The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-01 00:00:00

EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1852,

ff. Reeve, assistant to a surgeon, Morton-terrace,
Kentish-town.
G. Davies, horse-keeper, Barnet-grove, Bethnal-green.
E. Verity, Montagne-street, Portman-square.
G. J. Murray, furniture commission agent, Devonshire-
street, Bloombbury.
DIVIDENDS.
At 'he Court, Basinghall-street.
W. Goldsmith, Benhall, Suffolk, corn merchant, Sept.
23, at eleven.
In the Country.
J. Brotherston, Liverpool, merchant, Sept. 23, at
eleven, at the Court, Liverpool.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
P. Rufford, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, banker, 55.,
after Oct. 7, between eleven and three, at the office of
Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham.
C. J. Wragge, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, banker,
Bs., after Oct. 7, between eleven and three, at the office
of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham.
NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
G. Baker and G. Baker, jun., Threadneedle-street,
City, stock and share brokers, Sept. 23, at twelve—J.
Black, Bucklershury, City, wine merchant, Sept. 23, at
half-past one.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
T. Mills, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, grocer, certi-
ficate of the third class, after twelve months from June
15.-1% Pearce and W. Thackray, Sunderland, timber
merchants, certificated of the second class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Road and Sarah Road, New Alresford, black-
smiths—C. Holroyd and J. Simpson, jun., Rochdale,
woollen manufacturers—D. Mee and C. Bridger,
Worthing, carpenters and builders—J. Little and G.
Norris, Camberwell and Dulwich, coachmakers—J.
Knight, W. Knight, and J. B. Knight, York-place, Oid
Gravel-lane, Saint George's, East, soap and candle ma-
nufacturers—J. 11. M. Good and P. C. Clark, Manches-
ter, ironmongers—W. H. Shoobert, C. Shoobert, and G.
E. Shoobert (as far as regard G. E. Shoobert), Two
Swan-yard, City,
wine coopers—A. Clark, J. Merry-
weather, and B. Clark (as far as regards B. Clark),
Lower Brook-street, deetists—J. Martin and J. Benussi,
Liverpool, Pawnbrokers—J. Thompson, R. Thompson,
W. Thompson, L. Thompson, G. Thompson, and Eliza-
beth Thompson, Blackburn, Over Darwen, and Hogh-
ton, Lancashire, grocers and farmers—D. Faulkner and
G. Y. Renshaw, Manchester, stock brokers—C. Savery,
E. Clark, J.
P. Russell, and F. Savery (as far as re-
gards F. Savery), Bristol, attorneys and solicitors—H.
dardey and J. Dakie, Runcorn, Cheshire, corn mer-
chants—J. Alderman and A. Fisher, Swinton-street,
Gray's Inn-road, wholesale milliners—H. Jones, H.
Smith, and J. Speight (as far as regards H. Jones),
Sheffield, brassfoundera—W. Eady, H. J. Eady, and T.
W. Eady (as far as regards W. Eady), Red Lion-street,
Clerkenviell, goldsmiths—B. Brook and E. Snell, Bel-
grave-road, Abbey-road, St. John's-wood, builders—G.
Batters and R. Clements, St. John's-wharf, Westminster,
coal merchants—Elizabeth Pridmore and Catherine
Pridmore, Rugby, Warwickshire, milliners—P. James
and R. Skillbeck, Leeds, whitesmiths—S. Jones, S.
Jones, jun., and C. Jones (as far as regards S. Jones),
Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, and elsewhere, sealing
wax manufacturers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
J. Wilkinson, Huddersfield, stone mason.
S. Stump, Exeter.
R. Browning, Exeter, boot and shoe maker.
V. Capella, Coventry.
T. Pulley, Coventry, tinman.
D. D. Howard. Coventry. box dealer.
Greenway, Hillfield, Coventry, ribbon manufacturer.
R. Lewis, Ty Cylog, St. John, Cardiff, labourer.
W' Hedley, Hendon-road, Bishopwearmouth, Durham,
grocer.
G. Hindmarch, Sunderland, tailor.
Wrayford, Clampitt, Exeter, ale and porter agene,
W. Herbert, Warwick, registrar of births and deaths,
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
R. Smart, Milnga,vie, Stirlingahire, surgeon, to meet
within Campbell's Royal Hotel, Stirling, Sept. 3 and 24,
at one.
R. Aitken, Edinburgh, leather factor and merchant,
to meet within Murry's Coffee-house, Edinburgh, Sept.
9 and Oct. 5, at one.
J. Cruickshank, Marcassie, dealer in grain and pota-
toes, to meet within Fraser's Hotel, Ferres, Sept. 8 and
27, at twelve.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HO USE.
James Kemp, fisherman, of Teddington, was sum-
moned before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of
having acted as a waterman, and worked and navi-
gated a boat for hire upon the river Thames, in con-
travention of the 37th section of the 7th and Bth of
George IV., cap. 75, commonly called the Water-
men's Act. As the object was to test the efficacy of
certain rights conferred, in the opinion of the Com-
pany of Waterman, upon their body by the authority,
of Parliament, the summons was issued merely to as-
certain the validity of the privilege, and a penalty was
not sought.
Mr. Catterns appeared as solicitor for the Water-
men's Company, and Mr. Guy attended for the de-
fence.
J. A. Messenger, of Teddington, waterman, said—
I know the defendant, who is a fisherman. On the
