The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-17 00:00:00

TEM St N, LONDON, IVIIDN'ESDA.Y ENENING. OCTOBER 17, 1849

AUSTRIA.

Letters from Vienna to the German Reform of
Berlin state that the Austrian troops in Transylvania
had received orders to hold themselves in readiness
to march on Turkey; but still they express the belief
that the affair of the refugees will be satisfactorily
arranged. Count de Sturmer having reduced his
demand to the sending away of the refugees, one
of the letters adds that the Austrian Government has
disapproved of Count Sturmer's proceedings as too
precipitate.

surrendered ; and what is more, I've tasted your steel,"
at the same time spitting a great quantity of blood.
The three captives, after some trouble, were conveyed
to the barracks.

N o further blood was drawn from that time, but
the pursuit, which continued through the night, has
not ceased, and it is said that more than twenty men
are yet at large ; but of this it is impossible to speak
with certainty, as the military will give no informa-
tion to civilians on the subject.
This morning, at‘he police office, John Madden
and John Ross, two young privates, who escaped
from the barracks on Saturday, were brought before
the Mayor, charged with having, shortly before one
o'clock on Sunday morning, in company with eight
or ten other soldiers, grossly assaulted several police-
men and civilians in Friar-lane ; in fact, they had
dealt out blows right and left to all near them. The
prisoners were captured after a long contest, and,
being strapped down to a barrow, were conveyed to
the watch-house. They were convicted of the assault,
and ordered a month's imprisonment each, some of
their officers, who were present, refusing to pay the
penalty.
It is understood that the other offenders will be
tried by court-martial.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY.

This Gazette contains a notice by the Speaker of the
House of Commons, dated Oct. 13, that be will issue his
warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new
writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present
Parliament for the city of Cork, in the room of Mr.
Daniel Callaghan, deceased, at the end of fourteen days
after the insertion of this notice.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 13, 1849.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
James Hay to the church and parish of Lunan, in the
Presbytery of Aberbrothock, and county of Forfar,
vacant by the death of the Reverend Robert Barclay,
late minister thereof.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 15.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
Robert Stewart to the church of Strontian, in the pres-
bytery of Mull, and shire of Argyll, vacant by the
transportation of the Reverend Cohn A. McVean, late
Minister thereof, to the parish of Kilninver.
BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Picket Hennings, dealer in wines, &c.,
Wyndham-road, Camberwell, to surrender Oct. 25 and
Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Willoughby
and Cox, Cliff ,rd's Inn.
Joseph Griffin, •innkeeper, Upton-upon-Severn, Wor-
cestershire. Oct. 25, and Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Cooper, Uptou -upon-Severn ; Motteram,
Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham.
:',George Boss, postmaster, Brighton, Oct. 29, at half-
past twelve, and Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-
chambers; Cole, Tokenhouse-yard.
William Brown, elastic hatband manufacturer, Wood-
street, Oct. 22 and Dec. 10, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee,
Guildhall Chambers; Mardon and Pritchard, Newgate-
street.

Robert Webb, dealer in ham and beef, Great Russell-
street, Covent-garden, Oct. 23, at eleven, and Nov. 29,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Chidley, Guildhall Cham-
bers, City.
Richard Caleb Sweett, builder, Birmingham, Oct. 27,
and Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Sargeant,
Birmingham.
Richard Jelley, cabinet maker, Leicester, Nov. 2, and
Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Inglesant,
Loughborough.
Edward Boyce, grocer, Soutbam, Warwickshire, Oct.
_

30, and Nov. 27; at ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Hunt and
Fortescue, Banbury; Smith, Birmingham.
Joseph Freeston Heathcoat, chemist, Leicester, Nov.
2 and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Fowkes,
Leicester.
Josiah Bindon, cattle dealer, Holne, Devonshire,
Oct. 25, and Nov. 19, at one, at the Exeter District
Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Stogdon,
Exeter; Baker, Ruck, and Jennings, Lime-street.
James Parr, cotton manufacturer, Manchester Oct.
29 and Nov. 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Worthing-
ington, Earle, and Berry, Manchester; Fox, Finsbury-
circus.

