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The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-06

IN THE MATTER OF HENRY CLARKE.

This insolvent, an *attorney, on Fish-street-hill, was
opposed by Mr. Pulling, the barrister, on the part of a
Mr. Scott. Mr. Sargood supported.
The point raised in the case, which occupied the court
some time, was whether there had been a vexatious
defence to an action, brought by the opposing creditor,
who had been a client of the insolvent, and in respeot
to whom there had been proceedings against the Great
Western Railway. It appeared that there had been
cross proceedings between the insolvent and Mr. Scott,
and all matters had been referred to arbitration. The
arbitrator was Professor Creasy, the barrister, and he
had made his award. Mr. Scott was a creditor on the
schedule.
Mr. Pulling raised the question of a vexatious de-
fence.
Mr. Sargood said there could not be a vexatious
defence, as all matters in difference had been referred,
and, according to the practice of the court, that was a
sufficient answer.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips concurred in the opinion
expressed, that there could be no vexatious defence after
a reference.
Mr. Pulling urged the point, and a long discussion
took place, and evidence was given. The learned counsel
contended that there had been a vexatious defence.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips held that there was no
case against the insolvent, and ultimately ordered him
to be discharged.
The insolvent, who it was stated had been attacked
with cholera, and was now in a very weak state, was
accordingly discharged.
London, England, 1854-01-06

NOVEMBER.

3. Sir Theoph. Metcalf, Commissioner at Delhi, East
Indies.
5. Admiral C. J. W. Neasham, aged 85.
5. Lord Charles V. F. Townshend, aged 68.
17. Duke of Beaufort, K.G., aged 61.
18. Major-General James Campbell, K.H.
22. Earl of Dartmouth, aged 68.
21. Lieut.-General Duncan Macpherson, Bengal Army,
aged 75.
25. Sir Thomas John Clavering, Bart., aged 81.
27. General Sir Augustus de Butts, K.C.H., Royal En-
emus, aged 84.
28. General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H.,
Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Infantry, aged 76.
28. Wilson Aylesbury Roberts, Esq., formerly M.P., for
Bewdley, aged 83.

DECEMBER.
2. The Duke of Belluno, Senator of France, 'Jon of the
celebrated Marshal Victor.

3. Lord Fullerton, aged 78.
3. Colonel William Swinton, Bengal Army, aged 69.
4. Vice-Admiral James Richard Dacres, aged 65.
5. Lieut.-Gen. Henry Haithwate, Bengal Army, aged

84.
13. Rev. Dr. Harrington, Principal of Brazenose College
Oxford, aged 70.
23. Major James Hull Harrison, late of the Royal Ma-
rines Artillery, aged 70.
25. Dr. James Gilkreest, Inspector-General of Army Hos-
pitals.
London, England, 1854-01-06

POISONING AT BERMONDSEY.

Yesterday morning, Mr. W. Carter and a highly re-
spectable jury re-assembled, for the third time, at the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, Bermondsey, to investigate
the extraordinary circumstances connected with the
death of James George Trump, aged six years, the son
of James Trump, a plasterer, residing at 9, Princes-road.
It will, no doubt, be recollected that on the 21st of
December last the deceased child died, after partaking
of a paste prepared by its mother, in some hashed mut-
ton, and that the whole family were afterwards seized
with very violent sickness, and from several suspicious
circumstances the inquiry was twice adjourned for the
purpose of an analysis of the stomach being made. It
may be as well to state that an infant, aged 17 months,
did not partake of any of the paste, and was not taken
ill.

Yesterday it was proved by s medical gentleman, that
the stomach of the deceased contained arsenic. The
same poison was also found on the remains of a pudding,
of which the deceased had partaken. It also appeared
by the same evidence that both father and mother had
partaken of the poison.
The Coroner, in summing up, said—Since I have been
in office, have never had such a case before me. There
is no doubt that a great wrong has been committed, but
where to attach the criminality I am at a loss to say.
You, gentlemen, must consider where the suspicion lays.
The father buys the flour, and the dumpling is made by
the mother. The flour has no doubt been tampered with
by some person. The mystery is not the death of the
deceased, but the fact of the mother being taken ill, and
arsenic being discovered into their vomit.
By order of the Coroner, the court was cleared of all
except the jury, and, after about an hour's consultation,
the public were re-admitted, and the father and mother
were called into the room.
The Coroner, addressing the father and mother, said
—lt has been found by the jury that your son has died
from poison, but by whom administered there is no evi-
dence to prove ; but I hope it will not be long before
the matter is brought to light, for whoever has adminis-
tered it has been guilty of a most heinous murder. From
the evidence there is no charge against either of you ;
but I can only repeat that the case is fraught with the
greatest suspicion, and that a most foul wrong has been I
done. The jury have also requested me to read their
verdict to you, and it is this—" That the deceased child
died from poison, arsenic being found in the food of which
he partook ; but we have no satisfactory proof how it
became mixed therewith."
At the conclusion of the inquiry the Coroner said he
hoped the police would not lose sight of the case, but
endeavour to bring to justice those who had committed
so foul a crime.
London, England, 1854-01-06

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL' S.—YESTERDAY.
The following were the only bets laid. Scarcely a
dozen members present :
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
400 to 50 agst Mr. T. Mason's Miss Mowbray.
DERBY.
270 to 30 agst Bing Tom.
2000 to 20 The Trapper.

The Dominion (ship), and Sept Irene, both 16th, lat. 16
N., long. 26 W.

The Enchanter, of Aberdeen, 29th, lat. 16 N., long.
26 W.

The Prince of Wales, from Portsmouth to Calcutta, 23d,
iat. 12 N. long 24 W.

The Thetis, from Liverpool to Hobart Town, Nth, lat.
11 N,. long. 23 W.

