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

STATE OF TRADE. MascnssTEß, TITESDAY.—The beneficial effects of the slight relaxation that has recently taken place in the London money market, have been entirely nullified by the heavy failures occurring in London and Glasgow, as well as by some unfavourable occur renaes in this town, which, though not arising out of the ordinary transactions of business, are calculated to inspire distrust amongst mercantile men. The appearances of increased demand which were ob served last week are entirely at an end. The demand for goods and yarn has been on a very limited scale, and manufacturers have, in many cases, accepted prices a shade lower than those prevalent last week. Notwithstanding the heavy losses to which the niillowners have been compelled to submit during the last twelve months, the rate of wages has been gene rally well supported ; but we now learn that notice has been given by the millow ners at Mossley, to the effect, that a reduction i n the wa g es of the spinners, to the extent of ten per cent., will take place on the 17th of September. It is t be o feared l that this ion is only the commencement of a genera reduc throughout the district. We extract the following remarks from the over land circular of Islessrs. Ferguson and Taylor, of this town : " A retrospect of the course of business transacted in this market during the past month affords little matter fur satisfaction. , The operations of buyers, both for the home trade and for export, have been on the most limited scale, being principally small in vestments for the assortment of stocks. No doubt much of the present dull and stagnant condition of demand is attributable to the embarrassed condition of the money market, and the high rates demanded for discounts; at the same time, it must be admitted that the discouraging accounts of large stocks and unremunerative sales, from some of the largest foreign markets for the vend of British cottons, would, even in an easier state of monetary affairs, have a depres sing influence en business here. The high prices of food consequent upon the late dearth in Europe, have materially limited the means of continental con sumers, and one of the results is observable in the diminished demand for our yarns and textile fabrics. Our home trade also languishes from the same cause. Under the blessing of Divine Providence, a plentiful harvest this season has been granted, and in due course its salutary effects will be felt here ; in the first instance in the improvement of our home de mand. It can hardly be expected, however, that the improvement should be speedy—the people must save before they can spend. " The recent failures here much tend to limit con fidence, and the reckoning with the United States speculators in grain threatens disasters. Flour shipped in vast quantities in June and July, at eight dollars fifty cents, with freight at 3s. 6d. per barrel, and arriving here when the market is dull at 265., must give rise to serious apprehensions for those engaged in the venture. How far this reverse may, in its consequences, influence the American trade here remains to be seen. A large proportion of the increase in our exports to the States consists of con signments by our manufacturers, &c., and in the event of a disturbance of monetary affairs, and the shock of credit which threatens to follow in the wake of these overdone speculations, we shall fear an ad verse result to these shipments. We repeat, that although we believe that circumstances are in opera tion which will restore our trade to comparative healthiness and activity, we apprehend the amend ment must be the work of time. The drain of nearly seven millions of bullion during the past few months will take some time to correct, and money facilities are not likely to be had on easy terms for a lengthened period. Foreign markets, if not kept down by the ill-timed shipments of needy con signers, must soon experience greater lightness arising from the limitation of supplies ; and when cleared of redundant stock, a prospect of better prices, both for manufacturers and merchants, will be opened to them. The greatest difficulty to be overcome is the short supply of cotton. Stocks of goods and yarns (with the exception of India qualities, &c.) are by no means heavy. Were an active home demand to spring up, high prices would be immediately established ; and were our mills to resume full work, the demand for cotton would be met with correspondently en hanced price, which would at once check business." Roc HDALE FLANNEL - MARKET, MONDAY.—The flannel market has undergone little change from that of the preceding Monday. The; demand is steady, and prices are the same. The wool market is still inactive, and the manufacturers buy for immediate use HALIFAX, SATURDAT.—There is no improvement in the trade of our piece hall this week, and the scarceness of money is generally complained of. The demand for yarn has been very inanimate, and the buyers offer rather lower prices. The supply of long wool in the market is not large, for the season, and the growers hold out for better rates than can be realised here ; but the staplers continue free sellers at late prices. In the short wool trade there is no change worth noting. LEEDS, 'FuEsnx - r.—The cloth halls were well at tended both on Saturday and to-day, and in our market altogether there is a better feeling; the de mand for winter articles is on the increase, and likely to continue very fair for some time to come, the wea ther being most propitious.--Manchester Guardian. THE CORN TRADE. orromilim. early effected at about the rates of this day se'nnight, whilst, by submitting to a decline of about 25. per quarter, a fair extent of business was done in the best description of south country and fore i gn, but middling qualities were most difficult to move, although offered at a greater reduction. Flour was much pressed for sale in the early part of the week, at a decline of 2s. to 3s. per sack ; but there being very little offering to-day, rather more firmness was displayed by sellers, and the comparative scarcity of the article enabled holders to obtain rather more money than could have been obtained earlier in the week. Barrels are sale able at 265. to 28s. according to quality. In rye little passing. Grinding barley in fair demand, and late rates fully sustained; for malting samples no in quiry. Malt continues to evince a drooping ten dency, and the low price at which barley is likely to set in will doubtless cause holders to manifest some anxiety to realise their stocks previous to the new appearing at market. Beans and peas without change. The show of oats from the country being moderate, and principally of the new crop, sales could only be made by submitting to easier rates, but in the value of old we have little variation to note. WISBEACEI, SEPT. 4.—We have a very small at tendance of growers here to-day. A few samples of new wheat are offering, and find buyers at last week's prices. A large supply would have met a good de mand on the same terms, and this remark applies to old as well. New oats fetch 1 Oid. a stone for good mealing quality. LEEDS, Sarr. 7.—The arrivals of grain are mo derate this week. The weather continues fine for harvest. Wheat finds free sale at fully Friday's prices; the little new here goes off at extreme rates. Barley as before. Oats, shelling, and beans, without variation in price. HOP INTELLIGENCE. ALTON AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, SEPT. 7.—Hop picking has partially commenced in Alton and the country districts, and will be very general next week. We shall be able to speak with more certainty of the prospects of crops in our next report. BRENCHLEY.—The cold nights of the past week have greatly retarded the growing out of the hops, and the planters' estimate of last week cannot be realised. We have had a white frost, which has tinged some to a brownish colour, and caused a kind of pre mature ripeness. Picking partially commenced yes terday. Mr. Samuel Bates has received from his hop-factors (Messrs. Doggett and Harryman) an ex cellent gold-laced hat, as a prize for his first new pocket sent to London market this year. CRANBROOK.—The ungenial state of the weather we have experienced for the last few days has mate• rially retarded the progress of the hop towards per fection, and we find on the most minute examination into some plantations, combined with an extensive inquiry among those who have been hitherto consi dered good judges of the plant, that we shall not grow so many, by a considerable quantity, as we did last season. DARLINGTON AND ASIIBURNIIANI.—The crop in these parishes will come down short ; it being esti mated at less than two-thirds of last year. IGHTHAM AND SEAL.—The hops have certainly gone back the last few weeks, but some few grounds, where the bine was backward, in the damp situa tions, are still in a flourishing state; but upon the whole they cannot grow what was expected some weeks ago. MAIDSTONE.—The hops have not made that pro gress which could be desired, yet most of the plan tations are doing well. The weather has kept them back from coming to perfection. It is to be hoped the planters will not begin picking too soon. Next Monday appears to be the day fixed for general be ginning. OFFHAM.