The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-07 00:00:00

ITALY.

TIES UN,

.NEW CITY PRISON, HOLLOWAY.
The committee appointed by the C )urt of Common
Council to carry out the instructions in the erection
of this edifice having completed their labours, and all
necessary arrangements having been mad- by the
magistrates for immediate occupation, the two bodies
proceeded on Tuesday to the prison, where the corn-
mittee, headed by Mr. Alderman Wire, their chair-
man, and attended by the City architect, received the
Lord Mayor, with Aldermen Humphrey, Musgrove,
Sidney, Finnis and Cubitt, and Messrs. Carter and
Croll, the sheriffs, at the entrance. Having viewed the
several parts of the building, the whole of the party
assembled in the magistrates' room, the Lord Mayor
in the chair, and the outer gate having been locked,
Alderman Wire presented the key to his Lordship,
in token of delivering up the possession of the prison
from the building committee to the City Magistrates,
and in doing so expressed his earnest hope that while
the prison would be found well adapted for the pu-
nishment of evildoers, it would also, by the judicious
and humane treatment, and the moral and scriptural
instruction which the prisoners would receive, prove
an incalculable blessing in producing a permanent
reformation, so that as a happy consequence very
many would leave its walls to become honourable and
useful members of society.
The LORD MAYOR, on receiving the key, handed'.
it to Lieutenant Wright, appointed governor pro term,
and expressed the satisfaction of the members of the
Court of Aldermen at meeting the committee upon
the completion of their arduous labours in the erec-
tion of so spacious and suitable a building, highly
creditable as it was to the taste and talent of their
excellent architect, Mr. Bunning. His Lordship
fully sympathised with the chairman in the senti-
ments expressed by that gentleman, and trusted that
the great ends desired would be most fully realised.
On the motion of Mr. ANDERTON, seconded by Mr.
Low, the unanimous thanks of the committee were
passed to Mr. Alderman Wire for his unwearied and
invaluable services as chairman through the whole
period of the undertaking ; in acknowledging which
the Alderman stated that ho was under vast obliga-
tions to the members of the Court of Aldermen—
amongst whom there had been throughout the most
perfect co-operation.
After some remarks from Alderman SIDNEY, in fa-
vour of the solitary system, in reply to some observa-
tions from Mr. Low, who entertained very opposite
opinions,
Mr. Deputy HARRISON moved and Mr. Deputy
STEVENS seconded votes of thanks to the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen ; which compliment the Lord
Mayor acknowledged.
Mr. ANDERTON proposed and Alderman WIRE se-
conded a resolution of thanks to Mr. Bunning, in
which high testimony was borne to that gentleman's
ability in carrying out his elegant design through
many difficulties which had presented themselves in
the progress of the work.
Yesterday a great number of prisoners were re-
ceived into the New Prison, from Giltspur-street
prison.
The accommodation afforded in the prison is as
follows :—Females, 60; juveniles, 61 ; male adults,
283 ; reception cells, 14 ; punishment cells, 18 ;
total, 436.

SOINT-STOCK

WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND
SOCIETY.

THE LATE DISFRANCHISING DECISION.

