The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-24 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY. —(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE HOGAN. r Jr l this case the insolvent, who was a clerk in a 'vernment office, obtained his final order two years :g o ) on the understanding that he would set aside I , ; _`• a year out of his salary towards the payment of g a , s debt s ; h e h a d not, h owever , d one so, and an olication was now ma d e f o r a summons in order to r in4' the insol v ent before the Court. au, HONOUR granted a summons. The case is rather peculiar, as it has been doubted "nether the Court, after having granted a final order, 44 enforce undertakings to pay instalments. tXMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) ,1 16 hrt Walters, 2 3, a clerk, pleaded Guilty to a ge o f em b ezz li ng moneys , th e p ro p e rty of John ' vuarn da Silva, his master, and was sentenced to ei v h 4 °'"een months' imprisonment and hard labour. Han Fl etc h er a ca bi ne t- ma k e r, pleaded Guilty Htin indictment charging him with stealing 35 spoons 40 forks, value 601., the property of Maria Ga teernon, in her dwelling-house, and was sentenced to ti tYears' transportation. Jose lair. B aron P LATT and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) j t riGULAR CHARGE OF MANSLAUGLITER. — Robert Y) a boy of 8 years of age, David Agier, 26 , lePh Cator, 29, a sailor • Joseph Johnson, 2 9, an sneer; and William Newson, 48, a smith, were 4 1 ,,, e ted for the manslaughter of John May Harris, ivg eight years old, on the 18th August last. f r • ROBINSON appeared for the prosecution, and t.i ( l ) te the s t a t emen t s o f th e L earne d Gentleman and hd evidence adduced, it appeared that the deceased th it , was about the same age as the prisoner Auty ; he lived w ith hi s mo ther and father in igh eh,' Popar, and went to the National School there. 11 .,, the morning of the 18th of August he ( 1,7„ ,been to school. At one o'clock on that t i er ,• 7 Be was at home well, and went out to play. The l ea sed and his companions had been running bo ut the fields, and in the course of doing so, one of ez e in dropped his waistcoat, which was picked up by b e of the prisoners at the bar. When he picked it bo ys he said h e wou ld no t g i ve it u p u n less some of the YS fought the prisoner Auty. The deceased ktreed to do so, and they fought for upwards of h alflt e „, an our, the other four prisoners handing by and encouraging them to do so. th e course of the fight, a boy, about 13 1 - 2 4 years of age, interfered, and endeavoured to Irrate them ; but the prisoners, instead of aiding j, t4 „iu that endeavour, insisted upon their fighting. se - ' the course of the fight the deceased fell down i v eral times, and the prisoner Auty fell on the top of 4 41 * During the fight the four prisoners gave the Ceased and Auty some beer. At the end of the ea t the four prisoners said they would give them t h r4 e beer if th ey wou ld run ; A u ty an d th e deceased l et e t i : set to running, in the course of which the ill r Staggered and fell, and appeared very Et a nd exhausted. Subsequently he had a th e an d upon his recovering from it, one of let risoners took him and gave him some spirits, and ku l v eately he was taken home extremely ill. Medical at La nce was sent for, but he died the next morning ev en o'clock. that her H arr i s , the mother of the deceased, stated (41 - e r son was brought home between five and six t erit Tk, on the evening of the 18th of August, appa litli very drunk and stupid. She was not at home he r t time, but on arriving at her residence she found 1 to sh i °4 in bed. For some time she could not get him t a l i rak to h er , an d w h en she did he talked most in s-,rentia', and appeared as if he did not know what doing. He moved his hands and arms about be he was fighting. About nine o'clock at night he ~e considerably worse, and died the next morn '.4.4re were no marks of violence about his body. th e S 'veral of the boys who were the companions of of tr i soner Auty and the deceased, gave an account of tise transaction, which corroborated the statement tt ets T counsel for the prosecution, and one of them Sghd that the deceased was not drunk until after the llad t a nd the race was over, and one of the prisoners Pale' v en him a glassful of rum at the Elder Tree til!-house. tsa te , , 13 aines, a surgeon, was called in to see the de. the 1 ",,,8 L 0y about five or six o'clock on the morning of !t at 18th 1 1 " of August. He found him in a dreadful is pulse hardly perceptible, and with all the th e t tions of affections of the brain. He thought at tit rie l nie that the case was a hopeless one, and a short ea t . af terwards the boy died. Upon a post mortem dea t th in aion witness discovered that the cause of `tit', was congestion of the brain, which was loaded 't he blood, and which was produced by excitement. te ed re were no marks of violence on the face, head, or thif,f Excitement, and the drinking of rum in a ( d . such tender years, was quite sufficient to se Gab' of!„ 4 . Baron PLATT here intimated that the charge tvci la nslaughte r had failed, as it was clear from the Mn °n ee of the surgeon that the cause of death was thegestion of the brain, produced by excitement and ad ministration of spirits. Pri s s jne discussion then ensued as to whether the jeera could be charged with an assault, which ata t F' Baron PLATT, after consulting with Mr. eo tl i c re Williams and the authorities, ruled that they of sh r : - , onisisoN then called several of the playmates E R V Prisoner Auty to prose the taking place of the ka a nd that the four other prisoners were aiding ta t , tauetting it. It appeared that the prisoner John f.ollo(,)°k, away the waistcoat, and said that those who lac t "or it should have it, and that previous to the Playi, 4n d race the witnessses and the prisoner were " More sacks on the mill," and the Sgh t Johnson was the "under-sack." While the 11 4 0 . 4r vN as taking place the boys that were fighting the Dw d in fun, and were laughing at each other. 4 Auty would not drink any beer because goin -" Be was a teetotaller ; and while the fight was 'est,,, R °o the four prisoners said, laughing, that the drollerb was sure to win. RENDERGasT, who appeared for the prisoner, to th e tied that there was no case to go to the jury, as 'ai r :Vnestion of assault. Z‘i r. B aron PLATT thought there was. RENDEROAST then addressed the jury on be- Ras e 41 t Be prisoners, and called several witnesses, who taanieni excellent characters for sobriety and hu- Th e ( iron PLATT summed up at some length, and Jury acquitted all the prisoners. -STREET. —(THIS DAY.) ,`woa ° ,., 4 4 na Wood, a charwoman, was brought up on 'L . 04% 4 charged ;ith stealing a number of . old coins 4111 'd —rs • Morgan , the wife of a salesman in Covent en Market. Ngt,e .Prosectrix stated that on Monday last she t ; h e ui : e li tt r ; ° , l l s tl ae g 2,? nut and left the prisoner to take care of her absence. On returning she entered of drawers, found the prisoner standing before a A l°4 l 'ravvers with one drawer, in which she kept dra we r r el l, liens Old coins , open. She had left the \l 'rit e° eled, and the key ' in another drawer when she Pe e , rit lhe v . - "" The prisener started and dropped a half h4LiWhich she must have taken from the drawer. I Vit ;" s omething in her hand, but refused to show Ithi ri c i i ss ,What it was. She said it was a shilling Nt ,• s ,"e had borrowed from a servant next door, aad m ess Went to ask whether that was . the case, ,qeerC: e fl she returned found that the prisoner had ' 1 '64 1 t - h il L of the room and had been fetching water ahi] li -c kitchen. Witness missed a half-crown, sixpence, fourpenny piece, twopenny piece, A f 0,7 Penny, all silver, of the reign of Queen Anne. le TO p enny piece had been found in the kitchen. ,e prisoner denied the charge altogether, and al- Vthat Mrs. Alorgan's statement was false. JARDINE committed her for trial. THAMES.—(THIS DAY .) tl,_ - (Licha r d F or th, a private in th e third regiment of first b a tt a lion of the S co t c h Fu s il eer Guards, at Present stationed in the Tower, was charged with tiolently assaultin g an d i n j ur i ng po li ce constable *k397. The constable stated, that as he was on duty last o i ght at Maunc e -l ane, S t. G eorge ' s in the East, he A ) , erved the prisoner and a coalheaver about to corn twee a pugilistic encounter. Witness told them he tC'cl not allow anything of the sort, and desired t h e e ta to. go home quietly. The coalheaver did so, but 4 t prisoner followed the constable about his beat for at °,luiderable period, abusing him disgracefully, and 1i l ast struck him two blows in the face, then ked him down, and in falling he broke his Th e k id priso ner , i n d e f e nce, expressed great sorrow gueontrition for the violence of which he had been Se LY. „ r geant Duker, of the Fusileers, gave the man 4 excellent character. lie had been upwards of ted It ' ll Years in the regiment, and had never commit zl• offence heavier than an occasional absence of night offence fi r , pr e ,, i Y ARDLEY observed that the prisoner's ex 'Ave ,°, / , 1 of penitence was the best defence he could :tv e4 - `t v ,°Pted ; and, coupled with the high character 4 ,ard h ,"? by his sergeant, had induced him (Mr. sh oal y) topass a much milder sentence than he or Rye Otherwise have done. Ile should fine him 103., Th e d ays' imprisonment. Pri to sergeant immediately paid the fine, and the "er was released 4ltrr. 