The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—We regret very much to announce that the house of Barclay, Brothers, and Co. has to-day suspended payment. The liabilities are stated at about 450,0001., of which, however, only 220,0001. is upon acceptances. The cause of the event is the same as in the case of Reid, Irving, and Co. Large engagements in the Mauritius involving a constant absorption of capital first involved the firm in trouble, and the recenit failures in England of parties on whom it held acceptances, coupled with the existing praTusre, have rendered extrication impossible. The head of the house is one of the present members for Subderland, and the partners are distantly related to Messrs. Barclay, the bankers. They are also related to the members of the brewery, but an impression which seemed prevalent this afternoon that they have some shares inthat business is, we understand, entirely erroneous. The English Funds have again undergone a most severe depression. Consols opened at the closing price of yesterday—namely, 83 to k, but after con siderable fluctuations cause d by the operations in connexion with the settlement to-morrow, they reached at which they were quoted at the close of regular business. The fall, however, d:d not end here, but continued after three o'clock, and the final price was 814, being nearly four per cent. below the lowest price to which they receded during the panic in April last. The future prospects of the revenue, the failure above-mentioned, and a very strong expectation that the Bank of England will openly raise their rate of discount to-morrow, were alleged as the causes of alarm ; but it is most probable that the necessity of bringing to a close the large speculations for a rise which have taken place during the present account, together with some hasty sales in connexion with a repayment of advances due to the Bank, had a far greater influence than any other circumstances. The fact of the last instalment of the Irish Loan (16 per cent.) falling due on Friday, may also have contributed in the same direction. At the Bank to-day the attendance of the public for the receipt of dividends was said to be unusually great. The pressure at the Discount office was also continuous. Letters from Liverpool mention the failure of Mo catta and Son, a firm engaged in the La Guayra trade, but the liabilities are not supposed to be im portant. a A meeting of the Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England took place this afternoon, the particulars of which (inasmuch as they involve the announcement of a recent lean to the company of upwards of a quarter of a million, at 5 per cent., by the Bank of England, together with the extent to which the concern sustains loss by the failure of its Governor, Mr. Gower) will attract considerable attention. At the commencement of the proceedings it was stated, that in consequence of the present position of the affairs of the company it was considered neces sary to recommend a temporary suspension of the dividends both upon the old and the preference shares ; and the general reasons for this course, as well as a detail of the financial measures adopted by the Court of Assistants, with the view of removing existing difficulties, will be found in the following documents which were circulated amorg the pro prietors : At a Special General Court of the Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England, held at their office at Castle Baynard, on the 13th of October, 1847, tl.?, following spee&li was delivered to the court by the Deputy-Governor;John Henry Melly, Esq. : " Gentlemen,—The Court of Assistants have'caused this special general court to be summoned for the purpose, firstly, of carrying out an arrangement with the Bank of England; and, secondly, laying before the proprietors the present position and prospects of the company. " The court regret to have to announce the retire ment of the late governor, A. L. Gower, Esq., and of G. S. Walters, Esq., and William Little, Esq., from the Court of Assistants. The circumstances which have rendered these vacancies unavoidable are already known to the proprietors. It is proposed to call 4 special general court shortly to fill them up, when parties will probably come forward as candidates whose names will be highly satisfactory to the shareholders. "The court finding from the pressure in the money market and the numerous failures in the commercial world, that the financial position of the company was becoming a very difficult one, thought it right to summon to a conference the pre ference shareholders, 6for the purpose of raising a sufficiently large sum of money to relieve the com pany, but this measure was not attended with ade quate success. " The Court of Assistants then opened a negotiation with the Bank of England fur a loan on the security of the company's property in Wales, which I am happy to say has been brought to a successful issue. " The Bank has agreed to make an advance of 270,0001, at five per cent., of which 150,000/. will liquidate engagements of this company already in the hands of that corporation, and the remaining 120,0001. will come into the company's possession in cash. " A resolution will be proposed for your adoption to authorise the Court of Assistants to carry this ar ranpment into effect. "viThen this special business has been disposed of I will call upon the secretary to read a report which has been prepared by the Court of Assistants for your information, and which will enable you to form a correct view as to the present state and future pros- pects of the company; I shall then be happy to answer any questions which may be put by any proprietor. " Report by the Court of Assistants for the infor mation of the Special General Court of Proprietors, summoned for Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1847: " Since the Annual General Court of the 7th of April last, the attention of the Court of Assistants has continued to be given to the best mode of reaping the advantages contemplated from the increase of capital and extension of our works, and they are able to report that, in a very great degree, these expected benefits have been realised by the present productive state of these works, and by the diminution of the floating debt of the company. " The proprietors will bear in mind that it was stated by the Governor in April that the Court of Assistants having accomplished the object immediately in view, considerably within the limits you voted, had discont.nued the issue of preference shares ; and, afterwards, the Court considered they were consult isag the interests of th e p ropr i e t ors b y converting into debentures at ten years' date, bearing interest at the rate of .5 per cent. per annum, such preference shares as the holders thereof were desirous of commuting at par. " Subsequent events, however, have, as is well known, paralyzed the usual sources of monetary ac commodation, and amongst others, the pressure fell upon this company to an extent which induced the Court of Assistants to call to a conference tta holders of preference shares, as parties most immediately interested, to raise the funds necessary to carry on the business of the company, either by an issue of the remainder of the preference shares authorised, or by an advance on debentures. The appeal, however, was fruitless, and the Court can only express its regret at the circumstance. " It then became essential that the Court of As sistants should take immediate steps for preventing the loss of property which was impending, and an arrangement has been made with the Bank of Eng land by which the existing liabilities of the company will be extinguished to the extent of 150,0001., and a loan in cash of 120,000/. will be made on th e secur i ty mortgageof a on the company's property in Wales, with the collateral security of the members of the Court, and other approved parties. The Court of Assistants feel that in thus placing themselves in the gap to stop any ruinous effects on. your property, th ey too k upon th emse l ves a r i s k w hi c h their confidence in your support and in the stability of the undertaking could alone justify, and which will be responded t o b y your appro b at i on an d unani mous confirmation of the arrangement. " With a view of reducing the liabilities of the company, the Court of Assistants necessary to det erm i ne havedeemed it that no dividend shall for the present half-y ear b e paid upo n the old shares ; that the dividend on the preference shares shall also for the present be suspended ; but that, of enn punct g uall e engagements of the company, in'cludint Ise, all other l payments of interest on the d e b en t ures, b e met. h " The annual ac eoun t s o f the compan y ways been made up to th e 30th of September have ineaalh year, and as so short a time has elapsed since the 30th of September last, the Court has no correct accou n t later than September 30, 1846. Thi s o f course has been much changed by the op era ti ons o f the past twelve months, an therefore it is not possible for the Court to be accurate in figures ; nevertheless, to avoid misapprehension, and as some of the preference share holdsrs who attended at the late conference appear to have gone away