The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-21 00:00:00

:EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT. [The following appeared in our Third and Fourth Editions last night :—] SEVEN O'CLOCK. Notwithstanding the rain, manihUndreciSOiner sons had gathered round the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway before three o'clock, in expectation of the arrival of the Queen. Capt. Mansel and a detachment of Lancers arrived at four o'clock, also half a dozen Royal carriages ; but ner Majesty tad not arrived at seven o'clock. The stormy weather has, no doubt, detained her Majesty at Fleetwood. Great surprise was manifested at her Majesty's non-arrival. A special engine was to be sent on from Fleetwood on the starting of the Queen, but as we have said, it had not arrived at the time we mention. EIGHT O'CLOCK. Her Majesty had not arrived at the Euston-square S: Ilion at half-past seven o'clock, when our Reporter left. All kinds of surmises were afloat as to the non arrival of her Majesty. The crowd, notwithstanding the cold, wet, muddy street, immediately adjacent to the terminus, we left waiting with the most exem plary patience, some of the female sex . boasting that they had been waiting since ” three o clock, and th a t they should like to see , her The arrival of the six o'clock train from Fleet wood brought no tidings of the arrival o f h er Ma jesty at that port. The train started this mor n i ng at seven o'clock ; it brought a note to Mr. Creed, the secretary of the company, simply s t a ti ng th a t the Queen had not . put into the port at the time it started. The trim, however, came round by Man• chester and Birningham, and as her Majesty's train would come b: the Trent Valley, which is not yet opened for pamenger traffic, it was possible, from the shortness of tie route, that it might have outstripped the ordinary train. Her Majesty was expected every moment, but it is just possible that she may not arrive until this time to- morrow. The next through ordinary train will not arrive until a quarter to nine. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 20. (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE ATKINSON WILKIN. This bankrupt was a partner in the house of Messrs. Beattie, Macnaughton, and Co., East India and Le vant-merchants, whose failure exceeded 400,0001. He now applied to pass the last examination, and was supported by Mr. Lawrence. The bankrupt was not opposed by the creditors' assignee, or any of his creditors ; but Mr. Graham, the official assignee, objected to the balance-sheet, in the form in which it was filed. Mr. LAWRENCE, for the bankrupt, contended that he was not charged with receiving any moneys that he had not accounted for, nor for having been guilty of say •extottvagance as a merchant, but the opposition restist6n Die' want of vouchers connected with old firms, with whom Mr. Wilkin had had dealings, and over which he ha .I no control. Mr. Lawrence com plained that Mr. Graham had a strong bias against the bankrupt, and he challenged him to impute any improper motives to Mr. Wilkin, who at the time of the (t—lure had a balance due to him from his firm. Mr. Graham turned to the Commissioner and made some observations which did not reach the re porters' box, and an adjournment took place ; The Court ordering Mr. Wilkin to have all his expenses paid out of the estate. Adjourned accordingly. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, Sept. 20. (Before D. C. MOYLAN, Esq., Judge.) LORD BURY V. CLARKE. In this case - Lord Viscount Bury, eldest son of the Earl of Albemarle, was plaintiff, and Mr. Adam Clarke, postmaster, Jermyn-street, the defendant. The case was originally heard on the 30th of July, when damages to the amount of 201. were given in favour of the plaintiff, which he presented to the court to form a fund for the relief of distressed ob jects who might come before it. The defendant paid the money, into court, giving notice that application would be made for a new trial, which came on for hearing this day. The facts of the case were these : —On the l Sth of July last the noble plaintiff having occasion to post a letter at the defendant's receiving-housein Jermyn ztreet, saw exposed in the window some pencil-cases, which he supposed to be silver. Being in want of an article of that description, he went into the shop for the purpose of purchasing one, but OR examining them more closely he found they were not silver, and he told the defendant that he wanted a less trumpery article. The defendant upon this said, "I tell you what, you are a trumpery fellow, and I desire you to leave my shop." Lord Bury replied, " If you were on this side of the counter I'd give you as good a thrashing as you deserve." The defendant then desired his assistant to go and fetch a policeman, intending to give Lord Bury into custody. The noble plaintiff waited some minutes in the shop and left, but whilst walking towards Regent-street met a policeman, and supposing he was the constable w h om the defendant had sent for returned with him to the shop. On entering the door the defendant came from behind the counter, and, putting his hands against his Lordship's shoulders and chest, pushed him into the street. The judge, on hearing the evidence en both sides, decided that it was an assault, and gave the full amount of damages claimed. Mr. KEENE said he had to apply for a new trial, first on the ground of misdirection by the Learned Judge; secondly, that the judgment was against, evidence ; and thirdly, that the damages were ex cessive, considering the nature and character of the assault. Having stated the particulars of the case as given above , Mr. Keene conte n d e d th a t th e d e f en d an t having in the first instance given notice to the plaintiff to leave his shop, was justified in turning him out when he saw him enter again, and that Lord Bury, by entering the shop a second time, invited him to commit the assault. The JUDGE—But not to U3O unnecessary violence. Mr. Dor, having replied to the arguments of the Learned Counsel, contending that Lord Bury's sole object was to show Mr. Clarke that he could not in sult and assault customers with impunity, and show ing that the damages which had been awarded were not outrageous or excessive, The Learned JUDGE said with regard to the law of the case he was satisfied he had acted quite right, and that the defendant had used unnecessary or ex cessive violence in turning Lord Bury out of the shop. With respect to the excessive character of the da mages, he would hear any evidence Mr. Keene could produce to show that the amount he had awarded was excessive, and so much so that the defendant on account of his circumstances was unable to pay them. On that ground alone could he make any reduction in the amount. Mr. KEE/CR said he had no instructions to offer any such evidence, and, therefore, should not do so. After a long and tedious argument, The Learned JUDGE said he saw no reason to alter his decision, but he would have no objection to allow the case to be adjourned, to give Mr. Keene an opportunity to prove by cases that a jury would, under similar circumstances, have given a verdict for lower damages than he had. The case was accordingly adjourned for that pur-' pose. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BuLLocK. and Alderman Sir J. PIRIE, &C.) Yesterday James Lawson, 19, Benjamin Lawson, 13, Willia m J o hnso n, 23, and John Murphy, 28, were indicted for stealing from the person of Mrs. John Rathbon Tayl o r a p urse an d con tents on the public high way. Mr. Charnock defended Murphy. The rest pleaded Guilty. From the evidence of a man named Pound (for ir. the police, but now bill distributor for the theatres) it appeared that the prisoners followed Mrs. Taylor down Blackfriars-road, until they came to the London-road, when the younger Lawson thrust his hand into the lady's pocket, and drew out the purse, Murphy . (to u se a po li ce p h rase) " covering " him the -wird?. They then made off, and were followed to a public-house, w h ere they shared the plunder. When takeninto custody and searched, it was found th a t the total su m o f money found upon , them nearly cor responded with the amount Mrs. Taylor believed she had lost. Johnson, however, appeared to h ave h a d " the lion 5 share," for on him was found more than the others, and a particular, sixpence, whith Mrs. Taylor swore to, was found upon him. - The only question was, whether Murphy was a con federate. The jury found him Guilty ; and it wa s then proved that he had been convict e d in 1845 o f burglary. Sentence on Murphy, 7 years transp er t a . tion ; Johnson, 6 months ; the elder Lawson, 6 months ; and the other, 3 months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. The examination of Gardner and Holiday, of No. 4, Pancras-lane, charged with having conspired to defraud Mr. Gray of a quantity of