Henry Green, ironmonger, Liverpool, Nov. 6 and 20,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple; Rogerson
and Co., Liverpool. •
John Kidd, contractor, Liverpool, Nov. 7 and 20, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official
assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row;
Frodsham, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

T. Blenkarn, Chaneeri-lane,-law bookseller, Nov. 6,
at twelve—J. Bessell, Farringdon-street, glass. merchant,
Nov. 6,*at twelve—G. Nye, Maid tone, Kent, cabinet-
maker, Nov. 8, at two—E. Pauli, Lawrence Pountney-
bill, City, merchant, Nov. 7, at half-past twelve—E.
Burbidge, Piccadilly, umbrellamaker and tobacconist,
Nov. 7, at half-past eleven—F. G. Klingelhoefer, Old
Broad-street, City, merchant, Nov. 7, at eleven—D. J.
Elster and J. G. Elster, Threadneedle-street, merchants,
Nov. 7, at twelve—C. H. Swann, Sandford, J. Swann,
Wolvercote, and W. Swann, EnAwn, Oxfordshire,
paper makers, Nor. 7, at one—W. D. Stroud, Wool-
hampton, Berkshire, linendraper, Nov. 8, at half-past
one—E. Capstiek, Greenwieb, upholsterer, Nov. 8, at
two—R. B, Burton and G. Bulpin, Dublin, drapers,
Nov. 8, at twelve—S. Head, Woodbridge, Suffolk, uphol-
sterer, Nov 8, at one—J. Reay, jun., Mark-lane, wine,
merchant, Nov. 5, at half-pact eleven—G. Morton, New-
road, Whitechapel-road, draper, Nov. 8, at half-past
twelve—J. Woodward and W. Woodward, Walnut-
tree-walk, Lambeth, builders, Nov. 6, at one—W.
Bulge, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, corn-dealer, Nov. 8, at
twelve—S. A. Eyre, Fitzroy-street, Fitzroy-square,
apothecary, Nov. 8, at halt-past eleven—J. Eade, By-
worth, Sussex, tanner, Nov. 6, at twelve—W. Giscard,
Ely, Isle of Ely, clockmaker, Nov. 6, at half-past eleven
—E. Brown, Ixworth, Suffolk, innkeeper, Nov. 6, at half-
past eleven—J.Barlow,Whart-road, City-road, engineer,
Nov. 6, at half-past twelve—W. Thurnell, Leadenhall-
street, and Great Windmill-street, Coventry-street, Pic-
cadilly, upholsterer, Nov. 6, at half-past eleven—S.
Dancy, Brighton, builder, Nov. 6, at eleven—G. Savage,
East Dean, Sussex, grocer, Nov. 6 at eleven.

A. Hird, and Hannah Hird, Keighley, Yorkshire,
worsted spinners.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
James Smith, Bristol, journeyman cabinet maker.
William P. Lloyd, Bathampton, SoEnersetsbire, poor-law

auditor.
Harriet Pelting, Bristol.
Abraham Long, Potbury, Somersetshire, farmer.
Robert Fewings, Bristol.
George Davis, Bristol.
Maximilian Hodgkins, Bristol, carver and gilder.
John Simco, Birmingham, soda water manufacturer.
William Evans, Wrexham, Denbighshire, surgeon.
George Giles, Kidderminster, journeyman miller.
Thomas Hoar, Flamatead, Hertfordshire, beer shop
keeper.
Bartholomew Kearney, Cardiff, furniture broker.
William Stone, Kidderminster, fruiterer.
Margaret Evans, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, grocer.
Robert Davis, Cardiff, tailor.
Richard Waring, Luton, Bedfordshire, attorney.
John Pitt Richardson, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, book-

seller.
William Cartwright, Princes Risborough, Buckingham.
shire, licensed victualler.
Charles Sainsbury, Batheastor, Somersetshire, marke
gardener.
Edward Sargent, Bath, saddler.
George Morris, Cdrisbrooke, Isle of Wight, butcher.
William Past,more, Exeter, greengrocer.
John Foord, Bristol.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Gord in, Glasgow, messenger-at• arms, to meet
Oct. 20 and Nov. 10, at twelve, within the Globe Hotel,
Glasgow.
1,. Metzenburgh, Glasgow, jeweller, to meet Oct. 19
and Nov. 20, at twelve, within the Regent Hotel,
Glasgow.
D. Murray, Edinburgh, dealer in railway shares, to
meet Oct. 19 and Nov. 9, within Dowell's Rooms,
Edinburgh.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