The Min-den, 26th, which reported having been five days
in company with the Annie Fisher, and Rooptandal.
The Elviera (barque), and Spectator (barque), the for-
mer having sighted the Lord George Bentinck, both on the
30th, lat. 6 N., long. 20 N 7.

The Athelstan, from Liverpool to Adelaide, South Aus-
tralia, Sept. 1, lat. 5 N., long. 18 W.
The Aslrburton, from London to Sydney, New South
Wales, .d, lat. 4 N., long. 26 W.
7 -

The'ReCi Gauntlet (ship), Carnatic (ship), and Union
(French barque), all three on the 3d, lat. 3 N., 10ng.14
The Arlington, from Philadelphia to Liverpool, Dec. 10,
lat. 42.

The Brilliant, from Newport to New Orleans, Dec. 2,
lat. 28, long. 67.
A large ship, with black cross in a white signal, steering
8., Dec. 4, lat. 25, long. 85.
The George Armstrong, Nov. 22, lat. 8 N., long. 23 W.
The Hannah Salkeld, 23d, lat. 10 N., long. 24 W.
The Caroline Amelia, Dec. 5, lat. 29 N., long. 27 W.
The Wizard, from Pernambuco, Nov. 10, lat. 3 N., long,
25 W.
The Volo, from Callao to Cork, 12th, lat. 6 N., long.
26 W.
The Plato, from Dublin to Savannah, 22d, lat. 22 N.,
long. 34 W.
_ _

The Adelaide, from London to Madras, Nov. 6, lat. 2 S.,
long. 30 W.

Tho
Janetto, from Callao to Liverpool, Dec. 10, lat. 40
N. long. 30 W.
, . .

The Jano (ship), outward bound, 25th, ht. 49 N., long.
10 W.

The Lady Mary (brig), from Liverpool to Melbourne,
26th, lat. 49 N., long. 10 W.

COUNTRY MARKETS,

EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET-

JANUARY 3.
There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions in
the market. The prices were as follow :
Oat straw, from 8s Od to 9s Od per kemple of 16 stones
tron ;-wheat do., 7s 6d to 8s Od ; barley do., 5s 6d to 6s Od.
Hay from 10 to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone.
London, England, 1854-01-06

OCTOBER.

2. M. Arago, the celebrated French astronomer, aged 67.
8. Captain Alexander Ellice, R.N., Comptroller-General
of Coast Guard.
9. Col. Walter, late 95th Regt., aged 60.
11. Col. Newell, Madras Army, aged 63.
14. Charles Baring Wall, Esq., M.P. for Salisbury,
aged 58.
17. General Sir Alex. Mackenzie, Bart., G.C.H., aged 82.
18. Colonel Nisbett, 60th Rifles, Commandant of British
Kaffraria.
19. Rear-Admiral Christopher 8011, C. 8., aged 70.
20. Lieut.-Col. Andrew Tilt, late 37th Regt., aged 73.
25. Lieut.-Col. E. W. Jones, 13th Bombay Native In-
fantry, aged 55.
26. Major-Gen. Sir Henry Godwin, K.C.8., command-
ing the British Forces at Burmah, E.I.
27. The Right Rev. Dr. Ponsonby, Bishop of Derry
and Raploe, aged 82
28. Lord Clonciirry, aged 80.
28. Sir William Betham, Knt., Ulster King at Arms.
28. Lieut.-Col. Robert Gordon, Adjutant-General at
Madras, aged 47.
31. Earl of Kenmare, aged 65.
London, England, 1854-01-06

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.—Tames Wagner, a respectible look-
ing man, was charged with having a gallon and five
pints of illicit spirits in his possession.
Richard Oliver, an excise officer, deposed that yester-
day afternoon he went to Pamphilon:s Coffee-house, in
Brydges-street, Covent-garden, to have a cup of coffee,
and was sitting beside the defendant, when he thought
he smelt spirits. On looking down by the side of him
he observed a bag, and, suspecting that it contained
some bladders of spirits, he followed the prisoner into
the street, and asked him what it contained, at the
same time communicating his suspicions upon the sub-
ject. The defendant said he did not know what the
contents of the bag were, for it did not belong to him,
but had been left with him by a gentleman who had
just gone away. Witness desired the defendant to
accompany him to Bow-street, where, on examination,
the bag was found to contain one gallon and five pints
of illicit spirits.
The defendant described himself as a commercial
traveller, and that he was well known in the cutlery
and perfumery trade. He had lately joined a gentleman
(whose card he gave to the officer) in the wine business,
and this person left him at the coffee-house at about one
o'clock, requesting him'to wait there for the arrival of a
bag which would be brought from the Brighton Railway
Station. He had not the slightest knowledge of its
contents. •
Mr. Hall remanded him till Monday next, upon
which the defendant earnestly entreated the magistrate
to liberate him on bail, as he could get respectable
sureties to any amount.
His Worship stated that he would take bail, himself
in 2001., and two sureties in 1001. each, with 24 hours'
notice.

The defendant was then sent to prison.
Ellen Harley, a neatly-dressed young woman, was
charged with a number of frauds upon pawnbrokers.
The prosecution had been taken up by a society for
the protection of the trade, and the proceedings dis-
closed an extraordinary system of fraud, which had been
practised for a long time by the prisoner and a gang of
similar imposters. They had contrived to manufactu-
large quantities of imitation wedding-rings, electro-
plated with gold, so skilfully as to escape the usual cur-
sory examination. These had been palmed off by the
women upon nearly all the pawnbrokers in London,
who allowed from 7s. Gd. to 10s. upon them, although
not worth more than a shilling each. It was said that a
further fraud was usually effected afterwards by the sale
of the pawnbrokers duplicates to persons accustomed to
purchase such things.
The woman, after three examinations, was fully com-
mitted for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Mrs. Louisa Parker,
dressmaker and milliner, No. 263, Regent-street, was
brought before Mr. Bingham charged with having stolen
piece of cotton velvet ribbon, value one shilling, the
London, England, 1854-01-06

IN RE M. CROW.