'la n , -MIT SERVICE REWARDED.--.^031011r-Sergean it)r , N arson, of the Grenadier Guards, now reruit 14it,:i. t he tow n o f S hrewsbury, has receive d t h e Queen's of a silver medal, and is to receive 15/. on being 4 EtYri t , dt ~ ch4l. Dd, for long service and meritorious conduct,r tkit4 entered the service in January, IS2I, and te -1?% times of a non-commissioned o ffi cer y -4 114opshire ihurna4 THE LATE STEAM BOAT LOSION. ADJOURNED INQUEST.-(TIIIS DAY ) The inquest was resumed this morning at ten o'clock. Henry Robert Haisman, of 8, Temple-lane, the engineer who had the c ire of the boat on the morn ing of the explosion, voluntarily tendered his evi dence. He said, lam employed on the Ant at pre sent. I have been employed occasionally on the Cricket. The first time about ten or twelve months ago. The machinery worked very well indeed. The valves worked well. I frequently tried them. I mean the loaded valves. I never tried the Salter's valves until recently. I cannot, therefore, tell how they worked when I first went into the boat. I again worked the boat on the 15th of August. The ma chinery was at that time in first-rate condition. At this time all the valves worked freely. You cannot see the steam blow off from the Salter's valves without lifting them as the steam passes up the funnel. You cannot tell without lift ing them, and I lifted them the morning before the explosion. I did not know at what pressure the valves were working when I went into the boat on the 15th of August. I noticed the mercury gauge frequei. tly ; it indicated a pressure of 38. The weighted valves lifted at that pressure. I say I noticed this frequently. I looked at the gauge two or three times during a voyage ; it was the only knowledge I could obtain of the pressure. I never applied any extra weight to the levers. There was spunyarn on each lever when I first went on board. I took charge of the boat from Clarke. The yarn was tied six inches from the end of the lever. The other end was brought into the engine-room. One end was hung over a nail in the main beam, quite loose, and the other hung on a small piece of bolt on the opposite side, which performed the office of a nail. Both ends were loose. When I went, one was hang ing on the nail by a loop; the other was laid ove the bolt; neither were twisted. When I was the firsr time in the Cricket found similar strings. Some-t times one valve was without the string, I used the yarn for the purpose of shaking the levers, and freeing the valves by the jerk. I never twisted the yarn round the nail or bolt at any time. Some times they were drawn by the fire and got burned. Clarke gave me no directions about the string. I only saw Clarke once working the Cricket. That was the week before I left the company, four or five months ago. Clarke and the foreman were in the engine room. I did not notice the yarn on that occasion. I never saw Clarke from that time until I agreed to go into the company's service again. The boat continued to work well up to the time of the ex plosion. .1 had nothing to complain of. I looked at tine mercury gauge within a minute of the explosion ; it was standing at 38 degrees, and the valves were just lifting; and the steam was actually escaping lightly. I think it escaped by the larboard valve, or I could not see it. I am not certain. This was about half-past nine. I did not notice the yarns at the moment. I did, however, a few minutes before. They were both hanging, one looped over the nail, the other hanging. There was no one save myself in the engine-room then. The last thing I did was to look at the mercury gauge, to try the watercoc..k, and then walked upon the deck. The water wss solid at the middle cock. I left no one in the engine-room. I stood on the deck with my back against the paddle box. Several of the crew were standing on the sponson. Cripps and Nelsden were there, and I spoke to one of them—l cannot say which. I was not long enough on deck to notice whether the steam blew off. I cannot swear that I did. _I had scarcely time to place myself before the explosion took place. At 401bs. pressure the blowing off of the steam would make a great noise—sufficient for any one to hear it —under that pressure the noise would be slight. (A piece of office tape was handed to the witness, and he illustrated the position of the strings at the time by allowing it to hang loosely from his arm—they were quite "swag" to me, his own expression.) That was the frequent position of the rope. I am quite positive that with the yarn in the position I have shown the valves were permitted to work. The length of the string from the lever to the rail was, I I think, about eight or nine feet. The yarn is in the sight of those who work the engine. I never saw the yarn operated upon by the movement of the valves—it was an impossibility. The lever could rise so gradually that the motion it might cause in the yarn would not be seen. The motion of the boat might move it. I never saw the yarn in any other position than that I have mentioned. When the valves were well open the string might rise, but not much ordinarily. Two inches and a half were about the play the valves required. I never saw the yarn straight by any chance. When we left Dyers' Hall wharf, where we laid three or four minutes, nothing occurred. The boat had been five or six minutes at the Adelphi pier before the explosion. It was about to start for the fourth journey. The first journey the steam did not blow off; thQre was not sufficient steam. This was at Dyers' Hall pier, and about half•past eight. The second time we left the Adelphi pier, about nine o'clock, the steam blew off as we came alongside, but there was not much. There must, however, be a heavy body of steam for me to discern it. I did not go into the engine-room after the explosion; there was no engine-room, in fact, to go into. I was not again on board the boat until the examination took place. The boat was in the charge of the police almost from the time of the explosion ; and I have seen no one who had been on board since the explosion. I cannot trace the explosion to any cause. Within about six weeks of the first running of the boat my attention was called to the starboard boiler by Kent, who said the front tube plate was started. I saw it ; it was bulged in the centre, and leaked at the upper corners on the starboard side. I can't say whether that plate had been flat or not. I am confident it was at that time more convex than By the COEONER—I was never in Citizen M. By Mr. 111`Intyre—Examining the valves is seeing that they do not stick and oiling them. I have been employed on the Wasp. I recollect one of the tubes bursting, the boiler did not burst. The stoker was killed. I was the engineer. The boiler was made by Mr. Spiller—it was high pressure. I used to work that boiler at 40—the same pressure at which I worked the Cricket, as near as I can tell. In reply to a Gentleman—The witness stated that the valves were not tied down on the Sunday before the accident, as stated by a witness. By Mr. Le Breton—l have found valves stick in other boats--more on the Thames from the muddy water. I never was instructed, in any way, to guide myself by Salters' balance. A person looking from the deck, unless the case was off, could only see the string three or four inches from the lever downwards. He would see the rope nearest the weighted lever. Any one might imagine that the end of the rope was fastened from the direction it took ; they could not however, think it tight. I should suppose I was, doing wrong if I altered the index of Salter's valves. An engineer is placed in the greatest danger. The valves might be tied without danger if there was not much steam, but I never did so. I could always weight the valves. It takes six minutes to perform the ordinary voyage—sometimes longer from want of steam. A person attending to the steam blowing off at 38 might hear it. The day before the explosion the engine-room did not become suddenly full of steam. To the jury—l went in the Ant the day of the ex plosion. I do not know who unscrewed the brass bearings of the engines and boilers. I did not re move the string from the other boiler. The explosion of the Wasp took place about two years ago. I re mained in the service of the company some time after, until the boats of the company stopped for the season. Pater never drove the engines. The weight of the ball on the lever was about 331b5., not 661bs. By Mr. Richardson—l saw some one doing some thing to the boat after the explosion, removing pieces of the wreck, but I cannot say exactly who they