The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-27 00:00:00

MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR

(The following letter has been received in town from
Mr. O'Connor) :

" Leeds, Aug. 25, 1839.
Sin--I yesterday travelled 175 miles on my way
to the Convention of the 26th, when, on my arrival
here, I learned, firstly, that five true bills had been
found against me by the Grand Jury of the Liverpool
Assizes, and, secondly, that one of the deepest and
blackest conspiracies ever concocted against man was
just ready to explode, and both of which I am compelled
to face. Such must plead my apology for absence for a
day or two. Now, Sir, give me leave to inform you,
that since I left London on the 12th of August, I have
addressed the people of seven counties in Scotland, and
the men of Carlisle ; at each and every one of which
places there was a crowded and enthusiastic meeting ;
all passed resolutions of confidence in the Convention ;
and I can solemnly declare, in defiance of the Whig
and Tory Press, that where there was one milk and
water Radical in Scotland eight months ago, there are
now fifty determined Radicals. I never saw anything
like the resolution. O'Brien's visit did much good ;
he is a great and a deserving favourite. The one thing
needed now is union in the Convention, and union among
the people will surely follow ; but when the least
sqQabble takes place, they get disgusted. All over the
country they are making preparations to recruit the
Convention, and never will allow it to die. Union and
no surrender should be our motto. Praying that God
may bless the Convention and scatter its enemies, I am
faithfully yours, FEARGUS O'CONNOR."

INDICTMENTS AGAINST CHARTISTS, AT LIVERPOOL
ASSIZES.—About half-past six o'clock on Thursday
evening, the Grand Jury
entered the Nisi Prius Court
(Sir J. Coltman, who presided at the Crown Court,
having left), and returned bills against Feargus O'Con-
nor, Bronterre O'Brien, Reginald J. Richardson, James
Wheeler, Christopher Dean, W. V. Jackson, W. Ben-
bow, W. Tillman, G. H. Smith, W. Butterworth, John
Hart, William Wilson, W. Simpson, James Hobson,
Isaac Wood, Benjamin Fitton, James Mellor, William
Ashton, Joseph Booth, Joshua Stowell, John Durham,
Timothy Higgins, Thomas Bird, Richard Walker, Jas.
Mitchell, John Swire, Joseph Bromley, William Pate-
field, Richard nankin, John- Rawson, and Wm. Priest,
for misdemeanors.. Bills have also been found against
seventeen others for drilling, and .for.being in possession
of arms for seditious purposes. The total number of
persons against whom bills hate been found for attend-
ing Chartist meetings, being in possession of arms, dril-
ling, &c., is 48, These are for offences committed in
iSlanehestte, or the immediate neighbourhood.

IMPROPER CONDUCT OF THE

BANK.

By the return of the 11th of December last it ap-

pears that the average amount of securities held by the
Bank for the preceding three months was 20,707,000/. ;
and the average stock of bullion for the same period
was 9,362,0001.
From that time to the present moment there has
been a regular and steady increase in the securities,
and as regular and steady decrease in the bullion, till
at length, by the present return of the 20th of August,
the securites have increased to 25,588,0001., and the
bullion has decreased to 3,265,000/., and therefore it is
manifest that against 6,097,0001. of notes sent in and
cancelled for bullion, the Bank re-issued 4,881,000/. on
securities.

Now, look at the conduct of the Bank Directors
between August, 1838, and December of the same
year, because this was somewhat different.
It was well known in August last that the crop of
corn was deficient, and that there was no stock of old
corn in the country. Of the truth of this the Bank
Directors seemed also themselves to have been per-
suaded, and to have shaped their course accordingly by
gradually diminishing the amount of their engagements,
and so that their securities, which for the three months
ending the 21st of August, 1838, stood at 22,747,0001.
were gradually reduced, till at length, in December of
the same year, they stood at only 20,707,000/. And
the prudence and wisdom of this conduct then became
manifest ; for though, during the period from August
to December, there had been, a very large importation
of foreign corn, yet the reduction in the stock of bullion
only amounted to about 400,0001., and indeed, by the
return of the month of December, it appeared that, as
compared with September, there was even an increase of
69,0001.