This bankrupt was described as of James-square,
City-road, &c., milliner, &c., and to day was appointed
for her last examination.

Mr. Jones, Size-lane, appeared for the assignees, and
Mr. Ford, Pinner's-hall, for the bankrupt.
An application was made for an adjournment, in con-
sequence of the accounts not being complete, one of the
books belonging to the bankrupt being detained by a
solicitor, against whom a summons had been issued, but
had not been served.
An adjournment was granted by consent.
London, England, 1854-01-06

COUNTRY MAAKETS.

,EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET—
JANUARY 3.
There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions in,
the market. The prices were as follow
Oat straw, from 8s Od. to 9s Od per kemple of 16 stones:
tron ; wheat do., 7s 6d to 8s Od ; barley do., 5s 6d to 6s Od..
Hay from 10d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone.
London, England, 1854-09-02

LYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY RUSSELL,
for Thirty Nights. THIS EVENING (the 6th time), Sept.
2d, and every Evening. Many friends having expressed a wish
that Mr. Russell should appear again previous to finally withdraw-
ing his Entertainment, he has, in compliance with their request,
made arrangements to appear every evening. 31r RUSSELL will
present THE FAB WEST; or, THE PROGRESS of the EMIGRANT
from the OLD WORLD to the NEW. Mr. Russell will relate his
anecdotes, and sing several new songs, " Cheer, Boys, cheer," " Far,
far upon the Sea," " Sunshine after Rain, Land " Land I Land I Land I"
" The Falls of Niagara," " Long parted have we been," " I'm
Afloat," " Many changes have I seen," "The Icebergs" (descriptive
Song), "Newfoundland Dog," "The Gambler's Wife," &c. The
Second Part of the Entertainment
Free t of a
Sketches, entitled NEGRO LIFE in Freedom and Slavery. Series of
Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d, ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Buckitone.
THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2,
lbe performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs.
HowWie,l Rogers, H. Marston, and Buckstone; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and
)lrs. Reynolds.
Followed by the SPANISII DANCERS in a NEW BALLET,
THE GIPSY QUEEN.
The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. Mr. Richards (a
Barrister), Mr. Blackstone.
After which the Second Part of the Ballet, when the Spanish
Dancers will again appear.

STRAND THEATRE•
ole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alicroft.
THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2,

Will be performed HARD TIMES.
Yellowed by FAUST A"-TD MARGUERITE. Iliephinstopheles'
Mr. Belford; Faust, miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss H. Gordon
To conclude with BOMBASTES FURIOSO.
stalls, 45.; BOXeS, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Gd.; Private Boxes
LI le., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. lb, New Bond-street.
London, England, 1854-09-02

WEDNESDAT.

The BOROUGH HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50
added, for two-yr-olds ; the second to save his stake,
and the winner to pay 10 soya to the starter ; winners
of a handicap subsequent to the publication of the
weights, of the value of 100 sovs, 51b extra ; T.Y.C. ;
28 subs.

at lb
Poor Bobby 7 0
Fortitude 7 0
See Clear 7 0
Spencer
Trireme
Palmerston
Favus
Flageolet 6 10
Rose 6 10
Elizabeth Ann 6 9
Herculea
Banusal
Questionable
Forward

st lb
8 10
Pole Star 8 4
The Professor 7 12
br c by Red Hart out
of Refraction
Little Sarah 7 10
bro to Twinkle
Rylston
Gossip
Professor Airey 7 4
Resistance
Lily
Wheatear 7 2
Hanover
Namur 7 1
The WARWICK CUP of 200 sovs, by subscription of 10
sovs each, with 100 added ; three year olds 7st, four
Bst 71b, five 9st 11b, six and aged 9st 51b ; mares al-
lowed 41b, geldings 71b ; maiden three year olds at the
time of starting allowed 71b, maiden four year olds
and upwards at the time of starting allowed 101 b ; the
winners of any Derby, Oaks, or Leger, or the Ascot,
Goodwood, or Doncaster Cups, in 1852, 1853, or
1854, 71h, of any two of them 101 b extra ; the second
to receive 30 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to
pay 5 sovs to the judge, and 15 towards expenses ;
three miles ; 27 subs.

Age
... 5

Muscovite
Ilex
Stockwell (71b extra) :., 5
Hercules
Typee 4
Aribbas
Red Lion
Amalgamation
Lincoln's Inn 3
Torment 4

Age
Roscommon
Kingston (71b extra) 5
Balrownie
Llanforda
The Early Bird 3
The Hermit
Marc Antony 3
Virago
Defiance 4
Jujube
The Emigrant
Mincemeat (71b extra)
Knight Errant

&dine
Goorkah
Cobnut
Rataplan

The AVON STAKES of 15 soya each, 10 ft, with 50 added ;
two-year-olds 7st, three 9st ; mares and geldings
allowed 31b, maiden two-yr-olds having started once
31b, twice 51b, three times 41b, maiden three-yr-oldq
having started once 41b, twice 71b, three times 101 b ;
the winner of the Goodwood Cup in 1854 or the
Derby 101 b, the second in the Derby or th,- winner of
the Oaks 51b, any winner of a stake of 200 soya 316
extra ; weights accumulative ; the winner to pay 10
sovs towards expense ; T.Y.C. ; 5 subs.
Age Age
Joshua
Plausible 2 Pole Star 2
Blue Eyes
The COUNTY PLATE of 100 cove, added to a handicap
of 20 cove each, h ft, and 5 if declared ; the winner
of the Ebor Handicap or the Leamington Stakes 101 b
extra, or any other handicap amounting to 100 sovs
subsequent to the declaration of the weights, sib, of
two such handicaps 101 b extra ; no horse more than
10lb exra ; the second to receive 30 soya out of the
stakes, and the winner to pay 25 soya towards the ex•
penses ; one mile and a half ; 48 subs, 19 of whom
pay 5 soya each.