were. There were several persons. There was the captain and the superintendent. I did not see what was re moved. My berth was at the side of the sponson, and after the explosion I picked up a shirt and a light waistcoat. To a juryman—Any one coming into the boat must have seen me standing on the sponson. I fancied I had more pressure than the gauge indicated, because the boat was superior in her speed to the other boats ; alsu when I tried the steam cocks I found that there was greater power than in the Ant and the Bee without the gauge indicating it. Mr. Lloyd, the Government engineer, was re called,l and explained two or three parts of his evi dence. He said the unexploded boiler began to break at a pressure of 1201bs. to the square inch, and burst completely;at:l36lbs. It could not, in his opinion, have burst at a pressure of less than 1361b5. He would not undertake to say that the whole of the bulging of the front plate of the boiler was caused by pressure; it seemed, however, to have been so caused. The pro bability was that the pressure was greater than he had mentioned. They might assume that the pressure on the two boilers was alike. If the rivets had been better the elates would have been held more firmly together. The rivets were loose and two short. By the Foreman—lt appears, from what I have heard, that the gauge did not indicate more than one half the pressure on the boiler. Charles Jenkins, of No. 4, Agar-street, Strand, plumber, painter, and glazier—l was sworn on this jury originally, but retired. I have seen the valves with the strings tied to them, and I have made the model which I now produce.—(The witness produced the model, and said that even if the string was tied that the valves could work. The witness said, the model, or " muddle " as Mr. James called it, was made upside-down, and that it belonged to a kitchen boiler. The model caused much laughter.) Mr. Poletti, the superintendent of the boats, was next examined. He said he had nothing to do with the machinery of the boats. He saw that the steam was got up in time, and generally superintended the affairs of the company. He never saw the levers tied down. Spunyarn was used at present in the other boats. He examined the valves on the Sunday. Clarke was charged with tying them by Edwards. They were not tied. He never saw them tied. Edwards made one " oration" in the bearing of the passengers, and I went at once into the engine room and taxed him with it. I said, " Clarke, have you been tying the valves down ?" He replied, "Do you think I am mad, Sir ?" I said, " If you had I should have thought that you were mad." I examined the spunyarn and found that it was not taught—that it hung loose over a nail in the beam. There was one string to each valve. Had seen it repeatedly , in the same position both before and after; subse quently I kept my eye upon them, and put my hand upon those in the Cricket, and in other boats several times. They were never tight in any of the boats. I declare to my God that I never saw the string in a position to impede the valves ! I have seen the ends hanging down. I never knew anything serious occur in the machinery. When anything occurred I generally investigated it. To the jury—Probably Clarke had sufficient time to notice them if they were tied. I did not go down the moment I heard the charge. I felt it my duty to acquaint Mr. Smith with the circumstance the next morning, and he came down at eleven or twelve the next (Monday) morning. He sent me for Clarke, and I went for him. Mr. Smith spoke to Clarke on the subject. I disbelieved the report with respect to Clarke. lam not positive whether they did, or did not, go into the engine-room. By Mr. M. Chambers—l was the person to whom complaints were made in the first instance. (The inquiry was not concluded when our report left.) the plate of the larboard boiler, the boiler that ex ploded. The leakage was corked and stopped. I can't say that the leakage broke out again. There were sometimes small leakages. I cannot recollect. It-does not occur to me to say anything more. I never heard anything about the valves being tied until after the explosion. By Mr. Chambers—l have been an engineer eleven years, during which time I have worked steam vessels. I have been engaged in tugs, in the Citizen boats, and other steam-boats above bridge. I drove a Richmond boat about four years, with the exception of four months when the boats did not run. The boats always went to Mr. Joyce's to be repaired. I did not speak to the proprietors respecting the boiler. I always looked upon Kent at that time as the fore man. He came from Mr. Joyce's manufactory. I was engaged by Mr. Joyce or Mr. Meecham to drive the boats. I think they inquired into my competency. The strings were slanting, and I do not think they could tie the valves, looking at the position of the weight—they were not perpendicular, and if they were tied the ball would have a tendency to come forward and keep the valves open. I never wore out any strings. I struck one off. I should think a quarter of an inch, or three-sixteenths a lift would be sufficient to relieve the boiler. I never did anything to prevent the use of the spring valves. By Mr. James—The starboard valve had a string to it on the morning of the explosion. The other had not. I shook it off on the Sunday. The larboard valve acted well on the morning previous to the ex plosion. When the pressure was at 38 the steam would blow off, and this would occur frequently during the day. We used to be at the piers twice forty times during a day. I did not examine the larboard valve between the Sunday and the Thurs day. I had every reason to believe that it acted, and, therefore, I did not touch it. We have these cords on the Ant and Bee. I have had them burned; they have a pulley to lift them, and, as there is net much wear, they do not require replacing more than once in two or three months. I examined all the valves on the morning before the explosion. The machinery was in good condition. We had a good supply of water, and good fires. The cause of the explosion surpasses my knowledge. I should not say that the blowing off of the steam in the morning could be heard by the people coming down the pier. I did not walk out of the boat. lam not hurt I cannot tell how I got up on th e p i er. I was sitting when I came to. I never saw the steam blow off at 24. The guage had been cleaned before I went into the boat. It blew off at 38, with the weight at the extreme end of the boiler. I will swear that the gunge did not rise to 40 during our last voyage from Dyers' Hall pier. It was at 40 at Dyers' Hall , and the steam blew off strongly, but when we started it fell. It does puzzle me how the explosion could take place with the valves open and the pressure 38. The steam might have got up whilst we were at the Adelphi Pier. I raised Salter's valves with a broom handle the morning before. I cannot tell at what pressure they were. Nothing particular caused me to use the broomstick. It was the first thing that came to my hand ; it might be to save me the trouble of taking the case of. I never looked at the index of Salter's balance. There is an index for the engineer to look at if he chooses to take the case of, but I never looked at it, and I cannot tell whether the pressure was 40, 50, or GO. The broomstick cracked when I touched the valve, but it had been broken before. Taking off the case to look at Salter's balance would take about five minutes. I cannot tell who removed the rope from the other valve after the explosion. The pres sure was increasing when I left the engine room. The fires had not been made up since leaving Dyer's Hall. When Pater was my stoker the ropes were placed as I have described. If the yarn with the loop were brought straight the valve would still have a foot to work in. lam sure I never twisted one of the I ropes round the nail. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. CESAREWITCH STARES. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle,3 yrs, Bst lib —taken 14 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs, Bst 1,000 to GO agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush, 4 yrs, 7st—t 1,000 to 60 agst Mr. B. Green's Rob Roy, 3 yrs, 6st—t 20 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses, 3 yrs, 6st—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, 3 yrs, 7st 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst—take 25 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Giselle, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b 25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged, Bst Sib 25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 6 yrs, Sst Sib 25 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Annandale, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b 25 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Marquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs, 6st 30 to 1 Captain Pettat's Newcourt, aged, 7st 121 b 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Crozier, 3 yrs, Est 61b The above were the average prices at the close; in several bets, however, against Rob Roy, Cawroush, and Lady Wildair, higher odds were laid; 20 to 1, 25 and 33 to 1 laid by different parties against Marquis of Co nyngham. Mr. Moore's Wolfdog, 5 yrs ... 