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

EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1,

643. Emden and Leer 62s to 665, Holstein and Kiel
74s to 76s per cwt. The English Butter trade is quiet,
and supply being plentiful rates incline downwards; fine
Dorset selling at 825 toB4s, Devon 75s to 78s per cµ t. end
fresh 8s to lOs per dozen lbs. Irish small meat, Bacon,
563 to 625, heavy 523 to 58s, and Hamburgh sizeable
543 to 555, inferior 503 to 535. In Middles sales have
been trifling, with sellers of Irish bale at 50s to 545. In
Navy provisions operations are limited. There are
sellers of Pork; Irish India at 7/ 103 to 81 per tierce,
mess 80s to 85s per barrel; Beef American India 6/ lOs
to 7/ per tierce, prime mess 1003 to 1205, and Ham-
burgh ditto 115 s to 1235. Hams are dull of sale, and
rates incline downwards; Irish selling at 60s to 68s,
and English 685 to 745. Lard is in good demand, and
supply is small; sales of Irish bladdered made at 60s to
663, keg and firkin 56s to 595, Hamburgh 55s to 588, and
bladdered 63s to 65e. Prices are not better for Cheese,
although a large demand exists. The value of Edam is
32; to 41s, Gouda 29s to 375, Kanter 17s to 17s 6d, and
American 303 to 33s for low to fine.
OlLS.—Although there are sellers of Seal at a further
reduction, operations have been upon a small scale;
pale at 341 to 35/, tinged 32/ lOs to 331, straw 321 to 32/
103, and brown 30/ to 31/ 103 per tun; at auction 80
tuns have been offs,-ed. Cod is cheaper, and purchases
ere limited at 3e/ 103 to 331. Southern met with little
attention, and prices have declined, there being a mere
plentiful supply; sales of first sort have been made at 34/
to 341 105, second ditto 331 to 33l 103, and dark 3015 s to
32/ 10s; a, auction .50 tuns were offered. Of East India
Fish Oils, 200 hhds found buyers at 26l 5s to n7l 105 for
dark to good second quality. There is a quiet market
for Sperm, and prices rule at 85/ to 861 103. Head-
matter 15 871 to 901. For Linseed Oil rates have declined
to 293 for present delivery, and 27s 6d to 278 9cl for next
three months. Cocoa Nut has met with more attention.
At auction 450 packages were sold. Cochin at
33s 63 to 355, Ceylon 32s Gd to 34s 6d, and Madras 30s
to 325. Of East India Ground Nut 70 hhds realised
32/ 5s to 331 105 per tun. Palm 27s 6d to 293 for mid
to fine. Rape Seed, brown 31s 6d to 325, refined 32s 6d,
foreign 33s 6d. Lard Oil 52s to 545. A free sale exists
for Olive. a
, 'eallipoli realised 51/ to 52/, and other sorts
411 to 501 per tun.
TeLLow.--The demand has been limited for Russian
on the spot, and prices have further declined, fine
Yellow Candle having been currently disposed of at
38s 9i to 395, and new 39s 3d to 393 6d per cwt.
Town melted is not offered under 38s 6d cash.
Other sorts of Tallow are cheaper ; but at auc-
tion 108 casks Australian were mostly disposed of;
beef, good at 37s to 38s, low to fine mutton 35s 9d to
39s 3d; 500 casks, &e., South American, 33s Gd to
38a 6d; 44 eks Belgian 38s to 38s 33; 10 cks Italian
36s to 3639 d; and 13 cks East Indian 38s to 38s Gd
per cwt.