—Our hops will be good in quality, but the parish will certainly not average more than two thirds of the growth of last year. TESTON, WATERINGBURT, MEREWORTH, &c.—The hops have been sadly injured by the cold nights, both as to quality and fitness for picking ; and the general observation is, the hops want picking but are not ready. The picking will be delayed a week or ten days in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather, and it is very plain that the crop will fall short of what was generally expected a fort night since. TICELIURST.—A succession of cold weather having stopped the growing of the hops, many of the back ward sorts will be small. Picking in this neighbour hood will partially commence about the Bth or 9th instant, and generally in the following week. YALDlNG.—Picking was begun here by two or three planters yesterday, and will be general by the end of the week. The mould is progressing rapidly in some ground.—Maidstone Gazette. BATTLE.—The hops appear very good in quality, but the quantity will be something less than last year's growth, the atmospheric change from warm to cold having produced such a state of stagnancy among them they will not do much more in respect to size. Fifteen cwt. to the acre will be a first-rate crop ; but they appear well equalised, for every planter will get a quantity proportionate to the culture and richness of his lands. BREDE.—The hops in this parish, excepting some gardens, have very much improved, and look well and healthy. There is every appearance at present to grow nearly as many as last year. Picking will com mence in about a week. BRIGHTLING.—Our report this week upon the hops is changed. The very singular weather we have had during the week, cold, hot, windy, and rainy, has retarded the progress of the hops in this parish. The rust is coming on, and some kind of insect making great ravage among them, giving but a faint prospect of improvement ; therefore the thought of growing as many as last year must be done away with, and the duty must come down. Several will begin picking before next week is out. Brawasn.—The past week has been a most un genial one for the hops. Even in the best plan tations they have made, apparently, no progress at all. " They are going back ; they really seem every day to get smaller instead of larger ; in many gar dens they are going off too, getting brown, and in some places mouldy." Such is the tale told now by almost every planter. Report speaks of the same being the case in many parts of Kent. Picking will commence here in a few days, and will be general in about a week. LIVERPOOL, CORN• EICIIANGE, SEPT. 7.—The imports from Ireland and coastwise continue ex tremely limited. From Canada there are 3,143 quarters of wheat and 37,366 barrels of flour, and from foreign ports they are again very heavy. The exports amount to 2,256 quarters of wheat, 331 quarters of oats, 6,609 quarters of Indian corn, 3,318 barrels of corn meal, 333 sacks and 21,184 barrels of flour. The weather in the early part of the week was favourable for the completion of harvest, and in this immediate neighbourhood the fields are mostly cleared. For three days past, however, heavy drenching rains have fallen, which may impair the condition of the new wheat. For wheat there was daily a good consump tive demand, et the fall prices of Tuesday. Flour met an extensive sale at 255. 6d. and 255. for Western Canal and the best Canadian descriptions ; and Balti more, Philadelphia, and Ohio were offered at 245. per barrel ; unsweet, 20s. and 18s. 6cl. per barrel. Oats in moderate request at 3s. 2d. per 451 b. for good old Irish. Barley was flat. Beans and peas without change of value. Indian corn met hut a slow sale at 275. per 4801 b. for New Orleans, and at 31s. and 30s. for prime and yellow New Jersey and Galatz. In dian meal was offered at 13s. 6d. to 14s. 6d. per barrel, and few transactions occurred. At our Corn- Exchange this morning there was a good attendance of the trade and a large show of sampls of all kinds of grain, dour, &c. There was a large consumptive de mand for wheat at the full prices of this day week, and some choice mixed American fetched 3 , 1. per 701 b. advance. And for flour there was also a large sale at 255. and 255. 6d. per barrel for Western Canal, and for other kinds in proportion. New oats scarce, and the few samples offered fetched 3s. 2d. for Newry, and 3i. per 451 b. for Scotch ; old were flat, at former rates. Barley, beans, and peas, were without change, and in moderate demand. Oatmeal was held for 30s. to 31s. per load for Irish new. I n di an corn and In dian corn-meal were in fair request at pr ev i ous ra t es . HULL CORN-EXCHANGE, TUESDAY.—.There has been a decided change in the temperature during the past week, and on one or two days some quantity of rain has fallen. This will prove a benefit to the turnips, which were beginning to look anything but right, and being followed by a cold brisk wind would do no harm to the grain crops. The fields are now rapidly clearing of Wheat, and other grain is being fast se cured. Without any material extension of business, a firmer feeling has pervaded the market since our last report. The majority of importers preferring to land rather than submit to previous low rates, there is less stuff pressing for sale than we had previously to re port. Much now depends upon the course pursued by farmers. They cannot easily forget the agreeable high prices of the last six months, and those who can hold we think will, and see whether a cessation of arrivals, which is now pretty sure to take place, will not give them a better resu lt than present sales will do. There has certainly been less inclination to sell at some of our local markets the last week. At to-day's Market we had only a small show of Wheat from the farmers—less than our rmillers needed—it was ve r y f ree sa l e at f u ll last w rather more money being paid in som e instances. prices, good enquiry for foreign Wheat, but littl e or none offering afloat, and our stocks are also trifling, parti cularly of useful red Wheats. The quality of the new Barley shown (merely s amples) was very fi ne, and there is no doubt this is the best crop on the ground. The season for Grind ing Barley is now on, and the demand good at pre sent moderate rates. We have still arrivals of Foreign Oats, which are saleable at the above currency. Beans are inquired for, but being landed are gene rally held above present rates. From the general failure in the crop of this article some improvement is confidently looked for. Rye-meal still attracts great attention, and is a shade dearer since our last. It is being used mixed with water for pigs, and with brewer's grains for milk cows with gr ea t a d van t age , in both cases mixed thin. Water p u t t o i t i n a large tub and drained off after standing some time, has proved good for young calves.—(From Messrs. Ta y l or and Bright's Circular.) NEWCASTLE •UPON- TYN E , —The wea ther this week has been for the kTu o a s n t k p r art of a bois terous character with occasional m showers, but they have not been of sufficient importance to impede har vest operations. At our market this morningocwr growers, a pretty fair supply of wheat from the had great bulk of which consisted of the new Oa condition being much improved, :lad suc o h ip Laing Want6d by our caillol6 for ..1. 0 3) a c carance wax, EASTUOATHLY.—The din of preparation among our hop-growers . is now actively going on for the sp proacning picking, which will, hereabouts, be pretty general before the close of the present week. The late hard frosts have been anything but favourable to their ripening well. FARNHAM.—Some of our planters have com menced picking, and they quite answer their expec tations. I think it will not become general till the latter end of the week, as those groands which were much blighted are considerably back warder than those more favoured. Our duty is estimated at 5,500/. FLETCHING.—Hop-picking will commence pretty generally in this parish in the course of the ensuing week. The hops are small, and scarcely an average crop. HURSTGREFN. — The high winds and cold nights of this last week have considerably injured the hops in this neighbourhood. Some grounds do not look so flourishing or so good a colour as they did a week ago. The hop-picking will- commence this week. NIAYFIELD.—The hops have improved but little during the past week. The weather has been very cold during several nights pasts, attended with frost. The picking will become general this week, and the crop will fall very far short of last year's produce. Ew produceca.. — m o o u r r e u h p o o p a s c a o n n t a i v n e u r e a gteo thanok l w a s e t l , y e a a n r d . wi N ll We commence picking generally about the 9th. NINFIELD.—Our hop grounds are still looking re markably well, and, no doubt, we s h a ll h ave a fair crop and a good sample. We expect picking will commence in some gardens this week. NORTHAM.