rope, has caused quite a sensation amongst the warehousemen and shopkeeper s in the Ci-y. It will be recollected that two persons, named Herman Cusell and James Loup, to whom the puachase of the greater part of the pro perty so obtained had been traced, were called upon t o give evidence on th e second examination of the prisonersy'indrTutt-,Cus e ll, to whom Loup acted as comrn ,loft-fig in the transactions, made such a statern prit, being vestioned losely by M r. Hillory, solicitor for the-posecution, as showed that he was perfectly aware of the means by which the goods had been procured. The consequence of the exposure of the system THE SUN, was, that upon the third examination, an addition was made to the number of prisoners included in the charge. Mr. Huddlestone, of the bar, appeared for the prosecution, and when the case was called on, desired that all the witnesses examined upon the previous examination should appear in the justice-room. All of them having answered to their names, The Learned Counsel opened the case against Gard ner and Holliday, and said that the publication of what had taken place brought forward such evidence as proved beyond all question that Cusell and Loup had been, but a few days before the robbery com mitted upon Mr. Gray by the prisoners, concerned with these very prisoners in an attempt to plunder another tradesman, by means precisely similar to those which had unfortunately succeeded against the prosecutor. He should, therefore, call upon the Lord Mayor to place at the bar Cusell and Loup, as, in a case of conspiracy, acts preceding the commission of the offence, distinctly and independently charged, were capable of being used in testimony of the in tention subsequently carried into execution. The LORD MAYOR at once acceded to the proposi tion, and evidence, of which the following contains the essential parts, was taken against the four pri soners, Gardner, Holliday, Cusell, and Loup. W. J. Bond, 23, King David-lane, Shadwell, tool maker, said—On the 19th of last June I saw Gardner and Holliday with respect to a shipping order. I went to their office in consequence of a previous transaction respecting a chest of tools which I had supplied to them in May, and for which I was to have been paid on that day. When I took that chest home, Holliday introduced me to Gardner as his partner, and the 19th of June was appointed for pay ment of 151., the amount of the bill. When I accord ingly called at their office in Pancras-lane, Holliday asked me if I could supply them with some goods to the amount of 150/., and he showed me a list of the articles he required, with the prices annexed, and desired to know whether I could give credit for three months. I said, yes, if I had respectable references, and they said they would consider about it, and on the following Monday I called again, and was told by them that the order was for Sydney. I had, on the previous Saturday, received the order. (The witness here produced the document, which was signed " Gardner and Co.") When I saw them on Monday, they told me to call on the following Saturday for my money for the chest of tools I had delivered, and they would then give me an answer as to the large order. I called on the following Saturday (the 26th of June) for the 15/. They said they could not pay me then, but with respect to the reference for the other order, they would rather pay cash, which would obviate the ne cessity of giving references, and other houses would not know what they were doing, and they asked me to put the 15/. to the other order. I said I would rather be paid the 151. They then said they had an order for Sydney for these goods, referring to the 1501. worth of tools. They did not, however, pay me then. I saw them again on the 24th of July, with the invoice of the 1501. order, with reference to the packing the goods, but at that time I had not agreed to supply the goods. I suggested that with respect to the packing, the goods should be placed in tin cases, and Holliday said that he or Mr. Gard ner would come down to my house and inspect the goods. On the following Tuesday Holliday came down to my house and inspected the goods, and ap peared to be satisfied with them, and he gave me a shipping order to go t o tak e them to the Custom house-quay. He told me distinctly the goods were for shipping to Sydney, and it was necessary he should see them, as in Sydney they might say they were not good, and if he saw them he could vouch about them. I then said you have given me a ship ping order, but before I part with my goods I should like a reference, or the money. He then gave me a reference to Mr. Woolcombe, of St. Michael's-alley, in Cornhill. I went to Mr. Woolcombe, and received information from him which induced me to send my goods, and I accordingly sent them on the 80th of July, having marked the two casks and one case in which they were packed with P in a diamond. The diamond is generally understood to mean "for shipping." My carman and I took the goods to the Custom house-quay (Messrs. Hall and Co.) I got a receipt- I note from Williams and Clarke. The shipping order was signed by Holliday, " Gardner and Co. On the following day I went to Gardner and Holliday's offices, and saw them both. I went according to Hol liday's appointment for my money, and Holliday said he was not aware that the goods were at the Custom house-quay, and I had rather led them into a dilemma from not telling them, and he said they were agents in the affair, and if they had known I had sent them in, they would have got a bill for half the amount. I was to call the next day for my money. I called accordingly, and they said that in conse quence of the pressure in the money market, they could not get rid of their bills, and I was to call again, and on the 3d of August I called agaie, and they paid me the 13/. for the tools I had at first sent in, and Gardner said the tools had been shipped for Sydney five days, and were a good way by that time on their way to that place.—(A. laugh.) Mr. Huddlestone—Had you about that time re ceived any information about your tools ? Witness-- I had, and I traced them to Johnson and Day's, the packers. On the next day (Aug. 17) my solicitor and I went to Gardner and Holliday's office, but could not find them, and in consequence of informa tion,which I received we went to the office of Mr. Cusell, in Lime-street, and going along we met Mr. Cusell in Leadenhall-market, and my solicitor told him he must not part with the goods he had got from Gardner and Co. Cusell said he did not know what my solicitor meant, and my solicitor said you know very well it's those tools that Gardner and Co. got for shipping. Cusell said, What am I to do for my money ? My solicitor said he had nothing to do with that, they were offering them for sale for any thing they could get, and he must have them back. Cusell said if we would pay him the money he had advanced upon them; and my solicitor asked that amount, to which he replied that he could not tell. My solicitor pressed him, and said he must know ; and he said he had advanced part and his friend Loup had advanced another part ; but he did not say the amount. He said that Gardner had applied to him to get the money, and he wished he had nothing to do with it, and we all three went to Gardner and Company's office, and saw Holliday, who professed at first not to under stand what it all meant, and said to Cusell, " You know we have entrusted you with these goods for shipment." "Yes," said Cusell, "you have entrusted them to me, to do the best I could with them, and what I have done has been for the best." Holliday said Gardner was at Ramsgate respecting the purchase of a ship, and my solicitor threatened to come before the Lord Mayor if they did not give up the goods, and Cusell said he was willing to give up what claim he had upon them if his friend, Mr. Loup, would do so; and he went to get Mr. Loup, and we went to look after him, as he was away a long time. Upon our return we found Loup and Cusell and Holliday together, and Loup said he would give up the goods if his claim of 21/, which he had advanced to Cusell, was paid. Cusell said he was willing to give up his claim, and Holliday wrote an order to Johnson and Day to give up the goods, which Cusell signed, and Loup took with him. I ultimately got the order, and got back my goods upon paying 21. to the packers, but we did not succeed till we had again threatened Holliday to go to the Lord Mayor. The value of the goods was 1541., and I should not have allowed them to have been sent to the Custom-house-quay, unless they had been for shipment to Sydney. Cross-examined by Mr. Sidney, for Cusell—When the order was given, I did not know anything of Cusell. He did not consent to give up the goods very readily. When he knew there was something wrong about them, he said he would have his money first. Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, here read the evi dence given by Mr. Gray, of the transaction, the ropes between him and the firm f Gardner and Holiday, some time after the above described attempt to defraud. Mr. Huddleston said it would be seen from the statement of Mr. Gray, that although it was pretended in the more recent case, by Holliday and Cusell, that they knew nothing of each other, they were pretty nearly associated in the former attempt to defraud, which had, so luckily for Mr. Bond, been defeated, and the two affairs were conducted upon exactly the same principle. Mr. am Grayquite cross-examineduite certain that t b y c Aulsreiat Sydney, the for public house C . u . - sell—l in St. M ary - axe , w h en ques ti one d a b ou t Holli day, said he did not know that person. Mr. Barber, woollen merchant, of St. Paul's church yard, brother-in-law to Mr. Gray, said he accom panied Mr. Gray to the Sugar-loaf public-house, in St. Mary-axe, on the 3d of September, and saw Hol liday and Cusell there, and they denied positively any knowledge of each other.—(Laughter.) After some further evidence, confirmatory of that already given, the case was adjourned till Saturday next, and bail was taken for Cusell and Loup, in two sureties each of 1001. each, and their own securi ties for 2001. each to appear on that day. Gardiner and Holliday, against whom it was stated there were several other charges upon what is called " the shipping rig," were sent back to the Compter. The gang, it is asserted, has extensive ramifications, and much credit is gi ven to Mr. Barber, of St. Paul's churchyard, for the determined manner in which he followed up the matter with the judicious aid of Mr. Hillory, his solicitor. GUILDHALL. Thomas Allen, a boy employed as a conductor to a:: omnibus, was charged with misbehaviour while so employed, on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Norton attended for the prisoner. John Brand, City policeman 229, stated that the side of St. Martin's-le-Grand, opposite the Post- office, had, for a day or two, been kept in confusion, by the starting of some new twopenny omnibuses, to run from King's-cross to the Elephant and Castle. Everyone was, annoyed with the touting for cus tomers, and some persons were almost forced into the omnibuses by the rival conductors. He had received directions to lock up any conductor who misbehaved by laying hands, in this way, on a female. The de fendant's omnibus, after drawing off into Newgate street, stopped, and there was a contest for a lady who was about to get into another omnibus, but the de fendant caught hold of her arm, insisted she had hailed him first, and handed her into his omnibus. Witness immediately took the defendant into custody. Mr. Norton cross-examined him, to show that he ought to have taken both conductors into custody, and that he was showing favour to the old proprietors, who bad had the monopoly of the road, and wanted to keep up the price. He called the driver, to show that the lady, in fact, hailed his omnibus first. Some letters from the inhabitants were put in, complaining that they could not get carts up to their doors to take up or set down goods ; that the footway was constantly crowded and in confusion ; that the coachmen and cads abused each other in a most offen sive manner ; that five or six omnibuses stood in a line at the same time, and that they paid no attention to the police. Sir P. LauarE said if the lowering of the fares much increased the number of omnibuses, it must be considered whether they and the cabs should have all the thoroughfares to themselves, or whether some limit should be put to their number. A magistrate must depend on the testimony of a disinterested eye witness. He must believe the policeinan gave a con scientious account of what he saw, till he was shown to he corrupted by one side or the other; and he should, therefore, support the authority of the officer. He fined the defendant ss. IYESTMINSTER. on the abdomen, from the effects of which she has been suffering ever since, and her life, at one period, was considered in danger. She was, however, suffi ciently convalescent, on the 'present occasion, to attend, and in the course of her examination she stated, that on the day the assault was committed, she stood merely as a silent spectator of what was going forward, when he ran towards her, and with a shoe on his foot (produced) studded with nails, he inflicted the injury which had ever since confined her to her bed, and from the effects of which she was still suffering. DREADFUL ACCIDENT NEAR HADLEIGH. FURTHER PARTICULARS. HADLEIGH RAILWAY STATION, SATURDAY EVEN ING.—As yet all the sufferers are alive, though the recovery of one of them (the wife of a labourer), is still deemed doubtful. Messrs. Growse and Mudd, the two surgeons of the place, attended upon the injured, a duty which the large number rendered in no slight degree laborious; the assistance of Mr. Storry, the druggist, which was most kindly rendered, being all the additional aid that could be procured, either in the town or neighbourhood. The prisoner said that he regretted what had oc curred. Mr. COTTINGRAM, in strong terms denounced the unmanly conduct of the prisoner on the occasion, and told him that had the girl died in consequence of the kick which he had inflicted on so dangerous a part of her person, he should assuredly have com mitted him for murder. As the law at present stood, and that there was every probability of the ultimate recovery of the complainant, even under such cir cumstances he deemed it his duty to send the pri soner before a jury, instead of dealing summarily with him, and inflicting a fine, which was quite inadequate as a punishment for such an offence as that with which he had been charged. The prisoner was then committed for trial for the assault at the present Sessions at the Central Criminal Court. A few days since a person named John Hall, who described himself as a solicitor's clerk, and who was to have been tried at the late Surrey Sessions on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences from a poor woman named Malin attended to prefer a charge of threatening to do him some bodily harm, against Mrs. Malin's husband, and a man named Sherreff, who was to have been a witness for the pro secution. It appeared that on Saturday last Hall was put upon his trial at the above sessions, but his counsel took an objection, which was fatal to the indictment, and the prisoner was consequently dis charged, but the prosecutor was informed by the Chairman that she had it in her power to lay a fresh indictment against the accused person. Prior, how ever, to the proceedings taking place, Hall attended at this Court and complained that the husband of the prosecutrix and a man named Sherreff had threatened him with their vengeance, and that he went in bodily fear of them. The Magistrate, on being made ac quainted with the facts, accordingly ordered Hall's information to be taken in writing, and summonses were accordingly issued against the parties, to attend this day to answer the charge. The accused persons were in attendance, but when the case was called on Hall did not appear, and the accused parties coin plained loudly that the complainant was absent, and declared that there was not the slightest ground for the charges which he had alleged against them. They requested to be informed whether they could not have some redress for the scandalous way in which they had been treated on the occasion. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he recollected Hall's application to him on the subject, and his having di rected that that person's information should be taken in writing, in which he charged the defendants with threatening his life. As Hall, however. neglected to attend on the present occasion, the defendants were, as a matter of course, discharged; and he added, that in the event of their wishing to institute any proceed ings against that person, they should be furnished with copies of the informations which he had laid against them. The following is a list of those requiring medical aid : UNDER CARE OF MR. MUDD. Mr. John Staines, fractured collar bone, and other injuries. His child, contusion of leg. William Sheldrake (a boy), fractured thigh, and extensive wounds of head. Eliza Arms, concussion of brain; and her sister Sarah, wounded eye and knee. Maria Jo4in, fracture of ribs and wounds of face. Thomas Theobald, concussion of brain, and wounds of head and arm. Amelia Gray, wounded head and contused shoulder. Mr. Robert Hoddy, wounds of head and contusion of eye. Mr. Charles Fenn, contused ankle and hip. Nis Hannah Lamb, injury to feet and con tused eye. Miss Louisa Lamb, wounds of head and legs. Miss Emma Ray, woand of head and contusion of back. Elizabeth Scrivener, injury of the foot. Sergeant Hornsby, one of the railway police,wounds of the head and chest. Mr. Seagrave, wounded head, and his