Owing to the recent extraordinary decisions of Mr.
Shadwell, the revising barrister for Middlesex, whereby
great numbers of the Freehold Land Society voters
have been disfranchised, the members of these bodies
have determined on taking steps with a view to re-
dress the injury done them. A public meeting took
place in connexion with the Westminster Society at
the School-room?, New Church-street, Paddington,
at which the subject was mooted. Thomas Pitts, Esq.,
presided, and stated that, owing to the great increase
in the members of the society, it would be necessary
for those who had hitherto transmitted their subscrip-
tions through him to appoint an agent for that
purpose.
Mr. GEORGE HUGGETT, the secretary, gave a de-
tailed explanation of the principles and operations of
the scciety, and stated the progress it had made. In
the course of three years five estates had been pur-
chased, containing in all about 72 acres ; the total
receipts from the establishment of the society had
been 15,6101. On each estate, the shares entitled
thereto had risen to a considerable premium on allot-
ment. In reference to the recent decision of Mr.
Shad well, d2claring that a plot of land did not confer
the franchise, unless it had cost 501., it was to be re-
gretted that this being a question of fact, and not of
law, there was no appeal from his decision to the Court
of Common Pleas ; but it was hoped that something
more effectual would be done. It was astonishing
that the Learned Gentleman should display such igno-
rance of the value of property as to adopt the arbi-
trary rule which he had laid down, and which was
ridiculous in the eyes of practical men. Every one
knew how rapidly property increased in value in the
neighbourhood of London, and that without any re-
ference to the price originally paid for it. He knew
a gentleman who, fourteen years ago, had bought a
small freehold by auction for 201. ; within six months
of the purchase it was let for 141. a year, and had been
so let ever since. In the last year this society had
bought nine acres of land at Kilburn at 5401. per acre.
Afew months after they wished to extend their purchase,
and add four or five acres of the adjoining land of pre-
cisely the same value, but so greatly had the value of
the property increased in that short interval that the
price then demanded was 1,0001. per acre. Belgrave-
square, a few years ago, was let to a market gardener,
and the value of the land was then about 3001. an
acre ; now it was not short of 30,0001. On the East
Moulsey estate of that society, an allotment which
had cost 231. 103. had been let for ever on a chief-rent
of 70s. a year ; and there was no doubt, if that chief-
rent was put up at Garraway's to-morrow, it would
fetch 1001.—(Hear, hear.) He suggested that the
extraordinary course pursued by Mr. Shadwell should
be set forth in a memorial to the Lord Chief Justice
of the Queen's Bench, with whom the appointment of
the revising barristers rested, requesting his Lordship
to discontinue the appointment of the Learned Gen-
tleman.
A resolution for carrying out the recommendation
of the chairman was proposed and agreed to, and at
the close of the proceedings a number of new mem-
bers were enrolled.

In the sitting of the 29th ult. of the Royal Court
at Florence, Guerrazzi's examination was continued,
and an opportunity offered him of explaining his plan
respecting the restoration of the monarchy in Tus-
cany. He first contended that the convocation of a
Tuscan Assembly elected by universal suffrage, was
a necessary consequence of the Grand Duke's de-
parture ; so that the abolition of the Chambers by
the Provisional Government was, in fact, a mere
matter of form, since it was a right on account
of the absence of the Sovereign. In support of
this view he pointed to the proceedings of the
British Parliament at the time when James 11. left
the throne vacant. The Provisional Government felt,
he said, the necessity of giving Tuscany a stable form
of government. Now as the faction then in power
declared that it acknowledged no other authority
save that which emanated from the people, there
was no choice but to have recourse to universal
suffrage, to which the Grand Duke owed the
extension of his territory by the aggregation
of the provinces of Massa, Carrara, Lunigiana,
and Garfagnana. lie (Guerrazzi) therefore thought
it could not be displeasing to the Grand Duke to
return to his throne by the unanimous vote of his
subjects, as that would have been an evident proof
of true attachment to his person and dynasty. The
elections therefore took place simultaneously for the
Tuscan Legislative Assembly and for the Italian
Constituent Assembly, the former of which was to
conduct the ordnary business of the country,
and the latter was to meet at Rome, and
decide upon the form of government. By
these concessions be (Guerrazzi) hoped to gain
time, and succeed in overreaching the dominant
party. But the impatience of the republicans defeated
his plans. On the 18th of February, a tumultuous
crowd, headed by Joseph Mazzini, poured into the
Piazva del Gran Duca, and loudly called for the pro-
clamation of the Republic. Finding himself nearly
driven to the last extremity, he (Guerrazzi) had re-
course to a stratagem, and answered that, since the
Tuscan people wanted the Republic, they must be
prepared to support it, and that, consequently, if two
thousand armed men appeared on the morrow ready
to fight for the Republic, it should then be
proclaimed. It being impossible to fulfil this
condition, and no 2,000 men having made their
appearance, the Republic was not proclaimed.
But now he (Guerrazzi) bad lost the confidence
of the Republicans ; be therefore quitted Flo-
rence; on his return he found that Montanelli had
prepared a preliminary agreement with M. Maestri,
an Envoy from Rome, for the unification of the
Roman States with Tuscany. He (Guerrazzi) re-
fused to join in this plan. After the opening of the
Tuscan Assembly, he (Guerrazzi) took particular
care to avoid any explanations which might bind
him for the future, and prevent him from exe-
cuting his plan for the restoration of a
Constitutional Monarchy, as soon as a favour-
able opportunity should offer. Taking advantage of
a short absence of Montanelli and Mazzini from
Florence, he (Guerrazzi), by a decree of the 6th of
March, transformed the Legislative Assembly of Tus-
cany into a Constituent one, which was almost entirely
composed of Tuscans. The republicans were furious
at this decree, the drift of which could not escape
them. Montanelli was highly displeased at it,
because it was a mortal blow to the Italian
Constituent Assembly. But a moment arrived after
the battle of Novara, when he (Guerrazzi) could ex-
plain his views to Montanelli, which the latter, how-
ever, did not approve of, but quitted Florence and
even Tuscany. An unforeseen circumstance has-
tened the crisis, and deprived him (Guerrazzi) of the
merit of restoring the constilu'ional throne in Tus-
cany. After these statement:, the sitting was sus-
pended.