2 Mr. W. Maycock's Bit Nibble, 3 yrs... ... ••• 3 Lord Orford's Footstool, 4 r ears ... -.• ••• 4 Sir G. Heathcote's br cby Velocipi,de •• 5 'Handicap Sweepstakes o f 10 sous . eac h, h ft. Once round. Mr. Wilder's Spem Gregis, 3 yrs (Hon. S. Erskine) 1 lion. G. Ongley's Roderick, aged ... ... 2 Lord Strathmore's Miss Jean ... .. ... 3 Lyons, Master Stepney, and Chatham, also ran. The Farewell Stakes of 5 sous. each, 3 ft and 20 added. Once round and a dis. Mr. S. Scott's Mosque, aged ... ...(J. Sharpe) 1 Mr. R. J. Shaftoe's Sharpshooter, 4 yrs ... 2 The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 60 added, the second to receive and the third to save his stake. Heats. Once round and a dis. Mr. T. Price's ch, by Epirus, out of a half-bred mare, 3 yrs ... (0 W ner) 0 1 1 Mr. Wesley's Elitnea, 4 yrs ~ „, „. 1 2 3 Captain Barnett's Limerick, aged ... 2 0 2 Several others started. MANCHESTER AUTUMN MEETING. THURSDAY. The Broughton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added. One mile and a half. Mr. Swindells nd Louisa Newell, 3 yrs (G. Abdale) 1 Mr. Fox's Meaux, 5 yrs . 2 Mr. Robertson's Blackbi r d, 4 yrs . . ••• •" 3 The Champagne Stake s o f 1 0 sovs. eacb, 5 ft, with 50 added, for two yrs old. One mile. Mr. S. L. Fox's Le Comte, Bst ... (Holmes) 1 Mr. Green's Sylvan, B s t lib ••• ••• 2 Mr. J. Scott's Miss Cobd en , 7 st 5 1b ••• "• 3 The following also started, but were not placed:—Mr. Jones's Vale Royal, ist 101b—Mr. Williams's b f by Lanercost, out of Pluralist's dam, 7st 81b—and Lord Chesterfield's b c by Don John, out of Game Lass, 7st 81b. Won by a neck. The Manchester Autumn of 100 sovs., added to a sweep stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second to receive 25 sovs. out of the stakes. Two miles. Sir C. Monck's Gaiety, 3 yrs, sst slb (Charlton) 0 1 Mr. Meeson's The Dart, 5 yrs, Est 121 b ••• 0 2 Mr. Bell's Fiddlestring, 4 yrs, Est 71b ••• 3 Mr. Meiklam's Deloraine, 3 yrs, sst 51b •• 4 The following also ran :—Mr. Waller's Columbus, 5 yrs, Est 21b ; Mr. Bond's Comme-it-faut, 3 yrs, .sst 81b ; Mr. J. Clarke's Maid of Lyme, 4 yrs, Est 21b ; Mr. Disney's Cawroush, 4 yrs, 6st 21b ; Mr. Heap's Brown Fly, 4 yrs, sst 61b ; and Mr. Shepherd's Squire of Halton, 4 yrs, sst 61b. A dead beat. The deciding heat won easy. The Railway Plate of 701. Heats, two miles. Mr. Arrowsmith's Bedale, 5 yrs ... (Abdale) 1 1 Mr. Legh's Maid of Lune, 3 yrs ... ... ... 2 2 Mr. Dawson's Bretwalda, 5 yrs ... ... 0 3 Mr. Clifford's Vanilla, 5 yrs ... ... 0 4 Mr. Stafford's Alexander, 6 yre 0 dr OSWESTRY RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Cup of 50 soya., given by Sir W. W. Wynn, added to a Handicap of 15 sors. ; 10 ft., and 5 only if de clared. One mile and a half. Mr. Smith's Master Downes, 5 yrs, 85t.... Walked over. The County Members' Pla;e of 50 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; heats. One mild and a half. (Three Subs.) Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 6 yrs (A. Clarke) 1 1 Mr. Moore's Rochester, aged, 9st 21b 3 2 Mr. Jones's Smuggler Bill, 4 yrs, Bst ... 2 dr The Oswestry Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 3 added ; heats. One mile and a half. Mr. Carter nd Linnieus, 3 yrs (Sly, jun.) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Griffiths' Gaslight, 5 yrs ... 0 1 2 2 Mr. Kinchant nd Piefinch, 3 yrs ... ... 1 2 0 3 Mr. Davies' Jenny Lind, 4 yrs ... ... 2 0 0 dr Mr. Phillips's Tallyho, 6 yrs ... ... 3 0 odr Mr. Phillips's My Lord, aged ... •.• 0 dis. The Town Plate of 501. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Smith's Master Downes, 5 yrs, Bst 81b ... 1 1 Mr. Jones's Smuggler Bill, 4 yrs, Bst 3 2 Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 6 yrs, Bst 91b ... 2 3 LEICESTER RACES.—THURSDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Thrice round. Mr. J. Day's The Hero, 4 yrs, 9st llb ...(A. Day) 1 Mr. Wildman's cf by Johnny Boy, 2 yrs 7st 111 b ... 2 Sweepstakes of 2 sovs each and 30 added. Heats, twice round and a distance. Captain Campbell's Jack Cade, 6ys, 9st (Fletcher) 1 1 ➢ir. Wildman's bf by Johnny Boy, 2 yrs, Gst 61b 2 dr The Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Wildman's Megera, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Tomlin) 1 1 Mr. Raworth's Idolater, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b dis. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1847. The asterisk is prefixed to those horses now in training at Newmarket. Several are expected from Goodwood, Littleton, Danebury, Welwyn, &C. TUESDAY, SEPT. 28. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 91b; five, 9st 21b; six and aged, 9st 61b. A.F. Sweepstakes of 10 sot's. each; for two yrs old, 6st 71b; three, Bst 71b; four and upwards, 9st. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs., &e. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and only 5 ft if declared; for three yrs old, &c. T.Y.C. The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs, each, h ft; for two yrs old colts. Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b, &c; the second to receive 501. Last half of Ab.lll. (28 Subs.) Count Bathyany's Nourmahal—*Duke of Bedford's Duplicity—Mr. Cooper's Slug—*Mr. Etwall's b c by Venison, out of jEgis's dam—Lord Exeter's *Tippet, Dove, and *risiphone—Sir J. Gerard's Lucy Ashton— Mr. Grey's c by Earl of Richmond, out of Singleton's dam—Mr. P. Godvy in's The Fostered Buck—*Sir J. llawley's Lovelace—Sir J. B. Mills's Red Doe—Mr. John Moore's Blaze—Mr. Mostyn's Daughter of Toscar and Lady Augusta—Mr. Payne's f by Bustard, out of Layla—*Colonel Peer* Teetotum—Captain Pitt's Holloa —Duke of Richmond's Reflection—Mr. W. 11. Roberts's Practice—Mr. Roles Sea-room and l'Egyptian Queen — *Lord J. Scott's Rundisford—Lord Strathmore's Sweet sauce—Mr.Vernon's Glycina—*Mr. R. Watt's b or br f by Lanercost, out of Cara, and b f by Touchstone, out of Ohio—Mr. H. T. Worley's Grist. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sovs. each; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b. A.F. (17 Subs.) Lazarillo, Jack Musters, Planet, Projectile, Devil-me care, *Miles's Buy, b c by Lanercost, out of Lady Berners—*gr c by Clearwell, out of Angelina—Conyng ham's Spider, The Irish King, Red Hart, Halo Marmesus, Coningsby, *Sir Peter Laurie, Old Port. The Buckenham Stakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.) Mr. Brook's John Orridge and The Idol—Mr. Mos tyn's Surplice, Loadstone, and Blackthorn—Mr. Wre ford's Whitstone, b f by Touchstone, out of Wadastra— and Wild Deer. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs, each, h ft. No weights or course mentioned. Colonel Anson's Contessa, *Sir J. Hawley's Cavatina, and *Mr. Shelley's Doubtful. Match, 100, h ft. First half of Ab.M. *Lord Exeter's Cosachia, Bst 71b, agst *Col. Peel's Vert Vert, Bst. WEDNESDAY. 501; for three yrs old, 7st 51b; four, Bst 81b; five, Bst 131 h; six and aged, 9st. D.I. handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft; for two yrs old. T.Y.C. handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and 5 ft if de clared; for three yrs old and upwards. D.M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, 6st; three yrs, Bst 41b; four yrs, Bst 121 b; five yrs and up wards, 9st 11b. It.M. Winner to be sold for 1501. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. D.I. (8 Subs.) Wanota, *Miami, Horn of Chase, Projectile, Glen tilt, ib c by Clearwell, out of Zipporab, Foreclosure, and Administrator. TUE _SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1847. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 22.—The Minister of War has just addressed a circular to all the heads in the service of the department, prohibiting them, under pain of dis missal, to make any communication whatsoever to the public journals, or to speak abroad of what passes within the beaureaus. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 20.—His Majesty accompanied by several aides-de-camp will set out to-morrow for the camp of Beverloo, by the railway as far as Lou vaine. His Majesty will review the troops the same day; on 'Wednesday the manoeuvres will take place, after which there will be a grand dinner; on Thurs day a luncheon, after which his Majesty will return to Lacken. The plan of attack between Louvaine and Brussels, in the extensive plain of Linthoul, will then be definitely arranged in the camp. The grand general review will take place on the 28th. After the review 300 musicians of the different regi ments of cavalry and infantry will perform several pieces, and rejoin their several regiments as the troops defile. His Majesty will open the agricultural exhibition in person, on the 24th of September. The Court has g►one into mourning from the 19th to the 23d inclu sive, in consequence of the demise of her Royal High• ness the Princess Hohenzollern Hechingen. The penitentiary congress of Brussels opened this day, in the grand Gothic Hall of the Stadt-house. A large assemblage of foreigners, who have already arrived here from all parts, were present on the occasion. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 20.—The Supreme Council have lately decided on another point relative to the application of the " Seven Children Law." A father, whose seventh child was born while the law of Ni vose was in force, but who had made an application to the State for the education of one of his sons, after the introduction of the repeal of that law, requested per mission to go to law in this matter, free of expense. The Supreme Council have, however, refused the petition, and consequently, ex meritis causm, through the operation of this law, a person who has formerly possessed the right—during the space of three months after the birth of his last child—to transfer to the State the charges of the education of a son of ten years of age, now loses the benefit of that term. BAVARIA.—Mumcn, SEPT. Majesty the King of Prussia yesterday paid a visit to the Basilikas, the royal brass foundry and stain glass manufactory, where the painted windows for the cathedral at Cologne are now in progress. His Majesty set out on his tour at six o'clock this evening. It is expected that. his Majesty on his way on the Rhine, from Aschaffenburg, whence he will make a short stay, will touch at Frankfort, and pro ceed to Bingen. THE GALICIAN FRONTIER, SEPT. 12.—Accounts just received from Cracow state, that the authorities have just arrested two emissaries of the Polish Pro paganda of Paris ; upon them were found lists of names, which included those of several individuals to whom not the slightest suspicion had been pre viously attached. The new plans of the Propa ganda band of conspirators have precisely the same aim as the revolution of last year—namely, by an attack upon the police, the barracks, the persons in office, in fine, by the complete overthrow and sub version of everything german to the country, to deliver Poland from the domination of foreigners. These seditious attempts will cause the Government authorities to exercise redoubled vigilance, especially m the case of those persons who now labour under suspicion. DUTCH FUNDS.—ANSTERDAM, SECT. 20. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••• • .... 53% 54% Ditto, 3 per Cent ••••.•.• • . • • • • • . 65% 65% Ditto, 4 per .............. 84%8 4 % 85 4 Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent • • •• . 84% 84% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 164 164% East India Loan, 4 per Cent.. .... •• .. 8 4 $5 Exchange on London, at sight .... .• • . 12 05 Two months.— .•••.• • • • • • 11 90 On Hamburgh, at sight • ... 35 25 Two months... .. • • • 34 93 On Paris •••••••• • • • • • • • • 5 7 87 Two m0nth5....... •• • • .... 56 37 BELGIAN FUNDS.—BarISELs, SEPT. 21. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••••• • • • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent -- Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • • • Ditto Three per Cent ••••••••• . • • • • • • . Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .. Ditto,ditto,lB4o •• .•.•••• • • • • .• 98 D1tt0,d1tt0,1842...... .. Ditto, 1844............... •••• • • .• •• • 91% Ditto. 1836............... • • • • • • • • • • 90 Ditto, 1838 ..................... 67 Ditto of the City, 1832 •• • •.• • • • ••• .• 99 Ditto, 1843 •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 96 Bank of 8e1gium.................... - -Brussels Papers. Sept. 21. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-VIENNA, SEPT. 15. 5 per Cont. Meta11ique5.......... • • • • •• • • 104% 4 per Cent. ditto • .. 3 per Cent. ditt0........ • • ••••••• • • • • • • 661,E Loan, 1834 • • .• • • • • • • • • ...• 154 Ditto, 1839 .............• • • .• • • • • • • .. 118% Bank Shares •. • • •••• • • .• • •• • • 1585 Esterhazy's Loan ........ . • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand •••• Gloggiittz •• • • •••• • • •• ••• • • •• • • • 120 Vienna—Milan • • •• • •••• ••••• • • • • ••• • • 108%, Pesth • • ...... •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 98 % Grosetto Pestle Bridge . .• Apenninen ............................ BORSENHALLE, Strr. 18. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 107 Bank Shares • ••• • • . •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1600 Anglo-ltussian Loan •••••••• • • • • • • • 102 Russian 5 perCont.;llamb. Certificate. 10114 Ditto Ist serieslnscription.. .. • • •• • • 106 Ditto,rlope andCo.,3d and 4th series.. 97 Ditto, in Certificate• •....•• •. -- New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• •• • • 89% Ditto Stieglitz .... . ... . ..• •• • • 89 Spanish New 5 per Cent.............. 13% 13N Ditto 3 per Cent .................. 223 i 22 Anglo-PortugueasLoan, 21 .4 per Cent• • -- Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ••• •• 56 Ditto 3 per Cent. ................ Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • National Bank Share, ............ •• • • PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BitaLtx, Sarr. 18. Bills. Money. St.Schuld Sch., 3 34 per Cent —...••• • • • • • • 93 92J4 Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • Foreign Exchanges .. ..... ................. Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 24% 6 2414 AN ANCIENT RELIC DISCOVERED.—The workmen engaged in the repairs of St. Martin's chancel, in this town, on Wednesday last, discovered on the wall, from which an ancient tablet had been removed, a fresco painting of a full-length figure, representing St. Kathe rine, with a crown upon her head, leaning on a sword, a wheel by her side, and her feet trampling upon a pros trate figure, supposed to be the Emperor Maximim. Underneath is a Latin superscription, written appa rently in rhyme ; but unfortunately some portion of it is erased, in consequence of the plaster having broken from the stone-work. The figure is supposed to have been executed upwards of 400 years since. We under stand that the architects have taken a copy of the super scription, but we have not heard whether it is their in tention to preserve this piece of antiquity.—Leicester Journal. REPRIEVE TO LEITH THE MURDERER.—A com munication was received at Dundee, on Monday, from the Home-office, by Mr. Duncan, M.P., in answer to the petition recently forwarded, praying that Leith's sentence of death should be commuted to that of trans portation. The basis of the petition was the petitioners' abhorence of capital punishments, and the sentence being passed on circumstantial evidence alone. The Home Secretary's answer was prompt and decisive. He could not feel warranted in taking a favourable view of the case, so that the law must take its course. Preparations were, accordingly, made for the execution on Wednes day morning, when, most unexpectedly, Tuesday morn ing's post brought a reprieve for fourteen days. Public feeling here is certainly not in favour of killing by the hangman. This altered state of matters is so far ex plained by the circumstance that Mrs. Roy, one of the principal witnesses against Leith, was apprehended this evening on a charge of being an accomplice in the poi soning. A new trial may now be rendered necessary. CROWN COMMISSION. ANOTHER POST-OFFIC E DEFAULTER.—Yesterday afternoon a commission was opened at the office of the Sheriff of Middlesex, before a jury specially empanneled to ascertain in what amount William Adolphus Farley, of Fleet-street, London, was indebted. The Chief Commissioner read the writ, in which it was set forth that the said W. A. Farley was indebted to the Crown for moneys received by him:and for stamps. &c., in the sum of 3311. 17s. 4d., and that he (the said W. A. Farley) being insolvent, and there being a danger that the sum aforesaid would be lost to her Majesty, the present writ had been issued for the more speedy recovery thereof. The Learned Commissioner, in addressing the jury, said that the evidence was on the affidavit of Mr. Henry Wilson, a gentleman connected with the Post-office, and the affidavit proved the amount due. The jury found a verdi c t f or t h e sum claimed.nnt This is the second case within a few weeks in which a commission has been opened at the above office on similar grounds. DEATH Or VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES DASH WOOD.—In our obituary of this day will be found the name of Vice-Admiral of the White, Sir Charles Dash wood. This distinguished officer entered the navy in January, 1779, and had thus been 68 years in the ser vice of the country, more than 40 of which were spent at sea, and during his long and active career h e com manded, for twenty years, ships of every rate in almost every part of the world. ROBING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the members and friends of this society was held yesterday at the King William , Nigh Roding, which is situated about sixteen miles from Bishop's Stortford. There were present T. N. Abdy, Esq., M.P. for Lyme Regis (President), Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., M.P., Vice-President, the Rev. W. Sheppey), ALA , Rector of Rodinr, and a large number of the gentry ' of the county. Letters of apology were read from Major Beresford, M.P. and Mr. W. Brampton. The proceedings of the day commenced by the distri bution of prizes, after which a grand banquet was served in a large marquee erected in a field behind the King William. About 100 persons sat down to dinner, amongst whom were, besides the gentlemen above men tioned, several members of the Royal Agricultural Society. The whole of the proceedings went off with spirit, and to the satisfaction of all present. BRISTOL SUGAR -MARKET, SEPT. 22.