daughter contused leg. Charlotte Double, injury to head and shoulders. George Double, wounds of leg, ankle, &c. Ann Snell, contused arm and leg, and wounded hip. Dennis Lalley, an Irish labourer, was charged with the following unpr ovo k e d an d violent assault upon Richard Alexander, the proprietor of the Coburg Arms, Coburg-row, Westminster. Complainant, whose arm was in a sling, and who appeared to be in great pain, said that at about half past eight on Saturday night he was informed that the defendant was making a great disturbance in the taproom, and on going there entreated him to be quiet, and leave the place. Defendant, however, posi tively refused, and taking off his coat declared that he would remain there all night, and that nobody should remove him. Complainant, after again endeavouring to persuade the man to leave the house peaceably, laid hold of him gently by the breast, observing, at the same time, " Come, my good man, you had better go ;" when defendant seized him by the arm and twisted it so violently that it became completely dis abled. On complainant turning away from defend ant, the latter struck him a blow with so much vio lence on one side of his head, that blood gushed out of the opposite ear, as also from his nostrils. Defend ant then endeavoured to get away, and on being fol lowed by complainant's little girl, knocked her about, kicked her, and tore her clothes. After some trouble defendant was conveyed to the police-station. Com plainant, in conclusion, said that although his medical attendant had dune all that skill could suggest, his arm still remained perfectly useless. Defendant, in reply to the charge, said that he had no remembrance of what had occurred, but he did not think he had treated complainant in the way he had described. Mr. BRODERIP said the case was by far of too serious a nature for him to deal with summarily, and ordered defendant to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions. Defendant was locked up. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Elizabeth Cook, contusion of body. Eliza Cook, extensive wound of knee and other injuries. Harriet Cook, contusion of ankle. Charlotte Greggs, wounds of head and face. Harriet White, wounded head. Eliza White, contused eye and wounds of head. Ellen Arms, bruises of the body. Mary Durrant, contusions of forehead and ankle. Jane Theobald, contused head and arm. Susan Eighteen, fracture of right leg and con tusion of left knee. Ann Ratcliffe, contusion of legs, arms and face. Edward Buckle, wounded head, and contused leg and arm. Daniel Grainger, bruises of face and shoulders. UNDER CARE OF MR. J. GROWSE. Sarah Brooks, fractured ribs and wounded head. Charlote Brooks, contused face and feet. Harriet Pittock, wife of a labourer, fracture of both legs, and wounded head. Mary Ann Payne, fractured thigh. Seth of Paone, bruises of foot. Louisa Payne, general contusion of body and limbs. Harriet Wilding, lacerated wrist and other bruises. John Sibbons, contusion of arm. Susan Faulkner, contused face and wounded ankle. Mary and Elizabeth Pittock, and Sarah Cross, general injuries. Thomas Hawes, contusion of knee and wounded ankle. The defendants having thanked the magistrate, then withdrew. LAMBETH". John Cresse ant James Cheddy, _alias Holmes. were charged before Mr Elliott with entering the dwelling-house of Mrs. Elizabeth Field, of Henry street, Kennington-lane ' and stealing therefrom a qnantity of pl a t e an d other property. From the evidence it appeared that the family of the - presecutrix were from home, and the female in care of the house having gone out for a short time, the prisoners, taking advantage of her absence, un locked th e d oor w i t h a s k e l e t on k e y a n d entered the house. A person living opposite, suspecting their intention. gave information to the police, and on com ing out of the house they were apprehended, and a quantity of plate, with other property, a number of skeleton keys, and a " jemmy" were found on them. They declined saying anything in defence, and were remanded. Susan Scowen, bruised feet. Eliza Barnes, bruised ankle. Mr. May, fractured leg. Elizabeth Martin, contused head. Susannah Baker and Susan Abbott, bruised head and face. Mary Baker, wounded head. Thomas Brown, general injuries. Beason, contusion of feet. Mr. George Grim wood, general bruises. James Bateman, injury to shoulder and arm. William Bateman (his son), serious wound of scalp. George King, contusion of head and back. Mr. Benjamin Bare, hair-dresser, bruised head and arm. Frederick Miller and Theodore Blomberg, two well dressed young Germans, were placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being drunk and riotous. Police Constable 111 C, stated that he was on duty in the Haymarket, about four o'clock this morning, when his attention was called to the defendants, who were singing in a tone of more noise than harmony, accompanying their vocal abilities by dancing in a very uncouth manner on the pavement. He went ' up to them, and requested them to desist and go home quietly. They, however, would not obey him, and intimated that they should amuse themselves as long as they thought proper, and contended against hi s authority to remove them. Seeing that they were determined to kick up a row, he took them into cus tody and conveyed th em t o the station. The defendants, in answer to the charge, said they were perfect strangers in this country and ignorant of the law. They admitted being in liquor, and were sorry for acting in such an unbecoming manner. Mr. HARDWICK fined them ss. each, and recom mended them to keep sober in future. Henry Sims and William Rogers, two sturdy young fellows, were charged by Mr. Smith, one of the over seers of St. George, Hanover-square, with creating a disturbance at Mount-street Workhouse, and refusing to go away. It appeared that, on Saturday evening, the defen dants applied for admission into the workhouse, but in consequence of the place being full they were refused, and told to go elsewhere. Instead of doing so, they became very abusive and applied several filthy epithets to Mr. Smith. They had been dis charged from the house on Thursday last, in conse quence of their incorrigible laziness and general bad conduct, and work had since been offered to them, but they refused to accept it. Mr. HARDWICK, after giving them a severe lecture upon their conduct, discharged them with a caution. MARYLEBONE. Jane Carpenter, not much more than ten years of age, was charged with having robbed Miss Linton, Bayham-terrace, Camden-town. Prosecutrix deposed that on Saturday evening last she went to the shop of Mr. Johnson, a grocer, in High-street, not far from her own dwelling, to make some purchases, but finding that the place was so full, and that there would be a probability of her not being served for a considerable time, she was about to make her egress, when she was stopp e d by a con stable in plain clothes, who asked her if she had lost anything. She immediately put her hand into her pocket, and discovered that her purse, containing a half-crown, two shillings, and some copper money, had been stolen. Mr. J. T. Garnham, draper, contusion of shoulder and arm. Mr. Joseph Smith, who describes himself as a so licitor, but whose name does not appear in the law list, appeared to answer to a summons charging him with assaulting Mr. George Frederick Carden, a bar rister, residing in Gate-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, by spitting in bis face. The short facts were these : —The defendant, who represented himself as the so licitor of Messrs. Dowd and Co., auctioneers' agents, &c., of 12, Wormwood-street, City, and 4, Bury street, St. Mlry Axe (the places where he, Smith, represented his offices to be), had been negotiating with the complainant for delivering up to him some premises in Lambeth-walk belonging to him, and some disagreement having arisen between them, the defendant spat in the complainant's face. Mr. ELLIOTT observed, that the act of the defendant was one of a very filthy description, and convicted him in the highest penalty of at., or, in default of payment, to one month's imprisonment. The defendant was locked up. William Scowen, contused face. In addition to the above, some, who reside at a dis tance from the town, are attended by their own medi cal men. Amongst these is Mr. Hewes, farmer, Nay land, who had his leg fractured, and who is under the care of Mr. Fenn. It will be seen from the nature of the wounds that many of the cases are of a dangerous character, though we are happy to state that they are generally going on so well that, with one exception, no fatal consequences are at present apprehended. The case alluded to is that of Mrs. Pittock, the wife of a labourer, who had both her legs broken, and her head severely wounded and contused ; to-day her case wore a more favourable appearance, but recovery is consi dered very