WRECK OF A SCHOONER OFF
BRIGHTON.

On Monday evening our mariners observed a soli-
tary vessel tossing about in the offing. The weather
was very rough at the time, the wind blew from the
south-west, the sea rode mountains high, and a heavy
rain was falling. It was difficult to discern the
nature of the ship thus exposed to the fury of the
elements; but it was evident that she was driving
before the wind, apparently beyond control,
and as if, to adopt: the technical phrase-
ology of one of the spectators, " she would
neither wear nor stay, scud nor lay to." As the
evening came on, either by some effort made on
board, or by reason of the shifting of the wind, the
strange craft shifted her course, and was seen making
for our shore. As she drew nearer it was seen that
she was a schooner of some 150 tons burden, and that
her sails were all torn, and hanging in tatters from her
masts. The direction she was now taking brought
her off Blackroek, and as she drove swiftly in she soon
got among the rocks, and being dashed about by
wind and wave, sustained such injuries that it was
evident she must soon become a wreck. Under these
circumstances the Coast Guardsmen at the Blackrock
station bestirred themselves to render what assistance
they might. Lieutenant Pratt had the rocket ap-
paratus got ready with a view of throwing out a
rope to the crew ; but while that was preparing, the
vessel was driven still nearer to the shore, and it was
thought practicable to send out a boat. A small
life-boat was accordingly dispatched with five hands
to work her ; and, though the state of the sea ren-
dered the attempt perilous, the crew succeeded in
reaching the ill fated vessel. She proved to be the
Honoria of Dover, the property of Mr. S. Lathan,
hanker of that town, and on her way from Caen to
London, with a cargo of stone. There was on board
the captain, whose name is Coburg, and three seamen.
The aft-part of the vessel was stove in, and the bull
was otherwise injured ; the cabin, containing the
clothes and other property of the crew, was entirely
carried away. The sufferers, who were much ex-
hausted by their endeavours to save the ship, were
taken into the life-boat and brought safely ashore,
where comfortable quarters were provided for them in
the workhouse. The vessel was, of course, abandoned,
and it was expected that it would go to pieces in the
night ; but she drifted still further to the shore, and the
battered hull was to be seen on the rocks all day yes-
terday in much the same condition as when the crew
left her. The captain's explanation of the cause of the
wreck is, that when out at sea the wind split his sails
into ribands, and being unable to make way against
the wind he was obliged to give up his control of the
ship and drift with her. But for the slight change in
the. direction it was borne in, it would,
biltty, have gone ashore at Nhave
ew in all probe-
n.—Beighton
Guardian.

PERSIA.
Letters from Tauris of the 26th August bring the
news of an attempt to assassinate the Shah. lA, hile
he was hunting, four men approached the monarch,
under pretence of presenting a netition, which he re-
fused to accept. Two of the fellows then seized the
horse's bridle, while their companions fired two doubie-
barrelled pistols at the Shah, who, although w. waled
in the thigh and mouth, was still able to quit bl 3
saddle, and keep off his assailants until his suite
came up. Two of the assassins were literally hewn
to pieces ; the others, who were taken alive, de-
clared that they had no accomplices, but that belong-
ing to the Balms, they had determined to avenge the
death of their chief by murdering the Shah. Dr.
Cloquet has extractel two of the bullets, but has not
supcceded with a third. It i 3 added that the Shah is
not supposed to be in danger. The cholera is making
terrible ravages in Persia.

Scorrzsrr CELNTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week
ending Oct. 3, 1852 :
Passengers (12,414), parcels,:horses,
and carriages ... .£1,325 12 11
Goods, cattle, Sic. 855 17 3

Total .. 2.181 10 2
Corresponding week in last year... 1,866 6 2
Perth, Oct. 6, 1852.