And therefore it is evident, that up to the month of
December the greater part of the corn imported had
been paid for by the means of British manufactures.
But the Bank Directors, tired of a state of things
which by limiting their securities diminished their pro-
fits, suddenly changed their conduct, and not only re-
sumed the practice which they had long discontinued,
of making advances on Exchequer Bills, and all manner
of approved securities, but they also actually bought
Exchequer Bills and tock in the market for the account
of the Bank. They continued the same practice of
making advances on Exchequer Bills, &c., during the
shutting for the April quarter.

Th.s-nonsequoee at' these proceedings was, that
corn rose immediately, and that the advance in the
price of cotton, in the space of about three months, was
nearly 30 per cent., and then it followed that, by the
rise in the price of corn, more bullion was required to
pay for what we imported, and by the rise in the price
of cotton a check was given to our exportation of manu-
factures. And so that, finally, we had to pay for all
the corn we imported after December in bullion, where-
as if the Bank had not interfered in the same manner,
that the greater part of the corn imported to the end of
the year 1838 had been , paid for by manufactures,
would the importations after that period also have been
paid for by manufactures.
And, therefore, it is clear as light that the present
state of things, and all the mischief that has happened,
is to be attributed entirely to the conduct of the Bank
Directors.

As regards the entire paper currency of England and
Wales, that is what may be said on the matter :
By the return in the Gazelle of the 2d inst ,
it appears that the average of the country
circulation for the three months ending
the 30th of June last, was
And the average amount of the circulation
and deposits of the Pant( of England for
the three months ending the 25th of
June, was

£37,943,818
This was, then, the total amount of paper money in
England and Wales for the three months ending in
June of the present year.
On the other hand, the average of the
country circulation for the three months
ending the 29th of June, 1838, was... X 11,745,503
And the average amount of the circula-
tion and deposits of the Bank of
England for the three months ending
the 26th of June, 1838, was 9, 4 7 , 0 0

X 41,218,503
And, therefore, by comparing the three months ending
June, 1838, with the three months ending in June of
the present year, it should seem that there is a decrease
of 3,274,685/. in the total quantity of paper-moriey in
England and Wales ; but in reality there is an increase,
for it must be recollected that in so far as the paper
rests on bullion, this is precisely the same thing as if
the bullion itself circulated, and to all this extent, there-
fore, we must abstract from the quantity of paper.
Now, the quantity of bullion in the coffers of the
Bank for the three months ending the 26th of
June, 1836, was 9,722,0001., which, deducted from
41,218,5031., leaves 31,496,503/. for the quantity of
paper money in England and Wales, which had no
foundation in the precious metals.
On the other tide, the bullion in the coffers of the
Bank for the three months ending in June of the pre-
sent year, was 4,344,000/. which, deducted from
37,943,8181. leaves 33,599,8181. for the quantity of
paper-money in England and Wales, which has no
foundation in the precious metals.
And therefore there is an increase in the quantity of
paper-money ; and if we bring the comparison down to
the present time, the case will appear still stronger.
As it is pretty certain, we believe, that
there has been no considerable varia-
tion in the country circulation since
the last return of the 2d of August,
we shall not greatly err in putting it
down at the same amount of 12,275,818
The circulation and deposits of the Bank
of England by the last return, amount

to 25,998,000

Deduct for bullion ........................

£38,273,818
8,265,000

,
031., it is evident that
Remains £35,008,818
And therefore the quantity of paper money in the
present month of August which has no foundation in the
rn precious
June, metalslB3 s ,
wasbeingo
31,496,a
there is the enormous increase of 3,512,3151. in the
quantity of paper money.
Now, this is the true way to consider the matter,
for as by the Act which makes Bank of England
notes a legal tender, the private bankers and
0., the pro-
joint-stock banks are relieved from the necessity
of paying their notes in specie,specie,so it is evident that
the entire paper currency' of England and Wales has no
other foundation in bullion than the quantity which
exists in the coffers of the. Bank of England. And
then 3 8373 i t, 8
itrulyBl.,
whilecom etshetobutlili!iosn,
isth3a,t26tshe paper being
,
00/
portion which the bullion bears to the paper is about
Is. Bd. in the pound. A pretty state of things. This
comes of making Bank of England notes a legal tender.
Precious quackery !—Times.