precarious. Several remarkably narrow escapes occurred, in one of which Mr. Mudd, the surgeon, was himself the party ; he, like many others, had gone upon the platform to witness the starting of the train, and was standing at the edge of the platform in front of the wall in question, when he observed it crack, and only saved himself from being crushed under it by a vigorous spring on to the line. It was most fortu nate that the train which was intended to convey the excursionists had net been backed up to the , station, or the platform would have been so hemmed in that there would have remained very slight chance of escape, and the consequences would probably have been much more serious. Leaving out of calculation comparatively trivial injuries, the sufferers on the occasion cannot be rec koned at much less than seventy. The list given above comprise siztythree, and we understand there are several resident in the adjacent neighbourhood who are not included. Though in no degree blameable, either by them selves or officers, for the occurrence of the accident, the directors have manifested the greatest regret at the occurrence, with the strongest commiseration for the sufferers, and through Mr. Bruff, their en gineer, and Mr. Martin, the traffic manager, they have given orders that nothing may be spared which can conduce to the ultimate recovery and intermediate comfort of the patients. It also appears that the accident is in no way r h i eiae if r s edcr u t oe y wnd projecting. o ; u i l dt wr wasnoa oo s ofo intendedun doubt whichn e- haveint the to eh attributable to any defect either in the construction of e d er es ,materials and t the wall or substantial ptsihi a sbwu r eo c per h npl ii 'ar e t c wv t eoirtn p hye urposed carrying over the platform and one line of rails, and which was to rest in front upon pillars. The other part of the station escaped injury from the hurricane ; but, as some proof of its force, it may be mentioned that a large tree in the vicinity was blown down ; a point-turner was carried com pletely off the line, and numbers could scarcely keep upon their feet. It is scarcely necessary to add, that throughout the town the greatest commiseration is felt towards the sufferers. Hilladen, 42 S (the constable alluded to) said that he distinctly saw the prisoner draw a purse from the pocket of prosecutrix, and pass it from her left to her right hand. Witness laid hold of her, and on her hearing the lady declare that she had been robbed, she (prisoner) dropped the purse on the floor; she cried and begged to be forgiven. It was further stated by witness that he had on the same evening, and at the same shop, seen the prisoner attempt to pick the pockets of other females while waiting to be served, which induced him to continue to watch her movements. The purse and money were here produced; the former was identified by the owner, and the sum therein corresponded with that which was lost. The prisoner on being asked what she had to say, replied that she was very hungry, and that two or three other girls had induced her to do what she did. Mr. BROUGHTON remarked that he was sorry to be compelled to send one of such tender years for trial for felony, but he could not do otherwise in this instance than adopt that course. The prisoner was accordingly committed. Thomas Hill was charged with having, on 24th June last deserted from 40th regiment of Foot, at that time stationed at Sheffield. Dafter, 215 D, deposed that from information which he had received, he went to No. 3, White Lion-place, Edgware-road, and in one of the back rooms found the prisoner, who on being told that he must consider himself in custody as a deserter, clasped his hands together, exclaiming "some kind friend has done this for me ;" he was taken to the station-house, and on his being examined there, the letter D was found branded on his left side ; when the charge wa,s made against him before the inspector, he denied that he was a deserter, and gave his name John Jones. On the road to the station, he remarked to some persons who were following him, " they have done it for me.. " Witness here put in the Police Gazette of the sth of f a g s July,iv n e s being . in '4 refmerrr.edßßtoo. hi chthe description of a man corres ponding exactly with the appearance of the prisoner, w a deserter fr om th e reg i men t a b ove ucalrox (to the constable)—What do you mean by being branded ? Does the mark appear to sheaevmes,beseir, as n madeif the letterwithahot wa i s f ron o P rme N d Vi b tn y b ess Tin l g t pricked with a ne e dl e , or something else with a sharp point. Mr. Jones, the usher, who was desired by the Ma gistrate to look at the prisoner's side, did so in the passage leading to the court, and he reported that there was the mark of a D, but that it was very faint. In addition to the description of the prisoner in the Gazette, it was stated that the present was a second desertion, which fact accounts for the " branding," as it was termed by the policeman. Dafter further said, that at the station-house door alreadythe pr i s o b n e e e r n ' s i r tt d e e d se t rt h i a n t n. her husband h a d The prisoner, who asserted that he had never in his life been in any regiment, was committed. punished wi fe ad m f o S'OI7THIVARK. Richard Haines, a tall powerful man, who has been in custody since the commencement of July, was brought . up for final examination, charged with seri ously injuring Jane ill'Casland, a girl of sixteen years of age, by inflicting a kick on the lower part of her abdomen. It appeared that in the early part of July, the pri soner, while leading a woman along 'White-street, in the Borough, was f o ll owe d b y a crowd o f b oys an d girls. The complainant, who was passing along at the tim e , stood for a moment to look on, whn the pri soner dragg e d hi s charge on the pavement, and running up to the poor girl gave kw a severe kick ~r~- LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 21, 1847. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. Sow ERDY-BRIDGE, SATURDAY EVENlNG. — Captain Buistead, the indefatigable superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire line, has been most atten tive to the sufferers. He attended Captain Ellis to Normanton after the accident, and forwarded him and other passengers by special train to York. Cap tain Ellis's escape was miraculous. He is slightly hurt in the back, and must certainly have lost his life but for his presence of mind in clinging to the carriage, and not attempting to jump out. Captain Buistead had the melancholy duty to-day of sending the remains of the unfortunate Mr. Weston to Lon don, accompanied by his afflicted nephew, Mr. Dixon. Mr. Moon, Mr. 1V estop secretary, is so far re covered that he will be enabled to leave Yorkshire for London to-morrow. It is due to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com pany to state that, although it is, in consequence of its vast goods traffic and the great number of its stations and branches, a most difficult line to work, it has been remarkable for its admirable management. The present, indeed, is the first fatal accident that has occurred to any passenger since its opening in 1839—a period of eight years ; and the present su perintendent, Captain Buistead, has conveyed nine millions of passengers without the slightest injury to one of them, until the present calamity. The latter gentleman's unceasing devotion to his duties, his ad mirable arrangements of the signals, and general management have indeed been long the theme of public admiration. We have succeeded in obtaining a copy of the following document, addressed by Mr. Dixon to Captain Buistead. It was obviously not intended for publication, but it reflects so much honour on the good feelings of the writer that we do not hesitate to print it here Royal Hotel, Sowerby-bridge, Sept. 18. "Received of Captain Buistead, R.N., the under mentioned property found up on th e person o f Mr. Weston. a '6 And in handing to Captain Buistead this memorandum, I feel it my duty, as the representative of Mr. Weston, to acknowledge his most kind, active, and consoling attention, under cir cumstances of so distressing a nature. " J. H. DIXON." The inquest was held this afternoon, at the Royal Hotel, Sowerby-bridge, before J. Dyson, Esq., Coro ner, and a highly respectable and intelligent jury. Captain Buistead, R.N., the superintendent, Mr. Hawkshaw, the engineer, and numerous other wit nesses, were called, and subjected to a severe exami nation. It was clearly shown from their statement, that no blame whatever was attachable to the officers of the company. The accident appeared to have been caused by the breaking of a rail, and the consequent oscillation of the coupe, which was the last carriage of the train of seven carriages; that the train was under the guidance of two guards and three breaks, which were applied the moment the