Age st lb
Orestes
Defiance 4 8 4

Age st lb
The Early Bird 3 5 2
Diana 3 5 0
D.O.
Mishap
Gamelad 3 4 12
Seducer
St. Clare 3 4 10
Vingt-un
Testy
Selina 3 4 6
B f by the Earl of
Richmond out of

Strife
Mandricardo
Epinician
London, England, 1854-09-02

Surgeon Edward Newman, M.D. (1849), to the Trafal-
gar, 120, at the Black Sea station.
Assistant-Surgeon Andrew M'Cluro (1818), from the
Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport, to Greenwich
Hospital.
Acting Assistant-Surgeons—John Lovett (1854), to Ply-
mouth Hospital ; Peter William Wallace (1854), addi-
tional to the Britannia, 120, flag-ship of the fleet in the
Black Sea ; William Janett Lewis (1854), to the Furious,
16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, serving in the Black Sea ;
Doyle Money Shaw (1854), to the Spitefal, paddle-wheel
steam-sloop, serving in the Black Sea.
Clerk in Charge—Edward R. Key (1851), to the Beagle,
screw steam despatch gun-boat, at Woolwich.
Mr. C. H. Flower is appointed a temporary clerk in the
storekeeper's department, Woolwich dockyard.
Mr. Wright, formerly a clerk in the Royal Arsenal,
Woolwich, went out in the early part of the present year
in the same capacity in the commissariat department to
Turkey, and had given such satisfaction by the zealous
performance of his duties that his promotion to be Assis-
tant-Commissary was sent out by the last mail ; but un-
fortunately he has not lived to enjoy the step to which he
was advanced, as a letter was received yesterday at Wool-
wich, in which it is stated that, after great exertions at the
fire at Varna, he was attacked with cholera, and died
shortly after.
Mr. Thomas Crawford, surgeon (Nov. 9, 1846), has taken
up his commission and joined the Waterloo flag-ship for
prison ship duty.
Mr. Joseph Caldwell, surgeon, has also joined fur duty
in the Waterloo, vice Thomas E. Ring.
London, England, 1854-09-02

SWITZERLAND.

BERATE, August 30.—Engineer Hemans has ar-
rived in the Tessino with assistants, in order to
begin the works on the Locarno-Biasca and Lugano-
Bellinzoua portions of the Luckmanier Railway.
The whole central (Bale-Lucerne) line is expected
to be ready in April, 1857.
The post department has issued a pocket edition
of the plans of the courses of the mails, steamers,
and railways, together with their correspondence
with foreign services for the year 1855.
Arms have been seized on their way over the
Grisons and Tessinese boundaries.

A Spanish envoy to Switzerland has been ap-
pointed, in the person of Senor Francisco Estrada.
A recent American regulation has been made
public here, prohibiting the immigration of any
one above the age of 60 years, of infirm persons,
of widows with uneducated children, of orphans
under 13 years, and of persons without the means
of proceeding farther into the interior if requested
to do so by the American authorities.
Statistical returns, lately published by the fede-
ral Home-office, show that 71,750 strangers are
living in Switzerland (whose total population
amounts to 2,392,740 inhabitants upon about
5,196 square miles.) •
The newly-elected Bishop of Bale, the Rev. C.
Arnold, now residing at his see (which is
Soloure), said, in his inauguratory speech to the
assembled people, that he would ever strive to
maintain the good understanding between the
Church and the State, and likewise the rights of
the former. Let it, however, be well understood
that there is in Switzerland no such thing as " the
rights of the Church." This expression has been
intended merely for the gratification of the Ultra-
montane party abroad.
There has been another ascension of Mont Blanc
—the third this season. It was successfully per-
formed on the 21st inst., by Mr. and Mrs. Hamil-
ton, the latter being (since Mdlle. d'Angeville, in
1838) the first lady that has ventured on this very
trying expedition. The intrepid tourists were
saluted by the inhabitants, on their return to Cha-
mouny, by loud. acclamations and a discharge of
fire-arms.

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)
London, England, 1854-09-02

MALTA, &c.

Our correspondent at Malta, writing on the 26th of
August, says :

" I ani happy to announce that the sick per Medway are
now doing very favourably. There have been no more
deaths since Wednesday, except one reported to-day as
very unexpected, in the lazaretto.
" On Friday night the remainder of the convalescents
were removed to Fort Ricasoli, and the lazaretto is nearly
deserted, 14 men alone remaining in the hospital there.
" Every possible means to divert their thoughts from too
much reflection on their case has been adopted.. Books,
newspapers, chess, &c., have been supplied, and the pre-
sence of the Governor at their sick beds, and the personal
attentions paid them by Captain Graves, R.N., Superin-
tendent of Ports, have had a conceivably rallying effect
upon the spirits of tho prostrate sufferers.

" In the city and its environs the cholera is decreasing.
Since the ith of July till to-day there have been about
300 cases and 190 deaths.

" This morning arrived, after a very long passage, the
hired transport Harbinger, with the following officers :
" General the Hon. Sir George Cathcart, Rear-Admiral
Stopford, Brigadier-General Torrens, Colonel Wyndham,.
and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour ; Captains H. Smith, the
Hon. C. Elliott, Greville, and Gordon, R.N., ; Lieutenant
Pallas, Surgeon Monroe, Mr. A. Jones, secretary to Admi-
ral Stopford, Mr. Coppinger, Commissariat department,
Chekib Effendi, interpreter, 3G men of her Majesty's 46th
Regiment, 10 Commissariat clerks, 21 servants, and 22
horses. One horse died on the passage.
" The Harbinger will leave port this afternoon for the
east w ard ."
London, England, 1854-09-02

PRUSSIA.