Mackenzie Mackie, a middle-aged man, who had
been a clerk in the Post-office for ten years, was
charged with stealing a letter containing a shilling
and a silk neckerchief.

Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, attended for
the prosecution, and Mr. Wontner appeared for the
prisoner.

It was proved that the letter bad been addressed by
Mrs. C. Radford, a widow, living in Medina-place,
Brixton, to Miss Mary Ann Doughty, of Margate,
on the 15th inst. The shilling had been wrapped in
a piece of blotting-paper, and, with the neckerchief,
placed in tissue paper, making a small parcel. It was
posted at Brixton in the middle of the day, and ar-
rived two hours afterwards in the Clapham bag,
which it was ,the prisoner's duty to open. On the
same afternoon Mr. Welcome Cole, an inspector of
letter-carriers, happened to be secreted in a lower part
of the building in St. Martin's-le-Grand, for the pur-
pose of watching a suspected clerk, when he saw
the prisoner, who was not suspected, go into a
closet and open a letter, which appeared to contain
a pareel. He saw him open the parcel, and take
out a coin and a silk neckerchief, which he
placed in his pockets, tearing up the letter and
paper, and throwing the fragments into the basin of
the closet. They were afterwards fished out by a
plumber attached to the Pust-office, and proved to be
the letter, envelope, and paper dispatched from
Brixton. The prisoner was taken before the district
president, Mr. Sculthorpe, and charged with stealing
the letter and its contents. He denied the charge,
but the neckerchief was afterwards, found in his great-
coat pocket.
The prisoner, who had a salary of 901., and is said
to have lately married a woman of some property, was
fully committed for trial.
Another clerk, named William Holford, was
charged with stealing a letter containing a sovereign.
The prisoner was detected by Cole in the same
place, and under precisely similar circumstances.
The witness saw him take a sovereign out of the
letter, which, with 275. in silver, was found upon him.
The letter had been addressed by a lady at Waltham-
stow to Mrs. Maples, of Hays-place, Lisson-grove.
The prisoner was remanded for further evidence as
to the posting of the letter.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. _

Julia L;(2iti,;younifriShwoman, with an infant
in her arms, was brought before Mr. Bingham for
final examination, charged with having stabbed John
O'Brien, an Irish labourer, with a knife.
The prosecutor stated that be lived at 48, Leader-
street, Chelsea. On the 24th of September he was
going into Hyde-park, about half-past seven o'clock,
when he met the prisoner, whom he had known fur
about seven years. The prisoner walked with him
into the park, and asked him for some money. He
replied he had no money, and if he had he would not
give her any at that time, as he did not consider her
a fair or proper woman. He told her to meet him
on Saturday neat, and ho wonid then give her some
money. He turned into another path to go away,
upon which he felt a blow on the cheek, as if given
with some sharp instrument. He put his hand up to
his face and found that he had been wounded. The
prisoner struck at him again, but he put up his hand
and warded off the blow. He became so confused at
the attack that he did not notice which way the pri-
soner went. He ran out of the park, and entered the
first doctor's shop he found open to have his wounds
dressed. A short time before this he had been sum-
moned to Marylobone Police-court by the prisoner,
and had the child which she then had in her arms
affiliated on him.