carriage was discovered to be off the rails. The jury ultimately returned the following special verdict :—" Verdict, Accidental death.' The jury cannot separate without suggesting the necessity of having a luggage or break van at tached to the end of each express train, as an addi tional security to the passenger carriages, and to ob viate the dangers arising from the great oscillation of the last carriage; and they would also recommend that some mode of communication should be adopted between each carriage and the guard in charge, as the fatal result of the present accident might have been avoided if such had been the case." NIGHT ASCENT Or MR. GALE'S BALLOON. — Last night, at half past nine o'cln•ck, Mr. G. B. Gale made a brilliant ascent in his new balloon, called the Prince of Wales. Some difficulty having been obtained in getting the balloon filled with gas at Cremorne Gardens, the machine was taken to the gas works at Vauxhall-bridge, and the same having been inflated it was towed by one of the Citioen steamers to the gardens, and, at the above time, Mr. Gale and Mr. Harry Coxwell entered the car, and at a given signal the majestic machine left terra firma and ruse high into the air. Upon gaining a cer tain hltitude Mr. Coxwell discharged, by means of a fusee, a grand display of pyrotechnics, which, on this occasion, excelled any former attempt, in consequence of the introduction of a new wire gauge shield, the inven tion of Mr. Murtran, the artist to the gardens. Not withstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the gardens were well attended, and the banks of the river, during the progress of the balloon to the place of enter tainment, were rendered nearly impassable, owing to the immense crowd of people waiting to see the ascent. The balloon appeared to proce, d in the direction of Croydon, and, after remainina in sight a considerable period, the brilliancy of the fireworks obscured the balloon from further notice. • LATEST PARTICULARS. In addition to the particulars contained in the above, a correspondent of the Observer writes as follows :—" I may mention, as going far to account for the accident, that Hadleigh station is on an emi nence remarkable for its exposure to the winds, and that on Thursday afternoon it blew one of the most furious gales ever known in that part of the coun try. The guard of the train running between Bentley and Hadleigh, has just informed me that it was with the greatest difficulty he or the stokers could keep their places, and that not only did they labour under the apprehension of being every moment blown off the trains, but that they actually felt alarmed lest the trains themselves should be overturned. At some distance from the spot where the catastrophe occurred trees were torn up by the roots, out-houses blown down, and great havoc otherwise committed by the fury of the gale. It is due to the medical gentlemen who are attending the sufferers to say that nothing could be more unremitting than their attention to them by night as well as day. It is right to add that other medical men from the neighbourhood came of their own accord to volunteer their aid when intel ligence of the alarming occurrence reached them. It is gratifying to be able to conclude by the expression of a hope that the poor woman, who it was feared would die of the injuries which she received, is now expected ultimately to recover. Though several of the sufferers will feel to the end of their days the effects of the injuries they have sustained, it will be a wonderful as well as a grat if y i ng c i rcumstance that so many ind ividuals have so seriously suffered without a single instance of loss of life." HADLEIGH, SEPT. 17.—Mr. Henry Russell, the vocalist, had a very narrow escape. He had just arrived here from Sudbury with a Mr. John Cave, a commercial traveller, where he had been giving an entertainment the night previous. Mr. Russell and Mr. Cave were pro ceeding in a gig to the station at the time it fell in; the former being about to start fcr Colchester. SAILORS AND SOLDIERS' LETTERS.—On Saturday the Postmaster -General ordered that the letters of sol diers and seamen, both in her Majesty's service and the E:st India Company's, should be forwarded in future at the reduced rate of postage, whether they were liable to foreign postage or not. The foreign rates of postage, however, must be paid in all cases, in addition to the reduced rates of British postage. A NEW SPECULATION.—CROPS OF CATS.—CoI. Carroll, of Howard county, Va., has recently purchased a large island in the Chesapeake Bay, which he has stocked with black cats. A large number has been pur chased and sent to their secluded homes. The object is to raise them for the fur, which is quite valuable. LATE MURDER AT SWINTON. It will be remembered that on the coroner's inquest held upon the body of Caleb Parker, at:Swinton bridge, evidence was given that a young man, answer ing to a certain description, was seen drinking at a public-house near to the spot where the murder was subsequently committed. This young man was talk ing in so strange and incoherent a manner, that sus picions were expressed at the time as to his character —and particularly as he gave no satisfactory account of himself. This man was the only suspicious character seen in the neighbourhood on the night of the murder ; and his description was minutely de tailed by a man and woman who had seen him. He had on a blue coat and waistcoat, and moleskin trou sers, in a dirty state, as though he had been employed as a navigator. This man removed from Swinton, and was afterwards suspected of committing a bur glary at Great Houghton, and also of stealing a cow. From the house broken into was stolen a quantity of silver spoons, on which were certain marks; and on Wednesday afternoon some of these spoons were found pawned by the prisoner in %Vestbar, Sheffield. The man's description having been given to the pawn broker, he promptly sent for the police, and Inspector Astwood went and took the prisoner into custody. He had been drinking for some days, it is supposed upon the proceeds of his ill-gotten booty, and on the previous evening, while drunk, had threatened to stab a woman with a butcher's dressing knife. When he was taken to the Town-hall he was searched, and the lower part of his mole skin trousers exhibited several distinct marks of blood. Whether this may give any clue to the discovery of the murder remains to be seen, but the description of the man seen at Swinton on the night of the murder, and that of the prisoner, corre spondent in so complete and extraordinary a manner, that nu doubt seems to be entertained that he is one and the same person. At Sheffield he gave the name of William Shakspeare ; but at Swinton he said his name was Edward Garland, and that his mother was an unmarried woman, named Sellars. He was brought up at the Town Hall on Thursday last, be fore the mayor, in company with a man named Thos. Robinson. Mr. Raynor then informed the mayor that the prisoner had been taken into custody on sus picion of having committed a burglary at Great Houghton on the previous day, at the house of Mr. W. Brookes, as above stated. He was offering more spoons for sale in Westbar when he was apprehended. From the description given there was no doubt what ever that these formed a portion of the property stolen from Great Houghton. Besides this, there was another charge against the p r i soner , v i z ., for stealing a cow, and which he was afterwards seen offering for sale in Rotherham market. Under these circum stances, Mr. Raynor added, he would apply to have the prisoner remanded. This was accordingly done ; and Robinson was discharged, the latter having been taken into custody because he was known to have been drinking with Edward Garland, the other pri soner. The latter appeared quite unconcerned before the mayor, and treated the charge against him very lightly. He, however, made no defence, nor did he deny the charge against him. It is expected that when further evidence is obtained against him he will be taken before the bench of magistrates at Rother ham.