—We continue to have a good demand for all descriptions of British plantation sugars, and prices are steadily supported, and the brokers' offices are now rather bare of West India samples. There is not so good an inquiry for rum, but the few sales made are at fully former rates. ESCAPE OF AN AMERICAN SLAVE After having arranged everything to the best of my knowledge, I saddled my pony, went into the cellar where I kept my grass-seed apparatus, put my clothes into a pair of saddle-bags, and them into my seed-bag, and, thus equipped, set sail for the north star. 0 what a day was that to me ! This was on Saturday, in August, 1841. I wore my common clothes, and was vet carefu l to avo id spec i a l sus picion, as I already imagined the administrator was very watchful of me. The place from which I started was about fifty miles from Lexington. The reason why I do not give the name of the place, and a more accurate locati on , must b e obvious to any one who remembers that, in the eye of the law, I am yet ac counted a slave, and no spot in the United States affords an asylum for the wanderer. True, I feel protected in the h ear t s o f t h e many warm friends of the slave by whom I am surrounded ; but this pro tection does not come from the laws of any one of the United States. But to return. After riding about fifteen miles, a Baptist minister overtook me on the road, saying, " How do you do, boy ? are you free ? I always thought you were free, till I saw them try to sell vou the other day." I then wished him a thousand miles off; preaching, if he would, to the whole plantation, " Servants, obey your masters ;" but I wanted neither sermons, questions, nor advice from him. At length I mustered resolution to make some kind of a reply. " What made you think I was free ?" He replied, that he had noticed I had great privileges, that I did much as I liked, and that I was almost white. " 0 yes," I said, "but there are a great many slaves as white as I am." " Yes," he said, and then went on to name several ; among others, one who had lately, as he said, run away. This was touching altogether too near upon what I was thinking ot. Now, said I, he must know, or at least reckons, what I am at—running away. However, I blushed as little as possible, and made strange of the fellow who had lately run away, as though I knew nothing of it. The old fellow looked at me, as it seemed to me, as though he would read my thoughts. I wondered what in the world slaves could run away for, especially if they had such a chance as I had had for the last few years. He said, " I suppose you would not run away on any account, you are so well treated." " 0," said I, "I do very well ; very well, sir. If you should ever hear that I had run away, be certain it must be because there is some great change in my treatment?' He then began to talk with me about the seed in my bag, and said that he should want to buy some. Then, I thought, he means to get at the truth by looking in my seed bag, where, sure enough, he would not find grass seed, but the seeds of Liberty. However, he dodged off soon, and left me alone. And although I have heard say, poor company is better than none, I felt much better without him than with him. try and see the other side, but I could see no bill, mountain, nor city of the asylum I sought. I was afraid to inquire where it was, lest it whould betray such a degree of ignorance as to excite suspicion at once. One day I heard a man ask another, em ployed on board a vessel, "And where does This vessel trade ?" Well, I thought, if that is a proper question for you, it is for me. So I passed along, and asked of every vessel, " Where does this vessel trade ?" At last the answer came, " Over here in Kettle-creek, near Port Stanley." " And where is that?" said I. "Oh, right over here in Canada." That was the sound for me—" over here in Canada." The captain asked me if I wanted a passage to Canada. I thought it would not do to be too earnest about it, lest it would betray me. I told him I had some thought of going, if I could get a passage cheap. We soon came to terms on this point, and that evening set sail. After proceeding only nine miles the wind changed, and the captain returned to port again. This, I thought, was a very bad omen. However, I stuck by, and the next evening, at nine o'clock, we set sail once more, and at daylight we were in . Canada. When I stepped ashore here, I said, sure enough, I Au FREE ! — American Slavery. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Tuesday next, the 28th inst, at her .111 ,, jesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Council will be held at one o'clock. Her Majesty and Princ© Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and at tended by the Marchioness of Douro, Major-General Bowles, and Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Osborne, about two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, from town. Yesterday afternoon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by his Serene High ness Prince Ernest of Leiningen, and attended by Sir George Couper, arrived at Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty, from her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office, from the Governors of the West India Colonies. THE POST-OFFICE. The report on the Post-office, from which we re cently gave some details, contains, in addition, several interesting particulars with respect to the working of the department for money orders. Although an im pression generally prevails among the public that this branch of the business is productive of considerable profit, Mr. Hill considers that at present it is carried on at a loss. The total commission received by the money order department last year was 59,5501., but the expenses are estimated at 64,449/. Of this sum 31,3181. was the cost of the three metropolitan offices (London, Dublin, and Edinburgh), established solely in connexion with the system, while the remainder consisted of the following items—namely, 1,1364 paid as compensation to the parties by whom the money order department was conducted before it was made official; 9,9251., the charge for postage in trans mitting advices from one office to another; and 22,000/, the allowance (at the rate of 4/. for every thousand orders) to each of the respective receivers by whom the orders are issued and paid. Formerly there was also an expense from the increased balances which it was necessary to leave in the various offices, but it now appears that, owing to the gradual accu mulation of unpaid money orders, there is a reserve of capital in most of them sufficient to carry on the business. At the same time it is to observed that in Mr. Hill's opinion the management of the department will admit of modifications that may convert the loss into a gain, and with that object he has made a report to the Postmaster-General. At present there are no less than 220 clerks, besides messengers and others, employed in London alone, and whose chief duty it is to check the general transactions connected with money orders throughout the country. They have about 10,000 letters of advice every morning, and every order drawn is entered, one way or another, ten times. Mr. Hill would simplify this, with the view of reducing the enormous establishment, or at least of admitting a large increase of business without any increase of clerks. It also appears that a proposition is under consi deration to permit the public to draw for sums be yond the existing limit of Si. At present this limit is practically inoperative, because a party wishing to draw for any larg er amount, such as 1 01 ., for in stance, will accomplish his object by taking out two orders, so that the only effect of this restriction is to give the Post-office double trouble. It may be objected that this alteration would bring the Post-office into competition with the banking interest; but the rate of charge, which would increase in proportion to the amount (so that while it is Gd. for Si. it would be ls. for 101.), would be sufficient to obviate the probability of that result. The great convenience to arise would be found in the means it would afford of transmitting a sum of money from one country town to another country town between which, as is the case in many instances, no banking facilities exist. In connexion with the details of Post-office ma nagement it may also be mentioned that it appears from the report in question, that