George Dale, B 81, said, about eight o'clock he saw
the prosecutor run into a chemist's shop in Sloane-
street with his face bleeding profuse!y. The prose-
cutor told him the same story when asked Iraw he
came by his injuries.
Ellen Jones, of No. 6, Horace street, said the pri-
soner had lodged with her for about 11 weeks. A
month before the occurrence she had seen the prisoner
sharpening a penknife. The prisoner told her she
intended to stab O'Brien the first opportunity she
could find. Witness advised her not to think of any-
thing of that sort or she would get into trouble.
Police-constable D 150 said, he took the prisoner
into custody the same night, for stabbing O'Brien.
The prisoner said, " Is that all? I hope he is dead ; if
he is not dead, I hope he will die.' The prisoner
afterwards said, " If I had struck him where I intended
he would be sure to die."

Mr. Falls, house-surgeon, St. George's Hospital,
said the prosecutor was brought to the hospital the
same night. He had a wound right through the
cheek, and his tongue was cut through at the root.
The prosecutor was in great danger for 48 hours, on
account of the nature of the wound, and the difficulty
of stopping the hemorrhage for many hours.
In defence, the prisoner said she had known the
prosecutor for seven years. He had promised her
marriage, and had contrived to obtain all her savings
from her. She had had two children by him, and
she had been obliged to swear the last to him, as he
would do nothing for her. This child she had left
with ,his mother to nurse. The mother had after-
wards taken the child to Marylebone workhouse, and
had sworn that the child had been left with her by a
strange woman, by which means she had induced the
parish authorities to take the child into their charge.
Oti the night when she met with O'Brien she asked
him for some money to support the child, as she was
quite destitute. O'Brien said he would give her
nothing, and that she and the child might be d—d.
O'Brien then seized her by the throat, and, as she
was apprehensive he was about to strangle her, she
took the penknife out of her pocket, and having
opened it with her tooth, she struck at O'Brien in
self defence. It was too dark to see whether she had
wounded him, and as the knife closed on her fingers,
she dropped it on the grass and went away.
The prisoner was fully committed to the Central
Criminal Court.

THE BUTCHERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.—Yes-

terday the anniversary festival of this charity took place
at the London Tavern, and was attended by nearly 300
gentlemen interested in its welfare. The Lord Mayor
presided, and at seine length advocated tho claims of
the institution, which he stated had not met with the
support which it deserved, as there were about 3,000
butchers in London, whereas not more than 1,100 or
1,200 were subscribers. His Lordship's appeal was at-
tended with great success, as during the evening donations
to the amount of 5001. were announced by the secretary—
a larger amount than has ever been contributed at any of
the former anniversary dinners. In giving the usual
loyal toasts the Lord Mayor announced, to the evi-
dent gratification of the company, that the Queen
would visit the city in a few days to open the New
Coal-Exchange, and that, at the suggestion of Prince
Albert, an exposition of arts and manufactures would
take place in Hyde-park in the year 1851. The latter
announcement especially was received with great satis-
faction, the more especially as his Lordship carefully
pointed out to the members of the trade assembled
that they would then have in all probability to pro-
vide for the wants of about a million of people
in addition to the usual population of London, and
that the expenses of the contemplated exposition could
hardly amount to a less sum than 10,0001. With re-
spect to the charity, it appears to have been in existence
for 21 years, during which time contributions have been
made to its funds reaching altogether the large sum of
39,0001., while the expenditure during the same period
has been 21,000/. The number of pensioners already
admitted has been 141, and the number at present re-
ceiving the benefits of the charity is 53. The men have
11. 15s. per month, or 20 guineas per annum; and the
women 11. 6s. 3d., or 15 guineas per annum. During
the present year the pensions will amount to nearly
1,0001. On the 25th inst. an election of 10 additional
pensioners will take place. The arrangements connected
with the dinner were in every way satisfactory, and the
whole affair passed off very agreeably. The musical de •
psrtment wan under the direction of Mr. G. F. Taylor;
Mr. Higgs was toastmaster. During the proceedings no
alusion was made to Smithfield-market, though Mr.
Deputy Hicks and several other advocates for the main-
tenance of that nuisance were present.
A shark, nine feet long, was caught off Hauxley
on Wednesday evening last, by Mr. Adam Storey of
-Cresswell.—Newcastle Journal.