—Sheffield Iris. THE SLAVE TRADE. By the Sealark we are furnished with the following list of the prizes taken by the Slave-trade Suppression Squadron on the coast of Africa since October last:— The Victoria—no slaves on board, captured by the Kingfisher, Oct. 16, 1846. The Genis—no slaves on board, captured by the Kingfisher, Oct. 18, 1846. The Ponita, Porto, and Agnia—no slaves on board, captured by the Sea lark, Oct. 21, 1846. The Electra—no slaves on board, captured by the Espoir, Oct. 23, 1846. The Paquite de Rio-560 slaves on board, captured by the Ferret and Cygnet, Oct. 27, 1846. L'Adelaide—no slaves on board, captured by the Bittern, Nov. 21, 1846. The Selina—no slaves on board, captured by the Waterwitch, Jan., 1847. The Emiiia—no slaves on board, captured by the Rapid, Jan. 25, 1847. The Anna and Constantia—no slaves on board, cap tured by the Styx, Jan. 29, 1847. The Phaeton—no *Lives on board, captured by the Bittern, Jan. 29, 1847. The Mickherry—no slaves on board, captured by the Styx, Feb. 20, 1847. The Saron—no slaves on board, captured by the Penelope, March 18, 1847. The Jupiter—no slaves on board, captured by the Flying Fish, March 18, 1847. The Tres Amigos—no slaves on board, captured by the Devastation, March 19, 1847. The Rey de Cigiton-520 slaves on board, captured by the Devastation, March 25, 1847. The Felicidade-315 slaves on board, captured by the Penelope, March 30, 1847. The Paglion—no slaves on board, captured by the Grappler, March 30, 1847. The Johanita—no slaves on board, captured by the Penelope, April 4, 1847. Unknown--no slaves on board, captured by the Hound, April 11, 1847. Unknown-304 slaves on board, captured by the Kingfisher, April 17, 1847. Unknown--no slaves on board, captured by the Kingfisher, April 24, 1847. Unknown-212 slaves on board, captured by the Kingfisher, May 5, 1847. The Gustava Primero—no slaves on board, captured by the Sealark, April 18, 1847. The above is a tolerably fair sample of the activity of our cruisers, notwithstanding which, however, the slave trade is on the inorease. The Tres Amigos was a very large vessel, and " armed to the teeth." The Devastation ran her on shore, and all the crew escaped, and she was soon dashed to pieces by the surf. The Devastation lost two boats and one man drowned in getting through the surf to measure her. She had made two or three very successful trips, and was a fast vessel. All these prizes have been taken between the lat. of 5 deg. S. and 15 deg. S., and lon. 3 deg. W. and 13 deg. E. The Sealark chased a steam-slaver during the last month (June). "I do not know," says our informant, " exactly the date, but she got away. The Sealark was coming up with her when the wind failed, and the pride got away. She had 950 slaves on board. As she went away from the Sealark she dipped her ensign three times, as much as to say, Good morning." THE MARQUIS OP BUTE...BIRTH 01 AN HEIR.— Lady Bute gave birth to a son and heir at Mountstuart, on the 12th instant. This interesting event will be the cause of much rejoicing over his Lordship's extensive estates in Scotland, England, and Wales. The noble infant takes the title of Lord Mountstuart. —Caledonian Mere ury. ST ATE OF TRADE.—The hosiery trade here seems to have settled down to the present limited demand.— The bobbin net lace trade, both plain and fancy, con tinues in a depressed state, though among persons out of the trade an opinion prevails to the contrary, which we regret is not well founded.—The black silk trade, though upon the decline, is still in a better condition than the other departments. A few muslin laces of good quality are yet made.—The warp-lace trade has at length felt a little more activity with some of the houses.—Several important inventions in this description of machinery are not abandoned, and we hope ere long will be brought to perfection, and thus give a new impetus to the lace trade.—lt is probable that a great change will take place in the bobbin-net manufacture, as the present methods will be superseded by four thread plat-nets, working ex tremely fine cotton-thread, in which case scarce a fourth of the number of square yards will be produced from the present machines.—We have had put into our hands a specimen of Bartie's double warp bobbin-net: this article is everything that is wanted; the net, which is made of No. 200 cotton, is, what will scarcely be believed, too fine in appearance, appearing much thinner than the old traverse ground; it is perfectly firm, and will withstand the utmost ordeal of the washtub. A stripe of linen work is made down it, which is equal in quality with the net, which of course can be made in any shape or figure. —Nottingham Review. DUMFRIES AND CARLISLE AND AYRSHIRE RAIL WAyEL—We are authorised to state that the proposed arrangements for placing these companies under one system of management were completed on Wednesday. The thorough amalgamation of the two lines under the name and title of " The Glasgow and South-Western Railway " cannot be effected until the opening of the Carlisle Railway ; but it is satisfactory to know that interests so completely identified are now thoroughly united. Separate boards of direction must necessarily be continued, but will be composed of the same indivi duals, and the Secretary to the Ayr Company, Mr. Fairfull Smith, will act in this capacity for both com panies. --North British Mail. We have to announce the death, at Pau, where he was on a tour of inspection, of General Changarnier, whose name has been so distinguished for his services in Algeria. The Marquise de Mirabeau, eldest daughter of the Duke D'Eschignac, and grand niece of the Prince De Talleyrand-Perigord, has just died after a long and painful illness, at the age of twenty-four years. MILITARY REWARD.— Sergeant Maloy, of the Regiment, who was severely wounded on the destruc• tion of the Heki's Pah, New Zealand, has been awarded, at Chatham, a pension of three shillings per diem. Ser geant Maloy has only been seven years in the service, but his wounds and mutilations are of a nature to prevent his following any employment whatever. We b e li eve t hi s pension is unprecedented in the annals of military ser vice. We also understand the sergeant has a well grounded expectation of receiving 20/. per annum in addition to his pension, agreeably to her Majesty's war rant of the 22d of December, 1845, and we sincerely hope his expectations will be realised. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—The several failures that have taken place during the past week have tended to depress the pig iron market very much. The greatest caution is manite,t , cl by buyi.rB. ~,fiur! • :au a To-day pri ces must b e quote d a degreevery oimwietredthsacnaloeu. our last —say for No. 3, 655. to 655. 6d. ; for mixed Nos., 66 3 . t o 6 6. 6d.; and for No. 1, 68 s. per ton, & %b.—National Advertiser. THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND HIS CREDITORS. The state of this nobleman's affairs has f or some time formed a topic of conversation, and his embar rassments have become so public that no secrecy 15 now considered necessary upon the subject. The creditors of the Duke have been trying to bring his personal property to the hammer, and to divide amongst them what little could be obtained by the sale of the valuable effects of the ducal resi dencire, Stowe and Wotton in Bucks, Avington in H am p sh and Buckingham House and Chandos House in Loir don. They estimated that the value of the picture.d s; furniture, plate, wines, &c., in these mansions woul be between 50,000/. and 100,0001. Operatioas ogr,°l consequently commenced, and in the latter end t• August an execution was put into Buckingham House for a sum of 90,0001., for which aver dict had been obtained at the last assi zes at De' v.i in Stowe, was immediately followed by ot her execute -- tons Stowe, Wotton, and Avington (the house id Chandos-street being occupied by the Austrian enir bassy). The total amount of the Pukes debts is stated at between 1,750,000/. and 1,800,000/. Whet; the officers in charge of Buckingham House wel about to seize the furniture, &c., i t was intimated d them that the Duke had assigned over the whole of his effects, down to his wearing apparel, wines, Scs./ to his eldest son, in satisfaction of a claim had against his father, and which would be preferred to the claims of his creditors. The Sheriff was toed requested to leave the house, but this be refused to tie! , and an application was made to the Judge at . cbg n t hers, when it was argued that the d ed of a ssign . me n _ which he was void as against the creditors, and that the distress was legal The Judge decided that t he SkerT, should remain in possession until security was go be for the amount of the levies, and direct ed issues totb. tried between the parties to test the validity of be_ various claims, so as to bring the whol e q uestion be feru the Court.