The female Chartists of Cheltenham, determined
upon following the example set them by the males, ho-
noured the parish church with their presence on Sunday
morning.

IRELAND.

S HE
CHARTISTS IN DUBLIN.—At a meeting of the
Chartists, held at the London Tavern, Henry-street,
Dublin, they were again defeated ; mainly by Mr.
Arkins, who moved, by way of amendment, Mr. Thomas
Dillon into the Chair. Mr. Clancy, a Chartist, having
previously moved Mr. Martha into the Presidency.
Mr. Arkins denounced these Chartists as a set of plun-
dering knaves in league with the Tories. Mr. Ray
then moved that Mr. Dillon do leave the Chair, and
that Mr. Arkins be called thereto. The usual vote of
thanks was then given, and the meeting separated with
three cheers for the Queen.
The Chartist Delegates are threatened with similar
treatment in the provinces.
The subjoined intelligence is copied from the Dublin
Evening Post of last Saturday
ORANGE WRECKING IN THE NORTH.--Lord Ro-
den's arrival in the North has been celebrated by an
address from the Orangemen of Newry, and by the
wrecking of a National School House in Druencree,
near Portadown, where the Catholic Chapel also was
nearly demolished by the Orangemen a few weeks
since. The Newry Examiner of this day contains the
particulars of those atrocious outrages. The same
journal contains an account of an Orange procession in
the parish of Clogher.
TITHES.—ARREST OF A PARSON.—The statement
of the arrest of the Rev. Richard Fleury, for non-pay-
ment of tithes, which appeared some days ago, and
which was looked upon as a joke, turns out to be per-
fectly true. The Rev. recusant has been, it appears,
one of our friend Mr. Bagge's best customers in the
Court of Exchequer ; but, such is the mutability of
every thing human, that Mr. Fleury himself has
been placed in durance, under process issued by an-
other member of the short robe. One of the most curious
features of this extraordinary case is the fact that the
plaintiff in the suit is a Catholic tithe proprietor, Mr.
Kearney, of Gracedieu, near Waterford. The Tories
of the district are in a terrible rage because an Incum-
bent of the Establishment should be lodged in gaol by
a Popish tithe-owner, and Mr. Kearney has been de-
nounced in all forms. If it was a Catholic Priest who
had been put in gaol, great would be the glorification
of the faction : but it is quite another thing to imprison
a Protestant Parson, who should be the recipient,
but never the payer, of tithes. Mr. Kearney has
deemed it necessary to publish a letter, explaining
the circumstances, from which it appears—we quote
the Waterford Chronicle—" Ist. That Mr. Kearney
was forbearing and patient with respect to the defaulter,
Mr. Fleury. 2dly. That Mr. Kearney extended to
Mr. Fleury every possible indulgence, even after having
pared down the demand to the most slender proportions
possible. Thirdly, That Mr. Fleury, by his contuma-
cious opposition, absolutely compelled his lithe lord,
nolens volens, to enter the lists, and endeavour to enforce
by the statute that which he could not otherwise pro-
cure ; and as an inevitable corollary that his Roman
Catholic tithe owner has acted far•and-away more
leniently towards the Rev. Richard Fleury than the
Rev. Richard Fleury has acted towards his Roman
Catholic parishioners—and that it were well if Parsons
Ryder, Beresford, et hoc genus (mile, would reflect
well upon Mr. Kearney's conduct, before they again go
forth in the pomp and circumstance of war."
Let the Parsons proceed at this rate, and they will
soon find that the Bill of last Session has been but a
very temporary settlement of the tithe question.
STATE OF THE CROPS.--It would still be premature
to venture upon any calculations as to the returns of
the harvest, because the weather for the next week or
two may produce the most important effects, both as
regards the quantity and quality of the grain. The
weather yesterday, fer instance, being wet and warm,
was considered very unfavourable to wheat in its pre-
sent condition. Fine dry weather for the next fort-
night is required to ripen that grain, and prepare it for
the sickle.