—The hops have much improved, and are now ripening fast. The picking will partially commence the latter end of this week, and weilnlsbiencetmhies general ßoi by Eit p t i h E e L middle T h e of h the ops ih weekfollowing. eenhege r d f n e e c i t g i e h h b o u w r h h i p c o h d h w a ae v e n e h o t t i c a i r p r a i v t e e d d , a t.havhi h a g t s t b a e t :n e of seized m w i e t n h e e m d o , ul d and . will kin b e g e 0 , m in e s g o e in h m ha i s dd e l o e m oi the week. s t b a y n c t e h s e , e era in l TUNBRIDGE. --We perceive a slight change in some grounds, which are not looking so bright ; we hear the mould is making its appearance. Notwithstand ing, our hops generally are getting into good condi tion, and if the weather continues favourable, will come down well. UCKFIELD.—Our hops have not been doing 'flitch to boast of during the past week—the cold winds and frosty nights will prevent their growing much more, notwithstanding, we shall grow a good crop at last, considering the blight we have had. Picking will commence in a few days, when we shall be better able to judge as to the duty. WADHURST.—Our hops in this district have not been doing much since the last report ; the atmosphere having been cold and unkindly for the hop to grow out. The majority of crops will be small compared with last year. Picking will commence about the 9th inst. An esteemed correspondent of considerable authority on the subjcet on which he writes, has kindly forwarded us the following analysis of the amount at present cal , culated as the probable duty. lie estimates the seve ral districts as under — /Cent .•• Sussex Worcester ... Farnham ... Kingdom ... L 127,000 ... 51,000 ... 4,500 ... 6,500 1,000 ••• iii-Su4se.; Advertiser. iwodoo THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1847. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. The LORD MAYOR« said he had received from a fellow-citizen a communication upon a subject to which the public press frequently referred in its energetic attempts to have a system established for the improvement of the health of towns, He should openly read the letter, in accordance with the request of his correspondent : " May it please your Lordship,—l request to call your attention to a shameful desecration of the last resting place of the dead, which I have just witnessed with horror and disgust from the window of my counting-house, which overlooks the very small churchyard of St. Ethelburga, in Bishopsgate-street Within. I saw the men employed in digging a grave - the spot, however, must have been often the recipient of human remains ; for at least six sculls and several large and small bones were thrown up and treated with that apathetic indifference which familiarity with such employment alone can account for. The sculls, as thrown up, were knocked to pieces by the men, and by them were shovelled in negligently under the mould that had been thrown up. Whilst this was going on several boys were occupied in detaching the nails from portions of the coffins, an occupation which seemed to afford them much mirth, for they seemed very merry indeed. During this scene the effluvia from the spot was offensive in the extreme. " I beg to apologise for thus intruding on your Lordship's valuable time, but knowing your Lord ship's desire to abate whatever is offensive to the morals or health of the citizens, over whom you so worthily preside, must be my excuse fur begging that your Lordship will permit this communication to be read in open Court. The authorities with whom it rests to prevent the recurrence of such scenes will be thereby reminded of their duty in a manner more effectual than by the mere representation of an indi vidual.—l have the honour to be, &c. &c., " FREDERICK CARSON, " Firm of Samuel Phillips and Co., St. Helen's-place." His said, that amongst the numerous complaints Lo rcish m ip adetohim relative to desecrations of the description mentioned by Mr. Carson, was one from Dr. Farquhar, of No. 101, Drury-lane, who called upon him the other day for the purpose of re questing his magisterial attention to the condition of the burying-ground attached to Elim Chapel, in Fetter-lane, a place of worship which he believed belonged to the body of Dissenters called the Pri mitive Christians. A carpenter bad, the Doctor said, called upon him, and having mentioned that he had buried two of his children in that ground, expressed the greatest apprehension that their bo dies would be cut in pieces, and mixed up with others in compliance ,with the regulations which seemed to prevail there. In order to be sure that there was no exaggeration in the statement, Dr. Farquhar said that he had visited the burial ground himself, and he found that there were actually on the spot two or three cart-loads of human re mains packed up in coffins for carting and removal to some other place, which it might be, perhaps, con sidered necessary, on some future occasion, to dese crate in a similar manner. Dr. Farquhar denounced such treatment of human bodies, which thus appeared in the various degrees of decomposition, as an out rage of the most appalling kind, and stated that the exposure in the close neighbourhodd was calculated to engender diseases of fatal character. Now, noth;ng could be more congenial to his (the Lord Mayor's) feelings than the power of applying a remedy to such an evil ; but he could not act as a magistrate on this occasion. Dr. Farquhar was then referred to the ward authorities, but he said that he should leave his statement to be disposed of as the Chief Magis trate might think fit, upon which he (the Lord Mayor) adopted the present mode of letting those who had the power of dealing with the question know what was going forward in the churchyards of the metropolis. Thomas Ill'Carthy and Mary Doherty were charged with haviug fraudulently obtained a sovereign from Mr. Nagle, the owner of a public-house in Tower street, St. Martins- lane. The prosecutor walked into a public-house at six o'clock one morning to treat some friends, and he saw the two prisoners and a young man of respectable appearance, who addressed him by name and claimed acquaintance with him. While they were talking together, one of the prosecutor's friends told him that he was conversing with a thief, whereupon the male prisoner knocked down the man who gave the caution, and at the same time the person alluded to as the thief whipped the watch out of Mr. Nagle's fob and de camped. On Wednesday the two prisoners called upon Mr. Nagle and told him that if he was willing to pay 41.105. to a Jew, in Petticoat-lane, he could get back his watch ; that the female prisoner, who was the original receiver of the property, had sold it to " Smouchy," and that they would all go to the crib to get it hack. The prosecutor consented to ac• company the prisoners to the Jew, but took care to plant two policemen to watch their movements in the neighbourhood. The prisoners, after having pointed out a person in Petticoat-lane as the man who had present possession of the watch, proposed to the pro secutor that he should put a sovereign into their hands to hand to the Jew as a guarantee that all was right, and with that sovereign they attempted to escape. Committed for trial. BO IV- S TREET. John Robson, alias Thompson, alias Spore, and many other names, was again placed at the bar, charged with obtaining charitable contributions by false pretences. The particulars of the case appeared in our paper of Monday last. The officers of the Mendicity So ciety now attended, with a large number of letters, supposed to be written by the prisoner, and sent from time to time to Lord J. Russell, Lord Eldon, Vis count Morpeth, the Marchioness of Londonderry, the Duke of Northumberland, and other noblemen and gentlemen, from many of whome he had received donations, at one time or another, during the past 12 months. It will be remembered that the prisoner was given into custody by Mr. R. W. Grey, M.P., who, suspecting his character, had caused the - police to be in waiting to take him into custody, on a second application, at his house in l3elgrave-square, and after receiving five shillings from the Hon. Gentleman. It appeared from the letters, all of which ware read in Court, that the prisoner had assumed different names, and dated them from different parts of London. It was amusing to observe the incongruity of these documents when read one after the other; for, accord ing to them, the prisoner had been confined to his bed from a succession of broken legs and limbs, which occurred regularly every other week for a consider able length of time past, although dating his applica tions for relief from the Commercial-road, from South wark, from Fenchurch-street, and other localities, equally distant from each other. The prisoner did not deny that he had written most of the letters produced, but adhered to his state ment in the one addressed to Mr. Grey, that he had suffered severely from the failure of a joint-stock bank in the north of England. Mr. JARDINE said he had taken care to have the whole of the letters produced recorded, in order that, on a future occasion,sif the prisoner should ever be again detected in this kind of fraud, he might have the punishment he so well merited. At present his Worship regretted that, being a first conviction, he was only enabled to inflict the punishment of three months' hard labour, to which he then sentenced him. !VEST MINSTER. James Savage and William Durant, respectively aged 16, were charged under the following circum stances : Mr. Lazenby, of Little Chelsea, said that on the