the subject of a ' Sunday•delivery has again been mooted, but Mr. Hill is rightly of opinion that it would not be popular with the London publi , .. It seems, however, that those forward letters which reach London by the mails of Sunday could be transmitted the same evening to the country post-offices without any very large addition to the attendance which is at present required. When I had gone on about twenty-five miles, I went down into a deep valley by the side of the road, and changed my clothes. I reached Lex ington about seven o'clock that evening, and put up with brother Cyrus. As I had often been to Lexing ton before, and stopped with him, it excited no atten tion from the slave-holding gentry. Moreover, I had a pass from the administrator, of whom I had hired my time. I remained over the Sabbath with Cyrus, and we talked over a great many plans for future operations, if my efforts to escape should be success ful. Indeed, we talked over all sorts of ways for me to proceed. But both of us were very ignorant of the roads, and of the best way to escape suspicion. And I sometimes wonder that a slave, so ignorant, so timid as he is, ever makes the attempt to get his free dom. " Without are foes, within are fears." Monday morning, bright and early, I set my face in good earnest toward the Ohio River, determined to see and tread the north bank of it, or die in the at tempt. I said to myself, one of two things,—Free dom or death! The first night I reached Mayslick, fifty odd miles from Lexington. Just before reaching this village, I stopped to think over my situation, and determine how I would pass the night. On that night hung all my hopes. I was within twenty miles of Ohio. My horse was unable to reach the river that night. And besides, to travel and attempt to cross the river in the night, would excite suspicion. I must spend the night there. But how ? At one time, I thought, I will take my pony out into the field and give him some corn, and sleep myself on the grass. But then the dogs will be out in the evening, and if caught under such circumstances, they will take me for a thief if not for a runaway. That will not do. So, after weighing the matter all over, I made a plunge right into the heart of the village, and put up at the tavern. After seeing my pony disposed of, I looked into the bar-room, and saw some persons that I thought were from my part of the country, and would know me. I shrunk back with horror. What to do I did not know. I looked across the street, and saw the shop of a silversmith. A thought of a pair of spectacles, to hide my face, struck me. I went across the way, and began to barter for a pair of double-eyed green spectacles. When I got them on, they blind folded me, if they did not others. Everything seemed right up in my eyes. Some people buy spectacles to see out of ; I bought mine to keep from being seen. I hobbled back to the tavern, and called for supper. This I did to avoid notice, for I felt like anything but eating. At tea, I had not learned to measure distances with my new eyes, and the first pass I made with my knife and fork at my plate went right into my lap. This confused me still more, and, after drinking one cup of tea, I left the table, and got off to bed as soon as possible. But not a wink of sleep that night. All was confusion, dreams, anxiety, and trembling. As soon as day dawned I called for my horse, paid my reckoning, and was on my way, rejoicing that that night was gone, any how. I made all dili gence on my way, and was across the Ohio, and in Aberdeen by noon, that day ! What my feelings were when I reached the free shore can be better imagined than described. I trembled all over with deep emotion, and I could feel my hair rise upon my head. I was on what was called a free soil, among a people who had no slaves. I saw white men at work, and no slave smarting beneath the lash. Everything was, indeed, new and wonderful. Not knowing where to find a friend, and being ignorant of the country—unwilling to inquire, lest I should betray my ignorance, it was a whole week before I reached Cincinnati; At one place where I put up I had a great many more questions put to me than I wished to answer. At another place, I was very much annoyed by the officiousness of the landlord, who made it a point to supply every guest with newspapers. I took the copy handed me, and turned it over, in a somewhat awkward manner, I suppose. He came to me to point out a veto, or some other very important news. I thought it best to decline his assistance, and gave up . the paper, saying my eyes were not in a fit condition to read much. TO SHAREHOLDERS IN RAIL- WAYS Gentlemen,—Having had some experience in shares, allow me to give you a little a dvice, and not to sell a single share unless you are unfortu nately compelled, as lam confident we sha ll see things better, and that before long. It may be that many of you are not aware of the manner in which the business in shares is transacted. Say this is the Ist of the month. I sell transfer shares for the next account. These can not be bought in against me before the end of the month, and this gives the " Bears " a chance of the market. And in the late depression they have found it to their advantage to press down the market ; and many having become alarmed, have unfortunately sold at ruinously low prices. I know-of no pla ce where this practice has been going on more than in Manchester ; and, in order to protect the shareholders, I write these few lines, hoping by this means, I may prevent some of you from falling into the hands of " Bears." At another place, the neighbours, on learning that a Kentuckian was at the tavern, came, in great earnestness, to find out what my business was. Ken tuckians sometimes came there to kidnap their citizens. They were in the habit of watching them close. I at length satisfied them, by assuring them that I was not, nor my father before me, any slave holder at all ; but, lest their suspicions should be ex cited in another direction, I added, my grandfather was a slaveholder. It. 23, 1847. A SHAREHOLDER. Company'sof the Dublin steamer The chief engineer in the most sudden and fright ' met his death. the SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAMER.— a t t O n L ig i l v a e , r w po h o e l n , a th nd e venagsinoeffert,hevvlsmle. ful manner on Sunday night. The Queen waq• on her Doyle, found it necessary to oil some of the working joints of one of the engines. Whilst thus engaged the vessel lurched, and the poor fellow was thrown off his o f voyageAl an from about Belfast eleven balance, and was caught by the side lever or working n beam of the engine. He was pulled underneeasthd, wasad before the engine could be stopped s_ head. The engines mangled in a frightful manner, both sides of i jaw being literally driven into the was taken up were stopped at once, but too late—heesectably connected, quite dead. The deceased was r a p . h ead lower The commander ' o ul f d th w e years , of was promptly on the Captain Church, Queen was filling the life was extinct. . The spot, but . a n s te b a u rn t e t r w , twenty-seven present was to have been the Queen's gular that the This, unfortunately, was not last trip on the station. , the quay at accident. On the Queens leaving station of the ill-fated Sea King steamer, and it is sin the only shore, fell between the steamer and the quay, and was Liverpool on Friday, a woman, in attempting to leap on crushed to death.—Dublin Freeman. TRIAL OF THE DEE BRIDGE GIRDER.—OUr own correspondent writes from Chester, that the officers of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, instead of waiting the inspection and test of a Government com mission, and entertaining, it is presumed, doubts upon the strength of the fellow to the broken girder, have tested it themselves on the very eve of the appointment of that commission. It was accomplished with railway 38 fracture bars suspended from the gird er , an d t h e weight was gradually applied and equally di s t r ib ute d over the centre commenced cwt. 2 is division ibn..un o d f e t r h w e h ri i c b hit until broke.it re ached The at the bottom flanges, and proved clearly that it broke by tension. This experiment at once shows the fallacy and utter uselessness of the tension bars in the manner in which they were applied at this bridge. In addi tion to the bungling at the Dee Bridge, which " bangs Banagher," they are now taking down the girder bridge over the Chester and Ellesmere canals of 60 feet span, in consequence of some fractures being observed in the masonry at the quoins of the abutment upon which the outside girders rest.—The Builder. THE YOUTH OF THORWALDSEN THE SCULPTOR.-- When seventeen years old, says Andersen, he was con firmed, at which holy rite a curious incident occurred. There was nothing external to distinguish him from the other youths. But it had been stated in th e papers, that the pupil Thorwaldsen had gained the small silver prize-medal at the academy, and so the Dean asked him, " Is it ycur brother w ho won the prize?" to which the lad proudly replied," It is myself." So the Very Reverend looked at him pleasingly, and then called him " Mr. Thorwaldsen." He often used to relate in after life, that thin first title bestowed on his art, gave him more pleasure than all the dis tinctions kings afterwards showered upon him.