18th of August I saw two, gentlemen get into a flat-
bottomed boat or punt, worked by the defendant.
lie pushed on the punt with a pole, and they went
above Teddington Lock about a quarter of a mile.
The defendant remained with the gentlemen, and
afterwards landed them near the place at which he
bad taken them in, and received money from one of
them.
Cross-examined The gentleman had angling
tackle with them. I have known the defendant 15
or 16 years. He has always acted in this manner.
The defendant here admitted that he was not a
freeman of the Watermen's Company.
Mr. Catteres contended that the defendant had,
according to the simple statement in evidence,
violated the Act, inasmuch as he had taken pay for
work which exclusively belonged to the watermen.
Mr. Guy called witnesses for the defence.
Samuel Kemp said,_] have been a fisherman up-
wards of 50 years. The defendant is my son, and
bas been apprenticed to me as a fisherman, and in the
use of the boat for such purposes.
habit of making
During the last 50 years the act of taking gentlemen
out in punts has constituted part of the business of a
fisherman. It was never before interfered with.
Thomas Dear, of Teddington, said,—l have been a
fisherman 45 Years. During all that time angling
has been a part of my business. I saw the defendant
on the occasion alluded to go with the two gentlemen
for the purpose of fishing. It is the business of fish-
ermen to take gentlemen in n punts for the purpose of
fishing.
Mr. Guy contended that the Act of Parliament
was never meant to extend to such a case as the pre-
sent. Before the Passing of the Act fishermen had
always considered it to be part of their business to
take gentlemen upon the river in punts, either for the
purpose of instructing them or assisting them in the
pleasures of angling, and if the forced construction
by
insisted upon the Watermen's Company were
adopted, it would have the effect of suppressing, in a
great measure, the recreation of angling, particularly
in the parts of the river lying above Richmond-
bridge, for the watermen who now demanded the
exclusive right to be employed in the way described
were wholly incompetent to render the services which
were required by gentlemen who devoted their leisure
hours to the enjoyment of angling. He cited, in aid
of his construction hf,
the Act of Parliament, the
104th section of the Act, which expressly provided
that fishermen who used their own boats for the
purposes of their business were exempt from its
operation.
The LORD Mayon said he considered it to be his
duty,
as conservator the _ of the river Thames,
not only to
protect the rights of watermen but the rights of
the river fishermen. He well knew that the business
of those industrious men had been most seriously in-
terfered, particularly of late years,
with, I, -y the intro-
duction of steam-vessels on the river, and by other
causes, which operated to break down their spirit
with their want of proiperity. He could not but con-
siderehaploymen.t of fishermen in punts, in
that the
rendering assistancertorofitnhsetr.u9tio.n to gentlemen in
angling, formed a part
that suchas fishermen.
Indeed, he apprehended employment they could
con-
stituted the only mode
for their _ be said to possess
a livelihood families.
of obtaining Under all
he was sure he was
the circumstances, bound to put
on the
a liberal heinterpretation had lookewderds of
the Act of
Parliament, to which
ded to the with very anxious
atten with
of the
care, and having
eon both sides
gentlemen engaged Ur- defendant Cihe had come to
the conclusion that the
to the had not, in this in-
stance, "acted," according to
plied or worked of the 37th
section, " as a waterman,
or other craft,
or navi-
gated a wherry, lighter,_n.,, He shou'ldrera or to
any place for hire or gain.
it therefore
as appeared to him
dismiss the summons, and,
of those interested to tryto
have been the object , _ the
be required.
right, no costs should
NSTEP
ivE sTIiII L.
disposal of the
Shortly after the night charges, Mr.
Thomas, secretary to Royalthe Society
vention of Cruelty to Animals,entered the Court,
and, addressing Mr. Arnold, the presiding magistrate,
said,—l have to make an
application, Sir, togyou for
some summonses against
persons at Cremorne-
mals. My first application
gardens for cruelty to animals.
has reference to some proceedings
there on the 23d of
August, when a M. Poitevin made an ascent with a
balloon, the aeronaut being on horseback. At about
half-past six o'clock on that evening a
- pony was
affixed to the balloon, upon whose back the aeronaut
mounted, and, having danced a fandango, proceeded
win it to Wimbledon. I ask for summonses against
Mr. Sanpsen, the proprietor of Creraorne-gardens,
for permitting this to be done, and against i,l.
Poiteviu for illtreating the animal by so taking it up
and using it as described. I am prepared with the
evidence of an experienced veterinary surgeon to
prove that the poor animal was suspended by bandages,
and the effect those bandages produced.
Mr. Aalloen—Your application is under the 12th
and 13th of Victoria, cap. 92 ? Mr. Thomas—Yes,
Sir, under the senond section of that Act. The words I
of the' section are, " If any person shall cruelly best,

