenc e _ in trade seems quite suspended, and there is n° anxiety to push business until it is restored.—Leices ter Journal. RAILWAY SHARE IMARKETS. LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead. Lance: shire, and Cheshire Junction (late C. and B.), 1474-Great Northern, 6 die.-Great Western, 14 p.-Huddersfield C x. and Railway, 4% dis. c. x. int.-Ditto, Thirds, 14 d is ' int.-Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and L.), Fifths, dis.-Ditto, Halves (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 10 dis.-London and North-Western, 153 1 / 4 c.-Ditto, New . Quarters,; p.-Midland Stock, 108% c.-Ditto, 401. Shares, 41 1 4-Ditto, Halves, 2 dis.-North British, Thirds, dis.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent, 1 1 / 2 p.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 48s. 9d. dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, New , No. 1,6% dis.-Ditto, No. 4, 21. lls. 3d. dis.-York , Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, 1 1 % p.-Ditto, G. N- Parch., % p.-York and North Midland, 149.-1) 1 ; 012 Rhenish, 4 X, MANCHESTER, Nov. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lance, shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6% dis.-Huddesfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, 1 7.16 dis.-Laner shire and Yorkshire, Quarters, 3 dis.-Ditto, Fifths, 7% dis c i Ditto (West Riding Union), 2% c. dis.-Manchester Birmingham, Quarters (C), 3 15-16 c. p.-Ditto, Shares, 59-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire , Pre ference, % c. p.-Huddersfield and Manchester (221. Pl aci a ) c i 4 5-16-North Staffordshire, 7-16 dis.-South-Eastera p„. Dover, No. 4,2% dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick , tensions, No. 2, 1 p. LEEDS, NOVEMBER 13. r A g STOCK EXCHANGE.-There has been a steady an,"e ha re dually increasing tone of firmness in th e Stock ana Markets during this week, and quotations of most 5 :1 e 0 where calls are not announced, end r a th er hi g her. 11 h e ,... -- are-East Lancashire, New, 5 1 / 4 n. dis.-Ditto, Quan4'v,ot n. dis. -Great Northern, 6 n. di e .-L ancas hire and shire (West Riding Union), 535. 6d. dis.-Leeds and ',I L ., 16 c. dis.-Manchester, Buxt on , an d M a tl oc k, 2 -North British, Thirds, ss. n. dis.-Ditt o , Quarters, 1 "41,/, n. dis.-North Staffordshire, ss. dis.-North n. dis.-Shropshire Union, 2/. 10s. 9d. dis. HULL, NOVEMBER 13. • g th° STOCK EXCHANGE -Although the transactions during week have been exceedingly limited, yet a better feeling,Te. -Western, investment, and even for speculation, has been observs:pcs That parties, sh•uld be, however, unwilling to submit A. 9 to improved rates, or encumber themselves with liability s, respects calls, after the experience of the last few 11 ". ° 0 . of is not surprising. Much is hoped for from the woe ful / B 'oy Parliament. It would be well not to be too sanguin e o relief the Legislature can afford. The nominal quotattisag are-Great Northern, 2/.-Hull and Selby, Halves, /4 5 -North British, 2G-York and Newcastle, Preferenc e, -Leicester and Bedford, 45. 9d. dis. -North Staffordsbow p. 10s. dis.-West Riding Union, 555. dis. EDINBURG, Nov. 12. 26/ . STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen , „, -Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and Foll :a. 261.-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. 25. -Caledonian, 35/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 1/. 45.-Caledonl o .l and Dumbartonshire, 1/. KOs.-Clydesdale Junction, br -Dundee and Arbroath, 341.-Ditto, New, No. ' New, No. 3, 31 55.-Dun' Ditto, New, No. 2,34 L-Ditto, •„, -Deeside, 3/. Bs.-Duublane, Donne, and Callender l , 2 1 5 /. 4 00 ; dee and Northern Junction, 1/. 10s. -Dundee and Perth, 27 N e w, 13/. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 2/. 55...61-1' 2/. 155.-East Lothian Central, 1/.-ET; 1 1 : -East of Fife, burgh and Bathgate, 51.