previous afternoon he discovered from twelve to twenty buys in his gardens stealing fruit, and suc ceeded in capturing the prisoners. Not only had the boys stolen an immense quantity of fruit, but they had split the trees in several places, and torn up a great number of artichokes by the roots. Complainant produced an exceedingly large apple, apparently twelve or fourteen inches in circumference, and said that he had for fourteen years, paid great attention to the culture of the tree upon which it grew. The apple now was not near so large as in all probability it would have been, and it was a source of much vexation to find that this tree had been en tirely demolished by the boys. Mr. BRODERIP observed that depredations of this sort were now carried on to so serious an extent, by organized gangs, that he should suggest the propriety of checking the offence by the employment of police constables in plain clothes in the neighbourhood of gardens. At present the robbers watched the con stable in uniform, and took the opportunity of com mitting the offence the moment his back was turned. It was essential that this, as well as other descrip tions of property, should be protected, and he thought that if a few constables were dressed in plain clothes, the object would be effected. The prisoner, who pretended that they went into the ground to get their caps, which were thrown there by some other boys, were committed for two months each. acting business, but who had then taken no notice of her, suddenly came up, and representing himself as a commercial traveller for wholesale houses in the linendrapery business in the City, intimated that he should have no difficulty in furthering the object she had in view, as he had been requested by a large house in Shoreditch to procure for them several respectable young persons as assistants. After some further con versation, in the course of which he referred to seve ral respectable firms with which he was connected, she accompanied him to various shops where he had busi ness to transact ; at the conclusion of which he pro raised to introduce her to a person who would require her services. The defendant then asked her to ac company him to the house of a friend of his in the neighbourhood, where they would have every facility to complete the negotiation, and at which lie would furnish her with his address, and conducted her to a house in what she had since ascertained to be a noto rious locality, called the Vinegar-ground. They were shown into a room, in which she was startled to find a bed, and the defendant almost immediately seized her, and, forcing her upon it, proceeded to acts of violence too gross to be described. She resisted to the utmost of he; power, and screamed loudly for as sistance, when he told her that her cries were quite useless, for that if a policeman came he could readily escape, while she would be taken to the station. She, however, continued her screams and struggles, so as to prevent the completion of the offence, and at length succeeded in escapin g into the street, in a state of ex treme terror, followed by the defendant, who made her promise to wait a few minutes, while he entered a jeweller's shop ; but the instant he had done so, she hastened to the house of a female friend in the City road, to whom she communicated the particulars of the outrage to which she had been subjected, and was protected home to her father, who subsequently went round to the shops she had indicated, and having there obtained the defendant's name and address, took out a warrant for his apprehension. Mrs. Jane Supple, the lady referred to, corrobo rated the latter part of the complainant's statement, and deposed that upon reaching her house the young woman was in a state of dreadful excitement, and her whole appearance denoted the ill-treatment to which she had been exposed. Mr. Vann was about to address the Magistrate on behalf of the defendant, when Mr. illAmmu,t, said that after the convincing evi dence he had heard, he felt it his duty to remand the defendant upon the charge, but would, in the mean. time, accept bail for his future appearance, which must be defendant himself in 2001., and two respon sible sureties in 1001. each, with '24 hours' notice to inquire into their sufficiency. SOUTHWARK. _ Edward Price, landlord of the Elephant and Castle beer-shop in the Kent-road, was charged with as saulting Mark Redman, under the following circum stances. _ _ The complainant, whose eye was blackened and swollen, stated that some days since he was induced to purchase a ticket in a sweepstakes for the St. Leger, held at the Elephant and Castle, in the Kent-road. He called there a few days ago to know the result of the draw, and the running horses, at which time the defendant was in the bar, of whom he made the necessary inquiries. He (complainant) asked him if he was more fortunate in drawing a good horse this time than he had been on former occasions, and was answered that the horse he had drawn was not amongst the starters, therefore, he had "Nothing to expect. Complainant made a remark, that although he had often expended money in the purchase of tickets, still he never got anything by it ; and added, that he thought there was a great deal of trickery and humbug about those things, and that he should take care and not throw away his money again on sweepstakes. The moment he made those remarks the defendant got into a passion, called him by an offensive epithet, and when he (complain ant) retorted, and said that he did not deserve the application bestowed upon him any more than the man who had uttered it, the defendant immediately struck him a violent bloVon the face that made his nose bleed, and blackened one of his eyes; not con tented with this, he seized him by the shoulders, and was thrusting him out of the house, hut on seeing that he was bleeding, his assailant ashamed to eject him into the road in such a condition, permitted him to remain in the house until it stopped. The defendant, a very powerful man in comparison to the complainant, said the latter had exaggerated the facts—that when he entered the house, on being apprised that the horse he had drawn was not a starter, he became extremely abusive, and taunted the sweepstakes got up at his house as a regular piece of humbug, and insinuated that he had been choused out of his money. Such language was im proper, and he desired the complainant to quit the house if he could not behave himself, and he (de fendant) admitted that he was about to turn him out when he lifted up an umbrella, and made a strike at him with it, and he merely pushed him on one side, but declared that he did not strike him, or give him the black eye of which he complained. The defendant then called two witnesses who were drinking on the premises at the time to rebut the complainant's statement as to his having struck him, but they equivocated so much that the Magistrate re marked that he did not place any credence in their statements, but believed the main facts as described by the man who had been assaulted. Mr. COTTINGHAM then said, that the conduct pur sued by the defendant, a strong and powerful man. in comparison to the complainant, reflected much dis grace upon him. He then inflicted a penalty of 40s. and costs on the defendant, and at the seine time addressing the young man who had been assaulted, advised him in future to refrain from throwing away his money in the purchase of tickets on races. LAMBETIL _ WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. Charles Clayton, a fancy-soap manufacturer and wholesale perfumer, in Fell-street, Cheapside, was brought up in custody of Holland, the warrant officer, charo•ed‘ with an aggravated assault upon Georgiana H . oskins, a respectable and modest-looking young woman, sixteen years of age. The complainant stated, that feeling anxious to pro cure some respectable e mployment, she was recom mended to call at a linendraper's in Goswell-street road, to which she went on Monday evening; but on communicating her errand she wa's informed by the owner that there was no vacancy in his establishment. She accordingly left, but had only gone a short dis • tance from the door when the defendant, who had been previously stazihag 4,t the counter) afparently trans- Samuel Skepheard,T4ll:,%;; brought before Mr. Elliott, by order of the Police Commissioners, on a charge of violation of duty. Police-sergeant Thomas. Veness, 2 L, deposed that on Monday night the prisoner, after going on duty, had deserted from his beat, and on the following morning he, witness, took him in Tooley-street. Inspector Evans said that on Monday morning the prisoner, who had been about six months in the force, had been taken before the Commissioners, in Scot.. land-yard, and fined 2s. for being irregular. Mr. ELLIOTT observed that the prisoner's conduct on the occasion was very gross. and his having been fined by the Commissioners on Monday morning, in stead of acting as a check or example to him, seemed to have a contrary effect. The Magistrate sentenced him to pay a penalty of 40s , or, in default of pay ment, to be com mitted to prison for fourteen days. Charles Gibson Reggers, a journeyman baker, in the service of Mr. Marshall, of Loughborough-place, Brixton, was finally examined, and fully committed for trial