From the information that has reached us from va-
rious parts of the country, and, balaccing the accounts,
in order to arrive at something like a correct estimate,
we are inclined to think that, even if we should be
blessed with favourable weather, the wheat crop will
be at least one-fourth short of an average. If the
weather should prove unfavourable, the deficiency would,
of course, be much greater.
The potato crop promises well ; and fine weather
would ensure an excellent produce.
THREE O'CLOCK.—The weather about Dublin, we
regret to state, still continues unfavourable. The ac-
counts from the country this morning are, upon the whole,
satisfactory.
METROPOLITAN POLICE.—The Metropolitan Police
were inspected yesterday, at half-past five o'clock, in
the Upper Castle-yard, by his Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant. His Excellency expressed himself much
gratified at the very efficient appearance of the Metro-
politan Police, and this must have been the opinion of
all who were present at the inspection.
PorLlN.—The Viscountess Courtenay, sister
to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, during her
short visit at Dublin Castle, made large purchases of
poplins—now so very fashionable both in England and
on the Continent.

TIIE LORD LIEUTENANT'S VISIT TO WATERFORD.
—We are authorised to state that his Excellency Lord
Ebrington will arrive in this City on the 2d of Septem-
ber, on his way to his romantic marine sejour in this
neighbourhood.

ENVGATE Joa.—The Corporation Jury were so de-
termined to inflict a tax on the City, that they came to
a resolution to rebuild Newgate—and had actually
made a contract for the purpose. The memorial went
to the Lord Lieutenant—all estimates and plans
having been previously adopted, the Corporators not
doubting that the prayer of the memorial would be im-
mediately granted. The prayer was only to this effect,
that the prisoners should be removed, in order to enable
their Honours to perpetrate the job. But why was the
job contemplated at all—what was the pretence': This
—that there was not sufficient accommodation ? And
why was there not? Because (we state the matter upon
Tory authority):the Recorder did not do his duty in
delivering the goal with becoming regularity. Had this
Right Honourable person performed his duty as he
ought—had he not been running like a steam coach
between Liverpool and London—to catch the Sessions in
Dublin, and the debates in Westminster—there would
be no pretence at all for demanding an extension of
Newgate. But the thing was not at all necessary.
The memorial was referred to the Privy Council, and
they appointed a deputation of their body to visit the
prison, consisting of Sir Edward Blakeney, Judge Perrin,
and the Chief Remembrancer. The deputation having
made all the necessary inquiries, reported upon the in-
expediency of the removal, and the Privy Council una-
nimously decided that no removal should take place.
The job is thus knocked on the head—to the great
delight of Whigs and Tories.