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 94. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 12/. ss. ex div.-Ditto, New Heiv c e " 61. 155.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantor), 154-Ditto, Prefe rence, 151.-Ditto, New, 2 /055.-Ditto, Quarters, 3s. New, -Edinburgh and Northern, 171. 5 5 . ex int.-Ditto New, l/. 17s. reg.-Ditto, Newport, 5/. 10 3 . e x ditto, New,: IL Bs. reg.-Edinburgh and Perth ('' e D l2 it s t . o 6 , (I N . - ew Ditto, k fla 3 l 9 v l e . 7 ;5: 5 2 5 . .• 55.-Ditto, s 6d.-Glasgow,gl- a vi l Halves, d to ) : 131: i2:s e , 55.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, Duintri and Carlise, 71.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 38/. 155.- - G l i, gow General Terminus, 10/. 10s-Glasgow and Greall s „ 161, 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 81.-Ditto, Preference, 74 th -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 31. 95.-Grea t ~f Scotland, 17s. 6d.- Great Northern (l a t e Direct 5 4 ? r rt h em), 4/. 9s. 6d.-Ditto (late L on d on an d York), 2/.--ttys, British, 25/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 11/. 10s. ex int.- 3d. Quarters, 4/. 3s. ex int.-Ditto, New Quarters, 85 i ; ftlis, scrip -Ditto, „Thirds, 1/. 14s. 6d. reg.-Ditto , Gran 5/. 55.-Scottish Central, 23/. ex b onus - Scottish 4 -?' s Ju h n re c l t v i s o b n u , ry 6s.- and ScottislfAid Hereford, l io la s n2, 151. shrew O. 108.-Shrewsbury, cgs; ri n and Chester, 181.-Stirling and D un f erm li n e, 3 , •" - , Newe and Midland, 61.-Wisha w an d C o lt ness , 441.-York , 1 r castle, and Berwick, 32/. 10 s . -D i tt o, E x t en sions, ' ;ad 12/. 155.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 101. 10s.- Di rec t Bonibi l l th of Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian, 1/. Os. 3d.-Great NOT sel - India, Is. 3d.-Great Southern of Madras, Is.-Ma dre ' lore, and Arcot, ls. 6d. GLASGOW, Nov. 13. Not, STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonia n, ni tte, 235. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 10 0- T he rm 40/. Shares, 39% -Ditto, Halves, No. 2, VA-Great N -I !lr'' s od 88s. 6d.-North British, Thirds, 345. 6d.-Stirlingshire Midland Junction, 6%. Ml* lIIRTHS. On the 13th inst,, at Lower , elapton Middlesex, Albert Savory i of a daughter. ani° On the 9th nst., at Mold, North Wales, the lady of- ral R. M. Dawson, Esq., Captain and Adjutant ,of the -Lb" Flintshire Rifle Regiment, of a son. Rev On the 10th inst., at the Rectory, the wife of the Bowlhy, Rector of Thurrock Esse On the 11th inst., the wife of x Mr. Knowles, ufghbOrl park, of a son. if e o On the 11th inst., at the Rectory, Long Dittoni the wf the Rev. Jervis T. Giffard, of a daughter. , wife On the 11th inst., at Oak hill Lodge, Woodford , -we of Mellor Hetherington, jun., Esq., of a daughtes:::_---' MARRIED. On the Gth inst., at the Old Church, Brighter % te r of Whichelo, Esq., of London, to Marianne, fourth dauP the late H. L. Whichelo, Esq., of Brighton. „_, ‘ „,', 2 the On the 10th inst., a t M ore Ch urc h, n ear Brige""''iutili Rev. Thomas Hubbard, Rector of Stondon, Esse t() Fanny, daughter of Sir Woodbine Parish, DIED. On the 27th ult., at Teignmouth, William Chanbiro; Commander, Royal Navy aged 45. f TirllA On the 9th i nst., William Sloane, Esq., late o East Indies. On the 9th inst., at H o p e C o tt ag e, Wormley, - tain H. Elliott, late Hon. E. I. C.'s Service, age d 73. On the 10th inst., a t B ux t e d L o dge, near Uckfiel d, Benjamin Hall, Esq., aged 66. Hats, Cap' net 0 On the 11th inst., at York-place, Brighton, Sarah sr" --- the wife of Mr. Holsworth. Sarah,thedaughter On the Bth inst —or; Regent -street London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNtsio, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Plc gt Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cOla ll Mi ch llo492l, tbildah licromber 1647. 1