—Observer. -- --------- ----- LATE FIRE AT NEEDINGWORTII: ST. IVES, MONDAY EVENING. --- The calamit y which befel the village of Needingworth on Tbhouu burs which has produced the deepest sympathy throug the county, no fire having occurred for many Year s past that has occasioned so much mischief and distress t On Saturday the magistrates of the district memo a the Rose and Crown Inn to pr osecute an i y nquir int the circumstanc es attending th e event. The femall Couzens was present with her mother. The principal statement in reference to the fire was that made by ii woman named Mansfeild, who deposed that she saw the female leave the house by the back door vvthe throw . quantity of red-hot ashes from the grate, and them close to some straw which had been piled °at side the wall of the cottage. It instantly cau ght, and ... the flames blazing up to a considerable height,irt a rthe diately fired the roof. She instantly gave the I tu and attempts were made to check the progress ° u , ss fire. Satisfactory evidence hav in g been. adduce to the state of mind of the unfortunate wonlan , I le . de ' magistrates directed that she sh ould be placed uln proper care. By the official lists of the losse s made up by the several insurance agents, it app ears that there r; about 90 dwellings consumed, the residences of e; families, upwards of 50 farm buildings, such as Wild granaries, &c., and nearly 100 stacks of grain a n other produce. But a small portion of this suffered ropertl is insured. Amongst the offices which have ,_ are the following :—Suffolk, 10,0001.; NorwinD Union, 5,0001. ; Phcenix, 5,000/.; and a :Oi l° amount in one or two others. Pursuant to public notice a meeting of the gen t ' and inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood was held this afternoon at the Crown Hotel, to ed ° P,, prompt a means to alleviate the suffering of the man/ il ies calamity. rendered h m o un R. F s a I e s seuw and o e s ,M.P. destitute m dreadfulf for the haveb some .p a c a o u u d n u ty o ,took the chair. Much sympathy was evinced,' been doubtetieens contributionsf now in . Severali is opened al b u e i r i n o e ; T r a o d m e w as itmovothiee Hall, condition th e a of ea t t o h f e t s h u o f far e s r rs i of Hardwicke, Lord-Lieutenant of the adjoinig county. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SEPTEMBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great Westero l l 1 3 4 p.-Midland, 501. Shares, 11. 16s. 3d. p.-Taff A r l" -Ditto, Quarters, 28-Ditto, New, par-York, Newels and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, 2 1 4 p. LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The demand for shares is limited, and the sales are as follows :-Lancashire and V r n a shire, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 38s. dis.--Leeta Thirsk, Preference, 28s. 9d. dis.-London and North- wdesoot ern, 159%-Ditto, Quarters (L. and B), 13% p• --Lo a n- Manchester, and Birmingham Quarters (A), 4% PT p. cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, •N°• P . -Ditto, Eighths, 2% dis.-Ditto, 101 . Preference,....so 54 Midland Stock, Stock, 114%-Ditto, Halves , New , 1k1)r k N e w- Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, I % di ork, castle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 2% P• New, 24 p.-Dublin and Belfast Junction, 14 dia. MANCHESTER, SErrEmass 20. c a EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenheaa! AA" Birmingham and shire, and Cheshire Junction Oxford Junction, 5 p.-HuddersgelddisaCd way and Canal 1 1 4 dis.-Lancashire and. Yorkshire, Fifths, ) 4 dis.-Ditto , 1 p.-Ditto 321. Shares (late Extension Manchester Rail sols, 114-North Staffordshire, 1 1 4 p.- °ld amPreference Fifths (late ' West Riding Union ,1 13-16 dis.-tidland dis -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester,dis South/ Dow (guar. 8 per cent.), 2 p.-Shropshire_ s Un o i u o n th , Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 1 4 dm. caster, and Goole, 1% dis.-York, Newcastle, and Bervo Extension,No. 2,2% p. 3 Y % orkshire , LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 20. r G 3101104 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East LAB Quarters, 16s. dis.-Great Northern, 4 dis.-Laucas hire 9; Yorkshire, Fifths, 30s. p.-Ditto (West Riding Union)) f s . dis.-Leeds and Tbirsk, 15% dia.-Ditto, Preference) 4 '. dis.-North British, Thirds, 6d. p.-North Staffordshire! ...72: p.-Northern Counties Union, 31. 193. dis.-forth-Wr„th 76s dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,1% dis.- - on o , Yorkshire, Doncaster, &c. 285.. 6d. dis.-York, Ni and Berwick, No. 2 (New lierwicks), 21. ls. 3d. p. EDINBURGH, SEPTEMSER 18. and Ar. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Dundee broath, New, No. 3, 675.-Dundee and Perth, Quarters! 71s -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 53% -Edinburgh and Nortbe,7 New, Reg., 375.-Ditto, Newport, New, Reg., 195.-:, burgh and Perth, Halves, 65.-Great Northern, 73 5 •_. North British, 27% ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 13 ex dto Ditto, Quarters, 5 ex div.-Ditto New, Quarters (Scrip), ir Ditto, Thirds, Registered, 245.-Ditto, ditto (scrip), 235. 6 "' GLASGOW, SEPTEMBER 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, Nor, 1 .. 6 1 Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 715.-East is.-GlZi. Northern, 665. 6d.-Manchester and Southampton, 1 35. -North British, Thirds, 255. REPORTED MARRIAGE OP THE DUKE OF WWI; TON WITH MISS BURDETT COUTTS.—A correspor, WWI; informs us that the reported marriage between the Pup of Wellington and Miss Burdett Coutts is likely to.teco place within a very short period; that the legal °roe of the illustrious Duke and the wealthy heiress t he settlements, but owing to a difficulty been engaged for some weeks past in prefor il c i t g or gested itself respecting the descent of the Pr ° , l o/ 1 0 0- some delay had taken place in concluding the P" gt eted nary arrangements. The difficulties which are - f the to have arisen proceeded from the es reel desire l a be lady that the greater part of her fortune she? Wel' settled upon the heirs to the title of the Duke 01 . 0t ed lington in perpetuity. This intention has been el w ish which lis fleet, to by his Grace, who has most distinctly stated It. no that in the ultimate disposition of the money or to f ir t h° perty that may be purchased with it, in e ase u i t he death of the Marquis of Douro without issue, an' no War • issue of Lord Charles Wellesley becoming ext._ ~f het interest should be taken by any collateral brazier'. ".. t his family, including the heirs of his brother , but toa a d' . .1, 0 a direct heirs only shall inherit or participate len, ne vantages conferred by the settlement. After Ve`r so ent gotiation between tho parties, an amicable sol e e ven t of differences has been effected, and that, l_ .ert y is of the direct line becoming extinct, the. Pr a tiA p eon eventually to be applied to an object intim , A ore er. nected with the renown of the great warrior.--. 74- received from Mr. Cobden yesterday. It w e roo „ci to Mr. CORDEN.—We understand that a s le . j . tit t e e r dita tt e 2d instant, from Moscow, which place bey , _L ET , he I rgo the T set o ut would remain only a few days, leave in a dihy or two for St. Petersbu bablY by w a y pa on his return to England, most pro .t great Pr e beck and Ilamburgh. At the latter Y, banq uet, in honour rations have been made fora grand of his visit. Manchester Guardian. if Of b the w- e sa ge , near Bat b, On the 16th inst., at Kes and wou a of us. Lieutenant Henry Need, R.N., of a sen t . , On the 17th inst., in Frederick-stree. a son still -born. of son Robinson, Esci , barrister -at-law, 0 : the Ceh rftess On the 19th inst., at Portland -p lace, of March, of a son. t h e bull Florence, On the 9th inst., at the Villa Galli, Floren of Hon. P. Campbell Scarlett, of a son. of a daughter, On the 11th inst., Mrs. Edwin Downs, ; b the 541141 Albion-square. Dalston. nett Norw.e-, the wife of B. Co On the 12th inst., at Trowse Henrietta Harvey, of a son. ia n 1 0° ' ~„,,,,_ o r . o xo On the 15th inst., the wife of the ..ttev• " Vicar of Billingborough, Lincolnshire , gent, o r s ' On the 15th inst., at Tubbendene, -.0 o f a daughter! pose Yeomans, of a son. On the 7th inst., at St. li A H RM ild g a P s; ~ FA4 H of London, hter of Thomas r # to Margaretta, eldest daug „...A of Esq., of South Shields. 1 58 W 1 ' On the 16th inst., at Loughton, Mute dmund nnaJoi• Ave Ma • na-lane, to Mary, only daug of Mr. John v- Alderton Hll, Loughton. he It al. On the 17th inst., at South Colliugham, Notts, to vsria Walter T. Clarke, Vicar of Swinderby, Lincolnshire, ii;yor Frances, youngest daughter of the Rev. Joseph Mayor Rector of South Colliugham. John S • Phene,_ ltb, DIED. jon O a n th th an e 513tihreuhl,tE.,,sacit.,Naagpeldes6,4J.ane, the wife T. j 11 8135, On the Bth inst. at the Palace of Belle Vue, nea r Der On the 10th inst., in Tottenham-court -road, Car°lll26 Dorothy, wife of Charles Penner, Esq. hatile 3 Dit t On the 14th inst., at Weston 1 OU3e, General Sir John Lambert, G.C.8., d, 75. • 0 1 On the 16th inst., in Upp er Tuames-s:i, Mr. Wills, aged 37. f Dr. On the 17th inst., Agnes Eliza, eldest daughter °- Day , of S,ll;liwick-9.rPrt, London ead : Printed, and. P u blished by AIUItDO YOUIII6, s of Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112. Stran yi in the Preli, of the Savoy, lu the County et* Middlesex, Taeoda 106 big 1154 T. qe !o r hot 1 6 : . App _tom . V It A u t ch t 4 1 3 1 1 t • LI Foul 11 111 at • tfC 7 Y a t 0 Part Adv, Oa i nc( Suratle beta '4PPllea Th. • ".airs. ".air s woTo . : • 0 h itio . 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