—The Builder. TuE TOMB OF A SCIPIO.—W e read in the im partial of Franche Comte, that in digging for the foundation of the Arsenal there, many remains o Roman construction have been found, and of a vast cemetery. A portion of one sepulchral monument bears this inscription. " P. Cornelius Scipio," and has set the local antiquaries to work.—The Builder. We have been informed, on unquestionable autho. rity that the appointment of Chief Commissioner of ' Poor-lai: - ) has been declined by the Earl of Chichester. . _ . At Cincinnati, I found some old acquaintances, and spent several days. In passing through some of the streets I several times saw a great slave-dealer from Kentucky who knew me, and, when I ap proached him, I was very careful to give him a wide berth. The only advice that I here received was from a man who had once been a slave. He urged me to sell my pony, go up the river to Portsmouth, then take the canal for Cleveland, and cross over to Canada. I acted upon this suggestion, sold my horse for a small sum, as he was pretty well used up, took pas sage for Portsmouth, and soon found myself on the canal boat, beaded for Cleveland.' On the boat I became acquainted with a Mr. Colony, from New s York. He was ver y s ick with fever and agute, p a o ble d nssdi as he was a stranger, and alone, I took the care of him, for a time. One .ay-, in best a w n i d th hhiitmte,rhelansgponkagee,ofanthde wslaasvee._s, ei conversation 11 those who attemp ted to run awa y . re on ' p in c t a hem s o v e st a harsh Thinks I, you was not all south of a re not the man for me to have much to do with. I found the spirit of sla v e holdin g the Ohio River. No sooner had I reached Cleveland than a trouble came upon me from a very unexpected quarter. A rough, swearing, reckless creature, in the shape of a man, came up to me, and declared I had passed a bad five dollar bill upon his wife, in the boat, and he de manded the silver for it. I had never seen him nor his wife before. lie pursued me into the tavern, swearing and threatening all the way. The travel lers, that had just arrived at the tavern, were asked to give their names to the clerk, that he might enter them upon the book. lie called on me for my name, just as this ruffian was in the midst of his assault upon me. On leaving Kentucky, I thought it best, for my own security, to take a new name, and 1 had been entered on the boat as Archibald Campbell. 1 knew, with such a charge as this man was making against me, it would not do to change my name from the boat to the hotel. At the moment, I could not recollect what I had called myself, and, for a few minutes, I was in a complete puzzle. The clerk kept calling, and I made believe deaf, till, at length, the name popped back again, and I was duly enrolled a guest at the tavern in Cleveland. I had heard before of persons being frightened out of their Christian names, but I was fairly scared out of both mine for awhile. The landlord soon protected me from the violence of the bad- meaning man, and drove him away from the house. I was detained at Cleveland several days, not knowing how to get across the lake, into Canada. I went out to the shore of the lake again and again, to CA3rIBRIDGESHIRD STAKES. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's Blackbird, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Nunn's Prior of St. Margaret's, 4 yrs, Bst 16 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle,3 yrs, Bst 31b 1,000 to 60 agst Mr. Taylor's George Hudson, 3 yrs, 6st—taken 1,000 to 60 agst Mr. B. Green's Rob Roy, 3 yrs, 6st 61b —taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Very little done on this race. DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken to 1001. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—t to 1001. 30 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Backbiter—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher—taken 2,000 to 60 apt Mr. B. Green's Beverlac—taken 1,000 •to 20 agst Mr. B. Green's Swiss boy—takt.A. BEDFORD RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Preparation Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and 25 added. Once round and a distance. Gentlemen . riders. (6 Subs.) Mr. G. Ongley's Roderick, aged Mr. C. Rayner's Alboni, 3 yrs Mr. Wilder's Spem Gregis, 3 yrs Lord Strathmore's Lyons, 5 yrs The Two Years Old St alfakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added. dam by Lancastrian 2 Last h mile. (9 Subs.) ... (Darling) 1 D M u r k . e M o i f n ß o r e ' d s f S or h d r , o s p s c h b i r y e p W i o i n tc ip h o, Mr. Ongley's Bird of Paradise The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. G. Hobson's Pa ssion Flower, Lord Strathmore's Sweet sauce, Mr. Shelley's Remembrancer, Mr. Death's Lady Francis, and Mr. Tilbury's Rosalie. Won by a length. The Bedfordshire Stakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, with 70 added. Two miles. ... (Mr. Beville) Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine, 3 yrs (Pearl) 1 Mr. G. Higgins 's Sir Peter Laurie, 3 yrs Mr. Shelly's Tit-bit, 4 yrs ... The following also started, but were not placed :-- Lord Warwick's Yardley, aged—Mr. Robertson's Tom Tough, aged—Mr. Hobson s Chatham, 5 yrs—Count Bathyany's Master Stepney, 5 yrs—Mr. Scott's Mosque, aged—aud Mr. F. Glanville na Fannus, 3 yrs. Won by a neck. The Town Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. Arber's Caroline, 5 yrs ... (Carter) 1 1 Mr. Shelley's br f, by Alpheus, 3 yrs 3 2 Captain Thompson's Etona, 5 yrs ••• 2 3 Mr. Marson's Rosanna, 5 yrs 4 4 Three others started for the first heat. THURSDAY. Tho Stratton Park Stakes of ice Iround 0 soya. each, and 30 added. Tw. Mr. Rayner's Alboni, 3 yrs Mr. G. Ongley's Roderick, aged Lord Strathmore's Ti t Bit, 4 yrs Mr. Trulock's Faunus, 3 yrs ... El, - -'- Subduer, aged ...(Pearl) 1 0•• 2 ... 4•• 3 ... ... 4 ••• .•• 6 Mr. _ leves's The Queen's Plate of 100 gnizeas. Three miles. Lord Loradsle's Jericho, 5 yrs (Bartholeraew) Match, 1001., h ft. Last half of Ab. M. ---- --- Mr. Hussey's Embrace, Bst. 31b., agst Mr. Sandford's Laura, Bst. Match, 2001., h ft. Last half of Ab. M. *Duke of Bedford's Villiers, Bst 81b, agst Colonel Peel's Isis, 7st 71b. Match, 2001., h ft. D.M. *Lord E. Russell's Nottingham, Bst 71b, agst Lord Strathmore's Signet, Bst 21b. Match, 2001., h ft. T•M•M• Mr. 13. Green's The Conjuror, Bst 81b, agst Mr. Mos tyn's King of Morven, 7st 71b. THURSDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; for three yrs old, 9st 21b; four, lOst 71b; five, Ilst; six and aged, list 41b. The Town Plate of 501.; for three yrs old, Sst 71b;_ and fillies, Bst 31b. Sweepstakes of 5 sovsTeaCh, for two years old 6st 101 b, three Bst 81b, four and upwards 9st. Rutland Stakes Course. The winner to be sold for 701., &c. Th. Iluthwa 131.kes of 30 anva. oarth. 20 ft, for two years old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 31b, &c. From the Turn of the Lands in. (12 Subs.) Count Bathyany's Ptolemmus, Duke of Bedford's Duplicity, Lord Exeter's "Swordplayer, Fencer, and *Tippet, Sir John Gerard's The Merry Wife of Windsor, *Sir J. Hawley's Lovelace, *Mr. Lowther's Chapelgowrie,sMr. Marson's bl fby Sir Hercules, out of Pawnbroker's dam , S ir J. B. Mills's Red Doe, *D u k e osftriattuhtmlaonrdes s 's , b w o e b e y tsa S u i c. Sir Francis, out of Cowslip, Lord Match, 300, 100 ft. First half of Ab. M. Mr. Ford's Shahzadee, Bst 51b, agst Duke of Bedford's Fistiana, Bst. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Strathmore's Northern Eagle agst *Duke of Bedford's Sable. Match, 200, h ft. D.M. *Lord Orford's Cracksman, Bst 21b, agst Mr. Payne's Spider, 7st 121 b. No day mentioned. *Air. Theobald's Optimus, Bst 71b, agst Mr. G. S. Ford's Fandango, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. 100. NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.--The committee of this institution, established in 1839, for granting temporary relief and permanent pensions to masters and servants engaged in the sale of newspapers, who, from ago, infirmity, or distress, may require assis tance, have just announced the gratifying intelligence that their funds have now reached the sum which will enable the society to grant pensions to males of 161. and to females of 10/. per annum, the first of such pensioners to be elected i❑ November next. The funded capital of the institution has now reached the sum of 9501. The report congratulates the members on the increasing in terest felt by the trade in the prosperity of the society. CUB HIINTING.—The Donnington hounds have commenced cub hunting, and have found great plenty of foxes. The horses and hounds are in splendid condi tion, the men in excellent health and spirits, and the masters stanch and liberal. 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