If we;examined outOvVn faults attentively, we should
hare less time to detect, and more inclinatiou to pardon,
those of other,—Eliza Jvurnal.

PRICES OF SHARES

IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM.
PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.

PI:IBMS/LED EVERY TUESDAY AND FAIDAT EVENING
LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16.

JOINT-STOCIE BANES.

Name of Company.

Dividend
per

&ustralasia ..........
Britsh orth American
Ceylon •• •• ..•• •• •• ••
Commercial of London
....
Gloucestershire •• .• ••
lonian •. •• ••
Londn and Westnainstr

Annum.

31. per cent.
51. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
151 per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

London Joint-Stock .• •
Provincial of Ireland..
Ditto, New.• • • • • • • •
National of Ireland
Nat. Provncial of Eng.
Ditto, New. • • • • • • •
South Australia • • • • • .
Union of Australia....

61. per cent.
Si. per cent.
8/. per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
Si. per cent.
Si. per cent.
61. per cont.
6/. per cent.
61. per cent.

4TIIIOR of London
Union of Madrid

Amount
of
Fhars.

•. d.
40 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

d.
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
1100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
20 0 0

Stock.
100 0 0
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0

2000
100 0 0
I 0 0
Stock.

100 0 0

Paid.

I i. d.
40 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
20 0 0
25 0 0

25 0 0
20 0 0
13 0 0
10 0 0
25 0 0
10 0 0
22 10 0
35 0 0
10 0 0
22 10 0
25 0 0
2 10 0
10 0 0
40 0 0

X 3. 4.
50 0 0
11 0 0
5 0 0
5 6 8
5 8 0
10 0 0
10 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0
2 12 6
All ➢ald.
4 0 0
3 0 0

36 10 0
50 0 0
10 0 0
5 13 1
2 10 0
10 0 0
2 0 0
12 10 0
12 10 0
15 0 0
2 0 0
3 10 0
5 0 0
2 0 0

Price.

Price

234
4134
434
16(
1634

1 0 0
10 0 0
0 10 0

21 Os.

5%
200
205

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
s. d. s. d
Bank of Scotland
anthill Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 204
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow ;tank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11%
Clydesdale Bank ••••• i 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12%
Commercial Bank
Eastern Bank •• •• .• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 91. ss.
Edinb.k Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Exehangeßnk of Scot 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 21
isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
North of Scotlandßank 41. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.0 s
North British Bank ••
Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 125%
(Trion Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 84
Western Bank .... •• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73%
Aberdeen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 2 0 8 2
B. Accord. Life aud Fire 20 0 0 0 10 0 -
dritish Guarantee Ins. 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 9s 6d
ialedonlan Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
Church of England Ins. 50 0 0 2 0 0 1 -
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. Is
klinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1834
East of Scotland Life lO 0 0 0 15 0 95.0 d.
Eng. & Scot. Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6
Ifercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
tnlur. Co. of Scetlnd.• al. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 6s
Mercantile Life •• . 41. per cent. 10 0 0 010 0 3s. 6d.
National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 205.6 d
North British Incur. •• 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23%
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 -
Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 0 11 0 -
Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 0 15 0 , -
Scottish Union Insrace. 6kl. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ' 11. 2s
itandara . 51. per cent. 60 0 0 4 5 0 9%
United Dep. Assurane. 51. per cent. 10 0 n 1 0 0
,14s. o
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. share.
X d. s. 9.
Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 ' 30 0 0 16
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ditto, Half Shares.. 210 0 -
Canada ... • • .... •• .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26
Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent.
City Navigation .... - - 90
Comp.Cppr 51arsEng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 -
Gen. Revers. St Invest. sp. c.& be, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Equitable Iteversionry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 104
Gea.SteamNavigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 -
London Institution .• • - 78 15 0 -
Russell Institution.... - 26 5 0 -
Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90
Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 51
South Australian ... 11. per share. 25 0 0 1 25 0 0 I 17
Yam Dieman's Land.. 1 100 0 0, 23 0 0 -