on various charges of embezzling the moneys of his master. • bim foe The statement of the prisoner was added to the believed she ca lled at his residence to ask depositions, by her own desire, and she signed it. some money for the support of the children. . a . be The prosecutor, in answer to a question put by the Mr. Y ARDLEY said comment in this caie r_or a as to magistrate, said there was not one word of truth in superfluous. The prisoner was acq uitted t the what the female prisoner had stated. Mr. Gilbert, he deserved to be prosecu The prisoners were then committed for trial at the gross perjury he had committed. Central Criminal Court. THAWS. Two soldiers, named Joseph Stordy, a private in the Coldstream Guards, and Edward Darby, of the Grenadier Guards, surrendered before Mr. Yardley, on a charge of feloniously receiving a gold watch and appendages, value 30 guineas, the property of Mr. John Sercombe. The case has been repeatedly before the magistrate (luring the last three weeks, and every exertion has been made by the police to discover two women of the town, who first administered a noxious drug ti the prosecutor, and rendered him insensible, anti while lie was in that state, plundered him of his watch and money. The exertions of the police to discover the women have proved unavailing. The prosecutor, who has been seriously indisposed since the robbery, could not attend till to day, when the prisoners, in pursu ance of an order of the magistrate, were surrendered by the sergeants of their respective regiments. Mr. Sercombe, a middle-aged gentleman, stated that on the night of the 19th of August he was re turning home, after dining with some friends, when he met with two women opposite the National Gal lery, and went home with them to a court in the neighbourhood of Tothill-street, Westminster. He sent for some wine, and drank a few glasses with the females, and became very unwell. The two girls then mixed something in a tea-cup, which they assured him would do him good. He drank it off, and became insensible immediately. He had no further recollection of what passed, and did not re cover from his stupor till the following morning, when he found himself alone in a room. His watch, and all his money, consisting of fourteen or fifteen sovereigns, and about 7s. 6d. in silver was gone. There was an old 'woman in the house, but he did not seen any other person He left the house as soon as possible, and upon reaching the court he saw two soldiers, whom he firmly believed left the house next the one in which he passed the night in the court, and they ran away on seeing him approach. He gave immediate information of the robbery to the police. A gold watch, guard,.and chain were produced and identified by Mr. Sercombe as his property. The value of the articles was thirty guineas. In answer to questions by the magistrate, Mr. Sercombe said he was satisfied a noxious drug was mixed in the tea-cup. It took immediate effect upon him. ROBBERIES IN GRAVESENM, Gravesend has been for some ti me infested by inn? titudes of thieves, who commit r obberies in the del time under the very noses of the police. During the last week several depredations were very c oolly F h ; petrated, and the inhabitants cry aloud agains t t he t Corporation for not stirring up the rolice, or, as e detachment of the force located in this district sr called, " the fine-weather blue c oats," to make 3°,rhe exertion for the protection of t heir propertY• -- following instances, selected indiscriminately he frool. number of robberies, will give som e notion of t el" cacy of the system of police at Gravesend. The hall-door of a house in Parrock-street was le i f r : open by a servant one day last week, a nd uP longsl walked a tall, genteel-lookingl fellow, with s er cloak ; upon the servant's return she met the with coming down stairs, and upon asking him . wha lio. had been about, was told that he called to visit $ ' OO 3 Ellis, who lodged their formerly. The girl accused him at once of being a thief, arid insisted upon s e t i o u what he had under his cloak. The loud oonverstisired roused the lady of the house, and when she l i nt l e . o ol the cause of the disturbance, the visitor herturrie" to and in the most courteous manner appealed to tw ho protect him from the insolence of her 80 110 0 4 ha had the audacity to accuse him of theft, he e , 3 a, re' had made a very common mistake. The 140/ buked the girl, who, however, persevered 5° r e , a in his i the charge, that the gentleman was seized jo his an irresistible desire to take to his heels, IT t oed flight dropped a valuable dress. It afterwaru s pur suit , to out that the dress was flung dow n Re P o d tIO it Ale found ile for upon examination of the roo m a considerable quantity of plate had disappeared i escaped. iundere° A market-gardener, named Amos, was P into the by two well-dressed ruffians, who wa lked too o f back parlour of his house, un der the pretenc e t ime to writing a letter. They contrived in D am sh° o r f m ongii break open a drawer in which was 3 raved' by which wplhanichthtehye were reg u a they ap propriated, theyafter ha ving P 1 r Lona oa " family men." fe y diq 5 9 s l l, a Several houses were robbed withi n 3 laundress w''' on Saturday, about seven o'clock, a wh.,sbe robbed of a large box of valuable lin t. e n ' sc of X r ' w G a o s ug de h l , iv o e f ri H n delivering some t that the l It will be seen from the above stateulePte so / /el police of Gravesend are not organized V I ro tect t be setrceleott.hes at the 00 as those from whom they are employed to ed g as public. It is believed that the well-disciPlui aiffereat of thieves are located with their families in acq uire $ parts of the town, that they diligentlY _ r t he e: knowledge of the habits and circumstances °.., t heir spectable inhabitants, and that they folloL.'el; has O t information with the rapid movement /I t he SO long distinguished and enriched some 0' clever thieves in the metropolis. Mr. William Byas, pawnbroker, of No. 147, Rat cliff-highway, stated that on the evening of Thurs day, the 19th of August, the gold watch and chain just identified was brought to his shop, and Stordy asked 50s. upon it. He questioned the prisoner, who said his name was Hutchins, of St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross, that the watch was his own property, that he had had it in his possession 19 years, and that it had been left him by his father, who was in posses sion of it 55 years. Darby said, " You need not be afraid, Sir, I know the watch and guard-chain to be my comrade's property, and have seen it in his posses sion several years." Witness was not satisfied with the statements made by the two soldiers, and gave them into the custody of the police. Police-sergeant t..;ovey, No. 7 H, stated that when he took the prisoners into custody, Stordy said the watch had been in his possession eight years, and that his father, who lived in Cumberland, had had it 15 years. Witness asked him who could prove that he had had the watch in his possession so long, and he referred to the other prisoner, who he said was his cousin. Darby confirmed all that Stordy said. Witness told them he was not satisfied, and he should lock them up on a charge of stealing the watch. Stordy then said, " I'll tell you the truth—the watch was given me: by two girls, and they are in a public house close by." 'Witness accompanied the prisoner to a great many public-houses, but he pretended he could not find the girls, and he lOcked him up again. On the following morning Stordy said Darby gave him the watch to pawn before he went to the pawn office. Stordy, on being called on for his defence, said he was brought into the affair innocently. He knew nothing of the hocussing and robbery, and had never seen Ir. Sercombe before. He met two girls at Pimlico ' and they brought him and his comrade down to Ratcliff-highway, and asked them to pledge the watch. Darby made a similar defence. lie was fetched away from his barracks by Stordy. He went out and saw the two girls, and he accompanied them to Rat cliff-highway. Mr. YARDLEY said a most serious robbery had been 'effected, and although the evidence did not go far enough to implicate the prisoners in stealing the pro• perty, he should commit them to Newgate for trial, for feloniously receiving the watch and chain, they well knowing them to have been stolen. , Hamilton Murray, who is well known in the dis trict as a broker, man in possession, and hanger-on at police courts, and the Whitechapel County Court, was brought up on remand, charged with fraud. It appeared in evidence that on the 12th of June last Mr. Pike, landlord of the Fox and Goose public house, in Shakspere's-walk, Shad well, went to the Whitechapel County Court, to take out a summons, and was accosted by the prisoner, who, on learning his business, said he would do it for him, and repre sented himself as the bailiff and officer of the Court. In adjournment took place to a neighbouring tavern, where the prisoner repeated, over a pot of ale, that he was the bailiff and authorised to take out summonses. lie procured some printed forms which were filled up with the names of plaintiff and defendant, and nit day Mr. Pike had an interview with the prisoner at the Pox and Goose, and gave him 7s. 