illtreat, overdrive, abuse, or torture, or shall cause or
procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated, illused, or tor-
tured." The proprietor of the gardens increased his
price, and made a large profit by the exhibition. His
attention was drawn to the cruelty of animals being
illused in this manner, and his reply was that he was
under a heavy bond to allow the aeronaut
,to make a
certain number of ascents.

Mr. ARNOLD—You would call it " abusing and
torturing ?"
Mr. Thomas—l would, most assuredly, and am
in a condition to prove it. The animal is sus-
pended by straps or bandages. There is nothing for
it to rest on. Its legs are hanging at liberty. The
whole weight is on its back. Its body is screwed
up, so that the natural functions cannot go on.
Mr. ARNOLD—You say Mr. Simpson was present
at the time of the ascent ? Mr. Thomas—He was,
and directed the ascent, and he is the person for
whose profit this takes place. Under the 2d section
of the Act any person engaged in the cruelty is
clearly liable. If the owner of a place is present and
does such an act for his profit, he is clearly liable.
Mr. Harry Daws, veterinary surgeon, of Duke-
street, Manchester-square, stood forward.
Mr. ARNOLD—Are you cf opinion that a horse
would suer from the treatment described ? Mr.
Daws—lt is oue of the grossest cases of cruelty ever
witnessed. Its great weight and the weight of its
rider were supported by slings, by which the animal
was suspended.
Mr. ARNOLD—You consider, then, it would suffer
much ? Mr. Daws—Decidedly; because it's an un-
natural position to be suspended in, either in health
or disease. A horse so suspended would suffer more
than a human being. The moment the feet were off
the ground the whole weight would be concentrated
at the posterior and inferior parts of the abdomen.
To use a vulgar phrase, it would be like being tucked
up or cut in two.
Mr. Thomas—Mr. Green, the aeronaut, has been
up on a horse, but, owing to the system adopted to i
convey t, the complaint made in M. Poitevin's case did
not arise. Mr. Green had a platform on which the
horse stood ; but here the poor animal not only has to
bear its own weight, but that of its rider, without any-
thing to put its feet upon.
Mr. ARNOLD—You say Mr. Simpson was present
—was he doing anything ? Mr. Daws—He was
superintending and giving directions respecting the
ascent, and said, "Don't:let it go up till seven o'clock."
Mr. ARNOLD (to Mr. Thomas)—Take your sum-
monses.

Mr. Thomas—l also apply for summonses against
the same parties, including Madame Poitevin, for
making a similar ascent on the 26th ult. On that
occasion she was on the horse, the husband being in
the car.
Mr. ARNOLD—You can have them.
WORSHIP-STREET.