TIIE ROGUE-MONEY BlLL.—This Bill has
passed the Lords, and the only alteration in it is an
amendment made by the Commons, which excludes royal
burghs from its operation, whether they have taken advan-
tage of the general police Act or not. The amendment,
In) Never, does not extend to Parliamentary burghs, which
are still to be placed under the controul of the Comis-
sioners of Supply, in reference to the assessment for the
rogue money and new constabulary force.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND GREEN-
WICH RAILWAY.—On Sunday evening the numerous pas-
sengers that left Greenwich by the eight o'clock train were
very much alarmed upon their arrival at the points (that
is, the cross rails) at the London terminus, by the sudden
stoppage of the engine. The greatest confusion was
created by the loud shrieks of the females; and the pas-
sengers having been let out of the carriages, it was ascer-
tained that the cause of the accident was from negligence
on the part of one of the Company's servants, who had
wrongly placed one of the points, by which means the
engine and tender were thrown off the rails. The part,
in blame was instantly dismissed, and ordered to quit the
works; and it is satisfactory to state that no person sus-
tained any injury. The loss, in a pecuniary point of
view, to the Company was considerable, as may be cal-
culated from the following circumstances delay
occasioned by one of the lines being blocked up, and thus
preventing more than one train to run at the same time
was from twenty minutes past eight until a quarter to ten
o'clock, at which time the obstruction was removed.
The loss sustained by the Company could not have been
less than 4001. or 5001., notwithstanding every exertion
was made by Inspector Bishop and the rest of the Police
to remove the engine and tender. Accounts of the acci-
dent of a most exaggerated nature soon reached Green-
wich, and operated most pleasingly in favour of the stage
coach and fly proprietors.
FRENCH MANUFACTURES.—The Courrier
Francais publishes an article on the contemplated increase
in the import duties on flax, yarn, and linen, to show that
the French manufacturers of those articles can compete
advantageously with those of England, protected as they
are by a duty of 8 or 10 francs, to which must be added
the cost of freight, carriage, Sze. The Courrier shows,
that although the importation of linen exceeded in 1837 by
600,000 ells that of 1833, yet it was inferior to that of 1825,
and only amounted to 4,409,989 ells, of which England sup-
plied only 333,103. The sales of linen at the Italics of Pat is
and Mons ( the two principal markets in France), so far from
diminishing, had, on the contrary, considerably increas.2cl
within the last few years. As regards linen yarn, the
quantity imported from England had of late gone on aug-
menting. In 1833 France only received 1,423,224
kilo-
grammes (14,232 tons) of that article ; whilst in 1837, the
quantity amounted to 3,910,783 kilogrammes, or 39 197
tans. The writer contends that this di&rence should be
ascribed to the small number of manufacturers spinning
thread by machinery, now existing in France, but contends
that the French manufacturers, who insist on the duty being
raised to 20 or 25 per cent., are perfectly competent to
meet the English in the market, and observes, that the
very fact of their vesting their capitals in such enterprises,
when the duty was only eight per cent., showed that they
thought themselves sufficiently protected, and capable of
competing with the manufacturers of Leeds and Man-
chester. In support of its argument, the Courrier cites
the following feet:—" A Company has been formed in
Boulogne-sur- Mee, for the purpose of spinning linen yarn,
under the firm of Hopwood and Co. TEat establishment
is in full operation ; it employs 50,000 kilogrammes (500
tons) of flax monthy, and will soon double that quantity.
An Englishman directs it, and it possesses machinery im-
ported from England. The cost at which the Company
sells its produce differs very little from that announced by
he Leeds manufacturers."

THE GUM TRADE AT PORT-

ENDIC.

By the arrival of the Partridge, Lieutenant Morris,
at this port on Sunday last, from the west coast of
Africa, we are furnished with information respecting
the state of the gum trade, and the occurrences at
Portendic, which formed the subject of discussion in
the House of Lords last week.
The Partridge has been seven months on the sta-
tion, having been sent to inspire the Moors with confi-
dence, and to protect our merchants engaged in that im-
portant and lucrative branch of commerce, which the
French at Senegal more than once attempted to
wrest from us ; and so jealous are they of this trade,
and of British influence with the Moors, that they hare
acted in open violation of the treaty of 1783, first in
1834, by sending armed vessels to cut out the British
merchant vessels then trading there, without blockading
the port, or giving any notice of such intentions,
but taking advantage of the absence of British ships
of war. This stoppage of our lawful trade was
soon remedied by the promptness of the Gover-
nor of the Gambia (the late George Rendal, Esq.),
and by the active and gallant conduct of Lieut. Quin,
Commander of her Majesty's brig Britomart, who
conveyed the British merchant vessels back, and re-
mained there to protect them during the trade season.
Subsequently, in 18:33, the French peremptorily block-
aded the coast, although they disclaimed all intention
of doing so upon an application being made by our
Government, and by acts of general violence deprived
our merchants of the trade that year. This loss, how-
ever, was succeeded by more aggravated ones, for the
Moors had suffered so much by having to return to the
interior with the gum they had brought to the coast to
load the English vessels, that, until the present year,
they have been deterred in a great measure from bring-
ing their gum to Portendic. The presence, however, of
her Majesty's bric, Partridge, and Mr. Isaacs, a merchant
from Gambia, who proceeded to Portendic to renew she
trade, inspired them with confidence, and they were
shortly seen to bring their gum to the coast, and it was
said that three large vessels would be loaded this season.
Notwithstanding the advantages of the French settle-
ment in the Senegal, it appears that up to the time that
her Majesty's brig Partridge left the coast, they bad not
traded for any Bas de 'feuve gum, although nearly 100
small craft were expressly sent to collect it.