in error, the fol:owing statement is annexed, which, in round numbers, very nearly ex hibits the financial position of the company : LIABILITIES. Stock in trade, including metals, minerals,&c. 430,000 Cash, bills, and book debts.. £1,415,000 "`The Court of Assistants, anxious to inform itself thoroughly as to the prospects of the company, deputed a committee to proceed to Cwm Avon in the month of June last, and from the report of that com mittee, the Court satisfied itself that the prospective income of the company, arising out of the successful carrying forward of its works, would be sufficient to provide for all its current engagements, to pay off gradually all the debts of the Corporation, leaving the property of the company, at no distant period, free fioin incumbrance, for the benefit of the share holders. " J. H. PELLY, Deputy-Governor.'" The reading of these statements appeared to occasion much surprise, especially when they were contrasted with the flattering accounts furnished not more than six months back, and to which Mr. R. W. Carden, who took the initiative in the discussion, fiorcibly directed the attention of the proprietors. There seemed on the part of the majority of those present every inclination to afford the directors credit for the best intentions; but many, nevertheless, inti mated a strong desire to ascertain the real nature of the circumstances that could in the space of one half year have brought about so extraordinary a change. Of course, the assistance rendered by the Bank in the shape of the specified advance was regarded as indicative of the strength of the credit of the company, and a vote was unanimously passed, authorising the Court of Assistants to complete the arrangement. On the subject of general prospects, it transpired, that the debt due from Messrs. Gower and Co. is under 20,0001., and also that arrears of calls on old shares exist to the extent of 60,0001., some of the_ directors figuring in the list of non-payments. With reference to these arrears, it was suggested that as the Court under their charter do not possess the necessary power to enforce such claims, they should at least take steps at once to declare the forfeiture of the shares, in order that all parties might staid on an equality. To this point, and the preparation of a complete statement of accounts so soon as they can be arranged, the Court pledged themselves to give their immediate attention, Mr. Pelly, the Deputy- Governor, assuring the proprietors that it was the earnest wish of himself and of his col leagues to act in a candid and straightforward manner and to conceal nothing from them. On this understanding an adjournment was agreed to, the Court stipulating to convene another meeting at the earliest moment they could present a further report and a proper and detailed balance-sheet. It seemed to be anticipated among the proprietors that after the accounts shall have been thoroughly analyzed, and the assistance afforded by the Bank shall have been brought into active service, a more satisfactory pro gress may be looked for. An extraordinary general meeting of Price's Patent Candle Company (a concern in which two of the present, and one of the late partners, of the house of Cockerell and Co. are directors), was held this morning, when a report was presented, stating that owing to Messrs. Cockerell's suspension, it would be for the advantage of the shareholders to defer the division of the profits which have accrued since the Ist of January. It appears that in purchasing the patent rights of Messrs. Price and Co. the , company under whose direct control the working of the estab lishment was not taken until Aley last, contem plated making their payments by initaiments (allow ing Price and Co. 5 per cent. upon such sums as might remain unpaid, and also for such portions of their capital as might continue to be employed in the business) ; but the resources of the firm having been straitened by Messrs. Cockerell's suspension, it has now been thought best to postpone the contemplated division of profits until December next, when it may be made without inconvenience. In accordance with this recommendation a divi dend of 11. per share out of the profits to the present date, being at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum on the ia'd-up capital—was agreed to, the same to be payable on the 31st of December next. The forfeiture and re-allotment of 325 shares standing in the name of Sir George Larpent, and of 1,825 in the name of Mr. John Cockerell, upon which the calls have not been paid, was also resolved upon. As regards the former gentleman, however, the report of the direc tors contained the following paragraph, which will be read with gratification : " The directors have been happy to learn, since the insertion of the advertisement convening this meeting, that Sir George Larpent intends to re main in London, and hopes to retain his seat at the board," SANDERSON AND CO. A third meeting of the parties interested in the affairs of Sanderson and Co. took place on Tuesday, at which it transpired that the bills bearing the re sponsibility of the firm which have run off since the meeting on the 28th ult., have amounted t@ about 350,0001., and that these, upon the whole, have been well met. It will be remembered that, at the date of suspension, the amount of bills running was 1,725,0001, a total which has now been reduced to about 1,000,0001., and which, before the end of the year, will be further reduced to 220,0001. The amount of acceptances held by the house (overdue and to mature) on firms which have failed since Messrs. Sanderson's suspension is stated to be about 28,000/. The following is a minute of the pro ceedings : a meeting of the parties interested in the affairs of Messrs. Sanderson and Co:, held at their office, King William-street, London, October 12, 1847, by adjournment from the 28th of September last, present, Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq., in the chair,— " Resolved,—That tin progress made in the fur ther realisation of the assets of Messrs. Sanderson and Co.'s concern appears to be satisfactory, and that this meeting be adjourned to Friday, the 12th of No vember next, at one o'clock, at this place. (Signed) " S. J. LOYD, Chairman. Stiq THE CHOLERA. Capital stock— £ £ 01,1 shares Very shares 260,000 600,000 Debentures Acceptances 70,000 'Book debts £1,350,000 ASSETS. 'xed P r o p erty Cost to S eptember 30, 1846 735,000 Laid out sin ce 795,000 although they will promptly remove ordinary putrid' effluvia. The only chymical preventive I depended upon in my numerous exposures to the virus was chlorine gas, and this I believe to be a perfect one if the fumigation is complete. I invariably passed through an atmosphere of it on my return home, and kept it escaping in my residence during the conti nuance of the disease in the city. I also placed large quantities of the substance necessary for the evolution of this gas in the hands of a Bristol druggist, who was kind enough to distribute 1,200 quantities of it gra tuitously to applicants during three days with in structions for the use, and am happy to say that during that time the deaths fell from ten to one per day, and I have but little doubt that if every ship arriving in England from an infected place, should be exposed to a perf ec t f um i gation with chlorine, we shall be preserved from the infection. If the disease should pass this cordon, by any accident, then every house in the infected district should be simultaneously fumigated with it--say three times a day ; unless done in all houses at the same time, it would be useless, or nearly so; and to do it effectually, a mixture of three parts of common salt and one of black oxide of manganese, should be placed just in side the outer or street door of the dwelling-house, and a little common vitriol poured upon it. The inward current of air will convey the chlorine gas to every part of the interior, and wherever it can be smelt the effect is produced—the miasm is destroyed. If articles of clithing are infected, and the colours likely to be injured by the gas, they may be heated 1 71 e an oven or on a kil n, to 250 or 300 d egrees ( a b out heat of b a ki ng b rea d ), w h en t h ey m i g h t b e handled Sir , or used with perfect impunity.—l am, &c., Bristol, Oct. 11. WILLIAM HERAPATII. VICTIMS OF PEI/FR.—Within the last six weeks we Aserve, from the Medical and Provincial Journal, that 1 eleven bravo men of the medical profession have fallen s6orillees to their zeal and co nscientiousness in attend ing upon the diseased and suffering poor. Their names are Richard Mackenzie, surgeon, Leeds ; J. Dundee, NI.D., Manorhamilton ; H. M.‘Cormick, M.D., Granard ; J. B. M`Donough, surge on , C arrsr _ e ; Thos. ireatherill, M.D., Liverpool ; R. Storrs, surgeon, Doncaster ; J. Honiton • J. Johnston. surgeon, Baltin ?(!laan:sp;bJe.lliN, r jl o it n . t D ea ' th, ALD., Perth ;wJo.rOth.yeotifrrbaen,ng c. 091., Dublin. These names are mor e I t s h e c a r t a e t ein ever r n s w o a U m r att toe mc conquest rie s h t t a h n h r o t ug o h s eof seas allh f human a w n a b r l r o io o r d s . £ —Buxton Herald. THE HAPPY FAMILY.—The most wonderful ex bition of the Happy Family would bo the Berkeleys Living under the same roof together,—Punch. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times:— Sir,—The steady advance of the cholera westward appears to have called public attention to its probable reappearance in England before long, and a paragraph in one of the London papers, of Friday, leads me to believe that the majority of persons will depend for protection upon any preparation which is advertised as a " disinfectant," erroneously believing that all disinfectants have the same power over the virus which creates disease as they have over unpleasant smells. Allow me to correct this error by detailing the results of my experience during the visitation of this horrible malady in 1832, when, as a chymist, I laid myself out for a close examination into the cause, mode of propagation, and check for it. For this purpose I obtained information of, and visited in person, all the earliest cases which showed themselves in this city generally, and in each and great public, establishment in particular. For some time I at tended almost daily at the cholera hospitals, and ex perimented in every way I could think of, upon the dead and living subjects, their contents and ejecta, the atmosphere surrounding them and their articles of clothing. The conclusions I arrived at I forward for the informatiion of those who have not had the same opportunities. 1. That the cause of cholera is a putrid animal poison, capable of being recognised by the smell by some, emanating from and surrounding the dead or living cholera subject or articles of c l o thi ng . 2. That it is not sulphuretted hydrogen or by drosialphuret of ammonia, as it does not decompose salts of lead or zinc, and when passed through nitrate of silver it only forms a red solution when exposed to light. 3. That it is only received into the living body though the lungs, and cannot be 'propagated by in noculation. 4. That infection can be conveyed by articles of clothing, bedding, &c. ; and that washerwomen are nre.e subject to infection than ordinary persons from that cause. 5. That all persons are not equally liable to infec tion from equal exposure, and even the same vidual becomes more sensitive under certain cir cumstances. 6. That the poison is destroyed by chlorine gas and heat of 300 deg. Fahrenheit. As the object of the present communication is merely to give the public opinion a right direction so as to help the future boards of health to combat this insidious and powerful enemy, I must at once state that the two most popular disinfectants of the day— the chloride of zinc and the nitrate of lead, known as Sir W. Barnet's and Ledoyen's, will be of no ava LOWDON, THURSDAY EVENING,_ OCTOBER 14, 1847. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO. At a meeting of the creditors of the eminent house of Howell, James, and Co., held on Tuesday, at the London Coffee-house, the following balance-sheet was exhibited : HOWELL, JAMES, AND Co. BALANCE-SHEET, SEPTEMBER 25, 1847. Dr. To sundry trade creditors To sundry cash creditors To Ransom and Co. : Amount due to them ...£14,247 15 0 Less securities ... 9,665 15 0 £39.512 10 6 49,806 4 5 4,532 0 0 To liabilities Considered bs(l To sundry creditors for goods still lying at the Custom House ...£17,913 10 7 1,500 0 0 ". 1,888 0 0 £95,400 14 11 Cr. By cash and bills on hand £4,955 9 0 By sundry debtors, cons tiered good ... 63,611 3 11 By stock on band ... 62,475 13 2 By fixtures, furniture, &c. ... 5,150 0 0 £136,192 6 1 It was agreed to give time for payment in full, by instalments, under inspection ; the assets of the estate being considered ample for the discharge of the whole of the debts. THE BIRMINGHAM MURDER BIRAIINGIIAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—ThiS af ternoon an inquest was held at the Woo!pack Inn, Moor-street, on the body of Mary Davies, who was murdered by her husband the previous day in the same street. Dr. Birt Davies, the borough coroner, presided, and a respectable jury having been em panelled, the prisoner was introduced, in custody, into the jury -room. He appeared to be perfectly calm and collected, and throughout the inquiry did not betray the slightest emotion. The Co twee, a.ter the jury had had a view of the bAy, proceeded to call the following witnesses : Eliza Yarnell, of Mount street, Bordesley—The name of deceased was Mary Davies. Witness, by working for her, had known her for eighteen months. The deceased was wife of Matthew Davies, and also kept the Prince of \Vales, in Moor-street. She was about forty-three or forty-four years of age, and had three children living. Witness was at the house of deceased yesterday, and proceeded to peel some potatoes in the back kitchen. When she went in Mrs. Davies and the little girl Sarah Davies were in the back-kitchen. Mrs. Davies, the deceased, came in, and she heard the prisoner ask the deceased, while they were peeling potatoes, not to appear against him at the public office. The deceased at that time was washing herself. Deceased had previously been making pies and Yorkshire pud dings. The prisoner said, "Don't go, Mary—such d—d nonsense—its no use going —I'll be tidy." He alluded to going before the magistrates, in conse quence of a summons issued on Friday. The de ceased replied, "If God spares me, I will go." He still continued to ask her not to go—his supplications were frequently repeated. The prisoner might have peeled six or seven potatoes during the time. The pris-mer during this time steeled his knife five or six times on the steelyard. After her refusal to abandon her appearance before the magistrates, the prisoner put his arm over the left shoulder of deceased, and witness thought he was going to kiss her. She had seen him kiss her under such circumstances and in such a manner before. He said more than once, in reference to going before the magistrates, "Mary, don't go." She replied, "If God spares me, I will go." At last he said, "D —n your eyes, you shan't g and immediately afterwards ,witness saw a gush of blood upon her threat. It appeared to come from the right side. Was sure deceased did not do it herself. The deceased was stooping at the time. Witness felt sure that the act was the act ofMatthew Davies. There did not appear to be any struggle at the moment. Wit ness then gave the alarm of " Murder !" and the de ceased for three or four yards followed her down the yard. After her (witness's) return from the eutry, where she gave the alarm, she saw deceased in the gutter, close to the door of the back- yard. Witness subsequently saw a wound in the throat of the de ceased. Many people then gathered together in front of the house, and a surgeon was soon on the spot. Mr. Macpherson was that gentleman. Fro: i the time witness saw the blood first issue to the time of the death of the deceased was about five minutes. The prisoner, after the murder of deceased, placed his hands in his pockets, and turned his back to the fire. He did not say anything, nor did witness observe in his manner any peculiarity of any kind. Never saw any slapping in the face or any provocation given by the deceased to the prisoner in her presence. [ \Vie ness here identified the knife with which the murder was committed.] The deceased said to the prisoner, who was urging her not to g.) before the magis trates, "Go off with you, or l'il knock you on the face." She did not offer, however, to do so. The deceased was "as sober as a judge." The pthoner, she understood, had been drunk over night, and she saw him go do "In the cellar that morning. She ap peared to be sober. Had lately seen him often in toxicated ; since last May she had seen him fre qeently so. By a juror—l do not know where the knife was found. Never saw the prisoner violent except under the influence of liquor. Yesterday morning, before he cammitted the act, he was as calm as you are. By the CORONER—By the word "calm" you mean he was not excited ? Witness—Not in the least. In the course of the conversation the prisoner begged of deceased not to go before the magistrates. The prisoner shed tears. Henrietta Hughes, wife of John Hughes, deposed as follows :—She was a neighbour of deceased, and yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, she met the last witness in the entry. She stated that Mr. Davies had cut Mrs. Davies's throat, and on entering the yard she saw the deceased on the floor. The blood was gushing cut of her throat, and she died during her removal upstairs. The prisoner stood apparently unconcerned, with his hands in his pockets, by the brewhouse door. He appeared to witness to be perfectly sober. He seemed calmer than of late. Police-constable Charles Bees deposed that yester day morning he was at the public office and heard cries of "Murder," and immediately went to the house from which they proceeded. On going up the entry he saw a woman in the back yard of the pri soner's house, and he directly asked who had done it, and where the person was ? A woman replied, "In the brewhouse." Witness there saw the prisoner, who said, " What's the matter, what's the matter ?" Witness, after saying, " Are you not ashamed of yourself ?" laid hold of him by the collar. The pri soner requested that he might not be dragged across the street, but quietly walked over to the public- office. A person afterwards gave him the knife which he then produced. At the time he received it it was covered with fresh blood. When he arrested the prisoner his right hand was all over blood. Mr. Macpherson, surgeon, being sworn, stated that he was called i❑ to the deceased. He found her dead. The wound in the throat was six or seven inches in length, and three in depth. It cut through the jugular and windpipe, and must have been almost im mediately fatal. His attention was not directed to Matthew Davies ; he never saw him. After a short consultation the jury returned a ver dict of " Wilful Murder," and the prisoner was com mitted to take his trial at the ensuing Warwick assizes. POISONINGS IN THE ISLE OF ELT.