William Smith, a man of notorious character, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged with
being concerned with a number of other men who
have escaped apprehension in the following daring
highway robbery.
Mr. John Coutts, an engineer in Graham-street,
City-road, stated—l was returning home between
twelve and one o'clock on the night of the 16th inst.,
when upon reaching the corner of Providence-street,
City-road, I noticed a gang of four or five men clus-
tered together. They regarded me in such a manner
as to excite my apprehensions, and thinking, if they
robbed me at all, that they would endeavour to steal
my watch, which was worth five guineas, and attached
to an Albert chain, I instinctively placed my hand
over it, and attempted to pass them. Before I could
turn the corner, however, the whole of the fellows
surrounded and pushed me about, and although I still
kept my hand firmly fixed on my waistcoat pocket, I
felt my watch suddenly jerked out from beneath it,
and broken away from its fastening. The prisoner
was the nearest of the gang to me, and I therefore
seized him and called out for the police, but he strug-
gled with such such determination that a violent
contest ensued between us and his confederates, and
it was only with the greatest difficulty and much ill-
usage, that the officer, upon his arrival, could secure
and lodge him in the station-house.
Baines, a constable of the N division, said—At the
time in question I was on duty a short distance from
the spot, when I saw the prosecutor engaged in a
contest with several men, the greater portion of whom
were hustling him about. Noticing that the prisoner
had pinioned the prosecutor by both arms, and was
violently shaking him, I concluded Mr. Coutts was
the aggressor, and asked the prisoner what he had
done. " Oh," said the prisoner, "he has been vio-
lently assaulting me, and I shall give him in charge."
"No such thing," said the prosecutor, "he has just
stolen my watch ; it's all a trick, and I insist upon
your taking him." I therefore at once seized the pri-
soner by the collar, when all his confederates actively
exerted themselves to force him away from me, and
the prisoner himself dealt me such a heavy blow upon
the side of the head that I staggered back, was com-
pletely stunned for a moment, and was compelled to
loosen my hold of him. The prisoner immediately
started off as fast as he could; but the prosecutor
sprang after him, and, after a short chase, again se-
cured and brought him back, upon seeing which the
rest of the gang took to their heels and escaped, and
upon searching the prisoner at the station no watch
could be found.

Thfi prisoner, who stoutly denied all knowledge of
either the other men or the property, and declared
that what he had done had been in retaliation for the
prosecutor's unjustly seizing hold of him, protested
his innocence, and seemingly wished to make it ap-
pear that he was thoroughly honest; but
A constable named Jones at once stood forward,
and having identified him as having been in his cus-
tody in July, 1850, for felony, deposed as being pre-
sent at the Central Criminal Court and seeing the
prisoner tried for a similar offence, when he was
convicted and sentenced to a lengthened term of im-
prisonment.
The prisoner upon this became silent, and, the de-
positions of the witnesses having been taken, he was
fully committed to Newgate for trial.

THE GOLD REGIONS.
The overland mail has brought advices from
Sydney (New South Wales) to the 3d of June, and
from Melbourne (Victoria) to the `29th of May, be-
ing more than three weeks later than those previously
received. As the accounts, given, however,i do not
extend over the intermediate period: it s possible
only to infer the general course of affairs. The rains
had set in, and the consequence had apparently been
a great increase in the production of gold at Mount
Alexander, the escort thence to Melbourne for the
last week having brought a larger total than had ever
before been received. The amount was 31,478
ounces, worth 125,000/., and it appears that the party
originally started with 37,000 ounces, but were
obliged to leave 6,000 behind on account of the state
of the roads. Owing to the inclement weather, the
difficulty of getting supplies of provisions to the
miners was very great, and at one period the rate of
cartage from Melbourne was 901. per ton. At Sydney
the accounts from the goldfields were not so favour-
able, the people having been driven from the Turon by
the flooding of that river. From other localities, how-
ever, the reports were good, especially from a place
called the Hanging-rock, on the Peel river. The
import markets continued to be well maintained, and
the prices of spirits, salted provisions, fruits, &c.,
were extremely high. Wool was also firm, in conse-
quence of the accounts from England. The quota-
tion for gold was 645. 6d. at Sydney, and 63g. at
Melbourne. The Sydney .Herald of the 2911 of May
contains a strong article on the English gold com-
panies, and alludes to some remarkable circumstances
in connexion with them. At the same time the
shareholders are reminded that if things go wrong
they must remember that the undertakings originated
in London, and not in the colony. A trial of three
men engaged in the robbery on board the Nelson had
just taken place, and they had all been found guilty.
In the Moreton-bay district an agitation was in pro-
gress for the separation of that part of the country
from the colony of New South Wales, with the view
of its being created a separate province, in the same
way as was lately the case with Port Philip or Vic-
toria. The non-discovery of gold at Moreton-bay,
and the consequent departure of the labouring popu-
lation to Sydney and Melbourne, were the principal
causes of this movement, the landowners being now
desirous to get even convict labour, which they were
well aware they would not be permitted to do so long
as they were subject to public opinion from other
parts of the settlement.