91 for the purpose of taking out summogses, that sum being named. by the prisoner as the fees payable when process was obtained. The prisoner at the same time received a written authority from Mr. Pike to take out money already paid into Court by one of the prosecutor's lebtors. The prisoner signed a receipt for the money paid him by Mr. Pike, but he never took out any summonses, and Mr. Pike soon ascertained he was an impostor, and had been convicted of felony. Mr. Gregory, one of the bailiffs of the Whitechapel County Court, said the prisoner has no official ap pointment whatever, but was a mere hanger- on about the Court, and printed cautions had been posted warning suitors against the malpractices of such persons. Mr. Pelham made a defence to show Murray only represented himself as an agent. The prisoner was committed for trial. A well-dressed woman, named Mary Boyle, was charged with unlawfully knocking at the door and ringing the bell at the house of Mr. Stevens, soap manufacturer, in Dock-street, Whitechapel, near the new Mariners' Church. Mr. Gilbert, nephew of Mr. Stevens, stated that on Tuesday night the prisoner came to his uncle's house, in Dock-street, and said she wished to have an interview with Mr. Stevens. He refused to call his uncle, and desired the prisoner to quit the house instantly, which she declined doing, until he threat ened to give her into custody, when she left the place. About five minutes afterwards she returned to the house again, and rung the bell. She re peatedly asked for Mr. Stevens, and he told her he could not be seen. The prisoner peremptorily refused to leave until she had seen Mr. Stevens, and he was compelled to give her into the custody of a police constable. The prisoner, in defence, said she was a deeply injured woman. She was formerly servant to Mr. Stevens, and she lived under his protection for a series of years, and had borne him seven children, four of whom were now living. Mr. Stevens sup ported her, and behaved very well to her until within the last two months, when he abandoned her, and she was thrown upon the wide world with her four children without any means of support. Mr. Ste vens had repeatedly made the most solemn pledges that he would always maintain her and her children, but at the instigation 6f - Others he repudiated her. She merely went to the house on Tuesday night for the purpose of having an interview with Mr. Stevens, and he was denied. She knew that Mr. Stevens was at home when she called, and that Mr. Gilbert denied him. Mr. Pelham, who was instructed to plead the cause of the woman at the bar, said the connexion which had so long subsisted between her and Mr. Stevens was well known to Mr. Gilbert, and put some ques tions to him. The witness stoutly denied that he knew anything whatever of any such connexion as that alluded to. He also swore that he was not aware that Mr. Stevens was by repute the father of the prisoner's children. He knew nothing about it. Mr. Pelham—Do you mean to swear that, Sir ? Mr. Gilbert—Yes, I do. Mr. Pelham then called Mr. John Jackson, a re spectable hatter, residing in Stepney, nearly opposite the Court, who said he knew all the circumstances of the affair, and the prisoner stated that which was perfectly true, and Mr. Gilbert was cognizant of all the facts. He had endeavoured to obtain something like justice at the hands of Mr. Stevens, and had communicated, in the most delicate manner, with some members of his family, to avoid exposure, but without success. Mr. Stevens was reported to be worth 30,0001. to 40,000 i., and would not support his children. The prisoner had endured great distress and anguish of mind for several weeks past, and she was in possession of fifty pawnbrokers' duplicates re lating to property she had pawnod to maintain herself and four boys. Mr. YARDLEY was satisfied that Mr. Gilbert knew more than he thought proper to divulge. When people came into a court of justice, they were bound to tell the whole truth. He then pressed Mr. Gilbert very closely, and he extracted from him that he was aware of his uncle's connexion with the prisoner, and WANDS WORTH. Thomas Simpson, alias Swansey, a powerfully-made man, about 22 years of age, and Mary Green, were finally examined before Mr. Beadon, upon a charge of robbery, committed in Battersea•fields, under very aggravated circumstances. The evidence taken in the case was very lengthy, but the brief facts were these:—On Saturday night, the 21st ult., about nine o'clock, Alfred Lainson, the prosecutor, who is a joiner employed at Cubitt's, Thames-bank, was walking from Nine-elms to Bat tersea-bridge, and had got some distance across the fields, when the female prisoner came up and accosted him. He told her he wanted to have no conversation with her, and passed on. After walking a few yards, he was !stopped by the male prisoner, who said, " You've been with my wife all the evening, and I'll punch your head if you don't give me something.' The prosecutor, believing he would carry his threats into execution, ran off, followed by the prisoner and a large ferocious dog, which the prisoner continued to excite, by calling out, " Seize him" —bite him." As prosecutor was trying to clear a mound, he fell down. He then heard the prisoner whistle, and almost instantly he was surrounded by 10 or 12 men, to whom the prisoner addressed him3elf, saying, the prosecutor had taken liberties with his wife. The prisoner and the other men demanded money. Prosecutor asked them to accompany him to a public-house, and he would treat them to whatever they liked. The men, however, would not go, but said it was money they wanted, and they should have it before he left them. One of the party sounded his waistcoat pockets, and pro secutor took out all the silver that was in them, which amounted to 4s. Gd., and gave it to the male prisoner, who divided it. The prisoner then told the prosecutor to be off, and never:ito come there any more. Pro secutor added that he took no liberties with the female prisoner or any other woman. Police-constable Birt, 95 V, proved apprehending the prisoner Simpson in the Wandsworth-road, on Thursday last ; he informed him of the nature of the charge against him, when he denied being in Bat tersea-fields on that evening. Police-constable Wallis, 293 V, said he appre hended the female prisoner on Friday night last; at first she denied all knowledge of the prisoner Simpson, but afterwards acknowledged that she knew him, and cohabited with him. The male prisoner denied having threatened the prosecutor or robbed him. The female prisoner entered into a long statement the effect of which was to charge the prosecutor with having met her in the fields, treated her, and then given her money; that she walked with him about the fields some time, when he made improper prop osals to her, and sh e declining to accede to them, he demanded his money back, which she refused to give him ; that he struck her, and she called out " Help," when Simpson came up and called the prosecutor a good for-nothing scoundrel, who then walked off, and she afterwards treated Simpson for protecting her. She added that she met the prosecutor on the following Tuesday, and because she would not submit to his Wiislie 119 Said he would do for la - a 3zd man. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK. The half-yearly meeting of this company was helJ on Monday at Greenock, Mr. J. Tasker in the chair. The secretary read the report, which stated that there was a steady progressive increase in both the pas senger and goods traffic ; that the divisible balance for the half-year was 16,015/. ; the directors, there fore, recommended that, after providing for the interest on loans, and the dividend of 6 per cent. on the preference shares, a dividend of 7s. 6d. per share on the 25/. shares, and 33,9 d. per share on the 12/. 10s. shares, be declared payable on the 17th inst. Owing to the state of the money market, the directors considered it expedient, on advising with the Cale donian Company, to make a second call of 30s. per share on the preference shares. The increased rate of interest on these shares, as well as on the loans ob tained by the company, prevented a larger dividend being then declared. Their Bill for amalgamation with the Caledonian Company, after a severe struggle, had obtained the sanction of the Legislature ; but the full advantages to be derived from it would not come into operation until the Caledonian Railway is open throughout, which may probably take place in the ensuing spring. The Bill for the diversion of the Glasgow and Ardrossan Canal near the goods station at Glasgow was allowed to pass unopposed, by which a better junction could be made with the Caledonian and Barrhead Railways, and also giving an opportunity to enlarge the goods station, when necessary, on their own land. The Bills for branches to the harbour at Port Glasgow and for a junction with the Ayr near Paisley had been sus pended until the next session. The directors regret that the Bill promoted by this company for branches to the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston and the Glasgow and Lesmahagow Railways was thrown out in favour of the Bill for the competing line promoted by the Glasgow and Ayr Company, which had been also suspended till next session. The Bill introduced by the latter company for the extension of the Bridge of Weir Railway to Port Glasgow and Largs had been thrown out in consequence of the opposi tion given to it by the directors of this company. It stated that on the recent occasion of her Majesty's visit to the Clyde, upwards of 50,000 passengers were safely conveyed along the line in the course of two days. The capital account showed that 793,890/. had been received, and 838,9641. expended, leaving a balance against the company of 45,074/. The revenue ac count for the half-year ending the 30th of June stated that 31,296/. had been received, and 15,2811. ex pended, leaving a profit of 16,015/., of which 6,7811. was disposed of for interest on loans, 7,500/. for divi dends on the whole and half shares, and 1,6181. for interest on the preference shares, leaving a balance of 616/. for the next account. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on the fact of their having had no accident, notwith standing the number of passengers who had passed over the line. He stated that 36,350 passengers passed along the line on the (lay the Queen was ex pected—namely, the 16th of August; that they had been much indebted to the Glasgow and Ayr Com pany for the assistance they had given them on that day. They were also indebted to their own servants for the activity and zeal manifested by them on that occasion. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was seconded, and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. PRIZE AloxEY.—Tuesday's Gazette gives notice to the officers and company of her Majesty's sloop Panta loon, E. Wilson, commander, that an account of the tonnage bounties for a vessel, name unknown, supposed to be the Frederico, run on shore and lost on the 10th June, 1845, will be deposited in the registry of the Ad miralty on the 31st instant. A second notice is given that an account of the proceeds of the hull and stores of the brigantine Legeira, captured by the Penelope on 30th September, 1845, and of the tonnage bounty granted for the said capture, will be delivered into the registry of the Admiralty on the 17th instant. Notice is also given that an account of the proceeds of the hull, stores, and cargo of the steam-vessel Cacique, captured by the Penelope on 26th September, 1845, also of the tonnage bounty granted for the said capture, will be de livered into the registry of the Admiralty also on the 17th instant. THE DISAPPOINTED DUKES.—Testimonials to va rious rejected candidates at the late election are in course of being raised by subscription. Really those proceed. ings remind us of the custom of assuaging infant sorrows with comfits. There is one class, however, of electioneer ing little sufferers that has been left utterly disconsolate. We allude to the noble dukes and lords, whose hopes of returning their nominees have been blighted. Is there nobody who will give the Duke of Beaufort something nice to comfort him under his defeat in the return of Lord Granville Somerset at Monmouth? Has no kind constituency a sweatmeat for the Duke of Northumber land, to take away the taste of bitterness which he must experience from the rejection of his nephew, Lord Lo vaine? Then there is Lord Fit shardinge too, who has lost his puppet, and has been beaten by his brother Grantley Berkeley. Are there tau good souls in West Gloucestershire who will find a toy to make his Lordship amends? Are all these poor noblemen to be left, unpitied, to bite the thumb of discontent ?—Punch. A DUTIFUL SON.—The Minister of War has directed to be inscribed in the orderly book of each re giment of the army the following instance of meritorious conduct of M. Goecke, leader of the band of the 52d of the line. Goecke, at the public sitting of the French Academy, held on 22d July last, was presented with a Monthyon medal of Looor. fur his virtuous conduct. Goecke was an enfant de troupe of the sth of the line. He studied music, and as soon as he could derive from it any emolument, ho devoted the whole to the relief of his father and mother and nine brothers and sisters. Having at length become leader of the band of the 52d, he sent to his father the whole of his first month's pay, and has ever since remitted the greater portion of his earnings. When his father, who was one of the band of the sth, died, leaving the rest of his family destitute, Goecke, being then only twenty-two years of age, took the charge of all of them, and gave education to his brothers. RAILWAY TRAVELLING. —Thursday and Friday last being Dundee latter fair, the Dundee and Perth Railway brought up vast numbers of operatives on both days; one train of thirty carriages containing about 800 individuals. Our streets on Friday were as much thronged as upon a leading market, and we regret to have to add that much inebriety characterised the occasion. In contrast with the above, in some respects, we may observe that on Tuesday forenoon the pupils of the Charity and Industrial Schools of Perth, and those of the Industrial and Ragged Schools of Dundee, walked in procession through the principal streets of the city, headed by their masters and matrons, to the number of about 200. The pupils walked two abreast, and although the files were pretty close on one another, the line extended the whole length of St. John's-street, in which we saw them. It was a very interesting sight. Each carried a ti❑ bowl with a penny loaf in it, cut up and intersliced with ham or salt beef. Though meanly clad they were remarkably clean, and most of them looking healthy. Their demeanour was most decorous. We understand the Dundee and Perth Railway Company gave them a cheap trip.—Perthshire Courier. CURIOUS CALCULATION.—TaIking of calculation, I heard the following one at Rome, and I consider it curious. To find the year in which a new Pope will die, take the number of the Pope's ❑ame, add to this the number of the name of his predecessor ; to the sum of these two numbers add ten; and the result will give the year sought. Thus : Pius VII. succeeded Pius VI. ; well-6 t 7 t 10=23 : Pius VII. died in 1823. him succeeded Leo XII. ; 7 12 t 10=29 : Leo XII. died in 1829. The next Pope was Pius VIII. ; 12 t 8 t 10=30: Pius VIII. died in 1830. The calculation failed in the case of Gregory XVI., who should have died in 1834, but lived till 1846. But there it is re markable, that one step farther back, by taking in the number of Leo XII. makes all right :-16 t 8 t 12 t 10.---46. The rule will not apply to the present Pope, whether ‘se take one or two immediate predecessors, as the year given in either case is past (1824 and 1842). But if we give him three (Leo XII., Pius VIII., and Gregory XVI.), we are then brought to the year 1855, and Pius IX has eight years yet before him, to fulfil the high mission with which he appears to be entrusted, of setting the Vatican clock to the time of the nineteenth century —Dublin University Magazine. FALL or Two Houses.—Yesterday evening, about sin a ol the o'c lock, gaven: k r th t a h n e side with a serious loss of life, happened in Dudley-court, d er them of b t e h e e n ir co d n a d n e g m er ne i d f t b l y ley the re a a n ta n i o n y e 'a d n , C own-street, Soho. It appeared that a range of houses p th ic e rs e n tiu ,t r ic t e hadto quit, and e w dilapidated arn e o a c l oc a fu rming occurrence, nearly attended ven e o x w c n eption of three or four, none of them cb c eu ou t, veiled upon to quit. Even when the windows moved, the inmates still remained, and defied the were autho rities to turn them out. Three houses, from which the occupants had departed were about to be pulled down, and workmen were engaged yesterday in the work of demolition. A few hours after they had left off, two houses, numbered 19 and 20, suddenly fell with a tre mendous crash. The parties in the court at the time narrowly escaped with their lives, and a little girl was literally buried in the ruins, but fortunately received no injury. Some of the other residents, when they wit nessed the accident, became alarmed for their safety, and forthwith commenced preparing for removal. PROPOSED REDUCTION OF WACSES. The mill owners of Moseley and the neighbourhood have re solved upon reducingldw jury.teh The e e. the wages of the operative spinners in their employ ten per cent. This determination of the manufacturers was made known to the work-people on Friday evening, by the following note, which was posted up in each mill :—" Notice—On and after the 17th of September, instant, a reduction of ten per cent. will take place in the wages of the spinners in our employ." This step has given much dissatisfaction to the operatives. who wished to work shorter time rather than be reduced. —Manchester Guardian. During the last month there were brought into the markets of Sceaux and Paris 13,152 oxen, 2,390 corns, 6,701 calves, and 04,611 sheep. During the month of August, 1846, the numbers were-11,72 3 oxen, 2,680 cows, 5,106 calves, and 112,276 sheep. The average price of beef up to the present period of 1847 had been lt. 3c. the kilogramme, and during the same period in 1546 Was 30. the kilogram Ise. ford bro O t n he t r h - e in Thomas,t the latero ------------- ~ of P A'. DIED. bOO- De .miaewr7injgoseo:h tTheholtplisoinn,st..qB, Jtohbenisigiretierogtbateeto: relictOn the w i , a,3hgdoeElizabeth i na6531t.D., ato e k S ) _e o ir p a, b i Ev i a i rq a y . . o v r u e n 1 g i s e s , t p 5 . ti r s c. Le i e e g t t. , fsr. lot On the 6th just. , at llstead, Mary, Wife 5 n otifleth6etilla li S i l l ° i t n e S t 4 , F. patincklinfteoyn:Etesrqr.ace, Nottilig-lw" , 0 sc O ot n t pthecek6htahnii,nEsts.q., a,talgtr7dsen..cottage, Green ob 0 , ler On the 6th inst., Miss Sophia Francis, of C'°ildes Islington. Bart., of Cupheaton, , lO rtj On the 6th inst., Edward, brother of Sir Jolla ~i ' l . ° ,J. Nownstle-upon-Tyne, aged S " C 1 10 ,7 On the 6th inst., at Hexthorpe, Doncastar, _tej,3,„ youngest son of Captain and Mrs. Frank Rn3sdeA lijie On the 6th inst. at Ilornsey, Sophia, relict 01 ot T So t Moreton, Esq., aged 92. T. D, On the 6th inst., the Rev. William Pearsort• .