—The inquiry into this mysterious tragedy was resumed yesterday at Nianea, before Mr. Pratt, the coroner. Lengthened evidence, of a similar character to that already adduced, was given, after which the coroner proceeded to read it through seriutim. After the coroner had summed up, the jury returnAl a verdie, " That the three deceased children, Eliza Hurtles', Whitewell Audley, and Mary Ann Young, died of the admin4tration of arsenic by soxn person or persons unknown." THE IRON TRADE. WOLVERHAMPTON, WED NESDAY.--TO-day "' the secoed of the quarterly meetings of the iron trade was held here, at the Swan, and was numerou s ly attended by th e re p resen t a ti ves o f near l y all the l a r ge h ouses in the trade, and there were man) re e n n t d e from pre si asdnT influences n elst on was th ed commerce oubtful w whether ht the country generally would not lead to a reduction in the prices in this branch of our manufacture ; but the state of the trade was d eclared to be such as to warrant an adherence to the prices of last quarter, and no alteration took place to-day. GRAND TROTTING MATCH AT MANCHESTER. On Saturday afternoon the much-talked-of "extra ordinary trotting match" came off on the race-course of the Belle Vue Gardens, on the Hyde-road, and at tracted nearly all the elite of the Manchester sporting world. The match, which was for 100 sovereigns, was got up, we believe, by Mr. Buike, of trotting celebrity, half the sum having been subscribed by the proprietor of the course, Mr. Jennison, and the re mainder by a few sporting gentlemen of this city. The conditions of the match were, that the winning horse must not run a less distance than 17i miles within the hour; the horse which performed the greatest distance within that time to be declared the winner of the stakes. As may be expected, from the "heavy work" cut out, it was supposed, and with great reason, that no horse could accomplish the dis tance, but a whisper having got abroad that a Yankee horse " up to anything" %yes entered, a great amount of money was staked that 18 miles, and more, would be done within the hour. Two started first under saddle; one of them, a brown horse, named by Mr. Pearce Morgan, and the other a chestnut horse, called "Sir William," named by Mr. Lawson, veterinary surgeon, and brought over from America to England about eight months since, during which time he has Leen training at Aintree, near Liverpool. Although, as we have stated, rumour had done much to make the Yankee horse, " Sir William," a favourite in the betting, yet his appearance was by no means calcu lated to encourage speculation. He appeared, in stable phrase, " a rum-un to look at," although his performance subsequently proved him " a good- un to go." On the signal to start being given, both horses got well off together, and for a short time the brown one appeared to have the be s t o f it , go i ng very we ll for some 14 or 15 times round the course, when his rider was obliged to give in, the horse being out of condition. The Yankee " Sir William" (who seemed to improve in his work) then mad e a ga ll an t s p r i n t for the race, and, vigorously laying his legs down to the task, completed a distance (within the hour) of eighteen miles and a half, less about sixty yards, coming in quite fresh, or at least so little distressed that it was asserted on Monday that he was already in a condition to be backed t o d o th e lik e again. He never broke from his trot during the whole distance, and (his rider not having heard the report of the pistol fired by the judge at the expiration of the hour) went round the course, and a short dis tance more, after the hour was up, as fast, and with as little apparent distress, as during the latter half of the time. Of couase the perform ance of this unparalleled feat called forth loud cheers. The jockey, John Spicer, who, like the horse he rode, is also Yankee, was, it is almost need less to state, much exhausted with his exertions, and had he not been supported on dismounting, would have fallen to the ground. His jockeyship was most admirable. Mr. Burke's grey mare afterwards started, and for the first seven or eight times round kept better time than the horse, but was withdrawn, after going a distance of about twelve miles, in con sequence of showing symptoms of distress. Many rumours are afloat as to the history and pedigree of Sir William, and it is said he at one period belonged to Mr. Samuel Brooks, banker, of this city, and On the other hand, that he is American born and bred. There appears no doubt of his being now the pro perty of a company in America, as not less than ten sporting characters from the other side of the Atlantic came over with him, and have been in England ever since ; and these, in addition to the jockey, trainers, and others, to the number of nearly as many more. Be it as it may, he prayed himself a wonderful ani mal ; and his owners, who, it is asserted, netted 3,000/. by his performance, mey well be proud of him. The same parties, we hear, have another horse, of which even greater feats are pre licted.—Mun chester Examiner. THREE CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATII.—A horrible and fatal accident occurred late on Wednesday night last, at the Blacklaw Huts, on the Caledonian Railway, above Beattock, by which three children wrre destroyed and two women seriously injured, one ef whom is not expected to recover. It appears that a man named Rheas and his wife had possession of two huts, in which lodgers were kept and ale sold. In these hovels, besides Roberts and his wife, there lived two lodgers, the wife of ono of them, two children of Roberts, both girls, one two years and a half and the other a year old, and a young girl betwixt ten and eleven, who acted as a servant. The three children slept in a loft, and they, along with the other inmates, had all gone to sleep on Wednesday night, except Roberts's wife, the husband having been from home, who sat up later. In going to bed, or at least into the bedroom, her candle had come in contact, it is supposed, with some of the bed-clothes and before the alarm was given, and the lodgers roused, the whole of the loft was in flames. They had barely time to escape, bearing the unfortunate woman along with them, when the roof of the hut fell in, bringing dowu the bcdies of the poor children, which were almost burnt to ashes. The fire spread with great rapidity, and speedily consumed Roberts's other hut, and an ad joining one, belonging to James Wright. The whole of Roberts's furniture aild clothing, as well as several bar rels of ale, were destroyed. His wife was so severely burnt, that there is very little hope entertained of her recovery, and the other woman was severely burnt on the left arm and shoulder. They have bath been re moved to the hospital at Huweleugh.—Durnfries Courier. DOMESTIC FELICITY. Yesterday a respectable female, of the name of Hamilton, who appeared to be in a very advanced state of pregnancy, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having inflicted several wounds on the nose and forehead of her husband by means of a table-knife. Mr. Henry Hamilton, the husband, who bad a great p or ti on of hi s face covered with pieces of sticking-plaster, said that he resided in Nelson street, and that 011 Saturday ni g ht b es t h e wen t home about nine o'cicek in a very wet state, and, as he had nothing to eat all day but a sandwich, he asked his wife to get something ready for supper. She replied that she bad nothing cooked in the house, and that if he wanted anything made ready he must dress it himself. She then went away, remained out the whole of the night, and returned in, the morning, st a ti ng th a t s h e had slept at her sisters. lle asked her to prepare breakfast, but she produced part of a leg of pork, and said she would eat it herself, telling him that he might breakfast on part of the cold beefsteak he had left from the night before. Some words e nsue d, at t h e c l ose of which she stabbed him in the nose and forehead with a knife, and ran out of the house. Subsequently she ex pressed her regret that she had not cut his throat, and her father, mother, sister, and brother, entered the place and abused him. Mrs. Hamilton, in her defence, stated that her husband had thrown a knife, fork, and plate at her, and that he had kicked her teiee. Mr. Rushton reprimanded the husband, and ordered the wife to be discharged.—Liverpool Tones. FATAL RAILWAY A. CCIDENT.