ERECTION OF A CHURCH FREE FROM VIE BISHOP
Os' LONDON'S CONTROL.—The absence of sufficient church ac-
commodation at Stoke Newington, has long been severely felt
by the inhabitants. It is now, we are glad to hear, proposed
to erect a new church at the corner of Albert Grove, a site
peculiarly adapted for it, owing to the erection of ab out
1,000 new houses being now in progress. The edifice is to
be registered in the Archiepiscopal Court of Canterbury, for
the performance of Divine Worship, according to the rites
of the Church of England. The plan is in the Italian style,
and the cost (estimated at only 1,0501.) is to be defrayed by
public subscription. There is to be seat room for about 800
people.
Proposals for a loan of 50,000,000 f. (2,000,006/,
sterling) to the bank of Constantinople, at par, under the
guarantee of the Turkish Government, were issued yester-
day in the Stock Exchange. It is to bear interest from the
Ist of October next, at the rate of 6 per cent., and is to be
reimbursable at par with 20 per cent. premium, by half-
yearly drawings at Paris, extending over a period of 23
years. The deposit is to be 25 per cent , and the subsequent
payments are to be three of like amount respectively on the
Ist of November, Ist of Janus sy, end Ist of March next.
30,000,000 f., or 1,200,0001., hat, been subscribed in Paris, and
the remaining 800,000/. is for the London market. This is
the first loan of the kind that has been introduced either
here or in France, and so little is known of the finances of
Turkey and of the affairs of the Bank of Constantinople,
that it is difficult to form any opinion as to the desirableness
of the investment, except such as may be founded on the
general reputation for integrity enjoyed by the Ottoman
Government. The authority pa which the loan is raised ie
a finnan dated Awe 10,1552,

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
EAST ANGLIAN.
The ordinary half yearly meeting of shareholders
was held yesterday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. H.
Bruce in the chair.
The report of the directors stated that the net
amount of revenue for the past half-year was 8,6561.,
exclusive of the proportion of the Dereham traffic not
yet ascertained, and that the Act enabling the Eastern
Counties Company to enter into agreements with the
East Anglian Conspany had received the sanction of
the Legislature. In order to increase the goods
traffic, it would be necessary to carry the railway
from the Harbour Station across the Nar, by means
of a swivel bridge, and thence along the quays in
front of the granaries and timber. yards of Lynn ;
and the directors hoped to obtain the sanction of the
proprietors to the undertaking.
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report,
and expressed his hope that the line would soon be
able to pay a dividend to the original shareholders.
The passenger traffic was steadily increasing, and the
directors anticipated that when the line was curried
across the Nar the goods traffic would also increase.
The expense of this undertaking was estimated at
16,0001., a part of which it was hoped would be con•
tributed by the corporation of Lvnii.
The report was then adopted.
A long conversation ensued with respect to a pro-
position that the directors should be paid 5001. for
their services from August. 1851, to July, 1852 ; and
several shareholders objecting, the chairma❑ tendered
his resignation. The motion, however, was ultimately
agreed to, and the chairman having withdrawn his re-
signation, the meeting separated.

NORTH AND SOUTH WESTERN JUNCTION

The second half-yearly meeting of proprietors was
held yesterday at the office of the company, 12, Par-
liament-street ; Mr: Mangles, M.P., in the chair.
The directors' report stated that the line would be
opened in a very short time, and that it would be de-
sirable to construct a small branch of a mile and a
half in length to accommodate the population of
Hammersmith and neighbourhood, numbering 24,000.
The cost of this branch would be only 13,0001., and it
would enable persons living in the neighbourhood to
travel by rail either to Waterloo bridge or the Black-
wall Railway station in Fenchurch-street.
The CHAIRMAN having stated the advantages of the
branch to the main line, the report of the directors was
adopted, and resolutions were passed authorising the
board to take the subject into their immediate consi-
deration, and to raise 15,0001., by mortgage or bond,
in order to carry out the suggestion.