The following private telegraphic despatches
arrived this morning:"
BERLIN, Sept. I.—Count de Benkendorff ar-
rived yesterday at Stettin, and left immediately
for Putbus, where the King of Prussia is residing.'
The reply of Russia, of which he is the hearer,
rejects the four points which had been submitted
by Austria with a view to the conclusion of peace.
" VIENNA, Sept. I.—The official news that the
expedition of the allied armies for the Crimea is in
course of execution has arrived therefrom Constan-
tinople. Marshal de St. Arnaud is to set out on 2d
Sept., to assume the chief command of the expedi-
tionary army. Fresh information leads to the
belief that Russia persists in her pretension to
protect exclusively the subjects of the Sultan be-
longing to the Greek Church. The Lloyd, in con-
sequence of these reports, expresses a doubt of the
pacific solution which was at first hoped for."
London, England, 1854-09-02

AUSTRIA

VIENNA, Aug. 28.—Daily conferences take place
between Count Buol and Count Arnim. It is whis-
pered that a new arrangement is about to be made
between the two Powers, and a supplementary ar-
ticle added to the April Convention. If this be
correct, it is a proof that Prussia is at last coming
to her senses. On Saturday the representatives of
theßamberg Conference States delivered important
des!Jatches to Count Buol, but nothing is known of
their contents. Prince Albert of Saxony delivered
to his Majesty at fschl the notification of the ac-
cession of his father, King John, to the Saxon
throne. The King of Portugal yesterday went to
Durnkrut, an estate at no great distance from his
capital, belonging to the Austrian branch of the
Coburg family. News has been received here that
Prince Paskiewitch will remove his head-quarters
from Warsaw to Grodno, but there must be some
mistake in this. Probably Dubno, in Volhynia,
on the high road to Brady and Lemberg, is meant.
The Trieste Zeitung has a short leader which calls
the attention of the public to the great power of
Russia in Asia, and distinctly declares that the in-
terests of Europe will be but imperfectly secured by a
peace concluded on the basis " of the four conditions."
If these are accepted, European Turkey will be safe
from the aggressions of the great Northern Power,
but not so the Asiatic dominions of the Porte. Aslong
as Russia has possession of Armenia, Asia Minor is in
danger, and with it Constantinople. The great
stronghold of Erivan perpetually menaces the
dearest (mercantile) interests of Europe, Central
Asia is threatened from the valleys of the Kur and
Aras (Araxas), and this Great Britain, with the
other European States, "and particularly Austria,"
cannot see with indifference. "If," says the Trieste
Zeitttng—
" Central Europe has no direct interests to defend, it
must assist in bringing about such a state of things in
the Caucasus and its more immediate neighbourhood
that no power shall at pleasure be able to disturb the
peace of the world. The principal feature for Central
Europe in the Oriental question is the freedom of the
Danube ; but the future of the valley of the Kur and
Aras copcerns Germany* much as it does Edgiand."
People in this part of the world are somewhat
inclined to think that the expedition sent by the
Western Powers to the East would have tidied
without the co-operation of Austria, but few who
have a correct idea of the resources and power of
France and England are likely to share this .opi•
nion. If Austria were to remain neuter, in the
strict sense of the word, the war would be infinitely
prolonged ; but a long struggle between Russia and
the Western Powers would effectually ruin this
country, whose armed neutrality is supposed to
cost her something like 500,00011. a-day.
The following telegraphic despatch has been re-
ceived :

VIENNA, Friday.—The official Lloyd states that
Marshal St. Arnaud was to leave Constantinople
on the 2LI inst. to take the command of the allied
expedition, which by that time would have arrived
at its destination.
London, England, 1854-09-02

FRANCE.

Most of the Paris journals are again without
original articles, and, of the few that we find, only
one is on a subject of general interest. This is in
the Constitutionnel, under the head of " The re-
sults obtained." After enumerating what has been
done since the commencement of the war with
Russia, the writer says :
" Russia, weakened iu her moral authority, has, in
addition, wasted her resources, both in money and
men. She was proud of her granite fortresses ; the cap-
ture of Bomarsund has proved that the ramparts, which
were said to be indestructible, fell in three days. She
was proud of her fleets ; and her fleets, hidden in her
fortified ports, expiate, by the humiliation of their inert-
ness, the surprise of Sinope. She spoke loudly of the
terrible power of her army, and the prestige of her arms
has vanished. She boasted of being the only nation
which was not in straitened circumstances, and it is
proved that she is succumbing under the burden of a
debt of 5 millards, at this very moment liable to be called
for ; that, since the war began, the silver rouble has lost
upwards of the fourth of its value ; that the paper
rouble, which was formerly equal in value to the silver
one, bils Won from 4fr, to fr, ; that being forced to

give up the advantages of a free loan, Russia has been
obliged to have recourse to a forced one, disguised under
the name of voluntary contributions ; that she is con-
demned to seek a perilous expedient in an issue, more
and more extensive, of paper money ; and that she is
incapable of furnishing money for a second or third
oampaign."
General Vaudrey, Governor of the Tuileries, has
been promoted to the rank of Grand Officer, and
Count Rodolphe d'Ornano, Chamberlain of the
Emperor, to that of Officer in the Legion of
Honour.
The Moniteur contains three decrees founded on
reports from the Ministers of War and Public
Works. One for the re-organisation on improved
bases of the corps of military workmen ; the
second, for applying to Algeria the international
convention entered into between France and several
foreign countries, for establishing a uniform
sanitary regime applicable to vessels in the Medi-
terranean ; and the third, authorising the Minister
of Public Works to apply the- sum of 100,000 fr. to
encourage in the departments the new system of
draining by means of pipes of baked clay.
The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 74f. 20c.,
for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half
per Cants. at 100 f. 80c. ; Orleans Railway Shares,
1,245 f. ; Rouen, 990 f. ; Havre, 590 f. ; Great
Northern, 860 f. ; Strasburg, 806 f. 25c. ; New
Shares, 633 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 975 f. ; Lyons
and the Mediterranean, 883 f. 75c. ; Western of
France, 670 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 621 f. 25c. ;
Gieat Central of France, 515 f. ; Lyons and Ge-
neva, 526 f. 25c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 730 f.
London, England, 1854-09-02

PRUSSIA.