—O n Monday, a f a t a l accident, resulting, as is so often the case, from the care lessness of the individual who lost his life through it, oc curred on the Liverpool and . Manche s t er li ne o f ra il way on Monday. A special tram started ab ou t t en o ' c l oc k on Monday morning from Manchester for Liverpool, and on its arriving about 300 , yards p as t th e B arton Moss station, a man, named Thos. Seed, employed by the Electric painting the p os t s which a in spassing from one p os t to brush in one hand, and another, support Telegraph Itht b o h wires, rkettle Company,es whoan carrying his ladder on the opposit e s h ou ld er, stopped to look at the train. He was then standing off the line, and out of danger. At !hat moment the pass- nger train from Warrington, which arrives at Manchester at half past ten o'clock, came up, evidently uno b serve d b y t h e deceased, and at the very instant of its reaching the spot where he stoad, he stepped on the line in front of the engine. Almost before he could set his foot to the ground, we are told, d, he was caught a t t h e b ac k o f the head by the lamp iron in front of the engine, thrown a considerable distance forward, and the whole train pass ing over him, he was killed instantaneously. Such was the force of the collision with the unfortunate man's head, that the lamp iron, about three-quarters of an inch thick, and two and a half inches broad, was broken by it. The deceased was a widower, and, we believe, had no family.—Manchester Examiner. NOTHING LIKE BEING IN TIME.—A correspondent, who gives his name and address, sends the following singular w t a the whose Dame :-ae On Friday last a respectable individual, I shall not mention for certain reasons, called up on t h e clerk of St. James ' s C emetery, and requested that his family grave might be opened, as the corpse of a m an would be bur i ed on the following Saturday morning, a t ten o ' c l oc k, at th e same ti me stating that he was not y e t d ead, b ut i n t h e l ast stage o f utset!se, y moment to and expected ove r breathe his last. Havi ng no doubt upon the subject, the grave was accordingly opened, and every preparation made; the ropes were laid across the grave for the purpose of lowering the body; the minister, the Rev. Mr. Graham, with the clerk, was in attendance at the appointed time, and the sexton was actually tolling the bell, all expecting the meurnful procession to arrive. At this juncture the individual who called on Friday, came into the cemetery, at the south end, and was asking one of the grave diggers at what time they buried on, the Sunday morning, stating that the person he had mentioned was not yet dead. The grave-digger told him that the bell was tolling for the supposed deceased, and that 'the minister and clerk were waiting to perform the last rites of the Church over their departed brother; at hearing this he was struck with astonishment, and proceeded to the chapel and informed the clergyman that his friend was not dead. The minister was surprised, but could not help laughing heartily. Sunday morning was appointed, bat no funeral, the man being still alive. On Monday it pleased God to release him from this world's trouble, and he s as buried yesterday morning in the grave pre pared for him on Friday.-I'/ynoutii Journal. AMERICAN PaODUCE.--A vessel named the Here fordihire, of 1,354 tons burden, has entered the Esst India Decks from New York, entirely laden with provi dons and merchandize, the produce of the United States of America. This large vessel has brought 7,364 bale els of flour, 21,594 bushels and 333 sacks of wheat, 385 packages of pork, 564 packages of beef, and 53 casks of lard CESSATION OF LAB OUR IN F ACTORI ES.--tit a meeting of the delegat e s fro m th e operative cotton spinners in the surrounding districts, which was held on Sunday, at Bolton, we understand that it was resolved by a large majority to cease working for a time, and that another meeting is to be held next Sunday, in Manches ter, for the purpose of fixing the day on which such ces sation is to commence.—Mancliester Eaamtner, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 13. (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN THE INSOLVENCY OF WILLIAM GROVER. The insolvent, a tea-dealer in Deptford, came up for his final order, supported by Mr. Bagley, and op posed by a solicitor. The debts were under 3001. The ground of opposition was a discrepancy in the accounts. It appeared that Grover had previously filed a schedule, which was dismissed upon a technical objection. Upon the face of that schedule the stock in hand in December last, when the account com menced, was 2001. In the schedule now filed the stock in hand at the period referred to was only 130/. The Commissioner asked the insolvent to account for this. Grover replied that he made up his accounts in a great measure by guess, as he had not kept regular books. The statement in the latter schedule he be lieved to be the more correct. Mr. BAGLEY said the objection ought, in justice to the insolvent, to have been made on a previous occa sion. His client had done all he could to satisfy his creditors, and had given up 401. to the official assignee. His HONOUR decided upon adjourning the case until the 18th of November, so that proper accounts might be filed in the interim. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 111A11 SION-110 U SE. A young man, named Jonathan Moore (who as sumed the name of Marr), was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged under the Vagrant Act with having endeavoured to procure charitable contribu tions from Mr. John Walter, M.P. Mr. Walter said—l live at No. 68, Russell-square, and I also have a house in Printing-house-square, but do not reside there. On Friday, at about twelve o'clock, I called at Printing-house-square. The prisoner was at the door of the ll' use, and he asked me if I was not Mr. Walter, and handed me a letter and a petition. The following are copies : " Mr. T. llatchard, jun., presents his compliments to Mr. J. Walter, M P., and, at the request of Mr. Nixon, begs to introduce the bearer to his notice, and who will submit, for the perusal of Mr. Walter, a memorial of his father's late misfortune, signed by several highly respectable parishioners. "Mr. Nixon is a native of Nottingham, and carried on business for several years, and was intimately ac quainted with many of Mr. Walter's respected con stituents, including Mr. Enfield, solicitor and town clerk, Mr. Bowler, Mr. Morley, Mr. Redgate, Messrs. Samuel Smith, Wright, and Co., bankers, the Rev. W. Alkinorel, the Rev. G. Wilkins, St. Mary's, Mr. Wakefield, magistrate, &c. " If stronger claims upon Mr. Walter do not pre vent him from contributing his mite to this most de serving case, Mr. Hatchard is certain a more deserv ing one could not be found ; for in his estimation it deserves the sympathy of a ll goo d men w h om Proyi dence has given the means of rendering assistance to the truly unfortunate, and trusts the motive which actuates him will be deemed by Mr. Walter as an apology for the intrusion. " Clapham-rise, Clapham, Oct. 7th, 1847." " Clapham, Surrey. " These are to certify that Mr. John Nixon, book seller, stationer, &c., carried on business in this parish for several years, and has hitherto supported a large family in respectability; but met with great losses, owing to unsuccessful speculations in railway shares, the failure of Messrs. Carter, Wood, and Co., Borough, and his becoming security for his son-in law to the amount of 3001., hO absconded to Ame rica in June lust, leaving his wife and family de pendent on Mr. Nixon for support. " Mr. Nixon being called upon for the amount, honourably gave up the whole of his stock in trade and effects for the benefit of the creditors, and, so great an effect had Lis altered circumstances on his mind, that he became insane, and is now an inmate of an asylum. " The character of Mr. Nixon is distinguished for integrity and high moral principle. It is earnestly hoped that this appeal will be promptly attended to by those whose means will enable them to contribute for the welfare of so deserving a family. " Clapham, Sept. 29th, 1847." In the list of signatures appeared the name of Alder men Sir 'William Magnay, Sir John Pirie, Hum phery and Farncomb, and the individual contributions varied from 21. 2s. to 101., the subscrip:ion in the parish of Clapham by J. J. Gassiott alone being 271. 12s. 6cl. The whole affair was got up, as the Lord Mayor observed, with much skill and cleverness, and some of the signatures bore a great resemblance to those of the gentlemen they were intended to represent. Mr. Walter continued—l had been imposed upon about a fortnight before by a paper which was brought to me by a little girl, and the similarity excited my suspicion. I called at Mr. Hatchard's on the following morning, and showed the letter to some of the persons employed in his shop, who informed me that the writing was not his. The LORD MAYOR.