OPENING OP THE WATERMEN'S CHURCH AT
PENCE COMMON.—On Sunday morning this neat and
substantial edifice was opened for divine service, a licene
having been granted by the Bishop of Winchester for
that purpose. The consecration by the Bishop is de-
ferred owing to the insufficiency of funds. The sacred
building stands contiguous to the almshouses of the Wa-
termen's Company at Penge Common, near the Syden-
barn station of the Croydon Railway, and has been
erected by voluntary subscription for the accommodationnear
of the inmates of the asylum and the inhabitants resid-
ing near the spot. The cost of its erection exceeded
5,000/, and it is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist.
The patronage of the living has also been granted to the
i with north
aisle,
andan d
Watermen's Company in perpetuity. The church con-
tains 500 sittings, and consists of nave,
south aisle, a south porch, a chance], achancel
wh
a vestry. At the west end of the nave, and open to it
by a lofty arch, rises a tower and spire about 150 feet
high. There is a painted window at the side of the south
aisle, representing the two first miracles of our Saviour.
It was represented by T. D. Brown, Esq., who not only
gave the ground, but subscribed a thousand guineas for
the erection of the church. There is no gallery, and
the roof is supported by carved aspen timbers. The
sum of 7001. is still wanting to complete the building
fund, although Mr. Brown, of the Watermen's Company,
and some of the neighbouring gentry, have been ex-
tremely liberal. As soon as that fund is complete the
church will be consecrated in due form by the Bishop.
Two sermons were preached on Sunday by the
Joseph Ridgeway, M.A., who has been appointed in-
cumbent by the Watermen's Company,.and a very re-
spectable congregation was in attendance, who liberally
contributed to the funds on leaving the church. Tho
sittings are very conveniently arranged, and there are
plenty of free Beata for the poor of the neighbourhood,

CARNARVON AND BANGOR
RAILWAY.

(From the Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald, Oct. 13.)
The paragraph elsewhere given announcing the
fact that a bona fide company is distinctly formed,
and distinctly pledged, to carry out the important pro •
ject of connecting Carnarvon with the Chester and
Holyhead Railway, by means of a branch line from
the town or its immediate vicinage, to the Britannia
Viaduct, will meet with general approbation
throughout this portion of the Principality,
inasmuch as it will open increased facilities fur agri-
cultural, mineral, and general commercial traffic, as
far as railway transit is concerned, to all the southern
portion of the county of Carnarvon, and the prin-
cipal marts in the west of the county of Merioneth ;
and thus it will at the same time extend the traffic and
increase the utility of the Chester and Holyhead
Railway itself.
The time is now fast approaching when the true
importance of railway intercourse will be generally
acknowledged and felt. Of what value, compara-
tidy speaking, are veins of mineral, and stores of
agricultural produce, when the means of conveying
them to the great marts for sale or interchange are few,
slow, laborious, and expensive ?
When man first invented the cart and the cart.
road, he made the primary rude effort at over-coming,
on a large scale, the evils consequent upon the isola-
tion of his natural position' as a countryman, a
villager, a breaker-up and tiller of the waste. Next
came the waggon, and the macadamized road, the
boat and the canal. But the increasing wants
of society, as the tide of population set in, and as
commercial enterprise and the pursuit of wealth in-
duced men to congregate in masses, and form exten-
sive cities and large communities, generated in the
human mind some of the many of those latent resources
which the Almighty has willed shall lie dormant in our
nature until roused from their torpor by the exigency
of circumstance. There is a deep world of wisdom
in the old proverb, which declares that "Necessity is
the mother of Invention:' A tram-rail train and a
furrowed wheel-cart were not likely to be thought
of in the infancy of agricultural traffic : the
barrow and the hand-cart sufficed for village
wants. The railway sprung into being as a necessary
consequence of the social wants which rendered it de-
sirable, for giving increased facility, speed, and
cheapness to the transit and general diffusion of all
kinds of produce. The same may be said for
steam. That mighty agent was not applied as a
motive power, to facilitate human intercourse and
trade intercourse, alike over land and water, until
the growing demands of an increased population,
increased wants, and increased productiveness,
gave to the intellect of thinking men the impulse
and the will by which to dive further than
their fathers had done into the mysteries of
nature, and evoke from her magazine of laws
some principles of truth—some elements of
science, that should enable them to outstrip the
horse in speed—to construct tunnels under mighty
estuaries—to perforate gigantic hills—to span the
ocean with viaducts, catenular or tubular, and
finally to compete with the very lightnings of heaven
in speed, and surpass them by the communication of
thought. _ _