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It would appear that the French had recourse to
every species of intrigue to deprive British vessels of the
liberty" the treaty of 1783 gives them to trade at
Portendic. To state all that the Moors have related
would take up too much room, yet conduct so mena-
cing to British interests, and so degrading to the French
as an enlightened nation, deserves publicity ; we there-
fore give a few of the many intrigues, the particulars of
which 1: ave beencommunicated by the chiefs of Trassa and
Helad en Bisba. Previous to 1820 large presents were
given by the French authorities at Senegal to the chiefs of
the tribes of Trassa, Helad en Bisba, and Brachna, to pre-
vent the gum going to Portendic, that it might find an
outlet in the Snegal,where the British merchants are not
allowed to trade. The Moors being ever ready to re-
ceive all that the French would give them, without
rendering the required service, the latter engaged to
give Mahamid Fall (a dissatisfied Prince of
Trassa) 40 pieces of blue buffs, powder, guns,
&c., annually, if he would destroy the Bri-
tish trade at Portendic. Tnis chief, being stimula-
ted with such an annual tribute, proceeded to Por-
tendic and made two Englishmen prisoners, with a view
to frighten the traders away. The stratagem would
have succeeded, but the chiefs of Helad en Bisba and
Brahirr, Willet (brother to the present King of Trassa)
rescued the two Englishmen, when a battle ensued, and
Mahamid Fall was shot. This affair gave rise to a civil
war, the family of Mahainid Fall being enraged at his
death ; and the French wishing to destroy the Trassa
influence, seeing it was benefiting the Erglish traders,
furnished Mahamid Altronvie with munitions of war,and
instigated him to dispute the right and title of Ommre
Wildoc Mochta, the then reigning King of Trassa ;
a civil war ensued, and the latter being victorious,
the trade still continued at Portendic. The French
successively engaged the Elmamec of Foota to attack
the Trassars on one side, and the Oad-a-lion Arabs to
attack Portendic during the trade season. The latter,
being a horde of marauding brigands, occasionally sur-
prised the traders at Portendic, which, for the time,
put a stop to the trade, but they have always been
beaten back with loss of life, and since 1834 they have
not revisited Portendic with hostilities. Thus the French
intrigues have failed, and had her Majesty's ships Stag,
Tweed, Clio, and Pike arrived at Portendic to raise the
French blockade at the beginning of the season in 1835,
instead of the end, British merchants would have been
preserved from a loss of nearly 100,0001., and Great
Britain would have been benefited by a duty on the pro-
ceeds of that investment of 15,0001., to say nothing of
the loss of the gum trade for three years, and the daring
insult offered to our flag by the forcible expulsion of the
British merchantmen Eliza, Matchless, Governor
Temple, Industry, Oscar, and Marmion, from Portendic,
by tile French squadron, which, owing to the inquiries
in Parliament on the subject, is engaging so much atten-
tion at. the present moment..