—Did you understand, from the application of the prisoner, that he was the person referred to in the petition ? Mr. Walter—l did. I.loll4'ord, one of the officers of the Mendicity So ciety, who took the prisoner into custody, was then called upon to state what he knew of Marr and his connexions. He said, I have known the father-in law and the mother of the prisoner for many years to be living by imposing upon the public. His mother was committed in 18;36 for a gross fraud like that which has been attempted in Mr. Walters's case. This young man, who was then carrying on business as a tailor, and whose name is Moore, and not Marr, came forward at the time, and offered to give Si. to set up his mother in business if the magistrate would discharge her, but she had committed frauds so re peatedly that it was considered by Mr. Greenwood unjust towards the public to let her go, and she was committed as a rogue and vagabond. His father-in law is one of the most notorious vagabonds in the metropolis, and has been living by this sort of business for a great number of years. When I told :the pri soner that he ought to be the last in the world to act in such a manner, as he knew what his mother and father-in-law had suffered for conduct of this kind, he said that distress had compelled him. I saw him on Friday last, in the street, with two other impos tors, and when I a p pre h en d e d hi m h e h a d a b ou t him the following petition, which I have no doubt had been just used : " This is to certify that the bearer hereof is the son of the late Mr. James Robinson, who was on board the Cricket steam-b oa t a t th e ti m e of the explosion, and, unfortunately, lost his life by that dreadful ac cident; havi ng b us i ness t o t ransa ct in the City he had considerable property with him, for the recovery of which all inquiry h as b ee n fruitless. The :widow and family, reduced by this heartrending calamity to ex treme misery and distress, appeal to the humane, in the earnest hope that by their benevolent contribu tions this young man may establish himself in a re spectable way of business, whereby he may deriv e a future industrious livelihood for his afflicted surviving parent and family. " Any donation will be thankfully appreciated by the bearer, who is a respectable well-conducted man. " Millbank, Sept. 15." Upwards of 30 signatures were attached to the Cricket petition. The prisoner —I do assure your Lordship that I was never before in a prison in my life ; I have always supported myself by my own industry. Sir J. Pirie said that his name attached to the peti tion which had been presented to Mr. Walter was not his handwriting, nor at all like his handwriting, nor had it been subscribed by his authority. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, prisoner, have you any thing to say to this charge ? The prisoner —In re ference to the letter of Mr. Walter, I was certainly led away to do what was wrong, but I declare I did not know the cantents. If Mr. Walter had scrutinised me have v e he g would i m h a a v s e a s t i o s o f a n c I t o n rlve in o yt mt w heao n dnpv s t eeaN h ry y a eg, t r , t o f o a r n i y f qu c e o s u t o d n n h ot e orsueoarr great error, rrfrdoosrrh, Lordship butat wi I iw i l n ai i ll g le h b t deo h tn a he v e e ; a la s s k th e ta d a m e . oamn d l m look it over this time. The LORD MAYOR—You cannut plead ignorance in this case, for you have had the constant example of your mother and father-in-law before you, and you have witnessed the penalty to which they have been subjected for the practice into which you have fallen. The deception upon which you have been acting is one calculated to impose upon those who are led away by the mere force of signatures, and do not think it necessary to make inquiry. lam glad that you have been detected in this attempt, and, as it is my deter mination to punish such barefaced forgeries to the utmost extent sanctioned by the law, I sentence you to imprisonment and hard labour in Bridewell for three calendar months. The prisoner was then committed to Bridewell. Horsford stated to his Lordship that John and Sarah Stewart, alias Moore, alias Thompson, alias Brown, alias Pattson, had been committed from every police -court in the metropolis, and that since the year 1836 they had been punished by imprisonment and hard labour, as common impostors, '27 times. G Ul LD HA LL. Mr. Alderman MuscaovE, on taking his seat, called the attention of the Inspector of Ne wgate market to the fact that, since he had given such in structions to the police who attend Smithfield-market as had prevented the further sending up of sheep affected with the smallpox, a practice had arisen of killing them in the country and sending them up by carts to the dead meat markets. This was an attempt to evade the law which would not be permitted. There could not be a doubt that such meat was unfit for human food. Knowingly to send meat enfit for that purpose to a public market to be so ld f or f ood was a serious offence, quite as much so as sending the living animal infected with a contagious disease into a place where thousands of sound sheep were collected. Ile desired the inspector to be vigilant in looking after such disea se d mea t , and taking such step s as would lead to the d e t ec ti on o f the persons who crimi nallysent it to market. - The Inspector promised he would do so. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday the sitting magistrate, Mr. Broughton, gave his decision in the following case, which was looked upon as a matter of considerable importance to railway companies and the public generally. Mr. S. Clarke, chief superintendent of the Great Western Railway, was now in attendance, as was also Mr. Justins, from the firm of Maples, Stevens, and Co., Old Jewry. The defendant in the affair was Mr. Richard Par ker, a well-known carrier of New Inn, Old Bailey, who was summoned to this court on Wednesday, the 6th inst., under the 168th section of 5 and 6 William IV., cap. 107, for the offence of having, on the 29th of September last, unlawfully sent or caused to be sent by the said railway goods of a dangerous quality, viz., a box containing 421 b. weight of lucifer matches, and did not distinctly mark or state the nature of such goods on the outside of the package containing the same, or otherwise give notice in writing to the book• , keeper or other servants of the company with whom the same were left at the railway station at Padding• ton, for which neglect he had rendered himself amenable to a penalty of not less than 101. A dis covery of what was in the box was made by one of the company's porters shortly after the package was received at the station for transmission to Newbury. The answer made by the defendant was, that from the immense number of boxes, &c., forwarded to his yard from all parts of town, and from the hurry of business which thereby took place, it was quite im possible for him or his servants at all times to take such pains as could be wished, with the view of ascer taining whether packages entrusted to his care were filled with dangerous goods or not ; such was the case in the present instance, and he begged to state that his anxious desire was that everything connected with his establishment should be conducted in an honour able and proper manner. Mr. BROUGHTON, in giving his decision yesterday, carefully reviewed the case in all its bearings, and having, after mature consideration, come to the con clusion that the offence alleged against the defendant had not been proved, the summons was accordingly dismissed. WORSHIP- STREET. Yesterday, a woman named Ann Hill was charged with committing the fellowing violent and unprovoked assault upon Airs. Jane Jackson, the wife of a gun smith in Well-street, Whitechapel. The complainant stated that while proceeding to wards home through Commercial-street, Spitalfields, at eight o'clock on the previous evening, accompanied by her mother, the prisoner, who was an entire stranger to her previously, came up, and accosting her in the most disgusting language, accused her of stewing the infant she had in her arms, with the in tention of murdering it—the child being her own child, and the youngest of six. She was so over come by such an infamous accusation and the positive manner in which it was made, that she could not in stantly reply to it; and without allowing her time to do so the prisoner struck her such a violent blow on the face, that she and her infant were both felled to the ground. The child fortunately escaped any seri ous injury by falling on its mother, but the witness's head came into such violent contact with the edge of the kerbstone that she was completely stunned, and lay there senseless fur several minutes, when the in stant she was restored to consciousness the prisoner renewed the attack, declared to a large mob whom her outrageous conduct had collected round them that the witness was a woman of loose character, whom she had known twelve years before as fre quenting houses of an infamous description, arid earnestly assured the crowd that she had been for a long time past in the habit of procuring a living entirely by kidnapping little children. The indignation of the mob against her on hearing this-de claration was extreme, and though she Assured them and the prisoner herself that they were mistaken, as she had only been in town a few years, they did not appear to believe her, and she was hastening away to escape further molestation, when the prisoner again caught bold of her, and grasped her round the throat with such violence that she was nearly