The following private telegraphic despatches
arrived this morning :
" BERLIN, Sept. I.—Count de Benkendorff ar-
rived yesterday at Stettin, and left immediately
for Putbus, where the King of Prussia is residing.'
The reply of Russia, of which he is the bearer,
rejects the four points which had been submitted
by Austria with a view to the conclusion of peace.
"VIENNA, Sept. I.—The official news that the
expedition of the allied armies for the Crimea is in
course of execution has arrived therefrom Constan-
tinople. Marshal de St. Arnaud is to set out on 2d
Sept., to assume the chief command of the expedi-
tionary army. Fresh information leads to- the
belief that Russia persists in her pretension to
protect exclusively the subjects of the Sultan be-
longing to the Greek Church. The Lloyd, in con-
sequence of these reports, expresses a doubt of the
pacific solution which was at first hoped for."
London, England, 1854-09-02

BELGIUM.

A letter from Brussels, dated yesterday, states
that the King of the Belgians had not yet come to
any determination respecting the resignation of
his ministers, and that the Cabinet will probably
remain without modification for several weeks.
The Independance, of Brussels, of Thurs-
day, says :—The King, we learn, will leave
on Friday for Ostend. His Majesty will
embark on Saturday morning in one of the
State steam-packets for Calais, where he will meet
the Emperor of the French. The King will sleep
at Calais, and will, we are assured, return to Os-
tend on Sunday. The Duke de Montebello, aide-
de-camp of the Emperor Napoleon, arrived this
morning at Brussels, charged with a private mis-
sion to the King of the Belgians. The Duke was
received by the King at the Palace of Brussels at
one o'clock. He will leave to-morrow morning for
Paris."
London, England, 1854-09-02

Railway Shares are quiet though firmer. Seve-
ral of the principal lines are ss. to 10s. better than
the closing prices of yesterday.
Mining, Banking, and Land Companies' Shares
are without particular variation.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(From the Official List.)
&Anew. one.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9SR I i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9sf 5 i i
31 per Cent. Annuities
3 per Cont. Annuities, 1726
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan~ 1860
India Stock
Consols for Account 13th Sept.
Exchequer Bills, W.
£lOOO
£5OO 5 2 p
Small 2 p
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. —
Ditto 1859, ~

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. loli
iloxican 3 per Cent.
24
Ditto for the Account
Peruvian Bonds, 46 per Cent. 72 41 x d
Ditto for the Account 7Q
4,4 31 5
Ditto 3 per Cent
Sardinian Bonds, 5 por Cent B4
Spanish Bonds, 3 per. Cent 3Bl
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cant l9
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun N. i p a
Turkish Scrip
Dividends •n the above wable In London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols 951 1

Ditto September Account

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(Prom the Mining Journal of this day. )

MlNEs.—There has been rather more demand for
shares this week, in one or two dividend and speculative
mines, but very little alteration in prices. At Herods-
combe, the water is in fork, and the lode in the bottom
level contains saving work for lead in both ends, and the
prospects altogether very encouraging ; shares are 17s.
6d. Bassets, 6001. ; Alfred Consols, 211. ; West Alfred
Consols, 26/. ; Uny, 81. ; Herodsfoot, 71. ; West Cara-
don, 1901. to 2001. ; Bedford United, 81. 15s. to 91.
During the week shares have changed hands in the
following :
DIVIDEND MlNES.—Alfred Consols, Aligned Consols,
Bedford United, Black Craig, Condurrow, Devon Great
Consols, Dolcoath, East Wheal Margaret, Great Pol.
gooth, Heiodsfoot, Holmbusb, Kenneggy, Lewis, North
Wheal Basset, South Tamar, South Wheal Frances,
Tincroft, Trehane, Trewetha, Welsh Potosi, West Cara-
don, West Providence, Wheal Arthur, Wheal Basset,
Wheal Buller, Wheal Golden, Wheal Lovel, Wheal
Margaret, Wheal Trelawny, Wheal Tremayne ; Dhurode,
Lackamore, Mining Company of Ireland.
MINES WHICH HAVE SOLD ORE.—Altarnun Consols,
Birch Tor, Boiling Well, Boringdon Consols, Carbona,
Carvannal, Castle Dinas, Clara, Cubed, Craigwen,
Darren, East Alfred Consols, East Gunnis Lake, East
Wheal Vor, Fron Isa and Craigiog, Gawton, Great
Crinnis, Great Hewas, Great Sheba, Great Wheal
Alfred, Great Wheal Baddern, Great Wheal Vor,
Halamanning, Hawkmoor, Ivy Bridge, Keswick,
North Wheal Trelawny, Old Trewether Consols,
Polgear, Poltimore, Porkellis, Sortridge, Tran-
nack, Trenow, Tyn-y-Berth, West Alfred, West
Basset, West Crinnis, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Mary
Great Consols, Wheal Uny, Wheal Wrey, Wheal Zion,
Wood, Yeoland Consols.
The gold mining companies are now greatly depressed,
and however favourable the undertaking may be,. still
considerable distrust exists among the shareholders of
the several associations, whether they be situate in Cali-
fornia, Australia, or North America.
London, England, 1854-09-02

THE .MURDER AT PADDINGTON.