There is now living at La Horgne, canton of Au-
mont (Ardennes), a woman named Lantenoy, surnamed " La
Duchesse," who has just entered her 110th year. She walks
a long distance every day, and picks up wood for her fire
about the fields.
LivaarooL ORPHAN ASYLUMS.—On Tuesday the
foundation stone of a new asylum for orphan boys was laid
in Myrtle-street, Liverpool, by Mr. Littledale, the mayor.
The Lord Bishop of Chester laid the foundation stone of a
new church at the same time, for the accommodation of the
existing Female Orphan Asylum, and the institution for
boys about to be erected,

CLIEAPNE33 IN VIE COW OF CELiNCENY.
Hitherto large sums have been charged for engrossing and
copying bills tiled in the Court of Chancery, in lieu of which
printed bills are to be delivered, and by one of the new rules
a considerable reduction is effected. It is ordered that " the
payment to be made by the defendant to the plaintiff for
printed copies of the bill or claim shall be at the rate of one
halfpenny per folio."

RAT lifLikTiglEETS.
SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Bay, 21 153 to 41 Oil
Clover
ditto, 31 15s to 51 Os; and Straw, 118 s to 11 15s per load.
Trade dull.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 21173 to 4143; Clover
ditto, 31 153 to 5/ 03; and Straw, 1193 to 1/168 per load.
A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Ilay, 21153 to 410 s; Clover
ditto, 31 153 to 5103; end Straw, 11 8s to 11 143 per load.
Supply good, and trade dull.

We are glad to hear that the youthful Lord
Stanhope 'son of the Earl of Chesterfield), who is at present
quartered with his regiment in the Regent's-park barracks,
and has been confined to his room for a considerable time in
consequence of having sprained his knee, eso far recovered
as to be enabled to dine at mess,

PRICES OF SHAItES

IN 3ANKS, A.SSIJiIANCE, AND OTHER COM-
PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

LINDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4.

Dividend Amount
Same of Co 21i)any. 1 pc- of Paid. Price.
Ann.m. Share.
.--...--...........--. _ ---
Za. d. A a. d.
Australasia .......... a. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 58
BritshNorth American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Commercial of London 61. per cant. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Colonial.. . -
lonian .......... •• .. 61. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Lond. Char. Bk. of AID*. ---• 20 0 0 2 10 0 4
London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 103 0 0 20 0 0 -
London Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New... - .... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .• 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New. •••• • • • 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Oriental Bank Corpora. 81. p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
South Australia • • •... 61. p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Union of Australia • • 5/.p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50%
Ditto • • ...... • • - 210 0 -
Union of London. •• .. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
..
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
-
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
X a. d. X a. 0.
Albion ........ - .... 81. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 7
Alliance Brit. and For. 71.14 x. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 22%
Ditto Marine. •••• • • 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42
Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
Atlas ....... .....•• •• 135.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 19%
Argus Life •••• - • -41. per cen'. 100 A 0 16 0 0 -
British Commercial - 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7
Clericl,sled.& Gen. Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2036
County ••••••• • • • •• •• 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 102
Crown •••••••• • • • • •• 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 163(
Eagle ••
Eqity and Law ...... 436 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 536
European Life • • • 155. 20 0 0 All paid. 14
General .• .......... - 5 0 0 .. 536
Globe
Guardian - .... •• •• • • 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 'S
0 58
Imperial Fire -•••• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 256
Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19%
Indemnity Marine•• •• 11.x14.& bs. 100 0 01 20 0 0 53
Law Fire . ...... •... 25 & 25. bs. 100 0 0 I 210 0 436
Law Life............- 100 0 0 10 0 0 47
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5%
London Fire ........ 105. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 30
London Ship .... 105. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 30
Marine - -........... 155. per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 1736
Med. Invlid &Gen. Life 4361. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2%
Minerva •••••• • • • • .. sp. et. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 5
Monarch •••• .• • ... ..1. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 205.0 d
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
Palladium Life ...... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2%
Pelican .............. - - - 45
P.lo3aiX •-.- -. 173
Professional Life...... 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 155.0 d
Provident Life ••-• • • • 11. 58. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40
Rock Life .. .... .... 55. 5 0 0 010 0 834
Royal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & bs. Stock. all 235
Sun Fire. - 99 211
Ditto Life . - 55
United Kingdom
gaiver3al Life 21.55. per $ll. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45
Victoria Life, - 412 6 536
3331tIDOES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. St are.
--- -- ...1•1
M1.1.111..1•MM••=111111*
£. a. d. X. a. d.
Hungerford.......... - - - -
Sonthwrk .......... - 100 0 0 - -
Ditto Nw of 73s p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16
Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - 3
Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 21.83. Od. - 60 0 0 243
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21.25. Od. - 40 0 0 2236
Vauxhall .• .. .• • AT. 21. 70 10 3 - 20
WATEN-WORES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. pe ' of Paid. Price.
Anon Al. Share.
.....•••••••-................ ••••••••••••• ...- -•-."'''''''
X a. d. £ s. d.
East London..• •••• • • • 81. per ent. 100 0 0 - 166
Grand Junction •• •• •• 1 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 69
Kent ..--.• •• •• 1 41. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 83
Lambeth ...... ••• • • • - 100 0 0 - -
New River Company • . 1 21. 10. c. - - 60
Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 •-- 90
West MidAlesex • • - •• ,61. Os. pr cn - - 105
DOCItS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
......ammeam• ro m......, .................. ................. ~............... ~...,......
X s. d. X a. d.
Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. - ICS
East and West Indf.a ...,6)61. pr cent. Stock. - 168
East Country ...... • • .1205. per sh. 100 0 0 - -
London ..... ....... 51. pr cont. Stock. - 130
Ditto Bonds.. -- .. 41. per cent. - - -
St. Katharine - ...... 4 per cent. Stock. - 96
Snuthampton ........ I/. per cent.; 50 0 0 50 0 0 34
Victoria ............ - 20 0 0 2 0 0 634

THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1852.

Standard Theatre, in Shoreditch, stated, that during
h - ,
Eton was aL,‘,lc,,en by d. u l ien upro.tr in the gallery,
accompanied by terrific exclamations from persons
on the front seat, and on hastening to that part of the
house to ascertain the cause of the disturbance, he
observed the prisoner, who had been drinking, at the
extreme end of the seat, with a little boy, 13 years
old, in his arms, and in the act of precipitating him
headlong into the pit. The prisoner, who appeared
to be determinedly•bent upon his purpose, had suc-
ceeded in getting the little tellow's legs over the iron
bar, but the boy clung with desperation to the rail,
and screamed for help in the greatest terror, as the
depth from the gallery to the pit was but little short
of 70 feet, and if he had been hurled over there
could be but very little doubt that he would have
been killed. Witness, however, instantly caught hold
of the lad, and succeeded with some , difficulty in
rescuing him from his perilous position, but be had
no sooner done so than the prisoner made a rush at
him, and after striking bim several sharp blows in
the face, declared with an oath that he would fling
him over next. The prisoner then seized hold of him
by the hair of his head, and forcibly dragged him
down until the upper part of his person projected
over the barrier, and he felt perfectly satisfied that
his assailant would speedily have effected his purpose
as he was on the point of losing his balance, if it had
not been for the fortunate arrival of several other
officers, with whose assistance the prisoner was at
length overpowered and secured.
Abraham &annard, an assistant-constable of the
theatre, fully corroborated the evidence of the last
witness in its leading particulars, and added, that as
soon as he attempted to extricate Lambert from the
grasp of the prisoner, who was at that time holding
him down by the hair of his head, and making
desperate efforts to force him over the railing, the
prisoner commenced a similar attack upon him also,
and endeavoured to hurl him down into the pit with
such an exertion of muscular strength that they were
both in imminent danger of losing their lives.
Henry Morgan, the son of a mechanic in John's-
place, Old-street, and the first object of the prisoner's
violence. stated that he felt very thirsty during the
performance, and, having gone out to procure a
draught of water, returned quietly to the seat he had
left, but before he could take possession of it he was
seized by the prisoner under both his arms and
assailed in the manner the other witnesses had de-
scribed. He was wholly at a loss to account for the
savage conduct the prisoner had exhibited towards
him, as the prisoner was an entire stranger to him,
and he had not offered him the slightest provocation
previously to his seizing him up and attempting to
pitch him over into the pit.
On being called upon for his defence, the prisoner,
who had repeatedly interrupted the witnesses while
giving their evidence, and assailed them with the
foulest invectives, vociferously denied that there was
the slightest truth in the charge, and declared in the
coarsest language that the whole account they had
given of the transaction was a tissue of falsehood from
beginning to end.
Mr. D'EvricounT, however, characterised it as a
most wanton outrage, and at once sentenced him to
pay penalties to the joint amount of V. for the double
assault, or in default to stand committed to the House
of Correction for two separate terms of one month
each, one to take effect at the expiration of the other ;
and the prisoner, being unable to pay either penalty,
was carried off at the close of the court in the van.