Immediately it was known to the French authorities
at Senegal that the English merchants intended to
renew the guns trade, the French schooner of war La
Fine was sent to reconnoitre and watch their move-
ments, and when her Majesty's brig Partridge took her
station there, the La Fine also came to anchor and
sounded the roadstead. The great activity of the Com-
mander of the La Fine might have deprived the British
merchants of the trade, had not the Partridge arrived in
time to restore confidence, and, although we have seen
every intrigue hitherto practised by the French at Senegal
fail to destroy the gum trade at Portendic, it will al-
ways be necessary to have a naval force on the coast to
protect British interests. Soon after the arrival of the
Partridge at Portendic, Abdallah, the prime minister,
came on board, when the presents from the British
Government were delivered, and a salute fired, which he
preferred to the presents, as he stated they would
be useless without this mark of respect for the King.
This man is very intelligent and civil to Englishmen, to
whom he appears much attached, and has rendered
them great service in saving them when shipwrecked.
Last year he stated that two British officers and crew
belonging to her Majesty's frigate Madagascar were
wrecked in a slave vessel on this coast ; they were
plundered at first by the Moors, and might have been
ill-treated had he not hastened to their assistance,
which he did, and recovered their watches and money,
Which he returned to them. He then provided the
party with camels and provisions, and escorted them to
the river Senegal, where he delivered them to some re-
spectable traders, who provided them with a passage to
St. Louis. Abdallah complained to the Commander of
the Partridge that this act was not noticed, and, that
he had received no acknowledgment from the party
whom lie so benevolently and hospitably saved. He
appears anxious to know if the party have arrived safe
in England, and is desirous for the British people to
know that they have in him a steady friend on the coast.
—Devonporl Telegraph.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE WONDER
BRIGHTON COACH—On Friday afternoon between four
and five o'clock, as the Wonder Brighton coach was on its
way to town, near the Red Lion, Smitham Bottom, one
of the fore whe•sls came off, and the coach was in souse
quence immediately turned over. The coach was heavily
laden at the time, both with passengers and luggage, and
the whole of the former were thrown to the ground with
great violence, but, providentially, none of them received
any further injury than being severely bruised, and, of
course, very much alarmed at the accident. The coach-
man sprung from the box, and seized the horses' heads, and
with the assistance of some of the Brighton Railroad po-
licemen, who were on the spot, succeeded in effectually
restraining them from dashing away with the coach,
which in the first instance they had attempted to do. It
was found upon examination that the under part of the
vehicle was so much injured that it could not proceed on
its journey, and an express was despatched to Croydon for
another coach, which was speedily obtained, and the pas-
sengers and luggage of the Wonder were conveyed by it to
town. The arrival of the passengers in town was delayed
by the accident for upwards of two hours.

CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH.--On Monday'
last an inquest was held in this town, before Mr Palmer,
on view of the body of a child 14 months old, named Jary
Soutbworth. It appeared from the evidence of the mother,
that on the Thursday afternoon previous the child had
pulled upon itself, from a tab!e, a cup full of hot coffee,
and so scalded itself that it died on Sunday morning.
Verdict—Accidental Death.—Preston Obaerror.

For some time past complaints have been made
to the Bench of Magistrates at Croydon of the erueltyeux,;
of ercised towards the horses employed upon the works
Brighton railway, by the excavators and carters eployed
by some of the sub-contractors. The pooranimlsi
crit uellv
pears, were loaded beyond their strength,a and were
beaten not oily with whips and
sticks,htk, allotted to
tasks
also withshovels, to compel them to perform t
them. The Magistrates in consequen,
should cbe.
At the Magi,-
taken to prevent
e
_tyolice upon the sub.
made an intimation
to tire Superintendent of tho railroad
meansiteheet'cwonitthinauarneceicueosfttthhisats),stemo
,
Bench by Shor,ii'.ld,
consequence summonedfor cruelly a horse. Tilt re
trates fleeting on Saturdabye,fAorematnhneamed Saunders, war in
Superintendent,arglolert
appeared from Shonfield's s.t Ito-
ade against him of striking-
a
when the ground was very wet
thewas a
lsoa notherch
horse with a shovel.
nlatst4as engaged in carting earth
aninedn meat
heavy, than
cart drawn by two horses. The horses appeared to
with a
quiteunable to draw the load to which they were °ri
theTdueefsednada'
at-
tached,be arid Shonfield made a remark to that effect to the
d,fendant, who, however, said that they could draw it, and
he would make them, and he then began kicking one of the
hhorse in a brutal manner upon the belly. The defendant
in answer to the charge said that he had merely put up his
foot to frighten the horse, but he denied having kicked it
in the brutal manner described by the officer. The Magi,_
trates said they were quite aware to what an extent this
system of cruelty was going on, as they had, themselves,
frequently been spectators of the brutal manner in which
the horses were treated. The defendant was then fined
10z., but on his promising not to repeat the offence, the
other charge was not proceeded with. The Beech said
they hoped that this conviction would have the effcet of
putting a sti>p to this brutal conduct in future.