Yesterday the jury sitting to inquire into the death of
Henry Groves, who was brutally starved and beaten to
death under circumstances of a revolting character, which
have already appeared, waited upon Mr. Waddington.
Under-Secretary for the Home Department, at the
Home-office to request that the accused party, named
Sophy Knight, at present in custody charged with the
murder, might be brought before them at the next sit-
ting. Lord Palmerston being out of town, the deputa-
tion, consisting of the whole body of jurors, immediately
procured an interview with Mr. Waddington.
The Foreman (Mr. Harris) explained the objects of
the deputation, which were to do justice to the accused,
by allowing her a chance of confronting her accusers,
and pointing out any guilty parties that might likewise
be concerned in the child's death ; for it was evident to
them (the jury), as well as Mr. Wakley, the coroner,
that the cruelty and brutality to which the deceaseded wasd
s
subjected was countenanced by others, co
would have to be, therefore, taken into consideration as
well as the accused.
Mr. Waddington observed that he could not see the
utility of the accused appearing before the coroner, as
that inquiry was merely a preliminary one, the coroner
not even having the power to order a person into custody
until a criminal verdict was returned. Besides, in
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the guilty party or
parties could not be detected, and yet such investigations
could be as well proceeded with, and therefore he
did not think the presence of the accused would in the
least assist the inquiry.
Mr. Clark remarked that it was important in the pre.
sent case above all others that the accused should be
present, if only for the object of identification.
Mr. Tiraddingtot said he had no objection in assisting
the views of the jury if identification was the object
sought, but the application should come through Mr.
Wakley, as judge of the court, and not the jury, ,upon
the receipt of which he would gladly comply with the
request.
The Deputation thanked Mr. Waddington for the
most courteous manner in which they had been received,
and they withdrew,

Upon leaving the Home-dice the jury went direct to
Mr. Wakley, who was from home, but the deputy-
coroner, Mr. Brent, assured the jury that he had no
doubt Mr. Wakley would gladly avail himself of the op-
portunity afforded for doing justice to the accused.
London, England, 1854-09-02

THE COLOMBO.

A private letter has been received at Southampton from
a person on board the Peninsular Company's steamer Co-
lombo, stationed at the entrance of the Black Sea, which
states that that vessel is to be engaged in the service of
the Government for four months in the East. The troops
she took out were encamped about a mile from where sho
is lying. The Rifles had lost many men by the cholera.
The letter states also that the reaspn the Colombo was
stationed at the entrance of the Black Sea, was because
several Russian vessels had made their escape, and passed
the allied fleets. The Colombo had received orders to pro-
ceed shortly to Varna in company with twelve other
transports.
London, England, 1854-09-02

ITALY.

The Parlament° of Turin states from Rome that
the body of Princess Zenaide Bonaparte has been
transported from Naples to Rome, she having ex-
pressed a wish to be buried in that city, where she
had lived so long.
By a decree of the 26th, the King of Sardinia
has dismissed the notasy of Torriglia from the pub-
lic service, for having deserted his post on account
of the cholera.
The mayor of Venice has announced in the papers
that up to the 25th the sanitary condition of that
city had been excellent.
The Nouvelli.ste of Marseilles states, on the au-
thority of accounts from Palermo, that although
the population of that city has been reduced by
emigration to 160,000, there were still as many as
40edeaths per day.
London, England, 1854-09-02

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.

LOVE AND JEALOUSY.

Some alarm was last evening created in the neighbour-
hood of Walworth, in consequence of a rumour to the
effect that a young man, in the employ of Mr. Meadows,
of the Duke of Suffolk Tavern, Brandon-street, Wal-
worth, as potman, had murdered his fellow-servant, and
afterwards committed suicide by hanging himself.
From inquiries made on the spot this morning, it ap-
pears that, last evening, about six o'clock, the young
man, named Joseph Hart, suddenly seized a young
female, named Elizabeth Bird (his fellow-servant), round
' the neck, and, pressing his thumbs on her windpipe with
great violence, attempted to strangle her. Having appa-
rently effected his object, he left the girl and ran into
the skittle-ground at the back of the house, and delibe-
rately hanged himself with a rope to one of the
beams. At this time the barmaid, Miss Thompson
(who had previously seen him with a rope in his
hand), missing Hart, had her suspicions aroused, and
accordingly went in search of him, and found him in the
skittle ground suspended from the beam, apparently
quite*dee.d. Miss Thompson, with great presence of
mind, immediately cut him down, and raising an alarm
he was ultimately recovered, and conveyed to the police
station, on the double charge of attempting to murder
the girl and destroy his own life. Hart, it seems, had,
for some time past, been paying his addresses to the girl,
and had always treated her with the greatest affection
but she, however, did not appear to reciprocate his feel-
ings ; and at the time he made the attack he said,
" Well, Betsy, do you mean to have me or Bill ?" and
she replied, " Oh, if I have any one, I shall have Bill."
This morning Hart, having sufficiently recovered, was
brought before the Hon. C. G. Norton, at Lambeth
Police Court, and was remanded.
London, England, 1854-09-02

GUNS, &c., TAKEN AT BOMARSUND.

In a letter from an officer on board H.M.S. Amphion,
published in the Caledonian Mercury, the guns and stores
taken at Bomarsund are valued at 100,0001.

SALE OF RUSSIAN PRIZES.