black in the face, and with difficulty escaped strangulation. A policeman, however, fortunately came up at the moment, and, having rescued her from the fangs of the prisoner, carried the latter off to the police station. The complainant's mother, an elderly respectable looking widow, corroborated the evidence of her daughter, and stated, that upon endeavouring to un deceive the prisoner by assuring her, as was really the fact, that the complainant and her husband had only lately come from the country, the prisoner abused her in the most infamous manner, declared that she was no better than her daughter, that she had been leading an abandoned life for more than twenty years, and menaced her with personal vio lence. She assured the magistrate that her daughter was what she appeared to be, a modest, well-con ducted married woman, who was endeavouring in the most praiseworthy manner to support her family by her own industry, her husband having been for several weeks confined to his bed by sickness. When called upon for her defence, the prisoner, whose features bore the stamp of confirmed drunken. ness, said that whilst passing quietly through the street the complainant either jostled or was pushed forcibly against her, which, as it appeared to be done purposely, induced her to retaliate, and that, al though she had certainly been drinking rather freely, the evidence of both witnesses was grossly exagge rated. Mr. HAMMILL, however, told her it was beyond a doubt that she had been guilty of a most scandalous and unprovoked outrage, and he regretted that the circumstances of the complainant and her husband precluded his sending the charge to the sessions; but, as such a course would only entail additional annoy ance upon those who had suffered enough already, he should adjudicate summarily upon the case, by order ing her to pay the full penalty of 51., or, in default, two months' imprisonment in the House of Correc tion ; and, at the expiration of that term, she must furthermore find two substantial sureties for her good and peaceable behaviour for the succeeding three months. The MAGISTRATE also ordered some pecuniary as sistance to be furnished to the complainant from the funds of the poor-box, which the poor woman thank fully received, and the prisoner, who was unable to pay the penalty, was carried off in the van. VE 8 TMINSTER. On Monday morning, between five and six o'clock, Mr. Bellchambers, a gentleman residing at 44, Wil ton street, Vincent-square, was discovered, within a few yards of his own residence, lying on the pave ment, weltering in his blood, which flowed copiously from several wounds in his head. He was conveyed to his house in a state of utter insensibility, in which lamentable condition he has remained ever since. On an examination of his person, it was found that he had been robbed of a valuable watch, the contents of a cash bag, and his hat; and information having been given to the it lice, Mr. Taylor, an inspector of the 13 division, exerted himself to the utmost to bring to justice the perpetrators of this murderous outrage. After diligent inquiry, he ascertained that Mr. Bell chambers, who was the principal engineer at the ex tensive marble works in Esher-street, Millbank, had taken some refreshment at a public-house in Orchard street, which is the resort of persons of bad character, where some circumstances occurred that left no doubt that he had been waylaid on his return home by a gang of thieves, and wounded and plundered in the manner described. In consequence of some circumstances which came to his knowledge Mr. Taylor apprehended two per. sons, who were yesterday placed at the bar before Mr. Burrell, the inspector intimating that he would only go into sufficient evidence to justify a remand. The accused, who gave their names George M'Kay and Thomas Doyle, were two determined, power ful-looking fellows, who are stated to be known to the police. Mr. Henry Frederick Holt, surgeon, of 30, Abing don. street, Westminster, stated that at about seven o'clock on Monday evening he was sent for to see Mr. Bellchambers. On going to his house he found him in bed, and quite insensible. Both his eyes were very much blackened. There was a cut on his right temple, a slight wound on his right cheek, and a cut upon his left eye. Witness dressed his wounds_ and again visited him at eleven in the evening, when he found him still insensible and unable to speak. Ah t four in the morning he again visited the injured gentleman, bled him, and ordered him m a very dangerous state, and to continued so lieu p wasttheo iin moment of witness coming to that Court. He was, indeed, in so dangerous a condition that he (Mr. Holt) should not be at all surprised if he were dead by the time he returned to his house after the investigation, He had been in a great many fits during that morn ing, which were very bad symptoms, and there was very little doubt that he was dying. Mr. Bellcham bers' present condition was caused, he believed, by the injuries he had received. 'These injuries must have been the effects of blows, because there w as a cut on the forehead, which could not have been done by his falling on his face. The cut could not have been in flicted with a fist; it must have been done with a stick or something of that kind. He had lost a quan tity of blood f rom t h e wounds. Mr. Bellchambers had spoken once since he had been under his care, but went off again immediately and remained in the same insensible state. 'William Meyers, an assistant at the King's Head, Orchard-striet, Westminster, said that about two o'clock on Monday morning last Mr. Bellchambers came into the house and offered Mr. Brees (supposed to be the landlord), who was in the bar, a pinch of snuff, which the latter took from his box. Mr. Brees then invited Mr. BAlchambers to come into the bar, as there were some b:1,1 characters in the house, and he (Mr. Bellchambers) might hove something about him he might lose. Mr. Bel!chambers accepted the invitation and went into the bar. Shortly after this, whilst wit ness was serving in the bar, the prisoner Ai'l“y, who was one of the people in front of the counter, and who was in company with another man, asked witness if he knew the gentleman who was behind the bar. Witness replied " Yes," when M‘Kay and his companion both said that Mr. Bellchambers had got something in his hand (supposed to• be the cash bag) they should like to have. MlCay's companion added, "that he would not do anything to the person (Mr. Bellchambers) while he was there, because it would get the house in trouble." 111.‘Kay and his companion were then joined by another man in a plaid shawl, and partook of some ale. MiKay then went out with Doyle and the two other mon spoken of. They at turned in about five minutes, and M'Kay called for a pot of ale. Suddenly there was a noise in the housta and Doyle struck a wo man . M r. B rees then left the bar to turn the wonsan out.: Whilst he was so engaged, the man in the plaid shawl, who had kare viously been refused admission by Brees, slipped Into the bar and spoke to Mr. Bellchambers. Brees ob observing this, told witness to look 04, as there was something going on wrong (in al lusion to the man with the plaid shawl being in the bar). After a minute or so, witness went into the bar, when Mr. Bellchambers said, " I know this man ; I have lent him a shilling now and then, and have lent him one now." Mr. Bellchambers and the man were then in conversation for some time, at the conclusion of which the man asked him to accompany him and have some coffee. Mr. Bellchambers inquired which way he was going, when the man observed, " towards Charing-cross ;" and Mr. Bellchambers having stated that he was going in a contrary direc tion, the man left, and shortly afterwards, at about a quarter past four o'clock, Brett closed the house. Brees had previously told Mr. Bellchambers that he had better stop and see the other parties out first, fa they were queer characters, and recommended him to see that everything he had was right, and to tuck his watch in. Mr. Bellchambers, on leaving, said he was all right, and, in witness's opinion, he was peirfectly capable of taking care of himself. When he left it was about five o'clock in the morning. The prisoners, who denied all knowledge of the robbery, were remanded until Thursday week. SOUTH IVARK. In the course of yesterday the daughter of Mrs. Hughes, a coffee-shop-keeper in ;the Waterloo road, against wham u summons was heard on Monday, for detaining several articles of wearing apparel, the pro peaty of Elizabeth Newlyn, attended for the purpose of c'ontradicting a great portion of the statement made by the latter person in describing her case to the ma gistrate on the day on which the summons came on for hearing. The applicant said that Elizabeth New lyn had left Winchester to live with the man Pearse as his housekeeper in town, and that they 4 both in curred the debt at th e co ff ee - s h op i n the Waoo road, and attempted t o l eave th e p l ace without sting their account. The report which appeared in the news papers was calculated to injure the applicant, who was a widow, having a family to support, in her business. and it could be satisfactorily proved that the woman's (Newlyn) clothes were detained for just debts she gild contracted, and were ready to be delivered up the mo ment the bill was liquidated. Although it might appear from Newlyn's statement that she had been hardly dealt with by Mrs. Hughes, still the reverse was the case, and the latter had documents to prove that no advantage whatever was taken of her, although she said the man with whom she cohabited had acted throughout with such deeep*on. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he had no power over the newspapers, and he did not see the account alluded to, but that he must say the reports which appeared in the daily papere from that court were always written, in his estimation, with fairness and impar tiality, and, having disposed of the case in question to the best of his judgment, he could render appliettnt no assistance. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVER-POOL, Ocroamt 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.-.An improved tone was apparent Ia our Share Market to-day, without, however, improving prices. Some of the heavier stocks changed hands at a fur ther decline.-The sales are-Bolton, Clitheroe, Se c . Pre ferentials, No. 1, I A, p.-Birkenh ea d, L ancas hi re, and 030" shire, 3 U. Shares, 5 1 ,6 dis.-Eastern Counties, 161,4-Lanza shire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1,4 p.-Ditto Fifths (late W,04 4 Riding Union), 2' dis.-Lond on an d N orth-Western, 14 Ditto, Quarters(,. and B ), 10 1 4 p.- Ditto, Quarters, NO (C), 6 p.--Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, % p.-Ditto, 101. Preference, dis.-Midland Stocks 108-Ditto, 401. Shares, 4 0-Ditto, New Halves, 2 Ditto (B. and D.), 80-North Staffordshire, 1j dis.-Shrews bury and Chester, 10/. Preference, 1%8 p.-South-Eastern and Dover, 28 1 ,4-Ditto, No. 4, Halves, 2% dis.-Yor#, NesV , ' castle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 2, % p. -Dates Rhenish, 4 dis. MANCHESTER, Oc-ronaa 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-13irk en b ea d, Lana' shire, and Cheshire J unc ti on , 5 % dis.-Bolton, Blacktion' and Clitheroe, Preference (B), % dis.-East Lancashire , New Quarters, 1% dis.-Great Northern, VA dis.-Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 1 dis.-Ditto, Fifths, par e.-Ditto (late West Riding Union), dis.-London and North-Western (Manchesterand Birmingham), Quarters (C), 3 1 4 p.-Man chester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, Preference, 11-16 Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 6d.-North Staffordshire, 5 - -16 dia.-Oldham Allia nce , 13! s dis.-Pre s t on and Wyre, 33 1 4-Shropshire Union, 2% - S out h -Eastern and Dover, 28%-Ditto, No. 4, 2 1116 dis.-York, Newcastle, and lior wick, Extensions, No. 2, Ai p, LEEDS, Oc - rontx 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales ar e - Ambergate, NottVgr ham, and Boston 365. dis.-East Lancashire, 5% dis.-Ditto , New Shares, 5 dis.-Ditto, QuarteriA, 275. 6d. dia.-East and West Yorkshire, 7% dis.-Great Northern, 54 dis." Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2% Leeds and Thirsk, New, 14 dis.-Leicester and Bedford, c. dis.-North British, Thirds, Is. dis.-Ditto, Extension , ss. dis.-North Staffordshire, Os. 6d. dis.-North- Western 5 dia.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, 105. p. EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 12. STOCK EXCHANGE..-The sales ate--Aberdeen, 301. - Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and Fort . * 2 61.-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 24 103.1 Caledonian, 35/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 191 -Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 1/. 10 s.-Clydesdale Junction, 524-Dee side, 34 8 5.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/. 63.-Duo' dee and Arbroath, 35 4-Ditto, ' New, No. 1, 27 4-Ditto, New , No. 2, 35/.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 34 55.-Dundeo and Northern Junction, 1/. 9s. 61 -Dundee and Perth, 314-Ditt o , New. Reg., 151.-Ditto, Quarters, 2/. 7s. 6d.-East of Fife, 4/. 59 ' -East Lothian Central, 11. 65.-Edinburgh and Bathgate. 5/.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 501. ex div.-Ditto, 141. ex div.-Dit to, 11 2 104 Quarters, 12/. 7s. 6d. ex Edinburgh, Leith, and Grariton, 16/. 10 s.-Dittt, Pre ference, 201.-Ditto, New, 3/. 195.-Ditto, Quarters, ss. 64 '. -Edinburgh and Northern, 1 84-Ditto, New, 1/. 14s. 6ds-" Ditto, Newport, 7 4-Ditto, ditto, N ew , 1 83.-Edinburg h and Perth (New Co.), 1 4-Ditto, Halves, ss. 9d.-Glas; gow and Ayrshire, 1001. ex div.-Ditto, New Stock, 40 : ex div.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 6/.-Ditto, Halves, No. z• , ,, 8/.-Glasgow, D um f r i es, and Carlisle, 71. Ms.-Glasgow eilu Garnkirk, 38/. 155.-Gl asgow General Terminus, 11/.-' Glasgow and Greenock, 171 . 2 s. Gd. ex div.-Ditte, Haynes, SI. Its. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 195.-Glasgow, nock, and Ardrossan, 31. 93.-Great North of Scotland, 170. 6d.- Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 21. 12s. Ditto (late London and York), 1/.-North British, 25/. 50- ex div.-Ditto,' Halves, 12/. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 44 lls -6d.-Ditto, Quarters New (scrip), 1 0s.-Ditto, Thirds, 11 ' Os. 6c1.-llitto, Fifths, 5/. 7s. 6d. ex div.-Scottish Cen tral, 25/. 10g.- Scottish Grand Junction, 55.-Scottidil Midland, 16/. 10 s. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrews" bury, Oswestry, and Chester, 191. 155.-Stirling and Dun; fermline, 34 104.-Stirling and Midland, 71.-Wishaw and Coltness, 444 10s.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 137 -Ditto, Extensions, No. 1, 12/. 10s. -Ditto ditto, No. 2, 11/. 155.-Direct Bomb a y an d Madras, Is. 9 (.1. -East Indian , 1/. Os. 3d.-Great North of India, Is. 3 d.-Great Southern of Madras, Is.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, ls. 64. GLASGOW, Ocro nzu 1 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are -- Caledonian, 35 1 4 r, Ditto, New, 198.-D un d ee and Arbroath, New rim No. 1, t -Dundee and P er th, Quarters, 48s. 6d.-Edinburgh Glasgow, 50 1 , ex div.-Ditto, alves, 14/. ex div.-Es4o - and Perth, Halves, ss. 6d-Glasgow, Kilmarnock , and Ayr, 1 00/.-Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 1101.-Ditto, Shares, 39 %-Glasgow and Greenock, 17 1 4 ex div.-Great Northern, 523. 60. ex int.-Manchester and Southatnir ton, 7s. 9d.-North British, Thirds, 2 15.-Ditto, New Qat sr' ters (Scrip), 10s. ALLEGED STOPPAGE OF MESSRS. PENNINGIWe AND RYDER.—We regret to state that in the lettsr our Manchester correspondent, the stoppage of the house of Pennington and Ryder is announced. As regard s the firm of Pennington and Ryder, of Liverpool, we are assured there is not the slightest foundation for the, rumour. It is on e o f t h e most substantial and monied houses in the kingdom. The supposition is that le rumour has its foundation either in malice or jealonu f ,—. Liverpool Mercury. ARRIVAL OF MR. COBDEN AT HOME.----We are g daa to announce the return home, safe and well, of o ur dis tinguished and honoured fellow-citizen. Mr. Cobden* who left Hamburgh on Saturday, by the Countess of Carlisle mail steam ship, and arrived in London on Mon day morning, left the metropolis at six o'clock' on Tues . day mornin g , an d reached Manchester abOut three o'clock in th e a f ternoon.—Manchester Guardian. The West ern Ti mes says : —" The Earl of Devon has the prospect of a speedy release from all the peen" fiery obligations Entailed on the property of the late Earl. An Act has already been passed to enable the trustees to sell the Irish estate, valued at 300,0001,, which will more than suffice to pay off every creditor." BIRTHS. On the 28th ult , at Alexandria, in Egypt, th e l a dy of Samuel S aun d ers, E sq., o f a d aug h ter. On the 9th inst., at Braharn Castle, the lady of K. W. Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., of a son and heir. On the 9th inst., at the Rectory, West Tilbury, Essex, the wife of the Rev. J. Hargreaves, of twin boys. On the 10th inst., at Battersea, the lidy of Dr. Connor, of a son. On the 10th inst., in Chesham-street, Belgrave-square, Mrs. William Stopford, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at The Elms, Stoke Bishop, near Bristol, the wife of Captain C. W. Metcalfe, 11. N., of a son. On the 11th inq., Mrs. Thomas James Thompson, of Cistlenau-villas, Barnes, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at St. Battersea, Surrey, the lady of the Rev. J. 111. Soule, of ft daughter. MARRIED. Oa the 12th inst., at St. Matthew's, Brixton, Mr. I law ks wort I), to Ann, only surviving child of the late Mr. William II trdiu Thomas, of Charing-cross. NB. On the Bth inst., at Balab E rral, near Aberdeenshire, the Right lion. Sir Robert Gordon, G.C.B. On the 9th inst., at MancheAu-terrace, Islington, Mr. A. Ambrose Stockwell, aged 35. On the 10th inst., at Boulogne. sur-bier, Dr. David lifigeot. On the 11th inst., at Sandlinrx-park, Emily, second Baugh'ter of William Deedes, Esq., M.P., aged 8. Lor ,non : Printed and l'ull!shed by AITIRDO YOUNG, of No. 1 12, Strand, Printer, at The .?up Office, No. 112. Stra n d, in the Fred/t0...z of the savoy, ta tin QQIIII4 of bLidauez niurectoy; October "f 16 47. ‘14 ( . ,