Let it not be deemed that this retrospect is idle. It
flows naturally out of our subject. A railway com-
munication between here and the bridge would never
have been thought of, had not circumstances ren-
dered it at once expedient and profitable—conducive
alike to the wants of the locality, and to the interests
of those who have capital to embark in the under-
taking. Had not the proprietors and traders of this
vicinage felt that they and their neighbours were
excluded from the benefits of railway intercourse, and
thus flung backward in the great march for social and
individual improvement, they would have as soon
thought of setting men to forge iron for the railway
in question, as a peasant in the days of Canute would
have sat down to think by what means he should
invent an electric telegraph.
The nature of man is in this respect most peculiar.
His wishes are but bounded by the horizon of his
wants ; and, within certain natural limitations, there
appears to be no harrier between him and the removal
of his necessities. It seems as though nature had in-
deed said to him:—Poor, naked, and destitute, as I
have formed thee, thou bast but to feel want, and to
determine, in order to remove it. In a word thou
hast but to will and to do. Would'st thou rival the
wind in its speed, behold thou shalt yoke it to thy
car, and it shall bear thee alike over the mountain and
the valley, and the wave : and to the wishes of thy
heart thou shalt give a durable record—a record
that shall defy the ravages of ages—or transmit them
to thy fellow-man with a speed that time may not
note, and thought cannot measure.
Enough of this I We mean not to dwell upon the
onward destinies of our race, except so far as may
conduce to a practical result. Let it suffice that we
have already proved our position :—The general de-
mand for the railway referred to is a proof of the
exigency which gave birth to the demand : and that a
company has decided to bring it into existence is a
proof that the wish was not Utopian, nor the want
either capricious or unfounded.

RAILWAY SHAttE

BRISTOL, Oar. 16.

STOCK ExcHAwai:::i1;;;11;;;;n;ket still continues in
its downward tendency. The transactions to-day were as
follow : Great Western, 53—Ditto, Quarters, 123,4 die.
LIVERPOOL, Ocr. t 6.

STOCK ExcHANGE.—There was little or no alteration in
our share market to-day. Prices generally had a declining
tendency, but towards the afternoon a better feeling pre-
vailed, and the market closed firmly at the afternoon's quo-
tations. The sales are—Caledonian, Preference, 8 - Lancashire
and Yorkshire, ConsoL Fifths, 11% c. dis.—Ditto (West
Riding Union), 7 c dis.—Great Northern, 5 per cent. Pre-
ference, 2E4 dis.—Ditto (L. and York Extension), 24 dis.
—London and North-Western, 10814 c.— Ditto, New Quar-
ters, Is. 3d. dis.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln (Great
Grimsby and Sheffield), 10 i—Midland,46l4 Ditto, Halves,
21% dis. —South-Eastern and Dover, 17 c.—Ditto (No. 4),
534—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6
per cent. till 1850, 51% c. dis.
.MANCHESTER, Ocr. 16.
Srocir EXCHANGE. —The share market was considerably
better tc,day. The transactions were as follow :—Man-
chester and 'Sheffield, Preference, 10% c. Caledonian,
Preference, 7% Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 5% Ditto, Old,
1634—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 11/ n 4 r•
—Great Northern, 13 die.—North Staffordshire, 8 15-16 dis
Manchester and Leeds Stock, 61 Ditto, Fifths, 71/8
Liverpool and Burr, 20y8 dis
BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 16.1

STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tbe share market here rules very
flat. Prices generally have a tendency downwards, and
there appears little prospect of an improvement. The share
brokers speak despondingly. The quotations of to-day were
unworthy of notice.