--i'' of South Kilworth, Leicestershire, aged 81. l i r e.lwl ! Lon4on : Printed Ana Published y b /6[ITDO Y ° A i rj 2100 , qrand, Printer, at The Sun Office. No. or 154, of th e, savoy, tbeCoant/ xiadicaes. Izi" .• clever thieves in the metropolis. M AR' RAILWAY SHARE. M AR' , ctit er, BRISTOL, S x rr &ultra 8 ., tO i a ed Pu p. ,.. STOCK EXCHANG E.-The sales are-Br' l6- sarr, l l.ters , New, M dis. -GreatWestern.;Fifths. (horn2s-Ditto,voie,(2a Midland, New, 5p.-Ditto, New, 24 p.--' ll6 So. 3 0 '2B-York, - Newcastle, and Berwick, (vendExtensiostleefer, and Newcastle), 4Fg p.-Ditto, ditto, No. 9 io Y r Berwick), 3Vt p.-Ditto (Great North of E O B ence), 3N. p. 1 4 ttier LIVERPOOL, SEPTE3II3EIS 6. Rte '' C 'horo l, STOCK ExcnaNGE.-The sales are-Amberg- 'Clit , , 0 , ham, and Boston, 1% -Bolton, Blackbure,res),ll4o), and West Yorkshire, Preference (6 per cent. 1 1 ;!' aia gVe l ~.. -Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths:Otte West I 'l. 3tl. f' 4 3,i % dis.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, ,I,'`.,.ters,.joe London and North-Western, 1641, -Ditto, 'e:,,,g ( I ' ° l,jll' p.- Ditto, New Quarters, 8 3 / 1 p.-Ditto, 40/. Sul - 01 n ee and Manchester), 23 p.-Manchester, Shedit"di4. e 4 4 01' colnshire (late Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 374,1 0 'rth -or -Midland Stock, 116%-Ditto, Halve s, 91/ P .. " ..4 O re ' V 4 () " a ell e re end 1 fordshire, 2 1 / 8 p.-Shrewsbury, an Fe te ea. . , ference (guar. 8 per cent,), 21,, p -South'-',- V o 0 1 1 , 4 Dover, No. 4 (issued as Third shares, it . 6 3-8 di s I h 's l re)' - York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B. neer o p.-Dublin and Belfast Junction, 14 dis. MANCHESTER, SEPTE3IBNA 8. ~_ Sott, r f. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales a Areberg.l`'Dirls;a)i. ham, Boston, and Eastern JunctioZ7_9.l6ictraad:rt:itet: ham and Oxford Junction, 6 7-16 p.-Lorn __, d le , e o Western N 8 " Lw ' 'rB c. p.-Ditto (Manchester 10'....gallsa• ham), Quarters (B), 5 p.-Ditto, ditto (C) , 5 1 1 1 6 p."" 2! ; # ter, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, Preference, S_,.,,,dgldre,,,ttri, chester and Southampton, 1 't,; dis. -North St"; 06 11 ' p.-Oldhant Alliance, 11-16 dis.-Shrews:nr., and Chester, Preference (guar. 8 per cent? P• via' LEEDS, SErrxtloB rg ate, l' i i ° , o ../ STOCK ExcuaNGE.-The sales are,. - 17, - cashire, 2 ;it m r F or ham, and Boston, 30s. 6d. dis.---E3s' field and Manc be ' te 4 ' . o ' Great Northern, 3, 4 1 dis.-Huddersfield urdoa ), 10- te , R L id ee ivdgs ll s3 lfltL eir3l ! k l i cc s l fi ' cl ' -Lancashire and Yorkshire (We' t dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 103. P* --- ference, 16s. 6d. dis.-Manchester, 13aI te l d i t aud 1 4 a llep Midland, 265. dis.-Manchester, Sh ee EreWl lsll f et, shire, Preference, Is. Gd. p.-Midland iiick,3effota, guar. 6 per cent), 9J/ 4 p.-Nowcastle and North Step. )s. s. p.-North British, Thirds,ls3. Gd. P',,, . 3 shire, 21. 31. 6d. p.-North-Western, 591 ' I . sr Eft 8 . iel u ' 'A' SHEFFIELD, SErTEMI! • Mate a jil , STOCK EXCIIANGK.-The sales are-Leeds Id, 55 I ti ' Midland, 18s. Gd. dis.-Manchester, e ....vittenitto dis. ~...-1, ‘ celnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 9 !4 4 1 5 . .' f idl4 l " Shares, 3:,( 3 dis.-Ditto, 12/. 10s. Shsres,6d. P,..-.1‘40.501 (Sheffield wit! Lincoln), Preference, 41 ' ~ d a te : ( j r z p, New, 2 1 / 4 p.-York, Newcastle. and Berwic,b‘ssa), 3,1 and Berwick), 34 p.-Ditto (G. N. E. P" re s e tlinc HULL, SEPTE3tusit 8. b ergAtite' t$ rl STOCK EXCHANGE .- The sales are---- r a A, k -.. e* ,e, e 1 ham, end Boston, 215.-Manchester and Lee.. 123 , ~,ori, Unien). Its. dis.-North British, Qua rer- ~ b i r c iffi k Ditto, Extension (scrip), Is. 6d. p• ---Ditt° ' 1 n / 355.-North Western, 595. dis. c. int. 7 , •,,, lv'' os , EDINBURGH, SEPTEMBES rde a, si 6 i. 1 4,, STOCK EXCHANOK.-The sales are --Ape, yarfi r t 15.. a Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 105.-Arbroath air o y, 1 00; -Ditto, Halves, 141. 103.-Ayr,and 1 4111 ` ° ....-C 1 OP a , / 4s. 5 51. , 70. Caledonian, 3V. 153.-Ditto, ew, r 01 1 +, 0 1"091. and Dumbartonshire, 10s.-Clydesdale Jei l a ileatZ." o ; I, qv , Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and seer , 3/. pa 61-Dundee and Arbroath, 39/. -pitta w+ 50. ,,, je e .. r . 103. -Ditto, New, No. 2, 32t.,-,Ditto, 171,...X : 11 , r :0, 1 2,` 1 , - .1, -Dundee arid Northern Junction,. II- '''', : l,.• l) ,:a . Cei''; 3 Perth, 34/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 181. 1 . „ 15 , - 1,0 0 ,,,, 1- b - erg, - , 11 0 , ters, 3/. ss. 6d.-East of Fife, 4 !. 53.---r-'3,5-....0" Qaori;re• 11. 135.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 8/. P s ' .. .vittnbitio , `,,.. Glasgow, 601.-Ditto, Halves,Ws' 181.' s, 1° . 3 6 . 14/. 155.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, ao rta ,/, ~.. ference, 201.-Ditto, New, 31. 191.-Olito Sli • . 5 1 6 ;e0 , Edinburgh and Northern, 19/. 175. 6(1. -- ""'"Neir , ,; 1 1 , 1 ; . -10 -Ditto, Newport, 6t. 138.-Ditto, dit t° 4..--V i sl t 'e - ;‘ „, , , 0 . 5' Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), li• "ri - itto , ',.. t 0,' .. ia." ss. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 110/. -- „,,' - '4 0 ,1 1 P,' ns,,"Ter• 42/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 81. 55 Carl is le , 861;115: 10/. 103.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/. ex div.- 61 11....-O it e c or' , ed , minus, 11/. 155.-Glasgow and Greenock, Id.....lAusrecotiloo. 9!. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 2 5 . e kortho, 9, 1 1 1 0 1,, marnock, and Ardrossan, 31. 15s re4 kOrt br ; Y i r to- 1. t. 1/. 125.-Great Northern (late D irec t --_- So.- 5. ;3P -Ditto (late London and York), 1/. 5%0100' Scold 34 - V.-Ditto, Halves, 13/, 158,-Ditto, " rile .0' Ditto, Quarters New (scrip), D itt rai, -..' :.. - ..B lil c . lar -Ditto, Fifths, 61. 28. 6d.-Scottish Cell, r 7 /. 1 5 %„a . r lioZ Grand Junction, 195.-Scottish Midland, s'westrf,,,St'vrio bury and Hereford, 10s.-SlirewsburY, 4/. 1 1 . 00.;,,,,, 1 , 1 10s.-Stirling and Dunfernille`!, 47/. '„,, .i.' s aes and Midland, 71.-Wishaw and Coltne.l7',teasi°,lol,„jik Newcastle, and Berwick, 139/.-Ditto, r:,,.t ° „"of 'i o re, 141.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2,8/. 2s. 6d.--Vil-csort,.; ;d' re ida drawl Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian, ls. 6d.--6 2s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, Is. 9(1. --- ,fe!' and Arcot, Is. 6d. o • °e ll tie' GLASGOW, SErTgoesnZ:r sed ol d 0 , STOCK EXCHANOK.-The sales are,--iedueiall [ 3+ 6 495. 6d.-Caledonian, New, 245. 641.---q" Qu arte r p.' ...- 6 v itte bartonshire, 12s. 6d.-Dundee arid l'ert''o3lCe l l o .al 3 1 ' .. „,,vitte , iiv. &s i p, o,.' ea ttr -Edinburgh and Perth, 295. 6d. gow, Kilmarnock. and Ayr, 1104 ei anddip' Cettli,oo,(o," (401. Shares), 43/.-Glasgow, Durntrie" 77310 , "oer -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossall4,sll, Tliload and Southampton, 13s. 3d.--North 13r,zewcie1t Scottish Grand Junction, 10s.- York , •'.' t of wick (G. N. E. Purchase), 11 1 ,1‘. .........e.. 30 - __- fr es. a ro' -------r---------_ c , _..e _o_o The Right Hon. Henry Labou If t , es terd Y the Board of Trade, arrived in tus".. s i. j ire. ing, from his seat, Stowey, Sonieriec of be w ife t Blltril s • , ea d, On the sth inst., at Wheatliampetigaor librat,°. mel d, the 10 the Rev. 11. Teush Hecker, of a d , On the sth inst., at Mount Vil lA ' ( a so ll ' oe° d of J. 11. Hurnfrey, Esq., of a s"';' . ,bes,°• - t t he gel' On the sth inst., Mrs. H. P . btb e w ife 0" f eel , On the 6th inst., at IliburY, t' Snow, of a daughter. terra ce, the I°l ° g" , t , .On the 7th inst., at Blackheath'. Lad/ Ml33' r e C. Ingram, of a son. ore, On the 7th inst. Of Ge° la of a son. . d ,,,,,,we115 , , at Cambridge -5g the On the 7th inst., at Tunbri b Kennet Pollock, Esq., of a d au g hter. at' e, • w• thb °ll lOt e On the 6th inst., at Litilvegrirploiroll),./Yl.lljtbril4 of ill 6 -4 1 ' k l' in. ot e i Esq, to Lucretia Wainwright, eldest daughter F rode. -c Alt- S. &air. Esq. .„. r- d o,. eldee' r t+ Oti the 7th inst., at Marylebone hutch,C . Esq., of Ceylon, to Catherine Ann Diar y, gr icit' tit all , War- 1 .0, ° ho James Goddard, Esq. On the 7th inst., at the Bavarian Chape l ' . 0 Ce, ll '.- 1 ie i ' Golden-square, Llewellyn William .Ilos.Etv,ci,:of uss, ) daughter fo the late Henry Mostyn , te l i county of Monmouth. . °La , -.... ,/,‘, /I° .::tr Y ; Of li'll I