QUESTION OF METROPOLITAN WATER
SUPPLY NOT SETTLED.
The question of the proper supply of proper water to
London is not settled, and none but the wilfully blind, or
the naturally stupid, will say it is,—none but igno.
ramuses or shareholders, the latter of whom, by the way,
merely act as others would do in the same position. We
do not usually employ coarse language; but this is too
important a matter to mince words upon. The water-
supply question is not settled, any more than the drainage
of London is settled because one sot of hand-tied com-
missioners after another—dummies in spite of them-
selves, according to their account—have been appointed,
and have
met, and have killed their officers and them.
selves, have spent money without reference to a plan,
and have got miserably into debt, without advancing the
purpose of their existence a single step. The water-
supply question is not settled any more than the burial in
towns' question is settled because an Act of Parliament
has been passed which permits amelioration but does not
enforce it. The water-supply question will not be
settled, and
must not be considered settled so long as we
have any but the best water, both in a sanitary and an
economical point of view, and the most efficient supply
possible.—lt is really a very important question for the
metropolis, involving health and money to a large
amount; question which should bo settled—but is not.
Well-informed, honest, and able men may express them-
selves contented with the present arrangement as a
sacrifice is expediency; but they must feel that this can-
not last, and ought not to last. It is not the course
they would take in their own arrangements: it is still
less the °curse which should be pursued by a wealthy
and powerful community.—Builder.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-110 USE.
James Aemp, 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 Watermen, 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.
He 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
had 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
n,admitted that he was not a
freeman of the Waterme
Mr. Catterns contended
s Company.
according to the Simp l that the defendant had,
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,
The have been a fisherman up-
wards of 50 years. ,
defendant is my son, and
has been apprenticed to me as a fisherman, and in the
habit of making use of the boat for such purposes.
During the last 50 years the act of taking gentlemen
out in punts has constituted
fisherman. It was never before
part of the business of a
interfered with.
Thomas Dear, of Teddi
nSlnn' said,—l have been a
fisherman 45 years. During all that time angling
has been a part of nay business. I saw the defendant
on the occasion alluded to
go with the two gentlemen
for the purpose of fishingermen to take gentlemen ,
• It is the business of fish-
In punts for the purpose of'
Mr. Guy contended that the
was never meant to extend t Act of Parliament
to
sent. Before the passing of
such a case as the pre-
always considered it to be the Act fishermen had
part of their business to
take gentlemen upon th© river in punts, either for the
purpose of instructing them
pleasures of angling, and if or assisting them in the
t 's Company were
the forced construction
insisted upon by the w
adopted, it would have the effectaermen of suppressing, in a
great measure, the recreation o
in the parts of the river lying above Richmond-
bridge, for the watermen who now demanded the
exclusive right to be employed in
were wholly incompetent s the way described
to render
were required by gentlernen who devoted their leisure
hours to the enjoyment of angling.
of his construction of the l He cited, in aid
104th section of the Act, whichct ofParliament, the
that fishermen who used their expressly provided
own boats for the
purposes of their business were exempt from
its
operation. ,
The LORD DiAYOR said he considered it to
duty, as conservator of the river Thames, be his
protect the rights of the watermen but the not only to
the river fishermen. He well knew that rights of
of those industrious men had been most the business
in-
terfered with, particularly of late years, by
duction of steam. vessels on the river,s' by the intro-
causes, which operated to break downand by other
with their want of prosperity. He could their spirit
abler that the employment of fishermen not but con-
rendering assistance or instruction to in
punts, in
angling, formed a part of their business gentlemen in
Indeed, he apprehended that such em _as fishermen.
stituted the only mode they could be employment con-
of obtaining a livelihood for their famiesaaid to possess
the circumstances, he was sure he Was b''' Under all
a liberal interpretation upon the words of the
to put
the Act of
Parliament, to which be had looked with very anxious
care, and having attended to the arguments
gentlemen of the
engaged upon both sides, he had
the conclusion that the defendant had not, come to
i
stance, "acted," according to the words „nt
he this in-
section, " as a watermen, or plied or worked 37th
gated a wherry, lighter, ore other craft, from or
nav
or i-
any place for hire or gain. ' H
—e should therefore
dismiss the summons, and, as it appeared to hina to
have been the object of those interested to
try the
right, no costs should be required.
WESTMINSTER.
Shortly after the disposal of tho night charges,
Thomas, secretary to the Royal Society for Mr.
l
vention of Cruelty to Animals, entered the e Pre-
vention Court,
and, addressing Mr. Arnold, the presiding
,_magistrate,
said,—l have to make an application, Sir,
miYou f
some summonses against persons at Cremorne-
or
gardens for cruelty to animals. My first application
has 23d of
reference to some proceedings there on the
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 bill upon back
balloon, whose the aeronaut
mounted, and, having danced a fandango, proceededa
Assiith it to Wimbledon. I ask for summonses
Simpson, the proprietor of Crernorne- gzdnst
fort.'ens,
permittine.
„ this to be done, and •
against M.
Poi •
tem for ' treati 'll •
ng the animal by so taking it
up
and using it as described. I am prepared with th
evidencsurgeon to
e
a of an experienced veterinary e
Prove that the poor animal was suspended by bandages,
and the effect those bandages produced.
Mr. Aallorm—Your application is under the loth
and 13th of Victoria, cap 92 P Mr. Thomas_'
ye,
Sir, . . .
under the senond section of that Act. The '
words
of the section
are, " If any person shall acruelly beat,

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-1 would, most assuredly, and am
in a conditio❑ 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 o❑ 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 of opinion that a horse
would suffer from the treatment described ? Mr.
Daws—lt is one 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
convey it, 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•
mon ses.

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. Hatnmill, 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 triok, 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 to 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.

The 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 be 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, do not
extend over the intermediate period, it is 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 125,0001., 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 gold-fields 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 conqued 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. 61 at Sydney, and 635. at
Melbourne. The Sydney _Herald of the 29th 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 THE Bono P
OF LoNDoN's CoNTgoL.—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 about
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 NVorihip, 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. (2,000,000/.
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 January, and Ist of March next.
30,000,0001., or 1,200,0001., has 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 I
general reputation for integrity erl;,
30( iy the Ottoman Government.
Government. The authority on .
Which the loan Ls raised •
a tirmandated June 10, 1852.

1852,

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
EAST ANG-LIIN.

The ordinary half yearly meeting of shareholders
was held yesterday, at the London Tavern ; 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 Company 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 carried
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 Lynn. •
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 chairman tendered
his resignation. The motion, however, was ultimately
agreed to, and the chairman having withdrawn his re-
signation, the meeting separated.

NORTH AND SOUTH WESTERNJUNCTION

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 mite 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.

TheAiRMAN 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 16,000/., by mortgage or bond,
in order to carry out the suggestion.