Yesterday, by virtue of a decree of the Hight Court of
Admiralty, Mr. Lachlan, the Admiralty broker, put up to
public auction, in tho Captain's-room, at Lloyd's, Royal
Exchange, three Russian prizes. The first submitted was
the Livonia, 232 tons burden, built at Riga in 1851, of
which Matzkeit was late the master, a prize to her Ma-
jesty's revenue cruiser Argus. 1,0001. was first offered,
and the vessel was ultimately sold for 1,8101. The
Najaden, 141 tons burden, built at Uleaborg in 1852, of
which Nils Gustaf Thornberg was the late master, a prize
to her Majesty's ship Odin, sold for 1,080/. The Gebruders,
71 tons, built at Inverness, in Scotland, of which Victor
Alexander Lindholm was late the master, prize to her
Majesty's ship Amphion, sold for 3201.
Yesterday a number of prize cargoes, captured from the
Russians since the commencement of hostilities, were sold
by Messrs. Churchill and Sims, at Garraway's Coffee-house,
Cornhill, by order of the Court of Admiralty, for the benefit
of the captors. The cargo of the Dido, comprising 300 tons
of salt, of which Helmberg was late the master, prize to
her Majesty's ship Imperious°, Captain Watson, sold for
4101. The cargo of the Froya, from Lisbon, Wickman late
master, taken by her Majesty's revenue cruiser Argus, sold
for 4841. 15s. The Abu's cargo, of which Goos was late the
master, bound from Cadiz, and captured by her Majesty's
ship Tribune, the Honourable S. T. Carnegie com-
mander, and which consisted of about GOO tons of salt,
sold for 5691. The cargo of the Fama (503 tons of
Cagliari salt), of which Johan Ostman was late the
master, prize to her Majesty's revenue cruiser Petrol, Com-
mander Hughes, sold for 5611. 15s. The freight of the
Fidentia, 350 tons of Cadiz salt, of which G. S. S. Serla-
chens was late the master, also a prize to her Majesty's
ship Tribune, sold for 3101. The Cadiz salt on board the
Emilid, Gabriel Sounberg late master, a prize to her Ma-
jesty's steamer Bulldog, Captain W. K. Hall, realised
2861. ss. The 450 tons .f salt taken out of the Auguste,
the vessel so gallantly cut out of Eckness in the Baltic, by
her Majesty's steamer Arrogant, Captain Yolverton, and
the Heels, Captain Hall, realised 3971. Forty tons of salt,
excess of cargo of the Russian ship Mentor, prize to the
Tribune, brought 38/. ; and 30 tons, excess of the Alex.
ander, also prize to tho Tribune, brought 251. 10s. A
quantity of sundries, boxes of coffee, sugar, molasses,
small quantities of wine, &e., taken out of the prizes
Nayaden, Patrioten, Dido, Fidentia, Primus, and Aina
realised good prices.
The Russian ship Carolina, prize to the Avon, was sold
at Plymouth on Thursday, and realised 3261.
London, England, 1854-09-02

IRELAND.

DUBLIN San, 1:
WEECK OF THE MINERVA. —We learn from Cork
that several large establishments engaged in different
branches of trade in that city, as well as a large number
of houses throughout the county, had goods coni.i,gned
to them by the Minerva. The value of the vessel and
corgo has been variously stated, but it is generally
understood that it cannot be less than 60,0001.

THE MAGISTRACY.--The Lord Chancellor has ap-
pointed Hervey Morgan de Montmorency to the com-
mission of the peace for the county Kilkenny, upon the
recommendation of the Right Hon. William Tighe,
deputy-lieutenant of the county.
CHIEF BARON RIGOT.—His lordship having recovered
from his recent indisposition, left his lodgings at Cork
on Tuesday; and has arrived in Dublin.
ENGLISH PROPRIETORS IN CONNAUGHT.—We under-
stand that the extensive property situate in the county
of Galway, belonging to James Lambert, Esq., of
Gregg Clare, has been sold by him to Mr. Hope Scott,
an English barrister, for the sum of 92,0001. Mr. Scott
is married to Miss Lockhart, grand-daughter of the late
Sir Walter Scott. Some two years since Mr. Scott and
family, who were members of the Protestant church,
withdrew from that religion, and embraced the doctrines
of the Roman Catholic faith. We understand it is the
intention of the new proprietor to reside at least for a
considerable portion of each year on his newly acquired
Irish property, and we trust that he will have every
reason to be satisfied with the good conduct and indus-
trious habits of the tenantry.— Galway Packet.
GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN.—A call of 11. a
share on the Four per Cent. Preference Stock has bees
made. It will be payable on the 30th of Sept. last.
THE DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA.—The half-yearly
s.s., t
ori in
ietnhate
hcah2asilr.
terminus,
of this company was held on Thursday, at the
urlaunudg
Amiens-street at one o'clock ; James Wm,
a resolut'i(En:q
share, and 10 dividend The
o f chairman 3 s thenon
eachm 07v5e1d
.
share, less income tax, to
be payable on the 11th
proximo. The resolution passed
unanimously, after which the meeting separated.
London, England, 1854-09-02

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

"This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves
wanting. vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a
display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting
close to a day at the Crystal Palace."

DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN.
Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri-
valled Military Band.

VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT,
In which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing
several National and Patriotic Songs—All the Amusing Novelties
of the Gardens, in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan-
terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by Southby.
Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been
erected. Full Quadrille Band, &c.

ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.

GREAT SUCCESS of the NEW EQUESTRIAN BURLESQUE.
THIS EVENING,
Sixth Time, an entirely new Burlesque of Equestrian character, by

VAMP, Esq., called
THE SIEGE OF TROY ; or, THE MISS-JUDGMENT of PARIS.

After which, HERR CHRISTOFF (FEmpereur des Funamhules)
on the Tight Rope, with the (until now) unattempted miraculous
feat of throwing a Summersault, and alighting on the rope on his
leet! I

The unique and elegant SCENES In the ARENA, the invention,
arrangement, and under the direction of 3lr. William Cooke.
To conclude with Mrs S. G. Healey's Equestrian Ballet d'Actlon
THE KNIGHT AND THE WATER LILY ; or,- Love among the
Mermaids.

Pox-office open trona Eleven WI Four. Stage Manager, 31r. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THII DAY —Morning 32 min.after 8 f Evening 17 min.aft. 9
10-Moaaow -Morning 2 min.after 10 Evening 49 min. aft. 10